Foreign and Domestic Gleaninps
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A gentleman farmer, of Norfolk ENGLAND :
gagged for bet of 20 soveregns, to ride hs b,a.
pig, from Wsbench to his own house in one bo,.'
He accomplished the delightful task in fifty ni,
utes. '


A new line of packets was established att.
erpool. at the beginning of January, to ply r.,
ularly between that port and Rio de Janeiro .


An English paper says: eat an auction h..
week, for the sale of the stock of Mr.. CbarIs.
Hest, grey hound was sold for no less than lS1
guincas,"


GREECE.--Letters from Modon, dated ,As,
November, says, that slbrahim will be sent Nv. ~.
tomorrow with his new troops of 5000 inf,,,..,
and 1000 cavalry, for Missolonghi, and the Tnrt'
lsh fleet will at the same time, sail for the sam,
destination"


Zante, Dec. 14.--Ibrahim Pacha has .ummo,.
cd Mssolonghi to surrender, on pain, in case ~
refusal, that the garrison and inhabitants should
be delivered over to military execution.


Between four and five hundred houses wc,.
built in Philadelphia last year. including seven of
six stories, and Hotel which cost $40 or 10000


The Honorable John Galard, usually demon.
mated the father of the Senate of the i. States.
for his long services in the house, departed ,his
life on the Doth ult. at Washington CITY. He
was a senator from the state of s. Carolina. and
his loss will be long and severely felt by his fel.
low citizens.


The proprietors Of the accommodation line a
stages between Baltimore and Washington. have
reduced the fare between the two cities to one
dollar


Rroomcorn is raised in Morris county, N. 7. in
large quantities, and 500, 900 corn brooms are
annually made, which, when sold at IS per hun.
drel, weld clear profit on the labor bestowed.
of s2j per aere,'to those who are thus employed
Forty bushels ofseed is The average produce Of
an acre, which equals oats in value, as an article
Of fodder for cattle or horses.
meeting Of the friends Of civil and religion;
liberty has been held at Baltimore at which an
address OF some length to the people of ireland
was adopted, expressive Of the warmest sympa
thy for their oppressive condition, and ardent
wishes for their speedy emancipation.
IN Nantucket, r. |. so famous for her trade in
AMI importation of whale and sperm oil, it is said
that the people use no lamps, in consequence Of
which the town is the darkest in the country at
night.


Timothy Jayne, aged between so and so, was
lately frozen to death, short distance from his
own dwelling, in the town of Molo, N. Y. He
had in his hand whlskey bottle, which he had
drained to the last drop.


The cotton and wooilen manufactures Of the
United States are already estimated at 100000
dollars per annnm.


| A letter from Tampco of the 9th JAN received
at New-Oreans states that law has been pass.
ed by the Mexican Congress, and promulgated
at Fampico and at other ports, prohibiting for
eigners belonging to countries which have not
acknowledged the independence of Mexico, from
being admitted into that country on any pretext
whatever.


| The Georgetown Is. CD Gazette of the 10th


sit. says that Peach Trees are in bloom, and
Corn IS well up in some gardens, in that place


''Ihe Colonst," paper printed at Demerara
has been suppressed by the Government A bo.
dy of armed men entered the office, and carried
Oft the Rar of the Press, and took the Editor 10
! the Bar otthc Court.


One hundred and nirety-two thousand, nine
hundred and twenty-one barrels of Flour were
| imported into Havana during the year 1925. 1G,
743 barrels were from Philadelphia Abou!
| 1000 barrels in addition to the regular importa.
| tons, are clandestnciy introduced every year


1t is stated in a letter from Washington, pub.
ished at Buffalo, that Governor Cass, (of Micht
gam accomplished the new treaty between
the U. States and the Creek indians; and. in the
Detroit Gazette, that the Governor is, probably
to be appointed one Of the Judges Of the su
| prcme Court Of the United States


From the adiutant generals returns, it ap
| pears that the militia of the state of New-York
including artillery, cavalry and rfemen, amour,
to 10000.


In the Tuscumbia (Alabama) paper, Charles
c. Mcclure, has published certificate unde,
his own name, acknowledging himself to
have been guilty ofthe most inf,mous and villain
ous slanders against the family of Major Jesse
Weaver, ofColumbus, and that he had threatened
the life Of Mr.. Thomas Morford, and that he does
not deserve their countenance or lenity ever to
shine upon him again.


A man by the name of Randall, recently
made his escape from the Jail of Butler coun.
ty, Ohio, by assuming the dress of his wife
who had been permitted to visit him. He had
been confined on the charge of having conn-
terfeited Spanish dollars.
Forty pounds are offered by the Com
missioners for the most approved plan, ele-
walton and design of building for p ria
ment House, in York, Upper Canada. Pins
will be received until the first day Of May
next.


The city Inspector of New-York reports
the death of III persons during the past
week. Ofthese, III were men, SO women,
% boys, and % girls


Que half of the one hundred thousand dol
lar prize lately drawn in the MARYLAND State
Lottery, was owned, jointly, by Charles Il.
Clark, and james Gibson, of Romney Nir-
ginia. One quarter Of the same prize was
held by Jacob Wofgang. of Cadmus. Penn
who has generously presented one Thousand