Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-06-13
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Arrived At Salem, on Tuesday last, sch.
Raven, tThorndike, from PassaInaquoddy,
with salt--We learn that all the exertions
of the Wasp, and of the troops left by her
on Moose Island, were Intellectual in pre-
venting smuggling. Such stir Of business
was never known at that place before, nor
the people so proftably employed. Many
were engaged as centinels at 2 dollars per
day, and found but notwithstanding their
Sigilance, and that Of the government boats,
still, some hcSo or other, A or 500 barrels OF
-four, when the weather was thick and ha-
zy, were supposed TO find their way across
to the British side of the river in day,
where the price was 8 10 so, and where
many English vessels lay loading for Hall
fax. There were large number of whale
boats at the place, which carry from to
barrels each in FIVE minutes rowing they
cross tae line. a Certain sum per barrel
was paid for safe transportation and it was
said that 1t was not uncommon Tor indiyidu-
ais to make, ten, fifteen, and even twenty
dollars a day, according as their luck might
be. 200 barrels of -four went out Of one
store the day before the Raven sailed and
one man declared lie had made IL dollars
the same day, and hoped TO make as much
more in the night.
In the Raven came passenger Mr.. Tho
mas, late mate of the ship Union, Of Plym-
outh, Miller Smith, master. The Union
sailed from Dublin the last dav Of March for
Charleston, S @. with cargo Of wine,
whiskey, and slate On the 18th Of April,
in lat. AZ 80, lon 10 80, was met by the
French Priyateer ketch, admiral Martin, of
Ia guns and 124 men (French, Spanish,
Dutch and Danes) from Bayonne, which
took possession OF the ship, and ordered her
for France, after taking out all the hands
except the master and boy, and two Irish
gentlemen and four ladies, passengers. The
privateer was but recently out Of port and
his orders, as he several times read them III
English, were 10 take GLtAmerica vessels.
wherever from or bound 10 and this, the
Frenchman said, was in pursuance u de-
termination of Bonaparte to drive America
to decision either in favour Of England OF
France, being impatient that we had not
| yet broken with England. On the 3Oth of
April, the privateer Tell in with the English
| ship Royal Edward, Alexander Andersen,
master, from Liverpool bound to Pictou in
| Nova Scotia and as she was not worth ma
| king prize Of, ai taking out such arti-
cles as they chose, they put all the Amcri-
can prisoners on board Of her, and permit
ted her to pursue her course. She passed
through the gut Of Canseau, in company
with six large English transports bound to
| Quebec TO take in troops, as was said, to
carry home. On being landed at Pictou,
Mr.. Thomas made his way TO Passama-
| quoddy, where he took passage for Sa-
| leTn.--Tlxe english captain informed Mr..
4. that the loss of our trade was severely
felt ~ Liverpool American vessels were
employed by the English, at very high and
profitable freights, in the trade 20 Russia
and other parts.
CoAsTINc TRADE STOPPED "A letter
from Capt. N. Bourne, of sch Laura, of Bos-
ton, dated " Edenton, May 90, 1808,'' men,
tions, that he had partly completed lis !oad-
ing OF ssares when supplementary embargo
law appeared in the newspaper, and though
not official and not being understood, no one
IN Musteboro' would give bonds until some
thing further was known lie then pro-
ceeded with his vessel to Edenton, where
he could have readily completed his freight
OF pipe Stavcs, but the Collector informed
him that no vessel whatever should lie al
lowed to clear out with lumber or naval
stores-There were z vessels in port in this
013rab -ate predicament, ready for seattle
Collector wrote to the Sec'y of the Treasu-
ry on the Goth, for instructions, and expect
ed an answer in 16 days,-ln the mean time
all ccasting trade TO be stopped and per-
haps afterwards though it was cohiectur-
ed the Sec'y would condescend to grant an
Indulgence for those vessels to proceed that
had commenced loading previous to the or
der of tue President 10 stop them.-HostiIe
and.embarrassing proceedings towards COM
merce may be matter of sport to Administra-
tioni bat constitutional punishment will
ere long overtake them.--They have made
bull in attempting to cry up Commerce -
and ike Paddy who set out to mill a bill,
they win get kicked over!
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