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to the ferry, and, straying about in a blinding snow-storm 

 till completely exhausted, he fell and expired. - His remains 

 were deposited in the old High street burying-ground in Ips- 

 wich, and his grave stone bears a Latin epitaph indicating 

 the manner of his death, which may be translated thus : 



The boisterous north wind with unstable force 

 Restrains the anxious seamen from their course, 

 Yet, sun-led through the seas, this northern blast 

 Impels them to their destined port at last. 

 So me the Boreal wintry storm nas blest, 

 Borne by its fury to eternal rest ; 

 The Sun of Righteousness attracts my eyes, 

 And guides me havenward, beyond the skies. 



One Moses Gatchel, who lived near the place of his death, 

 was arrested on suspicion of having murdered him, but no 

 bill of indictment was found against him by the grand jury. 



Much more might be said of the early inhabitants of this 

 town, of the exploit of a townsman, Major Robert Pike, one 

 of the greatest soldiers in our Colonial history, of the In- 

 dian troubles, &c.; but the lateness of the hour would not 

 permit. On a suggestion of the Rev. Mr. Beaman, the 

 speaker said he was reminded of a piece of information he 

 had received to-day, that he knew would be gladly received 

 by many, and that was the fact that the old church records 

 which Mr. Newhall, in his excellent " Essex Memorial," 

 published in 1885 declares to have been lost up to the year 

 1816, are still in existence, in the possession of the Hon. Ca- 

 leb Gushing at Newburyport, and were, probably , preserved 

 among the family papers of his ancestor, the Rev. Caleb 

 Gushing, who was settled over the First Church, in Salis- 

 bury in 1698, and died here in 1752. It is to be hoped 

 that this information is correct, as those records are of great 

 historical value. 



WM. C. BINNEY Esq., of Amesbury, said the people of his 

 town were happy to receive a visit from the Essex Institute. 



