Jenks' Portland gazette (Portland, Me.), 1804-11-12 00:00:00

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency CALEB STRONG, Esquire, Governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Proclamation for a day of public Thanksgiving and Praise.
THE wisdom and beneficence with which the Almighty presides over all events, and the constant care which he has exercised towards us, make it our duty, in a public and solemn manner, to acknowledge his providential goodness; to give thanks as a natural and a competent supply of the necessities and comforts of life; and especially in giving his Son to redeem us, and his Spirit to purify our hearts, and form them to sentiments of piety and affectionate gratitude.
I do, therefore, agreeably to the immemorial usage in this state, and with advice and consent of the Council, appoint Thursday the twenty-fifth day of November next, to be observed as a day of public Thanksgiving and Praise. And the ministers and people of the respective religious societies in this commonwealth, are required to meet together on that day, to render thanks to the Almighty for his mercies and bounties; and to offer up their prayers and supplications for the continued peace and prosperity of the country.
Given at the Council Chamber in Boston, this eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four; and in the twenty-ninth year of the independence of the United States of America.
CALEB STRONG. By his Excellency's command, with the advice and consent of the Council. JOHN AVERY, Secretary. God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
EXTRACTS
WELL WORTHY CONSIDERATION.
"Virginia is, as she has ever been: her character is fixed and unwavering, as that of farmers every where is." "Virginia is considered as the head and bulwark of the farming interest." Pol. Obs. & catory.
"With the morals of the people their industry is also destroyed. For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion are ever seen to labour."
Jefferson's notes on Virginia.
"I declare myself opposed to several matters in the Constitution, particularly to the manner in which what is called the Executive, is formed, and the long duration of the Senate; and if I live to return to America, I will use all my endeavours to have it altered." "The Federal Constitution is a copy, not quite so base as the original, of the British Constitution." Paine's Letter to Gen. Washington.
"They have imposed upon us the substance, with the form of the British Government. — but we shall easily break in pieces the Lilliputian ties with which they have bound us." Jefferson's Letter to Mazzei.
"And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship! and a hypocrite in public life! the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor! whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any!" Paine's Letter to Washington.
"It certainly was not a difficult thing in any time, or in any world, to find a girl with child or a boy with a tail, or a man with two heads, or a prophet with a long nose, or a priest of this sort. — The fable of Jesus Christ, as it is told, is blasphemously obscene. The story is, upon the face of it, the same kind of story as that of Jupiter and Leda, or Jupiter and Europa, or any other of the amorous adventures of Jupiter." Paine's Age of Reason.
Mr. Jefferson's Letter to Paine.
"Mr. Dawson is charged with orders to the Captain of the Maryland, [to public armed ship] to receive and accommodate you back, if you can be ready to depart at such a short warning. I am in hope, you will find us returned to the sentiments worthy of former times. In those it will be your glory to have it a lily laboured, and with as much effect as any man living. That you may long live to continue your US FOL. LABOURS, and reap the reward in the thankfulness of nations, is my sincere prayer. — Accept assurances of my high esteem and affectionate attachment." THOMAS JEFFERSON."
"Well may Americans reflect, "pause" and "ponder."
June.....No. XXI.
Review of Mr. JEFFERSON'S Administration.
WE shall now consider the purchase of Louisiana, a purchase, which, notwithstanding the assertions of the administration, that all their measures are calculated to ensure the present and future peace of the country, will cause a relinquishment of our rights, or be the certain foundation of a long and bloody war.
As early as November, 1802, the port of New-Orleans was shut against American commerce; and was not opened until the following May. More than six months intervened from the time the nation was deprived of a most essential right, solemnly secured to it by treaty, until the restoration of it. Instead of demanding of the Spanish government redress, and the punishment of the Intendant, whose conduct was unauthorized, an ambassador was dispatched to the Consular Court to purchase this territory of Bonaparte. A treaty was formed, by which we were to possess Louisiana; not however until the First Consul knew that France and England must be immediately at war, and was convinced, that all his schemes of colonization must prove abortive. It was then concluded with an expedition, truly characteristic of a military usurper. From the commencement of the discussions concerning the treaty, until its signature, was about twenty-one days; the same unaccountable hurry attended its ratification by our government. On the seventeenth of October did the President order Congress to meet, and on the twenty-first did the Senate advise the ratification of it. Four days only were passed in discussing an instrument containing stipulations, which may more materially affect the future welfare and prosperity of this country than any transaction, existing since our national independence.
We shall first examine the title to Louisiana, acquired by this treaty, and then the stipulations, which are considered a consideration for it.
All the rights of France, to this territory arose from the treaty of St. Ildefonso. By it Spain agreed to cede Louisiana and its dependencies to France, six months after the full and complete performance, which was, to procure the Duke of Parma to be acknowledged King of Etruria. This condition she was unable to fulfil, since neither England nor Russia would recognize him as such. She therefore acquired not the shadow of a title. In the treaty however, which our wise ministers made with her, and our sovereign President ratified, reciting the article of cession in her treaty with Spain, and declaring that she had an incontestable title in consequence of it, she cedes Louisiana to America in as full and ample a manner, as she had acquired it in virtue of her treaty with his Catholic Majesty. France consequently having no title to it, the United States have obtained none. Though Spain may from motives of policy at present relinquish her possession of it, she will be justified by the law of nations in using force to assert her claim to it, and even in calling on France to assist her.
