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PORTLAND, P CRUSHED RY ARTHUR SHIRLEY.... No. 7, EXCHANGE-STREET.
No. 17, if I'ol. A7//.] MONDAY, AUGUST G, 1810. [Whole Ko. 641. 1
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Books and Stationary.
ISAAC ADAMS
7, Rtrirnge street, opp foe the Maine Rar.k^
HAS lately received *u additional ajTT*rt
rarnt of BOOKS, am»ng which are j
,$t»ckUjule’s hillory of the Bible, Brown’* bi - {
b>e Dictionary, Newton’s Works II volume*,
Adams’ view ot Religion, Blair’s Lecture*,
Ciefk*, Whitfield’s, Village’s, Fordyce’s and
White’* Sermon*, Orton’s expofitiun of the
B-hle, Doddridge*’ nfe ami prog refs, Jenk*
Pevntioa, Hervey’s Works, Pilgrim* Progrete,
£<iwards on the will and affections, Mrs.
Sree'e * works, Fragment# in prole and verfe
I by Mifs E. Smi.h with an account of her !
hte and writings, New combe’# Obfcrvations
on our Lord# m n Iuc\ a* a divine Instructor,
Paley’s moral Piutolophy, Fergufon’# history
of the Roman Republic, Gitlier dit:o of j
Greece, Ruffe s modern Europe, RobertXous 1
America, Minot* history of the lofurrcctions,
Pncftly’s Lectures, Jolephus work* of the
Jew*, Gordon’* America, K imfay’a and Ban
croft* Life of Washington, Eloquence of the (
Briti‘h Senate, life of Frederic the Great,
Cooks Voyages, Spectator, Tatler, Mrs Cha
pone's Letter*, Economy of human life, Tale*
of Falhionable, Thadeu* of Warfaw, Locke’s
E**ay, View of Christianity, Communicants
Companion M‘Knight on the Epistles, Celebs
sod fearch of a wife, Chaptals Chemiltry,
Towufends guide to health, ChelTeldens Anat- i
omy, Culiens Practice and Materia Medica, j
JLavosiers Chemiftry, Demesne Medicine :
Plmmacopia, Underwood on disea es, Jacob's i
Law Dictionary, Blackstone* Commentaries, j
Whites Digest of the Laws of Masiachufetts, j
Hawkins Plea* of the Crown, Tyng*, Black- !
stones, Strange's and Wilion's reports, l.aw of
Evidence, Lei Mercatoria, Law cf partner-!
ship, Bullers Nisi Prnw, Jone# Law of Bail- I
ment, Justices AtsifUnt.Tovrn Officers, Clerks
Magazine, Probate Directory, Civil Officers,
Webbers Mathematics, Ev.eld* Philofophy,
together with a variety of other Books on
various Xu!'jcct#of Science and Literature.
School Bocks.
A general aflbrtment of Greek, Latin, and
common School Books.
SEAMEN'S ARTICLES.
Navigators, Coast Pilots, Charts, Journals,
Quadrants, Scales and Dividers.
STATIONARY
Writing, Letter, Drawing, and Wrapping
Papers Pocket and Memorandum Book* Quils,
lak Powder, Sand, Penknives, Scaling Wax
and Wafers, Pencils and Cases, Slates, Iuk
Hands and Sand Boies, Portable Writing
Desks and Glafles, Backgammon Boards, Pamt
Boxes and Drawing Books, Mouey Scales.
Ledgers, Journals, waste and Record Books.
A general aflortruent of Justices Commer
ciai and other BLANKS.
I /
F^r fale as above, Rules and Regulations
for the Field Exerciie and Manoeuvres of the
french Artillery—
liy Col. De Lacroix,
late Chief of Brigade in the Preach Service.
The American New Difpenfatory—
By James rhacher, a. a. tk m. l l.
Ca(h given fore lean Cotton and Linen Rag*
Canvalsand Junk. 3w.
