Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-03-29 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
NUMBER 205.]
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1802.
[VOLUME IV.]
United States Laws.
TENTH CONGRESS of the United States: at the City of Washington, on Monday, the seventh of December, one thousand eight hundred and one.
An act to repeal certain Acts respecting the organization of the Courts of the United States; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act of Congress passed on the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one entitled, "An act to provide for the more convenient organization of the court of the United States," from and after the first day of July next, shall be, and is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, entitled, "An act for altering the times and places of holding certain courts therein mentioned, and for other purposes;" from and after the said first day of July next, shall be, and is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the acts and parts of acts, which were in force before the passage of the aforesaid two acts, and which by the same were not amended, explained, altered, or repealed, shall be, and are hereby, after the said first day of July next, revived, and in as full and complete force and operation, as if the said two acts had never been made.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all actions, suits, pleas, pleadings and other proceedings, of what nature or kind soever, depending or existing in any of the circuit courts of the United States, or in any of the district courts of the United States, acting as circuit courts, or in any of the additional district courts which were established by the aforesaid act of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one, shall be and hereby are, from and after the said first day of July next, continued over to the circuit courts, and to the district courts, and to the additional district courts acting as circuit courts respectively, which shall be first thereafter held in, and for the respective circuits and districts, which are revived and established by this act, and to be proceeded in, in the same manner as they would have been, had they originally been commenced in the court to which they are continued, prior to the passage of the said act, passed on the thirteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and one.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all writs and precepts, which have issued, or may issue before the said first day of July next, returnable to the circuit courts, or to any district court acting as a circuit court, or any additional district court established by the aforesaid act passed on the thirteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and one shall be returned to the next circuit court, or district court, or district court acting as a circuit court, re-established by this act; and shall be proceeded on therein, in the same manner, as they would have been originally returnable to the circuit courts, and district courts acting as circuit courts, hereby revived and established.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, March 8, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
Massachusetts Laws.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two.
An act dividing the Commonwealth into seventeen Districts, for the choice of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and prescribing the mode of elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That this Commonwealth be, and it hereby is divided into seventeen Districts, as in this act defined and described, for the purpose of choosing Representatives to represent this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States after the present Congress; in each of which districts one Representative, being an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be elected, shall be chosen in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 1. Be it further enacted, That the said seventeen districts shall be formed and limited in manner following, viz.
The towns in the county of Suffolk, together with the towns of Charlestown, Medford and Malden, in the county of Middlesex, shall constitute one district, to be called Suffolk District.
The towns of Lynn, Lynnfield, Salem, Marblehead, Danvers, Beverly, Manchester, Wenham and Gloucester, in the county of Essex, shall constitute one district, to be called Essex South District.
The towns and districts in the county of Essex, not included in Essex South district, shall, together with the town of Reading, in the county of Middlesex, constitute one district, to be called Essex North District.
The towns and districts in the county of Middlesex, excepting the town of Reading, and excepting also those towns which are in this act included in Suffolk and Norfolk districts, respectively, shall constitute one district, to be called Middlesex District.
The towns of Ware, Belchertown, Granby, South Hadley, Hadley, Northampton, Westhampton, Northampton, Worthington and Middlefield, in the county of Hampshire, together with the towns and districts in the same county lying southerly of the abovenamed towns, shall constitute one district, to be called Hampshire South District.
The towns and districts in the county of Hampshire, not included in the last named district, shall constitute one district, to be called Hampshire North District.
The towns and districts in the county of Plymouth, shall constitute one district, to be called Plymouth District.
The towns and districts in the counties of Barnstable, Dukes County and Nantucket, together with the town of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol, shall constitute one district, to be called Barnstable District.
The towns and districts in the county of Bristol, excepting the town of New Bedford, shall constitute one district to be called Bristol District.
The towns of New Braintree, Spencer, Leicester, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Northborough and Southborough, in the county of Worcester, together with the towns and districts in the same county lying southerly of the abovenamed towns, shall constitute one district, to be called Worcester South District.
The towns and districts in the county of Worcester, not included in the last named district, shall constitute one district, to be called Worcester North District.
The towns, districts and plantations in the county of Berkshire shall constitute one district, to be called Berkshire District.
The towns and districts in the county of Norfolk, together with the towns of Newton, Natick, Sherburne, Hopkinton and Holliston in the county of Middlesex, shall constitute one district, to be called Norfolk District.
The towns, districts and plantations in the county of York, shall constitute one district, to be called York District.
The towns, districts and plantations in the county of Cumberland, shall constitute one district, to be called Cumberland District.
The towns, districts and plantations in the county of Lincoln, together with the towns of Halloway, Vinalhaven, Prospect, Northport, Ducktrap, Belfast, and Deering, in the county of Hancock, shall constitute one district, to be called Lincoln District.
The towns, districts and plantations in the counties of Kennebec, Hancock and Washington, excepting those towns in the county of Hancock, included in Lincoln district, shall constitute one District, to be called Kennebec District.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Selectmen of the several towns and districts within this Commonwealth, shall, in manner as the law directs for calling town meetings, cause the inhabitants of their respective towns and districts, duly qualified to vote for Representatives in the General Court of this Commonwealth to assemble on the first Monday of November, biennially, beginning in November next, to give in their votes for their respective Representative, to the Selectmen who shall preside at said meetings; and the Selectmen, or the major part of them, shall, in open town meeting, sort and count the votes, and shall form a list of the names of the persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person written in words at length against his name, and the Town Clerk shall make a record thereof; and the Selectmen shall, in such meeting, make public declaration of the persons voted for and of the number of votes they respectively have, and shall, in open town meeting, read up the said list, certified by the Selectmen, and express upon the outside of said list the District in which the votes were given; and shall transmit the same within fourteen days next after such meeting, to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or to the Sheriff of the county in which such town or district lies, who shall transmit the same to the Secretary of the Commonwealth within forty days next after the time of holding such meeting; and the Selectmen shall by the same before the Governor and Council, and in case of an election for any district by a majority of the votes returned from such district, the Governor shall forthwith transmit to the person so chosen, a certificate of such choice, signed by the Governor, and countersigned by the Secretary. And the Selectmen of such towns and districts as lie within any county in which there may be no Sheriff, shall return such lists to the Secretary's Office within the same term of time as Sheriffs are required to do.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in case no person shall be chosen by a majority of all the votes returned from any district, the Governor shall cause precepts to issue to the Selectmen of the several towns and districts within such district, directing and requiring such Selectmen, to cause the inhabitants of their respective towns and districts, qualified as aforesaid, to assemble as aforesaid, on a day in such precept to be appointed, to give in their votes for a Representative in Congress as aforesaid; which precept shall be accompanied with a list of persons voted for, in such district, showing the number of votes for each person according to the first return; and the same proceedings shall be had thereon, in all respects, as before directed in this act; and the Selectmen shall make return to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, or to the Sheriff, in manner as aforesaid, within fourteen days next after the time of holding such meetings; and the Sheriff shall make return thereof into the Secretary's Office, on or before such day as the Governor shall appoint in such precept; and the Selectmen of such towns and districts as lie within any county in which there may be no Sheriff, shall return such lists to the Secretary's Office, within the same term of time, as Sheriffs are required to do. And the Secretary shall lay the lists so returned to his office, before the Governor and Council, and the Governor shall cause the person or persons who shall be chosen as aforesaid, to be served with a certificate thereof, as aforesaid; and like proceedings shall be again had, in case any district shall fail of completing the choice of its Representative; and the Governor shall issue his precept accordingly, to the Selectmen of those towns and districts of such district, wherein the choice of Representatives shall not have been made; and like proceedings shall be had as often as occasion may require.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever any vacancies shall happen in the representation of this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States, the Governor shall cause precepts to issue to the Selectmen of the several towns and districts within any district in which such vacancy may happen, directing and requiring them to cause the inhabitants of their respective towns and districts, to assemble on a day in such precepts to be appointed, to give in their votes for a Representative to supply such vacancy; and like proceedings shall, from time to time, in all respects be had as herein before provided.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sheriffs of the several counties of the Commonwealth, on receiving copies of this act, or any Precept from the Governor for the purpose herein mentioned, to transmit the same seasonably to the Selectmen of the several towns and districts, and to the Assessors of the several districts and plantations where there may be no Selectmen, within their respective counties, to whom such copies or precepts may be respectively directed. And the several Sheriffs shall, for the said service, be entitled to receive out of the treasury of this Commonwealth fifty cents for each of the copies and of the precepts to be by them distributed to the Selectmen of the towns and districts, and to the Assessors of the districts and plantations in their counties, where there may be no Selectmen; Provided however, That no Sheriff, who shall neglect seasonably to transmit all and every of the copies and precepts, by him received, in manner aforesaid, shall be entitled to any compensation for distributing any of such copies or precepts; And for returning the votes as aforesaid each Sheriff shall be entitled to receive twenty cents per mile, computing from the place of abode of each Sheriff to the Secretary's Office. And in either case, the Sheriffs shall present their accounts to the committee on accounts for examination and allowance.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That any Sheriff, who shall neglect to perform the duties, which, by this act, he is directed to perform, shall, for each neglect, forfeit and pay the sum of two thousand dollars, to be recovered by an action of debt in the name and to the use of the Commonwealth.
