Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1799-09-16 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS, BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
[NUMBER 73.]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1799.
[VOLUME II.]
AUTHENTIC DEVELOPEMENT OF THE
Murder near Rastadt.
For M rs M rs , tho' it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. Shakespeare.
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
GERMAN ACCOUNT.
Letter from M de Brabant, Col of the hussars of Szczelar, to his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles, Field Marshal General of the troops of his Imperial Majesty.
Head Quarters of the Etat Major. Gernsbach, April 30, 1799.
I AM to detail to your Royal Highness, the particu- lars of an event, unexampled perhaps in the history of human depravity, and which will still more astonish those who best know the atrocious actions of which our enemy is capable.
The three French Plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Rastadt, having received from their government positive orders not to leave it till the last extremity, determined at all hazards to prolong their stay, in spite of the re- peated instances made to them to quit a place where their presence was obviously useless, and where their person- al safety might be endangered by the movement of the armies—and particularly on account of the hatred ma- nifested against them by the country people. Nothing could overcome their obstinacy and they continued to live us by notes and protests full of insolence and ca- lumny against his majesty the Emperor and King until the 24th of the present month, when I caused it to be signified to them agreeably to orders from your Royal Highness, that they were to leave the territory of the army in the space of twenty four hours. My letter was sent them at 7 o'clock in the evening—they were ready, and wished to go at 9. The gates of the town were already shut. They were begged to stay till the next morning, and it was represented to them, that it would be dangerous to travel at midnight on a road covered with armed peas- ants, and in a country where the cruelties committed by the French were still too recent to be forgotten. They persisted. I then offered an escort. Two of them, Roberjot and Bonnier, that it best to accept the offer; but the third, Jean Debry, opposed it violently. He pre- tended they would show the greatest cowardice in not rejecting such an offer. He even pushed his insolence so far as to say, in his republican jargon, that the am- bassadors of Liberty were not made to be protected by the soldiers of despotism; and he ended by declar- ing that an Austrian escort would inspire him with greater vran than conscience. Supported by the Secretary of the French Legation, Rosenstiel, who appeared to understand him per- fectly, Jean Debry finally decided his colleague to con- temn our advice, to neglect every precaution, and de- part immediately. Yielding to their impatience, the gates were opened about 10 o'clock at night. They set out with their secretaries, their wives, and a consid- erable number of domestics, the whole filing five car- riages; and the route was lighted by several flambeaux carried by their people as if they wished that every body should be apprized of their departure. About half an hour after, a detachment of my hussars stationed near the town, heard the most lamentable cries, which seemed to come from the banks of the Murg, at a quar- ter of a league distance. They repaired to the place, and found the five carriages stopped about 50 yards from the canal, and the bodies of the two French min- isters, Roberjot and Bonnier, stretched on the highway, and horribly mutilated; one had his skull quite struck off—the other his body opened. The women and do- mestics were in the most shocking consternation. The third minister and the Secretary of the legation had dis- appeared. The assassins had fled. The carriages and persons with them, were taken back to Rastadt, and every assistance was given these unfortunates, that the liveliest compassion could inspire. None of them were wounded, but their terror and grief were excessive. — About midnight the Secretary of the legation Rosenstiel, of whom no one had received intelligence and who was shot dead, returned to town on foot. He had not been wounded, and seemed very tranquil. He was interrogated. His answers were vague and embarrassed. He declared he could not understand or conceive how he came to escape the assassins, and did not know what was become of the minister Jean Debry, who had not yet made his appearance. The servants of Roberjot and Bonnier were also questioned—at that could be learned from them was, that on approaching the Murg, they sudden- ly saw 30 well armed brigands start from ambush, who leveling their pieces at the possessions, forced them to stop—that immediately John Debry, who was in the first carriage, got out of it, with the most perfect com- posure, and went forward towards them, crying, I am Jean Debry, Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, which he repeated several times, and in particular his name Jean Debry, with great emphasis—that the brigand then seized him and pretended to give him a few blows, after which they left sight of him in the dark!—that his secretary Berlin, was also seized, but not hurt in the least—that these men who spoke French, asked Rosenstiel calling him dynamite, for the papers of the legation which he deliv- ered to them, and that he afterwards passed through them, without the least appearance of a with on their part to stop him! That after throwing these papers into the Murg, the villains went up to the carriages in which were the two other plenipotentiaries, whom they asked in a loud voice, and in French—one if he was Bonnier —the other, if he was Roberjot; and then on their an- swer in the affirmative, they drew their pistols and they breathed no more—that finally, the monsters had just disappeared when my hussars came up. This was the uniform testimony of those people. All Rastadt was in uproar; there was no one that did not shudder with horror; and all lost themselves in conjectures on an event that did not appear less inexplicable than tra- gical. Next day, the 24th at 7 o'clock in the morning, we learned that Jean Debry was returned. An immense number of people went to meet him, both from motives of humanity, and the curiosity natural to the multitude. He was overcome with fatigue having staid about all night—his face and hands were covered with blood. His clothes were also bloody and in rags. He com- plained much, pretended to have received twenty wounds and wanted to rest. The Count de Goertz took him to his house and called his own surgeon to take care of him. Jean Debry made objections to being examined by a member of the faculty, and resisted a considerable time, alleging that he stood in need only of sleep, and would have his wounds dressed at Strasbourg. But, at the pres-
sing instances of Count de Goertz, he at length yielded, who with great reluctance.
