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POETRY.
FROM THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITY.
On thc'Salc of Ardent Spirits by Christians.
I ask’d of Earth, aiuid the throng that_fill
I-ler moral lazar-liouse,—who Ellll retain
A purifying principle, to heal
The vital taint, and make the leper whole ?_-—
Then from her mountain-tops, &. echoing hills.
And shadoivy vales, slie rais’d a cheerful voice.
And answcr'd “ Christians.”
.3 ‘ But I saw a flood
fdarkcorruption. ‘Far and wide it spreads;
And many sported on the fatal brink, .
\Vhe never more to health and hope returri‘d .1
For he who plung’d didstraiglit forget his God,
And curse himself, and die.—-Amaz’d I mark’d
Seine of the favor'd band, with busy toil
Forming new channels for that baleful tide,
As if to irrigate the scorching land
\Vith ZEtna’s lava-—-Not of tlfe dire fount
They tasted,——nor their offspring fail‘d to warn
Against the deadly draught ;—they only press’d
Its venom to their erring neighbor’s lip,
~Uutil the plague-spot ranlrled in his soul
Yet from their household altars,morn and even,
Duly arose thd prayer,tliat God would change
The s'inner’s heart, & turn those wayward feet
\Vhose steps take hold on hell.—
The darken’d world
I ask’d. ‘who gave her light?’—-And she replied
“ CIiri.s-ticins,-—for like a city on a hill
Behold their brightness beam.”
' I ask’d, and lo !
W’ith zeal that never tires,they spread the wing
Of broad bendvolence, to bear the news
Ofmeicy to the heathen,—and to fill
The idol-temples with J ehovah’s praise.
Yet some,while mov'd with purpose so sublime,
Expansive and seraphic, strangely sent
A poison to their brolher,—coldly stainp’d
Despair’s dire seal upon her trembling heart
‘Vino wak’d and wept for him,and on his babes
Entailed the woes of orphanage.
‘ I feared
That, }\_[ammon's dazzling lure had blinded
them ;
But then I heard them from the Book inspir‘d
lead and instruct their listening little ones,
That riches gain’d without the fear ofGod
VVere but in ill inheritance,—and he
\Vho hasteth after wealth, does often fall
Mid hurtful snares,and drown his priceless soul
In deep perdition. Then I marvc1l’d much,
Pondering the mystcry.—
, At length a voice
Flow’d from those lips that blancb’d on G019
gotha, Lcazne
“ Return, my erring sons l"—-and back they
To their blest fold with tears. So there was joy
In Heaveri,-—:3.s when the prodigal doth turn
First from his sins, and find a pardoniug God.
Hart/brd, Conn. Dec. 24, I829. I I
IVIISC ELLANY.
PATRICK HENRY.
The following sketch of one whom Mr.Jef-
ferson styled “ the greatest orator that ever
lived.” was principally,compiled from Wirt’s
“ Sketches,” by the editor of the Ulster Sen-
tinel, now a member of Congress.
"PATRICK HENRY,
A native ofVirgiiiia. and a plain coun-
try lad, was the second son amongst nine
children of a respectable planter, ll’)»I’I8ll-
over county, who could only afford to give
him a scanty English education. He was
chiefly distinguished in his youthful days
as a lover of shooting and fishing, and as
a performer upon the violin—-being, wiihal,
very indolent and very fond of reclining
near the margin ofsolitary streams, watch-
ing for hours with intense reflection, the
motion of hisline. After a year’s attend-
ance behind the counrer of a retailing mer-
chant, his father set him up in a small way;
but his pecul ar habits wholly disqualified
him for the bustle of trade, and he broke
twice in the course of a brief career.-
Very poor and very uninindful of the fu-
ture, at the premature age of 18, he mar-
ried the daugliter of an iunkeeper wishout
fortune, an 'commenc::d farming; but
meeting with his wonted ill-luck in this
employment, he became soon after redu-
ced so low by his reckless h bits, that he
was obliged to throw himself upon the
charity of his faiher-in-law—-waiting, in
his absence, upon travellers and Vlslitirs
in the cliaracter oflandlord. In his suite
of depression, when the past recalled no
theme for grateful remembrance, and the
future presented not a solitary gleam of
hope, he seems to have been guided as
it were by the finger of Heaven, into the
path which nature had designed him to
pursue. He betook himself to the study
oflaw, and in six weeks according to Mr.
Jefferson, obtained a license to practice.
