Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-24
Bostop, Nay 90.


they expect bomb vessels next week"
Boston, Nay 20.
we are informed by gentieman
from the District of Maine, that the
greatest distress prevails in some parts
of that countrv-Farmers are obliged
to kill their working Oxen for food
they have no corn 10 eat, nor yet G.
nough to SOW. Their presen; suii'-r.
ings are aggravated by their apprehen.
sion for the future. Some months
must elapse before their scanty crops
can be reaped-and unless they can
procure supply in the interim, they
must starve.
Our own town affords instances e.
nough of poverty and distress to CON
vince us that this description cannot be
much exaggerated.-i thousands of hon
est and industrious people, who have
been reputable livers, are thrown out of
employment, and must perish or beg.
One cannot walk a square without be
ling solicited for aims, at every corner,
by objects of compassion that would
move the bowels OF stone. Yet who
dares to murmur Who dares ask how
long shall these things be endured
II cannon be.
| But sue are pigeon liper'd and lack gsg,
10 male sb5fes10n ter.
The French priyateer Jnvincible Ma
poleon, oa the Sd April last, e ApTUR-
ED the American brig 1aeo Brothers,
OF New York, bound 10 Lisbon, and
REASONED her for 5000 dollais-snd
oil, the 9th, lat. 81, long %, the Amer
lean ship Mounf HOPE, Capt. M'Cobb,
of Georgetown, Me. from Charleston
for Cadiz with cargo OF rice, WHICH
SHE ORDERED FOR FRANCE
This information is given by one OF the
French officers OF the privateer, and by
the mate OF the Mount Hope, both of
whom have arrived in town.
Erfrarf Of letter, dafed Ogdens6urgh,
Nay 4, 1919
You recoiiecl the paragraph which
appeared 10 the n. York and philadel.
phla papers, saving the British had oc-
cupitd Ogdensburgh, &c. and that the
Information came from the post.mast-
Ell was satisfied in my own mind,
that this was the prelude to stopping
the mall 10 this place An order from
Dearborn, sanctioned by DIR. Shaw,
who stiles himself the Assistant Post.
Master Tor the northern Departments;
has ordered the mail to stop al D. Kalb,
and for the Post Master there TO de.
liver no letters, but TO those lie person
ally knows, and to receive 10 letters,
from Ogdensburgb. This is the reas.
on we have for three weeks been baiiled
about the mail, and the circumstances
was not known 10 us until Yesterday.
Newspapers are also forbidden To be
delivered 10 come to Ogdensbureh,
How this step Can be taken by Gen.
Dearborn, and his Doctor, without
law, | DO not know-It seems the mill.
iary are determined to controul all the
civil departments of our government.
We have received our friends who
were lately sent 20 oacket's harbour all
back, and the officers have been arrest
ed we hold them here in custody.
he army gentlemen have found ont
the people of ot Lawrence will not suf.
ter their rights to be trampied upon,
without resistance.
The North Carolina election Of Members
OF Congress arpers highly suspicious TO
the cause OF Peace Messrs. SrANFoRp,
PEARSON, CuLPgPER aad GAsroN, ale c.
lected.
ENrnct 81 a letter rom Mr. 'To,nes S. Petty
u Paceanes, TO .1anleS LenlnR, Es9 u
Lhar.esion, dated March 90, 1915.
Aoout three days ago the contractors
started boat load Of provisions from this
place, f.r Forl Harris IN. The boat wasa
tackled yesterday about ID o'clock (abou 6 |
miles from Fort Harrison) by party of In 4,
dams, supposed to have been lao IN number. |
h lied Two men and wounded eight. The |
boat was compelled to retreat Il is gener- |
ally thought Fort Harrison has been attack !
ed by th,s lime. The con ,aclors agent left |
FIT Harrison a few days ago, he s,a.es
tha' the principal part oi she men were sick /
not more than 20 being fit for duy, aud that
the Indians were seen every day abou, the !
Fort. Abou, day, sgo horses were !
stolen from the myers "a Bussaron.
-.
TeacA Cox, the oid Tory, who piloled !
Gen. Howe into Phiisde.phia, IN The war |
at 4 he rcvoin4 ION las i.s,,aJ ,.,.pn..I,