Ot‘tr - 4111r .- _:4*.o.***.lft.4o. 'ls4#tttt.''' isuz .7,O2ERT WRITE MIZZ.TanTOII.I HAUCK NOTICES, &c. Env GOODS e l UST received and for sale by the sub scriber, a very LARGE STOCK OF I'RES.7I OCODS, embracing almost every article in his line of business, CONSISTING or Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard Ware, Hollow-ware, Queens ware, Bar Iron, s.c. All of which will he sold on the most pleas ink; terms, and nt prices to suit the tinies. pr - -- -The public are invited to call and judge tier themselves. GEORGE ARNOLD. Gettysburgh, Sept. 26,1836. 4t-26 TRUSTEES' SALE. V~I LL he sold at public sale, on Satar day the 15th day of October next at 12 o'clock, M. on the premises, the fol lowing real Estate of ROBERT McIL WAIN, Esq.—consisting of A ARYL, Situate in Huntington township, Adams Counts', Pa. adjoining Jacob Fickes, Her- man Wierman and others—containing 403 'acres, more or lees, PATENTED LAND. The im proyements are TWO GOOD • DWELLING a ,;,„_• , rl ZOITZES TWO B N g and TWO TENANT HOUSES and other necessary buildings. The farm is a first-rate grazing farm and is situated within 2. miles of limestone,with an abundance of 11 OODLAND. The property will be sold all together, or in Two FARMS of about 150 Acres each, and the balance in LOTS to suit purchasers— a Plot of the whole will be exhibited on the day of sale, or can be seen sooner by calling on the Tenant. Lot of Ground, Situate jn Hamilton township, adjoining Andrew Mllvain and others containing 3 Acres, having erected thereon a rffl- -ALSO- The undividedfifth part of 300 Acres with appurtenances, Situate in Hamilton township, 'adjoining Geo. Hi foes and others. (rrTerms made known on the day of sato JAS. A. TIIONIPSON, THOS. J. COOPER, Trustees September 5, 1r336 To PR lIN 'll.lO US. snhacrihera offer for care. two cast iron "Washington" - Printiug Presses, uninufacturi d by RII9I & 'Forney. of New York. one of them being the press upon which this paper is now printed,and the other calculated to print an imperial sheet of the ordinary size.— Also, one RAMAGE PRESS, large enough to print a super-royal sheet, and one PORTABLE PRESS, well calculated for light job work. These presses ore all in excellent order, hay. ing been in use but a short'timeoind are offered for sale solely on account of the desire of the aubscrihers to procure a press suitable to the contemplated enlargement of their paper. They also offer for sale, Cases, Stands, Gal. teys, Column and Head Rules, Leads, Composing Chases, Banks, Watering Troughe, Roller Moulds, Frames and Rollers, 4c. 4.e. comprising almost evert article necessary in a printing 0111,7 e, with the exception of the type. The subscribers lately purchased en entire printing establishment with a view to obtain the type aione, and having no Ilse for the balance of the materials, they arc now offered for sale. Any person disposed to engage in the printing business, will find it greatly to their advantage to call upon them as they will dispose of the whole or any portion of the above articles upon very accommodating terms. For further parliculars apply (if by letter,poBt paid) to HA MERSLY & RICHARDS. Editors Examiner c'y Herald, Lancaster, Pa Sept. 26, 1836. CO4 S.I D DIG E .4XI) 'TRUNK FACTORY. T HE Subscriber returns his thanks to the Public for the very liberal support extended to him, and would respectfully state that he is at all times prepared, at his _old Stand in Chambershurg Street, a few doors West of the Court-House, to Make, Trim and Repair *M I S, 6N. ; csogro.„ Barouches 4s' CARRIAGES of all kinds, in a neat, fashionable and sub• swainl manner, of 000 u mierEnrALs and at :,,the shortest notice. He is also prepared to manufacture, and has now on hand, SADDLES,,.I BRIDLES, 044 MARTINGALES,- Saddle-bags,. Portmanteaus, Trunks, Harness, AND EVEN V °TITER ARTICLE IN 1118 LINE OF BUSINESS. The Public are respectfully invited to give him a call before purchasing elsewhere. KrAll kinds of Nllrketing taken in ex• change for work at fair prices. EDWIN A. ATLEE. Gettysburg, May 2, 1936. if-F) • 9.i'LEPA LtIEM-56131U)0 - , •With sweetest flowers cnrieh'd, From various gardens etill'd with care." THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. BY JOAN QUINCY ADAMS• Sure, to the mansions. of the blest, When intitnt innocence ascends, Some angel brighter than the rest, l'he spotless spirit's flight attends. That inextinguishable beam, With dust united at our birth, Sheds a more dim, discolored gleam, The more it lingers upon earth. But when. the Lord of mortal breath Decrees his bounty to resume, And points the silent shaft of death Which speeds an