Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-01-18 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
Appointed to publish the LAWS of the United States, for the District of Maine.
NUMBER 195.]
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1802.
[VOLUME IV.]
Public Documents. ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT'S LATE MESSAGE.
[No. II.—Continued from the 1st Gazette.]
[CIRCULAR.]
Department of State—Washington, May 21, 1801.
SIR, FOR a considerable time past suspicions have prevailed that a rupture with the United States was intended by the Barbary of Tripoli. Of late, the alarms and proofs have been such as to impose on the President the obligation of making immediately the most effectual provision within his authority for the defence and protection of our Mediterranean commerce, in case it should be attacked from that quarter. At the last session of Congress, six frigates were directed by law to be kept as a peace establishment—Out of this force, three frigates and also a sloop of war have been equipped and will sail for the Mediterranean in a few days under the command of Commodore Dale. Should war have been declared, or hostilities actually been commenced against our trade, this force will be employed in the most effectual manner for its safety. Should the means which have been or may be employed to obviate the necessity of such an application or the force be successful, the squadron after cruising a sufficient time in the Mediterranean, perhaps, if circumstances should not render it inadvisable, as far as the Levant, and towards Constantinople, will return to the United States. The expedition will by this means, be not without its use whatever may be the state of things on its arrival. It will have the effect, from which so much advantage has been promised by our consuls and others, of exhibiting to the Barbary powers a respectable specimen of the naval faculties of the United States. It will exercise our mariners and instruct our officers in the line of their service, and in a sea which it may be particularly useful for them to understand. And as they form a part of the peace establishment, the measure will not be inconsiderably to the expense otherwise to be incurred. The United States being now happily at peace and amity with all the European powers, the moment is the more favorable in that view of the subject. The President has thought proper that this early information and explanation should be given to you, that being fully satisfied of the object of the expedition, you may guard it against any misconception or misrepresentation that may by possibility be attached to it; and moreover prepare the government where you are, to lend to this squadron such hospitalities and accommodations in its ports or elsewhere, as opportunities may demand, and as it would be incumbent on the United States to reciprocate.
The friendly disposition felt by the United States towards you justifies them in their confidence that no evident proof of a like disposition will be withheld, and of this friendly disposition you are authorized and instructed by the President, on all proper occasions, to give the most explicit and cordial assurances.
I have the honor to be, Sir, with great consideration, your most obedient servant,
To Rufus King, London; David Hum- phreys, Madrid; William Smith, Lisbon, W. V. Murray, Hague.
[CIRCULAR.]
Department of State,
Washington, May 21, 1801.
SIR, THE proofs, which have been received, of the hostile purpose of the Barbary of Tripoli, having imposed on the President the obligation of providing immediately for the safety of our Mediterranean commerce, he has judged proper to send to the coast of Barbary, a squadron of three frigates and a sloop of war under the command of Commodore Dale. The squadron will sail in a very few days from this date. Should war have been declared or hostilities commenced, Commodore Dale is instructed to make the most effectual use of his force for the object to which it is destined. Should the means employed by our Consuls, and those which accompany this expedition, for obtaining such an event, be successful, the squadron then, after cruising some time in the Mediterranean, perhaps, if circumstances should not forbid, into the Levant, and towards Constantinople, will return to the United States. The expedition will, by this means, be not without its use, whatever may be the state of things on its arrival. It will have the effect from which so much advantage has been promised by our Consuls and others, of exhibiting to the Barbary powers a naval force from the United States. It will exercise our mariners and instruct our officers in the line of their service, and in a sea, where more than any other their services may be wanted; and as they form a part of the peace establishment fixed by law, the measure will add not inconsiderably to the expense that would otherwise be incurred. The United States being also happily at peace with all the powers of Europe, the moment is the more favorable in every view that can be taken of it.
The President has thought proper that you should be furnished with the information here given, in order that you may be ready to afford every friendly and useful accommodation that occasions may admit, to the squadron or any part of it; secondly, that being possessed of the object of the expedition, and the considerations which led to it, you may be able by proper explanations, to prevent its being misunderstood. The United States persist still in their desire of living in peace and friendship with all nations who permit them, and on all occasions where assurances to that effect can be proper, you are authorized to make them in the most satisfactory manner.
I am with great consideration, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) JAMES MADISON.
A copy forwarded to each of the following named Consuls: Thomas Rulkeley, Consul at Lisbon. John Gavino, Gibraltar. Anthony Terry, (acting) Cadiz. James Simpion, Tangier. William Willis, Barcelona. Robert Montgomery, Alicante. John Martineau, Naples. Frederick H. Wollaston, Genoa. Thomas Appieton, Leghorn. John Lamson, Trieste. Etienne Cathalan, Agent, Marseilles.
Faithful of a letter from James Madison to the Secretary of State, dated
“Tripoli, April 18, 1801.
I HAD the honor of receiving yours of the 15th of January on the 14th inst. and am happy my answer has been approved by the President. Yours to Mr. Donough I delivered to the British Consul, to forward to him or to keep until his arrival. I have already informed you that he departed from here with Commodore Campbell last January, in order to solicit the Court of Portugal for the consulate of this regency,
he having the Commodore's promise of recommendations.
“In consequence of the decease of our political father, I sent my dogoman to inform the Bashaw, that the next day I should hoist the banners of the United States, half mast; the only token of respect which I had in my power to pay to the manes of our much beloved patriot, intending to wait a proper opportunity to communicate to him your intimation—The Bashaw sent me a very polite message, expressing his concern for our loss, and requesting to know if the President had received his letter, which was forwarded by the Sophia. I answered in the affirmative, and ordered the dogoman to inform his Excellency that I would wait on him when he was at leisure.
“In the evening he sent Farfara to inform me, that he was indisposed, or would have been glad to see me, and requested if I had anything to impart, to communicate it to Farfara. I accordingly requested him to express to the Bashaw his Excellency the President's satisfaction with the arrangements that took place last year, and to assure him that he had never considered him as dependent upon either of the regencies; that he had always treated him as an independent Prince, and the government of the United States would always consider him with as much respect, and treat him with the same friendship, that they did the heads of the other regencies. Farfara returned with the following answer—“His Excellency the Bashaw has desired me to request you to acquaint the President of the United States, that he is exceedingly pleased with his proffers of friendship; that the respect which he has shown to his communication is really flattering; that had his proffers been accompanied with a frigate or brig of war, such as we had given the Algerines, he would be still more inclined to believe them genuine; that compliments, although acceptable, were of very little value, and that the heads of the Barbary states knew their friends by the value of the presents that they received from them.”
“It being too late for any answer that evening I made such comments on the Bashaw's message as might serve to eradicate from the mind of the Jew the most distant expectation that the President would ever make so great a sacrifice, which I informed him was entirely incompatible with the interests of the United States.
“Considering it highly improper to delay giving a direct, explicit and categorical answer to the Bashaw's intimation, I sent my dogoman to the castle to request an audience; I having previously formed a resolution never to employ a third person whenever the honor or the interest of my country was concerned. The dogoman informed me that his excellency had sent Farfara, and if I had any further communication to make, to employ him, as he was very much indisposed. Thus was I disappointed.
“Farfara waited upon me in the afternoon, when I requested him to inform the Bashaw, that if he supposed that the cruizers which were sent by our government to Algiers were given gratuitously he had been misinformed; that during our negotiation last year I had acquainted him that the frigate was given to that regency in lieu of cash for the ransom of our citizens, which had been redeemed on credit more than a year before her arrival; that the cruizers were built on commission, and paid for in cash out of the public treasury, and were not the property of the Dey, as he supposed; that I had copies of the accounts by me which he should peruse if he thought proper, whereby he should be informed of the magnitude of his expectation, and the improbability of the United States having given them gratuitously; that I was sensible how disagreeable it would be to disappoint expectations when once formed; I therefore found it my duty to prevent any such place, in order to avoid the charge of attending a positive refusal, which, from the nature of the request, must naturally be expected from the President of the United States.
“The Bashaw returned in answer, that he had concluded peace with the United States for much less than he had received from other nations, and that he knew his friends by what he received from them.
“I shall by no means broach this subject to the Bashaw again, as I have hindered him from having any ground for expectation, and shall continue to act in the same manner, should he ever make it a topic of conversation, as he can have no pretext to make a demand, and only insinuates that he expects some mark of the President's friendship, more substantial than compliments. I imagine it will be best to take no further notice of it—The appearance of our frigates in the Mediterranean will, I hope, eradicate any expectation that he may have flattered himself with, if any really exists, and until that period, believe me, Sir, our commerce will never be on a respectable footing in these seas.” [TO BE CONTINUED.]
From the Newyork Commercial Advertiser.
NUMBER XIX.
To the President of the United States.
SIR,
THE effect of your appointments on the moral character of the citizens of the United States, is the last, but not the least important, branch of this subject.
