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PORTLAND GAZETT E.
PVMUSHED BY
ADAMS <v PAINE,
CWaur of Cdmrt mud Federal Street», Portland.
< o*Dinm-Two iMilrrs per annum . hill
iw i Iranre. If not paid within the year. Two
Dollars and Fifty Centa. Q^-\\o (taper* dis
c mfimed till all armai^f** are paid.
DAVID S. ILSLKVr
JEWELLER AJfD SILVERSMITH,
Erchanft .Vlrref,
HAS phi received a handsome a*v>r true tit
of
fashionable jewelry,
Silver, Dated, Britannia and Fancy GOODS,
comfit toing every article usually found in the
»aine line of badness ; to be sold at the lownt
(ficM, for cash, or in exchange for old Gold and
. Silver. tf Am rust 2.
Wore neb aobmil
Jf*T Rtrr.ivcD A*r» ron iuc »*
GEOIIGF. HILL,
A#. 3, Cheap Wr, Court Slreet,
i*OKO WHICH ARK
MVUa Lenn, Book, Cambric and Fancy
Muslin, from Is to 7s fid.—Calicoes—
Mourning and light Ginghams.—Dinioty Is.—
Patch Furnitures—Long Lawns—Linen Cam
bric—Hriti'll Sheeting*—Green and white Lus
trings—Bl >rk Levnatine—Blark Gauze liilkf*.—
i anev Silk and Cotton ditto—Cheap Cambrics—
Belt itiblron*—Gini|w—Coeds—Piping—White,
Black and colored Kid and Silk Glove*—Chil
dren * Beaver diUo—Linen Damask—Diaper—
Craib—Sewing Cotton*—-Combs—-Needle*—
Marking Cotton, Ike. hus.
ALSO
Sen Island Cotton* —Bed Ticking—Stripes—
Ckecks—Ginghams yd--Shirting and Sheetings,
»<Ol«cts. August 3.
((^•Vew Goods.
JOSEPH JOHNSON
XT AS just receive*!, by tbe late arrivals, n
good assortment of
GOODS,
wbielt will be sold rtav low.
Portland, Mav 7, 1824
Yorkshire Broad Cloths A Cas
simeres.
EDWAHD HOWE,
■V» 5, Merchant'« How, Middle Street,
TLX AS just received by tbe arrival of the
Ship Ann at Boston, and now opening for
sale, a handsome assortment of Blue and black
BROAD-CLOTHS—CASSIMKRES, and Blue
LADIES' CLOTHS.—These being added to his
former Stock of EUROPEAN, INDIA and A
MERICAN GOOD-'? comprising a large assort
ment, will be sold very CHEAP for CASH
June 15, 1824 (tf.)
Fresh ) orkshire Hroadcloths.
PASCHAL BROOKS,
.Vo. 1, Merchant*' Row, Middle Street,
XJ AS received bv tbe late arrival of the
*“Ship Ann at Boston, a very extensive as
sortment of superfine, fine and common Black.
Blue, Brown and Mtxt
Broadcloths and Cassimeres.
Also, just opened, one Case soft dre«* IRISH
LINENS—Worsted and Silk HOSIERY—Ban
danna and Flag HDKFS—Linen SHEETINGS
—Plain Swiss MUSLINS—Beaver and Kid
GLOVES, kc.
HJ’To lw sold at the lowest CASH Prices.
Portland, June 16. (if.)
Cl I EAR GOODS.
.47' Mo 4, EXCHANGE-STREET.
STOUT black twilled SILK, slightly dam
aged, at 75 cents per yd ;
Gingham ROBES, from $1 25 to 1 75 ;
Ladies' white Cotton HOSE, 20 cts. to 50 cts «
pair;
White JEAN, from 20cts. to 30 cts. per yard ,
Gilt Coat BUTTONS, at 124 ct*. per doz ;
Valencia VESTING, ftOcts pattern;
Marseilles do, 33 cts. pattern ;
Boy's pocket HANDF’S, 10 cts. each ;
Do. Neck do I24ctseuch;
White FI. ANNEL, 25 cts. to 75 cts. ;
Linen DAM ASK, very cheap
.hiARK S. C.ILMAA'
July 21. tf
(U^A'cic Oooeti.
