Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-09-24 00:00:00, page 2

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I.OMX!N( AIKS 2.
Dr/rhkr fr<y*ii Putty.— Uiir* mor
ning 04 Bin.bury, t>. Ln^jng io
the .Maff of the Uruifli Army in
Ln.ily, arrived at Ld. Liverpool’?
office, in L owning ftreet, with the
agreeable intelligence that the at
tempt made by the French and I
talian army on the (here's ot Cal,1
br a ro invade Sicily, have been al
muit tolaiiy frailfare J. i heir fleet
oftranfports hi* been difperfed by,
the gallant exertions of our tars on
that Itation ; feveral vefleis have
fallen into oar hands, with 3000
troops on board, and feveral have
been driven on lhore and dedroy
Cd.
STOCKHOLM, JUNE 2!.
It is force what remarkable that
•Count ferfon, who had nfidcd
feveral ye?:s in France, and was,
from the elegance of Ins manners,
and extraoid narv accomphfhments,
a great favor.te at Courr, was the
per low who, in the habit of a coach
man, drove the unfortunate Louis
XVI. and his Queen from Paris to
Varremies, where they were arretled
in their t!,>ht from the blood ftained
fangs of ti e moll ferocious tyrants
that ever ciifgraced humanity ! Phis
generous, this magnanimous fervice
alone, entitled Count Ferfon to a bet
ter fate *, and whatever may have
been his fai.ings, his memory, it is
hoped, will be coeval with that of the '
illuflrious Perfonages, who were no «
lefs confpicuous for their virtues,
than lamented for misfortunes.
* Lately maffacrcd at Stockholm.
BADAJ02, JtILT 31, l8lO.
A French fargeant, who Las liber
ated 159 Spaniards has come in here,
has recievcd a captain’s commilTion,
and is to be fent to Cadiz.
A regiment ol Poliih cavalry has
deferred from the tyrant, and joined '
our troops. I
FiLecn hundred men, infantry
and cavalry, from Cadiz, have debar
ked at Ayomriie.
Lijhon. Avg. 1, 1810.
We have the particulars ot the
fur render of Ciu mI Rodrigo. 1 lie
garrifem had the honors of war, and \
humane treatment is promifed to the j
inhabitant*. The pri Toners have
been fenr to Salamanca, with their
baggage. The Governor was treat
ed with refpect. The place was
blockaded and befteged 77 days.
The begging army confuted of
45,000 men. There were thrown
into the b' fieged city 3 4,7 0 bombs.
The Fr nch had 3400 mcn killed
and wounded.
Great rejoicings were to take place
:»t LiJbjn in honour ol the royal mar
riage at Rio ‘jctvzt io. i here were
to be illuminations for three
nights.
* *
PHILAD. SEPT. 14, l8lO. |
Another imperial Dec le. 1
We are indebtad to a friend for
a cony of the following French de- ,
cree, received in this city from Bay- \
tine i
Decree cf July 5» 1810.
Thirty American vefTds may im- j
port into France, cotton, hih, oil, dye
wood, fait fith, codfifh, ikirtc and
furs.
they may export wine, brandy,
fdlc, linen, cloth, jewels and other
produce of onr manufactory.
I hrv cannot fail trom any other
porta than Ghaflejhn and New-fork,
and muH. bring a Gazette cf the d<iy
of their departure, that is In Amer
ican Gazette, hefidcs a certificate 0)
the on fin Jrym 'the trench cot/nl, in
which there will be a sentence in
CYPHER *
lhe French merchants who fend
for thefe Americans, n.uit prove
that they are in partnerlhip with the
heads of the ma uiiaciurcs oi'Paris,
Jyouen and other cities.
[Gazette of the United States ]
N<»T0%
• Wha' lh\*ft*ten.e tn typi* or. h >ard the
SC fivwti Tefl*d» wilt Le is not hard to divine
Y e leave it to iTc American me^han*'** and
ti.* American <g«ne-nment to putrlue the bib
jeet. I. they h'ier themfclve> to be bearded
ic th:»ir Pt e« tiny deferve h A vv./td to tbv
tv he htaough.—Jurnai.
Tet Another Decree. !
