kingston seventeen skitiings and swpmw pec annum if sent by mail twenty skiumgs vol 13 no 1 nec reoe nec populo sed utroque chronicle published every saturday by james taejartane at his office in frontst rec kingston u c saturday july 2 1831 literary the heiress of bruges 1 this new work by mr graltan isa rapid tnd somewhat hurried tale connected with the energetic and successful struggle in which flan ders aided by holland threw offthe oppressive dominion of spain in 1600 the coutage and civil spirit of freedom by which these brave and industrious countries have been so often distin guished atil evince to the world the durability of national character although in its recent display it is sicklied otr with the political character and difficulties of the times but the xontrast is rendered still more painful by show ing that liberty however sought or won is no guarantee against the future revolutions of poli tical relatione and interests it has to contend nottoftly against foreign power and influence hot against the rise of new divisions and opponent views the love of superiority and all the passions which prompt or aid the ambilion and rivalries of societies the hopes of the patriot and the friend of freedom become darkened when they e countries as holland and belgium once u nited in the cause of liberty contending against each other as the oppressor and oppressed mr g preserving his heroine in all the ro mantic purity of sentiment required by the laws 1 piiwi wtfcvui 4i puttky xoucol ptotuf f the period the military character slill preserv ed something of the individuation of chivalry h was however gradually merging into the profee eional spirit of arms and softening its connection with the different orders of society religion di vided and degraded by worldly causes had be come an ingredient in all political changes and filled up each vacnity in every scheme where something was required to sanctify or strength en and still worse was frequently made substi tute to motives too offensive for political moral ly or too dangerous for open declaration the hero of the tale one of the young and aspiring patriots of flanders is represented with the usual qualities necessary in that character talents courage and grace qualities not com mon but not improbable circumstances part ly connected with the revolutionary mystery and events of the time end partly wilh an adventure not very creditable to the rigidity of his morality induce the count de bassmveu to woo the citi zen heiress of nam under an assumed and humble character and in stooping to conquer beseems to have been fully awareof the value of his services in love as well as in war as a sere naderor a sabrtw while he was thus subdi- ing her heart in the disguise of an apprentice studying music and the laws and protege of her father her imagination and pride were ex cited and flattered by being the object of cere monial overtures of alliance from atm which in their times and in their rank preceded personal introduction in his proper nome and supported byhis youthful renown although the author is very careful to assure us of his heroines sen sitive repugnance at his reported gallantries which appears lo have exceeded even the libe ral bounds faintly traced by romancers in their ethical system his youth heroism and ru moured fascination of manners had effected an imaginary influence over her mind in fact ei ther the ideal count de bassenvdt or master lam btrt bronon the young student in propria per- sons seem to have been quite equal to the task of winning her heart tor her prido was not a match for the reality in the person of her fathers humble dependent and all his attractive pow ers scarcely succeeded in rivalling the visionary spell of ambition and report and the possibility of her destiny being united with the riaiogpa- iriotof her country it would require sirw scott or come master in demonology and witch craft to explain the second sight by which beau ty prognosticates its own future triumphs and elevation we suspect divination by the mirror our first extract describes the state of bruges at the period of this revolution the second re lates the origin of the wealth of siger van ro- 2enhoed who had become at the opening of the story burgomaster of his native cily one of its most influential citizens and a zealous supporter of the patriotic party the state of belgium at that period was on of doubt danger and confusion the contest agaiost spanish tyraooy had loos ened all the ties which houod society toge ther- id the fierce struggle for liberty ev ery minor consideration was forgotten and property of all kinds were left iose- core between despotism and aoarchy the city of bruges though still a place of great wealth inhabited by many noble fa milies and in many ways distinguished was rapidly declining the turbulent spi rit of its inhabitants io its proud and palmy days when it was the emporium of eu rope had by degrees deprived it of that high distinction the richest and most enterprising of the foreign merchants had one by noe abandoned it the establish ments of the various european powers those of the hameatic towns its best privileges and its most lucrative manufac tures were transferred to antwerp em igration aod war decreased its population improvement became stagnant properly fell in value speculation died away but when an individual showed more energy than his