Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1801-03-30 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY EZEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 153]
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1801.
[VOLUME III.]
By Authority.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
An act for regulating the manufacture and sale of Bread.
SECT. 1. 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 April next, all soft bread, whether baked in loaves or biscuit, which shall be exposed to sale by any baker, or other person, shall be sold by weight.
SECT. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all soft biscuit, which shall hereafter be offered for sale, shall weigh four or eight ounces, and be marked with the initial of the baker's christian name, and his surname at length, and the weight of the biscuit; and all loaves of soft bread shall be of some one of the following weights, viz: one pound, two, three, or four pounds, and be marked with the weight of the loaf and the maker's name; and if any baker, or other person, shall offer, or expose to sale, any soft bread, or biscuit, which shall not severally be marked, and conform to one of the weights before mentioned, every such person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of eight dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, before any Justice of the Peace within and for the county where such offence shall happen; and any person who shall sue for the same, together with legal cost, one half of the penalty aforesaid to be for the use of the person who prosecutes, and the other half to the use of the poor of the Town where such offence may be committed.
SECT. 3. And be it further enacted That all Laws heretofore made for regulating the affize of bread, be, and hereby are repealed, from and after the first day of April next; excepting so far as relates to the recovery of any forfeiture, fine or penalty incurred, or which may be incurred previous to that time by a breach of any of said Laws.
In the House of Representatives, March 7, 1801. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
EDWD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, March 7, 1801.
This Bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President.
March 7, 1801.—By the Governor Approved.
CALEB STRONG.
A true Copy.
Attest.—JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
An Act respecting Boats and Lighters
employed in transporting Stones, Gravel or Sand, within this Commonwealth.
SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That every Boat or Lighter, employed in transporting stones, gravel or sand, within this Commonwealth, shall be marked at light water mark, and at least at five other places, with the figures four, twelve, sixteen, twenty-four, and thirty, legibly made, on the stem and sternpost thereof; which figures shall express the weight such boat or lighter is capable of carrying, when the lower part of the respective numbers shall touch the water, in which the said boat or lighter shall float. And every person, who shall use or employ any boat or lighter, for the purpose of transporting stones, gravel or sand as aforesaid, which shall not be marked as in this act is provided, shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by an action of the case in any Court proper to try the same, by any person who will sue therefor. And any person who shall put, or cause to be put, on any boat or lighter as aforesaid, any false marks as aforesaid, shall be subject to the like penalty to be recovered in like manner.
SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Selectmen, in any town where boats and lighters are owned, which may be employed in transporting stones, gravel or sand, as contemplated in this act, to appoint, annually, in the months of April or May, some suitable person, to ascertain the capacities of all such boats and lighters, and mark the same, as is prescribed in this Act; who shall be under oath, faithfully to perform the duty as herein prescribed.
In the House of Representatives, March 7, 1801. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
EDWD. H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, March 7, 1801.
This Bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President.
March 7, 1801.—By the Governor Approved.
CALEB STRONG.
A true Copy.
Attest.—JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
Miscellany.
FROM A PARIS PAPER.
Among the distinguished personages who hastened to pay their respects to Sir William and Lady Hamilton, and Lord Nelson, on their arrival at Hamburg, was Dumourier. During their short stay in that city, the Ex-General was invited to one of the parties.—After supper, Lady Hamilton sung "God save the King" at the request of Lord Nelson: but when she came to the couplet reflecting on France, she was interrupted by his Lordship. Dumourier, who had listened in ecstasy to the sweet melodies of the delightful warbler, deeply affected by this act of delicacy, and filled with gratitude, burst into tears. Lady Hamilton fancying she saw the tears of a Royalist, of a heart overflowing with love for its country, glistening in his eyes wept in excels of softness. Lord Nelson began to weep from sympathy, and old Sir William Hamilton went to a distant corner of the room and wept to keep the
rest company. Lady Hamilton in constant activity, wiped away the tears of the Admiral with her handkerchief fondly: then those of Dumourier kindly; then her own delicately; and then Dumourier falling on his knees, implored as the greatest possible favor, that the charming Lady Hamilton should make him a present of the handkerchief. Lady Hamilton softened in compliance, the favor was granted, and Dumourier having received the handkerchief with a holy respect, retired to meditate upon the miraculous destiny, which had deigned to unite in his favor, in the same handkerchief, the relics of so many great personages. To see, touch and kiss this famous handkerchief, are now considered on the continent the proudest honors and as such, are sought with all the enthusiasm of superstition.
JACOBIN ABUSE.
[The following extract from an Oration delivered at Philadelphia, on the inauguration of Mr. Jefferson, delivered by one John Beckley, is but a faint specimen of that shameful and unblushing system of abuse with which our late worthy President and his administration continue to be loaded. What good American can peruse such things without feeling a glow of shame at the depravity of some of his fellow beings!]
"In the short, but essential period of the last four years the example of the United States presents to the world a monition awful and instructive; an administration commencing, pursuing, and ending its career in the abandonment and dereliction of all those principles which led our country to glory, greatness, freedom and independence, and substituting those which produce dishonor, confusion, dependence and slavery; hence arose systems of executive patronage and influence co-extensive with the creative powers of government; Of military and naval establishments, and a standing army; Of wasteful expenditures, oppressive public burdens and onerous taxes; Of alien and sedition laws; the former to prohibit the persecuted sons of liberty in other countries from obtaining an asylum in our land; the latter to restrain and punish the freedom of speech and of the press, in our own citizens; Of new and arbitrary principles of constructive treason and common law; Of proscription and disqualification from office, of one half the community for their political opinions; Of unceasing efforts to legalize war and systematic murder, by hostilities against republican France:—And finally, Of encroachments, through the agency of foreign and domestic intrigue, to excite alarms by pretended plots, conspiracies, and treasons, thus creating a reign of terror and political delusion in which the race of civil discord had nearly effected the social disjunction, and destroyed all social intercourse, when the hand of brother against brother, and father against son, was about to be uplifted each against the other, and this fair heritage of liberty imbrued in kindred blood."
AGAIN.
From a Philadelphia Paper.
On the morning of the 4th, previous to his departure from Washington, Mr. Adams received from Matthew Lyon, a letter of insult and abuse. On the same day its contents were published in the "Cabinet," a paper edited in Washington by Lyon's son. This malicious, but imbecile production, is characterized by the ignorance and vulgarity which distinguish its bearded author. As a specimen of its decency, we make the following extracts—configning both the letter and its unmanly author to universal derision and contempt.
"Pitiful indeed must be your feelings in passing home through the now democratic state of New Jersey, which formerly so copiously furnished you with piping but addressless every morning for breakfast; the servility of a few of their abandoned citizens studied your palate and changed the cookery of the dish oftener than your kitchen servants. Should you stop at Philadelphia how melancholy must it seem to you, Mr. Puerhon's band of cockeyed boys are dispersed or grown up into democrats, no federal mobs there now to sing Hail Columbia and huzzah for John Adams, and terrify your opponents, Hopkinson's lyre is out of tune, Cobbet and Lison are gone, the Quakers are for the living President, and your old friend Joe Thomas I am told can scarcely find duds to cover his nakedness; I am surprised you did not make him a judge."
"Come, pray fir, cool yourself a little, dont coil round like the rattle-snake and bite yourself; no, betake yourself to fasting and prayer awhile, it may be good for both body and soul, that is a later remedy for an old man in your situation than the letting of blood."
Late Foreign News.
By an arrival at Boston from Liverpool—London date's to February 5.
House of Lords—Feb. 2.
KING'S SPEECH.
My Lords and Gentlemen. AT a crisis so important to the interests of my people, I desire great satisfaction from being enabled, for the first time, to avail myself of the advice and assistance of the Parliament of my United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
This memorable era, distinguished by the accomplishment of a measure calculated to augment and consolidate the strength and resources of the empire, and to cement more closely the interests and affections of my Subjects, will, I trust, be equally marked by that vigor, energy and firmness, which the circumstances of our present situation peculiarly require.
The unfortunate course of events on the Continent, and consequences which must be expected to result from it, cannot fail to be matter of anxiety and concern to all who have a just feeling for the security and independence of Europe.
Your assiduousness as well as your regret must be excited by the conduct of those powers, whose attention, at such a period, appears to be more engaged in endeavoring to weaken the naval force of the British Empire, which has hitherto opposed so powerful an obstacle to the inordinate ambition of France, than in conversing the means of mutual defence against their common and increasing danger.
The representations which I directed to be made to the Court of Petersburg, in consequence of the outrages committed against the ships, property, and persons, of my subjects have been treated with the utmost disrespect; and the proceedings of which I complained have been aggravated by subsequent acts of injustice and violence.
