Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1806-09-01 00:00:00

PORTLAND GAZETTE,
And Maine Advertiser.
Two Dollars per Annum
PORTLAND (MAINE) Published by ISAAC ADAMS, at his Printing-Office, No. 7, Fish-Street.
[Payable Yearly.]
No. 20 of Vol. IX.]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1806.
[Whole No. 436.]
Printing,
In its various branches executed at the Gazette-Office, with neatness and dispatch.
BLANKS, CARDS, PAMPHLETS, SHOP-BILLS, &c. &c. done at short notice. Sept. 1.
Bowdoin College.
A stated meeting of the Trustees of Bowdoin College will be held at Brun- swick, on Wednesday, the third day of Sep- tember next, at nine of the clock in the forenoon.
CHARLES COFFIN, Secretary.
Brunswick, August 18. Part of our last impression, in the above adver- tisement, an error escaped our notice, it should read nine o'clock in the forenoon, instead of afternoon.
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE Trustees of the Portland Academy, considering that the present worthy Preceptor thereof, will retire from his charge to the profession he has adopted, at the end of the present quarter; have sought with great solicitude for a successor, whose char- acter and qualifications would be such as would place this institution on a footing equal to any in the Commonwealth. They have thought it essential to hold out such encouragement as would induce some Gentleman of high reputa- tion as a school Instructor, to accept the situ- ation for life.
They flatter themselves their exertions have been crowned with success, having perman- ently engaged Mr. EBENEZER ADAMS, now and for many years Preceptor of a flourishing Academy in Leicester in the county of Wor- cester; a gentleman whose just literary fame, and uncommon skill in teaching, has long been known in the Western counties of the State.
With a Preceptor of such a reputation, whose permanent engagement connects his own in- terest and reputation with those of the Acad- emy, there can be no doubt but the youth of this vicinity will have every advantage which any institution of the kind can afford, in ad- dition to that of being under the watchful eye of their parents.
To those who design their sons for an uni- versity, the opportunity of preparatory edu- cation now offered, will be peculiarly grate- ful; while those who will be satisfied with an Academical course, may be assured of com- petent instruction in all the branches usually taught at the most approved Academies.
It is intended to receive seventy students, of which, at least twenty may be females, for whom proper accommodations will be pro- vided.
A skilful assistant is provided, and the mor- als of the students will be carefully attended to. The Academy will open about the middle of September, and those who wish to enjoy its privileges, will find a subscription paper at the Insurance-Office, or may call upon either of the subscribers.
ELIJAH KELLOGG, WOODBURY STORER, } Committee of ISAAC PARKER, } the Trustees. Portland, August 18, 1806.
NOTICE!
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends, and particularly all those who have business now pending and unfinished, which was entrusted to the care of Salmon Chase, esq. late of Portland, deceased, pre- vious to the partnership and connection, enter- ed into with the subscriber, and all business since committed to them, will be attended to and transacted, so far as his abilities will per- mit, the same as if their connection in business was of no short duration, it is not to be expect- ed that the subscriber should be so correctly informed as to the nature of those causes, in- stituted previous to that connection, as in many instances may be necessary. Therefore all those who have actions pending, which are for trial, in which Mr. Chase was engaged, are requested to call seasonably and as soon as may be convenient, and give the necessary in- structions.
And the subscriber would also observe, that all further business which may be entrusted to his care in the line of his profession as an At- torney, shall be discharged according to the best of his abilities, at his Office, Exchange- Row, Portland. BARRETT POTTER.
Gold Profile Likenesses.
MR. WHEELER informs, that for the better accommodation of the ladies and gentlemen of Portland, he has RE- MOVED from his room in Maj. Peck's Cof- fee-House, to the COLUMBIAN MUSEUM— where he will continue a few days only. Those who are desirous of obtaining correct Likenesses, will do well to apply soon. August 25.
EVENING SCHOOL.
IN order to keep two Quarters, the Subscri- ber will commence his Evening School on the first Monday of September next, at the UNION SCHOOL ROOM; where a convenient lighted room and instruction four nights in a week, will be provided for Three Dollars per Quarter. One Dollar paid at entrance.
Where likewise will be taught, Surveying, Navigation, Book-keeping and a short, easy and accurate method of calculating LUNAR OBSERVATIONS, by DUNN'S LINEAR TA- BLES; by which the true Longitude at Sea, may be found in a few minutes of time. This method is soon learned and not easily forgot- ten; and has been highly approved by the most experienced instructors in the United States—by WILLIAM MOODY. Portland, August 25. (t.)
DANCING.
MR. SMITH intends opening an Evening School for teaching the po- lite accomplishment of Dancing, the first week in September: He hopes (by furnishing a convenient Hall and good Music) to render his School both instructive and pleasing to those who will honor him with their attend- ance, and assures them that his highest am- bition will be to merit their approbation.—For terms apply at No. 5, Union-Wharf. August 25.
Caring in General
EXECUTED by WILLIAM GARNONS, Chay-Cove, Pine-Street, PORTLAND. Having practised with the most experienced and best workmen in America and Europe, he latters himself that he shall be able to give satisfaction to those who may please to em- ploy him.
Comments are useless, for one good fig- ure is better than a chapter of descriptions. August 25.
NOTICE!
THE subscriber intending to remove from Cape Elizabeth in the course of a few days requests all those who are indebted by note or upon book account, to make im- mediate payment; and those who have any demands against him to call and have the same adjusted. JOHN GOOLD. Cape-Elizabeth, Aug 25.
The Maine Spelling Book.
(Third Edition.—Price 1 D. 75 C. dozen, 20 C. single.)
CONTAINING a variety of Words, accent- ed and divided, with moral and enter- taining Lessons, useful Tables, &c.—To which is added, a Geographical Description of the United States in general, and the Dis- trict of Maine in particular.
Notwithstanding the number of school books of this kind in use, the Maine Spel- ling Book has the largest sale of any spelling book in this District—in many respects it is better calculated for the use of schools than any other spelling book—being cheaper, cor- rectly printed, on good paper; containing a great variety of Lessons in Spelling and Reading, and the arrangement and division such as greatly to lessen the labor of the master in teaching a large school.
The above Book may be had in sheets, or bound, by the gross, dozen or sin- gle; of THOMAS CLARK or ISAAC AD- AMS, at their respective Book-Stores, Fish- Street, Portland. August 11. (ew.)
To Printers.
FOR sale at this Office, a small fount of New Long-Primer, 18pt. Black, or if more convenient, exchanged for BRE- VIER, that is not much worn. August 11.
REMOVAL.
THOMAS SIMONTON, has removed to the Premises lately occupied by Mr. STEPHEN LEE, in Free-Street—where he keeps constantly, good HORSES and elegant CARRIAGES To Let, on reasonable terms.
For Sale—A Number of new and second handed CHASES. (9w) Aug. 18.
Dissolution of Partnership.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Copart- nership under the firm of SMITH & DENNIS, is this day dissolved by mutual consent;—All persons indebted are requested to make pay- ment to Peleg Smith. PELEG SMITH, August 18. S. R. DENNIS.
WANTED
AN active Lad, about 14 years of age, as an Apprentice to the Hair-Dress- ing Business. One from the Country would be preferred.—Apply to August 18. MOSES ADAMS.
FOR SALE,
A DWELLING-HOUSE, plea- santly situated in Cumberland-Street, hav- ing a Well of good water—a liberal credit will be given. For further particulars inquire of JOSHUA FERNALD. August 18.
TO LET.
A VERY convenient Dwelling-House in King Street accommodated with a good yard, garden, Stable, &c.—There is also a constant supply of water from the aqueduct which leads into the House, possession will be given immediately.—Inquire of August 25. WILLIAM GODDARD.
FOR SALE.
A CONVENIENT Single Story House, a- bout 20 by 30 feet, as the same now stands near the head of Union-Street. For terms inquire of Messrs. August 25. BLAKE & STIMPSON
To be Let or Sold,
A Convenient and well finished new brick Dwelling HOUSE, situated in a central part of the town.—For particulars, apply to CHEEVER & MAHAN. Portland, August 25.
