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' Look’d down upon it.

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Some late llnl'l3'p'1')y occ'ur,reo‘c'e‘s give tut 

Eiitional beauty to the fc-llr':'tving_"l1l‘?=“1‘ll“1l titres-
TnE-BURI-AL or THE _Y0_UNG-4
There was an open grave."-°.“d "_“‘“‘Y 7"‘ 93'?‘
i ‘ Slo‘\‘v,the'sabl’e hearse
Mov’d on, as ifreluctantl'y it bare
The voung, hnweari’ed forth to that cold ‘couch
which age and sorrow render sweet to man.
'——-There seem’d a ‘sa'duess in the huniitl air,
Lifting the long 'grass.fr. those verda'nt mounds
'Wiiere slumber tnnltitudes.-—
-—-There was a train

bf young, fair females, with their brows of
_ bloom, , _
And shining trcssés. _ Arm in am they came,
And stood upon the brink of that dark pit,
In pensive beauty, waiting the approach
Ofthcir c‘oii_ipanion. She was wont to fly,
And meet them, as the gay bird meets the
_ _ spring; lflowers,
Brushing the dew-drop from the morning
And breathing mirth and gladness. .N'ow
, she came “'8” =
With movements fashion’d to the deep-to.n’d

he came with mou'rning sire and sorrowing

friend,
And tears ofthose who at her side were nurs’d
By the same mother.
j Ah ! and one was there
Who ere the fading ofthe summer-_rose
Had bop’d to greet her as his bride. But death
Arose between them. The pale lover watch’d
So close. her journey thro’ the sliadowy vale,
That almost to his lieart, the ice of death
Enter’d from hers. There was a brilliant flush
Ofyouth about her-and her kindling eye
Pour’d such unearthly light, that hope would
hatig .
Even on the at-'cher’s arrow, while it dropp’d
Deep poison. Many a restless night she toil’d
For that slight breath which held her front
the tomb, '
Still wasting like a snow-wr'eatli.wliicli the sun
Marks for his own, on some cool mountain's
breast,

Yet spares, and tinges long with rosy light,
Oft o’er the musings of her silent couch,
Came visions oftliat matron form which bent
Witli nursiug;t'euderness to sooth and bless
Her cradle dream : and her emaciate hand
In trembling prayer slie.rais'd--that He who
. sav’d , .
Tire saiined mother, would redeem the child.
'Was the orison lost ?——Whence then that
, peace
So dove-like, settling o’er a soul that lov’d

 

‘Earth and its pleasures ?—Whence that an-

gel smile
l‘-7itli which the allurements ofa world so dear
W'ere counted and resign'd ? That eloquence
So fondly urging those whose hearts were full
Qfsublunary happiness, to seek
A better portion? Wlipnpe tha; yqicp ofjoy,
VVliich from the marb c ip in i e s ast stii e
Burst forth, to hail her everlasting home ?
Cold reasoners! be convinced. And when
ye stand
VVhere that fair brow 8:. those unfrosted locks
Return to dust,-~ \‘l here the young sleeper
waits
The resurrection morn,——-Ob ! lift the heart
In praise to Him, who gave the victory..

snort THE in-zw YORK onsrzitvea.

HAYTL NO. Ill.

Cond2'ti'b'n of the Emi'grants.—-Before qiiit-
fing this head we wish to direct the attention
ofthe reader more particularly to several cau-
ses ofthe sufferings endured by the emigrants,
which were but partially noticed in our last.
‘These are, 1. The drought which prevailed
in the vicinity of Port an -Prince. 2. Thear-
rival oftoo many ofthe emigrants at that port;
and 3. The difficulties thrown in the way of
the emigrants by the members ofthe Philan-
thropic Society-.

