Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1800-02-10 00:00:00

Miscellaneous Articles.
GOVERNOR McKEAN.
From a Philadelphia paper—Jan. 24.
GOV. McKean's intemperate abuse is producing its natural effect, disunion and turbulence in the Legislature, and enmity between the citizens. After branding 35,000 free electors with every scurrilous epithet his irritated fancy could invent, he has no claim to confidence, dignity or respect.—The Senate of this State have properly resented his abuse; and are determined to mete to the Governor the measure he has meted to them:—The following is their answer to his Speech at the opening of the session:—
"SIR,
"THE sentiments you announce, and the motives which you profess in relation to the high and responsible trust committed to your administration, are such as have afforded satisfaction, and claimed the respect of the Senate of Pennsylvania.
"With principles thus correct, and views thus laudable, we had a momentary hope that a corresponding conduct would have followed and that by a manly and noble policy, the spirit of party and political discontent which now divides our state and threatens its peace, would have been removed, and tranquility again restored. Under these impressions, and with dispositions to relinquish personal considerations when the public good required, we were willing to forgive and if possible to forget the language used by you in your answers to sundry addresses on your election as Chief Magistrate.—You there bestow on those who opposed your election the most opprobrious epithets, and ascribe to them the most wicked designs. We sincerely lament, that the same spirit which dictates these answers has marked your official conduct. A great number of respectable characters have been removed from office against whom no other blame rests than the exercise of their rights, as freemen, in opposition to your wishes; amongst these are a number of the most meritorious officers and soldiers engaged in the establishment of our independence.—They were selected by our patriotic predecessor as deserving their country's favour and gratitude. The small rewards bestowed have, for the exercise of a right, which their lives were risked to secure, been by a single breath destroyed.
"Affecting as these considerations are, the operation which a system of this kind must have on the principles of our republican government, has produced still greater concern. Our Constitution secures the right of suffrage; and it will be to no purpose that our Laws are framed to guard against undue influence in our elections, if fear on the one hand, or hope of reward on the other, be suffered to govern in the exercise of this right. If opposition to a successful candidate be considered a sufficient ground for the removal of an officer, and zeal in his favour regarded as the chief qualification in a successor, there is much reason to believe that this evil exists.
"Whilst our oaths, our honor and our interest impose on us the sacred duty of co-operating in all measures tending to the interest and happiness of our constituents, they also impel us to bear this public testimony of our disapprobation of a measure which in its consequences will be destructive and ruinous to republican principles."
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman in Georgetown, Maryland.
"THE particular testimonies of Gen. Washington's remembrance to individuals consist of four legacies only. One of these is a pair of curiously-mounted pistols to M. de la Fayette, who took them, when commanding a small detachment during the revolutionary war, and presented them to the General. His books and papers to Judge Washington—a most valuable gift; and to Dr. Craik, a whimsically shaped mechanical writing desk. I must not omit here a circumstance, which places in an eminent point of view the beautiful propriety of his characteristical prudence, by which he often disentangled himself from situations truly embarrassing. Some years since, the present earl of Buchan sent to the General a curious oaken box, made out of the tree which concealed Sir James Wallace, with this request subjoined, "that he would at his death, leave it to the man he thought most worthy." The General with great wisdom has desired the box to be returned to his Lordship, with this answer, "that it is not for General Washington to point out the worthiest citizen of the United States." One striking singularity of his will, is an elaborate collection of arguments annexed to every item, wherein he demonstrates the propriety of the management and disposal of his effects and wealth, which is estimated at a million of dollars."
HAD the celebrated Lord Bacon existed at the present day, he would have made our late illustrious deceased, an exception to his general rule, "that it is impossible to rise to greatness without a mixture of good and evil."
Treaty
OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP, Between the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, and the KINGDOM of TUNIS.
JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
To all whom these presents shall come, greeting:
WHEREAS a Treaty of Peace and Friendship was definitively arranged and concluded, between the United States of America, represented by William Eaton and James Leander Catheart, Esquires, Commissioners for that purpose specially appointed, and the most illustrious and most magnificent Bey and Government of Tunis, which Treaty is in the following words, to wit:
(TRANSLATION.)
GOD IS INFINITE.
UNDER the auspices of the greatest, the most powerful of all the princes of the Ottoman nation, who reign upon the earth, our most glorious and most august Emperor, who commands the two lands and the two seas, SALIM KAN, the victorious, son of the Sultan Mousta fa, whose realm may God prosper until the end of ages; the support of kings, the seal of justice, the emperor of emperors.
The most illustrious and most magnificent prince Hamanda Pacha, Bey, who commands the Odjiah of Tunis, the abode of happiness, and the most honored Ibrahim Dey, and Soliman, Aga of the Janissaries, and Chief of the Divan, and all the elders of the Odjiah; and the most distinguished and honored President of the Congress of the United States of America, the most distinguished among those who profess the religion of the Messiah, of whom may the end be happy.
We have concluded between us the present treaty of peace and friendship; all the articles of which have been framed by the intervention of Joseph Stephen Famin, French merchant, residing at Tunis, charge d'affairs of the United States of America; which stipulations and conditions are comprized in twenty three articles, written and expressed in such manner as to leave no doubt of their contents, and in such way as not to be contravened.
Art. 1. There shall be a perpetual and constant peace between the United States of America and the magnificent Pacha, Bey of Tunis; and also a permanent friendship, which shall more and more increase.
Art. 2. If a vessel of war of the two nations shall make prize of an enemy vessel, in which may be found effects, property and subjects of the two contracting parties, the whole shall be restored: The Bey shall restore the property and subjects of the United States, and the latter shall make a reciprocal restoration; it being understood on both sides, that the just right to what is claimed shall be proved.
Art. 3. Merchandise belonging to any nation, which may be at war with one of the contracting parties, and loaded on board of the vessels of the other, shall pass without molestation and without any attempt being made to capture or detain it.
Art. 4. On both sides sufficient passports shall be given to vessels, that they may be known and treated as friendly; and considering the distance between the two countries, a term of eighteen months is given, within which term respect shall be paid to the said passports, without requiring the congé or document (which at Tunis is called Testa) but after the said term, the congé shall be presented.
Art. 5. If the corsairs of Tunis shall meet at sea with ships of war of the United States, having under their escort merchant vessels of their nation, they shall not be searched or molested; and in such case, the commanders shall be believed upon their word, to except their ships from being visited, and to avoid quarantine: The American ships of war shall act in like manner towards merchant vessels escorted by the corsairs of Tunis.
Art. 6. If a Tunisian corsair shall meet with an American merchant vessel, and shall visit it with her boat, she shall not exact any thing, under pain of being severely punished: And in like manner, if a vessel of war, of the United States shall meet with a Tunisian merchant vessel, she shall observe the same rule. In case a slave shall take refuge on board of an American vessel of war, the consul shall be required to cause him to be restored; and if any of their prisoners shall escape on board of the Tunisian vessels, they shall be restored: But if any slave shall take refuge in any American merchant vessel, and it shall be proved that the vessel has departed with the said slave, then he shall be returned or his ransom shall be paid.
