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The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-09-12
W12OMLh ATTY .
FOR THE GAZETTE.

FOR THE GAZETTE.
A communication in your last paper, 'woul'
seem tocharge the officers Of Fort Prebe III
neglect of duty, in permitting the soldiers TO be
drunk. The writer thinks the gill OF VIII ske.
allowed per DAY extremely pernicious. 1t i
for the secretary Of war TO look TO this, ant
not The officers Of For, Preble. He charges
the Sutler with selling TOO much, and bad spir.
its. A little enquiry into facts would have
convinced the writer, that The Sutler is under
restrictions TO sell only one gill per day to
any man and none TO the sick, confined. OF
disgraced. fhe sell one gill more than he is
allowed, he forlei,s The privilege OF sulllng
for the profits made Oh one gill Of spirits, Tor
the which privilege he pays 5000 per annnm.
Can he be such a fool i?
But soldier, when under examination by
the court, said, that when a soldier was de
termioed 10 get rum, he could always obtain
it. The officers sh Guild prevent it, says your
correspondent II be bad the eys of Argus he
could not, so long as every retailer will sell
rum to a soldier for cash, even though be
came with bladders, and such like conifiyan
ces, evidently TO elude the vigilance of the
officers,-and some when cash is wanting
will not hesitate TO accept cloiSing in pawn,
at the risk Of prosecution.
Again, where an extensive inclossre is gar
risoned by few men, how can tho common
number of sen,inels guard the whole exterior.
when neighbours are so kind as 10 bring rum
TO The very fence. and in case more seniiHels
were placed, who can say that the sentinel
himself would mol be willing TO risk di scovery
for drop If bis dear beverage
Think. Mr. Editor. the writer alluded to,
will acknowledge The Justice Of those remarks,
as well as HE ornelty of attacking in news
paper men who are dfbarred the privilege Of
answering in the same way, by an order from
the War Department.
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II NAV serve to reconcile our countrymen.
to bear with christian dignity their own sor.
rows and emharrassmenls, when they learn
the great and pervading disiresses Of other
nations. The situation of Scotland is a, this
season peculiarly awful We are informed by
a gentleman direct from that country, and
whose character stands high and unquesiiona-
bic, that dreadful as he presumed the state
of The country to be, from the letters Of his
correspondence. the actual suferiogs Of the
people by far transcribed all his eypecis
tons. He states that this distress is so gen
eral and pervading, that it has afflicted the
higher classes, the yeemanry of the land.
The poor and industrious mechanic, who Is
compelled TO labour sixteen hours in day
does not make more than FIVE shilings in a
week for his wages-some are only able TO
procure. by The most rigid economy. potatoes
add salt for their wives. children, and families,
add some are destitute even Of that sorry
meal The same gentleman informs us, that
in9those abodes where formerly resided health
and comfort, and abundance, naked children
are found CRYING Tor bread. while the lean,
haggsrd and cbasily counisnances Of The pa
ren's betray symptoms Of starvation. Many
Of these families are in a state of almost alb
s5luie nskedness. Friends and neighbours are
now converted into sharp-sbooiers they meet
and exercise daily, for the purpose of putting
down the Radicals. Glasgow. in The mids,
OF all this general distress, appears like a gar
risonei town. The government, not daring
TO embody Scoiohmen, have qiariered Irish
soldiers upon the inhabitants; they made a
call upon The yeomanry indeed. but not man
as found 10 answer the call of government
Strong and urgent representations Of The
distresses had been made to the ministry, all
of which had been systematically neglected.
The attention Of the cabinet seemed entirely
engrossed with The trial Of the queen, and the
approaching coronation of The king. Every
other object is made TO give way 10 this idle
pageanry and os'enlaious ceremony. In
Manchester, little Notifications are built up in
the streets, and loopho'es are made through the
bricks for the military, 10 FIRE upon the cii
zens, in case of any sudden popular insurrec
ton. Large capitalists in Scotland, who
formerly employed FIVE or six hundred manu-
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STATE OF MAINE.

