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. PRAISE.
IIAREI tlte hymn of praise is pg_alin'g,.
‘Loud, triumphant, to the skies !
__S_ot'tcr_iiow, now softer stealing,
Faintly on the eat-flit dies.
‘Now again tlte chorus swelliiig
, Like the shoot of victory,
Praises every note is telling ‘:
Praise is all the melody.
Listen! now, the so_i1ntl is dying, I
Like the breath of summer. even ;
Ruptured angels ‘swiftly flying,
Waftit to tire gates of lieaven.
‘Still 5 ling’ri_ng note is sighing-—
Still a etraiii falls on the ear-
’Tis the eclto faintly rising _
VVith the chorus full and clear.
Oh’. what iirttsic is devotion ,
. _Bi'eathiiig _in a hymn of praise!
‘otieraplis listen tvjtlt emotion, ,
And a heavenly chorus raise, ,
But when saints shall _'meet in Heaven,
.,.,Sweeter far the notes shall ring;
Praise shall then be ever given-—
Sotils in bliss shall ever sing.
. _ rtioat THE ciiitiswixiv SPECTATOR.
REVIEW Q/'31}!-6 Reports of tIi.,e.£1m‘ci-ican
C'ot.on'1zA'rio:v SOCIETY.
To thegoveriinient exercised over us while
we contiiined in a state ofcolonial depend-
ence, our country owes the greatest blot which
staiits her annals, and the greatest-almost
the only curse, with which providence has
‘seen fit to afflict her. The pittance, of honor
which England has acquired, or even the
stupendous amount ofglory which she claims,
as it reward of her efforts against the slave
trade, can never atone for the crime ofintro-
dticing into her colonies witliottt their con-
sent, against their wishes,-in defiance oftheir
tetnonstrances, a population of slaves—a
-population which, even if it were not literal-
ly enslaved, must forever remain in a stageof
degradation no better than bondage-—-a pop-
ulation whose relative increase is, and always
must be, a positive diminution of national
sti‘e"u'gtli and wealth, and on whose character.
and prospects, the pliilaiitliropist must forever
look with commisseration, and the patriot
withfearful forebodings.
The bare mention ofthe institution whose
reports are now before us, directs, with an
‘impulse whicli we find it difficult to resist, to-
.wards a discussion of slavery as it exists in
the United States, taking the subject in all its
extent, and with all its relations to the pros-
perity ofoiir country. «And this iinpul.-ze re-
coives additionzil force from the, perhaps our
readers would say, self-complacent impres
sion, that thoiigli our conceptions of the na-
ture and extent ofthis evil, are no less vivid
than_those_of the more ardent of otir fellow
citizens, they are in some respects more libe-
ral, if not more rational, than the doctrines
on this subject which are freqnetitly express-
‘ed, with the strongest coiivictionof their or-
tliodoxy, by many of the journals and other
piiblications ofNctt'-Eiigleiiid audthe middle
states. Butfor tit! present we are compelled
to wave thatdiscussioii, except so far as it is
necessarily connected with our immediate ob-.
ject ; and we do it in the hope that we shall.
be able ere long to present our readers with a
review ofthat subject. ' _
Our present design is to exatiiine at some
length the history, the prospects, and the
claims ofthe Aineiican Colonization Society.
We offer no apology for this, because_tliere is
too ttiuch reason to believe that a great pro-
porti_9n of our readers have never enjoyed a
prop‘ér opportunity of exaininiug these inter-
esting i'epoijt_s for tlieinselves, and those who
have be_en’_uiore favored in this respect, will
certainly agree with ttstltat every individual
otiglit to"kno'w what an institution so gigantic
in its desigiis has already accomplished, what
it is now doing, and what it may reasonably
hope to accomplish hereafter.
