Richmond Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1, Number 5, Richmond, Wayne County, 2 February 1822 — Page 4

'

Of nno rternnl Dav!

Where, over sin and death victori

ous, The Lamb now reigns, for ever glo-

Poetry.

rno:i the hamiltos ADVKr.Tisnn.

nous! Lo ! while he spoke, a brilliant shroud KWniPd bU sirred head;

And mantled in a snow-white-cloud.

1 Tr-k i. kill t,o5r nnPnrn fled!

'iS Fled, over sin and death victorious,

;To reign in Heaven, for ever glori-

ous: Now breaks the music forth again,

And sounds from sphere to sphere;

And tills the burthen ot tne strain That fills the lisf nins car!

u Jesus! o'er sin and death vietori-

ibut seldom spoke but by thclanguage

of tears, lie spared no irouuie ihu expense in procuring medical assis-

tance, but no human skiii cuuiu iv tract the arrow of death now fixed in her heart. The father was walking in a small prove near his house, wpttinrr his steps with his tears, when

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he was sent Jot by ins ojn'g uuu fil

ter. With a heavy heart lie entereu the door of the cnamber, which he

the nitsT rniNcui.r.s or grammar, vEKSirii::;. Grammar, as men of learning teach. Consists of various parts of speech; Their diilereit meanings let us trace.

A:.d give to each its proper place. ARTICLE. The articles, the foremt stand, A id our attention tirt demand: A. and the, their name express; Before the nouns they take their piece. nocxs. Nouns, are the nanus cf thing? dc-siTnd,

T' impress the imTie on the mind; O a!l we read, or hear or see, Or fancy can conceive to be. adjective. An adjective i- u-cd t express The qualiii; that thing possess; Bv winch distinguished they are: A-, rough, or smooth., cr round, or square, Or. irod.or had: and after these, Are found in diiK iei t degrees.

ous,

Ascends to reign, forever glorious! TO MARY.

bliced .to take notice of it.

I am so disgusted wiui my uauvc state, that if I could dispose of my property without too great sacrifice, old as 1 am, I would remove to a land

oflibcrty!!!" ,

To this extract, tne cauor oj mi Emancipator has subjoined the following

7iViif rf marks.

"U thU the language of the state

of Virginia? the state that once comO - . i r - l

feared would soou be the entn.ee of plained of George the 3d of Eng and

This aching head shall find repose,

On woman s panting breast. And with my head all earth-born woes Shall lull themselves to rest.

Then tell mc not the laughing howl Will banish every care, To mirth in vain 1 rouse my soul, If Mary be not there. Oh! tcV: mc not that I must own

The crowded banquet dear, For feeling whispers I'm alone, When Mary ijnot near;

dnntb.

Hn was now to take a last fare

well of his child, and his religion

gave but a feeble hope ot meeting

her hereafter.

The child grasped the hand of her t with a death-cold hand.

'-Mv father, do yoir love mc "My child, vou know 1 love you that V . 1 . t

vou are more dear lo mc than all tne

world beside P But, father do you

o:r mcV 4U hv, niv child, will you

give me pain so exquisit? have 1 never triven vou any proofs of my

lover' But, mv dearest lather, do

:m love mc?" 1 1- lather could not

answer; the child added, "I know, m dear father, vou have ever loved tne

vou have been the kindest, and nesi

of parents, and I tcr.derlv love you.

i v.vi .rmr.t me. one reuuesr u.

tfllAT'."'--"-' I mv father! it is the dyh.r- request of vour daughter will you grant

it? 4rdy dearest child, a?.'; wnai you will, though it take every cent of mv property, what ever it may be, it

-hall be granted, 1 will grant u

t!

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Cut grae'd with her, the wildest F.Ise, desolate, is fair; A::d what would Paridise have been,

Had woman not been there? to : F, j:.i A" r.!triihii ILraU. Tin: jew. Travelling btelv through the we-teni part of Virirn;ia, 1 vninuch

inlpnfr.l i' hearing an old and

eroroun steeping in their place :hMilv re-ivjcta! !e rler4rv1r.au tiive

a Mtort accunt ol a Jew, with wliom lie had lately heroine acquainted. Ilewa? preachii gtoa large and atientive audience, when Is Is attention

was arrested hv seeing a man enter.

MMvir"Tverv mark of a Jew on thf

tronovx. Le-t nouns rr nams or thing- appeal

IhT-a'.ed oft. to tire the ear;

Gives language ditznitv and grace.

