Jenks' Portland gazette (Portland, Me.), 1804-07-16 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
No. 13 of Vol. VII.
PORTLAND, (MAINE) MONDAY, JULY 16, 1804.
Whole Number, 325.
LIST OF LETTERS, Remaining in the Post Office, Brunswick, June 30, 1804.
A - Affected of Little River, and Samuel Adams, Green. B - John M. Brookins, s, widow Ruth Brown, John...
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NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident Proprietors of lands in the town of Limington, county of Linn...
Table with 4 columns: No, Range, Acres, Tax. Includes ranges A through D with various acreages and taxes.
If said taxes and intervening charges are not paid to me the subscriber on or before Monday, the sixth day of August next...
Strayed ON July 1st, a red cow, with a white streak round her body a white face, had on a bell. Whoever will return her or give information of her will be finitely rewarded for their trouble by JONATHAN DEAN.
To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Lincoln... The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Lewiston, in the county of Lincoln, do hereby represent...
Copy - Attest, ALDEN BRADFORD, Clerk. LINCOLN, ss. - Court of Common Pleas, May 1804.
ON the petition of Joel Thompson and others, for a committee to examine the situation of a certain meadow, in Lewiston, in said county of Lincoln, and for liberty to plow said meadow, &c. ORDERED that the petitioners notify all persons interested in the premises, by putting up a copy of their petition and this order in the town of Lewiston aforesaid, and by causing a copy thereof to be published in the Portland Gazette, printed at Portland by E. & J. Jenkins three weeks successively, the last publication to be three weeks before the next term of this Court, which will be at Topsham, in said county of Lincoln, on the fourth Monday of August, that they may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
Attest, ALDEN BRADFORD, Clerk. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, YORK ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at York, within and for the county of York, on the third Tuesday of April, being the seventeenth day of said month Anno Domini, 1804. ON the petition of Samuel Lane, of Boston, in the county of York, brewer, Jonathan Clapp, of Hiram, in said county, yeoman, and Hannah his wife, in her right, showing that they are seized in fee simple and as tenants in common of and in lots numbered, four, five, six, and seven, on a range, in the first division of lands in said Boston containing eighty or more or less with the buildings thereon (known as the said Samuel, of one undivided interest, and the said Jonathan and Hannah, of one other undivided interest) part with Daniel Sewall, and certain other persons unknown to your petitioners; And praying that their said parts may be set off and assigned to them to hold in severalty.
By their attorney, CH: COFFIN. ORDERED that the petitioners cause the substance of their said petition and this order thereon to be inserted in the Portland Gazette, printed by E. & J. Jenkins, three weeks successively, the last publication thereof to be thirty days at least prior to the next term of this court to be held at York on the fourth Tuesday of August next; and also by putting up the same in two of the most public places in said town of Boston, a like number of days prior to the said next term, to the end, any person or persons interested may then and there appear, and show cause if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
Attest, DANIEL SEWALL. GRAFTON, ss. - At a Probate Court, held at Haverhill, in and for said county of Grafton, on the nineteenth day of June, Anno Domini, 1804. Present the Honorable CHARLES FORBES, Esq. Judge of said county.
UPON reading and considering the petition of Stephen Fowle, of Bethlehem, in said county, administrator, of the estate of Nathaniel Winter, late of Bethlehem, aforesaid physician deceased intestate; setting forth that the personal estate of said deceased is not sufficient to pay the debts and demands against it and the charges of administration; and that it is necessary to sell the real estate for that purpose; And praying for licence to sell the real estate accordingly. ORDERED, That the petitioner be heard on his said petition, at Haverhill, in said county; on the last Tuesday of August next at ten of the clock, in the forenoon; and that in the mean time he cause the substance of his petition, and this order of court to be published, three weeks successively, in the Portland Gazette, the last of which said advertisements to be two weeks before said day of hearing, that any person may then and there appear and show cause if any there be, wherefore the prayer of said petition ought not to be granted.
By order of the Judge, MOSES DOW, R. P. MOSES DOW, Register of Probate.
POLITICS. HUMER... No. V. Review of JEFFERSON'S Administration.
THE actions of some men appear to be directed by a certain fatality. In different situations they seem unable to exercise their usual sagacity in tracing effects from causes, and inferring future things from a consideration of those, which have passed. If they rise from a humble beginning to the possession of power, the elevation darkens their understanding, and induces a wrong judgment. Men of the most extraordinary intellect sometimes totally lose their caution and prudence. These remarks forcibly apply to one of Mr. Jefferson's productions. As displaying weakness of understanding, and a disposition, which ought by no means to be pleasing to its possessor, it will long remain a literary phenomenon on the page of history. His reply to the remonstrance of the merchants of New-Haven on the removal of Mr. Goodrich in 1801, came forth unmasked; and, instead of the magnanimity of a chief magistrate, was marked only by the vindictive feelings of a partizan, irritated by a just opposition. We will analyze it. In the very beginning of the reply the president seems to feel conscious of the impropriety of his conduct; for he speaks of the "appointment of Saml. Bishop to the office of collector of New-Haven, lately vacated by the death of David Austin". Was not then the office filled
by the appointment and acceptance of Mr. Goodrich, before Mr. Bishop's promotion to it? If it were not, the philosophical genius of Mr. Jefferson must have invented a logic, by which he can prove Mr. Goodrich a nonentity, by which he can show his removal of a person from office is sufficient ground to infer, that it was never in possession. Had this been true, how ridiculous was the remonstrance, how absurd the reply; to remonstrate, and reply about nothing. But we ask pardon for thus sporting with even the meanest capacity. The truth is, the executive desired to make his professions and actions accord, though he was not happy enough to hit a semblance of confidence.
By defending the appointment the president has shown a determination to persevere in the course, prescribed to him by party, against the light of better information. The merchants of New-Haven had unequivocally declared the unfitness of Mr. Bishop for the office, to which he had been appointed. They had informed the executive that his age was great; that he labored under a full portion of those infirmities, which are its necessary attendant; that he was unacquainted with the business of an accountant; that weakness and debility of mind must probably prevent him from ever qualifying himself; and that his eyegight was so bad, he could with difficulty write his name. Mr. Jefferson does not question the truth of these objections. He confesses that "the knowledge of characters, possessed by a single individual, is of necessity limited, and that information concerning them is often incorrect from the best men, acting from the purest motives." But he answers their objections to the appointment, by a mode of reasoning, the merit of discovering which will exclusively be given him. It is simply this; because Mr. Bishop was acquainted with the duty of important offices, which had been entrusted to him by the assembly of Connecticut, therefore he must be acquainted with the duty of the office of collector; and because Franklin at 77 was an ornament of human nature, therefore at that age, the usefulness of Mr. Bishop must be an object of attention. This singular defence, the derision of even a school boy, necessarily originated from the circumstances of the case. The emolument of the office was not for the person appointed, but as a reward for the faithful services of his son, so infamous, that Mr. Jefferson himself, dared not to hazard his reputation by openly promoting him. Such guilty conduct admitted only pitiful a defence.
