The Portland gazette., 1819-04-06

ne CORONATION OF Loois y aA'''' =
sta. 4 il the Paris papers a have been post
poned III the 18th of August next, the do!
of Assumn,ian. b rs sir. ular coincidence
that tie doy of which Louis has
chosen, is the a,ole IS tbat on which Bona
parte was CROW Emp ror of the French
An expetime d has L~sp ,ried IN the dock
yard Of Portsmouth,, TO ascertain if grass
The common produce of New Ze aland. a q
which NAV be cut down three times yeet,
is applicable to making large and smai
ropes favourable report, we understand
is made Of ii. The article is strong and
Dlisble, md very silky in its natures Il
can be bro't into that country at less than
s. per ton--one seventh the cost Of hemp
OHicial accounts received from Giheral
tar. d>teathe Is h alt state. tha' TIE deaths,
at runis occassioned BY the plague, amount
daily TO above 500 At Algiers there were
fresh attacks of the pestilence in December
The deaths bvthe plague At lunls, accord
ing to ofici i returns, from thr first OF Nov
to the first Of Dec were l2,ll7!
Letters received from Snain, mention
that an entire regimen, which had left Il
ragosa under orders TO pesceed TO Valen
ca. where it was supposed d5opuia rommo-
tions existed, broke out into state of open
mutiny, az place called Casp7' where 'he
soldiers declared they would not take up
arms TO ensiave their fellow -counrymtn
The Colonel endeavoured TO appease them,
but, i, is added, they rose upon and killed
him, together with some Of his officers, and
then disbanded themselves
young French traveller, nephew OF
Count Nollieu, Ex Minister, has succeed
ed in reaching Tombuc'oo by way OF Scne
gal. His family has Just received letter
from him, in which he announces his sale
arrival in that celebrated town, hitherto un-
known to Europeans, and which the unfor-
tunate Mungo Park twice vainly attempted
to reach.
Presidents Tour The Washington
Gaz. mentions that the President was 20
start on his Southern tour, last Monday !;
that he will proceed TO Norfolk in the Steam
Boat will travel from thence along the
Seaboard TO Savannah and will return TO
the seat of Government by the 4th Of July.
A destructive FIRE happened in Savannah
on the night of the 18th March it com
menced In q small grocery store On Tel
fairs wharf and consumed all the stores on
Telfair's and Jones wharves Its estima-
ted that the property destroyed was worth
about Sl50,ooo.
A explosion Of gun powder took place at
the fire above stated, by which two men,
supposed to be strangers, we're killed Their
mangled remains were found in The ruins
of a store Two individuals received con
siderable injury BY the explosion, from the
fell of The Fragments OF the house--they are
not dangerous, however Mr.. Silas Gar
dner was thrown into the dock by a spar
and narrowly escaped.
Il appears by q law regulating the Post
Office Establishment, & that from after the
irs, of April next, the postage on news
papers must be paid in advanoe-that is,
one quarter in advance.
As the Patriot perseveres in asserting
that the general government did take efficient
s'eps 10 defend this State during the late
war, we hope some regard for decency may
induce that paper TO te'ract lis assertions
on that subject, and that they may be dis
posed to give some credit AZ least TO high
democratic aWhoriry on this subject. Gen
eral WILLIAM KING, in answer to lete
TO General Chandler, states, in letter Do