fellows aod ventured a large pur chase or exteosive risk his gains were if successful consequently enormous howe ver as beforo mentioned the insecurity of property at this crisis left little relish for enterprise and uttt men were cooteoted to repose on the wlth they had inherited or enjoy a competence rather than ha zard ruin in straining for increase still enough of its former greatness re mained lo make bruges in many ways de- llghtful it was at the period in question free from the actual preeencoof war the riotous character of the people had eubsid- od into ode less agitating though full n eiciliog mens minds became by de- greos enlightened instead of being inflam ed general interests gained a gradual bni h v no means a complete asceodancy over local objects the weavers a body ofmen so desperately notorious io th0us- toryof the town had in the opening of the revolution abandoned their looms aod taken up arms not as of old to sustain some sordid monopoly for private gain but to fight against an odious enemy for the public good with purity of motive came refinement of manners and the great mart of commerce wae changed into the chosen seat of elegance the arts be gan to buret vividly through the fumes of intestine war painting sculpture and music were protected and encouraged luxurious living and splendid apparel had been for ages characteristic of this cele brated place and even at the period we treat of the style of the female inhabi tants noble aod plebeiau might have ex cited a remark from any queen who visit ed it similar to that of the royal consort of philip le bel in the fourteenth century that she found there six hundred ladies as well dressed as herself such were the striking features of the city when siger ftiwz w feftff to ran kh hd nhttt tkb ignoble crowd and looked even highertban that for the indulgence of his aspiring views tfisfied irs soon stfisneo ms inquisitive neighbou that his object was lo make life itself more palatabfo by being enabled to add at small expeosk a few potherbs to his soup or a relish t parsnips to his fridays dinner i tured to offer atouple of the large ofsalt ckfish thiscandid explanation i for exchange merely avcrrioj that siger roozen was by trade a gom-beat- er and in the year 1580 inhabited that qjftrter of the town which stretches ncrth- ward from the great square to the asses gate at that time a straggling extent containing several close and illbuilt streets with gardens and orchards intermixed the housesbeing either of wood or preposte rous specimens of the worst style ofar- chiteclure aod then almost tumbling into decny the one occupied by siger roozen was one of the oldest and most delapidat- ed it threatened death aod burial at the same time to any one venturous enough to hecomeits tenant but the hardihood of siger roozen braved the danger forthe advantago f possessing in imagination a mansion of a hundred chambers such had ooce been the one io question as was evidenced by some rotten beams and raft ers with sundry marks against the walls roofs and ceilings of what was a century before the still inhabited remains of a splendid palace it had been constructed by the last representative of the noble fa- mily of savenslacht who was massacred with many other men of rank by the re bellious citizens under the very eyes of their captive sovereign- coont fxraisdr creci in the year 1325 the family be came extioct io the person of this unforto- uate victim aod bis large possessions and new built palace being confiscated descended through several generations to his race these possessors had none of ihe sympathy of family pride to preserve in tact the integrity of the estate or keep up the unwieldy splendour of the mao- sioo the first was accordingly sold re- sod aod subdivided the latter crumbled away moulding by moulding cornice by cornice wing by wing galleries corridors and parlours till at length io less than three hundred years from its erection it became a desert shell of bare and weather- beaten walls enclosing a mass of ruin and ruhhisliv and aftordiohut a- little corner oook supported over ooe of the vat cel lars io which the poor aod houseless gold- heater secured a shelter from the storms of the shy and the world life had been up to this period a bard trial for siger he had held a long tussle with poverty and ill luck and he never dreamed of being able one day to put his foot on their lowbent necks but he in dulged in without knowing from whence they arose long reveries of wealth and grandeur he used often to look up to the ruio which sheltered him or gaze from some juttiog stone into the void of its wide area and pace in faucy saloons and halls of renovated splendour he some times rubbed bis eyes in hopes of their opening again on realities aod always turned away with a sigh for these illusive kinutes which were worth ao age of his every day life evcoinhis sober boors when the ding of his hammer told him where and what be was ha used to start at ihe notion that he had freed the imprison ed spirit of the metal by his strokes and that it hovered round htm in a gratefal guardianship marvelling at these strange vagaries of imagination he would ask him self what could bave pot them into his brain but he never could solve this oft- repeated question and never understood that his visions arose from the fumes of a dormant ambition thus constantly giving ooticeofan existence