Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1803-05-30 00:00:00

To the Editor of the Portland Gazette.
ELM-TREE, 20th May, 1803.
SIR, IN my letter, republished from the Annals of the Times, I have enumerated a few cases of the most direct and palpable contradiction between the declarations of the Jefferson sect before his election, and while they were courting the people for power, and their conduct since they have acquired it.
There is another part of Mr. Jefferson's conduct, which, the much applauded by his supporters (and since they prove of his bringing the blasphemer to this country, I don't know what he can do that they will not justify) has not been properly exposed to make its selfishness and real wicked tendency appear in their true and natural colors.
I allude to his frequent displacing of officers, on the mere ground of their differing from him, or some of his great departments, in political opinions, and supplying the vacancies, thus created, with characters generally inferior to those turned out; and I doubt whether a single instance can be produced of his filling one of those vacancies with a successor better, or even so well qualified to discharge the duties of office.
There is ground to suspect the President, on this subject, lends a willing ear to, or is grossly imposed upon, by malignant informers and hungry seekers for promotion:—but while he associates with such characters as the blasphemer and Duane he is not likely to obtain very correct account of those he selects for favors in New England.
The principle he seems to have prescribed to himself soon after, if not before, he came into office, should administration pursue it much longer with the rigor they have hitherto done, will banish every thing like probity and capacity from offices under their absolute controul.
Can there be a more distressing situation than that of officers, who are under oath to act according to law and prescribed rules, and where the only known qualifications are honesty, ability, and attachment to government , where they are taught by a public document, as well as by a uniform conduct of their superiors, that a faithful, conscientious and able discharge of the duties of their office is not a pledge for their continuance therein?
Now in the letter before mentioned, the President clearly refers to a period, unlimited in time, and which, if we can form a judgment from his conduct, has not yet expired, and during the whole of which he should be governed by some of these circumstances, or others of no more importance, in creating and filling vacancies.
Upon this ground only can we account for certain displacements and appointments—surely while these things were doing the administration had not returned to that state of affairs when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be,
is he honest? Is he capable? Is he faithful to the constitution? May we not almost doubt whether these questions were thought of at all during the transactions?
I don't know of any thing more evidential of corruption in a public character, or of ignorance in a statesman, than his establishing a general rule of evil tendency in order to accomplish some particular event connected more with his own than the public interest; or with the exclusive elevation and gratification of his own sect and supporters.
It does appear to me that after all the parade of words the President made use of to justify the displacing of Mr. Goodridge and appointing old Bishop, his great object was to deceive the people of the United States; for what is the result of his pretended rule but a direct gratification of those who had advocated and supported his own election.
But hereafter I shall give you something further on this important subject of the materials necessary to make a member of the republican sect within the meaning of the President's letter, and therefore for the present subscribe
Yours, &c.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
BUTTER.
The Farmers in the parish of Udney, in the county of Aberdeen, practice the following method of curing their butter, which gives it a great superiority above that of their neighbors:—
Take two parts of the best common salt, one part of lugal, and one part of salt-petre; beat them up together, and blend the whole completely; take one ounce of this composition for every sixteen ounces of butter, work it well into the mass, and close it up for use.
The butter cured with this mixture appears of a rich marrowy consistence, and fine color, and never acquires a brittle hardness, nor tastes salt: Dr. Anderson says, "I have ate butter cured with the above composition, that has been kept three years, and it was as sweet as at the first."
Massachusetts Annual Election.
BOSTON, MAY 26.
Yesterday was celebrated the Annual Festival of the election of the Executive and Legislative Departments of our State Government.
At ten o'clock the two Branches met in their several Chambers, and proceeded to the election of their officers.
In the Senate the Hon. DAVID COBB, was unanimously re-elected President.
In the House of Representatives, the whole number of votes for Speaker, was 200, and given as follows:
Mr. Otis, was accordingly chosen. The number of votes for Clerk was 197, of which NICHOLAS TILLINGHAST, Esq. had 116, and was chosen;—the other candidates were Messrs. Whitman and Skinner, the former had 16, and latter 65 votes.
The two Branches being duly organized, and joined by the Supreme Executive, a Procession was then formed, under the escort of the Independent Company of Cadets, commanded by Col. WELLES, and proceeded to the Old South Meeting House, where an Anniversary Sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. PUFFER, of Berlin.
The services of the Church being ended, the procession was again formed, and escorted back to the New State House.
In the afternoon the two Houses assembled in Convention for the purpose of filling up the vacancies in the Senate.
Suffolk, one vacancy—Candidates, Messrs. Tilden and Austin; the former gentleman had 161 votes and was chosen.
Hampshire, one vacancy—Candidates, Messrs. Fowler and McLean; the former gentleman had 138 votes and was chosen.
York, one vacancy—Candidates, Messrs. Fiske and Cuts; whole number of votes 228; the former gentleman had 152 votes, and was chosen.
Hancock, Lincoln, and Washington, one vacancy—Candidates, Messrs. Campbell and Hill; whole number of votes 214; the former gentleman had 121 votes, and was accordingly chosen.
The two Branches of the Legislature, then separated, and after dispatching the other necessary business of the day, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, MAY 26.
The committee appointed to examine the returns of votes for Governor, reported, that the whole number of votes for Governor is 43,409, of which His Excellency CALEB STRONG has 29,199 and is chosen; that the whole number of votes for Lieutenant Governor is 42,758, of which His Honor EDWARD H. ROBBINS has 27,063, and is chosen.
Messrs. Ely, Symmes and Thayer, with such as the Hon. Senate may join, were appointed a committee to consider applications for new trials.
Messrs. Lowell, Knox and Morton, with such as the Hon. Senate may join, were appointed to consider applications for the incorporation of Banking companies.
At 12 o'clock, the Senate convened in the Representatives' Chamber, and His Excellency the Governor and His Honor the Lieutenant Governor entered, and took and subscribed the oaths and declarations prescribed by the constitution and laws.
An order was received from the Senate, appointing the Hon. Messrs. Storer and Bidwell, with such as the House may join, a committee to examine and report what towns, districts and plantations have neglected to make their returns of votes for Governor, Lieut. Governor and Senator, the present year.
A petition was received from Abiel Smith and others, for the establishment of a Bank in Boston, to be called the Town and Country Bank; Also, a petition for the establishment of a bank at Augusta, and another for the establishment of a bank at Hallowell; which were severally read and committed.
Messrs. Knox, Smith, Weston, Austin and Thornton, were appointed the committee on elections for the present year.
The Rev. Thomas Baldwin, was chosen Chaplain of the House.
To morrow, at 11 o'clock, is assigned for forming a convention of the two branches of the Legislature for the purpose of coming to the choice of Counsellors.
From the Gazette of the United States.