The American Colonization Society was
or anized at VVasliiii<rton about "the com- _
’D
rnencemeut of the year 1817. In the words
of its constitution, ‘the object to which its
attention is to be exclusively directed, is to
promote and execute a plan for colonizing
(with their consent) the free people of color
residing in‘ our cotintry, in Africa, or such otli-
er place as Congress shall deem mbst expe-
dient.’ Among the individuals most active
in procuring its est:iblisliinetit, besides many
of the present members ofthe Board ofMau-
3,‘{;él‘.’:", were the late Rev. Dr. Finley, of New-
Jersey’, and Samuel J. Mills. The former is
indeed said to have been the original projec-
tor of the plan. At the period of its forma-
tion the society recei‘véd the strongest expres-
sioiis ofapprobation, and the'tvarin"est assur-
ances of good will from many very many dis-
tinguished itien of the southern states. This
was highly important, as it had a strong ten-
dency to gain the confidence of the southern
people, without which all the op rations of
the society, intist of course, be exceedingly
embarrassed. But the approbation of great
men, and the sanction of great names, will
never go far towards the attainment ofany
benevolent olzject. It is one thing for a pro-
fessed orator to make a speech in favor of an
enterprize, and it is quite another thing for
him to bring all the resources of his"knowl-
edgc,an‘d all the powers of his ttnderstanding,
to bear upon the success of that enterprize,
even thottgli it vsliould be at the expense of
his poptilariiy. And it is one thing for a man
of wealth in a moment of generous excite-
ment to place his name at the head ofa sub-
scription as the contributor of thirty, or fifty,
or a hundred dollars, and it is altogether a
different thing for the same man‘ to renew his
donation from year to'_vear, when the novelty
of the affair has gone’ by, or when the cause
is laboring under a‘ temporary depression, or
when some of his neighbors will laugh at his
enthusiam. For the success ofany benevo-
lent object, we would rather have the favor
ofone pious female, than the favor of five rich
mé‘n‘,,_who are actuated by no stronger and
steadier impulse than the geiierosity of their
ria6ureL' find in this, or any similar uiidertak-
ing, the'co-operation ofthe humble, noiseless,
tinnoticed, Samuel J. Mills,-‘would be better
than the co-operation of almost any distin-
guished man high in office. It ought not to
be expected that the tnen who are occupied
with the bustle and itit'rigties_of political life,
will devote their time and attention‘to_the'ini-
not business of doing good. They feel tliat
it is enough for them" to bid the philanthropist
God-speed. K It is enough for them to call the
slave trade by all the liar'd naine‘s' contained
in the vocabulary of indignation, or to lift
_thcir~hands and.the.ir voices in favor of popu-
“ lar.,enactnient_s for its abolition. And it is -no
,,tnorethanjtistice to them, that the scanty pit-
-' '_t-ancge -of influence, which is perhaps all that
Ltheiravocations will _permit them to contribute,
should be .niad_'e'._to,go'as,t'ar. as possible. Our
' benevolent iiistitutioiis in New England act
on this principle ; and a society hardly seems
_reports a head-roll of Excellent and Honora-
ble names. With this fact in view, wehave
i been astonislied to hearlit pbjected to the col-
onization s'oci_ety, that they are too anxious to
secure the pati'oiiag‘e of ‘great names. With-
out atteni'pti"ng a forinal-vindication of their
policy in this,respcct, we will tiierely suggest
that there is an old proverb touching the in-
expediency of__that _man’s beginning to throw
stones who lives in a glass house; and we
close this digression by observing, that tnuch
good would be accomplished if all our Sena-
tors and members o_fCongress who are enroll-
ed as Presidents, and Vice Presidents, and
Directors ofBenevolent Societies, would de-
vote to the objects which they profess to pat-
ronize, halfthat attention and halftliat zeal,
which as we do assu_r_edly know, southern sen-
ators and members of Congress, have devot-
ed to the object now under consideration.
The first important iiieasure of the Board
was the sending ofa mission of inquiry to Af-
? rica by the way ‘ofEnglarid. This was a mea-
sure of obvious necessity forvin what other
i way could they obtain the inforination which
. was indispensable to the cotumeiicement of
their enterprize? TheSociety’s atrents,Messrs.
