Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-02-22 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
NUMBER 200.]
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1802.
[VOLUME IV.]
Political Miscellany.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PORTLAND GAZETTE.
SIR, THERE is not, perhaps, any part of the United States so large and numerous as the District of Maine, where THOMAS JEFFERSON and his real character as a statesman, a man of business, judgment and virtue, is so little known as in this district. This ignorance is the necessary result of several causes, which possibly may be detailed hereafter as occasion shall require; and, at present, I shall only observe, that, since this district has never aided his elevation to the presidency, it will not be charged upon its citizens that they have been the means of any injury his presidency may bring upon the country; but now things are changed, and every one is called upon to know the character of the man—ignorance hereafter will be no excuse for any one who gives a vote, or has the right of voting, whether nearly or remotely connected with the election of President.
Some of the few addresses made to the President, as well as the papers fervidly devoted to his interest, have alluded to the great tranquility that prevails through the United States, and more than intimate that it arises wholly from the general confidence the people have in their first magistrate.—That there has been less clamor, noise and opposition to the Executive Government of the United States since, than for several years before the fourth of March, is true: but prejudice, ignorance and dishonesty only will say that addresses and servile papers have assigned the true causes. In all despotisms there is silence—and the flatterers of the tyrant tell him his administration has caused peace, harmony and tranquility. Those, who in a free government flatter the people, correspond to the base opinions of a tyrant in a despotism, and only want a favorable concurrence of circumstances to elevate some popular demagogue, a Cæsar—a Cromwell, a Bonaparte, or a Jefferson, to supreme power—while such as these are never wanting to embrace the proffered boon.
The wife, the virtuous and well informed of the United States, have generally been silent since the elevation of Mr. Jefferson.—They at first hoped, even against hope, that he would commence the active part of his administration in some manner corresponding to the intelligible part of his theory expressed in his inaugural address.—They waited—they made an effort to expect!—but instead of finding his conduct agreeing to his declarations, they see with astonishment, that in practice he renounces the presidency, and openly puts himself at the head of a "set"—a "set" that was conceived and brought forth in hatred to the Constitution, and jealousy of the best men; and which, gathering strength by discontent in our own, with convicts and vile intriguers from foreign countries, generated insurrection and terminated in open rebellion. Out of this "set" he has chosen his councillors, and with their advice does he not outrage the manners, sentiments and habits of a great portion of the country to a degree that Nero dared not attempt in Rome!
This silence, the offspring of hope and forced expectation that Jefferson might have some good thing in him, was prolonged after he began to act, more from astonishment and that kind of mental stupor, sometimes produced in the best minds on a sudden view of atrocious crimes, than from any well grounded confidence in him, is now happily yielding to a cool, deliberate and wise expression of public opinion.
There are, however, those who, from the commencement of the President's career, did not cease to have clear and just conceptions of his declarations and conduct; and with the independence of good men, have boldly, yet decently, expressed them to their fellow citizens; of such I consider the author of Letters to the President of the United States, first published in New York, and now republishing in the Portland Gazette. For their learned, ingenious and correct examination of the President's conduct, to the time of their publication, accept my sincere thanks. I have gained important knowledge from them; and I cannot but think every one will, who reads them with an attentive mind and candid disposition.
Seeing that the President appears determined to persevere in his wild, frantic course of innovation & subversion of every thing important to the future prosperity and happiness of the country, either from ignorance or a will to gratify his "set," there have lately appeared a number of very able and candid writers upon past and passing national events; of which I have noticed one who is giving his sentiments to the public in a series of papers called the THE EXAMINER, publishing in New York, and republishing in Boston and Salem. The numbers I have read afford the fullest evidence of a clear head, a comprehensive mind, an honest heart, and one who has correctly noticed all public events for many years, that any way relate to this country and those it is connected with. He seems hitherto to have taken the President's Message for his subject; and among other things, important for us to know, demonstrates the ignorance of the President on subjects it is his indispensable duty to have been acquainted with;—that under a hypocritical show of modesty, and
to please the most uninformed part of the community, he is virtually surrendering essential rights vested in the Executive; and that generally, the message, considered as the production of the First Magistrate of a great and rapidly increasing nation, affords abundant evidence of a weak, puerile mind upon national subjects. It is become important to the welfare of the present and future generations of America, that the character of Thomas Jefferson, as a statesman should be correctly known. I hope therefore, that having read the EXAMINATION, you will confirm my judgment upon it, and give it a place in your independent paper. Is this an age of reason? It is then time that we the people had, within our power, the means of making up a right judgment upon characters, men and things that intimately concern the government we live under, and consequently ourselves. I am fully aware of the unpopularity of the doctrine, that any way, imputes ignorance to the great body of the people of this country upon any subject, but more especially on the nature and operation of their government and laws. Nor am I insensible of the rapture with which we the people are apt to embrace and caress the man that expresses sentiments corresponding to our own. But I will say, to flatter us who are citizens of a free government, in errors touching subjects that our situation in life does not admit of more than a possibility of forming just and comprehensive opinions upon, is the most direct mode to establish over us a despotism.—But of this, and other subjects, only mentioned here, I shall send you some further observations and illustrations hereafter. ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Elm-Trees, 2d Feb. 1802.
FROM THE BALANCE.
Lo, wizard envy from his serpent eye Darts swift destruction in each baleful glance. BEATTIE.
DOCTOR MOORE, in his travels in Italy, relates, that the Monks of that country when they are about to add a new saint to their calendar, summoned a Flemish tribunal, for the purpose of examining the merits and demerits of the candidate; and that, on one hand, the miracles and virtues of the candidate for sainthood, were eloquently displayed by a person appointed for that end; while, on the other, and in order to give the devil fair play, there was an attorney, called the devil's advocate, who denied the merits of the candidate, vilified his character and endeavored to prove that his soul had not really ascended to heaven, but was held in the dominion & under the jurisdiction of the prince of darkness.
Now this whimsical history of monkish superstition has a very useful moral.
The office of advocate to his infernal majesty has, by no means, been an exclusive privilege of popish countries. In republican Governments where promotion and power depend on the favor of the people, there has always been a plenty of such advocates, who have employed themselves in defaming the most able and virtuous Statesmen and Rulers. Artilides, the Grecian General and Statesman, had most deservedly obtained the name of the just. His wisdom, heroism, inflexible integrity and disinterested patriotism, had diffused a glorious splendor around his character, which the blinking owls of that age, could not behold without pain: and therefore by inventing and spreading artful calumnies against him, they blackened his reputation and procured his disgrace and banishment.
Many instances of this kind are to be seen in the histories of the ancient Republics of Greece, and Rome.
But in no age or country of the world has the devil ever had more zealous and faithful advocates than in this. The pure character of Washington has been stigmatized, and there have been imputed to him the basest of motives. Jay, has been accused of having been bribed with British gold; and the vilest reproaches upon him have been poured forth, by a certain description of men, from one end of the States to the other. Adams has been upbraided with the traitorous designs of overturning the Constitution and introducing monarchy. Pickering has been represented as an embezzler of public money. The horrid report has been spread over the whole country, that Wolcott, and Dexter were concerned in burning the public buildings at the city of Washington. Men who have fought and bled to obtain and secure our national independence, have been called by the opprobrious name of Tories. The whole body of federalists, though the warm and steadfast friends of our republican constitution of Government, to which, from the beginning, they have clung, as to the nation's ark of safety, have been denounced as anglo monarchists. The New-England yeomanry, whose hands are hardened with daily labor, and who carry their wives and daughters abroad and to church on a pillion, are called aristocrats, while the southern Nabob, that rides in his gilded chariot, attended with a retinue of slaves, or lolls on his couch, surrounded and fanned by half a score of sable vassals, is, forsooth, a precious republican, a staunch friend of liberty and equality!
While the whole country was in a condition of unexampled prosperity, the people were made to believe that they were oppressed.
When wheat was selling for two dollars a
bushel, the ignorant part of Dutch farmers were bribed of their votes, by being told that the oppressive aristocrats prevented its rising still higher, and that a democratic administration would raise their wheat to three dollars.
When, by men, who "feel power and forget right," the war-worn soldier is displaced from the office that gave him bread, it has been usual, at the same time, to give a stab to his character, and to endeavor to consign him to infamy, as well as to want.—If a federal speech is made in Congress,—so brilliant as to charm and astonish,—so forcible in argument as to be unanswerable, it is parried by asserting, that the speaker is an anti-republican. Such things have been and are.
Now those calumniators well know that they have been deceiving and duping the people, and bialing the characters of innocent and deserving men.
They are the devil's advocates.
FROM THE CENTINEL.
