Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-07-19 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
NUMBER 221.]
MONDAY, JULY 19, 1802.
[VOLUME V.]
Laws of Massachusetts.
(Published by Authority.)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the
Maine Bank.
WHEREAS SAMUEL FREEMAN and others, have by their petition to this Court set forth, that they have subscribed to a fund for the establishment of a Bank in the town of Portland, and have prayed to be incorporated for that purpose:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same. That Samuel Freeman, Thomas Robinson, William Widgery, Thatcher Goddard, Josiah Cox, Asa Clap, James Deering, Ralph Cross, James Jewett, Henry Titcomb, Joshua Rogers, William King, John Deane, Samuel Deane, Isaac Illey, Albert Newhall, Abraham Wason, and their associates, successors and assigns, shall be and hereby are erected and made a Corporation by the name of The President, Directors and Company of the Maine Bank; and shall so continue from the first day of April next, until the first Monday of October, eighteen hundred and twelve; and by that name shall be, and hereby are made capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded to, defend and be defended, in any court of record, or any other place whatever; and also to make, have and use a common seal, and ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as to them shall appear necessary and convenient, for the government of the said corporation, and the prudent management of their affairs. Provided, such by-laws, ordinances and regulations shall in no wise be contrary to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. And the said corporation shall be always subject to the rules, restrictions, limitations and provisions herein prescribed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the capital stock of said corporation shall consist of a sum not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, nor more than three hundred thousand dollars, in specie, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and the Stockholders, at their first meeting, shall, by a majority of votes, determine the amount of the payments to be made on each share; also the mode of transferring and disposing of the stock and the profits thereof, which, being entered on the books of said corporation, shall be binding on the Stockholders, their successors and assigns: Provided, that no money shall be loaned, or discounts made; nor shall any bills or promissory notes be issued from said bank, until the capital subscribed and actually paid in, and existing in specie, in their vaults, shall amount to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And the said corporation are hereby made capable in law, to have, hold, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain to them, their successors and assigns, lands, rents, tenements and hereditaments, to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and no more, at any one time, with power to bargain, sell and dispose of the same lands, tenements and hereditaments, and to loan and negotiate their monies and effects by discounting on banking principles, on such securities, as they shall think advisable.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the following rules, limitations and provisions, shall form and be the fundamental articles of said corporation.— First , That the said corporation shall not owe at any one time, more than twice the amount of the gold and silver actually in their vaults, other than such as shall be specially deposited therein, for safe keeping only; and in case of any excess, the Directors, under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their private capacity; but this shall not be construed to exempt the said corporation or any estate, real or personal, which they may hold as a body corporate, from being also liable for and chargeable with such expenses.— Second , That the said corporation shall not sell, use or improve any of their monies, goods, chattels or effects in trade or commerce, nor may sell all kinds of personal pledges lodged in their hands to an amount sufficient to reimburse the sums loaned.— Third , That the said corporation shall hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite for the convenient transaction of its business, and such as shall have been previously contracted.— Fourth , None but a member of said corporation, being a citizen of this Commonwealth, and resident therein shall be eligible for a Director or Cashier; and the Directors shall choose one of their own members to act as President; and the Cashier, before he enters on the duties of his office, shall give bonds, with two sureties, to the satisfaction of the board of Directors, in a sum not less than fifteen thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.— Fifth , No Director of any other bank shall be eligible to the office of Director of this bank, al-
tho he may be a Stockholder herein; and any Director accepting an office in any other bank, shall be deemed to have vacated his place in this bank.— Sixth , That for the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation, a meeting of the Stockholders shall be held at such place as they shall direct, on the first Monday of June, annually, and at any other time during the continuance of said corporation, at such place as shall be appointed by the President and Directors, for the time being, by public notification being given two weeks previous, at which annual meeting, there shall be chosen, by ballot, nine Directors, to continue in office the year ensuing their election; and the number of votes to which each Stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, in the following proportion: that is to say, for one share one vote, and every two shares above one, shall give a right to one vote more: Provided, that no one member shall have more than ten votes, and absent members may vote by proxy, authorised in writing.— Seventh , No Director shall be entitled to any emolument for his services; but the Stockholders may make the President such compensation as may appear to them reasonable.— Eighth , Not less than six Directors shall constitute a board, for the transaction of business, of whom the President shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence; in which case the Directors present may choose a Chairman for the time being in his stead.— Ninth , All bills issued from the bank aforesaid and signed by the President, shall be binding on said corporation; but it shall not be lawful for them to issue any bills of a less denomination than five dollars.— Tenth , The Directors shall make half yearly dividends of all the profits, rents, premiums, and the interest of the bank aforesaid.— Eleventh , The Directors shall have power to appoint a Cashier, Clerks, and such officers for carrying on the business of the bank, with such salaries as to them shall seem meet.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted , That the property of every individual member of said corporation, vested in said corporate funds, shall be liable to attachment for the payment and satisfaction of his just debts, or to any of his bona fide creditors, in manner following, namely—in addition to the summons by law prescribed, to be left with the debtor, a like summons shall be left with the Cashier of said bank; and the debtor's share or shares in said corporate funds, together with the interests, rents, and profits due, or growing due thereon, shall thereby be held to respond said suit according to law; and all transfers of the debtor's share in said corporate funds not noted in the bank books previous to the delivery of said summons, shall be barred thereby, and execution may be levied on the property of any such Stockholder in said bank, and his shares therein exposed to sale in the same manner as is by law provided, where personal estate is taken by execution; and it shall be the duty of the officer who extends such execution, to leave an attested copy thereof with his doings thereon, with the Cashier of said bank; and the purchaser shall then be entitled to the receipts of all dividends and stocks, and to the same privileges as a member of said corporation, that the debtor was previously entitled to. Upon any attachment being made, or execution being levied on any share in said bank, it shall be the duty of the Cashier of said bank to expose the books of said corporation to the officer, so far as respects the number of shares said debtor may own, and to furnish him with a certificate under his hand, in his official capacity, ascertaining the number of shares the debtor holds in said bank, and the amount of dividends due thereon.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That one eighth part of the whole funds of said bank shall always be appropriated to loans, to be made to citizens of this Commonwealth, not resident in the town of Portland, and wherein the Directors shall wholly and exclusively regard the agricultural interest: which loans shall be made in sums of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, and upon the personal bond of the borrower, with collateral security, by a sufficient mortgage of real estate, for a term not less than one year, and on condition of paying the interest annually on such loans, subject to such forfeiture and right of redemption as by law is provided.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That any person or persons, appointed by the Legislature for the purpose, shall have a right to examine into the doings of said corporation, and shall have free access to all their books and vaults; and if upon the report of the persons so appointed, it shall be found, after a full hearing of said corporation thereon, be determined by the Legislature, that the said corporation have exceeded the powers herein granted to them, or failed to comply with any of the rules, restrictions and conditions in this act provided, their incorporation shall thereupon be declared forfeited and void, and the same shall be announced by proclamation from the supreme executive authority of his Commonwealth.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the persons before named, or any three of them, are hereby authorised to call a meeting of the Members and Stockholders of the said corporation, as soon as may be, at such time and place
as they may think fit, in Portland, by advertising the same for three weeks successively, previous to said meeting, in the Portland newspapers, for the purpose of making, ordaining and establishing such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, for the orderly conducting the affairs of said corporation, as the said Stockholders shall deem necessary, and for the choice of the first board of Directors, and such other officers as they shall see fit to choose.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the Directors of the corporation aforesaid on every first day of January and July in every year, to make out an abstract of the affairs of said bank, particularly specifying the amount of the capital stock subscribed, and actually paid in—the amount of gold and silver actually in the said bank, and belonging to the said corporation—the amount of bills or promissory notes in circulation—the amount of monies loaned by said corporation—and the amount of monies deposited in said bank by any person or persons; together with the amount of the last dividend declared or paid to the Stockholders of said bank, which said abstract being subscribed by the major part of the Directors, and countersigned and sworn to by the Cashier, shall be semiannually as aforesaid, transmitted to the Governor and Council, and shall be safely deposited in the office of the Secretary of this Commonwealth.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That when ever the Legislature shall require it, the said corporation shall loan to the Commonwealth any sum of money not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, reimbursable by five annual instalments, or at any shorter period at the election of the Commonwealth, with the annual payment of interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum—Provided however, that the Commonwealth shall never at any one time stand indebted to said corporation, without their consent, for a larger sum than thirty thousand dollars.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That the Commonwealth shall have a right, whenever the government thereof shall make provision by law, to subscribe to, and become interested in the capital stock of said bank, in a sum not exceeding one third part thereof, subject to the rules, regulations and provisions to be by them made and established.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall be liable to pay to any bona fide holder, the original amount of any note of said bank, counterfeited or altered in the course of its circulation to a larger amount, notwithstanding such alteration.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted , That nothing contained in this act, shall be construed to prevent the Legislature from taxing said bank at any time hereafter, when they shall judge it expedient.