1. The drought was such as had not been
known for many years. Some streatns failed
which had not been known to fail for 60 years.
-This prevented the emigrants from" raising
their supply of food in the 4 months, during
which they were supplied with rations by the
governmeiit, and finally compelled some of
the Hayiiens who lla€I.Wlll1 the best intentions,
hired the emigrants to‘ cultivate their planta-
tions, on _condition ofsharing the productions.
to turn them away after the governineut ra-
tions were consumed. It may not be iniprcp-
er here to state that these rations were so a-
bundant, that in some instances, when used
with prudence and frugality, they lasted six
and seven months. The government and iii-
dividuals did much to relieve the emigrants
from their distresses by the drought, by mak-
ing them new allowances of rations, and by
furnishing them labor at double the price for
wliich the natives would perform the same
work. Mr. Granville and many others did
this at the cost”of great sacrifices.

The only emigrants of respectable charac-
ter, whose previous habits fitted them to be-
come ctiltivators of the soil, whom I have
known to return to this country, have return-
ed in consequence of the drought.

 9. More than 4000 of the 6000 emigrants,
on their arrival in the island, landed at Port
au Prince. This was against the wishes of
the government, and the earnest advice of
citizen Granville. But too many oftbem in-

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ldulging groundless expectations of becoming

officers of government, and others cherishing
hopes equally foolish, they all wished to land
at Port an Prince, where the President resid-
ed. This brought upon them many troubles,
which they might have avoided by going to

., other parts of the island, and created for the

government em barrassmeuts so numerous and
so great, that it is surprising that it will allow
the emigration to continue at any rate. For
several reasons Port au Prince presents fewer
advantages to the emigrants than other parts.
of the island, particularly Santana and Port
Platt. It is the hottest and -most unhealthy
spot on the Island. The government has no

‘land in the vicinity nearer‘ than 30 or 40iuiles

t‘o—ofi"er the emigrants ; and they will be uiore
liable to be imposed upon by men who wish
their own lauds cultivated. 'I‘o individuals
ofproperty, who can» go out wiilioiit aid froiu
government, and make purchases of planta-
tions, it offers -uiany great advantages fqr in-
creasing their weaitli. But none who go ex-
pecting to receive aid from gov’t in rations 8:.
land, should go to Port au Prince.

3. The Philanthropic Society at Port an
Prince, by encouraging the emigrants to talle
the land of individuals,diverted many fr.tlieir

'_original= intention to take the lands ofthe gov;
ernment; it threw difiiciilties in the way of
those who wished to obtain t~heselands,_or at

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least it rlid.not,fu'rriis‘n- them witlitbe facilities
forobtaining-the lands which it ought to haVe
ifornislieil. In this way it has aided to scatter
’the emigrants in a manner that is adverse to
their iiumediate prosperity and lt1ipf0V9Inent'
_-Although I 'could.no't ascertain that any One
who asked forliis lands was actually refused:
but, on the contrary, such as adhered totheir
first intention obtained them ; and altliougli
none were taken to any place without their
consent and agreeineiit, yet the ignorance of
many was imposed o'n,and many found them-
selves ~.vh'er’e they would not have gone, had
they known the coiintry, and many ‘went on
to the plantations ofindividoals, who would
not,liad they better understood the advantage
to be gained by accepting the offers ofthe-go
vernirieiit and taking lands for thei'nselves.

After all, however, the evils which the. em-
igrants suffer from their scattered location,are
no greater than those which the settlers ofour
new coimtries have almost always been coni-
pelled to endure. ,

To show what might have been the condi-
tion of all the emigrants, had they gone out
with the design of tilling the soil, and had im-
mediatcly taken the land offered them by the
President, and commenced its culture, the
following letter, beluga copy ofone sent by
an emigrant to his former mistress, at Phila-
delphia, is presented. This man Isaw, his
|:inrl,and the abundance he already had grow-
ing; and I know of no good reason why all
the emigrants might not have been in as good
a situation. Yet [saw many who had equal
advantages almost destitote,having neglected
to improve them.

Pnsxsxrtce, (Hayti) Feb. 27,1825.