In that part of the United States, in which I live and am most acquainted, the people, in their elections, and the legislatures and councils, in the bestowment of civil officers, have invariably been influenced, in no small degree, by the moral character of the candidates, and the estimation in which they are held by their fellow citizens. In this practice, they have followed the example of all nations, civilized, and barbarous, except such as were advanced into the last stages of degeneracy and corruption. It was not among the Israelites alone, that “able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness,” were selected from rulers and officers; but among the Greeks and Romans, approved morals, and a respect for the national religion, were considered, during the flourishing periods of the republics, as necessary qualifications for places of high trust. In Rome, the censors, often degraded senators from their station, for gross immoralities. In every nation, a disregard of the moral character of a candidate for office, has accompanied the progress of national decline, and been the prelude to great public calamities, or total destruction.
Indeed from detached passages in your own writings, we may collect, that you yourself con-
sider morals as useful in society. In your notes, on Virginia, Query 17th, speaking of the toleration of religion in some of the colonies before the revolution, you have these words: “Religion is well supported; of various kinds indeed, but all good enough, all sufficient to preserve peace and order; or it is a fact arises which facts would subvert morals, good sense has fair play, and reasons and laughs it out of doors.”
Speaking of the effect of an education among slaves, Query 18, you say: “The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.” In various other places in the same book, you speak respectfully of morals and virtue. And in describing the qualifications of Samuel Bishop, for the office of collector, you mention that you had been informed “his character is unblamed.” It is true, you recommend, in your notes on Virginia, Query 14, to put Grecian, Roman, European and American History into the hands of youh in schools, in preference to the Bible and Testament, and you call the poor of the country, the rubbish; yet you declare, Query 19, that “corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example. You suggest that this general corruption of morals is the mark set on merchants and mechanics; and you speak of the inhabitants of cities with supreme contempt, calling them mobs, which have the same effect on government, that forests have on the human body.
Let any man place before his eyes, in a single view, your practice and your principles—praising morals in one place, and condemning the use of the bible in schools, in another—advising morals to husbandmen alone, degrading the merchants and manufacturers of cities to mobs—and the poor of a country to rubbish—speaking of Samuel Bishop's “integrity and unblamed character,” as recommendations to office—and then let him advert to the characters of many of the men, whom you have excited from ignominy to high and responsible offices—what opinion will such a man form of your understanding, your views, discretion and consistency?
It is possible that you have adopted the opinion avowed by one of your adherents, that “integrity in private life has no manner of connection with political character.” And was it for this reason, among others, that you appointed him to the collectorship of the port of New Haven? This opinion is now openly and unblushingly defended by the infidels and profligate men who compose a large proportion of your supporters in the northern states.
Whatever may be the fact in regard to your opinions, of your practice the citizens of the United States must of right be competent judges. It is an unquestionable fact, that in selecting men for the executive offices of government, you have had no regard to their moral characters, nor to the estimation in which they are held, by the moral and respectable part of their fellow citizens. You have taken as your confidential advisers, and appointed to important places of trust, men, who openly revile and hold in contempt the religious institutions of their country—men, who openly blaspheme the name and attributes of God and Jesus Christ—men, who live in the habitual indulgence of the most detestable vices, as adultery and lewdness—men, who violate the laws and destroy the peace of their families by theft and other atrocious crimes—men, of desperate fortunes and suspected integrity—men, who aim to destroy the first and most essential duties of social life, by publicly reviling the ordinance of marriage and its consequent duties. In this practice, you have departed from the maxim which all nations have heretofore held sacred, and opened a wide door for the entrance of every species of corruption and disorder in the executive departments. If you can find an apology in your ignorance of the characters of these men, public opinion will not admit this for a justification, because the means of more correct information are fully within your power. In times when society is embroiled with passions, generated by violent parties, no man's character perhaps can be well known from the information given by one party; and of all the weak parts of your feeble administration, that is one of the weakest, that you look to your supporters alone for a recommendation of fit persons for offices: for you form your judgment, in such cases, solely on the opinions of the men whose interest it is to deceive you.
However lightly you may think of this subject, Sir, all history is a witness to the truth of the principle, that good morals are essential to the faithful and upright discharge of public functions. The moral character of a man is an entire and indivisible thing—it cannot be pure in one part and defiled in another. A man may indeed be addicted, for a time, to one vice and not to another; but is a solemn truth, that any considerable breach in the moral sense, facilitates the admission of every species of vice. The love of virtue first yields to the strongest temptation, but when a part of the rampart is broken down, it is rendered more accessible to every successive assailant. Hence no man whose character is stained with habitual vices, can possibly deserve and enjoy a fair portion of confidence, in a public office.
But a worse consequence, if possible, flowing from your practice of appointing profligate men to office, is, the encouragement it offers to vice. Nothing tends more to restrain men from open licentiousness, than for public opinion to frown on immorality; and it is no objection to this mode of the king's vice, that it makes men hypocritical; for they may and often do become attached to what they are first compelled to practice. Besides, even hypocrisy may have no small effect on public manners, by preventing the influence of example. But when the most impious and scandalous vices are no objection against a candidate for office; when a flood of immoralities may we not expect from the removal of this powerful restraint on the vicious propensities of man! Surely, Sir, your respect for public opinion, if not for virtue, ought to make you more cautious in the bestowment of governmental favor. Corruption of morals is rapid enough in any country, without encouragement from government. And if great depravity marks the last stages of a free government, and is the certain prelude to the destruction of liberty which is universally agreed to be the fact, the chief magistrate of the U. States, should be the last man to accelerate its progress. For the sake of humanity, Sir, let not our republic be planted with grey hairs in infancy, and pass at once from the vigor of youth to the decrepitude of old age.
NUMBER XV.
To the President of the United States.
BUT it is not only by appointing to offices men of grossly immoral lives, and loose principles, that the exercise of the powers of government may be rendered subservient to the purposes of corruption. The same consequence results from pardoning convicted offenders for slight causes. The power of pardoning criminals is one of the most delicate and important trusts that a chief magistrate can be entrusted with. The design of it is to enable the executive to intercept the enforcement of rigid legal penalties, in case, where strong circumstances render the exercise of forgiveness expedient and safe. Sometimes it may be safe to pardon a young criminal for the first offence, when it appears that he was induced by bad company, or fair promises, and shows himself repentant. Sometimes it may be proper that the rigor of public justice should yield to the claims of a numerous family, dependent on the offender for subsistence. Sometimes the real policy of exercising acts of clemency, may interpose a public claim to a criminal's life, paramount to the strict demands of the law.
But in a free country, where the laws are dictated by humanity and enacted with caution, it is presumable that few cases will occur, in which humanity will require, or the public safety permit, the Chief Magistrate to exercise the power of pardoning criminals, who have been fairly tried, and found guilty by a jury. The power of pardoning implies a power of interrupting the whole course of penal law; a power to defeat the sentences of the highest courts of judicature; and in fact, a power that may be exerted to paralyze the strength of the legislature itself, in matters of a criminal nature. It has been justly questioned whether such an immense power can ever be safely lodged in a single executive; but certain it is, that a power of such magnitude and moment, and susceptible of the most dangerous abuses, ought to be exercised with a scrupulous caution and profound wisdom.
These reflections occur in consequence of the pardon of Fennim, who was sentenced to imprisonment and a fine for counterfeiting bank notes; and of the order to the District Attorney to enter a nolle prosequi , in the action instituted by the Executive, at the request of the Senate, against W. O. Duane, for a libel on that branch of the legislature. Laying out of the latter case, the question of the legality of the order, and the misconduct of issuing it, without the request or knowledge of the Senate, there is extreme danger in thus dispensing with the penalties of a criminal code. When men of no principle observe others violating the laws with impunity, they are emboldened to enter upon violations of the same or other laws; and who can calculate what immense mischief will result to society, from the removal of those restraints which all nations, as well as our own legislature, have judged it expedient to impose on the licentious desires of men? Who will respect laws that are not enforced? Who will regard the administration of justice, when the Chief Magistrate strips the judge of his power; the law, of its terrors; and disarms even legislation of its operative force, by annihilating the effect of its sanctions?
In our enthusiasm for freedom, we have rejected the authorities of ancient and modern writers, who have told us, that elective governments unavoidably generate factions—that factions corrupt the electors, and that bold aspiring men, inflaming the passions of the people under their banners, convert them into the instruments of an ill-fated liberty. We know indeed that every former experiment has ended in establishing the truth of this information; but we vainly and proudly fancy that we are

wiser than other nations have been, in devising provisions to guard against the invasions of faction, or what is worse, we ignorantly suppose that our citizens, by some magical refinement, are improved into more perfect beings. — And what is equally true, and perhaps more remarkable, is that the fanatical admirers of a republican form of government , are the first to undermine its foundations. It is beyond all question that the late intrigues and the undue influence, used to change the administration of the National Government, and the measures pursued and principles adopted in regard to executive officers, have, within two years, done more to encourage factions, corrupt the exercise of the right of suffrage and weaken the necessary respect for the laws and administration, than could have been effected by any supposable number of enemies to republicanism. The measures of the known adversaries of an elective government are always exposed to suspicion, and therefore, in a country like ours, can have little influence. But the professed friends of republicanism, are liable to no such suspicion; on the other hand, they are favored by pre-possessions of the people, and at any time, they are weak or designing men, they advance securely in the work of undermining or assaulting the Constitution of a free state. Hence they take the denomination of Republicans; and under cover of this popular title, proceed with safety to mount into possession of the honors and offices of government; and when they have acquired the power, they insult and domineer at pleasure. Were it possible that in an elective government, the wills of the citizens should be left perfectly free in the exercise of the right of suffrage; the elections would almost always align to the best men the important offices of government. But all history and the nature of man forbid us to indulge the hope that elections will ever be free and unbiased. This is a solemn truth, that as offices voluntarily bestowed, are usually worst bestowed, to offices, when sought after by babe, dishonorable means, or with ardent zeal , usually fall into the hands of weak men or scoundrels : Honorable and respectable men command voluntary esteem — weak and unprincipled men do not — hence the latter resort to artifices to obtain promotion — they slander the worthy and good, and make fair professions to deceive the people. And hence those men who are obliged to struggle hard for office and assume the popular name of republicans and friends of the people, are always the first to corrupt and undermine a free government.
