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AND CITY RECORD, JAN. 7, 1825. TTER:
Messrs. Editors,
SINCE my last communication re- specting the rate of increase of pop- ulation in this and three other cities, a fact has come to my knowledge, of which I was then ignorant, viz. that when the census of 1820 was taken, the soldiers at the two forts, and the sailors on board the ship Indepen- dence, then laying in our harbour, were enumerated in it. Since that time the ship has been removed, and the number of soldiers at the forts greatly reduced, so that a loss of 474 of inhabitants has arisen from these causes. The population of Boston in 1820 was therefore 42,824
do. 1825 58,281
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or at the rate of ,361
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From the report of the Indian Agent, it appears there are no less than 38 schools established in the In- dian country by different societies, to aid in supporting which the U. S. pay $13,550. The whole number of scholars are 1,159 ; number of teach- ers 281, including their far nilies.
EARTHQUAKE.
A violent earthquake was experi- enced at Port-au-Prince, at 2 o'clock on the morning of the 19th Nov. It was preceded by a rum!bling noise from the South East, and continued four or five seconds. The shock was, according to the represer iations of some of the oldest inhabit ants, more violent than that of the year 1770, which nearly destroyed the whole city. Fortunately there was no ma- terial injury sustained.
THE REBELS.
THE REBELS, OR BOSTON BEFORE THE REVOLUTION .- By the author of Hobomok. Here the free spent of Mankind at le mgth, Throws its last fetters off: and who sl iall place, A limit to the quarter's unchained str ength,
Or cut his swiftness in the forward rac e .- Bryant. Just published and for sale by ( CUMMINGS, HILLIALD & Co.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
The large and valuable lot of Land situ- ated on the south east side of Pitts street, adjoining the site to be occupied by the new Congregational Society, and contain- ing about 20,000 feet. It may be divided into 12 or 15 convenient lots for dwelling houses, with ample front and requisite yard room for wood house and other convenien- ces. It will be sold in portions to accom- modate purchasers desirous to build, or to a single purchaser on favourable terms. The short distance from the centre of busi- ness and their retired position from the main streets, renders these estates very eli- gible both for the man of business and of leisure. For terms and further particulars enquire of DAVID WOODMAN, No. 45 Han- over street. li&os3m Jan. 7
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER- SHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the co. partnership heretofore existing between the subscribers, under the firm of JEREMIAH FITCH & CO. was dissolved by mutual consent, on the 21st. ult .- All persons in- debted to said firm are called upon to pay the same, and all persons having demands against said firm, are requested to present them to JEREMIAH FITCH. No's 38 and 40 Central street who will duly settle and. adjust the same. JEREMIAH FITCH.
RICHARD S. HOW E.
JEREMIAH FITCH would inform, his friends and the public, that he continues the business at No's 38 & 40 Central-street, where he has for sale a very exten sive as- sortment of WOOLEN, COTTON & SILK GOODS, by the package or piece.
IROBATE NOTICO.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Suf- folk, ss. At a Probate Court, held at Bos- ton, in said County, on Monday the twenty- sixth day of December, in. the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five,
WHEREAS Willard Badger, Adminis- trator of the goods and estate of JOSEPH SPEAR, late of Boston, Mariner, deceased, intestate, has this day presented for allow- ance the second account of his administra- tion upon said estate,
He the said Willard Badrer is hereby di- rected to give public notice in the newsna- per called the American Traveller, printed in said Boston, two weeks successively, that said account will be passed upon at a Pro- bate Court, to be held at said Boston, on Monday the ninth day of January next, at 10 o'clock, A M. that all persons interest- ed therein may then and there appear, and shew cause, if any they have, either for or against the allowance of the same.
Witness my hand, the day and vear above written, JOS'H HALL, Judge of Probate.
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER.
SHarrico, IN THIS CITY,
Salmon Perry to Miss Mary W. Pollard Saml. G. Goodrich of Hartford to Miss Mary Boott.
Henry Reed to Mrs. Rhoda Crosby Nathaniel Tead to Miss Sarah Swain
John Bennett to Miss Sally Durant
Thos. W. Baker to Miss Louisa D. Mans- field
David W. Hall to Miss Mary M. Griffin Haskell Bancroft to Miss Mary Mann.
In Pittsfield, Dr. Jerome V. C. Smith, of Boston, Prof. of Anatomy and Physiology in the Berkshire Medical Institution, to Miss Eliza, daughter of H. C. Brown, Esq. high Sheriff of the County of Berkshire.
At Chester, N. H. Mr. Amasa Potter, of Boston, to Miss Abigail Morse.