The polished gentlemen of the long robe,
clad in the splendid costume of Bi"-iiisli
barristers,and ihegentry ofVirginia whose
business they transacted, made sport of
him, when uncouth in his manners and
awkward in his gait, he came among them
in a coarse homespun dress, and not a sin-
gle soul of his acquaintance had the least
idea that he would fare better in expound-
ing legal lore than in measuring tape.-
By-and-bye, however, the period arrived
for making his debut. It was in a suit
prosecuted by the clergy of Virginia a-
gainst the planters fora stipend in tobacco,
according to an old law of the colony, ap-
proved by the King. This law,,on two
occasions, has been so far modified (but
without the King's consent) as to leave
it optional with the planters to pay in 10..
bzicco, or money at the rate of sixteen
shillings and eight pence per hundred.-—
Of course in years of ‘short crops,’ when
tobacco brought fifty shillings a hundred,
the planters made a hanrlsome speculation
by commuting; and the clergy, finding
themselves thus deprived ofwliat they con-
ceived to be their due, laid the case before
the King. He at once annulled the niod-
ifying acts declaring them [0 be usurpations
ofhis authority, and restored the opera-
tion of the old law, whereby the clergy
were re-invested with the right to demand echoed buck the consci ‘ '
. . . .. « - ousness of ever ced lJ)0lI Co st‘ t’ " - -
their stipend in the specificiobacco. The other heart in deploring his inability t-bl CCI‘li1Illlybe(1i:l1| l|]li]Sl'?f)Sli)(1T([?].ed lliekezflll his
5 -a , wor wi 1 vi-
in the colony. and all were intent upon
the resultwhen the clergy commenced suits wrongs. Rising, as he ac ’ =
The experiment die grandeur of his subject, A-
was first tried by "one of them in Hanover, at the length with all the run —
’s native county. Legally, ll was pectatior. oftlie occasion his '
cd more than that of mortal M
those who had Iieard him is
to enforce their claim.
Henry
impossible to resist the claim; and the
coun, after hearing the arguments on de-
murrer of two“ profound lawyers, accord-
ingly gave judgment for ilie plaintiff. N0-
thiog remained but to assess the dainage
on ii writ of enquiry, and the defendani’s
counsel having informed them that the
cause was in effect lost, abandoned it. In
this state of absolute despair the planters
applied to Henry, and rash,asjit may seem,
he undertook to urge it before the jury of
inquiry. The day came, and every attend-
ant circumstance seemed purposely com-
bined lo di.-‘concert a raw countryman like
him, about to lo assume no Herculean task
from which a veteran ofthe bar had shrunk.
The Court house was crowded to excess-
ihe eyes of the multitude were fixed upon
liiin—on the Bench sat an array of digni-
fied clergy in their sacerdotal robes, awful
enough to “look down all opposition”-—
and the presiding judge was none other
than his own fatlierl In such a situation,
so appalling and overpowering, it is almost
incredible that he had the courage to pro-
ceed-—aud yet he did. The counsel for
the pluiiitiff, an old and experienced law-
yer, briefly stated the case to the jury,
and as the fac.s had been admitted by the
demurrer, he cl:-iimed, ofcouise, wiili great
confidence, a verdict for his client to the
full amount of damages proved. Henry
then arose—very awkw'.ii'dl_v, and fultered
so much in his exordium that the planters
hung their heads; the cleigy suiiled in
triumph, and his father felt as if he could
have sunk through his chair.
“ But these feelings,” says Mr. VVirt,
“were of short duraiiou, and soon gave
place to others of different character.—-
For now were these wonderful faculties
which he possessed for the first time de-
veloped ; and now was first witnessed that
mysterious and almost supernatural trans-
‘forinatiin of appearance which the fire of
his own eloquence never failed to-work in
iim. For as his mind rolled along and
began to glow from his own action, all the
citucicc of the clown seemed to shed them-
selves spontaneously. Ilis attiiude,by de-
grees, became erect and lofty. The spirit
of his genius awakened all his'features.--
I-Iis countenance shone with a uobleness
and grandeur which it had never before
exhibited. Tliore was a lightning in his
eyes which seemed to rive the spectator.
llis action became graceful, bold, and com"-
manding; and in the tones of his voice,
but m:.e especially in his emphasis, there
was a peculiar charm, a magic of which
any one who ever lieard Iiiin will speak as
soon as he is named, but of which no one
can give an adequate description. They
can only say i struck upon the ear and up-
on the heart in a manner which language
cannot tell. And to all those, his wonder
working fancy, and the peculiar pliraseol-
ogyin which he clothed images; for he
painted to the heart with a force that al-
most petrified It. In the language ofthose
who heard him on this occasion, he made
their blood run cold, and their hair to rise
on cud.” _
Some perhaps may be at a loss to con-
ceive what there was in a simple enquiry of
damages that afforded such scope to the
powers efllonry; but it will readily be
understood from the fact, that, regardless
ofthe law’s straight jacket, he kicked the
duniurrei‘, the interl0cutoi‘yjudgment, and
the rules of practice, out ofcourt. and as-
sailed directly the root of the evil—thc
ro_7/al vclo. This gave him an opportuni-
ty of indulging his republican bias. He
descanied wariiily upon the reciprocal du-
ty of king and subject,and entered into that
boundless field of argumc-nt—ilie Rights
of Man. The audience hung forward fiom
the seats and windows in breathless silence,
as it ready to tumble upon him. By one
indignant invcctive, he drove the clergy
from the bench; tears flowed from the
eyes of his (-.nrapturcd parent ; and when
iliejury, completely bewildeied by his el-
oquence, rotui-n_oda verdict of one ])cun_2/
damages, the people, in defiance of his
own resistance and cries of “order!” from
the Shrriff, tore him from his seat and
cariicd him in triumph on their shoulders I
After this, it is needless to add, he rose
like the morning sun in a clear and cloud-
less sky, burning brighter and brighter as
he progressed to\'ards his meridian glory.