TO BE SOLD,
A Valuable Island near the entrance of the harbor of Portland, known by the name of Jewell's Island, well situated for the establishment of the Fishery. It is well ac- commodated with a good harbor, is an excel- lent soil, and nearly covered with hard wood. —Inquire of WILLIAM CODMAN, Portland, or PETER DOLLIVER, Sisson. Aug. 25.
Episcellany.
From a late French Paper.
PARIS JUNE 2, 1806.
ADMIRAL VILLENEUVE.
A LETTER has appeared in a paper called "Les Nouvelles à la Main," which has arrested the notice of government. It is said to have been written by the late unfortunate Admiral VILLENEUVE, commander in chief of the com- bined fleet which fought off Trafalgar, to the EMPEROR, just before his death. This letter is extremely vindictive, and discovers a mind capable of the act he threatens; while it serves to shew the falsity of those reports which stated that the Admiral had been mur- dered by order of the Emperor.—The letter is dated.
"RENNES, APRIL 25, 1806.
VILLENEUVE begins by stating, that the appointment he received af- ter the death of Admiral LA TOUCHE, was much against his inclination. It appears from the letter, that he re- ceived orders on the 24th of Sep- tember, that the combined French and Spanish Fleet then at Cadiz, should return to Toulon, were they even to fight their way through the Eng- lish fleet. He obeyed the order; but at the same time reminded the Min- ister of his former resignation.—The letter then proceeds, "Neither fault, nor want of valor, brought on the misfortunes of Trafalgar. This fact has fully been proved in my official account of this battle. Why refuse it a place in the Moniteur ? While the columnies and aspersions of my rivals and foes have always been ad- mitted in its outrageous columns? When in the midst of your prosper- ous and ambitious career in Germany, my report reached you, did you not, with your usual petulance and cruel- ty, say, "I see that the example of a French BYNG is absolutely necessary to make victory the order of the day in my navy?" Thousand voices have re- peated this your unfeeling expression, this sentence of death pronounced against a patriotic French Admiral, by a ferocious foreign Usurper, while my dispatch was left unnoticed, un- heard of, and perhaps unread. It contained nevertheless some severe truths, which would not have added any lustre to your naval talents, but proved, that he whose incapacity and ambition alone caused the loss of one French fleet near Aboukir, also occasion- ed the destruction of another near Tra- falgar. In my last conversation with you, you owned to me yourself, "that even were France the unopposed mistress of all the Continent, as long as she cannot compel Great Britain to submit to her dictates, her external power must be precarious, her internal state unsettled, her commerce flagged, her manufactures depressed, and her inhabitants suffering and poor."
The Admiral next takes notice of the oppression the people of France labored under from this "foreign Usurper," who shed their best blood for the sake of himself, his creatures, and his relatives—"Overburthened with taxes, and cruelly oppressed by an active, relentless, military despo- tism, my slavish countrymen mourn, without daring to utter a sigh, the gradual approach of inevitable ruin." —He then asks, what advantage can Frenchmen or others derive from his usurpations, &c. "or from beholding a sanguinary adventurer an Emperor; his vicious harlot an Empress; his obscure and wicked brothers and brothers-in-law Kings and Princes; his profligate nieces Queens and Princesses; and his criminal accom- plices, Dukes, Field Marshals, and Knights."
He next observes, that while the French see 20,000 Austrian and Rus- sian prisoners among them, they are only reminded of a much greater number of their countrymen in Eng- land, who have no chance of return- ing home, until France is delivered from his tyranny. "The French people," he says, "are well aware that Great-Britain is too wise and too powerful to sign another peace with a man more conspiring against her independence as a pretended friend, than dangerous as an avowed enemy; whose olive branches have always
been the sulphurous faggots of a pol- itical and social incendiary, who of- fers continually peace during war, and plots and meditates nothing but destruction during a peace." Bona- parte, it seems, had directed his Min- ister to give the Admiral orders not to approach the capital; and the admiral says, this "has again put off the period of your punishment, and the delivery of mankind from its scourge. Without it, resolved not to survive the ruin of the French na- vy, I meditated on dispatching you before I punished myself for having been your tool to the disgrace of my honor, of my duty, of my birth and of my profession.—That you are still among the living is therefore another evidence of a blind and unjust for- tune, that from inscrutable motives, still permits the continuance of your barbarous tyranny. Depend, how- ever, upon it, (and the vast enormity of your numerous crimes must con- vince you of its truth) that as you have lived one of the grandest criminals, your end must be untimely and terri- ble. An assassin or an executioner shall finish a career of atrocities, which to the flame of humanity and of our age, has already been too long endured. Notwithstanding what your vile flatterers say to the contrary, had your murder preceded my suicide not only the present gen- eration, but ages to come, would have hailed me as a deliverer, and revered me as a saviour. Altars as well as statues would then have been erected to my memory. Tremble tyrant!— You live abhorred and will expire with the curses of the universe, fol- lowing you even on the other side of the grave." (Signed) "DE VILLENEUVE."
Had a Clergyman received the like treatment from a company of federalists which the Rev. Mr. CHAMPION experienced at a late democratic celebration in Litchfield, (Conn.) it would have been trumpeted by all the democratic papers, from Maine to Georgia , as a specimen of FEDERAL RELIGION AND URBANITY.
The Litchfield Monitor, after giv- ing an account of the jacobin pro- ceedings on the sixth of August, (the day on which they celebrated the 4th of July in that place!) proceeds:—
"The committee of arrangements had placed armed men at the meet- ing-house door, to keep out specta- tors, until the procession should ar- rive; but, as usual in such cases, they had let in a number of elderly men: Upon seeing them in the house, the Rev. Mr. Champion, and Mr. Hunt- ington, attempted to go in, and the sentry at the door admitted them: and as they were proceeding to the pulpit, Joseph L. Smith, esq. seized Mr. Champion, an aged Minister of 77 years; and pulling him around, ordered him out of the house, with an insolence peculiar to this same Mr. Smith.—Mr. Champion remonstrat- ed against this treatment, as he was an old man and much fatigued, and meant to make no disturbance, but would peaceably take his seat in the pulpit, where he had sat more than 50 years. All his remonstrances were in vain—out he must go—Mr. Smith became noisy and abusive, and the good old man shed tears, but submit- ted."
It is worth while for the jacobins of Litchfield, after this, to bawl a- bout the treatment of the culprit Of- born.
From the Columbian Centinel.
One would imagine the conduct of Bonaparte towards Holland, ought to convince honest democrats, if they are made of conviction stuff, what kind of respect Demagogues shew to "the peo- ple" after they have attained their ends, and have no further use for them.— This Prince of Demagogues now very calmly tells "the people" of Holland, it is ridiculous for them to think of choos- ing a Constitution of government, and that if the married men, the landhold- ers and merchants have a desire for
any particular form of Government, they should be gratified. But when ever these expressed their wishes, he impos- ed upon them for a King one of his family, who is an utter stranger to their country, who does not speak their lan- guage,—who professes a religion hos- tile to the religion of his subjects;— who is surrounded with foreign house- hold, & guarded by foreign soldiers! I
From the Port-Folio.
THE LAY PREACHER.
"WHAT AILETH THEE?"
TO what countless sick people might this question be proposed, and yet not one of the number really ill in the medical sense of the word. But there exists in some in- dividuals an ill habit of mind, a ticketh of the heart, a lameness of spirit, diseases, more difficult to cure than cancer, fever, or gout. A good natured patient, swallow- ing his physician's prescription, may be me- free of a sick room, and walk at large with Health's reddish roses blooming on his cheek. But a man of morbid anxiety, fretfulness, ambition, or avarice, will find in vain for the healing drug of the apothecary. His wounds are of so rancorous, fettering, incurable a nature, they will demand much time to heal and many medicines to assuage. Though the whole medical Society should consult, though Turkey should yield a her poppies and the balm of Gilead trickle from a thousand jars, the cancer of the heart mocks the healing power and often the fell malady is commensurate with life.
