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if tl i 1 I. fjt Hi 8 it 4 t - I 1 V- If; V- l hf Mm! uh-nVf the ll'-r !i.;Ir-, )l) ti.iitfiil tri' . mil ,. orr. ti t.oBK msiic roT. Iters Is an Uur of solemn gloom . WliJrb htnftt the happiest bottom o'efj !T!nrfi elh tiiutVXurel1tlootn" ' Arl lovti soft rapture i joy no more An hour, iu vhir.h the lonely heart No passion fviU mVc tlut of grief, IVltcn frutLinjj (ear uuMdlen start J AuJ vc Uic anguished soul relict . ,jS when we ricv.tlie islde Her, . -r- ' - """'OiTiTiIcIi our rwly friends sre Lu4 J i't whea Uto bit mI trite w heiiy- - . Itc requiem o'er their reHquu said : ' lis hen in death c ire reposed 1 lie form which Waived celestial fire, The eye in Luk oblivion closed Which Cached on foci iu tengesncs due. '11s hcn we ace the holy heart Which brat to glory rail ami loir, At honor's voice no longi r start. Nor at the glance of beauty mote : 'Tia when that heart which beat for in W ith friendship's purest, ItoEest flamr, l'uUclcM...jiaji! the hallowed dust "No longer tuiU tiiat sacred name. Tch liijrb wrKifltt deed of grn'rotu worth, With liiorN f.irrtt form impressed, Of him w ho, pillowed low in dust, On cold stxl takes his 'wakeless rrit,' Each gcnerotis uct of f'ricndJtip drur, - hiss brigt.t before our mental ey-, Claiming the tribute of a tear Tot him who dwell beyond the tky. Tls then w e feel the conU are burst, Which bound in one our kindred mind j 'lis then we feel that we are dust, Our life but as the fleeting winds ; But still one hope the bosom cheers, Ry deep regret ami sorrow riven : When wc have passed this vale of tear, That wc shall meet again in Heaven. COAt. T11K ARK.tXX.iW TERttnonY. EJttraet of a letter from Ilia Excellency Cov. Miller, to a friend in Peterborough, N. II. dated Post of .Arkan saw, Sept 2, 120. 44 1 would have answered you sooner, but I have been sick almost ever since I received your letter ; and this is the first day I have felt able to write ; I am now very weak. This country must be called sickly. Every new .! . ' I I ii turner, vriiiiuwi exception, nas oeen sick. 1 ne sickness here is fever and ague, a slow bil ious fever, &c. Very few deaths occur by disease but people remain, weak and fit for nothing a long'time. My brother is appar ently better in health than he has been for two years. - - - I suppose it would be agreeable to you to receive some description of this unknown country. It is situated betwixt 33, and 36, 30' N. lat. and extends from the Mississippi to the western boundary of the possessions of the U.b. It is a very large extent of country. In the village of Arkansaw there are seven teen houses, (dwellings,) and this is, perhaps, as large a village as in the territory. From this, on the mail route, we have to travel with out a house or shelter three days, to get to a settlement, across a Prairie. In crossing this, water is a scarce article.' In fact, there is a great wantof water all over this country, with ,yerv..Jew;-sceptians-------- . . .The Arkansaw is a fine navigable tivtr for m ore than a thousand miles, at a middle-stage oi waier, ana anoras as ncn land, on both "Coiton ai"l corn are tic vxt michs. Hie l.tiul, well' tended, will virac atrmi l((K) in the seed, to the r.crc Corn from 50 io (iu tu'.hch. The crop is good this year but the bird destroy tast qinutitiea ol tlu com. . 14 1 have spent more than two months on a visit to the Cherokee and Osage Indians this summer. The most of the rest of the time 1 have been sick. The object of my -visit to the Indian Villages was tu utile m difficulty betwixt them. I went on to thc-Chtrokees, (25 miles) and held a council , with them. They agreed to send four of their chiefs v ith me to the Usages, about 350 miles further. The settlement1 of the Cherokee is icattcrt d for a long extent on the river, and appears not much different from those of the white people. They are considerably advanced towards ci vilization, and were very decent in their de portment. They inhibit a lovely, rich partof , . .