Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-12-03 00:00:00, page 2

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LATEST FROM PORIDGaL
i).<r« s fr<>m Poitugal, a«> lare as
the 2 )t \ Ocl'ibir, have b*u recei
ved, (fcvi’i days by an arrival
at Plymouth*, nt winch time no bit
lie hut taken place ; bit the armies
remained in the pinions particular.
if noticed in ckir lift From this
it appear.;, that Lord IFcltin ion in
tended roGHain an attack, and that
Che Friice of Fftii” was not itiong
enough tq attack him at prefent.
Capt. Howland, mailer of the
?bnve mentioned vt Tel, brought no
papers i but »€tb:i»iy reports, tnat
it was thought at Liftnn, no general
engagement wou’d take place until
AlaHina h*d obtained fonie rein
{ irecments •, and that the day before
1 e failed it was reported on Change,
1 .me had arrived, though the num
ber wis not mentioned. The Em
bargo at Lifb >n was Hill continued,
?nJ likely to remain, until home
change took p*ace in the relative con
diti»m of the two grand armies.
Veil'ds however, that were loaded,
could, on proper application, procure
permiihon ro depart. 1 he Mount
Hope. i>reerc, failed for New Toik
the day previous, with 1060 fhetp ;
ihi$ lhipf with the Conilellation,
-Aitred and Mi las, were the only
VrlRl* which had b^cn permitted to
fail lince the Embargo was laid on.
Mr. Green, the* American Deputy
Conful 2f J.ifbon, informed Capt.
j lowland that there was not a barrel
of flour unfold in the market, and re
marked that a cargo would bring 25
d alls, iieef 13, and corn 2 50.
LaL'ft from South America.
An arrival at Phil idtlphia, irom
the River Plate, brings accounts as
late as Oclr. 6, dating that the Junta
of the Province of Paragauy, had de
t^ared themfclves independent of
rhc old government of Spain, and
feized Leiners, and two of his
principal adherents, carried them to
Jluenos Ayres, and condemned and
executed them on the 26th Aug.
they being accudd of defigns fubver
fve of peace, and treasonable. The
provinces of Peru and Chili, it was
laid, had alfo declared themfelvei in
dependent. On th* o'her hand, the
government of Morne Video, ar.d the
people on the Northern banks of the
river Plate, oppofi e the Junta of
Buenos Ayres and i:s mejfures, de
flating them to be in rebellion to
the legal authorities of Spain. '1 he
Pi’a/auy Junta had endeavoured to
obtain the count nance and fupport
of the l” it 1 h i buf the Comman
ders 011 tlut Ration h «d Cattinufly
cv-ded any direct anf wets, defirous
ci prrf.rvmg the country from the
calamities of civil war, and main
taining the advantages of trade to
that country
4
£ ALT! MORE, NOVEMBER I
DU IT OS FLOUR.
Fn-m our cornrlpondem at Ilavan
2, wc have received a paper of that
city of the ?cUi ult. in which we
tind nothin./ of importance but the
follosing :
•• On accnnnt of a recent temped
which happened In St. Jago of Cuba,
cn the 281b September lad, which
caufed considerable dcflru'Tion, it
1ms b:en granted by the refpectlve
authorities of the Idand, at the in
lUnce of the adjutancy of that city,
that national friendly and neutral
vefTJs, which, during fix months,
mav carry flour and other provifions
to the p«*rt of » Jrgo of Cuba,
fhall pr.y only ti e duty of fix per
cent upon the ti.riffs of this clafs,
which information is given to the
public for their information and tire
purp>f.s which mav be convenient.”
i- ROM A LONDON PATCR. •
The following Addrefs to the Cit
izens of Rt ne, was 1 lined by Li.cien
Jfonofwrte, and j-r vately ddtributed
t vo da\s after i»c '.tiled •, but w as im
mediately tuppreded by an official or
der :
“ To tf. A oman Citizen!.