When they undressed him, they found he had on— first, a coat and watch coat, the cloth and lining of which were of an uncommon thickness; under them, he wore two thick vests, and two waistcoats equally thick; so that, not one of the forty or fifty blows, with which his great coat was penetrated, had reached his body—his only wounds were a few bruises on the back and shoulders, and a slight scratch on one of his wrists, which seemed to have been made with great precaution, and rather with some other pointed instrument, and not a sword. Besides, he had no fever.
These details had scarcely spread abroad, but they were compared by the people with circumstances already known, and the strongest suspicions were conceived— Jean Debry and Rosenstiel, were the very persons who the very preceding evening had so loudly rejected the escort who insisted that the departure should take place at night, and they alone of the legation were spared. The agents of Jean Debry to name himself to the murderers and to repeat his name—the confidence with which he had thrown himself into their arms—the cau- tion with which they had struck him without doing any harm, while his colleagues were cut to pieces—the pre- cautions he had taken beforehand to fortify himself with so many clothes—all seemed to authorize conjecture— to the support of which several other previous circum- stances concurred:—It was recollected that before the arrival of Jean Debry, at Rastadt, Bonnier and Rober- jot, were much admired there—that their pacific dispo- sitions had displeased the French Directory, who in consequence had joined Jean Debry to them, as a spy upon their conduct—that since this time, the latter, with the Secretary Rosenstiel, alone possessed the confidence of their government, imperiously dictated every mea- sure of the two other plenipotentiaries, and compelled them to sign all those irritating notes which expressed such inadmissible pretensions, and finally brought on a renewal of the war. Above all it was known that within a few months Roberjot and Bonnier no longer dissembled their indignation of the part they were or- dered to act, and they complained very frequently that the French government was resolved to make the con- clusion of a peace impossible—it was likewise particu- larly known that about a fortnight before their depar- ture, they had told Rosenstiel, in a moment of regret- ment, that they only waited their return into France, to denounce to the Legislative body, the extravagant pro- perties of the Directory, its reluctance to all conciliation, and those instructions by which it directed them, on every new communication to the Imperial Deputies, to exact some thing more than they knew would be grant- ed, in order to force a rupture.
This last intention appeared to every one to have been the cause which decided the death of these two unfortunate men; and no other reason could be that of for explaining why the assassins attached themselves to those two only, without touching any of the rest;— why, for fear of being deceived, they made them repeat their names and why they had taken such particular pains to throw into the Murg the papers of the legation, among which were undoubtedly the secret instructions of the French Directory.
This comparison of circumstances left no person in doubt as to the true authors of the plot. The compari- son as first inspired by Jean Debry, while they viewed him as a victim escaped from the hands of assassins, was turned into fury against him and his accomplices, since this horrible act if it had begun to be more fully discov- ered. The cries of horror and indignation became general. Jean Debry knew it, and expressed a desire of going away immediately. He now asked for an escort, which was granted him without delay, and my hussars con- ducted him that very evening to the French posts, with his wife, his daughters, his secretary, and all those who had accompanied him at his former departure, except his two unhappy colleagues, whose remains we collect- ed and interred in an honorable manner.
It is not for me to make reflections or draw conclu- sions from what I have related to your Royal Highness; but if one must express what cannot but be felt, what should not be said of a government as formidable to those who serve, as to those who resist it, and which murders its own agents by means of one another, as soon as its crooked policy seems to require the sacri- fice? It would be impossible to express in adequate terms the sensation caused in this country by so atrocious an act.
None of the murderers have yet been taken by my patroles, altho' I have given orders to make the most diligent search for them. I am, &c. BARBACZY, Col.
Second letter from Col. Barbaczy to Prince Charles.
