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AND CITY RECORD, MARCH 18, 1826.
the rendition of such judgment, may be served and levied upon the goods or estate of any individual member of said Corporation, and an action of debt may be maintained on such judg- ment ; and if upon notice to said Cor .. poration as aforesaid. to show cause why such Committee should not be appointed, said Corporation shall ap- pear. and deny the applicant's title to the land taken, or claim a right to do what is complained of, without pay- ment of damages, or for an agreed compensation, the Court shall first order a trial of issue at the bar of said Court, or if there be an issue in law, shall try it themselves ; and in either case, either party may appeal to the Supreme Judi- cial Court, as in other cases, and a cer- tificate of the determination of the Su- preme Judicial Court on such appeal in favor of the original applicant shall be filed in said Court of Common Pleas before such Committee shall be ap- pointed.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, that if the City Government of Boston shall within three months from the passing of this act, determine by a concurrent vote of both branches of the said City Government, to erect said bridge, they shall be at liberty so to do on the same terms and conditions as said Boston Free Bridge Corporation are other- wise, by the provisions of this act, au- thorised to erect the said bridge
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, that an act passed on the twenty fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twen- ty-five, entitled an act, establishing a free bridge in the city of Boston, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, March 4th, 1826.
Steam-Vessel .- We have great plea- sure in saying that the Enterprize steam-vessel had arrived in safety at the Cape of Good Hope ; and thus bids fair to win the lac of rupees offer- ed for the first voyage of a ship of this description to India. Her voyage was, however, long protracted, for it lasted 57 days ; nevertheless, as it is
the first step which counts, we augur well from this commencen ent, and hope that many of our readers may vet be able (during the usual autumn" holidays) to take a trip to Hiudostan instead of France, or a touch at the Cape instead of Margate.
Lond. Lit. Gaz.
BOSTON : SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1826.
TO CORRESPONDANTS.
The favour from Concord,-touch- ing Billerica and its early history, shall meet with attention.
Other contributors will please ac- cept our thanks for the many valuable facts which they communicate. Such politeness not only encourages us, but actually encourages the public.
A letter from Worcester is acknowl- edged.
Query. Can we have the loan of old deeds, commissions and letters from our friends ?
Corrections .- The name of Jere- miah Hahler, inserted in the last Rec- ord, as one of the contributors for the improvement of the Common, in 1784, should have been Jeremiah Kahler. We are sorry to learn that one of the number, who at their own private ex- pense, have done so much to beautify the Mall, the pride of the city,-then a wealthy merchant, is poor indeed. The liberal need no prompting.
We are particularly anxious to cor- rect a statement in our last paper, in relation to a notice of the talents of a young lad at the Hubard Gallery, whom, we were informed, equals Mas- ter H. By the politeness of the propri- tor, we are informed the young gen- tleman alluded to, is not employed as a servant, but exclusively devoted to the arts, under the patronage and guid- ance of Mr. Smith. Having never had the pleasure of visiting the exhibition which has attracted such universal at- tention, and excited so many encomi- ums from others, we are unable to des- cribe or make proper remarks upon the subject,
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER,
The first church, in Salem, which is now to be demolished, to give way to another more convenient building, is the third erected on the same spot This church was one of the first gath- ered in N. England, in 1626, and met in a private house for worship. The first meeting house was erected in 1636 ; the ed in 1670, and the pres- ent one in 1718. In that time there has been 13 ministers settled over the society. We have availed ourselves of an exact drawing of the present house, which will be presented to our friends at some future period.
Lithography .- A young lady of this city is amusing herself by translat- ing a recent French treatise on Lithog- raphy, by G. Engelman, Director of the Lithographic Society of Mulhouse. We wish every lady of taste and leis- ure would employ time as profitably and thus encourage a taste for the arts,
REMINISCENTES.
