The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-09-12
PAYABLE Yearly.

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capitalists, who hefs.J the approaching storm,
are disposing of their psorsrty at Almost any
sacrifice, for The purpose of afoflng safe
and timely retreat To foreign counties. SO
pervsding is the alarm of riot aud rebellion.
that when our informant called at the house 1t
his partner. on the nigh, of his arrival, ne i'm
medaey appeared with an instrument of
offence in his hand, experimenting him to be a
Radical
| He further states. that the best informed
people look with horror and dismay al the APP
preaching winter when. in addition 10 hunger
and wrelchedness, this poor starving popula-
| ton will he compelled 10 endure the cold OF
that inhospitahle climate. What Is to be done,
| ne declares il the general cry; The advice of
our spondeni tn The young and robust OF
his acquaintance was. to abandon the country
and to seek residence elsewhere. We have
given this hasty and imperfect outline, moi for
The diabolical objec' Of insulting the disiresses
of other nations, but to make our fellow cti-
zens paiien, and resigned under their own
privaons and endorsements. We have
abundan, cause of adoring gratitude TO God,
for his manifold mercies 10 repine and TO
mnrmur is but to provoke divine judgment.
What will be the issue of this disastrous stale
Of things, unless some salu,ary change takes
place, requires 90 spirit of prophecy 10 tell.
Men cannot ballen upon loyalty, or be 5ayon-
cited out of hunger--ihe cries Of starving lam
lies cannot be sienced b, the roar OF cannon.
Nakedness will feel the severity OF the bowling
storm and desperation will act Our inform
ant adds, tba, the paper distinguished for its
severity upon the American character. is
worked by Columbian Printing Press; an
American invention Is employed to dissemln-
ale SANDER and rerroacbes upon the American
name. This information is derived from no
bigoi,ed American. The gentleman who
communicates the intelligence. is h'mself q
son OF Caledonia, par,skiug and parsking
largely, in all The sympaihles OF his native
and. Shall we then in The midst OF an har.
vest so abundant. insult the Supreme Dispen-
ser of such bounty with complaint, when We
see elsewhere such awful disiress-a starving
country, kept down by the iron clamps OF
military power.-Bai Morn. Chronicle.
In the memoirs of the late Nj. Suard there
is an anecdote of the Prince Royal Of Poriuga;
extremely interesting. In the dreadful earth.
quake a, Lisbon. when fallen and falling hous-
es were burying the dead and the living in
one common grave when the earth was
threatening to open, and The sea to break in
md ingulph the whole, young man in the
flower Of his age and strength. raised his voice
amidst the ruins, and cried out :" Follow me
my friends let us yet strive To save those who
nay be alive ~ In the rnins OF house, he
observed an old man With both his legs broken
and whose lamentable cries for assistance
were dsregarded. The young man made
his way through the totterlng fragments, drew
the victim from The ruins. hoisted him on his
back, and brought bin to place OF shelter.
The old man was a negro The young man
was Duke of Braganzs This spectacle OF
Prince oil the Royal Family bearing negro
on bis shoulders--ibis homage paid TO human
ity. In an unfortunate individual Of race.
scarcely regarded as men, profoundly touch
ed every beholder, at moment when their
hearts were peirlied by terror. and restored
their energies tor the succour Of others, as it
by miracle.