TITCOHB & SUMNEK,
-Vs. 3, Union Row, Middle Street,
HAVE just received their spring supply, con
sisting of Superfine, Black, Blue,” Olive
and Mixed
Broadcloths and Cassimeres,
Striped and Ribbed Cassimeres—White, Drab
and Striped LINEN DRILLINGS—Black Fig
ured SilV, Toilinet, Valencia and White MAR
SEILLES VESTINGS—GINGHAMS—CALI
COES—Swiss, Jaconet and Mull MUSLINS—
Fine Dotted Cambric and Mull MUSLIN, foi
dresses—5-4 Coloured and Black BOMBA
7,1 NES—FURNITURES—Furniture DI MO
TIES 3-4and 7-8 wide—Soft dress LINENS—
Linen Damask TABLE CLOTHS, great variety
from'siito sixteen quarters square—White anc
Scarlet Raw Silk MANTLES, from $4 to f2tv
Fignred, Camblet, Plaid. Striped and Twillec
SILKS—Nankin CRAPES—Crape Dresses—
Muslin and Gingham ROBES—Bandanna, Flag
Fanrv and Telia HANDKERCHIEFS—Art
SHEETINGS—SHIRTINGS—Superfine TICK
INGS—GIMPS—TAPES—BUCKRAM—PAD
DING—BUTTONS—Sewing SILK—TWIST
kc. kc. 3m
Portland, May 8, 1824.
Newbury port Shooks.
^IQNSTANTLY on band, and for saU
CHASE A BONNE Y,
at Widgeryx Wharf, where Cooperage is attem
to as ed meal June 30.
For Sale or to fat.
A convenient two Story HOl'SF
Iin Free Street —For term* apnh
to J DICKS,
-Ve act. Lee* Wharf
PoHlaa«. JMly 2V. ik-.m
%
JOEL HALL,
HM FOR HALL,
1000 bushels yellow' N. river
TORN, in aril ;
15 puncheon* St. Croix RUM ;
l«i pi|ir* Cognac BRANDY ,
A>> bbiv American GIN ;
Barrel* Me** and No. I MEEK and prime
PORK .
fiO bM Genne-M e V 1,01 K. for family
n*e
July 24, 1824.
IIOKA1 i: SKA\ Ki:
KKERS fur Hale at < hamber* over th*
_ Portland InI StOfV, Jfrfflwff Ro»c,
Mtddlt Street,
A tiootl Assortment ofKiiff
li»h and American COTTON and WOOLLEN
GOODS, consisting of
7000 lbs- Cotton YAH A ,froin
Whiling, Fletcher and Co s Manufactory, Nos
from 7 to Id—2iXJ lbs. do. do. deep blue—300
lh*. COTTON THREAD, all numbers and cob
ours—200 lb*. CANDLE KICKING—30,000
Vd* GINGHAM, cheek and stri|>€d—2ooo Yds
Blue DENIM-20011 Yard* BfcDTU’K
IXtl, M different ounlitie*—MILLENETl S—
30,000 Yds Br SHIRTINGS and SHEET
INGS—5000 Yds. Bleach'd do.—100 Pieces
SATTINETTS, at different prices—200 Ream*
1 Wrapping PAPER—2<M> do. Writing do. Nos. I
land 2—100 do. Capp do.—HJUO lbs. Binder’s
BOARDS—7000 Bandbox Paper—500 Groce
(PASTEBOARD—700 do. American Glass and
Metal BUTTONS, very cheap.
ALSO
A (rood Assortment of English Piece
G O () 1) S,
JUST RECEIVED, COXSISTIXG OF
CHINTZ—CALLICOES—Furniture PATCH
COPPE RELATES— DIMOTIES-Furniture
Dl MOTI ES—CA MBRIC do—PRINTS—Jeans
—Plain and Fig'd MUSLINS, c. k.c.—Aho,
One Case Siqierior British SEAVING THREAD
Nos. from 20 to 1(10.—Elegant Gilt Coat and
Vest BUTTONS—CARPETINGS—Caasimeres
"l SPENDERS, BOMBAZETTS,and American
TAPES.
Bar and AVinil«or SOAP—20,000 S|*ani«h and
Atnerrcmi CIG VUS—Black and A allow SNUFF
—Ladies' Leather and Morocco SHOES,LOOK
ING GLASSES, Lc.fee.
ALSO
PLOUGHS, MILLSAAVS, and AXES—20 doz.
Su-cl Plated HOES.