Art. 7. An American citizen having purchased a prize vessel from our Odjiah, may sail with our passport, which we will deliver for the term of one year; by force of which our corsairs which may meet with her, shall respect her; the consul, on his part, shall furnish her with a bill of sale, and considering the distance of the two countries, this term shall suffice to obtain a passport in form: But after the expiration of this term, if our corsairs shall meet with her
without the passport of the United States, she shall be stopped and declared good prize, as well the vessel as the cargo and crew.
Art. 8. If a vessel of one of the contracting parties shall be obliged to enter into a port of the other, and may have need of provisions and other articles, they shall be granted to her without any difficulty, at the price current at the place; and if such a vessel shall have suffered at sea, and shall have need of repairs, she shall be at liberty to unload and re-load her cargo, without being obliged to pay any duty; and the captain shall pay only the wages of those whom he shall have employed as well for the unloading of the goods as for their reloading.
Art. 9. If by accident and by the permission of God, a vessel of one of the contracting parties shall be cast by tempest upon the coasts of the other, and shall be wrecked, or otherwise damaged, the commandant of the place shall render all possible assistance for its preservation, without allowing any person to make any opposition; and the proprietor of the effects shall pay the costs of salvage to those who may have been employed.
Art. 10. In case a vessel of one of the contracting parties shall be attacked by an enemy, under the cannon of the forts of the other party, she shall be protected and defended, as much as possible; and when she shall set sail, no enemy shall be permitted to pursue her, from the same port, or any other neighbour port, for forty-eight hours after her departure.
Art. 11. When a vessel of war of the United States of America shall come into the port of Tunis, and the Consul shall request that the cable may salute her, the number of guns shall be fired, which he shall request; and if the said Consul does not wish a salute, there shall be no question about it. But in case he shall desire the salute, and the number of guns he shall have requested shall have been fired, they shall be counted, and for them the vessel shall deliver an equal number of barrels of cannon-powder. The same shall be done with respect to the Tunisian Corsairs when they shall go into any port of the United States.
Art. 12. When the citizens of the United States come within the dependencies of Tunis to carry on commerce, the same respect shall be paid them as the merchants of other nations enjoy; and if they desire to establish themselves within our ports, no opposition shall be made; and they shall be free to avail themselves of such interpreters as they may judge necessary, without any obstacle thereto, in conformity to the usages of other nations; and if any Tunisian subject goes to establish himself within the dependencies of the United States, he shall be treated in the same manner. If a Tunisian subject shall freight an American vessel, and shall load her with merchandise, and he shall afterwards wish to unload it, or ship the same on board of another vessel, we will not permit him, until the matter shall be decided by merchants, who shall make an award thereon which shall be conclusive. No captain shall be detained against his will in port, except in the case of our ports being that for the vessels of all other nations; which may extend to merchant vessels, but not to those of war.
The subject of the two contracting parties shall be under the protection of the prince, and under the command of the chief of the place where they may be, and no other person shall have authority over them. If the commandant of the place does not demean himself according to justice, representations concerning the same shall be made to us. In case the government shall have need of an American merchant vessel, it shall cause it to be freighted, and then a suitable freight shall be paid to the captain agreeably to the intention of the government, and the captain shall not refuse the same.
Art. 13. If among the crews of the merchant vessels of the United States, there shall be found subjects of our enemies, they shall not be made slaves, on condition, that they do not exceed a third of the crew; and when they do exceed a third, they shall be made slaves: the present article only concerns the sailors, and not the passengers, who shall not be in any manner molested.
Art. 14. A Tunisian merchant who may go to America with a vessel of any nation whatsoever, laden with merchandise being the productions of the kingdom of Tunis shall pay duty (small as it may be) like the merchants of other nations; and the American merchants shall equally pay, for the merchandise of their country, which they shall bring to Tunis under their flag, the same duty which the Tunisians shall pay in America. But if an American merchant, or a merchant of any other nation shall import merchandise of America, under any other flag, he shall pay a duty of ten per cent: In like manner, if a foreign merchant shall import merchandise of his country under the American flag, he shall also pay ten per cent.
Art. 15. It shall be free for the citizens of the United States, to carry on what commerce they please in the kingdom of Tunis, without any opposition, and they shall be treated like the merchants of other nations; but they shall not carry on commerce in wine, nor in prohibited articles: and if any one shall be detected in a
contraband trade, he shall be punished according to the laws of the country. The commandants of ports and castles shall take care that the captains and sailors shall not load prohibited articles; but if this should happen, those who shall not have contributed the smuggling shall not be molested nor searched, no more than the vessel and cargo; but only the offender, who shall be demanded to be punished. No captain shall be obliged to receive merchandise on board his vessel, nor to unload the same, against his will, until his freight shall be paid.
Art. 16. The merchant vessels of the United States which shall cast anchor in the road of the Goulette, or any other port of the kingdom of Tunis, shall be obliged to pay the same anchorage for entry and departure, which French vessels pay; to wit, seventeen piasters and an half, money of Tunis, for entry, if they import merchandise, and the same for departure, if they take away a cargo; but they shall not be obliged to pay anchorage, if they arrive in ballast and depart in the same manner.
Art. 17. Each of the contracting parties shall be at liberty to establish a consul in the dependencies of the other; and if such consul does not act in conformity with the usages of the country, like others, the government of the place shall inform his government of it, to the end that he may be changed and replaced; but he shall enjoy, as well for himself as his family and suite, the protection of the government: And he may import for his own use all his provisions and furniture, without paying any duty; and if he shall import merchandise, (which shall be lawful for him to do) he shall pay duty for it.
Art. 18. If the subjects or citizens of either of the contracting parties, being within the possessions of the other, contract debts or enter into obligations, neither the consul nor the nation, nor any subjects or citizens thereof, shall be in any manner responsible, except they or the consul shall have previously become bound in writing: And without this obligation in writing, they cannot be called upon for indemnity or satisfaction.
Art. 19. In case of a citizen or subject of either of the contracting parties dying within the possessions of the other, the consul or the vessel, shall take possession of his effects (if he does not leave a will) of which he shall make an inventory; and the government of the place shall have nothing to do therewith: And if there shall be no consul, the effects shall be deposited in the hands of a confidential person of the place, taking an inventory of the whole, that they may eventually be delivered to those to whom they of right belong.
Art. 20. The consul shall be the judge in all disputes between his fellow citizens or subjects, as also between all other persons who may be immediately under his protection; and in all cases wherein he shall require the assistance of the government where he resides to sanction his decisions, it shall be granted to him.
Art. 21. If a citizen or subject of one of the parties shall kill, wound or strike a citizen or subject of the other, justice shall be done according to the laws of the country where the offence shall be committed: The consul shall be present at the trial; but if any offender shall escape, the consul shall be in no manner responsible for it.
Art. 22. If a dispute or law-suit, or commercial or other civil matters, shall happen, the trial shall be had in the presence of the consul, or of a confidential person of his choice, who shall represent him, and endeavour to accommodate the difference which may have happened between the citizens or subjects of the two nations.
