Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-09-06 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
NUMBER 228.]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1802.
[VOLUME V.]
Law.
BY RICHARDSON.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two.
An Act for establishing a TURNPIKE CORPORATION within the town of SCARBOROUGH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Robert Southgate, Esq. William King, Cyrus King, Benjamin Porter, Joseph Leland, Ebenezer Libby, Major Josiah Libby, William Thompson, Esq. Reuben Fogg, James March, John Watson, Jonathan Libby, John M. Milliken, Samuel Milliken, together with such others as may hereafter associate with them, and their successors, shall be a corporation by the name of the First Cumberland Turnpike Corporation, with all the powers and powers incident to corporations, for the purpose of laying out, making and keeping in repair, a turnpike road in said Scarborough, to commence at a bridge near the dwelling house of Nathaniel Moses, from thence running across the upland and marsh, in a southwesterly course, between the dwelling houses of Edward and Jeremiah Milliken, until it meets the present county road, near the said Edward Milliken's dwelling house; which turnpike road shall not be less than four rods wide, and the part to be travelled on not less than twenty feet in width, in any part thereof; and over the whole extent of the marsh at least twenty feet wide, and secured with sufficient railing on each side; and when said road shall be sufficiently made, and shall be allowed and approved by the Justices of the Court of Sessions of the county of Cumberland, at any term thereof, then the said Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to erect a turnpike gate on the same, in such manner and place as shall be necessary and convenient, and shall be entitled to receive from each traveller and passenger the following rate of toll, viz. For every coach, phaeton, chariot and other four wheeled carriage, twenty cents; and for every cart, wagon or sled, drawn by two oxen or horses, six cents, and if drawn by more than two, a further sum of two cents for every such ox or horse; for every curriole, seventeen cents; for every sleigh drawn by two horses, six cents; for every chaise, chair or other carriage drawn by one horse, five cents; for every man and horse, five cents; for all oxen, horses or neat cattle, led or driven, either in teams or carriages one cent and one half each; for all sheep and swine, three cents by the dozen, and in the same proportion for a greater or lesser number: Provided, That said Corporation may, if they see fit, commute the rate of toll with any corporation, person or persons, by taking of him or them a certain sum annually, to be mutually agreed on, in lieu of the toll aforesaid; and the Justices of the Court of the General Sessions of the Peace, in the county of Cumberland, are hereby authorized, on application from said Corporation, to lay out such road accordingly; and the said Corporation shall be bound to pay all damages which shall arise to any person by taking his land for such road, where it cannot be obtained by voluntary agreement, to be eliminated by a Committee appointed by the General Sessions of the Peace, saving to the party the right of trial by jury, according to a law providing for the recovery of damages, happening by laying out high ways; and said Corporation shall also be bound to keep open a sufficient number of sluices, or sluiceways, for the water above said turnpike to flow as heretofore, as will prevent the marsh above from being overflowed, in any degree more than the same was liable to be before said turnpike took place.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said Corporation, their toll-gatherers and others in their employ, shall unreasonably delay or hinder any traveller or passenger at said gates, or shall demand and receive more toll than is by this act established, the Corporation shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars, nor less than one dollar, to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace in said County, by any person injured, delayed or defrauded, in a special action on the case, the writ in which action shall be served on the Corporation, by leaving a copy of the same with the Treasurer, or with two individual members of said Corporation, living within the county aforesaid, or reading the contents thereof to said Treasurer, or individual members, at least seven days before the trial; and if the Treasurer of said Corporation, or individual members, shall be allowed to defend the same suit in behalf of said Corporation; and the Corporation shall be liable to pay all damages which shall happen to any person from whom toll by this act is demandable, for any damages which shall arise from defect of bridges, or want of repairs to said road, and shall also be liable to a fine, on presentment of the Grand Jury, for not keeping the said road, or bridges thereon, in due repair; and if the said road, or any part thereof shall be suffered to be out of repair, the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said county, or a major part of them, or a Committee, to be appointed for that purpose by said Justices, are hereby authorized to order said gate to be set open; the said Justices, or their Committee, having previously notified the Clerk of said Corporation of complaint having been made of the badness of the road, at least ten days previously to the ordering said gate to be set open; and immediately upon leaving such order in writing, under the hands of said Justices, or their Committee, with the Clerk of the Corporation, the said gate shall be opened, and no toll shall be legally demandable, or taken thereat, until the said Justices, or their Committee, shall grant a new order.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall cut, break down or otherwise injure or destroy the said turnpike gate, or shall dig up or carry away any earth from said road, or in any manner damage the same, or shall forcibly pass or attempt to pass the said gate by force, without having first paid the legal toll at such gate, such person shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than ten dollars, to be recovered by the Treasurer of said Corporation, or their use, in an action of trespass, or on the case.—And if any person, with his team, cattle or horse, turn out of said road to pass said turnpike gate, and again enter on said road, with intent to evade the toll aforesaid, such person shall forfeit and pay three times as much as the legal toll would have been, to be recovered by the Treasurer of said Corporation, to the use of the same, in action of debt, or on the case. Provided, That nothing in this act shall extend to entitle the said Corporation to demand and receive toll of any person, who shall be passing with his horse or carriage, or from public worship, or with his horse, team or cattle to or from his common labor on his farm, or to or from any grist-mill, or on the common and ordinary business of family concerns, or from any person or persons passing on military duty.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the shares in said turnpike road, shall be deemed and considered to be personal estate, to all intents and purposes, and shall and may be transferable. And the mode of transferring said shares shall be by deed, acknowledged before any Justice of the Peace, and recorded by the Clerk of said Corporation, in a book for that purpose to be provided and kept. And when any share shall be attached on mesne process, or taken in execution, an attested copy of such writ of attachment or execution shall, at the time of the attachment or taking in execution, be left with the Clerk of the Corporation, otherwise the attachment or taking in execution shall be void; and such shares may be sold on execution in the same manner as is, or may by law be provided, for making sale of personal property on execution; the officer making the sale, or the judgment creditor, leaving a copy of the execution, and the officer's return on the same, with the Clerk of said Corporation, within fourteen days after such sale, and paying for the recording of the same, shall be deemed and considered as a sufficient transfer of such share or shares in the said turnpike road.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the first meeting of the said Corporation shall be held at the house of John M. Milliken, inholder in said Scarborough, on the first Monday in August next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of choosing a Clerk, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of said office, and such other officers as may then and there be agreed upon by the said Corporation. And the said Corporation may then establish such rules and regulations, as shall be judged necessary for the better management of its affairs. Provided such regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. And the said Corporation may agree upon a method for calling future meetings.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall, within six months after the said road is completed, lodge in the Secretary's office an account of the expenses thereof; and that the corporation shall annually exhibit to the Governor and Council, a true account of the income or dividend arising from the said toll, with their necessary annual disbursements on said road; and the books of the said Corporation shall at all times be subject to the inspection of a Committee to be appointed by the General Court, or to the inspection of the Governor and Council, when called for.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever any proprietor shall neglect or refuse to pay any tax or assessment, duly voted and agreed upon by the Corporation on their Treasurer, within sixty days after the time set for the payment thereof, the Treasurer of the said Corporation is hereby authorized, to sell at public vendue, the share or shares of such delinquent proprietor, to such an amount as shall be sufficient to discharge said taxes, and necessary incidental charges, after duly notifying in the newspapers printed in Portland, the sum due on any such shares, and the time and place of sale, at least thirty days previous to the time of sale; and such sale shall be a sufficient transfer of the share or shares so sold, to the person purchasing the same; and on producing a certificate of such sale, from the Treasurer to the Clerk of the said Corporation, the name of such person, with the number of shares so sold, shall be by the Clerk entered on the books of the said Corporation, and such persons shall be considered, to all intents and purposes, the proprietor thereof; and the overplus, if any there be, shall be paid on demand, by the Treasurer, to the person whose shares were then sold.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said Corporation shall, at all places where the said toll shall be collected, erect and keep constantly exposed to view, a sign or board, with the rates of toll, of all kinds of articles, fairly and legibly written thereon, in large or capital letters.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the General Court may dissolve said Corporation, whenever it shall appear to their satisfaction, that the income arising from the said toll shall have fully compensated the said Corporation for all monies they have expended in purchasing, repairing and taking care of the said road, together with an interest thereon, at the rate of twelve per centum by the year, and thereupon the property of the said road shall be vested in this Commonwealth, and be at their disposal. Provided, That if the said Corporation shall neglect to complete the said turnpike road, for the space of four years from the passing of this act, the same shall be void and of no effect.
[Approved by the Governor June 24 1802]
Solemn Protest.
