Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1800-06-30 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY ELEZER ALLEN JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 114]
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1800.
[VOLUME III.]
By Authority.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
An Act to alter the time of holding one of the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace, and Courts of Common Pleas in the County of York.
WHEREAS the holding of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Court of Common Pleas, now by Law appointed to be holden at Biddeford, in and for the County of York, on the second Tuesday of November, is found to be inconvenient:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Court of Common Pleas now by law appointed to be annually holden at Biddeford, within and for the County of York, on the second Tuesday of November, shall in future, be annually holden at the same place on the last Tuesday of October, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the House of Representatives, June 12, 1800. This Bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate June 12, 1800. This Bill having had several readings, passed to be enacted. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President.
June 12, 1800.—By the Governor Approved, CALEB STRONG.
A true copy.—Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
An Act to ascertain the quality of Hogs Lard, and making further provision for the inspection of Butter.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Inspector-General, and Deputy-Inspector, appointed, or to be appointed by virtue of the act, entitled, "an act to ascertain the quality of Butter," shall also be Inspectors of Hogs Lard, and the several fees for inspection, fines, forfeitures, rules and regulations, for the exportation of Butter, mentioned in the said Act, shall extend to, and be the same for, and respecting the shipping of Hogs Lard, packed for exportation, agreeably to the directions of this act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all Hogs Lard exported from this Commonwealth, shall be inspected, examined, branded and packed in kegs, in the same manner as is directed in the Act for the inspection of Butter, herein before named.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the several Inspectors of Butter and Hogs Lard, may inspect and brand kegs of Butter of the following sizes, when therefor requested; viz. Kegs twelve inches long, and seven and an half inches diameter in the heads; or ten inches long, with six inches head.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall export, or ship for exportation out of this Commonwealth, any Butter or Hogs Lard, not inspected and branded, as by this Act, and the Act herein before named to ascertain the quality of Butter, they are directed, every such exporter or shipper, and the master of every vessel having on board such un inspected Butter or Lard, shall, on conviction thereof, respectively forfeit and pay the sums following: The owner or exporter shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar; and the master of every vessel having the same on board, the sum of fifty cents, for each cask exported, or shipped for exportation. And it shall be the duty of any Justice of the Peace, upon any information given of any Butter or Hogs Lard being put on board any vessel as aforesaid, not inspected and branded as required by this Act, or the said Act to ascertain the quality of Butter, to issue his Warrant, directed to the Sheriff or his Deputy, or to a Constable, requiring them respectively, to make seizure of any such Butter or Hogs Lard, not marked and branded as aforesaid, and to secure the same in order for trial; and said Officers are hereby respectively required and empowered to execute the same; and it shall be the duty of every person, when required, to give the necessary aid for that purpose, on pain of forfeiting five dollars for his refusal.
In the House of Representatives, June 17, 1800. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted. EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, June 17, 1800. This Bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, President.
June 17, 1800.—By the Governor Approved, CALEB STRONG.
A true copy.—Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
GOOD DOCTRINE.
From Savannah (Georgia) May 26.
YESTERDAY commenced the sitting of the superior court in this city, for the county of Chatham: The following Charge was delivered by Judge CARNES to the Grand Jury:—
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, YOU are charged to enquire into all offences against the laws of the land, and within the limits of your country, in as solemn manner
as it is possible for human wisdom to devise; and the opinion cannot for a moment be cherished that there will be exhibited in any individual proceeding which may emanate from your body during the time you are exercising the duty of grand and special jurors, any matter which will not bear the test of the most scrupulous investigation, and shew to your fellow citizens and the world, that the purest and most undefiled individual impartiality marks every step you may take.
The purposes for which the laws of your country call you together at every crisis like the present, are momentous indeed to the republic. First, you are to give all possible support to the judicial authority, of which you (as a body) are one of the principal component parts; secondly, to enquire and make true presentment of all infractions of the law; and thirdly to decide in cases of the last resort as special jurors, between parties contending for what they in most cases deem their indispensable rights. In exercising this right and performing the duty incumbent on you, as good citizens, the court and your country expect from you the most rigid attention; and as you value your own peace and security inestimable, it will require Spartan, or which is synonymous, American virtue and integrity, to decide civil cases which may be submitted to you as special jurors; and the eyes of Augus in searching after and holding up to public view such characters as may be abandoned enough to disturb the harmony and good order of society while you are discharging your duty as the grand inquest of the county.
As you are in some degree the immediate representatives of the people in a judicial capacity; any, even the most trivial want of respect exhibited by any citizen towards yourselves as a body, or as individuals, while exercising the functions you are about to perform, is a marked contempt of the law, and an insult on the majesty of the people, from whom all government flows: When I make use of the term people I would not be understood to mean those who associate together for the purposes of creating disorder, and representing the government of our own choice as a dead letter; destructive of their interests, and carried into execution on for the sole purposes of tyranny and oppression.—Those who come under this description, are the adders of government, who, after being fostered in its bosom and receiving under its benign influence genial warmth and strength sufficient to effect their base purposes, begin to gnaw, without remorse, on the vitals of that body corporate which has raised them from the lethargic state into one of activity and exertion. In a government like ours, which is supposed to contain in it all that is excellent in others, without their defects, we have a right to hope that the administration of it will be pure, upright and impartial, and if we are not disappointed in this expectation, we can with safety call ourselves as happy as the state of things in this transitory world will admit.
The old monarchy under whose influence we drew our first breath, had at one time its star chamber, constructive treasons, judicial dependence upon executive power, corrupt elections and mock representatives. Thanks to the great disposer of events, we are free from such ignominious shackles! We can with propriety, boast of a second representation, of elections void of undue influence, of legislative, judicial, and executive independence; of statutes defining unequivocally the crimes which may be committed, and the punishments attached to each. In such a government, what is there essential but a due administration of it, to secure us in our persons, and in the enjoyment of property and reputation?
Error, being in a great or less degree the companion and constant attendant on human transactions, it behoves us to correct rather than torture it into corruption.—There are some who view the affairs of government through such a hazy medium, that all things go wrong; others there are who think that it is proper, and the essence of public duty, to submit to oppression so long as its weight can be sustained; and a third class, who examine public proceedings with an eye of scrutiny; compare the conduct of those in office with the powers delegated to them by the constitution; and when they discover errors, speak of them with manly firmness, but at the same time with respect.
Let it be our duty well to consider under which of these classes it is most eligible to rank ourselves; if it is the first, it will disclose an ignorance, too gross to be acknowledged; if the second, we have more than an equal chance of being stigmatized as pusillanimous; the third will secure to us domestic and national happiness, and place our character as a nation, in a situation truly enviable. It is, however, not enough, that we should think this last line of conduct the most proper to be adopted; but let our actions evidence our dispositions in this regard.