Mills and Burgess, sailed from Pliiladelphia,
Nov."l6th, 1817, arrived at Siei'raLeoiie in
March following, and after about two months
spent in a laborious and painful survey ofthe
coast, re-embarked on their voyage to Amer-
ica. The meinory ofthis voyage is conse-
crated in the hearts of cliristians, by the fact
that soon after they left Africa, Samuel John
Mills, the man of God, whose name is so iti-
timately associated with almost every great
moral improvement which has been made on
our continent, finished the work which God
had given him to do, and entered on his re-
ward in heaven. The simple narrative of
the missionaries which so beautifully desc-ihes
their travels, and labors in Africa, has been
read by thousands, and ought to be read by
all. it was published entire in the second an-
nual Report, and the substance of it may be
found likewise in the biography oflilills.
- By the exertions of some members of the
Colonization Society it was soon discovered
that the law of the U. States for the abolition
ofthe slave trade, enacted in 1807, was ex-
tremely defective in some of its pt'0VlSl0llS.——
By one section of this law, the power ofdis-
posing ofaiiy slaves who might afterwards he
iiitroditced into the United States was vested
in the Legislatures of the several states or tel-
ritories into which they might be imported.
In conformity with this provision the Legis-
latitre of Georgia had eiiacted that all tie-
groes unlawfully introduced into that state
should be sold by the Exccutivefor the bene-
_/it of the slate; and under that law sales to a
considerable amount were actually made, and
the proceeds paid into the state treasury. The
satne act however recognised the existence
and designs of the Colonization Society, and
provided that if that Society would engage to
receive such persons of color and transport
them out of the country exclusively at their
own expense, the slaves instead of being sold
should be delivered into their littnds. In con-
sequence oftlie representations ofthe Board
to Congress, the laws relative to the slave
trade were revised, and it was determined to
establish an agency on the coast of Africa for
the reception of rescued slaves, and to send
from time to time, a national ship to cruise
along the coast so as to abolish the slave trade
at its source. The particular point at which
the proposed establishment should be erected
was left to the Executive; aml as it was evi-
dent that a co-operation between the Govern-
ment and the Colonization Society would e-
qually promote the benevolent objects of both,
the President determined to locate the ageii-
cy at whatever place the Society should select
for the site oftlieir colony. Accordingly, the
Elizabeth was chartered which carried out
the agent of the Society, and the two agents
of Government, together with about eighty
people of color, who were to comtnence the
settlement, and were to be employed for a
time at the expense of Goverinneiit, in mak-
ing the necessary preparations for the recep-
tion of suchAfricans as might be re-captiired.
Though the location of the colony had not
been determined, it was expected that the a-
gents would easily procure a favorable situa-
tion in the Bagroo ‘country. They were com-
pelled by a variety of unfortunate circumstan-
ces to land and uiake a temporary establish-
ment on the low, unhealthy island of Slierbro.
Here while they were attempting in vain to
negociate for land with the treacherous na-
tives, they were attacked by disease; and the
three agents, and twenty of the colonists were
swept away. The superintendence of the
whole establishment devolved on Daniel Co-
ker, one of the mostintelligent and respecta-
ble of the settlers. Some of the colonists,
who by the way seem not on that occasion to
have been selected with much discretion, be-
came disorderly ; and the colony came so
near to ruin that inthe spring of 1821 when it
was reinforced by the arrival of Messrs. An-
drus and Wiltberger the Society’s agents, and
Mes'srs.Winn and E. Bacon the U. S. agents,
with 28 effective laborers, they were instriict—
ed in consequence ofthe entire failure of the
negocialious for land, to seek the protection
of the British Government at Sierra Leone.
The colonists were accordingly removed to
Fonrah Bay in the vicinity of Freetown.-
Messrs. Andi us and Baker went to the Bassa
cotintry, and attempted unsuccessfully to pur-
chase land for the colony. They had scarce-
ly returned from this expedition when Mr.
Bacon and his wife were attacked with the
sickness incident to the climate, and sailed
for America. Mr. Andrus soon after died,
(Aug. 27) and in the succeeding Month Mr.
and Mrs. Winn, within a. few days of each
other, followed him to the grave. In the
beginning of December, Dr. Ayres who had
Fieen setit ottt as the Society’s agent, and Lt.
