.5; in the county in which such borough is situated.
And all such by-laws, shall, at any time aftentliey
are made, be liable to be repealed,.bIy any
rior Court holtlen in the county in which said city
is situated, if‘ such Superior Court, on a heaying
shall judge the same to be unreasonable or unjust.
General Assenrbly, May Session, ./1. D. 1820.
DAVID PLANT, S/waker
of the House of Refifesenlatives.
1 JONATHAN’ INGERSOLL-,
Presiderzt of the Senate;
Approved-, May 23, 1820. H
- OLIVER VVOLCOT l -.
Kn act in alteration of an act-, ‘entitled ‘ An act in‘-
corporating a Medical Society.
Be it ‘enacted by the Senate and House o_f Rr{zre-
serrtalivext, in Genera‘! ./Issenrblg convened, That in.
future, the members of the Connecti"c'u_t Medical
Society, living ‘in the respective counties in this
state, shall hold their conntymeetings on the tl\.Et'(l
Monday of April annually, instead of the fourth
Tuesday of September: Pro-uicled, 'l‘hat all the
Fellows chosen in September, 1819, and the
bffrcers of the Medical Society, chosen in Octo-
ber, 1819, shall hold their respective ollices until
the second ‘Wednesday in May, 1821, any law to
the contrary notwithstanding.
‘Genei‘aZ.d.-sembly, Jlfizy ‘Sessiotz, 1820
DAVID PLANT, Speaker
‘of!/ic Ilouse of Rrfzrcserzlutrvcs,
~.lONATHAN INGERSOLL,
' President Q/"t/re Senate.
8,l820.
Approved, May l "
OLIVER VJOLCOT l .
i
A-Fr» Act to :~.utlt'ori7.e the Baptist Trustees to re-
‘ ceive and pay over to the Connecticut Baptist
Education Society, the sums of money therein
designated, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and‘ House of Rr,&r.c-
gemaziues in Ge‘:r:era-I .a's.9e::ir3!y ca7zvem3a', That in
case all, or any number of the Baptist Societies in
this state, have, or hereafter shall by their act or
vote, for that purpose,‘dccline to accept any share
‘of the monies appropriated for the ‘use of the
Baptist denomination of Christians in this Staff»
by the act entitletlt An Act for the support oflit-
erature and religion,’ that the said Baptist Trus-
tees: may in such way as theyshall consider prop-
on from time to ‘time-, ascertain the number of
said Baptist Societies, who have, or may
hereafter so as aforesaid ‘decline accepting any
share of said sum appropriated as aforesaid, and
said '1‘r'us'tees having by themselves or their a-
gents for that purpose authorised, ascertained the
proportioris belonging to said societies respect-
ively, who shall have declined accepting any share
of ‘said sum of money so appropriated, be, and
they are hereby ‘authorised and empoweretl to
pay over to said Baptist Education Society, the
;,mo,;mof1l;e several proportions of said monies
belonging to said societies, who shall at any time
have declined accepting the same. _
§ 2. And be itfurt/zer enacted, That said Bap‘-
-tist Education Society, be, and they hereby are
nuthorised to accept, receive -and hold, any, and.
all sums of money so as aforesaid, paid over to
them by said Trustees, as a perpetual fund, vest-
ed -in any public stock, or otherwise secured as
said Society shall determine, the interest whére_-
of to be applied for the purposes mentioned in
--the act incorporating said society.
-General Aesernbly, Zlfay Session, ./1. D. 1820.
’D\VlD PLANT, S/maker
of (be House of Rt'fl1'cS€72tt1livt',9.
- LIONATH.-\N INGERSC-Lil,
Presiderit of the Senate.
Approved, May 27, 1320-
OLIVLSR VVOLCOTI‘.
An Act -to incorporate the Connecticut Baptist
Education Society.
Be~z‘t-'c7‘zact'ed by (lie Senate and House qfRe/zre-
aen‘tatz've.e in General ./ilssenibiy 'converu:r1, That.
