Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1800-08-04 00:00:00

Politics.
From the Connecticut Courant.
BURLEIGH.—No. II.
THE first proposition which I have to prove, is—Mr Jefferson has long felt a spirit of deadly hostility against the Federal Constitution, and in conjunction with his party, has been steadily plotting its destruction.
To support this proposition, I shall resort to various sources for evidence and argument.
1. Mr. Jefferson's writings furnish strong proof, that he dislikes all government which is capable of affording protection and security to those who live under it. About 12 or 15 years ago, Mr. Jefferson published his "Notes on Virginia." The edition which I have was published in London, in 1787. At that period it was fashionable, especially in this country, to theorize about government. Elevated with the success of our struggle for independence, we are in our own opinions, very wise. All the ideas which were derived from Experience, were looked at, and every chamber politician was able to plan, and erect systems of government, competent for all the exigencies of a large and increasing nation. That Mr. Jefferson ranks high in this class of government makers, is now generally acknowledged. In addition to his native stock of visionary nonsense, he had imbibed in his European visit, large supplies from the French school which was then plotting the overthrow of their own government and lighting the torches of that dreadful fire, which has laid waste nearly half the civilized globe. A few expressions from this book of Mr. Jefferson, will show what his ideas on this subject were. Writing on the subject of universal toleration, and attempting to prove that one kind of religion is as good as another, Mr. Jefferson says—"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty Gods, or no Gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." By this passage, we are plainly taught this lesson—That morals are no object for the attention, or care of government; that all we have to trouble ourselves about is, the conduct of the individuals of the community—a lesson which is fraught with all the mischiefs which are now exhibiting, and which for years have been practiced by the abettors of the French Revolution. The doctrine is this—that if a man believes in the rectitude of murder, atheism, rape, adultery, &c. it is of no importance, because it neither breaks our legs, nor picks our pockets; and as long as our pockets and legs are safe, government is satisfied. Let us picture to ourselves a community, composed of such individuals; for, if it is improper to control, or restrain one man, in the free exercise of his opinions, it is equally improper to control or restrain any number of men. We will then view a nation, whose laws suffer the free propagation of sentiments like these—viz.—That it is just to commit murder, violate female chastity, deny the existence of God, &c. According to Mr. Jefferson's ideas of legitimate government, this is just and ought to be tolerated, and no notice can be taken of it, until men actually do commit murder, rape, &c. But if it is proper to preach these doctrines, why is it not to practise them? It certainly is; unless it is proper to introduce a system of lying into a community.
However, it is fair to acknowledge, that Mr. Jefferson implies in his reasoning, that tho' the sentiments do not real mischief, yet the practice will not necessarily follow the precept. According to the doctrine, men have an uncontroulable right to believe, and to inculcate what moral or religious sentiments they please; provided they do not practise them. Will not men generally practise what they believe, provided they are secure from legal punishment? Mr. Jefferson's murderers, atheists, &c. have nothing further to do, then, than to spread their doctrines until a majority of the community shall become proselytes to the faith, and then the laws against the practice of murder, rape, robbery, &c. will be repealed, and the wholesome practice introduced in its fullest latitude.
I trust I am addressing those who, generally, still believe in the existence of a God of truth and justice; the momentous truths of religion, and the hopes and fears of a future life; who are not yet prepared to part with their bible, their morals or their God. If so, let them seriously consider the extent of the sentiment of Mr. Jefferson which I am considering. I have but just touched upon it; the rest must be left for the more sober reflection of those who are interested in the fate of their country. Mr. Jefferson sets up a claim to be our leader, our head, to fill the seat which once contained a Washington. I have brought this particular sentiment into view, as containing the seeds of those opinions, which have since sprung up in the life and writings of Mr. Jefferson, taking it for granted that he, like all other men, will endeavour as far as possible, to introduce into practice, his favorite sentiments. His sentiments are, that a man has an uncontroulable right to believe what he pleases—mine are, that, when a
Notes on Virginia, page 205.
man can do it with safety, he will forever practise what he believes. The result is too obvious to be mistaken. I shall pursue this subject in my next, by examining other passages in the same book.
BURLEIGH.
Miscellany.
GENOA, &c.
[As the state and city of Genoa, and the places adjacent, on account of the present military operations, carrying on there, have attracted considerable attention, the following historical account of the same, must prove interesting to the reader.]
