, 1.*r'.\"'xr.s‘, in ion“. ndvvtrmfa:
0 LET my trefnbling, soul be‘ stills ,
, While tlai-liri'é'ss-veils this mortal eye,
And wait Thyivise, Thy lioly Will:
\Vi-a'pt,y.et';iii, fears and tnysl8.!‘,7i _.
I cannot, Lord, thy purposcsee; .
Yet all is well, since‘ ruled by'Thcd. .
Wlien, rirounted on thy clouded cal’:
Thou send’st iliy darker spirits down,
[can discern thy’ light afar, ‘
Thy light, sweet beaming thro’ thy frown;
And, should I faint a" inornent--tlieii
Itliinli of Tliee—-and sinile again.
So, trusting in Thy love, Itread
_ ,'I‘lie iitirroiv path of duty on: , L _
'Wha't though some ch.e,ri_sl’i’d,joys_ arcfletl ,
Iilliat tho’ sortie-fiatt’i'it1g dreams aregone .
Yet‘ purer‘, briglit."ei_'joys reniain : ‘
g _ Why ,s_lrc_s_iili_l ,ll1_)'lySp,ll‘,ll_, tlien,,coinpla_mi
{;
Jloiin. qmscy ADAMS.
The following sketch of the political life of
M.-_ Amgms, which we extract from the
Nalioizdl Gazelle, will be read witli the
greatest interest.
_ John Q. Adonis was initiated at an early
- age, under the auspices of his father, in the
study of politics, and at the same time ediica-
ted with the utmost care in other branches of
knowledge. . I .
l'3efoi'e the age of eighteen he had seen a
large portion of Europe, acquired her princi-
pal languages, resided in her celebrated capi-
tals, and served as secretary to Mr. D.ina,ivho
was sent "as iiiiuistcr plenipotentiziry to Rus-
sin, and who found in hima competent in-
terpreter and translator in the ofiicial’ confer-
ences and correspondence ofthe‘ mission and
a useful a'ssistant.iii other respects. 1 _
At the age of 18, anxious to be tlinroughly.
an Ahicrican, he requested of his father per-
mission to return home and finish his educa-
tiop in his own country. _
n 1785 he returned accordingly, and con-
tinued nine years in the United Statcs,duriiig
which time he entered and was graduated at
Harvard University, read law for three years
in the otiicc of the celebrated TheopliilnsPar-
sorts, and practised 4years at Boston as an at-
torney and counsellor.
_ The political essays which he published in
the period" last mentioned drew upon him the
notice of Washington and the country, and
induced Wasliington to.sel'ect him for the post
ofininister resident to the Netherlands.
Immediately after l_i'is":irrival in Holland,
(l794,)that country was overrun by theFrench
armies under Pichegru,‘ and a revolution soon
ensued in the government. The task of the
American minister was to maintain the rights
ofhis country as a neutral nation, to observe
the duties of that neutrality, and to give his
government frequent and accurate iiiforiiia-
tion ofthe state ofthiugs 8: course of events.
His situation was one of great dcli_cacy_and
difficulty. His negotiations were not only with
the successive governments of I-Iolland in its
state of revolution, but with the ‘French Gen-
erals Picbegru and Moi'eau,and the members
of the National Convention of France who
\_l‘él'e appointed to attend and superiuteud the
French armies. He was not accredited to
these, but with them chiefly he was obliged to
transact business, as they disposed of every
thing in Holland. By his personal efforts with
them, he obtained justice for a number ofhis
countrymen who had been plundered or oth-
erwise ill treated. His kiioitrledge of their
language and fondness. for their .li't,erati'i're
gave lii‘tn particular access to thern,conciliated
their good will, and thus cnntributetl to‘ the
successlof his endeavors. The dexterity of
his management and the instructive fullness
ofhis coinuinnications to his governnient,dn-
ring his critical residence in I-lolland, fortified
the prepossessions of Washington in his fa-
vor, and occasioned the remarkable anticipa-
tion contained in the letter of that illustrious
personage, which the Committee ofthe Phil-
adelphia Public Meeting have quotedin their
address.
In 1795-, he received a special charge from
his government to go to' England," in order to
excliapgc the ratificationrof Mr. Jay’s treaty,
and conclude some incidental arrangements.
He passed the winter in London, executed his
mission, and then returned to his post at the
Hague. , .
