He lived in a splendid mansion, and drove his coach and four.

He was for some years a member of Congress.

He had a numerous family of children.
The family showed no particular signs of decay until he had married a second time, and had considerably increased his number of children.

It then became evident that his older children were not educated for active business, and were only destined to be a charge.

Of sons, (seven or eight,) not one of them reached the eminence once occupied by the father.
The only one that approached to it, was the eldest, who became an officer in the navy, and obtained the doubtful glory of being killed in the Mexican war.
General R.himself ran through his vast estate, died intemperate, and left a widow and large number of daughters, some minors, destitute, and none of his sons fitted for any employment but in the army and navy.
Slaves have a superstitious dread of passing the dilapidated dwelling of a man who has been guilty of great cruelties to his slaves, and who is dead, or moved away.