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A reasonable deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. IV. All Letters and Cornmulicatioris addressed tho i litor by frrii I 'oust bo punt-paid, or they will rvit bo attended to. Tut: GARLAND. - .4„-s`•; ••••-•. • • .• ,-,"" • _tM12Z1.."47 • //I': *1; 1 .: , --- '.ez; 3t 14zz jr.9lt:-471.-v74,:?_)t„ 41.4..;.•.4.0 —..‘Vith sweetest flowers mulcted From carious garden's cull'd with care." SMISMUR'S GONE. Thou art gone, Oh! glorious rummer, With thy sunshine end bight flowers; Thou host loft the hoarts that lur•'d thee, With thy merry, laughing hours; 'Cho pleasant aounds that dwelt with thee, Will soon ho heard no more, And the sky wears not as bright a blue As yesterday it wore. Thou halt not mote lingering fate, Like some consumptive ono, Nor seen thy beauties all decay, Before thy race was done; The leaves are stilt almost as fresh AM in their early prime, Yet thou host pest away from earth, Oh gl,,rious summer time. The glossy maple leaves begin To wear a tii t of t,rown, And now and then a dying one Cornea slowly sailing down; But thou art fled —thou wilt not gee Thy lov'd ones all decay— Oh ! thou bast faded gloriously, ,watt summer's latest day. 1'133:8F-5 1 1 . a1`12 ( D0 zOo From the Ladies Companion for October TEE rinsT DOUBT. 01 all the pangs inflicted on the .4 enritive heart, that which is the most insupportable, and which disenchants fir ever the bright illusions of life, is the first doubt, which trudes itself of i he idol of the soul's affection. The sweet outpouring of entire confidence and perlixt truat, vanishes never to return, and the warm and trusting heart feels crush ed in its most holy feelings. This intense suffliring is further aggravated by the con eiousness that it is unmetited; the evil in creases; we aro no longer guided by rea son, and incapable of consolation, the victim sinks, and the heart is broken. The iningination in woman being more viva] than with us, renders them more fre quently the victims of their unguarded attachment. They endow the idols of tfenr fancy with perfections which they seldoie possess; they torment themselves with groundless fears, and imagine that all covet the same treasnre. They are ingenious in creating phantoms of infidelity, and the most tried constancy is sacrificed to a crime. A calm exterior hides the secret suffering; a r onstraired smile suppresses the rising reproach, and the fever of the heart withers like the hot breath of the Si rocco, the delicate garland woven by the hand of Hymen. Caroline Armigny, an orphan of noble extraction, had been, some months, united to Leon de Saint Far, an officer in the French navy, in whom, to the brilliant ad vantages of person were, added a mind of the highest order. His hearing was fraud; and manly; his countenance open and r x pressive, and his el( quence captivated the heart, while it charmed the ear. These attract ions joined to n cultivated understand ing, might well justify the - thrill of gratified vanity which, agitated the heart of Caroline when she distinguished him in the crowd of adorers, draw') around by her beauty. her rank and her large fortune. In the last, she was far superior to her lover, whose (amity had I evil ruined by political reverses; but it was her pride and plensnre to bestow, with her hand, that woi Idly wealth, which was her least wtraction in his, eyes. His unbound - n gratitude expon• ded itsell in cLustunt endenvois to contribute to her happiness, and to vary her pleasures and occupations. Their hotel at Finis was the resort of all the most distinguished per sons. all of birth, rank or talent, sought admission to their society, where taste and refinement heightened the eclat of wealth. The first three inenths of hor inarringe flew away on wings of encliaotinent. The unwearying exertions el to increase the pleasures of his adored wife, blinded him to the possible consequontes of so [null digsipstion; until a slight cold, act in% on an unpaired constituti o n, produced nn inflarnation of the lungs, of which the progress was co rapid, that, in a week, she wits on the brink of the grate- What a contia-i! the brightest tanan:ent of :he Parisian fetes—she who had eclipsed all others, where all are graceful, was now in sensible to the assiduities, and to the de ' spair of her unhappy husbtind. He never left her; he listened with a pulseless heart lo her incoherent murmurings, and ezecu led, himself, all the