Jenks' Portland gazette (Portland, Me.), 1803-11-07 00:00:00

Congress of the United States.
IN SENATE, October 20, 1803.
THE following Treaty and Conventions were Ratified by the Senate this day.
YEAS—Messrs. Ellery, Foster, Bradley, Smith (of Vt.)... NAYS—Messrs. Olin, Pomer, Pickering, Hillhouse, Trumbull, White, and Wells—7.
TREATY
Between the United States of America and the French Republic.
THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove the source of misunderstanding relative to objects of convention mentioned in the second and fifth articles...
ART. I. WHEREAS, by the article of the treaty concluded at St. Ildefonso, the 3rd Vendemiaire, an 9 (1st Oct. 1800) between the First Consul of the French Republic and his Catholic Majesty, it was agreed as follows...
ART. II. In the cession made by the preceding article are included the adjacent islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices, which are not private property.
ART. III. The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States.
ART. IV. There shall be sent by the government of France a commissary to Louisiana to the end that he do every act necessary, as well to receive from the officers of his Catholic Majesty the said country and its dependencies, in the name of the French Republic, if it has not been already done, as to transmit it in the name of the French Republic to the commissary or agent of the United States.
ART. V. Immediately after the ratification of the present treaty by the President of the United States, and in case that of the First Consul's shall have been previously obtained, the commissary of the French Republic shall remit all military posts of New Orleans, and other parts of the ceded territory, to the commissary or commissaries named by the President to take possession; the troops, whether of France or Spain, who may be there, shall cease to occupy any military post from the time of taking possession, and shall be embarked as soon as possible in the course of three months after the ratification of this treaty.
ART. VI. The United States promise to execute such treaties & articles as may have been agreed between Spain and the tribes and nations of Indians, until, by mutual consent of the United States and said tribes or nations, other suitable articles shall have been agreed upon.
ART. VII. As it is reciprocally advantageous to the commerce of France & the U. States to encourage the communication of both nations for a limited time in the country ceded by the present treaty, until general arrangements relative to the commerce of both nations may be agreed on...
During the space of time above mentioned, no other nation shall have a right to the same privileges, in the ports of the ceded territory: the twelve years shall commence three months after the exchange of the ratifications, if it shall take place in France, or three months after it shall have been notified at Paris to the French government if it shall take place in the United States...
ART. VIII. In future and forever after the expiration of the twelve years, the ships of France shall be treated upon the footing of the most favored nations in the ports above mentioned.
ART. IX. The particular convention signed this day by the respective ministers, having for its object to provide for the payment of debts due to the citizens of the United States by the French republic, prior to the 30th of September, 1800 (8th Vendemiaire, an. 9), is approved, and to have its execution in the same manner as if it had been inserted in this present treaty, and it shall be ratified in the same form and in the same time, so that the one shall not be ratified distinct from the other.
Another particular convention signed at the same date as the present treaty, relative to a definitive rule between the contracting parties, is in the like manner approved, and will be ratified in the same form, and in the same time, and jointly.
ART. X. The present treaty shall be ratified in good and due form, and the ratification shall be exchanged in the space of six months after the date of the signature by the ministers plenipotentiary, or sooner if possible.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed these articles in the French and English languages; declaring nevertheless that the present treaty was originally agreed to in the French language; and have thereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Paris the tenth day of Floreal in the eleventh year of the French Republic, and 30th of April, 1803. BARBE MARBOIS. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. JAMES MONROE.
CONVENTION.
Between the United States of America and the French Republic.
THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, in consequence of the treaty of cession of Louisiana, which has been signed this day, willing to regulate definitively every thing which has relation to the said cession, have authorized to this effect the plenipotentiaries, that is to say: the President of the United States has, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, nominated for their plenipotentiaries, Robert R. Livingston, minister plenipotentiary of the United States, and James Monroe, minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary of the said United States, near the government of the French Republic; and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, has named as plenipotentiary of the said Republic, the citizen Francis Barbe Marbois; who, in virtue of their full powers, which have been exchanged this day, have agreed to the following articles:
Art. 1. The government of the United States engages to pay to the French government, in the manner specified in the following article, the sum of sixty millions of francs, independent of the sum which shall be fixed by another convention for the payment of the debts due by France to citizens of the United States.
Art. 2. For the payment of the sum of sixty millions of francs, mentioned in the preceding article, the United States shall create a stock of eleven millions, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, bearing an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable half yearly in London, Amsterdam, or Paris, amounting by the half year to three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars, according to the proportions which shall be determined by the French government to be paid at either place; the principal of the said stock to be reimbursed at the treasury of the United States, in annual payments of not less than three millions of dollars each; of which the first payment shall commence fifteen years after the date of the exchange of ratifications: this stock shall be transferred to the government of France, or to such person or persons as shall be authorized to receive it, in three months at most after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, and after Louisiana shall be taken possession of in the name of the government of the United States.
It is further agreed, that if the French government should be desirous of disposing of the said stock to receive the capital in Europe, at shorter terms, that its measures for that purpose shall be taken so as to favor, in the greatest degree possible, the credit of the United States, and to raise to the highest price the said stock.
Art. 3. It is agreed that the dollar of the United States, specified in the present convention, shall be fixed at five francs 333—1000ths or five livres, eight sous tournois.
The present convention shall be ratified in good and due form, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of six months to date from this day, or sooner if possible.
IN FAITH OF WHICH, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles, both in the French and English languages, declaring nevertheless, that the present treaty has been originally agreed on and written in the French language; to which they have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Paris the tenth of Floreal, eleventh year of the French Republic, (30th April, 1803.) ROB. R. LIVINGSTON. BARBE MARBOIS. JAMES MONROE.
CONVENTION.
Between the United States of America and the French Republic.
THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, having by a treaty of this date terminated all difficulties relative to Louisiana, and established on a solid foundation the friendship which unites the two nations, and being desirous in compliance with the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th Vendemiaire, 9th year of the French Republic (30th September, 1800) to secure the payment of the sums due by France to the citizens of the United States, have respectively nominated as plenipotentiaries, that is to say: the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of their Senate, Robert R. Livingston, minister plenipotentiary, and James Monroe, minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary of the said States, near the government of the French Republic; and the First Consul, in the name of the French people, the citizen Francis Barbe Marbois, minister of the public treasury; who after having exchanged their full powers, have agreed to the following articles:
Article 1. The debts due by France to citizens of the United States, contracted before the 8th of Vendemiaire, ninth year of the French Republic, (30th September, 1800) shall be paid according to the following regulations, with interest at six per cent. to commence from the period when the accounts and vouchers were presented to the French government.
Art. 2. The debts provided for by the preceding article are those whose result is comprised in the conjectural note annexed to the present convention, and which, with the interest, cannot exceed the sum of twenty millions of francs. The claims comprised in the said note which fall within the exceptions of the following articles, shall not be admitted to the benefit of this provision.
Art. 3. The principal and interest of the said debts shall be discharged by the United States, by orders drawn by their minister plenipotentiary on their treasury; these orders shall be payable sixty days after the exchange of ratifications of the treaty and the conventions signed this day, and after possession shall be given of Louisiana by the commissaries of France to those of the United States.
Art. 4. It is expressly agreed, that the preceding articles shall comprehend no debts but such as are due to citizens of the United States, who have been and are yet creditors of France, for supplies for embargoes and prizes made at sea, in which the appeal has been properly lodged within the time mentioned in the said convention, 8th Vendemiaire 9th year, (30th Sept. 1800.)
Art. 5. The preceding articles shall apply only first, to captures of which the council of prizes shall have ordered restitution, it being well understood that the claimant cannot have recourse to the United States otherwise than he might have had to the government of the French Republic, and only in case of insufficiency of the captors; 2d, the debts mentioned in the said fifth article of the convention contracted before the 8th Vendemiaire, an. 9, (30th Sept. 1800) the payment of which has been heretofore claimed of the actual government of France, and for which the creditors have a right to the protection of the United States; the said 5th article does not comprehend prizes whose condemnation has been or shall be confirmed: it is the express intention of the contracting parties not to extend the benefit of the present convention to reclamations of American citizens, who shall have established houses of commerce in France, England or other countries, than the United States, in partnership with foreigners, and who by that reason and the nature of their commerce ought to be regarded as domiciliated in the places where such houses exist. All agreements and bargains concerning merchandise, which shall not be the property of American citizens, are equally excepted from the benefit of the said convention, saving, however, to such persons their claims in like manner as if this treaty had not been made.
Art. 6. And that the different questions which may arise under the preceding article may be fairly
investigated, the ministers plenipotentiary of the United States shall name three persons, who shall act from the present and provisionally, and who shall have full power to examine, without removing the documents, all the accounts of the different claims already liquidated by the bureau established for this purpose by the French Republic, and to ascertain whether they belong to the classes designated by the present convention and the principles established in it; or if they are not in one of its exceptions, and on their certificate, declaring that the debt is due to an American citizen or his representative, and that it existed before the 8th Vendemiaire, 9th year (30th Sept. 1800) the debt, or shall be entitled to an order on the treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed by the third article.
Art. 7. The same agents shall likewise have power, without removing the documents, to examine the claims which are prepared for verification, and to certify those which ought to be admitted by uniting the necessary qualifications, and not being comprised in the exceptions contained in the present convention.
Art. 8. The same agents shall likewise examine the claims which are not prepared for liquidation, and certify in writing those which in their judgment ought to be admitted to liquidation.
Art. 9. In proportion as the debts mentioned in these articles shall be admitted, they shall be discharged with interest at six per cent. by the treasury of the United States.
Art. 10. And that no debt which shall not have the qualifications above mentioned, and that no unjust or exorbitant demand may be admitted, the commercial agent of the United States at Paris or such other agent as the minister plenipotentiary of the United States shall think proper to nominate, shall assist at the operations of the bureau, and cooperate in the examination of the claims; and if this agent shall be of opinion that any debt is not completely proved, or if he shall judge that it is not comprised in the principles of the 5th article above mentioned, and if notwithstanding his opinion, the bureau, established by the French government should think that it ought to be liquidated, he shall transmit his observations to the board established by the United States, who, without removing documents, shall make a complete examination of the debt and vouchers which support it, and report the result to the minister of the United States. The minister of the United States shall transmit his observations, in all such cases, to the minister of the treasury of the French Republic, on whose report the French government shall decide definitively in every case.
The rejection of any claim shall have no other effect than to exempt the United States from the payment of it, the French government reserving to itself the right to decide definitively on such claim so far as it concerns itself.
Art. 11. Every necessary decision shall be made in the course of a year, to commence from the exchange of ratifications, and no reclamation shall be admitted afterwards.
Art. 12. In case of claims for debts contracted by the government of France with citizens of the United States since the 8th Vendemiaire, ninth year, (30th Sept. 1800) not being comprised in this convention, may be pursued, and the payment demanded in the same manner, as if it had not been made.
Art. 13. The present convention shall be ratified in good and due form, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from the date of the signature of the ministers plenipotentiary, or sooner if possible.
IN FAITH OF WHICH, the respective ministers plenipotentiary have signed the above articles both in the French and English languages, declaring nevertheless that the present treaty has been originally agreed on and written in the French language; to which they have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Paris, the tenth of Floreal, eleventh year of the French Republic, 30th April, 1803. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. BARBE MARBOIS. JAMES MONROE.
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of CHARLES PETERSON, late of Bath, in said county, merchant, deceased, represented intestate, hereby give notice, that six months are allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that they will attend on said business at the Office of John Winslow, in Bath, aforesaid, on the third Tuesday of each of the six months ensuing, from nine until twelve o'clock, in the forenoon, and from two until five o'clock in the afternoon. PELEG TALLMAN, JOSEPH TYLER, JOHN WINSLOW, Commissioners.
