Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1800-08-18 00:00:00

Miscellany.
PARISIAN MANNERS.
From a French Paper.
OBSCENE books, the titles and prints of which are alike offensive to modesty and good taste, are the only sort exposed for sale. These monstrosities are exhibited every where, along the bridges, at the doors of the Theatres, on the Boulevards—The poison is not dear, ten sous the volume—These productions of libertinism rise one above another in licentiousness, and have attacked public decency without restraint or fear. The vendors of these pamphlets may be called the privileged Merchants of corruption. Every title, that is not infamous, seems to be excluded from their catalogue. There youth, without impediment or scruple, may learn the elements of every vice. This horrible manufacture of licentious books is carried on by a species of literary pirates, who will destroy learning and men of letters.
Its basis is that unlimited liberty of the press which the most infamous, wicked, or at all events, the blind men are constantly crying out for. The institution of divorce, that sacrament of adultery, is one support of this disorder. It powerfully encourages the propensity to libertinism, maintained by luxury, by the custom of constantly visiting spectacles, balls, and the frivolous modes of dissipation in which Paris abounds above any city on earth. The multitude of theatres naturalizes idleness, destroys the arts and artisans, paralyzes the arm, and effeminates the mind. Holidays must cease to exist, when the people are every day solicited to throw away half of the produce of their labour in supporting, or rather just enabling a phalanx of buffoons to live.
The Parisians think only of trifling, and laughing at the evils that await luxury. There is not a corner of a gate, or a wall that is not covered threefold with bills announcing remedies for diseases which attend the criminal indulgence of the passions. A thousand advertisements, of pretended cures, are put into the hands of old men, women, and girls, as they walk the streets: none are ashamed to give or receive the paper. Each district has its house of health. Here the nervous cakes, chocolate plumbs, pastils, &c.—Next to these rank your Charlatans, who ask the farce on horseback, or in their cabriolets, from which the Pierrot attributes his infallible medicine to the sound of cymbals, clarionets, and French horns. Such are the people of France, whom eight years have entirely changed; who drink, laugh, sing, dance, and murmur under a peaceable and vigilant government; accuse it in the morning of royalism; at night, of terrorism; calumniate it, menace it every instant, at least in words, after having endured in silence, nay often with an appearance of approbation, the reign of Robespierre."
DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT NANTES.
NANTES, MAY 26.
Yesterday, at noon, one of the towers of the castle, containing about eight or nine hundred thousand pounds of powder blew up, with a tremendous noise. The buildings attached to the tower have been partly destroyed. In a moment the great court of the castle, the ditches, surrounding trees, courts, and several quarters of the town were covered with ruins: several houses were violently shaken, and some thrown down. A 4-pounder was carried beyond the ditch to the foot of the terrace of the court, the wheels of the carriage were carried another way; another 4-pounder with its carriage and wheels was blown to the top of the cidevant church of the Carmelites. A bar of iron, very thick, and long, was twisted and broken, and fell into the court of the prison of Bouffay, with some balls and other wrecks.
An incalculable quantity of panes of glass was broken. Many pieces of furniture were thrown down. Several trees in the court-yard were much damaged; windows and doors were burst open, and many houses unroofed.
One universal scream of terror was heard throughout the city. The alarm became general in a moment: almost all the inhabitants ran out of their houses. The report spread with the quickness of lightning, and the castle was blown up. A thick and dark cloud rose from the place of the disaster, and redoubled the consternation. There was reason to fear that the whole building would take fire, and that the flames would catch the grand magazine of powder. The houses were immediately abandoned, and between 15 and 20,000 persons of all ages and sexes fled towards the barriers to escape this scene of horror.
The Prefect and General Gilbert gave orders—Strong detachments of the garrison and national guard proceeded towards the castle, got possession of all the avenues, and assisted the firemen who distinguished themselves in a very extraordinary manner. Order was soon re-established. The number of victims of this fatal accident is considerable. The grand cross, behind the church of Sainte Croix, was thrown down, wounded the priest, who was saying mass, and killed the clerk. Yesterday evening it was said that the number of killed and wounded, was between 150 and 200. The wounded have been sent to the hospitals.
It is not known how the fire began. The explosion took place at noon, when happily the workmen had left off work.
The church of St. Nicholas having been much shaken by the explosion, at the time of the celebration of mass, the people hurried to the doors, and many were thrown down and wounded. The same accident took place at the church of St. Laurent.
The ditches of the castle were filled with vast ruins. Fragments of wall of great thickness, mark at the same time, the strength of the building thrown down and of the explosion. Those enormous masses have driven out a great volume of water from the ditches below the parapet.
[The following curious particulars relative to the passage of the St. BERNARD, are from a Swiss paper of June 1st.]
ON the 18th of May, Mr. Le Breux, a native of Prussia, aged 21, and first Lieut. of Kinsey's regiment of infantry, who was stationed with that corps near Ajaccio, on the mountains of Sestri, set out on a reconnoitring expedition, at the head of a detachment of forty men. He directed his course towards the valley of Aosta, in order to discover whether there was any truth in the rumour relative to the intended invasion of the French. It had been circulated in the Austrian army that Bon-
aparte was to penetrate directly into Piedmont, by the Great St. Bernard; but the report was not credited, as the season was so unfavorable to the attempt, and the snow so deep, that this route was thought altogether impracticable.
After a very difficult march of five days, through rugged paths, and over frightful precipices, Lieutenant Le Breux found himself, on the 23d of May, between five and six in the evening, on the rapid declivity of a mountain, which he descended by a serpentine foot path, intending to proceed to Chailion, by the village of St. Vincent. Here he was suddenly struck with the appearance of five French Generals, and two Guides, not more than six paces from him, all crawling down the mountain, and leading their horses, with the exception of one, in a grey coat, and a gold laced hat, without a feather, who remained on horseback, and advanced at their head.
The Austrian soldiers presented their pieces the moment they observed the French Officers; but their Lieut. ordered them not to fire, preferring, as he said, the opportunity of carrying such a great and glorious prize in safety to the head quarters of his corps. The general in the grey coat no sooner observed them than he exclaimed—"See the Austrians—there are Austrians here!" The two guides at the same time pointed their carbines, and called out "Who is there?" But the French General ordered not to fire, and addressing himself to the young Austrian Officer, asked, "Who are you? What are you about here? where do you come from? what is the strength of your detachment? what is the name of your regiment? what is your General's name? where is your corps posted, &c.?" and several other questions, to which the Lieut. replied as he thought proper.
This conversation, which lasted about half an hour, was more than once interrupted by the Austrian soldiers, who asked whether they should not carry off their prize. But the Gen. in the grey coat, in whom the reader will perhaps, ere now, have recognized Bonaparte, said to the Austrian Officer—"Hitherto, Sir, you have considered me your prisoner; you, however, are mine; but do not be very uneasy; I shall take care of you and your followers." At this moment Lieut. Le Breux perceived that he was surrounded by French Grenadiers.
The First Consul desired him to retain his arms, and said to him—"To night you shall sup with me at Chatillon, and tomorrow you shall dine with me in the city of Aosta." This actually took place. The Officer, in relating the story, observed that Bonaparte was extremely agreeable, and that he remained a very short time at table. After dinner the First Consul took him into a private apartment, where he conversed with him during a quarter of an hour, on the force and positions of the Austrians. At parting, the Lieut. asked permission to return home on his parole—"I had already determined to set you at liberty, without requiring that you should be exchanged," said Bonaparte. He immediately made his Aid de Camp, Duroc, give him a passport for Paris, and another for one of his soldiers to attend him as a servant. He also gave him a letter to the Minister of Police.
[The following intercepted letter from the Chief Consul Bonaparte to Gen. Massena, has been published at Leghorn. It displays the talents of the writer, and contains facts which will prove curious to many.]
"Paris, March 22. 1800.
"I CONFESS, my dear general, that I am not at all satisfied with your last dispatches. Why those eternal complaints and reproaches? Do you think we might have managed affairs better? We do not rest on beds of roses here; and if our armies are in want it is because our resources are extremely weak. The most pressing orders have already been giving for supplying you with the necessary articles.—You must have already received what concerns the artillery department. Since the loan could not be effected in Holland, I am only enabled to send you five or six hundred thousand livres, instead of the four million that had been promised. Apply this entirely to paying the army and let the contractors and those employed under them complain; should those gentlemen wish to quit the service, menace them with death, and be as good as your word; there is no want of adventurers of that description, whom the love of gain will allure to the army. Our care must be directed to the soldier who suffers and fights. By no means count on the reinforcements which you desire.
"If you find it difficult to maintain an army of 30,000 men in the Genoese, what would you do with a still greater number? I cannot spare a single demi-brigade of veteran troops: all I am able to do for you is to keep a few weak battalions of conscripts to the department of Var, to disperse the discontented in the South of France; in case of necessity, you might unite those troops with your army. It grieves me that you suffer yourself to be misled by accounts which ought not to be relied on. If the imperial
army actually has 133 battalions which give you so much uneasiness, what would be the consequence? How is it possible for the enemy to employ even one half of their forces in the mountainous position you occupy? Can he attack you otherwise than with single columns?