The stipulations of this treaty for a title, such as we have discovered it to be, next present themselves. It has often been declared that the administration agreed to give for this territory Fifteen Millions of Dollars. Judging from the treaty, we are tempted to believe this to be a falsehood, fabricated by the enemies of Mr. Jefferson to injure his reputation. His friends also seem to be misinformed, when they say, the purchase at fifteen million is cheap; for so far from its appearing that government have promised to pay this enormous sum for Louisiana, it does not appear by the treaty that they are to pay even the value of a cent for it. For any thing in the treaty we have acquired it much cheaper, than we had reason to expect. The First Consul, willing to give the United States proof of his esteem, and desirous to brighten the chain of friendship between the two republics, cedes it without any pecuniary stipulation. There are certain articles however in the treaty, which may be thought considerations for the cession; the admission of the inhabitants of this territory into an enjoyment of the privileges and immunities of citizens of the Union, and an exclusive entry to France and Spain into the port of New-Orleans for twelve years, without the payment of higher duties, than those exacted of Americans. These might be motives for the conduct of Bonaparte, yet the only sure one is his acknowledged desire to exhibit to this country some striking mark of affection. — How well furnished the people may be with such an acquisition of Louisiana, as appears from the treaty, it has not been obtained without heavy contributions. The conventions, accompanying this treaty, contain agreements for the pay-
ments of Fifteen Millions of Dollars to France. By one convention France, declaring her willingness to pay certain debts due from her to Americans, the Administration undertake to discharge them to an amount, not exceeding 3,750,000 dollars. Her willingness seems to be a sufficient consideration for the payment of them by us; for the convention expressly declares, that the parties had settled all differences concerning Louisiana, and contains not one word, from which it can be inferred that the payment of this sum is any part of an equivalent for the cession. By the other convention, which is stated to be, relative to a definitive rule between the contracting parties, we promise to pay France 11,250,000 dollars. Here too nothing is expressed, by which it can be concluded that this sum is any part of the consideration for the cession. For what reason it is granted to France, unless as the sum, for which she is to deliver us possession of Louisiana, is impossible to be discovered from the convention. Why is this transfer so veiled in such an affected obscurity? If the Fifteen Millions were considered the price of Louisiana, which may be presumed the intention of our government, why did they not insist on a declaration to this effect in the treaty? Why also were not the conventions declared to be part of it? Probably, that France may hereafter have an opportunity of affirming, that the transfer of this country was entirely gratuitous. She may declare to us, "look at the treaty, it does not appear that you have paid a cent for Louisiana; on the contrary the cession is expressly declared to be on account of the friendship and affection of the First Consul to the United States." Look at the conventions; they are not a part, nor have they relation to the treaty. Though they evidence the payment of money to us, it was not for the cession of territory." It will be impossible for this country to controvert this statement of facts, notwithstanding which Congress have passed laws to carry this treaty into effect. After force had become ineffectual in the requisition of our wealth, the Administration have suffered her to make further requisitions on it by her cunning. For the friendship of France have we consented to give Fifteen Millions! — America! how have a mean and spiritless Administration regarded the violation of thy rights. They have humbled thee in the dust at the feet of upstart despotism.
The treaty is not only thus faulty on a general view; but it contains particular articles, disgraceful to a people, who value their liberty. In the seventh article it is agreed that the ships of France and Spain shall be permitted to enter the port of New-Orleans, and all other ports in the territory, for twelve years, without the payment of higher duties than those imposed on American vessels. This stipulation contravenes the spirit of the constitution. The constitution provides that "no preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another." The provision was made on two accounts, that the commerce of one port should not be lessened by any regulation in favor of another; and that the inhabitants of one state should not be obliged to contribute, by the imposition of duties on articles of consumption, more toward the national revenue, than those of another. Both these effects however must necessarily flow from the treaty. The carrying trade will centre at New-Orleans to the extreme injury of the Atlantic ports; while the Western States can purchase the merchandise of France and Spain without the payment of duties, to which the eastern are still subjected. Nor does it alter the case that New-Orleans is not situate within the Union, since in consequence of the treaty the eastern will be necessitated to contribute more than the Western inhabitants, to the expense of government, which the constitution never designed.
Mr. Jefferson's ministers seem to have been as little anxious to insert in the treaty articles beneficial to the country, as they were to prevent the insertion of those which are unconstitutional, and consequently ruinous. They required no stipulation on the part of the First Consul, which should prevent him from granting patents, and subjecting the whole country of Louisiana to claims. He was at full liberty to do this, until the moment of ratification of the treaty. The administration therefore, instead of acquiring territory, may have gained nothing but empty jurisdiction, the maintenance of which, whether or not there be an acquisition of territory, will require no inconsiderable an army. So little government of national interest ought to be a poor recommendation to national consideration.
The third article must prove still more pernicious to this country than the want, of any actually inserted in the treaty, as it gives France the right of interfering in its domestic concerns. It provides, "that the inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States." In favor of France this is an important article, which, if we refuse or neglect to fulfil, she may justly abrogate the whole treaty. The incorporation of the inhabitants of Louisiana in the union cannot however take place without the consent of all the states.
What then must be the situation of the nation in consequence of this treaty? Why, Mr. Jefferson and the senate have pledged the United States to perform an act, which was beyond their constitutional powers. — They have agreed to incorporate a country in the union, which may remove the fear of government from the territory of the parties who formed the constitution, and which will surely overwhelm us with foreign influence. Will the eastern states assist the administration in the fulfilment of such a stipulation? Whatever may be the consequence of a denial, relative to France, they ought steadily and perseveringly to oppose an incorporation. It will at least delay the destruction of the constitution, which Mr. Jefferson is secretly plotting under the mask of patriotism.
To admit to the enjoyment of the privileges of native inhabitants, people of different nations, distinguished by dissimilar manners, various habits, strong prejudices, and fixed sentiments of attachment to their several countries, must soon produce a dissolution of the union. No motive can be assigned, why Mr. Jefferson has made a treaty, which may be thus fatal to the interest and prosperity of the country, but an unconquerable opposition to that system of measures, which under Washington and his enlightened successor, raised the nation to a height of glory, to which it has since in vain aspired. Such a treaty however he has made. It not only provokes for the payment of fifteen millions of dollars to France, our bitter enemy, for a country, to which she never had color of title, but contains unconstitutional stipulations, beyond his power to make, and which the whole union can alone perform. Compare this with the reprobated British treaty. That contained no article, which granted to a foe fifteen millions of money, which was in violation of the constitution; or which established a commercial preference to ruin a part of the United States. The nation may yet judge partially concerning them. The consequences however resulting from them, will determine their respective merits. While momentary inconveniences may perhaps have been experienced from the British treaty, the serious evils of the French will cause posterity to speak with a voice, which shall pierce the tombs of their fathers, and proclaim the deception.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 19.
Last week papers to the following purport were distributed through the town of Wiltshire by: —
"Wiltshire, 23th of 8th month 1804."
"Friends intend to hold a meeting at Wiltshire at the Theatre, at six o'clock tomorrow evening, when the company of those who incline to attend will be acceptable."
Accordingly, at six o'clock on Sunday evening, the Theatre, in its various parts of boxes, pit, galleries, stage, and side-wings, was extremely crowded, many being obliged to return for want of room. — At the appointed time, a female friend raised on the middle of the stage, delivered an appropriate discourse of three quarters of an hour on the christian and moral duties; she was followed by another sister, who closed the whole with a pathetic prayer.
