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AND CITY RECORD, APRIL 8, 1826.
Some of our brother editors have copied from the columns of the News- Letter, without giving the customary credit-a thing that snails our perri- wig. When we have laboured over a manuscript, the chirography of which, from its antiquity, would puz- zle any one who possesses less pa- tience than ourselves, we desire, at least, the credit of it,-as that is the principal recompense we can expect in hard times ;-- viz: times when ed- itors forget to treat their friends with civility.
Notice to Pensioners .- Instructions from the War Department have been received at the Pension Office to pay those pensioners on the books of this agency who happen to reside in other States, their semiannual stipend up to the 4th of March last and no longer. Afterwards they must be transferred to the States in which they reside, by ap- plication to the Secretary of War. Pension Office, Boston, April 3, 1826.
The Medical Commencement in Transylvania, took place on Saturday 11th March, when the degree of Doc- tor of Medicine was conferred on 64 gentlemen, from the following states : Kentucky 28, Tennessee 10, Virginia 5, S. Carolina 5, Alabama 5, Ohio 3, Mississippi 2, Louisiana 2, Illinois 2, N. Carolina 1, Georgia 1, Arkansas 1. 'The chapel of the University was crowded with ladies and gentlemen on this occasion, and the whole exhibition afforded the highest gratification to the friends of science. The valedictory address by Dr. Drake was peculiarly appropriate, and displayed in a good degree the comprehensiveness and en- ergy of thought, as well as beauty of style, for which the Professor is justly distinguished. Kentucky Reporter.
The New-York Mirror and Ladies Literary Gazette, is a finely executed paper, and contains a valuable collec- tion of belle-lettre matter. No. 36 of the 4th volume is a beautiful specimen of typographical workmanship. Ma- ny of the articles in the Mirror, are
indicative of research, and certainly show that fine talents are enlisted in its service. It is printed by Daniel Fanshaw, Murray St. N. Y. at four dol- lars a year, and issued on Saturdays.
The old National Advocate has passed into the editorial charge of E. J. Roberts, Esq. late an associate partner with M. M. Noah, Esq. in the office of the other Advocate, from which, he announces, he has been ex- cluded by " extraordinary circum- stances."
The sch. Susan, of Machias, which was struck with lightning, burnt to the water's edge : 100 of the 300 bales of cotton were saved. The crew got to shore in safety.
Hops .- A farmer in Middlesex co. cultivated five acres with hops the last year, and sold the crop for $2200, or $440 per acre. He plants 800 hills to the acre ..
Brooklyn Theatre .- During the re. cess of the Chatham Garden Theatre, the company got a temporary estab- lishment at Brooklyn, and, principally for their own amusement, performed a number of dramatic pieces. Not- withstanding the hasty and imperfect manner in which the preparations were made, and the little organization which might be supposed to exist in such a concern, the performances were of a kind highly pleasing and in- teresting, and were very creditable to the skill and industry of the company. It is rumoured that the entertainment which this temporary stage afforded the good people of Brooklyn, has been so highly pleasing, that they are un- willing to give it up, and contemplate building a permanent theatre at --- some future period!
Accident .- On the 22d February, a little girl of Mr Jonas Blandin, of Townshend, Penn. aged about four years, while at play, fell upon a case knife she held in her hand, which perforated the side of her neck, and entirely separated the artery. She expired in about three or four hours.
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER.
MHlavrico,
IN THIS CITY,
Mr. Parker Smith to Miss Harriet Whit- ing.
Mr. Alfred Willard to Miss Mary L. Har- ring.
Mr. 'Southworth Bryant to Miss Mary Ann Jepson.
At Cambridge, by Rev. Pres. Kirkland, Rev. Charles W. Upham, Colleague Pastor of the first Church in Salem, to Miss Ann Susan Holmes, daughter of Reverend Dr. Holmes.
In New-York, Eugene Malibran, esq. to Miss Felicite Garcia, late distinguished in that city as an incomparably fine opera singer.
Deaths
Reported at the Health Office during the week . ending Thursday noon, April 6.
March.
30. Dorcas Bowers, 35 years. Wm. McMonagle, 1 month. Jonathan M. Parker, S years.
31. Ann H. Jenkins, 16 years. Benjamin Wiggin, (about) 34 years. Elizabeth Rollock, 45 years.
Ap. 1. Robert Banker, 32 years.
2. Robert Armstrong, 5 years.
3. Catherine Atkins, 37 years. Sophia Crombie, 33 years. Matthias Bean, 14 months.
4 Duncan Cameron Fanny Fairchild, 23 years. Betsey M.Nice, 5 years.
Luke Hawcs, 38 years. Lydia Bentley, 3 weeks.