Asahcl Morse, Caleb Moore, Joseph B. Gilbert,
John llolles, I-lezekiah Huntington, -E-Iisha Cush-
man, Nozidiah W'oodr'ulf, David King, Jesse Sav-
age, Pierpont Breckett-, Dav-id BOllCSa lS<T3C Dwl‘
nell, Eli Ball, George Mitchell, David "l'tirner,
J'cremia‘b Brown, Asahcl Otis, ionatlian Goodwin
jun. Orra Marlin, Asa Talmadgc, Chauncey
Vi/lreeler, Thomas VVheeier, Elijah Filley, and
their associates be, and they are hereby formed
into, constituted, and made a body politic and cor-
porate, by the name ofthe Connecticut Baptist
Education Society, and by that name, they and
their successors shall, and may have perpetual
succession, shall be capable of suing and being su-
ed, pleading and being impleaded, -in all suits of
what natu re soever, may have a common seal», and
-the same-alter orchange at pleasure. And may
also have, purchase, receive, hold and convey a-
way estate, real-, personal or mixed, the annual
income of which, shall not exceed three thousand
dollars. _
§2. Be it further enacted, That said Baptist
Education Society, may from time to time, elect
a President and such ‘other officers and agents as
they may find necessary and convenient; may
elect and receive additional members, make by-
laws respecting the number, qualifications and du-
ties of the officers and members, prescribe the
mode of election and admission of members. the
time, place and manner fholcling their meetings:
the number necessary to form a quorum, and all
other by-laws and regulations which said society
"may deem necessary for the government and due
regulation of its concerns, to promote and secure
the essential objects of said society as expressed
in their -constitution, not repugnant to the laws of
this state, or of the United States.
§ 3. Be‘ it flirt/rer enacted, That the first meet-
ing of said society shall be held at Hartford on the
first Wfednesday of May, i821. A
§4. «ind be it fart/rcr enacted, That this act of
Incorporation and every part thereof may be al-
tered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the
General Assembly.
General ./Issemb!y,- [Play Session, ./1. D. 1820.
DAVID PLANT, S/reairer of the
House of Re/iresentatives.
JONATHAN -INGERSOLL,
President of the Senate.
, I820.
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
--—-er»-::'=-is-— _
The Life of Com. PERllY—-by_.l0l1n M.Niles,
Esq. has inst been published at I-iartford—with
an Appendix, containing Biographical sketches
of Gen. Pike and Capt. Lawrence.
Approved May 23
' great number of line horses ; they likewise obtain
. le the quantity; they appear to prefer obtaining
., ced in the same unfortunate situation that ours
Mtssoit . to
Extract from aseries of . 7 - V lie Ivfisfsotirr.
River and some of the nati: 1 - . '.l_y,a‘g"entl_é'-“.
man‘ attached to the Yellow A -lpediti‘on‘;inA
18l9——published in the Pete I u: gjintelligencer,
The.l’awnce‘s are new at \ withithe Osages,
Kanses, Sioux, and Spaniards ; their war excur-_
sions are very frequently carried into the.settle-
ments of the latter, from whence they procure :1
horses from the nations south of them, for their
blankets, guns, &c.; their horses they sell again
to the ‘nations on the Missouri, for double or treb-
European ‘goods, by this species of traffic, to
hunting for beaver, and other valuable furs ; and
their trade is ‘of ‘very little importance to the
whites. ,.
Their war parties last summer, brought tl e
in nearly 400 horses, principally stolen from the
Spanish settlements. Formerly they held the
Spaniards in great respect, as they put large de-
tachment of troops into their country. Since
1806, liowever, the Spaniards have not done so,
restrained, probably, by the consideration that the
territory belongs to the U_nited States, and being
debarrcd from the only effectual means of check-
ing Indian tl‘epre'tlation; their settlements are pla-
were. on the borders of Florida.
The agriculture of the Pawnecs, is about the
same as the Kanses, and Ottoes ; like them they
only reside in their villages, during the intervals
ofplanting and gathering their corn ; living near-
er the habitual haunts of the Buffalo, than those
nations, they subsist more exclusively on it ; they
never hunt on the Missouri, and have but little
intercourse w_ith the whites.
They are a proud, haughty people, and have
great ideas oftheir own strength and importance.
One of the principal men told the interpreter
‘ VVliat do we care for the whites ; did not our
fathers live very well, without knowing thatsuch
people had an existence ? Have we not plenty of
bulfalo meat, and corn, not only for ourselves, but
to give our friends, when they come to see us;
and what Pawnee is so poor, that he cannot, if he
choose, give his guest a horse to ride home? \Vho
is there in the world, that does not know of the
braveryand numbers of the great Pawnee nation.’
