Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-12-10 00:00:00, page 2

LONPON,OCT 2>*
Dc (patches were lad night rerei
vrd annourrei ’f th it the Hie cf Pm
nap.m? (la e Hie of ftcutbot*) fir
r nhrrd to the Brinih wrmt. on th*
8«h of julv. 'I he Entliih had none
# ♦ >k
killed in the attack, ond only 18
w< uf)',*,d. A valuable French brig
v. is u n off die 1 of France;
be mvfteriftus allufions in .’hr lid
0
Far is pipers to t! e an , .il of •* a
far i;n lb nice at Fontainbleu/’ and
41 the happioefs the Empreis was a
b nit t -receive in a few days/’ are
e&;? auiol bv letters the 2oth in
it nrt received yederday from the
i renth Coad. According to theie,
this foreign Prince is no lcf$ a per*
fmape thin the Emperor Francis,
rs hofe vifit ii fupp>fed to be tor «>th
er pyrpefe betide* the mere iildif
petite of a father's fondnef#*
i he Dolphin and Zeno ia faded
this day from Portsnnou h, for hpain
and Portugal, with convoy, in which
ffrrty tfoufaud blankets, and twenty
thou and pair of ihoes are fent to the
patriots in bpain.
Extraordinary Abu i nencc.
LONDON, OCT. 5.
The fcllowifp extraordinary in
«D 4
^ a nee of abftimnce lias recently oc
curred at Chelmsford, in LlT x. On
the 4th of September laft, a man na
med James Jackfo’i, was committed
to the lloufc of Correction at that
place as a vagrant : for the fir It
hvc days after his confinement, he
wa« not obferved to take any lufte
rance whatever, or once to open his
evt* ; on the 6th day, however, he
walked in the prifon yard and drank
plentifully of wafer rt the pump, and
continued to do fo till the 17th day,
but conitantly refufed to take any
lood whatever ; and from the 17th
clay of his confinement ro the time
cf his death, which happened on
Tuefday laft, l.e even difeontinued
tot ke the water. The conftable in
vhofe cuftcdv he was fur three day3
previous to his being committed :o
the fdoufe of correction, (fates,* that
during that time he took nothing ex
cept one pint of Beer, fo that it ap
pears that from the 4th Sep ember to
the 2-d Oftober, ha no o her
noarifh went than ore put of beer ;
exc-pt water, of which it k ft.ited,
he drank plentifully during 12 clays
rf the time in which he was in the
Houle of Correction.
RECAPTURE OF C3TM3RS.
Col. i rant’s official letter of the
rec: prure of Coimbra, has been tranf
lured for arid publifhed i i the Nczu
Tnrk Evening P'jt, It is dafed Ci
m’ra. Oil. 7, and ftatc<j, that the
capture was made by his diviiion on - j
ty. He marched from C^fialhada at
midnight, lurpriz.'u the French pi
tpicrs, and entered Crimbra by two |
oppofite gates. The French refilled
about an hour ; but the French offi
cer finding the city in pofleflion of
the Ang!o-Fortugue!e, pr-,pofrg a
rapiuilition ; w hich Col Frant re
phed to, that he could admit no other
proposition than that of furrender
ing however to proted tn-tn from j
the infults of the peafanN. The ]
Fre ’ce then farrendcred Col. F
flatea the prtfoners at 5000.-4000]
were mature 1 to Oprrtj, accompan- i
red by Coi. lTdivifion, to protect I
them from the animoft. v of the coun
try people, which was excited airainft
them t^ a great degree. 3500 muf
queta were taken, and distributed to
tnc peafants *, a number of oxen and
fh-ep were alfo retaken. 1 here
were aifo Jtighry oificers among the
prifoner*. We are f rry to learn,
that Col. Frant found it impofftble
fo prevent the exafperared peal ants
from plundering and exercifing acts
of violence on iumc of the French
men ; and Rates thev’Cims to their
ref-ntmsnt st from 6oo to 8oo ;
but that after the firR movements,
he fticceeded in relcuing them from
infult Gen. Milieu, arid Coi.
