The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-06-08
THE OHIO.

a name with four letters instead Of seven
Every consideration Of sound policy and re-
gard to the Navy, unite in favor Of the name
of Ohio, even had il been dssignedIy gwen
in preference TO the name Of any Atlantic
Stale. II uiH serge to identify The price am
patriotism of our wss,ern brethren rih tae
glory and protection Of The Nary and will es-
tablish its support in the common sentiments
Of the whole nation. We trust that chance
will make better distribution Of names than
is provided for by law, and that the next lot
will fall on Mississippi or Missouri, and that
the sonorous Names of our noble rivers will
distinguish the magnificent monuments of our
naval skill and power"
On the goth ult. sentence ofdeath was pro
nounced at Richmond, Va. on the sixteen per-
sons, there convicted Of Piracy, to be executed
on the 9th inst.
The names of these 16 unhappy men are as
follows -
Samuel Poole, Bailey Durfey, VIM. Chapels,
Daniel Philips, James Thomas, Daniel Living
ston, Luke Jackson, Stephen Sydney, Peter Mel
son, Isaac Sales, Peier Johnston, John Green,
Thomas Smith, Henry Aury, John Fuller, Fran
els Gamsbie. Those whose names are in Haiie,
are men Of colour.
Paul Allen, Esq. speaking Of The late exc
BUTTONS for piracy. observes,
T" II remains q curious question for casuisis
10 solve, how il should happen that the jour
ne men, the apprentices in this domestic man.
ufac,ure Of crime, should suffer on the gibbet,
and their masters escape the penalty Of the
law.
" Horace has long since told Us. that one Of
The Heather gods should not be introduced on
the scene, unless on occasions worthy Of his
majesty. 10 compliance with this salutary
maxim Of the Roman bard, when such humble
pirates as Ferguson and Denny, are led to
execution. il did not become absolutely nee
e.ssry, that the master spirits should appear
and keep them company. We shall at some
future day, take bold Of some Of the delicate
flamen,s, and unravel this web Of infamy.
Fergusons notes, &c. will accomplish this
business much to the delight and grati6cation Of
our master splits"
A detachment Of u. S. troops has been Of
dered to New Orleans, from Baton Rogue, for
The purpose Of etfeclually preventing the res-
cue of the eighteen Pirates, under sentence of
death in that city. Several attempts had
been made TO libsra.e them and il was fear
ed, thai without The aid Of regular military
detachment, more daring means would be re-
sorted TO.
Extract Of letter from Detroit IN. IT, dated
May 10.
i" The expedition To the North Western
Territories OF the United States. under the di.
rection OF Gov. Cas-, will depart from this
place tomorrow and proceed 70 MackiDaw, in
the steam. boat, Walk in.the.W alter from
thence through Lake Superior, in canoes
thence over various portages, to the Lake Of
the Woods down the Mississippi 10 81. Peters
thence ny way Of the Ouscousin and Fox
Rivers, to Fort Howard, on Lake Michigan
thence TO this place.
!" The objects ofthe expedition, as far as
they are known. are these To examine the
southern shores OF the Lakes--to examine into
The truth Of the reports OF extensive mines Of
copper on the rivers emptying into Lake 81
per,or and other places true to obtain
SUCH STbnts VI ttsc iuuIduS % VIII cWutdSe II0
mines.
/" Also, perhaps, 10 select such sites for
military posts. as will protect the fur trade.
and operate as a check on the Winnibagoes
and other Indians in that quarter, who have
manifested disposition hostile to the United
States"
In one Of the New Orleans papers last re-
ceised, (dsied cath April there are no less
than twenty one Steam Boats advertised, for
Nstchez. for Aitacapas, for Louisville, for
Nsichiioches, for Shippingrort, for Nashville,
for 81. Louis, and for other places on the
Mississippi and its tributary streams one Of
them is up for Charleston, Havana, and N.
York--and we shall soon have them adver.
tised for Liverpool, Havre, and 81. Peters,
burg. Never, surely, has any experiment
been attended with so much success as that
of Steam Boat navigation.
An advertisement from the London Phenix
Fire Office states that the loss occurring in Sa-
yannah, from the FIRE Of January last swept
away every thing that had been received for
premiums during twelve years. aud as much
more.
II appears from the report Of the Nsw-York
Sahool TJ,;o Sncietv that fhers rfu