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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED VEEKLYj BY
AT 33 PER AKNCM-HALF P ATAB1.E lDTAWCE
eMisceUaneouS.
PHIL DELPklA May 'll.f
' Ureare indebted to P. S. Duponcean,
sq. for a copy of the subjoined and , very
interesting letter from the American Con
stat Algiers, a gentleman distinguishing,
fcr bis talents and liberal acquirements. :
, j Sentinel.'
Aloiers, 5th March; 1825.
Dear Sir- This country having suffered
an awful visitation, I here send you for your
nmrmation an extract of the Journal of
ibis Consulate relative to it. v
JlfarcA'2 This morning
at half past
nine, a very vient shock of an earthquake
was felt. The movement was irora easi 10
west, laterally, quick and jarring, . with a
noise .resembling tnat tnaae oy a t numoer
of wagons driven ..rapidly! over paved
ways. The atmosphere was perfectly se
rene, the wind strong from the interior, the
ther mometer at 5 8, and the barometer
falling, though but very slightly affected.
The first shock endured about 20 seconds ;
it was succeeded, at distances of time of
10 and 20 minutes, but less violent.
March 3 Reports were received last
ni-lit, b-v the Government, that the town
of Belida had been destroyed by the earth
quake of yesterday ; that a mosque, two
coflee houses, ana ave uweuing nouses,
are the only buildings standing in that
town; and.that almost r the whole of. its
population perished. The (Age, with a
detachment of cavalry, left the city at three
this morning, to ascertain the truth, of this
report, and relieve the sufferers. . Belida
is a town situated at the foot' of the moun
tains on the southern verge of the beauti-
ul plain of Metijah ; it is reported to have
contained about 10,000 inhabitants, and
it enjoyed a great degree of agricultural
prosperity, it being only 2S miles distant.
frum this city, which it supplied with fruit
and vegetables. . During the day, the news
of the disaster at Bfilida, is J confirmed by.
successive reports. A caravan, witti tents ,
iaJ creryxhla-m lh power of tmsctty-to
urnish, has been despatched by the go-
hrernment for the relief of the sufferers. Se-
eral shocks, of earthquake 1 were felt du-
king the day, and at 25 minutes past 9 in
he evening, one very severe. ,
March 4. The barometer was found,
his morning, to have risen three lines du-
ing the last night, and the shocks of earth-
uake have ceased entirely. One of the
principal sources of the prosperity of Belt-
a was its numerous springs abundance -
f water circulated freely through all its
reels and extensive plantations. It is
ow reported that about half an hour be.
re this dreadful Catastrophe, all the water
ddenly disappeared, and that now there
Done to be found within' the distance of
sail a league. All subsequent reports lead
q the belief that the first was not exagge
rated. " ,
1 ar, very respectfully, your roost obIi-
ted humble servant,
VM. SHALER.
P. S. I remarked that during the, period
if the earthquake above-mentioned, the sea
fid not appear to be in the least .affected,
peing as quiet as usual here during the
lame weather.
Belida, I think, is situated about south
rom Algiers.
The Bashaw, as a proof of his gratitude
o Alfah for not destroying this city also.
eft liberty 350. Kabyles who were de-
uicu ucre in cnains oa account oi political
disputes with their tribe.-i- A auelaue
chose malheur est bon." -i 1
THE AMEBIC 4N BIBLE SOCIETY.
The Ninth Anniversary of this institu
tion was CeehratpA '
Thursday last. The following account of
ibe operations" f the past year,, is copied
nm a sketch 'of. the annual report of the
managers, published in v the Commercial
Advertiser. ' . -1 . ' tlf h- ..v:?