When Mr. Jefferson spoke of the late administration taking from the "mouth of labor," it was supposed he alluded to the yeomanry of the country; but when Messrs. Bayard and Rutledge, and other Federal members, proposed to lighten the burdens of the real poor, by reducing the duties on SALT, on brown SUGARS, on TEA, and COFFEE, we find our mistake. Mr. Jefferson's party oppose these reductions.—They only wish to reduce the tax on Chariots, Coaches, Phaetons, and other pleasurable articles, with which the poor never ride, except behind their Virginia masters.—Now this internal tax on Coaches, &c. is severely felt in the Ancient Dominion, and therefore ought to be repealed. In that dominion there are 666 coaches, &c. kept running: Whereas in Massachusetts there are only 99.—Rating these 666 carriages at the average tax of 12 dollars each, the total annual duty is 7992 dollars! A sum which would go a considerable way in the purchase of "the fifth citizens," or the expenses of a horse race. What then was meant by taking from the "mouth of labor?"—Why as many of the southern nabobs are in debt, and are scarcely able to support their expensive style of living, if you tax their carriages, they will lessen the food of their slaves.—As taxes increase, they starve. Their masters must keep their equipages; if they are taxed, they are forced to take it "from the mouth of labor."
A letter from Washington, dated Jan. 23d, amongst other evidences of the economical arrangements of the present administration, exhibits the following, viz. 20,800 expended on the mission of Mr. Dawson, at 6 dollars per day, and rations; and a sloop of war to carry him, when the message, as had been practised, might as well have been sent by the Captain of a private ship to Mr. Murray. 60,000 dollars expenses of the Boston frigate, to carry out Mr. Livingston, to France. N. B. When Mr. King went to England, he paid 150 guineas out of his own pocket, for his passage. 1000 dollars extra pay to an Attorney for advice to Mr. Galatin, in the absence of the Attorney-General. Query, Ought not this sum be deducted from the Attorney-General's salary. 32,239 dollars for repairs put upon the Bercéau. 18,000 dollars outfit of two Foreign Ministers, in consequence of the old ones being recalled.
FROM PHILADELPHIA—FEB. 8.
THE "SECT" SPLITTING.
ON Wednesday the Governor returned the bill "declaring the holding of offices under this state incompatible with the holding offices under the United States" without his signature; and assigned his reasons at large. His reasons are because no complaints of inconvenience had been made on the subject. Because no apprehensions were to be entertained that the present Rulers of the Union could impair the sovereignty of individual states. Because he could not discover any collision in Mr. Dallas's holding the offices of Attorney of the United States and Recorder of Philadelphia; nor could he consent to an act which vacates the commission of an officer appointed to continue therein during his good behavior, when not the slightest suggestion of misbehavior or incapacity had been offered:—Because Mr. Dallas and Dr. Lieb, a Member of Congress, were the only persons affected by the bill.—The latter having been appointed resident physician at the Lazaretto; because he cannot see, that any possible evil could arise from the holding of these offices by gentlemen of their republican principles:—And fifthly, because, says the Governor, "I conceive the act not only to be unnecessary and inexpedient, but in the precedent alarming to all persons holding offices during good behavior. The tenure of such commissions ought not to depend on every gale that blows. The Legislature cannot vacate or impair a contract solemnly made between the Commonwealth and an individual. Having even the power, will not sanction it. Besides, as at present advised, I very much doubt its constitutionality. The office may be abolished in many cases, but the officer cannot be removed without being convicted of a misdemeanor in office, unless, where otherwise especially provided in our state constitution; and I cannot, from a confidence in the legal knowledge,
integrity and fortitude of my former brethren in the supreme court, risk my character in a judicial decision on this question; when I do not foresee any advantage to be derived to my country from a possibility of success."
The President is authorized to employ the whole Naval Force in the Mediterranean, if he deems it proper. The frigates Chesapeake, Constellation and Adams, and the sch. Enterprize, are ordered to sea. Truxton is Commodore. The constitution is to go out when repaired, and is then to be the Commodore's ship. The men are engaged for two years.
The President has appointed John Beckley Esq. Librarian of the Congressional Library.
Laws of the United States.
SEVENTH CONGRESS of the United States: at the first session, begun and held at the city of Washington, in the territory of Columbia, on Monday, the seventh of December, one thousand eight hundred and one.
An Act concerning the Library for the use of both Houses of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the books and maps, purchased by direction of the act of Congress, passed the 24th of April, one thousand eight hundred, together with the books or libraries which have heretofore been kept separately by each House, shall be placed in the Capitol, in the room which was occupied by the House of Representatives, during the last session of the sixth Congress.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being, be, and they hereby are empowered to establish such regulations and restrictions in relation to the said library, as to them shall seem proper, and from time to time, to alter or amend the same:—Provided, That no regulation shall be made repugnant to any provision contained in this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a Librarian, to be appointed by the President of the United States solely, shall take charge of the said Library, who, previous to his entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, payable to the United States, in such a sum, and with such security as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being, may deem sufficient, for the safe keeping of such books, maps and furniture as may be confided to his care, and the faithful discharge of his trust, according to such regulations as may be, from time to time, established for the government of the said library; which said bond shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no map shall be permitted to be taken out of the said Library by any person; nor any books, except by the President and Vice-President of the United States, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for the time being.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the keeper of the said library shall receive for his services, a sum not exceeding two dollars per diem, for every day of necessary attendance; the amount whereof, together with the necessary expenses incident to the said library, after being ascertained by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being, shall be paid out of the fund annually appropriated for the contingent expenses of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the unexpended balance of the sum of five thousand dollars, appropriated by the act of Congress aforesaid, for the purchase of books and maps for the use of the two Houses of Congress, together with such sums as may hereafter be appropriated to the same purpose, shall be laid out under the directions of a joint committee, to consist of three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Representatives.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AARON BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved Jan. 26, 1802. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
An Act authorizing the discharge of Lawrence Ebb from his confinement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the marshal of the district of Pennsylvania be authorized and directed to discharge Lawrence Ebb, late a collector of the revenue of the U.S. in the county of Northampton, in the District of Pennsylvania, from confinement; upon a judgment obtained against him in favor of the United States: Provided, That he take so much of an oath imposed upon persons imprisoned for debt by the second section of the act, entitled, "An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt," as relates to his not having transferred his property with an intent to defraud the United States; and that he shall assign and convey all the estate, real and personal, which he may now own or be entitled to, to some person or persons for the use and benefit of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, also, That the said judgment shall remain in full force against any estate, real or personal, which the said Lawrence Ebb may hereafter acquire, and that process may, at any time, be thereupon issued against the same. [Approved February 3]
Resolutions expressing the sense of Congress on the gallant conduct of Lieut. Sterret, the officers and crew of the United States Schooner Enterprize.
Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That they entertain a high sense of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Sterret, and the other officers, seamen and marines, on board the Schooner Enterprize, in the capture of a Tripolitan corsair of fourteen guns and eighty men.
Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to present to Lieutenant Sterret a sword, commemorative of the aforesaid heroic action; and that one month's pay be allowed to all the other officers, seamen, and marines, who were on board the Enterprize, when the aforesaid action took place. [Approved, January 26, 1802.]

THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America. —To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:— DON VALENTIN DE FLORANDA, having produced to me his commission as Consul Gen. of the Spanish Nation within the United States of America, I do hereby recognize him as such, and do declare him free to exercise and enjoy such functions, powers and privileges as are allowed to Consuls of the said nation by the treaty subsisting between the United States and His Catholic Majesty.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at the City of Washington, the twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the twenty-sixth. TH: JEFFERSON.
By the President, JAMES MADISON, Sec'y of State.
Senate of the United States,
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2.
A Bill was received from the House for exonerating Samuel Dexter from issue of an action commenced against him, for the House in which the War Office was kept, which was accidentally destroyed by fire. [Mr. D. is to be allowed six dollars per day for his expenses while attending the suit, and the usual travelling charges.]
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3.
The question whether the bill to repeal the JUDICIARY LAW of the last session, should pass, was again debated. Messrs. Nicholas, Bradley, Anderson, Breckenridge, Jaktion, Wright, and Cocke spoke in favor of the bill; which was opposed by Messrs. Ross, Ogden, Morris, Dayton and White. The argument continued until half past five in the evening, when the question was taken. The whole number of Senators present was 31—16 made a vote. There were, for the bill 16—against it 15.
FOR THE BILL—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Breckenridge, Bradley, Brown, Gacke, Ellery, T. Foster, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, S. T. Mason, Nicholas, Stone, Sumpner, Wright.
AGAINST IT—Messrs. Chipman, Colbourn, Dayton, D. Foster, Hillhouse, Howard, T. Mason, Morris, Olcott, Ogden, Ross, Sheaf, Tracy, Wells, and White.
MR. WHITE, of Delaware, on the 18th Jan concluded a speech in the Senate of the U. S. against the repeal of the Judiciary Law, as follows:—“I will now, Mr. President, notice in a style that it deserves, the language of the gentleman from Virginia, in the discussion of this question, applied the state of Delaware; language unworthy of this floor. He tortured an expression of my honorable friend from New York, to furnish himself with an opportunity of travelling far out of the subject, in order to insult the honor of the state I belong to; after speaking of the suability of states, he observed, that “he should feel the same interest for any state large or small, whether it were the little state of Delaware herself, or the still more insignificant republic of St. Marino.”—The speech is not yet in print, but if I am wrong the gentleman will correct me.