Under these circumstances a convention has been concluded by that Court with those of Copenhagen and Stockholm, the object of which is, to renew their former engagements for establishing by force a new code of maritime law, inconsistent with the rights and hostile to the interests of this country.
In this situation, I could not hesitate as to the conduct which it became me to pursue. I have taken the earliest measures to repel the aggression of this hostile confederacy, and to support those principles which are essential to the maintenance of our naval strength, and which are grounded on the principles of public law, so long established and recognized in Europe.
I have, at the same time, given such assurances as manifest my disposition to renew my ancient relations with those powers, whenever it can be done consistently with the honor of my Crown, and with a just regard to the safety of my subjects. You will, I am persuaded, countenancing on your part that can afford me the most vigorous and effectual support in my firm determination to maintain to the utmost, against every attack, the naval rights and the interest of my Empire.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons.
I have directed the estimates for the several branches of the public service to be laid before you: deeply as I lament the continued necessity of adding to the burthens of my people, I am persuaded you will feel with me the importance of providing effectual means for those exertions which are indispensably requisite for the honor and security of the country.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
I am confident that your deliberations will be uniformly directed to the great object of improving the benefits of that happy Union, which the blessings of Providence has now been effected; and of promoting, to the utmost, the prosperity of every part of my Dominions.
You will, I doubt not, resume the inquiries which were so diligently prosecuted in the last Session of Parliament, as to the means of relieving my subjects from the pressure of the present high price of provisions; and of preventing, as far as it can be done by human foresight, the recurrence of similar difficulties. In these endeavors, and in every measure that can contribute to the happiness of my People, the great end of all my wishes, you may be assured of my cordial concurrence.
You may rely on my exerting myself of the earliest opportunity which shall afford a prospect of terminating the present contest; on grounds consistent with our security and honor, and with the maintenance of those essential rights, on which our naval strength must always principally depend.
It will afford me the truest and most heartfelt satisfaction whenever the disposition of our enemies shall enable me thus to refer to the subjects of my United Kingdoms the blessings of peace, and thereby confirm and augment those advantages which result from our internal situation, and which even under all the difficulties of war, have carried to so great an extent the agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and revenue of the country.
In the House of Lords, after His Majesty retired, the Duke of Montrose moved an Address to his Majesty.—In the course of his speech his Grace observed that "England has now no obligation to refuse to treat with France separately. The moderation, therefore, and disposition to a peace with England of the First Consul would be put to the proof. But it was not to be doubted, how little was to be built upon that. France, it was his firm opinion, was more powerful than at any former period, and her ambition did not seem to be less. The situation of England, with respect to that power, was, therefore, arduous, and demanded all the integrity and zeal of their Lordships; that they might not be lulled into a fatal security, that peace might be obtained on equal grounds, and not dictated by an imperious enemy to a divided and betrayed people." Earl Fitzwilliam opposed the address. He said, he had contended for the necessity of the present war, perhaps, beyond any other person;—But nations, as well as individuals, must yield to the necessity of their affairs. He was for negotiation; and an inquiry into the conduct of Ministers; whose conduct towards Sweden and Denmark he disapproved;—while he applauded that towards Russia.—Lords Darnley, and the Earl of Suffolk, supported the amendment; and arraigned the whole conduct of Ministers as weak and wicked.—The latter said, "he apprized Ministers he would impeach them for their misconduct." Lords Spencer and Grenville defended the conduct of Ministry with their usual ability. The latter observed, "as to peace with France, he seriously declared that most unequivocally to be a question now merely of the term to be adopted: Nothing beside stood now between the nation and peace." The address was carried. For it 60. Against it 17.
In the House of Commons, the address was opposed by Mr. Grey, who in a very long and able speech, moved an amendment for inquiry; on the result of which the support of the House should be predicated. He entered into an ample review of the conduct of ministry, which he contended has been arrogant and foolish. Mr. Pitt and Mr. Dundas defended their conduct with spirit; and they were replied to with much ability by Mr. Tierney and Mr. Sheridan. After a long debate, the House divided. For the address 245—Against it 63. All most all the new drift members voted for the address.
PARIS, JAN. 20.
At seven o'clock yesterday morning, a Russian officer arrived here, in 17 days from Petersburg, and immediately set off to the Minister for Foreign affairs, who is in the country. He is the bearer of a letter to the Chief Consul, in the handwriting of the Emperor PAUL.
The following Arreste, which has resulted from these dispatches, was promulgated this morning:—
ACT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
30th Nivose, 9th year, (Jan. 19)
The Consuls of the Republic, on the report of the Minister of the Exterior, decree
"All vessels of the Republic, and all cruizers bearing the French flag, are forbid to interrupt the ships of war, or the commerce of the Emperor of all the Russias, or of his subjects. "On the contrary, it is directed that all French vessels shall afford succour and assistance to the ships of Russia."
"All prizes of Russian vessels which may be made after the 1st Ventose, (Feb. 19) shall be declared null by the Council of Prizes."
"The Ministers of foreign affairs and of Marine and Colonies, are charged with the execution of the present decree, which shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws."
(Signed) BONAPARTE. By order of the First Consul, "MARET, Secretary of State."
PARIS, JAN. 25.
Reat-Admiral Gautheme is ready to sail from Bertheaume, near Brest, with the Indivisible, Formidable, and Indomptable of 80 guns; Constitution, Delfait, Dix Aout, and Jean Bart, of 74. Fifteen French and 15 Spanish ships of the line, under Admiral Bruix; and nine under Admiral Latouche, are ready to put to sea from Brest.—Conjectures are various respecting the destination of the squadron under Ad. Gautheme.—Some say, from the number of troops on board, it must be bound for Ireland;—Others that Egypt is its destination; and still more, that it is bound to St. Domingo. One of Bonaparte's brothers is said to be on board. "According to the French journals," says a London paper, "Gen. Bernadotte has had frequent conferences at Paris, with Deputies now there, from the United Irishmen. From this we may infer, that the maritime preparations at Brest and other ports, have an attack on Ireland in view. French troops are moving to the sea coasts, from Dijon and Lyons; and the corps of grenadiers from Tours were on their march to Brest, Bourdeaux, and Rochefort.
FEB. 1. The Batavian Republic, will in March next, have a fleet of 18 ships of the line, and 10 frigates, ready put to sea.
Admiral De Winter superintends the unexampled exertions making in the Texel to equip for sea all the old and new ships in the Republic. Eight sail of the line were driven ashore in the late gales.
HAMBURGH, JAN. 9.
Advices from Constanziopole of the 12th ult. state, that the Algerine and Turkish Ambassadors have been detained there as hostages, till the Sovereigns shall justify themselves, and give satisfaction to the Porte for the treaty which Algiers lately made with France, and for the capture of several Turkish ships by the Algerine and Tunisian cruizers. The American frigate that conveyed them was obliged to take down the Algerine flag.
SUMMARY—From the Continent.
Peace between France and Germany, has been concluded, and signed at Luneville.—The conditions were not to be divulged until the 1st inst. But as unquestionably they were dictated by France, we conclude their outline was given by Bonaparte to the French councils; which outline has been published. By this the left bank of the Rhine was to be the northern boundary of the Republic; while the Adige was to be the south western limits of the Empire; which will receive the Venetian States as small remuneration for the loss of Belgium, &c. The independence of the Dutch and Swiss republics were to be recognized by the Emperor:—But we hear nothing of the Cisalpine Republic.—It is rumoured, that this beautiful territory is to be reserved for Buonaparte; when he finds the government of France too thorny for his repose.
The Northern confederacy is the next object of importance.—It comprises Russia, Denmark and Sweden; and its object is said to be hostile to the British dominion of the seas. From the debates, however, in the British Imperial Parliament, an immediate war with those nations does not appear inevitable. Negotiations to prevent the ultimo ratio regum, were in train; and the Danish Minister, in answer to a note of the British envoy, declares, that the confederacy "has no other object than the renewal of engagements, which in the year 1780 and 1781 were contracted by Russia, Prussia, Sweden and Denmark, for the safety of navigation." Notwithstanding these pretensions, both sides were arming for combat. The combined powers were said to be equipping for sea, a fleet of near 50 sail of the line; and the English a strong squadron for the Baltic, to be commanded by Admirals Parker and Nelson. Should these preparations end in war the scene of carnage will be transferred to the ocean.—Those powers, if joined by France, Spain and Holland, can bring to the combat one hundred and twenty line of battle ships.—To meet these Great Britain can produce between ninety and an hundred sail of very excellent vessels.