In the House of Representatives, June 23, 1802. This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. JOHN C. JONES, Speaker. In Senate, June 23, 1802. This bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. DAVID COBB, President. June 23, 1802.—By the Governor Approved. CALEB STRONG. A true Copy, Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
An Act to continue in force an Act passed in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, entitled, "An Act establishing and regulating the fees of the several Officers and other persons hereinafter mentioned, and for repealing the Laws heretofore made for that purpose."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the said Act be, and hereby is continued in force until the last day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, any thing in any Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the House of Representatives, June 23, 1802. This bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. JOHN C. JONES, Speaker. In Senate, June 23, 1802. This bill having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. DAVID COBB, President. June 23, 1802.—By the Governor Approved. CALEB STRONG. A true Copy, Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
An Act to incorporate the plantations called Duck Trap and Canaan into a town by the name of Lincolnville.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the plantations heretofore called Duck Trap and Canaan, lying partly in the county of Lincoln and partly in the county of Hancock, as described within the following boundaries, with the inhabitants thereon be and they are hereby incorporated into a town by the name of Lincolnville: Beginning at a fir tree standing on the western bank of Penobscot bay, it being the northeast corner of Camden; thence running northwest by north on the said Camden line, one mile, to a spruce tree marked for a corner; thence north, eighty four degrees west, on Camden line, three miles and a half, to a pine tree standing on the southwest side of Smith's neck; thence north, thirty four degrees west, on Barrestown line, or the line of the twenty associates, three miles and one hundred and sixty rods, to a stake and stones, making a corner; thence northeast by east, about six miles, to
the west corner of Northport, marked Northport corner; thence southeast, on Northport line, one mile and two hundred and seventeen rods, to a black ash tree, standing at the north west end of Duck Trap pond; thence south, thirty five degrees east, adjoining on Northport, down said pond, two miles and one hundred and thirty seven rods to a brook that falls into the southeast end of said pond; thence south, fifty six degrees east, adjoining on said Northport, up said brook, one hundred and forty five rods, to a stake standing on the bank of said brook; thence south, twelve degrees east, on Northport line, one mile and two hundred rods, to a stake and stones, standing on the westerly bank of Penobscot bay, it being the southwest corner of Northport; thence bounding on the said bay, to the corner first mentioned, And the said town of Lincolnville, is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges, rights and immunities, to which other towns are entitled by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the whole of the said township is hereby annexed to, and shall in future be a part of the county of Hancock.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That George Ulmer Esq. be, and he is hereby authorized to issue a Warrant, directed to some suitable person, an inhabitant of the said town of Lincolnville, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof, to assemble at some convenient time and place, as shall be expressed in the said Warrant, for the choice of such officers as towns are by law empowered to choose in the months of March or April annually.
In the House of Representatives, June 23, 1802. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
JOHN C. JONES, Speaker. In Senate, June 23, 1802. This bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. DAVID COBB, President. June 23, 1802.—By the Governor Approved. CALEB STRONG. Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
LONGEVITY.
DIED lately at Bristol, in Pennsylvania, a female slave named Alice, aged 116 years. She was born in Philadelphia, of parents who came from Barbary, and lived in that city until she was ten years old, when her master removed her to Dunk's Ferry, in which neighbourhood she continued to the end of her days. She remembered the ground on which Philadelphia stands, when it was a wilderness, and when the Indians (its chief inhabitants) hunted wild game in the woods, while the panther, the wolf, and the beasts of the forest, were prowling about the wigwams and cabins in which they lived.
Being a sensible intelligent woman, and having a good memory, which she retained to the last, she would often make judicious remarks on the population and improvement of the city and country; hence, her conversation became peculiarly interesting, especially to the immediate descendants of the first settlers, of whose ancestors she often related acceptable anecdotes.
She remembered William Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Story, James Logan, and several other distinguished characters of that day.
During a short visit which she paid to Philadelphia, last fall, many respectable persons called to see her, who were all pleased with her innocent cheerfulness, and that dignified deportment, for which (tho' a slave and uneducated) she was ever remarkable.
In observing the increase of the city, she pointed out the house next to the Episcopal church, to the southward in Second street, as the first brick building that was erected in it, and, it is more than probable, she was right, for it bears evident marks of antiquity. The first church she said was a small frame that stood where the present building stands, the ceiling of which she could reach with her hands from the floor.
She was a worthy member of the Episcopal society, and attended their public worship as long as she lived. Indeed, she was so zealous to perform this duty, in proper season, that she has often been met on horseback, in a full gallop, to church, at the age of 95 years.
The veneration she had for the bible, induced her to lament, that she was not able to read it; but the deficiency was in part supplied by the kindness of many of her friends, who, at her request, would read it to her, when she would listen with great attention, and often make pertinent remarks.
She was temperate in her living, and so careful to keep the truth, that her veracity was never questioned—her honesty was also unimpeached, for such was her master's confidence in it, that she was trusted at all times, to receive the ferrage money for upwards of forty years.
This extraordinary woman retained her hearing to the end of her life, but her sight began to fail gradually, in her ninety-sixth year, without any other visible cause, than from old age. At one hundred she became blind, so that she could not see the sun at noon day.

Being habituated from her childhood to constant employment, her last master kindly excused her from her usual labor; but she could not be idle, for the afterwards devoted her time to fishing, at which she was very expert; and even at this late period, when her sight had so entirely left her, she would frequently row herself out into the middle of the stream, from which she seldom returned, without a handsome supply of fish for her master's table.
About the one hundredth and second year of her age, her sight gradually returned and improved so far, that she could perceive objects moving before her, tho' she could not distinguish persons.
Before she died, her hair became perfectly white, and the last of her teeth dropped from her head at the age of 116 years.
When we consider how susceptible this poor woman was of right and wrong, and notice the hardships she endured for eighty years (forty of which at least, she was steadily employed in ferrying carriages, horses and passengers, over a wide and rapid river) it is wonderful that she so long retained any vigor of body or mind; but a strong constitution, and above all the sustaining power of religion, which she felt and enjoyed, enabled her to bear the severest of trials, without complaining—trusting in hope, that a glorious day of liberty would be her happy and lasting inheritance, when her great Lord and Master, should see meet to loosen the fetters that were riveted upon her, in this world, by the injustice, rapacity and cruelty of man.
From the Fredrick-Town Herald.
To THOMAS JEFFERSON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE, the Subscribers, humbly complaining, shew unto your Excellency:—
That although we may be also used in the service of the rich, yet being necessary to the comfort of the people at large, we are regarded by the poor with particular interest and desire. That this being the case, we saw with much gladness, your election into office; since, from the many fine promises made by your party, and the fair reports of your being the great friend of the poor man, we fondly looked forward for your tender care of all the poor man's wishes and wants. That therefore, as soon as you told Congress that the public was so rich as to allow the burden of some of our taxes to be taken off, we did humbly expect that we, being necessaries of life, would be the first relieved from those high duties which make the price, paid for us so much dearer to those who are less able to afford it. But so it is, may it please your Excellency, by some great mistake we have been grievously disappointed. With great sorrow we see, that in the law, which you had passed for lessening taxes in the place where our names ought to have stood you have had put the names of "Pleasure Carriages and white loaf sugar," which we consider as being mere servants of the rich, and as having little or nothing to do with the poor, who have been so long made to believe that their ease and welfare would always be remembered by your Excellency. We would not be understood, may it please your Excellency, to say anything in order to under value our betters. "Pleasure Carriages and white loaf sugar" may be very good things for those, who are wealthy enough to keep them. But they are kept only by those, who could also very well pay what ever tax was ever laid on them. If not they find their choice to give up using articles, which the poorer part of their fellow-citizens know how to do without. They might give up nice refined "white sugar," and take in its stead plain brown or good molasses, such as contents a multitude of people, who are not for that reason a jot less worthy than themselves. They might come down from their grand coaches, and either walk on foot, being a healthy exercise, or travel in plain waggons, such as the family of many an honest farmer is satisfied to ride in abroad, or to go to church in on Sundays. On the other hand, with respect to us, the people have not such a free choice; because we are commodities which almost every body in this country must now use; it would be very hard, and partly impossible to get rid of us. We do therefore conceive, with all obedience to your Excellency, that in laying aside a part of the public burdens we were entitled to your special favour; and that at any rate if you could not do the clever thing by having no taxes at all, we ought to have had your preference over "pleasure carriages and white loaf sugar." These luxuries, we dare say, are monstrous favorites of the big democratic nabobs of Virginia, who will live and parade about in style, even if they don't pay their debts. —But to tell you a piece of our mind, may it please your excellency, we can't help thinking it hard that you should indulge them, and let us be still saddled with all our heavy duties. We did not expect so soon to see the day, when you'd bow down and worship mammon, and entirely forget the great body of the people, who labor for their livelihood, who are the main support of the country, and who all feel a common cause in our behalf. So, begging that you won't be angry at our freespoken complaint, we most hope that you will take our case into further consideration, and try to get for us such relief, as to your Excellency shall seem wise and reasonable.
