-»-.-- --s-,—.::-.7,-._.. 'v’.’7'.'.’."‘,’l.’-T.’-.’.""f’-I.""’_"' 2"‘ ' ' 1'. _'_ .J.,_‘.,, _. Ab.,.. .....‘ ..._..- . ... ._v c-.—.«-«.. ----.; y---, - '- '-. FROM THE RELIGIOUS 1n'rEi;LioExcsa. Say’st thou that when t_his_ light has Red, The spring of mental life is dead Say’st than that when this ch.eek_1S pale, The spirit’-s ardent glow shall fail I Say’st thou the soul returns to ‘clay V.Vli'en these poor pulses ‘cease to play ? Then let us mctirn, ifhope ei~tpii'es VVhen this frail lamp resigns its fires ; Ifman, so fashioned like a God, 1‘,-‘lust never burst the prisoning sod, VVith maniac sorrow let us raves And shrinking rend his marble grave. Dash then away the fruitless tear, And rush in pleasure’s mad career ; To mirth devote this niggard span, _":—.’iiis little dateless life of man ; Mock selfccntrol, grave wisdom spurfii And hecdless seek the <lcstin’d urn. Ah gceptic 3 why wilt thou essay To rend the balm of life away ? _ To plant with goods the path oftoil, To strew with thorns a barren soil, To shroud with cold and raylcss gloom, Our weary journey to the tomb P Think’st thou the Power that spread the skies, ‘So just, bencliccnt and wise, , Halli man’s unbounded powers bestotv‘d, Merely for earth’s fallacious good 9 Oh pause! A spirit answt-is No, For boundless joy, or boundless woe. Look up, and let the doubtful eye Sparkle at immortality : Rend from thy soul its abject chain, Thy maker in thy mind retain,’ And bid it love that hope sublime, \Vhich soars o’cr mists and wrecks of time. FROM Tim Lanins’ CABINET. Lines occasioned by tile r/eat/I (fan unfortunate fe- malc, tv/zo mum /lcr u/1/z-arcmcc 7'7: one Q/"our Ivor!/zcrn Villages, and in a few .'.'vec’r'c- [10-‘#8661 M to /it-7‘ residence,‘ ‘zit/n~.'“e the *zUr.’aT'§/ are at re.sz‘.’ \ THE STR‘ANGER’S BURIAL. The tears that were shed at her grave, As the turfwas laid peacefully o’cr her, Has told you the youth was beloved, But we khow not how inuch to deplore her. But a moment the stmiiger was here, A or! we scented but a little to mind her ; 0- -.. .,- knew not till taken away, ‘How near to our hearts we had twined her. Vie will write not 2'. line on her grave, Nota gal 1: ml of ours shall enwreatfi it , For we know not howiritir.h to declare, Oftbe st».-aiigei‘ tnat’s sleeping beneath it. But the t‘l.‘“‘I,lC‘3 ‘.l"'-1' m.;lZ-aivccl her heart,‘ ~‘ 7:-'7 5.‘. f’:;: ‘;~._--:«..»m s':'":l'£ swelling‘, " whet‘: she sleeps, Eat‘ «to. liizlg. ".1 ..- :~‘.-3.7 ' ,, .. ,. I. 3;,-I,‘-..;->...,.._. -- '5£i‘Z'._'E’_"l‘:;i‘:_._.' ._ ;. :2 _ _:._-E... E.1'or.‘r or ‘twin. .r-_:.'n nf1t5- DUNSTAN. In the year 169?’, -an the 5th of March, a body of iiidians nttztcitctl the town of Havcrhill, in - iassacliusctts, burnt a small nu mbcr of houses. and l'iiled and captured about forty of the inhabit- nts. A party oftlicin, arrayed in all the terrors of the Izidian-war dress, and carrying with them the multiplied horrors of a savage invasion, ap- proached near the house ofa Mr. Dunstan. This ‘man was abroad at his usual labour. Upon the first alarm, he flew to the house, with a hope of hurrying his family to a place of safety, consisting of his wife, who had been confined only a week in childbed, her nurse, :1 Mrs. Mary Tail‘, :1 wid- ow from the neighborhood, and eight children. Seven of his children he ordered to flee with the ‘utmost expedition in the course opposite to that in which the danger was approaching, and went himselfto assist his wife. Before she could leave her bed, the savages were upon them. Her hus- band, despairing of rendering her any service, flew to the door, mountcd his horse, and determi- ned to snatch up the child, with which he was un- able to part. when he should overtake the little flock. VVhen he came up to them, about 200 yards from his house, he was unable to make a choice,or to leave any one of the number. He therefore determined to take his lot with them, and defend them from the murderers, or die by their side. A body ofthe Indians pursued and came tip with him ; and from near