In morning and devious rambles through lonely pasture or gloomy wood, far from the clink of industry, anvil, far from the jocund chorus of Music's songs, I meet a meagre and moping hypochondria. His temples do not throbb, but they are bound, not with the chaplets of Springs, but with a white hand- kerchief, the flag of head ach, and of ip sen. The day is genial; for it is one of the mild- est in May; but doubled and trebled flock- ings on his legs, thick veils closely butt- ressed over his bosom, and a ponderous great coat, enveloping the man, attest the nature and magnitude of his fears. He shivers at a zephyr, impregnated with flowers, and when all nature is warm, he dreads taking cold. What a disease, and what stubborn symp- toms, which acknowledge no cause! I have a right to say "no cause" for we know the fate and fortunes of this Spleenetic. The girl is happy, and the other ample. Blest with birth, with talents, with family with favor, have not I privilege to inquire of him, with more than common curiosity, what ails thee? why is thy countenance cast down? why is thy brilliant spirit troubled?
What aileth thee? O felix bacheior!— Why still immature thyself in the cold prison of celibacy? Why shun the conversation and the charms of the fair? Why not abandon the humdrum associate, the solitary pipe, and the lonely chimney-corner, and mingle, like thy fellows, in the society of the sex? Does thy gloomy humor comport with plea- sure, comport with interest? No; thy joy is fulsome, and thy fortune neglected. Arise then and go out, and inquire fearfully of some fair Rebecca of the land, Wilt thou go with me? and be assured, if, like Jacob, of old, thou art a patient, kind, and preferring lover, her frank a lover will be, like that of her ancient namesake. I will go.
What aileth thee thou furious Jacob? I know thy genius well. Though thy name, perhaps, is new, thy spirit is old. Thou didst not curse earth for the first time, dur- ing the decadence of the French monar- chy. No, in the shape of Satan, thou didst crawl among the flowers of Eden, and didst blast the tallest tree of Paradise; in the shape of Bru- tus thou didst assassinate Julius Cæsar; in the shape of fanatic Bradshaw thou didst sit in judgment on thy sovereign; in the shape of freedom didst thou banish order and com- fort from mankind. But why this reflexion, this rebellious, this vindictive spirit? Is it to benefit thy country? Consult History, consult Experience. Is it to benefit thyself, thy party and thy friends? Examine thy own nature, search thy own records; remember thy fortune. What has become of thy great archetype? Where is R. belpierre and Mar- at and Condorcet? Where is Brissot with his simulated moderation of Roland with his morbid strength? Where is the Council of Dotages and Council of Infants, thy Director- y of five Scoundrels, or the Consulate of three?
Singular Conviction.—Within these few days the Curate of a village near town, and one of the Overseers of the Parish, a gentleman farm- er, had a dispute respecting some private business, and the Farmer d-d the Clergyman's eyes. For this offence he was brought before the Magistrate, and convicted in the penalty of 5/. The farmer contended that he was not a gentleman, and that he ought to pay no more than 1/. This objection was overruled, as it appeared that he kept his sporting dogs, and regularly took his wine after dinner. It hap- pened, however, that the Clergyman had omitted reading the Act against profane swear- ing, &c. at the time stated by law; the Farm- er, therefore, returned the compliment, by informing against him, and the Clergyman was obliged to pay the penalty of 5/.— Land. pap.
EARL ROCHESTER.
It is said in the life of the Earl of Roches- ter that he acknowledged that for five suc- cessive years, he had at no time been per- fectly sober. This impious nobleman entered into a bond with a friend, that which ever died first should appear to the survivor and give information of the other world. Roch- ester became apparently a sincere penitent be- fore he died.

grefs the last Session and which was taken into consideration with defid dorn . It will be recollected that a part of the proceedings during secret settings were made public, but the house of representatives refused to let this message be published. It now appears from the Richmond Enquirer , a democratic paper which till of late has been a warm advocate of Jeffersonian measures. The publication of this message in the Enquirer, is accompanied with a series of remarks highly interesting to all classes, they are attributed to J. Randolph, they will have place in this paper as room will permit.
While the democrats in this part of the union are constantly issuing their Jeffersonian paper with the endorsement of Bonaparte, their southern brethren entertain a different opinion of sham currency .
The following are observations of a writer in the Richmond Enquirer , a paper which has been devoted to Mr. Jefferson. The colossal popularity of the President seemed to mock all opposition. Unmindful of past and dear-bought experience, the republicans had erected a political idol , on whose altars he, who dared to question its infallibility, must prepare to bleed. In this posture of affairs, all opposition was indeed a forlorn hope. There was every thing to lose, nothing to gain. The minority had only to compromise their principles, to betray their duty to themselves, their constituents and their country, in order to enjoy the countenance of the administration, to ensure the approbation of the public, for a time, and their own contempt forever. They had but to acquiesce in measures which their conscience and judgment condemned, and swim in ignoble security with the current of the day. They were not insensible to the danger of the opposite course; but whilst they coolly estimated the difficulty, they had the fortitude to encounter it.
A number of advertisements which are unavoidably omitted in this day's Gazette, shall be attended to in our next.
Barried, In Windham, Mr. William Lord, to Miss Ruth Doughty—Mr. Thomas Starbird, to Miss Eunice Millet.
DIED, In Gray, Mr. Russell Bucknam, aged 31—Mr. John Merrill, jr. aged 24—A child of Mr. Daniel Haskell, aged 14 months—A child of Mr. Reuben Hill, aged 8 weeks. In this town, Olive, daughter of Mr. Simon Sanborn, aged 2 y. 5 m.—William, son of Mr. Luke Brown, aged 16 months.
Gazette Ship News.
PORT OF PORTLAND—1806:
Friday, August 29. Arrived brig Mary-Ann, capt. Sawyer, 26 days from Point-Peter (Gaud.)—Left there, brig Halley, Bumpkin, of and for Newyork—brg William, Moulton, for Portland in 3 days—fchr. Patty, Wood, of Newport—fchr. Paulina, Fenner, of Washington—brg Virginia, of and for Newyork in 8 days—fchr. Experiment, Sylvester, Newbern, (N.C.)—brg Three Brothers, Tilet, of and for Baltimore—brg Nabby, Drinkwater, of Portland—brg Elizabeth, Payton, of Newyork—brg Henry, Potter, for Portland in 14 days—brg Equator, Hall, of Portland—brg Patty, Wynkoop, of Newyork—fchr. Eagle, Bayton, of Newyork—fchr. Friendship, Estes, of and for Philadelphia in 12 days—brg Elliot, Francis, of Newbedford—fchr. Nabby, Rappell, of and for Newburyport in 20 days—fchr. Chrysis, Davis, of Charleston—fchr. Sally, Elliot, of Boston—fchr. Morning-Star, McIntosh, of Portland, just arrived—Spike, fchr. Two-Sifters, Bowden, of Beverly, bound to Leguina. Saturday, August 30. Arrived brig William, Moulton, 26 days from Guadalupe.
Same day. —Arrived ship Edward & Charles, Drinkwater, 74 days from Cronstadt—Left there, fchr. Hannah, Doane, for Lisbon in 10 days—ship Fair American, Harding for Boston in 15—brg Thomas, Sampson, for do. in 10—brg William, Atkins, for St. Michaels in 4—brg Delight, Pierce, for Lisbon in 4—brg Arifides, Cotle, for Boston in 20—brg John, Sweet, for do.—brg Raven, Cavendish, for Salem—ship Sufan & Eliza, Sergeant, for Gloucester in 10—ship Sterling, Johnson, for Newyork in 10—ship Maranda, Wallworth, for Portsmouth in 14—ship Hope, Bullock, for Providence in 11—ship McIening, Buffington, for Salem in 5—ship James, Skinner, for Philadelphia in 20—brg Three Brothers, Smith, for Newburyport in 10—brg Reepeth, March, for do. in 14—ship Mary, King, for Salem in 14—brg Regeneration, Fray, for Lisbon, in 5.