And, as in duty bound, we will ever pray.
BROWN SUGAR, BOHEA TEA, COFFEE, SALT.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
FRANCE.
Sitting of the Legislative Body,
MAY 17. 1802.
The counsellors of state, Bruix, Desolles, and Dupuis, were introduced.
Bruix mounted the tribune: "We are going," said he, "again to take possession of several of our colonies: It is of the first moment that we should remove the fears of the planters."
"It is known to you in what manner the illusory of liberty and equality have been propagated in those remote countries, where the striking difference between the civilized and the uncivilized man, the difference of climate, colors, and habits, and principally the security of European families, imperiously required a great inequality in the civil and political state of individuals."
"It is also known, what has been the fatal consequence of these innovations, so eagerly pursued by zealots, most of whom were, doubtless, actuated by the honorable intention of promoting the cause of humanity, and who, while endeavouring to render the inhabitants of the colonies indiscriminately equal in rights, have only rendered them equally unhappy."
"Slavery, then," added the orator, "must be maintained in such of our colonies, as have constantly flourished under that regime ; in others, let us hasten to substitute for delusive and seducing theories , an healing system , the combination of which must be adapted to circumstances, variant of themselves, and confined to the wisdom of the government."
Bruix then read the following project of a law:
ART. 1. In the colonies restored to France, conformably to the treaty of Amiens, SLAVERY shall be maintained agreeably to the laws and regulations existing prior to the year 1789.
ART. 2. It shall be the same in the other French colonies beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
ART. 3. The traffic in slaves, and their importation to the said colonies, shall be conducted agreeably to the regulations existing prior to the year 1789.
ART. 4. Notwithstanding all anterior laws, the regime of the colonies shall be subject for the period of ten years, to the regulations of the government.
The discussion of this project was appointed for the 20th May.
PARIS, MAY 11.
"The following project of a law is immediately to be submitted to the discussion of the French Council of State, and no doubt is entertained but it will be adopted:
LEGION OF HONOUR.
ART. 1. In virtue of the 87th article of the Constitution, a Legion of Honour shall be formed.
II. This Legion shall be divided into 15 Cohorts, each of which is to have its peculiar station.
III. National property to the amount of 150,000 francs, annually shall be allotted to each Cohort.
IV. Each Cohort shall consist of seven great Officers, twenty Commandants, thirty Subaltern Officers, and three hundred and fifty privates.
V. The pay to be as follows: To each great officer, 5,000 francs per annum and during life.
To each Commandant 2,000 do.
To each Subaltern 1,000 do.
To each private 250 do. All durante vita .
VI. Every individual on being admitted into the legion shall swear, on his conscience and his honour, that he means to devote his existence to the welfare of the Republic, to the preservation of its territory (in its integrity,) to the defence of its government, its laws and the property which it has rendered sacred, to oppose, by all means which justice, reason and the laws authorise, every undertaking, which may tend to the restoration of feudal system, of titles and immunities attached to them; in fine, to exert his best and most strenuous efforts for the maintenance of Liberty and Equality.
VII. A grand council shall be formed, consisting of the First Consul, the two Consuls, and four Counsellors, one of whom is to be chosen from among the Senators, by the Senators themselves; the Legislative body is to select another, the Tribunate is to send one of its Members and the Council of State chooses the fourth.
VIII. The First Consul, is, de jure , the Chief of the Legion, and President of the Great Council of Administration.
IX. At each station there shall be established an asylum, properly endowed, for the Members of the Legion, whom old age or wounds received in the war of liberty, shall incapacitate from continuing in the service.
Conditions required for being admitted.
"To have received arms or honor from the hands, or by the order of the First Consul; to have rendered essential service in the war of liberty, either in the field or in the Cabinet. — In time of peace, a candidate must prove that he has served 25 years. Each year in time of war tells for two; each campaign of the Republican war tells for four years."
LONDON, MAY 22, 1802.
THE registers opened in France, upon the question whether Bonaparte shall be Consul for life? are represented to be filing very rapidly: If we may believe the Paris papers, the answer will be an unanimous affirmative.
It is rather extraordinary that none of the Paris papers to the 19th inst. take the slightest notice of the proposition submitted by the Mayoralties of Paris, to the Prefect, for giving to Bonaparte, in addition to the Consulate for life, the power of nominating his successor. Yet it is certain that such a proposition has been made, and that the Prefect did not discharge it.
Extract of a letter from Paris, May 15.
"The Legislative Body and the Tribunate have lost no time in insinuating their individual voices in favor of prolonging Bonaparte's Consulate for life. The only member who voted against the proposal is Carnot. After his signature to that effect, he wrote 'I have signed my proscription.' His friends in the Tribunate in vain endeavored to prevail upon him to erase this addition. Finding him inexorable, their attachment suggested to them the expedient of opening a new register, in which Carnot's signature is omitted. The example of Carnot has been followed by only one other person in an official liquidation—a petty clerk at the Treasury."
"Notwithstanding the apprehensions which may be entertained, and the electing Bonaparte Consul for life, may lead to the establishment of hereditary right, and of course to a new Dynasty, the people of Paris sign the lists which are placed in every department, without murmur or hesitation."
PARIS, MAY 17.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
"My last letter informed you that the future of the First importance, which I had some time since intimated, were about to be carried into immediate effect; that it was not only certain that Bonaparte would be appointed Consul for life, but that it was also in contemplation to superadd a privilege unexpected by the greatest mass of the nation, by empowering him to nominate his successor! It was not on light grounds, you may rest assured, that I stated a business of so much magnitude, and which has for its tendency to alter the nature of a government, by making the First Magistrate hereditary instead of elective. I intimated also, what sort of reception this proposition was likely to meet with when made. The following official papers which I hasten to send by a friend who travels post, will amply support and confirm all that I have suggested."
The Mayors of the Commune of Paris, to the President of the Department of the Seine.
CITIZEN PREFECT, Paris, 22 Floreal.
PLACED as we are near to the people of Paris, by our daily functions—being every day the immediate depositaries of their sentiments of affection for the person of the First Consul, and of their wishes and anxiety for the stability and perpetuity of a government, which has brought back their happiness; it belongs particularly to us to satisfy our consciences, to do what is expected from us by our fellow citizens, and what we owe to the public weal; by stating our unanimous conviction, that the question proposed by the Act of the Government on the 30th Floreal, does not completely meet the wishes of the people of Paris. Since it is true, "that when consulted on their dearest interests, the people should know no other limit than their very interests," we demand of you, in their name, to submit to them this second question:
"Shall Napoleon Bonaparte have the power of naming his successor?"
It is worthy of Bonaparte, after having effected the happiness of his own age, to assure also, by his choice of a successor, that of the generation which is to succeed. We presume to say, that to offer him the means of the doing this, is the only national recompense worthy of him, and of the French people. We know sufficiently well, Citizen Prefect, your personal sentiments, to doubt of the reception which you will give to this demand. We have the honor to salute you.
[Here follows the signatures of the twelve Mayors.]
(A TRUE COPY)
ET. MEJAN, Sec. Gen. of the Prefecture.
THE ANSWER.
CITIZEN MAYORS, Paris, 24 Floreal.
The Administrator can only order the literal execution of the orders which are given to him by the government; it does not therefore belong to me to present for the decision of the citizens who are called upon to vote a question, upon which, the Government has not ordered that they should be consulted. Yet, if the exact observation of administrative rules forbids me to order that the proposition, contained in the letter which you have done me the honor to transmit on the 22d should be added as a question to that on which the votes are now opened in the Department of the Seine, nothing prevents the citizens from spontaneously expressing their will on this subject, at the same time that they decide on the question proposed by the Decree of the Consuls.
Amongst the votes received since the 22d, at the Secretariat of the Prefecture, a great number have been given in with the amendment, which forms the object of your proposition. The same freedom may be left to the voters who shall present themselves at the Secretariats of your several Mayoralties, and by this manner we shall have fulfilled our duty, without the reproach of having substituted our foresight ( prevoyance ) for that of the government. This answer, which the severity of principles compels me to make to you, Citizen Mayors, would give much pain, if I was equally prohibited from praising the intentions which have dictated the proposition, of which I thank you for having made me the depositary. The
publication of your letter as an act of zeal for the stability of the Government, and as an homage rendered to the virtues of the First Consul, can alone acquit me towards you, and I hasten to give orders for that purpose. I have the honor to salute you.
