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Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
FOREIGN ARTICLES.


PAklss OCT. ::
Some days hnce the corvertepUranie,
commanded by'CaPt. Frebeynet, failed
from Toulon on voyage round the
world. some days after his departure,
il was difcoversd that Madame Frebey
net, who had accompanied her husband
TO the moment of his failing and then
di(appeared, went and attired herfclf in
mans apparel, and joined the veael the
fame evening. notwithstanding the ordi-
nanccs which forbid any females from
embarking in any of the tate veiiels
without ipecial rermifiion. II is the
Journal des Mares that mentions the
fact, and it adds /" hat act of conjugal
devotion has altoniihed the whole city"
On the 27th of Sept laf, at half paft
? in the evening, fire broke out in the
houfe of Sieur Traymafaygaes, near Bay
onne, and reduced i. to aihes. One of
his daughters, between rs and II years
of age, fell victim to an excefs of mod
ely. She was in bed when the fire
commenced, and refuGng to leave her
chamber without her clothes, perifhed
in The flames.
In Hanover, fuicide appears to be the
order of the day II German paper al
ferts,that from the nj of July.to the 10Th
of Aug. that is in weeks, IL perfons
drowned themselves, 3 fhot themfelves
and frangled himfelf In the fame
time S persons perifhed by accidents.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
From The Christian Herald.
DOCTOR STOCK.

We have lately received letter from
England informing US that Dr.. E. STocKs
physician formerly we'll known in Ameri'
ca, where he resided seven years had, In
November last, sent in his resignation as a
manager in the Unitarian connection, and
bis Remuneration their tenets having be-
come convert from a full conviction that
those tenets are not conformable 10 the ora
cles Of God, after having sturdily combated
every argument on the subject, and after
having critically studied the sacred writ
ings in the original languages, for the pur-
pose of better ascertaining the meaning OF
those passages which have special bear
ing on the subject.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09

VI 'i2S iioaiS aHA yuiShtduuo "a Po'Ny
spirit, the venel of State will be lately
aayigated TO the haven of PROPERTY.
Info large body as that which compo-
fes our National Legislature, there will
probably be fome heterogeneous matcri-
ais and there is reafon to believe. that
il will bear fome resemblance TO Nebus
chadnezzar's image" part iron and part
clay" But it is hoped, that the latter 10
gredient will not 70 far predominant, as
to give fragility to the whole texture
1t is believed, that both the Senate and
Houie will be furailhed as well with
MATER Ibnits, as qvitb spirits that need a
mater. In this cafe, If gentlemen who
belong to the latter clais will peaceably
follow their file leaders, the whole body
will be likely to make great progrefs in the
path of political re6titude But ihould
every private in the political phalanx as
pire to pre- eminsnce or, in other words,
lhould every member of the houfe at
tempt to play the part of an orator and
fatesman, many famous bar room poll
tician, and many long windtd county
court lawyer, who may Jet up for great
MEN at Warrington, will be Obliged to
Jet do7vn again. And what will prove not
a little Notifying, fuch prepoiterous at
tempts at elevation will terminate in that
Tort of a progreiion, which is fometimes
called climbing downwards, and advan-
cling backwards, and leaves man "peg
lower" than that from which he itarted.
"Should every new member think
himfelf in duty bound. in julfice to his
own merits, and to juftify the choice OF
his conaituents, to make maiden lpeecb,
of fashionable dimenGons, we apprehend
there will be more taid than done at the
the next feiIion and think it poiIible that
we may now and then be reminded OF
the following pafagc from cowper:
" Here ris of oily eloquence its soft
Meanders. Iubrcate the courfs they take.
The nodeft lpeaker is aiham'd and griev'd
T. engrofs moments notice and yet begs,
| Beesa propitiou. ear for his poor thoughts,
However trivial all that he conceives
Sweet baihfuInefs il claims at lean this praiis,
The dearth of information and good fenfs,
Which il foretels us, always comes to pats.
{" We think it might be we'll among
other Handing rules to adopt one thar no
member lhould be allowed more than
half an hour to inform Mr.. Speaker"
that he knows nothing and that every
member fhould be called to order, who
has actually talked t1Uo bours and iald
nothing. Such rule be6des preventing
certain would-be orators from lpinning
the thread of their difcourfe to a great
length after having exhauaed the ltaple
of their arguments, would much curtail
the feGions of our National Legislature,
be great improvement in national e
economy, and give great relief to ftenog
rsphers, newfpaper Editors and others,
who when called upon for fpecimens of
Congregational eloquence are often placed
in as bad predioament as were the Is
raelites, when required to deliver their
tale of brick without ltraw"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
From the Connecticut Courant.
Cheap Method of Eating Cattle.

communicated by Mr. Nth Langdon. of
Litchfsid.
There is one way to fstten Cattle, in The
absence OF the common means, scarcely
inferior TO the best, as the following instan-
ces will Prove. / iatted an OK and three
Year old heiter, the winter past, without
either corn or potatoes, tor less expence
Than even that Of common keeping, BY
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, DEC. Z.

