16 permiffion to the defendant to give the || al, in a remote corner of the union - Oh, what consistency! What reason! What profound wis truth of the libel in evidence, but he would have been guilty of a breach of his official oath, if he had given that permiffion to violate the known principle of the law which he was endeavoring to enforce." Weconfess that some of the above sentiments are more entitled to ridicule than any thing else; but since the writer of them seems to have been seri ous, we shall treat them with all convenient gravity It is needless to contend that it is not a well-known principle of the common law, that the truth of a libel cannot be given in evidence. It is the knowledge of this principle, that induces us to believe that the common law construction of libels, is incompatible with the principles of pure republicanism. It is this very circumssance that convinces us, that our Attorney-General, and his supporters, are not republicans, nor friends of the real liberty of the press.But let us examine the Examiner's new democratic doctrine. We call it new and democratic; because we have never heard of it before, and none but a democrat would advance it now. If the president of the United States breaks his oath and violates the constitution, says this sagacious Examiner, he must not be libelled that is, the truth must not be told of him, but he must be impeached! He must not be arraigned at the bar of public opmion-but he must be compelled to " expiate his crime under the scourge of the public law." And by whom? Why, truly, by a village printer-a pri. vate citizen-who is about as able to check the fury of a whirlwind, as he is to impeach the president, or "weild the authority of the state." But a short time since, the democratic party entertained high notions of the bar of public opinion, and of the voice of the people. When the federalists were in power, our consistent democrats could not brook the least restraint upon the press. Nothing short of its unlimited freedom would satisfy them. The Sedition Law, which permitted them to publish the truth, excited all their ire. And if the common law had been put in force against them, we know not bat open rebellion would have been the consequence. Then, forsooth, the democratic printers must have the liberty of publishing what they pleased concern ing the government that the "sovereign people" might be informed of the wickedness of their ru lers, and be enabled to write on their ballots, "turn them out." The national executive and legislature, were accused, again and again, of violating the constitution. The federal officers were charged with plundering the public treasure, and with then com mitting the horrid crime of Arson, to prevent an exposure of their iniquity. And yet, no patriotic" democratic printer then thought of impeaching the president, or weilding the authority of the state-which (according to the Examiner) they would invariably have done, "if their purposes were upright."-But now Mr. Jefferson, " the man of the people," is president. The case is totally alter ed. If be should violate the constitution, or commit the worst of crimes, no printer must be permitted to announce the fact to the world. There must be no remedy but impeachment and this impeachment must be commenced by some obscure individu : 1 dom! If we considered ourselves under any particular obligations to the Attorney-General, we should vol. unteer a defence against the illiberal attack on his reputation as a lawyer, and his integrity as a man, which the Examiner has inadvertently made in the closing sentence of the paragraph above quoted. He says that the AttorneyGeneral "would have been guilty of a breach of his official oath," if he had permitted Croswell "to give the truth of the libel in evidence." Now it is well known, and the democrats here have made great boasts of it, that the Attorney-General did give such permission in one of the suits. In the other, it is true, he refused. Therefore, if there was a wrong and a right way of conducting the business, he is justly entitled to the full credit of pursuing both.But, since we owe the Attorney-General no favor, we leave him and the Examiner to settle " their own affairs in their own way." The Mobocracy of the State of Rhode Island. A sensible writer in the United States Chronicle, Providence, after mentioning the political, as well as other, advantages arising from the free schools in Massachusetts, proceeds to speak of his own state as follows: " This fully accords with other accounts of the state of Rhode Island; in which the intelligent and virtuous citizens have been frequently borne down by the most gnorant and profligate;-led on by crafry demagogues, who to exalt themselves, flattered their vanity. Hence the legislative and judicial acts of Rhode-Island have often been such as the best men in that state beheld with shame and confusion.And this will soon be the wretched condition of the states in the union generally, unless free schools should be multiplied and planted over the whole country, and all proper means vigorously used to increase the stock of knowledge and virtue in the great body of the people. Mr. Isaiah Thomas, Jun. the editor of the Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette, observed in a late address, to the patrons of that paper, that, " during the last year about one thousand subscribers have been added to his list, and that he now issues weekly nearly three thousand papers." This circumstance of the vast increase of Mr. Thomas's list of subscribers the year past is the more remarkable, as the Aegis, which is among the