infitnt to the tomb; No passion fierce, no low desire, Has quenches! the radiance of the flame; Back to its God the living fire Reverts, unclouded as it came. Then et the Heavenly Father's hand, Nearest the throne of living light, Beheld the infant seraph stand, And dazzling shine whore all are bright N 1 USICA L DEPA RTMENT In there a heart that Manic cannot multi [From the German.] Observations on Flute-,Playing. This instrument, which was held in such estimation in the days of antiquity; which tilled such an important part, as well in festivities as in the service of the temple; in triumphant strains,as in the sadness of funeral obsequies; which was deemed so essential to oratory, that speakers regulated the tones of their discourse, and poets the rhythm of their verses, by its sounds, hns, though in• vented at so very early a period, only in modern times obtained that degree of perfec tion, which we may be justified in terming its culmination point. Not only is its treat meat and mode of performance altogether different in our days from what it was-for utterly, in respect to its being more free and more decisive; but the taste for this instru• meat has become more extended and more refined, and the important part which has heen assigned to it in the modern opera, has so far extended the circle of its utility, that the flute may be almost said to rival the violin. In a word, such is the degree of perfection to which it has attained, that all the acquirements of our ancestors on this instrument, would now appear mean and contemptible. Thin most delightful of wind instruments, and which, of' all others, is thought to ap preach the nearest to the human voice, is, however, sornetitnes misemployed by play • ere, in forcing it to produce a kind of trout pet tone, instead of its natural melliflivars sound. This is altogether foreign to the character of the flute, and has in a great measure, been the means of strengthening the prejudice that prevails against it, and which will not allow it to be a proper instru ment for concertos. This prejudice is still more confirmed by the generality of com positions of this kind, as they are, in many instances, much too uniform to keep atten. tion alive, or to interest at rongly the hearers during any long series of passages. If play ers were more studious to imitate the vari ed and more delicate bowings of the violin, and particularly its effect in legato .and above all in staccato passages, then the flute con certo, instead of' resembling the tones of a musical clock, could not fail to touch the heart, and to produce the powerful effects of the human voice, to which the tones of this instrument so much assimilate. The virtuoso whn, according to his very name, ought to ho one who prizz , s excellence only,is, accord mg to the present taste that prevails in the musical world, rather solicitous to excite surprise by the powers of execution, and by artificial difficulties, than by simplicity and purity of taste, and considers that which costs the most, the most worthy of attention. Art is now every thing; and as this always stands opposed to nature, the virtuoso, who studies only to excite admiration and sur prise, frequently exercises his powers at the expense of the ear, to which he ought always to pay the greatest deference, and without whose approval, all music is vain and in effectual. The true master of his instrument is able to produce on that alone, all the powers that music posseses of touching the heart,and ofunlocking all the sacred sources of the feeltngs,and will require nothing from his instrument that is contrary to its genius. Real art is only from within; where she reigns, mechanical art must always yield due submission. She holds the commaad over the powers of execution, and creates a language peculiar to herself,in order to give utterance to deeply-seated feelings and im• part them to others. Devoutly is it to be wished, that those performers who are ambitious of drawiog from the flute the tones of the bassoon or the clarionet, would well consider this, and be governed by the pre domioant character of their instrument, which is confessedly the elegiac; a character productive of the greatest sweetness, and of that pathos which goes at once to the heart. The Minn, and its Professors. Among the signs of the increased attach- ment to music, now so obviously manifested in this country, a more extended cultivation of the violin is clearly perceptible; and the time is exceedingly opportune for presenting a work expressly devoted to the history of the instrument, and to the celebration of the chief individuals who have successively