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ling were compelled to settle their affairs of honour" in a similar manner; substituting a common hangman to terminate the scene, in place of a son to one of the parties, it is very probable that the practice would in a short time become less fashionable.

At about 2 o'clock, P. M. an Indian was discovered, by the family, entering the south end of Cirault's lane. He drew their attention, being painted in an uncommon manner; his whole body appeared red. He held in his right hand a gun, which he brandished with many gesticulations; in his left hand he held a bottle. He was attended by two other Indians, who advanced at a sober pace. At the opposite end of the lane, some more Indians were discovered, among whom was a man painted in like manner, but unarmed. He was held and detained by a woman; but when the one brandishing his gun came within about twenty yards of him, he burst from the embrace of his wife and rushed towards his antagonist. At about four yards distance they both halted: when the unarmed man presented his naked breast to the other, who took deliberate aim, but, appearing to recollect himself, he suddenly dropt his gun, and drank from the bottle, which at the time was tied to his wrist; the other patiently and resolutely holding his breast open and presented all the while. Having finished his drink, he gave a whoop, and took fresh aim; and, in an instant, the other dropt dead almost at his feet. This done, he once more loaded his gun with all possible speed, and gave it to a by-stander (son

to the deceased.) He then in turn, bared and presented his breast, and was instantaneously sent into eternity.

The dead bodies were each carried the way they came, and by their respective friends interred, one at each end of the lane. The wife and relatives of the unarmed one, who was first killed, howled over his remains three days and nights, and then disappeared. On Friday last they returned again, fired several guns on approaching the grave, gave a general howl about a quarter of an hour, and retired.

We learned from some among them, who spoke broken English, that they had quarrelled over a bottle some considerable time ago, when the Indian, who was first killed, had his finger bit by the other in such a manner, that his arm became inflamed; he declared he was "spoiled,” and that they must both die. They agreed, and formed the arrangement as related. [Panorama.

ANECDOTE.

MR. W. a respectable Calvinistic clergyman in R. being visited by a young candidate for the ministry on Sunday, invited him to preach. The young gentleman readily consented and delivered an ingenious Arminian sermon; though his prayer was very calvinistic. When the service was over, Mr. W. thanked him for his kindness, praised him for his ingenuity, but told him that, as they did not agree in sentiment, he could not invite him to preach again; but, continued he, I have a favour to ask of you; when you go home,

will you sit down, and write a prayer to agree with the senti-, ments you have this day been preaching; will you commit it to memory, go into your closet, and repeat it to God? The young man promised to do it. Accordingly, when he went home, he wrote the prayer, committed it to memory, went into his closet, and attempted to repeat it, but found, through the power of conscience, that he could not.

A few years afterwards he came again to Mr. W. Mr. W. soon recollected him and received him very cordially. The young gentleman offered to preach for him; Mr. W. at last reluctantly consented. Accordingly the young gentleman went

into the pulpit, and to the great astonishment of Mr. W. delivered a sound, sensible, calvinistic sermon. When the service was over, Mr. W. asked him why he had altered his sentiments; the young gentleman asked him, if he did not recollect a favour he had, a few years ago, requested of him; and being answered in the affirmative, he related the circumstances, and added, that, being greatly agitated as well as surprised, he had carefully examined his sentiments, and had reasoned thus with himself: Can it be proper for me to preach to a congregation what I cannot offer up in prayer to God?

Review of New Publications.

A Sermon, preached July 22, 1807, at the funeral of the Rev. Alexander Macwhorter, D. D. senior pastor of the Presbyte rian church in Newark, New Jersey. By Edward D. Grif fin, A. M. surviving pastor of said church. 8vo. pp. 52. New York. S. Gould. 1807.

Ir an able and faithful gospel minister be one of the most important characters in our world, then the death of such an one is a very solemn event, in the estimation of every thinking man, and a judicious history of his life is a valuable record. Such was Dr. Macwhorter, whose decease gave occasion to this discourse. He was indeed a burning and a shining light. He filled a large space in the Presbyterian church, for many years. And beyond the limits of that church, he was known, and revered, and his death lamented.

