Jenks' Portland gazette. and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1803-10-17 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
AND MAINE ADVERTIZER.
Number 186.
PORTLAND, (MAINE) MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1803.
Volume VI.
POETRY. ELEGY
ON THE DEATH OF DR. DARWIN.
HEARD you that knell, which tremulously flow Bespoke the parting of a sainted shade? Know you far whom this messenger of woe Sent its deep notes throughout the darkened glade? Not one, whose life insidiously became, Of ease and idleness the torpid prey, Who smil'd at glory and immortal fame, And vegetating pass'd the listless day.
Darwin's no more! the tributary due To death once paid, his foot has sped the flight; Spurn'd the dross earth, realized the view, Of heavenly regions and eternal light.
Gladly his dawning genius science hail'd, And bade philosophy his mind engage; Reluctant nature saw her shrine unvail'd, And fear'd his knowledge, tho' she lov'd the sage.
To turn the pallid tyrant's fatal dart, To soothe the pang of agonizing pain, To heal the sorrows of a bleeding heart, And lead Hygia to her seat again.
Such was his task; insidious to wound, His shafts in vain the grisly monarch aim'd, 'Till one sad melancholy moment found, His rival long, but now his victim claim'd.
To melt the listening soul to him 'twas given, The mules favorite the friend of man; Fager he grasp'd the partial boon of heaven, And wak'd to melody, his course began.
The gnomes and sylphs who with a poet's fire He chose the theme of his mellifluous lays, When with a maker's hand he swept the lyre, And gain'd Britain's everlasting praise.
On airy pinions soon shall hasten here, His lov'd remains from injury to save, To kind remembrance drop a pitying tear, And deck with flowery wreaths the poet's grave.
SUMNER.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors or owners of Lands in the town of Sum- ner, in the county of Cumberland, and commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the following Lots of Land are taxed on the tax bills committed to me to collect for the year 1803, viz.
   FIRST DIVISION, FIRST RANGE. FIRST RANGE.   No. State tax. County and town tax. Highway Lots. Acres. Invs.     136 8 3 53 5 12 136 92   36 2 2 15 5 13 136 92   Second Range.   24 5 33 21 36 24   Third Range.   136 8 3 53 5 6 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 8 136 92   Fourth Range.   136 8 3 53 5 13 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 25 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 19 136 92   Fifth Range.   136 8 3 53 5 6 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 8 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 31 136 92   Sixth Range.   136 8 3 53 5 12 136 92   136 8 3 53 5 18 136 92   Seventh Range.   136 8 3 53 5 4 136 92   3 1 4 12 1   136 8 3 53 5   136 8 3 53 5   Range of Gores, West of the seventh range of Lots.   143 8 9 56 5   Lots without range.   55 3 5 21 8   14 2 5 7   26 1 5 10 3   Second Division, Second Range, Potomery called east Buttsfield.   62 3 8 24 6   62 3 8 24 6   20 1 2 7 9   20 1 2 7 9   20 1 2 7 9  
And unless said taxes and intervening charges, are paid to me the subscriber, on or before Wednesday, the twenty-third of November next; so much of said Lands will be sold by public vendue, at the house of the subscri- ber, in Summer, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will be sufficient to pay said taxes and intervening charges.
ABIJAH PAINE, Collector.
August 29, 1803.
In the first insertion of this advertisement instead of County & Town Tax, it was printed County Tax.
MAINE BANK.
THE Stockholders are hereby notified that an instalment of Six Dollars on a share has been due to be paid to the Cashier, on or before the 26th day of Sept. next—Also a farther instalment of Ten Dollars or two thirds of a dollar on each share, to be paid to the Cashier on or before the 22nd day of December next. By order of the President and Directors.
DAVID HALE, Cashier.
August 29, 1803. (2m)
For sale, if applied for soon.
A FARM, in the town of North Yarmouth, containing about forty three acres of land, on the road, nine miles from Portland, with a very convenient two story House, with four rooms on the floor, a good orchard of about 130 trees, in thriving order, and a good well of water. It is a good stand for a tavern or a tradesman—For further particulars inquire of JOHN BUTLER, on the premises.
Sept 26.
AN APPRENTICE.
S wanted at the Sailmaking business—A lad about 14 years old, will find good encouragement. One from the country will be preferred. Inquire the Gazette Office, or at No. 11, Union Wharf, Sept. 26.
Omissions of last Monday.
From London papers to the 28th August.
China.—One of the Calcutta papers we have lately received, contains the following article:
We little expected that the revolutionary scenes which so long agitated the western hemisphere, would have extended their influence over so distant and so jealous a government as the Chinese; the principles which actuate the rebels in this quarter, will be found to be in exact accordance with those which produced the French revolution—the progress threatens to be as terrible, and if we view the character of the nation, and the preposterous genius of the empire, it is more than probable that the result will be the same;—the subversion of the antient government of the Chinese.
The two Russian ships Nadezda (Hope) and Nerva, which are to sail round the world, are ready to depart, and wait only for a good wind. Mr. Chamberlain Resanow, who goes on board them as Russian ambassador to Japan, has received from the emperor the diamond insignia of the order of St. Anne, of the first class.
A gold mine has been discovered in the mountains of Liguria. Commissioners from the institute of Genoa have been sent to examine into the quality and quantity of the produce of the ore. The first experiments clearly demonstrate the existence of this precious metal.
On the 23d ult. Mr. Harding, an eminent printer and bookseller of Liverpool, possessed of 11,000. in bank property, cut his throat, under hypochondriac terrors, as was asserted, of the threatened invasion of England.
On monday sen'night an inquisition was taken at Hurlingstone in the county of Huntingdon, on the body of John Cormican, an Irishman, who was drowned while bathing in the river Ouze, at the Holywell Ferry. The rash speech which the deceased uttered, when pressed by his companion to dress himself, struck the jury with a degree of awe. "No though the cramp or the devil seize me, I will swim across the river once more." He did swim across, but never to return alive, for no sooner had he turned to reach the shore, than (raising one arm out of the water) he sunk in a moment.
Rome has lost one of its most celebrated painters in the person of M. Dominique Corni, who died lately at the age of 85, and who has left behind him a great number of very fine pictures.
The ex-bishops of Rochelle, Blois, and Arles, have been imprisoned in convents in Spain for heretical doctrines. Some of their episcopal publications were submitted to the consideration of a council of theologians, who unanimously resolved that they were seditious, contrary to the true tenets of the holy Roman catholic church, and to the security of the state. In consequence of this report of the theologians, his most catholic majesty ordered the suppression of the publications and the imprisonment of their authors.
Capt. HYDE, vs. the SECRETARY OF WAR.—The following interesting paper is copied from the Washington Federalist.—It exhibits in a just view the injustice and persecution which is pursued against those who have too much independence to subscribe to the jacobin creed—and at the same time delineates the character of the Secretary in colors we wish were untrue; but in which we have too much reason to believe.
The public have been informed through the channel of democratic newspapers, that I am among the number of disbanded officers, and that I had written thus to a friend, "Through the prevalence of jacobinism, the president has deranged me; I hate him by God! By God I hate him! I hope you will help me to hate him, for I can't hate him half bad enough." In consequence of the publication of this extract, an editor of a newspaper remarked "that this fellow seems not only to have suffered derangement in the army, but in
his intellects." Another calls me "impious wretch," and another taking it for granted that I am 'impious' endeavoured to complete my ruin by attempting to account for my not being able to hate the president half bad enough. He says I had been a captain and pay-master in the army, and after being disbanded on a final settlement of my public accounts, I "hated the pay-master general the amount of five thousand dollars." Now sir, I am willing to admit that I did in the moment of zeal and warmth write the above extract in a letter to a democratic friend, on whose mind I wished to make an impression excepting these words in italics, 'I hate him by God! By God I hate him!' and these I feel it incumbent on me to deny, and I do most religiously and positively deny having written any thing like them; I should not dare to write such language to my friend (who is a religious man) if I wished to do it, because it would lessen my influence with him, as well as myself in his esteem, which it is my desire to preserve, and I should not have written it even if my friend would not have been offended at such language—I never learnt my pen to swear, and do most solemnly repeat and declare, that the impious line in the above extract is a base calumny—I challenge the letter, and defy any being in existence to produce such an one from me. If any one is possessed of a letter couched in such terms, with my name to it, I declare it to be a forgery.
