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@tp Colonisation tytxaib AND GENERAL REGISTER. CONDUCTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK COLONIZATION SOCIETIES. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM. Vol. I.—NEW SERIES. PHI I. A DEI. PHI A, WEDNESDAY, HI A Y 2, I8»8 IVO. 1*. THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT I ly definite to enable us to state precisely the number of And Constitution ofthe Female Society ofthe City of W* now under our care. At the date of our last re- New York, for the support of Schools in Africa, j Port we had between two and three hundred In a com- J rt ■ j munication from our late teacher at Bassa Uove, dated The Ladies Society of the City of New York, for the i May 27th, 1837, he remarks—that his school is not as -Support of Schools in Africa, held its Fourth Anniver- large as formerly, as some ofthe children are employ- ' nary on Thursday, February 1st, 1838, at the Stuyve-: ed with their parents in bringing the farms under pro- lint Institute. The chair vvas taken at half past seven, per cultivation. This temporary diminution constitutes ~\ M. by the Hon. Hugh Maxwell. i no ground of discouragement; but ratheraffords a plea- The Rev. Dr. Proudfit addressed the Throne of sing and most satisfactory evidence of the internal Grace. Extracts from the Report were then read by prosperity ofthe colony, connected as it is (and must R. D. Turner, Esq. and the following resolutions pre- continue to be) with devotedness to agricultural pur- eented : I suits. As considerable progress has already been made Resolved, That in view of the wants and claims of in this work, he anticipates that the interruption will Africa, we feel called upon as christiansand philanthro- ( be but of short duration, and urges on the Board the [lists, to do all we can to relieve her wants, to meet her prosecution of their labour of love with unremitted en- slaims, and to make her what the God of Heaven has ergy. At present we have a male and female depart- jmised, and her natural resources abundantly fit her ; ment, taught in the Baptist meeting-house, and we can to become. j continue to occupy it. But the cause would be greatly Resolved, That in as much as the great and gene-' advanced by the erection of a commodious school-house, J|l_l object of this Society is to communicate the bless-! furnished with suitable apparatus, viz. Maps, Globes, *lngs of Christian Education to the coloured population ' Numerical-frame, Mathematical Instruments, &c. It I of Africa ; whether they be born upon the soil of their is exceedingly desirable that our schools should be sup- '.ather, or conveyed there by the hands of other insti-; plied with a library adapted to the wants of a young 'ftutions:—therefore, every real friend of Africa, of his and giowing colony, and alike accessible to parents JBiountrv, and ofChristianity, may consistently maintain and children. May we not hope that some friend of this institution, no matter how much they may differ in ; African education will come forward with a liberality ebolicy, or even in principle, on other great questions j worthy of this philanthropic enterprise, and afford ^fcich are agitating the world in reference to this por- \ those facilities which are considered indispensable to T__of our fellow men. j success in our own land. Encouraging accounts have J*he meeting vvas addressed in a very able manner i also been received from the Episcopal School at Cape Thomas Buchanan, Esq. late Agent ofthe Pennsyl- \ Palmas, and we are happy to add that while the Ladies of this denomination have made some change in the mode of their operations; their zeal in promoting the vania Colonization Society at Rissa Cove ; the Rev. Dr. Fisk, Pr sidcnt of the Wesleyan University, and the Rev. Dr. Breckenridge. At an adjourned meeting of the Society, held on the tW instant, the following Ladies were elected Officers for the ensuing year: — Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, i D. Bethune, > Directresses. — Riggs, ) D. Codwise, Treasurer. J. R. M'Laughlin, Cor. Sec. J. Wurtz, Rcc. Sec. MANAGERS. Fishkill. 147 Hudson St. 04 Clinton-Pi. 8 St. Mark's-Pl. ,17 Spring St. 41 Bleecker St. Mrs. Smith, b Airs. Morris, F Mrs. Davison, b Mrs. Merrill, f Mrs. Ilolden, ■Mrs. Stone, £ Mrs. Fullerton, i Mrs. Vanpelt, i Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Brasher, Mrs. Doremus, rs. Howlaud, rs. Fields, rs. Nixon, Mrs. Phelps, rs. Hawxhurst, iss Eddy, Miss I)on;ilson, Mrs. Sandford, Eighth Presbyterian Church. Brick Church. . Reformed Dutch Churches. > Duane Street Church. ( Mercer Street Church. { Society of Friends. Wall Street Church. Dr. M'Elroy's Church ANNUAL REPORT. In taking a retrospective view of another year, we are forcibly reminded of the uncertainty which hangs over human affairs, and urged by it to greater dili¬ gence and promptness in our work. He whose right it is ^Bnlc the nations, is turning and overturning and evidently preparing the way to erect his peaceable cingdom on the ruin of thrones and empires now con great work of religious education in Africa has Buffered no abatement. In July last we sent out another female teacher, who writes under date of August 19, 1837: " Through the peculiar favour of the God of Provi¬ dence I have been able to attend to the school here dur¬ ing the past week. I take the liberty of recommend¬ ing to the patronage of the board a very worthy colour¬ ed female, who had been engaged in conducting it several weeks before my arrival. Her services are very important, as there are a number of small children who cannot read. King Freeman has engaged to place his son and daughter in the family of Mr. Matthias; and I expect to receive two native children under my care. The number of scholars is increasing. Teachers are greatly needed. There a re many adults who can¬ not read, and ought to be brought under the influence of religious instruction." From the above extracts, it appears that God has preceded us in this work. The field, if not white for the harvest, presents to us an inviting soil, and pro¬ mises a rich reward to the faithful labourer. That de¬ voted and untiring friend of Africa, the Rev. L. Wilson, writes from Cape Palmas—"The two little girls who were rescued in New York three years ago are now members of our female school. We received them into our family with a great deal of pleasure, and al¬ though they have not been wilh us more than seven months, we feel more than compensated for the care we have already bestowed upon them, by their order¬ ly and becoming deportment, and their rapid improve¬ ment in learning. Both of them commenced in our school in the alphabet, but can now read the Testament with ease, and are beginning to write legibly. Perhaps in the course of a few months you will receive a com¬ munication from them in their own hand." We will not weaken the impression made by this simple state¬ ment, by any comment of our own. It is sufficient to win over the enemies of this blessed cause, and to si¬ lence the objections of lhe most faithless. God has owned the work, and succeeded our efforts by the con- i -11 ii m i ( .- iiiiw \,w-i- I . . — ., . . * •• n _i i_ l tendinfc for supremacy. Since the fall of that proud verting influences of Ins spirit. From the same belov- capital, whose towering walls and gates of brass secur- e! '^sionary we learn that one ofthe little girlsaboye ed to her the homage of a world, the wo.k has been alluded to is interested in the subject of personal reli- steadily and perseveringly going forward. Chaldea is ?Ion- J? »nothfr communication, he says, "You wi 1 not. Wisdom is no more in Te.nan. Counsel is per- be fat,fied lo le"n that G°d'.aa .wf. humb,-v \TliS}< ished from the prudent. The cup of the Lord's ven- fm,1fs _*» our ,ab™Js' and " vtsitingour schools geance has passed round from kingdom to kingdom, *I *• influences of His SpinU One of our native and from nation to nation ; but the country to which I vouths' whom we call Robert W. James, has recently the benevolence of this Society is directed has drunk j £lven us satisfactory evidence of a change of heart, the dregs. Age after age she has been scattered and For 80mR months Past.hp has been serious and thought- peeled and trodden down by her oppressors, till scarce vestige of what she once was remains. We talk ful; recently his convictions became pungent and over- whelming; and still more recently he has come forth with a bright and comfortable hope that his sins are 1010 of degraded, benighted Africa; but rolling back , , , . , ., , , he tide ot tune, we behold Egypt in the deep scclu- pardoned and his peace made wilh heaven. His father sion of antiquity, bursting forth" upon the vision in all |s an '"^ential man ; and we do hope he may yet be the splendour ofa meridian sun. The first rav of intel- i br°uSht'n,° the _"ngdom of Christ by tbe ■nstrumen- lectuaflight which dawned on Greece emanated from \ talify of h.sson. Othersof our boys are silently inquir- an Egyptian colony. In attempting to carry the bless- i mS what they must do to be saved. And we are not ings of science, civilization, aud religion to that land without hope that many adults are beginning to feel of darkness, the friends of Africa have been impelled jthere ls a rcallty m religion. Referring to the antici- by the etronge.