Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1809-05-01 00:00:00

PORTLAND GAZETTE, And Maine Advertiser.
PORTLAND, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY... FISH-STREET.
No. 3, of Vol. XII.]
MONDAY, MAY 1, 1809.
[Whole No. 575.]
Interesting Political Miscellany.
SEASONABLE HINTS TO JACOBINS.
As it is now ascertained that in spite of all the lies, misrepresentations, calumnies and abuse of the jacobins, the Hon. CHRISTOPHER GORE will be our Governor, and the Hon. DAVID COBB our Lieutenant Governor, and that there is likewise a federal majority elected for the Senate, it seems the only resource which the jacobins now have, is to endeavour to procure a majority in the House of Representatives. To assist them in the attainment of this desired object, we shall give them a little very candid and disinterested advice, how they ought to proceed; together with some very useful hints, which when the season of lying commences, they will do well to remember. Not that we suppose, that after all their exertions, they will be able to gain a majority; for we are convinced of the contrary. But as it is indispensably necessary, if they wish to preserve in Massachusetts even the shadow of their faction, that they should tell as many lies and make as many false representations as possible; and as it must cost them some time and trouble to manufacture a sufficient number of these ingenious fictions for the occasion, we shall here gratuitously present them with a few, piping hot from the jacobin crucible, of which, if they are not more stupid than we think they are, they will avail themselves of immediately, and circulate them through every section of the State.
And firstly, we would advise them as soon as may be, to get out a handbill, addressed to the Quakers, informing them that the late predictions respecting the "six dollar tax" have been fulfilled, and that since Mr. Gore has been elected Governor, he, assisted by a federal Senate, has actually passed a law, that the Quakers shall pay a tax of six dollars, or be obliged to bear arms. It is true, this lie will not on examination, appear quite so specious as some others they might tell, as every one knows there can be no law enacted unless it receives the sanction of both Branches of the Legislature. But this objection may be effectually done away, by roundly asserting, that since the federalists have gained a majority, they have disregarded the Constitution altogether, and grossly violated that essential part of it which makes the sanction of each House a prerequisite to every law.—If after all, the lie will not go down according to their wishes, they can at any time procure copies of the Boston Chronicle, and Parsons Bentley's Register, and give them as evidence of the fact.
As a farther stimulus to exertion, we would advise them by all means to frighten their readers as much as possible with bugbears about the havoc and devastation of war, to tell them that the federalists are in favour of war-measures, and that their soul's delight is bloodshed and carnage. Perhaps it would not be amiss to tell them that Mr. Gore has already declared war and has raised an army of fifty thousand men for the purpose of carrying it on. Such a lie, to be sure would look rather too barefaced for circulation; but what matters that, if they can procure votes by it?
Another thing, which we would have them impress upon the minds of their readers is, that the federalists wish for a separation of the States, and a dissolution of the Union. This is the more necessary at this time, as there are many well-meaning men of the democratic party, who begin to discover that it is altogether a lie; and they ought therefore to proceed with renewed vigor, and swear by the honor of jacobinism that the federalists of New-England not only contemplate, but have actually commenced a rebellion against the Government, and that 70,000 Virginians have been sent to quell the insurrection. If any person should
chance to doubt the truth of such an assertion, the testimony of some of the greatest men (or greatest jacobins at least) in this town, or perhaps any other town, may be produced to substantiate the fact.
Impelled by motives of pure benevolence towards the jacobins, we have thus early taken pains to give them our opinion upon the course they ought to pursue. It will readily be seen, that we have only pointed out a few of the great lies, which it will be necessary for them to circulate. Besides these there are thousands of little ones, which it is unnecessary to enumerate, because any jacobin can make enough of them in a quarter of an hour to answer the purposes of the whole post for a twelve month. We cannot conclude without requesting them to take the subject into serious consideration, and reflect how important it is that they should endeavour by any means, foul or fair, to secure a majority in the House of Representatives. It must indeed have been a very grievous tax upon them to have paid from their private purses for all the extra newspapers, hand-bills and printed letters, which they have sent to every quarter of the State, during the last year, and it would entirely relieve them of this inconvenient burden, if they could procure another democratic Treasurer, such as Thompson J. Skinner, to rob the people of another 72,000 dollars to pay for the printing of these electioneering pamphlets. But if after all, their lies and misrepresentations should be of no avail, and the people consulting their own best interests, should elect a large majority of Representatives of the true federal, Washington principles, the democrats will have the satisfaction of reflecting that they have done their duty; that they have told falsehoods enough to acquit themselves before the tribunal of their consciences, and that no one can accuse them of having been backward in the cause of jacobinism and anarchy.—New-Bedford Mercury.
President Adams.
When men appeal to the passions, instead of reason, on subjects which admit of reasoning, it is always and justly considered a proof of conscious weakness, of distrust in the correctness of the ground they assume.—But when an appeal is made to the passions, by taking for facts, positions which are directly opposite to the truth, it shews not only the want of argument, but a want of principle.
We have recently observed, with astonishment and some indignation, that an attempt has been made to win people from their federalism, by exciting compassion for Mr. Adams, late President of the United States, who has thought proper to abandon his principles and his friends. And to excite this compassion, both he & his new admirers, have the boldness to assert, that he has been calumniated by the federal press! and maltreated by the federalists!
Of whatever tergiversation and ingratitude this venerable gentleman may be guilty, we have no disposition to animadvert on his conduct; but we feel in duty bound to act on the defensive, when we are so unjustly criminated. We are happy that, in this case, the publick must judge not from speculation, but from facts; facts which are capable of the most perfect demonstration.
It is impossible for us to comprise in these few remarks, the language of the federal press, during Mr. Adams's administration; but as files of every federal paper of consequence can be examined, we confidently appeal to them for proof, that Mr. Adams's measures had their uniform and decided support. While he was assailed by every species of abuse from the opposition, while Mr. Benjamin Russell, the Reverend Mr. Bentley, the Englishman Cheetham, and the Irishman Duane were employed in publishing every species of scurrility against him; and while Jefferson employed Callender, and Burr,
John Wood, they both foreigners too, to write him down in pamphlets, the federal papers from one end of the Union to the other repelled their attacks and defended his policy. It is true, that towards the close of his administration, the temporizing and fatal plan of securing a re-election by bending in some respects to the views of the opposition, and as his advocate now avows to have been his object—by making up a third party, out of the wavering among the right and the wrong, astonished and confounded many of his friends. Still he was treated with the utmost delicacy, and to the last, and at the last election, when Jefferson came into the chair, Mr. Adams had every electoral vote that the strength of the party could devote to his re-election.
When by the triumph of falsehood and faction, Mr. Jefferson superseded Mr. Adams, the friends of the former were not content with efforts to defend his measures, nor willing to let Mr. Adams enjoy his retirement in quiet. The tide of abuse pursued him in his retreat, and every democratic newspaper was still filled with denunciations of John Adams's treachery to his country—his monarchical views—his devotion to the British cabinet—his attempts to establish an aristocracy—his "nobility holes," &c. &c.—Justice required that Mr. Adams should be shielded against this disgraceful persecution, and the Federalists exerted themselves to that effect. To show by what base means he had been assailed, Callender was again dragged forth to light; the profligacy of his pen was exposed by argument, and the authority under which he dared to insult the American public was demonstrated.
And now, though for the two last annual elections, Mr. Adams's son, and next, himself, have come out decidedly against their old friends, and endeavoured to prevent the management of this Commonwealth from being recommitted to the supporters of the Adams administration, and the adherents to his former patriotic principles, what have the federalists said? Hitherto we have said nothing. But perhaps some federal papers may have considered them as apostates. And is this calumny? Is this abuse? What is apostasy? Johnson says, "Apostasy is a departure from what a man has professed." It is the boast of the democrats, the high praise they bestow on Mr. Adams, that he is no more a federalist. He certainly was a professed federalist, and the federalists still abide by those doctrines, which he has published in books, in letters, in speeches, and addresses. He has furnished principles for every measure the federalists now recommend. The democrats declare Mr. Adams has departed from what he professed; the federalists, perhaps, reverse the order of the term and definition, in the dictionary, and say, then he is an apostate. Is he calumniated? Then the calumny rests with his new friends.
For ourselves, we shall adhere undeviatingly to those political doctrines, which, in part, we were taught by Mr. Adams; of the soundness of which, the destructive effects of opposite principles, in the administration of his successor, have given but too melancholy proof.—We shall not consult his letters to the RESPECTABLE MESSIEURS WRIGHT & LYMAN; but his Discourses on Davila, his Dissertations on Republics, & Defence of the American Constitution, his Speeches, and his Answers to Addresses, when President. We were educated to follow principles, not men, who have a thousand motives to change, with which the public have no concern, while principles never vary.
Thus much we have said to repel a charge, ungenerous, as proceeding from Mr. Adams; and impudent, as advanced by his recent revilers, that he has been abused by the federal press. It was a subject we touched with reluctance; but what-
ever friends or foes may think, we prefer a frank, candid course of conduct; and we trust, that if the public must feel compassion for the late President, and perhaps he deserves it, a more just cause will readily present than injurious treatment from the Federalists.