Respected .Madam—-l take this opportunity
to inform you of my safe arrival, and all in_v
family in reasonable health. We were four
weeks and one day, on the water, landed at
Cape Haytieii, and arrived here in two weeks
after ; and four days after that we were taken
otit and shown a large tract of land, and told
to choose our lot where we pleased. We find
the land very fertile, and will produce crops
with very little labor. We are informed that
the land will produce good crops for the space
oftwenty years without manure. I have got
planted, corn, beans, pumpkins, turnips,beets,
cucumbers, cabbage,potatoes, sweet and Irish,
onions, oats, flax, now ready to pull, four feet
long, banana, yams, nianyoke, tiyo, coffee,
500 trees- (found growing on the land) sugar-
cane, tobucco, rice, cotton, pine-apples, figs
and grapes, besides oranges, leiuons 8:. limes.
My corn is in the silk, and beans ripe and the
second crop up, and others in all stages of
growth. Irish turnipsl have had long siuce,cz.
shall have potatoes in two or three weeks. I
cover the ground with different kind of vegeta-
bles, and shall have as much corn as if there
were no beans or potatoes, and as many beans
or potatoes, as ifthere were no corn, 8:. much
more of each kind than I could get from the
same quantity of land in America. I can
have four crops of com a year, and beans are
ripe in seven weeks. Besides, there are on
the land a great many fruit trees of different
kinds now full of greenfruit. We find here
all kinds of poultry, hogs, sheep, goats,liorses,
asses, mules, cattle of a good kind, and they
all get their food without our labour. I find
the people very kind, and the government has
fully kept its promise to us. I am very well
satisfied and feel thankful for it, and that a
kind Providence has opened this door to us.

We want schools and ministers, and we
hope to have them before lonv. We have
meeting every Sabbath in perfect quiet ; not
molested by the natives, who are iuorc like
brethren, according to their understanding of
our ways. VVe find some ditiiculty in riotou-
(lerstanding their language, but we are learn-
ing it. The climate is very favorable ; sortie-
thing like September, only the nights are not
so cool ; and we are told the suinmer is not
much hotter here. We have abundance of
good water, and fine niill-seats. I am, with
respect, Madam, your grateful, humble serv’t,
AARON BLANDON.

This man arrived on the 16th of Nov. pre-
ceding, making it but 3 months at the date of
his letter since he coiumcnced the cultivation
of his plantation. His land was overgrown
with brush and small trees when he received
it. At the time I visited him he had two lots
besides a large garden. One of these lots
containing the productions he mentions, em-
braced two or three acres of land ; the other
which is still larger was not wholly cleared,&I.
_buta small part planted. Histwo boys and
his wife were at labor with him. It was with
‘great pleasure I walked over his fields, saw
the rich fruits of his industry which be men-
tions, and congratulated him on his prospects.
My only regret was that all the emigraulshad
not done likewise.

The evils then which havebefallen the em-
grants are of a temporary and accidental
character, such as common prudence and in-
dustry will enable them easily to surmouut,or
such as all people are liable to in every coun-
try. The advantages offered them on the
other band are immense and ofa permanent
character.

It is proper to state that the emigration has
not languished and almost ceased because of
unexpected evils, nor because there are not
thousands of our colored people still anxious
to go, nor because the Haytieu government is
not as well disposed as ever to receive the
emigrants. But the reason is, the coloure_d
people are poor, and unable to meet the ex-
p_eiises of the passage, and the whites have
done nothing and are doing nothing to aid
them to emigrate. The whole ofthe means
which made etnigration so brisk a year ago,
was furnished by the liberality of the Hayri-
en government, not by American philanthro-
py, or American solicitude to rid the Repub-
lic ofits foul shame, or to do a little justice to
a people whom we have wronged, and are
wronging beyond our ability to repay. .The
Haytien government has not withheld these
means because it is disappointed in the emi-
grants, or is unwilling more should come, or
because it has become weary ; but because it
has been disappointed in finding that the A-'
merican people did not unite in the work ;
because when expecting only to aid in the em-
igration, it has been obliged to bear the whole
b_urderr, and because the work was so conduct-
ed as to c"eate a great and unnecessary ex-
pense. It continued its assistance, however,
even after it learnt that the Americans would
do nothing,till it expended more than 300,000
dollars, altlio’ it knew tliere was the strongest
obligations of interest and duty lying upon the
Americans to givettlie means .of,removal to
-the eniigraiits. ' , 4 .. . _