FROCHOT, Prefect of the Department of the Seine.
PARIS, MAY 18.
Our fellow citizens exhibit mark of enthusiastic zeal to comply with the vote of the Tribunate, to give to Bonaparte a more striking evidence of the public gratitude.—From all quarters accounts are received of the rapture with which the question was received. Shall he be Consul for life? At Saïfons, the citizens, impatient to manifest their wishes have addressed the following petition to the Mayor:—
"CITIZEN MAYOR.
"The arrêté of the Consuls of the 10th, permits us to be grateful; but does not satisfy our love; consent that we assemble to-morrow, at the Champa de Mars, and that to the sound of martial music, we proclaim there Consul for life, the child of victory and the father of the people: that from thence we repair to the church to implore of God, that his life be as long as it is precious to us: that the process verbal be drawn up and sent by a courier extraordinary to Bonaparte."
From the New York Evening Post.
IT may be recollected that some time since we promised to present our readers with a review of the History of the administration of John Adams , by Wood. Various circumstances have intervened to delay it till this morning; but we had hardly begun it when the author brought his Note which follows in this evening's paper. As it is uncertain what part of the history may be left by him at last, after the corrections he had promised, it seems proper to wait for those corrections before particular remarks are made. It is now in some measure in the power of Mr. Wood to atone for the shameful calumnies which have been there collected together, and we cannot but hope he will embrace the opportunity.
FOR THE EVENING POST.
To Messrs. GEORGE THATCHER and DWIGHT FOSTER of Massachusetts.
Gentlemen, The brief sketches given of your characters in the history of President Adams's administration, were drawn from Callender's Prospect and his other works. I having however discovered, previous to my negotiation with Mr. Burr, from a respectable channel, that Mr. Callender had misrepresented your actions in an eminent degree, I had determined upon reprinting those sheets which contain the characters of the Members of Congress, and of correcting several other like errors in an appendix. The publication of the history, without my knowledge and consent, after being suppressed, prevented these corrections taking place; I therefore consider it as an incumbent duty to make this public apology through the medium of the newspapers, as solicited either by you or your friends, which I flatter myself will be deemed sufficient until the appearance of a pamphlet now preparing, correcting erroneous impressions, giving a statement of the various sources from which I obtained my information, and the circumstances attending the suppression. I remain, gentlemen, with the greatest respect, your obedient servant, JOHN WOOD.
From the Columbian Centinel.
MR. RUSSELL, IT ought to be known that SAMUEL THACHER, Esq. is now the only Federal Candidate, for Representative to Congress, for the First Eastern District. And the Federalists, it is hoped, will unite in his favor. The other gentlemen who have before received the suffrages of the Federal citizens, have declined standing. It is said, Mr. Bradford never consented to be a candidate. And a seat in Congress is incompatible with his present office, which probably he would not relinquish, could he be sure of an election. Mr. Bruce, it is also confidently asserted, relinquishes all his pretensions. Mr. Dummer and Mr. Cook had before the last trial authorized their friends to say, that they wished not to be considered candidates again. If we make one more exertion, and give our votes for SAMUEL THACHER, Esq. a gentleman of fair character, of information and talents, and of correct political sentiments, we may be certain of a choice at the approaching meeting. Augusta, July 8. 1802.
Portland,
Monday, July 19, 1802.
The reader's attention must be highly interested in perusing the foreign intelligence given this day. The French people wearied with their long voyage on the tempestuous sea of liberty , are now seeking repose in the calm of despotism , to which their present pilot has conducted them. But so much depends upon his personal safety, that who will pretend to say on what point the nation shall yet rest? — Many rumors are in circulation, for the truth of which we must wait till further accounts. — The last Boston paper contains the following paragraph:—
"The report of a new attempt on the life of Bonaparte is contained in the latest papers. It appears to have obtained but little credit in England. We must however, wait the next arrival for decision upon it. It is not too far to be true! — The French Tribunate and Legislative Body have decided in favor of the establishment of a "Legion of Honor," and the revival

of Negro Slavery and the Slave Trade. The report on the latter subject was made by Citizen ADET."
NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY. Finding the limits of our paper unequal to giving all the particulars we have received of the celebration of this anniversary, we hope our friends will require no apology for their omission, and be satisfied with the general mention we have already made. It may be proper to add, that we have scarcely heard from a town or village which has not in some way or other testified a joy on the occasion which we trust the day will ever inspire.
On the late Anniversary, an Oration was delivered at Trysburg, by Mr. Daniel Wolfer, preceptor of the Academy in that place.
At Hallowell, an Oration was delivered by Mr. Thomas Bond, jun.
Among the Jeffersonian toasts given at Washington City, for the fourth of July, we cannot omit the following which in serious language might be termed political blasphemy:—“Jefferson, Washington, and Adams—the mind that conceived, the sword that achieved, and the seal that ratified our freedom! 11!”—“The Dog, and I, and Father!”
Conformably to the modern method of “reducing executive patronage,” President Jefferson has appointed Commissioners of Bankruptcy in Connecticut—mostly men of his sect.—Massachusetts list may be expected next.
THEATRE. —The Theatre in this town, was opened last week with a very full company; and their performances have been well received.—The entertainment for this evening, it is presumed will attract a full house.—Owing to the intrusion of some turbulent fellows on Friday evening last, the performance was for a short time interrupted—but we are requested to assure the public, that measures have been taken by the proprietors and manager to avoid a repetition of such objectionable conduct.
MR. JENKS, THE increased and increasing circulation of your useful paper in the Eastern Counties of this District, induce me to hope that correct information on public affairs will be more generally diffused in that quarter than it has hitherto been. For want of communication between the substantial citizens in the different counties, many meetings have been held in our district for the choice of a Representative to Congress without effect. Much is it to be hoped that the next meeting will be decisive, that we may no longer be deprived of our constitutional voice in the national councils.
At either of the meetings which are passed, had the federalists been united in one candidate, they would have been abundantly successful—two thirds of the votes returned having been uniformly for federal candidates.
Even at the last meeting, which happened at a peculiarly busy season, and which was of course but little attended; had it not been for some scoundrelous practices in the county of Hancock, which probably hereafter will meet judicial investigation, Col. Thacher, the federal candidate, would have been elected.
It is ascertained beyond any doubt, that from three towns in this county, more than one hundred votes were returned for Mr. Kinley, when in fact there were less than thirty present at the meetings in all those towns. As this business is now in train for judicial scrutiny, I say no more about it; except by way of suggesting to the Solicitor General, that a strict discharge of his duty in this particular, is required not only by law, but by every principle which can actuate a man attached to the representative republican system, the only foundation upon which civil liberty can rest.
Left, however, another attempt may be made to palm upon us a spurious representative, by a similar species of political legerdemain—let all the sober, honest, well disposed voters appear at the next meeting, and put an end to this disgraceful prostitution of the noble privileges we enjoy, by giving a full, fair and honorable majority to Col. Thacher, who is unquestionably the only federal candidate.
To those who know him, nothing more need be said than to request they would make known his talents and qualifications to such as have not the pleasure of his acquaintance. They can truly say that he is a man of excellent talents, of political and moral integrity, and firmly attached to the sound principles of civil liberty.
Compare him with Mr. Kinley, a man whose political character to say the least of it, is not without suspicion; and whose present associates are such as the good people in this county have no confidence in; and upon this comparison you cannot hesitate.
When you are told Mr. Kinley is the proper object of your suffrages, consider what sort of men praise him, what characters he allies himself with, and who are his principal supporters, and then judge what sort of man he must be himself. If you find that those men who are reprobated and disgraced in this county for their scandalous conduct, official and private, are his zealous partisans, and they alone—will you not believe he is a man in every respect after their own hearts? The old proverb, “a man is known by his company,” is as true now as ever.
Fellow citizens, unite in Col. Thacher—he will prove himself worthy your vote, and his talents will do you honor in the national councils.
An Inhabitant of Hancock County. July 10, 1802.
We have to apologise for the inferior quality of paper on which our Gazette is issued this day. We are in hourly expectation of our regular supply of a better kind.
Died. In this town, on Friday last, Mrs. Merriam Wells, aged 66 years. At Cape-Elizabeth, Mrs. Sarah Simonton, aged 66.
