Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-08-26

yarresl part, whiah y abeut ten OF BIT.
g.rt from his head. Ii isof dark
AVN. covered with large scales, which,
LEO lie IS in motion, appear rife with hie,
- angles with the line OF incuryalionl
g,rmedby his folds.
III. CANNON motion is undulatory, max |
i, curves perpendicular to the surface OF
,hs water, which has given rise 10 the &C
cam, Of lis presenting the appearance oil
accession Of casks strung together. The
/ s.xvfes Of lis body above, have alternate
.n.res ~ water betwhen them which have
.~rsresDonding depressed bends underneath.
serneniiue motion OF the hand up and
{ ,own will be an accurate indication of HE
..ovemen,. With amphibious snakes, the
i ,y;ndings on earth are perpendicular and in
- water arc parallel to the surface this
sr;,al has the vertical motion in the 70atsr.
81 makes very short, sudden and rapid
,arns. so that in bringing his head and tail
,s;,h;o few feet of each other, he resem-
49, n,ir &c ems Heis sometimes seen
I /, ses, With lis back out Of water; but the
relsrity oihis motion underneath the sur
49,. i mpcb grea shan when any par, of
4 lis body is exposed 10 view --L7'el.
lii $780,
d 7As Iaundatioa al fOrk-It is stated that
Il ven, ian yatds, Two taycrns, three stores,
80 hreweries, one candle add soap factory
enc whip factory, two nail factories, one
u iswellers shop and one coppefsmi'hs shop
nd several other buildings, in all FlFiY
'eEOUR BUILDINGS were DESTROYED.
MI is estimated that TWO hundred thousand
skdollars would not restore the people OF
aYork ard its Immediate vicinity TO their
isbwn again. Forlyive or fifty families
salost their furniture and clothing, and in
sasword, many people worth from one 10 Sew
In thousand dollars on Saturday morning,
Iasare now reduced TO poverty,
tn t#fa 81 --
nj HARRISBURG, Penn. AUG IL.
IL More rain fell IN this neighbourhood or
a4Ssturday than is recollected, in the same
aaspace of time, within the memory Of man.
NlaLe consequence is mill dams thrown
Il sdows, bridges, and fences swept off, and
lahgrca, injury to private property along our
b atreeks--l he Susquehanna was also much
d ABwelled -
Every bridge, on The road from PhiIadel-
smphia TO Baltimore by the Lancaster rout,
uhss been wholly destroyed or materially in
uajured, excepting that on the Susquehanna.
4a A boy was taken up alive at Hawkins
mPOn', (Balt. having foated on some pie
aases Of timber from The falls, and thus mi
preserved.
pr
sas BUFFALO, AUG. IL.
ne The Presidents T'our.-On Friday morn
iii Ang last, His Excellency, JAMES MoNRoE,
ii Resident Of the IT, States, accompanied by
Gen. Brown, arrived at Niagara, in the
uaL States sloop Jones, from Sacket's Harbor.
! ID pIer inspecting the works at the Fort, the
/ dfesident passed up the Niagara, and slept at
hmpdge Porter's, al the Falls. On Saturday,
Ivsi bout noon, His ExcelIency and Gen. Browa
w. Gre met below Black Rock, bya committee
|, : this village, who we're accompanied by
+. bnber OF citizens, and escorted our respect
Chief Magistrate through Main Street, to
: sfRndon's Tavern, an appropriate address was
shVered him by The committee, TO which the
-. ffsident made short extemporaneous reply.
~ number OF citizens were introduced TO the
Nsdent who after dining al Mr.. Landon's
NJ OK passage in the U. S. schr Porcupine,
y Aspi' Packet, accompanied by Commodore
!: Mtnter, for Detroit.
u 'lhe President, after visiting the city Of
aaArrolt, will proceed immedi ately TO the Seat
slpn bovernment, through Ohio, and Pennsyl-l
iaiSp'a having been already more than Two
pvpasnths from Washington.
uF aben. Brown met Mr.. Monroe at Pla ttsburg,
baSn will accompany him to Detroit. The
susl lnilemen attached to the Presidents suit
Twas nf up on the Canadian side of the Niagara.
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uM Law INTELLIGENCE.
TIE Court Of General Sessions of the !
ers 90 came on yesterday the trial of Fran
= e1sar', ads. The People. for libel on
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