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An important and very essential addition to the Land Telegraph, has lately emanated from the genius of one of our countrymen in the inven- tion of Telegraphic flags for marine purposes, corresponding with the nu- merical plan of conveying intelligence in conformity to the telegraphic dic- tionary of sentences, words and sylla- bles, as well as to act in combination with the Land Telegraph.
Sundry plans have hitherto been devised for enabling seamen by flags and other signals, to make communica- tions to each other, and to receive communications from, and make them to the shore ; but none of the plans hitherto proposed have been univer- sally adopted, nor do any of them seem calculated for general adoption, being mostly too complicated and ex- pensive. The plan of Elford's Ma- rine Telegraph is very simple in ope- ration, trifling in its cost, and com- bines great certainty in its indications, consequently is entitled to claims for patronage and universal adoption. The many advantages to be derived from this mode of communication now submitted to the public, must be obvi- ous to all who will give it their atten- tion. It only requires to be patronis- ed by Masters of Vessels ; and their
* In the East Indies, a telegraphic system was established in the army, by means of which a few Serjeants, furnished with two small flags, formed a serviceable telegraph for conveying orders along the rear of a line or from port to port at the shortest notice. This simple mode of operation was acquired in a few hours, and it was recom- mended that each battalion should be furnished with this portable telegraph, weighing only a few. pounds.
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER,
perseverance in the use of it, and rec- ommendation of it to others, would be instrumental to the introduction of an universal language for conversa- tion upon the ocean.
The Flags are all Blue and White ; which is the best contrast of colours to be seen at sea that could be selected. and every practical man must admit, that some selection was necessary out of the numerous colours in general use ; which by their complexity so often create confusion and mistakes. It is not merely in a mercantile but a na- tional point of view, that this code of signals appears to deserve the public patronage. If the government of this or any other country should determine to adopt it in the navy, the surplus numbers alone would furnish upwards of six thousand one hundred different signals to be made with only two sets of flags ; which signals are capable of being converted into as many private signals, and will admit of as many daily variations as may be thought necessary. TELOS ET GRAPHO.
For the Boston News Letter and City Record. ATHENEUM.
MR. EDITOR,-Many years have passed away since the boasted Athe- neum came into existence, and as ma- ny more, for aught we know, will slide along the stream of time, before the public will learn the advantage of such an expensive establishment.
Nothing is more preposterous, nor indeed, more abominable than gulling the public of money, by singing a song about public utility, public demands, &c. to lull folks to sleep, till the plan has been executed, according to the cunning of a few individuals.
What literary advantages have the mass of our citizens derived from the Atheneum ? Who gets a peep within its lofty walls without a ten dollar bill ? And what genius owes its ex- pansion to the liberal facilities of the Boston Atheneum ?
When the poor are favoured with admission to study the neatly fitted up shelves of books which adorn the Ath- eneum, we shall be convinced of the
necessity as well as worth of it, and not before. Things are becoming quite royal in our venerable old city : money buys a ticket for the wealthy to read the Hebrew language, while the industrious, worthy portion of the com- munity, may intellectually starve upon a six-penny almanack.
We hope there will be an end to libraries, which are the gift of the pub- lic, if the same public must be compel- led to pay as much for looking at their own property as they would for gazing at a dancing bear. Liberality should be the prominent characterestic of all literary combinations in a free coun- try.
NEW-BRUNSWICK SUFFERERS.
The Committee appointed at a meeting of citizens convened at Mer- chants' Hall, to devise means for ob- taining relief for the sufferers by fire in New-Brunswick, respectfully report, that in performance of that duty they have received $10,366 58 from the following sources, and that they have invested a part in provisions, which were forwarded to the Governor of New-Brunswick, and for the balance he has drawn on them.
Of the above amount, the following sums were collected in the several churches named, or received from the other Societies specified, viz :---
The Hawes place Society in S. Boston
36 25
At St. Paul's Church in Boston 205 76
Second Universalist do. 80
Society worshipping in Bedford St. do. 27 72
Rev. Dr. Baldwin's do.
178 70
Rev. Mr. Pierpont's do.
212 30
Methodist Churches -
do. - 136 50
Rev. Mr. Barrett's - do. - 202 60
Rev. Mr. Streeter's do.
90 67
Rev. Mr. Frothinghan's do. - 208 80
Rev. Mr. Sharp's -
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Rev Dr. Channing's do.
529 64
Rev. Mr. Greene's do.
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Trinity Church -
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318 16
Rev. Mr. Palfrey's - do.
