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Port of Boston.
April, Entered.
19. Sh Alert, Canton.
Br Fair American, Deering, Surinam,
Se Neptune, Ryder, Guadaloupe.
Sc Volant, Sweetser, Nevis.
Sc Heroine, Clark, Jacmel.
Sc Clarissa & Mary, Crosby, Halifax.
20. Sh Coral, King, Calcutta.
Sh Hamilton, Scaver, Calcutta.
Br Banian, Chapman, Buenos Ayres.
Br Aurora, Nelson, Copenhagen.
Br Romolus, Webb, Liverpool.
Br Hiram, Marshall, Fernandina.
Br William, Burnham, Havana.
Br Curlew, Ellis, Palermo.
Sc Union, Safford, Surinan.
Sc Gen. Warren, Morris, Tampico.
Sc Columbia, Simpson, Port Royal.
21. Br Holly, Leghorn. Br Halcyon, Leith.
22. Br Torno, Snow, Malaga.
24. Sh America, Dehls, Bremen. Br Adriatic, Cromwell, Trieste. Sc Gleaner, Cushing, Cape Haytien,
Se Hiram, Dockray, St. Thomas.
25. Br Eagle, Cuba. Sc Rover, Port Au Prince.
April Cleared
19. Br Charles, Davis, Batavia.
21. Sh Clay, Cloutman, Batavia.
Br William, Ring, Surinam.
22. Br Geo. Henry, Bourne, Halifax.
Sc George, Myrick, St. Thomas. Sc Independence, Leland, Calais.
24. Br Atlantic, Hathaway, St. Jago. Sc Manilla, Doane, St. Peters.
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CITY RECORD.
Vol. I.
MAY 6, 1826. No. 20.
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" TO OBSERVE AND PRESERVE."
[IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE.
POETRY.
From the New York Mirror. INVOCATION TO GREECE.
Hail ! boly clime! where science rear'd her throne, And kindred arts like constellations shone, Ere from her fostering wolf's caresses dread Rome, savage infant, rear'd her rival head, Nurse of the bard, the hero, and the sage, Too long the victim of oppression's rage, Enslaved and fetter'd by the paynim throng, Sworn foes of science, and unknown to song, In mockery crown'd with persecution's thorn, And crush'd till courage from despair was born, We see thee bursting from thy lingering trance, Snatch the dark helm, and poise the quivering lance, From gather'd rust thy ancient armour clear, And with thy clarion wake the warrior's ear. Rear as at Salamis thy lofty crest ! Pluck the red garland from Platea's breast, Still Marathon that victor-shout retains, Whose earthquake-echo shook a thousand plains, Still for thy temples Leuctra's laurel blooms, And buried heroes rend their marble tombs, With light'ning glance thy fields of blood explore; And stalk, impervious, where the life-tides pour, With awful smile the impetuous souls survey, With airy sbield protect their dangerous way, Their whispered voice unearthly rage inspires, And bids the sons be worthy of their sires. Lo ! peaceful shades from blest Elysium throng, In spectral ranks to guard the land of song, Predict with withering curse its foemen's doom, And blend the crescent with the Persian plume. Dark frowns the Stagyrite, with brow of thought Glides the meek martyr from his hemlock draught, The vine-clad Tean rears his sparkling bowl, And quaffs deep vengeance on the Moslem soul, Indignant Pericles, with haughty pain, Marks the usurping mosque, and turbaned train, Fast by the Parthenon, sad Phidias sighs, And scornful Homer rolls his sightless eyes,
Hurls tuneful curses on the insulting foe, And bids anew the flames of Ilion glow. Hail ! land sublime-array'd in classic robe, Mankind thy pupil, and thy school the globe, Throngs taught by thee, in trembling ardour walt Thy dauntless struggle with disastrous fate. Yet ene* there was, who not with passive song Beheld thy conflict, or bemoan'd thy wrong, Bold to thine aid the lyre, and sword he brought, And doubly arm'd, thy front of peril sought, Rear'd thy red banner o'er the Agean wave, Unseal'd his coffers, and his spirit gave, Cold rests his heart within thy hallow'd bowers, And Helle's maidens wreath its shrine with flowers. Genius of Greece ! who drank his latest sigb, Raise toward the 'Queen of Isles' thy mourning eye: She marks the sons who round her sceptre crowd, Laments their sins, but of their talents proud, Say, for my sake, thy wayward bard forgive, Since bound with mine his deatbless name shalllive, Breathe o'er his filial urn one sorrowing sigh, And in his glory let his frailties die. Jean.