And for any such neglect of any Sheriff it shall be the duty of the Attorney General and of the Solicitor General to prosecute within one year thereafter. And if any Selectmen shall neglect to perform any of the duties which by this act they are required to perform, each Selectmen so neglecting, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, nor less than thirty dollars, to be recovered by an action of debt or on the case, one moiety thereof to the prosecutor and the other moiety thereof to the use of the Commonwealth.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Assessors of those districts and plantations where there may be no Selectmen, shall have the same powers and perform the same duties, for the purposes of this act, as are herein given to, or required of Selectmen, and shall incur like penalties in case of neglect.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be construed to extend to those plantations only which shall choose Assessors to assess the public taxes which shall be let to such plantations in the tax act next preceding the several elections.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act, until a new apportionment of Representatives among the several states shall be made, and for the purpose of supplying any vacancy or vacancies which may happen in the representation of this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States, which shall make such apportionment, shall continue and be in full force.
In the House of Representatives, March 9, 1802. This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, March 10, 1802. This bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. DAVID COBB, President.
March 10, 1802.—By the Governor Approved. CALEB STRONG. A true copy—Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
From the Newyork Evening Post.
Examination.
NUMBER VII.
THE next exceptional feature in the message, is the proposal to abolish all restriction on naturalization, arising from a previous residence. In this the president is not more at variance with the concurrent maxims of all commentators on popular governments, than he is with himself. The Notes on Virginia are in direct contradiction to the message, and furnish us with strong reasons against the policy now recommended. The passage alluded to is here presented: Speaking of the population of America, Mr. Jefferson there say, "Here I will beg leave to propose a doubt. The present desire of America, is to produce rapid population, by as great importations of foreigners as possible. But is this found a good policy?" "Are there no inconveniences to be thrown into the scale, against the advantage expected from a multiplication of numbers, by the importation of foreigners?" It is for the happiness of the united society, to harmonize as much as possible, in matters which they of necessity transact together. Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent. Every species of government has its specific principles: Ours, perhaps, are more peculiar than those of any other in the universe. It is a composition of the freest principles of the English constitution, with others, derived from natural right and reason. To these nothing can be more opposed than the maxims of absolute monarchies. Yet from such we are to expect the greatest number of emigrants. They will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or if able to throw them off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness; passing, as is usual, from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. Their principles with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their numbers, they will share with us in the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass. I may appeal to experience, during the present contest, for a verification of these conjectures: but if they be not certain in events, are they not possible, are they not probable? Is it not safer to wait with patience for the attainment of any degree of population desired or expected? May not our government be more homogeneous, more peaceable, more durable? Suppose 20 millions of republican Americans, thrown all of a sudden into France, what would be the condition of that kingdom? If it would be more turbulent, less strong, we may believe that the addition of half a million of foreigners, to our present numbers, would produce a similar effect here." Thus wrote Mr. Jefferson in 1781—Behold the reverse of the medal. The message of the President contains the following sentiments, "A denial of citizenship under a residence of 14 years, is a denial to a great proportion of those who ask it, and controls a policy pursued from their first settlement, by many of these states, and still believed of consequence to their prosperity. And shall we refuse to the unhappy fugitives, from distress, that hospitality which the savages of the wilderness extended to our fathers arriving in this land? Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe. Might not the general character and capability of a citizen, be falsely communicated to every one in misfelling a bona fide purpose of embarking his life and fortune permanently with us?"
But if gratitude can be allowed to form an excuse for inconsistency in a public character in the man of the people, a strong plea of this sort
may be urged in behalf of our president. It is certain that had the late election been decided entirely by native citizens, had foreign auxiliaries been rejected on both sides, the man who of tentationly vaunts that the doors of public honor and confidence have been burst open to him, would not now have been at the head of the American nation. Such a proof then of virtuous discernment in the oppressed fugitives, had an imperious claim on him to a grateful return, and without supposing any very uncommon share of self love, would naturally be a strong reason for a revolution in his opinions.
The pathetic and plaintive exclamations by which the sentiment is enforced, might be liable to much criticism, if we are to consider it in any other light, than as a flourish of rhetoric. It might be asked in return, does the right to asylum or hospitality carry with it the right to suffrage and sovereignty? And what indeed was the courteous reception which was given to our forefathers, by the savages of the wilderness? When did these humane and philanthropic savages exercise the policy of incorporating strangers among themselves, on their first arrival in the country? When did they admit them into their huts, to make part of their families, and when did they distinguish them by making them their sachems? Our histories and traditions have been more than apocryphal, if any thing like this kind, and gentle treatment was really lavished by the much-bellied savages upon our thankless forefathers. But the remark occurs, had it all been true, prudence inclines to trace the history farther, and ask what has become of the nations of savages who exercised this policy? And who now occupies the territory which they then inhabited? Perhaps a useful lesson might be drawn from this very reflection.
But we may venture to ask what does the President really mean, by insinuating that we treat aliens coming to this country, with inhospitality? Do we not permit them quietly to land on our shores? Do we not protect them equally with our own citizens, in their persons and reputation; in the acquisition and enjoyment of property? Are not our courts of justice open for them to seek redress of injuries? and are they not permitted peaceably to return to their own country, whenever they please, and to carry with them all their effects? What then means this worse than idle declamation?
The impolicy of admitting foreigners to an immediate and unreserved participation in the right of suffrage, or in the sovereignty of a Republic, is as much a received axiom, as any thing in the science of politics, and is verified by the experience of all ages. Among other instances, it is known that hardly any thing contributed more to the downfall of Rome, than her precipitate communication of the privileges of citizenship to the inhabitants of Italy at large. And how terribly was Syracuse scourged by perpetual seditions, when, after the overthrow of the tyrant, a great number of foreigners were suddenly admitted to the rights of citizenship? Not only does ancient but modern, and even domestic history furnish evidence of what may be expected from the dispositions of foreigners, when they get too early footing in a country. Who wields the sceptre of France, (and has erected a Despotism on the ruins of a Republic? A foreigner.—Who rules the councils of our own ill-fated, unhappy country? And who stimulates persecution on the heads of its citizens, for daring to maintain an opinion, and for exercising the rights of suffrage? A foreigner!—Where is the virtuous pride that once distinguished Americans?—Where the indignant spirit which in defence of principle, hazarded a revolution to attain that independence now infidiously attacked?
LUCIUS CRASSUS.
NUMBER VIII.
RESUMING the subject of our last paper we proceed to trace still farther, the consequences that must result from a too unqualified admission of foreigners, to an equal participation in our civil, and political rights.
The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias, and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.
The opinion advanced in the notes on Virginia is undoubtedly correct that foreigners will generally be apt to bring with them attachment to the persons they have left behind; to the country of their nativity, and to its particular customs and manners. They will also entertain opinions on government congenial with those under which they have lived, or if they should be led hither from a preference to ours, how extremely unlikely is it that they will bring with them that temperate love of liberty, so essential to real republicanism? There may as to particular individuals and at particular times, be occasional exceptions to these remarks, yet such is the general rule. The influx of foreigners must, therefore, tend to produce a heterogeneous compound; to chime and corrupt the national spirit; to complicate and confound public opinion; to introduce foreign pro-

penalties. In the composition of society, the harmony of the ingredients is all-important and whatsoever tends to a discordant intermixture must have an injurious tendency.
The United States have already felt the evils of incorporating a large number of foreigners, into their national mass; it has served very much to divide the community and to distract our councils, by promoting in different classes different predilections in favor of particular foreign nations, and antipathies against others. It has been often likely to compromise the interests of our own country in favor of another. In times of great public danger there is always a numerous body of men, of whom there may be just grounds of distrust; the suspicion alone weakens the strength of the nation, but their force may be actually employed in assisting an invader.
In the infancy of the country, with a boundless waste to people, it was politic to give a facility to naturalization; but our situation is now changed. It appears from the last census, that we have increased about one third in ten years; after allowing for what we have gained from abroad, it will be quite apparent that the natural progress of our own population is sufficiently rapid for strength, security and settlement. By what has been laid, it is not meant to contend for a total prohibition of the right of citizenship to strangers, nor even for the very long residence which is now a prerequisite to naturalization, and which of itself, goes far towards a denial of that privilege. The present law was merely a temporary measure adopted under peculiar circumstances and perhaps demands revision. But there is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign, and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs. A residence of at least 5 years ought to be required.
