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,_._NoR.wALK GA./.1.-.1 1E;
WED-7V"1§SDI’, J.9.7\". 6, 1818.
S/zamis-/2 I\’cla/z'ons.—-Tliesubject of Spanish re-
lations hasbgeh axmually brought before the pub-
lic fm. many years past ; and the clear and in-
deed .9/1;‘;-iced manner in which Don Unis was
distanced in the diplomatic course a year or two
ago, led us to hope we should be no more troub-
Icd Wm, his long and tedious letters, full of un-
meaning compliments, and o11ly showing a want
of justice on the part of his go\e1'nn1e11t.‘ \Ve
are, however, once more inundated witl1 tl1e reit-
eration of the old stories, which the editors of
the Intelligencer have curtailed, and (lefcI'I‘t‘tl un-
til it occupies only 17 columns of close pript in
their paper l-——Vv’e have t1'avclled over this (11-
plomatic lumber, o11ly to be surprised at the per-
severing assurance on the one hand, and the pa-
tient sulfcrance 011 the other.-—It appears that :1
Convention for settling spoliations on the com-
merce of both powe:s proposed in 1802, was, af-
ter 16 years consideration, ratified on the putt of
Spain, in they-month of July last 1--Colzunbiazz.
That our readers may know the present state
of our affairs with Spain, (says the Spectator) we
think proper to state, that the Spanish Minister,
in a letter ofthe 24th of October, enclosed a num-
ber of propositions to serve as the basis of a trea-
ty bv which the /lrovinces qf East and PVe.s-t Flor-
:'da,'with all their towns and forts, should be ce-
ded to the United States in full property and
Sove,.eigmy_ Connected this proposition,
are others i11 relation to tl-'1‘:<_=;_ claims of our gov-.
ernments on_Spain fur sp'o'l21.ations on our com-
merce, to the boundaries of Louisiana, Scc.
On the 31st of October, the secretary of state
accepts, with certain modifications, of the prop-
ositidn for ceding the Floridas, and agrees to can-
cel1our'-claims for spoliations; but rejects the
prescribed boundaries of Louisiana, and draws
the only _-line, to which the President will con-
sent.
On the 16:11 of November, the Spanish Min-
ister replies, and modifies the boundary he had
proposed.
On the 30th of the same month, the secreta-
ry ‘d(lllCll€S to his former line, aild adds, that as
the Spanish Mitiister is not authorized to accede.
to that. he is ready to proceed to the exchange of
the ra'.ification of the convention of 1802.
The ratification ofthe convention was exchan-
ged, and the negoclation, in relation to the Flor-
idas, closed at present. A
.From the ./lfational Intelligence-7-‘ of Du‘. 29.
Th-r-1.‘e was yesterday transmitted to the House
all’ ‘It: '«:~:entzttives,i by the PlCSl(_lCl1l, in confor-
- to the resolution of that body, calling for
fs.:'1l1er information relative to the state of our
17; qfzations with Spain, a number of Documents ;
aniotigs-t which the most important is a letter
{rein Mr. ‘Sacra: ary ADAMS to our l\1it1istet' i11
, , _ . for. "run G.-ti1-:'i‘''1"‘;'t. '
1ll"r5ii .‘3lz&2z'1.’d be I1’elig}'iius, not Su/zerszitiaus.
The want of Charity among Christians of,dif-
ferent religious de11o1nina’tions, is an evil that is
not attended to as it ought to be. Eachlreligious
sect seem disposed to limit the whole Church to .
themselves, and are ready to exclude all others
from any participation with them in the benefits
of redemption ; and those cruel anathemas which
they fulminate agaittstleach other, causes the in-
fidel to laugh, and disgraces Cliristittnity. As
Religion is principally seated in the he'.1rt, and
not in the jutlgtnent, lought not to look upon my
neighbour as no christian, because every thought
of his heart, and every atom of his brain, is not
formed exactly like my own. A censorious tem-
per is as had an evidence of a real christian as one
would wish; because it is :1 proofofspirltual pride
a11d self-conceit. Vy'l1o«.-ver saw a truly humble
man that was sensible of his own weakness and
liability to mistake, that was inclined to this fault?
W'e have the vanity to think ourselves always in
the right, and others in the wrong; and wejudge
their sincerity also. that -they did not come hon-'
estly by their sentiments ; we take the liberty to
put our own construction on the language of
Scripture, without allowing others the samelib-
erty; a11d Set up for lllfdlliblllt) , Vt ithout the
Pope’s authority ; and filth avidity condemn.
others for differing from us in speculative opin-
ions or practices, not essential to salvation. As
the promises in the Bible are made to the believ-
ing and/zenitent /wart, the meek and the quiet s/u'r-
it, we are not to suppose that Religion consists
in mere notions, or in the belief of Fables that
were never delivered to the saints. I would not,
however, be understood as accusing all the mem-
bers of any particular class of Christians with
being uncharitable, but it is an error very com-
mon at this time, which has greatly narrowed 1
down and murdered christianity. “ There is a
breadth in the narrow way to Heaven, (says Dr.
