Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-04-03

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they were in the poheilion of Brit
iih guard, in the Labora,ory-con-
veyed them into deik in Mr. HoL-
BROOKS writing fchool, and after
wards fent them out of town conceal
ed in manure, in coal cart. Many
living witneiies are converiant with
this fact.
Mr.. CHRISTOPHER GORE, the cal
umniated candidate, at the beginning
of the American Revolution, was at
Cambridge College where he contin-
urd until he fnilhed his education
,, and was then placed in the office of
the late Judge LOWELL. During that
time the newspapers of the day will
thew, thar the juvenile effudons
of his pen were devoted to the caufe
OF liberty and his coustry
In 1913, when Gen. SULLIVAN
was ordered to Rbaie- IQand, he re-
queited volunteers from Bgfon to Join
the expedition The independent
Company, commanded by Col. HIGH.
BORN, accepted the nlvitation.-Mr.
CHRISTOPHER Corr joined this COM
pany as vsluatser, marched 70 Ride
Nand, and was actively and zealouny
engaged in all the iervices OF that cam
palgn, The pot of danger and con-
hdence was frequently aligned TO this
corps, and to it was entruited the du-
ty OF covering Gen. SULLivANs' re-
treat from the ifland which became
indefpeLfablc from the French have
taken by the Count d'Egaing We
could refer for proof of this early trait
of devotion to bis country in Mr..
Core, when a youth, 10 Gen. CoBB,
the candidate for Lieutenant Govern
or; 10 the Hon. PEREZ MORTON, late
fpeaker of the Houfe, then an officer
in the corps; to Capt. THOMAS
CLARK, MIR. ZAcHARiAH HICKS, and
to MIR. Thomas PoNs the latter
gentleman, who has been confdered
republican" is full in the praifes Of
MIR. GoSE's zeal and patriotifm on the
ocoalioA.
During the Revolutionary War he
discharged every duty aligned him
with fidelity and ability; and from
his induitry and fuccefs in his profef-
iion he became aflluent.
In 1887. MIR. GORE was cholan a
Member of the Convention of Maj
hebuftts, which ratified the prefent
CONSTITUTION of the United
States His able and unren:itting
exertions at that important crils OF
of our affairs, mult dwell in the re-
collection Of every one who was then
"fselingiy alice" to the fiiuation of
cur beloved country. He advocated
and voted for the bulwark of our ma
tons Rights, and Bond of Union !;
and the Mechanics, and other citi-
zens OF Bsf9n, in teitimony of their
gratitude for his fervices, waited up
on him in GRAND FEDERAL
PROCESSION, and expreiled their
thanks by loud gratulations and huz-
zas. Tie day on qubicb Tbs happened
qeM Lang be remembered quitb PRIDE e
PLEASURE BY .Bgfsnians.
From year to year-nany years
unanimously Mr. Gore received the
fuffrages of his fellow-townfmen as
their Representative, and as Senator
of SDch.
When the National Government
was organized, PRECEDENT WASH
ING TON fele6ted MIR GORE as the
frh DiRri7 Atforney of MdDacbglstts.
He was one of thoie kind OF men
whom the Father of his Country de-
lighted to honor and employ ;-and
in his judgment Of Men no one Oh
earth was hyperion to WASHINGTON.
In 1906 PreGdent WAsHIscroN
fent Mr. Gore as Commiilioner to
Gycaf- Britain, TO feitle controversies
and claims under the British Treaty.
lie obeyed the command and this was
the fri time MIR. Gore was even out
of the United States. We ihall not
attempt to thew how well he exeeu-
red his truit as a Commiilioner but
THOUSANDS remember with gratitude,