If the rights of naturalization may be communicated by parts, and it is not perceived why they may not, those peculiar to the conducting of business and the acquisition of property, might with propriety be at once conferred, upon receiving proof, by certain prescribed solemnities, of their intention to become citizens; postponing all political privileges to the ultimate term. To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens, the moment they put foot in our country, as recommended in the message, would be nothing less than to let the Grecian horse into the Citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.
LUCIUS CRASSUS.
From the CARLISLE HERALD—March 3.
By the Washington mail of last week, the Editor of this paper, who has for some time acted as Postmaster at this place, received notice of his dismissal and of the appointment of Mr. Archibald Loudon as his successor. This was a circumstance ardently contended for, and anxiously expected by the democrats, especially since the late peregrination of Count GREY—It is a circumstance to be expected by every person called Federal holding an office, and will certainly soon take place in the whole of the Post Office Department; as we observe in order to expedite the business, printed forms of letters have been procured. And by the last mails, we also observed the dismissal of six Postmasters in different parts of the Union, against whom no misdemeanor in office is even alleged—but they were Federalists—and this is what Mr. Jefferson, calls "correcting the procedure"—"restoring social intercourse," &c.
Having never solicited the appointment, (which is more than my successor can say) and having never solicited a continuance of it, I willingly relinquish it, conscious of having discharged my duty with fidelity and punctuality. —Dismissal, in these times of "political intolerance," is rather to be considered honourable than otherwise; the questions now asked respecting candidates for office not being "is he honest, is he capable, &c."—(this we have most strikingly exemplified both in the appointment of Mr. Loudon and that of his worthy patron) —but does he belong to our "Sect"—will he lead on or drive as he shall be directed—will he yield to "every gale that blows."
I have, however, the pleasure of informing the Democrats, that I still hold an office which is out of their Idol's power, or that of any of his minions to take away, to the duties of which I shall now have more leisure to attend, and be enabled more fully to expose the views of those boasted friends of the people, whose friendship to the people, seems entirely to consist in getting into office; to which duties, while I promise faithfully to dedicate my time, I respectfully solicit the patronage of the public.
By the Mail.
OFFICIAL.
From the National Intelligencer.
A letter, dated February 12, has been received from Mr. LEAR, our Consul at Cape-Francois, from which the following circumstantial and interesting statement is derived:—
On the second of February the French fleet, consisting of 12 sail of the line and 9 frigates, appeared off the harbour.—Every thing was immediately put in motion. The whites rejoicing, and the blacks preparing for resistance. They did not attempt to come in that day although the wind and weather were very favourable.—A cutter belonging to the fleet came in,
and an Aid of the Admiral was sent to General Christophe, who commanded the town to deliver to him the proclamations of the First Counsul, and to know if he should make any opposition.—The answer of Christophe was, that he was but a subordinate officer, and that he could not permit the ships to enter without the orders of the Governor. This determination and the preparation making for opposition, created a general alarm. Mr. Lear went round to the Americans, and advised them to get themselves and their most valuable effects on board the vessels in the harbour without delay. At midnight the mayor and municipality waited upon him, with a request that he would attend a deputation of their body on board the fleet, to endeavor to make some accommodation that would save the town. He readily consented, from motives of humanity, and from a wish to know their disposition towards the Americans. They embarked about 2 o'clock, and at the same time Mr. Lear, gave orders to the American vessels in the road, to move over to the opposite side of the harbor, that they might be as far as possible from the town. The ships having stood off in the night, the deputation did not get on board the Admiral till one o'clock of the third inst. where the deputation were received by Gen. Leclerc in a very severe manner, and informed that the ships would come in next day at all events, and without any other terms than those offered in the proclamation (published last week). After they had been dismissed, Mr. Lear was introduced to the general, and told him his double view in coming. He said as to the first, his determination had been delivered to the deputation, and as to the second, that the Americans might expect every protection he could give them.—Mr. Lear returned with the deputation, and they reached the town about sunset, when they went to General Christophe, and informed him of the issue of their mission. He declared he would not yield a point on his part.—Mr. Lear then asked him what the Americans had to depend upon. He said he would give permission in the morning for them to go on board their vessels. Mr. Lear retired to his house, and put up his most valuable papers and a few clothes, to take on board the American vessels with him in the morning. The town was filled with troops and other blacks from the country during the night. In the morning at day light, Mr. Lear went to Christophe's for the order for the Americans to embark, and also desired that all the women and children and other whites might be permitted to go on board the American vessels, which would be ready to receive them. He was mounting his horse, and told him he would ride to the water and give orders to the guard to permit the Americans only to go on board the vessels. Mr. Lear entreated for the others, but in vain.—Mr. Lear made such disposition as to get off with a number of women and children who were there, and such Americans as appeared; all but 4 or 5 having gone on board.
The wind was high all day, and the fleet which was close in to the reef, could not enter the harbour.—In the afternoon armed men were sent on board the American vessels, and every white and black Frenchman found on board was taken out and carried in there.—Just before dark, one of the ships stood in very near the fort, with every appearance of entering. The fort fired at her, which was returned, and a cannonading took place. All the forts around the harbor fired constantly, although some were not within 6 miles of the ships. This was the signal for firing the town, which was immediately begun, and in about one hour it exhibited an awful scene of conflagration.—The ships did not attempt to come in.
The situation of the Americans on board the vessels was not very pleasant. They were totally defenceless, and within the power of the blacks; and a report had come off in the afternoon, that they would come on board, after burning the town, and destroy the vessels and massacre the people on board. There was 35 American vessels in the port (which was the whole number, a few small French ones excepted) and as there appeared no other chances for safety, after they should have gorged themselves on shore, but from some of the ships coming in (which they could not do in the night) or from a detachment of boats sent in by them with the troops, Mr. Lear determined at once to go out by the forts in a boat, and endeavor to get in a detachment of boats. —On passing the forts every thing was silent, which convinced him they had abandoned them, after setting fire to the town.—He got out safely; and as the ships stood off, it was daylight before he got on board the Admiral. He told his situation to him, and the Admiral assured him he would go in with his ships without delay as they could now get in as soon or sooner than the boats. Accordingly about 12 o'clock they entered the harbour, without a gun from the forts, which had been abandoned.—They found the American shipping safe, as the blacks were still pillaging the town amidst the flames. The troops instantly landed from the ships, and the town was immediately cleared of the blacks, and a few houses (perhaps 60 out of 600) saved.
To attempt to describe the scenes of desolation is impossible. The property lost by the Americans in the town was very considerable. In goods and debts due from those who lost them all, it must be nearly 30,000 dollars.—Only one American lost his life, a Mr. Lancheiter, of the house of Lancheiter and Richardson, from Charleston, S. C. He tarried on shore with a determination to save his property or perish with it, and unhappily suffered. He was killed in his house, and almost consumed in
the flames. Few other whites were killed, as they appeared to be more intent on plunder than murder. Three Americans saved their houses, but their goods were pillaged, viz.—Mr. Dage, Medis, Hellen and Williams, and Messrs. D'Arcy and Stephenson.
Capt. Rogers, of the American navy, was there, and who displayed that dauntless spirit which he is known to possess, tarried on shore through the whole, and by his good management and intrepidity secured the lives of many whom he got off from the flames, and was the means of saving several houses.
The general in chief, expresses himself disposed to befriend the Americans in every way; but as yet, no American vessels have been allowed to dispose of or land their cargoes, neither have any been permitted to sail (excepting Capt. Rogers, who has obtained a special permission.) Mr. Lear was assured by the general, that he would give all expedition to establish the offices, that the vessels may enter and clear and unload their cargoes (such as have them) ! As to taking in cargoes that is out of the question; for there is nothing left to load a single vessel; the destruction of the town is far greater than in the former conflagration.
Divisions of the ships and troops have gone to different parts of the island; one to Port-Republican, and one to the city of St. Domingo; from these places Mr. Lear had not heard. A report was in town, that the French met with a powerful opposition at Port Republican, and lost 4 or 500 men, and that the place was destroyed. Others say, there was little resistance, and the place saved. They landed at Port au-Paix, at Limbay, and at Port Dauphin; at all which places they met with resistance; but made good their landing. This is an evidence, that opposition was determined upon from the first. The sons of Toussaint came over in the fleet, and were treated by the officers with great attention. They had been in France for their education. To Christophe, it was declared by the aid of the admiral who was sent to him on the 2d inst. that himself, Toussaint, and the other chiefs who had conducted meritoriously in the late insurrection, would have their rank confirmed, their pay continued for life and full possession of their immense property, without its being questioned how they had acquired it. And he proposed to continue as a hostage for the fulfilment of these conditions by the general in chief, if he would give up the idea of resistance, but it had no effect upon him.