The charge of my being in arrears to the government, is equally false and calumnious, as the following document will shew.
DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Accountant's Office, Sept. 14, 1803.
I certify that there is due to Charles Hyde, late Captain and pay-master of the 1st regiment of Infantry, the sum of twenty one dollars and ninety two cents, being a balance found in his favor, on settlement of his accounts as pay master aforesaid.
DL. 21 92 103. WILLIAM SIMMONS. Accountant department of war. The Secretary of War.
On this certificate a warrant upon the treasurer of the United States, for the twenty one dollars ninty two cents, signed by the secretary of war, and countersigned by the accountant of the war department. This will shew at least, that I am not indebted to the United States; besides accounts that have been allowed, I have a claim on the Government for above one thousand dollars for services and disbursements made by me for the benefit of the United States, while I was in the public service—which is withheld from me under the most frivolous pretexes of the Secretary of war, and to the excessive injury of myself.
As the treatment I have received from the democratic newspapers, and secretary of war, has thus compelled me to come forward and justify myself to the public, I shall stand excused if in return I state my grievances, and the great difficulties I have experienced. It will be necessary to preface these by a short account of the offices I have filled, in the army, and the services I have performed.
On the 5th of March 1792, I was appointed an officer in the army of the U. S.—and on the second day of December next following, I was appointed by the commander in chief to the office of Judge Advocate of the army—and on the 16th of July, 1794, I was unanimously elected sublegionary paymaster, and on the day following the commander in chief of the army, was pleased to honor me with another appointment, I mean that of quarter master of Sub-Legion, in all of which capacities I am noticed in the muster rolls of the army, and the papers on file in the army, and office of the department of war will attest with what integrity and abilities I discharged the various duties required of me.
Here I rest this subject and proceed agreeably to a law of March, 1802, the army was considerably reduced, in consequence of which, I was disbanded with a great number of my fellow officers; in making this reduction no regard was paid to seniority of rank, or length of service—Many old veterans who fought, bled
and served during the revolutionary war and had grown grey in the service of their country, were now, when enfeebled by years, and almost exhausted by long and laborious services, cast upon the world without the means or resources of living. Others who had spent the prime of their lives in the army, and who had injured their constitutions, by traversing the wilderness of the western country, and serving in unhealthy camps and posts, were now obliged to turn their attention to a new profession without money, without skill and without experience.
These inconveniences would have been submitted to without a murmur, if the law had been carried into effect with impartiality and fidelity. But when we saw many of our places filled by inexperienced men, and in a few instances, by men without talents, education, or reputation; when we saw offices, that had been filled by gentlemen of military skill and experience becoming the reward of sycophants and political partizans; when we saw the men whom we had trained and disciplined, placed under the direction of ignorance, and inexperience, we could not but lament the ingratitude of our country, and base partiality and tyranny of its rulers. This censure is not intended, by any means to include all the officers retained. I know them from a long and uninterrupted intercourse of friendship (with few exceptions) to be as deserving men and good soldiers as ever wore the sword. I will not mention them for fear they might be dismissed. Their merits would be a sure passport from service were they known.
It may be asked why I have not sooner settled my public accounts, and replied to the charges against me. Answer, my accounts were long and intricate, and of more than ten years standing, and I have heretofore been prevented progressing with them by sickness induced by long marches and hard fatigue in the swamps and wilds of the western country even from West Florida to Upper Canada. At length when these difficulties were surmounted, and I wished to close them, the same malignant genius, which delights to sport with the feelings and reputation of officers frowned upon my efforts. I have written several letters to the secretary of war, enclosing accounts and vouchers, but he refuses to pay any attention to them, or to give me an official answer respecting them. I have importuned him by letter to decide in the case, either for or against me, and to no effect. This is the situation in which I am placed. Without a decision of the secretary of war, it is impossible for me to appeal to the comptroller of the treasury, from whom I am confident of obtaining justice if I were enabled to make the appeal according to the etiquette of office.
Such fellow citizens is the man placed at the head of the war department; such is the spirit of justice which actuates some of your public officers. I am not alone in complaining of this man, many officers of the army who have had business with him have left him with disgust and abhorrence. He is haughty, opinionative, dictatorial, obstinate, and unfeeling; he is conceited, vain and assuming, puffed up with a little brief authority, he wishes to be thought, a man of consequence, of learning and of great business; but is in fact destitute of every military quality, which a secretary of war ought to possess in an eminent degree—Such is the secretary of war.
Now it may not be improper for me to add before I conclude, that, whilst I was in the army, property of the United States amounting to upwards of three hundred thousand dollars passed through my hands, and I have honorably and faithfully accounted for every cent of it, and of course do not owe the government a farthing. I am the only sufferer, I have sustained losses for which I can never be indemnified, but I feel consolation in knowing that I can defy the lying slanders of menial sycophants and the petty malice of those who govern them.
CHARLES HYDE.
Washington City, Sept. 22, 1803.

A BIOGRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE LATE GOVERNOR ADAMS.
By JAMES SULLIVAN.
THE virtue and patriotism of past ages ought to be celebrated for the benefit of mankind; and examples of good and great men, must be handed down to their children, for the promotion of social happiness...
SAMUEL ADAMS.
was born in Boston, of an ancient and respectable parentage of the first settlers of New-England, on the 27th of September, 1722. Having passed through the previous preparatory at the school in Boston, he entered as a student at Harvard College, in Cambridge, in the year 1736.
After he retired from the university, he attempted a career in the business in which his father had been connected; but it was early seen, that the propensities of his nervous and elevated mind, were not turned to the accumulation of property, or the charms of wealth.
There were but very few whose minds could comprehend the important distinctions which were then agitated, or whose reasoning could discern the approaching events of the controversy.
There have been at all times, in all countries, men prepared for national exigencies. Mr. Adams seems to have been peculiarly suited for the eventual period of his life. His mind was singularly powerful in tracing the result of political principles; and the firmness of his heart never failed to support his efforts, whenever he was convinced of the right and propriety of the object he pursued.
In the assemblies, where the foundation of the American revolution was formed, where the principles and systems of government, on which the security and felicity of mankind depend, were drawn into discussion, his manly eloquence was never resisted with success; his opponents were obliged to yield in silence, only hoping for a change by the means of an army, more favorable to their views.
A memorable period of Mr. Adams's life was that, in which the British ministry persisted in him and Mr. Hancock. A pardon was freely offered to all in the opposition excepting John Hancock and Samuel Adams—justly deeming this as the token of despair in a deceived and weak administration, he held the measure in contempt, and continued his exertions to prepare his country for the last and most solemn appeal, which he saw near at hand.
In the year 1776, he was, before had been, and long after continued to be, an influential member of Congress. With Franklin, John Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and other great men, he formed, and signed the act, which gave the United States a standing with the nations of the earth, on the floor of independent sovereignty.
There was yet a scene to be passed through, which was intended by the good genius of America, to exhibit the richest beauties of the tree of liberty.
The declaration of independence was expected but by a few; a new idea to a great many, and considered by numbers in every sense as a rash and daring measure. The American army was then poorly fed, badly armed, wretchedly clothed, and miserably paid. The paper currency, our only resource, was in a rapid depreciation, and there appeared to be nothing else to depend on, but the magnanimity of the people, and the goodness of their cause.
At this crisis, Lord Howe, Lord Carlisle, & Mr. Eden, landed as commissioners from the king of England, with offers of peace and reconciliation. They were surrounded by a well commanded and well disciplined army, supported by a numerous fleet, and filed with the anticipation of conquest over the "rebels in Virginia" and that "traitors had already entered into a confederacy." But a general pardon was offered without an exception of even Hancock and Adams. The Congress, with a dignity well worthy of the rulers of an older, and more powerful nation, delegated to Dr. Franklin, John Adams, and John Rutledge, the authority of a conference with the English commissioners. Within the camp of the invading, and seemingly irresistible army, the delegates of Congress listened to the overtures of the royal commissioners, while they reasoned upon the necessity of a reception from the ground of independence; and then gravely replied, according to their instructions, that the United States had become an independent nation, that they had no voice but that of an independent sovereign power, and there could be no discussion of any proposition, which did not acknowledge the independence of the American nation.
did not acknowledge the independence of the American nation. Those instructions were issued on the motion of Samuel Adams, as the members there have asserted. At this important moment, General Washington was retreating before the English army, in every part of the country; and Congress was obliged to fly from Philadelphia, and find a place where, out of the reach of the British army, they could mature their councils, and issue their orders. Under these exigencies, Mr. Adams appeared undismayed. No cloud was spread over his countenance—with calm and firmness, he committed his personal fate to the same barque, where the liberty and destiny of his country were confided.
