Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-06-04
Democracy as tits.

democracy asst IS.
The new Legislature Of New Hampshire
is to assemble at Concord this week Tn
democratic papers are calling upon the demo-
cratic leaders as they now have the power 10
use IL. The FIRST object pointed out for over ]
throw, is the Judiciary, the next in course, il
the repeal of the charter Of Dartmouth CoIIe9.
and revolution in the constitution OF course
But we hope there are some men yet amcx
he democratic party in the Legislature who
will not be disposed 10 go all lengths in such
.iolent and destructive measures
:" Separation. w have received fex
additional returns of voles on the question i
separating Maine from Massachusetts, since
iur last, but we omit publishing the parteu.
ars as there will be an official canvass Of Tie
votes by the Legislature this week, which viii
e abie US in our next paper to give the result
OF The votes throughout the District.
By an advertisement in a succeeding col
umn twill be seen that It. G. Thornton, Asa /
Clap and Nath'l. Gilman, Esqs. Commission
ers TO receive and superintend subscriptions
TO the National Bank for the District Of Maine,
viii be in session for that purpose at Cnmber-
land Bank, in this town, 90 days from the la
day of July next, exclusive of Sundays.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court holden 10
his town las, week, Abraham .Matockswas con-
vlcled Of breaking and entering a dwelling
house in the night time and stealing therefrom
sundry articles Of wearing apparel and sem
fenced to 10 ia US solitary imprisonment, and
confinement to hard labour in the States Pris-
on for life. ~. : : -.
I EDwARD ANDREws, Esq. Of waterford, il,
the county Of Oxford, was admitted az Attor.
ney At the Supreme Judicial Court, held IN
this town last week. :
We understand that the Fishing Vessels
mentioned in our last, as having been sent
into St. Johns, for fishing on The British
shores, have b-cnliberased, at the same time !
they were causiontd not 10 'repcat,fhe prac.
sise Is il nigh, occasion the loss o. lheit
vessels.
Conteysa Bank Bills We would cautioa
the public against being cheated by sci Of
knaves who are endeavouring 10 pass counter
fiji bark bills Ct The Mechanics aud Manufac-
turers Bank, ia Hoston, of the denomination of
tsso and three dollars.
The bills are executed upon plale ia i'm
itaiion Of Perkins Stereotype steel plate, but
The engraving is very clumsy and easily de-
tccted when compared with the true plate.
The signatures OF the Cashier and President
are good limitations Of the real ones. :
FOR THE PORTLAND cAzErTk.
The Supreme Judicial Court held its annu-
al law term in this county the last week pres-
ent,the Hon Chief Justice PARKER,an his as.
sociates THArcHER, JAcKsoN and WILnE. The
charge TO the Grand Jury, by the Chief Jns-
tee, was in his usual stile, lucid, elegant and
Among many important and in
teresiing decisions was one which, on account
Of its very general relation 10 the citizensof
our Commonwealth, deserves particular notice.
The court set aside the verdict Of Jury
at the previous term, for the reason that, one
OF the Jurors had been consulted by witness
in the cause just before the trial. Such con-
sultation or any particularly interested con-
versation either by witness or a stranger 70
the cause was adjudged by the court to be an
act OF embracery, extremely wrong in the
person, whatever might be the motive from
which it originated. Such an act was said to
be every way calculated 10 Iervert the adj
of Justice by prejudicing and
the minds of nes, acting ina
situation where candor and an unbiased judy
ment should have entire influence. The court
unanimously agreed in the case then before
them 10 set the verdict aside. and not, per-
haps, because the instance was more gross