In the course of 1796, he was appointed by
General Iilashingtoii, wiili the unanimous
consent ofthe Senate, Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to Portugal ; but his destination was
changcdjin 1797, to Prussia, wliitlier he‘ re-
paired, in the same capacity, in November of
that year, and where be negotiated a treaty
with thatpoiver, to the perfect satisfaction of
our cabinet. ,
In 1301, he returned to the United States ;
in 1802, he was elected a member ofthe Sen-
are of Massachusetts, and in 1803, of the
Senateofthe United States. He passed, al-
together, six years in these two bodies, enga-
ged indefatigably and prominently in the im-
portant questions which occupied their atten-
tion. He became conspicuous, as a legislator,
for his application to business, his energy of
speech and c'uiidnct,the extent ofhis informa-
tli_on, and-' the i.iidepend-ei'ice- ofhis spirit. At
'Waslnugton,- lie sinned against party by ad-
vocating measures ofthegovernuient, which
he deemed the best in the ;extraordiiiai'y and 4
niostl perplexing situation of public affairs.-
The Democrats universally hailed hinrasa
true patriot ;-. the leading Fcderalists of New
England d‘eiiouiiced himas an apostate; all
acknowledged the siiperivority of his talents.
He ‘resigned his seat in the Senate of the
nitedi_States ‘in 1808, and suffered almost
every kinjdof persecution from the party.
which chose to style hint disloyal. The in-
justice tvliicli he experienced for preferring
what he thoiigbt the cause of his co'untry to
theintcrests of any party, forms ajust claim
-at present upon the gratitude of Deiiiocrats
and the generosity of Fedcralists. Neither
can reproach him now, in rei‘er‘encem 11,,“
period, Wu-bout iiiciirriug the ‘suspicion of il-
libei'ality or vindictiveness. President Madi-
son, sensible of his various nierits,oll‘ered him,
in 1309‘, the eiiibassy to Russia, which be ac-
cepied. ‘ ,
On his voyage to St. Petersbnrgli, the ves-
sel in which he sailed, entered the harbor of
Christiansaiid, in Norw-ay,to rideout the equi-
noctial gale. There he found atiuniber of
Ainericnn merchant vessels, whiclrhad been
captured by the Danish privateers, a-rid were
detained for trial‘; At the request of their
captains and supercargoes,lie went to Copen-
‘gh‘yei"iinieiit in their behalf, ivliicli ssi-ea, most
ofthem‘ fi'_om’crindetnnatiou. Some time a-
gci~we publislied in this Gazette the. testimo-
ny of one of the captains, a respectaltlé |'¢5|'
dent of this city, tothe kind department, and
ea'i«n‘¢‘st, successnii interference of Mr.Adams.
He remained at St. Petersburgli 'tlS Minister,
between four and five years. When he arri-
ved there (October, l809,)Rnssia was. in close
alliance with France, at war with Great
Btjitian : during the last two years of his resi-
deuce, her" sitiiationiwasexactly the reverse,
and theUnited States were at war with Great
Britian,’ with whom she was tlieu leagued.—
His negotiations varied with the policy of
Russia and the alihirs ofEu.rope. In 1809 be
_ -10, his duties were to maintain our riglits,aiid
secure to us the advantages of neutrality’ a-
gainst the influence and prepotency ofFrance.
When Russia became the ally of Great Brit-
ain, his task was to preserve the-good will of
Russia for the United _ States, ‘though they
were at war with Great Britain. He succee-
ded in these truly arduous objects. By liisf
energy, address, and personal consideration,
he saved from‘ confiscation many -American
vessels and cargoes, in spite ofthe predomin-
ant power and peremptory rleniarrd ‘of Napo-
leon. It so happened, too, tliattlie friendly
dispositions of the Emperor Alexander were
not lost. It was in the midst of the French
invasion of Russia, and at the very period of
the conflagration Ofll'IOSCOW',[liaf the first pro-
posal of the Einperor’_s mediation between
the United States and Great Britian, was, by
his order,’ made to Mr. Adams,’ who transmit-
ted it to this country. Wbilein_Russia, Mr.
A, wrote his well known work, entitled, Jour-
nal of a Tour llirougli Silesia, which acquired
for him even in England considerable repri-
tation as an author. In composing it, he had
inview chiefly, the benefit of ./Imerican In-
dustry, in certain branches of manufacture, in
_wbicli the Silesians excelled.
"In 1813, Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Bayard ar-
rived at St. Pctersbnrgli, empowered to ne-
gotiate, jointly with Mr. Adams, a treaty of
peace with Great ..Britain under the media-
tion ofRnssia. The British government de-
clined the mcdiation, but proposed a direct
negotiation which finally took place at Gbeiit
in 1814, with Mr. Adams as its head on the
American side. He displayed here all the
qualities which his country could desire in a
representative on so momentous an occasion.
We may refer to the valuable volnine wliicli
he published at Washington in l8E’.2,undcr the
title oftbe Fislzeries and the .I'lli'ssis3i'ppi, for
evidence, extorted by aggression, ofthe im-
portance of his iuimediate agency and the
depth ofhis views.
