Misi kklam:oi s.
from the I'ortsmouih N. U. C'cntincl.
‘‘A MAP OF HUSV LIFE.”
P/inters,—I hn^(• taken the
JoiJMiuI a luinilKT ol’vt'ars, aiul bt one
»»t’those V lio wish to preserve the rerorcl
i)f the tinu“s, I re(|iiest you to consider
jne in fiilure a suhscril)er for tiro {•o|)ies.
Allhoiij;lv 1 connot very Avell ailord this
rx])ense, yet I \\iliin^;ly iiu iir it rather
than deprive my noisl'hors ol the Unowl-
t'{li>e of news of the day. I’erhaps it may
anmse vou to iiave a slight history ol rny
pap«*r. after ii is left at my door. It is
surely a \ery pleasant thiii.u; to see with
what avidity a newspaper is souj^ht al
ter, atul how' niiu'h inlornuitioii is ini|)ar-
tcd to a whole neighborhood by a sinijle
sheet.
One of my Rood neic>,hhnrs, who is
highly respected for his statulins; in so
ciety, and 'who deser\es the liberal in
come he receives, itnd to whom I am
j'reatly indebted fo" a verl»al account ol
passii/i^ events, 1 feel proud in afVordinit^
•weekly, at so cheap a rate, an intellectu-
id rej)*asl w hich is more indispensable to
him than his breakfast; And w hat would
liis inielli^'-ent and amiable family lo
v’iihout Home newspapers .^ W!ia: sort
ol'an appearance would hischildrcn make
ill the world, if they grow up without
«‘vor seeing; one : Rather than //ici/ should
live in such f>;olh-like ijjnoraiue, 1 would
villiiii^ly sul>scril)c even for a t/nrdco\n'.
After this family have comj)leied the
perusal, (which they kindly give imine-
tliate attention to before breakfast on
Saturday) there were formerly about half
a dozen others in w ailing. This occasion
ed some confusion on my part, and many
liard thoughts from those who were com
pelled to wait. To remedy this e\il, 1
jjroposed that they should U*a\e a list of
their nanies, (some ol which I should
]ierhajrs otherw ise not have kriown^) Hiul
they might ha>e the use of it in regular
rotation. This plan succeeded-eo well,
that till recently I have not heard any
xomplaints ; each one, froni long usage,
knows his turn so well, an the time oc
cupied by him who has the previous pe
rusal, that tht' sheet is not a minute iieg-
lectcd till it has gone the round. But
the neighborhood is now large, and of
course the list long. Of late, w'hen the
paper arrives to him who is so unfortu
nate as to fmd his name at the foot of the
list, 1 j.ometimcs feel ashamed to hear
his complaints, that the paper is illegible^
that 1 had allowed so many names upon
the Hst, that it was an old affair before
it got round ; and that as one of the ori
ginal list, he ])roiested against having
inorc than twelve names upon it. My
only refuge to keep him in humor is, to
remkid hififi it is his first turn next timel
Now, Sirs, in that I may better accom
modate my kind neighbors, and give jiiy
wife and children some chance to see the
news of the week, an be able to place a
newspaper on file that is not quite illegi
ble, I recjuest • ou to send me hereafter
t-vvo copies of the Journal.
IVil/i much rcqardy Sirs,
1 am, in phUauthropy,
ONE WHO LOVLb TO BE MIIGHBORLY.
Bhtt Beard and his Castle.—The ruins of
tlie Chateau de la Verriere, on the banks
of theErdre, in the department of the
Ij^/ire livferieure, are, according to the
tradition of the neighboring peasantry,
those of the castle of the cek braied Blue
Board, the hero of the well known nurse-
rv lule. This formidable personage, w ho
is not allogothcr a mere creation of the
fancy, was C’riles de lletz, who lived in
the rt'ii>-n of C'harles \ 11. and was a vas
sal of John V. Duke ol liieta'gne.^ He
•was tried at Nantes on suspicion of hav
ing de?^troyed a numlier of children who
had been seen to enter the castle, and
were never heard oi alterwards. 1 he
l)odies of several were afterwards found,
he having c at\sed them to be put to deaih
to make use of their blood in writing
charms and forming incantations to raise
inlVrnal spirits ; by whose means he be
lieved, according to tlie horrible suj)er-
htiliou of the times, that buried treasuies
would be revealed to him. On his trial
he confessed l.lie most horiid acts of a-
trocitv, and was senlenced to be burnt a-
live ; bunhe Duke caused him to be
strani,ded befoi e lie w as tied to the slake.