-t motives, and animated by the m. st Pated operations of the American Society for establish- noble and generous sympathies which can actuate the , in? high-schools and colleges in Africa, Mr. Wilson philanthropic or the christian. We cannot forget that j writes—" I am gratified to hear of this enterprise in in our efforts to enlighten Africa, we are repaying a ■,tbe ca»se of Africa. I feel sure that if your undertak¬ ing is founded in prayer, and a desire to glorify God, it will result in great good to this benighted people. Our own experience abundantly authorises the expec- tion that great good may be reasonably anticipated from any enterprise of this nature. Our seminary here, which vvas commenced with a view of growing into a similar institution with that of Batticotta in Cey- ?payi debt incurred more than three thousand years ago. And can we, who have received the gospel,—the ten¬ dency of which is to reiine the mind and improve the moral sense—can we refuse to impart to her children the light of science and the knowledge of the true God 1 The claims of this country on the whole civi¬ lized world must be met as. an act of justice—as lhe principles we rest our appeal in behalf of ninety-nine lillions of undying souls—a part of the purchased pos¬ sum of Him who gave his life a ransom for all. We present it endorsed by the Saviour himself, whose pro- encouraged while his providences were trying our faith. We urge it the more confidently, since the response of gratitude. On these strong and admitted lon> embraces about, forty youths male and female, and their zeal and ability to learn surpasses every reasona¬ ble expectation. We could treble the number of our pupils in a week, if we had teachers; and as it is we have turned away during the last three, months not less than fifty applicants. In short, there is a desire for improvement in Western Africa which the chris- .ability ofthe work is no longer a problem to be tian church does not know, or is not able or willing- to 1 We have had our trials; reverses and dis- mect- Jrom Sierra Leone to Cape Coast Castle, to rements not a few ; but the clouds arc breaking 6Peak of no more, a distance of one thousand miles awamand a brighter prospect is opening before us. coastwise there are, I vvouid venture to say, not less Our earlv history has been one of doubtful experiment, than two hundred native settlements on the beach, We have felt our way through almost insurmountable averaging a population from one to two thousand each, difficulties without the lioht of experience to guide us.; And there is not verily believe, one of these settle- Having learned wisdom by the things we have suffer- ; ments that would not cordially receive a christian ed,-we enter o„ the work of another year, rejoicing in ! teacher But what is called toe beach people, forms hope, animated by the increasing popularity of African only a £onU,er to«| immense and very pop education, the co-operation of friends, and the happy &lon- lou have then a vast tl,eatre uP°n which it is :; 9,animated by the increasing popularity of African only a t°nU,er to an immense and very populous re- n of friends, and the happy g|on- ? °,u ha*e *•» a vast theatre upon vvhi .u^o.-p attending our schools. We have now two | J0" P"Y.".ege t0 aCt,\." ,, , ' ..:__., With this array ot facts before us, can we be listless in our work? With the Macedonian cry resounding in our ears, can our hands hang down 1 The cries of Africa will not be unheeded—they have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. And if we remain deaf to her entreaties, the curse of Meroz will rest upon us, while enlargement and deliverance will arise to her from some other source. Yes! Africa will be redeemed. Already do we witness the dawning of that day which is to verily the prophetic declaration— " Blessed be Egypt my people." And when recount¬ ing the wonders of Grace, they shall say—" Behold Ethiopia, this man was born in his time. flourishing auxiliaries.—one at Fishkill, in this state, the other at Concord, New Hampshire. The Ladies of the Eighth Presbyterian Church in this city have done nobly, and set an example worthy of imitation by all to whom Cud has given the ability to do good and communicate. During the past year we have received of them $'diO ; 800 to constitute their pastor and his lady life members of this Society, and #250, the avails of articles made by their Fragment Society. While we offer them our grateful acknowledgments, we do it in behalf of the objects of their benevolenee, whose fu¬ ture history may determine the value of their unosten- ., , . tatioMffforts, when we shall have been gathered to Phihstia with Tyre and Ethiopia our Bers, and the places which now know us shall there." The Lord will hasten it know ns no more for ever. W7e trust that other similar nsfcociHfes which may be acting without any definite J CONSTITUTION. object y go and do likewise, till the desert of Africa ' Art. I.—This Society shall be called " The Female shall blossom as the rose. Society of the City of New York, for the support of The last advices from our teachers are not sufficient- Schools in Africa." Art. II.—The object of this Society shall be to pre¬ pare and support christian teachers for the missionary settlement of New York in Liberia, and,as far as prac¬ ticable, for other portions of Africa. Art. III.—The officers of the Society shall be a First and Second Directress, a Treasurer, a Corres¬ ponding Secretary and Recording Secre arv, and Managers, who shall be annually elected. They shall meet semi-annually for the transaction of business, and nine shall constitute a quorum. Art. IV.—The Board of Managers shall appoint an Executive Committee, consisting of one or two from each denomination, together with the orricers of the Society, to transact business during the recess of the Board. The Executive Committee shall meet on the first Wednesday of each month, and four shall constitute a quorum. Art. V.—Each Church may send one representative to the meeting ofthe Executive Committee, who shall be permitted to participate in the transaction of busi¬ ness. Art. VI.—Each denomination shall have the power to appoint their own teacher, provided they pledge themselves to raise adequate funds for the support of the school to which such teacher may be appointed. Art. VII.—Each subscriber of one dollar annually shall be a member ofthe Society. Art, VIII.—Each contributor of twenty dollars at one time shall be a member for life. From Mrs. Sigourneifs Letters. NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY. I have seen no class of people, among whom a more efficient system of industry and economy of time was established, than the agricultural population of New England. Their possessions are not sufficiently large to allow waste of any description. Hence, every arti¬ cle seems to be carefully estimated, and applied to its best use. Their mode of life, is as favorable to cheer¬ fulness and health, ns it is eminent in industry. The farmer, rising with the dawn, attends to those employments which are necessary for the comfort of the family, and proceeds early with his sons or assist¬ ants, to their department of daily labor. The birds en¬ liven them with their song, and the lambs gambol, while the patient ox marks the deep furrow, or the grain is committed to the earth, or the tall grass hum¬ bled beneath the scythe, or the stately corn freed from the intrusion of weeds. Fitting tasks are proportioned to lhe youngest ones, that no hand may be idle. In the interior of the house an equal diligence pre¬ vails. The elder daughters take willing part with the mother, in every domestic toil. No servant is there, to create suspicious feeling, or divided interest. No key grates in the lock, for all are as brethren. The children, who are too small to be useful, proceed to school, kindly leading the little one, who can scarcely walk. Perhaps the aged grandmother, a • clcomcand honored inmate, amuses the ruddy infant, fhat she may release a stronger hand for toil. The sound of the wheel, and the vigorous strokes of the loom are heard. The fleece of the sheep is wrought up, amid the cheer¬ ful song of sisters. Remembering lhat the fabrics which they produce, will guard those whom they love, from the blast of winter, the bloom deepens on their cheek with the pleasing consciousness of useful in¬ dustry. In the simple and abundant supply of a table, from their own resources, which shall refresh those who return weary from the field, all are interested. The boy, who brings his mother the fresh vegetables, se¬ lects a salad which his own hand had cultivated, with some portion ofthe pride with which Dioclesian point¬ ed to the cabbages which he had reared. The (laugh¬ er, who gathers treasures from the nests of the poultry that she feeds, delights to tell their history, and to number her young ducks as they swim forth boldly on the pond. The bees, whose hives range near the door, add a desert to their repast, and the cows feeding quietly on rich pastures, yield pure nutriment for the little ones. For their bread they have " sown, and reaped, and gathered into barns;" the