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lucnts lo the recording of LiUori^al |
fact or philosophical discovery, doe*
not often vegetate in minds pre-Ov-
eupicc! by providential care*.—It
is the progeny of leisure, and Hffin.-
ment on the science of happfihcss.
The ignorance, however ol' posteri
or generations respecting their tarty
history, is sometimes attributable to
the indolence of their predecessors.
When the assignment of a motive for
ac^on is thought necessary, policy
dictates the attributation of a great
one. It is to avoid incupaliou on
tite ground of indolence, that we
give publicity to the followffig dis
covery ; well knowing tlwt, lift .ge
nerous wish to confer a benefit on
society, bv recording any thing winch
may be useful to them, without a hope
of reward can scarcely be believed
to have a place in our bosoms in thh
age of industrious selfishness and
sheer calculation.
We are informed, by a gentleman
who was present when the lollowing
discovery was made, and on the fi
delity of whose narrative v:e place
the utmost reliance ; that on the 2nd
day of September last, some persons
who were digging in a copperas
cave (in the county ol Warren, state
of Tennessee,) situated on what is
usually called the Cany r ork ol Cum
berland river, 10 miles below the
f alls, that at about si* feet below the
r.urface of the bottom of the cave*
something like cloathing was disco
vered, *which upon proper examina
tion wus found to be the shrouding
of some dead bodice, Upon further
investigation, the bodies were found
to be two in number, a male and fe
male, which, as he expressed it, they
. (Two’blcuming cberubiby iiisiidc,
Entrusted to his uithfttl Ihuidsf
“ A mother'* joy, a fathers'* pride.”)
Though Mack tit- jktn »< itisde*<»f night,
Hu heart is fair—his foul it white 1
pc
Earh to (he yaw! with capture flies,
Evefft the noble generous boy :
*• Go Ipvely infant#, go,” he cries,
" And give yoor anxiou i parent* joy—
*• No mother wiii fur Marco weep,
“ When file entombs him in the deep!
“ Long have rrj kindred ceased to grieve,
•* No sifter fci.id nty fate fhall mourn—
** No hoforp frirnd waits my return ?”
He Cud—and sinking sought the happy
i fltorc,
Where toil and s'a very vex his foul no more.
' -• to
cAir uticc tvcD- - 1
Visiting outcasts. j»
Yet to us hath the ioyd of Salva
tion been sent. \V iuout the gos
pel of Jr.sus, we shoijd h*ve been
strangers to that blcsad hope, which
gives In life its best rdisli, and ta<es
from death its teri*H v "'’ ”* c ' : " fr -
Q Christian, Christ
that if thou hast es
to come, and art ri
Gon :eid a fellow
ChkisT,” it is to tin
WYeign mercy, l’h
Alnorite, and thy tn
We think our readers sviil noi be
disobliged if lo the above we add an
affecting circumstance, something
similar, which happened.almost un
der our own eyes in the state of Penn
sylvania. In the year 1803, a son of
James Silverwood, about 12 years of
age, was bathing in the Susquehan
na a few miles below Sunbury. The
river was.unusually high, and the rid
w.as swept by the flood into the im
petuous current : he felt that his
most vigorous efforts would be fee
bleness itself*, opposed to the over
whelming weight of waters which
bore him from the shore. He shriek
ed loudly ; his screams pierced the
car of his mother, she flew to the ri
ver's bank, and saw her son floating
away with the current. Two labor
ers stood beside her. The one va,
a while man, the other a black. Tile
wretched mother tore her hair and
implored as«i^M.ec f “ Re'will die”
said the white mao. * ft ho does'
said the negro 4 I frill die wilh him.’
He plunged into the river and bullet-
^ndtficii mightes#
witn the AmoriteVrAi
and its sting,
tor j remember,
“lied the wrath
“#fcir with
'Vith J iwus
raise of so
ul l^r was an
iSa Htttite,
been, left,
,H»tdtep, xo
." j i'foiv;
or manufactures I to the committee of Ways aod
ol the U. Slates to foreign ports.
