Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-05-02

MIA, in debate on the propricty OF rail-
ing the wages of the members, a Mr..
Metzger, Of the aHembly, iaid =" That
when they were elected in Otober. they
did not anticipate that the price Of WbjC:
key and Jamaica would be RATED 100 per
cent or Vine from one to two dollars a
bottle. For his part. if he had forefeen
it, he did not know whether he would
have confented to fcrve and indeed, he
thought the people themfelves would
have inftruaed them to raiie their wages"
Mr.. Ms argument, it teens, was ire
iftable. The wages were RATED ayes
&, nays a. Wb5key controls all things
in Pennfyivania. Ter Mursr.
The Editor eftbs u. S Gazette has been ia
vred With the following extract Of a At-
ter, from an intelligent gentleman, dated
"PR1Ncsss ANNE, April 2th, 1914
"The enemy have landed 1900 men
on Tangier lAand, and are erecting Bar
racks Reports as to their views are va
rious. Some fay they are ficklyon board,
and have reforted to tina, as falutary
meafurc Others that 10000 troops are
daily expected in the Chefapeake."
Bnfake YiAage, lately deitroyed BY the
Britiih in retaliation of the burning of
Newark by Gen Mcclure, is rifing again,
in brick -fuch is the confidence of the
inhabitants in the future forbearance of
the enemy. All that Is required, they
fay, to re-eitabliih its PROPERTY, is re-
muneration from government, and peace /;
which however they mutt not expect, till
the frontiers have been fufficiently rava-
eed to eftabiifh free trade and /aibrs' right!
Salem Gazette.
The State of Virginia has incurred an
expence of 454,ooo dollars in defending
her flores from invaGon by the enemy,
for which fhe claims TO be Unidentified
by the government It has from fome
reafon or other happened, that the mon
ey has not been refunded her, and the
failure has occafioned much uneaGnefs
& complaintin Virginia. The delegation
in Congreis from that State have thought
it neccfary to write letter for publica-
tion, to execute themfelves from all fhare
of blame Where the wrath of the An
cient Dominion will ultimately fall, we
do not know.
The noiy patriots of Moritown, New
Jerfey, have had meeting to determine
on the bsf made to fill up what might be
con6Isred their proportion of the IS
million Loan. Thirty three were prelent,
but nothing was done.
1t was the opinion, however. of the
gentlemen prefent, that "cvery patriotic
effort now made (mone y or no money!
would go its due length in relieving the
wants ofgovernment Pm. 7. Gaz.
CONGRESS.
Ninety-Gx acts and refolutions were
pafled during the feflion, monty of local
and private concern.
The mott intereiting public acts, are
thoie for laying and repeating the En-
barge, &c..-For rafting a LOAN of
az 100000 Of dollars, and for ifluing
Treafurv Note For augmenting the
ARMY; and giving cnor-
nous bounties to folders, while the pay
of our gallant and hardy feamen are
continued the fame as before.
Sal Gaz.
CLEAR GAIN.
Should MADISON, in confequcnce Of
Matter BoNAs misfortunes, be obliged TO
give up his War, Till the country will
have gained fomething by tan addition
to its debt of One Hundred Millions of
Dollars Ibid
RICHMOND. APRIL 2o.-"I will put
the crown of Spain on my own head
/" God has given me the power and the
difpof,ion neceHary to furmount aAobita-
cles." Such was the language of Matter
Napoleon about fix years ago; and Jeffer
ION and Madifon without doubt believed
he would do as he (aid; & both did all in
their power to enable him TO carry his de