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‘rite.-loaves or Tlftllll‘.
§aa‘d_ieri‘ti who will, in’ frtiitlbss t’c:ii’3~, _
, The speéd with ‘wliicli our i'i'ioin‘eiit’s ii y E
I-si,'g'li 'r'iot'over ‘vanished y‘e’ar's', - ' _ .
But ivatt:li' the yea'r‘s‘tlii':t liasticri by‘.
See lio__'\'v tlitéy“c':’o‘iiic',_a riiiiigied crowd
_ ‘Ur iiugtir aiidldark, bltli rapid daysi
' erieath tl'i'_e,m, like a surniircr clotid,
‘ The wide \v_6rl_d cliaiigca“ as I gaze.
Wllat is g‘r,i:cve"thitt'tiine’hair bro’: so soon )3
.- Tlie §ober_ag_etifiiiattliootl on 1
s idly sli.otll(l_ I weep at ilooii,
To see 'tl'ie_blus'li ofiiioinitig gotle.

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Coiildl fdrcgo the hopes that glow

_ In prospect, like Ely,sl‘aii isles’?-

zknd let the cliariiiiiig futiire go, ,
With all her ‘pi-oiiiises and smiles ?

The future !—-cruelsivere the power [lieart,
_ lr ’hos'c doom w_'ou_ld ‘tear thee fitoin my
Thou 'sw'eetiiei‘ oftliepréseiit hotlr-!..
We c:ln'iiot—i'i’o'--ivc will -‘i'ib"t' part,
Oh, i_'ea‘vi-..‘iii‘e, still, the rtipid flight
 That makes the changing seasons gay-,
The grateful speed that brliigs the night,
The swift and gla_d_rcturn' ofday ;

p The iiiontlis that toucliwitli lrivelicr grace
This little praittlcr-at my knee, _ .

=.In whose arch. eye and speaking face
New meaning every hour I site ;

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The years that o"el' eacli 2‘:ister'land
'_ ’ Shall lift the country of my birth,
And iitirse lierstrength, till she shall stand

The pride and pattern of the earth

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Till younger comtiionivéaltlts, for aid,
_Sliall cling about her ample robe,

Air}, fr_oni her frown, shall .‘il’ll'll1I{,aIl‘ElId,
lTlie crowned_opprcssol* ofthe globe’.

".I‘rue—-tiine will seam 8'. blaiicli my brow—-
Well~—I shall sit with aged men-,

And my goodiglass will tell me liow
A grisly beard becomes me then.

And should no fotil dishonor lie
Upon my head, when I arii ;_.;ray,
ove yet may search my fading eye,
And smooth the path ofuiy decay.

Then haste thee, time,-=—’tis kindness all

_ That speeds thy winged feet so fast ;

Thy pleasitres stay not till they pail,‘
And all thy pains are quickly past.

Tliott (best, and bcar’st away our woes i
And, as thy sliadowy train depart-,
, The niernory of sorrow grows
A liglitetburrlen on the heart.

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__ I.’otta'I.A;'rn, Me. March 
BP.E;.cn.ov PROMISE.
Illa.-itY.l_’.'i:Asia us. Lnvis S'rr:'rsoN.

‘.T.IlIS cause was on 'Wednesday last decided
in the Courf of Common Pleas in this town,
sludge W'liitnian on the bench. Counsel for
the plaintiff, Messrs. Greenlcaf and Pope :-
for the defendant, Messrs. Fesseiidcn, and
Emery. The damages, for which prosecution
was commenced, were laid at Five 'I‘lionsand
Dollars. The cause came on on Tuesday, in
rtlie fgrenoon, and was opened by Mr.Pope
on the part of the plaintiff,‘ by a perspicuous
elucidation of the case, in which he described

‘with considerable pathos, the unfortunate sit-
-uatioii ol the plaintiff, and gave :1 general

view of the leading facts which would be in

: evidence before tliejury. After the witnesses

for the plaintiff were examined, Mr. Emery
opened for the defeiidant-. The exaniination
oftiitnesses commenced on Tuesday, about
11 o’clock, and continued till Wedriesday, at
10 u’clock in the loreiiooii. — As we had an
opportunity to bear but few of the witnesses
examined, we have to gather our account of
tire téslittioriy principally from the closing
arguments of Messrs. Giecnlcaf and Fessen-
den, and from the charge ofthe Judge to the
jury. It appeared _i_n evidence that M r.Pease,
father ofthe plaintiff, moved into the neigh-
bourhood of Stetson, in-tliis town, in the au-
tumn of1822. Pease was a man possessing
lint little property, with anuiuerous family ;
Stetson \\ as a widower, had one son, and p65-
sessed :1 property generally estimated from 10
to 15 thousand dollars. Shortly after Pcase
moved into the neigliborliood,lie hired a house
of'Stetson, into which he moved his family.

