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~-SS^ - T'--- ■ /»>i'^ ■i? t>'^‘ VJ r P ' t m i s f i t AISECDOTE; - jEir tbe autumn f f 1S25, some private afiaijrs caHed roe into the sister kingdoro; and as I did not travel like Polyph,emus, with my eye out, ( gathered a few sam - pies of Irish cW acter, amongst which was the^followilng incident: 1 waa^tanding one morning at window of ‘ mine inn,* when my atten tion was attracted by a scene that took place beneath. The Belfast coach was standing at the doOr,-and on the roof, in front, sat a solitary outside passenger, a fine yonng fellow, in the uniform of the Connaught rangers. Below, by the Iront wheel, stood an old woman, seem ingly his mother, a young man, and a younger wotnan, sister cr sweetheart; and they were all, earnestly entreating the young soldier to descend from his seat on the coach. Come down vvid ye, Thady j’ the speaker was the old woman. ‘ Come down uo\v to your ould mother. Sure jt*s flog ye they will, and strip the flfesh off the hones f give ye. Come down Thady, darlin !’ ‘ It’s honour, mother,’ was the short reply of the soldier ; and. with clenched hands and set teeth, he took, a stiffer posture on the (^oach. ‘ Thady,, con^e down—come down now ye fool of the world—come along down wid ye !* The tone of the present appeal was more promptly and sternly pronounced. ‘ I t’s honour, brother !’ and the body of| the^,speaker rose more rigidly erect th^ii ever, on the roof. ^ O Thady, come down ! sure it’s me, yo^r own Kathleen, that bids ye. Come down, or ye’ll break the heart of me, Thady, jewel ; come down, then !’ [The poor girl wrung her hands as she •jsaid it, and cast a look upward, that had ja visible effect on the muscles of the Soldier’s countenance. There was more tenderness in his tone, hut it conveyed fhe same resolution as before. ; ^ I t ’s honour bright, Kathleen !’ and, as if to de&nd himself from another glance, he^xed his look steadfastly in front, while the renewed entreaties burst from all three in chorus, with the ^ame answer. ‘ Come down, Thady, honey !—Tha- <|y, ye fopl, come down !—O Thady, Come dowrj to me !’ ‘ It’s honour, mother !—It’s honour, rother!—Honour bright, my own athleen !*^ Although the poor fellow was a pri vate, this appeal was sd publick, thaf I ^id not hesi^te to go down and inquire igto the particulars of the distress. It appeared that he had been home on fur- Ipugh, to visit his family, and having exceeded, as he thought, the term of his editorial article that we shall ever Indite. (Perhaps the reader may respondf—* for this and all other mercies we gtve thanks.’ But we care not.) If neces sary, we vi^ill dig ditches for a living, or go on a missionary tour, but as fi>r edit ing a paper, we have done with it—for ever. When we ever lake up the, edito rial quill again, may our right hand for get its cunning.’’ ^ The art of flying will bo no touch to the importance of the following inven tion, It is impossible to predict what great discovery will next be made in this age of wtjnders, ■ ‘ The sea mustgive up its treasures .— Sewell Short, advertises in the Barnsta ble Journal, that he has discovered a method, by whicit a man may descend to a great depth in the ocean, and wh:le there inhale the atmospherick air ; have the power of moving his arms and legs with great ease, see objects lying on the bottooi or moving around him—ascend with or without the aid of a second per- sou-r^stay there as long as he pleases-— go armed against the “ finny tribe,”— and all this with no more\ danger than- while walking on “ terra firmav” A part of his apparatus may be detached from the other 50 as to form a machine by itself, which will go with great rapi dity on the scrface *>f the water, cannot be obstructed by any sea, rocks or shoals, and at the same lime convey ing a great weight, animate or inani mate, either of which may be perfectly secure. r ong.ht to be the roorningj,and evening theme of Americans ibaf kve ihetr country. To fertilize anjd jm; irove his. farm, ought tp be the pk-imejferoporal object of every owneV of ibe substantial soU. All national aggrandizement, power'and wealth may bd traced to ag« ricultore, as its ultimate sWce«. Cora- mereb and manufactures ^fc oiilyrsubot- dinMe results of this maid spring. We consider agriculture everyjway subsidary not only to abundance, ijnduslry, co^ip\ fort and heallli, but to gotjd morals, and ultimatelv even to religiop. We shall always say &. sing,.