The State of Massachusetts was then considered as the most effective and important state in the Union. To keep the people here, firm, collected, under increasing and multiplied misfortunes, was an object of magnitude. To this, Mr. Adams constantly and assiduously attended. His letters explained the reasons of every retreat, and the causes of each defeat; they revived the hopes and prospects of the country in such a manner, that the friends of independence were exceedingly multiplied by his exertions.
There is, however, a circumstance that has been used as an objection to his character, which must be noticed in this place.
While he cautiously concealed the comparative weakness of his country, and anxiously sought for a foreign alliance, he felt the force of foreign objections to such a measure, resulting from our troops having constantly fled before the English army. France, the natural and habitual enemy of England, and with whom we therefore courted an alliance, concluded that we were not united in our declaration of independence, or that there was a native cowardice in our character, which we could not purge away by the force of political enthusiasm. Mr. Adams was therefore impatient for a general action, to wipe away these injurious impressions, and to obviate these fatal objections. He confided in the enthusiasm of the American army, more than in the efficacy of discipline; General Washington was unwilling to risk too much on one action; and while he was disciplining his troops, at every charge, the enemy were waiting their at a great expense.
The battle of Bennington, and the glory of Saratoga Plains, fully supported the opinion of Mr. Adams. Burgoyne's army surrendered on the 17th of October 1777, and the king of France signed a treaty of alliance with the United States, which had been long desired, on the 6th of February 1778. The conduct of General Washington as commander of the army, throughout the whole war, was prudent, cautious and valiant. There can be no difficulty in supposing, that both these great men were right and correct in their opinions, but the enemies of Adams, and the enemies of Washington, conspired with the enemies of the revolution, to sow the seeds of jealousy and discord between them.
The treaty of peace with England, in 1783, acknowledging the independence of the United States, accomplished the wishes of Mr. Adams. He was then in a situation to contemplate his own past conduct in review; with inexpressible satisfaction, his penetrating eye had long discerned, and his patriotic soul had long anticipated the adme of glory, to which his country would arise. There is no doubt among his intimate friends, and indeed it is well known to his confidential copatriots, that he was the first man in America, who contemplated the idea of a separation of the colonies from the mother country. He was convinced, that this connection could not be continued upon a plan, which would secure to the colonies, what was then called the rights of Englishmen. His exertions, therefore, all tended to a separation. By his speeches, and gazette productions, a large majority was procured and maintained in Massachusetts, in opposition to the claims of the ministry. It has been said that he was the man who originated a Congress of the colonies; he certainly was the first man who proposed it in this state, though Governor Bowdoin and Doctor Franklin were with him in the measure. The cause had long been the common cause of all, but there was an absolute necessity to render their opposition as consolidated as their interest was. In the year 1774, after the parliament had passed an act to repeal a part of the charter of this province, General Gage carried the General Court from Boston, which he was taught by the royalists to call the hot bed of sedition, to the town of Salem. There the house of representatives, and the Council, then one branch of the legislature, appointed a committee of seventeen, to consider and report on the state of the province. Adams was one of the members. In this committee there happened to be four members, who were for submitting to the mother country in all her claims. When they had wearied themselves with political arguments in this way, they adjourned from time to time to meet again, the thirteen who were opposed to the form, met by themselves, and formed, and reported a plan for a general congress, this report was introduced by Mr. Adams, to the great astonishment of the four of the committee from whom it had been kept secret, as well as to the amazement of their adherents. This secrecy was necessary, because the Governor would have dissolved the legislature, had he had a hint of what the majority of the committee intended. The doors were closed the report accepted, and the members chosen before a dissolution of the legislature was effected by the Governor.
When the Congress of the colonies assembled, they unanimously petitioned the King for redress of grievances, which had been advanced by Mr. Dickenson in his letters, under the signature of the Pennsylvania Farmer. When Mr. Adams returned from Congress in the fall of the year, he gave but little encouragement, that the petition would be attended to, and therefore he urged the provincial congress by establishing magazines, to be prepared for the last resort. The parliament, could not consistently with the English constitution, relinquish its authority over the colonies, nor could the colonies consistently with the rights as freemen, submit to a legislation in which they had no suffrage. This was not concealed from Mr. Adams; but an open avowal of his principles and plans would have disconcerted the whig interest, and destroyed the force of his opposition.
The petition of Congress was rejected, and Lexington battle, soon after, announced what was to be done. The solemn issue was joined; and arms alone must decide on the fate of millions.
The termination of the war, gave our patriot an opportunity to retire from the arduous business of congress, he saw the insufficiency of the inchoate instrument called the confederation, but relied secure in the intelligence of his fellow citizens. Mr. Adams never yielded to the now fashionable idea, that there is no such thing as public virtue, or that the people of America cannot be the safe keepers of their own public interest—Such an idea goes, radically, to the destruction of republicanism, and he therefore abhorred it. When the federal constitution was produced, he was in the convention of this state, as a member from Boston, to examine and ratify it, but some parts of it were not agreeable to him. The rendering the several States amenable to the courts of the nation, reduced them as he supposed to mere corporations, and by a dissolution of each, it consolidated the whole. He had no doubt that a consolidated government over such a vast extent of country, over such a variety of characters, and such infinitely modified property, would call for an army, and for a more coercive power, than was compatible with the principles of a republic. There were four other sections or provisions in that system, which were objections in his opinion, and four out of the whole number, including the most material one, the fugitivity of the states; have since been altered to his wishes.
The peculiar situation of the states at that time rendered a national government indispensable; and this gave some men a hope, that more than a mere republic would be procured, and at the same time gave the voices of frugalists a triumph over the grave experience of a learned patriot.
In the year 1794, on the death of Governor Hancock, Mr. Adams was, by general vote removed from the office of lieutenant governor of this commonwealth, to that of Governor. In that office he had a critical
and cautious regard to the constitution of the state, for the principles of it were perfectly congenial to his sentiments of government. He had been one of the convention which produced it, and one of the committee which digested and compiled it. The separate sovereignty of the states so far as guaranteed by the federal constitution, continued to be an object of his close attention. For this he received abuse from time to time, in some instances from places where he expected it, and in others from places whence abuse never ought to come. His executive conduct, and his appointments were fully as respectable, as those of any other governor of the commonwealth. In the office of governor he was continued by his fellow citizens, without any respectable opposition until the year 1797, when the indications of three fore and fourteen years, pointed him to a voluntary state of retirement.
The speeches and addresses of Mr. Adams while he was in the chair, are on the records of the Commonwealth. When he composed these he was in an advanced age, yet he formed all the idea of assistance. When those productions are compared with his speeches in former times, and his writings in the vigor of his life, it must be confessed, that the pressure of years, and the anxious, and eventual scenes he had been loaded with, had diminished the vigorous energy of his mind. Yet these productions evince him to have been a man, who had with great industry, made himself master of the most useful sentiments of a free Government. The ideas they contain, appear to have been drawn from a repository richly filled with learning, proper for the support of a republic.
In the advanced age of his life, Mr. Adams delighted in a recapitulation of the scenes of the revolution. In this, as in other circumstances, he resembled the late earl of Chatham, who, while he was in advanced age, became impatient of all topics which did not relate to the French war, in which his administration added gems to the crown of his nation. A recollection of the dangerous and difficult circumstances of the war, which had been encountered by the courage, and overcome by the genius of his country, fell like the choicest cordials on the parched nerves of Mr. Adams. To the advantages of education, trials, and victories, Mr. Adams added the deportment of a gentleman; he was a well bred, polite man. Among strangers, and in mixed companies, he was reserved and silent, but among his friends he was cheerful and companionable, was a lover of chaste wit, and remarkably fond of anecdote.