‘Stetson was consequently introduced to the

.fziniily of Pease,and formed an acquaintance.
On one of his first visitsto the house, seeing
Mr. Pease had three or four daughters arrived
at womaiiliood, he oliserved to him that he
had a fine family of daughters, and he tho’t
i't'probable, as he was a widower, he should
like to select one of them fora wife. From
that time Stetson visited the house frequently,
and was very sociable and intimate with the
whole family. In a few weeks, however, it
was observable that he was particularly at-
feutive to Mary, the oldest datigliter. Mary
was about 925 years of age ; Stetson about 48,

tlioiigh his personal appearance bespoke liiiri

to be under 40. It was not long before it was.

‘the general uritlcrstanding of the family and

the neighbours, that Stetson and Mary were
under the engagczncnt ofrnarriage, and the
usual proofs of such engagement were for a-
_b_out ayc-ar regularly and constantly exhibit-
éd. Stetsonliad requested her to retire in a
great measure from society, to leave the cir-
cle of her young acquainttiiices, and devote
her time and attention to hiiri. This she had
done. He had been a coiistiint visitor totlu:
house, often spent his evenings alone with
Mary, and living but a few steps distant, the
fiirnily of Pcase were often and indiscriniiii-

’ otely at the House of Stetson. Stetson had

o'fteu walked with her, and sometimes carried
her. out to ride ; and when she had spent an
evening from home, she had given him infor-
mation and he had called to wait upon her
lioine. On onc.occ’asioii,he had carried her
to see his relatives, in a neigliboring town ;—
and on their setting orit upon this visit,lie had
used the remarkable ex-prcssion in the pres-
ence of some ofthe family, that he was going
to carry Mary to see her mother. Mary in
fire course of tbeyaar, had preparer] some
things‘ for lioiise-keepiiig. She had made
some bcdquilts, and while muIill7*_{ them she
had been heard to say to ..hirii, that she was
.qui'lfirig' her quills. She had made sheets and
pillowcases and marked them with her mime
She had procured a piece of table lirieu,- and
on his-visiting the house it was shown to him.
He advised her to send it back again to the
store, and keeplicr money for other uses, for
he had’ table cloths enougli at home, and it
was uniiecesqary for her lo procure any. He
had told Mary, in presence of some of the

