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The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
ANECDOTE.

A Quaker, residing al Paris, was wait
ed on BY four workmen usually employs d
by him, having for their object to make
their compliments to him. and ask tor
their new years gifts. "Weil, my friends,
"said the Q laker, "here are your gifts
choose i slr or the Bible" 81 don't know
how to read said the frst, $50 take
the sfr."eI can read, said the second,
but have pressing wants" He too took
t.e fsfr. The third also made the same
choice He now came TO the fourth, a
young lad about g or IA The Quaker
looked at him with an air OF goooSesS.
"Wiil you TOO take these three peices,
which you may obtain at any time by
your laoour and industry" " No. as you
say the book is so good, | shall take tnat
and read it to my mother tic took
the Bible, opened it, and found between
the leaves gold piece of 4ofr. The
others hung down their heads, and the
Quaker told them he was sorry they had
not made better choice.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
FRANKFORT. [KENrncrx i .

~, AsN oCKY, DEC IA 4
Col. James Johnson IS now preua,is,s
steam boats 10 ascend the Mlssour; !
spring, with troops and provisions ioe 81 J
low Stone River. II
Letters have been received from A.
dilion, which has taken up its wiptero,,,'.s
and is building fort at the Coz Isbssa ~
400 miles above St. Louis. The Ind,ss.'
hibit hostile disposition, and il i Iss,,5 /.
expedition cannot proceed without reIal..
ment. Col. Johnson intends 10 preDsp 8
boats TO repel any attacks which may ie NJ,
by the Indians.
1t is likewise contemplated TO essblss
fort next summer at 81. Peters, near as III
of St. Anthony, on the Mississippi. lIak'
possible. il is intended by Col. johnson. n
has contracted to furnish thesupplies, iha.ss|
steam boats shall also ascend 10 this poIat
The Administration deserve much crslaEu
this attempt to secure the western iruuhe
and root out the. influence of British n|
among The indians.--argus.
The above interesting article is not sna
ly correct in its particulars. It is iaisade,
we learn, to ascend the Mississippi II 4sI
FIRST place, to Prairie du Chen at least ID
to the mouth Of St. Peters, if possible. i L.
Mississippi can be navigated month som
than the Missouri : and for this pupas l1t
Secretary Of War has ordered forces Ii R|
ST. Peters to be concentrated at 81. L1usg
the 18th March: and a requisition Of 5000
rations has been ordered TO be placed 4 \
Louis by the 20th ofMarch.
National IatsliSaaF'
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
GREAT POWER.

Among the mass oil documents y e Z.
ion 10 tie Seminole guar, which naf 3. =.
communicated TO Congress, We ~ ! & !
IF very important nature, address.
is Excellency W. ". Bibb, ga's'~
ne Alabama Territory. In IBIS Co., =.
dated l3,h May, 1919, about t's @s.s 80
hosterior 10 tae orders issuedsoo osa' osei. - i.
-thc secretary Of war uDsquisos" q
lates, thar Gen. jackson is vfs'ss -, -
so7Oers 10 condacf the svar IN ~s
Which he may Jndge best"
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

Je1 10 SNE LCaSWHIEC OD NC J11bI6f(SLUDJ
reported, that tbs Speaker be authorized TO
employ cosn5sI to defend The ssrgeaati at
Arms. againft Andsrssa's suit, and that tie
expsn5es be paid out Of the contingent fund q
the House. Aecepted.
On motion of MIR. TALLMApGE, the
Committee on the Judiciary was instruc.
ted to report on the sxpediency of pro
vidlng by law for the appointment Of the
Clerks Of Dlstric, Courts by the Presi
dent and Senate and also to require
from them greater security for the per-
foTmances of their duties.
TUESDAY DEC 20. A bill concerning
suits brought on copy rights. was read
THURSDAY. DEC. 81. AS soon as the
Housewas called to order, il was announ-
ced, that the Hon. GEORGE MUMEoRD, a
member of the House from Norfb Garsh
ma, had deceased and after the House
had appointed committee to arrange his
funeral, the two Houses of Congress ad.
iourned, without entering on the ordina-
ry business of the day Il he next day be
ing New Years day, the adjournment
was until Monday.
We expect, on the commencement OF
the next week, which may be considered
as the termination of holidays, that Con
gress will enter, in earnest, upon the i'm
portant business of the session; tor, as yet
no measure of general importance has
bsen decided :all The topics of interest,
which will undoubtedly form the main
feature of the present session. are yet IN
embryo; of the most prominent charac-
ter, we may name
1. The present state of our relations
with Spain, growing out OF the Seminole
war.
2 The South american q uestion,
which is now fairly before congress
since the receipt of the several reports
of the Commissioners, furnishing all the
information asked for.
3. The general Bankrupt Law, now
loudly called for, aud the expectancy Of
which is acknowledged in, every quarter
of the Union.
| 4. The examination ofrhe affairs of the
Bank of the Unit ed states.
On other subjects, such as relate to
the judiciary, the military, the Indian
affairs. national currency, commerce, &c.
it seems yet uncertain what change OF
amendments may be adopted. As more
than one third of The session has already
been spent, chiefly in acting on private
claims, it may reasonably be coDjec-
turec that the main topics, which are
scarcely yet touched, will furnish ample
employment to occupy their attention
for the remaining two months, which will
complete the fecond feilion of the hf-
teenth Copgreis.-Weib- City Gaz.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

