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CHOLERA.

Letters from New Orleans to the 2d inst. gives an appalling account of its wretchedness. Na ' nant Cholera, Yellow Fever, Cold Plague Sinai Pox. and Typhus Fever, all rage with desolating-foroe. One hundred coflined bo- dies were counted on the let inst. lying un- buried in the Catholic Burial place. It was feared that in consequence of the long exposure ofso many bodies to the air, the disease would change\to the plague. Seventy six corpses were carried to one burial ground before 4 o’clock on the afternoon of the 1st inst. The

numberol'deatbs was probably 200 a day.

her. were dead before the month of Novem Thereather was unusually warm for the sea.

son. The thermome tcr on the 2d in“ indica. . ; anscript

to Friday the 2d d of ei. days—there were red interments at New Or-

ans. A letter ofthe 7th, published in the Essex Re- gister, says: The work ofdeatb still goes on amon us; but with‘a decreased mortality. The Boar of Health do not report and the sextons refuse to give the number of intermonts. but

¢° it is thought by most people that the number

will not exceed one hundred and seventy-five, for the two last days. The weather is very un- .since Sunday we have had nothing but rain—. d at this time chatres street (which is the Broadway of New Orleans) is ancle deep with mud—the wind is now at the north, and [am in hopes we shall now have some pleasant weather.

The price of grave digging in New Orleans is Nurses demand ten dol-

per day, and are not, in many instances,

a had even at that exorbitant sum. New Orleans Letters to Nov. llth. say. that the frost had put an end to the Yellow Fever, and that the Cholera had so far abated, that the countenance of the citizens began to wear a Gheerful smile, and business to revive.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN, ' 'necnsnnn 22, 1832.

Our English dates via United States, are to the 19th of October; but they contain nothing very important. Extracts will be found in the succeeding columns.

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On Tuesday night last, the inmates of Go- vernment House were disturbed by an alarm .gfifire, which had nearly proved ofa very

the pan of the Franklin stove in the dining room rested on the door, and that upon the fire being raked out for the night, the hot

the damn“ done, it must have been burn- ing for some b‘bfilrs previous to its discove- ry, and nothing but the extraordinary pre- ‘sence of mind of Mrs. Young, the lady of

a _His Excellency, who first discovered the

fire, and who kept the door ofthe apart-

' *- ment close shut, and thus precluded the ex-

ternal air, until the servants procured a suppr of water, otherwise nothing could v-have‘ saved the house from destruction. flown“. Young was aroused from her fisser sense of the danger to which

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serious natufi ; it appears that the edge of

the inmates of house were exposed, is best known to th t watchful Providence which neither s ers nor sleeps.

Free Port We have great pleasure in an- nouncing til}; the London Gazette ofthe 16th

ot'Octoher ontains an order in Council, de- claring ports of Liverpool and Yarmouth, in Nov otia, to be free warehousing ports,

pose of the Act 6. Geo. lV. intituled to regulate the trade of the British ions abroad.” We trust this will give anew impulse to the trade of those spirited and enterprising towns.

JV. Y. Albion.

Barbarian—We reget to observe by a late Barbadoes paper that the Legislature of that Island have passeda perpetual Act, laying an additionalduty of one shilling and sixpence per ton stirling, on all Vessels arriving at that Island, and a clause in the same Act provides that a further sum ofone shilling and ninepencc

ofseven years.

The Barbadoes Merchants in a petition to the House ofAssembly remonstrated strongly against the measure, and in their statement showed that a_ship,of452 tons which, previous to the passing of this act, would be liable to pay 531. 18 1, would be now liable to a Duty of 1362. 6 11.

St. Andrew: Courant, Nov. 30,

New Brunswick—A Meeting has been held at St. John, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a Bill authorising the establish- ment ofa new Bank in that city. The capital proposed is 100,0001., in 251. shares.

