Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1802-12-27 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
MAINE ADVERTISER.
Number 244.
PORTLAND, (MAINE) MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1802.
Volume V.
Wholesale Prices Current at Boston.
   CONTRACTED WEEKLY. From To   Dols. Cts.     ASHES, Pot, ton, 120   Pearl 133 33 136 66   Beef, mss, 200 lb. bbl. 12 50 13   cargo, No. 1, 10 50 11   do. No. 2, 8 50 9   refose, 6 50 7   Bread, ship, cwt. 4 5   pilot, 5 6   Beans, white, 1 16 1 25   Bacon, lb. 11 12   Butter, inspect 1st qual. lb. 13 14   2d do. 10 11   Brandy, Fr. 1st proof, Gal. 1 6   4th do. 1 84 2   Cognac, 4th do. 2 2 16   Spanish, 1st do. 1 28 1 33   Candles, tal. mo. Am. lb. 17 18   dip. do. 12 13   Spermac. do. 46 48   Coal, pit, foreign, chal. 14 15   American, 11   Cocoa, Surinam, cwt. 20   Island, 19   Coffee, lb. 18 21   Cordage, American, cwt. 11 50   Russia, 9 10   Cotton, lb. 23 40   Cheese, English 30 33   American 6 11   Chocolate, common, lb. 15 17   Welsh's } No. 2 to 1 25 30   Rumney's } No. 2 to 1 25 30   Wait's } No. 2 to 1 25 30   Duck, Russia, bolt 16 20   Ravens 9 50 9 75   English 11 12   Fish, Table, cwt. 6 8   Merchant 3 50 3 75   Westindia, mark. 3 33 3 50   Scale 2 50   Alewives, bbl. 3 50   Salmon 10 10 50   Herrings 3 3 50   Mackerell, summer 7 50   N Scotia, fsh. 7   Furs, Beaver pelt, lb. 1 50 2   Bear, skin 2 5   Fox, cross 1 67 2   red 1 25 1 50   Minks 60 80   Musquash 10 37   Sables 33 75   Flour, Superflue fresh, bbl. 7 25 7 50   Fine 7   X Brand 5 25   Middlings 4 50   Rye 3 50   Country, cwt. 2 50 3   Feathers, live Geese, lb. 50 67   Lisbon 12 17   Sea Fowl 40 42   Gin, Holland, 1st proof, gal. 1 3 1 5   4th proof 1 5 1 8   Gals, Brister 10 by 8, box, 14 15   7 by 9 12 50   Hamburg, 7 by 9 10 50 11   8 by 10 10 10 50   Boston, 10 by 8 17   7 by 9 15   6 by 8 12   Grain, Barley, bush. 1 8   Corn, Indian, South 70 75   North 75 80   Rye 75 78   Oats 33 36   Hoops, hhd, 22 feet, M. 23   Iron, Pig, ton 20   Philadelphia bar 110   Rust 95 100   Swedes 100 110   Spanish 95 100   Indigo, Carolina, lb. 1 25 1 33   French 2 2 25   Spanish 2 2 25   Lime, half hhd. 1 50 1 75   Lemons, box 6 8   Leather, fcal, dried, best, lb. 23 24   Lumber, Boards, clear, M. 18   merch. 10 50 11   Shingles 2 50 3   Molasses, gal. 43 48   Nail Rods, ton 130   Nails, 4d. } cutt 30 32   6d 60 62   8d wro. inspec. 1 25   10d 1 54 1 58   20d 2 17 2 25   Sheathing } cut & c 11 12   Drawing } wro. c 13 14   Pork, Bone Middlings, bbl. 13 19   Cargo No. 1 15 15 50   do do 2 14 14 50   Rum, Jamaica, 4th pr. gal. 1 1 5   St. Croix, } 2d 98 1 3   Antigua, } 3d 90 93   familiar forts } 4th 84 96   Tobago, } 2d 80 83   St. Vincents } 3d 84 86   familiar forts } 4th 88 93   New-England 48   Russia Sheeting, piece 15   Rice, cwt. 5 50 6   Sugar, Havanna white, cwt. 15   brown 11   W. India clayed 9 11   brown 7 50 12   East India white 10 11   Salt, 3 bush. 3 50 5 75   Steel, German, lb. 10 12   Tubb, 3 9   Flittered 14 15   Staves, W. Oak pipe, M. 35 40   hhd 28   head 28   bbl 12 13   R. Oak hhd 12 13   brooks 85   W. Oak hhd do. 1 25 1 50   Tobacco, James River, cwt. 6 6 50   Georgia do. 4 75 5   Tea, Hyson, lb. 1 2 1 4   Young Hyson 96 1   Hyson Skin 54 56   Souchong 66 68   Bohea, best 30 31   Wines, Madeira, gal. 1 75 2 05   Lisbon 1 25   Sherry 1 20   Teneriffe 86 1 10   Red Port, gal. 1 20   Malaga, q't. cask 25 50 26  
Selected Poetry.
THE PRIMROSE.
By Carew.
ASK me why I send you here This firtling of the infant year ; Ask me why I send to you This Primrose, all bepearl'd with dew ; I straight will whisper in your ears, The sweets of love are wad'd with tears. Ask me why this flower doth shew So yellow, green, and sickly too ; Ask me why the stalk is weak, And bending, yet it doth not break ; I must tell you, these discover What doubts and fears are in a lover.
PROGRESS OF AFFECTION.
From Bofcawen's Poems.
When the first dawn of Celia's charms Rose to my unexpected sight, Enraptur'd wonder, soft alarms, Fill'd every sense with new delight. Yet by the world's examples taught, Which scorns the gen'rous flame to own, I little heeded, little thought, That "Love is Virtue's gift alone!" When native sense and modest grace, With manners artless, tho' refin'd, Ensur'd the triumph of the face, And gently chain'd the willing mind, By just reflection undeceiv'd, Stern Reason bow'd at Beauty's throne Then first I thought, then first believ'd, That "Love is Virtue's gift alone." But when Affection's soft control, Beyond or sense or beauty's power, Had purified, had fix'd the foul, Once varying with the changeful hour ; By truth and tenderness I strove To merit bliss till then unknown ; Ah ! then I felt the power of love ! For "Love is Virtue's gift alone."
ON MUSIC.
From Ellis's early Poetry.
When whispering strains do softly steal With creeping passion through the heart, And when at every touch we feel Our pulses beat and bear a part ; When threads can make A heart-ftring quake ; Philosophy Can scarce deny, The soul consists of harmony. Oh! lull me, lull me, charming air, My senses rock'd with wonder sweet ! Like snow on wool thy fallings are, Soft like a spirit are thy feet ! Grief who need fear That hath an ear ? Down let him lie, And slumbering die, And change his soul for harmony.
Miscellaneous.
The Indian Fabulist tell us of a country in India, where all the natives are hunchbacked. A young, handsome, and well formed stranger came to this country ; immediately he was surrounded by a number of the inhabitants ; his figure appeared to them extraordinary ; their laughter and gesticulations evinced their astonishment. They would have proceeded to some outrages on his person, had it not been for one among them, who exclaimed, "Ah! my friends, let us spare this unfortunate, ill-made man ; should we injure him, because heaven has not given him so agreeable and beautiful a form as ours ? Sooner let us go to the temple, and return thanks to heaven for the humps which it has favored us with."
PERSEVERANCE.
Dr. Johnson, the celebrated English writer, has very happily said, "All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this, that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pick-axe, or one impression of a spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of humane beings. It is there fore of the utmost importance that those
who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time among the refuse of fame, should add to their reason, and their spirit, the power of persisting in their purposes ; acquire the art of sapping what they cannot batter ; and the habit of vanishing obstinate resistance by obstinate attacks."
CALENDER vs. PAINE.
WITH all its energy and acuteness, "Rights of Man" contains much false reasoning. One of Mr. Paine's favorite topics is the ridicule of hereditary right. But some things that seem absurd in theory are often very useful in practice. Of the small portion of repose that Europe hath ever enjoyed, a great part may be traced to this same foolish doctrine of hereditary right. It has, upon the whole, produced much more good than harm. Of all forms of government an elective monarchy, is, perhaps, the most wretched. Witness Poland, Persia, and the dynasties of Indostan ! The French reformers discovered, some years ago, that it was very wrong for a man and his wife to live together, after they had become tired of each other. There cannot be a more beautiful theory. It was reduced to practice ; and France already sufficiently fertile of prostitution was immediately filled with strumpets, cuckolds, bastards, and divorces. Mr. Paine, with great triumph, enumerates the number of civil wars which have been produced in England by hereditary right. Very true ! But if you must have a king, the chance is that there would have been almost a perpetual civil war if that king was to be chosen by the people. Laugh as much as you please at the conceit of a nation's being transferred like a herd of cattle. But if a king must be had, let him, by all means, be hereditary. Nothing can be more false or shallow than the ridicule which has in this instance been attempted by Mr. Paine.
