Maine. At the annual commencement at Bowdoin College, the performances displayed much strength of intellect and chastity of taste. The degree of A. B. was conferred on 31 persons, and 6 received that of A. M.-Steam-boat accident. This has become a regular title in our newspaper paragraphs, and it is not to be regretted that these disasters are brought before the public in this manner. If travellers will not insist upon a due regard to their rights in the ordinary modes of public conveyance, where the payment of passage money is a guarantee of at least ordinary diligence and good conduct, these frequent notices may bring into operation some more efficient means, through legislative interference, than the common-law affords. The shores of Maine have been coasted for some years, by these vessels, without any serious disaster, until the present month. On the 23rd. inst. the Patent, captain Crab, from Eastport, with 50 passengers, came in contact with the New York, captain Harrod, a steam brig running at the rate of 10 knots. It was near the bold shore on the Northport side of the bay, called the Bluff, and the shock was dreadful. It was expected that the Patent would immediately sink, but fortunately the New York came upon her at the spot where there was the greatest resistance. Much damage was done to the vessel, but no lives were lost; but several were wounded, and many were placed in circumstances of great peril. It is understood that a legal investigation

of the subject will take place.-Og the day following this catastrophe the New York, after repairing the slight injuries which she had sustained from this occurrence, set sail from Belfast for Eastport, and on the evening of the same day, when about four miles from Petit Manair Island, she was discovered to be on fire. It was found necessary to abandon her, and the passengers and crew were safely landed upon the island. The vessel, after burning to the water's edge, sunk in 40 fathoms water.

New Hampshire. In this state there are now upwards of 50 cotton and woolen factories, which send into the market, annually, about 30,000 000 yards. It is stated that several people have been injured at Dover by eating the "Bull's Eye Mackerel," a poisonous species of this fish, which is said to be well known among the dealers. An extraordinary flood, occasioned by a heavy rain on the White Mountains, has produced among other disasters, the sweeping away of an entire family. Between Concord and Newport seven bridges were carried off. In mill-dams, and machinery great losses were sustained. The Merrimack river rose, in one night, at Haverhill, twelve feet.

Nancy's Hill-A few miles below the Notch of the White Mountains, in the valley of the Saco, is a little rise of land called " Nancy's Hill." It was formerly covered with a thick growth of trees, a little cluster of which is yet suffered to remain, probably from the sad story connected with the spot. The pass through

the Gap of the mountains was discovered by Nash, a hunter, who, with others in their excursions long before the settlement of that part of the country, used to make this bill a resting place, and draw together the thick bows and tops of the smaller trees so as to provide a temporary shelter. This spot for years after inhabitants began to settle along the rivers, was a common haltingplace, and the grantees of our northern townships, many of whom lived in and about Portsmouth, passed over this route to their lands. Col. W--, of Portsmouth settled upon his fine township of Dartmouth [Jefferson] in 1773; among his domestics was Nancy, a young woman of respectable connections, who had fallen deeply into love with a young man also in the same service. At the close of autumn they had agreed to go to Portsmouth, where they were to be married: and the girl, confiding in the attachment of her lover placed in his keeping her little stock of money, the hard earnings of several years of industry. For some cause or other, she was induced, before the day fixed for their departure, to visit Lancaster. When she returned, the young man was gone and she determined to follow him. The snows of an early winter had already fallen to some depth; there was not a house between Dartmouth and Barlett, a distance of thirty miles; and the way through the wild woods a foot path only. The family labored to dissuade her from the journey: but she persisted in her design, and wrapping herself in her long cloak, proceeded on her way. Snow after snow succeeded, and the very sky seemed to glisten with frost for several weeks, when some persons from Barlett, passing up this route, reached the hill at night. On lighting their fires, an unearthly figure stood before them, beneath the bending branches, wrapped in a robe of ice, and reclining her head as if in sleep against the trunk of a arge tree. It was the lifeless form

of Nancy, who, fatigued with her journey thus far, had stopped here to rest, and falling asleep, died of the intense cold. N. H. Journal.

Massachusetts. This venerable commonwealth has long been celebrated as the land of notions: and of all the notions which was ever conceived within her territory, the following which we transcribe from one of her papers, may be cited as one of the most extraordinary. "A farmer, in the neighbourhood of Boston, last year, raised a brood of mongrel geese. One day in the fall, a day which had been fixed upon for sending them to market, they all, with one accord (predicting perhaps the destiny which awaited them, with that foresight which ena les them to forelel the changes of the weather) in the sight of their astonished owner rose on the wing, and bent their way to distant climes, from which they have never returned. The fa ther of the flock of the wild goose breed remained, and still remains behind,"-to write this strange eventful history we presume. But the commentary of this gander in natural history, ought not to be overlooked." Whether," says the writer, who takes the safe side by speaking doubtfully-- Whether he (the gander!) was accessary to the movement by which they gained their freedom, has not been ascertained!"

