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are aolhori z *d to receipt for the payment
of the same. We have so often urged
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ble ess, as well as the necessity of ii.tnctH.nl
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the paper. j
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W sc as sen, ? Mr yohn Babton
lfrcsden, 3
wew Castle, T
Bristol 2c > Mr. Stephen C*fjin.'
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W arren, 1
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Cushing, j
Tliomaslon— S. Thatcher, F.tq.
Camden—Mr Phtntat Brvsnr,
Northport,
Belfast & C Mr. B. C* Johnson.
JUiunont, j
In future pa;*: s notice will be given of
Agents in other towns, wiih whom bills
will be left.
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fcT To Journeymen Printers.
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^\NE of Correift Principles, Heady habits
and a good workman, will find couHaat
employment, ready pay and good wages, by
applying at this Office. Sept, 17.
BEEF.
50 Barrels No. 1 BEEF—
Tot laie by
Ilrael Richardson.
August 6. (if )
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REMOVAL.
SIMON DEARBORN*
TTAS Removed from hie late (land iu Ex
** change-llreet, to the head of Ingrahams
Wbirf., where he carries 00 as ufual, the
TAIL CZ/NC BUiZXASS . *mf folirits tlx
patronage of his friends and the public la
geoeral.
SEAMEN'S CLOATHING.
He fells oa conmjiVion every article *f
Mariner's Cloathing, at the very rrwefl pri
ce*) and will have on baud a conflant and
foil fupply, luired to the feufoci.
PftlnmJ, July SO.
" * REMOVAL. !
CAMUEL KICH.IRDSON iafo.-mi hi. ‘
friends and ihe public that he has rtmo- ‘
ved from High-Street, and takeu that large j
and commodious houfe lately occupied by
Mr. /erfmiah i odd in Matket-fqnare, where
be (hould be happy to w lit upou his friends '
—He Ii)f-wife will entertain U ranger* and !
travellers as ufual. Front the central fituation ,
of his houfe, he hope* for a (bare of their pat* «
forage.
N B. A number of Gsdtlerrer esn be ac
commodated with boarding on reafonable
terms. SAMUEL RICHARDSON.
Newbury p^rt, April 2.\ 0 n
T 1 1 — 1,111 ■ n —tviiryin 1—w-*v
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FOR THE GAZETTE
To the Inhabitants cf the Di/lhci °j
irlcliuC»
About two years ago, a Society
wa^> formed coi.iiiiuig principally ol !
citizens living in the counties of j
erlandt l l :c'Jn and Keanebtw
for “ the promotion of chrhtiau
knowledge* order and piety in the j
Diftrift of Maine.” The objtcb of j
|, the Society arc comprehenfivTlv ex-|
prefTed by its title. To fuinifh the 1
poor with the volume of divine iruth *,
j aflnt thofe who live in new fettle, j
tnent* i.» fupporting preachers ef the
goipci j and to improve our fchools, '
L ^7 urgin& the importance of employ* i
ing only fuch as are of good morjl
ch«iaclers for the initru&ion of j
youth, and by recommending the j
more frequent perufal of the liible *
oy children both at home and in j
Ictu ©1 ; thefe are the views, and j
i *kele be the humble attempts of j
V*c Society.
As its funds are, yet comparatively !
fmall and as i>ther tockties have late- !
ly been formed in the State for the 1
diitribuuon of the bible in fa milies, j
\ ar*d lor employing miflionarics in i
newly frttied parts of the country^
** ii intended, at prefent, (but with- !
°ut relinquishing the plan or the hope
J* doing good in thefe refpe<£\s in
Jt'ture) to have p-rincipatly in view to !
promote the uPefulnel* of fchools and
?j,e improvement of youth. And
h-c fubferiber, one of the Truftees
t
ot ; .*e i as been rt quelled to
jr<1 -1r< s a fhw hints to the • public, in i
th r t rune on this interefting lub
j ’c'*
I .v* great importance of the ob-j
jecl, w( think, will be acknowledged 1
by .hi ■ 1 dies of citizens, i he peo
of '> -w./>gl tnd appear to have been
jdway s it ■.:ibite of the immenle ad
vantages cf well regulated fchools.
Our legifla-tors have often given their
op ini i: to the fame e th; c\, bv ma
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kmg provjfiot.s in law for t?;e fup
port of ’ r f good moral characters,
as the »»u ruof r? of youth. Jr be re
quiilrio f the civil authority are
explici** J ample on this fubjett.
We will ‘ thcr to alter nor to in
terfere hem. Our purpofe is
only tr q,c attention of the peo
ple to whoiefotne direct
ions oi 1 the commonwealth.
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and to d n ready compli
ance.
