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The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
CAPTJCHIN CHAPEL.

We have visited, with no ordinary degree
of pleasure, the painting by Sully, Of the in
terror of the Chapel of the Capuchin Friars,
now exhibiting in this town. it is not easy TO
speak in terms of too much praise Of this adj
mirable specimen of the powers Of the pencil
Although copy. it is pronounced by sompe-
tent Judges, who have had an opportunity Of
to be in no wise inferior 10 the
celebrated original. The painting, from which
this is copied, was executed by Grdnet, an
Italian Artist, Of the first celebrity, and i now
in possession Of Mr.. Wiggin Of Boston. Those
who have taste for the fine arts, and dis
position to encourage native artists of estab-
lished reputation, will not neglect to avail
themselves OF this opportunity Of witnessing
the magic of painting as exhibited by genius
of the highest order. 1t is not in our power
t. give particular descriptionofits beauties,
of the bold relief of the figures, which seem to
start from the canvass, or the truly wonderful
effects oflight and shade so powerfully exhl-
bited. We can only advise these, who have
TO see for themselves, assuring
them, that they cannot fail to derive a high
qualification Of most laudable cusIosty.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
REVENUE OF 1923.

We have before had occasion to remark.
THAT the inportations sof manufactured goods
from Europe were moi by any means so large
this year, as the last There must conse-
ouentlv be a considerable deficiency in the
revenue TO be derived from the custom-house.
For this we have been prepared. Indeed. in
the discussion which we gave to the last An
nual Treasury Report of Mr. Crawford. we
slated il very decidedly as our opinion, that a
sad falling off IN the revenue was unavoidable
and that the estimate Of the Secretary of the
receipts to be derived from this source, was
excessive.
From recent examination we fiud that the
amount Of duties bonded, in the first two quar-
tiers of this year, FROM Isl January to 80 June
Is $4,000, 289-against, for the same period last
year, S5.727, 170-makisg a decrease of about
S830,000 for six months and the decrease 10
the whole year will probably be in a much
greater proportion, as the importations will
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23

oe sun lighter, for the rest Of this year, than
.uey have already been. Ia addition hereto,
u must be remarked that while the duties Sc
cured have diminished, the amount of draw
packs has considerably increased; they are
estimated for these two quarters at S150,000
per month, which is nearly three times as
much as they actually were during the same
period fast year.
1t is also certain, that the proportion Of the
revenue collected in New York, to that in
he other ports in tie Union has Augmented
50 that there is no reason 10 calculate thai
these DEFICIENCIES here, may be supplied BY in
Grease elsewhere. NJ Y. american.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
JUDICIAL COURTS.

On the introduction of the Nisi Pnus sys-
TEN Into the Supreme Judicial Court OF this
State, by an act of the last Legislature, i be-
came necessary 10 make alterations Of the
times Of holding that Court, as we'll as The
Common Pleas. Accordingly changes were
made in several Of the counties, which, from
the time when they were made known, could
not be noticed in the Register Of the current
year. We subjoin the times and places q
holding some Of the fall terms.
On TUESDAY, the 18th inst. being the Sd
Tuesday ofSeptember, the Supreme J. Court
begun session at alfred, York County and
at Wiscdsset, Lincoln County. The Court al
Alfred was held BY Chief Justice Melien, and
at Wiscasset, by Judge Weston.
The Supreme Court will be next held al
Augusta on the lst Tuesday Of October, and a;
Castine on the 4th Tuesday of November
The Supreme Court viii also sit at Bangor, by
adjournment, on the Sd Tuesday of October
The Court of Sessions will be held at Fort
land this day. The ComfQon Pleas at the
same place on the Cd Tuesday of October
aud at Alfred on the Sd Tuesday of October.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
Oa%et1R%
PORTLAND. TUESDAY. SEPT. %. 1923.
PARTICULAR NOTICE.

The Seectmen Of this town having receiv-
ed A communication from the Selectmen and
others. a committee of the towns of Wiscasset
and Alma relative to the recent destructive
fires in those places, requesting that the same
might be laid before the citizens of Portland,
who are hereby desired to meet at the Town
House at 4 o'clock this afternoon for the pur-
pose Of taking such measures as may be judged
best calculated TO afford relief to the Sufferers.
By request Of the Seiectmen.
ISAAC ADAMS, Chairman.
September %, 1923.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
POLITICAL NAMES.

