Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1805-09-30 00:00:00

PORTLAND GAZETTE, AND MAINE ADVERTIZER.
No. 24, of Vol. VIII.]
PORTLAND (MAINE) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1805.
[Whole No. 388.]
From the Political and Commercial Register.
Mr. Jefferson's Administration.
TO detail the evils which have accrued to the people of the United States, from the present temporising and relaxed administration of their general government; to explain the embarrassments that have arisen to our country from the non-fulfillment of treaties, on the part of foreign nations, who, after receiving the stipulated price of a ruinous purchase, have so long refused to quiet our possession of the wilderness: to recount the losses of our plundered commerce by the free-boasters of even the least efficient of the maritime powers; to recite the impositions which her agents are permitted to practise on our merchants, by erecting their consular offices into Custom Houses, within the United States, for the shameful purpose of extorting fees on shipping papers; to enumerate the immediate distresses to our manufactures, and the eventual injury to our agriculture from these evasions of treaties, and these piracies and exactions on commerce, would exhibit a statement of abuses, degrading beyond the example or suffering of any age or nation.
In what page of history shall we look for the precedent of a people, circumstanced as the United States are, submitting to aggressions that frustrate the industry, and defeat the enterprise of a neutral and unoffending nation—a nation too, which with due exertion on the part of its government, is in a capacity not only to arrest but to punish the aggressions.
That war is a great calamity, & ought, by every mean consistent with honor and safety, to be shunned, we shall readily concede, but that the same endurance of robbery and insult, with all the evils that could attach to actual war, is a state of rational suffering infinitely more aggravated and afflicting, must also be admitted.
Injury and disgrace are the inseparable attendants on national humility and concession—but safety and respect await the people who are prepared for war, and resolutely determined to maintain their right.
Does it any longer admit of a question, with the truly patriotic American, whether for the mere gratification of party spirit, artfully fomented by those who benefit from the present order of things, men utterly incompetent to measures of national dignity and defence, should be perpetuated at the head of affairs—or that, by bringing into the national councils the wisdom and vigor of firm, experienced and practical statesmen, we should restore our declining fame, resume our rank among nations, and give to our citizens those immunities, which must always flow from a wise, impartial, and dignified administration of the government?
Are we weak enough to suppose that the character of our rulers has no influence on the conduct of foreign nations towards us, or can we believe that their characters have not been completely analysed, and are not correctly understood?
Is there a statesman in Europe who is not informed of the opinions which Mr. Jefferson entertains, and which have been published, of the government which he now administers?
Is there a Frenchman who has not read, with equal contempt and satisfaction, the animadversions in Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mazzei, on General Washington and his compatriots, who formed and afterwards administered the constitution—"Those Solomons in council, and Sampsons in the field, whose locks were shorn by the whore of England?"—Is there an Englishman who has not read, with equal repugnance and disgust, this illiberal and unfounded strictures on his nation? Is there a real American who does not reproach and reject the bale insinuation which that strictures conveys against the father of his Country? Is there either American or Spaniard who is unacquainted with the mean and splenetic proceedings which restored a foreign minister with whom intercourse had been refused by former administrations, for having grossly insulted the nation, in making, thro' the newspapers, an appeal from its government to the people? Or is any one ignorant of the return which this very minister has made to Mr. Jefferson, by repeating the insult with impunity?
Is there an individual of either hemisphere, acquainted with the history of the American revolution, who is ignorant that Mr. Jefferson abdicated the government of Virginia at the very moment when an invading enemy threatened to subdue his native state? Or is there a man, who, either
politically or physically, combines the ideas, that would not infer the same effect, from the same cause, should the occasion recur.
And do we wonder at the conduct of foreign nations towards us? Do we look for that respect from them, which we withhold from ourselves?
In what estimation can that country, or its government be held, whose finances are administered by a man who when out of office, was an incessant declaimer against taxation, who, in office, has never proposed one beneficial fiscal arrangement, who on the deliberative floor had threatened "to sweep the wheels of government"—and who, in his private capacity, has dared to proscribe every citizen, who should attempt to carry into effect the law, of the United States?
Do Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Jefferson flatter themselves that the conduct of the Secretary of the insurgent meeting at Parkinson's Ferry is buried in oblivion—or that either the special injury to Pennsylvania, the shock given to the whole nation, or the expence of one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, incurred by the insurrection, has ceased to be felt?
The lenity of the government spared the culprit; but ages will elapse before the offence and its consequences are forgotten—nor must Mr. Jefferson suppose the world ignorant that the same man, the identical Albert Gallatin, who was secretary of the insurgents, was, immediately on Mr. Jefferson's accession to the Presidency, appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the United States!
An appointment which contradicted every maxim of Justice, and went to the exclusion of abler men and better citizens.
Is there a man at all conversant with congressional proceedings, who has not seen the resolutions that were supported by Mr. Madison, for sequestrating the debts due by our individual citizens to the merchants of Great Britain? Is there a diplomatic character, either at home or abroad, who, witnessing the insults and injuries which we are daily suffering, is not ready to exclaim—Where is the indignant spirit that impelled Mr. Madison, when in congress, and under a former administration, to support the least justifiable and vindictive of war measures, a sequestration of the debts due from and to individuals? Did this warlike spirit evaporate on his entrance into executive office, or had the genius of his patron been suffered in this, as in every other instance, to rebuke his understanding?
Can we suppose that foreign nations draw no inference from so palpable a contrast in the conduct of Mr. Madison, a member of congress, and the same Mr. Madison, Secretary of state? Can it be doubted by the most timid that such a power as Spain, under a knowledge that the best resources of the United States would be brought into action by a call of patriotic, capable, and efficient statesmen to guide their councils, would not have long since relinquished her offensive & injurious conduct towards us? Or is it to be presumed, that even Great Britain, under such a conviction would persist in measures which derive their adoption and enforcement from the known imbecility of the government; and which the first remonstrance of a vigorous administration would occasion to abandon?
But as even a preparation for war would be a signal for a second abdication of government; the abuses of the nation must be endured, that a leader who is as destitute of capacity as he is of courage, may continue in place.
From the Norfolk Ledger—Sept. 12.
Arrival of late Tripoline Captives.
TUESDAY arrived in Hampton Roads, the U. S. frigate President, of 44 guns, Commodore Barron, captain James Barron, 38 days from Gibraltar. By this ship we are relieved from all anxiety upon this interesting subject, for not only does she bring the certain account of peace being concluded, and the release of our unfortunate countrymen, but she has brought capt. Bainbridge, his officers, and part of his crew a number of whom are now in town. We offer them our felicitations upon this happy occasion; and sincerely hope that the pleasures they will meet with in their native country, and in the embraces of their friends, will compensate in a measure their past sufferings. We are sorry to understand Commodore Barron has returned in very bad health.
The particulars which we have collected are corroborative of what has been already
published.—Gen. Eaton deserves great credit; to his enterprise and courage we are principally indebted for the attainment of these important objects. We understand that Gen. Eaton reached Derne, about the last of April, when he instantly attacked the Bashaw's army, and defeated it with little loss, himself being wounded in the right arm so as to render it useless. The few Americans who were in the action, displayed a courage that confounded the Turks; they were appointed to lead the attack, which service they performed in a manner that did honor to their country. We understand that at the time Gen. Eaton attacked the army by land, that capt. Hull in the Argus, capt. Dent in the Nautilus, and Lieut. Evans, of the Hornet bomb-ketch, attacked the batteries by sea.
Gen. Eaton's army was, we understand, composed of 1500 men, and that of the Bashaw's of 5000. This intrepid little band marched 300 miles across the Sandy Deserts, through a hostile country, and had several partial actions before the decisive one at Derne. Gen. Eaton was wounded when in the act of cutting down a Serk of the Bashaw's army.
The result of this action appears to have been an immediate proposal from the Bashaw for peace; Col. Lear went immediately to Tripoli, and a treaty of peace was signed on the 3d of June, and our countrymen released the next day. The terms we cannot learn fully, but we understand that as far as we had Tripolitans they were exchanged man for man, for the balance of Americans, we are to pay 60,000 dollars. Some provision, but what we cannot understand, is made for the Ex-Bashaw; his wife and family who were detained as hostages, are to be liberated. As the official accounts are gone on to Washington, we must suspend our curiosity as to the other articles for the present.
The President left Syracuse the 7th of July:—The following was the distribution of the American squadron at that time. The frigates Constitution, Constellation, and Essex, with the brigs Syren and Vixen, and bomb-ketch Hornet, were at Syracuse; the Argus had sailed for Egypt, and the Nautilus for Messina. The frigate John Adams and two gun boats anchored the day the President failed. Gen. Eaton failed for the United States in a merchant vessel. The Ex-Bashaw was at Syracuse when the President failed. The President on her passage to Gibraltar got near the Spanish coast, was taken for a British frigate, and fired upon from the batteries.