JUDGE BASSETT, of Delaware, has published a "Solemn PROTEST against the late acts of Congress, which go to prostrate, at the feet of fashion, the Judicial Department of our Government, and, through it, that Charter of our Liberty and Independence, the Federal Constitution."—The Judge is one of those whose offices are destroyed by those acts; and he solemnly declares, that had the result been only a private injury, he would have submitted to the stroke; but he considers himself under obligation, as a Circuit Judge, and sworn to support the Constitution, to make a protest against their validity.—"Recurring both to the positive letter and clear spirit of the constitution," he says, "I am bound to DECLARE, that, in my solemn judgment, those acts of the 8th of March and 29th of April, 1802, have not abolished the office of the judges of the circuit courts of the United States, created and perfected under the act of February, 1801; but that they do exist in full force as at first, protected against legislative destruction by the constitution of the United States. And, in my judicial character, and under the highest obligation of supporting that constitution, I am constrained to pronounce those acts, because of their design and intent to abolish the said offices, and to transfer them to other judges, so far null and void."—The Judge makes a brief statement of the grounds of his judgment; in which he rests, not upon "considerations of sound policy, and general good consequences," but "upon the words and expressions of the People, contained in the constitution as it came from their hands; and upon the plain, natural and accepted meaning of those words and expressions." The words of the constitution are,
"Article III. The Judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish: The JUDGES, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts, shall HOLD THEIR OFFICES DURING GOOD BEHAVIOUR: and shall at stated times receive a compensation for their services, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
"What terms (says the Judge) could have been devised, in the English language, more decisive? It is not said, they shall hold their offices against the will of the President; or against the power of Congress; but, simply and universally, that they shall hold their offices during good behaviour."
"The legislature, then, can annex no new conditions, and say: "You shall hold your offices, until we repeal the law creating them; or until we abolish them; or, until we create new courts, and invest, with your power, other judges, who may suit us better; or, until there shall appear to us no further necessity for your courts; or, you shall hold so long as we think it economical to pay your salaries." No power is given to Congress of terminating judicial offices at all."
The judge renders the subject plain, by a variety of illustrations, and recurrence to objections which have been made. The following is his conclusion:—
"After these observations, it remains only, that I should conclude with a distinct exhibition of my opinion, resolutions, and motives."
"And First: For the reasons assigned, I maintain as my deliberate, solemn, and judicial opinion, that the acts of March and April, 1802, designing and operating substantially to abolish the offices and salaries of the judges under the law of the 11th of February, 1801, are so far unconstitutional, and for that reason void."
"And further, that the judges of these courts respectively do of right still "hold their offices" as at first."
"Secondly, Nevertheless, those acts of March and April, 1802, create many impediments which oppose the execution of our offices."
"The discontinuance of our compensation, the destruction of our sessions, as to time and place, the privation of officers, and other evident embarrassments occasioned by the operation of those acts, on subjects of mere legislative organization, must create a suspension of the exercise of our powers of office until Congress shall by law provide the means necessary to their execution. We shall respectively stand acquitted, under such circumstances, if no attempt is made to hold our Courts, which might be productive of disorder, unseemly conflict and error."
"Should the opinion herein delivered, on this important question, finally prevail, no doubt can be entertained but that the legislative body will, with sincerity and good faith, pass such laws as may cure the discontinuance of the courts, and enable them to resume their usual and constitutional functions."
"Thirdly, In the interim, I hold it my bounden duty to claim the office thus appertaining to me, and publicly to PROTEST against the act of all persons and authorities, who are designated by the laws of the 8th of March and 29th of April, 1802, who may in anywise interfere with, or prevent, or tend to prevent, the restoration and full exercise of my office, as one of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the third circuit."
"Fourthly, In circumstances so peculiar, and in a case of such magnitude, I conceive it an obvious right to give publicity to the foregoing opinion and reasons."
"The judges under the act of Feb. 1801, have been left without any other means of declaring and making known their sentiments and claims."
"To those who know the course of my life, the time at which it has arrived, and the principles which professedly (and I trust really) govern it, will acquit me of any views inimical to the peace of my country, or to its constituted authorities. I have spent the best of my days in efforts, at least, to attain and secure true civil liberty; and the stations I have filled, by the favor and confidence of my fellow citizens, have afforded me the highest opportunities, in public situations, of being useful to the extent of my humble abilities; yet the act which I shall now subscribe, is far the most important of my life, with reference to human obligation."
"If any difference of opinion, between me and my associates in office, exists, it relates merely to the point of time, for expressing our sentiment: I can confidently assert, that on deliberation, they coincide with me in other respects."
"But whatever deference was justly due to the ideas of others, my own conscience and judgment, after weighing every consideration, dictates the present line of conduct."
"I have delivered my thoughts for the benefit of those who are called to reflect on this interesting subject. They are feebly expressed; perhaps erroneously conceived; they are however sincere."
"My most ardent wish is, that the termination of this conflict may produce safety to our country and CONSTITUTION."
"I have done what I deemed a sacred duty
in support of that constitution. I have done it now, because my life may not be spared till tomorrow."
"I commit all to those who must ultimately DECIDE, satisfied that honor, integrity, and independence, will guide and sanction their judgment."—Salem Gaz.
Foreign News.
London dates to July 17.
TURKEY.
The force of Pashwan Ogou, the Turk in Rebel, continues to increase—a d he grows daily more daring. He has lately advanced, and defeated small bodies of the Grand Seignior's troops. It continues to be intimated that Russia, Prussia, Austria, and France, entertain a design to divide the Ottoman Empire, among them. Their respective parts are mentioned; and it is conjectured Pashwan Ogou's formidable rebellion will furnish the pretext for the invasion of Turkey to prosecute the work of conquest and partition. The Austrians, it is said, have already advanced.
The Russians have commenced hostilities against the Persians—and have already taken one of their towns.
GENEVA.
A constitutional code has been established in Geneva. The executive power is to be possessed by a Doge, chosen for 6 years—There is to be a Senate of 30 members—one third to be changed every two years—and a College of Proprietors—a College of the Merchant—and of the Learned. The members of the Colleges are elected for life. The Roman Catholic Religion is to be established.
SWITZERLAND.
A new Constitution for the Helvetic Republic has been accepted and established. About three fourths of the votes returned were in its favor.
NEW PARLIAMENT.
An new election of members of Parliament has been held in England. Among the persons chosen we find, Thomas Windham, Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Tierney, Sir Sidney Smith, Aldermen Come, Curris, Anderson and Price, Sir J. B. Warren, H. P. Wyndham, Mr. Dundas, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Wilberforce.
A vast number of votes, for Bonaparte's being Consul for life, have been collected; and upwards of 16000 from two departments for his having the right to nominate his successor.
A pamphlet opposing the intention of some Frenchmen to invest Bonaparte with the right to nominate his successor, written by Camille Jordan, has been suppressed by the Government at Paris.
The following is the etiquette of Madame Bonaparte's Levees:—Madame de Lucuy takes the names of the visitors, and ushers them into the room. Madame Bonaparte only rises for the family of Bonaparte, the wives of Ambassadors, and strangers of the first rank. She orders arm chairs for their accommodation.—She half rises for the wives of Senators, Prefects, and Counsellors of State, and requests them to be seated: but she barely bows her head to the wives of Legislators, Tribunes, &c. They must be seated when they can, and on common chairs.
The repairs and ornaments of the Palace of St. Cloud will cost several millions.—Strange revolution of fortune!
The Legion of Honor has been organized in France.
The indemnities to the branches of the German Empire, which have suffered by the war, have, it is said, been at length determined on.
A commercial treaty is stated to be negotiating between England and France.
Toussaint had arrived in France from St. Domingo.
There are uniform accounts from all parts of France, in favor of the King Pock.
Mr. Livingston, the American ambassador at Paris, gave an entertainment to the American gentlemen in that city, on the anniversary of the independence of his country.
The town of Crema, in Italy, was destroyed by the earthquake of June 12. The town of Minguin was swallowed up, and a lake is now where that was. At Brescia, 3 churches and 12 houses were destroyed.
Admiral Villaret failed from Brest early in July for Martinique, with two ships of the line, frigates, &c. with troops on board.
The 29th regiment of foot failed from England the middle of July for Halifax, in 3 transports.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Dr. Gordon has announced the discovery of the art of making flour from a certain substance which abounds in England, by which flour may be afforded at one fourth of the price of the wheaten, with which it is equally nutritious and palatable, and will keep its quality many years.

PROCLAMATION.
The Consuls of the Republic, to the French People.