The report states that the continual ad-
cement of the bible cause the increase
rtical influence of the hible on the hearts
' thoQsaods, delivering them from the do-;
inon ot ignorance the almost total ex-
CtiorL of systematic onnr;rinnWo nrL
v , rr , itiv
wuj ted love and harmony the. zeal
4 diligence of the officers
ete and members; of the society, : fills
enerts of the-board tvhh SPnfimenls nl'
3iiraiion and trratUnA in .v '
t auu ni nrina i c j w" r .1
. J '- 1 " . T ' "
s, m. . r
""uc auu ci in 1 11 lrir-M rnr wna
e treasury for the last ear has
d in ' a Verv enrniirJ! crino-'l Aa-
-en supplied in
1
hough from the peculiar Circum
,lceS Of ntlr. mm..-1.. J- '
ronk j, 1 . T ' western territory,
gboilt Which, auxiliaries r'e -
... -rmonto the mpraoJ'.f -iH -
n rnni tU .v- 7,ta i auxiliaries.
r8 klnClasi8 POP!iion ' and
VM:t ofefScienti did ; "'f
"t.
. -T- . uvui(g
ts very
cheefirie; '1 Both the sales of bibles," and .
the receipts of the treasury exceed those"
of last year, and the balance remaining is
encouraging, w ; ; r ; i
i r . - ' . 1 C9
vyii uicsuujctiwi lue receipts oi me oocie- in an koi recogajzea auxiliaries to tue; par
ty,' the report notices for the purpose of cor- , ent institution. ( The activity arid zeal of
recung cue uniouuuea x injurious opinions ;
currently circulated; and by many received,
the receipts from contributions and dona-
(tuus, i iiiucjjciiueiuiy oi" me reiurns ; io,r ;
sales;' ! It is a fact that the society' returns
in value, almost all that it receives in mo
ney. It Isrimportant that this erroneous
impression should be corrected, both in the
minds of the friends and enemies of the; bi
ble cause;- A belief that the Society has
no necessity; for increased resources, re
laxes the efforts of Ihe beneVoIent y turns
the behefactioDS of many into other chan
nels ; j misleads some auxiliaries so far,
that they invest their surplus funds, rather
than transmit them to a treasury supposed
to be already overflowing ; others to ne-
gleet the collection of their annua dues :
Ind some cease froo, all 'operations
The-rhole imbunt of receipts during the '
. . . . ... i .
last year, (exclusive of voluntary contribu
tions for the building of the Society's
house,) is summed up at 46,501 81
Payments from the treasury du
ring the same period. , 547,599 13
It is here proper to state that the grea- These characteristics are true to nature,
ler part of the revenue was received during but, viewed in all his c6nduct,VQutalissi is
the two last montti Previously to that: onlyTialf an Indian, partaking alike, of the
period, the remittances were so limited and habitudes and feelings of the white, and red
irregular j that the Sprinting and binding of man. It cannot be denied, however, that,
the Society was "decessarily and incpnve- the poet has succeeded better than the pain
niehtly curtailed. . Had such not been the ter, who has thought to illustrate his con
fact, the whole amount would have been, ceptions by embodying them in in a visi
expended in advancing the objects of the ry 'ble form. In one of VVestall?s designs for
Society. The receipts however, ultiraate
ly were $4,589 37 more than during the
preceding year.
" A legacy of 2000 was received , from
the late Matthew Van Benschoten. Esq. of
tishkill, and the library has been irtcrea- , dian. i1
sed by a donation of Dr. Marshman's Our own countrymen have began recent
translation of a bible into Chinese, and 27 ly to invoke the Muses in behalf of these
Volumes froni a distinguished Roman Ca-ancient sons! of the forest. A poem has
tholic Ecclesiastic in the island .of Cuba. -5 appeared, the, express object of wtitch'is to
. In regard to the Society's buildin?, delineate Traits of the Aborigine s of
which. is finished throughout, and affords '
ample accommodations for all the various
and extensive oneratian of the institution."
a renewed expression of thanks to the be- - the, work, the Greeks and Romans, the war
nefactors who enabled the Society to 'erect riors and sages of antiquity, figure nearly
it, without infringing one dollar upon the
ordinary funds, is tendered- A balance is
still due upon the edifice, the possession of
which in fee secures of the Society at least I
siouo per anBura : hut it is expected that
individual liberality will soon enable the
managers to cancel it.
