The Litchfield County post., 1828-02-28

t rose DTiSht rom the dark Clouds, oft deep nlng
 Into gloom, upon their Eairest prospects,
 Until at last it rolld full orbd above
 All dangers and shed forth the blissful light
 fpeace and liberty.--This legacy,
 So rich and great, while all its train
 Ofminor blessings still is ours, while the great
 Donors of the gift have passed to Him
 Who only gave them power to bless, while
 Some in throngs, or foolish revelries,
 Notice this natal day-and mid their mirtl Forget whose birth they ceiebrate---I seek
 To pay humber tribute to the sou
 Of Offreedom---the father of his country ;s
 And while with praise and gratitude speak
 His name, mourn Der the degenerate
 Spirit of these later years, when selfish
 Intrigue, party prejudice, and weak ming
 wealth, with ther corrupting, enervating
 Riles, possess the souls of freemen, raising
 The fears of each true patriot for the veal
 Of his beloved country. May the pure
 Principles of earlier times still live,
 Stil. counteract subverting ills, and bear
 Above the waves of faction and abuse
 The vast inheritance our fathers left, rgifts, Which time has strengthened and enrich'd with That vile ingratitude alone can mar,
 And make even worse than useless alas!
 That half a century should tarnish honors
 So severely won, and make the children's
 Deeds unworthy of their sircs. Let hope still
 Live, for faiths prophetic eye sees light
 That never fais---a pure redeeming spirit,
 Which emanatcs from God alone, which lies
 In many a humble christian's heart
 And guarantees with power dvneIy
 Free---that country where domestic atars
 Rise, and public shrnes appear, where praises
 Meet and rise to Heavens high King, ,who sheds His blessings on each faithful worshipper,
 And will diffuse his healing beams beyond
 Themselves, in answer to the prayerfuI
 Means which they exert for others good.--dear
 To the pous heart the thought, the cheering
 Thought, that yet his land of earthly promise
 Will become the land of heavenly hopes,
 And all her children heirs of endless joys.
 The bright and cheering light of patriotic
 Asdor and success is dim, compar'd
 With this, and gains it's greatest, purest worth
 From aids which freedom from despotic rule
 Conlers upon the soul in it's desires
 To break the letters strong that bind the heart
 In moral bondage. o! may the power
 Ofrenovatirg truth, live and advance,
 And rend the hearts of all who yet refuse
 To hear it's voice divine ;-,hen will the deeds
 or the great Washington have not been done
 For those unworthy of the need they gain'd---
 And while they praise aud love his honor'd name.
 They'll raise their hearts to God who blessd them
 thus,
 And pay the tribute of rle Christians love. c. Female Masons.--The Frederick Md. Advertiser nnounces that on Wednesday last, a Mrs. Chalmers intended to deliver Masonic Grafton composed by 'erseIf; and besides all this, the lady promises to lsclose the whole secrets of masonry"
 What nen?-A Convention of the Baptist Society t Le Roy, N. Y. consisting of Delegates from I9 hurches, resolved to request all Free Masons belong ng to their churches to renounce publicly all commun- on with the order and to excommunicate such as do lot comply within reasonable time. The payment made into the Treasury of the For. Ais. Society ot the County of Ltchfedby the lst So- icty in Cornwall, was 1884, and not $54 as stated in UT paper of last week.
 me artIcie sgned " Laymen," |" was received too ate for insertion this week. upon our last page where Ee wish to insert communications upon religious sub- ccts. As we have received the speech of Rev. Mir. at the late meeting of the Missionary sec- ty, which will fill share of next sheet the above mentioned communication must lay over few weeks. Ne shall, however, be pleased to publish it, as soon as ossible.
 New Papers."-We have received the two first numbers of a weekly paper, imperial size, published t Rochester, entitled Anti Masonic Enquirer" We 10 not think it proper for common political papers enter into the masonic and anli-masonc controver- y which is extending itself in our land. It is howev- r highly proper, that papers should be established or thIs express purpose; and when their object is old by the very name which they assume, as in the bove case, it offers cause for complaint for the most fastidious opposer to the principles they SUD- 'ort. Weare indeed pleased to see the several and eparate interests in country, each supported y their own appropriate papers periodical publi- ations, and we wish them all success.
 The North -Eastsrn BounGary.-The report of Mir. Davies, the agent from Maine to New -Brunswick presents a case of great embarrassment and distress n the part of the border settlers. The New-Bruns- Vick government goes the ground that the author. ties of that province have jurisdiction from actual possession, over the disputed territory and proceeds nder this assumption, against the citizens of the U- ted States who have settled in that territory, az ainst trespassers upon tbc crown lands,