FROM A SALEM PAPER.
Particulars of the loss of the ship William & Henry, Thomas Bickford, master.
Capt. Bickford sailed from this port on the 24th of April last, bound for Amsterdam, with a
valuable cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Nothing remarkable occurred until the morning of the 5th of May—when at half past three o'clock, A. M. they were alarmed by the vessel's striking an Island of Ice, which from the thick fog that then prevailed it was utterly impossible to avoid—indeed it was not seen until the ship had struck, altho' a good look out had been kept then and during the night. All hands were immediately called, and the vessel was found going down very fast—her hull was completely immersed in 5 minutes after she struck—the jolly boat was instantly hove out of the long boat, and the mate and two hands got into her—the captain with eight hands took to the long boat, which while they were in her floated from the ship as she was going down—two men, who had not been able to get into either boat, being below when the ship struck, were shortly after seen upon the quarter, and were immediately taken off by the jolly boat—previous to their being taken off, they had cut the lashings from the oars on the quarter, which were taken up by the men in the boats, of which they were before destitute.—After the ship had disappeared, all hands took to the long boat—and were at the mercy of the winds and waves—but He, who calms them, had not forsaken them—theinnacle had luckily floated from the quarter deck, from which they fortunately procured the compass. Providentially they had been filling the day before, and the lead and baited hooks of codline were thrown into the boat—a spare piece of rigging was also in the boat, which they unfranned, and fixed to the lead and hooks, with which they took three cod fish—which with a piece of Ice they took up just after they left the ship, was the only sustenance they had for 7 days—when they arrived at St. Mary's in Newfoundland—three men being badly frozen, and the rest very weak from such extreme sufferings. Half way up the Bay, they were met by a shallop from St. Mary's, bearing out, the crew of which kindly put her about, and towed them in. In attempting to land at St. Mary's, owing to the surf, they stove the bottom of their boat through, which accident obliged them to swim her on shore and trap her.—From St. Mary's, Capt. Bickford and crew took passage in 3 shallops for St. John's—where they arrived on the 16th of May. At this place they found a ship bound for Boston, owned by a Mr. PATRICK HUNTER, a Royal Oak Scotchman, who very humanely refused a passage to Capt. Bickford and crew, unless they would first pay him Eighty Guineas, altho' he knew that they had not saved a dollar, and find their own provisions. The Capt. of the ship, who is now in Boston, had it been in his power, independent of the owner, would have very willingly given a passage gratis to the whole ship's company. Capt. Bickford, rather than be thus treated by this Monster in human shape, took passage from St. John's to Liverpool—where he was kindly treated—and there procured a shallop, in which, with all his crew, he arrived here on Friday last, in 8 days passage.
Capt. Bickford had been led to believe by this Hunter, that he and his crew should have a passage in his ship for nothing, provided he would pay for the provisions necessarily consumed on the passage.—He accordingly got credit for the provisions, and they were all ready to proceed home, when this very kind hearted Scotch Scoundrel demanded 80 guineas cash down for their passages. Capt. Bickford very properly disappointed his avaricious soul, by acting as he did.
The captain of a Newyork brig very humanely offered capt. B. and his ship's company a passage to Newyork gratis—which offer they acknowledge with gratitude.
Parker, Knight and Co. have also their sincere gratitude for their kind attentions to them while at St. John's.
Miscellaneous Articles.
Anecdote of Gen. HAMILTON.
When a youth of 17, he was Chief Clerk to an eminent merchant at St. Eustatia, who being absent, the business of the Compting Room, of course, devolved on young Hamilton—He had handed to him a letter, directed to his master, which supposing it related to Mercantile concerns, he opened; but his surprise was great when he found that it contained a Challenge to his master, whose proxy he was. The young hero answered the Challenge in the name of his Master, and the time and place was mentioned in the reply. Hamilton appeared to the antagonist of his Master on the field; and, to use his own words, "did his business in his absence," and would not agree to any compromise, except on the express condition that the Challenger should acknowledge, in writing, that he had received suitable satisfaction from Mr. —, that he was a gentleman of honor, &c.; and further, that he (Hamilton) should never be known in the business—which terms the Challenger was obliged to accede to, or fight young Hamilton; he chose the former, and the parties separated. In a few months, however it came to his master's ear who was so struck with the magnanimity of such conduct, that he gave him
liberty to come to the Continent, where he had a profession he pleased, and draw on him to any amount! Perhaps to this anecdote, we are indebted for the services and abilities of a man who has not his superior, as a Soldier, a Financier, and a Statesman. [Salem Regis.]
PRINCE CHARLES.
THE following is a sketch of the picture of the Archduke Charles.—His royal highness is of a middling size, slender and well made; his hair is thin and of a flaxen colour; his forehead high, broad, and beautifully arched; he has large blue eyes, an aquiline nose, pouting lips, a round well shaped chin, and a fresh colour. The Archduke's voice is clear and melodious, his mein graceful, and of captivating goodness; his whole exterior is majestic, with placid dignity. All about the royal heir is pompous and simple; he has neither a splendid suite, nor many servants. His table is sober and frugal to the highest degree, but seasoned by a pleasing and entertaining conversation.—His manner of living remains unaltered; he rises very early, dedicates the first time of the day to prayer, and the remaining hours, until dinner time, to business, which he resumes about an hour afterwards. Towards evening his royal highness allows himself a few hours for recreation, which he either fills with reading, playing on the piano forte, walking, riding, or visiting a friendly circle, and the theatre. He is not a friend to noisy pleasures; his fine feelings and his highly cultivated mind prefer the nobler pleasures of the heart to raw sensuality. As a general and a hero we know the Archduke from his deeds: the battles of Theinigen, Schliengen, Ostrach, and Stockach, will render his name immortal in history. This is a faint sketch of the picture of an Austrian Prince, blessed by Germany, revered by Europe, esteemed even by the enemy, and who will be admired by the latest posterity.
INFLUENCE OF DIET.
THE influence of diet on animal bodies, is happily illustrated by the following account: a Tyger, published by Dr. Mosely, in his Account of Sugar.
The savageness of the wildest animals is softened by diet; and it sometimes appears as if ferocity would sleep quietly in the frame, unless awakened by sensations excited by the colour, scent and taste of blood.