A-s the government of Hayti still ofi‘er_s~-land
‘gratis, and four months’ provision to’all~'co_l_or-

V - , '.»

ed people who will emigrate tofthe island,a_ud
has thus actually taken. upon _itself.far the
greater part of the burderi, the reason why
emigration does not continue lS.beC;lllSe the
people of these ‘states neglect their part of the
duty. The Emigration Societies of this and’
other cities have stopped 0peratl0nS,bec;8.US8.
they have no funds. An extraordinary apa-
thy on this subject rests on the minds of our
citizens, so that they can celebrate the great
anniversary of our liberty, erect a Bunker
Hill rhoni'iin_ent, feel the patriotic tire, and like
the orator of Massachusetts, can utter the
sentiineiit, “ Our country’. 0"!’ “'l‘0le °°""“'.i's
and nothing but our country,” and yet not e-
ven think ofincliiding one sixth of our popu-
latioii, or of blushing at the fact that t.wu mil-
lions ofodr countrymen are slaves.

L. D. Dtzwr-zit.

PAUL JONES. , H

A work entitled “ Tlie‘Life and Character
ofthe Chevalier John Paul Jones” has lately
appeared, from which we extract the follow-
ing memoir ofthe early life of this eccentric
and cliivalrous individual :-

“ John Paul Jones was the son of NIT. John
Paul, a respectable gardeuen. He was born
in Scotland in I747. The cotitiguity of his
residence to the shores of the Solway Firth,
inspired him with an early predilection for a
sea-faring life; and while yet a mere child
he hoisted the flag on board his mimic ship,
and issued audible mandates to his imaginary

a legitimate commander. Nor was be con-
tent with this. As his skill in ruanmuvering
improved, he ventured to criticise the nautic-
al knowledge of practical sailors; and in the
eager and confident tone with which, from
the eminence on which he to'ok his station, he
thundered forth his orders to the vessels which
were entering the port at Carse-thorn, might
be remarked the ardent and enterprising uiin_d
of one who felt that he was born to future
commatttl.' His partialiiy to a suilor’s life
was so determined that his friends resolved
to indulge it; and accordingly, at the age of
twelve, he was sent across the Firth to Wliite-
haveii, where he was bound apprentice to Mr.
Younger, a respectable merchant in the A-
merican trade. His first voyage was made
on board the Friendship, capt. Benson. His
course was steered for the Rappaliounoc, and
before he had completed his thirteenth year,
he landed on the shores ofthat country which
be was destined to adopt as his own. His
home, while the ship was in port, was the
house ofan elder brother, who, having marri-
ed a native ofVirginia, had previously settled
there. Here his early prepossesslous in favor
of America were confirmed, and from that
period had become the country of his food e-
lection. Our adventurer being at length
freed from the traiiiinels of apprenticeship,
tirade several voyages to foreign ports. and in
the year 1773, again went to Virginia to ar-
range the affairs ofbis brotlier, who had di-
ed without leaving any family ; and about this
tiiue, in addition to his original surnauie, he
assumed the patrong/m.ic of Juries. This vis-
it revived and rivetted the attachment which
he had conceived for America ; and in spite
of the native arilor and restless activity of his
mind, he resolved to withdraw from the vicis-
situdes ofa sea-faring life, to fix his residence
in the country, and to devote the remainder
ofliis days to retirement and study. He was
little aware ofthe turbulent scenes in which
he was soon to perform a part, nor of the con-
spicuous figure he was to make in them.