figured in connection With it. This task, it appears,has been attempted by an amateur of the name of Dahourg, who has just rub- « I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAH! azatilwirazurrtisia o a l aGl9 HUMA D LOCa ire (oC(l&blailiqii tlio anch • fished a small volume, in which the progress of the Violin is detailed under its principal schools, and a copious Memoir is given of the marvel-working Paganini, together with a variety of miscellaneous anecdotes and sketches of the most amusing description. German .Love of Orasfe. IDull and phlegmatic though the people who reside between the Vistula and the Rhine are generally considered,(says Strang in his excellent work "Germany in 1831,") I can assure you that there are few hearts among them that cannot be roused to enthu siasm by a pealing chorus, or carried away captive by a soul-touching melody. The fact is, that in Germany. music in all its branches is thbroughly studied, pracTised. and worshipped, by every one, from the peasant to the Prince, affbrding as it does the most hallowed delight of the one, and the most fitvourito pastime of the other-- The boor, for example, on finishing his dai ly labours, retires to the bosom of his family, to enjoy, after his beer and black bread, a glee or a madrigal; the citizen in the even ing hastens to the Wirtzhaus, not to discuss politics and fret about taxation, but to meet a set of good humoured gossips, who con join in the choral music of "Am Rheim, am Rheim," or, over a bottle of Rhenish, pour out a loud burst of harmony in praise of Crainhonboli ; the student, amid the murky atmosphere produced by his meerschaum, and the liintastic visions resulting from the intoxicating weed, caprioles and modulates on his harpsichord, or practices his solfeggi in all the direct or inverted Intervals; the traveller on leaping out of the Eilwagen for the one o'clock table d'hote, would find his beef and saur kraut insipid, were they not seasoned with a minute by Hayden or a trio by Gluck; the doughty Baron quits the, joyous mid noisy pursuit of the boar to take a part in a quartette, or to become the three \I tor of an orchestra; the statesman, alive to the balance of power, feels it also a pleasure as well as privilege to balance the instru ments in a symphony. or the voices in Ky rie Eleeison; while the reigning Duke, in all the pride of an unsullied escutcheon, and ofan illustrious stammbaum, dances attend ance alter a prima donna, and acts as ca pell•rneisler to a rehearsal in the Opera house! TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT. At n meeting of the "Temperance Socio. ty of Gettysburgh and its Vicinity," held in the German Church, in Gettysburgh, on Saturday Evening the 24th September ult., the following Resolutions and Address were unanimously adopted and ordered to be pub• lished. R. W. MIDDLETON, Seery. 1. Resolved, That this Society view with pleas ure and approbation, the conduct of those Distillers and Farmers in Adams county, who from highly praiseworthy and public spirited motives, have alrea dy ceased from manufacturing Ardent Spirits by dis tillation, or selling Grain for that purpose, and re commend their example to the imitation of others. 2. Resolved, That we consider Intemperance a Moral Evil, and as a consequence, that any thing which contributes to the continuance of Intemperance is likewise such. 3. Resolved. That as the Distillation of Ardent Spi Fits contributes to the diffusion of Intemperance by fmnishink ita victims with the means of indulgence, and in consideration of the recent failure of crops,and high price of grain and bread stuffs, this Society, dis claiming any intention of interfering with the proper rights and interests of others,do nevertheless respect fully and earnestly recommend it to the Distillers within the County of Adams to abstain, for the pres ent,from buying or consuming ,for the purposes of dis tillation, any species of grain ordinarily used as an article of food. 4. Resolved, That these resolutions, to be accom panied by a brief explanatory Address, be published in all the papers in the County. ADDRESS, To the Distillers and others engaged in the Manufacture of ardent Spirits, in the Cotmtp of adonis. GENTLEMEN—The Temperance Society of Gettyshurgh and its vicinity beg leave, through the medium of the public press, to lay before vou,fnr your serious consideration, the resolutions hereunto prefixed,and to sub. mit to you, a frank and candid exposition of some of the motives which have influenced the association at this time, specially to in. vtte your attention to the subject to which they have reference—and