VERB. Being oracti!, verb- declare; "Vf at t'nii g-. or person1, d or are, Time presetit, pa-t, ar.d future tec: Bv them aro clearly set in vlev.. TARTICIPLE.

The rarticirdc fornK d arc,

rem vert1

i-i. .1. ' 1:. a

. ro wnicii ixiov i.t.iuuvi

1

tre

Though us'd the qualities to sliow OM.our.s they are united to: To verb? and adjective allied, As by their names may seem applied. AD V ERE.

Advrrln to verbs anncxd nrakeiciproca'a

keowr. If wt 11 or ill th thing be done; And frequently as -eemetli tit, Ol various decrees admit.

eeamenis of his countenance.

He wa- well dre-sed, and his countenance was noble, though it was cvi.'.i t 'Ti : K.- t l;itilv heC!l tilt

t A V 1 4. 1 - 1. ; V 1 . v I

.labitalion of sorrow. He too!: hi stoped; a-d the lather s heart was too -cat and was ail attentio!i, while a: full even for tears, lie lcit the room unconscious tear was often seen to in great horror ol mind, and ere lie t I ..1.1 cnllirinnf .r!-

his eyes stranger

rnnrosiTioN. Th- nrr.nositio!:s take their stand,

I i 1 Blire tlie r.our.s which they attend. a

Each varied circumstance 10 suqv . As from, above, around, into. CONJUNCTION. Conjunctions next attention claim, Their ue denoted by their name; For through their aid combin'd with

care :

Oar sentences connected are. INTERJECTION. An inteijeetion is deign"d, T'epressome passion of the mind As vrpw, juy. surprise, or tear; llev-davl boiio! At-. Oh dear!

From the Peterhurgh Intelligencer,

vice, the clergyman fixed 1:1 l. ;

ted the stare. 1 e.e gooii

mil. itter ire.es 10 mm; "on uki 1

rcet: am I !ot addressing one of the

cliildren of Abraham r uVou are."

"But how is it that I meet a Jew in a Christian n-fcmbly f Thesubstar.ee of his narrative was a- follows:

He was a very respectable man of superior education, who had lately

come trom London; and witu ins !)oo!;, his riches, ar.d a lovely daughter of seventeen, had found a char-

mine retreat 0:1 the fertile banks of

the Ohio. He had buried the companion of his bosom before he left

ilhirone, and he now knew no plea-

....

ure but the company ot his endear

ed child. She was surrounded by

beaut v as a mantle; but her cultivated mind,and her amiable disposition,

threw around her a charm superior

to any of the tinselled decorations ol

the body. No pains had been spared on her education. She could

read anil speak with fluency several

ditlercnt larejuaircs. and her manner

charm d w ry beholder. No wonder,

GOSrKL M1XODY.

And a cloud received him from out of'that a doatiun father, whose, head

had now become sprinkled wiingrej,

for introducing African slaves a

mongst them, and for not sanction-

ing kiws incndiv 10 men enuuiLipntion. "Tell it not in Gath, publish

if nnt in Askelcn,' that the people

that were once oppressed by the

king of England, and cried 10 tne

Lord for relief, and on being deliv1 1 j 1

ered, fell on their weeker nrotucr nnil onnressed him with an oppres

sion so much greater as to hear nc

comparison.

Will justice alvrays siumneri nu that God to whom they appealed in

1776, and who they believe liearu

tlioir cries, and delivered tnem,

ceased to regard the cause ot the op-j

pressed? It is a matter of regret and pain to hear of a single individual refusing

to allow their slaves the opportunity of obtaining that scanty education, timiiv ninns nconlc are latterly

.i.vii ... v l x - 1 - disposed to bestow on them, on that

day of the week, wlncn tne law pio-

hihits their masters lrom exacting la

bour from them; but when 1 hear that

at least a majority of the represents . A l-.l ....I. It

lives ol astute 111 mis siyieu republican government, has made it a crime eejial to peUit larceny, by their diabolical laws: and that in this time of meridian daylight, when missionaries from all Christendom seem to

vieiuirwith each other, who will

spread the knowledge of the scrip-

tures, anal the art 01 reading, me iaithest, and idest among the heathen, ar.d dark families of man. The state of Virginia has taken her stand a- . . ,.-.

gainst these benevolent eltorts ; wnen reflect on these aggravated circurii--ances. I am filled with an awful r.p-

pichenson of a day of just retribution iicin- near at hand; aud mcthinhs a

lr.vf flint was" f'r-uori!i is irathcrir.ir over their heads,

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which will hurst mthc cestruetion ol

those that are found fighting against

God; from which, there is no escape.

but by sincere repentance, and

mndment of life.

