Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-06
g'frrIen glHeliiqence.


II began the 9th Marchlaa. SmsfsmS
n reuoh had previousJ ben vyfb'e among
ne yoyaffrgp % IN qaryi6n, IN pynambnco,
and Colonel was fcnt BY the Cover.
nor 10 arrcit some of the fufpeeted off
GERS In executing which, he. and an
aid of the Governor. were killed. This
was made the Ggnal for the general re.
volt; and lhr regulars being immedi
ately joined by the militia, and the arm
cd population, en- md6f, all oppoGtion
was ufelefs immediate ponefIion was
taken Of the town, and the Governor,
with thofe who remained faithful to him
ihot thcmfelves up in fort | bur fur
'sendesed the next morning. and on the
9th we're embarked for Rio Janeiro, in
"a fcIluca and were allowed to take all
their private property with them.
ON the 9TH the Reyohers eaabilhed
a proviGonal Government, at the head
of which was placed Senhor Domingo
Iofe Martins--a man of fcience, and
firmnefs = and dehgnated FIVE executive
departments. for the regulation of the
Judiciary Commerce, Agriculture. War,
and EccleGaltical affairs.
The royal officers, with only few
exceptions, continued TO hold their Fla-
ces. under the new order of things, and
were among the firtt to declare their
adhefion TO them and il is Represented
thar the Planters from the interior were
daily arriving in town, and adding TO the
number of the Revolutionifs.
On the 9Th March (laif date) perfect
order prevailed, bat the Portuguefe vef
fcls were not allowed to leave the port.
Repairs were making in the forts, and
the pay Of The traps had been augmented.
Very few lives had been loft, and the
moderation exhibited by the leaders, if
any thing, would infurs them ultimate
fuccefs.
Dispatches. containing all the particu
lars and principles of the revolution
had been tranfmitted to London and
Warrington, with requeft that their in
dependence might be acknowledged by
Great Britain and the United States.
We have alto been favored with the
following inferefting extract of letter
from Respectable gentleman, of his CT
ly now re6deni at Pernambuco, dated
March Il.
). | fhould have been ready for Tea by
the 9th infant, had not revolution
broke out here on the 9th, and csufed
total fuspenfion of every kind of buineis,
excepting that of each one taking care of
hiuifelf, and keeping out of harms way
However after they had run up one itreet
and downs another. and killed "a or 10
they fortunately found they were all on
one Gdc OF the queition. The buGne(s,
therefore. after about 8 hours, was am.
icaby adjuaed aud, like the revou
tons that 70 often take place in our own
country, the ms went OUT, and the outs
wen, in, to the great icy Of the majority.
$. n proviional Government is now
organized. con6iting of four very intelli-
gent, fpirited and influential men, at the
head Of whom is Domingo Jofe MARITIME,
a man, who, am told, is every way
qualified for the ftation he fills tie has
rsfded in EngIan d-fpeaks and writes
the language well, and is las well as all
the natives of the country very partial to
the americans.
The Portuguefe vefiels in port are
NOT permitted TO hoia their colours, but
are not molefsd, nor is their property
molelled.
9 The towns TO the North and South.
as far as We can hear, have without any
oppoltion, followed the example fer them
by Pernaubuco Indeed the complete
ipccefs Of this province will give thote to
The South greater confidence in their
own excItions and there is no doubt
entertained here, but they will all fall in
10 The amc mesfure. This Province, or
Captainlhip, as il is called, extehds from
Rio q ande as Tar fouih as Rio ST. Fran
cileo about s3o miles, and contains a
bout three mi llions of Inhabitants il is
the mon valuable part Of The Brazils,
and thar part roc from which the Prince
has derived The greateR part Of Lis reve-
nue..
+" The great fcarcity of bread tufts
here is an unfortunate Circumstance.
Ike people. however, calculate or fup-
plies from the United States and il the
ports on the coat are not blooksded by