By the last annual returns on the public shools, it appears that the annual expense of the schools throughout the commonwealth is about 699,000 dollars. Each public pupil costs $2,21 per ann. and each private, $8.75 and the annual expense of each for books is 80,3-4

cents.

Rhode Island. The citizens of Newport have resolved to inter, at the public expense, the remains of commodore Perry, which are to be brought from Trinidad by the orders of the general government.—At the commencement of the Brown University 27 graduates received the degree of A. B, ten, that of A. M. and 6 that of M. D.-The man

cotton annually. Connecticut. The corner stone of the Groton monument was laid on the 6th with great ceremony.There is now living in Vernon, a woman whose grand daughter's grandson, is a member of the Wash ington College at Hartford.

Vermont At the commencement of the university of Vermont 13 pupils received the degree of A. B. and 5 that of A. M.-A wandering female (supposed to be the one who was roving the woods last winter and spring) has been recently in the vicinity of Pomfret. She is much deranged, and has made her appearance in several houses in a state of nudity. No attempts have been made by the civil authority to take her up-At Montpelier Anne Lyman recovered $740 from David Hatch in an action for a breach of promise of marriage.

The candidates for the office of Governor, are Clergymen, and both of the Baptist persuasion; and in this state, the "regular" candidate for the office of Counseller for Rockingham county is also a baptist minister. The duties of a clergyman are wholly inconsistent with the worldly concerns of political life. A minister of the Gospel ought to keep aloof from all other employments than those of his high vocation. The minister of God should not make himself the minister of man.

New York. At the commencement at Hamilton College 28 pupils received the degree of A. B. and 12 that of A. M.

Sale of a wife and two children. The Oswego Republican says that "not many thousand miles from this village, on the 18th. inst. by virtue of a special contract between the parties, one man sold, bargained and conveyed to another, for and in consideration of the sum of twenty five dollars, good and lawful money of the state of New York, his wife and two children; and we are informed that the guarantee has taken

About 500 weight of fresh salmon from Lake Ontario, was exhibited for sale in the New-York market on the 14th inst. They were conveyed to this city via the Erie Canal, packed in ice and in fine order. Should they yield a profit, they can be brought to our market every week during the season. They were sold for 31 cents a pound to the first purchaser.

A Ride and a Duck.-Michael Harvey, well known as a boatman at Brooklyn ferry, not long since either through carelessness, or the influence of his daily dram, chanced to pass with his boat under the large tide wheel, used by Mr. Watson in boring pumps. The wheel was going at its usual rate, and Michael to save himself from drowning, clung closely to the wheel, and was thus carried over somewhat in the manner that Don Quixote was by the wind-mill. At every revolution of the wheel, poor Michael was soused deeply in the water, and the agitated spectators expected him to lose his hold, and go to the bottom, or break his bones among the timbers of the enormous wheel. But Mike's time was not yet come. After six duckings and drainings, Mike preserved his breath-the wheel was stopped and he was dragged out unhurt. As soon as he was able to speak, he said, "I thank ye, gentlemencome, let us go and have something to drink together!"

Brooklyn Star. Pennsylvania. The Franklin High school in Philadelphia has been opened under the most flattering prospects. The room appropriated by the Institute is very large and well calculated for the purposes of the school. It is furnished, upon the most approved plan, with desks capable of holding two pupils each, and arranged in rows leaving passages between them. At these desks 304 pupils can be scated. In the recitation rooms, which adjoin the great room, there are circular seats and tables, at which the lessons are

heard. To prevent noise, the rooms and the stairs are covered with thick carpeting.

The number of pupils present at the opening of the school, was 252, and there can be no doubt, that the school will soon be supplied with the whole number which the rooms ean accommodate.

A meeting of the contributors for the relief of the late Thomas Jefferson, was held in Philadelphia on the 27th inst. when it appeared that $2,414 14 cents had been received, and that the total amount of subscription was $2,809 47 cents, part of which yet remains unpaid. It was resolved, that the money be paid over to the trustees appointed by his will, for the benefit of his daughter. It is not stated whether the above contribution includes the subscriptions of Mr. Harris, Mr. Short, and general Steele, amounting to about $1500. Whether it do, the fact would be of little consequence in the history of this transaction. In the opinion of a majority of the nation the name and services of Jefferson during a long series of years, had been placed on the highest pinnacle, yet his party suffered him to go down to the grave in poverty, and distress, at the end of a life the greater part of which he had devoted to their aggrandisement, The disgrace belongs to his party and not to the country. The country gave him honour and affluence equal to all his deserts. His party and his friends loaded him with debt from which his native state gave him leave to extricate bimself by vending lottery tickets. Since his death Virginia neglecting to give him bread has voted to grant him a stone, Virginia. Miss Patsy Morris, of Louisiana county has liberated all her slaves, about sixteen in number, with a request that they should be sent to Liberia. She bequeathed $500 to defray their expenses.-At Petersburg a man has been indicted for imposing upon the Petersburg Intelligencer an account of a mar