The discoutents ofthe colonists had by this
time occasioned much coiuiiiotion, and their
murmurs becaiue daily deeper and more fre-
quent, till at last they broke off all connexion
with the parent country. Towards the latter
part of the year 1775, it was deteruiined by
Congress to fit out a naval force to assist in
the defence of American independence, and
an anxious search was made for friends to the
cause, who shouldihe at once able and willing
to act as officers on board their vessels. It
now appeared, that Jones had, in his roman-
tic scheiues oftranquil eiijoyiueut, falsely es-
timated the natural bent ofhis genius. With
deep interest he had ivatclied the progress of
those political events which were to decide
the fate of his adopted country ; and when an
open resistence was made to the dominion of
Britain, he could no longer remain an inac-
tive spectator. Having only just completed
his twenty-eighth year, he was full of bodily
vigour and mental energy, and he coiicgived
that his nautical skill would qualify him to be
a distinguislied asserter ofthe rights of the
colonists. He was appointed on the 29nd of
December, 1775, first lieutenant ofthe Alfred,
and on board oftliat vessel, before Philadel-
phia, he hoisted the flag of independent A-
merica with his own hands, the first time it
was ever disptayed.” ~

 

 

[The pages ofthis work are principally ta-
ken up_wi:h the correspondence ofthe Chev-
alier, which (says the Statesman) exhibits in
the most vivid colours his peculiar mind and
character,%r. shews tlieni to have been vigorous,
bold, enterprising, ent'husiasiic, often senti-
mental, at times unregulated and wild, but al-
ways elevated and romantic; and that with
feelings enlisted in the cause ofhumanity and
freedoin, he entered with ardour on a theatre
of peril and adventure. _

The following passages are selected from a

summary view of his character, by the editor

ofthe work before us: '

It appears to the writer ofthis volume, that

there is a prevalent mistake in estimating the

merits of singular or extraordinary nieii.—

They are measured by a standard somewhat

like that of Procrustes, to ‘correspond with

which, those who were too long were out

shorter, and those who were too ‘short were

stretched to a greater length. Ifan individu-

al who has distinguishedhimselfin literature,

in science, in the arts, in the affairs ofthe state

or in arms, does not exhibit all the virtues of
which human nature in its varieties is capa-

ble, lie is pronounced defective, and is con-'
demoed accordingly. On the contrary, where

the partiality of friendship or adiniration

would make a character, and the materials are

inadequate to the structure, the individual is
raised beyond his level by praises for frivolous
qualifications, which, as they relate to human‘
actions, are utterly insig-uificant. "
' The meiuory ofthe Chevalier John Paul
Jones does not require any thing more,-toin-
-sure its perpetuation, than a just representa-
tion ofhis achievements. There was nothing
artificial about him ; everything was natural;
and whether he was addressing himself to
Congress, to kings, nobles, or citizens, be u-

 

officers and crew, with all the conseqiie-rice of

 

dispositionand resolution of ‘purpose. We
do not expect to find absolute perfection in
any man. Theteinperameut which belong-
ed to him, the spirit of adventure, by .._wliich
he was impelled to his careless indifference
to the accumulation‘ of wealth, precisely in‘
the proprirtion that they existed in him, were
indispeusible to form John Paul Jones. Ev-
ery being acts agreeably to the constitution
of its uature;and it would be just as absurd
to look for a contemplative philosopher in the
bustle ofbusiness, or a daring naval commau

dér in the ordinary pursuits of civil life, as to
seek for a gently purling stream in the crater
ofa "volcano. _ _

In his letters to Lady Selkirk will be per-
ceived the generous delicacy ofa noble mind,
He could not restrain the cupidity of his men;
but he did what it reuiaiiied in his power to
do: be restored the pliiudered plate at the
expense ofliis private purse. Alexander the
Great hiiuself, never performed a more libe-
ral action.