prescriptions of her physieims. During her intervals cf con cioustiess, her first lot k found the anxious eve of Leon bent on hers, and her hand foridly clasp, d in hii-; and fnr a momma, a 'Hag aid Sante Ci gratliade and rove woulti contend in her angt.E:c face, with the si:adei3 cf death which were fast gathering around it. It was but a runnier - 4, for the fever returned with slid) violence, that hope was abandoned, and the Physiriaca craufexsed that the resources of their art were exhaus ted. Her youth ws►s her only chance for recovery, and that night wa a hl determine her fate. tote friends endeavored t.. persuade Leon to retire from the dis!res sing scene, but his determined answer that "lie had received her first avowal of love, and midd receive tier past sig4;" to!enred their importunity. liegardiref her altered °attires, and It..>toning to her fluttering tin nth, lie desired them to leave him a lone with the poor st - .ff•rer, whose last hour seemed fest approactintg. There fastening the door, he threw himself beside her, nod gave full vent to the rinuaish of despair.— Ile preesi d her to his throbbing heart, and wildly supplicated Providence :o spare at; existence in which all his hopes of happi nese weie enwraped. Ilia loved veice found an echo in the heart of the dyn:c wife, and his scalding tears fell on her lace he perceived a feint color disp:ace the pale ness of death. His prayer was heard! and a faint pressure of his hand accompanied the soft murmur of her voice as she said, "Leon, dear Leon, we snail not part."— Frantic with joy, he pressed her rierain and again to his breast. exclanrinrr. "Xa ed! nothing shall separate us! live, live lo love me, to make happy a life that wit:;out thee would be a long agony ‘S hen the Phyiscian returner!, be de clared the crisis past; and that her recover:4, might be hoped for. Semi afterwaids, she again revived, and :inning towards her hjsband, repeati d with a sweet &toile, 'Leon, dear Lron, Anil! cc: part_-- From this time her recovery- was rapid, and the increasing rare of her hapry ha:- hand wus directed against every pessibility of la rie. Ile carefully gmirdcd fr the danger of exhausting vi-its GEcn g-aru- Ititi 3n, and providing Skil 11 slight anrise- meats as her weak frame eneld 6 - sr.-- The variety of his talentQ, which had charmed ercwds, ors now. de , coted :o such tender exertion of them es would rii.heye but not fatigue, the attectien elte could give them. tie read, fit: sr:rtg. to I.cr, arid ‘vtato his love was rewarded :.er per fect restoration, he foramil plans for the future more conststetit with tiro care iwr delicate health wiarld rirpure. Tbey deter mined to attention those irregular hours and large nisi infilies to tLcy all their file std:, tit-g. ••‘V b ,bould we : " LP4 n, "risk Ii.:41! )ss ot yuur im.rious beil ft lor the (I:+ght givis toe to see you s!:iae atom 711 oth ers in socif ty? Are we riot ail to czcii other, and here can we Lew hz.i.ry in our cm n homer' "And, my beloved Leon, w!ol.Fe adiliira non is valu-d by me like thine—how I ulory In my choice, and how h2.ppy I am )call mvself thine!" "And, sweet wife, how has tl:e :igen) cif the filament when 1 th..eglzt I was lesirg thee, strengthened the tie that Lines us, end how grateful am I to tide brot-ficent Being who heard my prayer, scrueg from the torture of a heart whose life was bet:nd up in thine." ""I"was thy voice my Lec.n, thy prayer. which penetrated my heart and a., die me from the sleep of death, and n ahinr car; add to my [(Amity, since I oste my life to thee." "Should 1, in my turn, be on the ::orders of the tomb, thou, beloved Caroline, caus: call me thence by repeattng tby dear as- surnnce." "Leon, dear Leon! we will not pare . ' It was in such delightful converse that those happy bt rags passed every moment nut devoted to the neces..ary cla ri m s of loci ety, and they felt how little, in corm-arisoa. were the tumultuous plear.cres of the 0-ay world, to the perfect union, the delicious effusion of united hearts and congeniality of thoughts, taste. and divosition. Happy epoch in life, in wLich we realize a pant dise on earth; blest spring el Hymen. when the path is strewn with ffwvers and whose sun shines beneficent and pure. Atr, why is your duration so short; why can tire smallest cloud so often obscure yr-er Iron zttn; and create tempests, when ell tefore was so seren.? The spina approsaed and Saint Far was recalled to his ship; he left his restor ed treakule with pain, end tfamo- , h _her courage sank at the Weir of separation, she was yet to taste the bitterness- of idtence. She inpowsbed, at sonic dicta! ce from P - Iris, fine chateau, to which bile resolved to retire, and she formed a phn of rigid seclu sion, to which she stririly adhered. Read ilia. music and, drag ing, alterne. , e!yoeith acts of benevolence. Wird ail h er ti me , that was not devoted to constant correspon dence with her husband. The time passed morn rapidly than she dated hope for arid her heart was sustained by the aliment of G. 77.43 =1 T 117 7.