Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1801-12-07 00:00:00

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JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS PUBLISHER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
NUMBER 189.]
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1801.
[VOLUME IV.]
A DESCRIPTION OF LISBON.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
WHAT remains of the old town gives no reasonable idea of what it was before the earthquake in 1755. The streets being narrow, winding and dirty. In planning the new town, care has been taken to preclude many of the inconveniences of the old: the lots mentioned seem to have been less attended to than the others; but the new built houses are larger, the streets wider, and more regular than those of the old; and in various places they lead into squares, of which the old town was destitute. The most extensive and most magnificent square is one, the sides of which are formed by the palace of the Inquisition: it would be thought the most agreeable spot, if the mind were capable of any agreeable idea while in contemplation of that building.
By raising the ground where it was too low, and levelling it where it was too high, the rapid ascent and descent of the streets, so fatiguing to the old town are diminished in the new.
Some of the most disgusting customs, that are the source of the nastiness with which the streets of Lisbon are covered, still continue. Boys may protect the feet of the pedestrian from the filth of the streets, but it is necessary to be in a close carriage to have the head equally secure from that which is thrown from the windows.
The lanes and narrow streets are never clean; in consequence of which, some are almost entirely choked up; the other streets would be left to the same fate, were it not absolutely necessary to clean them previous to the ceremony of processions.
Several of the streets, though planned are not entirely built, many vacancies are still to be seen.
The houses in general, previous to the earthquake, had the melancholy appearance of prisons with small windows very often without glass, from which those within could see the passengers in the streets, but could not be seen by them; on this account they are called Zebbas or Jealousies, their peculiar structure being supposed to have originated from the jealousy of husbands. Indeed, they are in some respects emblematic of that passion, as it formerly manifested itself among the Spaniards and Portuguese, and still appears among the Turks, who seem to pay no regard to the inclinations of their women, provided they can, by walls and locks, and eunuchs secure their persons to themselves. So the contrivers of these zeolias seem to have had no objections to their wives contemplating the passengers in the streets, provided no passengers in the street could obtain a single peep at them. Yet surely a man of but a moderate share of refinement or delicacy, could have little enjoyment in a woman, whom he holds by constraint only, and whose heart he knows to be with another.
The houses since the year 1755, and particularly those lately built, have large and convenient windows, and are in general four or five stories in height.
There are no agreeable public walks belonging to Lisbon, though no spot in Europe unites so many requisites for forming an extensive and delightful walk as the banks of the Tagus near that city; a scheme for this purpose was once in agitation, but it was dropped on account of the strange indifference of the inhabitants for so desirable an object.
In the day of jealousy the women were not permitted to go to public walks, which of course were not much frequented by the men, and now when there is less jealousy, and the constraint is in a measure removed, the habit of keeping within doors continues with both sexes.
The Portuguese women are extremely indolent; their staying so much at home does not proceed from attention to their domestic concerns; their chief employment and common amusement, is sitting at the window, beholding the passengers, who are now permitted to behold them also.
There is a great number of domestics in the usual establishment of a family in tolerable circumstances at Lisbon: those domestics are poorly paid, tawdrily clothed, scantily fed, and as insolent as in other countries.
That the Portuguese should entertain a full party of servants is the more surprising, because a great number of officers are employed by the commandant of Police at Lisbon, and there is reason to fear that some of those very servants are engaged for that infamous purpose. Were it the object of a government to vitiate the national character and depress the national spirit, it could not use a more effectual means than by encouraging and rewarding domestic spies, the insidious consequence of which is to tear asunder all the bonds of mutual confidence among men, to spread distrust, hatred, and terror into every breast, to make men tremble at the sight of the most substantial agent, to render them unhappy, and to deprive them of every claim to be otherwise.
In spite of many natural advantages, it is certain that by the debasing influence of despotism, and the most abject superstition, Portugal has degenerated into one of the weakest kingdoms in Europe. The common people seem to be more oppressed and miserable than in any other
country, their misery is apparent in their dejected looks, and in their meagre bodies, covered with rags and nastiness. Those willing to work are not sufficiently paid for their labor to maintain them; many of them are kept from starving by soups, chiefly consisting of the washing of the plates of convents after the monks have dined. Is it then surprising that they thieve, rob, and sometimes assassinate?
The influence of the monks (for the secular clergy are less in estimation) is greater in Portugal than in any Roman Catholic country in Europe. It is asserted that there are not many families in Lisbon of which some monk or other has not the chief direction.
Religious processions form the grand and most interesting amusement of the inhabitants of Lisbon; and few things convey a stronger presumption of the insipidity of their usual style of life, than their finding any amusement in those dreary spectacles, consists of a multitude of men of all conditions, dressed in robes of different colours, with a white stick in each of their hands, slowly following the statue of some Saint, with bands of music at intervals, and the whole closed by the Monks, of whom the foregoing Saint is the Patron.
Yet to those ceremonies the inhabitants of Lisbon flock in crowds, and behold them with admiration. The ladies in particular spend several days previous to such solemnities in preparing their richest attire.
There is little variety at Lisbon: one week is like the whole year, and the whole year like the first week. I do not believe the Portuguese themselves could support such uniformity were it not for their religious ceremonies.
Religion seems to be a necessary to mankind as water; the purest of both is the most salutary; yet in that state, neither pleases the vulgar palate. In all ages, mankind have been fond of adulterating both with foreign ingredients: those ingredients are of an innoxiously quality, which perverts their beneficial nature, heats men's brains, renders them quarrelsome, sometimes furious, and makes that which was intended as a blessing operate as a curse.
A TRAVELLER.
Beautiful description of the different ways in which the man of talent, and the man without, are employed in the same circumstances.
THEY are obliged, let us suppose, to walk from Temple Bar to Hyde Park Corner. The dull man goes straight forward; he has so many furlongs to traverse. He observes if he meets any of his acquaintance: he inquires respecting their health and their family. He glances perhaps the shops as he passes; he admires the fashion of a buckle, and the metal of a tea urn. His experiences any flights of fancy, they are of a short extent; of the same nature as the flights of a forest bird, clipped of his wings, and condemned to pass the rest of his life in a farm yard. On the other hand the man of talents gives full scope to his imagination. He laughs and cries. Un indebted to the suggestions of surrounding objects, his whole soul is employed. He enters into wise calculations; he deduces sagacious reasoning. In imagination he declaims or describes, impressed with the deepest sympathy, or elevated to the loftiest rapture. He makes a thousand new and admirable combinations. He passes thro' a thousand imaginary scenes, tries his courage, risks his ingenuity, and thus becomes gradually prepared to meet almost any of the many colored events of human life. He consults by the aid of memory, the books he has read, and projects others for the future instruction and delight of mankind. If he observe the passengers, he reads their countenances, conjectures their past history, and forms a superficial notion of their wisdom or folly, their virtue or vice, their satisfaction or misery. If he observes the scenes that occur, it is with the eye of a connoisseur or an artist. Every object is capable of suggesting to him a volume of reflections. The time of these two persons in one respect resembles; it has brought them to Hyde Park Corner. In almost every other respect it is dissimilar.