flesh is from their own flocks—the fruit and nuts from their own trees. The children know when the first berries ripen, and when the chesnut will be in its thorny sheath in the forest. The happy farmer at his independent table, need not envy the luxury of kings. The active matron strives to lessen the expenses of! her husband and to increase his «ains. She sf nds to market the wealth of her dairy, and the surplus pro- I duce of her loom. She instructs her daughters by their diligence to have a purse of their own, from which to furnish the more delicate parts of their ward¬ robe, and to relieve the poor. In the long evenings of winter, she plies the needle, or knits stockings with them, or maintains the quiet music of the flax-wheel, from whence linen is prepared for the family. She j incites them never to eat the bread of idleness, and as they have been trained, so will they train others again ; for the seeds of industry are perennial. The father and brothers, having recess from their toils of busier seasons, read aloud, such books as are I procured from the public library, and knowledge thus entering in with industry, and domestic order, forms a j hallowed alliance. The most sheltered corner by the j ample fire-side, is reserved for the hoary grand-parents, j who in plenty and pious content pass the eve of a well-) spent life. The sacred hymn and prayer, rising daily from such ! households, is acceptable to Heaven. To their humble scenery, some of our wisest and most illustrious men, rulersuf the people, sages and interpreters of the law of God, looked back tenderly, as their birth-place. They love to acknowledge that in the industry and ! discipline of early years, was laid the foundation of: their greatness. From the Harrisburg Chronicle. THE COLONIAL RECORDS. The bill reported by Mr. Tyson, of the city, which provides for the further publication of the Minutes of the Pennsylvania Council under the Proprietary or Co¬ lonial Government, from the year 1717 down to the period of the revolution, was passed through three reading! in the House of Representatives on Thursday morning last, and sent to the Senate, where it will doubtless pass in a fevv days. Too much credit cannot be awarded to the able and indefatigable Representative from Philadelphia for his zealous and successful efforts in behalf of this enlightened object. When he under¬ took the task at the last session of prosecuting this measure, fevv anticipated aught from his labors, save the addition of another to the long list of proofs—and we affirm it with regret—which the past legislation of our state had afforded of the repugnance of our law¬ makers to literary projects of this character. He has, however, succeeded through means peculiar to him¬ self, and which possess so large an ingredient of bold perseverance as to defy opposition and surmount all difficulties. Tbe bill provides for the printing and binding of 1500 copies, and authorizes the Secretary of the Com¬ monwealth to purchase of the printer 500 copies, stantial qualities, lhat rendered the lecture one of real which he has on hand over and above the number di- value, the subject was throughout enlivened with reeled by the act oflast year. It gives the Secretary flashes of wit and humor, that convulsed the audience power to employ permanently an additional clerk to with laughter. aid him in the prosecution of the work, at a salary of The next course will commenc% in November, and $«00 per annum. It directs two hundred copies of the will consist of 20 or 22 lectures, when the richest ta- i work to be placed in the hands of the Governor to be lent and eloquence of which our city can boast, will by him distributed at his discretion, among learned be brought into requisition, and we doubt not, with the ( societies and public Libraries of other states. abundant success that has so eminently characterized I It further provides, that five copies shall be present- the course that has just terminated; more could not ed to the American Philosophical Society, five to the be anticipated or desired.— U S Gazette. Historical Society, five to the Philadelphia Library, two to the Philadelphia Athena-urn, one copy to each ofthe several colleges and public libraries in the state, 1 one to each of the members of the present and last legislatures, and that five copies shall be deposited in the State Library, and one copy in each of the Record j offices of the Commonwealth. I The size of the work, when completed, will be ! about ten octavo volumes of 500 pages each, and may i well be regarded as a monument to the intelligence and public spirit of Pennsylvania. It is cause of con- I gratulation to the friends of the measure, that they possess so powerful an adjunct as the able Secretary of the Commonwealth, to whose hands the prosecution ! of the measure has been committed. THE LAST LECTURE. From the Christian Mirror. VISIT TO THE INDIAN TRIBES—THE CHOCTAWS. The Choctaws, all of whom have emigrated, includ¬ ing about 600 negro slaves, number nearly 16,000 souls. They have diminished in numbers very con¬ siderably since their removal. Great numbers died rn the way and soon after arriving, from fatigue, ex¬ posure and want. They were removed by land (at least a part of them) and the means of conveyance '-. were so inadequate that many, who from extreme youth, age, or infirmity, were unfit to bear fatigue, were obliged to walk ; they were badly provided with I shelter and food ; and in the midst of all this a severe epidemic came upon them, and strewed the way with its victims. Many reached ••meir new home in the Notwithstanding the state of the weather on Tues- dead sf winter and there found no relief from their day evening, April 17, the Musical Fund Hall was sufferings. Hundreds died, and every succeed ing year crowded to excess, on the occasion of the last lecture naB brought a severe though constantly diminishing of the season, which vvas delivered by Judge Hopkin- mortality. The last year the suffering from sickness son, on " Common Sense," before the Athenian Insti- was much less than in any preceding. They are be- tute and Mercantile Library. The unabated interest coming more accustomed to the climate, are possess- which has been manifested by the public in this series ; mg themselves of more of the comforts of life, the of lectures, from their commencement to their termi- ; want of which often causes diseases, or increases their nation, has been no less gratifying than unprecedented ; severity, and are learning to avoid many local causes and their resumption is looked forward to with no in- of sickness to which they formerly heedlessly exposed considerable interest. ] themselves. Here, favorable causes continuing to Judge Hopkinson commenced his remarks about ' operate, they must soon be blest with excellent health. eight o'clock, observing as follows: I The Choctaws are almost entirely an agricultural As these lectures, for this season, are coming to their people ; a very few are mechanics and perhaps a few conclusion, I hope it will not be thought unbecoming depend for a livelihood on the chase or on trading with in me to speak of the gentlemen who have gone be- ! the rude tribes west of them. Generally they occupy fore me in this duty. Although we have a common'substantial log-houses—an evidence in the west, it design, each individual stands on his own merit, and I must be remembered, of considerable progress in civi- may therefore be allowed to render them the praise j hzation. The few exceptions to this rule, in which which is justly their due, without the suspicion of ap- ! bark, or olher simple building material is used, aro propriating any part of it to myself. I appeal to those { doubtless induced in part at least by the mildness of who have honored this Institute with their patronage, i the climate. If their architecture be rude at best, it when I declare my belief that it has performed all that J may be remarked that it would be difficult to exoncr- was reasonably expected from it; and on the other ; ale the architecture of their white neighbors from a hand, it affords me high gratification to say, that the j similar charge. Their mode of farming, the imple- support it has received from you, has far exceeded my i ments used and the articles they cultivate, are quite hopes, and even the anticipations of those who were i similar to those of the same latitude in the states. A most confident of its success. j large portion dress in the English style, but still a very You have heard, and no doubt duly appreciated, the ! considerable majority use a mode of dress peculiar to learning and eloqueuce that have been delivered from J Indians. There is however an evident tendency to this place. You have seen gentlemen, distinguished { Approach to civilization in the matter of drees. for their high acquirements, present themselves to you, i offering the fruits of long and laborious studies, and PIOUS CU3TOMO OF TUB ewiee. enriching you with the treasures it has cost them many It is the custorrii in lhe vall of the Canton rf years to accumulate. The subjects of their discourses Berne, whenever the father of a family builds a house, have been selected with a view to utility and solid in-1 and the wa]is arc rajsed l0 thcir