The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-11-17
ed from the southwark to the northwaid-
and vice versa maryland Censor.

/ AUTUMN-A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
"The withered frame-the ruined mind
The wreck by passion left behind
The shrivelled scroll-the scattered leaf
Scared by the Autumn's blast Of grief.''
Every where are to be seen the prepare
lions for winter; there is one place where we
fear they are too often forgotten-in the heart.
In our fsuratiye Autumn we forget that life is
soon to cease; we are Indifferent about our
preparations for the winter of death. We
hear the blast Of Time bowling around our
heads, and crushing our glories in the dust,
but re attend not to its warning voice, nor
lake counsel how soon this cumberous coil Of
mortality is 10 be shufled OF.
Hyirohtobia among the Foxes We have
seen several gentlemen from the North
ern Neck, (between the rivers Pctomsc
and RapPahannock) WHO state thar the by
dtopaobla exists at presentsto the most a.
farming degree amoDgahe Foxes. In the
county of Northumberland upwards Of for
~ persons have been bitten, who have been
sent to the stone, A most remarkable
circumstances attends the mslaoy, which is,
that the afflicted animal, in place Of avoid
inc the human species, Immediately makes
towards them, and even enters houses III
the middle Of the day. We have seen one
gentlemen who states that Fox entereda
house yard in his presence, notwithstan-
ding there were several dogs, and that The
dogs instead Of attacking The animal, i'm
media.eiy retired exhibiting great signs Of
fear. On another occasion 8 Fox made to-
wards boy who was walking along the
road The latter to avoid him, leaped into
Wagon which was passing, but the Fox
pursued and biz him in several places.
Much injury has likewise been done 10 the
cattle and, We are informed that the great
est uneasness exists among the inhab.
tants. on account Of this singular and c1
traoidinary nalady PEI. Incl.
LONDON, SEPT. 8.
Icters5fmg Nsws, j{Fzr tie Polar Expedi-
ton.
AT length the official dispatches from
the lhips employed on the dilcovery Of
the north west paf lge have been receiv-
ed, and we underaand are mott fatisfac-
cory. They are dated July IS, at rhlch
time the IfabeIla and the alexander were
10 lar. 75 deg. 90 min. N. long 90 deg.
90 min. W. well over 10 the American
coat, the weather ferene and perfectly
clear. The variation of the compass, by
accurate observations repeatedly made on
board both fhips, was So deg. end the
dip ga deg. 60 min. which led them to
conclude, thar they were approaching.
very nearly 70 the magnetic pole. Il had
been perfectly calm the fea was smooth
as glass for three or four days, and the
current drifted to the south eastward.
which raised their hopes of an open PAT
sage round The point of America, from
which quarter it proceeds. All the way
up the middle of Davis Straits they
ikirted an unbroken field of ice on the
left, bur as they proceeded it became
thinner and apparently rotten, and they
were fanguine that the moment the
breeze fPrung up, the ice to The west
ward would open to them panage, and
allow them to reach the northern flores
of America. The utmost harmony pre-
vailed among the officers and every part
of the fhip's company, and all were in
perfect health. such isthe fubifance Of
the accounts which We have been able to
learn.
There is abundance Of private letters
to the friends and relations of those who
have embarked in this most important
and interesting enterprise. The follow
ing is an extract of one