LIVING ON VEGETABLES. MORE than sixty individuals in London have, for above three years, subsisted wholly on vegetables, fruits, and distilled water; enjoying, during that period, robust health, and an exemption from those maladies which, under the direction of Dr. Lambe, led to their adoption of this simple regimen.The Editor of the Monthly Magazine, from considerations of a different nature, has abstained from all animal food for three and thirty years; but Dr. Lambe carries his abstinence still further, by abstaining from all stimulants which excite thirst, so that we are told he does not drink a pint of any liquid in a month. One of the disciples of Dr. Lambe, Mr. Newton, of Chichesterstreet, has published, under the title of " A Return to Nature," a very ingenious and able illustration of the system, which merits the notice of the inquisitive and philoso phical part of the publick. I ORDINATIONS. June 26. Rev. J. H. Fairchild was ordained to the pastoral care of the First Church in East Hartford. Introductory prayer, by Rev. T. Robbins; sermon, by Rev. A. Ely, from Acts xx. 24; consecrating prayer, by Rev. N. Perkins, D. D.; charge, by Rev. A. Flint; right hand, by Rev. E. B. Cooke; concluding prayer, by Rev.P.Hawes. At Berlin, June 26. Rev. Royal Robbins, as Colleague with Rev. B. Upson. The officiating Ministers were, Rev. E. Ripley, Rev. C. J. Tenney, Rev. C. Chapin, Rev. B. Upson, Rev. J. Williams, and Rev. J. Brace. OBITUARY. DIED in Paris, Count Pusignieu, Lieutenant General of the King's Army. At the Creek Agency, Colonel B. Hawkins, Agent for Indian Affairs. At Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, John Prince, Esq. aged 83. At Beaufort, (S. C.) Hon. Paul Hamilton, late Secretary of the Navy. In Virginia, Hon. Thos. Gholson, a Representative in Congress. In Pennsylvania, Hon. H. H. Breckenridge, a Judge of the Supreme Court. In Marshfield, Rev. William Shaw, D. D. aged 73, in the fiftieth year of his ministry. In Waltham, Hon. Wm. Brown, Esq, of Boston, aged 66. In Hampstead, (N. H.) Rev. Mr. Kimball, formerly Minister of Newbury. In Beverly, drowned, John Abbot, son of Rev. Abiel Abbot. Hanging and Murder. On the 19th of April last, a Spaniard, named Jose Florentino Harra, aged 27, was executed in Havanna, for murder. Before his execution, he confessed that he had committed SEVENTEEN MURDERS! In New Orleans, a young man, by the name of Smith, was murdered in a duel. He was a man of large fortune, and was on a visit to New Orleans, to purchase articles for his wedding. Is there no remedy for this madness? A striking Contrast between two rich Men. Died, near York, in Pennsylvania, Mr. Michael Baird, of German. origin. Inheriting, from his father, a farm of five hundred acres, by industry, pains-taking, and parsimony, he acquired an enormous fortune. He never expended a dollar in the education of his family; managed all his concerns with his own means; never sold any thing, but for the highest price; and never gave a dollar in payment of any thing he wanted, when he could obtain it by barter. He never kept a bank-bill longer than till he could send and get specie for it, and he never lent a cent to any one. He kept his specie in an iron chest, until that became full, and then in an iron-hooped barrel, in which, after his decease, were found two hundred and thirty thousand dollars in gold and silver. His whole estate is valued at four hundred thousand dollars. His death was thus occasioned :— A Virginian offered him twelve dollars a bushel, for one hundred bushels of clover seed; Baird asked thirteen, but the Virginian would not give it. Afterwards, the seed was sent to Philadelphia, where it brought but seven dollars per bushel. On receiving accounts of this sale, Baird visited his farm and distillery, gave orders to his workmen, then went into the waggon-house, and hanged himself. Recorder. Died lately at Brighton, (England) I. Solomon, Esq. a gentleman who was possessed of a most benevolent disposition. He left five hundred pounds, to be distributed to the poor on the day of his funeral; and the like sum annually, for fifteen years. He was the very pattern of economy; nothing in his manner of living, or style of dress, was descriptive of opulence. He gave to the poor what might have supported him in splendour. For several years previous to his death, one hundred and twenty-five widows received from him, through the agency of a friend, a weekly stipend ; and were totally ignorant of their benefactor, until the period of his death. Notwithstanding his extensive charities, he died worth nearly one hundred thousand pounds, the greater part of which he has bequeathed to charitable purposes. Philanthropist, Jan. 1813. Candidates for the Ministry in Cambridge and its vicinity. Mr. Ed. W. Andrews, Newburyport. Mr. David Reed, do. Mr. Thomas Prentiss, Cambridge. Mr. Hiram Weston, Duxbury. Mr. Samuel Clarke, Cambridge. Mr. Henry Ware, Mr. Rufus Hurlbut, do. do : MADAM MARY KING, the subject of this memoir, was the wife of Richard King, Esq. of Scarborough, by his second marriage, and a daughter of Mr. Samuel Black, of York, Massachusetts. She was born October 8, 1736. Her character, while under parental government, the writer has no means of ascertaining of the correctness of her life, however, during her minority, no one has ever suggested a doubt. The truth of this fact we the more readily presume, from the fruits she exhibited in life: for those principles of affection, benevolence, and virtue, which, at any time, distinguish mature age, are almost invariably imbibed and cherished in youth. On the 19th of October, 1759, 'Sabella, the former wife of Mr. King, was removed by death. From this marriage originated · Rufus King, a bright and well known ornament of his country; and two daughters, Mary, wife of Robert Southgate, Esq. of Scarborough; and Paulina, wife of Dr. Aaron Porter, of Portland. Mr. King's second marriage was solemnized, 31st January, 1762; and the offspring of this marriage were, Richard King, of ScarboVol. IV. No. 9. rough; 'Sabella, who died September 12, 1770, aged six years and four days; Dorcas, wife of Joseph Leland, Esq. Saco; General William King, of Bath; Betsy, wife of Dr. Benjamin J. Porter, of Topsham; and Hon. Cyrus King, of Saco. The conjugal state of Madam King was of short duration: at a little more than the extent of thirteen years, she was bereaved of her worthy consort. This bereavement, this