distances, fired at him and his little company. He returned the fire, and retreated, alternately. For more than a mile he kept so resolute a face to his enemy, reti- ring in the rear of his charge--returned the fire of the savages so Often, and with so good success, and ShCllCl‘i.d so effectually his terrified compan- ions, that he finally lodged them all, safe from the pursuing butchers, in a distant house. Another party of Indians entered the house im- mediately aft.» r Mr. Dunstan had quit it, and found Mrs. DUllSl.tl:, and her nurse,who was attempting to flee with the infant in her‘arms. Mrs. Dun- stan they ordered to rise instantly ; and before she could completely dress herself, obliged her and her companion to quit the house ; after they had plundered it and set it on fire. In company with several other captives, they began their march into the wilderness ; she feeble, sick, ter- rificd, partially clad, one of her feet bare, and the season utterly unlit for comfortable travelling»- The air was chilly and keen, and the earth cover- cd alternately with snow and deep mud. Her conductors were unfceling, insolent, and revenge- ful. Murder was their glory, and torture their sport. Her infant was in her nursc’s arms; and infants were the customary victims of savage bar- buriiy. The company had proceeded but a little way, when an Indian thinking it an incumbrar.ce, took the child out of the nurse’s arms and dashed its head against a tree. VVhat were then the feel. ings ofthe mother 1 Such ofthe other captives as began to b». weary and to lag, the Indians toma- liawked. The slaughter was not an act ofrevcnge nor of cruelty. It was a more convenience ; an effort so fami|iar,as not even to excite an emotion. Fccble as Mrs. Dunstan was, both she and her nui"§e sustained the fatigue oftlie journey. Their intense distress for the death of the child, and of their companions. anxiety for those who'm they left behind, the unccasing terror for themselves, raised these unhappy women to such a degree of vigor, that notwithstanding their fatigue,.their ex- posure to cold, their SUffL'l‘3i‘.t:C of hunger, and 9.! their sleeping on clamp; ment sky, they finishc 150 miles without losing, _ their health. The wigw_a_m1o ' ‘ ' conducted, and which beliingiglit ':"t'i1’.9',.5'a.‘to’%ge' who had claimed them as his p'i‘6p’efi-ty:,._._wss;_i‘nhahited by twelve persons. In, .thej_r_n_p;nilfi"- of "Ap'i‘il, this family set out with tli_e“‘ a 5,,,'t1e'-men, still more remote; ai'ifd, _'},i‘c;'d‘1;l:1e;'j,tha; whch they arrived at the settl.’ein_t;-n-t‘,‘~tli'ey must b.6.5”$lP‘ pcd, scourge:'d, and run tlic--gauntlet, naked,‘be- tween two files of Indians, containing the whole number found in the settlement ; for such they d:;Clurt:(l was the standing custom of their na- tion. This information you will believe, made a deep iinpression on the minds of the captive wo- men, and led them, irresistibly, to devise all the possible means of escape. On the 31st of the same month,'early in the morning. Mrs. Dunstan, while the Indians were asleep, having awakened her nurse and a follow prisoner, (a youth taken some time before from V-Vorccster) despatthed, with the assistance of her companions, ten of the twelve lndians. The other two escaped. \/Vith the scalps ofthese savages, they returned through the wilderness; and having arrived safely at flav- erliill, and afterwards at Boston, received a hand- some reward for their intrepid conduct from the lcgislaturc. --‘ittfi--n ‘ HAYTI. Extracts Q/'sc-ucml lctlers from Ifayti, [mblis/red in the Commercial ./lrlvertieer. I ask,is it to expected that such a people,.e- merging from such a state of accumulated hor- rors, miseiy and wretcficdness, are to spring up at once, faultless and pure? Yet with astonish- ment I have seen, and fearlessly assert, that there are fewer of those vices which too often deform the human character, to be found here, than in a- ny other country I am acquainted with. Bad lan- guage is seldom heard here, and intoxication is held in utter