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REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.

hudson, nov. 22.

On Wednesday morning 23
waggons arrived in this city from
New-Lebanon, loaded with provi-
sions, &c. with three hundred dol-
lars in specie, as a donation from
the small company of Believers,
(vulgarly called Shakers) of New-
Lebanon and Hancock, to the cor-
poration, of New-York, for the
relief of the poor of that city.
While we record with pleasure such
an instance of liberality, we forbear
expressing our feelings on the occa-
sion. The deed speaks for itself;
and every person acquainted with
the unostentatious character of the
generous donors, must be sensible
that it was not done for praise sake.
But we have strong motives for
mentioning such a deed. We wish
to show the proud rich man an ex-
ample worthy of his imitation.
Therefore, if he has ears to hear
let him “go and do likewise.”

The above mentioned donation,
we understand, consisted of the
following articles:—

Crossed the Philadelphia Middle
Ferry Bridge, in one week end-
ing 27th November, 1803.

Taken from the account kept by
the toll gatherer.

elizabeth-town, nov. 28.

Some seamen, on board the Bri-
tish frigate that lays at the qua-
ntize ground in York Bay, late-
ly concerted the following stra-
tagem to make their escape:—
It was agreed, at a certain hour of
the night, that the best swimmer
among the number, should fall
overboard, and drift down with
the tide as fast as he could, crying
help! help! and the others were
to stand ready to man the boat to
pick him up, but by the by, they
took care to let him get a good dis-
tance from the ship before they
reached him, and then shaped their
course for Long Island, where they
landed in safety, and made their es-
cape, The gunner happening to

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jump into the boat with them, and
after picking up the man, disco-
vered their intention, attempted to
hail the ship, upon which they
threw him down, gagged him, and
when they got to the shore, pushed
him and the boat adrift.

Nine hundred American vessels,
from 39 to 200 tons, and having up-
wards of 9000 persons on board,
were engaged in the Labrador fish-
ery the present year, which proved
uncommonly abundant! ! ! !

A Dwarf is exhibiting at Balti-
more, who is stated to be twenty-
four years old, and only thirty in-
ches high. He is said to possess
all the faculties of the mind, and to
be conversant and well informed on
most subjects; was born in Meck-
lenburgh county, Virginia.

On the night of the 27th of Octo-
ber last, a certain Mr. James How-
ard in conjunction with myself,
were travelling down the Ohio ri-
ver, with a number of negroes,
hound to the Natchez; unfortunate-
ly some of the negro men meditated
the sanguine intention of murder-
ing us as we were lying asleep, and
accordingly attempted to carry
their object into execution; one of
them with an axe and another with
a loaded whip, terminated the life
of the said Mr. Howard; I fortu-
nately got overboard, receiving a
stroke on my wrist, and swam
ashore. The fellows were all caught
and committed to jail in Kenawha
county, two of whom have received
sentence of death, the others have
been ordered to be hired out, and
will be detained until the friends of
Mr. Howard come forward.

Staten Island, Woodbridge, Pis-
cataway, September 27th, 1803.
About 9 o'clock P. M. an earth-
quake was heard awl felt in those
parts. The sound seemed to pro-
ceed from the west or north-west,
and to pass off to the east or south-
cast: It very sensibly shook the
houses for the space of half a mi-
nute or more.

On Monday night of the 24th ult.
the following prisoners broke out of
the Portland gaol: Richard Flood,
Samuel Thompson, Charles Cane,
Stephen Hawkins, and George Pe-
ters.

On Monday night, a house at
Beverly, occupied by Mr. A. Stone's
family, and three other families,
was destroyed by fire The pro-
gress of the flames was so rapid,
that the people of the house had
only time to escape, without clothes,
from their beds.

new invention.

Jedediah T. Turner, of Cazeno-
via, in the state of New York, has
obtained a patent for the invention
of a THRESHING MACHINE,
upon entirely new, and very plain
principles, calculated for the thresh-
ing all kinds of grain, from wheat
to beans, peas, and corn. The
machine is turned by horses, oxen,
wind or water, and the operation
is performed by whipping, so that
smutty grain is not broken, as is
the case with many other modes of
threshing; it will thresh from 50
to 150 bushels per day, and clean
it at the same time. The expense
of building the machine, will not
generally exceed 40 or 50 dollars.
The Patentee intends selling the
patent right on the most reasonable
terms.

new-york, sept. 8.

On Sunday afternoon, between
the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock, as a
beautiful female child of the late
Mr. Samuel Levy, aged some-
thing more than four years, was
standing at the corner of Broad
and Friend-streets, a chair drove
furiously cut of Friend-street, and
before the infant could get out of
its way, the wheel passed over its
body, and in consequence of the
bruises it received, died about 9
o'clock the same evening. It may
be recollected that Mr. Levy was
drowned on his passage last year,
from New-York to Albany, having
been knocked overboard by the

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boom of the vessel. These two
melancholy accidents leave the sur-
viving widow and mother in a state
of distress which can be better con-
ceived than described.

On Saturday evening, the 12th
instant, Chilberry House, the ele-
gant seat of the late James Phillips,
Esq. in Hartford county, Maryland,
was entirely consumed. By the
bursting of a chimney then on fire,
that destructive element was in-
stantaneously communicated to
every part of the roof, and in less
than two hours, that extensive edi-
fice, occupying nearly one hundred
and fifty feet in front, was razed
to the ground.

Mr. John Bacon, of Colchester,
New-London county, Connecticut,
at his decease some time ago, left
property to the amount of thirty
thousand dollars, to be appropriat-
ed as a fund for the erection and
support of an academy. This aca-
demy has been built, and was open-
ed on Tuesday the 1st instant, for
the reception of students, under
the direction of John Adams, A.
M. late of Plainfield Academy,
principal. The building is of brick,
75 feet by 34, and three stories
high, in a pleasant and eligible situ-
ation, on the new turnpike road
from New-London to Hartford, in
a neighbourhood where living is
cheap, and the society respectable.