calamitous sequel of immense preceding mental sufferings, she supported with great fortitude. It is not without the most painful reluctance, that a generous mind can take a retrospective view of exhibitions of human depravity, long past; but, in order to a more adequate idea of those previous mental trials which she endured, and which must render the death of her husband the more afflictive, we are here compelled to a brief narrative of certain facts, by which they were created. The residence of Mr. King was among the then recent settlements of Maine. He was a man, we believe, of great natural good sense, and a fine understanding; and by his industry and perse31 perty by fire, and otherwise, yet he and his family were preserved from personal injury. At a subsequent period, a similar spirit exhibited itself; and Mr. King was, in no small degree, the object of its rage. It is true, it appeared in the garb of patriotism; but, whether this were not a mere cloak of private revenge, assumed at a moment of civil interregnum; and whether the injuries and distresses he experienced, did not accelerate the death of Mr. King, will be determined at a future reckoning. verance in business, as a merchant or trader, he had acquired an estate of no inconsiderable value, which was accompanied with a correspondent respect and influence in society. This consideration alone, among a people, som? of them not too replete with the finer feelings, was sufficient to excite the spirit of envy. Finding themselves, through his generosity or their own negligence, largely in his debt, this demoniack spirit at length resulted in a combined and deeply meditated plot of levelling-vi et armis. Hence the property of Mr. King was, at repeated times, wantonly destroyed, his life threatened, and his whole family exposed to imminent danger: By whom? by the untutored savage of the wil derness?-No; but by men, under Christian privileges, imitating the savage! To be roused from the depth of sleep, by the hideous yell at midnight; to find their dwellings actually broken up; to hear the savage footsteps almost on the floor of their bedchambers; to see the brandishing of the tomahawk, and the instruments of death approaching through the gleam of moonshine, must have created distress not to be described. That the mother; and children did not, in a state of desperation, precipitate them-ed, and executed with great abiselves through the windows of the house, or that some fatal act did not ensue to the father, on this dreadful moment of savage phrenzy, is attributable, under Providence, to his prudent and intrepid courage. Though the mob abundantly gratified their malignity, in sacrificing his pro Madam King was a woman of the keenest sensibility, and every subsequent interview with those by whom she had been thus wounded to the quick, must have been inexpressibly distressing.Her studious avoidance, therefore, of all intercourse with them in future, especially while no marks of contrition appeared, was not incompatible with that portion of our Master's spirit which is usually imbibed by his disciples. At the death of Mr. King, which event took place 27th March, 1775, the care and education of the rising family devolved solely on Madam King. This important trust she sustain lity and affection. As the surviving head of the family, she stood with independence and dignity, and rendered herself universally respected and esteemed. Endowed by nature with a strong, discriminating mind, she conducted her affairs with deep discretion. She was indefati gable in business; persevering, to admiration, in executing her plans. Her ascendancy over her children was entire, and generally retained through life: this resulted from the good sense and judgment with which she exercised parental authority. Her maternal affections were peculiarly ardent. With unwearied assiduity she studied to promote the usefulness, honour, and happiness of both branches of her children; and to her forming hand is society indebted for some of its noblest and most useful members. Her own ease never became an object of a moment's attention, when placed in competition with the benefit and comfort of others. This noble, disinterested spirit, was natural, and breathed through all the acts of her life of its fruits her children ceased not to participate, till her death: for them she lived in particular; but not for them exclusively her benevolence was frequently diverted to others-to the sick, the needy, the distressed. "On her tongue dwelt the law of kindness." How many times she sacrificed her own quiet to others' wants, and to others' woes, that day will unfold, when deeds of Christian mercy shall receive their reward. Suffice it to say, that she exhibited a heart fraught with the benevolent af fections, and accompanied it with a life rich in good works to all, without partiality and without hypocrisy and she long lived to enjoy the fruits of her maternal and benevolent labours, particularly in the general useful ness and rising greatness of her children, and in the universal esteem and admiration of those who knew her. The smiles of Heaven upon her were conspicuous: God was faithful to perform his promises : "Leave thy fatherless children with me; P will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in God." We can adduce no instance wherein this declaration of Scripture has been, to the same extent, so completely verified as in that before us; for, from the death of Mr. King to that of his consort, May 28, 1816, a space of more than forty-one years, the family were continued the same as when left by the worthy and honoured husband and father. To these remarks on the life of our friend, deceased, we are happy to add, that it was also replete with moral excellence. In her we beheld, not an occasional, inefficient talker of vir tue; but an illustrious, vivifying example of it. She was a conspicuous luminary, moving, not unequally in an eccentrick orbit, but uniformly in her own circle. The paths of virtue and vice diverge at a small angle. No instance, however, occurs, in which the deceased was known to step into the latter. At the very appearance of vice, in whatever shape, her mind recoiled, or her countenance looked abhorrence. Having set her face as a a flint against every species of corruption and wickedness, she could neither be allured nor betrayed herself, nor was she wanting in sounding the alarm to her friends. Seeing them al |