The British channel fleet was off Brest, at the date of the last accounts; where the combined armada still remained.
The British Egyptian expedition, under Abercrombie, has arrived at Rhodes; and troops to reinforce it were on the point of sailing from England.
The duke of Kent is to succeed the Marquis of Carrawallis in Ireland.
By a convention signed at Luneville the day before yesterday Jan. 26th, articles one and six, the place of Mantua is surrendered to the French.

LATEST NEWS.
BOSTON, March 24.
We stop the Press to announce the arrival of the ship Bath, from Liverpool, with London Papers to Feb. 10. The most important information in them is that which relates the
Change of the BRITISH MINISTRY.
It appears to have occurred principally in consequence of a difference of opinion respecting the Emancipation of the Irish Catholics. The subsequent article on the subject is from the Courier of Feb. 9.
"From the following List of Outs and Inns , which however we present only as the rough draft of the first projected arrangement, our Readers will be able to form some idea of the New Cabinet:
   OUTS. INNS.     Mr. Pitt, succeeded by Mr. Addington.   Mr. Dundas, Lord Hawkesbury.   Earl Spencer, Duke of Clarence.   Mr. Windham, Lord Auckland.   Earl Chatham, Earl Clare.   Mr. Grenville Leveson Lord Malmesbury,   Gower, Lord Macartney.   Lord Grenville. Lord Castlereagh.   Mr. Canning, Sir Laurence Parsons.   Mr. Thomas Grenville, Marquis Abercorn,   Marquis Cornwallis, or Duke of Kent.   Lord Longborough, to be Lord Privy Seal.   Lord Elden, to be Lord Chancellor.   Sir John Mitford, to be Speaker.  
What the final arrangement may be, we cannot say with confidence; but we know from good authority that the one first proposed has undergone some changes. According to it, Mr. Addington was to have been First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer; but the Duke of Portland has been particularly requested by his Majesty to fill the office of Prime Minister; and Mr. Addington will hereafter be only Chancellor of Exchequer. Some reports state that Lord Camden will be Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Earl of Westmoreland First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Pelham Secretary at War, Lord Macartney President of the Board of Control, Sir William Grant attorney general, Mr. Percival solicitor general; and that Lord Longborough, the Duke of Portland, and the Earl of Chatham, will continue in their several offices. All the rest, Mr. Rose, Mr. Long, Lord Hawkesbury, Mr. Steele, &c. remain, and Mr. Pitt declares it to be his wish that his friends may all give their support to the new administration.
To many it will be a consolation, that in all probability, the same system upon which we have hitherto gone is to be pursued! A new attempt, however, is to be made, to negotiate with Bonaparte, and a passport is to be asked for Lord St. Helens to go to Paris. It is proper to stow a disposition to treat—it may help to conciliate the people to the new arrangements!
From the SUN, Feb. 10.
We stated that the only department that was settled was that of the Right Hon. Henry Addington as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer—That was perfectly correct. We heard last night, however, upon authority on which we can rely, that Lord Hawkesbury is to be Minister for Foreign Affairs. Lord Macartney is to be placed at the head of the Board of Control; but the Office of War Minister is not to be united with that, as before in the person of Mr. Dundas. We may be permitted to state what of the reports we know not to be true—Amongst these is the appointment of Lord Hood to be First Lord of the Admiralty, which we believe never was thought of; nor does Mr. Pelham come in, as reported.
Both Mr. Rose and Mr. Long quit the Treasury, as does Mr. Canning the office of Joint Paymaster of the Army.
From the STAR, Feb. 10.
Yesterday Mr. Abraham Newland, from the Bank of England, read the following paper at the Stock Exchange:
"The Governor of the Bank is desired to give public notice, that although the present Chancellor of the Exchequer is about to retire from office, it is not his intention to resign until the new administration is formed, and qualified to execute its public duties; and that he will raise the supplies for the current year at the time he intended, as if such event had not taken place."
Earl St Vincent has been offered the Admiralty.
The escape of a squadron from Brest is ascertained. Conjectures of their destination are various.
We do not find any farther mention of the conclusion of peace between France and Austria—nor learn any thing new of the Northern Confederacy.
LONDON, FEB. 8.
It seems probable that a peace between France and Tuscany and Naples will be concluded, under the mediation of Russia; but there are additional reasons from this to conclude that His Sicilian Majesty will be obliged to renounce his connection with this country, and to shut all his ports against us.
LONDON, FEB. 9.
Letters from Jersey and Guernsey mention the apprehensions of an attack from the French; who are collecting at St. Maloes, Granville, and Cherbourg, numerous bodies of troops.
LONDON, FEB. 6.
The letters from Lisbon, by yesterday's mail,
express no kind of alarm respecting the preparations for invading Portugal, of which we have heard so much in the French papers.—The reason seems however to be sufficiently obvious, if we may credit many of the letters, which state, that a Treaty of Peace has been absolutely concluded between Portugal and France. The former, it is said, agreed to give a considerable sum in Moidores as the price of her safety.
LONDON, JAN. 30.
It is a fact, that the son of the celebrated Admiral Greig has been sent to Siberia by the Emperor Paul, tho' it was by the exertions of his father that the Russian navy was brought to the state of respectability that it now holds among the naval powers of Europe.
LONDON FEB. 1.
The following is the state of the English navy. In commission, 125 sail of the line; 21 Fifties; 208 frigates; and 270 sloops of war.—Total 624. Of these 41 ships of the line are off the coast of France; besides 73 fifties, frigates and sloops.
Sir Hyde Parker is to be appointed Commander in chief of the Baltic fleet, with Lord Nelson, next in command.—The fleet is to be composed of 64 gun ships; with a few second rates. A warm press has commenced to man them.
The Northern Powers it is said, will send a fleet to sea, composed of 25 Russian, 12 Danish and 10 Swedish sail of the line.
L'Oiseau, of 36, Capt. S. H. Linzee, and the Sirius, of 36, have captured and brought into Torbay, a fine French frigate, of 36 guns captured after an hour's action off Cape Finistere. The Oiseau on her return home captured a very valuable Swede.
LONDON, FEB. 5.—General Brune has concluded an armistice with Gen. Bellegarde, in Italy. It contains 15 articles—The principal of which stipulate, that there shall be a suspension of arms until the 25th January, exclusive of 15 days notice:—That the Austrians shall surrender to the French the cities and castles of Peschiera, Sermione, Verona, Legnago, Ferrara and Ancona:—That the French line of demarcation shall follow the left bank of the Levenza from the sea to its source, over Mount Maure, thence descends into the valley of Lu-kang by Aigge, then up to Lintz, where it meets the line of demarcation in Germany.—The Imperial army shall take the right bank of the Tagliamento from the sea to its source near Mount Maure, &c. This armistice was concluded at Treviso, the 16th January.
United States.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 16.
"By their deeds ye shall know them."
ACT OF THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Alexander J. Dallas, a native of Jamaica, has received his commission as district attorney, in the room of John Wilkes Kittera, removed.
Albert Gallatin, citizen of Geneva, is appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Mr. Kittera has not been notified of his dismissal.
Wade Hampton, of Virginia, is appointed to be Post Master General, in the room of Col. Habertham dismissed.
A GOVERNOR INDEED!
Mr. W——ll from a committee of the house of representatives appointed to wait upon the Governor, in conjunction with a committee of the Senate, for the purpose of informing him that the Legislature were ready to adjourn, and to know whether he had any further communications to make, reported, that they had performed that service, and were addressed by the Governor as follows: "No, Sir.—You have not acted upon the communications I have already made; and I can only ascribe your inattention to the design of a party among you to subvert the government: So, I have no further communications to make and you may do as you please."
Upon this report being read, a question arose, whether the Governor's answer should be placed on the minutes of the House. It was decided in the negative by a large majority.
In this awkward situation of things it was asked by a member what was to be done? As it was necessary that some form of an answer should be entered on the Journals. Then, another member moved that the usual answer of any former Governor to similar communications, should be inserted on the Journal. A happy expedient! which was immediately adopted— nemine contradicente .
BRIDGEPORT (Connec.) MARCH 11.
The following melancholy accident happened in Stafford on Friday last: A son of Mr. David Curtis of that town, had been out shooting ducks, and returned with one which he had killed. His mother came into the room to see the duck, while the lad went into another room to put up his fowling piece. As he went through the door with the loaded piece, the trigger caught the door post, and its contents were discharged into the breast of the unfortunate mother, who expired immediately. It is remarkable that with this same piece, and almost in the same way, a man was shot dead, about twenty-two years since.
BOSTON, MARCH 25.
