Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1802-06-14 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
NUMBER 216.]
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1802.
[VOLUME V.]
From the Newyork Evening Post.
The Examination. No. XVII.
IT was intended to have concluded the argument respecting the judiciary department with the last number. But a speech lately delivered in the House of Representatives, having since appeared, which brings forward one new position, and reiterates some others in a form well calculated to excite prejudice, it may not be unuseful to devote some further attention to the subject.
The new position is, that the clause of the constitution enabling the judges to hold their offices during good behaviour, ought to be understood to have reference to the executive only, because all officers are holden of the President!
This is a second example of a doctrine, contrary to every republican idea, broached in the course of this debate by the advocates of the repealing law. Had a federalist uttered the sentiment, the cry of monarchy would have resounded from one extremity of the United States to the other. It would have been loudly proclaimed that the mask was thrown aside, by a glaring attempt to transform the servants of the people into the supple tools of Presidential ambition. But now, to justify a plain resolution of the constitution, and serve a party purpose, this bold and dangerous position is avowed without hesitation or scruple, from a quarter remarkable for the noisy promulgation of popular tenets.
The position is not correct; and it is of a nature to demand the most pointed reprobation of every real republican. In the theory of all the American constitutions, officers are holden of the government, in other words of the People through the government . The appointment is indeed confined to a particular organ, and in instances in which it is not otherwise provided by the constitution or the laws, the removal of the officer is left to the pleasure or discretion of that organ. But both these acts suppose merely an instrumentality of the organ, from the necessity or expediency of the people's acting in such cases by an agent to the people as the object of the fealty or allegiance of the officer.
It is said that the word holden is a technical form denoting tenure, and implying that there is one who holds, another of whom the thing is holden. This assertion is indeed agreeable to the common use of the word in our law books. But it is hardly to be presumed that it was employed in the constitution in so artificial a sense. It is more likely that it was designed to be the equivalent of the word possess, enjoy . Yet let the assertion be supposed correct. In this case, it must also be remembered that the terms in this technical sense include two things, the quantity of interest in the subject holden, and the meritorious consideration upon which the grant is made; which, in many cases, includes service or rent, in all fealty ; this all forming emphatically the link or tie between the lord and the tenant, the sovereign and the officer. Will any one dare to say that fealty or allegiance, as applied to the government of the United States, is due from the officer to the President? Certainly it is not. It is due to the people in their political capacity. If so, it will follow that the office is holden not of the President, but of the nation, government or state .
It is remarkable that the constitution has every where used the language "officers of the United States," as if to denote the relation between the officer and the sovereignty; as if to exclude the dangerous pretension that he is the mere creature of the executive; accordingly, he is to take an oath "to support the constitution," that is, an oath of fidelity to the government; but no oath of any kind to the President.
In the theory of the British government, it is entirely different; there the majority of the nation is understood to reside in the Prince. He is deemed the real sovereign. He is, emphatically, the fountain of honor. Allegiance is due to him; and consequently, public officers are, in the true notion of tenure , holden of him. But in our constitution the President is not the sovereign; the sovereignty is vested in the government, collectively; and it is of the sovereignty, strictly and technically speaking, that a public officer holds his office.
In this view of the matter he just, the basis of the argument, in point of fact fails; and the principle of it suggests an opposite conclusion, namely, that the condition of good behaviour is obligatory on the whole government, and ought to operate as a barrier against any authority by which the displacement of the judges from their offices may be, directly or indirectly, effected.
In the same speech much stress has been laid on the words "during their continuance in office," as implying that the compensation of the judge was liable to cease by a legislative discontinuance of the office.
If the words had been during the continuance in office , the argument would have been pertinent; but as they stand, a different inference if any, is to be drawn from them. They seem rather to relate to the continuance of the office than to that of the officer . But in truth, an inference either way is a pitiful fallacy. The clause is neutral; its plain and simple meaning being, that the compensation shall not be diminished while the judge retains the office. It throws no light whatever on the question how he may lawfully cease to possess it .
Another point is pressed with great earnestness, and with great plausibility. It is this: that the constitution must have intended to act as recompense to service, and cannot be supposed to have meant to bestow compensation, where, in the opinion of the legislature, no service was necessary. Without doubt, the constitution does contemplate service as the ground of compensation; but it likewise takes it for granted, that the legislature will be circumscript in the institution of offices; and especially, that it will be careful to establish none of a permanent nature, which will not be permanently useful. And, with this general presumption, the constitution anticipates no material inconvenience from the permanency of judicial offices connected with permanent emoluments. And though it should have foreseen that cases might happen in which the service was not needed, yet there is no difficulty whatever in the supposition that it was willing to encounter the trivial contingent evil of having to maintain a few superfluous officers, in order to obtain the immense good of establishing and securing the independence of the courts of justice. A readiness of the officer to render service to the will of the government, is the consideration as to him, for continuing the compensation. But the essential inducement is the public utility incident to the independency of the judicial character. As to the supposition of an enormous abuse of power, by creating a long list of sinecures, and a numerous host of pen-
sioners; whenever such a thing shall happen, it will constitute one of those extreme cases, which, on the principle of necessity, may authorize extra constitutional remedies. But these are cases which can never be appealed to for the interpretation of any constitution, which, in meting out the powers of government must be supposed to adjust them on the presumption of a fair execution.