GENOA—Is a republican state of Italy; bounded on the north by Piedmont, the Milanese, and the Parmesan, on the east by the states of the Duke of Tuscany, on the south by the Mediterranean sea, and on the west by the county of Nice; it is about one hundred and twenty miles in length, but scarcely in any part more than twenty in breadth. The country is mountainous, and part of it covered with barren rocks, which serve for its defence. Some of the mountains are covered with wood, and some yield good pasture. There is but a small quantity of arable land, so that the inhabitants are obliged to purchase part of their corn from other countries; however throughout the year they are supplied with excellent legumes and other vegetables for the table. They make a considerable quantity of wine, and abundance of excellent fruit, especially citrons, oranges, pomegranates, almonds, and figs. A great many mulberry trees are raised to feed silk worms, and olives grow in great plenty, especially round the gulf of Spezzia. Salt is produced sufficient for exportation. The inhabitants are Roman Catholics, and submit to the tribunal of the inquisition. The Protestants, who dwell in the town, are not beloved, but are suffered by the magistrates to dwell in peace. The manufactures are not so flourishing as they formerly were; the most considerable are velvet, plush, damask, different kinds of silk, gold and silver stuffs, lace, gloves, stockings, ribbons, soap, paper to imitate the Indian, &c. The manufactures are greatly reduced; too great a price being paid for the articles they manufacture; and the insecurity of their ports contributes greatly to enfeeble their commerce. The banking business of Genoa is very considerable, and the bankers are esteemed the richest in Europe.
The city of Genoa was formerly the capital of Liguria. It was destroyed by the Carthaginians, and rebuilt by the Romans, whose ally it became, and whose fortune it followed.
In the last century, the intestine dissensions about the form of government so debilitated the state, that the Genoese were obliged to put themselves sometimes under the protection of the Duke of Milan, and sometimes under the king of France, but the latter treating them with intolerable haughtiness and rigour, they struggled hard, but unsuccessfully for liberty, till that naval hero, Andrew Doria, in 1528, rescued his country out of the hands of its tyrannical masters, settled in perfect freedom, and established the present constitution. In 1684, it was cruelly bombarded by the French, and to save itself from total destruction, was obliged to submit to very hard terms; two of which were, that the Doge and four Councillors should appear in person at Versailles, and ask pardon; and that the state should disarm all gallies except six, with a promise not to fit out more without consent of the King. The ancient nobility consists of twenty-eight families and are those whom Andrew Doria, in 1528, separated from all the rest, and declared only capable of holding the chief offices, and dignity of Doge! all the other inhabitants of Genoa being reduced by him to the class of commoners. Since that time it has been found necessary to create other nobility who are allowed to keep manufactures of velvet, silk and cloth, to form the duties, and to have shares in merchant vessels; but all other handicrafts are forbidden. The form of government is aristocratic. The Chief is called Doge, or Duke, to which dignity no person is promoted till he is fifty years of age, and has for fifteen years left of all trade or occupation not consistent with nobility. Every two years a new Doge is chosen, and the former is incapacitated during five years to hold again the same post; however he has a procurator's office assigned him, and a pension of 500 scudi for life.
In times of peace, the Republic usually keeps on foot a body of 500 regular troops. Besides these, it has also a militia, which in case of necessity, is obliged to take the field. The cavalry, in time of war, amounts only to about 600, who are of little service, by reason of the badness of horses. The fleet of the Republic, anciently so celebrated for its victories over the Saracens, Pisans, Venicians, Spaniards and Turks, and for continuing a considerable time masters of Sardinia, Malta, Majorca, Minorca, Canda, Cyprus, and many other places in and near the Mediterranean, and Archipelago, and even the Black sea, the Crimea, and other places is now reduced to six gallies. The City is about ten miles in circumference, and defended towards the land by a double wall. Several
bastions are erected along the sea shore, on rocks which rise above the water. The streets are narrow; but clean and well paved; two are filled with magnificent palaces fronted with marble. It is a seat of an Archbishop. The cathedral is built in the gothic stile, and paved with white and black marble, in the treasury of which is preserved a curious hexagon sish, said to be a single emerald, found at Cesareia in the time of the Crusades, which the Genoese received as their share of the plunder. Besides the Cathedral, it contains thirty two parish churches, many of which are magnificent and adorned with sculptures and pictures by the best masters. The Doge's palace is large, without decoration, except two statues of John Andrews Doria, and Andrew Doria, larger than life, at the entrance. The arsenal contains arms for 34,000 men; machines, models for bridges, the armour worn by a number of Genoese women in the crusades, a shield containing 120 pistols, made by Julius Cæsar Vacche, for the purpose of assassinating the Doge and senate at one time, &c. They reckon at Genoa 69 convents of men and women, and the number of inhabitants is estimated at 150,000.