The other leg upon which Rights of Man may be said to stand is equal representation. Upon this subject Mr. Paine did most completely exasperate the British. But, in the present case, the whole weight of his authority is turned against himself. The federal government has not a hereditary king, nor a house of peers. The representation is about as equal as it can be ; and yet Mr. Paine tells us that the principles of liberty were expiring. We have neither king, nor peers, nor rotten boroughs. How then could these principles be upon their death bed ; and continue so for thirteen years ? In England, Mr. Paine held up America as the pinnacle of perfection ; and he gives as a reason for it, the republican form of her government. But, when he comes to this country, the fairy scene vanishes ; and republicans are found to be just as corruptible as the rest of mankind ! Equal representation is, in itself, a most valuable and excellent thing, and so is pure spring water. But the one will no more secure a government from corruption, than the other will give, to him who drinks it, immortal life. The evidence of Mr. Paine himself, as advanced in this letter, proves that a considerable part of the Rights of Man was a piece of gross deception. Nor is there any thing in the peculiar form of the federal government that makes it more liable than others to abuses. We have constitutions of all kinds. That of Virginia is as democratic as any body can wish it to be. Yet a great part of its revenues have been wasted in the most foolish manner imaginable. Laws have passed, or been suffered to exist, that are perfectly destructive to the welfare of the country.
If two hundred years ago, the British house of commons had authorized a debtor to shoot the Sheriff that attempted to arrest him ! if, when a man's servant is hanged for a crime, they had burdened the public with the purchase of another ; if they had saddled merchants and storekeepers with an enormous tax to pay for building an armory, that was worse than useless ; in a word if parliament had framed a system of laws for protecting the property of a fraudulent bankrupt, they would only have done what has been done since by the assembly of Virginia. They would have buried the are in the root of manufactures ; and this the rotten borough parliaments did not do. They never pass any law so like bedlam, by ten thousand degrees, as Madison's scheme of emancipation, or his gift to Congress of the North Western Territory.
Pennsylvania has a constitution greatly different from that of Virginia ; and,
* I refer in particular to the history of Augenzeebe's successors.
fourteen years ago, she had another constitution quite as different from both of these. Under each of them corruption multiplied ; because, from the very nature of the thing, perfection is impossible. The result must be that Mr. Paine's Rights of Man contains a vast number of false positions. The example of the long parliament, as well as of the French revolution, might have taught Mr. Paine that an alteration of government is, at all times, a very hazardous experiment ; and that, if the people of England could believe all the stuff which he told them about the matchless purity of Republics, they were too ignorant of human nature to be fit for making a constitution.
These remarks are not pointed against the worth and excellence of an equal representation. They only serve to shew that Mr. Paine deceived the people of England by over rating it. We must not cast away a watch, because it does not tell us the longitude. We must not neglect an equality of representation, because legislators are often factious, ignorant, or corrupted. Under such a system, we may commonly say, with Candides, "all things are not so well here as in Eldorado ; but yet they are pretty well."
[Calender's Recorder.]
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
Important.
LONDON, OCT. 23.
We have been informed that every officer whose regiment is either in Egypt or Malta, who is in this country on leave of absence, has been ordered to join his corps with all possible speed. Admiral Bickerton, has failed from Gibraltar for the Mediterranean, and it is believed that the ships fitting out at home are destined to reinforce them. This is a very commendable vigilance in the naval department. The French ports are known to be extremely active. At Toulon a squadron has been for some time fitting out, and troops are said to have been shipped from the isle of Elbe in transports which are to be convoyed by that squadron. Where is it a going ? It has been supposed to Constantinople and the Black Sea ; an idle supposition. Where is the necessity of sending troops or men of war thither ? There is no hostile power in that quarter, and no garrison to receive troops. Intelligence from Paris asserts, that every dock is occupied at Brest, and a 74 building on the strand ; at L'Orient eight ships of the line are building, and others repairing ; at Havre, at Cherbourg, at Bourdeaux, at Marseilles, the same activity prevails. It is added that not a single French sailor has been discharged. The intended journey of the Chief Consul is connected with these preparations. Undoubtedly the object of the journey must be important which takes him from Paris at this time and in this state of affairs. It will probably visit all the ports of the western coast of France, not only Havre and Cherbourg, but Brest and Bourdeaux. The knowledge of these preparations has given rise to very warlike rumours at Paris.
On our side, the different ports have assumed a more active appearance. On Wednesday orders were received at Plymouth to get the Imogen ready to sail with all possible speed with dispatches. The Lady Hobart packet failed on Tuesday evening from Falmouth with sealed orders, which are not to be opened till her arrival at Barbadoes. Sealed orders are also to be forwarded immediately by the Princess Amelia packet which are to be opened in a certain latitude. So urgent were the directions, that the packet which failed on Tuesday put to sea tho' the wind was quite contrary. All the packets at Plymouth are to be got ready to sail at two hours notice.
Such proceedings, on the part of our rival, certainly furnish grounds sufficient for the steps taken on our part. We may observe, that our movements in the Mediterranean, as we observed in a late paper, are probably also connected with other circumstances. France endeavors to induce us to give up Malta that her schemes may afterwards proceed with less fear of interruption. We cannot, however, bring ourselves to believe, that Ministers will be hastily persuaded to abandon Malta, without a proper guarantee for its independence ! Reinforcements continue to be prepared and forwarded for the Mediterranean. General Oakes is just appointed commander in chief of all our troops in that sea, and the Duke of York is busily engaged every day at the Horse Guards.
OCT. 30.
Accounts were received in the city on Thursday from Italy, of the exportation of raw silk from that country
to Britain being prohibited. This event excites much surprise.
It is believed that his Majesty's Ministers resolved at the Council held last Saturday, to retain every thing that was to be ceded by the Definitive Treaty. Orders are said to have been dispatched to that effect. With respect to the Cape, this resolution will, perhaps, be too late. The Dutch some time ago, sent a squadron there to receive the restitution of it.
This day's Gazette contains the Proclamation for the meeting of Parliament on the 16th November.
A letter from Paris says—"Bonaparte is constantly employed in devising plans of gigantic measures, if I may use the expression. He has one great plan in view at present, nay, it has been in contemplation for some time past, but is conducted with the greatest possible secrecy. From the first moment, he appears to have laid down a certain system, a portion of which every day develops.—Part of this system was to render Spain subservient to France in the article of Finance ; he now proposes to divide the Gold Trade of the New World with Spain, in such a manner as to lull all suspicions of invading that monopoly ; he has proposed a partnership in the Banking line.—One Bank is to be established at Paris, another at Madrid, and a third at Peru, and all under the guarantee or firm of the two nations. By this means, Bonaparte will be enabled to import bullion immediately from South America, without passing through Old Spain. The President, M. Marza, a very intelligent Spaniard, is appointed on the part of his Court, to assist in the management of this measure, which is now said to be in a state of forwardness, that, in all probability, it will be made public in a short time.
Of the American Minister at the Court of France.
LONDON, OCT. 22.
A private letter from Paris, dated the 14th inst. says—"About a week ago, Mr. Livingston, the American minister, gave a grand dinner, to which Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mr. Adair, Gen. Fitzpatrick, and all the Leaders of Opposition, at present resident in Paris, were invited.—Cards of invitation were likewise sent to Mons. and Mad. Talleyrand, General Duroc and his Lady, and to Gen. Andreossi, the new Ambassador from the French Republic to the British Court.—Seven o'clock was the appointed hour for dinner, but not one of the French party had arrived at that hour.—The company were kept waiting upwards of an hour, when none of the Diplomatic Guests making their appearance they at length sat down to dinner—and, it is an absolute fact, that the evening passed, not only without the French Gentlemen, joining them, but even without their giving themselves the trouble to send an apology for the disappointment."
[This circumstance in itself is of little importance, and it is possible Mr. Livingston has saved his bacon more or less by it.—But there is a mufly proverb that feathers flew which way, &c. and if we were not held in singular contempt by the regicide Frenchmen Talleyrand and company it is impossible that our representative should have received such insolent neglect. In an Englishman or a Frenchman such conduct according to the code of politeness, in France is high treason ; but there is no high treason against a people who has no sovereignty. As Mr. Dallas however says that "under the auspices of a republican administration and within the space of a few months, the reputation of the American government has been elevated in the views of foreign nations," he and Mr. Livingston must settle the point between them.—U. S. Gaz.
From a late Newyork paper.
The celebrated Cheesemaker from Jersey, Mrs. Exton, is now in this city. This excellent woman has this year made Eight Hundred Cheeses, which fell in Philadelphia at the same price as Cheeses imported from England, whence she came with her husband and family about six years since. They milk forty cows. Their farm is about 600 acres, of which the one half is wood land. An example of such well directed industry and good management may be imitated by others with great advantage ; and shews that farming in the United States, when well conducted, is one of the most profitable objects to which a man can direct his attention.
It seems to be a gross calumny to say that marriage is in disrepute in France, as woman are known to be married there in six months to almost as many different men.

The Observer, No. 1, addressed to the author of The Reform, has been received, and is under consideration.
The Press.—The jacobin faction having placed themselves in power by the most shameful prostitution of the press, by a set of foreign runaways, encouraged and paid by Jefferson and others, now have the effrontery to come forward and complain of its abuse! That intemperate partizan, Gov. McKean, in his late address to the legislature of Pennsylvania, says it is time for citizens and magistrates in authority, to interfere, correct and control it!—Such are the men who were the first to cry out the Liberty of the press is in danger, when the former administration undertook to check the numerous libels daily published by the jacobin upon every man and measure of it. If then the press has become licentious, Jefferson and his associates must answer for it, and reap the consequences.