"I knew a man at Kingston, in Jamaica, a Mr. Benjamin Parker, who had nearly lost his life, by an event which illustrates this supposition:—He had a Spanish man Tyger, which he brought up on milk and sugar, and bread, from the time that it was newly born, until it was nearly full grown. It slept in his room, frequently on his bed, and went about the house like a Spaniel. He was taken ill of a fever. I directed him to be bled. Soon after the operation he fell asleep, with the tyger by his side, on the bed. During his sleeping, the arm bled considerably. The Tyger, which as yet had never seen blood, or tasted animal food, while Mr. Parker was sleeping, had knawed his shirt sleeve, and the bloody part of the sheet into a thousand pieces. He had also detached the compress, and got at the bleeding orifice of the vein, and licked up the blood running from it. The impatient animal, forgetting in a moment his domestic education, and the kindness of his master, began to use the arm with some roughness with his teeth, which awaked Mr. Parker. On rising up in his bed, the tyger and master were in mutual consternation. The tyger gave a spring, and jumped on an high chest of drawers in the room; from that to the chairs and tables, and ran about the house in wild and horrible phrenzy. I arrived at the house at the time of this confusion.—The tyger escaped into the garden, where he was shot.
From a Foreign Publication.
ON some mountains in South Prussia, a plant was discovered in autumn last, which yields a fine beautiful silk. It grows on dry mountains, covered with bushes, to a height of four or five feet, has roots of the shape of swith grass, heart shaped leaves, of a light green colour, a soft stalk, the thickness of a quill, covered with a firm silky paste, and a fruit similar to that of the silk plant of Syria, with the difference only, that the pods which contain the seed and the silk wool are more pointed, and smaller. The silk cannot be distinguished from that of Syria.
A Botanist has made the following curious statement relative to the number of grasses, on which various animals feed and the number they reject:—Cows will feed on 276 kinds of grass and reject 218; Goats will feed on 449 kinds, and reject 126; Sheep will feed on 887 kinds, and reject 141; a Horse will feed on 262 kinds, and reject 212; Swine are contented with 72 kinds of vegetables, but there are 171 which they will not make use of."
At an entertainment given by the Lord Mayor of the city of London, on Easter Monday, April 14, he gave among other toasts, The President of the United States of America: and paid a very warm and elegant compliment to the late General Washington.

HEADS OF ACTS,
Passed during the last session of the General Court.
1. An act to repeal a part of the ninth section of an act, entitled, "an act to incorporate Hugh McLean and others into a company by the name of The Main Fire and Marine Insurance Company." 2. An act to incorporate George Dodge and others into a company by the name of The Salem Marine Insurance Company. 3. An act in addition to an act, entitled, "an act for establishing a corporation, by the name of The Eighth Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation." 4. An act in addition to, and for altering an act, entitled, "an act for establishing a corporation by the name of The Ninth Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation." 5. An act to incorporate a number of the inhabitants of the town of Russell, Blandford, Norwich and Montgomery, in the county of Hampshire, into a distinct religious society by the name of the United Baptist Society. 6. An act to alter the time of holding one of the courts of General Sessions of the Peace, and courts of Common Pleas in the county of York. 7. An act in addition to an act, "an act for incorporating the several religious societies in Newburyport, in the county of Essex." 8. An act to cede to the United States, the jurisdiction of the tract of land which shall be required for the Light House authorized by Congress to be erected on Wigwam Point. 9. An act to set off Timothy Horton, from the first parish in West Springfield, in the county of Hampshire, and to annex him to the second parish in said town. 10. An act to change the name of Charles Cabot, to that of Charles George Cabot. 11. An act in addition to an act, entitled, "an act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of The President, Directors and Company of the Gloucester Bank." 12. An act to repeal the third section of an act, entitled, "an act to repeal an act, entitled, an act to incorporate the committee of the church and congregation in the town of Warwick, for certain purposes," passed February, 1795. 13. An act to set off John Thayer and others, with their Polls and Estates, from the town of Belcherstown, in the county of Hampshire, and to annex them to the second parish in said town, for parochial privileges. 14. An act to exempt Sheepscot River from the operation of all laws regulating the fisheries in the counties of Lincoln and Cumberland, excepting so far as relates to Dyer's River, and the streams and ponds running into, or connected with the said Dyer's River. 15. An act prescribing the time for holding the several courts of Common Pleas and courts of General Sessions of the Peace, within and for the county of Hampshire. 16. An act providing for the cession of Clarke's Point in the town of New Bedford to the United States. 17. An act establishing the Tenth Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation. 18. An act to repeal part of an act, entitled, "an act for the due regulation of Weights and Measures." 19. An act to continue in force an act passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety six, entitled, "an act establishing and regulating the fees of the several officers, and other persons, hereinafter mentioned, and for repealing the laws heretofore made for that purpose." 20. An act in addition to an act, entitled, an act to empower the inhabitants of the town of Salem to choose a Board of Health, and for removing nuisances in said town, and for repealing part of said act. 21. An act for the preservation and to regulate the taking of Fish in Crooked River, and Sango River, in the counties of York and Cumberland. 22. An act to incorporate sundry persons in the town of Rochester, in the county of Plymouth and New Bedford, in the county of Bristol into a Religious Society by the name of The United Baptist Church and Society in Rochester and New Bedford. 23. An act authorizing the town of Westfield, in the county of Hampshire, to build a Toll Bridge, over Westfield Great River, near Park's Mills in said county, and to enable the inhabitants of said town to support the same. 24. An act to incorporate a number of the inhabitants of the towns of Brookfield and Spencer in the county of Worcester, into a distinct Religious Society, by the name of The First Baptist Society in Brookfield. 25. An act to render valid the doings of the Coroners of the counties of Hancock and Lincoln. 26. An act authorizing the United States to purchase a certain tract of land, in Charlestown for a Navy Yard. 27. An act for setting of Jonathan Kingsbury, jun. an inhabitant of the westerly precinct in Needham, in the county of Norfolk and annexing him and his estate to the easterly parish in said Needham. 28. An act to ascertain the quantity of Hogs lard, and making further provision for the inspection of Butter. 29. An act making compensation to the Solicitor General of this Commonwealth for his services. 30. An act in addition to an act, entitled, "an act establishing the Fifth Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation." 31. An act in further addition to an act, entitled, "an act for regulating and governing the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for repealing all Laws heretofore made for that purpose," excepting an act, entitled, "an act for establishing rules and articles for governing the troops stationed in the forts and garrisons within this Commonwealth; and also the Militia when called into actual service" and for repealing the twenty third section of the act aforesaid, passed on the 4th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1800. 32. An act to authorize the use of the Vibrating Steel yard. 33. An act altering the time for holding the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace and Common Pleas within and for the county of Worcester.
GENERAL ORDERS.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
New York, June 7th, 1800.
MAJ. GEN. HAMILTON cannot permit the troops, which are about to retire from the field, to depart, without carrying with them the assurance of the high sense which he entertains of their merits. The zeal with which they came forward in defence of their country, when the signal of danger was given by the government, does great honor to their patriotism and spirit. Their conduct in service has corresponded with the laudable motives which led them into it. They have deserved the esteem of their fellow-citizens, and the warm approbation of their Generals. They have exemplified how speedily American soldiers can be prepared to meet the enemies of their country.