THE BOTCHETTA.
Otherwise, a chain of Mountains, situate in the state of Genoa, over which lies the great road from Lombardy to Genoa. On the peak of the highest mountain is a narrow pass which will hardly admit three men to go abreast, and this pass which is defended by 3 forts is properly called the Botchetta. It is the key to Genoa.
SAVONA.
Is the second town for grandeur and opulence, in the state of Genoa. Its strength consists in 2 castles, but principally in a citadel of much importance, situated between the port and the city, upon the height conveniently disposed to defend and protect both the one and the other.
THE RHINE.
The Alb, the passage of which by the army of Moreau has been officially announced, is not a river. It is from the mountains, of the Black Forest that the chain of mountains of the Alb, or Alps of Suabia rises itself, running in a direction nearly parallel to the course of the Danube. Between Koenigsbronn and Geislingen their summits are most elevated; and here are the sources of different rivers, which run in opposite directions. From thence they gradually diminish towards the Danube along the Brent. They occupy a space of about twelve German miles in length and three or four in breadth. They are covered with woods and present very rural landscapes and difficult communications. They are connected by different branches with the Black mountains with those of the country of Darmstadt and of Franconia.
INFLUENCE OF MANNERS ON SOCIETY.
[The following observations on this subject, must be read with pleasure by all—particularly by the fair sex.]
"Manners, (says Mr. Burke) are of more importance than laws. The law touches us but here and there, and now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exact or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and colour to our lives. According to their quality, they aid morals, they support them, or they totally destroy them."
In every country where refinement, and especially where the Christian religion has given to women the rank and influence which they ought to hold in society, they have it in their power to give to manners almost what tone they please. It should be so. It is a subject, in which, if possible, they have a greater interest than men; and, as was remarked above, they possess a more effectual power to enforce the observance of their decrees. Nothing can deprive them of this power but a proof, furnished by themselves, that the modest virtue in which it is founded, sits uneasy upon them. This power itself, and with it all the dignity and all the happiness of the sex are pledged to us, for the faithful and prudent discharge of the trust. If they respect themselves, they secure respect from us. Even the hardness of vice is overawed, and made to feel its proper degradation, in the presence of the modest, decent, exalted dignity of female virtue. There is a delicate sensibility inseparably attached to such a character, which we dread to violate or offend, as we dread the commission of sacrilege; and at the same time we perceive a charm, which no man of ordinary feelings is able to withstand.
We are forced by an instinctive impulse to approve, to imitate, to love. This it is which constitutes in women the power to lead our manners; and in us the readiness to follow where they lead. They should, however, remember that this charm is a halowed fire, which they are bound, equally by duty and by interest, as holy festivals, to preserve in the temple pure and uncontaminated. If they do to men will come and offer incense. But if with wanton, lawless, sacrilegious hands; they will defile it, scatter it abroad, and expose it to the profane, it is true they may set us in a flame;
but it is a flame which burns with lust and rancorous appetite; a flame which consumes in us the very vestiges of esteem and deference for them, and must inevitably rage to the destruction of every thing which now distinguishes their situation from the debased and humble state of a female Turk.
Think not that I wish to place women under any unnecessary restraints on their deportment, or to render their manners insipid, formal and hypocritical. I better know the refined pleasure which the cheerfulness and vivacity of a well educated woman is capable of bestowing. But there is a freedom which is nearly allied unto vice. There is an essential difference, more easily seen than described, between the most unreserved frankness "that may become a woman," and the smallest degree of that dangerous freedom, either in their language, dress, or demeanor, against which I would caution them.
From the Salem Gazette, of July 23.
ACCOUNT OF THE STRANGE EFFECTS OF A BITE BY A MAD DOG.