In most discussions, the great difficulty arises
from using the same word in different senses.
There is not doubt that Bout Of every 81
federalists are genuine republicans, and en-
tertain the same notions with the republican
psrtv-the only barrier between them is, that
their leaders impute TO the republicans opin
ions they do not entertain, and thus keep them
asunder. 1t is equally clear that many arrant
aristocrats veil their designs unler the coax
Of rePubiicanism. The designation, FEEDER
alist, orig ina.ly meant one attached 10 our fed
eral coosttution--it was the title given BY
MIR. Madison and others. to work they pub.
lished in defence Of it. 1t was an honorable
designation 10 that use Of tit applied equally
to Mr. Adams and to Mr. Madison, and il APP
plies to them now, and TO the republican party
generally
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23

public debates 10 Nov. 1777, LEFT coz
gress and was appointed TO go to Europe.
During nv absence had 20 correspondence
with him. nor information concerning him.
till 1894 be came TO Europe, united with me
and DR.. FRANKLIN in fifteen commissions
and full powers TO treat with all Or nearly All
the powers of Europe ID these commissions
We acted together for one year; but a. he
lived III Paris, and | ~ Anteuil- three Or four
miles asunder, we met together seldom but On
business. Although we agreed always very
well. there was ~ very close intimacy BE-
tween Is. In 1885 was sent 70 England,
where he made me a visit, A. he afterwards
did ii Holland but there was never any
snarrine between Us, nor much coEnmnnica-
ton but by letters Of DO great interest"
After his return from Europe, he was
Secretary Of State for short time, and after
wards Vice-President for four years but
had little intercourse with him, exceptin com
mon civilities. lie always protested great
friendship for me, even when, as it now APP
pears, he was countenancing FRENEAU,
BAcHE, DUANE, and CALENDER. wish him
no ILL., envy him not. | shudder al the cal
antilles which fear his conduct is preparing
for bis country from a mean thirst Of popu-
larity, an inordinate ambition, and want Oh
sincerity"
Again Mr.. Cunningham writes, {" am in-
formed that such a work" Ia view Of Mr.. Us.
character and conduct) " il preparing BY Mr.
COLEMAN Of N. Y. under the eye ofGen- HAM
ILroN." " If the two persons you name"
says the answer, I" are engaged In such work
you may depend upon IL, no good will come
ii. There will be SO many httts passions
and lSedk prejudices, 50 little cANDoR and SIM
cerity il it, that the duIlest reader will see
tbroaghit. The Jealousy Of the people will
be excited and not without reason, when they
see the President of the Cincinnati arranging
his forces in battle array, though il be but
war of the quill, against the Presidents of the
u. States, one after another"
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
POLITICAL.

-, From The National InfeLigeaeer.
Ine Otd Bank Of the United .States--Sone
OF our politicians have lately disinterred the
merits OF the Old Bank of the United States
ior me purpose Of trying, by this test. the
mouVes OF those who voted to prolunp the ex-
lstence of that Institution. A Priced oe
truth, IN the Washington City Gazette. has
undertaken, vindieation of MIR. Crawford
from The imputations attempted 70 be cast
upon him tor his conduct on the occasion. 70
examine the history Of that transae ton. which
resulted IN the decision ofthe question, against
fe-charterlog the Bank, BY tie casting vote Of
me then wee President. We were. at the
time, attentive observers of the scenes that
were passing; and We have never, for mo-
nient' entertained any other opinion, then or
since, than that the vote of the venerable
clinton, against renewing the charter of the
Bank, however laudabie the motives which
prompted IL, was, in effect, unfortunate for the
country.
IL will not, at this time of day, answer the
purpose OF the friends Of either of the candi
dates for the Presidency, TO attempt to make
either the new or the old Bank of the United
States the test of political orthodoxy. 1t can
not be denied that whatever objection Law to
The principle Of the old Bank of the United
STATES with q capital Of ten millions Of dollars
already IN useful operation, ppied with great
er force TO the present Bank. when il was
proposed, with capital OF thirty .fve millions
OF dollars The latter, however, had the sup
port OF a majority of the republican party.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
PRESTDENTIAL CAUCUS.