July >6.
tOR late by rt»e fubicriber, at his ftore in
Fore fired, uea.-ly onpofite the head of
U*'-Wha,f—
C’opniac Brandy Pearl Barly
Bourdeaux do. freflt Figs
Hollands Gin Muicatel,^
American do B coin, 1
Old Jamaica Spirits D'um, & f RAISINS
Antigua Rum Calk j
Cherry Brandy Almonds
Vidpoa, Filberts
&herr^, IfLtMpc Lemons
Liftun, 3c f ‘ S Canary Seed
W*laga J W.nlor & bar Soap
Myiou, Mtm'd b* dip'd Chn*
Young Hyfon. -j dies, by box or re
'Lyfou Skin, ^ r*i tail
Souchong and J & Table Sab
",hpa J Mau of dl kinds
^al, Lump, 'j to Brooms
Havana white L O Ro’ten Fftwt
, ' « 1'ulige. Sieves
>nd brown J » I)eln. ,ohu,
Lhocolate Stone Jug*
Do. Shells Powder and Shot
bdtnegL Cioves Flints
** aii Pepper Spaniilt Cigars
V'iund do. Conuecliiut Cbeefe
lrmMo, Girgcr Clea- Pork
ay?'ne, Xiultard Ba. on of (ir(l quality <
®"’« 0.1 • tide,. Dr,ft Pomr
Hard W^ie, Bellows,
*Q<Jy Fruit Shoe BrulLes, to*. bV.
* ;e, Oatmeal
— a is"!— j
A quantity of CORDAGE,
Bolt Rope; Spun Va n,
Sewing Twine ; Marling,
fod line*. bY b*c.
The above Good* are of the lirtt quality,
**.1 will be fold on reafonable i*kra».
N- B —Merchants and Ship Matters may
j^ uppiiesl with Cabin or flop Stores at ihe 1
“*'rteft notice and on realonable term*.—
Alfo, Timilie* may be fupphed a* low as can
purchafed in town, and left1? their bills i
V*rterly. Conrtant attendance, and every
Uvor gratefutty acknowledged
___ JONATHAN STUART, j
P NEiV TAVERN.
T fabferiber refpecffully informs his
friends and the publ.ck, that he ha* re*
t0*»eaced keeping a T^vtm n Bi wnjxvick j
^«*,atew lod.weft of the fituition where j
I . forn»erly kept. This houfe i* new and
*eaient, and every attention will be paid to
lo render their Ray plcalaut and
TJ#HN dunning.
poetry.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
On finding a leaf of the Bible under my
pillow*
WHENCE comes this facred boon*
By accident, to me ?
And am I then fo (ooa
To knd my all in Thee, ?
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Is fuch the lelToa taught,
And fuch the warning meant }
TUen deeply 6nk the thought,
By tufpiratiou feet.
Do thou a balm beftow,
Amidrt the wretched dearth
Of comfort* here below ;
Or pleafuret nothing worth.
’ Tis grateful thus to lie,
In Nature s felt repofe ;
With thie, I love, fo nigh,
My weary eyes to elofe.
How fweerly might I rel>,
Though rocks were all my bed ;
£houid'ft thou but foothe my breafi,
And gently flay my head.
To thee, at once, I fly,
When other friendfliips fail,
On thee alone rely,
When deadly foes aiTail.
Oh, then diredl my courfe
1 hrough this bewilder,d way !
And bring me to the fource
Of eve/laltirg dsy,
Feb. IS. X,
THE SHADE OF WASHINGTON.
, *Tis his fliade from the tombs, floating gently
, ia air,
' Softly whifper#, Columbia, Columbia, bewarfe.
* difcord aud faction have doom'd you tor
flsves,
| 1 heir enitgn ereflted, ther banner now waves.
) Let the wife & the virtunus unite & agree.
And you wilt forever be happy aud free.
No more io your councils permit to pretide,
Who ipurn at my precepts, my maxims deride,
Learn their phauiaflic notions and fchemss to
defpjfe,
Tho’fair their profeflions they’re a!! but dift
guile.
Let the wife, &c.