On or about the 18th day of May, 1793, Asa Fenton, of Danvers, a person of a plethoric habit and sanguine complexion, as he was walking with his old dog trotting by his side, attempted (by holding out his hand as usual) to play with him; on which the dog snapped, and made with his tooth in an old scar on the back of his hand, a slight wound which caused him to suspect that the dog was mad, which soon proved to be the fact, by the same dog, on the next day, biting a heifer, and attempting to bite a yoke of oxen but was prevented by the vigilance of a person standing by. The dog was then killed, and about fifteen days after the heifer run mad and died; the wound on Mr. Fenton's hand, which yielded but little blood, without any surgical application, soon healed, and for above five years after he continued in general good health, labored hard, eat and drank heartily, made no application to any physician for medicine nor advice; tho' during the above term he frequently desired his wife if he should be seized with illness, to have him immediately confined; by which it appears, that he was apprehensive of suffering the sad consequence of the bite in some future time; and he was invariably unwell every year after the bite, at the time he was bitten; and in the course of the five years aforesaid, he at times would appear very froward, peevish and passionate, more than he used to be; and for above a year past, he had suffered greatly with inquietude of mind by night and day, slept but little, troubled with frightful dreams, as that he was falling into deep water, into his well, &c.
In the night he often complained of great thirst, and of a burning pain in the back of his hand; and at times he has suffered grievous mental derangement; would often tell that he had seen the Devil, and that he should come to want, and made several attempts of suicide, once by throwing himself out of the scuttle of his house, and falling nearly thirty feet upon hard trodden ground; by which fall his collar bone only was broke, and he for a little time stunned, tho' he never after would own that he had any knowledge of his going out at the scuttle, or falling from it; sometimes he has been found lying on the ground by the side of his horse; at such times he would complain of giddiness in his head, which caused him to drowse and lie down; this some people would attribute to intoxication, but it has been often observed that after his lying and resting but a short time, he would rise, mount his horse, and readily proceed on his business; at other times, when riding out to a neighbour's house, and had come within six or eight rods of the door, an impression would suddenly seize on his mind (tho' perfectly to all appearance sensible) that he could not ride one step farther, but must dismount from his horse, and travel into the house upon all fours, which he would do—and after sitting and conversing about the business which he went upon, he would mount his horse again, and ride home; at other times, when sitting in company, tranquil in mind to appearance, at home or abroad, he would suddenly cry out with a terrible loud and irregular voice, as if he was seized with pain; on asking him the reason, he would say, I can't help it—Are you in pain? No, but I can't help it. For some months past he has been troubled with weakness and great pain in his hips and lower extremities, which rendered him unable to walk.
The foregoing are some of the strange and uncommon symptoms which attended Mr. Fenton for almost two years past; and upon the 17th day of July last, he became delirious, fancying himself possessed of great riches, and owner of the whole earth; that the angels in Heaven and all creatures were subject to him. On the 17th day he continued much on the same subject, proclaiming it with a loud voice with little or no cessation. On the 18th day, at times he was attacked with spasms and extreme tremblings, which would cause the bed to shake under him. The 19th, 20th and 21st days, he continued howling, snapping his teeth at the corners of the pillow, biting the bed clothes, gaping, and curling up his tongue, and making many other canine gestures. During all the six days he slept not one minute, nor could 15 grains of crude laudanum, with other liquid preparations of laudanum, in large quantities, given each day, cause the least appearance of drowsiness upon his eyes, till the latter part of the 20th day of July last, when his voice and strength began to fail, and about seven o'clock in the evening he began to drowse a little, and before eight he died, in the 22nd year of his age. He has left a wife and six children.
Modes of Punishment in Newyork.
From a Newyork Paper.
At a court of oyer and terminer and general goal delivery, held in and for the city and county of Newyork, (at which the Hon. Mr. Justice Benson presided) the following persons were convicted, and yesterday received the sentences affixed to their respective names:—
Rape—Richard D. Crocker, to be imprisoned for life in the State prison to hard labour. Burglary—Dinah, (a black,) and Harriot Munro, to be imprisoned for life in the State prison to hard labour. Forgery—Edward W. Earl, and Michael Flie, to be imprisoned at hard labour in the State prison for life. Grand Larceny—John Klintbough, 5 years imprisonment at hard labour in the State prison;

MUSES.