PORTLAND MARINE LIST. PORT OF PORTLAND. No foreign arrivals at this port since the last Gazette. Schooner Hunter, Gill of this port, arrived at New-York, July 12. Brig Poly, of this port, was spoken July 9, lat. 39, long. 56, six days out for Curacoa; and ichr. Sally 5 days from Nobleborough for Barbadoes. Brig Atlantic, McDonald, from Damariscotta for Barbadoes, was spoke July 11, lat. 42, 21, long. 67. Arrived at Boston, on Thursday last, ship Confidence Redman, of B.H. 45 days from Liverpool. Left the Fame, Trout, of Wiscasset for Boston, waiting freight, to sail about the last of June—July 12, lat. 42, 39, long. 56, spoke Schooner Mary Ann, 2 days from Penobscot for Liverpool.
PORT OF WISCASSET. Cleared—July 12, ship Mount Vernon, Boyington, for Liverpool—July 13, ship America, Robinson, for Portsmouth, Eng.
A quantity of excellent Coffee, For Sale by EBENEZER STORER. Portland, July 19
35 Dollars Reward. LOST, on Wednesday last, in Forest-street, or on Long-Wharf, Two Hundred and Thirty-five Dollars, in Bank Bills—Among which was one of 100 dollars of United States Bank, payable in Boston; the others were of the Portland Bank, of different denominations. The number of the 100 dollar bill being known, its payment will be stopped, and can be of no service, but to the owner—Whoever has found the same, and will leave it with the Printer, or with the subscriber, shall receive the above reward. SAMUEL PEARSON. Portland, July 17, 1802.
AARON FITZ, Fifth-Street, Sign of the Seal Trunk, HAS FOR SALE, ONE new elegant tubbottom Chaise, with top to ship and unship, iron axle, plated harness and wigs. 1 New elegant tubbottom Chaise, with top to ship and unship, iron axle, plated wings and harness. A general assortment of seal-skin, oil-cloth, and leather covered TRUNKS. Portland, July 19
Surveyors Wanted. TWO good Surveyors, used to surveying in woods, are wanted immediately, to go into the District of Maine.—For further information, please to apply at this Office. July 16.
Ten Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from the ship Alfred, now lying in Kennebec harbor, a man by the name of EPHRAIM HODGDON, who shipped on board said vessel and received his month's pay. He is a short thick man, dark complexion, black hair, one squint eye, and has a scar on his right index. He is about 23 years old, has worked some at the carpenter's business—had on when he went away a short blue jacket and trowsers—Whoever will take up said runaway and return him to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward and all necessary charges. WILLIAM JEFFERDS. Kennebec, July 6, 1802.
Loft, IN North-yarmouth, a few days since, A BITCH PUPPY, nine months old, about twenty inches high, light red color, long curly hair, with short thick bushy tail—has had a small piece cropped from the end of each ear. Whoever will return, or give information of her at Mr. Thomas Mott's, Portland, shall be handsomely rewarded for their trouble. July 17, 1802.
An Apprentice IS wanted at the Housewright business. One from the country, about 14 years old, will be preferred.—Inquire of the Printer. July 19. THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administrator, de bonis non, on the Estate of DUDLEY BROADSTREET, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, laborer, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to WILLIAM STEVENS, JUN. Portland, July 14, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administratrix on the estate of JAMES MOORE, late of Freeport, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to ANNA MOORE. July 19, 1802.
THE subscribers, duly appointed Commissioners to receive the claims against the Estate of JAMES MOORE, late of Freeport, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months being allowed for the Creditors to said estate to exhibit their demands—hereby give public notice, that they propose to meet for the purpose of receiving said claims, at the dwelling house of Capt. Joseph Stockbridge, innholder in said Freeport, on the last Wednesdays of August, October and December next, from two to six o'clock, P.M. AMMI R. MITCHELL, } Commissioners. WILLIAM POTE, } North-yarmouth, July 5, 1802.
NOTICE. A Seaman, named Manuel Joseph, a Portuguese, was lost from on board the ship Nabby, capt. Philip Crandall, on his passage from Liverpool for this port. His heirs may receive his clothing and the balance of his wages, by applying at the store of JOSEPH M'LELLAN & SON, No. 16, Union Wharf, Portland, July 19, 1802.
Sales at Auction. On Wednesday, the 21st instant, Will be sold at DAVID PEASE'S Auction Room, Forest-Street, 1 Pipe Geneva, 3 Bags Coffee, 10 Boxes Soap, A number of Chests Bohea and Souchong TEAS, 2 Feather Beds, new and clean. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. Portland, July 19.
To be Sold at Auction. On SATURDAY, the 24th July, inst. At ten o'clock in the forenoon—For the benefit of the Creditors of Benjamin Boardman, a Bankrupt, at his dwelling house. THE Household Furniture of said Boardman—Also, A quantity of Shingles, and a Cow. SALMON CHASE, Assignee. At Auction, on THURSDAY, 16th Sept next, A Lot of Land, with a Dwelling-house, Barn, and valuable Tan-Yard—situated in Falmouth, Maine—accommodated with every convenience for a Tanner—now occupied by Daniel Bryant—it being the estate of Perez Bryant of Boston a Bankrupt. The conditions to be made known at the time and place of Sale. Sale on the premises, at 12 o'clock. For further particulars, inquire at No. 10, Long-Wharf, BOSTON.
THEATRE, UNION HALL—PORTLAND. THIS Evening, Monday July 19, will be presented, for this night only, the much admired Drama, in 5 Acts, called the CASTLE SPECTRE. Written by M. G. Lewis, Esq. author of Adelmorn, Esq. Indian, Alonzo, &c. In Act 2d, the favorite Gle of Morgen Oh! O Morgen Es! In Act 4th, Terrible Magic, with the sudden appearance of the Spectre. To which will be added, the Afterpiece, in 2 Acts, called LOVERS' QUARRELS. [Characters in the Bills.] TICKETS to be had at Mr. DANIEL COBB'S, near the Theatre; at JENKS'S Office; and at D. GEORGE'S Office.—Box 75 Cents—Pit 50 Cents. Curtain to rise at Eight o'clock, precisely. Bankrupt Notices.
THE subscriber, having been duly chosen Assignee to the Estate and Effects of BENJAMIN BOARDMAN, of Portland, a Bankrupt, hereby requests all persons who are indebted to or who hold any of said Bankrupt's property, to deliver and pay the same without delay. SALMON CHASE, Assignee. Portland, July 17, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of WILLIAM FINNELLY, of Portland, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued forth, that the Commissioners named in said Commission, and the Assignee of his Estate and Effects, intend to meet at the Commissioners' Office in Fifth-street, Portland, on Thursday, the 19th day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors who have not proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, otherwise they will be excluded the benefits of said dividend. JOSIAH TUCKER, Assignee. Portland, July 19, 1802.
NOTICE IS hereby given, that I gave Elijah Walley for a Note bearing date, April 14th, 1802, payable 1st January, 1803, for Twenty Dollars. This is to forbid any person purchasing said note, as I have received no part of the value thereof. Number One, July 5, 1802. EBENEZER WASHBURN.
NOTICE. THOSE persons indebted to the subscriber for her for conveying Newspapers on his route, are requested to discharge their bills for the same, by the last of September next. The bills will be left at the different Post-Offices. July, 1802. JONA. HASKELL.
WHEREAS DORCAS, wife of me the subscriber, has behaved in an unbecoming manner, and has left me, and refuses to live with me—this is to forbid all persons trusting her on my account, as I will not pay any debt of her contracting after this date. Portland, July 19, 1802. MOSES KNIGHT.
LIST OF LETTERS, Remaining in the Post-Office, PORTLAND, July 16, 1802. NOTE.—All without having the name of any town annexed, are of Portland.
ANNE ABBOT, Jacob Adams, John Abbott, Esq. Rachel Alden, W. S. Agar, Benning Adams, A. Alexander Atkins, Samuel Andrews, Esq. 2, Mary Aspinwall, James Allen, 2, Zeech us Allen, Falmouth, John S. Abbot, Thomas Atwell, capt. John Allen, Cape-Elizabeth, capt. John Alden.
Silas Pennet, Joshua Blake, William Brown, Joseph Bartlett, John Biker, Burdick Berry, Samuel Butts, Lydia Bryan, Moses Black, jun. Falmouth, James D. Brown, 2, Daniel Bryan, Falmouth, Daniel Brazier, James Beaton, Burdick Berry, Thomas Burnham, Catharine Bowers, Salomon Biasfield, William Black, Stephen Beden, capt. Eli Booth, 2, Mr. Butler, Naffau, N. Providence, Joseph Barber, capt. James Babbridge, William Brigham, Joseph Burnham, Thomas Burnham, Stroudwater, Lemuel Bryant, Joshua Brannon, Nathaniel Blanchard, Charles Braubury, Doct. Jeremiah Bark, 2, Samuel Butts.
