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]NDI l GOODS.
| WILLIAM SWAN,
Nj. s, Vni«n R',w,
T T AS received eight ha’csot INDIA GOODS,
ri coufifhng ofGurrah- —MamuJie*— Mow
Saonabs-Chtiii*. Ac. which will he fold* at
jjlion prices, and on a ’ibcrai credit .— A:*»t
En^ijh and W*jt-India Goods,
\ uftul. *_ April! 16.
To Lease—for one or wore years,
\ BOUT twenty ac es cf LAND, fituated
/V between Cumberland and Washington
Streets and Back Cove, in Portland —For
|errn, apply to WUXI AM CODA! AN, in
Portland, Jr the fubferiber in Windham,
PETER T. SMITH.
AprH 16
1 haxter & Brown,
Fore fircet—Head »f U ihn- tVbarf.
S/^ARRY on the BAKING BUSINESS in its
V* various branches, as ufual.
i They have for fa!e, a varieiy of
Weft- India Goods, <sfc.
tmoug which are, Rum, Brandy, Gin, Wine,
Sic together with F.LOUR.
Jfit—A few tons of aflorted fqnare IRON
—ditto Swedes ditto—ditto RulTia ditto—dit
to Faggot fquare onto—Deck NAILS and
iOd RODS—German and Englilli B!itler<M
STEEL—wliich will be fold cheap for calh
or approved credit.
| WANTED
TWO Apprentices to the Baiing Bofmett. -
Apply as above. April \6
COLLLUL LAXl)S,
T N Fryeburg, Turner, Paris, Livermore, Otif
fie'd, Harrifon, Poland, Baldwin, Rum ford,
- Jay and Wilton, in lots numbered, as lately
publiflied in this Paper, for Sale by the iubfcri
I her at hi* oiJice in Portland.
PRENTISS MELI EN.
April 4.
! NEW FAFERX ~
rPHE lubfcri’ er refpe&fully informs his
friends and the publick, that he has re
commenced keeping a Tavern on Brun/nvut
//*/«,a few tods weft of the fituatioa where
he formerly kept. This hcule is uew and
[ convenient, and every attention will be paid to
! cuftonicrs to reader their ftay pleafant and
S faiisfactory.
JOHN DUNNING.
Bnmn/zvUi,^ March 19 {*24 vu J
[ FOR. SALE,
A BOUT one mile from Portland, on the
I * road leading to Stroud water, four acres
of LAND, uuder good improvement, with a
large two ftory Dwelling Houle, 58 by S8
feet, well finiihed ; and a Barn 50 by 32 feet.
It is an excellent ftand for bufinefs of any kind.
Said property will be fold very cheap, and a
loog piyalay given for a part, if wifued ; or
I a Farm would be taken in the country for
part pay. Auy perfoti wiA.Lng to make a
good bargain, wiil do well to apjsly foon lo
the fubfcribers, living on the premifes
VV IS WELL & RICHARD.
FalmtmiiFib. 5, 1810. (if)
A LL perfons are cautioned against harbor*
mg or trufting SIMEON HARLOW,
(aged about iy years formerly an apprentice
1 to the Subscriber) on my account as l wiil
pay no debts of his contracting,
april 9. JAMES FARMER.
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More French Insults.
TheIxmdon Statesman of the Sth of March
contains a copy of an ofticial note from Bona
parte* mini ft er of Foreign Re'ation, to our
mioiiter, Mr. Armdrong, which is the mod
outrageous a.Front to ctie uuderfUntliugs of
the American government ami people, i*f any
t ut have yet proceeded from that infoieu:
dTpot. The nore is as follows>
N>tj of trie Mi aider of Foreign Fell
tions to Air. Annjlrong* A lunder
Plenipotentiary cf the United States.
THE underiigned has informed his Majes
ty the Emperor and King,of the converfation
*hich he had with Mr. Armstrong, Minifter
Plenipo:em*ary of the United States of Amer
*ta His Majedy authorifed him to m;-.ke
the following reply.