The principal part of the above. Goods are
just received, and are offer* d as cheap as can be
purchased in town for cash or approved credit.
Portland, June 8,1824. tf
GARDINER LYCEUM.
'pHE next term at the Gardiner Lyceum, will
commence August 25th, 1824. Candidates
for admission to the third class will be examined
in the fundamental rules of Arithmetic, and will
be exj>ectcd to have an acquaintance with Eng
lish Grammar. They will also bring certificates
of a good moral character.
A house is now erecting where commons will
be provided for the students at one dollar per
week, washing 25 cents per week, and room
turnbhed for 2 students with cot, matrass, table
and 2 chairs for 25 cents per week, for each stu
dent. Each student will provide his ow n bed
clothes. Students who give satisfactory evi
dence of intelligence, industry, good moral
condurt, and of inability to pay the tuition fees,
will be exempted from paying them.
All the books u*ed at the Lyceum can be
purchased in Gardiner, at discount from Book
Store prices.
The four winter clashes of which notice has
been already given, viz 1st In surveying. 2d
In navigation. 3d In carpentry and civil archi
tecture, and 4th In chemistry and its application
to the useful arts, will commence their particu
lar studies the 3d AA'ednesday in Noveml>er, and
complete their course the first AA ednesday of
April but it is recommended to those who' de
sign to attend them, to enter in August, when it
can lie done with convenience, and attend the
regular course till November, w hich will facili
tate their winter studies.
B. HALE, Principal.
The printers of papers in Maine, Portsmouth,
Newhurvpoit and Salem, will confer a tavor by
inserting the above.
LAN D FOR SALeT”
-■*11 IT extensive tract of land, situated on
JL the Kennebec river, commonly called the
“ Milion Acres" or “ Bingham’s purchase,” is
now offered for -ale to actual settlers on favora
ble terms. The high reputation of Kennebec
lands, Is too generally known, to need any des
cription of soil, or recommendation whatever.
The Kennebec river run* through the centre of
this tract, and there is a road o[>ened upon each
side of if, up to the Dead river, or AA cst branch,
were they unite in one great mad leading direct
to Quebec. Several Townships are run out into
lots, and settlers are going on, and making im
provements rapidly.
The title to this tract of land is indisputable.
The Deeds trom the Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts to AArilliatn Bingham, Esq. may be seen
on the records of Kennebec County; and the
authority of the Trustees to sell and convey the
same is vested in them by tbe AVill of the said
AA’iiliam Bingham. Esq. 'deceased, which also
may be exawmed by applying at the Probate
Office of said County of Kennebec.
Those persons who wish to purchase any of
these lands will please to make application to the
subscriber at Ellsworth, who is authorized to con
tract lor the same ; or to Col. Caleb Jewett
at Norridgewock. who will be able to give any
information respecting them.
JOHN BLACK,
Agent for the Trustee* of the Es
tate of AVm. Bingham, Esq. deceased.
Fllsvorih, June 1, 1824 3m
*.* Abdication may be made personally, or in
writing to the Agent at Ellsworth, for Timber
lands; particularly describing their situation.
MRS. A HUNT
| 13 ESPF.CTFIILLY informs the public, that
IB- she has taken a store in Court Street,
w her* she offers for saie, a general assortment ol
English & American GOODS.
—ALSO—
I-egliora GYPSEYS and Straw BONNETS,
which will be sold as low as can lie purcb&sec
in town. Portland. July 31, 1824.
fIjP*T'or sale or to Let.c^3D
I he large and coin
imodMMf dwelling NOISE, situate*
no Cwmbtriand near the bottom ol
by Mr. JOSEPH BaRBOCR Conditio** of salt
will be aaasnally favorable as it regards rredit,
for 'particulars apply to
WILLIAM CAMMETT
Purtisnd, July tl.
MISCELLANY
1KELAM1.
K* tract of a letter I ruin an American jen
tlemaa, ou* travelling in Euroqp. to the edi
tor of the New-York Commercial Advertiaci,
dated Dublin, June H, 1 S*4.
'I his city presents the most extraor
dinary contrast of poverty and mag
nificence to be met with in Europe.