In addition to the above particulars, we learn that Mr. Lear had been received in the character of General Commercial Agent, by the General in Chief, who is viewed as an upright man, and whose wife (who is with him) is sister to the First Counsul.
The payment for provisions, &c. derived from the Americans, is offered to be made in bills on France, at 80 days sight, or part in cash and colonial produce.
That another division of 25 ships, and 20,000 troops are daily expected.
NEWYORK, MARCH 19.
AFFAIRS OF ST. DOMINGO.
A letter was received here yesterday from Baltimore, containing the following information:— "I have seen the captain of the French corvette La Bay-nir, in 24 days from Cape Francois—he says that Christophe, Bunel, and Dessalines, are arrested. At Mere is safe, and Gonaives is in the power of the French. Jean Rabel is safe—many of the negroes taken, with arms, have been brought back to the Cape, put in chains, and employed in repairing the houses they had burnt, many of which are already rendered habitable—the government house is not much damaged, but all the other public offices are destroyed. Petit Ance is not burnt. A large convoy, for the use of the murdering negroes, had been intercepted—more than two and an half millions, in specie, have been found in the treasury at Port Republican—They had not yet liberated a great number of the white people at Cape Francois, whom the negroes had carried off with them, but several came daily to the Cape from the woods where they had kept concealed."
A letter from the captain of a vessel to his owners in this city, dated Cape Francois the 18th Feb. says, "The French have laid an embargo on all vessels, sealed their hatches and put two soldiers on board as a guard—The admiral is much in want of provisions, but will not give more than 12 dolls. for flour, 16 for beef, and 18 for pork: They do not pay cash, but give bills on France."
PORT REPUBLICAN.
On the 5th Feb. in the afternoon, the French possessed themselves of this place without much opposition.
At 8 in the evening the French patrols had restored perfect peace to the town, and a very great number of the inhabitants shut up and concealed in their houses, began to feel secure from danger. The night passed in quiet, but in the morning it was discovered that 800 of the inhabitants the town and country had fallen under the knife of the satellites of Toussaint and Dessalines about 4 or 500 escaped from the butchers and are returned safe. The country negroes happily did not participate in the rage and despair of their chiefs, who incessantly incited them to murder.
In the Lydia, from Cape Francois came a French officer, recognized as commissary, whose attention, we understand, will be directed towards the necessary supplies of the French troops in the West Indies.
A French corvette has arrived at Baltimore from Cape Francois. The officers immediately
on their arrival repaired to the city of Washington. Their object is not publicly known.
A letter from the Havana of the first inst. mentions the arrival of the ship Thomas Jefferson, (formerly the Herald sloop of war) belonging to Rhode-Island, from the Gold Coast with 160 black passengers.
Foreign Articles.
PARIS, JAN. 25. Tunis, reports, that the French government had caused it to be intimated to the Regencies of Africa, that if in the course of 40 days they do not set free all their slaves, and declare themselves in peace with all nations, they will be compelled to by force of arms.
LONDON, FEB. 19. The government of the United States have agreed to pay a specific sum to the British government, which we understand to be £200,000 and which is to satisfy all old long pending claims to British subjects on the individuals of that country. British claimants have now, therefore, to apply for restitution to their own government. The American claimants, also, for the captures by British cruisers are, by the present adjustment, allowed to proceed as provided by the last Commercial Treaty between the two countries, and justice will therefore be rendered them, on duly substantiating their losses. The demands made by the British subjects on the United States was above a million sterling. As that government is now released by paying only two hundred thousand pounds, it is conceived that the bargain is very favorable to America.
Portland,
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1802.
"ONE OF THE PEOPLE," shall have a place in the next Gazette.
FOOL PLAY SOMEWHERE!
For some time past the circulation of the Boston federal papers has been almost entirely interrupted in this quarter, notwithstanding those of Jacobin principles have come on as usual. We are not much at a loss to determine what is the reason, since they have to pass through the hands of some jacoos who will stick at nothing to carry an electioneering point. Besides, this appears to be a part of the new post-office plan, to prevent entirely the circulation of federal principles. But if the period has already arrived when this privilege is no longer sacred, it is time some efficient measures were taken, "to correct the procedure."
MARCH MEETING.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of this Town on Monday last, 2d instant—the following persons were chosen Town Officers for the current year.
 Town Clerk—Stephen Patten.  Selectmen—Samuel Freeman, Joseph H. Ingraham, Joseph Titcomb, Joshua Rogers, and John Muffey.  Overseers of the Poor—Stephen M'Lellan, Jacob Noyes, and Joshua Rogers.  Town Treasurer—Lemuel Weeks.  Assessors—Peter Warren, Daniel Cobb, and James Neal.  Constables—Caleb Grafton, George Burns, Silvanus Cushman, Nathaniel March and William Waterhouse.  Collector of Taxes—George Warren.  Surveyors of the Highways—Selectmen.  Surveyors of Boards—Daniel Cobb, Smith Cobb, Alexander Barr, Enoch Morse, Jeremiah Kimball, William Moulton, jun. William Waterhouse, Mark Walton, Ansel Lewis, William Cobb, William Cobb, jun. and Daniel Muffey.  Surveyors of Shingles & Clapboards—Daniel Cobb, Smith Cobb, Alexander Barr, Enoch Morse, William Moulton, jun. William Waterhouse, Mark Walton, Ansel Lewis, William Cobb, William Cobb, jun. and Daniel Muffey.  Callers of Hoops and Staves—Abraham Tyler, John Knight, Jacob Knight, Anthony Knight, Coleman Watson, Thomas Minot, Thomas Merrill, Thomas Burnham, Benjamin Knight, and John Warren.  Callers of Fife—Johan Tucker and David Smith.  Fence Viewers—Joseph Challis, James Jordan, William Waterhouse.  Field Drivers—James Flood, Joseph Challis, Daniel Green, and James Jordan.  Tythingmen—David Role, William Ingraham, Enoch Ilsey, Matthew Cobb, and Thomas Brackett.  Sealers of Leather—Peter Warren, John Phillips, Henry Wheeler, and Ala Plummer.  Assay Masters—Alexander Baker, Zachariah Nowell and Joseph Lovis.  Fire Wards—Thomas Motley, Ebenezer Mayo, Hugh M'Lellan, Daniel Tucker, Nathaniel F. Folsick, Matthew Cobb, Woodbury Storer, Robert Boyd, Joshua Rogers, Thomas Webster, John Muffey, and James Neal.  Overseers of the Work House—Overseers of the Poor.  Hog Reivers—James Flood, John Knight, Robert Mitchell, John Doty, and Bartholemew York.  Pound Keeper—Daniel Wier.  Inspectors of Lime—Caleb Hatch, of imported; and James Barret, of manufactured.  Health Committee—Inspector of Police (put off to the adjournment) Thomas Motley, William Symmes, Ebenezer Mayo, and Salmon Chase.  Committee of Accounts—Ebenezer Mayo, Lemuel Weeks, and Edward Oxnard.  School Committee—William Symmes, David Hale, Thomas Webster, John Prothingham, John Thaxter, Arthur M'Lellan, Joseph H. Ingraham, George Warren, and Isaac Adams. 
From the Kennebec Paper.
FIRE!
On the night of the 5th of February last the dwelling house of Mr. William Breckley, of West-Portland, with a large assortment of tools and household furniture, together with a quantity of corn and pork was entirely consumed. The fire had got so far a head before it was discovered, that it was with difficulty that the family extricated themselves; thus exposed to the inclemency of the season, a family of six persons (four of them children) entirely destitute

clothing, and at the distance of half a mile from a neighbor, in going which distance they were all froze more or less. a girl of about 6 years old was froze so bad that it had been necessary to take off two of her toes, several others are coming off.
From SALEM—March 26. AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT. Extract of a letter from Mr. GORE to a gentleman in this town, dated London, Jan. 10. “On the 8th inst. Mr. King on the part of our government, and Lord Hawkesbury on that of the British, concluded a convention, by which the long existing difficulties under the 6th article of the Treaty of Amity, &c. are entirely settled, and adjusted; and the Board, under the 7th, whose proceedings have been suspended, merely by these causes, is immediately to resume its functions, which remain the same as described in that article, excepting as to time of payment of the awards. These, instead of being payable at the periods the Commissioners shall direct, are to be in three equal instalments, annually, reckoning from the date of exchange of the ratification of this convention. I cannot avoid expressing my hope and belief, that, from the length to which this business has been protracted, none of the claimants will suffer from the want of the necessary documents, and evidence to support their claims.”