The next paragraph, in this climax of weakness and passion, explains part of the inaugural spirit of the president. He often wanders from his subject to express the bitterness of his feelings against it. He says, that "declarations by himself in favor of political toleration, harmony in social intercourse, and respect for the equal rights of the minority, have been misconstrued into assurances that the tenure of offices was to be undisturbed." An obvious and natural construction of his words then must not be put on them. Mr. Jefferson contends, they can be only construed rightly by an assumption of the principle, that a due participation of offices by different parties is a matter of right. But the principle is false. It can be inferred only from his exercise of power, as the leader of a party. This however cannot be reconciled with the obligations, under which the constitution has placed him; so that the charge of inconsistency of conduct and profession will still apply to him. His inquiry concerning a candidate ought not to be, whether he belong to any political party; but whether he have the necessary qualifications. When the former is made the inquiry, the dignity and splendor of his situation dwindles into an insignificant little ness.
If once would have exceeded the limit of credibility, to suppose the president of the U. States, capable of descending from his exalted situation, to censure the former administration. He has however done it in several of his official communications. Not content with censuring, he has alleged against it charges of misconduct, which if true, the constitution would punish. The reply contains language, as extraordinary as the following. "How are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation none. Can any other mode than removal be proposed? I shall proceed with deliberation, that it may be thrown as much as possible, on delinquency, oppression, intolerance, and antirevolutionary adherence to our enemies." Was it true then that Mr. Adams appointed to office delinquents, oppressors, the intolants and antirevolutionary adherents to enemies? These charges could not be a small crime. They were sufficient to subject him to an impeachment. Why then were not these persons pointed out, and himself arraigned at the bar of the great tribunal of the nation? Because the charges were false; Mr. Jefferson must have known them so. He never could have permitted himself to make it, unless passion had banished the thought of detection, and the infamy, which must be its consequence. If however the charges had been true, it did not comport with the situation of chief magistrate, to seek opportunities of raising the signal of contention, after "the doors of honor and confidence were burnt open" for the redress of fancied grievances, though the proper tribunal ought to have noti-
cel them. It discovered fears concerning the continuation of his power. It manifested a revengeful temper which could be satisfied alone by dragging its victims from private life, and immolating their reputation on the altar of party. The rightful exercise of authority by the Federal administration is also a subject of animadversion. The president tells us, "persons were appointed to office, in the last moment of an administration not for their own aid, but to begin a career with its successors". Did then Mr. Adams and his friends transgress the limits, prescribed to them by the constitution by the appointment of Mr. Goodrich, before the termination of their power? Q. was Mr. Jefferson impartial in professing himself of their side, that he to exactly desired to strip them, while living? This would have been, had they left office unfiled, or stood silent spectators of the removal concerns from fear of offending the liberties of their character. But the strain of complaint does not here cease. Mr. Goodrich ought not to have accepted the office, before he knew that those, whose agent he was to be, would have confidence in his agency. What the reputed greatness of the author would be a justification for answering such an objection. It could not be pleasant, nor was Mr. Goodrich obliged to resort to an administration, the commencement of whose course was marked with persecution, and against whose attacks the most splendid reputation was no security.
The feelings of Mr. Jefferson fully unfold themselves in the progress of his reply. Toward the close of it he openly avows that he will injure good men least in his displacements from office. The period then indeed has arrived, when good men are sure to be the prey of oppression. The partisans of the present government must either have been deceived, or totally devoid of moral principles, to have countenanced a man, who openly professes his disrespect for integrity and virtue. Nothing less however could be expected, after there was evidence, how little a sentiment of religion influenced his heart. No modern nation has witnessed a similar spectacle. It was reserved for America to exhibit in a chief magistrate a dereliction of principle, which cannot be found in states the most corrupt. The last thing which places the president one step further from the path of rectitude if possible, is that after he has injured good men, till there be a due participation of office, he shall proceed to inquire of candidates "whether they are honest, capable and faithful to the constitution." It seems then that the state of society was such, that these qualifications could not be promised. Promises, expectations, than vacancy. The hungry maw of democracy would not be flattered to wait, until a short enquiry into character and reputation could be made. Virtue must be bound a victim at its shrine, and the affairs of the nation committed to the ruthless management of vice. Such profligacy of sentiment will remain in faithful memory, a disgrace on our national character, until the iron hand of time shall erase the inscription from the marble monument, and the pyramid be crumbled to dust.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
An arrival at New Bedford, with London dates to May 18, brings the following IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE:
Change in the British Ministry.
LONDON, May 11-14. The political views of Mr. Pitt, have been at length gratified, and he is now replaced, in those situations to which the greatest ambition of any subject, however superior to all others in ability, rank, and opulence, can aspire. This event took place on Thursday morning, about eleven o'clock, when Mr. Addington resigned the seals of office into the king's hands at Buckingham house; they were delivered by his majesty to Mr. Pitt. We shall not trouble our readers with a recapitulation of all the rumours and conjectures which preceded this important appointment, but shall content ourselves with stating those circumstances by the correctness of which our readers may rely. When Mr. Addington found it impossible to resist, with any hopes of success that most extraordinary combination of political talents and parliamentary influence which were formed against him, he acquainted his majesty with his determination to retire. The intelligence was received with the deepest regret by his foreigner. It was decided, that Mr. Pitt should be sent for, and that gentleman accompanied by the Lord Chancellor, was on Monday morning, admitted to a conference with his majesty. Mr. Pitt took the opportunity of representing to the king, that circumstances and situation of public affairs imperiously required a strong, comprehensive, and united administration; and he is reported to have declared, that, for this important purpose, he was himself ready and desirous to obliterate all recollection of former differences; & that he was persuaded of the existence of a similar disposition on the part of all those other persons of rank, influence, and talent, who shared with him the confidence of the public. His representations on this subject proved, unfortunately, ineffectual. The permission to communicate with Mr. Fox on the subject was peremptorily and finally refused. A meeting of Mr. Fox's friends too

Charlton House, and after Pitt's return from a conference with the King. Mr. Fox there stated that it was his most ardent wish to see a vigorous and efficient administration formed; and in the most disinterested manner, he begged them to consider the objection made to himself as no obstacle to their aid and their talents to the public service. They unanimously resolved that they could not become members of any administration from which in the present circumstances, Mr. Fox was thus excluded, as they could be of no use in an administration formed on such principles.