5. George Nixon, 7 years.
6. Mary Russel, 28 years. Rebecca Harris, 38 years.
DIED,
In New Bedford, Abraham Smith esq aged 77 ; for the last twenty years Post- Master in that place.
On Saturday morning March 25, at Te- voitdale, Columbia County, N. Y. Mrs Dale, wife of Charles Augustus Dale, esq. formerly Mrs. Robert Fulton
Near Cranbury, Middlesex county, N. J. David Stout, aged 92 years ; the widow of the deceased is 83 years of age-they lived together in the bands of wedlock 66 years, having had 2 children, 13 grand children and 63 great grand children. The number of their descendants now living is 110 .-
The deceased was the grandchild of Pene- lope, a Danish lady, who emigrated to this country about the commencement of the settlement of New-Jersey. Her husband, herself, with part of the crew, having land- ed from the vessel they came in, werc seized by the Indians ; they killed her hus- band, and left her for dead -- she recovered so far as to attempt to regain the place where they landed. On her way she fell in with two Indians; one of them was for putting her to death -- the other opposed it -a conflict ensued and the hostile Indian was killed. The other took the poor wo- man to his wigwam, and administered to her necessities until she recovered from her wounds. He then told her she might re- main with him or go to her countrymen .-- She chose the latter, and soon after mar- ried a young man by the name of Stout, and from this connexion sprang the numer- ous families of the Stouts that now live in New-Jersey.
Near Brownsbury, Va. Mr. Charles Campbell, aged 86. Mr. C. was an officer in the Colonial service before our separa- tion from British dominion. He was in the battle of Point Pleasant, and after- wards when the struggle for liberty com- menced, he was a Captain in the army of the Revolution, and present at the capture of Cornwallis.
In England, Mr. Incledon, the celebrated vocalist. Mr. Lindley Murray, the great Grammarian, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 81.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Susannah Bos- søn, wife of late William Bosson, Esq. for- merly of Roxbury.
Port of Boston.
April. Entered.
3. Sh. Emerald, Hawes, Liverpool. Sh. Marino, Drew, Bremen.
Sh. Canton Packet, Bowditch, Sumatra.
Br. Byron, Warren, Rochelle,
Br. Galaxy, Brown, do.
4. Sh. London Packet, Mackay, London.
March. Cleared.
30. Br. Padang, Ingersol, Havana.
31. Br. Richmond, Port Au Prince.
Ap.1 Br. Jew, Lovell, St. Croix.
Br. Sultana, Thomas, Havana.
Br. Falcon, Somes, St. Pierres.
Br. Commerce, Evans, Surinam.
Br. Lady Washingt. Ropes, Aux Cayes.
Sc. Fairy, Marble, Vera Cruz.
3. Sh. American Hero, Demerara. Br. Floyd, Havana.
Br. Juno, Higgins, Demerara.
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Vol. I.
APRIL 15, 1826. No. 17.
$3 pr. ann.]
" TO OBSERVE AND PRESERVE."
[IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE.
PODIRY.
LEZIONE PER L'AMORE.
WHERE, ob, where's the chain to fling, One that will chain Cupid's wing -- One that will have longer power Than the April sun or shower! Form it not of eastern gold- Golden fetters never hold ; They may chain, but not confine, Not allure -- but only shine. Neither form it all of bloom --- Never does Love find bis tomb Sudden, soon, as when he meets Death amid unvarying sweets. But ifyou would fling a chain, And not fling it quite in vain, Like a fairy, form a spell Of all that is changeable ; Like the purple tints that deck The gay peacock's sunny neck ; Or the many hues that play In the colouring morning's ray. Never let a hope appear Without its companion, fear ; Only smile to sigh, and then Change into a smile again. Be to-day as sad and pale As minstrel with his lovelorn tale ; But to-morrow gay as all Your life had been a festival. If a woman would secure
All that makes her reign endure ---
And, alas ! her reign must be Ever most in fantasy- Never let a curious eye Gaze upon the heart too nigh -- Never let the veil be thrown Quite aside, as all were known, Of delight and tenderness In the spirit's last recess ; And one spell-all spells above -- Never let her own her love.
L. E. L.
The Jow's-harp .- A German herds- man and labourer of the name of Eul- enstein, is at present astonishing all Paris by his performances on the Jew's-harp. By dint of great applica- tion and practice, he has converted this harsh, meagre, and vulgar instru- ment into one of the most elegant, harmonious, and flexible character .-- Availing himself of sixteen different harps, which he manages with such dexterity that the time of the music which he plays is never suspended for a moment, by the change from one to another, he runs with ease over four octaves, and executes with great grace and expression the most difficult Ital- ian, French, and German pieces.
