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KINGSTON RONIC LE. -1 ' * wV * VOL I.] FRIDAY, (afternoox) NOVEMBER 26, 1819. [No. 48. NOTICE. THE fubfcriber has now, and will con¬ tinue to have, at hi3 Brewery, a fup- ply of Rich flavored Ale. The prefent price is one (hilling per gal- on, for immediate payment. The admi¬ rers of extra Mrong bodied Ale are refpeft- fully informed that as foon as poffible f«? will provide a flock that v/ill satisfy the moft fallidious critic- He thinks it will not be amifs to remind the Farmers (who are the mafs of the peo¬ ple) that if they wifh their grain to com¬ mand Caili, they rnult ahfolutely make malt Liquor their common beverage, and thus fupport the Canadian Brewers in Read of the Weft Indian Dillillers. It is of feri- ous confequence, both to themfelves and to the whole country, that they should im¬ mediately adopt fo pnifeworihy a tion. Orders fall to the Brewery, or left with Mr. John Russell, at Smith Baitlet, Efq's will meet with due attention. THOMAS DALTON. Kingston Brewery* Oct. 26, 1819, N. B. Grains at all times for fu!e, 7|d per bufhcL 44 NOTICE" Montreal Fire Insurance Company'sOffice.? SOth Jwly, 181ft i THE Company having extended its buGnefsand protection againft Joffes or damages by Fire, to Upper Canada now inform the public, that the following perfor.s are authorized Agents of the Com¬ pany in that ■ rovince : At hhxzston* IV>i. Mitchell, Esq. - - Ycrf.\ fl m. Allass Esq. . . Amhcrstburgh, Wm* DUFF* E<r/. The DIreSora cf this infant In dilution flatter themfelves, from the redu&ions late¬ ly made on their Tariff, that their rates of premiums will be found as reaionable as at any other Office, and they refpe&fully fu licit the patronage of all who wifh well to Local "ftablithments. By order of the Board. 37*3 J. BLEAK LEY, Sec'y ALEXANDER ASHER, _____ Merchant Taj/lor, HAS received from Montreal a molt choice and exccPent affortment of the beft Weil of England fuperfine Cloths and Cussi/i/tres, vith Tnmmings, and every thing com¬ plete. A. Asher informs his friends and the public that be is now working up thefe Clothe &c- at his old (land, where orders •will be thankfully received, and executed on the Jhortefl notice, and on the lowed terms *ci Cafh. or fhort approved credit. Kingtlon, Sept. to, 1S 19. 371 f LAMB& McDONELL, Opposite the Market, Kitjg Street. T> ESPECTFULLY inform their .:-.** friends and the public, that they have received part of their fall Goods, AMONG WHICH ARE, ' Ladies Pelisse Cloths, most fashionable colors ; West of England superfine Blue and Blnek Cloth ; Grey, Blue, Black, BrOWO. Olive, and Drah Cloths, and Cas- finieres ; Red, White, (rireen, Blue, and Yellow Flannels; Rose Blankets; Wors¬ ted Shirts and Drawers ; Marseilles Quilts and Counterpanes, Chintz Furni¬ ture wifh lining, Fringe and Binding to match ; Scarlet and Blue Moreen ; Scar¬ let, Waterloo, Blue, Salmon, Sage Drab, Fawn, and Feacli colored Cassimeie Shawls ; Merino and Canton Crape Shawls; Silk Shawls and Handkerchiefs; Flag, Bandannas, Salins, Silk?, Long Lawn, Jackcuette, and Mull Muslin; rciolu- Corded Cambric* Book Muslin Druses; BookMiislinTrimn»irigs:CambrU's:Lcnos; ThreadLaec& Footln&iCalicoe&Checks; Removal. • * THE fubferiber begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he h*s removed from his former (land t^the large ftone ftore lately occupied by Meffrs. W. McCuniffe & Co. a few doors from the Stfarket Place in King Street, where he has juft received a well feietled and extenfive affortment of HARDIVAUE % CUTLERY, con&ting of fevcral tons of English and Siwdes Iron, Sled, Nails, HI ml 010 Glass, Putty, Paints, Oily Spikes, TinPlcde, Sheet Iron, Trace and Log Chains* Hollow fVareof every descrip¬ tion, Frying Pans, Spades & Sho- veh, Anvils, flees, GwidstoticSj &*■ I* With a large abutment of fhelf goods-— eonfuling of jnoft articles alfced for in his line, which he will fell low for cafh, produce, 01 fhort approved credit. J. WATKINS. Kingfton, Auguli i6ih, 1819. 