Immediately after Mr. Pitt had left the King, it is said, he waited on Lord Grenville who in the most decided manner expressed his determination not to accept of any official station in a Cabinet from which Mr. Fox was proscribed. In the evening a meeting took place at Lord Grenville's house, at which the Marquis of Buckingham, Lords Fitzwilliam, Carlisle, Spencer, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Windham, &c. &c. were present. Mr. Fox was also there, and in the same generous and disinterested manner requested that no consideration of circumstances personal to himself should induce others to withhold their talents from the public service at a moment of such difficulty and danger. It was the unanimous feelings of all present, that they could not render any service to the country on the principle on which it was intended to form it, and therefore resolved to decline any share whatever in the new administration. Their sentiments were communicated by letter to Mr. Pitt, who requested another interview of the King, for the purpose of making another exertion in favour of Mr. Fox's introduction into the Cabinet. The impression upon the royal mind was, however too deep to be erased, and Mr. Pitt withdrew from the conference on Wednesday, disappointed in that object, though having himself accepted the offices of Chancellor of the Exchequer and the first Lord of the Treasury. On Thursday morning, as we have already stated, he was, according to court etiquette, invested with the insignia and powers of these high situations.
It is, however, but justice to Mr. Pitt to state an opinion held in the best informed circles, that he did every thing in his power to form an administration which would have included Mr. Fox and all his principal friends, as well as Lord Grenville and all his; and that so far from pledging himself not to go into office without Mr. Fox, he had no communication whatever with him on that subject. [Courrier]
The persons who retire with Mr. Addington, are Earl St. Vincent, Lord Hobart, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Steele, Mr. B'gge, Mr. Tierney, &c. Mr. Addington's retirement has been highly honorable and disinterested: he has refused the Peerage for himself, and has not solicited even the most trifling provision for any relative or connection whatever. [Courrier]
THE NEW CABINET.
MAY 16.—The Gazette of last night contains a list of several new appointments to office. It confirms the statements that have already appeared in this paper. The other nominations will appear when the arrangements are complete, which they now nearly are. The following list, which recapitulates what we have said in former papers, will we believe, be found nearly correct: [Star]
 Lord Chancellor, Lord Eldon.  Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Pitt.  and First Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Pitt.  First Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Melville.  Master General of Ordnance, Earl of Chatham.  President of the Council, Duke of Portland.  Lord Privy Seal, Earl of Westmoreland.  SECRETARIES,  Foreign Department, Lord Harrowby.  Home Department, Lord Hawkesbury.  War Department, Earl Camden.    (Lord Harrowby and Lord Camden were gazetted last night.)
MINOR ARRANGEMENTS.
 LODS OF THE ADMIRALTY  Sir E. Stephens, Admiral Gambier.  Sir H. B. Neal, Admiral Ratten.  Sir J. Colpoys, W. Dickinson, Jr. Esq.    LODS OF THE TREASURY  Lord Fitzherbert, Mr. Scott.  Lord Louvaine, Mr. Long.  The Hon. H. Wellesley.    Treasurer of the navy, Mr. Canning.  Secretary at War, Mr. W. Dundas.  Attorney-General, Mr. Percival.  Solicitor-General, Mr. Dallas.  IRISH ARRANGEMENTS  Lord Lieutenant, Duke of Montrose.  Commander in Chief, Lord Castlereagh.  Secretary to the Lord? Sir Evan Nepean.  Lieutenant Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Foster. 
Bonaparte declared Emperor of France.
The question of Bonaparte's assumption of the Imperial Dignity, was discussed in the Tribunate, on the 1st and 2d of May. Carnot was the only member who opposed or offered to oppose it. He asked, whether sacrificing liberty was granting the First Consul a reward for his services? whether it was not destroying his own work to make France his private patrimony? He said he voted against making him consul for life, and he would be consistent but if the order of things proposed took place, he would be a faithful subject. He mentioned the United States to show the practicability of a free government.
Faure said, the proposition was the only one which could prevent the return of anarchy. Savoi Rollen said, absolute monarchy is the most degrading system—but monarchy connected
ed with the representative system, conciliated liberty.
The motions on the subject were agreed to. An extraordinary crowd of spectators were present.
LONDON, MAY 16.
Intelligence is reported to have been received by a foreign ambassador, that Bonaparte has been proclaimed EMPEROR OF FRANCE, in all the streets and public squares of Paris. All idea of consulting the people is laid aside, the Senators Consultus of the Conservative Senate , and the decree of the Tribunate, are considered sufficient authority to change the French Republic into a MONARCHY; and the elective chief magistrate of a Common-wealth into the HEREDITARY SOVEREIGN of an empire. It is now reported at Paris, that the coronation is to take place next August, upon Bonaparte's birth day, and to be performed at Aix la Chapelle, where Charlemagne was crowned fourteen centuries ago.
A general amnesty is to be proclaimed for all criminals without exception; the list of emigrants to be closed forever, and all proscribed persons, with the exception of the Bourbon family , may return to France, and enjoy the rights of subjects. A promotion upon a large scale is to be announced; every officer in the army will be advanced a step.
The Paris Argus makes the following interesting remarks on the exaltation of the First Consul. They certainly speak the sentiments of the Corsican and his Cabinet:
"From events which will result from this important step, some argue the approach of peace, as it will demand the hearty approbation or disapprobation of a certain great potentate, whose decision on the one side or the other will, doubtless have a happy influence in settling the existing differences."
"This act is the eternal disinheritance of the Bourbons which the French people are about to pronounce; by it, they rid themselves of all apprehension, and of all inquietude; they have performed nothing more solemn or more productive of universal safety. This act is the finis to the history of the revolution. It has been said that, like Saturn, the revolution devoured its children. At present the ancient fable seems to be completely realized; it is a child of the revolution who takes its place, without forgetting the benefits of its mother."
Louis XVIII has expressed a determination to protest against the new assumption of power by Bonaparte.
OF THE INVASION.
The Paris Moniteur of May 9, says the French will invade England when convenient for themselves and that if it is deferred for years their success will be more certain.
Miscellaneous Articles.
LONDON, JUNE 14. It is kept in momentary readiness to put to sea. It was reported, some overtures for peace were made through the American minister at Paris, but not much credited.
The Russian court went into mourning for the death of the duke D'Enghien. It is said the French residents are insulted by the people at Petersburg whenever they appeared abroad. Moreau is now permitted to have books brought to him in the Temple, and is employed in writing the history of his campaigns.
According to accounts received here, Admiral Nelson is stationed with his fleet off the Sardinian island Magdalena.
