The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-03-05
Foroign Avticles.

.ffV Shctlaaa,-Tnis nc,yly discovered land has
hecn visited by several vessels thar have brought home
good car-Oes OF seal skins The country extends from
- 20 81 degrees west longitude. and from 81 70 "a
south latitude IL consists OF numerous islands with
ont a yesge OF vegetation. species of moss only is
found upon the rocks near the shore eternal SHOWS
covering the more remote parts which are mountain
GUS Although nature, in these regions assumes the
most sterile and orbiddins features the thermometer
was al no time below tie freezing point hut the mel
ting SHOWS near the shore completely saturated the
so, As 20 check al vegetation. Good coal was found
AZ abundance. Shnmps aud penguIns beyond
conception numerous.
Persian Poet takes the following monsroTsfv nm
gallant Liberty with the fair sex When thou arr
married seek 10 please thy vie but listen nor to all
she says From man right side rib was taken 10
form the woman and never there seen a rib quite
straight and would 81 thou straighten it II breaks,
but bends noti since then ts plain ti.t crooked il
woman temper forgive her faults and blame her not
not let them anger cee coercion use as all is 10
vain TO strtlgaten what is curved"
There IS thing, says a writer il Cobbetts Regis
Ter, worth making known-becausc ! dc not believe
that people IN general are OF it, 1t is TINS -
That the cause OF the Dutch butter being much more
mild Favored than any other is that the butter itself
IS never satedbut the milk is salted when il hrst
comes from the cow
Nh Barth, OF Stasburg has published his discovery
OF barometer, which viii announce every change OF
ne weather 80 hours before II happens and will give
notice OF thunder storms Il hours before they occur
As the government had no complete and eligible suit
q armour TOT ne Champion at the late coronation tile
suit worn borrowed for the occasion His Mai
eNty mas since directed suit 10 be made Tor his
champion, which Is Just completed II is Of steel pol
ncd 10 the highest state of perfection, and fastened
with brass riyeis
The Champion has iust ke,n apnotntaj ! rridsh;r-
man il the Royal Navy.
Extracts 81 a letter an me Boston Dailp i'd
Verttser, from Valparaiso
Now we shall see what benefit the Peru
vlan' are to derive from their Independence
All that Chill has gained is an extended COM
merce, though exclusively shackIed with the
most absurd AMI arbitrary regulations, and
enormous duties. In soy other respect Chill
has gained nothing As to liberty they don't
know The meaning OF the word and as to laws.
why, me Governor Of every town and every
petty village, - arbitrary as The Dey o.
A'sIerS, s. that the character of the man de-
termines The happiness or misery Of the PEG:
pie; and what, n may be asked, is the gov
efhnent al -. Jago, but an usGrpation, Ie-
Peatedly couh,cating the effects aud transport
ing The persons Of all who differ from them in
~ ''N's w. 10 SOON Rd'lfONS Dc uIcUl>GhGs =
IhIs Is all literally true and without exagger-
alton, and every American or Englishman Is ho
has been much tn the country will confirm il.
" Capt. Ridgley is now here. have pass
ed many pleasant hours with him. He sails
Tomorrow on a long cruise. have also had
the pleasure Of being acquainted with Com.
Hardy. One fact, derived from him, beg
leave 70 menIIon for publicity. 1t regards the
famous blue lights Of Connecticut. He assured
Capt. Ridg'ey that he never saw or heard of
them. out from the American papers, but that
be never contradicted The story, because il
answered his purposes not 10 do it, al The time.
have the fact immediately from Capt. r.
aud therefore you may rely upon it. Thus
these celebrated stories which brought such
odium on Connecticut, and New-EngIsnd gen.
orally, AL end in smoke, and were literally
false. Com. Hardy has in manners the sim
plicity Of child, and | am convinced is in
capable of fal>hood Let Connecticut there
fore be no longer branded with nfamy on this
account"