A further topic of argument is, that our doctrine would equally restrain the legislature from abolishing offices held during pleasure. But this is not true. The two things stand on different ground. First, the executive has such an agency in the enacting of laws, that, as a general rule, the displacement of the officer cannot happen against his pleasure. Second, the pleasure of the President, in all cases not particularly excepted, is understood to be subject to the direction of the law. Third, an officer during pleasure, having merely a revocable interest, the abolition of his office is no infringement of his right. In substance he is a tenant at the will of the government , liable to be discontinued by the executive organ, in the form of a removal; by the legislature, in the form of an abolition of the office. These different considerations reconcile the legislative authority to abolish with the prerogative of the chief magistrate, to remove, and with the temporary right of individuals to hold. And therefore, there is no reason against the exercise of such an authority; nothing to form an exception to the general competency of the legislative power to provide for the public welfare. Very different is the case as to the judges. The most persuasive motives of public policy, the safety of liberty itself, require that the judges shall be independent of the legislative body, in order to maintain effectually the separation between the several departments. The provision, that their compensation shall not be diminished is a clear constitutional indication, that their independence was intended to be guarded against the legislature. The express declaration, that they shall hold their office during good behaviour, that is, upon a condition dependent on themselves, is repugnant to the hypothesis that they shall hold at the mere pleasure of others. Provisions which progress to cooler rights on individuals, are always entitled to a liberal interpretation in support of those rights, and ought not, without necessity, to receive an interpretation subversive of them. Provisions which respect the organization of a co-ordinate branch of the government, ought to be construed in such a manner as to procure for it, stability and efficiency, rather than in such a manner as renders it weak, precarious, and dependent. These various and weighty reasons serve to establish strong lines of discrimination between judicial and other officers, and to prove that no inference can be drawn from the power of the legislature as to the latter, which will be applicable to the former.
One more defence of this FORMIDABLE CLAIM is attempted to be drawn from the example of the judiciary establishment of Great Britain. It is observed that this establishment, the theme of copious eulogy on account of the independence of the judges, places those officers upon a footing far less firm than will be that of the judges of the United States, even admitting the right of Congress to abolish their officers, by abolishing the courts of which they are members. And as one proof of the assertion it is mentioned, that the English judges are removable by the King on the address of the two houses of Parliament.
All this might be very true, and yet prove nothing as to what is or ought to be the construction of our constitution on this point. It is plain from the provision respecting compensation, that the framers of that constitution intended to prop the independence of our judges beyond the precautions which have been adopted in England, in respect to the judges of that country; and the intention, apparent in this particular, is an argument that the same spirit may have governed other provisions. Cogent reasons have been assigned, applicable to our system, and not applicable to the British system, for securing the independence of our judges against the legislative, as well as against the executive power.
It is alleged that the statute of Great Britain of the 13 of William III. was the model from which the framers of our constitution copied the provisions for the independence of our judiciary. It is certainly true, that the idea of tenure of office during good behaviour, found in several of our constitutions is borrowed from that source. But it is evident that the framers of the federal system did not mean to confine themselves to that model. Hence the restraint of the legislative discretion, as to compensation; hence the omission of the provision for the removal of the judges by the executive, on the application of the two branches of the legislature; a provision which has been imitated in some of the state governments.
This very omission affords no light inference that it was the intention to depart from the principle of making the judges removable from office by the co-operation or interposition of the legislative body. Why else was this qualification of the permanent tenure of office, which forms a conspicuous feature in the British Statute and in some of the state Constitutions dropped in the plan of the Federal Government?
The insertion of it in the British statute may also be supposed to have been dictated by the opinion, that without a special reservation, the words during good behaviour would have imported an irrevocable tenure. If so the precaution will serve to fortify our construction.
But however it may seem in theory, in fact, the difference in the genius of the two governments would tend to render the independence of the judges more secure under the provision of the British statute, than it would be in this country upon the construction that allows to Congress the right to abolish them. The reason is this—From the Constitution of the British Monarchy, the thing chiefly to be apprehended is an overbearing influence of the crown upon the judges. The jealousy of executive influence resting upon more powerful motives in that country, than in this, it may be expected to operate as a stronger obstacle there, than here; to an improper combination between the Executive and Legislative Departments to invade the Judiciary.—Moreover, the British Executive has greater means of resisting Parliamentary control, than an American Executive has of resisting the control of an American Legislature; consequently the former would be in less danger from the latter, of being driven to a concurrence in measures hostile to the independence of the judges; and in both these ways there would be greater security for the British than for the American judges.