Private letters from Vienna say, that a treaty of alliance between the two emperors has been agreed to, and that its signature only awaits the answer of the king of Prussia to an invitation to accede to it. The Austrian as well as the Russian armies have been augmented, and are now complete; and new fortresses are constructing on the Austrian frontiers of Italy. All these transactions, though only defensive measures, evince that the great Continental Powers, while they talk of peace, doubt its continuance, and are therefore prudently prepared for war.
May 18. It was yesterday reported in this city, that government had received some indirect overtures from France on the subject of peace, said to have been made through the American minister at Paris.—After the most minute enquiries, we could not learn that the rumor was deserving of much credit.
MAIL NEWS.
NEW-YORK, JULY 9.
Compliment.—The circumstance of the French frigates in the harbour of New York, not paying any attention to the celebration of the late anniversary of Independence, was an ill return for the many attestations which have been paid to their nation. But they may have not known, or may have forgotten, that the democrats here rung the bells on account of the victories of France, and made loud huzzas when the Ambassador returned from a skirmish with the Boston. A little respect, might have encouraged her younger sister who approaching fast to equal maturity.
The Baltimore Federal Gazette says, "the emigrants who have arrived in the Aurora, from Amsterdam, are part of upward of 200 families, from the principality of Wirtemberg, who have agreed to form a settlement in the new state of Ohio, where they are about to procure a large quantity of land. The residue are expected in a few weeks, in two other ships. They are all of that description, who will add to the strength, the wealth and the welfare of our country—possessing good morals, great industry
and the means of procuring a decent, comfortable and independent livelihood. They represent, that besides their ship-loads, upward of a thousand will shortly follow them."
An accident occurred at Philadelphia on the 4th cur. which, it is apprehended will prove fatal to an individual. In the exercises of one of the Infantry corps, a ramrod was inadvertently left in the musket, which, on being discharged, pierced the body of a young man, a spectator, in such a direction, and with such force as to leave little, if any hopes, of a survival.
From New Orleans.—A gentleman at New Orleans, who is in a situation which gives him an opportunity of being acquainted with the commercial and political interests of that province, gives in a letter, dated the 4th of June, the following interesting information:—
"You know, I presume, that we claim Mobile as part of the cession from France. Spain objects to this; and being in power there, exacts from us the antient duties. Congress however, have passed an act for the regulation of this part of the province, as if they were without apprehension that their right to do so would be disputed. The governor-general, who resides at Pensacola, has seen this act and it has excited much alarm and ill-temper. I saw last night, a translation of his letter to Governor Claiborne on the subject to be forwarded to the President of the United States, in which he assumes a bold tone, and says he views our conduct as a serious violation of the treaty, and of the harmony that ought to subsist between the two governments. He adds, that he shall feel it his duty to resist with force of arms every such violation, &c. How this disagreeable business will end I know not. On the truth of the facts you may place the most implicit confidence."
Letters from Washington inform us that a very interesting discussion is now on the tapis, at that place between the United States and Great Britain. On the part of the United States complaints are made to Mr. Merry, minister plenipotentiary from his Britannic majesty, of the irregular conduct of the officers of the Cambrian frigate in the port of New York, on the other hand, the minister plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty, strongly remonstrates against the improper and illegal interference of the mayor of the city of New-York, and of the wardens of the port, for depriving the Cambrian frigate, and Driver sloop of war, of pilots to navigate them out of port. Thus, what would have been a clear and indisputable case on the part of the United States, and enabled us to take high and commanding ground, to insist on signal satisfaction for an unprecedented violation of sovereignty, has now, by the rash and unadvised interference of an officer, having no competent authority, sunk into an affair of crimination and recrimination.
BOSTON, JULY 13.
A new, French paper, entitled " Le Moniteur Francaise " has lately made its appearance in New-York.
The United States mail establishment, is now in operation in the territory of Louisiana. Hilary Baker, is appointed Post Master, pro tempore, at New Orleans.
The first volume of the " Life of Washington " is just issued from the press at Philadelphia.
New French Government.—The particulars of the new arrangement are thus described in a private communication—"The name of the republic is to be changed into that of empire; the republican calender is to be laid aside: the ancient nobility are to re-assume their former titles; and at Bonaparte's coronation, several hundred noblemen are to be created. The brothers of the first Consul are, with their male children, to be created Archdukes, and all the sisters, Archduchesses.—The heir to the throne is to be styled the Imperial Grand Duke, and the titles of Bonaparte are to be His most Christian Majesty the Emperor of the Gauls. The Throne is to be hereditary in his family, and, in case of failure of issue, he is to have the power of nominating from among his relatives, his immediate successor."
[London paper.]
Extract of a letter from Salem, July 2.
"Capt. Hogin arrived this morning from Rochefort; left there May 16; brought no papers; but reports that the French Soldiers had declared themselves against Bonaparte's being made Emperor, &c. and that Moreau had been set at liberty."
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.—Capt. Atkins, who arrived last evening in 58 days from Malaga, informs, that Mr. Kirkpatrick had received a letter from the American consul at Tunis, in which he stated, that the Tunisians appeared disposed to enter into a war with the United States, and that two or three of their corsairs were at sea cruising for American vessels. A letter from Commodore Preble mentioned, that his force was not sufficient for the effectual blockade of the ports of Tunis and Tripoli.
NEWBURGH, JULY 13.
On Thursday last, Richard Q. Hoskins, late chief clerk in the Bolton Post Office, was brought on from New York and committed to Bolton goal, charged with stealing a letter containing bank notes from the Post Office in that town, in March last.—He is to take his trial at the circuit court in October next. A bill was found against him at the last term.
Affairs of Europe.—The latest arrivals afford us intelligence from London to the 18th of May. The most prominent articles are, the change of the British Ministry, and the new assumption of power by Bonaparte, which cannot fail to give a new and important turn to the affairs of Europe, and which must also in a considerable degree effect the interests of this country. We have given details in our department of foreign news.
A letter from an American gentleman at Lisbon, to a gentleman in Philadelphia, dated May 24, 1804, says, "the first news has been received of the coronation of the King of Italy, and protection of the Helvetic and Batavian republics. Pitt will be again prime minister of England. You may depend there will very soon be a war between that country and Spain, and it is probable also this country may be implicated.—Pitt says, to have a general peace there must first be a general war."
"AN OLD TORY"—Who would have thought that the modest, unassuming, and conciliating REPUBLICAN JEFFERSON, would have been proved "an Old Tory" by democratic loyals? Yet, such is the fact. The only proof the jacobins have been able to give that Gov. Brown is "an Old Tory" is that he signed an address to Gov. Brown before the revolution. And what was the purport of that address? It was to effect a reconciliation, or give time to prepare for an efficient opposition to our oppressors. If this was criminal in Gov. Brown, how much more criminal was it in Mr. Jefferson to address the king of England, at the same time, in the manner set forth in the following article, for which we are indebted to the indefatigable editor of the New-York Evening Post:
"Those who affect to see such an enthusiastic admiration for every paragraph, sentence, line, and comma, in the Declaration of Independence, and who lose no opportunity to extol the prodigious talents and courage of the Immortal Jefferson, as being the penman, are invited to peruse the following extract from an Address to the "King of Great Britain" drawn up by the same Immortal Jefferson only ten months before, he, with that singular consistency which has always so happily characterized him and his writings, drew up the Declaration of Independence."
