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mother lest she should die, and leave his
children homeless and helpless pilgrims in
the wilderness. She went to tliem-hum-
bled herself before them--appealed to them
as from her husbaiid’s grave: confessing
her fault, and praying that it might be hers
to atone it by the utmost anguish ofmortal
suffering, provided her innocent children
were exempted from the sentence. The
hearts of the two old people relented ; they

consented to receive the creature:

beneath their roof.-—At first indeed, they
bore her presence with reluctance; but
there was no resisting her sorrow. It was
useless to upbraid her. They saw that
her self-recriinination was severe and
unceasing; that two thoughts only occupi-
pied her mind—tlie memory of her
offence towards her mother, and the mem-
ory of her tenderness towards her hus-
hand. She had no longer any care for her
children. Their destinies were secured:
she had solemnly bequeathed them to the
protection ofArthur’s parents ;—to the still
liolier keeping_ of their heavenly father and
her own. ‘

It is written that there shall be joy in the
darkened chamber oftravil, ‘when a man
child is born into the world ;’—-eager coii-
gratulations are lieard——and cven the moth-
er’s feeble voice has an inflexion of triumph.
But there were deep sobs by Caroline-’s
couch when the grandmother, in broken
tone, announced that :1 son was added to her
orphans ; and her own accents hail a sort
ofsteru solemnity in them when -she repli-
ed—-‘Lethis name be caled Arthur, in mem-
ory of the dead}.

From that hour, however, her strength
strengthened, and her courage grew firmer.
“I am now the mother of Burlington’s
boy,” she would sometimes say, in an ex-
ulting voice. And then her exultntion
melted into tears, as she hungover the nest-
ling infant, and strove to trace its father’s
features in its face; and unconsciously
looked round, as if expecting to -meet the
triumphant ~ smile of fatherly tenderness
with which the gratified husband had greet-
ed the birth of his elder children. "‘ He
has no father l” ejaculated the poor hart-
riven widow, as she clasped the little ten-
dcr being closer into her bosom; “butI
will love him so that he shall never see him-
self an orphan. And wIzo——who will love
and cherish me? I destroyed my own»
mother! and Arthur was taken from me in

.retribiition of the crime.” .

Let no one presume to say, “I have-
drained the cup of bitterness to the dregs ;”
dark as the night may be, the avenger has
storms in his hand to deepen a thousand
fold its miirk obscurity. The chances of
war, which deprived poor Caroline of the
farther of her children, now began to ope-
rate fatally on the fortunes of the elder Bur-
liiigtoii. The branch of commerce in which
his funds were vested was effected even to
utter ruin; and he and his aged wife, noiv
reduced to a narrow provision, were chiefly
dependant on the labors of the daughter—in-
law so long rejected, so humbly submitted
to their arbitrary will. A nursing mother,
a grieving widow, she still found leisure to
supply to them the ministry of the-servants
they could no longer command ; and to
bear uiiinurmuring the utmost irritation of
their peevisliiiess. “ They are Arthur’s pa-
rents,” whispered she to herself; “ to work
for them isa duty he has bequeathed me.
Other dutiesl have outraged—let me not
be remiss in this I” If her spirit flagged in
the execution of her task, it was enough to;
contemplate awhile the sweet face of her
boy, and it seemed as if her husband’s soul.
were shining out from his eyes, and iiiciting—
lier to industry. “ .God will at length "for-
give me,” thought poor Caroline. “ If I
labor diligently to honor his father and his
mother, my days will be long in the land,
to watch over my orphan children.”

The summer came again;—tlie second
that had put forth its unheeded blossoms
since Arthur last culled and placed them in
her bosom : and Caroline persuaded the old,
man, whom bankruptcy had now released
from his duties, to remove with her ton
small cottage-on the coast, near to the well-
kuown spot where she ‘had first beheld his
son. They dwelt there togetlier, if not
without repining, without upbraidiiig. The
old people blessed her with their tenderest
blessings, and the children grew and
promised to do honor to their -father’s
name. "

ONO 9-Velllftg. a gloiving afternoon in
June, when the beauty of the earth seems
shining on the eye ofaflliction as if in mock-
ery of its tours, the little family was assem-
bled in their one lowly apartment ; Caroline
with her infant on her knee, the elder girl
rehearsingin the ear of her grandfather one
oftliose beautiful-lessons ofscriptural wis-
don: to which ‘the bereaved turn yearningly
for consolation. It was the Raising-of Laz-
arusl—and when the gentlechild came to
the words, “Lord, liadst thou been here, my
brother had not died,” the scalding tears
dropped from they widow’s eyes upon the
little face that smiled up into her own. A
strange object had attracted the infant’s eye;
—even the figure of an ofllcer who stood
transfixed at the open door». A cry of mad-
iicss burst from Caroline’s lips. The girls
called loudly on the-iia‘me of their ‘dead fa-
ther. Tlic aged people alone were self-
possessed to see that it was_ no apparition-,
but a breathing form of flesh and blood
that stood before them.