Usefulness is very much connected with our reputation. To attain and maintain an honourable reputation, we must conduct honourably-Men may be useful in different ways ; but in no way, perhaps, so extensively as by the influence they may exert over others. Some are influenced by the opinions, and many by the example of others. But all this useful influence is lost by habits of intemperance. The opinions of the miserable subject are despised, and his conduct ridiculed by the boys in the streets, and he is scarcely known but to be pitied or blamed in society. What incalculable loss to his family-to the community -- and perhaps to the Church of God. Nat. Philanthropist.
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FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
In London, the mode of supplying the daily prints with all the variety of local matter, with which they so liber- ally abound,-such as police reports, murders, failures, fashionable move- ments, &c. is this. Each office has its accident makers, who are chiefly medical and law students. They gather, in the several parts of the city, wherever they may reside, every spe- cies of intelligence, which may, per- haps, cost them an hour of time, each day, which they deliver at the office, and are paid, cash down, by the edi- tor, by the sheet. By industry, a young man may support himself com- fortably, and never have paragraph writing interfere with his course of studies. Our papers, no doubt, would be more interesting to the mass of citi- zens, if they were supplied in the same manner with more local matter.
We copy the following, which ap- peared under the above head, from a London Paper, to show the kind of in- telligence that fills a great proportion of the English Newspapers.
Mrs Coutis' Parties on 'Twelfth Night.'-At seven o'clock a grand dinner was given, in the great dining- room, to the Earl and Countess of Tankerville ; Countess of Guilford and the Ladies North ; the Duke of St. Albans and Lady Charlotte Beau- clerk ; Lord Viscount Dudley, Mr and Lady Catherine Stewart, Sir George Warrener, Sir Coutts Trotter, Mr Smith, and Mr Antrobus. The evening party was attended by the Countess of Athlone, and Miss John- stone ; Viscountess Tullamore, Lady Dashwood King, Marquis Graham, Hon. Mr Upton, Col. Fitzclarence, Earl of Chesterfield. Mrs Lane Fox, Lord Arthur Hill, Mr S. Smith, Mar- quis de Salvo, Lady Caroline Stan- hope, Lady and the two Misses Trol- lope, &c. The suite of apartments on
the ground floor only were thrown oped, illuminated with a peculiar re- fulgence. A sumptuous supper, laid out in a style of castern splendour, was ready at one o'clock. The party broke up at three in the morning.
We have two of the richest heires- ses in the country with us at present --- Miss Wykeham, of Thame-Park, and Miss Pleydell. Lady Shiffner was here, from Coombe Place, on Wed- nesday, and paid a visit to the latter at her hotel .-- Brighton Herald.
The Marquis of Salisbury entertain- ed a large party of distinguished guests at Hatfield-house during the last week, including his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Prince Leopold, &c. &e. During Thursday and Friday, the distinguished party were amused with shooting, and in two days, we un- derstand, bagged upwards of 200 head of game ; Prince Leopold having kil- led 60 with his own gun. On Friday evening the Noble host gave a splen- did ball, which was attended by nearly 300 persons, including Prince Leopold, the Duke of Gloucester, the Earl and Countess of Verulam, Emily Mar- chioness of Londonderry, the Countess of Bridgewater, Count Ludolf, Lord Arthur Hill, Henry Cowper, esq. and Hon. Mrs Spencer Cowper, Sir Gore Ousley, Sir John Sebright, General and the Misses Murray, Lady Eliza- beth Palk, Lady Curling Smith, Rev. T. Lloyd, Hon. and Rev. Dr. Welles- ley, &c. &c. The Duke of Glouces- ter opened the ball with the amiable Marchioness of Salisbury. Quadrilles, waltzing, and an occasional country dance, were the order of the evening. It is impossible to speak in terms of too high commendation of the urbani- ty of the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, or of the affability evinced by the Duke of Gloucester and Prince Leopold .- Herts Mercury.