The mind of every reflecting American must naturally anticipate some of the consequences that may possibly arise to this country from the French becoming our neighbours on the Mississippi.
It is presumed the great danger to be apprehended is, that it may in a few years lead to an attempt to divide the United States and to the establishment of an independent government in our Western Territory; and that, not by open force on the part of the French, but by intrigue, not a French government, but one that they may have a powerful influence over, without the great body of the people being fully sensible of it.
The French will no doubt establish at the Floridas and New Orleans, a military government strong and energetic, with a show of civil authority along with it.
It is not intended by these observations to cast a reflection on the western people as a body, or can it be supposed that they entertain even a latent germ of disaffection to their present happy government; but look at the geography of that country, and the conduct of the French government of late years in Europe, and the thing, if not greatly to be feared, is at least very probable.
AN AMERICAN.
BOSTON, MAY 25.
Of Algiers.—The National Intelligencer, of the 18th inst. corrects, the information given some days since, by Mr. Consul Eaton, of the demands of the Dey of Algiers.—There is now due to the Regency of Algiers no more than one year's annuity, (21,600 dollars) in addition to the expense of ransoming Captain Morris, and crew, said to amount to 6500 dollars, and about 2 or 3000 dollars for contingencies.
Several persons have lately been convicted in Newhamphire, of passing counterfeit bank notes, dollars, &c.—Three have also been convicted of horse stealing—and received the following singular punishment,
Accounts from France, to the 6th of April, state, that on that day six transports, with troops, failed for St. Domingo, without convoy ! This is given as proof, that the French government did not expect a speedy rupture with England.
From Havana, April 27.—Received yesterday. "The Marquis de Montalvo failed yesterday for New Orleans, to deliver up Louisiana to the Great Nation;—which has here an agent buying up blood hounds to hunt the poor negroes in St. Domingo."
SALEM, MAY 25.
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.
Capt. Shillaber, from Magadore has favored us with a deposition taken at the office of the American Consul in that place, of which the following is an abstract:—
"John Brodie, (the deponent) of Green Briar county, in Virginia, a seaman on board schr. Betty, of Norfolk, Samuel Shore, master, failed in said Schooner from Norfolk the 18th of April, 1802, on a voyage to Madeira, laden with indian corn and pipe staves and had favorable weather for the first three weeks, and then the master suspecting they were to the eastward of Madeira, put about, and beat to the westward for about a fortnight, when finding they were not to the eastward of Madeira they put about again, and for the first 2 or 3 days had favorable winds from N. and N. W. and then it came round to E. and N. E.
By this time the Moors had been on board the vessel, and had brought on shore what of the rigging they could cut away, or find loose. The deponent went to them to see if he could find any thing to eat but found what bread there was quite spoiled by the salt water, and that a cask of beef and another of pork had been washed over and all the meat lost.
About the 8th of April, the American Agent at Magedore, received intelligence from Sallee, that Beck and Evan, who went ashore in the boat, where there on their way from Morocco to the Consul General of the United States at Tangiers, to be sent from there to Gibraltar.

Jenk's Maine Marine List.
Port of Portland.
SUNDAY, May 23.
Arrived brig Mercator, capt. L. Smith, 37 days from Grenada - Left at Grenville Bay (Grenada) April 19, brig Polly, Kennard, of Portsmouth, to sail in 10 days - Left at St. Thomas, April 29, brig Nancy, Williams, of Salem; fchs. Nancy, Crumby, and Nabby, Tuck of Boston; fch. ---, Goodridge, Newburyport; sloop ---, Somes, do; sloop Galt, Greenfield, New York; sloop Matilda, Prescott, Hartford - Markets glutted.
WEDNESDAY, May 25.
Arrived Schooner Sufan, capt. D. Lowell, 30 days from Berbice - Left there, brig Thomas, Lassel, of this port; fch. Betty, Foss, of Biddeford - Spoke, in lat. 37, long 70, ship Rolla, Arnold, 136 days from Calcutta, for Providence.
Same day - Arrived Schooner Raven, captain John Rackliff, 26 days from Turks Island - Left at Port Antonio Samad, April 7, Schooner Drummer, S. Libby, of Kennebec, discharging, to sail in all April - Spoke, April 15, off Cape Francois, fch. Guide, Gardner, 25 days from Boston, bound to Port-au-Prince - May 22, off Cape Cod, spoke brig Active, York, from Philadelphia, bound to Boston.
Same day - Arrived ship Mary, captain William Baker, 28 days from Point Peter, Guadalupe - Left there, 27th April - brig Jobo, Folsom, of Newburyport, to sail in 3 days; Unity, Edes, do. 14; Sally, Basset, do. just arrived and sold; Union, Thomas, Philadelphia; Maria Jarvis, do. 6; Farmer's Delight, Brown, do. 6; Nancy Jeffries, do. 10; Philip, Martin, Baltimore, 6; Fair American, Maximen, do. 20; Caroline, Gardner, do. 21; Pacific, Nash, Boston, 30; Industry, Chase, Somerset, 6; Effingham, Doolittle, Bath, 10; Hope, Leander, Salem, 20; Industry, Cook, do. 20; Enterprise, Hammond, Marblehead, 10; Lark, Briggs, Middlesex, 4; fch. Polly, of Edenton, N. C. 14 - Left at St. Eustatia, April 28, brig Henry of Bath, from Boston, arrived the day before, not sold - Spoke, May 3, lat. 24, long. 64, fch. Sally, Rapell, 7 days from Guadalupe bound home, all well - May 16, lat. 35, long 71, spoke brig Little Ann of Bristol, 3 days from Rhode Island, bound to Havana.
THURSDAY, May 26.
Arrived Schooner Remained, capt. J. Ham, 27 days from St. Bartholomew - On his outward passage, in lat. 26, long. 59, discovered a sail, which proved to be a long-boat, belonging to the Schooner Swan of Milford, having on board capt. Turnan, of said fch. and his crew, 7 in number; they failed from Newbedon on the 21st of March, bound to Barbadoes with flock and provisions; the spring leak on the 23rd March, and on the 7th April filed and split; they then took to the boat, and had been out forty hours, during several heavy rains, when capt. Ham took them on board and landed them at St. Bartholomew - Spoke, lat. 32, long. 67, a Schooner from Boston, D. L. Coleworthy, 6 days out, bound to Jamaica - American produce low at St. Barts. viz. Bards 20 dollars, Staves 25, Shingles 6. Fish 5. Beef No. 1. 9. No. 2. 12, Mels 26, Butter 16 cents, Candles 16 c, Lard 14 c, Soap 12 1/2, Flour superfine 6 d 40 c; Rum, St. Kitts, 50 c gal. Sugar, St. Martins, 8 d cwt. Coffee 20 d cwt. Cotton 33 d per cwt.