Mr. Mason explained; he did not mean by what he said, any thing derogatory to the state of Delaware; on the contrary he entertained a high respect for that state.
Mr. White—I hope, Mr. President, I may be further indulged, I did not at the moment distinctly hear what the gentleman said; but now must insist on knowing explicitly from him, not only what he meant, but whether he believes the word “insignificant,” as used by him, could in any way apply to the state of Delaware.
Mr. Mason was about to explain further, when the Vice President rose from his seat and observed, that he was not in the Senate when the gentleman from Virginia spoke, but if he had used any such words as were charged to him, they were improper, and ought not to have been permitted. That no reflections on any state or gentleman should be suffered in the Senate; and that he hoped the gentleman from Delaware would take no further notice of it.
Mr. White—As the gentleman is now pleased to deny his intention, in obedience to the chair, I shall spare myself the trouble and his feelings the pain of a retort that very readily presents itself.
House of Representatives,
TUESDAY FEB. 2.
NATURALIZATION BILL.
The Bill reported by Mr. Mitchell, on the 26th inst. for revising and amending the laws on Naturalization proposes several objects:—
1. To repeal the act passed in the year 1798, during a time when the United States, were threatened with being involved in the European war. At that time a residence of fourteen years was required, before an alien could acquire the rights of citizenship. He was also subjected to a variety of forms and penalties, which have since the passing of that act, been disregarded both by aliens themselves and by the magistrates of the places in which they did reside.
2. To recur to the act of 1795, which requires a previous residence of five years before an alien can be admitted to citizenship; and to make that the rule governing the admission of
aliens. There is a proviso against alien enemies; and against receiving the mere oath of any alien to prove the time of his own residence in the United States, compelling him to establish that point by other testimony.
3. To cause aliens to register their names in the office of a clerk of some federal or state court, and to obtain from such a clerk, a certificate of the same, such certificate to be produced to the court as evidence of the time where the alien arrived in the country; to include all who arrived after June 1798.
4. To explain some doubts relative to proceedings under the naturalization laws, within the State of Pennsylvania.
TUESDAY, FEB. 2.
A petition was read and referred, praying that Marietta (on the Ohio) may be established as a port of entry and delivery.
A message was received from the President of the United States, enclosing, 1. A return of ordinance, arms, and military stores, belonging to the United States. 2. Return of muskets and bayonets, fabricated at Harper's Ferry, and Springfield, with the expence thereof; and 3. An estimate of expenditures necessary for fortifications and barracks for 1802.
The President states his opinion of the propriety of establishing an additional magazine in some point convenient for N. Carolina, S. Carolina, and Georgia.
Referred, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to furnish the House, with copies of any documents in his office relative to the object of the voyage or crews of the frigate Insurgent, and brigantine Pickering; and also to state the time when, and from whence they sailed, together with any other information respecting their loss which it may be in his power to furnish.
A bill was received from the Senate, to repeal certain acts for the organization of the Courts of the United States, and for other purposes.
[By this bill those acts are to receive their death warrants on the 1st July next.]
The bill being read twice, Mr. Bayard moved that it be referred to a select committee, and Mr. Randolph, that it be referred to the Committee of the whole. A debate ensued on the last motion, which was supported by Messrs. Randolph, Giles, Milledge, Smilie, & S. Smith, and opposed by Messrs. Bayard, Rutledge, Griswold, and Dana. Mr. Randolph's motion, of course, obtained—ayes 54. Made the order of the day for Monday, the 15th inst.
THURSDAY FEB. 4.
The speaker laid before the House a letter from the secretary of the navy, enclosing copies of the sailing orders given to the commanders of the frigate, Insurgent, and brigantine Pickering.
The secretary states, that no information has been received of the fate of these vessels, from which it is inferred that they were lost in an equinoctial gale.
Leave of absence granted to Mr. Perkins for the session.
Legislature of Massachusetts.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BOSTON, THURSDAY, FEB. 11.
The report of the joint committee on petitions of several towns in the county of York, praying that the Supreme Judicial Court may be moved from Wells to Alfred, came down from the Senate, where it had been referred to the next General Court. The House non-concurred the Senate, in the vote of reference, and gave leave to the petitioners to bring in a bill.—93to 37.
TUESDAY, FEB. 15.
A part of this day was employed in discussing the principles for distributing the Commonwealth agreeably to the late census. It was decided, that Massachusetts district shall elect 13, and the district of Maine 4 Federal Representatives.
The Committee, to whom was referred the report of the committee of Valuation, reported the same with amendments. Accepted.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17.
The Boothbay Fishery Bill passed to be enacted. The Senate, by message, informed, that they had referred the consideration of the resolve relative to the erection of a State Prison, to the next General Court.
A bill respecting the maintenance of a boom across Saco river, between Buxton and Phillipsburg, was read twice.
A report of J. Read and P. Coffin, Esquire, relative to contracts of Eastern lands, was committed.
The Secretary delivered the following Message:
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, By advice of the council I have directed the Secretary to lay before you a letter from two Officers of the Militia, in the county of Hampshire, requesting compensation for services, for which no provision has been made by law.
CALEB STRONG.
Council Chamber, Feb. 17, 1802. A bill to incorporate the northerly part of Poland, into a new town, passed to be enacted.
The bill to incorporate Brownfield, passed to be enacted.
Messrs. Prince, Green, Wade, Jewett, and Lewis of G. were appointed a committee to prepare a Tax Bill. The State Tax to be the same sum as last year.
By the Chair.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 8.
We understand, that on the completion of the definitive treaty between France and England, Mr. Jackson, now at Paris, will be constituted minister Plenipotentiary from the latter country to the United States.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 8. HIGH WAY MURDER.
We are concerned to notice a species of robbery and murder which has but seldom occurred in this country. Early last night in Market Street, between the centre engine-house and the Schuylkill, a waggon in which were two men and a boy from Chester county proceeding with marketing to this city, was stopped by three footpads, armed with pistols. With a threat of blowing out their brains, they demanded the farmers to deliver their money.—While one was in the act of delivering (to the amount of between 4 or 5 shillings) the other undertook to expostulate with the robbers, and observed it was a pity to rob them, who were but poor men like themselves—He was instantly shot through the breast by one of these bloody villains.—They immediately fled, taking their course, to the Northern extremity of the city.
The deceased was a man honest and industrious, and has left behind him a wife and four children.
Foreign Articles.
FROM LATE LONDON PAPERS.
DREADFUL INUNDATION.
Several districts in the south eastern part of France and in the north of Italy, have been entirely inundated by the overflowing of rivers, occasioned by incessant rains. A letter from Milan says “the bridges of Pavia, of Lodi, and of Cassano, are in part destroyed by the inundation, carrying away with them the unhappy travellers who were passing at the time.” Similar disasters are said to have taken place at Ferrara, Cassalmaggiore, Commo, and on the Po. from the town of Arles, in the department of the mouths of the Rhone, a letter of the 15th says, “that on the 9th of November an inundation took place, the like of which has surely not been seen since the deluge. The damage it has done is incalculable. The rain continues to fall in torrents, and was accompanied with the loudest thunder. It seems as if the cataracts of heaven and earth were opening to overwhelm us. From the tops of our houses we see nothing but a roaring sea, and wrecks of buildings, and cattle passing every moment in dreadful confusion. All our cattle, our seed, and the produce of our last harvest are destroyed. Our moles and our causeways, those immense works which our forefathers had built at great expence to defend the soil and insure our harvests are all nearly destroyed. The rise of the waters has been so great that it has surpassed by four feet the d'eternal inundation of 1755. The aqueduct of Craponne, erected twenty-six feet above the level of the earth, is only two feet higher than the waters. Two quarters of our city are under water: several houses have fallen, and have buried under them merchandise, furniture, provisions, and every thing that the violence or suddenness of the inundation did not permit us to snatch from their fury.
THE CONCORDAT.
It is said that the Concordat is forthwith to be published, by which the future system of the French Church is to be regulated. We hear that His Holiness the Pope gives Bonaparte the title of Le Confidant des Chrétiens . The Concordat limits the number of Archbishoprics for the whole Republic to fifty. It passes an act of oblivion on all the errors and deviations from the discipline of the church which happened during the revolution; but the priests who have married, though they are not to be dispossessed of their benefices, are not to exercise the clerical functions. The ceremonies, the fees, processions, and holidays of the church, the regulation about diet, &c are to be abolished and relaxed—and certain fixed revenues, independent of tithes, are to be attached to each see and parish. It contains a number of other regulations, which will be read with great interest by the Catholics of every country, as it will form a new era in the Papal regimen.
Portland,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1802.
The Hon. JOHN CUSHING, is chosen in convention of the two houses of the General Court, Senator for the county of Cumberland, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Longfellow, resigned.
