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Rkv om/tionaiiv Hkiior s.— Ity n com-
munic nlion in llic Boston Patriot , we no-
tice severa l nam es which arc said to Iiswc
belonged to chose licroes , who made that
fiimcd cup of ten in Boston harbour , in
1775. One of these actors , says , " our
num ber wns between twenty eight and
thirty . Of my associates, I only remem -
ber the names of a Fiuvtiiinoium , Mka o,
Mart in, and Guant. " To these , snys
the writer , " we suppose we may add in
confidence . Major Mkm .vilIj K , and Mr ,
Samukl CJ ouk , both living, who have
been commonl y reputed to have been ol
this notable ' Tea-Parly.* Those numes
should be associated in the mind of every
young American , with nil thut is noble ,
bold and fearless in daring ; " for " as the
wri ter observes ," their number was small ,
and a bri gade of British troops lay en-
camped within less than a mile of them. "
Tim e, nor uny other event has succeeded
in effacing from the memory of their coun-
trym en, the exp loit which was then sup-
posed to have been accomp li shed by In-
dians of the wildernes s, bu t which has
since proved to hnvc been performed by
some of the most respectable and tried
friends of their Countr y, in the hour of
her greates t need.
Tw o years after the Ameri can Revolu-
tion (17SJ) the military establishment of
the United States was reduced to, and
fixed at eight hundred men , one regiment
of infantr y, and two companies of artille-
ry, so jealous were the people of the mil-
itary power , altho ugh that power was in
their own hands, that is the Continental
Congress .
Infa nticide.
— 1 he body of a male in-
fant was found near the Tide Mill in Rox-
bury last Sunday.
Friendl y Advice.—A gentleman meet-
ing his friend said to him < I have wished
to see you for some days, for I am in
trouble , and wish your friendly advice,
« Wha t can it be,' replied the other :—
1 Why I have a lawsui t, and Webster , is
opposed to me ; what shall I do ?" His
friend replied, my advice is, your only
chance to escape is to send to Smyrna ,
and import a young Earth quake.
Nantucke t Inquirer.
Schr. Rap id.—Mr. 1 ray keeper of the
Plum Island Hotel , states that three sail-
ors , strangers , came to his house Friday
before last , bought some supp lies, and
stated that they belonged to a vessel a-
shorc down off the island. He thinks
th ey did not go off the Island by the Turn-
pike.—Ncwburyport Herald.
Northampto n Emigrants. —An Illin ois
pap er in speaking of the emigration to
(hat state , snys from asingle town in Mas-
sachusetts , Northam pton , upw ards of six
hundr ed individuals will leave for the
west this summer ; this is going the whole
figure with a vengean ce ; now unless our
kn owled ge of arithmetical progressi on fails
us there is not sixty individuals intend-
ing to leave Northampton for Illinois ;
the Colony which ori ginated in this place
numbers individu als from various towns
in thre e counties , and in all cannot exceed
one hundred individuals. To this colo-
ny we wish health and prosperity, but we
don t like to see our population moving
ofl'at such a terrible rate throug h the
ne wspape rs. Nor thampton Courier.
Sickness in Liberia. —Capt Waters of
the schooner Liberia , who arrived a few
days ago at Salem from Port Pra ya , re-
ported intell igence had been received that
sixty three of the emi grants who went
out in the V'ollad or had died since their
arrival in Africa. Doubts have been en-
tertained of the accurac y of this infor ma-
ti on. The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser refers to the statement of a mer-
chant who left Liberia a month after the:
arrival of the Vollador , when the emi-
gr ants were all in excellent health , and
two letters from Dr Mechlin and Dr Tod-
sen, received by the fri gate Java , as affor-
ding r easons for believing the report incor-
rect. Tlie Salem Mercur y says, " Not-
withs tanding we are afraid that the state-
ment in tlie Gazette will be found liter-
all y corr ect , Capt Waters got his informa-
tion from Capt Weaver , of the bri g H en-
ry Eckford which left Liberia about the
10th of April. The fri gate Java left Li-
beria nearl y a month before the Henry
Eckford , and of course could brin g no
account of what had trans pir ed in the in-
terval. Capt. Weaver 's account was so
circumstancial and minute that it could
not have ori ginated in any mistake , and
we shall require better evidence than we
have yet seen , before we consent to char ge
him with a wilful fabrication.
Daily Advertiser.
