Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-01-25

For the New-year 1903, with the
Carriers Remarks.
ARRIVED this ro1Hrg, fun offrcight.
The New-Year eighteen hundred eirht.
Spoke, outward bound, towards oblivion.
The old year eighteen hundred seven.
On board the old year 60 events
fintrest and Of consequence.
Shipt BY th experience OfmaHEnd,
And, to D0sterity coRsign'd.
The foreign carF9 IN her hold
Is demaged much, as we arc told
The bales mark'd thus-Denmark, Fruesi2,
Holland, Germany and Russia,
And Portugal, are said to 20
Consign'd TO Bonapart' and co
But Britain has, we understand,
Tow'd Denmark in, as contraband--
Goods shipt for enemies supplies,
And therefore captor5' lawful puzc-
The former owners Of the bale
Marked PotugaL It's said viii fail,
Unless BY transfer they can still
Continue business at Brazil.
Ship lerl-The BR1rAIN, waiting orders
To sweep the oceans farthest borders
OF enemies, and convoy those
Who dare resist the worlds worst foes.
In latitude Of darkest fstes
Deserted the ship UNITED STATES 90
The weather dark and blowing gales,
Her rigging shatter'G, and her sails.
Her upper works much damaged too
But timbcrs sound, and men alItrue
And though the heLmsman III a Jaw
Nav sometimes lct the vessel yaw,
She'll ne'er be left to 70 to wreck
For want of good men or the deck.
'Tis said she has her anchor tript,
Her men all MUSTERED and eQuippd,
Her boals drawn UP along her side,
And waiting only wind and tide
To steer for France This voyage we think
viii make her owners credit sink;
For should the Britain cross her wake
She'll fore and aft her commerce rake
The wealth and honour Of the nation
She'll tow i'll tor adjudication
The BURR cOnspiracy-On shore
By Wilkinson, the commodore,
Has had its trial-been acqui' ted,
But ship can never be rehtted
We therefore here may safely say
She'll never more get under weigh.
The commodore, we are inform'd,
Is somewhat damaged in the storm;
His " s0lder's honour" rather crank,
Has Open'd seam or started plank
And did not Presidential pump
Work hard to save a sinking lump,
His fame and character would be
Soon foUnder'd in tempestuous sea"
Spoke, outward bound to Dissolution,
The Ship AMERIcAE CONSTITUTIONS
1t blowing Democratic blasts
She's scudding under jury masts
But lets the masters orders hear
"Throw compass DER the ship 70 clear.
" And if the chart don't please my view,
/" Why cancel il and make news
cor let's have none who cares about I W,
81 J---u can steer without them
Spoke Ship Neutrality, ran down,
BY Bonspart's indignant ii'own
Twas thought if She survival this shock,
She'd founder next Oh British rock .-
At all events, BY observation,
She's near the coast annihiiatjOn
In such a case, rotten ship
To Davy Jones must take trip.
Spoke, ship Tom I---n, bound in
AS gales tempestuous" now begin
TO agitate the public Z sea-"
And stir the waves Of liberty
Our captain, wise, tavoid tie strife,
VIII close the voyage Of public life,
Acknowledge ne 50 weak has grown,
(This men Of sense have long since known,
and better it lad been, no doubt,
Had he much sooner found 1t OUT
That he can hold the helm no more,
Wen clawing of a dark lee shore
Wa-n storms are threat'ning- run high,
And "specks of war" o'crcast the sky.
But ere he quits the quarter deck,
lie mus. play one more COW ard trick,
Al his old age he drops a hint on,
But oil the time means old George Clinton.
PosTsCRIFT--In haste we stop the press,
Jus. To announce in this address,
That IN the mandate Of the wise
The ANEGIcA enlarged lies,
Heard 10 Oy Jacobiric rocks,
L. one Of Jetiers0n's drr docks
We hope il may not be her fate,
no bc t1pl-l0ct'L iii such a state
For man, months For should she lie
WrGb'4 10 in this way, high and a,y,
a year or So, her pianks may start,
Her timbers crack, her rigging part,
Her men desert from off the deck,
And leave the ship a useless wreck.