Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-09-02 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS, BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 71.]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
WHEREAS the following Lots of LAND were advertised to be sold on the 1st day of September next, which happens on Sunday, and sale thereof on that account, cannot be legally made, THEREFORE,
Virtue of an Order of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Sale of the Estate of the late THOMAS FLUCKER, Esq. deceased, Will be sold at the House of Mr. THOMAS MOTLEY, Innkeeper at Portland,
On the first day of October next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. to the highest bidder,
PART of the following Tracts of LAND, lying in the township of Falmouth, and County of Cumberland, and which are in common and undivided with certain heirs of the late Brigadier Gen. SAMUEL WALDO, and which was part of the Estate of the late THOMAS FAUCKER, Esq. confiscated to the use of the Commonwealth after the just debts and legal charges thereon should be paid— to wit.
One third part of two hundred and sixty acres granted by the Proprietor's Committee of Falmouth, to Brig. SAMUEL WALDO, and laid out near the Duck Ponds.
One third part of five hundred and seven acres, and eighty-two rods, being the remainder of the eight hundred acres, laid out to Brig. SAMUEL WALDO, by the Proprietor's Committee at Straudwater.
One half part of six hundred and sixty acres, allowed and granted by the Proprietor's Committee of Falmouth, to the heirs of Brig. Gen. WALDO, out of their pitch of nine hundred and sixty-two acres, lying near the Duck Ponds.
Conditions of Sale to be made known at the above time and place.
H. KNOX, Agent and Administrator.
August 20th, 1799.
Just received for sale at Jenks' Bookstore,
A few copies of Self-Immolation; Or, THE SACRIFICE OF LOVE. A much admired DRAMA. From the German of the celebrated Kotzebue. Aug. 26.
Loft or Stolen,
FROM the subscriber, a Note of Hand. signed by me, to a Mr. JOSEPH HUCKINS, of Parsonsfield, for the sum of Ninety-nine Dollars and ninety-five cents, payable the first of August A. D. 1799—Dated in May 1799—Whoever will return said Note, shall be handsomely rewarded; and all persons are forbidden to purchase said note, as it has been once paid. Being a confessed note before a Justice of the Peace. BENJAMIN BUKFORD, JUN. Parsonsfield, August 12th, 1799.
A Pocket-Book Loft,
LOST, on Wednesday the 14th inst. between Portland and Presumpscot Bridge a Red Morocco Pocket Book, containing several papers, of no consequence to the owner.—Whoever may have found said Pocket Book and will leave it at the Gazette-Office , Portland, shall be rewarded. JOHN BLAKE. August 20, '99.
FOR SALE,
By JOHN O. WATTS, 20 bbls. good Vinegar, at the Boston price. Aug. 19.
Part of a Dwelling House,
is wanted, convenient for a small family. Apply to the Printer. August 26.
Wanted immediately, as apprentices to the WATCH-MAKING and JEWELRY BUSINESS, two LADS, from 13 to 15 years of age—Apply at the sign of the GOLDEN-WATCH, Fushstreet, Portland. AUG. 12.
RAN away from the subscriber on the 29th of July last, an indentured apprentice by the name of HOSEA ALLEN, dark complexion, short black hair, much pock broken; had on when he went away, a blue waistcoat without sleeves, and plain tow and linen trowsers almost new hat, and barefoot. Whoever will take up said Runaway and bring him back to me, shall have two cents reward. All heads of families and masters of vessels are hereby forbid to harbor said apprentice, as they may expect to suffer the penalty in the law in that behalf made and provided. TIMOTHY BARKER. Newburyport, August 22, 1799.
Jacob Howe,
INFORMS the public that he has undertaken to carry the Newspapers from Portland through Windham, Raymond, Bridgton, Waterford, and Oxford, to Bethel. He will leave Portland every Monday evening, and arrive at Bethel on Thursday evening; and returning through Newpennycook and Norway, and to arrive at Paris on Friday evening, and thence to proceed through Hallowell and so on to Portland.
