The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-11-16
Portland s Boston Steam Boat.

portland y Boston Steam BOAT.
We understand that considerable progress
<as been made 10 the arrangements Tor
Elenm Boa,, TO ply between ihis place and
Boslon, and that no doubi j. entertained OF its
success. Il will probably commence running
earIy sext spring il is understood. that il will
/ be rugged with sails like another vessel, snd
/ &c her machinery onfy when the winl will
NJ oil no service The certainly and
/ expeditinn OF the passage, will take away one
\ xfeat objection 70 journeying by water.
Since the above was put in type, a correspon-
dent has handed US the following additional par
ticulars:-
The elegant brig Cieopatra's Barge il a.
hcut 10 be fitted for the purpose al beng en-
nloyed as Steam vessel 10 run between this
mort and Boston, to commence 10 May next,
@narcularly for The accommodation of passen-
.rers. Ii is the intention u! the prop,ieiors to
Il make passage IN twelve hours, and four trips
Ia week, and be in Boston one day each. The
]. lr.t cost oi vessel and machenery Is estimated
al $4,000. 4 paper showing the probable
expense and proceeds resulting from the en-
" nlovment OF the above vessel IS a steam pack
81. may be seen at Dir. Meals Insurance o.
I fee, during tie present week. Those dispos
fd 10 become Interested IN the concern. may
also have an opportunity Of subscribing for
u shares in the same.
Professor EVERETT, Of Cambridge, has IN
derlaken he editorial department Of the.NOrth
.american Revie,g. This is suspicious 10 that
already very respectable literary journal.
Last Wednesday there was exhibited IN this
town an enormous Pear, which grew on a tree
belonging 10 Gen. PERLEy, OF Bridgeton il
was 10 inches IN circumference, and weighed
Z "a | 2 ounces. We are continually hearing
accounts from every part of our new state OF
the lruitiulness OF its soil, and 1.-The extraordi.
nary size of some OF its productions. Yet
some are signing for the West. and believe
there is the Eden Of America. We will give
az extract of letter from that country,
dated Oct.6--i, may open the eyes Of some of
these restless spirits.
Yesterday $500 Of our paper, were given
for 8 loo in specie. Eastern funds are from
90 to 100 per cent. in advance Of ours. The
times were never bali as bad for any Kind Of
business. ] have not since my return seen any
thing in circulation but cur poor rags--il takes
30 cents Of them 10 buy pound OF butter"
The growth may be more rapid in the
West than in the East, and The produce more
sbundata but what does this avail, if the
proprietor cannot get il TO market, IT it must
rot on bis hands OF be sold at great sacrifice
10 obtain those articles OF foreign produce
which habit has made necessary. Their own
produce command much less price there,
than ours does here, and they have TO pay
mucB higher price for those articles which they
csnnot raise themselves so that upon the
whole a rejecting farmer would rather raise
a less quantity. j.. Il would obtain him more
q the circulating medium, than a larger guam,
tity, which he could not get 10 market. The
golden dreams of those who have emgrate6
from this part Of the country have mserably
faded, aud they are rejecting now in sooer
sadness upon the folly of pursuing phantom,
which their owa imsginations setup before
them.
The expedition which elt ST. Loui. IN the
beginning of summer 10 explore the sources OF
ihe Missouri, &c. had reached early in Sept.
near 10 the place where they calculated To
spend the wiater. This is the Council Bluffs,
about 700 miles from the mouth OF the Ms
souri,. The troops were then healthy and I'D
good spirits. but they found the navigation ex
iremely difficult; the steam boaIs ascended
slowly, and one had been abandoned. IL i
coDjeciured that their object l. To cross the
rocky mountains ascertain the source OF the
Columbia nver, and descend that to lis mouth,
where tue u. :. have fort aud claim posses
.Ion
CoMMU yIcArED.
.Niitory.-On the ed ult. at an election IN
Bath, Mr.. BENJAMIN JoNEs, was chosen Lieu
and Mr.. WILLIAM WaIrEET, Ensign, of the
North Company, in that town.