“ His Majesty would regard his Decrees of
Holm and Milan as violations cf the priuci
P'm of eternal justice, had they not been the
«e,*es«ary consequence of the British Order*
op Council, and especially thofe of November
iko?.* When England proclaimed her ui i
''trfal sovereignty, by the pretention of
fuhjugating the univerfe to a navigation
dtuy.and ex ending the jurifdiction of her
Parliament over the indultry of all nations,
hi* Majefty conceived it to be the duty of ail in
dependent nations to defend their sovereign
ty,and declare all vefl'els denationalized that
fhou'd pet themfelves under the dominion
England, by recognizing the I’overeigmy
*:-ieh ihe al timed over them.
His Majedy didiuguifhes the vifning from
*he bringing *o nf a lhip. The bringing-to
hn for its oWject only to afeertai* the reality
cf the ft <g; t lie vitit i« % search made on hoard,
•oi wi>h;taa:dtng the afeer tain meat of he truth
'•‘f the Hag,and the relu’t of which I* the * n
vrt h g of cer a o individuals. cr the C< nhfca*
t»un of the merchand ze, or the application
arbitrary 'j»w# <u di*nofaion-+
rii. M’jedy con'd no. have anticipated
it .'sceedrigs (j k~ U S.ate?, c» with
4*
m
cut having ,my ground of complaint against
France. have included her iu their acts of ex
duliun ; aud f oM the mouth of May, have
prohibited 1 euch velTels from entering their
port* under pain of confiscation. At loon as
!n» M. j ty was apprized of this meaiure, he
I felt it ueees-ary to direct that American ves
sclsfthcuM t*e treated iu a reciprocal manner,
not < n v in Ins terrnory, but also iu the ecut.*
tric- .mder Ids influence. In the ports of Hoi
land, Spain, Italy and Naples, American ves*
“els have been tc zed, becaufe the Americans 1
had ft zed French vcll'elsf Tne Americans 1
cannot befit ate as to the conduct they have to
adopt 1 hey ought either to repeal their de
claration ot independence, and to become, as
before the revolution, the subjects of En
gland, or to take mealures to prevent their
commerce and their induftry from being taxed
by the Engitlh ; which renders them morede
pendent than Jamaica, w hich has. at leafr an I
afiemhly of repreientatives, and its privileges.
Men of no political character, without
honoh.and without energy,may indeed,alledge
| that they may fubmit to pay the cr.hu.e in
, poled by England becaufe it is iucor.fiderabte ;
but how do they not perceive that the Euglifh
as foou as the y have obtained a recognition of
the principle will incrcafe the impoft i So
that this burden, at ftrft light, becoming in
fupportab’e, it will be uecefiary to fight for
interclf, afier refufing to fight for honor.
“ Fhe underfigued frankly avow* that France
h d every thing to gain by giving Americans a
w e!con>e reception in her port*. She finds
her advantage iu commercial relations with
neutrals ; llie is, in no rel'pect, jea'ous of their
prolperity. Great, powerful, opulent, fhe is
Gtisiied when by her own conmerce, or that of
neutraN, her exportations may give the re
quifite developemem to her agriculture and
manufactures.
| “ Scarcely iliirty year* have elapfed lince
the State* of America founded iu the midlt
of the new world an independent country,
at the (.-'pence of the blood of fo many im*
morta' men who fell in the field of battle to
fhake oiT the lead u yoke of the Engliih Mon
arch. Thofe generous men were lar from im
agining, when they thus lhed their blood
for t .e independence of America, that within
‘ fo fliort a period there fliould be an artempt
i made to impofe upon theta a fliJI more up
i prelfive yoke than that they had ihaken off,
•' by (objecting their induflry to the tarif of Brit
ilh l.egiilation, and the Orders in Couucil of
1307!
I “ If, therefore, the Minifler of America is
prepared to engage, that the American velTel*
lhaH uot fubmit to the Englifh Orders iu Coun
cil of November 1807, nor to any decree of
, blockade, tuilefs there he an aklu.d blockade,
‘ the underfigned is authorised to conclude
, any defcription of convention tiding to re
new the treaty of commerce with America,
and comprehending ail the meaiures calcula
ted to confolidate the commerce and profper
ity of America §
“ The underfigned has felt it his duty to
reply to the verbal overtures of the Minifter
of America, in a written note, that the Preli
dent of the United State* may be better etia
b!ed to know the friendly intention* of France
with regard to the United States, & her favor
able diipoution towards the American com
merce.