At Walpole, N. H. Mr. Francis Fisher, of Boston, to Miss Lydia Kittredge, daughter of Dr. J. K.
In Bridgewater, by Rev. Mr. Hodges, Mr. Freedom Whitman, of Boston, to Miss Clarissa Allen, of East Bridgewater.
Draths
Reported at the Health Office during the week ending Thursday noon, Jan. 6.
Dec. 27. Jeremiah Dacey 24 years
29. John Burbank 50 "
" George Martin 23
30. Caroline Charles S
" Eliza Tidd 37
31. Sarah Nason 66
Wmn. W. Brett 3
Jan. 1. Edward D. Searle 4
Olive Bill 17
" Jona. F. Greenwood 31
2. Sarah Leachman 3 months.
" Joseph Eliot Henry 2} years.
„ Jane K. Richardson 80
" Sarah A. Pollock
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4. Samuel Morse 56 years.
DIED
In Worcester . Gaol, Dec. 27, Mr. Thomas Knowles, a poor debtor, aged 82. He cited his creditor to appear a few days since, when it was expected he would take the poor debtor's oath ; but from previous sickness and confinement, operating on the infirmities of old age, his mind was so disordered that the oath could not be ad- ministered. His creditor was present, but did not see fit to discharge him .-- Yeoman.
In Attleborough, Mr. Joseph A. Richards, in the 76th year of his age. Mr. R. was one of the few surviving Frenchmen who came to our assistance in the war of the revolution ; through which, he served with honour. After peace was declared, he set- tled in Attleborough, where he has ever since supported the principles which he
fought for in his youth. He was univer. sally esteemed by all his friends-his house was ever open to the distresses of his coun- trymen.
In Londonderry, N. H. in the 90th year of his age, the Hon John Bell-a man dis- tinguished by an intuitive soundness of judgment, great decision of character, and inflexible integrity. He was a leading member of the New Hampshire Legislature from the commencement to the close of the Revolutionary War, and after the establish- ment of the State Constitution. a member of the Senate and House of Representatives. He was father to the late Governor of that State, and the present Sheriff of Rock- ingham.
Anne Moore .- Last week terminated the life of Anne Moore, of this town, the pre- tended fasting woman, in the 78th year of her age. About the beginning of the year 1807, this extraordinary impostor lived at Tutbury, a village in Staffordshire, where she first excited public attention by declar- ing that she lived without food, and having offered to prove the truth of her assertion by submitting to be watched for a consid- erable time, she was at last detected in her impostare by a professional gentleman of the name of Fox, who discovered that her daughter was in the habit of conveying her food daily, and concealing it under the bed clothes. Macclesfield Courier, Oct .6.
HISTORY OF BOSTON.
JUST published by ABEL BOWEN, and for sale at his Office, No. 2, Congress- square, HISTORY OF BOSTON. the Metropo- lis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period, with some account of the Environs. By CALEB H. SNOW, M. D. Embellished with engravings. 1 vol. ecta- vo-400 pages.
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT :
District Clerk's Office.
BE it remembered, that on the twenty eighth day of November, A. D. 1325, in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America, ABEL BOWEN, of the said District, has deposited in this Office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor. in the words following, to wit :
A HISTORY of BOSTON, the Metropolis of Mas- sachusetts ; from its origin to the present period. With some arcount of the Environs. By CALEB H. SNOW, M. D. Mons Idaeus ubi et gentis cuna- bula nostræ .- Virgil. Embellished with Engravings.
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encourage- ment of learning, py securing the copies of maps. charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ; and ex- tending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing. engraving and etching, historical and other prints." JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.
BOSTON : Printed by Munroe & Francis.
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CITY RECORD.
Vol. I.
JANUARY 14, 1826. No. 4.
$3 pr. ann.]
" TO OBSERVE AND PRESERVE."
[IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE.
A portion of the News-Letter will be appropria- ted for such advertisements as require to be kept in existence ; such as letters of administration, orders of courts ; copy rights ; new publications ; notices of removals ; new establishments of busi- ness ; formation and dissolution of partnerships ; sales of real estates, &c. &c. at the usual prices charged in this city.
It will be perceived that the two outside leaves have not been paged ; these are intended, at the close of a volume, to be separated from the twelve inside pages, and attached as an Appendix, or bound separate.
POETRY.
THE MINIATURE.
WILLIAM was holding in his hand The likeness of his wife, 'Twas drawn by some enchanted wand, It seem'd so much like life.
He almost thought it spoke-he gaz'di Upon the picture still, And was delighted and amaz'd To view the painter's skill.