5$tf NOTICE 15 hereby given, that I, William Tay¬ lor, a* heir at law and administrator to the estate of the late Allan Taylor, de- ceafed, have thi? day affigneJ all the real and perfonal estate of the late Allan Tay¬ lor, and all the interest in the concern of Taylor & Pancer, and Thomas Parker, unto John Kirby, Alexander Olipliant Pe- trie and Thomas Parker, as tiubtees, for the benefit of the creditors. William Taylor, Administrator cf the estate of the late Allan Taylor- Kingston^ August 28, 1819. 36tf A good Bar '§■« a l FOR Sale, the Houfc and Prcmifes, 10 the Town of Kinglion, at prefent oc¬ cupied by the fubfertber. For particulars apply to SAMUEL ANSLEY,Jun. Kingston, May 5th iSig. 19 Stripe Cotton ; Red & Blue Derry's; Stri¬ ped Cambric Ginghams, Vestings.Bomba- zeens and Bombazettes, Tartan Plaid, Turkey Stripe, Brown Holland, Irish Linens. Cotton Shirting, White Cation, Diaper and Diaper Table Cloths, Green and Blue Table Covers, Dimity Furni¬ ture ; Hearth Rugs, Brusseila Rugs; Scotch Shirting, Black Silk Veils, Be.t Treble Gilt Coat Bottonsr&c. &e. Rib¬ bons, Tapes. Threads,Cotton Ba!I«,Sew- ;(in Silk and Twist, Lady's White and Black Silk Stockings, Slate colored and Black Worsted Hose, Bn)s & Cirls, do. (In. Men's Lamb's Wool half Hose, do. Worst* d do. Ladies' slate colored black and white Silk Clove, Men's lined Bea- miiiifidi8:toH^rntg|fe?6riBtl Buck Skin Gloves. A LSO, A great variety of other articles, too numerous to mention. The who!" com¬ prises a complete assortment of Drj floods, which they will sell very low fur Cash. Kingston, Nov. 18//*, 1819. 47 Notice. THE f'-ibferiber has just received a quantity of Double and Single Stoves, of various fize3 and of new ?.nd elegant patterns, which he offers for faleat Montre¬ al price andcharges for cafh. He has alfo received, in addition to his former fur-ply, feveral tons of Lngiish and Swedes iron as- sorted sizes ; Hoop and Round ditto, Nail Rods, Grindstones> Anvils and Vice% Double and Single Sheet Iron : Irate and Log Chains ; Wroland Cut Sails (allsizes;) Smiths Bellows, Hollow IVare} (of all descriptions ;) Cut, Pit, and Mill Sa*,ss Currier's and Lintseed Oil; Wagon and Cart Boxes ; Iron and Brass Wire ; A good affortment of Saddlery, Stamped, and Cast Brafs Cabinet Furniture, with an exienfive affortment of Shelf Goods conflating of most articles in the Hard Ware line—too numeous to mention. JOHN WATKINS. N. B. Flour for fale. Kingston, November 16th, 1819. 4;tf MARSHALL, Hurgsoir^ has just o received ut his Apothecary shop, o|)])osite the Bank, a fresh supply of the following articles, viz. Spirits of Wine, Cheltenham Salts, Salts of Lemon. Spice or worm d^troy- ttig nuts, BatemaiVs droj>«, Balsam of Honey and Pectoral BaUatn f^r coughs) and consumptions. Asthmatic p **dy? Re- fined Liquorice^ Balaam of Lif<% Aro¬ matic Viuegar, IIenry*< Magnesia, Balm ofGilead, Anderson's Female I ills, Bar¬ clay's Auti-Biiious Fills, B.insh Oil, Macassar and li-issia OiU, English Fic!;- les and Retchops, Jndiau Soey, Soda Powders—with a larije addition to his assortment of Perfumery. N- B. Medical Practitioners may be supplied with Drags to any extent, and upou reasonable terms. Kingston, IGih Nov- JK1Q. 46»4 TO BE SOLD, 4nd immediatepos- sefKon given, th(* following Lo;s of Land, in the 6th Conccllion of the Town- fhip of Elmsley, viz. 19, 20, 22> 24. 