Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-06


AS 70 Holland, where our entertain
meat was extremely gracious, we ar,
aSteed that il IS a wonderful country,
Ie1eened by incredible labor, and a
mcaieulable COZ, from the ocean ths
The uretrasjble reiaance of the natior
g Spanlih dominion, AID their immuta
6ihly OF character do them honor that
Their De Wits, DE- Ruyters, artits,
and painters 60 them itill more ;-bul
thltihey are fallen people that they
are the ilaVes OF the French, who have
eAatIed from them watt deal Of mon
ey, and whatever f4tuary or painting.
they had which was worth taking that
they are iurFoanded by mighty king
doms that eclipie and absolutely fmoth
er their glories thar they charged us
onsrageoully,snd cheated US egrcgiouily
IN every town and that we are rejoice ]
at having left them forever.
We did not find the difficulty at the
barrlers we expected We were twice
examined, or rather ihould have been,
but The Paiiport from MIR. Otto, back.
ed by Two Or three Aorias at each place
made our entry unobjeStionable. am
dhnoled 70 believe, that It travellers
would pay al hrt, which they always
mutt do finally, frontier exaaaions
would be feidom heard of.
he town where We are. Is, Won
Know, Of no great confederation iui
now. l have iesn the far ioundiog
Sche!dt, which is aboue as wide a, the
o'huylkin, bu' mu.h more rapid and
dsepsr. There are IN Il few veir.ls.
lime was, when 400 900 wealthy in,
habtan's hlled the now crumbline and
dllApdated hou'es Of Antwerp when
500 ihiPs daily weighed anchor from
the hdroor when Joha Deans lent
Charles Y a million Of gold for the
conduit n hls wars, and burn, the bond
~ a.kaowie gment in A FIRE Of CHINA.
mon when The two brothers, De
houlng, paid, one the COME crate. and
ne otter Louis l4th's forces. For 4
century aud 4 halt this ontc great city
has been torpid and mouldsring.
Great, out experimental efforts. are
now making 20 re4nimate her. Vhe.
ther fhe viii ever rife to her former
lmpolng Poaure is problem and il
IS certain, thar Il mutt be the work OF
years. her rival, Amnerlam, holds
an uarIvaiied capital. The parallel be
tween them, win run exaaly between
Warrington and PhiIadelphil-the one
has great nation and the conyeniences
with 4, the other wealth. Our hoa
tells m, that houfls which, before the
opening OF the Scheldt, m ght have been
had tor IS, cannot now be boa Zht FIR
$500 louis but then hr i nauve, and
Interclted What the honea aatemeat
is ! cannot prccriely uud.r0and, OF
wheth~r the immigrluons have been
many oI la;e. The town ce,tain,y,
looks cIaly, and untenanted. a lhort
time will decide lis fate.
Antwerp has been accounted a very
irong place. Ii Is walled add moate,
and deteudei beides by fortress Goa
itruded by Van Can, which is reckon
ed f. eGcel.enr, as 70 lave lcrvei for
the model Ut macy Others. The direct
IN which our hotel itands is fpaciou.
and hindiom=-generally they arc mar
row and datk. There are two very
large ca'he1rals, one Of which has been
entrfely Itripped, and the other 6eaarout
dgarni, by the great nation. The lalI
j. fr.' of confetti mails. In the YARD
there IS representation Of purgaicry
and OF Mount Calvary, all The figure,
as large As life. In order the more &c
l'ken the tomb 70 reality, frightful
ltink.is emitted from il. This reidence
OF the true body is abturd and difgua-
ing lhe i-epie OF this church is fald
70 be 500 feet high. and the body soc
long. To the height Of the Reeple
would not fwc4r.
Two men We're guilloiined here YET
terday.-Robberies and murders have
been frequent in the neighboThood
The geaS Prmeie, within the French
lines, are contidsIabe check bul
beyond ihem banditti are faid to be nu
merous, and the very country through
which we rode in the dark laR night
| unmoleaed and unconcerned, is tht
part mott infected. If had known
this circumaance, fhould' not have
ilspt. as | did, the greater part of The
way. TO BE cosTIsUsD