CONGRESS. House of Representatives.
MONDAY, DEC. 22. P. SLOAN'S PETITION. A Report was received from the Secretary of State, to whom was referred the petition of Philip Sloan, some time a prisoner in Algiers. The report concluded with proposing, that the sum of 2800 dollars should be paid him in full of all his claims. Referred to the committee of the whole, made the order of the day for Wednesday, and ordered to be printed for the use of the members.
TUESDAY, DEC. 29. LIBRARY. Mr. Randolph moved, that the select committee to whom were referred the resolutions from the Senate on the subject of a congressional library, should have leave to report by bill, which was granted. Mr. R. then presented the report of the select committee which, was referred to the committee of the whole, and made the order for to-day.
A BRIDGE. Mr. Stratton presented a petition and memorial from a number of the inhabitants of Alexandria, county in the Territory of Columbia, similar to the one presented a few days ago, by Mr. Sprigg, and signed by a number of the inhabitants of the county of Washington. The memorial stated, that great public benefit would result from having a bridge erected across the Potomac, at the City of Washington, from the Southern and Western terminus of Maryland avenue, to Alexander's island, which would shorten the road from the capital to Alexandria, so as to make the distance less by nearly one half. It was referred to the committee who were appointed to consider what alterations are necessary in the laws for the government of this territory.
TEMPORARY LAWS. Mr. Davenport from the committee of revival and unfinished business, made a report in part of sundry laws that would expire on the 3d of March, 1802.
LIBRARY. The house then went into committee of the whole on the subject of a Congressional Library, Mr. Rutledge in the chair.
The bill was in substance the same as the resolutions sent from the Senate some days ago, except that part which respected the regulations for the Library, which the bill proposes to leave to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the house of Representatives.
When the 4th section of the bill was read by the Chairman, Mr. Sprigg offered an amendment.
This section designates the persons who are to have the use of the Library, viz. — the President and Vice President, the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States for the time being, the heads of
Departments during the sitting of Congress, and the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States when in session.
Mr. Sprigg proposed to add the judges of the District Court for the District of Columbia, when in session at the city of Washington.
The question on the amendment was negatived.
The blank in the bill respecting the Librarian's compensation was filled with two dollars a day for the time his attendance should be necessary.
When the section was read relative to a further appropriation for enlarging the library.
Mr. Randolph moved to strike out that section — He observed, there were more than 2800 of the 5000 dollars, already appropriated, yet unexpended. He believed that would be sufficient for the present; future legislatures could, and he trusted would always be disposed to grant such sums as should be necessary.
Mr. Elmer was also in favor of striking out the section; which was agreed to.
The committee rose and reported the bill as amended, and the amendments were agreed to by the house.
The bill was ordered to have a third reading to-morrow.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. Mr. Randolph laid on the table the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce the military establishment of the United States.
He observed that it appeared from the report of the Secretary at War, that a considerable reduction might be made; but he would not call up the resolution for some days as the house appeared thin.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30.
LIBRARY. The House resumed the Library Bill.
Mr. Randolph moved to strike out the clause for allowing the Attorney General, the Heads of the Departments, and the Judges of the Supreme Court during their sessions to use the books. He wished rather to see whether the Library would be sufficient to accommodate the members of Congress, before an extension of access was permitted. Mr. Griswold also advocated the motion.
A reconsideration of the section being granted, the clause was stricken out.
ARMY. Mr. Randolph withdrew his motion for the reduction of the army, in order to move its reference when in committee of the whole on the state of the union; to whom were referred the documents from the war department on that subject.
The House resolved itself into a committee thereupon, when a motion was again made and agreed to as well as in the House without debate.
INTERNAL TAXES. Mr. Davis moved two resolutions for a committee to be appointed to enquire into the expediency or inexpediency of repealing the Acts imposing duties on refined sugar, on licenses for retaining spirituous liquors, on sales at auction, and on pleasure carriages. — After some observations as to the proper reference, a motion of Mr. Bayard prevailed, to refer them to the committee of ways and means.
THURSDAY, DEC. 31. A petition of Constant Freeman, a Canadian refugee, and from several inhabitants of the state of New Jersey respecting post roads, were presented and referred.
The Library bill was read a third time and passed.
NAVY. Dr. Mitchel, after observing that it was proper to lay up and retain timber for naval purposes, it might be expedient to apply the product of the sales of public vessels and naval stores which had been made, to that object; proposed the following:
Resolved, That enquiry ought to be made whether any, and what further provision is necessary relative to dock yards and naval stores.
A motion for the House to go into committee prevailed; when the following motion was made and passed, with which the House concurred, viz.
Resolved, As to the opinion of this committee, that so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to naval preparations and the establishment of sites for naval purposes, ought to be referred to a select committee. Five members were appointed.
A message was received from the Senate, containing some resolutions respecting Lieut. Sterret and the officers and crew of the sloop-of-war, approving their gallantry, and making presents as a token of national gratitude.
On motion, the message was referred to a committee of the whole for Monday next.
INTERNAL REVENUE. Mr. Bayard moved a resolution. "That the committee of ways and means be instructed to enquire into the expediency of repealing the laws paying duties on stills and domestic distilled spirits; on refined sugar; on licenses to retailers; on sales at auction, and on pleasure carriages. It was afterwards moved and admitted to insert on stamp vellum, parchment and paper, and postage of newspapers."
War Department, 23d Dec. 1801.
SIR, In obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d inst. I have the honor of transmitting herewith, a statement of the military establishment of the United States (marked A) and an estimate of all the posts and stations, for which garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of men requisite, in my opinion,
for each garrison, (marked B), and request you to lay the same before the House.
I have the honor of being, With respectful consideration, Sir, Your very obedient servant, H. DEARBORN.
The honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[A.] MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.
Brigadier Gen. 1. Q. Master Gen. 1, Pay Master Gen. 1, Inspector of the Army 1, Inspector of Artillery 1, Division Quarter Master 1, Brigade Inspectors 2, Inspector of Fortifications 1, Brigadier Quarter Masters 2, Aid de Camp 1, Judge Advocate 1, Lt. Cols. Commandants 6, Majors 16, Captains 74, First Lieutenants 106, Second Lieutenants 42, Pay Masters 6, Quarter Masters 6, Adjutants 6, Surgeons 6, Surgeon's Mates 12, Cadets 106, Sergeant Majors 16, Q. Master Sergeants 16, Senior Musicians 10, Sergeants 296, Corporals 296, Drummers 50, Fifers 50, Trumpeters 2, Artificers 262, Privates 4040, Aggregate 5438.
Wanting to complete this establishment, 1 Inspector of Fortifications, 2 Brigade Quarter Masters, 1 Lt. Colonel, 1 Major, 5 Captains, 17 First Lieutenants, 11 Second Lieutenants, 5 Surgeon's Mates, 94 Cadets, 4 Sergeant Majors, 5 Quarter Master Sergeants, 5 Sen or Musicians 62 Sergeants, 74 Corporals, 3 Fifers, 1 Trumpeter, 124 Artificers, 925 Privates, Aggregate 1384.
Signed, T. H. CUSHING, Major & Inspector.
[B.] Estimate of all the Posts and Stations where Garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of Men requisite for each Garrison,
   Names of Posts. Where Situated. No. of Companies. No. of Infantry. No. of Artillery.     Michilimackinac, N. W. Territory, 1 1   Detroit, Ditto, 1 1   Niagara, New York, 1 1   Fort Wayne, N. W. Territory, 1 1   (Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania and   Cincinnati, N. W. Territory, 1 1   St. Vincennes, Indiana Territory, 1 1   Fort Mifflin, Near the mouth of the Ohio, 1 1   S. W. Point, &c. Terre Haute, 1 1   Chickasaw Bluffs, On the Mississippi, 1 1   Fort Adams, On ditto, near the Spanish Boundary, 1 1   Fort On the Mobile river, near the Spanish boundary 1 1   Fort Greene, Fort Wilkinson and say Cumberland Island Georgia, 1 1   Fort Moultrie &c. South-Carolina &   Fort Johnson, North-Carolina 1 1   Fort Norfolk, &c. Virginia & Maryland 1 1   Fort Mifflin and the Arsenal, Near Philadelphia 1 1   Fort Jay and West Point, New-York, 1 1   Fort Wolcott & Fort Trumbull, Rhode-Island and Connecticut, 1 1   Fort Independence and the Magazine at Springfield, Massachusetts, 1 1   Fort Constitution and Fort New Hampshire, & District Maine, 1 1   Total, Twenty Companies of Artillery, and Twenty Companies of Infantry, each Company to consist of Seventy six Men, exclusive of Commissioned Officers and Cadets.  