which only waited for an excitement to be fully developed he was about thirty years of age when he secured the refuge just described and beconlioedin its unrestricted occupation for several months siger whose mind was at once active and speculative amus ed himself in his leisure hours when his hammer was laid at rest inclearing away a little plot of garden ground close to tbe remaios of ao octagonal pavilion which had tumbled like the mansion into pre mature decay ho worked for several days with pickaxe and shovel clearing a way the rubbish one or two stragglers ao saw his work aod did not compre- fpod the possibility of redeeming sufficient of ihe soil to form a turnip bed soon set the report afloat that poor siger roozeo sick of life was about to put ao end to it aod wasdigggingbis own grave but bis in tentions were still more profound and he of bis rtptives relieved him from all th iroublefljnie effects of curiosity he was allowed o delve at fall daily task nithout furtherbservatioo and well it was for him th he was not observed it wahouttbe sixth or seventh even- iog of it labour that having returned from his masters workshop aod taken the shovel ffl more in hand to clear away the lastqf tbe fragments of stone aod brick which hd impeded his progress he was eurpristff to fiad that the instrument at the very fihftslroke penetrated through every obstruct and sunk half handle op ioto a cavity he bottom of which it did not touch siger started back as if ao earth quake iftd gaped before him but he re covered himself in a moment or two look ed rouowkthlly to be sure he was un do licedv m returned to his work with a quicker throbbing of the heart than seem ed jusfftcd by the occasiou hut it was caused a vague sensation of hope the extent olwhtefc was not known even to himself custom bad by no means ex tinguish tbo dreamy thoughts which had takeo prsession of sigers mind from the very fir day be had fixed himself in the ftbvliihwivnrafuiuvifl ffcivvniwillltlltuust he made it his abode with a vapoury no tion of he knew not what but something like that which makes the holder of a lot tery ticket calculate or at least speculate in his own despite on all possibilities pro babilities and chances rte at every moment expected to feel his inrtrumem strike against an iron chest or torn hoard of treasure as certainly as tho it hd been directed by a divining rod at length and after near au hours continued delving in the extensive cavity theshove did tfome in contact with some object that felt different from any thing it had before struck agaiost and unlike those of our la bourers noticipations it was a hard body in a soft covering siger threw dowo the jhoyei aod stooping low he felt the mate rial with trembling hand and ascertained thait vaa neither more nor less than an oldack of a texture originally coarse as well as strong his fiogers iostinctively dahued in every fold and crevice of the catfass but he could not by this means discover the nature of its contents once- nioie throwing a cautious glance above him and beiog again assured that the twi- liglftshades coocealed no witness to his discovery he resolved to lift tbe sack in his vina heayy as it was and drag it for sectt inspection into the furthest corner of tfce vault where the faint light from a- bov could barely serve without betraying his purpose hp accordingly raised it up bodily and with considerable effort but the pressure of its weighty conteots agaiost carefully buried in several parts of the pre mises that held no attraction to intruders he began to walk mure boldly io the streets as he passed to aad fro and veo- r coins he had found them he had a tolerable notion of their value aod was notrbeated but made a dexterous show of anxiety about the merest trifle to remove any chance of suspicion which an air nftadiflereoce might have excited but he was all the while convinced that he was the actual possessor of almost boundless wealth the very gold io coins ornaments and articles of plate he saw to be of great value he was a- fraid to calculate the worth of the jewels arithmetic seemed to want numbers to complete the reckoning aod his head turn ed wheneverhe made theattempt to be continued memoirs of oberlur 2 tnx following extracts from the life of oberlin a lutheran clergyman in a remote and neglected district of france may suggest many reflections useful in all situations of society the fame of this benevolent and singular man is en tirely founded on that practical scheme of reli gion and morality which renders lire a busy scene ol action onll improvement- r4iwvwgun wyi- tery and gloom of spiritual authority for a cheer ful and animated employment of all our faculties under a sense of divine favour and spprobation months out of tho twelve whereas if this road were made and the river bridgej they would at all times have an open inter course with the neighbouring district they would always have a market for their pro duce they might then supply themselves with many most useful things of which they notv felt the want aud they would have the means of providing comforts for themselves aud their children and he con cluded by saying let those who see the importance of all this come and work with me and with that sboulderiog a pickaxe uff he set with a faithful servant to begin the work the effect of his speech and f bis example was such that the peasants are said not