The public attention seems 10 have been
recently much excited on the subject Of Con-
gress Caucus for the nomination Of a candi-
date for the Office Of next President ana
from the ardour, with which the proposed
measure is advocated and opposed, one might
suppose that the choice must be the necessa-
ry consequence Of such nomination. We
are at loss 10 account for the importance
which seems to be attached to such meas
ure. The experience we have recently had,
al least in our part of the country, would
seem to teach us that CAUcUsEs are now the
most harmless Of all political contrivances
that have been used to direct public opinion.
Formerly, when the country was divided
into two great political parties the necessity
of concentrating their respective forces in
support of such candidates, as the common
interest of each might seem to require, was
such that the conflicting claims of the several
candidates were easily made TO yield TO one,
who might be likely to obtain the most EN-.
cient support in public canvass. This state
of things however, exists no longer-Men
and measures must now, in a great decree,
stand or fall by their own merits. Public
opinion is not now regulated by a standard Of
dogmatical authority from any party, whose
outlines are distinctly marked and defined,
and where the pale Of admission i guarded by
a formidable array Of points Of belief and ar
tices Of confession. The lines Of separation
have become as indistrnct and evancscent a.
the track Of a meteor or the traces Of an ar
row. There is no real diversity Of sentiment
or any important measures, concerning wlich
SO much asperity and bitterness we're former
y poured forth, TO poison the sources Of indt
vidual happiness and social intercourse. We
cannot therefore believe that any agreement
in Congress Caucus, will have any other
Operation, if indeed real majority can boob
tanned in favour of any one of the candidates
than to satisfy those who had no doubts be-
fore, and to confirm in opposition those who
may be in the minority. Indeed from the
pertinacity with which the claims Of the vari-
Gus candidates have been already urged be-
fore the public, there is no reason to suppose
that those, who represent them in Congress
will feel any disposition to yield to com
promise. Those BY whom the votes will all last
be given will feel still less obligation to be
governed by such nomination, aud according
" will exercise their electoral rights with
quite as much freedom a. If 10 such attempt
had been made 10 dictate to them. The re-
suit, then. Of this wonderful affair will be
found, like many other apparently formidable
schemes, TO produce no good and little harm.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY
From the Essez Register
Ma. CALHOU1


Mr.. Adams and MIR. Crawford are still
considered the leading candidates and the
relative strength Of theferner seems to have
increased within the last year. But there
are other candidates ana among them there
may be one who viii prove successful com
petitor against both. OF these Mr. Calhoun
possesses the greatest share oil those qualifics-
tions which the people, in tits quarter, consid
eressential. His talents, bis candour, his I'M
spotted reputation, his enlarged and ceInpre
hensve views ofnatioual policv, his acquain-
lance with tie feelings aud interests of the
North, where he was educated, as well as OF
the South, where his home is, combine to re-
commend him here"
The above extract from the Massachusetts
Woman, goes TO prove the truth of remark
we male some time ago that nezt to .Nr. .ad-
ans, John G. Calhoun enjoys most largely the
esteem and confidence of the people of New
Engisnd.-Iis splendid talents. his spotIess
character,-and his comprehensive and singu-
]arly correct views have gained for Mr. Cal
houn the second place in the opinions and wish
es Of New England.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
RAE AMERICAN oRATORs.

Two young Masters, the eldest only IL, and
the youngest II years Of age, with their sister
who is 8, are, we understand, now giving ex-
hibitions in this town Of Eloquent REGULATIONS
Of pieces selected from the best English su-
thors. The first exhibition took place al
Beethoven Hall, last evening, and the next
will be at the same place this evening al
which time il is expected their teacher, who
is with them, will also take the floor, If the
audience should be Sufficiently numerous.
From the satisfaction these performances
have given, in other places, to persons OF taste
and judgment, and the reputation the perform
ers bring with them to this town, we have
every reason to believe they will meet the en-
couragement and success they deserve.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
FOREIGN.