The postage to Saccarappa & Windham will be 50 cents a year—to Raymondtown, Bridgton, Waterford, Oxford and Bethel, three cents for each paper—and to the towns on the return, one dollar a year.
The advantages of a post riding through the above towns are so obvious, that it is hoped a liberal encouragement will be offered to support the undertaking.
The subscribers to Newspapers, and others, who may please to favour him with their commands, may depend on the strictest fidelity, punctuality and dispatch. Falmouth, July 15.
District of Maine.
BY order of the Hon. DAVID SEWALL, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Maine—Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a Libel is filed in said Court, by NATHANIEL F. FONDICK, Esq. Collector of the District of Portland and Falmouth, against the Schooner RAINBOW, a foreign built vessel of about Twenty six Tons burthen—her tackle, apparel and furniture, whereof one JONATHAN CROWELL is master, together with her cargo, consisting of about four hundred and fifty quintals of dried Cod Fish, seized by said Collector on the 5th day of July last, for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States—And that trial will be had on the aforesaid Libel at the District Court to be held at Pownalborough, within said District, on the first Tuesday of September next.
ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Dated at Portland, Aug. 1, 1799.
District of Maine.
BY order of the Honorable DAVID SEWALL Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States for the said District of Maine—Notice is hereby given, that a Libel is filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court against the Ship MAC, of Boston, now lying at Bath, within said District of Maine, her tackle, apparel, and furniture; of which ship one PAUL BROWNER was late master—said ship being seized for a violation of a law of the United States, made in prohibition of the transportation of slaves from Africa to any foreign port or place;—And that a hearing will be had on said Libel, before the said Court, at Pownalborough, within the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday of September next; at which time and place all persons interested may appear and shew cause why the said ship, &c. should not be declared forfeited.
Also,—That another Libel is filed in said Office, by JEREMIAH HILL, Esq. Collector of the District of Biddeford and Peppereborough, against the Schooner POLLY, of Kennebunk, her tackle, apparel and furniture, seized by said HILL for a breach of the revenue laws of the United States;—And that trial will be had on said Libel, at Pownalborough, aforesaid, on the day abovenamed; at which time and place all persons interested may appear and shew cause (if any they have) why said Schooner, &c. should not be declared forfeited. ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Portland, 16th August, 1799.
Bowdoin College.
THE OVERSEERS of Bowdoin College, are hereby notified, That their Semi-annual meeting will be held at the House of Mr. JOHN DUNN, in Brunswick, on the last Wednesday of September next—at which a general attendance of the Members is requested. MARK L. HILL, Sec'y. Georgetown, 14th Aug. 1799.
Notice is hereby given,
TO Retailers of Wines and foreign distilled Spirits, and owners of Wheel Carriages, in the County of Cumberland. That the subscriber will attend at his Office in Fifth-Street Portland, from Monday the 23d to Friday the 27th of September next: from 9 to 12 o'clock, A. M. and from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. on each day, to issue Licences to Retailers, and to receive entries and duties on Wheel Carriages. EBENEZER MAYO, Collector of the Revenue. N. B. All Retailers of Liquors will be subject to Penalty of Fifty Dollars for selling without Licence;—and all owners of Wheel Carriages to a Penalty of Twenty Five per cent, if entry is not made and the duty paid within Sixty days previous to the last day of September next. Portland, Aug. 9, 1799.
OFFICE of INSPECTION—York.
Retailers of Wines, and Foreign distilled SPIRITS, and the keepers of CARRIAGES, in the County of York, are notified that attendance will be given at this Office every day in September next (except Sundays) to issue LICENCES to Retailers, and to receive entries and Duties for Carriages. All concerned are cautioned against Penalties, which will be demanded if forfeited. JOSEPH TUCKER, Collector of the Revenue. York, Aug. 6th, 1799.
MEDICAL.
AT the Theatre in Dartmouth College, the MEDICAL LECTURES commence the first of October. On Anatomy and Surgery. Chemistry and Materia Medica. And the theory and Practice of PHYSIC.
BARTER.
