which was the highest in town. The following is also stated:-"It is very remarkable," (says the writer) "that each of the Congregational parishes are now enjoying the labors of their third minister. The general longevity of their pastors is also worthy of notice. Four of them, Mr. Perkins, Mr. J. Angier, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Porter, who were contemporaries, lived to the great ages, respectively, of 86, 86, 83, 87, and died in the 62d, 63d, 60th, and 62d year of their ministry. These, with Mr. Keith, who was 76, and Mr. Samuel Angier, who was 62 years of age, are the only ministers that ever died in town."

The above is a southern view of the central part of North Bridgewater, which is a large, flourishing, and well-built village, consisting of upwards of 100 dwelling-houses. There are three churches in the village, 2 Congregational, (1 of which is Unitarian,) and 1 New Jerusalem. There is a Methodist church in the western part of the town. Population, 2,701. Distance, 25 miles from Plymouth, 13 to Taunton, and 20 from Boston. The township is generally level, and well watered by springs and brooks; the soil is varied; some parts are strong and fertile, some excellent for tillage, and a considerable quantity of meadow land. Iron was formerly manufactured here to some extent. The manufacture of boots and shoes is a very important branch of business in this town. In 1837, there were 79,000 pairs of boots and 22,300 of shoes manufactured, the value of which was $184,200; males employed, 750; females, 375. There were 3 manufactories of chairs and cabinet ware; the value of articles manufactured, $38,500; hands employed, 39. There is a cotton mill and some other manufacturing establishments in the limits of the town. It has been stated that there was a New Jerusalem church in this place. The following, furnished by a gentleman of this denomination, is believed to be a correct summary of its leading doctrines:

"NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.-Emanuel Swedenborg, who, under Providence, communicated to the world the truths of the new dispensation, was born at Stockholm, Sweden, in the year 1688. He was the son of a bishop, and was educated with much care. He made rapid advancement in all the branches

of education taught at that period. He travelled much, and was on terms of intimacy with the learned men of that period. Previous to the year 1743, he published many philosophical works. Many new observations and discoveries are traced in these works, which philosophers of a later period have claimed

as their own.

"In 1743, he was called to perform higher duties; in reference to which he says, 'I have been called to a holy office by the Lord himself, who most graciously manifested himself in person to me, his servant, in the year 1743; when he opened my sight to the view of the spiritual world, and granted me the privilege of conversing with spirits and angels. From that time I began to print and publish various arcana that have been seen by me, or revealed to me; as respecting heaven and hell, the state of man after death, the true worship of God, the spiritual sense of the Word; with many other more important matters conducive to salvation and true wisdom.'

"His works were all written in Latin. His theological works comprise, in English, about 27 volumes octavo, and are as follows, not regarding the order, as to time, in which they were written:

"1. The Four Leading Doctrines of the New Church, viz. concerning the Lord, concerning the Sacred Scriptures, concerning Faith, and concerning Life. The above were originally published separately, and are small works. 2. The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrines. 3. A Brief Exposition of the Doctrines of the New Church. These are also small works. 4. The True Christian Religion, or the Universal Theology of the New Church. This comprises about 800 pages octavo.

"The works above enumerated treat more particularly of doctrinal subjects. The doctrine concerning the Lord may be considered as one of the most importance. It is now revealed, that the Lord is one, both in essence and person; that there is a divine trinity in the person of Jesus Christ, consisting of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three make one person, as the soul, body, and their operation, make one man. Concerning redemption, it is now shown that the Divine assumed a human nature and dwelt with man, whereby a way was opened in the which those who had alienated themselves from Him, might, consistently with their freedom, be restored. It is fully shown that there was the same endeavor on the part of the Divine to save man before as after the advent; but men had become so corrupt, and had removed themselves so far from divine influences, that the divine endeavor to save became comparatively inoperative. Omnipotence alone cannot save; if so, all would at once be saved, and even demons be converted into angels. The sufferings of the assumed humanity were endured, that man might in freedom be reconciled to his Maker, and not to reconcile the Father to the world.-The doctrines of the New Church are very fully and freely contrasted with those which usually prevail. They are explained with simplicity, and with none of the persuasive means usually adopted to produce converts. The same course is also adopted by the receivers of the New Church doctrines. Those who are satisfied with the doctrines which now prevail in the Christian church will have no desire to embrace those of the New Church; and while they are thus satisfied these doctrines can do them no good. But all, of whatever sect, who are perplexed with the dogmas in which they have been educated, may here find relief. The trinitarian, whose mind is troubled with the idea of a division of the divine essence into three persons, or something equivalent thereto, may here have his doubts dispelled, and be enabled to see a divine trinity in the person of the Savior. The conscientious Unitarian, who cherishes the idea of a unity in the Godhead, and is nevertheless unwilling to take the attribute of divinity from the Savior, and is thus perplexed with doubts, may here be able to exalt the character of the Savior into true divinity, and into a oneness with the Father. The Universalist, who may not have confirmed himself in that belief, but is unable to see how a being of pure love can punish, may here be led to see that the Lord punishes no one; that the divine influence is equally bestowed upon all, but that it is differently received by men.