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he tvisltcdlier to select antlrnake a. covering;
and again he rcmarlted that itwas no matter,
Sllfi ’¢0l'|l dd as w'ellf._a_l_ler she came 'to_liis
house'.‘_ it th_e-,5fr:oiir§i’e, ‘of the suinmer of 1823-.
Stets‘oii was builrlihga new li'_ous'c'. The house
was doiible, and calculated for tt'vo‘fatiiilies ;
and ihc iintlerstanding at the time_was,'that
Stetson sliduld occifpy onepart, 18:. Mr. Pcase
the other. Whilst the house \Va8_filllSI‘fll1g,
Stetson came one day into the house ofPease
with several pieces of paper ofdiffercnt fig-
ures, and inijiiired forMary. and on her com-
ing into the room he reqiiosted her to select
such a ‘pattern as she would like for the rootns
in the new house. The two families lived
-but a‘fe'w steps apart, and Stetson not only
called every day and soinetimes tw'o or three
times a/day at t ie lioiise,ofI’ease, lnit often
irivitc_d Mary and the rest ofthe family to call
on him, which they soriietirncs did. They
occasionally went into the apartments of the
new house to see the progress made in finish-
ing it. One of the witnesses, Major Gage,
tesyified that he called to see Stetson one day
intlic summer of 189.3, and while he was in
r the rourii with him, tivowonien came into the
rooin,oiie of wliorii Stetson introduced to him
,as Miss Peiise. ,After the ladies had left the
rooiri, he observed that Miss Pease was a
cliarriring looking girl ; to which Stetson re-
plied, “Yes,sheis, and I intend to make a wife
of her.” Stetson in the course ofthe summer
had made a similar declaraitioii to Mr. Boody.
In the latter part ofthe sumincr Stetson had
said to Mary, in presence of Adeline Pease,
“ Mary, I intend to marry you in October or
Novenibor._” Such were the indications of
an engagement of marriage betweentlie par-
ties exhibited from time to time during the
year. The greater part ofthe preceding tes--
timony was from the father and sister of Ma-
ry. Stetson continued his attentions till No-
vember, 1823, when, against the most press-
ing rernonstrances of Mary,‘he disavowed his
intention ofiiiarriage, and to her agonizing
entreaties on account of the ruin he had bro’t
upon her, he replied only by insult. He left
her; and the May following she became IIl('
mother of his child. It was in evidence also,
that after be ascertained her situritiou,:ind be.-
fore he entirely left her, he procureil some
medicine with a view ofdestroyiiig the child,
and inducerllier to take it. She was in cori-
sequence taken rliiiigerously sick. Doctor
Cummings was called to attend her. Stetson
then applied to him to adiiiinister sometliing
to destroy the cliild,wliich the Doctor prompt-
ly refused. The grounds on which Stetson
rested his defence were, that he never enter-
ed into an erigagcinent ofmarriage with Ma-
ny, and never intended to ; that she courted
him inst_eatl of his courting her ; that the
whole Pcasc family were engaged in a plot to
ensnare him and induce him to inirry one of
the dauglitcrs with a view of getting hold of
his property ; that she had improperly tlirowu
lierselfin his way ; that she had even refused
to iiiairy him when he had asked her, and that
lie was already bound by the decision ofu for-
mer trial to provide for the inaiiiteuaiicc of
her child. Mary Lombard, who had been a
‘housekeeper for Stetson some part of the
year, testified that Mary Pcase and her sis-
ters were often at Stetson’s, soinetiriies late‘
in the evening; and that she had seen Mary
follow Stetson up to his chamber, and also in
I.llBC‘OI_IilI'. But on cross-exziiiiination itwas
wrung from the witness, that on one oftliese
occasions Stetson went into the clianiber to
bring down a hand organ, that it required two
persons to bring it down stairs, and that Mary
went and took one side ofit. And when they
went into the cellar it appeared that the wit-
ness lierselfgaccouipziiiied them. The refusal
of Mary to marry Stetson proved to be this:
ion party of young company one evening,
Stetson asked two or three of illary’s sisters
severally, iftliey would marry him ; they on-
swered no; he also asked Mary the same
question, and she said no. He then came to
the person whom he afterwards married, and
she said yes. This was pretended to be a se-
rious refusal on the part of Mary to marry
Stetson. But the witnesses testified that they
considered it at the time nothing more than
jocular conversation, and so it was consider-
ed by the court and counsel for the plaintiff.
During the whole of the trial, which occu-
pied two days, the court-house was tlirongeil
with spectators, and public feeling was evi-
dently ‘strongly enlisted in tliecause.
Mr. Fessenden in his closing argument for
the defendant, occupied about two hours and
a half, in which he took a full view of the ev-
idence which had been given in the case,coni—
meiiting npoii it with force and ingenuity.-
He contended that the testimony ofthe father
&z. sister ofthe plziiiitlff, upon which the cause
riiainly rested, ought to be taken with caution
and considerable allowance. Mr. Pease was
poor, and if they recovered the sum for which
they had prosct-uied,thc family would be rais-
ed to a moderate independence. They had
ilicrefore a strong inducement to give a col-
oring to their testimony, and to place it in the
best possible array against the defendant. It
was iniprobabletliat ayoung lady, amiable
and accomplished, and respected by a large-
circle of acquaintances, as Mary Peasc had
been represented, should have bestowed her
affections upon an old widower 48 years Of
age, and having a family. It was his proper-
ty, and not his person, that was the desir-.ible
object. And the whole train of circumst'.iii-
ces developed in the trial, showed,‘ that iioi
only Mary, but the whole family, were bent
on the same object. They intended Stetson
should take one of the girls, it was a matter
ofiiidifference which, or how the object was
attained, so that they could live upon his pro-
perty. He considered the preparations Mary
had made for house keeping, afforded no evi-
dence ofzin engagement of nnirrizige. Young
women were always in the habit ofproviding
tlieuiselves with bed-quilts, sheets, 8z.c.wlietli—
er they had any iinriiediate prospect of mar-
riage or not. There were but very few, in-
deed, who, had not before they arrived at the
age of Mary, a bed that they could call their
own. The declarations of Stetson, that he
meant to nitirry Mary, might verynatiirally
have been uiade in a jocosc manner, without
his ever having the least intention ofinarriage.
Mr. Greenleaf closed on the part of the
plaintiff in- an eloquent and pathetic address
of about an hour and a quarter. He called
the attention oftliejury to the state ofpnblii:
expectation and excitement which -had been
raised in this cause ; not a sudden and mo-
mentary burst of feeling, “but a settled arid
determined sentiment which had been matur-
ing for more than at year. And he pointed
to the evidence of it on the countenances of

