Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-10-07
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inc 0latS III \<OtlHECl4CLl Has DClA
under the direction of Federalists, ever
since the parties in this country have
been distinguished by the names of
lederaIists and Democrats. Mr.. JEFF
lerson has not had the chance of fur
| nIshinS that State with any Browns,
BidweslS, Gannetts, and other treasury
teaches, and the people have been too
wise 10 select them-and what has been
the insult No debts, TO arrearages
OF taxes, full treasury, and ample pro-
vision Tor the education Of the poor
a writer III a late Connecticut Couraht
addressing The people, observes,
At the close of the last war, the
State was plunged deeply in debt.
Thirty years of peace and prudence
have wiped away that debt, and filed
our treasury with nearly Two Mil
lions of Doliars,--This is not only an
evidence Of your good Judgment in the
choice OF your rulers, bu. pledge Of
their future fidelity.
/" You have here, fellow citizens, a
statement Of your finances for the month
of May last We challenge any State
of the Union for parallel May, any
portion Of territory of equal extent and
population III Europe.
STATEMENT.
To the General Assembly in Nav, 1911. &c
tie Funds Of the State. VIZ
| Stock In banks, SIPS. O50
/ Funded per cent, cfthe)
u. States real capital ~4''4'' ~
Funded 3 per cent stock, 5O.Os8 s
Cash IN the Treasury ap-)
proPriNedlo Civil List S8,6iS 81
expenses,
Bonds, new Lands, &c A.,
| walls Of rev Lands sold,
the interest Of which is 1,2o4. 92o 81
appropriated for sup
port OF Schools,
Tn State owed no debts at the above
date, and every Tax was paid.
SIT therefore is highly IMPORTANT to
yourselves and posterity 10 preserve
this important fund from being squan-
dered. lift falls under the control of
our rulers at Washington, or their
friends, depend upon it a two years war
will leave our treasury empty"
One Million Three Hundred Thou
sand Dollars appropriated for the sup
port OF Schools The State owed no
debts, and every tax vas paid
Can there be any higher euIogium
pronounced on the integrity and wis.
dom OF men, who thus conduct public
measures VIII the management Of
the affairs of Virginia bear any coapar-
ison, with all her resources, and wi.h
ali hef talents ?-girg hoh.
a vessel, named the Constellation. 10
sail ag.jrst wind and tlde, has Just been
completed at Bristol. She las one
mas. oi IRON, wlth an upright wlndIass
aiii1ed 10 the same. Her sails, which
are u peculiar constructions, wien in
motion cAn weigh her anchor, work
three pieces Of mechanism, 1.-TWO pro-
JectinS irom her sides and one in lie
eenire1 Two pumps, and, upon occasion
tv.o sweeps 81 "a feet. IIer CANA, is
also extended OF shortened in an inst mt
| and, a rv4Wrcd, the mast, with all its
! appehdagcs, IS as quickly lowered.
She has neither blocks nor .unning rig
slDg, except lore and aft say and ca
oies. Intact She is complete life as
well as packet boat, and calculated %
SAIL upon us well as before The wind
Capt. Edwards, Of Stockbridge, Mas
saohusetts, WAS taken in 1903, in the
big Brulus, by French privateer,
commanded by Grassin, now at Phila-
delphia, and carried TO Cayenne, where
the vessel aid cargo were condemned
His loss he estimates al Ten Thousand
Dollars. He forwarded memorial 10
our Government, the statements IN
which were sworn to before Judge
SedgwicN- The particular Illegally
ci his condemnation is considered 10
consist ia It's occurrence, under the Mi
Ian Decree, of which he could know
nothing, being at the time oil its bsing
issued at Madras. The property was
American and moi contraband.
lie complains that lie has waited in
vain to hear from government on the
subject of his memorial. It's receipt
might at least have been acknowledge
ed; and he might have been told, that If
il could be used with service to him, and
other claimants similarly circumslan-
ced, IN orr negotiation with France, it
would; and that on all such subjects
GOV ernnlent wished To receive fell and