WANTED, in exchange for Land, at Waterford, forty six miles from this town, materials for a House, &c.—and labour to finish the same—The bricks to be delivered in Portland the ensuing fall—frame, boards, shingles &c. in the course of the winter months, and the joinery, and masonry, completed in all July next.—In said land there is a choice of lots; some suitable for making farms, others abounding with timber, mill privileges &c. &c. Inquire at the Store of NATHANIEL CHAMBERLAIN, Middle-Street. Portland, 5th Aug. 1799.
Miscellany.
The BRIGHT and DARK side stated.
The following passage from the new play of " Lovers Vows ," deserves perusal. At the request of Baron von Wildenhaim, the Pastor waits upon Amelia, to speak of Matrimony in general. She desires him to begin with the disagreeable side, that "the best might be preferred to the last."
PASTOR.
WITH the disagreeable? Oh, madam, when two affectionate congenial hearts unite, the marriage state has then no disagreeable side. Hand in hand the happy pair journey through life. Where they find their path occasionally strewed o'er with thorns, diligently and cheerfully they clear their way. If a stream crosses their steps, the strongest bears the weakest over; or if a rock is to be climbed, the stronger takes the weaker by the hand—patience and love are their companions. What would be impracticable to one, to their united efforts proves but sport—and when they have the summit, the weather wipes the sweat from the brows of her more vigorous partner. Their joys, their pains, are never divided guests, nor will one ever experience a pang or sorrow while transport warms the bosom of the other. A smile illuminates the countenance of both; or tears distil from both their eyes. But their raptures are more lively and extatic than single unparticipated joy; their sorrows less corroding than solitary woes; for participation enhances the one, and alleviates the other. Thus their whole life resembles a beautiful summer's day; beautiful, even tho' a transient shower may intervene; for showers refresh the face of nature, and the sun bursts from the clouds with renovated lustre. And when the evening of their day draws on, it finds them surrounded with flowers, which they themselves have planted and reared, patiently awaiting the approach of night—Then, then, indeed; for night will come—the one takes the lead and first lies down to sleep, and happy are they who to whose lot it falls; the survivor wanders in melancholy solitude, weeping at not being allowed to sleep also. And this is the only disagreeable feature of such a marriage.
AMELIA.—Oh I will marry!
PASTOR.—Right madam, this picture is aluring; but recollect that his picture for which two loving and congenial hearts are the model. But if motives of mere convenience (what the world generally terms prudence) tie parental authority, rashness or caprice, tie the bonds of hymen, then alas! the state of matrimony has no agreeable side. No longer free and un shackled, man nor woman walk with light and airy steps, but victims of a late repentance drag along their galling chains.—Satiety is depicted on each brow. Images of lost happiness, painted in strong colors by imagination's delusive hand, and more tempting in proportion as they are unattainable. Sanguine and romantic hopes, which haply might never have been realized if this marriage had not taken place, but the practicability of which the mind holds certain, if the parties were not fettered by wedlock. These ideas incessantly harrow the soul, and condemn them to actual suffering, where otherwise patience would only have been called into exertion. Gradually they accustom themselves to contemplate their irksome companion as the hateful cause of all the evils which beset them. Gall infuses itself into their conversation, coldness into their caresses. To none are they more captious, from none more apt to take offence, than from their wedded partner; and what would yield them delight in a stranger, is viewed with apathy in the person of their nearest connection. In this manner, with averted face and down cast eyes the hapless pair drag on through life, till at length one lies down to sleep: then exultingly the survivor lifts the head, and triumphantly exclaims "Liberty! Liberty!"—And this forms the only pleasing feature of such a marriage.
AMELIA.—I will not marry!
SAILING ON LAND.
