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' J ,1 rr a W 1 .rape "V . i . -V r h -rfjrf r- 'e l ht ;ctimr,f,ul,rldre4tVi ihe iKtf. io thtopreiaey of ihegml rre-ni sd t.;'h,Na;p fn, after rrpreseMiftrf the IT10 n a a.'.v f.4fcirtd,of still has in ieuve ill t VI V ' 1 , v W " .J , m uo iv; pa cti; the- f A". .i njResobu or AVWTiut uurSen3tmsio Confess be instructed, and our neprrsenutive requested, to use their influence to procure afi amendment to the cossathuiioa-of the U. Scwa that an impartial tribanal but b, established, to de termipe disputes, between' the grneral and tat gwrnnBemai and, 'that they further instructed to use teiarodeaur, that, in the meanwhile. autTi arr:!rnvnt may be made, between the gvr rnmcut of the inidn and of this state, a wiU put an ecu W existing cum culties. . . ' fyloeJ. That the r-ivernour be reqnetted j5e"olcfWState BauVs io rtsolatir4v uge. of wh; h ibtroj is ione.0 vcry village, nave ther with the foregO'Ug statement, uie exreu. ' n fusca paymcnN j AQ excuse which is offered tive of the " U. States, to be laid before ton . Tt tfach bank is, that they bav stoppsd to j e ta- gress, at .their next aeesiob ; tod that he be ; liate unofl otiW Ranks, who have likewise re- authorised and .directed to correspond with fused to ukf ti ,theirf notes. - -Which Bank J thel President, oa the subject in. controversy, nf Yl fame ii 'not I and to airree to such arrantremeius at may be t kixi t,. iiit the. President of, lh Yrmonl I " the power of the executive to make, or that ' 4 4 r ' !. i i it!, r n..' tt.lu.... tilAlir1i nfinn'intmriil uanit nil gone a.unie ocyooa nis icnuw cvngrc -my uim,iuuh .....m.... -hai frtstuted i prvsecmion against a person of commissioners or otherwise for settling the fof dema Jinir Davmrntof their Bills as being difficulties between the two governments. t i' ' a mtJtmemwraTainst the PEACE and DIG- letter from Fort SlodJcrt, dated Februa- -V ', " XITr of the Sute.n ?Voodcrful State !: t66 Iff J Tth, 1809, to a member ftf congress, says l:t if .U iuy t'X iti arc uclinJ U you t ' - r,otui.wcr ; iJenc i: wiU r main to luc 01 J ta treat ta i conquered proviore, XiV', i i t 'er ny lroVr on another throne. I VVtt-a , ut "Tie crew f .Spain upon my o lf.-, a ul KhiU know how to make it be respected by lie1 wicked for GA1 has given mo tle ItrcnrrA anJ necessary to kurmount vbitid ts." - V.r.:.v7. m a 1 . ' -sr . dclicitcly ("feactable" to heat the rude jmg- I hree vessels tor Urieans are powaeiain ' ' ling of dollars, and too." ikf ' to'desceod ed at ftfobille. Two of them containing sup i .tothe old fashiootd vulgar practice of paying plies for the troops stationed here, aredeuin ' f : " dsbu. ; -. .W-'-'C'. ':''. '' '' ed, it is said, on account ot the duties. The ' A fever of a neculiar character is now pre third 1sf principally- loaded for the Choctaw c'ir mnw lis f f f yailinjr in Connecticut, attended with unusual tradlrg houses, nnd is detained because among mortality whole families have in the course I other articles destined for that factory are one . of a few days been carried off by It seemsl hundred barrel of gun powder. 2. ' oartidularlv obnoxious to Persons whose prime I A ; society has lately been' established in - ol life tnd vi gi a full measure -t . untinn of nroi surviy ?rs to1, be also ready" for, they know J their fellow citizens as, either from their pecu- w I - 1 i.A. ti v m w u.ui. our ot health aecentuuy promise iMew-xorc, caiieu - i ne i oung wen muic of days. rThese awful dispen- SocWty.' j The design of the institution is to ridenee are a solemn .varninjr to distribute this sacred volume among such of I i : 1 i- .r'-not the dy and the hour wheH death cometh. liar situation in lile or some other cause, are ' -tThe Petersburg Intelligencer .informs that destitute thereof. Donations either in bibles, V roost !of -the Clearances from that place are far testaments or money, are received by it. ,'f- .Tangier, a little town in the I dominions of the The 44 Assistance Society" a charitable as KmDcrorof Morocco.' which will probably be- soclation in N. York, in one week relieved Dcror come an Jmportant,5toreh'juse, Irora wnicn seven hundrea ana eignty tamiiies, consisting ' ' - nerica'v '-''-...