In addition to the above, we have it from Mr. Dowe, who was on board one of the bombarding vessels during the attack on Derne, that out of 300 Americans engaged on shore, there were only five killed, which took place at the time Capt. O'Bannon, who was second in command, had, with his little band, scaled the walls and pulled down the Turkish flag in place of which he immediately hoisted the American standard!
The present Bashaw of Tripoli is stated by our Officers to be a man of considerable talent and bravery, mixed with great cruelty, although they did not experience themselves any uncommon share of the last quality—at one time on the attack of the brave Preble, when every man was driven from a fort but the Bashaw, he remained, coolly examining the operations with a spy-glass. After the action of Eaton's, that led to a peace, he was heard to declare, that if he should approach nearer to Tripoli, he would massacre every American, and every Christian in his power. Mr. Lear has been blamed for making a treaty precipitately and before the appearance of the fleet, but as the danger of the prisoners was imminent, and their release the principal object of the war, it would appear that no moment that could attain this desirable end was to be wasted in calculations of future success, and that in embracing the very first opening to release them from the cruelty of the Bashaw, and shutting the door forever on the return of his caprice or the chance of future events, he acted with the wisdom and precision of a politician and patriot.
The officers and men appear while in Tripoli to have been liberally treated and supplied by the consuls of the christian nations there, and from their generosity to have tasted of the wines denied to their Mahometan masters—this, perhaps, might have given the Bashaw an idea that the Americans in their different attacks were drunk, for he often said, when our vessels stood in to the forts, that they were all drunk—
if the attack was made in the afternoon, they had been drinking at dinner—if in the morning, they had been drinking all night—none but madmen, drunkards or devils would run such risks—and in this way he apologized to himself for the desertion and flight of his own men.
NOTE.
Nothing can be more ridiculous than this observation. If a threat of destroying the American prisoners could have had any influence, it had been tried; yet the new expedition shows it could have no effect on government. Besides, if fears could have driven the Bashaw of Tripoli to the sacrifice of our countrymen, it would have been when the gallant Preble made the walls of his city tremble; and when the Commodore presented the Bashaw a specimen of the vengeance he was taking, by sending back to him the wounded subjects he had captured. If fear or rage, could have influenced the dastard to assassination, then would have been the time. No—No—The Bashaw knew our captive countrymen were the best guarantee for his life, in case the city should be taken. The pretence, we have good reason to say, has been made to cover the jealousy and envy of the negotiators of the Peace, lest the glory of conquering Tripoli, emancipating his countrymen, and placing on its throne an ally of the United States, should belong to General EATON. If the public will examine the subject of the treaty, they will be convinced, that to an ungenerous jealousy have the fair prospects of Gen. Eaton and the Ex-Bashaw been sacrificed. We heard of this jealousy a long time since; we lament it; and we have evidence to support an opinion, that had the Peace been delayed two months longer; had a squadron of our fleet cheerfully co-operated with Mr. Eaton, and after the capture of Derne and Bengasi, had transported his victorious troops across the bay Sidas our Countrymen would have been Released without Ransom;—the Rightful Prince would have been Restored to the Throne of Tripoli; and the American Flag would be now Triumphant flying over that City.—Centinel.
GENERAL EATON.
WE have held in our possession for some time past, a very interesting letter from General Eaton, written at the time he was about to enter the Lybian Desert in his operations against Tripoli, to one of his correspondents in this State. We have foreborne laying it before our readers, lest its publication might possibly prejudice the important expedition he was engaged in:—But it now being ascertained that the expedition has been abandoned; and that our gallant and disappointed Countryman, together with the Bashaw Hamet, and about 90 of their faithful followers, have escaped to Syracuse—[we say escaped, for we are told, that the soldiers which had been embodied by Gen. Eaton, and the Ex-Bashaw, and who were flushed with the prospect of sharing the pillage of the Usurper's territory, on finding, in the Peace which had been concluded, the frustrations of all their hopes, became outrageous, and their vengeance had like to have been fatal to both the General and the Bashaw]—we think it no longer necessary to withhold it from the public. At present we shall not make any other comment on the extracts we give, than merely to say, they delineate a deep and able Politician, united with the cool, persevering and intrepid Partizan, and that they will be read with great interest.—Gen.
"Egypt—Province of Behera, village of Dimianhour, Jan. 25, 1805."
"After touching at Malta, the Argus arrived at Alexandria, [Egypt] on the 26 November, 1804. We received from the British Resident at Cairo, and Consul at Alexandria, every assistance which the nature of our affairs and their duty could require and admit. At Alexandria it was intimated to me, that HAMET BASHAW, [the Exiled Prince of Tripoli] was not to be had without application to Effi Bey, to whom he had attached himself; both of whom were in upper Egypt, acting with the Mameluk Beys against the Ottoman government; and to whom access was barred by the Turkish army. Under these discouraging appearances and contrary to the advice of every body on the seacoast, on the 30th November I left Alexandria, for grand Cairo, with three officers, Lieut. O'Bannon, Messrs Mann and Danielson; and a few men from the brig; who, together with some other, recruited on the spot, and at Rosetta, made an effort of eighteen. This precaution was necessary on account of the banks of the Nile being infested by the wild Arabs of the Desert, and by straggling Arnaud deserters from the Grand Seigneur's army;—the former subsist by plunder;—the latter rob and murder indiscriminately every defenceless being whose appearance denotes property. Both move in bodies, and have rendered themselves terrible throughout Egypt."

On the 8th December, 1804, we arrived without accident at Grand Cairo. Here I found the Prime Minister, and one of the confidential Governors of Hamet Bafhaw, who confirmed the intimation received at Alexandria, that the Bafhaw was actually with the Mameluks, and considered as an enemy to the government of this country. I had already dispatched to meet him secret couriers from Alexandria, and Rosetta; and now sent off a third and fourth from the capital. But I had not yet had audience of the Viceroy, and not knowing his accessible point, the difficulty I apprehended of getting the Bafhaw out of the country exceeded that of access to him; for I found it impossible to do it privately; and to attempt it might not only defeat our main object, but endanger our own personal safety. Wherefore, at my first interview, finding the Viceroy a man of much more frankness and liberality than commonly fall to the character of a Turk, I unreservedly opened to him the object of my visit to his country; and received the proffer of friendly offices. This cleared a little my prospect, while it created new embarrassments; for the interference, or even the amnesty of the Viceroy's behalf of Hamet Bafhaw, might excite the jealousy of the Mameluks, and have the effect to bar his departure. But a new difficulty beset me, which I little expected, & less from the quarter it came. The French Consul at Alexandria (M. Drovetti) had intimated that we were British spies, in American make ; and that our pretext of friendship for Hamet Bafhaw aimed at nothing but an intercourse with the Mameluks, who are suspected to be in British pay; of course an intimation as unjust as it was malignant. I am totally at a loss to account for this strange conduct of M. Drovetti, as I am equally so at the indignity offered our flag, being refused by that of the French through this country, those marks of civility refused to a foreign flag, in ordinary cases, and which we received from every other nation represented here; except that information of our object, and purring the same line of conduct with his colleague at Tripoli, he thought by these means to defeat that object. I found means, however, (the means that means that move every thing in this quarter of the globe) to remove this difficulty; and finally received the Viceroy's letter of amnesty and passport of safe conduct to Hamet Bafhaw, which was dispatched to him the 15th in quadruplicate; and by different conveyances.
"I now patiently waited the issue of the measures thus far pursued. Meantime busied myself in finding out the Tripolitan emigrants in the country; - their attachment to the rival brothers; - and their feelings towards the Americans. Among these, one appeared who was only ninety days from Tripoli, an Arnaut Turk, who had been in the service of Jussuf Bafhaw, [the reigning Prince of Tripoli] during the blockade of last summer; him I had under particular examination. Supposing himself conversing with Englishmen he was very unreserved in his confessions; and being decidedly in the interest of the enemy (he was enthusiastic in his cause, though willing to dispense with his honour) his story deserves the more credit. He said Tripoli had lost many men in the different attacks of the Americans last summer; the town was much damaged, and the inhabitants under such a state of consternation that nobody slept in the city; and that no business was done there. He confirmed the account of the fire-ship, Infernal , being blown up by Capt. SUMMERS, after being boarded by two row-gallies. Stating this fact the fellow wept! He observed, that this was an unfortunate war for the poor crusiers; - They had been led to believe that the Americans were all merchants; and that they should have nothing to do but go out and bring them in; but they found them devils; from whom nothing was to be gained in war; and therefore he had quitted the service of Jussuf Bafhaw. The Bafhaw was nevertheless determined not to make peace with these infidels until he shall have humbled them, and made them pay for the damages they had done to his navy and city. He acknowledged that HAMET BASHAW had many friends in Tripoli; but said, that Jussuf Bafhaw had taken care of him! It is ascertained that the latter had employed and paid assassins to poison the former: - These undoubtedly reported that they had executed their commission and hence we account for the report of Hamet Bafhaw's death.