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, late of Bath, in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented intestate. 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, PHILEMON LIBBY, Commissioners.
THE subscribers, having been duly appointed Commissioners to examine the claims against the estate of JOHN BRACKET, late of Pownalsfield, in the county of York, yeoman, deceased, represented intestate, give notice, that they will attend on the business at the house of the widow Elizabeth Bracket, in said Pownalsfield, the third Monday in October, from two to five of the clock in the afternoon, and the third Monday in the five following months. WILLIAM CHADBURN, TOBIAS PRAY.

Portland Gazette.
Be just, and fear not, Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's
Louisiana Treaty, &c. — In the preceding page we have given the treaty ceding Louisiana to this country. It has been ratified by the Senate, but we have not seen a syllable of its discussion before that body. But there is yet a tribunal before which it will be discussed — we mean that of the public. The following observations on the subject are from the New England Repository, published at Newburyport. As they appear dictated by a spirit of candor and independence, we are happy in laying them before our readers.
From the New England Repository
Ratification of the treaty. — To this solemn act which we acknowledge in the language of our opponents, is the most important which has transpired since the establishment of our government, we beg leave, once more, to arrest the attention of our Readers.
We shall submit a few reflections on this interesting subject, in the character of citizens of New England; for to us this violent though doubtless premeditated policy threatens, nay, inflicts, the most serious consequences.
Let us revert to those days when the present form of government, was proposed to the several conventions of the Independent States. At that time, as at every subsequent period, there was a certain interference in the views and interests of the Northern and Southern States. It was a great object of the federal compact to reconcile, as far as possible, those jarring interests, and not only to embrace the rights of all, but to secure the respective influence of the north and south on an equitable and permanent basis.
The population of the northern states being much greater in proportion to their extent than that of the Southern, a representation on a uniform system was deemed by the latter, as throwing too much influence into the northern scale. To remedy this evil, the states where the tenure of slaves was considered legal, were allowed a representation in Congress for the blacks, as five to three. By this deviation from the principles of a republican government, that balance of influence was concurred to be adjusted, which depended on the local situation, the population the extent, and commercial interests of the respective States. On the preservation of this equilibrium depended the happiness which our form of government was calculated impartially to bestow.
Look New England, at the change.
In the course of years a disposition unfavorable to the independence of the northern States has been evidently increasing in the national legislature. The power of suffrage has at length become entire in favor of one part, and to complete the fatal attack on the liberties of New England, a territory of indefinite limits, perhaps equaling the present dominions of the United States, contiguous to the south western border, has been purchased. Governed by local considerations the representation of this country will coincide with the measures dictated by the interest of its neighbours, and New England, humbled, overreached and impotent, will be but a vox et praeterea nihil in the national Councils — her remonstrances "a hollow murmur from the tomb."
Where is the relation now, which subsisted between the states? It is destroyed; and if the treaty be carried into effect, it is irrecoverably lost. That noble disinterestedness of this part of the community which would have exerted every nerve, to preserve the right of the southwestern inhabitants by guaranteeing to them the uninterrupted navigation of the Mississippi is repaid by an insidious, though specious stratagem, which is to silence and degrade us forever.
The mode of representation for the southern states, to which their sisters in the north assented, was adopted for the sole purpose as we observed of giving them a due influence in the Union. Had Mr. Adams and the Senate in ninety eight been disposed, and found it practicable, to purchase Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Labrador, had they divided them into States, and thus brought on the floor of Congress, a weight of suffrage equal to the whole of the southern states, with rival interests, might it not, would it not justly be laid, the basis on which the constitution was ratified was destroyed? True, you gave us our negroes, but you have acquired an extraneous weight which destroys the national equilibrium.
On what grounds, less unjust, can the acquisition of Louisiana be supported? Look, candid inquirer at the map of the country: Judge for yourself where your interest is going. It is not the sum of SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS that is to alarm you, when evils of infinitely greater magnitude impend. What will be the advantages to us, hereafter of confederation, when our interest will be the sport of an exulting party? The despotism of an insulting, tyrannical majority is not less intolerable than the unbridled power of an absolute Monarch.
For the Portland Gazette.
THE history of the world amounts to a proof that nations, no more than individuals, are destined to live forever. The former, as well as the latter, originate from small beginnings, swell into a state of maturity, are stationary for a while, and then sink into destruction. "Infant nations," and "nations old and imbecile," though seemingly incongruous, have now become ordinary modes of expression. As single individuals, however, may of themselves, in some measure expedite, or protract the arrival of the abhorred fate of physical destruction, so likewise is it within the compass of nations, by their own means, to cut short or spin out the thread of their existence. Government is to nations, what medicine is to individuals. Both imply that the subjects on which they operate are in a diseased state. As he who is born with a robust constitution, and favored with the uninterrupted enjoyment of health, never thinks of resorting to medicine, so nations, provided they were valiant and wise, and uncontaminated with vice, would justly consider government as useless and unnecessary. Without doubt, both government and medicine may in themselves be deemed evils, and when either of them is made use of, it is on the principle of submitting to a lesser evil to avoid a greater one. But as one species of medicine is far from being sufficient to remedy the complicated variety of diseases incident to the human frame, so one form of government will but awkwardly suit the infinitely varied and diversified classes of mankind. Climate, situation, religion, customs, habits and manners, harrow up the strict uniformity which might have subsisted among the primitive settlers of the earth, and render nations almost dissimilar to one another as the human to the brute creation. From physical or artificial reasons, some nations are perfidious, ferocious, seditious and refractory; others are actuated by the purest principles of humanity, justice, self denial, moderation and social order. Some nations are noted for a light, fantastic turn of mind, levity and fickleness of disposition, thirst for frivolities and trifles, and a delusion of all manly enterprise; others are conspicuous for firmness, boldness and perseverance, for contempt of the lighter pleasures, ardor for adventurous enterprise, abhorrence of oppression, yet love of moderate restraint, and that degree of rigor requisite for the maintenance of order and preservation of peace. The first require a government capable of inspiring terror, and which will