As you approach it you find the sub
urbs composed of hovels, the sides of
which arc partly stone and partly
earth, the roots of turf, the entrance
about 4 1-2 feet high, and the whole!
dimensions of each not exceeding 12j
to 14 feet square. These miserab'e
caves may or may not have a hole for
a window, and an aperture on the top!
to let out the smoke, if the luxury of
fire can be afforded. Around the!
door the dirty children are huddled—
not one half are decently clad ; some
of them still evince true notions of civi
lization by slinking into the house or
turning their bare parts against a wall
as astranircr passes. 1 see hundreds
whose whole dress, consisting of a
mass of rags, of all colours and of all
sorts of fabrics, will not furnish a piece]
of cloth eight inches square—and;
these tatters seemed to be sewed to
gether only to prevent them from de
serting each other.
1 am here giving you no high col
oured picture, nor am 1 selecting a
few rare instances. I restrain myself
within the bounds of veritable accura
cy— l am talking of what composes
the whole environs of Dublin, and em
braces a very large portion of its 200,
000 inhabitants. There is nothing in
France, Germany or Holland, and I
think nothing in Italy, that approaches
the spectacle of poverty and w retched
ness which swarms in Dublin.
Having passed the suburbs, the
dwellings improve; and on reaching
Sackville-slrcct, you imagine yoursell i
in one of the most elegant cities in
Furope. In walking over the city,
the late parliament house, (now the
bank,) the exchange, the quay along1
the Lifiey, and several of the public j
squares, excite the stranger’s admira
tion. There is no part of London
which can compare with the centre of
Dublin in beauty and magnificencr.
But in turning the eye from the
architectural splendour which sur
rounds him, upon the crowds which
flow along the streets, the stranger
will be struck with the motley nature
of the throng. Here is a lass almost
buoyant with satin and feathers ; there
is a trembling girl of eighteen, purple
from cold, shrinking from shame, and
drawing around her poor rags, which,
with all her care, scarce cover her
body ; here is an exquisite, perfuming
the air as he passes, with rings on his
lingers, diamonds in his broach, and a
gemmed quizzing glass at his side;
there is an honest iellow who cannot
afford a hat, whose feet, summer or
winter, know not the luxury of shoe or!
stockings, and w hose whole wardrobe ]
consists of but two articles, viz. a tat-!
tered jacket, and about half a pair of
small clothes; and not to multiply
pictures, while the lord lieutenant
dashes by in a coach and four, the
stranger gazes at the gallant and costly
pageant, while he empties his pockets
to satisfy the throng of beggars, who
pray him in the name of God to give
jthem a penny.
lou win not wonder that my inter
est was soon excited tor Ireland, after
witnessing these scenes. If such mise
ry prevails in Dublin, where more
charitable societies exist for the pur
pose of ameliorating the condition of
mankind, than in any other city in the
world, w hat must be the slate of the
remoter parts of Ireland f From my
own observation, and the uniform tes
timony of intelligent people here, 1
think I may safely atlirm that there is
not so wretched a community on the
globe as that of a great part ol Ireland,
llow, indeed, can it be otherwise ? All
the land* in this island belong to rich
proprietors, w ho live out of the king
dom, and spend abroad all that they
can scrape from the soil. What else
than poverty can he the lot of a coun
try thus situated/ And when you ex
amine the subject more in detail, you
find things still worse than, from a gen
eral statement, could have been imag
ined.
Many of the proprietors employ
agents who reside in England, and lei
the lands to subagents called land
pirates, or middle-men, who monopo
lize the soil, and exact what is called
rack-rent from the peasants. Nor is
rack-rent the most serious burthen
which this devoted people have to
bear. Every tenth part of the produce
of the soil is wrested from them by
| f he ministers of the church of England,
in whose religion they do not believe ;
while they are still obliged to support
their own ministers, in whom they do
believe.
What can five millions of people,
thus situated, do? Watched by a
military of 24,000 men, hunted, shot,
and gibbeted, if they do not silently
and quietly submit to the grinding heel
of oppression; despised on account of
their faith; even the protestants of
their own country, who know and ac
knowledge the oppression of the gov
ernment, are still reconciled to that
government and its oppression, be
cause directed against hated papacy ;
deserted by their rich and powerful
countrymen, who should protect thcm;j
and their men of talents converted into
traitors and abettors of the govern
ment, by that “universal solvent,”
British go Id! What, I say, can five
millions of people thus situated, do ?