(Signed) ‘*Thj! Duke o? Cadore.”
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NOTES
Tj the fire oing Letter.
“ The wecellary CONSEQUENCES of the
j Britiih Orders in council” !! Here is a fpeci
mcn of tlie abfurdity, nay more the grols falfe
i hood which Bonaparte deliberately dates, and
| with an apparent confidence that, it wiil be
fwailowed by o*ir degraded Cabinet, without
refeutmenr or even rehiclance. Such is the
eftimation in which beholds both oar ltnie
and patriotilm, and the event will tliew that
he does not niitlake tlie character cfour Ad
uvniflration cr their ,>arty. The Berlin de
cree m conleqnence |he Britiih orders in
Coftucil ! \.nen a!2 the world knows that the
Berlin decree was illued about a year before
the Britiih O ders in Council were tuggefted !!
But wiiy ill* md v/e complain at language lo
mCubing. It i*. but the anguage which Bona
parte s parttzans have frequently uled among
us, to urn that indignation againft Great Bri
tain for her retaliatory mealures, which a juit
and independent nation was hound to have
exprcPed againfl the Imperial aggreffor. Bo
naparte trea*s us as his Haves and fadls prove
j that » i are his willing Haves.
If This article, every difcerning reader wb)
obfe: ve is ahlurd in principle ; and the ground
all edged to betaken by the Emperor contra
dnfled bv hi» whole practice Bringing to, to
■ afeertain the d*g a veflei may display, affords
no proof of her real character, ol which every
belligerent has a right to be fatislied. His a
avmvevl principle is therefore abftud. The
i fact is French cruder# bring to, vifit, fearch,
j plunder, link, burn, carry in, condemn veflela
and cargoes and liberate or imprifon feamen,
without regard to any conlideratton but their
convenience. 7 hi# cannot be denied.
| This needs no comment. The pretence
that the treatment wre have received from
i the French is but a counterpart to our treat
| went of them, if not only eutrageoufly falfe,
but an ungrateful return for that meek ac
quiescence, with which we have borne the
moll uuparalltilcd wrongs that ever ana
tion endured. This is the rew-ard of our
tlaftardly lubmillion. We are told, to our fa
cesthat we are the aggreffori and that his
leisures t,f mi lions upon millions were bat to
reciprocate our condutff ! 1
§ Here is a repetition of the Ultimatum of
the French government. muff refill the
Bririflt Orders in council, which were adop
ttd -s retaliating in a limited degree, the
Benin dec-ee of the previous year; and any
decree of blockade I by Great Britain] uoleh
there be an AC TUAL blockade while the
Berlin decree declared the Blinds ot Great
E-itaia bhuk-adoU when the Empercr could
4
not keep a Angle ffiip at fea ! ! If we will take
this u.ijuft, ahiurd, and ws may add, deftruc
tive flep, then the Emperor will treat with
us.
Such is our profpecft of accomodation with
France. Bonaparte is not miftakec in the
willies of our adminiftration, but he is molt
egregioufly fo, as »o their courage and inten
tions. If every conceivable infult a nation 1
can offer, if Jackfon’s dilmiflion without the
fhadow of a olaulible caule ; if commercial re
ftruftion* which fliew ipite againfl Giea: Bri
tain hut can;., l injure her. do not fatisfy him,
we are confluent our government, devoted as
they are to the defpot 's will, are too cowardly
and too weak in ir.ean« to rake any more effi
cient ftep* Mr Madifon and nis minions can ;
difgrace the nation, by at alive language a
gainlt England, and every demonftration of
hatred, that will not require an appeal to the
national Trtafury, bu they will not go to
war ; they dare not; they cannot, after hav
ing nifl'-e than enip'ied the 1 reafury ; and
therefore WE SHaI.L HAVE NO TREA
TY WITH FRANCE.