The affection of the Major General, will accompany his fellow-soldiers wherever they may go—nor will any thing give him more pleasure than opportunities of testifying to them, individually, by actions as well as words, the high regard which he cherishes for them.
W. NORTH, Adj. Gen.
EXTRACT
From the Address of the Officers of the 11th, 12th, and 13th regiment, to Lieut. Col. Commandant SMITH, at the time of their disbandment.
"Motives such as we are proud to acknowledge—motives of patriotism, and not of interest, first associated us in arms together—The government, relieved from the immediate embarrassment that pressed it, has been pleased, earlier than was expected, to dispense with our services. The policy of this measure; it becomes not us, as soldiers, to investigate; but cheerfully return into the mass of citizens, and cultivate the arts of peace, until the stern events of some future day, may again summon us to the field—Whenever our national honor shall be attacked, or the liberties of our country endangered, we pledge ourselves to be found, at the first call, among the foremost in her ranks. Could we be permitted to anticipate so portentous an occasion, the first wish of our hearts would be, to have you at our head."
BALTIMORE, (Maryland) JUNE 13.
Toussaint, the Sovereign of St. Domingo, has decreed that the rents of absentee estates should be paid into the public coffers, allowing authorized attorneys 5 per cent. for their care of the estates; that when absentees return they shall be put into possession of their estates, and be paid the net proceeds of them, during their absence; or if the public finances are not then competent thereto, the estates are to be exempted from taxation, till the proprietors are thereby indemnified.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 20.
Yesterday President Adams arrived in this city, on his journey from the city of Washington, to his seat in Massachusetts. We are happy to add, that he is in perfect health.
We learn that, judging from the state of the atmosphere, the temperature of the weather and other natural causes, added to the great health of the city at present; some of the physicians, amongst the foremost heretofore to pronounce the approach of the yellow fever; and who have been celebrated for their attention to this disease have said, that there is every probability that Philadelphia will this year escape that malignant disorder.
The brig Adelon, capt. Whitwell, from New Orleans, bound to New York, caught fire, by some unknown cause, on or about the 17th inst. The crew and passengers, amounting to 18, took to the long boat, and after remaining 16 hours in that situation, were humanely taken up by a pilot boat, which arrived yesterday at Fort Mifflin.
NEW YORK, JUNE 20.
Mr. Pickering discharged the duties of his late office, with uncommon fidelity and diligence, and leaves it without any property, except some new lands in the county of Luzern, which he purchased long ago, while a private citizen, and on which he purposes to settle in a cottage and live in the style of a husbandman.
It is reported, that Mr. Jefferson is endeavoring to introduce into his family the French practice of observing but one Sabbath in ten days.
A French privateer lately had a severe engagement with a vessel under American colors supposed an Indian, to windward of Guadalupe, whither the privateer was compelled to fly, and was seen to land 20 wounded men.
BOSTON, JUNE 27.
The Governor of Surinam, on account of the scarcity of British vessels, has allowed those of neutrals to take cargoes for England; and several loaded and failed; but as this special permission was not generally known, some of the vessels have been detained by British ships.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of the first respectability, near the seat of government, to his friend in this town.
"The President is the same good and wise man we have ever thought him, tho' innumerable falsehoods are in circulation about him. As to all the stories about his secret understanding with Mr. Jefferson, and expectations from the antifederalists, I assert them all gross and malicious falsehoods. I have taken pains to trace a number that were the most alarming,
and most confidently asserted, and they have all vanished on investigation."
PACIFICATION!!
On Tuesday, arrived in the fhr. Apollo, from Wilscasset capt. Tappan, of Newburyport; capt. Ingalls, of the ship Mac, bound from Greenock for Charlestown; capt. Farrier, of the Mermaid of New York, from Calcutta;—all whose vessels have been taken within about 20 days, by a French privateer of 14 guns and 100 men, from Guadalupe. Capt. Tappan was taken in lat. 38, the others between 38 and 32, long. 68, where the Captains were lent on board the Apollo. The same privateer had taken TEN other American vessels, names unknown—the Mac was retaken by the British, and is supposed to be ordered to Halifax.—The Apollo was overhauled the day after their receiving the American captains on board, by two other French privateers of considerable force, in about lat. 32, 30, from Cayenne bound further Northward.
At the moment when a negotiation is pending between this country and France, when (if the opinion of some well informed person is correct) in all human probability an accommodation before this has taken place, and every difference is adjusted. When strong professions of friendship were made to this country, and a new negotiation solicited with all the a door of sincerity; Why, asks every man of reason and justice, is this conduct continued? There is not the shadow of a doubt but Buonaparte, while prating of friendship, amity and respect, for America, was at the same moment, conforming and authorizing anew the hostile conduct of the West-India free-booters. The captures are fresh wounds by the same hand, which pretends to accept the olive branch of Peace. Are the evidences of the pacificatory disposition of this terrible republic? Are these the manifestations of their love of justice, their moderation, their conciliatory professions?—We'll then may the robber couple his victim by the assurance that he has spared him his life. If such be the mode in which our gallie friends exemplify their professions of AMITY, may the Lord ever defend us from their French shifts.
MORE PACIFICATION.
While we feel indignant at the insults and aggression, which are daily committed on our commerce, and rights by the French, we cannot repress our feelings at the unjustifiable capture of our vessels by the British. The instance, of the seizure and detention of the Juno detailed in the ship Intelligence reported by capt. Hills, is a circumstance, of such an aggravating nature, as to excite the liveliest resentment, and to injure, in an essential degree, the friendship which each nation ought to cultivate.
Portland,
MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1800.
The papers by the last mail do not contain any correct or important intelligence from Europe. Arrivals from that quarter are anxiously expected.
The following article is taken from the Boston Chronicle of Thursday last:—
A rumour prevailed in town yesterday, said to be received by letters from Bilboa—That the negotiation between this country and France had broken off; but other letters received from the same place, and at the same time, make no mention of such an event.
The Supreme Judicial Court will open in this town tomorrow.
The anniversary of American Independence, will be honorably noticed in this town. A committee is appointed to make the necessary arrangements. Mr. DAVID HALE, formerly of the U. S. Artillerists and Engineers, is appointed to deliver an Oration on the occasion.
The Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company has commenced business at the new Office in Fifth street. The respectability of the members of this corporation promises much public utility.
It has been erroneously stated that General HAMILTON was to proceed to this town. His journey was intended as far as Portsmouth only. He has set out on his return home—Much attention was paid to him in the most principal places through which he passed.