Renewal of Intercourse with Great Britain.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is provided by the 11th section of the act of Congress entitled "an act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the U. States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes"—that "in case either France or G. Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the U. S." the President is authorized to declare the same by proclamation, after which the trade—suspended by the said act, and by an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the U. States, and the several acts supplementary thereto—may be renewed with the nation so doing. And whereas the Hon. DAVID MONTAGUE ERSKINE, His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has, by the order and in the name of his Sovereign, declared to this government that the British Orders in Council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the U. S. on the 10th day of June next. Now therefore I, JAMES MADISON, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim that the Orders in Council aforesaid will have been withdrawn on the 10th day of June next; after which day the trade of the United States with Great Britain, as suspended by the act of Congress above mentioned, and an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the U. States, and the several acts supplementary thereto may be renewed.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States the thirty-third.
JAMES MADISON.
By the President, RT. SMITH, Secretary of State.
Sir George Prevost, with the troops under his command, have arrived at Halifax from the West-Indies. After the capture of Guadalupe, it was contemplated to take St. Martins, and to attack the city of St. Domingo. Whether these places were attempted, or so easily subdued, as not much to delay the return of a portion of the troops, we are yet to learn. No resistance was expected from St. Martins, and the Spaniards were to co-operate against St. Domingo.
A duty of 10 dollars a barrel on flour from the United States is said to have been laid at the Havanna, because Spanish vessels are not allowed to load in our ports.
Virginia Election.—It is said, that Mr. Lewis, fed. Mr. Randolph, and Messrs. Bassett, Eppes, Gholson, Dawson, Nicholas, and Clopton, (the last mentioned six are democratic) are re-elected to Congress. Hopes are entertained, from the returns, of the election of Messrs. Taylor, Breckenridge, Linsey and Swoope, federalists. Virginia sends 22 members.
It appears by accounts from Virginia, that Federal Republicanism will almost for the first time, exhibit itself in the next legislature of that State. There always have been respectable Federalists in the Assembly, but they have not been sufficiently numerous to make an effort to stem the draining current of Democracy: This will no longer be the case.
Extract of a letter from Lincoln county, to the editors of the Boston Gazette, dated April 19.
"Democratic papers from Bolton, are circulating among us gratis, and with an unsparing hand. I hope they are not paid for out of the public money, nor by the French Minister or Consul, as was the case with a democratic paper some years ago. The last I received, is evidently calculated to deceive the people. Extracts from General Washington's letter to Mr. Henry are published; and thus it is attempted to make a very different impression from that which is excited by seeing the whole letter. In that letter, as in his other writings, he is severe and pointed against the intrigues of the democratic or French party. His object was to vindicate the measures of the Federal Rulers in 1798 and 1799, and to reprobate the conduct of their opposers. It is also asserted in this paper, that the Federalists wish to destroy the Union; and that they actually intend it. Is not this a base and unfounded falsehood? We have a right to ask for proof of such a plan. The Federalists have indeed remonstrated against the late measures of the Administration, but they have kept within constitutional limits; and have ever been anxious to preserve the Union by contending that the interest of the Northern States should be attended to as well as those of the Southern section. We well remember, however, that in 1798, the Democrats of Virginia, who now direct the concerns of the nation, openly threatened to secede from the general government.
CANDOR.
The way to make a great smoke—Take 11,350 Cigars, and convert them into one huge Mammoth Cigar—then take 56,116 Spanish milled Dollars, and make thereof a Cigar tube—then place the great Cigar in the great tube—light the Cigar with the constitution—and set a great General to smoking—The smoke thus produced has been administered by a great philosopher as a soporific, under the pretence that it was intended to kill insects which were said to be gnawing at the root of the tree of liberty: But it has proved a sovereign remedy for weak and disordered eyes, and has been known to cure total blindness!—Albany Balance.
An election has just terminated in Rhode Island, and the Providence American asserts, that there is a complete federal majority in both branches of the Legislature.
NEW TREASON.—The democrats publish in their papers that if any citizen is so daring as to question the constitutionality of any of the provisions of the late forcing embargo act of congress by appealing to the judiciary, they ought not to "keep their heads on their shoulders ONE HOUR"—Trenton Fed.
From the noble spirit evinced by a gallant Spanish general, his title to a slight transposition of his name is undeniable, and hereafter instead of Roman he may justly be stiled a Roman.
Question. "I ask the opposition for the evidence of Mr. Jefferson's dislike to commerce."
(Algernon Sidney.)
Answer. "I am happy to see you preparing to provide yourselves with those comforts and conveniences of life, for which it would be unwise EVERMORE to recur to distant countries."—Jefferson's answer to the Legislature of New-Hampshire.
(Portsmouth Oracle.)
DIED,
At Barrington, on Monday the 17th instant, Mr. JOSUA FOSS, in the 100th year of his age. His character is well worth remark and more worthy of imitation.—The fortitude of his mind, the rectitude of his manners, the mildness of his temper, together with his universal temperate way of living, is not exceeded perhaps by any in the present age.
Those who would wish to long enjoy Their health and strength and reason, Should live as temp'rate as he did.
Then drop like corn in season. JOH. His posterity which are now living, are 7 children, three of which are above 70 years of age, 47 grand children, 95 of the 4th generation, 4 of the 5th generation—27 deceased. Total 180!!

Foreign Intelligence.
BOSTON, APRIL, 27.
VERY LATE FROM FRANCE.
The French letter of marque L'Esperance, Capt. Deplace, arrived here on Tuesday, in a short passage from Bordeaux. A French gentleman, a passenger, politely favored us with a file of French papers to the 19th of last month: and a manuscript copy of a new Imperial Decree. A few translations from the papers, and the decree, will be found below.
The accounts from the European continent, in these papers, are nearly a month later than before received. War between France and Austria had not commenced, though the declaration of it was daily expected. The French Ambassador, and Ministers of the Confederation of the Rhine, had quitted Vienna; and all the troops in the North, under the controul of Bonaparte, were in motion, 100,000 of the troops, which were in Spain, had returned into France; and were moving towards Bavaria. The Emperor was in Paris at the last date. We find but little mention made of Russia; and that little did not indicate any thing like her taking a part in the war against Austria. The peace between Turkey and England is attributed in the Paris papers to the interference of Austria.
The tidings from Spain, are late. Sarragossa surrendered the 24th February; after a memorable siege: the particulars of which fill three of the papers:—About 10,000 of the garrison had passed Bayonne.—The south of Spain had not been overrun, nor had Cadiz been invested. The French had entered Oporto, (Portugal) and were advancing on Lisbon.
The Brest fleet, at the latest date, remained near Rochefort.
On the subject of American affairs, these papers are wholly silent.—An Imperial decree, affecting a part of our vessels in France, will be found under the translations. To understand it, it will be recollected, that the French, have long detained American vessels under various pretences:—But some time since an Embargo was laid on all American vessels in the ports of France.—The new decree only affects such as were detained by this general embargo.—They are permitted to return direct to the U. States, giving bonds.—The others are still detained.
[TRANSLATIONS.]
VIENNA, FEB. 23.—The Wurtemberg and Bavarian Ambassadors are about to quit this capital. The different corps of our army are to be commanded by the Archdukes, and by Generals Lichtenstein, Rosamberg, Klenau, Kalkreuth, and Bellegarde.
FEB. 26. The great military promotions announced a few days since, have been followed by others.
Gen. Meerfeldt has been sent into Galicia, where he will have a command.
The enumeration of the horses in this city and environs is now making. Several thousands will be wanted by government for the service of the artillery.
The young Count de Kinaky and de Traufendorf, have demanded of the Archduke Charles, to serve near his person in quality of volunteers.
MARCH 1. His Excellency Gen. Andreossi has taken leave of our Court, on his return to Paris.—He passed Augsburg the 16th March, and continued his route without stopping.
PETTERSBURO, JAN. 16.—The Austrian Ambassador, Prince Schwarzenburg, has had his first audience of his Majesty; and had conference of an hour and as half with him in his closet.
PARIS, MARCH 22. The Vienna Court Gazette continues to give all the absurdities of the English journals. The manner in which the events in Turkey are recounted, prove evidently that Austria has contributed all in her power to the peace between the Porte and England. Mr. Adair, formerly Ambassador to the Austrian Court, when he left Vienna had letters of recommendation to the Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople.
The Vienna Court Gazette states, that several Saxon regiments had marched into the Duchy of Warsaw, while the Westphalians are marching towards Thuringia.
AUGSBURG, MARCH 1. The head-quarters of Gen. Oudinot's corps are in this city. Three Bavarian corps are to be formed in Tyrol, on the Inn, and in the Upper Palatinate. MARCH 7. We learn that several Englishmen have arrived at Trieste, and shewn themselves publicly. A British courier, lately debarked there, and proceeded hastily to Vienna. For some time very frequent communications have been made between Austria and England by way of Trieste.
An Austrian train of artillery has arrived at Eggra, in Bohemia.
We learn that an Austrian corps has shewn itself on the banks of the Inn, on the side of Passau. For this cause the Court of Munich has ordered its troops in Swabia and Franconia to join those in Bavaria, who are to concentrate on the Inn. The garrisons of Ulm and Augsburg are already on their march.
NURBURG, MARCH 7. All the Bavarian troops are marching to the Inn.
The famous intriguer Genuz has arrived in Vienna; probably to draft the Austrian Manifesto. M. Stein is also at Vienna.
