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ing in reference to her sons :

'1572. Carew Clarke, ye son of John Clarke, was bap-
tized ye XII. day of February.

'1574. Christophei Clarke, ye son of John Clarke, was
ba})tized ye VI. day of August.

'1588. Thomas, ye son of John Clarke, buried ye X. of
May.'

"The (Clarke Bible, to which reference has already been
made, has this record of her husband, the grandfather of
Joseph Clarke of Newport, R. I. :

'John Clarke, my father, [Joseph's fatlier], was baptized
4 February, 1541.' 'Jolm Clarke, my father [Joseph's
fatlier], was buried the 7 April, 1598.' The grandmother of
this Joseph Catherine Cooke, according to the Bible, was,
'buried the 30tli of March, 1598." His great grandfather,
John Clarke, 'was buried 3 Marcli, 1559.'

"Although the}' may not have participated in any of the



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. 207

events mentioned ahove, tliey often saw the chief actors in
them, and proba})ly conversed aronnd tlie fireside ahont the
momentous questions which were engaging the attention
of the masters of Westhorpe Hall. It is believed that there
are now no representatives of the Clarke family residing in
Westhorpe, whicli, together with the condition of its inhabi-
tants, has materially deteriorated during the last two centu-
ries. A correspondent well says : 'An American cannot
come there now-a-days, and visit this district, aiul see the
people living there and their condition, without being im-
pressed with the sense of obligation he is under to the ances-
tor who left civilization beliind him, and ci'ossing the ocean,
laid in the wilderness of New England, amid the liardships
and perils of a new colony, the foundation of a new civiliza-
tion, of which we are reaping the benefits." " — William Clarke
Whiff ordy in Sabbath Recorder.



The Piscataqua River. — For more than a century and
a half the name of the river which divides the extreme south-
ern portion of Maine from New Hampshire has been written
Piscataqua. The name is of Indian origin, and according to
Capt. John Smith (Description of New England, 1616) was
Passataquack. In the ITtli century, and in the early part of
the 18th, the name was variously spelled Pascatac^ua,
Pascataway, Pascataquack, Pischataquacks, Piscliataway,
Piscataway, Piscatac^ua, etc. The last form means nothing,
while Pascataqua is sufficiently accurate to represent and
preserve the meaning which the aborigines intended to con-
vey by the word, namely: "A divided tidal-pUice." Jf it be
borne in mind that both by the Aborigines and the early set-
tlers the word was applied to the territory on both sides of
the river itself, and that the latter near its mouth is split into
two streams by the rocky island New Castle, the significance
and appropriateness of the name will be apparent. It is de-
sirable that the meaningless corruption Piscataqua be elimi-
nated from our geographical nomenclature. — Note^i HiMorical
Papers, by C. W. Tuttle.




The Orient and Occident ! or the Cartwright
Family Genealogy.

SOME INTEUKSTING GENEALOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS PROMISED
IN THE AVORK NOW BEING COMPILED FOR PUBLICATION.

t NLY those familiar with tlie work of examining pri-
ll 111 ^^^^ ^"*^^ pul)lic records, and in compiling such items
Jl-^/f into a perfectly woven family line, free from the rose
tint of fiction, a close line authenticated by records,
can appreciate the mental labor, patience and perseverance
required in such a research, extending over six years — and,
tliat well-kept family records are ever indicative of long and
well defined family lines.

Such lias been the time and careful labor expended in the
above named work, which, as usual, does not comprise only
the genealogical line of this okl family, not numerous, but
strongly defined, dating back, not merely by family records,
but also in parish and public records to 1400, but by monu-
mental and historical records, back to the conquest of Eng-
land, but also, comprises a condensed authentic record of
otlier family lines, by intermarriages, extending their lines
through old French and Netherland archives, and Hebrew
records, into the arena of medieval history of Italy, Spain,
Portugal, and the authenticated traditional past.

7\t this time, it will not be proper to more tlian give a brief
general outline, citing a few of tlie genealogical and histori-
cal curiosities developed by tliis patient investigation above
cited, as the work, though nearly advanced to })ublicity, is
yet in the hands of the committee, and too much publicity is
not desired.