Communiratior0.
Pcjlectims on the Times.
WHILE the calamities of war are pre
vailing among the nations >f Europe ; while
a proml ami assuming tyrant is aiming to
extend his power over the western, as w’ell
as eastern hemisphere ; while the spirit of
discord is destroying the happiness & pros
perity of these United States, and the
minds of the citizens are engaged in devi
sing means of gratifying their worldly de
sire .—some in pecuniary concerns, and oth
ers in striving for the mastery in our public
affairs ; while passion and revenge are con -
truling the mild and peaceable disposition
of the Christian heart ■, is it not incumbent
on us all to inquire whence these evils
spring ? Should we not eye the hand of the
great Governor of the world, who orders
all tilings according to his sovereign will ?
The writer of this is led to these reflec
tions by the late perusal of a discourse prea
ched bv an eminent Divine, on an extraor
dria.y and afflicting event, fiom the fifth
chapter of Isaiah, and the twelfth verse :—
“ And the harp, aud the viol, the tabret C7*pipe,
“ and wine, are in their feasts ; but they regard
“ not the work of the Lord, neither consider the
“ operation of his hand.** A few extracts
from it, will not, to a pious reader, be un
acceptable, although communicated through
the medium of a newspaper. To all, they
are certainly important, and none can deny
{ that they are worthy of attention.
“ 1. Those wl 10 take no notice* of the ope
rations of Gud in the affairs of lium»n life,
abuse their reason and their better powers,
both as men and Christians. Our eyes and
our ears, and other senses of the body, are
given us to take notice of the outward ob.
jects that surround us, which are the springs
of pain or pleasure, and these we enjoy in
common with the beasts of the earth. They
employ their powers for the same purpose.
But man was made for nobler principles, fk
! capacitated to discover and discern the hand
! of God his Creator, and to observe his $u
pi eroc direction of all the allairs of man
kind. Though he be raised by the station
of his nature to a more honorable character
than the rest of the animals, jet if lie re
rr^in without understanding, and thought
ess of his God, he becomes like the beasts
that perish. Psal. xxxxix, 20. Men who
sarJ not the• operation oj the Lord, nor consider
the work of his hand, the Lord will destroy them,
and not build them up. Psal. xxviii, 5.
“ 2 Those who disregard the work of
God in the events of human life, deprive the
great Gnd himself, of that honor which he
d mauds, and expects, especially from his
. m o important providences. Do not his
•ibii’se wisdom, lus exit nsive goodness, St
or. almighty power, display themselves glo
lou iv in his providential government of
jn inkir.d 1 And is it not with this design,
that his in digent creature man should lake
notice of this display of his glories ?* Dots
t lie great G d wiile his own name in every
leaf of lus two great volumes of nature and
providence, and shall his creature, man, take
no notice of it, and refuse to read it ?
“ 3. They bereave themselves of the rich
advantages that may be derived from such
converse with God about the events of hu
man life, and a faithful notice of ditine pro*
vidence. IVhoso is wise, says the Psalmist,
and will observe these things, even thev shall tin
erstami the loving kindness of the L,orU. Psal.
evii. 43. 7hey who learn to know his name,
b< a wise attendance to his works, will put the.r
trust in him. Psal. ix 10.
“ 4 Those who regard not the work of the
Lord, provoke him to deprive them of all the
blessings of life, and to abandon them to ht
ter ruin.
How Can they ever hope that the Lord
* To what purjjose ar e all die manifesta
tions of his mercy, and of lus judgments a
mongs* nu n, if the sons of Adam disregard
. them all l
i
will brstow repeated mercies upon them,
whew they take no notice of his power, and
•f his hand in the blessing they have already
received? llow ran they expert the con
tinuance of present comforts ;—Israel did
not know that J gave them corn, ami nine, and
oil s therefore I will retui n and takeaway my
corn in the season thereof, and my nine in i:s
season, and will recover my wool which was gi
ven to cover their nakedness. Ilos. ii. 8, 9.”