29, 30, mofl eligibly situated on the North bide of the Rideau Lake, which forms their southern ^boundary ; the great road to the Perth Settlement, leading through one of the Lots. They abound in excellent Timber, which from its being contiguous to \Vater communication may be rafted to Montreal at a trifling expence The qua¬ lity of the foil and other advantages are fuch as to render this a desirable purchafe to Farmers or perfons engaged in the Lum¬ ber Trade. For terms of payment and other particulars apply to William Mar- shall, Esq. Perth Settlement, John Kirby, Efq- Kingston, or the fubfcriler, in Wood- houfe, London Diilu'ct. RGBEaTNlCHOL. Kovender 18, 1619. 47tf A SIMON FRXELV, Taylor, who left Watertown in March last, for Upper Ca¬ nada, would confer a fawr by fending a letter to his brother, Jihri Fenely, in Wa¬ tertown— who being rbout to leave the country would be glad to hear from him. In cafe of his death any perfon who would give information of the fane, v/ill confer a favor. JOW FENELY. *#* Printers in Upper and Lower Ca¬ nada, wculd favor the caule of humanity by giving the above oie or two infertiens in their 'efpedlive pap:rs. Watertown, (Jeff o. N. Y.) Nov. 2, 1819. A REWMD OF Tzvo Hundred aid Fifty Pounds \Mf~ttsl* be paid ly the subscriber, to V T iny perfon wlo fball discover and give fuel, information as will convid the perfon o* perfons wb, on or about the 29th «r 30th of Jme latl. flole from George tjdout, Esq. at Walker's Hotel ; a Parcel, containing Montreal Bank Bills of five dollars each, to the amount of two thoufand pounds. By dne&ion of the Directors of the Montreal Bank. TJIOMAS MARKLAND, Kings*, m, ig/b >Vov. 1819 Agent. 4 V NOTICE. ALL perfjns to whom the fubfcrlber sta-,rls j idebted, are -eqnested to prefent i\,cir accounts, for adjullmnnt ; and thofc who arc indebted to him, either by Note ut Book account, will do well to c^me fon, ar(j and fettle the fame on or be¬ fore the fifteenth day of December next. And if th-_. accounts are not then fettled, * f • -v 1111 ■*> they will be put into the hands of an at torncy for colleflion. JOHN BREWER. Kingston, Nov 19, 1819- 47 oALE THREE FAKMS FOR ......^ „ or if not fold to be rented for the cn- fning year, viz-, one r the Prelque Isle Harbor.one at Wate-<oo, and the Picket Farm, (fo called.)—A contract alfo wi be giv;n for cutting 1:00 Cords of Wood. 3 WHITNEY. King'tont \6tlt Ju-i, 1K19. 25tf ■ - f< *>~rs- C \ V 1 V I I F. B. SPILSCURV, Su/tonoK* R- N Late Surgeon of It M.S. Prince Re*k gexti ot1 bme Ontario^ $ Intends prficti.-iig rn the various . branches of hi- profusion, at his re$~$ FOR Ttti: KINGSTON CHKOAiCIt. THE EPHEMERA. No. 2. Most of the natural phenomena, that take place upon the surface of the earth, whether connected with living or inani¬ mate matter, have been investigated and explained by men of science. Their cau¬ ses, have indeed sometimes been unveil¬ ed by chance, but often by the efforts of human reason, which, when acting under the influence of those principles of philo¬ sophical enquiry it has established, sel¬ dom fails in its object, provided a suffi¬ cient number of those individual facts, the causes of which we wish to discover, are submitted to its csan;iiiation. Tho«e phenomena, that have occurred once or twice only, within the limits of human observation, arc comparatively few in number. Many of the operations of nature that are now familiar to us, were probably conceived to be altogether unique and uuparallelled by the individ¬ uals who first noticed them ; but time, accident, and more extensive observation alike contribute to prove the fallacy of such an idea, and instances of their repe¬ tition at length became so numerous, that