EFFECTS OF PEACE.
From a New-York Paper.
Few events in the progress of Society, occasions greater agitation in the public mind, or more extensive changes in the state of property, than the cessation of war. These changes, from the extent and duration of the war now closed, will be more considerable than those which have been experienced on former occasions; and, although the whole mass of people in America are to feel the effects, yet the first and more immediate impression is made on the merchants. The general effect, every man of observation and reflection, can easily foresee; but the details and the degree of change, are not so readily ascertained.
It is an obvious remark, that the close of a war, withdraws a large part of the freighting business from a neutral country - of course renders a part of its shipping useless. But the expectation of losing their shipping, should not induce the merchants to make precipitate sacrifices of their property. About the same quantity
of shipping is always wanting among the merchants of all countries, considered as a body or society; and, although a war may drive business from one nation to another, yet peace removes the pressure, and business returns to its equilibrium.
The nations which have lost their shipping or withdrawn navigation, will resume it; and as they cannot supply themselves from their own ship yards, they must resort to foreigners, and purchase shipping for temporary exigencies. France, Spain, and Holland, will doubtless be purchasers of foreign ships, especially France; and the American merchant will find good markets abroad, for ships that would not bring two thirds their value at home.
As our merchants will lose much of their freighting business, so their markets will be essentially varied. Great Britain will immediately be able to supply her own islands with salt provisions, from the government stores on hand, which will be sold at auction. Our trade to her islands will resume its limited course, which will essentially affect the price of beef, pork, butter, and a number of smaller articles. Flour will feel a similar change. But the precise degree of reduction in the price will not be immediately settled - much depends on the supplies sent, from Europe to the West Indies.
The business of the Mediterranean, as far as regards the purchase and sale of commodities, will not be varied in the same degree, as the West India trade, except to Gibraltar, which will probably be greatly reduced.
The India trade will continue; but probably the British shipping in the eastern seas, will take from us some valuable freights.
The whale fishery, which was, in a great measure, discontinued by the interruption of our trade to France, will again revive; provided France should not impose heavy duties on the importation of oil. The cod fishery cannot be essentially affected.
Some of our staple commodities, though they may suffer a temporary variation, will not ultimately fail of a market as good as usual. Pot and pearl ashes, and Cotton, are so necessary to the support of the British manufactures, that the demand cannot be greatly lessened. Indeed, the dry good trade will remain nearly as usual, while the consumption is regular; some reduction of which may be calculated on, from the fall of our produce, and the consequent scarcity of cash. Tobacco may take a rise.
In proportion as the want of foreign markets shall reduce the price of labor, will be the reduction of lands, mechanical occupations and productions. This reduction cannot be less than from 25 to 50 per cent. - At the same time, expenses of all kinds being diminished people will find the means of subsistence nearly as easy as before. - Salary men will be greatly relieved.
What an awful lesson does the termination of the dreadful conflict in Europe, exhibit to the nations of the earth! It had its origin in the diabolical caverns of the illuminati, with whom it was a dogma - that "the end justifies the means." They exercised "their holy right of insurrection" to recover "Liberty and the long lost rights of man." The savage rulers of France proclaimed "Peace to the cottages of the poor - War to the mansions of the rich." With these instructions their ferocious and unrelenting hordes have caused more misery, and have displayed more desperate wickedness, than any of the wars which have in modern times, disgraced and afflicted man. And what have the people of France gained by the dire convolution? They have become illuminated - they have enlarged their territory - and have exchanged the word Kingdom for that of Republic . But does their illumination make them more happy? Will the acquisition of territory add to the wealth of the deluded individuals? Is their Republic less despotic than the government of Louis the sixteenth? Is its administration more humane? Does it afford greater security to the lives, to the liberties, and to the property of the inhabitants? In short - Are the advantages of such a nature as to atone for the blood and treasure which they have so wantonly sacrificed? [Philad. pap.]
From the New-York Commercial Advertiser.
NUMBER VIII.
To the PRESIDENT of the United States.
SIR, THE extreme danger and absurdity of thus admitting an adherence to a sect or party, to be the ground qualification for office, cannot escape the observation of the most superficial statesman. The supreme magistrate should know no such distinctions, and never take them into consideration, unless in cases where attachments to foreigners or enemies, might be supposed to endanger the fidelity of an officer in a particular department. Thus it might not be expedient to employ a man, known to be partial to Great Britain or France, in a negotiation with either nation - as a strong predilection or prejudice might give an undue bias to his judgment. But such an attachment might be no disqualification for a Collector, a Surveyor, or a clerk.
If the principle, however, should be admitted, and the precedent established, that adherence to a particular party, qualifies for office, it will open a flood-gate of iniquity, and perpetual contention. One party will hold together no longer than while the offices are ob-
tained and distributed - the disappointed will then form a new sect, and begin a fresh scramble for power and office - the principle which has brought you into power, will as certainly displace you - and loyalty will be converted into a bevy of hungry office-seekers; displacing and displaced in endless rotation.
But instability in government is not the worst consequence resulting from the principle. It leads directly to corruption in elections; thus poisoning the body politic; disorganizing its functions; and eradicating the only vigorous principle of republics.
What is the language addressed to the people on this occasion? It is this: A candidate for the Chief Magistracy publishes to the electors, that when he obtains the place, he will reward his party or supporters with the emoluments of government. The effect of the principle is, that all the offices in the gift of the President, with emoluments amounting to an annual sum of half a million of dollars, become so many bribes in the hands of a candidate, to secure his election. And they are mischievous weapons in the hand of unprincipled demagogues only, as the wisest and best citizens will never use them. Sorry I am to see that this system of proselytism has been begun by your friends. Yes, Sir, lucrative offices were promised, I do not say by you; but your friends avow that some of the best offices were pledged to particular persons, for their services in promoting your election, long before the 4th of March last. The mischiefs proceeding from this principle, which you have publicly avowed, are incalculable. And I am not a little surprised that you, Sir, with all your mathematical talents, should overlook the immense influence that half a million dollars of annual revenue, would purchase, to remove you from your seat. You could not surely suppose that your friends were the only men who could wield these weapons; or that men who had abandoned the standard of your predecessor, in hopes of an increased stipend, and more glory, would not also desert you, when impelled by disappointment, or ajured by a repetition of splendid promises.
No, Sir; short sighted indeed must you be if you suppose that other candidates for power will neglect the weapons with which you have successfully attacked your predecessors. And these weapons, like all others, grow familiar by use. Dexterity is acquired by practice; and altho' in cases of conscience, "nemo repentinus turpissimus," yet a few years practice is found sufficient to ripen the awkward tyro into a dexterous artist in villainy.