FRENCH SPOLIATIONS. The cause of the sufferers by the French has been rejected in Congress. The ground on which the applications for indemnity are made to our government is, that their claims on the French have been barred by treaty for a valuable consideration, viz. our guaranty of the French West-Indies, which was calculated to enthrall us in calamitous wars, in which we could otherwise have had no least interest. On the 12th inst. Mr. Griswold called up a motion, which he had laid on the table, for declaring the principle “That it is proper to make provision by law towards indemnifying the merchants of the United States, for losses sustained by them from French Spoliations, the claims for which losses have been renounced by the final ratification of the convention with France, as published by proclamation of the President of the United States.” The Ministerialists, unable to offer a single argument in opposition to so equitable a claim, gave a silent vote in the negative. The Yeas were 49—the Nays 33. And thus the business is put into a quiet sleep.
It is said that Mr. King has compounded with the British Government, to pay 200,000 pounds sterling for the Virginia debts. When our system of revenue is properly modified, the Virginia will be happily exonerated from this odious burthen, which will thereby be thrown upon the commercial States.
Electioneering. FELLOW CITIZENS, NEXT MONDAY, you will be called up on for the exercise of your most important right of election.—UNION in support of your tried friends, will again give you their services. Those who with to reward virtue, talents, and political integrity, are determined in supporting the following
STATE TICKET. His Excellency CALEB STRONG, FOR GOVERNOR. The Hon. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Cumberland Senatorial List. Hon. WOODBURY STORER, and JOHN CUSHING, Esqrs.
MR. JENKS. YOU will oblige many of your customers in this quarter, by mentioning that electors of this district will generally support the Hon. ORCHARD COOK, Esq. as member of Congress the ensuing election. LINCOLN.
For this Gazette. TO THE ELECTORS OF MAINE.
IT might reasonably have been imagined that the sense of the people so recently and unequivocally expressed, would preclude the necessity of uncommon exertion to ensure a general suffrage for our present excellent Chief Magistrate at the ensuing election. And yet the spirit of opposition is again at work, and the united efforts and determined vigilance of the friends of that gentleman are necessary to counteract its effects. Unfortunately for those who are urging the pretensions of Mr. Gerry, the present Governor is a man of such purity of character, and felicity of talents, that no imputation against him will be listened to by the people. Aware of this circumstance, they are compelled to repress their propensity to abuse and vilify, and content themselves with advancing some general considerations which in their opinion entitle Mr. Gerry to the chair in preference to its present occupant.
The object of this piece is fairly to examine those considerations, and to show the degree of weight they ought to receive. A preliminary question however will occur to the minds of all who have not pledged their suffrages to the support of party. “Admitting Mr. Gerry to be all you say he is,” says the man of flexibility, “yet as Mr. Strong is acknowledged by you to be at least his equal in all the cardinal points of character, and has certainly the advantage of experience over Mr. Gerry, why should we remove him to make way for the other?”
But what are the reasons upon which the proposed change is grounded?—One is, that Mr. Gerry is better qualified to keep up the style of a Governor than Mr. Strong. Now, as far forth as an expensive style of living, liveried servants, ceremonious visits, &c. are essential to the dignity of government, I must confess Mr. Gerry has the advantage of his rival. This argument however comes with an ill grace from those who are perpetually calling themselves plain republicans, economists, friends of the poor, &c. and who pretend to support equality of rank among the people. The people may perhaps from this be led to perceive, that those who affect most attachment to them are not always their best friends.
Governor Strong is undoubtedly a very plain man, dresses like other men of his years and income, rides to Boston in the stage because he cannot afford the expence of keeping a carriage, and walks about the streets of Boston, without affecting to be, or thinking that he is, except wherein the people have honored him, above his fellow citizens. Mr. Gerry, on the other hand, having visited Europe, adopts the style of the grandees of that quarter in his mode of living, is seldom seen by his fellow citizens, and only through the glasses of his chariot, and can not possibly get to Boston from his castle in Cambridge, a distance of three or four miles, with less than four wheels and two servants.—Now fellow citizens, if this sort of parade and dignity are necessary to maintain the reputation of your republican government, Mr. Gerry is undoubtedly your man, in preference to the humble Governor Strong.
The next argument I have noticed, is that Cambridge, within three miles of Boston is more suitable for the residence of a Governor than Northampton at the distance of 100 miles. Let this also have its due weight; it will undoubtedly operate upon the votes in Boston, many of whose inhabitants think that a man's talents and moral qualities are to be rated by an inverse ratio to his distance from the capital. It used to be thought that no candidate was suitably qualified unless he was born and bred in Boston; but having at present no person of sufficient notoriety to hold up to the public, they kindly consent to step over the bridge and take one from Cambridge. Now fellow citizens Northampton is not so far from Boston as Portland is, and you certainly will not believe that if a character was to be found in Portland possessing all the great qualifications requisite in a chief magistrate, a less popular candidate should be preferred merely because he might live in the vicinity of Boston.
If any one of the numerous citizens of this Commonwealth can say that the public business has suffered or even been delayed, or the affairs of any individual have been retarded in consequence of the Governor's residence being 100 miles from Boston, I will acknowledge a degree of force in this argument; but if the business of the executive department has received its usual attention and dispatch—if justice has been delayed to no man, then you fellow citizens will decide the weight of this objection to Governor Strong.
But I come now to the last argument used on this occasion, which exhibits the motives of those persons who are so zealous to effect a change.—They say it is proper and necessary to elect a Governor who will harmonize with the administration of the Federal Government. Look into the Chronicle and other papers of that description printed three or four years since, and you will find writers, perhaps the same who now use this argument, telling the people it was necessary to elect Mr. Samuel Adams and Gen. Heath; not because they would harmonize with the federal government, but because they would watch it and protect the state from its encroachments. I confess I never thought while the departed Washington and the forsaken and abused John Adams were at the head of the nation, such extreme caution and jealousy was necessary; but now the men in power are those who hated the federal government from its birth—now that the great State of Virginia assumes the direction of the whole, and like Aaron's rod seems to be consuming its little neighbors, I confess I think Mr. Strong ought to be placed on the watch tower to announce the approach of the enemy and warn us of danger.
Besides, fellow citizens, if your feelings are not in harmony with the national Executive, you certainly will not do any thing which may be misconstrued into an approbation you do not intend to bestow, and this is a cogent reason against the election of Mr. Gerry to all who are not disposed to flatter the great men in power.
There are some things with which you cannot harmonize, unless I am greatly deceived.—The violent and abrupt annihilation of the independence of the Judiciary, upon which you are to depend for protection against the oppressions of government, you surely do not approve.—The unfeeling and barbarous destruction of the livelihood of many honest and able officers, to make way for hypocrites and flatterers, you surely condemn.—The project of the President to abolish the tax upon chariots and coaches, refined loaf sugar and whiskey, and the refusal even to lighten the tax on brown sugar, salt and bohea tea, which the poorest are obliged to use, you surely disapprove.—And yet for these things you are called upon to choose a man who will harmonize with the President, that is, who will do the like as far as he has power.
Fellow citizens, upon these flimsy grounds you are desired to abandon a firm, steady, able friend to the people, and put in his place a man who approves all those things which you unequivocally condemn.—Fobid it
CONSCIENCE.
TO THE HOLDERS OF SHARES IN BACK COVE, AND FORE-RIVER BRIDGES.
GENTLEMEN, SUFFER a person not interested to address you, on a matter in which your interest appears to be greatly concerned. You have devoted some part of your property to building these bridges; And I suppose it will yield you but a moderate interest, if the frequent repairs which will be needful be taken into the account.—You are not to look for great profits, until a bridge be made across the mouth of Presumpscot river . It is the opinion of many, considering the narrowness of the channel and moderate depth of the water, that the building of such bridge would not cost nearly so much as Back Cove bridge did. By it the travelling from Col. March's tavern to the seat of William Martin, Esq. will be shortened as much as five miles, besides the advantage of a much better road; which will be such objects with travellers, that the whole current of travelling between east and west will be through Portland; by which the profit of your bridges will be nearly or quite doubled. Neglect not then the building of a bridge across the Presumpscot , if you regard your own advantage, or that of your town. If the proposed bridge should be free of toll, you would be considerable gainers on the whole. But if it be a toll bridge, your gain will be the greater. If it appears most eligible to you that it should be without toll, set on foot a generous subscription among yourselves; and you will find many in Portland, if not in Falmouth and Northarmouth, who will assist in the expense. A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT.
Married, At Exeter. Mr. JOHN AMORY to Miss DEBORAH WEBB.—At Danvers, Mr. RICHARD ELLIOT to Miss POLLY M'INTIRE.—At Beverly, Mr. WM. GAGE, ad. to Miss MARTHA BUTMAN. Mademoiselle de Beauchampois, the daughter of Madame Bonaparte, has been lately married to Louis Bonaparte, the First Consul's brother.