H. DEARBORN. War Department, 23d Dec. 1801.
By the Mail.
BALTIMORE, JAN. 5. Another Insurrection at Guadaloupe.
Arrived yesterday, Sch. Exchange, capt. Vibert, from Guadaloupe. Left it Dec. 11th, at which time Point Petre and the whole Island was in confusion, another insurrection having taken place there, which, had it not been fortunately discovered at the moment, would have involved the total destruction of every white and mulatto in the Island.
The rebels in the present insurrection, were the country blacks, against the whites and mulattoes. The former having lent a helping hand in the revolution which had been just effected, expected a total emancipation from their masters; but not finding that event confirmed, or even contemplated in the Proclamation of the yellow general Pelage, they had determined to achieve their own liberty, through the blood of Pelage, and his party. For this purpose 11,000 were to have been organized on the night succeeding that on which the plot was discovered — to have burnt the towns and to have murdered every man, woman, and child, of Pelage's party! At that very moment only when it could possibly have been effected, the plot was discovered by a black woman, who was the chief of a white man, when four of the ring leaders were apprehended.
Notwithstanding the bloody project had been discovered, and for the present warded off, yet every thing was apprehended from the vengeance and ferocity of the blacks, and all was confusion. In such haste was the island deserted by those who could get off, that the Exchange came away on the 11th with only two hands on board. An English and a French frigate were at that time off the island, cautioning vessels not to go in. Accounts had also been received, that General McDonald, with 18,000 men, had failed for the windward, and Gen. Rochambeau, with 40,000, for the leeward islands.
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 5. A numerous meeting of the sufferers by
French spoliations was held at the city Tavern yesterday, for the purpose, we understand, of making application to government for indemnity. After deliberation on the subject, a committee was appointed to correspond with gentlemen in the other States, who may be in the same situation, and it was agreed to act in conjunction with them, on any plan that may hereafter be thought advisable.
NEWYORK, JAN. 3. On Saturday the 2d inst. while a man by the name of Moore, was employed in digging a well in Brooklyn, and when he had got to the depth of 70 or 80 feet, part of the curve gave way, and upwards of thirty loads of stone fell in, and buried him beneath their ruins and rubbish. Incredible as it may appear, it is not more marvellous than true, that, in this melancholy situation he remained upwards of thirteen hours, and was then (by the spirited and humane exertions of the people of Brooklyn) extricated alive, and is now in a fair way of recovery. When he was taken up, he said, that a board of the curve which fell across him, supported the enormous weight, and prevented him from being crushed by the immediate pressure of the stones. He also observed, that on a former occasion he had been 24 hours in a similar situation.
BOSTON, JAN. 13. Letters from France received at Newyork, mention that Beneketh, a Counsellor of State, is to accompany the expedition to St. Domingo, where he is to reside as the Vice-Consul (in other words Viceroy) of Bonaparte. Gen. Clark is to command the expedition; — which is to comprise, between twenty and thirty thousand men; and is to have under him Generals Rochambeau, Boulet, and Desfornaux. They say, that Madame Bonaparte (who is a Creole by birth, and resided many years in the West-Indies) has written an address to the co-adjutors, assuring them of the good intentions of her husband. They order these matters gingerly in France.
We hear that a French frigate has arrived at Martinique, from Brest, with 500 troops and Mr. Richer, Prefect of the island; — and that the squadron destined for St. Domingo sailed from Brest, the 28th October, with 20,000 troops; part of which are to proceed to Guadaloupe.
The insurgent Gen. Moyse, second in command in Saint Domingo, was shot at Cape Francois, the 12th November.
Governor Monroe, of Virginia, aping the conduct of President J. F. D., has sent a letter to the Legislature of that State, instead of treating them and addressing them orally. It is extremely long, filling six columns of the largest newspapers.
In the course of it, he reviews the American Revolution, in its rise, progress and issue — not (as he says) for the sake of evaluation, but chiefly to inform the body "what was already done to promote the happiness of our country;" from which we may conclude it does not contain many of our revolutionary patriots. He particularizes that point of time, "which was to degrade the American people to a condition of the slaves of the East;" but he certainly need not have travelled so far for examples of slavery: the slaves of the South might much easier have been brought to view. He has some severe reflections upon the people of his State; declaring "it is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, that their representatives forget their duty, and aspire to their sovereignty." He endeavors to make the Legislature sensible that the existing ignorance and corruption of which he complains is the result of a bad system of education in that State, and that it is their duty to make provision for its improvement. In this lesson of education, he says, "it is not necessary that every person should be qualified to fill every office in the State." This anti-democratic sentiment, so contrary to the well understood principle of rotation in office, blinds the expectation with which the public have so long been flattered, that every dog should have his day. He dwells much on the importance of the Militia, and suggests that it ought to be in a situation to oppose the execution of any law of the general government which should be palmed for the raising of a standing army. His account of the Virginia Militia shows that at present it is not good for much — "that their discipline is very imperfect — that their regiments in general are very defective in the knowledge of military evolutions, and other duties which they ought to possess — that the musters of the regiments, battalions and companies are thinly attended, and but little advantage derived to those who do attend." In short, his whole account proves that the Ancient Dominion is not yet in a situation to give law to the rest of the country, except by intrigue and delusion. Thanks to the exertions of our freeborn citizens, the Militia of New England is in a far different situation: it is well organized, armed and disciplined, and at this moment affords a force fully adequate to the maintenance of those rights and liberties they have so often fought and bled for. We sincerely hope that Congress will not, by any new law, undertake to disturb this excellent arrangement. The highways of that State, the Governor says, "are at no time good, and in the winter almost impassable." This serious evil, as well as the bad state of education, and of the militia, he traces up to the want of good laws, as the grand source. Indeed he fully proves, by his observations on every subject which he mentions, the mean opinion he has of Virginia legislation; which must excite doubts

the mind of every impartial man of the community of that State for the situation to which he aspires, of becoming the guardian of the Union. From objects which seem so heartily to dis- him, he turns with ecstasy to the general Government, on which he makes a number of observations, some of which pretty clearly imply that the liberties of this country depend on the man. In the election of Mr. Jefferson, he says, "no strife, no unbecoming violence, no popular tumult, were heard of." An armed band patrolling the streets of Washington at the time, and threatening vengeance if M. J. was not elected by a certain day, was undoubt- edly very becoming! But the Governor seems to have constitution- al inability for enjoyment for any length of time. Though he calculates on "peace and rest from foreign power—a republican tone in the government and its measures—economy in the disbursement of public money—the resto- ration of social harmony, and a thousand other blessings which belong to our situation"—still he is discontented, finds fault with the Federal Constitution, and desires the Legislature to mend it. In his concluding paragraph he gives some encouragement that each citizen may still have his turn for an office—saying, that we are all born with "equal rights and expectations." This Governor Monroe is the man whom General Washington re-called from his embas- sary to France, in 1796, for want of fidelity in that office. See the letter of the Secretary of State to him, of June 13, 1796, published in Monroe's "View of the Conduct of the Exu- tive of the United States."
There has lately been discovered near New- ton, Sussex county, N. Jersey, on the plantation of Mr. James Hunt, a MINE, which has the ap- pearance of the genuine Plaster of Paris. A variety of experiments have been made by a number of gentlemen who pronounce it equal, if not superior, to the Nova-Scotia Plaster. In all probability said mine contains an inexhaus- tible quantity. It is said the pews in a new Presbyterian Church in Bergen county, N. J. sold for 5 000 dollars. That the pews in Chelsea Parish, Nor- wich, Conn. for 550 dollars. The pews in the New Meeting House in Newburyport, sold for more than double the first sum, and it is the 4th new House in that town within a few years.
Portland, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1802. STATE LEGISLATURE. The session of the Legislature of Massachu- setts, commenced in Boston on Wednesday last, when a quorum of the house was formed. A quorum of the Senate was formed on Thursday; when a joint committee from the Senate and House being appointed, waited on his Excel- lency Governor Strong, and informed him the two branches were ready to proceed to business. The committee reported that the Governor would make the usual communications the next day, Friday. [The Hon. R. Cutts, resigned as Representative for Pepperellborough, being chosen Representative to Congress.—George Blake, Esq. was granted leave of absence for the session, being appointed District Attorney.]
THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. Was received by the British Packet, arrived at New York, with London papers to Nov. 10. The following are the most important articles: REVOLUTION. PARIS, NOV. 5. A fresh revolution has been effected in Swit- zerland. The Diet at Berne, at the moment that it had completed the new constitution and nominated members to the Senate, has in its turn been dissolved, and all its measures declar- ed void, by the old legislative body, which has resumed the reins of government, appointed a provisional executive, and restored the constitu- tion agreed to in May last. In the course of the summer a constitution was adopted by the Helvetic people. A Diet met to proceed to the appointment of the Sen- ate, of the Landerman, and other authorities, and each Canton was employed upon its par- ticular Constitution, and organization, in the portion of attributes which the constitution gave the Cantons. The Diet scarcely assembled- ed declared itself a Constituent Assembly, destroy- ed the constitution for which it was convened, began to draw up a new one. Factions formed and fomented; the Deputies of the small Can- tons retired to their homes, and protested a- gainst the usurpation of the Diet. A part of the Canton of Lucerne and Glarus imitated this conduct. The Diet, however, without paying attention to these protests, completed their new constitu- tion.
On the 2d of October, the ancient legisla- tive body, which, since the Union of the Diet had ceased to act, assembled, and decreed the dissolution of the Diet. Lord Whitworth is appointed Ambassador to France.—Sir Sidney Smith has returned to England from Egypt. It is said some employment has been arran- ged for Lord Nelson in the West Indies. Popular commotions have broken out in one of the provinces of Spain.
The late Extra Envy, Mr. Danson, has re- turned from Europe. He arrived at New York, and immediately proceeded to Washington with dispatches.
On New Year's day the Mammoth Cheese was presented to the President of the U. States. It was conveyed to his house on a dray drawn by two horses. The Rev. Mr. Leland, of Cheshire, made the present, and the President flood at his door to receive it.
The last year was rendered memorable to Great-Britain, by the incorporation of the "Royal Institution," the object of which is to apply the science of Natural Philosophy to the improvement of the useful arts, and the promo- tion of general happiness. The Projector of this grand establishment is an American, COUNT RUMFORD—His patron, the King. It is under the direction of 150 subscribers at 50 guineas each; there are also 126 life subscribers at 10 guineas each; and 114 annual subscribers at 2 guineas each. 5000l. has been raised for the construction of a theatre, for public lectures, and a splendid and convenient house has been taken for the accommodation of the society. This "Royal Institution" is probably designed as a rival to the famous "National Institute" of France.
Married, At Boston, Mr. Caleb D. Champney, to Miss Hannah Lowell.—Mr. Ezra Dyer to Miss Nancy Jennings.—Mr. Joseph Lowden, to Miss Esther Rice. At Salem, Mr. Thomas Maxson, to Miss Charlotte Lane. At Ipswich, Mr. Joseph Hale to Miss Hannah Sawyer.
Died In this town, on the 14th inst. Mr. NATHANIEL AT- KINS, aged 59—An honest man—an affectionate hus- band, father, and friend—His remains were interred on Saturday last, with masonic honors. At Brunswick, Mrs. Rebecca Stone, aged 63, widow of the late capt. Benjamin Stone. In Boston, Miss Sarah Thatcher, aged 20, daughter of Rev. Dr. Thatcher.—Mrs. Sarah Etn, aged 57. In Haverhill, Mrs. C. Emerson, aged 100. In Batavia, Governor Van Oostreiter; and has been succeeded in the command by Gen. Sieberg.
Jenks' Portland Marine List.
PORT OF PORTLAND. THURSDAY, JAN. 14. Arrived the English brig John Wentworth, capt. Prior, 17 days from Halifax. SATURDAY, JAN. 16. Arrived fchr. Dolphin, capt. Stout, 18 days from St. Croix. Same day—Arrived fchr. Eunice, capt. Small 18 days from St. Croix. Same day—Arrived brig Ranger, capt. Moulton, 18 days from Savannah.—Left there ships Butler, Wood- bury, and Sally, Fitzgerald, of this port; and brig Pallas, Flagg, of Boston, to sail for Charleston in 20 days—All the ports in the island of Cuba, except Ha- vanna, were shut when capt. M. failed. SUNDAY, JAN. 17. Arrived fchr. William, capt. Cross, 4 days from Berbice.—Left there ship Portland, capt. Dix, of this port.
MEDICAL. THE Members of the county of YORK MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, are hereby notified, that their Semiannual Meeting will be held at Kennebec, on Wednesday the 3d of February next, at Dr. SAMUEL EMERSON's, at 10 o'clock A. M.—A Discourse will be delivered in public by a member.—A punctual atten- dance is requested. By order of the President, RICHARD HAZELTINE, Secretary. Jan. 8 1802.
Take Notice. THE subscriber having been duly appointed Assignee to the estate and effects of SIMEON MAYO, a Bankrupt—hereby calls on all persons indebted to or who hold any of the said Bankrupt's property to pay and deliver the same over to the subscriber, without delay. Portland, Jan. 13, 1802. LEMUEL BRYANT.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice, that he has been duly appointed Administrator to the estate of LEVI MITCHELL, late of Northyarmouth, Mariner, deceased.—All persons having demands on said estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement; and those who are indebted thereto to make immediate pay- ment. Northyarmouth, Jan. 13. JOTHAM MITCHELL.
LIST OF LETTERS, Remaining in the Post-Office at Wiscasset, JAN. 1, 1802. Anderson Robert, Wiscasset. Attellers, Boothbay. Blackerton James, Wiscasset. Beardley John Dr. Boothbay. Barter Nicholas, do. Campbell Joseph, do. Carney James, Newcastle. Dearborn Simeon, Wiscasset. Dunn John, do. Donnel Moses do. Dearing John do. Darais Charles, Boothbay Eaton John Damascotta Emmons Benjamin Georgetown Gould Horace Wiscasset Hovey S. Mary 2 do. Hathorn William Wiscasset Irvin John do. Johnson William do. King Moses do. Knight Nathaniel Damascotta Little Joshua Bath Marlin Ezekiel Wiscasset Nye Eunice do. Pigot Samuel do. Peters Andrew do. Pickels Mrs. do. Storrs Bela do. Spooner Rachel do. Shaw John Wiscasset Trask John do. Tucker John do. Towler Jeremiah do. Tyler Jepheth Edgewise
Henry Wheeler, HAS for sale, at his shop near the Hay-market, a good assortment of WEST INDIA GOODS & GROCERIES, cheap as at any shop in Portland.
N. B. Those who are indebted to said WHEELER, to the estate of JAMES LARRABEE, deceased, are again requested to make payment. Portland, Jan. 13, 1802.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
LOST on the 16th inst. between Mr. Loring's tavern and Mr. Butts' store in Falmouth, a red MO- ROCCO POCKET-BOOK, containing between 70 and 80 Dollars in Bank-Bills, and sundry Notes and other papers.—Whoever has found said Pocket-Book, and will leave it at this office, shall receive the above reward. Jan. 18.
Two young Horses,
CAME into the inclosure of the subscriber, in the month of November last. One of a deep red color, and the other light red. The owner or owners may have them again, by paying charges. EPHRAIM LUNT. Falmouth, Jan. 18, 1802.
Strayed
FROM the subscriber, a red MARE, with a white stripe in her forehead—about 14 hands high—four years old. If any person has taken up said Mare, or will give information so that the owner may get her again, shall be rewarded for their trouble. JONATHAN PAINE, JUN. Portland, Jan. 18.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cum- berland, begun and held at Newgloucester, in and for said county, on the third Tuesday of Octo- ber, A. D. 1801.
ON the petition of BENJAMIN TURESBURY, and THEOPHILUS THOMPSON, of Falmouth— ELIAZER LAKE and LEVI KNIGHT, of Freeport, in said county, setting forth, That they are in- terested in and are seized as tenants in common with others to them unknown, of two hundred and eight acres of Land in the four hundred and fifty acre squadron, numbered six, formerly in Northyarmouth Gore, so called, but now lying within the bounds of the township of Freeport—the said Benjamin owning eighty-four acres, said The- ophilus owning one hundred acres, said Eleazer owning fifty acres, and the said Levi owning forty six acres; the particular meets and bounds of said squadron of Land, are recorded in the new and last proprietors' book of records in Northyarm- outh; and that they are desirous of holding and enjoying their respective shares in Severalty; and that partition thereof might be made, and their said shares set off and divided from the remainder of said squadron of Land agreeably to the law in that case made and provided—
ORDERED, That the petitioners cause the several persons interested in said estate, and living within the State, or the Attorney of such as are absent and have Attorneys within the State, to be duly notified of said petition, by serving them personally with a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at their dwelling house, or last place of abode, or by in- serting the substance of the same three weeks suc- cessively, in one or more of the public newspapers, that they may have opportunity to make their ex- ception to this Court on the third Tuesday of Fe- bruary next, to their granting the same. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN CLERK.
Partnership Dissolved.
THE Copartnership of WASHBURN & COOK, was dissolved on the first day of this month by mutual consent. RUFUS WASHBURN, SILVANUS COOK. Portland, Jan. 17, 1802.
Notice.
THE Copartnership of GOULD & BICKFORD is this day dissolved, by mutual consent:—All persons indebted to or having any demands on said firm, are requested to call on ELISHA GOULD for im- mediate settlement. ELISHA GOULD. NATHANIEL BICKFORD. Portland, Jan. 6, 1802.