Capt. Elnathan Chap, 2, James Cory, Joseph Cong, 2, Codman & Harding, Anne Clark, John Clinton, Joseph Cawley, Thomas Clark, Eliezer Crabtree, Thomas J. Cotton, Moses Cross, John Cob, Gideon Conklin, Samuel Chubb, Arthur Campbell, Thomas Cummins, Eliezer Crabtree, Doct. Stephen Cummings, John Collins, James Crofts, Don Pedro Clois, Daniel D. Collins, 2, William Chatfield, Joseph Cole, Cape-Elizabeth, Thaddeus Clark, Gideon Conklin, Thaddeus
Clark, 2, Joseph Clement, George Carlisle, Samuel P. Colwell, Reuben Craps, Thomas Cotton. D. Mr. Daniel Davis, Lydia Davis, master John Dix, James Durrell, Jeremiah Dillingsamy, 2, Thomas Datsno, Falmouth, 2, Samuel Dyer, William Davis, 2, Timothy Paton, Joseph Danforth, Nathan Davis, James Davis. B. Francis Elder, Falmouth, 2, Jonathan Eaton, 2, Margaret Endicott, Nathan Ellis. F. Ezra Fuller, Thomas Folsom, Nathaniel Freeman, Mr. Fisk, Jonathan Fickett, Stroudwater, Michael Frisbee, Miss Betsey Flood, Joseph Frost, Samuel Fickett, John French. G. Beamley Glazier, Gould & Webster, 2, John Grover, Benjamin Gage, 2, Samuel Green, Esda Gardner, Thomas Gilford, William Greag, Cape-Elizabeth, Jacob Gibson, William Gotham, John Gordon, Stroudwater. H. William Hobby, John M. Hart, Corbeil's Hoffburgh, Capt. William Handy, Falmouth, Mrs. Anne Hays, Joseph Harrod, jun. Mark Hutchins, Silas Howells, Isaac Hacker, 3, Mrs. Charity Harriet, Simeon Hall, Henry Hadady, David Howard, Lazarus Harlow, Mrs. Mary Hall, Violet Harris, Stephen Harris, Nathaniel Holden, John Herrop, William Hudson, Joseph Hale, 2, Mrs. Nabby Hunnewell, Asa Huntress, Mr. Hutchinson, capt. Silvanus Higgins, 2, Joel Hall, Samuel F. Huffy, Edward Hettor, 2, James Howell, Master Richard G. Hunnewell, Charity Harford, Miss Margaret Hill, Richard Hunnewell, Esq. I. Noah Innis, 2, Hosea Isley, 2, Mrs. Elizabeth Isley, Parker Isley. J. Joshua Jones, James Jewett, Mrs. Mary Jordan, Jonathan Johnson, Israel Jordan, capt. James Jamieson. K. Jonathan Kimball, capt. Joshua Knight, 2, John Ketting, John Kimball, John Kavanough, John T. Knight, Elias Knight, Amos Kimball, Polly Kezer, John Ketchen, Richard Kneeland, Asa Knight. L. Mrs. Sarah Lock, Falmouth, Zadock Lincoln, Mrs. Lucy Lewis, Cape-Elizabeth, Benjamin Leavitt, Nathaniel Lowell, Thomas Leavis, 2, Nancy Lobbett, Simon Lovett, Melissa Lincoln, Asa Lewis. M. Henry Mills, William L. McMunnagall, William Michals, William May, Alexander M'Dowell, capt. James Miller, Mason & Chadwick, James Meder, Falmouth, Miss Polly Motley, Nathaniel Merrill, Henry Morgan, John Miller, Solomon Morton, Hamden Mackey, John Merrill, Falmouth, Henry May, Nathaniel Mitchell, Joseph Mroune, capt. Alexander Motley, capt. Art. up M'Leilan, William Moulton, Jonas Muis, Nathaniel Montgomery, capt. Robert M'Donald, Thomas Merrill. N. Benjamin Noble, Daniel Newman, M. F. Mary E. Noyes, Moses Nathan, Esda Newcomb. O. John O'Neill, Barnardson, John Owen. P. Joseph Perry, Mrs. Mary Pickworth, Moses Plummer, Nicholas Phillips, Joseph Page, Capt. Plantation, William Purington, 2, Jonathan Paine, jun. Nathaniel Pennell, Arthur Portinger, Deborah Parker, Miss Nelly Porterfield, Falmouth, Mrs. Sarah Procter, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Edward Preble, Miriam Poor, Mr. Palfrey, William Prentiss, Hannah Peirson. Q. Henry Quincy. R. Joshua Rogers, James Roberts, 2, Falmouth, Jacob Rolfe, Joshua Robinson, Cape-Elizabeth, Charles Rogers, Miss Anne Randall, Weymouth, Ricker, jun. Cape-Elizabeth, John Richardson, Benjamin Rackliff, Benjamin Richardson, Ebenezer Rebel, William Radford, Thomas Robinson. S. Thomas Stone, Lendal Smith, 2, Betsey Sherburne, James Smith, Ephraim Small, Donald Shareman, Abel Somerby, 2, Peter Stewart, Falmouth, Mrs. Mary D. Shaw, Miss Polly Snow, Mary Shearman, Justin Smith, John S. Stone, Ralph Smith, John Simpson, Jonas Simpson, R. & T. Stover, 4, Cornelius Smith, Charles Sinkins, Mrs. Catharine Stumpson, 2, George Spouner, Dr. A. Solis, Isaac Sawyer, Arthur Shirley, John Siler, 2, Joseph Smith, 2, Jonas Smith, James Smith, Robert Sever. T. Isaac Thomas, Falmouth, Joseph Thomas, Cape-Elizabeth, Andrew Thompson, James Taylor, capt. Jonathan Tucker, George Trundy, Cape-Elizabeth, David Tolbert, William Thurston, Benjamin Thomas, Samuel Todd, James Tyler. V. Eliot G. Vaughan, 2, James Vaughan, William Valentine. W. Sally Willey, James Worley, James Waterhouse, Ebenezer Walker, Samuel Williams, Isaac Warren, Nathan Woodbury, John M. Warren, Miss Rebecca Williams, Abraham Waldron, 3, Silvester Williston, 2, Capt. Ebenezer Webster, Cape-Elizabeth, Joseph Wormell, Falmouth, Aaron Ward, Samuel Wilson, Isaac Wilson, William Widgey, Samuel Watson, Joshua Wilson, Luke Worcester, jun. Falmouth, Joseph Wilson, Louis Wakefield, Martha Winetetter, capt. John Wait, John Winlow, care of John Tabor, Jonah Woodcock, Joshua Waterhouse, Richard Waldron.
NOTE.—A Letter Carrier is wanted at said Office.
100 Casks Stone Lime, FOR Sale by WILLIAM TORREY, on board the Schooner Industry, lying at Dyer's Wharf—warranted of the best quality. July 19.
Bricks for Sale. A Constant supply may be had at store here, at a reasonable price—Those gentlemen who wish to be supplied, may have them ready at any given time, by applying to THOMAS HOPKINS, or at the Makers on the premises. Two kilns are now ready for delivery. Portland, July 12. (3)
TO BE SOLD OR LET, JEWELL'S ISLAND, but a few miles from Portland; containing about 300 acres, with a fine growth of Hard Wood, and a large, safe and convenient Harbor—Apply to PETER DOLLIVER, Esq., or WILLIAM GODMAN, Portland, July 12, 1802. (4)
LEFT at the store of the subscriber, about 100 casks of TEA. The owner may have the same, by proving property and paying for the advertisement, by applying to EZRA SMITH. Falmouth, June 30, 1802.

The Drop of Water. — A Fable.  [From an Eastern Tale] A CLOUD in ambient air suspended, Light off spring of the liquid wave, By force of sudden gales distended, Back to the sea its treasures gave. One shining drop that joined the ocean, Was heard in for to complain, Ah! what am I! 'midst this commotion! How insignificant! How vain! Scarce had the tiny globule ended Its flight existence to bemoan, When lo! (as if by fate intended) An oyster clam'd in for his own. Within whose shell, sad habitation, Long time the drop reluctant lay; When sudden cuds its lamentation — A brighter pearl ne'er saw the day. Now Persia's diadem its glory Competes, where blazing diamonds shine; Take you the moral of the story — What's of your station, ne'er repine.
The BOWL OF PUNCH.
