Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-08-28
[ Wofe No. 500.

fheds, &c. were totally confirmed, together
with all his flock IN trade, tools a number of
iiniihed clocks, clock cafes and the barn full
of hay, graia, &c. &c. TO The amount of be-
tween five and fix thoufand dollars. -
TWO large barns, fLeds sc full of hay, grain,
and other propertyto alarge amount, belong
ing to Mr.. Robert Harris. and Handing near
the place where the fire fri broke our were
alfo entirely deitfoyed. The principal part Of
Major Chambers houiehold furniture was la.
ken from the houle after 1t was comfortably in
flames. Mr.. Harris's houle and fome Other
buildings, and the houfe of Mr.. Duftin aud Mr..
A5bor, were for fome time in imminent dan.
ger ; but by the esertions of the engine CON-
pany, and the people who had collected, they
were rreierved. The FIRE is iuppofed to have
caught from the forge or furnace in the back
part of Major Chambers lhop. II IL COM
forting reflection, that no lives were lolt no
perion materially wounded. A comfortable
number of the inhabitants of the town aIem-
bied at the court. houfe in the afternoon of the
next day, when liberal fubfcription was at
tanned for the benefit of Mai Chandler and !,
Is hoped the example will be followed by all
thoie who feel difpoled TO contribnle 10 the re-
lief Of the unfortunate.
"~<s4&s~a*~~~
From lie Rsla.o
JEFFERSON AND A FkENoHMAN.
!" II Yis~ Of tie srto,e Cyouus," or lznisum h
Pa.0o
In Volney's View of America, page
II, towards the bottom, we find two
ientences which contain a volume of
eaning.-Great men are bet learnt
BY )waN acts aud it would really be
difficult talk to feleet more char
aderiffic trait of Mr.. Jefferfon than
what we di(cover in this little !" ,,ie.v
y'fbe 1vbale ground" The information
the nature of it the fourcc whence
derived-the book where recorded.
the effed it had-all, all befpcak the
Jfey/Sn- all fcent of Ga,Ack. In
ihort. this is a complete little key to
the whole hiitory of the mans life
and more Especially of his admipiltra-
ton. Glorious profpeet. could he
but have climbed high enough to fee
it. But, alas during The qua," his
itreDgth failed him and he FAT down
with the itk airit of
He dreant his d,eens were real fm1--
He dreamt ,saiifss all d, ssns."
"On coming from Fredericktown
(fays VolneD" we equally fee moth
ing of the rich profped mentioned
in Mr. Jeterfon's Not-s.--On my
making this remark to that gentle
man a few days after, he infoi med
me, that be had bis deirript,oa fran a
French engine,r, who during the
war, had Attended the fummit of
the mountain and | can eaily con-
ceive lmark the charityl that from
Jacb an elevation in the ciouds1 the
profpe9 mult be noble in a wild
country, the view of which is uuin.
terruptcd." Glorious +" pis10 # The
qvhoie ground = If a man could but
climb a Frenchman's ladder, dance
cotillions on the fringe of cloud.
dip his pocket handkerchief in the
rainbow, and jump down again with.
out breaking his neck, he would re-
turn to earth true philosopher.
HE dreamt salt M,ustaia,in the air,
"Wnh rgdam Migh.y Bull Emhargos
lie bought but no one f1uzi tier fgf,e,
Bat r,gdam Mighty Duil En.osrsa."
F.cx sbe CbDlsf's Tusl,