The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-04-02
domestic Intelligence.

LOU lSlANA.
Steam Beet mars <It;o1 Of :Ic .NsSissirpi-Therc
arrived a New-0hrans from the 5Oth al December
asst 70 I'm January, IA steam boats from Va nous places
On inc western waters bringing upwards M 5000 bale
Of cotton. besides other arclesSomc u these steam
boats carry upwards of 1000 bales Of cotton.
Water Melons, weighing twenty pounds each were
oheIed Tor sale at Alexandria last Christmas day.
MISSOURI.
species az Wild Sheep have been found near the
sources ~ the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. whose
wool Is remarkably soft fine and delicate resembling
the hair OF the famous Cashmere goat
The Legislature of Missouri has repealed the Tax
Bachelors.
ALABAMA
\ valuable lead mine has been discovered III Ills
state 4 ''''S
Far.
Claiborne, FEB. ga Ere broke or, in the town
81 Columbus, Tuesday 18Th inst about O'Clock IN
me morning and continued until clock in The even
lns, which destroyed every building IN the town e.
cept the tenement and out houses ocruprd nv JnsenA
II. Howell. Esq.
RoBRERY.
The Huntsville Bank was robbed on the llth Feb
Of S5o30 while Ihe cashier aud clerk were eating their
breakfast
VIRGINIA
SHOCKING EFFFCrs OF I>rFMprRANcr.
Norfolk, .Narrh I2-Two white men vbn>e names
we iorboar to mention, (lecopimg the circumstance
only as warning 10 similarly dcluded characters
were taken up in The street on SATURDAY nioht nv ,b
watesl almost ~ litelCss state. ltaupearcd thai th,
mad land down, while IN state IL intuXicaon ana he-
COME ~ severely chilled u TX Oh tie vclgc N death
W. u discovered wv the watch
To the timely attention al the watch IL ul,cipe ,h
near fire. they ndeb ttd Tor being AZ inns ,7 i;
condition. 10 dctemlue henceioIth 10 depart ironl the
evil of their NAYS.
PENNSYLVANIA
l"o noN n packets ale tu be run between Phila-
jelpma ana London.
(. BILL with the following title has passed the Penn
sylvanIa House OF Representatives, in committee nj
the whole -
\ bin 10 improve the state and increase i, rorr-
lauon. and 70 accommodate the benehcence ~ pr1,i-
ucncc N spreading tile SuS4uchannah through the cen
nc and over the surface 81 halt OF the state ~
SOMETHING WoNprRFuL.
There was found, q feet under ground in York a
square piece oil heWn timber. This phenomenon was
discovered hy person who was engaged in dirrin- :
~ decide.
bill j proposed II the Legislature AZ Pennsvvan;,
Tor laying tax on Pleasure Carriages ], Is also mo-
posed 10 pass law TO authorize divorces in ali ca>S
M"'re ny band shall be guilty olelouy or other in
famous crime after maniage.
CONNECTICUT.
Inc inhabitants % This state seem IL NJ mach en
$50 ~ '"otANo'lns 70 mast internal Improvements
Canals are contemplated from New-li.vcu "a Fam, r
ton irom the Than 10 the line OF " orccs,er ON
N ~ Mass. and one f,om Norwich :Irou.h the CON.
1, OF NirluAu,.
PROFITABLE CRor
Samuel Church. " Feu'rton raised thr laSt se,s,
9c3 ~. q clover seed from aces II land H, serI
sold tor So, So cents
A PRopIcY.
lamb three or iour weeks oil Belonging IN III
Cocoon Bahhitt. al Wellington. bas ~ n,r.r r.-s
me SultNtn erarleS are somcN hat nearer thc t5,r
IMAM y hind legs
The persons accused ordiStuI6jn, the worslsDst ill.,