Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1812-02-10
D0rtlamo,
Monday, February 10, 1912.

oei,cd.-The following is summary OF !
their contents -
Mr.. JoEL BARLOW, the American Min !
lister AZ Paris, had his first audience Of Bo-
naparte OIL the 17th, when he presented his
credentials
The Intelligence from Dantzic, stated in
Tie French sspers. thai sli the AMERI |
CAN ships in that 5Ort had been CON.
DEMNED, and orders issued for the sale Of
their cargues &c..
+ A violent storm, from 25lh of Oct to the
FL Nov wss eN1es fenced Il Copenhagen,
sad several vessels were driven ashore.
An Ebglish f1ga,e Uas seen "a shore near
faiistOne, dismasttd, and dIsapI cared in the
nigh. "a Engiish ~ struck IN rock
pear Bornholn, and sunk. A envoy, in
passing the Belt was partly destroyed.
The waters Ia the ,.tIc wSre uncommon. \
~ low.
A I. spatch Of Lord Wcllington's Of the
18th Nov. states, that the country OF both
banks Ot lie Tagus, as far IN as Aranjuez,
has been made over BY the Emperor to
Marshal Marmont for the support of the ar
my Of Portug al-This arrangement has re
duced Joseph BonapArte 10 she greatest dis
tresS. as the produce Of thst country was all
AAni iAG Aa-4 ~ f'Att1 AtiOi-
The King was alive and the British Or
ders N Council were not revoked
The Presidents Message was received
n London on the 4,h Of Dec. BY express
from Liverpool, and Is published in The
Courier Of the 5th. On the receipt Of the
Presidents Message, Cotton rose one pen
nv per pound 10 Liverpool.
Hoij head, Nov. l9 - The Comfort Ryan,
IL.
near Pwinelly, and il is feared VIII be lost.
80 %
Our national guardians, who three
years ago were SO strenuous for the a.
doption OF the Chinese or Terratin poll
ICY, and who by their Embargoes, Non
Intercourse and Enforcing acts, strived
SO hard TO GnzihILdte commerce alto
gether, pretend lately to have turned
short about. Many of them have pur-
suaded themselves TO believe tha: Com
merce IS no: so bad thing after all.
They are even willing to zvage zvar for
its protection-and this they propose
doing by taking Canada :! The fed
eralists in Congress have contended
that a nary was the best and only eff
cient protection 10 Commerce but
they, poor souls, are not yet versed in
Mr. Jsfferson's new-fangled philoso-
ply Mr. Williams, congressional
back-7Doods- from the south, abom-
mates navies, and would therefore pro-
tect commerce by taking Canada. He
says
''The naval force which this nation could
raise, would not only Ge unnecessary and un-
safe, hut inadequate 20 the purposes for
which il was wanted. Would you, lie adds,
leave the land where yOH are omnipOtent a.
galnst your enemy, and launch forth into
the ocean 10 seek disgrace aud discom6-
ture g Britain had. lying up in ordinary,
vessels enough 10 subdue the navies Of the
whole world, oar hltte force Included. 1t
gave bin pain to extoi the resources Of the
ENEMY buL lie could not conceal the
truth He wished II were otherwise. He
Felt Tor the suiierings which she had lnhict-
Ted on his country. They ns pred im with
passion, winch he could too little conceal
Sir, feel de IDLY haze egain,t G Britsln.
Yes, sif, ifthe re- aytilieyy Of Heaven ssere ~
a.y HANDS, I'd Ssoa drivs ths (ast-dHchOred Lsle
from hey nooriHgs %
. To support navy, CONTINUED Mr..
WillIams) was 10 abandon all The doctrines
which they had formerly held--it WAS the
advocates ofthe navy who had givenup com
merce &C."
Is there any frooF Of this, or would
he, in imitation of the President, have
MS assertions taken for proof ?-Ee
continues
"A Gentleman (Mr WidgeryG had said,
Chat tle lisi1Fl-y we're not disposed 70 rro-
sect commerce. III Ir. Williams were 10
lnda -e in the expression ~ .its t-elhzG. he
woql say tu&t such = mln deserved =
.4tr4isAi JACKET -
Although Mr.. WidSSry replies to
nearly adj tine members, and is a great
s'isGssr, this aud the notice which Mr..
Randolph took ofhim some lime Since,
ARE fhe only instances we have seen,
TFherc members in their remarks have
alluded 10 him "either in thought,
word or deed" Probably, because his
arguments are unanswerable. Il is
highly indecorous, however, in Mr..
Williams TO suffer his envy ofthe Hon
Mr Widgery's " suPer-eminent" tall
ems, 70 carry him 50 lar as to recon.
mend straight jackets 7"
lie contended that sailor was more
expensive than soldier, and as " there
bad been an unaccoun.able waste and
extravaganza in the navy department"
n WAS necessary NV 70 ec,nor,,s-
/" lie hoped there YVES power some. |
where to each Tie rats; or the cheese
wsald be ~ eat up" "
To conclude,
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