The Hamburg “ Carref[tendeuteri’
of July 24th, contains an official De
cree cf the Kmg of Prufiia dated
JBerZn, 19th July, 1810, “to dil
continue the Commercial Iutercotirfci
wuh r be U. St.ites of America9' 'lhe
King in the decree fays, he finds
l.imfelf induced, “ in conjunction
Vvitli the Imperial Court of ftancef
ro enforce iiiotc ftrictly the Contin
filial SyHem% and therefore orders.
41 that from the date of the publica
tion, no velKl coming from any
American port or belonging to any
citizen of the IT. S. will be permit*
ed to enter into any of our harbors,
on this fide.—but every veffel of
that nation, when appealing upon
our oads, or before any Pruffian
port, thali be warned oft *, and in
cafe of contravention, betides the
confifcation of vcfiel and cargo, (hall
! be further inveftigatrd and puoifti*
; ed.”
Jl'hy we aftc the American apolo- ;
'gifts of Bonaparte, Hrhy his Qon- ■
tinental Syfiemjbould he directed again/} ^
and f'Jcly agdinjiy the Commerce of the
U. States f
^iocdianfoufii ^elections.
I I*
Bonaparte calls himfelf a Cbvif
iian ;—1 he Dty of Algiers is denoun
ced an Infidel;—yet the former, in
violation of the 8th Commandment,
fteals an American vtfiel, and lends
it into Algiers ; and the latter ref
toics it to its owners ! .
The lad Aurora announces, that
the letters recieved from France, in -
the cartell Ann—ar.d w'hich no doubt
%vere wiitten by Warden, in Arm
Jlrong s office — “ indicate pjmething
nvorfe from France than any thing th.it
has yet been experienced ”—^ hat !
.Something worie than violation cf
treaties, ROBBtRY. CON FISC A
I ION ! and orders to “ kink, burn
and dejlroy ?n
Befides the numerous culprits that
have been brought to light among the
leaders of the democratic party in oth- ,
er fections of the country, a Judge of
Monmouth. [New Jerfey,] has been j
forced to fly his country, and a Juf- j
tice and a Member of Ajjembly of the
country of SulTex, [New Jerfey,] now
Band indicted for the palThg of coun
terfeit money.—1\c~jj Jerfey paper.
T he Cbranitle Bill adheres to the
notable difcovciy. that if your rrwtr- ,
chants never fent property af>r id, i
they would lofe nothing in f ..a j
countries j—The robbed are blan c,
and abuled, but the robber is fp U",
is apologized for. and any tiling »aid
again ft him is relented.
The National Intelligencer has con*,
tradicted the horrid charge that the
wife of our Ambaffador in London
wore diamonds at Court, and alTerts I
that (he was very plainly attired.
She is thus acquitted of what Jacko
bunfm confiders a crime.
The mob of Baltimore have nflu
rr.ed authority, we luppcle, upon the
prefumption that we have no Gov
ernment. l ire mob are rerible Exe
cutioners, but poor Judges and Lc
gifiators. We (hou.d prefer wife,
difereet and well i Formed Rulers—
it would be rather more for the hon
or of our country ! It may be known
one day, that the mixed populace of a
crowded city cannot be fo eatily con
trouied as they can be inflamed.
One would think that it fhould be
the Itudy of every rounder deputed
to a foreign government, to render
him fell acceptable by the urbanity of ;
tiis manners. It is by a polite de
portment to the leading characters
of the nation to which a tninifter h
| delegated, that he often fecures
| fiiends in his publick nego’iations.
! but our violent democrats feem to
think that civility, attention to ufages,
and cordial inttreourfe with the prin
ciple characters of the Britiih nation,
is highly criminal in Mr. Pinkney,
and accordingly have opened their
flood gates of abufe upon that gen
tleman, who has lately received an
honorary degree of L)o£tor of Civil
Paws at the Univeiliry of Oxford
Such are the prejudices agaiult the
britilh people, that even the learning
and fvience of that nation is ofFcnhve
i'ottor Franklin was a member ol
the Koyal Society of England, and
Mr. JtftVrfou is a memner of buona
parte’s National Inlditute, yet nobo
dy ever thought the lefs of them for
thole honours. —Norfolk Ledger.
At adjv fchool in the country the
following notice appear*—“ Head
4^
ing and working Lurkri here at four
retire a week. Young Indies who Irani
manners mu ft pay two f ence more.