Same day - Arrived fch. President, capt. G. Mead, 32 days from Antigua, via St. Eustatia - Left at Port de France, brig Apollo, Thomas, of Portland, to sail in 10 days; fch. Ives, of Boston, to sail in 10 days; sloop Sally of New York, for Grenada - Spoke, May 21, lat. 38, 48, long 70, Schooner Mayfield, of Providence, 4 days from Virginia, bound to Lisbon; May 24, on the SW part of Georges Bank, spoke brig Aligator, from Boston, bound to Bourdeaux.
Same day - Arrived brig Nancy, captain L. Moody, 21 days from St. Bartholomew - Left there May 5, Schooner Rising Sun, Bayton, of Portsmouth, Virginia; sloop President Grinolds, of Alexandria; sloop ---, Roach, of Rhode Island - Spoke, May 21, lat. 36, long. 71, Schooner Jefferson, Watson, 4 days from Philadelphia, bound to St. Thomas.
Arrived at Northyarmouth, Tuesday last, fch. Sally, captain James Yeaton, 2 Yeaton, 25 days from Turks Island.
Was spoke - April 26, lat. 51, 23, long 28 ship Baltic, Brown of Portland 15 days out, for Copenhagen - April 25, lat. 38, 33, long. 59, ship Almirante, 12 days from Portland for Liverpool, had lost her deck load.
Take Notice.
THE Copartnership of EBENEZER BENSON & Company, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons, therefore, having demands against said firm, or indebted thereto, are requested to apply to the subscribers for settlement.
M. L. HILL.
E. BENSON.
Georgetown, March 5, 1803. (May 30)
This is to notify the public,
THAT all connection in business has ceased between the subscriber and Messrs. Edward & William Wigglesworth of Wiscasset, some time since.
JOHN WINTHROP.
Boston, May 24.
Taken up,
ON Monday last, on the highway in this town, a dark bay MARE, about five years old - She was committed to pound agreeably to the by-laws of the town, and is now at Mr. Stephen Ladd's Stable - The owner may have her again by proving property and paying charges, by applying to the above stable Portland, May 30.
Union Library.
THE proprietors of the Union Library, are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at Concert Hall, on the first day of June 6 o'clock, P. M. for the sale of said Library, &c. agreeable to a vote of the society.
N. PRATT, Librarian.
Portland, 13th May, 1803.
8th Sale of the Books will commence precisely at 8 o'clock.
Those who hold Books belonging to said Library, are requested to return them on or before the first of June.
AT A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWN OF PORTLAND,
VOTED, that in order to preserve the health of the inhabitants, and keep the town as free as possible from infectious diseases, the said inhabitants shall be notified and requested to remove (as the law directs) all filth, putrid substances and offending matter, from their inclosures, and more especially from their cellars and back yards, and to cleanse said places and keep them clean during the summer season. The Health Committee having divided the town into Nine Wards, and appointed one of said Committee to the care of each ward, who will be under the necessity, in order to do his duty, to prosecute those who neglect the due observance of the laws that respect the health of the inhabitants of the town.
By order of the Board.
MATTHEW COBB, Chairman.
JOSIAH TUCKER, Secretary.
Portland, May 27, 1803.
Extract from the Law to prevent the spreading of malignant fevers and contagious sicknesses.
"BE it further enacted, That each town or district in this Commonwealth, may at their meeting held in March or April annually, or at any other meeting legally warned for that purpose, when they shall judge it to be necessary, choose and appoint a Health Committee, to consist of not less than five, nor more than nine suitable persons, or one person to be a Health Officer, whose duty it shall be to remove all filth of any kind whatsoever, which shall be found in any of the streets, lanes, wharves, docks, or any other place whatsoever, within the limits of the town to which such Committee or Health Officer belongs, whenever such filth shall, in their judgments, endanger the lives or the health of the inhabitants thereof; all expenses whereof to be paid by the town or persons who placed it there, if known, or if not, by the town by which said Committee or Health Officer was appointed. And whenever any filth as aforesaid shall be found on any private property, said Committee or Health Officer shall notify and order the owner or occupier thereof, after twenty-four hours to remove the same at their own expence; and in case said owner or occupier shall neglect to remove such filth from his or her property after the expiration of the time aforesaid, (ie) they so offending shall forfeit and pay a fine of one hundred dollars, to be paid for and recovered, with costs of suit, by said Committee or Health Officer, before any Court proper to try the same, for the use of the poor of the town in which such offence is committed. And said owner or occupier as aforesaid shall be obliged to repay to said town all costs and charges, which the said Committee or Health Officer may have incurred in removing the filth from his or her property; and in case of refusal to pay the same, he or they may be sued in the same way as provided in this act for the recovery of fines as aforesaid."
For Sale,
A Valuable FARM in the town of Monmouth, the post road leading through the same - containing one hundred and seven acres of excellent Land - cuts at present about twenty tons best English hay, and pasturing in proportion - it may be made to cut fifty tons - Said Land is well watered and wooded, with a good House and Barn standing in a very commodious place to accommodate the tillage and mowing land - it is within fifty rods of a meeting house, about one mile from a good grist and saw mill, and fourteen miles from Hallowell Landing - there is the best of tillage land on the premises, and a very handsome Orchard which bears a good many apples already. For further particulars inquire of WILLIAM LOWNNEY, on the premises.
N.B. There is belonging to the premises two Pews in the center meeting house, about a mile from - 3 premises. May 30.
THE subscribers having been appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of JOHN SAVAGE,
late of Wiscasset, in the county of Lincoln, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent hereby give notice that six months from the seventh instant are allowed for the creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend that service on the last Monday of this, and the first Mondays of the five following months, from two until seven o'clock P. M. at the Office of Jeremiah Bailey, in said Wiscasset.
JERE. BAILEY, } Commis. JOHN MERRILL, jr. } } Siners. Wiscasset, May 7, 1803. (M30)
THE subscribers, having been appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of JOHN BRIGGS,
late of Wiscasset, in the county of Lincoln, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent hereby give notice that six months from the seventh instant are allowed for the creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend that service on the last Monday of this, and the first Mondays of the five following months, from nine o'clock A. M. until one P. M. at the Office of Jeremiah Bailey, in said Wiscasset.
JERE. BAILEY, } Commis. JOHN MERRILL, jr. } } Siners. Wiscasset, May 7, 1803. (M30)
NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned has been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of HENRY HODGE, the ad.
late of Wiscasset, in the county of Lincoln, a minor, deceased, and has taken upon him that trust by giving bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands on the estate of the said Henry Hodge the ad, are required to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said estate are called upon to make payment to HENRY HODGE, Administrator. Wiscasset, May 23, 1803.
