Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-20

pears to be q copy in miniature. Perchance the
Cpuy de Lion will encounter some second Sa-
ladn in the shape OF Tecumseh or keokucK,
whose tomahawk will prove of higher metal
even than the battle-axe of Richard. On! VINO
would not ioyfully join these worshippers of
C the Golden bible,n if it were only to become
the historiographer Of the rich treat which IS IN
nrosnect for the lovers of romance and adven-
! ture?-Ne1D York Star.
The Weather-A gentleman from Connectl-
cut informs us, that on Thursday morning last,
at Ridgefield the ground was covered with
snow; that, during the night, there was con-
siderable fall of sleet and the trees were pen
dant with icicles The ice in the ponds was
nearly of sufficient strength to bear the weight
of man. Indeed, every thing had more the
: appearance Of the middle of winter than the
middle Of May. The rye was SO Tar forward,
thatt is feared it has suffered much rom the
severity Of the weather.-N. Y Conn.,
The weather, for the few last days, has been
truly melancholy. Wednesday and Thursday
mornings of this week, the mercury sunk 10 the
freezing point Ice in exposed situations, was
| a quarter of an inch thick The early fruit has
turned black, and is dropping from the trees:
the tender vegetables are nearly all destroyed:
Whole field of rye which is now in the milk, Will
6 be materially injured; but wheat and barley are
not so forward as to be essentially affected The
,, ice carts presented yesterday morning sngu-
! lar appearance, by the glistening iccles hang
, ing to the carts an hour after sunrise
{ Sir inches of Sno,p on the 18th Of May-Since
the above was in type, we have been favored
with letter from the house Of Grant Thorn
burn & Son, dated Albany, May 10th, from
which we make the following extract:
4 alt commenced showing on the night OF the
t 18th and continued the whole Of yesterday, the
18th with very severe Frost which, no doubt,
f has killed all our fruit Mr.. S. has just called
. and informs us that every thing that was above
: ground, say corn: beans, potatoes, &c. &C are
4 gone 1t is fact, worthy Of record that
e farmer from Saratoga, about thirty miles from
this, stated to u.s. this morning, that his horses
and wagon had some difficulty to get through
the snow Yesterday. He measured its depth
S and found it lay on a level six inches in depth.
| We are of opinion that we shall not have one
: peach plum nor any other fruit in this section
. of the country. Almost every sort OF seed must
: be planted over again"-M y. Com.
" Yesterday morning, at five O'Clock, there was
: driving snow storm, which reminded us OF
e mid-winter and the ice in many places was an
g eighth OF an inch thick. The fruit trees, flow
D ers. and early vegetables must have suffered
: severely We shall despair of seeing either
cherries or peaches the next summer indeed,
we do not remember to have before witnessed
, such cold weather, at SO late period; but an
e old farmer with whom we conversed yester-
4 day, informs us that many years ago, so late as
the 9Th of June, vegetation was entirely destroy
ed in some parts of New England by heavy
, FROST Boston Gaz., 10Th.
Bunker Hill Monument.We feel no ordinary
sensation of pleasure in announcing to our fell
t low citizens that the fifty house lots bounding
on Monument Spare, on Bunker Hill, offered
for sale few days since, at $500 each. have all
+, been sold, and the Association is now out OF debt.
We hazardcd an assertion, some months since,
that the mechanics Of Boston having undertak-
en- the task of finishing the Monument, the work
would soon be completed. We knew who
had taken "the responsibility" and the char
6 acter Of the individuals. Thay never yet put
, tleir shoulders to the wheel without eXtricating
the wagon. The work on the Monument will
be commemorative cap stone will be raised
.. the Monument will de finished.
There is now deficiency Of about $4,000,
which can be raised, we doubt not with facility
and promptness. The Committees OF the Me-
chanic Association will re-commence lmmed1-
atey soliciting the citizens in their several
wards, for payment ofsums already subscribed
and for new subscrptons.-Bos Trans
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