- 077 E I) T C 17. (77. PP OP:T OP. . The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, to' above all other llberttes."—Mu.Ton zt - s=w -, ll:razar22a. ..P.14Q 0 .2tlP&V.wia.r r 0VW(0211 2 / a 2 a aa.4la% his tender expression of unchniiging affec tion. So true is it, that, in the words de true painter of nature, speaking of parted Invera—`•as soon as they are alone, they are together." Saint-Far returned at the close of air !units, after visiting the southern shores of, France, arid distimiuishing himself in an expedition to the isle of G) prus. Caroline was toady to receive him at Paris, and (he joy of meeting repaid her for the pain of separation. Again, under his protection, she appeared to ornament society, but carefully avoiding the vortex of which she had nearly been the victim, she devoted an evening in each week to the reception of the ino,t celebrate,' of both sexes, and, nt fiCEC assemblies, Saint Far, whose dispo %Vali very gallsnt, shone conspicuously in the fixir circles of which they were cum- pact d. At firpt this occasioned Caroline no t4o. Ca2FiOeS; lo her he was umfbrmly so tender and so triad; she was so slue of reigning supreme in his heart, where all %ins ow) to view, that stispciori cncld find nn plure in her Losom. But there were not wanting .hose trim would wiilingly have received 4 his vows, and who would not have soropled Ito triumph in the violation of that fidelity Ito his. %rife, or which r.. , h0 was ro justly ' , mud- They could not conceive the pes sihility of its continuation. Many a bright eye shad its softest ray at his approach, ma ny a smothered sigh met his ear, twiny a seroimental reverie was assumed in his preserco, and all the artillery of coquetry was called forth and aimed nt poor Saint Fur. His amusing do scriptions. of these incidents, to Caroline, furnished iheni with rainy t. gay hour, bet, as yet, no doubt disturbed her full seem ity, though her disposiii-.-n to goneral society was thereby, aalch irirrVaivd, though she sea rckly was :70 0 Set.rii or the cause. She took care not to ;use sight of tier husband, who, however, Unetn3grifol,4 bia danger, abandoned hini• , sr lf d- o ! vortox of coquetry, in which man y a :no re experienced in:trincr has suf fered •rilifv.vreck. • A 1-w da) s aftor his ar r ival, a party at tenriip ha!! was ff.rinecl, many ladies ioviied to wit:iess the sli'dl Lithe is.— Saint Saint co;,..mic umii tur grace and .a•ri:it; 61s high is his favor, and en ei.uraged the. applause of ripi•elators and il.e ti-nder it t. dep!cli:d in the if . ,,rsiA Carolina Le gicw anima:Nl, until, thri,%viri2 lip in ht, ea2ertlei•S mit . ,•Vca of the Vest, on: at the ,T I mos, he dm e;osvd a braetim of hair, of a dark color, to the alarmed maze of the !,eor Caroline. A •tune! rlgony seemed chill -her whole frame. She ci.tild not believe her senses, and when the 131/St cleared from her sight, H i „-h r stole awn Ler glance, and saw too clear lv that a braided tress, with a rich clasp, was there. "Frc.m whom," thought she, "could he r, c( ivy j this love . I ,, kera l have =inter _•iccn him nrn. Itier thitt, aril the Lair is not light like mittP. Lonn, dutir Lean, can't thou tii:vo dery i.vi•i! int.?" Theo :ryino to ;ally herself nod to conceal h.r agttimoo, slot recidlcil iiiereit-tl tender• nes , 'since In, return. the ini,leGt opcnnrss lit has c(mi:mtnicattns to her, the &milli's' 1,19 gm , itei!el;)r her sclectic.n ul lean, zihd ht alt::t.t•t eieldttous lure. she itic.l.:ght the e ag erness tl i uhich his suet, tt si , tight Cor by the most ta,reinating nate' n, and again ex claimed-- Leon, deur Leon, enlist thou have deceived me?" But the conflict was ton great, and while her imagination thou led her fr,m conjec ture to susncion, a hamming fevei socceeded tile chill ti loch had benumbed her, and when Saint Far turned to k his reward in her svieet face, to him, was more dear titan the raptui