Typography .- A most extraordi- nary specimen of typographical inge- nuity and skill has just been published by Mr Johnson, of the Apollo Press, Brook street, Holborn, whose elabo- rate publication, entitled Typographia, we noticed some time since. It con- sists of upwards of sixty thousand moveable pieces of metal, and above one hundred and fifty different pat- terns of flowers, so arranged as to pro- duce all the effect of a well executed engraving, representing an arch sup- ported by a series of pillars. In the centre of the former is a tablet with an inscription to the memory of Wil- liam Caxton, Wynken de Worde, and Richard Pynson, and their successors in the typographic art .- Gaz.
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The London Globe of the 27th of February, remarks, " Mr. Price, of the New York Theatre, is said to be in treaty with Miss Foote, to perform in America."
By a law of New-York, any person may sue and recover all sums lost and paid at cards over $25; and moreover, treble the winnings ; one half to go to the poor, and the other to the informer.
Forty persons were taken by the police in New-York on Sunday in a French gambling house, in full play ; three others escaped, one by jumping from the 2d story window.
It is said, that Cooper, the Novelist, received $5000 for the copy-right of The Last of the Mohicans.
Deaths in the U. S. Marine Hospi- tal, during the quarter ending March 31st .--- Jan 4th, Henry Davis, Fal- mouth, aged 38, bilious fever ; 6th, Peter Wilson, Penn. 28, consumption, coloured man ; 20th, George Griggs, Boston, 22, typhus fever ; 29th, Charles Anderson, Sweden, 44, con- sumption. Feb. 15th, Peter Condra, Ireland 27, jaundice ; 25th, James Rogers, Philadelphia, 41, pneumonia. March 24th, Austin Perkins, alias Daniel Randall, Albany, 38, delirium tremens ; 25th, William Nickerson, New-Jersey, 25, typhus fever, col- oured man. Whole number of pa- tients during the quarter, 91.
CHARLES TURNER, Steward.
Another instance of the inestimable value of the stomach-pump has been proved at Newport, Monmouth- shire. A Miss Trenn, from motives unknown, took a large quantity of white precipitated mercury. The pump was procured, and the poisonous draught so completely extracted, that she was able to follow her usual occu- pation in a few days.
Mr. Booth, the tragedian, is about to visit this country again.
Mr. Huskisson stated in the House of Commons, on the 24th Feb that the Bank of England had issued about six millions in seven days, or $26,640,000.
The nephew of a rich banker at Rome, was sentenced to be led through that city, on an ass, and to be sent to the galleys for ten years for carrying a sword cane ! His uncle offered 60,000 crowns for a commutation, which was refused.
The Jewish house of Loco, at Bromburg, has failed for $2,000,000. Its failure is ascribed to over specula- tion in wool, grain, and agricultural produce.
The Shrewsbury Chronicle says at a convivial meeting in Welsh Hamp- ton, a noted orator, in delivering one of his speeches, struck the table with such violence that he broke his arm !
The mud which accumulates in the streets of London after a shower of rain is now called Mr. M'Adam's cream.
New York Canal .-- By the annual report of the Canal Commissioners, published in the Albany Argus, it ap- pears that the tolls collected last year exceeded those of 1824 by. a sum of $221,464 : it is supposed the revenue of the Canal for the present year will reach $1,100,000, while the disburse- ments will not exceed 565,000.
Meteor .- On the 30th of March, about half past 7 P. M. a bright and beautiful Meteor passed in full view of the inhabitants of this Town .- Its diameter was apparently about one quarter that of the full moon, and the light emitted from it much more bril- liant. Its course was from east to west, and its colour that of heated iron brought to a white heat. It burst- ed in a W. S. W. direction from this place, and its fragments, of which one appeared larger than all the rest col- lectively, suddenly disappeared. It was at such a distance that the sound of its explosion was not heard here.
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AND CITY RECORD, APRIL 15, 1826.
Five prisoners were sentenced to the State prison on Tuesday last, prin- cipally for thefts, at the Municipal Court, and one, an Irishman, about 45 years of age, for an attempt (like a , rape) on a child only eleven years old, is to be in solitary confinement 10 days, and in the house of correction one year ! ! !
Mr King's Readings and Recitations, by way of specimens of Elocution, at the Exchange, on Thursday evening, was fashionably attended. Beside others, we noticed the Mayor and other gentlemen of distinction.
