Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-12-02 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 84.]
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
Portland,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, '99.
[Articles omitted last week.]
ON the 14th inst about 50 French prisoners were landed at Philadelphia from on board the Ganges sloop of war. They were received by a detachment of marines, and conducted to jail. At the same time the three Pirates mentioned last week, were also landed from the above ship and conducted to prison. These miserable wretches were chained together.
The Legislature of Vermont , in answer to the Governor's speech, speaking of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, says—"Be assured Sir, that we shall duly consider the resolutions from Virginia and Kentucky, and give them that treatment, which after mature deliberation, we shall judge they merit. Our attachment to the principles of our excellent Federal Constitution is such, that any sentiment or measure, tending to its subversion, will be considered hostile to our best interest, and ever meet our marked disapprobation. Let constitutional rights be forever sacred, and disorganizing principles eternally detested! From these principles we shall ever act, and relying that your Excellency will fully coincide in the same principles, we wish you all prosperity; and pray for the welfare of the nation."
From J. Russell, Gazette.
The Federalists must not divide. The more a government is free and popular in its form, the more is its fate entrusted to the sense and virtue, in other words, to the federalism of the citizens. To divide that party is to dig up the foundations of liberty; it is taking out the underpinning from its temple, and exposing it to sudden and certain ruin. And why should the Federalists divide at present? The reasons for the mission to France are not yet given to the public. Is it not shallow to argue upon them before we can have them. Time will soon afford the proper ground of discussion, and enable candid men to judge correctly.
When the President expressed, as he did, in his answers to the numerous Addresses presented to him, that America had every thing to fear from the hostility of France—and that an open war would be preferable to a new Grenier game—what did the federalists then think of him? They then admired his firmness! Has he changed his opinion? No—he is the same in flexible patriot—the same sagacious and able statesman.—Do these gentlemen, who have been free in their censures of the late Embassy, revert a moment to the constitutional and circumscribed powers of the American Executive?—If they did, methinks, they would find a sufficient apology for the measure for measure lately pursued.—While the jealousy of republicanism continues in America, her Chief Magistrate will ever be impotent—he may speak his private sentiments in Answers to Addresses, and even in Speeches to Congress, but he can never act with energy; or if he does, he will be left without the means to sustain it.
(Continued)
DIED —At Daventry, (England) Mr Francis Aickin, manager of the Liverpool Company of Comedians, by the bursting of a blood vessel in performing Olmond in the Castle Spectre .
At Sheffield, Major General John Aisley, jun.
At North Salem, Mrs. Sarah Dicken, aged 105.
At Edenton, the Hon. James Iredell, associate Judge of the United States.
At Maryland (Co.) Mr. Joseph Duffield, aged 99 years and 4 months. Descendants commended at 150.
At Malaga, Mr. Muijler, American Consul at that place.
Marine Articles.
From Portsmouth.
Arrived here, the brig Centaur , Capt. N. Peirce, in 27 days from Trinidad. Capt. Peirce informs that Capt. Tiley Wintworth sailed from Trinidad for St. Thomas's, 10 days prior to his leaving that place—Capt. Atkins in a vessel from Bishon, had sailed from Trinidad about 8 days. Capt. Lake in a brig of this port, was at Tobago 18th Oct. Left at Trinidad, a sloop belonging to Portland, and sloop Dolphin , Capt. Gove of Wiscasset, to sail in 6 or 8 days.
Sixteen American vessels, have been taken by the French privateers Alliance and Bayonnaise , and ordered for Porto Rico:—among which are—the Friendship , Crampton , Plymouth , sloop—from Salem , for Cape Francois, with two handsome boats on deck, captured the 13th ult.—sloop Nancy , Boardman , of Newburyport, taken some time; brig Betty , Bunce of Hartford; sloop Sally , Downs , from Martinique, for Boston; brig Mary , of Somersets , from Jamaica, for Rhode Island, but had not arrived at Porto Rico. Philadelphia, Nov. 18.
The following information, captain Hughes of the Elizabeth , from New Orleans, received from capt. Tombs, of the ship Chesterpeake , belonging to New York, then in the Mississippi, bound up to N. Orleans. Captain Tombs states, that off the Moro, on the 2d October, a long low schooner, mounting 14 guns, and full of men, from out of the Havana, gave chase to him, and after some time came within hail
and ordered him to throw his top sail to the wind or abide by the consequences. On capt. T's refusal, the privateer gave him a broadside, which was immediately returned. The action continued 48 minutes, and was terminated by the blowing up of the privateer. The Chesterpeake's boats were pulled out directly, to afford every assistance, but not a vestige of her or any of the crew were to be seen. The privateer in the action, lost her bowsprit, foremast, and main top-mast. She fought under the bloody flag, and the crew during the action were heard singing Carmagnole !
Newbedford, Nov. 18. Capt. Boardman, from St. Thomas's, informs that ship Hope of Norwich, of 14 guns, capt. Bill, was taken off St. Vincente by a French privateer of 4 guns and 80 men, and carried into Guadalupe. The Frenchman , it appears, dressed some of his people in women's cloaths, which served as a complete decoy. Capt. Bill supposing him to be nothing more than a droger, the privateer laid him on board before he could make the least resistance.
Brief History
OF THE Political State of the World, AT THE LAST DATES.
By the Editor of the Cont.
"THE BEST WORLD FINDS ROOM FOR RUIN."
ASIA.—CONTINUED.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE NEXT demands attention. Until the invasion of Egypt, by Buonaparte, the French Directory had persuaded the Porte that France was to be considered amongst its most faithful and friendly allies;—and all attempts of the combined powers to involve Turkey in the war, proved abortive.—The Conqueror of Egypt , however, discovered the talisman of Turkish delusion; and the Grand Seigneur found he had more to fear from French intrigue than from French arms. He accordingly declared war, against France, and took measures to aid the military operations of the belligerent powers. Armies were raised—fleets equipped—and the sea of Marmara witnessed the novel scene of the Cross and Crescent flying in union. The Pashas of the provinces most adjacent to Egypt were ordered to oppose, with their greatest force, the progress of Buonaparte, and succors were sent them from Constantinople. To these an English squadron, under Sir Sidney Smith, was added; and the allied arms were crowned with success. In the Adriatic, the Turko-Russian forces have reduced the Grecian isles; and made considerable prisoners at Corfu, and other places.—They have also co-operated with the English and Neapolitans in the recovery of Italy; and the capture of Ancona, and other places, evidences how heartily the followers of Mahomed have engaged in the war. Alliances between the Sublime Porte and Great Britain, Russia, &c. have been renewed; and testimonials of friendship reciprocally exchanged.
Though Rebellion still continues to agitate many parts of the interior of the Empire, that headed by Paswan Oglou has been suppressed, or allayed.—This Pasha is again taken into confidence, and has been invested with the command of Romelia. It is singular that the firmans to this Pasha in the side of the Grand Seigneur, should designate him, as "the pillar of the throne—the column of truth—the mirror of true Mohammedanism."
The jealousy of the Turkish character is lessening, and the German count Colleredo has been permitted to inspect the fortress of Belgrade, and was well received by the Pacha.—How high English reputation is estimated may be seen by the following Rescript , which has been addressed to Mr. Spencer Smith, the English minister, and brother to Sir Sidney, whom the Turks denominate "Sidney B. J. the miraculous man of the Temple."
THE RESCRIPT.
"The Commodore of the British Court, the estimable Sir Sidney Smith, having received orders to come with his ship to this Imperial Capital, has given the most manifest proofs of his luminous ideas and his exalted wisdom, in the different conferences which have been held on the operations of the war, and the measures to be taken in the present conjuncture. Having afterwards set sail for the coast of Egypt, he learned that the enemy, the violator of treaties, had marched against Acre. He sailed with the utmost expedition with his fleet, and cast anchor before that city, where he arrived before the army of French revolutionists, and hastened to render the most eminent services. During the whole time of the siege, he has not ceased to perform actions worthy of the highest praise, he has eminently contributed to the brilliant victories which have signalized the Ottoman arms, by the protection of the Most High, in consequence, the Sublime Porte, of eternal duration has sent him as present, a diamond Aigrette , and a Plume ; and the present Note has been written and transmitted in order that permission may be granted him by his court to attach this Aigrette to his forehead, radiating
with glory, and wear the Plume , as testimonies of the zeal and ardour which he has displayed. Given the 14th of Muharram, in the year of Hegira, 1214 (June 17, 1799.)"