dciestation. Thievery is almost tin- known, except a little pilfering by those laborers wno are employed by foreigners. They too often see the master purloin from his owners, the sail- ors from llic master, and the cook from the; sail- ors. This practice, like a contagion, is easily caught. No one meddles with the right of an- other, and consequently there are few law.su'u5. Calumny and dctraction you never hear. The ptop ~ .i: c scrupulous on this point to an uncom-- moo oegrt-c. Tradesmen and retailers are hon- cst to a proverb. Sell at retailer your property, and 2." -;'\t': time specified, if you call you receive y ‘or jfokiyiliclll; or hc pays you for what he has flit-.-n showing you the remainder of the [)l0'.-'..: :5. .«:-~ =~ fl.‘ soy, ‘ you see I have not squan- (lt.l'C(l it awav ‘ *-.~ ' T are :2‘-“ii rlrallli. it. ,. lean tan. 1. .; you C21,’:-..-C—,',.'t' l-;aveit,and I will pay you as soon as possible. Injr‘-uroeying thro’ the Island, Ih-ave invariably met the extended hand of friendship. You will find no public hou- ses ; but every lzausea lzome-'.“’ I It was not my intention to have gone minutely into their jurisprudencc.but I cannot refrain from bringing one item ofit into view,as a good speci- men of their laws,and as being so consonant with every feeling ofjustice and humanity. Respect- ing debtors: When a creditor thinks proper to bring a suit against a debtor, he applies to ajudge to nave. him cited. This is done not by sending a catciipole to drag him forth like a common thief, but by the juzlge’s sending a police officer with a civil-iiidced I may say a polite note, requesting an intprvicw at his house. The officer has then done his duty, and the man, left to himself, never fails ofattending atthc time. Here lie meets his creditor, who makes his demand. Thejudge asks me debtor if the dcmandisjzist. Ifhe replies in the affirmative, but states that it is out of his power to pay at the moment, and requests a cer- tain time of indulgence, (if no proofof fraud or dishonesty has been brought against him,) the judge intercedes, and pleads with the creditor to grant the request--setting forth the reasons why the indulgence should be extended, and ending his intercession with-—‘ we should always do unto others, as we would that they should do unto us.’ A compromise almost always takes place; but if the creditor he obstinate, than the judge exerts- his authority, and gives the debtor such time as he thinks pI‘0peI'——-disniissing him with this ad- monition, ‘do not abuse the confidence the law has rcposcd in you, but exert yourself and use your best endeavors to be faithful to your credit- ors and the laws.’ This is vol‘? justly Called the reconciling court. If the creditor be still dissatisfied, he carries his suit to the upper court. The cause is pleaded before abfillflh Di judges, who, when it is finished, retire to their chamber, make up theirjudgement in writing and return into court, where it is read : _‘ We find that A. B. is indebted to C. D. to the amount of , and the said A. B. having sat- i.~.fied this court that he is unable to pay the same at the P1'€5€nt time, requests indulgence ; and as no proofs of fraud or dishonesty have been shown to this court by the creditor, against the debtor, we do hereby give the said debtor the term of -5...? ‘ \ to pay the said debt ; exhorting him to be _ faithful to justice and the law.’ VVhen the time CXPTTCS, l|C IS unable to pay, a fuy'[hep in- dulgencc is usually granted; at the end of which, if unpaid, the creditor may imprison him. But still the government does not desert the unfortu- nate. The creditor is obliged to pay him 87' 1.2 cents per diem, for his support, so long as he keeps him in confinement, nor can he keep him thus longer than twelve months and a day. But the truth is, there is no imprisonment for debt here ;_ you neither hear nor see such a thing; and with truth it may be said, that the keys of the prison in this government are literally cover- ed with rust. '-ICQC--v From the London