'I’his execution took ]dace December
23th, l‘UO, and a detailed account of it
is still preserved in a MS. iiilhe atchivcs
of N auLcs.
'I'hr liUnd Horst.—A young nobleman
vas i.itely boasiiiu; of the superior at)ili-
tie^s o!' a fani*)iis blood horse he had re-
rently puiciiased, and ollcred to back
him al leai»iii;j; at^ainsl any horse in the
countrv. An oiild vnt ridicult d the idea,
atul sa«d he had a blind luinler that
.should hdjj onr ii hat the other would not.
A wai;er to no inconsiderable anxuinl
vus liu‘ cotisetjitcnre, and day and ])lace
ap])ointcd. The lime havini,^ arrived,
l)ol!i j)urlies ai)])eared on the ground wiih
tlicir nar;s ; w hen laying dow n a straw at
fionif* f'islunc.e, the cii.'d one pul his horse
fnrwarcl, and at the word ‘‘over,” the
Mind hunter made a fanious leap, while
neither whip nor s])Ur could induce the
Cither to rise at all. 'J’he w ager wascon-
seijuently lost by the Ijoaster, who learnt
to Ills cost, that in some insUtiK.es a blind
lioi'.c ma_\ uu liioiC lljiiu u young cuc ill
his iiiiL'. _
I’rom the lloslc.n Medical li.u-Hijfcnccr.
Mortality among the I'itshes.—The banks
of the Conestoga, in Pennsylvania, are at
presents lined with dead fish. In the
eastern states se.veral similar occurrences
have been noticed. Various speculations
have been enlered into as to the cause ol
this morlality among ihe finny tribe—the
late extraordinary liea.1, impurity of the
w ater, kc. 'I'hemost ralioiwl coKjecture
appears to be, tiiat fish as well as llesh,
is not immwrlal; that by a law of nature,
all llesh, fish, and fowl, are subject to
ilisease and death. \N’hen we can ac
count for the causes of death among men
—a subject of speculation most imme
diately under our observation-we may al-
teinpl lo analyse the nature of fishes,
atul the element in which they live, to
discover the cause which subjects lliem
lo dealh ; to ascA'rlain w hether a combi
nation (jf heat and moisture, acting upon
veg^jlabU; tnatter, produces epidemics,
or whether some itinerant sea-scrpenl
from the coral reefs of the iropics, brings
contagion in his scaFy hide, and spreads
disease and death among them. Ask
yourselves why so maT\y men die occa
sionally of the small pox liecause they
have not been vncvinuUd, you will reply ;
but u'hat i» the cause of the small par. P—
What is the cause of meazlcs, or hoop
ing-cough, of cholera infantum, cholera
morbus—of all the other aches and ills lo
which human nature is subject, and
w hich bring death into the world, and
fill our cemeteries wiih inhabitants ."—
Answ»‘r these (ju«'slions, and then seek
for the cause of niortalily among the
fishes.
Of all the follies into w-hich the human
mind has been led by vanity, there is
none equal to that of attempting to dis
cover the cause, for the j)ur|)ose of
counteracting the ell’ecl, of disease and
death. Philosophy may fimible ihe bow
els of ihe earth, analyse the air; subli
mate the n’.ineral and distil the vegeta
ble world, to discover the causes and
counteract the eilects of death, and yet
man “shall surely die.” This is proved
by ol>servaiion and history. The prc-
swit age boasts of more light and know
ledge, esj)ecially in medicine, than any
foi iiier one j and yet-man dies as ofien,
and disease prevails as universally, as at
any time since the death oi'A-ljei. The
conclusion is obvious : all things in na
ture are subject to nature’s laws, and un
til we can abrogate the laws of nature,
man, fish, and fowl, must be subject to
disease and death. We may palliate—
we may cure—an individual case; we
may sofien the pillow of the aching
head, and moisten the feverish lip ; we
may succeed, by petition, in getting the
tyrant to respite the sentence passed on
some paly victim ; but the tyrant w e can
not depose, nor can we wresi his sceptre
froiii him. He is commissioned by na
ture, his instructions are al>solute ainl
imperative, and wc must submit. There
fore if we would relieve the world -from
disease and death, we must conquer na
ture, and annul her laws—-a Quixotic at-
lempt, but one perfectly in character
with the .-.aempls of/y/ii/oAO/y/icrs to ascer
tain the cause, for the purpose of obviat
ing liie efiecls, of disease among men,
and ihc morlality among the fishes.
