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Day
4
Month
August
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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IVinely Yeara Jigo.- The following odversenirnt w copied from the Pennsylvanñi i Sozette, published in Philndelphia, Julv íllh, 1770: "OKNKRAI. POST-OïTtCE. "PhilcuMphia, Febuary 14, 1755. "It having been found very inconveniefit to persons concerncd in irnde, thnt the mail Trom 'Philadeiphiu I o JS'cto EnglancT sets out but once n forlnight during the vvin'er senson ;lhis is to gxvcnolke, that the Ñew England mnJ will hencefortli go once a werk the year ronndjwhereby corresportdenóe mny becorned on, nnd nnswers obtnined to letters betwecn Philadflphia and Boston n ïhree eeks,which jsed in the winier to reqnire six weeks. "By commnnd of the Postrnaster-Grneml. "VVilliam Frakklut, Cnnipl roller." Those %vlio tdke an inerest 'm the privato habita of the Duke of Wellington, declare that to hie earlv risin?, a mattrase brd, constnnt cxercise in the oppn air. ternperate hnbits, ond the constant ush of thCcold batli, moy be atlributed the excellent hcalth heA trial f the monster gun for the Princelon wns made on the sands bctwee:i Crosby nnd Furmby. Three tons of ehot were Hicharged, each weighing upwards of two huudrrd weight. The report was hcard eight or nine miles off. - The Liverpool Albion says:"The gun was drawn by ninc horse9. On airivingat its tcmporary destinalion, it was firmly embeducd in the sand, and the muzzlo, which nvu8 pointcd out to sen, was slighlly elevaicd in t linenbove ihe surface of tlie water. The firsi ball, weighlng 219 Ibs. was then ;driven home," the gun bsing charged with 30 Ibs. of powder, and the first shot was fired at ten o'clock, in the presence of about five hundred spectators. The I result was most sntisfactory. The report was deafening, and vns distinctly heard ninc miles off. At the distance of about three miles, os ncarly as could be judged, the ball wns seen bounding on the surface of the water,ly dipping and springing up again. umi! at length ; it became wholly lost to view. The second was ilie trial shot. Two bnlls, each weighing 219 l Ibs .. ere '-driVen home," 45 lbs. of powcler being a charge. This shot was equally I torily. The report, of course, was ternfic, but I the gun withstood ihe shock, and thereby oroved that it had been manufaciured on a principie and I with a material which render "bursting" almost, I if not altofrethcr. an impossihiüty. A grcatber of single shots, wiih baila of 21i) Ibï. each, wcre fired during (he aíternoon of Friday nnd the wMe of Saturdaj'. with tho like successful rcsult. It is lurilier statetl that the gun will bc shortly shipped by n vessd foT Americn, thcre to bc taken on board the war ateamer for whichii was manufacturcd." Central Rdilroail.-The receipff of the road for tho month o June are as follows:This aggregnte surpn?scs the loss by the greas fire n this cily in 1835. Ti.ert about 20, 000,000 of property was destroyed. - N Y. Herald. CapSione. - Tho-isands of spectators stood oazing, yesterday ntterncon, to see the work men hoist the cap and topmost 6one to its place on the pinmde of the spire of Trirtitj church, now two hundrod ant eiglity feet fron the ground. The men at the top looked üke Lilliputians, and ihe mere siht of beholdióg persons working so high in air, nnd at sucl imminent peri!, made the spectators dizzy. Ii a few dnysthe scaffolding of this exqui-itely beautiful epire will be taken down, ond the whole work wiíl be seen in all its gramíeur It is not génerally known that the tower, fron bottorrr to toft is solid stone with noL a singlinch of wood. The wcight is therefore enormoüs. It is a subject of grent congratul - tion, that up lo this time, ahhougli tnen hav workcd in imminent peril, ond one false step or inovement would be fatn!, tbere lias no been the slightest accident.- Ww York Ex press. A Compliment.- The Éoston Yankee says of Lydia Maria Child: "Every thing that has fallen from the pen of thi writer has been well received, whether i treat on the formation of a world or ai apple dumpling." The Congress springs at Sarotoga, i sníd (o be one of tíie most procítícttVc piece ofpropertyin the Union, it yieids ai income of S20,000; its wafers are bbule in vast qimntities, and it is sent to every portion of the civilizeci Xvorld, and mor recently to China.Bad sovietimes Úie Brst.-A gentleman ri ding in a stage coach, annojed Ut$ feltow pns sengers by nn incessont couglr. That rs u ba couglv sard ofte of the imnatea, oluiost in nrí ger. 'Yes,' replied the siiiïcrer, 'int it ia ihe bes I h8 g-ot.' A largó 6uppíy of the JVitratc of Polas ■ hns recerrtty been discovyred on the coast o Afncu. Some 20 vessels hnvc rtUcá from Rngliind för the Coast. Nolhing hns cause cqual excitement i London since ihe dis eovery of guano".

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