Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-02
(Uzole No. So.

tention OF Americans as Pyi/Sney5 Of
Var in France is, thar they have be-
longed to veiicls which have been at
an Engliih port. Is this fuihcient
reafon to excufe the iniult and ag-
grcfion Is this fufiicient reafon
to call for US to withhold our refent-
ment at the treatment they have re-
ceivcd, and to deny our fympathy to
onr counsrymen in bondage? Will
it jufify any American in faying
shole poor fellows defeve their fafe;
that their cruel punifhment is juf
Is there any iumoraEfy in having been
At an Engliih port l--Cssp'n. Fed.
DUANE can readily difcover that
our veHcls detained in ports under
French conuoul, have falfe papers
or are engaged in Britiih ouGncfs ,
he cannot perceive the ps6ibihty, that
any American Vefcl has ever cover
ed French or Dutch property, or car
ried an article contraband of war
cs that any Of the tales of imprefs-
ment, are exaggerated, or founded on
error or INTERPRETATION, or that
Engliih iailors have fhared our fym.
pathies with American feamen.
As Error csvrs7sd-In the Nsrfa1 Hsysi5
of the 9Th ult. we obferve the article relative
10 the late trial Of the B,ifS privateerfmen,
IN capturing an American veiIel, republifhed,
with the following note attached thereto:
90 TIE preceding article is pub
lifhed, in order to correct a materi-
al miifake, committed by us In
itead of a Brifj6 privateer, we fhould
have faid French privareer. The
veAel captured was the lloop George,
captain Reid, on a voyage from
Honduras for this port. The cap-
tain of the privatecr was named Cy-
ps, but not having the matters pro-
teit, we cannot ftate the name of
the privatcer." It is hoped that fuch
editors as have noticed the above ar
ticle, vii: correct the miltakc, and
thus "place the faddle upon the
right horfe."
Bonaparte, on the 18th of July,
addre1cd a circular mandate TO the
Bifhops. commanding them to offer
up prai(es on account of the Victories
Of Edzerfdorf and Wagram--I In this
irftrumcnt he fays-" Though our
Lord Jefus Chriif fprsng from the
blood of David, he fought no world
ly empire on the contrary. he re-
quired, that in concerns of this life;
men fhould obey Csfar His
great Object was, the deliverancc
and falvation Of fouls. We, the in
heritors of Caiar's power. are firmly
refolved to msintain the indepcn-
dence Of our throne, and the inviola-
bility of our rights. We 'hall perfs-
we're in the great work of the rsttora-
ton OF the worfhip of God /; we hall
communicate to lis Min;ttcrs that ref
peetability which we alone can gi'
them we ihall liften to their voice
in all that concerns fpiritual matters
and affairs of confidence. ."----s' We
fhall not be drawn afide from the
great end which we itrive to attain,
and in which we have fuccccded in
part-thc reltoration of the altars of
our divine worthip; nor fuffer our
f.lses to be perfuaded that thefe
principles, as Greeks, EngIiih, Pro-
teftants aud Calvinias affirm, are in-
conGltent with the independence Of
Thrones and nations. God has er-
lightcned US enough to remove fuch
errors far from US. Our fubieds en-
tertain no fuch fear"
In the retired pariih of Landehr, in
he iile Of Angelica, there is now
ns"s woman of the name of Win.
nrea Mes w. has attained the par.
riarchal age of llo Yss.nd neprIv
feven months, The enjoys the ~~:v
turbed cafe of cottage, in which
the has reGded Io5 years.--She is
blefled with the peFfed uir Of her
mental faculties her eyes being as
good as they we're when ihe was in
her seth year and itrange as it may
feem, has fcarccly grey lair in her
head. On the 27th of March, fhe
walked the dilfance of miles and