Art. 23. If any difference or dispute shall take place concerning the infraction of any article of the present treaty, on either side, peace and good harmony shall not be interrupted, until a friendly application shall have been made for the satisfaction; and resort shall not be had to arms therefor, except where such application shall have been rejected; and if war be then declared, the term of one year shall be allowed to the citizens or subjects of the contracting parties, to arrange their affairs and to withdraw themselves with their property.
[This was signed on the part of the government of Tunis, by the Bey, the Aga Soliman, and Ibrahim Dey. And on the part of the United States, by William Eaton and James L. Catheart, Esquires.]
NOW BE IT KNOWN, That I John Adams, President of the United States aforesaid, having seen and considered the said treaty, do by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, accept, ratify and confirm the same, and every article and clause thereof, as set forth in this instrument of ratification.
(L. S.) In testimony whereof, I the said John Adams, President of the United States, have caused the seal of the said U. States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand: Done at the city of Philadelphia this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and of the Independence of the said States the twenty fourth.
JOHN ADAMS.
By the President, TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.

Foreign Articles.
By late arrivals from Hamburg.
Of Malta.
PARIS, NOV. 15.
Letter from Gen. VAUBOIS, Commander in Chief in the islands of Malta and Goze, to the War Minister.
MALTA, OCT. 20.
WE are blocked up by sea by four Portuguese and three English ships of the line, two frigates, two corvettes, and two brigs; some English troops, and the inhabitants besiege us by land. They have greatly slackened their fire; now and then, however, they threw bombs and howitzers, which are chiefly directed against the ships, which they endeavour to destroy, but which, by the precautions we have taken, have not, hitherto, been injured. We have rendered the works of the fortifications easy for the service. The General of artillery, d'Heanezel, and Captain Bollot, have performed surprising works in the arsenal, in reparations and new constructions.
The cessation of sickness has produced a most striking effect on the soldiers; their ardour and desire to preserve Malta are at their height. The garrison I dare assure you, is inestimable. M. de Nazza, the chief of the Portuguese squadron, and Alex. Ball, a captain of a ship, who commands the English, has summoned me repeatedly. I answered like a republican. At length they demanded an interview with me: I refused; I saw on their part only a mark of weakness, a desire to seduce me, and to tell us a thousand absurdities about the war in Italy. I thought that, to make this circumstance turn to their confusion, I might consent to it, receive them in the midst of my staff, in a fort where they would see nothing, with the gate open, and run their ears with the acclamation of the soldiers, crying; "Malta or death! We will rather perish all on the ramparts, than capitulate!" In short, I succeeded to my wish; they were not able to utter a word of what they intended to say; we overloaded them with politeness. However, to return, they were obliged to go through a double line of soldiers, crying out, as loud as they could, and inviting them to attempt the assault. The garrison of the town echoed their cries, the drums beating Ca ira , and the whole without being arranged, and through enthusiasm.
We shuddered on hearing of the disasters in Italy, but it only excited our patriotism. The disposition of the people is improving here; I shall employ all my efforts to keep it up. The service is extremely fatiguing; but no volunteer has made the least complaint. The importance of Malta is felt; and I hope that this place will continue to be defended with the greatest courage.
Of Egypt.
PARIS, NOV. 15.
Gen. Marmont, authorised by Gen. Buonaparte, concluded at Alexandria, on the 18th Thermidor last (August 5,) with Patrona Bey, the Commander of the Turkish squadron, a cartel for the exchange of prisoners. The conditions are, that the prisoners shall be exchanged man for man, and rank for rank. The wounded and surgeons shall not be considered as prisoners of war. It was agreed, that all the French prisoners detained at Constantinople and in the different places of the Turkish Empire, should be conveyed, within the term of three months, in vessels, before the port of Alexandria, where at the same period, the like number of Turkish prisoners should be assembled, to be exchanged for the French. It was farther agreed, that whenever vessels, having French prisoners on board, should arrive before Alexandria, and should make known to the Commandant of that place, the number of prisoners they should have to exchange, the French Commandant should produce the same number of Turkish prisoners within the space of 72 hours, in order that the exchange might be proceeded on without delay.
EASTERN MINUTE.
The last letters from Sir Sidney Smith, received in England, prior to Dec. 14th, 1799, were dated the 22d October;—at which time the Grand Turkish Army, was at Gaza, preparing to pass the deserts which separate Egypt from Syria.
IN SWITZERLAND.
BERGENZ, NOV. 5.
The Russian corps under Gen. Rosenberg, which had hitherto remained at Dorenberen, will now likewise follow the main army. A part of them is already gone, and the remainder will march to-morrow. Numerous detachments from the Archduke's army arrive, by way of Stockach, and march towards Feldkirch, to enter the positions which the Russians have quitted.
TERESPOL, OCT. 22.
About eight days since, the Imperial Russian General commanding the corps in Lithuania, consisting of 47,000 men, received orders, by a courier from St. Petersburg, to keep himself in readiness, as soon as Field-marshal Suwarow should require it, to break up, with the whole of the troops under his command, to join his army, as Prince Suwarow might think it necessary, either in the usual manner or by forced marches. The courier soon afterwards continued his journey for the Russian army, by way of Vienna, with dispatches for Field-marshal Suwarow. Probably this corps may march through here towards the end of next month,
and to know whether there will be a winter campaign, we expect Suwarow's orders whether that corps is to proceed by forced marches, or not.
Hamburg Summary.
Lower-Elbe, Nov. 21.
THE Vienna Court Gazette, of the 13th of November, contains a supplement extraordinary, dated the 11th, which gives an official relation of the affair in Italy, of the 31st October, some particulars of which appeared in our last number, in a communication from Milan. Notwithstanding the Austrians had every disadvantage of ground, they fought with such bravery as to defeat the French on all sides, and, had it not been for a most precipitate retreat, the enemy would have been completely routed. The French left 1000 killed and wounded on the field of battle, and 800 of their troops, with four pieces of cannon, fell into the hands of the victorious Austrians.
Direct accounts from Italy report a victory, still more complete than that above mentioned, to have been gained by the Austrians on the 2d inst. when Gen. Kray drove the French as far as the Bochetta, with the loss of 3000 men.
The latest accounts from the armies in Germany near the Rhine and Neckar, bring nothing of importance. It appears, however, that the Austrian troops continue to obtain some advantages, and have pursued the French in a late action, from Neckar-gemund, as far as Heidelberg. The French appear likewise to have been forced to abandon all their positions in the neighborhood of Bruchsal, and in the Duchy of Wirtemberg.
In the Grison country, the Austrians have been forced to give way, and cross the Rhine near Reichenau.
Apprehensions being entertained in Tyrol of the French penetrating once more into that country from the Grisons, the brave inhabitants have again been called upon by a proclamation of the Government, to rise with their wonted courage and patriotism in the defence of their frontiers.
The Archduke's head quarters were still at Donaueschingen on the 6th. The French remained quiet on the left banks of the Rhine, and the idea of an approaching armistice is not yet given up.—The Austrians still continue to occupy the positions, which the Russians have lately quitted, on the frontiers of Switzerland.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
PARIS, NOV. 14.