A sailor having occasion to take a journey of ten or twelve miles into the country, hired a horse for that purpose, and having never been on horseback before, asked one of his messmates how he should conduct himself. The latter told him all that he had to do, was to take care that the horse did not run away with him.—The other began to consider how he should avoid such a mishance, and at last hit on a scheme for that purpose. He took a small anchor belonging to one of the boats, and having fixed 10 or 12 fathom of rope to it, he tied one end of the rope about the horse's neck, and took the anchor up before him, to be ready for casting in case of any disaster. The horse went very well for the first four or five miles, till feeling himself galled by the rubbing of the anchor on his neck, he set off full speed, and our equine friend finding himself in danger, determined to bring up. He therefore let go the anchor, and the horse having run out his cable, brought up with such a jerk that he threw his rider 5 or 6 yards before him, dislocated his shoulder, and cured him effectually of any wish to make further improvements in the art of sailing on land.
MAXIM.—Without a friend, the world is but a wilderness. A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances, and not a friend amongst them all. If you have one friend think yourself happy.
Articles of News.
FOREIGN.
Operations of Buonaparte.
LONDON, JUNE 29.
[OFFICIAL]
Extract of a letter from Capt. Sir S. SMITH, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, NEEGAN, dated on board the Tiger, off the heights of Tripoli, in Syria, April 2, 1798.
"SIR, I HAVE the honor to inform you, that as soon as I heard from the Governor of Syria Cezar Pacha, that Gen. Buonaparte had invaded that province with an army, and advanced towards Acre, the capital, I hastened with a part of the force under my command to succour it, and to my satisfaction arrived there two days before the enemy. In the mean time dispatched Capt. Muller and Col. Phelipaux to put the place in the best condition to withstand the attack of an European army; and by the presence of a British naval force endeavor to animate the Pacha and his troops, to make a brave stand. On the night of the 17th, the guard-boats of the Tiger discovered the enemy's advanced guard on Mount Carmel. These troops, not expecting such a force in Syria, posted themselves strongly on the neighbourhood, and were exposed to the musketry and grape shot from the boats, so that they soon retreated to the side of the Mount. As they found the roads between the sea and Mount Carmel very unsafe, they chose the way from Nazarette, and invested Acre in the morning, although much harassed by the Samaritan Arabs, who were more obnoxious to the French than the Egyptians, and have better arms; there the enemy answered our fire with a slight discharge of musketry. It was clear they brought no heavy guns with them, but waited till we began from the sea. Preparations were made accordingly. The Theseus was stationed already off the height of Toppa. The flotilla of the enemy which appeared at a distance at sea, was steering for Mount Carmel, when the Tiger saw it. It consisted of a corvette and 9 gun boats. As soon as they saw us, they stood off again. The eagerness of my crew discovered to pursue the flotilla were great. Our reinforcements soon appeared, and seven ships advance. The corvette, on board of which Buonaparte's private effects were laden, came in, together with two small vessels. We secured these, but could not pursue the rest. "He adds that, with the encouragement which his example will give the Turks, he hopes to defeat Buonaparte's object. I have the honor to be, &c. W. S. SMITH."
DOMESTIC.
NEWYORK, August 7.
On Friday night last, about half past nine o'clock, as Mr. John Duncan was returning from Courtland-street to his lodgings at the Greenwich Hotel, he was stopped on the road by two black men and one white man, one of whom presented a pistol to his breast, and commanded him to stand or he was a dead man! Mr. Duncan began to parley with the fellows; but finding it useless, he endeavoured to extricate himself from them, which they prevented by knocking him down, where he lay sometime senseless, and after recovering, he found they had robbed him of his pocket book, containing Bank Notes to the amount of four thousand dollars, and a military land warrant. One Thousand Dollars Reward is offered for apprehending the villains.
A Norfolk paper of the 11th mentions the arrival of Captain Maxwell from St. Domingo; who informs of the appointment by the French Directory, of General TOUSSAINT, as commander in chief of the island; that in consequence Rigaud had succumbed, and tranquillity was restored.
The government of Lower Canada devolves on his excellency Robert Shore Milnes, in the absence of Governor Prescott, and until the arrival of the Hon. John Elphinstone, who is now at Newyork.
The Indian Corn harvest is likely to prove the heaviest in every part of the Union, within recollection.
