parish was dissolved in Feb. 1816, in the 14th year of his ministry. During his ministry, 6 persons joined the church. Since that period, there has been no stated pastor.--Extract from Church Records.

Richard Gridley, of, was a captain in Gen. Shirley's first regiment of foot, and was disbanded in 1749: he was afterwards appointed to command a regiment in the expedition against Crown Point in 1756; commanded the artillery, and was chief engineer. In 1758, he joined Lord Amherst as a volunteer, and served at the reduction of Louisbourg. He was also at the siege of Quebec in 1759. March 1, 1773, the Governor of New-Hampshire made him a grant of 3000 acres of land.

Joshua Warner, of Hingham, Mass. served as a lieutenant under Capt. Winslow in the expedition to the West Indies in 1740; and served also in the different wars of the country from 1742 to 1758. The tract called Warner's Location, (now constituting a part of Chatham) containing 3000 acres, was granted by Gov. Wentworth, in consequence of the King's proclamation of Oct. 7, 1763, for rewarding the meritorious services of his subjects.

Henry Bellows commanded the British ship Despatch in the expedition against Cape Breton, and served subsequently in the wars against France, and the Indians. He was granted a tract of 5826 acres, situated E. of Conway, by Gov. Wentworth, Nov. 13, 1772.

It is stated in an old petition to the legislature of NewHampshire, from the proprietors of Marlow, that there were in that township in 1772, twenty-nine families; and eight single men preparing for families.

Items extracted from the Journals of the Committee of Safety for the State of New-Hampshire.

July 7, 1775. Capt. Timothy Bedel was ordered with a company to the defence of Lancaster, Northumberland, &c. and enjoined by all prudent measures to endeavor. to preserve the friendship of the Indians; also promptly to arrest and examine any persons who may be suspected of a design to injure the cause of America, with discretionary powers as to their punishment, &c.

Sept. 28. Col. Timothy Walker was ordered to proceed to Winter Hill, and there pay the N. H. troops each 24s. for coats promised them, and 12, for blankets.

Nov. 22, 1776. A company of tories brought in from New-York, were sent 28 to Exeter, 7 to Portsmouth, 19 to Dover, and 14 to Amherst gaols. They afterwards had the offer of release, upon procuring satisfactory bonds.

Jan. 21, 1777. Appointed Michael M'Clary, of Epsom, a captain in Col. Scammel's regiment. Same day appointed Daniel Livermore, of Concord, a captain in ditto.

Dec. 3. Established a post route from Portsmouth to No. 4; Peter Robinson, post rider; salary £300 per annum, lawful. He was to carry and return all letters, &c. once a week.

Form of the oath required of persons arrested on suspicion of enmity to their country.

I, A. B. do solemnly swear, by the great name of the everlasting God, that I will do my duty as a good subject of the State of New-Hampshire; that I will to the utmost of my power and ability disclose and make known to some officer or magistrate acting for and under the authority of the United States, or some one of them, of all plots and conspiracies, which I know, or may know or may come to my knowledge. against this State or the United States of America, or any one of them, as independent of and in opposition to the King of Britain; and that I will not directly or indirectly aid, or assist, advise or give intelligence to any person or persons acting under the authority of the said King of Great Britain, relative to his or their endeavoring to bring the United States or any one of them under the dominion of the said King. And that I take this oath without any mental reservation or equivocation whatsoever, and mean honestly and faithfully to perform the same. So help me GOD.

It is the fault of some men, that they affect a great indifference to correctness of speech; and, though skilled in all the intricacies of language, to appear like novices in even its first principles. A late chief-justice of the Superior Court, having not unfrequently made use of the words "this here" and "that there," for the simples this and that, a wag at Dover published during the session of the court at that place, the following

EPITAPH.

"Here lies the body of Ichabod Hare,

"Who's left" this here" world, and gone to "that there,"

Literary Notices.

A new geographical work by Mr. JOSEPH E. WORCESTER, author of the Universal Gazetteer, is now in the press, and will soon be published. It is intended to supply a supposed want in the present mode of studying geography, being a book designed for popular reading, suitable to follow the study of the elements of geography by the same author. The following account, though not given as the title, will convey some idea of the design. A survey of the globe, in a geographical order, comprizing a view of the grand features of nature, the principal mountains, rivers, natural curiosities, principal cities, remarkable edifices, ruins, &c. together with a view of the manners and customs of different nations. The work will be contained in two neat 12 mo. volumes, illustrated by about one hundred engravings. From the well known talents and industry of Mr. Worcester, we are confident the work will meet with a favorable reception.

An Election Sermon, preached at Concord, before His Excellency Levi Woodbury, Governor, and the Honorable Council, Senate, and House of Representatives, of the State of NewHampshire, June 5, 1823. By DANIEL DANA, D. D.