And was this the spirit and intention of the clause of the constitution, which assigns to the President the power of filling vacancies, that may happen during the recess of the Senate? Shameless perversion of that sacred instrument of national compact! Shameless prostitution of the powers of government! No, Sir, such a construction never occurred to the enlightened framers of that instrument. It was reserved for your party of pretended republicans, to convert the powers lodged in the Executive into an engine of corruption, and to degrade the bestowment of offices - a high prerogative intended to enable the Chief Magistrate to execute the public will for the public welfare, with integrity, and dignity, into an instrument of private ambition - which like a tennis ball, is to be bandied about among unprincipled scoundrels for power.
And where is the government that can stand against the current of factions which must flow from this inexhaustible source? Half a million of dollars, all the offices of an empire, offered as bribes to tempt men to assail and displace the existing President! Where are the ramparts which will prove impregnable to the formidable hosts of assailants, which such vast and splendid prizes will collect round the standard of fearless and desperate commanders? If there is a mode of destroying a republic, which is more expeditious and effectual, than any yet devised by the ingenuity of man, your principle, Sir, of distributing offices among the exiling sects in politics, in some sanctified proportion to their numbers, is precisely that mode. Other modes operate upon remote and less essential parts of the body politic; yours, penetrates to the seat of life the heart and brain, and by paralyzing the energy of the vital principal, the vis vis of the body, leaves the body a morbid, cadaverous carcass. - Never, Sir, shall we see that restoration of harmony, which you invite us to cultivate, while the emoluments of government are held forth as bribes to faction! Never will government want opponents, while the offices of government, are exposed at auction, and offered to the highest bidders in clamour against the existing administration!
Is it possible, Sir, that these consequences never once occurred in contemplation to the view of your philosophical mind! Does your acquaintance with history furnish an instance of a similar principle reduced to practice? If these observations bear the marks of unusual earnestness, my apology is at hand. You, Sir, boast of your ardent attachment to republican principles. If you are sincere, which I am not inclined to dispute, do not stumble in the threshold of your administration. Examine well the tendency of the principles by which you intend to regulate your measures; and, do not establish precedents which are hereafter to shake, not only you, but your successors from the supreme seat in the government - and tend directly and rapidly to subvert the whole fabric of the Constitution.
Latest Foreign News.
By arrivals at Baltimore and Philadelphia - London dates to October 12.
Of Egypt.
LONDON, OCT. 9.
The official Gazette of Saturday confirms the account of Menou having offered to capitulate for the surrender of Alexandria. The three days allowed for settling the terms has not expired, when the messenger was sent off by Gen. Hutchinson.
Of Turkey.
BERLIN, SEPT. 14.
The disturbances at Belgrade, have happily appeased, and the affair has unexpectedly taken a favorable turn for the Porte. Before the old Janissaries had an opportunity of delivering up the fortress to Pasha Osman Pasha, a courier arrived at Belgrade from Constantinople, by which the Grand Seigneur restored the old Janissaries to all their former privileges. This gave much satisfaction, that immediately after its publication the Janissaries set the Pasha of Belgrade at liberty, submitted to his orders, and returned to their allegiance to the Grand Seigneur. In consequence of this change, a great quantity of Turkish goods have arrived from Salonichi, which had been detained at Belgrade, and tomorrow the commodities which had long lain here on account of the troubles in Turkey will be forwarded at Belgrade, and thence to Constantinople.

LONDON, OCT. 12. YESTERDAY Paris papers to the 7th were received. In the list of ships which brought them, came Citizen Lauriston, a-de-camp of Bonaparte with the ratification of the Preliminaries on the part of the First Consul.
A London Gazette Extraordinary was immediately issued, announcing the exchange of Ratifications; the park and tower guns were fired; and the general exultation was unbounded.
Oct. 11. Lord HAWKESBURY this day sent the following note
To the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Downing Street, Oct. 10, 1801. "MY LORD—I have the satisfaction to inform your Lordship, that Gen. Lauriston arrived in town this morning, with the ratification of the Preliminaries of Peace, signed the 1st inst. The ratification of the two governments has this afternoon been exchanged between M. Otto and myself. (Signed) "HAWKESBURY."
We give the following as a correct copy of the Preliminaries of Peace, Between his Britannic Majesty, and the French Republic signed at London, Oct. 1, 1801.
HIS MAJESTY the King of the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, being animated with an equal desire of putting a stop to the calamities of a destructive war, and to re-establish harmony and good understanding between the two nations, have appointed for that purpose, viz. his Britannic Majesty, ROBERT BANKS (JENKINSON) Esq. (commonly called Lord Hawkesbury) one of the Members of his Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, and principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, Citizen LOUIS WILLIAM OTTO, Commissary for the exchange of French prisoners, in England—who, after duly exchanging their full powers in proper form, have agreed upon the following preliminary articles:—
ARTICLE I. As soon as the preliminaries shall have been signed and ratified, sincere friendship shall be re-established between his Britannic Majesty and the French Republic by sea and land in every part of the world, and that all hostilities may immediately cease between them and their allies respectively, orders shall be transmitted accordingly to the sea and land forces with the utmost dispatch; each of the contracting parties engaging to give the necessary passports and facilities to accelerate the arrival of the said orders, and to ensure their execution. It is further agreed upon, that all conquests which may be made on the part of one, or the other of the contracting parties, from either of them or their allies, after the ratification of the present preliminaries, shall be regarded as void, and shall be faithfully included in the restitution which are to take place after the ratification of the definitive treaty.
II. His Britannic Majesty shall restore to the French Republic and to her allies, namely, to his Catholic Majesty, and the Batavian Republic, all the possessions and colonies occupied or conquered by the English forces in the course of the present war, with the exception of the Island of Trinidad, and the Dutch possessions in the Island of Ceylon, of which islands and possessions his Britannic Majesty reserves to himself the complete and entire sovereignty.
III. The port of the Cape of Good Hope shall be open to the commerce and navigation of the two contracting parties, who shall therein enjoy the same advantages.
IV. The island of Malta, with its dependencies, shall be evacuated by the English troops, and restored to the order of St. John of Jerusalem. To secure the absolute independence of the island upon the one or the other of the contracting parties, it shall be placed under the guarantee and protection of a third power, to be determined by the definitive treaty.
V. Egypt shall be restored to the Sublime Porte, the territory and possessions of which shall be maintained entire as they were before the present war.
VI. The territories and possessions of her faithful Majesty shall also be maintained entire.
VII. The French troops shall evacuate the kingdom of Naples and the Roman State. The English forces shall likewise evacuate Porto Ferrajo, and generally all the ports and islands which they occupy in the Mediterranean or Adriatic seas.
VIII. The Republic of the Seven United Islands shall be recognized by the French Republic.
IX. The evacuations, restitutions, and restitutions, stipulated by the present preliminary articles, shall be carried into execution, in Europe within one month; on the continent and seas of Africa and America in three months; and on the continent and seas of Asia in six months after the ratification of the definitive treaty.
X. The respective prisoners shall immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the definitive treaty be restored in a body, and without ransom, on the reciprocal payment of the private debts which they may have contracted.