Head Quarters, Gernsbach, May 1, 1799. My hussars brought me last evening, a few hours after the departure of the express that carried the dispatches I had the honor of addressing to your Royal Highness, two men, whom he armed peasants had met with about 10 o'clock in the morning on the right bank of the Rhine. A small distance from Kelh, These peasants after pursuing them a considerable time, overtook them a little beyond the Wulsett. Knowing them to be Frenchmen, and suspecting their appearance, they first thought of putting them to death; but as they assured that they were neither spies nor soldiers and that, at the moment they were met, they were making prepara- tions to repass the Rhine in a peaceful manner, to re- turn home, it was thought best to send them to me— To all the questions I put, they answered in very evasive terms—I ordered them to be examined. Each had a purse of fifty pieces of French money; and in the pock- et of one was found the following billet:
Rastadt 24th April (April 28) 8 o'clock in the evening. "We leave this place in one hour—you will see us between 9 and 10—our carriages will be lighted—John will be in the first and I in the fourth, with the papers, I recommend the third and the fifth to you." (Signed) ROSENSTIEL.
After reading this billet, I saw that I had two of the actors in this detestable plot, whose authors had been so well guised at Rastadt. I hoped to learn from them the particulars, but it was impossible to make them speak, and they have constantly kept a silence, which menaces even of death, have not been able to make them break. I sent them to your Royal Highness that they may be interrogated by yourself in person, and their fate decided.
I learn this moment by deserters, and French prison- ers who have just been brought in, that Jean Debry on arriving at Strasbourg, has had the baseness to impute his own crime to my hussars—to those hussars whose escort he had forced his unhappy colleagues to refuse— who had run, upon hearing the cries of the victims, in hopes of succouring them—who showed so much atten- tion to their widows and their whole train—who finally had just reconducted himself in safety to the banks of the Rhine. This new infamy has convinced me that
the Machiavilian Directory had proposed to effect a two- fold object by the assassination of its ministers—and that its view was, not only to get rid of their persons and writings which might serve to condemn themselves, but also to give birth to a subject for calumniating the victo- rious troops of his majesty the Emperor and King.— Happily, this monstrous calumny falls by its own ab- surdity; for what motive can my hussars be supposed to have had for committing this most infamous act? It was not their hatred to Frenchmen; since of fifteen who were in the carriages, they left thirteen alive, and dis- patched only two. It is not the desire of plunder; for they touched neither the gold nor the silver, nor jewels, but only took the papers. Will it be said they acted by order of their chiefs, and that these wanted the papers of the legation? why then did they take the papers, only to throw them into the Murg? Was there ever any thing more inconsistent? Do we not here recog- nize those who at Rome caused one of their own officers called Dufaut to be assassinated in order to attribute this murder to the ministers of the Pope? In short, do we not identify the very men, who caused their sick in the hospital at Verona to be massacred, with a view of imputing that butchery to the Venetian Senate? Their machinations are known—all Europe resounds with their crimes, and heaven is preparing to make them re- ceiv upon their own heads. I am, &c. BARBACZY, Colonel.
p. s. At the moment I was going to send off an ex- press with letter to your Royal Highness a detachment of my hussars met in ten other Frenchmen whom they found on the borders of the Black Forest, and who after making some demonstrations of resistance, and firing a few musket shots, surrendered.
They have owned that within 2 days, they were sent from Strasbourg, to the number of 27, in order to strike this blow, and that they were not informed before the evening of the 24th April, of the moment when it was to be put in execution. They add many other particu- lars, which your Royal Highness will learn better from themselves.
I send them to you under a strong guard, together with the two first. My hussars will take no rest, until they have found the remainder of this band.
AMERICAN BRAVERY
PORTSMOUTH, August 31. Captain C. Blunt, of the Diana, arrived here on Wednesday last, in 34 days from Trinidad. He informs that 2 days after he left Trin- idad, he was taken by a French privateer letter of marque from St. Thomas bound to Guadalupe, who took out the mate and one seaman; Captain Blunt and four others, feigning themselves sick, were left on board, in care of a prize master and four stout hands; who were ordered to proceed for St. Eustatia and sell the prize, remitting the net proceeds to Guadalupe. But Capt. Blunt, having reconnoitred the scheme of recap- ture, came upon deck on the morning of the 27th of Aug- ust, and seizing a cutlass, at the same moment that one of his hands seized a musket, they began to try the for- tune of war. A blow from the butt end of the musket settled Mr. Helmfinn pretty quick; but rising again, Capt. Blunt aimed a second stroke, with the cutlass and quieted his bowsels. The prize master, coming aft to help his man was obliged to surrender also; and by assistance of the rest of the crew and a passenger the remainder of the Frenchmen were secured. Capt. B. then gave him his long boat, their chiefs, some pro- visions, and water, and sent them out on a new cruise to find land. After they were put into the boat, they told Capt. B that he was a dam'd brave fellow, thanked him for his humanity, and wished him safe to port— Capt. B then made the best of his own way for port, and every true American bids welcome to the naval hero.
EXTRACT.
THE woman, who wants candor, when she is addressed by a man of merit, wants a very essential virtue; and she who can delight in the anxiety of a worthy mind, is little to be pitied when she feels the sharpest stings of anxiety in her own.
THE BLUE DEVILS!
By Peter Pindar.
