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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-11-24
MESCWEEIAN nv.

ture Of Massachusetts in May last
We commend it to the careful reading Of
Legislators generally.
Our great error as people is, that we
put an idolarous trust in our free insti-
tutions, as If these, by some magic pow
er, must secure our rights, however we
enslave ourselves to evil passions. We
need to lean that the forms of liberty
are not its essence; that whilst the letter
of free institution is preserved, its spirit
may be lost that even its wiscst provis-
ions and most guarded powers may be
made weapons oftyranny. In country
called free, Il ma orty may become a
faction, anc a prescribed minority may
be insultcd, lobbed, ard oppressed I'M
der elective governments, dominant
party may. !scome as truly an usurpcr,
and as reasonably conspirc against the
State, as IN individual who forces his
way by arms to the throne. ] know
that it is supposed, that political wisdom
can so form stitutions. as to extract from
them freedom, Notwithstanding peoples
sins. The chief cxpcdicnt for this pur-
pose has been to balance, as il is called,
mems passions and interest against each
,,ho. ,,,n1, e,IE .I,nncs n
check against his neighbor's, to produce
peace by the counteraction and cquili-
bri,lm of hostile forces. This whole the
orv dist-ust The vices can by no
management or skiltul posing be made
to do the work of virtue. Cur own his
tory has already proved this. Our gov
crnmcnt was founded on the doctrine Of
checks and balances; and what docs ex-
pcricncc teach us? 1t teaches, what
tNe principles of our nature might have
taught, that, whenever the country Is dl-
vldcd INTO two great parties, the doml-
nant party will possess itsel'ofboth bran
chcs of the Legislature, and Of the differ
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move towards its objects with as little
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;nG;c,s an ;o;urv which no tolcn, can re- .
r,;.. MOI, sLa,ld ,,v solendor ofeery;oes
or ,nv nooeo,a,v snccess. aver, from
him the ;ncamv which nc has earned
Let nuhl;c mon learn 70 think more reva-
reutlv oc tbe;, function Let them feel
that thcv are touchino more vital inter-
csts than property. Let them fear moth
inc ca much os to san the moral conyic-
tons Of a peonIc. bv nnriehtcous lceisla-
ton. or y selfish policv. Let them cul-
tivato in Themselves the spirit of religion
and virtue, as the first requisite to public
s,,t;o, So, .n,.r,n, odv,rt,o. 70
the community. anv more than to
themselves, scducc them to the inirac-
,;or or onv moral law Let them nut
filth IN v;rtno os tho s,renctb of nations
Let them no, be disbcatcncd BY tempo.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-11-24
A PROCLAN NATION.

WHEREAS the General Assembly
of the State aforesaid, on the twenty
ninth day Of October last, passed the fol-
lowing resolution, to wit:
Goied and Resoired, That Thursday,
the twenty-flth day Of November next,
be and is hereby set apart as day Of
Public Thanksgiving and Praise to Al
mighty God; and that his Eycellcncy
the Governor, be, and he is hereby re-
quested, to issue his Proclamation ac-
cordingly.
do, therefore, pursuant to the above
rccited resolution, issue this, my Procla-
nation, to make known the same, that
the good people Of this State may CON
form thereto.
Given under my hand, and the seal
of said State at Providence, this
third day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and Of
Independence the filty-fith.
JAMES FENNER.
BY His Eycellency's command,
ii. Bowen, Sec.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-11-24

NNT ANTED, an apprentice TO the backsniths
w business y smart lad, fom IS 10 II years
OF age. one from the country would be preferred.
Good encouragement will be given,-Apply to.
JAMES SHAW
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-11-24
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS.