A respectable company of Comedians will arrive in town in the course of this week; who will devote a few weeks to the amusement of the lovers of the drama. Vivat Respublica!
TIMOTHY DEXTER, Esq. of Newburyport, has presented the Episcopal and Second Presbyterian Churches of that town with one hundred pounds each, for the purpose of procuring bells for their respective churches.
The PRESIDENT of the United States is on his return from the city of Washington, to his seat at Quincy. The numerous public honors which have been paid him on his journey, demonstrate the respect and reverence which his eminent talents and services will ever command from a grateful people.
The receipts in the Treasury of the United States, from the commencement of the present government to the 31st December, 1799, are 77,177,274 dollars. The expenditures in that time have been 75,015,406 dollars 33 cents, —Balance in the Treasury 31st December 1799, 2,161,867 dollars, 67 cents.
"In Mr. Nicholas's plea for the infamous rene-gado Callender, the following opinions of the President were brought forward, as expressed, on some occasion, to Gen. Mason and Mr. Giles, viz That he had no more idea that the present Federal Constitution could, for any length of time, control the people of the United States than it could control the motions of the planets; and, that he had no more idea that a political society could exist without a distinction of ranks, than that an army could exist without officers"
The following remedy is mentioned in a Paris Journal for the bite of a mad dog, or of any other animal seized with madness, and may be used 24 hours, or even longer, after the accident;—the wounded spot should be burnt with a red hot iron, so as to penetrate profoundly, and produce a considerable emission of matter, in which the virus is contained. The moment the iron is taken away, the wound should be abundantly washed with water, rather warm, and the pain will immediately cease. This operation has been repeatedly tried by citizen Velletan, professor of the school of medicine of Paris, and has, as he states, been always found effective.
DIED—In this town—on Thursday last, Mr. JASPER H. STEVENSON, aged 34 years; after a severe illness which he bore with the most christian-like fortitude, and resignation to the will of heaven.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
SATURDAY June 28.
Arrived brig Harriet, capt. Babson 26 days from Barbary. No American vessels there when he failed. A French fleet was expected in the West Indies when capt. Babson failed.
Same day—Arrived schooner Harriet, captain Rowland Jones, 41 days from Kingston, Jamaica. Spoke capt. Holbrook, in a schooner bound to Wilscasset.
Captains Baker, Bird, Vokes, of Boston; Molton of Newburyport; Troxbridge, of New Haven; Montgomery, of Norfolk; McCray, of Wilscasset; Tarbox, of Biddeford; and the crews of sixty eight vessels, are in the prisons of Bassarve. Guadalupe, And yet it is said by the Jacobins that Bonaparte's new agent has arrived at that nest of pirates.
Ship Catharine, long rfd, arrived at New-London from Liverpool, was robbed by a French privateer May 9.
The Ariel from Canton for Philadelphia, captured by the French and carried into Guadalupe, is said to have had on board 500 chests tea, 100,000 pieces nankins, and other articles. What was the pretence for capture in this instance?
Ship Mineva, Pinkham, from Dublin at New York, was plundered May 29, lat. 32, 32, long. 66, by a Privateer schooner of 12 guns, of Guadalupe. They had taken fhr. Sea Flower, of Salem; and taken and burnt a ship from the Cape de Verds for New York.
Boston, June 27.
THE MINERVA.
Capt. Hills, arrived here yesterday, from London, left from Portsmouth in England, learnt while at the latter place, by letters direct from the ship's merchant, that she was ready for sea, and would sail immediately. A short time previous to sailing, capt. Hills received a letter from the American Coffee House at London, assuring him of the safe arrival at Bourdeaux, of the passengers, taken from on board the Minerva, and they were hourly expected in London. Captain Thomas Robinson of Portland, has the command of this valuable ship.
TO BE SOLD,
Or exchanged for a Farm near Boston,
THE Seat of Mr. HENRY SCOTT, deceased, near the Meeting house in Lunenburg, 45 miles from Boston, a beautiful situation; consisting of a large, airy and convenient House—a spacious Garden, well enclosed with a board fence, and flored with a variety of fruit trees and flowering shrubs—a large new Barn, and other out-buildings; 30 acres of excellent Land near the house, and 40 acres of good Wood Land two miles distant.
The townships of the price, which is £ 750, is particularized as an inducement to any person wishing to purchase so eligible a situation.
ALSO,
A FARM in the north part of said town, containing Fifty Acres good Land, with a House, new Barn, and good Orchard, and twenty acres Wood Land, for £ 500. Apply to Capt. JOHN LITTLE in said Lunenburg, or inquire of EDWARD GRAY, Esq. Court-Street, Boston.
June 23, 1800.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
THE Committee of both Houses, appointed to inquire into and report a state of facts relative to the delinquency of those Sheriffs, Towns and Selectmen, who have neglected to make returns of the Votes for Governor, Lt. Governor, Senators and Councillors the present year, ask leave to report :
THAT in the county of Essex they find the returns from the town of Wenham were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 12th day of May:
That in the county of Hampshire the returns from the town of Monson were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 20th of May, and that no returns have been received at said Office from the town of Russell in the same county.
That in the county of York no returns have been received from the town of Waterford; and that the returns from the town of Phillipsburgh were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 20th of May:
That in the county of Barnstable the returns from the town of Truro were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 20th of May; and that no returns have been received from the town of Mashpee in the same county:
That in the county of Cumberland no returns have been received from the towns of Jay and Rumford, or from the plantation of Flimpton:
That in the county of Lincoln no returns have been received from the plantation of Medum:
That in the county of Hancock the returns from the town of Orrington were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 23d of May; and that no returns have been received from the towns of Eden and Ellsworth in the county aforesaid:
That in the county of Berkshire no return has been received from the town of Louden:
That in the county of Washington the returns from the town of Columbia were not delivered at the Secretary's Office until the 3d of June; and that no returns have been received from the town of Addison in the same county:
And that in the county of Kennebec no returns have been received from the plantations of Halloway, Sandy-River, No. 3 or New-Vineyard:
The Committee further report, That they cannot, at the present session of the General Court, be furnished with the necessary evidence with which a full statement of facts ought to be accompanied; and that as the property and character of the delinquent Sheriffs and Town Officers may be materially affected by an investigation of this important subject, the Committee further report, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be directed to give public notice to the Sheriffs of those counties, and the Selectmen and Town Clerks of those towns, in which the returns aforesaid have not been seasonably made, to appear on the second Wednesday of the first session of the General Court which shall be held next after the 5th day of January next, to show cause (if any they have) why the Attorney General should not be directed to prosecute them for such fines or penalties as they may have incurred in consequence of such delinquency, by inserting this report in the Massachusetts Mercury, and in one of the Newspapers published in each of the counties wherein such delinquency may have happened (if any newspaper be therein published) three weeks successively, the last publication to be thirty days before the said second Wednesday.