first democratic papers in this country, was established in his neighbourhood, about a year and a half ago, under the auspices, it is said, of Mr. Lincoln the Attorney-General of the United States. Mr. Thomas's father, whose typographical ingenuity and enterprize in business have been exceeded by none in this country, has been called the A. merican Baskerville. He was familiarly associated with Dr. Franklin, and published an energetic whig paper during the American Revolution. Some months ago, as has been before published, he was removed from the office of Post-Master, by Mr. playing with his rattle while the former was boldly vindicating the liberties of his country. But how different is the fituation of Rhode-Island, where, as yet free schools are not generally established. Here the "business of education is left to chance. "Those children alone are instructed, "whose parents are blessed with affluence " and riches. A great part of the middling and all the poorer claffes of peo-Granger, who was in leading-strings, or perhaps ple, which form, by far, the majority, live and die almost as ignorant and ilhterate as the Hottentots of Africa. This is too true to be passed over in filence. Though it is far from my wishes to difclofe to the world, the faults and defects " of others; yet the carelessiness and inattention of the inhabitants in general, on the present subject, require me to in"troduce a fact, which my feelings would have otherwile gladly led me to fuppress. 66 "About two months ago, I was an eye-witness to a painful scene, in which two men were called upon to write " their names and to read an important paper; but both replied, without the least shaine and confufion, that they "could only make their marks, and that they never read a syllable in their lives. One of these men poffefses a large real eftate, and is defprous of being confid"ered as a fuitable candidate for public office. The other is equally wealthy, more ambitious, and has a large family " of children, which he is suffering to approach the meridian of life in the fame cloudy atmosphere of ignorance and stupidity, in which his own talents are impenetrably obícured." We once promised to give Holt credit for all his confessions. An opportunity is before us, and we improve it. In the Bee of last week, the editor de. clares, that the conduct of Washington, in sending Mr Jay to England to negotiate, was approved by every good man." Thus, then, Holt confesses, in plain terms, that there is scarcely a good man in the whole democratic party-for it is well known that the sending of Jay to England, was pointedly condemned, by every democrat who could wag his tongue or clench a goose-quill. Agricultural. [A Pittsburg paper gives the following directions for raising barley, a very useful kind of grain, which might be cultivated with great profit in this part of the country.] 66 O insure a plentiful crop of spring barley, the ground should be ploughed deep early in October, so as to expofe the greatest poflible furface to the meliorating influence of the winter frosts, fnows, and rains thus one ploughing at this time is worth two at any other season. The feed should be procured of the very best, and in quantity from two to three bushels per acre, obferving that the poorer the foil, the great quantity of feed will be required. When you have prepared your land for fowing (which will rarely be well effected under two or three ploughings) and that you find it fufficiently fine, steep all your feed for twenty-four hours in pure clean water, at two runnings; the firft water to remain on for twelve hours, then to be run off, and the second to be put on, to the depth of fix inches over the furface of the grain; in both wettings, during the fleeping, you must frequently ftir it in the tub or vessel, so as to cause all the feed weeds, oats and small corn that are in it to arife to the furface, all which will float and should be carefully skimmed off-Atter your feed has thus steep ed twenty-four hours, run off the steep. ing water, and to let it drain twenty-four bours; against that period fift fome dry wood ashes fine, and mix them with your feed in the proportion of one to four; by this means it will foon become dry and fit to fow, which should be at least by the middle of April, unless the severity of the teason might at that time prevent it. Early lown barley is uniformly found to produce the best grain and largest crops. Your feed, treated in this way, and fown, will appear on the fifth day above ground, and on the tenth should be rolled with a * " The roller may be made of the round part of any tree fawed across, to the length of fix feet. The diameter at each end of the piece fo cut, may be from fourteen to eighteen inches, with iron gudgeons placed at the center of each end, then an oblong wooden frame rested on them, fufficiently raised to take a pair of jhafts for one horse, and to be placed on the center of the frame." wooden roller, drawn by one horse, which will cause the grain to plant and tiller : as your crop progresses, weed it two or three times by hand. - If these directions are carefully followed, you may count on having one third or one half more produce than is generally obtained in the common way where they are wholly omitted. Joined to this, if a dry season ensues, your crop never fails, and your fpring will be found better than your fall barley." Monitorial Department. To aid the cause of virtue and religion. AN EXTRACT From the proclamation of his Excellency Gov. STRONG for a day of public fasting and prayer, throughout the fate of Moffachusetts. 