Gen. Keckler, with a number of British troops, has garrisoned several cities in the Dardanelles , and a perfect good understanding exists between the allies.
EUROPE.
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.—Comes next under consideration. In modern history this portion of the globe has held a very distinguished rank.—Its immense extent, its population, commerce, resources, and the warlike disposition of its people, invite it to be respected as an enemy; and courteously as a friend. The reign of Catherine, the variegated, was, nevertheless, happy and prosperous; and the executed with effect, many of the benevolent designs of Peter the Great. On the secession of Paul I. to the throne of all the Russias, he found a formidable navy, a well-disciplined, numerous army, a plentiful treasury, and an extended empire; at his command. But educated as a recluse, and formed of phlegmatic materials, he was slow to engage in the contest against the French, tho' invited thereto, by every principle of chivalry, interest and honor. However, after consideration, he formed a proper estimation of the baneful tendency of French revolutionary principles; and he at length joined the coalition. Tho' slow to engage, he was determined not to be left in inaction;—and he instantly put in operation every engine calculated to insure honor and success to the cause. In the interior the most vigorous measures were pursued against French principles; and laws were enacted to destroy even the appearance of those evils. He offered an asylum to those faithful noblemen, who true to their oaths, had followed the fortunes of the Capets, and who had performed the most eminent exploits under the direction of Conde:—To Louis XVIII. he gave a residence, a palace, and a princely revenue; and he has recently received, with every mark of paternal tenderness, the lovely Madame Therese , the only surviving offspring of America's magnanimous friend, the unfortunate Louis XVI. who has since been married to the Duc d'Angouleme .
The triple alliance between Russia, Austria, and Great Britain, being signed, the Emperor put his fleets and armies in a state of activity; and orders were given for marching, in various directions, 150,000 troops; to be employed against the French in different points, from the extremity of Italy, to the shores of the German Ocean. A chosen body was directed to proceed to Italy, under command of the Emperor's greatest favorite, Suwarow—a General now well known; but who even before his campaign in Italy was portrayed [by the marquis du Bosqage] as "one of those men, whom Nature only gives to the astonished universe, in the course of many ages, afterwards reproducing herself, as if fatigued with the magnitude of her own production. Twenty-four battles,
NOTE.
Several specimens of Suwarow's style of writing have lately been given the public.—But we think the following portrays more than any other we have seen, the strength and energy of his character. It was written, as will appear by its date, some years since, to the famous chief of the "rebels" of La Vendee , in France:—
General Suwarow, To M. de Charette, Generalissimo of the troops of the King of France, at his head quarters.
"Hero of La Vendee ! Illustrious defender of the faith of thy fathers and of the throne of thy kings! Health."
"May the God of hosts perpetually watch over thee!—May he guide thine arm thro' the numerous battalions of thy foes, who, marked by the finger of that avenging God, shall fall dispersed, like leaves blasted by the north wind!
"And you, immortal Vendéens! faithful preservers of the honor of the French, worthy companions in arms of a hero, under whose guidance again raise the temple of the Lord, and the throne of your kings. May the wicked perish! May their very footsteps be effaced! Then may benediction and peace return, and the ancient form of the fleur-de-lis, now bent before the tempest, arise amidst you, more beautiful and more majestic."
"Brave Charette, honor of French knights, the universe is full of thy fame. Europe contemplates thee in astonishment; and I admire and congratulate thee. God cherishes thee, as he heretofore did David, for the punishment of the Philistines. Adore his decrees. Fly, attack, strike! and victory will follow thy steps."
"Such are the wishes of a soldier, who has become grey in the fields of honour, having constantly seen victory crown the confidence which he had placed in the God of battles.—Glory to him; for he is the source of all glory! Glory to thee; for he loves thee."
SUWAROW.
"This first of October, 1795, at Warsaw."
Francis Athanasius Charette, before the revolution Lieutenant, of a ship and appointed by the king, Louis XVIII. Lieutenant-General of his armies, and chief of the royal army of La Vendee .
gained—the standard of the Crescent humiliated—the Turk constrained to request peace, after losing a part of his territories—conqueror at Kinborn , at Foxant , he flew to gather immortal laurels on the banks of the Rymnik , and thence to plant the standard of Catherine II. on the ruined walls of Ismailow —Conqueror of Poland, through the bloody ramparts of Praga , he entered triumphantly into Warsaw , with the olive-branch in his hand.—He flies, and victory follows his steps; Never did any reverse of fortune taint one leaf of his numerous laurels.—The unceasing success which has followed the arms of Suwarow, in Italy, is fresh in every remembrance. In one quarter, a Russian fleet and an army for the Indians, and on the North a powerful force invades Holland, in conjunction with the English; while others advance towards the Rhine, to co-operate with the Austrians.—That these troops are the flower of the Russian armies, we are induced to believe, from the circumstance, that in one division were two battalions, every private, and even some of the drummers, of which had medals to their button holes, as honorary attestations of their bravery and merit; and that many of them were elderly war-worn veterans, whose beards have grown grey in service. In addition to these measures, the Emperor has endeavored to draw the neutral nations of the North, into the war. Of Denmark he has demanded a categorical answer, on the subject; how far successful we have not as yet learnt; but we are assured the Russian Ambassador, the Baron de Kudener, has left Copenhagen.—Sweden, he has, induced to assume the cause of the coalition; and [July 26, 1799] he declared war against Spain, as the ally of France.
To prosecute with effect the war, the Emperor has ordered a new levy of 180,000 men; to reinforce, as occasion may require, the various points in which his hostile banners are displayed.
Internally, Russia enjoys the most perfect tranquility. Commerce flourishes, and the arts are making progress. With Paul I. the "days of chivalry have not gone by." Beside his gallantry to the amiable Therese , and the Chevaliers of France, he has lately declared himself Grand-Master of the ancient order of Malta ; and as such has been acknowledged by the Knights, the Ex-Grand-Master ( Hompech ) having resigned: to live at Vienna, on a pension of 6000 florins per annum.
Poland is no more.—Its Stanislaus is dead—its nobles scattered abroad; and that it ever existed, will speedily only be remembered by the Historian, the Geographer, or the Newsmonger.
PRUSSIA.—It appears will remain neutral, for a yet longer period. By this policy it certainly enhances its importance in the eyes of Europe; but does not add to its honor. The punic faith of the monarch of this kingdom has become proverbial:
"For as each party's side prevails,
He turns up different sides or tails."
The first to avenge the cause of Kings, he was the first to violate his engagements, and conclude a peace with regicides. By a secret convention, signed at Berlin, August 5, 1796, the two parties entered into a pacific treaty, stipulating, that his Prussian majesty would not oppose the measure of ceding part of the bishopric of Munster , to the Batavian republic, as a compensation for the territory given up to the French republic; and the French pledging themselves, in case the restoration of the House of Orange to its rank and dignity in Holland should be deemed inadmissible, that they will use every mediation in their power to bring about a proper accommodation between the Batavian Republic and the princes of Nassau  Orange . Notwithstanding this Convention, we still think him up at auction, for sale to the highest bidders: But whoever purchases the lot may have occasion to repent their bargain.—Some late accounts have indicated that the Prussian cabinet was at the last dates employed in arranging a plan of general pacification, which in or about February will be presented to the several powers for adoption.
The belligerent powers, it seems, do not despair inducing Prussia to join the coalition;—and we learn that a joint embassy has been ordered to proceed to Berlin, composed of no less distinguished statesmen, than, on the part of Russia, of the prince Gollitzen ; on that of Austria, of count Bellegarde ; and on that of Great Britain, lord Melville ; who was the intimate friend of his Prussian majesty, when Crown Prince.
SWEDEN.—By the last accounts, has declared war against France. This was to be expected; for in July last, the French Directory laid an embargo on all Swedish vessels, in the French ports. The Swedish monarch has a very considerable fleet, in a state of warlike preparation:—The French may feel its effect; but they will more sensibly feel the loss of novel materials they must experience from the lessening the number of neutral nations which supplied their ports.

Latest Foreign News.
Received by arrivals at Philadelphia, Boston & Salem, from Hamburg, with the papers of that city to Sept. 25.
Events in Holland.
Hamburg, Sept. 15.
The Dutch mail of the 31st inst. arrived late this evening. It brings an account of an action on the 19th. Three dispatches were read in the sitting of the first chamber, on the 20th, from the secretary of Gen. Brune, to the French minister, and another from Major Gen. Bockop, agreeing, that in this battle the Russians had 2000 killed, 800 wounded, 1500 taken prisoners, among whom are 40 officers, and the chief General of the Russian expedition, Herman, with 1 colonel, 2 adjutants, 5 stand of colors, and 20 pieces of cannon. The Chamber decreed (although this news was not officially announced) that the Gallo-Batavian army had deserved well of its country.