SONG,
Written for the Anniversary of the Liverpool (Eng) MARINE SOCIETY.
WHAT is life but an ocean, precarious as those Which surround this terraqueous ball? What is man but a bark, often laden with woes, What is death but the harbour of all? On our passage, to day may be mild and serene, And our latest canvas be strewn, While to-morrow, fierce tempests may blacken the scene, And our masts by the board may be gone.
On life's rosy morn, with a prosperous breeze, We all our light sails may display, With a cloudless horizon may sweep at our ease, And of sorrow ne'er felt the salt spray: But ere we have reached our meridian, the gale From the point of ill-fortune may blow, And the sun of our being, all cheerless and pale, May set in the wild waves of woe.
Experience, when bound o'er the turbulent waves Remembers that ills may arise, And with sedulous care, ere the danger he braves, His bark with spare tackle supplies: So you, on life's ocean, with provident minds, Have here a spare anchor secured, With which, in despite of adversity's winds, The helpless will one day be moor'd.
When the strong arm of winter uplifts the blue main, And snow storms and ship-wrecks abound, When hollow cheek'd famine inflicts the fell pain, And the swamp flings destruction around, When the folly of rulers embroils human kind, And myriads are robb'd of their breath; This wise institution may come o'er the mind, And may soften the pillow of death.
The poor widow'd mourner, the sweet prattling throng, And the veteran, whose powers are no more, Shall here find an arm to defend them from wrong, And to chace meagre WANT from their door: This is tempering the wind to the lamb newly born. This is following the aunt's prudent ways; And, O best institution! the child yet unborn, With rapture shall lift forth thy praise.
The following charming lines from PRIOR will apply to those modern belles, who have discarded that simplicity and modesty of dress, which Nature, Propriety and Reason dictate.
Ye, immodest of your kind, Muse leave the habit and the sex behind. No longer there the comely traffic, break, In floating heights on the snowy neck; Or sit behind the head, an ample round, In graceful braids with various ribbon bound, No longer shall the bodice, aptly laid, From the full bosom to the slender waist, That air and harmony of shape express FINE BY DEGREES AND BEAUTIFULLY LESS. Nor shall the lower garments artful pleat From the fair side dependent to the feet Arm their chaste beauties with a modest pride And double every charm they seek to hide. The ambrosial plenty of each fair one's hair Crops off and lost, scarce lower than the ear Shall stand uncouth, and horsemen's coats The taper waist and comeliness of fide.
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A few handsome Toilet Glasses, may be had at said Book-store.
Mr. Hale's Oration, Pronounced on the Fourth of July instant, is published, and for sale at Jenks' Book-Store. July 21.
STOLEN or Strayed from the door of Mr. JOSEPH CROSS'S store, Fore-street, Portland, on the 17th inst. a black HORSE, with a white stripe in his forehead, half-hipped, about 12 years old. Whoever will give information of said Horse to the subscriber at Gorham, so that he may have him again, shall be well rewarded. Enoch Hamblen. July 28.
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THE following work has passed the ordeal of critical sales, and is pronounced by the first literary judges to be a composition of sterling merit. Its great object is to expose the horrid consequences of a social and moral nature, which have flowed and still flow from the accursed fountain of French Philosophical ILLUMINISM. It is expected, that all sincere baters of Galic Morals, otherwise the Punica fides of public and private life, will liberally patronize a volume of this nature.
JUST PUBLISHED, By CHARLES PIERCE, at Portsmouth, and now for sale at the Bookstore of E. A. JENKS, Portland, (price one dollar, bound and lettered)
JULIA AND THE ILLUMINATED BARON, a novel founded on recent facts, which have transpired in the course of the late revolution of moral principles in France. BY A LADY OF MASSACHUSETTS.
This volume, to the reader's eye displays The infernal conduct of abandon'd man; When French Philosophy infests his ways, And pours contempt on Heav'n's eternal plan; Reversing order, truth, and every good, And rebelling worlds, with ruin's awful flood.
DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN the following pages were committed to the press, it was the wish and expectation of the Author to remain in oblivion. A variety of causes have postponed its appearance; and conjecture ever busy, and curiosity ever prying, have lifted up the veil of concealment, and many are acquainted with the name and situation which shrouded in an happy mediocrity, it was hoped would have escaped the notice of the world. Baffled in this her favourite wish, she feels it a duty to apologize with her very humble talents, for thus appearing in public. She very well knows that writers of Romance are not highly esteemed. - She is likewise sensible that custom and nature, which have affixed the duties of woman to a very confined and very limited bounds, are by no means likely to patronize a female writer. She feels that her conduct needs excuse, and though the independence of her mind renders her unwilling to make one, yet necessity obliges her to it. She is so certain that so many will acknowledge the truth of her assertion, that she does not hesitate to declare, that not one social or domestic duty, have ever been sacrificed or postponed by her pen; and though it may be objected that the time devoted to it, might have been better employed; She hopes that she may be allowed in some respects, to be a judge of her own conduct; her pen has always been a favourite implement; it has soothed many melancholy, and sweetened many bitter hours. Her abilities are too scanty to allow her to understand either religious or philosophical subjects in others, much more inadequate to the attempting them herself; incapable of undertaking the labors of history, or of attaining the sublime heights of poetry; the only path which lay open, was that of Romance. The Revolution in France, and the perturbed state of Europe, have opened some scenes, that would without these amazing shocks to the political world, have lain hid in obscurity; to some of these she has had recourse, and many, very many serious truths are interwoven with the story of JULIA. It may perhaps be objected, that the annals of our own country display a vast field for the imagination, and that we need not cross the Atlantic in search of materials to found the moral tale or amusing story upon. But an aversion to introduce living characters, or those recently dead, rendered Europe a safer, though not a more agreeable theatre. With real humility, and a trembling diffidence, this little work is presented to the public, and as a mediocrity of genius will not authorize a hope for the approbation of the connoisseur; that it may be shielded from the censure of the critic, is all that is expected. It comes like the humble JULIA, soliciting patronage and protection as a boon that will ensure its success, not demanding as a due, what perhaps it will not be found to merit; with a variety of defects it is dedicated to thee public by THE AUTHOR.
WHEREAS by an act of Congress passed on the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, the President of the United States is authorized to borrow, on behalf of the United States, from the Bank of the United States, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from any person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall judge most advantageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding Three Millions Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, to, however, that no contract or engagement be made, which shall preclude the United States from reimbursing any sum or sums borrowed, at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of such Loan. AND WHEREAS it is declared by said act, that so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be pledged and appropriated for paying the interest; and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of all the monies which may be borrowed according to the term or terms which may be fixed pursuant to the authority aforesaid. AND WHEREAS by the said act, the faith of the United States is pledged to establish sufficient permanent revenues, for making up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions before mentioned for paying the interest and principal sums, or either of them, or any monies which may be borrowed pursuant to the said act. AND WHEREAS the President of the United States, did by an Act or Commission under his hand, dated the seventeenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred, authorize and empower the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow on behalf of the United States, any sum not exceeding in the whole Three Millions Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, and to make such contract or contracts as should be necessary, and for the interest of the United States, in pursuance of the act of Congress above recited.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the Act of Congress and the authority from the President of the United States above mentioned - Doth, Hereby, on behalf of the United States of America, contract and engage in manner, following to wit, 1st. There shall be created a funded Capital Stock to an amount hereafter to be designated by said Secretary, but not exceeding Three Millions Five Hundred Thousand Dollars, which Capital Stock shall be divisible into shares of one hundred dollars each bearing interest, at eight per centum per annum, payable quarter yearly at the Treasury of the United States, or at the Loan Offices, where the said Stock may stand credited, until the last day of December in the year eighteen hundred and eight. 2d. After the last day of December in the said year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and after reasonable notice to the creditors, which shall be given by an advertisement in some public newspaper printed at the seat of government of the United States, the said Capital Stock shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, by the reimbursement of the whole sum or sums borrowed and which may constitute the said Capital Stock, either at the Treasury of the United States or at the Loan Offices where the same may stand credited.
3d. The credits of the said Capital Stock shall and may be separately certified in sums either for one hundred, four hundred, one thousand, four thousand, or ten thousand dollars, and the credits so certified shall be transferable by the creditors, or their attorneys, at the Treasury and Loan Offices respectively, in pursuance of the rules which have been or which may be established relative to the transfer of the funded Stock of the United States.