Newfoundland—Nearly 15,000 bushels of P0- tatoes, with a large qu mtity of Turnips, Oats, Sac. arrived at St. John‘s, N- F. from Prince Edward Island, within the week previous to the “Its

A severe hurricane was felt on the l3lh Nov. in the Township ofGoJmanchester, which blew down several buildings, carrying some solid parts of the roofto a distance of 300 yards. 954 .vesselshave arrived at Quebec this season, being 55 less than last year, the comparative statement would have been, however, much clo- ser, had the winds proved more favourable the past two months. Thirty vessels at least are due from different ports that cannot now arrive. The settlers‘amount nearly to the same num- ber (about fifty thousand) this year as last.

ucbec Mercury « New Brunswick—St. Anlrew has a footing every where, he was duly honored at St- John, under the auspices of John Robertson, Esq. as worthy a Scotch man as ever lived. At Richi- bucto Samuel M'Kcen andHngh M‘Kay, Esqrs. presided overa similar exhibition of good hu- mour and national feeling—Winter has al- ready set in with the greatest vigour. A large quantity of snow has fallen. and the ice on the riveris sufficiently strong to admit of travel- ling on foot with the greatest safety. We saw several horses and sleighs on it yesterday af- ternOon. ' Jllt'ramichs' Gleaner.

Shipwreck.—The schooner James, John Mc- Mullen, master, owned by Mr. John Thompson, of Pictou, and partly laden with a general cargo from Halifax, for that port, while at- tempting to heat into this harbour .on Wednes- day the lSth inst. went ashore near the- Bea. con, when she very shortly after bilgedo. The place where she first struck being a per- pendicular rock; the crew and passengers,

sterling per ton shall be levied for the period'

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nine in number,jumped a‘shore from the bow. sprit end There still remained on board a little boy unavoidably left behind. As soon as information was given of his situation, also“ with four hands was dispatched to endeavour to procure him dead or alive. A stron he" run among the breakers deterred the rst boat from boarding the wreck; a second one shortly after watched a favourable o portunity, and succeeded in putting Richar 'l‘ownsand on board, who, to the greatjoy of every one pre. sent, rescued the little fellow from his perilous situation, by sending him on shore by a rope from the vessel to the rocks. As the wreck was surging with much violence at the time among the breakers great risk Was run by going on board. Too much praise, therefore, cannot be given to Townsend, for his humanity in attempting to save the child’s life atthe riskof his own. The vessel is a total wreck, and’it is feared but little ofthe cargo or matarials will be saved. Louisburg, Nov. 16- MISCELLANIOUS. THE BEGINNINGS OF EVIL.

Young men, for the most part, are but little aware of the danger which attends the beginnings of evil. No one becomes sud- denly abandOnod andprofligate. There is always a gradual progress: He begins in slight, occasional departures from rectitude, and goes from one degree of gunlt to ano- ther, till coascicnce becomes scared, the vicious pr0pensity strong, the habit of in- dulgence fixed, and the character ruined.

Nothing is more obvious than this con- nexion between the beginning and the con- summation of evil ; and yet, hardly any- thing is more difficult, than to convince the young of its reality. In entering upon wrong courses they have not the least ex- pectation or fear of the dreadful issue.— They mean not to proceed beyond the point of safety : and they have no doubt, they can easily effect an escape, whenever danger appears ; but ere they are aware, they are arrested by the iron grasp of ha- bit, and ruined forever.

Take for example, a young man, who occasionally drinks to excess in the social circle ; he does not dream that he is en- tering upon a course which will probably end in confirmed intemperance.” He means no harm ; he says ofthe sin, is it not alit— tlc one ? there can be no danger of this. But soon his hands are made strong, and he becomes the slave of a sottish vice.

Thus it is with all vicious practices.— However slight at first, they tend, by I strong and necessary impulse, to the pOlnt of utter deprawty of principle, and ruin of character. There is no safety but in guar- ding against the first approaches of evil.— To step upon forbidden ground is to throw one’s self into the power of the destroyer} and ifGoJ interpose not to deliver, ruin I! inevitable; It was a wise saying among the ancients, that the way of vice lies down bill. If you take but a few steps, the mo— tion soon becomes so im etuous and violent, that it is impossible for you to resist it.