MARCH 5. General Sebastiani presents his compliments to the Marshals Junot and
St. Cyr are approaching Valencia, which it is expected will not make an defence.
Sarragossa surrendered the 19th February, to the Duke of Montebello (Lafnes). Such of the garrison as would not swear allegiance to Joseph I. were to be sent prisoners of war into France.
PARIS, MARCH 16.—The Emperor returned yesterday from Rambouillet.
We understand from different letters, that an increased activity prevails in the ports of Ferrol and Corrunna. It is not enough that the Spanish marine corps should have remained faithful to honor during a time of anarchy and rebellion, but it aspires to revenge itself upon England for the evils brought upon the country.—It is said that even the Cadiz Squadron participate in this sentiment.—A great movement is projecting upon the coasts of the ocean, from Holland quite to Spain.—The French troops have followed the English to the port of Gallacia—perhaps they may have the happiness to pursue them further.—Many means offer for penetrating into Insurgent Ireland, and for seeking the remains of Sir J. Moore's army in Kent.—When Carthage carried her arms into Italy, the Romans soon found themselves under her own walls in Africa, and the rival of Rome disappeared!
An epidemic disease was said, in the French papers, to have broken out at Sarragossa, in consequence of the sufferings and hardships endured in the siege, and to have carried off upwards of 20 thousand persons.
COUNCIL OF PRIZES, Paris, Jan. 25. The American vessel Susan, has been adjudged good prize to the officers and crews of the Italian and Syrene frigates. The same Court has declared good and lawful prize the merchandise taken out of the American ship Augusta, by the French privateer L'Eve, and confiscated the same for the benefit of the Marine Invalid Cafe.
MARCH 13. The late Ambassador Gen. Andreossi, has returned to Paris from Vienna.
SARAGOSSA.
It appears that Sarragossa was not wholly subdued, until after the garrison had sustained 150 attacks, which were made night and day without intermission, for 45 days. In this memorable siege, the French are presumed to have lost nearly 30,000 men; and to have encountered from the unexampled bravery of the inhabitants, every kind of opposition which human ingenuity, stimulated by patriotism and the thirst of vengeance, could devise. After the first breach was made, which was about 90 days before its final subjection, the assailants were so powerfully opposed in the streets, and from the houses, as to defeat the execution of any immediate surrender of the place—they were compelled to conquer street by street, and house by house—for every house was a fortress, and was defended until blown up.—The details of this siege are highly interesting, presenting a daily journal of operations for 30 days, in which the French were unremittingly engaged in fighting the inhabitants, and destroying their dwellings, one by one. Such unexampled heroism, is without precedent in the annals of history.
IMPERIAL DECREE:
OF FEBRUARY 25, 1809.
ART. 1. American vessels which have been detained in the ports of the Empire, solely by the (French) Embargo, are permitted to return directly to the United States. This favor is not extended to such vessels as have been detained on account of irregular papers, or from any other cause.
ART. 2. The vessels, the embargo on which is thus raised, shall be placed in the disposition of M. Gen. Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, to guarantee their direct return to that country.—The bonds given on their departure shall only be cancelled by certificates of our Consuls, &c. in America, that their cargoes were landed therein, and were composed only of the productions or industry of our Empire; and that no part of them was the produce of the soil, of the colonies, or of the commerce of England.
GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
The following is the reply of Mr. Secretary Canning, to Mr. Whitbread's question why America was not mentioned in his Majesty's Speech. It will tend to shew the reasons why the Orders of Council were refused to be rescinded, on the first application of Mr. Pinkney.
"Mr. Canning, could tell the Right Honorable Gentleman, that the ground of the omission was, that no change had taken place in the relative situation of the two states since the last session of Parliament, and he always understood that unless some change of relations should have taken place, it was not the practice to make particular mention of any State in the Speech at the opening of the Session. But he had no objection to give the Right Hon. Gentleman every information in his power relative to that question. The Right Hon. Gentleman had made it matter of charge, at least so far as he felt himself informed upon the subject, that the late offer of compromise from the American Government had not been acceded to. Yet the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed to state the case much more ingeniously for America, than the government of the United States did, having stated it as between America and this country, whereas he should have
stated it as between the neutral and the belligerents. If the case were to be considered as between the Government of this Country and America, then the difficulty was an inheritance left to the present by the late Ministers, for the complaints of America were derived from the acts of the late as well as of the present Ministers; and he wished Gentlemen not to suppose that the Orders of Council, issued by the present Administration, had been the cause of the Embargo. It had been so argued systematically last Session, but it was a notorious fact, that no such ground had been laid for the Embargo. At the time the application for a compromise had been made by the American Government, there was an order in force excluding British ships of war from the American ports, whilst French ships of war were admitted into them; and consequently if the terms offered by America had been accepted, our commerce would have been permitted to America without a ship of war to protect it, whilst the French commerce would have been excluded, at the same time that French ships of war would have been admitted if they could succeed in getting there. The ports of America would become nests for French privateers against British commerce. He deprecated as much as any man the promotion of a hostile spirit against America; but maintained that her neutrality had not been strictly impartial and that in the course of her discussions with this Country her Government appeared to lean to the side of France. In considering the question, which of the two Belligerents had been the aggressor? he was, however, happy to see, from a late Report of the Committee of the American Legislature, upon the subject of the Embargo, that it was proposed to act more impartially towards this country than the enemy, by excluding the armed vessels of both from the ports of the United States.—This exclusion had, heretofore, since the affair of the Chesapeake been confined to this country. But the proposed extension of the interdick, which he understood was likely to be adopted, might tend to facilitate the adjustment of the points in discussion between this Country and America although the propositions alluded to was not brought forward in a very gracious form to us; yet when that proposition should be disposed of, the whole of the difficulty would not be surmounted, as much would still remain to be accommodated."
British House of Commons, Jan. 10.
Domestic Intelligence.
Highly Important Correspondence,
Between Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, and Mr. Smith, Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, April 19.
Since the arrival of Mr. Oakley at Washington, Mr. Smith, Secretary of State, and Mr. Erskine, the British minister, have been, we understand, every day engaged in discussions in relation to two points of difference between the U. States and Great Britain, which, it seems, Mr. Erskine has been authorized to arrange in virtue of powers received from his government by the British sloop of war now lying at Hampton, subject, to his orders. The following notes shew the happy result of these discussions.
(NO. I.)
MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH.
Washington, 7th April, 1809.
SIR, I have the honor to inform you, that I have received his Majesty's commands, to represent to the government of the United States, that his Majesty is animated by the most sincere desire for an adjustment of the differences, which have unhappily so long prevailed between the two countries, the recapitulation of which might have a tendency to impede, if not prevent an amicable understanding.
It having been represented to his majesty's government, that the congress of the United States, in their proceedings at the opening of last session, had evinced an intention of passing certain laws, which would place the relations of Great Britain with the United States upon an equal footing, in all respects, with the other belligerent powers. I have accordingly received his majesty's commands, in the event of such laws taking place, to offer an honorable reparation for the aggression, committed by a British naval officer, in the attack on the U. States' frigate Chesapeake.
Considering the act passed by the Congress of the United States on the 1st March, (usually termed the non-intercourse act) as having produced a state of equality, in the relations of the two belligerent powers, with respect to the United States, I have to submit, conformable to instructions, for the consideration of the American government, such terms of satisfaction and reparation, as his majesty is induced to believe, will be accepted in the same spirit of conciliation, with which they are proposed.
In addition to the prompt disavowal made by his majesty, on being apprized of the unauthorized act, committed by his naval officer, whose recall, as a mark of the king's displeasure, from an highly important and honorable command, immediately ensued, his majesty is
willing to restore the men forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, and, if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the unfortunate sufferers on that occasion.
I have the honor to be, With sentiments of the highest Respect and consideration, SIR, Your most obedient humble servant, D. M. ERSKINE.
The Hon. ROBERT SMITH, Esq. Secretary of State, &c. &c. &c.
(No. II.)
Department of State, April 17, 1809.
SIR, I have laid before the President your note in which you have, in the name and by order of his Britannic Majesty declared that his Britannic Majesty is desirous of making an honorable reparation for the aggression committed by a British naval officer, did immediately recall the offending officer from a highly important and honorable command; and that he is willing to restore the men forcibly taken out of the Chesapeake, and, if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the unfortunate sufferers on that occasion.
The government of the U. States having at all times, entertained a sincere desire for an adjustment of the differences which have so long and so unhappily subsisted between the two countries, the President cannot but receive with pleasure assurances, that his Britannic Majesty is animated by the same disposition, and that he is ready in conformity to this disposition, to make atonement for the insult and aggression committed by one of his naval officers in the attack on the United States frigate the Chesapeake.
As it appears, at the same time, that in making this offer, his Britannic Majesty derives a motive from the equality now existing, in the relations of the United States, with the two belligerent powers, the President owes it to the occasion, and to himself to let it be understood, that this equality is a result incident to a state of things, growing out of distinct considerations.
With this explanation, as requisite as it is frank, I am authorized to inform you that the President accepts the note delivered by you, in the name and by the order of his Britannic Majesty, and will consider the same with the engagement therein contained, when fulfilled, as a satisfaction for the insult and injury of which he has complained. But I have in express charge from the President of state, that while he forbears to insist on a further punishment of the officer, he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such an example, nor the less persuaded that it would best comport with what is due from his Britannic Majesty to his own honor.