Yeferdav being the day appointed BY
the Constitution for the annual Meeting
of Congreis, the Members of both hou
fes aHembled,at the Capital towards mid
day, and both houies organized them
ieyes. and adopted the ufual preliminary
rules of business.
IN THE SENATE,
fit II o'clock, MIR. GAILLARD, 1.-THE
Presiden. pro tempore at the time the
Senate lat adjourned) took the chair.
On calling over the Lift of Senators,
it appeared that 23 Members were
prefent.
II committee was appointed to wait
on the Pr-Gdent jointly with such COM
mittee as the other houfe fhould appoint,
and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Houfe was called to order by the
Clerk to the lat Congress, (Mr. Tho's
Dougherty) and on calling over the Roll
of Representatives., it appeared that a
large majority of members were prefent.
The houfe then proceeded TO the
choice of a Speaker. On counting the
votes, it appeared that of I47 votes given
in, there were
For Henry Clay, I43,
For Samuel Smith, 6,
Blank, /,
So that Mr.. Clay was duly elected
Speaker and being conducted to the
chair, the ufual oath was administered
TO him by MIR. BAssET when the Spea
ker made his acknowledgements to the
House
The Members having been feverally
qualified by taking the oath to fupPert
the Contribution. the Houie proceeded to
elect Clerk. On counting the ballots,
it appeared that I44 votes were given IN
all of which were for THOMAS DOUGH.
ERTY, who refumed his place as Clerk Of
the Houfe.
Thomas Claxton was then re appoint.
ed Door keeper, Benjamin Burch assis
tant Door keeper, and Thomas Dunn
Sergeant at arms, without oppoltion.
After the ufual incipient proceedings
and intcrchanging mefages with The
Senare, the houte adjourned to twelve
o'clock to morrow.
Ii is probable the PreGdent's Mefage
will be delivered, as usual, at O'Clock
this day.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09

The new State of Mississippi is believes
to be the first political community, which
has abolished the laws against usury.
A FIRE broke out on Tuesday oflast week.
at Concord IN. Fl. which consumed seye.
raj buildings, and large amount Of prop.
erty.
John Walker of Rockingham N. c. who
was to have been hung, for the murder of
negro slave, has been pardoned by the Gov
ernor of that State
In the Legislature of Georgia, commit
tees are appointed to consider of choosing
Members of Congress in that State by dis
districts, inste cd of BY general ticket-on
internal navigation--,o consider OF a mode
70 prevent the virtual emancipation Of per
sons of colour--on establishing free schools
throughout the State.
A resolution has been passed anthorizinp
an inquiry, why the militia, SC. Of the state
have not been paid by the U 5. for their
services in the late war.
A bill is in progress to alter the Constitu.
lion so as to oblige each legislator in legis
a,ive elections to vote viva voce. Is not
this as bad as the stand up law Of Connect
cut, that the democrats found so much fault
with
A committee of the Legislature Of Geor-
gia has reported in favour of raising the
State salaries. They say, "Men of the
first talents and responsibility are compelled
to retire from the public service, only be-
cause just regard to their domestic con-
Germs imperiousIy requires il Of them. 1t
is true that persons can always be found
willing to fill the public Offices, at the pre-
sent salaries but i; is not true that the
best abilities of the country are brought in
TO operation by them"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09