Notwithstanding, however, the good opinion they
have of themselves, they are believed to be less
warlike than their neighbors, owing to the com-
parative ease with which they live, subsisting en-
tirely on buffalo, which they find so near them.
The chace of the buffalo,‘ besides being less labo-
rious than the elk or deer, does not require the
use oflire arms, with which the Pawnees are not
export. Their language is more guttural than
that of the Kanses and Osages, and approaches
nearer to the Sioux; their figures are tall and
slim; they have remarkably high cheek bones.
and a certain wildness of look that is peculiar to
them. Their government, like that of the Ot-
toes, is an hereditary aristocracy; the power and
authority of which is very much dependent upon
the individual character of the principal Chieftain.
They are not so cleanly in their persons, lodges.
and cooking, as the other tribes. There is a cus-
tom among these Indians of swearing they will
not survive the death ofa certain friend or friends,
that frequently leads them to desperate deeds.-—
About two years since a trader, descending the
Arkansaw with some packs of beaver, and about
thirty men, was attacked by a party of 300 Paw-
nees._ They made a breast-work of their packs.
and finally succeeded in beating off the Imliatis.
killintziive or six of them. After the lnd'i:r.is
had despaired of success, and were al)u\.It giving
up the attack, two lndi-.ins, who had lost their
friends, made a furious charge by themselves;
they were both cut to pieces-'—-the memory of
these men is universally cherished, and they are
6t:lcl)l‘£tlC(l in all their v.'ai‘-songs; -
The Pawnees find that formidable animal, the
white or grizly bear, in their hunting excursions
towards the head of'La Platte River‘. On the
Missouri, it is seldom seen below the great bend,
anti is found most frequently on the Yellow Stone
and its branch:-s—and at the three forks of the
Missouri. This bear will attack a man, if ap-
proached very near. Indians consider it a great =
exploit to kill one of them. \Vhen they are a-
larmed, they rise completely erect on their hind
legs, and dart forward by jumps ; they move
much swifter than a man can run, rushing for-
ward with the utmost fcrecity, their mouths wide
open, and snapping their teeth, which make a
noise like the shutting of a steel trap; 21 man at-
tacked by one of them on the plains of the Mis-
souri, has but little chance of escape, if there be
neither tree to climb, nor water to take to. The
tenacity of life in these animz-.ls has been exag-
gerated but is very remarkable ; as many as thir-
teen balls have been put into them, without kill-
ingthem; but tllere are also instances of their
being killed by only one ball: the most mortal
part is directly under the car. They will attack
and kill a Btiffalo, and drag him to their haunts,
where they bury if they do not wish to eat him.
These animals are so fierce, ardent, and furi-
ous, that they soon exhaust their strength in pur-
suit : they are hunted by the Indians on horse-,
back ; a party of three or four men, well mount-
ed, approach the bear, and one of them provokes
him to pursue him ; this he does with his utmost
force ; the horseman, to avoid the bear, has to put
his horse to his metal ; he leads him round a cir-
cle, towards his companions, one of whom pro-
vokcs him ’: he is easily‘ made to quit his old pur-
suit, and join in the new ; he is again led round.
and again induced to pursue a fresh horse : the
bear pursues until he becomes completely ex-
hausted, lies down apparently lifeless, and may be
approached and shot by putting the muzzle of
the gun to his ear. Nothing can be more ani-
mating, it is said, than this hunt; there is no
danger of the bear overtaking the horse, unless
he falls; if, however, the rider should be thrown,
and the bear get a blow at him, death appears in-
evitable-such is the immense force with which
they use their claws. It takes a bear four or five
years to at‘ in its growth ; they are supposed to
arrive at a very old age, as they are frequently
found with their claws worn out.
‘:5
Two soldiers of the U.- S. army: Were killed on
the 28th May, near Fort Armstifor.g, (600 miles
. above St. Louis.) bya strolling party of VVinel)ago
Indians.
city, which the public charity may bestow. Of
A detatcbment was sent in pursuit of
___'MAvo,rt_ or Titer
‘ “M-l5.l?\I_CAN PUBLIC.