"On the 8th inst. I received from the Bafhaw an answer to my letter from Cairo; dated the 28th of the month Ramadan, corresponding with the 3rd January, 1805, stating that he should that day depart for this province, and take lodgings at the house of an Arab chief; where he should wait to meet me: But as my letter to him, dated after the Viceroy's amnesty, all advised him to repair to the English House at Rosetta, under the guarantee of the Viceroy's passport; and be leaving he might push his march thither, I left Cairo for that place, the 18th inst. and arrived in three days. Nothing additional appearing there, I proceeded to
Alexandria, the 19th, and on the 20th received the Bafhaw's answer to my letter the 28th November, of the same tenor with that received from him at Cairo. It appeared that, not considering in the Viceroy's dispositions concerning him, or perhaps, not receiving his letter before leaving the Mameluks' camp, the Bafhaw had determined to expect an interview at the place he first named near the lake Ikingi on the border of the Desert, about 150 miles from the seacoast. Nothing can be more in redolent than a Turk of a Turk's honor; and for a good reason, nothing can be more equivocal than their plighted faith; - it is an article of barter and sale. Though travelling in the interior of the country had become unusually hazardous, on account of the jealousy of the Turkish chiefs; - of the reins given to licentiousness by the barbarity of civil war; and of the strong grounds the wild Arabs hold by reason of all restraint being relaxed on the part of the Turks and the Mameluks, who are too seriously occupied with each other; I determined to attempt a passag to Fiume. Accordingly on 22d inst. left Alexandria, with two officers from the Argus, Lt. Blake, and Mr. Mann, and an escort of twenty-three men, indifferently mounted, and on the evening of the 23d, found myself arrested at the Turkish lines, between seventy and eighty miles on our route, by the Kerschief of Dimanhour, commanding a detachment of about five hundred Ottoman troops, on the frontier. No argument I could advance could at all modify the severity of his first resolution not to let me pass his lines ; - though in every thing else he treated us with distinction and great hospitality. However mortifying the concession, I cannot but applaud the correct military conduct of this chief; for it was in itself a suspicious circumstance, that a body of armed, unknown foreigners, should be found shaping a course for his enemies rendezvous with no other pretext than to search for a refugee Bafhaw! But this suspicious circumstance was strengthened and aggravated by the insinuations gone out from the French Consul, that we came into this country with secret views hostile to the Turks. - Our situation here was somewhat perplexing, and exceedingly unpleasant. I do not recollect having found myself on ground more critical: - To the natural suspicion of a Turk, this General added a fierce and savage temper; of course proud and arrogant. I soon found my point of approach. - I passed high compliments on the correctness of his military vigilance and conduct; said it was what I apprehended, and what I certainly would have done myself in similar circumstances: but knowing from character the magnanimity of his soul, I was determined to have an interview with him, in full confidence that he would aid a measure so purely humane, and so manifestly to the Turkish interest in Egypt, in case he would not permit me to pursue my object personally. At the same time recurring to the example of the Viceroy, whose letter I had shown to him and signified, that I had it in charge to tender him a duen coru in testimony of our exalted opinion of his name and merit. - He was moved - said my confidence should not be disappointed; and called into his tent a chief of the Arabe tribe; a wandering host who have from time to time, been driven or emigrated from the kingdom of Tripoli, since the usurpation of Jussuf Bafhaw, to whom he stated my business, and asked, if he could give any account of Hamet Bafhaw? The young chief, in an ecstasy exclaimed, he knew every thing! I requested him to declare himself; for I had no secret in my relation with that Bafhaw. His story is anticipated in the statement I have given of the Bafhaw's actual position. He added, that twenty thousand Barbary Arabs were ready to march with him from this border to recover their native country and inhabitants; repeated, that he knew our plan ; and now that he had seen me he would plight his head to the Turkish General he would bring me Hamet Bafhaw in ten days. The Turk accordingly dispatched him with a companion on this message the next morning.
"I could yet perceive some symptoms of suspicion and apprehension on the brow of my newly acquired military friend - Wherefore without seeming to have any particular view other than a solicitude to meet the man I sought, but really with a view of removing his apprehensions, I proposed to him to return to his head-quarters, this village; send off my escort to Alexandria, and to wait myself with only the gentleman in company, and our servants, until our Arab chief should return from Fiume with the Bafhaw. This proposal had its desired effect - We left him, and retired to a hand-some marquee prepared for the purpose; took refreshments he had ordered to be in readiness; and the next morning returned with an additional escort from his camp to this place; where we found lodgings in Turkish style provided for us.
"Thus far I have sketched an abstract from my journal. Do you expect something of Egypt? Its antiquities? Its curiosities?
Its wonders? You must be disappointed. I am too much occupied with modern affairs to ransack catacombs, or climb pyramids; - for the same reason I have not time to gratify curiosity; and as to wonders, can only notice, what I cannot help being impressed with, the wonderful ignorance, wonderful stupidity, wonderful tyranny, and wonderful wretchedness which so strongly mark the features of a country once the wonder of the world for Science, Wisdom, wholesome Police and national happiness. Here is matter for a volume; I can only devote six lines to the subject. Not a man reads here; yet none but thinks himself divinely taught. The Kerschief, of whom I have just spoken, in a little excursion to gather contributions has cut off between fifty and sixty peasants heads for no other crime than poverty; and just without the eastern gate of this village, a gallows is now erecting to hang a child of twelve years, the only son of a chief of the village Rahamania, because his father cannot pay the contribution levied on him! GOD! I thank thee that my children are Americans.
"JANUARY 31, 1805."
"SINCE I began this letter circumstances have accumulated to render our situation more awkward, and, I may well say, ridiculous. The next day after our entering the house where we quarter, a marquee was pitched upon the terrace of an adjoining house, and a Turkish guard mounted there, under pretence of just air ; armed Turks were sent into the house for the purpose of accompanying us as a life guard in our walks, and a centinel was placed at our door, in the lower court, to prevent intrusions. Though these arrangements were usually polite, I should have been very willing to have dispensed with them; yet, by appearing frank and easy with the Turkish General, his suspicions seemed to have subsided. - I received all these marks of vigilance as marks of attention; thanked him for his civilities; and assured him I should be careful to make suitable mention of them to The President, my master. By this kind of adulation, yesterday, I so much drew him from his guard, that he opened his heart, and unequivocally confessed, that "In the present consummated state of Egypt the Turks ought to suspect every body; especially the English; but they had peculiar reasons for suspecting us as the French Consul had declared us British Spies!" What does not that savage merit for this wanton and base manner of exposing our lives to the infamy of a gibbet! I hope not to meet him at Alexandria."
"Alexandria, Feb. 16, 1805."
"We arrived with the Bafhaw and suite, at the English cut between Aboukir Bay and the lake of Meriotis, a week ago last Wednesday; - Here we had new difficulties to encounter; - The French Consul had been before-hand of me, in gaining the Admiral of this port, and Governor of the city; and they, consequently came to a resolution not to permit the Bafhaw to enter the city, nor to embark at this port. Argument was useless, for we were too late in our application of it; - But we felt no other inconvenience than delay; for the Bafhaw had before come to a resolution to march by land to Derne and Bengasi; and he now moved round the lake to form his camp at Arab's tower, about 30 miles west of the old port of Alexandria. In the mean time I stated to the Viceroy the contents his letter of amnesty suffered from his subalterns in this place; in consequence of which he addressed a firman , by a chaus , to the Governor, commanding immediate compliance with the intention of his letter of amnesty; and imposing a fine on him of twenty-five thousand piastres. This gives us final triumph in Egypt; though I confess I could have willed the Viceroy's resentment had not fallen so heavily upon his disobedient Governor. I did not think it prudent to advise the Bafhaw to enter the city, lest vengeance should retaliate on him the chastisement he has brought upon his Turkish brother of this place. We shall therefore, take up our line of march through the Desert of Libya towards Derne, next Wednesday.