The following lines were found attached to the door of the Theatre that evening viz. —
If, readers! you have time to spare, Turn o'er St. Matthew's leaves, You'll find that once a house of prayer Became a den of thieves. But now the times are altered quite, O! Reformation rare! This modern den of thieves to night Becomes a house of prayer.
A Hint to Farmers. — In surveying the recent damage of your orchards, it is observed that many thorny branches are broken at various distances from the trunk, and yet not entirely severed. You would doubtless find your pains rewarded, your losses the sooner repaired, and your orchards even improved, by ingrafting those branches the next season. For this end, they ought not to be removed, but suffered to remain in their present condition. The stock will be kept in better life by its connection with the broken part, though some which are entirely severed will doubtless contain life in the fixing. Stocks too large to be split, may be ingrafted by inserting scions between the bark and the wood, and cutting the wood with a saw, or a certain composition (of a healing nature) which is better. The winter has transformed old trees by this method, and given them an entire new flourishing top. In the spring, the grafts grow more rapidly and bear more fruit than natural them.
It may be a few days labour at a season of the year when little else is to be done, will accomplish an object so valuable. May not this calamity to your orchards, like the conflagrations which have happened to irregular and unhealthy cities, be converted to a significant benefit by repairing them as above suggested.
Should any be disposed to improve this hint, it will be best to procure quantities of scions in the approaching winter (January or February) which should be kept in a cellar till they are wanted for use in the spring. — Scions may be brought from any distance in the winter season; but when the sap is in circulation, it is difficult to transport them far. — Unfrequently.

Tenet insanabile multos Scribendi caecos. juv. The curse of writing is an endless itch.
THE reception of my numbers during the last season was sufficiently favorable, if not to indulge vanity, at least to justify continuation; and, if few were improved, the conversation of many evinces that they were entertained.
The accusation, most vehemently urged against the Pilgrim, was, that his censure betrayed his partiality, and that his quiver, exhausted on the most tender and timorous game, afforded not a single shaft to be levelled against the follies or impertinence of those, whose merits so clamorously rebuke his negligence. Yet may he expect confidence, when he declares, that to censure without discrimination was not his design, that his remarks are not malicious, because not intended to be personal, but were chiefly directed at the extravagance of dress, which exposed the persons of our fair ones to the assaults of disease, and their characters to the imputation of levity or indiscretion. To confirm and extend the pleasure of social conversation by banishing scandal to her most appropriate habitation, to preserve its purity by enforcing the regulations of modesty, and to promote the comforts of those, he admires, by persuading them to prefer the garments of prudence to the nakedness of fashion were parts of his honorable object, and his success surpassed his expectation.
My reward is therefore greater, than usually attends such labors. Often have I, wrapped in the cloak of invisibility, heard the fearful virgin echo the observation of her mother, who encouraged her, that fashion, being changeable, as the weather, was as little subject to controul. Without adopting the foolish vagaries of Darwin on the feasibility of managing the winds, I have proved, that the breath of this air-born goddess may be subjected to justice and to reason. The ease, with which the cure was effected, proves either the slight force of the contagion, or the skill of the practitioner. While most of my readers may be considering the question "I will magnify my office."
My return after so long an absence requires perhaps a discovery of my plan of operations. But what is unknown to myself cannot be communicated to others. Whether I shall be merry, or grave, whether I shall endeavor to adjust the feathers of a head dress and regulate the behaviour of the drawing room, or to penetrate the principles of action, and discover the workings of the heart will depend on my own feelings as much, as on the wishes of my readers.
I may sometimes attempt to recommend a favorite, or dignify an unworthy author; but experience has taught me, that moderation is here highly necessary, as men actually tolerate opposition to their taste and judgment with less temper, than they can endure the severest censure on their morals. A critic is in a state of perpetual hostility, and the combatants in this warfare have equalled theologians in severity and politicians in the meannesses of their weapons.
Solicitous for the honor of those, who are the chief supporters of civilized life, my animadversions have been and will continue to be, bestowed rather on the ladies, whose conduct may shew, they regard me, than on the hero, whose hardihood mistakes advice for insult, and spurns at restraint, as tyranny. An acquaintance, more fortunate indeed, than extensive, with women of merit has little inclined me to unite with such, as
think the noblest aim; The strongest efforts of the female soul, Is but to choose the graces of the day, To tune the tongue, to teach the eye to rove, Dispose the colors of the flowing robe, And add new robes to the faded cheek.
N. B. Any persons, wishing to communicate their sentiments to the author, may address "to the Pilgrim," at this printing office, as such cannot be published before inspection.
P. S. As the author of the Pilgrim is known to many of his readers, he requests them, if possible, to retain the secrets of so much consequence to himself, and of so trifling importance to others.
Diffusions against Suicide. (Communicated.)
If you are distressed in mind Live ; serenity and joy may yet dawn upon your Soul. If you have been contented and cheerful, Live ; and generously diffuse that happiness to others. — If misfortunes have befallen you by your own misconduct, Live ; and be wise for the future. — If they have befallen you by the faults of others, Live ; you have nothing wherewith to reproach yourself. — If you are indigent and helpless, Live ; the face of things may agreeably change. — If you are rich and prosperous, Live ; and enjoy what you possess. — If another has injured you, Live ; his own crime will be his punishment. — If you have injured another, Live ; and recompense it by your good offices.
If your character be attacked unjustly, Live ; time will remove the aspersion. — If the reproaches are well founded, Live ; and deserve them not for the future. — If you are already and eminently applauded, Live ; and preserve the honors you have acquired. — If your success is not equal to your merit, Live , in the consciousness of your having deserved it. — If your success has exceeded your merit, Live ; and arrogate not too much to yourself. — If you have been negligent and useless to society, Live ; and make amends, by your future conduct. — If you have been active and industrious, Live ; and communicate your improvements to others.
— If you have spiteful enemies, Live ; and disappoint their malevolence. — If you have kind and faithful friends, Live ; to bless and protect them. — If hitherto you have been impious and wicked, Live ; and repent of your sins. — If you have been wise and virtuous, Live ; for the future benefit of mankind; and lastly — If you hope for immortality, Live ; and prepare to enjoy it.
Ornithology. — Haugh, living at Stanwix, near Carlisle, is in possession of a thrush, which has excited the admiration of some hundreds of persons. This bird (brought up from the nest) he has kept a cage upwards of eight years; it is remarkable both for feather and song, and has never pined beneath either hurt or sickness, yet it has gradually obtained a complete regeneration of its legs and feet! About the close of the seventh year these members gave signs of decay; when from each thigh there appeared to issue two bones, like two slender pipes cemented together; and as the old legs and feet, on the one side, shrunk and diminished, the new ones, protruded on the other, daily acquiring strength and activity. — London paper.