See the Heroes/who fought in the fields of
your ftrife,
Who prized your liberties dearer than life,
Bereft of all houors in want they deplore,
While your trealures are laviflied on minions
of power,
Let the wife, &c.
But turn from thofe fcenes to the eaft and
behold.
The mountains and rallies befpangled with
gold.
The fun of your freedom is riling again,
. 1 he clouds are difpers d, and the iky is fereae.
Let the wife, &c.
<
Roll on thou fair orb and new glories difplay,
As thy beams to the weft chafe the darknefs
away,
, The plotter* of mifehief, with fliame wid r>
tire,
1 Lre tlie pure fame of freedom forever expire.
Let the wile, &c.
. ivT’
ON CHEERFULNESS.
Tn.e bonell heart, whofe thoughts are clear
Fmjr fraud, dTguiie and guile,
N^eds neither fortune's iroivning fear,
Nor court the harlot’s finiic.
The greatuefs that would make us grave,
Is bur an empty thing.
What more »han mir»h wnu’d mortals have ?
The cheerful man's a king.
MONITORIAL.
* _ i .t. _
The Sentiwcnt4 of the very learned I.ocke,
TiU'ti&ju, VVbitby, Clarke, Grove, l’aylor,
and Jortiu, vn the Subject of' Predestina
t.on.
[From Or Harwood’s MeUnchofly Doc
trine of Predestination exposed. See Lond.
Chron. p. 257, 289. J
UR. Harwood modestly observes, that
lie tliouylit it not improper to annex the
sentiments of these celebrated Critics and
Scholars, as the Reader will pay a greater
deference to their learning and judgment,
than io any thing he could advance oil the
subject.
“ Lockk : That lie here [9th of the
Romans] speaks of men nationally, and not
j-e.sonahy, in reference to then* eternal
state, is evident, not only from the begin
ning of this chapter, where be shews lus
concern for the nation of the Jews being
cast off froTf. being God’s people, and the
instances he brings of Isaac, of Jacob and
Esau, and of Piiarao ! but it appears also
ver\ cie-rly in the verses immediately fol
lowmg, where by the vessels of vrruth Jit*
ted for destruction, he mamtes 1/ means
the nation of the Jews, who were now
grown ripe, and fit lor the destruction be
whs bringing t:;n*n them. Locke on To
ma.s, ch. ix- ver 2<A in the notes.
Tii,o isoN : f alse and mistaken princi
pies hi religion ; as this for one : that Gi d
does mi* sinctielv desire the salvation of
men, but ha'Ii fmm ail eternit) edectuallv
Oar *d the greatest part of niankmd from
all possibility of attaining that happiness
which dc offers to them ; and eve* the i
f >
! fDiscclianecms Selections
The Editor of the Connecticut Mir
ror has of lute been very laudibly em
ployed in exposing the frauds of the
democrats, under the head of 44 Science
of draining money from the Treasury.**
He hus proved, from public documents,
that during the 8 years of President
Jefferson's administration, there have
been drawn from the Treasury, for the
said President's accommodation and
convenience, just 76,000 dollars more
than were drawn fort'.e accommodation
of President Washington, during the
the 8 years he was in office. Yet, ac
coiding to democratic newspapers and_
tavern orators, Washington was a
Btiiish partisan—an uiistocrat—a fed
eral pro<iigal--and Jefferson a patriot,
greatly concerned to save the people's
money and ease the mouth of labour.
—O ! Americans how have you been
deceived.—i 're?:, fed.
Days of adversity are the touchstone
of principle. Gold, by passing the fur
nace, comes out more pute and bn,at, f
whiie the bus* i metals are destroyed j
by the test. Many persons have chun
ked then party, in rtiigio^ and politic,
A
hath cause to fear that he may oe m the
number. This w^re a mtlanchohy consid
eration indeed, it it were true ; but there
is no ground, either from reason or scrip
ture, to entertain any such thought of God. j
Our destruction is of ourselves ; and no
inan shall be ruined by any deciee ot God,
whodoes not ruin himself by his own fault, j
Ft Hottest 3 Sermons, vol. 1 p. 231. 12mo.
