Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1814-10-10

All the slang which lone OF the pa
pers have publilhed about the appoint
ment of certain perlons to Office, fuch
as that ] d Wciton is appointed Chief
of the town, and Mr. Cony,
Gate US. Deputy Collector) Collector
Of the port, are fheer fal[ehoods, fabrica-
ted by worthless wretches for the pur-
pof: OF prsting about their own pre-
tended patriotilm. Thomas Henderion,
Efq formerly ID Collector of S, Andrews
is the Collector of Eaapor, which is
now conGdered as within the Collection
Diilrict o. St Andrews. But fuppofc
one of the Inhabitants Of Eaeport had
been named to civil Office, by the au-
thority which now has the polIeilion, it
might have been his duty to have accep-
ted it for the comfort and convenience of
the public as it would then place the
administration of Juficc in the hands of
the civil iniead Of the military authority
The conduct of the people of Eaitport
has not been regulated by party feelings
or considerations but by the tern law of
necei1ity, and becauie an individual or a
town may have the misfortune to be
captured by the Britifh in confequence
of the wanton and unnecefary decara.
ton of war on the part of the Govern.
ment, of the u S it is ba,6arous as well
as bakto tax them with want of that
national character which contributes the
virtue Of the citizen and it i'll becomes
the advocates and partizans of Mr.. Mad.
lion to do it, coniidering the grofs and
objectionable neglect of the authors of
the war in not providing adequate means
of defence.
The article 10 our laa, rsfpec'ipg the U 8 Fort
at Mashas, we underfiand i. rot correct We de.
rived our ,nfofma,ion from the Argu, Tba, paper
Na'ed that "a firing began and continued about
hours"-and shat after Lieut.. Manning deRroyed
the fort At Machias, he marched with his men TO
Bangor" &c. Now the Fse,., with regard 10 the
capture of that pace, as communicated TO
us by gentleman, who was present, are thee -
The enemy landed at Bucks ha,bor, ~ or 4 mile.
below Machias, marched up by land without mu.
hc, and che moment the Bri,ifh were feen coming
he ba u.lla h.
fort, conhiing of upwards Of 100 men. were ieep
running out Of town in anolhe direction and
that 70 far from Lieut. Manning having deftroy ed
the fort the enemy not only took quiet poheiEion
Oft. but of ali the gus, ammunition, &c and
alto of nearly 100 head ofcaule 10 it. la CONVEX.
fa'ioo on 'his iu .e, the Er:h office, facc,iou.ly
remarked, that this was the FRI inIsanee in which
nc had ever captured fort manned by B.AoA
The enemy, after keeping pof.iion OF the fort
two days, and removing all the guns, ammuni ion,
&c. blew it up. This correction 10 not made in
order 10 reflect on any enc concerned 10 that ,rans.
action, but foley with view to eliabh the ,rurh
There were 20 a4-pouuders, belonging TO the
U. States. at Machias, which were very unnec.
eAArily and much to the dlisa,isfaction of the in
habi'aot' of the place, deNroyed by the somuan-
dan, of the fort, feveral Gays before i, wa. known
that the enemy was coming there They might.
with the utmoit lafciy. have been buried in The
ground or funk IN the river-and thereby have
iaved accDlderable amount of property, iuitead
of wAntoay deltroying it.
The la'enient pusliil,ed in the Argus of the
abue Offered to Capt steele BY Britiih officer a.
Ealtport ~ CALCULATED to make an er foneou, ,murei
non, AZ II charges it 10 the horny, when in isct.
II regards only The bae conduct OF an individual.
ihe Truth - tine, about ten days after the Bfit,lh
took Poil efhon of Ealtport, Ii Letter, a youpp
man. hired chaie OF Capt Steele, leaving al The
time, hisiAdde, to ride few mite, in town whi,n
he was gone another officer tent for the fadJ,e-
oui the Otter nol beng able to identity il. the
man vent away without il, ueoD which l., 1. re
.urned 20 the liable and Immediately en,ered into
dhpuie with the O..ler about the IaddIe, when
CApt Steel interfered, aud told the Lieut. # he want
&C the iaddle to come and get il himief- rh,, re.
marx was followed by irris asing language on both
Noes and terminated by the L.euts FIR king Can,
oieverai blows but on Capt Sc repretent,ug the
aouie 10 hyperion officer, Letter made every &C
acknowledgement to Capt S-a.ked his pardon and
begged Lin no, TO reprefen, the affair to his Col
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