Wilson catered Cinbra the 7th
Col. I\ adds, ** 1 muffc c bferve that
r nib ,j ran exceed the Rate of rnit
-“’V iu v * eh \ found this city. Fire
4 4
enemy not c-meat with having Oc
,1 it tiiroughout, and plundered it
o: evewy valuable fhat could be
round, h. J fet fire ro Cbne houfes,
$nd piled up iit the lire.!.* in the
prcatdb tiiforder, a 1 the provisions
which their arr..v ccu*.d not t*ke
4
whub*. > lor wfckh rcafba 4 cirtJ
rr he evrc*-tfd that near 3?c fol
diers, r arives of this city and its
neighbourhood, accompanied by
rh"ir mtfersbd relatives and acquain
ranees, conid be patient wbneiles
of a leave ol devolution, in which,
i their property had been deftroyer!
in 2 manner fo unjuit and Icanda
; loui/'
■
-.—.
i / urtUr ttarjlatians from ' ertuguefe
fff/ers.
LISBON OCT. ip,
Wp feedaiJv the Spaniards arrive ;
they belong to the army of the left,1
the btft delciplmed and mod war-I
I like of Spain, who come to take part
in our lortune and in our glory.
Yefterday arrived au Englilh fri
gate, and twelve veflels, with prilbn
| eis taken at Coimbra.
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tfce rpatls,
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WASHINGTON, NOV. 17.
The follow ing extract of a letter, I
is from a gentleman cf the firft ref
psthbHity at Wafhington, MifTftippi
Territory, to his friend in this city,
bearing dare Odober 30, 1810.
“ ! he filiation of Florida mod
certainly claims the earlieft poflib’e
attention of our government, for, un
! lefs they are adopted into our family
cf governments, there is much room
to fear that one of the great belhgrr
ents of iiurope will attempt to lay
violent hands upon the provinces, to
the incalculable injury of the U.
States. Indeed I vcrilv believe there
is a ftrong party in that country in
favour of its pupilage to a meafure
which could not be eft'edted with
out a trouble and manly ftruggle by
every real. American within the pro
ving, aided by hundreds from with- .
out. 1
“ Itjwould be in vain for our go- I
verdment to forbid the interference i
of its citizens ; their interests and
1 tlieii feelings are too ibongly enlifted
to be kept quiet fpe£\ators of fuch a
ftruggle ! During the late troubled
ftate in that quarte?, numbers of ter
| ritoruns were daily crofting and re
crofling the line in anxious expe&a
l t»on of fomc military employment f f
i The Convent ionaliils will again meet
in Convention, in a few days, at Ba
ton Rouge, and I think one of their
1 Hr It meafurrs will be to adopt a con
ftimtion, bottomed upon their de
claration, of independence •, and in
all prob bitty they will fet on foot
an expedition againfl theSpanifh gar
rifors on Mobillc and Peufacola.
1 NotwithfUnding thefe overt ad\s of
[ felf-government, I am well convin
ced tiiat the ConvenrionaJift would j
promptly au l joyfully acquicfcc in a-1
ny claim of dyminancy which the
| United Stares would fee up.
“ But upon this fubjecl you will
probably be much better informed,
I in a (hurt time, by a meftenger who
will be fenc by the Convention to
our government.”
From the Baltimore federal Republican.
OR. LOGaN.
A writer in the American, affu
mrttg it is a fafl, that the editorr of j
the Federal Republican received
their information about die fecret de
f'gns of Fiance* againft the United
States, from Dr. Logan, have de
nounced Mr. Madifon’g friend as a
* m id manand as the “ cffjl” of
the democratic parry. Admitting
t! at Dr. Logan was the authority up
on which the faft was ftated, if we
appear contemptible for placing con
fidence in fuch an author, how will
, Mr. Madifon ft and juftihed with his
p.irrv, for having fan&ioncd the
; Dolor's vdit to England, by giving
j him, what can be called by no oth
er name than a letter of credence, in
order to take him out of the opera
tion of the act of congr"fs, which
| makes it penal tor individuals to in
terfere in foreign ncgociations.
Such a Ltter was given to Dr. Lo
Can by Mr Madifon, and was fhown
by the Doctor, before his departure
for England, to feverai per Tons.
A word upon the fubjeft of the
| difetofure of Bonaparte’s infamous
l propoial to conquer and divide the
United States. So depraved, fo
j hftirure of love of country, are fome
j of the democrats, that if Mr. Madi
• ibn himfe’f or General Armftrong,
' haJ ditclofed the defigns of France*
they would have been denounced
| Thefe degenerate Americans are as
much interelted in the fuccefs of
fiance, in all her ambitious (themes,
isthenearrft Errnth edii»1ary in the
country. Although, in their hearts,
iiey believe that at this moment we
are not iafe from the power of
France, thty exult in all her victories,
and rejoice to fee liberty batiiilrd
from the continent—they da-e in
this republican laud to avow ib ir
wilh, that Spain and Portugal mav
t>e added to the 11(1 of conquered
and enflaved countries.
i
NEW-YORL, NOV. 29 1 0 1 O.