in so doing, would in the outset declare, that they have no wish or intention to interfere in any manner with your perfect and unquestioned freedom of action in the premises; their sole object be. ing to present the subject for your constd• eration.that you may take such Lder there in, as your sense of duty shall de. It is well known to you, that DIVIAPRO VIDENCE, after havint , for a series of years, blessed us with rich harvests and abundant crops, has in the past season, no doubt for wise purposes, visited the portion of country in which we reside,with an almost total fail• ure of both—more especially of the Wheat and Rye crops, which furnish the principal bread stuffs, and a very important part of the subsistence of a people. $o total has been this failure, that in numerous instances the crops produced scarcely repaid the ex• pense of gathering them in. Nor has this failure been partial or local. It has extend• ed throughout the greater portion of Penn sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and parts of New York, Maryland and Virginia —a region of country embracing a large portion of the agricultural or grain growing region of the United States. One effect of this has already been to enhance, to a de• gree unprecedented since the close 'of the last war, the price of grain and flour Flour has risen to the extraordinary price of ten dollars per barrel retail price, and oth er articles in proportion. Asa consequence of the sudden and still increasing rise of prices,Speculation has been roused into busy action. The products of the soil are every where bought up and kept back from market in anticipation of a still further rise; whilsi those who have the article on hand are afraid to sell, but likewise hold back, waiting for the market to reach its height. Thus, in addition to the actin, failure of crops, an ar tificial scarcity and panic is created—the effects of which, whilst they are universally felt, re-act with peculiar severity on the poor; for whilst the-price of the necessaries of life is such as to place them almost be yond their reach,they can no longer procure them on credit, as, ifhonest and industrious, they once might: for the retailers being ob liged to pay high prices for what they buy to sell again, and being generally men of hulked capital, are obviously disabled from doing a largo credit busitiCss. Another effect has been to throw many.of tho poorer laboring classes out of employ. ment just at the approach of the most in clement season of the year, and should the approaching winter be equal in severity to the last, and the present scarcity and high prices continue, it is difficult for the magi nation to assign a limit to their sufferings; at least, if they should be too honest tosteal and too independent to beg. Nov, what under those circumstances,do we take the liberty dashing at your hands? Not, that you would contribute to their sup port by deeds of charity; for to that, we believe you would need no prompting; not. that you would give them employment, when 'you have nu employment for them. Not that you should do an act of i tnpossi bil ity by arresting the present course of things; but simply that you will not contribute your aid to give. still further impetus to its career —=but that you would do what is in your power to alleviate its calamities--an act (*Or which you will have the gratitude oldie poor, the respect of the public, always right in estimating moral conduct, and, more than all, your own self approbation. It is simply that you would, for the present season, in so far as you can, refrain from buying up and using for the purposes of Distillation, that which is so much needed for other, and, may we respectfully add, mre useful and important purposes. It is very evident, that every bushel of grain used by the distillers and - converted into Whisky, is so much subtracted from the means of subsistence on hand for con- sumptien, and when the quantity on. hand is already insufficient for the subsistence of the community, it is ually evident that the quantity so taken a way must be supplied from other sources, or the distress already exist ing meet .be proportionally enhanced, and the pricc; of subsistence increased. Now, on whom-does this accumulating burthen Pall? NOt on the producer—he enjoys the benefit of increased prices. Not on the re tailer; for he never sells at a loss, if he can help it. On whom then does it fail? On the consumer: and with most_weight on the poorer class of consumers, just as their means of resistenco are less than those of the rich. Does not, then, the Distiller, whilst possi bly thinking of no results