only tn have desisted from their opposition but with ooe accord to have hastened for their tools and then followed him he appointed to each his task re serving for himself and his mau the most difficult and dangerous places this spirit spread through the whole parish imple ments were wanted for the number of will ing bands he procured them from stras bourg ami as expenses accumulated ha obtained funds through the exertions of his friends tbe bank of faith answers all de mands that are made upoo it by true and generous enthusiasm vallswere erected to support the earlh wherever it was likely to give way mountaintorrents which had hitherto inundated the meadows were di verted into courses or received ioto beds ittit- m miiir lrnr t uri wi mki- bridge which at ibis day though fifty years have elapsed still bears the name of pont de charite was thrown over the jjru- che and at the commencement of 1770 a year aud a half after oberlios marriage confident soys his biographer that the whole task wascompleted and a corn- strength would be afforded if rightly sought oberlin resolved when b entered on bis core to employ all the alignments io sci municntion with strasborough opened road aod bridge makiog which in our times have been brought to the highest point both of beauty and perfection by mr which he ioduced his parishioners to profit by his lessons shows 8 degree of patient prudence which is seldom fouud connect ed with so much ardour and enthusiasm ignorant people are never more obstioato io ignorance than when any attempt is made to improve those practices in husban dry which they have learnt from their fathers they acknowlcgcd oberlios genius as a road maker hut they could not believe that their pastor who had spent all his life in sirasbourgb could uuderstand the man agement of fields and gardens as well as themselves being well aware of this be prepared a practical lesson without giving them any cause to suspect it was for their instruction there were two gardens be longing to the parsonage each crossed by a frequented footpath ooe of these which was noted by the poverty of its soil he coo- verted into a nursery where having well prepared the ground he planted slips of ap ple pear plum cherry and waluut trees in the other he dug trenches four or five feet deep io which he planted young fruit- trees aod surrouoded them with such soil as he considered best adapted to them la this work a favourite and intelligent ser vant the same who had been bis aide-de- camp io roadmnkiog was his sole assist ant the trees flourished in the course of theirsure growth this beiog a workwhicb when well performed is liable to no casu al disappointment the people as he ex- i recteuvidltl uolhdlp dbmogttis vmll wondering at the difference between tha state of their pastors garden aod of their own and at length they questioned hinr to his wish how it was that such fine trees had been made to grow in such ao unfavor able soil oberlin according to his cus tom of connecting every incident with reli gious considerations first directed their thoughts to him l who causeth the earth to bring forth her bud aod who crnwneth tho the opening burst tbe rotten ligaments u hlrh bound it as well as the worn out stuff of which it was made and from its l apertures an actual flood of treasure pmircd out at the feet of the amazed and bewildered man the first instinct of recovered sense made hint nervously grasp whole handfuls of the coitt aod jewels his next feeliog was anxiety to be assured that he was still a- lone and he started on his feet and look ed hp again into the gardeo although a- gaift satisfied on this point he still dread ed kmerruptioo aod urged by impulse mofo than reason he began to scrape over a quantity rff saoll auu rdbliiib aow ut had completely reburicd the whole treasure he then cautiously from the placo apdcrecpiog aloft 7 h walls aod through the tangled stf gained his hovel there how could not rest the hum of stri filled him with uoeasiness and in the neighbouriog houses made cy every inhabitant on the watck upon his treasure he grasped e indeed the only weapon he had the hammer of bis trade and n nerves rigidly wound up for a fsperate defence against all assailants he paired to the pavilliooand there stant watch during the whole nfc left his post till the broad daylight edhim ibat his remaioing on the s io itselfas suspicions as it was untfe- r for two days more did siger pj tor tures of the most various kiod if f to return to his secret board he c to quit the place for a moment jd and out when he sought each poor ie with the air of a thief instead of k ger of a rich man sat watching 7 from his oook aod prowled at nffl garden close to the spot which t n more to well nigh lost at the breakiog up of the roman empire they might have been wholly so had aot a necessary work of this kind occasionly been undertaken sometimes by a saiot sometimes by the devil accord ing to circumstances rather of place than time the devil was pontifex maximus among the mouutaius a single saint or a convent took that office together with the charge viarwnairandarum upon the line of some highway oberlin perhaps was not awaro that more than oue good man bas obtained his apotheosis in the roman ka- leodar by works like that which bo had the ardour to undertake and the happioess to accomplish he looked as little for anyfe- ward in earthly honours as they had done