At the conclusion ofthis successful mission:
be repaired to London, and there concluded:
jointly with Mi'.Clay and Mr. Gallatin,a com-
mercial convention. Our government having
appointed him, immediately after the ratifica-
tion of the peace ofGliciit, envoy extraordi-
nary and minister pleiiipotciitiary to the Brit-
ish Court, he reinaiiied in London in that ca-
pacity, until the summer of 1817’, when lit‘-
ivas called home liy President Monroe to fill
the office of Secretary of State. ’ Q,‘
During the two years of his resirleiice in
England, he was constantly engaged in grave
nblic business. No treaty was actually con-
eluded, biit there was much preparatory, in-‘
tricate negotiation, relating mainly to the ex-
ecution of the treaty of Ghent, to additional
commercial arrangements, toindcninity for
slaves carried away by the British after the
_peace,to our intercourse with the British Col
on_ies_in America, and to the great question
concerning the _Northern _/lslicries which had
been left unsettled, and but for him, might
have bcensacrificed at Ghent.
These incboate negotiations were all pur-
sued by him after he became Secretary of
State. Under instructions from Iiiin, Mr.
Gallatin and Mr. Bush negotiated i:.e, com-
mercial convention with Great Britain, of
:l8l8, which settled most happily the question
of the Fisheries, and tliatof our boundary
from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky
Mountains, left open ever since the peaoo of
1873.
’.. In 1819, he-signed the Florida Treaty with
Don Luis"de Onis, which then received the
-unanimous sanction ofthe Senate. This was
apparently the end ofa negotiation oftwcnty
years continuance; but it proved only tfibe
commencement of another, which was pro-
tracted for two years morc_, before the final
ratification ofthe treaty. The history ofrbis
affair, as it regards Mr. Adams, is one ofal-
niost unexampled toil, watclifulncss and vig-
or. At the second sanction of the Treaty, in
the Senate, there were, indeedjbur votes out
‘offarty-eight against it. It gave us, however
not only the Floridas, atid an indeinnity of 5
millions of dollars for our mercliaiits, but the
first acknowledged boundary from the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific; a claim which Mr.
,Jefi'erso‘n and Mr. Madison, in l808,had nor
-even ventured-to assert, and which being thus
admitted will ultimately settle the question
with Great Britain, now under compromise
until the year 1828. lVe owe this directly to
Mr. Adams. I
In 189291, he signed with the ambassador of
France, a convention of commerce and .navi-
gation, unanimously ratified by the Senate,
which was ilie result ofa long, complicated,
and vexations negotiation. ' " .
The determination of Russia in our favor
concerning the construction of the first article
ofthe Treatyof G-bent-—tlie favourable cori-
vcntion with her in relation to her famous U-
kase about the North “lest Coast of America
_ ——the-Slaveltrade convention with G.Britaiii,
81.13. are all familiar to our readers, and to, be
traced to the department of State.’ .""
These operations a'fi'ord but an inadequate
idea oftlieperformances, researches, and pa--
triotic anxieties ofthe Secretary in his office,
for the 7 or 8 years during which he has occu-
pied it withoutintermission. His reports t‘o
Congress, some of them ainountiing to liercii-
le_an,tasksin themselves, are to be taken into
.-account ; and these personal controversies in
‘print, into-which he was impelled by self-de-
‘fence‘,- form additional evidence of his extra-
yirdinary powers fltitltfl-Cqlllremelllsi We know
from the coinmnnicatioiis of Mr. Monroe to
the Senate,tbai,besid'es the negotiations meri-
tioned, there are various others;higlily inipoin
tan_t, with the European cabinets and the new
South American States, which have been be-
gu*n,'have reached diiferent stages of maturi-
lyi Hlld C?".ln0l be brought to a termination
during the remnant of time left to our present
Chief Magistrate. The main spring and
prime manager of these is Mr. Adams ;. and
r
lia-gen and made an application totlie Danish-
We may easily imagine how great would be
the isgia the coiiiiti-y, ‘in.-regamio tlietri,‘
should he be lost to the gove'in‘nie_nr; - --
S'u¢'h'i'sA.the mere outline t‘it'_liis political ca",-‘
reer, t frotufivliicb it will be.seen; liow‘, mucli
every flnteiican citizen ,o,ii_I_,es_._l,iiI'1_t,-, _ Of -\Vll[=l_t.