"Attached to your majesty's person, family and government, with all the devotion that principle and affection can inspire, connected with Great Britain by the strongest ties that can unite societies, and deploring every event that tends in any degree to weaken them, we solemnly assure your Majesty that we not only most ardently desire the former harmony between her and these Colonies may be restored, but that a concord may be established between them upon so firm a basis as to perpetuate its blessings uninterrupted by any future dissensions to succeeding generations in both countries; and transmit your majesty's name to posterity, adorned with that signal and lasting glory that has attended the memory of those illustrious personages whose virtues and abilities have extricated them from dangerous circumstances, and by securing happiness to others, have erected the most noble and durable monuments to their own fame."
"We beg leave further to assure your Majesty, that notwithstanding the sufferings of your loyal Colonies during the course of the present controversy, our breasts retain too tender a regard for the kingdom from which we derive our origin, to request such a reconciliation as might in any manner be inconsistent with her dignity or her welfare. These related as we are to her, honor and duty, as well as inclination, induce us to support and advance; and the apprehensions that now oppress our hearts with unspeakable grief being once removed, your Majesty will find your faithful subjects on this continent, ready and willing, at all times, as they have ever been, with their lives and fortunes to offer and maintain the rights and interests of your Majesty and of our Mother Country."
"We have ventured to say that the Address from which the above extract is taken, was penned by Mr. Jefferson; this, however, is only strong conjecture; we believe his title to it is at least as good as that to the declaration. But to place it on the proper footing, we may with strict truth assert that this Address was, at any rate, signed by Thomas Jefferson, in his own hand writing; it is preserved on the public records of the country, where it will ever remain incapable of being altered or misrepresented. Should it be thought proper at the next anniversary to begin with the Declaration of Independence, we recommend to finish with the above address; so that the audience may have as well the reverse as the face of the medal."
[The following communication was intended for last Monday's Gazette, but was handed in so late an hour. The second number will be given in our next. As the writer has taken up the subject extensively, and has a large field open, we shall attend to him promptly.]
STRICTURES ON CERTAIN TOASTS—No 1.
MR. PRINTER. ACCIDENT threw in my way the last number of the jacobin paper, in which I noticed a set of toasts said to have been given by a company in this town, on the 4th inst. After perusal I committed to paper the following observations which you are at liberty to insert in the Gazette, should they be deemed worthy of public attention. A SUBSCRIBER.
TOAST.—"The Day—A nation may be free who wills it."—If the sentiment intended to be conveyed, was, May our nation be free, every honest American would give his hearty assent. But, an accurate observer of the times will penetrate the veil of delusion and imposture; will know, and knowing, will despise the specious

case of political hypocrisy. Let us mark the shameless effrontery which prostitutes this excellent political sentiment. Are the toasters enemies to slavery, and friends to equal rights and equal reformation? A short statement of facts from official documents will place this question in a fair point of view.
All the states except three, for I include New Hampshire, contain more or less slaves, although in some of the others the number is not considerable. By the federal constitution, for every five hundred slaves, their masters are entitled to three hundred votes!!! A recurrence to the last census will show that
Table with 3 columns: State, Free Persons, Representatives. Rows include Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia with numerical data.
From the same document we learn that Massachusetts has 574,654 inhabitants, and it is the vicious boast of the real friends of our country that they are ALL FREE. By the constitution, Massachusetts is entitled to seventeen representatives. The whole number of free persons of every age, sex, and description in Virginia, is 533,154, and she sends twenty-two representatives!!! Thus the freemen of our state, which, at the ratio of one to thirty-three thousand, are entitled to almost two representatives more than the whole number of free persons in Virginia, in fact send five representatives!!!
Table with 3 columns: State, Free Persons, Representatives. Rows include Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia with numerical data.
This affords incontrovertible proof that the five states above enumerated, are allowed above one third more representatives to congress in proportion to their numbers of freemen, than is allowed to Massachusetts—that a Virginia planter with five hundred slaves has three hundred votes more than his own, while the freeman of Massachusetts, whatever may be his property, has only a single vote. This is allowed by the constitution, and had Virginia used power with the same moderation which distinguished the policy of Massachusetts when she took the lead in our national councils, the real friends of equal rights and equal representation, even at this day, would have submitted to the inequality without an attempt to alter the constitution. So inestimably dear to them was this invaluable instrument, that they submitted to an abridgment of their rights in favor of the merchants in human blood, rather than establish a precedent for alteration or amendment, and they consented to a provision which gave to the southern states so manifest a superiority in order to insure the establishment of the constitution itself. The events of the last three years will show what advantages have been taken of our conciliating disposition. We have viewed a constitution, once the glory and boast of Americans, trampled in the dust, and those provisions which secure a people's dearest rights, invaded by the minions of slavery, and threatened with total annihilation. We have viewed a judiciary threatened with absolute subjection to despotic power, and a privation of that independence which alone can secure the rights of life, liberty and property. We have seen a full treasury raised upon the luxuries of life by a wise policy, which protected industry and encouraged enterprise—we now see it, exhausted of its riches, and its depositories driven to the hard necessity of "taking bread from the mouth of labor."
But what language can delineate the true features of this degrading contract. We are compelled to witness the rapid strides of Virginia to absolute dominion over the union. We are compelled to acknowledge the disgraceful truth, that our country is under the control of a party, who, while they clamor liberty, equality, and the rights of man, their whole lives exhibit the violation of every sacred principle, religious, moral and political. Hypocritical dissemblers, persevering in the profession of republican principles, while they hold their fellow men in the galling chains of slavery!!!
While they call the country "an asylum of oppressed humanity," they use human beings as the yeomanry of New England use their oxen; and when they commit human butchery, the crime is commuted by the payment of a paltry fine!!! Thus these false professors of republicanism have established an aristocracy of wealth, which bids bold defiance to religious obligation, annihilates every moral principle, and every social tie, while it protects cruelty, oppression, slavery and murder.
Educated in examples of tyranny, and taught oppression, they would establish, and they have too successfully attempted to extend, their power beyond their own state, and having already so much more than their share in the government, are still making rapid advances towards complete supremacy. In this political situation, silence would be meanness; inaction would be crime; yet to the eternal disgrace of our country, we find many, even in our own state, who would bend their necks to the yoke of Virginia; who while they hypocritically boast of independence, would cheerfully consent that she should reign over us; and strange as it may appear, it is incontrovertibly true, that Virginia has many slaves among the freemen of Massachusetts.