I‘.i‘riiiiy, tliailiephad a,i'._,,e;i;-Jy: cliair, for whicli‘

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’ ',f - kn .' :4.‘ -_~J..l ." I.-‘V:-S;
the nuniierous spécjt_a'to‘r§ \‘l_’_ll.0llad..;I.IlYt"}D,.“,'¢.‘.(l
the iiotise during‘ the trial_.-, _IjI'e, advertedl to
-the iiiipor_tance of p,'tililic,s,g:ntir'iiei_it,., Unde_r
-a governiiient rind, insti.tulions,. like ours, it
was the mighty engine that rnovcd theiwliole
-nrachin’e".. Oiir welfare as a _communi_ty de-
pende‘ as much upon the moral tone of pub-
lic sentiment as it did upon _ the atmosp ere
which welireathe; ifit is pure, we live, if it
.is_7delet'erio'us~, we die. The jury in‘ this case
were called, updn not merely to. assess the
damages sustained by the plaintiff, and to say
what she in justice ought to receive ; they
were called upon to declare by their verdict,
what is, and what they were willing shouldbe
considered, the, moral scale ofthe country‘.——
Nor was it on the part ofthe pljaintif’f a pros-
ecution for money. A few paltry dollars was
not the object she sought. His client was
struggling for her life; to retreive as far as
possible her injured reputation. It was to
their verdict'~t‘liat she looked for avinclication
of her, character. They werc to determine
whether she must forever .sinlt in society, or
again be permitted to hold up her head with
the least confidence amidst the circle of her
acquaintance. Ifthe defendant had violated
his contract ofniarriage with tlie'plaintif'f,arid
if in addition to that he had artfully contrived
to ruin her character, the only way in which
he could be made to feel the sanctions ol'jus-
tice was in his property ;and ifthe jury were
satisfied of the facts, they were called upon
to express tliejr sense of his criniiiiality by
the amount oftheir verdict. ‘He took tip the
testimony \vli'icl_1 had been given, and traced
the facts frorii the time of Stetson’s first ac-
quaintance with Miss Pcase till he left lier.——-
He ponitrayed with much fuelling the injuries
and sufferings of the plaintiff‘ and bestowed
some severe and cutting rebukes upon the
defeiidaot. ’
Juilge Whituian, recapitulated the leading
points of the testimony in an able charge to
the jury, occupying aboutthree quarters of an
hour. From -the nature of iriatrirnoiiial e_ii-
gzigeriients, circumstantial eviilence was all
that was to be expected. Persons making
those engagements were not in the habit of
drawing writings and calling witnesses; and
when we see persons acting towards each oth-
or for a long time, precisely as-we should ex-
pect tllclfl to do under such eiigagcnieiits, we
have a right to infer that those engagemeiits
do exist. In this case ifthcjury were satisfi-
'cd that there had been an engagement be-
tween the parties, which the defendant had
violated it would be their duty in the first
place to determine what were the damages
sustained liytlie plaintiff on account of the
breach of‘ that contract; and indetermiiiiug
that question it was a settled principle in law,
that may should take into consideration what
would have been the condition ofthe parties
if the‘ comract had been fulfilled, compared
with their condition, the contract being bro-
ken. Ifin addition to this, tliejury were sat-
isfied that the defendant hail seduced the
plaintiff‘, it would be their duty to consider
what other dainages sliotild be awarded the
plaintiff for loss ofcliaracter. "~
The jury liaving retired for about an hour,
returned with ii verdict for the plaintiff of
THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUN-
DRED DOLLARS. ‘