Diplomacy!—In the preceding page is an article respecting our minister at Paris. After noticing the uncommon insult there related, the Boston Gazette ludicrously observes—"To a superficial observer, the circumstance may be thought trifling; but, causes more trifling than this, have caused long and sanguinary wars. We do not make this remark, because we think Mr. Jefferson will resent the indignity; or that our government would do it, if the administration were now in the hands of the federalists; because, in the first place, they are of opinion, that Mr. Livingston is a very unfit person for an Ambassador to any Court, and has, in his official capacity, shown no respect for that of Bonaparte; and in the next place, because Mr. Jefferson, good man, can look with philosophic coolness, on any transaction, however it may affect his dearest friends, that endangers not the 'breaking of his legs,' or calls for no contribution from his purse."
Callender on Paine's Letters.—Callender takes hold of Paine's letters with much energy and argument. He does not resort to the bad fashion of calling names, but sets down his adversary by the force of reason. Some observations by him on Paine's letter will be found in the preceding page. The length of his observations will not permit us giving them entire. We cannot however refrain from adding the following:—
"The retrograde path of oblivion" is a phrase without meaning. America may be enslaved or disgraced; but she cannot be forgotten. During this period of turning her back, America received an addition of two millions of people. Her commerce, her tonnage, and her wealth, multiplied with a rapidity that the world had never seen before. It was during this period of turning back that Philadelphia, after losing fifteen thousand lives by the pestilence, doubled her population; and that Baltimore, from a dirty village, became a wealthy, populous and well built city. It was in this path of oblivion that fifty thousand families cut their way through the bosom of the forest and the bottom of the marsh, and peopled the savage solitudes of the Ohio and the Mississippi."
For this Gazette.
THE WAY TO KEEP IN.
IT is generally expected, that all the federal republicans who hold offices under the United States, will be dismissed after the necessary arrangements for this purpose shall have taken place between the President, Tom Paine, & the gallows-cheering Irishmen at head quarters. As some of these officers have grown old in their country's service, it may not be convenient for them to be suddenly reduced to beggary.—These may probably save themselves from so distressing a calamity, by subscribing and forwarding to the President, a declaration of the following import:
"That there is no God or twenty Gods, "more or less" as the case may require."
That Washington was entitled to the "fairest page" in the history of his country; or that a son of Belial ought to be paid for endeavoring to stain his memory, by the poison and filth of Virginia patriotism—whichever may best serve the views of the great man of the people.
That Tom Paine's precepts, emitted from the jails of London, or raked out of the kennels and gutters of Paris, are in all respects preferable to those of that system which has "brought life and immortality to light."
That a whig Insurgent is the only proper man to be entrusted with the treasures of the United States.
That the Worcester Farmer has a profound reverence for the religion of his fathers;—that he never published any lies about the Bereau;—and that the southern democrats (especially the
mammoth democrats) believe him to be a man of great science in political, commercial and national law.
That the Secretary of War, can write his mother tongue;—that none of his children are supported by the government;—and that he can make a lengthy and accurate report upon the state of the army and garrisons.
That the logs of Ireland, are the best places for hatching patriots;—that such patriots only, ought to be the keepers of the constitution and liberties of America;—that a national ship ought to be constantly employed to import them;—and that Nancy Dawson ought to be the mallet of ceremonies at their introduction to the court of Monticello.
That since Matthew Lyon has moved to Kentucky, there is not a man of talents, education, or fashion in all the Eastern States, excepting Phanuel Bishop.
That the industrious yeomanry of New-England are a pack of dray horses, unworthy of the refined enjoyments of whisky and democracy; and that the fruits of their labor ought to be applied to the payment of the private debts of the Fox-hunters, Bankrupts, and Debauchees of Virginia.
That the dignity of Washington in his deportment as the chief of our nation, was degrading to universal man;—and that the best way to revive the expiring credit of our country, is, for the President to hold his levee, and give audience to foreign ministers with a long beard and in a dirty shirt.
That no true patriot, either American or Hibernian, ought to cease his energies, to destroy the constitution, 'till his virtuous labors shall have rendered the United States equal to the paradise of Mahomet, where
"Love is liberty and nature law."
Let such as wish to hold their offices (especially those whose conduct has been entirely irreproachable) sign the above articles of faith, accompanied with their promise to adhere to them; and they will doubtless be continued in office. But should any of them apostatize, we recommend to the President, before he abandons them as incorrigible, to give them fair warning of their danger, by adopting, mutatis mutandis, the following form of a letter from Queen Elizabeth to one of her Bishops:
"I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement. But I would have you know that I who made you what you are, can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith with fulfil your engagements, by G—d I will immediately unlock you. Yours as you demean yourself."
* Hume, Vol. 4, p. 180.
To the Editor of the Portland Gazette.
ELM-TREES, 20th Dec. 1802.
THO' the effect of the characters and opinions of individuals, in domestic and private life, upon the general manners of the country, is so very small as to be next to impossible to trace its individuality into the common mass, or ascertain the feature and complexion each character impresses on the whole; it is not altogether so with those who hold high public stations, or such as are patronized by them. These, like the great rivers that force their currents into the ocean and mark their own courses, will make specific impressions of their notions on families, villages and towns, and eventually tinge the body of the community with their leading sentiments. Did a great king declare that he saw a new star, when, in fact, there was no such thing in the heavens? And how long was it before all his attendants but one, saw the same?
In conformity to the language of demagogues and modern philosophy, we may call the rulers of the country our servants, but we shall deceive only ourselves; for they will nevertheless have the same influence in forming our modes of thinking and religious sentiments, tho' in a manner unknown to us, that their laws have in regulating our civil actions. If they are of the religion of the country, the people will not be likely to change theirs, but by miracles or uncommon exertions of individuals; but if they are of a different religion the multitude will by degrees and insensibly find excuses to conform to them.
The following letter, which I received last night from my old friend Doctor Neatfoot, has suggested the foregoing ideas to my mind; and as its contents are important, tending to shew the force of character on the state of society, I submit it to the public through your paper.
In the Woods, 15th December.
DEAR SIR, Some days ago as I passed a house in my neighborhood, and where I had been long acquainted, I overheard the names of Lincoln and Paine, pronounced with a vehemence and earnestness that excited my curiosity to know who they were that should interest themselves so much about these men. I presumed it was very improbable that those who usually met at that house should ever have had any personal knowledge of either Paine or Lincoln. I went in and found a number of republicans, as they
call themselves, collected from several miles round, all seated before a good fire, engaged in discussing the respective merits of the two men whose names I heard mentioned. I soon discovered they seemed to agree that both of them were infidels; and on that account, in their opinion, one of them had been selected by the President to the office he now holds; for they had never heard of his being distinguished among his profession; and the other, for the same reason, had been pressed hard to return to this country from France. One of the company said, "he thought the President was to be applauded for this, the invitation of Paine to this country, more than any thing he had done for the republican party since he got into office; because it was well known that Paine is free from any religious shackles whatever, and he could now afford the deists more substantial aid than any of his American friends, as these had yet some scruples hanging on their minds. Tho' many might begin to think freely, yet, except Palmer, they did not choose to come out boldly against the religion of the country; and he gave many reasons why he thought Paine, on account of his boldness, would serve the good cause better than Lincoln; tho' he was willing to admit the latter, with the example of Paine and patronage of Jefferson, might do much good in his small way."
Here the speaker was interrupted by a man who proceeded as follows—"I think you have a wrong idea of this Lincoln; I have read his letters to the people; and I guess he is a pretty fly sort of a fellow—He fibbed it a little about the Bereau; but no matter for that, the people have forgot it; and I don't believe he is much of a christian; if the truth could be known; he knows how to attack these long-faced, sober creatures. He is sensible it won't do yet, in New-England, to deny christianity directly, and therefore in his letters, with all the appearance of gravity and solemnity of words, he reviles the clergy, and endeavors to make their parishioners dissatisfied with them. He insinuates they are no better than the priests of ancient governments, because he recollects what effect the deists produced in France on this ground; by way of reproach he charges the preachers of piety, religion and morality, with being a political corps and endeavors to connect them with a standing army. This is to make them odious. Now we all know this is one of the principal means deists have made use of to injure the christian religion; for while the people are attached to, and have confidence in their religious teachers, it is no easy thing to change or destroy the religion of a country. On this ground again Lincoln shews his art; he has observed how reluctantly some people contribute their mite to support religious institutions, and how ready they are to lay hold of any thing that may serve them for a reason to get clear of ministerial taxes—Hence he has not failed to address himself, in his tenth letter, to this disposition, and intimates very plainly that if our ministers preach any thing about politics, or, what is tantamount to it, declare the whole word of God to wicked rulers, and to the people when they are about to make choice of them, it operates as a dissolution of the contract between ministers and people, and the latter are absolved from all obligation to pay the former. It is a great point gained to deism, and to republicanism, for, so far as I can understand Paine, they are nearly connected, if not the same thing, to make the people discontented with their preachers. Whenever this shall be generally accomplished, it will be an easy matter, under the modern notions of candour, liberality of sentiment, universal philanthropy and the liberty of conscience, to induce the people to hear a deist, or even an atheist—Hence it is necessary, on all occasions, to hold up the natural right of thinking freely, and that this right will be good for nothing if we cannot write and speak as freely as we think."