This picture is just like thee, Jane, 'Fis drawn to nature true ;
I've kiss'd it o'er and o'er again, It is so much LIKE YOU.
And has it kiss'd thee back, my dear ? Ah no, my love, said he ;
Then, William, it is very clear, It's not at all LIKE ME.
FEMALE ENTERPRIZE.
While we were sitting in the City Clerk's office, a few moments, the other day, a tall, slender-waisted young lady, who vibrated between 35 and 10, rigged in capacious green calash, a long bottle-green shawl, high-heeled
shoes, and other fashionable appurte- nances, tripped through the door so light and airy, that a stoic would feel the melting influence of female witche- ry, and asked, in an imperative voice, if " this was the place to be pub- lished ?" Being answered in the af- firmative, she bashfully twisted her toothless jaws somewhere into the vi- cinity of her bosom, and told the gen- tleman she wished to be published forthwith. He informed her ladyship that it would require fourteen days, to make it lawful; but she remonstrated against such cruelty, by assuring him that her betrothed husband was con- fined in jail, and he could not be re- leased, till they were married. The idea of law seemed to have a provok- ing influence on her buoyant spirits ; but, rather than to fail of realizing such prospective connubial bliss, she finally consented to leave her name, and wait with patience the appointed time ;- but remarked, with a sigh, as she took her leave, these were hard times, when one was in distress !
A second lady, of middle age, with a fair, melancholy face, well dressed, and obviously in the deepest trouble, begged to inquire whether one Patrick () ----- had recently been published ? While the clerk was searching the records, she began a pitiful story of her wrongs ; how this same base Patrick O -- had forsaken her, -- and how much she had suffered by his dissipation and neglect ;-- but the greatest of all her afilictions arose from
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a report that he had just been publish- ed to another dear one! On being assured that no such circumstance had transpired, accompanied with an opin- ion. that the story was all a hoax, made up to teaze her, she brightened up in a twinkling,, took a bold stand. and declared what she would do in retaliation for such treatment, if he did get married ; and away she went with spirits at the boiling point, and her language truly scalding to the lov- ers of decorum.
The third and last, who made her debut ere the second had fairly been forgotten by the gentlemen present, was a formidable-sized sylph, of about two hundred pounds weight,-a genu- ine pot-Juck boarder,-all feathers and ribbon, but, unfortunately, too hoarse to articulate her words distinctly-for which she " wished to be excused"- with a short courtesy, as much as to say, your servant, sir .-- " Pray, sir, is my publishment finished ?" said this fat dame of a notable street, with a second courtesy.
The thing was produced, and altho' she seemed to eye the four-and-six- pence, as it passed into the officer's hands, with more than ordinary sensi- bility, another courtesy, more rapidly executed than the former, was a con- clusive evidence of her thankfulness that things were nearly completed, and away she went in a halo of joy.
The following epitaph, extracted from Professor Griscom's " Year in Europe," was copied by him from a tomb stone in the church-yard of Brading in the Isle of Wight.
EPITAPH.
Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this: Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stay'd thy progress to the seats of bliss.
No more confin'd to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay ;
Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
The population of Upper Canada, is found by the Census of 1825 to be 157,741, giving an increase of 6,444 in one year.
In France it requires an immense capital to establish a printing press. An enormous duty, amounting in some cases to 60,000 dollars, is to be paid for a patent or license which may be revoked at the king's pleasure.
The governor of Indiana, in his message to the legislature, states, that the common school lands in Indiana consist of 608,207 acres, which, at $2 per acre, would produce a fund of $1,216,444, producing at 6 per cent. interest,an income of $72,986. There are also 40,960 acres of college lands granted to the State. The population of Indiana has nearly doubled within the last five years. In 1800 the Ter- ritory contained 5000 souls ; in 1810, 24,000 ; and in 1825, it is estimated at 250,000. The state can muster 40,000 citizen soldiers.
Post Office Department .-- The pro- fits arising from the Post Office de- partment, during the year ending on the Ist of July last, were $45,476; while the loss to the government in the year ending July 1, 1823, was £55,580 ! There has been 1040 new post offices established since the 1st of July 1823 ; and the number of agents employed in the operation of the department is upwards of 15,000.
The number of deaths of persons belong- ing to Nantucket, during the year 1825, was 241 ; this number includes 38 who died abroad, and one hundred and fourteen young children !- viz.
Under 10 years of age 114
Between 10 and 70 92
Above 70 35 == 241
Although this mortality is supposed to be greater than that of any preceding year, yet it must be principally imputed to the prevalence of diseases incident to children, who were swept off in a remarkable manner by measles, whooping cough, cholera, &c.
