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deaths tn Portland, during 1883, are ascribed to c6i. s"mp'o"and that paper justly remarks that irhaIC as many were carried off by the Cholera, it would prO- 1 ducs general PaNic.

 ~ Stsigh Riding aud EEasing-A novel spectacle was seen i" city Saturday and yesterday. Several

 individuals determnedt to enjoy pleasure of sleigh ride, knocked up tn few hours sOme vehicles, Lut IiIe resembling pleighs indeed, Bu still goOG eaough for few hours fHn and Grolic. Some Oe sAem were tolerably good, aud set off with buiEale robes aud strings of bells. The o:esG however, of ali, belonging tOa Jask Far. lS eompnsed of ewo pieces Of boards. sapered rsuH nj the frvaar sads and faseaed iogethes by crate, Vhick served 9nek and h;s shipmntes for box, while he drove his iean bag a'ead wth hoop pole. We also ,we three skaters aapaseny eaoyi"g themselves, the fro5sG municipalities about che city .-Ne,p. Orleans Ado. The Morning Post and Cen,inei state that Rev. E. K. Avery preached at ,he Methodist church in Bos- ion on Suaday afternoon. The house was crowded and there was tumult. G-I.E

 The Pa6tic Schoois tn ,he city of New Orleans are three j" number, called respectively the "Wpper pr mary" the lower primary" and the " central" In these schools sree hundred boys received and ed 0cated at the expense of the State. The schools established in the year l826 and it is estimated that since that date than hOMsand free scho ars have Leen educated. The English and French languages taught tn the primary schools, aHd the Latin and Spanish added in the central. A large number of pay scholars low also received.

 ln grappling fer lost anchor in the Hudson river, lh,Ie heI"w Yves, Point, number oi links were brought "p, which formed part of ihe great chain stretched the Hudson river dnrag the revolu- inc Rrie; Aan up to Yves, Point. The number of links recovered is

 y-onc; they said to be over foot each in length and averaging from thirty ,hrty-f pounds each in weight. They are supposed to have diminished third in size and weight by corrosion and were raised with difficulty, in consequence of their close adhesion 10 the bottom. They were imbedded with the rocks below, that t took three days hard pulling lo bring them up. and large stones adhered them weighing from Is to 20 pounds each. The ffy.onc

 links weighed 1900 lbs. certificate of these facts is published in the New-York papers. aud one the links has been presented to the New.Yotk Naval Ly- ceUm.

 Marlborough sf,ret.-~7As HaHdsome Wye aud the Admiring CyOsOds.~-Three men were charged with having cveied riot before the house of Me. Haberi, iOlAcconisi, in Ruper,-sireei, Haymarke,. Some- time back, Mr. Huberi resided in Bank.sireei, Re- geas-sireei and ihe beauy Of his wife. who amended in the shop. beco@Bg known. great aunsber per- sons assembled reusd iAe shop catch glimpse of the lady In eoaseqneace of tbis apnegance Mr. Hs- hert changed his residence to Rapess-sirsea bus tS ef ihe handsosne sUbaeeoaiss dscov- cred, and che sssult congregation, usuaI be- fore the shop. which became more numerous every succeeding evening. During the las, fortoigh, ihe crowd has times consisted of3OO persons. The po lice have had much difficulty in dspersing them, and io the endesvor do Friday nighttime defendants assaulted them. The defendan.s, who stated they were intoxicated atshe time, were fined 5.. each.

 london paper.

 4 Fact.-A person who had noie 10 pay yesier- day at the Mechanics and Faymsrs' Banx a this city, offered ttIe ealy means fpayme"t he the" had) Troy and Schenectady bank no,es They were refused, and he had 10 pay discount them before they were re- ceved 1.-the hills of banks in good credit sir i1es from Albany will pass in banks, we think the times look hard eaoagirs What, we to be made sbe slaves of the lscal bsnksf Cannot person ass from Troy Albasy, without paying discount on the bills of the former place f-AB. Dai. Ado.

 DisgyacrfsL-The collar men sbe AoOr of the House of Representatives, clspped when they foand tlemselves in majority of ONE referring the late message of iae President to the Committee of Ways and Means. There is not we believe, single uem- her oG the glorious Continental Congress alive, 'hs tlisgracek,i aes would overwhem him with shame and despsis.

 Two suicides have been committed in this county. within the fast fortnight ;-one, Mr. Davis of M'l' ord, by cutting his throat with knife aHd the other Mrs. Susan Fowston, aged g years wife of Mr. George Fowsion, of New-Lisbop, Iy hanging herself with skein of vars. Rslh eases arc said io haze arisen from depression ofspri.s.- C6cpecsoSs asr.

 Dripsvs' BaN-A large number of sisge dsvers, say aIou. one hundred aud ,hriy gave splendid ball at the Eagle Hotel in Concord, N. H.ga few evenings sase. The Concord Courier states inst slf the pri eipal stage prs2rietoS. sgenss and drivers in New Hampshirs, Vermont. Rhode Island snd Massacha- | se,ss wi,h their wives. daughters. sisters and sweet hearts, were present. Tbese mast hase been very numerous party. . .a..t k.

 Important to Favmrys-RHisi Pigs frem Csffines.

 Mr. Jenks, of ,he Naniuckei Inquirer. very gravsly aecosn,s for the fact that pok very pIes in che Western Ssles by declaring that the pigs tails srs cut oG and planted evssy season, s"d has yiesd sprodigioas. -

 Edward MoM Esq. lawyer of Milford. Pa. wns | lately ssnd dead in hisoce, having shot himsef a pis,ol Whe0 6oo0d, he sitting |" chair witb | bis seh. arm rsssiog on table, on which and nsar his hand lay TWO open knives; asd o" the noor near