During the last yeari there have .beert
printed by the Society 22,750 English bi-
bles, 23, 000 . : testaments, ' 2000 Spanish
testaments, and three hundred German
testaments have been purchased. Total
48,550. " Makini; in all; since the estab-
lishment of the society, a grand total df
45 J, 902 bibles and testaments and parts of
the latter printed in Ne York and at the
Society's branch in Kentucky, or otherwise
. w . i. . .
obtained for distribution Consideiable
progress has moreover been made in the
completion of the stereotype plates for the
pocket bible mentioned in the eight annur ?rxty w,th.the local condition of the Indi
al report. ' It will probably be completed ans, gave him advantages 'which he has
and the first edition printed in the course weH employed in his descriptions of savage
of the current year. The stereotype edi-
tion of the testament, in large letter for a-
ged people, has been completed since the
last report, and four editions of two thou-
sand copies each, printed and put in a
i course of useful circulation.
rl'here have beenlssoed from the deposi
tory j since the last Annual Report, 30,094
bibles : 33,1 06 testaments : and 55 1 co-
pies of the Epistle of John in the Mohawk
and in the Delaware lanpuape making a-
grand total since the institution of the So-
ciety, of 372,913. This' estimate does
not include the issues from the Kentucky ne yu nave lOid ot generosity, con
Depositorv. nor those purchased or receiv- : tempt of danger, j patience under suffering;
ed gratuitously from other sources by Aux-k
iliary Societies. V ; ' f , v! ; -1
Portuguese bibles. 2 : do.
testaments, 2 Gaelic bibles, 8 : Welch do.
4 : French do. 176. .
. The number of bibles and testaments is
sued gratuitously during the 9th year is
stated as follows i-. h ' ' y v ; v
Engfish Bibles, ' "x'l"77SZ
Do; Testaments, - 9fiQ7x
Bibles in foreign languages,. - 473
.Testaments and Gospels, do. 2,165
-fa.'
. Total, 19,6X3 r.
Value, 1 . $10,447,44 , .
- .The stereotype plates of the Spanish bi
ble' in -the version of Padre Scio, reported
last year as being in ah unfinished state,''
have been completed, entirely to the Tsa
tisfaction of the. Board, and an .edition; , of
two hundred copfes pririterJ off, and put -in
a'co'drseoflci'rfcuiaio
has fou been received bv th SoanKh nii
tion as an approved iranslation'of the bible
toe managers believe It will have an unin-
' Of those issued from the Depository du- ana Vles,; ana touched all the chords that
ring the nine years ei its existence, these . leenngs cr anections.- i o ana-
were :u Of German bibles 37 ; do! testa-' li'se and" . combine these into a poem of
ments" 397 T Spanish bibles; 421 : do tes- high interest, without extensive aid from
laments, 1465 :
teVrupted, speedy, and extensive circula- .
iion., ' : )u" i y i ' r
:,C - IFortv-four neV Auxiliary Societies have
i i . 7 ' 1
been added duriAg the past'Jvear, . making
an inese, are particularly spoKen of, ana
the "college auxiliaries are highly com men-
ded and are gena-ally in a flourishing situ-
ation.
Character of the North-American Indians,
As afibrdjna
a Theme for Poetry. ,
If an opinion may, be formed by-the ex
i periments already tiled, the character of
the North-American Indian affords but a
barren theme forpoejry. Atala is anIh
dian story, it is true, yet the fancy of the
poet has made the gr ce and beauty of his
picture consist niorelin adscititious orna
ments, than in any strongly drawn lines'
FZ 'V u T A , T
'S f'r.ude J Wyoming,
fTT" lv" n
haracter of ftote". ,he
peculiar to jnaiaci lie ana manners.
- 7
" Train'd from hi3 tree lock'd cradle to his bier.
The fierce extremes ofood and ill to brook
Impassive fearing buf the shame of fear
A stocic; of the woods a man without a fear.'
a oeautitui edition of L-ampbelri poems,
the Oneyda warrior is represented with
curled hair, 'African features,, and a white
beard, three most extraordinary appenda-.