I have the honor to be With the highest respect and Consideration, Sir, your Most obedient servant, R. SMITH.
The Hon. David M. Erskine, Esq. Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty.
(No. III.)
MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH.
Washington, April 18, 1809.
SIR,—I have the honor of informing you, that his majesty, having been persuaded that the honorable reparation which he had caused to be tendered for the unauthorized attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake would be accepted by the government of the United States, in the same spirit of conciliation, with which it was proposed, has instructed me to express his satisfaction, should such a happy termination of that affair take place—not only as having removed a painful cause of difference, but as affording a fair prospect of a complete & cordial understanding being reëstablished between the two countries.
The favorable change in the relations of his Majesty with the United States, which has been produced by the Act (usually termed the Non-Intercourse Act) passed in the last session of Congress, was also anticipated by his Majesty, and has encouraged a further hope, that a reconsideration of the existing circumstances might lead to their satisfactory adjustment.
On these grounds and expectations, I am instructed to communicate to the American government, his majesty's determination of sending to the U. States, an Envoy Extraordinary invested with full powers to conclude a Treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries.
In mean time, with a view to contribute to the attainment of so desirable an object; his majesty would be willing to withdraw his Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, so far as respects the United States, in the persuasion that the President would issue a Proclamation for the renewal of the intercourse with Great-Britain, & that whatever difference of opinion should arise in the interpretation of the terms of such an agreement will be removed in the proposed negotiation.
I have the honor to be, &c. D. M. ERSKINE. Hon. Robert Smith, Esq.
(No. IV.)
MR. SMITH TO MR. ERSKINE.
Department of State, April 18, 1809.
SIR,—The note, which I had the honor of receiving from you this day, I lost no time in laying before the President, who, being sincerely desirous of a satisfactory adjustment of the differences unhappily existing between Great-Britain and the United States, has authorized me to assure you, that he will meet with a disposition correspondent with that of his Britannic Majesty, the determination of his Majesty to send to the United States a special Envoy invested with full powers to conclude a Treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries.
I am further authorized to assure you, that in case his Britannic Majesty should, in the mean time withdraw his orders in council of January and November 1807, so far as respects the United States, the
President will not fail to issue a Proclamation by virtue of the authority, and for the purposes specified in the eleventh section of the statute, commonly called the Non-Intercourse Act.
I have the honor to be, &c. R. SMITH.
(No. V.)
MR. ERSKINE TO MR. SMITH.
Washington, April 19, 1809.
SIR,—In consequence of the acceptance, by the President, as stated in your letter of the 18th instant, of the proposals made by me on the part of his majesty, in my letter of the same day, for the renewal of the intercourse between the respective countries, I am authorized to declare that his Majesty's Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, will have been withdrawn, as respects the United States, on the 10th day of June next.
I have the honor to be, &c. D. M. ERSKINE. Hon. Robert Smith, Esq.
(No. VI.)
MR. SMITH TO MR. ERSKINE.
Department of State, April 19, 1809.
SIR,—Having laid before the President your note of this day, containing an assurance, that his Britannic Majesty will on the tenth day of June next have withdrawn his Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, so far as respects the United States, I have the honor of informing you that the President will accordingly, and in pursuance of the eleventh section of the statute, commonly called the Non-Intercourse Act, issue a Proclamation, so that the trade of the United States with Great Britain may on the same day be renewed, in the manner provided in the said section.
I have the honor to be, &c. R. SMITH.
[Here follows Mr. Madison's proclamation contained in the first page of this day's Gazette.]
The great object of all the exertions of the Federalists is attained.—Peace is preferred with England; and we trust the accommodation is founded on a basis which cannot be destroyed. Had the event we rejoice in been consummated a year since, the United States would have escaped the loss of many millions. But evils have their uses—The measure of an Embargo will never again be resorted to.—Experience has taught us, that its little finger is heavier than the loins of war.—Cent.
"I rejoice in the great and glorious change in our relation to Great-Britain. An opportunity now offers to consolidate a union between the two most commercial nations in the world, which under Divine Providence, will put them out of danger from the powers of earth and hell. Let nothing be wanting on the part of the friends of order and good government. From this memorable period let party names, party interest and party spirit be buried in eternal forgetfulness;—and let it be the ambition of all to support the American name, and give dignity to the American character."—Ibid.
Freights have risen 50 per cent. in N. York since the receipt of President Madison's proclamation.
From the Freeman's Journal.
The new Administration.—Our disputes with Great-Britain have at length been happily brought to a close. Under the visionary administration of Jefferson, the country had verged to the brink of ruin, besides sustained an actual loss in our commerce of more than one hundred millions of dollars. Had he continued in office, there is no knowing where the devastation would have ended, or whether the disputes between the two countries would ever have been peaceably settled. After all our distresses, and losses and privations, we have resorted to the very same point at which the two countries stood, when Mr. Jefferson refused to ratify the late treaty.
From the Boston Gazette.
THE happy termination of our differences with Great-Britain, ought to give sincere pleasure to men of all parties. The restoration of the most important and interesting branches of our trade, will give a spring to the industry and enterprise of our citizens. We are happy to hear that this event is received with pleasure by the supporters of the administration, and that forgetting their old animosities against Great-Britain, they welcome the return of a good understanding with that country as the harbinger of our future prosperity. So do we, with the most heartfelt and unfeigned satisfaction. To the federalists it is unimportant by what means this invaluable blessing has been procured. If it will gratify the pride of opinion of our political opponents, to contend that it is the result of their wise and prudent measures, we shall not disturb their self-satisfaction.
While we indulge them in arrogating to themselves the merit of having achieved this great national boon, they must permit us to say, that we now reap the fruits of all our labors.
To prevent a ruinous, unnecessary war, was our first wish.—To restore the most nat-

ural, most safe, and most profitable branches of our trade, the second. Both these wishes are fulfilled.
We shall not stop to enquire, whether the spirited and vigorous measures of New-England—their determined and public declarations that they would not submit to an unnecessary and destructive war, have induced the administration to listen to the same terms which Great-Britain has always been ready to offer, and to which we have uniformly contended she was sincerely disposed.
One or two remarks may however be useful, as they may affect our policy on future occasions.
1st. The first remark is, that as our embargo was not laid in consequence of the British orders in Council, which were not only not known, but not even alluded to in debate, so the withdrawing of the embargo on the rescinding the orders in council, is an admission that that measure was not productive of the good effects proposed by its supporters.
2dly. The revocation of the British Orders being predicated solely on our adopting by a solemn statute, measures of resistance to the French decrees, it is apparent, that had those measures of resistance been adopted in the first instance instead of the Embargo, those Orders would never have existed—we should have been spared the expense and distress incident to eighteen months loss of all exterior commerce, and the still worse wound inflicted upon the Constitution in consequence of those laws.
3dly. The issue of the late negotiation proves what we have always maintained, that the British Government were not accountable for the unhappy affair of the Chesapeake, that they were as much wounded at it as we were, and that they would seek the first honorable occasion to give us satisfactory reparation. This has now been done to the satisfaction of Mr. Madison, and the affair is happily buried forever.
Lastly, This late negotiation ought to convince every impartial man, that Great-Britain is always disposed to maintain a good and honorable understanding with us. That whenever collisions shall take place on minor points, a frank, open and honorable course is much to be preferred—that instead of resorting to petulance and abuse, to hostile and violent measures, we can always more surely confide in her interest to maintain peace, and the disposition of her Cabinet to do its justice. On future occasions it is therefore hoped we shall avoid measures ruinous to ourselves and disgraceful to our Councils, and apply directly in the first instance to her sense of justice, instead of provoking her, and stimulating her pride by measures of self reparation. If such a course should ever fail, which we believe it would not, we have, it is hoped spirit enough to seek our own redress by bold and decided steps.
VIRGINIA FEDERALISTS.
No State in the union contains federalists more inflexible or highly enlightened than Virginia. It is true the number of federal votes has not lately been very great; and it has been usual for some time past to consider that state as an opaque mass, sold to Jeffersonism, and upon which he had indelibly fixed his mark of property. Strange indeed has it seemed that the native state of Washington and Marshall should be appropriated to the insidious calumniator of the one and the unprovoked foe of the other! The latest accounts of the progress of the election give us room to hope, that this will not be the case much longer. The reign of delusion, which is necessarily limited, is verging to a close, and the good sense of the people is again about to prevail. Mr. RANDOLPH, who by his opposition to the systems, which have brought our country to the brink of ruin, rendered himself more obnoxious than any federalist, to the despotic party, now about to be humbled, has been triumphantly re-elected, notwithstanding the persevering and unprincipled endeavors of his enemies.
Mr. LEWIS was also marked out for expulsion from the only seat among the Virginia delegation occupied by a federalist. The party here made a full display of all their black arts to accomplish a purpose so dear to them. But the federal candidate prevailed by a greater majority than he ever had, being double the number of votes he had at the last election.
No doubt is entertained of Major STEVENSON's election to the exclusion of Mr. Morrow, and Gen. BRECKENRIDGE to the exclusion of Mr. Wilson.
Mr. SWOPE has obtained a majority in three out of five counties, which compose his district, and will certainly turn out a dead gentleman named Smith. Odd as it may appear Virginia has, in the last congress, had two of her representatives physically deaf, and most of the rest politically blind.