"MAN may be happy, if he will," I've said it often, and I think to fill; Doctrine to make the million stare; Know then each mortal is an actual Jove; Can brew what weather he shall mo' approve, Or wind, or calm, or foul, or fair.
But here's the mischief—Man's an ass, I say, For fond of thunder, lightning, storm and rain; He hides the charming cheerful ray That spreads a smile o'er hill and plain! Dark, he must court the skull, and spade, and shroud— The misfrets of his soul must be a croud!
Who told him that he must be curs'd on earth? The God of Nature?—No such thing! Heav'n whispered him, the moment of his birth, 'Don't cry, my lad, but dance and sing: 'Don't be too wise, and be an ape;— 'In colors let your foul be dress'd, not crape.
"Roses shall smooth life's journey, and adorn; Yet mind me—if through want of grace, Thou mean'st to fling the blessing in my face, Thou hast full leave to tread upon a thorn."
Yet some there are, of men I think the worst, Poor imp's unhappy, if they can't be curs'd— Forever brooding over misery's eggs. As tho' life's pleasures were a deadly sin, Mousing forever for a gin To catch their happiness by the legs.
Even at dinner, some will be unblest'd However good the viands and well dress'd! They always come to table with a frown— Squat with a face of verjuice o'er each dish, Fault the poor flesh and quarrel with the fish, Curse cook and wife, and loathing, eat and growl.
A cart-load, lo, their stomachs feast, Yet (wretches) cannot make a meal. I like not the blue-devil haunting crew! I hate to drop the discontented jaw! O let me nature's simple simile pursue, And pick ev'n a pleasure from a straw!
Foreign News.
FROM THE PARIS PAPERS.
GENOA, JUNE 30.
After the disastrous engagements sustained by Macdonald, he was obliged to retreat to Pistotia, in Tuscany, which place he reached on the 28th. The enemy has not as yet made any attempt to follow him, so that we still preserve a communication with the army of Naples, and also with Moreau, along the river Levant. Though these melancholy reverses have totally changed the aspect of our affairs in Italy, and in a great measure destroyed our brightest hopes, yet while this communication subsists, a retreat to Genoa is still open to the French in Lower Italy and Tuscany, by way of Sarzano and Sestri di Levante. The divi- sions of Lepoye and Victor, though much harassed in their retreat across the Mountains, through the valley of Tanaro, still occupy the defiles of the Gencese, Appenines, and thus cover the road of the Corniche.
General Moreau is in this city. His successes were not capable of compensating the losses sustained by Macdonald, and the return of the army, while it quiets our fears respecting the near approach of the enemy, has increased the scarcity of provisions, of which we have for some time been in the greatest want; and the English fleet deprives us of any hope of being supplied by sea.
A body of troops has been detached to the river of Ponent, in order to take up a position in the Corniche, which leads to Nice, and to oppose any attempts which the enemy might take to cut off the retreat of the army, by marching from Piedmont through the valley of Oneglia, or by the way of Ceva, upon Savona; a project which it is most probable the enemy will attempt, but which it is of the ut- most importance to frustrate.
July 1. The greatest anxiety prevails here with respect to the future conduct of Gen. Moreau. He must either defend our city and the mountains by which it is protected, or fall back to the former position occupied by the French three years ago in the environs of Vade and Finale, lest he should be intercepted by Suwarrows troops from Piedmont. Our situation is very critical but we learn that 12,000 men have arrived at Nice, from the interior of France. Should they arrive time enough to take advantageous positions, Moreau may be induced to keep his ground at Genoa, and preserve his communication with Nice.— Tuscany is entirely given up, and it is confidently said that Macdonald has received orders to join Moreau's army, by the way of Lucca, Massa and Spazzia. The reports spread of the rapid progress of the insurgents in the country of Ancona, and the southern parts of Italy, show more than ever the necessity of this measure. It does not take place, Macdonald must be attacked in front by the Austro-Rus- sians, and in the rear by the insurgents.
The means of subsistence are very much wanted here.
PARIS, JULY 11.
A considerable number of troops are conti- nually marching from Brussels, Gand, Bruges, and the frontiers of Holland, for Ostend, and that part of the coast of the Republic, which is threatened by the English.
July 12. Marbot, General of Division, has been appointed to the command of the 17th Military Division, in the room of Gen. Jourbert, who is intended by the Directory, to be promoted to the rank of Commander in Chief of the army of Italy.
July 13. Bernadotte, the Minister at War, has written an official letter to Gen. Moreau, desiring the names and the ranks of the com- manders of the fortresses in the Cisalpine Re- public and Piedmont, who surrendered those places to the enemy, that they may be brought to trial. Moreau is required to get them ar- rested immediately. Bernadotte concludes his letter in the following manner:
"Their trials are expected by the whole na- tion—They are demanded by the army of Italy. They are enjoined by the glory and safety of the Republic."