I believe there are but few, even nf the most savage governments, now

in the world, that prevent missiona

ries from educating their subjects

!he knowledge cf letters. Shall

Virginia be at least equal if not unerior to the most savage and despot

ic heathen governments upon earth in preventing the cultivation of the

human mind, and not be ashamed?

O! Virginia! Virginia! Clame nc

longer thy boasted pre-eminence among these free republican states, -incc thou hast ranked thyself aniongst the most savage of mankind, and pleged thyself to foster ignorance and suppress the rays of light which some of thy chi ildren have been induced to disseminate freely without

money aiiu pm...

an end to the lives of old and infirm

persons, in a manner equally crenel. The Namaouas, when removin? ta

. ' O " another place, put them into a small

crall ol bushes, leaving nothing with them but a little water. The iCo-

rannas, place such a person on a wild ox, which is driven into the woods, on the banks of the great river. The ox having discharged Ihe

rider, returns to the kraal of bis mas

ter, who does not trouble himself to inquire what has become of the poor person. The Bushmen, beside the above method, will drag them into the fields far from their kraal, and leave them there a prey for wolves.

A few days ago, at Jan Kaar s place, two days journey from hence, some of the Bushmen dragged an old wo

man into the fields in the atternoon: Jan Kaar heard of it, but not till next

morning, when he went in search of

her, and found her destroyed by the wolves!

"What a comment is this on the Apostle Paul's character of the Heathen. Rom i 31"- Without natural

.

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"My dear father, fz yjnnyzr c?aiti lot'pcnk Grille. Jt'tvs of Nazareth!" The lather was dumb with astonish

ment. I (continued the dving girl;

know but little alout this Je.-e.s, tor

I was never taught. But I know that he is a Saviour, for he has mani

fested him elf to me since I have been sick, even to the salvation of my

soul. 1 believe he will save me; .al

though I have never before laved him. I feel that I am going to bin: that 1

-ball be near him. And no my la

ther do not deity me; I beg that you will never again tpcr.k againtt thi Jesus of Nczrrc'Ji! I entreat vou t

obtain a Testament that tells 01 him:

and when I am r.o more you may be

stow on him th

merly mine." The exertion here overcame the of her feeble bodv. She

THANKSGIVING. The following calculation of the good things consumed in Connecticut on Thanhsgivine Day, 1317, was

made- by a gentleman of judgment

and information. If such was the

immense bill of fare, in 1817, in Connecticut, what must it have been in Maszachuzciis in 1821 ?

Bout. Cent.

Bill of Fare of a Thanksghing Dinner

m Connecticut, low.

19,000 5,500 65,000 2,000 25,000 lbs 12,000 bus. 14,000 4,000 5,O0C? 10,000 lbs 12,000 gls

1,000

fade, the spirit of his actomplishcd daughter had taken its ilight, as 1

trust. to that Saviour whom she loved

and honoured without seeing or know

in". The first thing the parent du.

after committing to the earth his last

earthly joy, was to procure a iNew

Testament. 1 hi- he read, taught bv the spirit from above, ar.d is now

numbered among the meek and Humble followers of the Lamb!

their sight. dospel.

Def end! descend! seraphic choirs. With praises to his name, The theme your su cetest song requires, To greet th' ascending Lamb!

OVr ih .iMi and sin alike victorious.

v ------ He comes to reign, forever glorious! . The Jews but cruc ified in vain, A ad vainly scoiPd his lues, O the third" destined day, again The Lord f I i fe a ros e ! O'er sin and death alike victorious He rose to reign, for ever glorious ! Behold him, in his gracious love, bull Willi ids people sla, And tutor tiiem lor realms above 5

Extract of 'ahttrr to the. E Utor of the

Emancipator, from a ecrrcr.rJent

in JSorJol!:, (I a.) dated Aroi sT 27th, 1G20. "There is now a law in this statt

which took place the 1st day of Janu

ary last, which prohibits schools'

being kept for teaching coloured people, u'.der the penalty of three dollars for every offence, if free, or 20 lashes

en the bare back ; or if slaves, 20 lash

es. A fine of '0 is imposed on all magistrates and sheriffs far refusing to xecute the law. The informer is to have the whole of the fine. My wife, who had a Sabbath school for coloured children, which

she taught grattis for 3 or 4 years

nast. has been compelled to give it

hr.nhl i.l:in- his u hnlo nffec tions on'un : although none were admitted nut

this only child of bis love, especially Ithoso who were free, and those vriltin nrrniifi from