use Of spirits is placed in a ftriking point
of view by the committee; and its moral
effects are depicted in feeling and elo-
euent language. "This degrading vice
(fay they) if we except the period of in
fancy, has spared no age nor fex nor con-
dition nor character. 1t has numbered
among its victine the fairelf characters
and the brigh,ef ornaments OF human
nature. Ii has blafed The honors of the
brave. 1t has chilled the warmth OF pa
rental and conjugal love, and turned
domelic parable into wilderness OF
woes. 1t has extinguifhed the fpark OF
eenius--it has withered the bloom OF
beauty-it has put out the fire OF devo-
ton. 1t has driven, the itatesman from
the senate houfe, the judge from the
bench, and the prief from the altar.
1t has beggared thoufands of families,
broken the hearts of multitudes of wives
and mothers, and sent many a hapleis
victim to premature grave. "--:Should
the vice (fay they) continue to increase
for fuccellion of years TO come,
with the rapidity with which il has IN
created in some former years, il will de.
troy our national character-it will huri
us from the proud commence on which
we ltand among the nations of the earth,
TO the depth of degradation and infamy.'
AS remedy, the address recommends
an imitation of the example of thofe who
have resolved no longer, as general
practice, to ufe ardent spirits themfelves,
or give it to their gucfs or labourers.
The committee call upon ninifers of
the gospel and other professors of reli-
gion-upcn legislators, magifrates and
civil officers of every grade-upon mill
tary officers, on their days of parade
upon phyGcians, whole profe ilion gives
them access to every family, to ufe their
reltraining influence, by example and
perluafion, in regard to this evil. They
entreat farmers and mechanics to make
the experiment of one years abttinence
from fpiritous liquors. They exhort
parents, by the affection they bear to
their offspring, the pride Of their fami
lies and the hope of foeiety, TO forbear,
and to banith from the sight of their
children an article 70 likely to prove their
bane.
The Spanifh fchooner Tantclla, with
I37 caves, has arrived at Savannah. fent
in bv the revenue cutter She was orig
inaIly bound to Havana, but had been
captured by Patriot privateer and or
dered to Amelia. The u S brig Sara
nae, on discovering her fent an officer to
board her, bur the prize matter refufed,
and fired volley of musketry into the
boat. bur did no damage The Saranac
immediately opened broadiide upon her
cutting away her boom and difabled her
much. The fchooner however made her
efcape and got into Amelia. She was
demanded by Capt. Elkton,a land given up
after Aury. the commander at Amelia,
had taken out IT faves, and plundered
her of many valuable articles
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
EASTERN BOUNDARIES

BALTIMORE, DEC. /. Col. Austin, an
Agent OF The u ) under the Treaty OF
GheHf, passed here Yesterday for flashing.
fcn, bearing the official decision OF the Com
mlssioners Barclay and Holmes, on The
SUBJECT OF the jurisdiction of the islands in
Tie bays OF PcSSamaguoddy and Faady.
This decision is final !; and will plob bly
o. speedily promulgated BY the President
OF the Y States.
Ia question, therefore, Of much interest
to many OF our Eastern fellow citizens is
thus adjusted and at much earlier peri.
Cd than has been an,icipated-Had the
Commissioners disagreed,the subject would
nave been transferred 10 the arbitration 81
some friendly European Sovereign /. and
much delay been the consequence
The branches Of the Bank ofthe IJni,aa
States are nineteen in number. The s,ock
q The branches in Georgia and South Coro.
una IS proposed as an object Of taxation
10 place the stockholders, they saw, on an
equality, as it respects public contributions
with the holders of stock under some &C ,he
Stale authorities.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09

Sentence Of Court martial-The public
have long since been addressed By the
friends and opponents of capt. Alden Pat
ridge OF the corps Of engineers at " es,
Point, on the subject Of his official conduct
at this place, and on the 2oth of last Oc,o.
Der, court-martial was summoned al tina,
place to decide upon certain chargesbrought
against him. That court has been long Or.
cup'ed In hearing the charges and the evil
dence addaced 10 support Of them they
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-12-09
From the Connection Couran,.
PUBLIC EVILS.

We often hear people complain Of public
eSlls-suGh as heavy taxes, scarcity of mo-
Hney, oppression TIC. and Of natural evils
such as bad seasons, and failure Of crops
But the greatest of alt evils, are The
fruit of our own folly, Emproyidence and
vices, arc rarely mentioned among our pub
lie cslaGGiies. One of these is the exces-
sive consumption Of ardsnt spirits. The
people Of the United States expend annual
ly for spirits twenty-five or thirty millions
OF dollars-a sumth exceeds the amount
OF all the expenses of government, includ-
ing the interest of the national debt.
Think Of this ye grumblers
Another evil, that is grown mo general
habitss the anticipating Of income-of eat
ing and drinking and wearing things thar
are nor haid for This has become com
mon vice--a species of immortality that in
fec's the manners Of our country; as well as
source OF immense private Inconvenience
and embarrassment, Some debts may Be
prudently contracted; but to incur debts.
as many do, without any means of payment
IS grossly immoral. This common prac-
tice VIII always make money scarce. In
the nature Of things it is impossible that
there can be sufhcien. currency OF money
IN country where the annual income or
profits oiiabour, are consumed before the
income has accrued. How can men get
money when their produce must all go to
pay their debts. Besides, the man that runs
III debt both purchases and sells 10 a disad
vantage-he gives more for what he buys.
and gets less for what he seAs-he is always
IN The power OF his creditor. la man in.
tends to buy cheat, he must buy with mo
ney an hand.
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-17
FROM THE NRw-YoRK COMMERCIAL AD
vEkTISER.