Men cannot easily have a blacker thought
of God, than to imagine that he hath, from
ail eternity, carried on a secret deslgu to
circumvent the gieatest part of men into a
plot against heaven, that oy tins unworthy
practice he may raise a revenue of glory to
his justice. 1 here is nogenorous and good
I man but would spit in that man’s face that
should charge him witii such a design ; and
if they who are hut very drops of goodness
in comparison of God, the infinite ocean of
goodness, would take it for such a repioach,
shall we attribute that to the best being in
the world, which we would detest and a*
bominate in ourselves ? VoL. 8. p 97. 12uio. !
God is infinitely better than the best of
men : and yet none can possibly think that
man a good man, who should absolutely re
solve to disinherit and destroy his children,
without the foresight and consiueration of
any fault to be committed by them. We
may talk of the goodne&s ot God, but it is
notgn easy matter to devise to say any thing
worse than this of the devil. VoL. 8 p. 226.
12mo. See also,/»• 10.
“Whitby: lo say God seriously in
vites, exhorts, and requires ail men to
work out their salvation, and yet by ins de
cree of Reprobation hath rendered that «
vent to the most of them impossible,; that he
requires all men to repent, that they may
not perish, and yet by bis decree or secret
will bath rendered that event to most of
them to whom be speeketii in bit word im
possible, is to make the gospel of Christ a
mockery. Whitby on the Five Points, p. 76.
Tha election mentioned in the holy scrip
tures is not that of particular persons, but
only ot churches and nations, p. 56 The
ver y learned and candid Dr. Jorun gives
this just character of the excellent treatise
here quoted. • Whitby published some
‘ tracts on election, reprobation, and origin.
‘ al sin, and in these treatises he coniuied
* Calvinism even to a demonstration.*
* Dr. jfor tin's Six Dissertations, p. 11J.
“ Dr. C la k.e : borne have from these
passages attempted to deduce the doctrine
ot absolute Predestination ; that because
the decrees and purposes oi G d are un
Changeable, therefore men’s salvation or
condemnation does mol at all depend on a
ny woik- in their own power. And indeed
wsjfe tf»$£e any such decree, it could not
be denied but it would be unchangeable;
and consequently tn it ail religion were
van. But u»e truth is, that the scripture
mentions no such decree at all ; and there
fore men need not be concerned about the
unchangeableness of that which has no be.
«ng. Dr. Clarke s Sermons, vul. 1. p. 93, 94,
12mo. And from hence by the way it n>
evident demonstrably, that there is not,
there cannot be any such tiling as absolute
and uncondicionate Reprobation. For this
being a matter wholly contradictory to all
our notions of good!)mbs, Hoc. Ibid. p. 209
The 9lh chapter of the Fpistle to the Ro
mans, which has sometimes perplexed the
minds of well-meaning persons, was by all
Christians in the first ages without difficul
ty, and is now again by all rational men,
who attend to the scope of the Apostle’s
argument, more than to the schemes oi
mens own inventing, clearly understood U>
be written, not concerning God's choosing
some particular persons, & rejecting others
from eternal salvation, but concerning his
rejecting the nation of the Jews, and recei
ving in the Gentiles to be partakers of the
benefits of the gospel: and the elect there
spoken of are the whole Christian church,
whereof all nevertheless do not attain unto
vulval ion : and the reprobate there men
tioned are the whole nation of the unbelie
ving Jews, whereof all nevertheless were
not finally cast olf: and when God’s fore
determination of particular persons is spo
ken of, it is not a fore-appointment to eter
nal happiness or misery, but always to some
lem|x>ral office or advantage only. Vol. 10
p. 210. 12n»o. To be continued*
mere* from difficulties arising from
adherance to their principles. Such
at e poltroons and traitors, and are unfit
to be trusted in any matter ot impor
tance. Leading sentiments ought nev
er to be adopted but upon mature re
flection, and for good and weighty rea
sons ; neither ought they to be discar
ded, but for reasons equally eogent.
[Troy Gazette.]