ens plaudit:4 bestowed en his succelis, he was shot ked to perceive her File, and neatly lain tog. Ha eagerly demanded what was the mutter, Maki she tried in rain 10 dei,ipate his fears. "But somahing nal,t have caused this trembling tell the what it is, my l o ve?" he persisted, and t'areline, whose pride ler- bade her to tell the ttuih, said, that—•• She had been foolishly Rimmed at the near ap poach of tho tennis hull to his breast, and that she thought she saw him wounded and overthrown; and," added she, "I also felt the blow strike my heart." Tcuched at her anxiety, he tried to laugh at her fears, declaring that she must accus tom herself to see him attack and defend his adversary at the game. "1 must make a heroine of you, at this Mimic war, which is so attractive to me, dearest, and after you have seen it a few nines, and know that with ski': and practice there is no dun• "No, no, no, one trial I he this is too mech. I could not bear another." So saying she turned tremblingly away, and, supported by his arm, she could scarcely gain her carriage. She was unable te appear at the splendid collation which sue. ceeded this memorial contest of tennis players, and was confined to her apartment tinny days. Iler rice was noiv shaken, and she could scarcely endure the caresses her husband lavi.hed on her. She replied to his cedearing language by looks - which sought to read the bottom of his soul, and she shrunk limn his embraces as from the deceitful folds of a serpent. In his looks she read treachery and infidelity, and the idea of the concealed bracelet never left i.er thoughts. If pride had not restrained her, she would have avowed her anguish and by disclosing her knowledge •ot hie were!. have centounded. at otice, the auth- or of her misery. But,in spite of his faults, she still Invi.d too tenderly to willingly cause trim a moment's mot lificatirn. It tva9 only in their moments of domestic privacy that the unhappy Caroline endured a torture, which it is useless to attempt to describe. Her sufferings were aggravated in the gay circles where she again suffered herself to he led. ‘l'hile others participa ted in the pursuits which called them to.. get her, and Saint• Far was again the life and attraction of all their parties, Caroline, under the pretext of indisposition, seated herself in a retired corner, and with restless eves end heart, endeavored to discover the object of her gnawing jealousy. She ex amine(' the solar of each one's hair, thut bore any resemblance to that of the brace let, and watched every action and motion which douid unravel the mystery which attendedit. Ashamed, at last,at the mean rieSS of espionage, and wearied by the inutility of her endeavors to find a rival nn whom certainty could fix, she resolved to seize a moment to examine the bracelet aid discovered the name of her rival. Fortune soon taunted her' wishes. Saint Far, returning fatigued from n game at tennis, threw himself ou a soh in the little hoe Which overlooked the gardens of the hotel; and Caroline encouraged the! drowsiness which oppressed him, by the loftiest strains ()Cher harp. ln a few mo ments she perceived that a soft slumber had pf.ssessed his faculties, and that the execution of her design was made easy, by the light moreing undress which he still wore; his head was supported by his right hand, while the left, on which was the bracelet, hung negligently by his side.— Caroline approached softly, but at the moment of discovery, she hesitated, from the fear of cirdirming her misery. "Alas," said she, "what am 1 about to do? if doubt he insupfinitable, how shall 1 bear to know that soother rivals me in his heart; and am I not seeking to penetrate what he wishes IcNip secret? But nu! let roe, at least, know my rival; perhaps it is niy‘ dearest friend, one whom 1 have cherished, and shall I let pass this opportunity of unveiling treachery and ic, , ralitock; to hesitate is a weakhesa. 11 this chance be lost, 1 may no'. find Hoot I,orl No. to know the worst is boner thm Cos dreadful suspense."— Softly kneeling at his side, she gently raised the aim which, had so often encir-: clod her, and canti..usly lifting the sleeve. saw the fatal bracelet, which, however, appeared, on a nearer view, much brighter that befhre. With eager eyes she sought the inscription, nod read the words, m golden Fett:N.s, "Leon, dear Leen, we shell nut part!" Below was inscribed the date in Roman characters. "Midnight of the 9111 and 10th February." Shall we attempt to describe the sudden revulsieu from fear to joy? [leaven!" said "how well 1 remember that night! when the earnest invoCation of a despairing hu , lvmd resuscitated my fluttering breath. This must be my hair darkened by the braiding! whose else would he ornamented with this ikst ription! 