The Portland gazette., 1818-12-29

plough combines the powers of the wedge
and screw, requires less team, and most
effectually turns over the furrow. The share
Is OF cast iron, and attached TO the mould
board by screws. The beam is raised or low
cred at pleasue, also by means OF screw,
and the plough executes with greater de-
gree OF perfection, and more TO the ease Of
The ploughman as we'll as TO the team, than
the ploughs cornmonIy in USE"
otagRiar Occtsrrence.-It is stated in the
Boston papers, thst the coal in the hold of
she brig Epwtsl lsteIy arrirsa ii thar porx
rom Halifax, was discovered, as she was
entering the hafbor, TO have caught fire un-
der the cabin 6re place that the fire reach
ed and discharged bIundefbuss which was
loaded with four balls that one OF the balls
wounded a man in the cheek and that all
the balls passed through the cabin window.
The wound was not dangerous, and The FIRE
in the hold was extinguished without mate
rial damage.
From H2enos .4yres.-Our Baltimore
correspondent informs US of the arrival az
that port OF the schooner Ptatss6urgh, Capt.
Partlow, in 81 days from Buenos Ayres, &
communicates TO US the following extract
from the schooner's log book on her pas
sage from Buenos Ayres to Monteyideo -
: On the 29th OF August, at II A. M. saw
a ship on shore at Ensenda Spit, with sig
nals of distress flying, came to and boarded
her, she proved TO be the Spanish ship
Trinidad, Capt. Pedro Antonio Lorio, who
with nine other transports sailed from Ca
diz on first of May with $4,000 troops for
Lima. under convoy ofthe frigate Isabella,
stopped 8 days at the Canaries, and wheriI
in the lat. of n. ia calm, this and anotlr
er ship separated from the convoy, to Die
soethard of the Hae, the troops on board of
this ship rose on their officers, killed the
commander OF the troops, Brandrem, two
captains and two officers, in all eleven
gained the ship and brought her in here,
where she ran ashore the night previous,
With $50 souls on board-Capt. Partlow
afterwards learat that the troops had been
well received at Buenos Ayres, but that
only 36 had joined the seryice, a serieaAs
had been promoted TO hcutcnar.t, and was
appointed to command them who, il was
reported, bad been murdered by his own
party on his journey fran Buenos Ayres to,
ST, Jago."
Captain Partlov mentions, that affair.
on the Oriental remained nearly in the same
state as for the last six months fhe Por--
tuguese naval forces al Monte Video, con-
sisted Of one frigate, six sloops of war and
number OF small vessels. ss II
Calcutta papers received in New-York
intimate, that a formidable expedition was
preparing at Bombay to exterminaie the pi-
rates who have so long committed depreda-
tions in the Persian Gulf.
In the trials at Baltimore, MIR Karrick
| was convicted ofa misdemeanor, but an ar
rest Of judgment having been moved, and
granted by the Court, mole tsrosegni has
been entered on all other cases.
The world expect perfection in chris.
tian, and With great severity decide against
character which they do not understand
A herfect black may find fault with few
specks on zvhite mans skin"
Ertract Of letter dated 81. Louis, ,N. T
Nop. 5, 1918.
i will present the following statement
OF facts, closed with query, to be answer
ed in your next. There has been discov.
cred great number of graves, on the Mer-
rimack river, about Is miles west Of this
place. They are mostly found on smaller
and larger mounds, from ls inches to 4
fee, high the graves are from IL to "a in.
ches deep, in regular rows. The jubjects
were all buried on their right sides. with
their heads to the east. The coffin is made
OF a t at stone in the bottom, one on each
side, and at each end. Not one grave is
more than about 4 feet long, and we have in
the house a skeleton Of one containing a
complete set of the second teeth, which
measured only 90 inches from the head TO
the foot stone. Query-what race OF be-
ings were they, and how long do you sup
pose they have been buried ! Large trees
have grown over them,
Two lrishmen meeting in New-York.
shook hands under an impression that they
were once old friends and companions /; but
on observing they were mistaken, and that