SPOTTED FEVER. The following is an extract from a letter written by an intelligent gentleman in Vermont, to his friend in Boston, dated the 26th instant. "It is very sickly in this part of the country. More persons have died in this state within four months, than were ever taken off before in one year since its first settlement. The disorder most prevalent is what is called the spotted fever. In some towns ten persons have died within the term of thirty six hours. Its rav ages have begun in this town The sword of the destroying angel is u 'sheathed, and when He, whose pavilion is in the clouds, and who rules over the nations, will order it to be returned into its scabbard;-or who will first be pierced by it, I know not. We are all in his hands, and it is our duty to be humble under the dispen. sations of his Providence, and rely on him for blessings here and hereafter, through the merits of a glorious Re. deemer." FRAGMENT SOCIETY. A SOCIETY of females with the above designation was established in Boston about three months ago, for the purpose of furnishing necessary articles of clothing to the suffering poor, in this time of unusual poverty and distress. A number of benevolent and public spirited ladies have entered upon the business of the Society with great zeal and effect. They have received more than 1,500 dollars in money beside some donations in articles of clothing. The poor who apply for assistance are obliged to produce some testimonials to their character. The ladies who have been most active in visiting the poor to ascertain their wants and their claims have united in de scribing their sufferings, as vastly greater than had previously been conceived of. They have distributed more than 2,500 articles of clothing, principally to poor women and their children. About 400 families have received assistance. The Officers of the Society are, A VIEW OF THE PHYSICAL, MORAL, AND IMMORAL EFFECTS OF CER TAIN LIQUORS UPON THE BODY AND MIND OF MAN, AND UPON HIS CONDITION IN SOCIETY. OBITUARY. DIED, in Georgia, a free man of color named GEORGE PALMER, aged 121; a native of Virginia. At Cincinnati, (Ohio,) the Rev. JOHN W. BROWNE, of that place, aged 59, a native of Honiton, (Eng.) He was thrown from his horse into a stream which he was fording, and was drowned before he could be tak en from the water. Last winter and spring he visited New England, for the purpose of soliciting donations for the Miami University, and preached in many of our towns to crowded audiences. At Boston, on the 24th ult. the Hon. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Esq. LL. D. one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu sei's. He was on the circuit per forming his official duties, and was taken ill soon after the November term of the court for Suffolk county had commenced. He was confined by a painful indisposition several weeks before his death. His age was 67. Judge Sedgwick had been employed in various public offices during a great part of his life. He was for a long time a Representative in Congress, and for some time Speaker of the House of Representatives. For several years preceding his death, he sat on the bench of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, and discharged the duties of his office much to the satisfaction of the public. From Russian bills of mortality it appears that returns were made of the following instances of longevity, during the year 1809; viz. 177 from 100 years to 105 86 105 110 341 above 100 years old. The Russian bills of mortality are prepared with great exactness. At Morrisville, (Penn.) GEORGE CLYMER, Esq. President of the Philadelphia Bank and of the Pennsylva nia Academy of fine arts. At Kent, (Con.) BARZILLAI SLOSSON, Esq a very recpectable counsellor at law, and distinguished by his proficiency in Greek and Latin literature. At Limerick, (Maine,) the Rev. EDMUND EASTMAN, aged 40, pastor of the church in that place. Dartmouth College 1793. At Mojaisk, Gen. in Russia, Count LEPEL, of the Westphalian corps under Bonaparte, in consequence of wounds received in the great battle of Borodino, or Mojaisk. At the battle of Oct. 18, between the Russians under Kutusoff and the French under Murat, Gen. Prince PONIATOWSKI, commander of the Polish troops under Bonaparte. At Tyngsborough, (Mass.) on the 9th ult. the Rev. MATTHEW SCRIBNER, aged 66, late pastor of the church in Westford. Yale College, 1775. At Brookfield, (Mass.) Dr. THOMphysician. AS BABBIT, aged 51, an eminent At New Orleans, PATRICK RYAN, a U. S. soldier shot for desertion. At Huron, (Ohio,) Hon. JOHN STARKS EDWARDS, Esq. member of Congress elect, eldest son of the Hon. Pierpont Edwards, Judge of the U. S. Dictrict Court for Connecticut. HYMN. "There is nothing among all the an cient fables, or later romances, that have two such extremes united in them, as the eternal GOD becoming an infant of days; the Possessor of the Palace of Heaven laid to sleep in a manger; &c." Such was the judgment of the pious and venerable Watts on the event, which is the. *Pref. Lyr. P.. TO CORRESPONDENTS. O. F. A Review, under the signature of BERK, has been received; but the in. sertion of it would not comport with rules which we have prescribed to ourselves. Two other communications by the same hand are under consideration. TO AGENTS AND PATRONS. THE publisher of the Panoplist earnestly req ests all the agents and patrons of the work to make return of the number of copies of the next volume for which they will be responsible by the first day of May next. It will be taken for granted, that in those cases where no return is made, the number of copies now taken will be continued. THE AND MISSIONARY MAGAZINE. No. 10. MARCH, 1813. MISCELLANEOUS. THE UTILITY OF MISSIONS ΤΟ THE HEATHEN, AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE LIFE AND CONDUCT OF THE LATE REV. MR. SWARTZ. The duty of instituting and sup. porting Missions to the Heathen is acknowledged by multitudes in Great Britain and America, and is daily be coming more and more a subject of inquiry among all classes of persons. The attention of the religious public in England has of late been peculiarly attracted to this subject by the consideration, that the charter of the East India Company is soon to be renewed, if renewed at all, and that provision ought to be made in the renewing act for the protection of all peaceable, well disposed teachers of Christianity in India, of whatever denomination. If just and liberal views should prevail in the British Parlia. ment, when the discussion of this charter comes before it, we shall hear no more of Missionaries being sent away from the British dominions in the East, for no other reason but because a few misguided individuals fear, that the introduction of Christi. anity among their Asiatic tributaries will injuriously affect their own pres ent interests. For the purpose of communicating information on this point, the Society for Missions to Af rica and the East have published and eirculated important extracts from the correspondence of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, relating principally to the character and conduct of the late Rev. Mr. Swartz, and the benefits which the VOL. V. New Series. VOL. V places of his residence derived from his virtue and influence. Of these extracts we propose to insert a large part, perhaps the whole, in our pages; and we doubt not that our readers will agree with us, that the venerable Swartz, in his fair and manly vindication of himself, bears no small resemblance to the great Apostle to the Gentiles; and that, in his integrity and reputation for wisdom among heathen princes, he brings to mind the illustrious prophet Daniel. To the extracts we shall add a few notes, which are intended to cast some light on the subject, and expose the calum. nies to which all classes of zealous Christians are liable. ED. PAN. Extract from the Report of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, for the year 1787. THE following article, being an extract from Mr. Swartz's Letter, bears fresh testimony to the estimation, in which the writer is held in India, even by the Heathen powers, and at the same time encourages the hope, that Christianity will still continue to make its progress in that country. "The king of Tanjore is dead. Some circumstances respecting it, I think it my duty to mention to my superiors. Having lost all his children, and grand-children, he adopted a child of 9 or 10 years old, of an ancient fam 55 |