Previous to the late happy revolution, the Jacobins had made an arrangement for putting in execution the following measures, had they succeeded:
 The two Councils were to meet in, and form a Convention.—They were then to Decree, as follows:  1st Decree.—Sentence of death against two members of the Directory.  2d Decree.—Buonaparte outlawed.  3d Decree.—All the members of the two Commissions of the Inspectors of the Councils guillotined.  4th Decree.—Garreau to be Commander of Paris, Jourdan of one half of the suburbs, and Santerre of the other half.  5th Decree.—Purification of the representation. All the Aristocrats excluded from the Councils. 
The order given by them to one another, at parting, was—The union of the Deputies at Toulouse, and of the brethren able to bear arms in the Vendee—A protestation against the late acts, with an invitation to the departments to federalise.
They relied upon the majority of the Directory; Gohier put them in the secret.—Barras having promised to deliver up Sieyes to them (they thought themselves so sure of the success of their plans, that they would not even receive Sieyes from the hands of Barras) a great number of Russians had arrived, and were still arriving from the departments.
From a late London Paper.
KING of IMERITIA.
The customs of the king of Imeritia, a country of Asia, are thus related by a gentleman in the East India Company's civil service at Surat:—
"Among the extraordinary sources of revenue, confiscations have a considerable share; but as all this is insufficient for the subsistence of the Prince, he usually travels from house to house, living on his vassals, and never changing his quarters till he has consumed every thing eatable. It will of course be understood that the court of Imeritia is not remarkable for great splendor, nor the prince's table very sumptuously served. His usual fare consists of Gom (a species of millet ground and boiled into paste) a piece of roasted meat, and some pressed caviar. These he eats with his fingers, forks and spoons being unknown in Imeritia. At table he is frequently employed in judging causes, which he decides at his discretion, there being no law but his own will. He usually wears a coarse dress of a brown color, with a musket upon his shoulder; but, upon solemn occasions, he puts on a robe of rich gold brocade, and hangs round his neck a silver chain. He is distinguished from his subjects by riding upon an ass, perhaps the only one in Imeritia, and by wearing boots. He has no regular troops, but can collect an undisciplined army of 6000 men, with no artillery. These troops are drawn together by the sound of trumpet. His civil ordinances are issued every Friday (which is the market day) by one of his servants, who ascends a tree, and with a loud voice proclaims
the edict, which is communicated to the people by each person upon his return to the place of his abode. The former king was driven from his throne and compelled to live like a wild man for 16 years in the woods and caverns of the mountains.
FASHIONS.—A new buckle for the Genua has lately been introduced by madame Buonaparte, which has been the subject of much pleantry in the gay Parisian circles, where it is generally worn. It is made of diamonds of the greatest value, in a triangular form, each side about two or three inches long; two of the ends run opposite ways round the waist, and the third goes up the breast. This buckle was given as a present by some merchants in Egypt to Buonaparte, for protecting a caravan; and madame Buonaparte calling it her "Arab buckle," the Arab buckle became quite the rage in Paris. All this happened before the late revolution; and now the buckle is called the Triumvirate, the Consulate, &c. and a serious dispute exists in the fashionable world, which of the corners represents the respective Consuls. It is mostly agreed that Buonaparte is at the top, Sieyes on the right, and Ducos on the left side.
National Legislature.
Sixth CONGRESS of the United States.
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
JAN. 23.
MR. Varnum presented two petitions of the inhabitants of Massachusetts, and New-Hampshire, praying for the establishment of a post road—which were read and referred to the committee on post-offices and post roads.
Mr. Platt renewed the motion he made yesterday, for postponing the further consideration of the bill to repeal in part an act intitled "an act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes," until the first Monday in December next.
Mr. Nicholas called for the yeas and nays on the question—which were agreed to be taken.
Mr. Bird then gave his reasons for voting in favor of the motion; and why he objected to the bill in any shape in which it might be brought before the house; and Mr. Hartley and Mr. Harper spoke against it—when the yeas and nays were taken as follows:
Affirmative, 10—Negative, 83.
The house then proceeded to the consideration of the bill reported, when
Mr. Thatcher moved to strike out the words "French Republic," and insert "the French nation." He had no evidence of that country being a Republic—but he had evidence that the country was one of a species of despotism unparalleled in the world—and considered it as blasphemy to stile it a Republic—Gentlemen who were fond of the expression, might hear it echoed from the Aurora, for months and years to come but he hoped it would not be used here.
The motion producing great warmth, Mr. T. altered it so as to say "with France"—but finally withdrew it.
Mr. Randolph renewed the motion he made in the committee of the whole yesterday, for adding a new section to the bill, relating to supernumerary officers—and called the yeas and nays upon it—which were taken without debate in manner following:
Affirmative, 38—Negative, 57.
The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow.
A written message was received from the President of the United States, by his secretary Mr. Shaw, inclosing a report from the Secretary of State, a letter from Mathew Clarkson, Esq. and a list of the claims adjusted under the 21st article of the treaty of the United States with Spain.
Mr. Macon called up for consideration the resolution he had laid on the table for the repeal of the second section of the act commonly called the SEDITION LAW—and upon the question will the House agree to the motion, there were ayes 46—noes 34.
Mr. Macon then went into an examination of the constitutionality of the Law—and quoted the constitution and amendments thereto, &c.
To which, Mr. Bayard replied, and concluded with moving the following amendment to the resolution:—"and the offences therein specified, shall remain punishable as at common Law: Provided, that upon any prosecution it shall be lawful for the defendant to give in his defence the truth of the matter charged as a libel."
Mr. Gallatin wished to know if this motion was in order—in his opinion it amounted to a complete substitute of the proposition now on the table—and embraced the adoption of a principle of common law which he did not understand.
Mr. Speaker declared the motion to be in order, Messrs. Bayard and Harper spoke in favor of it—when
Mr. Nott said, as it embraced an important subject, and required mature consideration, he would move that it be committed to a committee of the whole House.
Upon the question for commitment there were ayes 41, noes 49.
The question was then taken on the following part, to wit:
"Resolved, That the 2d section of the act passed the 14th July, 1798, intitled "An act in addition to the act intitled An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, ought to be repealed."—And carried in the affirmative, ayes 50, noes 47.
The second part (Mr. Bayard's amendment)
being under consideration, Messrs. Nicholas, Gallatin, and Macon, spoke against it—and Messrs. Bayard, Otis and Dana in favor of it, when the question was again taken by yeas and nays, as follows:—Affirmative, 51—Negative 47.
After several observations as to the point of order in taking a question upon the whole resolution as amended, Mr. Speaker submitted the decision to the House, and it was agreed to be taken.
Messrs. Randolph, Smilie, Eggleston, Varnum and Jones, then opposed the resolution as amended, on the ground that it would be a greater evil to establish the principles of the common Law, than to repeal the Sedition Law. The latter would expire in March 1801—the former would be entailed on our posterity.
