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THE‘ GRAVE.
The grave all still and darkling lies
Beneath its hallowld ground,
And dark the mist to bunian eyes
That floats its precincts round.
No music ofthe grove invades
That dark and dreary way;
And fast the votive flow’ret fades
Upon its heaving clay.
And vain the tear in beauty’s eye-—
The orphan’s groan in vain:
No sound of clainorous agony
Shall pierce itsglooniy reign.
Yet that olilivion ofthe tomb
Shall suffering uran desire,
And through that 'sba:.'mvy gate of gloom
The weary wretch retire.
Tire bark by ceaseless storms oppress’d
Runs madly to the shore;
And thus the grief tt‘Ot'u lit-‘.tti‘l shall rest
There where it beats no more.
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OUR COUNTRY.
The following speech was delivered by Mr.
Jeffrey, at the aniriversary dinner in Edin-
burgh, on the flfitlr Jan. given by the friends
and admirers of Mr. Fox, in commemoration
of his principles. At this dinner the chief
wliig nobility and gentry of Scotland attend ;
and it was before such an assembly that this
eloqtieirt tribute to the free institutions and
cheering example of America was pronoiiiic-
ed. We have the more pleasure in making
this speech public here, as we have reason to
know that Mr. Jefliey differs entirely iuhis
sentiments ofour country from the prejudiced,
bot to say venal, conductors of the Quarterly
Review and that, while the latter lose no op-
portuirity of disparagiiig our morals, manners,
ad laws, Mr. Jeffrey takes pleasure in bear-
ing testimony to their purity aird effect.
|_./\/'. Y. vfliiicrican.
Mr. Jeffrey rose, and was welcomed with
long and loud applause. After this had sub-
sided, he proceeded. Though it isthe prin-
cipal business of a in-cctiiig like this to do hon-
or to the cliainpioiis of our own |‘igl1IS,:1nd the
pyiu}‘;iPles of our mvrr freedom, I pi'opo_se irow,
with your Lordship’s indulgence, to bring tiri-
der its notice the concerns and the merits of
another coiriitry, which though, I thank God,
now foreign and independent in relation to
us, I trust ‘never will be regarded as alien eith-
er to the people ofBrit-.tiri or the common in-
ICt‘Gt‘a'lS ofliiierty. I allude, my Lords, to the
United States of Airrerica. (_."Ipplausc.) It
is not any part, linwevei‘,0fn‘.y purpose to en-
large on her prest.-irt greatness and growing
irrrporta:icc,oi‘ the iiiighty influence which she
is destiiicd hereafter to exercise on the for-
tunes of the \Vm'ltl. I110 lllttl flllllrlly it is alli-
mating to look forward--arid to"7tli§i_ilr that
there is iiotliiiig in the prospect it prdgjpnts to
us that is not bright with the promise of great
iinprovcnrcnt. But it is rather to her present
condition, and to the advantages we have al-
ready derived frorii her, that I wish to call the
atteiition of the mcetiirg. For, to my miird,
that nation has already done the most essen-
tial service to the cause of freeclom—not per-
haps so much by the conduct ofhcr people, or
by the acts of her government, as by her mere
existence—in peace, respect, and prosperity,
tinder institutions uiore practically popular,
and a constitution more purely democratic,
tliari has ever prevailed among civilized men
from the bcginuiiig ofthe world—thus ali'ord—
ing a splendid illustration, and ir'refr'.igable
proof, ofthe possibility of l‘e-:.'0l1Cllltlg the ot-
most extent of freedom with the iirctintenairce
ofptiblic atiiltority_.aiid the greatest order, and
tranquility and sectiriiy to private rights, with
the nrost uubotiiitled exercise of political ones.
