The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-30

first statesmen, and the universal appreciation
of the people Of the United States, and that
his claims will have increased by bis present
lineumbency, the plain inference is, he il emit
tiled To the next Presidency, by that merit,
which, IN republican government, should be
the only test Of right to succession in Office.
Nor do we fear that all the political zealots in
the country united, can produce faction pow
erful enough 10 corrupt this right, which has
been established since the organization OF our
government"
This Is the FIRST time we have heard that
the President Of the United States was invest
ed with the right Of appointing his successor.
We have, in passing, no objection to make a.
gainst the ability or integrity Of those gentle
men, who have been successfully appointed to
the Office of Secretary Of State, BY the several
Presidents, and who have subsequently been
elected to the Office Of Chief Magistrate But
really we did not expect to hear the doctrine
Of hereditary descent, the right Of success
sion," 50 plainly stated and strongly insisted
upon, 10 quarter ofour country hitherto pre-
tending to manful support of republican
principles. 1t may be, however, that the wri-
ter is only sporting with the subject, and has.
no serious intention TO advocate Mr.. AdamsS
claims TO the Presidency on such grounds.
! tits al length ascertained that Judge South
ard has been appointed to the Office of Secre-
far 0f Ia b,-~ e~,Jt al
pointment and vnt~Fed ~I-~-- e. drlfias
The National Intelligencer seems To have
been somewhat costive in communicating 10
the public the appointment Of Mr.. SouTHARD
to the Office of Secretary Of the Navy. They
explain the delay, BY stating, that they onIy
announce these circumstances, BY permission.
and not by Inspiration, as some other editors
! do so that if they are sometimes day after
the fair, they are seldom obliged to eat their
own words. They intimate that they publish
these appointments as soon as they receive
them from the department Of state ; and they
attribute the present appointment partly 10 the
personal merit Of Mr.. 6outhard, and in part to
the circumstance Of his residence il New-Jer-
sey.
Mr.. John Bicknell. Of Buckfed, in this State.
has invented a Grist Mill and improved
pldnt adapted 10 haDu or morse power, Nv winch all
kinds Of grain may be ground by families al home
at such times as NAV suit their own convenience.
i is calculated 20 grind and siiLor bolt if desired
at one operation.
I We have had it in contemplation to publish
occasionally, on our first page, a DIRECTORY. .
to contain the names residence &c of our town
subscribers. Should this plan meet with 10 rea-
sOnable objections, we propose to commence
the publication next week.
I Farmington CanaL-The people Of New
| Haven, ant Of the district Of country from
thence to Pennington, are earnestly engaged
in arrangements for constructing the canal so
long talked Of, to lead from New Haven to
Massachusetts. The project Of canal along
the Housatonic from Derby to Sheffield, We
believe has fallen through.
\ At the commencement az Yale College %
"Wednesday 10Th inst. the degree Of Ii. ID.
was conferred on Hon. James Hillhouse and
IStephen f. HosTner. Noah Webster. ESQ. and
on Professor Hedge, Of Harvard University.
! LtbeTlG.-Later accounts, direct from this
colnny, confirm the statement previously
made, that the reports received few weeks
since in Boston were exaggerated. The num-
Der Of deaths had not been SO great, and the
sickness had abated.
Yellour tever among caHIe.-The cattle Oh
the island Of Bermuda, have Of late suffered
much by disease, which the physicians have.
denOminated the yelloc tersr.
ympahy.-Contribution have been sent
from Great Britain, to the care of Mr.. Bar.
ker, Br. Consul at Aleppo, for the relief Of
those who have suffered BY the earthquakes
IN Syria. Mr.. B. will distribute the aims a..
hong people of every description.
The Edinburgh Review, No. LXKVI. has
been received at New-York. Its contents
are as follows; /. Literary Property-Late
Judgment of the Chancellor. Narrative ola
Journey IN the Morea, by Sir William Cell.
| 3. Captain Anby's apparatus for Wrecks. 4.
The Periodical Press-St James's Chronicle
informing Chronicle-Times-Ne Timss
l-Courier, &c. 5. British Museum. 6. Tray
els n Egypt and the Holy Land, by WIN. Rae
Wilson. 2. French Geology Of Scotland. 8.
Observations on Infant Schools, sc. bv Tho
mas Pole. 9. Highways and Byways, or Tales A
oi the Roadside, picked up in the French
provinces. BY Walking Gentleman lO.Car-
not &c en- the Defence of Fortified Places.
H. Navigation Laws. 10. Memorandum of
Two Conversations between the Emperor
Napoleon \ and Viscount Ebrington, at Porto
terreio-Las Cases's Journal. Quarterly
List of New Publications.
From the Providence Journal
4 REsIDENTIAL.-The Florence Gazette saws.
he certainty Of General Jackson's cleo
uon becomes SO much stronger every day, that
We have concluded that our humble efforts.