beyond his imme- diste profit, actually contribute to the scarcity already existing, and add new weight to the hurdler' already too heavy 1— And still more is this the case, when, by reason of the high price of the products of Distillation in the market, he is enabled to outbid the more consumers of subsistence. To this, under ordinary circumstances, there might be no objection, whatever may be the moral objections to the manufacture of the article at all; for the field of competi. tion is, in a legal sense, certainly as open to the Distiller as to any other dabs of pro ducers, nulnufitcturern or consumers. As to the moral character of such traffic, our minds are made up; but we have no right, and certainly no disposition, to make our opinions the standard of yours. It is only in reference to the actual scarcity now ex. eating, and the very uncommon fact, that the products of the soil instead of sufficing as heretofore for the wants of consumers, and also to furnish a surplus for Distillation as well as for exportation, are now actually inadequate to meet the demands of the first, that we conceive that a temporary suspen• sion of such competition would be as proper as it certainly would be desirable and assu redly would be praiseworthy. It is proper here to remark, because it is a fact highly creditable to those concerned, as well as ,to the mural feeling of the com munity wherein we live,thata portion of the Distillers in this County have already, as we are informed,ndopted the principle under consideration, and expressed their resolve not to distill any until after the next harvest. A truly laudable exarnple,which we earnest ly hope all will be ambitious of emulating! A very easy calculation will pla;nly de monstrate the immense benefits which the Distillers have it in their power to give or to withhold, in a season like the present.— Take a single distillery for example: Ten bushels per day, it is supposed,is a moderate estimate ofthe average consumption of grain in such an establishment. From now until after next harvest, will be about fen months: during eight of which we may suppose the process of distillation to be going on with a degree of activity at least equal to the above ratio. This would show a consumption of 2400 bushels of grain in that period in a single distillery, or enough to furnish bread to 600 persons during that period. Now extend the calculation so as to include nil the distilleries in the County; and then sup- pose the quantity of grain so,consumed in the manufacture of what is worse than use less, to be thrown into the market ►n the form of breacfstutr,for the purposes ofwhole some and necessary nutriment and subiis tepee, and the effect to benproduced on the existing scarcity and pricWwill be obvious at a glance. As we have already said, we do not pro- pose to disbass the morality of the traffic in ardent spirits. That belongs' to another branch of the general subject of Temper ance, and need not be enlarged upon here, although we think it would not be hard to show that its general propriety is at least questionable. The object of Temperance Societies certainty lb, the promotion of Tem perance and the suppression of Intemper ance; and hence members of such an asso ciation cannot consistently be supposed to look with the eye of approbation on a mane. facture that ministers to the Intemperate the means ofindulging their depraved appe tite. But this is g , round we are not now called upon to tread—whether, at some fu- ture period, when a benign Providence shall again visit our land with plenty and abun• dance, your sense of duty will enable you to rPcommence the work of distillation; or whether, swayed by moral feelings above temporary or local necessity or expediency, you will determine finally to abandon it, is for you to say,nnd we do not wish to meddle with what belongs peculiarly to yourselves. All we ask of you at the meson' crisis, some of the features of which we have endeavor. ed to pouriray, ie a temporary suspension, until the crisis shall have passed away; and this we ask, not only as members of a socie ty whose avowed object is the suppression of Intemperance—but as fellow-citizens and co.members with - yourselves, of the same body politic—having a joint and common interest with yourselves in the common good —and this common good, it is our moral and political duty, as it is yours,to promote. In the name, then, of that'common good; in the name of the community that stands prepared to applaud your generous dibinter estedness—in the name of that far dearer and more precious feeling of self-respect and inward approbation, which virtuous