“Caroline my blessed wife !” cried the
hoarse voice of the happy Arthur. ‘ My
wounds and imprisomnent alone caused me
to be reported among the slain. I have re-
turned to you ricli—proniotcd—Nay, turn
not your face from the infirm veteran who
comes to be nursed and caressed amoim
you, and to leave you no more.” D

It were vain to describe the delicious ago-
ny of that meeting ;——the transition from
such sorrow to such joy, is not a thing
for words. Even Caroline could only mu.--
inur in thanksgiving, “ My prayers we;
heard l—I-Icavcn and my mother have ac-
cepted my sacrifice and pardoned my trans-
gression.”

From the N. Y. Daily Advertiser.

\Vc publish to-day another ofiicial docu-
ment from Major Downing. The Ma-
jor seems to consider the President’s procla-
inatioii again.-it Mr. Biddle and the Bank as

falling short of the mark ; and he"steps in
very generously to-inrike up the deficiency,
by adding one of his own. Our friend
seems to have rendered himself indispent-ii-
bly necessary to “the Gineral.” Indeed
with all the advisers round about him,be ob-
viouslywould get into serious difiicultyevery
few days,if he were not kept straight by the
Major’s good sense, experience, and dis-
cretion. It seems also as if the latter would
verify the contrary of the wise inan’s max-
im, that iii the multitude of ‘counsellors
there is safety, by the most decisive proof,
that in this case, at least, there is far more
wisdom in one sound head, than there is in
those of the multitude round the purlieu. of
the palace.

At the same time, we must acknowledge,
the Major, in his proclamation, has touched
one ticklish subject. VVe allude to the
suggestion ofa national convention to noni-
inate a candidate fort the Presidency. He
may find, to his sorrow, that if he becomes
’-‘leaky on that subject he may not only lose
his bed-fellow, but be obliged to shift his
lodgings also.

1lIaj0rDowm'ng’s C'linc/icr,—- Published
by Authority.

W'AsiiIi\'G'roN, 26th Sept. 1833.

I, Major J. Downing, ofthe 2d Brigade"
ofDowningvillel\lilitia,&second best man in
Government, (I and the Gineral being~pret-
ty much the hull on’t,) thinkin that the ‘last
proclamation agin -Biddle and the Batik
lian’t got reasons enuf in it-—-give out my
.proclamation by way ofa Clincher.

The times ai'e iioiv gittiii pretty squally,
and if we dont look out sliaitp things will-
go all t0SmilSll,d|1(l now-is the time for all of
you to back me and the gineral. \’Ve have
been nigh upon five years at work, nocking
down abuses, and things don’t go exactly to
our notion yet. VVe'have taken away all the
ofiices from the opposition folks; still some
of em manage to get money ‘-to live on
some where else. \Ve have taken away
the printin from them and gin it all to our
folks; still they keep up printin other pa-
pers, aiid we cant manage to clioak them
offno how, but they will ‘keep jawin and
twittinion us; they wont print none of our
notices, but keep all the while writin and
printin their own, and try to make folks be-
'lieve that ‘Webster and McDufl'y, and Ad-
ams, and Sargent, and Clay, and Binney,
and Everett, and Gallatin, and a raft more
of such kinder fellows, know more than
Mr. Van Biireii, Mr. Kindle, Mr. Cambrel-
ing, and Major Barry, and sudh friends of
our’n, and all is true as steel too.——
But -I and the Gineral have found out all a-
bout it.