cuMBEHLAND Alta Circuit Court Of Com
mon Pleas in the first Eastern Circnit, begun
and holden at Psrilsnd within and for the Coui,-
ty ns cumberland. on the third Tuesday Of June
A. d. 1923
on the foregoing petition. ORDERED, that
te petitioners notify all persons interested IN the
lands lhesein DESCRIBED by causing copy Of lGtr
said petition aud this orler thereon 10 be publish
oil ia one Of the Portland Newspapers three weeks
thirty days before he third Tuesday Of November
aext. that they may appear it they see NJ at the
~il Circuii Court of Common Pleas the To be
holden a, Porland. within and for the said County
Of Cumberland and thew cause If any they have,
Why the prayer Of said Petitioners should not be
granted.
Attest, GEO. BRADBURY, Clerk
true copy,
Attest, GEO. BRADBURY, Clerk.
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To The Hyaortbtc Justices of the Circuit Court Of
Common Pleas for the frsi Easiera Circuit, begun
and holden at Portland miihta aadfo The county
ofCumberiaald, on The a.ird Tuesday cfJuns H.
ID. 1920
JTUMBLY shew, Enoch Moody and Joseph
IL Penly both Of Danvle in sud Couaiy, yeo-
uan and Dorcas Moody. of M,not in said toun-
~, sing ,ewoinan, that they arc se,zed IN fee simple
IS tenants in common, with others to your Peii'
teuers unknown If and in the following described
Real Estate the said Enoch in his own right OF
enc undivided ninth part thereof the said Joseph
in right Of his wife Thankful, formerly Thankful
Moody, Of one Undivided ninth pirt thereof aua
the said Dercas in her own RICH, of one undivided
ninth part thereof. The said Real Estate consists
of certain peice of land situated IN Westhrook,
formerly part of Falmosth. ia ssid County, az
said land was ffnedy owned by Houchn Mood
deceased and is bounded as follows, ,iz begif-
ming at an elm stump on the inierrae On the SOFT
ery side Of Presumpscut river, al the edge OF the
water and at the nor,her!y corner ofland which
the late Samuel Mountfort deceased, purchased 81
Joshua Moody and James Moody, March "a, 179i-
thence South Southeast, adjoining said Mountioris
land till il comes to land which formerly belonged
to Jeremiah Riggs--tbeuce Nogtbeastefly adjoin.
ing said Eigg' land ill il comes t. land Formerly
in possession If John Thuro--thence North North
rest till il comes to said river-,hence Southwest
eIy adjoining the river 10 the bounds first mention
<d-ssiJ land estimated 10 contain about thirty
acres, be the same more or les..-Which laid three
undivided ninth parts Of the Etaie aforesaid your
Petitioners are DIES rons ofholdng in severaiiy aad
there FIRE Vray this Honorable Court That after
due notice TO all persons interested that their SAT-.
three several parts Of said Estate may be set off
ARD assigned TO ,hem in severaity sgseeably to
law in such cases made aud provided and as in duty
bound will ever pray
by KiNsMAN 4 RICH ARDSoN, their Ats.
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A friend la. pu, into our hands Spanish PAM
phlet printed lately at Madrid, which contains
the history of a cause of miieheraf. earnestly
and laboriously Investigated by the Court Inqui-
sition, in the years 1915 and 1916 The accusa-
ton before this tribunal was, that .Madueta Ls-
einal, Sister ofthe order Of Charity, I" fifty years
Of age, and handsome" had been seen to do
things such as "fya'g in the air, making. The
chairs dance, curing child that mono Of the Fa-
Guilty could relieve, curing hsrselfin spite of the
Faculty, ccnjuring up figures Of hears and other
strange animals, passing through locked doors,
&c.-which could he accounted for, only Ivy sup
posing a compact between her and tho Devil"
The tribunal reported, after taking testimony by
commission in the most solemn forms, that " the
affair was Of the greatest importance, and should
be examined with all care and deliberNiion, in
order that acts so dete.tabe and pernicious to re-
licion, should he we'll determined as to the point
for reality" The Spiritual Directors and the Sis
ter, of the Conyentts which the accused belong
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ed, were all minutey Intercepted, but 1t result
ed from their evidence that !" she was plon'
person of strict virtue and most edifyins LIE
that she had regularly called the physician and
surgeon when she twas once previously iil-ano
that none of the witnesses, besides the informefs,
had evet seen person who possessed the stupen-
dous faculty ofhying in the air, and making the
chairs danee.' The Judgment of the inqui'i''on
was, that +" though extreme pains had been tax
en- 10 ascertain the truth of the facts alleged, and
every research made by the Tribunals Of saragos-
sa, Barcelona and Seville, yet ne solid grounds
appeared for penal proceedings in the CASE"
&c.-The Madrid editor has annexed notes and
general commentary tending to set the exorbi-
tant stupidity Of the affair il the true light, to IL
lustrate by it the value OF the late Revolution.
National Gasette.
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P@RHIRYa
POVERTY.