Being no strangers to the character of this apostolic man, and knowing also the high reputation of his surviving colleague and eulogist, we took up this discourse with no common expectations: And we are happy in being able to say that these expectations have been fully answered.

The text on which it is founded is Psa. cxii. 6. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. After an appropri ate introduction, in which brevity and feeling are remarkably unit ed, Mr. Griffin proceeds to shew that the righteous" shall be long

remembered with affection and reverence on earth;" and that they" shall be had in everlasting remembrance before God, and the inhabitants of heaven." These positions are illustrated in a neat, perspicuous and striking

manner. If there be a fault in this part of the discourse, it is, that neither of these principal heads is sufficiently expanded. Such a preacher had no reason to be afraid of fatiguing his hearers, by a more full discussion of subjects, so rich and interesting.

After devoting a little more than three pages to the general doctrine of the text, Mr. G. proceeds to "sketch the outlines of the history and character" of the venerable deceased. The execution of this portion of the discourse is unusually happy. It is particular, without being tedious; and every where sober and discriminating, without being vapid. It would be happy for the literary and ecclesiastical historian, if every distinguished man had found an equally faithful, able, and interesting biographer. We forbear to lay any part of this sketch before our readers, at present, because it is our intention in a future number to present an abridgment of the whole. We cannot omit, however, to transcribe a single paragraph, as an example of that tender, poetic simplicity, which we believe often distinguishes the compositions of this gentleman.

"My reverend father lived to a good old age. As I have heard him say, he lived to see two worlls die. He trod the path of life with those who have long since gone to rest. Your fathers knew him; and he helped to fit those for heaven whose aged dust now sleeps in that hallowed Vol. III. No. 9. DD d

ground. He baptised most of you, and will shortly meet those faces at with the sacramental water. When the bar of God, which he covered

I have heard him talk of the events of other times, and the well known characters with whom he acted on

the public stage, before I had exist

ence, and saw him alone amidst a plated him as a venerable oak, which Younger race, I have often contemonce stood in the midst of the forest the ruthless axe of time has laid his companions low; and now he stands alone on the open plain, and every withered leaf trembles in the blast. That trunk which seventy winters had in vain assailed, must fall at last, like the companions of his youth. He has fallen, and is gath ered to his fathers! He no longer stands alone in the open plain; he is surrounded once more by the companions of his youth, and stands, we trust, transplanted and renewed among the trees in the paradise of God."

The addresses, to the surviving relatives of the deceased, and to the afflicted congregation over which he had so long presided, close this discourse. These, also, and especially the latter, are excellent. We present the following passage as a specimen :

"Yes, while his body lies insensible before you, his soul still lives in a conscious state. He loved you much; and in the abodes of bliss will, I doubt not, often think of you. Perhaps he may sometimes pass this way, to mark how you improve the instructions which he left among you, and whether you are coming after him to glory. I have a strong per suasion that his former family and flock will not be wholly excluded from his present cares. Perhaps he will sometimes visit our assemblies, to hear those truths repeated which he so often preached, and to observe their effects on you. Perhaps he may now be present! Sainted Spirit! hast thou come to witness our griefs? Do I see thee hovering over our assembly? O! if thou wouldst

speak to us now, thy doctrines would no longer be unheeded! Alas! he speaks no more! His ministry among us is then forever closed, and sealed up to the judgment of the great day. Nothing can be added to it, or taken from it. He has done what he had to do, and has returned to Him that sent him.But his ministry has not done with us. Think not, that, except tears and tender remembrance, you have nothing more to do with your deceased pastor. As the Lord liveth, you shall meet him again. When the dissolving heavens shall open, and disclose the Son of Man, coming in clouds to judge the world, your father, we trust, will be in his glorious train. And when the convulsions of that day shall burst the dormitories of a thousand generations, his sleeping body will rise! Then, he who baptised you, he who catechised you, he who warned and wept over you, shall stand with you in judgment. Then, all the scenes which have passed between you and him shall be examin ed, and an account taken how you im proved his ministry in general, and each sermon in particular. Every hour that you sat under the sound of his voice, shall be found to have been big with life or death. The effects of improving or resisting his ministry, shall be felt through every hour and moment of eternity!-Oh! did you consider this while your minister lived? Did you consider this while his agitated soul was pleading over you? Did you consider this while you were bearing his clay-cold body to the house of God? Did you consider, that you were attending one who must be a witness, either for or