Biddle and the Bank are the varmcnts—
and if they are not put down there is no
tellin the harm they’ll do us. Biddle’s Bank
aint like other banks—ev’ery thing it does
goes pretty much agin us, and most of the
other banks do all they can to help us.—
There is one at Albany called the Regency
Bank; now that is the right kind of bank,
it loans money only to our friends, and gits
its thumb on all the banks it can, and makes
them do so too ; and iftliey dont, they puttlie
screws on em—-and tliat’s the reason why
our folks are so strong in Albany, and ifthe
United States Bank was managed jest like
the Regency Bank, we should all on us be
much better off. And what was the Uni-
ted States Batik made for? Didn’t Mr.
Madison, and Mr. Monroe, and Mr. Adams
when they were Presidents jest go into it
whenever they pleased, mid shovel out the
money to their friends, and the opposition
folks didnt get one cent ; and now that Gin-
eral Jackson is President, and who has
done more for the country than all the
-Presidents and Ginerals and Commodores,
and the whole -biincli on em ever did, when
he wants to do a trifle for his friends in the
same way, they wont let him—well then
says he I’m the government, and I want
my money; and then they turn and
print books and speeches, saying the Gin-
eral aint the government; and try to make
folks think the secretary of the Treasury
and Congress, and not the Gineral, has a
right to take away the money». Now the
Gineral dont care no more for Congress
than he does for the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, and he'll sarve them just as he has
him. \Ve dont want them, they only make
trouble unless they do just as we tell em.
‘Va want money, and must have it. Some
ofour folks who have been w-orking hard
for us,haintgot any,and we havegot no more
ofliccs to give em.

The rich folks have pretty much all the
money, but as we can out vote em, they
ought to shell out-and tliat’s pretty much
Mr. Van Bui'en’s notion too. And his no-
tion is too, that there ought to be a con-
vention to nominate a President, jest like
that one a spell ago in Baltimore. One
man is enuf for each State, ony get the
right one, and then vote by majority, jest as
George Cleamer did when he gave six and
thirty votes for old Pennsylvania. It wont
do to wait to long—-its only three years
more a-fore we shall want another President,
we ought to springit nowjust as the Gineral
says about the Bank—- that’s got ony three
years more to run, and he is afraid it cant
wind up as safely by that time as it can now,
and so lic’s goin to give it a twist on the 1st
Oct0ber—and we mean to follow it up un-
til we nock it all to bits unless Biddle re-
signs, and if he does the Gineral says lie’ll
make me President of the Bank, and give
it a new cha’rtcr, and then we’ll git all our
folks inand make things go better there.
There is no use in Congress or any body
else to try to corner the Gineral~he has
thrashed double their number aforc this,
and if they do try to drive him in a corner
it will turn out just like a skunkin frolic—
the foremost dog will get the worst oii’t.
By order ofthe Gtivernment,

, J. DOVVNING, Major,
Downiiigville Militia, 2d Brigade.

In the process of boring for water in
Portsmoutli, (Va.) recently, a piece of silver
‘coin about the size of a ninepcnce, was
brought up by the auger, from the depth of
26 feet. It was of an oval form, varying
materially, in thickness ; on one side is the
figure of mi Indian chief, with a spear in his

right hund—-on the reverse the head of a
woman, surrounded by a wreath.

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°From it slip from the Review oflice, Hartford.
‘STEADI-BOAT EXPLOSION.

We gather from a gentleman who visited the
scene ofthe disaster, the following particulars. -
On Wednesday morning, about 3 o'clock, while
the Steamboat New England was engaged in
landing passengers ‘at Essex, an small village near
the mouth ofour river, both her boilers exploded
at the same instant. The concussion was
tremendous. Persons who lived 3 miles from the
place were awakened from theirsleep by the sha-
king of their houses. The whole of the upper
worksin the centre and after part of the boat’
were shattered to fragments, and with a greater
part of the baggage,.oft'he passengers, ‘scattered
to the four winds. The engine, at the moment
was not in motion, and the steamboat was lying
about twice her breadth from the wharf. The
small boat was at the wharf landing a passenger.
He had stepped on the wharf, and was in the act
of turning to go up, when in an instant he found
himselfiu the water on the other side the wharf.
amidst the broken fragments. I-lo escaped unin-
jured. Several were blown overboard from th«-
bout, but were soon recovered. Only one is yet_
known to be missing,though there may be others.

The following are tlie names of the unfortu-
nate persons who are known to be injured, with
those wh'o were ‘dead when our informant left

' last evening at 5 o'clock.

Dead--Allen Pratt, of I~Iai'tford. baggage mas-
ter, shockingly scalded, his leg broken, and the
body found some time after the accident on the
bottom ofthe river. Jared Lane, ofliillingwortli,
deck hand. A child of Mrs. Thompson, about 2
years old. A trunk and hat found, and from some
papers contained in them the name, of the owner
was ascertained to be _
cord, N. II. There can be no doubt that he was
drowned. Total dead, 4.