Impressed with these momentous truths, and inspired by the great object of still preserving an union of the states upon found and just principles, the true advocates of equal rights & equal representation, introduced in our state legislature, at their last session, and at length carried in spite of the influence of slavery, a motion, whose object is, that the Senators of this commonwealth in the national government shall be instructed to take all proper and legal measures to obtain such an amendment of the constitution, as will secure an equal representation among the freemen of our country."
tion, whose object is, that the Senators of this commonwealth in the national government shall be instructed to take all proper and legal measures to obtain such an amendment of the constitution, as will secure an equal representation among the freemen of our country." [For the particulars of this interesting subject and the motion at large, the reader is referred to the Gazette of June 18th; and in that paper, and some subsequent Gazettes the reader may find the proceedings in the house of representatives, and the violent opposition to this motion.]
Americans! such is the conduct, even of some of your representatives. Opposed to an equal representation of the freemen of our country, they are advocates for a principle, which gives the state of Virginia twenty-two votes when in their own state the like number of freemen can have only six.
And yet, these men will call themselves friends of the people, talk of equal rights and attachment to republican principles!! wolves in sheep's clothing! whose real principles, and motives to action subvert every republican sentiment, and prostrate the best rights of their fellow citizens. With what unremitted exertions the jacobins circulate their pernicious poisons, the moral and political state of our country too fatally discovers. Among the many papers devoted to this purpose, we have now to reckon the new paper lately established in this town. And among the many efforts to deceive and delude the uninformed, we have to enumerate the toasts published by them last week; this paper it is well known is patronized by the toasters, who, it is as well known, are of the party falsely stiled republicans, and under the prevailing false influence of Virginia. Should it not then rouse the honest indignation of freemen, to see truth violated and principle prostituted to the infamous purpose of concealing the cloven foot of jacobinism.—This is always their policy.
The honest American, void of hypocrisy, will heartily pray, that the utter defeat of democratic villainy may render the sentiment prophetic—"A NATION MAY BE FREE WHO WILLS IT!" (To be Continued.)
FATAL DUEL!—A gentleman who arrived last evening in a short passage from Boston, informs that intelligence had been received from New York, on Saturday, that a duel had been fought between Gen. HAMILTON and Vice President BURR, and that General Hamilton fell at the first shot. We are sorry to add that this report comes in a manner to leave but little doubt of the fact.
Nos. 5796, and 6852, in the 5th Class of South Hadley Canal Lottery, being prizes of 500 dollars each, besides many other valuable prizes, were sold in this town by Thomas Clark.
The Jacobin Party Splitting.—We understand that at the late celebration of Independence, at Pepperell, the new Senator from York county was highly dissatisfied with the Orator, for not being sufficiently ardent in the cause of jacobinism; and on the other hand that their representative to Congress, applauded the orator's modernism in such terms as to rouse the fury of the political adventurer, who gave loose to certain violent and indecent observations, which produced the most severe retort from the too credulous Representative, who has by this time discovered that he has been duped a poor in his bosom. But let them go on—There is consolation in the adage, that when rogues fall out, honest men will claim their rights. The day of retribution is just approaching.
Portland Theatre.—We are happy to notice the opening of the Theatre again for a few weeks in this town. The company is highly respectable both in talents and numbers. The entertainment advertised for this evening promises a rich repast to the friends of the drama.
A correspondent observes, it must afford great satisfaction to notice that the regulations lately adopted by our Health Committee are so generally observed by the inhabitants of the town. It should, however, be remarked, that there yet remain a few, who have not attended to the instructions of that board in their full extent. The dirt and filth now removed has been accumulating for several months past, and must have been attended with considerable labor, but the most scrupulous attention to this necessary and important duty will be very early in future.—It is hoped, that on the fourth Tuesday of the month, and for the time to come, the very laudable example of so many reputable citizens will become universal, and that every precaution against contagious disorders will be duly observed, without the coercion of law to enforce obedience to duty.
A correspondent, interested in the honor of the town, is happy to learn that Thomas M. Prentiss, Esq. was excluded from a participation with the democrats, on the 4th July; and that the worthy gentleman is highly offended by the arbitrary behavior of his brethren. We have in this instance found more good, than we expected, in his party, and more sensibility to shame, than we should have conceived was yet remaining in a wretch so detestable. Though hardened as the nether millstone to the just reproaches of the honest citizens collectively, he is quite overcome by this exhibition from the meetings of those, who had once supported him, and who so lately procured him the office.
In answer to a paragraph in the R. herald of July 10, we can say, that it is whispered that the Postmaster-General has at last resolved to obey the calls of justice and the voice of the public; but so unfortunate are the measures of our wise rulers, that even when attempting to make reparation for the original insult on the town of Portland, a new indignity is offered. Unwilling to rely again on the "Democrats" in this town, he has, it is said, addressed himself to a certain member of Congress, who having yet some remains of the old fashioned principles of honor and honesty, it is thought can make a better nomination, than the town of Portland, who have more than once so egregiously deceived him.
Co-Readers and Correspondents
"THE SOJOURNER, No. 8," is unavoidably omitted until next week. Particulars of the celebration of Independence at Windham, Gorham, Westbrook, and other places, and a collection of Toasts, are deferred this day, to make room for the important matter published in this Gazette.
ADVERTISEMENTS omitted shall also be attended to.
At New Gloucester, Mr. Joseph Pearce, 3d. to Miss Anna M. Knapp. At Oxford by the Rev. Nathan Church, George Peirce, Esq. to Miss Joanna Gibbs. At Vassalboro' Mr. Philip Colly to Miss Harriet Sewell.
At Gorham, on the 5th inst. Miss Catharine Longfellow, aged 18 years, youngest daughter of the Hon. Stephen Longfellow, Esq. The conduct of this amiable young lady during her short life speaks louder in her praise than any feeble echo of the eulogist. Her mind was by education and study improved and ornamented. Her disposition was perfectly calculated to make her friends happy. She was cheerful, not gay; seriously disposed, but not severe. Her person was beautiful and her manners easy and graceful, and excited universal love and respect.
Soon as the buffer languish'd in her eye, Loosing a dinner day on human feasts, And on her cheek, the rose of spring, Pale omen fit; and haste'd from around. On all that true love could confide to gaze, That once had been a fraternal host, An angel's friend but from the rigid North, And here her lover to the Sun. At New-Castle, Mrs. Sally Farley, Aet. 25, the amiable comfort of Joseph Farley, Esq. At Pepperell-ton, Mrs. Ann Langdon, Aet. 30, wife of Mr. Isaac Langdon. At Falmouth, Mrs. Betty Hudson, Aet. 25. At Bangor, Mr. Lemuel Rich, Aet. 69.
