Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-08-22

TOWN MEETING.

AT legal Meeting Of The inhabitants Of
the Town Of Portland, hoCen at the Court
HOuie in faid town, on Monday, the 18th
day Of Augun, A. D. 1903, " to take into con-
liberation the peculiar and dlfrsf fling itua-
ton the community Is placed il, BY rtaIon Of
the introduction OF all foreign Commerce, &
to adviie Oh the expedienCy of Eating the
fame 10 the Executive Of the General Cow
eminent, and to petition for repeal of the
Embargo Laws, & to adopt fuch ether mea-
1nres as may tend to promote the general
welfare SAMUEL FREEMAN, Efq. was cho-
fen Moderator.
Eofed, That the fubjea Re committed ae
large to 4 committee Of Eve, TO confder and
report thereon.
The following gentlemen were then ap-
pointed 4 Committee for that purpore -
WeoaIRry Storer, Pye1fi5 A4clca, A1affLe7g cob,
Donief 7aefev and Ceayge bradbury, Elqs
Then adjourned until next day, 10 o'clock.
2reia4y AgegF rs, 1909.
The Town attended, according to adj
journment, and the Committee made report.
which was read, and after debate accented
as follows
he Committee, to whom was referred the
trlt article in the warrant f9r his meeting
having confdered the fubiea, beg leave M
report, thar 1t is in their opinion hiqbiv ez-
Pedient to Preftnt a reipedful Petltion ~
the Prehdent Of the Unitcd States. pr1ving
him to iGfpend the Embargo Laws, RI f3- a.
he has power and III auv doubt HouiJ -
rife as 20 his authority, that he would rnn-
vene Congrels for the purpole oe repeating
them. But your Committee cannot refr-i9
from Eating iome Of the lofes and enbarsr-
ments TO which the inhabitants Of this Town
are iuble6ted, IN conftquencc OF the Frnbar-
20, and lone Of the Tealons on which their
opinion Is founded III that wife nolicv
which railed revenue for the fupDort "
Government, from duties impoltd on vefel,
and on foreign merchandise, the merckars.
Of the United States faw a furt pedpe for
the protection Of their commercial interef.
and under the influence Of this adurance. The
enterPrlhng lpirit Of the inhabitants " PORT
land, loitered by the commercial ADVANTAGES
OF their local htuatiOn, early induced them
90 ven their property in lliDs and u rn,b.rL
thelr fortunes on The ocean. The uninternn-
Tea enjoyment Of theIe rights and privileges
lor lerles q years cherilhcd belief thar
they were permanently eRabh1led and fecu-
Ted-hut their hopes have been bIaled and
'heir enterprises defeated by a fudden and
unlimited Embargo On enquiry, your com.
mittee ind thar the whole amount uf ain
ping owned ~ this diRrif, as appears bv 4
report OF the Secretary Of the Trealury Of
the " ). Is forty thouland and one tons. "
TINS, about three thouland tons are now an
foreign voyages that commenced before the
Embargo, and about two thou{and ions are
employed ~ the coating trade. LEAVING
thirtY-hve thouiand tons now Fmbarooed--
This $4,000 tons OF nippiDg valued "
SIS dollars per ton, the average price before
the embargo, IS I,275 ,oCo dollar,. The in
terrell On this fun at per cent il, 7s,sco
The wharfage Of $4,000 tons ~
70 cents for every 100 tons, villa
mo punt N one year 70 a5,5So
The quantity Of lhiPPing f(h on
hand when the Embargo took nltce
owned by inhabitants of Portland
Is about $1,000 quintals, which N
) dollars per quintai, the current
price at that time amounts 10 ro1.r-o
Under the operation of the I'm.
barge, part OF this lat ment.nn.d
property has been waited, n yre.f
exPenoe has been incurred to fave
the remainder from fpoliag. a
g. PAoPOdttou OF thOie II I were
bought az the price above Jared. a
IT what is now on hand were foId
a the highett price that apy have
brought hnce the Embarto. they
would not fetch more team one
ao'lsF anu an half per quintal, ana
m III n wopla exceed s1too
employed on the wlar.1s, and i1