-- -".II ' ' ? i tne couniry. . i,net.v'sage.vi"ge J oujjtas compaetly as IJostonVlh thccentre of aTaVt Prairie. We rode.fortyjnilei..int9jt.befftrc we came to the town. All the warriors, chiefs, and young men met us two miles from the town on horseback, mounted on good horses and as fine as they had feathers or any thing else to make them. I hey professed much friendship. I cot them to suspend their hos tilities. The Osage town consisted of 145 dwellings, with from ten to fifteen in each house. I he averare height of the men is more than six feet.' "They are entirely in a state of nature. Very few white people i have ever been among them. They know nothing of the use of money, nor do they use any ardent spirits 44 1 pitched my tent about half a mile from the town, and stayed five davs. . They made dances and played every night to amuse me. These Indians have a native religion of their own, and are the only tribe, I ever knew, that had. At day break every morning, I could hear them at prayer, and crying for an hour. 1 hey appeared to be as devout in their way as any class of people. They made me a pre sent of eight horses, when I left them. 44 1 got, there, two horned frog-they are a cunositv. I kept one of them alive twenty two days it then laid twenty-two eggs, as large and about the shape and appearance of a large white-bean, and died. 1 have them all safely preserved in spirits. I obtained the skin of the young ivild hog ; this is a curios itylikewise, the skin of tht badger. I'pro cured, also, some salt that came from the salt Prairie,' which is covered, for many milea, from four to six inches deep, with pure, white chrystalized salt. All men agree, both white crs anon- the dus, in fulfilment of their I ny youth will b: rescued from the paths of in vow Id obtain rAspr-in;, arc seen sacrificing temperance, dissipation, and vice, and raised their first thiU in the llrum hu pootru and I to distinction and usefulness i bul.jce it lor th-;r sacred livers. Many females drown the present to lay, tlut these philanthropic theimclvcs. One morning an oUicefi While and uselui institutions have louna warm ana sitting at his window at Altabahad, saw tx- decided friends in the venerable John Adams, teen females, 'under the influence of superiti- the Governors of Pennsylvania, Massachu tion,drown themselves at the juncture of the setts, and New-York, of the Judges in sev- Jumua and the Ganges. And there arc now eral ol our states, ana to one word, in the in Ixjndon copies of official documents, which great and good In all the departments of. so-. prove that in the year 1817, under the Prcsi dency-of-Ucngal,- not less than 705 females, urilisn uojccis, voiuniaruy immwaicu uitni stlvea bv beinor burnt, or burned alive with the 4 -J - !odics of their husbands. v : cicty. - Albany (NT J, Statctman, '. ' ...... 1 AVKii is Urlitrumilfut ati fttsimilation til tht? ....- ... 7. '-,"' ::vzt o . - .: : " "Kdparaiiti case oi sucn utrciui euecis oi blessed God, io his purity, holiness, rectitude, ignarkce appears to eiistitt human history. iftd ' moral perfectionr Astudyf a' virtuous Never in the most savage state, have fires like flmbitW to be as like the- God we. serve as these been kindled, nor dug. Never were there sequences of ignorance exhibitc tzed uorltL . ... .... . - , - - similar graves been jnthe temper and disposition of oui" : fPf4.1"": minds, constitutes the very essence or relic xhibite4 Q Jhe ciyd: om n. And 0 trhat a pleasmirind delectable exercise' is'this I '.ITC ttmjnoycd in the im itation of God, exercising, like him, the dis- and Indian, who have been there, that they can cut and split off a piece a foot square. This place is about 1300 miles, by the course of the river, above this. One branch of the Arkansaw passes through this Prairie, -and sometimes overflows it. When that is the the water in the river here is too salt Excessive wealth is neither- glory - nor position and a flections he hath given us in tlio happiness. The cold and sordid wretch who diffusion of happiness, and makiog those prin' thinks only of himself ; who draws his head ciples, which are the foundation of hit immu within his shell, and never puts it out but for table and consummate happiness, the basis oo the purposes of lucre and ostentation who which we are determined to erect all our hap looks upon his fellow-creatures not only with- piness ! How naturally does the human heart out sympathy, but with arrogance and inso- prompt such truths and practical principles as lenee, as if they were made to be his vassals, these ! And what exalted felicity results and he was made to be their lord as if they from carrying these into execution ! They were formed for no rther purpose than to rtally -reward themselves in their perform pamper his avarice, or to contribute to his ancc. By our cherishing such dispositions, aggrandisement such a man may be rich, the intention of nature, and of the Author of but trust me tlut he can never be nappy, nor nature, is answered, and the applause of our virtuous, nor great. " There is in fortune a faithful consciences tells us it is answered. golden mean, which if the appropriate region Our undemanding gives suffrage to Religion, of virtue and