Thus it is man's fall, that in every attitude in which the fact has been placed, the argument is victorious against the power of Congress to abolish the judges. But what, alas! avails the demonstration of this important truth? The fatal blow has been struck! It is no longer possible to arrest the rash and daring arm of power! Can the proof that it has acted without right, without warrant—can this heal the wound? Can it renovate the perishing Constitution?—Yes, let us
hope that that this will be the case. Let us trust that the monitory voice of true patriotism will at length reach the ears of a considerate people, and will rouse them to a united and vigorous exertion for the restoration of their violated charter; not by means either disorderly or guilty, but by means which the Constitution will sanction and reason approve. Surely this will be so—A people, who deferring tyranny at a distance, and guided only by the light of just principles, before they had yet felt the scourge of oppression, could nobly hazard all in the defence of their rights; and who, sacrificing their prejudices on the altar of experience, and spurning the artificers of insidious demagogues, could as a deliberate act of national reason, adopt and establish for themselves a constitution which bids fair to immortalize their glory and their happiness; such a people, though mislead for a period, will not be the final victims of a delusion, alike inauspicious to their reputation and their welfare. They will not long forget the fame they have so justly merited, nor give the world occasion to ascribe to accident, what has hitherto been imputed to wisdom. They will disdain to herd with the too long list of degraded nations who have bowed their necks to unworthy idols of their own creating; who immolating their best friends at the shrine of falsehood, have sunk under the yoke of sycophants and betrayers. They will open their eyes and see the precipice on which they stand! They will look around and select from among the throng the men who have heretofore established a claim to their confidence; the solid basis of able and faithful service; and they will with indignation and scorn, banish from their favor the wretched imposters, who with honied lips and guileful hearts, are luring them to destruction. Admonished by the past, and listening again to the counsels of real friends, they will make a timely retreat from the danger which threatens—they will once more arrange themselves under the banners of the Constitution; with anxious care will repair the breaches that have been made, and will raise new mounds against the future assaults of open or secret enemies!
LUCIUS CRASSUS.
Legislature of Massachusetts.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1.
A committee was raised to inquire what progress had been made in procuring the Statute of George Washington , agreeably to the resolve of January, 1800; and what additional provision is necessary.
A joint committee composed of the Hon. Messrs. Bidwell and Adams—Messrs. Otis, Morton, and Lowell, was raised to consider the expediency of passing an act to alter and amend the 4th section of the act "dividing the Commonwealth into 17 districts for the choice of Representatives in Congress"—so as to secure a compleat representation of the people of this Commonwealth in the House of Representatives of the United States.
Banks —Petitions were presented for the incorporation of Banking Companies at Pownalborough, Portland, and Beverly; and a committee was raised to consider of the renewal of the charter of the Union Bank.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3.
An answer to the Governor's Speech was reported and accepted, and Messrs. Otis, Vose, Knox, Bangs and Pillsbury appointed to present the same. The following is the answer:—
May it please your Excellency,
THE House of Representatives receive with pleasure and respect, the address of your Excellency to both branches of the Legislature, and offer in return their sincere congratulations, upon the recent instance, of the high esteem and increasing confidence of the citizens; manifested in the late election.
We are fully aware of the delicate nature of that portion of your Excellency's duties, which regards appointments to office, and firmly believe that in the selection of candidates, your Excellency has been uniformly actuated by the most impartial views, to the interest and convenience of the People. Competition for offices, of necessity, gives rise to personal disappointment; and the difficulty of deciding upon pretensions apparently equal, must sometimes occasion embarrassment. But no material detriment to the public interests, will arise from these sources, while the power of appointment, is exercised with a sincere desire, to select able and upright men. It is only when subjected to the influence of passion, intolerance, or party projects, that this power become a scourge to the people. The sound and pertinent sentiments advanced by your Excellency, upon the general importance of government to the peace of society, its tendency to promote the public happiness, and induce a compliance with the laws of the Supreme Being demand our most cordial assent and approbation.
We rejoice in the existence of that National Constitution, which unites the People of the several States in the bonds of interest, and entitles them to the common privilege of citizens. Nothing shall be wanting on our parts to continue and extend its advantages to our Fellow-Citizens, by the performance of such duties, as on the part of the Commonwealth is now incumbent upon us.