The people living on that ' small stri p
of territory ' in the present limits of Ten-
nessee , but claimed by Mi ssissippi, are,
we are told , ver y mu ch divided as to their
wishes on the subject of being attach-
ed to the last named State . Some wish
to raise Mississipp i cotton and are friendl y
to tlie transfe r ; others who have heard a
bad report of the health of Mississipp i,
and are opposed to it— Vick sburgh {Mi)
Register.
Accidents.—In Wa ter ville , 15th inst.
Wm. A Reddingtnn , a promisin g and eld-
est son of Silas Ileddington Esq. was
drowned in tlie Kennebec , by falling from
a slab on which he and olhers were sail-
ing. -Mr. Danl. Skellinger , pil ot fell o-
verboard fr om bri u Mexican , bound fr om
Phil adel phia , to Halifa x, off Marcus Hook
at 2 o'clock , mornin g of JOth inst. He
has left a famil y.
Fayetteville Sufferers. —We learn that
.$72.') has been forwarded by the com-
mittee for collecting subscri ptions in
Ch arlestown for the relief of the sufferers
by fire at Fayetleville , N. C.—Boston
Patriot. '
Mexico.—A letter fro m Tampico of the
22 ult to a house in this city, sta tes that a
materia l chan ge would take place in re-
lation to importations by other than Mex*
can vessels, and that imports would be at*
lowed in American vessels, on the same
rate3 of duty as in Mexican bottoms.
This regula tion it is state d, is to go into
oper ation immediately.
All the recent accounts from Mexico,
represen t the affairs of that repub lic in a
much more favourable light tha n had hith-
erto been exhibited. The present admin-
istration appears to have adopted a libera l
policy, in reg ard to its internal affairs ,
which will tend greatly to conciliate the
intestine divisions which have so long agi-
tated the countr y ; and are now establish-
ing commercial regulati ons, which will
pr omote a more extended intercourse
with foreign nations.
A cow was killed on Saturday last by
coming in contact with a car on the Balti-
more and Ohi o Rail Road. The car was
moving at the rate of 15 or 20 miles an
hour , being drawn by two horses, which
were ridi ng on another car , construct ed
for their special accomoda tion. The car
in which were several gentlemen passen-
gers was upset and several of the passen-
gers received brui ses, bu t none of them se-
riou sly hurt.
We were favou red by yesterday 's mail
with a letter from New Orl eans of the 1st
inst. in which we find tiiat an important
di scovery had been made a few days pre-
vious in that city. The following is an
extrac t :—" Four days ago, as sonic plan-
ters were di gging und ergr ound , they found
a square room containin g eleven thousand
stan d of arms , and fifteen thousand car-
trid ges ; each contained a bullet. " Th e
negroes , it is said intended 'to rise as soon
as the sickly season began, and obtain
possession of the city by massacrein g the
plan ters and white population. The same
letter states that the Mayor had pr ohibited
the opening the sunda y "
schools for the in-
str uction of the Blacks under a penalty of
five hun dred dollar s for the first offence,
and for the 2d , Death. West. Observer.
Attempted Murder.—A mnn named
Mali ga Wi ck, alias Wickson, cook of the
sloop Bolivar , Capt. Burden , of N. Bed-
ford was arrested in the street at midni ght
on Wedne sday, havin g in possession the
captains desk ,containing betwee n 900 and
$1000. He was taken by one of the
guard nam ed Emanuel , to whom he offer-
ed one halfof his booty to allow him to es-
cape. Another fellow was in company,
bu t escaped. Wicks was examined before
Justice Cleland , and committed for trial
in Janu ary next. —Savannah Georgian.
Contemptible Trick.—Our corre spon-
dent ut Cd gariown writes that a bottle
was picked up on the 1 lth inst by a sloop
of that place, containing a piece of pa-
per , on which was written " Sloop M er-
chairt , of Bangor , sunk near Cape Cod ,
June l, and all on board perished. " The
Sloop Merchant , of and from Bangor , ar-
rived at this port on Friday last. She 11-
suall y brings a large number of passengers
and it may easil y be conceived what the
feelings of their friends would have been
had this vessel by unfavourable weather
or any accident been detained until after
this wretched hoax had come to hand. It
is chari table to suppose that the bottle had
been recentl y emptied of some things
sp irited before the paper was put in. The
au thor of it richl y deserves a ropes end.
Boston Patriot.