It seems, from all the letters received by the Batavian Directory, that there was no official report either from the French or Dutch Generals, because the battle was by no means determined at 7 o'clock on the 19th, when it appears they ascertained the loss of the Russians, but could not calculate their own. The first division of Russians disembarked the day preceding, and the larger division on that on which the battle was fought. Their impetuosity, after having forced the Gallo-Batavians to retreat in the forenoon, seems to have carried them too far; but the end of the battle may terminate widely different from the above account, as General Daendels had not, in the evening, been able to regain his position.
[The following are the Dutch accounts.]
HAGUE, Sept. 21.
Yesterday in the first chamber dispatches were read from General Brune written to the French minister, as likewise a report from Major General Bockop, and one from Adjutant-General d'Ardenne to the agent of the war department, that in the action of the 19th the loss of the enemy consisted in 2000 men killed, 800 wounded, half of them mortally, 1500 prisoners, among whom are 40 officers, and the chief of the Russian expedition, Herman, with his adjutants, and a colonel, 5 stand of colors, and 20 pieces of cannon.
The prisoners called out for quarter, as they had been assured they would be guillotined.
The Chamber decreed that the combined republican armies, in the battle of the 19th of Sept. had deserved well of the country.
This victory was announced here to the people by the hoisting the national flag on the observatory.
Head-Quarters at St. Pancras, Sept. 19.—2 o'clock P. M.
This morning at 3 o'clock the enemy began to attack our advanced posts, and were repulsed by our troops. The fire was, and is still, terrible. On the left wing the enemy has lost ten pieces of cannon, and a great number of Russians have been taken prisoners. Our troops maintain their position, the French push forwards, and every thing is most favorable. General Dumonceau is wounded. No official report has yet been made.
P. S. According to the testimony of the prisoners, who are brought in every moment, the English are in want of every thing, and have had no bread these three days.
Every thing is yet undecided; but this is certain, that the enemy have been severely defeated, and we are on the point of taking 3000 Russian prisoners. Some French battalions rushed on the enemy with the bayonet, drove them off, and took possession of their batteries. The divisions of Vandamme and Dumonceau have done wonders.
ALKMAAR, Sept. 19.
(3 o'clock P. M. at the departure of the post.)
It is certain that 2000 Russians, wounded and prisoners, have already been brought in here, without reckoning the killed, who are said to be innumerable; the English seem all to keep in the rear, we have hitherto seen only one brought in here; a colonel of the Russians, who is wounded, occupies your chamber. I have been this moment assured upon good authority, that our right wing has also begun to act; on the whole I can assure you that this day will be very different from the 10th; I think there are about 300 Russians in the great church; 20 pieces of cannon have already been taken, some of which have even been brought here.
Affairs in Italy.
HAMBURG, Sept. 16.
Tortona, which capitulated on the 23d of August, was to surrender on the 11th instant, if the garrison was not relieved by that time. Attempts for this purpose have been several times made by the French, and as often frustrated. Hostages having been reciprocally exchanged, the surrender of this important fortress has, in all probability, taken place ere now.
The news of the surrender of the citadel of Perugia, 75 miles from Rome, was brought to Florence by express on the 30th ult. The garrison, who are prisoners of war, were still provided with two months provision, besides cannon and ammunition.
The grand army of Suwarrows was in its for-
mer position on the 24th; the head quarters were at Asti; and the whole position indicated an expectation of the left attack from General Championet, who threatened to enter Piedmont, from the side of Grenoble, with 25,000 men, mostly conscripts. For this reason General Kray, whose army had advanced as far as Novara, on its way to Switzerland, was countermanded to Acqui.
SEPT. 21.
From the armies of Italy nothing new has transpired since our last. At Vienna it was confidently reported, in the best informed circles, that Fieldmarshal Suwarrows intended a general attack on the 10th or 11th inst. in order to prevent the probability of the fortresses of Coni or Tortona being relieved by the French, who no doubt may attempt both, from their daily reinforcements, which, however, can only serve to defeat their forces before they can possibly be organized, trained or enured to war.
VIENNA, SEPT. 14.
We have received intelligence from the Italian armies, that Generals Moreau and Championet have concentrated, and greatly reinforced themselves, with a view of relieving Tortona before the time appointed for its surrender. The Imperialis have arranged every thing for their reception, and it is thought that an attack must have taken place between the 8th and 11th inst.
PARIS, SEPT. 6.
Our army of the Alps, which has joined the army of Italy, is 30,000 men strong. One of our columns of Mount Cenis has made a reconnoitering party as far as the vicinity of Turin. Fresh troops are on their march, to replace our loss in the battle of Novi. General Perignon, who was severely wounded and taken prisoner, has been exchanged and is arrived at Genoa.
Championet has received orders to make another general attack, let what will be the consequences.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 16.
They write from Pavia, under date of the 1st of September, that the last and strongest fort, Santa Maria, in the Gulph of Spezzia, has surrendered, with 1200 men and 126 pieces of cannon. This news was brought to Pavia by express.
ITALY, SEPT. 10.
The Italian kings and princes of Naples, Tuscany, &c. have agreed among themselves to erect strong armies for their own defence, to enable the Russian General to take those troops to Switzerland, that would otherwise be wanted as garrisons. The army of Piedmont will consist of 26,000 men.
Affairs near the Rhine.
MANHEIM, SEPT. 7.
Last night the bombardment of Philipsburg commenced. The roaring of cannon lasted, almost uninterruptedly, from 11 at night till 9 o'clock in the morning, since which, however, but few shots have been fired.
From the Upper Rhine, Sept. 16.
The following is the summons which the French sent to count Salm, Commandant of Philipsburg.
"SIR,
"The fortress, whose defence is entrusted to you, is attacked from every side, and its blockade is covered by a numerous army. Every thing is ready to crush you and the garrison under its ruins. In the name of humanity, I call on you to surrender the fortress of Philipsburg to the French troops, to prevent the shedding of human blood, and your inevitable ruin. I grant you two hours to consider it, after the expiration of which, I shall only be guided by the law of force.—Greeting and respect."
(Signed) LAROCHE, General of Division, commanding the blockade of Philipsburg."
20th Fructidor.
The commandant returned the following answer:
"GENERAL,
"Your summons, which I have just received, I can only answer as becomes a man of honour and an old soldier; that is, I shall do my duty, and employ all the means in my power to defeat the attack which you inform me you intend to make.—I assure you, General, of my perfect esteem."
(Signed)
COUNT DE SALM,
Sept. 17.
Lieut. Gen.
The Archduke Charles has sent the following letter to Count Salm, Commandant of Philipsburg, dated head quarters, Etzelwehingen, September 13.
"I have received your letter of yesterday, in which you informed me of the siege of the fortress of Philipsburg being raised. I hasten to express to you my entire satisfaction and applause of the brave and distinguished defence which you have made, and beg you will thank the brave officers and garrison in my name.—This able and glorious defence proves that I have made the happiest choice in filling that post, and fully justifies the high opinion which I had, during the whole war, of your great military skill. A courier is just setting off to recommend you and your brave garrison to his Imperial Majesty, and I am convinced that he will be highly satisfied with your behaviour. I expect a full account of the whole of your proceedings, with anxiety, which, I am persuaded, will be a lasting monument of the deeds of the brave garrison in the annals of the present war."
(Signed)
CHARLES, Archduke."
The loss of the French before Philipsburg, according to the statement of their own prisoners, amounts to nearly 1000 men; the garrison lost not more than 50.
Movements of the Archduke, &c.
DARMSTADT, SEPT. 19.
The grand plan of the Archduke Charles to shift the theatre of war to the left banks of the Rhine, develops itself rapidly. At the moment the French feared that the Archduke would attempt to turn Malsena from the side of Donauessingen (for which purpose he had sent some of his troops to Basse) he rapidly broke up in four columns towards the Neckar, quite in an opposite direction. The first of these columns is already in the Bergstrasse, forming a semi-circle, which extends to within three miles of Mannheim, and from thence to Bruchsal and Durlach. In neither of these points the French would make a stand. It is generally believed, that the Archduke will cross the Rhine, but it is not known in which quarter. Great quantities of pontoons follow his army.
FRANKFORT, SEPT. 17.
