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Monday May 1 .- Present the whole Board.
Ordered that warrrants be issued for meeting of the citizens of the seve- ral Wards on Thursday the 11th inst. at 12 o'clock, M. for the choice of Representatives, the poll to be kept open until 3 o'clock, P. M.
Ordered that the Committee of the Southern District be authorized and directed to have Washington street, to Roxbury line, paved forthwith, and that no other paving in their district be done until further order.
Ordered that the Committee of the remaining districts proceed to contract for paving such streets in their respec- tive districts, as they deem most im- portant. The Northern District,
(Wards 1,2, 3,) to expend only $1,600 Midddle Dist. (Wards 4, 8, 9,) 5,000 Western Dist. (Wards 5, 6, 7,) 4,000 South. Dist. (Wards 10,11, 12,) 10,400
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The following gentlemen were ap- pointed Firemen for Ward No. 7, viz : Abel Bailey, Joseph Seaver, Paschal P. Hall, Joseph Brigham, Charles Bowen, James Tufts, Nathaniel Hall, Samuel F. Barry, George Warren, Frederick Clark, Frederick H. Whit- ney, Southworth Shaw, and Increase S. Withington.
Adjourned to Monday next.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
Wednesday, April 26 .- Met ac- cording to adjournment .- Present the President and thirty-nine members. Absent Messrs Farnsworth, prague, Hallet, Eveleth, Baker & Barnard.
An order authorizing the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the
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city, and for repeating an order pas- sed the 27th March, was passed.
An order passed, allowing a fur- ther sum of $800 for the use of the Overseers of the poor, to make good any deficiency of money which has or may be expended by them in the year ending the 30th April.
The order authorizing the Faneuil Hall Market committee to purchase Mr Welsh's land and sell it again, in con- junction with that belonging to the city, had been read a second time, and the question was upon the passage of it, Mr Lodge moved to have it laid upon the table. Mr Curtis upon this rose, not, he said, to make any objection to the gentleman's motion, but to explain the views of the committee. This he did- pretty fully ; and Mr Lodge began to reply to him, but was called to order by Mr James, the motion being to lay upon the table and not the passage of the resolution. Mr Lodge's motion was lost, and the question being upon the passage of the bill, Mr Lodge continued his remarks. Mr Dorr fol- lowed, and requested some informa- tion, which being given, the resolution was passed by a large majority.
Mr Parker moved to strike out the appropriation of $4000 'for repairs and improvements of the Adams school house in Mason street.' He objected to the appropriation because it was in his opinion a most useless expenditure. It proposed to take to pieces a good school house with a sla- ted roof, and to add another story for a Ward room. This Ward was as well furnished with a Ward room as many others. He thought the improve- ment would not benefit the school house, and should be less willing to ap- propriate money for building ward rooms, than for any other purpose. He had much rather spend it for laying out new streets and for widening oth- ers. The vote was passed in favour of striking out.
When the next item of the bill was read, which was for repair and im- provement of the school house in North Bennet street, Mr Dorr said he hoped that this appropriation too,
would be stricken out. The bounda- ries of the wards might be said to be on wheels, and they must be changed as the population increased. If they build a ward room in No. 1, he was afraid that in the year 1830, instead of having none, they would have two there, and then there would be a dis- pute as to which one they would make use of. Mr Barry replied to this, that an engine house and watch house must be built, and the three might be built altogether as easily and about as cheap as the two. Ile gave notice, that if this appropriation was not granted, he should move for a re-consideration of the appropriation for repairs and im- provements on the Common. One was a useless expenditure, for it was only to please the eye, and the other was useful for it was necessary. Mr. James said this school house was a dis- grace to the city. Most of the bench- es had been hacked by the scholars, so as to render it necessary to cover them with a shelf, which was very in- convenient to the scholars. It needed more repair than almost any other building in the city. The appropria- tion was then stricken out, and Mr. Barry moved a re-consideration of the vote appropriating 2,500 dollars for improvements of the Common, which was lost.
Monday, May 1 .-- Met according to adjournment. Present the Presi- dent and thirty eight members. Ab- sent Messrs Farnsworth, Hallet, Eve- leth, Dyer, Baker, Baldwin and Bar- nard.
Communication from the auditor of accounts, accompanying his monthly exhibit of appropriations and expendi- tures, was read and placed on file.
The committee on the removal of the gun-house at the bottom of the common, reported that the expense of removal and repairs would not exceed $300, a part of which the Common- wealth would probably reimburse. The Committee were authorised to remove it and charge the expense to the appropriation for the common and malls.