Very badly injured and not likely to survive.-—
Mixshcpparil, merchant of Norwich, Ct. passen-
ger,badly scalded arid much bruised. J.M. Heron,
Esq. of Bedding, Ct. passenger, badly scalded
and bruised. Mr. Lyman Warner of Plymouth.
Ct. not scalded,—skull badly fractured, (dying-.)
Mr. Burgess, passenger, from Waterville, Oneida
co. N. Y. _forinerly of Colclicster,(‘t. very ba.lly
scalded. ‘Sam'l-Pesha and Bronson, deck
hands, shockingly scalded._ Mrs. Thompsor*,(liei
husband lives in Tliompsonville, Ct.) from Neu
York_,'tlic mother of the child above mentioned
as dead, badly scalded. Miss Jane Pruden ol
I-Iai'tford,Cli:inibeimaid, badly scalded. One oth-
er elderly lady whose name was not ascertained.
Total 9. .

‘Badly injured but not considered dangerous.-—
Dr. Stephen B. Whiting of Redding, Ct. Mr. R.
G. F. Goodrich of VVcthersfield, Ct., passengers.
Mrs. Pomeroy of Northfield, Mass. Mrs. Stock-
ing of M.ddletown. Two children of the Mrs.
Thompson, aboveincritioned. Mrs. Hastings ol
Gillllllass. Mr. Wm. Savage of Hartford, clerk
ofthe boat. Giles Farnnni of Killiogworth, fire-
man. Edwin Bell, of Glastonbury, do. Elias
Buslinel of Killingworll-, deck hand. 'fhree oth-
crs. 2 men and 1 woman, names not ascertained.‘

Devastation, distress "and death were upon
every side. There were about 80 passengers on
board at thetiine of the disaster, most of whom
were fortunately in their births. Those who
were in the g‘entlemen’s cabin, we believe, with
out exception, escaped uninjured, while those on
deck, excepting only 4 or 5, were scalded or
bruised. The ladies’ cabin, being on deck, was
badly shattered, and filled instantly with steam
and scaklrng water. Every birth in tliiscabin
was occupied, and some on the settees. No ladies
were below. Those who were in the after part
of this cabin generally escaped, and others who
remained in their births were scolded only in the
parts ivliicli were directly exposed. Seine sprang
instantly from tneir births into the scalding water
which for a time was ancle deep on the floor.——.
'I‘lie explosion was succeeded by the screech-
es and groans of the wounded—the cries of
mothers for their children, of wives for their
husbands, and brothers and sisters for one an-
other, aiid for their friends—the bustle and con-
fusion ofgetting down the boats to save those
who were in the water-—tlie whole constituting
a scene which utterly beggars description.-
May Heaven in mercy never show us such an-
other!

The iminediate cause of the accident must for
a time ramain a matter of speculation and sur-
mise. The Engineer Mr. Marshall was at his
post in the engine room, and escaped uninjured.
He declares positively that there was not more
than 8 inches ofsteam at the time. The assist-
ant Engineer who had left his post but a short
time before says the gage rod was up to the
deck, and his story is confirmed by the men who
were in the fire room at the tune. The pilot
who was in the wheel-house at the moment of
explosion says—ibat when the boat came to
the Saybrook landing. some dilliculty occurred
with the Engine, that they were‘unable to start
the boat ahead, that they were compelled to an-
chor, to prevent drifting ashore, that she lay at
anchor about20 minutes during which time no
steam was blown off, that he felt alarmed and
went down and found that there was “quite too
much steam on,” and that: the dampers were not
up, that once afterwards he went. down and found
matters in nearly the same situation. The
place were the boat was anchored is about 6
miles below the scene of the disaster, and the
time which elasped from her getting under way
to her stopping at Essex must have been at least
halfan hour. No steam was blown offal. Essex.
Mr. Potter. the former Engineer was not aboard
but Mr. Marshall the acting -Engineer was con-
sidered a skilful man fully competent to fill his
place. Ono ofthe boilers is in the river the
frag-incnts of the other are upon the wharf, where
the boat lies. Nothing of it remains except the
front and the flues. These are perfectly sound
evidencing that there was no deficiency of
water in the boiler. The whole of the sides and
back end aie gone, and the appearance of the
edge where the parts separated is such as to give
one the idea that he may with his hands tear off
a peice as easily as if it were rotten paper. it
may be proper to state the boilers were made
at the West Point Founilry of the best copper,
and they had been in use only about 2 months.
The Directors of the Steamboat Company, on
the receipt ofthe news yesterday morning, im-
mediately dispatched the steamboat Massachu-
setts to the assistance of the sufferers. She re-
turned to this city about '10 o'clock last evening
with the passengers and seine of the wounded.
The body of Mr. Pratt was brought. up.

