Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27


We cannot express the contempt whics
we feel when we hear some papers denom.
mated barren ofinterest, because they record
no murders, no coaAsgralions, no robbefics
no war, What are we to think of men
who can read Of nothing else with pleasurs
or with interest, bnt of the blood and car.
mage Of the human race-Who .dsligh, IN
the tears of the orphan, and the sighs II
the widow, and who think it mere pastins
10 trample on the premature grave of Their
species-who have no other gratihcaiou
than the tiger has, while proving over mu.
tilatrd carcases.
lfsuch are the sensations Of our country.
men, they may not hear without some IN.
iefesl, the rayages of the Hessian Fly, and
the cold advance of the season, by which
themselves and their families may in The
ensuing winter be sent supperless 10 bed
Sfaue Irads.--This abominable lrahc Ia.
recently found a driving mart az the island
OF Madaga il has been carried
on, with all its cruelIies, by French, English
Spanish, Portuguese, and American ! YES.
sells. The British ships of war in The
Eastern seas, have attempted to put SOP
TO this trade IN blood. ihe Tyne Capt
Curron, has captured the Gustaye, AlligatoG,
Petit-Anne, Eloise, IElonore, St Jsaues
Neptune, Grappler, and Fredericksburg d |
which had slaves on board, and others were
found in port with powers of attorney On
board TO procure slaves. On board pEIo |
more, were found ls7 slaves in living mass /
and the following is an extract from her log
book go" Fresh 6reezes and sgualfy--ak 4,
The sea rising, fEt on fhe hatches--Jcnnd |
offhe slaves dead for zvanf Of air The &C,
count then adds, that" Near ST Jsgo.5s
Tyne fell in with the American schoohef
Franklin, bound on the same trade; andihs
crew informed that there were nearIyiont
hundred American vessels fitting at Havaas
tor the Slave Trade, and that from fouf
TO SIX vessels permonth arrived there With
slaves from the coast of Guinea. They arc
chiefly schooners, (clippers) and sail with
such rapidity that men of war have ltlls
chance of overtaking them. Tie Franz
I'm was one of them, of only ~ tons, sra |
ID men; and intended 10 carry slaves
across the Atlantic -
Something Curious ...-On he 25lh b /
April last, the Chief Judge of the Suprsns
Court OF the State of Ohio, was fined on
dollar and fifty cents, for not attending
militia muster as private sentinel, IN stFia
conformity 10 the laws Of the State OF ObIe.
Wessern Reserve ChroTiflt.
Cons;aniinople has been again prey
the ravsges OF FIRE. On the 18th ofFsa /
SEQ houses were burnt; and on The 2ls
another lire broke out in the same quarts
which destroyed all those which The hss'
contisgration had spared Whether ihh
terrible visitation was the effec, OF acei1tr
Or design is not mentioned.
The Pope has denounced al the Eurors
bioIe Societies which circulate any seEsloas
'he Scriptures in The vulgar languages =
regards their establishment as craltV 81
vice by which The very foundation Of FedsN
. unsernined." Better things were expess
ed q Pius 9Th, after the experience Be-
had.
oz0iss paper contrsdicts toe ssaieHs-
mai The emigrants setting OF Ior AreTica =
Russia, all belong 10 the most INDECENT IS
and asserts, that many of them we're - rs
circumstances, had sold their lands and eaesA
and would carry much money with -
! hey are chiefly farmers and dairy keePe
ihe last letters from Holland reperi, fbss g
seis were taken up there 10 bring 5UOV
these enigrants 10 America.
L.4EUlBLE
The Ladies Of ParsonsfeId NE. have s..
ed themselves into Society, auxiliary Y