Died, In this town, DORCAS COLLINS, aged 29, wife of Jedediah Colson—of the Society of Friends.—Mrs. RACHEL GAZLEY, aged 59. At Poland, Miss HANNAH FARRINGTON, A.E. 38, wife of Mr. William Farrington, and daughter of Dea. com. Freeman of Standish. At Salem, Mrs. CATHERINE ANDREWS, aged 33.—Miss MARY HATHORNE. At Bridgewater, Rev. JOHN PORTER, aged 87. At Bradford, Mrs. HANNAH TENNEY, aged 103 years, 11 months, and 7 days; descendants 127. At Washington, the 14th inst. the Hon. NASHEWORTH HUNTER, member from the S.W. Territory. His funeral was on the 13th. The two Houses formed in procession at the Capitol, at 12 o'clock. The Representatives have resolved to wear a mourning badge for one month. At Halifax, N.S. Hon. HENRY NEWTON, Collector of his Britannic Majesty's Customs, aged 72. At St. Petersburg, in November last, the rich Armenian, LASSARE, counsellor of state, and one of the administrators of the Orphan house; leaving an estate of 12 millions of rubles, he was interred with the greatest magnificence.
Jenks' Portland Marine List. PORT OF PORTLAND. LOSS OF THE SHIP BUTLER.
Extract of a letter from William Woodbury, master of said ship, dated Newyork, March 17, to his owners in this town. “I am sorry to inform you that I was obliged to abandon the ship Butler, on the 8th inst. in lat. 35. on account of her having sprung a leak. At half past eleven A.M. on the 8th inst. the wind blowing very fresh, the pumps were tried, and at 12 o'clock finding she made more water than common, all hands (fourteen in number) were called to the pumps, and were enabled to suck one of them by 4 P.M.—but the gale increased so violently as to oblige us to lay the ship too, which increased her leak to such a degree, that at 2 o'clock in the morning there were 4 feet of water in the hold, and at 8 o'clock there were found to be 8 feet, and the leak still increasing, which obliged us to think of some method to save our lives. As the gale had somewhat abated, the long boat was made ready, and at 10 A.M. we went out—ten of us got in, leaving the other five to take the small boat; but before we could get her from along side, we had the misfortune to upset and lose her, with three men and a boy, together with all our clothes—the other six of us made shift to save ourselves. The three men lost were capt. CHASE, of Kennebec, who was a passenger, THOMAS CLARK, and JOHN WOOD. The ship now had ten feet of water in her hold, but fortunately the molten ice in the lower hold broke loose, which enabled us to keep the ship above water until next day at 11 o'clock, at which time we were rescued by the brig Neptune, capt. Latham, from Savannah bound to this port, where we arrived yesterday. I am not able to inform where the leak was, but judge it was owing to the sheathing coming off.”
“N.B.—ELIEZER CROCKER, died after being five days out from Mariel.” The melancholy account of the loss of the brig France, capt. Ingersol, of this port, was received in a letter from capt. Woodbury, dated Boston, March 23. from which the following is extracted:—“The day before I left Newyork, which was Sunday last, the mate and boy of the brig France arrived at that port, from the mate's statement it appears that the brig sprung a leak the day after she left Portland, and on the 17th Dec. upset and filled; in which condition she remained until the whole crew perished with hunger, except the mate and boy. They were relieved the 10th of Jan. by a vessel bound to the Streights, and afterwards put on board another bound to Newyork.” Capt. Ingersol has left a disconsolate widow, with three children, besides a numerous acquaintance to lament his fate.
Brig Eliza, of Portland, was at St. Jago de Cuba, Feb. 13.—capt. Brown was dead. The Beaver, Thomas, of Portland, was at Surinam Feb. 8. The Polly, Hart, of Portland, was at Cape Francois, Feb. 20. Big James, Show, of Portland, was spoken in the Mona passage, who had been off St. Domingo; and was sent to Cape Francois by a French frigate. The Eliza, Salter, of Portland, has arrived at Philadelphia. The schooner Fortune, from Demarara, for Kennebec has arrived at the Vineyard—captain and mate dead.
THE SELECTMEN OF PORTLAND, give notice, that they have published the revised list of persons qualified to vote for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators, and Representatives, as by Law is directed.—Copies of which may be seen at the taverns of Mr. THOMAS MOTLEY, and General WILLIAM COBB—at the Post Office—at the office of ISAAC PISKY Esq.—at Mr. LILLIAN and BROWN'S Store—and at Mr. JOHN TARASEUK'S, in said Town;—and they hereby request all persons so qualified, whose names are not entered on said List, to give information thereof to any one of them, sometime before the first Monday of April next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, at which time, and until eleven o'clock of the same forenoon, they will be in Session at the Court House to receive evidence of their qualification. SAMUEL FREEMAN, CHAIRMAN, March 26, 1802.
Wanted, By the Surveyors of the Highways of the town of Portland, TWO YOKE OF OXEN, and Two CARTS.—Apply to JOHN MUSSET, March 29.
Miniature Painting. J. ROBERTS, begs leave to return his thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland, for the liberal encouragement he has met with in the line of his profession; and informs them that in a few days he intends to embark for the West Indies;—that during his short stay should three or more persons apply at one time, he will paint miniatures at the reduced price of Ten Dollars. His Lodgings are at Mr. BEEMAN'S, Fore-street. March 29.
THE Subscribers hereby give notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrators on the Estate of THOMAS ARNOLD, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Mariner, deceased, they have taken upon themselves that trust, and given bond as the law directs: They therefore request all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to the Commissioners appointed to receive them. LEMUEL WEEKS, RACHEL ARNOLD. March 27, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that having been duly appointed administrator on the Estate of PELEG THOMPSON, late of Harpswell, in the county of Cumberland, mariner, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to STEPHEN PURINTON. March 29.
CUMBERLAND, ss.—TO THE HONORABLE THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, NOW HOLDEN AT PORTLAND, WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1801.
BE it remembered, that BETSY HALE, of Portland, aforesaid, comes into Court, complains and gives the said Court to understand, that on the 30th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1792 she was lawfully joined in marriage with BROADFREE HALE, of said Portland, Soap-boiler; that he has constantly conducted herself since their marriage like a faithful and affectionate wife;—but that the said Broadfree, regards not of his marriage vow and of the duties of a faithful husband, on the first day of February last, at said Portland, committed the crime of Adultery with one SALLY SHAW, the wife of SAMUEL SHAW, of said Portland, Mariner—and hath wholly abandoned your Libellant and his family, and hath gone to places unknown with said Sally, and still lives in Adultery with the said Sally Shaw.—Your Libellant therefore prays that the bonds of matrimony between us the said Betsy and the said Broadfree Hale, may be decreed to be dissolved; and that she may be allowed her reasonable Alimony or Dower, according to the Statute in such cases made and provided. DANIEL DAVIS, Attorney to Libellant.
AT THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT PORTLAND, WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1801. ON the Libel of Betsy Hale, whereof the foregoing is a copy, the Court order—that the Libellant give notice thereof by publishing the same three weeks successively in the New England Palladium , and Portland Gazette , the last publication to be three weeks before the next Supreme Court which is to be held at Portland, within and for the county aforesaid, on the third Tuesday of May next. Attest. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
TO THE HON. THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HOLDEN AT WARREN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1802. JOHN YOUNG, of Pownalborough, in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, respectfully shews, that he is seized and possessed as tenant in common with others to him unknown, of one undivided third part of a certain tract, parcel, or lot of Land, lying in said Pownalborough, or Jewawantke Neck , so called, containing one hundred and twenty acres more or less; being Lot number twenty-nine, and bounded south-easterly by Monteagle great river, north-easterly by lot number twenty-eight, north-westerly by land owned by William Hilton, and south-westerly by lot number thirty;—and the said Young being desirous of having and holding his particular part, share or portion of said lot of land, prays that the said lot of land may be divided agreeably to the law in such case made and provided; and that his said one undivided third part may be assigned and set off to him, so that he can have, hold and enjoy the same in severality. JOHN MERRILL, jun. Attorney to Petitioner.
LINCOLN, ss.—AT A COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HOLDEN AT WARREN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY, BEING THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SAID MONTH, A.D. 1802. ON the petition of JOHN YOUNG, of Pownalborough, for partition, &c. as above—Ordered, that the Petitioner notify all persons concerned in said tract of land to appear at the next term of this Court, by publishing an attested copy of the Petition aforesaid, and this order thereon, in the Portland Gazette , printed by E. A. Jenks, three weeks successively, the last publication to be three weeks before the next term of this Court, to show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. A true copy of Petition, and order thereon. Attest. ALDEN BRADFORD, Clerk.
THE Letters of SHAHCOOLEN a Hindoo Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia.—His friend EL HASSAN an inhabitant of Delhi —price 37 1/2 Cents—Just received for sale at the Bookstore of JENKS and CLARK. March 29, 1802.

POETRY
SONG.