he is capable in abstract sci_en'ce_ "and elegant
literature, his voliunnioiis‘ Report-on Weights
and Measures, liisLectu'r¢S '.0fl"_Rl,1'€l0ll° 3'15
Oratory,.. and‘ a multitude ot‘;.occ'-isiorial ‘cs-
says and disco'n'i'-ses,‘—, ilnseite’ -in perio ical
tary. He__is an exeellentclassical 5cl1.0'lat',mt(l
an erudite jurist ; lie spfeaks and ‘Ville! 9,!‘-V61’:
al foreign languages, andis ‘critically ‘conver-
santwitli the literature ofeaclt; anti no main
and extensivean -acquaintance with foreign
politics and political history. , His private life
devotedto the fulfilment ofdutics and not’ at
any timeto idle or vicious pleasures. He has
studied and practised Cli'rist.ianity,and educa-
ted his children in its spirit -and in l0\'8 Of
coiinli'y{ His past ,,course furnislies the best
grou ds of reliance as to the future._ Should
the; who shall vote for.bim asl’_residen't have‘
by,-tiny possibility, reason, as patrio'ts,to‘re_t_:ret
tl __ii- choice‘, they will never,‘ at least, look
b ck. with repentance, upon-their decision, in
his favor, because they will have decided ac-
cording l0:l.lIt.‘. safest and souiidest principles
ofjudgnient and expectation in such a case.
MR. ADAMS AND Tun i-tiiumncof
We call the attention of our readers to the
following letter ofthe‘ lionorable Sl_0phen R-‘
Bradley, relative to the part. M r. Adams took
on the. embargo question in 1807, and for
which llé, has been so shaniefnlly abused by
Mr. Pickering" and others. The more the
character and conduct of Mr. Adams is inves-
ligated, the higher he rises in the esteem of
his countrymen. ,
W.u.rot.r:,-Sept.21, 1324..
Dear Sir; In answer to your inquiry what
part Mr. Adams acted in relation to laying an
enibargoiii Dec. 1807, I will state to you with
candor what I recollect on that subject.-
Wlien the President’s Message was commu-
nicated tot|i_e Senate, recommending an in-
hibition ofthe departure ot our vessels from
the ports ofthe United Suites, the Message
was referred to a committee,‘ consisting of
Gen. Sniitb, of Maryland, Mr. Adams, Mr.
sylvania, and myself, who were immediately
to repair to the Committee room, consider
the subject and report thereon. Mr. Adams
and myself were the only niembers from the
Eastern States. Vile had some doubts as to
the propriety ofthe measure. Mr. Adams, in
particular, was with difficulty brought to cori-
seiit tn the ,nieasure. Gen. Smith, who was
considered, to understand best A the coinuier-
cial interests of the United States, was very
confident the measure would have the effect,
either to compel Great Britain to relinquish
her deprcdations on our commerce and sea-
iiien,orotherwise it would bring her ‘Vest-
lndia coloiiiesinto a staie of starvation and
insurrection; and when the Corrirnittec at
last agrcetl iinanimousiy to recommend the
measure to the Senate,it was frilly understood
by the conitnittee, that the bill should pass
the Senate as soon as possible; and I tliiuk
..Gen. Smith, the Chairman, was instructed,
iliatitany objections were uiadc,he should
move tlia_t the rule in the Senate, which re-
quired that tbrce readings of Bills should be
on three different days, be suspended, which
lie afterwards did, and the Embargo was pas-
sed thiongli the Seiiate on the same day.
The reasons that iiilliiiviiccel the committee.
.to recommend that course, were, that if the
bill layirig an Embargd were to be eight or
ten days in passing both houses of Congress,
a number of incrcliants would, in the iueaii
time, send out their vessels loaded with pro-
visions, and simply the “lost Indies with pro-
visions, for ten or twelve inontlis, and defeat
the object of the Embar,_r;o.—And as they
would make great profits-those that might
be taken by the Embargo, would feel them-
selves inuch injured, and become hostile to
the Crovernnient.
It isinjnrioiis, that Mr. Pickering sbould
attach so riiucli wrong to Mr. Adams, as I am
confident that sotne others ofthe Cominittee
pressed the passing of the bill, in the manner
related, in as strong terms as -Mr. Ad11lllS.—-
He might as well have censured the whole
Senate, except Mr. Pickering, Mr. Craivford,
and four or five inore,,wbo opposed the bill :
and it was not a little surprising, to Mr. Craw-
to be a friend to the Administration, he should
join with Mr. Pickering, and four or 5,more,
to resist the measure.. I further well recol-
lect, that as we passed from the Coininittee
room tothe Senate, Mr. Adams observed to
me, “ This measure will cost you and me our
seats, but private‘iii.terest mustinot be put in
opposition to public good.”
’ Iain. with the greatest respect, Sir, your
most ob’t S’vt., STEPHEN R. BRADLEY.