Under t . cc of a patriotic
and a reh i it our anceftors
eftabliffie:! u. inftfudtion
and improver e;. c yo .th j and the
belt effects haw •iltcd from thefe
inftitutions. In a . ivtcouirry, like
ours, this ccnfiiLrati n mutt have
great weight, lo prepare our youth
to be good members of fociety, tt is
necefiary they be u f. i ftm&ed and
well-directed in the early periods of
life* And hence appears the vaft
importance of employing, in the ref
i ponfible office of ichnol-ma tiers, fuch
t only as are of correct morals and as
! will attend alfo to the moral conduct
of the youth committed to iheir caie.
It is indeed, for the people, or their
agents, to employ fuch individuals as
| they choofc. But we hope, it will
not be confidered as interfering with
their rights, when we urge them, by
confiderations of regard to the pub
lic good and of affection for their be
loved offspring, to engage, as teach
ers and mailers of fennels, fkch per
sons only as pofiefs good charafte***
and difplay pme morals. And per
haps fufiicient attention has not al
ways been paid to the abilities and
the library qualifications of rhe iu
llruCtors of our youth. It certainly'
re necefiarv, theyfiiouiJ at leait have
a knowledge of our own language and
be able to teach it correCtlv.
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It is alio recommended to the
fchool committees (or to the felect
mea where there is no fuch diftinCt
committee) to vific the ichools fre- i
^juenfiy, to examine into the ft ate of i
them, to enquire what progrefs the
fenoiars are making, and to enjoin j
upon the mailers, that portions of the i
holy feripturcs be 1* quemly read in j
foiooi by the higher ciafies, and that |
a weekly examination be had by them !
rcrpcfting the oerufal of the bible by |
the fchoJ its out of fchool, particular- I
;y on the habbath. it is obvious
that great advantages will accrue
from his p:actice it will at once I
increafr, in our youth, an acowain- I
tance with the holy tcnprures and j
fix in them habits of attention and
ltu y, and thus prerent their fpen
ding great portions tit time in inil
ehicf or folly. And from s&ual ex
perience. it is found, that this plan ,
is productive of the happieft effeCls. j
A fpirit of emulation is thus excited
and an uncomrhon attention paid to J
the contents of the infpired volume.
The Society have not yet precisely
authorized a promife in regard to a
ny particular town ; but l am per- !
mitfed to Hate, that it is in contem-i
plation to reward thof'e youth, who !
(hail excell in their reading and |
knowledge of the Bible, who ftiall !
commit portions of it to memory, !
and who fhall, at the lame time, in j
other refpsdh, receive the recort- j
mendation of their In(lru£tors, by
giving a Bible of better type and pa
per than thofe in common circula
tion, and other books on literary mcr- <
*
al and rtuginus fubjects, uncxcep- j
t ion able in their doctrines and con- ^
tents.
i his plan will be carried into op- j
oration by placing th« boo*::., to be J
given, in the hands of the SeleChmtn,
or fth<ol committee, for them to be
llow (iu connexion with the minifler
of the Town of whatever Denomina
tion he may be) from time to time,
on fuel* youth as fliali diftuiguiih
the felves in the manner before
mentioned.
The Society wifn not to promife
more than they can realonably ex
pert to perform. Their funds, tho’
lmall, are increafing. They are hap
py to acknowledge the aid of many
opulent individuals in the Diftridt ;
and they rely on the afliftance of
good men of all religious denomina
tions, as they have no fectarian views
to ferve, and intend not to give the
preference to any particular tocietics,
in the diftribution of books. From
the Bofton and other Bible focieties,
they aifo expedt aid in receiving the
iacred knptures for diftribution, ac
cording to the above plan, as well as
for fuel: families as are not able to
s purchafe for themfcfves. * .
At ore**.it the focietv muft Be
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■ content with having made this pub
lic declaration of their views, and
with expreffing, an ardent reqtleft to
the people of the Diftridt, to pay
more flridt attention to the regulation
of fchools among them ; cn the due
management of which, in a great de
gree, depend the virtue and happi
nefs of the rlflng generation.
ALDBN BRADFORD,
m behalf f the Tnjlees.
JrifoiJJ'it, Sej>t. :.8, i8tc.
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Nett.—Thofe pcrfonr,, who feel
themfelves able and difpofed to en*
courage the views of the focicty are
informed, that any perfon may be
come a member by paying two dol
‘aisou admitlion, and one dollar an
nually. And all who w:fh to become
members or to contribute to the
funds of the fociery, are requeited to
apply to 'Judge hretman, and Hen.
H eodbury Sts/ er of Portland j to Gen.
N. C. Alien, of New-Gloucefter \ to
Charles Coffin Efq. of Gorham ; to
tdm Abbot and 'Jothum stone, Efq. of
Unndv.-icfC ; Jonathan I'dlis, Efq. of
Topfham ; Rev. Mr. jenks, tlrm.
king and Nathaniel Coffin, Efq’rs.
of bath ; Rev. Hcz. Bar hard and
Jrrt ISa‘d; Efqr. of wifeaflet 5 Benj.