The importance of the union of the States, and of the National Government to our safety and tranquility, cannot be too frequently inculcated. We regard the preservation of both, as the most sacred of our public duties. In an extensive confederacy, composed of various States, mutual jealousies, and violent collisions of opinion are naturally expected, and it may sometimes happen, that local politics and predilection, may acquire a dangerous ascendancy in the public councils. In such seasons, patience, moderation and a reliance upon Constitutional redress, would become all good citizens. If instead of this temper, the public mind should be actuated by desperate resolutions to abandon the Union, or a premature diffidence of our means to maintain it; the disorder and weakness incident to small and jarring confederacies would expose us to the loss of national importance, and individual liberty.
We unite with your Excellency, in deprecating the pernicious effects, of that party spirit which has proved the bane of every Republic, and which is the principal, if not the only source of the calamities which threaten a free and independent People.
The evils arising from the excessive indulgence of this intolent and unforgiving spirit, among those who are not the immediate agents of public affairs, are serious obstacles to general prosperity and private happiness. But if in an elective government, not merely the People, but their rulers, shall become infected with this malignant spirit of party; if bursting from the confines of private circles, it shall shed its fatal influence over Magistrates and Legislators, then indeed will the public interest be sacrificed to private attachments;—then will merit languish in obscurity and disgrace, while honors and promotion, await the selfish and unworthy; then will such a nation realize that paper Constitutions are feeble barriers against the devices of sophistry, or the assaults of violence. We trust, however, with your Excellency, that the mild character of our fellow-citizens, and their general information, will save us from those excesses of party zeal, by which other nations have been disgraced. This salutary object is naturally promoted by the moderate and conciliatory sentiments of a Chief Magistrate, when sanctioned by his conduct and example; and it is a tribute of justice due to your Excellency to declare that your disposition to adjudge the acrimony of party, is not left to be inferred from your declarations only; but is apparent in the whole tenor of your Excellency's public conduct.
The particular subjects detailed in your Excellency's address, are entitled to, and shall receive our diligent attention; and we shall assiduously co-operate in affording that dispatch to the business of the session, which the public convenience, at this season of the year, pecuniarily requires.
The following is the answer to the Governor's Speech, this day reported by the Senate, and presented to his Excellency by the Hon. Peleg Coffin, Barnabas Bidwell and Benjamin Pickman, jun. Esquires:—
May it please your Excellency,
THE Senate sincerely congratulate your Excellency upon your re-election to the first office of this Commonwealth. And however delicate or arduous may be the duties, which you are called to perform, we doubt not they will be discharged with that wisdom, impartiality and regard to the best interests of your constituents, which have hitherto marked your public conduct, and secured to you their esteem and approbation.
In all our deliberations we shall endeavor to keep our excellent Constitution steadily in view; to make it the rule and guide of our conduct, and we hope that all our measures will tend to promote the invaluable objects for which it was ordained and established. We are sensible that government is necessary for man; without it he cannot enjoy the blessings of society. And it is with gratitude we reflect that the citizens of the United States are blessed with the freest government on earth; which emanated from themselves, and are administered by men of their own appointment. To prove the superiority of these governments, to preserve and perpetuate them, to transmit them unimpaired to the latest posterity, must be the highest ambition of every honest citizen.
With your Excellency we feel the necessity and importance of preserving the union of these States. On it, under Divine Providence, depend our respectability and safety as a nation, and our happiness as individuals. Incalculable are the evils which might flow from their disunion. It is therefore the duty of all, but more especially of those who are placed in public office, to cultivate and cherish such a spirit, as will best tend to avert an event so justly to be deplored. As the best means, however, of perpetuating our union, the citizens of the United States should be impressed with a due sense of the importance of preserving the Federal Constitution inviolate.
To strengthen our national union, to give stability to the "Constitutions, which we have in the most solemn manner engaged to support," to promote a generous confidence in those who are called to administer our government, and at the same time a vigilant attention to their measures of administration; are not less the dictates of interest than of duty. We trust that the good sense and patriotism of the people will forever preserve the principles of our Constitutions from violation; and if, under the influence of party zeal, or a mistaken desire to promote the public good, any acts should ever be passed inconsistent with those principles, that they will not obtain the sanction of time.—And we deem it proper on this occasion to declare, that we consider an Independent Judiciary as one of the best supports and most essential attributes of a free government.
The experience of all ages has proved that there is no evil, to which free nations are more exposed, than the prevalence of party spirit. It is, perhaps, the necessary offspring of free governments; but it frequently proves their bane and destruction. It is incumbent, therefore, on every good citizen carefully to watch over and suppress such a spirit in himself, to frown upon and discountenance it in others. They who, to promote party purposes, or to raise themselves to office, invent and give circulation to tales of calumny respecting public characters, whatever may be their professions, must have hearts totally devoid of every truly virtuous and patriotic principle. They not only injure the persons whom they calumniate, but they do an irreparable injury to the community. They discourage good men from accepting offices of trust and responsibility. They introduce men unprincipled and regardless of character in their stead. They thereby pave the way for the destruction of our present free Government, and will enable some popular and successful usurper to establish his empire on their ruins. We flatter ourselves that the mildness of the American character, and the good sense of the people will preserve them from these evils; but it ought to be deeply impressed on their minds that the only way to avoid the calamities, which have befallen other free nations, is to avoid their errors.