"ARVEY SESSIONS, has received his Fall
"a supply of FASHIONABLE GOODS, among
them are the following, viz
Broad cloths, black, blue, olive. and mkt cas-
sineres; ditto Pelisse cloths, ditto English merinos;
merinoS circassans black homba2ines, levdntinrs,
and luStrings, Canton and nankecn grapes, mourn
ing ginghams, light ditto. elegant foulard and
French prints, merino shawls, s. hdkfs. beragc
and silk handNcrchris, Iiorsin gloves and mitts,
iig 4 hannels & bombazctls for children; red, white,
yellow and green llanncIs; blue silk and imitation
cambcts, brown cambIct, plaid camblcts, Scotch
plaid, Tartan ditto, Rob-Roy pIalds, black and
slate worstcd hose, white Nigonia ditto; black,
slate and white ribbed worstcd do; 6-i and 81
linen damask Russia diapers, ditto ,heetlngs. sat
tnctts tickings, checks ,--and great variety Of
other goods. too numerous to mention IN an adj
ycrti,cment all Of which will be sold low for cash,
or approved paper.
Newport, Oct. 6, 1880.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-05-07

, whenever an accident ofthis painful descrp
ton occurs, ii i, sure to be Flowed by variety
OF wise prescriptions and ADJUSTMENTS, to guard
against Them in future. We, too, have q sugges-
ti"n 10 make, which we hope will arrest the atten.
uon OF the public. The great source of Danger
In our apprehension, is, the ignorance and unskil-
fuiness OF engineers. Steam we quote the
American, of Saturday" when applied by
those who understand its nature and agency
Is safer and more manageable power than
any other either animal or mechanical; and
1t IS, therefore, jus. and right that those who
undertake to use it for public purposes, should
be required under the severest restrictions and
penalties, thoroughly to understand its effects"
But what's the fact We understand that i'm ma.
ny instances, men who ship on board of boats as
bremen, whose only business is to attend the fur
mace. and who know no more about the engine
than to look at the safety valve, and now and
then turn stopcock, to ascertain whether the
water has been reduced below the mark, are, af-
ter few months service, created engineers of
other boats, recommendation or exainina-
ton. This we believe TO have been nearly the
TACT In the case of late engineer of the Mar
shall-Some months since he was the engineer
OF the Gen. Jackson, which plies between
this city and Sing Sing. The boiler Of that
boat becoming out of repair, was taken to the
foundry Of MIR. Allaire, to be msnded The mo-
ment Mr.. A. saw it, he exclaimed, " who is
your engineer" On being told, he said" you
should dismiss him at once. Had he understood
his business, the boiler, would not have needed
reParaton." The usual excuses were then made,
that he was a man having family, needed
the place, worked cheap, &c. To all of which
Mr. Alhire rejoined-That the repairs of the
boiler, injured because the Engineer did not I'M
dorstand his business, would cost moro than
would have been necessary to make up the wages
OF man competent to the station. After this
representation the Engineer was dismissed from
that boat; and was subsequently taken on board
of the Marshall, at reduced wages, and a COM
petent Engineer discharged TO make room for
him. Under these facts and circumstances 1t
seems to us that highly penal law should be
passed by the Legislature, prohibiting the run
ming OF any boat, unless the Engineer employed,
shall be pronounced qualified for the station by
competent Board of scientific and practical
men, who thoroughly understand the subject
themselves, and then only after the most rigid
examination
UTSince the foregoing was in type, we have
been told that the En-; of the Marshall who
was dismissed to make room for Mr.. Volant,
was formerly the Engineer of the Oliver Els
worth, the boiler of which exploded, some three
years since near the mouth of Connecticut river.
MIR. White was discharged from that boat from
a few days before the accident, as we are inform
ed, because he would not drive more steam
and the reason was urged against him, on his
recent discharge from the Marshall.
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SECRET DIPLOMATIC CORES
PONDENCE