"On this subject the republican papers were excellent during the late administration; and Jefferson gave us a notable example when he employed Callender to write in the Aurora, and published his Prospect before us. These are perfect models of freedom; Jefferson is a fine fellow—lilliputian ties won't hold him."
"I observe of late, however, these papers seem to have changed their tone in part; they keep up the fire against the clergy, and are very liberal in abuse upon them, especially when any of them touch on the branch of ethics, called politics; but if any enquiry is made into the conduct of Jefferson or his sect, these papers are made to burn with rage."
"One of Jefferson's friends got into a violent passion with a clergyman because he preached against lasciviousness and illicit concubinage; he said it was aimed at the President because of his pecadillo with black Sally;—another of his supporters undertook to prove it was very improper conduct for the Court, at a late term, to indict, try and convict some sailors for assaulting a woman with an intent to commit a rape; for, said he, every body must see it did, in fact, condemn Mr. Jefferson for his attack on Mrs. Walker—so great a philosopher ought to be at liberty to try any experiments he pleases. Indeed, according to Jefferson's notions of the freedom of worship, and his liberty of conscience, he did not see but those cases were a denial of both; for Paine tells us those who deny the Jewish and Christian revelations are the true worshippers of God; and history is full of the debaucheries of all such worshippers committed in their boufes, their groves and their temples."
Here a third speaker broke in and said—"You may say as much as you please in favor of Lincoln's cunning, I don't like it so well as I do the honest boldness of Paine—If religion is not true, let us know it, at once, and done with it. I am not for halving things; I would have them done with a slash, as in France. I have been paying taxes above twenty years; first I was a congregationalist, and paid them as my neighbors did; but I got tired of this; and hearing that if I would turn baptist, universalist, or quaker, I might get clear of them altogether, under presence of conscientious scruples about the mode of baptism, the new births, and hiring preachers, I soon set up a dispute with my minister, and left his communion to join a baptist society feven or eight miles off, where I occasionally attend just often enough to be considered one of their body. I have not yet been dipped, nor am I sensible of any change in my heart, tho' I talk much about it; but what is the worst of all, I perceive it is expected that I contribute something to rebuild the meeting-house, and now and then make a voluntary contribution to our preachers, which, not being regulated by any fixed general rule upon the whole society, has, through a natural pride in my heart, telling me I must not be outdone by others in these free will offerings, equalled the taxes I ever paid to my old minister in the same period. I would have turned quaker if I had thought I should be better off on this account; but, in addition to this objection, I was told the quakers were always suspicious of disciples that had changed their religion more than once. In this shuffling of conscience and taxes I got hold of Paine's Age of Reason, and, after reading it through, I found him just what I wanted. He tells us religion is all prejudice, and priestcraft, and the bible a book of lies and fables." To be honest, I never liked the restraints that book laid upon me, and I expect Mr. Jefferson is as averse to them as I am; for the precepts of the bible religion cross his inclinations, and denounce his conduct as severely as they do mine; and certainly if he thought the bible true and the religion founded upon it of substantial use to the country, he would not have brought among us a man who has been the means of making thousands disbelieve it, and is constantly endeavoring to make its disciples ridiculous, as Paine has done.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
"I am of opinion, and we have a natural right to speak what we think, that the President has not above one in his councils who believes any more in the divinity of the bible, than Tom Paine himself: and since the republicans have published a splendid edition of Jefferson's works to spread more effectually his opinion to the only solid foundation of religion, the belief of one God, it is expected they will now they will compliment his friend Paine by giving the world a new edition of his Age of Reason, both parts together. When this is done, and the republican sect shall have seated themselves on the backs of the people, by another election or two, we shall hear no more of taxes to support public teachers of religion, piety and morality. Then we shall become what Lincoln calls universal man; we shall all do and act as nature dictates: but in any state short of this, or under any rulers but good republicans, I suspect taxes will follow us in some form or other, or to what denomination soever we join ourselves; and if we are sincere in our endeavors to get clear of taxes, we must stand by Jefferson and Paine."
The speaker set down, and after a pause of a moment the company agreed to meet on a future day, and adjourned. Knowing you take delight in reading living as well as dead history, I have taken the trouble to put the foregoing speeches on paper, and now send them to you. When you are at leisure, I pray you to gratify me with your sentiments upon them. Farewell.
ZAGHERY NEATFOOT.
That an unwillingness to pay ministerial taxes has been mistaken for a conscientious objection to religious notions, charity will indulge us to suppose, because the evidence at trials, on this subject, for the last twenty years, justifies the supposition.
THE SWISS CHIEF.
As the affairs of the Swiss cantons are becoming every day more serious, it will not be uninteresting to the public to be better acquainted with the character of the person who is the leader of those brave men, who are now endeavoring to recover their liberties, and to free Switzerland from abject dependence on a foreign power.
Aloys Reding, the valiant chief of the independent cantons, studied the art of war in the service of Spain, in which he attained the rank of colonel. A short time previous to the revolution, he had retired into the solitary valleys of his native country, and devoted his leisure to friendship, to the mules, and to the cultivation of his lands. He had long wished for an amelioration of the federal system, and that his country should enjoy useful and true liberty; but his heart revolted at the idea of a revolution effected by a foreign power, and at the still more abhorrent idea of seeing his country fall under the dominion of France.
Such are the motives which induced him to resume the sword, and to shew himself worthy of the Helvetic name, and of his brave ancestors. The loss of a young wife, whom he tenderly loved, had left a profound melancholy on his mind, which made him perhaps more eager to seek the perils of battle. Wary, loyal, brave attached, and possessing great coolness in prosperity as well as in adversity, he became in a short time, the favorite and the hope of the people.
From the bravery and skill with which Aloys Reding defended his country, when the French first invaded Switzerland, we may judge what he is now capable of performing should they return. With a few hundred men he repeatedly routed a whole army; and was at last obliged to yield to terms only by the treachery of priests, and a constant diminution of his numbers. Like Leonidas of old, waiting a certain and glorious end at the pass of Thermopylae; such was Reding at the head of his troops on the famous Heights of Morgarten. Upon this occasion he made the following remarkable speech to his soldiers, of which the authenticity is considered unquestionable:—
"Brave comrades, beloved fellow citizens! The decisive moment is now arrived. Surrounded by enemies, and deserted by our friends, it only remains to know if we will courageously imitate the example formerly set by our ancestors at Morgarten. An almost certain death awaits us. If any one fears it, let him retire; we will not reproach him. Let us not impose upon each other at this solemn hour. I would rather have an hundred men on whom I could depend, than five hundred who, by flight might occasion confusion, and, by a perfidious retreat, immolate the brave men who would fain defend themselves. As to myself, I promise not to abandon you even in the greatest danger. Death and no retreat. If you participate my resolution, let two men come out of your ranks, and swear to me in your name that you will be faithful to your promises."
The soldiers, leaning upon their arms, listened in silence, and with a religious awe, to the words of their chief; tears dropped down the cheeks of those manly warriors; and when Reding had done speaking, a thousand voices exclaimed, "We will partake your lot! we will never abandon you!" Then two men came out of each rank, and gave their hands to Reding, in token of fidelity in life and death. This treaty of alliance between the chief and his soldiers was sworn in open air, and in the face of Heaven; it bears marks of patriarchal manners, worthy of the golden age.
BOSTON, DEC. 22.
Latest from Europe.—Accounts from London, to the 6th November, have been received at New-York. Some of them have a warlike, and others a pacific aspect.—The notes of preparation for war are certainly numerous and uncommon; but the last dates assure us of the arrival of the French Ambassador, General Andreossi, in England; and that the departure of Lord Whitworth, the English Ambassador, for France.—If the ways of cabinets are not past finding out, this circumstance is indicative of the continuance of peace. It is also said, that the differences between Great Britain and France respecting Malta, have been amicably adjusted.—This last article, however, is doubted.
NEWYORK, DEC. 18.
On the 29th of October, a large party of friends of the patriotic and gallant Kosciuszko, dined at Paris to celebrate his birth day. The dinner was sumptuous, and attended by more than a hundred persons. Mr. Livingston (as the Paris papers has it) the American Minister, Mr. Skipwith, the American Consul, Gen. La Fayette, Gen. Kosciuszko, Citizen Monge, Senator, Counselor of State, Joel Barlow and Lady M. Fulton, and Major Johnson, an English officer, were present.—What a glorious sight to the friends of liberty, says the French editor, to see the two heroes who have fought under the banners of

immortal Washington, for the cause of freedom in the New and Old World! Several pieces of music were played after dinner, and the company did not disperse till 12 o'clock.
By a letter from Dr. James Sneed, New Orleans, we find the application, on the 19th of October, for permission to land American property, and the gentleman informed, that he must either return to Natches, or put it on board American vessels. It was said also, that a proclamation was daily expected, requiring all Americans to remove in 40 days, and that hereafter, no American vessels would be permitted to enter the Balise.