V‘.'ir:«.t else, indeed, can furnish so conclusive
and triuitiplrairt a rcfutatioir of the painfirl
sopliisms and absurd pl'€tllt.'.ll-')l2S by which the
advocates of existing abuse have at all times
endeavoured to ci---.-rte a jealousy and appre-
hension of reforr.; ? You cannot touch the
most corrupt and imbecile goveirrincnt with-
out unsettling the principles and unhinging
the frame ofsociety—you cannot givetbe peo-
ple political rights without eiiconiaging them
to be_disobedier.i to lawful authority and sow-
ing ‘the seeds ofcontinual rebellion and per-
petual tliscoirterrt-—iior recognize popular pre-
tensions in airy shape, without coming ultim-
atelv to the abolition of all distinctions, and
the division and -'.l('Stl‘l]Cll0l) of all propert_v.-—
without involving society, in short, in disor-
ders at once frightful and coiiteiiiptible, arid
reducing ali.tlii‘ngs to the .leV€l ofan ltt5t:t:tJl't'-‘-s
and ignoble, and bloody equality. Sttcb are
the l‘€2‘.St)DingS by witicb we are now to be per-
suaded that liberty is incompatible with pri-
vate happiness or nationalprosperity,aud that
tr. sdespotic governments of‘-the world ought
to be maintained, if it w.e_re only to protect
the people from the consequerices ofallowing
them any controul over the’ conduct of their
rulers l 'I‘o these we need not now answer in
words, or by reference to past and unquestion-
ableexamples; but we put them down at once,
and trample them coutemptuously to the earth,
by a short appeal to’ the existence and condition
qf'.r.‘lrncrz'ca .’ (Great applause.) What is the
couirtry of the universe, 1 would now ask, in
which property is most sacred, or industry
most sure ofits reward ? :Where is the author-
ity of law must otiinipoteut? Where is intel-
ligence and wealth m'ost,tvir.lely diffused and
most rapidly progressive? Where is‘ society
in 3:3 gemrreil description must peticcable, and
orderly, and moral, and coirtcritr.-d ? \‘r'lrei'c
are popular‘ turnults lb“-tSl known, and the spir-
itarid existence, and almost the name, ofa
mob least heard of? ‘Where, in s2;ort, is po-
litical iiiiiiriosity leustsprevaleiit-—_fi1clio7t sub-
dueu'—-and, at this moment, even party near-
ly extinguished, in a prevailing feeling of na-
tional pride and satisfaction ? VVliere, but in
America? (Immense applause.) Amei'ica,that
laid the fouridation of her Republican Consti-
tution in a violcirt, radical, saugiriirary revolu-
tiou——Anrc-.rica, with her fuiidanieiital democ-
racy, made more tiiiiiranage-able‘, and appar-
ently more lia'/Jardous, by being broiten up in-
mi do not know how many confct‘lci'ated and
independent democracies-—Anrcrica, with U-
niversai Sufli-age, and monthly or weekly e-
lections-—a free and ttiilicerisetl press ;without
air established priesilrood,' an lrcreditary no-
bility,or a permanent executive--witlr all that
is combustible, in short, and pregnant with
Z._...._
' ,(:airger, on the lrypotlicsis of tyranny, and
without one of the checks or safeguards by
which alone they contend the benefits or the
very being .of society can be inaiiitained ?—
V) i . V . ' '
(roots of applause.) '1heie is something at
once audacious and ridiculous in iiiaiiitairriug
such doctrines in the face of siich experience;
Nor can airy thing be founded on the novelty‘
of these institutions, or the preteirce that they
have not yet been put fairly on their trial. A-
merica has gone on prospering under them
for forty 3/ears—-—aiid has exhibited a picture
ofuirinterrupted, rapid, unprecedented advan-
ces in wealth, population, intelligence, and
concord, while all the arbitrary goveririnents
of the old world have been overrun with batik-
ruptcies, conspiracies, rebellions, and revolu-
tions, and are at this inonienttreinliliiig in the
consciousness of their insecurity, and vainly
endeavoring to repress irrepressible’ discon-
terrts, by confederated violence and terror.-
(.dpplause.) Ifany thing more were required
to show the superior security, as well as ener-
gy and happiness of free governinertt,I must
beg merely to contrast the condition of South
Aiireiica, as it was still very laiely——-with that
of the happy country to which Ilrave been
referring. These southern settlements had
the advantage of being earlier establislie(_.l,aiid
followed front the first by the fostering care of
the parent state. ‘They were placed in a more
fertile soil and a iirore propitious climate ; but
they were governed by non-resident despots,
and given over to bigotted priests and courtly
favorites, and wanting freedom, all the bles-
siirgs of nature were turned to curses. Their
treasures were exliausted,tlie population with-