66 BY the advice and confent of the Councu, I appoint Thursday, the Seventh day of April next, to be observed as a Day of Fafting and Praver, through the Commonweath: and request the Minifters and People, of the different religious denominations, to affemble in their respective places of worship on that daythat we may offer unto God the penitent confeffions of our fins, and devout fup. plications for the bleflings, that are necefsary for us; and befeech Him, that through the merits of the Redeemer, we may obtain His forgiveness and be enabled to render ourselves well pleasing in His fight, by presenting him the service of pure and humble hearts. That He would Columbian Eloquence, [From the Gazette of the United States.] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. Tuesday, Feb. 15. Upon reading the minutes of the preceding day, the following entry was found to have been made by the fecretary: Mr. Rofs flated in his place, that he had several resolutions to submit to the confideration of the fenate, on the infraction of the treaty by the government of Spain, in withholding the right from the ' citizens of the United States, to depofit 'their produce in the Spanish territories; upon which, while he was proceeding in ' some introductory observations, On motion made and seconded, the galleries were cleared, and the doors were 'fhut. The above entry on the minutes, Mr. Clinton of New-York moved to strike out, and the motion was carried. After fome of the ordinary legislative business of the fenate had been dispatched, cleared, and the doors of the fenate were Mr. Nicholas moved that the galleries be clofed till two o'clock. They were then opened and the senate adjourned. A great number of the ladies and gentlemen had attended in expectation of hearing the debate respecting the Miffiflippi, continued. Wednesday, Feb. 16. After the reading of two or three bills, on which there was no debate, Mr. Breckentidge moved to have the galleries cleared, and the doors closed, which was done profper the United States, and preferve accordingly. and frengthen their Union-That these who are in authority in the National and State governments, may rule with justice and impartiality, and make the laws the standard of their actions-That the People, by a careful attention to their relative duties, may render to every man, in every station and character, the esteem and respect which he justly clains-That every denomination of Christians may prove the fincerity of their faith, by such a temper and conduct as the religion they profess was intended to inculcate and produce-And that we may all regard each other's circumstances with benevolence and compaffion; and be induced, from a sense of our need of the divine clemency, to exercise mutual charity and forbearance." APHORISM.- Bid farewell to all grandeur if envy st'r within thee.---Lavater. At one o'clock the doors of the Senate were opened, and in a few minutes afterwards Mr. Rofs rose and faid, that two days ago he had the honor of stating fome of his opinions to the Senate respecting the alarming condition of our affairs upon the Milliflippi: that in a very interefting part of his enquiry he had been called to order: that the Vice-Prefident had expressly de. termined him to have been in order, and alfo declared that there was no confidential information before the Senate relating to the late aggreffions upon our rights in the Mifliffippi: yet, notwithstanding this declaration of the Vice-Prefident, as explicit as it was correct, Mr. R. faid, the doors were actually closed, and all further public difcuffion at that time prohibited. Yefterday the doors were again clofed. He faid that it would be well recollected, that when this extraordinary measure was re forted to, he had given notice that he would || indignation ? Go then, take the guardian || The executive will certainly pursue the not proceed further in the discussion, while the doors were shut, and that he would refume it whenever they should be opened. From that time to the present he had remained filent, but now, when a majority of the Senate had resolved that this difcufsion should be public, he would proceed to finish the remarks he had intended to make, and then offer his refolution. He could not, however, avoid expressing his acknowledgment to the majority of that body, who had decided that this debate should be public, for, although fome gentlemen might be defirous to stifle, and fmother in fecrecy, an enquiry like the present, he firmly believed that there would always be firmness and independence enough in that house to meet in public the investigation of every subject proper for public delibe ration. Mr. R. faid he would not return to a repetition of what he had formerly stated, it would be fufficient to mention, that he had urged the importance of our rights in the navigation of the Miffiffippi founded in nature, and acknowledged by compact : this was the great and the only highway of commerce from the western country to the ocean; that the Spaniards after a long execution of this treaty, have now flagrant. ly violated it, and shut us out from all intercourse, and from the right of depofit ; that they have plundered our citizens up. on the ocean; carried our veflels into their ports and condemned them without the semblance of a trial; our feamen have been cast into prifon, and our merchants ruined: thus affailed upon the ocean and upon the land, by a long course of oppreffion and hoftility, without provocation and without apology, he knew but one course we could take which promised complete redress of our wrongs. Experience had proved that compact was no security; the