"PEOPLE OF FRANCE,
"The 14th of July commenced in 1789 the new delinies of France. After thirteen years of labour, the 14th of July returns more dear to you, more august to posterity. You have conquered all obstacles, and your destinies are accomplished. Within, not a head that does not bow to the empire of equality; without, not an enemy to menace your safety and your independence; not a French colony that is not subjected to the laws, without which no colony can exist. From the bosom of your ports, commerce summons your industry, and offers you the world; in the interior, the genius of the Republic fertilizes all the seeds of prosperity.
"People of France, that this epoch may be for us and for our children, the epoch of a permanent good; that that peace may be embellished by the union of virtue, of knowledge, and of arts; that institutions adapted to our character may surround our laws with an impenetrable rampart; that our youth eager for instruction, may go to our Lycea to learn their duties and their rights; that the history of miseries may guarantee them from past errors, and that they may preserve, in the midst of wisdom and concord, this edifice of grandeur which has been erected by the courage of the citizens.
"Such are the wish and the hope of the French government; second their efforts, and the happiness of France will be immortal as her glory. The First Consul, (Signed) BONAPARTE.
Articles by the Mail.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG 28.
DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING.
We are informed that the house of Mr. Mark Balderson, in Bucks county, was struck by lightning, at ten o'clock on Wednesday evening last, which killed his wife in the cellar; and, at the same time, a barn was struck and burnt down, belonging to Mr. John Ely. It is said that the house of Mr. Balderson also took fire and was much injured.
In addition to the preceding melancholy accident, we were last night informed, that the Mail Stage, owned by Mr. Vandegrift of Trenton, was struck by lightning at a late hour on Saturday night last, while on the road between Princeton, and Trenton. The lightning appeared first to be attracted by the iron on the back part of the carriage and on the hind wheels, from whence it descended to the axle tree and ran along the pole, under the carriage, and instantly killed the four horses. Besides the driver, who was, for a short period, stunned by the shock, there were two or three passengers in the carriage, who providentially escaped unhurt, although the body of the stage was considerably scattered.
It is said that the King of England has ceded to his son, the duke of Cambridge, all his German possessions; and that the people of Hanover are highly pleased with the idea of having the young Duke as their Sovereign.
We are happy to learn that the College of New Jersey is rapidly rebuilding. All the beams and joists in the house are laid; the roof is on in part, and the workmen are covering it. The doors and window sashes are made; and it is expected it will be ready to be re-inhabited in the month of November.
BOSTON, SEPT. 2.
WAR.
Mr. Hudson, who came passenger in the ship Columbus, which arrived on Monday, in 45 days from Cadiz, informs us, that the news of the postponement of the war between the Moors and the United States, was not credited at that place, as the Consul had received no intimation to that effect; and the U. S. schooner Enterprize, capt. Sterrett, arrived at that place July 15, several days after the news had been current, for the purpose of taking under convoy American vessels bound into the Straights, to protect them against the Moors.—Capt. Sterrett, mentioned that there were two ships fitting out at Saffia, a Moorish port in the Atlantic; and two launched at Tetuan, but cannot sail until they receive their sweeps from Tangiers, and it is difficult to get a vessel to bring them.—The Moors had an agent at Gibraltar to purchase powder and balls.
Accounts from Cape Francois say, that in consequence of the ill state of health of Gen. Leclerc, he was preparing to return to France. The command was to devolve on General Dugua.
At the commencement of the late war, France had 80 vessels of the line and 64 frigates, and England had 100 vessels of the line and 133 frigates.—Now, England has 102 vessels of the line and 287 frigates, and France has 39 vessels of the line and 33 frigates.
The Abbe Seyès, the noted constitution maker, is now said to be about publishing a work proving that the French revolution is completed. The English wits furnish him with the following argument to substantiate his position, "because France has now circuitously arrived at the very point she set out from."
for this Gazette.
MR. JENKS,
Conceiving that you cannot better fill a small portion of your Gazette, than by giving publicity to some of the sentiments of the great Mr. Burke, I shall take the liberty of occasionally sending you a few extracts from his works, which, if agreeable, you will insert in such order as you please. D.
EXTRACTS FROM BURKE.—No. I.
CONNEXION AND FACTION.
CONNEXION and faction are equivalent terms, is an opinion which has been carefully inculcated at all times by unconstitutional statesmen. The reason is evident. Whilst men are linked together, they easily and speedily communicate the alarm of any evil design. They are enabled to fathom it with common counsel, and to oppose it with united strength. Whereas, when they lie dispersed, without concert, order, or discipline, communication is uncertain, counsel difficult, and resistance impracticable. Where men are not acquainted with each other's principles, nor experienced in each other's talents, nor at all practised in their mutual habits and dispositions by joint efforts in business; no personal confidence, no friendship, no common interest, subsisting among them; it is evidently impossible that they can act a public part with uniformity, perseverance, or efficacy. In a connexion, the most inconsiderable man, by adding to the weight of the whole, has his value, and his use; out of it, the greatest talents are wholly unserviceable to the public. No man, who is not inflamed by vain glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavors are of power to defeat the subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate, else they will fall, one by one, an unspotted sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.—Thoughts on the cause of the present discontents.
DIFFICULTY.
THIS it has been the glory of the great masters in all the arts to confront, and to overcome; and when they had overcome the first difficulty, to turn it into an instrument for new conquests over new difficulties; thus to enable them to extend the empire of their science, and even to push forward beyond the reach of their original thoughts, the landmarks of the human understanding itself. Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi band faciem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.—Reflections on the Revolution in France.
REPUBLICAN FINANCE; Or, a new way to pay off old Debts.
From the Wilmington Mirror.
PUBLIC DEBT.
  Undeemed principal on the first of January, 1801. 80,161,207 60   Undeemed principal on the first of January, 1802. 77,881,890 29   Treasury Department,   Register's Office, Dec. 12, 1801. 
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.
Thus it appears from the testimony of a federal legislature, that since Mr. Jefferson came into office, the national debt, has been diminished 2,259,217 dollars and 31 cents.
Whilst he has also relieved us from all odious, oppressive internal taxation.
Mutt not these facts diffuse a general joy over the country?
A federal secretary of the treasury in a letter to the committee of ways and means, dated 22d of January 1800, states that "the principal of the debt of the United States had increased since the establishment of the present government, the sum of 1,517,333 dollars and 50 cents.
This it will be remembered, was after 12 years of peace.
In less than one year, president Jefferson's wise and frugal measures have decreased it nearly three millions.
These things, fellow citizens, are worthy your attentive and serious consideration—they are STUBBORN FACTS.
CALENDER'S REPLY.
This piece has been transplanted into Smith's National Intelligencer, that copious fountain-head of Jeffersonian misrepresentation. A few additional facts, which are quite as stubborn as the foregoing, remain to be annexed to the list.
Fact First.—It is here said, that in the first twelve years of the federal government, fifteen hundred thousand dollars had been added to the public debt. But it will be remembered, that these were not years of peace, but of almost perpetual war. The war with the North Western tribes broke out in 1790, and a peace was not signed until August 3, 1795. This contest lasted for five years. It cost five or six millions. The United States bought a peace from the savages, by giving 20,000 dollars worth of goods in hand, and by pledging themselves to pay 9,500 dollars worth of goods per ann. forever.
It is not long since the Algerine business had cost 1,700,000 dollars, as has already been proved in this paper. Preparations for a French war cost several millions of dollars. The western expedition cost 1,300,000 dollars, or some such sum; and the hot water insurrection of Northampton, 80,000. The French and British piracies deprived this country of many millions of impost, that would otherwise have poured into the federal treasury.
Twelve years of peace! Smith might as well have said that we had twelve years of incessant rain, or twelve years of thunder and lightning, or twelve years of an earthquake! This single imposture, this audacious, this more than common falsehood, must, of itself, be sufficient, with every man of candor, to ascertain the genuine character of the National Intelligencer, that favorite organ of Presidential imposture.
Fact Second.—This writer has grossly contradicted himself. In his paragraph, Citizen Stubborn Facts tells us, that the national debt has been diminished by the sum of two millions, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. But in this conclusion, the reduction is mounted up to nearly three millions; when, by his own account, there is a deficiency of 740,000 dollars. Whenever Samuel Smith can prove that twenty two and an half make nearly thirty, then, and not till then, shall we believe that he is an editor of independence and veracity.
Fact Third.—If Mr. Jefferson has paid off two or three millions of dollars of public debt, he did so with the money which the preceding administration had collected in the treasury. To ascribe the merit of this discharge to him is just as it were to confound Napier, who discovered Logarithms, or Columbus who discovered America, with the mathematician, or the mariner, who at this day makes use of their discoveries. If Adams had not saved that money, Jefferson could not have paid it off.
