Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-08-16

Books and the punishment is BY
+" ducking-stool." The offence of an.
noying street passengers or neighbours.
by inordinate Use of the female tongue
deserves the severe animadyersions Of
the Law. Solomon has said, I" it is bet.
ter to live upon a house. top, than in
wide house, with a Drawing woman
Doe. Goz.
RICHMOND, AUGUSTA.
: iRUMUURS
3 That the British are building far boz.
Toned boats in their fleet-And
That letter has been received hv.
correspondent of Mr. BeasIoy's tAmer.
lean Agent in London) stating that N.
British Cabinet had declined the MeGo.
non, OF Russia.
National Low
The Comptroller of the Treasury .,
the U. ). has notified the several n;s.
trict Attornies, that in future no i,d,,,.
gence is to be given to debtors of m.
United States. This order is imne,..
tive, and il ths delinquent shall be una.
BILE to pay his debt he must be imprison.
ed until he is enabled to DISCHARGE nj.
obligation.
The dwelling house Of Mrs. Sarah Hi.
brook, Of Grafton, was destroyed BY FIRE =,
the e.h inst. The loss is estimated osos
dollars, and leaving = widow, with ? ch,.
dfen. bere.i, Of every eathly comfort.
= Two LEAPS.
Msdison's conquering Canada by sendin,
five hundred s,A time, is like The Ribern;,n
who. wishing 10 pass over miry ditch too
vide f,r single leap, thought he would do
It by taking f-ae. The irishman's fsl le,o
did no, plunge hlm deeper in the p.ud ,h.,
Madison is in the mire. They we.e both
mo"red ss fast as the " fast anchored isle -
and the only difficult, with each is hos %
tate the second sep.- Salen. Gazette.
EXIRA0RDINdRr SHEEP
Two mefino lambs were exhibited At ,hs
cour, ia Talbot ooanty IND. " May last. tn
fieeces Of which we igbed, enc 20 and =.
halt, The other 10 and an half pounds. The
weight ofthe ianbs were, l74 md $50 lhs
Their united feeces mixing 5elbs. u43
per pound. were worth seventy eight dol.
lars.
The late session CT Congress wss be,A
principally to pass the TAX laws. Those act,
might have been passed last winter. and
have saved the expense of the extra sessioa.
Our democratic Rulers used 10 prst .bove
economy. when we had full treasury, but
now when it is empty. and we Arc obliged
10 have heavy tsxes, and loans upon loans,
they forget it. 100000 dollars were Ger.
,sinly worth saving.
II is facf, ths, Mr. Msdson nominated
10 the Senate for com missions in our army
several French Officers, but the Senate with
q spirit and msgnanimity which reflects
great honour upon that body reie cied them
in every instance. One ofthese disappointed
foreigners is a French general. lie passed
through this city yesterday, for the east ward,
where he intends TO embark for Sweden.
pd,k Gag.
u. s A,.fo,nfmenfs.
Samuel II. Smith, late editor Of be Intel.
ligencer. Commissioner the Revenue.
Col. Coving'on, to be q Brigsdier General
in the Army
BonAparte lost 1000 miles ofground last
year. He has recovered 100 miles q, the
expence of25, 900 men. At this rate $50,
600 cf his men will perish in recovering,
Whist As many persisted in losing. So much
for his Continental System
Yermonf.-1 he Feace and Prospect.
ty ticket in Vermont, Cor the ensuingIe.
lection, is headed by the Hon. MARTIN
GHITTENbEN, for Governor, and Hon,
WM. CHAxBERLAiN for Lieutenant.
Governor.
Preadenfia. Nominations. In speak.
ing OF the letter from MIR. madison, the
National Inleiligencer insinustes that
tie Senate endeavoured to subject the
Pre- sident to +" dictatorisl rule !" anc
says, that +" III matters but little whether
the ,yrant have one or five heads, whetb-.
er it he self constituted or of Senatorial
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