All which is submitted, DANIEL DAVIS, per order. In Senate June 11, 1800. Read and accepted. Sent down for concurrence, SAML. PHILLIPS, President. In the House of Representatives, June 11, 1800. Read and concurred EDWD H. ROBBINS, Speaker. true copy—Attest, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
The Printer of the Newspaper in the county of Northampton; in the county of York; in the county of Barnstable; at Portland; at Wiscasset; in the county of Hampshire; at Stockbridge; in the county of Washington, and in the county of Kennebec, are requested to publish the above in their papers three weeks successively. By order of the General Court, JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
Secretary's Office. Boston, June 12, 1800.
NOTIFICATION.
THE Members of the Society of Cincinnati, of the State of Massachusetts, are hereby notified, That their annual meeting will be held in Boston, at the house of Mr. Vila, Concert Hall, on the 10th of July, at 10 o'clock, A. M. A dinner will be provided as usual. SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, Recorder. June 11.
LETTERS.
Remaining in the Post Office at Saccarappa, June 27, 1800. viz.
Joshua Thomas, William Hooper, Lewis Anderson, Dr. James Paine, James Morrill, William Hardy, Joseph Foster. } Windham. E. FREEMAN, P. M.
ONE CENT REWARD.
AN away from the subscriber, on the 7th inst. an indentured Apprentice, named DAN FENN, between 19 and 20 years of age—a native of England, dark complexion, naturally a very shy fellow—had on when he went away, a nankieen and striped woolen trowsers—Whoever will find and deliver him to me, or to his master, will receive the above reward, but no larger; and all persons are cautioned against harbouring, or trusting him on my account. WILLIAM JOHNSON. Portland, June 10, 1800.
Fresh Goods.
WILLIAM CODMAN,
INFORMS his friends and customers that he has just received at his STORE in FISH STREET, and for sale,
An extensive assortment of FRESH European, Staple & Fancy GOODS,
Suitable for the present season. The goodness in quality, and reasonableness in price, he thinks cannot be doubted on examination. As they are all Goods of this spring's importation, they will in every respect answer the prevailing fashions.
India Goods.
White Cottons, of all prices, by piece or yard. Mullin, various kinds. Bandana Handkerchiefs. Naukeens, Black Persians, Changeable Lustirings, Check cotton Handkerchiefs. Striped Cottons, Hylon, Souchong and Bohea TEAS, of the first quality, &c. &c.
Hard Ware Goods,
of almost every description. 4d, 6d, 10d, 20d, Nails, Brad, of all sizes, Sheet and Bar Lead, Gun Powder, per cask, Russia Iron, Hart and Club Steel, Bilfield ditto. Shot, of all sizes, &c.
Also—Russia Sheeting, Ravens Duck, Glass, Cart Boxes, Rice, &c. Malaga Wine, per quarter-cask. West-India Rum, 3d proof, by the hhd. or less quantity. New-Eng. and ditto per bbl. Holland Gin, Brandy, Raisins, &c.
Paints, of all kinds.
Linseed Oil, Paint Brushes, &c.
A great variety of the most fashionable PAPER for rooms, At the prices sold at the manufactory in Boston. Portland, June 30, 1800.
TAKE NOTICE.
MR. JOEL ROBINSON of Paris in the county of Cumberland, having been accused of the scandalous crime of sheep stealing, feeling himself greatly injured thereby; and thinking his silence on the subject may be construed by some as an indication of guilt, takes this method to vindicate his character.
We the subscribers, inhabitants of Hebron and Paris, having lived more than fifteen years in the neighborhood with the above-mentioned Mr. Robinson, formerly of Hebron, now living in Paris, do hereby certify, that according to the best of our knowledge Mr. Robinson is a man of a good moral character, and has ever conducted in a manner worthy the appellation of an honest man; and it is our opinion that the report in circulation prejudicial to his character, are malicious falsehoods, which have been propagated through envy or private resentment.
Zebedee Cushman, Isaac Bolster, John Caldwell, Daniel Stowell, John Caldwell, jun. Seth Morse, Eliab Richmond, William Stowell, Daniel Bullen, Philip Caldwell, Abraham Dean, Job Cushman, Holmes Thomas.
The above subscribers are some of the most respectable characters in the towns of Hebron and Paris—one of whom is a respectable Justice of the Peace; three or four others are militia officers, and all of them men of probity.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, That having been duly appointed Administratrix on the Estate of Capt. Jeremiah Bucknam, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, mariner, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs.—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to Dorothy Bucknam. Falmouth, June 24, 1800.
THE Judge of Probate having allowed to the Creditors of the Estate of Samuel Waldo,
late of Portland deceased, a further time of six months from the seventeenth day of June inst. to bring in their claims against said Estate—The Commissioners hereby give notice, that they will attend to receive and examine the same at the Office of SAMUEL FREEMAN in said Portland, on the afternoons of the second and last Fridays in each month until the expiration of that time.
Those who have already given in their claims are requested to attend on those days. Samuel Freeman, Woodbury Storor, June 21, 1800. Ebenezer Mayo.
TAKE NOTICE.
WE the subscribers, having been appointed by the Hon. WILLIAM GORHAM, Esq. to receive and examine the claims of the Creditors to the Estate of
Daniel Epes, Esq.
late of Portland, deceased, represented insolvent; do hereby give notice that a further time of three months from the date hereof, is allowed said Creditors to bring in and prove their claims; and that we will attend that service at the Insurance Office kept by EBENEZER MAYO in Fifth Street in said Portland, on the first Mondays of July, August and September next following, at three o'clock in the afternoon; when and where said creditors, if they see fit, may attend.
Ebenezer Mayo, Daniel Tucker, } Commissioners. Portland, June 17, 1800.
TAKE NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of DANIEL EPES, Esq. late of Portland, deceased, are again called upon to make immediate payment to the Subscriber; otherwise they will be sued without delay.
Abigail Epes, Administratrix. Portland, June 23, 1800.
TO BE SOLD,
By Nathan Bond,
At his Store, near the BANK, Middle-Street, The following PROCENT ARTICLES, of the first quality.