On the whole, the Chevalier John Paul
Jones ‘was 21 man of strong natural faculties;
of a good Englisli education ; of an ardent
temperament ; of a quick penetration ; of a
firm and daring courage ; with an iticliiiutioii
to literature, an extraordinary ambition, a
restless activit of soul, an iniliffereuce for
money, a heartiithat felt for the distress of his
fellow creatures,a spirit that would never give
nor brook an insult, and philanthropy rio-ex-
tensive with the globe. He delighted in be-
ing considered an American citizen, but was
still more pleased with being known as the
friend ofthe human race, and as the eueiny
ofits oppressors.

DlVIGHT’S THEOLOGY.--From the
following extract from the Christian Observ-
er, printed in London,we may learn the opin-
ion entertained ofthis valuable work by men
of talents and piety in England:

After sortie idtroductory reiuarks, the wri-
ter says-——“ This niuuificent contribution to
the literature of the christian church is pie-
sented to us by a genuine native of America.
He died only so lately as the year 1817; yet
his efforts in the cause of cliristianity seem
already to have secured for this his great work
it place airiong the established classics of our
diviuitv libraries; and it will certainly descend
to posterity, as a monument ofitsauthor’s' gen-
iiis,ofthe philosophical precision and coni-
prehensiveness of his mind, and ofliis devo-
tion to the purest principles of the Gospel of
his Godvand Saviour. The volumes imme-
diately under consideration are, to the doc-
trioal and ethical portion ofScriptu're, in some
respects, what Mr. Hartwell Horne’s ‘ Intro-
duciion’ is to the illustration of the sacred
volume by criticism and Biblical eriidition.—
Both authors collect, digest, and arrange the
widely diffused labours of preceding writers
and cotnnuinicate to the result an air of re-
viviug freshness and novelty. Frotn the na-
ture, however, of the two works, President
Dwight has, of course, far_ higher claims to
the celebrity of an original thinker. Never
did a theologian measure the length and
breadth ofthe expanded regions of revelation
with less need of dependence upon the a-
chivements of his predecessors in the saiue
department of spiritual science. If there have

tiou, there was also, in the author before us, a
certain ability, not indeed to make any dis-
coveries in religion by the force of his own
genius, but a power ofmiud capable ofprov-
iug, illustrating, applying, and decorating all
that he hiruselfand others long before" him
had found in the Scriptures, with an energy
and a beauty which would seem to be almost
exclusively his own.”

“ Whatever truth there may be in the re-
mark, that authors and their books are two
things, the observation is completely neutral-
ized in the present instance. The character

script ofliis writings. He was the evidence,
and the brilliant illustration of his own sys-
tem. He was one ofthose extraordinary men
who combine in the same person, eminent
powers of mind, with an expansive persever-
ing activity in doing good. He was a philos-
opher in" his habits ofintellect, and 21 Chris-
tiau philautliropist, in the daily routine of be-
nevolence.
inatlieinaticiaii, refine and subtilize with the
metaphysician, and, in the same hour, assist
at the committee ofa missionary society, or
with allsimplicity, preach the Gospel to the
poor in their cottages, and attend at the bed-
side ofthe sick and the dying. We state the
diversified excelleneies (it; this great man's
character, by way of preliminary to such ex
tracts from his publication and his lile as the
limits of this article permit. A student ‘of
these volumes might, it is true, be forgiven, if
he judged, from the extent and elaboration
oftheir contents, that their author wasa di-
vine, absorbed in books: a stranger to every
apartment but his library ; and with a pen
perpetually under the pressure of his fingers.
He would yet, at the same time, feel his sus
picions awakened, by the internal evidence of
the work itself, that its writer was quite as fa-
miliar with the living world out of doors as
with the silent, and meditative employiuents
oflearned and devotional solitude. The sus-
picion is far more just than any reader would
at first calculate. The writings of the Pres-
ident, when compared with a life almost en-
tirely spent in active duty, are only an ofiset,
not the parent stem of his reuoivn.”
CELEBRATION 01:‘ THE FOURTH 0!‘ JULY.
According to arrangements previously made
at a meeting ofthe citizens of Gotham, Mon-
day the 4th inst. was celebrated in attempts
to repair the loss" recently sustained by Doct.
Dtidley Folsom, ofthis town,in the consump-
tion of his house and outbuildings by fire.
The workmen were, in the morning, divi-
ded into parties, and assigned their particular
service, each having its master workman ; $2.
every exertion was made,tliat all hands might
be euiployod.