BERNADOTTE, Minister at War, to Officers of all ranks, now in Paris.
"The dangers with which our country is threatened require your presence on the fron- tiers. The barbarian Monarchs, whom you some time ago drove back to the interior of their kingdoms, now threaten your liberty.
"If you have no further occasion for glory, you have more than ever occasion for liberty, which has been established by so many sacri- fices, and you must take arms again to defend that sacred liberty.
"The officers of all ranks now liable to serve at Paris, shall immediately repair to their de- partments, to command in the auxiliary battal- ions.
"Military Republicans! The banner of your enemies is Corruption, Treachery, Despotism; ours is Fidelity, Courage, Liberty. Can victory wave any length of time?" (Signed) BERNADOTTE.

The Latest Foreign News,
Was received by the last Mail. The ship Diana arrived at Boston on Wednesday last, from London, bringing papers to the 22d July.—The accounts still continue favorable to the combined armies, and they appear every where successful; while disaster and disgrace attend the French in every direction.
A letter from London of July 20. says, "The late changes in France appear to be purely Jacobinical; the clubs are opened, and the Jacobins throughout the republic assemble to electrify the people. Terror must be the order of the day. All the conscripts are ordered to be armed and organized for the defence of the country.—The Tyrants at Paris are not without dread, that those arms will be turned against them; but they see no other resource to save the Republic from being overthrown in three months.—It is certainly a great crisis, in which the fears of France, and the hopes of other nations are strongly manifested."
Official accounts from Switzerland encourage the expectation that the whole of that country will be immediately rescued from the French.
IMPORTANT.
Capt. James Stewart arrived at Salem on Wednesday from Cadiz, which he left on the 29th of July. He furnishes the following summary of the news at Cadiz, viz.—That the important defeat of Macdonald had rendered the Austrians and Russians masters of all Italy, except Genoa, where the remains of the French army were shut up, and must very soon surrender.—That the Allies were equally successful on the Rhine.—That in France people's minds were in great fermentation, and that open rebellion had broke out in different parts of the country, especially in La Vendee.—That they accuse the government of all their misfortunes which they seemed to think irreparable but by a total change of system, which it might be furnished was not far distant.—It was further reported there, that three of the Directors had run away.—That the French had lost 120,000 men since the combination of the Austrians and Russians.—That they were driven entirely out of Switzerland.—And, That the Russian advanced guards had actually entered the borders of France.
A considerable, tho' short riot occurred in Paris on the 12th of July, during which was heard cries of "Down with the Republic." "Long live Artois." This disturbance a public paper imputed to Talleyrand.
The Citizens of a Principal District in Paris petitioning the Councils to punish the Ex-Directors, &c. conclude, "and lastly Talleyrand, who has provoked and organized the Assassination at Rastadt."
The English House of Commons have voted that £160,000 be raised to make good sums due to the Commissioners for settling American claims.
The Russian and English expedition appears to have in view some object of consequence.—A short time will probably furnish information on the subject.
The Austrian and Russian armies in Italy, have received immense reinforcements; and the French have suffered so much by defeat, that it seems impossible for them to get out of the country.
Foreign papers contain intelligence of the King of Prussia's having sent a declaration to the French Directory, that if Monarchy was not restored in France, he should think it his duty to employ all his forces in the attainment of that object.
Latest from the FLEETS.
(By Capt. Steward, arrived at Salem.)
On the 9th of July came into Cadiz, the French and Spanish fleets, consisting of 42 sail of the line, besides frigates, brigs, schooners, cutters, luggers, &c. On their arrival they began to refit and prepare for sea with the utmost diligence, and on the 20th they sailed again.—On going out, the St. Anna of 112 guns, a Spanish Rear Admiral, got on shore off Roter, where she laid two days, and was got off again, but unfit to proceed to sea. On the 29th I came out, and passed through THE ENGLISH FLEET at about 9 leagues W. S. W. of Cadiz. It consisted of about 32 sail of the line, among which were 13 3-deckers, besides a great number of frigates and small vessels of war, all standing to the northward.
Notwithstanding all the accounts of the French fleet's going to Toulon, Genoa, &c. it was said at Cadiz, that it had not been farther up than some bay on the coast of Valencia.—The English, in the mean time, in seeking them, had gone beyond them, as far as Minorca; and while they were there, the French ran back again, to join the Spaniards at Carthagena.
THE FEVER
Still rages with unabating mortality in Philadelphia and New York.
Burials at Philad. Sept. 7.—Twenty three. at New York, Sept. 7.—Thirteen.
The Public Officers of the government of the United States, are removed to Trenton.
A Circular Letter from the American Consul at the Havannah, dated August 18, and addressed to the Collectors of the Revenue in the United States, informs, that all vessels which arrive are permitted to enter, but had not been suffered to land any article but flour; However, he adds, he believes they would be allowed to unload in a few days; and that thence forward vessels loaded with provisions only, would be admitted.