Men of Virginia! You have been too much accustomed to hear only one side of a question. We are not launching into a wholesale defence of John Adams; nor a pell mell reprobation of Jefferson. We barely tell you truths which to receive credit require only to be repeated. It was not the wise and frugal measures of Jefferson which put it in his power to discharge this debt. The taxes and the loan of five millions, had filled the treasury.
Fact Fourth.—As to the repeal of all odious internal taxation, the stamp duty and excise were bad enough. We are extremely glad that they have been repealed. But as for the repeal of great part of a million of dollars of taxes, Mr. Jefferson should have rounded the system by repealing the national debt; to which his British convention has added the petty sum of six hundred thousand pounds sterling.
How is the principal of the public debt to be discharged, when you have repealed those very taxes which were found necessary for paying the interest of it? No wilderness of woods can drown the voice of this direct appeal to common sense. Smith says that, in twelve years of peace, only fifteen hundred thousand dollars of debt was paid off. If these had really been years of peace, as most assuredly they were not, then it would have been just so much the worse for Smith's arguments. If twelve years of peace, and of taxes, which were constantly growing more heavy, if all these could discharge only fifteen hundred thousand dollars, can any body believe that the remainder, that seventy eight millions were ever to be cleared off; or that three millions could be discharged by the wisdom and economy of a single year? The thing is absurd.
We are surprised that the stockholders do not take notice of this repeal; and adopt some effective measures to check its consequences. The first and most obvious measure would be to found a reasonable alarm to the people. We are no sanguine admirers of the national debt; of the manner in which it was contracted, or of those heroes of stock jobbing who grasped the greater part of it. But perhaps it is better that we should continue to pay the interest of a bloated twindled debt, than to break up the federal government, and then begin to break each other's heads.
If the subject could be correctly explained to the country, there is among us a body of citizens abundantly powerful for sending Mr. Jefferson home to forge nails, and to sow turnips, at Monticello. It is not here said that such a measure should be embraced. We only say that it may possibly happen; and that if we can be sure of finding a better man to fill his place, it ought to happen. We only say, that no part of his good fame can be reasonably founded upon this indiscriminate repeal of taxes; and this at the moment when he has been just adding six hundred thousand pounds sterling to the public debt. Two millions six hundred and sixty six thousand dollars must be discharged immediately, by three annual instalments. This will afford a comprehensive field for the consumption of Republican savings; although some of the internal taxes had still been exacted.
If the United States were to have a sudden misunderstanding with France, or England, a sum of money would instantly be wanted, to prepare for defence. In such a matter, five millions of dollars would go but a short way; and where can you get them, either at eight, or sixteen, or at thirty per cent? No man will advance a shilling, till you can show him taxes sufficient for disbursing the interest of the loan. This can only be done by once more imposing those taxes, which have been repealed. The confusion resulting from such a chasm, would reduce public credit to the brink of des-
This is the opinion of the Vice-President, as attested in some late newspapers. Mr. Burr appears to be right. The Republicans boast that they have reduced the public expense by three hundred thousand dollars more than the produce of all the taxes which had been repealed. Hence, they infer that in spite of the repeal, the government is richer and stronger than it formerly was to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars per annum.
You shall have it so. But then twenty six hundred and sixty six thousand dollars have been suljoined to the national debt. For this sum, no previous provision had been made. It came not within any one of the estimates either of Hamilton, of Wolcott, or of Gallatin. It stands quite aloof and distinct from your seventy eight millions of dollars of former debt. This sum at once anticipates and absorbs, for ten years to come, and upwards, all your boasted overplus of three hundred thousand dollars per annum. Money must be raised to pay these six hundred thousand pounds; and interest must be paid for that loan, while seven or eight, or nine years of your annual republican overplus, remains in the purses of the people.
It is said, indeed, that Gallatin is to vanquish this difficulty. He is to raise a monument of his talents as a financier, and of his sagacity as a political prophet. He is to discharge these six hundred thousand pounds sterling, without a fresh loan, without putting a fresh tax upon the shoulders of the people. The newspapers report that he is to perform these wonders by selling the government shares in the bank of the United States.
We cannot believe this report, for several reasons. The scheme would be at once desperate and ridiculous. It would demonstrate a miserable extinction of resources. It would reveal an approach to an accomplishment of the proposed end. Besides all this, it would produce various unhappy consequences. We beg your special attention. We are not going to load Mr. Gallatin with a bushel of nicknames. We are not to discharge a volley of unattested affirmations, of which most people cannot tell whether to believe them, or not. We are only going to state a few plain confessed facts, that will ascertain the wiliness of such scheme, and which make us believe that it cannot be in agitation at this time.
The capital of the bank of the United States amounts to ten millions of dollars. Of this, government holds two millions. But before they could buy these shares, they were obliged to borrow two million from that very bank, in order to pay for them. During these twelve years, therefore, they have been paying an interest of six per cent for two millions of dollars. They have been receiving at the same time, eight per cent, as partners in the firm. The interest came to an hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and the dividend to an hundred and sixty thousand. Thus government gained forty thousand dollars per annum. If these shares are to be sold, the bank will take care to be satisfied, in the first place, for the loan of two millions. The discharge of so great a sum puts almost an end to the story. But even if five hundred thousand dollars can be gained by the sale; they are obtained much upon the principle of an eight per cent loan. You sell a flock, which produces eight per cent. You sell it in order to discharge a debt, because you cannot borrow, at six per cent, a sum sufficient to discharge it. At the same time, you display to the world the perult extinction of your financial resources. You expose government to the disres-pect of the powers of Europe. You forfeit all influence over the bank, a matter of serious importance. On this account, we say that the proposal for selling these shares would be at once desperate and ridiculous. It would cancel away character without obtaining the object of the sacrifice. It would be like the prudence of a spendthrift, who provides for his tavern bill by the sale of his plantation.
We have only newspaper authority for stating that the sale of these bank shares is at present in contemplation. Perhaps the constitution would not vindicate so strong a step. This indeed would be an obstacle of small importance. Both parties have separately, or collectively, broke that paper an hundred and fifty times over. Many scruples upon such a head cannot be expected from the President. Mr. Jefferson has told us, "that the bank and the public funds are establishments invented with view of corruption; and to assimilate us to the British model in its corrupt parts."
We return to fact the fourth. The writer enquires if the repeal of these taxes must not dis-fuse a general joy over the country? Time alone can prove what sort of foundation there is for such joy. Congress have passed "an act to provide for the redemption of the whole public debt." Mr. Stratton affirms, and with every appearance of justice, that this act provides not for its redemption, but for its continuation. The abrupt repeal of so many taxes goes far to provide for its extinction. On this point we formerly past a slight opinion. It seems to have harmonized with the public judgment, for the piece has been reprinted in at least twenty newspapers. By the way, when such a racket is made about economy, why have not Congress reduced the stipend of the President to six thousand dollars? and why have they not directed him to pay rent for a house, which was built for his service, at a most exorbitant expence, and by an express breach of the constitution?—Recorder.
* Letter to Mazzei.
† Recorder, July 28.
‡ Ibid. Page 16.

Portland,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1802.
COLLEGE IN MAINE.
On Thursday, the 2d instant, the ceremony of inducting the Rev. JOSEPH M'KEAN into the office of President of Bowdoin College , was performed at Brunswick . The interest excited in the public mind, by so novel and important a transaction, in a country so recently inhabited only by the savages of the wilderness, drew together the greatest concourse of spectators ever witnessed in the District of Maine. The meeting house not being large enough to contain one fourth part of the people assembled, a stage was erected under a grove of pines upon the plains, on which the several ceremonies took place. Notwithstanding the concourse was so great, the utmost decency, order and attention was shewn; and the solemnities were performed without any interruption.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
 At half past eleven, the procession moved from the College to the ground on which the stage was erected, in the following order:  1. The Committee of Arrangement.  2. The Secretaries of the boards of Trustees and Overseers, one with the Charter and Seal, the other with the College Laws.  3. The Treasurer with the Keys.  4. The Rev. Dr. Deane, Vice-President of the College.  5. The Trustees, two and two.  6. President and Professor elect.  7. President and Vice President of the board of Overseers.  8. The Overseers two and two.  9. The Clergy and Gentlemen of distinction invited to dine at the Hall. 
After being arranged on the stage, the Vice President in a short address informed the audience that agreeably to the vote of the two boards, the Hon. Daniel Davis, Esq. President of the board of Overseers, would announce the name given to the building erected for the use of the institution.
The President then declared that in honor of the State which had so generously founded and endowed the institution, the name of the building was ever to be, Massachusetts Hall .
The Rev. Mr. Kellogg then addressed the throne of grace with an animated and appropriate prayer.