"5. The Wisdom of Angels concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom. 6. The Wisdom of the Angels concerning the Divine Providence. These two make about 500 pages octavo. 7. The Nature of the Intercourse between the Soul and the Body, which is supposed to take place either by Physical Influx, or by Spiritual Influx, or by Pre-established Harmony. This is a small work. 8. Delights of Wisdom concerning Conjugial Love, &c. About 500 pages octavo.

"In the treatise here numbered 5, it is shown that the Lord appears in the spiritual world as a sun; that the spiritual and the natural world resemble each other in appearance; that the mind and the body of man correspond, and that the former acts upon, fills, moves and controls the latter; that man has a spiritual body within the natural body, having similar sensations to the latter, but in a higher degree; and on the dissolution of the latter, man continues a living being in human form, with all his powers, faculties and sensations entire. Concerning the Divine Providence, our limits will not enable us to speak. Suffice to say, it is clearly shown, that however mysteriously the lot of some may be cast in this life, yet, with each and every individual, his best possible future and eternal happiness is every moment provided for, although at the time in a way unknown to him, yet in a manner the best which his state will admit of. Of marriage, it is shown that man after death continues male and female; that the dissolution of the material body offers no violence to the mind or soul, by which so important a feature as that of a distinctness of the sex is obliterated. In the most ancient church, called the golden age, men saw and acknowledged their conjugial relationship to be one with the church in them ;-that the church in fact formed and constituted this relationship; and on leaving the natural world that relationship continued and became eternal. The effort on the part of Divine Providence is to restore this lost, but happy condition of the church.

"9. Arcana Coelestia, or Heavenly Mysteries, contained in the Sacred Scriptures, or the Word of the Lord, manifested and laid open; beginning with the Book of Genesis.

Twelve volumes, octavo. 10. Apocalypse Revealed; wherein are disclosed the arcana therein foretold, which have hitherto remained concealed. Two volumes, octavo. 11. The Apocalypse Explained. Six volumes, octavo.

"In these works the spiritual sense of the sacred scriptures is unfolded. The Word is written according to the laws of correspondence of natural with spiritual things, and thus differs from all other books. A work written by a man necessarily proceeds from affections finite and limited; the truths in which his affection or love are embodied are finite and limited. The writer has in view some end which he wishes to accomplish, and the truths which he expresses in words are as limited as the end and cause from which they proceed. The words written are but a mirror, in which are seen the affections and thoughts, the end and motives of the writer. But the Infinite Miad, or the Supreme Good, in dictating the Word through the inspired writers, could have had nothing less in view than the best possible good of the whole human race. An object short of this, and means employed of which any thing short of perfection can be predicated, must imply something short of infinity in the Divine Being, and render improper the expres sion, Word of God,' as applied to the sacred scriptures. It is impossible for man to adapt truths to all men, or to all states of mind; it is equally impossible for the Divine to do less. It is on account of the adaptation of truths to all mankind, that the Word of God is capable of being received in such a variety of different ways, and not because truths themselves are at variance with each other. The sphere of the divine operation is not limited to a select few, who are thought to be, or who really are, better than others, but extends to all. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.' When the spiritual sense of the Word is opened, the infinite love and mercy of God are seen in expressions which seem to imply in him anger and wrath, and the immutability of God is seen in those which seem to imply in him repentance and change of purpose.

12. "A Treatise concerning Heaven and Hell, and of the wonderful things therein heard and seen. About 400 pages, octavo. 13. A Treatise concerning the Last Judgment and the Destruction of Babylon; showing that all the predictions contained in the Apocalypse are at this day fulfilled; being a testimony of things heard and seen. 14. A Continuation concerning the Last Judgment and the Spiritual World. These are small works.