Ale.Cochrc^ submitted the loll ply
ing resolution : ,
Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed- to.cnquh'-^iivo the. expedi
ency of. providing by. law, ior detach-
ingliy quotas militU), to be ar.ncd by
the U. States to be held in readiness
for service lor a limited time, and
that the committee have leave lore-
port by bill another wise. ,
Alr. Pit.lr.i wished .to learn the
motive of irurochicjjy this; resoluti
on. ) v .• . ,
.4Ur. Cochran ^au^t was grounded
on
die in thine iniquity. *r!Yet thou liv-n s
cst unto Cod, Iivcst ;4b.r glory, and I session, and a reference to it in his
shalt never come into condemnation,
and rtver taste of the second death !
Thrice blessed gospel, which hath
broughtlift and immortality to light!
“ 1'briire glorious grace, which hath
constrained any.of u*.;to receive the
truth in the love thereof 1” and tin ice
condescending Saviour, who hath
washed us in his own blood and hath
made us Kings and Priests unto God,
and his Father. !” ...
Means.
Febr'in >;/ 1ft.
REPEAL OF FRENCH DECREES.
Mr. Miller s- h iuai n suumit- -
ting the following resolution, it waa -
far from his intention to express w
want of confidence in the adminhi-
tratioh. He said that the arrival or 1
the French Minister in this country
was so recent, that it would perhaps
hardly be decorous in the President
to aslt him for information respecting
the Berlin and MHyn decrees. Hfc
therefore would submit it resdlOtiot),
\vliich went to ask information IVjHrvi
» Cite rvcommrp^tipnftf t ‘he ^tcaUkm* and would v
iclcnt of the UnitedStates at flie last dt ()QWf*mclitig
Can gfedd.
judged to have been buried in «mci- | «>ng the waves with lustv sinews, lie
ent times—they supposed the male seized the sinking hoy, in one hand
to havy been at the time of his de
cease, about 25 years of Age. He
was enveloped iii thy following inan-
ner-r-first with a fine linen shirt.—
His hgs were drawn up, then five
dressed deer skins wrapped round
his body. A twilled blanket wruped
round them, Sc a cane mat sixty feet
long wraped round the whole. His
frame was entire except the bowels,
his hair of a fair complexion, his teeth
remarkably sound, his stature above
the common. ’1 he body of the fe
male, was found intcrcd about three
feet from that of the other. Its po
sition of lying was similar to that of
the male. The carcass was envelo
ped first with two undressed dyer
skins, under which upon the face,
was found a small Cane mat. Then
four dressed deer skins were wrap
ped round it, yver which was folded
H cane mat large enough to cover the
whole. There were tv-n five sheets,
supposed to be made of nettle lint,
wrought up curiously around each
side with feathers of various kinds
and colours. Two fans of feathers
were found next upon the breast.—•
The body with the whole of the be
fore described wrapping was found
on what was believed to be a hair
trunk or box, with a canc cover,
which was wound up in two well dres
sed deer skins of the largest kind—
the whole girthed with two straps,
the female is supposed to have been
from 12 to 15 years of age—her hair
chort and black—the body.entire—■
the eyes as full and prominent as if
alive.—Nanhville Review.
4t ’ Tf* not the tincture of a akin."
The following verses from the pen
of Seleck Osborn are founded on the
^tory of an English gentleman and
lad)', who Xitrm on their passage to
the East Indies, inoue of the vessels
nf an English fleet. For come par
ticular reason they left the vessel,
and went or board the admiral's ship,
leaving two young children in the
tare ot a negro servant, about 18
yvars of age. In a violent storm, the
nhip containing the two children was
fast sinking, when a boat arrived
from the admiral's ship for their re
lief. The crew eagerly crowded
to the boat, but the negro tad find
ing there was only .room for himself
or the two child itu,, generously put
them on board, and remained him-
;iclf on the wreck, wdfth* with the
generous boy, wdfrift£bediatdy cn-
gulphed in the ocean.
he bore him and with die other dasn’d
the saucy, waves that throug’d and
press’d to rob him ofhis prize.” He
bro’t him safely to the shore and
sunk exhausted at the mother’s leet!
What a scene for a painter ! What a
subject for a poet! To complete
the picture, see the lather give free
dom to tin; slave who had saved the
life of his son, and see the grateful
community throng to deck wi»h the
civic wreath the cap of liberty on him
who had preserved the life of a citi
zen !
CDemocratic Press.)