ered and shrunk under tlreni-—-both races were
degraded by their mixtnre—and they became
at last among the governing classes a degen-
erated aiid corrupted mass, which nrouldered
away, and dissolved in its own rottenness——
till it fertilized the soil over which it was scat-
tered, for that rising and glorious harvest of
liberty which now covered it with the beauty
of its promise! In the North the lot of our
emigrant coiiiitryriien was cast in more tru-
geuial regions—-and their first struggles either
totally neglected or but coldly supported by
the mother country—btit, carrying with them
that irritate love of freedoiir, which I trust will
run forever in the blood of all Britons, they
surmouiited all difficulties—-and even under
tlie colonial and not always equitable govern-
rirent of England, they tirade very considera-
ble advaiices in‘-wealth and civilization ; and
ever since they have been left to build for
themselves on this firm foundation, have so
irtultiplied and increased in the land, and ad-
vanced with such miraculous rapidity in wealth
population, industry and power, as not only
to put to shame the stationary coiiimuuities of
Europe, but even to make her statists and po-
litical economists revise and re-model their
systems, to correspond with their unnatural
and extensive prosperity 1 Such, my Lord,
are the services which I conceive America to
have reirdercd to the cause of liberty-——and
though they are, as I apprelieiid, truly incul-
culable in value and amount, it is plcasitig to
think that they have been rciiderod, not only
without sactifice or effort on her part-but al-
most without her coirsciousness or co-opera-
tion. They have flowed like a healing virtue
from her existence and her example. She
has only bad to be free ; and peaceful, and
happy, and prosperous in her freedom, to put
down the disgusting soplristry of the bireling
advocates of power, and to give the strongest
encouragerneiit to all the nations of the earth
to emulate her happiness and peace by imitat-
ing her freedom I For these services—for that
encouragemcnt——for these lessons—-she is err-
titled to our warmest gratitude. But the time
is perhaps conic wlieir she is dcslirred to reti-
der still more active and essential services,
and to confer benefits, by which, as tliuy cost
her more, she will confer still deeper obliga-
tions. It was too iiiucb perhaps to expect-
tbat, while her own peace and iioiior were not
in question, this infant giant should stretch
her unnerved arm across the broad Atlantic,
merely to control the ericroachnieiits of for-
eign (lespots".iiid stranger riations——or testify,
oiirerni.-e than by her practice, her scorn of
their l)l"ci(fl)Sl0llS, and her abhorreiice ofthe
acts by which they are airirrrated. But as soon
as the menace of their arrogance is directed
to the shores of that majestic continent—oire
extreme of which is guarded and sairctilied by
her scat--—as soon as the orders of her land
are profziiied by the rumor even ofthe unbal-
lowed approach of the principles or powers of
the Holy Alliairce——tbcre issues forth that
calm, resolute, awful voice of determined
fl'€t3tl(iin, and prepared resistance, at which
the l-ieart of the tyrant quails more fcarfully
than at the loudest note ofdefiance,aiid which
like the low mutterin_:'_ of the tliirrrder, an-
iiotriiccs that avengirig justice is preparing
her bolts, to cast down the pride of her op-
pressors. We may hope, too, that the symp-
toms, though tardy and somewhat reluctant,
of a more liberal spirit—-and a true syiiipatliy
with English feeling, which havelately ap-
peared iii some of the iiieastires ofotir admin-
istratiou, may lead to an entire restoration of
cordiality with our kinsinen ofthe n , world,
and place as once more in the deli =‘tful re-
lation of fellow laborers in support of the
satire rights,aud fellow champions ofthe same
regulated freedom. When tyrants cotifederatc,
freenien should uiiite—wlren bad men leagtie
together for oppression, good men must join
for their safety and protection. It is in this
spirit, and for this purpose, that Ioffcr this
toast to your acceptance. \\’hen the people
and the government are identified, it is iuost
respectful to speak of tbern under the name of
their ruler—an‘d as the President ofthis irri-
perial republic has lately done liiinself such
distriiguished honor by the manly, wise and
dignified Message he has addressed to his
ccuiitryirien, and, through them, to the world,
I hope to meet with your approbatioii in pro-
posiug——“ The Health ofthe President of the
United States of America, and a speedy tin-
ioir of all free nations against the encroach-
merits of tyranny.”