“ Speed tht plough. ’ We shall always regard Ithe American Farmer, .stripped to his employment, and tilling his grounds, aS belonging to the first order of noblemen f mong us. We shall always wish him bouitifol har vests, good beer, and rapderate use of cider, and if he will rear it liinaself, of the grape, hut none of lihe pernicious gladness of whiskey ; and! we shall in voke upon his labours the blessing of God, and say of him, “ Peacei be within thy Flint's Western Review. a ;. ^ ’1 The farmer and the beggar.-A strong, hearty, lazy fellow who preferred heg- eing for a precarious subsistence to 1 ... , . , • i c 1 working for a sure one, called at the lars, conditioned, that the said Solomon ver aa.g T c o i f f q - a s s js. [House of Representatives, J sd | . 26] SURETIES OF SOLOMON SOt^THW'lCK. . Mr. Connell, from the committee on the postoffice and postroads, to whom was referred the petition of Spencer, StafTord'and J. V. N. Yates, reported: That the petitioners set forth, that, ii'i the year 1813, John V. N. Yates, in conjunction with, John Sitafljord, now deceased, executed a bond with Splo- raon Southwick, as his sureties, to the Post Master General of the United States, in the sum of six tbouaand dol- ... the proposed work for two dollars and-fifty icents per volum e ^ sax hundr red pages, that wC now t eliyer a work, our weekly paper, comaimpg, sixteen hundred find sixty four p? ges, to al Subr seriber? who willI take live copies, at two dollars per volume. Our proposal^ at two dollars and| fifty cc nts were made upon the fprice of planting for Congress, afad if accepted, would I ave giver us a greater profit thaU we ^low recene for the publick work., Yet tbe minority in the Seriate, and jWr. Webster at flieir head, voted to give Ga|es and five dollars and twenty fiVe cents. Thus giving them more than o ie„hondrcd per cent on a! fair price, and, as will appear by the Journals, refused to permiubetr profit to he limited to teri thousand dol lars more than afairpri:e. The reso lution of Mr. Grundy foiibids the secre tary to make the subscrijption until an appropriation shall have ;tassed the oth er House : should the absent members take their seats on Monday, thfs pro ceeding may yet be arrested. If, however, is a full eommeniary up on the party feeling j the forbearance and courtesy of the party organtzed^in opposition to the governrient; and will exhibit to the people oi’ this country, bow far that party would carry power were they possessed of it it necessary to theii party Telegraph. ^be present Allowance. . This sug^s-1 Ckrisfian ^aper, he has S4tcceedec!; h,a IS favourably spoken of ^by ■ whether this success will contijnue to attend i him, in his pew vocation, when Iiis charac ter shall become fully known, admits, ve should ihinjt, of a doubt. non Eaton. ■<» > R I I > A Y , FE B . 19, 1830. We would call the attention of our rea ders, on the Puirrihase, to the address of the Resident Agent, the Hon. D avid E. EI v - A.xs, which will !be found in this day’s paper. and believed views.— U. S . bouse of a blunt Massachusetts farmer, and, in the usual language of his race, asked for ‘cold victuals and old clothes.’ ‘You appear to be a stout, hearty look ing man,’ said the farmer; what do you do for a living?’ ‘Why not much,’ replied the fellow, ‘except travelling about from one place to anothor.’ ‘Tra velling‘about ha V rejoined the farmer ; ‘cap you travel pretty well?’ *0 yes,’ returned the sturdp^eggar, ‘I’m pretty good at that.’ ‘VVell then,’ said the the farmer, coolly opening tbe door, let'i see you travel.' — N. ¥. Constel lation. Southwick should well and truly execute the duties of postmaster at Albany, in the state of New York, &c. ' That, in 1822, Solomon Southwick Wasiremoved, and a suit instituted by said pjbstraaster general against Solomon Soplliwick, and his sureties, in the circuit court of the oortiiern district of New York, to reco ver the penalty on said bpnq. They allege, on the trial, various items of charges against the postofficu depart ment were presented and rCje damages assessed against them sand dollars, the penalty of in favour 01 the postmaster iy*ve, he was going to rejoin his. cegi- lelieDt, and to undergo the penalty of hi& xteglect. I asked him when the furlough qxpired. ‘ T h e first of March, your honour— bad luck'to it of all the black days in tfie world—and here it is, cojbe sudden ori me'like a fhot.!’ ‘ The first of March !—Why, my good fellow, you have a day to spare then— ^ e first of March will not be here till tO-mqrrow. It is leap year, and Feb- rpajry has tweuty-nine days.’ iThe soldier was thunder-struck. ‘ Twenty-nine days is it !-r-You’re sar- tj^ of that same^^—Oh, mother, mqtherl —j-Jll luck fly aW'ay wid yere ould alma nack—a base crature of a book, to be depeaven one, after living so long in the fpjmily of us !* His first impulsp was to cut a caper on thje roof of the coach, and throw up his qajp, with a loud hurrah ! . His second was to throw himself into the arms of hijs Kathleen, and the third was to wting my hand off in an acknawjedge- ipentv ‘ I t’s a happy man I am, your honour, fot my word’s saved, and all by your hojnour’s means. Long life to yoqr hojpOHJF-for the same ! May ye live a, lopg hundred—and leap years everyone of'them !’— Hood's Comtek A ^ u a l. \ Milk of the Cow Tree .—This tree grows in Colombia, and Mr. Litcbfielfi the ^inerican Consul at Puetro Cabel- lo, has sent a bottle of the juice and a piece of the bark to a friend at Harvard University'. The milk was taken from a tree about seven fe^in circumferelnce and 150 feet in height, growing upe n a mountafn a few league* from Puiitro Cabello. It is white, and bears a c ose resemblance ^to cow’s milk, or rather cream. By exposure to the air, it be comes brown, and by drying it is chang ed into wax, which burn^Avith a pure and strong light. The odour and taste of the milk are like sour cream. Hum boldt land other tpveliers have des cribed the cow tree; the milk flows from incisions made in the trunk. Tbe natives and negroes go to ihe trees in.\ the morning and fill vessels; somq drink tbe milk under the tree, and oth ers carry it to their children. The trees near-4;heVpad are full of incisions made by tra^Ilers who appease their thirst with tbtniilk- Monday^ Feb. 8 .— Iff the Senate, the hon. Robert H. Adams, from Mis-\ sissippi, appointed a senator in the place of bon. Thomas B. Reed, de ceased, appeared, was [qualified and '.pok his seat. Mr. Row an concluded h:s remark.s iu reply to ftlessrs. Web star and Sprague, upon Mr. Fool’s re- stilution. Mr. Holmes lobtained the floor for the next day. In the House, a memorial* of a depu- tioa of chiefs, of the C-eek Nation, m>w in Washington, was presented by e'speaker. The objeci of the me- orial is to invoke the protection of ogress for the creeks against the bws vhidi the state of Alabtnma extend over them. It :fed : the six thoo- the bond, general. ■i.\ I?' “ A short life and a merry one.\ ' The Parterre, a mirth-inspiring pub- llcmion which we noticed some time Blnjce, has, after four month’s career, M.^pnethe way of all” periodicals. Tfie emtor proposed coming out with it semi- taqnthly to begin ijie year, instead of )wh|ieh he found himself obliged to issue a vjaledictory, which begins as follows: “ If I am so quickly done for, I wonder what I was begun for ?” Tombstone. We will fiddle no longer without pay . Here we have been ‘ moiling and miling’ to enlighten the world for the •Tast four months, and how many of that ^orld, think you, reader, have subscri ped for our periodical ? Two—‘on our :t^racily^,only tewusubscribers (jand they baVs not paid,) did we have to support our publication through four numbers. iSince v^e have issued a prospectus, seven )iaV(} been added, ‘ making a grand to- jlal tiggregate of’ nine ! Let US see. Nins limes one dollar and fifty cents is thirteen jiollar.s and a half per aiinuni. The expense of each number is about 'twelve dollctrs.. Twelve times twenty sjj[ i t about $300, per annum. Bright and cheering are prospects, really. It nrieds no very profound logiuk to disen- vprithut ou? profits would be all the Wfoiig way. In the ‘ jbeauiifur language of th jt'‘'disljngui.