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convention, for the purpose of fixing | the number of representatives which it is expedient to send to the next Gen- eral Court. Mr Curtis proposed 15 ; he said a bill had been before the leg- islature at the last session, and would probably be brought up again, provid- ing for the payment, from the Treasu- ry, of half the constitutional number of representatives from each town ; that as Boston paid four-ninths of the state tax, he thought it would be well to set an example to the country towns to diminish the number of their repre- sentatives .- The numbers of 25, 20, and 12, were also proposed ; twenty was determined on, by a vote of 19 to 17.
The report of the committee on the proposed improvements at the north part of the city, (laying out two new streets from the City wharf to Ex- change wharf,) which proposed a re- solve authorising the Mayor and Al- dermen to pay the proprietors $20,000 when they should have built a good and sufficient street, &c. after the same should be approved by the sur- veyors of highways, was read a second time. An amendment was proposed by Mr Waters, providing that the street should be paved and finished with a side-walk 15 feet wide. Con- siderable debate arose on this subject. Some of the members were apprehen- sive that if the street was accepted without this provision, the city would be obliged to appropriate money to pave it, &c. It was said that the com- mittee had not given information res- pecting the quantity of land which the proprietors relinquished, nor how much of the land was flat land and docks, which were of little value. Mr Lodge stated that the new street only benefitted Ann street in the widest part, and that the remainder would re- quire to be widened, at an expense, perhaps, of $500,000. Others stated that the proposed streets would be of great advantage to the north end, that the amendment would crush the pro- ject, as instead of giving the proprie- tors $20,000 to indemnify them. it was calculated to cost them 10 or
20,000. The subject was finally re- ferred to a special committee, consist- ing of Messrs. James, Grosvenor, Brewer, Sprague, Clark, Thaxter, and Wiley, who were instructed to ascer- tain the expense of constructing the new street, the quantity of land relin- quished by the proprietors, the quanti- ty gained from the sea, the expenses of paving, &c. ; and also the same facts which were applicable to the parallel street.
The committee appointed to sell a strip of land to Mr Heard, reported that they had good reason to think that Mr Heard would give $470 and thought a reference would be attended with unnecessary expense. They were authorised to accept that sum.
The council proceeded to ballot for nine directors of the House of Indus- try, and the following gentlemen were chosen on the part of the common council : B. V. French, T. Kendal, B. Briggs, D. Hastings, F. A. Gay, Joseph Lewis, W. R. P. Washburn, L. Brigham, and R. Child.
Ordered, that Messrs Wiley, Bald- win, and Aspinwall, with such as the Board of Aldermen may join, be a committee to audit the treasury ac- counts.
Adjourned to Monday evening next.
CITY OF BOSTON.
FIRE DEPARTMENT .-- By virtue of an act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed on the 18th day of June 1825, entitled, ' An act establishing a fire department in the city of Boston,' I hereby give notice, that the organization of a fire department under the above mention- ed act has been effected ; of which all per- sons interested will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Signed this 29th day of April, A. D. 1826.
JOSIAH QUINCY, Mayor. Attest, S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
NOTICE.
PELLAGRINO MAGNONI, Hair Dres- ser, informs his friends and Customers, that he has removed from Elm-street to his for- mer stand, in Wilson's Lane.
REMOVAL.
HENRY S. KENT has removed from No. 89 Court Street, to No. 110 Washing- ton Street. April 29.
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AND CITY RECORD, MAY 13, 1826.
FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1453.
The following is a literal translation of a letter, the original of which is de- · posited, it is said, at Bruges, among the archives of that city. It was ad- dressed to all Christian Princes by Is- abella, Infanta of Portugal, wife of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and Earl of Flanders, upon the taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. It is dated from Bruges, and the Belgian journal from which we take it, truly remarks, that one might believe it to have been written at the present time, so much do the circum- stances there related bear a comparison with those which are passing in our own time.
" Prince, ornament of Christendom, and Catholic ruler, by the Grace of God :
" The voice of a Princess brought up with the delicacy natural to her sex, has not the nervous eloquence able to point out to the Christian Princes the necessity of performing a service, on the which their honour and the dignity of their august character depends. The cause I propose to plead is that of God, and speaks for itself to the hearts of true Christians ; it is the de- fence of the Cross ; the protection of religion is the first and only pledge of our salvation. The barbarians of Asia, disciples of the Koran, have tak- en the capital of the East by assault ; their ravages shame our religion, and their standards float over the walls of ancient Byzantium, steeped in the blood of victims to the Christian faith. This conquest of the great Constan- tine over idolatry is now the prey of the children of Mahomet, who, scimi- tar in hand, threaten the remainder of the Greek empire. The beautiful country of the arts and sciences is about to sink under the rage of the Turks and the effects of the Koran, by a general destruction of morals and re- ligion. The dwelling of letters, Athens and Thebes, will remain a spectacle of sorrow for ever ; and the country of Miltiades, Aristides, and Themistocles is about to be invaded
by a horde of barbarians and infidels. It is not the cause of the Greeks alone ; it is that of all Christendom ; human- ity demands our help, and God, who came into the world for our redemp- tion, will aid our valour and constancy against the enemies of his Gospel.