The ships Topaz and America arrived al
Boston Sept. IS, with London papers 70 Aug.
J :. The Lancaster, Capt. Dixey, at Philadei
phia with Liverpool papers to the 30th- EX'
tracts will be found under our foreign head
The Duke d'Angouleme had left Madrid
and was on bis way to Seville. The French
were reported to have retired from the posi-.
tons they had occupied near CorunDa.
Gen. Wilson left Corunna for Vigo on the
25th. On his arrival at Vigo, he opened z
correspondence with Geo. MorilIo for sus.
pension of hostilites, but the attempt was IN
successful. Gen Quiroga left Corunna on
the 3lst for London, whence be is TO proceed
to Cadz, where it is said he will have a new
command.
Gen. Morillo, Count of Carthagena, has by
a decree of the Spanish Cortes been declared
a traitor, and deprived of bis rank, titles and
dignities.
The guerilla parties Of the Constitutional
lists were numerous and active and omitted no
Of harrassing the French troops
The new body Of French troops under LAu-
RlsToN had entered Spain, with large train
lof battering artillery, and had commenced
the seige Of st. Sebastians.
Commercial Order.-The London Gazette
Of July 22d, contains an important order oi
the King in Council, imposing duty Of AS. 50.
per ton, aud 10 per cent. discriminating duty,
upon all American vessels and produce enter
ing the ports Of the West-India Colonies and
British America, in return for similar duties
charged by the American Government on all
British vessels and produce of those countries
which enter the ports of the United States,
beyond the duties charged by the U. States
on their ships bearing produce from the above
mentioned British colonial ports.
The King of Sweden has issued decree
declaring that all Swedish and Norwegian
vessels which are employed in the Slave Trade
shall lose the royal protection; and all vessels
which shall be found participating ia that
trade under Swedish and Norwegian colors.
shall be looked upon as not carrying such
colors.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
SICKNESS AT NATCHEZ.


Letters from Matches to the 21st August
give melancholy information of the raysgss
tnere OF yellow fever. There were said q
ave 6een IS cases reported the goth and
Ia me disease was SO mortal that people who
were well az breakfast time, were ID their coin
~ O'Clock at night s. that persons who
ldu accompanied their friends to the river ~
M mem embark, had died before they left ths
wharf One letter says, I" have five members
\ ny family Ill Of the fever, and have en-
P.oyeo three physicians, all Of whom have
oeeu attacked in succession, and shall re
Leoessitated to employ fourth" Great nunn-
o oeIs naa died; Twelve in the night Of Inc
~oln' The whole population was in quick
,,'11 and 1t was estimated, that Of ne
, sn.ee thousand Of which il was composed no'
.HoIe 'han 300 would remain on the 22d. Inc
a,'eaSe was thought TO be more violent than
at s5 deg. ''''- VA ''-''
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
HEALTH OF OuR TOWNs-

Most of the towns on the seaboard Of the
U. ;. continue to enjoy excellent health.
The New-York papers have mentioned the
existence of yellow fever in Brooklyn, L. l.
where SIX or eight persons have died The
sIckly district had been fenced in, and other
precautions taken. Two recent cases had c-
CURED IN the city but the diseases in both
cases were ascertained to have been contract
Ell on board the ship Diana, from Cuba, which
mad arrived sickly at quarantine, and was dis
charged too early, or before being sufficiently
purified. One Of them i the wife of the Cap
tam Of the Diana. No unnecessary alarm
existed 10 the city, and the Board of Health
naa taken measures to prevent the spread "a
the eOntagion.
Ihe Philadelphia Sunday Chronicle Of Sun
Jay iast, says, the intermittent fever still pre-
Valis IN the neighborhood Of the citv.--The
weather for the past week has been very un-
favorable to those afflicted with this disease.
Z writer IN Poulson's paper Of Saturday morn
ing' recommends the establishing Of houses
lot me purpose of making soup, sage, and
gruei' TO be served out to the INDECENT sick.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
NEw-YoRK, Sept. 1e

NEW- DIRK, sept. Iy.
Capt. Adams, of the brig Fame, arrived last
evening in "a days from Campeachy, informs,
that the Congress was TO meet on the 10th OF
August at Yucatan, to settle the affairs of the
new government.
We learn from the same source, that Spa
nish schr. had been fitted out by number of
merchants at Campeachy, and on the 1st Of
August, off that harbour, attacked and cap
tured pirate, after killing five of the villains
in the contest. The captain Of the pirate
committed suicide by shooting himself in his
cabin-N. Y. DAILY .Adr.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
MEssRs. ADAMS a JEFFERsoN