 

 

"From the IVashington Globe of Oct. 9th.

The Following Banks, in addition to
those heretofore mentioned, have been se-
lected by the Secretary of the treasury as
depositories of the public money. VVe uti-
derstand that siiflicieiit information has not
been received to enable the Secretary to
complete his arrangements,but it is expected
tha't the ‘whole will be accomplished in a
few iveeks. And in several places where
only one Bank is now selected it is probable
another will be added.

. Maine Bank, Portland Maine '; Commer-
cial Bank Portsmouth, N. H.; Bank of
Virginia, Richmond Virginia; Do. Branch
of. atNorfolk, Va. '; Bank of South Caroli-
na, Charleston, S. C.; Planters’ Bank of
Savannah-, Savannah, Geo.; The Branch
of the Bauk‘of the State of Alabama at
Mobile.; Plarft'e'i's’ Bank 'of Mississippi,
Natchez, Miss. ‘: The Union Bank of Ten-
1185990. Nashville -'; '1‘h'c Franklin Bank of
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Estabrook, of Con-.

FOREIGN.

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. Froin the N. Y. Olbserveif. .

By an arrival at thisport London papers
have been received to the 3d of September.
In a severe gale on the lat of September
several ships were lost in the English clian-
nel, and among others theAmpliitrite, bound
for Botany Bay with 1'20 female passen-
gers, making with the crew 154 persons, all
of whom except three were drowned !

The duke of ‘Welliiigton and three other
members of the House of ‘Lords ‘entered
their solemn protest against thebill for the
emancipation of the iiegroes in the VVest
India Colonies.

Donna Maria, at the last dates was at
Havre, preparing to visit London before
sailing for Lisbon.

The French troops, after an “occupation
of five years, have finally evacuated Greece.
GREAT BRITAIN.

'Pr‘0rogati0n of Parliamcnt.—It having
been appointed that the session of Parlia-
ment fortlie presentyear should be preroga-
ed this day, (August 29tli) the customary
arrangements were made. ‘

At 2 o’clock his Majesty proceeded in his
state carriage, being drawn by eight cream
colored horses.

At half past 2 o’clock his Majesty, atten-
ded by his great oflicers ofstate, entered the
house of Lords and took his seat on the
throne.

The Speaker made a speech to the King
as usual on the prorogation of Parliament,
to which the King replied.

1lIy Lords and Gentlr:nz(.»n':-l'n opening
the present Parlianient,"I stated that never
atany time had subjects of greater interest
and magnitude called for your attention.

'.I.‘lie inamier in which you have dischar-
ged the duties thus committed to you, now
demands my warmest regard, and enables
me to close a session, not more remarkable
for its duration than for the patient and
persevering industrywhichyou have employ-
ed in many laborious enquiries, and in per-
fecting the various legislative measures
which have been brought under your consid-
eration.

from all foreign Sovereigns, assurances of
their friendly disposition.

I regret I cannot yet announce to you
the conclusion ofa definite arrangement be-
tween Holland and Belgium ; but the con-
vention iii conjunction with the King of the
French, I concluded on May last with the-
King of the'Netliei'l'ands, prevents ‘a renew-
al of hostilities in the Low Countries : and
thus affords fresh security for the general
continuance of peace.

Events which have lately taken place in
Portugal have induced me to renew my di-
plomatic relations with that kingdom, and
I have accredited a Minister to the Court of
her Most Faithful Majesty Donna Maria.

You -may rest assured ‘I look with great
anxiety to the moment, when the Portugnes
Monarchy, so long united with this country
by the ties of alliance, and by the closest
bonds ofinterest, may be restored to a state
ofpeace, and may regain its former pros-
erity. . .

The hostilities which have disturbed the
peace of Turkey have terminated, and you
may be assured that my attention will be
carefully directed to any event which may
effect the present or the futu're independen-
cy of the empire.

Your investigation, carefully prosecuted
during the last Session, has enabled you to
renew the Charter of the Bank ofEngland,
on terms which appears to be well calcula-
ted to sustain public credit, and to secure
the usefulness of that important establish-
ment.

