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TO MISS RACHEL.
When the morning sun forgets to run •
His stated courses through, •
May I standstill-and with good will
Forget to think of you;
•
But whilst our days with heated rays
Are lighted from above,
Bo long may I on von rely,
And own that I do love.
With all your charms, then to my arms
DelightLd may you come; '
Devoid of fear your life I'll cheer,
And live and love at home!
No sweeter thought was ever brought
From Indias happy clime;
So sweet it prize as mine !
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John Adams--Geo. Washi r pigion.
A correspondent of the Daily Advertiser
and Patriot, - relates the following Anecdotes
connected with the appointment of Gen.
Washington to the command of the army,
June 16, 1775.
— ln a manuscript - Journal, under date of
Nov. 4, 1825, I find a record of a conversa
tion had with the venerable John Adams',
at that time, relative to the appointment of
Gen. Washington. It was in substance as
o ows:.7". „
assembled at. Cambridge,
Ward, and Congress was
Every day arrived
• neitOostak behalf of the army.
The7.ceurit*** urgent that Congress
should adopt tki*S sf ; fur until they had, it
must be coftsidexeditithi. was in law.consid
ered only as a of armed rebels.
The country was pbtoed'in circumstances of
delicacy and danger. Th . e stilt&
gle had begun, and yet every thing was at
loose ends. The great trial now seemed to
be in this question,—who shall be comman
der in . chief? It was exceedingly impor
tant; and was felt to be the hinge on which
the whole might turn for or against us.--
The southern and middle States, Warm f and
rapid in their zeal, for the most part, were
jealous of New ErgAild, because they felt
that - the real pliysical force was here.—
What then, was to be done? All New
England adored Gen. Ward; he had been in
the French war, and had come out laden
with laurels. He was a scholar and a „gen
tleman. All the qualifications seemed to
cluster in him; and it was confidently believ
ed the army could not receive any comman
der over him. What then, would be dune?
Difficulties thickened at every step. The
struggle was to be long mid bloody. With
out union all was lost. Union was strength.
The country and the whole country must
come in. One pulsation must break thro'
all hearts. The cause was one and the
arm must be one. 'The members had talk
ed, debated, considered and guessed, and
yet - the - decisive step - had - not - been' taken.—
At length Mr. Adams came to his conclu-
sion, an t e manner u eve op ig i a
nearly as tbllows: Ho was walking one
morning before Congress hall, apparently
in deep thought, when his cousin Samuel
Adams came up to him and said, "What is
the topic With you [his morning, cousin?"—
"Oh the -army,tlie army,n-he
;am determined what to do about the army
at Cambridge," he continued—"l am. de
termined to go into, the hall this morning,
_ainienter on a full detail of the state of the
colonies in order, to show the,absolute need
of taking some decisive §teps. My whole
aim will, be to induce Congress to appoint a
day for adopting the army as the legal army
of these United Colonies of North America;
and then to hint at my election of a com
mander-in-chief." "Well," said Samuel
Adams, "I like that, cousin John; but on
whom have you fixed as this commander?"
"I'lL tell you, George ‘Vashington, of Vir
ginia, a member-of this House.". "Oh,"
replied S. A. quickly, "that will never do,
never, never." "It must do, it
said John, "and for these reasons; the
Southern and M iddle States are loth to en
ter heartily into the cause, and their argu
ments are potent;- , —power in her hands, and
they fear the result: A New-England ar
my, a New-England commanderovitb New-
England perseverance, all united Appal them.
For this cause they hang' back. Now, the
only way is, to allor their fears, and give
them nothing to complain of; and this can
'be done in no other way but by appointing a
Southern chief over this force. Then all
will .feel secure, then all will rush to the
standard: This policy will blend us in one
mass, and that Mass will be resistless.'t—
At this Samuel A. 'seemed greatly moved.
' They talked over the-preliminary MITA/Ma
stances, and John asked his cousin to second
his motion. Mr. Adams- NT' in, took the
floor and put forth all his, ertgth in the
delineations he had prepared, all aiming at
- the adoption of the army. He was ready .