Cl_11 J_ _ _a 1* ’ -
onaii mey turn proiesiamsr it is a
gainst human nature to embrace the
faith of those we hate—to adopt the
religion of tho«e, who, to our fathers
and ourselves, have ever held the rela
tion of oppressors. Shall they peti
tion ? petitions are unheard. What,
again, shall they do ? I hesitate not to
say that rebellion is the duty of Ireland,
as soon as there is the least chance
that they can so far succeed as to ob
tain entire religious freedom, and such
provision as shall make their country
a desirable residence to the rich, and
not a degraded, scorned province.
That things arc strongly tending to
a great change in Ireland, I cannot
doubt. The subject of tithes in En
gland, notwithstanding the clergy in
sist that they are of divine ordination,
and the Quarterly Review maintains
that they are only a part of the rent
of land, the clergy being co-proprie
tors with the landlord, is one which
excites extensive disapprobation.
With respect to Ireland, the system of
tithes is felt to be still more liable to
reprehension. That so poor a people
should be obliged to pay 40,000 dol
lars a year, (which is stated to he the
average of Irish benefices to ecclesi
astics,) many of whom, instead of liv
ing among the people, and ministering[
to their spiritual and temporal welfare,
betr 'e themselves to the fashionable
plea ires of Bath and Cheltenham,
heedless of their duty, and careless!
that they are revelling on wealth
w rung out by blood, is a thing certain
ly not to be praised. But that the
free Episcopalians in Ireland, not
amounting to more than one tenth of
the population fhould be the Estab
lished Church, and tithe the rest for its
support, begins to be considered in
these days of growing light and tolera
tion too monstrous to be defended.
Add to this another consideration that
the Catholics are rapidly increasing—
that they are growing more deeply
conscious of their rights—more set
tled in their desires of redress—and
you glance at my reasons for sup
posing a change must ere long take
place in Ireland, either by concession!
or force.
BY T1 IE MAILS.
DISTRESSING FIRE ~
Kennebunk Gazette Office, f
0, a. \
This morning betweeu die hours of 12 and
1 o'clock, the inhabitants of tins village were
aroused from their slumbers by the alarming
cry of lire, which was found to have origina
ted in the building owned by Mr. John II
Bartlett, one part of which was occupied b\
him as a dwelling house, and the other by
William Bartlett, as a bake-house, in which
part it is supposed the fire was first communi
cated, but how or in what manner cannot be
ascertained, as the flames had made considera
ble progress before the discovery. Contigu
ous to this building on one side was the dwell
ling house of Mr. Palmer Walker, which to
gether with the out buildings, was entirelv
[consumed. On the other side was the cab
inet shop of Mr. Daniel Hod «Jon, and adja
cent to this the large brick buildiog, owned
| by John U. Parsons Esq. and occupied by the
firm of Greeoough. Bodweli At Co. as a dry
iGoods and grocery stare—Next to this tbe
i ‘•tore occupied b> *1 r. Owen Burnham, for
! the same purpose. All of which fell a prey
to the devouring element, betides a Black
j smith's shop, situated in the rear.belongmg to
Mr. Elisha Cbadbourn, arid several barns,
[Ate. ate.
In consequence of the rapid progress of tbe
flames, nothing of much value was saved from
jeitbcr of the dwelling house*—From the
stores, a large proportion of the dry goods,
I and some of the heavier articles were preser
ved.— The people with great alacrity,repaired
■ to tbe scene of conflagration, and through
[great exertions rescued many other buildings.
! which were threatened with destruction, and
were frequently on fire. Much praise is due
to Uie ladies, who very promptly afforded the
[needed assistance, in tbe preservation of tbe
; goods, and m forming the line for the convey
ance of water. Every tfc-ng was exceeding
i tj drJ, »od the buildings were io a verv sbcrl
I
space of time reduced to ahes.—The extent
of the los*. can hardly b.- lonyciiired. It
may tie estimated from IS to ft),000 dollar*
The number of buildings destroyed were iw.«
‘writing houses, two stores, one C'jhroetma
tier’s *l»op, one Blacksmith's do. two barn*,
and one store bouse, in all nine buildings.
North .4 bo id.—Several gentlemen bate ar
rived in town this week fiom New Orleans.