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. 209

GENEALOGICAL ANTIQUITY.

It was not owing to any vagne curiosity, nor idle specula-
tion, as to the origin of family, that this work was commenced
over six years ago — nor, to a desire to find fabulous for-
tunes hid away in some self-conceived mystic vault in Euro-
pean cities — but events of the past two decades, gave rise in
the minds of persons in no manner connected b}'" direct blood-
ties, to place on record genealogical facts as collateral evi-
dence of what, in a certain arena, was already a recognized
and truthful entity in a collateral line.

A copy of '•'•Coats of Arms,'' on parchment, had been
held for over 250 years in America, by one branch of
the family, while outlines of others, brought over in the 17th
centviry, also existed. Of the first named, the records of the
College of York Heraldry, of London, Eng., gives a ])lace,
even back prior to York Heraldry, when the French Lily on
its shield was its mark of Norman origin, and the " Ooof
held by right only of family antiquity —for the family name
was known on the Roll of the Battle Ahhey, in the persons of
two brothers, as that of Auffkoy & Maugier de Cartrait.
But in addition to this it is shown that the family was known
as an ancient one, and even thus carved in stone, as early as
the 16th century, and had become established as the old
'•'•Norivell House" of Normantou, Notts, Eng., with its Os-
sington, Mailing Ahby. Sheppen-Hall, Aynhoo cf- Marnham,
and other branches, with intermarriages with the Cramncr,
Cobham, Mollineux, Newton, Perrepont, Fairfax and other
old families of English historic name.

THE AMERICAN FAMILY,

That is, the branch that came to America over 250 years
ago, and whicli constitutes the chief Trunk line, comes from
the above family.

Several other offshoots, of more later date, liave found
their way to America since the then existing colonies became
the nation of the United States in 177G-1784. While the
older branch kept family records, some of the branches



210 MA(iAZINB OF NEW EN(iLANI) HISTORY

that caino to Ainorica .sul).sc(|ueiitly liivve not been so cau-
tious ; this, p6rlia[)s, owing to coming from English branches
(in England) wlio sprung from the main stem 200 or moi-c;
years after the Hrst American Family, and for local or do-
mestic causes, (so far as their immediate family line) become
careless.

This condition of family records and famil}- tradition, all
genealogical students well know, too often marks the de-
scendants of old families, in respective periods, as earlier
emigrants, by force of habit, and intuition handed down,
preserved the family record costumes.

This work only aims at the well defined, authentic lines,
who prior to 1776, either by and through the Jamestown
Plantations, or that of Massachusetts Bay — of the Colony of
Virginia, which at that time extended from near North Car-
olina, on the south, to near what is now known as Maine, on
the Jiorth.

Say nothing of over ten (10) Coats of Arms existing on
the records of Ancient York Heraldry, many minor coats-of-
arms have been elsewhere brought to light. Among the ttn
al)ove cited, is one dating back to the intermarriage of a sister
of Cramner ( who was Arcli-Bishop of Canterbury, and chief
adviser of Henry VIII.) with the Ossington House. The
Bishop of Chester line (Thomas Cartwright) is claimed by
the Ontario branch, represented in the person of Sir Richard
Cartwright.

In America, Jamestown, Va., and Nantucket, Mass., seems
to have been two chief objective points from whicli the north-
ern and southern ])ranches spread. We find among them the
names of Folgers, Collins, Rains, Mitchels, and other fami-
lies, both North and South.

SEMITIC INTERMARRIAGES I

One of these we liiid in the case of the Mltclud Family^ of
which a branch, in 1731, intermarried with Hebrew blood, in
the person of a daughter of a Jewisli physician ; and by di-
rect line of descent we hnd Miss Mariah Mitchel, (deceased,



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTOKY. 211

28th June, 1889,) the great (huly) astronomer of America,
of Vassar College, New York.