Then followed an Introductory Address in English by the President of Overseers.
An Address in Latin by the President of the College, concluding with the ceremony of inducting the President into office, by delivering seal, charter, keys, &c.
President M'Kean's Inaugural Address, in English.
Reply to the President, in English, by Vice-President Deane
A Prayer by Rev. Mr. Lancaster.
An appropriate Psalm was then sung.
The inauguration of the President being finished, the instalment of Mr. JOHN ASBOT, as Professor of Languages, then took place, in the following order.
 1. Prayer by Rev. President M'Kean.  2. Introductory Address in Latin, by the same. 
After consent of Trustees and Overseers is signified, the President declares him to be the Professor of Languages. Then followed an Address in Latin, by the Professor of Languages. The ceremonies were closed by singing.
The company then returned to College Hall, where they dined; and after dinner the following Toasts were given.
 1. The GOVERNOR of this Commonwealth.  2. Our FOREFATHERS, whose enterprize, perils and perseverance, laid the foundation of our numbers and inheritance.  3. The enlightened LEGISLATURE of MASSACHUSETTS, which founded and generously endowed this seminary.  4. The memory of the late Gov. BOWDOIN, the Philosopher, Statesman, and the Christian.  5. The Hon. JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq. the Patron and benefactor of this institution—May his noble example provoke others to love and goodness.  6. The town of BRUNSWICK—May its inhabitants and the Students of this College, dwell together in unity and happiness.  7. Our sister COLLEGES in America and throughout the world—May they be surferies of sound doctrine, legitimate science, and pure virtue. 
The Rev. Doctor Tappan being called upon for a toast, he gave the following:—
The DISTRICT of MAINE—May it be as distinguished for its knowledge, piety and virtue, as it is for its local and temporal advantages.
The Newhampshire election for Representatives, took place on Monday last. By the returns received on Saturday, the prospect is favorable to the federal ticket.
WILLIAM KING, Esq. of Bath, is chosen President of the Lincoln & Kennebec Bank. ISAIAH THOMAS, Esq. has been removed from the office of Postmaster, at Worcester, to make room for one of Jefferson's modern patriots. Philadelphia is now considered as free from any contagious fever.
Foreign Articles.
LONDON, JULY 24. Oudinot is appointed by the First Consul, Captain General for Louisiana. Talleyrand is out of health, and gone to the south of France.
LA FAYETTE has written a letter to Bonaparte on the subject of his being Consul for life, in which he says, that "he has his vote, provided he restores to the people of France, the rights of citizens and the liberty of the press." Bonaparte has sent him back a verbal message, saying, "Tell General La Fayette, if I were to do that which he wishes, neither he nor I would be in France three months."
A few weeks since Bonaparte was on a visit to Girardin, a Tribune, a ci-devant Marquis, at his seat called Hermonville, where Rousseau lived many years as tutor to the present Girardin, when a youth. Girardin thought it highly gratifying to shew him the room Rousseau inhabited; however, instead of being pleased, he turned away from it, and said with a frown, "Take me from this place; the name of Rousseau is dreadful to me; to his anti-social system and false philosophy we must attribute all the horrors of our country, and it is owing to him that we are where we are."
Mrs. Lenox, lady to Major Lenox, of Philadelphia, has been presented to the Queen, by the American Minister's lady. Her dress, white crape, superbly ornamented with flowers of silver spangles, and a great display of silver tassels, well arranged. At the same time was presented, by the same lady, to the Queen, Miss Keene, a young lady from America, whose lovely countenance, added to an elegant and graceful figure, particularly attracted the notice of all present; her dress, white crape, richly and elegantly adorned with pearl and golden roses. The above lady is niece of Mrs. Lenox.
Mr. RICHARD DERBY, of Salem, has been presented to the First Consul, at Paris, and his Lady, to the Lady of the First Consul.
Married,
In this town, Mr. Robert Barbour to Miss Jane Robinson, daughter of Capt. Joshua Robinson.
Died,
On Wednesday last, Miss ELIZA WAIT, aged 17 years, daughter of Mr. Thomas B. Wait of this town. Her character was truly amiable, and the mild radiance of virtue beamed from her placid countenance. Her mind was illumined by that wisdom, "whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all whose paths are peace." Those who best knew her worth can testify to her filial piety, her sisterly tenderness, and her warmth of friendship. She experienced in their sad variety pain and distress; yet the murmur of complaint never escaped her lips, and resignation smoothed the bed of death. "Oh, fairish flower that ever bloom'd! To die's life's sovereign scene; No sooner open'd than entomb'd! How short-lived's love thy virtues been."
With rising joy Hope shew'd the way, And Hygea's rose deck'd thy brow— Lovely, and young, and good, and gay, Thou wert—but ah! what art thou now? Cold—lifeless—dead—a lovely clod! To death's skill blast an early prey; Frail as the tenants of the sod Which strew'd thee from the face of day. Let frantic Mirth be pensive here, Here let Youth see its transient bloom; Here let vain Beauty drop a tear— Eliza moulders in the tomb!" At York, Miss LUCY SEWALL, aged 18 years—Endeared to her relations and friends by all those qualities of disposition which exact admiration and esteem. At Bermuda, Elizabeth Gillingham, a maiden lady, aged 101 years, 1 month and 4 days. She never took any medicine except herb teas and diet drink, and but little of them. Killed by lightning, at Bridgeton, Mr. John B. Blanchard, aged 43—His son, who was standing by his side, was very much hurt.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
SUNDAY, Sept. 5. —Arrived Schooner Olive, capt. William Prentiss, 32 days from Martinico—I. left there brig Jane Cross Portland; brig Miranda, Morton, York; Schooner William, Denison, Portland to sail in 4 days for Alexandria; Schooner Hope, Swan, Marblehead, Caroline, Knapp, Newburyport, and Three Friends, Little, Wilscasset, not at anchor—Sailed with capt. P. Schooner Hector, Chemung, of New York, for Point Petre, and Favorite, Lord, of Norwich, for Turks Island.—August 22, spoke in lat. 33, long. 70, brig Clarissa, Hunt, 8 days from Philadelphia, bound to Cape Francois. Ship Sally, capt. Fitzgerald, of this port, passed Elsinore on the 21st June. Brig Marine, capt. Robert Strong, was at Cape Francois August 12. Prices Current at Cape Francois.—White pine Boards from 12 to 25 Dls.—Shingles 2 to 2 1/2—Shooks 1 to 1 1/2—Herring, 5 to 5 1/2—Flour, 7.
Vessels Spoken—August 3, ship Sally, Smith, of Penobscot, 26 days from St. Lucar, for Boston—Aug. 5, lat. 25, long. 22, ship Mount Vernon, 10 days from Wilscasset, for Liverpool.
PORT OF WISCASSET.
CLEARANCES. August 19—Ship Nabby, Jackson, for Barbadoes. August 28—Schooner Stock, J. Allen, for Antigua. Same day—Schooner Moses, J. Chase, for Barbadoes.
TO MARINERS.  NEW LIGHT HOUSE. —A Light House is to be erected at the entrance of Portsmouth harbour, on that part of Fort Point called Pollock Rock—Another is to be built on Lynde's Point, at the mouth of Connecticut river. London, July 16.—A new Light House has lately been erected in the Baltic. It is situated on the S. point of Toller, named Gelder Odde.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Maine Bank, are reminded that the first instalment of ten per cent is to be paid in on Tuesday next; and that their first meeting stands adjourned to Tuesday the 14th inst. SAMUEL FREEMAN, per order. Sept. 4, 1802.
FOR SALE, At No 5, Long Wharf, FROM thirty to forty tons of the best of Russia and Sweden IRON, NAIL PLATES and RODS, of different sizes, STEEL, of various sorts, Patent Cut NAILS of all kinds, by the cask, Best Holland GIN by the cask, COTTON Wool, and best of COFFEE, per bag, Russia and Ravens DUCK, LOAF SUGAR, by the loaf. All which will be sold on the lowest terms, by applying to Cotton B. Brooks. Portland, Sept. 6, 1802.
THE subscribers having been duly appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the claims upon the estate of JUDAH DELANO, late of Portland, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice that they will attend for that purpose at the store of M'LELLAN & BROWN, in Portland, on the third Wednesday of this and the five following months, from three to five o'clock in the afternoon. ROBERT BOYD, STEPHEN M'LELLAN. Portland, September 5, 1802.