POVERTY.
They tell me thou'rt as dread foe,
To all that's sweet and clever,
As mortal eye has ken'd. below;
As yet on earth was ever.
Yet thou didst never frighten me
Out Of my seven senses.
I've ever calmly gazed on thee,
Yea, made thy best deiences.
tell thee, Poverty, that you and
Have friendly met together
Thou art the soul Of minstrelsy,
Ia every kind of weather
Had it not been for thee, my Tyre
Had ne'er produced a sonnet
Twas thou that bad'st my muse aspire,
And wreathed her ragged bonnet.
Through all hfeis journey thou hast not
From me an hour departed
Thou never hast my track forgot
Which proves thee most trs: hearted!
In infancy---so kind was thou,
My cradle thon attended;
And pressed To mine thy cheek Of snow,
Red rose and lilly blended.
I'll ungraieful e'er should be,
To one who's proved So clever,
Then take thy flight loued Poreuy,
And say--t.' .4dtsu forerer !"
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-09-12

Grasshoppers are represented 10 be uncom-
manly numerous in the interior OF New York.
In the town of Bern. it is said, besides DIES
troying almost every kind of heritage, they
have robbed several orchards of every vestIge
of their foliage. They are seen making their
way from place to place in numbers that dark.
en- the air, and remind one of The vast swsrns
of locusts in the east
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-09-12

We have barely had the opportunity Of look
ng at the reply published in the Hallowel Ga
zette, TO the observations of correspondent OF
the motto Of Maine, which we inserted in 35tt
number. |, does not appear to US that the reply
is victorious, or that the quotation which we
ourselves made from Cicero was " fatal to the
criticisms Of our correspondent" The phrase
" conjecture very often leads or conducts 20
truthn-does not convey exactly the same idea
or image as the manner in which star leads or
guides. We know of no authoritative instance
in which the word dirgo is used to express thi.
process, but we find Dreo constantly used. All
the quotations made in the Hallowell Gazette
have shades Ct meaning for the fret, which do
not generally belong to Dueo. II is ONO conse-
quence that the latter sometimes signifies to
is whether Dtrigo ersr signifies, with the elas.
sics, to guide, IN the exact sense ia which TIE
Polar Star is figured TO guide. The word dueo
coupled with the star GOULD not be ambiguous.
We have never seriously believed that Maine
meant to convey The idea Of direction or lead on
her part, ia the Union but her motto ought, as
the ingenious and erudiie writer Of iiallowell
candidiy remarks, :. TO speak for Itself" IL cam
not always be accompanied by the explanations
which the committee of her Legislature on the
subject, reported But we presume that our cor
respondent will attempt to maintain his ground,
and we prefer leaving the battle to him.
Our countryman, the ingenious Mr. Perkins, is
made member of the Society for the promotion
of the Arts, &c. in England. That Society ha.
presented him with large gold medal, for an
improvement in ships pumps Constructed Of
board.l-a small gold medal, for an improvement
in water wheels driving away back water)-a
large silver medal, for an improvement IN engine
hose (made with rivets)-and another is voted
him for his stove and ventator for ships. 10 be
presented next year No other person had more
than one medal. Ibid.
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Printers Misery -Erfra-To have one
thousand Subscribers of whom no two agree IN
opinion on any subject; 50 that IN all cases
where you oblige one you offend s99 -
Belaware Watcamdn.
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AN APPRENTICE

ITO the BLacxsmIrH's Business. is wanted.
i A Lad from IL to i6 years Of age, Of steady
habits and capable of acquiring knowledge oftbe
trade, may hear of a good place by applying a,
this Office Aug. %.
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-o<S-

German Wonders A German journal as
serls that an artist at Cemberg in Prussia, has
constructed watch which initiates the human
voice, and answers questions IN German and
Polish besides executing musical airs
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-09-12

Unless sasd taxes and al nece..aly charges are
paid To me the subscriber on or befoe Wednesday
the first day of November next much OF said
Land will then he sold al Public Veulus at the
house of the subscriber in said No. I, at niue o.
clock in the forenoon, will pay Ire same.
LEVI LUDDEN, Collector.
Plantation No 1, Aug 99 1890
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NORFOLK. Ara. %.

