Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-08-02
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Impressed Seamen.


sheir Spring session, appointed Com
mittee 10 collec: evidence of all the I'm.
pressed Seamsn belonging to that
State, into the service of any foreign
power that committee attended 10 the
duty assigned them, and obtained re-
turns from every town in the STATE ex.
cept one. At the late session they
made report to the Legislature of
the enormous list OF NINE ZEN sea-
men IMPRESSED from tie State Of Rhode.
Island i!
It should be observed that r. Island
is decidedly commercial State and
that (when left free,) their vessels visit
every mart of the commercial world,
and traverse every ocean and yet
yigilant committee can find evidence
Of but le impressments, where are EN-
ployed seamen to navigate $4,000 tons
Of shipping.
A letter from London, May 81, says,
Though we [Americansl are at war
with Englisiimen, we find every atten-
ton and rite of hospitality here. A few
days since, thirteen American gentle
men landed at Falmouth from on boa d
the Lisbon Packet, when Col PALMER,
from the army in Spain, voluntarily
went to the Alien Office, and became
responsible for all of them IN conse-
quence of which tney were enabled to
proceed Immediately 10 London, where
they had an opportunity TO express to
the Colonel their thanKs for such an un-
expected ACT of hospitality"
Esf,sa If q letter from caaix dstst May "a, IRE.
ssipes BY fbs Csrs arrived at NswPo.fJ
g" The markets at Cadiz havs never been ut
10 low an ebb. ince the decentralization of the
Rritifh army The be1 Phliadelphis Qour
itands quoted al d ~ per barrel, bur he price
is merely nominsi--no purchafers appear and
l have no, heard of fae for the AL three
weeks. Rice has fallen tc d S p9, quinial
Of Io4 American pounds, aud th.r holders
would eagerly embrace he opportunity Of fell
ing do zen tierces a, that rate Osher articles
are fcarcely mentioned in cur f,rice current.
Government bills on London ma be purohaf-
ed at % / I'd per pifo of III change, being
sbous II per cent dfcount
=. For the eniuiug ,wo months, I fee no prof.
PA of American produce looking up ; The
quantity already 10 market literally immenfe,
and every town in the rei' ;sborhood " amply
iuppIied"
So r. faid one, after having read
the next PrefideIJt' report on the
epqsiry moved by Mr. Webiter,
SO, we have 2. clue to the nature
of bis Mgeay' /, late indifpohtion-he
has been LYrsG-in."
In order that the administration of
the govern .rnent may be purely re-
publican, mig, AMERICAN admin.
iitration It is necehary
That the Chief. and his dowager-
precep,or. fhculd be french citizens
That the grand Purie-holder and
Arlbanador be an Italian 3e1v from
fssneva
That the Court Editor and his fon
the fuccenor be hnghlbmen
That the confidential friend * Ad-
jatan, General be an I,ybman I;
That the penfioned libeler ct
Wafhigton, and grand promoter of
the Virginian acreilion, be Scotch
man
That the favorite fuccefor of Penn
Be HeDan;
That the Prefea of the right bank
of the MiiIiGpPi be Sp0nJ6 Circle,
of the NatcbEz
That The Infpeaor General be an
unnaturalized Hero Of Weyord;
That the Purveyor General be a
Icy who piloted the Britiih into
Philadelphia in l777;
And, finally, tina; the remaining
departments be filled wi foreigners
who thew their love of country by
fighting againa their native land, *
by apOitases from federation,
so!e~ CARTE
Mr.. PICKERING.
From The Life Of Gen. EATON