Mr. Jackson, the President's brother in law, will probably fall a sacrifice to his war measures and embargoing rhodomontade.—Mr. LAMBERT, the federal candidate has obtained a majority over him in Ohio county, and it is expected may prevail through the district.
This election will also infuse a salutary portion of federalism in the Legislature of Virginia. Among other remarkable changes is the election of a federal delegate from Rockbridge county—North American.
NEWYORK, APRIL 10.
TORY PERSECUTION.
Gen. Solomon Van Rensselaer has been removed by Governor Tomkins and his Council, from the office of Adjutant-General of the state.—Crime—thinking differently on political subjects, from the said Tomkins and Junto. This amiable and excellent officer, at the age of 18, was a cornet of Cavalry under Gen. Wayne. In the action of August 20th, 1794, after the commanding officer of that corps fell, the command
devolved on him. How he acquitted himself, the despatches of Gen. Wayne bear ample testimony. On that occasion he received a wound through the the lungs, which was considered at first, as mortal; but which his youth, and a strong constitution surmounted. When Adams' additional army was raised, the Father of his Country, WASHINGTON, who was appointed Lieut. General, sent for Capt. Van Rensselaer, questioned him respecting the state of his wound, and recommended him to be appointed a Major of Cavalry, which took place.—He was afterwards appointed by Gov. Jay, Adjutant-General of the State, and continued to discharge that office with great fidelity, until the present Governor, and Council of Appointment, influenced by DeWitt Clinton and Ambrose Spencer, turned him out of office. It will be recollected, it was this gentleman whom the three cowardly assassins, John Taylor, Francis Bloodgood and Charles D. Cooper, attacked and nearly beat to death, some time since in the streets of Albany.
FROM NEW-YORK, APRIL 25. Yesterday, the greatest rejoicings took place in consequence of the adjustment of our differences with Great-Britain, and the restoration of commercial intercourse with that nation. The day was ushered in by the discharge of federal salutes from the forts and battery, from the frigate Constitution, British Packets, &c. In the evening, the principal houses in the town were illuminated—and throughout the day, joy was visible in every countenance.
It is reported, that a French fleet has arrived in the West-Indies, and recaptured the small island of Mariegalante.—If any force has arrived in that quarter, it is probable, a small squadron of frigates from L'Orient.
Seamen's Wages, were from 30 to 35 dollars per month, at Baltimore on the 18th inst.
Mr. Stephenson, a Federal Republican, is elected to Congress in Virginia, by a handsome majority, vice Mr. Morrow, a democrat.
Portland,
Monday, May 1, 1809.
GOOD NEWS.
After experiencing for seventeen months past, an almost total annihilation of our commerce and the loss of millions by Mr. Jefferson's embargo and philosophical experiments, it is with much pleasure we find that the situation of affairs between the United States and Great-Britain are in a train for amicable and honorable adjustment.—Whatever the causes which have interrupted that friendly intercourse, which is so much for the independence and prosperity of both nations to preserve, may have been, we hope now to see those who have for a long time endeavoured to involve the country in a war with England, abandon their ruinous schemes, and adopt the maxim, "in peace be friends." We hope to hear no more about "British partisans," "tories" and such magic terms conjured up by office seekers to impose on the honest citizens to serve the basest purposes, of men destitute of either moral or political rectitude.
The renewal of intercourse with England will be highly advantageous to the interests of the citizens of Maine.
From the Repository of Friday last.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND. VIA HALIFAX.
We were yesterday favored with a Halifax paper of the 18th instant, containing articles of intelligence from the London Gazette to the 14th, and from Greenock papers to the 17th of March. The news is of considerable importance.
The die, at last, is cast in Germany. The whole empire exhibits one scene of military movements.
FRENCH MOVEMENTS.
The French army of the Rhine under Davoust, is on its march to the Danube. General Oudinot, whose head quarters are at Augs-burgh, commands nearly 30,000 men. Several Dutch regiments have passed the Mayn, on their way to Franconia, putting all the carriages and horses in their passage in requisition.
A French army is to be formed in Saxony, with which the forces of the Confederation if the Rhine are to act.
The French have an army of above 40,000 men in Italy, near the Austrian frontiers. Massena is to have the command.
On the 12th of Feb. dispatches arrived at Vienna, with the final decision of Bonaparte on the subject of his differences with the Emperor Francis. Messengers were immediately dispatched to Petersburg, Berlin, and Copenhagen, and to the several Austrian governments.
Marshal Duroc passed through Frankfort Feb. 2d, on an important mission from Bonaparte to the Russian cabinet.
Jerome Bonaparte, by imperial command has issued a decree, ordering out an army for service of 5500, and an army of reserve of 2500.
GERMAN MOVEMENTS.
A cordon of troops has been formed along the whole extent of the Austrian frontier. Great exertions are making to fortify Ems, in upper Austria.
The cabinet of Vienna have ordered further augmentations of their armies. The militia too are disciplined two evenings every week and provided for actual service. The Archduke CHARLES is appointed Generalissimo with unlimited powers, so that his operations will no longer be shackled by the interference of the Aulick council.
THE SPIRIT OF HOLLAND.
Louis Bonaparte was at Utrecht, taking measures to relieve the country suffering under the inundations, when he received orders from Napoleon for the immediate march of 15,000 Dutch troops into Bavaria, to act under Davoust, and another division of like force to be ready by the middle of March. Louis sent off couriers to Amsterdam, &c. calling his ministers and council of state to Utrecht, where after much deliberation, his council declared to him the incompetency of the nation to sustain the bur-
thens of a new war, and solemnly protested against his employment of so large a force, in a service so unconnected with the interests of the country. A few regiments were however sent off; (the same mentioned above, on their way to Franconia.)"
THE OTTOMAN PORTE, it is said in letters from Holland, will immediately join Austria, in the war against France. It is said to be one of the secret articles of peace between Turkey and Great Britain.
The British government had received intelligence from the head quarters of the Spanish army at Carolina, (an advantageous post in the Sierra Morena) dated Feb. 12th. The Spanish patriots still retained a respectable force, and a confidence of eventual success. General Urbino had been appointed to the command of the central army and that of Carolina, in place of the Duke d'Infantado, under arrest. The French army had retired upon Toledo and Madrid, for the purpose of entering Estremadura with an army of 25,000 men.
Among the Spanish forces now embodied we observe the following mentioned. General Cuesta at Truxillo, with 14,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. A division of British and Portuguese at Alcantara, of 14,000. The army of Carolina 21,000 infantry, and 1,700 cavalry.—The advanced guard at La Mancha 8,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry: making 62,700.
"TO ERR IS HUMAN."
Editors of periodical publications, however strongly inclined they may be to avoid it, are liable, in common with their fellow-beings, frequently to err. Being in many cases dependant on others for information, it not unfrequently happens that falsehood is promulgated with the purest intention.—On its becoming apparent, therefore, that a statement is erroneous, and the procedure corrected, its evil tendency will be counteracted and the propagator will have done his duty. Sensible that a cause like ours is in no wise dependant on falsehood for support, and being actuated by a desire of undeceiving our readers, we embrace the earliest opportunity of correcting the statement complained of in the last Argus.—The cause of Jacobinism, being directly opposite in its tendency and operation, requires a different alment for its subsistence: we do not expect, therefore, that our political opponents will evince an equal degree of candor with ourselves, as their party would thereby dwindle to nought! We shall content ourselves, at this time, therefore, by correcting our own errors, without the least expectation of being imitated by our truth-telling opposers.
The Editor of the Argus heads a letter from his redoubtable master, the honourable William King, "Another Gazette lie detected," in alluding to an article published in the Gazette of the 17th ult. respecting the remarks in the Argus on that part of the militia bill which referred to the Quakers. We repeat that the publication in the Gazette was correct, excepting that Mr. King was one of the committee who reported the bill—in this particular we have Mr. King's declaration that he was not one of the committee. Be it so; yet he does not say he was not in favor of taxing the Quakers for not doing military duty. All the remarks in the democratic papers respecting this business were evidently made with an intention to prejudice the Friends against the federal candidate by representing it as a party measure. In this respect they were guilty of falsehood & misrepresentation. The bill was intended to improve the militia system of this state, and postponed on account of the rising of the legislature; but the democrats by misrepresentation and falsehood endeavoured to make it serve an electioneering purpose when it ought never to have been viewed in such a light. No wonder Mr. King dislikes the proceedings of the federalists—"the galled jade will wince"—as he is not one of those characters who think that a private station is the post of honor. He trembles for his seat in the Senate.
Extract of a letter from Capt. W. Kraatz, to his friend in this town, dated
"BOURDEAUX, MARCH 17, 1809."
"My ship was seized by the French government on the 10th of January last, and will, no doubt, be condemned. They have endeavoured to conjure up a pretence for imprisoning me in common with many of my unfortunate countrymen, but fortunately thus far I have eluded their plans. I am very solicitous of going to Charante, in order to obtain a copy of my condemnation; but dare not for fear of imprisonment, and hazarding a fine of 2000 dollars. We are considered as prisoners of War, but not used so well—Capt. Osgood, of the ship Neptune, and another Captain broke out of prison after 3 months confinement. There are eleven ships in Charante, in the same situation in which mine is; and
six ships' companies imprisoned at Rochfort—some of whom have been marched 700 miles, probably for sake keeping. There are besides, a great number of American vessels in different ports in France, condemned for having been spoken by the English."