- to , own the army, appoint a commander,
'Tote supplies - add proceed to businesa..-=-
• After his speech .some /doubted, some ob '
*tad, and !toine feared. , His warilith
mounted with the occasion, and to all these.
k doubts and hesitations he Idled, "Gentle.
.
Mint, . th is Congress mill, not adopt:Allis
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atratto feetttty, nepttblicau Banner.
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DUCIT AMOR P ATRIA" PRODESSE CIVIRUS—"Tint LOVE OF MY COUNTRY LEADS ME TO BE OF ADVANTAGE TO MY FT,I.LOW-CITIZENS."
army, before ten moons have set, New-ll:ng
lMid will have a Congress of her own which
will adopt it, and she, she will undertake,
the struggle alone, .yes, with a strong arm
and a clear conscience will front the foe
alone."
• This had the desired effect. They saw
N. E. was not playing,•and was not to be
played with: they agreed to appoint a day.
The day was fixed. It came. Mr. Adams
went in, took the floor, urges-the measure,
and after debate it passed. The next thing
was to get a lawful commander for this
lawful army, with supplies, &c. All look
ed to Mr. Adams on this occasion: and he
was ready. He took the floor, and went
into a minute delineation of the character of
Gen. Ward, bestowing on him the epithets
which, then, belonged to no one else. At
the end of this eulogy he said, "but this is
not the man I have chosen." He Lien
IGo t--
into a cre7fintion OM: - Clid - r - a - CrafTifirmirr; -
inander-in-chief such as was required by
the peculiar situation of the colonies at that
junction; and after he had presented the
qualifications in his strongest language, and
given the reason for the nomination lie was
about to make, he said—" Gentlemen, I
know these qualifications are high, but we
all know they are needful at this crisis, in
this ghief. Does any one say . they are not
to be obtained in the country? I reply,
they are, they reside in one of our own
body, and he is the person whom I now
nominate, Grionoli WASHINGTON, of
gini a."
•
. Washington, Who sat on Mr. Adams'
right hand, was looking him intently in
the thee to watch the name he was about to .
nominate; and not expecting it would be
his own, he sprung from his seat the mo
ment he heard it, and rushed into an ad
joining room as quickly as though moved
by a shock of electricity.
Mr. Adams had asked his cousin Sam to
move for an adjournment as soon as the
.nomination....was_miti (9 1;(YP 0 1 9
members time to -deliberate in private.—
They did deliberate and the result is before
the world.
I asked Mr. Adams, among other ques
tions, the following, "Did you never doubt
of the success of the conflict?" "No, no,"
said he; "not- for a moment. I expected to
be hung and quartered, if. I wati caught;
but no matter for that, my country woul •
be free; I knew George 111. could not forge
chains long enough and strong to reach
round these States."
VENTRILOQUISM.
A very amusing and interesting occurrence
took place a few evenings since, at a select
evening party in street. Some time
after the company, which was very large
and respectable, were introduced, and had
become deeply absorbed in the amusements
of the evening, around a blazing fire upon
the hearth----on a sudden a hollow plaintive
cry, 'as of one in trans,Lfi4 was heard appa
rently to proceed Millie chimney. The
company all arose on the instant, and gazed
upon. each other. in breathless silence; „again.
the voice was heard saying "Oh! help me!
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fire!" exclaitne half a dozen voices in the
room, and a pitcher of water was quickly on
the spot. .While some lied in haste to the
dressing rowa, with consternation depicted
on every countenance, a. young gentleman
stepping close -to. -the -fire 7 pjace called out
"who's there?" "O—o—poor Tom, the
sweep," groaned the voice up the chimney!.