The several subjects which your Excellency has pointed out for our consideration, and any subsequent communications, which you may be pleased to make, shall meet a prompt and respectful attention. We shall endeavor to expedite the public business by an assiduous attention to it. We doubt not your Excellency's disposition to render the session agreeable to the members of the Government, nor of your ready concurrence in every measure calculated to promote the public good.
* By Mr. Giles.
† The other is the denial of the right of the courts to keep the legislature within its constitutional bounds.

BY THE KING—A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGE R.
WHEREAS a Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Us, the French Republic, his Catholic Majesty, and the Batavian Republic, has been concluded at Amiens on the 27th day of March last, and the Ratifications thereof have been duly exchanged: In conformity thereunto, We have thought fit hereby to command, that the same be published throughout all our dominions; and We do declare to all Our loving subjects Our will and pleasure, that the said Treaty of Peace and Friendship be observed inviolably as well by sea as land, and in all places whatsoever; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice hereof, and to conform themselves thereunto accordingly.
GIVEN at Our Court at Windsor, the 26th day of April, 1802, in the forty second year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
[This is followed by another Proclamation formally declaring the war concluded.]
BY THE KING—A PROCLAMATION, FOR A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.
GEORGE R.
WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God, in his great goodness, to put an end to the late bloody, extended, and expensive war in which We are engaged; We therefore, adoring the Divine Goodness, and duly considering that the great and public blessings of Peace, do call for public and solemn acknowledgements, have thought fit, by the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby appointing and commanding that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for these his mercies, be observed throughout those parts of Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Tuesday the 1st day of June next.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
[It is followed by another Proclamation, appointing a Thanksgiving also on the 1st of June in Scotland.]
The Proclamation of Peace was made on Thursday, with great pomp, splendor, and solemnity; and in the evening the city was brilliantly illuminated. We cannot pretend to describe the effect of this wide extended blaze. The whole firmament was on fire; and by the darkness of the night, the splendor of the effort to convert night into the brightness of the day was the more conspicuous. The Moon and Stars were happily withdrawn from the competition of art to outstrip their glories, and to supercede their reign.
LONDON, MAY 4.
A vessel, which is arrived at Plymouth, has brought letters from Malta, dated Feb. 28. They inform us that the Mondovi brig had just arrived from Egypt, with the intelligence of the Mameluke Chiefs having retired to upper Egypt, and declared war against the Porte. Several bloody actions had taken place between them and the Grand Vizier, with various success. Sir R. Bickerton was on the point of setting sail from Malta for Alexandria, to endeavour to put an end to their hostile operations.
Extract of a letter from Berlin, dated 17th April. "A few weeks ago the Prince Charles, youngest son of the King of Prussia, was inoculated with the Vaccine matter by Dr. Brown, first Physician to his Majesty. The Prince has gone through the disorder in the most happy manner, and it is not doubted but that this unequivocal proof of royal approbation of an invention which proves to be so beneficial to mankind, will cause the Vaccine inoculation to be universally adopted throughout the Prussian dominions."
PARIS, APRIL 20.
ALL the pomp, magnificence, and majesty of Religion, were displayed in the solemnity celebrated on Easter day in the Metropolitan Church of Paris. There was seen the Hero, the Pacifier, bow down his head before the Being that founds and destroys empires; there did he return thanks to the God of Battles, who has so constantly favored his arms, and who has at length granted peace to Europe, as the price of his victories.
At six in the morning the cannon, now the signal of joy, announced the promulgation of the Concordat; at eight the Prefect of the Police proclaimed it throughout Paris. But it was at Notre Dame that the most august ceremony was to be celebrated. Before day-break an immense crowd filled all the avenues to the Cathedral. At nine o'clock the church was filled, and every person awaited in silence the moment of the ceremony. At ten o'clock the Cardinal Legate arrived, escorted by a piquet of cavalry. He made his entrance, preceded by the golden Crosier, and followed by the Italian Prelates attached to his Legation.
Some moments afterwards, all the new Bishops arrived. Among them several ancient Prelates were seen, several preachers who had rendered themselves illustrious in the pulpit and in the assemblies of the clergy. Proscribed, persecuted, and banished for ten years, it seemed as if they had returned from the abode of death. The mind was astonished that they had survived so many sufferings; one saw the premature wrinkles that ten years of misery had indented upon their foreheads; one beheld with pleasure, joy shone upon their countenances so long chastened by grief; one recollected the talents, the virtues, and the services
of those respectable men. Oh sublimity of the Catholic Religion! The very ills they have suffered are the sure pledge of the good they will produce.