"And are you not the brave and fortunate Massena! Do you not command the best infantry in the World! Is not the active and intelligent French soldier superior to all the troops of Europe, in mountainous districts? Besides the enemy can convey provisions only for a small number of troops in the mountains, as they are in want of mules. No, my dear General! the superiority of the enemy gives me no uneasiness—that can only be excited by the plans which they may lay upon; but strong as the situation is, you are not entirely out of danger. I will tell you what a skillful General might undertake against you.
"By daily attacks he would harass your center and right wing towards the sources of the Taro, the Bisgro, and la Polveretta, while he would vigorously attack the left, and endeavor to gain one of the three passes leading to Savona. Finale, and Abenga. Should he succeed in this attempt your army would be divided into two corps, and your communication with France cut off. But I believe Cerman caution will never enter so daring a plan. Meanwhile you must carefully guard those three passes; and should the enemy attack you and carry one of these important points, (which is possible) then, my dear General, you must fall upon him like lightning, attack from the side of Genoa, while Suchet, attacks from Nice, and destroy every Austrian that should pass the Mountains."
Politics.
BURLEIGH.—No. IV.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
I AM now to establish the last part of the first proposition, viz. That Mr. Jefferson, and his party, have long endeavored to destroy our Federal Constitution. And here I shall remark once for all, that I consider every effort which has been made, every plan which has been pursued, by the democratic party, as being directly, or indirectly, chargeable to Mr. Jefferson. He is so perfectly their chief, that we might as well impute measures to feet without heads, as to ascribe conduct to any of his subordinates, without presupposing his consent and approbation.
Having, as I think, shown Mr. Jefferson's hostile spirit towards the constitution, it will not be surprising, that he should be found on the side of its enemies. Accordingly, the moment the government begins to operate, we find him at the head of a party organized to frustrate its measures, and to check its progress. From the establishment of the funding system, to the end of the last session of congress, the party has pursued one course, viz. to oppose the government. The Funding system, the Bank, the Proclamation of Neutrality, the Treaty with Great Britain, the raising of Troops, the establishment of a Navy, the Direct Tax, the Alien and Sedition Laws, the annulling the French Treaty, stopping the intercourse with the French, &c. &c. have each in their turn, been opposed by the democratic party, with the utmost vehemence. Now, if it could be reasonably supposed that this party were friends to the Constitution, and only disliked certain measures of the government, there would be some apology for them. But, let me ask, if this was their disposition, would they not have proposed other measures, as substitutes for those which have been adopted, and in this way have offered a choice. Instead of that, I think I may say, without danger of contradiction, that the democratic party, has never proposed, or brought forward in congress, one important original measure for the consideration of the legislature, since the establishment of the government, Mr. Madison's, (or rather Mr. Jefferson's) celebrated Commercial Resolutions excepted. But, is a government to be administered without measures, or is a constitution a blessing which stands a useless monument, only to be gazed at? This has not proceeded from incapacity in the party. Such men as Burr, Madison, Gallatin, &c. are capable of proposing measures, of forming plans of some sort or other. Yet nothing of this kind takes place. The only scheme has been, to oppose whatever measure has been proposed by the federalists, and to use every possible exertion to frustrate; in short, to adopt the language of one of the leaders of the party, "to stop the wheels of government." I am sensible it is said by them, that it is all done from pure affection to the constitution, that their motives are patriotic, that the members of the party are the friends of the people, the exclusive guardians of their rights. These gentlemen seem to forget, that honesty and sincerity, rarely make many professions. They shew their goodness by their works. Is it a mark of strong affection to the constitution, in the democratic party, that they can oppose the government? If our funding system is bad, what is to be
substituted in its place? The federalists did what they thought best; the democrats say it is vile; but none of them is good enough to propose something better. Such conduct argues neither genius, integrity, nor virtue. Indeed, it proves strongly the want of them all.
Another very forcible body of evidence, that the democratic party are endeavoring to destroy our government, arises from the unceasing train of calumny, which has been poured out upon every friend to its administration. As soon as the federal government began its operations, and its course was in some degree marked out, the most prominent, and influential characters were designated for destruction. Mr. Hamilton was the author of the financial system. Accordingly he was subjected to the vilest abuse, the foulest opprobrium, which could be cast upon him, by the vilest, and sour-witted wretches, which the dens of mischief could furnish. This practice was pursued without any cessation, until he retired from office. Mr. Jay was appointed Chief Justice. A life of unfulfilled integrity, a long devotion of his great talents to his country's cause, and the most eminent and distinguished services, were overlooked, and a torrent of calumny for years, was poured upon him, from every Jacobin society, until he sought for peace in a situation, which was less obnoxious to the foes of our government. Mr. Ellsworth, one of the ablest, and most virtuous men, which this, or any other country can boast of, has had the hardihood to render great services to his country, to do his duty. His reward has been detraction, Mr. Pickering, honest, plain, virtuous, dignified, and able, in an eminent degree, in office, is vilified, and defamed; out of office, is pursued to the solitude of the wilderness, to the log-hut, in the desert, with a hue-and-cry of slander, falsehood and villainy. It is not necessary to add further names, except the present, and former President of the United States. Mr. Adams, in pursuing those measures which have been esteemed federal, has suffered more foul reproaches, than the depraved inhabitants of Bilinggate bestow upon each other. Common decency—that plain vulgar civility which is paid to the world in general, by the most unpolished members of society, has been denied to the Chief Magistrate of the United States; and conduct more vile, than is practised by thieves and robbers, has been often ascribed to him, by the democratic party. As long as General Washington was at the head of the government, he was the object of their highest vengeance. Aware that his influence operated throughout the country, as an irresistible charm, which gave to government a foreign energy, to lessen, to undermine, to destroy his great weight, his uncontrollable influence, every art was practised, every falsehood circulated. When he retired to humble life, on the very day on which that affliction event took place, the audacious wretch who superintended the vilest newspaper that ever disgraced a free country—the Aurora, proclaimed the day as a Jubilee, a day of thanksgiving, that the man who had done more mischief to the United States, than all others, was stripped of the robes of office, and reduced to a simple citizen!*
Are not these measures directly calculated to destroy our government? Can we expect, that men of fair and virtuous characters, of upright and patriotic intentions, of estimable manners, and eminent talents, will quit their homes, their families, and their business, to waste their days in supporting a government which is falling a prey to falsehood, to a system of lying; that they will leave situations in which they are independent, respected, and beloved, to encounter evils like those I have been enumerating? It is not to be expected. The democrats know that they shall finally wear out the friends of government; that one after another they will retire from the field which beats upon every head, and leave the constitutional barque adrift in that "tempestuous sea of liberty," which Mr. Jefferson and his party so much admire.
BURLEIGH.
* The following character of Gen. Washington appeared in the Aurora of March 6, 1797.
"Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation," was the pious ejaculation of a man who beheld a flood of happiness rushing in upon mankind—If ever there was a time that would license the reiteration of the exclamation, that time is now arrived; for the man who is the source of all the misfortunes of our country, is this day reduced to a level with his fellow citizens, and is no longer possessed of power to multiply evils upon the United States. If ever there was a period for rejoicing, this is the moment—every heart in unison with the freedom and happiness of the people, ought to beat high with exultation that the name of Washington from this day ceases to give a currency to political iniquity; and to legalize corruption—a new era is now opening upon us, a new era which promises much to the people; for public measures must now stand upon their own merits, and nefarious projects can no longer be supported by a name.—When a retrospective is taken of the Washington administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment, that a single individual should have concealed the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulph of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence;—such however, are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a Jubilee in the United States.

Foreign Articles.
LONDON, JUNE 24.
It seems to be now confirmed, by the report of Capt. Popham, that Gen. Suwarrow died at Peterburg on the 28th May.
The last Hamburg Mail brought us letters from Constantinople, dated April 28, which we believe contain the latest intelligence from that capital. Accounts of subsequent date have been copied by some of our papers from the German, but the matter, as well as the time is erroneous. They are dated the 15th of May, and relate that Seyd Alley Bays had just then been banished to Cyprus, when the fact is, that Chief was beheaded at Constantinople immediately on his return from the ill-fated expedition to Damietta.
The Russian ships of war have, at length, in part, taken their departure; and it is sincerely to be hoped that the measure of calling in their assistance will never, on any future occasion, be resorted to. The good (if any, and we profess to doubt the circumstance,) that has hitherto resulted from it is evidently too trivial to be put in competition with its inconveniences. Were we to look alone to the encumbrance of our docks, this position might be readily supported, and, in a political view, its truth is glaring. So as our commerce, our sailors and our ships are increased, and so as it is still further in our power to increase them, Great Britain can never want the aid of an auxiliary marine; let her but call forth the naval energies of the Sister Kingdom by proper establishments and the protecting flag of Russia may be very well dispensed with.