ALL persons who have demands upon the Estate of AMBROSE SNOW, late of Stephen, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, are requested to exhibit the same to the subscribers, duly appointed to receive and examine the claims against said estate, at the house of Mr. THOMAS ARCHIBALD, in Cherryfield; where they will attend for the purpose, on the last Tuesday of this and the five following months. JOSEPH WALLACE, JUN. THOMAS ARCHIBALD, } Commissioners ALEXANDER NICKELS, } Cherryfield, August 24, 1802.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. York, ss.—At a Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Waterborough, within and for the county of York, on the fourth Tuesday of August, being the 24th day of said month, A.D. 1802.
ON the petition of Katharine Wendell, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, widow, Calib Gannett, of said Cambridge, esquire, guardian of Katharine Battle Gannett, John Myco Gannett, Thomas Battle Gannett, and Elizabeth Latham Gannett, minors, and children of said Calib Gannett and his late wife Katharine Gannett deceased, all of said Cambridge, and John Melien of said Cambridge, clerk, guardian of Sophia Melien, Katharine Saltonstall Melien, and John Wendell Melien, all of said Cambridge, minors, and children of the said John Melien and his present wife; shewing, that the said Katharine Wendell and the said minor children are seized of one undivided moiety of a certain tract of land situate in the towns of Biddeford and Arundel, in the county of York, containing by estimation about nine hundred and sixty acres, and bounded northeasterly by Saco river, being one hundred and twenty rods in width on said river, and thence extending southwesterly about four miles to the south west line of Saco patent, so called, and adjoining to lands of Sylvanus Lowell, Benjamin Staple, Joseph Staple, and others, on the north westerly side, and to lands belonging to Robert G. Patrick, and the heirs of Benjamin Hooper, jun. late of said Biddeford, deceased—the said moiety being formerly part of the estate of General William Brattle, late of Boston, deceased—the other moiety belonging to persons unknown to the petitioners: And praying that their said moiety may be duly assigned to the said Katharine Wendell and said minor children to hold in severality—Ordered, That the petitioners cause the substance of their said petition, and this order thereon, to be inserted three weeks successively, in the Portland Gazette, printed by Eleazer A. Jenks; the last publication thereof to be twenty days at least prior to the next term of this Court, to be holden at Biddeford, within and for said county of York, on the last Tuesday of October next; to the end any person or persons interested therein, may then and there appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. Attest, DANIEL SEWALL, Clerk.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland, A.D. 1802. for said county, on the third Tuesday of June, A.D. 1802.
ON the petition of Eleazer Crabtree, of said Portland, Mariner, shewing—That he is seized as tenant in common with other persons to him unknown, of a certain piece of flats, together with an old wharf standing thereon, lying in Portland aforesaid, situated and bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at a stake standing on the northerly side of an old wharf and by the southerly side or corner of a lot and flats purchased by him or Enoch Iffly, June 17, Anno Domini, 1800, as by the deed therefor recorded may appear; thence running southerly at right angles, and at high water mark forty feet to a stake; thence running north eighty four degrees east, keeping said width of forty feet from the southerly side of said lot and flats purchased as aforesaid, to low water mark, including the old wharf thereon standing—That he is desirous to hold and enjoy his part or share in said flats and wharf, being one sixth of the same, in severality: And therefore prays that his said part or share may be set off and divided from the rest, agreeably to a law of the Commonwealth in such cases made and provided. Ordered, That the petitioners cause the several persons interested in said Estate, and living within the State, or the Attorneys of such as are absent and have Attorneys residing within the State, to be duly notified of said petition, by serving them personally with a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at their dwelling house or last place of abode, or by inserting the substance of the same three weeks successively in one or more of the public newspapers, that they may have opportunity to make their exception to this Court, on the third Tuesday of October next, to their granting the same. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
Sales at Auction.
On TUESDAY next, the 7th inst. will be sold without reserve, at the Mansion Room in Here-Street,
AN invoice of GOODS, containing 1 piece Red Cassimere, 1 do. Blue do. 1 piece Russia Ficking, 2 pieces Blue Serge, 1 do. fine Diaper, 1 do. Caico. 5 Counterpanes, 2 do. fine Ginghams, 4 pieces check and cross broad Silk Handkerchiefs 3 pieces Silk and Cotton do. 1 dozen Bank Books. 4 dozen Pen Knives. 8 3/4 doz. black handled do. 15 pairs black Morocco Slippers, 1 piece crimson Durat, 20 pieces Britannias, of a good quality, subject to reserve. Likewise, taken by mistake, and will be sold as above, One very nice SILLING SAW. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
Also, at Private Sale. A constant supply of handsome, well made Chairs, A few barrels Flour, to close an auction. 1 chest of Souchong and 1 do. Bohea Tea. 25 pieces Irish Linens, 4 large leather covered Trunks. The whole of which will be sold at reduced prices for Cash.
THE subscriber returns unfeigned thanks for the encouragement he has received in his present line of business, and solicits a continuance of the same; and flatters himself that the convenience for floating goods, and the facility in command custom, of the stand which he now occupies (in addition to the strict attention which he has heretofore paid to all business intrusted to his care) will be a sufficient inducement to all gentlemen, either in town or country, who may have any business to transact in the Commission line, to lodge the same with their most humble servant DAVID PEASE.
Taken by Mistake, FROM the house of the subscriber, a new Saddle, and an old one left in the room of it.—The person who has the same is requested to return it as soon as possible. JOHN DUNING. Brunswick, Sept. 2.
Five Dollars Reward. LOST, on the 22d August last between Gorham corner and Col. Ander-son's, in Wadsworth a black Morocco Pocket Book, containing one Ten Dollar and one Five Dollar Bill, a Note of Hand, and a number of Receipts. Whoever has found the same, and will return it to the subscriber at Go ham Corner, or leave it at this Office, shall receive the above reward. Sept. 6. JAMES M'LELLAN.
20 Dollars Reward. MADE his escape from the subscriber and his guard, on the night of the 26th of August, 1802, from the house of Deacon Daniel Gidd, in Alfred, in the county of York, a man by the name of JOHN DREW, of Shapleigh, in said county, having black hair, light complexion, dark eyes, 23 years of age. Whoever will apprehend said runaway and deliver him to the subscriber, in York, shall receive the above reward. SIMON FERNALD, Dep. Sheriff, York. Sept. 6.
Thirty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the house of John Goodwin, of this town, on the night of the 2d inst. a Negro Servant Girl, coal black, with large eyes, wears large ear rings, with a scar under one of her ears, about 17 years old, short thick made, and was dressed either in striped Holland, or spotted Calico.—The above reward will be given for apprehending her, &c. lodging her in Prison, or bringing her to the house above named. THOMAS BLANCHARD. Portland, Sept. 3.
SOMETIME in the month of October, 1801, a man by the name of EDWARD LEATHERS, from Peterborough, state of Newhampshire, came into this neighborhood in the character of a laborer—hired with sundry people, and acquired an excellent character. In this capacity, he continued in that industrious manner of living, at different places until Monday, the 16th of August, 1802; when, at work for Mr. Alexander Nichols, he was taken ill, and on Thursday following, was visited by Dr. Moulton, who prescribed and left some medicine; after which he appeared to be a little better, until Friday evening, about eleven o'clock. Mr. Painea Peabody, who lodged with him, fell asleep, and awoke about two in the morning, and found the window open, and the sick man gone. It appeared that he went without hat or shoes; wearing only a shirt, trowsers, a pair of old stockings, and a thin waistcoat. The family and neighborhood were immediately alarmed, and search instantly made and continued through Saturday. On Sunday it became very general, and has continued with some intermission, until this time, when no discovery can be made, or even traces of him, since his first leaving the window.—Any person who may discover the said Leathers, if living, or his body, if dead, or any circumstance relating to him since his departure, are desired to forward information as early as possible to his friends in Peterborough, Belfast, or Proprietors. Proprietors, August 21, 1802.
The Printers throughout Newhampshire and the District of Maine, may serve the cause of humanity, by inserting the above.
THE partnership of Owen & Osgood, is this day dissolved by mutual consent—All persons having accounts open with said firm, are requested to make immediate settlement to either of the subscribers. JOHN OWEN, FRANCIS OSGOOD. Portland, August 13, 1802.
Strayed, A COW, black and white spotted, the tip of her horns sawed off; the is of a small size. Whoever has taken up said Cow, and will inform the printer so that she may be returned to the owner shall be rewarded for his trouble. August 4.
Bricks for Sale. A Constant supply may be had at Horse town, at a reasonable price.—Those gentlemen who wish to be supplied, may give them ready at any given time by applying to THOMAS HOPKINS, or of the Markers on the premises. Two kilns are now ready for delivery. Portland, July 12.

Poetry. EXTRACT. The soliloquy of ALEXANDER SELKIRK (Robinson Crusoe) during his residence on the desolate island of Juan Fernandez, displays an uncommon degree of feeling, though the subject did not occur to an ordinary mind, contemplating a similar subject, with a peculiar aptitude of expression. The two following verses are peculiarly happy.