■'rs'1* 1 " yrr1 ■
Tbc Chronicle bss a better opinion of Bid
itnore limit of Boston, because there are
• nous in the former / Good men prefer
doctor, which is confessed by visiters to be
i»c most tranquil, q’liet, orderly caphsd *»»
he Union. And the value of its Heal K.s
ate, and the prosperity »>t its inhabitants in
heir individual employ ments, is ensured by
; this excellent character.
The Chronicle publishes a letter from
the western territory, announcing that
a mail cat riei had been murdered, ant!
his mail stolen, and that “ it w as con- j
jectured to he done by the indians li
ving on the Little Wabash.”
And then (to keep alive the exces
sive and ruinous prejudices against
England) adds, “ this is confirmative of
our former accounts that the emissaries
of England had been among the sava
ges.” !!
There it no doubt but the British na
vy, at this time, contains, more l eal A
merican citizens than at any prc\ious
period—not impressed seamen ; but
poor fellows who, persecuted and exiled
by the cruel laws of our own govern
ment, were obliged of necessity to fly
to tire British service, for subsistence.
know several facts, which justify
this observation. “ To dig they could
not, and to beg they w ere ashamed/*
Now that federalist have broken the
domcstick shackles on commerce, and
seamen’s wages, owing to the banish
ment of thousands, are remarkably
high, it is natural that desertion from
British ships of war should follow—and
every instance will be trumpeted by do
mocratick prints as an escape from im
prisonment.
We have no doubt, when a violent
Jackobin member of congress, replied
to a gentleman who said their measures
would deprive us of our seamen,—
44 damn them, Let them go—l wish
they were all out of the country*’—that
he might have foresight enough to see
that this would be the means of a great
deal of future complaint and clamour
against the British.—W’e always sup
pose this was one motive to that infer
nal system of policy to which we were )
Condemned, by the famous44 tenth akd
eleventh congress ”
To take an American seaman into;
the Briiish service by force is a crime,
every democrat acknowledges ; but to !
drive thousands into that service, by !
public law, is a deed for which the same
nun cannot suffichnUy applaud Con
gicaa is ** Wise and patrioticK.~
[ Ke/iertory.']
It would seem by the course of events
: 1 Europe, that Bonaparte had become
of his relations by blood, and his i
first marriage, and had resolved to rid j
himself of them as fast as possible. !
The first Empress, the farfamed Jo-;
sephinc, was dismissed with a hand
some income, and with an imperial ti
tle. Of the latter she has been strip
ped already ; and it would not be sur
prizing if the dower should be very
much curtailed. It is not impossible .
that his Imperial and Royal Majesty is
becoming, like some other great men,—
a subject of what is vulgarly called
u fiet tic oat governmentThe female
privy-counsel lour, appears to have
great weight at the board, and probably
the political affairs of'the old world,
w hatever may be said of the new, will, |
for a while at least, be under the influ
ence of a woman. Strange stories are
related in th. newspapers of the late
King and Qeen of Holland—'Hie for
mer is said to have literally run away
from his throne, and the latter to have
been poisoned. Whether these storks
are true or false, we pretend not to say. j
But when we hear that Fouchc is dis- \
ini»icd from his office in the police, be-i
cause he voted for the death of Louis t
the XVI and that Bonaparte has order- 1
td a monument to be erected to the
memory of that monarch, we arc pre
pared in the next place to hear any
thing. It is not impossible that the
sovereign of Europe begins to think
meanly of plebeian biood, and highly of
the seed rcyu!.
As for the young Empress, she will
dt> well to recollect the hisiorv of her
aunt, tlfe beautifull Maria Antoinette,
it is about forty years since she was
married to the Dauphin of France, af
terwards Louis the XVI. flie recep
tion of that princess when she arrived
at Paris, by the Court of Louis the \ V.
was splendid, and highly flattering.
At a (etc made in honour of the mar
riage, shortly after she reached the
French capital, by some untoward e
vent, a number of people lost their lives, |
and tnultimdts were wounded. If the!
present Empress possesses but a small
portion of the superstition which be
longed to her great ancestor, the cele
brated Maria Theresa, the parallel!
which might easily be run between her
own circumstances, Sc the history of the
late queen ol France, would till her mind
with gloom and tenpr. One thing she
t i watch »It!» t-*p utmost scu* i*
tude. and that is—the portentous conn
tenance of I cr Mood-tliirwy husband
J.-t -Ac artf ul story of the prisoners at
I JcjU'Ur “ LIKE lead SISK DEEP VV1 i Ills
her Soul.”—Con. J\firror,
“ Of Messrs. Moot c and M’Kim’s respec
tability and worth as private eitixetis, none
has a higher opinion than die editor. But,
as these gentlemen ha\e contributed then
full share to dishonour this nation, at the
last session of Congress, we cannot re fuse
inv communication which relates to then
public conduct. As the people are so regard
kss of their privilege a* to have made no
nomination, we are not bound to suppoit or
oppose any candidate. The squabble is be
neath our interference—but those who chase
may write pro or con and publish tiieir sen
timents in our paper.”