Without being able 10 divine or explain
President Adams peculiar feelings towards
President Jefferson, and still less to zee WHY
the sons teeth should be set on edge by the
fathers having eaten sour grapes, we never
theless suppose it may be entertaining to sume
of our readers to see extracts from the cor
respondence lately published. The follow
ing are from the CentineI:
Jan. 1904, Mr.. c. writes that he has g for
some time been collecting materials to pre-
sent the public with full view of the obarac-
ter and conduct of MIR. JEFFERSON :. No
man living has so thorough a KNOWLEDGE NJ
MIR. Us. transactions as yourself-it is neces-
sary, therefore, TO the perfection Of NV plan
that should assume the confidence TO anplv
to you for some particulars" 81 will not Dis
semble that my exertions and nv admiration
would not be abated BY your auspices. brt
they would give activity and animation N
both" Thus addressed BY friend and the
descendant offriends for two generations .nd
almost relative, Mr.. ADAMS replies. !. VI,
are much mistaken when YOU say that . AZ
man living has SO much knowledge Of M
JEFFERsoN's transactions as myself II trrtb
know but little concerning him. You viii
see by the journals, that he came first into
Congress 10 Autumn, l775: but he nsvas
stayed long ia that assembly. During tba
short visit he made US, he and agreed va-s
wen IN sentiments and votes, and were very
good friends but he never took any share in
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23
FOREIGN NEWS.


NEwYoRK, September 10.
BY the ship Lancaster, Capt. Dixey, at PHI
adelphia, intelligence from Liverpool has
been received TO the 18th of August. We
are indebted to the editor of the Aurora for a
proof sheet, containing among other things
the correspondence between Sir Robert Will
son and the Count of Carthsgena (Morillo),
relating to cessation of hostilites in Spain,
preliminary to an adjustment of the difficult
ties 10 that nation. 1t does not appear that
SIR Robert had any authority beyond his own
free will for making this overture, though he
says in one ofhis LETTERS" My intention was
TO have proposed to you plan, by means OF
which general suspension of arms would have
been obtained, and in a short time a general
peace through he medium Of England" lTe
cannot believe that be was Empowered by the
British Government TO make these PROPOSE
lions, for his standing as politician at home
we presume, would preclude such an idea
He may have been urged to il by Spanish an.
thority or what is more probable, by his
own feelings. Ifthe last supposition is cor
rect, it leaves ground for the conclusion that
Sir Robert considers the issue of the Spanish
cause as at least doubtful, if not desperate.
Speculatians on the affairs of Spain are in {
great measure useless, The accounts are ST
vague and unsatisfactory, so contradictory anC
inconsistent, that at this distance no person
can tell what to believe, and what to disbe
lieve. The most that can be done here is, t
hope for their success, to watch as narrowly
as possible the progress of events, and ascer
tain, as far as the nature things win admit
the real, or at least probable condition of the
country and the parties.
| BY an article from the London STAR which
IS ministerial paper, II would seem that tht
situation OF Cor nna Is not as secure as W.
had been led by former accounts to suppose
However, il comes from the anti-Spanish side
of the question /; and therefore will not be i'm
plicitly credited. The Morning Chronici,
presents the other side of the question am
perhaps as great allowance ought to be mad,
for It's enthusiasm in their cause, as for til,
GOODNESS of the sun.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-09-23

We have been favored with a SMYRNA pa
per ofJune l3. he principal contents have
already reached us through the European pa
pers. The French squadron in the Archipel-
ago consists of nine vessels of war. The
Turkish fleet is described as furnished in tie
most perfect manner for securing the objects
of the campaign. Frigates have been substi-
tuted for ships Of the line that its movements
may be more free. French sailors have been
hired at high price to direct the maneuyres
transports have been added that the ships
of war may not be incommoded by the troops.
The grand seignior himself, as an unusual
mark of honor, was present at the departure
of the fleet, and saw the anchor raised of the
Captain Pacha's frigate. There seems to be
but little doubt, that the fleet after landing
5000 men, and provisions at Carlisle, had pro-
ceedcd TO Patras.-Of its subsequent move
ments we are not informed
Boston D1iiB advertiser.