To the H ON.
' P. S. "1 well re collect being a member of
the Senate in March, 1794, when an Embar-
niade by Pres.-dent Wasliiugton. The same
was sent up to the Senate from the House of
Representatives, was passed by the Senate
_ with an amendmelit, sent back to the House,
the amendment concurred in, was reported to
the Senate, duly enrolled, signed by the spea-
ker and Vice President, laid before President
Washington,and by him signed ; all done in
one and the same day: and though Mr. Pick-
ering was then in one of the deparuiients of
Government, I never heard that he complain-
ed ofany improper haste. Indeed, a publica-
tion ofthe intended measure would in a great
degree defeat the object.” '
The following _was.w_ritten at iheiimeor
the embargo, to the late Benjamin Austin,one
.of the firmest Republicans of the_ Jefl'erson
-stamp in the Northern States. The senti-
.ments are sterling.——.lV'at. Gaz.
Eztractpfa. private letter from the holiorcilile
John Qtmicy ./Jdams.
“My conduct as a public man having been
‘invariably and exclusively governed by a
"that it has met your approbation, Dictated
"by principles more durable in their nature
than the passions of individuals or the preju-
dices of party, I confidently trust that it will
eventually be estimated at its true value by
the general sentim'eut ‘of my country. To the
merit of good intentions it is entitled-. To that
-of zeal for the preservation of our national
Union and independen‘ce,i‘t has‘a’ clziim equal-
journals, are proofs ,t|iat..require no cor_ninen'-.
among -us can be supposed to have so ‘minutef
has been ever irreproachable. It has been,
Anderson ofTennessee, Mr. Gregg ofPenn--
ford’s friends, to find that while he professed-
go was laid in pursuance of conimunications ,
sense ofipiiblic duty, I cannot but be gratified j
‘ly jiist.--{»Tlié rest lilgltil-‘il,l,e jiidgiiieiiyl-‘_c‘f others,
and I shell clieerfully l‘e,ajvelit._‘to the del_iber_-.
ate decisiongof tlie-nati_on.., Union and-'Iitde-
pettdcttce arejtlie Her”t:_i'ilean';i'7.i,l_l,ars of ir_iy:’po-
litical-isysteiri.janrl if they sliull_‘ei'er fall, I :§‘ll1
content’ total! with t.liern,nnd'jtn say, Sistiinus
llic ta'iitleiu,*nobis,1ubi"d;-Z/itit'o’rbis.” " ‘
K./llcxander Ke'r‘r‘_.-"-.'l‘lie‘ Nritional '-Joiirtial of
Tli_iirsday,“éontaiiis’lariotlihr‘.s‘tiitenieti,t’ ‘of the‘
alfztircof Mrs. Moii|t‘o'ii,‘7wbiclrliaszliecii drawn
’fG|'_lh._lJ.ll ll,lQ,-cOli'lit]tiél.l and disgraceftil -,sland-.
ers circtilatcrl agaiiist ’Mr.,Arlani_s,by his oppo-
nents. _ Tlie 'conc,l,i'iltl_.ingl p_ara'g‘rapli_ is all we
-have room fo_‘r, and ' , feed, all that the subject
reqiiires.-—,N'dt- Gilt?‘ ‘ I “ ~
W..,.,D9\!{,._‘biiie,,says'tlie Nationaldoiirnal,
l0'lh'e-, tnost",iiiiplezis:iiit part, of our task ;, to
l3_Ifing‘fl=tr,i,'§,__accnsatioii against Mr. Kerr, wliiuli,
nly destroy “an fiiith in his
iftrue, must _Ilf_)_
Sl'§llelIIt_ents, btit’57fjil.ft‘ an indelible s_t_:iin_upoii his
moral cliaracter'-;' if not lTllf3,"W(! hold our-
selves in reatliiiess go aiiswer . for the ‘slander
l0 .l,ll.9_,la‘l'S. 'of'oiir counti'y ;, and that Mr. K.
lllllY‘ll?1V§'fl0 dilficiiltyiii ascentaiiiinz against
whom to,se'elt_i'ed,ress', the editor‘ of -the Na-
tional _Journal, in liis,.own .n'ti:inc,, makes ilie
.Cl1%!I‘ge-—a nariic-wliicli -has‘. never yet been
llllllllled With.fiilselitiodfrlisliiinor or rliszracc.
