Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-11-22

Ttis true you have had no opportu-
nity to try your skill and courage a.
painst the enemy-but your ambition,
naience, sobriety and obedience, have
Given sufficient pledges to your OFF,
GERS, that you would at all times and un.
der all circumstances discharge your
whole duty
The unprotected and deienceless state
of the town and harbour of Portland,
has rendered it necessary, in order to
accomplish the works of defence alrea-.
dy commenced, to require of you. pore
aRgue duty than is customary. Every
proper representation will be made of
the services you have performed, and
| doubt not that you will be suitably
rwarded by the liberal Legislature of
this Commonwealth The citizens IL
sanimously acknowledge the great SER
vices you have rendered in these works
ofdetence. II has ever been subject
Of regret with your officers, that better
quarters could not have been provided.
You are sensible, however, that they
we're the best the time and some e.rra
ordinary circumstances would permit
US 70 furnish.
You have now completed with your
own hands and by yoMr own industry,
a range Of barracks, exceeded, perhaps,
by none in the United States This
must be a source of pride and satislac.
lion to you, since on any similar call
they will be for the use of your brethren
ofthe militia.
You may have the pleasing satisfac-
ton Of saying, whenever you visit
Wort Buro1us," That these conno-
dlous buildings, this slsacious harade, these
,,hd ramharfs, are the zuork Of our ogvn
4 hands
Brother Officers II Feilozv Soldiers -
| have been directed by Brigadier
Gen. IRIsH, in the most faueiing
terms, to express his entire approba-
ton of your whole proceedings IL iul.
" reciprocate the expressions of the
General, and heartily wish you all, Pros.
terity and haf7ainess.
4 In Justice to The officers and Soldiers OF
\ Asdetachmen, and for the information Of
II The citizens, we cannot omit to give some
i account of the nature and extent of the
II woks erected at this fort. During the time
10 which the detachment has been in gsrri.
son. an extensive parade ground has been
leseIed, finished sad surrounded by ram.
i parts, inclosing more than twice the extent
ground originally intended for the bat
er.-gy the unexsmpied liberality oi the
elizens Of the town and their unlimited con.
kience in the officers. they have been en-
,bl-c to erect block of Barracks, of one
Aundred and ,hir'y.six feet IN length, and
finish them in neat. commodious and ele.
gan style. In doiag this the soldiers have
solectyey perfs med three Thousand days
ofwoik in fatigue duty - An example Of pa.
tence. subordnalion and hsbitusl discipline
hs been thus exhibited by them. shat wosld
have done honour 10 veterans. The indefst.
igsole zeal, intelligence and fsithfulness Of
the commandsnt and his officers is above all
praise. BY discipline and regularity, raw
recruits were speedily conver,ed in'o EFF.
tienI soldiers, and what would in other
hands have been an armed mob. became
solid substantial defence.
We have undersoo1 that Col, Learnsd
has had serious in,eptions of taking violent
possession of Fort Burrows-snd attempting
todriye out the Common weslih's troops from
ibe ground OF is own jurisdiction. We
'houd suppose thst = conc listlng disposi.
hon would be much more honorsble To him /;
md that in this particular case "the better
part ofssior would he discretion"
The term BRUSH Apologists" has be.
come so common Of lste that one can hardly
.dmh 'oor enemy o be rational beings, en-
Mwed with common sense, without having
Inc epulIel bestowed upon him. H. citizen
ehsnces to f,ll into the hands of he enemy,
hlFeaied with humanity, has his property
generously giyeoup to him. and on his re-
'un home Acknowledges the fact, he is i'm.
nalstey brsnded as B,iish dboioyst.
POI II on the other hand he reiurns with q
guaaie oi t.ishoods, Calculated to rouse the
nmngs OF our citizens To qvn piieh, and
rpy mske the wat popular, he is ,mme.
.%ey nailed as paifiot OF the FIST water.
1Nesei, since We are more ANXIOUS 10 pre-.
~'es ehafsoief tDr truth & honesty, than 10
'p'e The democrsuc Standard OF patriof
~ We WIZ zen ,eil the truth, however Il
''sme thes. II the people cannot be
eo 70 murder snd pIllsge ,ha Csnadi.
Moou representing the British to be
", o'osrous and savage thsn their In.
II IL =.