Differences having arisen respecting the payment of the subsistence of the prisoners of war, the contracting powers reserve the right of deciding this question by the definitive treaty, according to the law of nations and the principles sanctioned by common usage.
XI. In order to prevent all subjects of complaint and litigation, which might arise on account of prizes made at sea after the signing of the preliminary articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that the vessels and effects which may be taken in the Channel, and in the seas of the north, after the space of 12 days, the date from the exchange of the ratification of the present preliminary articles, shall be restored on each party; that the term shall be one month from the Channel and the seas of the north, as far as the Canary Islands inclusive, whether in the ocean or the Mediterranean; of two months from the said Canary Islands as far as the Equator; and finally, of five months in all the other parts of the world, without any exception or any other distinction more particular with respect to time and place.
XII. All the sequestrations laid on the one part or the other on the funds, revenues, and debts, or whatever kind they may be, belonging to one of the contracting powers, or to its citizens or subjects, shall be taken off immediately after the signing of the definitive treaty.
The decision of all claims between the individuals of both nations respecting all debts, property, effects, or rights whatsoever, which in conformity to the acknowledged usages and rights of nations shall be forthcoming at the epocha of peace shall be referred to the competent tribunals, and in these cases prompt and complete justice shall be done, where such claims shall be respectively made. It is agreed that the present article shall, immediately after the ratification of the definitive treaty, be applied by the contracting powers to the respective allies and individuals of their nations, under the condition of just reciprocity.
XIII. With respect to the fisheries on the coast of Newfoundland, and the adjacent islands and in the gulf of St. Lawrence, the two powers are agreed to replace them on the same footing upon which they were before the present war, reserving to themselves the right of making, by the definitive treaty, such arrangements as may appear just and reciprocally useful, in order to place the fisheries of both nations in the most proper state for the maintenance of peace.
XIV. In all cases of restitution agreed to by the present treaty, the fortifications shall be restored in the state in which they are at the moment of the signing of
the present treaty and all the fortifications constructed since the occupation of them shall remain entire.
It is further agreed that in all the cases of concessions stipulated in the present treaty, a term of three years, to date from the ratification of the treaty of definitive peace, shall be allowed to the inhabitants, of whatever description or rank they may be, to dispose of their property acquired or possessed, whether previous to or during the present war; during which term of three years they shall be at full liberty to exercise freely their religion, and to enjoy their property.
The same privileges are granted in the restored countries to all those who shall have made establishment in them of whatever kind they may be, during the time that these countries were in possession of Great-Britain.
With respect to the other inhabitants of the restored countries, it is agreed that none of them shall be prosecuted, dispossessed or molested in their persons, or in their properties, on any pretence whatever, on account of their conduct or political opinions, or of their attachment to either of the two powers, or for any other reason, unless for debts contracted with respect to individuals, or for acts subsequent to the definitive treaty.
XV. The present preliminary articles shall be ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at London, in the space of fifteen days at farthest; and immediately after the ratification, plenipotentiaries shall be appointed on both sides, who shall repair at Amiens, in order to proceed to the arrangement of the definitive treaty, in concert with the allies of the contracting powers.
In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty, and the First Consul of the French Republic, by virtue of our respective full powers, have signed the present preliminary articles, and have thereto affixed our seals.
Done at London, the first of October, 1801; the 9th Vendémiaire, 10th year of the French Republic. (Signed) HAWKESBURY, OTTO.
By the Mail.
NIAGARA, OCT. 21.
CANADIAN CONSPIRACY.
A report has lately circulated here of the discovery of a plot in Montreal to burn and pillage that city. The editor having used diligence in inquiring relative thereto, is now able to state, that the report is not groundless. It should seem, that sometime in the summer past, several persons, mostly strangers, frequently met at a tavern at the lower end of the Quebec suburbs, and denominated themselves white caps : they would go at night and dig holes, use many strange gestures and charms, holding out the pretence of looking for hidden treasure—Their number was observed to increase, which creating suspicions of evil among the inhabitants, the magistracy is said to have watched and placed spies upon them, who reported that their intentions were to burn and pillage Montreal; that the number of confederates was about 60, combined by oath to obey the orders of their leaders, who were not made known to all. Upon this report of them, the magistracy issued warrants and apprehended several of them, who are now, to the number of 8 or 9, confined in irons in the jail of that city; the rest having fled, it is supposed to the States.—The inquiry having been laid before the governor, he ordered an additional number of artillery on duty at that station, and a part of the militia to be armed and to patrol the streets. As far as discovery has been made, there appears to be not one native Canadian in the conspiracy.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 20.
We learn from the Mediterranean, that in the latter end of August, the Danes succeeded in making peace with the Barbary of Tripoli. Capt. Dale quitted the blockade of Tripoli on the third of September, to proceed to Gibraltar, where he arrived on the 29th. Hence he sent the Schooner Enterprise with dispatches to government, from the consideration of the season approaching, when both in the Mediterranean and on the American coast, it would be hazardous for her to be at sea. The Tripolitan admiral had abandoned his three ships at Gibraltar, and gone to Malta in a British vessel. We understand that Commodore Dale intended to leave the Effect to rendezvous at Algiers and Gibraltar, and the Philadelphia at Sarsoga on the east end of the island of Sicily, shewing himself occasionally at Tripoli. He proposed to return with the President about the 1st or middle of November, if nothing unforeseen happened.
BALTIMORE, NOV. 20.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
The Baltimore Bellona powder mill, on Jones's Falls, about 7 miles from town belonging to a company of gentlemen of this city, blew up the night before last, by which accident three men who were working in the mill were shockingly crippled, the life of one of whom is despaired of.
The catastrophe happened about nine o'clock at night; and, as near as we can learn, was caused by one of the workmen taking the burning snuff of a lamp wick in his fingers and finding it rather hot, threw it hastily and inadvertently into a heap of about 300 weight of powder then undergoing its operation in the mill. The explosion was instantaneous: the house, 30 by 40 feet, with every atom in it, was mounted in the air. Of the roof, not a vestige can be found; and the walls, which were of massive stone, are levelled with the ground. The man who was least injured says, the first place he found himself in, after the return of his senses, was the mill race, without knowing, for a while, what could have placed him there.
PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 21.
BURGLARY AND MURDER.
In the night of Sunday, the 29th ult. the house of Samuel Clark, a free black, in West Nottingham, near the Maryland line, was attacked and broken open by five abandoned villains, who committed great outrage on the family, with an intent to seize their persons and send them to Georgia or Kentucky to be sold for
slaves; Clark was wounded by a pistol fired at him in one of his arms and hands; his daughter (a young woman) received a shot in her neck, which proved a mortal wound, of which after languishing six days she died; her brother a youth, who lay sick with a fever, was cruelly abused, was dragged out of the house and wounded on his head by severe strokes given by the barbarians with an ax helve, and carried off but by some means made his escape, and returned after a few days to his father's house.