JNThRESUNG.
We have been iovoured, by a
merchant of this city, with the fol
lowing questions to, and the reply of,
Mr. Gallatin, Secretary of the
1 rcafury.
I Letter From Wafhinrtrm ]
“ From vour government wc an
nex two queries, propofed to Mr.
Gallatin, the Secretary of the
Treafury, relative to the renewal of
the Non-Intercourle between this
country and Great Britain, with his
replies the eto.
** 1 ft- Whether gooils Jbipped from
England prior to the 2 d L.hruarj next,
but arriving fubferjuently t her eto, nvjuld ,
be fibjc'El to feizure, or admittid to an
entry ? and 2dly. Whether a vejjel
ninth a cargo of Britijh g"ds mould be
permitted to call nvithin the metiers of
the United States for orders, or to learn
the cor.tinuence of the Non-Inter courfc.
“ In anfwer to the ist. Mr. Gal- !
Latin lhewed a letter to Mr. D. j
Dunham, afking the fame queftion,
which ftated that all goods imported
from the dominions of G. Britain,
and arriving within the United
States, fubfequent to the 2d Februa
ry, will be forfeited, if G. Britain
lhall not on that day have revoked
her edifls. It follows, that if no
knowledge of fuch revocation is
known here by the 2ci February,
goods imported as aforefaid, will be
Subject to feizure.
“ In anlwer to the lad, viz. Whe
ther a veil'd would be permitted to
call, &c. Mr. Gallatin was net fo
explicit, but faid it would be left to
the court to decide That the law
would be rigidly enforced in all caf
es of arrivals after the 2d February ;
and he begged it to be ur.derflood
that there would-be no rdeafe from
'he treafury department—He men
tioned this, lie laid, becaufe ftveral
rcleales had been made under differ
ent circnmfiances, which he ex
plained, upon the arrival of veflels
after the revival of the law under Mr.
Erskine’s arrangement. In that
cafe, it was the act of the Executive
and of the Britilli minider, which
induced merchants to give orders —
here, it was under a law well known
to all the merchants—and that all
lhipmcnts from England, unlef? the
revocation on her part was full and
perfectly fitisfa&ory, will be attend
ed with 1 ilk an i hazard.
“ Mr, (.». is alfo of opinion that
the Oidtrs of Council of Nov. 1807,
arc done away by the Orders of
Blockade of April, 1809, l^ar a re'
peal of her paper blockades (fo cal
led) is the principal thing deman
ded.
“ Ihe Prefident, by making the
letter of the French minider the
bads of his proclamation, has taken
it with the conditions annexed—one
of which is, that England fhall re
peal her blockades—From this it is
inferred that a formal repeal of the
Orders in Council of Nov. will not
be deemed fatisfactory by this gov
ernment for the purpofe of pre
vailing the Non-Intercourfe.”
Our readers by referring to the
Non Intcrcourfe law of Congrefs,
will cbfervc, that thofe lections re
vived by the law of id May lad, ap
ply only to the excludon of the Eri
tiin flag from our waters, and to pro
hibit the importation of all Britifh
goods. Ot courfe, American fhips,
wirh cargoes, may go to G. Britain
as herctotore, even if fhc fhould
not revoke her blockading or
ders.
Trench “ Tribute” & “Licences”
Bonaparte has decreed thai Amer
ican vedels (hall not carry colonial
produce* to his dominions unlefs duly
Licenced by him ; and it is a well
known ret, that for one thefe ** Li.
censes" lately granted to an American
; veil'd at Naritz, (and which licence
is good tor one voyage only) no ltfs
than Lighty Napoleons were paid into
the French I rcafury, bd'idcs fees.—
Now, our independent government,
and their fcribb.crs, we do not dud
| one of idem — late y lo boidetous on
thz iubj^cr—tcnoraiies n.s voice w
mores his pen againft this “fridge if
cchniclflavery ” this urjufl tribute to
a foreign nation.” No ! France and
Napoleon have done it, ami they
are dumb• And yet this fame Na
, poleon rery confidently prates of
: the freedom of the fas, and “freeflaps
making jrcc gods ” and thefj lame
| dumb gentlemen pretend tobeexc!u
I five prtriots, and great fticklers for
impartial neutrality !