Such was the gifted mortal, who after
conquering the accomplished civilians of
Virginia at the Bar and in the Legislature,
and setting the whole continent in .i fer-
ment, entered this Hall with Geo. \Va.vh-
ington and other distinguished statesmen
as a Delegate to the IIISI Congress. Tliev
met, iff may so speak, with the point of
the bayonet at their breast, or rather wiih
the halter dangling over their heads, f.-r
the whole machinery oflhe colonial gov.
ornment was yei in regular opei-ation—:he
kings governors, coniinanders and soldiers
being in full possession of the strong holds,
and, from what had passed, highly exaspe-
rated against the colonists.
“No wonder, then.” says Mr. \Virt, deg-
cribiiig this interesting scene, “at the long
and deep silence which is said to have
followed upon their organization ; at
the anxiety with which the members
looked round upon each other; and the
reluctance which every individual felt to
open a business soifoai hilly mouientous.——
In the midst of this 'de"e"p“aii(l dcathlike si-
lence, and just when it was beginning to
become painfully eiiibarrassing, Mr. Hon-
ry arose slowly, as if borne down by the
weight ofliis subject. After faltering ac-
prcssive exordiuni, in which he merely
Stlbject Created an uncommon exciieuiont do justice to the occasion, he l1lllnl:l]c(l, or and $.,CcL.,., ___Ar If Hm?!”
' ;~ - rows 3 n . , ,
O
rfradually into the recital of .. ‘_,.ii
7 * lvith “ lfI in the remnant that's leftmo in =ife,
1-='-Wing Am to suffer the torment of‘ «i‘_.!-'lti\'_'t': ' strife,
Ml 0* Let me fall, I iinpin.-.;, ~'..;. «:—... ;.»
in the House of Burgesse
were astonished at the DI‘lI'l7:i
his talents seemed to swell . -‘ind,
o fill the vaster theatre in 4:. -. E2. was
now placed. There was no ~ no r inp-
sody, no labor of the undo: ; 3?-r-. no
straining oftlie voice, no cciiiasoi. .. the
utterance. His countenance was erect,
his eye steady, his action noble, his enun-
ciation clear and firm, his mind poised,on
its centre, his views of the subject compre-
hensive and great, and his imagination
corruscating with a magnificence and
variety which struck even that assembly
with amazement and awe. He sat down
amidst murmurs of astonisliment and ap-
plause, and as he had been before pro-
claimed the greatest orator of Virginia,
he was now, on every hand, admitted to be
the first orator of America.”
VVe will close with a single extract from
one of Mr.Henr_v’s speeches,in 1775. After
dcciainiing against the doctrine ofthose \‘.«‘ll0
were still for trying conciliatory measures, be
broke forth at the close of his argument with
the following splendid peroration :
“It is in vain sir, to extenuate the mat-
ter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peac.=:——-
but theie is no peace. The war is already
begun I The next gale that sweeps from
the Noith will bring to our ears the clash
of resounding arms. Our brethren ‘are
already in the field‘. \Vhy stand we here
idle? What is it that gentlemen wish?
VVhat would they have P Is life so deer,
or peace so sweet, as to he purcliused at
the price of chains and slavery? Forbid
it, Almighty God! I know not who:
course others may take ; but, as f-..:rine,”
he cried, with both his arms extended aloft,
his brows knit, every feature marked with
' the resolute purpose of his soul,.-.-.:id his
voice swelled to its boldest note of excla-
mation—"giVe me liberty, or give me
death !”
...._¢_..
l\In.R.i:\'eer.r:i’s L.-isT.—-'I‘l1e following are
the remarks of Mr. Randolph on introducing
a resolution of thanks to the President of the
late Virginia Convention : ,.
“ Mr President, for the last time, I
throw niyselfon the indulgence arid cour-
tesy oftliis body. I have a proposition to
submit, which I flatter myself——l trust-—
I believe—will be adopted, not only with
greater unanimity than any which has been
offered in the couise ofour past discussions
but with perfect unanimity :—it is a vote
of thanks to our eminent colleague, the
President of this body. VVlien I: shall
have heard him pronounce the words “this
Convention standsadjouriied sine die,” I
shall be ready to sing my political ]Vanc
dimitlis. They will put a perici; .c three
most painful months ofa political ‘c, nei-
ther short nor uneventful : and I, iope I
may be permitted to add, notwithstanding
the momentous collission which may have
occurred in our debates, that I leave this
assembly with the most hearty good will to
all. But I cannot part wiihout inviting
the Convention to pass the vote oftlianks
Ihave now moved. lfit had heen a sui-
table occasion, I might ave added soiue
thing respecting his public life elsewhere
(wiih which I have had the pleasure to be
well acquainted) but it would be out of
place, and fulsoine : I therefore forebore
introducing it.”