In Belfast, Me. 80 deaths occurred during the last year. Belfast contains 2839 inhab- itants ; and there are 171 dwelling houses, besides numerous warehouses, stores, shops, offices, &c.within & a mile of the lower bridge.
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Dort of Boston.
Jan. Entered.
1. Warren, Smith, Cronstadt. Cyprus, Gammons, Messina and Palermo.
2. Mary-Catherine, [Br.] Lyle, Halifax.
6. Washington, Norris, Halifax.
7. Forest, Foote, Liverpool. Arcturus, Dill, Lisbon via Portland. Geo. Henry, Bourne, Halifax.
Marion, Cole, Aux Cayes. Amity, Linnel, Turks Island. Export, Bray, Rio de la Hache. Jew, Lovell, St Croix. Eagle, Grows, Martinique.
8. Wm. Penn, Bignoll, Honduras. Oracle, Webb, Demerara. Nestor, Whitney, Cronstadt. Pan Matanzas, Blanchard, do.
11. Globe, Smith, Cronstadt. James and Caroline, Eaton, Tobago. Jan. Cleared.
2. Mentor, Mann, Batavia. Dover, Rider, Jacmel.
3. Vine, Grozier, Liberia & Pernambuco. Ranger, Armstrong, St. John, N.B.
4. Eliza, Bunker, St. Domingo. 'Telemachus, Crosby, St. Thomas.
5. Francis. Otis, do.
6. Sarah Maria, Cole, Matanzas.
7. Diana, Lapham, Amsterdam. James, Holmes, Rotterdam.
'Fame, Cann, Halifax.
10. Sarah, Torrey, Surinam.
Gen. Turner, Hammond, C. de Verds and Africa. Mary Catherine, [Br.] Lyle, Halifax. 11. Pedler, Spearman, Africa.
Jan. Coastwise .*
5. Ship Thos. Fowler, Barnet, Savannah. Brig Grampus, Bangs, Charleston.
7. Ship Louisa, Lyon, Mobile. Brig Elk, Emery, Norfolk.
* Those mentioned as having cleared for coast-wise ports are presumed to be bound to those ports for the purpose of loading for foreign ports-no other coastwise clearan- ces will be reported.
Telegraphic Notice .- At the commence- ment of the second year, the Telegraph Subscription book will be handed to the Mercantile community generally, for their continued patronage and support.
By the Conductor.
Wreck .- Brig Clarion, Crowell, from Marsala, cargo of 100 pipes, 200 half, 200 qr. and 68 half gr. pipes wine, 5 tons steel, 35 tons barilla, on her passage from Holmes'
Hole to this port, was run down by a large brig on Thursday morning Jan. 5, at half past 4 o'clock, 8 leagues N. E. from Cape Cod, while under easy sail on a wind, blow- ing a gale, from N W. and was lost. The unknown brig was running before the wind, under a press of sail, and struck the Clari- on on the weather bow, her stem cutting through the waist and two or three of the deck plank ; the vessel remained in con- tact but a few minutes ; and as they sepa- rated, Capt. Crowell hailed the other to heave to, as he was sinking, and fired a pistol ; but he does not know as she did heave to : he could neither see her nor hear any answer. All hands on board the Clari- on were immediately set to work at the pumps, staving wine pipes forward, stop- ping the aperture with old clothing, wool, &c. by which means, and keeping her be- fore the wind, she was kept above water for some time. At daylight, a brig was seen to leeward ; made a signal of distress, and run down to her, and when within a short distance, lowered the long boat and all hands got into it and were taken on board the brig, which proved to be the Delta from New Orleans, arrived at this port yesterday. Nothing was saved by the crew but the clothes they had on ; all their exertions to. keep her free proving ineffectual, and when they left her she was fast settling in the water. Nothing was seen of the unknown brig after the separation. Edward R. Da- vis, one of the crew of the Clarion, is mis- sing, supposed to have got on board the un- known vessel.
LAUNCH .-- The Brig HARDY, of 290 tons a handsome and well-built vessel, coppered and copper fastened, was launched from the ship yard of Mr. Cottle, in North Salem, on Monday last. She is owned by Ropes, Reed and Co. of Boston .- Es. Reg.
A company is to be formed in New York, for the purpose of raising vessels or their cargoes, and application is to be made to the legislature this winter to incorporate the same, with a capital of $500,000.