Another of this Cartwright family (direct) line, united
with a descendant of the ancient Semitic flehrew line of the
old AjmABAUEL-THOMAZ family, of Netheilands, Spain,
Portugal, Italy, and Syria. A scion of this family, become
by intermarriage with the Dli BOIS French family, (Geoffroi
1066) line, by authentic records, shown to be of that line by
direct descent. Their offspring (by half blood) again well
full Hebrew, — and again their (three-fourtli) offspring be-
came wed to the Cartwright line, while iheir (three eighth)
offspring re-wed back to full blood Semitic ! It is a strange
blending, which a careful student of Johnson's Biographical
Dictionary, or any other like authentic work, for a few hours,
will show the genealogical student the remarkable features
of this famil}' Genealogical work.

PECULIARITIES AND BENEFITS OF GENEALOGY.

It is an old saying, that black sheep exist in every famil}^
The wise man will so li ve, as to add a polished stone to his
family line and Genealogical House.

Whether one dates from Venice, and its moss-grown walls,
Rome and its palaces, England and its cathedrals, or Pales-
tine and its regal palaces, none of these things make men
moral and upright. Far better to have a house with fairl}'-
white walls, crowned with battlements of stability, through
a long colonade of centuries, than to claim the possession of
one meteoric-like brilliant scion in a century, whose skirts are
tainted with sensuality.

As is truly stated in an article recently published in the
Jewish World of London, England, on the '•'■Abrabauel Gene-
alogy," when one has turned the time-stained leaves of family
records and lines, "and carefully considered the wonders of
geometric progression, — and, that the child of to-day possesses
two (2) grandfathers, and two (2) grandmothers — and that
ten (10) generations back, gives 2.018, and tliat twenty (20)
generations shows the enormous sum of 2,097.152 grandp



212 iMAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND lllSToUY.

routs, witli all tlioir moral and physical defects, as well as
virtues, and for this reason alone, but little room is left for
egotism."

Still, the truth is gradually dawning upon the careful ob-
server and student, that, as incentives and inclinations for
crime may be inherited, so also may be those for virtue, and,
without vain egotism, for the evenly balanced mind onl}^ pos-
sesses sufficient to oil its mental pinions, one should
exercise as right care of their human stock, at least, as the
good stockman does for his horses, cattle, and other animals.

In this coiniection it must not be foi-gotten that virtue, men-
tal and moral worth, are no more the exclusive property of
families of those who, by the chances of fortune, may be
wealthy to-day, than is crime and ignorance under the exclu-
sive custodianship of the poor. In this short outline, we
have only aimed at a brief glance of some curiosities in the
genealogical blending of families and races, and which may
tend to increase the /.eal of genealogical students, who ma)'
read the pages of tlie Magazink of New England Ilrs-
TORY, to complete any work they may have commenced, and
add perfect and authentic blocks to the genealogical litera-
ture of Anieiica.

"E."



Window Weights Cast into Bullets. — The Massa-
chusetts Assembly, on Jul}^ 2, 177G, passed the following:

Whereas it is of great importance for the defence of this
Colony, in the present struggle with Great Britain, that a
sufficient (][uantity of leaden balls be immediately procured :
Tlierefore,

Resolved, That it be recommended to the iidiabitants of the
several towns in the Colony, that they spare their leaden
window Aveights for that purpose, and the Commissary-Gen-
eral is directed to receive and pay for all such lead, and
have it cast into balls.



Record of Baptisms and Marriages

HY REV. ROZEL COOK, THIRD PASTOR OF THE SECOND

CHURCH IN THE NORTH PARISH OF NEW LONDON,

(NOW MONTVILLE), CONN., FROM r784 TO 1798.



CONTRinUTICD BY HENRY A. T5AKER.



(Continued from p.nRC fSq.)



1784.




Nov.


8.


''


11.


i.i


23.


Due.


28.


1786.




Jan.


14.


''


20.


Moll.


17.


''


27.


Apr.


21.


Alay


19.


*'•"


24.


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2.


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0.


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24.


Doc.


8.


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1786.




Jan.


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Jan.


11).


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24.