An old man of 94 years of age advanced the last, supported by two ministers; it was the Arch Bishop of Paris. He appeared to have resumed his strength for the purpose of celebrating the return of a religion, which, for a whole century, he had served and honored by his virtues. What mind, even the coldest, could have refrained from a sentiment of respect and admiration, in seeing that venerable man, lifting with difficulty his trembling hands, to invoke upon the people blessings which seemed to descend from Heaven at his prayer?
At noon the sound of bells, and the noise of cannon, announced the arrival of the First Consul. The Archbishop, at the head of all the Bishops, and all the Clergy, went to receive him at the gate of the Cathedral. He entered the church under a canopy, followed by his two colleagues, and preceded by the Ministers and Counsellors of State.
A raised seat, surmounted by a magnificent dome, had been prepared for the First Consul; he seated himself with his colleagues, and mass, celebrated by the Cardinal Legate, began. After the gospel, all the Bishops and Archbishops proceeded and took the oaths before the First Consul.
After the oaths had been taken, M. de Boisgelin delivered a sermon. Mass was continued. Silence was interrupted but at intervals by the
Organ's deep, majestic, solemn swell, That bore, our trembling wishes, up to Heaven At the consecration, the sound of the drums, mixing with the notes of the organ, increased, if possible, the solemnity of the moment.
After the Mass, Te Deum was sung. Pae-sello seemed to have excelled himself in the composition of the music, which was played by the first artists of Paris.
The august ceremony concluded with the benediction of the Cardinal Legate.
The First Consul returned to the Thuilleries with his escort. A crowd of persons of all ages and conditions filled the streets. The doors, windows, and roofs even, were not sufficient for the immense number of spectators. But curiosity alone did not attract this great concourse; if each wished to contemplate the Hero, the Pacifier, each wished to join his acclamations to the general acclamations. This homage, these acclamations, were a sacred debt which each was eager to discharge. Never was joy more pure, never were transports more general; never did the First Consul appear more grand. Why this enthusiasm? Why this delirium? Victory hath flattered the national pride. Peace had promised happiness; but the Concordat confirmed for ever the benefits of victory and peace.
By the Quill.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 4.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability, dated Zanesville, (North West Territory) 29th April, 1802.
"The settlement and improvement of this country is rapidly increasing, and at no distant day the carriage of our produce from the mouth of the Mississippi will be a great business. You, doubtless have heard of the commencement of the ship building business at Marietta, a ship and a brig are now to descend the river; if they should meet with success, the business may be considered as established, unless the possession of Louisiana by the French should interfere with the freedom of the navigation of the Mississippi. It will behoove our Government to have a watchful eye to that object, which is of inestimable consequence to this country and to the Union, if integrity of the nation may be considered as of the least importance; for this country must follow the fate of the only outlet to the nation."
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 5.
Extract of a letter from Elizabeth City, N.C. May 25.
"We mentioned to you in our last, the alarm occasioned by the Negroes. We have tried 25, but could not find sufficient evidence against them to put them to death. At Camden, they have hung 4, and whipped and cropped several. In Currituck, they have condemned two to the gallows; and in Perquimons they expect 1 or 2. We have whipped, cropped and transported three."
NEW YORK, JUNE 4.
Was executed at Savannah on the fourth common, agreeable to the sentence of the Superior Court on the 20th ult. John Rice, for grand larceny. He was a native of North Carolina or Virginia; had been an old offender against his God and of his country; and for a long time, had practised in it, a series of villainy, seldom equalled—entering at night, by the aid of false keys, houses and stores, and deliberately and leisurely plundering the citizens of their property, to an unknown amount.
MORE DEPARTMENT.
Bradbury Cilley, Esq. is removed from the office of Marshal of the District of New Hampshire, and Michael M. Clary appointed.
Major Cilley is a gentleman of much personal respectability, and, as a ministerial officer, his conduct has given universal satisfaction. In our revolutionary war, he was an active zealous officer, and his family connections were distinguished in the struggle. The patriotism and military skill of his father, General Cilley, was, on various occasions, fully tried, and his gallant conduct at Monmouth and Stillwater, will not be forgotten. But Major Cilley as a federal-
alist, a friend to the last administration, and has now become the victim of stern, uncharitable, unrelenting power.
Henry Little, Esq. is removed from the Post Office at Red-Hook. (N. Y.)—This gentleman has performed the duties of his office for ten years with fidelity, but he is now found in the number of those who do not believe in the creed of the present administration.
BOSTON, JUNE 9.
ARTILLERY ELECTION.