fuI1 £ ht ,0 J struction, while the manner of treating them has been shaped to make them pleasant and acceptable. To mix the useful with the agreeable, to make knowledge attractive, by adorning it with garlands of eloquence, and touching it with the glowing tints of imagination, has been the aim of the gentlemen who have address¬ ed you. That they have succeeded, is amply proved by your constant and deep attention, and by the in¬ creasing favor their exertions have won from the pub¬ lic. The lecturer then, in a clear voice, that was dis tinctly heard throughout the spacious hall, proceeded to offer the audience a plain, familiar, fireside lecture, on a plain and every day subject; which, he observed, neither required, nor was susceptible, of the embel¬ lishments of fancy, or of wit, or the researches of learning; though he furnished abundant evidence, be¬ fore he concluded, of the subject being not only sus¬ ceptible of these ornaments, but of his ability to be¬ stow them, under the proper control and guidance of common sense. The importance of common sense, in averting or lessening the ills of life, in enabling us to view things as they are, divested of Ihe false glare which design or accident may impart to them, vvas strikingly de¬ picted. The calamities of men of genius were shown to arise, for the most part, from the absence of this judi¬ cious regulator. They, with imaginations brilliant and glowing, neglect the ordinary occupations, the business, the duties of life—revelling in ideal riches, and exhausting their minds in profitless dreams;— they take no thought for the future—and then whine about injuries or neglect, when they are neiiher injur¬ ed nor neglected. They lack common prudence, com¬ mon sense, to husband their resources with sufficient discretion to save themselves from want. Would they but take common sense for their patron, they vvouid want no other. The superiority of this quality is il¬ lustrated by the Spanish proverb, which says, " know¬ ledge would become folly, if common sense did not take care of it." Among authors, Oliver Goldsmith was pointed out as the most distinguished for this quality, and its value vvas apparent from the estimation in which his unos¬ tentatious writings are held. Who, as a novelist or a poet, surpasses him? I may be told Walter Scott or Lord Byron; but, said the lecturer, I would take Goldsmith's chance, with the good old Vicar, against them all. Passages from the Village Pastor were read, with the happiest effect, to sustain the opinions of the lecturer, who justly observed, that for the merit of such poetry, you vvouid appeal, not to the review-ers or crit¬ ics, but to your own heart and common sense. The the minister of the parish to pray to God inside. The workmen and such as are to assist in finishing the hnnse, meet together and unite in thanking the Lord for his care hitherto, and entreat a continuance of it, through the more dangerous part that remains. "This prayer," observes M. Paulet, the pastor of Coutelary, " when made in faith, redoubles one's strength, and removes all fear of danger." " If God be for us, who can be against us !" observed an old carpenter to the same minister, when he advised him not to expose himself too incautiously. A blessing terminates this piou6 ceremony ; the workmen return to their labors, and the noise of hammers begins to be heard again! How pleasing it is to see a practical acknowledgment of the truth, "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." The following custom is also general among the in¬ habitants of the Alps. The Shepherd's horn, in tho Alpine, regions is the signal for a solemn and religious duty, and is used for a much more noble purpose than the mere return of the cattle from their pasturage. • When the sun has quitted the valley, and his linger¬ ing beams still cast a glow of fading light upon tho snowy summits of the mountains, lhe shepherd, whose hut is placed on the highest alp, grasps his horn, and pronounces, through his speaking trumpet, the solemn injunction to the world below, "Praise ye the Lord." Every shepherd in his neighborhood, who catches thia sound in succession, repeats the same sentence at the door of his cabin. Thus, perhaps, for a quarter of an hour, the cliffs and rocky precipices fling to each other oft repeated echos of lhe sublime, " Praise ye the Lord " A solemn stillness sneceeds the last reverberation arid all kneel bare headed, and in silent devotion, till dark¬ ness rests upon the earth, and veils the towering moun¬ tains. Again the horn sounds, and the peaceful, social " good night!" once more awakens the echoes. Hills' vales, and rocky cliffs, and all, sink to rest. Oriental Key to the Scriptures. THE DEAD NAPOLEON. The following account of the manner in which the body of Napoleon was made ready for the tomb will be new, we suspect, to many of our readers, if not to all. At least we have never met with it before. It is copied by a London weekly paper from the Ceylon Chronicle, the editor of which latter journal vouches for its authenticity. Sergeant Millinglon's Memorandum. On Sunday the 6th of May, 1821, I was sent for while attending divine service, to make a tin coffin for Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte. On Monday the 7th, I was ordered to attend at Longwood House for the purpose lecturer dwelt at some length on the character, ten-1 of soldering up the body of General Bonaparte in the dency, &c.,of the licentious Don Juan, and portions of i tin soffin, which vvas performed in the following man- the other writings of the profligate poet, and more profligate man, whose fame was already on the wane, while that of Goldsmith, after the lapse of eighty years, increased in freshness and brilliancy, and vvouid be remembered and cherished when the execrable stuff* of the great genius would be forgotten. The common sense of Arkwright, in England, and of Whitney, in America, had done more to advance the commerce and prosperity of trieir respective coun¬ tries, than all the volumes ever written on political economy could ever have accomplished. The value of common sense in the domestic circle, and in promoting domestic happiness, was shown to be of the first importance. Learning, wit, beauty, riches and genius were all well enough; but with all these, and more, let genius and beauty live together twelve months, and they will fall out, unless good sense be their housekeeper. We have considerable additional notes, but find that to undertake to write them out, even thus briefly and imperfectly, will far exceed our limits, and shall there ner, in presence of Gens. Bertrand and Montholon Mad. Bertrand, the French chaplain, the French 6ur' geon, Mr. A. Darling, Dr. Rushop, H. M. 20 regiment of foot, several of the French domestics, and Samuel Ley, private in the 20th regiment. The body of tha late Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, in full dress, wbb dp posited in a tin coffin, which was lined with white silk and cotton. His cocked hat vvas laid across his thirrhg and on the left breast of his coat was a gold star'and cross, and several other medals of the same metal • several pieces of coin, of various sizes and different value, were also put into the coffin. His heart was deposited in a silver urn or tureen filled with spirits' to which I soldered a lid or cover ofthe same material' which vvas placed between the small parts of his le_?s' His stomach was deposited in a silver mug m which there was spirits, which was also put in the coffin A silver plate, knife, fork, and spoon, and a silver cup 'ere also deposited in the coffin. Subsequent to plael ig the body of the general in the coffin, the tin lid of m coffin, being lined with white silk and atnUU ," ?C fore terminate with the simple remark, that the sub- j cotton, was put in its place, and I soldered it ject was shown to be most fertile in interest and in-j coffin enclosing the late General Napoleon Bo 0" stiuctien, while in addition to the more solid and sub-land all the above mentioned articles Thio ti"^"10 and stuffed with 'ered it on the eon Bonaparte This tin coffin,
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Title | The Colonization herald and general register |
Replaces | Colonization herald (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1835) ; Colonization herald (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1849) |
Subject | Colonization Pennsylvania Newspapers ; Back to Africa movement Newspapers ; African Americans Colonization Africa Newspapers |
Description | A newspaper of the Pennsylvania and New York Colonization societies, covering immigrant issues, African American affairs, religious tracts and tract societies, and various other issues, such as the Apprentices’ Library company of Philadelphia. Contains advice and informational columns on household affairs and farming. Also reports on the Back to Africa movement and African affairs in other countries, such as Haiti. Published fortnightly at first, then weekly, in 1838, then published monthly in at least January-June 1839, beginning with the New Series, which restarted numbering. Issues from March 14, 1838 to December 26, 1838. |