The timber for the dwelling-house, 40 feet
by 36, two storiesand hipped roof, was taken
in the rough, and more than half the work
necessary for its erection, done. The wood-
shed, 34 feet by 1,6, and 10 foot posts, was
framed, raised, boarded and shingled,and,tlie
floor laid. Some ofthe timber for this build-
ing was growing in the woodsin the morning.
A good barn 36 feet by 24, presented by
one ofthe citizens, was,wiihou't-previous pre-
paration, moved abou't'_180 rods, placed on
the-wspot, and a cellar under it ditg and stou-
ed, and the whole coinpletely underpinned.
Two new sills were added to the barn‘, and

niforinly manifested the same fraiikiiess of the fluorfraoied and'laid'.'

been, like Pascal, matlieuiaticians by intoi- .

and lifeof President Dwight were a tran-'

He could demonstrate with the ‘

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rttbbish, and the walls and iiiiderpiniiiiig re."-
paired; 8:. 20 ft'.ofthe' wall made 8l)llt‘ely.:new',
The cord, potatoes and giirdeii, belon',¢_._§.,g
to the sufferer, were lined, and one or 2 acres
of;':rass,inowed and raked. _ ‘ -
On Tuesdtty, the workmen volunteered
their ‘services to finish the,framing ofilie
lionse. They also parted of!‘ and finished-a’
granary in the ba'ru, prepared the stalls for
horses and cows,aiitl ciiinpletely tiiiderpinigea
the wood-slied. In the afternoon the house
was raised.-—C/rrisliztn Mirror.

Smoking on board of S"ter'zi'n-Boats.-One
is Ijtlways more or less annoyed on board of
steam-boats,_by that class of half- bred gentle;
met? “'lt0 think that nothing adds so much to
their dignity and grace as it segar, and th-.{:
the more they putt‘, the nearer do they ap-
proxittiate tn the highest possible grade of
gentility. Now we do not deny that a good
segar is a goodtbing in its place. Indeed, it
hath been held_ _by some learned puuilit of
olden time, that “ the exercise of srnoaking iri-
one that is most pleasant, and delectable, to g _
tliinkiiig being. The exhaled ft1lnCS,‘C?l3lll‘lg'-
asgit were an iinpenet rable veil ar‘o‘und the
brain, slnnreilt it out from the conteinplatiori
of ext"eiriial objects, and caoseth it to turn iii
upon its own exliaustless resources. T116
gentle warintli which accoiruiaiiies it, rarifieii
the thin vapors ofthecerberuni, anil causetli
the fancy to exalt itself exceedingly ; and the
regtilar and equidistant intervals in which the
organs perform their functions, disposes tlid
tiiind to sober conteriiplatiou and serious re-
flection.” A man. moreriver. has a right “ td
take his ease at his own inn.” But a steam-
boat is not an inn ; and besides, there are
steams and fumes enough in all conscience,‘
without a ding those 'oftobacco. It may be
allowed to smoke after dinner, on the forwanj
deck only ; but to smoke before dinner,iii any
part ofthe boat, is an abomination which no
commander ofa sleain-boat ought to allow,

[Col. Stor2e’s Ercursiiin to JV'.E1igland.'

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PUBLIC ACTS.

An act in" addition to an act, entitled “ An aci
enabling the proprietors of common and,
uudividedlantls to manage and dispose of
the sarrie.”

