Safe may you reach your distant—destin'd port,
Nor rocks—nor treach'rous sands—oppose your fame,
May gentle winds your swelling topsails court,
And thousands shout you welcome home again.
Salem Gazette, May 24, 1791.
The oldest person who had lived in Salem up to 1791.
On Friday laſt, the venerable Mr. John Symonds, of this town, entered the one hundredth year of his age. He is the only male perſon who has arrived at that great age, from the firſt ſettlement of the town by the Engliſh in 1629 to this day.
Irish Litany.
Dublin, May 11.
To the Printers of the Rights of Iriſhmen.
Gentlemen,