In the time of James I. London was almost entirely built of wood. The Earl of Amodel first introduced brick for the walls of dwelling houses The British navy, in Queen Eliza- beth's time, consisted of only thirty- three ships. The Earl of Notting. ham, in an embassy to Spain, during the reign of James, was attended by 500 persons. In another embassy to Brussels, the Earl of Hertford had 300 in his suite.
Lord Burleigh entertained queen Elizabeth twelve different times, in the course of his life, and each visit cost him between two and three thousand pounds The plate which this noble- man owned, says Hume, weighed fif teen thousand pounds in weight, which, beside the labour expended upon the fashion of the articles, cost forty-two thousand pounds sterling.
At an entertainment given by the Earl of Leicester to the virgin queen. three hundred and sixty five hogsheads of beer were drunk : his castle con- tained arms for ten thousand soldiers.
The Earl of Derby, at the same pe-
riod. bad two hundred and forty ser- vants in his family.
Lord Burleigh says the value of the gifts which Elizabeth made the Earl of Essex, her favourite, amounted tothree hundred thousand pounds.
Coaches were first introduced into England by the Earl of Arundel. Be- fore that luxury became known, the queen, on all public occasions, as re- views, military parades, &c. rode be- hind her chamberlain, on horseback.
CANALS.
The first Canal in which all the modern improvements in internal navi- gation were introduced, was that of Languedoc in France, commenced in 1667, and finished in 1681.
In England there are more than one hundred canals extending 2682 miles, constructed at an expense of $132,000,000, and yielding an aver- age income of ten per cent on the cap- ital invested
The canals and hydraulic works in the North Eastern district of Hol- land have cost, as is estimated, $1,332,000.000.
In Russia, goods can be conveyed from the frontiers of China to St. Pe- tersburgh, a distance of 4472 miles, with a land carriage of only 60 miles ; and from Astracan, on the shores of the Caspian, through an extent of 1434 miles
The cost of the ErieCanal, extending from Buffalo at the outlet of Lake Erie to Albany on the Hudson, distant 362 miles, is estimated at $20,000 per mile, exclusive of the interest accruing on Canal Loans.
The number of boats which pass to and from Albany during the year, is stated at 8,800, averaging cargoes of 40 tons each, conveying 176,000 tons of the produce of the country to that city, and bearing back 35,000 tons of merchandize from its ware-houses ; 210,000 wagons, each laden with one ton weight, would be required to effect this transportation by land convey- ance. The canal is capable of passing 39,600 boats from Buffalo to Albany,
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transporting down 1,584,000 tons of || products and carrying back, 316,800 tons of merchandize.
The Canal Commissioners have re- duced the tolls upon Packet-Boats on the Erie Canal, from 15 to 11 cents per mile, this season.
For the Boston News Letter and City Record.
MR. EDITOR,-If the following ad- dress to the chime bells on Christ Church in Salem Street, and also the description of them, for which we are indebted to the Rector's Sermon, de- livered on Sunday Dec. 28th, 1823, (which has since been published. } can find a place in your paper, I think it will please the generality of your readers. Yours, &c. &c., L.
ADDRESS TO THE CHIME BELLS.
Sweet Chiming Bells ! Sweet Chiming Bells! I love the tale your music tells; And when I hear your placid ring,
My thoughts ascend to Heaven's great King.
Celestial joy your tunes inspire, And raise fond feelings to admire ;
Intense on beaven I hymn a prayer, And find sweet consolation there.
Sweet Chiming Bells ! Sweet Chiming Bells ! That heat my Genius' fondest spells, I love to catch thy dulcet chime, At morn or noon or evening time. LEONTIUS.
The church is furnished with a chime of eight bells ; the cost of which, from the founder's, was £560 sterling ; the other charges for wheels, stocking, and putting up, were £93 sterling, exclusive of the freight from England, which was generously given by John Rowe, Esq.
WEIGHT OF THE BELLS.
5 2 4 620 Nett.