Stockton of the U. S. schooner Alligator,
sailed to Cape Montserado, and after strug-
igline; with great difiiculties which they ever-
caine by means of their acquaintance with
the African character, succeeded in purchas-
ing’ of King Peter, King George, King Zoda,
King'Lo'ng Peter, King Governor, and King
Jimmy, for the consideration of about 3070
dollars, atract of country large enough for
all the present purposes of the colony, sup-
to béorganized unless it is able to prefix to its’
"A-plied w'ith‘é'xce'lléi‘i'it springs of water, fruitful‘ W0: and, as lflllésé mngiisl °°"l‘l ‘l°t:1ll?0\V
in its soil and healthy in its climate, outlie-
-bauksfof awriver as large‘ as tlie-(3onnt,3.<!'t"I<='l"‘Y_t,,
-‘ and w.ith"’one of the ‘best harbors b'etwefe‘n
'Gib)i'alt:ir_and»-the Cape of GO0d..H0'Pl9-.’ ~Th6.
’let'tei' of Dr.“-A'yr.es',,.containing t~he.histoi"y of
this transactionfpresoiits so-vivid a‘ picture ‘of
the cliaracteij and mariners of the natives,
that wefiiiust ~-b'e‘_in’dul=ged with the -following
extracts. ' — . K
“On the'»1lth of December, 1821, in the
night, we catne to anchor off St. Paul’s river.
At daylight" on the 12th, got under" way and
soon observed several canoes coming off to
us. Theinonient we anchored otir boat was
out, and Mr. Stockton and myself went on
shore before any wrong impression could be
made on the king. We landed on the beach.
at the king’s Crootown, and told them we
wanted to see the king ; we had presents on
board for him ; and showed them some rum
and tobacco which we had brought for him.
“Three or four of the people who had gath-
ered round us were dressed in large striped
hoods, thrown over their shoulders, and had
the appearance of being people ofauthority.
“ After waiting some time, they sent off an
express for king Peter. It had been repre-
sented to us unsafe to go on shore without be-
ing arined, and that we should certainly be
iuurdered and robbed. But we determined
to go unarmed, as an evidence that our airti-
was pacific. While sitting and waiting for
the king under the shed ofa Crooinan, the
people kept collecting, most of them with
knives hanging to their sides. At length
therefcame five or six armed with mtiskets.
[began to think there might be some truth in
the reports. We were now surrounded by fif-
ty or sixty, armed in this way, and we were
without the means of defence, except a demi-
jolm of whiskey and some tobacco. ‘I narrow-
ly watched their cotiutenances, as well as that
of Mr. Stockton. Isaw he was no way Coll-
cerned, and a little observation showed there
was yet no hostility in their intentions.
“Express afte'rexpressfwas sent for the king.-
After a long time one of the most reputable
looking men told us ‘The king be fool—he
no talk English——I his mouth, what I say,
king say.—-Wliat you want ?’ ‘ lVe told liitn
we were desirous of getting a place in Africa
to build a house, make farms, 8Lc. After ex-
plaining our views to this person, and discus-
sing them some time, they sent another mes-
sage to the king, and he then made his ap-
pearance. He wits dressed in a cotton gar-
ment of large blue and white stripes, thrown
over his shoiilders, and a person holding an
umbrella over his head. He came, shook
Iiands with us, and took a seat. When his
interpreter related to him our object in visit-
ing him, we did not fail to let him knotv the
high estimation in which we held him for ve-
racity and punctuality, and that this had in-
duced us to prefer him to some other chiefs:
and like most monarchs, we found his ear al-
ways open to the sound of his own praise.-
He said ‘ he thanked us for the favor we had
done him in coming to him first, and we might
have land.’ We told him we wanted the Isl-
and at the mouth ofthe river, and the Cape.
He objected to the Cape, and said ‘if any
white man was to settle on it, their king Pe-
ter would die, they would bury him, and then
his women would crya plenty.’ Vl/e did not
fail to place in the most favorable light. the
advantages which otir trade would be to him ;
but took good care, after our former experi-
ence,liotv ive attempted to oppose their preju-
dices, or to offer to their consideration any
views which they could not fully comprehend:
we therefore said nothing of civilizing or
christianizing them; but left this, hoping our
future exaitiple may recommend our princi-
ples to their adoption. After sitting sortie
time in palaver, the king told us he would see
his head men, and next morning he would
meet us again on the beach, and make a book
fortlie land. We gave them our rum and to-
bacco, and returned to the vessel.