Pitoiu THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
The misrepresentations, to which the fol-
lowing conimuirication refers, were circulated
by means of certain newspapers, in this State,
which ought to have been devoted to some
better purpose. The apparent object oftliosc
misstateincrrts was to fasten disgrace upon the
Foreign Mission School at Cornwall, and to
,vi|lify the reputation of those who are entrus-
ted with the management of its concerns. It
is due to the co.-nniunity, as well as to that ini-
portant institution, that the facts, pertaining
understood. No other corrective; need be
applied. The following statetiients, it is pre-
suined,wil'l be perfectly satisfactory to’ all who
love the truth, and feel any friendship to the
scboolat Cornwall.
Cottrvtvaiui, March 9th,- 1824.
Mr. C'harle3 S/termcm.——Dear Sir-—Your
letter oftlfe 20th Feb. addressed to the Rev;
Timothy Stone, and requesting information
respectiiigtlie late marriage of John Ridge, &-
Sally B.'.N'orllirop_ of this place, has been laid
before the execitiive committee ofthe agency’
of the Foreign Mission School for their con-
sideration. In reply to your enquiries respect-
ing this case,we have to say, that we are satis-
fied, from -your account of the reports which
are in circulation, that a statement of facts is
due to the Christian public, as well as to the
Agents and Instructors of the School; who
appear in the view of the public, all of them to
have acted improperly in this affair.
The following stateuient, which we pledge
ourselves to substantiate ifiiecessary, is sub-
mitted to your disposal, as you think the cause
of truth may deiriand.
1. Neither the Agents nor the Principal of
the F. M. School have had any concern, di-
rcctly or iirdirectly, in advising, aiding, or as-
sisting,respecting this marriage; nor have they
done or said any thing which had a tendency
to lead to it. So far f_r-our iliis, neither the
Agents nor Principal of the School, had airy
knowledge or suspicion that such a connexion
was coiiteiirplated, uirtil measures were taken
for its imrnediate consummation.
2. This marriage has not been the conse-
quence ofthe ordiirary operations oftlreSchool
nor ofthe ordriiary irrtercourse of the scholars
with the inhabitants, but has been the resirlt
of peculiar circumstances, which cati never be
expected again to recur. These circumstan-
ces originated in the lameness and ill health of
John Ridge, which suspended his attendance
upon the ordinary exercises and regulations
ofthe School, and occasioned his being kept,
contrary to the wishes of the executive coin-
iuittee,iu the family ofllr. Nortlirop,who was
then the Steward. In this situation, the con-
duct of Ridge was nrore particularly under
the observation of the parents of this family.
And we may add, that neither the coiniriittee,
nor the Principal, ever received airy iiitirn_a-
tion from the fauiily, that Ridge did not con-
duct hiinself with propriety, and perfectly to
their satisfaction.
3. The report tbattliis marriage was per-
fornrcd secretly, and that the father of the
young lady is crazy and has left his family,
is, we assure you, entirely witliotit fouhdatioii.
The marriage was soleirinized in open day, at
ilie residence of Mr. Northrop, and with the
consent of the parents, who were both pres-
em, and who boili accoiirpanied the parties
some distance on their way, when they finally
departed from this place.
4. As to the report that other similar cori-
nexions, between the scholars and young la-
dies ofthis place, are expected, we reply, that
we have made particular‘ enquiry on this sub-
ject and find that there is no foundation for
this report. Nor is it that the operations of
the School have airy tendency to produce such
cousequciiccs. The intercourse of the schol-
ars generally with the inliabitaiits, has been
marked with strict decorum and propriety.—-
Aiid ifiii airy instances, a different spirit has
been manifested by any members oftlte school,
they have been at once dismissed. The schol-
ars have no more familiarity with families
here than in all parts of the country, before
they come to the school; and probably not so
much, because they are here placed under
particular restrictions, as to their visiting, or
intercourse with the inliabitairts.
