Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-05-24
tPUBLISHED BY DEsIRE)

To THE CITIZENS OF PORTLAND.
I6o4gb lPeak zUfb toe tongue Of men and Of an
gels, and hare sof Cbayi!J, am 6ee0e ar 0azding
6,a6 p fiakF e cymbaP' ST. PAUt.
THERE haze latey arrived here fome Of thc
brethren IF the Regular Clerical o, der Of H9biaer5
IF 81. C1miiln1 II L.leJ, which order Is eltao hed
% the top OF tbe mountain of St. BERNARD. which
4 the h'ghrt Of the ridge Of mountains Called thu
Alp, which divides Switzerland from Italy. The
cauie OF the voyage Of thefe indefltgable med to
theft ta'es, 10 70 Obtain alliance from the chart-
bic and humane that they my be enabled to con-
u1uc IN me eEsrCiie OF thlfr acts Of humanity,
tor~whlch their order has E long been Celebrated
That the Citizens of this faie may fully under
tand the objeGt Of their m1i1a, Il may not be
amiis TO lay few words on the nature Gf the In
Rtution they belong 10. Several hund cd years
ago, veneTaOe CI-rsyman who hal palej f-vrral
lines between Switzerland ant Italy, oblerved
hat IN pailing the ps, wh Oh CONT lntly Gov
red with flow, many fatal accidents happen to
travellers, particularly whe crofing the moaataiR
1ace called by m the Great 81. Bernard, VIII re
WIEN the NOV fell, the tmat path (for the road
5ut PATH was fo hid, that N TRAVELLED cih-r
wandered until be frozento death, ~ fen irto
a dreadful cavity, and was never afterwards heard
pt. 70 prevent theie accidents this pious man by
bis exertons, obtained funds iufficient 10 ctabih
2 monattrY On the top Of this dreadful preCip cr,
and 10 rapport brother o0G or order whot. iole
hubneis It fhoud be 10 patruie the roads for uinc
miles on each foe Of the mountain 70 ihOw the
road To ea"h traveller they met, and Il he as ~
diit'ete TO bring him 70 the ConvrBt, wkrre he was
treated with the grrstrf hotptaty fUT three day
add then plotted down the orher iide Of Jht noun
tain or f he froG- bitten, u convey him 10
their hOiptal, where he was earthly attended
unnI b recovery or death
From the day IF its intt,u'ion to the prsEnt
time, this order has cDnlInued IN tbis pi0us and
benevolent cali ng and iulh were the Ia ~ #
rg ~ Ia ~
that the merchants OF Svrzcrlg9d and I a'y oon-
II bu;ed infficica- fums anouay for Al then wants.
BIT the i,eut IS chang The fatal war which has
ragged for rumber OF years paf "a Europe, has
not lParrd this 0n-v0rnt nftitutoU, for the halle
town OF -. Bernard, 10 he ysiia s, On which the
convent Of ST. Cdmilies depended, has entire.
~ lad " IN rs, by Goa cn>ipg armies which have
alto pu; flop 70 al tr4dr between .a;y AID Sw t.
7erlAnt, France, &c by which means thr tGurces
formerly rriIei have ia ted them. II this dread
tul Guatior, the ven cradle Prior of liz OIter, Fa[
ther IgHatiH Sbsrr. has frnt ieveral Of his ordlr
to the Uated States Of America, TO impiors tho
ailtancr n us generous inhabitants to en40 him
70 rel Air ;he convent and hofoth and r. continue
10 give aliitance to the d.Gftl-d traveller and
infrm poor
1t may be faidthat as this is an intitutio7 fouo.
ded under the authority Of the catholic church,
that it fhoui look for aiIitanct from The iuppon-
erS Of that church : bot TO fuch let l. b. known,
tudl ltlNlC HlCH WHO hdV% OGVOtCO tnt IVCS ~ tnt
tetViCc or huma NV k1cw no ditUG on in men
the ChrIhian, The Turk and the Jew, who are -
dHtres, az treated equally alike their convent j.
open 70 every unfortunate man, be his religion
what i may,
John Babt0 LoagiaotH and John RattN MH2c,,
arc two OF the NJ llioner, now hr-; they keep an
exact lit of the names Of every p-rfJn VINO IS kind
enough TO afit the purPoie Of The N III n which
lift will he faithfully recorded ~ .he books of the
convent, it may be plralink 70 ihOlc WHO contr
butte TO think, that what they give will not be
noticed and that fomestim hence, when they or
their defendants may have occa6Op TO pais over
this otFt rwe inhoipitable mountain, they will
Witt the convent, and Will there fee their own or
their Sncefor's names meotioned as benefactors to
this uf:ful nttiution.
That the public may be anu-ed that the breth-
rem o the order now here are what they pretend
10 be, i Only necrAry 70 fay, that their Paiors
are IN the mOf authentic form, and tave Dern
Acknowledged az fuch by feveral of our mott i'm
portanf characters.