PYTIIAUOUAS.
True Politeness.—Politeness is a just
medium belween formality and rudeness:
it is in fact good nature regulated by
([uick discernment, which proportions
itself to every situation, and every char
acter ; it is a resiraint laid by reason and
benevolence on e\ery irregularity of tem
per, of appeiile and passion. It accom
modates Itself lo the fanatic laws of cus
tom and fashion, as’ long as they are not
inconsistent wiiii ihe higher-obligaiions
of \ irtue and religion.
To give erticacy and grace to polite
ness, ii must be accompanied with some
degree of taste as well as delicacy ; and
aliliough its foundation must be rooted
in the heart, it is not perfect w ithoul a
know ledge of the w orld.
In society it is the happy medium
which blends the most (iiscordant na
lures; il imj)oses silence on the hujua-
sious, ami inclines ihe most reserveil lo
furnish their share of conversation ; it
rejiresses the despicable, but common
ambili(jii of being the most prominent
character in the scene ; it increases the
genn al desire of being mutually agreea
ble ;*lakes off ihe olVensive edge of raille-
I y, and gives delicacy lo wit; ii preserves
sui)oidination, and ease wiih ])i-oprieiy ;
like other vuhialde tjitalilies, iis value is
besl esliinated when it is al^senl.
No grealness can awe il into servility,
no inlimucy cun sink il into a coarse fam
iliarity : to siiperioi s, ilis res|)ectlul free
dom : lo inferi(jrs. il is unassuming good
nalui'e : 1j ecjuais, e\ery thing ilial is
charming: siudying, anticipating, and
allending to all things, yet at the same
time ap[)arenily disengaged and care
less.
Jlnccdote.—A sailor having purcliased
some niedicine of a celebrated doctor,
demanded iJie price. ♦ hy,’ says ibe
doctor, *I cannol think of charging you
less than seven and six j)ence.’ ‘ \\'ell I’ll
tell you what,’ re|)lii’s the sailor, ‘lake
ofl'the orA/ and I’ll j)ay you the even.’
‘ \\('ll,’ returned the Doctor, * we wont
(|uarrel al)oul trifies.* 'I'he sailor Uid
down sixpence and was walking (;fV, when
ihedoctoi' i-eniinded him ol’his iiiistake—
‘No niisiukc ut ull, sir, six h tun und
seven odd all ihc world over, so 1 wish
you a good day.’ ‘Get vou gone,’ said
the doctor, ‘ I’ve made fourpence out of
you yet.’
(itMieral
I OIJKK.N.
FKOM Kl'HOPK.
A-sli]) from the oflice of the N. York
fawning Post, dated Sept. 10, contains
the following :
Jlolf past two o'clock.—A pilot boat has
just come up from the packet ship John
Wells, and has brought us our files of
Liverjiool papers to the lOih of Aug. in
clusive.
^^'e have only time to give the follow
ing cxiract from our correspondent’s let
ter :
Livf.kpool, Avc. 10.
The failure of an eminent commercial
house, in coseciuence of the great fall in
the price of cotton, and the fear that o-
ther houses may fail from the same cause,
have thrown a considerable degree of
gloom over the town, at the period cf the
departure of the John Wells.
By the arrival at Boston of the fast sail
ing j)ackel ship Amethyst, Captain Hus
sey, from Liverpool, paj>ers of that '])lace
lo the 1 ith and London papers lo the 9th
ult. have been received. We have made
a l)rief summary of the "most interesting
of their cotilents.—Serious consecjuences
appear to have ensued from the specula
ting mania which has raged in England
to such great exlent, as will be seen by
the annexed letter.
Kxtract of a letter from a highly respcctablc
hoiisi-, dated
LIrerpoitl, 10, 1825.
“ We regret to advise the failure of
two houses here, extensively engaged in
the American trade, and which has again
completely dam|)ed the Cotton market.