Vaughan, Efq. oi Hallowed ; Rev.
Daniel Stone, of Augulta \ Aaron Bit•
ny* hfq of Bnftol; Jf jhua Head, Efq.
of Waldoborough ; Rev. Jonathan
Hu/eof Warren ; Hon. A athan Read
ot lie i la it ; and Job Aelj^znd Ala
fin Shn v, Efq'rs. of Ca{line.
Th* fcveral Printer* in the Diflrifi »f
Moine arc n,]ue:led to publiih the Above,and
thui aid the Society ia their wifhcj of general
utility
3!mfUtgnrcc.
Extracts from late English fiQp.ers,
'I'he vast amount of the losses sus
tained by the French armies in Spain
and Fortugal, may be* tolerably estima
ted by the following Lets :—
A gentleman lately returned from
Palis, saw the 8th corps of the French
army, (one of those granted to Masse
na to make up the *0,000 additional
troops required by that General, previ
ous to his taking the Command of what
is called by the French the Army of
Portugal,) p^ss a review be Lit: Bona
parte.
ft passed in at one gate of the Thu
yienes, where Bonaparte was, and out
at the opposite on*. It formed a com
plete army of 40,000 men, of which
10,000 were cavalry. There were two
divisions of infantry of 15,000 each,
with all the adjuncts of a train of artil
lery, pontoons, bread-waggons, and
those various troops of sappers, aniz
mus, Sec. invariably attached to the
French armies.
Bonaparte was so minute m his in
spection, that when a particular pon
toon came up, drawn only by four
horses, ti»e fest, of fourteen in all, be
ing drawn by *v:+ with led horses to
each, he immediately halted the Corps,
and asked the cause cT this deficieRC).
lie was told that one horse had got
lame, and that h’s companion hail been
taken away with him. tk Then/* said
Bonaparte, “ let the deficiency be sup
plied from tiic led horses ; that is the
use of them/* This was accordingly
dune, the march '*as resumed till tiie
whole passed under the eye of the Em
peror/
Within two months, however, this
corps, thus full and complete in every j
particulm, had suffered so much by j
want, fatigue, sickness, and desertion i
in the hate march i: Lo Spain, that in
the lirst return into the War O.T.ce at
Paris Ironi the frontiers of Portugal, its
effective strength was stated only at
31.000, making a deficiency of 9000;
anil subsequently, when it manoeuvred
between Lord Wellington’s army and
^tudad Rodrigo, it was rated onlv at
20.000.
Allowing a reasonable deduction for
detachments* (though this being a
lighting corps intended lor field service,
it would ol course he as little as possi*
ble diminished in that way) there would
be a reduction of a full fourth from the
original strength. Allowing, howev
er, that the return of convalescents
may make up a considerable portion of
this deficiency, yet, when we consider
that this co- *- had left Paris only three
months bolore in a perfect state, and
had not fought a battle, the instance
presents a portion of a mass of loss,
not less astonishing than true. The
French soldiers do not hesitate to
avow, tint they consider Span as a
grave ; their nillrfh to that conntry is
looked upon by them as a procession
to execution.
——
Jrijh Mem failures ruined / f
A iklfaft paper menrions:—I hat1
within thefe few weeks pad there I
have been no lefs then 1666 boxes of
linen of 60 pieces each, (hipped from
Dublin for America ; or about 100,
I cgc peices of 25 yards each being 2s.
6d per yard amounts to more than
250,000/ (terlir.g.
Conjiantinople, June 8. '
At length Mr. Adair, the Englifh
ambaflador, had his audience leave of
I the Cairnauan-Pacha on Monday laft.
He prefented as Charge d’afFairs, and
I to fill his lituation during his ab
fence, Mr. Canning, Secretary of
Legation.—The Pacha, according to
the ufual practice, prefented feme
beautiful pelifFes to the Gentleman of
the EmbafTy, and a very valuable
fnufFbox to Mi Adair
More than eighty velTelsladen with!
corn and Hour entered the port of
Conftanrinople the day before yefter
day, for the fupply of the Imperial
magazines, There is every appear
ance of a fine harvefl, as well’ in
Afia as Romelia.
Banks of the Danube, July 30.
Letters from Odefla afTert, thftt'
the Turks are difpofed to procure a
peace by the facrifice of the two pro
vinces of Moldavia and Wallachia.
It is faid that the late Queen of
Holland, " Napoleon’s daughter filt
er and miltrefs,” is afflicted with
the aflhma.-Pichegru’s fpirit
can witnefs, that thofe whom Bona
finds in his way are apt to be trwub
led with a fioppage cf breath.