«Mn the bofom of retirement, oc
cupied with no other cares than rhofe
; or cotKi muting u> the hnppinefs of my
f inniy and my neighbors, and tailing
on Ko.uc’f claHic tenitorv, all that
pure refined olil's which a mind im
wiiii a lore of the arts Cali en
py# I was atfVded by the ruthlefs
Lnd °* dcfpoiifin, :ccJ*rcd llill
WOre henry by its be'og that of a brO
tber ; ll:tl ni ne falling, as be owf!
iis life, an J Ins honours tu my intre
j r»di*r-.
This Infernal mandate was, thar l
h«'uld repudiate an endeared wife
*nd defert thofe children whom Na
’urc indemifies with tuy exiftcnce ;
that 1 fhiuld afeend a throne crea
'ed by the moll horrible perfidy, and
unite my efforts to despoil and fubju
gate the yet unconquered pact of the
globe.
•* Citizens, I had no choice be
tween unconditional fubmiflion and
* immediate flight. I did not hefitate.
| The Tiber, on whole banks I had
vainly hoped to pafs my alloted term
: of life, received me on her bof >m,
and (he will waft me, I truft, in fafe
tv to thofe prows which dreadful
when fought in hoft’.Mty, become a
j fure place of refuge to the deflitutc
and the opprefTed.
“ Citizens, farewell; my gratitude
;i$ all I can leave behind. May your
chains fit light upon you ; or rather
! may you focn ceafe to bear any, by
tbe intervention of Omnipitcnt ven
geance, on tyranny and opprefiion.
“ LUC1EN BONAPARTE.’*
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From the Baltimore American, (a democratic
paper).
Air. GORF.y late Governor of Maffa
cbufetts.
There was afl'erted in the Ameri
can of January, 1809, a peice figned
Z. animadverting on the oflicia* con
duct of Christopher Gore, Efq.
while acting as commissioner in
London, under the liritifh treaty,
I he author on iovelligating the
charges made in that communication
againtt Mr. Gore, is fitisfied that
they ivcf c untrue, and lie now admits
and believes them to be WHOLLY
UNFOUNDED. They were com
mitted to writing under the influ
ence of warm political feelings» which
were excited at the moment by the
rumors then abroad in the State of
AlaffachufettSt relative to the politi
cal conduct of Mr. Gore, and by
ideas which the author had then (n
bibed from the re prefen tathns of a few
individuals- He has fince applied to
thoje individuals for evi lence to fupport
the charges, and for information
where he could procure fuch evidence,
but has not been able to obtain any
from the faid individuals cr ethers, al
though he lias issued a cimmijfion and
made diligent inquiry for the purpofe
of obtaining tellimooy, and has cjm
fed depofit ions to be taken cn the fubjcil,
from all iuch perfons as he fuppofed
might be able to give any evidence
Calculated to fupport, or in any man
lier to countenance the truth of the
publication alluded to.
The author acknowledge? that he
doc* not know Mr. Gore, nor has
he had any acquaintance with the
tranfiQioiu to which thofe llriftures
relate, but Lora having heard them
as the piece flared, and as he has a
bove declared, from a fourve he then
relied on. lhvi..g now ascertained
that they are wholly dciiitutc of
foundation, he freely corre«*s and
recalls the erroneous ftatement into
which he had fallen, and to which he
had attempted to give currency.
The Senior editor cf the Ameri
can hate*, that he publiflied the
peice above a 1 uded to as a comm uni
cation merely. He has fince appli
ed to the author for proof to fup
port the charges, who issued a com
mission for the purpofe of procuring
it, but hates he lias not been aide to
obtain any fuch proofs, or any proof
whatever, by which they nre counte
nanced. 1 he e itor has no teflinio
ny in his pofieffion, knowledge or
information, by which the tiuth
ot the accufation can be in any de
gree fuhttantiaud or rendered pro
bable, and therefore has no reafon
to oeiicve it true.
L
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NOTE.