ANCHOVIES, Olives, Almonds, Oil—Sweet & Spermaceti, do. Shelled, Peas—split, Bacon, Pork—salt, Beer, Porter, Butters—spiced, Pepper, Brandy—French, Poinatum, Pipes, Coniac, Rum (St. Croix, N.E.), Biscuit—Great & Milk, Rum (Cherry & Raspberry), Black Biscuit, Raisins—box & cask, Brushes, Brooms, Rye Meal, Confectionary—an assortment of, Sal. Petre, Corks, Snuff, Candles—Tallow & Spermaceti, Soap—Bar, Windsor, Castile, and Frobisher's, Coffee, Sugar—Loaf and Brown, Chocolate and Chocolate Shells, Starch, Citron, Allspice, Cider—in bbls. & bottles, Cinnamon, Cards—Cotton & Wool, Mace, Figs, Cloves, Fish—Dumb, Nutmegs, Gin, Ginger, Hyson, Young Hyson, Honey, Hops, Souchong and Bohea, Indigo—Spanish, French, & Carolina, Tobacco—Fig, Pigtail and Leaf, Lamps—Parent, Wines, Mustard, Port, Lisbon, Molasses, Sherry, Oatmeal, Malaga, Valencia.
N. B. A quantity of India Cottons, very cheap, Also, Calicos, Ginghams, Shawls & Muffins. Portland, June 23.
Fortunate Lottery Office.
Portland, June 30, 1800. THOSE who have purchased Tickets of the subscriber, in the second class of the Amoskeag Lottery, are informed that all prizes under 100 dollars will be paid by him on demand—Tickets in the third class of said Lottery, to be drawn conformably to the annexed scheme, are for sale at said office. Prizes in the second class taken in payment.—Also for sale a few Tickets in the second class of the Philadelphia Lottery. E. A. JENKS.
THE Managers of the Amoskeag Canal Lottery having drawn the first and second class agreeably to their engagement, present the public with the following
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Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes 3 prizes of 1000 dollars, 1 of 400, 2 of 300, etc.
5,000 Tickets at 3 dollars each are 15,000. One of the above prizes of 300 dollars, will be assigned to the last drawn blank.
The drawing of this class will commence on the 15th day of July next, at Boston. The prizes will be paid by the vendors of the Tickets, without deduction—those of twenty dollars and under on demand, and all others in thirty days after the drawing is completed. The shares in the Canal will be conveyed by the proprietor, and finished without any expence to the holder of the prize.
Ephraim Robinson, Samuel Tenney, Nathaniel Parker, } Managers. Exeter, New Hampshire, 1800.
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Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes 4000 Prizes of 1000 dollars, 8000 Blanks, etc.
12,000 tickets at 3 dolls. each, are 36,000. (Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.)
The last drawn blank will be entitled to one thousand dollars, being one of the four one thousand dollar prizes; which will be reserved for that purpose.
The drawing of said lottery will commence in Boston, on the 28th day of July next.
Just received for Sale, at Jenks' Book Store, The Power of Solitude—A POEM, Written by Joseph Storry—Also, Daranzel; or, The Persian Patriot, A Tragedy—By David Everett.
VALUABLE SITUATION.
FOR SALE, half a House situated on Lime-Street, near the late Dr. Watt's with a good LOT OF LAND, belonging to it; which ex ends to the new street, leading from Fifth-street to the Court House giving a front of 64 feet on said street, which affords the advantage of two fronts. The same will be sold on liberal terms. Inquire of
JOSEPH PLUMMER. Portland, June 2.
Ship Chandlery,
By DAVID SMITH,
No 1, UNION WHARF—Piz.
BUNTON and Colours of different sizes; Sheet and Bar Lead; Compasses; Time Glasses; Log Lines and Reels; Hand Spikes and Oars; Paint Brushes of different sizes; Scrapers; Ladies' Tormenters; Paints; Scrubbing Brushes; Mops and Mop Yarn; Pad and Door Locks; Latches of different sizes; H & H. Hinges; Hand Saws; Saw Files; Augers; Chisels; Twine; Log Paper; Writing do. Hammers and Gimblets; Coffee Mills; Tin Ware; Earthen Ware; Iron do. Knives and Forks; Cuttees; Penknives; Slates; Scales; Dividers; West-India & European Charts; Malt Hoops and Hanks; Frying Pans; Shovels; Glass of different sizes; Looking Glasses; Cod and Mackerel Hooks; Deck Nails; Heating and Drawing do. 4d, 6d, 10d & 20d do. Scupper, Clue and Pump do. Brads of different sizes; Buckets, Kids, and Cans; Lamp-black; Varnish; Linseed and Fish Oil; Pitch; Tar; Turpentine; Cordage; Manline; Sail Needles, and Palms; and a few four inch Hawfers.
ALSO, Rum, Brandy, Gin, Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Molasses, India Cotton, Silk Handkerchiefs, Florence Oil of an excellent quality, Iron, Tobacco, Pork—and a variety of other articles. Portland, June 23.
FOR SALE,
By George Watts,
Near the head of Long Wharf, RUSSIA Duck, Russia Sheets, Flannel Shirts, Watching Coats, Large and small Jackets, Waistcoats, Trowsers, Stockings, Calicoes, Shawls, Gloves and Threads.
Also—Chest Locks, Palm Irons, Shaving Boxes, Hatchets, Adze, Nob Catches, Ring do. Thumb do. Knives & Forks, Penknives, Screws, Handfaws, Brads, Dolk Hinges, Handfaw Files, Tobacco Boxes, Brads, Cocks, Grid Irons, Bit Augers, Axes, Large Spoons, Socket Gouges, do. Chisels, Nail & Pump Hammers, Hoes, Box Coffee Mills, Iron do. Paint Brushes, Tar do. Log Lines, do. Paper, Deep sea & Land Leds, Log Reels, Mops, Mop yarn, Fish Forks, Cook Ladles, Scrubbing brushes, Pump & Clapper Nails, Half hour Glasses, 28 & 14 second do. Hinges of all sorts, Brads of all kinds. Razors and Razor Straps, Wide and narrow Bunting, Iron Shovels, Sailor's Buttons by the gross or dozen, Sewing Twine, Whip do. Cod Lines, small do. 4d, 6d, 10d, 20d, Nails. White Lead, Spanish Brown, Pigtail and Fig Tobacco. W. I. and N. E. Rum, Brandy, Teas, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Chocolate, Candles, &c. Jun 9.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
To Merchants, Store-keepers, & Tradesmen, in general, &c. Gentlemen,
I FEEL a peculiar pleasure in stating, that you have so generously and generally come forward and subscribed for my work, that (notwithstanding all provisions heretofore made by me) the coins and Monies of Account of the principal maritime trading places in Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Prussia, Poland, Germany, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal, Italy, in several of the windward and leeward West-India Islands, and many ports in the East Indies—the whole to be reduced to dollars and cents; and the best mode of computing the exchange with those places explained; also, a large sheet table of calculations at compound interest at 6 per cent. the tables used in banks for the determination of the value of gold; the interest of each month from one to twelve months, on every dollar (with an exception) from one to two thousand; and a table of all the post towns in the United States; besides much other general useful information, shall positively be added to the work, entitled
ROWLETT'S
Tables of Discount or Interest,
On every dollar (without exception) From one to two thousand; thence on every ten, fifty, and five hundred, to five thousand, from one to fifty, four days inclusive, at six per cent. with notes for 5, 7 and 8 per cent. &c. &c. &c.