A cucumber measuring five feet four inches, and thick in proportion, has been raised this season, in Ann Arundell county, Maryland.
Great Men will sometimes disagree on great points—the American Jacobins swear the French Directory has always been in the right, and the President and Congress of the United States always in the wrong.—BOULAY, one of the French Council of Five Hundred, says, "The Directory have employed their immense power to bring on the ruin of the Republic, and have rendered the French people the objects of the detestation of all nations."—Who best know the French Directory, a French Legislator on the spot, or an ignorant faction 3000 miles off? (Continued.)

Latest Foreign News.
PARIS, JUNE 28.
Message of the Executive Directory to the Council of Five Hundred, dated June 26.
Citizens Representatives,
THE Executive Directory has given you an account of the present state of France. The wounds of the republic are deep, the dangers which environ her great. These dangers the Directory cannot dissemble; because it is from their eminence itself that you will draw those resources which will save the republic, those powerful means which should restore her to her former greatness, and of which the very efforts of our enemies, at this moment, attest the energetic operation.
"It is too true that a system of unjust partiality has repelled from public charges those citizens who were best fitted to maintain the national spirit at the pitch suited to its destiny—that the administrations, every where composed of men feeble and negligent, or hostile to the republican regimen, require to be entirely organized anew—that the public spirit has been consequently corrupted, and that, from the same fatal influence operating upon the tribunals, the temple of justice has too frequently become the impious asylum of plunderers, covered with the blood of republicans.
"It is too true that, no longer effected by the salutary terror of the laws, and emboldened by the weakness or connivance of the public functionaries, the brigands of the interior have reappeared with new effrontery; and, at the signal given by the assassins at Rastadt, have again unfurled the bloody standard of revolt. In United bands, they at this moment ravage several departments of the south and west. The purchasers of national property are attacked, the carriages are set upon on the highways—the collected contributions are pillaged in their repositories, or on the road, and the citizens, distinguished by their attachment to the republic, are massacred in their very houses. All these crimes are always committed in the name of the Altar and the Throne, and civil war is ready to be anew lighted up in different quarters, and to add its affl ictions to those of external warfare.
"A blind improvidence has emboldened our enemies to form a new coalition, given time to that impious coalition to recruit its strength by new hordes from every quarter, and left our triumphant armies to moulder away, even in the field of victory. While we were amused with hopes from the proceedings at Rastadt, the only means of commanding peace, that of actively preparing for war, was neglected.
"We must carry on that odious war, and the incoherent assemblage of our present enemies will experience the fate of the first coalition.
"But to the extraordinary efforts of our enemies we must hasten to oppose the all powerful efforts of our enemies we must hasten to oppose the all powerful efforts of the friends of liberty.
"Citizens Representatives, our frontiers are menaced, and must be defended. The subsistence of our armies, too long neglected, must be assured; new battalions must be armed; our brave legions must resume the offensive, and make enemies respect even the soil of our allies.
"The interior must be tranquilized by the organization of an imposing force; and thus must terminate a war of assassination, which dyes the soil of liberty with the blood of the friends of the republic.
"The insufficiency and the unproductiveness of the imposts are painfully felt, and occasion, in every branch of the public service, disorganization: yet the imperious circumstances of our situation demands extraordinary aids, of which you already perceive the necessity.
"In fine, Representatives of the people, the directory must inform you and the nation, that the bodypolitic is menaced with total dissolution, if all the springs of its organization and movement be not speedily tempered anew.
"Our evils are doubtless great; but our resources are those of a generous people, whose force is increased by their misfortunes, and who at no period are more powerful, and more terrible to their enemies, than when they presume to flatter themselves with having vanquished them.
"Our evils principally arise from the misapplication, or the dereliction of our means.
"The means of the French Republic are the same as those with which she has conquered enemies still more numerous.
"The first, and most powerful of these means, and which renders all the others available, consists in the energy of the people—in their devotion to the cause of liberty, for which they have made so many sacrifices.
