Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-01-15
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ANNUAL MARINE LIST,


ARRIVED from ancient Chaos den,
The New-Year eighteen hundred ten.
Spoke, crossing dark o5livion's line,
The Oid-Year eighteen hundred nine.
TIL arrival Of this slip was seen
In our last Register Marine
We now her Manifest rehearse,
And note her log book in our verse.
From the dead.reckonias twill appear
(Which we made out former weary
That ship Columbia, i'll distress,
Was spoke with heavy gales at West
Almost ABANDONED by her crew,
With dread lee share full in view.
Destruction star'd US in the face,
And ship tgreck must have taken place.
HID the Southwestern wind increas' d.
But, it cLop'd round to N. N East,
And did little time afford
To heuue tn Embargo overheard,
10 get the vessel under weigh,
And once more try her course 10 lay.
But still her way she could not force
Being Eunrbey'G with Non-Intercourse.
Old JaffersOn'S restrictive breeze,
Still barr'd the freedom Of the seass
The wind had not come quite about,
And pilots could not work her out
The captain, 10 give some relief,
Found out passage DER the reefs
Twas new and undiscovered quite,
For which he merits patent right.
He gave the mariners command
To sail the vessel over land.
BY some wise-scres it is thought,
That all this voyage must g. for iiought-
They say It's in their minds a uoubt,
If, in this way, the ship is out
They hold, AS law has her land -iock'd,
She's still embargo'd. stall dry -dock'd.
But these poor men are in the dark :;
They know not those who steer the bark
The mariners who now command
Can sill much better on dry lind
The .ASuu1nents ihe hay i'll motion
Were ne'er intended for the ocean;
The cald by winch they steer the nation,
Is all made az Of va,farion;
Their Needle has more Poles than enc,
Is true TO all and true 20 none
3y such needle twill appeal,
Quite easy for man 20 steer;
For If resistance il points out,
Why helm d-.ce and 70 d5oEts
For, it is prov a, as PLAIN as day
Resistance is, To run Aw-y.
But were the needle stiff in JOINT.
And always looking to one point,
To steer by il would never do
For false, wAv'rInE, trimming crew.
In latitude Of thirty nine,
Deserted two large ships OF the line;
Close haui'd the wlnd-with l4rbOagd tack,
on;
! THIS one the Smith, and that the Jackson.
| the .3ml.h bore down and took her station
| To fire al the Las!A44Aoh /;
! And when she had her guns in motion,
To blow the Insult from the ocean;
| But sad To tell, when she came round,
| ih' I7EiE4diioH WAS NOT found
| And, what WAS more provoking yet
! The L..uh was 100 small 10 hit.
| She bore lowu hen ID al her pride,
! And gave lhr .1IcksoH :, brCadsIde;
| And, Lat The eattle might be won,
Refused to fight another gun.
! The .factsor thus left III disgrace,
| Put down her helm, and went i'll stays,
! md bore away il sullcn state,
he orders OF her king 10 wait
We end our rhyming log book here,
! And close our reckoning for the year,
But ere orr topsais we unbend.
| And down our sails and rigging send,
| Let It's, like heat y saitoIs free,
Hail all cur friends with three times three
| Huzz4 .or COMMERCE-NAvIoAT1oN
! The Life and SoHL Of every nation
May NJ embarSoc's backward force
| Ser Tut stot,er on their course.
Huzza for FARMERS and their trade,
| (Bv winch all commerce must be made
| Without whose noble enterprise
| All TRADE and NAvIcATIoN dies.
Huzza for all MECH ANIC arts,
| Bv which the above perform their parts,
| Which lend their expeditions aid,
| To AFricRitEre. and 10 TRADE.
Huzza for SAILORS, ev'ry one
Who steer by cAayt IL WASHINGTON.
Huzz4 for those whose fOrtituds
| Can stem the torrent rough and rude,
Which threatens to o'erwhelm the ship,
And sink her in Tie bOundiess deep.
Huz8a for ALL our PArRoNs kind,
BY whose support we raise the saina
Nay they enabled be to keep
Their barks ahoat upon tie deep,
And meet no cross tempestuous gales
To check their way, or back their sails,
Till deaths grim blast shall on them trown,
And bring their masts and rigging down;
Then may they land on heav'n's shore,
To sail IN pleasures eve.more.