carry matters with a strong hand. The second will tolerate no form of government which does not participate more or less of republicanism. The physician who pedantically offers, with a single nostrum, to cure all diseases, is justly branded with the odious appellation of a Quack, and subjected to universal scorn, derision and contempt. No less a quack in politics must that man be who undertakes to make one form of government universal among the nations of the earth. — What is commonly called the American revolution, was rather a nominal than real one. The then colonies had ever been so many genuine republics, and the declaring the country independent, so far from being introductory of novel systems of civil polity, was merely confirmatory of those previously established. No more then, than now, could a cent of revenue be raised without the voluntary consent of the people; in the people centered all or most of the legislative authority, and no individual was bound by any law to which he had not previously, either in his own person, or representatively, yielded his unconstrained assent. When innovations were attempted upon these definite and chartered franchises, when Britain endeavored to abolish our legislative assemblies, to levy taxes upon us against our consent, and to overawe us by hordes of foreign mercenaries, then it was that the alarm of tyranny was rang through the land, the nation rose as one man and indignantly shook off an ideal allegiance to the crown, like as the Apostle shook the viper from his hand. This event was followed by a modification rather than a creation of our several constitutions. The modes of electing to office, the frames of our legislative bodies, and the judiciary departments remained essentially the same. The old system of distributing justice, the laws relative to persons and property, to private and public wrongs, continued unabrogated. The various religious sects, together with their respective forms of ecclesiastical discipline, were left untouched. As to the various orders of nobility, and the titular dignities which form so conspicuous a part of the frames of civil polity in Europe, and which, at the same time that they serve as a prop to the prince, are a check to his lawless tyranny, our old charters recognized them not, and both the equalizing spirit of the laws, and the republican sentiments of the people forbid the erection, on this side the water, of similar institutions. Foreigners, seeing in our revolution, as they thought, a radical change in government and laws, and considering us as abject slaves suddenly restored to long lost liberty, affected to tremble at the dreadful excesses in licentiousness which, as they predicted, would inevitably take place, grounding their predictions upon the well known propensity of the human mind to proceed from an extreme to its opposite. Why have melancholy and disastrous predictions never been verified? The truth is, foreigners were mistaken in their views of our revolution, which, as we observed before, was more a nominal than real one. The texture of the colonial governments having ever been free, and the people, in their customs, habits, manners, sentiments and principles, having ever been genuinely republican, and moreover, by long experience, they having become familiar with the guidance of public affairs, the setting up for ourselves was not disgraced by the commission of licentious excesses, and government went on pretty much after the old sort. Whatever may be the comparative merit, in theory, of the monarchical and republican systems of government, undoubtedly it is a primary duty with us, to rest satisfied with our present system of civil regimen, not only as it has actually gone into operation, but as it is accommodated in its texture to the local situation of the country, and to the customs, habits, manners, sentiments and principles, of the great mass of the American people. But this is but half the duty to be performed by us. It behooves us to cherish with ardor those habits of order, subordination, industry, sobriety, economy and frugality, that thirst for mental improvement and political information, that respect for religious ceremonies, and those great principles of private and public virtue, which have been the principal causes of all the social happiness we have enjoyed. They form the basis of republican governments, and give permanency to our civil establishments. One main impediment in the short but splendid career of free governments, is an incapacity in the people to discriminate their real from pretended friends. The genuine patriot, the disinterested friend of his country, marks out the course which the interests of the state dictate to be pursued, and walks straight forward, on the high road to public policy, forgetful or indifferent whether accompanied by the plaudits or clamors of the ignoble vulgar. The false patriot, the mask lover of his country, descends to the basest arts of adulation, flattery, wheedles and cajoles, covers with the foul breath of calumny the true patriots, proclaims with trumpet-tongue their errors, and misrepresents their best actions, fans the discontented of the people, and with all the facility of droll stuff, winds, shifts and turns about, with every flexure of the popular stream. He at length completely succeeds in his delusive artifices, undermines the true patriots in the affections of the people, aggrandizes himself on the ruin of their popularity, and then, good night to his enthusiastic love of the people. He lays aside the hypocritical mask, and, with the impudence of a Tyburn cut-throat, makes this impudent avowal — "I have taken a great deal of pains to get power into my own hands, and, maugre all complaints, will now use it as I please." The people ultimately discover the trick put upon them. But it is too late. The able, the faithful and upright, disgusted at the fickleness, folly and ingratitude of the multitude, and disdaining to be made any longer the subjects of idle sport, draw lines of separation between themselves and the public, absorb their minds in private avocations, and leave the people a prey to that punishment which their stupidity and folly have deservedly brought upon them.
HORTENSIUS.
* See the speech in Congress of a noted speechifier from Maryland.
ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
On the 22d ult a resolution was introduced into the Senate of the United States similar to that in the House, for altering the constitution, and referred to a committee of five. It is not probable the poor, battered thing can stand it much longer: when it falls, it is to be hoped the spirit of New-England will remain unbroken, and preserve something from the wreck which may at least form the germ of national existence.
Mr. Jefferson's hostility to the constitution is well known to have coeval with that instrument itself. In December 1787 he wrote from France, expressing great dislike to it. In July of the following year, when he found it was likely to be ratified by nine States, he expressed his sincere wish that the other four might reject it. For the accomplishment of his desire with regard to it, he appears now to have in his power the very means, and to be disposed to use them, which General Washington endeavoured to guard us against in his excellent and affectionate farewell address. — "Towards the preservation of your government (says that great man) and the permanency of your present happy state. It is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be, to effect, in the form of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are as necessary to fix the true character of governments, as of other human institutions — that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country — that facility in changes, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion."
(Salem Gazette.)
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Oct. 19.
THE House went into committee, Mr. Varnum in the chair, on Mr. Dawson's resolution for amending the Constitution: Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Clopton severally offered amendments, but no decision was made.
MOURNING FOR MR ADAMS.