Capt. Cr ocher. —This venerable Capt
arrived in the Packet Shi p Pacific from
Liverpool on Tuesda y morning, whi ch
comp leted his one hundred and sixtieth
passage across the Atlantic. Cnpt. Cr ock-
er has been a commander since the year
1792 , and with one exception , never had
occasion to call upon the underwriter s
for loss or damages sustained at sea to
vessels under his command. The case
embraced in the excepti on was in the shi p
Oti s, of New York , lying in the Downs
on the 17th Feb. 1H07, when nearl y one
hundred vessels were either lost or injur-
ed , the Otis also sustained considerable
damage. For Captain Crocker 's exertions
on that occasion in saving his shi p and
cargo from total wreck ,the underwriters at
Lloyd's presented him with five hundred
guineas and a piece of plate valued at 50
guineas . In the long series of years du-
ring which captain Crocker has been at
sea he has traded onl y to Euro pe—but he
has been in almost every port in that con-
tinent. He has saved the lives ol thirtytwo
persons by rec eiving them from wrecks.
N. Y. Mer. Ado.
The >ATt oHAr < Dm.—" In peace prepare
for war ;
" " One fuel is worth a tlwuutnd
theories "—From the lit day of Januar y, to (he
31st day of December , 1830, inclusive , fifteen
million * of hard Spanish dollars were secured ,
to be paid at the New York Cut torn House , as
lawful and acknowl ed ged revenue. This year ,
if we may credit actua l returns , which thus fur
j ustify us in the assertion , it will exceed the
former ; and we now ask whether (he opposi-
tion of the " Aincricnn System so called , is got
up for the purpose of upholding the Country , or
maintainin g a parly ?—Transcri pt.
Friends or foes to the American System, or nny
other system , cannot but be gratified at the im-
incline amount of revenue actuall y accruing to
the II. S. Government , and which is rap idl y titf a
constantl y increasin g. All these tilin gs will and
must regulate themselves , and no system of civil
polity cycr y.'t devised by mnn was perfect.
rived at this port within the last 24 hours in
three Steamboats ; who wilh all their lar ge
chest *, boxes , punch eons , barrels of oat meal ,
molasses &.c.fic. exhibit as the boats approach
the city, a most ludicrous appea rance ; yet on
seeing many of the poor creat ures landing un-
der a scorchin g Sun , men , women , and children ,
the latter very numerou s , from infant s of the
the tenderest age upwards , and not a place_ to
put their heads under covering, and some with-
out the means of pay ing for a ni ghts lodging c-
ven could it be obtained for money, the heart
sickens at such a picture of human misery .—
Our hospitals nrc filled to overflowing with the
sick amon g the emi grants , and tents now erect-
ing near one of the hospitals , that others may
have the benefit of moderate assistance. Hun-
dreds are seen stretched along the beach above
Ihe port , sleeping on the ground until they can
get to upper Canada , or some othtr place of
rendezvous , or procure Kmployment. Last year
at this time abou t 2.'J0 vessels and 8000emigrants
had arrived at Quebec . This yea r nearly or
quite 1000 vessels and 25,000 emigrants have
arrived. [Alban y Argus.
Extract of a letter from Montrea l, dated Ju ne 13.
" Our port (which is not half large enough for
the shippin g already here) presents a a scene of
bustle and activit y far surpassing any thin g ev-
er before witnessed iu this place. No less thau
1800 souls (settlers from the old countr y) ai-
Written f or the Darnslable Patriot.
SUNRISE MEETIN GS.
In almost every town and village there arc
those who will sacrifice every pr inci ple of rea-
son and propriety to support n reli gious party,
and to promote what nrc falsely called Revivals
of reli gion, For this purpose , prayer , confer-
ence, inquir y nnd whispering meetings nrc ap-
pointed. I have no objections to havin g people
attend meetings at proper times nnd places ; but
it nppenrs to me that the clergy nrc holding
meetings in this town , which arc unrcn sonnblc.
The meetings to which I allude arc denominated
sunrise meetings. Many people in this village ,
instead of attending to their secular concerns in
the morning, go to these meetings ; leave their
families, neglect their business , nnd injure their
health. Unfortunatel y those who attend nrc
princi pally females. Every female should be nt
home in the mornin g nnd should attend to her
necessary avocations. If the mother go to meet-
ing the family must he neglected. Ihe husband
rises in the morning, goes into the field or the
work shop, and soon needs his brcnkfns t. It is
unprepared. The wife is attendi ng a sunrise
meeting. The neg lected husband must cither
cook himself , get some other person , or go with-
out his brcakln st. When the pious wife returns ,
she is unfit for the business of the day, and is
uneasy until she returns again to meeting, nnd
when ther e she can apeak of her goodness nnd
talk of her reli gion ; but her conduct shows she
is not guided by its heavenl y princi ples, for the
liiblc tench es that those who provide not for
their own household arc worse than the infulel.