NEW ORLEANS. Agreeable to the treaty of Amity, Limits and Navigation, between his Catholic Majesty, and the United States, signed the 27th of October, 1795, and signed by the Prince of Peace, and Thomas Pinckney, it is stipulated, (Art. 11.) That his Catholic Majesty will permit the citizens of the United States, for the space of three years, to deposit their merchandise in New Orleans, and export them from thence without paying any other duty than a fair price for their hire of the stores; and his Majesty promises either to continue this permission if he finds during that time it is not prejudicial to the interests of Spain; or if he should not agree to continue it there, he will assign to them, in another part of the banks of the Mississippi, an equivalent establishment. Notwithstanding this stipulation, Juan Nepomuceno Morales, the Intendant of Louisiana, by a decree dated the 16th of Dec. 1802, has ordered the privilege be granted to the citizens of the United States, to be prohibited; and has not assigned another place as an equivalent establishment. This measure has excited the sensibility of the Americans in Louisiana. The Governor of New Orleans, it is reported, has not concurred with the Intendant in the decree—conceives the conduct of the Intendant tantamount to a declaration of war against the United States, and will operate with all his authority. It was expected, the Intendant would be arrested; and the deposit be allowed; but the decree was in force the 18th of Dec. The President in his message to Congress, will unquestionably disclose the interest which the government takes in this violation of existing treaties.
Seventh Congress
of the United States—Second Session.
SENATE. Monday, Dec. 6.—Eight members only attending, an adjournment took place until tomorrow. Tuesday, Dec. 7.—Twelve members only attended. Adjourned accordingly. Eighteen are necessary to make a quorum. December 10.—Only twelve members present. Not a quorum.—Adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, Dec. 6.—This day being prescribed by the Constitution, for the meeting of Congress, Fifty three members of the House appeared; who not forming a quorum, adjourned, until tomorrow. Tuesday, Dec. 7.—A quorum being convened this day, the following new members took their seats, viz. Samuel Hunt, from New Hampshire, resigned; Samuel J. Pierce, resigned; Samuel J. Thaxter, from Massachusetts; David Meriwether, from Georgia, in the room of Mr. Taliaferro, resigned; Thomas Winn, of North Carolina, in the room of Charles Johnson, deceased; and Thomas M. Greene, a delegate from the Mississippi Territory, in the room of N. Hunter, deceased. An order passed, directing the Clerk to inform the Senate, that a quorum is formed. He was also ordered to finish each member with three new papers at his lodgings. Wednesday, Dec. 8.—Several private motions were read and referred. The following Committees were chosen viz.—A Committee of Election, 7 members;—A Committee of Revival of Unfinished Business, 3 members; A Committee of Claims, 7 members; A Committee of Commerce 7 members. It was moved, that a Committee of Ways and Means, consist of nine (in lieu of seven the usual number) members. Referred until tomorrow. Thursday, Dec. 9.—Mr. Gregg moved the appointment of Two Chaplains, of different denominations, one for each side, to interchange weekly. Postponed until Monday. Friday, Dec. 10.—Mr. Wadsworth presented the petition of William English, and others, of Maine, praying for a remission of duties.—Referred to Committee of Commerce and Manufactures. Mr. Thomson presented the petition of Gilbert Combs, representing that he had, after long study, discovered the mode of ascertaining the longitude, and praying the assistance of Congress to conduct his researches, Referred to a select committee.
Portland. Monday, December 27, 1802.
Congress. —A quorum of the Senate, did not attend until Monday, the 13th inst.—The President's communication was expected to be made the next day.—It will probably be received here this evening.
French West-Indies. —By arrivals at this port last week, a report of the death of Gen. Le Clerc, the French commander, was received. But not receiving it as authentic we did not give it publicity.—We have since received the following particulars by the arrival of the Olivia, at New York, in 26 days from Cape Francois.
"That all the ports on the north side of the island, except the Cape had been evacuated by the French troops—and that all the ports on the west side, except Port-au-Prince and St. Marks, had also been evacuated—most of the French troops being concentrated at the Cape.
That the Cape was attacked by the Brigades on the 14th, and again on the 26th of October, when they took possession of all the outer forts—and it was supposed would finally succeed in reconquering the island.
That Gen. Dessalines was killed in the attack on St. Marks, and that all the other Black Generals had gone over and joined the Brigades.
That on the 3d of Nov. GENERAL LE CLERC BREATHED HIS LAST—the next day his body was embalmed, and put on board the Swiftsure, of 74 guns; and, on the 9th, sailed for France, under a most tremendous discharge of cannon from the ships of war in port, consisting of two 80 gun ships, two 74's, three Frigates, two corvettes, and several others.
That General Rochambeau had succeeded Le Clerc; and, when the Olivia came out, saw a 74 beating up for the Cape, having the successor of Gen. Le Clerc on board; and,
That from the 12th to the 30th of October, the flesh arising from the dead bodies in the harbor of the Cape was inconceivably great, there having been hundreds of blacks destroyed by throwing them into the sea from on board of vessels.
Here let the reader pause—and his imagination will not require the aid of description to give him an idea of the distressed situation of this ill-fated island."
From Washington, Dec. 10. —"Quorums of both Houses have not yet assembled.—Only thirteen Senators are in town; and seventeen are necessary to form a quorum of that body. When we shall receive the President's speech, or message, the Lord only knows. Had this delay of the deliberations of the Councils of the Union taken place during the Federal Administrations, the democrats from Dan to Beer-sheba would have rung their peals on the shameful inattention to the concerns of People, and the profligate waste of public money.—The Aurora would have filled columns of such calculations as these—Sixty five Members of the House and Twelve Members of the Senate sitting idle for five days at Six Dollars per day;—and receiving the Enormous sum of two thousand three hundred and ten dollars of the People's money; and all for nothing! the delay would be charged to the administration; and all the retailers on the continent would have dealt out the charge.—Now, forsooth, because democrats are in power, nothing will be said of the inattention or expense; and will not be, if Congress should not get to business for a fortnight to come!
"The cannon at the Navy Yard have been loaded and primed for nearly a week, to echo the message from the skies. Should the democrats delay much longer, the "more or less" Secretary will have to apply for a specific appropriation to cover the expenditure of port fire."—Centinel.
General St. Clair. —This veteran has just been removed from the Government of the North Western Territory, by the President of the United States. This aged officer has long been distinguished for his integrity and uprightness both as a citizen, soldier, and statesman. Why then is he dismissed from Office. Answer, because he is a federalist!
At the close of the late session of the Vermont Assembly, we learn that, the sweeper of the room, occupied by that body, exhibited his account for his services during the session. As his demand was considered by the political economists as somewhat exorbitant it was proposed to disallow the charge, or considerably reduce the account. A member however rose, and in favor of the knight of the broom, somewhat humorously observed, that it was his opinion that the full sum should be allowed the sweeper; for 'gentlemen,' said he, 'you must all be sensible that we have had a very dirty house this session.'—Wind. Gaz.
A correspondent observes, that, if the Callender Fever has sickened Mr. Jefferson, he must certainly die with Pain,—Fred. Her.
BOSTON, DEC. 24. The 18th anniversary of the landing of our Forefathers at Plymouth Rock, was yesterday celebrated in this town, by a large and respectable number of citizens. The dinner was given in the Assembly Room at Concert-Hall, which was elegantly, and as far as possible, appropriately decorated for an occasion, which was naturally calculated to awaken the most lively and interesting feelings. It was truly the "feast of reason, and flow of soul." After dinner a number of Toasts were given, and the company separated, with this pledge of their gratitude and patriotism:—
"Heirs of Pilgrims now renew The oath your fathers swore for you, When first around the social board, Enrich'd from nature's frugal hoard, The ardent vow to Heaven they breath'd, To shield the rights their fires bequeath'd! Manes of Gurney! Standish! hear! To love the soil you gave we swear; And midst the storms of State be true, To God, our Country, and to You."
The same event was yesterday celebrated at Plymouth; and an Address pronounced on the occasion at that place, by the Hon. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Esq.
The New York State Society of the Cincinnati, have resolved, with the aid and concurrence of the citizens of the metropolis, to erect an Equestrian Statue of Bronze to the memory of the late Gen. Washington.
Married, At Bowdoinham, Mr. James Goodwin to Miss Peggy Campbell. At Portsmouth, Mr. Samuel Davis, of Bath, to Miss Frances Mary Anne Goldthwait.
Died, At Berwick, on the 2d inst, Sarah Rogers, aged 18, daughter of Paul Rogers. At Bennington, Daniel Stratton, son of Mr. Joel Stratton, in the 20th year of his age.—This youth was seized with what the physician termed the icterica, in July, 1791, in a dreadful manner, and, at different periods, endured a dislocation of most of the joints of his body. For eight years past, last October, he never stepped on his feet; his back was drawn out of joint before he was confined to his bed, and soon afterwards all his joints, one after another, even to his fingers, were dislocated and rendered useless, except the right elbow, which enabled him to move his right hand about an inch or two up or down on his breast. For six years last past, he was not turned in his bed, or moved any way, but by removing his bedstead, and all together. For three years ending in March last, his jaws were set and all his subsistence administered, sliced so thin as to be thrust into the orifice, about the eighth of an inch wide; and the disorder affecting his eyes, deprived him of sight for three years. He was afterwards, by the inveteracy of his disorder, rendered entirely deaf of one ear, and received no liquid but what he sucked through a straw for two years before his death. What is remarkable in his case is, that he retained his senses thro' the whole term, and his power of utterance never failed him. He knew people by the tone of their voice, or their footsteps, as quick as any one in the house, while his hearing remained. In his last moments he called the household together and bid them farewell in an affecting manner, and died calm and composed, a dreadful instance of the mighty power and solemn dealing of God in the dispensations of his providence, and a sacred proof of the operation, of his hand, exceeding the power of intellectual nature to account for.