Zliissionczry Chronicle. RUSSIA. L553?” from the Rev. Dr. He7m'erso7z, dated I S3‘. PETERSBURG, Oct. 18, 1826. ‘ It is a pleasing fact, that when an inquiry was instituted at Okotsk by the governor, respecting the want of the scriptures, copies were found in quarters where they were least expected ; which I1‘ attributed to the zealous and indefatiguable ex- ertions of Capt.Gordon,-whose track from Okotsk, thewhole way through Siberia to Astrachaiifand thence through Persia to India, is marked by the most tender solicitude for the welfare of the in- hablwfilsa and a diligent investigation and relief of their spiritual wants. outta, under an" incls.~.° ._From the accounts recently transmitted by this ' singularly zealous.traveller, the most encouraging prospects are opening for the dissemination of di- vine truth in the Persian empire. A Russian captain lately returned’ from Persia, says that when he was in that country,he happen- ed to go into the house of a native, when he was ‘S‘t3rpi'iscd to find between 20 and 30 Persians as- semblcd and listening with attention to one who was reading a book. They no sooner noticed the stranger than the book was laid aside and conceal- ed, and it was with some difficulty that he could prevail upon them to tell what book it was. At last they informed him that it was the New Tes- tament ; and said that the reason why they con- cealcd it was, that they were not permitted to read it publicly. How pleasing the idea, that many ofthe other copies which have been introduced into that empire, may also have their select cir- cles to which they are proclaiming the tidings of redeeming love, and that here and tlieie may be a Nicodemus inquiring, under the shade of con- ccalmcnt, How can t/zcsc things be .1’ SPAi.v.—-It appears from~the_public prints that events have recently occurred in Spain, which promise to be favorable to the interest of true rc- ligion. The Inquisition has been totally sup- pre~:sed--thc exclusive privileges of the clergy in reference to the execution of the laws and lia- bility to public burdens abolished-—no new con- venis shall be founded, nor any novice in future admitted; while an annual pension of 100 ducats shall be given to nuns who renounce their vows-— the trial by jury has been established---and asys- tem of national education is expected to be soon adopted.~—-Londarz Evazigclical A/Iagazirze. --—-as--:;:--t2I>—— FOR THE GAZETTE. To 7'11}: ABETTOIIS or IN'TEMPl-.‘RA.‘Vt’.‘E. ‘ Be not /iartu/crrs ay"o£/zrr me-n’s sins.’ The ways in which one may be a portaker of anothcr’s sins are nuinerous, and it should be our constant care to avoid them. One method of partaking them. and one which is-most to be dep- rccatcd, is, giving or selling ardent spirits or oth- er intoxicating liquors to those who we know will make a bad use ofthcm. It is a vain thingto at- tempt to [)'.ll'l'_V the force of this charge by saying ‘ If I don’t let him have it another will.’* linem- perance is a monstrous evil, and all who aid its progress by iinparting, by sale or otherwise, the int-bri.:r_mg fl..id to those who are addicted to it, zmzsz. ram’ (1 .:/101‘ 2'7.’ tlzcirgzzilt. A \Ve see the sad effects of this most degrading vice in every pztlt of our land. Wives beggared, c:.ildren in tags, untutored, and growing up in vice :---every obligation violated--wide-spread destruction lifting her banner over the whole man. Not only lmdy, soul, reputation, time and estate, but also relatives, friends, and society feel the aw- fol curse. Some who pretend to the religion of the SEIVIUUP, either through ignorance, inconsid- cratcness or wicktzdncss, and the love of gioney, do not sufficiently allcnd to this subject, but heed- ly pass along, day after day, month after month, and perhaps for years, selling to all who will buy. VVh-at would you think of an apothecary, suppo- sing a dozen persons should apply to hi.m, each for a dose ofdeadly poison, which he had every reason to belive they clesigned either to swallow themselves or give to others, and