. ,Ill,l|,é.‘,29l~l),‘-anst;-_a fire, imexampled in the
,.fu'l‘Y Qf‘.ltS-pr0g‘re_ss,- i_n the course of a few hours
r‘cduce£l the?fairest"poi'tion. of this once flourish-
ing t'.i'ty-tvoashes. .;'I‘.his awful visitation _of Di-
vine Providence, has in its desolating course.
swept away fan immense amount of the wealth of
our city, accumulated by the industry of years,
and thrown a respectable and extensive portion
oftlre community, hitherto in competent, ifnot
affluent circuinstances, upon the charity of the
public, it)!‘ the first necessaries of life.
The peculiar circumstances attending this ter-
rible conllztgration, has occasioned a greater ex-
tent ofindivltltral ruin and distress than is usual-
ly caused by the ‘most extensive fires; The ex-
treme heat of the weather—the extraordinary
dryness of ‘every thing combustible—'—a strong
Wlljtls and the very compact population in the vi-
cinity of its commencement, at once spread the
flames in every direction, with a rapidity which
not only bailled every effort to check its ravages,
but rendered the removal of any thing within its
desolating range, altogether impracticable,"-.
VVherevcr it came all was lost. From the vast
amount of property consumed, there is scarcely
one of our affluent citizens who does not, either
directly, or indirectly, participate in the general
loss.
A calamity so extensive and general, at a time
of peculiar pecuniary pressure, renders our own
citizens wholly unable to afford that relief to the
distresses ofthose who have lost their all, which
their necessities imperiously claim. and which,
under different circumstances,many would cheer-
fully-bestovv.
Under these circurnstances,theCommon Coun-
cil of this city, have felt it their duty to lay the
distressed situation of their unfortunate and nec-
dy fellow citizens before the public, and in their
behalf solicit such aid as those who feel for stif-
fering humanity may be willing to bestow. In
making this appeal, they ask not for contributions
to reimburse the losses of the affluent, but to
mitigate the sutl'eri'ngs ofthe needy and relieve
the wants of the distressed. And from the lib:
erality and munificence for which the American
character has ever been distinguislred, they de-
rive an assurance, that claims upon the public
liberality so pressing and so great, will not fail to
attract the-attention and open the hands oftlie
charitable and humane in every section of our
country. Under this expectation they have ap-
pointed a respectable committee to receive and
distribute any donations, either in money or prop-
this committee Gtirdon Corning is Chairman,and
to him all donations should be directed.
By order of the Common Council ofthe city
Of Troy’. ESAIAS VVARREN, Mayor.
Troy, June 24th, 1820.
The Troy Post in speaking of the calamity at
that place, says ‘ Let it be recorded to the honor
of our females, that hundreds ofthem were in the
ranks, antl laboured with incredible perseverance
in passing water to the engines. On V‘Vedncsday
we were again obliged to fight the fire in the ru-
ins ; and again on Thursday and Thursday night
until ll o’clock‘---and here again we saw great
numbers of our ladies in the ranks, and neither
did they leave until all were dismissed. A strong
guard has nightly patroletl our streets, and 21 vi-
gilant watch is still necessary. On Sunday hun-
dreds were engaged in digging from the incurr-
tainous ruins some articles of merchandize. &c.
and others are still ‘extinguishing fires. Hun-
dreds who come to see our wretched situation
and u esp" over our burning cinc-lers. see the once
wealthy merchant, or the thriving mechanic,
picking from the ashes a few useless articles of
merchandise or a broken implement of his trade.
or the beggared laboring man and his houseless,
unfed, naked little ones, seeking to find a. spoon
or a knife. Oh-—-it wringr. the sinking heart
with anguish. is not farrr.y,it is a distress-
lug i'e:ility.'
-1}-I
_ New-Lnrvnox, June 28.