SENATE.
1 hurscLnj Feb. 14.
The bill making appropriations for
the support of government for d>e
year 1811, was read.a third time and
passed.
Saturday, February iG.
TV b.»j.ior. c««M?sfiinu^tjadmr;
houses tv 'n 4.116 iiwroh t-Trs, Was
trad th« second time ; and on mo
tion, bv M r. Smith of (J)fd.) referred
to a select commit4ee.
Messrs.. Smith, cf (Md.) Frank
lin and Bradley are the committee.
Wednesday, February 20.
The President communicated the
resolution of the Legislature of Ken
tucky, approving the amendment pro
posed to the constitution, respecting
'lilies of nobilitv.
The religion of the gospel is worthv
of its author. Its object is the
glory ol U°r>, and the happiness
of man. i’he benefits derived
from it by civilized man are incal
culably great. But, especially, a
mong our heathen Brethren, has
its powers been displayed, and its
influence most happily cxpei ienceu.
Their condition has already been
ameliorated, and their minds, long
darkened by sin, have been illumi
nated by the light of divine truth.
The writer of the following Extract
felt the importance of the subject,
and in a manner peculiar to him
self, describes its benign influence,
and the rising glocics of the Savi
our’s kingdom.
Wash ingto nian •
licit*" of Representatives.
Thursday, Feb. 14.
The bill, reported yesterday, more
effectually providing for the arming
and disenabling the militia of the
United States, was,,twice read and
refertd to a connnittep of the whole.
Mr. Wright, from the committee
on that partof the <, Frcrsideni’$ me3--
sage concerning Florida, reported a
bill for the establishment of a govern
ment for the protection of the Mobile
Territory ; which was twice read
aud referred to a -committee of the
whole. ■
On motion ofYtfr. Gholspn,
Resolved, That the -committee of
Public Lands be instructed to en
quire into the expediency of making-
provision by law, v W) .enable the ofli
cers arid soldiers ofj^he Virginia line,
(in the revolutionary war) an state
establishment,' tneir heirs or assigns,
to locate the-warrants which they
mav hold for und?
Ttrtncudous howl* Hie angry blaft t
The bolfteft heart* with terror quake t
High o'er the veflel'* tottering null
The liquid mountains fiercely hrak l
Hack eye •* fix'd in wild despair.
And death displays Ilia terrors there!
Kew p'ureing in the dread ahyfs,
Thry pierce tb^bofom of the deep—
Now rife, where vivid liphtjiinjss hits.
And Term the tnorky clouds to sweep—
Thro’ the dark waftedread-thunders roll,
Ai<d hoirori chdl the a frightened soul!
Sec cn the drvk young Jlferra (land,
“ And sow,,brethren, let us ascr»d
the hill of'cut); ^tul ^ided by tilt
torch of the skies, let us look through
the surrounding gloom, to the glo
ries that lie beyond.
See ! au “ angel flies through the
midst of heaven, having the everlast
ing gospel to preach to'every nation,
and kindred, and tongue, and peo
ple.” The standard of Shiloh is
reared ; his banner waves on nigh ;
the great trumpet is blown ; the na
tions hear, and gather unto Him.
From the east, from the west, from
the north, from the south, they press
into the kingdom. On thconehand,
is the plundering Arab ; on the other
the pitiless Savage. There are the
frozen children of the Pole, here the
sable tribes of Aft tea ; and yonder,
the long disinherited Jew ,• steals si
lently to his Mcssiaii weeping as he
goes. Hark ! the din ofarms and
the tumult of battle ceasd ; Discord
and trar retreat back to ; and
again that Hytrin of Angels is heard
below, glory to c;on in the highest !
on the other peace, good will to
wards men ! The redeemed of the
lord raise their responsive song
“ now is come salvation,and strength,
and the kingdom of oar lord and
the power ofhis christ ? Brethren,
Yk no illusion; ’tis “ the sober cer-
, taint)/* of truth divine. The zeal
of the lord or hosts will perform
this. And now, nay dear brethren,
shall not the first sentiment of our
heatts be a sentiment of gratitude for
the grace of cod manifested to us ?
