Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1818-02-03


that State.
Louisiana is stated to have been purchased by
our government for less than 8 cents an acre.
meteor of uncommon briIliancy passed over the
city of New ork at 10 O'Clock on Sunday night
the 18th ut.
There are thirteen newspapers published in YER
| mont; 5 federal, Z democratic, aud one religious.
-in Ohio, Il newspapers.-in New Hampshire 8.
There is county in Georgia called Liberty, in
which The whole number of inhabitants is COCO,
1000 OF whom are Slares.
The mail stage between New~York and Pha-
! delpha is provided with guard well armed
| A family Of emigrants in Tennessee lately en-.
camped beneath q large tree, which fell upon them
and killed OF IL outright, besides severely woun.
/ ding others, one Of whom died.
! Fire.-On Saturday morning last, fire broke
out in the building belonging TO Phillips Academy
| in Andover, Mass. which was entirely consumed.
A principal part Of the Academy Library was
! preserved-though some of the most valuable vol.
| umes were lost.
In Congress, the cause Of the Old Continentals,
the glory of the country, meets with favour These
veterans at the close of The war, were driven out
OF the half pay that had been promised them by
Congress and what they got in its stead deprecated
10 2s6 10 the pound The survivors certainly de
serve some consideration from their country.
Salem Gag.
| 15lother cold Friday.-In this town the mercury
| in Farenheits Thermometer, on Friday last, was
IL degrees below Zero and continued SO pretty
much through the day-~ln the night the harbour
freze over a. far down as Stanford's Ledge, tie
red buov. 1t is said 10 have been the coolest day,
throughout that has been experienced in this town
for three years-We have heard of several instan-
ces of PEI sons freezing themselves very badly. On
| Saturday. the Mercury rose to 10 degrees below
| zero.
At Portsmouth, N. III the mercury stood, on the
morning of Friday. IL degrees below zero, but
moderated considerably during the day
Our columns Of to-day will be found again
to be principally occupied with the proceed
ings of the national and state legislatures.
The business which now engross the atten-
ton ofthose two bodies, having been natured,
has become highly INTERESTINGLY recur-
renee TO the proceedings of the legislature of
this Commonwealth, it will be seen that while
the question for sugmentng the Governors
salary was under consideration, clustering
| ignoralnous from the county of BERKSHIRE,
who is probably about as useful in the sphere
/ in which be moves as the Efthwheel of coach,
| has undertaken TO vent his spleen upon this
/ part ofthe country-which he terms /" the in
/ hospitable regions of the Province of Maine"
The people ofwhch he seems ohave imagined,
. were all in a state OF starvation" The
shafts OF his malice fall harmless at his feet
and he is in no other respect worthy of notice
than merely TO be held up for the finger Of
scorn 10 point at.
In the decision of important political, and
other questions, the vote of large majority
is frequently considered as indicative of right
On this point French writer has thus hap
PLY expressed himself -
" A hundred common understandings &C
quire no additional force by their being uni
ted. They have certain degree of penetra-
ton, and beyond that they never go. A
hundred men together, combating one man
who is greatly their superior, are no stronger
than each of them separately would be found
in the same contest. The agreeing opinions
of hundred individuals are Of no weight, in
comparison of one opinion that is vigorous and
enlightened"
Good.-A Resolution is now before the
Legislature Of Pennsylvonia, for the appoint
ment OF committee, 9 to enquire into the
expediency Of approprating certain sum of
money for the purchase of BIBLES without
comment, TO be distributed among the poor
and necessitous of the commonwealth, and
that they make a report accordingly"
Non-resident's Attend.
Those Non-residents who have had lands
sold in this state for the United States Direct
Fax for 1914, are notified that the time for
redemption is nearly expired.
| The Trustees of the Massachusetts Society
for the promotion Of Agriculture. &c. have
ordered a cattle show on the 18th and 14th
October next, al Brighton, and have publish
ed in the Boston Centinel the PREMIUMS for
the best of each head of cattle, as well as for