Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-06-03 00:00:00

JENKS'S PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS, BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 58.]
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE, AT THE STORE OF
Noyes & Hale, 10 crates cream color- ed CUPS and SAUCERS—ALSO, An elegant assortment of Ladies' MOROCCO SLIPPERS.
May 27.
TAKE NOTICE.
Any person having in possession a MASSACHUSETTS BANK BILL of one hundred dollars, dated the first of March, 1791, and wrote on the back of said bill, Cash , will very much oblige the subscriber by informing him through what channel they received it. DANIEL JOHNSTON. Coburn, May 7th, 1799.
To SAMUEL FREEMAN, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Cumberland.
THE Subscribers, being five of the Proprietors of the Long Wharf, in Portland, do hereby request you to grant a Warrant authorizing one of us to warn a meeting of said Proprietors, to be holden at the house of Mr. WILLIAM CUTTER , innholder in said Portland, on Tuesday the fourth day of June next, to act on the following articles, viz. 1st. To choose a Moderator. 2d. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes and Wharfinger. 3d. To choose a Committee to superintend the com- pletion of such additions as hath heretofore been de- termined to be made to said wharf the current year. 4th. To receive accounts and allow the same if they think proper. 5th. To vote such sums of money as may be thought necessary to pay accounts, and to make such additions as have been agreed upon, and such repairs as may be necessary. 6th. To direct their Collector in what manner to proceed with delinquent proprietors. 7th. To determine what commissions or other allow- ances shall be made to their Collector, Treasurer, Whar- finger and other persons employed in their services. 8th. To agree upon the manner of calling future meetings. DANIEL TUCKER, JAMES DEERING, JOHN KENT, JOSEPH H. INGRAHAM, JOHN DEERING, for E. DEERING. Portland, May 21st, 1799.
CUMBERLAND, ss. To DANIEL TUCKER , one of the Proprie- tors of the Long-Wharf in Portland—GREETING.
IN the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to warn, as the law directs, a meeting of said Proprietors, to be holden at the time and place, and for the purposes mentioned in the foregoing application by you and four others this day made to me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Cumberland. Given under my hand and seal, the twenty-first day of May, A. D. 1799. SAMUEL FREEMAN.
PURSUANT to the foregoing War- rant, to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the Pro- prietors of the Long-Wharf, in Portland, to meet at the time and place mentioned in the above application, and for the purposes therein named. DANIEL TUCKER. Portland, May 21st, 1799.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
AT a Court of Common Pleas, be- gun and held at York, within and for the County of York, on the third Tuesday of April, being the six- teenth day of said month, Anno Domini, 1799.
JAMES GALE , of Dover, in the county of Strafford, and state of New-Hampshire, esq. petitioner, shewing, "that he is seized and possessed of in and unto a certain lot of land lying and being in Lebanon in said county of York, called and known by lot number six in the second division of said Leba- non, being the upper number six, the N. W. by N. side, so called, containing two hundred acres more or less; whereof it belongs to the petitioner to have and hold five sixth parts, and lays in common and undi- vided with others to the petitioner unknown"—and the said petitioner praying for his part of the same to be divided and set off to him to hold in severality. This petition was entered at August term last, and continued to November term last, and in the mean time ordered that the petitioner should cause the substance of his said petition and the order of Court thereon to be inserted in the Columbian Centinel three weeks suc- cessively, to the end any person or persons interested might appear at said November term, and shew cause why any they had, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted?—And at said November term, it ap- peared to the Court that notice had been given as aforesaid; and JOHN KENNY of Lebanon aforesaid Esq. appeared, and claimed as co-tenant in the premises; and the petition was further continued to this term. And now, it appearing to the Court that the said John Kenny has died since the last continuance; the petition is further continued to the next term of this Court, to be held at Waterborough, within and for said county of York, on the fourth Tuesday of August next; and in the mean time, ORDERED that the petitioner cause the substance of his said petition and this order thereon, to be inserted in the Portland Gazette , printed by ELEZER JENKS , three weeks successively, the last publication to be forty days at least prior to said August next; to the end any person or persons interested therein, may appear and there appear, and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. Attest, DANIEL SEWALL, Clerk.
Cash or Books will be given for Old Rags and Canvass, at this Office.
I, CHARLES F. DEGEN , Vice- Consul for His Majesty the King of Sweden, and au- thorized to transact the Consular business for His Ma- jesty the King of Denmark, within the States of New- Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-Island, do hereby make known to all unto whom these presents shall come or in any way concern, that being about to depart for Europe, I have appointed and by these presents do empower Mr. JOHAN C. HAUFF to act for me as Vice-Consul during my absence, and that to his acts as such full credence ought to be given, the same as if performed by myself.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, at Boston , this third day of April, one thousand seven hundred ninety nine. CHARLES F. DEGEN.