I'm out of humanity's reach! I must finish my journey alone! Never hear the sweet music of speech— I start at the sound of my own! My friends!—do they now and then send A with or a thought after me? O! tell me! I yet have a friend! Tho' a friend I am never to see!
EXTRACT. The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress. The wandering beggar, who has none to protect, to feed, or to shelter him, fancies complete happiness in labor and a full meal. Take him from rag and want; feed, clothe, and employ him; his wishes now rise one step above his station. He could be happy, were he possessed of raiment, food, and ease. Suppose his wishes gratified, even in this; his prospects widen as he ascends; he finds himself in affluence and tranquility, indeed; but indolence soon breeds anxiety, and he desires not only to be freed from pain, but to be possessed of pleasure. Pleasure is granted him; and this but opens his soul to ambition, and ambition will be sure to taint his future happiness, either with jealousy, disappointment, or fatigue.
NOTICE WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued against JOHN FAXON, late of Newport, and now resident of Camden, District of Maine, Merchant; and the said John Faxon has been declared a Bankrupt—he is hereby required to surrender himself to the subscribers, Commissioners in said Commission named, on the tenth, sixteenth, and thirty days of September next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said days, at the Office of ERASUS FOOTE, in said Camden, and make a full disclosure and discovery of his Estate and Effects; when and where his creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the first meeting to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting, said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and the creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a certificate to the Judge of said District, to entitle the said Bankrupt to a Certificate of Discharge. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, are to make payment; and those who have any of his effects, are to deliver the same to such persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint. SAMUEL JACOBS, } Commissioners. BENJAMIN CUSHING, } ERASUS FOOTE, }
Dated at Camden, 19th day of August, A. D. 1802. WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against WILLIAM FAIRFIELD, of Pepperellborough, in the District of Maine, merchant; and he having been declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the undersigned Commissioners, on the twenty-third day of August instant, and on the five and on the twenty days of September next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon on each of said days, at the Office of PAENISS MELLENS, in Biddeford; and make a full disclosure and discovery of all his estate and effects; And when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the first meeting to choose Assignees; and at the last meeting the Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his Certificate.—All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or who have any of his effects are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint. PRENTISS MELLENS, } Commissioners. SAMUEL PEARSON, } JAMES GRAY, JR. }
Dated this 9th day of August, A. D. 1802. United States—District of Maine. AUGUST 19, 1802. NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of GEORGE TYLER, of Deer Isle, in said District, Merchant, and GARDNER GOOLD, of a place called Pleasant Mountain Gore, in said District, Merchant, against whom Commissions of Bankruptcy have duly issued and proceeded upon, that they may be heard, if they think fit, before the Judge of said District Court, on the first Tuesday of September next, at the Court House in Windsor, against making and allowing a Certificate of Discharge to said Bankrupt; before which time exceptions to such allowance may be exhibited. DAVID SEWALL, } Judge of the District Court of Maine.
United States—District of Maine, AUGUST 4, 1802. NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of FRANKLIN TINKHAM, Trader—PETER BYSON, Merchant—and JOSEPH CHRISTOPHERS, Merchant, all of Wilscasset, against whom Commissions of Bankruptcy have severally issued and proceeded upon, that they may be heard, if they think fit, before the Judge of said District Court, on the first Tuesday of September next, at the Court House in Wilscasset aforesaid, against making and allowing a Certificate of Discharge to said several Bankrupts: before which time exceptions to such allowance may be exhibited. DAVID SEWALL, } Judge of the District Court of Maine.
THE subscriber having been chosen Assignee to the Estate and Effects of FRANKLIN TINKHAM, a Bankrupt—all people indebted to the said estate, or to the late firm of Tinkham & Tinkham, or have any effects to them belonging, must deliver them up and make immediate payment to JOHN STUART, Assignee. Wiscasset, July 31, 1802.
FOR SALE, At Auction, on THURSDAY, 16th Sept next, A Lot of Land, with a Dwelling-house, Barn, and valuable Tan-Yard—situated in Falmouth, Maine—accommodated with every convenience for a Tanner—now occupied by Daniel Bryant—it being the estate of Perez Bryant, of Boston a Bankrupt. The conditions to be made known at the time and place of sale. Sale on the premises, at 12 o'clock. For further particulars inquire at No. 10, Long Wharf, BOSTON.
Bricks for Sale. A Constant supply may be had at Horse-town, at a reasonable price.—Those gentlemen who wish to be supplied, may have them ready at any given time by applying to THOMAS HOPKINS, or of the Managers on the premises. Two kilns are now ready for delivery. Portland, July 12. (8)
Greeley & Fletcher, No. 4. Mussey's Row, Middle Street. HAVE just received from New York, a handsome assortment of Summer & Fancy Goods. Portland, August 30.
Papers and Borders. JUST RECEIVED BY WILLIAM MOODY, At his Store, near the head of Fifth Street, an elegant assortment of Papers and Borders; which he now offers for sale, at the Boston prices—comprising nearly 150 different figures, of the newest fashions ALSO, India, English & West India Goods, and Groceries. HARD AND HOLLOW WARE, as usual. (6m) Portland, August 30, 1802.
Just received for Sale, at the Bookstores of I. ADAMS, and T. CLARK, Portland, A POEM, on the Progress of Civil and Rational Liberty and Order, triumphing over Faction.—By a Farmer. Aug. 30
Removal. ISAAC ADAMS, informs his friends and the public, that he has removed from No. 11 to No. 6, Jones' Row (two doors above M'Lean & Brown's) where he has for sale a general assortment of Books & Stationary, at the lowest cash prices, wholesale and retail—He has received from the publisher in Boston, a variety of NEW MUSIC. Among which are—Rule New-England—Village Holiday—When Nights were Cold—Death of Anna—Ripe Cherries—My Bony Lowland Laddie—Battle of Prague—Snatch Fleeting Pleasures—Negro Humanity—That will never do—Sweet Little Girl that I Love, &c. &c. Cash given for Rags, Crows, and Junk. August 16.
Ship Chandlery. John Deering, HAS FOR SALE, At No. 1, Long-Wharf. 4d. 6d. 10d. and 20d. Nails, b Beads and Tacks, Clout Nails, Sheathing do. Drawing Nails, Ship's Compases, Coffee Mills, Collines and Loglines, Deep Sea Lines, Binacle Lamps, Bunting, Charts, Time Glasses, Scrubbing Brushes, Scrapers, Ladies, Felt Forks, Grain, Shark Hooks, Harpoons, Adzes and Axes, Chisels and Gouges, Log Reels, Log Paper, Marling Spikes, Drawing Knives, Paint and Tar Brushes, Hammers, Plain Irons, Handflaws, Padlocks, Sewing and Whipping Twine, Hinges and Screws of all sorts, Gimblets, Caulking Irons, Iron Box Locks, Duck, Iron, Fryingpans, Iron Shovels, Maps, Lanthorns, Coffee pots, Trumpets, PAINTS of all kinds. A few Boxes Scale FISH. 10 Barrels PORK. 5 Hds. Beef RUM. The above articles will be sold on the lowest terms. Portland, August 9.
FOR SALE, At Store No 2, Long-Wharf, 5 Tons Russia Iron, 5 Tons Russia Cordage, well assorted. August 9.
Fresh Flour. JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY WILLIAM JEWETT, No. 13. Long-Wharf, Alexandria superfine and fine FLOUR. ALSO, Russia Cordage, all sizes. AND Two Boxes Linens. Portland, August 9.
Joshua Richardson, HAS FOR SALE, At N. Richardson's Wharf, BOHEA, Souchong and Hyson skin TEAS, in whole, half, and quarter Chests, HOLLANDS GENEVA, LOAF SUGAR, Bags COFFEE, PEPPER and SUGAR, Kgs. FIG TOBACCO, CASSIA, Georgia and West-India COTTON, CORDAGE, Sweets IRON, TAR, PITCH, ROSIN, and TURPENTINE. Hog and Prime PORK. Russia and Ravens DUCK, Russia SHEETING. ALSO, A large assortment INDIA COTTONS. August 9, 1802.
Aaron Austin, Has for sale at his Store in Store-Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, A Constant supply of Live-Geese, Sea-Fowl, Russia, and Lisbon FEATHERS. Also, English and American manufactured Cotton BEDTICKING. BEDS made and filled at the shortest notice. MATTRESSES of all kinds ready made. Spanish INDIGO, and a few Chests Souchong TEA N. B. The above assortment of Feathers are warranted of the first quality, and will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. (3m) Portland, June 28.