The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on the Hon. James Sullivan, of Boston, Hon. Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State, and Hon. Oliver Wolcott, Sec. of the Treasury.
MILITARY.
On Monday last commenced a review of the Second Brigade in the sixth division of militia, under Brigadier-General Cobb. The regiment including the companies of this town and vicinity, paraded on Stevens's plain, in Falmouth.
A company of Light Horsemen, consisting of about sixty respectable citizens of the towns of Kittery and Berwick, under the command of Captain Fernald, paraded at Kittery on Wednesday last. Their martial appearance, and good conduct did them much honor.—A handsome entertainment was furnished them by Mr. Rice, their Lieutenant.
MR. JENKS,
"A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free state," it cannot fail of giving satisfaction to every friend of his country to observe the attention now paid to this important part of our national defence. I was highly gratified last Friday at Freeport, by being present at the inspection and review of the Regiment under the command of Col. Blanchard. The good conduct and handsome appearance of this Regiment, both as it respected their equipment and their drill, merited, and publicly received the approbation of the Brigadier General, in an address of thanks to the Regiment: at large—and afterwards to the Company of Artillery under Capt. Meun, whose uniform appearance together with their correct performance of the duties assigned them, reflect honor upon the patriotic town they belong to.
A SPECTATOR.
Captain Stoddard's company of Artillerists and Engineers, now stationed in this town, will in a few days be relieved by that of Captain Wadsworth's, from Newport. The former will quit its present station for some part of the New York front the last of next month.
THE CONCERT
To be given tomorrow, will no doubt be brilliantly attended—the desire manifested by a considerable number of characters (who have already subscribed their names) to support, and attend this elegant species of amusement, is a proof of their taste, and at the same time of their liberality in countenancing Mr. Pick, whose delicacy in postponing it (in consequence of the indisposition of a person who resided in the building) certainly does honor to his feelings as a man, and it is to be hoped will operate in his favor as a Professor.
MORTALITY.
"Hark! the knell strikes! What are the pangs of death To those who die approved and belov'd? What the dread menace of Coeycus' Gulph, To meet partakers of the Elysian grove? 'Tis death immortalizes virtue's friend, And give the foul' expatiate unconfined."
DIED—In this town, on Thursday evening last, very suddenly, Mrs. POLLY JEWETT, aged 33 years; the amiable consort of Captain James Jewett and daughter to Captain Joseph M'Lellan. Her virtuous mind, and agreeable qualities, commanded the esteem of all who knew her.
Marine
Articles.
Friday last arrived at North Yarmouth, sloop Dianna, Captain WILLIAM CUTTER, 21 days from St. Thomas.—Sailed in company with about 40 sail of American vessels under convoy of the Merrimack and Pickering sloops of war; among which were brig Franklin, Hibbard, Kennebec; Polly, Bragdon, do.; barque; Merrill, do.; brig Peggy & Polly, Drummond; Bristol; sch. —, Hutchins, Newburyport, and two other Newburyport vessels; sch. Nancy, Deane, Portsmouth; sch. Fair American, of Philadelphia, and a Schooner belonging to Thomaston.—Spoke brig Fair American, Salisbury, Baltimore, bound to Martinique—all well.—Lat. 26, 10, long. 64, 30. was boarded by a French privateer of 12 guns, 140 men, called the Joanna Tucker, Captain Cade, who plundered him and his passengers of every thing valuable they could get at. She had in company four American vessels and one Danish, as prizes lately captured—among them, the Little John, Butler, Philadelphia; brig Hope, of Norfolk, and Schooner Nancy of Georgetown, s. c.—The day Captain C. left St. Thomas, the Ganges, Com. Tiagey, arrived with a prize.
Ship Phebe, captain Walker, of Kennebec, from Grenada, was captured by the French, and sent into St. Thomas. The commandant ordered her out in 24 hours. Captain Walker went on shore, and in a few hours after the ship sailed from St. Thomas. She was recaptured by an English privateer a few hours after sailing.
A severe action took place between the ship Rose, Capt. Chase, of Newburyport, and a French privateer. Capt. C. did not give up his vessel till nearly all his crew were killed or wounded.—His whole company consisted of 25 only—4 of whom were killed and 16 wounded.
THEATRE.
Positively the Last Week of Performing.
THIS EVENING, MONDAY, September 16th. will be presented (for the first time in Portland) the celebrated DRAMA of The STRANGER;
Or, MISANTHROPY AND REPENTANCE.
Translated from the German of Kotzebue, author of Louisa's Vows, Self Immolation, &c. and performed in London, New York and Boston, with unexampled success.