VESSELS SPOKEN.
Aug. 20, On Georges Bank, brig Tropic, Archer, 3 days from Portland for Surinam—Aug. 21, brig Superb, 3 days from Portland for Guadalupe. May 14, at the entrance of the river Gambia, bound in, ship General, Edes, of and from Charleston.
VESSELS LEFT.
At Bonavista, July 27, brig Bounty, just arrived, waiting for Salt, and bound to river La Plate. In the River Gambia, a sch. belonging to Charleston, the captain very ill.—Also, ship British Tar, Gordon, to sail for the West Indies, soon.
SHIPPING MEMORANDA.
The sloop Louisa, capt. Thomas Rofs, of Topsham, was dismantled, by a sloop running afoul of him on Wednesday night last, about two leagues from Cape Ann, and it is probable he put into Cape Cod. An extract from the log-book of the Danish fch. Frowann, states that capt. Gordon, of the ship British Tar, had robbed his vessel and abused his people, c—d all neutral flags, and said he should fend them all below James Island, as none but English had a right to trade in the river Gambia.
By Yesterday's Mail.
Summary of Latest Foreign News, From last Saturday's CENTINEL.
LAST night the arrival of the ships John Adams and Sally, from Liverpool, furnished us with London papers to the 19th July, and Liverpool to the 21st.
An intercourse of couriers was kept up between England and France, and fruitful crops of rumors, &c. was the consequence. One of these rumors stated, that the outlines of a pacification had been drawn. All the continental arrangements of Bonaparte were to be recognized; and Britain was to have Hoover restored, and Malta and the Cape guaranteed to her. But all this was sheer conjecture—Nor was there any certainty of the arrival of a Russian negotiator at Paris. On the 18th July 3 per cent. consols were 64 1-2.
Troops were embarking in England; and an expedition to Sicily was fitting out with activity.
In Germany, things remained stationary; except, that some of the Austrian prisoners had recommenced their march homeward; and there were indications of the evacuation of Germany by the French. The New Constitution of Germany was under discussion.
The Prussians had evacuated Bremen.
The gallant Prince of Hesse, continued with unabated constancy to defend Gass .
The Duke of Sussex, one of the British Princes was to come out to Jamaica , as a kind of Viceroy.
The report of the intended elevation of Bonaparte's mother to succeed his "Holy Father," was contradicted.
The commissioners on the charges respecting the Princess of Wales had not reported.
The following list of BLANKS, WELL printed, on good paper, are constantly for sale at the Book-Store of ISAAC ADAMS, No. 7, Fifth-street.
Affirmations of Judgment, Writs and summonses, Executions, Subpenas, Replevin writs, Rules or Agreements, for References, Acknowledgements of Debt, Complaints, Search Warrants, Collectors Warrants, Memorandums, Complaints against Tenements in the militia, Summons and Warrants against do. in the do. Warranty Deeds, Quitclaim do. Mortgage do. Bonds, Bills of sale, Leases, Sheriff's Bail Bonds, Apprentices Indentures, Certificates of Publications for marriage, Powers of Attorney, Bills of Exchange, Policies of Insurance, Bills of Lading, Debentures, Charter-Parties, Shipping Papers, Fishermen's do. Foreign Manifests, Coasting do. Bills of sale for Vessels with the Register inserted, Do. with the Enrollment inserted, List of crews, Rolls de Equipage, Checks on the Maine Bank, Do. on the Portland Bank, Blank Notes, &c. &c.
BLANKS of all kinds printed at the Gazette Office. Sept. 1:
Catalogue of Books, For sale at the Bookstore of ISAAC ADAMS No. 7, Fifth-Street:—
History of Charles XII. King of Sweden Holy War, by Bunyan Hamilton on Education, a book of much merit Howard the Philanthropist, life and travels History of Indian Wars History of North-America, abridged Jenk's Devotion, Jenyn's View Ditto Lectures Jays' Sermons Grove on the Lords' Supper Johnson's Poems Junius' Letters Knox's Philosophy. Life of Voltaire Do. of Joseph Life of Mahomet Do. of Whitfield The Looker-on Louth's Isaiah Love's Art of Surveying Locke's Essays on the human Understanding. Do. Abridged Life of Kotzebue, with a Journal of his tour to Paris Life of Emperor Bonaparte Life of Cowper the Poet Lyric Ballads by Ramsay Lyric Poems, by Dr. Watts Ladies Library improved Logan's Sermons, Materia Medica, English edition in 2 volumes Ditto American 1 volume Murrays English Reader Do. Sequel to the Reader Do. Grammar Do. do. Abridged Do. Key to the Grammar Do. Exercises to do. Morley's Universal Geography Do. Abridged Do. Gazetteer Do. Abridged Malham's Naval Gazetteer Millennium, or the 1000 years of prosperity Modern Gazetteer Mother's Church History Modern Europe, by Lord Russell Minois' History of Massachusetts Moirs' Zeluco Memoirs of Pious Women Memoirs Plutarch Meditations and Contemplations, by Hervey Moris' Strictures of Female Education. Moor's Works. Do. Anacreon Montagues (Mrs. Letters and travels) Mirror, a periodical work Messiah by Clopstock Melmoth's Essays Moral Library Maxims and Moral Reflections Natural History, by Goldsmith, abridged Natural Theology, by Paley Night Songs, by a young woman Nightingale, a Song Book with Notes, New Pilgrim New Robinson Crusoe Newton on Religious Opinions Newton's Tracts Nocturnal Visit, a novel Notes on Virginia, by President Jefferson
Sept. 1.
Commencement.
THE Sloop Polly, for Brunswick James Dunning Master, will positively sail Tomorrow. A few passengers may be accommodated on board her by applying at No. 1 Long Wharf. Sept. 1.
Valuable Family Books.
ORTON'S EXPOSITOR.
THOMAS CLARK, has just received for sale, a short and plain EXPOSITION of the OLD TESTAMENT, with Devotional and Practical Reflections for the use of families, by the late Rev. JOE ORTON, S. T. P. Published from the author's Manuscripts, by Robert Gentlemen—price 12 dolls. 6 vois. octav. in boards, and 15 dolls. handsomely bound. Subscribers for the above work are requested to send for their books.
THE NEW UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY,
and American Remembrancer of Deceased Men. Containing complete and impartial accounts of the Lives and Writings of the most eminent persons, in every station—but more particularly those who have signalized themselves in America. By JAMES HARDIE, A. M.—4 vols. bound in sheep, 10 dolls.—do. elegantly bound in calf, 11 dolls.
Belknap's American Biography Bonaparte and the French People Beauties of the Bible Carr's North in Summer Carver's Travels Cook's Voyages Death of Abel Gibbon's Surveying Gordon's History of America Guthrie's Geography with Atlas Hume's History of England, with Smollett's continuation, 12 vois. Hunter's Sacred Biography Free-Mason's Monitor Moral Monitor Morse's Geography Mavor's collection of Voyages and Travels, 24 vois. Mayers Universal History, from the earliest record of time to the peace of 1801, 25 vois. Plutarch's Lives, Russell's Ancient and Modern History Rollin's Ancient History Winterbotham's History of America, with Atlas Buchanan's Domestic Medicine Bell's Surgery Cullen's Practice Chefeldon's Anatomy Edinburgh New Dispensatory Townshend's Guide to Health Thompson's Family Physician Hooper's Medical Dictionary Underwood on Diseases of Children Morse's Extracts from Bell's Surgery Zoonomia Bonaparte and Fullers' Blackstone and East's Epitomes and Raymond's } REPORTS. Massachusetts Term Willes and Wilton's Cornyn's Digest, Graydon's do. Gilbert's Law of Evidence Elphinstone's Nisi Prius MacMally's Evidence Peak's ditto Town Officer, Clerk's Magazine Probate, Directory and Justices Assistant.