Mr Lushington left his house in Downing street, accompanied by his son, on Saturday, for the Earl of Ver- ulam's seat, Gorhambury.
The marriage between Lady Eliza- beth Conyngham and Lord Strathaven will shortly be solemnized.
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Windsor Jan. 8 .- His Majesty has since Wednesday last been obliged to forego his favourite exercise, in conse- quence of the unfavourable state of the weather, which has been exces- sively cold and damp. His Majesty continues to enjoy excellent health, and has during the last three days been most closely engaged wtih public business. Yesterday forenoon, Count Munster arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had an audience of his Majesty in the afternoon. At half-past 1 o'clock, Mr Secretary Canning arrived, and had a long audience of his Majesty, when Count Munster and Mr Canning severally took leave of his Majesty, and after partaking of some refresh- ment, left the Royal Lodge, his excel- lency Count Munster for his residence in town, and Mr Canning on a visit to the Earl of Liverpool, at his seat, Coombe Wood. In the afternoon, at the usual hour of seven o'clock, his Majesty honoured his distinguished attendants with his company to dinner. This forenoon his Majesty, with the whole of his household attendants, heard Divine Service, at the New Chapel Royal-the Rev. Dr. Sumner officiated .-- This forenoon, her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, with her household attendants, heard Divine Service, at her residence, Frogmore Lodge-the Rev. J. Gosset, Chaplain to her Royal Highness, officiated .-- Sun.
Mr. Editor, - We had a wag, a mid- shipman, on board our ship, (the Con- stitution ) by the name of Pollard-this was in 1804 or 5. Pollard being once in the steerage with the rest of the midshipmen, laid a wager that he would make the Commodore give him permission to go ashore, and also to lend him his cocked hat, sword and money. The bet was readily taken up, and considered as won by the op- posite party. Young Pollard, watch- ing the opportunity, went into the cab- in. ' Commodore,' said he 'I have not been on shore for six months-you will not consider it improper if I re- quest your permission to go on shore to-day ?' ' Certainly not,' said the
Commodore, 'you can go.' Pollard bowed. 'Commodore, I have no sword, and don't like to visit in the city [Leghorn or Marseilles] without a sword, will you lend me one of your dress swords ?' 'O yes, my boy, bring me one of my dress swords from the forward cabin.'
Pollard hesitated and bowed. 'You gave an order that none of the mid- shipmen should go ashore in a round hat. I have no chapeau, and now I have a sword, can I have one of your hats ?' The Commodore looked at him awhile, and said, 'well, well, you may have one,' the boy was despatched for the hat and sword, which the mid- shipman took under his arm and marched triumphantly towards the door, which on reaching, he turned round, and looked hard at the Commo- dore. ' Well, what next ?' ' Why, Commodore, I am ashamed to trespass on your kindness ; the purser has gone ashore -- I have six months' pay duc me, and have not a dollar in my pock- et-will you lend me a trifle ?' The Commodore began to be restless, but going to his desk, he took out five dol- lars, and said-' there, there-go, go.' Young Pollard came laughing into the steerage, and spreading his spoils on the table, claimed the bet, which on receiving, and decorated with the Commodore's cocked hat and sword, he soon was rowed on shore. 1 dare say Commodore Rogers will recollect it. We have all had many a laugh on the subject .- Noah's Adu.
In a late case of seduction in Eng- land, the court room was thronged with ladies. Baron Garrow, who pre- sided. said, ' I do not desire the ladies to wait in court to hear any thing that may shock their modesty, unless they like it!' The paper adds, 'one or two ladies then retired, but the remain- der kept their seats.' What a fine thing for the Quarterly Review, ifsuch an occurrence had taken place in the United States ! The testimony, even as reported in the papers, is such as no American lady would voluntarily lis- ten to .- il.