intelligence. Be content with as the great law of our Creator, and the su that and if the horn of plenty overflow, let preme happiness of our natures. It repre its droppings fall upon your fellow-men ; let sents such a service as infinitely natural and them fall, like the droppings of hone)' in the infinitely reasonable, as the just dictate of.de wilderfless7I6"cheer the 'faint and way-worn pendence, the equitable tribute of gratitude, pilgrim. I wish you indeed to be distinguish- and an indispensable obligation upon frail and cd i but wealth is not essential todistioction. indigent creatures for the various blessings Look at the illustrious patriots, philosophers, of their all-sufficient Benefactor. Our u 'tL philanthropists, who, in various ages, have judgment, moral taste, and discernment, unite blessed the world : was it their wealth in giving their sanction to Religion as what that made them creat ? Where was the solely constitutes the moral union and harmo- wealth of Aristides, Socrates, of Plato, of nyof all the mental powers; they recommend Epaminondas, of Fabricius, of Cincinnatus, it, choose it, and conjoin in approving it, as and a countless hos: upon the rolls of fame ? the source of the most substantial and nerma Their wealth was in the mind and the heart, nent happiness, and as perfective of the true hose are the treasures bv which they have dignity and glory of our rational and immor- been immortalised, and such alone are the 1 tal natures. Our conscience seals and stamps treasures that are worth a serious struggle." with its solemn sanction the intrinsic worth ana native excellence oi ncugioo, sirooRiy, painfully remonstrating against eveiy wilful violation of its laws, and applauding evcty. virtuous compliance with its great injunctions So that you see all our intellectual and moral WiaT. WORTHY OF IMITATION. At a respectable Grammar School at Wal nut Hills, (Ohio,) each male pupil is furnish ed with a lot of ground, which he cultivates nftwrr. hnrmnnMh, rnnrilP : v,v;n their j .l- i r r I r- v . -- o-- o ; . r". 1 "uui. k attestation to the unrivaled, amiablcneas and case. to drink. There is a place about 150 miles rom this, where the water gushes out of a mountain so hot that you may scald and dress a hog with the water as it comes from the ground. This is a fact which admits of no doubt. - 44 David Starret shot himself In Hempstead county, in this 1 erritory, about one year since : I r 1. ! 1 caving a wuc ana iwo cniiaren, ana out very ittle property. He went bv the name of Wm. Fisher. The cause of his shooting himself was this : He was engaged in a law-suit which involved his whole property ; and in order to save it, it became necessary to send to Boston tor evidence, i hts he found would lead to his true name, and he rather chose to put an end to all at once. sides, as there is in the world. In fact, on all the rivers is to be found land abundantly rich on1 f-rf illnrt iinifsvmlm Wo C... TI 1. I i - from-the water streams, the land is quite iri- J; different, you may say poor, till you go west I v. two or three hundred miles, then ills very n i ti . t-..j: n . it r a r . guou, wuiury is ywy na? ana tevjeurom r:: T-;""-'-.th!rMf8issippi west for 150 miles, then it be M liills. Of animals in tnMcbuntry. both wing- lrd and quatlruped, we have no want. There is almost every species of the bird and fowl in , great abundance wild geese and swans, ttir kies, quails, rabbits, raccoons, bear, wolf, cat amount, wild cat, beaver, otter, deer, elk, and ;,.; -liulialoe--the- huntsman has full scopev 44 As to minerals, we have plenty of iron. ICUUt vuai, sail, occ. This country is the best for raisint? stock f evejxJtinoUiave Lever seenviAr man may raise and keep, summer and winter, any num- 'St f - . if I ber he pleases. 1 hey grow large and hand school. The committee or trustees pro tern. the superintendant of the school, and the pa rents of the children, jointly, determine the quantity and situation of the plat for each scholar. Female scholars will be furnished with a room for the cotton and woollen wheel, and such other active employment as shall be agreed on as above. In both cases amusing Hindooston females. It is a most painfu fact, that there are, at this time in Hindoos- ton; thirty million's of females " totally desti- ....i-.r..iJ.:-.i.l';.!.1i-"-l ' ' uuc uicuucanon, ana lo wnom every ves tige of-mentaKcultivationrhas-bcerrdenied Their native laws have prohibited them from all knowledge, and doomed them to a state o mentaUubjection.,-Hence, then, there is, un der the British Government in India, a. whole empire, containing so many millions of fe males, under the most horrid influence of eas tern fanaticism. The. females' have never seen a book ex cept in' the' hands of the men, and have no knowledge-ofc any one of the"eitd empW i ments of females in a civilized country; -Their angers have neyertouched a needle, a pair o scissors, a book, lior a pen ; and they are en tirely excluded froin all intercourse with the other sex. A woman is not allowed bv law to go out without the consent of her husband to talk with a stranuer.nor to lauth without s y vU.ori her face, nor to stand at the door, nor iook .out at the window In such a state of ignorance vtfhat can be yjexpectedv but that the female charaTtrT must I.a II . 