4th. A sufficient sum of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law - together with the faith of the United States, are hereby pledged for the fulfilment of this contract, in pursuance of, and according to the terms and conditions of the act of Congress herein before recited.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury of the United States, at Philadelphia, this second day of June, one thousand eight hundred; and of the Independence the twenty fourth. OLIVER WOLCOT. Secretary of the Treasury.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. June 21, 1800.
PROPOSALS will be received until the last day of July next inclusive, at the Bank of the United States, and the Offices of Discount and Deposit at Boston, Newyork, Baltimore, Norfolk, and Charleston, for the purchase of One Million and Five Hundred Thousand Dollars of Stock, directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to be issued in pursuance of the abovementioned contract. The proposals most advantageous to the United States will be accepted, but no Stock will be issued at less than five per centum advance, or one hundred and five dollars in money for one hundred dollars in Stock. In case the sums specified in similar proposals shall exceed the amount of Stock offered for sale at the places abovementioned, they will be accepted, subject to a proportional deduction. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
The Committee of Health, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF PORTLAND.
WHEREAS the Legislature of this Commonwealth have passed a law to prevent the spreading of malignant FEVERS, and contagious sickness; and among many wholesome regulations in said law, by the 11th section thereof towns are empowered to choose a HEALTH COMMITTEE, as follows -
"Be it further enacted, That each town or district in this Commonwealth, may at their meeting held in March or April annually, or at any other meeting legally warned for the purpose, when they shall judge it to be necessary, close and appoint a Health Committee to consist of not less than five, nor more than nine suitable persons, or one person to be a Health Officer, whose duty it shall be to remove all filth of any kind whatsoever, which shall be found in any of the streets, lanes, wharves, docks, or in any other place whatsoever, within the limits of the town to which such Committee or Health Officer belongs, whenever such filth shall, in their judgments, endanger the lives or the health of the inhabitants thereof; all expenses necessary to be paid by the person or persons who placed it there, if known, or if not, by the town by which said Committee or Health Officer was appointed. And whenever any filth as aforesaid shall be found on any private property, said Committee or Health Officer shall notify and order the owner or occupier thereof, after twenty four hours to remove the same at their own expense; and in case said owner or occupier shall neglect to remove such filth from his or her property, after the expiration of the time aforesaid, he or they so offending shall forfeit, and pay a fine of one hundred dollars, to be paid for and recovered, with costs of suit by said Committee or Health Officer, before any court proper to try the same, for the use of the poor of the town, in which such offence is committed. And said owner or occupier as aforesaid shall be obliged to repay to said town all costs and charges, which the said Committee or Health Officer may have incurred in removing the filth from his or her property, and in case of refusal to pay the same, he or they may be sued in the same way as is provided in this act for the recovery of fines as aforesaid."
Presuming on the readiness of the inhabitants of the town, to take care that all nuisances of every kind be duly removed and the purposes of the abovementioned Law be fully complied with - the Committee hope and trust that they shall at no time be under the necessity of enforcing the powers in and by said law given them. But in case any person or persons should be so void of care, and negligent of their own and their neighbor's health, as not to comply with the requisitions of the law aforesaid, by removing every kind of filth, rubbish or nuisance whatever from their respective houses, out houses, barns, stables, shops, yards, wharves, stores, or their or any of their dependencies or appurtenances, the committee will be under the necessity, and are fully determined to do their duty, and prosecute all and every such delinquent to the utmost rigor of the law.
And to the intent that it may be understood in what manner the committee will prosecute their design, they give notice that the following regulations will be observed.
1. The committee will appoint suitable persons to remove such nuisances as are within their jurisdiction at the expense of the offender or of the town. 2. After reasonable notice to any person, of the opinion of the committee, that any filth is within the design of the law, notice will be commenced, and prosecuted, without favor or distinction. 3. Information given to the Inspector of Police will be attended to by the committee. 4. The Inspector of Police is appointed a sub-committee to direct such persons as shall be employed by this committee, and they are hereby required to obey his orders.
JOSIAH TUCKER, Inspector of Police. THOMAS MOTLEY, EBENEZER MAYO, WILLIAM SYMMES, SALMON CHASE, Health Committee. June 18, 1800. (2w-10)
Wanted to Hire, immediately, A Dwelling-House. Inquire of the Printer. July 21.