1 you'd gaze for ever 'Leon, [rear Leon, vie shell not port!'" slumber was broken thejn)htl tonris of Caroline, and amazed hitt- licuthltt po-ition, hut atter - Dl:fed to raise her iu am's." ''No said She, "l©t rnz expittut at thy feet, my ,trine and ro• morso hat inn doubted (bee! Ah, could my sculdirg team pfr ano f rom my remvin. hranee Ow injustice I have done. Could you but know all I have suffered!" She then disclosed the Intel discovery of tho hincelet et the game of tennis, the cireum sninces which gate weight to her suspi dons, the anguish, the conflicts between het love and pride, betwetin her love end coofideitce. "And Caro:ine coif(' doubt my lover said he, pressing her to his heart; "but her sulll:rings have expiated her fault."— Dien recurring. to the memorable night of her illness, he avowed that, believing I.er expiring, he had cut off a tress of her beau hint hair as a memorial of their short lived felicity. He had not mentioned it from the pain of recalling the scene, but wishing to preserve n 'membranes) of it, he had the hrnc<ilet made nt Toulr,n, and the clasp so secured, that it could not be removed. "And thus have I compensated you for so much constancy, fidelity and consideration ! Bl nd that I was, to even, ior a moment, suspect you of deceit l" "And what misery may mise from mi s apprehension and concealment with those we love, toy Caroline; let us here outer into a sacred engagement to allow no rip penrances to disturb our happiness.— imuld one clue. have cause to complain of the other, let us clear the doubt before it oppresses one heart; otherwise, our union, which is the sweetest of earthly blessings, will become n tedious slavery, and the by. menial chain will become heavy and insup portable, and all far the indulgence of The First Doubt!" Be SOMETIIINCL — It is the duty of every one to take some Fart as en actor en the binge ~1 life. Some seem to (hick they can vegetate, as it were, without being any thing in particular. Men was not mmle to rust out his life. It is expected that lie should "act well his part." He must be someting. lie has a work to perform, which it is his duty to attend to. We ire not placed here to grow up, pass through the various stages of life, and then die, without having done any thing for the benefit of the human race. It is a princi ple in the creed of the Maliemetans that every man should have a trade. Nu Chris. Ilan doco ino could be better than that. Is o ran to be brought up in idleness?— Is ho to live upon the wealth which his ancestors have acquired by hard lahor and frugal indoor)? Is he put hero to pn•3l through life like an automaton? Has he nothing to perform as a citizen of the world? Does he owe nothing to his country as an inhabitant? A man wbo does nothing is a !mere cypher. He does not fulfil the obli gations for which he was sent into the world; and, when he dies, he has not fin ished the work which was given him to do. He is n mere blank in creation. Some are burn with riches and honors upon their heads. But does it follow that shay hove nothing to do in their career through till? There are certain duties for every one to perform. Be something Don't live like a hermit, and die unregretted. See that young man; no matter what are his circumstances ho has no partic ular buisness to pursue, he will never ac• cornplish much, Perhaps he has a father I abundantly able to suppoi t him; perhaps : that futher has labored hard to Obtain a competence which is sufficient fur his sons to live in idleness. Can they go abroad in the world with any degree of sell compla cency, squandering away the money which their fathers have earned by hard labor? No! No one who has the proper feelings of a citizen, who wished to be ranked a mom? the useful members of society would live such a life Be something—don't be a drone. You may rely upon your present posseirsions, or your future prospects; but those riches may fly away, or those hopes may be blighted; and if you have no place of your own, in such a case, ten to one but you will find your path beset with thorns. Want may come upon you ere you are aware of it, and, having no profession, you find yourself in anything but an enviable condOn. It is therefore important that yo hould sonacthiv. Don't depend upon Fortune, for she is a fickle support, which often fails when you loolin upon her with the greatest confidence. Trust to your own exertions. Be something. Pursue that vocation for which you are fitted by nuture—pursue it faithfully and diligently. You have a part to net, and the honor in performing that part depends upon yourself. It is sickening to one to see a parcel of idle boys hanging round a fat her, and spending the money winch he has earned by his Mats• try, without attempting to do uoy thing for themselves. Be something should he your motto.