yet, for the sake of their money, or lest he should offend them, would let them have it ? VVould he be innocent ? \Vould you not consider him a monster, unfit for any other society than the infernals? But bring it home : suppose a wife, achild, or a dear friend was among the number of the unhappy appli- cants ; would you not say, alas 1 why did he not refuse to let them have it, when it was evident they would use it to their destruction ? Could you ever be satisfied that he had done right? You cannot avoid saying No: neither could you think the plea ‘ If I don't let them have it another will,’ would excuse or justify him. Similar is the case of those Who sell intoxicating liquors to such as they know to be drunkards,or inclined to be such. True, the poison will produce its fatal effect more suddenly, but is it more sure ? Is it not known, even-‘I0 a proverb, that few who get on the fatal track of intemperance ever return from it, but wait worse and worse, till ruin ensues. Surely we have no need to enlarge the boundaries of hu- man woe! How many are therc already who are slaves to iutemperance 1 and what Spt3ClP.‘CiCS of wretchedness and woe has it produced 1 Otliers are on the w:-iy——-a little while, and they will sink as deep in vice and misery as their predecessors. Can you feel disposed to aid them in their wretch- ed career, or to introduce ui.l]6l‘S into the same fatal course? If a single spark of generous phi- lanthropy exists in your breasts, cease to increase the woes of your fellow beings. Let not the ‘ cur- sed thirst for gold,’ nor the mean (lE2Sll':.‘ of the ap- plause of the piuulligsttc and vilc, prevent you from doing your duty. Surely it must be a fiend- like disposition that would wish, for paltry gain, to extend the wide domains of human woe : and the guilt of such as knowingly partake of other men’s sins will rise, and like massy mountains, fall upon them in_anotherday. A PLAIN MAN. __......_..__. *I knew an instance ofa person in a country store who was convinced of its being, wrong to sell in such an indiscriminate manner; this plea was urged to him, but he refused. Not long af- ter he had the pleasure to hear that othors in the same place were adopting a similar course. Ex- am/ile jsrevails £1/.70‘u€ /.7'€(e/zt. —._.m..:',L--D--- A CARD. The subscriber respectfully informs her friends and the public generally, that she continues to invent and circulate LIES of every description, on the most reasonable terms, and at the shortest notice ; persons requiring her services are refer- red to any of the most respectable inhabitaiits in the neighborhood where she resides. N. B. Characters ruined or partially injured by the family or piece. Village, house, or tea-table lies, told upon any subject, and ata monient’s no- tice ; hints and insinuations by the groce, dozen, or single, with a liberal allowance to wholesale dealers. , DINAK CLACEIT. ~ H’orm'waod Hail, .fljzril5t/1., 1821- NOTICE. . A reward of 1000 dollars will be givento any person that can beat me in lying, in any shape wliatcvcr, or in scandalizing;‘persons? characters. P."DlSM_}AL, Old 1l'Iaz'd. - Accommodation P ackets. To suit from Ebenccacr D. Hogt’s Landing, of Norwalk, for Peck Slip, .-N'ew-York. LOOP UNION, -Brown, will commence sail- ing from the above landing on Saturday the 31st of March, and return on Thursday. CITIZEN,'Pennoyer, will sail on Tuesday and return on Saturday. Sloop MECHANIC, Das-‘ kam, will sail on Thursday and return the Tues- day following ; each vessel performing her week- ly trip through the season. For freight or passage apply to the subscribers or to either the Captains on board of theirre- spective vessels. E. D. HOYT USON. Norwalk, March 27. ‘1 For Sale, or to Let, V BE Farm formerly owned Mr. Asa « - Hoyt, called the Village, lying in the town of Norwalk, containing about 22 acres ofland, including a good proportion of upland, salt-meadow, and wood-land. On this Farm are two good Dwelling Houses, a Store, two Barns, and an extensive Pottery. The works are in good order, and’ could be put in operation immediate- ly. Any person disposed to purchase orhire the above may be accommodated on very reasonable ‘CW1’!