The question was at length taken on the whole resolution, by yeas and nays, as follows:—Affirmative, 11—Negative, 82. Adj.
JAN. 24.
An engrossed bill, entitled, "An act to suspend in part an act entitled an act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes," was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Hill, from the select committee to whom were referred the resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to transmit a certain number of copies of the laws of the United States to the Governor of the State of North-Carolina, equal to the number heretofore authorized by law, which had been destroyed by fire, made a report, recommending the adoption of the said resolution;—which was concurred in by the house, and the resolution passed.
Mr. Harrison laid the following resolution on the table, viz.
Resolved, That the bill for the reform of the Superior Court in the territory of the United States N. W. of the River Ohio, be re-committed to the Select Committee; and that the said committee have authority to report by bill or otherwise, their opinion on the expediency of dividing the said territory into two distinct Governments. Provided, that the line of Division shall commence at the mouth of the great Miami River, and run due north until it strikes the division-line between the U. S. and Canada.
On motion of Mr. C. Goodrich, the House took up the consideration of the report of the committee to whom were referred the message of the President of the United States of the 14th inst. and a letter of Mr. Randolph—when
Mr. Smith moved for a recommitment of the report, and was followed by Mr. Nicholas, in favor of the motion—after which Mr. Bayard spoke upwards of two hours against it. When he sat down, Messrs. Gallatin and Smilie both rose, but an adjournment being called for, it was carried—ayes 51—noes 39. Adjourned till Monday.
JAN. 27.
Mr. Randolph's affair was resumed in the house, when the motion of Mr. Smith for its recommitment, was again discussed. Messrs. Davis, Jones, Christie and Nicholson, spoke in favor of it; and Messrs. Sewall and Otis, and Gen. Lee against it. The House adjourned, without taking the main question.
JAN. 28.
Several petitions, amongst which was one from Mr. Johnson, Consul of the United States at London, praying a reimbursement of certain expenses, were presented, and disposed of.
MR. RANDOLPH'S AFFAIR.
The motion for re-committing the Report of the Committee on this subject, was resumed.—Messrs. Harper, Edmond, Dana and Shepard spoke against recommitting it; and Messrs. Hartley, Williams, Gallatin, and Smith spoke in favor of it. Mr. Randolph concluded the debate, in explanation.
The question, "Shall the Report be re-committed?" was put; and decided—yeas, 43—nays, 50.
Legislature of Massachusetts.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
JANUARY 29.
THE Maine Fire and Marine Insurance bill passed to be engrossed.
Several private bills and reports passed various stages.
JANUARY 30.
The Eighth Turnpike Corporation Bill passed to be engrossed.
A bill for regulating Weights and Measures, came down from the Senate.
JANUARY 31.
The Tax Bill passed to a third reading.—[The sum to be raised is 153,989 dollars, and 13 cents.]
A resolve establishing the pay of the Members of the Council, Senate, and House, passed.—[The sum is two dollars per day.]
Agreeably to assignment the House proceeded to the choice of Major General for the 9th division of the Militia, when the Hon. THEODORE SEDWICK Esq. was chosen.
The House proceeded to a re-discussion of the Bill for augmenting the Governor's salary to the Constitutional sum of 1000.—On the question, shall this bill have a third reading? It passed in the negative—noes 72, ayes 65. After settling the question of order, it was moved, that one thousand pounds should be substituted in the room of the above sum; this also was negatived—70 to 67. The question was then taken, for three thousand dollars, and negatived.

The last mail furnished nothing new, of importance. —The foreign articles inserted this day may be found interesting, tho' of dates prior to those given last week.
The number of soldiers employed by the belligerent powers from March to August last, in Italy, Switzerland and Germany, is estimated at 370,000 men—116,000 of whom are said to have been killed. [London Paper.]
The Answer of the Senate of Pennsylvania to Governor M'Kean's Speech, breathes a manly firmness and decision which we did not expect from the Senate of that state. They present, even at his own door, a glowing picture of his iniquitous nakedness; and if the smallest ray of decency animates his mass of bones, he will shrink from public view, with a full and complete conviction of his injustice—like the tar rapin to his shell, not only with fear, but with shame. [N. Y. Gaz.]
Extract from a Pittsburg Address to Gov. M'Kean. "In your elevation we see a choice uninfluenced by expectants of office, holders of stock in the funds, great wealth; but carried against all these; a proof that Public Spirit like a giant has arisen from her slumbers; that the quicksands of speculation are past; that the mass of the people govern; that equable industry and successive services will alone lead to estate and preferment; and that the day is not far distant when the letter of Mazzei will be inscribed on a monument as a testimony of a wise man against degenerate times."
The citizens of Charleston, S. C. in addition to other demonstrations of gratitude, respect and grief, for our late unequalled Chief, have raised a subscription for erecting a Pedestrian Statue of marble, or an Equestrian Statue in bronze, to his memory.
Twenty four Cardinals were assembled at Venice, the 23d October, for the election of a Pope. The Paris papers mention that the Catholic religion will be speedily introduced in France.
A Bologna article, of Nov. 1, states, that Admiral Nelson had left Naples for Minorca; and had in contemplation an attack upon some French depot.
Major-General Gower, who was a Colonel in the American army, during the revolution; and George Washington Fayette, son of the Marquis, both served under Gen. Brune, in the late events in Holland.
Citizen Barreau, who commanded L'Insurgent frigate, captured in the West Indies by the American frigate Constellation, has been tried at L'Orient, by a court martial, and after an investigation of nine days, acquitted.
Buonaparte has presented to Moreau a Damascus sabre, which he brought from Egypt; it is studded with diamonds, and worth 10,000 livres.
It is a fact not generally known, that Robespierre, the worthy friend, camarade and coadjutor of that execrable and infernal priest and monster Talleyrand, was the assassin who attempted the life of Louis XV.
The Swiss did not easily mix with the French, and they seem nearly as much divided in their opinion of the Austrians. In truth, an independent nation does not readily enter into the views of foreign friendship, and knows no deliverers but its own energies.
The savages of Louisiana, says Montesquieu, when they are anxious for food, first cut down a tree, and then gather the fruits. Such, adds he, is the nature of despotic government, which is always destroying its own resources and supports. The new Consuls of France, under a regime not very different, have completely destroyed the tree of representation, on which their new constitution relied for support. What fruits they are to gather from its overthrow, it must remain for future events to determine.
The territories which the British possess in the East Indies, are much more extensive than Great Britain and Ireland. According to major Rennel, surveyor-general to the East India company, their possessions contain 177,000 square miles, which is more than the square area even of France (such as it was before the present war) and Holland united. In these dominions are many rich factories, strong forts and populous cities. Madras contains upwards of 20,000 inhabitants, and Fort St. David, 60,000. The Island of Bombay, the harbor of which can conveniently hold 1000 ships at anchor, has 60,000 inhabitants. Calcutta, the capital of Bengal, is even said, tho' perhaps erroneously, to contain 500,000. The population of the whole of these dominions is much above eleven millions, at which the population of Great Britain and Ireland are estimated. The annual revenues exceed three millions sterling. In short, the English with their tributaries and allies occupied a considerable time since the whole navigable course of the Ganges, from its entry on the plains to the sea, which in its winding course is more than 1,350 miles.