MONDAY. DEC. 28 THE PREsiDgkT,
by message, transmitted further CORES.
pondence and proceedings in relation to
our affairs with Spain. in compliance with
a res luton of tie House (rrIhe daca.
nsenfs ransmitfed compsise a vollnls d a.
Bosf goo pager
Mr.. DuNs, the Sergeant at drms. in
formed she House,tfst Gel. Jebn hndsrson
had instituted suit againit him for false
imprisonment, in consequences OF his hav-
ing arrested said anderson, by order OF
he House. (ddr. Ds letter vas rs'er'
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
UNITED STATES BaNK.

The National Intelligencer announces =
return to Washington Of the Comnllis' :
Congress appointed to inquire into ne I"
Germs and proceedings Of this national lh''s
ton, and supposes their reportwlll ena'a
much new matter but does not exPes' =
any legislative act viii be founded obA
A letter from Philadelphia says, !" H'. s.
States Bank have declared a dividend :
md an haJf per cent. for the last ball ys1
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
Abraham Lsasilt's Esia's'

TO be sold by order of ne - oF rrebst' . !.
Common Pless, snd OF the US 8 .rhorossa !.
he hosse Of Jphn Noble q ,ss,Ir.5 = rII,sr.5.5u = !.
he county ut Conbef'saa' :, len e't*.
24th day of January ius'ans = : Rel ss's
Inc forenoon, 80 much Of s0s i ss,tsse i.
Abrsham Lesvil,, lsie OF s.'1 lace lbs Il Il.
Gentleman deceased, as VIII -. p tsr sas &
Of three hundred sad .,x,y dO,''1n 1anssssssd J
n men, of,he just debts Of ',id ..1ss i - 8 Z
sum B ing deficiency Y W Ind al. 90
iate, which were made ses aug LEA'a
cember lssf.
Ian. Il, 1917.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

IN SENATE.

DEC. 90, and go, 1913 Local and
private bins and reports on petitions. Of
no interes, but TO the applicants occupied
mott of the attention OF tie Senate dur-
ing their open sittings these days
On each of shese days tbs Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration OF Executive
business, and, OF courte, with closed
doors.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
LONDON, Oct. az.

Better late than Never The Gazette
of saturday se'night contains mos ex
traordinary notwithstanding announ-
ces TO the creditors of Boyle & Co. late
of Love Lane, East Cheap, who were
bankrupts in the yearI77a, being lapse
of forfy six years, that they or their legal
representatives may receive the full a.
mount of their respective debts. The
total amount advertised is about D22 900.
The lowest sum mentioned is a glover S
bill for S.. I'D the largest ban kersi
o2or. The list of creditors enumerates
curious medley of professions, viz. snuff
merchants, tailors, haberdashtrs, shoe.
makers, &c and one debr is due to a Mr..
Shakespeare, Alderman of the city OF
Lendon, merchant.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
AUGUSTA, (cEoRc,. ,

.OuO~I =, NOEORGIA. Or ..
A gentleman from Pensacola. .a6o s i : !
the 9th inst. informs, that 900 t,,a.. = - =
momently expected there 10 receive ) s = Y
sion OF Florida. He adds, that Isr94 s.'. ls'''
es of lands haG been made by Anf,,ess. s.'..'' =
ulatoss in full confidence that The FIorI5,' Is ' s
been ceded to the United States .,i' ss1 7. :
must now lose all their advance paos, s
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
TO PURIFY RANCID BOIl

Melt il with slow fire in a wen s.-ln. ~
en- vessel; which put to soft wasel, !. - :. axsy
well together, and when i Is eola ~ 4 / ss'F
curd and the whey at the bOttOHii svs y : rts
and third time in rose waIef' asss s.,sr thas tS
them very well together. The ou.,'s '.. s,,:s.
fed will be of the sweetest deAc''a'
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
FROM THE MEDITERR.1rE.as.