As the democrats have boasted much of the publications of the late President Adams' being in their favor, we publish the following letter addressed by him to a respectable citizen in this county, which shows that this venerable patriot holds fast to his integrity. That he entertains no very favorable opinion of our demagogues or of Mr. Jefferson's putting them into office.
Quincy, April 13, 1809.
SIR, I HAVE received your favour of April 5th. I agree with you that our Prosperity has been as great as that of any People that ever existed and that our Massachusetts and national Constitutions are better than any that I have known or read, as long as they are administered by the People and their Representatives according to their Spirit and true Principles. How long this will be depends upon the People themselves. If the People and their Representatives sacrifice the Characters and destroy the influence of the best, most enlightened and most disinterested Men, by Calumnies and promote those who have neither heads nor hearts fit for their Stations and are actuated only by motives of Avarice and Ambition it will not be very long before our Prosperity will be exchanged for Calamity and our free Constitutions converted into Tyrannies.
That I neither wish for a Monarchy nor a Grecian Democracy nor a Grecian or Roman Aristocracy in these United States is most certain & most evident to this whole Nation if they have ever attended to my Words, Actions or Writings for fifty years—In January 1776 I printed my opinion of a proper form of Government under the title of Thoughts on Government in a Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend. In 1779 I was a Member of the Convention that formed our Massachusetts Constitution and expressed with great freedom my Sentiments of Government in that Assembly of three or four hundred Gentlemen collected from all parts of the State. Two or three and twenty years ago I published three octavo Volumes in Defence of our Massachusetts Constitution with a view to suppress Shay's Rebellion. About eighteen or nineteen years ago I published papers which have been collected in a Volume under the title of Discourses on Davila. In all these Writings my Opinions upon Government are expressed so clearly that he who runs may read them. If the Nation will not read them or will not understand them, or are determined to misinterpret or misrepresent them, that is not my fault.
I am afraid there is too much of the Spirit of Hutchinson and his times prevalent in these days.
I also am extremely sorry that Mr. Jefferson has turned out so many worthy men and promoted so many who are not so worthy. But it is not necessary for me at present to express my opinion of Mr. Jefferson's Character or Administration. He has passed away. I am Sir, though a stranger,
Your friend and humble servant, JOHN ADAMS.
ERRATA.
In the Biographical sketch of the life of the Rev. Mr. Gilman, published in our last, an error escaped our notice. In the fourth line from the beginning, read Harvard , instead of Hanover .
Died,
At Madrid, Gen. Saligny, Grand Marshal of the Palace of King Joseph, of a fever. At Sarragossa, the celebrated General Palafox, after some days sickness; he died a few days before the surrender of that city. At Charleston, S. C. Thomas Shepard, Esq. one of the editors of the "times" At Vienna, Count Corbentael, At 56, the well known negotiator of the treaties of Campo Formio, Rastadt, Lunéville, &c.
In Cape-Elizabeth, on the 20th ult. Stephen R. son of Mr. Ezekiel Dyer, aged 40 years. He accidentally fell from a horse in turning a corner suddenly and fractured his skull. He expired in 40 hours after.
In this town, on Wednesday morning last, Mrs. Hannah Jenks, aged 45, consort of Dea. William Jenks. Mrs. Jenks was morally and religiously amiable in her manners and deportment through life, she united the accomplishments of the lady, with those of the christian, which rendered her agreeable to all classes, who had the pleasure of her conversation, and ever inculcating the precepts of the gospel, with her instruction, she industriously employed the passing moments, & died happy in the prospect of a futurity of never fading glory, in the mansions of eternal glory—
"Jesus can make a dying bed,"
"Feel soft as downy pillows are"
In this town, on Friday last, Capt. Daniel Lowell, aged 34. Funeral, this afternoon, at 5 o'clock, from his late dwelling house. His friends and acquaintances are requested to attend, without a more particular invitation.
The Members of the Portland Marine Society are requested to attend the funeral of
Captain Daniel Lowell, this afternoon, at his late dwelling house, at 5 o'clock, with the usual badge of mourning.
J. WOODMAN, Sec'y.
SHIPWRECK.
Arrived here on Thursday morning last, schr. Capt. Sturdivant, from Boston—On Tuesday morning, to the eastward of Boon-island, fell in with the wreck of schr. Friendship, of Kennebec, which was towed into this harbor. It appears that the Friendship sailed from Kennebec for Boston, on Tuesday morning, that she soon after upset near Boon-island, in a squall—the man at the helm was knocked overboard and lost. A vessel in company took off the remainder of the crew and carried them to Boston. There were two female passengers on board, one of whom was taken out through the cabin window after the schr. upset—the other, a young woman apparently about 14 or 15 years of age, (we hear Miss Ellis Murphy, of Arundel) it was impossible to save, and she was drowned in the cabin. The man lost, was capt. Benjamin Rhodes, of Arundel. The wreck was previously fallen in with by gun-boat No. 79, and a part of her rigging, a trunk of clothes, and a pocket book of papers taken from her, but could not tow her in. She was loaded with hoops and lumber—Friend.
WANTED TO CHARTER,
A Vessel of about 160 tons burthen. For particulars apply to JOSEPH CROSS, Jun. No. 16, Long Wharf. Portland, May 1.
LOST.
A Few days since, in this town, a GOLD SHIRT PIN, whoever has found the same and will leave it with the printer shall be well rewarded for their trouble. Portland, May 1.
NEW INSURANCE OFFICE.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public that he has opened an INSURANCE OFFICE, in the New-Exchange in Boston, where he will be happy to receive orders for Insurance, which he pledges himself shall be executed on the most favorable terms; all applications will receive prompt attention. Boston, May 1, 1809. C. BRADBURY.
TO LET.
HALF of a large three story DWELLING HOUSE, near the head of Fifth Street—enquire of MARY WATTS. May 1.
THE subscribers, appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Samuel Freeman Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of
SAMUEL WHITMORE, JUN.
late of Gorham in said county, gentleman, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that a further time of three months from the 26th inst. is allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their claims, that said commissioners will attend for that purpose at the dwelling-house of Mr. Simon Hudson, in said Gorham, on Saturday the twentieth day of May next, on Saturday the twenty-fourth day of June next, and on Monday the twenty-fourth day of July next, from two till six o'clock in the afternoon of each of said days. LOTHROP LEWIS, JOS. ADAMS. Gorham, April 28, 1809.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscribers hereby give public notice to all concerned, that we have been duly appointed, and have taken upon ourselves the trust of Executors of the last Will and Testament of
TRISTRAM GILMAN,
late of North-Yarmouth, in the county of Cumberland, Clerk, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. They therefore request all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's Estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to
JOSEPH GILMAN, TRISTRAM GILMAN. April 27, 1809.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of Executor of the last Will and Testament of
REUBEN FENLAYSON,
late of Scarborough, in the county of Cumberland, Yeoman, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to
IVORY FENLAYSON. April 27, 1809.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of Administrator on the Estate of
JAMES CORREY,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Soapboiler, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to PETER WARREN, or to DANIEL TUCKER, his Attorney. February 23d, 1809.
RAN away from the subscriber, an indentured Apprentice, by the name of JASPER VIDET, about eighteen years of age, dark complexion, short and stumpy. Had on when he went away, a short brown outside jacket and trowlers.
Whoever will bring back said apprentice, shall have one cent reward, and no charges paid. Masters of vessels and others, are cautioned against harbouring said apprentice, as they would avoid the penalty of the law, and I will pay no expense. WILLIAM SARGENT. April 24, 1809.
A cheap and easy way to get water and to keep it.
TAKE a tub without a head, and one or more hoggheads, if you wish to guard against fire, and link them in the cellar. May 1.

Poetry.
PARODY—NO PARODY.
ALL the world's a Newspaper, And all our men and women merely readers: They have their tastes and their hobby horses, And each one, in his turn, receives a part; The number being seven—First the Post , And of the jingling line and tinseled simile; Enjoying tortured sense, and strangling wit, But if the line flows smoothly to its end, Forever basking in the Aonian fount, Him nought but fannas, flanzas, odes, delight, And so he reads his part. Next comes in view The sober, softly fighting Sentimentalist , Seeking for rapture the dallying line, The shdande tale, ill-told, compared with Searne's, They fragments choose, & tales and anecdotes. Next the Wit , relishing the in obcence, If but the point be gross—Hum repartee, Bon mots, and gummy epigrams most plese. And then the Politician , full of strange whims; Seeking essays, strictures, observations; With solemn pliz, talking of resolur one; Patriot armies, sieges and leagues of despots; Of neutral powers and of neutral rights, cabals, Of foreign interference, suability of states, And all the mazes of the court-police. He marks each signature; what Brutus writes, he reads, And turns his eye from Coffee —sees in some men The with to be a foreign yoke; In others, sees the wish for nature's fate, And have the kirded bit of law destroyed, That like the savage all might rove at will, Free as the air they breathe: While some he sees, Who with that government, of purest source And subordination, might secure Our fair inheritance. These form the gener- al mass.