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Beaiiltful Ezlracl from an article in the Chris-
tian Spectator entitled ‘Periodical Criticism.’
“ There is still one interesting light in
which the subject may be viewed in relation
to the present political situation or future
prospects ofthe world. The coming age like
the last will prolmbly he——“ Evum claruui, et
ineniorabilc gratibus.” The world, it may
he said, is at peace. It is; But ‘it requires
little disceriiriieut to perceive that this calm is
but the portentous tranquility that precedes
the laoncliing of the tbunders, and the sweep-
irig desolation ofthe storm. For inonarclis
have formed a conibination, fearful for its vast
strength and exteiit—a coiiibination that will
infallibly call forth resistance——to crnsli the
spirit ofliberty wherever it has appeared.-
They have forfeited their repeated promises
and oaths to their people to give them char-
tered security for their rights; to introduce
the representative principle into their govern-
ments: and they are doing their utmost to
_covcr the earth with the clouds of barbarism,
darkness, and monltish superstition. There
have been proofs of this truth in abundance ;
there is a memorable illustration ofit at this
moment. Greece! after lying 1500 years in-
volved in the gloonrs of barbziriaii darkness-
Greece! whose name no scholar ever pro-
nounced without a glow of entliusiasni-—
Greece! over whose decline, fall, and rnulIi-
plied opprcssiuiis genius has poured her tears
and laiiieiitatioiis from the age of Cicero to
our own——Greece has raised the song of free-J
door in her valcs, and planted its standard on
lier.niouiitains——her sons have knit the plia-
laiix of Epamiuondus again, and thro’ a sea
ofblnod and the desolation of their country,
have almost succeeded in repelling her hair-
barous despots frorri the shore cliaracterized
but a short time since as the
_ - “ Voiceless shore
‘Where the heroic harp is timeless now,
The heroic bosom beats no more.”

How then did Eiiglaiid, so long the only ex-
ample and refuge and watch-tower on the
eastern continent, regard this conflict : Eng-
land, whose sons are well imbued with the ve-
ry spirit uf Grecian lite_rature, and bathed in
its classic foiiutaiiis? Did she rush to the as.
Nsistancc oftliat Greece, from an ‘imitation of
whose free spirit she has derived her pre-em-
inence in power, in arts, and in arms? This
she would have done under the administra
tion ofa Cliatham or a Fox: but a different
policy now guides her coiiucils. She has re-
iiiaiiied a cold and iiidilfciciit spectator of
~liat conflict, or rather all she has done is to
refrain from joining her arms with those of
the relentless eneiny ofCliristeridom, and the
rcuiorseless assassins of men, women, and
childreii, to crush the almost expiring efforts
of Christian Greece to be free! Have we
forgottoii, in violation of the laws of nations,
contrary to their cnnseiit, and by brute force,
the annexation of Genoa to Sardinia, and of
Venice to Austria? under the arm of whose
crushing despotism “The ocean-born and
eartli-coinmanding city is ready to sink like a_
sea-weed into whence she rose,” and the
dirgc ofthe poet over her siukingpgreatness
to be realized ?

0 Venice! Venice! when thy marble walls
Are level with the waters, thenshzill be

A cry of nations on thy sunken halls

A loud lament along the sweeping sea’.

Have we forgot the unprinciplctl attack of

 