but he had that reward also at last and happiness inmediately he was abundantly rewarded ed them that all the benefits of nature were not gratuitously bestowed on man and ex plained to them that this was one of tboso cases in which according tn their labour would be their reward those who wish ed to follow his example aod it was soon generally followed were supplied with young trees from his nursery grafting be came a favourite employment whenbebad instructed them in it gardening a favorito recreation the very face of the country underwent a complete chaoge for the cot tages hitherto for the most part bare and desolate were surrounded by neat little or chards and gardens and in place of indi gence and misery the villages and their in habitants gradually assumed an air of rural the hoard which he panted once gloat over yet dared not uutwjjt of poverty had been bliss in cohp wilh his three days of wealth tf jj the suffering of a miser without v j enjoyment find he feared at tif f the superstition of his character arw the age that some fiend had plaa l trick of mere delusion or buppdv 8 rh whole affair to be real that jan might spirit away the treasure ioto p ing depths of the earth siger however did not long beip these apprehensions so degrading of his natural strength of mind j nr shock of this sudden chaoge 8 l recovered himself sooner perhsfl an most other meo would have do r such a metamorphosis for to v accustomed all his life to crawl c t0 the earth might well require aonn ration before he could stand erect r 6 he vault boldly undertaken byijv welt as at night and siger dii lui treasures ioto various patrols on two legs frequent visits to were oow boldlv undertaken rhich be ence philosophy and relijioo he had telford were among those aru that were year with his goodness he then remiod- brought with him from strasbourg to the improvement of the pari and the benefit of his parishioners tbe seems reason to suppose that beforo his marriage be had attempted too much at once and acted in a manner which kindled oppnsition instead of conciliating good will we are told that the persons over whom subcr had gaiu- edan influence silently tfquiesced in his projects but that a very termined spirit of resistance sono manifest itself among others aod that suppose m practices to be always safe and nev ones to be as certainly pernicious they resolved not to wbmit to innovation btf the ort of re sistance which they project coud d have been provoked by aoy of oberlio econo mical innovations these 3 will presently be seen were judiciously introduced aod so evidently iolendttfforgeoral and tangi ble good that they could not bave raised an angry spirit in those hf whom they were disapproved some rash interference with their customs some preiflature attempt at resorting to discipline vffaro it had long been totally disused md be suspected otherwise uncivilized and even brutal as the peddle might be thpy would never have formed a plan for waying their new minister and inflicting up him a severe castigation in the consciousness of ch power o- uerlin began uis measures ku civum me people as one who rightly perceived bat pj at any nearer place ihao strasbourg two days therelore must be spent in coio by bettering their social condition he should promote their moral aod hereby prepare a way for their spiritual improvement all the roads belonging o the ban de la roche were impassable during tbejreater part of the year and tbeofllymod of communi cation from the greater part of the parish with the neigbouring towns was by stepping stones over ihe bruche a stream which having its sources in these mountains falls into the 111 before it reaches strasbourg it was thirty feet wide at the crossing place but io winter the wy is said io the book before us to have been along iw bed those who koow what mountain streams are in winter may suspect some erfr herein the compiler beiogthusinsulated3 it werein their own valley tbe inhabitants had no vent for their produce bad there been a surplus to dispose of they had accustomed themselves in consequence w be coutented with a bare aod wretched subsistence they bad not even the most necessary agricultu ral instruments to aid thert io obtaining this and were without any tneans of pro curing tbem this was their state when oberlin assembled them and proposed to open a communication with the bigb road to strasbourg by blasting the rocks con structing a solid wall to support a road about a mile and a balf in lekh aloog the banks of the bruche and building a bridge across that river near rolhau the peasants were astonished at such a proposal they looked upon it as utterly impracticable and all befl to excuse themselves on tho score of having as much private business on their bands as they could get through they talked of difficul ties and raised objections t which ober lin replied by reminding ikem that they were shut up io their owtf villages nine i by the success of his eodeavours aod the iucreased influence over his parishioners which lie obtained by it they now ex periencing the benefit of his zealous exer tions for their welfare cheerfully engaged in his next project that of forming roads between the four villages of his parish which wero till this timein astate of savage separation the spirit of well directed io- dustry thai had thus heeu raised made the steiothal a lively aod an animattngscene the pastor