actions always engender, we ask you to at least ponder well on the subject we have introduced to your notice, and act and deter mine as your sense of duty shall prompt. We know that *e ask what may, possibly, be a sacrifice of self interest nt your hands: and we are aware that you may turn around and ask us in our turn—what sacrifice we bring to offer on this same altar. Gentle ' men, it is not for us to say what sacrifices we have made, or are prepared to make; but you will do well to remember that the merit of an act of magnanimity does not de pend on precedent or example; but is the greater as well as more apparent, because it is singular; and that if you should even be alone in this race of honour the brighter will be your renown when the goal is reach- ' ed and the prize is won. V A ft IL,ZI I . The barn of Mr. JOHN F4smt, of Fred. erick county, Md. witha,ge quantity of grain, hay, &c., its contentOits destroyed by fire on Friday evenineWeek last. We do not learn in what mannt3r ate fire origi• noted. ECCLESIASTICAL.—The Rev. Ur. DUEL, late of the Gettysburgh Seminary, has ta ken charge of the Ev. Lutheran congrega tions recently under the care of the Rev. Prof. Reynold, in New Jersey. His Post Office is Deerfield, N. .I.—Luth. Observer. From the Lutheran Observer. GETTYSBURGH, Sept. 13th 1836. Mr. Editor,--I enjoyed the privilege of attending the semi-annual exam.nation of the Students of the Pennsylvania College, and was much pleased with the progress in study which they exhibited. There was a manifest improvement upon the last exami nation, very creditable to the increased in dustry of the students. This institution is deservedly arresting the attention of the German portion of the community and increasing in its interest to the church. Nearly all the students are of German origin and with very few exceptions the offspring of members of church. Professor Reynolds has taken charge of the Preparatory Department and under the new organization will be its principal.,— Every confidence is to be placed in his skill and capacity to teach. The new edifice will be under roof in the couran of a few weeks. When completed it will be one of the most elegant buildings in the state. It is constructed in such a manner as to contain one hundred and sixty students. The Theological Seminary is in a health ful condition. The precise number of stu dents in it during the last session, I have not ascertained, perhaps 15 or 20. There was not a quorum of Directors and consequently no examination and no business transacted. Ought these things so to be? Shame on those directors who are willing to admit every trifling pretext as a sufficient excuse to keep them at home. Why do they per mit themselves to be elected if the do :sot intend to devote three or four days in the year to the concerns .of this institution. It is a reflection upon their understanding as well as their piety, that they do not see that they can not be more useful to the kingdom of God any where else for the time being, than to attend properly to the meetings of the board. On Tuesday evening the Alumni held their first anniversary celebration. Mr. Wm. Smith was the speaker. His subject was the pleasures and benefits of intelligence. The oration exhibited a good taste, fine imagination, and much profound thought and was very creditable to its author. I hail the existence of this association as preg nant with pinch solid advantage both to its individual members's - nil to their Alma Mater. "TAKE UP Tuv,"Hrr" AND wAut."—One hundred journeymen shoe makers are adver tised for by ono house at Salem, Mass. [VOL. 7--NO. 27. From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Death of Burr. Some of our renders were last week tip. prised of the death of this,man, whose name at one period occupied ea much of public at tention, but who, for near thirty years past, has been almost cut of 'from the society of which he was once so brilliant an ornament. It was a melancholy sight to the reflecting mind, that has observed him for years past wending his solitary way through the crowd ed thoroughfares of New York, shunning and shunned by 'those who were once proud of his acquaintance, and gloried in the op. portunity of calling him friend. A more lonely and deserted man, even in the very streets where his appearance was once hail ed with universal admiration, neverinfdthe misfortune to endure life. Yet . he bore up against all his reverses with an unflinching spirit; and we well remember, seventeen years since, when having occasion to trans. act business at the same desk with the fallen hero, the intellectual flashes that shot from