Vile are informed that a contagious disease is
now raging among the sect known by the name
ofthe Rogereen Quakers, in Croton. Already
several have _dic‘d--and amongthem the celebra-
ted Tz'.*:zot./2y l7Vatei-cue, the chiefelder‘. The prin-
ciples of their religion did not allow them to avail
tliems-elves ofthe experience of physicians, or of
medicines to effect a cure. To give a specimen
of their mode of proceeding in case of sickness,
we will give an anecdote related to us by a re-
spectable gentleman. A few weeks since, oneof
the society being taken sick, the elder paid her a
visit. The elder after looking around him, gave
it as his opinion, that her sickness was sent upon
her as punishment for her pride. He immediate-
ly suggested, as the only means to preserve her
life, that an elegant clock which was standing in
the room, should be taken down, and that the
room should be stripped of its elegant mould-
ings-which was immediately done. A short
time after, the elder made another call, and found
the patient still lower: he then decided that she
was not yet suliiciently humble, and the poor
clock was brought down from the garret. stove
in pieces and burnt‘ " The woman diet ---
Thc next week Timothy himself was taken sick;
he refused all medical aid, and died in the firm
belief of the truth of his principles of religion.-—
The society of which he was a member, contains,
we believe, 150 persons, and is fast increasing.
They neither bear arms nor vote—tliey pay their
taxes cheerfully'——have nothing to do with courts
of law, and are a peaceable and industrious peo-
ple, rnannfacturing their own clothing, of every
description. _ '
\7Ve utiderstztnd that the select men of Groto-n,
with a view to prevent the further extension of
the contagion,are ctinsnlting on the propriety and
expediency of removingthe sick to Mason’s Isl-
and, on the south shore of the town.--.4d-vacate.
out
At New-London, a few days since, John Blake,
a Bane, proposed to one Bradshaw, to enter and
rob the store ofll/lajor Trott, gold and silversmitli.
_ 'U‘ads-haw professedly acceded to the proposition,
but immediately communicated the plan to Major
Trott. At midnight they went to the shop, and
Blake soon contrived to break open the shutter-—
he then hoisted the back window, when the guard
within appeared, and Bradshaw seized on him,
the Indians, but they had escaped.
,\
LETTER Fl’.OM ir.°i\'-. 1:. HL
To rrrst:IvcLr~:, Mn. H‘. NORTON, or wni'rs:.
B.zltz'more (Pri.9o72,) Jlluyi-'2'O, I3‘,
-*2-l_‘Drar Uncle—Althoug~h in chains, and ii.
gloomy prison, Ifeel it my duty to atlclressi‘a'fewf
lines to you, hoping it will draw a train of serious
and useful considerations from your mind, on the
subjects of religion and immortality.-—suhje‘cis of
interesting and immense importance, a‘ correct‘
view of which appears to be absolutely "necessary
for our present as well as future happiness. 0 !
dear uncle, how I have erred, and awfully strayed
away I I confess with the deepest contrition of
soul, and in the depth of liuruility, that I have
been guilty ofthe most shocking crimes, renders
ed odious and intolerable, by many instances of
azzgraialion, with respect to society, myself, par-
ents, and to my Creator—-To my Creator, who
has justly required and might expect theimost
grateful returns of duty, instead of such for;zetful-
ness, and enormous violations ofhis law. Vvherc
shall I go ? all horrid as have been my crimes, I
call on him who is mighty to save; He has the
word of eternal life. On condition of sincere re.
pcntance and obedience, I shall be pardoned and
accepted of by Him, who was promised from the
foundation of the world--the hope of all the ends
ofthe eat th. Thougli treachery and murder have
rendered my conscience black as the gloom of
hell, yet washed in the fountain opened for sin
and tmcleanliness, l shall not be pure only, but
fairer than the full blown lily, whiter than the new
fallen snow.
arrest for the crime, which I must shortly
C‘-Xlllate Will‘ my life, was mysterious——it was the.
tvork of Providence—I can call it fatlrerly love-—
it put a sudden stop to my wicked career, and I
have no doubt will terminate for my greatest pos-
sible good. It the laws of my country condemn
me to death, and I am snatched from the embra.
ces of a tender parent, it is to save my sou] f,-om
everlasting woe and misery. If I fall into deep
disgrace, it is on purpose that I may rise tohlgh
honors. Even the iron doors of this publicthouse
of justice and correction, open to me my way to
the right hand of my heailenly Father. I wait
with cheerfulness the further disclosure of the
justice and propriety of my aiilictinns, which my
Lord and Master, in his own good time, will ef-
fect. Then the gushing tear, and heaving sigh,
will be turned into hymns of gratitude and holy
joys. Then shall I be enabled to perceive that
the ways of God are correct, his atlministratiofi
and government infinitely and divinely wise, and
that he will accomplish his general purpose of
grace, and save the souls of his peniterit children.