The Works of the BRITISH POETS
—containing the works of Addison, Armstrong, Green, Akenside, Burns, Gray, Johnson and Collins, Milton, Pope, Thomson, Watts and Young. Also, A general assortment of SCHOOL BOOKS, Blank Note Books, with an assortment of STATIONERY.
TICKETS, Halves, Quarters, and Eighths—in the Piscataqua Bridge, Harvard College, and Hatfield Bridge Lotteries. Sept. 1.
REMOVAL,
Henry F. Dupee,
INFORMS the public that he has taken the store directly opposite his former stand and next door to Mr. David Pease's Auction Room, Fore Street, head of Ingraham's Wharf, where he has just received a fresh supply of DRUGS & MEDICINES, of the first Quality, which with his former stock forms an excellent Assortment in that line and will be sold on reasonable terms. Also
L. P. Madeira, Old Cherry, Lithon, Old Port, Vidonia, Claret, Frontignac, Teneriffe, Bottled Cyder, Old Jamaica Spirit, 4th, poor Cognac Brandy, Hollands Gin.
Horses Wanted.
THE subscribers wish to purchase, this week, about 60 HORSES, 30 of which to be very handsome trotters; from 4 to 9 years old; and 30 of the common kind and of the same ages as the Others, for which a generous price will be given by TODD & WORTHLY. N-Yarmouth, Sept. 1.
Robert Kendall,
WISHES to inform the public, that he has taken that spacious House at Freeport-corner, (the property of Mr. Jacob Johnson,) to occupy as an INN—Those who may please to honor him with their company, may depend on the best attendance. Freeport, Sept. 1.
William B. Peters,
GREATFULLY acknowledges the liberal support he has hitherto received from the citizens of this town, in the
TRUCKING BUSINESS,
would further observe that owing to ill health he is unable to attend personally, which has given rise to a report that he has relinquished the business, which is not true; on the contrary his teams will be found on the stand, provided with a careful Overseer, (Mr. Alpheus Smith) in addition to the drivers, who will faithfully execute all commands of his friends and customers. Sept. 1.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF
10,000 or 15,000 Dollars.
Tickets and Quarters in Piscataqua Bridge and Harvard College Lotteries for sale by ISAAC ADAMS, at his Bookstore No. 7, Fifth Street. Those who wish to obtain Tickets cheap, will consult their interests as will rise the first of October. Sept. 1.
NOTICE
IS hereby given that Mr. REUBEN NASON will be inducted into the office of Preceptor of Gorham Academy, on Monday, the eighth day of September, at eleven o'clock, A. M. at which time a Discourse will be delivered by the Preceptor, and vocal and instrumental music will be performed. As the Trustees have agreed to dine together at Mr. Josiah Shaw's at Gorham Corner, it is hoped a punctilious attendance will be given. Gorham, Aug. 30.
Wanted Immediately,
ONE or two faithful BOYS, as Apprentices to the Cabinet Making Business.—Two Good JOURNEYMEN, at the same profession, will find steady employ, Enquire of BENJ. RADFORD. Portland, Sept. 1.
TO LET,
A TWO Story Dwelling House in Back Street. For particular enquiries of Capt. Thomas Sanford. Sept. 1.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice
to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of administrator on the estate of PEARSON HUNTRESS,
late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to DANIEL GILBERT. August 14. (Sept. 1)
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice
to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon himself the trust of Executor of the last will and Testament of JOE HASKELL,
late of New Gloucester, in the county of Cumberland, Yeoman, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to JONATHAN L. HASKELL. Dated July 24, 1806. [Sept. 1]
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice
to all concerned, that he has been duly appointed, and has taken upon herself the trust of Administratrix on the estate of JOHNATHAN ANDREWS,
late of Scarborough, in the county of Cumberland, Black-Smith, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to DORCAS ANDREWS. Dated August 27, 1806.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice
to all concerned, that she has been duly appointed, and has taken upon herself the trust of Administratrix on the estate of ANDREW SIMONTON,
late of Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland, Mariner deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to CHRISTIAN SIMONTON. Dated August 25th.
THE subscriber hereby gives public notice
to all concerned, that she has been duly appointed, and has taken upon herself the trust of Administratrix on the estate of WILLIAM WISWALL,
late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, mariner, deceased, by giving bond as the law directs.—She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to the said deceased's estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to ELIZA WISWALL. August 18.
NOTICE.
THE subscribers having been appointed Commissioners, by the Hon. Samuel Freeman, Esq. Judge of Probate, for the county of Cumberland, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of JAMES BACON,
late of Freeport, in said county, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that six months are allowed from the 23rd July last, for the several creditors to bring in and prove their claims and that they will attend that service on the second Tuesday of this and the four following months, from 3 of the clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. William Campbell, innholder in Portland. ENOCH H. SLEY.  JOSEPH TITCOMB. Portland, Sept. 1, 1806.
RAN AWAY
FROM the subscriber, an Apprentice by the name of Joseph Brown , about 16 years old, and about 5 feet 4 inches high, dark complexion. Masters of vessels and others are forbid harboring or trusting said Apprentice—and any one who will return him to his master again shall receive one cent reward. THOMAS HATCH. North-yarmouth, August 18.
Sales by Auction.
Furniture at Auction.
On TUESDAY, Sept. 9th, At the house of I. Parker, Esq. a variety of Household Furniture, CONSISTING among other articles, of one doz. elegant Philadelphia made Ches. Chairs, Settee, Side Board, Looking Glasses, Bureau, Card and Dining Tables, Desk, and Book Case, &c. &c. ALSO, Common and Kitchen Furniture.—Sale at 9 o'clock, A. M. E. Greely & Co. Auc'trs. September 1.
To be sold by Public Auction on the premises,
on Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of September next, at one of the clock, in the afternoon, An excellent FARM in the town of Phillipsburg, about four miles from Smith's bridge, on Saco river, containing about 120 acres of land, consisting of mowing, pasturing and tillage, with plenty of wood—Also, About 300 excellent Fruit Trees, just beginning to bear, with a small Dwelling House and a good new Barn on the farm. For terms, which will be liberal, enquire of ELIOT G. VAUGHAN, at Smith's bridge, or to the subscriber on the premises. ELISHA SMITH jun. Phillipsburg, Aug. 23.
To be sold at Public Auction (if not previously disposed of at private sale)
on TUESDAY, the 9th Sept. next at 12 o'clock, M.
A Lot of Land situated on Hampshire-street,
measuring on said street about 41 feet, and running back 60 or 70 feet, with a handsome dwelling-house thereon, two stories high—now occupied by Mr. James Wyllie. Conditions liberal, and made known at the time and place of sale, on application to E. Greely & Co. Auc'trs. August 18.
Cumberland—ss.
Taken by Execution, and to be sold at Public Vendue, on THURSDAY the Twenty-fifth day of September next, at eleven of the clock, in the fore noon, on the Premises.
THE right in Equity of Redemption, in and to the following Mortgaged Real Estate, lying and being in Portland, in said county, viz. a small lot of Land, with the one half of a Dwelling House thereon, and all the privileges thereto belonging, bounded as follows, viz. beginning at the north-westerly corner of a lot of Land owned by Wm. Beckett, on the Southeasterly side of Back Street, thence Westerly by said Back-street, about 30 feet to Josiah Lavis' Land; thence from the aforesaid Lavis' Land, thence Southeasterly adjoining the aforesaid Beckett's Land on the one side and said Lavis' Land on the other side; keeping the same width about six rods, until it comes to Lands of Mark Walton. EZRA GIBBS, Dep't Sheriff. August 25.
To be sold at Public Auction.
On THURSDAY the twenty fifth day of September next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, by order of Court, will be sold on the premises,
ONE undivided moiety of a certain piece of
lot of land and the dwelling house and out buildings standing on the same, lying and situated in Portland, and belonging to the estate of Robert McDonald, late of said Portland, deceased, and bounded as follows:—Beginning at a stake standing south forty three and a half degrees west, fifteen rods from the westerly corner of what was formerly Thomas Robison's garden fence, and at the westerly side line of state street; thence south forty three and a half degrees west, eight rods and fifteen links to a stake; and from these two stakes, to extend south forty six and a half degrees east one hundred and twenty five feet; together with the large handsome and commodious house standing thereon, and the outbuildings belonging to the same.—Said McDonald's right being one undivided moiety thereof, subject to a certain mortgage, the particulars of which will be explained at the time and place of sale. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW jun. Attorney to Eliza Bradley, Administratrix, to said McDonald's Estate. August 25.