When Bonaparte was passing through the department of Jura, in his way to Lausanne, he was stopped by the crowd assembled from curiosity to see him, and he halted at an inn, where he appeared at the window, and gratified the populace by nodding graciously. The extreme paleness of his countenance, and the traces of care and anxiety on his brow, are said to have interested the people very much. He had crossed the wild mountains of Jura with only four or five attendants.
By the return of General Koehler and his assistants from Constantinople, it would seem that the military ignorance of the Turks is, as Mr. Burke said of the political principles of the Jacobins, incorrigible.
Moreau has sent three of his Generals to the rear of the army for speculation. All the requisition money is applied to the payment of the troops. The sums already laid upon various towns in Suabia amount to 2,168,000 florins.
By the intercepted letters from Gen. Melas, it appears, that he apprehended the Austrian army, would suffer for want of provisions.
So great is the antipathy of the Emperor of Russia to the English, that he refused to see the nephew of the Duke de Harcourt, because he wore an English uniform, observing that he would be happy to see him as a French emigrant; but M. de Harcourt refused to resign his commission for the honor of being introduced to Paul. A Turkish valet is his favourite, and the valet's favourite is Madame Chevalier, a French actress, who, it is supposed, has no small influence on the Russian Cabinet, and perhaps renders no small services to the French government.
The new Pope has written a letter to the French Clergy, in which he expresses his approbation of the conduct of those who have submitted to the laws of the Republic, in taking the oaths of allegiance, &c. As to those who conscientiously think it their duty to refuse such tests of their obedience, his Holiness does not condemn them, but exhorts them to consider their conduct, and lays a strong injunction upon them not to enter into any conspiracy which may cause the least interruption into the present government.
DUBLIN, JUNE 21.
To pass through the Tyrol into Italy, was lately reported to be the design of Moreau. If that be the case, General Kray must certainly follow him and Italy then becomes the only theatre of Continental wars, when that fine country will once more become the seat of plunder and desolation, as vast contending armies will be making constant requisitions, while its agriculture and its trade are almost totally neglected. How much more dreadful must its situation be, if the horrors of war are renewed on a more extended scale?
A letter from London says, that if on the arrival of our troops under General Stuart on the Ligurian coast, the Austrian armies shall have quitted it, they will be landed at Minorca, for the purpose of being at hand to co-operate with our allies on the other Italian coasts, as eventual opportunities may require.
It has been proposed by an Austrian engineer, to unite, by means of canals, the Adriatic sea with the Baltic; and to open a communication by water, from the hereditary dominions of the Emperor with four seas, viz. the Baltic, the North Sea, the Black sea, and the Adriatic.
PARIS, JUNE 16.
PROCLAMATION.
H. Q. Babenhausen, June 2.
"Excess is at its height; pillaging and wasting the resources procured to us by our victories, have reduced us in the midst of a fertile country to distress. It is not sufficient for an army to be brave in battle; and if order does not speedily return amongst us, our conquests are at an end, and we must return to our homes. Pursued by the hatred and vengeance of a people among whom we may be obliged to retreat, the army will only meet with enemies and find on its return to France, the reproaches of all the Republic."
its return to France, the reproaches of all the Republic.
"Soldiers, we owe peace to our country; we are charged to support the movements of the army of Reserve, that marches in Italy, under the command of the First Consul. If the pillaging, to which a great number of you have abandoned yourselves, does not immediately cease, your triumphs will prove a greater disgrace to you than your defeats. The General in Chief therefore, enjoins all Generals and Officers, to watch that no person leaves the columns during the march. The roll shall be called three times each day; he shall send corps of troops into all the villages near the camp, and if any officers commanding them commit any excesses, they shall immediately be disgraced. Parties of gens-d'armes and pickets of cavalry shall constantly patrol to seize those persons who are found absent from their posts."
"The General depends on the devotion of all the heroes of each rank, that doubtless form the greater part of the Army, and expects that they will imprison the base and vicious individuals."
"MOREAU."
From the Gazette of the United States.
American Oppression and Injustice.
"HEAVENS" cries an enraged Patriot, seizing a peaceable citizen by the shoulder, "will you see oppression lording over our unhappy country, until she groans in agony—will you see tyranny lording over us with halters, and fetters; with cords, racks and shackles, to bind the innocent and defenceless and plunder their property; trampling on the sacred rights of man, prostrating the godlike, unalienable equality of our species and putting the vengeance of injured freemen at defiance? Aristocrats and monarchists and despots are rising on the ruins of liberty and insulting at once our misery and our tameness—Can you see these things and remain an idol unconcerned spectator, making no effort to crush our tyrants and save the land?" The peaceable citizen catches the patriotic fury—his bosom burns with the outrages described; he is ashamed and astonished that such things could have been done; such enormities committed, and he never have heard of them—his heart bleeds for the sufferers of the injured; he swears vengeance against their oppressors and that his blood shall freely flow for their relief. "Come said he "why do we waste our time in words, let us hasten and expiate the blood of the murdered by hurling death and destruction on their murderers." "Murdered" cries the patriot, "has any one been put to death—I had not heard of that. "If not yet murdered" says the citizen "they must be confined in the damp glooms of a dungeon for more deliberate slaughter. Let us go and force the goal and set the poor wretches at liberty." "For God's sake, cries the patriot, "what do you mean, this also is new to me; who is there in prison that is not legally and justly confined—would you set Hell loose upon us by opening the goal doors." "Well then" says the citizen "their property has been wrested from them by violence and plunder; their persons have been ill-treated and shamefully abused by lawless power; their "Who! Who! What! are you talking about cries the Patriot. Who has been plundered, ill treated and abused; let me know for Heaven's sake—" "Do you ask me these questions, replies our moderated citizen, after telling me of oppression and tyranny; of halters, racks and shackles!—How can these things be when no man is oppressed; no man imprisoned; no man's life in jeopardy; no man's estate taken by unlawful authority, or his person injured by the touch of violence—what do you mean? "I mean the rights of man, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of man are infringed—his natural equality destroyed—his towering spirit restrained; his perfectability impeded.—This is all nonsense says the citizen. Some are rich and some poor, continues the patriot; some are great and some mean; some powerful and some weak; all contrary to the inherent nature and disposition of man—and "says the citizen" some men are wise and some foolish; some are idle and some industrious; some men are virtuous, and some wicked; some are honest and some scoundrels, seeking plunder through anarchy and blood—So, you are a madman or something worse—Talk to knaves and fools, of tyranny and oppression without injury or injustice to any man."
TRISTAM.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 5.
Arrived in the Lazaretto, yesterday, 118 black people, without the least clothing, being taken on board the schooner Phebe, prize to the United States ship Ganges.—Humanity citizens are requested to send to the Health Office, at the State-House, any kind of linnen clothes for their accommodation, as well as to prevent the shock their decency will be exposed to by so many of both Sexes being thus exposed naked.
NEW-YORK, AUG. 6.
Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock the frigate President, Commodore Truxton, dropped from her moorings in the East-river, down to the watering place at Staten Island. The elegance of her appearance, and the rapidity of her sailing against the tide with only three or four sails set, excited the admiration of many spectators who assembled on the Battery. A finer ship was never built—and a more gallant commander never honored any nation. May the Tars on board prove themselves worthy of him, and victory is theirs.
PROVIDENCE, AUG. 13.
An officer of the General Greene frigate, has
corrected the account lately published of an affair between that ship and an English one.—The facts are as follows:
"The British ship was not a 74, but the Melampus frigate, of 44 guns; that the British Captain, after having obtained Capt. Perry's permission, sent an officer on board the brig under convoy of the General Greene (the Active, Brown, of Salem, from N. Orleans) who remained on board but a few minutes. Capt. Perry afterwards asked Capt. Brown, how the officer had treated him; he replied with the utmost politeness. Both ships had all hands to quarters, and ready at a moment's warning to apply the matches to the guns."
INFORMATION FOR SEAMEN.
In a late claim for wages by the sailors of an American ship, in England, who had left their vessel immediately after the arrived in port, and before she was unladed, the verdict was in favor of the defendant. An act of Congress declares, that a seaman shall forfeit his wages if he leaves his ship before she is discharged. In the case above alluded to, 48 seamen left the vessel, to whom about £60 each was due.
Portland,
Monday, August 18, 1800.
CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES.
The Hon. John Kittredge, Member of the United States Legislature, from Lancaster, county, Pennsylvania, has in an address to his constituents, declined their suffrage at the approaching election;—he confers his unequivocal approbation on the Federal government and its administration, and believes that many honest, but misguided men have been induced to oppose certain measures, from a conviction, in their minds that the liberties of the country were in danger;—he proves the fallacy of such opinions and concludes by inviting the citizens to cultivate an attachment to the general government, as necessary to our political happiness, and as the best security against oppression. The prosperity of each state is intimately and inseparably connected with the prosperity of the whole. In union, is safety: In division, ruin. United, we bid defiance to injustice: Divided, we fall an easy prey to foreign invasion, or domestic ambition. We are not vainly to expect, contrary to the usual course of human events, and the experience of other nations, always to avoid insult; we ought to be ready to repel it. To preserve peace we must be prepared for war.