The laborious inquiries carried on by
Committees of both Houses of Parliament,
for several successive Sessions, have also
enabled you to bring the affairs of the East
India Company to a satisfactory adjustment.
I have the most confident expectation that
the system of govarment thus established
will prove to have been wisely formed for
the improvement and happiness of the na-
tives of India, and by the opening of the
China trade, a new field has been afforded
for the activity and the enterprise of British
commerce.

The state of Slavery in my Colonial pos-
sessions has necessarily occupied a portion
of your time and attention, commensurate
with the magnitude and the difliculty of the
subject. VVhilst your deliberations have
been guided by the paramount consideration
ofjustice and humanity, the interest of the
Colonial Proprietors have not been overlook-
ed. I trust that the future proceedings of
the,Colonial Legislatures, and the conduct
of all classes in my Colonies, may be such
as to give full effect to the benevolent inten-
tions ofthe Legislature, and to satisfy the
just expectations of my people.

I observe witli_satisfaction that the timed-
ment ofthe law has continued to occupy
your attention, and that several important
measures have been adopted, by some of
which the title to property has been more
secure, and the conveyance ofit more easy;
while by others the proceedings in Court,
both of Law and of Equity, have been
made more expeditious and less costly.

The establishment of the Court of Privy
Council is another improvement, which,
while it materially assists suitors at home,
will-, I trust, afford substantial aid to those
in my Colonial possessions.

You may rest assured that there is no
-part of your labors which I regard with deep-
er interest, than that which does, by well
considered amendments of the law, make
justiceqeasily accessible to all my subjects.
With this view I have caused n_C0n'lml_SSl0I|
to be issued for digesting in one body the
enactments of Criminal Law, and enquiring
how far and by what means the Criminal
Process may be assimilated to the other
branch of _our jurisprudences.

Ihave also directed Commissions to be
issued for investigating the state of the mu-
nicipal corporations throughout the United
Kingdom. The result of tl'i'ei'r enquiries
will enable you to procure those means
which may seem best fitted to place the in-
ternal Governmeiit of corporate towns and
cities on a solid foundation, in respectto
their finances, their governmet, and their
police. In the meantime, two iiiip'ortant
acts have been passed for giving constitu-

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ltionls, upon sound principles, :lto"the Royal

I continue to receive from my Allies and.

 

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and Parliarrlentary Bnrghs‘ of Scotland, and

your ‘attention will hereafter be called to

the expediency of extending similar advan-

tages to the unincorporated towns in Eng-

land which have new acquired the right of
returning members to Parliament.

It is with the greatest pain that I felt my-
self compelled to call upon you for addi-

tional powers to control and punish the dis-
turbers of public peace in Ireland. This
call was answered as I confidently antici-
pated, by your ‘loyalty and firmness. I
have not found it necessary, except in a
very limited degree, to use the powers thus
‘confided to me,&. I have now the satisfaction
ofiiiforming you that the spirit ofinsubord-
inatiou and violence which had prevailed to
so alarming an extent, has in a great
measure subsided. I "look forward with
anxiety to tlietime when the necessity of
continuing these measures of great but un-

avoidable severity shall cease; and I have

given my assent, with unqualified satisfac-

tion, to the various salutary and remedial

measures which, during the course of the

present session, have been proposed to me

for my acceptance.

The act in pursuance of my recommenda-
tion, you passed with respect to the Tem-
poralities of that branch of the United
church which is established in Ireland, and
for the total and immediate abolition of
Vestry Assessments, and the act for the bet-
terregulation of the Juries, both as to their
civil and criminal functions, afford the best
proof that full reliance may be placed on
the Parliament ofthe United Kingdom for
the introduction of such beneficial improve-
ments as may insure the welfare of all
classes of my subjects, and thus effectually
ceuient that legisliative union, which, with
your support, it is my determination to sup-
port iiiviolate.

Gentlemen of the Ilousc of Commons :-

I thank you for the supplies which you
have granted for the service of the year.—-
The estimates proposed to you by my di-
rection were considerably lower than those
of the former Session, and you have wisely
applied the deduction which has thus been
effected to the diminution of the public bur-
thens. In the course ofjudicious economy,
combined with a due regard to the exigen-
cies ofthe State, I am pursuaded that you
will persevere, and thus confirm the title
which you have to general confidence, as
the faithful guardians of the honor of the§
Crown, and the true interests of the people.

llly Lords and Gentlemen :—-—In return-
ing to your respective homes you will carry
with you the gratifying reflection, that your
labors have been sediilously employed for
the benefit of your country.