"Our party consists of five hundred men. - One hundred of whom are christians recruited on the spot, and employed in our service. We shall make a stand at Bomba, and wait the return of capt. Hull, with supplies and reinforcements, to seize the provinces of Derne and Bengasi; for which purpose he fails for the rendezvous the day after tomorrow.
"Here is a sketch in port from Tripoli, sent up by the enemy to prevent Hamet Bafhaw being permitted to leave Egypt; but not having with him the only argument which carries all causes here, the poor devil must go back, in session only to give Jussuf Bafhaw information of the fate which awaits him.
"If our measures are supported, he must fly his kingdom or die. How glorious would be the exhibition, to see our fellow
citizens, in captivity in Tripoli, march in triumph from a dungeon to their traitor's palace, and display there the flag of the United States."
Portland,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1805.
The last accounts from Europe, mention, that the combined fleets failed from Vigo, on the 7th of August, and Lord Nelson was in pursuit of them.
In England the military commanders have received late orders, to hold themselves in readiness to march at the shortest notice, should Bonaparte attempt an invasion; which the English appear to wish rather than fear.
Troops are continually marching from the interior of France to the coast of Holland: A powerful force is collecting to proceed from the Texel, but the object of it is kept secret.
Russia continues with great activity her warlike preparations.
The blockade of Cadiz, by a British Fleet, is continued with the utmost rigor - no neutral vessel, however innocent her cargo, is allowed to enter or depart. The American Consul, in concert with others, of the principal powers of Europe, have remonstrated, but to no effect.
Mr. Hill, our consul at Havana, has resumed his official duties.
Captain Bainbridge, and most of his officers and crew, have arrived in the U.S. frigate President - Lt. Richmond, (Vig) the principal citizens complimented him with an elegant entertainment, on which occasion many appropriate toasts were given.
John Breckinridge, of Kentucky, is appointed Attorney General of the U.S.
Col. Burr left Lexington, Kentucky, Aug. 23 for Vincennes and St. Louis, and thence to Charleston.
Considerable alarm exists in Savannah in consequence of numerous robberies which have recently been committed in that city.
A body of Chickasaw Indians are said to have been defeated in a battle with the Oglas.
Federalism in Connecticut. - The result of the last election of representatives is highly propitious to the prosperity and happiness of the state - The citizens of Connecticut, notwithstanding the warnings and persuasions of their exclusive friends, have not thought proper to withdraw their confidence and support from men of correct principles and honorable conduct. In the last legislature there were 69 democrats, in the present legislature 134 Federalists and 61 democrats, federal majority 73.
GEN. EATON.
Presuming that whatever respects our enterprising countryman, will be acceptable to our readers, we have devoted a large proportion of the Gazette to give place to a letter from him, addressed to a friend in this state. This letter has been in the possession of several gentlemen in this town, but motives of delicacy have withheld it from the public - since it has appeared in the Centinel these reasons no longer exist.
THEATRICAL.
We have received several communications respecting the propriety of erecting a Theatre in this town. Tho' the subject is too local to be interesting to most of our readers; a disposition to oblige those whom we reckon among our best friends, has induced us to give publication to two which embrace the principal ideas of the others.
Thomas Dickman, esq., is removed from the office of Postmaster, at Greenfield, (Mass) for the crime of diffusing in opinion from the present administration. His successor, Mr. Ambrose Emer, is declared to be incompetent to fulfil the duties of the office; he boasted that he "could have had it any time within these three years past, could he have got any body to superintend it for him." Does such proceedings indicate a desire, on the part of the government, to quench the present flame of party discord? - Herald.
My Confidential matter prepared in type, for this day's Gazette, has been unavoidably omitted to give place to our advertising friends, whose favors we gratefully acknowledge, and solicit a continuance of them.
Communications.
Messrs. Adams and Jenks, I was much gratified to day, on hearing that an application has been signed by a respectable number of citizens, and presented to the Selectmen, requesting them to call a meeting of the inhabitants to take into consideration the expediency of using all lawful means to prevent the erection of a Theatre in this town, either by applying to the Legislature to pass a law, or, to take what other measure they may then think proper to adopt to prevent the same.
This meeting, I understand, will be on Monday the seventh of October, at 11 o'clock A.M. It is hoped that no one citizen on this occasion will say his business is such, that it is impossible for him to leave it, or that enough will attend without him; let every one recollect that it is not impossible that by his attendance and rational conduct, he may save from dissipation, or ruin, his child, his relation, or acquaintance! - If this is possible, let each one be determined to quit his ordinary avocations for a short time, to attend the meeting, and have the subject fully discussed. If then it should appear, that the peace, happiness, safety and interest of the town will be promoted by erecting a theatre, a large wooden building, 8 stories high, 75 or 80 feet in length and forty feet in width, in this place, (which has already been once reduced to ashes) and especially in a section of the town, where if it should take fire there can scarcely a sufficiency of water be produced for the ordinary uses of families; they will then undoubtedly use all legal means to erect and complete a building of that description, and in such part of the town before alluded to. If on the other hand, the inhabitants should feel sensible that a theatre erected as aforesaid, will most assuredly operate as a curse rather than a blessing, undoubtedly they will frankly and candidly express their sentiments - conduct with spirit and energy, and endeavour to prevent its establishment. Should the latter be the determination of the town, I presume no one who has any reputation to lose, will in any wise aid, favor or promote its completion.
ONE OF MANY.
Messrs. Adams & Jenks, Relying upon your impartiality, I offer the following observations for insertion in your paper - by giving them publicity, will oblige
A CITIZEN OF PORTLAND.
Having understood that a number of individuals have requested the Selectmen to call a town meeting on Monday, the 7th of October next, the object of which is to see if the town will petition the Legislature to pass a law, prohibiting the erection of a building which will in part be used for a Theatre - I presume

might well be considered a libel upon the understanding and information of the citizens of Portland, for any one to suppose it necessary to inform them that the Stage is a source of rational amusement, not only as the source of rational amusement, but also as the friend to virtue and morals—to deny this, would be at once to acknowledge a total ignorance of the lives and writings of men, eminent for learning and piety.
I need not mention, that Dr. Johnson, and Dr. Young, authors of the Rambler, and Night Thoughts, exerted their best talents upon Theatrical Productions, and by their example countenanced their representation; and it need not be said, that the Plays of Shakespeare will be esteemed, so long as the English language is read or spoken.
But perhaps it will be said, that however useful and entertaining the Stage may have formerly been, it has depreciated much of late, by the improper conduct and want of talent, in those who have performed in this place; but I believe, every one who wishes to retain a reputation for truth and taste, will readily allow that the Manager has uniformly conducted the Theatre in this town, with credit to himself, and to the approbation of those who have attended.
But still another reason is urged why the town should oppose the representation of a play in a building erected more particularly for that purpose, by being calculated in such a manner, as that the audience may be better accommodated than in the room which has heretofore been made use of, the temptation will be so great, every one is to run theatre-mad, and the ruin of morals and property is to follow of course—should this be the event, and should it be true also, that most of the citizens of this town are so totally destitute of prudence and discretion, as to be wholly incapable of governing themselves in things of this kind; much gratitude will be due to those, who have so kindly volunteered the promise of their best exertions to induce the legislature to take them under their peculiar care and direction; you will acquiesce in the surrender of your rights and vote accordingly.
But on the other hand, should you still retain the opinion that you possess reason and information sufficient to manage these affairs in your own way, you will declare it by a general and punctilious attendance, and give a decided opposition to the petition.
N.B. The opposition to the theatre, cannot have originated with those who live in the neighborhood where I understand the building is to be erected.
MATT D.
In this town, on Wednesday evening last, by Dr. Deane, Mr. William C. Weeks, merchant, to Miss Jane McLellan, daughter of Capt. Arthur McLellan. On Thursday morning last, by the Rev. Mr. Kellogg, Capt. Thomas Mead, to Miss Sophia Hopkins. On Saturday evening last, Mr. Nahum Hall to Miss Nabby Bradish.
DEATH.
In this town, on Saturday evening last, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Sarah Jones, aged 45, consort of Deacon Wm. Jones. Her funeral will be this Afternoon, at 4 o'clock, weather permitting; which her relatives and friends are requested to attend without further invitation. In Brunswick, lately, and much lamented, Mrs. Bridget Stone, the amiable consort of Mr. Jotham Stone, and daughter of the Hon. Timothy Walker, Esq. of Concord, N.H. in Falmouth, Miss Harriet Galvin, at 5—daughter of Mr. T. G.
PROMISSORY NOTES.