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The Ioffes throughout the French'
army have been fo great fince Bona
parte’s imperial acceffion, that bv a
late account, accurately taken, of the
pfefent, population of France, it ap
pears that the fema!d$\ now exceed
j the males in number by more than
'five miiuMS /—Lon. prp.
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London, />*£. 21.
The fhipments of iinen from Ire
land to the American market, have for
fome weeks been tanufuaUy great.
.When the French troops entered
Amjfardjmt many of the houfes were
(hut up, the owners being either trav
elling or in the country ; the lirr
! gomafter, however ordered them to
i be broken open, and ti c funmurrs
! See to be fold to defray the expenfe
of the foidiers maintenance.
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IDo;ncstic Jittrilrgmcf.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 2$.
i here is a defpatch from Mr.
Pinkney, for the United States’ gov
ernment, by the Magialen, from
Liverpool, and fome Inters, of toe
i 17th and 19th of Align ft, from Lon
don, which ftate that Mr. J. Ad i
ami, our minifter at RulTia, hart bee*!
! fome time iu a bad ft ate of health,!
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and fignified an intention of relum
ing home.—Aurora.
, NtWfork, Sept. 25.“^
, Bonaparte now «loves Americans !*
He loved Italy—he loved Holland,
and he loves bpain and Portugal !
The wolf loves fat lambs, but when
he once has them in his poorer
what are they—how does he ufc
them !
A great Eciipfe of the Sun takes
place on the 17th of Sept. 1811, at z
P. M.
TORPEDOES.
Commodore Hedgers had prepar
ed the U. States brig lArgus for an
attack, and we vinderttand fit Mr.
Fulton at defiance. The experiment
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was to fhive been made on her% and not
“ on models in a private apartment.’*
A torpedo boat was built for the /v/r- .
pofe—Tcrfedoes prepared, and fome of
the Corranifiioners haa repaired urt
bcardt among whom was Gov Clai
borne. G'n Stevens and Col Whar
ton were imited on board to w.mefs
it—The Argus was prepared — no ex
periment was made, and now we are
rold “ experiments are to be madf
on models in a private rcom/* i He
one expected was to have been with
blank torfedees on the Argus, who was
to oppofe no force. The defence con
fided in nets, fpar; and grapnells, ar
ranged with fuch judgment a$ com
pletely fc bid defiance to all the tor
pedoes the ingenuity of Mr. Fulton
could invent. , But the ability of
Commodore Rodgers had ftarted
objections, which Mr. Fuiton never
had difeovered with his t% models/*
and fo much greater is the managea
blenefs of a model in a tub of water
than of an unwieldiy torpedo in a
tide way, that Mr. Fulton was not
prepared fora public experiment, but
with a degree of modefly, entirely
new tc him, preferred the more nov
el, though certainly full as practica
ble method of blowing up a fhip by
argument.—£v* pod.
t ~ "T ~r' y
Lawyers-Thirty three licences
were lately granted for Attornies to
practice in the Diilricf Cour.s of
Pennfylvania. This news is impor
tant ; as if they increase in the fame
yearly ratio, we (hall foon have afor^
midnblc corps.—Nor Herald.
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„ Excellent criterion.
, Since parties took their rife in tV
United ktatea I do not believe l eve
voted tor a matiy five for an ofHce of
profit. I have never voted for this
perfon or tlv.t perfon, becuule
was my friend or neighbor—but have
voted for Inch perfons as I prefumed
mouldaj thofe things I myfetf mould ao
if perfonally pt esent. This is the true
fpirit of the representative fylteni,
and the rock of rcpubticanifin.
When Tom Pain was about to
leave f ranee for America, which was
fome time alter Bonaparte became
firfl Conful, he addrefled a note ro
J alievrand, with whom jie had been
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intimate, Hating, that, as he had
been honoured by the French peo
ple with a feat in the National Con
vention, a: an early period of ti,«
Revolution, he felt it a debt of gra
titude which he Owed to France, »o
make a tender of his fervices to ti e
Country of hIs adoption, the United
States of America, to which i e was
about to return.” Jn a few days af
*er this note was p re fen ted, Pair.e
received a letter by a drayman, couch
ed in the following terms : —
“ M FaHcyrand, Mimticr for For
eign affairs, has received Mr. Paine’s
fiote, which he laid before the Firit
Conful, and has been cltrcdted, in re
p'y, to feiwf per bearer a pi e d bmn
dv, and to with Mr. Paine a p.eafant
pillage to the country of i..s adop
tion, tile United State* of Amer
ica.”
A very deR motive fiie was expe
rience \ >t AL'xaiiljii on the 24M
ulf. £Vi rj ouildmg wa ourt t iu .ue
fq iare lyiu^ in Ui i.m-ui .r uam
ago eitimac; d ,t 2: u,coc doll®.