We need offer no apology to our readers, for inserting the following extracts from the interesting Sermon of Dr. Dana. We shall hereafter give some notice of the Sermons preached on this anniversary, since the first by Dr. M'Clintock, on the organization of the new government, in 1784.

"All restraints on religious liberty; all invasions of the rights of conscience; all preferences of one sect or denomination to another; all impositions, by the civil power, of creeds and liturgies, we sincerely deprecate. No enlightened Christian, or enlightened patriot would wish to see, in our favored country, a religious establishment. It would corrupt religion, without affording substantial aid to the state. Nor is it to be desired that such provision should be made by Christian societies, for the clergy, as should render the sacred office a lure to ambition, or to avarice. The system, so opposite to this, which has long prevailed in this state, has had its influence, it may be believed, to preserve the purity of the clerical profession. Still, that a minister of the gospel, instead of relying on the justice of a society which has pledged him a support, should be liable to be cast on the world; should even find himself a mere pensioner on private bounty; cannot be favorable, either to his dignity, or his usefulness. By the nature of his office, he is required to declare unwelcome truths, and to press unwelcome duties; to

dispense warnings, admonitions and rebukes, without partiality, and without fear, to all classes of mankind. The best interests of his hearers therefore, and of society at large, forbid that he should be subjected to such temptations to unfaithfulness, as no ordinary degree of virtue can withstand. Should he even, by a rare moral heroism, combine an entire independence of mind with an dependence of circumstances; still his influence in guiding the judg ment of the community, in forming its taste, and regulating its manners, would be comparatively small. But on a subject of such delicacy, I forbear; and cheerfully commit it to the judg ment and the feelings of an enlightened and liberal auditory."

"To love our fellow-creatures as ourselves; to do to others as we would wish them to do to us; these are among the most obvious dictates of reason; and they constitute the second precept of the great law of righteousness. Here we see the elementary principles, the essence, of a morality worthy of the name-a morality before which all ordinary virtue retires abashed, or shrinks into deformity. Were this precious, all-comprehensive precept engraven on every heart, what would be the result? Where is the tongue, or the pen, or the pencil, which could adequately display the condition of a community thus blessed? It would be a family of peace and joy. It would resemble a musical instrument, of the richest tones, of the most exquisite harmony, without a single discordant string. In such a society, what place would be found for those various and nameless evils which have so often annihilated the blessings of Providence, and multiplied, and embittered the woes of life, and poisoned human happiness at its very fountain? Where would be the wrath, the malice, the revenge, tearing individual bosoms? Where the jealousies, the suspicions, the alienations, separating friends and relatives? Where the strifes and contentions, agitating families, and spreading havock through neighborhoods? Where the falsehoods in narrations and promises, the frauds and deceptions in commerce, the slanders and detractions of the social circle, and the endless litigations of courts? And where, in fine, the thefts and robberies, and murders, which, to the disgrace of human nature, stalk abroad in almost every community ?"

"Our fathers were eminently men of God. Their homes, their kindred, their fathers' sepulchres were as dear to them, as to others. But dearer to their hearts was their Saviour, and his religion. To enjoy this religion, and to extend the knowledge of this Saviour, was their grand object in quitting their native shores, and encountering the perils of the ocean and the wilderness. A design unparalleled in the history of man! It encompasses their names and memories with imperishable glory. It casts into shade all those projects and achievements by which the ordinarily great have purchased immortality. Heaven smiled on their righteous cause, and crowned it with a success correspondent to its purity and elevation.”

COLLECTIONS,

Historical and Miscellaneous.

AUGUST, 1823.

Biography.

HON. CALEB ELLIS.

(Extracted from the Sketch of his Character written by Hon. JEREMIAH SMITH, LL. D. late Chief Justice of the Superior Court of N. H., and delivered to the Grand Jury of Grafton county, at Haverhill, May 21, 1816.]

"Nature endued him with a mind at once ingenious,discriminating and strong. Without education, he would doubtless have attracted no small share of the esteem and confidence of those within the circle of his acquaintance. But his great modesty would probably have concealed him from public notice. Fortunately it was otherwise ordained; and he received the best education our country could give. He was graduated at Cambridge in 1793, and left that distinguished university, with a high character, for learning, morals, and general literature. He was not young when an under graduate, and therefore was not exposed to some of the tempta tions, incident to college life. But from what we know of him, we may venture to say,that such were his happy dispositions and early good principles, that he could not have failed, at any age, to have improved his time, strengthened his moral habits, and to have acquired that fine edge of moral feeling, for which he was remarkable.

"He seems to have been endued by nature, with caution, prudence and self-distrust; and did not need,' as was said of another great man, a native of the same town,' *the smart of guilt, to make him virtuous, nor the regret of folly, to make him wise.' On leaving college, he entered immediately on the study of the law, under the direction of a distinguished practiser, who now fills a judicial office under the United States. It was to be expected of Mr. ELLIS that the three years, spent in preparation for the practice of law,