vend this world Being a strict Jew

iie educated her in the strictest principles of his religion, and he thought

their owners. She had more than one

hundred hollars at a time; and

although the school was supported by

he had presented it with an orna-jsomeof the best men in town, & sever

i, .f.i,i. a n 1 he maLfistrates, yet i waspreseo

It was not long ago that his daugh-.tcd before the grand jury, and no-

ler was taken sick. I he rose iaded'thing saved me out ine pieM-iiuuni i c .... ..I

en her cheek, her eye had lost its being mad hclorc tne law oceanic -ire. her siren L'th decayed, and it was in force. Before I consented for the

soon apparent that the worm of dis- school to bi broken up, I consulted

.ft I ' . t . j : A Mi -. .-, ftft,ft r

ease was noting in the core ol tier the Stales attorney, nu us wuu 1 1 1 rPhi father huni? over the in favour of the school and a piou

u.:.r. r his daughter with a heart man. who said that it was so point

!. tt hmvt with ri'u'iiis h. He . dlv n.-rainst the laws, that he him

! tvij - ..... v ...... , - ' 111 oficaaiteuipted to converse with lier,jseli, as the prsccutor, wvUld be o-j

Cp.cclty or tuz Heatiicns. Extract from the Journal of Mr.

Helen, Sliionirij at GriyuL-Tunn, Jubj 22, IS 20.

"Andrew Watcrbore told mc that

some Bushman who lately removed

rom Grioua-town, had left their a-

'ed mother, who was very ill, in the

7 ' .

ollowinsr manner: She being una-

le to move, remained lying on the

around in her hut, when her children

intended to take the materials ot it.

with them, took it to pieces over her

head, and lett her in this condition to

the mercv of others. She remained

in this situation untill the next mor-

.inrr. when A. Watcrbore having

ie:u-d of it. took her to his own house

uul charged her daughter, who- is in

hi corvire. to take care ol ner mo-

l J -vfti - - " 7 t her; but she refused, saying, that hei

nothcr bemtr too old to get her liv

ing by labor, did not deserve to be

taken care ol, or to have any more victuals. Andrew provided fo her.

till the 25th f this month, when she

died.

"It is customary among the Nama-

pujts, t;oramias,and ljusiimen, to put

G:

Turkevs,

Chickens,

Ducks, Boef and Pork, Potatoes,

Turnip?, Beets,

Onicns, Cheese,

Aprde Sauce,

Crar.bcrrv do

DESSERT.

Pumpkin Pies, 520,00a

Ancle Pies. 100,000

Other Pies & puddings 25,000

Wine gls iw

Brandy 150 Gin 122

Rum 1,125

Cider Brandy & Whiskey, 658

Which would take 650 hhds c

-trained pumpkin; 61 do. molasses

1,060 lbs. ginger; 7,055 do. alseicc SG.GCG do Hour: 43.388 do. of bude:

., i i oar. uu- riiir r mn l

Ions each; lOOOnutmegs, 50 lbs. c'd

oamon; 43,500 doz. eggs anwaiu

would weigh about 504 tons ac would cost about 114,00Q dollars.

WARREN NOV. 17.

Hn'l Sf'tfT. A man left Wavn

w v - I in this county, a few weeks since, M nhmif nr fi miles. throua

U1C 1 A a . v- v v u the woods'; after being absent 2 daj

some alarm was exciteu, ana seani

was made. Nothing was discovert

of him untill the 7th dav after his lc

vinr Vrnvne when he was found ak

. ..0 . . j - patently lifeless, some consiuera part of his body being under wate, lie toon recovered from his stupij and it was ascertained that he cc.

tinued m that situation forncar7uaj without any other sustenance, th;

cations to his bottle, containing

first two gallons of whiskey

List of Letters

th, Poti-OfKcc in Cd

icrvilk, m ayne county, ma. if not taken out by the first of Ah next, u-ill be sent to the General A Office as dead letters. I ilenrv Albcrtson, Mr. Bncrl Peter Emroert, Reuben JpJ ES) Fleming, William Hendricks, It, t m Hri

inas Iriv mncv, Jesse maim, kiah Manning, Gideon Uy-S f )

miah 'Meek, John1 Moonnau,

Nation, Michael Uader, Jw Robertson, Thomas Symons, Garrj Stilwell, Cbar,

Teas, John Thompson,

Priggs. n. P. SACKETTt t

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