There was never a charge against his moral character, even among his enemies, excepting the charge of his concealing his views in the dawning of the revolution, which they saw fit, as they were enemies to such a measure, to denominated address, and hypocrisy. But in this he was justifiable; for, unless he could believe, that the whole body of the people could discern and trace political effects from their deep causes, it would have been folly in him to have exposed his views. He lived in a world where one man had been burned for asserting the motion of the planets which is now known to every one, and where the originators of new theories have suffered disgrace for exposing systems, which, after ages have respected and honored.
Mr. Adams, through the whole course of his life, was a zealous professor, and an exemplary performer of the duties enjoined by the christian religion. He did not view it merely as a system of morals, but as a mysterious plan, to exhibit the benevolence of the Almighty to his rational offspring on this earth; as the wise and benignant method to preserve an intercourse between earth and heaven. On this system, he confided in the mercy of his creator, and in this he had consolation while he saw his dissolution approaching.
There is no character so perfect as not to need an apology. Perhaps the strict regard which Mr. Adams paid to the christian Sabbath as holy time, and the sacred light in which he held the christian ordinances, were offensive to many who delighted in the free thoughts of the present age. And there can be no doubt, but that the jealousy of power, which he cultivated in more early life, as the faculties of his mind grew weaker, assumed, in some degree, the form of an opposition to government; but those who knew him a few years ago, and are yet surviving, know that he had a punctilious regard to the execution of the laws, and delighted in a fair and vigorous administration of the jurisdiction of his country.
This is but a gazette sketch of his character; to give his history at full length, would be to give an history of the American revolution.
Late News from Europe.
By arrivals of New York, with London dates to September 18.
Symptoms of a change in France.
LONDON, SEPT. 1. We are still without any news from the continent by the public journals. Some of the private letters from France, however, state, that symptoms of strong fear and suspicion, on the part of the government, have begun to shew themselves. The intention, real or imputed, of erecting the Royal Standard in France, has excited the jealousy of Bonaparte in no common degree against all those who ever were connected avowedly, or who are suspected of being attached by principle to the House of Bourbon. What a distressing state then must be that of the emigrants who have returned under the first Consuls' Amnesty? It is mentioned accordingly in the letters to which we allude, that many of the returned Emigrants have been arrested; and that those who are not imprisoned, are placed under the most irksome servitude. Indeed, there can be little doubt that Bonaparte will consider these men in some degree hostages for the conduct of the royal family. He knows full well that they cannot be attached to the Corsican line. He knows full well, that though they submit to his power, they do not respect its origin, and do not with its permanent establishment. It cannot be expected, that as royalists they should respect the idea, at once to them anti-monarchical as well as anti-republican, of his nominating his successor, and what has been so often ridiculed as the height of monarchical absurdity, transferring them and their country like a herd of cattle, as a legacy to a favorite. We do not blame them for returning to France under very hard terms, and worse prospects. It is difficult to denote the extent of the fidelity they owe the man, whom circumstances have placed at the head of affairs.
Affairs in Ireland.
LONDON, SEPT. 1. By the Dublin mail of yesterday, we are informed, that Robert Emmett, whose arrest we yesterday mentioned, has been fully committed by the privy council for trial as a traitor. It was last night reported that government yesterday received an express from the lord lieutenant, with an account of a fire having broken out in the parliament house, and in several other parts of the city of Dublin. The fire is said to have done great damage, and to have been apparently the work of the rebels.
Accounts from Dublin of Saturday last, state, that another deposition has been given upon oath of Arthur O'Connor having been seen a few days ago in that city.
Of the Invasion of England.
On the Scheldt, in the docks at Bruges, and in the ports of Ostend and Anwerp, they are now laboring with an activity beyond all example, in the construction of gun and flat-bottomed boats. Each of these vessels will carry two pieces of artillery, of the caliber of 36, 24 or 18 lb. The dockyards of Brussels, Louvain, and Diest, are immediately to be put into a state of equal activity.
Bonaparte will not command the army of England in person (it is said Gen. Mortier (who has but little fame to lose) will be selected thereto).
War with Spain. It is confidently stated, that Government will in the course of a few days, issue letters of marque and reprisal against Spain. Authentic intelligence, said to have been received from Portugal, that French privateers are fitting out in the Spanish ports, and the British privateers are carried in aid fold.
Of Holland.
Some of the consular measures in Holland, having occasioned a remonstrance, on the part of the Dutch, delivered, however, with all the humanity which a state of their hopeless situation could inspire, in which the necessary adoption of the measures was forcibly pointed out, the first consul, from hasty words to more full and clear declarations, in a fit of rage, that he would destroy Holland, which such intemperate arguments were founded, by abolishing the trade of Holland for ever, and that they should not have a single ship of any kind left to them.
Dumourier.
General Dumourier's visit to, and reception in this country, is thus accounted for:—During the American war, that General was Commandant, or second in command at Cherbourg, when the invasion of this country was a favorite object with the Government of France; and, with others, Dumourier was ordered to digest and arrange such plans as he thought most conducive to the accomplishment of the intended enterprise. It happened that Dumourier's plans and communications were preferred; but the total affairs of France were shortly afterwards deranged, and the project of an invasion abandoned. The papers, however, were placed in the Portfolio of the King; but in the event of a revolution, they were delivered to the War-Office, and there preserved. Dumourier, conceiving these plans had escaped the fury of the revolution, gave himself no concern about them; but having received private information, when in Germany, that the King's Portfolio, and its contents, were in the possession of Bonaparte, and that he proposed to follow the instructions laid down by the General respecting the invasion of England, Dumourier instantly wrote to the Duke of Orleans, who resided in London, and requested his Highness would immediately acquaint the Government here with the whole project. This letter was immediately shown by the Duke of Orleans to the Commander in Chief who expressed a wish that his Highness would invite Gen. Dumourier to this country, under an assurance that he would be protected by the Government; and in consequence of this invitation, we understand the General arrived in London.
BY THE MAILS.
BOSTON, OCT. 14.
From Coruna—Spain.
Yesterday arrived the brig Triona, capt. Nickels from Coruna, after the short passage of 30 days. We between Spain and Great Britain had not commenced at the time of his sailing, but the merchants were in many expectation of that event. The British Minister Plenipotentiary still remained in Spain, but was understood to be on the point of departing. There were 7 French and Spanish frigates in Coruna harbor, and a British frigate of four frigates before it. A French and a Spanish frigate from the West Indies had succeeded in getting to Coruna, notwithstanding the efforts of the British ships to prevent them.
The rebellion in China, it appears by the late accounts, had received a serious check near Canton—Five thousand of the rebels were killed, the pretender taken and butchered; being cut into 32 pieces, while yet living, and then stabbed.
Capt. William Leach, lately arrived at Boston from Coruna, on his homeward passage was boarded by fourteen English privateers, and by them all treated with politeness.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered, that the Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps who escape on the left arm below the elbow for three weeks, in commemoration of the death of Commodore John Barry.
Bonaparte has lately issued new regulations concerning French privateering. They are drawn up in the usual terse language of modern French laws. By these regulations, "Every vessel refusing to bring to, on being summoned to that effect, may be compelled to it; and in case of resistance and of fight, she shall be made a good prize." Very severe punishment is denounced by these regulations against the illegal capture or plundered vessels detained.
The English colony of Botany Bay, has succeeded so well that the government is forming a new colony in the island; and two loads of convicts from England therefor. Under the government of colonel Collins. They are embarked on board the Calcutta of 56 guns, and a transport, and are accompanied by a number of volunteer settlers. The reverend Mr. Knopwood goes out chaplain to the settlement. The government has directed that fifty wealthy young women convicts shall go on board the 56 guns on board their vessels. "They doubtless," adds the English paragraph, "will form one of the least important of the settlements taken out for the essential colonization of a hitherto unexplored region, certainly situated in the farthest limits of the known world."
Public Credit failing—The Anti-Domestic Society a recent suit in court in application, by a citizen of Baltimore, to the President, for the payment of a demand, for which there had been a legal appropriation. Mr. Gallatin was absent, and Mr. Madison, who acted in his stead, answered, "There is no money in the Treasury to meet the demand." It is a natural inquiry, what has become of it since Mr. Jefferson into whom in his last moments that the receipts of the preceding year had been conceded all former example.