“ French Influence
There is not the least particle of it;
in the country, says the wonderful per
verse Aurora. No, that there is not, |
responds the Whig. Pon honour, we i
cannot comprehend it, echo the Patriot,:
the Chronicle and the Intelligencer.
Now if a man covered with loath
some ulcers was to aver that nothing j
was the matter with him, would his as
sertions be believed ?
We see by the R. I. American, that
James Aldrich, one of the Direc
tors of the infamous Fatmcr’s Ex
change Bank, is at the head of the de-.
mocratic party in I’hode-Island, and a
member of the Legislature of that
State 1—In any other country, such
swindlers as those bankers would
have had an exaltation of another
kind !
Mammoth Carriage.—On Saturday
this village was visited by a four wheel
carriage, drawn by six horses, of an
extraoidinary size. The felloes were
12 inches wide, and the catriage in
length and several other respects, bear
ing equal proportion. thirty stu
J dents of Union College, were passen
[ gers on boatd. On first sight, some
supposed it was one of Jefferson’s Gun
Boats, broke loose from the mud of the
Fotomack, in pursuit of “ Copenhagen
Jackson 1”—Balaton In. Am*
■"*i s' *;:v: : 46*• s' am
From the Providenee Gazette.
“ CEASE, VITEK, YOU KNAW A FILE.”
I i re defamation.
You fed t(,e superiority of others, and
seeiv to reduce them to your level. Rather
seek, my triend, by penitence and reforma
tion, to raise yourself, than to puli down
others.
I relish nothing so *ue!l as slander.
Your taste is that ot a crow—a buzzard—
a jackull. You feed on carrion. You may
please yourself in tilling .your maw, but few
will praise the daintiness of your stomach.
I praise none.
Praise is due to excellent deeds *, the vir.
tuoys delight to pay ibis debt. Happy is he
who in celebrating every virtue, fears not
self-reproach,
1 love to point out vires in others.
You would likely find business enough cf
that kind in working for yourself, and be
much better paid for doing it. Detraction
is odious ; while men laugh at, they con
temn the evil speaker. The members of
society are thereby put into a state of repul
sion. Love and the expressions of it, estab
lish the attractions, form the cement, and
invigorate the life of a neighboruoou, and
strengthen the bonds of society.
My father and mother, and all th* family
talk scandal.
Tlie same coin may pay your pfrenis for
vour cducruioh—pennyworth for penny
worth, but it will not become current mon
ey with the merchants. Those who make
and utter it, ate lately nude Gentlemen,
and, like French Nobles, made out of tin-.
kers, haberdashers and barbers, and verv J
imperfectly finished.
/ read News Papers only for the delicious
paragraphs (J scandal.
Ci>ukl you see the writers of those para
graphs sitting in a garret, in vile raiment,
or begging rum at grog shops, or dodging
into cross lanes to avoid oflicers of justice_
| could you take a view of their prompters,!
[ suting in the back ground, and witness the
turmoils of their bieasts, instigated bv re
venge, ulcerated with envy, infuriated with
malice, and surcharged with die phlogiston
of p.arty wildfire, you would nauseate their
deleterious potions, and *t once pity and
despise both the writers, and their promo
ters
A Printer of spirt icill attnd the G*tctr.
/'• raise UicAot:* p.g itu.y fad u large pood ;
but the water, if original;}- pure, wtii settle '
again and clarit), of its own accord j while j
lire only hope for the pig is, in process of
time, to become—an hog.
Some Printers seem to >un a mud, and
the nutter, oozing from their types, itveals
the secret, (hat they only serve i)i tfie Sub
scription Off *3 ; and that ^others besides Gin
ttenun ate concerned in tnetr editions.
E ’'tract of a letter from a gentleman be»
longing tv BoAony dated Smybna,
Erb. id, 1810.
