Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-02-23
AMERICAN Affairs.


the Negotiation with America has luffered any
interruption, or that an obltzcle Of any kind
has arilen to its amicable termination. We
Of courle have no peculiar means Of knowing
the fact, but we believe that the preient gov
ernmeAt is TOO wife and too liberal to adopt
The mad aud abfurd advice which is daily Nv.
en- III n by their enemies they cannot be
Iuve that mealures Of robbery and iniutiice
can be mealures OF vigOur, o. that we could
long maintain the war by the violation Of our
faith and the breach 81 all our engagements.
They certainly perceive no wisdom IN
adding America 10 thF number Of our enc
mics, and thereby Of depriving our nanufac-
lures Of their Deit CuGomer. IL would be no
conlolation TO men Of thinking and liberal
minds, that America would be ruined by eur
involving her in the WIT. Az Engli(h patriot
would naturally ak, what benefit fhould we
obtain by the calamity Of our friend II
might fuit the views Of thoie feeble tnsn, who,
while IN Office, did their'ptmoR 70 enbroil us
with .merica, nov to fee them added 70 the
number Of our enemies becaufe in the con-
futon and diftreIs 10 which Il would give rife
they might look 70 employment; but we tTuit
the day is far dltant when they are to reach
office BY fuCh rupture.
DEC 3O.-We feel happy in being able TO
Aate, that the treaty between this country and
America, is proceeding in the very belt tram;
and that the difficulties attending il, are al
moi all furmounted; and that fuch compile
tion Of il may be fpcedly looked for, a well
.enfure the permanent good understanding and
mutual benefit of beth countries IA future
DEC. Earthquakes were yelterhay re-
ceived by Government, from the Court ofPur-
rugal, which were brought to Falmouth by
the Dart ,noop Of war. 1t i reported that a
demand has been made upon the Portuguele
Government 10 lhut its ports agant the trade
Of Great Britain.
nEc 2s.-The feveral articles dated from
the North Of Germany far as they reipect
Eng,aad, viii be found not unimportanr.
general embargo has taken place al Hamburg,
and no neutral is allowed TO fail, even in bal
ian and in Hanover and the neighboring
Saaces, all co nmunication with England is
forbidden, upon the pain of death. Gen
M ritter has obrained fome fucceGes over The
Swede n PoEse ana
An -ugiuh lquaIron is hated to have ap-
peared before Alexandria, in Egypt, for the
Purpofe Of occupying that place; but We
have not hitherto undertook that the isuad-
ron fent to thai quarter had any troops on
board We hope, however, the Government
will adopt immediate nell1res for obtaining
pofeiIiol Of thar country, otherwife il will
not far, once more u fall under the domino
zion IF France
Difpatches were received on Saturday, from
M. thornton which were brOu5h, IN Var
mouth by the Carrier, cuUer, in II ve days
from the Elhe AL the French troops On The
Wezer and the Elbe, with the er ception only
OF a few fnau cJrDs. lefI - garrifna Hanover,
Hamburger, and CuHhaven, had been marched
for the Vftula AMI /. was uaderftood TO be
the intention Of Bona larte 10 penetrate i'm
rnediateiv into the Ru I'm territories - The
garrilons left behid on he Elbe ana Weler
con6n of Dutch and Italian troops.
a houfe Ut fomc note In The city failed on
Friday. lis buGnels was chiefly with Ham
burgh.
pEc. 9O-The report of war between Ruff
Ga and Turkey refs on very doubtful ground
u : dated from Berlin he very mint Of faori-
cations. This rumour perhaps was circuIat-
I'd with view to induce the French to lup-
pofe. thar Bonaparte Till retained bis influence
il the Divaa; that fuch a war would divide
the ftrsngth Of Alexander IN the mean time
Sebafaua would exert all his arts 10 diilOlve
the treaty concluded between the Courts Of
Peterfburgh and Confantinopl e.-Th he French,
II is well known, have played off fuch tenn
eorary tricks, when any obje9 was to be car
riea If il ihouId, however, turn out to be
true, that the Tarks have driven Ruflia TO APP
pezI to the fwoTd. the theatre Of war in all
pro ability, will Be transferred from Poland 10
Turkey. In fuch cafe, the Navy Of this
country would be Of elentia lervce to our
zIy Egvpt would once more fall into our
hands aud all trade with Pertia thOwn open
TO Su- merchants. IF the articles Of the treaty,
inherited ia the Staelman of yelterday, be au-
thentic, all the Chrftians of the Greek
Church viii range on the hde OF Ruiha for in
one Of thele articles, il IS expressly thPulated,
that they lha be permitted 70 enter into the
Rufiian fervice, privilege they have long
wfhed for, as a dawn OF cheering proipetts
II the war has really broken out, and if the
Rufians have ftretcheC 90 far as itated, into
Turkey, il is proof sf the Witdom and &C
tivity of the Cabinet of Petersburgh, that il
could not be luled into falfe fecurty and
thar the mott prompt EealGres were taken TO
put the army ID motion on the hla hgnai Of
holihsies.
SysLzaA, CIithes Pomerania) Nov. s.
Accounts have reached US, that corps Of
French cavalry, Of Or 5000 men, have HpIer
the PRESENCE Of purifying the Prufiians enter
ed our county. at Anclam, Loltz, Mayen-
krobs, Demmon, &C. plundered the inhabitants
and fubjected them to contributions, &c
The ravagea Of the French InMecklenberg,
have been rno(t wanton
The French have demanded from the city
Of Rostock, Lower SaxJuy) contribution Of
1900 RI dollars, The militia Of this pro-
80 ne ahenhLed he gun-bna.s are fired