This statement of facts, it is hoped will sat-
isfy the candid public of the impropriety of
censoring the Agents, the Principal, or the
School, for an event which grew out ofpecul-
iar circunistances, and was placed wholly be-
yond their control.
The misrepresentations and groundless
statements on this subject, by which the pub-
he have been abused; will, we doubt not, iii-
crease their distrust of anonymous reports to
the discredit ot tiris school ; and increase their
zeal for its support, in proportion as a spirit of
malicious hostility to its iirtcrests is manifested.
At the same tiine,we feel, sir, under special
obligations to you for the kind and cairdid
course which you have taken to asccrt.'rin the
trtitli on this subject; and we would say the
satire of several other frieirds,iri different parts
of the country, from whom we have received
commuiiicatioris siiirilar to yours. VVitb seri-
tiiiieritsof cordial respect,we remain yours, &:c.
Philo Swift, Cliarlcs Prentice, Joseph Har-
vey. Executive Committee.
The above,so far as 1 am conccned, and as
my knowledge extends, is a correct statement
of facts in relatioii to the iirarriage in question.
HERMAN .DAGGET'1‘, Principal
of the F. M. School.
From the National lizlclligeiicer.
INDIAN I'IOS’1‘lLl'1‘lES.-—-The Louisville
Morning Post intimates, that it is reported
from Missouri, that there is great alarm there
on the froiiiier, seeming to indicate a hostile
purpose.
ing grounds, under licenses to trade, and de-
stroying their game. We have been fearing,
ever since theAi'ickaree affair,to bear ofsoiiie-
thing of this sort. Not that we blame tlrai
expedition, because, after the first blood was
spilt, we suppose the retribution was necessa-
ry to staunch the flow of it. Unfortunately,
with the Indians, power nrust befelt to befcar-
ed. This made Col. Leavenwortli’s Expedi-
tion perhaps indispensablc; and, if it be fol-
lowed by a re-action, the country iuust, at
whatever cost, be defended against it. Ifmore
troops are now necessary, as suggested in the
following article, we have no doubt they will
be promptly despatched by the goveriinieut:
Lovrsvrmtrz, Ky. March 2, 1824.
“lo have coiiversed with an intelligent geri-
tlemaii,just arrived from Missouri, who states
tbat much alarm was entertained by the iii-
habitants upon,the frontier as to the hostile in-
tentions of the liidiaiis. 'I‘lieir conduct late-
ly has excited considerable suspicion, and
fears were entertained that they had joined
in a very extensive conspiracy to make war
upon the white settlers. The forces stationed
in that part of the country were healthy, and
watching the inoveiiieiits of the Indians; but
it was thought the present force was not suffi-
cient to keep these daring _and restless people
in check, particularly ifthe conspiracy should
prove as extensive as it was feared. ’_l.‘liere
are not more than three tliotisand men to
-totbe subject in question should be distinctlycr‘/-,'uai'tl a territory ofneirrly five thousand miles,
and kcepin check upwards oftweiriy tlictrsand
warriors, which can be brought into the field
by the suspected tribes. It would, no doubt,
be‘the iiieaiis ofpreserving niircli bloodshed,
if the government would send an additional
number of troops to preserve the peace ofthe
fi'oiiLiers.——Moi'm'n_;,r Post.
on account ofthe movemeiits of the Indians -
This comes of invading their liunt- ’
' [We presume that not even the most bard.‘
hearted. creditor, or the most strenuous advo-
cate for Iiriprisoiiiiient for debt, can read the
following ‘extract from acoiiriiriinication which
appeared in a late National_Gaze_tte, without
feeling some of those tender sensibilities of
our nature to which, it is much to be feared,
they are too often strat'lgers.]
Some years ago I obtained a judgment for
a sum not very large nor yet iiicoirsiderable,
against a fellow-citizen,the father of a numer-
ous larnily, who lived with them in a decent
and apparently comfortable style. He plead-
ed present inability to pay-—-my lawyer told
tire that his lrousehold -was well-provided-
that his cliilrlreu were placed in good schools,-.