Extraordinary Suieide.--Ou Thursday after
noon last, about sunset, decent locking man,
stranger, standing the deck Of vessel at 'ray-
lor's wharf, enquired of a byestander what o..
clock il was and upon being informed, he OBJ
served, 4" II is iime for me TO be a gsing !" and
Immediately plunged into the river and dsap-
peared. Several persons were near the spot at
the time, who, at loss TO account for so strange
proceeding, stood by the place where be went
down, for some time, watching for his re.appear-
anoe in order to assist him, should il be neces-.
sary But he rose no more On Saturday his
BODY was found near the spot where the rash
act was committed, and after the usual forms,
decently inferred. From paper found in his
pocket book, it appeared that his name was .Nos
thanisI Lsn,oni, Of Bath, Maine aged 28 years
"a letter was also found in his pocket, from his
father at Bath, dated in 1919.
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PRICES CURRENT

At PORTLAND, SEPT. !, 1820.". Taken from
rees'a Sales and ,Nhoiesql: dealers prices.
05- Corrected by ATWOOD QUINCY,
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There had arrived at Quebec, Up 70 the
SIS, Of July, IA vessels snt ff75 settlers.
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FRea THE sALfM REGISTER.

Population Of Salem.-We are informed
by Mr.. Buuill, who has just completed the
enumeration Of the inhabitants Of This town,
thai the whole number may be little shoi,
Of COO, exhibiting a small increase from
The census OF 1910, at which tine the number
of inhabitants was 1869.
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Seven ,enements, extending along The
north side of Malkei.square, and inhabited
chiefly by retail grocers doing business in .
small way, were burnt in Petersburg Vrg. Oh
The night Of the 28h ul. The whole row
being Of wood the work of destruction was
soon over, and but little time allowed the un-
fortunate occupants 10 save their effects.
Some have lost considerable, and all have
suffered
Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-05-09
OF THE
Declaration, Of Independence,

Which shall be-. in all respects, .Ameri-
can. All the necessary materials shall be
manufactured in this country, and express
y for this publication. The designs, the
|engravings shall be the work of American
Artists the publication throughout shall at
ford evidence OF what our citizens have done
in politics and can do in art.
From The arrangements made, and the
dispositions manifested by the artists, it is
confidently expected that this engraving will
be, when finished, splendid and truly ma
tional publication The Publisher thinks he
can promise that it shall be ready to deliver
to Subscribers in February next, at TEN
dollars each copy, to be paid on delivery
The engravings will be accompanied by a
pamphlet, containing the official documents
connected with the publication as authori-
ties, and list ofthe Subscribers Names.
Its contemplated to have few copies
printed on paper prepared to carry colors,
to have the shields accurately tnctured in
the modern style and the plants, SC. color
ed by one of our most approved water CO.
lorers. The price OF those superb copies
will be THIRTEEN dollars each As no
more of those copies will be printed than
shall be subscribed for, gentlemen who
wish for them, are requested to add the
word colored" to their subscription.
JOHN BlNNS,
Chesnut-street, Philadelphia.
dec 80 dtf
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Asa perfect uniformity in the cutting and
making the cloths will add much to the ap.
pearance Of the students, Captain T would
he glad to have this work all executed atthe
Academy, where excellent workmen will be
provided. and where it is believed, it can be
dore on as reasonable terms as at any. other
place. Captain P. would also be highly graz
tilted to see allhis pupils clothed in doInes-
tic tic. manufactures. Bills of any Of the New
England banks, also of the banksof the city
Hof New Y ork, OF Albany, Troy, and Lam
singburg. OF the banks in the city of Pbila-
EdeIohia. and of the United States bank, or
any Of its branches, will be received in pay
ment for Academic expenses. Drafts on the
New England banks, on the banks of the
State of New York above mentioned, and o
the United States bank or its branches in New
England or New York, will likewise be re-
ceived. Ky :,
NOTE.-Editors of newspapers who shall
be pleased to insert the foregoing in their
respective papers, will confer an obligation
ON Capt. P and may perhaps at the same
time benefit the public.
march 8 demo
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Charles Scott.
dec3O