Every house in France is now decorated with statues. — Philosophy stands on the stairs and holds a candle. — Modesty opens the curtains of the bed, and Mystery closes those of the El gances . In all cases the statues of Liberty and Equality are outside of the street-door.
The following article, extracted from the Norfolk Public Ledger, contains our sentiments on the probable result of our present difficulties with Spain. We have never believed that the Spanish government will dare to go to war with us, unless compelled to it by France, and of course backed by the Emperor of that Republic; and, having such assistance, they can never provoke our government to go to war with them. They may, perhaps, block up our ports again, and again compel us to pay a handsome sum for having them open — but nothing more.
War with Spain. — Notwithstanding what has been published in this and other papers, we cannot assent to the opinion, that a war between the United States and Spain is inevitable, or is likely to happen immediately. Spain is not now in a condition to make war upon any country, much less upon ours; and the pacific disposition of our administration gives us reason to believe that the first declaration will proceed from us.
We can very readily imagine that difficulties, on the part of Spain, oppose the execution of the treaty; and we are easily convinced that any demands upon her for money at this moment, are very mal-a-propos . The contributions levied by the emperor of the imperial republic , must press heavily on the embarrassed treasury of the King of Spain and India. They are however, of higher dignity, and must be satisfied , our requisitions are only backed by justice , and may, therefore, be thrown aside; as there is little dread of their being enforced by arms .
If there should be any thing serious it requires not much penetration to perceive who is at the bottom of it. Spain would not dare to provoke war with any nation; feeble, exhausted, and dependent, as she is, without assurances of support from, or being compelled by, France. She knows well that her colonies depend upon the United States, as entirely as her European possessions do upon the will of Bonaparte; she can no more defend the one against famine , than she can defend the other against the sword . The latter is the nearer and more dreaded; and if Bonaparte says make war , war is made; though it may, in the issue, threaten her with inevitable destruction.
We cannot help, in this place, recalling to the mind of Mr. Jefferson, that once before we were on the eve of a rupture the same power: the subject of dispute was, the navigation of the Mississippi. The then secretary of state was directed by the president, to instruct the American negotiator, Mr. Thomas Pinckney, to address the Spanish monarch thus: — "The United States know their own strength, without boasting of it; they also can respect the strength of other nations without rearing it ." Washington was then president. He might hold such language; and from him it would proceed with nobleness, and command reverence. He was a statesman and a soldier; who knew that the independence and dignity of his country were inseparable; and was by nature and by habit qualified to sustain both. We will not exhibit an antithesis. That unpleasant task we will leave to others. He who is not totally divested of feeling, who will hold up the two ideas before him, who will "look upon this picture and, on that ," will find the conviction forced upon him, that, at present, the language of Washington might, with strict propriety be reversed, and Mr. Charles Pinckney be instructed by Madison to say — "We bear our own strength without knowing it ; and we know the strength of others, but know how to respect it ." — This would, perhaps, be correct. We are dealers in extremes. One day we utter the most daring provocations, and the next tremble at what may be their consequences.
We do not at this moment wish for a war with Spain. Until England has also declared against her, her navy, having no check, would prove rather inconvenient to our little Mediterranean squadron; which might become the victim of our impolicy, before any of our Gun-Boats could get out to protect it. Nor do we wish to see our government make, in any case, a common cause with Great Britain, until ample redress shall have been obtained for the injuries she has for some time been, and now is, indulging upon us.
Spain knows well, however, at what time she may assume the appearance of energy. She knows that the tacit spirit which now influen-
ces our counsels is not easily roused. In the affair of Tripoli she has a happy specimen of our manner of warfare. She doubtless expects, and we shall not be surprised to hear, that all these differences will be accommodated by another treaty ; in which the just claims of our merchants will be surrendered, more territory (the Florides for example) purchased, and some fifteen millions of dollars drawn from our pockets, to enable the " enlightened government of France ," to crush the despotic government of England . — For as the Right Reverend Bishop Talleyrand says, — Il faut d'argent, beaucoup d'argent .
Intelligence.
PARIS, AUG. 10.
A Balloon Ascent. — Biot, member of the National Institute, intended, last Wednesday, in company with a friend, to ascend from the observatory in the air, and to make their meteorological and physical experiments. Government lent him, upon this occasion, its largest balloon, the same that had been in Egypt. But no sooner was this balloon filled, than a sudden gust of wind carried it away, and it has hitherto not been heard of or found. According to calculation, if it meets with no accident, it may arrive at or approach some of the planets nearest to our globe; and as all our best mathematical, astronomical, physical and meteorological instruments were embarked, with several bottles of wines and liquors, should it arrive any where in universal space, where the inhabitants have not reached the same state of civilization as upon our planet, it may produce information, which chance has so often produced in our arts & sciences. It is well known that it is to chance alone we are indebted for our greatest discoveries.
Workmen are now pulling down the Theatre Feydeau because Emperor has ordered a new street to be made between the street Feydeau and the street Vivienne, where a new exchange, surpassing, in extent and beauty, both the exchanges of London and of Amsterdam, will be constructed. The bankers and merchants, in gratitude for the protection and encouragement the Emperor has graciously given to commerce, have, by a deputation, demanded his Majesty's permission to erect his statue in the middle of this new exchange, to which neighbourhood the Imperial Bank of France will be removed. The Emperor's answer will be known at his Majesty's return from the coast.
During the first nine months, year eleven, 249, and during the same period this year, 316 mad, or lunatic persons, or 138 women and 177 men, have been sent to our public hospital for the reception of mad people. It is curious that among the men is a young person, aged 25, whose folly is to believe himself Louis XVI and among the women, a young lady, aged 16, whose madness is to think herself the wife of Louis XVI the unfortunate Maria Antoniette. They are both children of returned emigrants.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the U. S. frigate Congress, to a gentleman in Providence, dated Gibraltar Bay, Sept. 1.
