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Show AN UNFORTUNATE PAfrtlOT. low l alia,! aiai.i Ttfa.ur.t lilail la a llrlilor a I rlH o Daring; Hie Iletolnti in try war tin queation Of tuoiii) Wat ifttnif vita) Importance and there were inan Hmei when the jatrlot icoverntnent hel not even money enough lo pun lie mtlow for Hie eol Urn In the llrl I ni d I en ll credit wa m j,oud eiiiiiiKh tu enul lo il to burrow It la wt II icuicmUted thai (leorgo- aihlngtuu deftnjrd Ida owi ofllclal eipettaia ont of Ida prlvnto pnrn for n long lime, and va only rrimld uf ter auuie years. Tho service, of IloKrt llorrla, U trcaanrerof Ihe United Btnles aro ml so of ten rrral'cd ! was very wealth ondenjojedasplindll perronal crMH Which,! o did not liesltntc lo nto tlm and again when money was Indlapcnan bl) rieccsMry to Hie Ktiveruiuinl Ten Itiataiice ho oneo liecamo pcnmnnlly re tpouail lo for the flour which tho arm) hud to have for rations At nnotho Hmo ho Imrrowcd on his Individual credit money to pay on tl o army. Hi alo giro I la praon.il notes for hrg amounts needed I y tho gm eminent, and In no (iKtance dl 1 1 o fall lo pay on Hint or to rodet m Ids notes. Yet ho lost nil his fortune In his ui I ago through lai d f ,Hxn1ailons nnd did In a debtor a t rlson on iMay , 1SVC |