"poor fellow!" sighed the ladies, "Oh! help
him out." "How' long have you been up
there, my dear?" asked the gent. "Nearly
a week! 'Sir." "Oh my gracious," again
sighed the ladies, "he must be almost starv
ed." "Poor Tom's hot," again groaned the
man in the chimney, and the very hearts of
his auditors died within them. The excite
ment having now risen to an' almost painful
pitch, it was time for "poor Tom" to get
himself out of that smoky place, as quickly
as passible. Accordingly, he slid gently
doWn froM his station into a side cupboard,
built against the chimney way, which fortis
nastily was locked, and,,still more fortunate
ly, the key lint to be fouttd ! "Oh ?nyder !
mur-der ! rn4l-4-d-e 7 r i" Shouted "poor
Tom," in the cupboard r -"give me something
tO . elit,lor I'll starve outritht!"" .The strin g s
of every. r e ticule i n the row gage way at
the word, and haltiheir rich - contents were'
quickly at his service; and had "poor Tom"
then actually appeared, he would doubtless
have been ,greeted - with a more "pitless
storm" of almonds, minWrops, and pound
cake, than his sooty Sweep-ship ever before
experienced. Of cottrse-none knew of the
construction o e ,place, save the hostess
and her fam' y, he had fled the field in
sedrch of ti key, ipon the first intimation
of the 'Cho ge the e my had made in his
position, before - a second thought ; told them
of the utter impossibility of any mortal trans
ferrinw Himself from. the chimney to the
closet. .. , .
"Burst open the door," said' the jotmg
.spokesman; and upon a kind of rumbling noise
being heard in the closet, as of "note of pre
parations," two or three appeared determin 7
ed` io faint, at ail events+ and -the young,
man induced to exclaim, "ladies and gents
have you never heard of ventrtloquigme A
roar of! aughter from a Majority of the com
poly fellowed the question; as the don*-
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cuawzramuraca9'Al. tiv4lLeabl2ltu ittaalilitt sa e Ili- n:Lb
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tion of the truth flashed upon their senses, I were not of much value, but-the loss of pro
that one of the company was highly gifted perty, &c. is considerable. There was a
with the rare and astonishing power of yen- nether alarm of fire nest day—it originated
triloquism ! Yet so deeply were some im- in a Coopers' shop, in rear of Main street,
pressed with the belief in the reality - of , between Eighth and Court streets. The
"poo'r Tom," and his distressing situation, building with most of its contents was con
that it was almost impossible to induce the sowed, hut the exertions of the firemen pre
more superstitious to forego it. And the I -vented the flames from spreading farther.
fatal closet was regarded with an eve of
jealous suspicion, till at length the key was
thund, which proved a key indeed to the
complete elucidation of the mystery, to the
entire satisfaction of all; and the entertain
ment closed at a late flour in the most uni
versal harmony. [Philndolithia Chronicle
THE COMET.
After the India Spasmodic Cholera, wo i
have reason to believe
do not know but the comet which makes its
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transit of the Earth's orbit next summer, is . ' NAV Ji , r •- "'a'l'e =z!:Ure .
-- + , Ol
_llmtifi r e.±l64ite Constellation, Capt.-Reed.
-.lit:Ay-tin-ni g tUr 'Sr ,i. lit--Nortirik-r will-stribt.,
the , most ilterestniff sulfivet
bitter begin to settle their accounts as soon
possible.—Cour. 4. Enq.
4 THE COMET, AND ITS FROBABLE EFFECTS
ON OUR. EARTH
Mr. Enrron:—Raving had my attention
called to the subject. of the +ye caption - , I
respectfully solicit a small space of your pa
per to give publicity to the views and im
pressions of astronomers in relation to it.
You are aware, I presume, that the cornet
which will complete its revolution round the
sun next June, is to pass as it returns, very
near our planet; that is, our Earth will be in
that part of her orbit, which is near the orbit
of the Comet,- ust-at-that precise time when
the •Comet will pass—a circumstance which
astronomers say. has not occurred before or
since the flood. It is upon this fact that
German Astronomers calculate that the
world will then undergo some great and tre
mendous rev' . ution. They calculate that
the mutual attraction' of those two bodies
may possibly bring theta into contact, in
which case an immediate explosion must
ensue.
great agent employed by the Deity to brush
away the Heavens and destroy the Earth,
or in the sublime language ofinspiration- 7 to
"cause the heavens to pass _away with a
great noise, the elements to melt with fer-
vent heat, and the earth and things thereon
to be burned 010 This event we all know
is to come "as a snare upon them that
dwell upon the face of the whole , earth, and
as a thief in the night." But whether these
terribly sublime movements, and this awfully
grand display ' . of Heaven's superior power,
will take place on the 20th June 'ensuing,
(the day of the nearest approach of this corn
et to our earth) is nut for the writer of this
letter to determine.