Mr. J. Randolph, after mentioning that one of the earliest Patriots of the revolution had paid his last debt to nature, and after pronouncing a short eulogium on the character and services of Samuel Adams, moved the following resolution:
"Resolved, unanimously, That the House is penetrated with a full sense of the eminent services rendered his country in
the most arduous times, by the late SAMUEL ADAMS, deceased, and that the members thereof wear a crape on the left arm for one month, in testimony of the national gratitude and reverence towards the memory of that undunted and illustrious patriot."
After a few words from Mr. Elliot, (Ver.) the resolution was agreed to unanimously.
Mr. Nicholson observed, that on occasions like the present, it had been customary for the House to adjourn. He therefore moved an adjournment, which was carried.
A petition of sundry inhabitants of the town of Portland, in the district of Maine, and state of Massachusetts, whose names are hereunto subscribed, was presented to the house, and read, praying a post road from Fryeburgh, in the state of Maine, to Saint Albans, in the state of Vermont, with post offices in suitable places on the said road, may be established for the benefit and convenience of the petitioners and other inhabitants of the said states of Massachusetts and Vermont.
Ordered, That the said petition, together with all such petitions, presented to the last Congress, from citizens and inhabitants within the United States, as relate to the establishment, alteration or discontinuance of post roads, be referred to the committee on post offices and post roads.
Thursday Oct. 20.
The motion for an alteration of the Constitution was referred to a select committee of 17, and the committee of the whole discharged from further consideration of it.
Rev. Mr. Parkinson was chosen chaplain.
Friday, Oct. 21.
This day was spent chiefly on private petitions.
Saturday, Oct. 22.
The president, by message, informed, that he had exchanged the ratifications of the Louisiana treaty and called upon the House to make necessary provisions consequent thereon. Referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
A committee was raised on the subject of the Marine Corps, the object of which is to reduce that department.
A resolution passed for printing the report of the select committee of the last session, on the subject of Louisiana.
BY THE MAILS.
BOSTON, NOV. 2.
Our latest dates from England, are to the 19th Sept. The expectation of a speedy invasion, was daily increasing. — The bustle on the French coast was more active and menacing: — And thirty-three gun boats had moved along shore unobserved by the British cruisers, from Dunkirk to Calais. British squadrons, however, blockaded all the considerable adjacent ports of France. The preparations for the storm had not relaxed in England. The expedition under Gen. Moore had not failed at the last dates.
We collect very little respecting Spain and Portugal. — Our last London paper says, "the former has purchased her neutrality during the present war, at the rate of three millions sterling a year; and Portugal for one million and an half per year."
The 19th October was observed as a day of fasting and prayer, in Great Britain, on account of the war.
War with Morocco. — Authentic accounts have reached us from Gibraltar, of the capture of the brig Celia, capt. Bowen, belonging to Mr. Thayer, of this town, by a Moorish cruiser; which she kept in possession nine days; when fortunately the Philadelphia frigate, of 44 guns capt. Bainbridge fell in with, and took both cruiser and prize, and sent them to Gibraltar.
West-Indies. — In the absence of the British fleet, on the expedition against the Dutch colonies of Demerary, Surinam, &c. the French at Guadalupe sent 2000 troops against Antigua; but meeting with three British ships of war, they instantly put back.
Several American vessels have been detained at Helvoetsluys, and French soldiers put on board, for not having been furnished with certificates, that their cargoes were not of English manufactures or produce.
Nov. 4
British secret expedition. — A letter from Halifax, written by a gentleman who had perused London papers to Sept. 17th, and who had conversed with the commander of the packet which failed from Falmouth on the twentieth of that month, states "the expedition under Gen. Moore, had

certainly failed from Portsmouth, not withstanding what you may observe in the papers to the contrary." It probably failed on the 15th or 16th Sept.
From Washington, Oct. 21.—The doors of the Senate having been so closely shut during the brief decision (not discussion) on the treaty, all accounts therefrom are from hearsay.
The Lord Nelson East-Indiaman, of 2000 tons, of which capture the French cock has crowed so loud, has been recaptured by a British cruiser, near Ferrol.
We heard sometime past that the French were collecting an army at Bayonne, which is near the line which divides Spain from France. A Paris article of September 14, states, that this army is now formed and completely organized, and that Gen. Augereau was about to depart to take the command of it. This army is undoubtedly intended to act against Spain or Portugal, or to awe them into a compliance with French directions or demands.
NEWBURN, N. C. OCT. 14. On Saturday, a girl of 12 years of age, who was drowned in the river Welland, near Stamford, was recovered by the application of the means prescribed by the Humane Society, though she had lain under water 25 minutes.
Portland. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1803. IMPORTANT.
The following important article was received by the last mail. It is from the Aurora, of the 28th October.
HAVING received information from the seat of government, respecting the OPPOSITION of SPAIN to our purchase of Louisiana, we hasten to lay it before our readers.
We regret that we have not yet received details of the proceedings at Washington, the facts, however, we are possessed of we believe to comprize the principal points of interest to the reader. They are: The minister of the king of Spain, delivered a REMONSTRANCE to the government of the United States, against the ratification of the treaty with France, by which we are to become possessed of Louisiana.
The only reason assigned by the Spanish minister for this step, so far as we are advised, was, that the principal condition of the treaty of St. Idelfonso, on which Spain ceded Louisiana, &c. to France, had not been complied with by the latter power.
That condition was, that France should procure the king of Etruria, to be recognized as such by all the powers of Europe. Such, we are informed, is the substance of the remonstrance to our government.
We are further informed, that the remonstrance from the Spanish minister had been transmitted by the President to the Senate sometime previous to the ratification of the treaty with France. It appears to have had no weight with that body, in preventing the ratification of the treaty, nor can it be considered by any one as meriting more than ordinary notice.
Our advices from Washington are of no later date than Monday last: further accounts are expected by every mail. Nothing further, we believe, had transpired respecting the remonstrance; but we conclude that government is determined to take possession of New Orleans and Louisiana, as soon as circumstances of a preparatory nature will permit.