"I have but a moment to inform you of our having arrived here, all well, the 13th of August. The Commodore, with the principal part of the squadron, failed immediately to join commodore Preble, near Tripoli. We have made a short cruise off the south coast of Morocco, and were off the city of Salée the 20th, 21st and 22d ult. found lying there, three ships of war, viz. the Mamona of 32, the Mamona of 30, and the Maboukir of 22 guns; the last is the ship that was captured by the Philadelphia, and afterwards given up at Tangiers. The appearance of our last squadron has induced the emperor of Morocco to relinquish his hostile designs against the United States. The decisive and spirited measures of commodore Preble have compelled the Bey of Tunis to be at peace; but our affairs with Tripoli remain unsettled. — Our squadron will however immediately appear before that place, in complete order, with the addition of several schooners, two bomb ketches, and five stout gun-boats; these last have been procured by commodore Preble. We sail in the morning to join the squadron before Tripoli, taking in our route the Barbary coast."
N. B. We have heard of the death of General Hamilton with astonishment and regret.
DOCTOR PRIESTLY's death having occasioned a vacancy in the national institute of France, M. KEAPROTH, of Berlin has been elected a member.
It is stated in London papers, that the French are about to employ 5000 shipwrights at Autwerp; that the keels of 7 ships of line have been laid there; and that throughout France, 120 ships of the line are building.
Snow Philadelphia, from the city of that name for Cadiz, has been driven on shore in the Delaware. Jerome Bonaparte and lady, who were passengers, in a narrowly escaped drowning. It is said Madame B. was the first who jumped into the boat, when it was found necessary to abandon the vessel.
In ship Louisiana, arrived at New-York last week in 20 days from New Orleans, the agents of the memorialists of that country came passengers. They will present the Louisiana remonstrance to congress early in the approaching session. The wife and child of gov. Claiborne
had died of the yellow fever; which had however, considerably abated.
Mr. Burr was at Statesburgh, Georgia, Sept. 14. Intended to proceed soon for Washington.
The legislature of Vermont, have disagreed to the Massachusetts amendment to the national constitution, for equalizing the choice of representatives among the free inhabitants.
The legislature of Rhode Island have postponed its consideration.
The duel between Gen. Hamilton and Mr. Burr, was fought in Bergen county, New-Jersey. The grand jury in that county have found a bill against Aaron Burr for murder .
Private letters from Paris state that at the coronation of Bonaparte, as Emperor of the French, a new nobility will be instituted, under the title of Patricians, by a Senatus Consultum, to be proclaimed upon that occasion. This measure will include all persons, with their families and descendants, who, within the first ten years of Bonaparte's reign, have occupied, or shall occupy the first and great places of State, such as Field Marshals, Commanders in Chief, Generals of Division, Ministers, Cardinals, Grand Officers of the Legion of Honor, &c. &c.
To THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America.
SIR, Emboldened by the favourable mention you have been pleased to make of their order, the Nuns of Ursula at New Orleans, to take the liberty of addressing you on a subject highly interesting to their institution. They believe that without any direct application, the treaty of cession and the scene of justice which marks the character of the United States would have secured to them the property they now possess; but considering it a sacred deposit, they would fail in a duty they deem essential, were they to omit requesting that it may be formally confirmed to them and their successors, and that you may be pleased to communicate this request to the Congress of the United States in such a manner as you may deem proper.
Our request is dictated by no wish of personal gratification or private aggrandizement. Secluded from the world, its luxuries and vanities, wealth, and the enjoyments it brings; would to them have no attraction; devoted to religious duties, temporal advantages are not the objects of their pursuits; but bound by solemn obligations to employ their revenue in charitable uses, and their time in the education of youth, they cannot but be anxious to know that the property which is to enable them to fulfil these duties will be secured to them. — It is not therefore their own cause, but that of the public which they plead. It is the cause of the orphan, of the helpless child of want, of the many who may be snatched from the path of vice and infamy under their guidance, and be trained up in the habits of virtue and religion to be happy and useful; of society, which will be disburdened of the indigent and freed from the depredations of vice; of their country itself, which cannot but acquire honor in fostering and protecting such beneficent purposes.
These considerations they know, fir, will have weight with you; they anticipate your support, because they deserve it; and they conclude with their ardent wishes for your personal happiness and the prosperity of the country whose affairs you direct.
We have the honor to be with the highest respect, fir, your most obedient servants. New-Orleans, June 1804.
ANSWER.
To the Sœur Thérèse de St. Xavier Façon, Superior, and the Nuns of the order of St. Ursula, at New-Orleans.
I have received, holy sisters, the letter you have written me, wherein you express anxiety for the property vested in your institution by the former governments of Louisiana. The principles of the constitution and government of the United States are a sure guarantee to you that it will be preserved to you sacred and inviolate, and that your institution will be permitted to govern itself according to its own voluntary rules without interference from the civil authority. Whatever diversity of shade may appear in the religious opinions of our fellow citizens, the charitable objects of your institution cannot be indifferent to any, and its furtherance of the wholesome purposes of society by training up its younger members in the way they should go, cannot fail to insure the patronage of the government it is under; be assured it will meet with all the protection which any other can give it.
I salute you, holy sisters, with friendship and respect. (Signed) TH. JEFFERSON.
Justice. .... No. 3.
"The situation of this country is alarming enough to rouse the attention of every man who pretends to a concern for the public welfare. Appearances justify suspicion; and when the safety of a nation is at stake, suspicion is a just ground of inquiry. Let us enter into it with candor and decency."
IN pursuing these numbers, Mr. Jenks, it is not my intention to confine myself to one man, or to one subject. If my two former numbers touched closely on the character of "William Widgery, Esq." and were expressed with warmth, it is presumed, the peculiar circumstances of the case will be an ample apology for the remarks the occasion demanded. Our antagonists pursue their plans in secret sanctuaries , and in midnight darkness ; and it was not understood until the death hour , that they had determined to support a man whose public course of life exposed him to three just censures it was deemed proper and needful to make; and which I am happy to find have had a tendency to prevent his election. Whatever certain characters may contend for to the contrary, I insist on it, that when men are held up for public office, their characters are open to investigation. This privilege I shall use; but I pledge myself to the public not to abuse it.
The next subject demanding attention is the Post-Office business ; so soon as we see the Jefferson administration in operation, than we find Mr. Granger at the head of this important department, dismissing from office those who have been "capable, honest, and faithful to the constitution," to make place for men who would subserve the views of a party, and render the Post-Office establishment an instrument of mischief. T O act appears so obvious, that proof seems unnecessary; — a few instances however shall be given.
A letter from a public character in Washington city, to his friend in this town, dated in February, 1803, says — "This indirect mode of getting a letter into your hands, is adopted for the sake of avoiding an official scrutiny , which practice begins to be pretty strongly suspected here."