We the Subscribers, some time since, issued our Notes under five Dollars, for the convenience of change; since which the Legislature has granted the Incorporated Banks, liberty to issue Small Bills, which renders it unnecessary for ours to continue in circulation—We therefore say that we are ready to REDEEM those that are now in circulation, whenever they are presented; and that we do not intend issuing any more.
JOHN TABOR & SON.
Portland 9th Mo. 30, 1805.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Trustees and Overseers, of Bowdoin College, that a special meeting is to be held at the College Chapel, in Brunswick, on Wednesday, the 23rd of October next, at ten o'clock, in the morning, for the purpose of inducting to office Parker Cleaveland, A.M. lately chosen Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in said College, and for such other purposes as the interest of said College may require.
JOSEPH MCKEN, President.
Brunswick, 25 Sept 1805.
SOCIAL LIBRARY.
THIS is to give notice, that a Meeting of the Social Library, will be held at Mr. Chadwick's Tavern, on MONDAY Evening, the Seventh of October next. On or before which time, every person wishing to become a Member will apply to Mr. THOMAS CLARK, Librarian, who will make known the terms and the state of the Library.
ROBERT ILSLEY, Chairman of Com.
Portland, Sept. 20, 1805.
Benevolent Society.
THE Members of the Portland Benevolent Society, are hereby notified—that their annual meeting is to be held at the Court House, in Portland, on Wednesday, the second day of October next, at three o'clock, in the afternoon.
By order of the Managers. JOSEPH H. INGRAHAM, Secretary. Portland Sept. 23.
The design of this Society is to assist and relieve those objects of compassion, whose circumstances may receive relief, in a manner different from that, which is by law provided, for the support of the poor; comprehending therein the widow and the fatherless, the destitute and helpless stranger, and all who by sickness, infirmity, or misfortune, may be reduced to indigence.
WANTED a smart active BOY, 14 or 15 years of age to attend the English Goods Store. Enquire of the printer. Sept. 23
NAVAL STORES.
For Sale, 300 barrels Tar, 30 do. Pitch, on reasonable terms—by CODMAN & SWAN, No. 3, Union Row, Middle-Street. Sept. 30.
Stoves and Gambooses.
CAST-IRON shop, school-house, kitchen and parlor Stoves—Gambooses of different sizes—Likewise, Sheet-iron and tin Funnel. Japaned and Tin Ware, as usual, to be sold by Nathaniel Cross, Sept. 30. (6) At his shop below the Hay-Market.
Wine Cellar.
THE subscribers, having formed a connection in business, under the firm of Tucker & Blanchard, Offer for sale, a complete assortment of WINES and SPIRITS, of all kinds, At No. 1, Jones's Row, Fore-Street, (two doors from Messrs. Quincy & Dix) Where Gentlemen may be supplied on liberal terms, with articles of the first quality. Having been at great expense to establish a Wine Cellar, they flatter themselves that the public will give their sanction, by applying as above. Gentlemen who keep Public House, in town or country, are invited to call and satisfy themselves with a fair sample. SHIP'S STORES put up at the shortest notice, and every favor gratefully acknowledged. James B. Tucker, James Blanchard. Sept. 30.
Glass, Crockery & Japan Ware.
JOSEPH BRYANT, INFORMS the public, that he has received by the Eleanor and Telegraph, from Liverpool, a general assortment of Glass, Crockery and Japan Ware, and for sale at No. 9, Jones's Row—consisting of Cut and common quart & pint Decanters, Cut & com Wine-Glasses, Do. do. Jellies, Do. do. Tumblers, Saltcellars, Pepper and Mustard Pots, Custard and Lemonade Cups, Proof Glasses, &c. Crockery Ware of various kinds, Boxes China, 8 by 10 Window Glass, 25 cases Enamelled Ware, assorted, 24 do. cream colored do. suitable for the Country or W. India market. Also—2 cases English Hats, assorted. Sept. 30.
DAY & ILSLEY,
Have for Sale, Sept. 14, 1805, 10 pipes Cognac Brandy, of the first quality, 6 do. Bourdeaux do. Pipes of Gin, 10 cañks Sherry Wine, 40 do. Malaga do. Pipes and barrels Vinegar, of a good quality, 80 cañks Philadelphia Powder, 45 chests Sououch Tea, Chests Hyson and Hyson-skin do. Chests and quarter chests Bohea do. 40 boxes Mould Candles, Boxes Dips do.—Boxes Spermaceti do. 20 barrels bone-middlings Pork, Cargo No. 1 and 2 ditto, 2000 wt. Butter, inspected, 2500 wt. Cheese, of a good quality, 2000 wt. Bacon, put up in best order for families, 50 barrels Flour, from new wheat, 10 hds. Molasses—Hhds. Rum. Also, A general and constant supply of Wines, viz. Madeira, Vidonia, Lisbon, Sherry, Port, Catalonia, Claret, and Frontinac. A full supply of GROCERIES, of every kind; which will be sold cheap for cash or approved credit. Sept. 16.
CHEAP GOODS,
QUINCY & DIX,
No. 3 & 4, Jones's Row, below Fish-Street, Have just received, and are now opening for sale, An elegant assortment of Muslins, of almost every description and quality, from 25 to 18 3/4 per yard—some very elegant. 1 case elegant London Millinery, 1 trunk Bonnets, assorted, 1 case Scotch Bed ticking, containing 45 pieces, assorted qualities. 1 bale superfine Cotton Long Cloths, suitable for a shirting—Large assortment India Cottons, 1 case Cotton Cambrics, white and colored, from 1 3/8 to 6 3/4 per yard Lace Cambrics and Lace Muffins, Black Silk Veils, very rich, for half price, Mouselin Cloak, with elegant Borders, 64 Shawls—Veils of all descriptions—Turbans, 50 lb. assorted Sewing Silks, Danish Table-Cloths, and common Diaper, Florence Silks and Lustrings—India do. Ladies Habit and Long Gloves, Durable Ink—Flanberry Yarn—Diroties, Sprigged Mullin—Morocco Purse, Kid Shoes—Laces of all kinds, Fashionable Ribbons—Fine Flannels, Silk Gloves of every kind—Silk Stockings, Some of the cheapest Cotton Chambray Mullins ever offered for sale in this country, Broadcloths—Cashmere—Swansdowns, Fancy Vesting—Velvets, &c. &c. N.B. The principal part of the above Goods were purchased at auction for Cash, out of a stock of Goods belonging to a merchant in Bolton, who has lately failed in business. WEST-INDIA GOODS, as usual. Sept. 16.
THE friends of Isaac Johnson a seaman who was lost from on board the ship Cornwall on her passage to Liverpool may have his effects, by applying to JOSEPH MCKEN & SON, No. 16, Union Wharf, September 17 1805.
THE subscriber, being anxious to make a thorough settlement of his concerns, by the first of January next, therefore requests all persons who have accounts with him, to settle the same, previous to that time with JOHN BUCK. Bethel, Sept. 20, 1805.
Book-Keeping.
MR. TURNER, will open his Evening School for teaching Book-Keeping by Double Entry, on Monday the 14th of October next, at his House, Jones's Row, Portland. Boarding for two Gentlemen may be had at the same place. Sept. 30.
DANCING SCHOOL—Fourth Quarter. MR. RUGGLES, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland, that his Fourth Quarter, for the admission of Masters and Misses, will commence on Saturday, the Fifth of October next at two o'clock, P.M. Those who intend to favor Mr. R. with the tuition of their Children, are invited to call and leave their names at Mr. Josiah Paine's, previous to that time. Terms as usual. He also informs those young Gentlemen who wish to attend his Evening School, that it will commence on the Monday evening following, at 7 o'clock, at the Columbian Hall. Terms may be known by applying at Mr. Paine's. Sept. 30.
JUST PUBLISHED, By DANIEL JOHNSON, And for sale at the Portland Book-Store, DR. WATTS' DIVINE SONGS, for the use of children—to which are added, The Alphabet—First Lessons in Spelling—Union Hymn—and Christian's Hiding-Place. An elegant edition of the Pleasures and Pains of Memory. The Economy of Human Life, For the use of schools and private families. A great variety of BOOKS, cheap, as usual. Sept. 30.
THOMAS CLARK, HAS just received a large and elegant assortment of Morocco Pocket-Books, of various qualities—some with Morocco and satin linings, with instruments; which he will sell by the dozen or single, at the lowest cash price. A large quantity of best superfine Columbian PLAYING CARDS—Henry 8th and Mersey—Andrew do. Also, a great variety of Message Cards, from the largest to the smallest sizes, by the gross, dozen or single pack. Liverpool suit, Now discharging from brig Harriet, and for sale by Lemuel Weeks & Son, Sept. 23. No. 2, Central-Row.
