Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-10-11
coMMuNiCATlOIs.
PUBLIC GOOD.

~ II ohihLE
The detachment of Militia now sta.
toned at Jordop's Point Battery, are
making great improvements on that
important post Of defence. Can the
hberaily OF the ciiiztns OF Portland be
better bestowed to promote their own
security and defence, than by CoDtri
button sufficient to purchase plank and
timber 10 complete the platform of this
battery / he whole expense is com.
puted not to exceed 30 dollars, and the
labor would be performed II under
stand) by tue detachment Yours,
\ CITIZEN.
IN giving place to the shove, We think i,
bat Justice tn remSk that no corps stationed
N tbs town since the war, have made such
rspid ,mpro,e men, IN mill srt kuowedge as
he detached miaia now stationed nj Jor.
ion's int battery. This much w feel our
selves warranted N saying, as well & ON our
ov"e observation as that 81 eminrnt Judges,
whose opinions we have heard expressed.
We trust, therefore. ih.t those citizens who
are anAl ms 10 see iii5 town put into proper
state of defanee, vii come foi w.rd ~ aid
n the proposed Improvement. 1--WE an
dsrsgand a subscription rsper tor tins pur.
2ose vii Os rut iito Circulation tins dsy.
We learn from AL p,r;s If he ieteiior fthe
Diflric, OF Mann. that the crops within he rs
collection Of the moh aged were never Aiown
TO be more abundant. The proipect now !.
tina, OF indian corr aud iE1sil grain there viii
be more than sufficient for the confumpdan OF
the inhabitants They will kuo~ vel how
TO appreciate this bl,hing iussmuch a. their
fufiering. for the year paa have been 70 very
gfeat IN eonfe4uence Of the learcity tha, ha.
prevailed--gsfden vegetable at AL k,ud' will
be fa,ied ~ profuie abundance Graf, HIS
been coed conisquen,ly there has been large
quantities of butter znd cheeie made and al
10 OF hay iaved. Great attention has been paid
10 the improvement Oh iheep aud the msnnfac
ture 81 o'o,h nj IRE psruculafly WOODEN cloths.
In many ,utisnee, foreign manuiaeintes have
been eeualle9, IN Tome exeeled, 80 Ihat cur
pedpsfi,y wpd be concentrate with our
uifhes, were i, not msnaeled by the wicked
ness of ~ ers whom folly AL. extreme aupidi.
~ have placed owe u, From The ABOVE cAta
logue OF PROPERTY az are compelled 10 lub-
tract the privations biough. upon Us by the
mcalure, of administration, which will by far
overbsance Al foreign neceiAries are raif
ed by ;hi, unnatural war, IN which our I'll ers
have compelled ~ TO engage 10 price tina,
precudes the pr Gh,ity of their being Obtain
ed by people in poor n middiing oircumfsn-
ces-B BY the ann,h alton Of commerce money
!. drawn ont of circu anon 10 that it is impoiA
f5.e for lie farmer or lsboarer to procure a
dollar. To pay he hon of war tara the far
mer muit have the productions Of his farm ia
kes by the Collector and fold at auction. Our
dealers in lumber are greatly enharrsfsed IN
their employment We believe hal the iub.
isct oftaIa ion is not fully underftaod Ivy our
farmers. They do NOT 10 our apprehension
coohder thA, the whole tau Is 10. ope-ae a.
ea,na them For.oafsobe reeoiec'ed that
the direct tar is TO day~isd altogether on real
eaa,e--fo that the 0te.ocTatic Office holders,
the isecuators and the capital't are 10 pay
nothing of his tar; bu, The Woman though he
nun urn on, the moaey, properly or DC iy 10
the collector. OF The tasss upon naiers &c, II
will at once be perceived Tia, the coniumer is
to be the psynaiter. Lee cur feomen think
of the hing, for 10 January next che tau
gel herer will take unto himieif hi, P,vssr aad
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