A considerable part of the French army has recrossed the Rhine near Mannheim. Four thousand men, under command of the General of Division Laval, entered Mentz last night, where the commander in chief, Muller is also arrived. It is feared that the armed peasants might be attacked before the arrival of the Austrians. They are about 7000 men strong, and ready to meet the enemy. The Archduke's head quarters are expected to arrive to day in the neighborhood of Heidelberg, from Wilsloch.
FRANCE.
BRUSSELS, SEPT. 19.
The Executive Directory has ordered the formation of an army, to extend between the Meuse, the Vecht, Diel, Harenthals, and Antwerp. This army will be called the Army of the North; its right wing will be covered by the Scheldt, its left by the Meuse.
General Tilley, commander in chief in the Nine Departments, is appointed commander of this army, under the orders of Gen. Brune.
Engineers have been already to examine the position, and to trace out the camps. New magazines will be established at Maestricht, Liege, and in the citadel of Antwerp, for this army. A regiment of dragoons, several corps of infantry, and a company of artillery, have been embarked for Rotterdam. Two regiments of dragoons have been ordered from hence for General Brune's army.
Letters from the Rhine announce that the Austrians and peasants have crossed the Nidda at several points, and have obliged the French to recross that river.
It appears by the dispositions of the enemy, that he intends to unite a corps of twenty thousand men with the people of the country of Mentz, and thereby cause our Generals to detach a force to the left bank of the Rhine; and thus he hopes, that we shall be obliged to send a part of the forces destined for Holland to the Rhine.
Orders are received at Luxembourg, and several other places where there are magazines of warlike stores, to send to Mentz one hundred waggons with all sorts of provisions for that fortress.
All the vessels and small sloops in the ports of Holland have been put in requisition, to carry the wounded French troops to our hospitals.
On the 15th arrived here the Marquis of Mufquiz, Spanish envoy extraordinary to the court of Berlin; he is going to succeed the Chevalier Azara at Paris.
All the troops in our neighboring departments, and on the coasts, are marching for Batavia.
Bergen-op-Zoom, Breda, Boisle-Duc, Grave, and other strong places, are putting in a state of defence, lest the Anglo-Russians should make the conquest of Batavia.
A great number of Dutch officers, of the Prince's party, after the conquest of Holland by the French, retired into Belgium: they have now set off, it is said, for Westphalia, to join the Stadtholder.
General Van der Duyn, who resided at Brussels, set off with such precipitation, that he did not get his passport.
VIENNA, SEPT. 14.
Six thousand Russians, which are arrived on the frontiers of the Austrian part of Poland, will march in six divisions through Upper Hungary.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 16.
The next grand Russian army, mentioned some weeks ago, is to consist of seventy thousand men, and will be ready about the latter end of autumn to serve as supplementary forces wherever they may be required.
Another fleet of English men of war, with transports, arrived at Elsinour on the 8th, with troops from Revel, and was expected to proceed, without much delay to Holland.
Russia & Denmark almost at war.
All Danish vessels have been forbidden to enter into any of the Russian ports, and those already entered are ordered to depart in fourteen days—which is certainly the forerunner of an open rupture between the two courts.
Aboukir retaken by Buonaparte.
CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 24.
We have received the disagreeable intelligence, that Kiose Mustapha Pacha has been
totally defeated near Aboukir. Buonaparte, hearing of the taking of that city, and of the defeat the French had suffered there, collected a number of troops to retake it; and the action which took place was so dreadful, that but few of the six thousand Turks who were there escaped with their lives. Even Kiose Mustapha Pacha is said to have fallen into the hands of the French, with the loss of his arm, after an obstinate resistance. Aboukir was retaken by the French.
On the 19th seven gun-boats failed from hence with troops who are to act against Egypt. Kiose Mustapha Pacha desired a reinforcement of 12 000 choice troops, but their number could not be completed, and those who went were mostly volunteers.
A Tarter arrived here yesterday, as courier from the English consul at Aleppo. The grand vizier's army, which marches extremely slow, was still three days march distant from Aleppo. The retaking of Aboukir by the French has caused a great sensation in Syria. That city is about seventeen days journey from Aleppo, where recruits are raising to augment the grand vizier's army. The fortress of St. John d'Acre is the bulwark of the Porte, and provisions and ammunition are constantly sent thither. Had Buonaparte succeeded in taking that fortress, Constantinople would have been in danger. The Greeks and Cophis in Egypt still side with Buonaparte.
The Captain Pacha, with his fleet, is still in the neighborhood of the Dardanelles; fear that the British fleet might be intended for Egypt.
French Legislative Storms.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 25.
On Monday evening was received our Paris letters and papers up to the 16th, but at too late an hour for yesterday's publication. The sittings of the Council of Five Hundred, on the 14 and 15, were remarkably stormy; manifesting every symptom of revolutionary disorganization, by vulgar personalities, clenching of fists, and descending even to blows—a conduct not to be expected from the sage legislators of a great nation, whose deportment in debate ought ever to breathe a dignified calm, which at once ensures respect and obedience to its decrees.—The question, whether France is or is not in danger, having been rejected, after great uproar, the Directory sent a message to the Council of Ancients on the 15th, stating, "that a Royal conspiracy redoubles its activity, but that its own members are redoubling their vigilance. Corruption, seduction, and decoy, extend throughout the Republic. Even in the midst of Paris, royal proclamations are printed. The particular presses have been seized, the culpable authors or editors are in the hands of the law; but they must be judged by the common tribunals: yet, should they not be sent to the military commission, for having provoked royalty." The message was ordered to be printed, and referred to a special commission. Fresh changes of ministers, and other indications of approaching convulsions, our readers will find under the head of France in the subsequent columns of this Journal.
[These debates will be published next Gazette]
PLAN OF AN "AUXILIARY NAVY."
Proposed to the French Council of 500.
The auxiliary navy is to be composed of armed merchant-ships, to allow the seamen who serve in them to share in the honor of national rewards: to grant to their widows and children the same relief as to those of the seamen killed in the service of the national navy; to furnish the sea ordinance necessary; to give a premium of 24 francs per ton to every armed vessel which shall convey our manufactures to the colonies, and bring to France the produce of our colonies, as well as to those which shall fetch naval stores from neutral and friendly ports. No letters of marque to be delivered, but to ships carrying 24 guns at least 8 pounders, if they pass the line, and 18 guns 6 pounders if they go to the colonies. For the ships armed for the Mediterranean and the coasts of the Ocean, 4 guns 24 pounders will be sufficient to obtain letters of marque; to authorize merchants to build and fit out frigates from 36 to 40 guns and above, as also ships from 30 to 74 guns; to give a premium proportionate to the size of the ships; to grant one of one thousand francs for every gun of whatever calibre, for ships which shall be built on the Seine, at Paris. The Council adopted some of the above articles and the rest were adjourned.
From the Vjula, Sept. 10.
His imperial majesty of Russia has raised field Marshal count Suwarrows to the dignity of a prince of the empire, surnamed "the Italian."
The following is the imperial Dukase: "To perpetuate to the remotest posterity the memory of the achievements of our general fieldmarshal Suwarrows Rymnisky, who at the head of our victorious armies, and those of the emperor of Germany has, within four months delivered all Italy from its impious conquerors, and restored kingdoms and legal institutions.—To give a mark of our satisfaction before the whole world, we have conferred on him, the general fieldmarshal count Suwarrows Rymnisky, the high dignity of prince of the Russian empire, with the title of the Italian. It is our pleasure that the dignity be hereditary to all his successors, male and female, and that he be and sign himself—The Italian prince, count Suwarrows Rymnisky."
(Signed.)
PAUL.
Pawloski, August 8, 1798."

Portland,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, '99.
The foreign news, given this day, is late, and much of it interesting, tho' un-official. More copious details will be given next week.
The Congress of the United States.
Is This Day to meet at Philadelphia. Messrs. Thatcher, Wadsworth, and Lee, from this District, set out in season to be present at the opening of a session which will doubtless be highly momentous. The President's communication is impatiently waited for. A regular chain of Congressional proceedings will be published in the Gazette. The Laws, &c. will be given in extra sheets, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Maine. It is presumed, therefore, that the people will not be inattentive to the means of information.
The State Thanksgiving,
Has been observed this season, in a manner expressive of our gratitude to the bounteous Father and protector of the human race—Long may he watch over our country and protect it from the horrors of anarchy and bloodshed. The discourses from the clergy in this town and neighborhood, were replete with religion and patriotism.
VOCAL MUSIC.