“ Aljout midnight I experienced a
considerable shock of an e 'Uh-qwaite,
ana while at dinner next day the shock
was twice repeated. I have since lear
ned that the same eatth-quake tv e felt,
in all its t; trine foice. in the isiaiui ol j
ihuulia (the aiicict C>tctcj—I hat the j
(►renter pari off he ci’y 11 Candia, and j
;• ' ■' • ••. ’ 'f '
1
There have been some instances in
America of women, who, having mar
ried a second time, supposing their
first husband to be dead, have, when
the two husbands left it to their choice,
returnd to the first.
—»■■ ■ ■
The following an cdote lately oceurer! a
Boston. A lady having cut an advert?* *
ment out ot a newspaper with un intentio
to send it to tiie printer for further inform*
tion, pin’d it upon her gown. A gentleman
(to whom she was partial) observing that it
began with “ To Let,” asked, at vthat price,
madam ?—she looked at the piece, and per
ceiving his drift, answered, at the pit c vf
ysur hund, sir.
A wit bemoaning the uicomfori .jle pros
pect of celibacy, and comparing t!ic rc.
pective hsnp ne9S of a married and sing e
state, exclaimed—What can mak * tiie b.t
ter cup of a bacue or's life go down l#—and
in the same tone, by way of self condole nt
response, oi»»erved, ff adcus—a-lvss /
Dyffntvy — \ decoifViof, of the rents of
blackbefry bu flies (Rnbua Gcctde.iUli*) i* a
fafe. lure and fp-rdy sure for the dy;e;i*ary.
The fect ot was obtained from the i«a
Indians.
stroyed, md a destructive fire raging a*
the same time, added to the miseries
oi the wretched inhabitants—that eight
villages in the neighbour nood of Can
dia are but heaps of rubbish, and many
tbousanj people buried in the ruins of
their own dwellings, drowned in the
rdsh of water, or perished by the fire,
for it seems as if all the elements had
conspired in venger.ee against this un
happy Island. * he olive fields are des
troyed, and the most luxuriant part of
this beautiful Island exhibits at present
blit one wide waste of rtiin, devastation,
and death. The earth-quake has been
(as letters which are received mention)
fell in Cairo, Alexandria, Malta, Sicily,
and in all the Islands of the Archipe
lago, in many of which it has thrown
down houses, and done other dam
age.”
EXTRACT
From Mr. Knapp’s Oration, delivered.
at Newbury fort) on the 4 th of July.
Speaking of Spanish America, the
Orator remarks ;—
*u The power of Bonaparte, which
has made Spain, ** the skin of an im
molated victim,” has unriveted their
chains. They seizet| a fortunate mo
ment, and declared themselves inde
pendent. We hail them as a new born
nation ; and offer our prayers tor their
success. From justice and policy our
government ought to be the hist to
acknowledge their independence. We
hope they may experience the mild
reign of national liberty without pas
sing through confusion and anarchy
and learn from the fate of other nations
not to indulge in eccentric experiments
in forming a government. This revo
lution will open an extensive trade ;
and if rightly improved, repay us in
some measure what we have lost in
Europe. YY hatever path our govern
ment may puisue in this affair, or in
any other ; in,whatever hands our des
tinies may be placed, mat we honestly*
avow our sentiments, and fearlessly ex
ecute our just determination, keep
close to those politics which have beta
adopted by the wiso and good, and con
secrated by the immortal Washington.
Politics, which are a combination of in
telligence, social affection aud religious
belief; a love of government f a <:• <i
on efficient principles and adinmi »ieied
with bimness and impartiality , .a
cred regard to equal rights, and aj\st
hatred ok oppression from the many or
the few ; a union of ability and virtue*
against loose principles and violent pas
sions^ This is federalism and its pro
fessors have magnanimously strove a
gainst the torrent, and maintained dig
nity and influence when the power had
passed from their hands.”
“FIRST LOVE”
One John Ksrider, a labouring and
married man, was impressed us a sol
dier, in the year 1741 ; he became a
French prisoner, but made his escape,
and settled in Germany, where he
married and buried two wives; after
32 years absence, he came to England,
arul found his firct wife by mere acci
dent, selling fruit in Oxford road ; she
had buried two husbands in the timef
and being both disengaged, they will
ingly renewed their former connex
ion.