-S:?-,-' ,: i " ' On the 23d of February, the collector's of v , Holland which we sUted in a tormer paper fice at York, Massachusetts, was broken o- '' trould'probably be considered a neutral counjpen, and bonds, notes, and other papers to a .. K try, now has no longer any pretensions to tnai i large amount wcr sioicn. - character; Its king, has issued a decree that . - tcll vessel which may arrive in any port in me - -. kingdom shall be tdzedv'Wld, and the pro. cxeclspaidintoihe Royal treasury. This Al J 'gerine policy is very unlike that which pre . . vailed before ihe Great Enchinter had extend. - ed his magic wand over Europe and palsied t ", the nations by his touch. Before French In- fluence was felt in that country, commerce was . ; left free to i own exertions," and the people . - .1. &.nifl ran 4 knnm lnfKir 1 ' WtlC IlUk UIUBIICIWU. U" I , . . c -- -1'a ! . ; ' - privilege., have been wrested from them by ft0he court for mf rcy, the Serous and ; Cy -;- 4x?rees,afini3hiog hand has now been put to , arguments of Mr. Wilkin in behalf of the five aji contrncrcr, wic nauuu iiv ,h mre. n of the ftrPaiLrned. l le'ctUv anoiocvtriat ; th-spirit of Jthe people is broken down and j can j,e offered, if one be nt all neccst m, f-r civingl ' au'wu-aed, and its physical force is now wielded I this publicity to cruclues so refined ahd, Jiornble is, ' at pleasure by Buonaparte to assist him jo im poiifig upon the world, tfie shackles of his ty. 1: rBOM THK KSW YORK AMXMC A CITIZKlf. Anoi Broad At a'special session of the peace held in this city on Tuesday the 28th ult Amos Broad and hi wile were t ied on three seperate in dictments, for beating theh female slave and her lit tie femala child, but pree years old. The trial is published at large by Mr. Henry Somhwick, JNo. 2, Wall street, in a cheap ramphlet, and lrom this we condense tlie facts which were given in testimo ny, and will herejJtereopy the eloquent address, at . I- hulioK the starving brertc blow ; v Kt et th dew dned wr I ' , " Or sbMts ftm sancrn tulla tus nj , - ' . ; ' Vt tfUe JvWd dwa th ta1., 1 ' J t lUcllc, the vjlUg bowl wad phd, ; ',' I ; , L-n:lwiueferjoTteeour, " i -, " ' .Ta Um c't iLrcnUrt'i Howiy skk- v . . . , , 8b marked lh ril'P'inS wtery- , , ti v . , , . CuH the rich wfetme t tb ( ' f ;Gmo the'rufCrd ijmin't brow ' .-y Aivl thejpy ciiMida that wantoo'd thet. " ! ' 1 , A foarwnf C.ly blotiom emr "" ' -? ; Which cftuit her mildly roving era i ' ' " She riewd 11 opMurtf to the mora And watched its pale blue modert eye. - w ' PetiMva the bumble, ftWret hunp. . And turn d its boaom t tbe east, ' Tb ean ah ftjrth a warmer ry, . And draiiX the dew divp from its breut Of L; f avutaiiMP molt ture rt ft, It droop'd beneath that vivid rar, Faint, languid, aoon, uke beauty, doom'd To clote in death iU little day. Sitelle, to natjrJi aonett touch, To all thwtweeleat feeling true, Eyed tbe fait fading flower of mora, , . And beavM the ugh.to pity due. fhv turn my flowret to the tun, , Which drinka ha vital power away, ' Why ae:k not the refreahing, ahade, And thun the life dcrtro; ray ? ' Vhy fades the little life ao aoon. Fleeting1 as mists before the gale, Bom but to die, like early dews Which from (he velvet leaves exhale ' Is there, in ocean or in sir, ' Or thro' creation's wide domain, ' A fish, an insect or at flower, ' ' By holy nature made in vain ? Yet wherefore dost thou blossom here And blossom merely but to die I Soft aa the music of the sphere, Thus