Now we should like to know how
such food as this will sit on the stomachs
of the sovereign people of this country,
and especially of the State of Maryland.
Here’s an Irishman, imported doubtless
for the valuable purpose of instructing
the benighted people of the United
States in the principles of freedom and
independence, about which we know so
little, and Irishmen so much. Weil,
the people of this Country have pamper
ed this ftilow, until feeding on some
thing belter than potatoes, he has grown
antic,and kicks at those who have made
him a man of consequence. “ This
squabble,” says Mr. Irvine, “ is beneath
our interference.” What is “ this squab
ble” that the people of Maryland have
engaged in, which is so extremely de
based, as to be 4< beneath Air. Irvine's
interference'* ? Nothing more nor less
than «he election of a couple of mem
bers of Congress for the Baltimore dis
trict. It is probable that hereafter, no
thing short of a Presidential.election,
will carry front enough to engage the
attention of these dignified bog-trotter*.
Let those who have furnished them
v/fth opportunities to shew their impu
dence, put up with it. It is a dish of
their own cooking, and it is no more
than justice that they should swallow it.
In the same paper, Mr. “ llhig”
speaking of the elections in New-IIamp
shire and Rhode-IsUnd, says—“ M
things have been so grossly mismanaged,
by nonunal republicans during the three
last sessions of Congress, we candidly
confess,we had rather see a few more feds,
in the House—they are pi tferable to
quids and dastardly republicans.” Now
this is exactly what federal-jts have al
ways predicted, viz. that the Jeffersoni
ans, (for they are those whom Irvine
calls nominal republicans, quids, and
dastardly icpuolicans) would misman
age things whenever they took charge
of the government. v'J he federalists
knew that they had not capacity enough
to administer our public affairs, ev^n if
they had been ever so honest ;—and
they also knew’ that they were not over
stocked with honesty, and of course,
that the time would sooner or later ar
rive, when the democrats themselves
w'ould, if they spoke the truth, with
Mr. Irvine, “ candidly confess,' that
they had rather s- e more federalists in
Congress, and fett er oj the Jeffersonians.
Bad as the situation of our affairs is, it
would not be ii retrievable, rf this senti
ment were more generally licit, and
practised.— Ibid
Conclusive Answers to important Ques
tions.
L Why was the embargo imposed ?
— io satisfy and aid Napoleon. This,
at the time, was thought by many to be
the fact : it is now nude fully mani
fest. Napoleon, it ia well known, was
highly pleased with that measure, and
applauded Mr. Jefferson for it. This
is one proof: another is, the thing is
viituaiiy confest The National Intel
ligencer, which speaks the language of
the Court, says,—:u For France knows,
that short of going to war, wc have
done every thing to resist the Rtitisb
Orders in Council, and proclanution
blockades ; Chat we have imposed an
embargo, passed a non-intercourse
law,” &c. The embargo was preten
ded, at the time it passed, to he a mere
municipal regulation : it is now ac
knowledged to lu\e been leveled a
gainst Lngland.
• ' * ~ % ’ *
How. did the embargo aid the !
views of Napoleon ?—It was his plan I
to overthrow the power of England by j
ruining her commerce. Hence lie j
gave orders for shutting all the ports
of France, and ail those of his allies,
against the British trade. Almost i -
stantly after those orders had reached
our country, the embargo was laid. It
accorded with the general plan of Na
poleon, and unquestionably was a part
of it. It was doing all that could be
done by us, to iujure England and as
sist France. Accordingly our jacko
bins, all over the country, were con
fident of the speedy downfai o» Eng
land, and lavish of their cftcomiurns
upon Napoleon, as the mighty cham
pion for the tieedom of the seas
3. Why was the embargo removed ?
—For iear of the loss of power. It
had begun to produce a rapid change in
public sentiment. Multitudes v *reat
the pointot deserting the standard of
I democracy. Import ant elections w^e
wm
#
at j ;rd. Oi - pi.t» • • *
e<1. llcy hod Uforcth
ol two evils, either to «lh
leon, or lost their t flWe
much hesitation *id <:i
they ventured to choose the foirnti
** No man hateth his own Othii”
4. Why do the 'jacobins begin t0
Praise, strain. the t mlum*., _
| ne siotms lent! v\ stoudv uses to
| ward us both his whip and his fw "
j there is no way else to appease |
wrath, but to join him again in makiue
, war on the British commerce.