Mr. R. then read the following:
“ Resolved, That the inipartiaiity and
dignity with which Philip P. I3arbeur,Esq.
has presided over the deliberations of this
house, and the distinguished ability where-
by he hath facilitated the despatch of busi-
ness, receive the best thanks of tits Con-
venlion."
After this question had been put, and a
loud and uniform Aye had carried it, the
word unanimously was attached to it on
Mr. Randolph's motion.—As soon as this
question had been put by Mr. Stanard, Mr.
liarbeur returned to the chair, and deliv-
ered it very eloquent and affectionate ex-
pression of his thanks, accompanied by
strong oxhortations to cultivate harmony in
the State, and to pour oil upon the waves.
“@-
SINGULAR FACT
Russia designated in prophecy to tlcstroy the Turks,
and the Pope.
The manuscript notes ofPresident Ed-
words are now being published in the col-
lectiou of his works. His note on I.-‘alall
xii. 235, contains the following into» pi-eta
llun, which was probably written before-
1740. ~ -“ Bu. ye. the Holy Ghost seems
principally to have an eye here to somp
0‘ilIf.‘l‘ Prince, or antitype of Cyius, mm
shall come from the northeast, to destroy
the spiritual Babylon, or ADII-(.‘IIl‘ISIlfill
Church. ihe chief ofilieni, that are cul-
led the kings of the cast, that are rcpre-
sented as coming up to destroy the spirit-
ual Babylon, or the drying up the give.-
Euplirates, in Rev. xvi. 152., is probably the
Emperor of llluscovy, (Russian) The
princes that the emperor of Muscovy shall
probably come upon as mortar, ai-ie those
twogreat princes that the devil has setup
in opposition to Christ—-viz : the’ empo-
ror ofthe Turks and the Pope ; the em-
peror ofthe Turks first so drying up the
river Euphrates, and then the Pope, when
his wa_v.is thus prepared. The princes
of_ tliesc-..-v+:.ny countries, whose former
princes ovi=rtlirow the literal Babylon, will
lJ0*'_l0!n,<,3d with the princes of Muscovy, as
they have of late been in war tlrllll the
I‘urks.” It is a little singular that this
cording to his liabit,-tlirough a most iin- prophecy should have been Printing l“ I
~ g 5
about the time that Gen. Diebitsc-In advan-
_.l1I:i,j
9." '-vhicli' ’
language (spoken or written) which is calcu-
latcd
say vicious) taste of C0ml1Illllllv,me(;L5 their
ron 'rnr. IGOILWALIC GAZETTE. 0)
. in---C
, . ;;.I)°£I'bl
c_:la\v.,
' ‘ ‘ .:~;3l I: .-.;>£*=- -.-_:id ».u:.._: - . (.0 law‘?
" ..'=.l:.-l-3-.l and put totlic rack,
_ iiizizigs_oftea-party clock,-
~. 1; .~.-.~,ye Gods,toa newspaper roasting.
t‘:.= spare me, oh‘. spare me, ates.-table toast-
mg.
Mankind are too apt to look into themselves
and mourn over the corruptions oftheir own
hearts—-—too apt to pay more attention to their
own business than to other people’s—too apt
to think every body better than themsclvcs—-
too apt to hide their neighbo .rs' faults and ex-
pose th-.:ir owu— too apt to commend their
neiglibours’ virtues, and hide their vices. In
bles of all around their-.
This statc ofthings will never do ; it casts a
gloomy despondency over the mind, and ren-
VVhut can be more exhilirating to the rational
mind, than for accountable beings to convene
together, and give some significant hints and
make some shrewd guesses, mixed a little
with the spice of slander, on the character of
some absent neighbour? It is so congenial
to the high capacities of the human mind
that it is awonder to me that community have
so long remained ignorant of its elevated cri-
joyments. In order. therefore to promote and
facilitate those objects, I would suggest the
oropi'icty ofestablishing a *‘ Society to inalcc
anal pi-r.»po:_,-We Slander.”
A s0ci(*l,_v of this cast will combine the desi-
raablc qualities of keeping community in an
active, healtl ful state, of promoting concord
in miig-libourhoods, of ornameuting the moral
and christizm character, and of advancing the
interests ofpure & undefiled religion in the im-
lII'.ICl_Il'dlC- hosoms ofihe l)l'.'1c(l faintly of Adam.