A communication was lately made to
the Senate OF the United States that sew
eral volumes Of the Secret Diplomatic
Correspondence Of the old Congress. dur
ing the Revolutionary war, ordered by a
recent resolution of Congress to be pub
lished from the original manuscripts in
the Department Of State, were printed
and subject to the order Of Congress This
important correspondence now for the first
time published, will form ten or twelve
volumes. -Four or FIVE volumes are aIrea-
dy printed, and the rest of the work is
now in press in this city. No part of the
work is yet published, but the volumes
printed Tor Congress, as far as completed,
have been forwarded to Washington. A
small number OF copies have been printed
Tor sale, by permission of the Secretary of
State, more than half of which are already
disposed of 10 booksellers and others in
the Southern States. The residue are for
sale by Messrs. Gray s. Bowen of Boston.
and will shortly be ready for delivery, as
far as printed. The whole will be pub
lished in the course Of the ensuing sum-
mer, and from the interest which has been
''"''''S'Oo ~ ~, We presume tDat all the
copies will be disposed OF by the time the
last volume is printed
The work consists Of the letters of Ben.
jamn Franklin, Silas Deane, John Adj
ans, John Jay, Arthur Lee, William Lee,
Frances Dana, Ralph lizard, William Car
michael, John LaureDs, aud others. con-
corning the foreign Relations of the Uni-
ted States during the whole Revolution,
together with the Letters in reply from
the Secret Committee Of Congress and to
the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Also
the entire Correspondence of the French
Ministers, Gerard and Luzerne, with the
Congress while they resided in this coun-
try'-lt is edited by Mr.. Sparks, the late
accomplished editor Of the North Amer.
can Review, who was appointed by the
late Secretary Of State to examine the ori.
glnal manuscripts, and to select, prepare
and arrange them for publication.
This collection Of papers relates to a
most interesting period Of American histo.
ry. They are the more curious as having
been secret when written, and as develop,
ng the policy Of foreign Powers, in regard
to the United States at the time OF our
great struggle for independence. They
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-05-07

Sea monsters. A young man few days
since in search of sea fowl, on the sea-coast in
the town of Goldsborough, discovered flock of
ducks, at which he attempted to obtain shot
the ducks, kept swimming about and diving
in very singular manner, and before he could
gain situation to discharge his gun with effect,
two large animals of an unknown species rose to
the surface of the water and, swan to the shore.
They crawled out upon the beach and continued
for nearly an hour, playing with each other like
dogs. The young man retreated few PAGES at
their approach, and watched ,their sport for some
time he then'went and called his sister to look
at them, and while gone for his father thew dis
appeared He described them, as being about
eighteen feet in length, with teeth five or six
inches long, and something resembling paddles,
for feet, wings, or fins. We can give no more
particular description, bot rely upon this much
as correct. The same, or similar animals were
also seen off Iron Bound Island, in Frenchman s
Bay. Ellsworth (Me.) Cour.l
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tains replied, or brought back the shriek
OF the people on the heights all the wall.
resounded screams and wailings; men
who were expiring with famine, rallied
their remaining strength to utter cry oil
anguish and desolation.
The slaughter within was even more
dreadful than the spectacle from without.
Men and women, old and young, insur-
gents and priests, those who fought and
those who mtreated mercy, were hewn
down in indiscriminate carnage. The
numbers ofthe slain exceeded that of the
slayers. The DICTIONARIES had to Chamber
over heaps Of dead, to carry OH the work
OF determination. John, at the head of
some OF his troops, cut his way through,
tlrst ihto the outer court Of the Temple !;
afterwards into the upper city. Some of
the priests upon The roof wrenched off the
gIlded spikes. with their sockets Of lead :,
and used them as missiles against the Re-
mans below.-Afterwards they fled to a
part Of the wall about fourteen feet wide;
they were summarized to surrender but
two of them, MAR, son of Belgo, and Jo-
seph, son Of Dalia plunged headlong into
the flames.
No part escaped the fury of the Romans.
The treasures, with all their wealth of
money, Jewels, and costly robes-the plum
der which the zealots had laid up-were
totally destroyed. Nothing remained but
small part OF the outer cloisier, in which
5000 unarmed and defenceless people,
with women and children, had taken re-
iuge. These poor wretches, like multi
tudes OF others, had been led up to the
Temple by false prophet, who had pro-
claImed that God had commanded all the
Jews to go up to the Temple, where he
would display his Almighty power to save
his people. The soldiers set fire to the
building: every soul persisted.
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by LYDIA H. sreouRsEy.