We now distinctly charge Mr. Kerr, with :11-
lermg the riofg sigiicil by il'li's. lilonlton and
°ll‘l°l-“lid by Mi‘. Adauis,.\' r"i‘.i-zit it -ions so sfgii-'
rd and endoi-;eed, and zdliile Vin , Ban/.7. We
ll3lleVel00,.tlic riltezfillioiii siiclil an one as to
Cll(1'Il_9,'€,”l€_ terms and coiiditions of lhe 7tol_e.-'—-
Mr. Kerr liusacknoivlcdged to us, tli:_r’t_.,flilic'
whole ofthe note (except the signatur-e) is in
his hand writing, and that siich an ajlter:it_ion
as the one we.refer_fo, would have “ renderéil
the note a nullity ;” but he denied,.uneqiiiv’o-
cally, making the alteration; iiotwitlistzi'ii(ling
lll5 llelllflli l10Wever, we aver he made it, ~aii(l_
ofour»conntry. Comment, is uunecesary.
-.—
~ LEGAL 'tlVAGGl-ZRY. ‘ ~ ' -
./In Extract from the “ History qfa Jljadérn‘
Jlllomcy, written by himself” C '
scrap of legal waggery, played oil’ by a knot of
attorneys upon a sort of illegitimate brother.
_ Al - Clllllls a man presented himselfto
his Honor, and demanded a license to prac-
tice Law in ' this State. He wasa stranger,
and could produce no certificate of his good
moral character, “ according to the terms of
the statute in such cases made and provided‘;”
and without this first requisite, his Honour
could not engage in an examination ofthe
qualifications ofthe applicant. Still itwiil
be admitted that this cc:-ti/icate and c:caiiiiiiri-
lion are now-a-days mere matter offorrii, and
according to general praciiceare not travers-
uble. Frequent.intoxication seemed to have
in some degree stupified his facu tics,
and he was besides a simple childof nature.
He had certainly read, some law-writers, per-
haps as many, and to as much purpose astlie
generality ofmodern attorneys. Ile stuitly
demanded anexaniination, and the lawyers
present undertook it with the view of boning
this pretender, as they called him. Quizzing
was the object, and certainly many droll
questions were submitted, and which elicited
given. I remember a few which, as iliey are
novelties, at least humorous, I will detail.
He was asked to define the general distinc-
tions between real and personal property ; to
which he replied as laid down in Blackstone.
There were tlvcn submitted to him the follow-
ing questions: .
Question lst. “That kind of property is a
ship? Answer. Oreal, surely; because it
is too pondcrous to carry about the person.
Question 2d. A canoe?
Ans. TliatI know to be personal property,
because I once, in the territory _of Arkansas,
when travelling, carried one on my shoulder
four miles from one river to another.
Question 3d.-—-You say whatever can be
carried about the person, or is ofa nioveable
nature, is personal property. _ ‘Veil, suppose
you had a loaded waggon, with a mill stone,
and for a few miles the horses hauled it along;
thus far it would be personal property, accord-
ing to your definition. Suppose, however, in
the progress ofits transportation, the wagon
sticks in a nind-hole. and the application of
no force could move it—'-wliat kind ofproper-
ty would the mill stone ‘he ?
resolved the matter over in his own mind ;-,-
when, after about ten minutes silent arid un-
interrupted investigation,lie gave the folloivitig
Answer—“IftIie mill stone was originally
personal property, and‘ I am sure it was, the
sticking in the mire would not, it would seein,.
change its legal nature; and yet, as soon as
forth partook of the character of real proper-
ty.* I entertain doubts on the subject ; yet,
ifI had been the owner ofthe mill stone, and
could not have moved it out of the niire,I
would not have wasted much time about it,
‘but it might lay there to rot 1”
Question 4.-—-Siippose A and B own lands
which adjoin’,-‘and A‘ plants water melon seed
near the margin ofthe di’vidingline—-it sprouts
tip, grows, and the vine runs over the lands of
B ; and upon that part of the vine which lays
on B’s_laiid, a njielon should grow——the vine
land, but rims upon and covers B’s ground--,
to whom does the ni‘elon legally belong ?
After ninch iiieditation lie gave for
Answer.--“ This, gentleirien, is a vexations
question. Ifl were A, (upon wboseland the
vine took root,) I would stand tipon my own
ground, and take hold of the vine, and drag
the melon into my own premises-,‘ and eat it
at all hazards ; and I do not think B could
And ifB should afterwards attempt to pull it
‘back, he would subject him to an action of
tifespass at the hands ofA. Brit allowing the
melon to remain as it grew, ifl were eitlierA
or B, and should pass by it on a sultry day,
and was thirsty, and had along knife, I would
pluck it, cut it open, eat it, and risk the con-
sequences.”-———All these answers were giv-
e_n with the ,,utmost- seriousiicss, and in the
simplicity" ofhis heart, which tended greatly
to amuse them. ‘
They however declared him disqituli ed,
and refused to own hirii as their kinsmau,a_—
Yetin truth maiiy of tlieintwere his brothers-
'£7‘t-lnw.---The novice seemed greatly dis-
tressed, when in attorney stept forward and
* Blackstone says, “things real are such
as are permanent, fixed and immot'cubIe.”—
Thingspersonal, “that wliicli may attend the
lmrherls person, moveable,”'3r.c. ~"' ‘
tu-
ioldfliim, tli';'it“a . prisdii'ei'li’a
‘large black
-which had been recently c_aiiglit.’_ The novice’
we are prepared to prove the fact beforea jury l
I will close this long drawn episode with a -
many responds equally droll, though seriously.