FROM THE .MEDITERR.lTE.4f
Il irlrnd has transmitted US the fol
lowing information, under da,e of Leg
horn, Oct I3.
The Eric sloop of war had just arriv-
I'd from a cruize of or 10 weeks off
Cape de- Gait and the Barbary Coast
She touched, In CO. with the Franklin,
and u States at A,9iers, Tunis & Trip
oil, and left the former vessel bound to
Syracuse, and the latter as high up as
athens. At Algiers the plague was on
the decine, as was learned Of MIR. Boel,
vice consul on the contrary, at Tunis
symptoms of the plague were just making
their appearance.--As lripoli it was
healthy. The BarbaIy powers it was
said, sometimes exhibited symptoms of
discoutenr, but the occasional appearance
of our squadron before their ports, rem
dered them respectful. Ii was fact
thar the American corsuls were more
respected and independents than those of
other natiens. The Erie was 20 proceed
from Leghorn on the following day the
Peacock was. at Marssilles, with MIR
Shaler. The squadron was expected TO
rendezvous in short time at Syracuse
or Messina. ~. Z. Ner. I'D.
.Ertract s letter frsns CaLais, Saturday,
Oct. 81.
Arrived the 10TH and 3dlregiments,
lust in time to embark and get out of the
harbour. A young woman of resPecta-
bic appearance was with the 2oth,G was
stopped by the gems d'armc. Il appear.
cd that she was tbs daughter of the Mayor
of some town, and had come away with
one of the soldiers of the 2oth, and her
father had applied to the Mayor of this
place. she had on an Engilsh bonnet
and pelisse, bur she was recognized &
finding she could not embark, she threw
herself into the sea, being just after high
water, but was got out anve, and is safe
and WE'LL"
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

The state taxes collected !, !,
last year amounted 10 8l62 sos = Ms'lks
95,3S2, were collected in the -. 80, WI
more.-S24s6 were received i I u
marriage licenses, and paid ~. 'as e'l /
lfeasury.- 370l were coIl,r,ssw y u
same licenses in other parts of Ss = y I
The pedlars licenses amounted : y s. y I.
of which 77797, were paid n ~ ssll.
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

Soak the wick in strong vlnegar' az s.sb ~
before you sse it; it viii then uels ,sop "a; b !
and pleasant, and give much sasls.a sls., ps5sss.
triaing trouble in preparing it. o""
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

We have as yet had scarcely y.
cient here this season, TO cose, II w
while in Newhayen they had eoed i ~ s's'
four days previous to The 10th ult Il
OF snow storms in Georgia; Of a.. s y
Virginia & understand there il 81. i VI
make lolerably good sleighing. trom IN, = Z
town 70 Canada, ,-Keene Sentsd Saa's''
The Portland gazette., 1819-01-12

Another priyateer W.. l.,
chor IN the Pa,uxent, drs...s s's sssa Il .
who il is supposed have 80 y htr =.
valuable p'ize ship which ,ss, ss''s 2 "a i
ed ihe money from his ~ ! nag ssas
forwarded 10 Baltimore. r'zs bad :
9&c
We understand lhs, IN :.
malicious prosecution. pass = se'loa d
rich, before the supreme ca. 80 = CO,
town, verdict of $4,000 has SOa'' ss J. i
and that sum no, being paid, H. i IS s''s'.
has been commi:ted.-Bost. pa s'kAas
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the day meant 10 place the ever, with
which moth and south America weic To- lie
moved. This dream yielded TO another,
that of conquering Mexico, in Spain !; latter
which, Louisiana became sui ject CT many
fiscal calculations.
{S) Mr.. Liyingston's letter of The 10th
Nov. 1902.
[9) Despatch Of the 18th of May, 1903.
(I0) This fact is abunisntly esla l,lished
by the subsequent letters Of our minister.
On the Goth Dec. he says 6 France has not
yet got Florida" and on the Sd OF March,
1903, he informs the Secretary of State,
" that had the Flcridas been granted. and
the necessary powers given. something
might have been etfected-they 1.-THE FIorI-
das) are still in the hands of Spain" On
the 2lth OF March, he adds, Florida is not
yet ceded, nor as hope likely TO be So"
I'D Want OF powers.
(I2) Mr.. Livingston had now been four
teen months in France. His departure in
1901, had been pressed on the ground Ci
the urgency of the case, and the senslblllty
of the government and country TO The occu.
patton OF louisiana by France yet in all
This time, he was but authorised to sound The
French government on the transfer u The
Fioridas
(13) The silence of the French govern
ment, on this occasion. was created by Mr..
l.. himself. His propositions disposed OF
two provinces which they did not claim,
and to obtain which, they had tried the et-
iects of an armed negotiation in VAN.
While this experiment was making, as It
was in January. Il was surel y not bameable
in the French Minister to BIZ silent.
(l4) II amusing to see how tDi, old Po-
litician playei his game. When Mr. Liv-
ngston first mentioned money, aud talked
of buying New-Oreans, the face and frame
of the French veteran apparently suffered
a violent spasm he antreated Mr.. Living
ston not to repeat The proposition; that it
would be deemed aA'rontini that France
was rot needy, but that if she were, she
certainly was not driven to the indecency
of supplying her wants by selling her pro-
vinces. But when he finds Mr.. l.. sinking
under this and similar repulses, he reinvigo-
rates him by asking, "what will you give
for the whole ?" and Oh hearing his answer
he replies, your price is 10 low, reconsider
the subject and remember, that ia what |
have said, have not spoken Elk Cathc-
dra.''
To be contiaued
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ALEXANDRIA,:
SATURDAY,, JANUARY 80, 1919.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT wAsHINSToS
Friauy, January %.