Sh;pwrsct.-Capt, Scott, late COM
mander Of the ship George Strong.
has favored us With the following ac-
count OF the loss Of that valuable Snip.
The ship George Strong under my
command. sailed from Portsmouth,
England. on the 18th OF January,
1917, in excellent trim and condition.
hound to Canton. On the 9th Of Feb.
wind cast and weather hazy. ran for
and at g p. II. made the Island Sal,
one ofthe Cape dc Verbs il being
my intention To go trough the, chan
mel between Mayo and st. Jago. and
if good opportunity offered 80 ill up
my watler casks ut Port Praya. In
order to have short and sure run, /
lowered under the lee Of Sal till 6 O
clock. Bird Island, near the west
side Of Sal, then bore Z. s. f. about
miles distant. I directed such
courses as would lead the ship well to
leeward Of Lenton Rock, and enter
the above channel about midway be-
tween Mayo Il st. Jago, inc!ining a
little towards Mayo, it being to wind
ward ; ard l had experienced the
current to set south westerly. The
breeze was just sufhciencto carry all
sail, and the weather smooth, which
indicated current setting to leeward.
At midnight, sail was reduced. The
wind about the same tune yeered tn
E. n. f. and the haze had cleared
considerably away.-A 8, A. M. sail
was further reduced by hauling up the
courses. lowering and slightly furling
the mzen, and bracing the maintop-
sail sharp, by reducing the velocity
TO the rate of miles per hour. | had
been walking the deck from 3 O'Clock
except few minutes whilst marking
off the ships place and though e.
very allowance was made for deviation
her situation appeared to be far from
dangerous. 1t was my intention at
four o'clock to lay her head to the,
northward, & delay the time Gill da,
lght, which would naturally como on
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-17
ANDREW SCOTT.
From tie Boston Palladium

foit litL LOotUN GLLtSCsuUk
Extract Of a letter from Leghorn,
Jan. 30 to a aousc in this town.
q The staple articles of colonial pro.
luce are of constant sale herr. Our
prices are generally better than any
of the Mediterranean markets, and
our buyers r!lyC speculative. AT
present, our stock Of sugar and cof-
fee is very triilin.s, being only what
the last arrival, within these few
days have brought US. The English
ship Sir Alexander EalI, from st.
Domingo direct. and the Am. vessels
stated at foot, have just arrived, with
sugar and coffee but it will not affect
our prices. Pepper has sold higher
here, last season, than at other tia
Ian markets. The whole stock oil
rum was bought here lately, on spe.
Culatjon, ct 5 IL az 70 liyres per cal.
We apprehend that thu high price of
wines in this country has led to this
speculation. 4 parcei Of csrton Per-
NamJuCa, Bahia anu Maranham.shas
just been sold at so c.s per ID. Cod
fish has proved a dull article this
season, AM this market has hitherto
mace worse prices than Naples.
which, toruler years, was not the
case.
This market is decidedly the first
Of Tic Mediterranean for the sale of
East India goods, rs during the last
6 months not less THAN sec bales have
been SrO't here, and sold of which.
go bales by American vessels ESQ
flpm Lisbon by various flags $50
from England, direct. The sciota
Just arrived from Baltimore, has
brought 400 bales more, which we
consider too great shipment fol. one
adventure. 4 vessel from Boston has
also brought l48 bales more of these
goods. The Expectations from A
meriCa are generally not so we'll as
Sorted as those from England.
q" Operations Of great magnitude
have been transacted in grain within
the last 1s months; and although we
are now only at the beginning of the
season, the wants OF Italy, Switzcr-
land, some parts Of Spain and France
are So great, that good Odessa wheat
is selling at the Cx;rayagant price oil
SIS to &c iivrcs per sack. equal ~ IS.
per English Quarter, nett d to 80.
Jm market is quite clear Of Ameri'
AN Flour At present, We cahao,I
calculate here upon more than ii
dolls. per bbl.-Carolina rice s4 to 81
livres per cwt.
Gas tobacco IL, il this atate, a
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-17
sELEcrSD.
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS.