The rapid grzutb of cur City.
According to the cenfus juft com
pleted, this city (Ao Fork) contains
Ninety Three Ihovfind Nine Hundred ,
Fourteen fouls. To gratify the ca
riofiry, and to exhibit the uuparald
led grouth of this city, we publiih !
the following ftatemenf, viz .* —
Cenfut if Inb t bit ants Cent ft rtf Inhabitants.'
1756 10,881 1800 60 483 j
1771 21,863 1805, 75 770
1786 28,614 1810 23,914
1790 33,131
A Parfuip was raifed the prefent .
feafon in the garden of Mr. Amo9
iinkham of this towm, mcafuring
nine inches in circumference, and
fix feet in length ! j
[Winfor, Ver. pap.] j
Infallible cure fjr ft he Rheum at fra.
lake lharp vinegar (the fiharper
the better) and rub the part affected
with it as warm as the patient car*
bear for ten minutes, and apply wrap
ping paper to it dipped in vinegar,
to be renewed twice a day, viz. in
the morning before breakfalt and in
the evening going to bed. When
the patient begins to make ufe of the
vinegar, it is needfary to take a ftrong
phyfic, and at the lame time one
fpoonful of mobiles and flour of ful
pher mixed together before break
fall, an another when going to bed,
and in a few days the patient will be
perfectly well.
The perfon who publilhes this re
ceipt has tried it twice on himfelf
with fuccefs,—Thilad• pap*
STATE Of THE SLAVE TRADE. •
Since the Abolition Act, in Great B>i- !
t.in, the Ministerialists, Foxites, and
i jimmies, in short, every description of
parties, tnve united in one c-entral j
shout ol execration against this trade.— '
By the present abolition act, the Biit- j
is;r government agree to pay thirty I
pounds sterling a head for each biacK ]
man captured, twenty pounds for every j
woman, aud ten pounds for every child ; 1
andfthey give the slave their liberty.
A bill is expected to be passed at the
next session of Parliament, making it
felony to be engaged in the traffic.
By a late decision of the Privy Coun
cil, <l the trade cannot be considered as
having a legitimate existence’* ; and
accordingly the British navy will be
employed in capturing every Swedish,
Danish, American or English vessel,
which may be found under their own,]
or any other flag, engaged in the traf
fic. Encouragement is held out to in- '
formers, and the “ African Sociei y,”
with immense funds has commenced
an extensive correspondence all ovfcr
the world, to put an effectual termina
tion to the most indelible disgrace of
civilized man.
A DILEMMA. 1
Suppose that Napoleon refuses, free*
tical/y1 to annual his decrees, until!
j Great-Britain officially declares her re
[ nunciation of the principles of block
ade ; and Great-Britain refuses to re
voke the Orders in Council, until
franee does politically annul her ele
ctees. and besides will not acknowledge
that she ever maintained such princi
ples oi blockade as i\ apoleon requires
tier to disavow.
In the first place, how will Mr. Mad
ison look ? His proclamation says that
Prance already has repealed his de
crees: Napoleon sa)s lie has vot, liis
conditions are not complied with.
Will our government consent in that
case to revive the non-intercourse act,
against Great Britain, without ar.y pie
leuce of Want oi good faith, because the
President has misinterpreted the as
certion ol the French minister ?
Picture of a Demayoo-uc.
u O
The following is an extract from a / Vo#*
fiectun for a tiafier> to be fiubtnhc l in
Zanesiv:ley Ohio, not inafifilicaOie to
thie quarter.
) “from whence er me dhisions ami
j animosities among the American peo
ple :—Come they not hence, evtn from
a lust ol power and the wanton rriisrep
| lcsentat ons of the minions ol dema
gogues l It is a lamentable feu j, that we
♦ may trace the greater part of the divi
sions among the citizens of our country
j to the int* igues oi avaric ious office-1 fun
i ter*. No honest min should counte
nance an office-hunter—Nor should a*
nv office ol profit or trust, if he is sn
licitoas to obuin it, especially if he
nicer ,.»r minseir i :u:re
frail office* burners, and la tie office
nuntens. He, who aspire* to * highly
responsible, or very lucrative office,
wiil say to the servile and spit ities, cre
atures about him,“ if you will assist in
to obtain this birth, I will remember
you when I get into power : yon shall
hare this, or that, or the other uttie
Jice—you shall be secretary of Slate, e;
prosecuting attorney, or clerk of the
court/* (as the case may he.) A bar
gain is knocked, and means are iimne*
[ diately adopted to gull and deceive the
t honest Farmers and Mechanics of the
country into a belief of their disinteres
ted patriotism and meritorious talent*.