The perpetrators of this horrid deed, reside on the Maryland side of the line, and being personally known, some measures were taken to apprehend them, but without effect, by the last account received.
The Clergy of various denominations in the city of Philadelphia, have agreed to recommend to their several charges the observance of Sunday, the 29th of this month, as a season of special Thanksgiving to God, for his kindness in preserving our city thro' the last summer and autumn, from the scourge of Pestilence, as well as for the other bounties of his Providence and Grace; and to confess before Him our manifold sins and transgressions, and to implore His pardon, and the continuance of His mercies.
NEWYORK, NOV. 25.
MELANCHOLY.
Died, on the morning of the 24th inst. Mr. Philip Hamilton, eldest son of General Hamilton, in the 20th year of his age, of a wound received in a duel with Capt. George I. Eacker.
The duel was occasioned by some frolicsome and satirical expressions made by Mr. Hamilton and a young Mr. Price, at the Theatre, on the Friday preceding, about an Oration of Mr. Eacker's and in his hearing. This conduct Mr. Eacker resented in a very intemperate manner, collared Mr. Hamilton, called them damned rascals and villains, and said, if he did not hear from them, he would treat them as such. Challenges were consequently sent to him by both.
Mr. Eacker and Mr. Price met on the Sunday following, and after exchanging four shots, without injury to either, the seconds interfered. On Monday the fatal duel between Mr. Eacker and Mr. Hamilton took place. Young Hamilton was shot through the body, on the first discharge, and fell without firing. He languished until the next morning, & then expired.
He was a young man of a natural amiable disposition, of a strong and cultivated mind. In August last he took his degree in Columbia College, and at the Commencement delivered an Oration remarkable for its correctness of sentiment, elegance of diction, and with such justice of elocution and propriety of gesture, that all hoped to see him another HAMILTON.
BOSTON, DEC. 2.
INSURRECTION IN ST. DOMINGO.
On Monday evening Capt. Simonds arrived here in 30 days from Cape Francois. From letters brought by him the following particulars are extracted:—
"Cape Francois, Oct. 25th.—Yesterday a notice was received here, that an army of revolted negroes had encamped a few leagues without the city; and that their object was to burn it, massacre the whites, and take those in power. The drums immediately beat to arms, business subsided, and the flight of women and children to and fro prevented a fight not to be described. Three thousand troops immediately paraded; and the General in person headed a party of dragoons, who proceeded with spirit and alacrity in quest of the enemy. Nothing was suffered to come on shore or go on board; and the situation of the Americans was thus rendered highly disagreeable. At ten at night the dragoons returned, being greatly fatigued; the weather being uncommonly hot, and a torrent of rain pouring down the whole day.—They encountered a party of the enemy about 15 miles from hence, and took a few prisoners. They saw 600 encamped. The prisoners will soon be executed."
"Oct. 25.—The drums are again beating to arms; and no business doing. A general panic has seized all the inhabitants. The country presents a scene of unheard murders. The insurgents yesterday massacred a number of whites, not sparing women nor old men. Our Consul [Lear] had engaged his passage by the vessel this goes by. Gen. Moyes is ordered to form a junction with Gen. Christopher.—Something decisive will soon take place."
"Same day, 10 o'clock.—The artillery and part of the infantry have marched. We cannot ascertain the force nor discipline of the rebels. Every night since I have been here, murder has been perpetrated; and, shocking to relate, I have seen human entrails carried about upon the bayonets of the inhuman soldiers."
"Oct. 26.—As yet we are safe, thank Heaven. Last evening a body of troops marched with provisions for several days, with their bread upon their bayonets. An embargo has been laid on all vessels in port."
"Oct. 27.—This morning the chief of the Insurgents [Flarill] was brought in. He is fettered in a cruel manner, and his cries are heard a long distance. It is said he will be quartered by horses. His object was to overturn the government of Toussaint. We have momentary accounts of murders in the country. Whole families have been cut off. I expect the embargo will be taken off to-morrow."
"Oct. 29.—In the course of this day the streets have been strewn with dead bodies, which are suffered to putrify without removal. Another insurgent chief has been taken. But the danger is now from within. One of the General's aide-camps has been shot dead by the side of his chief.—Gen. Christopher this day
cut off the heads of two men with his own hand, and left them on the heap of dead in the public square."
"Oct. 30.—Business has recommenced; but confidence and security have not been restored. Executions of the rebels are hourly taking place. Last evening our Consul gave me a particular account of the insurrection. The plans of the insurgents were well arranged, and their troops properly organized. This city was their first object, in which they had nearly succeeded. Toussaint and Dessalines are now in the vicinity—the latter with a powerful army."
Capt. Symonds informs, That when he failed, the minds of the people at the Cape were in a degree tranquilized; and business recommenced.—The report was that about 1500 of the insurgents had been shot, drowned, &c. and that it was supposed they had previously massacred about sixty white people.
EGYPT.
The following extract of a letter from a gentleman in the British army in Egypt, addressed to his friend in Belfast, contains some particulars which may be at once interesting and amusing to our readers.
"We travel through plains of wheat and barley without meeting with an inclosure of a tree for many miles; we turn our horses into a barley or clover field, where they enjoy themselves without disturbance. The first six days march we travelled through a most fertile country in grain, which needs only to be thrown in the ground to produce a most plentiful crop. The Delta, which is on the other side of the Nile, is a most abundant country; the villages along the banks of the Nile have a pretty appearance at a distance; they are all raised on artificial eminences of mud and clay, to protect them from the overflowing of the Nile; but when you arrive at them they are nothing but an assemblage of miserable huts, generally built of mud, clay and straw, perfect abodes of miasma and dirt, inferior to your worst Irish village. Their inhabitants, the Arabs, are a savage race of people, whose hands are on every one, and every one's hands upon them; the children of nine years old go naked, and the women cover themselves with a loose blue cotton vestment which completely hides them from our sight."
When we enter a village the ladies scamp off with great precipitation, as if we were beasts come to devour them, and the children set up a terrible squalling, well pleased, no doubt, when they can escape from us without the loss of a leg or an arm.
Recollecting the story of Master Juiter at Miss Dunce; I wonder to a village with handful of Paras (a small coin about the value of a halfpenny) and begin distilling my paras among the little naked dingy savages; presently a mother with her little one appears with cautious and wary steps. For a child, and finding that I don't bite her or the little one, she beckons to her female friends to advance, that I am a very quietest and generous of my paras, and that they may show their faces without reserve. Thus we obtain by innocent stealth a sight of many dingy and copper coloured complexion, which there is nothing too pretty or agreeable; they have fine eyes of great expression, and teeth are in general in both men and women very white; which probably arises from the simple mode of living, and the use of aliment that cannot hurt them. The Turkish ladies principally live by plunder, and they show mercy to a Frenchman; not content with molesting every unfortunate Frenchman who falls before them, they carve and cut the flesh part of their bodies with their immense sabres and leave them a shocking spectacle of their war.