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Title | Philadelphia-Phila_Colonization_Record05021838-0069; The Colonization herald and general register |
Replaces | Colonization herald (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1835) ; Colonization herald (Philadelphia, Pa. : 1849) |
Subject | Colonization Pennsylvania Newspapers ; Back to Africa movement Newspapers ; African Americans Colonization Africa Newspapers |
Description | A newspaper of the Pennsylvania and New York Colonization societies, covering immigrant issues, African American affairs, religious tracts and tract societies, and various other issues, such as the Apprentices’ Library company of Philadelphia. Contains advice and informational columns on household affairs and farming. Also reports on the Back to Africa movement and African affairs in other countries, such as Haiti. Published fortnightly at first, then weekly, in 1838, then published monthly in at least January-June 1839, beginning with the New Series, which restarted numbering. Issues from March 14, 1838 to December 26, 1838. |
Place of Publication | Philadelphia, Pa. |
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Full Text | @tp Colonisation tytxaib AND GENERAL REGISTER. CONDUCTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK COLONIZATION SOCIETIES. WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM. Vol. I.—NEW SERIES. PHI I. A DEI. PHI A, WEDNESDAY, HI A Y 2, I8»8 IVO. 1*. THE FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT I ly definite to enable us to state precisely the number of And Constitution ofthe Female Society ofthe City of W* now under our care. At the date of our last re- New York, for the support of Schools in Africa, j Port we had between two and three hundred In a com- J rt ■ j munication from our late teacher at Bassa Uove, dated The Ladies Society of the City of New York, for the i May 27th, 1837, he remarks—that his school is not as -Support of Schools in Africa, held its Fourth Anniver- large as formerly, as some ofthe children are employ- ' nary on Thursday, February 1st, 1838, at the Stuyve-: ed with their parents in bringing the farms under pro- lint Institute. The chair vvas taken at half past seven, per cultivation. This temporary diminution constitutes ~\ M. by the Hon. Hugh Maxwell. i no ground of discouragement; but ratheraffords a plea- The Rev. Dr. Proudfit addressed the Throne of sing and most satisfactory evidence of the internal Grace. Extracts from the Report were then read by prosperity ofthe colony, connected as it is (and must R. D. Turner, Esq. and the following resolutions pre- continue to be) with devotedness to agricultural pur- eented : I suits. As considerable progress has already been made Resolved, That in view of the wants and claims of in this work, he anticipates that the interruption will Africa, we feel called upon as christiansand philanthro- ( be but of short duration, and urges on the Board the [lists, to do all we can to relieve her wants, to meet her prosecution of their labour of love with unremitted en- slaims, and to make her what the God of Heaven has ergy. At present we have a male and female depart- jmised, and her natural resources abundantly fit her ; ment, taught in the Baptist meeting-house, and we can to become. j continue to occupy it. But the cause would be greatly Resolved, That in as much as the great and gene-' advanced by the erection of a commodious school-house, J|l_l object of this Society is to communicate the bless-! furnished with suitable apparatus, viz. Maps, Globes, *lngs of Christian Education to the coloured population ' Numerical-frame, Mathematical Instruments, &c. It I of Africa ; whether they be born upon the soil of their is exceedingly desirable that our schools should be sup- '.ather, or conveyed there by the hands of other insti-; plied with a library adapted to the wants of a young 'ftutions:—therefore, every real friend of Africa, of his and giowing colony, and alike accessible to parents JBiountrv, and ofChristianity, may consistently maintain and children. May we not hope that some friend of this institution, no matter how much they may differ in ; African education will come forward with a liberality ebolicy, or even in principle, on other great questions j worthy of this philanthropic enterprise, and afford ^fcich are agitating the world in reference to this por- \ those facilities which are considered indispensable to T__of our fellow men. j success in our own land. Encouraging accounts have J*he meeting vvas addressed in a very able manner i also been received from the Episcopal School at Cape Thomas Buchanan, Esq. late Agent ofthe Pennsyl- \ Palmas, and we are happy to add that while the Ladies of this denomination have made some change in the mode of their operations; their zeal in promoting the vania Colonization Society at Rissa Cove ; the Rev. Dr. Fisk, Pr sidcnt of the Wesleyan University, and the Rev. Dr. Breckenridge. At an adjourned meeting of the Society, held on the tW instant, the following Ladies were elected Officers for the ensuing year: — Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, i D. Bethune, > Directresses. — Riggs, ) D. Codwise, Treasurer. J. R. M'Laughlin, Cor. Sec. J. Wurtz, Rcc. Sec. MANAGERS. Fishkill. 147 Hudson St. 04 Clinton-Pi. 8 St. Mark's-Pl. ,17 Spring St. 41 Bleecker St. Mrs. Smith, b Airs. Morris, F Mrs. Davison, b Mrs. Merrill, f Mrs. Ilolden, ■Mrs. Stone, £ Mrs. Fullerton, i Mrs. Vanpelt, i Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Brasher, Mrs. Doremus, rs. Howlaud, rs. Fields, rs. Nixon, Mrs. Phelps, rs. Hawxhurst, iss Eddy, Miss I)on;ilson, Mrs. Sandford, Eighth Presbyterian Church. Brick Church. . Reformed Dutch Churches. > Duane Street Church. ( Mercer Street Church. { Society of Friends. Wall Street Church. Dr. M'Elroy's Church ANNUAL REPORT. In taking a retrospective view of another year, we are forcibly reminded of the uncertainty which hangs over human affairs, and urged by it to greater dili¬ gence and promptness in our work. He whose right it is ^Bnlc the nations, is turning and overturning and evidently preparing the way to erect his peaceable cingdom on the ruin of thrones and empires now con great work of religious education in Africa has Buffered no abatement. In July last we sent out another female teacher, who writes under date of August 19, 1837: " Through the peculiar favour of the God of Provi¬ dence I have been able to attend to the school here dur¬ ing the past week. I take the liberty of recommend¬ ing to the patronage of the board a very worthy colour¬ ed female, who had been engaged in conducting it several weeks before my arrival. Her services are very important, as there are a number of small children who cannot read. King Freeman has engaged to place his son and daughter in the family of Mr. Matthias; and I expect to receive two native children under my care. The number of scholars is increasing. Teachers are greatly needed. There a re many adults who can¬ not read, and ought to be brought under the influence of religious instruction." From the above extracts, it appears that God has preceded us in this work. The field, if not white for the harvest, presents to us an inviting soil, and pro¬ mises a rich reward to the faithful labourer. That de¬ voted and untiring friend of Africa, the Rev. L. Wilson, writes from Cape Palmas—"The two little girls who were rescued in New York three years ago are now members of our female school. We received them into our family with a great deal of pleasure, and al¬ though they have not been wilh us more than seven months, we feel more than compensated for the care we have already bestowed upon them, by their order¬ ly and becoming deportment, and their rapid improve¬ ment in learning. Both of them commenced in our school in the alphabet, but can now read the Testament with ease, and are beginning to write legibly. Perhaps in the course of a few months you will receive a com¬ munication from them in their own hand." We will not weaken the impression made by this simple state¬ ment, by any comment of our own. It is sufficient to win over the enemies of this blessed cause, and to si¬ lence the objections of lhe most faithless. God has owned the work, and succeeded our efforts by the con- i -11 ii m i ( .