The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-07-09

negroes have been arrested, three OF whom wcs'
servants in the family Of Gov. Benlett, and were
10 have been his murderers. The eldest ofthem
was TO have been the principal chief and leader,
when the government Of the whites should be
overthros7n; and as a reward for destroying hls
master, he was to receive in marriage the Gov
ernor's daughter, a young lady about IL years
of age.
! IL is said, on what authority we know not,
that the negroes were induced to undertake the
project from hearing repc Cd an ungtiartcd ex-
preston of an eminent Judge, who is reported
TO have said that a negro nad been illegally ex-
ecuted; and these ignorant = deuded wretches,
il seems, have thought proper to take the admin
istration Of Justice into their own hands
N Y. .4ner.
DELAWARE.
4 lottery is advertised in tkis state, for the
purpose Of drawing comfortable births in bury
ing ground :!
COLUMBIA.
MUNIFIcENCE.
Mr. Thomas Tracy, of Alexandra, has lately
bequeathed, for the use Of the Bible Society of
the District of Columbia, the sum of $500, and
residuary legacy estimated at $4,000.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Counterfeit Dollars and half dollars have late
iy been detected in this state.
1t is proposed at Philadelphia to send ship
load OF provisions from that city for the relief of
the suffering poor in Ireland.
NEW YORK.
A united Domestic Missionary Society, has
been formed at New-York. A meeting was
held on Wednesday last. 1t has in its service
90 Missionaries.
We have received as present, handsome
specimen ofStrawberries from the garden Of Mr..
Charles Oakley, of which the five largest meas
ured II inches in circumference, and we're of
the most delicious fayor.-E. Post
Genera, June lG.-A shocking accident hap
pened at Cashung on Saturday afternoon last.
rs two lads were hunting squirrels, oae passed
between them, when they were standing three
rods apart. One of them fired, and shot entered
the forehead the other, an inch and half a.
bove the right eye he did not fall until he saw
the blood flowing from the wound.
He was carried to Dr.Vanderburgh, who opened
the head in search of the shot, and after clearing
away the coagulatcd blood, found il had petorat-
ed the sbsll about the size of a small rifle ball,
and on introducing the probe, to utter as
tonishment we saw it sink, almost by its own
weight, five inches through the centre Of the
right lobe of the brain. A large piece of batter
ed lead was extracted, BY means of a small pair
slender bladed delicate fOrCeps. He complain
ed of very little pain, and had full possession of
his senses.
He has been much more comfortable since the
operation.
Among the sights exhibited on Independence
foy IN New York, we are told by the CONNER
cial Advertiser, was ga learned Pig, who can !
inform maids when they viii become wives, and
husbands when they will become
widowers. He is said to be as clever at figures !
as the Secretary Of the Treasury, and can actual
y tell when that great fnancier will be able TO
pay off the National debit
Eber Lewis, ofPenficld, aged 1O4 years, is tax |
ed this year for highway work Of two days. The !
Did gentleman means TO pay the tax by personal |
abour.