Famine in Brazil. A Savannah paper of Friday last is received by the ship Phea- sant. The Br. ship Loyal Sam arrived there on the 29th, in 19 days from Maran- ham, the captain of which states that the whole country and iohabitants, extending north from Pernambuco, being several pro- vinces including Bahia, are in a state of great suffering, being out of provisions and water, and that from the excessive drought, the crops are nearly or quite des- troyed. No freights to be had. The ship General Brock, of Liverpool, after a deten- tion of two months, had sailed with her car- go incomplete.
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Married, IN THIS CITY,
Mr. Ferdinand E. White, of this city, to Miss Dorothy H. Gardner, daughter of John Gardner, Esq. of Leominster.
On Sunday evening last, at the Catholic Church, by the Rev. Mr. Burns, Mr. John Sullivan to Miss Jane G. Hardy, third daughter of the late Mr. Joshua Hardy.
Frederick Nutting of Westminster, Vt. to Miss Elizabeth J. Penniman.
In Nantucket, Charles B. Ray to Miss Clarissa Folger ; Paul B. Macy to Miss Ann F. Barnard.
In Fall River, Mr. Nathan Davis to Miss Clarissa, daughter of Mr. John Bowen.
In Bridgewater, by Rev Mr Hodges, Mr. Freedom Whitman, of Boston, to Miss Clar- issa Allen, of East Bridgewater.
At Minot, Me. Master Winslow Small, aged 17, weighing 90 lbs to Miss Polly Small, aged 20, weighing 150 lbs.
At Deerfield, on Thursday last, by Rev. Mr. Willard, Mr. Rufus GUNN, to Miss Betsey BALL, both of Deerfield.
The arms of Cupid are but feathered darts
Shot from his pliant bow at youthful hearts ;
But ah ! what fate awaits us, lovers, all, When Hymen holds a Gunn well loaded with a Ball.
Deaths
Reported at the Health Office during the week ending Thursday noon, Jan. 12.
Jan. 5. Susanna F. Barber, 62 years.
„ʻ Caleb Lamson, 25 years.
Sarah E. White, 7 months.
,, 6. John Kent, 25 years.
79 John Gilbert, 53 years.
Seavert Johannason, 31 years.
7. Abigail S. Hayward, 59 years. Maria Louisa Kendall, S years. Nathan A. Tufts, Jr. 4 months.
8. Eleanor Johnson, 72 years.
Elizabeth Williams, 85 years. William E. Marshall, 23 years. Sarah Knott, 32 years.
9. Mary Tuttle, 34 years. Child of Geo. Everett, 3 weeks.
Ephraim Searle, 36 years.
Sarah Puffer, 19 months John Blanchard, 24 years.
10. Harriet W. Grosvenor, 2 years. Jabez G. Fisher, 2 years.
11. Margaret Adams, 89 years.
Samuel Swift, Jr. 42 years.
DIED
In Drewsville, N. H. Mr. James Hawkley, aged 73, a soldier of the revolution, and a worthy and honest map -- an Englishman by birth-for many years he fought for his King, came to this country before the revo- lation, and at the commencement thereof enlisted as a soldier in the American army He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, Mon-
mouth and Stillwater, and valiantly fought the battles of freedom to the close of the war.
Gallipolis, ( Ohio ) Dec 3 -LONGEVITY .- Died, in Harrison township, in this county, on Tuesday the 22d ult. Mrs. Anne Bailey. From the best accounts we have had, she must have been at least 115 years of age. According to her own account, her father was a soldier in Queen Anne's war- on getting a furlough to go home he found his wife with a fine daughter in her arms, whom he called Anne, after the Queen, as a token of respect. Ia 1714 she went from Liverpool to London, with her mother, on a visit to her brother. While there, she saw Lord Lovett beheaded. She came to the United States the year after Braddock's de- feat, aged then 46 years. Her husband was killed at the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. After that, to avenge his death, she joined the garrison, under the command of Col. Wm. Clendenin, where she remained until the final departure of the Indians from the country. She was always noted for intrepid bravery. Col. Clendenin says, that, while he was commander of the gar- rison where Charleston, Kanhawa, is now located, an attack by Indians was hourly expected. On examination, it was believed that the ammunition on hand was insuffi- cient to hold out a siege of any length. To send even two, three, or four men to Lew- isburg, the nearest place it could be had, a distance of 100 miles, was like sending men to be slaughtered; and to send a larger force was weakening the garrison. While in this state Anne Bailey volunteered to leave the fort in the night, and go to Lewisburg. She did so, and travelled the wilderness where not the vestige of a house was to be seen, arrived safe at Lewisburg, delivered her or- ders, received the ammunition, and return- ed safe to her post amidst the plaudits of a grateful people .- Free Press.
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