COMMUNICATED. Died at Gorham, the 9th inst. in the 96th year of her age, in the possession of her reason and of good hope of heavenly felicity, Mrs. Elizabeth, the venerable relict of the late Elder Hugh M'Lean, of blest memory, and one of the first planters of that now populous and flourishing town.
She was from the North of Ireland, county of Antrim—and while her first born (William) was yet an infant, emigrated to America; and after passing a little time at Boston, Wells and Falmouth, settled at Gorham, then a dreary desert, filled with hostile savages; so that she could have had with much, in the language of inspiration, "there is no peace to him that goeth out, nor to him that cometh in." We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
As a wife she did her husband good, and not evil all the days of his life. She was a very determined, but at the same time a very discreet and tender mother, a kind neighbor, and an interceding and agreeable companion. Early in life she was a professor of Christ, a zealous attendant upon all his institutions, and out of a good conversation adorned his doctrine. She was a generous patron of the ministers of the gospel, and her house was deservedly noted for its display of primitive Christian hospitality. Having naturally a good constitution, and conserving the first temperance, she not only arrived to a great age, but through most of her course, her usefulness was prolonged. This mother in Israel lived to see her descendants of the fourth generation (the whole number being 234) all of whom (excepting 25) are now alive; and rise up, and call her blessed.
Port of Portland. Yesterday arrived brig General Warren, Capt. Jones, 5 days from Norfolk. Also an English ship from Berwick. The Thomas, Capt. Webb, of this port was at Surinam, June 16, discharging. The wreck of the ship Alexander of this port, lately cast away near Cape Ann, has been got off and towed into Salem harbor.
FOR SALE, At Store No. 6, Long Wharf, A Few pipes of Holland GIN, entitled to debenture on exportation. July 16.
CODMAN and SWAN, No 3, Union Row, Middle-Street, HAVE just received for Sale, an additional assortment of European and India Goods. Likewise—a general assortment of West-India Goods, and Groceries, Paints of all kinds, Oil, &c. Also, consigned for sale, 2 bales Mugga Sann-hs, 1 case Ringa Handkerchiefs, 50 pieces Lunge ditto, 1 case Banana ditto. Portland, July 16.
Now's your chance! A Few TICKETS in the Piscataqua Bridge Lottery which is absolutely to commence drawing on the 10th inst may be had of the subscriber, if applied for, and not all sold, before that day—Price 5 dollars, 50 cents. SAMUEL FREEMAN. July 16.
FOR SALE, TWO new and handsome standing top CHAISE, with iron tops and iron axletree; and Harness complete—Enquire of the subscriber, At his Shop in Middle-Street, two doors above Doct. S. Brown's. JACOB ROLFE. Portland, July 16.
Bonavista Salt. THE cargo of the ship Washington, consisting of SALT, from Bonavista, is now landing and for sale by L. WEEKS & SON. July 12.
Wanted, A Few tons of POT and PEARL ASHES, for which cash and the highest price in the market will be given by DANIEL TUCKER, Who has for sale, At his Store in Fore-street, Jamaica, St. Vincents, and Berbice RUM, Hollands GIN, A few casks RICE. July 12.
Road to Fortune! Amoskeag Canal Lottery. "ROADS and CANALS are the grand arteries of Internal Commerce."
SCHEME OF THE SECOND CLASS. 5000 Tickets at 5 dollars each are 25,000 dollars. Prize table with 1st Prize of 3000, 4 Prizes of 1000, 10 Prizes of 500, etc.
The Drawing will commence on the 19th day of July next. After the 14th the Tickets will be 5 dollars each. The Prizes will be paid 20 days after the drawing is completed and unless demanded within one year will not be paid. PHILIP PAYSON, SAMUEL SWAN, jun. LOAMMI BALDWIN, jun. Managers.
June 28. A few TICKETS at 5 dollars in the above Lottery may be had at THOMAS CLARK'S B. & Co. Fish-street, Portland, until the 14th day of this month; after that day they will be 5 dollars, and 50 cents—like a few tickets at 1 do. 50 cts. and Quarters at 1 do. 50 cts. remain unsold in the Piscataqua Bridge Lottery, at highest price 5 dollars. Also Tickets at 5 Dollars, and Quarters at 1 do. 25 cts. in the 6th Class of South Hadley Canal Lottery.—Prices in all lotteries taken in payment.
THEATRE—Union Hall—PORTLAND.
MR. POWELL, Respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland and its vicinity, that the Theatre will be opened THIS EVENING, (MONDAY, JULY 16th,) when will be presented the celebrated Comedy in 5 acts, called
THE DRAMATIST; OR, STOP HIM WHO CAN! Written by F Reynolds, Esq. author of the Will, How to grow Rich, Bots in it Fine, &c. &c.
Vapid, the Dramatist, Mr. Bernard, (from the Theatre Philadelphia and Boston, his first appearance in Portland)—Lord Scratch, Mr. Dickenson—Neville, Mr. Wilson—Eunui, Mr. Bignal—Willoughby, Mr. Kenay—Peter, Mr. Barnes—Florville, Mr. Powell. Louisa, Mrs. Powell—Lady Waitfort, Mrs. Bernard, (her first appearance in Portland)—Marianna, Mrs. Bignal—Letty, Miss Bates, (her first appearance in Portland.)
End of the Comedy, the ORIGINAL EPILOGUE, by Mr. Bernard.
To which will be added the admired Comic Opera of the SHIPWRECK:
Or, THE FEMALE SAILOR. Selwyn, Mr. Powell—Harry Hawler, Mr. Wilson—Michael Goto, Mr. Kenay—Shark, Mr. Barnes—Save, Mr. Dickenson—Dick, Mr. Bignal—Plunderers, Savers, &c. &c. Fanny, the female sailor, Miss Bates—Angelica, Mrs. Dickenson—Sally Shamrock, Miss Bignal. In All, a STORM and SHIPWRECK.
Doors opened half past 6. Curtain to rise half past 7 o'clock.—* Tickets at Mr. D. Cobb's—Box, 75 cents—Pit, 50 cents.
Sale at Auction.
Valuable and Pleasant Situation. For sale at Auction, on the 22d inst. at 11 o'clock, unless previously sold at private sale, Three story DWELLING HOUSE, with two lots of LAND, pleasantly situated on the foot of Hancock street and fronting on forestreet with a commanding view of the harbor. The house is 36 by 22 feet, the two lower stories finished, except the entry. A good aqueduct post belonging to the same. The lot on which the house stands is 106 feet on Hancock street. The other lot 48 feet on said street. The conditions of sale and terms of payment be made liberal to the purchaser. Inquire of WILLIAM CAMPBELL, on the premises. July 12. N.B. Goods will be taken for one half the amount of the purchase.