Take Notice.
THE Copartnership of BLANCHARD & SWEETSER, is this day by mutual consent dissolved:—All persons indebted to or who have any demands upon said firm, are requested to call on JEREMIAH BLANCHARD, for settlement. JEREMIAH BLANCHARD, BENJAMIN SWEETSER, 3d. Northyarmouth, Jan. 1, 1802.
Notice.
THE partnership of MOODY & ILSLEY, Pain- ters, &c. is this day by mutual consent dissolved: —All persons having demands on said firm are request- ed to call and settle the same; and those who are in- debted, to make immediate payment, to either of the subscribers. NATHANIEL MOODY, HOSIA ILSLEY. Portland, January 1, 1802. (93—6w)
TAKE NOTICE.
WE the subscribers, appointed by the Hon. Ed- ward Cutts, Esq. Judge of the Probate, of Wills, &c. for the county of York, Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the Creditors to the estate of JOSEPH WALKER, late of the plantation of Brownfield, in said county, Yeoman, deceased, repre- sented insolvent—do hereby notify the Creditors to said estate, that six months from the 27th of October last, is allowed for them to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend to the abovenmentioned busi- ness, at the house of Lt. James Osgood, in Fryeburg, on the last Mondays of December, January and Februa- ry next, and on the second Mondays of March and April next from one to five o'clock, P. M. on each day. JUDAH DANA, JAMES OSGOOD, } Commissioners. PHILIP PAGE, }
Dec. 27.
WE the subscribers having been appointed by the Hon. Edward Cutts, Esq. Judge of the Probate for the county of York, to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of SAMUEL JEFFERDS, late of Wells, in the county of York, Clothier, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that six months are allowed to said Creditors to bring in and prove their claims on said Estate, and that we shall attend that service at the late dwelling-house of said De- ceased on the first Monday in January next, and on the first Monday of each of the five following months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon. JEREMIAH HUBBARD NATHANIEL WELLS, JUN. } Commissioners. Wells, Dec. 26, 1801.
For Sale at Public Auction.
On FRIDAY, the 22d inst. at 12 o'clock,
A small one story BUILDING, suitable for a Store or Dwelling-house, at a credit of ninety days (with an approved endorsed Note) situated in Free-street nearly opposite the house of H. D. Dyer, Esq. with the Lease of the Land it now stands on, being seven years from last October; twenty feet in front, and eighty feet back; subject to a ground rent of four Dol- lars per annum.
George Pierson, Auctioneer. Portland, Jan. 14.
Eight Thousand Dollars
SHOULD be kept in view by those who may get a ticket to adventure in the Amoskeag Lottery. The above sum is to be the highest prize in the last class; which is so far connected with the present class, now drawing, that those who purchase in this will have the first right of purchasing in that. The great punctuality of the managers, in all the preceding classes, and the vast utility of the undertaking to which the profits of the Lottery are to be appropriated, should be great inducements for persons to purchase as speedily as possible. A few unwaranted undrawn Tickets in the Light Class, may be had at Jenks and Clark's, Book Store. Jan. 18.
Take Notice.
JONATHAN STEVENS & EDWARD BARNE- VILL, inform the public, that they com- menced business, January last, under the firm of ED- WARD BARNEVILL, & Co. and that business will in future be continued under said firm, at their Store, Fore-street. JONATHAN STEVENS, EDWARD BARNEVILL. Portland, January 1, 1802.
Morocco Skins.
FOR sale, by WILLIAM CODMAN, at his Store, Middle street, a quantity of Morocco Skins, of different colors—being a consignment, will be sold low.
ALSO, European and W. I. Goods,
as usual—cheap for Cash. Portland, Jan. 11.
Benjamin Evans,
TIN PLATE WORKER.
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has taken a shop in Fifth street, next door to Mr. WILLIAM THOMPSON's, where he makes and keep constantly for sale, a general assortment of TIN WARE, wholesale and retail, at the lowest prices.—Also,
Jappanned and Pewter Ware.
Patent Lamps, Scaifebeams, Knives and Forks, Jack Knives, Pen Knives, Chest Locks and Hinges, Trunk Locks and Handles, Brass Nails, Brass Cock, Composition do. Bockman tea and table Spoon, Scaifebeams, Rat Traps, Mill Files, Shoe Hammers, Shoe Knives, Nippers, Pincers, Awl Blades, Blades and Tacks, Gimblets, Compasses, Inkstands, Pocket knives, Razors with Cases, Shaving Glasses, Snuff and Tobacco Boxes, Curry Combs, Wool Cards, Pad Locks, Hair Comb, Scales, Sleigh Bells, with a variety of other arti- cles. N. B. Cash given for old COPPER, BRASS, PEWTER and LEAD. Portland, Jan. 11.
Cornelius Wing,
No. 3, FISH-STREET, Opposite JONES' ROW.
HAS lately opened a handsome assortment of DRY GOODS—consisting of low priced, mid- dling, and superfine blue Broadcloths; various colored midding and superfine Broadcloths; and Kerseymere; common and superfine Swandowns; an assortment of Rose Blankets; a good assortment of Silk Handker- chiefs; Cotton do. Pocket do.; various sized cotton Shawls; black camels hair do.; Mullins, Mullinaes, Dimitys, and birek Mullins; a large assortment of various figured Chimneys; Checks; Brown Holland; red, green and yellow Baizes and Flannels; Coatings; Ratkins; Lambkins; various qualities of Hosiery; plain and striped Calamances, of various colors; Rus- setts; Bombazines; Serges; India Cottons; Ravens Duck; bellows; Umbrellas; Men's and Boy's Hats; Shovels and Tongs; Iron Candlesticks; Japan do. and Lamps—An assortment of Buttons, Twill, Silk, and Thread—A few pieces of Lustrings, and Mousel —All which he offers at Wholesale or Retail, at reason- able prices, for cash or approved credit. Portland 12th Mo. 8 1801.
Feathers & Bedticking.
FOR SALE, by AARON AUSTIN, at his former stand, next door to the Auction Office, Fore-street, a large assortment of Sea Fowl, Live-Geese, Russia, and Lisbon FEATHERS—Also, ready made BEDS and MATRASSES; best American manufactured BEDTICKING; English do. of all prices. Also a quantity of INDIGO—The above as- sortment will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. Cash and the highest price given for all kinds of SHIPPING FURS. Portland, Sept. 7. (12—76)
JUST PUBLISHED,
The Maine Spelling Book,
CONTAINING a variety of Words, Accented and Divided; with Moral and Entertaining Lessons for Reading; useful Tables, &c. To which is annexed, a Concise Geographical Descrip- tion of the United States in general; and the District of Maine in particular.—Designed for Schools, and particularly calculated to be read in Classes. By THOMAS M. PRENTISS, Instructor of Union School—Portland. Second Edition—Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged.
The favorable manner with which the first edition of this work was received, the entire sale, and the in- creasing demand, have induced the author to issue a second edition. The utmost attention has been paid to render it correct, and deserving of extensive support. Sold at the several Book stores in town, and by the Author, at his School house in Union Street. January 4, 1802.
A Small Roll of GOODS,
WAS put on board the Schooner Dolphin while at Boston, to be sent to Portland. As there is no train on it, and no person having applied for it, the owner is requested to call on the subscriber, pay charges, and take it away. Portland, Jan. 11. JACOB ADAMS.

REBECCA was the fairest maid That on the Danube's borders play'd; And many a handsome nobleman, For her in tilt and tourney ran, While she in secret wish'd to see What youth her husband was to be.  Rebecca heard the gossips say, "Alone from Dusk till midnight stay Within the church porch drear and dark, Upon the vial of St. Mark, And, lovely maiden, you shall see What youth your husband is to be."  Rebecca when the night grew dark, Upon the vial of St. Mark, Observ'd by Paul, a roguish feint, Who guess'd the task she went about, Stepp'd to St. Stephens' Church, to see, What youth her husband was to be.  Rebecca heard the screech-owl cry, And saw the black bat round her fly; She sat till, wild with fear at last, Her blood grew cold, her pulse beat fast; And yet, rash maid, she stopp'd to see What youth her husband was to be.  Rebecca heard the midnight chime, Ring out the yawning peal of Time, When throu'd Paul, unlucky knave! Rose like a spectre from the grave, And cried, "Fair maiden, come with me; For I your bridegroom am to be."  Rebecca turn'd her head aside, Sent forth a horrid shriek, and died— While Paul contemplat'd her pale form, Rebecca never spoke again. Ah! little, hapless girl, did she, Think Death her bridegroom was to be.  Rebecca, may the story long Instruct the giddy and the young! Bright not fond youths, the timid fair; And you, too, gentle maids, beware; Nor seek by dreadful arts, to see What youths your husbands are to be.  Union Mag. July, 1801.
