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Full text: FEBRUARY - APRIL, 1861 61 Friday, 22nd,—Great "Revivals" are being held in the Methodist Chapel; in this mode of worshipping God there appears to be very little solemnity, many persons who go there do it merely for the purpose of curiosity, while many others, whose actions betray them, merely make a pretense of religion; howling, moaning, beating of breasts or tearing of hair, is no part of the service of God, and does not constitute a Christian. Since my sojourn in this town, a number of these "revivals", so termed by the Methodists, have taken place, but in no one instance have I seen any good derived from them; it appears to me to be a mere mockery and working more mischief than good. Proselyting appears to be one main object in these meetings, as regards this these "revivals" have been a great failure, as they have not increased their followers thereby. Wednesd. 27th,—The funeral of the late Peter Mason, of the 1st pen- insula, who died on Sunday last, took place this afternoon. March, 1861 Saturday, 2nd,—Miss Mary Anne Wells stock of Goods, were sold to day by the Sheriff, they having been taken by writ of Execution. Miss Wells has been keeping a store in this place for upwards of 25 years. April, 1861 Wednesd. 3rd,—This evening a public Meeting of the sons of Temper- ance took place at Temperance Hall; the two Divisions belonging to this town, as well as about 20 other Sons who had arrived from Chester this morning in a vessel, were present, all draped in their regalias; in the midst of their proceedings the cry of fire reached the Hall, a general commotion took place among the audience, each one eager to get out, but in conse- quence of the crowd, could not; in the midst of the excitement it was inti- mated that it was only a chimney and that the fire was out; as soon as the audience had become somewhat quieted a second cry was raised that the house was on fire, another tumult took place in the Hall, many left, others remained in a very uneasy state; through these alarms the proceedings were much interrupted and nearly put to an end. The fire took place in the house occupied by Danl. McDonald, opposite Metzlers Hotel, and was ex- tinguished after burning a hole through the roof. Thursd. 4th,—Married this forenoon at 10 O'clock at St. James' Church, Mahone Bay, by the Revd. W. H. Snyder, Rector, (the bride's father) assisted by the Revd. H. L. Owen, Rev. C. J. Shreve, and Revd. J. T. Moody,06 Chas. Gray, Esqr., M.D.,67 Son of Jas. Gray, Esqr., of Annapolis, to Charlotte Elizabeth Gilpin Snyder. Friday, 26th,—This afternoon the Schooner H. M. Moyle, owned by Edwd. Young was discovered to be on fire while lying at Anchor in the