352 55
Mission-House, Rev.Mr.Jenks's, do. 16 32
Seamen's Church do.
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Rev. Mr. Ware's do.
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Rev. Mr. Lowell's do. -
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Rev. Mr. Young's .
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Roman Catholic Church do.
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Rev. Mr. Parkman's do.
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Rev. Mr. Wayland's do.
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Methodist Society at Lechmere Point, do. 15 24 Church in Chelmsford 45
Baptist Society at Dedham 7 58
Boylston Insurance Office, Boston 185
Donation by Master Hubard 63
Individual Subscriptions in Boston - 3620 42
Received for depreciated Bills and bad silver 65 15
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All of which is respectfully submit- ted. JOHN TAPPAN, Chairman of Sub-Committee. NATHAN RICE, Secretary.
Boston, Feb. 18, 1826.
SUMMARY OF 1725.
Copied from old Boston Papers.
A peep at the Pilgrims cannot be more interesting than a survey of the news which constituted the topics of the day, a century past, in the very City, which now presents a new gene- ration of inhabitants who scarcely seem to remember that a race of men laid the foundation of Boston, who are nearly forgotten.
" Boston, July 19, 1725 .- On the 13th inst. about noon died Mr. Henry Franklin, merchant of this place, in the 33d year of his age, and on the 15th was very decently interr'd. He was Universally known and as gener- ally lamented. The very numerous concourse of persons at his Funeral show'd the general esteem he was in with all Ranks of Persons. And most of the vessels in the Harbour had their Colours half mast high."
" Boston, Monday, August 9, 1725. -On Thursday last the 5th instant, was decently interr'd the Corpse of Mrs. Katharine Winthrop, formerly wife to John Eyre, Esqr. and lately to the Honourable Wait Winthrop, Esq. deceas'd : A person of an Honourable Descent, a Virtuous Life, and in her Death Glorious."
" On Friday last Gillam Phillips, Esq. was Married to Mrs. Mary Fan- euil, Niece to Mr. Andrew Faneuil, Merchant of this place."
" Boston, Sept. 6, 1725 .- Thurs- day last three Bears, one of them very large, were seen at Marblehead, to the great surprise of the inhabitants, who to the number of 500 assembled to- gether to destroy them, which they soon effected and their skins were brought to Town .??
"Boston, October 4, 1725 .- Wc hear from New-Hampshire, that on Monday the 27th of Sept. last there was a Race Run on the Plains of Portsmouth, for a considerable sum of money, between a Hog and a Horse, the former of which had the advantage most part of the way, which the party that were for the horse observing, its thought, caused the Hog to be fright- ened, so that with much ado the horse got the advantage."
" Boston, Monday, October 25, 1725. -Wednesday last being the anniver- sary of his Majesty's Coronation, the same was observed by firing the guns at Castle William, and on board the Sheerness Man of War ; and the evening concluded with Illuminations, Fireworks, and other demonstrations of joy."
" Boston, Nov. 1, 1725 -- On Wed- nesday last as several gentlemen were hunting at or near Mystick, they met with a Bear, which the dogs followed, and gave them a great deal of diversion for two or three hours, after which they shot him."
" Boston, Dec. 13, 1725 .- On Mon- day last died here Mrs. Ann Pollard, in the 105th year of her age, and on Thursday last was decently Interr'd. She left of her offspring 130."
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"Boston, Dec. 27, 1725 .-- On Wed- nesday the 15th current, the Delegates from the Tribes of the Eastern In- dians signed the Articles of Peace in the Council Chamber."
THE NATICK
TREES OF FRIENDSHIP.
In Mr. Welles's remarks on Forest Trees, addressed to the Correspond- ing Secretary of the Massachusetts Agricultural Repository, mention is made of the venerable Elms, lately standing before the house in Natick, formerly occupied by the Rev. Oliver Peabody, the successor of the celebra- ted Elliot, the Indian Apostle, so cal- led. From authentic records, it ap- pears that Mr. Peabody was settled in the ministry to the Indians in Natick, in 1722, and it has often been asserted by his daughter, (some time since de- ceased) and fully confirmed by others, that a deputation of Indians came, one bearing two elm trees on his shoulders ; that they presented them- selves and requested permission of their minister to set out those trees be- fore his door, as a mark of their regard, or as the Tree of Friendship.
The soil was favorable to the growth of these trees, and they flourished for about ninety years, when the larger one was stricken by lightning, and soon began to decay. These measur- ed, at a foot from the ground, about 21 feet ; and 14 feet up, 13 feet. Their growth averaged about 1 4 inches each year.
