Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-12-27
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FRoM az NORTR oF kURoPE
MOnu -. aI)Cl -. 1913.

Cottenburgh Oct. 22d. The account by HI
arri,.i IS, that recently there hss been TO |
great battle between the Rreuoh and Allied !
armies, and that Berua6ote was on the |
West side Of the Elbe.
The passengers in this ship state that i, |
was re ported at e.. that Lord w alpole h,d |
visited the Emperor Alexander aud had |
Proceeded TO ST. petersburgh 10 confer with |
the American Commissioners. We do not
doub, but that such va, the ,ebo,t st Cot
tenburgl--still we , , not attach the least
consequence 20 il.
The Snglsh papers have uniforml, as
serted that the prep siton If a Russian
Mediation would not be acceded to on the
pat ofthe BRUSH & government
When our psper went 10 press, no Official
account hid been received of The passage
OF sn z MBARGO, though from the language
of letters and papers from Washington, we
have no doubt but ;bs', before this, such
ruinous < distressiogs measure has become
the law of the land. Il IS useless 10 anlici.
cate evil, but there cannot be n dOub, bu,
that the loss of lhst remnant Of commerce
which renamed New England. although
| IS principally carried on under neuus II
Il agsl will nevertheless ne severely felt-aud
whilst all classes ,sTeep' 0tee holders mus
suffer in greater or les, degiee, there will
be many, IN sesporis particularly. ally de-
paved OF The means of Gaming bread Tor he
support of themselves and families What
is still worse, whilst thousands ara thrown
out Of employ ment, almost every article of
foreign produce, constituting The necessities
OF life (SdL Tfor insiance) has advanced IN
price nearly one half in Consequence of such
measure being sbou 10 take place.
The Alexsndris Her.ld Of the 18th insf
says. no business Of Consequence was
transacted in the House yesefday Tho
Senate adjourned without doing what was
before The nn. sopposetito be an E,ib.rgo' -
II has heretofore bsen stated m aecoun.s
from Washington that n WIS cou.e mpiated
To invest the President with ne W aud xtrs-
Ordinary powers. The sane paper observes
I'll was supposed The II abeas Corpus wa
before the Sensie"-if this grea nslls6ium
Of personal Freedom IS dispensed with, We
should 10, be surprised next 10 find that
Kings, Lords end Commons were estsb-
hshed " law
John Green We have noticed in
several papers the affidavit of one John
Green, \ native of Edstport, made be
fore JAMES l.EANpER CATacAnr, Esq
L >. Consul at Madeira, who dcposes
that In the month OF January, 1919, he
shipped in Portland, on board the big
Margaret, James Schofcld, master,
bound for St. Bartholomews, as he
supposed, 5utthat the vessel (Which was
under Swedish oolours) went TO Point
Petre, Gaudaloupe, where the cargo
was sold and cargo of Nlolasses taken
in, when he was given TO understand
the vessel was seized and he twilh o
thess) must either go TO prison OF ship
on board the British merchant ship
Caroline bound To London which wan.
ted hands, they preferred the latter,
by reason of contrary winds they put
into Plymouth, L. when he, with 9th.
ers, was pressed on board his b NJ
ship superb of IA guns She being on
a cruize anchored in Funchsl Roads
July 9Th : on the night of the same
day, he, Green, together with JAMES
Moses, a citizen of the u s formerly
of the brig Margaret and James In
gleson OF the brig Experiment, who
had projections did attempt to swim on
shore that being long in the water
Moses and ingleson were drowned and
he, Greene reached the shore with great
difficulty after being six hours in the
water. Now vino this John Greene is,
or whether the history of his entry on
board the Caroline, bis impressmsnt on
board the Superb and subsequent es.
cape, together with tie fate { The other
men, is true or not, We pretend not TO
say, but il may be proper TO mention,
that the merchant who fitted cut the
margaret on the voyage alluded to, posi-.
lively says, that no such person as John
Greene oil PASSPORT was shipped on
board, or went in said brig on the voyage
referred TO, and Others who were in the
brig that voyage, say the same.
The deposition of Greene further
states that be left on board the Superb,
Daniel Bonnet Of Passport, who could
not swim.