WHEREAS the proprietors of common and
undivided lands in several towns in this’
state,did,prior to the passing ofthé seventh
section ofthe act to which this is in addi-
tion, in legal meeting vote to transfer such
lands to the towns respectively in which
they are situated, and have since ceased
to hold meetings for the management and
disposal thereof: - ,

, 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf

Representatives in General /fSS€7_)'lbfy cornic-

med, That all grants _o_;'. cessions of commori

and undivided lands inauy town in this state,
which have heretofore been made, by the vote’
of the proprietors in legal meeting, to the
town in which such lands are situated, be,and
the same are hereby confirmed, and declared
to be good and valid, to transfer the title of
such lands ; and such vote being recorded on
the records of the town, a copy thereof, certi-
fied by the town clerk, shall be legal evidence’
ofsuch cession or grant. '
May 9.6, 1825-Approved.
An act to repeal an Act, entitled “An actre-
lating to Briefs.” ' I
Be it enacted, &-c. That the act entitled an
act relating to Briefs, be, and the saute is
hereby repealed.
May 31, 18525--Approved.

An act constituting the town of Southington
a Probate District.

Be it enacted, S;c. That the town of South-
ingtori be, and hereby is, constituted a Pro-
bate District, by the name ofthe District of-
Southington. ./}_I_wa_7;,s provided, That. ail mat-
ters and business, relative to the office ofa
Court of Probate, that have already been be-
gun, or entered. in the Court of Probate for
the district of Farinington, shall b3 comple-
‘ted in the saute. 4 1 ' '
M a y 24, ‘l 825-'-Aiip'rb)ved.

‘Si-:14 ' ‘.'

An act in addition to and in alteration of an‘?
Act for forming and conducting the Mili-'
tary Force.-

Be it enacted, 8;-c. That all persons pursu-
ing, or who shall liereafter‘ pursue, the study
of medicine, under the care and instruction of
any member of the'Medical— ‘Society of this
State, with a view to qualify themselves for
the practice of physic or surgery, shall, during
the period of such study, and while actually
under such instruction, be excused and ex-
empted from the perfornianceof military du-
ty.-Proiiided, That the Wllflle time ofsuch
exemption shall not exceeiltwo years.

June 3, 18°25-——Approved.

An act to prevent the taking ofunlawful toll.-

Be it enacted, &-c. That no ferryman, or

keeper ofa toll-gate within this state, shalt‘

exact or receive of any person, forpassing a-=
ny ferry or toll-gate, a greater_suni than the
legal toll or ferriage, on pain of forfeiting sev-
en dollars, to him who shall prosecute his suit
to effect. _ ’ '
June 3, 1825.-—Approved.

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‘HARLES THOMAS requests all who
are indebted to him ioinake iniiuediate
payment: iftliey do not comply with his re-
quest, their accounts and notes will be put in
a way for collection.

Norwalk, July 9, I825. 520‘ ‘

At a Court of Probate holden at Norwalk-,.
July 35. 1825.
UPON the Petition ofM.i'r'rm:w M.aa.vi1~r,-
Esq. of Wilton, Guardian to Electa Kee-
fer, a minor under the age offll years, ofsaid.
Wilton, sliewing to this Court that said minor
owns in her own right a certain tract of I’!
acres ofland situate in said Wilton, and lying
in common wiihtlhaiincey Keeler, and boun-
ded Easterly on Belden Scott and 'hi,_<1hway,-
Soutlterly on said Chauncey,and Westerly 8'2.
Northerly ouSeymour’s land,aud that it would.
promote the interest of 5d. minor to have the
same sold and the avails _tliereof vested for the
benefit of said minor as by law provided._—-
Urdered, that the Petiiioiier, and ifthey see-
cause, all others concerned,appear before said
Court at the Probate_Ofi"ice in said Norwalk,
on Monday, the 216th day of September next,-
at 10 o’clock, forenooii, when such order will
be made in the premises as maybe judged
expedient, and the Petitioner is directed to

give due and leg_z‘t‘l'notice tlierem‘7.-

W. M. Bears, Judge.

 

The cellar of the house wasitleared of?-iib A ‘