THE subscriber, administrator to the Estate of ZEPHANIAH RICH, jun. requests all persons, having demands on, or indebted to said estate, to settle the same immediately, with SAMUEL S. RICH, May 16.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
STOLEN from the dwelling house of the subscriber, on or about the evening of the 22nd or 23rd instant, nearly TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR, of which between two and three hundred were in gold, and the remainder in paper of various banks.
The above reward of One Thousand Dollars, shall be given to any person who will give information by which the Thief or Thieves, may be detected, and the money recovered; or to any person who will give information by which the Money only may be recovered. The same reward will be given to any person who will return the money stolen; and the subscriber pledges himself that no questions shall be asked, nor the name of the person ever disclosed.
For a discovery of the Thief or Thieves only, so that he or they may be brought to justice, a reward of Five Hundred Dollars will be given.
NATHANIEL F. FOSDICK.
Portland, May 23, 1803.
BOOKS.
ISAAC ADAMS,
No. 6, Jones Row,
HAS just received a general assortment of BOOKS, in the different branches of literature, and for sale at the lowest cash prices
Also, SCHOOL BOOKS - such as Bibles, Testaments, Morse's Geography, Orator, Preceptor, Art of Reading, Webster's 1st. 2d. & 3d Parts, Maine Spelling Book, Child's Companion, &c.
Walsh's, Pike's, Root's, and Temple's Arithmetics.
Greek and Latin Classics.
Writing and Letter Paper.
Quills, Inkpowder, Penknives & Inkstands.
Folio, 4to, 8vo, and Pocket Bibles.
Belknap's, Watts's, and Smith & Sleeper's Hymns.
Practical Navigator, Coast Pilot, Daily Assistant, Journals, Quadrants, Scales, Dividers and Charts.
Maps of Massachusetts and Maine.
Violin Strings.
Blank and Account Books of all kinds, bound and ruled to any pattern.
NEW NOVELS:
Assessment - Odd Enough - Nothing New
Home - Frederick - World as it goes - Stretching Player - Lottery of Life - Pedestrian
Reprobate - Victor - Old Maids.
Also, European and Lady's Magazine.
5th Copy and the highest Price given for Rags, Canss and Junk. May 30.
AARON FITZ,
HAS REMOVED to the shop formerly occupied by Doctor THOMAS, opposite the Maine Bank, Fish street.
Has for sale, Saddles, Ladies' Hunting do. Bridles, Portmanteaus, Saddlebags, Praction, Chaise and Twig Whips. A large assortment of Seal skin, Leather and Oil cloth Trunks; Fire Buckets; plated Chaise, Harness, brass &c. do.
Wanted an Apprentice, 14 or 15 years old. May 30.
Wines, Groceries, &c.
WILLIAM GORHAM, informs his friends and the public that he has just received a fresh supply of Wellindia Goods & Groceries.
Also, Madeira, Libon, Sherry, Claret, Port & Malaga Wines, per gallon or bottle, on the most reasonable terms at his Store in Pure Street, Portland. May 30.
New Goods.
NEAL & FLETCHER, inform their friends and the public, that they have for sale, at their Fire Proof Brick Store, Fish street, a large assortment of English, India, & Fancy Goods, wholesale and retail, cheap for Cash or approved credit.
Also, 12 Hhds. Grenada Rum, 12 do. best retailing Molasses. May 23.
WILLIS & M'KINSTRY,
HAVE taken Store No. 6, Messers Row, where they have for sale, a variety of fresh imported
European & India Goods.
Also, Tea Sets of China, in Boxes, Hard and Tin Ware, Black Lead, Melting Pots, Crucibles, Spermaceti Candles, Tow Cloth, Diaper, Perfumery, Feathers, &c. &c. 50 Barrels Middlings and No. 1 Pork, Hogs Lard and White Beans.
The above Goods having been purchased on the best terms for cash, will be sold, wholesale and retail, at a small advance.
They intend keeping a general assortment of West India Goods.
Maine, &c.
BY virtue of a precept from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine - Notice is hereby given that a Libel is filed in the Clerk's Office of said Court against One Barrel of West India Rum, and One Barrel of Brandy, seized by STEPHEN SMITH, Esq. Collector of the District of Machias; the same having been illegally imported into the United States.
Also, that a Libel is filed as aforesaid, against one other Barrel of West India Rum, three Barrels of Brandy, and one Barrel of Gin, seized by said Collector, for the causes aforesaid; - and that a hearing will be had on said Libels, at the District Court next to be held at Portland, within and for the District of Maine, on the last Tuesday of May next; when and where all persons interested may appear and show cause (if any they have) why the abovenamed articles should not be decreed forfeit.
ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Portland, 9th April, 1803.
Take Notice.
WHEREAS Mary Campbell, with one child, a pauper, has eloped from the town of Minot, we take this method to forbid all persons harboring or entrusting said pauper on the town's account.
JESSE RICE, } Overseers of the poor, ICHABOD KING, } May 16.
Chenango-Portland.
Mr. Dickenson's Benefit.
A new Pantomime, with a variety of elegant Scenery.
THIS EVENING, Monday, May 30th, will be presented, for the first time here, five years, the Comedy in 5 Acts, called the
DRAMATIST;
Or, STOP HIM WHO CAN.
Vapid, the Dramatist, Mr. Wilson
Lord Scratch - Mr. Dickenson
Neville - Mr. Downie
Ennui - Mr. Bignall
Peter - Mr. Barnes
Willoughby - Mr. Kenny
Florivelle - Mr. Taylor
Marianne - Mrs. Powell
Louisa Courtney - Miss Field
Lady Waitort - Mrs. Dickenson
Letty - Mrs. Downie
End of the Comedy, for the first time in Portland, the ORIGINAL EPILOGUE,
By Mr. Wilson.
After which the favorite Song, of the Blue Bell of Scotland,
By Miss Field.
And for the first & only time, the comic Song of The Cosmetic Doctor; or, a Man for the Ladies. By Mr. Wilson.
To which will be added, for that night only, a New Grand PANTOMIME, with appropriate Scenery, Machinery, &c. called
HARLEQUIN RANGER;
Or the POWER OF MAGIC.
Harlequin - Mr. Dickenson
Crown - Mr. Bignall
Carlos - Mr. Downie
Don Tesly - Mr. Kenny
Rymen - Mr. Wilson
Columbine - Mrs. Bignall
Scaphina - Miss Field
Bakers, Painter, Shepherds, Shepherdesses, &c. by others
Scene 1st represents the Sea with a Ship in distress, which is struck by Fire, and sinks - Harlequin is seen floating on the Waves, pursued by a Dolphin.