A Lecturer in the North, with his orbits
and diagrams, is endeavoring to demonstrate
that this Comet and our Ea - rth will be less
than 20,000 miles apart on that . day - --quite
near enough one would think to create a
pressure upon our atmosphere (unless a high
er agency shall interfere,) sufficient to cause
"the sea and the waves therea to roar."
The French and American astronomers
believe the Comet will pass our earth with
out any material or injurious efibcio to us.
. • ',spot long befisre_that to and is se
then living will have a fair opportunity to
test the truth of all the Astronomical calcu
lations that have been made, and are now be
ing made upon the subject.
Should the German Astronomers have
made the en rest-calculationai thenouthe3Oth
June eusuing, old timewill liatlia
ricd feet in the ocean of eternity, and This
"world and the fashions thereof will pass a
way." But whether right or wrong in their
calculations it is nevertheless true that this
event will come. Yes! it is written! It is
written with the finger of unerring Truth,
and standing forever! This world; and the
fashion of it is now passing away. It rapid
ly approximates its end, and will soon cease
to be.
My object in making this commumcatton
will have been answered, should those who
are in the habit of making calculations, favor
the public with their views on ~the subject.
And more particularly shall I be gratified it
those who may rend this briefcommunication
will lay to heart the affecting truth, that this
world is destined to give place to aupther;
that it will soon be superseded by the' "new
Heavens and the new Earth,Wherein d welleth
righteoUeness.". - . M.
PITTSBURG, March 1.
Distressing Occurrence.—On Sunday af
ternoon last, a smallcontainingskift, nine
three rsons (five men, Women, an d one
child,) while crossing the MOnongahela riv
er, opposite the mouth of Grant Street, was
capsized, and fives of the unfortunate individ
uals sunk into a watery grave,(viz, one of
the men, the three women, and child.) The
accident occurred by the person who was
engaged in rowing the boat, having dropped
one of the'oars into the river, and in endea
voring tdregain it the boat was overturned:
Times.
A fire broke out in pincimati on the night
of the 23d ult. which occasioned much de
struction of property, , before iw►as;t,ot under.,
It origieatcA in the wooden buildings, corner_
Mnin and Fourth streets,--the centre of
the bileiness part of the city. \Sevend hou
se" and "hope, with the greaterpart of their
Contents, wore cktetrbyed- -'l l he bu►lding"
Among other sufferers by the flood in
the West, is Stephen Stone, Esq., of Bea
vei, Pa., whose dwelling and stable were
swept away, with a new brick house which
cost $4,000: loss - $lO,OOO. In Gen. La=
cock's house, the water rose to the ceiling;
his stable, out houses, fences, and hay, were
all swept oil; and his valuable library de
stroyed.
bout the Ist of April; that 4he•will take
out Mr. Buchanan, our new Minister to
Russia, and also a new Minister to England,
if one should be appointed and confirmed
in sufficient season; that after discharging
her diplomatic cargo she will proceed to
the Mediterranean, and take her station as
a part of our Squadron in that sea. She is
expected to be absent 3 years.—Jo ur. Com.
In the - Congress burying ground, at
Washington, lie two Vice Presidents of the
United States, Clinton and Gerry, and
twenty-one members of Congress, viz: a
Senator froth Connecticut, a Senator - from -
New Jersey, 2 Senators from Rhode Island,
a Senator from Ohio, a Senator from Mary
land, d Senator from Indiana, a Senator
from South Carolina, a Representative from
Rhode Island, four Representatives from
North Carolina, a Representative from
'Pennsylvania, four. Representatives from
Virginia, a Representative from Massachu
setts, a Representative fronrKentucky, and
a Representative from Mississippi.