«;hed bard,’ ‘ J. O. R.’ opr iffairs would ‘ saar. dqwmoard's.' H|ere then we atop,^ Stick a crow bar there, neiglUjour., Mr. Pnblick we bav^e done with youwe shake our fists at yoQ—yes, you great lubberly old fellow, we shake our fists.at you. W'} now flourisb.Qur penioo llip last FA R M ING . If one half the zeal, energy and ex pense that blots so many Gazettes with lovv and coarse abuse, setting the com munity by the ears for the sole gain and paltry purposes ofraTew demagogues & office seekers, ^ere^bestowed on the advancement of agricukpre ; if the peo- .ple were half as ambitious to improve their fields, as they are to settle the af fairs of the nation ; and half as angrv with the thistles, thorns, and poor fen ces, as they are with their political op ponents, who probably, wish as well to the country as themselves—we should have more productive fields, less com plaints of poverty, more ability to be charitable aud munificent, & abuudanly more good feeling. From Pittsburgh to New Orleans the son ploughs as his fa ther did before him,,and the great mass of farmers aro as stationary in tHeir theo ry as they are in practice. Nine in ten of them believe, at this momeal, that book farming is the mere useless, vision ary dreaming of men that know nothing about practical agriculture. We would say to thqm that England is the garden.of Europe, simply because almost every acre of'tlie gropnd is culti vated scientifically, and op principles which have been brougiht to the test of the most rigid add exact experiment. We would tell, them that Now England, of whose soil and climate they are ac- ri|istomed to think, as consigned by pro vidence to sterility and inclemency, is That the cause was removed to the cir cuit court for the southern district of New York, and from tbence i o (he su preme court of the United Slates, which court did also decide in faVo jr of tbe poslmaster general. The petitioners ask that a law may be passed discharging them from their liability as sureties of SoJLgmo ri Souths wick, who is, and was, beforie n|s remo val from ofloyce, insolvent^ or .0 autho rize the proper officers to se itle with theru^ij^ the •principles of e([uity and justice. The coronaittce have exanalr e.fi care fully the accounts of Solomot> Sooih- wick, and also the charges mad e by the petitioners : they arc uoable to perceive that the-department have, in any in-^ stance, acted illegally or improperly in the settlement of the accoUn; of Mr. Southw ickon the contrary, ii will ap pear, by reference to a commiinicaiion from the depaitment, herewiitb submit ted, that Solomon Southwick <|i(l receive the whole amount of his anmjtaj emolu ments on account of his exj^ehses and componsafion ; and that in l | 22 , the ti^me of his removal from office! the ba.. lance against him, and due tlie ' ment, was $6,853 38. Th 2 tentative then left the postma^l ral, Southwick being ihsolvejn suit for the penalty of the bboil, to se cure the department. Resolved, therefore, That t|h 3 prayer of the petitioners is unreasonable, and ought not to be granted. GALES &. SEATON'S COMPltATION. i proposes is signed^ by depart- only al- 2 r gene- wasa an. 29 ,) tfie reso- to sub copies, The Senate, on yesterday, (J by a vote of 21 to 16 passed tl lution instructing the Secretary scribe for the usual number olf of a compilation of publick do mraeuts proposed to be published by (J^les and Seaton. The y.eas-and nays follows ’p- . YEAS—Messrs. Barton, nett. Chambers, Chase, Claytlo ven chiefs, heitded by Opotble Yo lo. ft was laid on the table and or- dfired to be printed. The house resumed tie considera tion of the bill to reduce and modify iB duties upon certain imported artl- cl;s, and to allow a drawback upon spirits distilled