The work is dedicated, by permission, to the President and Directors of the Bank of North America, and received in the first twelve days the patronage of JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States; of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States; and President of the Senate; of two-thirds of the Senators and Members of the House of Representatives of the United States; and of the Presidents and Directors of the different Banks unanimously, &c.—A list of the whole is printed and attached to the proposals.
It is evident that the work will be no trumpery each-penny-thing; for I do assure the public, that the price of it is reduced very near one half according to the usual rate at which books sell; and it is my full determination to render it, in point of subject matter, a valuable acquisition.
With respect to the accuracy of the Tables, too much cannot be said, and I pledge myself that a PREMIUM of not less than one hundred dollars shall be offered to the first person who shall inform me of a single error of one cent, according to the principle acted upon. To do away all doubts with respect to the expenses of the undertaking, I do most solemnly declare that they will amount to very near four thousand dollars, and perhaps more, independent of any remuneration for my own trouble in the arduous business, and the great expence already incurred for specimens, proposals, advertisements, handbills, &c. &c.
I do therefore trust with confidence, that gentlemen will continue to come forward with that public spirit and generosity which characterize the nation, and support the work by subscribing to it without hesitation; otherwise it cannot be published, and I must sit down, to reflect upon a considerable loss. I am, with profound respect, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servant, JOHN ROWLETT, Assistant, Bank North America.
POSTSCRIPT.—Gentlemen are respectfully invited to see specimens of the Tables, &c. exhibited at the Insurance Office, at Mr. Motley's Tavern, at Mr. Symmes' Office and at E. A. Jenks' Bookstore in Portland—Also, at the Post Office in Wiscasset; and please be referred to the other advertisements which appear every day in some one of the newspapers.
Subscribers are to pay nothing until the book is delivered, and rigorously conformable to all stipulations.
Copy right secured according to act of Congress, on 31st January, 1800. Philadelphia, March 27, 1800.

MUSES.
The lover of Miscellany, who searches for his favorite amusement in magazines, newspapers and journals...
THE HAPPY COTTAGER.
A MADRIGAL.
By Mr. COLLINS, author of The Brigs, &c.
IN a Cottage I live, and the Cot of content, Where a few little rooms, for ambition too low...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss. BY this Public Instrument of Protest, be it known and made manifest unto all persons to whom this present writing shall come...
DAVID TRUFANT.
Sworn to before me.
DUMMER SEWALL, Notary Public.
The deponent doth hereby protest, and I the said Notary Public, at his instance and request do by these presents solemnly protest against the said evil minded and wicked person or persons...
I the said Notary, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal, this second day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
DUMMER SEWALL, Notary Public.
A Collection of the most celebrated MUSIC, from the Musical Magazine, Boston, is for sale at JENKS' BOOK-STORE.
For Liverpool. THE ship MORNING STAR, Robert Stover, master, to sail in 14 days.
Drugs & Medicines. FOR SALE, By John Coe, At his Shop No. 5, Fifth Street.
Hatch & Dearborn, INFORM their friends and customers, that they have just received an assortment of Superfine BROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES, GINGHAMS...
TAYLORING BUSINESS, as usual, is executed in the best manner at short notice. Edward Capen, Respectfully informs his friends and the public...
Hannaford & Adams, HAVE just received for sale at their Store in Main-street, next door below Dr. Erving's, an additional assortment of English & W. I. Goods, and GROCERIES.
Nathaniel Jenks, Has just received from Boston, and has now ready for sale at his Store in NEWGLOUCESTER, a general assortment of English, W. I. & Hard Ware GOODS.
Abraham Welch, HAS for sale, in company with James Winslow and Winthrop Hall, 6000 acres of Land, in No. 4, in the 7th range from the Waldo Patent.
FOR SALE, By Daniel Johnson, At his Store in Fore-Street, A general assortment of English, India, and Westindia GOODS.
THE MAINE SPELLING BOOK. This Spelling Book is the judicious result of "experience; which is (said to be) the best schoolmaster."
Said WELCH has for sale, an Island, in Casco-Bay. Also, 800 acres in the Westford and Groton Academy Township.
TO BE SOLD, A Large and commodious STORE, two stories high, together with a Barn, and upwards of an acre of Land.
N. B. Wanted, two good MOWERS for the hay season—Inquire as above.
Pine Wood. WANTED a quantity of split Pine Wood, for which a generous price will be given by JOHN GORDON.
FOR SALE, By Neil M'Intire, At his TOBACCO MANUFACTORY, Fore-street, PORTLAND—(Sign of the INDIAN CHIEF).
PIGTAIL, Fine Twist, Leaf, and best Smoking TOBACCO; SEGARS, &c &c warranted of the first quality.
NOTICE. MR. HOW, Post rider from Portland through Windham, Raymond, Otisfield, Bridgton, Waterford, Bethel, Norway, Paris, Halloway, Bath, Turner and Poland...
The Committee of Health, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF PORTLAND. WHEREAS the Legislature of this Commonwealth have passed a law to prevent the spreading of malignant FEVERS, and contagious sickness...
Presuming on the readiness of the inhabitants of the town, to take care that all nuisances of every kind be duly removed...
Strayed or Stolen FROM the subscriber, on the 20th of May, a dark brown MARE—about ten years old, with a small star in her forehead...
To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for the county of Cumberland...
THE Petition of the Subscribers, inhabitants of Brunswick and Durham in said county, humbly represents that a new Common Road...
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, begun and held at Portland...
On the Petition of William Hunt, and above one hundred others, whereof the foregoing is a copy—ORDERED, That the Petitioners give notice to all concerned...
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of Land, living in Readfield, in the county of Kennebec...
Table with 7 columns: No. Lots, No. Acres, Value, Per Cent. Tax, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax. Taxes for the year 1798 and 1799.
And unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber, on or before the nineteenth day of August next...
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of unimproved Lands in the town of Mount Vernon...
Table with 7 columns: No. Lots, No. Acres, Real Value, School Tax, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax. OWNERS UNKNOWN.
And unless the aforesaid Taxes, together with all necessary intervening charges, are paid to me on or before Saturday the twelfth day of July next...
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administrator on the estate of SOLOMON STEWARD...
THIS GAZETTE. IS published every MONDAY at E. A. JENKS' OFFICE, next door to the PORTLAND BANK, Middle-Street...