'I'he sales of the three da\s of
ibis w eek have been .■? tOO bales, but
ihc greatest portion were previous to.
the failures, and to-day very few sales
have been made.—-1500 bales of Ameri
can !otton, part of the stock of (>?ip of
the houses alluded to, are announced for
auction tw'o days hence, and in addition,
1000 Uplands are to be oflered by others.
We may quote nominally to-day, Up
lands from 84 to 1 I jd ; Orleans, 9 a 12 v j
Alabama, Mobile and Tennessee, 8 a
1 la. The import into the kingdom to ihe
5th inst. is 55 1,500 bale.s, against 396,000
bales in the same time last year. W'hcn
money is more ])lentiful and confidence
more restored, we may have a more reg
ular market, but at present, other artic
les, as well as Cotton, are aifected by the
distrust which prevails. The sUte of
business in Manchester also is very un-
favouraWe, similar cvents'being appre
hended there, and we hardly ever had to
notice so much commercial distress in
the American trade as we have seen of
late.
The King of France is said to be very
•melancholy,caused by his increasing deaf
ness and the embarrassment in which his
minister, Villele, finds himself involved.
'I’he opponents of the present ministry
speak of the appointment of a new one,
to be com|)Osed of all the heatls of the
anti-minislerial parties of both Cham
bers. A Hydra indeed •!
'I'he war tobacco-duty having been ne
glected to be renewed, the duly is now
only 3s. instead of 4s. per lb.
A bearded was seen from Brigh
ton on the first of August.
The Plague is raging furiously in Egypt.
Combinations of workmen become
more numerous and alarming in England.
Some of the T.ditors predict that the
combinations w ill j)roduce a Uevolution.
A gentleman having been advised to
speculate in the article of h»)ps, laid oui
;{0,000l. in that commodity which he re
sold for 210,0001.
'I’he (lebts of the first house that stop-
jiod payment in Liverpool in consequence
of the cotton speculation, amount to up
wards of 400,000 pounds sterling.
NKw YORK, SKi’TKMiiKU 1 T>.—I’hc pack
et ship Elorida, Captain' 'I'inkham, ar
rived here yesterday fiom Liverpool,
whence «he sailed on the I6lh August.
'I’he editors of the New York Daily Ad
vertiser have received their files of Lon
don papers lo the 12lh of that month,
Liverpool to the day of sailing, and aie
also indebted lo Cajilain 'I'inkham for a
file of the latest.
rilK f.RKFKS.
'I'he (Ireeks, according to our last ac
counts, had sufi’ered the loss of (!alamala
and 'i’ripolizza, b(‘sides a large extent of
country ravaged by iheir barbarous ene
my. S\ e arc happy tj learn however,
that a termination lias been put to the
progress of the I'.gyptians, at Napoli di
Kotiiania, where Ypsilanii made a bold
and successful resistance. '1 he 1‘oice of
Ibrahim Pacha amounted lo S'XiO infun-
iry and G or 700 cavalry, w hile the (ireek
garrison was very small. 'I'lu* battle con
tinued from 3 A. M. till « P. M. wfien
the Egyptians were obliged to return.
Il was beKuivcd that they would soon
be forced lo return by the want of pro
visions, as they had burned Argos and
ravageil the valleys of Mod(jn, Calamata,
and I.eonduri, as w«‘ll as ihe beautiful
plain in its vicinity, whic h wasiovered
wiih olive trees. Il was impossil)le for
him to undertake the seige of Napoli, as
they l):xugl.t neither camion, previsions
nor ammunition ; and If they had t emain-
ed a liiile time at their encamj)ment, the
(Greeks would have had time toculoff his
retreat by the defiles of Corinth or 'I'rip-
olizza. They therefore were obliged ''to
abandon their designs of seizing that for
tress, w'hich would have given them ex
tensive controul over the countiy, and
according to subsequent advices wei-e Ke-
turning the way they had come across
the Peloponnesus, by the way of I rip-
olizza,. pursued by the-(ireek guerillas.
Siill later accounts received at Paris
represent the condition of the Egyptians
as dangerous in the extreme. They had
sloped at Tripolizza on their return, a
ciiy nearly in the centre of the Morea,
where Colocotroni was concentrating his
force amounting already to about 20,000
men, and would iu all probabillity soon
execute vengeance on the barbarous :nva-
ders of his country. The most lively
inlerest was of course felt by the friends
of (ireecc in his success, and the next in
telligence looked for wiih the deepest
anxiety. The destruction of this Egyp
tian exi)cdiiion now appears inevitable ;
and as they have been uniformly unsuc
cessful this season at sea, we hope soon
to hear of the cainpaign terminating w ith
triumph to the ( Jreeks.