his keen and piercing eye,.unquenched'bv time and the long course of obloquy and ig nominy, perhaps undeserved, through which he had passed. Age had then bent his slen der frame, and furrowed his cheek, and as we watched the pen that shook like an as pen leaf in his trembling hand, we could trot but feel impressed with the lessouso forcibly presented to us of that "vaulting ambition which doth overleap itself." The following brief outline of his career, which we find in a New York journal, possesses interest: "Died on Wednesday last after n protrac. led illness,on Staten Island, in the 81st year of his age, Col., AAnort Bunn. His has been an eventful life. He was born at New. ark, in the state of N. Jersey on the 6th of February, 1756. When only nineteen years of age, he joined General Arnold as a volunteer,and marched with him from New.- buryport, through the wilderness, to Chau. diere Pond. From thence he proceeded to notify Gen. Montgomery of the approach of this reinforcement. In the,assanlt on Que. bee, on the 31st December, 1775, he was one of the Aid-do-Camps of that gallant offi cer, and was by his side when he fell, mor tally 'wounded. Alter the repulse of the Americans, Major Burr, having acquired. • great reputation for the intrepidity and tal ent, at the request of Gen. Foster, remained with the army, and acted,as Brigade Major, until May, 1776. In the month of May he proceeded to the city of New York, and by the invitation of Gen. Washington, entered his military fami ly. Hero he soon became dissatisfied; but on the recommendation of Gov. Hancock, consented to accept the appointment of Aid de-Camp to Major Gen. Putnam then in command in the city. At the battle Of Long Island, Putnam commanded, and Burr was his Aid. When the American army retreated from New York, Burr by his intrepidity,rescued from certain capture the brigade of Gen. Silliman, which was left in charge of Gon. Knox. In June, 1777, be was appointed Lieut. Col. of Malcolin's regiment, which regiment he commanded for about two years, without permitting corporal punish ment to be inflicted in a single instance.— During that pertod,his reputation as a scien tific, gallant and vigilant officer was greatly increased. On the 28th of June, 1778, in the battle of Monmouth, ho commanded hie own and a part of another regiment, in the division of Lord Sterling. His sufferings,from fatigue, on that day, greatly impaired his health,and ultimately compelled him to retire from the army, at the close of 1779. Immediately after quitting the army, commenced the study of law, with William Patterson, Esq. subsequently a distinguished Judge of the Supreme Court of t h States. Between these gentlemen a warm and ardent friendship subsisted. In 1780 he left Judge Patterson's office, and entered that of Thomas Smith, Esq. brother of the Hon. Wm. Smith, King's Attorney for the state of New York. In the autumn uf 1781 he removed to Albany and was admitted to practice as Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court. On the 2d July, 1782, then twenty-six years of age, he was married to Mrs. Theo. dam Prevost, widow of Col. Prevost of the British army. In 1784, he was elected, by the city of New York, a member of the state legislature. In 1790 he was appointed by Gen. George Clinton, Attorney General of the state. In 1791 he was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court,but after taking time to deliberate, refused to accept. In 1792 he was elected a Senator of the United States. He was several times after this pe riod a member of the state legi lature, and president of the convention which revised the constitution. In 1801 he was elected Vice President of the United States. From this time, to nearly its close, his life has been one of great and abiding inter. est. He who writes his history has a deli cate task to perform. Its writer will have prejudices to meet, of long standing, and deep rooted. But the American people have a right, now that he sleeps the sleep 04 death, to some account of the ever varying and chequered scenes through which he has passed, as far as he lies left the means, and they are `said to be ample." • BLOWUP OF A 111 MAN nomr.---An Old Woman of France, long addicted to intem perance, went into her room--locked bar self in. Alarm woe felt by her not appear ing, during the following day; when the do4r was forced, and the most shocking'spectacla was exhibited. Portions of her body and ' limbs were scattered about the room---Mid. what was left,unconsumel bisreing with a blue flame. What a lebacon, r piers and drunkards!
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