A consideration of inis subject is highly
needful for the comfort of these who are af
flicted with the state of our public affairs at
the present day. Let all, who are called in
any manner to act therein, discharge their
duty faithfully, and as they shall conscien
tiously judge will be agreeable to the will
of God, and leave the event to him. They
may be assured, from bis word, as well as
from his former dealings with men, that no
human powder can successfully oppose the
designs of his Providence. If he, for the
punishment of our national transgressions,
should pour down his judgments upon us,
who will be able to prevent it ? And if, in
Ins infinite mercy, he should be disposed to
continue to us the blessings of peace and
prosperity, no weapon formed against them
will be permitted to prosper.
Whatever earthly tyrants, kings, or ru
lers may devise, the success of their plans
will depend on the pleasure of Him, whose
kingdom ruleth over all.
ARUNDEL, APRIL 9, 1810.
To Ichabod Smyth, Esquire.
Dear Cousin,
I HAVE seen your letter of the 23d of
March last, to Mr. Shirley, in the Portland
Gazette, and have rei'd it tw o or three times
over. I thought it to be very good, lor I
had seen and heard a good deal of such con
duct, and felt glad to find that you had cour
age enough to tell them the truth ; for a!
good old book says, “ great is truth, all the ’
earth praiseth the truth.” Then I said to I
myself, how is this ? for the democrats call
your letter a pack of lie9, and you a fool for
writing it, and abundance of such stuff'.
Soon after I had occasion to go over to
Saco : there I heard Marshal T-—swear
ing arid raving about it like all nature, call
ing it many hard names i said if his Jim
could i ot write a better letter he would ?
a
whip bun. Yes, said a bystander sof.ly, &
your - too, or else folks belie you,
Well, said I to myself, the old jade winces,
and that is a certain sign she feels sore. So
I put down that part of your story ascertain
true.—So after I had done my little busi
ness, I saw the Stage coming—then all
hands made their way to the Post-Office. I
being a stranger, lagged along behind : —
heard one sing out, “ William, is there any
letters directed to Ichabod Smyth !” This
introduced some conversation about you.
This William said it was all a lie ; he nev
er went electioneering in his life, and never
would ; he despised the whole of it ; that
he never knew such a man as Ichabod
Smyth in Buxton ; that there never was
such a man there. But. said a hvatander.
you certainly went to Buxton. Well, if I
did, answered this William, I did not t*ll
at his house, neither did I drink, any liquor
at all there. Well, said I to myself, this is
true also, for William winces. So I set out
for home, and went the upper way, where
I fell in with our old neighbor Timothy ;
so I told him where I had been, what I had
heard and seen. He immediately told me
that he had seen your letter, and believed
it true in every part ; for he was at Kenne
bunk at the time this caucus whs held there
—saw Ben the apostle, whom he knew, for
he feed him once in a lawsuit, and a great
number of others—many of whom he knew
to be the s.*me mentioned in your letter.
This confirmed me more and more that ev
ery word in your letter was really a fiict ;
for nothing proves a thing better than such
circumstances as cannot be got over without
admitting the allegations. As to the budg
et our Representative Mr. C-sent you,
that is a matter of course just before Elec
tion, when they are generally distributed
through this county, and full of good news,
which tapers otf as soon as Election is over.
They are intended to deceive only for a sea
son. He sent a famous iette** to his Post
Muster at Saco about the same time, full
from top to bottom of matter to encourage
the £oo.7 cause of electioneering ;—told a
bout Pinckney and Canning, and that t'4t
British Ministry blamed J-ekson all clear
sheer. But the sham soon began to taper.