Fellow Citizens ! beware of such hun
gry ravenous wolves, who prey upon
the peace of society ; who fatten upon
the labours of the virtuous, and indus
trious parts of the community ; who
fbment divisions snd factions among
the people, to lacilivte their schemes of
aggrandizement. It is notl iTicult mat
ter to point them out. You may easily
know them on the eve of an election—
see bow amazingly polite, how com
plaisant, how smiling their counte
nance, how sweet and melifluou* their
voice, how familiar with their inferiors,
how ready to shake the dirtiest hand,
to greet as an Imnoi'abic Jncnd the vi
lest vagabond of the town, to guzzle ill*
vote-buying grog with tlve lowest men
ial ! They are the greatest republicans
on the day of election, and the greatest
tyrants when they receive a commis
sion. When M sloth'd in a little brief
authority,” they wave their petty scep
tres with the despotism of a Ner»>.
Such men delight in feeding with tho*
fuel of falsehood the devouring dames
of paityisru. It is their interest that
the people should be divided 'Flier
love to float on the scimt which arise*,
from the ebullionof political acrimo
ny, and their aiim nis is the Iruit of de
traction. Di^ ... a char
acters us these, and the people will be
united—the goyannuD. v*iii be irr
safe hands.”
■m » • ■ • * r in. .
FKOM A PVKI* PAPLR.
The history of the dog of Macaria is
known to every one. A similar cir
cumstance lately took place in the vi.
cinity of ■uulouse-A soldier, re
turning from Spain, loaded with plun
der was so eiattu by the possession of
so much treasure, that he could not re
fiain from exposing it to the view of
every person who happened to bo
spending his evening at the inn where
he put up for the night. The hostes
observing the folly ot I is conduit,di
rected the waiter to call him out in or
der to put him upon his guaid. hhe,
remonstrated with him on the impro
priety ot exposing his property to the
view of a numerous and mixed com
pany, most ol whom were Strangers to
her, and tho* tliet e might he among
them respectable persons, yet then*
might also be some thieves, but howe
ver that might be, she advised her
guest to he more circumspect, and
declared that in the event of hn being
robbed or circumvented in any way,
she would not hold herself responsible
I for his loss after the caution she had
i felt it her duty to give Poll !
Poh 1” said the veteran, 44 give me my
dog, I want no bet'er companion, he
and I will make any gang of robbers,
who may he bold enough to make the
experiment, repent of their tenter
■ itv ”
Il>*
tic got up at an r3riy I our next
morning, and set out on his journey,
, accompanied by bis faithful dog. lie
, lore he left the town half an hour he
; was attacked'by three ruffians and stab
| bed before he could even put himself
| in a posture of defence. The dog see
ing ins master weltering in his blood,
darted at the assassin, seizes him by
i the throat, brings him to the ground
j and worries him The accomplices of
i the robber who effected the wound, ter
: rifted at the ferocity of the dog, clitned
J a tree, in the hope that the dog would
presently quit the gronnd and leave
them at liberty to depart—In this
| they were deceived; at the break of
day the gens d’armes in going their
(rounds passed that way—they hear a
I person call for assistance—see a dog in
in the act of barking fut iously—descry
two men perched on a tree soliciting
protection, pretending that the dog
j was mad, nnd would nut suffer them to
; proceed without the hazard of becom
ing the victims of his fury, like the
unfortunate traveller whose corpse lav
, at a few yards distance —But this mad
dog appeared to have no enmity to any
! except the refugees ; the gens d’armes
(order them to come down, which tty
| did ; the traces ot blood are discovered,
and the robbers pret*nd that they pro
ceeded from the wounds which the fer
ocious dog had indicted. 1 he g
a'arnies bad t’tc greatest difficult
preventing the icg, who was do*.
them, from attacking the footpad.
From the determined hostilit
dog, the incoherent story ot \
I and various other suspicious i *
stances, they are apprehended
in 2u yards of me tree, the jcv ?