Ses to tne neaJ
of a North American In-
America. So unproductive was the theme,
f 01 tne author has wandered in other
climesrahd Other ases Jtu find materials for
as much in the drama, as the Indians. The
author of Ontwa has been more successful
describing Indian character and scenery,
th any writer whom we have read. As
a ucscnpuye poem mis nas mucn merit
but it desceuds little into the deep feelings
i of the human heart, and the strong move
r ments of the passions. It tells of the wars
between the Iroquois and the Eries, by
which the latter ' race was exterminated;
jand the .warlike propensities of tlie natives,
their modes of going to battle! makitfg
peace, their treatment of captives, and oth-
... i . . . . .
cr peculiarities relating to this subject, are
weI1 delineated.; Many things the author
describes from his own 'observation, and.
he applies to Ontwa the language which
Chateaubriand had before applied to Atala,
inai 11 was written in tne desert, and un
der tfae huts of me savages-" This famili-
'e out, aiier jaii, were is so little of the
.romantic and the truly poetical in the na
t,ve ndian character that we doubt whe-
ther a poem of high order can ever be wo
ven out oi me material it aHords. ; The la
dian, has a lofty and commanding spirit,
but its deeply marked traits are few, stern.
j ...r.r-.' ..J; : . ' . ..."
anu uikiuiiu, ucvcf running inio i nose aeli
cate and innumerable shades, which are
spread over theSuiiace of ci vilized society,
gv,ng be lullest scope to poetic invention.
nd opening a stor of incidents iriexhaus-;
tible and obedient to the call of fancv.--
revenge, arid cruel tr, you have gone thro'
with the catalouge If ;the Indian's! virtues
other sources than the real v indian charac-
ter,. is no easy, task: and the dav i nnr rh
be expected, wheruhe exploits of the Iro
quois and Mohawks, or the rotib features
of, their social habits, shall be faithfully
committed tq the, numbers of ever-enduring
song. The minstrers harp would recoil at
its pwri notes iii hazarding' such a strain;
and the Muses would, deny; inspiration toa:
votary bent on so desperate.ian enterprise.
, north-American Renew: '
4IGHTS--OF, 3CHOOLMVSTks IcVtiPlLS;
A case, invi
verv important nrin-
ciples connected:; with the education of
youth; was decided Iasteek in the So
pretCoQri MassacHdsetts, bolden-at
tannifdn.ej
an- action fdr'?damages. against ..fjilt a'
young gentleman who kept, a school, in
ReliObotbilqr cruelly and irftprpperlv beat-
H9& antl injuring the plaintiff soru : li ap-
jpeareu in eviaence that the defendant, in
the idischaree of his duty as a schoolmaster
had called the boy, , who was accused by
the monitor of havine whispered! but who
- , t . . . . ..: . r . ,- . ;
denied that be
was guilty of the charge.
Another boy. who sat near him, stated that
he had - whispered , and. he and' the riionitor
persisted in the charge, Jand tolci What the
culprit said. ' The boy; con tiiiiued oi deny
the allegation , and the master ,old hi m to
reflect upon it," and mean time pro
ceeded to look over some sumsr' and mend
some pens.' After this he- applied to the
boy again, who persisted "in his denial.
The two other boys being again refered to,
persisted in the charge, upon which; the
master "gave the boy a few blows, with a
cowskin, whFch he commonly used in, the
discipline of his school. After 'liule fur
ther time the boy was again called on to
confess his fault, but refused, and some ad
ditional blows were given. The master
repeated ' this proceeding ; several limes,
and applied to an older sister of the boy to
state whether her brother was in the habit
of telling Untruths "at home ? She said he
was not ; i but in the present Case she' be
lieved he did. The boy was then ordered
to take off his jacket, and the master whip
ped him with : some considerable severity,
he, still persisting in his denial. It
however proved, that after school the boy
said he was not hurt, and no marks, except
some slight bruises on. the elbow, were vi&.