This conduct brings to my mind the limes
of old, when Shays was the great leader if
democracy The party that then support*
Shays, was the same that now opposes tli
federal cons*Ration, and tV.ose who ure no\
called federalists, then opposed Shave
These federalists then saved the country b
! introducing the Feder 1 Coiwthution, unu<
1 which we prospt l fa a number of years
I (even ail tin* J.-; t ’ Warning’btyono
any example in history. B..t tf**« no.
crats, like serpents in the way, were all
this time watching an opportunity to bite
and devour the unwary traveller ; till Jef
ferson rose up, like Absalom, and cried,
“ Ob, that I were made '’resident—l would
do every man justice !” Bur, dear cousin,
only follow these lair speeches, anil take a
full survey of tl « sequel, and ask. jourselt
how many faithful officers has he removed
from office i How many new-fangled citi
! zens, how man* bankiupts, and other-, who
were never faithful in any business, has ho
appointed to oihces of trust and profit in
their places ! And how many of these have
spent the public money and cannot account
therefor, or run off with all they could grasp
and abandon the country ? A number of
this description are notorious. Wilkinson,
Brown, Livingston, Skinner, and Clark.
Many others might be enumerated of less
consideration.
This electioneering business reminds me
of the old book again “ The leaders of this
people cause them to err, and they w ho are
led of them are destroyed.” “ I am against
| them that prophesy false dreams, «nd do
< tell them, and cause my people to go out of
the way, by their lies, and by their light
ness ; therefo-e they shall not profit this
people at ait.”
The federalists saved this country in the
days of Shays, and I trust they will always
save it from this untoward generation of de
mocrats. Look here—Mr. Jefferson began
his reign with some pleasing tales, particu
larly about economy, and so repealed the
Judiciary Law, which saved, as he called
it, the salaries of a number of Circuit Jud
ges ; told the people how their Treasury
was crouded with money. Then he repeal
ed the Excise Law, which took off the du
ties on Carriages, Licenses, New England
Rum, Whiskey, and Stills, and sold off the
Navy, which the former administration
were encouraging, and set up the gun-boat
system, which swept off a million &, a half
of dollars «>ut of the Treasury ; besides it
spread a table tor a goodly number of ga
ping partizans. This was a matter of great
exultation with his party, and having estab
lished his character as an Economist, lie
went to inventing schemes to get ri:l of the
money which so troubled him while in the
chest. So he purchased Louisiana, which
added fifteen millions of dollars to the na
tional debt, and also opened a door for feed
ing a great number more of his greedy de
pendants. This scheme not being sufficient
to supply every dependant with a loaf, and
empty the chest totally, he laid the Embar
go, to prevent any more being brought into
it, and authorised his officers to appoint as
many hungry assistants as they pleased, pro
vided they were all good Demo’s—call out
the militia to aid in the %ovd cause, set as
many sentinels around suspected stores as they
thought fit, and, to round off, ordered his at
tornies to prosecute every person, whom
they, or their dupes, pleased to suspect, and
charge ail expenses, where the prosecution
failed, (which by the bye was almost every
case) to the government. Tins last scheme
finally cleared the chest. He then called
on his Secretary Gallatin, to know it' ii was
all gone, who reported that it was all gone,
and more too ; and that he must borrow
Four Millions of Dollars to pay the Civil
List. Thus he finished this ludicrous farce,
or rather tragedy of Poblic Economy. .
I tell you, cousin, words are wind, facts
t are stubborn things. Let any man compare
! lha Washington administration with the
present, and it he is not wilfully blind, he
will be a Federalist in spite of prejudice it
self. When things go on well, the people
naturally think they have good rulers ; and
when times go troublesome and hard, then
they as naturally lay the blame to their ru
let s. When a foreign ship insulted Wash
ington, ha ordered that stiip to depart his
waters, and represented her conduct to her
nation, and demanded satislaoiion, but
showed no resentment or incivility to any
other ship of the same nation. Compare this
conduct with Jefiersc n’s, and mark the dif
ferent consequences,—I lear I shall lire
your patience, therefore shall conclude at
present, and subscribe myself your loving
Cour.ii, JOSEPH BUNKER.
In the recent treaty between
France anil Sweden rhe^e is this pro
vifion, evincive of the ginerofiiy of
the former, “ the exportation of
goods from Swedish harbours in
Swedifh bottoms, is free !’*
An American veifel, detained by
the French, had enteied on her !*>g
•'Jailed bv a vciFJ of w.u, and per
mitted to continue the voyage.”
The tranflator for the Council of
Prizes was directed to put vifif* for
aVed. He retufed, and loit hi*,
place.— L.