The dominions of Tippoo Saib, even after one half of them were ceded to the English and their allies, remained about the size of England.
Capt. Livingston, arrived at Norfolk, the 17th ult. 23 days from Jamaica, informs, that the day before he failed, martial law was proclaimed throughout the island, in consequence of the apprehension of some spies, from whom information was obtained of an intended attack being made. One of the spies had been condemned to death. The Governor had ordered 400 French Negroes off, and vessels were chartered to carry them to Martinique and Trinidad. Prisoners of war on parole at Kingston, were ordered to be confined in Fort Augusta, except those with families, who were to give security for peaceable conduct.
The Gazette of the United States says, "We are authorized to contradict the report of the death of Governor Rutledge."
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
A vessel arrived at Salem, spoke, on the 16th ult. a ship from this port for Liverpool—which the night before had been struck with lightning, and the second mate and one man so badly hurt, that their lives were despaired of.
Newyork, Jan. 25. Yesterday morning arrived here, the United States ship of war Portsmouth, Capt. M'Neil, mounting 24 guns, from a 12 months cruise; during which time she has lost only two men, the surgeon, of the consumption, and a marine officer, of a fever. The Portsmouth, perhaps, has been one of the most useful vessels on the West India station, having conveyed three different fleets of valuable American vessels from Surinam, besides picking up a number of marauding boats which proved very destructive to our commerce. There is hardly a navigable place amongst the islands where the Portsmouth has not been.—She left Porto Rico the 5th inst.—is to pay off her crew in this port, and prepare for another cruise. On her anchoring she saluted the town.
LIST of persons licenced by the Supervisor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to retail foreign distilled Spirits and Wines in the county of Cumberland, for the year 1800.
Table with 2 columns: RETAILERS OF SPIRITS. Lists names and locations of various retailers including Beck Thomas, Bonnell George, Bryant Jonathan, etc.
Table with 2 columns: RETAILERS OF WINE. Lists names and locations of various retailers including How Daniel, Hobart John, Harris Mark, etc.
A Pillow-Cafe, containing a piece of cloth and several other articles, was left at the house of the subscriber, on the 29th ult.—The owner may have it again, by proving property and paying charges. IGNATIUS LORING. Feb. 10.
The Maine Spelling Book, BY THOMAS M. PRENTISS, IS this day published, & now ready for sale at this Office, and at the several Book-stores in town.—Sold also by the Author, at his School-House in Union Street. Jan. 20.
English Kid Slippers, of the newest fashion, for sale by NATHAN PRATT, in Full-street, opposite the Brick-Store. Jan. 20.
Newball & Watson, No. 3, Long-Wharf, RUSSIA Duck, Russia Sheeting; Ravens Duck, Cables, Cordage and Bolts, as cheap as can be bought in Portland, Iron—flat and square, Steel plate Shovels, Nail and Spike Rods, Sheathing and Drawing Nails, Sheathing Paper, Sewing and whipping Twine, Powder, per cask, Muskets, India Sugar per bag or quantity, Loaf Sugar, Teas—Bohea and Souchong, Deep Sea, Cod and Log Lines, Black Luffs per piece, Fig Tobacco per keg, Brimstone, &c. &c. Feb. 10.
To the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at Warren within and for the County of Lincoln on the first Tuesday of November Anno Domini 1798.
BY Benjamin Hasey his Attorney complains Thomas Wilson of Topsham, in said county of Lincoln, yeoman, that on the thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, Samuel Thompson late of said Topsham, Esquire, deceased, intestate, by his bond of that date under his hand and seal, did bind himself and his heirs, upon the payment of the sum of forty five pounds, to make and execute to the said Wilson, a good warrantee deed of fifty acres of land, situate in Topsham aforesaid, and bounded as follows, viz. beginning on the highway at the northeast corner of a lot of land then lately let by the said Samuel to John Dugon, and bounded on the same lot south-westerly to run the same course with said lot containing the width of thirty rods or more, so as to run back the same course with the lots of land below Stephen Pennell and Elnathan Hinkley's land, until said fifty acres be completed. Now the said Wilson avers that he paid to the said deceased the aforesaid sum of forty five pounds, yet the said deceased being prevented by death, has never made to him the deed aforesaid, wherefore the said Wilson prays, that your honors after due notice given to all concerned in the estate of the said Samuel deceased, would grant licence to and empower the administrators of the said deceased, to make and execute to your complainant such good warrantee deed of the premises as the said deceased when in full life upon the payment of the sum aforesaid ought to have made and executed. BENJAMIN HASEY. A true copy. Attest— JON. BOWMAN, jr. Clerk. LINCOLN ss.
At a Court of common pleas held at Warren, within and for the County of Lincoln on the first Tuesday of November, being the fifth day of said month, Anno Domini 1799.
UPON the complaint aforesaid, Ordered that the complainant notify all persons interested in said complaint to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas, to be held at Pownalborough, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the first Tuesday of June next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint with this order thereon, three weeks successively in the Gazette printed at Portland by EZEKIEL ALLEY JENKS, the last publication to be three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; also by posting an attested copy of said complaint with this order thereon in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court, that they may then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JON. BOWMAN, jr. Clerk.
To the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at Warren, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the first Tuesday of November, Anno Domini 1799.
BY Benjamin Hasey his attorney, complains Ezekiel Thompson of a plantation called Little-river, in said county of Lincoln, Esquire, that on the twenty sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, Samuel Thompson late of Topsham in said County, Esquire, deceased, intestate, by his writing obligatory of that date, under his hand and seal, did bind himself and his heirs, to make and execute to the said Ezekiel a good warrantee deed of one hundred acres of land situate in Topsham aforesaid, and lying on the easterly side of land then occupied by James Wilson, beginning at the river by said Wilson's land, and to run back the same course with said Wilson's land about north eighteen degrees east, carrying the width of forty nine rods, running the same course with said Wilson's land, until one hundred acres be completed—said writing obligatory being made for a valuable consideration to the said deceased, at the time the same was executed. Now the said Ezekiel avers, that the said Samuel on the twenty fourth day of May, Anno Domini 1797, made to him a deed of one moiety only of the premises adjoining the land the said Ezekiel then occupied; but being prevented by death, the said deceased has never made and executed to the said Ezekiel, a deed of the other moiety of the premises. Wherefore your complainant prays that your honors after due notice given to all concerned in the estate of the said deceased, would grant licence to and empower the administrators of the said deceased, to make and execute to your complainant such good warrantee deed of the other moiety of the premises as the said deceased in his life time ought to have made and executed. BENJAMIN HASEY. A true copy. Attest— JON. BOWMAN, jr. Clerk. LINCOLN ss.
At a Court of common pleas held at Warren, within and for the County of Lincoln, the first Tuesday of November, being the fifth day of said month Anno Domini 1799.