Who can approach the sanctuary with a long
sanctimonious face, betokening Monkish aus-
tority, without having the gratifying privilege
zflooking back on a life well spent in fabri-
cating and propogating slanilers against our
neighbor, or who can meet that neighbour at
the altar and pour out his ohlations to the giv-
»-.-r ofall good, without feeling the conscious-
uess that he has done or tried to do that neigh-
bour all the liarm in his power ? These‘ re-
ficctions must give a heartfelt delight, "- a so-
ber certainty of waking blissi’ in the noble
employment of spiritual devotions.
VVe think a great deal, say a great deal a-
bout Sabbath Schools, Bible, Tract, and Mis-
sionary Societies, the immorality of our neigh-
bours and pique ourselves on our punctuality
at Publick Worship, without once reflecting
that a spirited and unprovoked hostility to our
neighbours, by slanderous muendoes, base
and dastardly calumnious would give a fin-
ishing stroke to our characters for moral or
religious sincerity, and do more towards our
rational, moral, charitable, and spiritual ad-_
vancement than all the_ Pateiiiosters in the
Popish calendar. It manifests that we have
a regard to what we shall be, as well as what
we are—that we have an eye to that epoch
when by our “ words we shall be justified ;"
and sliews conclusively that the thought of
something after death inclines us to make a
wise improvement of our time.
- It is ct:-peeled that the members of this so-
ciety will observe the following rules If they
should be so unfortunate as to be susceptible
of any compunctious visitings ofconscience.
they should immediately discard the useless
monitor, and act with no more reflection than
the brute. That they should consider that
the canting precepts that are abroad on the
duties ofcharitable citizens can have no ef.
fect unless backed by the shining qualities of
an industrious calumniator. That the Psalm-
ist was mistaken when he described a citizen
of Zion in the 15th Psalm, where he says,
‘- Lord,who shall abide in thy tabernacle, who
shall dwell in thy holy hill ? he that backlo-
teth not with his tongue. nor doetli evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against
his neighbour.” That they should consider
themselves bound to make scandal and de-
traction the chief business of their lives, and
though they should be as ignorant and stupid
as IIottentots,lhey should assume great knowl-
edge of men and thiugs,fill the world with wise
saws and modern instances, make long disser-
tations on the ignorance and imprudence of
their neighbours, and by all means manifest
greater knowledge ofotlicr people’s business
than their own. Dictate to others what they
neglect themselves. Never reflect that while
admonishiiig others they are giving vent to
their own spleen, nor that self-ignorance
makes the main difference between a wise
man and afool. Never for one moment sus-
pect that any person has sagacitv enough to
penetrate the V-‘Ell of our hypocricy. and dis-
cover the littleness, and read the dirty work-
ings of our souls as plain as Moses did the wri-
ting on the tables of Moiiiit Sinai.
It is further expected of the feminine part
ofthis society, that they should no longer con
fine themselves at home attending to lhe low
drudgery of a house wife, but act in that
sphere for which “ nature and the Gods de-
signed them,” which evidently was to gossip
about for the ch iritaublc an-.l indispensable
purpose ofmveniiog slander, and causing the
clinracters of tlicir absent neigbors to pass ll"l
review and abide Inc deadly scrutiny of their
inquisitorial Tribunal, reinemberiiig that -
“ On Eagles wings imrnortal scandals fly,
Whilst virtuous actions are but born to die ;”
and that
“Our gossip birds must keep a bright look-out,
And show the world what folly is about.”
I would suggest that as a rule ofthe society
it should be instant death to any of its mem-
bers who should be so fool hardy as to speak
well of an absent neighbour; though this may
be cnacting laws against a crime that seldom
if ever occurred. It may not therefore be ne-
cessary. II is further expected of its mem
bers that the rentiaints ofreligion and moral
obligation should have no tendency to control
this slamleriog mania; shame must lose its
blush and judgment fly to brutash beasts.-—
One indispensable requirement is, that its
members should flatter themselves that than
have common sense, that they can teach their
neighbours in all the es=eniial duties of life.
dictate a course ofprudence to all around them,
fortify themselves with all the imaginary con.
sequence of. conceited greatness, that lIlCll' o-
pinions are the laws of community and their
favours a sure passport to publick considera-
tion.
It is likewise expected that whenever any
the
to (:oi'i'ect laudable (not to.
selves, “ this don't mean me," and- not only say
so but think so, and turn a blind eye and «ion!
‘* That we just abhorence find
Against the toad and serpent kind ;
But envy, caluinny and spite,
a7§"’ew- Yr: ris Store.
which will be offeied at the lowest prices.
bly be given.