Hon. Jeremiah Wadsworth of Connecticut, declines being considered a Candidate for Congress at the next election. He pleads ill-health, as the cause of his thus retiring to the walks of private life.
Col. Gurney, proposed by the Federalists, to represent the city of Philadelphia, in the Federal House of Representatives, has declined being considered a Candidate.
Mr. Tazewell, (brother to the Senator of that name) has been elected to Congress for the District of Virginia, lately represented by Gen. Marshall. Burr is a malignant Jacobin.
[The subsequent paragraphs are extracted from an Address delivered at Orrington, on Penobscot River, by Oliver Leonard, Esq. at the late celebration of American Independence.—They are worthy of record.]
"Let every man who loves his country, place himself as upon a watch tower, and guard against every innovation and encroachment upon the established principles of religion, morality and civil government. While these are kept inviolate, our country is in safety; but let religion and its divine precepts be set at nought, moral and sacred obligations vanish like a morning dew, virtue and good government fall in the ruins, and the final catastrophe can be no better portrayed, than to behold the French nation in their present convulsions."
"See the effects of independence and good government in our own neighborhood. But a few years ago, the waters of this river flowed solitary down the spacious channel, with here and there an Indian bark, now bears tall majestic ships, laden with the wealth of Europe and the Indies. Those fair fields, where flocks and herds of domestic animals graze and fatten, were the lonely walks and hiding places of the Moose and Caribou:—Temples erecting to the worship of GOD and the enjoyment of religion—private dwellings of elegant and comfortable appearance, shew that prosperity is the reward of virtue and independence."
Madame de Genlis, has already made several proselytes at Berlin, and one of them being lately placed near her, said he could not, unless he took the celebrated Pope, find any author comparable to her in French or English. An English gentleman who happened to be present, observed, in a very placid manner, to the person who was her encomiast, "Sir, I thank you, in the name of the English nation, for the honor you have done us in looking for the rival of Madame de Genlis among the people of Great Britain, but truth obliges me to raise the Lady far above Pope, for he has made only one Essay on Man, and she has made a thousand."
The following anecdote is told in the first circles at Berlin, and was communicated by the secretary of the French embassy:—Madame de Stael has lately attempted, both by her wit, her address, and a variety of arts, to obtain a conquest over the heart of the First Consul. At a brilliant party, which was held at the Thuilleries, he was placed near that lady, and
complimented her in a very elegant manner on a work which she had just published. Madame de Stael immediately cast a tender look on him, and said with uncommon expression; "When a woman is not the wife of Buonaparte, she must have recourse to other means to render herself illustrious; but they are unfortunately all too feeble, and she has still to look for happiness in vain." The Corsican made no reply, and even turned his head aside. (Eng. Pap.)
From Otisfield, July 14.
"Last Thursday evening, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the Barn of the Rev. Thomas Raby was struck with lightning, and immediately set on fire. The barn contained between 10 and 15 loads of hay, a cart, and other farming utensils, together with about one hundred fowls of different kinds; all of which were consumed."
On Tuesday last, a promising child about 6 years old, belonging to Mr. D. GALE, of this town, was run over by the wheel of a cart. The child expired in great distress, a few hours after the accident. It is hoped this melancholy circumstance will prove a serious caution to the drivers of teams; through whose inattention much damage is frequently done.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
Wednesday, August 13.
Arrived brig Neptune, capt. Bragdon, from the Havana, which place he left July 25.—Left there brig Almira, Waite, and Portland, Crabtree, of his port; and several vessels belonging to the southward.
Thursday, August 14.
Arrived ship John, captain Hatch, 22 days from Jamaica.
Friday, August 15.
Arrived schr. —, capt. Riggs, from Jamaica. The brig Polly, capt. D. Lowell, of this port, was spoke on the 27th July, for the bay of Matanzas. The frigate Congress, Capt. Sever, sailed from Norfolk on a cruise, the 29th ult.
Boston, August 11.—Arrived brig Three Friends, Norton, Liverpool, 44 days. The following vessels were under seizure, viz. Joseph, Mt. Lellam, Portland; Fox, Waite, do.; Mary Hunt, do.; Dolphin, Updegraff; seized on account of a few pounds of tobacco, discovered among the people; and a Swedish ship seized because she had landed a cargo of tobacco at Guernsey; and which was, however, permitted by the officers at that place.
NEW PROVIDENCE PIRATES.—Capt. Mills, of the brig Fanny and Jane, arrived at New-York, from New-Orleans. Off the Belles, July 18, was boarded by a New Providence privateer, who ordered the master and papers on board the brig. In the Captain's absence, John Patrick Fisher, 1st Lieut. of the privateer, insisted on seeing the people's protections, and after examining some of them they desired him to return them—"Stop damn you, it's not the first time that I have tricked some of you damn'd Yankee rascals!" When the Captain came on board, Fisher insisted on his flogging the 2d Mate for insulting him; the Master refusing, he ordered a negro to do it—the Captain interfered. Fisher then went on board the privateer, and returned with 14 or 15 men armed, whom he ordered to lay hold of the damned rascal, and flog, and let me see, said he, the man that dares take his part—After beating him unmercifully, abusing the Capt. damning him for a Yankee Rascal, &c. he ordered his men into the boat, firing, if they wanted any satisfaction, his name was John Patrick Fisher, of the Brig Two Brothers of New-Providencia.
[Signed by the Master, Mate, and five passengers.]
Small Pox.
ALL persons who wish to have the Small Pox, may be inoculated in the Hospital on the Waldo Farm, near Stroudwater River, the first Monday in September, or either of the following days in the same week;—where every necessary attention will be paid them by Doctor BELLARD and BARKER.—The patients may be supplied with every thing they need, by Mr. Pratt on the farm.
Cape-Elizabeth, August 18.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
ON Monday night, the 11th instant, one LEVI GRIFFIN, about 30 years of age, dark complexion, long black hair, black eyes, about 5 feet 6 inches high—had on when he made his escape, a short bottle-green coat, blue pantaloons, and striped waistcoat.—Whoever will take up said GRIFFIN and return him to the custody of the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all necessary charges paid.
JOHN S. FOYE,
Keeper of the Goal in Pownal.
LETTERS
Remaining in the Post Office at BATH.
 JOSEPH Brown, - Kennebec.  Jonathan Clark, - ditto.  Hannah Cobb, - Norway.  John Covel, - Bath.  William Cleford, - ditto.  Mr. Cooper, - ditto.  Abraham Dorr, - Buxton.  James Dorr, - Georgetown.  John Kelly, - ditto.  William Howard, - Bath.  Caleb Lombard, - ditto.  Tobias Lord, - ditto.  Daniel McKenzie, - ditto.  Samuel Mains, - Hallowick.  Abigail Mitchell, - Raymond.  Michael Nathan, - Bath.  Philip Owen, - ditto.  Mary Phillips, - ditto.  Tristram Reedman, - ditto.  John Sinclair, - ditto.  Michael Shet, - Parker's Island.  James Sanders, - Swan Island. 
August 18.

War Department.
August 4th, 1800.
THE commanding Officers of corps, detachments, posts, garrisons, and recruiting parties, belonging to the military establishment of the United States are to report to, and receive orders from Brigadier General WILKINSON, in the city of Washington, and all officers on furlough are to report themselves to the same officer with all possible dispatch.
SAMUEL DEXTER, Secretary of War.
S. Harding,
INFORMS his customers and the public, that he has REMOVED from Fifth street to Union-street a few doors below Mr. How's Store, where he keeps for sale, as usual, an assortment of Medicines & Groceries, of the first quality; which may be purchased on reasonable terms. Portland Aug. 18.
FOR SALE, By N. Richardson, AT HIS WHARF, CORN; Superfine FLOUR in half barrels; New-England RUM; RUSSIA DUCK, &c. &c. Aug. 18.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE, WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, By Abijah Cheever, At his Store in Middle-street, opposite the Bank,
10 Boxes well assorted China Tea Sets, Few Chests fresh Hyson, Souchong and Bohea TEAS; Loaf and India Sugars. 8 Casks Men's, Women's, & Youth's English Beaver HATS. Men's and Youth's Felt do. 2500 pairs of Women's and Misses' Kid, Morocco, and Cloth SHOES. Men's and Boys Leather and Morocco do. Bras Pedicel Andirons, Shovels, Tongs and Hooks. Bras Handles for doors, &c. All the above articles will be sold on very low terms for cash. Portland, Aug. 18.