“ On the 13th we again went to meet his
inajesty. We found his head men but no
king, yet we sent off an express for him. It
was not till after some time and several mes-
sages had passed, that we could get him to
meet us. After sitting three hours in palaver,
the unfortunate subject of the slave trade was
broached, and weagain brolte up the palaver.
“ Our prospect at this time was very dtill ;
we however detcrniiued not to give up the
subject lightly, and the next day went on
shore again where the king appointed to meet
its. \Vhen we got there, we found ueitlier
king nor any ofliis head men. Our prospects
now were truly discouraginv. VVe, as we had
done before, sent offan express for him. He
sent word he would not come, nor let us have
any land. It then becanie necessary either
to go and seek the king in his Capitol, or to
give tip the case as impracticable, as all per-
sons had fotiud it, who had attempted to‘ne-
gociate for this place before. To go to the
town was to place ourselves entirely in the
power of a nation who had always been rep-
resented to its so savage as to render it unsafe
to land oti their shore witliotit being complete-
ly armed. However we were determined to
go ; andwere condttcted by a Croonian, thro’
dark dismal ways, at one time wading through
the water, and at atiother wallowing through
the miid;passing tliro' thick and dark swamps,
in narrow paths for six or seven niilesinto the
interior. Ifoiie of us staid behind, the Croo-
inati would halloo to us to ‘ come along—the
devil will catch us.’ We at length arrived at
his inajesty’s capital. Vfe were shown into
a palaver hall spread with mats, to wait the
coming of the king. The head men came
and shook hands with us, and informed us
that he was dressing, and would see us in a
short time. They looked very grave, and few
of them looked well pleased. After waiting
abotttcne hour, the king made his appear-
ance. ‘Instead of coming and shaking hands
with us, he went and seated himself under
another palaver hall. His pritne minister
then came and invited us to go to the kintr.
He shook hands with us, but looked angry.
“The first word the king saidto its was,-
‘ what you want that land for?’ 'I‘his question.
so often asked and so often answered, had a-
gain to be explained to him. We now found
that among the Croomen who had’ been on
board our vessel the day before, there was one
who had been engaged with thefather ofthe
Bassa youth we had on board. This man told
tbern we had taken away the king of‘Bassa’s
son and killed him, and when we got the land,
we should cut their throats and btiry them :
another Crooman saw some of our colonists
on board and" knew them, this circtiinstance
gave them to understand we were the people
who had been qtiarrelling--so much at Sher-
rtlitficulties enough to try our diploniatic.skiIl
one~fellow_ presented hi_‘mselfto L_t. _S't6cln'q‘fi,;
_and told him he wasfone of”_t|tose.wh'o"t'ii‘the_'
Lieutenant, had capt‘u'r"e’d on his last voyage,
in tli‘ej.Daphne, aiidgtliey had re-captured her.
on their passage ltotne. These cii'cum”s'ta«nces‘
accounted for_ the change of conduct in the
king and people." ;Our. cause now-looked tru-
ly. deplorable. \Ve were unarmed, in the
mldstof a nation so exasperated agairist us.
But S_tockton’s dexterity at mixing flatte-
ry with a little well timed threat,,turned all to
our advantage. When they coinplained of
his taking the French for trading with them
in slaves, he told them his orders were not to
meddle with the French orany other nation.
That when ‘he saw the French vessel, he sent
his boat to see who she was; that they fired
at him, and when they fought him, then he
whipped themand took their vessel: that he
woulil not§su1_fer any body to make a fool of
him : and‘ new’ king Peter wanted to make a
fool of him : that he tell him, three days, he
would let 'him have *lz’ind, and drink tip his
rum, and take his tobacco, and now he say
he shan’t have any land: this was fooling
him. I believe the old king was afraid of be-
ing served as the French vessel was, for he
s on came to, and promised to call some more
kings, and meet us ontlie shore next morn-
ing, and make a book to give us the land.