It affords pleasure to notice the commencement of a new school in this town for the purpose of teaching this valuable accomplishment. The high reputation which Mr. Ford sustains as master of the profession, will, it is hoped, induce those who have a desire to learn, to embrace the present opportunity.
Trade with Jamaica.
The Privy Council of Jamaica, have resolved to permit the importation of sheep, hogs, poultry, small live stock of all kinds, all sorts of fruit, salted and other provisions, and lumber of every description, in Neutral vessels, until six months after notice of the revocation of this permission shall be published; and that after the first day of January next, such neutral vessels shall be allowed to export such articles (sugar, coffee, cocoa nuts, ginger, and pimento excepted) as may be exported to foreign ports, upon the like terms, stipulations, charges and conditions, as are observed with respect to British vessels in like cases. This new order was in consequence of a letter from the Duke of Portland, which probably was circular to the other British West India islands. (Mercury.)
Accounts from the Havanna, of Nov. 1, mention, that the government had ordered that no more French should be landed; and further, that it was expected those already residing there would be ordered away; what was the occasion of this order was a secret.
Late accounts from St. Thomas's say that Guadalupe is blockaded by American and English armed vessels, which entirely cut off their supply of provisions.
The Hon. Mr. Sheaffe, of New Hampshire, a Federal character, is chosen a representative to Congress by a handsome majority.
Robbins alias Nash, one of the mutineers of the British frigate Hermione, whose officers were murdered, having fled to this country, been demanded by the British and given up, columns on columns, and paragraphs on paragraphs have appeared in the Jacobin papers, intended most logically and fully to demonstrate the injustice of the surrender of this American citizen to be tried by the British, when lo! the poor blundering fellow in his dying confession "acknowledges himself to be an Irishman," and thus all the democratic labour is lost, oil, ink and paper wasted; and sleepy brains disturbed in vain. (Mer.)
From Russell's Gazette of Thursday last.
Of the King of Prussia.
Tuesday arrived at Salem, the ship Fanny, Capt. Boden, 52 days from Bilboa:—A passenger belonging to this town, informs us, that letters had been received there from very respectable sources, acquainting, that the King of Prussia, in consequence of overtures made him by the allied powers, had determined to join the coalition against France, and had already marched 40 000 men towards Holland, to reinstate the Stadtholder. This measure was deemed of importance in Europe.
FURTHER.
Sweth, Sept. 11.—We have an unusual calm here, so much so as if war did not even exist.—This day it is positively asserted, that fourteen regiments of Prussian troops are on their march, according to some, for the district of Cleves; while others say for Holland.
MARRIED—In this town, on Thursday evening last, Mr. Samuel Kim to Miss Mary Woodbury. Mr. Sylvester Cushman to Miss Hannah Brown. Mr. John Partridge to Miss Lucy Brazier. Mr. Harrison Baxter to Miss Abigail Riggs. Mr. John Gould to Miss Rachel Eastman.
DIED—At North Yarmouth, on Friday evening last, Mrs. Sarah Green, aged 40 years—the amiable consort of the Rev. Thomas Green of that place.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
Capt. Colby, of the brig Pamela, of this port, lately captured and sent into Porto Rico, has arrived, passenger, at Norfolk.
The ship Ranger, Clark of Wiscasset, was at Bremen, 3d Oct.
Five American vessels arrived at St. Marks Oct. 30th, with soldiers on board bound to Port-au-Prince, having been forced by the government to take them on board.
The British armed brig George, of Kingston taken by one of Rigaud's barges, had 30 of her crew murdered after her surrender; and several women who were on board, were violated in presence of their connections.
A Baltimore paper of Nov. 17, says, "It was yesterday reported, that the ship Rein Deer, Frost from hence to Hamburg, was foundered in the Gulph Stream, and every soul on board lost."
The frigate City of Philadelphia, was to have been launched last week.
Capt. Tingy takes command of the 44 now building at New York.
Advertisements omitted to make room for the Postscript.
SACRED MUSIC.
Mr. Ford, having commenced his SINGING SCHOOL, in the Columbian Hall, presents his compliments to those who think of attending personally, or of sending their children, or wards, and requests that there may be no delay in coming; since it is absolutely necessary, that every scholar should be present when the rudiments of psalmody are taught; which opportunity, in a measure, in the course of the present week, will have gone by; and after that time entire new beginners cannot be admitted. The evenings, appropriated, are Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, from six to nine o'clock; and the afternoons of Wednesday and Saturday from two to four o'clock.
FOR SALE.
A Convenient House-Lot, in Temple Street, containing three rods fronting said street, and four rear—Inquire of the Printer.
TAKEN UP in the inclosure of Mrs. Content Gray on the Fescide in North Yarmouth, a red spring COLT, grey color, with a white stripe in his face—trotts and paces both. The owner may have it by proving property, paying charges, and applying to LOT LORING. North Yarmouth, Nov. 20. 1799.
FOR SALE (for cash only) A PEW, in the broad aisle of the Rev. Mr. Kellogg's Meeting-House—Inquire of the Printer. Nov. 25.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that I the Subscriber, through mistake, have circulated a report which is injurious to the character of Mr. JOHN BURNHAM, concerning his taking my Chaise without consent;—and whereas I am now convinced that I let the same to him the day before, and forgot the agreement, I now declare him in my opinion to be an honest man. JOHN VEAZIE. Portland, Nov. 9th, 1799.
Obituary Extra!
I felt almost obliged to notice the melancholy end of the no-rious Alma Mater.—But concluding it a kind of duty to gratify her "friends," as well as many curious enquirers, I shall briefly record the shocking event!—The unfortunate Alma Mater's death was occasioned by her most violent exertions in the late "Political CAMPAIGN" after her omnifarious imagination, supposing herself lost by a "clan" of "Pragmatical Ghosts," of "Anti-Human-Shape-tigers," "Journalistical fire-eaters," "So-so-wasfined with a d—dful phrensy, exclaiming "War! War!" and in this situation wildly ran herself out of breath;—In making another effort on Friday last, she failed, and after uttering a few incoherent exclamations, gave the subsequent confession, and instantly expired without the aid of a common executioner.
Last words and dying speech of Alma Mater. "I, ALMA MATER, being convicte by the learned and sensible part of the community, of the several crimes as follows, viz:—Of a violent assault and battery on decency and common sense; of forgery, having subscribed my name to many ideas of which I was not the author, (it being clearly proved on trial that she never had an idea) of trespass and petit larceny against one Literature; and of sundry felonious practices.—And being condemned by the judgment of the members of the Republic of Letters, to everlasting oblivion, and damn'd to the rabble at large, to ignominy; do now give my disinterested narrative to the world as a warning to all future aggressors of the same character:—I was born, &c. of humble parentage, my father being, &c. Having had no education, nor any friend to direct me in this world's dreary labyrinth, I of course became a vagabond &c. Having too much pride and presumption to pursue those employments in life, to which nature and my capacity had destined me, (that of acting as understrapper in a kitchen, &c.) but falling into bad company, I lost my simple honesty, and became presumptuous and unprincipled.—Unfortunately I shortly after fell in with a certain scribbling maniac, as ignorant and unprincipled as myself, by whose fatal advice I was led to commit those wicked and unperdonable acts abovementioned, and for which I am now about to suffer.—May my lamentable and untimely, tho' just and, be an all-sufficient monument of human weakness, and ever deter others of my mean capacity and insignificance from endeavouring to raise themselves above that inferior path of life in which the God of Nature ever intended them to grovel!"
Taken from the mouth of the criminal in presence of "A Pragmatical Ghost of Earth," "A diet raking Tiger," "Blushless Catiff," and others of the "Clan." EPITAPH on Alma Mater, editor of the Oriental Trumpet, whose death was occasioned by her own non-sensical writings. Underneath this barren plain, Lies one by trumpet-orient slain—Hire may she rest from mortal fears, Till the last trumpet shall greet her ears. We'll not reproach her, nor bespaise her; The Trumpet kill'd, the trump shall raise her. The "CLAN."
Important Postscript.
Gazette Office, 3 o'clock, Monday-morning, December 2. I delay the press to mention the arrival, this moment, of the ship Cornelia, Capt. Benjamin Prince, 49 days from Liverpool. Capt. Prince has politely furnished me with English papers to the 13th of October. They contain interesting official accounts of the movements of the hostile armies—the most important of which are the final success of the Duke of York in Holland, and the disasters of the allies in Switzerland, the official details of which shall be given in my next—the following extracts are all I can insert at present. They contain the principal outlines of the news.
LONDON, OCTOBER 8.