A few mornings ago we performed a neat affair: an officer from the desert brought intelligence to a camp that a convoy of 200 men and 500 camels were on their march for Alexandria to the Delta, for corn and provisions to supply that garrison, and that they were then about four miles from us crossing the desert. The cavalry and a strong detachment was immediately ordered to intercept them, by an extraordinary and forced march of hours came up with them. By reconnoitring them we found their force had been much aggerated, and it appeared necessary for regiments only to push on. As our regiments was one of them, I had an opportunity of being witness to their surrender, which they were glad to make to an English force (the only one in this country) they receive any mercy having been much harassed in their route by a party of Bedouin Arabs, freebooters of the desert, and implacable enemies of the French. There were about 500 of them, put cavalry part infantry, and about 100 mounted on camels, part of a corps which the French had necessary to raise in this country; they are fact canals, but a light species of them; travel with great swiftness making a journey of 100 miles in a day, with a tolerable load; they are very tractable, will rise and lie down the word of command, and do every thing a cavalcade is capable of doing; it was a laughable procession to an Englishman, but an important capture to our army, as it furnished it with a number of fine camels for the purpose of transporting our provision, ammunition and baggage. The plague is beginning to be off some of our men at Aboukir, but it has reached this army. Three days ago we had a specimen of the camp side wind, a hot and strong wind of the desert, it was like wind passed through a burning oven, it lasted about 6 hours, the thermometer rose to 125, and the camels were killed by it, but it cannot be described.

Portland, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1801.
It is understood that dispatches from Mr. King are received and forwarded to the Executive. It is probable they may contain further information relative to the terms of peace. The Marquis of Cornwallis is appointed minister plenipotentiary to settle the definitive treaty, and it is supposed that Joseph Bonaparte will be the Minister on the part of France. Parliament was ordered to convene on the 19th October.
The new democratic Governor of New Jersey has not taken Jefferson. Mr. Kean and Clinton for the model of his official conduct. He has begun his "career" with more liberality, and honored some of the most distinguished Federalists of that State with respectable appointments.
The Spanish island of Trinidad, conquered by the British and ceded to them by the peace, separated from the Spanish Main only by the strait called the Dragon's Mouth, will afford the British a fine opportunity for smuggling their manufactures into the Spanish Colonies.
Col. Tatchell, a democrat, has been chosen governor of Georgia, by the legislature thereof. He had 41 votes, the federal candidate, Mr. Carnes 21, and Mr. Irwin 7.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT. Toussaint Louverture, Governor of Saint Domingo, has issued an article, dated the 29th Sept. declaring that in addition to the free ports already established, there shall be added Jeremie, Legagne, St. Mark, the Mole, Port-de-Paix, Mate Christ, Porte Plate, Santa Domingo and d'Azua. These ports are opened to all French vessels, allies and neutrals. At the date of the last accounts from Europe, the French government were making preparations to send agents to Saint Domingo to supersede the government of Toussaint.
Toussaint has decreed, that until the town of Gonaives shall be wholly built, agreeably to a prescribed plan, house timber shall be exempt from duty, and every other kind of merchandise to pay only 5 per cent.
FROM HALIFAX—NOV. 20. Extract of a letter to the Editors of the PALLADIUM. "Yesterday, the British packet, Duke of Kent, arrived here in 30 days from Falmouth. She brought an official copy of the Preliminary Articles of Peace between Great Britain and France, as ratified by the two powers. The Governor caused it to be instantly published, with a proclamation for "Magistrates and all others, his Majesty's subjects, to govern themselves accordingly." I herewith send you a proof sheet of this treaty, wet from the press. The London papers by the packet are to Oct. 17, but contain little except about the peace. London was illuminated three successive nights. The treaty appears to have given satisfaction, except to a few discontented individuals, among whom is Peter Porcupine, whose house was nearly torn to pieces because he refused to illuminate it. Another packet, with duplicate dispatches, is daily expected. Two packets are now in the harbour, one of them is to sail immediately for New York. The other I am told for Virginia with dispatches."
The highest prize (1500 dollars) in the 7th class of Amoskeag lottery was drawn against No. 1939; which ticket is said to be owned by an indolent black man of Boston.
MARRIED In this town, on Saturday evening, last, Mr. Samuel Lord, merchant, to Miss Sally Thomas. At the Friend's Meeting-house, in this town, on the 26th ult. Levi Tuttle, to Lydia Tabor, daughter of John Tabor, merchant. At Berwick, Dr. Ezra Dens, to Miss Sally Coffin, of Boston. At Augusta, Capt. William Robinson, to Miss Maria Coffin.
DIED In this town, Mr. Thomas Newman, aged 65. Mrs. Mary Fernald, aged 75, a pious woman. At Newburyport, Miss Fanny Bradbury, only daughter of the Hon. Theophilus Bradbury, Esq. aged 22. At Newbury, Deacon Edward Bailey, aged 91. At East Hartford (Con.) Deacon Silas Spencer, aged 96. At her seat in Salisbury, North Carolina, Gen. Matthew Locke, aged 71. In Georgia, Col. Richard Wyly—he served under Gen. Lincoln, in the revolutionary war.
TUESDAY, Dec. 1. —Arrived ship Olive, capt. Jordan, 66 days from Liverpool. A brig from Wiscasset for Jamaica, was spoken Nov. 12, lat. 36, long. 62. Ship—of Hallowell, 70 days from the River of Plate, for Hamburg, was spoken October 23, lat. 40, long. 19. Ship Washington, Scott, of Portland, was at Charleston, Nov. 9. In the Elbe, Sept. 28.—Orne, of Portland. Ship Sally, Fitzgerald, of this port, has failed from Havana for Mariell. The Washington, Moody, of this port, was at Mazatlan, Nov. 10, to sail in a few days. There were in the port of Boston, on Monday last, 65 ships, 71 brigs, 132 schooners, and 85 sloops.—In all 352.—None of them under 40 tons.
Mercantile Association. THE subscribers are informed that their Office of Intelligence is now open at No. 7, FISH-STREET. Dec. 7, 1801.
FOR SALE, At No. 5, Long-Wharf, RUSSIA and RAVENS DUK; RUSSIA IRON; TOW CLOTH; Alew bbls SHAD and SALMON, in prime order, by COTTON BROOKS. Portland, Dec. 7.
60 Dollars, IN Bank Bills, wrapped in a piece of paper, was LOST in or near Fore-street.—If any person has found the same and will return it to the subscriber, shall receive TEN DOLLARS Reward. Portland, Dec. 7. JOHN MANN.
Wanted, A SCHOOL-MASTER, to keep school at a place called Saccarappa, in Falmouth, for four or five months. Any person who can produce good recommendations, and is willing to keep a school in that place by suitable encouragement, will please to apply to ENOCH FREEMAN, NATHANIEL HATCH, or WILLIAM LAMB. Saccarappa, Dec. 5, 1801.
A blue ratteen Wrapper, WAS left in a house between Fifth-street and Union-Hall, some time since. As the owner cannot recollect the house, any person having it in their possession, and will leave it at the Gazette Office, shall be rewarded for their trouble. Dec. 7.