Thomas Rooors and Mary Baker.
Peter Truman and Sarah Chapel.
Timoth}'- Gates and Rhoda llawUiy.
Nathaniel Raymond and Louisa Ra^nnoiK

Walter Gates and Sarah Latimore.
Peletiah Marsh and Elizabeth Witter.
William Williams and Mary JeweLt.
George Peaton and Hannah Howel.
Davis Ne\vl)ury and Lydia Williains.
Norman Lester and Zip[)orah Turner.
Thomas Fitch and Mary Allen.

Elisha Lee and Sarah Smith.

Joshua Turner and Sarah Whipple.

John Ames and Sarah Fargo.

Loomis and Matilda, Holmes.

Seabury Brewster and Sarah Biadlord.

Azel Nobles and Hannah Nobles.



J(jsuph Button and Elizal)eth Mayiiard.
Lenuicl Raymond and Mary Raymond.



214 :\rAOAziNE of new England history.

Feb. 2H. Pcregreoii Turner and Abigail Forsyth.

May 18. Lebeus Houghton and Eunice Baker.

June 8. Kozel Maynard and Alniira Fargo.

July 28. Peter Doyel and Phebe Diskel.^

Aug. 28. William Chappol and Anna Maples.

Oct. 29. McNiel and Patience Maples.

Nov. 30. William Tinker and Elizabeth Turner.

1787.

Jan. 11. Henry D. Bolles and Eunice Raymond.

Jan. 11. Latham Forsyth and Eleanor Fox.

Jan. 14. Ebenezer Beebe and Sarah Wlialey.

April 12. Joseph (vhapman and Sabra Baker.

May 24. Billings and Anna Raymond.

July 10. Joshua Monroe and Sarah Maples.

" 12. Thomas Adgate and Elizabeth Fox.

Nov. 1. Perez Comstock and Abby Raymond.

Dec. 12. Joseph Church and Priscilla Monroe.

20. Lebbeus Maynard and Betsy Atwell.

1788.

Jan. 17. John Atwell and Martha Maynard.

May 24. Thomas Shaw and Desire Williams.

Oct. 22. Israel Richards and Marp-aret Morris.

Nov. 4. John Brown and Cliarlotte Allen,

" 13. Andrew Rogers and Elizabeth Rogers.

" 20. Joseph Cobb and Sarah Austin.

Dec. 29. John Stanton and Betsy Maples.
1789.

Mch. 19. Joshua West aiul Elizabeth Raymond.

April 19. Josiah Squires and Al)igail Williams.

Nov. 12. Samuel Latimer and Betsey Chapel.

Dec. 16. James Fitch Mason and Anna Fitch.
1790.

Jan. 31. Nathaniel Bradford and Lucy Raymond.

" 31. Azel Rogers and Sarah Baker.

1790.

Feb. 23. James Smith and Deborah Williams.

Mch. 21. John Manwaring and Eleanor Raymond.

" 21. Nathan Tinker and Lucy Smith.

April 11. ^Vsahel Adgate and Sarah Avery.
1791.

Feb. 17. Daniel Apply and Sarah Atwell.



Feb.


17.


Dec.


25.


Cl


25.


1792.




Feb.


12.


ii,


17.


Mch.


17.


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22.


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2.


1793.




Dec.


29.


1794.




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Mch.


7.


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13.


u


27.


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(3.


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27.


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May
Oct.


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7.


Dec.


8.


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Jan.


24.


Oct.


27.


Nov.


23.


Dec.


'1.


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Feb.


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2.


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June


14'.

27.


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Nov.


30.
9.


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24.


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Mch.


15,



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. 215

Jolm DeShon and Elizabeth Daliiutn-.

Stephen riolister and ("!ook.

Edward Wliite and Lois IJakcr.



James Wright and Sarah Allen.
Joshua Baker and Elizabeth Cha[)el.
Asahel Otis and Mary Chester.
Caleb Lyon and F^ouisa Thompson.
Peter Fox and Jnda Gilbert.



Asa Post and Parthenia Bill.

John Tennant and Flannah Atwell.
John Avery an<l Lucy Woodworth.

Hill and Ann Crocker.

Bartholomew Coquegion and Martha. Shantuck.
Charles Maynard and Elizabeth Smith.
Henry Mynard and Betsy Crocker.
Adonijah F. Bradford and Sarah Dolbeare.
Thomas Davis and Lettis Miner.

