Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-01-16
POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS

POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.
There is no source OF revenue TO the governmer,
of the United states which causes such general H.
subtraction a. the increased postage on Newspanss
while the amount received from that sonres & -
tr'iing as to be scarcely worth notice. A govern
ment founded on the will of The people and arofs :
sing respect for popular opinion instead of inter-
posing obstacles to pre-, ent the circulation of se
Information, ought to give every aid TO promote Il
We sincerely hope, that among the members of
'e present eongress who are the proftsstd friends
oi the people some real friend will he found sbo
w'll move for the repeal of that justly odious war
tax and have those professions tested BY The vote
which will be given on that motion. (Fed. Gas
The Post CGce-The importance OF free l;tss
ry intercourse Gan intercourse as free from taxat;o,
aspossible) IS known TO every citizen of reputlr
In England, the method of restoring the reign oi
ignorance in order TO promote the reign of arbilra
ry power, is remarkable in the fourfod taxatiopto
which newspapers are subjected. The duty onps
per, on the stamp, Oh advertisements, and the hes
Wy postage, raise the price of daily paper to DIS
or more, per annum. Therefore the ignorant uus
remain ignorant. We trust that congress will sps-
diy restore the post Office to the condition 10 which
Mi. Jefferson left il. A tar on knonledge, iamy
form, or on any pretext, is one of the moston
temptible expedents ever heard of. 1t is uswoe
thy of republic /; but very congenal with mos
srchy. ". York Co!um5ian
.Arsfui.-A letter from Danbury, Of the Cd m
gives the following shocking particulars:
DEAR SIR-l have Just returned from jWr
ney and in passing through New airhayen.
was called TO witness of the most shocking and
horrid sights that the mind can conceive. Abiel
IL. Plat murdered his wife ard two children, and
then put end to his own life. The circumstan-
of this horrid deed as follows PLAT bad
exhibited symptoms of insanity for three months
past during which time he was once absert three
days, and was found secreted in his barn without
food or drink. OF late, he appeared to have recoV.
cred his health aud reason. Yesterday, he made
preparations for butchering his hogs. This morn.
ing he at early hour; !; made fire for heat
ing the water +; and at the dawn of day commenced
the awful deed by striking his wife the head with
his axe, as she lay the bed. Her outcry awoke
his mother, an elderly lady, who slept ia the ad-
joining room, aud who Immediately sprang TO her
assistance The blow his wife had received not
proving fatal, she extricated herself from him, and
made an effort escape from him. but another blow
brought her to the hoor He then seized bis daugh.s
ter child of years old, aud son, lad of yearx
and destroyed them with the same instrument His
and stop his murderous careerreceived severe cut
ia her arm. She asked her son whether he mean!
TO murder her also9 He replied that he would not
hurt her. Finding all her efforts to stop him in
vain, she to a neighbor for aid and on bet
return with her neighbors she found that he had
cut his own throat, and lay across his weltering
family with the knife lying by his side. The sight
" as indeed shocking to behold Look at his situa-
tion but last night-see him in the prime Of life,
(tor he was but S2 years old, in easy circunstan-
ces, with spotless character, with beloved wife,
Gust ready TO be the mother Of another ofspring)
and his two children, enjoying all the comforts Of
Iife-see them ALL before the light of this mornings
sun, welterng in their alood, she'd by him who was
given to be their protector The scene is horri-
ble--l can add no more
The jury of inquest have returned verdctof
insanity.n
ST. THOMAS, NOV. -.
Sdrage Couduci.--We have been politely favored
with translation of the Sd bulletin, published ina
Carthagena Gazette of the eth of Aug. mention
ing the following atrocious occurrence
1t. Col. Don. Juan Salvador Narvarez, com
manding the republican division, on the lower rive
er Magdalena, amongst other things informs te
government of the following occurrence, Of tm
most atrocious kind The European spaniard, 20
seph Safoonero, employed Tor the space Oh no'e
than 90 years in the military hospitals married "a
the country, aud with three children cut his own
throat in Ssabana-Larga, declaring before he dlea
that he poisoned more than AGO soldiers, all Amer
cans, in the hospitals of Tarbaco and Baranca, w
mixing the medicines administered to them uia
arsenic. This horrible deed of Carbonero tortur
his own conscience to such pitch, that il eansa
him to deprive himself of his existence.
General quarters at Carthagena, eth Aug. lo'''
5th of The independence.
MARIANNE MONTILLA, Maj. Gen
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