Thus it seems our papers and letters are in danger of an unjust scrutiny at the capital, in addition to the embarrassments we are liable to from a host of dependents from one extremity of the Union to the other. How far this usage comports with the profession of " equal and exact justice " is left for the people to consider. The subject may with much propriety be introduced here, as great pains have been taken to revolutionize the Post-Office ; and to effect this purpose that the principal post-officers in the District have been changed; and that embarrassments in the distribution of the public newspapers have become very common. This leads to imppositions in our elections, which will be hereafter noticed.

THE VISIONARY.
BY W. SPENCER.
WHEN midnight o'er the moonless sky Her pall of transient death has spread...
No shivering ghost my way pursues, No bloodless shape my couch annoys...
The shade of youthful hope is there, That linger'd long and lastly died...
What empty shadows glimmer nigh? They once were Friendship, Truth and Love...
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of Guardian to EBENEZER MARVIN of Poland...
EBENEZER MARVIN, a spendthrift, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment...
Poland, 10 mo. 22th. 1804. THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of an administrator, to the estate of CHARLES GERRISH...
CHARLES GERRISH, late of Durham, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment...
WILLIAM GERRISH. Dated Oct. 21. 1804. THE subscribers hereby give public notice that they have been duly appointed, and have taken upon them the trust of administrators on the estate of THOMAS COBURN...
THOMAS COBURN, late of Buckfield, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. They therefore request all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment...
Abigail Coburn, Thomas Coburn. Dated, October 24. 1804. THE subscriber hereby gives public notice that she has been duly appointed and has taken upon her the trust of an administrator on the estate of THOMAS WALES...
THOMAS WALES, late of Bridgeton in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment...
NABBY WALES. Dated Oct. 24. 1804. NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of Col. EDWARD ANDERSON...
Col. EDWARD ANDERSON, late of Windham, in the county of Cumberland, deceased, and hath taken upon herself that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands on the estate of said deceased, are requested to exhibit the same, and all persons indebted to said estate, are called upon to make payment...
MARY ANDERSON, Administratrix. Windham, Oct. 3. NOTICE is hereby given, to those whom it may concern, that the subscribers are duly appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the claims upon the estate of JACOB ANDERSON...
JACOB ANDERSON, late of Freeport, yeoman deceased; and they propose to sit at the late dwelling house of the deceased, on the last Monday of this and the five following months, from one to five o'clock in the afternoon, to transact the business to which they are appointed.
JOHN CUSHING, THOMAS MEANS. Freeport, Oct. 9. 1804. THE subscribers hereby give public notice to all concerned, that they have been duly appointed, and have taken upon themselves the trust of executors of the last will and testament of JOHN MANN...
JOHN MANN, late of Freeport, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman deceased, by giving bonds as the law directs. They therefore request all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment...
MARGARET MANN, JOHN MANN. Dated Oct. 11. 1804. THE subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Samuel Freeman Esq. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of HENRY PARSONS...
HENRY PARSONS, late of Buckfield deceased, represented insolvent—do hereby give notice, that six months are allowed to said creditors, from the third of October inst. to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service at the dwelling house of WILLIAM LOWELL...
LEMUEL CROOKER, WILLIAM LOWELL, Commissioners. Dated at Buckfield Oct. 11. 1804. THE subscribers hereby give public notice to all concerned, that they have been duly appointed, and have taken upon themselves the trust of executors of the last will and testament of William Gorham...
William Gorham, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. deceased, by proving the will, and by giving bonds as the law directs; they therefore request all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment...
TEMPERENCE GORHAM, JOHN PARK LITTLE, Executors. Gorham, Oct. 4. 1804. GRAFTON, ss.—To the heirs of the estate of Nathaniel Witaker, late of Bethlehem, in the county of Grafton, and State of New Hampshire, deceased, intestate.
YOU are hereby notified, that Stephen Houghton of Bethlehem, mill-wright, administrator of the estate of said deceased, will exhibit his account into the court of probate for appropriation and allowance, at Haverhill, in said County of Grafton, on Thursday the thirteenth day of December next at ten of the clock, in the forenoon, at which time and place you may attend if you see cause.
By order of the Judge, MOSES DOW, Register of Probate. Haverhill, Sept. 27. 1804. A BOY WANTED. ABOUT 10 or 12 years of age, to live in a small family. He can have the constant privilege of a School. One from the country will be preferred. Enquire of the printer. Oct. 29.
DR. ABEL FOX, BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has taken a stand in Fore-Street, at the house of Mrs. Fox, near Jones's Row, where all applications in the line of his profession, will be promptly attended to. Portland, Oct. 29.
M. DU MARIEL, RETURNS his thanks to those gentlemen who have favoured his proposal for instruction in the French Language, and informs others, who may wish to subscribe, that he will commence giving lessons, this EVENING, Monday, November 5th, at the Chamber over store No. 2, Mussel's Row. Portland, Nov. 5.
Notice! MR. RUGGLES informs the young Gentlemen of Portland, that his Evening School has commenced: those who wish to attend, will find it to their advantage to apply soon.
He also informs the young Ladies of this place who consider their education not finished in Dancing, that he feels himself perfectly able to instruct them in such branches as they may feel themselves most in want of. Such as the low dance or New Minuet; a dance that is well known to be a very great ornament to its performers, for its grace of attitude and expression of feature: and he teaches the Congo Minuet, a dance performed to music in common time. Also a number of Fancy Dances, which may be performed by any quorum or even number of Ladies, from two to twelve. Those fancy dances are very much admired for their brilliancy and variety of steps and figure, and are frequently taught with ten and sometimes more changes. He likewise teaches Opera or Scotch Reels, which are a so much admired—Those who have received no instruction in the art of dancing, will receive lessons in the first rudiments, as is usual for new beginners.
His terms will be but Six Dollars per Scholar: Three at entrance, and three at the expiration of the term of twelve weeks. Two afternoons in each week. Room and all other necessary appendages to be furnished by the teacher. Portland, November 5, 1804.
N.B. The School will be kept on the afternoons of Wednesday and Saturday. Those persons who shall please to place their children under his care for instruction, may depend on his punctuality. If any in preference to attending to school, should choose lessons given in their families, he will attend them at their houses, if applied to.
ACADEMIC INFORMATION.
THE Vacation in Freeland Academy, commenced on Tuesday the 14th inst. and will continue until the 10th November next, at which time instruction will again commence, under the direction of Preceptor COOK—in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, Astronomy, Philosophy, and the learned languages. The paid services of the Instructor have been highly satisfactory to the Board, and are the surest pledges of his future eminence and usefulness—CONVENTION Barking can be obtained on reasonable terms—and Parents and friends may rest assured that attention will be paid to the improvement of the youth as well in piety and morality, as in the sciences—and that the daily example as well as precepts of the Instructor will be a strong barrier to prevent them from falling into scenes of dissipation and idleness. WM. FESSENDEN, Secretary.