FROM PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 11.
The bill, declaring that no person shall hold an office under the General Government, and that of Pennsylvania, at the same time, and which was returned by Gov. M. Kean, who refused to sign it, has been re-enacted by the House of Representatives—76 to 4.
A bill has passed the House of Representatives, providing for the election of United States Senators, by a joint vote of both branches of the Legislature; and a law directing that the Electors of President and Vice President, shall be chosen by a general ticket. That mode is preferred by the democrats which will best promote their own views; and yet they would complain of federalists if they improved power in the same way.”
A letter from a respectable commercial house at Havre to their correspondent in Philadelphia, of the date of Dec. 10, says, “The intercourse between France and Louisiana is on the point of becoming very frequent by the exchange which is about to be (if not already) made between the French and Spanish governments. The Spanish part of St. Domingo, ceded by the treaty of peace to France, is to be restored to Spain in lieu of Louisiana, which is to be put in possession of the French. Vessels are already preparing to sail for New-Orleans.”
QUERY.—When the French take possession of Louisiana, will they grant the citizens of the U. S. all the privileges relative to the navigation of the Mississippi, &c. which are now enjoyed by virtue of our treaty with Spain? This subject is worthy attention. (N. T. Pop.)
A letter has been received at New-York from Amsterdam, which says, “All square rigged American vessels are in demand, as our merchants are obliged to purchase foreign bottoms.”
A letter from London Dec. 6 says, the importation of provisions into England, is to be permitted, duty free, until the first of Jan. 1803. The writer thinks considerable supplies will be wanted; and adds, Spain and Portugal, are in want—France and Belgium have none to spare—Holland less than usual; and from the Baltic and the Elbe, sufficient exportations cannot be expected. He conceives that fine flour will bring 40s. pr. bbl. and rice 10s. pr. cwt.
It is reported, Toussaint is appointed a Counsellor of State; and this is the way he is to be conquered.
The merchants of Philadelphia and New-York have prepared Memorials, to be presented to the President, and both Houses of Congress, praying that the bill for repealing the act, organizing the Courts of the United States, may not be passed in its present form.
Warwick,
In this town, on Wednesday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Deane, C. pt. George Waite, to Miss Eleonora Wildridge.—At Wells, Mr. Samuel Hill, to Miss Abigail Littlefield.—At Salem, Mr. Joseph Sprague, jun. to Miss Margaret Osgood.—At Boston, Mr. Benjamin Lindsey, printer, to Miss Elizabeth Woods.—Mr. Henry Jones, to Miss Sally Fryars.
Died,
At Albany, Major Michael Gabriel Hudon, Superintendent of the Military Stores there. He was an active zealous partisan officer during the revolution.—At Taunton, 8th inst. in consequence of a fall from his horse, capt. Jonathan Ingell, aged 82.—At Danvers, Mrs. Sarah Pope, aged 63.—At Salem, Mr. Oliver Plummer, aged 47.—At Hartford, Con. Rev. Benjamin Boardman, aged 70.—At Dedham, Col. Jonathan Pollard, aged 53.—At Boston, Mrs. Mary Boyle, aged 35. Mrs. Susannah Debon. Mr. Samuel Daniels Davenport, mer. aged 29. Mrs. Martha Tucker, aged 40. Mrs. Elizabeth Minot, aged 44.
Interment.
The following is the report of the Legislative Committee, appointed to consider what measures were proper to be adopted by the government of the state, to evince their deep regret for the decease of Mr. Purdie, and their sense of his virtues and services. It was unanimously accepted;—and the ceremonies recommended were observed:
“The Joint Committee, to whom the Message was referred, propose the following arrangements, for paying the tribute of esteem and respect so justly due to the merits of the deceased, viz. That H. Excellency the Governor, and the Hon. Council, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be requested to attend the Funeral at Andover:—That on the day of interment the Chaplains of the two Houses perform divine service at the Old Brick Meeting House, in this town, and that the Members of both Branches of the Legislature meet in their respective chambers, and at 10 o'clock, walk in procession from the State House to the Meeting House, and attend the same:—That all Legislative business be suspended on that day:—That His Excellency be requested to order minute guns to be fired in the town of Boston, from the hours of two until four o'clock in the afternoon, on the day of the funeral: and that the Selectmen of Boston be requested to direct the tolling of the bells of the town, during the same time: and that the Governor, Council, and Members of the Legislature wear a piece of black crape on the left arm on the day of the funeral, and from that time to the end of the present session.”
On Monday last, was entombed at Andover, the remains of His Honor SAMUEL PHILLIPS, Esq. late Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth.
The assembly of persons on this solemn occasion; was numerous and highly respectable.
The Corpse was preceded by the Scholars of “Phillips Academy,” the Trustees of the same, and “Phillips Exeter Academy,” with their President; his Excellency Governor Gilman of New Hampshire, and was followed by the inhabitants of Andover and of the neighboring towns, with the mourners and others in carriages. The bearers of the pall were the Governor of this Commonwealth, the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three of the Council. Having arrived at the Meeting House, service was there performed before a crowded and afflicted audience. A solemn anthem commenced the exercises, and was succeeded by a fervent and appropriate prayer from the Rev. Mr. French, in which the heart and feelings of the pious and affectionate pastor, were deeply interested.—A hymn followed.—Dr. Tappan then proceeded to discourse from that pathetic ejaculation of David, “Help Lord, for the Godly man ceaseth—the faithful fail from among the children of men.” A prayer from Dr. Tappan and another anthem closed the solemn service, and the remains were then conveyed to the tomb, attended by the relatives and a vast train of friends and acquaintances on foot. The scene was deeply affecting, and no heart but felt bursting with sorrow at the reflection, that they should “see no more the face of him whom they had delighted to honor.”
It is the lot of few to acquire a reputation so bright and unspotted, as that which Mr. PHILLIPS possessed, and of fewer still to take an active and decided part in all political events, and yet preserve integrity unimpeached, and talents uncontroverted. He graduated at Harvard College in 1771. While yet a youth, the qualities which made eminent his riper years, rendered him beloved and conspicuous. At this early period of life, he was distinguished for that solidity of judgment, deep penetration, strict moral principle, active virtue, and stable Christian piety, which constituted the striking features of his character, and attained for him the notice of his instructors, and the attachment of his equals. He had scarcely reached manhood, when his fellow-townsmen, with a readiness which does honor to their sagacity, elected him their Representative; and by their suffrages, and that of his District, he was raised to a seat in the House and Senate of the State, for twenty-five years successively, until the public voice elevated him to the high station in which he died. For twenty years, without intermission, he was chosen to the Presidency of the Senate, during periods, in which the public mind underwent many agitations, and experienced much change. His singular, and unremitted attention to business; his facility in transacting it; and above all, the known independence and integrity of his character, preferred to him, under every aspect of public affairs, a just and honorable popularity. The Academy, which bears his family name, and which is indebted, principally, to his patronage, for its existence and celebrity, witnesses his love of literature, and his ardent exertions in its cause. An enthusiasm in his attachment to virtue, a Christian in sentiment and the strictest profession, eminent for piety, private friendship, and zeal for the public; what good breath which knew his worth, is not wrung at his loss; what lover of his country does not lament one of the firmest pillars of the State, and of private worth one of the brightest examples?

DISTRICT OF MAINE. NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of SAMUEL MOORE, of Damariscotta, in said District, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been issued and proceeded upon, that they may appear before the Judge of the District Court of Maine, on Wednesday the second day of March next, at the Court-house in Pownalborough, if they think fit, against allowing and approving of the Certificate of discharge of the said Bankrupt. DAVID SEWALL, Judge of the District Court of Maine. February 22, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of WILLIAM PENNELLY, a Bankrupt, that Wednesday the second day of March next, is appointed for hearing any objections to the allowing the Certificate of Discharge to said Bankrupt; and that the hearing will be at the Court-house in Pownalborough; at which time and place any of the Creditors of said Bankrupt may appear, if they see fit, and be heard upon their objections. DAVID SEWALL, Judge of District Court. Feb. 1, 1802.  THE copartnership of SMITH & LITTLE, by mutual agreement is this day dissolved: All persons who are indebted, or who have demands on said firm, are requested to call on Thomas Smith, at their late place of business, for settlement. THOMAS SMITH, TIMOTHY LITTLE. Windham, Feb. 22, 1802.
Valuable Law Books. THIS DAY RECEIVED, and for sale at the bookstore of Jenkins & Clark, No. 8, Jones' Row, A New Edition of the MASSACHUSETTS JUSTICE—price two dollars—Being a collection of the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the power and duty of Justices of the Peace; alphabetically arranged in two parts.—Part I. The power and duty of Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace.—Part II. The power and duty of Justices of the Peace in their separate capacity.—To which are added, under the proper heads, a variety of Forms, grounded on said Laws. The whole intended for the use of those who practice in the office of a Justice, to assist them in the various duties thereto belonging. The Second Edition, much improved and enlarged—embracing all the Laws up to the present time, with Extracts from sundry Laws of the United States which may require some duty to be performed by Justices of the Peace.—By SAMUEL FREEMAN, Esq. Compiler of the Town Officer, &c. &c.