And since, dear uncle, we are in this body to pre-
pare for-.c_,te_§r:nit‘y', and seeing it is so ‘ fearfully and
won(lerfully"inadc,’ and notwithstanding it must
crtrmhlriio dust and lose all its powers in dark-
ness, inactivity and corruption, let it be our con-
stant care to behave worthy its Ci‘cato.'.s._let om-
knees bend in the deepest humiliation before the
throne of Grace, while our eyes are cast down to
the earth in penitential conftisi_on, or devoutly
looking tip to Heaven for pardoning rnercy--.anr_]4
He who was once a pale and bloody corpse. but
now sits in glory, dispensing happiness to all the
blood waslred hearts, will. intercetle for us, and we
shall receive peace and happiness to our immor-
tal souls. Yes, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God,
who taketh away the sins of the world, will he
entreatcd of, and will graciously answer. He is
our sure protection, our tinquéstionable strpporir,
if we yield obedience, in time, in death through
the terrors of the grave, and through abonndlcss
eternity. Into that consummate felicity, those:
eternal and increasing frnitions of Heaven, per-
mit me, dear uncle, to wish you an abunclant en-
trance-—-znid to assure you, that this ,,;s}, is
breathed ‘with the same sincerity and arclor form).
uncle, as it is for his unfortunate nephew.
My health newt‘ was better. My father has
been with me three weclts, Remember me to all
your fa.-mily~'—niay none of your sons, nor any hu-
man licirig, l-aunclr into sin as Ihave. Farewell;
I hope we may meet in a happier and a better
world. From your dying and unfortunate neph-
ew. ‘‘ M. N. B. HULL.
-—..g'p— -
From the P/lilacidfi/’rz'a U_nr'o2:'.
The following transaction was lately comma.
nicated to us by a resident of N. O_i-leans. who
had every opportunity of knowing the particular
facts,an'.l which we do not remember to have seen
in print. In 1812, a packet sziiled from N. Or-
leans, bound, we think, to France, in which 3
number of ladies and a few gentlemen embark-'
ed. Among the former was a French lady.whosc
known wealth was perhaps the cause of the dis-
aster, which in all its details is still left to be ima-
gined, though there is little doubt of its nature.
Some mcnthspassedawayand no intelligence was
received from the vessel or its ill-fated passen-
gers ; but a married daughter of the lady whom’
we have just mentioned, was one morning walk-‘
ing the streets of New-Orleans. she saw (and
fainted at the sight) her m'cther’s jewels on the
neck of a woman whom common fame reported
to be the mistress of 1.ojit/e. This man stoutly
denied that he had any band in the deed by which
they fell into his hands, btit alletlged that he won
them in gambling with ilie pirates whose seat was
then the island of Barrataria.—-—Vessel or passen-
gers was never seen or heard of; and if their
bodies v.‘ere suffered to have a grave in the ocean
unpollutetl by these l’llfi'l'dll.‘55 it is notldoubted in
New-Orleans. that they were each and every one
murdered. V'fhether the 15 recently reprieved,
or any of them, were stained with this piracy we
know not ; but we presume‘ the facts can be as-
certained ; and, if mercy be allowed them, it will
be so much the greater; but if punishment be
demanded, it will be better deserved.
At a late election of directors of the ’\Vasliing-
ton and ‘Narreri Bank, Jacob Barker, Esq. was
chosen President, and George R. Barker, Cash-
ier. Mr. Barker, we understand, has established
a store at Fort lidward, the merchandize in w hich
is to be sold for \'Vashington and ‘Warren hills.
[Saratoga Ccntmcl.
.4 Lawyer outrwitted.-—At a late sitting of the
circuit court in New-Brunswick, N. J. Mr. Hart-
well, a gentleman of the bar, of Somerset county,
was arraigned on a breach of promise of marriage
to Miss Edgar, of Short-Hills. The jury modght
in a verdict in favor of the lady, for $1250 dam.
ages. Mr. H. is said to he possessed of little
_ and he was secured and committed for trial.
property.
Norwalk Chronicler