UPON the complaint aforesaid, Ordered, that the complainant notify all persons interested in said complaint, to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Pownalborough within and for the County of Lincoln, on the first Tuesday of June next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint with this order thereon, three weeks successively in the Gazette printed at Portland by EZEKIEL ALLEY JENKS, the last publication to be three weeks at least, before the sitting of said Court; also by posting an attested copy of said complaint, with this order thereon, in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least, before the sitting of said Court, that they may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JON. BOWMAN, jr. Clerk.
TO BE SOLD, BY ORDER OF COURT, On Monday the Seventeenth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon,
ONE third part of a piece of Flatts Land, in Portland, in the county of Cumberland, with one third part of the wharf thereon standing, commonly called Weeks' wharf.
Also, another piece of Flatts Land, situate nearly opposite the house of Mr. Thomas Beck, Portland aforesaid, the same being the share of Flatts belonging to a piece of land sold by THOMAS CUMMING, late of said Portland, merchant, deceased, to Samuel M. Quincy.
Also, a large lot of Land situate in King-street in the same Portland, with a dwelling House standing thereon, and the other buildings on the same, being the dwelling house of the said Thomas, except that part of said lot and buildings which are set off to the subscriber widow of said deceased, as her dower in her said husband's estate.
Also, the remainder of said lot last mentioned, and the buildings and appurtenances, subject only to the life estate of the said tenant in dower. The above being all the real estate whereof the said Thomas died seized and possessed, will be sold on the day above mentioned, on the premises; or so much thereof, as will be sufficient to pay the just debts of the said deceased, with incidental charges.
Dated at Portland, the third day of February, Anno Domini 1800. Eleonora Cumming, Administratrix on said Estate.
Spanish Segars, Of the first quality. A large assortment of SWEET-MEATS, and other Articles in the GROCERY LINE, just received and to be sold by NATHAN BOND, Near the Bank, upon reasonable terms. Portland, Jan. 27, 1800
Abner Rogers, Respectfully informs his Friends and the public, that he has taken the shop opposite the Brick Store in Fifth-street, Portland, where he carries on the Clock & Watch Manufacturing Business: And has for sale a variety of WATCH CHAINS, KEYS, SEALS, &c.—Also, a few WATCHES. He anticipates the pleasure of giving satisfaction to those who may favor him with their commands. 1st Mo. 31st, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix to the estate of Nathaniel Gerrish, late of Durham, in the county of Cumberland, Gentleman, deceased, and has taken upon her that trust by giving bonds as the law directs: She therefore desires all persons who have any demands on said estate, to bring them in for settlement, and all those who are indebted, to make payment without delay—She will attend for the above purpose, on the first and last Wednesdays of the six following months. Sarah Gerrish. Durham, 12th Dec. 1799.
A stray Steer. CAME to the inclosure of the subscriber about fifteen days since, a yearling STEER, red and white color. The owner may have him again by proving property and paying charges.—Apply to Edward Doane. Cape-Elizabeth, Jan. 16.
To be Sold, a Lot of LAND, consisting of Ninety-Three square Rods, with a small House thereon and a Frame for a Black-Smith's shop—situated near the Meeting-house in New Gloucester, a very good stand for a Black-Smith, or any other Tradesman. Enquire of Israel Pekes, now on the premises Dec. 31, 1799
ALL persons who are indebted to the subscriber, are requested to settle and make him payment of at least one third of what may be due, within Forty days, or their notes and accounts will be put in suit. Samuel Butts. Cape-Pis Landing, Jan. 20, 1800.
WANTED, Three thousand feet of four-inch white pine PLANK, Two thousand feet of white pine Joist. Also—Wants to Hire, two Sawyers, to saw in the saw-pit.—For terms apply to WILLIAM VAUGHAN. Portland, Jan. 13, 1800.
FOR SALE, At JENKS' Book-Store, NEXT DOOR TO THE BANK, A variety of Stationary Articles.
BEST American and English Paper, of various prices. Blank Books of various kinds. Quills, Ink-Powder, Slates, Wafers. School Books, Children's Books. Playing Cards, Ink-stands, Desk Knives, Pen-Knives—An assortment of BLANKS, &c. &c. &c. at the A COM

Poetry.
SONNET TO A BALL ROOM.
[Supposed to be written by a Lady]
A Parody of the 4th Sonnet of Charlotte Smith.
"Queen of the Silver Bow."
HOME of the midnight show! whose tapers gleam, O'er Belles and Beaux in dancing led astray, Anxious I turn my eyes to thy bright beam, Or mark the carriages that cross my way.
And while in dance my shoes appear too tight, I feign some anguish of internal woe, And oft I pass in torment half the night, Or tread unwilling on some damsel's toe!
And as along the bay in grief I wind, Oft do I curse the guilty cobbler's hand; Then cast a longing wishful look behind, While the sweet music echoes from the band.
O! that I soon may reach some world above, Where I could through the dance forever rove! MATILDA.
THE ENMITY OF GENIUS.
NO enemy is so terrible as a man of genius. The memoirs of Philip de Comines are well known. The cause of his enmity to the Duke of Burgundy in these memoirs has been discovered by the minute researchers of anecdote. De Comines was born a subject of the Duke of Burgundy, and had been a favourite with that prince, for seven years. Afterwards De Comines attached himself to the Duke's great enemy, the King of France. He was induced to this by the following circumstance: One day, returning from hunting, with the Duke, (then Count de Charolois,) in familiar jollity, he sat himself down before the prince, and ordered him to pull off his boots. This the count did, and laughed, but in return for his princely amusement, dashed the boot on Comines's nose, which bled. From that time he was mortified in the court of Burgundy by the nickname of the booted head . Comines felt a ranking wound in his mind. He went over to the king of France, and amply exhaled his bile against the Duke of Burgundy in those memoirs, which give to posterity, a most unfavourable likeness of that prince, whom he ever censures for presumption, oblinacy, pride, and cruelty. This Duke of Burgundy, however, had but one great vice, that of ambition; but he had many virtues. A man of the world will not think that the impertinence of Comines was chastised with great severity; but, it was unfortunate for the Duke that Comines was a man of genius! If we are well versed in the history of the times, we shall often discover, that the writers of memoirs have some secret poison in their heart. Many, like him, have had the boot dashed on their nose. Personal Rancour wonderfully enlivens our style. Memoirs are often dictated by its fiercest spirit, and then histories are composed from memoirs! And where is TRUTH? Not in histories and memoirs!
GOVERNMENT.
[FROM BURKE.]
"INSTEAD," he says, "of troubling our understanding with speculations concerning the unity of empire, and the identity or distinction of legislative powers, it was our duty, in all soberness, to conform our government to the character and circumstances of the several people who composed the mighty and strangely diversified mass. I never was wild enough to conceive, that one method would serve for the whole; that the natives of Hindostan and those of Virginia could be ordered in the same manner; or that the Cutchery court and the grand jury of Salem could be regulated on a similar plan. I was persuaded that government was a practical thing, made for the happiness of mankind; and not to furnish out a spectacle of uniformity, to gratify the schemes of visionary politicians."