NOW IS THE TIME! Just received, and now landing for sale, By John Tabor & Son. At No. 13, Union Wharf. THREE Hundred barrels fresh superfine FLOUR, from new wheat, Thirty barrels prime PORK. Also, in Store, Whole, half and quarter cañks, L. P. Madeira and Vidonia Wine, 6000 wt. best green Coffee, 2000 wt. Treacle do. Sugar, Molasses and Coaco. 2nd Mo. 28.
A. M'LELLAN, HAS for Sale, No. 20, Union-Wharf, 160 puncheons good flavored St. Vincents RUM. Hhds. Tierces and Barrels best retailing MOLASSES. Sept. 16.
FOR SALE, At No. 16, Union-Wharf, Whole, Half and Quarter Boxes 10 by 12 3/4 8 by 10 3/4 7 by 9 3/4 Crates of Earthen Ware, suitable for the Well-India market. Sept. 16.
Fresh Lemons.
A Few Boxes fresh Lisbon Lemons, for sale—Inquire at the Store of Messrs. DAY & ILSLEY.
WANTED,
Between Thirty and Forty Thousand laying SHINGLES, of the first quality; for which each will be given—Inquire as above. Sept. 16.
New Flour.
JUST received, by Schooner Union, from Philadelphia, and for sale by John P. Thurston & Co. No. 4, Central Row, Fore-Street, 75 bds. superfine Flour, from new wheat, 75 do. do. do. from old do. 120 do. fine do. from do. do. Sept. 16.
Take Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Benjamin Smith, deceased are hereby informed, that unless their notes and accounts shall be paid by the 30th October next, they will be left, with an attorney for collection. MICHAEL SMITH, Administrator.
A Stray Colt
CAME into the enclosure of the subscriber, some time since, of a bay color, supposed to be about three years old. The owner may claim again, by proving property and paying charges—Apply to Alexander Barr. North-yarmouth, Sept. 30, 1805.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber about the first of July, a light red MARE, dark mane and tail, and a white stripe in her face. Whoever will return said Mare, or give information so that she may be obtained, shall be liberally rewarded. CALVIN SHAW. North-yarmouth Sept. 23, 1805.
A List of Letters, remaining in the Post-office at WATERBOROUGH, last quarter. SAMUEL STICKNEY, Waterborough; Charles Miller, ditto; Lewis M. Coffin, ditto; Joseph Mills, ditto. [16] Dated September 5, 1805.
WHEREAS Samuel Gardner has published in the Newspapers, that I have left his bed and board &c. I hereby contradict the same, and on the contrary declare, that the said Gardner has left my bed and board and wholly neglects to treat me, as a tender and dutiful husband, and refuses to live with me. This is to forbid all persons contracting with the said Gardner, for the house and land which I am now in possession of, as I am equally interested with him in the same. NANCY GARDNER. Portland, Sept. 20, 1805.
200 Dollars Reward!
MISSD, on Saturday, the 20 inst. about 11 o'clock, A.M. by SAMUEL WICKSON, on his passage from PONTIAC, containing Ten Hundred Seventy Seven Dollars in Bank Bills of various Banks, and between fifteen and twenty Dollars in Silver; two hundred and fifty one dollars at the Bills, were included in a letter to Samuel Spear, of Boston, merchant, in which bills were in different packages, wrapped in paper. The letter and Bills together with the Notes signed by Mills Joy, payable to — Clough, were contained in a black leather Pocket-book. The Portmantueh also contained one pair light ribbed velvet Pantaloons, one black Cashmere Waistcoat, with covered buttons, one pair of white striped Hose, one linen shirt, one cambric Handkerchiefs, a letter directed to Elazar Tucker, of Boston merchant, and sundry other papers. The above sum will be given for the Portmantueh, Contents, and thief, if stolen; or One Hundred Dollars for its Property only, by applying to SAMUEL HOLT, of Waltham, Middlesex County. Sept. 30, 1805.
Mail Robbery!
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. WHEREAS a Letter from Ebenezer Morton, of Medunobek, directed to Capt. Zenas Morton, at Eastport, was put into the post-office at Thomastown, containing Fifty-Eight Dollars in Bank Bills, and a Note of Hand, payable to the said Zenas Morton, with the drawer's name erased out, on the 20th May last; which Letter was made up and put into the mail on the 22nd of the same month, and directed to Eastport, but has never been received at the Eastport post-office—Therefore the above reward will be given for the Letter and contents, or for the detection of the person who took and secreted the same, so that he or they may be brought to deserved punishment—by Oliver Shead, Postmaster at Eastport. Eastport, Maine, 17th Sep. 1805. (830 3/4m)
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of an Administratrix on the estate of
WILLIAM WILDER,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Chair-maker, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—She 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 NANCY WILDER. Dated, Portland, Sept. 26, 1805. (830)
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of Executor of the last will and testament of
MARY HUSTON,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Widow, by giving bond as the law directs.—She 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 LEMUEL WEEKS. Portland, Sept. 28, 1805. (830)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
YORK ss. At the Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Watertown, within and for the county of York, on the fourth Monday of August, being the twenty-sixth day of said month, Anno Domini, 1805. Present, the Honorable Nathaniel Wells, Edward Cutts, and Jonas Clark, Esquires; Justices of said Court.
ON the petition of Stephen Bean, Gentleman, and Edward Smith yeoman, both of Phillipsburg, in said county, showing, that they are seized in fee simple, and as tenants in common of and in a certain real estate, bounded as follows, beginning on the Northerly corner at Sacb River, adjoining the Russef or College right, thence running South-West about 1295 rods to the West end of said Russef's right; thence South-West about 50 rods to land set off to Barton and White; thence running northeast on said Barton and White to Saco river; thence running up said river to the first mentioned bounds; being a part of the tract known by the name of the Barefoot's claim—containing three hundred acres, more or less.—The said Bean owning one undivided fifth part—and the said Smith owning one undivided fifth part—seize her with certain other persons unknown to the petitioners. And the petitioners praying for their said parts to be assigned and set off to them to hold in severality. The said petition was entered at October term last, and continued to April term last, and thence to this term. And the petitioners having neglected to notify, agreeably to the orders of Court at said October and April terms: It is now ordered, that the petitioners cause the substance of their said petition, and this order therein, to be published in the Portland Newspaper, printed by Adams & Jones, and also in the Freeman's Friend, printed at Saco, three weeks successively in each paper, the last publication of each to be thirty days at least prior to the next term of this Court, to be holden at Biddeford, within and for said county of York on the first Monday of December next; to the end any persons interested may then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Attest, DANIEL SEWALL, Clerk.
WHEREAS
THE partnership of Dalton & Cram, will positively be dissolved on the 30th of September current—Therefore, all persons indebted to them, either by note, account, or otherwise, will do well to settle the same, or abide the consequences; as they are determined to prosecute all notes and accounts that are not settled before said time is out, next Biddeford Court. Samuel Dalton, Wadleigh Cram. Portland, Sept. 29, 1805. (830)
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE Copartnership under the firm of JOHN COLLINS & CO. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the said firm are requested to make immediate payment to JOHN COLLINS. John Collins, Samuel Lord, Peter Thomas. Windham, Sept. 14, 1805.
THE co-partnership of William Cobb & Co. was, by mutual consent, dissolved, on the 27th ultimo. All persons who have any demands against said firm are requested to exhibit them for settlement, and those indebted to make immediate payment. WILLIAM COBB. EDWARD COBB. SOLOMON BOYCE. Portland, 2nd mo. 25d, 1805.

FOR SALE.
At No. 3, Long-Wharf,
By JOSHUA RICHARDSON.
30 casks Claret Wine, entitled to debenture, 10 casks Port and 10 casks Port Wine, 10 casks Mould Candles, 100 lbs. No. 1 Beef, 30 casks Souchong and Hyson-Skin Teas, Bibs. No. 1 Pork, Tar, Pitch, Resin and Spirits Turpentine, Quarter casks, Malaga and Sherry Wine, Figs, Bacon—Gin Cakes, Dried Chocolate—Cakes Raisins. Sept. 9.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
JOSEPH LOVIS,
Watchmaker, Jeweller and Gilder, opposite the Insurance and Post Offices.
THE public, that he continues the Watch- Making Business, in all its various Branches. From his long experience in his line of business, in this country and in Europe, he flatters himself he can give entire satisfaction to all who may favor him with their com- mands; more especially as every kind of Watch-work will from his hands be executed by himself only.