frofii foreign molasses. The question on Mr. Strong’s morion to Tay the bill on the table being put, it w$s decided affirmatively, Yeats 107, Noes 79-. Mr. Cambreleng, from [he commit tee of commerce, to whicii was refer red “so much of Uie President’s mes sage as - relates to the cbmraerce, of the United States with foieign nations, the amendment of the laws tp prevent smuggling, and the cstablisiiing of ware houses,” made a report on fjur commer cial intercourse with ilorcigrr narianSi,. and on the past and present state of our navigation. It 'was comn iued to'the committee of tbe whole house on the stale of the Union. Six. tljo^and cop ies were ordered to be priiilad. The census bill was [lassed to a third reading. By the report of lire committee that framed the bill, it is es timated that the am o u n ts' population of the Republick in 1830, viH about 12,500,000; and the slave^iportion a- boot 1,950,000. It reconimpnds a ra tio of 50,000 for ropresent^tipn in tbe bouse. Wp have heretofore, through mi.staUe, omiitied to notice the improvement wl ich has lately been made in tjlie mechanical ippearance of the Albany Masonic Records It is bo'.v one of the neatest papers in the state; and. besides its interest to the fra ter- nity, as a masonick paper, it is an excel lent Miscellany—containing choice jind excellent selections in that deparimenjt ojf literature. THE HOLEANH COMPANY. THKia TITLE. As tbe subject of the' validity of the Company’s title to the lands claimed by them, has been made a matter of spect la- tion and doubt, by a convention lately hpid in Buffalo; and as great pains have been taken by tbe agitators of this subject, to give a wideband extended range to ifieir doubts and surmises, we had thought we would give a history of the company’s title; and ba<} in fact prepared an article tracing the title to these lands from Bie grant of King Jamfe! I. in 1620, (when it was cec ed to the Plymouth Company, down to 17(j€, when the state of Massachusetts contracted to sell tliese lands to Gotham && Phelpjs ; ibis laud wa-s afterwards purchased of them by Robert Morris, and by him sold to tpe Dutch proprietors,) but upon reflecton cojn- ceive it entirely unnecessary—^^there is no doubt, even in the minds of the agitatorsiof this subject, of -the validity and genuine ness of the Company’s title. The movers of this concern were, without douljt, actua ted by one of two reasons—they did suppose that if they could succeed in iaismg an ek- citeraent among tbe settler?, sufficiently strong, they would be therciy enabled (o pu.sh,.successfully, their political fortunes-j— or, by “ kicking up adustd’’and involving Jhe settlers in difficulty, they would thereby ffie enabled to pocket a little of the “ ready’’ by way of their professianal duties—for i t is rather p singular fact, that all the prir - cipal actors in this scene, are lawyers .— Such probably as by moderate arid rcaso - nable industry, and peacqful, quiet times, are unable to obtain a livelihood—thejy tbereftwe wished to “ raiSe the wind’’—but whether, they w.Hl be able to direct the storm, is another questip^n. but this mucli we was innocent of tbe' crime, be It may well -here to statb, that v,l,e„ this moderji' Saint left this place, be went off in “ something of a hurry,V occasioned .probably by the urgency of the case; and In his hasty retreat, FOReo[||0|band over f» the proper jperson ^ o u t dollars the publick school money, which had been put into -his hands, we presume, for gafi keeping. WC do not meaq to say, t|iat lie. of the housGt really intended lo steal tins money-|-we will be more charitable, k believe, for|tbe presenif ihni it wasnotbin' ■more thnn forgetfulness —for in such mst- ters we belisve he was generally reputed to be very forgetful, Mr. Greep, has also been accused ofpfr- Jury —whether the charge is well founded or not, we cannot say knour, if be has had abundant opportunities to appeal to the judioial tribunaJs of our counity for a redress of his grievances; but this he has not done, and we are'Clferefore of the opin ion that the charges preferred against him in this