Laws of Massachusetts. Lately published, in two large royal octavo vols. price 8 Dols. in fine, and 7 Dols. 50 Cts. on good paper—Also the same Laws in 3 vols. demy octavo, price 6 Dols. 50 Cts.— The Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the establishment of the Constitution in 1780, to the end of the year 1800, with the Constitutions of the United States, and of the Commonwealth, prefixed. To which is added an APPENDIX, containing Acts and clauses of Acts, from the Laws of the late Colony, Province and State of Massachusetts, which either are unrevived or reflect the title of real Estate. Either vol. of the demy 8vo. edition may be had separate; and those gentlemen who have the first and second vols. of Thomas's edition of the Laws, by purchasing this third vol. will make their sets complete to the present time.
Sullivan's Land Titles. Just published, in a large Royal Octavo Volume price 3 Dols. The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts.—By JAMES SULLIVAN, L. L. D. Attorney General of the Commonwealth.
Laws of the United States. Lately published, in 5 vols. octavo, price 10 Dols. The Laws of the United States of America, from the establishment of the Federal Government to the end of the Sixth Congress, which terminated with the Presidency of Mr. Adams. With the Constitution, Amendments, Treaties, &c. in their proper places.—The fifth vol. may be had separate.
Espinaſſe's Trials at Nisi Prius. Just published, in two large vols. price 6 Dols. A Digest of the Law of Actions and Trials at Nisi Prius. Second American, from the third and last London Edition, corrected, with considerable additions from printed and manuscript cases.—By ISAAC ESPINASSE, of Gray's Inn, Barrister at Law.
Also, lately published, the following useful Books, viz. The Probate Auxiliary, or a Director and Assistant to Probate Courts, Executors, Administrators and Guardians, with Forms for the use of Probate Courts, &c. Price 63 cts. The Town Officer, or the Power and Duty of Selectmen and all other Town and Parish Officers, with Forms for their use, and a method for keeping Town Accounts. Price 1 dol. The Clerk's Magazine, or a valuable Assistant to every man. Containing the most useful and necessary forms of Writings, which commonly occur between man and man, such as Acquittances, Agreements, Assignments, Bills, Bonds, Conveyances, Deeds, Grants, Indentures, Leases, Letters of Attorney, Mortgages, Notes, Petitions, Releases, Wills, and all other instruments. The whole of which are calculated for the use of the citizens of the United States, and conformable to Law.—This Book ought to be in every family, as it will prevent the necessity of employing Lawyers, &c. to draft common Instruments. (Price 1 Dollar.)
Blackstone's Commentaries, in 4 Vols. With the large and valuable Notes of Edward Weston, Esq. Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. Price 6 Dols. Christian's Notes to Blackstone, which will answer for any Edition of that valuable work, may be had in a separate Volume. Price 1 Doll. 25 Cents. Portland, Feb. 22.
The Poor Gentleman, A new COMEDY—is just received, and for sale as above.
FOR sale, by WILLIAM CODMAN, at his Store, Middle Street, a quantity of Morocco Skins, of different colors—being a consignment, will be sold low.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY How & Evans, At their Store in Middle Street, on corner Union Street, A Large assortment of PAPER HANGINGS—75 different figures, of the newest fashion, at the Boston prices.—Also, English, Hardware, & West-India Goods, and Groceries, as usual. Portland, Feb. 22. (6m)
Fresh Goods. WILL be landed this day, from on board ships Nabby and Minerva, from Liverpool, and offered for sale on very generous terms, per piece or less quantity, by M'Lellan & Brown. Viz. 3 Trunks, consisting of common CALICOES; 3 colored fancy; few pieces black, dove, and yellow superfine CLOTHS; Dark ground superfine CHINTZ; CHINTZ FURNITURES, and Cotton and Calico CHECKS; Black CAMBRICS, and checked MUSLINS, 1 Cafe BROWN HOLLANDS, 2 do. Colerain LINENS, 1 do. THREADS and TAPES, 2 do. Silk and Cotton HOSIERY, 2 do. GLOVES and MITTS—well assorted. Also, in store, a few small sized Crates White WARE. Portland, Feb. 15.
Stephen Thomas, HAS for sale at his Store in Fifth Street, a large and general assortment of Drugs & Medicines, as cheap as can be purchased in town. Port, Sherry, & Madeira WINES, of an excellent quality.—Also, very good Cogniac Brandy, and Holland Gin. Portland, Feb. 15.
Molasses, Per Hhd. for sale at approved credit, by SAMUEL M. QUINCY. Portland, Feb. 15.
William Gorham, Respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has just received for sale, at his Store in Fifth Street, an assortment of WINES, of the best quality.—Also, a large assortment of West-India Goods, Groceries, &c. all of which will be sold on the lowest terms for cash or country produce. Portland, Feb. 15.
FOR SALE, At JENKS & CLARK'S Bookstore, A NEW and neat edition of the COLUMBIAN ORATOR.—Also, a general assortment of SCHOOL BOOKS, and most kinds of BOOKS and STATIONARY, as usual, which will be sold at the Boston prices. Feb. 15.
Nathan & Company, FURRIERS, JUST arrived from London, will give the best price, and ready money, for all kinds of FUR-SKINS, at Gen. Coss's Tavern, sign of the Eagle, Fore-street. Portland, Jan. 8. 1802.
Cotton Yarn.
ALMY & BROWN, in Providence, State of Rhode Island, being principally concerned in the most extensive COTTON MILLS on the continent, have for sale a large assortment of COTTON YARN, suitable for Warp or Filling; and also of two and three thread ed Yarn suitable for knitting or weaving Stockings, both bleached and unbleached; equal in quality to any in America. They are enabled to supply their customers and others who may want, on as low terms as any persons in the United States, and on short notice. Orders from every part of the country will be duly attended to by sending by post or otherwise, to the subscriber. ALMY & BROWN. Providence, 18th Mo. 1802.
John Taber & Son, NO. 8, MUSSEY'S ROW, KEEP the aforesaid Yarn constantly for sale, by the Bundle, at the same prices as at the Manufactory, with only the expense of transportation. Portland, 2d Mo. 8, 1802.
FOR SALE, At N. Richardson's Wh. BALES INDIA COTTONS, consisting of bon, Gurrachs, Allat, and Patna Bultas. Pipes 4th proof Barcelona BRANDY, Bags white India SUGAR, Quarter Casks old Lisbon WINES, Boxes dpt CANDLES, Casks fresh RAISINS, 2000 WT. PEPPER, entitled to debenture. RAVENS DUCK, and RUSSIA SHEETING, 1 Trunk GOODS, consisting of LONGCLOTHS, MUSLINS, CAMBRICKS, BANDANNA HANDKERCHIEFS, &c. Bls. Fine and Superfine FLOUR—Baltimore. By JOSHUA RICHARDSON. Portland, Jan. 25, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, to the nonresident proprietors of land in the town of Thompsonborough, district of Maine, that their lands are taxed to the State, County and Town, for the year 1801, in the bills committed to me the subscriber to collect as follows:
   Names No Lot No. Acre State tax County tax Town tax     James Bordin, Esq. 1 & 2 3385 5 64 13 52 9 2   Proprietors unknown 3 & 4 1380 2 30 5 52 3 68   James Bordin, Esq. 6 7200 2 2 88 1 92   Proprietors unknown, 7 665 1 10 2 66 1 77   James Bordin, Esq. 8 1200 2 4 80 3 20   Proprietors unknown, 9 1200 2 2 40 1 60   part of 11 1200 2 2 40 1 60   part of 11 700 1 16 2 80 1 86  
And unless said taxes, and the necessary intervening charges, are paid to me the collector, on or before Thursday, the fifteenth day of April next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said lands will then be sold by Public Auction, as will pay the same, at the dwelling house of capt. NOAH JORDAN, Innholder, in said Thompsonborough. PHINEAS JONES, Collector. Feb. 15, 1802.
THE Copartnership of WASHBURN & COOK, was dissolved on the first day of this month, by mutual consent. RUFUS WASHBURN, SILVANUS COOK. Portland, Jan. 17, 1802.
TAKE NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing a NOTE of HAND, dated the twenty ninth day of December, 1800, for Fifty Dollars with interest—payable to JONATHAN GARLAND, or order, in fifteen months from date, signed by the subscriber—as said note was given without consideration, and I am determined not to pay the same. Pownalborough, Feb. 5. 1802 JOSEPH GLIDDEN.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administrator on the estate of THOMAS NEWMAN, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, Sailmaker, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to DANIEL NEWMAN. Portland, Feb. 15, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that having been duly appointed administrator on the Estate of JOHN HANCOCK RIGGS, late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, mariner deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to HARISON BRAZIER. Feb. 15, 1802.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that having been duly appointed administrator on the estate of BENJAMIN WINSLOW, jun. late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to exhibit the same, to THOMAS WINSLOW. Feb. 15, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed administratrix on the estate of JAMES DAVIS, late of Standish, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon to exhibit the same, to THANKFUL DAVIS. Feb. 15, 1802.