The public are now relieved from that state of anxiety occasioned by the non-arrival of dispatches from Holland, advices having been received yesterday evening, from Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of York, with the important intelligence that our brave troops and the Russians, who co-operated with them, gained a signal victory over the Dutch and French on Thursday last, which put our troops in possession of the Lange Dyke, Alkmaar, Bergen, Egmont-op-Hoof, and Egmont-op-Zee. The news was, this morning, announced to the public by the park and tower guns, and published in the London Gazette Extraordinary.
From the contents of the Gazette Extraordinary, and from what we have been enabled to add, it seems unnecessary to observe, that the 2d of October, was a day glorious in the highest degree to the British Arms, and no less honorable to the Commander in Chief, and advantageous to the cause which they support: That the result of it ought to inspire us with gratitude towards the two former, and confidence in the latter: and that the total defeat of a French force, equal in number, and with every possible advantage of situation, by a British army, should prove to us how much we have to hope, and our enemies to fear, in our future operations.
October 11.
We this morning received Paris Journals to the 7th inst. inclusive. The news they bring is afflictive to humanity; and the only hope we have, in laying it before our readers, is that the losses sustained by the allies have been exaggerated in the French reports. That Massena should not only retrieve the affairs of his army, but destroy completely the two armies, well appointed as they were which opposed him, killing 8000, with their General (Hotz), taking 5000 prisoners, with three Russian Generals, and wounded upwards of 6000, appears to be hardly credible, yet such is the statement that has been published officially at Paris, and which also mentions the capture of Zurich by the French army.
The intelligence, distressing as it is, seems to receive some confirmation from the circumstance of the Archduke having been obliged to march a great part of his army with the utmost expedition to endeavour to retrieve affairs in Switzerland. This may be considered as, perhaps, the most painful part of the intelligence: it will enable the French to send great reinforcements from the Lower Rhine to the aid of their army in Holland; and the allies, in spite of the success that has hitherto attended their operations in that quarter may in consequence be forced to abandon the enterprize of delivering the Dutch from the French yoke.
We wish not, however, to anticipate evil. Government we hope will be prepared for every emergency, and possessed of better information than we can pretend to boast, will, no doubt, adopt the proper means to insure the safety of our brave army.
Massena, General in Chief, to the Executive Directory.
Head Quarters-General, at Zurich, 6 Vendemaire, September twenty-eight.
The two armies Russian and Au-
strian, are totally destroyed. The Russians have passed the Thur. We are in pursuit of the remains of the Austrian and Bavarian corps who had joined them, to the number of 8000. The Commander in Chief Hotz was killed on the field of battle. Their baggage, camp effects, six standards, and more than one hundred pieces of artillery are in our power. The loss of the two armies in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is more than 20,000 men.—Three Russian Generals are in our hands. General Suwarrow in person attacked my right. I am marching against him. (Signed) MASSENA.
Almanacks for 1800.
For Sale at JENKS' BOOK-STORE, Wholesale and Retail—(13/6 per Gro.)
A New Astronomical Diary;
OR, AN ALMANACK, For 1800. ADAPTED TO MAINE.
This week will be published, and for sale as above,
The Farmers', Merchants' & Mechanics' ALMANACK; OR, Register of Maine.
TAKEN up adrift, on Friday last, Two Buoys.
with CHAINS upwards of forty feet long—Those who are authorized to receive them may have the same by paying cost and charges—Apply to Benjamin Jordan, and Charles Staples. Cape-Elizabeth, Nov. 29.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors and owners of the following lots of Land, lying in the town of Bethel, county of York, that their lots of Land are taxed in a State. County and Town, School-house and Road tax, in the bills committed to me the Subscriber, Collector of said town, for the year 1798—to collect in the following respective sums, viz:
   No. Lots. State Tax. County Tax. School-house Tax. Road Tax.    29 3 0 1 6  3 2 0 1 6  30 1 0 1 6  23 9 0 1 6  13 4 0 1 6  13 2 0 1 6  32 5 0 1 6  17 1 0 1 6  6 4 0 1 6  27 9 0 1 6  13 3 0 1 6  13 9 0 1 6  4 2 0 1 6  30 2 0 1 6  27 2 0 1 6  23 10 0 1 6  19 6 0 1 6  3 2 0 1 6  24 1 0 1 6  5 1 0 1 6  25 2 0 1 6  15 7 0 1 6  23 1 0 1 6  33 3 0 1 6  21 8 0 1 6  30 4 0 1 6  14 20 0 1 6  30 8 0 1 6  8 4 0 1 6  23 8 0 1 6  16 7 0 1 6  10 9 0 1 6  33 1 0 1 6  1 8 0 1 6  20 4 0 1 6  15 6 0 1 6  3 5 0 1 6  16 4 0 1 6  2 1 0 1 6  12 5 0 1 6  3 6 0 1 6  18 2 0 1 6  48 6 0 1 6  26 9 0 1 6  11 6 0 1 6  24 3 0 1 6  24 4 0 1 6  24 2 0 1 6  7 4 0 1 6  4 1 0 1 6  29 9 0 1 6  29 1 0 1 6  32 3 0 1 6  10 5 0 1 6  12 3 0 1 6  25 8 0 1 6  8 7 0 1 6  27 6 0 1 6  4 1 0 1 6  1 6 0 1 6  30 3 0 1 6  30 5 0 1 6  24 9 0 1 6  11 5 0 1 6  17 6 0 1 6  12 3 0 1 6  21 6 0 1 6  28 9 0 1 6  26 1 0 1 6  25 1 0 1 6  
And unless said taxes and cost of advertising, are paid to me on or before the first day of January next, to much of said land will be sold at Public Vendue, as will be sufficient to pay the same, with all intervening charges, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber in Bethel aforesaid—The sale to begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon on said day.
Aaron Barten, Collector. Bethel, November 6th, 1799.

Poetry.
The BIRTH OF GALLIC FREEDOM.
From a Poem, entitled "Rome, at the close of the 18th Century," by H. FREEMAN, Esq. R.A.
SAY, what glad omen break'd the Western sky? What sp'endid vision beam'd on fancy's eye? What star disrob'd forsook the milky way, When Innovation's offspring burst on day? No happy omen break'd the Western sky; No splendid vision beam'd on fancy's eye; No star disrob'd forsook the milky way; Ill-boding Peasants stain'd that fatal day. Discord exulted, Anarchy approv'd, Rebellion triumph'd, Hell itself was mov'd; And crimson-handed murder op'd the morn, When GALLIC FREEDOM—hideous birth—was born. A pigmy bandling, tho' deform'd and base, The infant monster match'd the Cyclop race; Bounding in sport, he flings destruction's flame, And fetter'd throes lament their levi'ning fame. Rome, Rome, lament! Lo Gallia's hordes prevail, With wanton pride thy hallow'd shrines assail; In sooth ing opiates reason's temples sleep, And preach crime's only balm, "eternal sleep." A seeming vice us poisons every dart, Peace on their lips, but plunder in their heart; Benign Philanthropy is rooted hate; Laws equal rule the downfall of the Great; Soft pity's poignard heaps on piles the slain, And Lured Freedom swells Oppression's train. Freedom, Fraternity—destroying names, Unknown to Vandal rage and Gothic flames. Rude Vandals rage and Gothic Flames were kind, They left the gems of liberal arts behind; But the swobu wave which licence wild impels O'er gracious moths, by taste constricted, swells, Sweeps learning's treasures from the genial clime, And robs the harvest from the scythe of Time.
Samuel Swett,
INFORMS his friends and customers, that he has just received from Boston , and has for sale at his store in Poland , a large assortment of European, West-India, & Hard-ware GOODS, which he is determined to sell as low, for ready cash, as can be purchased in Portland. Poland, Nov. 12.
FRESH GOODS.