8Lc. and, in short, persuaded tire that ifI puslr-
ed things to extreirrities, the iriorries would be
fortlrcomiug. I consented, or directed, that
this should be done, and in due time was iir-
fornied, not that my debtor had disclrarged
my demand, btit that he had been lodged in
jail and his business broken tip. The intelli-
gence startled and cbagriiied iire—1 corirplaiir-
ed and i'einoiisti'ated—biit.was urged to try
the effect ofthe new situation upon my man.
A fortnight elapsed—my heart and imagina-
tion were at work in the interval in favor of
the prisoner‘; I detcrririned to relieve my dis-
uirbed conscience by visiting him and ascer-
taining, directly, his case.
My attorney accompanied me to the jail,
which I entered for the first time. As we
traversed tlre-passages, we saw nuinbers of
squalid beings collected in some ofthe rooms;
these were the very poor debtors; sortie of
them confined for a dollar and saddled with
costs of suit to thrice the amount. Their la-
bor was lost to society for inoiitbs or years, on
account of debts, the amount of which they
could earn in a day or week. “ How do they
spend their time here ?”—" In listless idleness,
or gross conversation,or nropiiig and despond-
inrr. It does them no good to be here, and it
is enough to make one sorry to see their wives
and children when they come after them.”-
So said our grisly conductor. He led us to
the apartment of my debtor and prisoner. I:Ic
would not practise the ceremony of announc-
lug us ; but opened the door abruptly and re-
tired at oirce. I stopped on the threshold,
contemplating the groupe witbiii.
There were two small children, a girl and
boy, neatly dressed, playfully hugging each
other nea r a cot, of which I noted two, in op-
posite corners. Near the fire place, in which
a few sticks were buiniirg, sat a fertiale ofthe
middle age and a genteel exterior, making up
liiien—by her side a girl of about thirteen or
fourteen years old, with a graceful air and in-
telligent countenance, also working ; a little
further, a nian—a gerrtleirrau-—ofabout forty-
five or fifty, of a sedate but iuournful eye, a
pale,thin visage, a negligent attire, resting his
hand fondly on the head of an infant who
sluiirbcred in his lap’. The room had a gloomy
and damp aspect, and the trampling of feet,
the creakiiig ofliiriges, and the clamor of rude
voices, without, did not weakeii the general
impression ofdiscoinfort. I entered sing!y——
the iriotlrer and daugliter rose from their hard
clrairs-—tlic father alone knew my persoii—lie
immediately bttt tenderly placed the infant in
the iiiotlrcr’s arms, and then proirounccd my
name. I shall never forget the glance which
I received from the two feinales—it was one
of mingled reproach, rcsentnientand piteotis-
tress ; subdued, however, according to the liab-
its of good breeding and the softness ofthe
sex :—-the two sportive children turned sud-
deirly from their play, and stood gazing as if
they had heard a sound with which they con-
nected fear and dislike. The debtor, with a
str::lfast, but not offensive look, though with
‘a quivering lip, and treiiibliug hand, brought
forward a chair and requested tire. to be seat-
ed, and asked me my pleasure. As he did
so,tlie wife and daughter withdrew towards the
cuts, endeavoring to restrain the younger folks
from exclamations and close surveys, which
could not have enlivened my mood’.