riage which never took place. We are curious to learn the result.A son of St. Crispin, in the borough of Norfolk, who has vamped hin.self up into no mean opinion of bis skill," certifies" that he can make a better pair of shoes than all Norfolk can show, black or white." "I will bet $20 dollars," exclaims this intrepid cobbler, “Let all the bosses send a pair of shoes each, for if I lose my bet, take my $20, and all the rest draw the money, but if I gain, I shall have all.”

Kentucky. The work on the Louisville and Portland canal is going on rapidly. About 1000 men are employed.

North Carolina, Gold.-Another mine has been discovered, about half a mile from this town, on the plantation of Maj. M'Comb. It promises to be more valuable than any which has yet been worked in this county. In two days and a half last week, 136 penny weights were obtained by two washers; but their sole business was to wash, others being employed to dig the earth from the mine and convey it to them. The gold lies in a vein of yellowish earth, and has a slight inclination; its length and depth has not yet been ascertained. Its situation is much the most favourable for working of any that has yet been discovered.

The gold obtained during the time above mentioned, was about fourteen penny-weights a day to each hand employed in washing and digging.

Ohio. Since the completion of the New York canal, the merchants of Columbus have turned their attention towards that city, for the purchase of goods, where most articles, it is said, can be had cheaper than at Philadelphia. The transportation costs but little more than half of what was formerly given, and the goods arrive much sooner.

Indiana. Since the treaty of 1818 with the Indians, which secured to the United States most of their territory south of the Wabash, 26 new

counties have been formed in this state, and a small part of the land ceded now contains 50,000 inhabitants. The Indians who made the treaty are 1000 miles distant-far up the Arkansas. Such revolutions are not uncommon in our country in the space of 5 or 6 years; and the progress of them is much accelerated by the cheerful assistance which one backwoodsman renders another in building cabbins, and performing other services. A house is often built, fitted up, and inhabited in a day or two.

The institutions and principles of Mr. Owen of New Harmony, are vigorously attacked in the Illinois (Shawnee Town) Gazette. The critic says

"In the ridiculous attempt to introduce perfect equality at New Harmony, its whole system is disorderly and inefficent. Its arrangements, which were to put the old world to the blush, are themselves fit subjects for the keenest ridicule. To show the physical stength of the female to be equal with the male, is a great point with these modern philosophers Field work is endeavoured to be introduced, but meets with proper and suitable resistance by the more virtuous and industrious of the fair sex, while the house idlers submit to their task in the field. Hence the necessary and usual employments, contributing so much to the comfort and convenience of man, become much in disuse, and a cleansheet has been a scarce article in New Harmony. "A Lady is reported to have worked at the brick ground, when a strong lad, used to the business, might have done as much in a day as the Lady brick maker would in a week. Other Ladies have been ordered to milk cows, who were such novices in the business, that they might almost as well squeeze the tail as the teat, and the latter becomes nearly as dry as the former under such management.

"Farmers were also placed at the loom, and store-keepers in the field,

both equally ignorant of their employment. If any person had attempted to introduce into a new formed association disorder, confusion, and absurdity, they could not have effected it with more complete success than the founder and manager of New Harmony.

"The society, which was itself to establish such superior arrangement as to ruin all individual exertion, is itself in danger of falling; and the new system, which was to give it such firm support, and to render life easy, happy, and comfortable, appears itself in danger of vanishing, and, like the baseless fabrick of a vision, leave but a wreck behind."

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Missouri.-The Missouri Caravan.-The company of enterprising citizens which we lately mentioned as preparing another mercantile tour to New Mexico, has left here and entered on the arduous undertaking. Between 89 and 100 per

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we believe, constitute the number who have gone on the present occasion-and the wagons and carriages of almost every description, are numerous. The amount of merchandise taken, is very considerable; and, if the adventurers are successful, the foundations of many fortunes will be laid.

It has the air of romance to see splendid pleasure-carriages, with elegant horses, journeying to the Republic of Mexico; yet it is sober reality. In fact, the obstacles exist rather in imagination than in reality. Nature has made a fine road the whole distance.

Louisiana. The grand jury of Louisiana found a true bill against Z. B. Canonge for killing Theodore Preval in a duel. Canonge had insulted the father of Preval, and in avenging the insult the latter lost his life. The bills against the four seconds were returned ignoramus.

Michigan.-Washtenaw county, which, 3 years ago, contained but a single white inhabitant, has now a population of 3000.