Mr. Wolcott has been re-elected Governor of Connecticut.
A British paper says, " the building speculations in the suburbs of London continue .- A new contract has been made for five thousand houses."
HUMAN LIFE.
Tables of the Probabilities of Hu- man Life, calculated by Domitius Ulpianus, Prime Minister to Alexander Severus, and extracted from Emilius Macer.
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30 to 35 22
35 to 40 20
40 to 45 18
45 to 50
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M. de la Malle says, that this table was formed from the property-tables, the registers of birth, puberty, man- hood, death, age, sex, diseases, &c. which were kept by the Romans with the greatest exactness, from the time of Servius Tullius to that of Justinian. Ulpianus fixes thirty years as the mean duration of human life during that period. It is extraordinary that
the chances of life detailed in the above table are precisely those which the registers of mortality in the city of Florence exhibit in the present day.
A New York paper states that a re- spectable gentleman, who left Virgi- nia a few weeks since, informs that Col. Smith, an old Revolutionary offi- cer, and a member of the Methodist church, lately residing in Sussex Coun- ty, Va. died about the 20th February, leaving direction in his will for the emancipation of all his slaves, 70 or SO in number, and bequeathing 5 or 6000 dollars to defray the expense of transporting them to the African Colony.
In territory, Russia exceeds in ex- tent, France 18 times, Austria 29 times, India 3S times, Turkey 5 times, China 49 times, Persia 7 times, and Japan 39 times.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
The large and valuable lot of Land situ- ated on the S.E. side of Pitts street, 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
HISTORY OF BOSTON.
JUST published, and for sale by MUN- ROE AND FRANCIS, 128 Washington- stseet, HISTORY OF BOSTON, the Metropo- lis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period, with some account of the Environs. By CALER H. SNOW, M. D. Embellished with engravings
MUNROE & FRANCIS have it in contemplation to reprint the LIFE OF REV. JOHN MURRAY. It will be handsomely done, and fur- nished very low to subscribers.
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THE BOSTON NEWS-LETTER.
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IN THIS CITY,
Mr Samuel T. Edwards to Miss Susan C. Hosmer.
By Rev Mr Dean, Mr Joseph Kent to Miss Mary Ann Kettell.
By Rev Mr Ballou, Mr Tillson Williams, of Roxbury, to Miss Mary Forbes.
By Rev Mr Streeter, Mr John Slope to Miss Mary Wilson, of Charlestown.
Mr. Amos Fairbanks to Miss Ann Hill Tirrell.
By Rev Mr Lowell, Mr Joseph II. Hol- brook to Miss Margaret Miles.
Mr John Kenney to Miss Susan Kimball. Mr George W. Lord, merchant of New- York, to Miss Ellen Wait, daughter of Mr Thomas B. Wait, of this city.
In Newport, R. I. Mr. James Atkinson, one of the editors of the Rhode-Island Re- publican, to Miss Elizabeth W. Marsh, daughter of Mr. John Marsh.
In Carver, Mr. Joseph Bent to Mrs. Ma- ry Bumpus.
After many a serious rumpus,
Jo Bent married Mary Bumpus --
For she had born to him two children, That had not had a father till then ! N. Bedford paper.
Deaths
Reported at the Health Office during the week ending Thursday noon, April 13.
Ap. 6. John Jones Chadwick, 19 months. Rebecca Nutting, 3 months.
7. Louisa Miller.
Samuel Beck, 3 days. Margaret Wyman, 53 years. Polly Newell, 4 months.
8. Elizabeth Ellis, 40 years. Infant child of Ann Bond. Eliza J. Harper, 2 years. John B. Greenwood, 6 years.
9. Elizabeth Simpkins, 8 months. Elisha West, 12 months. Mary Holmes, 47 years. Mary B. Allen, 33 years. Sarah B. Coney, 37 years. Maria A. Robinson, 10 months. Hugh Mellen, 5 years.
10. Abigail Beard, 55 years. Mary A. E. Parkman, 4 years. Andrew J. Ormsby, 10 months. Elizabeth Brown, 59 years.
11. Francis F. Hastings, 19 months. Adam Smith, 63 years.
12. William C. Lake, 8 weeks. William F. Clap, 15 years.
DIED,
On Wednesday morning, April 5th, at Bridgeport, Ct. the Hon. Pierpont Edwards, District Judge of the United States for the district of Connecticut, He was born at
Northampton, Mass. in April 1750. He was the youngest and last surviving child of the celebrated Jonathan Edwards. For a long series of years he was pre-eminently distinguished at the bar for the profundity of his legal acquirements, the energy of his mind, the brilliancy of his wit, and the splendour of his eloquence. Those who have wept over the early misfortunes of Elisa Wharton, and remember the artful letters of Peter Sanford, may well lament the miseries of seduction.