I swear by that eye, you'll allow, Its look is so flitting and new, That the oath I might take on it now, The very next glance would undo
TO BEGIN NOTHING OF WHICH YOU HAVE NOT WELL CONSIDERED THE END.
A certain Cham of Tartary, going a progress with his nobles, was met by a Dervise, who tried with a loud voice, "Whoever will give me a hundred pieces of gold, I will give him a piece of advice." The Cham ordered him the sum; upon which the Dervise said, "Begin nothing of which thou hast not well considered the end."
The courtiers, upon hearing this plain sea- lance; smiled and said with a sneer, "The Dervise is well paid for his maxim." But the King was so well satisfied with the answer, that he ordered it to be written in golden let- ters in several places of his palace, and engrav- ed on all his plate. Not long after, the king's surgeon was bribed to kill him with a poisoned lancet, at the time he let him blood. One day when the king's arm was bound, and the fatal lancet in the surgeon's hand, he read on the bacon "Begin nothing of which thou hast not well considered the end." He immediately flung, and let the lancet fall out of his hand. —The king observed his confusion, and inquir- ed the reason: the surgeon fell prostrate, confes- sed the whole affair, and was pardoned, and the conspirators died. The Cham turning to his courtiers, who heard the advice with contempt, told them, "That counsel could not be too much valued which had saved a king's life."
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, ON THURSDAY, 8th of April next, At the House of Capt. THOMAS BARKER, in Windham,
THE Stock in Trade of SYLVANUS GALLISON—consisting of ENGLISH GOODS, GROCERIES, &c.—As said Gallison is about removing from that town, they will be sold very low.—Sale to be at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Will be Sold at Auction,
ON Tuesday, the 27th day of April next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. JOHN DUNNING, innholder in Brunswick, for the benefit of the creditors of DAVID DUNNING, jun. Half of the Dwelling-House now oc- cupied by the said JOHN DUNNING—Also Four Shares in the Androscoggin Bridge—A Horse, Sleigh, and Harness—and a few other effects of less value. BENJAMIN HASEY, ASSIGNEE Topsham, March 12, 1802.
TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN GENERAL COURT AS- SEMBLED AT BOSTON, ON THE SECOND WED- NESDAY OF JANUARY, A. D. 1802.
Your Petitioners, whose names are hereto sub- scribed, beg leave to represent to your honors, that a large number of Saw-Mills are seated at and near the head of Saco falls, on the western side of Saco river; and that the boards cut at those mills are now hauled by teams from above said falls, to the tide waters, for shipping, and is attended with great ex- pence and trouble, besides injuring the lumber; also to the most of said mills, the logs from which said boards are sawed, are hauled by teams. Your petitioners further state, that vast quantities of boards, timber, wood, shaves, shingles, &c. are brought down the said river, and landed above the said falls, to be afterwards hauled by teams; and that it would be extremely use- ful and convenient if they could be conveyed to the tide waters below the said falls in the same manner as first made in the country above, without being separated, transported and rafted again, as they now are obliged to be, in addition to the great convenience of floating mill logs to the mills at and near said falls. They therefore humbly pray your honors that they and such others as may hereafter be associated with them may be authorized to make a Canal from or near Gooch's Island, so called, above said falls, to the waters below the falls, at the most convenient place for shipping, and in the most convenient direction for the said pur- pose, with such number of locks as may be necessary for the same, and they may be incorporated with such powers and the establishment of such toll as usual in similar instances; and as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c. Biddeford, Dec. 1801.
Aaron Porter, George Thatcher, Jer. Hill, Prentiss Mellen, Benjamin Nason, Ichabod Fairfield, Samuel Pierson, Edmund Coffin.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the House of Representatives, Jan. 27, 1802.
ON the petition of Aaron Porter and others, pray- ing to be incorporated for the purpose of making a Canal from Gooch's Island, so called, near the lower falls on Saco river, to the tide water, &c. Ordered, That the Petitioners notify all persons in- terested, by publishing the said petition, with this or- der thereon, in Jenks' Portland Gazette , three weeks successively—the last publication to be thirty days be- fore the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that they may then and there show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Sent up for concurrence.
EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. In Senate, Jan. 27, 1802.—Read and concurred. DAVID COBB, President. A true Copy—Attest. GEORGE E. VAUGHAN, Clerk of Senate.
FOR SALE, By M c Lellan & Brown, SWEDE'S IRON—flat, square and round bars, Spike and Nail Rods, Heart & Club, and German Steel, March 22.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY Garland & Lincoln, 100 bbls. excellent CIDER—which will be sold on the lowest terms for cash. Constantly for sale, a general assortment of English & West-India Goods, and Groceries, at their store at the head of Long Wharf. Portland, March 22.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY How & Evans, At their Store in Middle-street, on corner Union-street, A large assortment of PAPER HANGINGS—75 different figures, of the newest fashion, at the Boston prices.—Also, English, Hardware, & West-India Goods, and Groceries, as usual. Portland, Feb. 22. (6m)
Stephen Thomas, HAS for sale at his Store, in Fifth-street, a large and general assortment of Drugs & Medicines, as cheap as can be purchased in town. Port, Sherry, & Madeira WINES, of an excellent quality.—Also, very good Cogniac Brandy, and Holland Gin. Portland, Feb. 15.
FOR SALE, At N. Richardson's Wharf, BALES INDIA COTTONS, consisting of Bour- bon, Gurrachs, Allat, and Patna Bales. Pipes 4th proof Barcelona BRANDY, Rags white India SUGAR, Quarter Casks old Lisbon WINES, Boxes dpt CANDLES, Casks fresh RAISINS, 2000 WT. PEPPER, entitled to debenture. RAVENS DUCK, and RUSSIA SHEETING. Trunk GOODS, consisting of LONGCLOTHS, MUSLINS, CAMBRICKS, BANDANNA HAND- KERCHIEFS, &c. Blts. Fine and Superfine FLOUR—Baltimore. By JOSHUA RICHARDSON. Portland, Jan. 25, 1802.
Cotton Yarn. ALMY & BROWN, in Providence, State of Rhode-Island, being principally concerned in the most extensive COTTON MILLS on the continent, have for sale a large assortment of COTTON YARN, suitable for Warp or Filling; and also of two and three thread ed Yarn suitable for knitting or weaving stockings, both bleached and unbleached; equal in quality to any in America. They are enabled to supply their customers and others who may want, on as low terms as any persons in the United States, and on short notice. Orders from every part of the country will be duly attended to by addressing by post or otherwise, to the subscribers. Providence, 1st Mo. 1802. ALMY & BROWN.
John Taber & Son, NO. 8, MUSSEY'S ROW, KEEP the aforesaid Yarn constantly for sale, by the Bundle, at the same prices as at the Manufactory, with only the expense of transportation. Portland, 2d Mo. 8, 1802.
Just received, a New Supply of The Village Harmony, at the Book-Store of Jenks & Clark.
Wanted, As an Apprentice to the APOTHECARY Business, an active Lad, about Fourteen years old.— Inquire of the Printer. March 22.
To be Let, A Very convenient DWELLING HOUSE, near the center of the town.—Inquire at this office. March 15.
Convenient Boarding FOR six or eight Gentlemen, may be had in a well situated place near the center of the town. Inquire at this office. March 15.
Wax-Work.
MOULTHROP & STREET, respectfully acquaint the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland and its vicinity, that they have just opened, at Cutter's Columbia Hall, a new and most elegant col- lection of Wax-Work, which has been universally ad- mired; consisting of Thirty-five Figures as large as life; among which are the following characters:—His Ex- cellency THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States—The Honorable JOHN ADAMS, late President. A striking likeness of the late General GEORGE WASHINGTON. In another apartment the illustrious Hero is represented as fallen a victim to death; his lady and Domestic are weeping around him.—The late General Butler, who fell in St. Clair's defeat, represent- ed as wounded in his breast and leg, and the Indian rushing on him with their Tomahawks.—Major Andre taking leave of his Honoria, before his execution.—Mrs. Siddons, in the character of the Grecian Daughter, re- ceiving her Father from Prison, by assassinating the Em- peror.—David returning from the slaughter of the Phi- listines, with the Head of Goliath.—Maternal Affection, represented by a Lady with her Children around her— The Newfoundland Beauty.—The Newfoundland Beauty—The Litchfield Beauty.—Mungo Dickiepleased by his Mistress— A striking likeness of JASON FAIRBANKS, who was executed at Dedham for the murder of Eliza Fales— Old Darky and Yem, enjoying themselves over their Bottle and Pipe.—The poor Mendicant, asking alms— and sundry other Figures. This Exhibition will be open from 9 o'clock in the Morning till 9 in the Evening (Sundays excepted) and will be removed from this Town in a short time therefore all those who wish to see this collection, must improve the opportunity. Admission One Quarter of a Dollar for grown Persons, and half price for Children.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, an indentured Ap- prentice by the name of WILLIAM BATANT, aged about nineteen years—slender make, with fancy coloured hair.—I do hereby forbid all persons harbor- ing said runaway, or trusting him on my account, as they would avoid the penalty of the law.—Whoever will take up said runaway and return him to the sub- scriber, shall receive One Cent reward, and no charges paid. Portland, March 18, 1802. FRANCIS OSGOOD.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that having been duly appointed administratrix on the estate of JOSEPH HANSCOM, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, cordwainer, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to exhibit the same, to Gorham, March 22. POLLY HANSCOM.