Jenks' Maine Marine List.
Port of Portland. Sunday, Dec. 19.—Arrived brig San Juan Bautista, capt. Juan De Seira, 23 days from Havannah. Monday, Dec. 20.—Arrived brig Fortune, capt. Daniel Bagley, 36 days from Port Republican.—Sailed with a fleet under convoy of a French schooner of 10 guns—among them, were, brig Trial, Coast, New London; schooner Polly, Robbins, do.; schooner Dedham, Jones, New York; schooner Martha, Higgins, Portland; brig Dove, Atkins, Boston; sloop Fame, Knight, Gloucester; schooner Triton, Furlong, Newburyport—Capt. Furlong was missing in the fleet, second night after leaving Port Republican.—Left there, brig Unanimous, Staples, Boston; schooner Alliance, Silver, Salem; brig Mentor, Tate, Portland, to sail next convoy, which was supposed would be ready in eight or ten days. Same day—Arrived schooner Lyon, capt. Daniel Lowell, 47 days from Berbice—spoke nothing. Wednesday, Dec. 22.—Arrived schooner—Capt. Phineas Drinkwater, from Guadalupe. Sunday, Dec. 26.—Arrived schooner Beaver, capt. Abel Briggs, 37 days from Surinam. Left there, brig Mary, Cook, Providence; brig Dispatch, Pray, Portsmouth, stopped to take troops; schooner—Ruthborn, New port; schooner Sally, Flint, Salem; schooner Paragon, Dodge, New York; schooner Eliza, Farris do.—Nov. 18, arrived at Bran's Point, ship Olive, Jordon, from Portland, 52 days passage; Nov. 19, arrived brig Harriet, Stephen, 80 days—Spoke, Nov. 29, lat. 20, 6, long. 63, 47, a Spanish schooner; Dec. 1, lat. 23, 55, long. 66, 30, spoke brig Nancy, Jasper, from Washington, N. C. for Trinidad, 12 days out, all well—Dec. 3, lat. 26, long. 67, 20, spoke ship Venus, of New Bedford, 47 days from St. Ubes, for New York—Dec. 20, off Block Island, spoke ship Hannah, from New York, bound to Boston—Left at the Vineyard, Dec. 23, brig Mercator, Freeman, of Portland, captain sick, together with a number of other vessels for different ports. Capt. B. informs, that three days before he left Surinam, an English admiral arrived there with a 74 and 40 gun ship, and a sloop of war, from Barbadoes, for the purpose of taking away the English troops, &c. from the Island, which it was expected would soon be delivered up to the Dutch, whose arrival was momentarily expected. The troops were making preparation to embark, and all English and American vessels which were empty, were engaged to transport the troops, with their baggage, ammunition, &c.—Market's dull.
Telegraphic Intelligence.
Arrived at Martha's Vineyard, 23d inst brig Mercator, Freeman, from Guadalupe. Also, another vessel—information of which to be given conditionally. Inquire of S. FREEMAN.
BOSTON, DEC. 21. Loss of the ship Monticello.—Accounts from Cape-Cod, inform, that the valuable ship Monticello, (formerly the Merrimack sloop of war) capt. Newell, from the Isle-of-France, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, &c. is on shore; near Morris' Island, back of Chatham.—We understand, that she is insured to the amount of 150,000 dollars, in this town. It is said she went on shore, on Tuesday evening last, through the miscalculation of the pilot.—She fired signal guns of distress, and boats went off to her on Wednesday morning.—She is bilged; but, we learn, that six hundred bags of pepper have been saved; and that there were boats along side taking out the wet coffee, &c.
NOTIFICATION.
THE Stockholders in Portland Bank, are hereby notified to meet at their Chamber in the Bank, on Monday the 3d day of January next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. to act on the following articles:— 1st. To choose seven Directors for the ensuing year. 2d. To see if the Stockholders will make an addition to the capital stock of the Bank, and to act thereon as they shall think proper. By order of the Board of Directors, J. SWIFT, Secretary. Portland Bank, Dec. 27, 1802.
REMOVAL.
Neal & Fletcher, INFORM their friends and the public, that they have removed from No. 4, Mulley's Row, to the New Fire-proof Store, Fifth-Street, lately occupied by WAREFIELD & DORR—where they offer for sale a handsome assortment of
European & India Goods. MUFFS & TIPPETS, &c. Dec. 27, 1802.
10,000 Dollars highest prize.
A Few Tickets at 5 dollars 50 cents, and Quarters at 1 dol. 37 1/2 cts. in the Second Class South Hadley Canal Lottery, which positively commences drawing at Boston, on or before the 27th of January, are for sale at
Thomas Clark's Bookstore.
FISH-STREET, PORTLAND, where have been sold some fortunate numbers, one of which drew Four Thousand Dollars. Likewise, a general assortment of Blank and Account Books, Record Books, Quadrants, Scales and Dividers, and a large assortment of Navigation Books, Maps and Charts.
Valuable Publications.
Townsend's Guide to Health, Hearne's Journey from Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean. American Precedents of Declarations, Lex Mercatoria, or a complete code of Commercial Laws, Willich's Lectures on Diet and Regiment, Poole's Annotations on the Bible, Hunter's Sacred Biography, Hume's History of England, The Works of Voltaire in French—complete in 100 volumes—cheap. Cole's Moral and Sublime Discourses on God's Sovereignty—a valuable and good book, worthy the attention of the Christian reader. Mayor's Collection of Voyages and Travels, 31 volumes. Likewise, a large assortment of Family and small Bibles, Testaments, Dictionaries, and almost every description of SCHOOL BOOKS now in use—per wholesale and retail, at the Boston prices. Dec. 27, 1802.
James D. Brown,
BY the assistance of some friends, has some articles of MERCHANDIZE to dispose of, in the brick building nearly opposite Mr. JOHN HOBART's, Fore-street. The favors shewn him in his late fickleness (which are gratefully acknowledged) gives him a hope that he shall be favored with the custom of the good people of Portland, so far as he can supply—(he has but just recovered, so as to attend to any kind of business.) Customers are requested not to call on Sundays, but supply themselves on Saturdays; and those who supply themselves elsewhere, certainly need not call. The situation of his dwelling is such that his fall door must be raised on that day—it must not be considered as a wish for custom. All favors gratefully acknowledged.—Call and see. Portland, Dec. 27, 1802.
WANTED,
AN Apprentice to the Cabinet making Business. Good encouragement will be given to a Lad of about 14 or 15 years of age—Inquire of BENJAMIN RADFORD, near the Hay-Market, Main Street. Portland, Dec. 27.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of JOSEPH CROSS,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Trader, deceased, he 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 RALPH CROSS. Portland, Dec. 27, 1802.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of BENJAMIN WILLIAMS,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Mariner, deceased, she 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 JANE WILLIAMS. Portland, Dec. 27, 1802.
NEW GOODS.
Just received, and for sale by Eleazer Greeley, At his Store, No. 5, Mulley's Row, Middle-Street, head of Union Street, An extensive assortment of DRY GOODS, suitable for the season.—Also, One case fashionable elegant French Millinery. Portland, Dec. 27.
Lord & Thomas,
No. 5, Jones' Row, Have received by the late arrivals, a supply of Seasonable Goods. BEST superfine, and common Breadcloths, Cassimeres, Coatings, Bauteens, Swankins, Serges, Bell Rose Blankets, Flannels & Baizes, India, Cottons, Worsted Hosiery, Cotton do. Calamancoes, Durants, Shalloons, Camels Hair Shawls, Linens, Dimities, Black and White Silk Gloves. Also, a general assortment of West-India Goods, on the most reasonable terms for cash or approved credit. Portland, Dec. 27, 1802.
John Lord,
INFORMS his friends and the public in general, that he has just received, and now offers for sale, a handsome assortment of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HATS, on the lowest terms for cash or credit, at his shop in Fore-street, next door to Cross & Traill.
FURS.
At Cash and the highest price given for all kinds of Shipping and Hating FURS—apply as above. Portland, Dec. 27.
J. Richardson,
HAS FOR SALE, At Richardson's Wharf. CASKS Fresh RAISINS, Quarter Casks Malaga Wine, Chells Hylon, Hylon skin, } Tea. Souchong, Bohea, and Congo } Tea. Hollands Geneva. Leaf Sugar. Bags Coffee and Pepper. Ravens Duck and Russia Sheeting. Cordage. Sweedes Iron. Hhds. and Kegs Tobacco. Boxes 7 by 9 Window Glass. Nail Plates, Iron Hoops, & Spike Rods. Whole and half casks Rice. Tar, Pitch, and Rosin. Hhds. and barrels Bacon. Whole and half bbls. } Pork. Bone & Middling. Banda nna Handkerchiefs. ALSO, Large assortment India Cottons per Bale or Piece. Nov. 22.