‘.. 7;-~-l.:-.7 '-,..’»...i:‘— _7":.-C.‘
Austria and liussigi on the independence of
Nz'i’ple_s—-‘ari atiaclt in 'vi_.olation of. the. fir_s_t
fpi.i,iiciplés ofthe’ laws of nations: for these
declare that every nation has‘ a right to'man-
lage llsqfllllll in’téi'nal concerns‘, and modify and
change its“foi-mof govérnnient asit sees fit,
so long! as’it_ii‘iter.feres with no other._ Biit‘
the growth of free institutions was -a thing so
pernicious to the peace and happiness of inan-
kind that to check it was aniniperious duty on
“the part oftlieir royal gtiardiaiis, andjustificd
their violation ofa prii_i‘cipl'é to which they
tlieriiselves had often appealed for their own
‘protection. For these self-same monarchs
had made ita subject of loud and repeated
-coiiiplaiiits against revolutioiiary France, that
she had made war.to.impose her form of gov-
ernment rip them I and insisted that she had
"no right to intrude her liberty on other na-
tions, if they do not want it. But they, it
scents, hada right to destroy by force a con-
stitution which a nation had made f'o'r itself,
in thc exercise ofits free agency, and ‘tore-
establish in the fdiness of unchecked and un-
limited despotism, the throne ofa weak and
vicious tyrant amidst the curses of an indig-
nant, but alas! helpless nation. But we are
to seek for proofs of these designs, not only
inthe foreign, but in the domestic policy of
-these monarchs. It is a truth evidenced by
their repeated attacks on every liberal and
free instiiutioii, which time and tyranny had
spared: by the systematic opposition to the
introduction ofall such as the genius ofthe
age and the‘ advancing improvement ofnian-
ltindirequi-re ; evidenced also by their‘pertin-
aciuus defence of existing abuses, "and their
perseveriiig efforts to restore the prostrated
institutioris. and exploded niaxims ofthe times
gone by—-institutions and niaxims equally at
war with the iiitellectual dignity, the moral
health, and the political liappiness ofman.—
Nnw,howcan this gigantic Illteiiipt to roll back
the advancing tide of iinproveinent: be resist-
ed. For unless it be resisted, liberty will be
driven from Europe ; she will be lost for a
thousand years, perhaps for ever, and bear
down w.itli her, like a sinking ship, civiliza-
>tion, arts and sciences,
“And all things that humanize and bless
niankind."

If the friends of freedom have the spirit ‘to
resist, with what weapon can they hope. most
successfully, to encounter the vast superiority
ofpliysical force, which monarclis have array-
ed on their side. Sound literature, Ianswer,
but literature brought home to the fire-side,
business, and bosoms ofall men—literature in
the shape ofpowerful and argumentative re-
futations ofiusidious and artful defences of
abuse, tyraiiny,and bigotry—-holding up clear
and valuable expositions of the true princi-
ples of civil liberty--w‘arning mankind ofthe
dangers that surround them, and aiiiinating
them to firm, unwavering, and eternal resist-
ance! Periodical Criticisimiiiotlicr words,
has appeared frorii the master-spirits of the
age I For criticism has, in our own times.
taken a lofticr height, which it has sustained
on a stronger wing. It is no longer confined
to the correctiori of the minor defects and e-
vils ofliterature. Since the establishment of
the Edinburgh Review, it has assumed the
grave office ofgnarding and defending the
rights and interests of mankind ; and is rap-
idly acquiring a vast, and we believe, will ul-s
iirnately acquire, a controlling influence, over
the destinies of nations. For the splendid
success of the Edinburgh Review led to the
immediate establishment of numerous similar
publications in England, France, Germany,
Italy, and every civilized country. They are
increasing. They have proved the able de-
fenders of free principles-—’-and now every
gale that blows wafts to the four quarters of
the globe triumphant exposures of abuse and
eloquent appeals in favor offreedom.

“ Let it not be said that Critical Literature
may be made an engine of despotism as well
as of freerlorii. Should despotism undertake
to employ it in her cause, a conflict ofopinion
will immediately arise in the literary world ;
this will inevitably excite and enlighten gen-
eralinquiry; and enlightened inquiry is the
broad road to correct conclusions. In such
a contest liberal principles have nothing to
fear. Deriiostlienes won the argument, tho’
Philip gained the battle. And here is the
danger. The ignorance and rooted prejudi-
ces of mankind give their monarchs the con-
trol of the physical strength ofsociety. Re-
move the cause, you remove the effect ; and
the physical, as well as moral and intellectu-
al strength of society, will be on the side of
freedom. Perhaps I have ascribed to,this

this effect than itcan fairly claim ; but.all who.
remember what criticism has done within 20
years, will consider that its influence will be
very great; and every spark struck out by

the collision-of opinion will augment that ‘il-

lumination which will tiltimately—we pray,

hope, believe-—expel political darkness from.
the universe I"

THE CLINTON VASES.

Our readers will recollectthat it was stated
some time since that the Merchants of Pearl-
street N. Y. had resolved to present De Witt
Clinton with a splendid token oftlieirregartl
for his personal merit and public services.-
They accordingly procured 2 elegant’StLVER
VASES, at the cost of about 33,500, and on
Thursday last, after being exhibited to the:
citiiens ofN. Y., they were taken to Albany.
The following description of these splendid.
articles was drawn tip by Mr. Fletcher, of
Philadelphia, who designed, ,and with Mr.
Gardiner, his partner, executed them.