We hear that in consequence of the new duty on our treasury which will arise from the Louisiana purchase, our Great Men are directing their inquiries to ascertain on what new article of commerce a tax can be laid, or on what old one increased—for let who may receive the benefit of the purchase, the Commercial States must bear the expense of it.
Abraham Bishop, Esq is appointed Collector of the District of New Haven, in the room of his father, deceased.

Portland, Monday, October 17, 1803.
The last mails have furnished no intelligence of moment. From Europe nothing has reached us but the noise of "preparation." No important movements had taken place at the date of our last accounts. Reports prevail of an actual state of war between England and Spain—an event for some time looked for. The situation of affairs in the United States is something interesting by the first arrivals.
From the West Indies, we hear nothing but the most unpleasant recitals of a sanguinary war. The contest between the French and blacks is pursued with a spirit of despatch by the former, and a deep revenge by the latter, who appear to have no serious obstacle to ultimate success. In the mean time, the English are availing themselves of the opportunity to obtain possession of such of the Islands as are immediately within their reach. Late accounts state, that they have taken possession of Demerara, Surinam and Berbice.
Of the Epidemic. —The last accounts from Alexandria and Philadelphia are favorable.—At Alexandria on the 6th and 7th inst, there were three deaths each day. At Philadelphia, Oct. 6, six new cases; Oct. 7, five; and Oct. 8, three.—At New York it does not appear to abate; but
"Wailing, Forth Wails the dire Power of pestilent disease, Sickens the blooming, and to heartless woe, And feebler desolation, calling down The towering hopes and all the pride of Man."
The deaths at New York, last week, were 118, of different disorders, including 73 of the prevailing epidemic.
CONGRESS —is to meet at the City of Washington this day. We shall spare no pains to obtain the earliest and most authentic accounts of their proceedings, which shall be immediately communicated to our readers.—The session will highly interest all classes of the community.
Thursday, the 17th of November next, is appointed a day of Public Thanksgiving in New Hampshire.
Gen. Pinckney, and family, passed through Springfield, on the 7th inst. on their way to the southward.
Capt. Delano, arrived at Philadelphia from Cadiz, informs, that the Tripoline Corsairs, mentioned in Mr. O'Brien's circular, lately published, were cruising off Cape Palmas.
The National Intelligencer mentions the election of seven Federalists to the Maryland Assembly.
The Hon. John Francis Mercer, Governor of Maryland, has been chosen a member of the Legislature of that State.
At Albany, Rev. Sylvanus Palmer.
At North Yarmouth, Mr. Moses Merrill aged 34. At Berwick, on board brig Mercator, of this port, Mr. Nathaniel York, and Mr. James Baxter, of Falmouth; and Mr. Amos Parker, of Chester, Conn. On board brig Nancy, from Berwick, Mr. Jeremiah Wiley, of this town: who has left a bereaved wife and children to lament his death. At Tyngsborough, Miss Cordelia Howard.
Jenk's Maine Marine List. Port of Portland.
MONDAY, Oct. 10. Arrived ship Brutus, Bruce, from the Isle of May. Arrived brig Margaret, Samuel R. McLellan, 22 days from Trinidad. Left there, brig New Haven, Benjamin, for New York, in 8 days—brig Androscoggin, Harding, for Boston, 10 days—Schr. Sally and Priscilla, Holland, for Alexandria, in 6 days—Schr. Alexander, Clarke, for Newburyport, in 20 days—Brig Olive, Branch, for New York, in 10 days—Schr. Liberty, Dorgan, for New York, in 10 days—Schr. Mohawk, Clapp, for New York, in 5 days—Brig Nancy, Woodbury, for Salem, in 10 days—Schr. Mariner, McComb, for New London, in 10 days—Brig Atlantic, Bartlett, of Boston, just arrived—Snow Peter, Hunt, of Newburyport, to sail for St. Bartholomew's, next day. Spoke the brig John, capt. Cobb, of Portland, going into Trinidad.—Sept. 18, off the Bocca's, was boarded by a French privateer, and plundered of all our spare rigging, and part of our provisions, which obliged us to call at St. Thomas's to replenish. Sailed brig Mercator, capt. Freeman, from Philadelphia. Left there brig —, New York, in light ballast, was boarded by an English sloop of war, and had one hand pressed. Sept. 13, lat. 16, long. 60, spoke Schr. Rising Sun, Ripley, of New York, from Barbary for Antigua. Arrived brig George, capt. Tucker, 33 days from St. Lucia. Left there, brig Richmond, Small, and brig Apollo, Thomas, of this port, to sail in 25 days. Arrived brig Nancy, capt. Moody, 27 days from Berwick, and 17 from St. Eustatia. Sailed from Berwick with brig Sally, Wilton, of Newburyport. Left at St. Eustatia, capt. Joanne, St. Eustatia, of Salem, which had been carried into St. Kitts, & was just released—also left, capt. Brown, Salem. Spoke, Oct. 3, lat. 35, long. 72, 30, Schr. Republic, Lincoln, for Rhode Island. Oct. 4, left, Westport, for New York. Same day, left, Caroline, for Baltimore; had carried away her mainmast the day before.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12. Arrived ship Mary, capt. Simonton, 45 days from Liverpool. Sept. 1, lat. 44, long. 56, spoke Schooner Sally, Bennett, 20 days from Rotterdam for Cape Cod, who two days before spoke the ship Bath, capt. Turner, of this port, for Liverpool. Left there ships Mary, Baker, and Nama, —, of this port; also brig —, Melanchton.
Left at Demerary, Sept. 14, Jane, Croft, Portland.—At Rotterdam, Aug. 29, the Livessak, Dyer, of Scarborough. Spoke, Oct. 11, lat. 22, long. 66, 36, sloop Polly, Danish, from the Straits of Belleisle, for York.
AN EVENING SCHOOL. Will commence at the CENTRE SCHOOL, on the first of November, for instruction in Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Terms, as usual, 3 Dollars per Quarter; 1 D 50 C. of which to be paid in advance. No scholar will be admitted for less time than a quarter. Portland, Oct. 17, 1803.
TO LET. A DWELLING-HOUSE, two stories high, in Free-Street—For particulars, inquire at the Gazette Office. (Oct. 17.)
TAKE NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Copartnership of SIBLEY & WOODBURY, is this day mutually dissolved. GIBBS SIBLEY, SIMON WOODBURY. Bristol, October 12, 1803.
NOTICE. THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of an Executor to the LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of JOHN LEWIS, late of North Yarmouth, in the County of Cumberland, Esquire, deceased, by proving the Will and giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons, who are indebted to said deceased's Estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to ASA LEWIS. North Yarmouth, October 12, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. WHEREAS the subscribers, on or about the 6th inst. signed jointly four several Notes of Hand, viz. one for ten dollars payable in January next—one for forty dollars payable the first of May next—one for fifty dollars payable in fifteen months from the date, and one for fifty dollars payable in four years from the date, all on interest, to Joshua Belfy, of Paris, or to his order—and whereas the subscribers never received any consideration therefor, this is therefore to caution all persons against purchasing said notes, as the subscribers are determined never to pay them. HENRY M. HILL, mark. ABIJAH BRYANT. Paris, Oct. 12, 1803.
To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now held at Warren, in and for the County of Lincoln, on the second Monday of January, A D 1803.
HUMBLY shew, ROBERT MITCHELL, of Belfast, in the county of Hancock, yeoman, and MARTHA MITCHELL, his wife, in her right—that they are interested as tenants in common and seized in their demesne as of fee of one undivided fourth part of a certain tract of Land lying in Boothbay, in the county of Lincoln, containing forty-four acres; being the same tract and parcel of Land of which William Wyley, late of said Boothbay, died seized and possessed, and on which in his life time he lived and resided—Also, one undivided fourth part of two thirteenth parts of one other lot and parcel of Land lying in Boothbay, aforesaid, known and called by the name of Harris' Lot, containing about fifty acres, more or less; which said Land your petitioners own as aforesaid in common with certain persons to your petitioners unknown, and which said shares your petitioners are desirous to hold in severality—They therefore pray that partition of said lots of Land may be made and your petitioners' said shares thereof set off, that they may hold and enjoy the same in severality. By JERÉ. BAILEY, their Attorney.