ST. DOMINGO. General Toussaint has officially announced that he has taken possession of the Spanish part
of St. Domingo, in the name of the French Republic. A convention was contemplated to form a code of laws for the government of the whole colony. James Blake, Esq. U. S. Consul for Santo Domingo has arrived at Philadelphia.
A letter has been received at Philadelphia from Jaquemel, dated Feb. 25, stating, that that port is shut against the Americans.
The Legislature of Newyork, have agreed to an amendment, to the National Constitution, so as that the mode of choosing Electors for President and Vice-President, and Federal Representatives shall be uniform (in Districts) throughout the United States. Decision was deferred on an amendment directing that the votes for President and Vice President shall be distinctly designated.
Hon. John Eggleston, of Virginia, declines a re-election to Congress.
Thomas Page, of Virginia, declines a re-election to Congress.
Mr. Stoddert, the present Secretary of the Navy of the United States, takes occasion to observe, in refuting certain assertions in the paper of Matthew Lyon's son at Washington, "In a few days I shall return to the enviable rank of a private citizen."
FROM THE PALLADIUM.
CHARGE AGAINST GOVERNOR STRONG, CONSIDERED.
"Destroy his fil, or sepistify, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again"
POPE.
A LYE, confidently told and frequently repeated, will always have great weight with the bulk of mankind, who are never profound thinkers, generally extremely credulous. The democrats, aware of this, have employed, too often, with success, this base though powerful instrument, to calumniate the character, and thus lessen the influence of almost every efficient federalist throughout the union. There are few, I might almost say none, who are entirely free from human infirmity. Perfection is not the lot of our species, and a man may, upon the whole, be esteemed good, if his virtues greatly over-balance his faults. But the former are never mentioned in his favor, but the latter are exaggerated with all the malice of party rage. The moral character of Governor Strong, however, is so excellent, that it may safely bid defiance to the utmost malevolence of jacobinical scrutiny. Of all that has been said, and of all that has been written against him, not a single charge has been produced that can seriously affect it. Unable therefore to injure his moral, his enemies have bent on their force to destroy his political character; for this purpose have rumaged up an old petition to General Gage, to which his Excellency's signature, together with some staunch whigs, was suffixed. The petition I have never seen, but have understood that it merely congratulated the General on his arrival, and interceded with him for the good treatment of the inhabitants of this state. We were at the same time a British Colony and King George was our acknowledged sovereign. What impropriety could there be, then, in addressing the representative of that sovereign, constitutionally appointed to the first magistracy of Massachusetts? It is well known that the petition itself was approved of by the well-informed whigs, and among the rest, it is asserted on the most respectable authority, by Major Hawley, one of the staunchest republicans in the country.
And is Governor Strong, for this single act, to be stigmatized as an old Tory? If he is to be so stigmatized for petitioning a British Governor, what reproaches can be sufficiently severe for Mr. Jefferson, and the Members of the American Congress, who long afterwards, and repeatedly petitioned King George himself, beginning with the customary servile form we your Majesty's loyal subjects ! Were these gentlemen ever stigmatized as old Tories on this account? No, the petitions were almost universally approved, as we did not at that time wish for a separation from the mother-country, but merely for a redress of grievances. The madness and blind infatuation of the British ministry drove us, at last, to the declaration of Independence, which, it is well known, was considered generally, rather the act of necessity than of choice. If the political enemies of Governor Strong have no other charge, they ought to be ashamed of producing this, which will involve in the guilt of to-yism the best whigs in the country, the firmest federalists, and the principal leaders of the anti federal party. Let the people be on their guard. Infinite pains are taken to jacobinize every state individually. The best way to effect this is to excite political jealousies against public officers. Governor Strong is eminent for considerable abilities, unshaken integrity, and firm attachment to the Federal Constitution—these are crimes in the eye of jacobinism, for which there is no remission, and the emifiers of that party will, therefore leave no stone unturned to effect his removal. APUGUS.
From the Boston Gazette—March 26.
We understand that Mr. Robbins, however flattered by the honor of being held up as a Lieut. Governor has expressed a wish, that the votes, intended for him might be transferred to Mr. Phillips, whom he considered entitled to every mark of distinction which a free and virtuous people can bestow. The Federal Ticket for the two first offices will then stand thus:
For Governor, His Excellency CALEB STRONG. For Lt. Gov. The Hon. SAMUEL PHILLIPS.
Portland,
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1801.
Next Monday is the day appointed for election of Governor, Lieut. Governor and Senators, in this State. Men of principle and the friends of our country in all parts of the State, will support the following Ticket:
Caleb Strong, for Governor, Samuel Phillips, for Lt. Governor.
MR. JENKS. PLEASE to insert in your next Gazette, that the enlightened Yeomanry—the lovers of order—the friends of America, in the county of York, will support the Hon. SIMON FRYE and JOHN LORD, Esq's, as Senators for said county the ensuing year. YORK. March 30, 1801.
Mr. Adams has arrived at his seat in Quincy, in good health.
President Jefferson has issued a Proclamation respecting the buildings at Washington, agreeably to law.
A letter from Liverpool, of Feb. 11, says, "The papers of this day announce the arrival of three Hamburg mails.—By which we have received advices of the neutrality of Prussia; and consequently that Hamburg will still continue open to our trade."
A difference of opinion, on the subject of emancipation of the Roman Catholics in Ireland, was the ostensible cause of the change in the British Ministry. It was said to be a change of men, and not of measures. It was, notwithstanding, conjectured, that the change originated in other causes, and that the men now in power, could re-open negotiations with the French on better terms than their predecessors—and would do it. (Centinel.)
Extract from Mr. Harper's Letter to his Constituents.
"An attempt was also made to renew and continue in force the sedition act, which expires on the fourth of March. I voted for his continuation and supported it with all my might: because I considered the law as highly proper and beneficial in respect both to the government and the people; for while, on the one hand, it provides for the punishment of those who publish false, scandalous and malicious libels against the government; on the other, it enables persons who are indicted for libels, to give the truth of the matter in evidence for their justification, which the common law forbids, and limits the fine and imprisonment, which by the common law, is wholly in the discretion of court. As to the objections to the constitutionality of this law, they have been fully considered and overruled in the only place where they could be properly urged, that is the courts of justice, whose province it is to decide on the constitutionality of laws.
The prosperous state of our finances, of which I shall have occasion to speak more fully hereafter, a state prosperous beyond example or expectation, has rendered it unnecessary to continue the direct tax, or to adopt any other new tax. The present revenue, with the increase which it must receive from the additions made to the import tax, and from the natural increase of wealth and population, will be amply sufficient for all the exigencies of our affairs, should they be conducted with skill and success.
Provision was made for completing the six seventy fours, voted at a former session of Congress; for which purpose five hundred thousand dollars were appropriated. The peace establishment of the navy was also regulated in the following manner: all the public ships, now in service, except thirteen frigates are to be sold; their guns, arms and military stores being first taken out and laid up for future use. Of those frigates six are to be kept in constant employment, for the protection of our coasts, and some parts of our distant commerce, from piratical and unauthorised depredation. Nine captains, thirty six lieutenants, and one hundred and fifty midshipmen, are also to be retained in service; but are to have half pay only, when not actually employed. This number is greater by one half, than would be necessary for the six frigates; but it was thought advisable to retain them, so that there may be always officers for three or four of the other vessels, should it become necessary as in the present state of the world it well may, to arm, and send to sea an additional number. The reduction, in the mean time, will produce a saving of about a million in the navy expenses of this year. To the officers who are discharged from service, an advance of four months pay is to be allowed; a reward to which their patriotism and alacrity in entering the service, have well entitled them, and which will operate as an encouragement to similar conduct hereafter, when the country may stand in need of the personal services and sacrifices of its citizens."
Fourcroy's new system of Chemistry has at length made its appearance in Paris. It fills ten volumes large 8vo. Its author pays due homage to the memory of the illustrious and unfortunate Lavoisier; and bestows on Guyton, Berthollet, and Vanquelin the praises they deserve, as the ablest disciples of the new theory. The eight principal divisions of the work consist of an introduction on the general fundamental principles of the Science; an Account of bodies simple, or at least hitherto undecomposed; a Section on salifiable Bases, Terrene and Alkaline; a Section on the combination of Acids with Alkalis; an account of the Application of Chemistry to explain the phenomena of Vegetation; a final Section on the application of Chemistry to the Phenomena of Animal Life. It is the most complete and accurate work on this science that the world has yet seen.
U.S. Mint. In 1800 were coined 25,663 eagles, 11,622 half eagles, 220,920 dollars, 21,750 dimes, 24,000 half dimes, 2,822,175 cents, 211,850 half cents. Whole value 571,235 dolls. 40 cents.