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against you, in the day that shall decide the destinies of all men, and whose ministry must either help you to heaven, or sink you deeper in hell? I see some of you tremble. the half has not been told you. review of his ministry be so whelming at present, what will it be in the day of judgment! If in the land of peace, wherein you trust, it has wearied you, then how will you do in the swelling of Fordun ?"

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THIS publication "originated in the author's wish to place within reach of the great body of his countrymen, an authentic biography of General WASHINGΤΟΝ. When we consider of what importance it is, that the example of this illustrious man be presented to the view of American citizens of every class, in the present and in every future age, and at the same time, how extensive is the plan, and how costly are the volumes, of the Life of Washington by Judge Marshall, we must allow this desire, and the Essay to which it has given rise, to be highly commendable. The plan of the work is," to notice no individual or event, further than was necessary to display the principal character." The author professes to offer but little original matter. "The few facts, which have not before been published, were received immediately from confidential friends of General

WASHINGTON, or from gentle- authority, obtained attention, if

men who, in respectable official situations, were members of his family during his military command." The author contents himself with mentioning, in his Preface, his general authorities, without a distinct reference to them in the work itself. This procedure will be satisfactory to the readers for whom this volume is peculiarly designed; but we cannot suppress a wish, that for all the facts, not before published, however "few," the authorities had been expressly given, unless considerations of delicacy absolutely forbade. When a foreigner, after a temporary residence in our country, has traduced the very subject of the present work, and, on his own

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R. Parkinson, author of a Tour in America. This man came America from motives of speculation. He designed to take a farm under Gener. al Washington, to whom he was recommended by Sir J. Sinclair; but the terms proposed did not meet the sanguine expectations of the English agriculturist. Hinc ille lachrymæ. He went home, and abused the soil and the landlord, the country and its inhabitants. A scurrilous anecdote concerning General Washing, ton, in itself absolutely incredible, and certainly not admissible on such authori ty, is taken from Parkinson's Tour, and inserted in one of the English Reviews, to give it eurrency. The Reviewer himself notwithstanding concedes, that there are "many instances," in that work, "in which the rancour of disappointment is much more evident than liberali. ty or good sense." What regard then has he shown to the obligation of truth, or to the dignity of criticism? We are glad to find, at another English tribunal, a more equitable verdict. See CRITICAL REVIEW for January, 1807, which begins the review of Parkinson's Tour thus: "This book is avowedly written for the purpose of vilifying America." The whole adjudication corresponds with this exordium.

not credence; it concerns us to substantiate every iota that we record, that we may effectually correct the mistakes of ignorance, and silence the calumnies of malevolence. We mean not the slightest insinuation of doubt, in regard to the authenticity of the additional articles, published in the volume now before us. Our knowledge of the author's character gives us perfect confidence in his own declaration, concerning the sources from which they were derived.

But we proceed to consider the execution of the work. This corresponds with the design and plan of the author. By excluding all matter foreign to the precise object, the volume gives a full exhibition of the MANY whose character is professedly delineated. All is pure biography, the biography of WASHINGTON. We say not, there is no history; but there is none, save what takes its rise from him; centres in him; or terminates in him. When he is not the agent, he is the object; when we see not his person, we are conversant with his acts. Were we to call the work a portrait (and such it may justly be called,) we should say, it is one of full length, showing the individual distinct, prominent, entire. We say not, that no other figure is to be seen on the canvass; but there is none, that is not essential to the design; there is none, that does not serve

to set off and give impression to the principal.

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allusion, you are never presented with any character, or event, which allows you for a moment to forget the MAN, with whose

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