Next comes the Economist , hunting for receipts, Receipts, experiments. With up-turn'd nose He runs o'er prose and verse, and like to Hot- ipur, Had rather be a kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same metre ballad lovers. The grade of Meridith , next advance to view: Fond of the maxim sage, and sober precept; They once a week expect their frugal fare, To mend the manners and instruct the mind. Last comes the pale and flipp'd Wonder- Hunter ,
Intent on dying speeches—hurricanes— Malignant fevers, pestilence and want— Of thousand butcher'd on the bloody field, And thousands starving in the wasted land: They thunder-forms delight in, and will seek With earnest eye for deaths and murders, Of people drown'd, or burnt, or suffocated— Learn whom the knot of Hymen has fast tied, And whom the knot of justice faster noos'd; With the long list of every human ill. These all must have their part. The Prin- ter else,
Is but the standing mark of censure loud These tales not grained, they all will growl, And cry the paper's barren, empty, dull, Sans news, sans sense, sans wit, sans every thing.
WHIMICAL POETICAL CROSS READ- INGS.
The candles purlouid last Saturday night— 'Tis threewly suspected will all come to light. A good dose of salts and a gentle potation— To take out the Tains—in a fold's reputation. Return'd from their traveloed set foreign parts, Fresh oysters and lobsterstransported in carts. Two hampers of porter, five cakes of salt pe- tite— Set to music by Handel, in excellent metre. A pedler came travelling by with his pack— Containing ten white mess, a squaw, and a black A snow storm, with thunder and lightning, 'tis said— Fell down the chimney, and roll'd into bed.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Dr WITHERSPOON, in giving instructions to his pupils, once observed, that some of them would probably be called, in the course of life, to take a part in public speaking; but he ad- vised them never to speak when they had nothing to say; and always to leave off when they had done Spirited conduct of the 50th regiment at the battle of Vimeira, in Portugal. During the hottest part of the action, the 50th was stationed in a valley, on the brow of which for Arthur Wellesley had placed himself, looking on with anxious expectation to the re- sult of a charge made upon them by a strong and superior body of the enemy. The 50th flood with arms ordered while the French were coming down upon them with great fury, un- til they had arrived within 20 yards. They then immediately shouldered their arms, fired with the utmost steadiness, and then rushed on with the fixed bayonets upon the enemy. Af- ter having made a very difficult conversion movement, they completely routed and drove them back. The gallant Sir Arthur exclaimed with exultation of joy at their heroic conduct, and instantly galloped off to the left wing, de- clared himself assured of victory— Lond. pap.
A lady asked her husband what the difference was between exporta- tion and transportation. "My Dear," replied the good-natured husband, there is a difference, and I will en- deavour to bring it as near to your understanding as possible: Suppose now that you were exported, I cer- tainly should be transported.
PRACTICAL WIT—A young gentleman, celebrated for his wit at college, was asked by his father for a specimen of his talents, while entertaining a party of friends during vacation. The scholar knelt upon the hearth, and swore lightly to the great surprise of the old Squire, who asked him, what the devil he meant by that? "Why, Sir," replied his ob- edient son, "seeing the fire so low, I thought it might be the better for a pair of bellows!"
A lady told her husband she read the Art of Love , on purpose to learn to be agreeable to him—"I would rather have less without art," said he dryly.
FOR sale by the Subscriber, at his store in Middle Street,
Cognac Brandy Oatmeal SUGARS Bordeaux do. Loaf, Hollands Gin Lump, America do. Havana white Old Jamaica Spirits and brown St. Croix and Antigua Coffee Rum, Chocolate Cherry Brandy Chocolate Shells Raspberry do. Rice Amieced Pearl Barly Madeira, Olives WINES. Teneride, Fresh Turkey Figs Lisbon, Muscari Raisins Sherry, Bloom do. Port and Almonds Claret Smagbarks Hyson, Confectionary of all Young Hyson, kinds usually sold Hyson Skin, Spermaceti, Mould & Suchoung and dip'd Candles Bohea Bar Soap Citron Windler and Castile Mace Soap Nummegs Wash Balls Cinnamon Winter pressed Sperm. Cloves Oil Cassia Rotten Stone Pepper Whiting Pimento Spanish Brown Ginger Mats of all sizes Cayenne House Brushes Mustard Brooms Soy Cin Cafes Catchup Demijohns Capers Jugs Anchovies Pots Bottles & flasks Olive Powder of first quality Oil Shott do. do. Ground Rice
ALSO, A few boxes first quality Spanish Segars; one hundred barrels Cider, suitable for bott- ling or table use; 75 groce Junk Bottles; 300 groce royal velvet Corks; 5000 wt. first qual- ity Connecticut Cheese; 50 quintals dumb Fish of a good quality; 50 bks. Cider Vinegar. The above Goods will be warranted as good as can be obtained, and sold as cheap as can be purchased at any store in town, for Cash or short credit. The smallest favor punctually attended to. DAVID DANA. Portland, March 27.
GUM OPIUM. JUST received, and for sale by Henry F. Ducee & Son, a few pounds of Gum Opium, of the first qual- ity, at their Store No. 6 Muffey's Row, Middle Street.
JUNIPER BERRIES. Wanted to purchase about One Hundred Bushels—for which a generous price will be given, and Cash paid on delivery. April 17.
MARTIN THAXTER
Respectfully informs his friends and the Public in general, that he has commenced the BAKING BUSINESS, in For-Street , be- tween the foot of Union-Street and the foot of Cross-Street ; where he intends to carry on the business in all its various branches, and solicits a share of the patronage of a liberal Public. For Sale, as above. A few Barrels fine & superfine FLOUR, which is warranted fresh and new; and will be sold as low as can be purchased in town. Portland April, 17.
LIME. D. PEASE has for sale, 100 casks new burnt Thomaston STONE LIME. Portland, March 27, 1809. (6w)
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of the Tenth N. Hampshire Turnpike Corporation, who have not paid the first, sec- ond, third, fourth, and fifth Assessments, on their several Shares—which Shares will be sold at public auction, at the Dwelling-house of Capt. Eleazer Robbarks, on said grant, on Wednesday the seventh day of June next, at one of the clock in the afternoon; unless pre- vented by previous payment.
Proprietors Name Original Shares No. of Shares 1/8 of a Share 1/4 of a Share 1/2 of a Share 3/4 of a Share Full Share Jonas Baker, 377, 378 2 50 50 50 50 50 Eleazer Denison, 67, 68 4 60 60 60 60 60 Jonathan Wear, 69, 70 1 15 15 15 15 15 Samuel Wetherbee 94 204 to Do. 228 in 50 750 750 750 750 750 H. Y. B. Osgood, 352 to 2 30 30 30 30 30 Joseph Benton, 376 in 1 15 15 15 15 15 Jonathan Farnum, 490, 491 1 15 15 15 15 15 John Taber & Son, 492, 493 5 75 75 75 75 75 Isaac Parker, 494 2 30 30 30 30 30 Dan White, 498, 499 1 15 15 15 15 15 Treasurer's Office, 500 1 15 15 15 15 15 Bartlett, April 10, 1809 OBD HALL, Treasurer.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ON the night of the 5th inst. the Store of the Subscriber was broken open, and fundry Goods stolen therefrom—among which are the following— Blue Broadcloths—olive do.—blue Forest Cloths—Calicoes—India Cottons, wide and nar- row—India Checks—white Cambrics—white Flannels—Velvets—Patterns—Pocket Handker- chiefs—men's thick and thin Shoes—women's Morocco do.—black and red Filling Boots— Brandy—Rum—Sugar—Pepper—Tea, &c. Any person who will apprehend said Thief or Thieves, so that they may be brought to punishment and the Goods recovered, shall re- ceive the above Reward; or Thirty Dollars for the Goods only, and all necessary charges paid. JOSEPH MAXWELL. Portland, April 17.
Factory Yarn & Thread Store.
JOSEPH POPE, informs his friends and the Public that he is appointed Agent for Almy & Brown , of Providence, who will keep him constantly supplied from their long known & well established Factory, with a general assort- ment of Cotton Warp and Filling, White and colored Stocking, 2 & 3 thread, ditto ditto Thread in hanks and balls, Wick Yarn, Cotton Shirting and Sheetings, do. Check and Stripe, Bed Tick, &c. Which will be sold wholesale and retail at the Factory prices. Shopkeepers in town and country may be supplied on the same terms as at the Manufactories, by applying at No. 7, Muffey's Row. (6m) Dec. 19.
TO BE LET, HALF of a convenient DWELLING- HOUSE, situated in Free-street , on rea- sonable terms.—Enquire of WILLIAM GODDARD.
GARDEN SEEDS, A S useful, next door to the Portland Bank , of an excellent quality, and general assort- ment. DAVID GRIFFITH. Portland, April 17, 1809.
FURS WANTED. CASH and the highest price given for all kinds of HATTING FURS, at No. 1, Muffey's Row —where the subscriber solicits those who have Furs to sell, to call on him. JOSHUA SHAW. Portland, April 17.
TO LET, A Handsome convenient two story DWELL- ING HOUSE, situated in Federal-street , suitable for one or two Families; together with a Woodhouse, and a good well of water. Possession can be given immediately.—Enquire of THOMAS D. OSGOOD. April 17.
