The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-12-04

Suspicious are entertained in Calcutta, that
the Nicobar Islands, (st the entrance olthe Gulf
OF Bengal,) arc inhab ted by gaEg Of pirates.
headed By Euglishmau, by the name of WIN.
Worthington, but called John, by the natives.
II was supposed ship had been recently cut of;
and attempts have been made to eutice others
into port. Many Of the boats which came OF
from Bempoks, TO an English ship, in Dec last,
contained old copper and nails, which they re-
ported to have taken from a ship bat had been
wrecked there-an cxorbitant price was asked
for these articles, and they said they could not
take less unless the ship came to anchor in port.
Boats likewise came of from Noncowry, con-
tanning old sheet copper, bolts and nails but
nothing was purchased, nor would the captain
enter any ofiheir harhours. One Of the boats
contained letter from Worthington, dated in
April, 1920, addressed to the commanders Of any
English vessels that might pass that way, stat
ing that he very poor and distressed an"
begging them to take him away-a favorable
answer was returned by Capt. Pearl, n the lndi-
ana who hove to, and RENAME inc hours,
ship came into the harbour and anchored, when
Re would supply her with every thing the Island
afforded-this was refused. Ia one OF the boats
was Portuguese looking man, dressed in the
European style.
In 1859, DR.. Hill addressed petition 70
David Garrrck, Esq il behalf Of the letter T.
"A H.
cling some words containing the letter /, as 1t
it were u in firm, virtue, S'c. The FOL
lowing admirable answer was given by MI. Y.
ID answer to the petition -
TO DR.. Hill upon his petition in favor Of
the letter 4 and others.
g Iftis true as you say that I've injured letter.
Pll change my notes soon, as hope for the bet
ter;
May the Just rights Of letters, as well as of men,
Hereafter be fixed by the tongue and the pen
Most lovely wish they may both have their
due,
Aud that may be never mistaken for w
The population Of Virginia, stands divided
thus, according to the new Census. Whites,
sos, O6O; Slaves, 425,l53 Free Blacks,
38 ,879 other pers ,ns, $50 total, l,O65.332;
presenting an increase Of so, ITO persons since
1910.
An instrument for copying drawings, sc eahea a.
Apograpn mas been invented by Mr. A. Smith OF the
Water OF Ayr Stone Mandatory tits SO constructed
that drawings Of any kind may be copied by u upon
paper copper OF any other substance capable Of re-
ceivng an impression upon a scale either extended.
rcduccd, or the same as the original.
The receipts into the treasury Of the Amer
can Education Society, in the year 1910, were
about S18,OOO--In 1920, about s 14ooO-In
1921, about 5 1000.
The theatre at Natchez was destroyed by fire
On the evening Of the 18th Of October.
Flour (says the Salem Gazette) Is lower and
lowcr-d5ugh faces of course very Plenty--tle
staff of life yields support to spectators, who
arc now very HIedty-mouthed.
st late fire in London, Coblcr, who had
saved nine-tenths Of Lis property, cried out that
lie had lost his AwL
At Philadelphia, Juror, who was a member
of the society of Friends, being allied upon to
sit in Judgment on a charge OF murder, prayed
the Court TO excuse him, inasmuCh as his con
science would not allow him to pronounce yer
dict q Guilty iR eng case, where Lat verdict
was % bc followed by the punishment uf Death
After argument, the Court oycrruled .lo objec
ton Of the Juror, and the Attorney for tAe Com
mOnwealth, and ordered tbs Juror to be affirm
ed.-The Juror, for the reason he had given,
refused to be affirmed, and the Court ordered
him to prison for "a hours