V‘/atts,) and I am persuaded that more than sev-
en men may walk abreast in it, and though they
do not trace the same track, yet all look to the
same Saviour, and all arrive at the same common
salvation. I see, I feel, (says he,) that several
men may be very sincere, a11d yet entertain no-
tions all widely difi"erent in Divinity, and I pray
God to preserve in my heart a lasting remem-
brance of those days, when he laid within me the
foundation of so broad aCha1ity.” And he fur-
ther savs, “that uncliaritableness is a plant of
so poisonous a nature, that I would dig deep and
search for the roots, and tear up all the fibres of
it, though they tvrincd about my heart-strings.”
s;_...;n, tinted on the 528111 of last month. This
lcatter is devote-fl to t -e‘-rtraminatioti of the N1!
¥l‘;,'-‘i_:.‘.. :5;e S,r1a2:i=;'=: S‘:.V.‘.l‘(.‘.il."¢‘:l_-,/ z.-. stat.e,"add1'essetl to
-‘-.i1"1i1i;-ter, N1-.Ii1tt’12-71;,respectlngthe seems
:1.--. mic t:':~ .\=i'..T; rlzr: z-,‘:sn{e.i1-:-ole lnd1.:1n!.~:2I.:.‘l 1);.-:
'::,,--.2-.i-")1: of l"l«;-rida, wliich, through the medium
ii'.lt()pt‘:21n papers has found its vxay to this
co-t11'.;:-j,-, and (l0lll.l’tlCSS to all the Cabinets of
1‘--;...=. The letter of Mr. Adams may be regard-
-.32.". the replication of the American govern-
3‘1;‘:tti to the l\"lzmifesto of the government of
.‘5.p:,~it1 ; for such the letter of M. Pizarro became
by the unusual and ostentatious publicity given
to it. In this light, the letter of Mr. Adams be-
comes a highly interesting state paper.
A vessel arrived at Savannah, reports that on
the night of the 5th ult. a sloop from New-York
loaded with oats, butter, beef, cheese, etc. bound
to :1 port in North Carolina, was totally lost on
Ocracock bar, and ‘excepting the captain, all
liands, (7 in number) perislied. The captain
was picked up two days after the unforttiliate af-
fair, on a piece of the wreck, and landed 011 O-
cracock beacli.-—-Jllcrc. Aldo.
The Sussex (N.J.) Rcgistct‘,0f the 28tl1inst.
states, that George Sharp, of Frankford, and his
wife, were committed to the Jail in that town, for
whipping or beating a bound child so as to occa-
sion its death.
by the Overseers of the poor, it died the next
day after receiving a severe l)eating-—a jury of
inquest was held, who was of opinion that whip-
ping and other cruel usage had occasioned its
death.
City Im/zraruements.--An anonymous corres-
pondent gives us the following statement of the
improvements made inthis city, during the year
1818 :——-Began, or finished, 9 Churches ; a pub-
llc Seminary or Free School; an Asylum for
2 Mental Infirmity; about 3090 dwelling houses
. and stores, principally of brick, or with brick
fronts ; t-wo Markets, and $70,090 expended for
the College. The number of'_sl1ips and other
square rigged vessels, not- ascertained. '
. ' Q [JVT Y. Com. Adv.
The Ohio RlVet',_}Vhl<_ih;_ha_d beenso low as to
suspend navigation fo'r.tl1ree.montl1s, took a rise
on the 4th ult.. and it-.l‘$';:_€$tiif)‘ated that produce to
», thenvalue of.tl11'ee'_i1ji;lil§i’g5ns of dollars, left Pitts-
burg, Clllclllllit/tl\,lail18 other towns on the river, in
the course of one week. The rise of the river
slalso-enabled several hundred families, amounting
‘in all to 2000 persons, who were detained at
,Pittsburg, to proceed on their journey.
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 19th ult. states
that large quantities of ice were floating in the
"1‘,.lV_C[‘ opposite that place, by which two boats
,wc1'e.sut1k the preceding day, with their car-
goes.
The steam-boat Orleans run on a snag near
Qllziton Rouge, on the 30th Nov. and sunk ; her
valuable cargo was much damaged.
Letters from Fredericksburg, Virg; of the 23d
ult._state, that snow was then 12 or 15 inches
deep at that place, and the storm continuing;
and that the Rappahanttock and Jarnes‘ rivers
~,vere both frozzzn up. i A
~.
It is stated that the child was a- .