I-ct it never be forgotten, that *.ve, in
^.granted ior iru
litriry services, on lands within the
liui-'w ot the territory reserved by
the commonwealth of Virginia for
hti cov.uneoud antistate troops, ac
cording to the cruel^ent and mean
ing >f the 5tn condition in the pro
posin' ri oT a. cessfCoTfom Virginia to
the United States, which 5th condi
tio** was acceded to by the United
States, and that the said committee,
have leave to report by bill or other
wise.
A communication was received
from the Secretary of the Navy
transmitting sundry papers and let
ters, and a report of the committee
appoin ed by 'him for the purpose of
examining into the subject, 011 the
impracticability of using Torpedoes
as a lor ins of national defence. Tile
committee have, since the experi
ment were exhibited before them,
heard,however, that Mr. Fulton has
marie an essential improvement.
Oinv Si500 are expended, out ol
tlv. 5000 appropriated.
Friday, Feb. 1 J.
Afr. Newton, from the committee
of Commerce and manufactures, re
ported a bill sg-veral nejy
collection mstri*i»‘witiuu tue United
States. 1 wicuJTRd aud committed.
Air. Livermore presented the me
morial of ihe merchanw of Neivbu-
Message of this year. He thought
also, that it was not proper to wait
for the approach of war before we
attempt to prepare for it.
Mu. Pitkin, Quincy, Potter and
Eppcs were opposed to the. resoluti
on ; and Messrs. Coer.rail, Rout,
Basset and Bacon m favor of it
- Against the resolution, it was said
that the adoption of such an one in
the present circumstances of- the
country, would excite uneasiness in
the nation ; (hut taken in connection
with the sitting with closed doors, it
would excite ajarm and an apprehen
sion nf some latent evil ; that the
gr.wlual arming die nation was al
ready provided for by law—and it
luril alreadvbeen ascertained by expe
rience that no mode of arming the
wlvole body of the militia ot the U.
rould’ever receive,the concur
rence of a'.n'rfnrffh of tffe’'hieihbcrs
.of the I feu iP.
In the support of it , its friends ob
served that it w as a mere resolution
of enquiry, from which no iil effects
could result; that it fixed no details,
leaving them altogether to the con
sideration of a committee, who would
report a bill to the House it they
thought proper ; that the present de
ficiency of arms called loudly for Such
a measure, so necessary to the gene
ral defence.
'Mr.TFicm wished it adopted, on
account of recent reports from ’ the
Florida*, of the standard of opposi
tion having-advanced against the A-
merican forces.' — J
On motion of Mr. Potter, it was-
ordered to lie on the table.
SaturdaiiyWeb. 16.
REPEAL OF DRAWBACKS.
Air. Garland sbmmitted the fol
lowing resolution 1*
Resolved, That it is expedient to
repeal the several laws allowing
drawback on goods, ivares and mer
chandize, of the growth, produce or
manufacture of foreign nations.
A motion was made by Mr. Gar
land to refer it to a committee of the
whole.
Messrs. Quincy, Wright, Mitch-
ill, and Newton, were opposed to the
reference and to the resolution.-—
Mcrssrs Garland and Smilie spoke
in favor of it.
It was contended by its opponents
ihat the adoption of this resolution,
and a consequent destruction of the
drawback system, would operate
greatly to the injury of the agricul
tural as well as commercial interests
of tiwemintriy. ’
By the advocates of the resolution,
it was said, that this system of draw
backs was n tax upon the nation,
merely to favor extraneous com
merce ; that it was not calculated in
any wise to benefit the agricultural
interest of our country; that instead
of adding any thing to the support of
the expcnces connected with foreign
commerce, it scarcely paid the e*-
pence3 of the custom houses.
The question to reftr the motion
was carriedr—Ayes 54.
The House resolved itself into a
comn - tee of the whole, Mr. Bac-
sf.tt in the chair, on the amend
nflents of the Senate to the bill ma
king appropriations for. the support
of government for the year 1811;
which were concurred in by the com
mittee and the House. v
The Houef resolved'itself into a
committee of the whq|e X( ^fr. Dlsii a
in tlW chair, on tfie report of the se-
h et committee on the letter, of Wil
liam Lambert, on the subject of a
compilation of precedents oi the pro
ceedings In Congress, &c. This re-
ryport, Mass,. Against the impor.iti
vn of additional discriminating du- •; commended the printing for Con-
gi e^a a certain number of copies of
A similar memorial Was present
ed by Mr. Gold, from sundry mer
chants of NifW-Vork ; both ol which
were refered to the committee «.f
tlie whole, having under considerati
on the bill securing to the vessels of
the UYr.ted States eonal
ailvantares
Mr. Lambert’s uork, and making
compensation to him for his trouble.