To be sold, by order of Court, on Wed- nesday the nineteenth day of June next, at two o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. THADDEUS BROAD , Innholder in Falmouth.
THE Real Estate of THOMAS SLEMMONS , late of said Falmouth, yeoman, deceased, consisting of His homeleat FARM , containing about 110 acres—Half a Grist-Mill—A Pew in Stroud- water meeting-house—and a piece of Marsh in Scar- borough, containing about four acres—Or so much thereof, as will be sufficient to pay the said deceased's debts, with incidental charges. WILLIAM SLEMMONS, Administrator. Falmouth, May 9, 1799. for on said Estate.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED , on the 14th inst, from the Garrison in Portland, JAMES WARREN FROST , and JAMES HOSMER , both regularly enlist- ed soldiers in the service of the United States. Said Frost is about 24 years of age, almost six feet high—blue eyes, light hair, and of a very ruddy com- plexion; had on when he went away, a round white hat—either an old blue coat, or a brown frock and probably blue pantaloons, or overalls.—Said Hosmer is about 20 years of age—five feet and eight inches high —his eyes, hair, and complexion, light; had on when he went away, a black round hat—a mixed light color ed coat, and white cotton pantaloons or overalls.— Whoever will apprehend said Deserters, and give in- formation, or forward them to the subscriber, or de- liver them to any officer in the service of the United States, shall be entitled to the above reward, or to Ten Dollars for each, and to all reasonable charges. AMOS STODDARD, Capt. 2d. Regt. Artil. & Eng. Portland, 17th May, 1799.
ViCtOry,
WILL stand at Capt. PETER WAR- REN'S Stable in Portland, this season; and will be let to Mares at Two Dollars a Peep, Four Dollars for the season, and foals will be insured as may be a- greed on. VICTORY is five years old, and was fired by the Old Nimrod; his dam was a complete full blooded English mare, owned by Dr. Perkins of Norwich, in Connecticut.—Gentlemen who wish to improve their breed of horses in the county of Cumberland, are in- vited to bring forward their mares. Constant atten- dance will be given, and any kind of produce will be received in pay for the service of the horse. Also, for sale at the above stable, the famous horse SNOW BALL —Said horse will be sold or let for this season, on reasonable terms, if ap- plied for immediately. May 1, 1799.
Grey Figure.
THAT noted horse, known by the name of GREY FIGURE , will stand for cover- ing, the ensuing season, at the stable of EDWARD TOM- SON , in Standish , at the moderate price of two dollars for a Peep, four for the season, and seven to warrant a foal.—Said horse is sixteen hands high with proportion- ed, and of good carriage. He has been kept in the towns of Dover and Campton (N. H.) and proves re- markably sure. His colts are very large and handsome. Any Gentleman, wishing to mend his breed of horses, may depend on satisfaction from said HORSE . May 15th, 1799.
War Department.
March 21, 1799. Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Department of War, until the expiration of the 25th of July next ensuing, for the sup- ply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of October, 1799, to the thirteenth day of September, 1800, both days inclu- sive, at the places and within the two districts herein after first mentioned; and also that separate proposals will be received at the said office until the expiration of the 25th day of July next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required as aforesaid, from the first day of January, in the year 1800, to the thirty-first day of December, in the same year, both days inclusive, at the place, and within the several states herein after mentioned, viz.
First —Proposals to supply all rations that may be re- quired, at Olwebo; at Niagara; at Presqu'ile; at Michilimackinac; at Fort Franklin; at Le Boeuf; at Cincinnati; at Picque Town, and Loramies stores; at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance; at any place below Fort Defiance, on the Miami river, to Lake Erie; at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon, on the river Wabash; at Massac; at any place or places on the east side of the ri- ver Mississippi, above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon the Illinois river. Second —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at any place or places, on the east side of the Mississippi river, below the mouth of the river Ohio, to the southern boundary of the state of Kentucky, and within the said state; at Knoxville; at all other posts and places within the state of Tennessee; at South West
Point; at Tellico Block house; at St. Stephens, on the river Tombigby, and any place or places within the Cherokee boundaries; below the southern boundary of the state of Tennessee, and within the boundary of the United States.
Third —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Point-Petre; at Coleraine; at Savannah; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Georgia; and at all other posts or places on the Oconee and Altamaha; and at all other places in the Creek nation, within the limits of the United States, where troops are or may be stationed.
Fourth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Fort Johnson; at Fort Pinckney; at Charle- ston; or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, in the state of South Carolina.
Fifth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at the fort at Wilmington, Cape-Fear; at Bea- con Island, Ocracoke; at Charlotte; at Fayetteville; at Salisbury; or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in the state of North Carolina.