In scene 2nd, the Magical Chairs, Tablets, &c.
In scene 7th, the Enchanted Tomb.
In ad 2nd, Harlequin's Leap into a red hot Oven, with his wonderful transformation to a Lobster!
In scene 3rd, the Conjuror's Room, & the change of Columbine to an object of horror.
Scene last, discovers a view of the Temple of Fame, consisting of brilliant transparent arches - Hymen and Sepaphina are discovered, in Clouds - and the piece concludes with a Pas Seul and Fancy Dance.
Mr. D. respectfully informs the public, that the doors were allowed in Boston to be the most full scene ever exhibited there.
Doors to be opened 1/2 before 7, and the curtain to rise 1/2 before 8 o'clock.
Tickets to be had at Mr. D. Coss's, as usual - Box 75 Cents - Pit 50.
Sales at Auction,
A FARM, with a large House and Barn standing thereon - situate in the town of Bowdoinham, on Cathance river - well calculated for trade, about sixty acres of Land - the property of ELIJAH DAVIS, late of said Bowdoinham, Bankrupt. Sale on the premises, on Monday the fifth day of June next, at ten o'clock, A. M. - For further particulars, inquire of A. GREENWOOD, Bath, May 20, 1803.
Will be for Sale after the first day of June (if not redeemed by the 25th instant)
A Piece of LAND, containing about one acre and a quarter, with a good House thereon, almost new, four rooms on floor; together with two Barns, in good repair - being in the town of Northyarmouth, and near the Meetinghouse: it being formerly the property of Nathaniel Blanchard, jun. and taken by execution. Any person desirous of purchasing the above, may know the price by applying to WILLIAM HOLDEN & Co. in Portland, or Messrs. HATHAWAY & DAVIS, Store No. 40, State Street, Boston, after the 25th of May inst. May 10, 1803.
To be sold, for prompt payment,
THAT valuable tract of Land, called LEE'S GRANT, containing 6000 acres, lying in the town of Norway, in the county of Cumberland, by the Proprietor, who expects to be on the premises in June next.
Proposals for purchasing will be received by the subscriber - with whom all persons who have occupied any part of said Grant, and those who have trespassed on it, are called once more, to settle, and thereby avoid further trouble. ASA LEWIS, Northyarmouth, May 10.
Bankrupt Estates,
THE Creditors of JOHN ANDERSON, of Wiscasset, merchant, a bankrupt, who have proved their debts under the commission, are hereby notified that a meeting of the creditors and assignees is to be held at the Office of George Bradbury, Esq. in Portland, on Tuesday the 3rd day of May next, to see if the creditors will give instructions to the assignees to commence suits in certain cases which will be laid before them - if they will authorize them to agree with the bankrupt's wife respecting her right of dower - and if they will authorize them to give any, and what credit, to purchasers of the Real Estate, and to give instructions and powers in all other cases where the same shall appear to be necessary. GEO. BRADBURY, } Assignees. SILAS LEE, } May 2, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of ELIJAH DAVIS, of Bath, in the District of Maine, Bankrupt - He therefore requests all persons indebted to said Davis to make immediate payment; and those who hold any of his effects, to deliver the same to him. ANDREW GREENWOOD, Bath, May 20, 1803.
A great variety of Commercial and Court BLANKS, For Sale at this Office.

David Griffith, Especially informs his friends and customers, that he has taken a stand in Middle-Street, next door to the Portland Bank—where he has for sale a general assortment of West-India Goods & Groceries, of the best quality; which will be sold on reasonable terms for cash. Likewise, has just received a large assortment of Kitchen and Power
GARDEN SEEDS, wholesale and retail. He furnishes himself the best able to supply them with as good seed, and on as reasonable terms, as can be purchased in Boston, or elsewhere—Catalogues of which are printed, to accommodate his customers. ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL TREES. Several hundred Poplar and Balm of Gilead Trees, for sale as above. They are of an excellent growth, and will be warranted and set at a short notice, at any place within five miles of this town. Portland, May 22.
J. RICHARDSON, HAS FOR SALE, At Richardson's Wharf, 100 barrels Mess and No. 1 Beef, 50 do. Superfine Flour, 50 do. do. do. 50 casks Raisins, 30 barrels Bone Middling No. 1 and 2 Pork, Bales Georgia Cotton, Chests Souchong, Hyson Skin, and Bohea Tea, Loaf Sugar, Boxes 7 by 9 Window Glass, Ravens Duck, Cordage, Boxes Molehead and Bloom Raisins, Bags Calcutta Sugar, Ropes Baling, India Cottons, per Bale or Piece. May 16.
Fashionable HATS. ABIJAH CHEEVER, has received by the Gales from London, and late arrivals from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of Men's and Youth's Imperious, fine, middling and low priced Hats. Also, on hand, a good assortment of Men's and Boys' American manufactured Hats and Hat Trimmings, which he will sell wholesale or retail, on the most liberal terms, at his store, No. 1, Middle-Street, near the Portland Bank. Portland, May 16.
C. GREEN, HAS just received by the Gales and Minerva from London, and now ready for sale at her shop in Middle-Street, near the Portland Bank, an elegant assortment of ENGLISH, INDIA AND FRENCH FANCY GOODS. Among which are the following: Sarrets, Satins and Modes of all colors, Embroidered Satin Canvases, Glazed, plain and figured do. Sprigged, plain, printed and India Muslins, Elegant Laces and Veils, Gloves & Mitts; Shawls & Handkerchiefs New and elegant Fans, English and French Parfums, Gold, silver and china Trimmings, Gold, silver, enamel, silk and glass Corsets, Plumes of all kinds, Bells and other kinds of Sewing Silk, Elegant Furniture Chints, Printed Cambrics, Calicoes, Pearl and Silver Spoons for Table and Tea Caddies; variety of Turtle Shell Combs, &c. &c. Large assortment of fashionable willow, cane, embossed tin, chip, and straw Bonnets. Embroidery, Millinery and Mantua-making, done neatly and at short notice. May 16.