FROM A LONDON PAPER. ISLAND OF TRINIDAD.  Our new possessions is now an object of such general interest, that curiosity greedily lays hold of every thing that relates to it. It was discovered by Columbus, in his third voyage, on the 30th of June, 1498. Nothing occurs in the history of it till we come to the expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh who, in 1595, attacked it, and took the town of St. Joseph, which the Spaniards had erected upon it; a town, at that time consisting only of 400 houses. Jeremy Collier, in his Dictionary, appears to consider this island as the most fruitful in sugar, and under the head Trinite, gives an account of the cultivation of the cane, as a thing little known. Purchas, however, in his Pilgrimage, considers tobacco as the staple produce of the island, and as the book is not very general, it may perhaps not be uninteresting to our readers, to see what an extraordinary style he employs in his description.  "In the year 1497 (some add a yeare more) Christopher Columbus, seeking new discoveries, after the sufferings of unsufferable heats and calmes at sea (whereby the hoopes of his veiled brake, and the fresh water not able further to endure that now beleaguered Burning Zone, fled out of those close prisons, into the lap of that Father of waters, the Ocean, for refuge) he came at last to Trinidad. The first land he encountered, he called by that name; either for devotion, now that his other hopes were dried up with the heat, or washed into the sea by the violent showers above board, and the less (but not less dangerous) which flowed from his calkes within; or else for the three mountains which he there descried. Once, this discoverer of land so raushed his spirit, by the unexpected deliverance from danger, as easily carried his important thoughts into a double errour, the one in placing earthly Paradise in this island (to which opinion, for the excellencie of the Tobacco there found he should happily have the smokie subscriptions of many humovists, to whom that fame becomes a tooles Paradise, which with their braines, and all, passeth away in smoke) the other was, that the earth was not round like a ball, but like a pear, the vpper swelling whereof he esteemed these parts."  "In Harai or Paria, they found plenty of salt, which the fare-man in Natures ship, and her chiefe worke-man, the Sunne, turned and kerned from water into salt: his worke-house for this business, was a large plaine by the waters side. Here the sepulchres of their Kings and great men seemed not less remarkable: they laid the bodies on a kinde of hurdle or gred-iron of wood, vnder which they kindle a gentle fire, whereby keeping the skin whole, they by little and little consumed the flesh. These dried carcases they held in great reverence, and honoured for their household Gods. In the year 1499, Vincent Pinzon discovered Cape Saint Augustine, and failed along the coast from thence to Paria."
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. York ss.—At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, begun and holden at Biddeford, within and for the county of York, on the last Tuesday of October, being the 27th day of said month, anno Domini, 1801.  ON the petition of a number of inhabitants of Por- tland, and Hiram, in said county, entered at last term, and continued to this, showing that a Highway is much wanted, leading from Parlousfield bridge over Great Ossipee river, through part of Portland road in Hiram, and part of Wadsworth's patent, to Portland road in Hiram, being the same that was laid out about two years since by Simon Frye, Esq. and others, but not accepted;— and praying that a Committee may be appointed to lay out the same.  Also, on the petition of a number of inhabitants of said county, showing that a Highway from the county Road near John B. Miller's, in Brownfield; by Carter Barn's, in Custer's upper grant, to John Lord's and Nathaniel Merrill, jun. in Portland; to New Hamp- shire line; and a Highway laid out by Eaton in New Hampshire; will be of public utility;—and praying that a Committee may be appointed to lay out the same.  Ordered, That the substance of the said petitions, with the order of Court thereon, be inserted in the Boston Columbian Centinel, and also, in the Portland Gazette, three weeks successively in each; the last publication to be thirty days at least prior to the next term of this Court, to be holden at York, within and for said county of York, on the third Tuesday of April next; to the end the Proprietors of said lands, and any other persons in- terested, may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the said Highways should not be laid out as aforesaid.  Attest, DANIEL SEWALL, CLERK.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Portland, JAN. 1, 1802—not before advertised.
As to those names which are not annexed, are of Portland. A.—Mrs. Mary Aldridge, Falmouth; Mrs. Elizabeth Alden; Mrs. Rebecca Arundell; Aaron Adams. B.—J. Bean; John Baird; Joshua Britain; James Bais; Joseph B. Baker; Daniel Burnam 2; Joseph Baker; Caleb Bradley; John Baker, Effingham; Elisha Brown, Cape-Elizabeth; Joseph Beais, Falmouth; Miss Keturah Butler; capt. Abel Briggs. C.—Doctor Cummings; Joshua Carter, 3d.; William Chadwell, 2; John Collins; Stephen Chase; William Cobb, jun.; Stephen Caley 4; William Cutter; John Curtis, jun.; Joseph Caley, Cape-Elizabeth; Joseph Coay; Thomas Comans; Mrs. Lydia Cushing; Nathaniel Cross; Nathaniel Chase; Mr. Cushman; Mrs. Lydia Carter; William Cammell, Falmouth; James Cox; Samuel Cox; Miss Nancy Corbett; Daniel D. Collins; Joshua Cokerd; James Cochran; Ezekiel Cushing. D.—Joseph Dix 6, care of Rev. Mr. Kellogg; Robert Douglas; Jonathan Deane; Henry F. Dupper; Miss Betty Day; Moses Davis. E.—William Elwell; Benjamin Eastman; Shirley Erving; Joseph Eldridge. F.—William Flanagan; Joseph B. Frost; John Fuller, Stroudwater; Jabez B. Fletcher; James Folsom; Nathaniel French. G.—Dependence Gale; Beamsey Glazier 2; Ebenezer Griffin; Simeon Gray; David Green; David Gray 2; Ezra Gilman; Daniel Gilbert; Horace Gould. H.—Richard Hunnewell; David Howard; William Hobby; Stephen Harris & Woodman; Mark H. 3; Miss Betty Holland; John Harder; Mark Harkness; Thomas Hale 2; Dr. Huntson, Miss Nancy Healy; Matthew Hedges; Amos Harris. J.—Butler Jones 2; Morrill Jordan 3; Jabez Jones, Falmouth; James Jewett; Richard Jordan; Gen. Henry Jackson; Jesse Johnson. K.—George Knight, Cape-Elizabeth, 4. L.—Simon Lovett; Messrs. Lord & Dow; William Lowell; Zadock Lew; James Louvett; Thomas Lancaster, jun.; Jesse V. Lewis; Peter Lev. M.—Thomas Morse; John McLellan; Nathaniel Marsh; William Moulton; Stephen Merrill, Newcastle; Samuel Maxfield 2, care of capt. Daniel Bragdon; Zenas Morton; Miss Hannah Maxfield, Falmouth; Henry Mansfield; Joseph Merrill, Back Cove; Reuben Merrill, Falmouth; Moses Mariner; Jonas Margery. N.—Margery Now; Benjamin Noble; Nathaniel Noyes. O.—John Orter. P.—John Pritchard; Miss Jane Perkins; Isaac Parks; William Patridge; William B. Peters; Joshua Parsons 2; Thomas Paine; Benjamin Prince, Falmouth, 2; George Peirce, Oxford, 3; Edmund Pillsbury, care of capt. John Waite, Falmouth; Mr. Parker; Philip Peck, Falmouth; Henry Patridge; Benjamin Page; John Paine. R.—Caleb Randall; Charles Rogers; Abner Rogers; Capt. Rogers, of ship Prudence; Benjamin Rich; Samuel Richards 2; Samuel Richards, jun.; John Rowe; Peletiah Ricker; George Ryon; Thomas Rogers. S.—Jonathan Stewart 2; William Sadler; R. & T. Stover 6; Jeremiah Shaw; Joseph Smith; Ebenezer Simonton 2, Cape-Elizabeth; Richard C. Sawyer; Joseph Sawyer, Cape-Elizabeth; Mrs. Jane Smith; Mrs. Eunice Stover; George Spooner; Mrs. Mary Stuart; John B. Shaw; Jonathan Sennar; Elisha Sawyer, Cape-Elizabeth; Richard Salter, jun.; Rev. Nathaniel Snow, Windham; Isaiah Snow; Jonathan Snow; Ephraim Small. T.—Benjamin Titcomb; David Thompson; Joseph Thaxter; Mrs. Eliza Tufts; Thomas Turner 3; William B. Thompson, care of Mr. L. Leland & Son; Matthew B. Tebbal, care of Mr. Grafton; Nicholas Titcomb; David Thompson; William Thompson. U.—Thomas Usher; Joseph Underwood, Newcastel. V.—Eliot G. Vaughan, Phillipsburg, care of Wm. S. Quincy. W.—Mrs. Eliza Walker; James Webb; Nathan Windlow, Falmouth; Mrs. Lydia Webster; Mrs. Jane Wilswall; Aaron Ward; Harriett Williams; Mrs. Mehitable White, care of Salmon Chase, Esq.; James Webster; Edward Wilson; Israel Williams; Col. T. Wilson; William Wilder.
THE subscriber having been duly appointed Assignee to the Estate and Effects of WILLIAM FENNELLEY, a Bankrupt—hereby calls on all persons who are indebted to, or who hold any of the said Bankrupt's property, to pay and deliver the same over to the subscriber, without delay.  NATHAN WINSLOW, ASSIGNEE. Portland, January 2, 1802.