Says Bibo, one evening, in very warm weather, As he and friend Crito were drinking together; I always have thought that Columbians were bick'd Above other countries, with liquor the best Punch, punch my good fellow, is beverage divine; Columbia-Columbia the beverage is thine. Behold this pint bumper! Dost thou think it too big? I'll take it all off at one joy-giving swig. The draught how delicious how sweet, yet how tart, It tickles my palate and pleases my heart. Let France boast her Burgundy wine and champagne; Let Sherry, or cedar, flourish in Spain; Let Portu-al fam'd for religion at court, Produce her Madeira, her Lisbon and Port; Served up in rude bottles as black as a coal, Whist taste and gay paintings embelish the bowl. Punch punch my dear Crito, is liquor divine; Columbia-Columbia the beverage is thine. Here Crito exclaim'd, o'er a trumpet her fame, Lets prove what ingredients Columbia can claim, The rum and the sugar from India's western isles, Were purchas'd with slavery's rigour and toils. And the arrack, which is distill'd in this joy-giving bowl, Has travell'd as far as the line's from the pole; The lemons too, Bibo, came over the main, From Portugal's shores, or her neighbor old Spain, The bowl came from China—by Jove I speak true— And the lady was dug from the mines of Peru; Whole handle, to finish this outlandish tale, Is formed of the bone of a fish, called a whale. What say you friend Bibo, e'en let us repine; For nought but the water, Columbia is thine!  [Anti. Doho]
Lift of Letters,
Remaining in the Post Office at Pepperellborough, JULY 9, 1802.    Moses Bradbury  defd  Henry Hawkins  Pepperell    Robert Bragg  do  Jacob Hooper  Philipsburg    Jeremiah Bates  do  Joseph Jourdan  do    Dederick Bickford  do  Wm. Jamelson  Pepperell    William Benson  do  Noah Kendrick  do    James Benson  do  Phineas Kelly  do    Widow Sarah Bridges  do  John Lee  do    Joseph Clark  do  Israel Ladd  Billford    Joseph Clark  Billford  Daniel Long  do    Daniel Cove  Pepperell  Merriam Larrabee  do    Reuben Carlton  do  Buffett Merrill  Pepperell    William Curtis & Co  do  Benjamin Nason  Billford    Benj. C. Durgin  Billford  John Nason  Philipsburg    Haven Emery  do  Thomas Randall  Portfield    James Gordon  do  James Rawlins  Pepperell    Susannah Harris  do  Joseph Stevens  Billford    John Harmon  do  John Stacy  do    Samuel Hales  Pepperell  John Townend  do    Capt Saml Hartly  do  Isaac Townsend  Philipsburg      Cousa Wale  do  
Lift of Letters,
Remaining in the Post Office at Wiscasset, JULY 1, 1802.    ASKINS Alexander  Wiscasset    Burpack Joseph, 2  do    Bell Levi  Bethlehem    Cushman Job  Wiscasset    Follansbee Joshua  do    Gibson James  do    Gray Caleb  do    Harrington Joseph  do    Harold Katy  do    Henry Robin  do    Hopkins Michael  do    Hanson Robert  Woolwich    Jones James  Wiscasset    Johnson James  do    Johns John  do    Kennedy James  do    Kendall Zebulon  do    Lovett Simon  do    Lewis George  do    Moore Henry  do    Murray David  do    Marshall Mary  do    Mecher William  do    McCrate Thomas  do    Peasey Elizabeth  do    Pearl Benjamin  do    Row James  do    Russ Joseph  N. Berwick    Stevens Moses  Great Pond    Sinclair James  Danforth    Smith Eliza  do    Shaw Benjamin  Woolwich    Story John  Wiscasset    Savage Susannah  do    Todd Widow  do    Taw Joseph  Newcastle    Wilson John  Wiscasset    Woo men Phoebe  do    Wood Daniel  Edgecombe    EBENEZER WHITTIER, P. M.
SAMUEL MAYELL, respectfully informs the public, that he has erected, at considerable expense, a Machine in Gray, at the mill lately improved by J. McLean Esq for the purpose of Breaking and Carding Wool for Spinning, and for Hats. The expense of making Rolls for Spinning, will be 30 Cents per pound, —and for Hats 4 Cents. This method being far more expeditious, and the work done much better than the common way, and at so trifling expense, it is presumed every one will be convinced of the advantage of sending their Wool to this machine. —The utmost attention and punctuality will be paid to the work, and every favor on account acknowledged. Gray, June 22,
Maine Bank.
THE 2d incorporating fundry persons by the name of the President, Directors and Company of Maine Bank, having authorised any three therein named, to call a meeting of the members of said Corporation — The subscribers, do hereby notify said members to meet at the Columbia Hall in Portland, on Tuesday the twenty seventh day of July inst at two of the clock in the afternoon for the following purposes: 1. To choose their first board of Directors, and such other Officers as they shall see fit 2 To determine the amount of the payments to be made on each share; and also the mode of transferring and disposing of the stock and profits thereof. 3. To make, ordain and establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations for the orderly conducting the affairs of said Corporation as they shall deem necessary. 4. To adopt such measures and transact such business as they shall judge proper — to carry the aforesaid act into effect. SAMUEL FREEMAN, WILLIAM WIDGERY, THATCHER GODDARD. Portland, July 5th, 1802.
Lincoln & Kennebec Bank.
THE Members and Stockholders of the Lincoln & Kennebec Bank are hereby notified that a meeting of the said Members and Stockholders, will be held at the house of Josiah Tinkham in Wiscasset , on Tuesday the tenth day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon — for the purpose of making, ordaining and establishing such Regulations, Ordinances and By Laws, for the orderly conducting the affairs of said Corporation, as the said Stockholders shall deem necessary; and for the choice of the first board of Directors, and such other Officers as they shall see fit to choose. THOMAS RICE, PELEG TOLMAN, ABIEL WOOD JUN. MOSES CARLTON, JUN. DAVID PAYSON,  Wiscasset. July 1, 1802.
Portland Townships.
A F W Lots of Land, in the townships granted to the Sufferers of Port and, are wanted, in particular situations, for the accommodation of settlers. If any person who owns Land there, wishes to dispose of the same, he is requested to apply to the subscriber, one of the Committee of the Proprietors of said townships. By order of said Committee, SAMUEL FREEMAN July 5.
To be Sold,
A Valuable Property, lying in Turner , in the County of Cumberland, consisting of 300 acres of LAND, a Grist-Mill and Saw-Mill. The Land contains two Lots, on which are several improvements — two small Dwelling Houses and a Barn; being calculated to make one or two farms. The Mills are standing on a duable stream, near the center of said Lots, and doing good business. The above property will be sold together or may be divided, as will best suit purchasers — For further particulars, inquire of Jesse & Nathaniel Robinson,  Turner, June 26, 1802.
A Journeyman Tanner.
ONE who is acquainted with the business, and will readily attend to it, may have employ by applying to Messrs. William & Barnard, Douglas, Portland. July 5.
Cable Notice.
TO BE SOLD, a convenient House in Back Street, adjoining Fiddle Street, with Land, &c. — Also, part of a Wharf and Flat — Inquire of the subscriber. JONA. PAINE. Portland, July 3, 1802.
TO BE LET, and entered upon immediately
a convenient Dwelling HOUSE — situated in Back Street lately improved by Mr. Edward Weaver. — Inquire of JOHN BAGLEY & SON, Who have for Sale Perkins' improved Metallic Pumps, ALSO, Wells' Lawaters, for washing of cloaths; both of which are too well known and approved of, to need the aid of advertising panegyric. Portland, June 28.
Aaron Austin,
Has for sale at his Store in Fore-Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf. A Constant supply of Live-Geese, Sea-Fowl, Ruffs, and Libbon FEATHERS. Also, English and American manufactured Cotton BEDDING. BEDS made and filled at the shortest notice. MATTRESSES of all kinds ready made. Spanish INDIGO, and a few Casks Souchong TEA. The above assortment of Feathers are warranted of the first quality, and will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston (3m) Portland June 28
Nathaniel Moody,
Respectfully informs his friends and customers, that he will carry on the PAINTING BUSINESS at the shop formerly occupied by Moody & Halsey, in Union Street, opposite Dr. HARDING'S. Also, keeps constantly on hand, all kinds of PAINTS which are used for Vessels or Houses, and delivered at the shortest notice. Portland, April 26 (9-3m)
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY
How & Evans, At their Store in Middle Street, on corner Union Street. Large assortment of PAPER HANGINGS — 75 different figures, of the newest fashion, at the Boston prices. — Also, English, Hardware, & West-India Goods, and Groceries. as usual. Portland Feb. 22. (6m)
W HERRAS Andrew Cutter, wife of the subscriber, has behaved in such a vile and unbecoming manner, that I cannot live with her — this is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will not pay any debts of her contracting after this date. JAMES X CUTLER. Portland, July 5th, 1802.
W HERRAS, Betsy, wife of the subscriber, has behaved in a very unbecoming manner, and not performed the duties of the marriage covenant — This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will not pay any debt of her contracting after this date. JOHN HUNT. Cape Elizabeth, June 30, 1802.
Lottery Tickets.