‘c, they should be careful to say to them-
ar to every thing that is calculated to raisv
he niii .r' mortal man to th:«:
point in the scale of animate matter whereby
he is distinguished from a brute 0ll‘i:’:I'\viso
than by_/‘orm. It is expected that they 5-lloultl
keep in view tlioobjcct of the society all times
and remember»-
Bcar stronger venom in their bite
And, finally. above all, it is expected that
they should seldomperusc the ‘ best book’ and
discard all its precepts, or we can never at-
taiu to any eminence in the practice and poli-
cy ofthis society.
t/‘Jr. Editor--I have waited some years in
ing——but it never appeared. I now beg Il]t'
privilege that its name and skeleton may ap-
pear in your columns, not doubting but any-
tliough entirely unhrzc.’t‘ncycd in the pruclice of
slandering their nciglibours‘, yet they become
acute adepts when trained to any new oin-
ployinent. 5.,
Alinanacks are generally made for- certain
latitudes but ly trifling variations may ac-
commodate contiguous territories. The pre-
face coming at the end of the chapter is char-
acteristic with CATO
_..¢__
Vnmr IIOI\’OIl.-\BI.E.—-The following is from
the pen of Mr. Trotter, the editor of the Ken-
tucky Gaz tte. and the murderer of Charles
VVicklifI'o. After mentioning the reception of
“ an insulting message from Aaron K. Woo-
ley, the profiigate and blackguard son in law
of Robert Wicklifl"e,” he says-
“ As to his opinion of me I care not
but by requesting africncl ofmim; to bear
his message, he has sought a c_ontrovcrsy
and he is welcome to all the honour and
profit ofit. For this specinicii of his infer-
ualisin I publish him -0 the world as o
“ 1V(IlC]I..'.fZ under the hill” BLACKLEG, =i
cownno and our 'rnr.oA'r VILLAIN. If this
wretch could bring himself to demand sat
isfactiou for this publick denunciation i
will be more than could be expected of
his nervous system. The only way whic
this renegade could be brought to stand be-
fore the muzzle ofa pistol would be to tie
his legs to standards with a pitch fork un-
der each arm. flip” Don’t get the officers
ofjustice to stop you Maj. \Vol|ey-—:‘on’t
stand upon your professsion Major ‘Wool
ey - you are too bloody for all that Major
I-Vooley-—you cant be scared. Can you .9”
_.¢._.
fl'rcalz'ng o7zc’s Rcsoluz‘inn.——Nei long
since,iua country town--no matter where,
a number of goiithzmen belonging to ii
Temperance Society, made considerable
exertion to induce an acquaintance, ajolly,
g tltl natured fellow, who loved brandy
well enough when he could get nothing
stronger, to sign the articles agreeing to
t'otal-abstinence. He demurred for seine
time, but at lost his good nature had the
better of his inclination, and taking the
pen, he wrote his name with a large flou:-
ish; then ahrowing it down, he exclaimed,
slapping a friend on the back, “ There,
darn ye, now ireat.”-— Utica Sentinel.
SUNDAY M.tiLs.—\Ve are informed by
ii gentleman now in this Eiiy,a great part of
whose life has been spent in Dublin, (hill
the post office in that city is managed sub-
stantially on a plan similar to that of Lon-
don. No business is ever done at the of-
fice on the Sabbath, except when the mail
Packet arrives on Sunday, and then it is
confined to simply lodging the mail in the
office, where it remains till Monday moin-
ing beforeit is opened. Such facts dissi-
pate a cloud ofobjections raised by ava-
rice for purposes of deception.
[Cincimzti Journal.
$1, E, .[I~!Ol\IAS C. Wonniv, of Bridgeport. iii
the County of I-‘airfiiilrl, and Josnrn W.
IIUBBELL and STUNGES Ba .ni.i;v. both of Nor-
wnllt’ in said county, do hereby certify and de-
clare, that on tho lst day of August, A D. 1829,
we entered into c;-partnership foi the term of
three years from that date, in conformity to the
provisions oftlio Statutclaw of this state entitled
“an act authorizing limited partnerships in cer-
tain cases.” the said Wordiu being a specialpzi rt-
net‘. and the said Hubbell and Bradley being
general pariiicrs, within the intent and meaning
ofthat act, under the aforesaid company name,
in said Norl'~"«llk. and wherever else the interests
ofsaid company may require, to transact and
carry on the business of preparing Drugs and
D_vi- Woods ; of Milling in all its branches, and
of buying and selling and trading as merchants
in all kinds of goods, wares and mcrcliandize.—
And we further certify and declare that the said
Hulibell, by the terms of said co-partnership.
has, and is to have, during the existence thereof,
IlIc.Cl)Ill‘C control and superinteudance ofall the
business of said firm, and the sole authority and
power to bind the company by any contract writ-
ten of parole : to receive and pay out monies ;
tp adjust iuid settle accounts of every descrip-
tion relating to said fil'l'Il,.:ln.tI geimrnlly to do or
cause to be done u- der his direction, all acts and
business iii-gessary to be done in the prosecution
ofthe aflhirs ufsaid coinpan_v.—And we (‘urina-
ceriif_v and declare that the said Wordiu on said
first day of August, 1829, furnished, paid and
his fullainount and proportion of the Capital
special p€lI‘InCI‘,flI!‘l]ISl1€d and advanced. accord-
ing to the terms ofsaid co-partnership.