The highest summit Of the noun
tains OF Tibet 10 Asia. according TO
Col. Crawford, is $4,000 feet above
the level Of the sea, which 10 the
highest point of land upon the face
Of the Globe.
The highest point Of tho Andes in
South America is that of Chimho-
razo. which according to Barren
Humbolt. 10 about II $40 feet above
the level Of tho sea. They stood
$1,000 feet. The air was reduced
60 half its usual density. and felt
intensely cold and piercing. Respi-
ration was lahorious aud blood IS
sued FROM their eyes, their lips and
gums. They stood on the highest
spot. eyer trsd by man.
The PIaias Of Astiusana in South
America, are 1s,45t feet above the
level OF the ocean /; which is 1850
feet higher than the Peak Of Tene-
rife.
Tue highest mountain in Europe
is Nient Eiauc. in Switzerland.
which is $3.50 feet above the level
Of the ocean.
Oerlier spits in the Troynl, is Is
$50 feet.
Tie highest land in Africa is in
Abyssinia. The mountains Geesh
ere estimated 10 be above the ocean
$3.50 see:.
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Punning Compliment.

The following couPlet on d lsft
handed writing master. was written
about the beginning Of the last cen
tory, by a celebrated Divine. and
sent to his school, enclosing hand
some present.
Of thy Right hand b. hayward fate he-
seGt,
Right well thou arrsisst with the hand
that's left.
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-17

careful and accurate inspection, and
allowing the extent of variation, G6p
degrees westerly.) the course steered
and distance made from the west side
of Sal ought to have led the ship 5. Z
degrees west, nearly 70 miles !;
whereas reality proved that she was
forced into a course Of S. 6 degrees
east 80 miles 10 where she was lost,
Gin run Of 10 hours.) The caiami-
ty may be beacon to others.
l am under great obligation to capt
J. Il. Hough, who had the manage
ment ofthe Delphina, far his unremit-i
ting attention and assistance, returnl
my thanks to the officers of that ship,
for the Kindness they Showed my crew.
Great credit is due to my crew for
the zeal they displayed in saving so
much valuable property, and tho Ii
9uors of many kinds were among
their hands, there was not one case Ot
|inebriety occurred whilst they were
about the ship, and only ono case after
tine boats left her.
shall ever retain a greatfIl sense
of the uniform and friendly aCGomo-
dation received from Captain Thcmr-
son of the brig Unity.
ANDREW SCOTT.
n. b. Inthe foregoing remarks, !
have explained the different points
agreeable to HeatLer's Chart Of the
Cape dc Verd Islands, published III
1.-THE East India Pilot of 1918. have
experienced the correctness of that
publication in many instances. I
allowed variation Of nearly sixteen
degrees from my own experimental
observations, the variation in that
Chart being only twelve degrees.
There is another Chart Ct those Is
Hands. published by Norrie, in 1914,
Tor William Reathcr, and attached to
the Fast India Pilot OF 1916, where
the Island Ma, o is laid down more
Ito the westward. 1t is probably
more correct. though the variation is
the same. My confidence in the
first chart was strengthened by Bo.
,diteh's excellent book. the third cIi-
ton Of his Practical Navigator, in
which the longitude of Mayo is laid
down further to the Eastward, than
lin either chart. haye now to as
ae,. that their is AN essential error in
that case though in the great varie-
ty Of tracts pursued by me. I have in
general found the ATTITUDES andlongi-
tudes in that book much more correct
than in any other. In this dissastri-
Gus case. a strong current setting,
+. S. E WAS the cause, and not o. ing
to any evident error in book or chart.
ANDREW SCOTT.
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Extract Of a Litter from Lexington
Kentucky, March 20 1877.

"It is with the mo painful sen
sations we have to Co.RmaaicaN 'n,-
sad destruction OF most OF tic proG1'o
IN the Kentucky Riy5r. AI'ef
season of dry weather, walsh pFe'eh".
ed all the first boats DESCENDING NJ
incessant torrent OF ran AS eApe
rienced for four 4ays ant nish'.,
which swelled the rive. beyond %y
hood ever known l!ere before. iro'.
above its usual level, upwards ..
Eighty perpendicular +, ct s"'e st"s
iany warehouses end every m n.s
rloie it. The loss ioeasea VIVA
other prc1scs IS imnens !"