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Salarrico,
IN THIS CITY,
JosephJordan, to Miss Bethania Kingsley.
Joseph K. Maine to Miss Emeline H. Thayer.
William R. H. Bowles, of Machias, Me. to Miss Philenia Jutau.
Joseph B. Foster to Miss Charlotte Wood- burv.
Wm. Stearns to Miss Eliza S. Wilder.
At Philadelphia, Capt. George Blaney, of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, to Miss Ma- ry F. D. Biddle.
At New-York, Mr Wm. P. Martin of Bos- ton, to Miss Mehitable R. Canfield, of Washington city.
At Roxbury, Francis Osborn Watts, esq. of this city, to Miss Caroline Goddard, daughter of Thatcher Goddard, esq.
Deaths
Reported at the Health Office during the week ending Thursday noon, May 4.
April.
26. Winthrop Gould, 9 months.
Robert T. Wade, 2 years.
27. Sarah Rhoades, 83 years.
Hannah Currant, 18 years.
28. Caroline Thacher, 6 months.
Sarah C Morton, 8 years. James Parmenter, 31 years.
29. Olive Taylor, (City poor.) Margaret Ross, do.
30. Alice Bates, do.
Catharine Harrington, 12 months. Naomi A. Driscoll, 66 years. Catharine Frazer, 5 years.
May 1. George G. Eaton, 4 years. Mary Quincy, 55 years.
Thomas B. Mair, 9 months.
Mary Shed, 46 years. Asa Ballard, 61 years. Joseph Burk, 9 days. George T. Thacher, 4 weeks. Ellen McClue, 21 months.
2. Anthony Paine, (City poor.)
Sylvia Garden, do.
Henry Thomas, do.
Enoch Hale, 28 years. Eliza F. Bell, 7 years.
Lucy Ann Hager, 11 months.
3. Margaret R. Keith, 6 weeks. Mary Walton Spinney, 11 weeks.
DIED,
At the residence of H. A. S. Dearborn, in Roxbury, on the 24th March, his nephew, George Raleigh D. Wingate, son of Gen. Joshua Wingate, of Portland, aged 19 years.
In Middletown, Connecticut, on Thurs- day, the 20th inst. Mr. Peter Proal, aged 67, Professor of Spanish in the Scientific and Military Academy, Middletown. He was a native of France, and was driven from his
country during the convulsions of her revo. lution.
In Topsham, on the 15th inst, Mr Wil- liam Wilson, aged 85 years. At a very early period in life, he went from Boston to Topsham, and since that time, until his death, resided in the latter town.
At his residence in Bath county, Ky, on the 13th ult. Gen. Thomas Fletcher, former- ly a representative in Congress from Ken- tucky, and previously one of the brave mi- litia defenders of Fort Meigs, (in the rank of major, under Gen. Harrison's command.)
In England, Ann Holmes, of Market Weighton, at the very advanced age of 116 years or upwards. She had a perfect rec- ollection of the dark day, as she used to term the great eclipse of 1715. She and her mother were taking up turf in a field at Hayton, on Madam Cutler's estate, in which feld a man was ploughing. He un- yoked his horses from the plough, and the mother covered her daughter with an apron -all of them thinking the last day was come.
In Paris, M. Pinkerton, the author of Geographical works of great celebrity, aged 67.
In Russia, the celebrated General Ros- topschin. He was governor of Moscow, when captured by the French ; and it was under his direction that fire was set to that great city, to prevent the French invaders from finding qua ters therein.
Port of Boston.
April. Entered.
27. Br Pearl, Blackmer, Port Praya. Sh Sapphire, Callender, Liverpool.
Br Jas. & Isabella, Boden, Amsterdam.
28. Br Franklin, Drinkwater. St. Michaels.
29. Br Watson, Prince, Havana. Br Gov. Carver, Moore, Leghorn .-
30. Br Congress, Sears, Bahia. May 1 Br Lion, Hall, Dominica. Br Messenger, Loring, Bahia.
Br Carib, Nickerson, Omao. Sc Eliza Ann, Richardson, Miquelon. Se Contract, Willett, St. Barts.