Sanuiel Bradt'oi'd and Al)igail Dolbeare.
John Smith and Caroline Chester.
James Sterling and Mabel Chester.

William Bradford and Parthenia Bradford.

Maynard antl Martha Chapman.

William Houghton and Olive Chester.
Andrew Griswnld and Lois Manwarinu'.



George Dolbeare and Sarah Bradford.
vVlpheas Chapman and Elizabeth Allen.
James Fitch and Abigail Fox.
Daniel Baker and Sarah Raymond.
Frederick Rogers and Desire Vibl)er.
David Chester and Pruda Fox.
Sanuu'l Wauket and Hannah /Vshbi).

Whipple and Rhoda Bill.



29. Fitch Comstock and Betsey Fitch.



Notes.



The Capture of General Prescott. — The Williams
Family. — In looking over the 1891 April number of this
Magazine, I noticed on page 102 that one of tlie volunteers
under the command of Col. Barton, who captured Gen.
Prescott in 1777, bore the name of Charles Hassett.
In a note appended to page 104, this name is changed to
Charles Havett, neither of which was his real name. His
name was Charles Hewitt, the oldest son of Charles and
Hannah (Stanton) Hewitt, born in Stoningtou, now North
Stonington, Ct, August 16tii, 1757 ; died unmarried Jan-
uary 18th, 1780.

In the same number I notice on page 85, that I am quoted
as an auttiority for saying that Priscillia Williams, the young-
est daughter of Eleazer Williams and wife, Mary (Hyde)
Williams, married David Lestei', who was born Nov. 8, 1706.
He was the son of John Lester and wife, Hannah Carpenter ;
grandson of Andrew Lester and wife, Hannah Fox ; and
great grandson of Andrew and Barbary Lester, and married
Priscilla Williams, May 17th, 1738. Tliey became the pa-
rents of but one child, Priscilla Lester, born March 16tli,
1739, and married Jonathan Wheeler, son of Jonathan and
Esther (Denison) Wheeler, grandson of Richard and Pru-
dence (Payson) Wheeler, great grandson of Isaac and
Martha (Park) Wheeler, great, great grandson of Thomas
and Mary Weeeler, April 29th, 1756.

CHILDREN :

Lester Wheeler, born July 21, 1757, and marriL-d Eu-
nice Bailey, Feb. 9, 1774.



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. 217

Jonathan Wheeleii, l)oru Oct. 7, 1761, and mari-icd
Thankful Stanton, Dec. 20, 1789.

Elisha Wheeler, born June 3, 1764, and married Lois
York, March 30, 1786.

Eleazer Wheeler, born Nov. 16, 1771, and married
Martha Ingraliam, Dec. 12, 1790.

Martha Wheeler, born Octol)er 29, 1774.

On page 84 of said number it appears that Jolni Williams,
son of John and Martha (Wheeler) Williams, married for his
second wife, Mary, widow of Christopher Helme of Kings-
ton, R. I., and for his third wife, Patience. Tliis is an error.
There were two children by his second wife, Edward Wil-
liams, baptized July 27, 1740, and Mary Williams, baptized
January 25, 1741.

His second wife died Dec. 3, 1740. For his third wife he
married Mrs. Prudence Potter of Portsmouth, R. I., Nov. 21,
1741, and died Dec. 3, 1761. His third wife died September
25, 1762.

Richard A. Wheelek.

A Riot at East Greenwich, R. I., 1774. — A serious
affair took place at East Greenwich, R. I., September 13,
1774, re(|uiring military aid from Providence to restore peace.
Steplien Arnold, Esq., of Warwick, a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas, was unjustly charged with Tory priiici[)les,
and hung in efifigy at East Greenwich. A mob of several
hundred people from Warwick threatened to destro)^ the
village in revenge for the insult put upon their townsman.
The Governor ordered the cadets and Light Infantry to the
scene of action, to support tlic slieriff. A parley ensued
which resulted in Arnold's making a written acknowledg-
ment of his wi"ong. This declaration was publicly read by
him, after Avhicli both of the excited crowds dispersed and