THE Subscriber, having been duly appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Cumberland, Guardian to ELIJAH TUTTLE, of North Yarmouth, in said county—who by the Selection of said town has been adjudged a Spendthrift—hereby caution all persons against trading with him; and those who may be indebted to him, against paying anything to him; but all such persons are requested to make payment to us; and those who have any demands against said Spendthrift, are also requested to bring in their accounts to us. STEPHEN L. HARRIS, } Guardians. DAVID PRINCE, } North Yarmouth February 10. 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator of the estate of THOMAS FARNHAM, late of Bath, in the county of Lincoln, Mariner, deceased, and has undertaking that trust by giving Bond as the law directs: All persons, therefore, having demands against said estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate, are desired to make immediate payment. ELIZABETH FARNHAM, Administratrix. Bath, February 15, 1802.
WHEREAS the proprietors and owners of the late common and undivided lands in the town of Lebanon, in the county of York, have been assessed and taxed in sundry lists, and formerly committed for collection to Benjamin Chadbourne, Esq. and Dr. Moses Carr, deceased, and William Rogers, Esq. resigned:—And the Balance due on said Taxes are now committed to Andrew Rogers, Esq. to collect by a vote of said proprietors—and the following sums now appear to be due and unpaid, to wit:
   Proprietors Names. Bal. of Accts. prior to 1797 1797 1798 1799 1800 Bal. now due.     Edward Arnold, Esq. 1 67   Capt. Richard Lord 60 60 60 40 5   Deac. Benj. Libby 50 40 60 60 3 10   James Parker 4   Ralph Farnham 60 50 40 60 60 13 8 4   Barzillai Allen 2   Joseph Sayward 50 40 60 60 13 10   Ebenezer Blaisdell 33 6 50 40 60 60 8 16 9   Isaac Sprague 40 50 40 60 60 7 11 8   Capt. Jonas Benner 50 40 60 60 5 10   Nathan Blodget 50 40 60 60 13 18   Samuel Kindal 34 50 40 60 60 7 7 8   Nathan Gabbat 50 40 60 60 7 8 4   William Gerrish 2 10   Moses Abbott 50 40 60 60 3   Elizha Hill 40 50 40 60 60 5 5   Daniel Smith 50 40 60 60 11   Joseph Peavy 5 10   John Fatt 50 40 60 60 5 8 4   Stephen Hardison 50 40 60 60 2 11 8   William Goveen 39 50 40 60 60 1   Richard Heart 41 6 50 40 60 60 1   Thomas Kidder 2 9   John Stevens 50 40 60 60 5 6 4   Crispus Bradbury 6 6 8   Elisha Plaisted 2 16   John Hoistun 50 40 60 60 8 9 8   John Lewis 8 9   Sir William Pappervell 5   Abraham Lord 2   Ichabod Goodwin 2   Zebadiah Chandler 50 40 60 60 3  
And the said Proprietors voted and assessed a Tax of thirty five dollars, for the year 1799, on each Proprietor's right in said town, and committed the same to the said Andrew Rogers, Esq. to collect. And the whole of said last mentioned Tax now appears to be due and unpaid. And whereas all the above mentioned Taxes have been paid and published by the said Andrew Rogers, Esq. Law directs, yet no person has appeared to discharge the same. Therefore, public notice is hereby given, unless the above mentioned Taxes and intervening charges thereon are paid on or before Monday the 15th day of March next, so much of the delinquent Proprietor's Lands, as will be sufficient to discharge the said Taxes and intervening charges thereon, will be sold at Public Vendue to the highest bidder on the said 15th day of March, next, at 10 of the clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling house of Capt. Abraham Pray, Innholder, in said Lebanon. The Vendue will continue and be adjourned from day to day and from time to time as occasion may require.
DOMINICUS GOODWIN, } Committee appointed by said Proprietors to make sale of Lands for non payment of taxes. THOMAS RICKER, ANDREW ROGERS. Bathwick, Oct. 23, 1801. (Jan. 25—5 w)
Sales at Auction. On MONDAY, 22d Feb. WILL be sold for the benefit of the Creditors of WILLIAM FENNELLY, a Bankrupt, all his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Sale, 10 o'clock. Edward Oxnard, Auctioneer.
TO-MORROW, Feb. 23. Will be sold at Auction, on Ingraham's Wharf, A two deck BRIG, about two hundred tons burthen—at a credit of 6 and 12 months—Notes with approved endorser. Sale, 11 o'clock. Edward Oxnard, Auctioneer. Portland, Feb. 22.
On TUESDAY next, At David Pease's Auction-Room, Fore-street, Portland,
A Valuable Invoice of GOODS—consisting of Blue, dark, and light mixed Broadcloths, Drab coloured and mixed Cassimeres, Swan down of various figures and stripes, Blue, drab, coloured & mixed Plaids and Forest Cloths Irish Linen in whole pieces, or less, 20 pieces Plaited, American and English Hats, A few pieces Furniture, Crockery Ware, in lots to suit the purchasers. With sundry other articles. Consignment of Goods will be constantly received from Boston and elsewhere; in consequence of which, sales will be made every day in the week. Fear of imposition need not prevent any one from purchasing, as no Goods which are damaged will be offered for sale without notice being given at the time of sale. All Commercial business will be attended to with the strictest attention, and every favor received with thanks. Feb. 22.
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, On Monday, 1st day of March next, A BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, in the town of Bridgton situated on the west side of the brook opposite Mr. Joseph Sear's new saw mill—together with the privileges thereto belonging—For further particulars, inquire of WILLIAM ROGERS. Bridgton, Feb. 15.
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION, On TUESDAY, the 16th day of March, next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on the Premises.
THAT VALUABLE ESTATE, belonging to the subscriber, at Broad Cove, North Yarmouth, in lots of different descriptions, in order to suit those who may want small Farms, or such as carry on trade, navigation, and fishery, who may wish to have some Land, and that near the salt water. The first lot will be the Dwelling House, Orchard, Garden, and Out Houses, with twenty acres of Land, including a Building Yard, near the town landing; where a wharf will be built the ensuing summer, the timber being already brought to the spot. For further particulars, inquire of the owner on the premises—or of Mr. EDWARD OXNARD, Auctioneer at Portland; at each of which places a plan may be seen, and the terms of payment known, which will be liberal. WILLIAM MARTIN. Feb. 22.
French Spoliations. THE sufferers by French Spoliations, in Portland, and its vicinity, are requested to exhibit their claims at the Maine Five and Marine Insurance Office, to the Subscribers, who were appointed a Committee for the purpose, at a meeting held on the 4th inst.—stating the name of the Vessel, the owner's, and the master's name, with the amount of Property captured, at the real cost or value at the time, stated in gross—together with such circumstances as they may think useful in establishing their claims. DANIEL TUCKER, HUGH M'LELLAN, THOMAS WEBSTER. Portland, Feb. 6, 1802.
DIRECT TAX. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, EIGHTH COLLECTION DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION.
NOTICE is hereby given, by virtue of an act of Congress, passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, entitled "An Act to lay and collect the Direct Tax, within the United States"—The following taxes assessed on the respective Houses and Lands, to which they relate, became due and payable on the 7th day of April, 1800, of which the said reputed owners, possessors, or occupants of said Houses and Lands, have been notified by the Collector in manner directed aforesaid; yet said taxes remain unpaid in said District, viz. Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland.
   Occupant. Owner. Value of House. Value of Lands. Tax on House. Tax on Lands.     Silas Howell Howel Silas 523 80 1 48   Michael Lunt Lunt Mich. 400 80 1380 3 90   William Pride Pride Wm. 839 50 2 37   William Patrick Patrick W. 300 60   Waldo Heirs Waldo Samuel, Heirs of 3137 20 8 22   James Webb do. 138   do. do. 1035   do. do. 621   do. do. 517 50   do. do. 4600   6911 50 19 56   Zachariah Small do. 398 1 13   Peter Chick do. 138 38   10534 70  
And that so much of the above described property as will pay the respective taxes assessed thereon, with costs and charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of SAMUEL STAPLES Innholder, in Gorham, on Thursday the first day of April, 1802, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment. THOMAS M'LELLAN, Collector. Gorham, Jan. 25, 1802.