iuie. uc iieAi uajr v v
father, shovelling &c. and complaihed of
no injury. The boy who was punished,
declared on the stand that he did not whis
per, and several of the scholars contradic
ted his testimony, and stated he did whis
per. 1 and gave the J words they heard him
speak. The appearance of the scholars
who were called upon to testifiy, and the
correct tind intelligent mdnner in which
they testified, were mpch to tlie credit of
meir instructer, who' had the appearance
of an amiable younc iuari, by no means
addicted to the; intemperance of. passionl
Ori these facts ' Rafter avry J eloquenfand
ingenious nrgunient from Mr. W. Baylies,
for the defendant, and Mr. Morton, for the
plaintiff, Judge 'Wide delivered, a charge to
the jury, distinguished for. soundness of
legal inductions and correctness in their
application to the circumstances of society,
and the interesting relations of teacher and
pupil, as well as occasional touches of un
pretending eloquence, which enchained
the attention of the hearers, and did equal
honor to its author as a lawyer and a man.
The general relations of the instructer and
instructed, and' the delegated parental au
thority which the master-held over bis
scholars for the purposes of education, were
distinctly slated. This authority was not
to be abused to enable the master to exer
ciseractsj of pretty tyranny over his school,
but in all cases, like the present, the jury
were to judge, whether the punishment in
flicted was proportioned to the alleged of
ence, and Whether it had originated in a de
sigh on the part of the' master to effect a re
formation in the conduct of the child, and
for his general good 5 , or whether it pro
ceeded from; caprice and the intemperance
of passion. Whether the-child was actual
ly guilty of the alleged offence or not, did
not'affect the question. The master in
this respect was the sole -judge, and if be
proceeded under a reasonable, conviction of
the guilt of the scholar, to inflict the neces
sary punishment, he was fully justified,
though it might turn out the child was in
nocent. In the case before the jury, his
Honor the Judge said, that there was a re
markable degree of correctness and propri
ety observed by the master in the manner
in which tie inflicted the punishment j and
that, as he was engaged in punishing the
child, not for ,whispering, but for the Crime
of lying to conceal his faulty it did not ap
pear that the punishment was at ail dispro
portioned to the offence," but was giveh for
the sole purpose of effecting a reformation
in , me cnua, ; ana lor wnicn every parent
uiider i similar circumstances ought to feel
himself under obligations to the master.'
; The Judge alluded, to the practice which
was but tod common among parents, of es
pousing the quarrels of their children when
ever they complained of ill usage at school ;
by which means the authority of- the mas
ter was brought into contem"pt; and his use
fulness frequently' destroy ed : : It. was, per
haps, better for the childi even that lie
should suffer some injustice at the hands of
his teacher, than he should be supported
by his father" in an attempt to resist the
saluUry discipline of J educatibq Aclulld
was frequently ruinea py sucn. a .course, ot.
condoct, and should the plaintiff in -Jhe
present case, obtain a verdict,3t might be
the .means of ; rendering the boy entirely
.ungovernable and alike obstinate and per-'
verse '. unde; parental restraint as he tiad
been under the coiitrol of his instructor.
Under these circumstancesV and the 'prjncif
pies: oi ia wr as appucaoie iq we, case, w nicu
were.aitogether-: on the side of the Defen-
danty it remained for the . jury (plecide
'hehejr
criel nd2unjuDb
dispropQrtioned.tb the alledged oflence or
wheihef toe was" m the lawful and
correct exercise of his delegated 'authority
over the child: v.-v,-The
above is an , imperfect outline of
the charge,) given entirely from recollect
lection, and embraces a few of.th'e general
principle's laid down by the judge. .Thfe
jury, aftfer an. absence of a few minutes'
returned 'a verdict for the defendant.
; ; v . R. I. Journal. :
V iVHOLfiSALE BATHING.
'..The Tallowing anecdote,' introduced by a
Southern! writer, who denies the claim of
Mr. VVhillaw to originality in the invention;
of the Medicated Vapor Bath, js new to us.' '
True or fabulous, it would serve as an ex
cellent hint to the London Joint Stock:
Company for bathing people by wholesale s
" There is an anecdote concerning the
late Emperor of France, which Vould seem
to give him a title to ah inyention'cohcern
ing 'vapor baths. A regiment" was to a
majionjeted with the itch, caught in, E-;
gypt and;brought'to France. Bonaparte
wanted that regiment for immediate duty.