But I blnmc ;iot the erring female so maph as
I do those who appoint and manage their sun-
rise meetings. It is " the leaders of the people
that cause them to err , and those who arc led
of them are destroyed. " Those who appoint
these meetings know that mothers and daugh-
ters will neglect their families and dutie s to at-
tend them. Let there be no sunrise meetings
appointed , and people will stay at home and at-
tend to their business. Let public opinion be n-
gainst them , and they will soon become unfash-
ionabl e, be less frequent , aud finally cease to be.
Hyannis, June , 1830. Muk iuy.
Ilrimorii nniA.—Much hue and cry is raised
at the present day, nnd justl y too , on nccount
of several cases of Hydrop hobia , which hnvc oc-
curred very recentl y. Extreme warm aud sul-
try weather , is known to be an exciting und
generating cause of hydrop liobiu , (or fear of wa-
ter.) No reason can be oflercd , which will be
Ui(oiioered with mercy or ought that looks like
pity or pardon ; stern , awful jus tice de-
mands , and the law answers " I come, to
do thy will." The officers officia te, as dis-
t-ase, accident and the elements , to cut
short the numbere d duys of the trans gres-
sor. Mud , has also instituted punishments ,
in accordance , nnd as a just row nrd for
crime. Hu t what can bo conceived of,
more horrid , more appaling and chilling
to the soul of man , than confinement !—
perpetual , solitary confinement , in dark-
ness and in chains !
If in the opini on of this community ,
death in execution of the sentence of the
law , is in any case ncccessary this demand
for justice , would be better satisfied it is
believ ed, and something migh t be added
to its terrors , by making it less defined,
and by netting it ap art from the public
£ra2c—-Might it not be done in privat e ;
in the presence of peace officers, inng is-
tratos ,and a competent number of citizens
drawn fr om tho jury boxes of the county
thoug h without the compulsion to bo pies-
cnt against their will ? and when this sol-
emn and awful act is done , mi ght not tho
executio n of the sentence of the law be de-
clared , in some mode, which might be
seen or heard , over a far wider space
than any mul titude would cover.
The result then , to which the commit-
tee have come, and which they respectful-
ly submi t to the Honourable House is
I hi s,
First ,—Tha t the punishment of death ,
is requir ed by no la w, natural or divine ,
nor by any wise policy, for any crime , in
relation to pr opert y merel y, wh ere human
life has not been destroyed ; consequentl y
in that highw ay robbery, burglary, and
ar son , wher e life is not in fact , sacrifice d ,
ought not to be so punished.
Secondly,—Th at ra pe ought to bo pun-
i shed by solitary confine ment for lift ;, so
that the criminal will bo no more seen or
heard of.
Thirdl y.—Tha t murder may bo pun-
ished as secondl y above , and without the
means of escape; pardon or miti gation;
but , that if the public sentiment slill de-
mands death it should be in private and in
th e manner alread y stat ed.
An elegan t stcam-bimt , to be called tho
Mechani c, is now buildin g in 15oston , in-
tended to run between that city and lling-
ham. Mr. Tcwk sbury , well kn own as the
intrepid pr eserver of many lives in Bos-
ton harbour , has been engaged as Pilot.
The pr oprietors intend she shall be equal
in furniture, accommodations , &c. to any
steam-boat in the United States. —Thu s
it is, wi th other and more prosperous and
thriving towns. Enterprise and wealth
are exer ting their powers , to accommo-
date and benefit their inhabitants , while
our venerable packets must continue to be
used ns such , until the owners have been
paid four fold for every stick of timber ,
bolt of iron , and rag of sail , which ever
was, is or shall be used nbout them. We
should think that a sense of justice , would
demand for masters, it not for the p assen-
gers, a new line of pack ets from this town.
But we should ever recollect the utter in.
ability of the present pro prietors , on ac-
count of funds, to furnish nny other ,either
bett er or worse, than the present. And ,
as said the old woman , wh o undertook to
direct Jud ge Mellcn , " poor company is
better than none ;" so it is with the line
of Packets , such as they arc, they arc pre-
ferable to none.