BYLTDIA H. sIGoURaEY.
Tears on thy bridal morning tears, my love /!
II ought not thus to be. Why my full heart
ds like the gladstone long imprisoned bird,
Cleaving it's way through the blue liquid arch
With liberty and song. Those dropping pearls
Waste but thy bosom's wealth. TT were we'll to
keep
Such treasures for those long arrears which grief
Demands from the brief summer of four time.
I'll turn magician, dearest, and compute
What moves thy spirit thus Remembered ioys,
Clustering so thickly round thy parents hearth,
Put on bright robes at parting !; and perchance
A mothers sympathy, or the fond clasp
OF thy young sisters snowy aims do bind
Thine innocent soul in durance, O my love
Cast thy hearts gold into the furnace FANG,
And fit come not thence refined and pure,
III be 4 bankrupt to thy hope and heaven
Shall shut its gate on me. Come, swee ties
come
The holy VOW shall trcroble on thy lip,
And at Gods blessed altar shalt thou kneel,
SO meek and beautiful, that men will deem
Some angel there doth pray. Thou shalt then
be-
The doveiet of my green and fragrant bower,
IriIling soft lays; and will touch Thy heart
With such strong warmth'of deathless tender.
ness,
That all thy pictures of remembered Joy
Si,a)l he as faded things So DO at rest,
AIy souls beloved and let thy rosebud lip
Srnie as twas wont, in eloquent delight.
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DEATH.

DEATH.
All who can tell how solemn It's to urge
Our onward footsteps through the vale Of
death &
To try the realms that lie beyond the verge
OF that dark stream whence not a whispered
breath
Returns TO tell of aught that spirits end,
When they have left the scenes Of time behind
Vainly the, wild delusive dreams of time
May futter round the spirit id that hour
They cannot wash away single crime
They cannot dissipate the clouds that lower
SO often DER the tomb, nor shed one ray
Around the disembodied spirits way.
Oh vain is every hope but hope in heaven,
To sooth the parting spirit nought avail,
When the last feeble cho rds of lie are riyen,
All earthly consultations. Through the vale
That separates eternity from time,
Ye, ye alone can guide, us Faith and Hope sub.
lime.
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CARELESS DRIvING. A, Concord, on
wednesday last, we understand, gentle
man recovered verdict of 500, i'm an
acton against the proprietors of the South
ern line OF stages, Tor bodily injury sus-
tanned 10y the caIelessness of one of their
drivers. The accident occurred on the
Mill dam, and the plaintiff i'm the case had
one OF his arms badly fractured. We CO.
pied similar case few days since from
London paper. In the latter, however,
the verdict of the plaintiff was fire hun
dred pounds sterling. 1t is important to
the community, we think, that the pro-
prletors of stages be made acquainted with
these facts. The law holds them accoun-
table Tor the carelessness Of their agents,
and 1t therefore believes them to employ
sklliul and careful drivers.
Bost. Com. Gag.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-05-07

Progress Of Steam! The Williumstown Al
vocate mentions the construction, in Nassau, N
Y. OF steam coach, to run with ease and safety
onour common roads. twill convey eight tons,
at the rate Of Is miles an hour and one bushel
OF charcoal will supply the engine four hours
The boiler is so constructed that nothing is lost
oy the escape of any of the steam, it being con.
densed and returned Immediately to the boiler:
and neither smoke steam are to be seen
when the carriage is in motion. In DESCENDING
hills, friction bands are applied to the hubs bv
means of a progressive screw, and are made
more or less tight according to the steepncss OF
the declivity and for ascending, steel corks are
placed in the circumference of the wheels be-
tween each spoke, which are thrown out or
drawn IN by the application of a screw to a
wedge placed between the hub Of the wheel and
the cork TO be moved"
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EDUCATION,
BY JOHN powntyc

BY JOHN BowRIyG.
child is born. Now take The germc, un6
make IL
bud of moral beauty. Let the dews
ofknowledgc, and The light of virtue, wake IL
In richest fragrance and in purest huos.
When passions guest and Sorrows tempest
shake it,
The shelter Of affection ne'er refuse;
For soon tho gathering hand Of Death will
break il
From its weak stem Of life, md it shall lose
An power 10 charm. Bu, ifthst lovely flower
Hath swclcd one pleasure, or subdued one pain,
oh who shall say that il has lived in vain,
However fugitive lis breathing honr'
For virtue leaves its swoct4twherever tasted,
And scattered truth is never. never wasted.
Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-05-07

gre full account Of the origin and pro-
gress OF the early negocia,ions of our pub
nc agents with our European governments
OF the aids derived from them, aud of the
principles and history of the first treaties
oil unity and commerce.
When it is added moreover, that these
letters were written by some of our ables,
statesmen and warmest pa,rints, and con-
tain|their views on all the topics connect
ed with the important events of the time.
their value IS still more obvious. lis re-
pository Of political knowledge and histo
real facts, III relation to the period it en-
braces, this work will possess claims niue h
superior to any thing that has been pub
lished. Boston Daily Adv.
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TERMS.