"I consider our contract not only as a tri-
umph over savage prejudice, but over Euro-
pean negociatioii. For this you are entirely
indebted to the energy, Sagacity and perseve-
rence of Lt. Stockton. The island at the
mouth of the river we have named perseve-
rance, ‘to perpetuate the long and tedious
palaver we had in obtaining it.”
A settlement was begun without delay at
Cape Montserado by the colonists wholiad
been residing at Fourali Bay. Btit in the
mean lime the African Sovereigns had re-
pented of the bargain by which they had in-
troduced into their vicinity a government fa-
vorable to the rights ofman, and the progress
of human improvement. Accordingly when
Dr. Ayres arrived with the colonists, he was
notified by their majesties that the contract
must be annulled, and that he could not be
permittedto settle. He however ventured to_
land, so that while the colonists were build-_
ing their houses he iniglit negociate with the
‘kings at his leisure. The same course ofcon-.
duct which Lt. Stockton had taught him to'
pursue on the former occasion proved stic-
cessful here. The kings were intimidated by
his decision and by the zeal of the settlers,
and the treaty was ratified. But in a fewf
weeks the difficulties were renewed.
( To "be continued.)
COMMODORE SHAW.--Our navv has stif-
fered the loss of another ofits veteran worth-
ies, in the death of Com. Joan SHAW, who
struck his ‘flag, for_ the first time, ‘to the uni-
versal conqueror, on Wednesday, the ltlth of
Sept. at ‘Philadelphia, while on his way to
Charleston to take the command of that sta-
tion. Com. Shaw was a native of Ireland,
but coming to this country at an early period
of his life, soon imbibed an ardent affection
ously attached to her iiiterests anti institutions.
We are not informed of the precise period at
which Com. Shaw entered the navy, but be-
lieve it was at, or soon after its establishment.
In ’58 when our commerce in the West Iii-
dies was snliering from the depredations of
the French privateers, and otir government
sent thither a force for its protection, Coin.
Shaw was appointed to the command of a
schooner (believed theEnterprize) ordered on
that service, and distinguished himself by his
gallantry and activity in capturing several of
the niarauding cruisers, some of which were
ofgreatly superior force. In one of these en-
gagements he was severely wounded. Sub-
sequent to that period Com. Shaw was em-
ployed on various services", in ivhicli his skill
and experience in naval affairs rendered him
eminently tiseful, antl he recieved the reward 7
due to hisvalour and services, in a progress'- ‘
ive advancement through the different grades
of ofiice to the highest post in the navy.——
Com. Shaw possessed a noble spirit and frank
and generous nature, which rendered him a
universal favourite with his brother officers,
and ‘won him the respect and confidence of
all who knew him. It was not his good for-
tone to reap the benefits of a liberal and refin-
ed education; but nature supplied the defi-
ciency by confering on him an active and vig-
orous mind,a soundjudgment,and iincotnmon
energy and decision of chiiracter.-.1\«"u1';folIr pa.
Jlfarble Ponds in Persi'.a.——‘l‘liis natural cu-
riosity consists of certain pools, or plashes,
whose indolent waters, by a slow and regular
process, stagnate, concrete, and petrify, pro-
ducing that beautiful transparent stone com-
monly called Tabris uiarble, much used in the
burial places of Persia, and in their best edifi-
ces. These ponds are contained within the
circuinference ofhalfa mile,’-ind their position
is distinguished by heaps of stone, which have
accumulated as the excavations have increas-
ed. The petrifactive process may be traced
front its commencement to‘its termination ;iu
one part the water-is clear; in a second, it ap-
pears thicker and stagnant; in a third, quite
black; and in its last stage itis white like a
boar frost. Where the operation is complete
a stone is thrown on its surface which makes
no impression, and a man may walk over it
without wetting his slices. Such is the con-
stant tentleucy of this water to become stone,
that when it exudes from IIlB,g|'Ollt]('l'lD bub-
bles, the petrifaction assumes a globular shape
as if the bubbles of a spring, by a stroke _of
magic, had been arrested in their play, and
metainorphised into stone. The substance
thus producedtis brittle and transparent, and
sometimes richly streaked over with green,
red, and copper colored veins. It admits of
being cut into very large slabs,«and takes a
good polish. So initch is this stdne looked on
as an article of luxtiry, that none but the king,
his sons, and persons privileged by special fir-
ina, are premited to take it.