Mobile, and Blakely, by the way of Pittsburgh
and Like Krie. Those from the first men
tioned places ascended the Mienissipp*; and
fbo«e from Alabama travelled In I nd to
Nashville, Tsminwr; tl.euco descended ih,
( umherland river, and procce-.led up the Ohio
to Pittsburgh by steamboat*. From the laf-1
H r place they passed in stages to Detroit,
where they embarked in the elegant steam
boat Superior, ('apt. Hunker, for BulT.ilo;
thence by the F.ne Canal to Albanv, and
down the Hudson to this City. They mention
the interesting fact, that one third of the pas
sengers in the steam boat Superior were from
tlie Gull of Mexico, preferring this new route
from the South to the North, as being tlie
cheapest! the most comfortable, ami by far
the most pleasant.—.V Y. Statesman.
AGRICULTURAL JUBH.EE
-VVir //arm, (Cmnrdtcxl,) July 27.
On Tuesday, the 20th inst. agreeable to a
notice given in tins paper, the gr«at meadow,
belonging to Major James Bishop of Wafer
town. was mowed, on an experimental plan,
combining the gratifications of social life and
neighbourly affection with utility and im
provement, which promises to be a precedent
worthy of imitation. On that and the two
succeeding days, nearly one hundred ton.» of
hay, apd four acres of rye, was cut, dried,
carted, and housed in fiye barns—and not
withstanding the frequent showers that in
tervened, the whole was secured in good or
der, and without the recurrence of any acci
dent worthy of note. This work was per
formed by upwards of one hundred labourers,
under the direef ion of proper managers, con
sisting of gentlemen of all classes in the vi.
cinitv, most of whom volunteered their ser
vices, and were amply rewarded by a full par- j
ticipation in the labors and honors of the in-1
bilee. We have been favored with the fol-j
lowing account of this experiment, from a)
friend at Watertown, dated Friday morning, j
23J inst. which we have no doubt will be in-.
terestiog to every friend of Agricultural im-!
provement .—Herald.
“ The meadow, which contains fifty acres.'
is situated Fast of Rishop's Hotel, upon the
turnpike—4 acres in rye—the remainder in j
gr»s«. nonce given in vmir paper, and a |
general verbal invitation, the laborers began
to assemble in good season, on Tuesday morn-j -
ing, and as they came in were paraded in j
squads, 8 to 12 mowers in each squad, under i
a proper manager, and were marched to the
sound of the drum and fife, with a French ,
born and bugle, to the meadow—the mower-1
being followed in proper order by those w|io|
spread out the hay. The number of laborers,
volunteered and hired, was from 120 to lofl. ]
A piece of the meadow had been previously ?
mown, and the grass removed, upon which a!'
l>ooth had been erected, where the tables *
were placed. This booth or tent was head- ®
quarters. Here the laborers din'd and sup- ^
ped, and here the stores of good tilings for re- f
freshment, which were plentiful and well <
chosen, were deposited. Proper persons drew
the supplies, with which the laborers were f
furnished as they were needed.
“ At half past 10, and at 4 o’clock, the whole
party assembled at the call of the music, at |
the booth, and partook of a rathtr of the good i
things prepared. At noon, one hundred per- \
sons sat down to a hearty and sumptuous dm- '
ner at once. At a little after 3, the pe was 1
harvested and the grass cut; and at the time 1
of the sbawer, Gve o'clock, about fifteen him- ,
dred cocks were erected. The whole number i
of cocks was about 3,000, and the number of :
loads of bay about 160. 7 be hired laborers 1
were pail their wages in specie, under the ‘
awning of the tent, and of course before leav- 1
ing the ground.
“ Major B. was perfectly at home in the
management of the Jubilee. No men were i
ever more attentive to their work, or did 1
more of it, or did it better. No noise—no
disturbance—of every thing there was enough,
and in perfect order.—Every one was pleased
and satisfied, and at the close of each day’s
labor, retired in harmony and peace. Occa
sionally, the ladies and gentlemen spectators
were to be seen upon the hills around the
meadow, and a ball on Thursday evening clos
ed the scene. Upon the whole, we have
seen nothing in this part of the country so
well conducted—nothing in which so much
hilarity was enjoyed, or in which every one
concerned participated more cheerfully and
agreeably.’’
From tht DelavMrt GazttU of the 57Ih intt.
An Atrful 1 mtition —On Friday atterooon
last, between 3 and 4 o’clock, we were visited
with a shower of rain, accompanied with thun
der and lightning, winch struck the house of
Mrs. Smith, the widow of the late Dr. Eben
ezer Smith.