TTHE VIRGINIA ADVOCATE, will be
Published every Friday, at three dollars per
annum, payable in advance.
UNo subscription will be received for less
than six Months, or DO discontinued, but ut the
discretion of the Editors, until all atrcarages
shall have been paid.
whoever will procure FIVE, aud guarantee
the same. will be entitled to the sixth GRATIS
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
"One square, or less Three insertions ST.
each continuance, % cents--The number Of in.
sertions must be noted on the MS. or advertise
ments will be inserted, and charged accordingly
Chancery orders, not exceeding two squares,
will be published for five Dollars
UAll letters to tho Editors must be post paid
or they will not be attended to.
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ANOTHER VERDICT. An action for as
sauIt and battery was tried at the late term
Of the Circuit court, held at Trenton,
Cushman vs.. Waddell. The leading facts
were, :hat plaintiff was teacher of school
in which one Of defendants sons was a
pupil. For some reason, the plaintiff chas-
tised his son whereupon defendant went
to plaintiffs house, and inflicted severe
beating upon him with cowskin. Yer
dict for pIaniilf-damages, 81 500.
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POETRY.

NEGOTIATIONS BY THE SEA SIDE.
stood by the shining sea-when all the west
Glowed like wetering furnace in commo
ton,
When every cloud in glory was at rest,
And balmy breezes famed the golden ocean
When the south sky was blue as violcts are,
(Save some reflection from suniit billow,)
And raln-drops wavcred in the evening air,
From dropping flower, and bush, and leaning
willow.
stood by the shining sea- and gazed away,
First on the sky, then on the towering noun.
Then on the lesser hills that stretched away,
Then on the sea, and then upon the fountains
And felt, while thus sent mine eye abroad
Upon this brilliant scene, that is diurnaI
That the universe was fashioned by a God,
And that he dwelt in all, oor all eternal.
And, as gazcd, saw pleasant flower,
Amid the waving grass, its leaves unfolding,
Pure as diamond, from the fresiening shower
And in its tinted leaves sun beam no lding
And then thought, if man, "that cometh up,
And is cut down." hath an immortal Shirt,
30 hath this flower that trcasureth in its cup
AS bright gem as that which we inherit
And as gazed again, / saw a star
a daughter Of the moon, on heavens blue
bosom,
And as it twinkled in its depths star,
thought it bore likeness to that bios som :;
For as it brightly shone, and feetly fled,
And was the farest in a boundless distance
So seemed, it with that gentle flower to we'd
And also for its limited exlstence.*
And as gazed, saw the crcled moon
Steal with fairy light--a fairy notion
AS if she feared to break its sleep too soon,
Over the bosom of the sumbering ocean;
And as she moved among the stars above,
thought if she were like to aught of human
1t were mother on task of love,
Watching her slumbering babes-so like t.
woman.
- J.OR
clumsy line this-Gar
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HARD CIDER

Why, dear me, MIR. Longswallow,' said a
good lady, how can your drink down whole
quart of that are dreadful hard cider at single
draught?" AS soon as the man could breathe
again, he replied, " beg pardon, madam, but
upon my soul it was 80 hard I couldn't bite it
of.-N. Y. Constellation
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COMING TO THE PINT

Madam" said an old topper, " have you any
'oater in the house, that you can give a poor
man drink Of beer, though like cider best,
and should like little aohishey. very seldom
get no cider at all at home my orchard is very
small, consisting Of only one scattcyine tree" III
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MUSIC hath chains to soothe the savage breast
Why will il not soften the Williams heart ~

" y WI II IIVN oVIIVII ITib
From paragraph in Philadelphia pa
per, it appears that there is gang of
thieves in the city, who play upon the vio-
lin veFy charmingIy. While portion Of
the gang are piundering dwelling house
OF Its silver plates and other yaluables, the
remaindef stand in the street and sereh-
ade the inmates Of the house with the
"Sonnd ofvioIins," and thus cover the op-
erations Of their associates.
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a society has been established at Liv.
eTpool for the education Of nurses.
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THE BRIDAL MORNING,

a clumsy line this.-Gar.