TO BE SOLD BY THE SUBSCRIBER, Or Let for a number of years, to build on, PRIVILEGES for ten Saws on Saco River, in the town of Standish, in the county of Cumberland, with Land to accommodate the same, or as will best suit the purchaser. Also, a number of Shares in three Saws now under improvement, with a Grist-Mill. It is a very fine place for young men to carry on business in the country—being 18 miles from Portland, 17 from Saco, 20 from Kennebec, and 16 from Danforth, with good roads to either, which makes it a very good country stand. Also Water and Timber in plenty. Any young Gentleman who wishes to be concerned, will do well to see it himself, as it may be had on reasonable terms. Robert M'Donald. Buxton, August 16.
TO BE SOLD, A FARM, lying in Parsonsfield, containing one hundred and eighty acres of good Land, good Buildings, and an Orchard of one hundred and fifty trees—being a very delightful situation.—Whoever may wish to be furnished with a pleasant seat in the country, may now have one by applying to MOSES MITCHELL, on the premises. Aug. 18
To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas holden at Portland, in and for the County of Cumberland, on the last Tuesday of March, Anno Domini 1800.
THE petition of DANIEL FOX, CHARLES FOX, JOHN FOX, SARAH FOX, CAROLINE FOX, GEORGE FOX, and REBECCA FLEMING FOX, all of said Portland, Minors under the age of twenty-one years, who petition by SARAH FOX of said Portland, widow, their Guardian and next Friend, humbly shews—That your petitioners as heirs to JOHN FOX, late of said Portland, Esq. deceased, are interested in, and stand seized in fee as Tenants in common with some other person or persons to your petitioners unknown, of six acres and one quarter of an acre in, together with one seventh part of, a certain tract or parcel of land, which formerly belonged to JOSHUA BRAMHALL, late of Plymouth in the county of Plymouth, deceased, commonly called and known by the name of Bramhall's Farm, situated in said Portland, and bounded as follows, viz: Northeasterly by land which was lately owned by ANTHONY BRACKET, deceased, and now by WILLIAM VAUGHAN; southeasterly, southerly and southwesterly by the waters of Fore River, northwesterly by a lot of land belonging to the heirs of BENJAMIN LARNABEE, deceased, and by the road leading from Stroudwater to Portland;—and that your petitioners are desirous of holding their said proportion of the above described land in severality. Wherefore your petitioners pray that the same may be divided and set off to them, to hold in severality, agreeably to the laws in that case made and provided. SARAH FOX, Guardian to said Minors. By SALMON CHASE, her Attorney.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland in said County, on the last Tuesday of March, A. D. 1800.
ON the petition of DANIEL FOX and others, praying for partition of Real Estate, whereof the foregoing is a copy—Ordered, That the petitioners cause the several persons interested in said Estate, and living within the State, or the Attorneys of such as are absent, and have Attorneys residing within the State, to be duly notified of said petition by serving them personally with a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at their dwelling house, or last place of abode, or by inserting the substance of the same three weeks successively in one or more of the public Newspapers, that they may have opportunity to make their exception to this Court on the third Tuesday of October next, to the said granting the same. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
The Author of a Work, entitled The Oriental Harmony, TAKES this method to express his sentiment of gratitude to those Gentlemen who have encouraged it by their subscriptions; and informs them, that the encouragement thus given, has brought him to the determination to commit it to the press by the first of next autumn; and to have the book ready for subscribers by the last of that season.
Subscribers may depend upon it, that no pains have been spared to render the work worthy the approbation of all impartial friends to sacred vocal music. ABRAHAM MAXIM. District of Maine, 1800
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss. BY order of the Hon. David Sewall, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Maine— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That a libel is filed in said Court by FRANCIS COOK, Esq. Collector for the District of Wiscasset, against two barrels of SUGAR, and one small bag of COTTON—seized by said Collector for being illegally imported into the United States in the brig Ranger. And that a hearing will be had on said libel at the Court aforesaid, on the first Tuesday of September next, at Pownalborough; at which time and place all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the abovenamed Sugar and Cotton should not be decreed to be forfeited. ISAAC PARKER, Marshal of said District. Portland, 14th August, 1800.
To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, holden at Portland, within and for the County of Cumberland, on the last Tuesday of March, Anno Domini 1800
THE petition of John Muffey of said Portland, merchant; John Philbrick of Standish in said County, yeoman, and Sarah his wife in her right; Esther Muffey of said Standish, single woman; Mary Muffey of said Standish, single woman; Theodore Muffey, Edmund Muffey, and Joseph Muffey, all of said Standish, yeoman; and Daniel How of said Portland, merchant, and Abigail his wife in her right—humbly shews: That your petitioners, as heirs to Benjamin Muffey, late of said Portland, deceased, are interested in, and stand seized in fee as Tenants in common and undivided with some other person or persons to your petitioners unknown, of one moiety or half part of a certain lot or parcel of land and the flats, fronting thereupon, lying in said Portland, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a stake standing in the bank of Fore River at high water mark by the corner of land belonging to the heirs of Thomas Hodgkins, deceased; thence running by the land belonging to said heirs and land belonging to Mr. Henry Dinsdale, and land now occupied by Mr. John Goodwin, to the street that leads from Love-Lane, westerly to the Spring; thence by said street leading to said spring westerly fifteen rods, to land belonging to your petitioners; thence by the land of your petitioners various courses southeasterly, to a stake standing in the bank of Fore River at high water mark, eight rods westerly from the stake first begun at; thence to extend from the two stakes aforesaid, keeping the full width of eight rods, so as to include all the flats fronting on said lot, to the channel of said Fore River. And your petitioners are desirous to hold their said moiety or half part of said lot and flats in severality—Wherefore your petitioners pray that the same may be divided and set off to them to hold in severality, agreeably to the Laws in that case made and provided; and as in duty bound will ever pray. By SALMON CHASE, their Attorney.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland, in said County, on the last Tuesday of March, A. D. 1800.
ON the petition of John Muffey and others, praying for partition of Real Estate, whereof the foregoing is a copy—Ordered, That the petitioners cause the several persons interested in said Estate and living within the State, or the Attorneys of such as are absent, and have Attorneys residing within the State, to be duly notified of said petition by serving them personally with a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at their dwelling house or last place of abode, or by inserting the substance of the same three weeks successively, in one or more of the public newspapers, that they may have opportunity to make their exception to this Court, on the third Tuesday of October next to their granting the same. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
To the Honourable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas holden at New Gloucester, in and for the county of Cumberland, on the first Tuesday of January, Anno Domini 1800.
THE petition of GEORGE TRUNDY of Cape-Elizabeth in said County, Yeoman, as he is Tenant by the Curtesy in the right of Olive Trundy, his wife, late of said Cape-Elizabeth, deceased; Hannah Jordan of said Cape-Elizabeth, widow; William Bickford of Addison in the County of Washington, yeoman; Solomon Jackson of Pejepscot Claim in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, and Sarah his wife in her right; Temperance Jordan of said Pejepscot Claim in the County of Cumberland, widow; and Benjamin Thomas of Long-Island in the County of Hancock, mariner, and Mary his wife in her right—humbly shews: That they are interested in, and are seized in fee, as Tenants in common with some other person or persons to your petitioners unknown, of one ninth part each of certain real estate consisting of upland and marsh, in said Cape-Elizabeth, whereof Robert Jordan, late of said Cape-Elizabeth, deceased seized; and that your petitioners are desirous to hold their said shares in severality—Wherefore they pray that said real estate may be divided and set off to them to hold in severality in the proportion aforesaid, agreeably to the Laws in that case made and provided. By SALMON CHASE, their Attorney.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cumberland, begun and holden at Portland in said county, on the last Tuesday of March, A. D. 1800.
ON the petition of George Trundy and others, whereof the foregoing is a true copy—The Court order, That the petitioners cause notice thereof to be given to all persons interested in the Estate therein mentioned, by publishing said Petition and this Order in 'Jenks' Portland Gazette', three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least thirty days before the next term. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a further time of six months from the date hereof, is allowed by the Judge of Probate for the county of York, to the Creditors to the Estate of Joseph Gilpatrick, Esq. late of Limerick, deceased, to bring in their Claims to the subscribers, Commissioners to said Estate; who will attend that business at his late dwelling house, on the first Monday of July, and the first of the five following months, from three to six o'clock, P. M. John Baker, Samuel Bradbury, Commissioners. Limerick, June 23, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident Proprietors of Land lying in the town of Poland, in the county of Cumberland, that the following Lots are taxed in the State, County and Town Tax, for the year 1799, in the bills committed to me to collect, as follows:—
Table with 7 columns: No. Lot's, No. Acres, Value of Land, State tax, County tax, Town tax, Delinquent tax. It lists tax details for various lots in Poland.
If no person shall appear to discharge said taxes and all necessary intervening charges, on or before Wednesday the twenty-sixth day of November 1800, at 12 o'clock, A. M. so much of the said Lots of Land as will be sufficient to discharge the same will then be sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder, according to Law, at the house of WENTWORTH RICKET, innholder in said Poland. John T. Merrill, Collector. Poland, August 10, 1800.