- bout 7 years old, and had been indented to them
1cHMo1~;n Fcotztt, by the hill.
Best 1"e_tailing‘ MOLASSES, by the
hhd. and at 53. per gallon, at retail.
French BRANDY, by the barrel, a11d
Turks Island SALT, by the load,
For sale by BE'.l'T S & CANNON.‘
36
lfiorwalk, Jail, 7'.
New Bakery.
T HE Sl1l)SCl‘ll)C!‘-S inform the public i11 gener-
al, that they iiuh: establislietl the 1?..11t"I./\/‘G
BUSIA/‘ES-S‘, near the Pt'e$l)y[et‘ian l\'/Ieeting-*,
house, in Stamford. where they keep on hand a
constant supply of 1.ou_‘/' Brc'u(f, Crac/rers, (‘akca,.
8tc. of a superior quality. All orders will be
punctually attended to, and the least favor grate-"
fully acknowledged, by
ALLEN BREED,
. JOHN B. FAIRB/\l\"K.
Stamford. Dec. SI. ‘«"-"36
Listqf Letters 2771 the Post- Ofitze at J\”o1-walI.'.,.,
‘ January 1, 1819.
I;I()MAS Benedict, Polly Benedict,
. Henry Betts,Joln1 Bet-he, David Boalt.
2 letters, James Beaty, Fairfield, J osial '
Gregory, Joel Gilbert, llldgefield, J ame:
Grifiitli, Rehccca Hutchinson, Sam’l Haw
ley, ]Alex. H. Miller, Aaron Nichols, Dar
buryji Ann Nichols, Nathan Nash, Rev
Sa111uel'Nichols, Nathan Olmsted, \Vlllia1
Palmer Judd, Elnathan Raymond, Dav?
Roberts, Matthew Reed, Rev. R. Sherwoo
Rebccca. Seymour, Charles Seymour, Ridg
field, James Scofield, Wm. & B. St. Jot
Tho’s Saunders, Duct. David Wlllard,\V
ton,.Lewis \Veed, Henry Whitney, Jose
Vlfilcox, John ‘V0011, Jr. Timo. Vanderbil,
36 .-VVM. M. B‘:‘.TTS, 1’. M"
.4: a Court of Probate hold at Jl/'or'wal.(-, .)’an:.r
4, l8 l9.
HIS Court limits and appoints six m.-
from this date, for the creditors to I
tare pf Jot-z'u/1‘ Hoyt, late of NOt‘\'1'C.lli, dece'
exhibit their claims ag"..lnst said estate,
Administrator is hereby ordered to git
notice thereof according to law.
Per oz-der——-VV. G. B1-‘.T'IS, (
Public notice is hereby given: that U1‘
creditors to the estate of Josiah Hoyt,
Norwalk, deceased, exhibit their claim
said estate, within the time above limi
will ever after he debarretl a legal reco\
TI-i'O’s REED, Admini
No;-walk, January 4, 1819.
‘Notice.
IIE annual 'meeting of the Ejzis-c
male (.'/zarita/ilc -S‘ocz'c’ty, of Notwal
_holden at the house of Henry Bcldz-71:
Wecltlesday, the 6th inst. Punctual at
is requested. ‘
Per order, AMELIA BELDEN,
.] ..
- E the s11bscribers.=., “"—“‘
ATHINKING MAN.
' -———¢z-~22’.--is-—-—
COUNTING-HOUSE CALLEl}TDER, 1819.
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JlI.3RRIEI),
In Hidgefield, Deacon Azariah Lee, to Miss
(Ila Gram; In Poundridge, Mr. Andrew Mr:-ad, 2d.‘
to Miss Anna Uonlclin, both of South Salem--‘Mr.
Jumcs Stezrens, to Miss Sally Bratlen, of S. Salem.
——Mr. I/Jtant Stevens‘. to Miss Sally Stevens, both
of New-Canaan. In South Salem, Mr. Thomas
,u"' "1"“-
_ _ , H 1181:‘ session nol
ll‘-t = -l1‘avc-‘.1, ll) a11u‘tur the state of Cm’tt1cct,t,u.,
on the second Thursday of October, 1818, ap-
pointed Commissioners on the estate of Ste/z/ten
Abbott, of said Norwalk, an insolvent debtor, and
having accepted our said appointment, and taken
an assignment under oath, of the said Abbott's
estate : hereby give notice, that we will meet to
receive, examine, and adjust the claims of the
creditors of him, the said Abbott, at the dwelling-
house of Isaac Arnold, inn-keeper in said Nor-
walk, on the first Tuesdays of February and A.
pril next, at one o’clock iii the afternoon on each
Norwalk, Dec. 26, 1818.
of said days.