I CT It may ajf'td J. ne explanation of
1 the above cmjejfnn tojlatc, that Mr.
! (loJt+fome time juice ordered a proftcu
ti'.r. /5 he inj Hinted againfl the Editor
of the American, and that the Editor
fent a commifion to E oft on to chain dc
p jit ions to ajjijl him in his defence.
Vhe ah,vc indicates the refuit.
A letter from Aux Cayes, ofOct.
; 20, gives all aci Ouni oi very i,eav\ ov
;sts sustained in a tremendous de,
| which took place 2Sth f pien «r
Scare, »y a house in t!#e city oi ux
| Cayes was saved from ruin ; and t ary
| vessel and boat went on shore.
A letter Irom the Havana states* that
w t>,sl ***•<■* at that placs, 1 5Q sail ol
i
- Vessels were driven ashore and to sea ;
; of which, 46 were ton Uy lost.
. j A Biitihii ship of war has arrived at
the Havanna from Mexico, with *ix
million* of dollars,
A letter Irom Lisbon, dated in Sept,
says:—“The exportation of Merino
Sheep is prohibited to the Americans,
both by the Portuguese and Spanish
governments.**
Brook-hoist Livings'on, Fsq is said
to be the person who is to succeed Gen.
Armstrong, as Minister in France.
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The Norfolk Ledger, of the 12th in
stant, gives us a very handsome detail
of French cunning. The Freech con
suls in this conniry had published long
ago, that it was unnecessary for every
American vessel bound to any Euro
pean port, under the dominion 'of
France, to have certificates ol origin,
but it appears now that these very do
cuments were made the ground of con
demnation, because, forsooth, it had
been oflP tally announced at Paris, that
the consuls had no authority to issue
them, and of course they mttsf be forg
ed 1 “ The Lmperor loves the Ameri
cans.**
The following is given as the form
of the oath to be taken by the members
of BonaparU’s Legion of Honor. Our
readers will no doubt smile at its ab
surdity.
Grand Chancery of the legion of Honor.
FORM or THK OATII.
I swear upon my honor, to devote
myself to the service of the empire,
and the preservation of its integrity ;
to the defence of tire emperor, the laws
of the republic ( ! ), and the properties
which they have sanctioned : to oppose
by all the means which are authorised
by justice, reason, and the laws, every
enterprise tending to restore the feudal
system (.!!), lastly, to contribute with
all my power to the maintenance of
liberty and equality (11!), the main
pillars of our constitution.
_——Vis — _
In a List of eighty-two American
Vessels, whose cases were pending be
fore the Imperial Prize Court, at Paris,
Sept. 1, 1810, published by the Ameri
can Consul, we notice the following,
mostly belonging to this State : *
Of New •Bedford— Huntress, Cun
ningham.
Of Nantucket—Brittania, Collin, se
questered at Bordeaux.—The sch’rs.
Mary, Union and Dolphin, sent to St. j
Dcnningo, and confisc.«ted.
Of Plymouth— Aurora, Bartlett.
Of B&Mm—Venus, Bowden; Sally,
Hastings ; United States, Harding ;
V iolet, Merrit ; Pocahontas, Harris ;
Fiithd*hip, Jarvis; Perseverance, Fos
ter ; Morning-Star, Atking; Two*
Friends, Lee ; Harmony, Howes ; O
cean, 11 ills ; General-Wilkinson.
Of *W<w;—llypsia and Jane, Hodg
son.
Of Marblehead—Yatico, Stanley ;
He ward, Cos*
Of Bevtrly— Peace and Plenty, Fos
ter ; Betsey, Fielder.
Of (liouceater—Freedom, Smith ;
Drum©, Satgant, burnt at eea ; IlcfTry,
Low.
Ul J>>rv.'Juruftort-James-Cook,
Look ; Hannah, Bottle.
Of Salisbury—Richard, Odiornc.
Of Portland—Hero, Millikeii i Zo
in, Shaw.