Valuable Real Estate for Sale.
On THURSDAY the twenty fifth day of September next, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon, will be sold at Public Auction, on the premises, by order of Court,
ALL the right, title, interest and Estate of
Abner McDonald, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, a mariner, deceased, in and to a certain lot of land, situated in Portland, in said county and bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at a stake standing south forty three and a half degrees West, fifteen rods from the Westerly corner of the late Thomas Robison's Garden-fence; and on the Westerly side line of State Street; thence south forty three and a half degrees West, eight rods and fifteen links to a stake; and from these two stakes extending south forty six and a half degrees East one hundred and twenty five feet; together with the large handsome and commodious house standing thereon, and the outbuildings belonging to the same.—Said McDonald's right being one undivided moiety thereof, subject to a certain mortgage, the particulars of which will be explained at the time and place of sale. STEPHEN LONGFELLOW jun. Attorney to Eliza Bradley, Administratrix, to said McDonald's Estate. August 25.

Poetry.
FOR THE PORTLAND GAZETTE.
An Epilogue to the Jealous Wife.
By T***** F***** (a youth aged 15 years.)
(Lord Trinkel behind the scenes.) PHO! hush, you silly dunces! What's the matter? Dismiss that idle fear, and stop your clatter! Its wondrous now, that you are all in terror, For fear they won't forgive our ev'ry error! I shall appear well-dress'd; that will suffice For every thing, that's not been done so nice. My coat would gain its claps, keep off all hisses, At least from those I care about, the Misses; But if fine cloaths are back'd by asking mercy, We shall be prais'd by ev'ry sort, I dare say.
(Mrs. Oakly, behind the scene, speaking to her husband.)
My compliments to ladies, gents, and beaux; I b'lieve you're pretty well fitt'd off with cloaths. In dress deficient, you'd be badly us'd, Tho' volumes after volumes you'd peras'd. Posset of wisdom, equal to old Newton's, Still, if you were in want of shining buttons, My stars! there would be such a great commotion. Contempt, most certainly must be your portion.
Tell them, that all my jealous fears are gone; To address them, that I trust you all alone. Tell them you're surely good, discrete and faithful, And would not prove untrue, for e'er so good a mouthful.
But hark! see, dearest dear! The ladies out there Are so divine, so very, very fair, That if you don't return as fast as possible, Your heart must soon grow tender and molassable!
(Enter Mr. Oakly and Lord Trinkel.)
L. TRIN. Your very humble servants, Sirs, And ladies, yours, sincerely I'm no punner. Well how d'ye like us? Pho, how four you look!
Dear firs, did you but know the pains we took. O O, you're mad, you say, at the silly fool, Who the first, o'th' play, was of his wife the tool;
But if you hear to reason, sure you'll say, That he did very well at last to win the day.
Mr. OAK. What if I've suffer'd by a cheating creature? The lot of some wise men is not much better. Divines, by fainting wives have been made fools;
By firs, Preceptors, to their duds are tools, An ev'n the Lawyer, faith! with all his sang-froid
Can scarcely ever make his deary's dang void. In fact if women say they won't be civil, 'Tisn't to one, she reigns Lord, King and Devil.
If faintings, fits, are handy to her lark, Her demands must be far finer than a coxcomb; If for command, she daily, hourly, itches, The man most generally must lose the breeches.
L. TRIN. But hush, stop, stop! a sober matron says, Peace, bland'er, peace! I will not hear your lies.
The ladies know their proper sphere, and could not Command their husbands, (that is) if they could not.
A lady wear the small-cloaths! Hold your tongue! I guess you don't consider whom you're mong.
Well, if not the breeches, yet by all the powers, Things very much resembling them call'd drawers.
Mr. OAK. And now lets hear, what yonder do'er says, When by his spous, he sits, quite at his ease.
You're wrong, you're wrong! Too much the truth you've thump'd hard; You've generous made a Jew, reform'd a drunkard.
The latter can't be true I'll bet my ears! I'th' faith, I've prov'd it out, the twenty years.
L. TRIN. Well friends, to every child, chick, lady, man, We say this much—we've done the best we can.
And that we might, when ask'd what's been our luck, Whether we did all glibly or got stuck;
Whether your worship's pardons were obtain'd For ev'ry action, by which you've been pain'd;
Say, that all faults were buried by your goodnefs, All follies, follies, springing from our crudenefs.
We pray, with all our souls, that you would clap us, And we will be yours to serve; whatever may hap us.
Fryeburg Academy, Aug. 1806.
ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA.
Proposals for publishing a magnificent engraving; being an emblematical and historical Portrait of the Sage of Monticello, at whole length.
The enlightened Philosopher, Statesman and Hero is represented sitting in a curvilinear chair , alternately examining a survey of wild lands in the noon, and viewing with great complacency the Diploma he has received from the French National Institute.—Under his table are a prairie dog and a horned frog, asleep. Mr. Randolph is represented as occasionally interrupting the Philosopher's reverie by causing his chair to spin round. At a side table are figured Callender and Tom Paine, exhibiting to each other their respective claims to presidential favor. A muff is seen suspended to the arm of the philosophical chair, in which appears a billet to Mrs. W. —Gabriel Jones's bond, The Age of Reason, Letter to Mazzei, &c. &c. The principal figure is encircled with garlands of flowers, round whom a group, consisting of the Red Men of the Forest, the Blacks of the plantation [ mezzo tinto ] and "Oppressed Humanity" of all nations, forms a republi-can dance. At a distance is a correct view of the "templeous sea of Liberty," dashing its waves against the foot of Carter's Mountain, on the top of which Herfius is asleep in the custody of a Gun Boat.
In the back ground appears the Urn containing the ashes of Washington, overturned and sacrilegiously polluted; and in its place erected the Standard of Jacobinism, on which are inscribed the following extracts from "The Prospect Before Us," viz. "This speech completely unmasks the scandalous hypocrisy of WASHINGTON. Mr. ADAMS has only com-
pleted the scene of ignominy which Mr. WASHINGTON began—He authorized the robbery and ruin of his own army," &c. The work shall be begun as soon as "Two Millions of Dollars" shall be subscribed. [Salem Gazette.]
Duck, Ship-Chandlery, &c.
Charles & John Fox, Nos. 4 and 5, South side Long-Wharf,
HAVE just received for sale, 100 Bolls first quality Russia Duck; 60 do second do do 50 do Ravens do 80 do Heavy do 150 doz. 1st quality 2 and 3 threaded Sewing Twine. 100 lb. Whipping do. 150 Barrels Tar, 50 do Pitch, 20 do Turpentine, 15 do Rosin, Sheathing and drawing Nails, cut and wrought, Spikes and Nails of all kinds, 4 tons Sheathing Paper—best kind, 2 do Oakum do 10 barrels Dutch Linseed Oil, White Lead & Verdigris, ground in oil Yellow and red Paints, 2 tons Bar Lead, 1 1/2 do Sheet do No. 3 and 3 1/2, 600 lbs. Iron Rivets, 2000 Iron Block Bulties, Sheet Copper, 18 to 28 ounces, 20 boxes dipt Candles, 15 do Chocolate, Few chests Souchong Tea, superior quality—cheap, 30 Philadelphia Cambooses,—different sizes,
A quantity of patent Iron Shives, superior to any now in use—warranted to last seven years, and will probably last twenty, at the manufactory prices. Also—a complete assortment of Ship-Chandlery and Cordage, by the gang or smaller quantity, which will be sold on the lowest terms, and very liberal credit. (6w) August 18.