JOSEPH BLAKE , has just received an extensive assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS , which are being (for each only) at a very low advance—
consisting of Fine and superfine, navy-blue, fashiona- ble mixt, learet and other colored Broadcloths; a variety of low-priced ditto; black, dark blue, scarlet, buff colored, white and other colored Kerseys; a variety of lamet, Marcellas, mouselin corded satin and Swansdown Waistcoating; black, white and fancy silk Hosiery; patent ditto; a variety of worsted and cotton ditto; black and white silk Gloves; patent worsted, wood-flock and beaver ditto; do. lin'd with fur; la- dies' silk Gloves and Mitts of the fashionable length of all colors; habit ditto; long and habit kid ditto; cot- ton Gloves and Mitts; black worsted ditto; silk and cotton Gloves and Mitts; black velvet ditto; Claps; elastic Glove ties; do. with clasps; Bugle Trimmings; gold and silver Fringes and Cords; Epaulettes; Bedas and Necklaces; Pendulas; black and fancy Plumes; Fans; Umbrellas; Parfums; a variety of white thread Laces and Edgings; among which are some very fine; black silk Laces; fancy Hat bands; fashionable plain, and other Ribbands; green and white Tiffanies; netting, crappe, spotted and plain Gauzes; Sarisets of all colors; a great variety of Satins and Modes, of almost every color, narrow and wide; figured fancy ditto for bonnets; black, white, blue, and other colored Luftugs; Italian striped ditto; white camel's hair trim'd Shawls; a variety of silk Shawls and Handkerchiefs; plain, check'd and stamp'd muslin and cotton ditto; linen and cotton pocket Handkerchiefs; Romalls; hook and jacquet mouselin Handkerchiefs; fine border'd and fambour'd ditto for gentlemen; Book Muslins among which are some very fine; plain, tambour'd, check'd and painted jacquet ditto; lappat ditto; black ditto; Chinizes; Ginghams; Dimities; Mullinets; Copperplates; Tapes; Wild- bores; Camblets; Cambleteus; Ruffles; Calimacous; Moraens; Durants; Smalisons; Tannies; Velvets; cotton and worsted Florentines; Lasings; Janes; men's worsted Caps; emigrant Socks and Half-Boots; a great variety of Mulls, Tippets, and Pure Trimmings; beaver Hats; kid, mouselin, and cloth Slippers; Misses ditto; Children's Shoes; a variety of cut steel, pearl, plated, and metal buttons; Elastic Slings; silver and steel Car- peting; duffel and rose Blankets; Baizes and Flannels of all colors, among which are some very fine tw-h'd; do. metts; fine, blue, brown, and mixt, Beaver Watings; Lambkins; Forest Cloths; belt Devonshire Kerseys and Hunters; German Seres of all colors; Whitney's; Fear- noughts; Duffs; Elastic Cloths; Orleans Stripes; Irish Linen; Cambricks; check'd Linens; Diapers; Sheet- ings; brown Holland; Bedticks; black silk Velvet for caps; ditto corded for waistcoating; men's best black Satins; twill'd plain and striped; diaper and plain tapes; Bobbings; silk Ferrers; Gallons; Ladies' Quality and Shoe Bindings; Sewing Silks; Twills; Threads; Ne- edles; Pins; &c. &c. together with almost every article usually found in English Goods Stores. Also for SALE, A large assortment of English and Ame- rican manufactured PAPER HANGINGS. Portland, November 4, 1799.
JUST RECEIVED FOR SALE, By KEZIA BUTLER, In MIDDLE-STREET , A handsome assortment of Fashionable Millinery & Fancy Articles. Among which are the following—
STRAW , chip, cane and silk Bon- nets; dress Turbans; black, white and fancy Plumes; straw, and other Flowers; black and white, bugle and baw Trimmings; silk, cotton, and silver Cords; do. Princes; cotton and silver Cords; a va- riety of fashionable Necklaces and Bar-drops; yellow, white and pearl Buttons for gowns; a handsome assort- ment of plain and fashionable Ribbons; beaufort Veils; black and white figured and plain Gauzes; Crappe do. cotton and kid Gloves; men's leather do.; beaver Hats with bands and buckles; camel's hair Shawls; Sa- tins; a variety of cloak and bonnet Satins; Lu- strings; Sarisets; figured satin Waistcoat Patterns; plain and worked Mullins; muslin Handkerchiefs. Also—Black and white Cottons; Calicoes; cotton and muslin Shawls; white and color- ed Pocket Handkerchiefs; Linens; Cambricks; mark- ing Canvas; cotton and worsted Hosiery; plaied Sucks; Fur Trimmings; Muffs and Tippets; Wildbores; Shalloon; Durants; Taminies; Calimacous; Baizes; and Flannels; white and colored Th-cads; do. Sewing Silks; Tapes; Bobbins; Shirt Buttons; superfine white chapel Needles. Smelling Bottles; Wash-balls; Wind- for Soap; violet and plain Powder; powder Boxes and Puff; tortois shell Hair Slides, and Combs; ivory and horn do.; japanned Tea Trays; Waiters; Cannisters; Bread-Baskets, &c. A few Dutch Looking-Glasses; Steel Scissors; Cafe Knives and Forks; Pen Knives; pewter Tea-pots; plated and metal Thimbles; elastic Knitting-needles, &c. &c. Cloaks, Turbans, Bonnets, &c. made in the newest fashion.
TO LET, PART of a DWELLING HOUSE, pleasantly situated in Middle-street.—Inquire of the Printer. Nov. 18.
FOR SALE, By ISABELLA CHILD, At her Shop next door to the BANK, An assortment of Fashionable FANCY GOODS AND MILLINERY, Received by the last ships from London, Among which are—
LADIES' beaver and silk hats—Fashion- able Swansdown bonnets and turbans, full and half dress. Elegant plumes, feathers and artificial flowers, of various descriptions. Swansdown laurels and loops. Bracelets, ear-rings and necklaces. Bugles and bugle trimmings, silver and gimp do. Ladies' extra long silk and kid gloves—beaver habit do. Ladies' and misses' dark flat-colored gloves for mourning. Kid slippers— English black morocco do. Elegant sashes, cords and tassels. Silk cord of different colors. Fluff netting silk-colored cottons for netting. Ribbons of all widths, and colors, plain and variegated. An assortment of very delicate thread laces and edgings. Plain, sprigged, lappet and lace muslins. Camels hair shawls. Printed mouselin and chintzes. Glass, steel, and pearl buttons, fashionable for ornamenting dresses. White, black, and colored Italian crapes. Do. tiffanies. Black, cyprus, netting, check'd and plain gauzes. Bonnet and cloak satin of all colors. Modes and sarisets. Thread frin- ges. Black velvet ribbons. Also—Mullinets. Black and white cottons. Ladies' and misses' cotton hose. Calimacous and durants. Linens. Cambricks. Superfine and other white flannels—yellow do. Lambskins and ba- ze. Fur-trimmings. Mulls. Emigrant socks, &c. Gentlemen's black and white silk hose, of a good quality. Cotton do. Extra superfine black and white worsted do. Silk and beaver gloves. Do. fur lined and lamb's wool. Tuiinets, Merseilles and Swansdown waistcoating. Black satin. Hair rib- bon. Shoe strings, &c. Wash-balls, smelling-bottles, tooth- picks and cakes. Silver pencil cases. Small steel scissors of an excellent quality. Dieing combs, needles, pins, tapes and bobbins. Every article of Millinery made in the latest fashion. Portland Nov. 11th, '99.
JUST RECEIVED FOR SALE, By John O. Watts, At his Store in Fifth-street ,
SUPERFINE and low priced Broad- cloths; Plain, plain and stripe Cambricks; a good assortment of fashionable Vest Shapes; Thicketts and Velvets; drab and blue Fearnought; Baizes and Flannels; Calicoes from 12 1/2 to 6 3/4 per yard; Copper- plates; Mullinets and Dimities; superfine and common Pocket Handkerchiefs; an assortment of very fine Shawls; Linens; Tambore; needle worked, plain and black Muslins; book do. book Handkerchiefs; Gen- tlemen's tambore Neck-cloths; Cottons; Cambricks some very fine; colored Threads per pound; colored Ribbons; Edgings; Bedticks; Counterpans; Men's Gloves; habit and long do. Stockings, &c. &c. HARDWARE.
Augurs, H. & H. Hinges, Coffee Mills, Buttons and Buckles, Tea and Table Spoons, Jack and Pen Knives, Brads, Snuff and Tobacco Boxes, Steelyards, Shovels and Tongs, Tea-pots, Pewter or all kinds, Razors and Scissors, Flat-Irons, Frying-Pans, Chett and Gun Locks, Whips, Japan Candlesticks, Chapel Needles, Pocket-Whips, &c. &c.
West-India Goods, as usual.
FOR SALE AS ABOVE, 50 pieces No. 4 Hair Ribbon, 100 lb. double refined Salt Petre. A few bbls. 3d proof W. I. Rum, which will be sold cheap for Cash. Portland, Nov. 4.
Elizabeth Berry, INFORMS her friends and customers, that she continues to make, and has for Sale, Muffs, Tippets & Cloak Trimmings. Also, a large assortment of RUSSIA FURS, and a new and great variety of TOYS, for children.—Best PO- LAND STARCH, and ELLIOT'S SNUFF.—An as- sortment of CHINA.