The Fever. —The number of deaths in Newyork, of the malignant fever, from July 29 to Oct. 26 1803, is four hundred ninety-six, exclusive of those persons who died at Bellevue Hospital.
In consequence of the favorable state of the health of Newyork, the Board of Health of that city have adjourned sine die .
At Gray, by the Rev. Daniel Weston, Mr. William Green, of Portland, to Miss Sophia Libby, of Gray.
In this town, Mr. Thomas Forster, aged 23, son of Mr. James Forster.—He was an active and promising young man.
At Lyman, Mr. John Clark, aged 87—Descendants, 16 children, 59 grand children, and 14 great grand children.
At Porterfield, of the Canker Rash, Miss Sarah Smith, aged 21, and Miss Betsy Smith, aged 19, daughters of
Deacon Isaac Smith. These young ladies returned from a journey on the 2d inst. and on the Sunday following they attended meeting in perfect health—on Monday they were taken ill—Betsy died on Wednesday morning, and her sister died on Thursday morning, at 5 o'clock.
At Southborough, Mrs. Mary Parker, aged 26, consort of Mr. Benjamin Parker, who in the course of four weeks has been deprived of two of his children.
Jenks' Maine Marine List. Port of Portland.
SATURDAY, Nov. 5. Arrived brig Thomas, capt. Wm. Lowell, 31 days from Point Paire (Guad.)—Left there Oct. 5, fchr. Gregory, George Sears, of Newbern, for Philadelphia, to sail in 6 days—sloop Nancy, Clading, of and for Bristol, in four days—fchr. Bellarius, Rice, of and for Boston, in 5 days—brig Henry, Haren, of Bath, just arrived—brig Mahala Windsor, Eastman, of Newburyport. His people had all deserted him, and entered on board a privateer; and he could not get away for want of hands. She had been ready to sail 2 days—brig Diana, Blunt, of Portsmouth—fchr. Branch, Sargeant, to sail in 2 days for Boston—fchr. Morning Star, Eves, of Portland, in 15 days—ship Favorite, Hodge, of Salisbury—brig Ann, Moses Brown, 3d, of Newburyport, 20 days—brig William, Jas. Coombs, of Portland—At Bay Mako, fchr. —, Ropes, of Salem—brig —, P. Nash, of Boston.
Capt. Sam'l. Robinson, of the fchr. Friendship, of this port, sailed from Dominica, the 2d October for Antigua, St. Bartholomews and St. Thomas. He was boarded by an English frigate, and had his register endorsed against entering blockaded ports.
Spoken Oct. 12, lat. 36, long. 60, fchr. Thomas, of Portland, 9 days from Boston, for Barbadoes—Oct. 23, lat. 37, long. 72, ship America, Smith, 8 days from Boston, for Baltimore—Oct. 5, lat. 41, 21, long. 40, ship Mercury, M'Gray, of Wilcassett, 22 days from Liverpool for Norfolk.
Was spoken Sept. 26 lat. 46, long. 23, ship Mac, Burdick, from Liverpool, for Boston—had sprung a leak, and shaped her course for Newyork.
On Monday last, the ship Numa, 50 days from Liverpool, for Portland, anchored in Nantucket Road.
The entire wreck of the sloop Hero of Belfast, was seen on shore on Tuesday morning on Salisbury beach—no foul on board.
Port of Kennebec.
Cleared—Oct. 28, brig William, Pope, Tobago—brig Experiment, Bradbury, Barbadoes—brig Alliance, Hatch, —, brig Oliver, Gould, St. Lucia—Oct. 29, sloop President Jefferson, Patten, St. Lucia—fchr. Patriot, Wadlin, ditto.
At Richardson's Wharf, 150 bbls. fine & superfine FLOUR, from new Wheat, 300 bbls. Meis No. 1 and No. 2 BEEF, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Souchong TEA, per chest. Boxes 7 by 9 CLASS, Georgia COTTON, PEPPER, LOAF SUGAR, Rafia DUCK, SALT PETRE, Qu. Casks MALAGA WINE, Bols. Clear Middling PORK 4th proof BRANDY and Holland GIN per pipe or bbl.
Large assortment Fine India COTTONS, For Sale by JOSHUA RICHARDSON. Oct. 31.
CASH and the highest price given for Rough & Rendered TALLOW, SOAP GREASE, and ASHES, by applying to Ilsey & Robinson, Richardson's Wharf south end. Oct. 24, 1803.
UPHOLSTERY STORE. Aaron Austin & Co. HAVE for sale, at their store, Forest Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, a constant supply of
Live Geese, Sea Fowl, Russia, and Lisbon FEATHERS. Also—Cotton and English BEDTICKING, of different kinds. Russia BEDS and MATRESSES ready made. Beds made and filled at the shortest notice. Spanish and French INDIGO. The above assortment of Feathers is warranted of the first quality, and will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. (u) Portland, August 23.
Kennedy's Patent Window SPRING. THE subscriber being authorized to dispose of Kennedy's Patent Window Spring, in this place, for account of the Patentees; informs the public he has received a quantity, which are for sale at his store in Middle Street. Any person known to vend or use those of a similar construction, without being authorized by the Patentees, will be prosecuted by them without discrimination.
WILLIAM GODDARD. Portland, Oct. 3, 1803. (6w)
FOR SALE, OR TO LET, ABOUT 2/3 of an Acre of Land in Falmouth, between Saccapappa and Gorham, with a Shoemaker's Shop, a small Barn and Tanyard thereon—For terms, apply to the Printer. Oct. 3.
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 FALES, jun. 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.
NOTICE. THE subscribers to the PORTLAND ASSEMBLY are requested to meet at Mr. CHADWICK'S Tavern, THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock—And those who will be admitted, are requested to make application. Portland, Nov. 7, 1803
FURS wanted. CASH, and the highest price, will be given for all kinds of SHIPPING and EATING FURS, by JOHN LORD, at his shop next door to Capt. S. Traft, Fore-free, Portland—who has for sale as usual, a general assortment of English & American HATS, wholesale and retail. (3m) November 7, 1803.