PORTLAND MARINE LIST.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Ship Morning Star , Capt. Strong, has arrived at New York, 22 days from Surinam. Ship Butler , Waite, of this port, was spoke March 2, lot. 33 long. 57. Brig Mariner , Mason, of Kennebec, was lately left at Turk's Island, to sail in 3 days. The Mercy , Stone of Kennebec, was at Tobago, Feb. 4. Frigate Constellation , has arrived in the Delaware from Havannah—Sailed March 2, with a convoy of 17 sail. Spoken on the 27th Feb. brig Argo , of Portland, from the Ship Main , had four men sick, and only the captain and two hands able to do duty. At Surinam, 24th Feb. Juno , Harding, Portland. A letter from the Havannah, received at Norfolk, says that no American vessel from British ports in ballast, will be permitted to enter there.
ERRATA.—In the last Gazette, first column, 2d page, 26th line from the bottom, for "harder," read not harder .—Same page, account of Mr. Harper's Letter, in last line, for "do no honor," read do honor .
Take Notice.
THE Committee for examining the Town accounts, will meet at the Auction Room of Edward Oxnard for that purpose on the 3d and 4th days of April next. EDWARD OXNARD, EBENEZER MAYO, LEMUEL WEEKS. Portland, 26th March, 1801.
TO BE SOLD,
IN THE TOWN OF PORTLAND, A NUMBER of valuable HOUSE LOTS, which will be soon in the center of the town, as building and improvements go on rapidly in the place.—Also, a DISTIL HOUSE, with every thing proper to distil Spirits; which is built of stone and brick, and is among one of the first in America of its size—can have at any time, water led to it by pipes from a living spring—has in it four Distils, one of sixteen hundred gallons, one of twelve hundred gallons, one of five hundred, and one of fifty gallons. The Distil-House stands at the head of a wharf, where vessels may load and unload. Also twenty-five rods of FLATS in front, running that width until it reaches the channel—A good WHARF on said Flats, extending within one hundred and eighty feet of the channel, which is deep down; so that by adding one hundred and eighty feet to said wharf, the largest vessels may lay afloat at low water. There is a STORE on said wharf 30 by 25 feet, and a Cooper's shop on the breast work, 40 by 20 feet. TERMS OF PAYMENT. One eighth part of the purchase down, one eighth in three months, the other three quarters to be paid in four years time, in the following manner, viz. One quarter of the remaining purchase paid in one year, second quarter the second year, third quarter the third year, and the fourth quarter the fourth year from the day of purchase; the interest on the whole to be paid from the said time until paid. If the purchase money is paid down there will be an allowance of six per cent.—For further information, apply to Mr. STEPHEN CODMAN, in Boston—or to Mr. ARTHUR M'LELLAN, in Portland. Portland, 28th March, 1801.
A bargain!
TO be sold, nine acres of very excellent LAND, with a HOUSE, BARN, a SAW and GRIST MILL thereon, pleasantly situated in the town of Gorham. It is situated on the main road two miles above the corner. The premises will accommodate a trader. For particulars inquire of JOHN STEVENSON. Gorham, March 26, 1801.
A Bargain.
TO be sold, a FARM in the westerly part of the town of Buckfield, containing one hundred acres of Land of an excellent quality. Forty of which are under improvement; with a House and Barn thereon, and a small Orchard. The conditions of payment made easy to the purchaser.—For further particulars inquire of the Subscriber living on the premises. TIMOTHY HUTCHINSON. Buckfield March 18, 1801.
Bricks.
WANTED, from 150 to 200 thousand of the first quality of BRICKS—to be delivered in this town in the course of the next winter.—Any person wishing to contract for the same may make their terms known to either of the subscribers. Jonathan Stevens, William Codman. Portland, March 30, 1801.
REMOVAL.
RICHARD BUTTS, informs his customers and friends, that he has removed from Fish-Street, to his shop lower end of Union-Street, where he carries on the Tailor's business as usual, and shall be happy to accommodate those who may please to favor him with their commands. March 17, 1801.
Removed.
SIMON LOVEIT, respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, that he has removed from Fore-street to the South east corner of Mr. Ingraham's Store, on Ingraham's Wharf, opposite Mr. John Dearing's new Store; where he carries on the TAILOR'S BUSINESS as usual—and has for sale a neat assortment of ENGLISH GOODS. Those who may please to favor him with their commands, may rely on the utmost attention and punctuality. Portland, March 9.
William Becket,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has taken a shop in Union-Street, opposite Mr. Deane's, where he carries on the TAILORING BUSINESS, as usual; and has for sale a neat assortment of ENGLISH GOODS. Those who may please to favor him with their commands, may rely on the utmost attention and punctuality. Portland, March 9.
Tobacco,
OF AN EXCELLENT QUALITY. Just received, now manufacturing, and for sale, wholesale and retail. By S. & E. Sumner, At their Manufactory, foot of Fifth-Street, Pigtail, Fine Twill, Figg. and Smoking TOBACCO, and SEGARS—Likewise, ELLIOT'S SNUFF, per bladder or smaller quantity. Portland, March 30.
To be sold,
NEAR the centre of the town of Freeport, an excellent stand for a Tavern, and now occupied for the same purpose, to very good advantage; likewise, very suitable for a merchant, gentleman or mechanic, containing three acres of excellent land, under the best cultivation, a dwelling house, a large and convenient stable, a barn and shed thereon, with nearly 100 fruit trees of various kinds, some of which are in full bearing—All on the most reasonable terms, by immediate application to JOSEPH STOCKBRIDGE, Freeport, March 26, 1801. on the premises.
Wool Carding Machine.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the inhabitants of this and the neighboring towns, that at a considerable expence he has erected a machine for Carding Wool, for Spinning, and for Hatters. The expence of carding by this machine is much less than by hand, and greatly preferable on every account. It is presumed that the patriotic inhabitants of Falmouth, and vicinity, will be emulous to encourage every attempt to increase the useful and necessary manufactures of our country, particularly that of Woolings; and as fast as possible lessen our dependence on foreign nations for articles which our own industry may enable us to procure from the materials with which this country abounds. Wool sent to be carded or made into Rolls for spinning, will be carefully and punctually attended to; and every favor duly acknowledged. Moses Longfellow. Falmouth, Saccarappa Falls, March 28, 1801.
Direct Tax.
Twelfth Collection District, First Division, State of Massachusetts. AGREABLE to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 14th July, A. D. 1798, entitled "An Act to lay and collect a Direct Tax within the United States"— Notice is hereby given to the nonresident and unknown proprietors of the following lots and tracts of land within said Collection District, that a direct tax became due and payable on said lots and tracts the 7th day of April, 1800—viz. Description of the several Tracts. That part of the mile lot marked and numbered G 1, that lies within the town of Canaan— Value of each lot, and tract. No. Acres. D. C. Amount of Tax. 3422 4448 60 12 59 That part of the mile lot marked and numbered G 2, that lies within the town of Canaan— 4080 5304 15 1 That part of the mile lot marked D 2, that lies west of the town of Fairfield— 3328 3198 9 5 And unless said taxes are paid, together with necessary costs and charges, within sixty days, I shall proceed to collect the same by distress and sale of lots and tracts, agreeable to the 13th section of the above-mentioned act of Congress. BYCE M'LELLAN, Collector of the 12th Collection District, First Division. Canaan, March 12th, 1801.
Direct Tax.
Fifteenth Collection District, First Division, State of Massachusetts. NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident and unknown proprietors of the following lots and tracts of land within said district, that a direct tax became due and payable on the seventh day of April, 1800, viz. IN AUGUSTA. Description of Lots, Tracts, &c. Name of Owner, or Superintendent. No of Acres. Value of each Lot or Tract. Tax on each Lot or Tract. Reuben Brown's heirs, Lot No. 43, west side Kennebec River, 3d mile, 150 270 75 Unknown—one tract, of Shubael Hinkley's, bounded east by the river, west by the road, 8 360 1 Unknown—one tract on the 4th mile, west end Lot No. 43, west side of the river. 150 270 75 That unless said taxes are paid on or before the 15th day of June next, so much of said Ladd will be sold at Vendue, on said day, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at my dwelling house in Hallowell, as will pay the same together with costs and charges. JOHN SEWALL, Collector of said Collection District. Hallowell, March 12, 1801.
Take Notice.
THE subscribers take this method to inform the public that they are about removing from this town; and call on all persons who have any accounts open with them, for immediate settlement; those who are indebted to make immediate payment, and those who have demands to call and receive their pay.