FRYE POOR, Has just received, and offers for sale, At his STORE in MIDDLE-STREET, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Fresh Goods.
Superfine black & blue Broadcloths, low priced ditto—Superfine Camiseries—Plains, Thicksets, Flannels, Durants, Shalooms, Calimancos, Ruffsels, Janes, Yellow and white Nankins, Dimity, Mullimets, Marveilles Quilting. A large assortment of India Cottons, Calicoes, Ginghams, Sprig'd, frisp'd, spotted and plain Mullins, and Mullin Handkerchiefs, Linens, Cambrics, Modes and Satins, Silk Shawls, Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Laces, Edgings, Threads, Tapes, Ribbons, Galloons, Extra long silk and cotton Gloves, Kid Gloves long and short, Beaver Gloves, Silk, cotton, and worsted Hose, Kid and Morocco Slippers, Steel and Pearl Coat Buttons, Silk and Twill—Gold edged Tea Boards. HARD WARE.
Axes, Adze, Chisels, Gouges, Squares, Coffee Mills, Knob and Ring Locks, Chert, trunk, and desk Locks, Razors, Jack and Pen Knives, Piated and Steel Spurs, Knives and Forks, Stamp Irons, Thumb Latches, Speckles, Hand, fish, and key-hole Saws, Sad Irons, Steel-yards, Hammers, Gambels, Augers, &c. &c. &c. Horse and Chaise Whips, Hollow Ware, Crockery Ware, An assortment of Stone Jugs, Empty Gin Casks, Pipes, Smoking Tobacco, Starch, and Hair-Powder. Brandy, Gin, W. I. Rum, Madeira, Sherry, Lisbon and Port WINES; Hylon, Hyson skin, and Bohea TEAS; Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Nutmegs, Mace, Cassia, Cloves, Allspice, Ginger, Pepper, Mustard, Cayanna, Capers, Anchovies, Box RAISINS, Almonds, Tamarinds, &c. Portland, 11th August, 1800.
Notice is hereby given, TO Retailers of Wines and foreign Distilled SPIRITS, and owners (or keepers) of WHEEL CARRIAGES, in the county of Cumberland, that the subscriber will attend at his Office in Fifth street, Portland, from Monday the Fifteenth to Friday the twenty-sixth day of September next (Sundays excepted) from 9 to 12 o'clock A. M. and from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. of each day, to issue Licences to Retailers, and to receive entries of and duties on Wheel Carriages. EBENEZER MAYO, Collector of the Revenue.
N. B. The penalty for retailing without licence, is Fifty Dollars; and for neglecting to make entry and pay the duties on Wheel Carriages, within sixty days previous to the last day of September, is 25 per cent on the amount of duty.
Licences & Wheel Carriages.
THE Subscriber will attend to grant licences to retail foreign distilled Spirits and Wines, and to receive entries of and the duties payable on Wheel Carriages, at his Office in York, every day in September next (Sundays excepted). It is hoped that no person will be exposed to prosecution as a delinquent relating to the premises. Joseph Tucker, Collector. York, August 17, 1800. for York County.
N. B. The penalty for retailing without licence is Fifty Dollars, and for neglecting to make entry or pay the duties, on Carriages, twenty-five per Cent in addition to the duty.
THEATRE—PORTLAND.
LAST WEEK OF PERFORMANCE.
THIS Evening, Monday August 18, will be presented that much esteemed TRAGEDY (Never performed in Portland) called BUNKER HILL; Or, the Death of General WARREN. "Let the rally-ing word through all the day, be LIBERTY OR DEATH." General Warren—Mr. Harper, Lord Percy—Mr. Usher, General Prescott—Mr. Powell, General Putnam—Mr. Baker, Governor Gage—Mr. Kenny, American Grenadier—Mr. Kidney, And Abercrombie—Mr. Dickenson. Anna—Mrs. Dickenson. And Elvira—Mrs. Powell. BUNKER HILL, with the entrenchments, &c. will be represented, and an actual engagement between the Americans and British troops, the latter in uniform.
To which will be added the favorite Farce, called Preparation for a Cruise; Or, THE PORTLAND SAILOR. Sam Stern—Mr. Dickenson, Binnacle—Mr. Usher, Dick Handball—Mr. Kenny, Ben Block—Mr. Baker, Jack Handball—Mr. Kidney, And Tom Grog (the Portland Sailor, with a Song) Mr. Villers. The curtain will rise precisely a quarter before 8 o'clock. TICKETS to be had at Mr. Cobb's. Boxes 45/—Pit 3/
PROPOSALS, By the PRESIDENT and DIRECTORS of the Maine Fire & Marine Insurance Company, AT THEIR OFFICE IN FISH STREET, PORTLAND, For Insuring Houses, Stores, and other Buildings of all kinds, against Fire.
Rates of annual Premiums for Insurance against FIRE.
1. HOUSES or Stores with brick or stone walls, and slate, tile, lead, copper, or composition roofs, standing separate from other buildings, 75 cents on 100 dollars. 2. Houses or Stores with brick or stone walls, and slate, tile, lead, copper, or composition roofs, connected with other buildings, having brick partition walls of one or more feet above the roof, 80 cents. 3. Houses or Stores with brick or stone walls and wooden roofs, that stand separate from, or connected with other buildings, with brick partition walls of one or more feet above the roof, 85 cents. 4. Houses or Stores with brick or stone walls and wooden roofs, connected with other buildings without brick partition walls, 90 cents. 5. Houses or Stores of wood, or plaster walls, standing separate from other buildings, 95 cents. 6. Houses or Stores of wood, connected with other buildings, 100 cents. Provided, the before-mentioned buildings, are not occupied for any hazardous trade, or for storing any hazardous merchandise, as enumerated in the following article. 7. All buildings occupied, in whole or in part, by any person who shall use or exercise therein the trade of a carpenter, joiner, cooper, tavern-keeper, or inn-holder, stable-keeper, baker, ingarboiler, ropemaker, boat-builder, maltster, brewer, tallow-chandler, apothecary, chemist, oil and colour-man, china-glass, or earthen-ware-seller; or shall be used for storing, or keeping of hemp, flax, tow, pitch, tar, turpentine, resin, undressed lime, saltpetre, sulphur, gunpowder, spirits of turpentine, aqua fortis, spirit of nitre, oil of vitriol, hay, straw, fodder of any kind, corn, un-threshed, oil, wax, or distilled spirits, from 125 to 200 cents, in proportion as the situation and quality of such buildings shall render them more or less hazardous, in the opinion of the Directors. N. B. As circumstances may exist, which will either lessen, or increase the hazards, that come within the first letter of the foregoing rates, the Company, in those cases, reserve the right to fix the premiums accordingly, or to refuse to make the insurance.
CONDITIONS.
1. PERSONS applying for insurance on houses, stores, or other buildings, shall lodge in the office a written declaration, particularizing the town and street, where such buildings are situated, of what materials composed, their dimensions, relative situation, estimated value, and the purposes for which the same are occupied; and not more than three fourths of said value can be insured. 2. No policy will be executed, or hazard commence, until the premium is paid at the office in money. 3. All persons insuring their property at this office, must give notice of any other insurance that is, or shall be made by them, or in their behalf, on said property, otherwise the policy will be void. 4. Insurance will be made on property held by mortgage, lease for years, or life, a remainder, or reversion provided the nature of the tenure be previously specified. 5. No insurance shall be made for a less term than one year; and any person choosing to be insured for seven years, shall be allowed the amount of one year's premium, by way of discount, and for four years, half a year's discount. 6. The company will not be accountable for, or pay any loss, or damage, caused by foreign invasion, civil commotion, or any military or usurped force whatever. 7. All persons insured at this office, sustaining loss or damage by fire, in buildings, shall give immediate notice thereof, in writing to the Company, and deliver into the office within thirty days, as particular an account of such loss or damage, as the nature of the cause will admit, and the full amount thereof, not exceeding the sum insured, shall be paid in thirty days after proof, without deduction, provided the same shall amount to three per cent. on the sum insured. 8. The Company have the right to rebuild, or repair the houses or buildings damaged or destroyed by fire, in lieu of paying the loss in money; provided the same be begun within thirty days after proof of loss, and be finished without any unreasonable delay. 9. No policy shall be binding on the Company if assigned, unless such assignment be allowed by an entry thereof, in the books of the Company. N. B. The Company will receive proposals for insurance, from any of the citizens of the District of Maine. Portland, the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred, Per Order, Joseph Swift, Secretary.
STAMPED PAPER, For Sale at JENKS' BOOK-STORE.

MUSES.
VERNAL LOVE.
Translated from the German of Voss.
THE lark was up, serene the day, The mead in vernal beauty gay; The swelling birds the trees o'ercry'd, The daily read its modest head. I row'd the lake's green margin round, Where late the snow had chill'd the ground, And many a new-born violet found.
ON FANNY's breast the flow'rs were laid: A smile my tender care repaid.
