North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-11-06

pacieiy rebuilt, was isken GOT 81 the afF
doek at the Charleston hayward yesicf-
fdsy.
Fall ola Great bridge. The Florence
I Alabama, Gazette says. that the great
bridge, recently erected over the Tennes-
see, At Muscle Shoals, and which was near
" two miles 10 length, tell down on the
9Th inst. with a tremendous crash. Mr..
j. r. Henry. its protector, was on the
bridge ST the time He was thrown of,
bot DOT seriously injured.
The quantity Of wheat raised the past
year in New Hampshire, is estimated at a
bushel and half for each inhabilant.
Michigan, saws the Free Press, has raised
more than twenty bushels to each man,
woman and child in The state.
In Buckingham county, Virginia, a fe-
male collegiate institute is in full operation.
And the last session there were ninety
four pupils, three al whom had the honor
Of receiving the diploma of Mistress of po-
lite Literature. The Rev. Mir. WILDER,
A. NJ. is at the head oil this seminary.
Steam Ships -According to present
appearances, there viii be, in 1870, thir-
teen large and splendid steam ships run
ming across the Atlantic ocean, all OF which
will be eight or nine hundred tons burth-
en-, or upwards.
The Housa,onic Railroad will be open
ed by the time the Hudson river is closed
with ice--so we shall have new and shor-
ter route to Albany from New York.
Another important rail-roadIwill be open
ed in New England in about three weeks,
that from Hartford 10 New Haven.
LOWER CANApA.-Tbe Right Hon.
PoULETT THOMPSON, the new Y appointed
Governor General of the Canadas, arrived
al Quebec on "Wednesday Of last week,
and was sworn into Office the next day.
In his first proclamation he reiteEates the
old stereotyped promises to his predecessors,
but which have always been faisilied in
the end, that he has come to reconcile |
g existing diffences-to apply remedy to
proved grievances" &c. &c. 1t always
proves in the end 10 be King Log or King |
Stork for the poor Canadians. When |
will this humbug of sending rulers from |
Aristocratic England to govern. Portion |
Of America ceasei
Mr.. Thompson is accompanied by Gen. |
Sir Richard Jackson as Commander-in-
Chief Of the Forces. Sir John Colborne,
the Infamous and bloody butcher, goes
home to England where he will probably |
be raised 10 the peerage as a reward for
his sacking and burning villages, and turn
ing helpless old men and women into the |
SHOWS of a Canadian winter. McNab |
was knighted for his gallant exploit OF
burning the Caroline and numbering her
lefenceIess crew, and why should not
Colborne be exalted for his gallant ex-
ploits,
From the tone of The Canada papers
another rebellion the ensuing winter is
evidently anticipated. The secret orgaui-
ration this year is said to be extensive in
he country, and to have originated there
Il is stated that the scene Of operation will
De changed from the District of Montreal
o that Of Quebec, while predatory war
are is to be carried on in the North and
,pon the frontier, so as to keep a consider
ible body Of troops in the vicinity OF Mon
real. The organization is said TO be
much more secret than last year. So it ap-
,ears that the hanging of few dozens,
md Transporting of whole cargoes into
and hopeless slavery, has not
lad its intended effect How far the anti
ipa,ions Of trouble the coming winter NAV
rove well founded, time will determine.
)ne thing is certain-Rerolution neper
70 back,rard.-B burlington Sentinel.
A fire and explosion took place in one Of
he coal mines at Pictou, 18th uIt.; it took
lace in pit No 4, and on the morning Of
he 18th had extended to another, and the
re was still raging at the last accounts.
The explosion RACED two houses to their
and shattered one to pieces
everal lives were lost, and but few houses
,ere saved. 1t
Comfortable.-A physician, IN extern :
I've practice advertising that he had esta- |.
lished new infrmary, Within short
istance of the ehtrch-yard, expresses
ope that the location will prove an ac-
oGmod0tion to many Of his patients.
Lieut.. Meade, of the u. s. brig WASH !
lgion, has instituted a suit for SANDER Il
salnst Lewis Tappau, and lays lis dam c
ges at $1,000. The ground of the suit i
Mr.. Tappan's assertion that the Lieu !, ?
'nant secreied money found on board the
mistad