The column of electric fluid appean to hare
first struck the top of the chimney, whence it
passed, in different directions, through tlie
back part of the house, shivering to pieces the
window and door frames, and separating the
plastering from the ceiling and tlie walls in
its course. Miss Eliza Smith, the second
daughter, an amiable and much esteemed
young lady, who was sitting near a window in
the third story, was struck, and instantly kil
led, the column having first entered her breast,
and passed down the abdomen and leg, until
it came in contact with a stool upon which
her foot rested, which was shivered to atoms,
in the room immediately below, where Mr*
-smith was, a table was overturned, the draw
ers all started from a bureau, and herself
prostrated oo the floor l y the shock, but hav
ing succeeded in getting near to a window
winch was hoisted, she soon recovered. Ma
ria, tlie eldest daughter, who was to the kitch
en, was also considerably injured, suffering,
for s lime, excruciating pain, bet was restor
ed by tlie use of an anodyne. The column
appears to have passed down the chimney
near which she and another person was stan
ding, the sound of which they state to have
resembled Mi t of steami swing from a spout
We have not been to essirtme the
bet understand that it » •xcemsveli sbette**
ml.
In view of this Incident, we are M to •*'
claim, who can stand before the terrors *f
the Atnughty t U tien be decks htmaalf with
clouds, rules mi the wing*, of the wind, and
•rise* his flaming I Wader-bolts, who will not
tremble ? Elis* S-.ith, wan in ibr enjoyna—t
of as much beaith. ami sitting, apparently, as
secure as the rr*t ot us. but m a moment—m
lb* twinkling of an eye, the arms of death
embraced her, without tier bring sen»*bl#
from whence proceeded the cause of the
change ! And t« it a chance which happened
unto us? or i* there a Power above, which
point* die arrow* of death, and raises and sub
due* the sturm? If any doubts, let him loth
and be astonished at his incredulity.
* Bosvon, Aug. t.
wm Jimmtmm.-W» learn from a gen*
tleoian lately returned from an uxcurtton to
the White Mountains, that Mr. Ethan Craw
ford had pr nded a tmrque to be place.i on
j (hr top of Mount Washington, and that before
this time it is ntidoub'edly placed there, for
(he accommodation of llte visitors disposed to
lodge on the top of the Mountaio. We learn
from the same gentleman, that a stage runs
every Thursday and Saturday from Portland,
to Conway, and that from tbc latter place,
Mr. A Idiot, a proprietor of the stage, will at
any time furnish the means of conveyance to
the Mountain, a distance of a little more than
30 miles, through the valley of tbc Saco river.
THdrtttmg Carnally.—In the town of Attle
borough, last week, a girl, about 12 years of
age, was returning home from school, b- t rec
ollecting something which she wanted and
had left at the school house, went back with
the view of obtaining it, and finding (be door
fastened, she. It is supposed, shoved up the win-*
dow. with the intention ofgetting in that way.
The child not returning as usual from school,
the mother went in search of her, when,
shocking to telate, she discovered the lifeless
body of her child, suspended by the neck,
from the school house window. It is supposed
the child jumped from the ground to get in at
the window, and at the same moment the win
dow sash full and caught her by the neck—
her feet just clearing the ground, and conse
quently she had no power to extricate herself.
Perhaps a knowledge of the manner in which
this child lost her life, would have a beneficial
effect, as it is not a thing of very uncommon
occurrence for grown persons to attempt the
like, and even they, under such circntnstanccs,
would tiave no power to extricate themselves.
Bat. Oat
MARINE.
riRT OF
t::POR TLJND:: i
ARRIVAL*.
MONDAY— SI. Shepherdess. Levitt, Beverly.
TUESDAY—Sch. Pulley and Nancy, Osgood,
lewburvport, for Kenncbeck ; tl. Boston Packet.
■ unnisoo, Portsmouth, wait, to Wm. J Quincy and
1°. ; *ch. Recover. SafTord, Bona vista, 30. «alt,
oat skint, bide*, leopard skins, and specie, to Jo
eph Johnson. July 19, lat. 26. Ion. S9, spoke brig
'ictory, Wise, of Boston, 16 day* from New Yo.k,
ar La'uira. Signal fur a bug, supposed to be the
Min, Gardner, from New York.
CLEARED—Brig Reaper, Prince, for Barbadoes.
yT. Merrill.
i.artport. 26(A July.