ON Monday, the 163d anniversary of the Election of Officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company was held in this town. At twelve o'clock, the Company escorted the Supreme Executive, and Staff, from the State House to the Old Brick Meeting House, where an eloquent, ingenious and appropriate Discourse was delivered by the Rev. Abiel Abbot, of Haverhill, from EPHESIANS v. 29, "For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it." From this portion of Divine Revelation, the Preacher inculcated the duties of individual and social preservation; and while he lamented that the state of society rendered it necessary, he ably demonstrated the importance of a preparation for war, even in Peace. After service, the Company took up the escort of a Procession, composed of his Excellency the Commander in Chief;—the late President Adams;—His Honor the Lieutenant Governor;—the Hon. Council;—the President of the Senate, and Senators of Suffolk County;—the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Members of Bolton and Charlestown; The Secretary of the State; the State, County, and Town Treasurers; the Selectmen and Town Clerk, of Bolton; the District Attorney;—the Marshal of the District and Sheriff of Suffolk;—the Hon. Mr. Mason of the Senate, and Mr. Eulis, of the House of Representatives, of the United States;—Hon. Mr. Otis, Secretary of the Senate of the United States;—The Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court;—the District and Municipal Judges;—The Hon. General Lincoln;—The Rev. President of Harvard University; and gentlemen of the Clergy of all denominations:—The Hon. Gen. Lee, of Vir. late Member of Congress; the Hon. Mr. Stoddert, late Secretary of the Navy; and the Hon. Mr. Van Rensselaer, late Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York;—Major General Elliot;—the Adjutant and Quarter Generals; the officers of Fort Independence, Col. Foncein, chief Engineer at that fortress; the Officers of Cadets, Artillery, Fulliers, and Light Infantry; several private citizens, and Honorary members;—to Faneuil Hall, where a sumptuous and elegant entertainment was provided.
The Hall was decorated in an unusually appropriate and elegant style. The side walls exhibited an Armory, in complete order. At the west end were large portraits of "the worthies of New England," amongst which were those of Warren, Bowdoin, Hancock, Franklin, Sumner, and Faneuil, under an arch bearing a suitable motto. The portrait of the late Gov. Sumner was admired for the strength of the likeness, and its general execution.—It is from the pencil of Johnson.
After dinner the following toasts were given, accompanied with music, and plaudits:—
 1. The Day—and our renowned Forefathers;—whose example taught us never to fear Danger; nor to despise Religion. Learning or Lior.  2. The Commander in Chief of Massachusetts—who extorts unwilling praise from his Enemies; and enthusiastic eulogies from his Friends.  3. The Constituted Authorities of the United and Individual States;—May no Magistrates descend to be Demagogues? nor any Demagogues rise to be Magistrates.  4. The Memory of George Washington—whose virtues rendered the Eighteenth Century illustrious; and who enabled the New World to challenge the Old for his Rival.  5. The Sage of Mount Wollaston—who first ascertained the true limits of Constitutional Liberty; and demonstrated by his Example, that he knew how to reduce his theories to practice.  6. The Memories of those worthies of New England—WARREN, BOWDOIN, HANCOCK, SUMNER, and FANEUIL—And in the support of New England principles may we "give up our Vines, and be Strong."  7. The Administration of WASHINGTON and ADAMS—whose only fault—even their Enemies say, is—that they expended the PUBLIC money for—PUBLIC purposes.  8. The Militia of our Country—Efficiency to their Discipline—no rust of negligence on their Arms—and no lack of democracy in their Hearts.  9. The Clergy of New England—May their piety, virtue and patriotism prove an impregnable Axis against the attacks of Infidelity; and may they continue to treat modern Philosophers, with "oppugnation and disproof."  10. The American Navy—May it have no enemies but such as it is its duty to fight.  11. The remains of the United States Army—be they "more or less."  12. Protection to Commerce—May all its spoilers, like other Thieves yet be obliged to refund Treble Damages.  13. The industrious and honorable Mechanics of the United States—Who are yet pure, uncorrupt and independent, though they may "twirl a distaff, or be occupied at a work-bench."  14. The Memory of FRANKLIN—our townsman—the able Conductor of the Artillery of the skies!  15. Boston—May it long be what it has been—true Liberty's own House, which is her Castle—Hospitable to her Friends—impregnable to her Enemies.  16. The Soldier's Delight—Let them give us their affections; and we will protect them with our arms.  17. Our new Neighbors in Louisiana—With the return of their Religion, may they remember the 10th Commandment, and never "covet their neighbour's wife, nor their maid servants, nor ANY THING that is theirs." 
In the afternoon, the Company escorted the Commander in Chief, with the Lieutenant Governor, and other officers of government, to the appropriate square on the Common, where a number of exercises, evolutions and manœuvres were performed by the Company. The election of officers for the ensuing years was then made.