The military appropriation bill, as a.
meuded by the senate, passed yesterday.
There being provision in it 10 appro-
pirate twenty thousand dollars to make
good treaty with an Indian of the Choc-
taw nation, Mr. Storrs called for inEorma-
ton respecting the nature of the treaty
not that he knew he should be opposed to it.,
but that he wished to understand the nature
Of the thing. The chairman Of the COM
nittee Of ways and means, MIR. Smith, of
Maryland, informed the gentleman and the
house that the measure was confidential !;
but that if the galleries were cleared, it
should be made known TO the house. The
gallery was therefore cleared and the house
So: for some time with closed doors.
MI Rhea then fell to, upon the Seminole
question, and | came away and left him
speaking.
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il from one vessel 10 aro''.er y i'hun lard
ing We are respectfully. Sc.''
Last Of Rnie, per Quantity for re-h,ppir,
goods, tn lien 9fo charge i Commission.
Rum AMI moa,ses, one cent per gsIIoo
sugar 10 cent: per cwt. coffee, ginger, pi.
nrnto, rice, &c. l2b cents per 100 H.,
flour % cents per barrel lumber and slaves
3 DOS per a.; other goods IN roponnp
When sues are elected the r.. sular ner.
rautile commissions TO be charged; and !;
the goods have been landed. half the aLoya
rates ay be substituted in lieu oi s,vraq.
wharfage, SC.
Present prices Of american produce al a:,
port, are,
For white oak slaves co. 65 dolls. rer,;
of 1900, actual sales, and rather infrri,
quality red oak do 10 IS, do; whit.
pine lum' or % q, do pitch pine do 50
a 35, nominal, there being none al market.
best shingles a 8, 90; flour, PHILADELPHIA
superEne, II a II per bbl, sales at latter
price; Indian meal 6, do; corn l-sal3
per bushel; rice 8 O. per loo lbs.
Boston, January, ee.
We are Indebted to Mr.. Hooper OF The
Exchange Recalling Room for Paris papers
to Dec. Z, received by the Margaret, Mel.
Ius from Rochelle. They contain no news
ofimportance. The foreign troops had all
left France, and The Eng lish troops had al
left the continent. The allied sovereign.
were ontheirway to their respective homes.
Lord Cas.lereagh and the Duke OF yelling.
ton were at Paris. An expedition, COLI.
manded by Captain Philibert, was On The
eve of sailing for different parts of the East
Indies. Mr.. Perroiel Bolanist is to be
Joined TO The expedition for the purpose Of
carrying out various productions of France
and bringing home vegetables of the other
hemisphere, He carries with him more
than 500 kinds Of seeds, and an assortment
OF lruit trees II is SAID that the government
have determined TO put naturaIists on board
all the vessels which 60 from the French
ports.-The produce Of The vintage OF this
year for the kingdom Of Wurlemburyh is
estimated at 10 millions of florins ami that
of Baden OF go millions. The produce Of
the last vintage was so abundant in some
parts OF ltal y that the quintal of grapes has
paid but rs sous. Great quantities of Wine
have been pnt in cisteIns for want Of casks
Mr.. Richie, IAN English traveller, 90 years
OF age, has embarked at Marseillcs for Afri.
ca, accompanied by Mr.. Dupont young
Frenchman, on a tour of discovery in the in.
terror oftht continent. Mr.. Richie was
Secretary Of The present embassy at the
court OF France, when learning that it was
the intention of the ministry 10 send an a.
gent to the interior Of Africa, on the inyi-
tation Of the Dey Of TripoIi, he earnes.ly'so-
licted the appointment.
The emperor of Austria was expectedto
arrive at his capital on the Sd of December.
The count Of Wallis, Austrian Minister OF
finance lied suddenly of an apoplexy abou!
the end of November The Persian Ambas-
sador, MIRA Abdul Hassan Chan, was ex-
pected at Vienna, on h 5 way from St. Pc
terSburgh, where he had resided some years
to Paris and London.
French five per cents 60
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50 81. Georges, (Bsrmuda) Jan. /.

