The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-10-27

/ LORD C1CHR4gE'S FkIGATE.
The Richmond inquirer gives the fol
| lowing account of this vessel, on the author
ity of gentleman who was lately on bsa,d
OF her -" She mounts 80 guns, Of which
90 are long Is Founders. She has steam
machinery to move her, which is 50 Fixed,
that the paddles may be lifted up ous 81 The
water in case Of storm She is rugged in
the manner ofa Spanish Polacre--her sails
managed by hsuIyards from below, and they
do not require hands to So aloft to furl or
uniurl them. She was completely m tanned,
and is supposed to be destined to the assis-
tance oflhe Spanish Patriots
The Hon. R 3berl Goodhue Harperis
now on tour in Europe and it will be
gratifying TO every American to learn, that
the man who has made such brilliant eff
oris in the cause of good principles at home,
is received with favour by the most illustri-
Gus men abroad. BY the great Yelling
ton he has been particularly distinguished
in front 9. his army on re view, and intro
duced by him 10 his Prussian Maiesty
70 show the dangers of ebriety, the catholic
legends tell as Of some of their hernits to whom
the devil gave his choice Of three crimes two Of
them the most atrocious kind ; and the other to
be drunk. The poor saint chose the last, as the
least Of the three but when drunk, committed
the other two.
The baneful eTec's ofthis perncious vice upon
the body are described by DR.. Darwin, in his
"Zoonomia,n under an allegory which would
not have disgraced the splendid imagination of
lord Bacon himself.
8 Prometheus, says the doctor, 8 was painted.
as stealing fire from heaven, that m ght well rep
resent the infammable spirit, produced by fer
lnentation, which may be said to animate or en-
liven the man Of clay whence the conquests of
Bacchus, as well as the temporary mirth and noise
of his deyotees. But, the after punishment of
those who steal this accused fire, is vulture
gnawing the liver: and we'll allegorizes the poor
mebriate, lingering for years under painful dis
cases.
And, that the graces and energies of poetry
may come in aid Of the figure, so strongly depic-
ted in prose the same great psychologist in his
8 Botanic Garden" in the most sublime mag
cry, and with the greatest strength Of personii-
cation, has composed picture, which should be
painted and hung up in every chamber dediea-
ted to Bacchanalian festivity.
DIR. Darwin personifes the goddess Of wine,
under the name Of Wits, who thus addresses her
Yotaries
Drink Deep sweet youth, seductive Wits cries,
The maudlin teardrop glistening in her eyes;
Green leaves and purple clusters crown herhead,
And the tall thyrsus stays her totfring tread
: Drink deep,'' she carols as she waves in air
The mantling goblet, $ and forget your care
Ger the dread feast malignant Chymia scowls,
And mingles poison in the nectar'd bowls.
Fell Gout peeps grinning thro' the himsy scene,
And bloated Dropsy keeps behind unseen.
Wrapp'dm herrobe, while Lepra hides her stains,
And silent Frenzy, writing, bites his chains,
Election JM-The following is literal account
ola pubcan's bill delivered to the agent Of an
Irish Member Of Pertinent -
To eating Is freeholders above stairs
for Sir John. at s. Sd.per head 2 f2O
TO eating Il more below stairs, and
Two clergyneu after supper 1 is 5
To six beds n one room, and four in 1850 am
! aI bed = 80 S'' go aefo
To So horses standing in the yard all
night, at 49, every one of them, and a
man for watching them all night 8
To breakfast and Tea next day for eve
~ one Of them, and 81 many as they
brought with them, as near as / can
guess IL q
To beer Whiskey and punch for the
| FIRST day and night, am not sure, but
think, for the three first days and half
Of the election, a. near as can guess,
and be exact, is in ALL Whereabouts 70 is s
To shaving and dressing, and cropping
the heads of 10 freeholders, for Sir
John, at l3d for every one of them Q S 4
June 26, 1918. Ills