1 hey agreed to the report, which was
conjursed in bv the House.
A message was received from the
Pf* siderit ol the United States en
closing a treaty lately concluded with
m exporting ari:-'4!s.t<t incfcnanti ze, j the Osage Indians, l!;c. Referred.
marion from the French Minister. *
He had another View 'Itf submit
ting this resolution. Should no sa->
tisfactory information be received,
he then intended to move the repeal!
of the non-intercourse laws. Me
then submitted the resolution, which
was agreed .0:
Resolved, That the President ha
requested to lay before the housd, iTntf
information, not heretofore communi*
at ted, (and that in his opinion is pro
per to bv disclosed) fu/iich he ma<f
have touching the legal rc peal or mo;
clilication dsw’lt as the practical ope
ration of the Dec cs and Orders af
fecting our neutral commerce, tinie'
the r.sf of Nbvchiber, 18 to.
The Speakei lAid on'the table, re
solutions of the Legislature of Ohib.
approving the measures of the gene
ral governirtcnti with regard to fo
reign nations. <■ ’" uK
J ' 'Phuf+cftn/',’Fvtr"Mt\ '• -.1 u-
NON-IMPORT ATIONL
On motion of Mr. Eppcs,
The House resumed the cons id'ir-
ation 6f the bill supplementary ttv
the act concerning commercial it^cr-
course, &c. .
(This act, it will he recollected,
contains but one section, esempning
from seizure vessels with their *r«r- .
goes which had left the ports of G teat
Britain previous to the 2d Feb.-)
Air. Eppes moved to amend the
bill by adding to it the two following
sections :
“ Sec. 2. And be itfurther-enacted,
That in case G. Britain shall $0. re
voke or modify her edicts, as that
they shall cease to violate the neutral
commerce of ilite United Slates, t£»e
President of the United States shall
declare the,fact by proclamation-; amd
such proclamation shall be admitted
.is evidence, and no other evidence
shall be admitted of such revocation
in any suit or p rosecution which may
be instituted under the fourth sec
tion ol the act to which this act is a*
supplement. And the rcstrictionr,
imposed or which may be imported
by virtue of the said act, shall, front
the date of such proclamation, cense
and be discontinued.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted
That until the proclamation aforc&akl
shall have been issued, the several
provisions of third,fourth, fifth, syttb, *
seveutb, eighth, ninth, tenth and
eighteenth sections of the act, enti
tled “ An act to interdict the com
mercial intercourse between the U-
nited States and Great Britain and
France and their dependencies, ami
for other purposes,”, shall have full
force and be immediately carried in
to effect against Great Britain, her
colonics, dependencies, &c. Frcsit
ded however, l hat ariy vessel or mer
chandize which may in pursuance
thereof be seized, pi irir to the fact be
ing ascertained, whether- Great Bri- ■
tain shall, on or before the second
day ol February, one Thousand eight
hundred and eleven, have revoked
or modified her edicts in the manner
abovementiom d, shall nevertheless
be restored on application of the par
ties, on their giving bond with bp*
proved sureties to the United States, „
in a sum equal to the valiu^lhercof, to
abide the decision of tlie proper
court of the United States thereon ;
and any such bond shall lie consider
ed as satisfied if Great Britain shaft'
on or before tho second day of Fe
bruary, onp thousand eight hundred
and eleven, have reyoked or modi
fied her edicts in the manner above-
tAerittoned. —>- r».-~, r
He said it would be seen that in thp
present state of our iaws,' there was
no provision that the non-intercouroc
with G. Britain should cease if, after
the 3d day of March, she also should
so revoke or modify her edicts as that
they should cease to violate our lawful
commerce. One of the objects ofhis
amendment was to provide for that
contingency. Another provision of the
amendment went to remove doubts
which might exist in the minds of
some as to the operation ol the law
of May last, and which might g'u *