Now here, now there, a shrub was seen, That mark'd the grove with early green. The streamlet, murmur'd down the glade, Renew'd the cresset's deepens'd glade. The mossy bank invites repose: We sat, and caught each melting close Of hapless Philomela's woes.
A simple wreath, her brows to bind, Of varied mofs, my Fair entwind.
Then hand in hand we careless stray'd, Till ev'ning cast a lengthen'd shade. Sweet odours fill'd the breezy air, As bloom'd the primrose fresh and fair. Deep blush'd the sky at day-light's close, The lake with streaming purple glows, And bright the full-orb'd moon arose.
The fal'ring step, the heaving breath, My FANNY's silent joy confest'd.
Her crim'son'd cheek and loose attire, The soft alarms of love inspire. Again we sat, and all reclind, Inhal'd the blossom-scented wind; Nor ought I spoke, nor ought she said; My trembling frame, my tears, betray'd The empire of the peerless Maid.
But, ah! what transports seiz'd my soul, The first dear kiss I fottly stole!
HYMN TO NATURE.
Translated from the German of Stolberg.
HOLY Nature, heav'nly Fair, Lead me with thy parent care; In thy footsteps let me tread, As a willing child is led.
When with care and grief oppress'd, Soft I sink me on thy breast; On thy peaceful bosom laid, Grief shall cease, nor care invade.
O, congenial Pow'r divine, All my votive soul is thine! Lead me with thy parent care, Holy Nature, heav'nly Fair!
Miniature Painting.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland and its neighbourhood, that he practices painting in Miniature, and has taken a room at Mrs. DAVIS's, Free-street, and flatters himself he shall be able to give satisfaction to those who may honour him with their commands in the line of his profession.
N. HANCOCK.
Mr. H. proposes to teach young La- dies and Gentlemen, Drawing, Flower and Landscap Painting in Water Colours, &c. His terms may be known by applying as above.
July 28.
FOR SALE
At JENKS' Book-store, next to the Bank, A general assortment of BOOKS & STATIONARY.
Among which are,
A great variety of Children's Books, Various sized Account Books, Writing and Printing Paper, by the ream or quire,
Best quality Slates, Quills, The New Practical Navigator. Belknap's Psalms and Hymns, at the lowest price—per dozen or single.
Buonaparte's Intercepted Letters.
Blanks of most kinds.
Also—a variety of Morocco Pocket & Memoran- dum Books.
A few handsome Toilet Glasses, may be had at said Book-store.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By CHARLES PIERCE, at Portsmouth, and now for sale at the Bookstore of E. A. JENKS, Portland, (price one dollar, bound and lettered)
JULIA AND THE ILLUMINATED BARON, a novel founded on recent facts, which have transpired in the course of the late re- volution of moral principles in France.
By a Lady of MASSACHUSETTS.
THE above work has passed the ordeal of ritual taste, and is pronounced by the first literary judges to be a composition of sterling merit. Its great object is to expose the horrid consequences of a social and moral nature, which have flowed and still flow from the accursed fountain of French Philosophical ILLUMINISM. It is expected, that all sincere lovers of Galic Morals, otherwise the Puica fides of public and private life, will liberally patronize a volume of this nature.
FOR SALE, By Newhall & Watson, No. 3, LONG-WHARF, A consignment of Fresh India Goods.
VIZ. BFST Bohea, Hyson and Souchong TEAS; 10 Boxes assorted CHINA, Bengal SUGAR of the first quality. ALSO High 4th proof Alicant BRANDY Ruffia, Ravens and Imperial DUCK, RUSSIA SHEETING, IRON, NAIL-RODS and NAIL PLAT S, CABLES and CORDAGE, BOLTS, &c. LOAF SUGAR, SHEATHING PAPER and NAILS, SEWING TWINE.
Portland, July 28.
THE COPARTNERSHIP OF Hussey, Taber & Co.
BEING this day dissolved by mutual agreement, those who have claims against said firm are requested to exhibit them to either of the sub- scribers, at the Store lately occupied by said Company in Fifth-street;—and those indebted are desired to make immediate payment, otherwise they may depend on their Notes and Accounts being lodged in the hands of an attorney for collection.
SAMUEL F. HUSSEY, JOHN TABER, ISAIAH HACKER.
Portland, 8th Mo. 2d, 1800.
TO BE SOLD,
Or exchanged for a Farm near Boston, THE Seat of Mr. HENRY SCOTT, deceased, near the Meeting house in Lunenburg 43 miles from Boston, a beautiful situation; consisting of a large, airy and convenient House—a spacious Gar- den, well enclosed with a board fence, and stored with a variety of fruit trees and flowering shrubs—a large new Barn, and other out-buildings; 30 acres of excel- lent Land near the house, and 40 acres of good Wood Land two miles distant.
The lowness of the price, which is £. 750, is particularized as an inducement to any per- son wishing to purchase so eligible a situation.
ALSO.
A FARM in the north part of said town, containing Fifty Acres good Land, with a House new Barn, and good Orchard, and twenty acres Wood Land, for £. 500. Apply to Capt. JOHN LITTLE in said Lunenburg, or inquire of EDWARD GRAY, Esq. Court-Street, Boston.
June 23, 1800.
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QUESTIONS
To Merchants, Store-keepers, and Tradesmen in general, &c.
1st. PRAY Gentlemen, is a perfect Standard of Discount, or Interest, calculated on every Dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2,000, from one day to sixty-four days inclusive, at six per cent. with Notes for 5, 7 and 8 per cent. of any value, whether used as a Standard, or as a check upon the enquirers' own calculations?
2d. Is it of any importance to know the best meth- ods of computing the exchanges, between this country and the principal maritime trading place in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Prussia, Po- land, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portu- gal, Italy, in several of the Windward and Lee- ward West-India Islands, and many ports in the East Indies?
3d. Is a Table of all the Coins and Monies of Account, in the places aforesaid, of any use?
4th. Are the Coins and Monies of account in the aforesaid places, when reduced to Dollars and Cents, of any service?
5th. Is a Table of Compound Interest of any utility?
6th. Is the Table by which the Banks determine the value of gold, desirable?
7th. Is the amount of Interest, accurately calcu- lated for each month from one to twelve month and on every Dollar (without exception) from 1 to 2,000, of any value?
8th. Is a Table of all the post-towns in the Uni- ted States, and rates of postage therewith, of any use?
9th. Will not all these together make a book, as generally useful and convenient as ever entered a counting-house or store?
10th. Will not the whole, when comprized in a quarto volume of from 200 to 225 pages, be worth Two Dollars?
And lastly, is the person, who at the expence of FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS undertakes to perform adwards of one hundred and sixty thousand calculations of Interest, and of giving all the preceding information to the public in the most complete manner, des- erving of your ENCOURAGEMENT and SUPPORT?
If the answer is in the affirmative, you are indi- vidually and respectfully invited to subscribe in one of the Specimen Books, exhibited at the Insurance Office, at Mr. Motley's Tavern, at Mr. Symmes's Office, and at E. A. Jenks's Book-store, in Port- land—Also, at the Post-Office in Wiscasset.
It is proper to state, that the work will not be executed, unless fifteen hundred subscribers are ob- tained; for Four Thousand Dollars is too much to hazard.
NOTHING IS TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE, neither will it be expected of subscribers to take the work when published, if it is not delivered rigor- ously conformable to my agreements with the pub- lic, expressed in the conditions annexed to the Speci- men Books, each of which consists of six detached pages of the work.
I am, with great respect Gentlemen,
Your humble servant,
JOHN ROWLETT,
Accountant, Bank of North America.
POSTSCRIPT.—THE WORK IS DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, to the President and Directors of the Bank of North America, and has already received the patronage of JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States; of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice- President of the United States, and President of the Senate; of a large number of the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States; and of the Presidents and Directors of the different Banks UNANIMOUSLY. The Speci- men Book in the Bank of North America, is filling very fast with subscriptions, SOME FOR 2 COPIES, SOME FOR 3 COPIES, AND SOME FOR 5 COPIES, and I take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging all favour.
Copy right secured according to act of Congress, on 31th. Jan 1800.
A Common Sewer
IS wanted from the head of Fifth- Street to near Chub Lane, in Portland, to be made with Stone.—If any person would undertake to sink one by the job, he is desired to give in his proposal to Samuel Freeman, Chairman of the Selectmen.
August 4.
August 4.
TO BE LET, Part of a Dwelling-House, in this town, convenient for a small family.
ALSO—FOR SALE,
A QUADRANT and SPY-GLASS.
Inquire of the Printer.
August 4.
BEEF Inspection.