Here the probationer paused, and seriousl_v _'
it lost its power ofmobility,it certainly thence- '
takes root in A~‘sf-.laiid, and is nourished by A’s .
sustain an action against him for doing so.— ,
fore been liifouglit-t‘o'tow'ii ‘llltll1$_;_il!1-if be
was clialrgédgwith;-nnsspecific crime, and , bail _
belongetlt hiniily of n_o_to_rionsl_v bad char’-‘ ,
actcr. .-It x.._ "tr-ire,-‘lie said."th'at some bugs
and -sliéep’ ‘:h'ad~ ‘been, receritly stolen , injtlie
‘nei,-i_bboi~lioorl. and it -wasinore tl,i,:iii..pi'ol5zi-li!-.".’ '
-that sfniie of tlie__p‘r_i_5!3,1iei"s' family wfzre the
il'e.predators‘;l’liu_t tli.it”tliei'e was, no proof
which teiidétl l‘l_'ll"l’l‘lel" than above stzitcd. toiin-
plicatetlie prisoriei-; wliicll Only went, l,0.-till?
bad cliaracter oftlie pi'isoner’s'_cb‘nirexio‘ns.—-Q
'I‘ha't. he was tl1eir“'iri rlur:mcr=.’vil,c,” cliained
and iiizuiacled, and wished to obiiiiii the hen-
efit ofa writofltabeos corpus‘. ‘That he {ilii-f‘
attorney) \l\"nl.|l(llll1lt‘()tltlC-(3 him to the pri'»‘oii,ei',
anrllseeiliisisituation, ifbe would draw :1 peti-
tion fur the prisonci',_adrlressetl' to his honor‘
prayiiigtlte lieiicfit_.oftlie aforesaid writ, and
draw it.tt_()l‘t'et‘.ll_)’, he should have a licciisc in’.
lieu of a’-fl’-cc, its the pijisoiier,was wliolly ll nu-1
blc to pay counsel, being abruptly tzikeii front’
his friends, and now iiniongst strangci"s.~’ Thé
novice express,‘ j iiuicli c’oncern at the fnrlorrl
‘situation oftlié’prisoner,_and,acceptéd ofilid
attorney’s p.ropos:il§, and asked for.au iintne-=
ney stzi'r'teii with him, and led him to the back ,
ynrqd ofthe jail, and then introduced liiiiito
Bean, cliaiiieil to a ‘stake!’
felt the full-‘fort-e ofthe qniz——r_etireil tltrcpljv
mortified, and the ensuing night, “ lieneatli
the kind protecting. Fays ofthe ini‘ioii,” proved
that Iie_still possessed the -power ofloconwtz'o'r‘i..
* Such, my rearler, are some of the pastini‘i'~s
and recreations ofthe “grave and reverend
fseuiors” of the bar l
-The following toast was given at the Vfor-’
eester, Mass. Cattle Show: , A
{The Great French l"armer—4wlio lent our
Fathers’-a hand to tlircsh the _Bt‘ll.lSl)—--Wllt)
sowed’ tlie,~;;sec,ds of Liberty in France, and
.who‘{‘;reap.r‘a1harvest "ofgratitude on the field --
of his youthful glory != . g
A On. tlieiltltli tilt’. General Lafayette’att_e'_nrl-
ed ii‘ horse race at.Riclimoiul. After the race,
' the irons wliicli‘ took-- the, .purse was called
Virgi-nirz La-Fag/clle. At the dinner 'rvliieli
succe"ededtlie race the Geiieral gave the fol.
loiviiigtoast.—,“”.ll_!a_i] all the na.§i_olit’,9,i,eitlteii:vtlrc,
course of_Fcee,(loiii-— We ._J1ni‘e_i'.ic‘igns‘have who
the first r'dce,;,, ?But"‘tlre 1i‘al).l_e prize is left tow-
ery one ofthe 'ce_nipctitor.9.”y‘ I . ‘
A bottle of Maliiisey. wine was placed, bc- .-
fore Gen. La Fayette, made in 1757, tlieycar
he was born. ‘ . ' - ' f
Punisliinent for Scolding.-—:ill'_e .le:_irn, says
the National Gazette, that tliédtidge. oft-the
court of Quarter Sessions for this county, nn_
Friday sentenced a- woman -_ to be rlmlrecl -_by
immersion as a coin ton. scold,“"on lWediir{s<iay.