Mr. Powell, The Stranger, Mr. Dickinson, Solomon, Mr. Partridge, Peter, Mr. Kenny, Count Winterfen and Conrad, Mr. Dickinson, Francis, Mr. Peters, And Baron Steinfurt, Mrs. Dickinson, Countess of Winterfen, Mrs. Bret, Barbara, Mrs. Powell, And Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Powell.
To which will be added the much admired FARCE of The LYING VALET.
Gaylefs, Mr. Dickinson, Justus Guttfe, Mr. Kenny, Beau Trippet, Mr. Peters, Drunken Cook, Mr. Partridge, Drunken Cook, Mr. Powell. And Sharp, (the Valet) Mrs. Bret, Kitty Pry, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Gadabout, Mrs. Powell, And Meliffa, Mrs. Powell.
VIVAT REPUBBLICA! Tickets to be had at the THEATRE every day of Performance, from 10 till 1, and from 3 till 6 o'clock. BOXES, 4/6—PIT, 3/.
Doors to be opened at 6, and the performance to commence precisely at a quarter past 7 o'clock.
Concert and Ball.
(BY SUBSCRIPTION)
MR. PICK, presents his
Respects to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland and begs leave to inform them that several Gentlemen, amateurs, having kindly offered their assistance, he proposes giving a CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, and a BALL, at the Old Assembly Room,
ON TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 17.
As Mr. Pick wishes to render it as select, and respectable as possible, no person can be admitted but subscribers, who will please to apply for their Tickets on the day of performance, to Mr. Pick, at Mr. Motley's.
Single Tickets 1 dollar—for two Ladies and a Gentleman, 2 dollars.
Bills of the performance will be distributed at the Concert Room.
1st Act.
GRAND SYMPHONY, (Haydn)
SONG— "Be mine tender passion." (Storace) by Mrs. Pick.
OVERTURE.
SONG— "Jackey and the Cow" (Dibden) by Mr. Villiers.
SYMPHONY.
DUETT— "The Jealous Don." by Mrs. Pick & Mr. Villiers.
A TRIO—BY STARMITZ.
2d Act.
A QUARTETTO—BY PLEYEL.
SONG— "Ye Nymphs who at the Throne of Love" (Pownal) by Mrs. Pick.
OVERTURE.
SONG— "Tom Tackle" (Dibden) by Mr. Villiers.
"Poor Jack"—harmonized for the whole band.
SONG— "Sweet Passion of Love" (Dr. Arne.) by Mrs. Pick.
GRAND FINALE.
The CONCERT will commence at 7, and the BALL at 9 o'Clock. THE BALL will be conducted by two respectable gentlemen of the town.
SALE AT AUCTION.
ON THURSDAY NEXT, At the Dwelling House of Mr. Benjamin Moody, in Middle-Lane, a variety of Household Furniture,
Consisting of MAHOGANY Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables, Looking Glasses, handsome Carpeting, Shovel and Tongs, Andirons, &c. &c. Also, A variety of KITCHEN FURNITURE. Sale to begin precisely at Ten o'Clock.
N. B. The above articles may be viewed the day previous to the sale. Sept. 16th, '99
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given,
That a further time of six months is allowed by the Hon. Jonathan Brown, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to the Commissioners by him appointed to examine and allow the claims against the Estate of David Silvester, late of Pownalborough, in said county, Esq. deceased.— Said Commissioners will attend said business for the purpose aforesaid at the house of Capt. Ebenezer Whittier, innholder in said Pownalborough on the first Thursday in the six following months, from six to nine of the clock in the evening.
JOSEPH TINKHAM, } Commis. JOSEPH CHRISTOPHERS, } Jurors. Pownalborough, Sept. 7, 1799.
ONE CENT REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber, on the 5th inst. an indented apprentice Boy, by the name of Daniel Cole, about 20 years of age—five feet nine inches high, light complexion and light hair—had on when he went away, a short fustian waistcoat and a pair of blue trowsers. Whoever will apprehend said boy, and bring him to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and no charges paid. STEPHEN TUCKER. W.E., Sept. 13, '99
THE nonresident Proprietors of the following Lots and undivided Tract of unimproved Land, situated in the town of Buckstown, in the county of Hancock, are hereby notified, that the same are taxed in the State, County, and Town tax-bills, committed to the Subscriber to collect for the year of our Lord 1798, in the respective sums set against them, viz.
