Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-10-07

make the Erislsh dogs scamrcf back Z
iialifax, with greater precipl'atioI
than they left it. We may conslde
these vessels of war as the permanent
buIwarks Of our country, and as suci
they ought to be kept up till the mos
imminent times of danger.
The British minister, seeing us take
SO rsolute a step, will, no doubt, give
notice to his government OF our deter
minalion to act with spirit and energy
and they, inundated by our conduct,
will at last listen to justice, and be will
ling to meet us half way on the broad
.. basis OF imperial equity and reason.
Look at this, We snarling philosophers,
and no longer assert that our president
wants nerve-thirty gun boats in COM
mission !! why they are sufficient to
drive admiral Yoske's fleet to Old Nick
storm Halifax, and sink every Brit
ish frigate which dars to approach our
csest.
This has been done towars strength
ening our Maryland, / doubt not, but
during the next session of congress the
president will have placed at his dispo-
sal an additional number, for the more
complete defence of our country. A
merica, happy nation with her gun
boats sailing triumphantly on the o.
cean, she stands secure Of the world.
A DEMOCRAT.
From the London Medical and Physical
Journal.
During the last winter . Phenome-
non, which would appear incredible,
were it not attestcd by great number
ofrespectable persons oflnown veraci-
ty, occurred in the vicinity Of Placen-
tia. On the 10Th of January, red snow
fell upon the mountains in this depart
ment, and especially upon that known
by the name of Gentro-croci. A coat
Of white snow had covered the tops of
these mountains, when several peals Of
thunder, accompanied with tightening,
were heard.--From this moment the
snow that fell was red this continued
some time, after which white snow a.
gain fell, so that the red was inclosed
between two strata of white.
In some places this snow was only
OF the colour of peach blossom, but in
others of deep red. Some of it was
collected, and the water which it yiel-
ded, when melted, retained the same
color. The analysis of it by Nj. Cui.
gotti, chemist at Parma, promises in
teresting results. This phenomenon
seems to furnish us with the means of
explaining the showers of blood, which
are mentioned by the ancients in their
histories.
We have already ascertained the exis-
tence of f1esinites, or stones that fell
from the atmosphere, which the
Greeks and Latins have spoken Of
and now it is impossible to DENY the
reality of showers Of blood-red coll
or, which are described by the same
author.
The Pubic Advertiser Of yesterday
contains the following editorial para
graph, which, We have no doubt, was
suggested, directly or indirectly, from
Washington.
There can be no doubt, in the mind
of any thinking person, but that the
ensuing session Of Congress will be
more important and cventful than any
which has preceded it since the rsvo-
luton. The people of all classes and
of every denomination look to Wash
ington for relief from the present d.
lemma in which the country is thrown
by the perverseness of one 9th great
belligerents. Indeed a relief from
British intrenchments on our rights
q mar NTH her, or surrender of our in
must e1lsue."
We offer no remarks. the injuries
we have received from Great Britain
are so great, if her intrenchments on
our rights are so manifold as we are
assured by the Administration prints,
why do they not take measures to OBJ
tain redress (? And If 1t has come to
this, that there is no alternative be-
tween war and surrender of our in
dependence, why in the Tame Of God,
don't they begin VIVA, more do we
wait for !-.N. Y. Gag.
Boston, OCT. 4.
Loss Of the sch. Lucy-The schr.
Lucy, OF Boston, Manlon Bennett, Of