thus predominate, they might choose rather to submit to a defpot of their own selection, than hazard the lofs of their ill-acquired influence.

From our fituation we have the means of fafety, in a peculiar manner in our own power, and it depends upon ourfelves, whether as a people we become the most respectable or the most wretched. If we are united in affection, if we retain a frugal course of living, and are animated with zeal for the publick good, we fhall poffefs refources fully fufficient for our fecurity, and fhall rife to the higheft ftate of publick honour and happinefs. But if inteftine divifions and civil difcords prevail, we shall be expofed, not only to foreign infults, but to thofe revengeful domestick enormities, which have been the terrour and difgrace of other nations. It is the great duty then of every citizen, inftead of exciting variance and party ftrife, which are the fources of confusion and mifery, to promote concord among the people. And it will be the aim of good government to unite the citizens in the ties of friendship, and make the happiness of the State confift in the harmony of its feveral parts. Such a government will be fuperiour to selfish confiderations and partial attachments; and will infpire refpect by the equity and uniformity of its principles; by a constant adherence to probity and good faith in its meafures, and by caufing moral rectitude to be had in honour.

You will readily perceive, Gentle men, that our fafety would be endangered by a general relaxation either of the military or the political virtues; a decay of the former would expofe to foreign aggreffion, and by the decline of the latter we should become an eafy prey to the ambitious projects of restlels and afpiring men among ourselves.— The hiftory of other republicks will ferve to lay open to our view the dif guifes,under which tyranny may be in troduced in a free State. In the modern republicks of Europe, the scenes, which were formerly difplayed in those of Greece and Rome, have been repeated. Diffenfion and party-spirit were excited among the people, and their paffions were artfully inflamed against the most able and virtuous citizens, and againft thofe inftitutions and restraints which wisdom had devised, and the experience of ages had fanctioned. Thefe republicks, one after another, have loft their freedom, and have been subjected to domeftick ufurpation, or foreign dominion, by the intrigues of men, who affected the language of patriots while they afpired to the power of masters, and who under the fpecious pretext of afferting the rights of the people, betrayed and overwhelmed them. Let us take warning from their errours and misfortunes; and may heaven preferve us from a fimilar destiny! CALEB STRONG.

January 18th, 1805.

In this town, Henry Paine, merchant, to Mifs Olive Lyman, daughter of Theodore Lyman, efq.; Thomas Harris, jun. of Charlestown, to Mifs Helen Lucinda Fales; by the Rev. Mr. Buckminster, Thomas Hughes, to Mifs Sarah Balch, daughter of N. Balch, efq.; Simon Broadstreet, of Gardner, to Mifs Lydia Nicholl; John Beath, to Mifs Jerufha Babcock; Capt. Theodore Curtis, to Mifs Goddard; James Hill, to Mifs Mary Ellery; William Cheever, to Mifs Maria Delano; John Park, to Mifs C. Higgins; Benjamin Lamphear, to Mrs. Sufannah King; Wm. Munroe, to Mifs Temperance Hyde; Addington Davenport, to Mrs. Barron; Winflow

Wright, to Mifs Sally Dunlap; John B. Hammett, to Mifs Nabby Rumney.

In Waltham, Rev. Nehemiah Coye, of Newport, to Mrs. Lucy Peirce.

In Harvard, Rev. Thomas Beedé, of Wilton, N.H. to Mifs Nancy Kimball. In Newhaven, Mr. Jeremiah Day, profeffor of mathematicks and natural philofophy in Yale College, to Mifs Patty Sherman, daughter of Hon. Roger Sherman.

In Rochester, on new-year's day, Samuel Berry, efq. æt. 63, to the widow Dorothy Churchill, æt. 77. Fifty of their male descendants were present at the ceremony which was performed by the Rev. J. Clark, a nephew of the bride.

In this town, on Monday, 21ft inft. Hon. THOMAS DAVIS, efq.

Mr. Davis was born at Plymouth, of respectable parents, in June, 1756. He received a good school education, which be completed under Alexander Scammel, a distinguished officer, and who fell at the fiege of Yorktown. Under this gentleman he not only acquired the rudiments of ufeful knowledge, but formed those habits of method, reflection, and perfeverance, which marked his future life. Deftined for commerce, while a youth, important concerns devolved upon him, in whose management he difcovered that intelligence, integrity, and affiduity, which promifed and fecured fuccefs in enterprise. He mingled with the engagements of his bufy avocation inquiries into practical science, and be came well verfed in the hiftory and principles of commerce, and the found maxims and rational theories of govern

ment.

The derangement of the municipal concerns of his native town, firft induced him to engage in publick affairs. Empoverished by the war, and embarraffed by the perplexities which as often refult from futile expedients as real diftrefs, it required an intelligent,active, and perfevering mind, to restore harmony, hope, and enterprife. Mr. Davis effected it by his natural arrangemeats. He infifted on simplicity, order, and punctuality. The refult was credit and profperity. His exertions and fuccefs acquired him the confidence of his townsmen, and produced an attachment which has ever been reciprocal.