Fashionable Spring Goods. ELIZABETH STEVENS HAS just received and is now opening for sale (at her shop in Middle-Street, opposite Mr. Thomas Webster's) a large assortment of FASHIONABLE GOODS, among which are
A variety of Ladies' straw and cane Bonnets, of the newest London fashion; straw trimmings; elegant black and white Veils; plain and printed buff Cambricks; black, brown, slate and olive sarrett Cambricks; plain and figured white Cambricks; plain and figured jacquet Muslins; India and Scotch Book Muslin, plain and spotted; muslin Hummerchiefs; black and other colored Lustrings; Modes and Sarrets; 6 & 4 fancy colored and black silk Shawls; a variety of silk Handkerchiefs; a large assortment of fashionable Ribbons; broad thread Laces and Edgings; black silk ditto; figured black Laces for clocks; bell black Crepe; black, white and green Gauze; black silk Velvet; Ladies' black and white silk Hose; Ladies' white cotton Hose with lace and plain clocks; Ladies' plain and lace silk Gloves and Mitts; Cotton ditto; Camel's-hair & chintz Shawls; Calicoes and Copperplates; cotton Goutrimmings; cambric Pocket Handkerchiefs; common ditto; Gentlemen's cotton and leather Gloves; Ribbons for watches; Fans; Ladies' Umbrellas with walking sticks; Old Umbrellas; India Calicoes; blue and white India Cottons; blue, black and yellow Nankeen; 4' 4" and 7' 8" Irish Linen; Brown Holland; Dapers; Dimities; elegant Japan'd Tea Trays; Tea Caddies; Looking Glasses; Dutch floor Brushes; cotton and wool Cards; Baizes, Flannels, Coatings, Serges and stuff goods, &c. &c. &c. A large assortment of Ladies' Shoes, of the first quality. The above Goods were purchased with Cash, and will be sold on the very lowest terms. Portland, May 16.
Portland Brewery. SMITH & HORE, Brewers and Maltsters, CONTINUE to brew PORTER, ALE, Strong and Table BEER—Masters of vessels may be supplied with Beer, warranted to keep in any part of the world. MALT and HOPS and HOPS, wholesale and retail. Fresh YEAST and GRAINS, every day. May 16.
An Apprentice IS immediately wanted at this Office. One from the country, aged about 15, with a industrious and steady habit, will meet with good encouragement by a speedy application. May 23.
STEPHEN CUMMINGS, INFORMS the public, that he has taken the Store lately occupied by Mr. LEVER GARDY, No. 5, Middle-Street, near the Portland Bank, and has received by the latest arrivals, a fresh supply of European & India Goods, of the best quality; which will be sold on reasonable terms for cash. May 16.
WILLIAM GODDARD, HAS received by the Merchant from Liverpool, and Minerva from London, a very extensive addition to his former assortment of HARDWARE GOODS, which are for sale by wholesale and retail, at his store in Middle-Street—among which are, A great assortment of Knives and Forks, Carvers, Jack and Pen Knives, Razors, Scissors and Shears. Joiners, Saddlers, Coopers and Shoemakers Tools, of almost every description. Steel and Common Plate Saws, viz. Crooked, Tenon, Hand, Panel, Sash, Compass and Key-hole. Specula, with plated and common bows; Steel spectacle Cases; Snuff and Tobacco Boxes; shaving do.; Inkstands; Razor Cases; Curling Tongs; Scales and Dividers; Mathematical Instruments; Time Glasses; Ship Scrapers; Calling and Making Irons; Sail Needles and Palms; Flesh Forks; Cooks Ladders; Patent Binacle Lamps.
SADDLERY, viz. plated and common Stirrups; plated and common Pelham and Snaffle Bits; Martingale Furniture, Nails, Staples and Plates; Batlet and inter Buckles; woolen and linen Webs; plated and common Spurs; green, yellow, crimson and scarlet Cloth; riding & chaise Whips; Whip Thongs; Buckles and Ties. A large assortment of Woodcrews; Bed and Corkcrews; Files and Rasps; sets Orpers; wire chappel and common Needles; Darning Needles; Knitting Pins; Sleeve Buttons; Shoe Clasp; rat and moule Traps; patent and common Curry Combs; patent and common brick and plastering Trowels; Curriers and Drawing Knives; Slates and Pencils; Bones; Thimbles. An assortment of brass Harness Furniture. A great variety of brass and iron Locks; Latches, Hinges and Bolts; Japanese oval and octagon Tea Trays and Waiters, Bread and Fruit Baskets, Snuffer Trays, Fumblers, Jacks, Canisters, patent Lamps and Lanterns. Cabinet and Clock Furniture. Brass pipe and common Bells; brass Chair Nails; brass Rappers; brass, japanned and common iron Candlesticks; brass Wall Basons; brass Chimney Hooks, pound Pins; Flints; Steel yards; Gridirons; Frying Pans; Shovels and Tongs; iron Shovels and Spades; iron and brass Wire; Anvils and Vices; Coffee Mills; plain and moon face Clock Dials; Cagnet Lines; composition tin'd, iron and block tin Table and Tea Spoons; steel and iron Snuffer; house and tea table Bells; Cotten Furniture; Pocket Books; copper and sheet iron Tea Kettles. Paint, Tar, Sash, Shoe, Floor, Hearth, Furniture and Whitewash Brushes; Cements Hair Pencils. LOOKING GLASSES —a very great assortment, with elegant gilt and mahogany frames, from one to thirty dollars each. PAINTS, viz. White & Red Lead, patent Ye low, Prussian Blue, &c. White Vitriol. A'rs. 4d, 6d, 8d, 1od, and 2od cent and wrought Nails; Sheathing and Deck Nails; Spikes; Tacks and Boards of all sizes; 7 by 9 Window Glass; Bells Hooks and Lines; Sheet Lead; Pewter; Flat Irons; Sheet Iron; Block tin Teapots; Mill Saws, &c. &c. Hyson, Souchong and Bohea Teas. Portland, May 16.
Fifty Dollars Reward. WHOEVER will give information of the person or persons who have counterfeited Z.P. on SCYTHES made in the years 1801 or 1802, so that he or they may be brought to justice, shall have the above reward and all necessary charges paid by ZADOCK PUTNAM. N.B. Said Putnam continues the Scythe making business; and those Scythes made in the year 1803, will be marked Z.P. & S. They may be had at the store of Messrs. WHITNEY & DORR, No. 1, Central Wharf, Boston, at the manufacturer's prices. Boston, May 2, 1803.
Upholstery Store. AARON AUSTIN & Co. HAVE for sale at their store, Five-Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, a constant supply of Live Geese, Sea Fowl, Ruffs, and Lisbon FEATHERS. Also—Cotton and English BEDTICKING, of different kinds. Bedia BEDS and MATRASSES ready made Bed 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. Portland, April 18.
Coach and Chaise Making, CARRIED on in its various branches, by the subscriber, at his shop in Maine Street, near Mr. Thomas Motley's. Repairing of all kinds done with neatness and dispatch. Good wages will be given to two Journeymen that are good workmen at the above business. BENJAMIN RICHARDSON. Portland, May 9.
THE imported Horse, HEROD, will stand at Gerdam Corner, next Pacific, Wednesday, and Thursday; and on the following Friday, at Standish; the week following, on Monday, at Saccarappa, in the afternoon, and so on in rotation. Said Horse is 9 years old, 16 hands high, of a dark chestnut color, of an excellent carriage, and as sure a propagator as any in the country.—The price for a single leap, is four Dollars; for the season, Six; and to warrant a foal, Eight. May 23. DANIEL HEANY.