Sixth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Norfolk; at Portsmouth; at Kempville; at Charlottetown; at Winchester; at Staunton; at Rich- mond; at Alexandria; at Leesburg; at Frederickburg; at Carterville; or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, in the state of Virginia.
Seventh —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Fort M'Henry; at Baltimore; at Annapo- lis; at Frederick-Town; at Leonard-Town; at Hager's- Town; at Bladensburg; at George-Town; at Harper's- Ferry; at Easttown; at the Head of Elk; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be station- ed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of Maryland.
Eighth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Fort Mifflin; at Philadelphia; at Darby; at Lancaster, at Wilkesbarre; at Reading; at Bristo- l; at York-Town; at Carlisle; at Lewistown (Mifflin coun- ty) at Bedford; at Greensburg; at Washington; at Ea- lston; at Wilmington; at Christiana; at Dover; or at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of Pennsylvania and Delaware, except the posts within the state of Pennsylvania, enumerated in the first proposals aforesaid.
Ninth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Hackenback; at Elizabeth-Town, at New- Brunswick; at Burlington; at Woodbury; at Trenton; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the lim- its of the state of New-Jersey.
Tenth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at New-York; at West Point; at Flushing; at Haerlem; at West-Chester; at Poughkeepsie; at Ken- derhook; at Stillwater; at Newburg; at Albany; at Conej-harie; at Cherry Valley; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of New-York, except the posts within the said state, enu- merated in the first proposals aforesaid.
Eleventh —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Hartford; at Hebron; at New-London; at Brooklyn; at Wymham; at Litchfield; at Guilford; at New-Haven; at Fairfield; at Danbury; at Middle- town; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of Connecticut.
Twelfth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Fort Wolcott; at Brinton's Point; at Newport; at Providence; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of Rhode Is- land.
Thirteenth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Portland, in the district of Maine; at Glou- cester; Cape Ann; Salem; Marblehead; Boston; at Springfield; at Uxbridge; and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the limits of the state of Massachu- setts.
Fourteenth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Portsmouth; at Exeter; at Windsor; at Bennington; at Rutland; or at any other place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the states of New-Hampshire and Vermont.
The Ration to be supplied, is to consist of the follow- ing articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of bread or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and a half pound of sifted or boulted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of fresh beef, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork, and when fresh meat is issued, salt, at the rate of two quarters for every hundred rations, soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half for every hundred rations.
It is expected the proposals will also extend to the supply of rum, whiskey, or other ardent spirits, at the rate of half a gill per ration, and vinegar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations. The proposals will specify the price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as those of substitutes or alterna- tives for parts thereof.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara and Oswego, for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permit- ted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or posts, to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses, sustained, by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the price of the article captured or destroyed, on the depositions of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commis- sioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles, for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be referred to the United States of requiring, that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed con- tracts shall be issued, until the supplies which have or may be furnished under contracts now in force have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the Sea- board or Indian frontiers not exceeding three months.
JAMES M'HENRY, Secretary of War,
Portland, Monday, June 3, 1799.
Communication.
METHINKS I hear some Jacobin say, "But now you are doing as we do, finding fault without proposing any reformation." I would not be a Jacobin in any- thing—and therefore because I have imagined such a charge, it shall be considered as real, and with that complaisance which I have for every thing on the same side of the question, promptly refuted. What a dis- grace it is to the present generation that it has suffered itself to swerve so much from a due estimation of gov- ernment, that it must drag out the remainder of its days without any sentiments at all, in a state of apathy and scepticism, unless chastised by foreign hostility into some sort of animation! It is a fact, however scandalous, that within these three years past there was no offence more odious than the unqualified support of government— our own government—and so unpopular was it even to presume that it had common sense and might possibly be right, that there was no way to get along but by sup- posing that it was forced by circumstances to act against its inclinations and so was partly excusable. Ameri- cans have even yet no country—for they inhabit only vain imagination, and the late Vice-president himself would hardly desire a more "temporibus" than the American mind has been, and will continue to be till compelled by some great event, and probably war, to feel its helm, and depend upon it. France, in the deg- eneration of liberty and equality, has swallowed over all manner of principle and sobriety till it is almost impos- sible to get it clean again, but especially to make it air and lovely to the eye. For instance let us see whether we can discern and swear to maintain the following federal opinions—if we cannot, we are still "in the gulf of bitterness and band of iniquity."
What we have to do then is implicitly to follow an' obey our own government, and bless God that we have one to follow and obey. If any so-called knave takes about liberty and tyranny we ought immediately to turn him out of the company, for he is certainly both rogue and fool. Our government is the essence and very soul of ourselves; if it expire, we are a lifeless corpse—nay, if it languish, we are but little better—but if it flourish, we shall become lovely, vigorous and irresistible. May the blast of heaven, the invisible midew of destruction touch the head of him who defames its all-important character! He is a traitor—not in the mere technical sense of the law but in that of being a murderer of the people's comfort, honour and safety. Depend upon it, that he who does it now is a coward and capable of any crime; a mean-spirited contemptible fellow whose company will lead to bad luck and some kind of disgrace. For not more incomprehensible are a Christ and Belial, than honour and Jacobinism. The former is serene, upright, and brave—the latter is a surly temper made up of envy, spleen, and perpetual mor- tification.