1 uc uciiascu. iicnce, amontr tne itanioor importance of Religion, in representing it as the noblest attainment, the most natural, and . consequently the best exercise of our rational faculties, as the primary cardinal law impress ed upon us in our formation, as the first and ultimate design of our Creator, as the consum mate felicity of our natures, as the best moral copy of the great divine Original, as the fair est imitation of the Duty, the great first Stan.. recreation is tne principal oojeci , ana, lor mis dardand su rcmc Exemplar of all moral beau ,,u.r"v., ruuu" V4 ,rtWU1 VCTV,T" tv and Derlection. un snail uc ur iicr uwu, vj uispua ui his or her option, with the advice of the parents and teacher. What is your life ? Ask the aged to look A superintendant of each department of back upon the scenes through which they have the sexes, in the hours of recess, will be em- passed, upon the years which they have spent ; ployed by the trustees, and under the gener-1 intreat them to tell you in what light they sec al superintendaut ot the school-dirora. tnem attena to tneir answer, lor wim mc APPRENTICES' LIBRARY. They confirm the oracles of God. The weav- With the greatest pleasure we learn that it erV shuttle, they say, is not more swift, the has been proposed to establish an APPREN- shooting star is not more momeptary, crane TICES' LIBRARY in this city, . The.plan scent and unreal. Some of you may consult nccus omy to De mcnuoneu 10 oc poruiany your cnuuren, insieau 01 aavising your: approved by the enlightened and liberal. In- thers ''f'MHay-asiusui4' brethrent if timc stttttUoniTor be not short. .The registers of 'th' dead are the reci Look upoq the tombs- are their Inhabitants all old f No, not all. Many rNo, not ma ny. The agc;d are a thinly; scattered number. tablished in :dillerent parts ot the country, faithfuuhevanjiot rithev-arcnot inters andare now producing: the most salutary ef- ested ; consult then the recister of the dead ictis upon society, in oosion tne imam li brary contains 3000 volumes, and the one in Philadelphia about the same number. On Saturday last the Library in the city of New- York was opened, when it was found that a Infants there are. who were born to weep and die ; babes there are. who, in all their sportive bout 5000 volumes had been contributed by innocence,liayegoneA4owtiintolhe, grave i . munificent individuals. 3Si'm1taf!Tns1ItutIdns youths tiere are, who, inv their gayest houn exist in Portland, Salem, Hartford, &c. and midst the most pleasurable scenes-have Such aowd ;o been recalled to lie-down inrtee anl tb must result iVom estlwhm dustL-Numbers, too, are therei who, in the we hardly khW to pride of manhood, the maturity of life, in the end in enumerating them. In our country lull career of business an of hope, have been knowledge is the life of liberty ; and intelli eased of all their anxieties and defeated of all gence and public virtue ignorance and vice their expectations, and fast bound in the let are nearly synony mous terms. What hen ters of death. The' young lie thick as de 1 --it- . T : i ' A, nere ana tnerc erected Onto years ana hen we find it, ana ye not cure us of our -se- tolent will be developed ho winuch genius curity andjeonfidencei Perhaps ven now the elicited, which vvould otherwe sjiimber for; scythe of time is lifted up to cut down those ever in the breast of the possessor ! By the who little think of it. who are expecting vc .u.. ... :n r musmtiHs BMiuiai iiiuuciitc or uiiiiuiiuns, 1 urops on ine grounq ; which will open the fields of knowledge and we find a monument instruction to thousands oi youngfhen, who I wisdom,; ve wonder w are just entering into active life ? I low rrfuch I this our wonderdoes moiucia, uic niurucr 01 icmaiejniants is um- allurements ot science, the charms of 1 tern. ,linrtiire of thr KniU nrnrenar nir wcat-. -::m,-; " ; - " : versallypractdJCot:one
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