Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser

The past week has furnished no European intelligence of a later date than was published in our last. The next accounts, (from the relative position of the French and Russian armies) will afford information of important events. Buonaparte will make another desperate attempt to regain the ascendency and controul of the Continental powers, and the present campaign will probably settle the question as to their future independence or subjugation.

Congress—The latest accounts from Washington are, that the weather was extremely hot, and that many of the authors, and at first, advocates of the war, are getting heartily sick of the contest—whether from the ill success which has thus far attended its progress, or the gloomy prospect ahead, is not mentioned.

The President continues severely and dangerously ill, with a fever.

The Land and other War Taxes, like Pharaoh's chariots, drag rather heavily in Congress—the mere details of the bill, as yet, have not been decided on. The war party, with all their fire and fury, quiver and hesitate in imposing these enormous additional burdens upon the people for the purpose of carrying on a war, which has little or no other object than that of the protection of foreign renegadoes on board American merchant vessels. It, however, the reign of taxes, conscription and poverty is to continue, the next election will determine whether the citizens of the United States possess the spirit of freemen, or that of slaves—fit only to carry burdens and toil for the support of large standing armies and support those in office who "feel power and forget right."

The Senate of the U. S still possess the virtue and independence to refuse to confirm Gallatin's appointment of Minister, unless his office of Secretary of the Treasury is declared vacant.