men had frequent opportunities ofattaiu- tng a knowledge of all the circumstances connected with their occurrence, and consequently were led to a discovery of their causes. But we are not now liable tu such deceptions, forages of philosoph¬ ical enquiry have so clearly and satisfac¬ torily unfolded the laws that regulatethe material world, that we know precisely what comes within their limits, and when we observe any thing that is directly at variance with them, we are aware, that it is almost hopeless to wait for a recur- .rW^'^j.e^!,,;;,.,!!)'.:;,:; R^WrMHP that time or analogy will dcvelope the cause of it. The fact*, which have suir- gestcd these observations, and which I shall now mention* are of this last de¬ scription, and an explanation of them, (though il can scarcely be anticipated,) would be pregnant with results very im¬ portant to science ; while an attempt at it, involves a -cries of curious and highU interesting speculations. Not very long ago, it was stated, in a Buffalo Newspaper, that a live herrinp had fallen from the clouds, and dropt in one of the streets of that village. This extra ordinary circumstance occurred within the observation of several respect¬ able witnesses,, who at first rationally c- nough supposod that the herring had dis- etisaired itself from the claws of some bird of prey : but no animal of (his kind was \Uihle from one horizon t<> the other, .tdetiee next door li John McLean,;. | ^^aia foe body of the fish exhibit hsq.M.er,!S. ^» l)|e sl| ,Itl,,t W0UII(] 0r any mark ofex- • icfcSdSS ££1! *8^; , * 41 I f««* "J«7« An »«urrence so sincu. TO LET, ACOMMODIOTJf HOUSE, near Doctor Keating two stories high, with seven rooms a Iv uhen, and a Cellar under the whole, a gu\ yard awd stable ; alto a very good Sprmgnear the house— I'or furthe; particular! ipply to JANE* ROBINS. Kingston> tyh 7nnet 18 19. 23 For Sale oj to Let, At TWO (lory frnned Houfe, and a <2/jL large and comrmdious ftone Store, fiiuate on the water's cge in the centre of the Village of Prefect,0n exceedingly ad¬ vantageous terms to thepurchaftr or lessee. Enquire at the Office f CHr. A. HAGERMAN. Kingfton, 26th Febuary, 1819. ____9 WHEREAS mj wife Mary vSoiTc has left my kl and board with¬ out any jull caufe, thsis therefore to for- bid all perfons harborwj or trulling her on my account, as I williot pay any debts of her contracting afieriMs date. DAPTISTE NOUVION. KincrHon, Novemkr 6, 1S19. 46W3 t I >HE fnl'fcribers being duly nomina- J_ ted Executors to the lad Will and Teilarner-t of the laie Lawrence Herehmer, Efquire, Merchant, recuefl all {\rfons in¬ debted to his eftate to make immediate payment, and thofe hiving demands againft the faiJ eitate to bring them forward with¬ out delay. TOHN IIRBY. GEO. F.. MARKLAND. KingHon, 9th Nov. i3tg. 46 NoncE • rjM-lE Board fir Militia Pen- -*- sjcn'S, a//'// mm on the lajl Monday lar, inexplicable, and unprecedinted, as this, although proved to have taken place precisely 3s recorded iu the newspaper, M ill in the opinion of many people, appear to be a very unlit subject for enquiry or speculation, from the apparent impossi¬ bility of explaining it, or drawing any deductions from it. But, there are seve¬ ral facts on record which have a great si¬ milarity to that new mentioned ; and though lh.*y do no in the least degree tend to unveil the cause of such a phenome¬ non, both amusement, and advantage, may be derived from viewing them iu conjunction with it. That laborious investigator of nature, Mr. Pennant, tells, us, in his ArcticZooi- wt>» <»<*t - - o.