THOS. C. Wonnm,
JOSFPZI IV. HUBBELL,
STURGES BRADLEY.
Faltfielfl County. SS. l\'orwalk, Oct. 22. I829.
The above certificate and declaration made
and signed before me, BENJAIIIIN lsaacs,
108 Associate Judge County Court.
I ing creature.
Stock of said Company, to be by him, as such fullvrccommcnd it to the publick.
To L3 1.‘,
-, «,.- { ROM the first of A-ril nexl,tIie’
-- ‘- Store now occupied by the Sub-
scriber, either the wliolc or a part.
NOAH S. BAILEY.
N orwsilk. January 4. ll‘. I05
I I Readyfihlade Clofhing.
' ‘I-IE subscriber has just received all (IVE
i\'OR‘.V.-1Ll{ ()LU'I‘liING STORE.
a few rods east of the Bridge, a large and
general assortment of Mens Clothing‘. 1\‘l'c1f_l‘
ufactured in the best mauner,wl1icli be Will
s ~ll less than similararticles can be purchas-
ed at the place where they are sold 25 pct‘
rent less than the New York slop work.
Tinwin Locmvoon.
T A Court ot'Probaie, holdcu at Norwalk,
January 25, 1830 on the estate of JOHN
RICED.Iate ofsaid Norwzilk deceased: Ordered,
That the E-xecutors exhibit their Administration
short they are ever readyvto condemn them_- hopes that among all the Soqicties spriiigiiig recount to this cm", for m,jus,m,m,,,“, me I-,.,,_
selves and throw a veil of charity over the foi- ', np,tue one above hinted v.’ou.;l inerge into bo- , ,1“, on-we in No,.w,,jk, 0,, ,1", 6,hd,,,,rp,,|,,-u,,,~y 4
1830, m2 o’clock, afternoon ; and that all per- g,
sons interested in said estate may be notified
thereof‘, the E:-zecutor will cause this Order to be
;lci's us dead to all the social purposes oflife. thing novel will take with the publick, for al- published in 3|‘-CWSDl‘apCl'pi'inted in Norwalk.
109 Bl-‘..\'J.-Ilillfl ISAACS, fiilge.
OTICE. The Court of Probate for the
District of Stamford lmtliassiziied the 4th
day of February next, at 9 o’clock A. M. for the
appointment of Commissioners upon the estate
ot‘JACOB S'1‘E‘.’El\‘S, deceased, late of said
Stamford. (which hath been represented insol-
vent,) at the Probate Office in said Staml'ord,_
when and where all persons interested may ap- '
ear iflhey see cause and be heard relative there‘-
p. 109 CIIARL1-ZS IIAWL!-ZY, Judge. _
T A Court of Probate, held at Norwalk.
January 20, 1830, en the estate of NA-
THANIEL I{AYMOl\'l) late ofNorwalk, dcé'd :
Ordered, That the Ailininistrator exhibit his Ad _
ministration account to this Court for adjustment, .—
at the Probate Ofiice in said Norwallt, on the 3th I
day of February I830, at 9o’clock, forenoon;
and that all persons interested in said estate may
be notified thereof, the administrator will cause
this Order to be published in a newspaper print-
ed in said Norivalk
I09
BENJAMIN ISAACS Judge.
January ‘Z0, 1830, on the estate of HAN-
rlcrecl, That the Administrator exhibit his Ad-
ministration accountto this Court for adjustment,
at the Probate Oflice in said Norivailk. on the 3th
day of February, 1930, at ‘.7. o’clock afternoon;
and that all persons interested in said estate may-_I
be notified thereof, the administrator will cause
ed in said Norwalk.
109 BENJAMIN lsucs, Judge. ’
0’I‘lCE—-—.-Ill persons having unsettled
accounts on the books of Samuel Pen-c
noyer, are requested to make immediate pay-
ment to Gonnn D- JENNINGS. ‘
VEN’l‘RILUQ,Ulb’lII.
IIE other evening as I sat musing by the
fire, all at once I thought I heard a voice
which appeared to come from a great distance, ~-
50 gr 60 miles from the south, saying, “ Mi.BLn-
TRAM, your Note becomes due about the Is! of
March, I hope you will be rcailylo meet it-.”--—
the first symptoms of the ague and fever But.
soon recovering from my fright, thinks I. wlieth--
er this voice is real or imaginary, it is absolute
truth. I therefore immediately resolved myself .
into a Fommitiee of Way: and Means. and after ‘
sch me, which, ifcarrio-d into execution, I think
will extricate me completely from imj-ending
danger, viz : If all those who have unsettled ac-
counts will pay the Cash by the lst of February
next, or give me their note at 30 days. and pa];
when it becomes due, and those who have already
given their notes. which ought to have been’ paid
long ago, will pay by the lst of March next, all
will be well After Iliad adopted this plan, I
congratulated myself on account of my happy
contrivance. and thoughtm_yselfas great annou-
cier as Hamilton when in the zenith of his glory.