N.B. Those Students who wish to improve in Music, either vocal or instrumental, may receive instruction three times a week. Oct. 22.
To the honorable the Senate and the honorable the House of Representatives in General Court assembled at Boston, on the last Wednesday in May, A.D. 1804.
WE the subscribers being delegated by the towns and plantations we here represent and duly authorized to act in their behalf, met in convention at Paris, on Tuesday the fifteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and four: Considering the present situation of the northerly part of the counties of York and Cumberland, we conceive that we labour under great disadvantages by reason of heavy expenses to the inhabitants, in being obliged to attend the county courts at the great distance they are held from us:—We therefore humbly petition your Honors to incorporate the towns of Minot, Hebron, Otisfield, Waterville, Lovell, and all other towns and plantations in said county, lying northerly of the aforesaid towns into an inland county and organize the same and to appoint a shire town and name for the said county, as your Honors in their wisdom may see fit, and as in duty bound shall ever pray.
For the town of Paris, LEVI HUBBARD. For the town of Sumner, BENJAMIN HEALD. For the town of Hartsfield, DANIEL HUTCHINSON. For the town of Dickfield, SOLOMON LELAND. For Plantation No. 3, STEPHEN CHASE. For the town of Norway.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the House of Representatives June 9th, 1804.
ON the petition of Levi Hubbard and others praying that the northerly part of the counties of York and Cumberland may be incorporated into a new county: Ordered, that the petitioners cause an attested copy of the foregoing petition with this order thereon to be published in the several newspapers successively in the Portland Gazette, and to be served on the clerks of the courts of sessions for said counties, the last publication and the service aforesaid to be at least thirty days before the second Tuesday of the last session of the present General Court, that all persons concerned, may there appear and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
Scut down for concurrence, H. G. OTIS, Speaker. In Senate, June 11, 1804. A true copy, attest—WENDELL DAVIS, Clerk of Senate.
Upholstery Store.
AARON AUSTIN, & CO. HAVE for sale, at their store, Fore-Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, a constant supply of Live Geese, Sea Fowl, and Feathers.
Also—Cotton and English BEDTICKING, of different kinds. RUSSIA BEDS and MATTRESSES ready made. Beds made and fitted at the shortest notice. Spanish and French INDIGO. The above assortment of Feathers is warranted of the first quality, and will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. (tl) Portland, August 22.
RUM, Coffee, and Sugar, now landing and for sale by
RALPH CROSS, No. 14, Union-Wharf. ALSO, High 4th proof Jamaica Rum. Portland, Oct. 29.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
To be sold, by order of Court, at Mr. Thomas Johnson's house, in New Gloucester, innholder, on Monday the third day of December next, at one o'clock in the afternoon. A VALUABLE stand in Poland, containing half a double saw mill, and grist mill, known by the name of Johnson's Mills, together with fifty acres of land adjoining said mill, with all the buildings and appurtenances belonging to the same. A good stand for a merchant, or mechanic &c.—in the center of the town, and on the town and on the main road from Paris to Portland. It is being part of the real estate belonging to ABRAHAM WALDRON, late of Portland, deceased.—The terms of payment made known at time and place. ABRAHAM WALDRON, Administrator. Brunswick Oct. 27.
Taken by Execution, AND TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On MONDAY, the 3rd day of December next, THE right in equity to redeem one undivided sixth part of a tract of LAND on Mountjoy Neck, in Portland, being number four in the division between the heirs of the Rev. THOMAS SMITH, deceased, the whole tract, containing ten acres, and one hundred and thirty eight rods, two eighth parts having been set off to Peter T. Smith. The said sixth part is the same right which Peter T. Smith and wife conveyed to John Hobbs, before the share of Peter T. Smith was set off, being then one eighth part in the estate aforesaid; and is now under mortgage to said Hobbs and wife, to secure the payment of one hundred and forty four dollars, with interest from the 20th of April, 1798. The above property is taken and will be sold by virtue of an execution in favor of the United States, against the estate of John Hobbs, late of Portland, deceased, in the hands of his Administratrix—Sale to be at two o'clock of the said day, at the house of Major Thomas Peck, innholder in said Portland. Conditions then made known. T. G. THORNTON, arshal. Portland, Nov. 1.
FOR SALE. A HOUSE pleasantly situated on Cumberland Street. The house is entirely finished, painted and papered, and very convenient for one family, having an excellent cellar, and a good pump of water. The terms will be advantageous to the purchaser. For particular enquiry of the printer. Portland, Nov. 5, 1804.
To Let or Sell, A VALUABLE NEW SHOP lately occupied by Mr. Samuel M. Quincy, pleasantly situated on Fore Street, head of Union wharf, a very convenient stand for a trader or tradesman for terms inquire of the subscriber at his Shop in Fore-Street. WILLIAM TRUE. Portland Nov. 3.
FOR SALE. A Good stand for a mechanic, or one who wishes to keep a public house, situated in Buxton near the old meeting house. The premises consist of a good gable roof house, with a half acre or more of LAND, with a good Orchard, and other conveniences. For terms apply to the subscriber near the premises. ROYAL BREWSTER. Buxton. Oct. 29. 1804.
FOR SALE. A FARM in Gorham, consisting of 70 acres of LAND, improved, well watered, and wooded, with buildings thereon:—Likewise, 200 acres of LAND, lying in Baldwin, adjoining Sabago Pond—For further particulars, inquire of JOHN HASKELL, Jun. in Gorham. Oct. 22.
ONE SAW, in a good and convenient double Saw mill, with fifty acres of Land adjoining: or without said Land, as will best suit the purchaser, on Penobscot river, about ten miles above the head of navigation: it being the best stand for Lumbering in the District of Maine, as there is plenty of water all the year, and logs may be brought down the river in rafts 90 miles to the mill, in the spring of the year, and can raft the boards from the mill down the river to the head of the tide. One saw has sawed 42 thousand of boards in one week this summer last past.—Said Mill stands on Indian Old-Town falls. Likewise the privilege of building a double Saw-mill, to be built on a share on said falls.—Inquire of NATHAN WINSLOW of Palmyra, in the county of Cumberland, or of JONATHAN WINSLOW, on the premises. Also for sale, one lot of excellent LAND, containing 250 acres in the town of Fairfax, and county of Kennebec. It lies on Penobscot road, and is about 8 miles from a convenient landing. Said lot adjoins on Nathan Haywood's farm, where he now dwells.—Inquire of said NATHAN WINSLOW, or of STEPHEN HARRIS, of said Fairfax. (12 to 800) Nathan Winslow. A. Leeds 25th. 1804.