THE undersigned having been ap- pointed Inspector General of BEEF, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreeably to the "Act to regulate the Inspection of Beef," passed the 4th March last, and having qualified in due form publishes the following sections of said act, for the information of his fellow-citizens:—
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That no Beef which shall be killed after the first day of September next, shall be packed or repacked in barrels or half barrels, for ex- portation, unless it be of fat Cattle, not under three years old; that all such Beef shall be cut into pieces, as nearly square as may be, and which in size shall not exceed eight pounds weight, nor be less than four pounds weight—That all Beef which the Inspector or Deputy Inspector shall find, on examination, to have been killed at a proper age, to be fat, and otherwise good and merchantable, shall be sorted and divided by him into four different sorts, for packing or repacking, into bar- rels or half barrels, to be denominated Mess Beef , Cargo No. 1, Cargo No. 2 , and Refuse . Mess Beef shall consist of the choice pieces of Oxen or Steers, well fatted and weighing six hundred pounds and upwards; the shin, shoulder, clod, and neck shall be taken from the fore quarters, and the legs and leg raud from the hind quar- ters; and each barrel and half barrel, containing Beef of this description, shall be branded on one of the heads with the words Mess Beef . Cargo No. 1 , shall consist of choice pieces of Oxen, Steers, Cows and Heif- ers, not under four hundred pounds weight, and to average five hundred and twenty pounds weight, with- out any necks or shanks. On one head of such barrel or half barrel, containing Beef of this description, shall be branded Cargo No. 1 . Cargo No. 2 , shall consist of fat cattle of all descriptions not before mentioned, of three years old and upwards (Bulls excepted) with not more than half a neck, and three shanks, and without any hucks; each barrel and half barrel of which shall be branded Cargo No. 2 . All other parts of cattle that are not above described, which shall be packed or re- packed for exportation (including Bulls) shall be brand- ed on one head Refuse . And every barrel of Beef shall be well salted with 75 pounds of clean St. Ubes, Isle of May, Lisbon or Turk's Island Salt, or eighty pounds of coarse Liverpool Salt, or other Salt of equal quality, exclusive of a pickle of fresh water, as strong as salt will make it; and to each barrel of Beef of the three first sorts, shall be added four ounces of Saltpetre; and each half barrel of Beef shall be salted with one half the quantity of salt abovementioned, and two ounces of saltpetre.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of September next, every barrel and half-bar- rel in which Beef shall be packed or repacked for ex- portation, shall be made of good seasonable white oak or whi'e ash staves and heading, free from any defect, each barrel shall contain two hundred pounds weight of Beef; the barrel to measure sixteen inches and an half between the chimes, and to be twenty eight inches long, to be covered three fourths of the length with good oak, ash or walnut hoops, leaving one fourth in the centre; the heads made of a proper thickness, the hoops to be well set and drove together, the half bar- rels to contain not less than fifteen gallons, to be hoop- ed in the same manner as the whole barrels.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That every barrel and half barrel, in which Beef is packed or repacked for exportation, shall be branded with the first letter of the christian name and surname at length of the Inspector who has inspected the same, with the name of the town where it was inspected, in legible letters, with the ad- dition of MASS. (for Massachusetts.) And every bar- rel and half barrel of Beef of the three first sorts, shall also be branded with the name of the person for whom the Beef is packed.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall intermix take out or shift any Beef, out of any Beef inspected or branded as by this act is required, or put in any other Beef for sale or exportation, contrary to the intention of this act, the person or persons so offending, shall, for each and every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall prevent the exportation of rounds of Beef, kegs or tubs, as is now practiced: Provided however, That the name of the owner, and the town where he resides, shall be branded on the head of each keg or tub, under the penalty of one dollar for each keg or tub not branded.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall export, or ship for exportation, out of this Commonwealth, any salted Beef, not inspected and branded as by this act directed, every such exporter or shipper, and the master of every vessel having on board such uninspected Beef, shall, on conviction, re- spectively forfeit and pay the sums following: The own- er or exporter shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, and the master of every vessel having the same on board the sum of two dollars, for every cask exported or ship- ped for exportation.
Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to affect the exportation of any Beef that shall be duly inspected before the said first day of September, agreeable to the Laws now in force.
The Inspector also gives Notice— That he will attend the duties of his Office, on Spear's Wharf, in Boston, a few rods East of Faneuil-Hall Mar- ket, to receive communications from persons who wish to be deputized under said act, and informs them, that substantial recommendations will be considered pre- requisite; and no person will be allowed to inspect his own Beef. He calls the attention of all dealers in packed Beef for exportation (as it will be for their own interest as well as convenience) strictly to conform to the law, as to the casks, that they be well made, and of the best materials; salt and salt-petre to be used of the best quality, and that the Beef be cut in the neatest manner, and of a proper size. As the Inspector conceives the due execution of this Law, at first will materially subserve the interest and reputation of this Commonwealth, agriculturally and commercially, he is determined nothing shall be wanting on his part, that is within the compass of his abilities to accomplish the end and design of the Law; and he pledges himself to give every aid in his power to all concerned in or out of office, for the same purpose.
STEPHEN BRUCE.
Who has large and convenient Stores for the reception of Beef, on reasonable terms. And where SALT-PETRE of the very best quality can be purchased.
Boston, July 24, 1800.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
BY order of the Hon. DAVID SEW- ALL, Esq. Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine,
Notice is hereby given, that a libel is filed in said Court by NATHANIEL F. FOSDICK, Esq. Collector of the District of Portland and Falmouth, against the BOAT JACK, of about 14 tons burthen, her tackle, apparel and furniture—the same having been seized by said Collector for a breach of the reve- nue laws of the United States.
Also that another libel is filed in said Court, by said Collector, against forty-five bags of COFFEE—seized by said Collector for being landed in violation of the revenue laws of the United States.
Also that a libel is filed in said Court by JEREMIAH HILL, Esquire, Collector of the District of Biddeford, against the SCHOONER SALLY, bur- then about one hundred and six tons, her tackle appar- el, furniture and appurtenances—the same having been seized by said Collector for a violation of the revenue laws of the United States.
A hearing will be had on the afore- said several libels, by the said Judge, at the District Court next to be held at Pewabicorough , for and with- in the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday of Sep- tember next; at which time and place all persons in- terested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why any of the above libelled articles should not be decreed forfeited.
Isaac Parker, Marshal
Portland, 2d August, 1800.
of Maine.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, On Monday the 15th day of December next, A Certain piece of excellent Wood LAND, containing one hundred and twen- ty acres (mostly white oak) lying in the town of Biddeford, about three miles from Saco falls.— Said Land will be sold at the house of Joseph BEAL, living in said town. The land may be seen any time previous to the day of sale, by applying to the said JOSEPH BEAL.
Simeon Beal.
S. Berborough, July 10, 1800.
Probate Courts Altered.
NOTICE is hereby given, That af- ter the month of August next, the PROBATE COURTS for the county of Cumberland will be held at the Register's Office in Portland, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
By order of the Judge. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Register. (19 th )
July 15, 1800.
Public Notice is hereby given,
THAT the Subscribers are appoint- ed Commissioners by the Hon. JONATHAN BOW- MAN, Esq. Judge of Probate, &c. for the county of Lin- coln, to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors to the Estate of
THOMAS DENHAM,
late of Bowdoinham , in said county of Lincoln, Gentle- man, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months being allowed for that purpose, we shall attend to receive said claims, at the dwelling house of Capt. THOMAS HAR- WARD, Inholder in said Bowdoinham, on the second Wednesday of June next, and on the first Wednesday of the five following months, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, on said days.
NATHANIEL THWING, } Commis- STEPHEN WHITMORE, } sioners.
Woolwich, May 28th, 1800.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, That having been duly appointed Ad- ministrator upon the Estate of THOMAS MORSE, late of Portland in the county of Cumberland, mar- iner, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs:—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceas- ed's estate to make immediate payment: and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to
Edmund C. Delano.
Northyarmouth, July 15, 1800.
WANTED, a quantity of HOPS.
For which CASH and the highest price will be given Inquire of GEORGE NEWELL, near the head of Union Wharf. Portland, July 27, 1800.
FOR SALE,
At No. 13, LONG WHARF, 200 casks Thomaston Lime. Portland, August 4.
Found—A silver Seal,
With a Cypher—The owner may have it by apply- ing at this Office, and paying for advertising. July 27.
Wanted to Hire, immediately, A Dwelling-House.
Inquire of the Printer. July 27.
FOR SALE,
A second hand Chaise. Inquire of the Printer. July 28.
STOLEN or Strayed from the door of Mr. Joseph CAGLE's store, Fore-street, Portland, on the 17th inst. a black HORSE, with a white stripe on his forehead, half-hipped, about 12 years old. Whoever will give information of said Horse to the Subscriber at Coburn , so that he may have him again, shall be well rewarded.
Enoch Hamblen.
July 28.
THIS GAZETTE,
IS published every Monday at E. A. JENKS' OFFICE, next door to the PORTLAND BANK, Middle-Street, where Subscriptions, Advertisements, and Communications are received with attention.
The price is ONE DOLLAR & FIFTY CENTS per year, Exclusive of Postage. 3 / 4 Punctual payment as requested. The extensive and rapidly increasing circulation of the Gazette, renders it highly advantageous for ADVERTISE- MENTS, which will be inserted reasonably, and in a spacious manner.