DETURNS bis sincere thanks to his
Il Ifriends and the public generally, and in
forms them that he still continues to keep
private entertainment at his new establish
ment on the south side of King-street, be-
tween the Diagonal Pump and Butts and Cay
woods Flour Store--having thirteen rooms
handsomely furnished, independent of the
front room now occupied as grocery store,
enables him to accommodate number Of
Gentlemen and Ladies, either by the day or
week--having also new stable furnished
with good hay and grain. and attended by a
ostler that is well acquainted with his bust
ness, is a great inducement for travellers to
stop, as horses will be taken by the day,
week or month at reduced prices. Three
more genteel boarders can be accommodated
at I50 dollars per. year. have good Sc
cond hand Gig, with plated harness, and
Horse, which will be sold for one half their
value for the cash. or will be sold Tor good
paper or goods at their real value.
March 8 eo3w
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THE
Declaration of independence.

WYE have no authentic copy of this most
w important state paper, the very basis
| that supports the proud column OF American
liberty none, at least, on which the eye OF
taste can rest, for moment, with satistac-
ton. Why have we not
The English nation, still proud OF their
MAGMA CHARTA, though every proyl-
| sion it contains has been trampled upon by
the bold ambition ftheir rulers, have pub
llished edition after edition Of this instrument,
each more splendid than its predecessor.--
Sir William Blackstone has collated and
commented on this fine copy OF Magma
Charta has been excelled by later specimens
of art, and the fac-similes of the seals and
signatur eshave made every reader OF taste
! in Great Britain acquainted, in some de-
gree, not merely with the state acknowledge
aud of art at the period in question, but with
| the literary attainments, also, OF King John,
King Henry, and their " Barons bold. >
| Surely the Declaration OF American lnde-
pendence is, at least, as well entitled to the
decorations Of art as the Magma Charta OF
England and it the fac-similes of the sig
natures of the patriots who signed 1t were
| published in America, it would serve to gra-
| tify a curiosity, at least as Iaudable as that
| which calls tor limitations OF the correspon-
dents Of Juuius or of the arstocracy that
wrested the English Charter from the reluc.
tant monarchs of the day.
We are firmly persuaded that the. more
the principles OF our Declaration of lndepen-
dence are spread out before the eyes of the
world, the more they will be admired, by
foreign nations as well as our own and eve
ry innocent and honest device that may serve
| to attract attention toward them, will serve,
also, to promote the great cause Of public II.
berry. Such an embellished edition as will
renderit an ornament to an apartment, Will
have tendency to spread the knowledge OF
its contents, among those who would other
wise have turned their thoughts but lightly
towards the subject. Such an edition will
serve 10 place it continually under the eye
of man, woman, and child in a fanily-it
will associate the pleasurable ideas of ele-
gance and ornament with the history of the
transaction tself-and familiarize those
principles which form, or ought to form, the
very bond and cement of political society
Nor is it of small moment that such an edf-
ton, well executed, will serve as specimen
of the state of the Fine Arts amongst us at
the present day. Actuated by these views,
the subscriber proposes to publish
| A SPLENDID EDITION
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T Notice.

DIFFICULTIES arising from the n.,.
IL otthe following work, the publish aa y
been compelled to remove TO PhiIadsl,,ll:.'
tor the better execution of his plan 'R lSa
editoriaidepartment has in Consequence l y
len into other hands. Mr. ALLpN's mr.. a.
engagement rendering itimpossible 10 r s,'s
intend it in another city. The flendss p =.
relations of the different signers to the D.s sa
ration Of independence are therefore rec r.a
ed to direct their favors to the publisher M n
443, Market-street, Philadelphia. 40
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Printers have been looking al. and ~
press their unqualified appreciation ol ia q
Your Press is better made than an II.
have from Ruthven's manufsctory I h
fact, an excellent machine, as powe Is
the Columbian, and to be preferred fsa
iightness and simplicity. W
D. T. G. BRUCE
Mr.. A. Ramage. If Decembsr r.
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PROPOSALS
BY JOSEPH M. SANDERsoN
For Publishing by Subscription,
A Biography ofthe signer
OF THE
Declaration Of Independent,
ACCOMMODATED Hiih Phi

Accompanied with Plates.
To which will be annexed History o,a.
Proceedings Of Congress, during the psss, 49,
OF the Law, and the Declaration tseE, VII
the fac simile Engravings of the Signature,