^i in*': Ocett U*UUJ Oil the summits of the Feroe Inlands, and endeavors to account for this circumstance by supposing that a violent whirlwind sometimes catches up a portion of the sea, that contains these fish, and hurries it, along with its inhabitants, through the air, till it perhaps falls on some of these Island*, aud the water of course running different ways, leaves the herrings expo¬ sed upon the dry land. But this surely is a very far-fetched, and indeed an iuad- missible way of explaining the fact, and Mr. Pennant, I believe, would not have adopted it, had he conceived that there was any other mode of accounting for the appearance of herrings in such a singular situation. It seemsverydoubiful wheth¬ er the wind ever snatches portions of wa¬ ter from the bed of the sea, at lea^t, sueh a thing never has occurred within human observation. All large bodies of water yield in a great degree to the wind, and by successive undulations, allow it to slide over their bosoms. When the sea is smooth, no sudden hurricane or whirl- wind, however violent, can have any pur- a state of coolness and purity. Whoa these jars are taken down, after the rain has ceased, they sometimes contain little fishes, which swim about with much live* liness and activity ! | ! Here is an un¬ doubted and uncontrovertible evidence* of the descent of these apparently " hea«- ven-boroM fishes- for, it seems impossible to believe, that they can be generated, and can grow into perfect animals, in the short space of time that the jars remain upon tiie house tops. And even suppo¬ sing they were not brought into exist¬ ence till after the rain fell—what are they then produced from, and where are the parents, or the materials, of which they must be the pffspring ? When the fact above mentioned first met my eye, it immediately occurred to me, that the impregnated spawn of some minute fishes, might be conveyed into the atmosphere, during that rapid evapora¬ tion w hit h takes place from all rivers, and bodies of water, in hot climates. But a little reflection soon convinced me, that this could not be, for all the aqueous par¬ ticles, that the process of evaporation raises from the earth, are held in a state of chemical solution by the air which contains them, aud are consequently re¬ duced to such minute parts, that they could not retain any extraneous body in suspension. If rain water is subjected to micro¬ scopical examination immediately ftfl r it has fallen, it will be found to be peopled withciowdsof animakulae. These di¬ minutive inhabitants, do not exist on, or near the spot where the iluid fall.-, as rr.ay at rirst be supposed, but descend from the clouds along with the rain a drop of which when caught upon pure glass, be¬ fore it reaches the earth, will display to the o)e. aided by a good microscop", an assemblage of living creatures of various form*and kinds. Thi* fact again proves, that organized being* are sometimes pro¬ duced, or at least do sometimes exist, in the region of " whirlwind,meteor,cloud, and hail :" and that the principle of life, can be clothed with matter which appa¬ rently is not derived from the surface of the earth. One would almost be inclined to sup¬ pose, that the elements of organic life, •\ere scattered throughout the world, and possessed, under particular circum¬ stances, the power of assuming forms,- defined, aud perfectly consistent with the other productions of nature, without needing that aid, which animals brought into existence in the usual way, invaria¬ bly require from those that gave them biith. Material beings, under various forms, are often found in plares where they apparently could not have de»ived theircxistence from any parent stock si¬ milar to themselves. Small lakes, and ponds, that have no visible connection with rivers, or the sea, sometimes con¬ tain fish of different kinds ; and, on the top of a mountain, in one of the Western Isles of Scotland, there is a large basin of water, which abounds with pike, perch, &x. I have several times heard of eels and small trout beiug found in covered wells, although no one could possibly have put them there. Vegetable infu¬ sions of various kinds, wheu kept iu per¬ fectly close vessels, begin to swarm with unimalculau a short time after they are made, and different species of these crea¬ tures, will often appear among the Iluid in succession. Some ma.v concelvev that these In^t mentioned facts, are not iu point, and do not tend to illustrate the leading subjects of this essay; but they are intimately connecte * with it, for they shew, that the principles of life, and the elements of animal organization, exist as it were independently, displacing themselves in situations where they could not have been given birth to in the way prescribed by the commen laws of nature. The de¬ monstration of this position, removes one great difficulty, that would otherwise present itself when we were enquiring into the nature and origin of these aero* /#£3uimals mentioned in the first part of this essay j but the subject involves so many Other equally intricate and per- plexing e.moderations, that theory and conjecture, must be alike haiiied iu any attempts they may make to explain it. in February, and cor.ihue fo to do, the fame chase ui)01i lts »*****> an,d " ll,e5e' ",,,lc day in each Month, until the bvfnufs of ;»a state of roughoessatid agitation, were this Dlflritl, as regard, the fame is' fJi/kd- l,able S H> to^e<l.",t1° th° ™: tCConl" Dlflricl, as regards the fame is finifht JOIN FKRGUSON. Kingfloii) Feb. \J, 1819. 6 For sal j at tliis OJ/ice, the Montreal Almanac for 1820. For Sale, TWO excellent HjLCH COWS, one of which will ca|ve in about a week's time. Whoever may wi(h to purchafe faid Cows, will apply to t\it fubferiber, near Mr. Adams's, leading to Stuartville, MARK LAW. Kingfton, Nov. t, \$\g. 45 ingtoMr. Pennant's theory, they assu¬ redly would contain no herrings, for all fish, with the exception of the porpoise, aud one or two others, descend to :i great depth during tempests. From these con¬ siderations, it appears highly improbable, that the herrings, found on the Feroe Islands- were conve\ed thither by the wind"; and ui) conjecture that is at al] rational can be offered upon the subject. The fact I shall now mention, defies explanation, in a still greater degree, than the latter. Dr. Thomson, in the Annals of Philosophy, states, that the inhabit¬ ants of several parts of the Fast Indies, when a heavy shower of rain falls, place large earthen jars upon their house tops, IDEA OF MEXICAN WEALTH. IROM THE TRAVELS OF HUMBOLDT. This traveller affirms that the riches of Mexico are infinitely fuperior to thofe of Peru. I know of no Peruvian family (fays he) in the poffeffiou of a fixed and certain revenue of 1 30,000 francs, ( 26,000 dollars,) but in Mexico there are individ¬ uals who poffefs 00 mines, and whofe re¬ venue amounts to a million of francs, (zoC,ooo dollars.) The family of the Count de la Valenciano poffeffes alone, on the ridge of the Andes, a property worth 25 millions of francs, (5,000,000 dollars,) without including the mine of Valenciano, which yields, one year with another, a nett revenue of 1,500,000 livres (240,000 dol¬ lars.) The Count de Regia built, at his own expence, two vcffcls of the largell fize, worth 6oo,coo doILra, and prefented them to the King of Spain. The family of Fagoasa, well known for ts beneficence, intelligence, and zeal for that they may collect the water while iu I &* PuWic Sood> c*hibi" &* <*aroPlc of