A FARM FOR SALE, IN the town of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, consisting of one hundred and five acres of land, of which thirty is interval, and lying on Presumpscot River , and five miles from the town of Portland, and on the poh road that leads from Portland to Augusta, and into many of the back towns. Said farm is conveniently situated for a Public House, with a large two story House and Barn, with out houses. The soil of said farm is inferior to none.—Enquire of OLIVER WINSLOW. (t.f) Oct. 17.
STOP THIEF! STOLEN from on board the brig Delaware , on Monday last, about 4 o'clock, P. M. a large Silver WATCH, capt. runs on a dia- mond, made by M. Tobias, at Bell Dock, Liv- erpool, with a Gold Chain, Key, and Seal—the stone in the seal is cracked nearly across the middle—Whoever will stop said thief, or re- turn said Watch, shall be handsomely reward- ed, and all reasonable charges paid.—Apply at this Office. April 17.
TAKE NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late firm of HORN & BELFORD, are called upon to adjust the same without de- lay, and thereby prevent unnecessary costs. JAMES HORN, DAVIS BELFORD. April 17.
Josiah Tucker's Estate. THE Creditors of the Estate of JOSIAH TUCKER, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Merchant, deceased, are hereby notified, that Sarah Tucker , Adminis- tratrix on said estate, has exhibited her ac- count of administration to me the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate for said county, and that the same, together with an al- lowance to her as the widow of the said de- ceased, will be taken into consideration, at a Probate Court, to be held at the office of John Frothingham, Esq., in Portland, on the fourth Wednesday (being the twenty sixth day) of April instant, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon, when and where they may have oppor- tunity to be heard thereon. SAMUEL FREEMAN. April 12, 1809.
NOTICE! THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that she has been duly appointed and has taken upon herself the trust of Administratrix on the estate of JOHN PARK LITTLE, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, Esquire, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to JACOB S. SMITH who is empowered to settle the same. MARY J. LITTLE. April 13 1809.
Administrator's Notice. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscri- ber has been duly appointed Executor of the Estate of WILLIAM REED, late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, Yeoman, deceased, and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons therefore having demands against the Estate of said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement, and all indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment. JOHN REED, Executor. Harperswell, April 10, 1809.
NOTICE. THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that she has been duly appointed and has taken upon herself the trust of Administratrix on the Estate of DAVID CUSHING PRINCE, late of Portland, in the county of Cumber- land, Mariner, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceas- ed's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to ex- hibit the same to SOPHIA PRINCE. April 13, 1809.
FISH.
FOR SALE, AT $1.00. 400 quintals Newfoundland Fish, in tubs for retailing, 1000 do New COD FISH, 500 do Old ditto Enquire of Capt. ASA STEVENS, at Saco, or Joseph McLELLAN, Jun. at Portland. April 24.
FOR SALE, A Few Crates LIVERPOOL WARE.—Enquire of J. BRYANT. April 24.
Corn & Raven's Duck. John Alden, HAS for sale, at No. 4, Portland Pier , a quantity of CORN, of good quality. Also—A quantity of Raven's Duck—cheap for Cash. April 24.
Portland Academy. THE Trustees of the Portland Academy, in the county of Cumberland, are notified that their annual meeting will be held at the subscriber's office in in Fifth-street , (Jones' Row) on Tuesday the 9th day of May next, at 4 o'clock P. M. GEORGE BRADBURY, Secretary. Portland, April 24th, 1809.
Bowdoin College. THE Overseers of Bowdoin College, are hereby notified that the next meeting of their board will be held in the College Chapel in Brunswick, on the Tuesday pre- ceding the third Wednesday, i.e. on the 16th day of May next, at 10 o'clock in the fore- noon. JONA ELLIS, Secretary. Bath, April 24, 1809.
FOR SALE, FOR Cash or exchanged for West-India or English Goods, A SLOOP, above fifty tons bur- then, in good order, fit for sea—for terms ap- ply to DAVID PEASE. Portland, 24 April, 1809.
COD & SCALE FISH FOR Sale. Enquire of JAMES M. IN- GRAHAM, on Ingraham's Wharf. April 24.
FOR SALE, By WILLIAM SWAN, No. 3, Union-Row, Middle-Street , SEVEN Hundred Gallons of excellent SPANISH BRANDY, high fourth proof, at the Boston price April 24, 1809.
Come and See. AN excellent FARM for sale, situated in Falmouth , on the main road leading from Portland to Brunswick, in the Province of Maine, and within four miles of Portland.— Said Farm lies between New-Casco meeting- house and Presumpscot bridge, within a few rods of each, and contains about two hundred acres by estimation, be the same, more or less. The house on said farm is large, com- modious, and very pleasantly situated, com- manding a fair prospect of the open sea at the entrance of Portland harbor, as also a very considerable part of that beautiful town.—The barn is 32 by 74 feet. Said farm is sufficient to produce hay enough for forty cattle, & con- tains about eighty acres of good pasture, well supplied with fresh and salt water throughout the whole season, as it is bounded on the sea shore. It is an excellent seat for a house of public entertainment, and will beautifully accommo- date merchants and mechanics with house- lots, in addition to that little neat village, above the shipyard, which has already been sold off the farm. Within half a mile of the ship-yard are nearly twenty-five acres of perhaps the best white-oak timber in the whole town.— Within one mile of the house lie twenty acres of land, well covered with wood and timber. Within two miles of the house, are about twenty acres of good land situated on the abovementioned high-way leading from Port- land to Brunswick. There is also a valuable piece of salt-marsh, which produces from six to eight tons of hay in the year, within half a mile of the barn, which may be purchased with said farm.— Farming utensils of all kinds necessary to carry on said farm, may also be purchased. A view of the farm will afford its best recom- mendation. The terms of payment will be made easy to the fortunate purchaser. For further particulars inquire of DAVID M'GREGOR, of Bedford, N. H. or of ADAMS MERRILL, on the premises. N. B. Now or never; for the farm will doubtless be sold within three months. March 6. (3m)
NOTICE. IN conformity to an order from the Hon. Samuel Freeman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, will be held at Public Auction, on Saturday the sixth day of May next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the Dwelling-House of the subscriber in For-street —a quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, belonging to the estate of John Baker , late of Portland, deceased. NABBY BAKER, Administratrix on said deceased's estate. April 24.
I do not like to retaliate—but THIS is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting Thomas Foster on my account, as I will pay no debts of his contracting after this date. SAMUEL FOSTER. Limington, April 22, 1809. (24)
NOTICE IS hereby given that the subscri- ber has been duly appointed Administra- trix on the estate of JOSEPH PATTEN, late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, and has taken upon her- self the trust, by giving bond as the law directs.—All persons therefore having any demands against said estate, are desired to ex- hibit them for settlement; and all indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment. MARY PATTEN, Administratrix. T. p. m., April 20th, 1809.
NOTICE IS hereby given that the subscri- ber has been duly appointed Administra- trix on the estate of JOSEPH PATTEN, late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, and has taken upon her- self the trust, by giving bond as the law directs.—All persons therefore having any demands against said estate, are desired to ex- hibit them for settlement; and all indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment. MARY PATTEN, Administratrix. T. p. m., April 20th, 1809.
NOTICE IS hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed Executor of the last will and testament of MOSES AMES, late of Fryeburg, in the county of Oxford, Esquire, deceased, and has taken upon him- self the trust, by giving bond as the law directs.—And all persons having demands upon the estate of the said Moses Ames, are requested to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said estate are called upon to make payment to PHILIP EASTMAN, Executor. Fryeburg, April 15, 1809. (24)
William Goddard
HAS received by Capt. Globe and March from Liverpool, an addition to his stock of Hard-Ware Goods, Which are offered for sale on the most favor- able terms, by wholesale or retail. Portland, Nov. 7. (11)  TOWN OFFICER.  A NEW and improved Edition (being the seventh) of the Town Officer , has been lately published. A few Copies thereof may be purchased at the Bookstore of John Pratt , in For-street, Portland .—Price, 1 doll. 25 cts. It contains the Constitution of this Com- monwealth, and of the United States.  Sheriff's Sale.  Taken by Execution and to be sold at Public Vendue to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY , the twentieth day of May next, at two o'clock, P. M. at the dwelling-house of Thos. Means , in Freeport .  ALL the right to the equity of redemption, which Thomas Merrill of said Freeport has to the following described mortgaged real estate, to wit, a certain tract or parcel of land, situate in said Freeport , being part of lot num- bered twenty-six, on range C. in said town, bounded southeasterly by a town road, north- erly by the land of Joshua Reed , and southeas- terly by land owned by John Winslow , con- taining seventeen acres, more or less, and be- ing the same land whereon the said Merrill now lives, if not redeemed before that time. JOSIAH REED, Dep'y. Sheriff. Freeport , April 19, 1809. (24)  Taken up Adrift,  BETWEEN Spring-point-Ledge , and House- Island , on Friday last, a common sized YAWL-BOAT. The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take her away—apply to EDWARD BREWER. Freeport , April 24.  NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors and owners of the following lots and gores of Land, in the town of Hart- ford , and in the county of Oxford , that they are taxed for the years 1806, and 1807, for the state, town, and county tax; and for a highway tax for the years 1805 and 1806, in bills committed to me to collect, as follows, viz. State, Town, and County Tax for 1806.   No. of lots.No. of gores.No. of Acres.State Tax.County Tax.Town and County Tax.