The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-08-03

thousands OF spectators n view the runs
Ehs damage sustained by the owners,
alessrs Shubael and Charles wv ai4s III gs
tima,ed st 8 or 500 dollars and it's honsd
that the people ia the vicinity, rernt nlbrr-
ing their own liability to be deprived in an
instant, OF every earthly comfort, by the
overruling hand of Providence, will assisi
them 10 repair the loss Chris. Me8sca.
rhe new British expedition to The Pole
passed thu Shrtlands in June bot the bcs
informed men consider The attempt TO dis
cover a north ives. Passage as hopeless no
such passage existing; or II il does exist
must OF necessity be blocked up with eter-
nal ice. Most ofthe assertions respecting
Il heretofore made have proved to b. falls
ties and many consider the specuiAtions il
regard 10 il as merely ALE fancics unworthy
OF moments Sc nous, consideration. AS
the vessels and crews are in pay Of govern
meat, they may as well be employed in this
scrrioe as any other; and their discoveries
aud remarks NAV add 70 the stock Of geo
grapnical and nautical knowIt dge.-Cent.
The commoiion al Bal,more, occasioned
by ihetrecent disclosures oFthe state Of some
Of the Banks, and Of the incorrect conduc,
OF some OF The Bens officers, i far {. ON
having Ceased We hear oil bills of indict-
nent found against some on account of.hese
matters and Of strong imputations afFec-
ing The CHARACTERS OF others. We have
seen one or two pamphlets, too, relating
20 the bank transactions of individuals and
though the newspapers are generally 81
lent respecting the developsments which
are daily made. the advertisements some
times give US an insight into the nature of
them. Phidd Journal
The following is given as the apporion-
ment OF the Waterloo prize money granted
by Parliament 80 10 the Duke of yelling
ION, Commander in Chief $4,000 pounds
to each General Officer, l,25oL; TO each
Field Officer, 1901 10 each Captain, 9Ot
o each Subaltern, 33l 30 each Sergeant.
49, and to each rank and file, 81 los
At the annual meeting ofthe Edinburgh
Sabbath School Society, April 25,h.the an
nuJl report was read, by which it appeared
that the Society bad under their care seven
~ seven Schools, which were attended BY
5l6T children.
Some few days since, an enterprisine
individual, IN the habit Of plying up and
down the Delaware, succeeded il raising
gun belonging to the Augusta irigate or
Merlin sl0op of war, employed in the at
tack upon Fort Mifflin in the year IVY i,
is double fortified "a FOUNDER; and its
high state OF preservation, after having laid
AZ years in the water, makes it a subject of
curiosity Il appear 10 have been cast in
the reign of George The LIST, bearing lis
majestey's initials and arms 1t now lies
at the navy yard gate in Philadelphia
Nedicus, in the n. Y. Daily Advertiser,
offers the following as certain cure for
The cholera morbug.
Take soft cork, and burn il thoroughly !
in the FIRE; when it ceases 10 blaze, mix il |
upc-i plate with little milk and water, !
or any thing more agreeable TO the palate,
and repeat the dose ill the disorder ceasss
which il commonly does in the second or
third administration of the remedy, the |
aoidity ofthe stomach is Immediately cor
rected, and the effect instantaneous.
70 fine or clarity Beer IN % hours--Put |
IN piece OF soft chalk, burnt. about the |
bIgness of two hens eggs,which will disturb !
the liquor and cause il afterwards to Be fine,
and draw off brisk TO the last though it were
fat before.
BY the arrival ofthe Ship Diomede, in 65 !
DAYS from Bu-nos Ayres, VIE learn. that the.
treaty between That government and Gen. |
ARTIGAs had not bsen ratified, and il was !
believed tina, the negotiation would eventu-
ally iail-N. Y. Com, .AdU.
Several banks in the interior OF New
York have stopped specie payment; and |
The immediate consequence, has been The |
stoPpage OF their currency. Il is gratifying
10 learn, that The bills Of Massachusetts are
10 tae highest re9u;e in that State.
Affer day last, al The banks in Phil I
adelphia, which refuse 10 make specie
payments on demand, were to be declared
de/nHct, and their charters null and void.
4 New YORK paDer mentions that 10 900