Istainuiered sotiicthing to the father about
my uneirsiiress in recollecting what had liap-
pened ; my regret at his situation ; my title to
complain of his conduct; the "duty wliicbl
owed to myself and my family, &.c. He lis-
tened to me without embarrassment ; observ-
ed, when I appeared to have done, that I had
exercised a legal right and that he was not
disposed to npbraid me or expostulate; and
he then proceeded to give me explaiiations,
which he said might relieve him from the sus-
picion ofdislionesty or extreme levity in con-
tracting debt, upon which suspicion I might
have acted. He soon made me sensible that
when he formed engageineiits with ine,lie had
a reasonablr. corrfidence, from the condition of
his affairs,ofbeing able to execute them punc-
tually ; and that his disappointment and urine
were owing to the delinquency of persons
wlroiu he was warranted in trusting and to the
operation oftliosc general causes which had
"produced so much distress and eiiiba‘i‘rass-
ineiit tlrrougliottt the country. “Your lawyer
saw my parlors neatly ftirnislicd, and myself,
wife and children‘ well clad ; he knew that our
domestic wants were gratified,‘ and that I ed-
ucated my children at the usual expense :———
be concluded that I might have a surplus ;OI‘
could contrive to pay you "by close retrciicli-
mcr'it. But it was indispensable to the success
of-.ny plans in birsiricss that I should keep tip
the appearance of some pi*ospcrity—my wife
and myself Iiad been accitstoiircd even to lux-
nries—iirendeavoring to have our offspring
liberally instructed and trained, we gave way
only to the nrost powerful impulses of the
hcart,'and to the consideration that they would
be the _more able and eager to discliargc those
obligations, which their parents might not be
competent to meet. We practised all the
thrift which situation and seiitiment would ad-
mit——all that was compatible with our purpose
of finally doing justice to you. To destroy
my credit, was to incapacitate me every way.
You were under wrong impressioirs, and I
understood that you would not listeiLto the
real history of my case. I assume fortitude
and resignation here, to sustain the spirits of
my excellent wife, who will not be separated
from ine,birt my lierrrt and hers are still wrong
with griefat the ruin ofour prospects for the
little ones. But these are in good liealtli, and
of fine dispositions; we can tvdi‘k together,
and procure a subsistence, when we shall be
extricated from this place. My eldest boy
and all the others, except the youngest dar-
ling, sleep at the house of a kind sister-in-law.
We have friends who would have come to our
relief,but we did not wish merely to transfer a
debt,aiid in so doing, possibly injure those for
whom we are bound to feel most regard.”
-' I desircil to.liear no iiiore-with a cboa'li’e3
utterance, I made this worthy man understand
that I would remove at once all impediment
to his ‘egress. His eye brigliteued—tbe wife
and the children advanced, having distin-
guished my emotion and intention almost in-
tuitively :—I was saved from a scene of grat-
itude, which would have been even more irk-
soine than the one of sorrow, by the entraiiufe -5“ '
ofa tidy, active female, and a smart lad, who'-
proved to be the sister in-law, and the eldest
son. The former carried a basket in her hand,
covered with a white towel, and the children
se_enied to be well acquainted with the nature
of its contents. Benevolence and irotableness
shone in her face. When my name struck
the ear of the ingeniious and spirited lad, his‘
looks were srtcli as the father thought it ne-
cessary to repress at once by a siniilar meiii
directed to him. I could li:rve felt no resent-'
lllellldf they had all railed at me, so deeply
contrrtc was I for having blasted the happi-
ness and fortunes of_sucli a faniily, by area].
ly improvident attempt to recover what wall
not necessary to my own support and credit:
My vexatioir and repentance were heightened
as I t:‘.‘i'dll)lll(:(l the wretched room, and obser-_
vcd the faniil bible on l - a " -
some voltiinesyof the Etuiliili (blllzlfsllibglbitjllglftlf
ed by the brother for the‘ use of the sister.—-'-
The general conversation which ensued iin-‘
pressed tire with respect for the good sense
and sentiiireiit and liberal iinpiovenient of my
new frieiids——I siiyfriciiobs‘, tor such tlie‘y were
at once inclined to be, iiotwitlistanding my a-
gency in their new fate.
You will think me tedious, Mr. Editor ;but
Isliall not trespass iiincli longer on your pa-
tience. The sequel of my story is——that my
debtor, very soon after he was released, was
obliged to emigrate with his family to a vil-’
lage iii the iittcrior, as he could not be rein-
stated in his credit and forniercaieer. They
toil there in a nrore humble litre ; thrive in :1
more simple way ; hope to be still able to pay
all their debts, and enjoy satisfactioiis which
I may envy.