POETRY.  ODE TO WINTER. By Thomas Campbell, Author of the Pleasures of Hope.  WHEN first the fiery maned Sun His heavenly race began to run, Round the earth, and on a blue His children four (the Seasons) flew. First, in green apparel dancing, Smil'd the SPRING, with angel face: Rosy SUMMER, next advanc'd g. Rush'd into her fire's embrace— Her bright hair'd fire, who bade her keep Forever nearest to his sides— On Gialpe's robe-shaded sleep, Or India's citron-cover'd isles, More remote, and luxuriant brown, The Queen of Vignage bow'd before his throne; A rich pomegranate gemm'd her crown— A ripe sheaf bound her zone.  But howling WINTER fled afar, To hills that prop the Polar Star, And loves on deer-borne car to ride, With barren Darkness by his side, 'Round the shore where loud Lofoden Whirls to death the roaring whale— 'Round the hall where Runic Odin Howls his war song to the gale: Save when, down the raven'd globe, He travels on his native form, Deflow'ring Nature's grassy robe, And trampling on her faded form; Till Light's returning Lord assume The shaft that drives him to his Northern field— Of paw'r to pierce his raven plume, And crystal-cover'd shield!  O Sire of Storms! whose savage car The Lapland drum delights to hear, When Frenzy, with her blood-shot eye, Implores thy dreadful deity— Archangel Pow'r of Desolation! Fost descending as thou art, Say, hath mortal invocation Spills to touch thy stony heart? Then, fallen WINTER, hear my pray'r, And gently rule the ruin'd year— Nor chill the wand'rer's lonely bare, Nor freeze the wretch's falling tear! To shivering Wam's unmann'd bed Thy horror-breathing ages cease to lend; And mildly on the orphan head Of innocence descend.  But chiefly spare, O King of Clouds! The sailor on his airy flouds, When wrecks and beacons strew the deep, And spectres walk along the deep. Milder yet thy snowy breezes Breathe on yonder tented shores. Where the Rhin', bright billow freezes— Where the dark-brown Danube roars! Oh! winds of WINTER! lift ye there To many a deep and dying groan! Oh! blast, ye Demons of the Midnight Air! At shrieks and thunders louder than your own! Alas! ev'n your unhallow'd breath May spare the victim, as len low:— But MAN will ask no truce to death— No bound to human woe.  * Late the feat of War on the European Continent.
Political. From the New-York Evening Post.  EXAMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.  NUMBER I.  INSTEAD of delivering a speech to the House of Congress, at the opening of the present session, the President has thought it to transmit a Message. Whether this has proceeded from pride or from humility, from a temperate love of reform, or from a wild spirit of innovation, is submitted to the conjectures of the curious. A single observation shall be indulged—since all agree that he is unlike his predecessors in essential points, it is a mark of consistency to differ from them in matters of form.  Whoever considers the temper of the day must be satisfied that this message is likely to add much to the popularity of our chief magistrate. It conforms as far as would be tolerated at this early stage of our progress in political perfection, to the bewitching tenets of that illuminated doctrine, which promises man, ere long, emancipation from the burdens and restraints of government; giving a foretaste of that pure felicity which the apostles of this doctrine have predicted. After having, with infinite pains and assiduity, formed the public taste for this species of fare, it is certainly right for those whom the people have chosen for their caterers, to be attentive to the gratification of that taste. And should the viands, which they may offer, prove base and puffed, instead of wholesome aliments, the justification is both plain and easy—Good patrons must, at all events, please the people. But those whose patriotism is of the old school, who differ so widely from the disciples of the new creed, that they would rather risk incurring the displeasure of the people, by speaking unpalatable truths, than betray their interest by fostering their prejudices; will never be deterred by an impure tide of popular opinion, from honestly pointing out the mistakes or the faults of weak or wicked men, who may have been selected as guardians of the public weal.  The Message of the President, by whatever motives it may have been dictated, is a performance which ought to alarm all who are anxious for the safety of our government, for the respectability and welfare of our nation. It makes, or aims at making, a most prodigal sacrifice of constitutional energy, of sound principle, and of public interest, to the popularity of one man.  The first thing in it which excites our surprise, is the very extraordinary position, that though Triumph had declared war in form against the United States , and had enforced it by actual hostility, yet that there was not power, for want of the sanction of Congress, to capture and detain her cruisers with their crews.  When the newspapers informed us, that one of these cruisers, after being subdued in a bloody conflict, had been liberated and permitted quietly to return home, the imagination was perplexed to divine the reason. The conjecture natural was, that pursuing a policy, too refined perhaps for barbarians, it was intended by that measure to give the enemy a strong impression of our magnanimity and humanity. No one dreamt of a scruple as to the right to seize and detain the armed vessel of an open and avowed foe, vanquished in battle. The enigma is now solved, and we are presented with one of the most singular paradoxes ever advanced by a man claiming the character of a statesman. When analyzed, it amounts to nothing less than this, that between two nations there may exist a state of complete war on the one side—of peace on the other.  War, of itself, gives to the parties a natural right to kill in battle, and to capture the persons and property of each other. This is a rule of natural law, a necessary & is a rule of natural law; a necessary and inevitable consequence of the state of war. This state be-
between two nations is completely produced by the act of one—it requires no concurrent act of the other. It is impossible to conceive, that one nation can be in full war with another, and this other not in the same state with respect to its adversary. The moment therefore that two nations are, in an absolute sense, at war, the public force of each may exercise every act of hostility, which the general laws of war authorize, against the persons and property of the other. As it respects this conclusion, the distinction between offensive and defensive war, makes no difference. That distinction is only material to discriminate the aggressing nation from that which defends itself against attack. The war is offensive on the part of the state which makes it; on the opposite side it is defensive: but the rights of both, as to the measure of hostility, are equal.
It will be readily allowed that the Constitution of a particular country may limit the Organ charged with the direction of the public force, in the use or application of that force, even in time of actual war; but nothing short of the strongest negative words, of the most express prohibitions, can be admitted to restrain that Organ from so employing it, as to derive the fruits of actual victory, by making prisoners of the persons and detaining the property of a vanquished enemy. Our Constitution happily, is not chargeable with so great an absurdity. The framers of it would have blushed at a provision so repugnant to good sense, so inconsistent with national safety and inconvenience: That instrument has only provided affirmatively, that "The Congress shall have power to declare War;" the plain meaning of which is that, it is the peculiar and exclusive province of Congress, when the nation is at peace , to change that state into a state of war; whether from calculations of policy or from provocations or injuries received: in other words, it belongs to Congress only, to go to War.—But when a foreign nation declares, or openly and avowedly makes war upon the United States, they are then by the very fact, at war ; and any declaration on the part of Congress is nugatory; it is at least unnecessary. This inference is clear in principle, and has the sanction of established practice. It is clear in principle, because it is self-evident, that a declaration by one nation against another, produces at once a complete state of war between both, and that no declaration on the other side can at all vary their relative situation: and in practice it is well known, that nothing is more common than when war is declared by one party, to profess mutual hostilities, without a declaration by the other.
The doctrine of the Message includes the strange absurdity, that without a declarative of war by Congress, our public force may destroy the life, but may not restrain the liberty, or seize the property of an enemy. This was exemplified in the very instance of the Tripolitan corsair. A number of her crew were slaughtered in the combat, and after she was subdued she was set free with the remainder. But it may perhaps be said, that she was the assailant, and that resistance was an act of mere defence, and self-preservation. Let us then pursue the matter a step further. Our ships had blockaded the Tripolitan Admiral in the bay of Gibraltar; suppose, he had attempted to make his way out, without first firing upon them: if permitted to do it, the blockade was a farce; if hindered by force, this would have amounted to more than a mere act of defence; and if a combat had ensued, we should then have seen an unequivocal illustration of the unintelligible right, to take the life but not to abridge the liberty, or capture the property of an enemy.
Let us suppose an invasion of our territory, previous to a declaration of war by Congress. The principle avowed in the message would authorize our troops to kill those of the invader, if they should come within the reach of their bayonets, perhaps to drive them into the sea, and drown them; but not to disable them from doing harm, by the milder process of making them prisoners, and sending them into confinement. Perhaps it may be replied that the same end would be answered by disarming and leaving them to starve. The merit of such an argument would be complete by adding, that should they not be disarmed, before the arrival of their ships, with a fresh supply of arms we might then, it is true, disarm them a second time, and send them on board their fleet, to return safely home.
The inconvenience of the doctrine in practice, is not less palpable than its folly in theory. In every case it presents a most unequal warfare. In the instance which has occurred, the vanquished Barbarian got off with the loss of his guns. Had he been victorious, the Americans, whose lives might have been spared, would have been doomed to wear out a miserable existence in slavery and chains. Substantial benefits would have rewarded his success; while on our side, life, liberty and property, were put in jeopardy, for an empty triumph. This, however, was a partial inconvenience—cases may arise in which evils of a more serious and comprehensive nature would be the fruits of this visionary and fantastical principle.—Suppose that, in the recesses of Congress, a foreign maritime power should unexpectedly declare war against the United States, and send a fleet and army to seize Rhode-Island, in order from thence to annoy our trade and our seaport towns. Till the Congress should assemble and declare war, which would require time, our ships might according to the hypothesis of the Message, be sent by the President to fight those of the enemy as often as they should be attacked, but not to capture and detain them: If beaten, both vessels and crews would be lost to the United States; if successful, they could only disarm those they had overcome, and must suffer them to return to the place of common rendezvous, there to equip anew, for the purpose of resuming their depredations on our towns and our trade.