sweetly fell the soft reply. ' I seek tho sun at future's call, ' And firmly duty's course pursue i ' Xo iU could awe me from her path, Tho' pain, nay death, itself ensue , What tho I'm paasing, as the mom, And qtiickly to oblivion hurl'd . This truth I teach go tell to man, So faJei the GLORY the -mrUX It ceas'd to speak too soon it felt, , The warmer Influence of the day ' Chaste from the stem its petal's droop'd, ' And on the gale were borne away.f- A 1IYMX. High on hit throne of power and might, God sits in Heaven cnthron'd i . Surrounded by effulgent light, ' With radiant glory crown'd : Jo accew there for mortal eye, Too pw-e for human sight t . The soul, redcem'd, from earth must fly, Ere it sustain that liffht"" Yet glories of a milder fay, Are open on mankind j . Which faith, and hope, and love survey 'With vision unconfin'd. rriSe 'T.i MS-S." so rcvutj t j J. ' there i.thi contrary to " '. L,L tee It done evcy day W wii rr tf fte,' wi'Jrut tle eniidieu m p.i. d )fxt, mat the Tery xitri cf t! I . t . iniir I they couhl not la taricd sm-ACi, that even our Lies&ed 1-ord Lm. . peal his sentiments a sccoud time, in oo r fitce as tba&e whkh he had owd U) i , om any impirfeclion in the phristswUai 1 1 U first adoptvd, but from coadescttKji n 0 r dersunfiitj: of his hearers, ho tad, u l e j ed, miyinJentood, sot not fuHy compre!,HK , rusininj.. And,wht he, Vho ts Iticj r. , diiin spe-ikiag, by should not Lis in writing? . . It is nro!Jj'4 that $t: Paid, "when wrii: t , Curinthuna rorinat tnee, would us Ore t i current In Corinth in the same sens 't:.:.p used in' that city whether or not those i , word. expressed the samo identical ideas, variation, at Athens, at Rome, or elsewhere a rinth. (r We know that nearly or . uue e very r . Britain has some phrases, oV terms, wluWait , 2 I i 1 1 i 4 f. ( n ! i m. n rannv. , , I -: Tv??ttty-thrfe vessels We in the course oi two days cleared out from Norfolk for diffe " tept foreign ports, and about the same number in an tiqual space of time from BaLimore. . WVhaye seen accounts of the rates of In ' surance in NoHolk, and Baltimore. They are 4' to 5 per cent to. the West-lndiea,, ond from -i S tn 1 nor' cent to Europe. V ; A TMr. Parjsh of Philadelphia, on the 12th Jnst.opcned a policy at the Coffee-IIouse of v that cay, pO per cent., premium, io insure a free trade ruith England dier.dcpendencjes, C tythe rt Sth o next Upnl -in, other words, n insure a Repeal of the Orders in Council, by tha time, thi'circumstance of course gcaused Considerably sptrcnlaribn in the mercan file circles-as Mr. Parishes a man of consi derable? property, and respectability. The Govemour'f of the several Sutes have appointed March 31 tn Connecticut, April 6 in Massachisett8,anJ April 13 in New-Hamp-.shire ns days of humiliation, fasting and prayer in their respective States. , On Sunday- the 27th ' ult., eleven -men, by 4irectiotj of the neAr Collector of the District .of York, armed with guns and bayonets, as embledand took possession of a brig lying in "the harbour of York, belonging to William 4kydv Esq. under pretence that she was a auspicious vessel.. On JVIcnday they were all iarrestedfor a riot ahd yesterday carried 'be , fore Jacob Fisher, . Esq. of Kennebunk, for .'examination. The Justice, after an elaborate ' . irrYe9tigat.ion of the cause, ordcf edthem to re Icogmze, in the sum of $50 each, to appear at & 'the tjext supreme juaiciai wourt m me coun ) ty. -. ; v , . ; ,A disgraceful riothaa. lately taken', place jat New Hayeii, Connecticut. On the 4th irtst, '. revenue -cutter, commanded by tap. Jjfet, 4;capttH-ed;and took .into New Havena sloop, I , whjth fiad gofie outbt" Milfrd hartqurln yo ation of he embargo laws, by which : act she s became forfeited ti th ; tf, States, On the 1 7th, in th alYeriipcn a numbejetf Vj assem 7i . : -, Wcd by iorcearove tne, crew irom tne cutter, - ; .iV jf. 