"To this Message, citizens Representatives, the directory has subjoined the reports of the different Ministers on the various subjects which have claimed your attention; in which you will find the detail of the facts of which you are herein presented with the results. You will there discover the state of the wants of the republic, and some observations on the means of providing for them."
AUGSBURG, JUNE 23.
General Suwarrows has transferred his head quarters from Alexandria to Pavia, and it is believed that he is about to take the command, in person, of the army of observation against Macdonald, while General Melas, whose head quarters are transferred to Asti, will act against Moreau, who occupies strong positions in Montserrat, from whence he seems inclined to advance to Alessandria and Tortona.
STRASBURG, JUNE 29.
Letters from Vienna and Ratisbon, say, the coalition have entered into a formal engagement with Louis XVIII, to establish him on the French throne.
MINDEN, JUNE 18.
Two Batavian deputies have been here to confer with a Prussian Minister, on an application made to the king, for troops to assist their republic. The Minister, by order, consented to furnish 25,000 men on condition that the Stadtholder was reinstated. The Deputies' powers not being competent to such an engagement they retired.
By the Mails.
PHILADELPHIA, August 22.
[OFFICIAL.]
Extract of a letter from an American, resident at Surinam, dated July 11, 1799, received in Philadelphia, August 17.
"I think it ought to be publickly known, that this market is glutted to such a degree with almost every article of life, that cargoes are selling at great loss; say from 30 to 50 per cent. and produce is very high, coffee at 9 3/4 to 10 shivers; cotton 17 to 18; and scarcely anything to be found even at those prices. So that to the merchant it is undoubtedly better that his property should be taken, than that it should come into this port."
To the Board of Health.
GENTLEMEN,
The college of physicians once more address you on the present state of the health of the city—recent events have confirmed the opinion which they lately expressed to your board—they feel it incumbent on them to repeat that a malignant contagious fever of the same nature with the disease which raged here in the years 1793, 1797, and 1798, prevails at this time to a very alarming degree.
August 21, 1799.
The Academy of Medicine deny the prevailing fever is contagious, and assert it is propagated by impurities in the atmosphere.
NEW YORK, AUG. 24.
We have heard of but few new cases of the fever in this city since Thursday—only 5 cases were reported yesterday. For the last 48 hours, 8 deaths.
It has been observed, that there has lately been a great mortality amongst the flies in the most unhealthy parts of the city—This is variously accounted for by the faculty. We hope we shall receive a communication on the subject.
PROVIDENCE, AUGUST 28.
Melancholy Accident.
On Monday last, as Mr. Samuel Hamlin, of this town, was descending a hill with a gun in his hand, his feet accidentally slipped, when endeavouring to support himself by his piece, it unfortunately discharged—the contents entered near his right breast, and came out at the left shoulder blade. He fell, and remained in this unhappy situation about four hours before he was discovered. Hopes are entertained of his recovery.
BOSTON, AUG. 29.
CIRCULAR.
Havanna, Aug. 8 1799.
SIR
In consequence of a Royal Decree, just received from Madrid, the Governor has this day given orders, that no neutral vessels be permitted to enter this port; and all those that have arrived, since the 3d inst. are not as yet allowed to unload.
I lose not a moment in giving you this intelligence, for the information of the Merchants of Boston. If any change takes place, I will take care to acquaint you therewith immediately.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your very humble servant
JOS M. YZNARDI.
To the Collector of the Port of Boston.
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to a respectable merchant in Newyork.
"Navy Department, 21st August, '99.
"SIR,
"IN answer to your kind letter of the 17th inst. I do myself the honor to state the real cause of Capt. Truxton's resignation, as the best mode of vindicating his character from the injudicious surmises which prevail, and which have appeared in the newspapers on that subject."
"It is well known that there has existed, for a considerable time, a question concerning the relative rank of Captain Talbot and Captain Truxton.—Each of these gentlemen was so confident of his right to seniority, that each had, long since, determined to quit the navy service, should the question of rank be settled in favor of the other. The merits of both were too highly appreciated not to make it a matter of serious regret that the service of either should be lost to the public. Hence the decision of the question was delayed as long as it could be, without injury to the service. It became at length, however, necessary to decide it. The decision has been made by the proper authority—the result is, that Capt. Talbot remains in service, and Capt. Truxton, consistently with his uniform declaration repeatedly made, and long before the capture of the Insurgente was that of, retires to private life.