Who could restrain the laugh of derision at positions so preposterous, were it not for the reflection that in the first magistrate of our country, they cast a blemish on our national character? What will the world think of the fold when such is the shepherd?  LUCIUS CRASSUS.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
WALKING MATCH.  Mr. Barclay has won his wager with Mr. Fletcher for 5000l. a side, that he would go on foot 90 miles in 21 3/4 successive hours. Mr. B. started on Monday night at twelve, at Aytou, on the road from York to Hull. He stopped six times to refresh and change his cloaths, which generally took him from 1 1/2 minutes to 15. The weather was particularly favorable, except from four to eight o'clock in the morning, when it grew hazy. This rendered him rather dull, but he won his match, having completed 90 miles in one hour and seven minutes less than the time allotted. Above ten thousand pounds depended upon this wager. Many people came from Scotland to see it, and almost all Yorkshire was present. Mr. Barclay had lived lately only on raw flesh. The space he walked along the road was one mile in one and one out.
ANTIQUITY OF SPENCERS.  It is not generally known, that this fashionable dress owes its origin to an ignominious punishment of great antiquity. Plutarch, in his life of Cicero, mentions, that "he never
caused any man to be beaten with rods, or to have his garments rent." But we have a higher authority. "Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved one half of their beards, and cut off their garments to the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away."—2d. Sam. x. 4. Of late years, a branch of the Spencer family, in England, introduced this short garment, as a kind of hoax upon the bloods of Bond-street, who, as might well be supposed, were entirely ignorant of its disgraceful origin. The whim succeeded, and "Spencers" became a necessary appendage to the wardrobe of every beau. With an eye to their origin, perhaps they might with greater propriety be called David's .
Law of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. An Act more effectually to secure Fire Engines from being injured.
WHEREAS it has sometimes happened that some people, from a wanton, and others from a malicious disposition, have injured the public Fire Engines, provided for the extinguishment of fires which may unfortunately happen in the habitations and other buildings of the inhabitants;—for prevention thereof in future,  Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That if any person shall wantonly or maliciously spoil, break, injure, damage, or render useless, any Engine, or any of the apparatus thereto belonging, prepared by any town, society, person or persons, for the extinguishment of fire, and shall be convicted thereof before the Supreme Judicial Court, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the Court; and be further ordered to recognize with sufficient surety or sureties for his good behaviour for such term as the Court shall order.
In the House of Representatives, Feb. 6, 1802. This Bill, having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
EDWARD H. ROBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate, Feb. 8, 1802. This Bill, having had two several readings, passed to be enacted.
DAVID COBB, President. Feb. 8, 1802.—By the Governor approved. CALEB STRONG.
A true Copy. Attest—JOHN AVERY, Sec'y.
DIRECT TAX. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ELEVENTH COLLECTION DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION.
PURSUANT to an act of Congress passed the fourteenth of July, 1798, entitled, "an act to lay and collect a Direct Tax, within the United States,"—will be sold at public Sale at the dwelling house of Benjamin Hooper, jun. in Biddeford, on Monday the fifth day of April next, at ten of the clock, A. M. so much of the under described estates, consisting of dwelling houses and lands as will satisfy the taxes due thereon, together with costs and charges, as the law directs; unless said taxes and charges should be paid before that time.
   Value of House. Value of Lands. Tax on each Total tax   D. C.     John Fairfield 550 1 65 1191 23 3 37   Oliver & Ralph Emery 300 60 1503 2 25   Capt. Jabez Lane 300 60 1703 4 82   Dominicus Scamman 250 50 1852 93 5 24   John Davis 200 40 390 1 10    BENJAMIN HOOPER, jun. Collector. Biddeford, February 4, 1802.
SEVENTH COLLECTION DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION, IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PURSUANT to an act of Congress passed the 14th of July, 1798, entitled, "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States,"—will be sold at public sale at the dwelling house of Benjamin Ayer, innholder in Standish, on Monday the fifth day of April next, at ten of the clock A. M. so much of the under described estates, consisting of dwelling houses and lands, as will satisfy the taxes due thereon, together with costs and charges as the law directs; unless said taxes and charges should be paid before that time.
   Names of Owners, or Occupants, at the time of taking the Valuation. Value of each dwelling house. Value of each lands. Tax on each Total tax   D. C.     Burnal Stephen 0 504 1 43 1 43   Barton Isaac 0 270 76 76   Brown Jesse 0 240 68 68   Cookson John 0 235 67 67   Cookson Joseph 0 198 56 56   Camell Thomas 0 356 1 1 1 1   Cook Nathan 0 434 1 23 1 23   Dow Joseph 0 1140 3 22 3 22   Davis James 0 630 1 78 1 78   Elias H. Derby, ow. 0 655 1 86 1 86   Obadiah Man, occu. 0   Elias H. Derby, ow. 0   Desper West, occu. 0   Devenport John 0 210 63 63   Freeman George 200 324 92 92   Freeman Benjamin 0 990 2 80 2 80   Fly James 0 350 99 99   Gibbs Ezra 0 51 14 14   Haskell Jonathan 0 298 2 26 2 26   Hopkins Theo. 105 651 1 84 1 84   Harding Barnabus 0 420 1 19 1 19   How Jacob 0 45 13 13   Holmes Josiah 280 569 1 69 1 69   Jones William 300 924 2 62 2 62   Enoch Ilsey, ow. 0 1080 3 6 3 6   Robert M'Donald, occu. 0   Jackson Thomas 0 180 51 51   Kelley Peter 0 240 68 68   Kimball Jacob 0 298 85 85   Laraby Isaac 0 605 1 7 1 7   Libby Jonathan 0 350 99 99   Libby John 0 237 67 67   McDaniel Saml. 0 337 95 95   Meservey John, jun. 0 452 1 21 1 21   Meservey Charles 0 616 1 75 1 75   Morton Elisha 0 70 20 20   Morton Joseph 0 228 65 65   Means David 0 180 50 50   M'Donald Robert 0 60 17 17   Millickia Josiah 0 160 45 45   Maxfield Josiah 0 528 1 50 1 50   Merrill Nathan 1450 264 75 75   Nason Abraham 0 1450 5 80 41 88 11 84   Nash Elijah 0 700 2 1 2 1   Parker Moses 0 357 1 1 1 1   Richard Pierce 150 540 1 53 1 53   Proctor Wm. 125 450 1 29 1 29   Pate Thomas 0 360 1 2 1 2   Row Ephraim, 3d. 0 460 1 2 1 2   Rogers Wm. 0 203 29 29   0 56 16 16  
   Row Webber 576 1 63   Robinson John 296 84   Sawyer John, jun. 108 30   Snow Thomas 288 87   Swett Joshua 90 25   Stone Joshua 84 24   Skillings Benj. 180 51   Sanborn David 1386 1 9   Sanborn David, jun. 176 1 18   Sawyer Saml. 417 1 14   Simington Nathl. 404 1 14   Thompson Edw. jun. 312 88   Thorn Joseph 60 17   Thoms John 118 33   Tinney Saml. jun. 209 42   Tinney Henry 265 59   Thorndike Larkin 234 66   Verrell Richard 410 68   West Joseph 66 19   Wood Joseph 230 71   Ward Jonathan 150 48   Winney Joseph 120 34   Wilbur Thomas 212 60   Young Joseph 236 73   Young Solomon 90 26  
NON-RESIDENTS, TO ME UNKNOWN. No. of Lots.
   Baker Charles 102 29   Bickford Wm. 150 48   Chapman Isaac 546 1 55   Clerk Ephraim, heirs of 234 66   Cummins Stephen, heirs of 120 34   Harding Stephen 60 17   Ashdon Jacob 832 2 44   Agre Thomas 168 48   Abbot Stephen 854 2 43   Andrews Jonathan 31212 60   Butler John 84 24   Codman Richard, heirs of 540 1 53   Creey Joseph 240 68   Carnell Thomas 120 34   Dole Daniel 292 82   Derby H. Elias, heirs of 3120 8 83   Dodge George 468 1 52   Eliot Simon 540 1 52   Elwell William 90 25   Freeman Joshua 532 1 49   Fosick F. Nathaniel 399 1 15   Freeman Saml. 168 48   Flintton Proprietor's   Undivided Lands 1849 1 23   Flag Saml. 546 1 52   Farley John 469 1 52   Goodale Joshua 423 1 20   Gardner John 390 1 10   Hanson Rufus 90 25   Harris & Crockett 220 34   Hall Benjamin 468 1 52   Jones Ephraim, heirs of 348 98   Jones Pieron, heirs of 105 30   Irish Ebenezer 180