5 2 6 622 61 3 703 71 6 818
7 1 21 833
8 1 24 948
10 2 7 1183
13 3 5 1545
64 3 20 7272 lbs. Nett. a 14d. £424 4 0
Bell founder's charg- es for the wheels and materials 37 48 Modelling the frame and box. 11 6 37 16 %
£462 02
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Hauling, shipping, and bill of lading, 0 11 9 Freight, 9 66 10 47 S bell ropes, weight 68lbs. a 6d. 1 14 2
To £560 insurance on the above, from hence to Boston, at 15 guineas, part of policy, 2s3. If the vessel goes hence with convoy to the westward of the islands, and goes safe, an abatement of 3 per cent. Iflost, torecover 98 per cent. 88 6 3
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DEVICES AND MOTTOS ON THE BELLS.
Tenor. 1st. This peal of eight bells is the gift of a number of generous persons, to Christ church, in Boston, New England, Anno 1744. A. R.
2d. This church was founded in the year 1725, Timothy Cutler, Doctor in Divinity, the first rector. A. R. 1744.
3d. We are the first ring of bells cast for the British empire in North America. A. R. 1714.
4th. God preserve the Church of England. 1744.
5tb. William Shirley Esq., governour of the Mas- sachusetts Bay, in N. E., Anno 1744.
6th. The subscriptions for these bells was begur by lohn Hammock and Robt. Temple, church ward- ens, Anno 1743, compleated by Robert lenkins and Ino. Gould, church wardens, Anno 1744.
7th. Since generosity has opened our mouths, our tongues shall ring aloud its praise. 1744.
8th. Abel Rudhall, of Gloucester, cast us all. Anno 1744.
For the Boston News Letter and City Record.
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would be useless at the present time to stato a particular account of the ex- pences attending the services of those citizens who composed the Board, but the public ought to know, that they had to pay a tax for their annual ser- vices. The Secretary of their Board received from $750 to $800 per ann. The Messenger, $350 to $420. Solic- itor $50 to $90. The charges for visiting the Island from $300 to $400; printing, stationary, fuel, repairs and office expenses, from $250 to $500,- amounting in the aggregate from $1700 to $2000 per annum.
Let the Public have the whole truth, whether it predominates in favour of City or Town. Yours,
REMEMBRANCE.
" 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."
The above, from an old Boston pa- per, re-appears in the Boston News- Letter and City Record of the 25th ult. The following is the substance of an anecdote of the same lady, which was related more than once by the Rev. Mr. William Balch of Bradford, who graduated at Harvard College in 1724, to a son and a grand-daughter ; from whom our friend, who communicates this, received it :- Mr. B. while a member of the college, went over with a classmate to Boston to dine. After dinner his host invited them to wait and sec a curiosity, which being agreed to, the former went out and returned, leading in a woman by the name of Pol- lard, who was above 100 years of age, and still retained her faculties. She sat down and took a pipe with them ; told them that she came over in one of the first ships that arrived at Charles- town, that in a day or two after her arrival, on account of the water there being bad, a number of the young peo- ple, including herself, took the ship's boat to cross over to Boston ; that as the boat drew up towards the shore, she (being then a romping girl) declar-
ed she would be the first to land, and accordingly, before any one, jumped from the bow of the boat on to the beach ; and was, moreover, according to her own statement, and the b lief of Mr. B., the first European female that stept her foot on Boston ground. She described Boston at that time as very uneven, abounding in small hol- lows and swamps, and covered with blueberry and other bushes .- Sal. Gaz.
CLARK'S ADDRESS
BEFORE THE FRANKLIN TYPOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY.
The society was instituted in Febru- ary, 1824; the act of incorporation was obtained in 1825 ; and this was, consequently, their second anniversa- ry celebration. The religious and lit- erary exercises were performed on this occasion, at Concert Hall, and were witnessed by a numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen.