For thinks I, they cannot resist the dulcet har-
mony contained in this invitation. the words of
which sound so sweet and melodious, when com-
pared with ilie following. “ By Authority of the
state of Jouuecticnt.” as pronounced by a cer- ,
vain gentleman with a For Cap There is some-
thing very abhorrent, harsh and disagreeable in
the sound of the last quoted words, and what is
still worse they continue almost a week to ring
and echo in the ears. especially when heard by
persons of weak nerves. I2 is therefore my car-.
nest request that all those whom it may concern
would accede to my plan and save me the neces-
sity ofrecurring to any further measures. for if
of human nature or hurt the feelings of any liv-
D. S. BARTRAM.
Norwalk, January 15, lS3.0_._ _lO8
-:‘)TICE.—-The subscriber who is in possess-
ion ofthe original recipe. would respectful-
ly call the attention of the publick to" the follow-
ing certificates. All persons applying to him at
his residence in Ridgefield,Fairfield Couuty_Con.
can be furnished with a certain remedy for the
complaint to which the certificates refer.
IESSE WHITLOCK.
HIS is to certify that I was grit-vouisly -af‘.
flicted with the Gravel about six years ago
and could find no relief, till Joseph IVhitIock,
hearing of my complaint prepared a l\rIedicine
that gave me immediate relief and I have never
beeii troubled with it since; and I believe it to
be a sure remedy against that complaint.
D.\.\'lEL BRADLEY.
Riilgefield, Conn. A. D. ISI7.
THIS is to certify that I never have been trouh.
led with the above mentioned complaint H, thc
present date. DANII-IL BRADLEY.
July 4, I829. .
THIS may certify that I,EstIierIVl-itlock,was
afilicteil with the gravel. which no medicine that
was administered could give me any relief, till
Joseph Whitlock sent me oncthat gave immedi-
ate reiiefaml I have never been troubled with it
since. and I believe itto l) - sure rieincdy against
inn complaint, as witness my hand.
ES'I‘HER IVni'rLocK.
Southeast. July 6, I829 '
WE do hereby certifythat Grace -Kelly was
cured of the gravel by ii medicine prepared by
1
advanced the sum of Two Thousand dollars as Joseph Wliitlock, and we do believe it to be sure
remedy against that complaint and we do clic-er
I‘IIRAllI GAY, M.vriLD.i Gav,
JOHN REYNOLDS, Isaac Revxor.ii.s
. — -
ROCK SAITI‘.
I l-IUNDREI) Bush. of_',G-urracoa Salt.
‘ ‘HF. sob.-crib.-r having taken the abori-
named Idstiililisliiiioiit, recently occupz
ed by George Lockwood. is new opening a fresh
and general assortment of
?*€e:isonable éiéoods,
WILLIAM GALE.
NOTICE _
IIE Subscriber requests all those indebted to
him to call and make immediate Settle-
‘uary is the longest indulgence which can possi-
J‘)-‘.il~)I’II E, CORKl:I_R.
and giyng chn- ges
-if an cxc(i‘.o:'—t u~:a..?i'.-- :::..~-,- 5: mi‘; .-,:‘
rho subscriber Ch~,*2.:. ' '
Also, a general .<.:~;--:rz;~.~.-.~,~;.:« . f_\ - <., ,,3,_
.nd Groceries. 'i¥’i,«,;.-. -- :___,,_._' _
Sa-ivzatiiclc. Jan ='._ ' 55. .
ROKE into the eIIL‘l0.~‘llI'c \
of the subscriber several
weiks since, three SHEEP, dif,
. fcient marks The owner can
' «r ' have them by proving property
HARVEY S.-wsnniis. .
Norwolk, Jan. 25, 1830. 1o9_
' i I" ‘iiék'E‘.TiTo_?iTeT§i"clB?ifi7¢STt‘
the subscriber some time in
September or October last, four
Sllvep, mark not familiar. The
owner can have them by proving
meiit either by cash or note, as the first -i“ Feb. P,-0,,c,.,y._,,,,d paying charges
, Josicrn Bari. . .
I‘-"ls-"‘fi€l'l. Dec. so, 1930‘. i
T A Court-of Probafe, holdeu at Norrvzilk, ~. '
NAH BROOKS, late ol‘Norw.ilk, deceased : Or; . .
this Order to be published in a newspaper print- .
J
revolving many plans, I hit upon the following , _
is not my wish in any way to stir up the sediment‘,
IO5w6 ‘V
-NJ
,_‘_\
-\ cold chill ran down my back, somewhat like‘ "
’:"‘»‘*.';-3.
Norwalk Chronicler