- iiiiw \,w-i- I . . — ., . . * •• n _i i_ l tendinfc for supremacy. Since the fall of that proud verting influences of Ins spirit. From the same belov- capital, whose towering walls and gates of brass secur- e! '^sionary we learn that one ofthe little girlsaboye ed to her the homage of a world, the wo.k has been alluded to is interested in the subject of personal reli- steadily and perseveringly going forward. Chaldea is ?Ion- J? »nothfr communication, he says, "You wi 1 not. Wisdom is no more in Te.nan. Counsel is per- be fat,fied lo le"n that G°d'.aa .wf. humb,-v \TliS}< ished from the prudent. The cup of the Lord's ven- fm,1fs _*» our ,ab™Js' and " vtsitingour schools geance has passed round from kingdom to kingdom, *I *• influences of His SpinU One of our native and from nation to nation ; but the country to which I vouths' whom we call Robert W. James, has recently the benevolence of this Society is directed has drunk j £lven us satisfactory evidence of a change of heart, the dregs. Age after age she has been scattered and For 80mR months Past.hp has been serious and thought- peeled and trodden down by her oppressors, till scarce vestige of what she once was remains. We talk ful; recently his convictions became pungent and over- whelming; and still more recently he has come forth with a bright and comfortable hope that his sins are 1010 of degraded, benighted Africa; but rolling back , , , . , ., , , he tide ot tune, we behold Egypt in the deep scclu- pardoned and his peace made wilh heaven. His father sion of antiquity, bursting forth" upon the vision in all |s an '"^ential man ; and we do hope he may yet be the splendour ofa meridian sun. The first rav of intel- i br°uSht'n,° the _"ngdom of Christ by tbe ■nstrumen- lectuaflight which dawned on Greece emanated from \ talify of h.sson. Othersof our boys are silently inquir- an Egyptian colony. In attempting to carry the bless- i mS what they must do to be saved. And we are not ings of science, civilization, aud religion to that land without hope that many adults are beginning to feel of darkness, the friends of Africa have been impelled jthere ls a rcallty m religion. Referring to the antici- by the etronge.-t motives, and animated by the m. st Pated operations of the American Society for establish- noble and generous sympathies which can actuate the , in? high-schools and colleges in Africa, Mr. Wilson philanthropic or the christian. We cannot forget that j writes—" I am gratified to hear of this enterprise in in our efforts to enlighten Africa, we are repaying a ■,tbe ca»se of Africa. I feel sure that if your undertak¬ ing is founded in prayer, and a desire to glorify God, it will result in great good to this benighted people. Our own experience abundantly authorises the expec- tion that great good may be reasonably anticipated from any enterprise of this nature. Our seminary here, which vvas commenced with a view of growing into a similar institution with that of Batticotta in Cey- ?payi debt incurred more than three thousand years ago. And can we, who have received the gospel,—the ten¬ dency of which is to reiine the mind and improve the moral sense—can we refuse to impart to her children the light of science and the knowledge of the true God 1 The claims of this country on the whole civi¬ lized world must be met as. an act of justice—as lhe principles we rest our appeal in behalf of ninety-nine lillions of undying souls—a part of the purchased pos¬ sum of Him who gave his life a ransom for all. We present it endorsed by the Saviour himself, whose pro- encouraged while his providences were trying our faith. We urge it the more confidently, since the response of gratitude. On these strong and admitted lon> embraces about, forty youths male and female, and their zeal and ability to learn surpasses every reasona¬ ble expectation. We could treble the number of our pupils in a week, if we had teachers; and as it is we have turned away during the last three, months not less than fifty applicants. In short, there is a desire for improvement in Western Africa which the chris- .ability ofthe work is no longer a problem to be tian church does not know, or is not able or willing- to 1 We have had our trials; reverses and dis- mect- Jrom Sierra Leone to Cape Coast Castle, to rements not a few ; but the clouds arc breaking 6Peak of no more, a distance of one thousand miles awamand a brighter prospect is opening before us. coastwise there are, I vvouid venture to say, not less Our earlv history has been one of doubtful experiment, than two hundred native settlements on the beach, We have felt our way through almost insurmountable averaging a population from one to two thousand each, difficulties without the lioht of experience to guide us.; And there is not verily believe, one of these settle- Having learned wisdom by the things we have suffer- ; ments that would not cordially receive a christian ed,-we enter o„ the work of another year, rejoicing in ! teacher But what is called toe beach people, forms hope, animated by the increasing popularity of African only a £onU,er to«| immense and very pop education, the co-operation of friends, and the happy &lon- lou have then a vast tl,eatre uP°n which it is :; 9,animated by the increasing popularity of African only a t°nU,er to an immense and very populous re- n of friends, and the happy g|on- ? °,u ha*e *•» a vast theatre upon vvhi .u^o.-p attending our schools. We have now two | J0" P"Y.".ege t0 aCt,\." ,, , ' ..:__., With this array ot facts before us, can we be listless in our work? With the Macedonian cry resounding in our ears, can our hands hang down 1 The cries of Africa will not be unheeded—they have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. And if we remain deaf to her entreaties, the curse of Meroz will rest upon us, while enlargement and deliverance will arise to her from some other source. Yes! Africa will be redeemed. Already do we witness the dawning of that day which is to verily the prophetic declaration— " Blessed be Egypt my people." And when recount¬ ing the wonders of Grace, they shall say—" Behold Ethiopia, this man was born in his time. flourishing auxiliaries.—one at Fishkill, in this state, the other at Concord, New Hampshire. The Ladies of the Eighth Presbyterian Church in this city have done nobly, and set an example worthy of imitation by all to whom Cud has given the ability to do good and communicate. During the past year we have received of them $'diO ; 800 to constitute their pastor and his lady life members of this Society, and #250, the avails of articles made by their Fragment Society. While we offer them our grateful acknowledgments, we do it in behalf of the objects of their benevolenee, whose fu¬ ture history may determine the value of their unosten- ., , . tatioMffforts, when we shall have been gathered to Phihstia with Tyre and Ethiopia our Bers, and the places which now know us shall there." The Lord will hasten it know ns no more for ever. W7e trust that other similar nsfcociHfes which may be acting without any definite J CONSTITUTION. object y go and do likewise, till the desert of Africa ' Art. I.—This Society shall be called " The Female shall blossom as the rose. Society of the City of New York, for the support of The last advices from our teachers are not sufficient- Schools in Africa." Art. II.—The object of this Society shall be to pre¬ pare and support christian teachers for the missionary settlement of New York in Liberia, and,as far as prac¬ ticable, for other portions of Africa. Art. III.—The officers of the Society shall be a First and Second Directress, a Treasurer, a Corres¬ ponding Secretary and Recording Secre arv, and Managers, who shall be annually elected. They shall meet semi-annually for the transaction of business, and nine shall constitute a quorum. Art. IV.—The Board of Managers shall appoint an Executive Committee, consisting of one or two from each denomination, together with the orricers of the Society, to transact business during the recess of the Board. The Executive Committee shall meet on the first Wednesday of each month, and four shall constitute a quorum. Art. V.—Each Church may send one representative to the meeting ofthe Executive Committee, who shall be permitted to participate in the transaction of busi¬ ness. Art. VI.—Each denomination shall have the power to appoint their own teacher, provided they pledge themselves to raise adequate funds for the support of the school to which such teacher may be appointed. Art. VII.—Each subscriber of one dollar annually shall be a member ofthe Society. Art, VIII.—Each contributor of twenty dollars at one time shall be a member for life. From Mrs. Sigourneifs Letters. NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY. I have seen no class of people, among whom a more efficient system of industry and economy of time was established, than the agricultural population of New England. Their possessions are not sufficiently large to allow waste of any description. Hence, every arti¬ cle seems to be carefully estimated, and applied to its best use. Their mode of life, is as favorable to cheer¬ fulness and health, ns it is eminent in industry. The farmer, rising with the dawn, attends to those employments which are necessary for the comfort of the family, and proceeds early with his sons or assist¬ ants, to their department of daily labor. The birds en¬ liven them with their song, and the lambs gambol, while the patient ox marks the deep furrow, or the grain is committed to the earth, or the tall grass hum¬ bled beneath the scythe, or the stately corn freed from the intrusion of weeds. Fitting tasks are proportioned to lhe youngest ones, that no hand may be idle. In the interior of the house an equal diligence pre¬ vails. The elder daughters take willing part with the mother, in every domestic toil. No servant is there, to create suspicious feeling, or divided interest. No key grates in the lock, for all are as brethren. The children, who are too small to be useful, proceed to school, kindly leading the little one, who can scarcely walk. Perhaps the aged grandmother, a • clcomcand honored inmate, amuses the ruddy infant, fhat she may release a stronger hand for toil. The sound of the wheel, and the vigorous