Another patriot of the Revolution gone .-- Peter W. Yates, esq died at Canghanaw- aga, aged 76 years. Although Mr Yates did not actually bear arms against the marauders of England, vet he was ob- noxious to them by his counsel and advice. He was the friend of Whigs, and the ene- my of Tories. The bosom companion of the venerable Clinton, and Chancellor Liv- ingston, he assisted them by his activity and influence ; and they gratefully remem- bered him until their death ; he is now re- united with them. He emphatically may be called the Franklin of New-York, for " at 70 he was the ornament of human na- ture." A master of the sciences, he drank deep in the Pyerian spring, and imparted his learning amongst all his acquaintances, which are diffusely spread over the whole state of New-York. Affable in his manners, sober and dignified in his deportment, he enlightened every society in which he en- tered ; he was a good parent and tender husband.
Port of Boston.
April. Entered.
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6. Br Marion, Cole, Aux Cayes.
Br Argus, Doane, Messina.
8. Sh Pectolus, Besom, Amsterdam. Br Helen, Saunders, St. Croix.
9. Sh Jasper, Crocker, Liverpool. Br Mary, Mayo, Gibraltar. Br Clio, Gardner, Matanzas.
Br Mary & Nancy, St. Croix.
Br Ohio, Dennis, Rotterdam.
Br Apollo, Webber, Surinam.
Sc Emily, Cook, Kingston, Jam.
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Br Mary & Eliza, Ellis, Trinidad.
Sc George, Snow, St. Pierre's.
Sc Exchange, Giver, Havana.
8. Br Hope, Gottenburg.
Br Royal Arch, Stodder, do.
Br Potomac, Dill, Teneriffe.
11. Sh Charles & Henry, Evans, Havana. Sc Almira Lanzoretta.
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APRIL 22, 1826. No. 18.
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" TO OBSERVE AND PRESERVE."
[IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE.
THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.
They grew in beauty side by side, They fill'd one house with glee- Their graves are sever'd far and wide, By mount and stream and sea.
The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight, Where are those dreamers now ?
One midst the forest of the west By a dark stream is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade.
The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep ; He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep.
One sleeps where southern vines are dress'd Above the noble slain, He wrapt his colours round his breast, On a blood-red field of Spain.
And one-o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves, by soft winds fann'd, She faded 'midst Italian flowers, The last of that bright band.
And parted thus, they rest who played Beneath the same green tree, Whose voices mingled as they prayed Around one parent knee !
They that with smiles lit up the hall, And cheer'd with song the hearth- Alas for love, if thou wert all,
And nought beyond, on earth.
BEGGING LETTERS.
Yesterday Thomas Yates, a middle aged, clerical looking man, was brought up by the officers of the Mendicity So- ciety, from Peter's place, Walworth, for obtaining money under false pre- tences.
Mr. Walker, the manager of the Mendicity Society, stated that the case of the prisoner was one of as gross a nature as he had ever known. For the purpose of carrying his plans into execution, he had assumed the name of a highly respected clergyman of the Established church, in which charac- ter he had written to Lord Dudley, recommending to his Lordship's atten- tion the case of Mary Jones, of Che- shire, who by losses in business, and having had her house destroyed by fire, was reduced from affluence to indigence. He stated that he had made the like appeal to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, who had sent the distressed person 6/. He ad- ded that he had received a letter from Dr. Hodsell, who certified that Mrs Mary Jones was the person, repre- sented, and that he as Treasurer to the Literary Fund Society, and Chaplain to the Royal Humane Society, had represented her case to the proper au- thorities, and had obtained relief for her. To this letter he subjoined his signature, as Rev. Dr. Robert Yates, of Peter's-Place, Walworth common. A similar letter was also written to Lord Rolle, and to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington ; but Lord Rolle, from
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some bad spelling towards the conclu- sion of the epistle, suspected that all was not right, and being intimate with Rev. Dr. Yates, his Lordship wrote to him for further particulars, when the Rev. Gentleman informed him that he knew of no such person as Mrs Jones. In consequence, his Lordship sent the letters to the Mendicity Society. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington en- closed 57. in a note to Lord Dudley and Ward, begging of him to send it it to his friend, Rev. Dr. Yates.
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