Tnt:_NUitti31=:a SEVEN.-—In six days crea-
tion was perfected, the 7l.ll was consecrated to
rest. On the 7th ofthe 7th month a holy ob’-
servance was ordained to the Chaldees of Is-
rael ‘ who fasted 7 days and remained 7 days
in tents’—the 7th ‘year was directed to be a
Sabbath of rest for all things; and at the end
of7 times 7 years, commenced the grand Ju-
bilee--everyt7th year the land lay fallow ;ev-
ery 7th year there was a general release from
.all debts, and all bondsinen were set free.-
for theland of his adoption, and became zeal- _
i-‘cad to"'the pflloplil-—I\I0tti1 had 7 day’s warn-
_.ing of the flood, and wascominanded to take
ifthe-fowls of. the air intothe ark by 7,-and the
clean ‘beasts jby 7. The ‘- Ark touched the
ground on the 7th ibo‘n'tli’;i and in"7’day§‘ it
Idove was sent; and again in _7’days" ia,fte_'r."-—[—
The 7 years of plenty ‘and the 7 years offa.m—
ine were foretold in_ Pharaoh’s dreanrby the 7
fttll, atidthe 7 earsof blasted corn—Nebu-
chadtiezzar ‘was 7 years a beast—By the old
daw man was commanded to forgive li_i_s broth--
er 7t'iines; but the ineekuess ofthe last reveal-
ed religion extended his humility to 70 times
7. In the destruction of Jericho »7 priests
bare 7 ‘trumpets 7 days. On the 7th they sur-
rounded the walls 7 times, and after the 7th
‘time the walls fell-—-Balaam prepared 7 littl-
locks and 7 rains for a sacrifice. 7 of Saul’s
sons were hanged to stay a famine—L:tban
pursued Jacob 7 day’s journey--Job’s friends
sat with ltiin 7 days and 7 nights, and offered.
,7 bollocks and 7 rams as anatonement for
tlieit;-,wickedness—Iii the 7th year of his reign
King Ahasuerus feasted 7 days and on the 7th
directed his Chaiu‘berlain_s to find a queen,
who was allowed 7 maidens to attend her.—'—-
Miriain was cleansed of her leprosy by being
shutup 7 days—Solotnon wa's 7 years build-
ing the temple, at the‘ dedication of which he
feasted 7 days.--In the tabernacle were 7
lamps-7 days were appointed foran atone-
ineut upon the Alter, and the Priest’s son was .
ordained to wear his father’s garment 7 days!”
——The children of Israel cat unleavened bread
7 days-—Abrz:hani gave 7 ewe lambs to A-
binielcch as a memorial for a well—Joseph
mourned 7 days for J-acob——The Rabbins say
that God employed the power of answering
this number to perfect the greatness of Samu-
el,,his‘name answeriiig the value of the letters
in the Hebrew word which signify 7; whence
Hannah. his mother in her thanks says, ‘ that
the barren had broughtforth 7,--In scripture
are enumerated 7 resurrections—Tlie apostles
chose 7 deacons—Enoch, who was translated
was the 7th after Ad-airi-—And Jesus Christ
the 77th in a direct line—Our Saviour spoke
7 times frotn the Cross, on which he remained
7 hours: he appeared 7 times——after 7 times
7 days sent the Holy Ghost-—In the Lord’s
Prayer are 7 petitions, contained in 7 tiines7
words, omitting those of mere grammatical
coniiection—Witliin this number are connect-
ed all the mysteries ofthe Apocalypse, reveal-
ed to the 7 churches of Asia—Tliere appear-
ed 7 golden candlcsticks, and 7 stars in the
hand of him that was in the midst-—-7 Lambs
before the 7 spirits of God——The book with 7
seals—the lamb with 7 horns and 7 eyes—7
Angels with 7 seals—7 thunders—7 thousand
m'e'n slain-'—‘The dragon with 7 heads and-t 7
crowns——The beast with 7 heads-7 Angels
bringing 7 plagues, and 7 phials of wrath——
The vision ofDaniel was 70 weeks—The El-
tiers of Israel were 70—Tltere, are also numb-
ered 7 heavens, 7 pl-anets,7 stars—7 wise men
—7 champions of Christendom——7 notesin
inusic--7 primary C0l0Lll‘S——7 deadly sins--
7 Sacraments in the Roman Catholic-Church