Lincoln, ss. At a Court of Common Pleas, held at Topsham, in and for the County of Lincoln, on the fourth Monday of August, A D 1803.
UPON the petition aforesaid, Ordered, that the petitioners (they having neglected to give notice as directed at the last term of this court) notify all persons concerned in the Lands mentioned in their petition above, by publishing an attested copy of said petition and the order of Court thereon, in the Portland Gazette, printed by E. A. Jenks, three weeks successively, the last publication to be three weeks before the next term of this Court, which is to be at Warren, on the second Monday of January next, and by posting up copies of said petition and order in the town of Boothbay, aforesaid, that they may appear at said next term, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Copy of Petition and Order of Court thereon, attested, ALDEN BRADFORD, Clerk.
VALUABLE NEW PUBLICATION.
Lately published, and for sale by W. Jenks, jun. at his Office, Fifth Street, and at the several Bookshops in town. (Price 75 c. per dozen, 91 single.)
PACKARD'S CATECHISM, Second Edition. —This work has met with a favorable reception, and has been recommended to the public by a number of eminent Divines, whose praises are in the Churches. Over the joint signature of the Rev. Doctors WILLARD, HOWARD and TAPPAN, we find their approbation of it in the following expression: "We, the subscribers, being persuaded the following Catechism, conceived in point of age, perspicuity, and convenience, is in general well adapted to answer the pious and benevolent intention of the author." The Rev. Dr. CUMMINGS, of Billerica, in the vicinity of Boston, recommends it in the words following—viz. "Having perused the following tract, and attended to the catechetical party, I think the whole is well adapted to initiate children and youth into the principles of piety and virtue, and to impress a just sense of christian, moral and social duty and obligation, on the rising generation. "It detaches nothing from the merits of other compositions of the like kind, but is designed and intended to afford additional aid to those, who wish to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; and I am persuaded it will be found to be a profitable book in families, and that it may be used to great advantage for forming the minds of youth with sentiments of religion and rectitude, and forming them to such a character as shall make them blessing, and prepare them for baptism." "This catechism has one obvious excellence to recommend it, which is, that it meets all denominations of christians upon harmonious ground, neither embracing nor censuring the peculiarities of different persuasions. On this account it appears well calculated to afford salutary instruction to all, without giving umbrage to any, and to promote union among christian brethren, by keeping their attention on those great essentials of religion, in which they are agreed. HENRY CUMMINGS." The author of this Catechism professes to build upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, and to draw his principal lines and set out his work from the same divine source.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of an Administrator on the Estate of JOHN KENT, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Merchant, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to GEORGE BRADBURY. Portland Sept. 16, 1803.
Bankrupt Estates.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued against JAMES LATHROP, of Hallowell, in the District of Maine, Trader, and the said James Lathrop has been declared a Bankrupt—he is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on Tuesday the 18th, on Wednesday the 19th, and on Monday the 23rd day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. on each of said days, at the Commissioners' Office, No. 2, Middle Street, Portland, in said District, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where his Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and at said last meeting any of the Creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a Certificate to the Judge of said District, to entitle said Bankrupt to a Certificate of Discharge. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt, are to make payment; and those who have any of his effects, are to deliver the same to such persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint. By order of the Commissioners, N. KINSMAN, Clerk. 1714 Oct. 1803.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued against JOSIAH NORRIS, of New Bedford, in the District of Maine, Trader, and the said Josiah Norris has been declared a Bankrupt—he is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on Wednesday the 12th, and on Monday the 31st day of October current, and on Monday the 14th day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. on each of said days, at the Commissioners' Office, No. 2, Middle Street, Portland, in said District, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where his Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and at said last meeting any of the Creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a Certificate to the Judge of said District, to entitle said Bankrupt to a Certificate of Discharge. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt are to make payment; and those who have any of his effects, are to deliver the same to such persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint. By order of the Commissioners, N. KINSMAN, Clerk. Dated 10th Oct. 1803.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued against GEORGE PALMER, of Edington, in the District of Maine, Trader, and the said George Palmer has been declared a Bankrupt, he is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on Monday the 24th of October current, and on Monday the 7th and on Monday the 21st day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. on each of said days, at the Commissioners' Office, No. 2, Middle Street, Portland, in said District, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where his Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an Assignee or Assignees; and at the last meeting said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and at said last meeting any of the Creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a Certificate to the Judge of said District, to entitle said Bankrupt to a Certificate of Discharge. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt are to make payment; and those who have any of his effects, are to deliver the same to such persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint. By order of the Commissioners, N. KINSMAN, Clerk. Dated, Oct. 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of ELIJAH DAVIS, of Bath, in the District of Maine, Trader, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued, that the Commissioners and Assignee of his estate and effects intend to meet at the Commissioners' Office, No. 2, Middle Street, in Portland, in said District, on Tuesday the fourteenth day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupt; 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. ANDREW GREENWOOD, Assignee. Bath, Oct. 10th 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscriber has been appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of WILLIAM STEVENS, of Portland, Trader, a Bankrupt. —All persons, having any Estate or Effects of the said Bankrupt, are requested to deliver the same, and those indebted to said Estate, to make immediate payment to H. SOUTHGATE, Assignee. Portland October 3, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscriber has been appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of ELISHA MORSE, of Portland, Trader, a Bankrupt. —All persons, having any Estate or Effects of the said Bankrupt, are requested to deliver the same; and those indebted to said Estate, to make immediate payment to H. SOUTHGATE, Assignee. Portland Oct. 3, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscriber has been duly appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of DAVID FALBS, sen. of Thomaston, in the District of Maine, Trader, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded; issued forth, and is now pending in said District. —All persons indebted to said Bankrupt, or having any of his Estate or Effects in their possession, are requested to pay or deliver the same without delay to BENJAMIN WEBB, Assignee. Warren, Sept. 29, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of SAMUEL LANE, of Mountbatten, in the District of Maine, Trader, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has duly issued and proceeded upon, that they may be heard, if they think fit, before the Judge of said District, on Tuesday the 18th day of October, 1803, at his dwelling-house in York, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, against making and allowing a Certificate of Discharge to said Bankrupt; before which time, exceptions to such allowance may be exhibited. DAVID SEWALL, Judge of the District Court of Maine.
J. Richardson, HAS FOR SALE, 30 Hhds. Sugar and Molasses, 10 Tons Swedes IRON, Bbls. superfine FLOUR, Chelfs. Hylon, Hylon Skin, Suckhons, and Bohca TEAS, Bags PEPPER: LOAF SUGAR, Bbls. Clear and Bone Middling PORK, ALSO, Fine and coarse India Cottons, At Richardson's Wharf.
SALES AT AUCTION.
BOOK AUCTION.
On Tuesday 25th October, At the Auction Office of WILLIAM FENNELLY, Free-Street, Portland. A LARGE assortment of BOOKS, New and Second-hand. Among others, but seldom offered at public sale, are the following, viz. Kye on Bells—Wars of the Jews—History of the French Revolution, 2 vols.—Dumbarter's Travels, with colored plates—Works of Mr. Addison, of Mr. Hervey, Dr. Wall, Dr. Calhoun, Dr. Tytler, Dr. Young, Dr. W. T. W., Rev. Mr. J. Newton—Flowers of Travels, 2 vols.—Bonnet's Juquies—Barrington's Voyages—Elegant Rhetoric—Sheridan's Dictionary—Davidson's Virgil—Dr. Blair's Lectures, 2 vols.—Dr. Morley's Geography, 4 vols.—Blackstone's Commentaries, 4 vol. &c. &c. &c. SALE precisely at NINE o'clock, A. M. CATALOGUES at the sale.
To be Sold at Auction, On MONDAY, the 31st day of October next, by order of the Supreme Court of Probate, will be exposed for sale, at Public Auction, A LOT OF LAND, situated in Cross-Street, in Portland, adjoining the lands of Jeremiah Kimball, William Colman, and Jacob Owen; on which a cellar has been made, and the walls of a brick house partly built; the same being part of the real estate of George Mead, and Albert Mead, both of said Portland, minors, and to be sold for their benefit. Said to be on the premises, or in case of foul weather, at Chidsey's Tavern, in said Portland, and to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M. when and where the conditions will be made known. EMMA MEAD, Guardian to said Minors. Portland, Sept. 30, 1803.