Had I the eloquence of St. Paul, the constancy of St. Catherine in suf- fering, and the power of the Christian Kings for vengeance and punishment, I should be the first to make the Sar- acen Crescent give way before the ho- ly Cross of Christ ; but my sex, to whose weakness it is only permitted to act by piety and mildness, bounds me to forming the desire of seeing Chris- tian heroism struggle against the feroc- ity of the children of the Koran, and uniting in a mass to form an impene- trable barrier round the country of let- ters and arts against the doctrine of Mahomet.
If among so many Kings and hon- ourable Knights there should be one who would not wish to be the first to attack the enemy, I, in order to give him emulation, am ready, although a woman, to show them the path to glo- ry, for the service of God and religion, hoping that my example will raise a blush on the cheeks of those who have not the courage to imitate her who has the honour to salute your Highness.
ISABELLA, INFANTA OF PORTUGAL, Duchess of Burgundy, and Countess of Flanders."
From the Worcester Magazine. HON. THEODORE SEDGWICK, L. L. D.
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Great Barrington. He was admitted an Attorney of the Common pleas in the County of Berkshire, in 1776. He commenced practice in Great Barring- ton, afterwards moved to Sheffield, and finally, in 1785, removed to Stock- bridge, which was ever after his place of residence.
From 1776 to the time of his death, which happened at Boston, Jan. 24, 1813, he was almost constantly engag- ed in public business. He was first aid to Gen. Thomas, in his expedition to Canada, in 1776; Representative of Sheffield in the Legislature for sev- eral years successively ; and in 1785, he was sent Representative to Con- gress. During the Shays' insurrection he was one of the most active and effi- cient on the side of Government, and in many instances narrowly escaped with his life. The insurgents plunder- ed his house, insulted his person, and destroyed his property. In 1788, he was of the 'convention called to de- cide on the adoption of the Federal Constitution and was one of the chief advocates in its favor.' He was after- words Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives, and, in 1789, he was again elected to Congress and contin- ued there until 1793. He was then chosen Senator of the United States, in which office he remained until 1799, when he was re-elected to Congress, and was made Speaker. In 1802, he was appointed one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court and continued in that high and responsible station un- til his death.
Judge Sedgwick was the first who broke down the austerity and dignity of the Court in its intercourse with the members of the Bar. Before his time. it had been the practice of the bench to keep a watchful eye over its dignity, and regard with suspicion all appear- ance of familiarity on the part of those attending the courts. His affability and social character endeared him to the members of the bar, and a remem- brance of him is yet preserved and cherished with great respect for his private virtues as well as for his inval- uable public services. B.
TREATY WITH THE CREEKS.
This Treaty was ratified by the Senate on the 21st April ; the Na- tional Journal gives the following ab- stract of its articles.
The first article annuls the treaty concluded'at Indian Springs on the 12th Feb. 1825.
By the second article the Creeks cede to the United States an immense extent of territory in Georgia.
By the third the United States agree to pay immediately $217,600 ' to be divided among the chiefs and warriors of the nation."
By the fourth, the United States agree to pay the nation an additional perpetual annuity of $20,000.
The fifth article declares ' that the difficulties which have arisen in the nation shall be amicably adjusted.'
By the sixth article the United States engage to provide a place of residence for the friends of M'Intosh, west of the Mississippi.
By the seventh article, provision is made for the removal of the emigrant party within 24 months -The United States are to pay the expense of their removal, and to furnish them with sub- sistence for a term not exceeding 12 months after their arrival at their new residence.
8th. An agent, a sub-agent, and an interpreter is to reside with them, and a blacksmith and wheelwright are to be furnished by the U. States. Such assistance also, is to be rendered to them in their agricultural operations, as the President shall think proper.
9th. In consideration of the suffer- ings and exertions of the M'Intosh party, $100,000 are to be divided among their chieftains and warriors, if such party shall amount to 3000 per- sons, and in that proportion for any smaller number.
10th. The pecuniary damage sus- tained by the friends and followers of M'Intosh, in consequence of the diffi- culties growing out of the treaty at In- dian Springs, is to be regularly asses- sed on the Nation, and the amount paid out of their annuity.
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ceded are to be appraised, and the amount thus ascertained paid to the parties owning such improvements.
12th. Possession of the ceded coun- try to be yielded on the 1st of . Janua- ry next.