respect, are well Hounded.' That be perjured Isimself in the. case of J-ohn Shi- don, who |vas tried and 'convicted at Can- andaiguag upon bis testiinony, we think there cart far na doubt, / ' ' Such is briefly the character of the mao who now edi|ts the Antimasonick chkistux Herald. If tbe term “ Christian\ was left off, we shopfd think that he possessed tha necessary fqiualificatipns for a seat- in (lie editorial cMir, so far as regards the rest of the paper.l For this sjiort history of Mr. Green, sliall be aeprised by tbe anties of acting in perfect acepfdance with our Masonick obli- g-atzons—opp of which is, as they say, “ the sending of j man’s character after hi.m’’— we have no doubt this, would ^nngy most of them more than any thing else—for wlien they 'ryn e Way, we haive no douln tliey ' would esteem it a great favour if ffiey coiiM be permitted to jeave, efTectaaHy, that load behind ther i4 But'tliis the)' are not always permitted tt» (Jo; and in the present case we. shall takeo^pasioii to transfer, in part, Mr. GreenV eba'deter after him. Mr. Bosrt submitted resolution : Resolved, That the co the Post Offices and Post structed to inquire into the of establishing a post rout 2 from the city of Schenectady, fay the the following mmittee on roads he in expediency way of Du- anesburgh, and Schoharie C jurt House, to tbe village of Middlehurgfa Schoharie county, New York. W HISKEY R A T IO N S . were as 1, Bur- 2 , Fre- chnstori, 3 , Rug- f South linghuysen. Foot, Holmes, Mark, Naudain, Noble, Robfai gles, Seymour, Silsbec, Smith o|l Carolina, Sprague, Webster,' W Hey twenty-one. NAYS-—Messrs. Bernard, iBenton, Bibb, Brown, Dickerson, Dutilby, For syth, Grundy, Hayne. Hendic|v 5 , Ire dell, Kane, Rowan, Sanford, i Rviiite, Woodbury.—16. It will be .seen that Messrs. Living ston, McKinley, McLean, Kin^' Ellis, Troup, Tazewell, Ty^er, Smith jofMd. and Adams, the new Senator frhm the Slate of Mississippi, aud Mr. K t the garden of the United Slates, only j Rhode Island, were \absent ; ai|(j that because the industrious and calculating | had tliey'been present, aiid'votftd with cannot throw away their efforts in mere j ibeir political friends, the vote brute strength—but bring mind and plaq, have been, yeas 22,'nays, 26. and system, and experience lo bear up on their naturally hard and thankless ■solli On .every side the passing travel ler sees verdure,.aud grass, & orchards, in (he small and frequent enclosures of jnsperishable rock, and remarks fertility won from the opposition of the eiements and nature. After an absenceTof ten years, on our return to that coumry, we were struck with ibis proud and noble triumph, conspicuous over the whole regain. The real-benefactors of mankind, as St. Pierre so beautifully said, are those who cause two blades of wheat to ma- turj 0 where one did before. Tho fields The. manner in which this resolution, which if carried into effect to the extent proposed by Gales and Seaton, ?dl} be a donation to them of more iha| three hundred thousamJ dcdlars^ has. beitm for ced througli the Senate, at a lima when ilio minority, by accident, had obtained a majority, is a full commentar| upon the principles of the late, admmistra- tion. We intend, oa Monday|^to lav a full report of the proceedings before our readers; and suspend until [then, our comment on the proceeding.sJ Bm we feel ourselves, called on now tb say, in reply,to the declaration onade Mr! ChaUners, ihiit we could rifrord iddeli- ight of would Efforts have been made for years, to abolish or lessen the use of tirdent spii'- its in the Army and Navy. The sub ject has been revjved in Congress ; and the Secretary or War has sebmitted an answer to the' resolution which called for information on the exflediency of making a pecuniary equivalent to the U. S. solxliors aud seamen, f ir the pre sent allowance of spirituous 1 quors,“and creating a reward for total abstinence. The Secretary states that the quan tity allowed by government i^ too small to be injurious iu itself, aufl that the evils are caused by the drink which is procuied clandestinely. He mentions ihat