"That Captain Truxton should have that it incumbent on him to pursue this course, occasions real concern to the President, as it must do to all the friends of their Country, who have properly estimated the merits of this gallant officer."
Portland,
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1799.
Captain SAMPSON, arrived at Boston from Embden (Russia) informs, that it was reported, that Prussia would join the coalition against France, and commence its operations by an attack on Holland. Captain Sampson was the bearer of letters from the American Minister at the Prussian Court.
It is said that a partial action has taken place in India between the British and Tippoo Saib's army, in which the latter were defeated with the loss of several thousand men.
By accounts from Gibraltar, as late as June 28, the plague continues to rage with dreadful violence at Morocco, and the adjacent places.—All communication between Barbary, Spain, and Gibraltar, was suspended. The same account says, "the Dey of Algiers has certainly declared war against the French Republic, and imprisoned their consul;" and that "the American character stands high in the Dey's estimation." The time has arrived, when America does not need the "friendly interposition" of the "terrible republic" as a preliminary to her negotiations at the court of Algiers. The flag of our rising navy, will be the best recommendation, and the surest passport for her envoys at every foreign court, especially where power is more regarded than justice. (Com. Gaz.)
BREST FLEET.
Some flying reports render it possible, though not very probable, that the Brest fleet has sailed from Toulon, and left succours at Genoa. We do not think it necessary, however, for us to be solicitous on their account. The English have upwards of 50 sail of the line in the Mediterranean, and we believe them fully adequate to the task of managing the French and Spanish in those seas.
YELLOW FEVER.
From the reports of several medical societies in Philadelphia, and by letters and private accounts from Newyork, we are compelled to declare, that in our opinion, an epidemic, similar to that which visited those cities last summer, now rages there with accumulating malignancy. The Packets which usually fly between New-York and Newport, are forbidden to enter the latter place, without examination and permission.
In Philadelphia, the deaths were August 20, grown persons 6—August 21, 13 do.—August 22d, 11 do.—August 23d, sixteen.
FROM SURINAM, Aug. 1.
Capt. Allen, arrived at Salem, spoke Capt. M'Neil, in the sloop of war Portsmouth, off Brandt Point. The 20 gun French Corvette had not ventured out, notwithstanding the boasting of the Captain—Captain M'Neil, however, had intercepted letters which were passing between him and the Captains of a French frigate and sloop of war, at Cayenne, which shewed that they were expected up, to drive away the United States cruiser, and relieve their blockaded countrymen. But Captain M'Neil was determined to remain at his post, and his crew were in good spirits. Captain Dows was to sail for Boston, from Surinam, in the course of the first week in Aug. Messrs. Wales and Field's Schooner failed in co. with Captain Allen.
A vessel, partly owned in Boston, has been seized at Bath, Kennebeck, on complaint of having been equipped for the purpose of transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to the West-Indies, contrary to law.
MELANCHOLY.
"On Wednesday the 14th instant, as two or three women and a girl were walking to visit a friend in the town of Livermore, (County of Cumberland) they were overtaken by a shower; but happened to be near a new house, that was unfinished and uninhabited, they went in for shelter. They had not been there many minutes, before a violent gust of wind took the building, which it instantly demolished. The unhappy females were buried in the ruins, two of whom soon died of their wounds, and a third was miserably wounded, having an arm and a thigh broken, so that the bone of the latter appeared several inches through the flesh; but we are happy to learn there are hopes of her recovery."
NAVAL.
Baltimore, July 16.—On Saturday last was launched from her ways, at the yard of Mr. Price, Fell's Point, an elegant mddled Cutter, for the service of the United States. She is pierced for 14 guns, and equals or exceeds the other beautifully constructed vessels with which Mr. Price has recently graced the bosom of old Ocean.