On Sunday afternoon last, the schooners ffein
eer. Ruby and Friend, belonging to this place aad
,ubee. ha.! been fishing in the hay—went into a
laibotir at Grand Manan, for a supply of wood and
rater, which they obtained and were drifting not
if the harbour yesterday morning , when they weir
marked by two barge* from the British brig Done
ell—one commanded by the sailing master, the
uber by a midshipman. Wlien after treating ti e
rews in a most insolent manner, they took po«s*».
>on nf the R» indeer *nd Ruby, and made sail fo
it. Andrew*. Information was early obtained „l
his place and tarhec. when one vessel wes imme*
Irately fitted out from each place completely arm
'd, and they in a few hour* returned, having su<
eedtd in recapturing lire Reindeer and Ruby with
tut difficulty.
We think the treatment ear vessels receive,
md more particularly such gross violations of
he treaty, calls loudly on our government for
wdrett.
vessel* s voice*.
July 28th, lat 39, 20, Ion 74, 20, Hercules, of
Rath, for Philadelphia.-28th. off Sandy Ilm,i
Palafox, Havana, fur Bath. .-. I?tb. brig Fero\
18 hoas fiota GoWSnes, for Kennebuak.
ffctT i*diks.
At St Pierre* July II, l>o. MoHH, Krone W,
Eastern Star, Hondiette, Bath; Magnet. String*
Hampden next d*y.—At Aquin July f, F.\}7„1
seih, Hallowell 10 ; Sahat, of Well*, just ar.—__
The Elizabeth, for Bath, left Rum Key July ty_
-The Seneca, Gray, for Russia, sailed from Fay.
il June ft —-B.ig Telegraph, Blanchard, tailed
from Si. Thomas 9th alt. for St. Croix.-.—.SeiM
From Rum Key 17th aslt. brig Enterprise, of H,i
owell, for Rath,-The William, Now*'!. „ „
ready for sea. at Port aa Prince July 10__Tjw
Mary Ann. Newton, from Norfolk, ar. at Bn-Tadiii L
June’ 23, and proceeded for Trinidad. —.ti-,.
From St. Thoma* July 8, Jane. Utley. St. €:ui* ,r<1
Boston. —At Rio de la Hache July g, Mary Am,
Walker, for St. Thon as-At Aux Caret Jalr
II, Orion, N. York 7 ; Do, Boston 21. 1
domestic.
Ar. at Chatleooo lift. Arringdoo. Flaw*. n»tL
20; Syaraa, Delano, Baltimore. Cl. Jatp«.
Cranker. Liverpool.-The Golconda. Batjl.'
for Boftoo. left Rew York tSth.-In the mad,
F actor, Knight Portland, lft",. At City
ISib, Richmond and Catherine. Adam.--Sailed
from Ale land ria 35th. Cere*, Blanchard. Araate
dam-Cl. at Philadelphia ttth, Samuel tr*
John, Lincolnv tile. Ar. Atlantic. Coraon, Braton
——At. at Rear York 30th, Joseph, Millifc*.’
Phi'adeiphia ; Ruth, Parker, of Bath, St. Cm,a |« '
Eugene, Dorr, of Hatkmell, Raw Orleant 30 ;
ray. Bath ; Ann Maria. Riley, of Bath, Bah.t»©,»
Adr. Joseph, MiUikett, for Salem. Ar. 3t«, Cob"
cordia, Bailey. Rear Orleans 80. Ct Cam,
ner. Portland-Ar. at Holmes' Hot* J«u
Rising Son, St. John, R. B for R. York.--kL. 1
Fait Play. Kennebec, for Praridence ; Lydia, a
Ywk, for Frankfort; Bottm, fms p
Buck*'.«rt; Polly. Saco, ter Prasideore ; kg.'
Brother*. Ba'h, do. —— Ar. at Providence s.J
Dime, Buc»*jte»i j Beit.mkCot.no -.-.At Vl»
ren. Betray And Two Snarers. Snco—--~Af ’.1
Boston 2dpl>e'm Belcher. Augusta,; Sea P-cm,
do ; VsaCry. hm»; St- le*«, Tilde*, St. The**.,!
'ailed Ar%o. of Rorfh Yarmouth. Frode rick stm-i '
Lropsrd, i'reechmn* * Bay.——An at Kewb©*
jortlrt. P.eetow*. Calais . Bally and Comment!*
We’l.; Tran. Ywk-At. at Porumnath 3S*
t.oroeliM, MtDlhs. R or folk. •
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