I say then, and repeat it, that our only maxim is to support the government. I know the Jacobins will tell me this is not the spirit of 1775. But what of that? Is there no spirit worthy of honourable mention but the spirit of 1775? Besides, the spirit of 1775 was a spirit of opposition to a foreign yoke; and I advocate the very same spirit now. Oppose France as you did England. But in order to do this effectively you must re-assert the government in its full credit, honour and dignity of which you have too lazily permitted insidious France to cheat you by degrees. Lay aside the treacherous moderation which is recommended by the emissaries, tools or miserable dupes of that most infamous nation. Lukewarmness is worse in patriotism than in religion; and the decided Jacobin, though a villain, is more respected than the irresolute equivocal character. How thankful it is to have no opinion when our country is insulted by a banditti of thieves! Is it the more excusable because those thieves have insinuated themselves into our confidence and fa- vour? Nay, certainly it is the more dangerous, and calls for greater exertions to rouse the dormant per- ception, and stimulate the faint resentment. It is at such a time we suffer trifling dissolutions of the particulars of our interior police to alienate us from the government— it is but little to say that we deserve destruction, and liberty is too good for us; for if an army, when the trumpet sounds the charge, and the enemy is rapidly advancing, takes that particular moment to dispute the orders of its general—such an army, I think, not only certainly will, but richly ought to be cut to pieces.
To what a deplorable pair of ignorance and heresy has a nation arrived, in which it can be maintained to be virtuous and laudable to oppose the legitimate govern- ment! I do not hesitate to say that such a nation is in the high road and polling at full speed to destruction. If it cannot learn to lay aside the soft-fooleries of fair weather popularity, and look steadily on the full execu- tion of the penal laws, though fifty or an hundred rebels should be hanged, it may expect the constant re- newal of follies, and even perpetual revolution. This generation has been indoctrinated in resistance—but it forgets that it was the government of England which it resisted, and not its own—and that the motives of 1775 applied to our own government in 1799 are perfectly rid- iculous. Our situation and condition has altered faster than the people or their sentiments—but this, instead of inducing us to square the government by our con- tracted notions, should oblige us to spring forward to the line of our political advancement and acquire a new theory from our observations there. But if we cannot do that, there is one thing which we can do, and that is to repel unlimited confidence in government, pay what is wanted, and offer our personal services freely, not doubting that all will be properly employed. This all can do—and this all who cannot do more, ought to do cheerfully and without delay.
It is disgraceful to this country that its internal state should have been such as to encourage the French in attempting their favourite plan of disorganization here; and if they had not done it everywhere, we should nat- urally be led to suspect the weakness and insufficiency of our Constitution. It is certainly true that foreigners have a great advantage in the power of peuing our form of government, the productive causes of confusion being as well known in Europe as anywhere else at least. And there is no remedy for this evil but an implicit reliance on the Executive in times of danger; for it is perfectly well understood by our enemies that if this confidence can be weakened the people may easily be distracted. So that almost the only conduct we have to oppose to foreign intrigue is a dutiful obedience to our own government, in reward of which we may safely depend upon it that the danger will instantly vanish;

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The LONDON GAZETTE, of April 27.
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LONDON, APRIL 28.
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LONDON, APRIL 29.
After this paper was at press, we received the Paris...
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FRANCE.
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
SITTING OF APRIL 17.
In pursuance of the President's invitation, the Council...
At three o'clock the sitting became public, and a second...
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The Council declared the urgency of the message, and...
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LINDAU, APRIL 6.
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Portland,
MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1799.
The late and interesting Foreign Intelligence, given...
Massachusetts' General Election.
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APology—To the Public.
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FOR SALE.
250 acres of Land, of a superior quality—partly under improvement...
THOMAS M. PRENTISS
St. Ubes Salt—afloat
FOR SALE.
1000 Hhds. St. Ubes Salt of an excellent quality...
TO BE SOLD.
On board the Schooner Industry, at Ingraham's Wharf.
100 casks New Lim
Warranted the best quality.
NOTICE is hereby given to nonresident proprietors of land in the town...
Table with 4 columns: For the year 1796, State Tax, Town Tax, County Tax. Rows include The Heirs of John Hilt, John Hilt, The Heirs of John Hilt, William Jones.
Unless said taxes and interest are paid to me before the last Monday...
Richard Coming, Collector.