The physicians of the army represented to;
him the danger oi' marching that corps in
their present situation. Is there said, hei
' no quicker way, of curing a long standing
j itch, than by the common treatment ? '
X i One of them rhserved.! that' nr-'fJaleV va-? .
- bath wouid cure it in two or three day i
at most, bui that
so many men would re-
quire a long, time to take it one - after.and
ther. 'Bonaparte, then inquired 'into tht?i
nature of this vapor bath, parsed a little
and exclaimed, k Let a large room be built
immediately, air tight, with holes all round;
it for the men to put their faces through j i
and fumigjale them by companies, ' !Th$
was donej and in three days the marched
to the" enemy." . V -J '
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I There now lives near Lake Champlaiii) i
a than at the age of 133. He isa Germii !
by birtbi as one of ; the life guard when -Q-ieeii
Anne was crowned in 1702, and was
then IS years old. He remained a soldier
until the close of the French warj and was
then in this country. , He is perfectly 'strait, -walks
spry, has full head of hair, only in
part grey'-can - see and bcar pretty well,
and is as little childish as most men are at !
SO. He has qui le a military appearance,
and is proud of his temperate mode of Iiv4 j
ing, having; always abstained from the fell
destroyer,1 j ardent spirits. What is most j
remarkable of all, he has had several wives, ;,
and his youngest child Is only 28 years
old I making him 105 when she was born f
Of Jruth and bitterness in Jes fc
ter should dimple the cheek, not furrow
the brow 'into ruggedness. -V- The .birth ' i
then prodigious, when mischief is the child
of mirth. 1 All should have liberty to
laugh at a jest ; but if it throws disgrace,
upon one, j like the crack of a string it -makes
a stop in the music, flouts wt:
may see, : proceed from an inward con
tempt; and there is nothing cuts deeper
in a generous mind than scorri. Nature,
at firsts makes us all equal; we are diffe
renced but by accident and outwards ; and
I think it is a jealousy she hath infused in
man, forrthe maintaining of her own honor
against external, causes, j - And, though ali
have, not wit to reject the arrow; yet mos?
have memory to retain the offence whicU
they will be content to owe awhile, that
they may repay it both with advantage j
and ease. 1 It is but an unhappy wit thai 1
stirs up enemies against ' the owner. A
man may slpit out his friend irora hi
tongue, or laugh him into an enemy.. Gal
in mirth is an ill mixture, and sometimes
truth is bitterness. I would wish any man
to be, pleasingly . merry ; . but let him be
ware that be bring not truth on the stage,
like a wantod ' with an edged weapon.
Liberal Christianity. late learned
Divine, speaking on the proVrjety of culti
vating, in .Society, a spirit of Christian Char
ity thris expresses himself : " As the un
derstanding of a man must be enlightened,
and hi judgment convinced, before he can
consistently; embrace any. system of doc
trine,' 1 infer that umjormity of Reltniu &
Opinion is hot to be expected among cbti
tians. i The natural understandings of n-eri
differ. their education , is dissimilar, and 1
their course, or life various. .These circuit
. iJi i Xi:jt- :i rf '-
awnw leaven? .umereni views oi.iveiigion ;
and u!l other isabjectsi .A5:truth; that is ;
plain add evident to the man of e talen s
may be. unintelligible to him who possesses
but one? : Whatv-you deem; tq be a rnere :
rite of religion, your neighbor may hold to
be,a fuodamental principle? of the . Gospel i
JSo one ought to adopt the opinion of and-' 4
uci, ogou)i iiic uivMics vt ui9 own minu .
Speculative differences wnen accompaniVd.
wmi yiiii&utiii, vu iur9 tu luis me, snouiQ .
not be. made the-occasion bf.lincharitable
ness amongDispipIesr wuo Mcknbwledee a
common Master. Is. this opening too wide
y the door bltCharity f- Look- into thef
.NewTestaraent, and there1 learit'the cod--
dition of admission into the Chiistiad
urcb.-Tbis is simply ctfrtfcssiod of
pfaitbja Jesusy as the Messi, wai
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