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In 1753 the Rev. Stephen Badger was settled as the successor of Mr. Peabody, who died after 30 years' ministry. The Indians again came and made a similar request, and the same ceremony took place as before, in the planting of the Trees of Friend- ship, before the door of their new min- ister. These also took root, grew up, and are now in full vigor, having been set cut 73 years. They are about 15 feet in circumference, near the ground, and their average annual growth has been nearly 14 inches .-. Am. Trar.
LANCASTER.
We have had it in contemplation for some time to prepare a historical memoir of the old Indian town of Lan- caster, in the county of Worcester. distinguished as one of the principal Indian localities, in the New-England States, but there has been an insur- mountable difficulty, which has pre- vented us from gaining possession of proper facts. We have concluded to defer it, as we are informed that a gentleman in Worcester is preparing a history of the County, in which Lan- caster will be particularly noticed.
Lancaster is thirty-six miles from Boston, in a westerly direction, through which passes the great stage road to Brattleboro', Vt. The meet- ing house, much the largest and most expensive edifice, stands on an elevat- ed spot, nearly in the centre of the town. A Post-office, and Rand's Ho- tel are near it. From these, most of the dwellings as well as farms, within the compass of five miles, may be seen. Lancaster meeting house cost about twenty thousand dollars, and was erected in 1820. Although a well constructed building, its aspect is heavy, and disagreeable to the eve. On the whole, it is lamentable that the proportions are so absolutely bad, in an age when architecture is become an elevated study.
The population is not far from twen- ty five hundred, and agricultural por- suits and comb-making are the chief employments 'of the inhabitants .- There are some fine meadows and beautiful patches of wood-land ;- ex- tensive orchards in a state of decay. and a few tolerably well cultivated gardens. Fruits, however, are begin- ning to be scarce, from a want of at- tention, and the article of hay is be- coming continually more important. Whether it is to be imputed to. the amount of travel through the town, or the worn-out condition of the farms, we are unable to determine.
Society is highly respectable in Lan- caster ; beside an academy in which a number of strangers are fitted for the University, annually, a respectable
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catalogue of young men are publicly educated, which has given a sort of re- finement and literary cast to the town, which will continue to give an interest to Lancaster in succeeding years.
Sterling, which lies at the south- west boundaries of Lancaster, was a Royal Station, in Indian history, where the chiefs and principal Sachem resid- ed. An Indian burying ground is still conspicuous, and will remain for the inspection and contemplation of future generations. To the National Ægis, we are indebted for the follow- ing valuable reminiscence.
' In the year 1675, the hostility of Philip the Sachem King of Mount Haup, broke out like a desolating tem- pest. That wily and politic savage, the inveterate, deadly, and persever- ing enemy of the English, had planned a confederacy of the Northern tribes for the extermination of the foreigners. The savage warriors, unable to with- stand in the field the superiority given by European discipline and arms, had resolved to crush by treachery the power they could not openly resist. The blow of murder was to have been struck on the same day, and a general massacre extending throughout New- England would have terminated for a time the empire of the White Men. The conspiracy was revealed by the treachery of a follower of Philip, and the intended victims roused themselves from their fatal security. The alarms of warfare succeeded to that repose which would have been fatal in its continuance. The Indians were driv- en without preparation to the con- flict. Bold incursions laid waste their resources ; the allies they had enticed to their support, terrified at the im- pending danger, deserted their old friends ; the supplies for winter con- sumption were destroyed ; the strong holds were forced ; the villages were burnt, their inhabitants perished, and Philip and his warriors. hunted from place to place, with his broken power and ruined hopes, were driven to des- peration. No longer able to maintain the fight on the ground where it com- menced, a predatory warfare was wag-
ed on the inhabitants scattered through the wilderness, and alarm was spread through New England. None knew when to expect the sudden visitations of the unseen enemy who lurked in the shade of the forest, and whose destructive blows came like the light- ning from a cloudless sky, whose stroke is not felt till the flash has passed.