The Masonic party have nominated our
present alien. Governor, and no doubt- or
ders have been issued from the Lodge to
every editor under their influence to give
him a puff. We shall soon expect to see
the "officials" filledwith "public api,nions,"
written at Harrisburg and despatched
throughout the state, for publication in the
Masonic papers. This is the system the ad
ministration have adopted, of puffing unit'.
Mani facture of Shoes at Lynn.—The
number of pairs of shoes manufactured at
Lynn during the year 1831 was 1,675,781
—value 8942,191. Number of males em
ployed I,74l—males 1,775. Value of'
materials $414,000. Net profit of-labor
ss2B,ooo—average earnings of operative
(male apd female) 8150,17 per year or
forty-one cents per day.
There are no boots made at Lynn ex
cept for ladies, misses and- children, and
the only kind of shoes manufactured for mer,
are pumps. This will account for the
number of females employed in the manu
facture..
Canal Commerce.—The Canal is tilling
with water, and we may expect a regular
business to commence in a day or two.—
This is better than was ti.f ticipated. ,
terdu a wood boat came 'down, and one of
the_packets_departeClor._
reasonable certainty of at least reaching
Middletown. If the navigation opens' to
that place, it will greatly.,aid the business
of the city, in its present circtrinstances.
SURGICAL OPERATION. 7 --We un
derstand that a tumor or wen of two feet in
circumference, and weighing after its re
moval 41b. 4oz, was successfidly dissected
yesterday from the right shoulder blade of
ono of the inmates of the House of Industry,
by Dr. Jno. C. Howard, physician and sur
geon of that institution. The patient ate a
hearty meal after the operation.—Bos. Gen.
50,000 Spindles are now in operation in
and near the city of Baltimore, in the man
ufacture of Cotton; giving constant employ
;tent to upwards of 5000 persons, and sus
tenance to a much greater number, and in
creasing by their labor the valpe of tbetna
terial ten-fold. So nr.uch for the American
Systetn.—[Baltimore Patriot..
Religious Notice.--The. _following sin
gular notice we copyfrome southern paper.
E. Thompson, minibter and missionary
from N. York, being on a disinterested tour
of lecturing against all avaricious ministers
and. missionaries, very seriously invites the
gentlemen of Wilmington to give him 371
cents each, for a series of lectures to be de
livered, with the approbation of the Borough_
Council, in the town hall, against "Early
Christianity," against "believing the 'Gos
pel," against all religious worship, and in
favor of the "Rights of WOlnneil " to have as
many husbands aithey please.
A coxcomb talking of the trensmigraiien
oisouls,shidi •'ln the time-of Moses, I' have
no doubt r iVas -the golden' "Very
likely," mplted a lafly,'" time /has roblXiil
you of nothing but the gilding!. -
TernlS—Two DoLimi
t i . per
paiable half.yet.rly . in.athance. No suisi
scriptions taken for--'less than six monthS;and
none discontinued; until all arrearages are
paid. A failure to notify a diseontinuanne t
will be considered to new, engagement and
the paper forwarded-accordingly:
lIM
V 4 la% 9 1 4; 3 ' 4 0 1 04 614
Whole .Number, 109.
• The Cnlumbtts, Ohio, Journal says the
following is a summary of the disasters oe•
casioned by the kite rise in the Ohio , river 1
andits-trilxitaiy streams ; as-full-end-Keeln•
rate as the accounts which have reached
us, from the ditPtrent places heard from,
have enabled us to make
At Pittsburg, the water rose higher than
it had ever been known by any living inhabi•
taut of the city or neighborhoods The greed -
ter portion of that part of the town lying
north of Liberty-street was completely inutt•
dated;
,and nearly all the houses, between
Penn-street and the Allengheny river, were
deserted by their owners, is ho were eompell•
ed to use boats in order to escape from their
dwellings. Although but few buildings have •
been carried off, the, loss sustained -in thil
Tuns, &c. is very great; being estimated at
between 8200,000 and $400,000. The
kgheny bridge and aqueduct, although in
the greatest danger, have been saved.