Spaniards either cannot or will not obferve course designated by the legiflature. To' the Congress has been confided the power of deciding what shall be done in all cafes of hoftility by foreign powers. There can be no doubt that, by the law of nature and nations, we are clearly authorized to employ force for our redress, in such a case as this: That we have a just right to take fuch measures as will prevent a repetition of the mischief & afford ample security for the future quiet enjoyment of the violated ship of your rights upon yourselves, truft port your just demands with force that cutive he can only employ negociation as being the fole means in his power. If the right be not abandoned what is to be done? I know, faid Mr. R. that some gentlemen think there is a mode of accomplithing our object of which, by a most extraordinary proceeding, I am forbidden to speak in this house, I will not, therefore, touch it; but I will ask honorable gentlemen, especially those from the western country, what they will fay on their return home to a people pressed by the heayy hand of this calamity, when they inquire, What has been done? What are our hopes? How long will this obftruction continue? You answer, we have provided a remedy, but it is a secret!!! We were not allowed to speak of it there, much lefs here. It was only committed to confidential men in whispers, with closed doors: But, bye and bye, you will fee it Where is the nation, ancient or modern, that has borne such treatment without resentment or refiftance! Where is the nation that will respect another that is paffive under such humiliating degradation and disgrace? Your outlet to market clofed-next they will trample you under foot || operate like enchantment; It is a fovereign upon your own territory which borders mountains; force fufficient, and more it and go out again. their treaty. If they are under the direc-without fending a man from this fide the You may alfo then negociate as to compenfations for the spoliations upon your trade. You will have ample funds in your own hands to pay your merchants, if the Spaniards continue their refusal to pay. You will have lands to give which they will readily accept, and aflift in defending. In this way they may all be indemnified; by negociation there is little hope that they ever will. It may be faid that the executive is pursuing another and a very different course. balfam which will heal your wounded honour, it is a potent fpell, or a kind of patent medicine which will extinguish and forever put at reft the devouring spirit which has defolated fo many nations of Europe. You never can know exactly what it is, nor can we tell you precifely the time it will begin to operate-But operate it certainly will, and effectually too!!! You will fee ftrange things, wait patiently, and place full faith in us, for we cannot be miftaken. This idle tale may amufe children. But the min of that country will not be satisfied. They will tell you that they expected better things of you, that their confidence had been misplaced, and they will not wait the operation of your newly-invented drugs; they will go and redress themselves. I fay alfo let us go and redress ourselves; you will have the whole nation with you. On no question since the declaration of independence has the nation been so unanimous as upon this. We have at different times fuffered great indignity and outrages from different European powers; but none so palpable, so inexcufable, fo provoking, or of such magnitude in their confequences as this. Upon none has public opinion united so generally as this. It is tree we have a lamentable divifion of political opinion among us, which has produced much mifchief, and may produce much greater than any we have yet felt. On this question party spirit ought to fink and difappear. My opinions are well known, and are not likely to change, but I candidly, and with all poffible sincerity declare my conviction to be clear that there will not be a dissenting voice in the Western Country if this course be taken. That fo far as my own abilities go, they shall be exerted to the utmost to support; and I know that my friends on this floor with whom I have long thought and acted, have too high a regard for the national honour, and the best interests of their country to hefitate a moment in giving the fame pledge of their honest determination to fupport and render these measures effe&tual, if taken-call them ours, if you please, we take the refponfi bility, and leave the execution of them with you. For as to myfelf or my friends, no agency is wished, except that of uniting with you in' rousing the spirit, and calling out the resources of the country to protect itself against serious aggreffion, and the total fubjection and loss of the Western Country. If you pursue this advice, and act promotly and boldly upon it; if you take poffeffion, and prepare to maintain it; from the very unanimity displayed, you will have no war--you will meet no resistance. In. deed a war may be faid to be already begun, The Vice Prefident interrupted him, and faid, that if those obfervations were intendded to apply to the question, whether the resolution should be the order for Monday, they would be proper, otherwine they would not be in order. Mr. Nicholas faid he did not wish to go into any difcuffion of the merits of the refolutions. He merely wished to remaak, that the course pursued by the gentleman upon this occafion, was altogether new and extraordinary. I prefume, faid he, that the gentleman expects to derive some advantage from the adoption of this course. If fo, he is quite welcome to any advantage