FOR SALE,
At I. Adams' Book-store,
NO. 6, JONES' ROW, ORIENTAL HARMONY, being an original composition by ABRAHAM MAXIM. The above is well calculated for Singing and Worshipping Assemblies.—Price 37 1/2 Cts. single Village Harmony, price 1 Dol. single, 10 Dols. per dozen. ALSO, Poor Richard's Almanack, for 1803, by gross, dozen or single. School Books, of all kinds, by the gross, dozen or single, as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. Smith and Sleeper's Hymn Books. Books and STATIONARY, as usual. Portland, Dec. 13.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administrator on the estate of DANIEL CHILD,
late of Turner, in the county of Cumberland, physician, 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 REBECCA CHILD. Turner, Nov. 1, 1802. (38)
AARON AUSTIN,
Has for sale at his Store in Fore-Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, A Constant supply of Live-Ceese, Sea-Fowl, Russia, and Lisbon FEATHERS. Also, now on hand, A few Bales RUSSIA DOWN, of the first quality. American and English Cotton BEDTICKING, of different kinds. BEDS made and filled at the shortest notice. MATRASSES of all kinds ready made. ALSO, SPANISH INDIGO. 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. Portland, Oct. 18. (3m)
A Dwelling House
TO BE LET, in a central part of the town.—Inquire at this office. Dec. 27.
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT on the second day of November, 1802; I the subscriber settled with Nathaniel Greenwood, of Bath, and in presence of two witnesses paid the said Greenwood for his satisfaction for full Note of Hand signed by me—One of the notes the said Greenwood first he has left—the face of the note being Twenty Dollars, and bearing date February the first, 1802. If any person has found or bought said note, I caution them never to call on me for the money, for I shall not pay one cent, for the said Greenwood has given me a sufficient discharge from said note. RUFUS HENRY. Dated at Bath, November 15th, 1802.

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BLANKS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. WARRANTEE DEEDS, QUITCLAIM do. MORTGAGE do. JUSTICES WRITS, EXECUTIONS, SUBPOENAS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, COMPLAINTS, WARRANTS, RECOGNIZANCES, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, BONDS, REFERENCES, BANK CHECKS, POLICIES OF INSURANCE, CHARTER PARTIES, BILLS OF LADING, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, SHIPPING PAPERS, MANIFESTS, &c. &c.
Bankrupt Notices. NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of JOSEPH CONEY, of Harpswell, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued forth, that the Commissioners named in said Commission, and the Assignees of his Estate and Effects, intend to meet at the Commissioner's Office in Fifth Street, Portland, on the 27th day of January, 1803, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, in order to make a second dividend of the Estate and Effects of said Bankrupt. Creditors who have not proved their debts, must come prepared to prove the same. JOSEPH BRUCE, JOSIAH TUCKER, Assignees. Portland, Dec. 13, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of SILVANUS CUSHMAN, of Portland, in the District of Maine, Trader, a Bankrupt. All persons indebted to said Cushman, are called upon for payment; and those who have any of his effects, are required to deliver the same to JAMES D. HOPKINS, Assignee. Portland, Dec. 13, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of THOMAS GOODWIN, of Portland, in the District of Maine, Merchant, a Bankrupt. All persons indebted to the said Goodwin, are requested to make immediate payment; and all those who have any of his Effects, are requested to deliver the same to NATHAN KINSMAN, Assignee. Dec. 6, 1802.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy hath been awarded and issued against OLIVER DUNNEL, of Portland, in the District of Maine, Trader, and the said Oliver DUNNEL has been declared a Bankrupt—he is therefore required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in said Commission named, on Tuesday the 28th day of December instant, on Tuesday the 11th, and on Tuesday the 25th days of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon on each of said days, at the Office of SALMON CHASE, Esq. in Middle Street, near the Hay-Market, in said Portland, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects—When and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and at said last meeting any of 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 said Bankrupt to a certificate of discharge. All persons indebted to 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. SALMON CHASE, WILLIAM WIDGERY, Commissioners. Dated 18th day of December, 1802.
Table Fish. A Few quintals of the best Table Fish, for sale at No. 2, Jones' Row , Fifth Street. Dec. 20
THE partnership of EDWARD BARNEVILL & Co. was by mutual consent dissolved the 14th instant—All persons who have accounts unsettled, are requested to call and adjust the same. EDWARD BARNEVILL, JONATHAN STEVENS.
J. Barbour and E. Barneville, inform their friends and the public, that they have entered into partnership (in the two stores which they have lately occupied) under the firm of Barbour & Barneville, where they offer for sale, a general assortment of ENGLISH GOODS, suitable for the season—Likewise, a large assortment of West-India Goods & Groceries. Every favor acknowledged. JOSEPH BARBOUR, EDWARD BARNEVILL.
N. B. All persons indebted to JOSEPH BARBOUR, are requested to make payment immediately; and all who have any demands, to call and receive what is due. Portland, Dec. 20, 1802.
FRESH GOODS, JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY Crofts & Trask. Among which are, a general assortment of BROADCLOTHS, Kerseymere, Coatings, Fearnoughts, Serges, Narrow Plains, Baizes, Flannels, Swanskins, Rateens, Blankets, Swan-downs, Floor and Stair Carpeting, Worsted Hose, Cotton and Silk do. Likewise, a handsome assortment of English and India Silks, Linens, Modes, Sarinets, Black and colored Cambrics, Mullins, Muslinets, Dimities, Galicoes, Linens, Long Cloths, India Cottons, Camels Hair Shawls, Silk and Cotton do. Pocket Handkerchiefs, Copperplate Furniture, Cotton and Linen Checks, &c. Gentlemen's and Ladies' Silk, Cotton and Leather Gloves, Back and white Laces, Hats, Straw Bonnets, Ribbons, Tape, Thread, Buttons, &c. Muffs, Pippets and Fur Trimmings. An assortment of 4d, 6d, 8d, 10d, and 12d Nails, Glaz, Iron Ware, Tea, Raisins, Rice, Cotton, Indigo, Salt, Bith, &c. &c. All kinds of West-India Goods, as usual. Dec. 13.
FOR SALE, By J. Bryant, Near the Hay Market, 100 Boxes dpt Candles, Hhds W. I. RUM, Pipes BRANDY, do. GIN, Cherts HYSON TEA, do. Souchong do. Boxes CHOCOLATE, Best SUGARS, Madeira, Sherry, Port and Lisbon, 20d. 10d. 6d. and 4d. NAILS, Tons Sweden's IRON, Bistered and German STEEL, Casks GINGER, do. MUSTARD, Belt FLORENCE OIL, per Flask orl. PAINTS and OIL, Boxes FRESH LEMONS, Jars GRAPES, Boxes 7 by 9 Window GLASS, &c. &c. Portland, Dec. 10, 1802.
William Fitz, CLOCK & WATCH MAKER, MOST respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has taken a shop near the upper end of Fifth Street—where he carries on the above business as it is usually carried on for Sale, Watch Chains, Strings, Seals and Keys; warranted Gold Necklaces; Stone Knobs; newest fashion Ear-Rings; Fancy Beads; Silver Tea and Table Spoons, &c. &c. Cash given for old Gold and Silver. Portland, Dec. 13, 1802.
VIRGINIA COAL. FOR SALE on Richmond's Wharf Apply to FRANCIS PLUMMER. Oct. 14. (9—)
WARRANTED LIME. FOR SALE, cheaper than can be purchased in Portland,—Apply to ELEAZER CRABTREE, At his Wharf, next to Weeks' Wharf. Nov. 25.
THE STOCKHOLDERS of the "Maine Fire & Marine Insurance Company" are hereby notified, agreeably to their act of incorporation, That a meeting for the choice of Nine Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at their Office in Fifth Street, on Tuesday the fourth day of January next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. By direction of the President & Directors JOHN P. THURSTON, Secretary. Portland, Dec. 11, 1802.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, an apprentice Lad, named JOHN LEWIS, about seventeen years of age—He is a stout well-grown Lad, and has been three years at the Rope-making business—He is, it is suspected, a forged certificate with him, and I have reason to believe he is gone on board a Schooner commanded by a Captain Crabtree bound for Portland, in the District of Maine. JAMES IRVIN.
County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to wit— THIS day, JAMES IRVIN personally appeared before me, Alexander Smith, Mayor of the city of Alexandria, and acknowledged the above certificate to be signed by him, and to be just and true to the best of his knowledge. IN witness whereof, I the said Mayor have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my Office, at Alexandria, this first day of Nov. 1802. ALEXANDER SMITH, Mayor.
Thirty Dollars Reward. THE subscriber, having been duly authorized, arrested and committed to goal in this town, the above named JOHN LEWIS, with an intention to send him back to his master. When the vessel in which a passage had been engaged for him was ready to sail for Alexandria, Lewis was taken from prison to go on board, and on his way made his escape from custody, and ran into the country, towards Saccarappa, and has been seen near to that place—All persons are forbidden to conceal the said runaway, as they would avoid the penalty of the law; and whoever will arrest and deliver him to the subscriber, shall be entitled to the above reward, and all necessary charges shall be paid by WILLIAM CRABTREE. Portland, Dec. 17, 1802.