FOR SALE,
At No. 18, Union-Wharf, 50 Bolls. fresh Flour, now landing, 6 pipes Holland's Gin, entitled to debenture. 100 boxes Candles, mould and dipt, 50 do Spermaceti do 5000 lbs Bacon, Loaf Sugar—Gin Cafes, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hysonkin and Souchong Teas, 7 by 9 and 10 by 12 Window Glass, Crates Earthen Ware. August 18.
Nankins.
For sale, At No. 16, Union-Wharf, 3000 pieces Yellow Nankins, entitled to debenture August 18.
Elijah Elder,
No. 23, Long-Wharf, Has for sale 150 Hhds. best coarse Salt, 1100 bushels yellow Corn, 10 chaldrons Coal, 40 puncheons St. Croix & St. Kitts Rum, few barrels Mackerel. August 18. (4w)
William Codman,
AT his Compting-room, the Chamber over the Store of Mr. WILLIAM SWAN, No. 3, Union-Row, has for sale, Pipes Brandy, Ditto Holland's Gin, } Entitled to Chells Souchong Tea, } debenture. Ditto Hyson-skin do Bolls. bone middlings Pork, Hhds. Windward Island Rum, Boxes dipt Candles, Do mould do Hhds. Loaf Sugar, Bags Pimento—ditto Pepper, Boxes Chocolate. Few hundred pieces NANKINS, suitable for the West-India market. August 18.
Benjamin B. Foster,
HEREBY informs his friends and the public at large, that he has lately purchased the works for Dressing Cloth, in Falmouth, on Saccarappa Falls, where he intends carrying on the business in its different branches, with that dispatch it is possible for it to be done.—He is now ready to receive Cloth, from those who are pleased to favor him with their custom.—He warrants black on woolen that shall not fade or crock on wearing. There is not any copperas put into the coloring, as that operates injurious to the cloth. Falmouth Aug. 18.
Land for Sale.
TEN thousand acres of Land, in the county of Coos, formerly the county of Grafton, state of New Hampshire, being the southeastern part of a tract of 40,000 acres granted to Dartmouth College; bounded west by Connecticut river; north by Canada line; east by the Amariscoggin river; southwest by Stuart-Town. The above tract of 10,000 acres has been surveyed into farms of about 200 acres each, has a number of mill privileges, is in a growing part of the country, and is well worth the attention of any person concerned in the land speculation. Conditions liberal, and made known by application to E. GREELY & CO. Portland, August 18.
Stephen Andrews' Estate.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all the demands in favor of the estate of STEPHEN ANDREWS, deceased, are lodged in the office of James D. Hopkins, Esq. the attorney of the publisher, and will be put in suit without further notice, unless payment be made on or before the first day of October next. HANNAH ANDREWS, Administratrix. August 18.
Cel ar Rocks—for sale,
GOOD Cellar Rocks, constantly for sale and can be delivered at any part of the town, on reasonable terms, by John Prichard. Also, a quantity of OAKUM— inquire as above. May 26.
Copartnership Dissolved.
THE Copartnership of Erving and Reed, was dissolved by mutual consent, April 14, 1806. SHIRLEY ERVING. JONATHAN REED. Aug. 25.
REMOVAL.
THE subscriber informs his friends and customers that he has removed from the Store he formerly occupied, to the Store lately improved by Messrs. McLellan & Brown, where his business will be in future carried on under the firm of ERVING & POOR. Aug. 25. SHIRLEY ERVING.
FOR SALE,
By Erving & Poor. AT the Store lately occupied by Messrs. McLellan & Brown, near the head of Fifth-street, a general assortment of Groceries, Drugs, Medicines and Dye-Stuff; Warranted of the best qualities, and sold on the most reasonable terms—viz.
Madeira } } Cassia Sherry } } Cloves Lisbon } } Nutmegs Claret } } Sweet Oil Port and } } Anchovies Malaga } } Catup Cognac Brandy } } Noyeau Holland Gin } } Geroose London Porter } } Genuine Rose Cordial Brown Stout } } Lemons Loaf Sugar } } Castile Soap Havanna ditto } } Windior do India ditto } } Canary Seed Brown ditto } } Oatmeal Box Raisins } } Shells Fruit do. } } Pimento Black do. } } Pepper Shelled Almonds } } Rosin Turkey Figs } } Mould and Dipped Citrons } } Candles Prunes } } Chocolate Capers } } Hyson, Barker Salt } } Young Hyson Tamarinds } } Hyson Skin Ginger } } Souchong and Starch } } Bohea Musk } } Rice, Salpetre } } Chees Real Cinnamon }
A variety of Confectionary.
DYE STUFFS.
Logwood } } Allum Redwood } } Coperas Camwood } } Verdegri Fulve } } Cochineal Madder } } Indigo Roman Vitriol } } Gren. Art. Oil Vitriol } } Pres. Papers Tenter Hooks } } Jacks, &c &c
PAINTS.
Yellow Ochre } } Span. White Spanish Brown } } Prussian Blue
Patent Medicines.
Doct. Lee's New-London Billoons Pills. Worm Lozenges Walter's Improved Essence of Mustard, Tooth-drops, Northrop's new invented Bitters, Dally's Carminative Indian Vegetable specific, Steer's Opodeldoc, Hamilton's Restorative Drops, do Pills. Bateman's Drops, Extract Mustard, British Oil, Andrews's Specific Lotion, Wheaton's Bitters, do Ich Ointment, Essence of Peppermint, Ague and fever Drops, Eye Water. Turlington's Original Balsome of Life, Hooper's Pills, Corn Plaister, Cephalic Snuff, Pungents, Spring Truffles &c. &c. Teeth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Court Plaister, Gum. Elastic, Spice Bitters, Gaily Pots & &c. Aug. 25.
Salt and Lime.
Christopher Dyer, No. 5, Union-Wharf, Has for sale, 200 Hhds best Isle-of-May Salt, 100 casks Thomaston Lime—best quality. Aug. 25.
FOR SALE, BY
Benjamin Willis, At No. 6, Moffett's Row, On liberal terms. 200 bolls. No. 1 & 2 Beef, Essex Inspection, 20 do. Pork, do. Few Bales India Cotton, 9000 Gunny Bags, Entitled to Debenture, 50 boxes mould Candles. English and India Goods and Groceries, as usual. Aug. 25.
Munroe & Tuttle,
No. 1. UNION ROW, HAVE just received, and now opening for sale, an extensive assortment of Fresh Goods—Viz. Superfine black, blue, brown & mixed Broadclothes and Camiseries—buff and white do—9-8 London printed Camiseries—superfine and common Calicoes—Furnitures—Cambric Dimities—Lace—Leno and Picquet Muslin—Lace Cambrics—do Shawls—4-4 and 6-4 white Cotton Cambrics—6-4 black do—black and colored Luthrings—India plaid do—Thread Laces and Edgings—black and white Lace, and embroidered Silk Hosiery—black and white Silk Gloves—plain, black and olive Velvets and Cords—Cotton and Silk Chambray Muslins—white and colored Silk Cords—Cap and Habit Patterns—2 cafes 4-4 and 7-8 Irish Linens—a large assortment of India Cottons, &c. &c. August 25.
District of Maine—to wit :
BE it remembered, that on the twenty-first day of July, in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, Daniel Johnson of the said district hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:—The Columbian Orthographer; or First Book for Children. In which the words are methodically arranged, rationally divided into syllables; and accurately accented according to the best authorities. For the use of schools.—By James Pike. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also an act entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors or proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." (L.S.) HENRY SEWALL, Clerk District of Maine. A true copy as of record, Attest, H: SEWALL, Clerk. August 18.
Pike's Spelling Book.
JUST PUBLISHED By Daniel Johnson,
And for sale at the PORTLAND BOOK-STORE, and by all the Booksellers in the United States, the
Columbian Orthographer;
Or, First Book for Children.
IN which the words are methodically arranged, rationally divided into syllables; and accurately accented according to the best authorities. For the use of schools. By JAMES PIKE.