218 MAGAZINIO OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY.

tliu .suldiui's ruturued lioiiic. The following' fi'om tlio Provi-
dence Gazette gives an account of the riot :

"At 2 o'clock in the morning, on Tuesday last, an express
arrived in tliis town, from East Greenwicdi, in the county of
Kent, with advice tliat a mob was raised, consisting of some
liundrcds of })eo})le, who threatened, and were hourl}^ ex-
pected to come and destroy said town of East Green wicli, in
order to show their resentment of the injury which they said
had been offered to Stephen Arnohl, of Warwick, Escp, one
of the justices of the inferior court of common pleas in that
county, who had been charged with industriously propaga-
ting principles unfriendly to American liberty, and had been
hung in effigy by some of the people at East' Greenwich.

This intelligence was immediately communicated to His
Honor the Deputy Governor, who ordered the sheriff, with
the companies of cadets and Light Infantry of this town,
and others of the militia, to arm themselves, and proceed im-
mediately to East Greenwicli, to assist the sheriff of said
county in dispersing said mob.

The companies of militia accordingly armed, marched im-
mediately, and arrived there by 9 o'clock the same morning,
where a committee was appointed and sent to the mob, about
two miles distant from the town, to warn them of the l)ad
consequences of their unlawful proceedings, and to demand
some of the principal persons among them, to come immedi-
ately into town and settle the affair.

Whereupon, the said Stephen Arnold, Esq., and some oth-
ers, came from tlie mob and met the militia; and a great
number of people convened at the court house, where, after
being made ac(iuainted with their resolute determination, he
signed tlie following dechiration and confession :

Confession.

'Whereas, I, the subscriber, having latel}^ in this town,
received great indignity by being hung in eiligy, })y some evil
minded persons, to me uidviiown ; and from many ri'})orts
which liave been circulated in the country, I was led to tliiidv



MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY. 219

my person and faniily iiusafi' ; and being actuated l)y the
motives of fear and resentment, without matuiely considering
the consequences, liave l)een concerned, by olHciating with
divers people of this country, with the intention of repairing
to this town, and making a dechiration of that right, wliicli,
as a subject, I apprehended I was entitled to.

And whereas, the said assembly was unlawful, whicli hath
occasioned much fear and distress to the inhabitants of this
town in particular, and many others, in general ; for all which
I do hereby express my hearty sorrow, and wish to obtain the
favorable opinion of this public assembly ; especially as I am
a friend to the liberty of my country, and disapprove of those
measures wliich have been calculated to tax America without
her consent. Stephen Arnold.

East Greenwich, Se})tember 13, 1774.

P. S. I do further declare, that I will discourage to the
utmost of my power, all such unlawful assemblies for the
future, and that already assembled in particular.

• Stephen Arnold.' "

The United Train of Artillery, of Provhh<:nce, K. I.,
Celebrates the Adoption of the Federal Constitu-
tion BY Six States, in 1788. — The annual election of olFi-
cers to command the United Train of Artillery of
the Town of Providence, R. I., took place on Monday,
April 28, 1788. "The day was usliered in by a discharge of
Six Cannon, in honour of the Six States which had adopted
the Federal Constitution. In the forenoon, the Company
paraded in complete uniform, and at 12 o'clock fired 13
cannon in honour of the United States. At half-past one they
partook of an entertainment at Mr. James Green's. After
dinner the following toasts were drank, viz :

1. Liberty without licentiousness.

2. May the States be convinced that their safety lies in ii
well-regulated militia.

3. May the stripes in tin- (lag teach us to hold the staff
in our own hands.



220 MAGAZINE OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORY.

4. May we never have a War without a WASHINGTON.

5. May we never have a Shai/ff without a LINCOLN.

6. May we never have money without a benevolent heart.

7. May we never have poverty without hope.

8. May we never have a parson without a pari.'<h.

9. May we never have eannoyi without powder.

10. May we never have a party without one side being
right.

11. May ewtivy prodigal be the son of a miser.

12. May the girls never liave cause to mourn with Je})-