which he can gain. I believe that the A for hoftility of the worst kind on one fidemerican people are too enlightened and too well informed to be deceived by any thing which has been faid, or by the novel course which has been purfued. It is usual when any business of fuch importance is about to be introduced, to give some previous notice, in order that gentlemen may be pre has been long in practice upon us, and our to them-the war certainly begins with them. Under att these circumstances, with these offers of fupport, could gentlemen doubt, could they venture to cry peace, peace, when there was no peace, but a fword! Mr. R. entreated gentlemen to view and confider his proposed refolutions with candor. He declared his intentions to be folely the attainment of an object, the loss of which would destroy the country where he resided and hazard the union itself. If gentlemen thought the proposed means inadequate, he would agree to enlarge them with cheerfulness; all that he wished, was, that effectual means be voted and employed in this golden moment, which, if loft, never would return. He faid he would delay the senate no longer than to present his refolutions, and give notice that he would move to have them printed and made the order of the day for fome future day. For, as gentlemen had consented that this business should be no longer a fecret, they would now become the subject of anple and able difcuffion. gentleman has thought proper to depart from it in the present instance I cannot pretend to say. However, all that I think important to fay at present, is in reply to the affertion, that we are not informed of the intention of The Vice Prefident again interrupted him and faid that the question before the fenate was, whether the refolutions should be the order for Monday. Upon that queftion, no remarks in reply to the gentleman from Pennsylvania could be admitted. If gentleinen were disposed to discuss the refolutions or to reply to any arguments which had been advanced by the mover, the regular method would be to negative the motion, and then the whole fubject would again be open. Mr. Rofs faid he did not wish to preclude any observations which any gentleman might be disposed to make, and if the gentleman from Virginia wished to reply to any thing which he had faid, he would withdraw the motion and give him an opportunity. Mr. Nicholas faid he had no wish upon the fubject, and would say nothing more. 1 The following article has been omitted for several weeks; and it is now inserted to shew that the best informed men of the democratic sect, begin to turn with disgust from the visionary schemes and destructive projects of the Jeffersonians. In the house of representatives of the United States on the 18th of February, Mr. Newton called for the order of the day on the report of the select committee respecting a repeal of the Act to estabhih a uniform system of Bankruptcy. Mr. Grifwold moved that the further confideration of that report, be poftponed until the first Tuesday in November next. His reafon for making the motion was, that the committee appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what alterations or amendments are neceffary to be made in the Act, might report. He thought that the question of repealing the law ought not to be taken till an opportunity had been given to fee whether the existing objection might not be removed by amendments. This could not be done while the prefent question was pending before the house, because the committee thoughs it in vain to propofe amendments till the principle was fettled whether the law should be repealed. Upon this motion a long debate arofe in which the merits of the Bankrupt Law were largely difcuffed. Mr. Mitchell, among others of the fame fide of the house, advocated the motion He confidered that law as an experiment which had not yet been fairly tried, and he thought the business of repealing had gone far enough. Last year, said he, we repealed a very important law, namely the act for organizing the judicial fystem. By this repeal great alarm and agitation were exci. ted in the country. We afterwards repealed another important law, establishing excife upon carriages, stills &c. A very great proportion of the country confidered this repeal as unwife, There is now before you a proposition to repeal the law establishing the mint. The merchants in every part of the country have been alarmed with the apprehenfion that the difcriminating duties were to be abolished. an And now they are threatened with a repeal of another very important law, the bank rupt act. Will gentlemen put no bounds to the work of destruction? Shall we do nothing but pull down? &c. &c. After a debate of feveral hours, the queftion'upon poftponing was taken by yeas and nays and carried, yeas 50 nays 39. Be it our weekly task, To note the passing tidings of the times. >>>>>><<<< Hudson, March 22, 1803. ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER TURNED ADRIFT! * Our illustrious President has removed Maj. John C. Ten Broeck from the office of Surveyor and Inspector of the port of Hudson, and appointed Ifaac Dayton in his place. We did hope that we should never again have occafion to mention the name of the latter person in the Balance. But as often as our wife, just and confiftent rulers give Ifaac Dayton consequence by putting him into office, we conceive it to be our duty to notice him. Major Ten Broeck was an officer in the revolutionary war, in which he performed his part with honor to himselt, and to the fatisfaction of his commander, General Washington, from whom he received, as a token of regard, the office of furveyor and inspector for this port. He was afterwards appointed collector of the internal revenue for this district; and both offices barely yielded support for his family. On the commencement of the reign of reafon and philofophy, Dayton applied to Mr. Olgood, at New-York for the office of collector and obtained it. The internal revenue was abolished last summer, and Dayton's office expired in his hands. Up on this, he posted off to the city of Washington for the purpose of obtaining, as was reported, the office of collector of the cuf. toms, for this port. But this office was conceived to be too fat for him, and was therefore held in reserve for fome other || ing the revolution-he was a fupporter of the Constitution-in short, he was a fed eralist. Mr. Jefferson, therefore, with the advice and confent of the Senate, bestowed on Ifaac Dayton, than whom no man could be more unfit or undeserving, the office of furveyor and inspector. We prefume there is not an honest man in this citv, who will approve of this procedure. Who can fupprefs his indignation, when he beholds a revolutionary patriot, amiable and respectable, ejected from office to make room for the most contemptible of beings. good democrat. Yet our ferene prefident was willing to do fomething for Ifaac: Major Ten Broeck ftill held the office given him by Washington; and he had been guilty of maintaining those genuine whig principles, with which he was inspired dur This, with several other appointments, is officially announced in the National Intelligencer; but we understand Dayton has not yet received his commission-We mention this circumstance to prevent Holt's prevaricating as in the case of Mr. Thomas. Sundry papers state that TOM PAINE was lately drummed out of Trenton-tune Rogue's March." - He has since visited New-York; and, it is said, walked round the battery, arm-in-arm with his good friend and fellow-labourer, Cheetham, fol. lowed by a multitude of hooting boys and chimney-fweeps. - It is to be hoped, that Paine will no longer complain of the ingratitude of Americans. Should he venture to set his foot into New-England, he would doubtless meet with diftinguished attention. NEW-HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. In the towns, from which returns have been received, Mr. Gillman, the federal candidate for Governor, has had a great increase of votes since last year. 1 IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS. Consulate of the United States of America, I have the fatisfaction to announce to my fellow-citizens that the prohibition of the importation of Flour into this realm, Is taken off, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, having granted unlimited permiffion for the introduction of Foreign Flour into this Kingdom, paying a duty of fixty cents per barrel; and that veffels from the United States with clear bills of health and whose crews are free from any fickness, are no longer to be fubjected to quarantine. (Signed) WILLIAM JARVIS. Extract of a letter received this morning from a correspondent in Savannah. "March 4, 1803-On the 2d inft. an express arrived here from the Governor of New-Orleans with dispatches for the Spanish Conful. Nothing as yet certainly tranfpired with respect to their contents. rious are the conjectures, and report speaks of the landing of fome French troops at the Floridas. Certainly people here who are disposed to believe the adminiftration infallible, are in a high state of ferment and [Evening Post.] Extract of a letter from New-Orleans, dated Feb ruary 17, 1803. "Our last ad'ices put it beyond a doubt, that the French are now on the way to this place, and are looked for daily.The baggage of the Prefect is already arrived, and several officers of inferior grades." [Ibid.] Captain Gardner, of the ship America, in 30 days from Lisbon, informs, that on the 10th of February (the day before he failed) a British packet had arrived at London in 7 days from Falmouth, with intelligence that the French Senatus Confultum had refused to confer on Bonaparte the title of "EMPEROR OF THE GAULS." News had also reached Lisbon, that American vessels were excluded from the port of Cadiz in consequence of new regulations in the Spanish system of quarantine. [Ibid.] In this city, on Friday evening last, very suddenly, in the 16th year of her age, Miss CYNTHIA NICHOLS daugh er of Cap. Philo Nichols. On the Sabbath-afternoon, her remains were carried into the Presbyterian meeting-house, where a very pertinent discourse was delivered by Rev. Mr. Sears, to a numerous assembly of people, who manifested a seriousness, attention and synipathy, suitable to the affecting occasion. Va. alarım." The formidable disease, which made such sudden ravages, appeared to be originally nothing more than a local affection of the face. But by sudden cold roused to action a predisposition to that worst of inflamations the Erysipelas. The sudden transition, in this instance, from the opening bloom of youth to the state and mansions of the dead, recals to mind the beautiful lines of Dr. Beattie. "Fair was the flower, and soft the vernal sky.; At Claverack, on the 14th inst, Mr. WILLIAM habitant of that town. At Providence, state of Rhode Island, on the 26th of last month, in the 58th year of his age, the Rev. ENOS HITCHCOCK, Doctor of Divinity. "During the whole of his life, (says the Providence paper,) his great objects, were, to be useful here, and to prepare for happiness hereafter. He devoted a great portion of his time to acquire and diffuse useful knowledge; and wrote and published several books, replete with useful observations." |