PROPOSALS
By J. U’ 'W. RUSSELL, for publishingin the city of
Hartford, a Periodical ‘Work, to be entitled,
The Rural Magazine 8; Far-
m.e7"s Monthly llfuseum.
Edited by S. PUTNAM VVALDO, Esq.
(Compiler of ‘ Robbins’ Journal,’ author of‘ Pre,,,.
z'de72t’s Tour,’ and ‘ Zllemoi-rs of Jackson ,-’)
With the assistance of other Gentlemen.
T has often been remarked, and always with
truth, that the people of Connecticut are a
studious and reflecting people; that knowledge
is more generally diffused amongst them, than it
is in any portion of this, or any other count,-y,....
We do not speak of that scientific knowledge,
which has given fame to a Baron, a Newton, and
.a Loc/ce—a Rittenhouse, a Franklin, and a Rush ;
‘but of. that knowledge which gives every man
some ideas upon almost every subject.
Newspapers have multiplied in Connecticut,
trill’ proportion to the population, beyond all exam-
fple. They are cheap and useful vehicles of com-
«municating details of the passing events of the
day ;. but their columns are chiefly occupied with
the éldvertisements of Merchants, and the pro-
ductions of political partizans. If their pages
are graced with the essays of the moralist a11d the
scientific scholar, they are generally lost with the
week in which they are presented to the world,
and cannot be regained.
I/Ve propose to furnish a Zllont/zly Re/tasitory,
in which the Iiistoriaii, the Biograplzcr, the Agri-
culturalist, the Manufacturer, the 1VIz'scellam'ou.s
Scholar, and the Poet may deposit the result of
their researches, ,and the productions of their
genius in a volume where it may be preserv-
ed. .
In our Ifzstorical Dc/zartment,-we shall endeav-
or to collect and publish such facts concerning
our native country and state, as will be instruct-
ivet to the reader, and worthy of preservation.
In our Dr/zartment for Biogra/1/zy, we shall
with the utmost assidulty, endeavor to afford our
readers with brief and authentic Lives of the de-
ceased, and,Memolrs of the living VVorthies of
LI.
; era! Assembly, we f
' \ p » "'
Commis.
sioners.
35
Hnuitv BELDEN,
B1~:1vJ’1: ISAACS,
Hargford, to Miss Elisa St. John, both of tbatplace.
-‘trait and Landsca/ze engravings.
I
of .
sign to D
however much_
to depreciate the .
countrymen.
The Editor and Publishers have received :1...
assurances of the patronage and assistance of ma-
ny of the most eminent scientific and literary
characters in the state ; and they most urgently
solicit them to contribute to the work the produc-
tions of their leisure hours ; being sensible that
a value will thereby be imparted to it, which they
should despair of giving it, by their o\vn unas-
sisted labours. They feela deep solicitude in
presenting to those who may patronize these pro-
posals, a .Montlzly Journal, which shall gratify
thcit‘ wishes, and not disgrace the literary char-
acter of the state.
\Ve offer to the Literary C’/zaractcrs-—to the
Farmcrs—the Manzgfactur-ers—tl1e 1'1/lerc/rants and
ll/Icc/zanics of our native state, the following Pro-
posals, and solicit their patronage.
I. The work shall be published monthly, upon
a new and elegant type, and paper of a superior
quality-—each ‘number to contain at least 32
large octavo pages, and be stitched in liandsome
covers; making an annual volume of nearly 400
pages.
II. The number will be put to subscribers at
the moderate price of t'we71ty-five cents each;
payable for the six first numbers, upon the re-
ceipt of the 6th—and for the remaining six, up-
on receipt of the 12th. Tothose who pay fora
year in advance, the numbers will be put at twen-
ty cents each.
III. A table of Contents will be published at
the beginning of each number. and an Index of
an annual volume at the end of the year.
IV. No subscription will be received for less
than one year ; but any person will be at liber-
ty to withdraw his subscription, upon paymcntto
the time he withdraws.
V. Any person procuring ten sul)scribet‘s-—
distributing the numbers when recei1_ied in pack-
ets, and becoming responsible -for the payment,
upon the above terms, shall have an eleventh
gratis.
Slx /zcr cent of the nett profits of this publica-
tion, (should its patronage afford any profit) will
be paid to the Treasurers of the dififerent Agri-
cultural Societies in this state, to be disposed of
in the bestowmcnt of Premiums.
Should the number of subscribers justify the
expense, (which must be co_nsiderable,) the first
I (JC-
...g‘enz'zc.v,
_ -~' - may 1 e (llsposed
.-uttfic = .1bors of our own
.number should be published for January 28 L9.
Should the patronage of the work juistifythe
additional expense‘, this Magazine willo'ccasional-
ly be ornamented with elegant copper-plate Per-
.4’
Hartford. Nov. 1818. ..35
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