“The form or those vases are copied from
the celebrated antique vase, found among the
ruins of the Villa of Adrian, and now In P05-
session ofthe Earl of ‘WRf\VICk. The hi_ifl°
dies and_ some of the ornaments are also sun-
ilar to those upon that beautiful specimen of
ancient art ; but all the tablets and figures III
12:13 relicfare dili'erent, and exhibit. scenes up-
on the Grand Canal, or allegorical illustra-
tions ofthe progress of arts and sc_t8D<=.U_5-""
The vases are twenty-four inches in btttgllli
twenty-one inches between the extremities pf
the handles, and the diameter ofthe body, ‘In
the largest part, is fourteen and a half inches;
the weight ofsilver in each istahout 400 oiin-
ccs. Their form is circular, except that the
lower part is slightly elliptical, as are also the
covers, each of which is surmounted bf 3“
Eagle standing upon a section of the Globe.
upon which is traced part ofthe outline _ofthe

 

_ state of New-York ;_ he bears in one talon the

e other a laiirel
and suppor-
pedestal

arms of the state, and _in 
wreath. The pedestal is sqtttt_l'8r
ted by four claws‘; two sides of th?

l

cause greater agency in the production of‘

of the. l‘lir'st,;v’:lise'"‘ifre' ordiifbdnted with 
and scroll, work, with‘ an oval medillioii hear-

ing a _ri.ver_'Deity leaning on an inverted v.§is§_’. .

The 8d contaiiistlie. inscription, .
. “ To the Iipriourable De. Wilt Clinton. wlui
liiis developed the feaouroufqfthc state qf’.fV9lll"
'Yo_rk, and ermobled her-_«churact_cij, ,llte Met.-
glumts ‘ofPcarl slrce§¢gfir'fhis iesliritongr "of
,thcz'r,grutilu_dc' and" rekpc’cl.'’e ; " V -_
,3? The fourth exliibits a nti_rlib'ei' of figures’,
which in connection withtliose on the c,or_re,s-‘-
ponding section or the other vase," iire.in"-
tended tolrepreseiit the progress, of the Arts
and Sciences from their rude origin to their;
present improvement. Oti the right’ OIPIIIQ
5P°9l310l'_ appears .a pastoral group listenin
to the pipe or. Mercury; next to these-is ll
husbaiidnia_n,le_aiiing, upon his spade, and ga-,
zingjupon a. hive while a female figiire point;
to the labours of the,iiidiist_ri'o‘us bee; the
_appears ,Mine,r'va_ witliotit h’er- helmet and-.
shield, dlre,ctin'g the attention oftliespectatoi
to a host which Sculpture is cliisselingl _ The,
concave belt around\the middle of.‘ this vasfi
bears six tables in bag rélitif; the»tWo cgntril
tablets exhibit views of the Cohoos Falls, and
of',_tli‘e.Little Falls of the Mohawk, with the
stone acqiteduct and bridge, tllI(.I,paI‘f° of thé
Canal. The figures on e_acli_ side o ‘fie for;
mer are Fame and History; on one side of

stump ofa tree receiitly felled, and the axg
lying at its root; and on the other, Plenty;
with her cornucopia--A liesd*ofNeptune__witI_i
his trident, dolphins and shells, is placed_ a,fi
each extremity of this belt, under: the grape.
vine handles. On the second vase, two Sl(I,C_$,
of the pedestal are ornanieiited with foliage",