— every ono is capable of learning some "art, trude, or mystery," and eon earn a compe tence for hicaseli: He should be something and not bring down the gray hairs of his Gather with sorrow to the grave: He should learn to depend upon himself. Idle boys, living upon a parent, without any profession or without any employment are illy qualified for good members of society. And we regret to say it is too often the case that it is the parents' fault that they are thus brought up'. They should be taught to he something—to know how to provide for themselves in case of necessity, to act well their part, and they will reap the honor which therein lies.— Boston Transcript. ADVICE TO W IVES. BY J. A. JA3IE9 Economy and order in the inanagement of her personal and domestic expenditures, are the obvious ;Julies of wife. You are to preside in the direction of household affairs, and much of the prosper. ity and comfort of the little community will depend upon your skilful and prudent ar• rangements. A showy, luxurious, and ex pensive tnsie, is almost universally cher ished and is displayed in innumerable in stances, where there are no means to sup port it. Christian families are in the most imminent peril of worldly conformity in the present day; and the line of demarkation between the church and the world is fast wearing out. It is true they have no cards; they do not frequent the theatre or the ball room; and perhaps they have no midnight routs; but this is not all—for ins ay are as anxious about their furniture, the fashion of their habits, the expensive ness of their entertainments, as the veriest worldling can be. Now, a wife has groat influence in checking or promoting all this. It has been thought that this increasing disposition for show and gaiety is to be attributed chiefly to female vanity. It is woman that is generally regarded as the presiding genius of such a scene; she re ceives the praise and the compliment of the whole; and she, therefore, is under the strongest temptation to promote it. But let her consider how little all this has to do with the happiness of the family, even in its most prosperous condition; and how the recollection of it aggievates the misery of adversity, when a reverse takes place. Then to he found in debt fer:finery of dress and fortune; then to have it said that her extravagance helped to ruin her husband; then to want that for bread which was formerly wasted on luxury; then to hear the whispered reproach 'Of: having in jured others by her own thoughtless expen dinire! Avoid, my female friends, these miseries; do not go on to prepare worm sy,iod and gall to embitter still more the already bitter cup of adversity. Endeavor to acquire a skilfulness in domestic manage. mein, a frugality, a prudence, a love of order and neatness, a midway course he. tween meanness and luxury, a suitableness to your station in life, to sour Christian profession, and economy, which shall leave VAT.E.M2ZB eTIPOck CCU) you more to spa refor the cause of God and the miseries of man. Rather check than simulate the taste ofyour husband for ex pent,es; tell him that it is not necessary for your happiness, nor for the comfort of the lentil); draw him away from these adven•. titious circumstances, to the mental im provement. the moral culture, the religious instruction ofyour children. Let knowl edge, piety, goad sense, well firmed habits harmony and mutual love, he the source of your domestic pleasure; what is splendor or furniture, or dress, or entertainments, to these? MASON AND DIXON'S LlNR.