Ol niddc/jrd—Patty, Hail.
Ol Haco—Uaydcs, Taibox.
Ol Brunswick—Syren, Snow.
Of JYcrj-York—Nliza, Waterman,
scuttled at ecu; Resolution, Barker,
ransomed or scuttled at sea ; Phoenix,
1 clford, scuttled at sea ,
Ol J’/iiladtI’thia—Jefferson, Deve
i'eux, burnt at sea
— - b»- —
i ne P roc luma ion— The democra
tic editois, lor fear Mr. Madison should
!>e ioiced tou tread hack his steps,” are
beginning to search after excuses lor
his kite proclamation. They say that
the law obi ged him to issue the pro
clamation : That he had no choice
in the business.—We would just ask
those wise editors if the law obliged
Lie President to declare a falsehood -
In the Proclamation we read thus :
“ I James Madison President of the U
niad States, do hereby proclaim, that
the edicts of France have been so re
voked as that they ceased, on the first
d iy of the present moath,to violate the
neutral commerce of the United
Slates,'--Now is this afact t li it
is not, did tue law oblige the President
f» declare it as such ?--If it did, it
is surely a bad law. It was certainly
going quite as far as a prudent Con
gress ought to go, to put the power of
legislation into the hands of the Presi
dent, but to bind him down to assert
for fact what is not fact as well as to Ie
Jegislate was too much. Tlietru h is,
aa we have stated be tore, il the Presi
dent has no information on the subject
but what has been published, he was
under no obligation to issue his procla
mation. If he does actually know that
the decrees of France have ceased to
violate neutral commerce then he lias
none his duly, and let tne cjhsequui
CCS be V.liat i*ev mrv, hv U not *n
blame. Thne*ili soon dclermiut the
point. Indeed* we are salistid tlrnt
Mr. Madkon is akead) in poswssion 11
facts which do not please his palate, a.id
that be would be vei y glad hi$ proch
uiation had never appeared.
[V.Y. J It raid ]
The Montpelier paper of Oct 50th cf»n
tains a Report from the Vermont Bank, to
the Legislature of that State, then in ses
sion This Report exhibits a curious state
of facts respecting that institution. The
aggregate of Bills in circulation from all the
i Brunches, is stated to be 211,831 dollars.
The Bank property in the Woodstock Branch,
i is stated *t $40,895 74—This consists of
notes dtte to tlie Bank $12,300 ,40, notes in
siut, judgment, and execution, $19,134 54,
and Specie and spare Bills in the vaults
$990—! ! ! The Westmiuster Branch has
of notes due to the Bank, $18,017 22, notes
intuit, judgment and executions $34.4 26 25,
bills of other branches, $828 25, and Specie
$1,506 14—! ! ! The Burlington Branch
has of notes due to the Bank, in suir,judg- J
ment and executions, &U lumped together
$63, 277 14, hills of other branches ami ©• |
ther banks $2,005 40, ar.a r,o Specie ! ! !
The Middle bury Branch ha* of notes in thp
Bank, and in collection, including judg
ments and execution*, $14,340 20, and no
specie ! ! ! The aggregate of profit::for the
year in the four HraneUe$* is said to be $34,306 ,
29 ! ! !
This is certainly and extraordinary insti
tution the specie capital is next to nothing.— j
Two of the Branches have none ; and the
other two have less than $2,500, including
the spare bills in the vault of one of them —
Of what they call4* .Hank property,” tw m f
the Brandies have in suit, judgments, and
executions, $53,500 59. 'i he amount in
the other two Branches of the same kind
of property is not specified, but Is blended
with the notes due to the Bank, l! it is e
qual to the two first mentioned, it will fob
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• V w I »HVI v mail wnv. 111411VULU lUiUUJa livt j
dollars of /Ae property of this Bank it in suit, !
judgement, and execution. A new kind of
hind on which to lend money. Who the
thirty four thousand dollars profits go to, U
not stated. It woukl seem from tlie lore
going statement, that a considerable pro
portion of it mut»t fail to lawyers and sheriffs
This may possibly be a reputable mode for a
State to raise money ; hut it would require
strong reasons to prove it. In the case of an
individual, it would be called by a very
harsh name. If the holders of the tvro hun
dred and eleven thousai'U, eight hundred
and thirty ons dollais of their bills, have no
better security than “suits, judgement, and
exetvtionstor one half their claim, they
are badly oft. —Con. Mirror.