; sides, w the spring elections have re*
! moved all fears for the preservation of
pow er in the hands of its present pos
sessors, and smoothed the wav fQr T*.
turning to that degrading and ruinous
system, from which our riders were
driven by the apprehension c; trC\o.
lution of parties.”—Conn. Courani.
Is he honest ? Mr. Jefferson once
promisee! us that the time would come
when this should be the enquiry res- '
peeling candidates for oflke. Unfor.
tunately, eight years were not long e
nough to bring about that time with
him.— But we are glad to see that
some of the democrats are ready to ac
knowledge tlte ill consequences which
have Bowed from the fashionable doc
ti ine, and think it time to recur to .the
old question—the question that used to
be asketi in the days of Washington,
before Jt fitrsonian morals and Jeffer
sonian politics disgraced our country.
Is he honest ? The following extracts
front a democratic paper printed in
\ erroont, shew the situation of our
neighbors in that state ; as it respects
the characters of men in office.
u The violence ei our party feelings
has in many instances overborne ail
sense of duty in this matter—and indu
ced us to commit the invaluable inter
ests of society to the management of
men with whom we would scarcely herve
entrusted a shilling of our property.
“ But is it not (says the writer! a
melancholly truth that there have also
been men (in our legislature) void of
principle, whb neither ficr God nor re
gard man—whose profanity, intemper
ance and other X’icious habits render their
example pernicious to society ?
And ..gain,44 If all who are habitua
ted to any of these vices,” (viz. profane
swearing, lying, intoxication, gambling
and sabbath breaking) 44 were txcludtd
from otticc, wh.it a -multitude of vacan
cies would remain to be filled."
Such is the sad but faithful picture
(drawn by a friend to the party there in
power) of the condition into which the
state of Vermont has sunk in conse
quence of that spirit w hich has raged
there, with but a temporary check for
ten years past ; and snch wculd be
our course could the democratic party
prevail here—for the tarty mcsv
SUPPORT VICIOUS MEN, TO INDUCE VI
CIOUS MEN TO CONTINU E TO SUPPORT
THE PARTY.— Ibid.
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^intelligence.
THE SHAKERS.
The people of a, part of Ohio have
met in arms against the Shakers, to
liberate persons said to be detained a
gainst their wills; and threaten to dis
perse the society by force, if it dots not
remove by November
PROVIDENCE, SEPT. I 8. *
Extracl of a letter, dated at Palermo,
June 2 2d, 181 o, to a gentleman in
this town.
4t The alarm for the fafety of
this Wand daily gains ground Mu
rat is at Teggio, at the lead of 40,000
men •, 21 divifions of boats, cOnsi
ting of 50 each, to be conveyed by 6
or 8 gun boats, which are ready on
the Italian coail to go down to the
Faro. The Englilh and Sicilian gun
boats have fallen in with the firtt di
vifion, and (as our friend writes me )
the refult was, 44 the capture front
the French of 8 or 10 fmall tranf* .
ports, with military itorcsf brads *
, field-pieces, with carriages and wag
gons complete, and 4 of their guJ
buats, which are now refitted for
crtnfuig again (l them. Eight other
of their gun-boats were funk, and &
number of others much damaged,
i he Victorious (74) failed On the
i t6th with troops to ddlroy th
j boats colledi^g in the Adlutic.’*
) We hear that 600 boats are expected
from that quarter ; and from ths
ether fide of Italy, ar. i 1 ave alread .
4 9 m
observed, loao are ready. I he
, firft divifion is already deiiroyrd, a
per the foregoing extract of a letter
' from Meflina. The fccor*t divihon ^
has got fafri\ into Scid.i, f Tout t.
j fail ) Die 3d, h'u Mayfly’s bn** .
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