—This :fa• mons line is so often mentioned in and out of Congress that to American ears its name is familiar as household words. It history and location are not, however, so well or generally known, but then the annexed ar& lief° from the Salem Gatette will be found to contain information, new at least to some of our readers, on the subject. This boundary is so termed from ilia names of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon—two gentlemen who were appointed to run unfinished lined in 1762, bet Ween Pennsylvania and Mary land, on the Terri- tnries subject to the heirs nt Penn and Lord Baltimore. A line had been run in 1739, but had not given satiedaetion to di.. puling parties, although it resulted from an agieement between themselves. A decree had been made in 171ri by King James, delineating the boundaries between the lands given by charter to rho first Lord Baltimore, and those aejudged to his Ma jesty (afterwards to William Penn) which divided tke tract of land between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay, by a line equally intersecting it, drawn from Cape Henlopen to the 40th degree i,f north latitude. A decree in chancery rendered the King's decree imperative. •But the situation of Henlopen become long a subject of serious, protracted and expensive litigation, particu larly after the death of Penn, in 1718, and Lord Baltimore in 1714, until John and Richard and Thomas Penn—who hail be- come the proprietors of the American pos. sessions of their father, William 7 -and Cc. cilium, the original patentee, entered into an agreement on the 19th of May, 1772. To this agreement a chart was appended, which ascertained the site of Cape Hone. lope and delineated a division by an east and west line, running westward from that Cape to the exact middle of the Peninsula. Lord Baltimore became dissatisfied with the agreement, and endeavo , ed to invali date it. Chancery suits, kingly decrees, proprietary arrangemems followed which eventually produced the appointment ar commissioners to run the temporary line.— This was affected in 1739. But the cam it, Chancery being deciddd ie 1709, new commissioners were appointed, who could not, however, agree, and the question re mained open until 1762, when the lino was run by !Union and Dixon. Tllll LATE GALR—Many Lives Lost.--• The Boston Patriot says: ' Reports of disasters at sea, caused by the late gale, aro still reaching us. Wo regret to say that several of them have been accompanied with loss of life. The schoi..i::r Bride, of Dennis, ran ashore on the hack of Cape Cod, and all hands on board, eight in number, ware drowned in the cabin. The Captain of the schooner President, of Plymouth, which vessel was entirely lost on the Cape, reports at the office of the Plymouth Rock, that before he !eft fifty dead bodies had been picked up on the shore, and that there were some linty or fifty vessels on shore." The stern of a vessel with "Susan, of Boston," on it, canines, gaits, quadrant case, a large travelling trunk, and the body of n'cht•d, washed ashore at Provincetown, on the afternoon of the 4th inst. A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-OD Saturday afternoon, says the Baltimore American, "five lads between the ages of twelve and fifteen years, were playing about a sand hank a short distance from the city on the Bel-Air road, when the bank gave way and buried three of them under it, from which they were not extricated until they were dead. It appears that the three went into the pit and endeavoring to throw down the hank by loosening the earth with sticks.- - The two who were on top saw the earth giving way, and warned their companions of their danger, but before they could re tire the earth fell on them. Aasiltance was immediately procured, and the bodies taken out after a lapse of about forty minutes, but all exertions to restore life were unavailing. One of the deceased lads was a son of Mr. James Fleming, another the son of Mr. Charles Grimes, and the third a son of Mr. W. I'. Bokee, all residing in or neat north Gay street." TUE CASE OF anocAN.—The Montreal Herald, in allusion to this case, says that no demand had been made by the United States, but "our govertitnent having be come convinced that the scoundrel had not got into jail in the regular way, determined that he should not remain, and accordingly sent him off to the frontier." DR FITCH OF PRILADELPIIIA.- The New York'Express sues:—Dr. Fitch. of Philadelphie, who lied born arrested and taken to Connecticut on a charge of forge• ry, said to have been committed 17 years ago, has been discharged (Foal custody, nothing appearing against him. It appears that no forgery had been committed.
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