'and took possession o'fj he): prize, carried )ier Vi.t " t intathsstreanivand burnt her. ; rAs the burn 'i b inf vessd is hv the law oC Ccsnnecticut ' V Arson, ths case! will doubttessbe laid before ,r,r 'tjae grant JurYficM m otoaiuu v ykw, arfctit that the legiomate end ot all legal punishment, as was observed by Mr. Samson, is example. To void repetition, we wiH here, wmark, that MrsB. the mother of the five children! sometimes conni ved and at others added to the remorseless cruclues which her husband inflicted upon his hapless slaves. The savage barbarities were committed Ctfpon the unfortunate mother lor ydars. The culprits weie brought to justice by the Manumission Society. Betty , the mother, was, during an unknown length of time, frequently locked up in a earret, with her hands tied over her head, kept without food and whipped. When in perfect healtlw Broad would make her swailow, for his sport, large doses of glau ber salts, and immediately order her to go into the cistern to ejen it. When by accident she hlled the tea pot a little too full with water, he would order her to hold her hand, and pour boiling water upon ltool lyc cruelly observing Am I not'a good doctor, to doctor negroes r Often did he strip her enure ly naked, in the presence of his five chidren and con genial wife, and in that state comfiel her to go about the house, kindle fires, &c. At other times, when quite naked, be vould turn her out into the yard, in the coldest weather, when the snow was on the ground, and keep hertthere half an hour at a dme ; the poor slave begging tor her cloths, and anmissi on into the house. In this condition he would throw bowls of water upon her ! All this was done in sa vage wantonncs3,forit was testified that Betty's cha racter and conduct were good. ( On Sarah, but three years old,the child of Betty, many cruelties were practised. Broad, to pamper his insatiable appeute tor inhuman cruelty, would v olenfly ub it's face upon the carpet undl the blood, flowed ; He kicked the baby, knocked It down" re pcatedly, and once threw it upon a bank ot snow. Me kept a shop, made tbe baby stand by the door in the coldest weather, and when titled with walking to and fro, would not allow it to sit down, but when nature was exhausted, it would uo so, he kicked it, some times he would nip the infant's ear, and at others lift her up by it ; and once he carried her across tho floor by it. ! With a kick this monster has sent the baby across the saop : lth standingly the cloor, the infant's ancles became swelled ; she " whs frost bitten,-and crippled with kicking and bad treatment! Mrs. B.'would add horse-whippinrr to this diabolioal usaee 1 The little cirl's head was cut open by a knife which was thrown at her, and Ur.Uamage, who was sent for to dress it,, was told that it was occasioned br a fall-. ' t Before the iurt prcmouhced a verdict ol eumv against ijoara ana am. wue,xno wretcn- w m vert it, but if impossible, toTmitigatsf ' punishment, manumitted hifc slave sin open court. 4The virtuo.us and enlizhted iurV,howevef pronounced, them guil ty,and reuuestedof the; court that' the politic ; tama .mission might not in awarding punishment, be bveri rateu : uroau was scntencea to lour jnonuis iropm sonment, and Including his, wife, to a fine of S 1250J His mercies, as the mountains b'gh, Are heap'd around our race t- - And like a river, gilding by, Swell his o'crfcowing grace. His juifgment like the a fal tea, Uniathonubly dcp, The store house of the wonders, He i Doth as his secrets keep. Wi llis faithfulness outstrips the sight, A pillnr large and broad ; A pyramid, whose rising height Is mantled with a cloud. -0 These monuments of truth and power, Karth's wilderness adorn, To mark to roan, the promise sure That Jesus shall return. "V Now, Oh ! my soul, viewthrough