"In the treatise on Heaven and Hell, it is shown that the inhabitants of heaven live in societies distinct from each other, and that all are associated according to their several states and different dispositions-that the happiness of heaven consists in a life of usefulness, and thence of activity. The unhappiness of the wicked does not consist in their being rejected, punished, and cast into hell by the Lord, for this is not the case; they separate themselves from the good, and form associations with evil spirits, because they take the greatest pleasure in their society; but their misery consists in hating and despising others, in having all their thoughts and affections centered in themselves -thus in living contrary to the order of heaven."

PEMBROKE.

THIS town was incorporated in 1711. The Rev. Daniel Lewis was ordained the first minister, in 1712, and continued in the pastoral office about 39 years. Rev. Thomas Smith succeeded him in the ministry at the close of 1754, and continued in the pastoral office 34 years. He died in 1788, aged 83, and was succeeded by Mr. Whitman, who continued in the ministry about 9 years. A son of Rev. Gideon Hawley, missionary among the Marshpee Indians, next succeeded; he continued in the ministry at this place about 16 months, when he died. In 1801, Rev. Morrell Allen was ordained the next pastor.

"This town was originally a part of Duxbury, and with that town was called Matakeesit by the Indians. Here was the first saw-mill in Plymouth colony, and the only one in the colony for more than forty years after its settlement." North river separates this town from Hanover, and two of its considerable branches rise from several ponds in this town. This stream is quite narrow, but deep, and very crooked. Two companies were incorporated in this town in 1814 for the manufacture of cotton and woollen goods,

with capitals of $100,000 each. In 1837, there was 1 cotton mill, 1 cupola furnace, 2 tack factories, and 2 shingle mills. "Number of vessels built, 8; tonnage of the same, 1000; value of the same, $40,000; hands employed, 8." Population, 1,258. Distance, 12 miles from Plymouth, 9 from Scituate Harbor, and 27 from Boston.

PLYMOUTH.

PLYMOUTH, the first permanent settlement by civilized man in New England, is situated at the bottom of a harbor on the southwestern part of Massachusetts bay. Its Indian name was Patuxet. It is built on the shore, upon an easy declivity, beneath the brow of an extensive pine plain. The declivity is about a fourth of a mile in breadth, and upwards of one mile and a half in length. The soil of this tract is good, but that of the plain is of but little value. The harbor is formed partly by a beach, extending three miles northerly from the mouth of Eel brook, south of the village. This beach, which serves to break the waves rolling in from Massachusetts bay, has been much damaged by violence, and in former years even the safety of the harbor has been endangered. Large appropriations have been made by the town, as well as by the state, and recently by the general government, for the repair and preservation of the beach, as essential to the preservation of the harbor. The township of Plymouth was once much larger than it is at present; and it is now one of the very largest, in point of territory, in the state. It extends on the coast about sixteen miles from north to south. The land is generally hilly, barren, and sandy; but a border of considerable extent on the seaboard consists of a rich loamy soil. Numerous small streams cross the township in various directions, and there are more than fifty permanent ponds, and more than 3000 acres are covered with water.

Plymouth village is situated in the north part of the town. It is a port of entry, and county town-30 miles north-west of Barnstable, 25 easterly of Taunton, 35 south-easterly of Boston, and 439 miles from Washington. The harbor is spacious, but not of sufficient depth for the largest vessels. A considerable number of vessels belong here, most of which are engaged in the fishing and coasting business. There are in the village 2 banks-the "Old Colony Bank" and "Plymouth Bank," each with a capital of $100,000; and "The Marine Insurance Company," with a capital of $100,000. In 1837 there were 3 cotton mills; number of spindles, 3,764; yards of cotton cloth manufactured, 706,810; value, $61,081; males employed, 27; females, 67. There were 3 nail factories; 1,500 tons of nails were manufactured; value, $200,000; hands employed, 50. There were 45 vessels employed in the cod and mackerel fishery; 29,058 quintals of codfish and 1,436 barrels of mackerel were taken; value, $95,574; hands employed, 362. There were 4 vessels employed in the whale fishery;

EASTERN VIEW OF PLYMOUTH FROM THE BARBOR.

The first church on the left is the Orthodox, the next south the Robinson church between these is seen Watsons till the Universalist and the 'nitarian church a Gothic structure suppear in the central part, back of which is seen burying thlt: the Pilgrim Hull is on the right the court House with a spire is seen westward of the long Whart