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. ESCAPED from the Gaol in Portland, on the night of Thursday the 12th instant, JOHN MAYO, a person deaf and dumb—5 feet 9 inches high, dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark short hair, slender built, about 23 years old, clothed in a blue round jacket and brown trousers. THOMAS SMITH, (an Irishman) 5 feet 8 inches high, of dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a scar on one cheek, has a scar on one of his thumbs, is by trade a shoemaker, and about 33 years of age, clothed in a brown coat and trousers.—Also, NATHANIEL FRENCH, 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, light long hair, by trade a Joiner, clothed in a black coat, brown pantalettes, and a swan-drawn waistcoat, carried away an India white hat. Whoever will take and secure said prisoners, so that they may be returned to the custody of the subscriber, shall have a reward of seventy-five dollars, or twenty-five dollars for either of them, and all necessary charges paid. EZRA GIBBS, Deputy prison-keeper. Portland, May 16.
SIMON DEARBORN, INFORMS his friends and the public in general, that he has just received by the ship Minerva, from London, and has now ready for sale, at his shop, Middle-Street, head of Middle-Street, an assortment of Fashionable Spring Goods, consisting of Brocade, Watteaus, Calimere, Variety of Trimmings, &c. Said DEARBORN also carries on the TAILOR'S BUSINESS as usual. Having always by him a general assortment of Piece Goods, he flatters himself he shall please those who will favor him with their commands. Portland, May 23.
New Grocery Shop, FOR the accommodation of the Northwest part of the town, is opened in the shop lately improved by Mrs. C. Green, opposite Doctor Erving's dwelling-house, Federal Street, where every article in the line will be provided cheap as possible, and every favor gratefully acknowledged by SAMUEL M. QUINCY. Constant attendance from sunrise till ten o'clock in the evening. N.B. The business carried on as usual at his shop in Fore-Street. May 23.
THE subscribers inform the public, that they commenced business on the 27th April last, under the firm of MARTIN THAXTER & Co. and that they carry on the BAKING BUSINESS in all its variety, at their Bake-House, head of Long Wharf—where every command in their line of business, will receive prompt attention. MARTIN THAXTER, LEVI BRADISH. Portland, May 23, 1803.
Just received, and for Sale as above, a fresh supply of superfine and fine FLOUR, in whole and half barrels. BREAD of all kinds constantly on hand. Notice! QUARTERS of TICKETS, in third class South Hadley Canal Lottery, at One Dollar 37 1/2 Cents, may be had at the Bookstore of THOMAS CLARK. Fifth-Street, Portland. Also, a few Whole Tickets, at 5 Dls., 50 Cts. Prizes in the first and second classes of said Lottery taken in payment. May 23.
CUMBERLAND, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors of the following Lots of Land lying in Poland in the year 1801 (but now Poland and Mine) are taxed as follows: State and County Tax.     No. Lot. No. Acres. Price per Acre. Tax.    16 100 200 4 4  96 100 150 3 3  76 100 100 2 2  54 100 150 3 3  77 50 50 1 1  SECOND DIVISION.  3 100 50 1 1  106 50 50 1 1  97 75 50 1 1  133 50 50 1 1  100 50 50 1 1  120 50 50 1 1  64 100 200 4 4  25 100 100 2 2  152 100 50 1 1  107 80 120 3 0  117 100 100 2 2  15 100 150 3 3  105 100 50 1 1  76 100 50 1 1  32 50 50 1 1  Nonresident in the detached Lands.  No. Lot. No. Acres. Price per Acre. Tax.  14 15 66 1 0  34 15 66 1 0  13 100 66 6 6  30 25 66 1 6  71 100 66 6 6  63 25 66 1 6  Town Tax.  14 15 66 1 0  34 15 66 1 0  13 100 66 6 6  30 25 66 1 6  71 100 66 6 6  63 25 66 1 6    And unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber, on or before Tuesday the fifth day of July next, so much of said Lands will be sold at the house of Jesse Rice, Esq. as shall be necessary to pay tax and charges. ICHABOD CHANDLER, Collector. Mont. May 13, 1803.
Take Notice. THE connection in business between Daniel & Valentine, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons who have any demands on said company, or who are indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate settlement with the said Valentine. JOHN DWINELLE. WILLIAM VALENTINE. Saccarappa, May 10, 1803.
Seventy-five Dollars Reward. ESCAPED from the Gaol in Portland, on the night of Thursday the 12th instant, JOHN MAYO, a person deaf and dumb—5 feet 9 inches high, dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark short hair, slender built, about 23 years old, clothed in a blue round jacket and brown trousers. THOMAS SMITH, (an Irishman) 5 feet 8 inches high, of dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair, a scar on one cheek, has a scar on one of his thumbs, is by trade a shoemaker, and about 33 years of age, clothed in a brown coat and trousers.—Also, NATHANIEL FRENCH, 25 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, light long hair, by trade a Joiner, clothed in a black coat, brown pantalettes, and a swan-drawn waistcoat, carried away an India white hat. Whoever will take and secure said prisoners, so that they may be returned to the custody of the subscriber, shall have a reward of seventy-five dollars, or twenty-five dollars for either of them, and all necessary charges paid. EZRA GIBBS, Deputy prison-keeper. Portland, May 16.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscribers have been duly appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, Commissioners to examine all the claims of the several Creditors to the estate of RICHARD KNOWLES, late of Topsham, in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent.—Six months are allowed said creditors for bringing in and proving their claims; and the Commissioners will attend to that service on the last Tuesday of the present and on the first Wednesdays of the five following months, from three to six of the clock in the afternoon on each of said days, at the office of John Merrill, jun. in Wiscasset. JOHN MERRILL, jun. } Commis. NYMPHAS STACY, } Wiscasset, May 6, 1803. (M23)
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon him the trust of an Executor of the last Will and Testament of SAMUEL NOYES, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased—by receiving the Will, and 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 for settlement to JOSHUA MERRILL. Falmouth, May 13, 1803.
LATELY PUBLISHED. AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, (Price 1/2 per down—9d single) A NEW edition of PACKARD'S CATECHISM. This valuable little work is comprised in three parts, containing the first principles of religious and social duties. The first edition met with a rapid sale; and the corrections and improvements of this edition it is hoped will recommend it to all. April 31.