this veil, God's shrouded glories here-; And exercised by faith still feel The Lord tby'Cod is near ; Then at the last, the judrment day, Tfiy Lord shall purge thy sight ; And raise thee from thy bed ofelay, To all his glorious lig-ht Ta the Editor of the Literary Panorama. nvestigation of certain passages of Scripture, on "v principles not hithertolwlopted." . - Sir," v . .i,-,;:. It nves me pleasure to be informed, that anV of ybut con-ospondents, ahjiotrgh most are, I doubt not,, more learned than' myself, should have ex pressed satisfaction with those feeble cftorts which, in compliance with your solicitation, I transmitted for your work. (.Being thus incidentally drawn into a correspondencey I' beg leave to submit alcpnicc t .t n .i.. r .i . . iiuu ui nunc, ivj uic viiuuu uiuiusc IU Wliusc JUUg mem Tcauuy oeier. - v It ta well known.tJiat many verbal variations' are found In the present "MS. copies of tlr Sacred Uooks: and mucii diligence and leamuig have late ly Deen empioyea: very laudably, in ascertaining those variations. . It is known also, that coniecture has been extremely, busy in forming suppositions as to-their origin, and .cailscs i; but although almost all Rinrioi iiiiugiuauoiis nave oeen jnuuigea on this subject, nobody, 80 far as I know has proposed the notion of a second edition' pf an insptrea' writer's worls. having been published by himself. Yet, if) weYeflect on the question without prejudice, we shall not dlscovtr as I apprehend, any valid reason to jtoft . contrary ? , Mh . ,v,. : i't i It cannot, rodced, .be considered, as ,very likely, that St. Paul should go ovef the whole- of the epis ties which he wrrobS, with a view to their publication io one body .because, we. know that they werej mai ny pf them, ,-wtitteu pn the spur of Uie occasion, and that he was almost continually changing. Id) resi dence, Nevertheless, lib rui'jht, when utr Rome for instante, keep copies of those letters which he sent into Greece., r These he rhigh review andre-l ployed by Its dlizeus,' hi their own pccnlur Suppose then, a person at Rome'.; was dciiim.s perusing Paul's letter to the Corinthians ;' ,. it not become the writer to exp!-inin what . such br such a Connthian word was ascd bv ! : v, to substitute such other word as the Roman rr . would understand to express the sentiment or i , intended I This is not only no impeachment . moral character of the apostle, but, whether a v not, on the contrary, have been suclj an i - -; ment, had he put into the hands of his reader, v , . which he would not understand, br would under , ; in a wrong sense, may be' submitted, without 1 tatiou, to the judgment of your readers.". f ' It is not," however, principally in reference to K. Paul, that I propose the present hbbvHe v; -, active man: but, if there, was-another apost'e n! , wa more stationary, who for many years tiy-! resided in 0e same city, whose life was" fengtl.t ; s out to extreme old age, who Iras solicited to and who, in compliance with such solicitations, i .j write hit last work, is there any thing "unlikely or v . natural ia4 tbe conjecture, that when he publihcr.' last work, he also revised his former works, and , hvered this revision, together with hit new prtx! -tion, to those persons who had urged him to Lw. r them with these labours i ; Would any body supjx there was any harm in his publishing a second ed, . ot tracts, composed by. him fifteen or . twenty yc, i before ? But, to bring this question to the test iX instance j - - - -r:'1 f." - Whoever has attentively perused the first Ej of Ste John, must have remarked, that the langi: : perpetually fluctuates from time present 1 w:i ,; -to tinfte past I have written." . .Let us try ; - two first chapters t chapter I." verse 4. these ttl.. s write we ; chap. II. V I ?write i' TS1 wife i 8. 1 write i 1 2. 1 write : 13.' I write i ; 14. 