Payn Elwell & Sons. Northyarmouth, March 13.
For Sale,
THAT commodious situation belonging to the Subscriber, at the Falls in Northyarmouth—consisting of a new and elegant DWELLING-HOUSE, OUT-HOUSES, and STORES, Mowing Land, &c.—For terms apply to Payn Elwell, Northyarmouth, March 13. on the premises.
APPRENTICES.
The best encouragement will be given to two Lads as apprentices to the Printing business, by a speedy application at Jenks' Office, Portland. March 30, 1801. THE subscribers, being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate, &c. for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the Estate of
James Larrabee,
late of Portland, Sadler, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice that they will attend the business of their appointment at H. Wheeler's Shop, near the Hay-market, in Portland, on the first Tuesday in April next, and on the first Monday of the five following months, from 3 to 6 o'clock P. M. John Thrasher, Henry Wheeler. Portland, March 26, 1801.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administratrix on the Estate of
James Larrabee,
late of Portland in the county of Cumberland, Sadler, 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 demands thereon, to exhibit the same to MERIAM LARRABEE. March 30, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Executor of the last will and testament of
Daniel Peabody,
late of Warren, in the county Lincoln, Tailor, deceased, and has undertaken that trust by giving bonds as the law directs: all persons therefore having demands against the Estate of said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment. PEARLY PEABODY, Executor. Warren, January 13, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix of the Estate of
Thomas Owen,
late of Thompsonborough, in the county of Lincoln, boat-builder, deceased; and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs:—All persons, therefore, having demands against the estate of said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. ELIZABETH OWEN, her X mark. February 7, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix on the Estate of
Joseph Brown,
Mariner, late of Northyarmouth, in the county of Cumberland, deceased; and has taken upon herself that trust by giving bonds as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who have any claims on said estate to exhibit the same; and those who are indebted thereto to make payment to her without delay. HANNAH BROWN, Administratrix. Gorham, 16th March, 1801.
THE Commissioners appointed by the Hon. Samuel Holten, Esq. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Essex, to examine the claims of the several Creditors to the estate of
Charles Kennedy,
formerly of Portland, but late of Newburyport in said county, Mariner deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that six months have been allowed to the creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend that service on the second Tuesday of this and the five following months, from three to five o'clock, P. M. of each day, at the store of Levi Mills in Water-street. Abner Greenleaf, } Commis- Levi Mills, } sioners. Newburyport, March 4, 1801.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, That having been duly appointed administrator on the Estate of
Elisha Whitmore,
late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland joiner 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. DUDLEY FOLSOM. Gorham, March 10th, 1801.
WE the Subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate &c. for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of
Elisha Whitmore,
late of Gorham in said county, joiner, deceased, represented insolvent—do hereby give notice, that six months from the twenty-fifth day of February last, are allowed to the said creditors, to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend that service at the house of Mr. Samuel Staples in said Gorham, on the second Mondays of April, June, and August next, from 3 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon. SAMUEL WHITMORE, ROYAL LINCOLN. Gorham, March 10th, 1801.
THE Subscribers, appointed Commissioners 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
Job Holmes,
late of Hebron, Yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months being allowed for that purpose, hereby give notice, that they will attend the business of their appointment, at the late dwelling house of said deceased, in Hebron, on the fourth Monday of March current, and on the third Mondays of the five following months, from 4 to 6 o'clock P. M. JOHN GREENWOOD, JOB CUSHMAN. Hebron, March 2d, 1801.
PUBLIC SALES.
On THURSDAY next, will be Sold, At Wm. Fennelly's Office, FORE-STREET.
A VARIETY of HOUSE FURNITURE, which belonged to a person deceased—Consisting of Feather Beds, Bedsteads and Bedding; Bureau, Dining, Tea and Card Tables; Looking Glasses; one Time-piece; Crockery and Glass Ware; Kitchen Furniture, &c.
ALSO, A quantity of Bohemian Tea; Indigo; 12 new and second hand Watches, viz. Golds, Silver, and Pinchbeck; 40 pieces India Cottons; 12 lbs Cider; 50 reams Writing Paper; 3 kegs Fig Tobacco—Together with a variety of other Goods, which must be sold without reserve.—Sale at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Also, on SATURDAY next, A GREAT VARIETY OF English and India Goods. Sale to begin at 10 o'clock, A. M. and 3 P. M.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
Just received, a variety of Live Geese, Russia and Lisbon FEATHERS, of an excellent quality; good Ticking, of various kinds, and Beds put up at the shortest notice; a few barrels excellent Cider; Bohemian Tea; English and India Goods; 200 straw half pint Tumblers; 50 do. pint do.; a variety of Hats; House Furniture, &c. N. B. A few BOARDERS may be accommodated—please to apply as above. Portland, March 30.
TAKE NOTICE.
On Tuesday the 7th day of April, WILL BE SOLD AT THE AUCTION ROOM IN FISH STREET, PRECISELY AT 10 O'CLOCK, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CREDITORS OF JOHN O. WATTS, DECLARED A BANKRUPT—
A VARIETY of GOODS, consisting of superfine and common Broad Cloth, Kerseymere, Baizes, Muffs, Muffin Handkerchiefs, Pound Threads Long and short Gloves, Ginghams, Shawls, Janes, Duras, Hatts, 43 lb. P., Pewter Plates and Bafors, Brats and Iron Candlesticks, Block Tin Tea Pots, Frying Pans, Coffee Mills, Sewing Needles, Japanned Tea Canisters, 3 Casks Whiting, 1 Cask Sheathing Nails, 60 lb. Souchong Tea, 1 Cask Wine, 2 barrels Beef, 10 Casks Vinegar, a quantity of Horse Whips, with an assortment of other articles too numerous to particularize. EDWARD OXNARD, Auctioneer. Portland, 27th March, 1801.
TAKE NOTICE.
To be sold at public sale in Scarborough, on Wednesday, the 29th day of April next, at 2 o'clock of noon—
ALL the REAL ESTATE of Doctor Mathias Rice, late of Scarborough deceased, consisting of about six acres of good land in two distinct lots; a large convenient Dwelling House, barn &c. Terms of sale will be calculated to meet the wishes of the purchaser, and may be known by application to ROBERT SOUTHGATE Esq. or JOSEPH EMERSON near the premises.
To be sold at public sale the second day of July, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
ONE hundred acres of LAND—A DWELLING HOUSE, one story, 28 by 38, finished out side and part inside. The said Land is a neck closed by the water, so that sixty rods of fencing will inclose the whole.—Six loads of Salt Hay, and four loads of English, are cut on said land—very commodious for shipbuilding—well wooded and timbered—a good pasture—Lying in Nobleborough, county of Lincoln, the eastern side of Damariscotta Bay. For further information, apply to BENJAMIN PLUMMER, adjoining the premises. March, 1801.
Fresh Garden Seeds.
JUST received for sale, at WILLIAM HUDSON'S Grocery Store, in the new brick building in Middle-street, near the head of Union-street, an assortment of genuine GARDEN SEEDS, of the last importation. March 23.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber, are requested to call and pay George E. Vaughan, my Attorney, or their notes and accounts will be put in suit without further notice. ABRAHAM WELCH. March 17, 1801.
Bankruptcy.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy, founded upon the act of Congress of the United States, passed on the fourth day of April, 1800, entitled, "An Act to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States" has been awarded and issued against
Joseph Morrill,
of Biddeford, in the District of Maine, Esquire; and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on the first fifteenth and twenty ninth days of April next, at three o'clock in the afternoon of each of the said days, at the house of John Coates, Inn-holder, in Pepperrellborough in said District, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an assignee or assignees; and at the last meeting said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt, are to make payment, and those who have any of his effects, are to deliver the same to such persons only, as the Commissioners shall appoint. SAMUEL PIERSON, JAMES GRAY, jun } Commissioners. DANIEL GRAINGER, Pepperrellborough, March 18, 1801.
A great Chance.
TO BE SOLD, if applied for immediately, AN excellent stand for a Baker, or Trader, or both; situated in Northyarmouth, nearly opposite the Bank Meeting House. The premises consist of about half acre of land, 5 rods in front, a new House two stories high, with an excellent Bakery and Oven underneath the House, a good Barn, &c. For particulars apply to John Merrill, Northyarmouth, March 9. on the premises.

POETRY.
THE ANTIDOTE.
WHEN I first I saw, so heavenly fair, With eyes so bright, and with that awful air; I thought my heart, which durst so high aspire, As bold as he who snatch'd celestial fire; But soon I saw the heavenly idiot spoke, Ere from her coral lips such folly broke; Like balm the trickling nonsense heal'd my wound, And what her eyes entirr'd, her tongue unbound.