Duringtlie recess, your attention will be
equally directed to the same important
object, and in this useful and honorable
discharge both ofyour public and private du-
ties, under the blessing of Divine Provi-
dence, I confidently rely for the encourage-_
ment and support of my people in that love
ofliberty, and in that spirit of industry and
obedience to the ‘law, and moral worth
which constitutes the safety and happiness
of nations.” -

‘His Majesty having concluded his speech,
The Lord _Chancellor prorogued Parlia-
ment until Wednesday the 3lst day of Oct.
next. , ._ T 1

His Majesty then "left the House ‘in ‘the
same state as he entered.

WEST INDIES. » ~ -
Eartlzqualcc m(..'u/)a.—A letter of the 23d

August, from Santiago de Cuba, says

“On the 17th inst. at 19 minutes past
l0, P. M. several shocks of an earthquake
were felt intliis city, more severe than us-
ual. A‘9 minutes past l1,'otliers still more
severe; and at 1] minutes past 5 on the
following morning two others. On the 20th
about half past 8, ‘P. M. another shock,
tho’ slight, was felt. These events could not
be regarded with iiidiffereiice by a commu-
nity which remembered the horrors of the
great earthqnak‘es in I678 and 1766.”

SUMMARY. ,

A large meeting has been held at Tam-
any Hall, New York, to express their sen-
timents respecting the attempts now ma-
kingto repeal the existing law abolishing,
imprisonment for debt. H
Benjamin F. Butler Esq. of Albany, has
been alluded to in the rumors of that city,
as likely to fill the office of Attorney Gen-
eral oftlie United States.
The Orphau’s Fair was closed Friday
evening by an auction. 'I'lie total receipts
for articles sold and tickets, amounted to
about $2300.—Bost. Trav.
“ Anot/icr Danz°el”—The Editor of the
Ncwburyport Herald has discovered that
“ peas, which are juicy in July, get dry in
November.”
A Traveller hasstarted the following coup-
lct on a journey through the newspapers :
There is nothing in life so shocking,
As a fine girl with a hole in herlstocking.’
Arrangements have been made at Provi-
dence for asuitable reception of ‘the ‘Hon.
Henry Clay. g _
A person being asked whya jail, in"so'm‘e
parts of the country, was called a “jug,”
answered that it was because it contained
ardent spirits. _
‘In the garden of Mi‘. Myers, "at Green-
bush, N. York there is a cherry tree filled
with ripe fruit of a second crop.
The oyster stands at New Orleans pro-
duce a yearly revenue to the city, ‘of $9,455.
The revenue of Boston for_th’e year end-
ing Oct. ], I833, ‘Was $5,490,126 65. In
the preceding year it was $4,335,967 '79.
The iiiterments at New Orleans on the
‘-.3lst ult. were‘3l—on the 22d, 27.

 "‘ elderly Scotch gentleman,” was
lately robbed in New York, of all that he
had-, and, in the paroxysm of his grief,
committed suicide.
Two Post Masters in Maine, have recent-
ly been detected in robbing the mail.
_ The proprietors of the Charleston Steam
Packet David Brown, are about to add an-
other Steamer to their line, to be called the
II/ni. Gibbons. .

A field of Oats in Illinois, yielded eighty-
flvc bushels to the acre‘.

NORWALK GAZETTE. 

Tucson. OCTOBER 15, 1833.

its use.

ly driven from our land.

among the last to enter the dwelling of the
drunkard and injure the feelings ofliis wife, tear
in tatlcrs the clothing of his children, or take the
bread from their mouths, and leave them to
wretcliedness and poverty, and yet they could
not dcnytliat all this was done by liquor, and that

and were thus aiding and abetting.
he would appeal to any jurist whetlier if he fur-

An address on the subject of Temperance was

delivered by the Hon. R. M. Sherman, in this
place on Thursday evening last. He commen-
ced with some observations on the character of
man, and the efi‘ect of vice upon the charac-
ter, and drew a picture of our situation previous
to the commencement of the temperance refer-
mation, when we seemed to be, or destined to be’,
a nation of drunkards.
with blessings, moral, social, political and reli- --
gious, we worshiped an Idol,and were slaves to a

Tyrant, which threatened to mar them all. It

was a bold undertaking to endeavor to overcome ‘
all the barriers which presented themselves, and

forzthat boldness be honored ‘the man who ‘(first

suggested the simple, but powerful principle of

total abstinence.
these barriers in the order in which they present-
ed tliemselves. and had been overcome.
first was its connection with the social inter-
course ofsocicty. It had its place on the side.