THE subscribers hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, that having been duly appointed administra- tors on the estate of THOMAS SMITH, late of Windham, in the county of Cumberland, Gentleman, deceased, have taken upon them that trust, and given bond as the law directs:—They therefore request all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make im- mediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to the Commissioners ap- pointed to receive and their claims. ABRAHAM ANDERSON, JOHN T. SMITH. Windham, March 22.
THE subscribers, Commissioners appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of THOMAS SMITH, late of Windham, Gentleman, de- ceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice, that six months from the 20th inst. is allowed to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service at the house of ABRAHAM ANDERSON, in Wind- ham, on the first and third Tuesdays in April, and on the first and third Tuesdays in the four following months, from 9 o'clock, A. M. till 5 P. M. on each day. ELIAS MERRILL, EZRA BROWN, } Commissioners, PAUL LITTLE jun. } Windham, March 17, 1802.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, that she has been duly appointed Ad- ministratrix on the estate of JOSIAH RIGGS, late of Portland, shipwright, deceased, taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law di- rects:—She therefore requests all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to exhibit the same to Portland, March 15, 1802. HULDAH RIGGS.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that having been duly appointed administratrix on the estate of JOHN HANCOCK RIGGS, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, mariner deceas- ed, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to HARISON BRAZIER. Feb. 15, 1802.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administratrix on the estate of BENJAMIN WINSLOW, jun. late of Palmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeo- man, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to exhibit the same, to Feb. 15, 1802. THOMAS WINSLOW.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix of the estate of THOMAS FARNHAM, late of Bath, in the county of Lincoln, Mariner, deceased, and has undertaking that trust by giving Bond as the law directs:—All per- sons, therefore, having demands against said estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate, are desired to make immediate payment. ELIZABETH FARNHAM, Administratrix. Bath, February 15, 1802.
THE subscribers, having been duly appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Cumberland, Guardians to ELIJAH TUTTLE, of North-yarmouth, in said county —who by the Selection of said town has been adjudged a Spendthrift—hereby caution all persons against trad- ing with him; and those who may be indebted to him, against paying any thing to him; but all such persons are requested to make payment to us; and those who have any demands against said Spendthrift, are also requested to bring in their accounts to us. STEPHEN L. HARRIS, } Guardians, DAVID PRINCE, } North-yarmouth, February 10, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a further time of six months is allowed by the Hon. Jona- than Bowman, Judge of the Probate for Wills, for the county of Lincoln—for the claimants against the estate of SIMON M c LELLAN, late of Thom- aston, Mariner, deceased, rendered insolvent, to bring in their claims to us the subscribers, duly appointed and authorized to receive and examine the same;—who will attend said business at the dwelling house of SAMUEL BROWN, in Thomaston on the last Tuesday of this and the five following months, at two of the clock in the afternoon— which time and place we shall give our attendance JOSIAH REED, } Commis- SAMUEL BROWN, } sioners. Thomaston, Feb. 10, 1802. (Mar. 15)
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, that having been duly appointed Ex- ecutor of the last will and testament of SETH STAPLES of Turner, in the county of Cum- berland, Yeoman, deceased; has taken upon himself that trust and given bond as the law directs; he therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to ex- hibit the same to JOSIAH STAPLES, Executor N. B. He will attend to the settling accounts the first and third Tuesdays of the three following months, at the house of the deceased. (3m.) Turner, January 25, 1802.
THE Estate of EBENEZER GOVE, late of Edgecombe, in the county of Lincoln, Mariner, deceased, being represented insolvent, and the sub- scribers appointed Commissioners to receive and examine all claims of the several Creditors to said Estate—hereby give notice, that they shall attend for that purpose at the late Dwelling-house of the aforesaid Ebenezer Gove, in said Edgecombe, on the first Tuesday of the six following months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon. MOSES DAVIS, WILLIAM PATTERSON, } Commissioners. Edgecombe, Jan. 19, 1802.
To be Sold in Topsham, A LOT OF LAND, containing about 60 acres; to- gether with a Dwelling House, Barn, &c. standing thereon;—the terms of payment will be made con- venient to the purchaser. and possession given on sale.— Also, the STOCK and FARMING UTENSILS which are now on it.—For further particulars, inquire of March 8. JONATHAN ELLIS.
Lands For Sale. THE following lots in Standish, No. 44, 57, and 58, in the second division, generally known by the name of Elliot's Lots—No. 57 and 58 are on that part of Standish called the Neck, and near the outlet of Sebago Pond—and have an excellent growth of Oak and other timber thereon.—For terms apply to THOMAS MOTLEY. Portland, March 25.
FOR SALE, ONE quarter of that valuable double SAW MILL, and one quarter of a GRIST MILL, situated in Poland, with the privilege, called NA- SON'S MILL, and twenty five acres of LAND, and part of a Dwelling-House adjoining.—The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber in Penobscott Claim. Job Lane. Penobscott Claim, March 8. (-33)
The Art of Reading, A new and valuable School Book, by Daniel Staniford, for sale by JENKS & CLARK, per doz. or single.
WHEATON's new discovered PATENT Itch Ointment: A SAFE, convenient and efficacious remedy for that most disagreeable and tormenting disorder called the ITCH, has been always greatly needed; but no one, it is presumed, has before been discovered, which will effect the cure, without having in it either Brimstone or Mercury, both of which are disagreeable and dangerous. The Brimstone is generally applied with a mixture of hog's lard or fat, and worn for sev- eral days, or dried in by the fire, either of which ex- poses the patient to the most imminent danger of tak- ing cold, by opening the pores of the body, and at the same time impregnating the blood with a poisonous quality, and weakening and debilitating the whole con- stitution. The use of mercurial ointment is extremely dangerous and often fatal to the health. But from the effects of long experience and much inquiry, I am happy at length to have in my power to furnish the public with a medicine which will as certainly cure the Itch as it is applied; which is easy and safe for any age, habit or constitution, and attend- ed with no disagreeable consequences of any kind, either at the time of using it, or at any time after, as can be proved by near a thousand people of different ages, constitutions and states of health, who have used this ointment and been cured by it. J. WHEATON.
The above Medicine is just received for sale, at the Bookstore of JENKS & CLARK.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two, An Act to prevent the circulation and currency of Bank Bills of a denomination less than five dollars. WHEREAS the circulation and currency of Bank Bills, of a denomination less than five dollars, within this Commonwealth, is attended with many in- conveniences subjecting the holders of such Bills to frequent loss;—preventing the circulation of small change, and giving to the citizens of other States pri- vileges denied to our own:—Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of July next, no person shall pay, or receive in discharge of any contract, or bargain, or for any valuable consideration whatever, any Bill issued by any Bank or Banking Company, o- ther than the Bank of the United States, or the several Banks within this Commonwealth, of a less denomina- tion than five dollars, under a penalty of four dollars, to be recovered, as well of the person, so paying, as of the person so receiving, by action of debt, with costs of suit, to the use of any person, or persons, who shall within one year thereafter prosecute for the same. In the House of Representatives, March 6, 1802. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. In Senate, March 8, 1802. This Bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. DAVID COBB, President. March 8, 1802.—By the Governor approved. CALEB STRONG. (6w) A true Copy. Attest—JOHN AVERY, Sec'y.
DIRECT TAX.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ELEVENTH COLLEC- TION DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION. PURSUANT to an act of Congress, passed the fourteenth of July, 1798, entitled, "an act to lay and collect a Di- rect Tax, within the United States,"—will be sold at public Sale at the dwelling house of Benjamin Hooper, jun. in Bid- deford, on Monday the fifth day of April next, at ten of the clock, A. M. so much of the under described shares, consisting of dwelling houses and lands, as will satisfy the taxes due there- on, together with costs and charges, as the law directs; unless said taxes and charges should be paid before that time.
     Value of Tax on each D. Hous. Value of Lands on Lots. Total tax D. C.   D. C. D. C.     John Fairfield 550 1 65 1191 43 3 37   Olod & Ralph Emery 300 60 1563 2 25   Capt. Jacob Lane 300 60 1703 4 32   Dominicus Scammons 250 50 1832 93 5 24   John Davis 300 40 390 1 10   BENJAMIN HOOPER, jun. Collector.    Biddeford, February 4, 1802.
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