Sable and Fox Skins dressed in the best manner, at her shop corner of Federal and Temple streets, Portland. Nov. 4.
TO BE SOLD, By Nathan Bond, Middle-Street, near the Bank,
The following articles of the best quality, and upon reasonable terms for Cash—
MADEIRA, Port, Sherrey, Lisbon, and Malaga Wines, Comae Brandy, Gin, N. E. W. I. and Cherry Rum, Perry, Vinegar, Cider, Molasses, Loaf, Brown, & Powder'd SUGARS, Coffee, Chocolate, Hyson, Souchong & Bo- hea Tea, Almonds, Raisins, Currants, Mace, Cinnamon, Citron, Cloves, Allspice, Ginger, Starch, Hair Powder, Cotton and Wool Cords, Bar and Slaving Soap, Spermaceti, mould, & dip Candles, Fresh jar and cask Raisins, Groats and milk Biscuit, Butter, Cheese, Salt Pork per bbl. Fig, pigtail, & smoking Tobacco, Segars, Baker Salt, Double refined Salt Petre, Shells, New fine and Superfine Flour per bbl. Oatmeal, Bitter in papers, Pipes, Pomatum, Blackball, Waters, Snuff, Whole & ground Pepper, Rice, Ground ditto, Indigo, Mustard, Spermaceti & Sweet Oil, Wine Glasses, &c. &c.
And an assortment of Confectionary. Portland, Nov. 12.
FRESH GOODS.
DANIEL JOHNSON, Has just received, and now offers for sale at his Store in Fore-street , a very general assort- ment of fresh Fancy and Staple Goods.
consisting of BROAD CLOTHS from 6 to 33 per yards—Navy Blue, Com- mon do. Black, Lon- don Brown, Fashionable mixt, Clare, and Bottle Green, Kanten, Lambkins, Belt Devonshire Kerseys, Port & Cloths, Blue plain, Elastic, Serget, Calimaco—Black, Blue, Mixt and Brown, Twill'd Thicketts, Rose and Daniel Blankets, Men's Black Satins, Swansdown Waistcoating, Merseilles do. do. Linen, Linens, Brown Holland, India Cottons, Cambricks, Muslin and Silk Shawls, Common Cotton do. Mullinets, Mullinets, and Dimities, Luthrings, Modes & Satins, Ladies' Mullin Handker- chiefs do. do. Sarisets and Gauzes, Ginghams, Calicoes, Wildbores—Striped and plain, Men's Camblets, Calimacous, Moraens, Ruffles, Durants, Taminies, Baizes—red, green, and yellow, Flannels—fine & superfine, twill'd & plain, Variety of worsted, silk, & cotton Hosiery, Worsted & Leather Gloves Oil Cloths, Quality & Shoe Bindings, Which being a consignment, will be sold on the lowest terms. Portland, Nov. 18. ALSO, Russia Duck and Sheetings, Raven, do.
THE Subscribers, appointed Com- missioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowdoin, Esq. Judge of Probate, for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of
PADSHALL KNIGHTS, late of Boothbay, mariner, deceased, and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice that they will attend the business of their appointment at the dwelling house of William M' Cobb, Esq. in Boothbay, on the last Friday of this and the five following months, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
William M' Cobb, John Leishman. Boothbay, Nov. 12th, 1799.
THE Subscribers, appointed Com- missioners, by the Hon. Jonathan Bowdoin, Esq. Judge of Probate, for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors of the Estate of
PAUL REED, late of Boothbay, Gentleman, deceased; and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice, that they will attend the business of their appointment, at the dwelling house of William M' Cobb, Esq. in Booth- bay, on the last Friday of this and the five following months, from 3 to 5 o'clock, P. M.
WILLIAM COBB, JOHN LEISHMAN.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscriber has been duly appointed Admin- istrator of the Estate of John Reed , late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, deceased, unadministered on by Susanna Reed , late of said Topsham, widow, de- ceased, who was formerly executrix of the last will and testament of the said John Reed , deceased, and has un- dertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons, therefore, having demands against the es- tate of the said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement—and all indebted to said estate are re- quested to make immediate payment to Samuel Wilson, Administrator. October 29th, 1799.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscriber has been duly appointed administra- tor of the estate of Susanna Reed , late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, widow, deceased, and has under- taken that trust by giving bond as the law directs. All persons, therefore, having demands against the estate of the said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement—and all indebted to said estate, are request- ed to make immediate payment to Samuel Wilson, Administrator. October, 29th, 1799.
TO the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Portland, in and of the County of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of October, anno Domini, 1799.
THE petition of ISAAC SMALL of, foretime in said County HUMBLY shews: That petitioner received of Reuben Sawyer , late of Freeport , his said Mariner , deceased, an obligation for a deed of a certain lot of land, lying in said Freeport , on range D, number nine, which obligation was given upon condition, that on your petitioner's paying to the said Reuben Sawyer the sum of twenty five pounds seventeen cents (equal to eighty-six dollars and seventeen cents) he, the said Sawyer , would give your petitioner a good warranty deed of the above mentioned lot; but petitioner has prevented from so doing, by death—And your petitioner, said sum of eighty-six dollars and seven- teen cents, has been paid to the Administratrix to the estate of the said Reuben Sawyer since his decease, as will appear by a receipt herewith presented, agreeable to the condition of said bond—Your petitioner therefore prays that the Administratrix, upon the estate of the said deceased, after due notice, may be authorized to give your petitioner a deed of the one half part of said lot No. 9, on range D, according to the true intent and meaning of the above mentioned obligation; And your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray—by SALMON CHASE, his Attorney.
AT a Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland, in said county, on the third Tuesday of October, A. D. 1799:—
ON the petition of ISAAC SMALL , whereof the foregoing is a true copy— ORDERED, That the petitioner give notice to all concerned by causing the same and this Order thereon to be published in one of the Portland newspapers three several weeks—the last publication to be fourteen days at least, before the first Tuesday of January next, that if they see fit, they may appear at the Court of Common Pleas, which is then to be holden at New-Glasgow, within and for the said County of Cum- berland, and there to show, if they have, why the pray- er of said petition should not be granted. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
AT a Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland , in said county, on the third Tues- day of October, A. D. 1799.
ORDERED by the Court, that such Persons as have been allowed to take out licence at this term as Lumbermen or Retailers , may recognise with the Clerk any time before the first day of December next. It is further Ordered, that the prac- tice of general liberty for taking out such licences after the end of any term be discontinued, and that this or- der be published in all the Portland newspapers. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
FOR SALE—By Newhall & Watson, No. 3, Long-Wharf, Russia Sheetings, Russia and Raven's Duck, Cordage and Bolt Rope, Iron—flat and square. Steel plate Shovels; Nail Plates Nail Rods; Iron Hoops, 1 old Anchor, Sheathing and Drawing Nails, Tar; Sheathing Paper, Twine; Ginger, Powder per barrel; Muskets India Cottons, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, Wellandia Rum; Gin, Brandy, Wines, Codlives; deep set, and log lines, Cables; Brushes, &c. &c. (157-78)
RAN-Away from the Subscriber last night, an indentured apprentice named GILLMAN MASH , about 19 years old, bad on when he went away a blue great coat, a light blue coat, and olive-colored overalls.—Whoever will take up said apprentice and re- turn him to the subscriber, shall have six cents reward, and no charges paid. All masters of vessels and others, are forbidden employing or harboring him on any account whatever, as they will be answerable for their conduct as the law directs. JEREMIAH CHANDLER. Monmouth, October 29, 1799.
Ten dollars reward.
DESERTED from the rendezvous in Hallowell, on the 30th of October last, CALEB BOYINGTON , a soldier in the 15th regiment of the United States' Infantry; born in the town of Pownal- borough , in the county of Lincoln , state of Massachusetts by trade a joiner; he is twenty-one years of age, five feet five inches in height, has blue eyes, brown hair, and light complexion.—Whoever will take up said deserter and secure him in any goal, or deliver him to any officer in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to the above reward, with all the incidental charges. WM. HEYWOOD, Capt.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscribers have been duly appointed execut- on the Estate of William Owen, late of Brunswick , in the county of Cumberland , deceased, and have taken upon themselves that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs.—All persons having a demand on said estate are requested to exhibit the same and all persons indebted are requested to make im- mediate payment to DAVID OWEN, JOHN OWEN, Executors. Brunswick, Nov. 3, 1799.
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