Finally, a supplementary article ex- tends the lines mentioned in the sec- ond article, so far as to include in the cession all the land at present held by the Creeks within the chartered limits of Georgia.
BOSTON : SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1826.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The communication from Amherst, N. H. and another from Nantucket, are on file, and shall receive due atten- tion.
Dr. J. V. C. Smith, who succeeded in establishing the Medical Intelligen- cer, (now published by J. Cotton, esq.) the first Medical Newspaper which was ever printed in this country, has recently relinquished the editorial de- partment of that paper, and is wow making preparations for publishing another of a similar character, on an improved plan, which will be issued on Saturday of each week. From his experience and the aid which is proffered by some of the first profes- sional gentlemen in Boston and New York, there is reason to believe it will have an extensive circulation.
PRESENT STATE OF ST. DO- MINGO.
We have received a letter, dated at Jacmel, April 7th, which says the small pox is making great ravages in Hayti. The writer attributes its fa- tality to the bad management of the physicians, who are 'more ignorant than those who lived before Hippo- crates.'
He says the climate is delightful, and nature would scatter in profusion the richest productions of the earth, were its inhabitants to make any exer- tions towards cultivating the land.
Rather than submit to the labour of tilling the soil, they would subsist upon one scanty meal a day, and reduce their children to the degradation of beggars. On the whole, we are fully convinced, from the tenor of this com- munication, that a great work must yet be accomplished, ere the people of Hayti will establish a completely se- cure government. With respect to the treaty with France, and acknowl- edgment of their independence, the Haytians are still in doubt. This ap- pears to be the object of their desire, but obscurity and uncertainty still in- velopes the future destiny of that un- fortunate Island.
CHAPTER OF NEWS.
The Marchioness of Londonderry was said to wear jewels and other costly ornaments to the value of 30,000/. at the Fancy Ball in York .== In New York, owing to the late fire, the Post Office had been removed into one of the rooms in the rear of the ex- change. The entrance is from Ex- change street, near its junction with William street .= A new Novel, enti- tled Granby, by the author of Tre- maine, has just been published in New York, which is said to be superior to the preceding writings of the author .== A Jeffersonian meeting was held on the ninth inst. in Philadelphia, for the relief of the venerable ex-president .== The last advices from New Orleans state that the small pox had made its appearance in that city .= Seventy eight dollars and ten cents have been received from Captains of vessels, in Baltimore, as a donation to the Sea- men's Union Bethel Society .= Thirty three persons died in Baltimore, in the week, ending 2d May, from this, it ap- pears to be uncommonly healthy .== The Chameleon, now exhibiting in this city, said to live on air, probably subsists on small insects, as it is a well known fact to naturalists, that they have a peculiar odour, which attracts small insects towards them, which they catch with the tongue, in the same manner that flies are taken by frogs .== Mr Cooper's benefit at the Federal St.
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Theatre on Monday evening last, was not so well attended as in former times. Mr Burroughs' at the Circus, the same evening, was a round one .== The weather, the past week. for the most part, has been delightful .== The roof of a glass house, in Wheeling, Virg. fell in lately, and the principal part of the building was destroyed by fire .== The Ohio river was five feet above high-water mark, at the last dates .= A rail road coach between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, Eng. carries twenty passengers, and yet requires only one horse, at the rate of cleven miles an hour .== A steam boat, Le Ca- nadian, near Montreal, recently took fire, which rendered it necessary to scuttle her .== Maj. Russell, editor of the Centinel, has been severely abused by Mr Randolph, while seated in the lob- by of the Senate, at Washington .= The expense of the contemplated Na- tional Observatory, at Washington, is calculated at $14.500, including in- struments, $16,646, and the subse- quent annual expense, including con- tingencies, $4,042 .== A great drought has been experienced at Bermuda .== The Indians have murdered the crew, and burnt the Schooner Eliza Ann. on the Indian coast, in the Gulf of Mexico .== In Rhode Island the Gene- ral Court have passed an act, increas- ing the Bank tax, from 5 to 124 cents on every hundred dollars of the capi- tal stock .= Rev. N. Parker, D. D. of Portsmouth, delivered the Dudleian Lecture on the 'Validity of Presbyte- rian Ordination,' at Cambridge, on Wednesday last .= The lives of a whole family were put in jeopardy, at Washington, by eating cheese, which probably contained some poisonous material in the colouring matter which is used in modern dairies .== Mr Ran- dolph is said to be a great porter drinker .== His Excellency James Fen- ner has been unanimously elected Governor of Rhode Island, and his Honor Charles Collins, esq. Lieut. Governor .=== A new Theatre is build- ing at Rochester, N. Y. under the su- perintendance of Mr Williams .== Mr and Mrs Duff have announced their
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