An arrival at Philadelphia, informs that the Ganges has captured a French letter of Marque, from Guadalupe for St. Bartholomews, with sugar and coffee; and sent her into St. Kitts.
The United States and Insurgent frigates sailed from Hampton Roads, August 15.
Capt. Barren, appointed to the Constellation, has taken command of her. Capt. Truxton is at Amboy, N. J. The Maryland, sloop of war, Captain Rogers, has sailed from Baltimore, on a cruise.
The Constitution anchored in Lynn Haven Bay, August 15.
THEATRE,
PORTLAND.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF Mrs. PICK.
THIS EVENING, MONDAY, September 2d, will be performed the favorite OPERA of
The QUAKER;
Or, THE MAY-DAY DOWER.
Steady, (The Quaker) - Mr. Kenny, Solomon, - - - Mr. Villiers, Farmer Easy, - - - Mr. Peters, And Lubin, - - - Mr. Jones, Floretta, - - - Mrs. Brett, And Gillian, - - - Mrs. Pick.
END OF THE OPERA,
The favorite MOCK ITALIAN TRIO, By Mrs. Pick, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Jones.
After which, the much admired Entertaiment of
BON TON;
Or, HIGH LIFE ABOVE STAIRS.
Lord Minkin, - - - Mr. Powell, Colonel Twig, - - - Mr. Dickinson, Davy, - - - Mr. Villiers, Jessamy, - - - Mr. Peters, And Sir John Trotley, - - - Mr. Jones, Lady Minkin, - - - Mrs. Jones, Gypsy, - - - Mrs. Dickinson, And Miss Tittup, - - - Mrs. Powell.
In the course of the Evening, The favorite Hunting Song of "TALLY HO," By Mrs. Pick.
The whole to conclude (for the last time this season) with the FARCE of
The Spoiled Child.
Old Pickle, - - - Mr. Kenny, John, - - - Mr. Dickinson, And Tag (The Ragged Rhymner) - - - Mr. Villiers, Little Pickle (with Song) - Mrs. Pick, Maria, - - - Mrs. Dickinson, Margery, - - - Mr. Peters, And Miss Pickle, - - - Mrs. Brett, VIVAT RESPUBLICA!
Tickets to be had at the THEATRE every day of Performance, from 10 till 1, and from 3 till 6 o'clock. BOXES, 4/6—PIT, 2/.
Doors to be opened at 6, and the performance to commence precisely at a quarter past 7 o'clock.
Lately received, and for sale,
By John Abbot,
At his SHOP in Fore street,
A variety of interesting and useful BOOKS, chiefly modern publications.
Among which are the following:
MALLET DUPAN, on the deftuction of Swift's Liberty—interesting to every friend to his country; Studies of Nature, by St. Pierre; Naval Gazetteer; Murray's Grammar; Joan of Arc; Southey's Poems; Marshall's Gardening; Telemachus; Looker-on; Well-bred Scholar; American Accountant; Vindication of Divine Providence; Botanic Harmony; Botanic Garden; Catharine of Russia; Staunton's Embassy; Zimmermann on National Pride; Ormond; Wieland; Arthur Mervyn; Caroline of Litchfield; Juliet Grenville; Female Review; Darwin on Education; Gilsborne on Female Education; Volney's Travels; Winterbotham's Chinese Empire; Cambell's Journey; Bruce's Travels; French Revolution; Price's Sermons; Pike's Arithmetic.
School Books & Stationary.
English & W. I. Goods.
Sept 2.
To Let,
PART of the House formerly occupied by Mrs. EMSON; which is calculated for a STORE, and very convenient for a small Trader.—Conditions may be made known, by applying to NATHANIEL FREEMAN, living on the premises. Sept. 2.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has taken upon him the care of that large and commodious STABLE belonging to the Columbian Tavern, kept by Mr. WILLIAM CUTLER; where every possible attention shall be paid, and the least favor gratefully acknowledged.
Aaron Chamberlain.
Portland 27th July, 1799.
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