Inveiilioii.-—An act to authorize the is‘si'iinv
of letters patentto Sll.lllllt5lBl'()Wll, an Eng?
lislIInan,lias been passed at the present session
of Congress, ‘ for an invention of an engine
for producing power, by which water may be
raised, machines worked, and vessels propel-
led without the aid ofsteani.’ The N. Y. A-
inerican says, Mr. Brown has disposed of one
half of his patent for this country to two re-
spectable houses, one in New-York and one
in Plriladclpbia-—-a partner in each house be-
ing now in England with Mr. Brown and all
sanguine ofsucccss. Tire advantages said to
he possessed by this newly discovered agent
oversteain, are, that with a much less can-
sutiiption of fuel, and in a far less space, an e-
qual power is produced. As a proof that the
discovery is not chiinerical, we have seen let-,
ters froiii Europe, stating that £18,000 ster-' .
ling had been offered for the patent right of
France, provided the experiment succeeded.
PORTSMOUTIJ, March 90.
Melmiclroly Sliipzvrcc/rs.——’l‘lie tidings of
the last week have cast a gloom over the town
which will not soon be dissipated. It is our
painful duty to publish the particulars, so far
as they are known. On Saturday afternoon
the 30th ofJan.tbe shipPerseverance and brig
Hector of this port, the ship Marathon of N.
York, and another ship laden with lumber
whose name is not known,were at anchor tiri-
der the Great Isaacs, on the Bahama Bank.
Towards sunset a gale commenced, and in a
short time the Hector and Peseverairce were’
dashed to pieces on the rocks, and the nu‘-
knowir ship was lost, and every soul on board‘
perislied. Ofls person on board the Perse-
verance, one only was saved ;‘ and 4 out of-'10
in the Hector. The Maratliori rode out the
gale, and the next nioriiing took the 5 survi-
vers from the rocks and carried them to New
Orleans. So etttire was the destruction ofthe
3 vessels, that nothing oftbem was visible the
next day, but several shattered fragments
thrown over the island,aird seen hanging from
high rocks. Capt. Barnes in the ship Lewis
of this port, passed the Hole-in-the-Wall on
Friday in company with the Perse.verarice,but,.
intending to cross the Batik, he laid to during
the night. The next niorning finding the wind
unfavorable he followed the Pe.rseverance,and
caiue in sight of her at sunset; but being un-'
able to reach the anchoring ground, he put a-'
bout as the gale coinineiiced, and‘ with great-
difticulty escaped. ,
It would be difficult to find 2 vessels whose
crews contained solarge‘a‘pi'o'portion ofyoung
rnen_ of liigh promises and enterprise and of
such respectable coiinections.
Both the vessels were ofthe firstclass:—the'
Perseverance a new ship on her first voyage,
and‘ the Hector recently repaired thoroughly.’
Pirizcy.-—-Ca‘pt. Davie,_oftbe schr. VVilliani
ofPlymouth, arrived at B'altiuiore,from May-
aguez, was boarded in that port by as piratical
boat, with a crew of 10 uien. They enquired
for money, and threatened to murder all on
board if it was irot given up. Captain Davie
informed them his money was on shore. They
stabbed two of the crew, threw some ofthein
overboard and fastened" the others in the fore-
castle. They then robbed the vessel-of every
thing valuable, tore up her Charts, See. It is
supposed_ these frecbooters came from the isl-
and of Moria.
The total ofthe black and mulatto popula-
tion in all the VVest Iirdia’ islands is one mill-
ion. si'.r humlred Iliousaml-—t‘lre total of the
whites, in the same, is 450,000.
More than a month has elitpsed sinceMessis'.
Crawford and Gallatin were noiniuated as
President and Vice I’ri_-sident, by 62' out of
261 members of C-ongress. A comiuittee of
the caucus was appointed to address them and
ascertain whether they would accept the nem-
inatiori. Nothing has been heard oftheir an-
swers‘. It is very desirable that it should be
known what they think of the matter, and
whetlrer they will serve,'{fe(ected,--_N‘at..Gaz.
From adociiment recently laid before the
House of Representatives by the Secretary of
War, it appears, that the number of Cadets
aditritted into-the Military Academy at West-
Point, during the year 1823, was 97 ; the
number who completed the regular course of
study and iirstruciion within that year, 35-
all of whom received coinmissionsin the ar-
my ; and that the whole ntimber discharge l,
or permitted to depart, wiiliin that year, w is
53. The number of Cadets at present at t.re
Institution is 244.
Norwalk Chronicler