Anecdote of the Emperor Paul. —To prove his knowledge of Scripture, he employed a singular expedient:—Without any cause or preliminary, he gave a gentleman a violent blow on the face with his hand and said to the astonished sufferer—“This salutation by the hand of me, PAUL.”
Dr. A. Barrett,
REQUESTS those who are indebted to him by Book or Note, to make immediate payment, as he is determined to give no further indulgence. Those who have any demands against him will please to exhibit them for payment. Norway, March 2d, 1801.
To be Let,
A Very commodious DWELLING-HOUSE, at the easterly part of the town, two stories high, and a gambol roof—With two acres of land, convenient out-houses, and two excellent springs within a few yards of the house.—For terms, apply at this office. March 6, 1801.
To the Hon. the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled.
THE Subscribers, being principal part of the owners of about five hundred acres of Salt Marsh lying within the towns of Scarborough in the county of Cumberland, and Pepperellborough, in the county of York, together with Pine-Point (so called) and a beach and flats situate between the sea and said Marsh; the same being bounded north-easterly by Scarborough or Black-Point river, westwardly and north-westerly by the upland of Blue-Point, and old orchard (so called) in Pepperellborough and southeasterly by the sea—
Humbly sheweth, that the aforesaid tract of Marsh being a very valuable interest, is subject to great damages and injury from horses, neat-cattle and swine, being turned on to the beach and Pine-Point to feed; and also by horses, cattle and swine, going at large thereon, which are not turned on by their owners, but only suffered to go at large; and the situation of said Marsh on the southeasterly part thereof next the sea on the Pepperellborough side is such that it cannot be secured by fences, the flats being high to low water mark is about sixty rods distance, on which no fences can be erected, and on which horses, cattle and swine can easily pass on to the Marsh and Pine-Point, as they could pass along the high-way; and the Marsh cannot be fenced by erecting a fence above high-water mark, the whole length of the said tract of Marsh being more than two miles: Because there is a river (called Little River) which intersects the said tract, and at and near the outlet of said river are broad, sandy flats which extend back into the said Marsh, on which no kind of fence can be built across and over said river; and by which horses, cattle and swine can at low water as easily pass on to said tract of Marsh as they can from the sea flats: Our interest thus situated must be almost totally lost to us without the interposition of the Legislature; your petitioners therefore pray that a law may be passed subjecting every person who shall turn his horses, cattle or swine of any kind on to said Marsh, beach or Pine-Point, to a fine equal to the whole value of all such horses, cattle or any kind, or swine so turned on, and also subjecting the owner of any horse, cattle or any other animal or swine found going at large on said Marsh, flats or Pine-Point, to a fine of one dollar for each one such creature thus found thereon going at large; and that all such persons may be subject to the same penalties whether they are owners in said Marsh, land, flats, or not:—And as said tract of marsh extends two miles or more in length between which and the sea is a sandy ridge of land terminating in what is commonly called Pine-Point, extending from a road in Pepperellborough (leading to said beach near the easterly part of said town) on the margin of said tract of Marsh and of the sea-wall unto the mouth of Black-Point river; which ridge is chiefly covered with a growth of pitch-pines and shrub beeches, the only defence to prevent the sand from blowing over into said Marsh and destroying the whole of it; your petitioners therefore pray that every person whether he be an owner in said tract of Marsh, land, flats, or not, may be subjected to a fine of ten dollars for each tree he may cut down or destroy on said ridge or any part thereof, unless it be by the consent of all the owners of said Marsh—or otherwise your Honors would grant such other relief as you in your wisdom may judge most expedient: And as in duty bound your petitioners shall ever pray.
JAMES GRAY, JUN. THOMAS CUTTS, WILLIAM MOODY, ROBERT JAMESON, EDWARD RUMERY, WILLIAM GOOGINS, ROBERT JAMESON, JUN. ROBERT SOUTHGATE.
Pepperellborough, January 5th, 1801.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the House of Representatives, Feb. 19th, 1801. ON the Petition of James Gray and others, owners of a certain tract of Marsh in Pepperellborough and Scarborough, praying, that a law may be passed to prevent horses, neat cattle, &c. from going at large, and being turned on said Marsh, and for other purposes referred to in said petition,
ORDERED, That the Petitioners cause an attested copy of their petition, and this order thereon to be published three weeks successively in the newspaper published by Eleazer A. Jenks of Portland, the last publication to be three weeks at least, before the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that all persons interested may then appear and shew 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, February 21st, 1801. Read and concurred. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. A true copy—Attest, EDWARD P. HAYMAN, Clerk of Senate.
TO THE HON. SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED.
THE Subscribers, petitioners, inhabitants of the towns of Falmouth and Windham, humbly shew—That your petitioners have been at great expense in building dams, and erecting mills at the lower falls on Presumpscot river so called, Conguin, Saccarappa, Horseback and the Great Falls, so called, at which there are annually sawed from one hundred and thirty to a hundred and fifty hundred thousand feet of boards which are shipped to foreign markets (except those that are sold at the mills for ready money or for the use of the adjacent country.) And from the sale of this lumber, there are, on a moderate calculation, one hundred thousand dollars brought into these towns. These mills employ from one hundred and eighty to two hundred men for eight months in a year. The people that live on Presumpscot river and the large Sebago and long ponds for ninety or an hundred miles, find profitable employment for the winter months in hauling their surplus of timber into these ponds and river for the use of these mills, which would be otherwise destroyed in clearing their land for cultivation. Your petitioners do not remember of having seen any fish called shad or alewives above Presumpscot lower falls ever before these dams were built. That some of your petitioners have seen the fish called salmon pass over these dams, although there has been a sluice way open at the bottom of the dam, but there has never been but a few salmon seen in Presumpscot river, and but very few caught in it as your petitioners remember. Some say it is because there is such a vast quantity of logs drove down this river at a time when the salmon pass up the eastern rivers. If these dams were an obstruction to the salmon going up they would be found in great plenty below the lower dam, whereas there has been but very few seen. By reflecting on the preceding statement, your petitioners feel an assurance that your honors will see the propriety and expediency of giving every aid to works of such magnitude and importance as the mills on Presumpscot river, which afford such a vast quantity of lumber for the inhabitants' use, and for exportation to foreign nations. The object is very great compared with the advantages that arise from the small number of fish that go up Presumpscot river. Your petitioners have seen an act, passed March the first, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, entitled “An act for the preservation of fish called salmon, shad and alewives, in the rivers, streams and waters within the counties of Lincoln and Cumberland, and for repealing all laws made for that purpose, so far as respects their operation in said counties.” As committees may not be united in the term sufficient sluiceways, whereby your petitioners will be in danger of being harassed and embroiled in suits at law, which to your petitioners who have been in the habit of peace, void of the spirit of litigation, will be extremely disagreeable, and will have a tendency to destroy that spirit of industry so necessary and advantageous to a community. Wherefore your petitioners pray that your honors would take their situation under serious consideration and repeal said act so far as it respects its operation on Presumpscot river. And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.
ANDREW HALL, and 82 others.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In Senate, Feb. 3, 1801.
ON the petition of Andrew Hall, and others, praying that the river Presumpscot may be exempted from the operation of the act entitled “An act for the preservation of the fish called salmon, shad and alewives in the rivers, streams and waters within the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln.”
Ordered, that the petitioners notify all persons concerned by publishing an attested copy of their petition and this order thereon, three weeks successively in Jenks' Gazette , printed at Portland, the last publication to be made thirty days at least previous to the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that they may then appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
Sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. In the House of Representatives, Feb. 4, 1801. Read and concurred. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. A true copy—Attest, EDWARD P. HAYMAN, Clerk of Senate.
TO THE HON. THE SENATE, AND THE HON. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED; THE REPRESENTATION AND PETITION OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, HUMBLY SHEWETH—
THAT we, inhabitants of the town of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, are proprietors and owners of Lands, lying on Muddy River in said Topsham; which Lands, owing to the flowing of the tide in said Muddy River, are of far less value than they would be if the tide was excluded and kept out; and that by excluding the tide many acres of the most valuable soil (which, being now overflowed by every tide, is unproductive and useless) would be acquired; and that the calculated expense of shutting out the tide holds proportion, in a very small degree, to the great and lasting advantage which would result thereupon.
Your petitioners therefore pray that they and their associates may be empowered by law, to erect a dam or dyke, to prevent the water from flowing up said Muddy River, nearly in the course of the northeasterly boundary line of the lot of land now owned by William Reed, and to raise money to defray the expense of the same; and that they may be vested with the same powers and privileges, which other bodies, incorporated for similar purposes, have and enjoy.—And as in duty bound will ever pray.