PIGEONS.
Pigeons are in Persia a subject of game laws. To be entitled to the privilege of killing a wild pigeon, it is necessary to be a Musselman; and we learn from TAVERNIER, that Christians have frequently become Mahometans, to entitle them to this qualification of killing game.
The quantity of corn destroyed by pigeons is amazing. HARTLIB, in his " Legacy of Husbandry ," calculates that there were in his time 26,000 pigeon houses in England; and allowing 500 pair to each house, and four bushels yearly to be consumed or destroyed by each pair, it makes the whole of the corn lost to be no less than thirteen millions of bushels annually. It is, however, but just to say, that it has been found, that pigeons, like most other animals, persecuted for real or supposed mischief, are at the same time of use, as they consume the seeds of weeds, and also the insects which are most injurious to the farmer. [ Europ. Mag. ]
A SENTIMENT.
IF you ask me, said Lavater, which is the al hereditary sin of human nature, do you agine I shall answer, pride, or luxury, or bition, or egotism? No, I shall say indolence; who conquers indolence will conquer all the
A FARM in Waterford, containing about 180 acres, nearly one half of which is under improvement, producing annually about forty five ton of English hay. About thirty head of cattle are now on the Farm which will be sold or leased with it.
Two PRWS in Stroudwater meeting-house--and Two small STORES, at Stroudwater Landing. For terms enquire of
Thomas Webster, Who has for Sale at the New Store, opposite Mr. Daniel How's, Middle Street,
60 boxes of Glass, 30 ditto Tin Plate, A few hundreds Sheet Iron, 60 crates Liverpool Ware, assorted, A few tons of White, Red, and Sheet Lead, Whiting, Spanish Brown and Yellow Ochre-- Together with a general assortment of PIECE GOODS and Gentlemen's HATS of the newest fashions--imported in the Joseph , capt. McLellan , and Argus , capt. McDonald , directly from the manufactories, and will be sold low for cash, lumber or country produce.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident Proprietors or Owners of Land in the town of Shapleigh, in the County of York, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that their Lands are taxed in the State, County and Town, for the years 1788, 1789, 1790, 1793, 1796 and 1797, third Division, and committed to me the Subscriber to collect for the said years.
For the year 1788.
Table with 4 columns: R, No., Acres., f, d. It lists tax details for the year 1788.
For the year 1789.
Table with 4 columns: R, No., Acres., f, d. It lists tax details for the year 1789.
For State Tax, 1790.
Table with 4 columns: R, No., Acres., f, d. It lists tax details for the year 1790.
For the year 1790.
Table with 4 columns: R, No., Acres., f, d. It lists tax details for the year 1790.
Town & County Tax for 1797.
If no person or persons appear to discharge said Taxes, and intervening Charges, on or before Tuesday the Twenty-Fifth of February next, by 10 o'clock, forenoon, so much of said Lands will then be sold at Public Vendue, as will be sufficient to discharge said Taxes and Charges, at the dwelling house of GEORGE HAM, innholder in said Shapleigh.
Shapleigh, Dec. 31, 1799.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED, A general assortment of DYE STUFFS, viz.
CAMWOOD, Madder, Oil Vitriol, Roman do. Alum, Copperas, Aqua-Fortis, A natto, Crem. Tart. Cochineil. Nutgalls, Woad, Nicorag, ground, Tamrick. Archill, Roach Alum, Sugar of Lead, White Vitriol, Log wood, Redwood, Fullick, Clothier's Shears, Screws, Plates, Copperas, Cards, Press Papers, Paper Fenders, Books on Dying
With a general assortment of Drugs & Medicines.
ALSO, White Lead ground, Spanish Brown, Patent Yellow, Stone Yellow, Venetian Red, Spirits Turpentine per cask, &c. &c.
Which are selling cheap for Cash or approved Credit. Boston, Jan. 14. (3 mo -91)
William Hudson, Has for Sale at his Store, head of M INGRAHAM'S Wharf, Fore-street, AN ASSORTMENT OF W.I. Goods & Groceries
AMONG WHICH ARE, ALLPICE, Alum, Awls and Hasts, An assortment of Crockery Ware, An assortment of morocco, cloth & leather shoes for men, women and children, Brown Sugar, Bellows, Bed Cords, Bindings, Brads, 1d. 2d. 3d. 4d. 5d. & 6d. Brads and wood liquor Cocks, Brads, steel and pinched Thimbles, Brads Padlocks, Butt Hinges of all sizes, Brass Hinges, Brass & Iron Candlesticks, Brass & fine Salt cast steel Bits with blocks, Cast steel Chisels and Files, Candles, Chocolate, No. 1 and 2, Cheese, Cotton, Coffee, Cart Boxes, Cards, playing, Codlines, Cloves, Cards, wool and cotton, Copperas, Cinnamon, Cake Soap, Cake Ink, Cloth Lines, Corks, Chest, trunk and pad Locks, Chalk Lines, Chest Hinges, Chaife and other Pins, Whips, Clout Nails, Door Locks, Deck Nails, Dividers, Elliot's Snuff, English Mustard per lb. or bottle, Flour, Fifth, Flints, Fuflick, Figg Tobacco per cask or single lb, Fish Hooks of all sizes, Fizes, Frying Pans, Gimblets, Ginger, Glass, window, 7 by 9, & 8 by 10, German Steel, Gun Powder, Gun Locks, Glue, Hair Ribbon, Hammers, Hand Saws, Hard Soap, H & H L Hinges, Iron Compasses, Iron and block tin, Table and Tea Spoons, Ivory and Horn Combs, India Sugars, Knives and Forks, Knitting Needles, Log Wood, Long and short Pipes, Leaf Sugar, London Ink Powder, Men's Hats, Molasses, Mackerel Lines, Mace, Nutmegs, Netting Twine, Nails, 3d. Proof Glases, Poland Starch, Penknives, Pasteboard, Pepper, Pins, Pigtail Tobacco, Paper, writing & wrapping, Powder Flasks, Palm Irons, Raisins, Rules, Rice, Regwood, Rappet Snuff, Razors & Strop, Rat and Moul Traps, Scissors, States, Shot of all sizes, Shoe Brushes, Sieves, Spanish, French, Carolina India, Sewing Twine, Shaving Boxes, Sewing Silks, Stone Ware, Sand Stones, Smoking Tobacco, co. Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Shovels & Tong, Spanish & Amer. can Segars, Snuff & Tobacco Boxes, Scupper & Sheathing Nails, Thumb Latch, Tacks, Tapes, Threads, Twists of all colors, TEAS--Hyson, Souchong and the best quality, Tea Canisters, Tumblers and Wine Glasses, Warning Pans, Webster Spelling Books, LIQUORS, Best French Brandy--Common do. do. WM & N B Rums, Annicef, Cherry Rum, Vinegar, Madeira, Sherry, pureland as in as Lisbon, Port & Port, Malaga.
A Small Invoice of English Goods, Consisting of a good assortment of Calicoes, Calamancos, Durants, Shawls, &c. Jan. 27
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
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