as on the 1st. The Sd contains the i_nscriptioi_i-

claim. to the proud title of public bgriefacfor 
fiiunded on those magmfrcenf riidr/ca,-'tlw North-
ern and Western Canals.” - ' '
“ On the'fo‘urtli side is Architecture leaning
upon a column, with a level at its base. Then"
a youth holding a drawing board with a dia-
gram of one of the first .problems in mathe-
matics,nnd an old man directing lils attention
to the figures beyond, which denote the sci-V;
ences still unexplored,and encouraging him to‘
persevere. The next group is composed of
two aged persons, conteniplziting a globe held
by a female, who points to some lines upon
its surface ; next is a figure with a torch in
tli‘e?.rigl,it hand, and a star, on the head, an
"holding in the left hand a tablet with a dia-
gram ;, by his side is a sun-dial; an athletic-
gure beyond holds a pair of dividers, and
gaze: attentively upon the female with the
globe. This group is intended to indicate
the study of the sciences. The concave belt
around this vase is also enibellislied with six‘
tablets. The front view is the Guard Lock
and part of the basin at Albany, where the
Canal is connected with the Hudson, togeth-
er with the mansion of Mr. Van Reiisselacr;
and the adjacent scenery, and Canal boats
passing. The plate on the right of this tabla
exhibits Ceres with the enibleirrs of agriétil-
titre; that on the left Mercury with the em-'
blems of commerce. The reverse centre ta-'
blet contains a view of the aqueduct at Re‘-‘.
chester, and a boat passing, drawn by horses '
below are seen the Falls of the Gencssee, an
a number ofunfinished buildings. This view
is supported on the right and left by Minerva
and Hercules, indicating wisdom and strength:
“ The lower compartment of the body of
each vase is ornamented with Acanthus leaves
intermingled, at proper distances, with small
shrubs, among which are seen the wild ani-
mals who haiintr-.d our western region before
the industry and enterprise of our brethren
made “ the wilderness to rejoice and blossom
as the rose.”

 

“ There it-c man whom fortune hath cm-
elly scratched;

But as ye will buckle her on their back
And make them bear her burden .
Whether they will or no ; ’- ,.
Theymiist have PATIENCE to bear theload. '

We -understand that Mr. Joseph Duga-n of
the house of Savage and Dugan. is the form-
nate Holder ofthe Ticket in the Union-Canal
Lottery, which yesterday drew the Highest
Prize of '1'ln'rly Thousand Dollars -’ -' -' Mr»-
Henry ‘Lants. of Second street, was not so
fortunate as Mr. Dugan, as his Ticket only
drew a prize of ten thousand dollars. Both
the gentlemen arse said to be reconciled to
their fate,and to bear their lot with _a most
becoming luriiiility and resignation.

' [Philad. Dem. Press.

Tr—:cUMsr:H.—A gentleman ofhigh stand-
ing in Virginia, gave me the following, qt: re-
lated to him by the officer who was the_siib-
ject of it. This officer in a skirmisli with...;i
party of British and Indians, was severely
wounded and unable to rise. . Two Indians
rushed towards him to secure Ill_S scalp as their
prey. One appeared to be a chief warrior 85
clad in the British uniform. The hatchet
was uplifted to give the fatal blow. The tho’:
passed his mind that some ofthe chiefs were
Masons, and members of‘ travelling lodges in
the British army. He gavca tiiasoiiic sign.
It stayed the arm ofthe savagewvarrior. The
liatcliet fell harmless to the gt‘-otlttd-—’the Iu--
dian sprang f_orwar»d—caught.liim in his arms
-—and the endearing title.of_..brotIu:r fell from
his lips. It was 1_'ecIlm867!-

. ::§

CROCKERY AT" AUCTIO: .
WILL be sold ori.Saturd-ay, the 26th inst.

at 2 o’clock, P. M. to the highest bid-
-der, a general assortment of CROCKEKY.
at the store of the subscriber, in lots to suit

,,u,-chaser-s. B.ut'rii.ut-&. STREET...
AT THESAME TDIE AND PLACE.

A quantity of new and well tirade articlcs—_--
consisting of Grid Irons, Hires, Nail Ham-
mers, Fire Shovels, Pitch-forks, Iron Garden
Rakes, Ladles, Spoons, &.c. %_r.c_. , 8_
March .15. E_BEN’R .BU1YDir.

THIRD AND LAST CALL. .
LL PERSONS having accounts with
the Subscriber of more than one year’:
standing are requested to call’ and settle theirr
by the first day of April next or they must eit-

Pec; cost. Prreit Husrrsn.
Stamford, March 8, 189.5. 3

WANTED.

A Upper Landing District. One with the
requisiye qualifications and good recommen-
d.,,,',,,,,s w',|] meet with good encouragement

and immediate employ. Inquire of’
' l BENJAMIN PAGE.’

3
i"rGreeu\.vicli,(CosoobUppe!L8D°l"Sl March 9'

if .

the latter is an Indian 'contemp_lating_ the; .

" To the honorable Dc Wif£,Ch'nton. w[ro.9'_¢;-

SCHOOL TEACHER. in the Coscob.