At that time Lancaster, now one of the most flourishing and beautiful vil- lages of our county, was an outpost of cultivation advanced into the wilder- ness. It then contained about fifty families, under the pastoral care and religious instruction of the Rev. Mr. Rowlandson, a graduate from Harvard College, and mentioned by Cotton Mather, as an author of " lesser com- posures." On the 10th of February, 1675, of the old style, the 21st day of that month of the year 1676, accord- ing to the reformed calendar, a party of Indians assaulted the settlement. The Rev. Mr. Harrington states the number of savages at 1500, headed by that arch fiend Philip. At the break of day, five different bands commenc- ed the attack on as many different points. The buildings were fired, and the inhabitants murdered with unspar- ing cruelty. The house of Mr. Row- landson had been fortified with de- fences, doubtless constructed after the rude fashion of the times, walls of the trunks of the tall trees hewn away from the spot where they stood, and ramparts in advance, of the same mate- rials. The inhabitants were in num- ber forty-two. On this point, after the desolation of the unprotected plan- ters, was the whole power of the foes concentrated. The defence was con- ducted by men who knew that hope in flight, or expectation of mercy, there was none. The death shots were poured fast from those who sur- rounded, who could choose places of shelter whence to thin the ranks of the soldiers. The work of carnage went on for two hours, when the assailants pushed forward a cart filled with blaz- ing combustibles, and succeeded in kindling the house on the back where there were no fortifications. The
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fearful alternative was presented to the defenders, of perishing in the de- vouring flames, or surrendering to meet the immediate death of the hatch- et, or the protracted tortures of an un- sparing enemy. They delivered themselves up as prisoners, and the men were instantly slain, or reserved for those torments it is the delight of savage barbarity to inflict, and the pride of barbarian fortitude to endure without a groan. The wounded per- ished, and the bodies of the dead were consumed, in the conflagration. One only was so fortunate as to escape through the tremendous perils of the scene. The women and children were carried into captivity ; among them was Mrs. Rowlandson and her family, whose narrative gives a mournful pic- ture of subsequent suffering, and fur- nishes an astonishing example of pa- tience sustained by christian hope through the extremity of human ills. Herself wounded, and holding in her arms an infant, struck by the same shot which had torn her own person, she was carried away. The strength of maternal affection prevailed over the gnawings of pain, and she nursed the little sufferer, until death relieved its pangs. One of the females, unable to travel, was knocked on the head and thrown into the fire.
The Indians revelled on their spoils during the day, and at night retired to a hill, distant about a mile from the town, whence the unhappy sufferers could look down on the flames that wrapped their dwellings, and the fires kindled for the torture ; and hear the groans of their miserable relatives and friends, expiring in agony, mingled with the exulting yells of the trium- phant focs.
The next morning the Indians retir- ed and pursued a circuitous route to the Connecticut river.
Mr. Rowlandson, during the bloody catastrophe of his people, was on a vis- it to Boston, to solicit reinforcements for his garrison against the hour of danger. On his return, he found the heavy calamity which had visited his
flock, from which by a mysterious providence he had escaped.
The gallant Capt. Wadsworth, who afterwards fell at Sudbury, immediate- ly marched to the rescue of his coun- trymen. But his aid came too late. The enemy ambushed the bridge, where the Nashua, swollen by the dis- solving snows, was alone passable, but retired before his approach. He re- mained a few days and then returned without success.
The town was deserted and its buildings reduced to ashes. Four years it remained in the silence of des- olation. But at length it was replant- ed and rose in renovated beauty. The stranger who looks on its green and fertile fields finds now no token of the ruin which once obliterated the traces of improvement, and discovers no relic of the carnage which once drench- ed its habitations in blood.'
A library has been opened in Phila- delphia, for the benefit of coloured people, who are entitled to the use of it on paying 52 cents annually, in weekly payments.
There is not a City in the Union where the coloured people are more industrious and deserving of public approbation, than in Boston, and this consideration should certainly entitle them to the respectful attention of our wealthy citizens, in providing a well se- lected library, which would have the effect or raising their moral standard, and expending those intellectual powers, which have so long been de- graded in a christain country.
The Canal, contemplated to be cut through the peninsula of Florida, and which will unite the two American Continents, was early introduced to the notice of Congress, by Mr. WEB- STER, of Massachusetts.
By a Census of Illinois, taken last year, it appears that the whole popula- tion of the state is 72,817. The pop- ulation of Missouri is stated to be near- ly 82,000.
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FOR THE NEWS LETTER AND RECORD. REVOLUTIONARY ARTICLES.
The following articles are copied from original MSS. The second and fifth you published on the envelope to Number 1. of the Record, but for the purpose of preserving them together, I hope you will reprint them in the order I propose. It is true that no accumulation of evidence can make the facts to which they relate more certain than they now are, yet there is a satisfaction in discovering circum- stantial accounts, written in the plain stile of friendly communication, re- specting events in which there is so much interest as every one feels in all that relates to the American Revolu- tion.
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