an experiment was tried by the commander of a .detachment of the ar- m)', who left the tropps unrestrained on the subject, in returp of which, favour, the soldiers proscribed their ewn roles, •and enacted penalties for the excessive use of liquor ^ during the thrt^e or four weeks that this method obtaired, there was but little of intemperance or mis conduct. Appended to,this report is a letter from Major General Mateomb who suggests that (he ratioa of liquor now afforded be discontinued, S& ri por tion ol rice and molasses be suhstitjuted • and also that a premium of ore dollar niquihly be allowed every soldier 'Who euiiiely abstains, and belfave^or- derly. The Commissary General writes, that in 1820 the price of the whiskey ration was offered to the troops in lieu of liquor; that the proposition wasric- ceded to a few posts and rejected by the majority ; aud the seheme was; finally abandoned by the fornaer, heir g found ineffectrial. The Commissary recom- meDda-ihat the States should individual- SA M U E L D . G R E E N E . This man, who has now become an ^ n t-imqsoOick Saint, ip tbe full extent of th i term, and' has become one of the Edit - ors of the Antimasonick CHRISTIAI*' Herald, published at Bostoir, was formerlj a resid-jm o f this county, and this village We should not now condescend to speak o ' him, as w.e hqve had the good luck to gel rid of him, were it not for the “fact of hiis having palmed hifeiself upon the good peo ple of Boston as a very pious and exemplary Christian. It is not our purpose at the present aime to give a full length portrait of this celebrated individual, but only to present the skeleton, while a more fini.shed one is in the hands of the artist. And in doing this we utterly disclaim all personal ill wifi or hatred pf the man; but are im- pelled ^odoso purely from motives of pub- iickgood. This deliueatiop of his charac ter is due to the citlzens^of Boston, upon whom he has palmed himself. _ Wh le ih this county, he resided awhifo in U>e town of Pembroke; and while there was accounted, generally, we believe, a bad citizeri-; and wa know that he was accused by as respectable a-man as-there is in town of STEALING SHEEP~and, we be lieve, >f other malpractices, Avhicli, how ever, u e shall not at present attempt to eno- nicrate Finding, we presume, that his char-jcier had become too generally known,- he shoiitly afterwards.removed to this place ■—here he adopted a new mode of operation j he all ai once became verv piovs, and rvas received into the Psesbyterian Cfiurch as a member. It wqs thel The last Buffalo Patriot contains a' la boured arth fo attempting to prove tbaitlte late stir at jjuflralo, in relation to the com pany’s tide, vj as notliing more nor less than a “ Alasonu k manauver,\. in order to raise an exciieni 2 pt among tbe Settlers which should counteract, or swallowUp* the Mor gan excitenieinT. Now, wheiher this or was not, d>e object which (he Buffalo- —but if it A|ajs, it is very singular tliat the antimasonH jif this place should have gone into tlie meja^ure, and consented to piav second fiddje| tb the Masons of Buffalo^ However, stu>h is the fact. When this new “ excitement” broke out and bore, at the time, tlie Appearance of proving conta? gious, a Dotahje young anti of tliis pJace_ immediately procured the printiog of a pe tition to the legislature, in farlherance of tire views of tlie Btdlalo convention. This, petition was piivalfe^, aud secretly,—{Oh monstrous!—how this word, secret, must sound in the eitrs oT Antimasons,/) circula ted amongst thle clan fur signatures. Soma signatures-werje obtained, to wit* asW un derstand, George Jf. Lay, George W. Har ris and JVillinm J. JVood, and how manv others; we dqi ’f know. Some one, how ever, soon after haJ' the sagacity to disco ver, that the company’s G i I q might be good ; they therefore called In their peti tions, which Irajd gone forth, and destroyed foem. Now wjiether the facts ip the case prill stistain the ppiept editor of the Patriot, in tbe assertiori tliat this is- -a masonick pianmuver,” wa leave others to judge. . . that he obtained