Said LOVIS has for sale,
A handsome assortment of best, warranted Plain and English WATCHES, and an additional assortment of GOLD, SILVER, GILT and PLATED WARE, too numerous to particularize.
Also Jewels, Military Equipage, Me- dals, Watches, &c. Elegantly-Gilt, at the shortest no- tice.
Cash given for old Gold and Silver. Portland, Sept. 9, 1805.
JONATHAN P. HALL,
Has for Sale, at his Store, No. 4, Union-Street, Boston,
DYE-STUFFS.
CAMWOOD in thick, | Wood, Do. Ground English, | Roman Vitriol, Do. do. American, | Oil do. Peachwood, | Aqua Fortis, Fustic, | Archill, Logwood, | Cut-bear, Redwood, | Arnatto, Brazil do. ground, | Madder, Alum, | Sugar Lead, Coppers—Indigo, | Spirits Salt.
Clothers Screws, Coppers, Shears, Tenter Hooks, Press Plates, Press Plates Jacks, English and Ameri- can, &c. &c.
PAINTS.
Red Lead, | Spanish Brown, White do. | Spruce Yellow, Black do. | Patent do. Venetian Red, | Prussian Blue, Vermilion, | Copal Varnish, Spanish White & Chalk.
Brushes, Tools and Pencils, Gold and Silver Leaf, Pumice Stone, Rotten Stone, &c. &c.
MEDICINES.
A Large and complete assortment; with every arti- cle of PATENT MEDICINE now in use, both an- cient and modern. The above Goods will be sold very low for cash, or approved credit—wholesale and retail. Orders will be as well attended to, as a personal application. Sept. 9.
New Commission Establishment
THOMAS PAYSON,
ACQUAINTS the Mercantile Public, that having arranged for a Commission House at Nor- folk in Virginia, his business will be conducted there, under the firm of
THOMAS PAYSON & Co.
Where the orders of his personal friends, and those of the last firm are solicited, and shall meet a prompt, and faithful execution. Those Gentlemen, who are in the habit of sending their vessels to that port, either for freight or Cargo, are respectfully requested to give this Establishment a share of their business; and they may be assured, that they shall have no reason to re- pent the experiment. Boston July 23, 1805.
Boston Naval Store.
MORRILL & BAKER,
No. 47, State-street, Have for Sale, Of the first quality WARRANTED and in prime order, 350 casks Spirits Turpentine, 160 do. various kinds Varnishes, 600 bbls. Rosin, Constantly receiving additional quantities, from their Manufacture: Dealers in the above articles will be supplied on very liberal terms.
LIKWISKE,
Constantly on hand, for sale, Real quantities Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine. Boston Aug. 19, e.o.p.sw.
Joseph Grafton.
HAVING formed a connexion with NATHANIEL W. APPLETON, the business will in future be conducted under the firm of
Grafton & Appleton.
They offer for sale at No. 33, State-street, A compleat and extensive assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY, By Wholesale and Retail, And will supply Gentlemen on the most reasonable terms, with articles of the best quality.
They have always a supply of
CORDAGE of every size.
Russia and Ravens Duck, American and English Sewing Twine, English Nails and Spikes of every dimension, Bar and Sheet Lead, &c. Boston, Aug. 20.
STONE LIME,
Warranted to be of the first quality,
FOR SALE
By Jonathan Bryant,
At his Store near the Hay-Market. Sept. 2.
Siray Cow.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, a and white brin- del COW with a bell round her neck—The owner may have her again, by proving property and paying charges.
ADAMS MERRILL.
Falmouth, Sept. 2.
A New Shoe Store.
JOSIAH HAYDEN, respectfully in- forms the public—the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland in particular—that he has taken the store lately improved by Mr. Wm. Moulton, No. 3, Columbia Row, nearly opposite Messrs. Z. Hazzard & Co. Mid- dletown—Where he has for sale,
A general assortment of Ladies', Gentlemen's, and Children's Shoes, of every description, on such terms as to make it worthy the attention of pur- chasers. As his Shoes are particularly made for re- tailing, they will be of the first quality. Sept. 16.
FOR SALE,
HALF A TOWNSHIP OF LAND, granted to Gorham Academy out of any of the unappropriated Lands in the District of Maine—For terms and conditions of payment, which will be lib- eral, apply to LAFFEROP LEWIS, of Gorham, or MATTHEW COBB, at Portland. Sept. 9.
PLANK.
For Sale, At Freeport Landing, TEN or fifteen thousand feet of Oak & Pine Plank; the oak mill-sawed, and the pine hand-sawed— For terms apply to Bishop & Webber, at their store near the Landing, or of the subscribers in Durham. JOSEPH PROCTOR, JOSIAH DILL. Sent. 9.
Fresh Flour.
Just received, now landing, and for sale, By JOHN TABER & SON, At No. 13, Union Wharf, 250 bbls. fresh Superfine, Fine, and Midlings, in whole and half barrels—Also in Store, Pipes, half pipes, and quarter casks Lon- don Particular Madeira, and Teneriffe WINES. 9th Mo. 2d, 1805.
Tar, Pitch and Turpentine.
FOR SALE, By D. VID SMITH, No. 7, Union-Wharf, THE Cargo of the Schooner Mercury, from Wil- mington, N. C. 300 Bbls. Tar, large. 107 Bbls. Pitch, do. 70 Bbls. Turpentine. A few Hhds. Sugar and Rum. ALSO, Ship Chandlery, Cordage, &c. &c. LIKWISKE, Four Store Lots, at the head of Union- Wharf. (eop3) Sept. 2.
PATENT MEDICINES.
IMPROVED JAUNDICE BITTERS, or the Grand Anti-Bilious Corrective—Prepared by David Dennis- on, at his Dispensary, No. 231, O. Ford Road, Lon- don. Under the patronage of the first Physicians in Europe and America.
THIS preparation combines all the good qualities of every medicine of the kind ever offered to the public; the botanical characters of the ingredients, of which it is composed, has long attracted the notice of the faculty, and under various formulas unequivocally received the undivided sanction of successful experi- ment—It is greatly antiseptic and particularly effec- tual in correcting and preventing the putridity of bile; it has also been employed with great success, in very dangerous epidemic fevers. It not only cleanses the prima viæ, but likewise gently warms the habit and quickens circulation, is particularly serviceable in hab- itual costiveness, in cases of phlegmatic temperament and sedentary life, when the stomach is oppressed and weakened. This elegant bitter may be successfully ap- plied to almost every purpose, particularly in loss of appetite, when the stomach is foul and disorder- ed by irregularities; the secretions are gently prom- oted, and a plentiful perspiration produced; in some plaints of the jaundice this remedy is unequalled; the stomach is fortified and strengthened, and digestion effectually promoted; such a medicine is useful at all seasons, but particularly in the spring, by removing those sleepy melancholy sensations so unpleasant to the patient; the natural consequences of the approach of warm weather, upon bilious habits.—Price 3s. per Box.
WHEATON'S JAUNDICE BITTERS.
THE successful effects of which have been fully ex- perienced, in correcting and carrying off jaundice and bilious matter from the stomach; and at the same time strengthening the stomach, increasing the appetite, and removing the flaky, faint, distressed feeling, and the sleepy dull heaviness; restoring also, strength to the weak and trembling limbs; removing the yellow- ness of countenance common to jaundice and weakly people; and also the dizziness of the head, & weakness of sight. They are very useful for seamen to take of- ten when at sea, particularly in warm climates, as a preservative against disorders so incident to such cli- mates (which are generally putrid and bilious) by re- moving obstructions, carrying off bile and giving a free circulation to the blood.—Price 3s. per box.
WHEATON'S ITCH OINTMENT.
A safe and efficacious remedy for the ITCH—Price 3s. per box.
DEXTER'S RHEUMATIC PILLS,
For the cure of Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Bilious Disorders,
HAVE, by much experience, been found a valu- able and efficacious Medicine, and are recommended to the public, as an effectual remedy to counteract the dangerous effects of common Colds on the system —to remove obstructed perspirable matter, and acrid and corrosive Humours, which cause Rheumatism Rheumatic Gout, Pains and Swellings in the Joints and Limbs—Cough, Asthma, &c. They are also par- ticularly serviceable in removing Bilious and other ob- structions from the Stomach and Bowels—are an ex- cellent Medicine to obviate or check a bilious or yel- low Fever at its commencement, by powerfully ex- pelling bilious, morbid, and putrescent obstructions through the cutaneous pores. They remove windy oppressions and cholicky pains in the stomach and bow- els—eruptions from the face and skin—Sweeten and purify the blood, and quicken its circulation—pro- cure a sweetness of the breath and a good appetite, by strengthening the digestive faculties—Many affida- vits might be produced, showing the superior efficacy of the above pills—but, as the character by which they have or may acquire is the best criterion by which the public can judge, they are omitted.—Price 2s. 6d. per box.