Alleghenytown, opposite Pittsburg, yvag
completely overflowed; and a nu mbar of build.
ings have been carried oil 4. dam,.
sustained here has
we have seen no estimate albite
The Salt-works on the Cone "!
the Kiskeininitas, some distance alanieti
burg, have likewise ered.severely
loss in salt Edone, exclusive of buildings.litel'
other property injured or destroyed, being
estimated _at upwards ,of WAN, ze4
ported that a poor man s who was employed
in digging coals, having gone to work ifl
the afternoon, leaving his wife and four child
dren in a small cabin near the Monongahela
river, found on his return in the evening that
his dwelling hacj been tarried off by the flood;
and as nailing has since been heatti of hie •
untbrtunate family, it is supposed that (they
have all perished. Two men are likewise.
stated to have been drownedut Brownsville,
and two grown persons and an infant at Al.
eg enytoyin.
At Bridgewater, Fallston, and Sharon ; on
Beaver river, Pa., the damage has been very
considerable. These flourishing
are said to have been completely inundated;
and a great number of their building ear.
ried away. Beaver river, in reported to
have risen fifty feet above low water mark;
and the poor people residing on the batiks
have been stripped of every thing.
In addition .to these disasters, we learn
from the Pennsylvaniapapers, that one third
of the great bridge across the Susquehanna
river, at Columbia, which was erected in
1812, at an expense of about $232,000, hea
been carried away by the breaking up of
the ice, and the remainder more or lees in•
jured in different places. It is to be re•
paired as proMptly as circumstances will
permit.
At Steubenville, the river was setend feet
higher than it had been 'within the memory
of the oldest inhabitants;' and much injury
was done 'by the overflowing of the river
bottoms, and the backing of water up the
creeks.' fhe lower street of the town
'was overflowed to the depth of perhapi,
eight or ten teet; but no buildings were car•
Warrentown, 14 miles below Steubenw
vile, is said to have been deprived ofnearly
one half of its buildings, about sixty in num.
her. Among those carried away, was a
I - ware:tows; cwt.' hfingloo-barrehroffkori
-Safely TOdged — oil - Wheeliiii Isl . --
land. Another account states that—two--
thirds of the buildings in this place, induct,
ing three ware-houses, have been swept ofP
but we trust this will be found to be an ex. .
naa eon eration.
At Wheeling, the damage has been very
great. The water here rose about fifty'
feet above low water mark;, &rid the lower
part of the town was completely inunda
ted. All the lower bottoms on the river
were overflowed; and houses, barns, fences,
cattle, stacks of hay and grain, &c. swept
oil: Forty-two ' buildings, mostly small
frames, lying in South Wheeling, and tho
bridge over Wheeling creek, are said to
have_been carried away; and prop 4,y to tt,
great .amount has been injured or totally
destioyek, No estimate is given 'of the
loss sustained in this town or its- vidinity;
but it is said to be incalculable.
Gallipolis, owing to its high situation had
sustained but little injury; but the fine flume
on the opposite side of the river, have , been
entirely overflowed.
Maysville, owing to its elevated situation,
has sustained but little injury. The lower
part of theilee of Front or Water street mis t;
however, overflowed; and some of the citi.
zens, who occupied low situations, were Ow
bilged to move out of their houses.
The pleasant villages of New gichmonii,
Point Pleasant, Neville and Palestine, above
Cincinnati, have been literally depopulated;
and the editor of the Ohio Sue gives it as hie
- opidion that the loss sustfatieti by the citizens .
of Brown count, exceeds $20,000.,
_At Cincinnati, the damage. sustained half
been immense. Here the wider continued
_to rise until the morning of the 18th ;'at
which time it was said to be about 63 . fieti
above high' water, mark, and/ opiderabbo
higher than in the great floothi of 1793 and
1818. , wlole of, What is *led ,the i llet.. •
tom of the City, lying on the firetiautkoihtlf
extending two or 'beck foie,-
The , astern Flood,.