The Portland gazette., 1819-04-27

question and therefore, he found htmsetf per-
tectly at liberty to consult his sease OF justice
| and proprety, rather than his passions. Yet ne
| understands that. on thls point, General Fac K
son sFHrugs his shoulders aud looks nysterioasly,
whist he suffers his nlnioas to dattef hin, that
| ne mas o0tal ned triumph. Miserable vanity!
Most puerile and unworthy csnceit A triumph
over thu feirs Of General Scott Hne latter does
not doubt the courage OF Gen. jackson, yet he
might enumerste several affairs, IN any OF
which, ne was, probably, exposed, to greater
personal danger than General jackson has ea-
countered ia his whole military career And
here let him not : be catled fool for asting
Tor he may say with one of the greatest OF men,
: mine enemy has forced me to it, But is it ia
boast, Ia an american, to assert his indifference
to personal danger B? Gan. Scott has comman-
| ded some thousands of his countryness at differ
ent times, and does not remember three individ-
uals among them, who were deficient IN that al
most universal attfibute.n
In tbe course OF MS remarks, Gen. Scott ints-
mates pretty pain terms, thai Governor Clinton
vas the auihJf or dc'a atof OF the anonymous ie,ter
which occasioaed the difficulty. IAts fp,Hnatiou
has drawn from the latter letter in contradictions
/ Gov. U. declares lie had nothing 10 dowlthIi,
directly or indirectly; and then goos on 70 abuse
| Gen. S. in much toe strain employed 0y
Jackson. We really tbnlk Tie letter of Gov. Gin
\
yated situation. Calling hard names, and besaowinas
eplthets, we conceive eau he vi 40 possible use tv
him, particularly tien. ). declares, that stou
mis- suspcions prove unjnsr,-shouid he ever aIs-
cover or fnd cause to believe, that Nj. ClintoD
neither wrote nor dictated the anonymous elte,,
| there is no apology which one genemtn may pre-
scribe ioanothrr, that shall not be promptly aad
cheerfully rendered.
There Is another circumstance developed in the
publication before u, winch we can0ot oiDrt 10
| lnenton in conciusion a. IL gives another striking
evidence either of the fear, the ftrorSR, of the
| cabinet, ia relation 10 Geuerai Jackson.
s On The 2isl Of February, 1918, the war de-
partrlent issued In orders, regnlatiouin these
words 6 Al publications relative TO transactions
between officers oi private aud pessonal nature are
prohibited. Any eSspaper or handbli, Of such !
character, will be cause for the arrest OF al officer
anu the foundation OF charge agaiust him. Ii IS
made the duty Of all olheer having the power, to
arrest aud prefer evidence f1r charge on leh pua
lication, aad whenever such charge j. preIefred,
one Specification Of which Will brdg tde officer 10
a trial before general court martal.n
And Notwithstanding this order, Gen. j. during
his late journey 10 Inc north,and partcuiasly whe
in New FORK took great pans 10 Distribute among
his friends, or in other words 20 publish, gaibled
manuscript copies 0f the correspondence between
GEMS. and hilaself-sying very plrtIai view Of
the subject. Gen. ,. called the aten,ion Of the
secretary of war to the subject, and gave him
quivoca evidence as to tle conduct Of jackson
but he Soon found that the regulation would noi
be enforced as far as il respected the latter. Gen.
S. therefore had no other way left him TO counter
act the Vaccinations OF jackson, uf to vindiCate
his character, but 70 make lie whole cDtrespoR-
deuce public, fearless HEhe consequences.
Let the people consider well these mattefs.-
The want or energy exhibited by the government
in regard 10 jackson, various dimes may lead
to results deeply interesting 10 Us all.--Con. air
On "Wednesday evening last, most Gu
rious and daring burglary was effected To-
one OF the pubic houses IN the njrth part
ot this town The landlady about retiring
for the night, discovered that part oil heI
own as we'll as her daughter's wearing ap
parel was gone. She communicated the
tact to her husband, who posted off % New
ark Bridge 10 inquire If any person had
passed with bundle. B@iug answered IN
the negative, The landlord hasIed hooe, and
with lgh,ed lantern went 10 his stables to
examine there. Here he discovered per-
son richly clad in women's apparel, with a
silk coat on as an outer gaImeat--and
little way off bundle nicely ucd up with
lady bonnet aud lace veil, ready tor jour
ney. Her Iadgshp soon moved from her
couch of hay, and though ordeled 10 stop,
mounted The fence like deer. / lie land
lord thinking this .adcnas was not without
her beau, secured the bundle as well IS the
lace veil & bonnet, and gave the alarm 10
those 10 the house, For time no aile was
seen or further discovery made ON open
ing the bundle, IL was found 10 Contain the
clothes OF man who some weeks previous
had been ostler TO tie tavern kceprr. ihc
streets were partroled for some time in VAIN
ill the crash OF a rear gatden fence peo-
claimed that some one was passing taAh-
CT The landlord hssted, and had agplU The
sight Of a person dressed in silk appa ell,
whom he saw enter back door ut a Ger
| tain dwelling house. Entrance WAS dc
manded, bur Tor some time refused. Al
last the door was opened and III conlunC
| iioa with several ntis shbors, search was
made, out in vain, excep, finding silk coat
| In the cellar. And escape seemed imPossi
| bic, as the house was iuterallY SURF ounded
On The point OF giving up all turlner search,
goose pen Was discovered aside the dwell
ling house. One oil this company suggested
examining that place. The family proles
| ted against disturbing the pen, there
weretwo Geese settiag there. The goose
| house was examiDed--S who was hers
The lealhered race made no cry against
their nocturnal visitors. Blu, heic was tic