Wheaton's Jaundice Bitters. THE successful effects of these Bitters, have been fully experienced, in correcting and carrying off jaundice and bilious matter from the stomach, and at the same time strengthening the stomach, increasing the appetite, and removing the sinking, faint, disordered feeling, and the fleshy, dull business so disagreeable to beborne, and the pressure and distress of treating to regaining the strength to the weak and trembling limbs, removing the yellowish of countenance so common to jaundice and weakly people, and also the dizziness of the head and weakness of the sight. They remarkably relieve low spirited and melancholy people, and every off hysterical and hypochondriac complaints. They are an excellent remedy for jaundice and jaundice disorders. They are very useful for Summer to take often when at sea, particularly in warm climates, as a preventive against disorders incident to such climates (which are generally catarrhal and bilious) by removing obstructions, carrying off bile, and giving a free circulation to the blood.—Price 3/6 per box.
Wheaton's Itch Ointment. A safe, convenient and effective remedy for that disagreeable disorder called the Itch, has been greatly used; but no one, it is presumed, has before been discovered which will effect the cure without having in it either Brimstone or Mercury, both of which are disagreeable and dangerous: The Brimstone, from the manner of applying it, exposes the patient to the most imminent danger of taking cold by opening the pores of the body, and at the same time impregnating the blood with a poisonous quality, and weakening and debilitating the whole constitution.—The use of Mercurial ointment is extremely dangerous and often fatal to the health. A medicine is now offered to the public, possessing neither of the above disagreeable and dangerous ingredients, which will as certainly cure the Itch as it is applied; and which is easy and safe for any age, habit or constitution, and attended with no disagreeable consequence of any kind, either at the time of using, or at any time after.—Price 3/6 per Box.
Hamilton's Restorative Paste For the Teeth and Gums.—Price 2/3 per Box. A bill signed in the hand writing of the Patient will accompany each box. The above Medicines, directed from the Patentee, are for sale by JOHN COE (and by no other person in Portland) at No. 4. Bill-Street; together with a constant supply of Drugs & Medicines. Portland, Feb. 28. (M)
THE public are respectfully informed that THOMAS CLARK, Bookseller and Stationer, has just received, from the Patent and Family Medicine Store of Richard Lee & Co. New-York, a fresh supply of the following VALUABLE MEDICINES, which are in high esteem and general use throughout the United States, many of them being sold cheaper than the Drugs of which they are compounded, could be purchased at a retail price.
HAMILTON'S ELIXIR; A sovereign remedy for Cold, obstinate Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumption. To parents who may have children afflicted with the HOOPING COUGH. This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it affords immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorders to which children are liable; the Elixir is so perfectly agreeable, and the dose so small that no difficulty arises in taking it.
From Luther Martin, Esq. Attorney General of the State of Maryland. GENTLEMEN—I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir.—It has been used in my family for two or three years past, with uniform success; whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary—I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with foreign and with obstructed and difficult breathing. On these accounts I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir, as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention. LUTHER MARTIN. Mr. Abijah Henly, Bridge Street, Baltimore, was cured by one bottle of Hamilton's Elixir, of a very complicated disorder, occasioned by a fever cold, caught several months ago—He breathed with the greatest difficulty, and was often thrown into weakening sweats when he attempted to walk any distance, and his voice would frequently fail in such a degree that he could only attempt to whis-
per; he has been upwards of six weeks without a return of his complaints, and desires to give his public testimony in favor of this invaluable medicine. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, South Howard Street, was greatly relieved of an asthmatic complaint of several years standing, by the first bottle of Hamilton's Elixir—and by the use of five bottles she has acquired a degree of ease and strength to which she had been long a stranger. She had taken balm of honey, Church's cough drop, and other medicines, without any benefit, and sometimes to the evident injury of her breathing.
HAMILTON'S GRAND RESTORATIVE, Is recommended as an invaluable medicine for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from dissipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—excess in climates unfavorable to the constitution—the immoderate use of tea—frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—unskillful or excessive use of mercury—the disease peculiar to females at a certain period of life—bad lying in, &c. And is proved by long and extensive experience to be absolutely unparalled in the cure of Nervous Disorders, Consumption, Looseness of Spirit, Loss of Appetite, Impurity of Blood, Hysterical Affections, Inward Suckness, Seminal Weakness, Blushing (or abilities), Barrenness, Violent cramps in the back or stomach, Indigestion, Melancholy, Cost in the Stomach, Pain in the Limbs, Relaxations, Translatory Evulsions, Obsolete Gouts, Impotency, &c. &c. The principal operation of this remedy is in the stomach, restoring the digestive powers and sending forth from that organ new health and vigor into every part of the system; it enriches and purifies the blood without inflaming its braces, without stimulating too violently the nervous system; strengthens the secretory vessels and the general habit, brings back the muscular fibres to their natural and healthy tone, and restores that nutrition which immediate evacuations have destroyed, and the loss had thrown the whole frame into languor and debility.
The Restorative is absolutely above all recommendation in removing those weaknesses and infirmities with which many females are afflicted, the consequences of difficult and painful labors, or of injudicious treatment therein. The most obstinate femoral glets, and the most distressing cases of floor albus in females, fall particularly under the province of this restorative—speedily yield to its benign operation, and are radically cured, by correcting and purifying the acrimonious humor, restoring a proper degree of tension to the relaxed fibres, and strengthening the weakened organs. In cases of extremity, where the long prevalence and obstinacy of disease has bro't on a general impoverishment of the system, excessive debility of the whole frame, and a wasting of the flesh which no nourishment or cordial could repair, a perseverance in the use of this medicine has performed the most astonishing cures.
INFALLIBLE AGUE AND FEVER DROPS. For the cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermitent Fevers. Thousands can testify their being cured by these drops, after the bark and every other medicine has proved ineffectual; and not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle. VENEREAL DISEASE. Those whom this may unfortunately concern, are informed that a fresh supply has now been received of the Patent INDIAN VEGETABLE SPECIFIC, Prepared by Dr. Leroux. The experience of several thousands who have been cured by this medicine (a great proportion of them after the skill of eminent physicians had proved ineffectual) demonstrates its efficacy in expelling the Venereal poison, however deeply rooted in the constitution, and in counteracting those dreadful effects which often result from the improper use of mercury. The milions of the Vegetable Specific is equal to its surprising efficacy, its operation is so gentle that it is given to venereal patients in a state of pregnancy, with the utmost safety, and performs a cure without disturbing the system, or producing any of those effects inseparable from the common remedies. With the medicine is given a description of the symptoms which obtain in every stage of disease, with copious directions for their treatment so as to accomplish a perfect cure in the shortest time, and least inconvenience possible.
CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS. COWLAND'S LOTION. THE ANODYNE ELIXIR, For the cure of every kind of head ache. THE DAMASK LIP SALVE, Is recommended (particularly to the Ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chopped and sore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fevers, &c. speedily restoring a rosy color and delicate softness to the lips. (Advertisement to be continued.)
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