Taken up on the 8th inst. A RED HORSE, with a black mane and tail, natural trotter. The owner may have said horse by proving property and paying charges—Apply to RICHARD COLLEY. Falmouth, June 11.
PART of a Dwelling House convenient for a small family, in a pleasant and central situation—Enquire at this Office. July 16.
A Fulling-Mill and Shop to Let. AFTER the first of September at Pennamaquid Falls in Bristol, a good stand for business. Any person who may come with good recommendations will find good encouragement, as there is no other Clothing Mill within fifteen or twenty miles. Inquire of Thomas Miller, on the premises. July 16.
Notice. REMAINING at Store No 3 Union Wharf, the following articles brought from Boston in the Sloop Margaret, John Duce, 1 large Iron Screw & Nut, 1 small Barrel containing Pewter articles—The Owners will please to apply for the same, proving property and paying freight and contingent charges. July 16.
Take Notice. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of the following lots of land in the town of Hartford in the county of Cumberland, that they are taxed in bills for the year 1803, and committed to me to collect, as follows:
Table with 4 columns: Non-resident Town Tax, Non-resident State Tax. Rows include Lot, No, Value, Tax, etc.
Unless said taxes with all necessary intervening charges are paid to the subscriber on or before Tuesday the 17th of September next so much of said lands as will pay the same, will be sold at Public Vendue, as the law directs, at the dwelling house of GAD MAYFORD, in said Hartford, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon. GAD MAYFORD, Collector. Hartford July 6, 18-4.
Strayed or Stolen.
FROM the pasture of Ebenezer Kobbins of Falmouth, at Saccarappa, on the night of the nineteenth of June last a deep RED MARE; seven years old, about fourteen hands and a half high; a natural pacer, black mane and tail, carries her head high—has a full even-bond leg somewhat crooked, foretop cut off in a high colour, no white about her, is well fed and of high courage. Whoever will give information to said Kobbins, where said mare may be found, so that the owner may have her again, shall be generously rewarded for their trouble.

UNITED STATES. } NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of DISTRICT OF MAINE. }  JOHN STUART of Wife J. H. trader, against whom a commission of bankruptcy has been duly issued and proceeded on, that any of said creditors may be heard if they shall think fit, before the Judge of said District, on Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of July next, (1804) at the dwelling house of said District Judge, at ten o'clock, A. M. against making and allowing certificates of discharge to said bankrupt, before which time exceptions to such allowance may be exhibited.
DAVID SEWALL, } Judge of the District Court of Maine District.
June 11th
NOTICE is hereby given to all those who are indebted to BENJAMIN WHITNEY , that those demands which are not paid by the first day of September next , will be left with an attorney for collection. He flatters himself that those whose notes and accounts which become payable previous to this date will consider it reasonable they should be discharged by that time; and will by their attention to the payment of them prevent him the disagreeable necessity of putting them to cost.
Gorham, June 27.
Ten Cents Reward.
RANAWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 29th of June last an indentured servant boy, named John W. about five feet eight inches high, dark complexion, down look;—whoever will return said boy shall be entitled to the above reward, but no charges paid—and all persons are forbid harboring said servant on penalty of the law.
July 9. EBENEZER LANE.
Ten dollars Reward.
ESCAPED from the subscriber on the ninth instant, a prisoner taken on a legal precept, by the name of Jabez Chubb , of Minot in the county of Cumberland , of about thirty five years of age, dark complexion, and about five feet ten inches in height. Whoever will take up said person and deliver him to the subscriber or deliver him to the custody of the gaoler in Portland , shall receive the above reward.
June 20. JEREMIAH BLANCHARD, Deputy Sheriff.
Deserted.
FROM on board the brig AMERICA , SAMUEL PEARCE mate of said brig—Whoever will arrest the said S. Pearce and lodge him in the jail of Portland , shall receive one hundred reward, from
July. WILLIAM HASWELL.
For sale on the most reasonable terms.
A FARM in Gray one mile from the Meeting-house on the main road to Portland , containing 60 acres with a convenient house and barn thereon and about forty well grown Apple trees, which bear excellent fruit. Said farm will cut Twenty Tons of Hay with sufficient pasturing; with or without 60 acres of excellent Timber and Wood LAND, half a mile from a Saw mill—Said lots are about one and half mile distant.—For further particulars inquire at the Auction-Office, Fore-street, Portland .
June 20. 1804.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that she has been duly appointed and has taken upon herself the trust of an administratrix on the estate of
SIMEON SKILLINS,
late of Cape-Elizabeth , in the county of Cumberland by giving 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
Dated June 13, 1804. MARY SKILLINS.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of an executor of the last will and testament of Ambrose Tolbut late of Freeport in said County, Weaver , deceased, by proving the will and by giving bond as the law directs; He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to
Dated June 14 1804. JOSEPH TOLBUT.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of an executor of the last will and testament of
EZRA VARNEY
late of Windham , in the county of Cumberland , yeoman, deceased, by proving the will and by giving bond as the law directs;—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to
Dated June 1, 1804. ELIJAH KENNARD.
WE the subscribers having been appointed on the nineteenth day of August last, by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln , to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of
Charles Peterson,
late of Bath , in the county of Lincoln , mariner, deceased represented insolvent, do hereby give notice, that a further time of six months, from the date hereof, is allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their claims, and that we shall attend that service at the office of John Winslow in Bath aforesaid, on the first Monday of the six following months, from 6 to 20 o'clock in the forenoon. Dated at Bath , aforesaid, the 11th day of May , A.D. 1804
PELEG TALLMAN, } Commissioners JOHN WINSLOW }
THE subscribers hereby give public notice to all concerned, that they have been duly appointed, and have taken upon themselves the trust of Administrators on the estate of
JOSEPH STOCKBRIDGE,
late of North Yarmouth , in the county of Cumberland , Esq. deceased, by giving bond as the law directs;—They therefore request all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to
Dated May 10. 1804. JOHN STOCKBRIDGE. WM. R. STOCKBRIDGE.
CASH for old COPPER and BRASS given by SAMUEL R. DENNIS , at his Copper-smith Shop at the head of Union-wharf, Portland .
An apprentice wanted—apply as above. July 4.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing a Promissory Note , signed by us the subscribers, and payable to Amos Richardson , or order, as the same was obtained from us by frauds and circumvention; we are determined not to pay the same to any person.—Said note was dated 12th April , 1804; payable first day of July after date for 24 dollars, 7 cents.
JONATHAN HAM, JAMES HAM
Bath, June 12, 1804.
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