strokes of the loom are heard. The fleece of the sheep is wrought up, amid the cheer¬ ful song of sisters. Remembering lhat the fabrics which they produce, will guard those whom they love, from the blast of winter, the bloom deepens on their cheek with the pleasing consciousness of useful in¬ dustry. In the simple and abundant supply of a table, from their own resources, which shall refresh those who return weary from the field, all are interested. The boy, who brings his mother the fresh vegetables, se¬ lects a salad which his own hand had cultivated, with some portion ofthe pride with which Dioclesian point¬ ed to the cabbages which he had reared. The (laugh¬ er, who gathers treasures from the nests of the poultry that she feeds, delights to tell their history, and to number her young ducks as they swim forth boldly on the pond. The bees, whose hives range near the door, add a desert to their repast, and the cows feeding quietly on rich pastures, yield pure nutriment for the little ones. For their bread they have " sown, and reaped, and gathered into barns;" the flesh is from their own flocks—the fruit and nuts from their own trees. The children know when the first berries ripen, and when the chesnut will be in its thorny sheath in the forest. The happy farmer at his independent table, need not envy the luxury of kings. The active matron strives to lessen the expenses of! her husband and to increase his «ains. She sf nds to market the wealth of her dairy, and the surplus pro- I duce of her loom. She instructs her daughters by their diligence to have a purse of their own, from which to furnish the more delicate parts of their ward¬ robe, and to relieve the poor. In the long evenings of winter, she plies the needle, or knits stockings with them, or maintains the quiet music of the flax-wheel, from whence linen is prepared for the family. She j incites them never to eat the bread of idleness, and as they have been trained, so will they train others again ; for the seeds of industry are perennial. The father and brothers, having recess from their toils of busier seasons, read aloud, such books as are I procured from the public library, and knowledge thus entering in with industry, and domestic order, forms a j hallowed alliance. The most sheltered corner by the j ample fire-side, is reserved for the hoary grand-parents, j who in plenty and pious content pass the eve of a well-) spent life. The sacred hymn and prayer, rising daily from such ! households, is acceptable to Heaven. To their humble scenery, some of our wisest and most illustrious men, rulersuf the people, sages and interpreters of the law of God, looked back tenderly, as their birth-place. They love to acknowledge that in the industry and ! discipline of early years, was laid the foundation of: their greatness. From the Harrisburg Chronicle. THE COLONIAL RECORDS. The bill reported by Mr. Tyson, of the city, which provides for the further publication of the Minutes of the Pennsylvania Council under the Proprietary or Co¬ lonial Government, from the year 1717 down to the period of the revolution, was passed through three reading! in the House of Representatives on Thursday morning last, and sent to the Senate, where it will doubtless pass in a fevv days. Too much credit cannot be awarded to the able and indefatigable Representative from Philadelphia for his zealous and successful efforts in behalf of this enlightened object. When he under¬ took the task at the last session of prosecuting this measure, fevv anticipated aught from his labors, save the addition of another to the long list of proofs—and we affirm it with regret—which the past legislation of our state had afforded of the repugnance of our law¬ makers to literary projects of this character. He has, however, succeeded through means peculiar to him¬ self, and which possess so large an ingredient of bold perseverance as to defy opposition and surmount all difficulties. Tbe bill provides for the printing and binding of 1500 copies, and authorizes the Secretary of the Com¬ monwealth to purchase of the printer 500 copies, stantial qualities, lhat rendered the lecture one of real which he has on hand over and above the number di- value, the subject was throughout enlivened with reeled by the act oflast year. It gives the Secretary flashes of wit and humor, that convulsed the audience power to employ permanently an additional clerk to with laughter. aid him in the prosecution of the work, at a salary of The next course will commenc% in November, and $«00 per annum. It directs two hundred copies of the will consist of 20 or 22 lectures, when the richest ta- i work to be placed in the hands of the Governor to be lent and eloquence of which our city can boast, will by him distributed at his discretion, among learned be brought into requisition, and we doubt not, with the ( societies and public Libraries of other states. abundant success that has so eminently characterized I It further provides, that five copies shall be present- the course that has just terminated; more could not ed to the American Philosophical Society, five to the be anticipated or desired.— U S Gazette. Historical Society, five to the Philadelphia Library, two to the Philadelphia Athena-urn, one copy to each ofthe several colleges and public libraries in the state, 1 one to each of the members of the present and last legislatures, and that five copies shall be deposited in the State Library, and one copy in each of the Record j offices of the Commonwealth. I The size of the work, when completed, will be ! about ten octavo volumes of 500 pages each, and may i well be regarded as a monument to the intelligence and public spirit of Pennsylvania. It is cause of con- I gratulation to the friends of the measure, that they possess so powerful an adjunct as the able Secretary of the Commonwealth, to whose hands the prosecution ! of the measure has been committed. THE LAST LECTURE. From the Christian Mirror. VISIT TO THE INDIAN TRIBES—THE CHOCTAWS. The Choctaws, all of whom have emigrated, includ¬ ing about 600 negro slaves, number nearly 16,000 souls. They have diminished in numbers very con¬ siderably since their removal. Great numbers died rn the way and soon after arriving, from fatigue, ex¬ posure and want. They were removed by land (at least a part of them) and the means of conveyance '-. were so inadequate that many, who from extreme youth, age, or infirmity, were unfit to bear fatigue, were obliged to walk ; they were badly provided with I shelter and food ; and in the midst of all this a severe epidemic came upon them, and strewed the way with its victims. Many reached ••meir new home in the Notwithstanding the state of the weather on Tues- dead sf winter and there found no relief from their day evening, April 17, the Musical Fund Hall was sufferings. Hundreds died, and every succeed ing year crowded to excess, on the occasion of the last lecture naB brought a severe though constantly diminishing of the season, which vvas delivered by Judge Hopkin- mortality. The last year the suffering from sickness son, on " Common Sense," before the Athenian Insti- was much less than in any preceding. They are be- tute and Mercantile Library. The unabated interest coming more accustomed to the climate, are possess- which has been manifested by the public in this series ; mg themselves of more of the comforts of life, the of lectures, from their commencement to their termi- ; want of which often causes diseases, or increases their nation, has been no less gratifying than unprecedented ; severity, and are learning to avoid many local causes and their resumption is looked forward to with no in- of sickness to which they formerly heedlessly exposed considerable interest. ] themselves. Here, favorable causes continuing to Judge Hopkinson commenced his remarks about ' operate, they must soon be blest with excellent health. eight o'clock, observing as follows: I The Choctaws are almost entirely an agricultural As these lectures, for this season, are coming to their people ; a very few are mechanics and perhaps a few conclusion, I hope it will not be thought unbecoming depend for a livelihood on the chase or on trading with in me to speak of the gentlemen who have gone be- ! the rude tribes west of them. Generally they occupy fore me in this duty. Although we have a common'substantial log-houses—an evidence in the west, it design, each individual stands on his own merit, and I must be remembered, of considerable progress in civi- may therefore be allowed to render them the praise j hzation. The few exceptions to this rule, in which which is justly their due, without the suspicion of ap- ! bark, or olher simple building material is used, aro propriating any part of it to myself. I appeal to those { doubtless induced in part at least by the mildness of who have honored this Institute with their patronage, i the climate. If their architecture be rude at best, it when I declare my belief that it has performed all that J may be remarked that it would be difficult to exoncr- was reasonably expected from it; and on the other ; ale the architecture of their white neighbors from a hand, it affords me high gratification to say, that the j similar charge. Their mode of