In vain. Without fair culture's kind parental aid, Without enlisting sons and gentle flower's, And fester from the blast,—in vain we hope The tender plant can rear its blooming head, Or yield the harvest promised in its spring.
AKERSIDE.
Pike's Spelling-Book contains one hundred and sixty-eight pages—is printed with a perfectly new type, and on a much better paper than is usual to print school books upon.—The price, which is 10 3/4 per dozen and 20 cents single, makes it the lowest school book in the union.—The preface, which is here subjoined, will show the plan of the author—and the various commendations which follow, will show the approbation the book has already met with.
PREFACE.
THOUGH much has been done to render the acquisition of literature easy, yet there evidently appears to be a defect in the present mode of instructing children, which, in no small degree, impedes their advancement. They are often made to commence the study of etymology, before they are well grounded in the principles of orthography. This being the case, it rarely happens, afterwards, that they have a relish for the study of the latter; and, of course, never acquire a sufficient knowledge of it. But a just orthography and pronunciation, however unimportant they may appear to some, are acquisitions so essential in a scholar, that for the want of them nothing can atone.
To furnish schools, therefore, with a cheap, but at the same time complete, spelling-book of the English language, by which the task of instructors in teaching, and of children in learning, will, in some degree, be facilitated, is the object the author has in view in compiling the following work.
In the attempt, many dictionaries have been consulted, and every exertion made to render it as accurate as possible.
Fables, grammar, &c. of which other books of this kind now in use, principally consist, are excluded from this, as improper, and not belonging to a spelling-book.
Formerly, when schools were deficient in books in the various branches necessary to be taught, it was less culpable to crowd a spelling-book with such a variety of matter; but at the present, when almost every species of learning has been separately and amply discussed, it would be quite unparadisable.
Has it not been expedient without profit to put a book, containing such a mixture of matter, into the hands of children totally unacquainted with the rudiments of spelling? Have they not destroyed many such books, before they could be made to comprehend what one of them contained? This experience has amply demonstrated.
Moreover, to put a book into the hands of children, containing more than they can understand, serves rather to blunt, than to excite, their ambition for improvement. Not having sufficient strength of intellect to dive into the principles, and see the reason of things, they grow discouraged, take a distaste to study, and at length hate it.
The words of QUINTILLIAN are worthy of observation.—Great care, says he, must be taken, that the child, who cannot yet love study, should not hate it; and that the disgust he had once taken, might not detain him in more advanced years.
To insure success to instructors, it is evident that they should be rendered as easy and pleasing as possible. For this purpose, the words are arranged in the most natural and consistent order, to lead young minds, gradually, from that which is easy to that which is difficult.
To enable children to keep their places in the book, with more ease, while reading in a class, each column is separated into four divisions; and by permitting a child to read one at a time, the task of instructors will be greatly alleviated.
The Author would observe, that notwithstanding the monosyllables have the characteristic types affixed to them, by which their true pronunciation is discovered, it will be needless to endeavor to explain the Key to children, till after they have gone through them; but then it will be absolutely necessary; and, with a little assistance, they will readily comprehend it.
He would further remark, that causing children to spell the words, first in the book, making them strictly observe the proper division of the syllables, and then putting the same words to them to be spelled out of the book, is
attended with greater advantage than any other method.
If, in spelling or reading, a child should give a wrong sound to a vowel, it should be immediately referred to the Key, and requested to show the same vowel with its characteristic type. It should then be told to pronounce the word affixed to it; and afterwards to give the same sound to the vowel it had erroneously pronounced. For instance, if it should call also, also, it should be shown the a in half, and told to pronounce the first syllable in the word also in the same manner. By this method, in a short time, will become perfectly acquainted with the variety of sounds which the vowels afford, and be able to pronounce any word, however difficult, with ease and propriety.
When they have gone through all the tables, and can spell words, of any number of syllables, currently in the book, it will be proper for them to go through again, and pronounce the words without spelling. At the same time, the New Testament may be put into their hands; which is a book easy to be read, and contains truths the most important for them to know.
When they can read fluently in the New Testament, there are many books, eminently calculated to teach the art of reading with propriety, which may be put into their hands. The best of these should be selected; but the choice must be left to the judicious instructor.
To conclude, partly in the words of a late elegant writer—"Aware of the prejudices usually conceived by the ignorant, the envious, and the illiberal, against every new attempt to render the way to learning either shorter or smoother," the Author wishes to submit the plan of his work to the judgment of those alone, who are best qualified to decide on the usefulness of the design, or judiciousness of the execution.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE importance of early impressing the minds of children with the rudiments of orthography, it is presumed none will deny; for the useful art of speaking, reading and writing with readiness and propriety, depends much on the habit of spelling and pronouncing words with accuracy.
To give a death wound, therefore, to the painful, incorrect practice of directing children to read lessons, before they are able to spell and accent common words of three syllables, we cordially recommend the COLUMBIAN ORTHOGRAPHER. This work we approve, because it is, as the first school-book ought to be, merely a spelling-book.
The tables, distinguishing the different classes of words, are judiciously arranged to facilitate the progress of children in their rudimental studies.
We think, therefore, the Author merits the patronage as well as the gratitude of the public, for his exertions to promote the interest of the rising generation; and we heartily recommend this book to instructors, as better calculated to answer the design of a spelling-book than any that has hitherto been published.
Subscribed by the following Gentlemen:
Rev. Thomas Cary Rev. James Morie Rev. Samuel Spring Nicolas Pike, Esq. Rev. Elijah Parish Rev. Timothy Alden Rev. John Andrews Mr. Peter Coochman Rev. Daniel Dana Mr. Amos Tappan Rev. Leonard Woods Samuel Freeman, Esq.
Extract of a Letter from John Mycall, Esq. to the Author, dated Harvard, September 23, 1806.
DEAR SIR,
I am much pleased to hear that you are engaged in the compilation of a new spelling-book; which, I understand, is to be conformable to what I frequently wished to see introduced, when I was employed in the instruction of youth myself. I understand it to be your intention, that the whole book shall contain nothing more than spelling; which, in my opinion, will very much facilitate the progress of learners, besides saving needless expense. I ought not to say needless, for it is worse; as I think the attempt to read lessons, and such fables and stories, as spelling-books are generally crowded with, before they have become perfect in the ground-work, will naturally retard their advancement in reading, as well as orthography.
That your laudable endeavors, to promote the welfare of the rising generation, may be crowned with success, and receive general approbation, is the sincere wish of your friend and servant, JOHN MYCALL.
Letter from Joshua W. Seaver, Preceptor of the Academy at Berwick, to the Author, dated Berwick, May 11, 1805.
SIR,
As you were so polite and condescending as to favor me with the perusal of your manuscript of the COLUMBIAN ORTHOGRAPHER, and to request my opinion upon the plan of the work, I shall not hesitate to give it with the greatest frankness.
From its simplicity and adaption to the capacities of children, I think it must have a decided preference to any other work of the kind I have yet seen; and is calculated greatly to facilitate the acquisition of the rudiments of learning.
Many of the inconveniences, which it is intended to remedy, and which, no doubt, it will, I have myself frequently experienced in teaching common schools.
With emotions of gratitude to you, Sir, for so useful and laudable an undertaking, I must express my highest approbation of the work: hoping, as a reward of your labor, you will likewise receive the full approbation and patronage of an enlightened public. I am, Sir, with respect, yours, &c. JOSIAH W. SEAVER.
Letter from the Rev. Pearson Thurston, to the Author, dated Somersworth, May 13, 1805.
DEAR SIR,
I sincerely hope and verily believe, that the COLUMBIAN ORTHOGRAPHER is a work which will meet the approbation of the public.—From the opportunity I have had for perusing the manuscript, I am highly pleased with the plan and with the execution of it. Its simplicity and perspicuity must give it a decided preference, for the use of children, I think, to every other work of the kind, which has fallen within my observation. I hope you will not delay in procuring its publication.
With much esteem, Sir, I am your affectionate friend, PEARSON THURSTON.
August 18.