Although considerable time has elapsed since we intended giving some kind of analysis of this address, we be- lieve it is not yet too late to examine its general features. Mr. Clark has written very well, and shown a proper degree of modesty in commencing his subject, which, as we should naturally expect, is almost entirely confined to the history of printing, and is therefore somewhat a repetition of the language of former addresses before the same society. The object of the society is well told.
" The Franklin Typographical So- ciety was formed in order that those, who were in the possession of health. in the enjoyment of prosperity, and of the favours of heaven, might here deposite a portion of the abundance of the years of plenty to be used when want should overtake them. To fill, as it were, a fountain of benevolence, that shall forever flow to gladden and strengthen the heart in the hour of sorrow, when friends forsake, and troubles shall fall upon them. The utility of this Society will be fully re- alized by those who shall receive as- sistance in affliction's gloomiest day ; when the soul hovers on the confines
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of the grave, it will procure for them the little comforts that will eke out their existence, and ease their descent to the tomb ; and their last prayer will be, that the institution may contin- ue in existence, and increase in use fulness to the last period of recorded time. But though this Society is in- tended to be a charitable one, when its means of usefulness shall be more fully developed, it will be found not less useful in other respects. It will make those acquainted with each oth- er, who by reason of their similarity of pursuits and unity of interests, should be sincere and earnest friends. Those, thus brought together, will in all prob- ability be kindred spirits, who will take a pleasure in each others' society, and cherish a desire of mutual improve- ment. This will have a most salutary effect in elevating the character of the craft,-' for as iron sharpeneth iron, so doth the countenance of a man that of his friend .? »
After mentioning the story of Faust, &c. the discourse, which consists of 18 octavo pages, is brought to a close. He speaks of Dr. Franklin like an or- ator.
" The name of Benjamin Franklin is interwoven with the brightest and the darkest days of our country's his- tory, and stands first on the list of her patriots, philosophers, and statesmen He was perhaps the most rational of all philosophers. No individual ever possessed a more just understanding. or was so seldom obstructed in the use of it by indolence or authority. 'He compassed earth and sky to accom- plish his benevolent objects He mastered the bolt of Heaven and the sceptre of tyranny.' In all physical inquries, in all questions of national policy, as also in what relates to the practical wisdom and happiness of private life, his views are admirable, and the reasoning by which they are supported, most masterly and convinc- ing. He has left monuments of the superiority of his intellect in his writings on politics, political economy, general literature, and morality. To form a just estimate of his character, it should
be remembered that he was the archi- tect of his own fortune ; that he rose by the irresistible, cthereal power of his mighty mind, and that the history of his life presents a remarkable in- stance of what industry, virtue, and good principles, when aided by strong natural powers, can do for man. Grat- itudie for his patriotic services, respect for his many virtues, and affection for his numerous amiable qualities, are enshrined in the heart of every Amer- can."
Appended to this discourse, are a few pages of Miscellaneous addenda, particularly interesting, which, if pos- sible, show Mr. Clark to be a man of considerable research. An epitaph on a printer is quite in technical char- acters, but whether it is original or not, is the question.
EPITAPH ON A PRINTER.
No more shall copy bad perplex my brain, No more shail type's small face my eye-balis strain ; No more the proofs foul' page create me troubles, By crrors, transpositions, outs and doubles ; No more my head shall ache from authors wulins, As overrunnings, driving-outs and ins ;
The surly pressman's frown I now may scoff; Revised, corrected, finally worked off.
On the whole, there can be but one opinion in relation to the address ; viz that it is a good thing, so far as it relates to printing, and although it is rather a compilation of other people's words, they are so well arranged that he deserves the thanks of his associates of the Typographical Society.
MIRINHICHI.
The following account of the loss of lives and property sustained by the late conflagration at Mirimichi. is ex- tracted from an abstract published there, by order of the " Committee appointed for the relief of the suffer- ers."
Persons burnt, 130 ; drowned, 10; deaths from injury received by the fire, 20-Total, 160.