Col. Pickering.
The unprincipled columniatovs of all
that is great and good, appear to be
actuated by a spirit of malice, diaboli
cal beyond all human example, in their
inveterate persecution of Colonel Pic -
kcuing. Astonishing indeed is the
impression which they have produced
upon the minds of a vast portion of our
honest but uninformed people, in res
pect to the character and views <4 thtt)
able and virtuous man. In almost ev-j
ery hamlet of the mountains, amid the
deep solitudes of (he interior wilder net* j
he is every day denounced as another
Arnold or Burr. Fastening upon an !
expression in his letter to Governor .
Sulhvan. which intimated that in a par. !
ticular instance. Great Britain had done 1
us no essential injury, the slanderers of
all men of worth proclaim him an ad
vocate for British insnlt ami otftrage.
Hot they are careful to keep (heir fol
lowers uninformed that J o has since
declared, in the Senate of the United
States, Great Britain has done
US MANY WRONGS !'*
It may I»C extravigant lo call any
man the %t American Aristides** But
the libellers of Colonel Pickering ex
pressly admit that he iv uncorrupted
and incorruptabie. “ Is every honest
man an Aristides ?’*—Yes, every hon
est man is an Aristides in the matter
of integiity, although he may not, like
him, “ hoid in his hands the sceptre of
power.**— freemans Journal.
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Doctor Bidwell—It is both erne I
and mean to triumph over z fallen man.
Such is neither our design, nor cur dis
position. Over ibis wretched man we
triumph not. The detection of his rx>
cufttions, his forgeries and purjuries,
is mMter of joy and gratulation ; the
commission of the crimes is inalier o(
sorrow. The chsep corruption of such
a man, a man whom the people had de
lighted to honour, affords a theme for
melancholy reflections. We have no
wish for visiting his iniquities upon his
whole political patty ; many of which,
without question, not only abhor his
crimes, but rejoice that he was delect
ed. We have no wish to wring a sin
gle drop more of bitterness into the cup 1
of the culprit himself; who, devoid as
he has heen of all principles of virtue,
now actually suffers, from the mt-re
sense of lost character and overwhelm
ing disgrace, an intolerable load of mis
ery, and can feelingly adopt the ex
clamation of the w fugitive and \aga»
bond”ofold,M My punishment is grea
; ter than I tan bear.” Much less have
we a disposition to deepen the wounds
of bis innocent but afflicted relations.
'A e should be ashamed ot ourselves,
[ "ere we conscious that these, or any
I ot these are our motives for bringing
, Bidwell before the public tmtw. We
j t!o >» because we think the pubi c inter
ims', requires it; we do it * because we
tcllcvf I - O-Trvt.l to !,S ,:p lr,
®nd again, as a solemn warniit r
lo the people a^rainst drt'n.if' ir’trg.
In all age* ol the world, and in every
free nation, the bulk of the people |M\.r
been easily guilt d. With stipple nrr k
and back, an oilv Art: ling longue, a
smiling face, hollow heart, and wliv
brain ; with such qualities to recom
mend him', the demagogue is borne* a
jolt upon the shoulders, and greeted
with the shouts, of the mnhitude ;
while sterling merit is trampled under
their feet. So it was in ancient
Greece. Aristides “ the j >at” 3 niost
excellent patriot, statesman and Gen
eral, w .s dug-aced and banished ;
while peculators and intriguers against
public liberty, beguiling the people
with their smooth tongues and cun
ning arts were held in utmost venera
tion. So also has it been v.ith us.