A FEW Tickets in the South Hadley Canal Lottery which commences drawing the 29th instant at Boston are for sale at the Bookstore of THOMAS CLARK No 8 Jones' Row. N.B Those persons who wish to purchase, will please to apply immediately, as the Tickets remaining on hand the 26th inst will be returned. July 5
Beef and Pork.
FOR Sale, at No. 1, Long-Wharf, Best No. 1 Cargo Beef, Bone Middlings and Hog Pork of a superior quality July 5
300 dried Hides,
FOR Sale by NEWHALL & WATSON, No. 3, LONG WHARF June 12.
ONE Hoghead & one Box of CROCKERY WARE were put on board the Sloop Ranger, capt Sub Standard at Boston. The owner may have the same, by proving property and paying charges — Apply at the Customs Office July 7, 1802.
William Jewett,
No. 13, Long Wharf, HAS FOR SALE, PHILADELPHIA and Alexandria superfine and fine FLOUR. — Also, Tar, Cordage, and a few boxes 6 by 8 GLASS. May 24
FOR SALE,
At N. Richardson's Wharf, INDIA COTTONS, viz. Gurrachs, Sannas, Baltas, &c 4th & 1/2 proof Brandy, Holland Geneva, Sherry Wine; Superfine and fine Baltimore Flour, Loaf, Brown, and India Sugar, Hyson skin, Souchong & Bohea Tea, Coffee, Pepper, Cafia, Russia Sheeting, Ravens Duck, Mels, 1 hog, & 1/2 hog Pork, No. 1 & refuse Beef, Nankins, Tar, Pitch, Turpentine, and Rosin, Cordage, Swedes Iron, &c. By J. RICHARDSON. June 21.
Cheap Music Shop,
No. 62, Middle-Street Boston. WILLIAM CALLENDER, respectfully informs the gentlemen of the eastern country, who may wish to purchase any articles in the musical line, that he has removed his business from State-Street to the above place, and near the meeting-house, which has an elegant gilt clock on the tower. Where he has for sale upon the best terms, DRUMS, and Horns, & TRUMPETS. BASS VIOL, Tenor do. VIOLINS, CLARINETS, Hautboys, German FLUTES, and FIFES, of various tones and prices, with many other articles in the musical line. A few Wiking-Stock German Flutes of his own manufacture, made upon a new construction, and much approved of. Also, a number of bundles best Roman Violin and Harp STRINGS, of the first quality, and very cheap, by the bundle or single string. Every article warranted free from every deception. N.B. STANDARDS for military companies, very handsomely painted, may be had as above, very cheap. Also, a variety of silver mounted Piccolo, Chasse and single Horse Whips; Wood do. of American manufacture, of a superior kind, and warranted. May 31. (am14)
Just Published, and for Sale at
THOMAS CLARK'S Bookstore, No. 8, Jones' Row, Fifth Street, THE NEW AMERICAN Practical Navigator; BEING AN Epitome of Navigation; CONTAINING all the Tables necessary to be used with the Nautical Almanack, in determining the Latitude; and the Longitude by Lunar Observations; and keeping a complete Reckoning at Sea: — Illustrated by proper Rules and Examples: — the who exemplified in a Journal, kept from Boston to Madeira, in which all the Rules of Navigation are introduced: Also the demonstration of the most useful Rules of Trigonometry, with many useful Problems in Mensuration, Surveying, and Gauging; and a Dictionary of Sea Terms; with the manner of performing the most common operations at Sea. — To which are added, some General Instructions and Information to Merchants, Masters of Vessels, and others concerned in Navigation, relative to Maritime Laws and Mercantile Customs — From the best authorities — Enriched with a number of New Tables, with original improvements and additions, and a large variety of New and important matter. — Also, many thousand Errors are Corrected, which have appeared in the best Systems of Navigation yet published. By NATHANIEL BOWDITCH. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Illustrated with Copper Plates. — First Edition. — From the press of Edmund M. Blunt (Proprietor.)
The American Coast Pilot,
Walsh's Mercantile Arithmetic, Seamen's Journals, &c. Ship Chandlers, and others, may be supplied with any of the above Books, with the usual discount made by the publisher. Portland, June 28.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber hereby informs his customers, and the public in general, that he occupies the shop opposite Mr. Pogue's, in Fore-Street, and carries on the business of making AXES, and other EDGE TOOLS; where they may depend on punctuality and dispatch. Abraham H. Lord. Portland, May 26. (H2W14)
To be Sold at Public Vendue,
At the house of Capt. Joseph Morse, innholder in Otisfield, on Wednesday the 28th of July next, at two o'clock P. M. by order of Court —
FOUR Lots of Land in Otisfield,
situated in the county of Cumberland, viz. Lot number 29, 128, and 6, in the 7th range — Lot No. 8, in 2d range — containing one hundred acres each, more or less — being the Real Estate of BENJAMIN GORHAM of Barnstable, in the county of Barnstable, deceased. — Conditions of sale made known at the time and place of sale. Portland, June 15, 1802. WILLIAM GORHAM, Administrator.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of Zephaniah & Freeman Harlow, of this District of Maine, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been issued — That the Commissioners named in said Commission, and the Assignees on the estate and effects of said Bankrupts, intend to meet on Monday the second day of August next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Commissioners Office in Fifth-Street, Portland, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupts — When and where the creditors who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend; and all claims not then substantiated, will be disallowed. Andrew Greenwood, Assignee. Portland, June 28, 1802.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
To the Honorable the Senate, and the Honorable the House of Representatives, in General Court assembled: The subscribers, a Committee chosen by the inhabitants of Raymond, in the county of Cumberland, hereby show — That in the year 1767, this tract of parcel of land called Raymond, was granted to William Raymond and others, for services done in the war 1696 in an expedition against Canada, from which grant to this time is 35 years; and one hundred and twenty years since the services were performed that merited said lands. And since said lands were granted, to your humble petitioners, have labored under almost incredible hardships, which to enumerate, would require a long time from the most obturate heart; therefore, we think it needful to bring things to remembrance that would create anxiety. Your petitioners showing that the Legislature are at all times willing to remove inconveniences and redress grievances when known to exist in any part of this Commonwealth, and are not inflexible in the advantages and disadvantages of a corporate and unincorporated state; — We, therefore, pray the Honorable Legislature that the plantation of Raymond may be incorporated into a town by the name of Storer , according to the courses and distances following, viz: Beginning at the northwesterly corner bounds of Windham, and extending due north-east seven miles and one-half; thence on a north-west course, seven and half miles; thence from the first mentioned bounds extending due north east side of Saggab Pond, as the pond doth run, until a north-east line shall terminate at the head of seven and half miles on the north east side. And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray. JOSEPH WIGHT, AMOS ROGERS, LEWIS GAY. Raymond, May 8, 1802.
COMM-WALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In SENATE, June 2, 1802. ON the petition of JOSEPH WIGHT and others a Committee of the inhabitants of the plantation of Raymond, praying that said plantation may be incorporated into a town for the reasons set forth in said petition — Ordered — That the petitioners cause an attested copy of their petition, with this order thereon, to be published in the Massachusetts Mercury , printed by Young & Minns, and in the Portland Gazette , printed by Benezar A. Jenkins, three weeks successively, the last publication thereof to be thirty days, at least, before the first Wednesday of the next session of the General Court, that all persons concerned may then appear and defend, if they any have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. Read and accepted. — Sent down for concurrence. DAVID COBB, President. In the House of Representatives, June 3, 1802. Read and concurred. JOHN C. JONES, Speaker. A true Copy — Attest G ELLIOT VAUGHAN, Clerk of the Senate.
NOTICE is hereby given,
that the subscribers have been duly appointed Executor and Executrix to the last will of JOB BURNHAM, late of Machias, in the county of Washington, deceased; and have taken upon themselves that trust by giving bonds as the law directs; and all persons having demands upon the estate of the said deceased, are requested to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to said estate, are called upon to make payment to MARY BURNHAM. GIDEON O'BRIEN, MARY BURNHAM, Executors. Machias, June 18, 1802.
Union Tavern.
WILLIAM CUTTER, respectfully informs his customers, and the public, that he has REMOVED from the Columbia Tavern , to the comm'd house an pleasant building lately occupied by Mr. DANIEL COBB, a joining Union Hall , at the corner of Free and Main Streets — where he will be happy to entertain his old customers, and others who may please to favor him with their commands — Every exertion will be made to accommodate them to their satisfaction. Convenient Stabling for Horses and Carriages to Let. Portland, May 31.
STRAYED from the subscriber,
about the first of May last, a small dark brown MARE, about 14 years old, one of her hind feet white, her mane and tail cut off, a collar each side of her neck. — Whoever will return said Mare, or give information, so that the owner may get her again, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all charges paid by JOSEPH PEARCE, JUN. New Gloucester, June 21.
This Gazette,
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