John Rogers, Joseph Mustard, James Fulton, jun. William Reed, John Owey, David Reed, Steal Foster, Samuel Foy, Arthur Hunter, Abner Rogers, Robert Hunter, Dated at Topsham, Jan. 26, 1801.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEB. 9, 1801.
ON the Petition of John Rogers and others, praying to be empowered to erect a dam or dike in Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, to prevent the water flowing up Muddy River, nearly in the course of the northeasterly boundary line of the lot of land now owned by William Reed.
Ordered, that the petitioners notify all persons concerned, by causing a true and attested copy of their petition with this order thereon to be published in Jenks' Gazette , printed at Portland, three weeks successively, the last publication to be twenty days at least before the second Tuesday of the first session of the next General Court, that they may then appear and shew 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, Feb. 9, 1801. Read and concurred. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. A true copy. Attest—EDWARD P. HAYMAN, Clerk of Senate.
To the Hon. Senate, and the Hon. House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled, at January Session, A. D. 1801.
THE Petition of the Subscribers humbly sheweth, that your petitioners, inhabitants of the Plantation now called Hiram, in the County of York, together with the inhabitants of a tract of land on the eastern side of Saco River, and adjacent to Brownfield, commonly called Brown's Addition, and also Prescot's grant, humbly sheweth—That your petitioners labor under various grievances in consequence of our present unincorporated situation; and whereas the said tracts of land are so situated that the inhabitants thereon can never be any better accommodated than to become one incorporation. The inhabitants of Brown's addition, are situated so remote from the majority of the inhabitants of Brownfield, which renders it inconvenient for the former to stand in connection with the latter, as the travel to public meetings (by the nearest route) will be as much as six miles, and those who may hereafter settle on said tract would doubtless have to travel ten or twelve miles on every public occasion, which, together with the badness of the roads renders the grievances great, laborious and expensive. The plantation of Hiram being small and insufficient for a town of itself, and there being no other tract of land, except the aforesaid addition, which can be added thereto with convenience, as the principal inhabitants thereof are situated by the side of Saco River, as is also the situation of the inhabitants of the addition, and that considerably compacted. The plans herewith presented will be more fully descriptive of the premises.
WE therefore pray your Honors that an act may pass the Legislature to incorporate the aforesaid tracts of land, together with the inhabitants thereon, into a town by the name of _____ with all the immunities and privileges which other towns enjoy by law; and as in duty bound your petitioners shall ever pray.
TIMOTHY CUTLER, and thirty three others.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In Senate, Feb. 25, 1801.
ON the petition of Timothy Cutler, and others, inhabitants of the plantation of Hiram, Brown's addition and Prescot's grant, praying that said tracts of land may be incorporated into a town.
ORDERED, that the petitioners publish an attested copy of their petition with this order thereon, three weeks successively in Jenks' Portland Gazette , the last publication to be thirty days at least before the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that all persons interested may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
Sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. In the House of Representatives, March 4, 1801. Read and concurred. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. A true Copy. Attest—EDW. P. HAYMAN, Clerk of Senate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In Senate, March 4, 1801.
WHEREAS application has been made to this Court, by a number of persons who served in the late American Army, during the war with Great Britain, praying for a grant of the unappropriated Lands in this Commonwealth, and as such a grant will promote the settlement of such land, as well as be some reward to those citizens, whose meritorious services in the Field, so essentially contributed to establish our Independence.
—THEREFORE— Resolved, That there be, and hereby is granted to each noncommissioned officer and soldier, who enlisted into the late American Army to serve during the War with Great Britain, and who was returned as a part of the States' quota of said Army, who did actually serve in said Army, the full term of three years, and who were honorably discharged; and unto the children, if any there be; it not, to the Widow of such noncommissioned officer and soldier, and to them only, who enlisted as aforesaid and died in said services, two hundred acres, to be laid out at the expense of the Commonwealth, as soon as there shall appear a number sufficient to take up a quantity of Land that shall be equal to one township or six miles square, to be divided and appropriated under such regulations as the General Court shall hereafter prescribe, within the following limits, viz. Beginning at the north east corner of the land now appropriated by the Committee for the sale of Eastern Lands, on the eastern line of this Commonwealth, thence running West, six miles, thence northerly in a line parallel with the said eastern line until a tract shall be completed sufficient for each noncommissioned officer and private soldier, their children or widows as aforesaid, to have the aforesaid quantity of two hundred acres, or twenty dollars as an equivalent for the aforesaid two hundred acres, to be paid out of the Treasury to the Selectmen of the Town, where any such noncommissioned officer or soldier, their children or widows as aforesaid, resides for his or their own use and benefit.
And be it further resolved, That where any such noncommissioned officer, or soldier, has deceased, or shall deceased, before he shall get possession of the land hereby granted to him, his children or widow as aforesaid, shall be entitled to the same, and in order to secure to said noncommissioned officers and privates and their children and widows as aforesaid, the benefit of this grant.
It is further resolved, That all deeds, mortgages, or conveyances of or bonds or contracts of every description concerning any of the said lands, which may be made by any such noncommissioned officer or private, his children or widow, before the same shall be laid out, and have a settlement made thereon, and five acres thereof shall have been brought under improvement shall be null and void.
Provided always, That no such noncommissioned officer or soldier, his children or widow, shall have any benefit from this Resolve, who shall not make application therefor within three years from the time of passing this Resolve, and who shall not make the aforesaid settlement and cultivation within the term of six years—and the Secretary is directed to publish this Resolve, in such of the newspapers printed in this Commonwealth as His Excellency the Governor may direct six weeks successively, directly after passing the same.
Sent down for concurrence, SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. In the House of Representatives, March 4, 1801. Read and concurred. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. March 5, 1801—Approved, CALEB STRONG.
A true Copy—Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
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TO THE HON. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED.
THE Petition of the inhabitants of Poland humbly sheweth, that great difficulties have arisen and still subsist with respect to our late incorporation, including a tract of land larger than any in the State, that we know of. In our present circumstances we cannot assemble at the Meeting-House which the Proprietors built for the public worship of God, and it is impossible in their present extensive situation, to agree on any spot to build one. In addition this, it is with difficulty that many of our inhabitants attend the necessary town business; these inconveniences call for some relief. Therefore your petitioners pray your honors to take the subject into consideration, and set off all the lands north of Little Androscoggin River and incorporate the same into a separate town, the dividing line to be the middle of said Little Androscoggin River. Your petitioners further pray, that they may have one half of the lands, granted to Bakerstown for the encouragement and support of school or schools, set to them.—We your petitioners, having heretofore experienced your goodness, therefore we rely on it, that you in your wisdom will grant this our reasonable request; and as in duty bound will ever pray.
JOHN CHANDLER, Selectmen of Poland. NICHOLAS NOYES, CHANDLER FREEMAN, Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
IN SENATE, FEB. 4, 1801.
ON the petition of the Selectmen and Town Clerk of the town of Poland, praying that a certain part of said town may be set off and incorporated into a separate town—
ORDERED, That the petitioners publish an attested copy of their petition, with this order thereon, three weeks successively in Jenks' Gazette printed at Portland, the last publication to be thirty days at least before the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that all persons interested may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
Sent down for concurrence. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President. In the House of Representatives, Feb. 4, 1801. Read and concurred. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. A true copy—Attest, EDWARD P. HAYMAN, Clerk of Senate.
Direct Tax.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Unknown Proprietors and Owners of Land in the following towns, that the Direct Tax on said land became due and payable on the 7th day of April, 1800: and so much of said land will be sold at the following times and places, as will pay the same with incidental costs and charges as the law directs, unless prevented by previous payment. Viz. all in Parsonsfield, at the house of Mr. Joseph Hukins, in said town, on Monday the twenty-seventh day of April next, at one o'clock, P. M.—all in Cornish, at the house of Mr. Joseph Gordan, in said town, on Wednesday the twenty-ninth day of said month, at one o'clock, P. M.—all in Limington, at the house of Mr. Philemon Libby, in said town, on Friday the first day of May next, at one o'clock, P. M.—and all in Newfield, at the house of Capt. Josiah Toul, in said town, on Monday the fourth day of said month, at one o'clock, P. M.
Table with 5 columns: No., Lot, Range, Value of each lot, Tax on each lot. It lists nonresident owners in Parsonsfield, Cornish, Newfield, and Limington with their respective lot numbers, ranges, and tax amounts.
NATHANIEL LIBBEY, Collector Of the Fourteenth District, Second Division Limerick, February 7, 1801.
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