2. Br Pharos, Merchant, Sierra Leone. Br New Packet, Hoyt, St. Domingo. Se Sophronia, Ryder, St Croix.
April Cleared.
27. Sh Cadmus, Fisher, Havana. Br Cadet, Farnham, Russia, Br Ohio, Dennis, Rotterdam.
Sc Adams, Lane, St. Thomas. Sc Newcome, Low, Cape Haytien.
28. Sc Susan, Morgan, Port Au Prince. Sc Velant, Howard, St. Andrews.
May 1. Sh Jasper, Swift, Valparaiso. Br Robert Patten. Foster, Surinam. Br Mary, Mayo, Petersburgh.
2. Sh Ganges, Johnson, Batavia. Sc Mary Jane, Dyer, Havana. Sc Chrysanthum, Harden, St Peters.
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ABEL BOWEN, NO. 2, CONGRESS-SQUARE.
Frem the Boston Patriot. BOSTON.
Nescio qua natale solum dulcidine cuncios Ducit.
Bostonia, when from Bunker hill I gaze Upon thy spires, thy terraces and towers, Lifting their heads toward the mild blue sky, Kissing the clouds that veil the sun in showers -- And view the natives that adorn thy piers, Freighted with balsams of the spicy east, With India's gems, and China's richest wares, And choicest viands for thy daily feast- And the impourings from the north and west, Laden with products of Columbia's soil- Hailing thee fair New England's granary, Rewarder of the sturdy yeoman's toil -- And in thee, view thy crooked paths made straight, And holy Temples rise where stables stood, And see the driving back old ocean's waves, Erecting warehouses, where rolled the flood- Thy spacious Mall, that woos the mountain breeze, Perchance to be Macadamized ere long- Thy ancient elms, stretching their ample shade, Thy sons of science, and thy sons of song, Thy polity, prosperity and health- I'm lost in wonder, and perplest with fears, That thou in vigour can so long exist, When thou hast had the QUINCY these three years! Cambridgeport, April, 1826. MI ****
LOVE'S BITTERNESS.
Roam where I will, stop where I may, Love still is with me, night and day : The little torment follows still And adds a pang to every ill.
' Unlucky boy ! curse on thy wiles !" I sometimes cry ; the urchin smiles, And frisks around in spiteful glee, Mocking my struggles to be free.
Full soon he brings me to repent For the rash speech my anger lent ; Hle show'rs his arrows thick and sore ! And stings me deeper than before !
His power is great ; all strife is vain, And nought remains but to complain : To pour my sorrows on the gale, And o'er my hapless lot bewail.
Then let me sing : the rocky steep, Where the wild winds a chorus keep, Shall henceforth be my lone resort, To mingle in the tempest's sport !
We understand a genuine cockney hoax was played off upon a starched young gentleman of this City, the last week, quite in mode. He was inform- ed that a well known collector of nat- ural curiosities, in the city, had just imported a turkey from Africa, which would seat itself in a dish of sand, and with its feet would knit a pair of blue- yarn stockings, toed with white, in twenty minutes, by a stop-watch. Away ran Mynheer, and requested a sight of the wonderful turkey. Mr G- took the joke, and told the virtuoso that he disliked to exhibit it at present, but if he would have the goodness to walk to the end of Long Wharf, he might hear the needles go !
Matrimonial Mania .- Proceedings are taking, says a late Paris paper, for the interdiction of two old men, who wish to marry at that age when one usually blesses the union of one's children.
The one, M. le Marquis de Lin- gaunay, the possessor of a hundred thousand livres a year, and already at
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the age of sixty-six, intends to give his name to a young villager, the daughter of one of his tenants, and whose age of eighteen is her sole for- tune. The demandeur en interdiction is son in law to M. le Marquess de Briges. The other old man, named Thomas Lalfe, a farmer, and owner of eight or nine hundred francs a year, wishes, at the age of eighty-three, to become the husband of a young girl. whose grandfather he might be consid- ered. These two proceedings, which are carrying on at the same time be fore the Civil Tribunal of Caen, excite curiosity in a very great degree. Two hundred witnesses are to be heard. A Gascon, of the depart- ment of l'Arriege, the servant of the village Curate, has just given the most singular example of matrimoniomania. Bound formerly by a vow of chastity, he journied to Rome to obtain freedom from his oaths, and has returned to marry a woman of 75, without for- tune.