AARON FITZ, Fifth-Street, Sign of the Seal Trunk, HAS FOR SALE, TWO new elegant tubbottom Chaife, with tops to ship and unship, iron axles, plated harness and wings. 1 New genteel full sweep Chaife, with standing top, wood axle, and harness. ALSO, A general assortment of seal-skin, oil-cloth, and leather covered TRUNKS. Portland, July 19.
BLANKS, OF VARIOUS KINDS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
Maine, ss.—By virtue of a precept from the District Court of the District of Maine— NOTICE is hereby given, that a bond is filed in said Court against the boat Anna of about nine tons burthen, her tackle, apparel, furniture and appurtenances, seized by FRANCIS COOK, Esq. Collector of Wilscasset, for a breach of the revenue laws.—And that trial will be had thereon at the said Court to be held at Wilscasset, in said District, on the first Tuesday of September next; at which time and place all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why said boat, &c. should not be decreed to be forfeited. ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Portland, August 11, 1802.
NOTIFICATION. THE subscribers, Commissioners appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of EDWARD RUNDLET, late of Portland, Trader, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice that six months from the 25th inst. is allowed to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service at the second floor of No. 4, Mussey's Row, Portland, on the third Monday of September next, and on the third Mondays of the five following months, from 9 to 12 o'clock, A. M. on each day. DAVID GREEN, } Commissioners. JAMES NEAL, }
Portland, August 28, 1802. NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of PAUL THORNDIKE, late of Camden, in the county of Lincoln, yoman, 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. EBENEZER THORNDIKE, Administrator. Camden, August 18, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of MOSES M'KENNY, of Scarborough, in the county of Cumberland, Gentleman, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the Law directs:—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to LUCY M'KENNY. August 30, 1802.
NOTICE. WE, the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. to receive and examine the claims of creditors to the Estate of MOSES M'KENNY, late of Scarborough, deceased, represented insolvent—do hereby give notice, that six months are allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service at the dwelling house of Lucy M'KENNY, Administratrix of said estate, in said Scarborough, on the first Tuesday of September next, and the first Tuesday in November, and the first Tuesday in December, from one to five o'clock, P. M. ARCHELAUS LEWIS, DENNIS MARK. August 30, 1802.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of JOSEPH PLUMMER, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, merchant, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the Law directs:—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to WILLIAM MOULTON, JUN. Portland, August 30, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator upon the Estate of RENE BELFONTAINE, late of Machias, in the county of Washington, yeoman, deceased; and has taken upon himself that trust by giving bond as the law directs. And all persons having demands upon the Estate of the said RENE BELFONTAINE, are requested to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said Estate, are called upon to make payment to BENJAMIN WAINSCOTT, Administrator. Machias, 17th July, 1802.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of the Rev. CALEB JEWETT, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, deceased; and those who have any demands on said estate, are requested to call on the subscriber and make an immediate settlement. BETSY JEWETT, Administratrix. Gorham, August 20, 1802.
THE subscribers having been duly appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the claims upon the Estate of THOMAS SEAL, late of London, in the kingdom of Great Britain, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice, that they will attend that service at the Auction Room of EDWARD OXNARD, in Portland, on the second Friday of each of the six following months. EDWARD OXNARD, ISAAC GAGE. July 20th, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administratrix on the estate of JONATHAN WINGATE, late of Scarborough, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs:—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to COMFORT WINGATE. August 16, 1802.
Jonathan Ward, Clock-maker, Jeweller & Silversmith, HAS constantly for sale, at his Clock Manufactory in Fryeburg, CLOCKS of almost every description, warranted equal to any in the world for time keeping. Gentlemen may at any time be supplied with eight day Clocks, either at said manufactory, or at their dwelling houses, by verbal or written request, as cheap as cash as can any where be purchased. All favors in any line of his business will be duly acknowledged. Two active Boys, 14 or 15 years of age, will meet with good terms as Apprentices, if application is made soon. Fryeburg, August 4, 1802.
THE friends of William Murphy, a seaman (a native of Ireland) who lately died on board the brig Industry, capt W. Lowell, of this port, may receive his clothes and the balance of wages due to him, by applying at the store of ASA CLAPP, No. 6, Long-Wharf. Portland, August 23.
To Let, A Part of a two story House, convenient for one or two families, situated in Pleasant Street—Inquire of WILLIAM GORHAM, at his store, Fore-Street, Portland. August 30.
A LAD, about 14 or 15 years of age, is wanted to attend in a store. One from the country would be preferred. Good encouragement will be given. Inquire of the Printer. Portland August 23.
WANTED TO PURCHASE, ONE hundred bushels, "more or less," of JUNIPER BERRIES; for which a generous price will be given—Apply to JOHN COE, No. 4, Fifth Street. Portland, August 23.
Loft, BETWEEN the Meeting-house in Gray, and this town, a Silver WATCH, old fashioned—Whoever has found said Watch, and will return it to Abner Rogers, in Portland, shall be handsomely rewarded.—The maker's name, &c. is known, so that it is not easy to conceal it. Portland, August 4.
LOST, on the post road between Portland and Biddeford, on Monday the 16th August, a Masonic Belt with a silver medal, together with an Apron. Whoever has found the same, and will leave it with the Printer of the Portland Gazette, shall be handsomely rewarded. SAMUEL SEBASTION, Portland, August 18.
Strayed or Stolen, FROM Mr. Ingraham's pasture, on the 20th inst a small red MARE, black mane and tail, with a star in her forehead, three years old last spring—trots principally.—Whoever may have taken up said mare, or will give information, so that the owner may obtain her shall be handsomely rewarded by the subscriber. SAMUEL HUTCHENS. Portland, August 16.
Strayed or Stolen FROM the inclosure of the subscriber, on the night of the 4th inst. a MARE, and Mare COLT—the mare is of a dark colour, short tail, square docked mane sheared off close, a white stripe in her face, with white feet, and about 8 years old.—The colt is of a red color, long tail square at the end, mane sheared with a halter round her neck; both trot all.—Whoever will return, or give information of said horses, shall be generously rewarded. SETH MITCHELL. Norridgewock, August 11.
Stop Theif. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN from along side the Schooner Two Brothers, a YAWL BOAT, about fifteen feet—boot top and stern sheet lead color, and ribbon round the boat—the upper part of her juts over in the form of a transom. It is supposed she was taken away by a fellow who called himself James Ruff, of Townsend, who was seen in her off the harbour yesterday; he is about six feet high, much pitted with the small pox, talks much, and is quarrelsome—had on when he went away, a round blue jacket, thin spotted waistcoat, striped shirt and duck trowsers. Any person who will return said Boat shall receive a reward of Forty Dollars, on conviction of the said Theif. DAVID TRUMAN. Kennebec, 11th August 1802.
Four Cents Reward, AND NO CHARGES PAID. RAN AWAY from me the subscriber, on the 18th July last, an indentured apprentice boy by the name of Alexander Atkins jun aged 17 years, or thereabouts, dark complexion, short hair, five feet eight inches high, stout built—had on, it is supposed, when he went away, a short jacket, and nankien trowsers—perhaps might shift his clothes, as he carried others with him. N. B. All masters of vessels, and other persons, are hereby warned and forbid either harboring, trusting or carrying off said apprentice, if they wish to avoid the penalties of the law. JAMES M. KELSA. Wilscasset, August 5, 1802.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cumberland, begun and held at Portland, within and for said county of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of June, A. D. 1802—
ON the petition of JOHN PEARCE and WILLIAM P. PACE, both of North Yarmouth, in the county of Cumberland, husbandmen, shewing—That they are interested in common with others to them unknown, in the following tract or parcel of land, to wit, the two hundred and eighty acre squadron, numbered nine, situate and lying in the Gore, so called, in North Yarmouth aforesaid—That they are seized of the aforesaid tract of land in the following proportion: The said John Pearce in one hundred and twenty one acres, dividing said squadron into nine equal parts, being three shares and twenty eight acres; and the said William Pearce in one hundred and thirty acres and one third of an acre, being four shares and six acres of the undivided squadron, as aforesaid; and that they are desirous that their several shares in the premises may be set off to them to hold in severalty; and therefore praying that three or five freeholders may be appointed to set off their shares therein and divide the same from the rest—
ORDERED That the petitioners cause the several persons interested in said estate and being within the State, or the Attorneys of such as are absent and residing within the State, to be duly notified of said petition by serving them personally with a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at their dwelling house or last place of abode, or by inserting the substance of the same in one or more of the public newspapers, that they may have opportunity to make their exception to this Court, next to be held at New Gloucester, on the third Tuesday of October next, to their granting the same. (26) Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
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