Although surrounded

He then went on to speak of

The

board, in the party, and in all social nzeetings, and "

seemed indispcnsible—fashion had consecratcil

This barrier had been overcome, and it
had vanished from the sideboard and the par-
ty, and was no longer considered requisite in so— . .
cial intercoui'se—-the fashion was reversed. The
second, the almost univcrsal and hereditary opiu-
ion that it was mvcessary to the performance of
labor. This too had given way to reason and
experience. Farms were cultivated, mar.iifucto-
ries riin,and ships sailed better without than with
it, and its inutility was acknowledged.

Another was the idea that laborers could not
be ‘obtained without furnishing it. But at this
time when there are two millions of members of
Temperance Societies, and more than as many
who are not, bbt who neither use nor_furnish it’

no complaint is heard.

Ile next took a. view of the prospects of the

cause and the encouragement which was offered,

that the vice of drunkenness would be eventiial-
Although when the
work first began, no expectation was enleitained

that confirmed drunkards would -beireformed, ..

the frieiids of teinperance'“ll};d‘beé‘u agreeably dis-
appointed. Hiiiidredsiof this unhappy class had
broken off and recovered their respectability and
health, and were happy in the confidence and
prosperity of their families. Tliousands, howev-

cr, remained unaffected by all the light which

had been thrown npoii the subject, and were
wending their way r.ipidly,tlirougli ivretcliedncss,

poverty and crime—breaking the hearts of wives
and relatives, leaving their ch.ldrcn to the influ-

ence of their example, and corrupting socie"ty——?
to the utter hopelessness of ii drunkards grave.
In a few short years, all of this class now living
will behgone. Then with all that has been done,
and may yet be done,:with their-ising or present
generation, may we not hope ‘tliat the work will .-
be accomplislirdl? Not until the last great bar-
ricr—-tho ‘temptation of the dram"-shop was re-
moved. ,

Mr. Sherman then ‘went into an argument to
prove that the vending ofardcnt spirits was crim-
inal, and that those who were engaged in it were
respoiisiblc for the evils wliicli resulted from its
sale. _

He said that many of those engaged in it were
men ofii-itegrity and respectability, who wouldbe

they furnished the liquor knowing it would do it,
He said

nished a man with the means ofcommitting mur-

der, suicide, or any other crime, knowing for a

certainty that they would be so used, he should
not be a partuker in It. There are few men at
the present ‘day who are impartial and not sway-

ed by selfinlerest, who will not acknowletlge it.

but there a're'enough who are not,and who deny it,

tocorivince me of the truth of a remrark made

by "Hobbes, that arguments made no impression

upon self interest, and that as plain a proposition
as that two things which are equal to a third are

eqtial foeajcli other, will be denied. He said
there were two arguments usually brought for-
ward "against this view of the subject which he
would examine.

The firstiwlas fll.'.lt.ll’. was kept as an article of

‘mei'chandise with other articles, and it was op-
tional with the purchaser, who is a free agent
tojcall for it or not.

Tolthis he would reply that it could not be class- .
ed with any necessaryarticles offood or comfort

—ii was a known and acknowledged, although
slow poison, and keeping it with other articles

was not the less culpalbleitlian keeping itwithout.
If, said he, I were to sét up aschool, and adver-

_ tfse tzinong other things, to give lectures upon
counterfeiting,it would be optional with everyfree \

agent to come and hear them or not ; but if they
should come,and as a consequence should go and
commit the crime’, I certainly should not be guilt-
less. If other articles could be proved to be equally
poisonous, the same degree of criminality would
attach to the vend_ing of them ; and further,
t_e'rr'iptatioiis ‘ivcre o'fl'ei'etl, the sign is put up,»
the cask and decanltelr labelled, and the diseased
appetite invited.

The other argument was that “ifl do not sell‘
it others will.” This said he, is no argument at

all. It would not avail a man in a court of jus-_
tice to say that if he had not done the thing for
which he was arraigned, others would. ‘A
low such a plea‘, would strike at the root of all
justice. Ten nieii might commit a murder, and‘
each one of the ten plead that if he had not done’
the deed the other nine would, and thus all get
clear“. He ‘also alluded to the question, whether
it was right to license dram-shops, and said that‘
the same argiiment would apply to this,
considered the argument irrefragable.

something to do with thepsssage of the licensing
statute; and knew that the object of its framers
was rather to "place the trade under the c_onti'c1_

'I‘o al-'

and be
He had