OcHls, udtCu
81. Georges, (Bermuda) Jan. /.
The prices of slaves and lumber, gene
rally, having advanced considerably since
we last addressed you, we beg leave to
wait on you with quotations. The demand
which now exists for these articles in ia
maica, and which will rather increase than
diminish for some months 10 come, viii, we
think, keep up The prices here, if it does
not augment them. We take this opportu-
nily of annexlng list ofrates, which we are
willing to substitute for the usual charges OF
commission, where goods are merely sent
us to be ie-shipped to other ports; these
rates to cover all expenses incident on the
transaction, duties excepted Of which none
at present exist on any articles imported
from the United States, and very triaing
one on rum from the colonies which last is
saved by keeping it aaoat, or transhipping
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BY Last Evenings Mail.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS, MEssRs. LANG,
TURNER g. CO.
.NeaO- York, Wednesday, IL o'clock.
FROM ISLE OF MAY.
We learn from capt. Joachim, Of the brig
Belyidcre, that on The Gath OF December
Portuguese schooner arrived at the Isle Of
May from Port Praya st. Jago, with off,
GERS, troops and guns, to erect forli6cation'
and put the place in state of defence a.
gainst any further depredations from The pi'
ratical Patriot privaieers. A new general
had recently arrived at Port Praya from
Lisbon, to succeed the former one.
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FROM BERMUDA.

A commercial friend, (says the Norfolk
Herald) has favored us with the following
extracts of letter from his correspor-
dents, dated
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Baltimore, January 90.

The Portuguese ship Society, Felix, de-
tanned in the Bay by the revenue cutter Ac-
tive, captain Beard, arrived Yesterday eve
ning-she was in possession of prize crew
under Artigas' flags ship about 800
ions, and said to be laden with crates Of E.
India ware, &c. [Cqfce. Uouse Books.
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A report made 70 the legislature of Ken
tucky relative TO the pententiary of that
state, estimates the value OF articles manu-
featured in one year, ending on the 3Oth Of
September last, at $30,O65 10; the cost of
raw materials consumed during the year,
2O,67G 95; the expenses of the institution,
9,016 90; giving net profit in one year
Of y47G 90.
The receipts at the treasury Of Kentucky
during the year ending Nov. 10, 1918, in
Guiding the balance on hand at the COM
mencement of the year, amounted to $685.
$50 SO. The expenditures during the
year amounted 10 SOL 500 SO. The re-
ceipts of the current year, including the ba-
lance OH hand, are estimated at ,57G
dollars, and the expenditure at l43, l40
dollars. -
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(D The treaty of St. lldephorso was da-
ted on the LIST October, 1900.
(2) instructions to Dir. Livingston, dated
% h of September, 1901.
81 he circumstances which most i'm
peded bis progress, are detailed in his let
ter OF The 18th of May, 1903, with a mai.
vet,e rarely touad in diplomatic writing,
ami OF which we offer the following speci-
men: "On my arrival found the charac-
ter and credit OF our nation very low they
were considered as interested spectators,
whose God was money. The features of
our statesmen, drawn from our newspaper
caricatures, were considered as real like
nesses, and the democracy of America was
believed to be the mad jacobiIJsm OF
France. The President was considered as
amongst the mos, mad, because The head Of
the parry, aud it was not doubted but that
his minister to France partook Of his fren-
zy:"
(4) See Dir. Livingston's letter to the Sc
cretary of State OF the 18th OF July, 1909.
(5) ldem.
~ The title Of this work was yMewoire
SUR se,te guestion-est ii, adOantageu1 pour
la France de prendre possession de Ia Lou
isiane?
(7) Mr.. Livingston's letter of the lst Sep
TENDER 1907. Louisiana was, no doubt, the
spot on which the political Archimedes, Of
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n B. Law students aud other profession
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