GOODS AT PRIME COST. Isabella Child, Contemplating a removal from this town, is induced to offer for sale an assortment of fashionable Goods at the first cost—Among which are,
LADIES' and Gentlemen's Silk Hose, Cotton do. with lace clocks, Gentlemen's patent ribb'd and plain Worsted do. Waistcoats, Dimity's and Muslinets, Plain, sprig'd and printed Muslins, Italian Crapes and Tiffany's, black and coloured cloak Satins, Pelong do. of all colors, white and colored long silk Gloves of a superior quality, Black do. Kid Gloves, white Lutrings, white and black Laces, An assortment of the most fashionable Ribbons, Artificial Flowers in wreaths and bouquets, Silver Ornaments for the hair, Necklaces and Ear-Rings, Silver Buttons and Tassels, Cotton and Silk do. Black Lace Veils, Silk Handkerchiefs, Fans, Parasols, Kid and Morocco Slippers. Also, Flannels, Baizes, Lambkins, Durants, Calamancoes, Fur Trimmings, Emigrant Socks, &c. N. B. MILLINERY made as usual. Portland, Dec. 7.
PURSUANT to an order made by the Hon. DAVID SEWALL, Esq. Judge of the District Court, for the District of Maine, for enlarging the time for DAVID DUNNING, jun. of Brunswick, in the district aforesaid, Trader, a Bankrupt, to surrender himself, and make a full disclosure of his Estate and Effects, for fifty days, to be computed from the fourth day of December instant—The undersigned Commissioners hereby give notice, that we intend to meet on Monday the fourth day of January next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Commissioners' Office, Fifth-street, Portland, in said District; where the said Bankrupt is required to surrender himself between the hours of ten in the morning and three in the afternoon of the same day, and make a full disclosure and discharge of his estate and effects, and finish his examination; and the creditors who have not already proved their debts, may then and there come and prove the same, and assent to, or dissent from, the allowance of his certificate. EDWARD OXNARD, EBENEZER MAYO, JOSEPH TITCOMB. Portland, 5th Dec. 1801.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of EDWARD RUNDLET, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Merchant, deceased, has taken upon him that trust by giving bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to JAMES RUNDLET , of Portland, N. H. Administrator—or to DAVID GREEN of Portland, his Attorney. Dec. 7.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of Timothy Wentworth Barnes, late of Profpo, in the county of Hancock, Shipwright deceased; and have taken upon them that trust by giving bonds, as the Law directs. And all persons having demands upon the estate of the said Barnes, are required to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said L. are called upon to make payment to BETSY BARNES , Administratrix. GEORGE SHERBURNE , } trustees. Prop. 8, Oct. 6, 1801. (649.)
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, That having been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of JACOB WATERHOUSE, late of Cape-Elizabeth, in the county of Cumberland, Boatbuilder, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bonds as the law directs: he therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's Estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to JACOB WATERHOUSE. Cape Elizabeth, Nov. 30, 1801.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, That having been duly appointed Administratrix on the Estate of CALEB BLAKE, late of Turner, in the county of Cumberland, Millwright, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bonds as the law directs: she therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's Estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to BETSEY BLAKE. Turner, Nov. 30, 1801.
UNITED STATES—DISTRICT OF MAINE, NOV. 20, 1801. NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of SALEON MAYO , of Portland, Merchant, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy, has duly issued and proceeded upon, that they may be heard, if they think fit, before the Judge of said District Court, on Wednesday, the second day of December next, at Portland, against making and allowing a Certificate of discharge to said Bankrupt, before which time exceptions to such allowance may be exhibited. DAVID SEWALL , } Judge of the District Court of Maine.
TAKE NOTICE. THE STOCKHOLDERS in the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company , are hereby notified to meet at their Office in Fifth-street, on Tuesday the 8th of December next, at 11 o'clock A. M. to act on the following article, viz. To determine whether it is expedient to pay in another instalment the present year, and to act thereon, as they shall judge proper. By order of the President and Directors, JOSEPH SWIFT , SECRETARY. Portland, Nov. 10, 1801.
MAINE, ss.—BY VIRTUE of an order from THE 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 against the SCHOONER BETSEY, burthen 19 tons, and Cargo, consisting of fish and a small quantity of Cordage—by Nathaniel F. Folsom, Esq. Collector of the District of Portland and Falmouth, for a supposed breach of the revenue laws—And that a hearing will be had on said libel, before said Judge, at a Court to be held by him in Portland, in said District, on the first Tuesday of December next; at which time and place all persons concerned may appear and show cause, if any they have, why said vessel and cargo should not be decreed forfeited. ISAAC PARKER , MARSHAL.
BANKRUPTCY. WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued against ELISHA AYER , of Newfield, in the District of Maine, Trader and Iron-Monger, and the said Elisha Ayer has been declared a Bankrupt, he is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners, in the said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on the seventh, and on the twenty-eighth of December next, and on the 16th of January next, at two of the clock in the afternoon of each of said days, at the house of DANIEL GILLMAN , in Portland, in said District, and make a full disclosure and discovery of his estate and effects. When and where his 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;—And at the said last meeting, any of the Creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a certificate to the said Bankrupt to entitle the said Bankrupt to a certificate of discharge.—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 person or persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint. JOSEPH HUCKINS, JOHN PAIN, JAMES BRADBURY. Nov. 23.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of Zephaniah Harlow, jun. and Freeman Harlow, of Bath , in the District of Maine. Bankrupts:—All persons having in their possession any property belonging to the said Harlows, are called upon to surrender the same; and those indebted, to make immediate payment to ANDREW GREENWOOD. Portland, Nov. 23, 1801.
NOTIFICATION. With the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by the Hon. Edward Cuts, Esq. Judge of the Probate, of Wis. &c. for the county of York, to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to the estate of SAMUEL ROFF , late of Bethel , mariner deceased, represented informally—hereby give notice, that six months from the 26th of October, 1801, is allowed to be in and prove their claims;—that we shall attend that service at the house of JOSEPH STEVENS , Administrator on said estate, in Biddeford, on the second Thursday of November instant, and the second Thursday of the four next following months, from one to five o'clock P. M. on each day. ELIJAH COFFIN, CHRISTOPHER GILPATRICK , } Commissioners. Biddeford, Nov. 3, 1801.
A barrel of Sugar, WAS lately found in the dock between Mr. Ingraham's and Mr. Deering's Wharf. The owner by proving property and paying charges may have it again by applying to ISAAC BRADFORD. Nov. 30.
Boarding. Five or six Mechanics, may be well accommodated in Back-street.—Inquire of the Printer. Portland, Nov. 30.