Joshua Lovis, INFORMS the public that he has taken a stand nearly opposite the Maine Bank, Fifth-street, and just below his former stand, where he carries on the Watch-making and Jewelry Business, in their various branches—All commands punctually attended to, and gratefully received. Portland, 7th Nov 1803.
Maine Almanack, for 1804. THIS Day will be published, by THOMAS CLARK, and for sale at his Book-Store, nearly opposite the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Office, Fifth-street, Portland.
The MAINE ALMANACK, for the year of our Lord 1804: being Bissextile, or Leap Year, and the twenty-eighth of American Independence—Calculated for the meridian of Portland, and particularly adapted to the District of MAINE—(Price 3 dollars, 50 cts. a Gross—37 1/2 cts. a dozen—6 cts. a single.) The highest price in CASH, will be given for any quantity of RAGS, at the above Store the ensuing winter. (1aw3m) Portland, Nov. 7.
South-Hadley Canal Lottery. A FEW whole TICKETS, at 5 Dollars 50 Cents, and QUARTERS at 1 Dollar 37 1/2 Cents, in the Fourth Class for sale at the Book-store of Thomas Clark, nearly opposite the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Office, Fifth-street, Portland. Oct. 21.
FRESH IMPORTED. Drugs and Medicines. JUST received by the latest importations from Europe, and now opening for sale, by Henry F. Ducee, Middlestreet, Portland, A large and general assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES—Genuine Patent Medicines, Perfumery, and Dye Stuffs. Also, Pocket Cases of SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS.
STONE'S IMPROVED TRUSSES, for Ruptures. This invention is considered, by Physicians and Surgeons, as a great improvement on the kinds heretofore made, and has secured to him a Patent from the President of the United States. They consist of a double spring, yielding more readily to the motion of the body, being at the same time more comfortable to the wearer, and attended with better effect.
Medicine Boxes, for seamen, prepared in the best manner, at the shortest notice. October 24, 1803.
Valuable Country Stands. TO LET. THAT pleasant and valuable stand for business in Capisic (Falmouth) now occupied by the subscriber. The premises consist of a large commodious dwelling-house, out-houses, and a store—together with ten acres of land and a good garden. It is an excellent stand for a public house, or for a trader.
Also to Let. A small dwelling-house, in the above village, with from ten to twenty acres of land; and an excellent Grist-mill, with two sets of stones and a boiling mill.
Likewise FOR SALE, good stand near Presumpscot Mills, consisting of a new wo-story house, partly finished, about thirty acres of land, and five sixteenths of a saw-mill, being a valuable situation for a trader, mechanic, or tavern keeper.—For particulars apply to SAMUEL BUTTS. Capisic, Oct. 24, 1803.
CHEESE. A Small quantity of Connecticut CHEESE, of the first quality, for sale in the Cellar under the Store improved by Aaron Austin & Co. Portland, Oct. 31.
Valuable New Publication. Lately published, and for sale by W. JENKS, jun. at his Office, Fifth-street, and at the several Bookstores in town. (Price 75 cts. per dozen, 9d. 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, having perused the following Catechism, conceive that in point of ease, perspicuity, and conciseness, it is in general well adapted to assist 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 parts, 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 obligation, moral and social duty and obligation, on the rising generation." "It detracts 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 blessings, and prepare them for happiness."
"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 differences, in less important matters, out of view, and fixing 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 whole from the same. He will meet
SALES AT AUCTION.
NOTICE. Tomorrow, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at Public Auction, at Dr. DEANE'S Meeting House, ONE lower body PEW, and two Gallery PEWS, in said Meetinghouse, being part of the Estate and Effects of Thomas Goshorn, a bankrupt. N. KINSMAN, Assignee. Portland, 7th Nov. 1803.
A BARGAIN!!! To be sold at Public Auction, on Friday next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, A BRICK STORE, In Middle Street, adjoining the store occupied by Shirley Erving. The terms will be advantageous to the purchaser, and may be known at the time and place of sale, which will be on the premises. Portland, Nov. 7th 1803.
To be sold by order of court, On Tuesday the 6th day of December next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on the premises, THE REAL ESTATE of JOSEPH PLUMMER, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, trader, deceased, consisting of one Lot of LAND in Water Street, that is to say, two thirds of the same, with reserve of the widow's dower. WM MOULTON, jun. Administrator. Portland, November 27, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of WILLIAM HUDSON, of Portland, merchant, against whom, a commission of bankruptcy has been awarded and issued forth, that the commissioners named and authorized in and by the said commission, and the assignee of his estate and effects, intend to meet at the Office of Ebenezer Dyer, Esq. Fifth-street, in said Portland, on the 8th day of December next, at 10 o'clock A. M. in order to make a further dividend of his estate and effects; when and where all persons 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. ISAAC GAGE, Assignee. The creditors of said bankrupt are requested to meet at the place aforesaid on the 8th instant, to determine whether they will authorize said assignee to make sale of the residue of the effects of said bankrupt, and upon what terms. November 7th, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. STRAYED OR STOLEN, from the inclosure of the subscriber, the 10th instant, two OXEN, girting about six feet and six inches. One of said Oxen is of a dark red colour—and the other of a light red or rather mouse colour—the light coloured one is the largest.—Whoever will take up and return said Oxen, or give information where they are, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all necessary charges paid. ELIJAH ELDER. Gorham, 31st October, 1803.
An Apprentice wanted. A LAD about 14 years of age will find good encouragement at the BOOK BINDING business.—Inquire of ISAAC WALKER, over Thomas Clark's Book Store. Nov. 7, 1803.