—-the 7th son was considered as endowed with
pre-cmineiit powers—Tl!e 7th sort of a 7th
son is still thought to possess the power of hea-
ling diseases spontaneously. llypocrates
says that the septennary number, by its occult
virtues, tends to the accoinplislitnent of all
things, to be the dispenser oflifc and fountain
of all its changes; and lilte Shakespeare, he
divides the life of man into 7 ages. In 7
years a child may be born and live, and not
before; and ancientl_v it was named before 7
days, not being accounted to have life fully
before that periodical day. The teeth spring
out in the 7th year, when infancy is changed
into childhood. At twice 7 years puberty be-
gins——at thrice 7 years the faculties are devel-
oped,manhood comn'1ences',and we become le-
gally competent to’ all civil acts. At four
tiines'"7 mart is in full possession ofhis strength
—at five times 7 he is fit fir the business of
the W0|'l(l; 8! Six times 7 he becomes grave
and wise, or never; at 7 times 7 lie is in his
apogee, and from that decays; ateight titnes
7 he is in his first climacteric, or year ofdan-
get; at ten tiines'7, or three score years and
ten, has by the Royal Prophet been pronoun-
ced the natural period of human life.
.
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, OLIVER W OLCOTT,
Governor and Commander in C'li.ie_/' in and
over the State of Connecticut,
.4 PR 0 CL.H.M.r7 T10-.N'.
As the progress of time is bringing ustothe
close ofa year, which has been signally pro-
pitious to the people of this «State; and al-
tliough the benevolence of GOD is ev-
er manifest even in his most adverse dispen-
sations,yet as seasons ofnnusual prosperity
especially demand adequate cxpression of
gratitude from the receivers of unmerited
blessings ;-
I HAVE, therefore, in pursuance of
the pious example ofoiir.pi'ogenitors, and my
own conciousness of dirty, thought proper to
appoint Tlrursday, the twenty-seventlrvday of
November next, to be observed tlirotighoiit
this State, as a day of PUBLIC" THANKS-
GIVING AND PRAYER. And I hereby
invite the ministers and teachers of all denom-
itiatioiis, with all the good people ofthis State,
to assemble at their respective places of pub.
lic worship on said day. then and there to of-_
fer their sincere and humble. adorations to
ALMieii"rv Gon, thanking Hiitz for all the
distinguished benefits of which as a Nation, as
a State, as Communities and as Individuals,
we have been made partakers; for the mom!‘-
icent supplies which have rewarded the indus-
try of His people; for the health which has
so generally prevailed; for peace and tra.quil-
ity; and especially for the divine revelation
and perfect example of.His Son, the Saviour
and Judge of mankind.
Also to snpplicate HEM} to enlighten, direct
and guide the President of the_United States,
'counsel and authority in every gradation ofof-
fice; to guard them, and the people also.frotn
‘errors atid dissentions; dispense the lights of
science and pure Religion, wherever ignor-
ance or errors prevail ; break the rod of oppres-
sors, and catise liberty -and undisguised Piety,
tobe co-extensive with the earth.
All servilelabour and vain recreations are
by law forbidden on said diy.
Given under my hand at Litchfield, this‘
twenty-ninth day of Sept. in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and‘ twenty-tliree. and of the Independ-
ance of the United States of America,
the forty-eiglith. - '
lEvery 7thyear the law was directed to be
OLIVER .woLco'r'n"i
TAXOIIIAS DAY, Secretary. ~-
fataud the 7 lean beasts; and the 7_ears of“ -
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with all others who are entrusted with rule, '
Norwalk Chronicler