The above Medicines are for Sale (by particular appointment) By JOHN COE, No. 4, Fish-Street, Where Drugs and Medicines, of a genu- ine quality, are kept constantly for sale, on the most reasonable terms, for cash or credit. July 2. (3pm)
Public Sale of Valuable House Lots.
Will be sold at Public Auction, on Thursday, October 3, at 11 o'clock, on the premises,
A Number (from two to ten) of those House Lots situated on that beautiful height in State-Street. Warranty deeds will immediately be given, and a credit, if required, of two, four and six months, with interest and approved endorsers. Noth- ing need be said in recommendation of said Lots—any person who wants a pleasant and healthy situation for a family, on viewing will be pleased. For further particulars, inquire of David Pease, Auctioneer.
N.B. The above Lots may be viewed at any time prior to the sale, by applying to Joseph H. Ingraham, Portland, Sept. 23.
Worthy of Attention.
FOR SALE, a valuable estate in Scar- borough, consisting of an half acre of LAND, in a high state of cultivation, improved as a garden spot —a large and very commodious DWELLING HOUSE, 48 feet by 38, containing 5 rooms on the lower floor, and 6 chambers, completely finished; accommodated with an excellent cellar under the whole, containing two brick arches. It has, for a long time, proved a very valuable stand for a trader, and would prove much more so for a house of public entertainment. View- ing the superior advantages of its local situation on a very great travelling post road, only eight miles distance from Portland and six from Saco, communicating with both by very pleasant roads, and in the vicinity of a delightful tract of salt marsh, where the sportsman with his gun, and his angle, may find an ample range for the agreeable amusement of hunting and taking a variety of game on the banks of the river, circum- stances which cannot fail to excite associations for a so- cial hour; the public opinion, we presume, will never censure the proprietors for a great degree of partiality, in observing that in their estimation, as a stand for a house of public entertainment, it cannot be exceeded by any spot in the District of Maine. For terms of sale, apply to Joseph Emerson, or John Wood, living on the premises. Scarborough, Sept. 23, 1805.
FOR SALE, A FARM, pleasantly situated in Dun- ham, on the Main Road from Free- port to Lewiston, and about 6 miles from Freeport Corner; consisting of a- bout 40 acres of mowing and tillage, and 60 acres of pasturing and wood Land. There is a two story House 40 by 50 feet, a good well of water, and Barn on the same—For particulars, apply to Israel Richardson. Portland, Sept. 16.
To the honorable Senate and honorable House of Representatives, in General Court con- vened, at Boston, on the last Wednesday of May, current.
THE undersigned delegates from the towns of Frye- burgh, Brownfield, Porterfield, and Lovell, re- spectfully represent—that deeply impressed with a sense of the justice and impartiality of this honorable Court, they deem it their right and duty, at all times, to make known their grievances, and petition for a redress of the same—That the formation and constitu- tion of the new county of Oxford, are extremely detri- mental to your petitioners—that said county, was for- merly agreeable to the wishes of its projectors, contrary to the interest of your petitioners and all others in the western part of said county, and without their knowledge or consent—that, although an order of notice had issued, for dividing the county of York, at the south line of Lovell, about thirty miles from great Of- fice river, (the south line of the county of Oxford) and the Court of General Sessions for the county of York had appointed an agent to object to said division, unless it should be at said Office river, yet relying on the uniformity of procedure of this Honorable Leg- islature and believing that in other cases, even of much less importance, a division could not be effected until notice had been ordered and published, nor then contrary to said notice—your petitioners expected that no division unless at the said south line of Lovell, could be made, till after notice had been given to all con- cerned; and therefore considering objections made, before notice, premature, rested assured, that nothing could be done to their injury—That, if notice had been given, of the intended formation of a new county according to the model of the county of Oxford, well founded and powerful objections might have been made; and in all probability would have convinced this honorable court, of the impropriety of such a measure. Your petitioners lamenting their calamitous situation, and reposing full confidence in this honorable court, do therefore pray your honors, to establish Fryeburg a half-shire town, in and for said county of Oxford, and that the October term of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace may be held at said Fryeburg, instead of Paris; and as in duty bound will ever pray. Robert Bradley, } Delegates Judah Dana, } for John McMillan. } Fryeburg. Joseph Howard, Delegate for Brownfield. William Boynton, Delegate for Porterfield. Abraham Andrews, Delegate for Lovell. May 21, 1805.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the House of Representatives, June 6, 1805. ON the petition of the agents for the towns of Fryeburg, Brownfield, Porterfield, and Lovell—pray- ing that the town of Fryeburg, may be established as an half-shire town within and for said county of Ox- ford, and that the October term of the Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, may be held at said Fryeburg, instead of Paris:— ORDERED, that the petitioners cause an attested copy of their petition, with this order thereon to be published in the Portland Gazette and Eastern Ar- us, printed at Portland, six weeks successively, the last publication to be made thirty days, at least, before the next session of the present General Court, that all persons interested may then and there appear, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Sent up for concurrence. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. In Senate June 8th, 1805. Read and concurred. H. G. OTIS, President. True copy—Attest, WENDELL DAVIS, Clerk of Senate. (89)
TAKEN up adrift on the eighth inst. at Luck's south side Little Chebego, a YAWL BOAT, about 19 feet long. Whoever has lost the same may have it again, proving property, and saving charges. Apply to ISAAC BENNET. Harpswell, (H. Bell's Wharf) Sept. 20.
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Silas Lee, Esq. Judge of Probate, to re- ceive and examine the claims against the estate of WILLIAM REED HUNTER, Late of Topsham in the county of Lincoln, deceased give notice that we will attend to the said business at the Store of James Cushman, in said Topsham, on the first Tuesdays of October, November, December, Janu- ary and February, next, from two to five o'clock, P.M. JOHN MERRILL. JAMES CUSHMAN. } Commissioners. Topsham, Sept. 11, 1805.
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Samuel Freeman Esq. to receive and ex- amine the claims of the Creditors, to the estate of SETH GRIFFIN, late of Durham, in the County of Cumberland, decea- sed, represented insolvent, do hereby give notice, that six months are allowed to said Creditors, to bring in and prove their Claims, and that we shall attend that service, at the Dwelling House of the Widow of said deceased, in Durham, on the last Monday of this, and the five following months, from one to six o'clock, P. M. Barthol Sylevester. Edward Fifeild. September 6th, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons, who are indebted to the estate of WILLIAM YOUNG, late of North Yarmouth, in the county of Cumberland, Mariner, deceased, that those demands which are not settled before the 20th of September next, will be placed in the hands of an Attorney for collection. Joseph Young jun. Administrator. Portland, August 27, 1805.
THE public are hereby cautioned against trusting my Wife DORCAS, on my account, as I shall not pay a single debt of her contracting after the date hereof. Benjamin Gould. Portland, Sept. 16, 1805.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled, May, 1805. THE subscribers respectfully represent, that a Sluice- way extending on the North side of Androscoggin river, in Topsham from the upper part of Brunswick Falls to the tide waters below, would be of great gen- eral advantage, and convenience; that by means there- of the transportation to market of large quantities of lumber, annually flowed down said said river, would be more safe and less expensive, by removing the trou- ble and inconvenience of hauling round said falls; and that numerous mill-feats on said river and its branches, now of little value, would be made useful and pro- ductive—wherefore your petitioners pray, that for this purpose they and their associates may be incorporated and invested with all the rights and powers necessary for the attainment and enjoyment of so important and object, and that they may be compensated for the la- bor and money to be expended in building, supporting and repairing said Sluice-way by a toll to be granted and established according to such rates as to the Hon- orable Court shall appear adequate and reasonable. EZRA SMITH, CORNELIUS THOMPSON.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In the House of Representatives, June 12, 1805. ON the petition of Ezra Smith and Cornelius Thomp- son, praying that a Sluice-way may be granted to them and their associates, in Topsham, on the north side of Androscoggin river.—Ordered, that the petitioners cause an attested copy of their petition with this order thereon to be published in the Portland Gazette three weeks successively, the last publication to be thirty days, at least, before the next session of the General Court, that all persons may then appear, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said peti- tion should not be granted. Sent up for Concurrence. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. In Senate, June 14, 1805. Read and Concurred. H. G. OTIS, President. True Copy—Attest, WENDELL DAVIS, Clerk of Senate.
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