Verbal reports had been received at
l.eghorn on the 1 lih of August, of the
capture of H)rabim Pacha. 'I'he ac
counts were brought by the masters of
two vessels, one of whom had spoken a
(ireek man of war and i)een told that the
Turkish chief was carried to Hydra.
The other came from Cyprus, where ht»
said the rumour of his capture w as cur
rent.
Conspiracy at llayti.—Letters from Cape
Ilayti slate ihat a conspiracy had been
discovered which had been set on fool a-
mongst some of Chrisloj)her’s old (len-
erals. 'I’he discovery was made hs the
fashionables of the city were assembling
at a grand ball given in celebration of the
acknowledgment of their independence,
and excited much alarm. Nothing .Se
rious, however, occurred. The promi-
nenl characters in the conspiracy were
secured. One of them, a Gen. 'I’oussant,
shot himself. I^'or. Ifcr.
1)(>MKSTJC.
GKNKUAL LAFAYETTE.
The following beautiful description of
a very interesting incident is copied from
a letter to the Editor of the National
Journal, giving an account of a trip to
the Brandywine Frigate, in conipany
with (ien. Lafayette, 'i'he party hid
just left the (Jeneral, on their retttrn to
Washinton CitVjin the Steam boat Mount
Vernon:
*• When about ten miles from the
Brandywine, the clouds began to dis
perse from the west, and occasional
gleams from the now retiring sun broke
upon the misty atmosphere. In a mo
ment, there spanned the Heavens, in our
rear, a most beautiful and perfectly defin
ed bow. Its bases resting upon he Vir
ginia and Maryland shores, which are
seven miles apart at that place, exactly
upon a line with the Brandywine, she
directly, to our eye, beneath the cen
tre of the arch ! It was a spectacle more
lovely than I have language to give you
any adequate conception of. It was the
evening of the last day that Lafayette
was to be within our waters, and (as the
wind of this morning' makes pretiy cer
tain,) within sight of our shores. What
a finish did Ihe ek*ments make ! 'I’he
Sun himself emj)loyed as the great ariist
of the scene. 'I’he mists, and retiring,
and retired clouds, his materials. He
had but to dart forth his rays, and the
arch v.as perfect. It was destined to be
ihe last arch under which he was'to pass
in his beloved America. How superior
to all the rest. What a canopy, what a
glory ! But I will leave it for poetry
to refine upon ; or take, myself, a moment
of more leisure to attempt its better il
lustration.'”
The last wc hear of the lirandyvvine,
and her inestimable passenger, is by the
pilot, who left her at 3 o’clock P. M. on
I'.ir 9lli inst., nine miles without the Capes
of \'irginia,'with a fine breeze from ihe
north. All well.
WASHixr.Tov. SKIT. 20.—The Phksi-
nKNT, accompanied by his lady, niece,
and Mr. John Adams, Jr. will set out this
morning on his long conlemplated jour
ney, to Quincy. As the sole purpose of
Mr. Adams, in ibis journey, is lo per
form an act of filial reverence and duty,
and the lime which he can conveniently
spare from his official labours must ne
cessarily be slKjrt, we take it for granted
he will be anxious to reach the residence
of his veneral)le father wiih as little in
terruption and delay as possible. Un
der these circumstances, we have no
doubt that the most acce|>tai)le evidence
of respect and regard which his fellovv-
cilizi'ns on the road could offer him,
would be It) refrain frt>m any public dis
play of atienlions and civilities. In the
r-gular course of humati life, it can hard
ly Ije expected that Mr. Adams will have
another opportunity of visiling his aged
parent ; evei y hour, therefore, which he
can be permitted, on the jiresent occa
sion, to devote to him, must bring with
il a delight itifiniiely more grateful to
the feelings of an airectionale son, than
any jiublic homage v.hieb his friends
cuulil oiler him, yaf. Journal,
Extru'^rdinary exertions are making
in New-Vork,for celebrating in the most
imposing manner, the meeting of the
Atlantic and Erie seas,through the Grand
State Canal. The 20th October has been
assigned for the event, and it is propos
ed that a splendid celebration shall take
place on that day. A meeting has been
held in the City of New-York, to concert
measures for the, purpose, when it was
proposed to station cannon at short inter
vals from liufl’alo to Sandy Hook, so that
the entrance of the first boat from the
Lake into the Canal may be announced
throughout the State by one grand/cm de
joie. When the Boat enters the Hudson,
at Albany, it is proposed that she be re
ceived by a fleet of Steamboats, embra
cing all that ply upon the New-York wa
ters; and that she be escorted in triumph
to Sandy Hook, in full view of the brgad
ocean. It is supj)Osed that fifty Steam
boats will volunteer on the occasion, all
of which are to be superbly decorated
with flags, emblems and devices. On
entering the bay of New-York, opposite
Caijile Garden, the range of cannon ou
the liattery, and all the forts and armed
ships in tiie harbor are to welcome and
salute her with their united thunders,
mingled with the glad voices of sixty-
thousand freemen. Anl. Journal.