   First Survey. Second Survey. Second Survey.   Lot No. Cts. M. Lot No. Cts. M. Lot No. Cts. M.    52 20 4 39 8 4 93 11 0  58 20 4 43 17 2 94 17 2  60 20 4 45 17 2 96 16 8  61 20 4 47 17 2 101 16 8  63 20 4 49 17 2 106 12 8  64 20 4 51 11 0 108 12 8  65 20 4 52 11 0 109 12 8  Second Survey. 53 12 8 110 12 8  6 12 8 54 16 8 111 12 8  7 10 6 59 9 8 112 12 8  10 8 4 60 9 8 116 12 8  11 8 4 61 9 8 119 11 0  14 8 4 68 12 8 121 12 8  16 12 8 73 20 4 128 12 8  20 16 8 75 12 8 123 12 8  21 16 8 78 12 8 124 12 8  24 16 8 81 12 8 125 12 8  25 20 4 82 12 8 127 11 0  31 12 8 85 16 8 Common and undivided Land.  35 9 8 86 14 6  36 8 4 90 14 6  37 8 4 91 11 0  38 8 4 92 11 0  Acreage: D 10 18 6  
If no person shall appear to discharge said Taxes and all intervening charges, on or before Monday the twenty-first day of October next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon, so much of said Land as will discharge the same, will then be sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, at the dwelling house of JAMES ELDRIDGE, in Buckstown aforesaid, according to law.
Richard Eldredge, Collector for the town of Buckstown, for the year 1798. Buckstown, 19th July, 1799.
War Department.
Trenton, September 2, 1799.
ALL Officers of the first regiment of Artillerists & Engineers, and of the first, second, third and fourth regiments of Infantry in the service, of the United States, who are, from whatever cause, absent from their commands, are required with all possible expedition to report themselves by letter to Major General ALEXANDER HAMILTON. The officers thus called upon, will be held amenable for any avoidable delay in reporting themselves, and those who do not report in four months from the date of this notification, will be presumed to have resigned their commissions.
JAMES M'HENRY.
Just received, and now opening for sale, At JENKS'S Book-Store, A Fresh assortment of BOOKS AND STATIONARY, on low terms, for CASH.
A New Circulating Library, Consisting of the Latest Publications, will be opened in a few days, at said BOOK-STORE. (Particulars in a future advertisement.)
CROCKERY STORE, WHOLESALE & RETAIL, in Fish-Street.
Robert Crofts,
Received by the brigantine PORTLAND, from Liverpool, and offers for Sale, a Complete Assortment of
PENCIL, ENAMELLED, CHINA GLARE, and COMMON, Crockery Wares.
Also—A handsome assortment of Glass, China & Japan Wares. A few Crates of assorted, and cup & Saucers.
N. B. Crates of assorted Ware packed at the shortest notice. Portland, Sept. 16.
FOR SALE,
ABOUT 50 acres of excellent LAND, lying in the town of Windham about one mile from the meeting house, mostly under improvement—producing twenty tons Hay, and will pasture 8 or 9 cows. A house and barn are situated thereon, convenient for a small family.
Any person wishing to purchase the same, will please to apply soon to LEMUEL JONES. Windham, Sept. 10, 1799.
A GONDOLA came ashore on Wells Beach, which has been got off and secured safely in the harbour. If any person will appear and prove property thereto, they may have it again by paying charges. Pelatiah Littlefield. Wells, Sept. 4, 1799.
FOR SALE,
By Newhall & Watson, No. 3, LONG-WHARF,
Russia Sheetings,
Russia and Ravens Duck, Cordage and Bolt Rope, Iron—flat and square, Steel plate Shovels: Nail Plates, Nail Rods: Iron Hoops, 1 old Anchor, Sheathing and Drawing Nails, Tar: Sheathing Paper, Twine: Ginger, Powder per barrel: Muskets, India Cottons, Loaf & Brown Sugar, Teas, Coffee, and Chocolate, W. I. Rum: Gin, Brandy, Wines, Codlines; deep sea and log lines, Brushes, &c. &c. Sept. 9. (cts)
District of Maine, ss.
BY virtue of a writ of venditioni exponas, directed to the subscriber from the District Court of Maine—which will be sold at Public Auction, on Tuesday the First day of October next, the fast sailing and well built ship, called the MAC, of about 165 tons burthen, now lying at Bath, on Kennebec River—together with her tackle, apparel and furniture.—Said ship is remarkably well found; was built by an approved workman on Merrimack River—is well sheathed, and said to be a prime sailing vessel.
The sale will be held at Bath, at twelve o'clock on the day aforesaid; and the conditions of sale then made known.—An inventory will be ready for inspection in a few days, at the subscriber's office, in Portland.
ISAAC PARKER, Marshal. Portland, 9th September, 1799.
Bowdoin College.
THE TRUSTEES of Bowdoin College, are hereby informed, that their next semi-annual meeting is to be held on the last Tuesday in September, current, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Mr. JOHN DUNING, in Brunswick. John Frothingham, Sec'y. Portland, Sept. 9, 1799.
PORTLAND, Sept. 4, 1799.
THE Selectmen having observed that the street leading out of town by Bramhall's Hill, so called, has been much injured by the digging up and carrying away of sand therefrom—whereby forbidden all persons from digging up or carrying away sand or earth from said street, or any other of the streets of said town—as in such case they will be prosecuted therefor. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Chairman.