At an early age he was elected a reprefentative of his native town to the General Court, and for many years was continued in that station. From this period his whole life has been devoted to publick concerns.-In 1789, he was a member of the convention to decide on the Federal Conftitution-In 1792, he ♥ elected a fenator of this Common

wealth, by the county of Plymouth, and the fame year was chofen the treaturer of the State, in which office he was continued during the conftitutional term. On retiring from the treasury, he was twice elected a fenator for the county of Suffolk, when he was unanimoufly chofen the first prefident of the Boston Marine Infurance Company, in 1799, which office he held until his death. He was a member of the Humane Society, and the Bofton Difpenfary.-He declined alfo many honorary and refponfible ftations from thofe principles, which induced his acceptance of others,

Always in publick life, Mr. Davis retired from the notoriety of a publick character. He did not take the post of honour for publick observation, but for the publick good.-He was the counfellor of his country, not its orator. His active, comprehenfive, and penetrating mind was ever engaged in inveftigating the causes of national profperity and the confequences of national measures.His conclufions from his researches were cheerfully imparted. His friends embraced them with confidence, and his opponents examined them without jealoufy or fufpicion. The arts of intrigue, the madness of party, and the clamour of errour, at the period of our civil contefts, and during the consideration of the federal conftitution, were greatly counteracted by his prudence, counfels, franknefs, and perfeverance, He knew the dependence of a republick on the energy of its intelligent citizens, and generously contributed to the claims of his country. His principles and his habits, his fuccefsful endeavours to view measures abftracted from perfonal con fiderations, were awarded with the dif cernment of truth, and a general conviction of the purity of his heart, and the ftrength of his mind established a moft useful influence.-His life was a feries and connection of actions pro"duced and continued by principle.-

At Worcester, in the prifon, Daniel Robbins, a lunatick, æt. 33, committed four years fince for murder.

At Stow, widow Mercy Gordon, æt. 88; her fifter, Abigail Houghton, 101; her daughter, Abigail Gordon, 73; Bezaleel Hale, 88.

At Bolton, after a long and diftreffing illness, Dr. Samuel Brown, æt. 36.

At Nantucket, Stephen Huffey, efq. collector of the customs; John Coleman, æt. 89.

At Kingston, Plymouth co. Thankful Adams, wife of John Adams, æt. 89. She had lived with her present husband above 70 years, and has left him a fincere mourner, aged 91, in full exercife of his reafon. They have 10 children, all living in that town; and have had 78 grand ch. and 52 great gr. ch.

At Andover, wid. Sufannah Marshall, 90; wid. Bethiah Holt, 84.

At Boothbay, Maine, Joseph Thompfon, æt. 82. His defcendants were 18 children, 105 gr. ch. and 25 gr. gr. ch. Drowned, in the fhip Hibernia, lately wrecked at Plymouth, Capt. Andrew Farrill; Jofeph Cordis, 2d mate, of Charlestown, and 8 feamen.

Connecticut.

At Wallingford, Rev. Seth Kingby, of the Baptift church.

At Saybrook, Col. Edward Shippen, æt. 71, an old revolutionary officer.

At Norwich, Samuel Brown, æt. 90.
New York.

At Kinderhook, Hon. Peter Van Nefs. At New York, Thomas Gardner. He ferved an apprenticeship to the tailor's bufinefs; and afterwards, by a steady course of industry, prudence, and good fortune, acquired real eftate to the value of 1,000,000 dols.

At Gofhen, Rev. Nathan Kerr, of the Prefbyterian church, æt. 69.

South Carolina.

At his refidence in Sumter diftrict, on the 20th ult. Laurence Manning efq. æt. 48, adjutant-general of that state, and formerly an officer in the revolutionary war.

On Sullivan's Inland, Captain Simon Tufts, æt. 83. He was one of the first naval officers appointed in S. Carolina in the late revolutionary war, and during the whole of his command behaved with the greatest bravery.

Georgia.

In Savannah, Hon. Jofeph Clay, an officer in the revolutionary war, and fubfequently judge of the inferiour court.

James Thomas, ætat. 134. His eyefight was fo little impaired, that he could read print without the assistance of glaffes to the day of his death. Louifiana.

At Camp Claiborne, Captain Aaron Gregg, of the 2d regiment of U. S. infantry; a valuable and brave officer. Abroad.

At Gibraltar, General Barnet; Lord Pelham Clinton; major Raleigh.

Off Tripoli, killed by the blowing up of a fire-fhip in which they were employed, captain Somers, lieutenant Wadfworth, fon of the Hon. P. Wadsworth, of Portland, and Mr.Izard, of S.Carolina

In England, Charles Bannifter, the celebrated comedian.

In London, on the 6th of October, Mr. Thomas Withington, of Hilling den, at the very advanced age of 104. He retained all his faculties, as well to the very last hour as ever he did at any other period of his life, and could walk a diftance of two or three miles with perfect eafe. His long life was rendered remarkable by his very conftant attachment to drinking; but he never had any other liquor than gin, of which he daily drank two or three glaffes, till within a fortnight of his death. He was born in the reign of king William, and had a moft perfect recollection of the person of queen Anne, of whom he often spoke. In the rebellion of 1715, he was employed in conveying troops and baggage from Uxbridge to London." His remains were interred a few days afterwads in Hillingden church yard, near his father's, who died about forty years ago, exactly at the fame age.