Maj. Noah says a young man in New York, after dreaming of a ticket, with the number 39 upon it, bought one with that number, and drew one thousand dollars. This reminds us of a lady in Providence, many years ago, who dreamed a ticket in a furniture lottery was presented her, which drew a chest of drawers. It so happened, and she drew one precisely like the one she dreamed of.
More Mac Aadamizing wanted .- Whenever the Municipal Court have been in Session, in Leveret street, the continual rumbling of carriages by the Court House, disturbs the proceed- ings of the court, to such a degree. that it has been found necessary to sta- tion constables in the street to caution travellers to slacken pace, in passing by the court. If some further improve- ments could be made on the few rods of street which have been McAdam- ized, in order to favour the Court, when in session, it would be of infinite service. Would not a coarse kind of
gravel be of great utility ? At present the fine broken stone which constitutes the surface, is entirely inadequate to the purpose, as carriages make nearly as much noise in passing over it, as on the pavements.
For the Boston News Letter and City Record.
MR. EDITOR,-It is understood that the Police Court is to be moved, ere long, from Court street, to some other more convenient place, and ! beg to ask if you do not think that the present Municipal Court House in Leverett street is preferable to any other spot in town. This way of gallanting prison- ers from the jail, back and forward, and the employment of so many con- stables, is perfectly useless, and intole- rably inconvenient. As the City are going upon a course of regimen term- ed economy, let them hold this court nearer the jail, and that would be to the point. If the Municipal Court House cannot be had, why not hire a suitable building opposite the jail or buy one, which could be done at a cheap rate,-infinitely cheaper than in almost any other section of the City. I am not alone, in believing the Police Court should be held in Leverett street, and I believe it is decidedly the wish of many, that this will ultimately be the location of that necessary tribu- nal. E. D. G.
Infringement on Literary Property. As a caution to compilers or publish- ers of works on literature, we notice that the author of a popular work has recently recovered, by way of amica- ble compromise, one hundred dollars from one publisher, and eighty-seven and a half dollars from another, for transcribing a number of pages from a copy-right original work into other publications. No author will wish to prohibit a few paragraphs being copi- ed to illustrate a subject ; but to pur- loin 60 or 70 pages for the purpose of forming a book, is a violation of law and property .- Plym. Memo.
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AND CITY RECORD, MAY 13, 1826.
WASHINGTON.
One Reuben Rouzy, of Virginia, owed the General about 10007. While President of the United States, one of his agents brought an action for the money ; judgment was obtained, and execution issued against the body of the defendant, who was taken to jail He had a considerable landed estate, but this kind of property cannot be sold in Virginia for debt, unless at the discretion of the person. He had a large family, and for the sake of his children, preferred lying in jail, to sel- ling his land. A friend hinted to him, that probably Gen. Washington did not know any thing of the proceeding, and that it might be well to send a pe- tition, with a statement of the circum- stances. He did so, and the very next post from Philadelphia, after the arrival of his petition in that city, brought him an order for his immedi- ate release, together with a full dis- charge, and a severe reprimand to the agent for having acted in such a manner. Poor Rouzy was in conse- quence restored to his family, who never laid down their heads at night, without presenting prayers to Heaven for their ' beloved Washington.' Prov- idence smiled upon the labours of the grateful family, and in a few years Rouzy enjoyed the exquisite pleasure of being able to lay the 10007. with the interest, at the feet of this truly great man. Washington reminded him that the debt was discharged ; Rouzy replied, the debt of his family to the father of their country and pre- server of their parent, could never be discharged :- and the General, to avoid the pleasing importunity of the grateful Virginian, who would not be denied, accepted the money -- only however, to divide it among Rouzy's children, which he immediately did.
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