The same deluded populace that ven
ted its rage, in bitterest execrations,
against Pickering, Sc several other wise
and incorruptible patriots in our coun
try, chanted forth in the meanwhile
the high praises of Bidwell.—An Atlas
he, upon whose shoulders republican
liberty rested 1 Freedom s friend !
The people’s darling ! How zealous in
their cause ! How enamoured of their
rights !
—* Pullen Is the Baal to which they fc- wVt
the knee.’
And let thetli take warning, and, for
the future, beware cfdemagogues.
As a man who carries his religion in
his hand and ostentatiously exhibits is
to show, gives reason for jealousy that
he lias none at heart ; so in politics,
they who are perpetually angling for
popularity, who are the triimpcteis of
their own patriotism, and instead of go
ing into the sheepfold at the door, cl. »m
ber over the wall, give a sure ind«x of
the interior of their minds.
“One w-y they look, another nay they
st ear."
1 hey have (heir knavish designs upon
the people, toward whom they pretend
such yearnings 1 *iis not theJock the/
care for, but the fleece.
All history sliows us that the grea
test demagogues, both in ancient and
modern times have generally turned
out to le the graatest iogt.es. Men
who give up their time to flattering,
courting and coaxing the people, in
tend to he paid for it out of the peo;d«’s
purse. M ix a »igu they hate selfish
ends to answ er, and that they are knaves
in grain. And if the people were wise
they would beware of those who fawn
upon them and pretend to I* in lord
with them ; they would consider them
as t heat t, and thrust them into the hack
ground, and would bring forward mod
est merit. This however is rather to
be desired than expected. Men are
much slike in all ages amcricans are
no less easily duped by the perfidious
arts of demagogues, than were the (iri -
chins ot old. i he lij^us of history and
experience are given os in wain. We
Me treading the same path which re*
publicans and r publics trod, thousands
of years ago ; and are hastening to the
same goal. \\ hile there is however
evert the least Imps remaining, that any
ot the deluded win take warning and o
pen their eyes* warnings ought to be
given; every proper occasion should
be improved tor btingmg them to their
senses,—Con. Courunt.
©ortlanb,
Monday, December 3, 1810.
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PROM PORTUGAL.
Our latest accounts from Lisbon, are tty
October the 29Ji ,* at that time tlie two ar
iri-es were in the same positions, mention.
e<l in former intelligence. Ii wa* supposed
at Lisbon, lint Masspn:* was waiting for
reinforcements, not thinking his army equal
to attacking I.orti Wellington, in the strong
situation he then occupied:
The English continue to UoKl Cadi*, with
out much annoyance from the French lw
seigiug army. It is stated shots are fre
quently exchanged, but no bones-eve broken.
In Catalonia, the Spaniards have lately
been very successful m their encounters
with the French.
It was reported, B>nas* “ brother Jo* had
lef Madrid for France.
Several corps of French troops were a
lrntit to proceed from Spain, to co-operate
With Mhssena, in Portugal.
TURKS AND PUSS FANS.
A letter received at Philadelphia, dste.T
Smyrna, September l.f h, meiin-v t that the
Turkish government are using powerful ex
ertions for assembling an immi-nsa army cn
the l)*tiube ; that the Hussians have re
treated, after having been defeated in an
engagement with the Turk*.
M. I.escatier is appointed French Consul
General to the United Slates.
Tbe Frigate E*srx, CapE Smith, sailrd
on the 12-h in*-!, from Hampton, cica
patches lor Fiance and England.
JV-o T>rk Charier Electin',
Closed on A’hurs«n»y, 22d ulna.), the -
suit sh), the election ol twelve i e<U.r..
nnd eight democrats, making a tnajoii , •
tour federalist* in the corporation.
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; 'I S'A’lrj is desired to publish the wi<
j in, Pir the g rat die m i oil of h,s readers, . <1./
* iso of his humble ** rvant,
l