admission into the Lodle at this place, through the infuence of sbme of his hreth- reii o f the Church. He. however, soon af terwards seceded fromilhoMasons. While iu tbis'jilace he Some time before 1 arraigned before t kept a, fiublick house, e left this place* he was 26 d h u r c h UDon r b J r g g g as a toan \fr itfii uMs place* ne cihurch upon chd ■nvolvmg seriously his repufotion as a 1 ao4 a ohristian—sdeh as having to do with, o, keeping ip his,house, for' ao- conmioclation, leiod toi>nieii,*1&c.: k c ; upon two, we believe, of the charges for whieJi' he was arraigned, he Wds found guU iy-U was sentenced to make [acknowledgements | before the wfaple congregation, and say, wotOd not-dd so agedk. ' H»vingb6fass,atefi*d. ,(.at Ins cbar»cle. at tbi, W e . a* well as P .„i. broke, had Ijiecome tool notorious, he has \ r '' good peo ple of Boston, believiogi thathe can' there as well as elsewhere, bj his inmate hypocrisy, show himself off^s;aipm-e,^^pipus i ) 1 1 TO TH E ^ ^ T L E R S U F O N t THE H O L L A t o LANHJGOMPA- N r s 'L A N a . \ The Resident Agent of the iHolland and Com^rahk feels himself called up- dn to notice th^ proceedings o f fa Couii- ly Conventiori Iqtely held at Buffalo,, “for the purposW o f taking into consider- Etion I he expediency of having an ad— ritional act passed by the. legislature a'st i leir present ^i’ssion, confirming or e.\- i jnding the till e of said Comp'sr-'v to lie Ian is claimijd fay them in the conn— iy of E r ie;” aijd he is ilia mrrre ffis— osed to notice Ithe prncredings of that, •-onyeiition, belnusp Ire entcrt.iitns the* opinion that ediniordinary .\Jiid undue* earis have l)e(|ii emp'loycd to iiiflame* e publick mint j,,and draw you into er- ’ Ur, It seeins that this Convention asscmhlod in ctnisequence of-a bill hav- j been introduiqd into the legislature ih’ts staie,_on;’Ihe 28th of January V for the prifepose'of enabling the illand Gompatiy .^fo purchase iij cer- hiuds in thp tO^VEkof.Sheldo|D, in- county of G^riesfae, upon sule$. un- 1 ' certain moVtga^s, wiiich were as- t I Phelps and Chipman;- Ipis bin was introduced into the legis- monforial' -of the Agent G^mpanv, sanctioned L i, the seniors risideni -Oplr n the land i»r question; aud in Order to i ecure to rirem [the settlersU L er- lecyilUe, utasttioch as mapy o f the! tide deeds, derived from Phelps and Chip- “ - ft..; ■t'. ' ■ \ -J- ■' I |i would b e | pny adthelnt ig i s ! eptii| iritem I p u ' have’ pject of th lis lavr was jfrecognitipl j lhO; LandJ r W 4 iove •e^plajj jThp iatfcii |iS have md i|.creatO dou| jDpHny’s li hitjt solicittult of this futile. j^itadual, or ml ^^l^lityof. qb I contcc sqs shall itpan y’s ti ^ o s e who y the agent iridor^tion justice t( legal trihi! the geouij ish the ass |llt is of but ! uire into tl ^(View by tb| |loexcitfe Ih that a rc| peaceful k r industryj ferations wl| 'moment BU that to acj jipy’s title, rn interests |neral prosp^ helve no a< iBe the title) 1-those of; fby deed, 01 Ider articles If chase, will Itate of tliini rests thus ac) i i r value. 7lte libeiall ay adopted J^. upon whi( it tkne, in |Laod, and res yon earn lerests ; and 1 charge whi Im, that the; Jfs lowai;ds Kwhich the planuary.lastj aralterrns ^tlional eVijl at indulgeiic| ^htje the Ive is .not tht Bheasion as; aeot security Jear'nestly de) jeretofore, |if farms, anc Buffalo, Febi ■All ’he Hon. |ingstoa uh distrTct, |th e Eagle irday ig'Venii lU. H. had p d , and ha| |ng his seat iks ; but hil JVent as une| pamily and Ir announce |e t, the deati esq. editoil iPeughkceps |er. Ir. Barnum,! ;»about thre{ rith^n -apop |rn, eleven ri'e after a |attack, he wj which he |vcring, wh^ tenco on mm and set lives frorn'l’l during his ie family of ferienced p*l , to say, lha iatteniio.n. |;o the citizij |amily. and pghout thel |mip, will be !cted depriv |s,.discharge an ex pi an |on* the- edi lilated apd |acquiredl in fin his inter fee ns, a juSt aeration a-ml pcement of t Mr. B. WE lod with the juhhcation. J and ap es|| ’he petuh\ [displayed ,u ilitlle suite! lofty dis^tif |m for him 2 te . ' 'His tor on the ti| lup by tfie I*#** . 4|