To be Sold at Auction, On SATURDAY, the 22nd of October next, will be sold at Public Vendue (previously fixed at private sale) THE Blacksmith's Shop and Utensils, with the Shed adjoining, belonging to Mr. Ezekiel Farny, standing near the upper end of Free-Street, in Portland—A lease of the ground on which it stands may be had for six years. The convenient situation of the Road, must render it an object worthy the attention of any person who wishes to be accommodated with a place suitable for carrying on the Blacksmith's business—to be sold for cash only. Also for sale at the same time, the right to a Lease of a Small Dwelling House and Garden, being part of the aforementioned tenement, and likewise on a lease for six years. Said on the premises, 10 o'clock, A. M. DAVID FENNELLY, Auctioneer. Portland, Sept. 21, 1803.
To be Sold at Auction, On Thursday, the 20th day of October next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the dwelling house of Mr. Reuben Chandler, in New Gloucester, ALL the right, title and interest of Samuel Sibley, a Bankrupt, to the following Lots of Land in Maine—No. 12 in the 6th range—No. 5 in 3d—No. 13 in 5th—and No. 7 in 7th range. And in 4th range, No. 15 in 4th range—No. 2 in 7th—No. 8 in 3d—No. 13 in 5th—No. 8 in 10th—No. 13 in 6th—No. 13 in 18th—No. 8 in 5th—No. 3 in 8th—and No. 6 in the 2d range—Payment to be made in 6 and 12 months. G. E. V. VAUGHAN, for Administrator Gay, Attorney. Portland, Sept. 22, 1803.
To be Sold at Public Vendue, On MONDAY, the Seventh day of November next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, ALL the right, title and interest, that Deborah Haskins, late of Bowdoinham, in the District of Maine, a Bankrupt, had at the time of his being declared a Bankrupt, in and to a certain tract of Land situated in Bowdoinham, at a place called Ocheague Landing (a good place for trade) together with a large and convenient Store, two stories high, standing on the premises—Also, sundry articles of Merchandise of the said Bankrupt, not discovered at the time of the former sale.—Conditions to be made known at the time and place of sale. PETER OLIVER ALDEN, Assignee.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscribers have been duly appointed by the Hon. Edward Cuts, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of York, Commissioners to examine all the claims of the several creditors to the estate of JOHN WOOD, jun. late of Boston, in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent.—Six months are allowed said creditors for bring in, and proving their claims; and the Commissioners will attend to that service on the last Monday of September next, and the first Monday of the five following months, from one to four of the clock, P. M. on each of said days, at the dwelling-house of Isaac Mitchell, in Limington. JOSEPH TYLER, Commissioner. PHILEMON LINDY, do. Limington, August 27, 1803. (Sept. 5.)
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and taken upon himself the trust of an Administrator on the estate of JOSEPH WATERHOUSE, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, mariner, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to GEORGE WATERHOUSE. Oct. 2, 1803.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of an Administrator on the estate of OLIVER BARNARD, late of Bridgton, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to NATHAN BARNARD. Oct. 2, 1803.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed and has taken upon himself the trust of an Administrator on the estate of JOSEPH WARD, jun. late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, Soap-boiler, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs. He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement to SAMUEL LUMMUS. Sept. 19, 1803.
LONG BOAT, WAS picked up adrift, on Monday last, between Hove's and Bangs's Island. The owner may have her again by proving property and paying charges.—Apply to JOHN WALDEN, on Hove's Island Sept. 3, 1803.

Foreign Articles.
Boston, Oct. 17.—By an arrival yesterday from Liverpool, we received papers of that city to the 2d Sept. The London dates in them are not later than before received.
By private accounts from England, it appeared, the British were more afraid the French would not attempt the invasion, than they were of the invaders; and in expectation of the speedy abandonment of the enterprise, they were turning their attention to the equipment of expeditions on secret service; that the spirit of the nation might have some great points of action.
By late official returns, it appeared, that the armed efficient force of England and Scotland, amounted to 600,000 men, of which 140,000 were Regulars, 130,000 Militia, 50,000 Army of Reserve, and 280,000 Volunteers:—
These are all properly officered, armed and equipped; and are independent of the sea-fencibles, numerous bodies of volunteers since formed, and the entire levy en masse . This force was deemed fully adequate to all the objects of offence or defence. Added to this force the British navy in commission on the 1st September, was 87 sail of the line, 16 fifties, 124 frigates and 167 sloops of war;—total 394.—Vessels were daily adding to these; but there did not appear any extraordinary activity in the equipment. Bonaparte has a perfect knowledge of this force; and of the spirit which pervades the British isles; and it will not be a matter of surprise when we hear, that he has given up the expedition as fruitless; and told the world that Britain is not worth the conquest.
LONDON, AUG. 29.
Private advices from Paris, state, that addresses are signing throughout the republic, praying Bonaparte not to risk his precious life in the expedition to England. This measure may be considered as the first retrograde step of the French from their boasted expedition.—The spirited measures of this kingdom, have filled the stout heart of the first consul with dismay. He has given the challenge;—it has been accepted; the seconds have been appointed, the ground measured; and now the hero of Marengo sneaks from the combat.
On the 23d inst. an immense depot of military stores was discovered in Dublin, of 34,000 pikes, 24,000 musket cartridges with a proportion of flints, 246 hand grenades, boxes, and bottles of powder, &c.
The Spanish money ships continue to arrive in the ports of Spain, and active military and naval preparations continue to be made in different parts of that kingdom. His catholic majesty is said to have declared, in answer to some communications from the British government, that it is his sincere wish, that the pacific relations between the two countries may remain unbroken.
LONDON, AUGUST 31.
The following is an extract of a private letter from Paris, dated August 20.
“If the tranquility of Ireland, if the measures of your government, seconded by the national enthusiasm, should force our heroes to give up the plan of invading England, the First Consul will then direct his views towards Egypt and the Morea.
“During several months past, a great number of Albanians, and Greeks, known to be in the pay of government, have been observed here; some of them go away every day upon some secret destination, and a plan of debarkation is talked of upon which government has determined; and it is further asserted, that they flatter themselves that as soon as the Consular troops appear in Albania and the Morea, these countries, which are entirely French, will immediately rise. It is also pretended, that a Greek army has been secretly organising for a long time past.
“All the objects, however, are to be considered subordinate to that which this government prefers to every other, viz. the invasion of Ireland. The strict alliance of Spain with France, compels her to make preparations: that kingdom is exhausted, and tho’ the Court of Madrid has prayed that it might preserve its neutrality during the present war, it has only been permitted that it shall not be compelled to
declare itself, till its galleons have arrived; and the armaments now carrying on in Spain may eventually be employed in carrying troops to Ireland or otherwise, in co-operating in the expedition to the Levant.”
BY THE MAILS.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 10.
Commercially important —Doubts having gone abroad respecting the kind of protection a certificate obtained in America, would afford to a bankrupt on his removal to a foreign country, the following case was in consequence made out, and transmitted to London; it has been lately returned, and together with the opinion of an eminent barrister there, is now published for the information of the trading part of the community.
CASE.
A merchant resident in one of the principal cities of the United States of America, becomes in the course of an extensive commerce, largely indebted to a mercantile house in London; but through sudden and heavy losses in trade, is reduced to bankruptcy. Conformably to the general law of the United States, he is called upon to discover his estate and effects, for whatsoever, and to assign the same over to trustees, for the benefit of his creditors receiving from them a certificate of discharge similar to that granted to bankrupts by the law of England. The British creditor, by his attorney on the spot, refuses to prove his debt, or come in under the commission in America. It is asked, whether the certificate obtained in America, in the city where the trader was domiciliated , duly authenticated by the commissioners, and by the court having jurisdiction in such cases, will not operate as a bar to the demand of the British creditor, in England, and elsewhere?
Answer —“I am of opinion that the certificate which has been obtained in America, will operate as a bar to the British creditor: especially as it appears he had an opportunity of benefiting with the rest of the creditors.”
J. A. PARK.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, 19th July, 1803.
PHILAD. OCT. 11.