Removal. WILLIAM THOMPSON, informs his friends and customers, that he has removed from Fifth-street to Middle Street, next door to No. 2. Hannaford where he manufactures, and keeps constantly for sale, Best Pigtail and Fine Twist TOBACCO, No. 1 & 2 Smoking do and SEGARS—A C. Thompson's warranted SNUFF, by the barrel, bag or bladder—and Rapper Snuff. All which will be sold as cheap as can be purchased in Boston. (6m) Portland, Sept. 19, 1803.
A Watch, WAS found on the 24th September, between Strand-water and Cape Elizabeth. The owner may obtain information thereof on application to the Gazette Office. Oct. 31, 1803.
Boarding. FOUR or more Men, of decent habits, may be accommodated with good Boarding and Lodging. Inquire at the third door in Jones's Court. Oct. 31.
Mercantile Arithmetic. Just published, by EDMUND M. BLUNT, Newburyport.
SECOND Edition of "WALSH'S MERCANTILE ARITHMETIC" —adapted to the commerce of the United States, in its domestic and foreign relations, with forms of accounts and other writings usually occurring in trade. [Scarce] two years have elapsed since a large edition of the above work first made its appearance, all of which have sometime since been sold, and the merit due the author of this original treatise may be justly appreciated by the following testimonials: Newburyport, May 1, 1800.
We the subscribers, having seen Mr. Walsh's New System of Mercantile Arithmetic, and being satisfied that it is better calculated than any yet published, to a youth for the business of the counting-house, cannot but with it an extensive circulation. The happy elucidation and extended application of the common rules, together with the many original improvements, while they accomplish the student for commerce, are also extremely well adapted to assist and inform the merchant, the mariner, and the trader in their various occupations. Dudley A. Tyng, Ebenezer Ducker, William Bartlett, Samuel A. Otis, jun., Tristram Cushing, Moses Brown, William Nyer, jun., Richard Bartlett, jun., Wm. W. Pease, Michael Little.
Boston, May 16, 1800. We the subscribers having examined Mr. Walsh's New System of Mercantile Arithmetic, and being persuaded that it is better calculated than any we have met with, to qualify young men for admission into counting houses, we wish that it may have an extensive circulation. The clear exemplification and pertinent application of the common rules, together with the many useful additions and improvements which it contains will render it extremely useful for the merchant, the mariner, and all other trading classes of society. Mayhew Watson, John C. Jones, John Codman, Stephen Higginson, John Lowell, jun., Joseph Russell, Arnold Wells, John Jonathan Jackson.
Salem, October 9, 1800. We the subscribers, merchants of Salem, convince of the necessity of rendering the forms of business in the United States, as a commercial people, do approve of the Mercantile Arithmetic of Mr. Walsh, and recommend it as calculated to be of service in the business of the counting house, and the purposes of a well informed merchant. Wm Gray jun., Benjamin H. Dyer, B. Pickman, Nathaniel Bowditch, Jacob Abbot, William Prescott, James Craggie, Elias Hasket Derby.
Orders for the above will meet

POETRY. [A late Liverpool paper affords us the following new little production. We are confident it will be read with pleasure by every lover of poetry] HOME. When evening flings her dusky shade O'er day's departing close; When labor drops the pen or spade, For pleasure, or repose; With hasty step and gladsome heart, I seek my much lov'd home; A cot that boasts no builder's art, An unadorn'd home. Yet there the virtues with their train Of social joys resort; There health, and peace, and freedom reign, Fair exiles from a court. When heard the scrapings of my feet, What transports stir within! Affection pipes her welcomes sweet, A pleasing, tuneful din! My children fly to share my kiss, A little arish group! There centred is a mother's bliss, And all a father's hopes. My loving partner, in her turn, Anticipates desire; And oft, as if it would not burn, She trims the blazing fire. Officiously she now displays The dish, and cleanly platter; And when excuse for aught she prays, Contentment cries "no matter." Thus round my feet endearment twines, With stronger, faster hold: Yes, Hymen's lamp still brighter shines, And charms still new unfold. As has connubial pleasures rife, To gild my dear abode, To heaven I lift my grateful eyes, And thank a bounteous God. HARRY HORACE. Liverpool, Sept. 1803.
Carpeting. GEORGE W. DUNCAN, No 8, Jones's Row has received by the Mary from Liverpool, 1000 yards belt Kidderminster CARPETING, which is now ready for sale. Portland Oct. 31, 1803.
Books & Stationary. At No 6, Jones's Row, near the bottom of Fifth Street, Portland. ISAAC ADAMS, has just received, and is now ready for sale, a general assortment of BOOKS, on the different branches of Science and Literature, among which are many NEW and VALUABLE PUBLICATIONS. Elegant Family Bibles, with Plates, Maps, Apocrypha and Concordance, with a variety of matter not found in other Bibles—Royal Quarto 9 dollars—Demy Quarto 8 dollars—Also, a great variety of Quarto, Octavo, Pocket and small Bibles. Farmer's, Low's & Maine ALMANACKS, for 1804. School Books. Testaments, Webster's, Perry's and Maine Spelling-Books, Columbian Orator, Geographies, Preceptor, Art of Reading, Webster's 2d & 3d part, Child's Companion—Pike's, Waltham's, Root's and Temple's Arithmetics—Dictionaries & Singing Books. Stationary. Paper of all kinds—Inkpowder—Quills—Writing and Cyphering Books—Slates—Copy Slips—Playing Cards—Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket Books, some very elegant—Quadrants—Charts—Scales and Dividers. ACCOUNT BOOKS bound and ruled to any pattern. Books of all sorts bound. Cash and the highest price given for Rags, Canvas & Junk. OCT. 31.
Elizabeth Stevens, Respectfully informs her friends and customers, that she has just received, & is now opening at her Shop in Middle-Street, a handsome assortment of GOODS; among which are—India, English & Italian LUSTINGS; Black Modes and Persians; black, white and other colored Cambrics; 4 and 7 3/4 Irish Linens; India Book Muslin; Sprigged and plain Scotch do; Calicoes; white thread Laces; black silk do; fashionable Ribbons; black silk Velvet; 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 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