The following ist ie sentence ofthe Court.
October 29th, l824.—-The pl‘lS0ll8.l'SCl1l,_e_ll-
ced to be placed in a. certain’ engine of cor-
rection called a Cucking or" ducking" stpol, on
Wednesday next the third day of Novernber
ensuing, between the hours ‘of to and 19 o’-
ilierein, to be plunged into’ the water--that
slie pay the costs of prosecution, and: stand
committed until this sentence is cotnplied with.
J2-nccdote.-—Adniiral Duncan’s address to
the officers who came on board his ship for
Adrniral dc \Vinter, was both laconic and hu-
morous: ,Gentlemen, you see a severe Winter
approacliiugg I have only to advise’ you to
keep .a good fire.
_ VAIL 8:. REED
AVEjust received from l‘1'cw-Ynrk,in ad-
dition to their former stock, a fresh sup-
ply of FALL 8:. VVINTER GOODS,,\vliicli
they offer for sale on the most a:'cominoda—
ting terms- They consist, in part, of Blue
and Black C-LOTHS and CASSIMERES;
Drab do; Blue and black Mixt Satinetts;
Pclisse Cloths; an assortment of Caroline
Plaids and Stripes; Scotch Plaid ; colored
Bombazettes and_ Bombazines; Norwich
Crape ; Toiliiet and Mersailles Vesting ; Ma-
drass Hdkfs. ; Cassiniere Shawls ; figured
Szitinct; India and French Levantinc; bll:
Sincliews ; Plaid Si|kPoplin ; an assortment
of Ilaizeaud Flanncls, Bedtickings, &L‘c.-8:0.
Vail $3 Reed will receive by the packets‘
every \\’(‘.Cl{,‘fl supply of Goods, all of which
.-will be purchased at Auction, and pledge
themselves to sell at a very trifling advance
from Cost. ,
Norwalk, Oct. 23, 1824.
IX Months from this date are allowed by
the Coiir_tof Probate for the district of
Norwalk, for the exhibition of claims against
the estate of Elizabeth Church, late of Nor-
ivalk, decld. Those ii_idebt_ed. to the estate
will make imine‘rliate_payr'nént'to
' Jozr‘.~;'rnA:v CAM-P, Exec’r.
Norwalk, Oct. 21,1824-. on-.
on-'
' ‘HE Court ofProbate for Stamford Dis-
trict, hath limited Six Months from this
-date for the creditors to the estate of Jacob
IV. Leeds, late ofStamford, dec’d,.to exhibit
their claims against said estate.
i Joux W. Locos, Exec’r.
Stamford, Oct. 21, 18°24. vtss
Norsvallx élcadcmy.
HE Winter Term of the NORWALK
,‘\_CADEMY will commence on the 2nd-
Honday ofNovernber iiext,under tlie_instrue-
tion of Mr. William E. Hurlbut, a graduate
of Yale College. - '
Norwalk, October 18th, l8‘2.4.
L
recoiiimended : none others nced_apply.,
Jr-:ssr:-I3. Scuiiizccn.
Saiigatriclr, Oct. 19, 1894. (34.
A SCHOOL TEACHER WANTED.
V ANTED inmicdiatel_v,:i Tenclier in the
For terms apply to Ricl2r.rrd Scqficld, School
Coininittec, near the Bridge.
Stamford, Nov. 1, 1824. ’l‘S0 _
IWANAWAY from- the subscriber on the
name oflldniund Pliillips, about 19 years of
age.
mg, or employing said boy, under penalty of
the law.
paid any person who will return sd. appreiiiice
to WILLIMX2 DUDLE 1'.
Wilton, Oct. 10, 1894. 86
' ,5.ln iii‘:-‘ r:.«",v‘*~tse.= '
‘been airrcst ggsltlfply up‘ou the gronnil tliaflte , "
diate audience with the iirisonnr. The attor-" .
clock in the triorning—and being so placed _
instructions, previous to the engageinent with _
L‘ lg 7 ANTED an active boy about If) ye:irs- '
. old, as an Apprentice to the 'Pai-iiiiii__._~. .
and Currying business; one that can be well» .
District west of the River in Stainfurd._'
14th inst. an iiideiited apprentice by the‘
All persons are forbid liarboring., trust --
Six Cents (lint no Cllflfgcs)-\V‘lll be '
Norwalk Chronicler