THE Creditors to the Estate of RICHARD WINSLOW, a Bankrupt, are requested to meet at the Commissioners office, in Fifth-street, on Monday the first day of February next, at eleven o'clock, A. M. then and there to determine what measures to pursue, relative to certain demands, in favor of said estate against the French government, or citizens thereof.  NATHAN WINSLOW, ASSIGNEE. Portland, Dec. 31.
To the honorable Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, begun and holden at New Gloucester, in and for said county, on the third Tuesday of October, A. D. 1801.
YOUR Petitioners humbly sheweth—That the County Road, or Highway, laid out by order of your honors, September, 1795, leading from the easterly town line of Paris to the northwest corner of said town, thence on through townships No. 4 and No. 3, and the southeasterly corner of Bethel to the southerly line of Rumford, is in great want of repair;—We therefore pray your honors that the whole way through the above described Land which remains without the bounds of an incorporated town, may be made and repaired according to a Law of this Commonwealth passed February 28, 1797;—and as in duty bound will ever pray.  Daniel Knight, Daniel Martin, Ephraim Colby, James C. Harper, Francis Kyes, Stephen Putnam, Jeremiah Richardson, Philip Abbott, Joshua Graham, Joshua Felt, Benjamin Lufkin, Richard Dolloff, Moses Kimball, John Martin, Kimball Martin, Benjamin Eliot.
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, begun and holden at New- gloucester, in and for said county, on the third Tues- day of October, A. D. 1801.
ON the petition of Daniel Knight, and others, whereof the foregoing is a copy, the Court order—That the petitioners cause an attested copy thereof and of this order, to be inserted in one of the Newspapers printed in the town of Boston, and also in one of the Portland Newspapers, and published therein three weeks successively, the last publication to be ten days at least before the third Tuesday of February next, at which petitioners interested may have notice of said petition, and have opportunity to appear at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, which is then to be holden at Portland, within and for said county of Cumberland, and make their objection, if any they have, to the granting of the same.  Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, CLERK.
To the honorable the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sitting at New Gloucester, in and for said county, on the third Tuesday in October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and one.
THE Petition of sundry inhabitants of Poland, Pe- jepscot Gore, so called, Caribou and Freeport, humbly sheweth—That it is highly expedient, and in our opinion will conduce much to public utility, to have a County Road, or Highway, laid out from Mr. Michael Whitecomb's, in Poland, by Mason's mill in said Poland and capt. Fison's in Pejepscot Gore, and capt. Edward Thompson's in Freeport, and onward till it meets a way in said Freeport called Range D, and thence in a straight line to Fort's Landing in said town of Freeport—That the inhabitants of towns on the north of Poland will be better accommodated, as the distance will be shortened to transport heavy articles to the shores for a market—And having viewed the ground in part, and have a favorable report of the whole, we are of opinion that the expence will in no degree equal the advantages that will be found to result from a good passable road in the direction mentioned.
Our prayer is, that your honors, if in your wisdom you shall see fitting, will order a Committee to lay out a Highway in the aforementioned direction; and your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.
   No. Lots. No. Acres. Value of County Tax.   D. C. C.     FIRST DIVISION. 20 100 0 50   31 100 1 50   43 100 1 50   77 50 0 50   SECOND DIVISION. 123 50 0 50   100 50 0 50   120 50 25 0   101 50 50 0   38 50 75 0   3 100 50 0   97 75 50 0   89 100 1 50   111 100 1 0   65 100 2 0   25 100 1 0   27 100 1 0   128 100 1 0   107 80 1 20   15 100 1 50   62 60 1 20   105 100 50 0   76 100 50 0   144 50 1 0   Disclaimed Land, so called, taxed to Joshua Little and others, in said town of Poland.   Jacob Pool 14 100 66   Benjamin Ward & John Shaw 34 100 66   Bela Noyes 47 55 66   Nathi. Atwood 42 43 66   Ziba Eaton 30 25 66   David Marshal 63 18 66   Zenas Smith 21 13 66   Richmond Loring 5 13 66   21 19 66  
If no person shall appear to discharge said taxes and all necessary intervening charges, on or before Wednesday the seventh day of April, 1802, at ten o'clock, A. M. so much of the said Lots of Land, as will be sufficient to discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, according to law, at the house of Wentworth Ricker, inholder in said Poland.
JOHN T. MERRILL, COLLECTOR. Poland, Nov. 12, 1801.
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for the county of Cumberland, begun and holden at New Gloucester, in and for said county, on the third Tuesday of October, A. D. 1801.  ON the petition of Thomas Fison, and others, whereof the foregoing is a copy, the Court order—That the petitioners cause an attested copy thereof and of this order, to be inserted in one of the Newspapers printed in the town of Boston, and also in one of the Portland Newspapers, and published therein three weeks successively, the last publication to be ten days at least before the third Tuesday of February next, at which petitioners interested may have notice of said petition, and have opportunity to appear at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, which is then to be holden at Portland, within and for said county of Cumberland, and make their objection, if any they have, to the granting of the same.  Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, CLERK.
CAME to my barn, this season, a HEIFER, 2 years old next spring, chiefly red, with some streaks of white about the legs, marked with a lit in the left ear, and a halfpenny upon the upper side of the same.—The owner may have her by proving property and paying charges.  JAMES PITTEE. North Yarmouth, January 1, 1802.
Blanchard & Hastings, Nos. 123 & 124, Orange-street, SOUTH END—BOSTON.  HAVE constantly for sale, a large and general assortment of Crockery, Glass, & China Ware which they will sell on the lowest terms for cash or approved credit.  Dec. 28, 1801.
Advertisement. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
THE subscriber has agreed with all the settlers, seated on his back Lands, and sold Lands in the same quarter to numerous and respectable Emigrants from the States southward, on principles promising them great prosperity, and the establishment of harmony and good order throughout that fertile region. He conceives, therefore, that this is the proper moment to announce in the most public and solemn manner, that in future no usurpation of his Lands will be tolerated.
As the Land is, and will be surveyed into Lots, no hope of impunity will arise from any supposed secrecy in the offence. Every regular settler has bound himself to discontenance and discover such lawless persons:—It would be deemed madness among farmers to suffer a wolf to enter and remain among their sheep; much more to would it be for regular settlers after having legally engaged to pay a valuable consideration for their Lands to suffer an audacious usurper to enter and remain amongst them, scattering the seeds of discord, misery and insurrection with both hands.
Any person therefore, who shall in defiance of this notice, and in defiance of the laws, usurp Lands of the subscriber, will be prosecuted for the damages that may ensue; suffer the utter loss of his labor and fixtures, and be refused Land at any price whatever.
But the young, industrious and orderly Yeomanry and Artisans throughout New-England, are invited to view the Lands of the subscriber, lying west of Penobscot River, & extending to within 15 miles of Kennebec River, and contiguous to a line, on which it is contemplated to open and establish a Turnpike Road from river to river.
These rich Lands are considered by impartial judges—as soil, situation and climate combined—as affording as many at least, if not more advantages, to young agriculturists, than any other within the United States. These Lands are to be sold for actual and immediate settlement, either for money or upon credit.
A perfect title and deeds of warranty will be given on payment.  TIMBER and CORD-WOOD Stealers, throughout the Parent, strip and waste men, who instead of honestly cultivating the soil, attempt meanly and infamously to gain property by this species of theft, will incur and receive all the punishment, and pay all the damages, which the law then inflict; and also all those who shall aid and abet them in their unlawful conduct.  HENRY KNOX. Montpelier, Thomaston, St. George's River, Nov. 17, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors of Land lying in the town of Poland, in the county of Cumberland, that the following lots and half lots are taxed in the State, County and Town Tax, for the year 1800, in the bills committed to me to collect—as follows, viz.
   No. Lots. No. Acres. Value of County Tax.   D. C. C.     FIRST DIVISION. 20 100 0 50   31 100 1 50   43 100 1 50   77 50 0 50   SECOND DIVISION. 123 50 0 50   100 50 0 50   120 50 25 0   101 50 50 0   38 50 75 0   3 100 50 0   97 75 50 0   89 100 1 50   111 100 1 0   65 100 2 0   25 100 1 0   27 100 1 0   128 100 1 0   107 80 1 20   15 100 1 50   62 60 1 20   105 100 50 0   76 100 50 0   144 50 1 0   Disclaimed Land, so called, taxed to Joshua Little and others, in said town of Poland.   Jacob Pool 14 100 66   Benjamin Ward & John Shaw 34 100 66   Bela Noyes 47 55 66   Nathi. Atwood 42 43 66   Ziba Eaton 30 25 66   David Marshal 63 18 66   Zenas Smith 21 13 66   Richmond Loring 5 13 66   21 19 66  
If no person shall appear to discharge said taxes and all necessary intervening charges, on or before Wednesday the seventh day of April, 1802, at ten o'clock, A. M. so much of the said Lots of Land, as will be sufficient to discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, according to law, at the house of Wentworth Ricker, inholder in said Poland.
JOHN T. MERRILL, COLLECTOR. Poland, Nov. 12, 1801.
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