List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office at KENNEBUNK - July 16th, 1800. SALLY Banks, Ebenezer Day, Wells; Job Poff, Wells; Josiah Furnald; William Hall, Arundel; Shadrach Hanson; Samuel Hovey; Thomas Huff; Simon Lock, Philipsburg; Ephraim Lock, Coxhall; Sally Long; John Millet, Arundel; Robert Mitchell; Mary Mitchell, 2; Lydia Wakefield, 2. N. B. Those names with no town annexed, are of Kennebunk.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, On Monday the 15th day of December next, A Certain piece of excellent Wood LAND, containing one hundred and twenty acres (mostly white oak) lying in the town of Biddeford, about three miles from Saco falls. Said Land will be sold at the house of JOSEPH BEAL, living in said town. The land may be seen any time previous to the day of sale, by applying to the said JOSEPH BEAL. Simeon Beal. Scarborough, July 10, 1800.
Public Notice is hereby given, THAT the Subscribers are appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JONATHAN BOWMAN, Esq. Judge of Probate, &c. for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors to the Estate of THOMAS DENHAM, late of Bowdoinham, in said county of Lincoln, Gentleman, deceased, represented intestate; and six months being allowed for that purpose, we shall attend to receive said claims, at the dwelling-house of Capt. THOMAS HAWARD, Inholder in said Bowdoinham, on the second Wednesday of June next, and on the first Wednesday of the five following months, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, on said days. NATHANIEL THWING, } Commissioners. STEPHEN WHITMORE, } Scribes. Woolwich, May 28th, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscribers have been duly appointed Executors of the last Will and Testament of JOHN PARKER, late of Georgetown, in the county of Lincoln, Gentlemen, deceased, and have 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. ANDREW REED, } Executors. ELIZABETH PARKER, } Scribes. May 28, 1800.
THE Commissioners appointed by the Hon. WILLIAM GORHAM, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, on the estate of SAMUEL PROCTOR, late of Durham in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented intestate - hereby give notice, that they will attend to receive and examine the claims against said estate, at the dwelling house of WILLIAM HOYT in Durham aforesaid, on the third Monday of this and the five following months, from five to six o'clock, afternoon. William Hoyt, Daniel Hanson, Durham, 7th July, 1800.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, That having been duly appointed Administrator upon the Estate of THOMAS MORSE, late of Portland in the county of Cumberland, mariner, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs: - He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to Edmund C. Delano. Northarmouth, July 25, 1800.
To the Hon. the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now held at Portland, within and for the county of Cumberland, on the Tuesday next following the fourth Tuesday of June, Anno Domini 1800.
THE petition and representation of SARAH SMITH, wife of James Smith of Portland aforesaid, Labourer, humbly shews - That her said husband hath for a long time, to wit, the space of six years last past, absented himself from this Commonwealth, and abandoned his said wife and family without making any provision for their support and maintenance; - that your petitioner's industry alone is incompetent for the support of herself and children; and that in order to provide necessaries for herself and family, she has been driven to the necessity of contracting debts which she has no means to pay, having no personal estate except a few articles of furniture, which are indispensably necessary; and that she can no longer obtain credit for the future support of herself and children. Your petitioner further shews, that at the time of her marriage with the said James Smith, she was and the said is seized in her own right of sundry parcels of Real Estate - Auo a piece of Land lying between the land of John Kent and the heirs of Edward Watts, of which she is tenant in common, being part of the real estate of her former husband John Holliday, deceased - from the sale whereof, or a part thereof, she could be enabled to pay the said debts and realize the means of support in future, and thus be relieved from her present distressed situation: - Therefore, your petitioner prays your honors, that pursuant to the statute in such cases made and provided, she may during the absence of her said husband be empowered and enabled to make sale of the whole or of part of said real estate, for the purposes aforesaid; or that your honors would grant her such other relief as in your wisdom shall be deemed meet, and as the circumstances of her case may require. - And as a duty bound shall ever pray. SARAH SMITH, by J. D. HOPKINS, her Attorney. July Term, at Portland, A. D. 1800.
UPON the Petition aforesaid, Ordered, That the said Sarah notify the said James to appear at the next Supreme Judicial Court to be held at Portland, within and for the county of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of September next, by publishing an attested copy of the Petition and Order thereon in the Portland Gazette, three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least thirty days before the setting of said Court; that he may then and there show cause, if any he hath, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. JOHN TUCKER, Clerk. A true copy - Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
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