Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-12-07
NEw.YoaR, nov. 9,

newborn, nov. 40
a man OF genleel appearance, bv IL
name of James Lee, arrived in this civ L.s
Saturday evening, 10 the ship Maene,.t,rss,
Liverpool, and showed several mer,h,rs
an Invoice of a great variety Of choice 49,;
cles he had brought with him from Fn,na
well calculated for this market. From s ~.
oil whom he succeeded in obtaining On ~
vance of two hundred dollars on the good.
on account, by endorsing over the invo;e.
and bill of fading When the good, wa.
sold the balance was to be paid over IN IT,.
After entering them at the Custom Hone.
and securing the duties, permit was oh
tainsd to land the trunks of merchandise.
and behold on opening them they w.rs.
found to be filed with nothing 5ut .ton..
| and straw. On enquiring for Lee = 90
found that he sailed last Tuesday morn;oo
for Richmond, in the sIoop Astres. H;Ss
villainy, 1t seems, did not stop here. sor
just before his departure lie Lad the addres.
to swindle merchant taylor out of J, n.s.
sUit Of black clothes, and a shoemaker o.,
OF pair OF boots and shoes. In ou,,t -
put the public on their guard agsinst mi.
arch villain, We have obtained descrip,;oe
Of mis- per son.-He has sal!ow comple,.
ioG, sad Is a htilz pitted with The small nov
has 'dars eyes and hair, and no whi,ke,s
lis about IS or 20 years old, rather .bo,.
the middle size as to height, with broad
shouIders-sPeaks French, but i, an Emo.
'ishman by birth. E. Post.
The reformed eonuacts--John Jsck.op.
Otherwise called John Collins. was taken nm
Yesterday and lodged in BridewelI, with !.
large full piece of drab coating marked
IS IA yards, which he offered for sale 10
| one person for three dollars and aiterward,
10 another for one dollar yard The cloth
is edged in the Police Office and the owner.
proving property and prosecuting the thief
10 conviction, may have i, again. jackson.
the day before yesterday only, was dischase.
ed The State Prison under the governors
pardon. On condition nG .sssis s III Eui,ra
States never to return.
Another. Las, Monday evening youns
gentleman happening to stay out IiuIe
later than usual, found on returning 10 his
boarding house the.door closed against him.
and was compelled TO seek lodgings else.
wheu. After looking about some time he
at length succeeded in procuring lodgings
at Mrs. Brewers, No. IL Baar Market.
he house being crowded with dodgers that
night there was no spare bed, and he was
oblig cd to so 10 bed with stranger when
he ayoke in the morning he missed his
companion, and also his coat, Jacket, par,ta.
looms, and handkerchief. In the bed, row
ever, he found the governors pardon to one
John Mullins, which at once satisfied the !,
young gentleman oil the character OF hi, bed
male that evening, and also what became Of
his clothes The police was informed of
che circumstance. and the next night sppss-
hended Mullins with the coat and pantalooas
| on and committed him to Biidewell. He
was pardoDed and let out Of the State Prison
the lore part Of this monthly. Y. Herald
tits limited that the high price of U. S.
Bank Scrip at Baltimore, Philadelphis, SC.
has been partly occasioned BY disposition
to acquire the right Of voting at the next
choice OF General Directors.
A cartnan in PhiIadelphia has been OBJ.
"6~a W pa. " dVtatS loT CTueuy OcatlnR
bis horse. There is hardly man who
does not applaud this as just punishment;
yetscry few are willing to interpose when
they witness similar acts of cruelty pracsis- !.
ed under their own eyes.
General reflections on War.-Nothing so in
tox'eatss nation as the glory resulting from
the feats Of its arms. Who shares this gorye
1t is shared among some few tens or scores Of
men. AT what price is il purchased ! At the
price Of blood at the price of the blood Of
thousands, and Of the iu,poverishment and
misery OF other thousands; al the price, like.
wise, of large part Of the hard earnings Of all
the sons OF labour. During war, immense
treasures are expended. Whoreceises them :.
The officers ofhigh rank are amply rewprdsd
with them, and the poor soldier Receives !
.Pitsance. Millions are embezzled. Here
some, and there Others, are enriched but il :
ever happens that the general body oftbe mid
die sort are impoverished, and that the poor
are made poorer. The immense treasures
scattered abroad by war, must be repaid.
Who must pay? The people; il falls 10 their
lot 10 pay the reckoning. They owe the gov