RUN or Walked away from the subscriber, an indentured apprentice by the name of JOSEPH BARTLETT, aged 19 years—wore away a long blue coat, striped fowndown waistcoat, a pair of boots, and blue trowsers—Whoever will take up said runaway, shall receive one cent reward, but no charges; and whoever harbors or trusts said runaway, on any account, must look to him for pay, and what the law will give in that case. ISAAC CARSLY. Portland, Dec. 20, 1802.
10 Dollars Reward. STOLEN from the subscriber, on the 12th inst. a large red HORSE, with a Saddle, Bridle, and a pair of Saddlebags containing a bottle with two quarts of rum—Whoever will detect the Thief or Thieves, so that he or they may be brought to justice, shall receive the above reward, and all necessary charges paid. N. B. The said Horse is remarkably lame in his hind legs—trotts all. EDMUND PHINNEY. Gorham, Dec. 12, 1802.
Strayed or Stolen FROM Portland, a small red MARE, with black mane and tail, a white star on her forehead, and a small stripe on her nose—trotts and paces. Whoever will take up said MARE, and return her to the subscriber, or give information to the printer so that she can be obtained, shall be handsomely rewarded. SAMUEL HUTCHINGS. Dec. 6.
STRAYED OR STOLEN, FROM the inclosure of Daniel Cash, innholder in Newgelsoffer, between the 18th and 21st of October last, a dark brown HORSE, black mane and tail, a star in his face, one or both of his hind feet white, trots and paces, eight years old—Whoever will return, or give information of said Horse, so that he may be recovered, by the subscriber, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all necessary charges paid. JOHN BONNEY. Minot, Nov. 13th, 1802.
THE friends of Michael Butler, a seaman who was lost from the ship Joseph, Capt. JAMESON, from Liverpool, in September last, may receive the wages due him, by applying at the Store of JOSEPH M'LELLAN & SON, Union Wharf, Portland. Dec. 13, 1802.
STRAYED from a pasture near Stroudwater Meeting-house, a black HORSE, with very long hair, about 14 hands high, trots all, & carries a good tail, his fore-top cut off, and has a white ring round one of his hind legs—Whoever has taken up said horse, and will give information to the subscriber, shall be rewarded for their trouble, and charges paid by JEREMIAH DILLINGHAM. Portland, Dec. 13.
Sacred Music. MR. SAMUEL EMERSON, respectfully informs the several religious societies in this town, that he proposes teaching the art of SINGING, at Mr. Prentiss's School-House, two evenings in a week, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY; at Fifteen Shillings a quarter, without any other expense to the learners: To commence on Wednesday Evening next. Mr. Emerson hereby pledges himself (in case of not giving satisfaction to the concerned) to ask nothing for his services: And on this liberal ground, he hopes for liberal patronage. Portland, Dec. 20, 1802.
MUSIC. "Tis thine, sweet power, to raise the thought, Quell each rude passion, and amend the heart." A SINGING SCHOOL, is opened at the South School House, which is to be kept three times a week, viz. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Evenings, from six o'clock until nine. Ladies and Gentlemen, who are desirous of attaining the art of Singing, are respectfully solicited to make application without delay.
Likewise, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, the same house is opened for Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Navigation. Terms—Three Dollars a quarter—One half at entrance, and the other at the close of the quarter—Lights are found. Portland, Dec. 13, 1802.
Fashionable Muffs and Tippets. A BIJAH CHEEVER, at No. 1. Muffey's Row, has just received by the Samspon from London, one case of MUFFS AND TIPPLETS, of the latest fashions. Also—one trunk LADIES' KID SLIPPERS, which will be sold at the lowest prices. Portland, Nov. 22.
The Singing School at the South School House, will open on Wednesday Evening next.—Terms, Two Dollars a quarter. Dec. 20.
Packard's Catechism. SECOND EDITION. (Price 75. per dozen—6d. single.) JUST published, by E. A. Jenks, and for sale at the Gazette Office, and at the different Book-Stores, the second edition of this valuable work. It is comprised in three parts, containing the first principles of Religious and Social Duties. The first edition met with a rapid sale; and the corrections and improvements of this edition, it is presumed, will recommend it to the patronage of all. In his prefatory remarks, the author says, "that to be conscious of meaning well, is always pleasing to the mind of man. This pleasure he has felt in preparing the following work for publication; and he hopes that all will experience a pleasure of the same kind in examining and applying it."
The Copartnership of Cushman & Bearce, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having demands against said firm, are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and those who are indebted to them are called upon to make immediate payment. JABEZ CUSHMAN, SEAH BEARCE. North Yarmouth, Dec. 8, 1802.
THE Copartnership under the firm of Thomas Chase & Co. was dissolved the twentieth November last. They request those who are indebted to said firm to make immediate payment to THOMAS CHASE, REUBEN STAPLE. Portland, Dec. 6, 1802.
ANY Woman capable of taking charge of a nursery, and willing to devote herself to it, if well recommended, may hear of a place where she will be well treated and receive handsome wages, by inquiring of the Printer. Dec. 6.
NOTICE is hereby given to Andrew Leach, a nonresident proprietor of lands, situated in Union, county of Lincoln, that said lands were taxed in the state county, and town taxes for the year 1802, and committed to the subscriber to collect, viz. State Tax, - - 2 Dols. 81 Cts. County and Town, 26 Dols. 80 Cts. And unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber (with all intervening charges) on or before Monday, the twenty-fourth day of January next ensuing, so much of said lands will then be sold at public Vendue, at ten of the clock in the forenoon at the dwelling-house of Nathaniel Robbins, innholder, in said town, as will pay said taxes and charges as aforesaid. JEREMIAH MITCHELL, Collector. Union, Nov. 4, 1802.
TO ANDREW P. FROST, Clerk of the Proprietors of the undivided Lands, in the town of FALMOUTH. WE the subscribers, five of the said Proprietors, hereby request you to call a meeting of said Proprietors, in manner as they have by law agreed upon for calling meetings, to meet at the dwelling house of the Widow COSE, innholder in Portland, on Tuesday the eleventh day of January next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles:
1. To choose a Moderator. 2. To choose a Clerk in the room of Andrew P. Frost, who wishes to resign. 3. To choose a Treasurer, and give him such instructions as the Proprietors shall think fit. 4. To determine what they shall think best to do with respect to the lands yet remaining unsold or undivided, either by dividing them among the Proprietors, or otherwise legally disposing of the same. 5. To pass such votes as they may think proper with respect to the debts due either to or from the Proprietors. 6. To see if the Proprietors will fix upon any suitable plan to keep their records and papers, which may be more convenient for the Proprietors in general. 7. To see if the Proprietors will commence any action or actions of ejectment or trespass for the recovery of their lands, or any other actions which may be thought necessary. 8. To choose a Committee for laying out lands and granting the same, and such other committee or committees as they may think necessary for carrying the purposes and votes of this meeting into execution. 9. To see what method the Proprietors will take to recover or dispose of any property, or money that may be due to them on bond, notes, account or otherwise, and to make provision for the payments of any debts that may be justly due from them. 10. To call any former committee or committees to an account. 11. To see what steps the Proprietors will take as it respects the records of their proceedings heretofore, and to apply for legislative aid relative to the same if it should be judged necessary. 12. To agree upon the method of calling Proprietors' meetings in future. 13. To take such measures as may be found necessary to ascertain who the present Proprietors are, and in what proportions they are now interested in the lands of said Proprietors. BENJAMIN BAILEY, DANIEL ILLERY, CHARLES FROST, OLIVER WINSLOW, JOHN WAITE, DANIEL DAVIS, A. NATHAN WINSLOW, sent for the heirs of Thomas & Hannah Flucker
Pursuant to the foregoing application to me directed, I do hereby notify the Proprietors of the undivided Land in the town of Falmouth, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing application. Attest, ANDREW P. FROST, Proprietor's Clerk. Dec. 20, 1802.
TO BE SOLD, on reasonable terms, one of the TOWNSHIPS, belonging to Bowdoin College, being in the 7th range north of the Waldo Patent, and on the Piscataquis River. WILLIAM MARTIN, ELIJAH KELLOGG, ISAAC PRINCE, Committee. Portland, 4th Dec. 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix on the estate of JOSEPH WARD, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, soap-boiler, deceased, represented insolvent; and he 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. HANNAH WARD. Dec. 20, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix of the Estate of JOSEPH TINKHAM, late of Wiscasset, in the county of Lincoln, Esquire, 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. MARCY TINKHAM, Administratrix. Wiscasset, Nov. 16, 1802. (42)
WE the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the Estate of SAMUEL RUSH, late of Boothbay, in the said county, physician, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice, that six months from the third Tuesday of November instant, are allowed to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend at service at the dwelling house of William McCobb, Esq. on the second Tuesday of December next, and the second Tuesdays of the five following months, from two to six o'clock, P. M. on each day. WILLIAM MCCOBB, JONATHAN SAWYER, Commissioners. Boothbay, Nov. 16, 1802.
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the Estate of SAMUEL PRINCE, late of North Yarmouth, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent—do hereby give notice, that six months are allowed said creditors to bring in and prove their claims on said Estate; and that we will attend that service at the house of Amos Ordway, innholder in North Yarmouth, on the third Monday of this instant November, and on the third Monday of the five following months, from three to six o'clock in the afternoon on said days. WILLIAM BUXTON, JEREMIAH BLANCHARD, North Yarmouth, Nov. 8, 1802. (38)
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