STRAYED, FROM the subscriber about the 15th inst. a large black COW, with a white streak on her rump, marked "J. M." on one of her horns, is about 3 years old. Whoever will return her to the owner, shall be rewarded for their trouble. JOSHUA HASKELL. Oct. 31.
STRAYED, FROM this town about ten days since, a red COW, with a number of spots, bug horns and long tail; whoever will give information where said cow may be found, shall be rewarded for their trouble. Inquire of the Printer. Portland. Nov. 1.
STRAYED, FROM the subscriber, about four weeks since, a brindled COW, with a bell on, tail unusually long—Whoever has taken up said Cow and will give information so that she may be recovered, shall be rewarded by applying to the Gazette Office. Oct. 22.
Strayed or stolen FROM the stable of the subscriber on the evening of the 21st inst. a large bay HORSE, fifteen or sixteen hands high, dark mane and tail, mane on the off side—Whoever will return said Horse to the subscriber shall be handsomely rewarded and all necessary charges paid. DAVID L. BRADLEY. Gorham, Oct. 25.
STRAYED FROM Portland, in August past, a red HEIFER three years old, bug horns, white hind legs, white streak in her forehead; whoever will deliver said Heifer safe in Portland or give information where she may be obtained, shall be paid for their trouble by GEORGE WHEELWRIGHT. Portland, Oct. 11.
BOSTON ADVERTISEMENT.
William Tuckerman, No. 61, State-Street, BOSTON, INFORMS his friends in the District of Maine, and the Public in general, that by the fall ships which are anticipated in all the month of September, he shall receive from the manufacturers of London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Amsterdam, an extensive and general assortment of Ironmongery, Hard-Ware, Saddlery, AND Cutlery GOODS, which he is determined to sell on the best terms for Cash or approved credit. [3m] August 16.
Wholesale Prices Current at Port D.
(CORRECTED WEEKLY.)
Table with 4 columns: ARTICLE, From, To, Cts. Rows include: ASHES, Pot, per ton; BEEF, mess, 200 lb; BACON, per lb; BUTTER, per lb; BEANS, white, per bu; BRIMSTONE, roll, per cwt; BRICKS, per M; COFFEE, per lb; CHOCOLATE, per lb; CANDLES, Am. tallow, per lb; CHESSE, American, per lb; LIGHER, liquor, per bb; FISH, Table, per cwt; Merchant N. Foundland, per 460; Wetindia market, per 333; Scale, per 350; Alewives, per bbl; Salmon, per 12; Herrings, per 350; Mackerell, per 725; FLAX, per lb; FLAX-SEED, per bu; FLOUR, Superfine, per bbl; Fine, per 950; Brand, per 850; Middlings, per 6; Country, per 4; FEATHERS, live Geese, per lb; GRAIN, Barley, per bush; Corn, Indian, South, per 16; North, per 112; Rye, per 120; Oats, per 50; GLASS, Britter-10by 8, per bx; 7 by 9, per 21; Hamburg, 7 by 9, per 11; 8 by 10, per 1150; GUN POWDER, foreign, per 4850; HOPS, new, per 9; HOOPS, hhd. 12 feet, per M 2730; Iron, per T 340150; HIDES, shipping, per lb 1213; HOGS LARD, 1st fort, per 2113; 2d do, per 1813; IRON, Philadelphia bar, per T 110120; Russia, Sable, per 100; Sweden, per 115123; INDIGO, Carolina, per 125-250; Spanish float, per 225; LIME, half hhd, per 225; LEATHER, fgd, dried, belt, per lb 243; LEMMONS, Lisbon, per box 810; LUMBER, Ken. & Mach. clear, per M 18; merch, per 10; Cipboards, per 1416; Shingles, warranted, per 225; Laths, per thousand, per 17163; Pine Timber, per ton 3345; Oak Timber, per 5; MOLASSES, Havana, best, per gal. 5256; NAIL RODS, ton, per ton 120130; NAILS, 3d cut, 2 lbs per M 26; 3d do 1/2 per 28; 4d do 3 per 2950; 6d do 6 per 5860; 8d do 8 per 7780; 10d do 10 per 1; 20d flooring Boards, per lb or; OIL, Florence, 30 flasks, per case 8; Whale, common, per gal 50; Spermacti, per 125; PORK, Bone Middlings, per bbl 17; Cargo No. 1, per 15; No. 2, per 14; PLAISTER PARIS, per ton 5; SOAP, American white, per lb 1014; brown, per 911; SPIRITS, Brandy, First & 2d pr gal 8690; 4th do, per 120; Cogniac, 4th, per 140150; Barcelona, 1st, per 90; 4th, per 1418; Alicante, 1st, per 961; 4th, per 18112; Gin, Holland, 1st, per 9092; 2d, per 9499; American, 1st, per 6670; RUM, Jamaica, 4th, per 961; St. Croix, 3d & 4th, per 9094; New-England, per 58; SUGARS, Havana white, per cwt 1675; do brown, per 1250; SALT, St. Ubes, hhd, per bbl 550650; STEEL, Heart & Club, per lb 1213; Bistered, per 1415; STAVES, W. Oak pipe N, per M 5560; do hhd, per 3740; do heading, per 3840; do bbl, per 2022; R. O. hhd, per 1314; W. Oak stooks, per 175-2; TALLOW, per lb 1314; TEAS, Hyson, per 120125; Hyson skin, per 95; Souchong, per 7580; Bohea, best, per 2930; TOBACCO, per cwt 7750; WINES, Madeira, per gal 175-275; Lisbon, per 127-135; Sherry, per 130; Tenerife, per 125-135; Malaga, per qr. cask 28; Port, per gal 140.
This Gazette,
is published every Monday, by E. A. JENKS, at the Printing Office, No. 7, Fifth-Street, PORTLAND; where subscriptions, advertisements, communications, &c. are received with attention. The price, to country subscribers, who receive their papers at the office, or in packages by the mail, is ONE DOLLAR & FIFTY CENTS a year.—Subscribers who live in town and those whose papers are sealed and forwarded separately, will be charged TWO DOLLARS a year.