Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-04-28


furnihed fach veGels? Capt. Baiob,idge's lette,
does not go Jingle Hep towards fu'nifhing tn:
lea't made Of apology for the administration.
And now we thruld be glad to know from Du
ane, or any other organ Of Mr. Jefferlon, what i
meant by laying new tax the com nersia
States to rate 100000 dollars for the purPole of
eqnipp'ng and Tending to the Mediterranean, tire.
additional fig afr,, fqvo final vJ, and o,al gsu50Hs
# there was enough there before the Philadelphia
wA' lot IF il is true, as aGerted by the defenders
Mr.. Jeferfon, that the force formerly put on
ri, Ration, that is, According to Cap. Bainbridge'
letter, one figais and one Ebooaer, competea!
force. whv is there now to be feut two frisa'es
two final vs!1.ls and ieveral gun boats, more 'hsr
was ordered there before OF two things, one
either the force formerly occnpi cd was adequate
or Il was not |: If adequate. then here isa great
and unneeeasry experce Incurred 70 f-od veasls
where they are rot wanted If inadequate, then
the Standardization iuiy charge abie with the lofs
Of the frigne, and with the captivity Of our fell
low citizens, who are now abandoned to their fate
with a. much indifference as the Randing tights
were lately ex,ingu.ihed in the Beacens Of New
york harbour.
Duane has once or twice infatuated tina. if We
did nor keep quiet he would c.ufe public odiuu
to be thrownon captain Bainbiidge and his ON
happy officers and men, for the lofs Of the figate
In his paragraph introductory Of captain Balm.
bridges letter. he tays 'af essduai.g parry paper,
lbel was fully jua6ed TO Offer remarks which
nigh, b. conidered Ere,s ueder the prefent un.
fortunate circumstances 10 which the officers Of the
Ulcers e the Philadelphia were placed" The
public may NV form fine Judgement Of the
aspnnc'p'ed rroAi ssey Of his f:Ilow when they
read this and his own Acknowledgment in the f,ne
article, that he views the calamity the f-A Of
accident. J. With us (isys hey no doubt exja, bSi
that oil tbm batpewd vas accidental" Yet does be
threaten that il any thing ha!l be faid in difpa age
ment Of the admiai(rz,on, he will add 10 the at
Actions Of the unfortunate, by afcribing that IL
their IN condua which nc unequivocally admits 10
be the mere effeA Of accident And he might dc
70, AID circulate i, in bis internal paper throughout
the Unitrd States, nor would thoufAnds who faw
il ever hear Of al anfwer. Such is the favorite
editor of " our IeIeved PysGdsnf."
n Difovtry.--It appears that in ccnfequence
Of the lois Of the Philadelphia fr;sate il has beef
found neoeiTary % increAfe our force in the Med
te,rancan.. A law has paG d aurh,rGng the Pre-
fisent to procure two veGc.. Of ixteer guns each,
and as many gsn bozsss, he may Thick neeedary
One milion Of do'ars is appropriated to NEE:
this additional expencs, ana the PRECEDENT is ~
thori(ed to borrow it at an intereR not exeeeding
fix per cert. and an ad iisi,nal duty OF tax oftwc
and half pc, cent is laid on all goods imported
ino this country which now pay duty ad salors~ q
Gentle reader we have been Almott afraid 20 tell
you this piece ofnews-What! you will exclaim,
Mr. Jeferfon borrow money? Mr.. Jeferion lay
new saues ieMr. Jeiferfon, who not Eve months age
told Us in his m.G.ge to Congtels. that there
remained in the ,reafary near fix millions OF dol
lars"...he, now obliged to borre~y sse miiss" and
lay new taxes in order to pay it Iii impoilible,
you will FAY bu, yet, arange and unaeeountab'e
as all this Is tits nevertheless true and that the
exigenee, Of the times have called for only mil
Iox Of dollars more than was calculated On the
wife economical faviug Mr.. Je9erfon and his party
with hi. snearly fx millions of dollar in the tres
fry" arereduced TO the mortfying necefi , Of
O1V2WVyks Auu idy"x soo1AsO"s' "Ssfs'a 1870 49,
all this come to pafs s.....Saka Gas.
n gesisel oryassement.-Jo S. Sherburne dif.
trA attorney, Jonathan Steele diftrid clerk, Mich
ael M'Clsry 4narfhal, Richard Cats Shannon, all
OF NewhamPfh,e, Democrats, were fummoned as
wineAes in behalf of the United ates, on the i'm.
peachment of John Pickering. diaria Judge Of
Newhampfhire, for the crime ofinfaFity. BY the
novel adjudication of the high court OF imPeaeh.
ments. that infsnity in Judge is high crime and
mifdemesnor, the unfortunate objed Of this deeif
iou was removed from Office.
The P,eGdeut has Gnee appointed John s Sher.
burne 70 6ll the vacancy thus made-Jcnahan
Steel to be 6ilia attorney and il is underltood
that Mr.. Shannon is to be cle'k Of the diaria
court The federal Judiciary for Neshamplhi'e