farming, the imple- support it has received from you, has far exceeded my i ments used and the articles they cultivate, are quite hopes, and even the anticipations of those who were i similar to those of the same latitude in the states. A most confident of its success. j large portion dress in the English style, but still a very You have heard, and no doubt duly appreciated, the ! considerable majority use a mode of dress peculiar to learning and eloqueuce that have been delivered from J Indians. There is however an evident tendency to this place. You have seen gentlemen, distinguished { Approach to civilization in the matter of drees. for their high acquirements, present themselves to you, i offering the fruits of long and laborious studies, and PIOUS CU3TOMO OF TUB ewiee. enriching you with the treasures it has cost them many It is the custorrii in lhe vall of the Canton rf years to accumulate. The subjects of their discourses Berne, whenever the father of a family builds a house, have been selected with a view to utility and solid in-1 and the wa]is arc rajsed l0 thcir fuI1 £ ht ,0 J struction, while the manner of treating them has been shaped to make them pleasant and acceptable. To mix the useful with the agreeable, to make knowledge attractive, by adorning it with garlands of eloquence, and touching it with the glowing tints of imagination, has been the aim of the gentlemen who have address¬ ed you. That they have succeeded, is amply proved by your constant and deep attention, and by the in¬ creasing favor their exertions have won from the pub¬ lic. The lecturer then, in a clear voice, that was dis tinctly heard throughout the spacious hall, proceeded to offer the audience a plain, familiar, fireside lecture, on a plain and every day subject; which, he observed, neither required, nor was susceptible, of the embel¬ lishments of fancy, or of wit, or the researches of learning; though he furnished abundant evidence, be¬ fore he concluded, of the subject being not only sus¬ ceptible of these ornaments, but of his ability to be¬ stow them, under the proper control and guidance of common sense. The importance of common sense, in averting or lessening the ills of life, in enabling us to view things as they are, divested of Ihe false glare which design or accident may impart to them, vvas strikingly de¬ picted. The calamities of men of genius were shown to arise, for the most part, from the absence of this judi¬ cious regulator. They, with imaginations brilliant and glowing, neglect the ordinary occupations, the business, the duties of life—revelling in ideal riches, and exhausting their minds in profitless dreams;— they take no thought for the future—and then whine about injuries or neglect, when they are neiiher injur¬ ed nor neglected. They lack common prudence, com¬ mon sense, to husband their resources with sufficient discretion to save themselves from want. Would they but take common sense for their patron, they vvouid want no other. The superiority of this quality is il¬ lustrated by the Spanish proverb, which says, " know¬ ledge would become folly, if common sense did not take care of it." Among authors, Oliver Goldsmith was pointed out as the most distinguished for this quality, and its value vvas apparent from the estimation in which his unos¬ tentatious writings are held. Who, as a novelist or a poet, surpasses him? I may be told Walter Scott or Lord Byron; but, said the lecturer, I would take Goldsmith's chance, with the good old Vicar, against them all. Passages from the Village Pastor were read, with the happiest effect, to sustain the opinions of the lecturer, who justly observed, that for the merit of such poetry, you vvouid appeal, not to the review-ers or crit¬ ics, but to your own heart and common sense. The the minister of the parish to pray to God inside. The workmen and such as are to assist in finishing the hnnse, meet together and unite in thanking the Lord for his care hitherto, and entreat a continuance of it, through the more dangerous part that remains. "This prayer," observes M. Paulet, the pastor of Coutelary, " when made in faith, redoubles one's strength, and removes all fear of danger." " If God be for us, who can be against us !" observed an old carpenter to the same minister, when he advised him not to expose himself too incautiously. A blessing terminates this piou6 ceremony ; the workmen return to their labors, and the noise of hammers begins to be heard again! How pleasing it is to see a practical acknowledgment of the truth, "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." The following custom is also general among the in¬ habitants of the Alps. The Shepherd's horn, in tho Alpine, regions is the signal for a solemn and religious duty, and is used for a much more noble purpose than the mere return of the cattle from their pasturage. • When the sun has quitted the valley, and his linger¬ ing beams still cast a glow of fading light upon tho snowy summits of the mountains, lhe shepherd, whose hut is placed on the highest alp, grasps his horn, and pronounces, through his speaking trumpet, the solemn injunction to the world below, "Praise ye the Lord." Every shepherd in his neighborhood, who catches thia sound in succession, repeats the same sentence at the door of his cabin. Thus, perhaps, for a quarter of an hour, the cliffs and rocky precipices fling to each other oft repeated echos of lhe sublime, " Praise ye the Lord " A solemn stillness sneceeds the last reverberation arid all kneel bare headed, and in silent devotion, till dark¬ ness rests upon the earth, and veils the towering moun¬ tains. Again the horn sounds, and the peaceful, social " good night!" once more awakens the echoes. Hills' vales, and rocky cliffs, and all, sink to rest. Oriental Key to the Scriptures. THE DEAD NAPOLEON. The following account of the manner in which the body of Napoleon was made ready for the tomb will be new, we suspect, to many of our readers, if not to all. At least we have never met with it before. It is copied by a London weekly paper from the Ceylon Chronicle, the editor of which latter journal vouches for its authenticity. Sergeant Millinglon's Memorandum. On Sunday the 6th of May, 1821, I was sent for while attending divine service, to make a tin coffin for Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte. On Monday the 7th, I was ordered to attend at Longwood House for the purpose lecturer dwelt at some length on the character, ten-1 of soldering up the body of General Bonaparte in the dency, &c.,of the licentious Don Juan, and portions of i tin soffin, which vvas performed in the following man- the other writings of the profligate poet, and more profligate man, whose fame was already on the wane, while that of Goldsmith, after the lapse of eighty years, increased in freshness and brilliancy, and vvouid be remembered and cherished when the execrable stuff* of the great genius would be forgotten. The common sense of Arkwright, in England, and of Whitney, in America, had done more to advance the commerce and prosperity of trieir respective coun¬ tries, than all the volumes ever written on political economy could ever have accomplished. The value of common sense in the domestic circle, and in promoting domestic happiness, was shown to be of the first importance. Learning, wit, beauty, riches and genius were all well enough; but with all these, and more, let genius and beauty live together twelve months, and they will fall out, unless good sense be their housekeeper. We have considerable additional notes, but find that to undertake to write them out, even thus briefly and imperfectly, will far exceed our limits, and shall there ner, in presence of Gens. Bertrand and Montholon Mad. Bertrand, the French chaplain, the French 6ur' geon, Mr. A. Darling, Dr. Rushop, H. M. 20 regiment of foot, several of the French domestics, and Samuel Ley, private in the 20th regiment. The body of tha late Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, in full dress, wbb dp posited in a tin coffin, which was lined with white silk and cotton. His cocked hat vvas laid across his thirrhg and on the left breast of his coat was a gold star'and cross, and several other medals of the same metal • several pieces of coin, of various sizes and different value, were also put into the coffin. His heart was deposited in a silver urn or tureen filled with spirits' to which I soldered a lid or cover ofthe same material' which vvas placed between the small parts of his le_?s' His stomach was deposited in a silver mug m which there was spirits, which was also put in the coffin A silver plate, knife, fork, and spoon, and a silver cup 'ere also deposited in the coffin. Subsequent to plael ig the body of the general in the coffin, the tin lid of m coffin, being lined with white silk and atnUU ," ?C fore terminate with the simple remark, that the sub- j cotton, was put in its place, and I soldered it ject was shown to be most fertile in interest and in-j coffin enclosing the late General Napoleon Bo 0" stiuctien, while in addition to the more solid and sub-land all the above mentioned articles Thio ti"^"10 and stuffed with 'ered it on the eon Bonaparte This tin coffin, |
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