Valuable Lands. FOR SALE from five hundred to seventeen thousand acres of LAND, situated upon that rich tract on the famous Piscataquis River , between Kennebec and Penobscot.—This Land is lotted, and proves to be of a superior quality—and is very commodious for an immediate settlement: having excellent Mill Seats at about twenty acres of Trees felled, and a road from Bangor to Bangor.—The Title is derived from the Government, and will be perfect, and to an entire satisfaction of the purchasers. It will be held at a reduced price for cash or good security. Also—About thirty good farming LOTS (hundred acres each) in the town of Jay; in which town there are upwards of a hundred Families.—For further particulars inquire of the Printer, or of JOSEPH E. FOXCRAFT. Newcastle, Nov. 6. (83—6w)
STOP THEIF. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN from the Barn of the subscriber, in Freeport on Wednesday night the 4th instant, a large Bay HORSE, marked as follows:—A white blaze in his face, both hind feet white, black mane and tail, carries his head very high, his nose out; When stolen, had a Sear on his wether, and one or two on each hind leg; a handsome carriage horse, trots all. Whoever will apprehend said Thief or Thieves and secure said Horse, and return him to the owner, shall receive the above reward and all charges paid by me, SAMUEL JAMESON. Freeport Nov. 7. (sf)
AUCTIONS.
TOMORROW, XI. o'clock, At DAVID PEASE'S Office, Fore-street, ONE trunk seasonable GOODS; containing blue and brown Broadcloths, mixed and printed Kerseymere, striped and plaid Sward-downs, Worsted Hose, India Cottons, cotton and silk Handkerchiefs, purple and white Shawls, Linens, &c.—one set green Chairs, with sundry other articles House Furniture—Likewise a number bags COFFEE; one bbl. West India RUM.—The whole to be sold for cash. The subscriber having been duly authorised to keep an Auction in this town, has given bonds to the faithful performance of said business, as the law requires; and solicits the patronage of a generous public. All Goods deposited for sale shall be carefully attended to, and all favors received with thanks. DAVID PEASE. Portland, Dec. 7, 1801.
On WEDNESDAY next, 10 o'clock, WILL be sold at the house of NATHAN BOND , Back-street, for the benefit of his Creditors, a variety of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, several casks of VINEGAR, and one COW. Edward Oxnard, Auctioneer. Portland, Dec. 7.
TO BE SOLD ON THE PREMISES, On Monday the 4th day of January next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. at Public Auction, THE REAL ESTATE of GARDNER GOULD , of Pleasant Mountain Gore, declared Bankrupt; being the premises on which he now lives, consisting of about 115 acres of excellent Land under good improvement, together with a good House and Barn, and a number of out Buildings—Conditions to be known at the time of sale. ENOCH PERLEY , } Assignees to JOSEPH THOMAS , } said Estate. Dec. 7.
WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION, On Monday the 18th day of January next, at the house of Major Page, in Bath, at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the benefit of the creditors of Zachariah Harlow, jun. and Freeman Harlow. A VALUABLE ROPE-WALK, conveniently situated in Bath, with the Land under and adjoining the same.—Said Rope-Walk is seven hundred and eight feet in length, and has attached to it an excellent and spacious new Brick Tar-House, and the usual fixtures necessary for carrying on the rope making business. A credit of three and six months will be given for payment on good security. At the same time will be sold sundry articles of Rope-Walk Furniture. ANDREW GREENWOOD , ASSIGNEE. Portland, Dec. 7, 1801.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for Sale at the Bookstore of JENKS & CLARK, DORVAL ; or the SPECULATOR: A Novel founded on recent facts. By the Authors of Julia and the Illuminated Baron . "The attention which a distinguishing public in this country as well as in England (where it has run through 8 editions) have paid to Julia and the Illuminated Baron , has drawn from the same pen another volume which we venture to pronounce not inferior to the former, in depth and delicacy of plot, in imagery and accuracy of description and in strength and shade of character; a candid public will stand by the offspring of American genius, nor suffer her sons or daughters to languish through the want of public spirit."
Almanacks. THE FARMER'S Almanack, by R. B. Thomas , and LOW'S , do. per gross, dozen or single, as cheap as can be purchased of the publishers.—Likewise JENKS' do. for sale at the Book Store of Jenks & Clark , No. 8, Jones' Row, Fifth street, Portland.
Fall & Winter Goods.
William Lord, HAS just received, and now ready for sale, at his store in Fore-street, a general assortment of ENGLISH, WEST INDIA, and HARDWARE GOODS, GROCERIES, &c. which he will dispose of on the most reasonable terms for cash. Constant attendance, and every favor gratefully acknowledged. 30 bbls. superfine FLOUR, for sale as above. Portland, Nov. 23.
Lord & Thomas, ACQUAINT their friends and the public, that they have received per the latest arrivals, a large and extensive assortment of Fall and Winter GOODS, which are now ready for sale at their Store, No. 5, Jones' Row—and which they will dispose of on the most reasonable terms for cash or approved credit Portland, Nov. 2. (84—6)
FOR SALE, By Joshua Richardson, At N. Richardson's Wharf, 4th proof Barcelona BRANDY, of excellent flavor, per pipe or barrel 4 Bales INDIA COTTONS, assorted, superfine and fine FLOUR, India SUGAR, per bag or bbl. RAVENS DUCK. NAIL PLATES, RUSSIA SHEETING, STEEL, Philadelphia Bar IRON, do. CRACKERS, in kegs. Nov. 2.
STRAYED from the subscriber, about the 7th inst. a dark red COW, about 5 or 6 years old, with large picked horns, and a very long tail.—Whoever will give information of said Cow, so that the owner may get her again, shall be handsome v. rewarded for their trouble. JACOB ROLFE. Portla. 1, Nov. 23

Poetry.
A MEDICINE FOR THE WOE BEGONE.
WHEN within doors the glowing ember Without, the winds proclaim: December;
Stir up the fire, and close the door, And light a pair of candles more;
DIRECT TAX.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, THIRD COLLECTION DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION.
NOTICE is hereby given, by virtue of an act of Congress passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, entitled, "An act to lay and collect a Direct Tax within the United States"...
Name of Owner, Su- perintendent or Occu- pant, at the time of taking the Valuation.
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like Joseph Allen, Thomas Ayer, Benjamin Arnold, etc.
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like John B. Jordan, George Knight, Josiah Knight, etc.
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like Daniel Libby, Jonathan Libby, Ebenezer Lake, etc.
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like John Mann, Daniel Mitchell, William Mitchell, etc.
DIRECT TAX.
SECOND DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PURSUANT to an act of Congress, passed the 14th day of July, 1798, entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States"...
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like John Anderson, James Anderson, Joseph Anderson, etc.
DIRECT TAX.
SITUATED IN NORTHYARMOUTH.
Table with 4 columns: Name of Owner, Value of each dwelling house, Tax on each dwelling house, Value of each parcel of land. Lists various names like Ebenezer Allen, William Bucknam, Charles Byles, etc.
English Hats.
JUST received by the Mirror, from London, and for sale by JOHN JENKS, No. 6, Jones' Row, Fife Street, an assortment of Men's and Youth's HATS, of a superior quality, and very cheap.
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