Melancholy Accident.—The N. York Mer
cantile Jdrertiser of 'I’hursday says, “yes
terday afternoon between three and four
o’clock, four of six new two story brick
houses on the south side of Reed street,
between (irecnvvhich and W’ashington
streets, tumbled down, and are now a
heap of ruins. The carpenters were at
work on the roof at the time, and had
nearly completed the board covering.—
They were precipitated among the ruins.
Hefore night, seven men were dug out,
six of whom were sent to the hospi
tal dreadfully mangled—the other man
was seriously but not dangerously in
jured. It was not known that there
were any other persons buried beneath
the ruins. We did not learn the names
of the master builders, nor what excuse
they can ofl’er for erecting buildings in so
frail a manner. 'I’hey will doubtless
have to bufl’er severely for their con
duct,”
THE LOST CHII.D.
‘r.uF.F.xsnfKGH,(i’A.) At G. 26.-Fifiv years
ago, Adam Nicely settled at the foot of
the Chesnut Hidge, Ligonier \'alley,
wheie he has coniinued to reside ever
since. Mr. Nicely is now more than
eighty years old. When he commenced
clearing this little spot of land in ihe
then wilderness, he had three or four
sprightly and interesting children, who
were * their father’s ho|)e and tlieir mo
ther’s joy.’—Not long after this period,
two of them, one evening left their lone
ly habitation for the purpose of gather
ing strawberries. 'I'hey were followed
by their little brother Jacob, w ithout the
knowledge or consent of their parents,
and who did not return with the other
childen—nor was he seen by them; 'I'he
alarm was immediately given and the
neighbourhood scoured, l)ut the search
proved ineffectual.—For two weeks, with
intense anxiety of mind, and feelings
that cannot be descril>ed, the unhappy
parents sought their darling little Jacob
in the wilderness—he could not be found.
It was at length concluded that he had
fallen a prey to the ruthle.ss panther.
Some time since, Mr. John Wolfe, a
young man who formerly resided in
Ligonier Valley, emigrated to the State
of Ohio. Having occasion to return
lately on a visit to his friends, he stated,
that during his travels he had becomc
accjuainieil with a white man near Fort
Seneca, who lived after the manner of
the Indians, and siaied that, when very
young he had been taken from his parents
in Ligonier Valley, by a party of Indians,
and had continued with them ever since.
When this information was communicat
ed to old Mr. Nicely, he concluded that
this man must be his son Jacob, who
had been lost so many years. Under
this impression, notwithstanding his age,
‘he made the necessary preparations to
visit him ; and succeeded in finding and
once more beholding his darling son.—
Jacob Nicely resided near Fort Seneca,
and though comparatively more civiliz
ed, still his habits and manners were not
dissimilar to those of the Indians who
surrounded him. And from the resem
blance of his features to those of the o-
ther members of his family—the lime and
manner of his capture—the recollection
of his name by himself along with other
circumstanceb—all conspired to convince
.Mr. Nicely that he is indeed his son.—
Thus it is that Providence has in his own
way, after many years, restored a lost
child to his affectionate parents, before
iheir gray hairs descend to the grave.—
Jacob Nicely is soon expected on a visit
lo his relatives.
Fifiy-tvvo houses were destroyed b>*
fire in the (Quebec suburb of Montreal,
on ihe 8lh inst. The number of persons
burnt out is JfiR, and the ground which
the flames ravaged extended to three a-
cies in length by two in breadth.
A curious fact—'I'he Hon. Mr. Plumer,
a Member of the 19th Congress, from
Pennsylvania, although but a little turned
of fiO years of age, is said to be the old
est man now living, horn tca'I of the JU!>-
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