who on the sabbath had di rected their attention with tbe earnestness and warmth wherewith his own soul was filled to the rest that remaioeth for the people of god was seen ou the monday with a pickaxe on his shoulder matching at the hoad of two hundred of his flock such was the uncivilized state of the parish and indeed of tho adjacent coun- thither and returning and as the same causes which had hitherto kept tho peoplo in barbarism had kept them poor they had no money for such emergencies oberlin whole inenme did not exceed a thousand francs hut if ever a man was passing rich with forty pounds ayear lie was so spend and god will send seems to have been bis maxim not in the spendthrift reckless and senseless use of the saying but in the spirit of one who believed that he who hath pity upon the poor lendelh unto the lord he stocked a warehouse in watdbach with these articles and gave the purchasers credit and he established a sort of lending fund under the strict regu lation that those who did not punctually re place the loan on the prescribed day were to lose for a certain time tbe privilege of borrowing from it again these thiols could not have been done without aesifi- tance from his friends io strasbourgh but christmu friends will never be wanting to such men for such objects mis next mea sure was io select some of the handiest of the elder boys and send them to suy- bourgh there to learn the respective trades of carpenter mason glazier cartwrigfrt and blacksmith these when they returned to the steinthal trained up others aod their earnings circulated in ihe parish which was another advantage gaitied most of their habitatious were wretched cabins quarried in the rocks or burrowed m tbe sides of the mountains comfortable cottages were now erected under oberlios superinten dence and cellars deep enough to preserve then poultou from the frost ooe of hi favorite maxims was let nothing be lost and nature was never followed more carefully in observauces of thispriuciple thau by oberlin he taught his people not only how to manage thir manure in the best manner but to convert leaves rushes moss and eoues from the pine forest ioto a compost and he paid children a certain price for tearing up old woollen rags and cuttiog old shoes into pieces for the same purpose never was there a more practical utilitarian uothiog escaped his indefatigable attention and ooibing was beneath tt and the manner id stoubers schoolhouse which was fhd only regular one in the five villages had been constracted of unseasoned wood o berlio fuuod it io a ruioous state nar could hebave persuaded the overseer of the commune to repair it unless he had for mally engaged that no part of the expense should fall upon the parish funds soma money he collected among his friends at strasbourgh and with this though far from sufficient for the purpose he began for neither personal considerations northofear of beiog unable to meet contingent expen ses ever deterred him from putting inter execution schemes of usefulness he bad an unbounded conbdeoce in tbe goodness of his heavenly father and was convinced as he often said that if he asked for any- tl iog with faith and it was really right thai the thing should take place it would infal lible be graoted to his prayers too much iwfedfetfruhapittqo fttfthjud ous extent in this case as in that of tho road there was a present and tangible good the building was completed without ma terial injury to his own slender finances in the course of a few years a similar one was erected in each of the other four villa ges tbe inhabitants coming voluntarily for ward and taking the trouble aod cost upon themselves dr johnson somewhere notices tho re formation of a parish io a very savage state as too many parishes are by tbe civiliz ing influence of a decayed gentlewoman who came among them to teach a petty school it is to be regretted that ho did not obtain the details and preserve them they would have formed aa valuable a pa per as any in the rambler one of tha most notable things in a poor and dull alle gory of bunyans age is an invasion of the whole country ofnooage by apollyoowbo the more fully to accomplish bis intentions in occupying it resolves that a great part of the weak and feeble inhabitants should be tutored by mrsigoorauce according ly he accosts that personage in these words my dear cousin and friend i have a great number of pretty boys aod girls for you to tutor and bring up forme will you undertake the charge most dread aod mighty apollyoo she replies you koow 1 never yet declined any drudgery for you which lay in my power apollyon then after complimenting her upon what she had already done for the advancement of his kingdom and greatening his power in tho world turns to his associates aod says noble peccatum this gentlewoman ma dam ignorance is your child your natural offspring your owe flesh and blood there fore 1 chargo you to help and assist ber in this great work fori should be glad if sbo had tbe educating of all the childreo in tho kunwn world peccatum will keep his ground when he dares not uhow his face aod was no doubt sometimes found poach ing in tho ban de la rnche but as for imadum igooraoce oberlin fairly cast her out of his parish perhaps education was never in any place made so geoeral nor ia many useful respects carried eo far as by this extraordinary aud most exemplary pattor- to be continued