A monument the noblest and most durable was lately erected in France to the memory of Louis XVI. in the publication of a collection of his genuine letters.—These have been published in London, with a translation by Miss H. M. Williams. They are addressed to his ministers, to his brothers, and his confidential counsellors. They contain specimens of elegant writing, of scientific composition, of political wisdom, of domestic prudence, of tender and manly sentiment, which must greatly exalt the character of the amiable and unfortunate prince who wrote them in the estimation of every person of worth and taste. They invest the brow of royalty with new honors. Nor is it easy to think of any thing that could more effectually tend to renew the antient loyalty of the French towards the government and the family of their king.
From York (Upper Canada) Sept. 9.
The Metropolitan Church, at Quebec, it is said, will be consecrated about the ensuing Christmas; and will be perhaps the most superb structure of the kind in America; a harmony of design, and a superior style of execution, render it a most pleasing object to all beholders.—It is accommodated with an excellent organ, a choir of singers; and nine bells are to chime for devotional preparations.—The honorable Henry Caldwell, esq. receiver general of Lower Canada, has, we understand, made a donation of 500 guineas for the erection of a monument within its walls, to the memory of the gallant Wolfe!
BOSTON, OCT. 18.
Eighth Congress .—A late National Intelligencer contains a list of the Senators and Representatives chosen to the Eighth Congress, as far as they have been received; and the editor has thought fit (under direction no doubt) to designate their political characters. By his account, twenty five of the senators (including Mr. Anderson, who has been reelected in Tennessee) are democrats; and nine are federalists: And of the Representatives ninety six are democrats, and thirty nine (including Mr. Taggart omitted) are Federalists:—But as seventy eight of these members have not taken their seats in Congress, and as we do not think it probable, they have all made Mr. Smith, and even Mr. Jefferson
their political father confessor; we shall take the liberty to question his authority for the designation; and to hope, that some of his twenty five Senators, and ninety six representatives have so much independence left, as to form opinions for themselves; and that they will not readily submit to the degrading condition of automatons or rercruits, and be obliged to perform every motion exactly as the fuglemen, however elevated he may be, shall direct.
The list is not yet complete, but we expect it will be, shortly, when we shall give it our readers for preservation.
In proportion as the idea of an invasion of England subsides, a hope arises that one of the next changes may be the deliverance of some of the conquered countries from the fangs of France. Whoever knows the history of modern Europe, and loves those virtues which make a nation great in spite of its want of numbers and territory, will indulge the hope that Holland may soon be free to enjoy those rights she nobly earned and long maintained, and again display that energy, constancy and courage which she still possesses, and which until she was jacobinized and crushed by France, commanded the admiration and respect of the whole world.
FROM THE SENTINEL.
ONE of the leading papers in the pay of the administration lately fell into my hands.—I could not but be amused with the various ‘arts,’ the ‘able editors’ who conduct them, are necessitated to resort to, to perform the hard service allotted them, to keep their dupes hoodwinked. Amongst other very ingenious and modest essays, I found the following; which I dare say has travelled the whole tour of the democratic prints from Maine to Georgia; been sucked in as the pure milk of truth and found reasoning: and pronounced unanswerable. To shew how slimy its texture is, I wish you to insert it, with my statement; and then let the people judge.
THE JUDICIARY.
“In 1789 the Washingtonian administration formed the judicial system of the United States, which experience proved to be good and sufficient.
“In 1801, the Adams administration at the very close of its career, passed a law altering the Washington system of 1789, and creating sixteen new and unnecessary judges, with salaries, of 2000 dollars a year each.
“When Mr. Jefferson came into office, among other reforms, the new judiciary law of Adams was repealed and the system of Washington restored—consequently the sixteen new and useless judgeships were abolished, and their 32,000 dollars a year salaries saved to the country.
“This is a the true state of this plain case.—Yet the Jefferson administration, which only restored the Washington judiciary system, is accused of destroying the judiciary!—With what truth let the candid judge.”
Thus glares the democratic spectre.—Mark, now, reader, how a plain tale of truth will lay it low.
THE JUDICIARY.
In 1789, when the constitution was on the ocean of experiment, the Washington administration erected the Judicial System.
In 1801 this system was found by the experience of years, inadequate to one of the great ends of the constitution, “the establishment of justice.”—In consequence, the Adams administration amended the system, and supplied its defects. That those amendments should be as pure and correct as possible, the bill remained on the table, until near the close of the session.—It was then enacted; and it became the duty of the executive immediately to appoint the judges who were to execute it. These new judges were to receive salaries, amounting, in the whole, to about 32,000 dollars, per ann.—Not quite so much as was the own a way in repairing the French pickeroo Le Berceau, by the present administration.
When Mr. Jefferson came into office, the removal of the old officers, was his first object. He found sixteen steady, independent, upright judges, placed by the constitution beyond the reach of his persecuting arm.—But removed they must be: And Congress was prevailed upon, in direct violation of the Constitution, to remove those judges, by repealing the law which gave them existence.
Such reader is the truth.—And the present administration has only to boast, that it has reduced, the judicial system to its former wretched state, merely to displace sixteen officers who would not bow the knee to Baal, or worship the gods of democratic idolatry.
The spectre has dissolved into air, into thin air, and left no wreck behind.
Portland,
Monday, October 24, 1803.
Our dates from Europe are no larger than we gave last week. Capt. Decker has arrived at Wiscasset from Liverpool, which he left the 4th Sept. but brings neither papers or news.
Capt. Rowe, who arrived at Boston last Thursday, in 40 days from Bristol, England, informs, that the northern powers had taken no decisive part in the contest between Great Britain and France. Contradictory reports respecting their measures and dispositions were daily published. The invasion was still talked of.—War had not been declared against Spain.—No event of magnitude had occurred.
Capture of Demerara .—Information has been received, by the way of Barbary, that Demerara surrendered to the British, without opposition, on the 19th ult. notwithstanding the formidable preparations for its defence which have been frequently mentioned.
Extract of a letter, dated St. Jago de Cuba, August 11, 1803.
“The government of this country has afforded its protection. It has permitted our negroes to be landed, and has offered to sell to the French refugees 16 leagues of land in the country. Each family will receive about 450 acres for 100 dollars. The country is watered by several rivers, and is situated in the bay of Ontanam, 20 leagues distant from thence.”
Delaware Election .—The general election for the state of Delaware, has taken place; but the result has not yet come to hand. We are solicitous to hear, as the fate of our constitution depends very much thereon.
Timothy Pitkin, esq. has been chosen speaker, and Jonas O. Moseley, and Nathaniel Roffeter, clerks of the house of representatives of Connecticut.
It is not surprising that the English dies express an inclination to avert the blessings of French liberty, when they are informed of its sweet effects on the soil of the fair in France. At Toulon, about three thousand are employed in clearing out the docks! What work they must make with the bewitching foot and lily hand! Really, Bonaparte, in his parody of universal philanthropy, seems to have lost his gallantry. In England the ladies have offered to drive the canals from the coast, in case of an invasion. This has some resemblance to ancient pastoral life, and might employ the fancy of the poet; but what compliment a French lover could pay to his sweating Dulcinea, with her feet fast in the mud, is hard to conjecture.—N. E. Repertory.
The commencement at Dickinson college, at Carlisle, Penn. was held on the 28th ult.—The new edifice, which is 150 feet in length, progresses rapidly towards completion. Boarding for students is obtained for 100 dollars; price of tuition is 25 dollars pr. ann.—Pal.
The Rt. hon. Thomas, earl of Selkirk, arrived at Boston, a few days since, from Halifax, for the purpose of taking the tour of the states.
THE FEVER.
At Newyork, Oct. 13, seven deaths and twelve new cases.
At Philadelphia, Oct. 13, there were four new cases, and one suspicious case.
At Alexandria, Oct. 12, there were four deaths.
We understand, Mr. Robert Dunning has been removed from the Post-Office at Brunswick, and that Mr. Henry Quimby has been appointed in his stead. We do not pretend to a knowledge of Mr. Quimby's character; but we beg leave to inquire of the protean friends of the present administration, is he more “capable” or “honest” than his predecessor? If he be not, why was Mr. Dunning removed?
[There is much justice in these observations; but they are of no avail at present. If they were, we would add to them, and ask why has a spirit of political intolerance spread over our country, and driven from office so many of the best men in society, to give place to intriguing foreigners, and all others who are willing to become the tools of party?