Sufferers who left Mirimichi imme- diately after the fire, 200. Total num- ber of sufferers, 3078.
Buildings destroyed, 303 houses :
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47 stores ; 40 work shops ; 135 barns ; 66 stables ; 4 mills. - Total, 595.
Cattle destroyed, 41 horses, 86 ox- en, 33 cows, 403 sheep, 343 hogs .--- Total, 875.
Ilay and oats, 2445 tons. Rods of Fencing -- 36,235.
Public Buildings and Vessels- Court House and Jail, $3000 ; Ma- drass Schools £200 ; ship Canada, £3000; Concord, £3500 ; brig Jane, ££2500. Loss of boats, anchors, ca- bles, sails, &c. sustained by the ship- ping generally. £2,000
Amount insured, 12,050
Loss sustained by the inhab- itants, 225,474
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Timber on Crown Lands, £248,524
ANCIENT MILITARY COM. MISSIONS,
We present to our readers this week a copy of a military commission, issu- ed under the old charter government of the colony of Massachusetts, and also of one granted under the author- ity of the President (Dudley) and Council, upon whom the Government devolved after the vacation of the charter, before the arrival of Andros. For the last we are indebted to a Cor- respondent in Concord, and while it lay on our table, the first was handed us by an aged citizen who has long preserved it with care, waiting for such an opportunity as our paper has at length afforded him to make it pub- lic.
It is well known to the readers of Massachusetts History that the colo- nists were accused of aiming at indo- pendence, and their reluctance to ad- mit the interference of the king in their internal affairs brought them into difficulties which terminated in the loss of their charter. The difference of phraseology in these two commissions is worthy ofobservation with reference to this fact.
The Generall Court of the Massachusetts Jurisdic- tion in New England.
To William Dixie, Captaine, etca. Whereas you are chosen and allow- ed to be Captaine of the ffoot military
Company of Beverly in the County of Essex in New-England, These are therefore to will and require you to take care and charge of the said Com- pany, as their Captaine and diligently to intend the service thereof, and ex- ersise the Inferior officers and Sould- iers thereof in peace and warr for the service of this Commonwealth, Com- manding them to Obey you as their Captaine for the service of this Com- monwealth, and you to observe and obey all such orders and directions as from time to time you shall receive from your major or other superiour officer or authority of this Common- wealth. Dated in Boston the 10th day of October 1677. By the Court,
Edward Rawson, Secrety.
Commission from the President and Council of New-England, 1686.
The President and Councill of his Majesties Terri- tory and Dominion of New England in America.
To Jonath. Danforth,* Gent. Cap- tain of the Company of foot trained Souldjers in the Towne of Billerica in ye County of Middlesex.
In his Majesties Name,
You are required to take into your care and charge the said Company of Trained souldjers, and the said Com- pany to manage, command and con- duct in Peace and Warr according to the directors of Law and osuall methi- ods of discipline; who are all requir- ed to yield all ready obedience ac- cordingly ; and you are in all things to attend such directions and orders as shall from time to time be given to you from your Major General!, or any other your superior officer.
By order of the President and Councill. ED. RANDOLPH, Secr'y. Given at the Councill house in Boston, July ye 3 : 1686 :
* The above Capt. Danforth, was son of Nicholas Danforth, who was adinitted a freeman, Sd March 1685-6, and brother of Depaty Gov. Thomas Dan- forth. He was born at Framingham, in Suffolk, England, 29th Feb. 1628, and died in Billerica, in 1712, aged 84.
See Former's Historical Memoir of Billerica.
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City Improvements .- The rage for pulling down and building up does not seem to subside, and we fear, that to make our new exchange agreeable to the eye, every person's property will be cut, and slashed, and carved for the purpose. If the erection of an Exchange was to interfere with every person's property and interest in the neighbourhood, it could have been prevented. Those who hold large property in the rear, seem determin- ed to have the streets and houses shap- ed to answer their interest, without reference to those whom it may injure.
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