-5. by applying soon to Benjamin Isaacs, Esq. at’Norwalk, or of the subscribers. John D. Hicxs, SAMUEL HICKS, VALENTINE HICKS. New-York, April 2. 5 if LIME. HE subscribervwould inform thepublic that he continues th'e‘b’u:si,ness.,of making Lime at the kiln lately occi:pi"e”tlf'=by.?:-"_B(z'_7'72‘m:7zU7 C/za/1- man, and will furnish it on‘ as:-.,loiv¢,tei'ms as can be had at any kiln in this part-offthe country. A supply of the first quality ‘opp.-_:li_‘;.,'nd: all orders thankfully received and punctiially attended to. ’ PHINEAS CHAPMAN. N. B. All letters containing orders for Limo will be post paid. Ridgcficld, Nov. 22. ‘FM Notice. ‘HE subscriber having taken into partnership ofbzja/1 Berta, the business will hereafter be conducted under the firm of A. ll. Bsxrrs 8: Co- All persons having unsettled accounts with the subscriber, are requested to attend to them im- mediately. A. R. BET'1‘5. VVilton, April 10, 1821. 6‘ 6w , Wheaton’s Itch Omtment. , That noted Itch Ointment, being a safe, speedy and sure cure for that tormenting disorder-—Pi'ice thirty-seven and (2 hay cents. ALSO-.. W/zeaton’s well known Jaundice Bitters, so eminently useful for removing all jaundice and bilious complaints, which are so prevalent at the present day-—For sale by B. 8:. C. ISAACS, Nor- walk, and S. Jlutvis, Stamford. 6 To W comers. ANTED, two ‘young women, ofgood char- acter, acquainted with VVeaving. None need apply without being well recommended-—to such, constant employ and good wages will be given. Apply to A". NASH, Norwalk, (near the Bridge-,) May 1. 9 _ Fifty Dollars Reward. N the night of the 28th inst. the store of the subscribers was broken open and the following Goods were taken therefrom : Two pieces blue Broad Cloth, 1 piece dark mixt Cassimcre, 1 piece black Cassimere, 1 piece Irish Linen. 3 or 4 pieces Cotton Shirting, about 3 pounds sewing Silk ofdiffcrent colors, I silver VVatch, 1 pinch back Watcli, about fifty dollars in silver, and two dollars in cents, with other arti- cles that cannot at present be specified. The above iewai_'d will be given to any person or persoi‘ jvho will appreliend the tliicfor thieves, so that th may be brought to justice, together with the goods and money ; or twenty-five dollars for tbctbieves only, and twenty-five dollars for the goods and money. VVM. 8: B. Locxwoon. Norwalk, April 30, 'i8"2l. 9 Dissolution. V Y He Partnership heretofore existing under the firm of Ezna Krupp 8: Co. was dissol- ved by mutual agreement on the 26th April: all 35tf persons having demands against the said firm are requested to present them for settlement, to ci- tber of the subscribers : and all persons indebted’- are requested to make immediate payment. EZRA KNAPP, (‘utnitii-:L HUBBARD, ' Hmmv Cnosn. Stamford, 26th April, 1821. 9" N. B. The business in future will be carried on by Ezra Knapp, on his own occount, who returns his thanks to his customers for their past favors, and solicits their continuance. E. KNAPP._ Notice. HE subscribers continue their business un- der the OLD FIRM, and expect in a few days to receive from New-York, a" general assortment of GOODS, which they feel disposed to sell on accommodating terms either for cash, produce, or a credit of six months. JESSE S. BRADLEY, NATHAN Sauna, JR‘. Ridgefield, April 27th, 1821 ’9 LOPED from my bed and board, without a- - ny just cause, my wife Sally. and has taken away with her my daughter. This tlierefore is to forbid all persons harboiiiig or trusting either’ of them, on my account, as I will pay no debts of their contracting after this date. . DANIEL Dtiicamx. Norwalk, April 25. *9 Waiited Immediately, NE or two, thrifty PIGS, weighing about 20lbs. ‘Apply at this Ofiicc. May 7, I821. . D. S. BARTRAM Has just received as supply Of Tl'm°¢‘/19 5:55-‘I “mt Albany Green Peach Afml 23' Sloop.
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