1 SiAre writtc; 11. I AaveNrrittenlf 26. 1 AaWwiitten. , - P I think It .absolutely mpossSjle." tbij onr' auij;nr would change his phrase from " Vhave Wntten,"in his fira edition to I write in the second ewtior, He would never adopt that form'pf the verb.. But 1 see naimprobability in supposing1, tlia in his secor i ediaoh, he might vary the I write" of the firto w I kitve written."; , ;.. ; . ;1 , I tbmk it extremely- unlikely, that any audio having stated a position both affirmatively 'and nega tively, iii hUJRrst" edition, would dlmirush the effect of his statement,' by expunging cnther branch hi. Lis second edition ; but, I see rtoimprobability .cf l is adding to the strength of bis firsj: edition, by render ing the second more complete t for instance, chij . II. 23;:? ' 'S:;;." -'" :.i-xv ' '-- ': j'-r.'-'.-f 'lz . TIRST6 IDfTIO. V". Whosoever t'eiuelh Son, the same hsi i t the Father. - -v 'VjJafi:,: ' JSECOK-EMTtOKiv.irv,: Whosoever' denieth the" Son, the same hath test the Father (but)JIe that ackmtoledgeth the Sm .'. ' some hath the Fatttet elsoMi'V1 C Yourjtaders will judsvwhetiier : thiai 'edition h norpi-eciscly in St- Johtt'a manner ; yet ids marked as doubtful n our public version, by being printcJ in Ifalicks, because it is not extant in all copies. r There is yet a iriore decisive instance, as t-tiunfc,' ot sucn rewrttugr In Tersealfn,' an.U? I write unto you little children.' becausevmir sins arc forgiven you for his .name's ake, ; ,W awiuc uiw you young men, because ye pave o verepmc tha.'iwieked one'?'S Uf ".v :': I write unto you fathers, because ye have known Him who is from the beginning, -i-- rr i i-y sKcoj.0' EbiTior.'!: y I have written unto yoi little children, because yt have known the Father. v.--'p. .---; V' I have written unto- you voumr men because V ttrettrongidndthi nordbf Qod vHdcthin you, and ye have overcome thewicked imi:"- I have written unto you fat'asrs; because yo have" known Him who ia from -the bgnQnfng. i Vi ; Oo this passage I beg leavVtottiajce 4 a few re' marks. '". i' i,;f0.i-K;jVr3.' 1. I think it impossible wirwriter Should tlcgl " edly insert two passages; ;bne ibllow tllo ' other, of the samejdeis, and to any edition of his.worksi published by himsclfi ' f 2. I cannot bring myself to think, that fthy copfcr would dareHofltfi twosentencfesV the words of an V inspired writer. This would be i crime comiaitled on set purpose. " 'Mfy-t--'-" 3. Though ii is mueffirnore easy to omtt twoseii- tencesj than tobsert one freA sentendf yet t an extremely unwillfiig to bipute socb 'gross negli- gence t& the Christian transcribers. f V'V .t ' 4. -Nd. writer of taste Ot feeling, havrrsit'descrlbed, the young men as ieingjamty, land hpving ihe vxn-d HI w? uuinS m iaem, couid expnnge thesV idea? , bit (as out foregoing instance consisted &f ttAd;t nun wiucn strengtnened M seuttntenf) these ideas appear to; tfc iddedr , wiO dcBign'to . ctwrtplete the' . passage j leave tlm argument lo- the-" feeOngt M. i ail who arg judges orcomposillor 5 I must observe, that thii artWr" VHC occasienai iy, gvye, tP Pcrsans. ;wbo an order for which ne reason an be uuguedV but in offering thasamo reading.:: Some oW the second address to lather Tnd none; has preserved the tk", turat order- of the parties addressed." If wtf .begin' with the cliUdaiv-we must" place tho young'niea seebnd & the fathers last. If We begin with the futhert wo must pWce tne ctuidren last j Vliefreas it-stahds w pur copies, 1 ; children j 2.' fathers 3. young roe t Kkliriwil.' BUt 11 S M . 0; 4; AOn the GoverApur s communiction r.esu ctl The delicate situation of Mrs. Broad frted hfcrvn the (j '; 0;t; w Olmstead'f case, free page 78) the Legist Uwiteiice of the tbvai frm',cinfinem,epu :PcAtJbi l-v.?Yfe- V. :Hl V -I? : tf i & ,Sr:rCv 'x . 1-
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