* Now at Quincy.
COMMUNICATION.
I WAS no way surprised at reading in the Gazette of yesterday an account of the insolent and outrageous conduct of the commander of the British ship Walker, towards the American ship Asia, near Cape Horn—compared with that of the French in thousands of instances it was a civil thing. But it reminded me of what was lately said by Mr. Giles, that he wished the United States not to possess a single ship, "Mark me," said Mr. Giles, "I do not mean a public ship, or ship of war. I mean a ship of any kind, public or private." The same sentiments has been frequently expressed by the Virginians and other southern gentlemen, ever since the organization of the government. Mr. Jefferson meant the same thing when he said, that we were an agricultural people and should leave our trade to be carried on by foreigners; and lately at his own table, when he said that one landman is worth two seamen—It ought to be known, that this is the policy of the Southern states, except that of South Carolina. Their jealousy of the Eastern states seems to have deprived them of common sense—What would have been our condition for eight years past, if this stupid policy had prevailed? Do not these people know, that those who fetch and carry, make the price both ways. Our farmers instead of being enriched as they are, by the high price of their produce, would have gained nothing; while every foreign article of consumption would have been raised as high as the possessor chose to ask for it. Upon this plan, every foreign war would serve only to impoverish us. Foreign nations contending for our trade, would fight their battles in our ports; and we, like silly defenceless paltroons, should be insulted and plundered by all. This is the condition to which the wisdom and patriotism of our ancient dominion men would reduce us. What better could have been contemplated, when the business of the Navy Department was committed to three physicians. It was evident they meant to physic it to death. Dr. Leib, who I suppose, must be a surgeon, proposed to cut its head off at a blow, by abolishing the department—Dr. Mitchell, by proposing to sell the navy yards, seems to have intended to shew, by experiment how long it could stand upon nothing—But Dr. Eulis, with more wit than a dozen of both of them, was contented that it should die of an ague, which he perceived it had caught in the Potomac—President Jefferson boasts of having made a saving of two hundred thousand dollars in the navy department—One fourth part of that sum, it is believed, will some time or other appear to have been wasted in this port upon the ship Adams. About nine months she has been under the hands of a host of mechanics, not selected for their integrity or skill in their business. About six weeks past she has been detained in port with her compliment of hands on board, at a greater expense than the world have been at sea. In the mean time, our trade in the Mediterranean is left, as far as respects this ship, to be protected by the Swedes. It is not denied, that a ship of war is a novel and amusing place for entertainments, especially for the ladies; and bands of music are delightful on the water. But such ships are not built exclusively for the purpose of amusement; and it behoves somebody to throw a better reason for keeping this ship so long in port after the shipment of her crew.—It is customary, in our own service, as well as that of all other nations, for the commander of a squadron to have a captain under him to command the ship, in which he is. Commodore Truxton was ordered to the command of the Mediterranean squadron. A captain was refused him; and that gallant officer was compelled to serve with discredit, or to quit the service. It could never have been doubted which he would prefer. Nevertheless, the Chesapeake was detained until Captain Morris could be sent for from Boston. Here was a saving of about twelve hundred dollars, and a loss of about twelve thousand. But what is inestimably worse, an officer whose services are above price, is thrust out of service; But that officer is a federalist.—Secretary Smith, in his report to Congress, estimates the timber contracted for to build the six seventy four gun ships, and which is principally collected at the respective navy yards, at four hundred twenty-three thousand, nine-hundred and fifty-four dollars. Besides this, it is understood that two other frames were contracted for, agreeable to an act of Congress; which will make the whole value of timber about 600,000 dollars. In the rage for saving, it would be well if these frames should be saved; for it will be difficult, if not impossible, to procure as many more of equal value. In some exigency, probably not remote, they might be the means of saving the HONOR of the nation. But this latter is a saving which the present administration seem never to have thought of.—and it is much to be feared, that all the rest of their penny-saving wisdom, will come out to be mere folly in gross.
The National Intelligencer has published a list of 67 appointments made by the President in the recess of the Senate in 1801—This is the new way of lessening Executive influence!
A letter from a gentleman in Europe, to his friend in Boston, dated April 16, 1802, says, "Talleyrand dining at Mr. Livingston's, sat between Mr. Livingston and Mr. Wm. Smith, of South Carolina. While at dinner he proposed these gentlemen to take a bumper with him, to a toast which he should give. They readily assented; and he said, "ALEXANDER HAMILTON—the first man of your country, gentlemen," bowing to Livingston and Smith. I had this from one of them."

Portland,
Monday, June 14, 1802.
Legislature of Massachusetts.
On Wednesday last a resolution passed the House, appropriating a sum, not exceeding Twenty Thousand Dollars, for the purpose of procuring a STATUE in BRONZE of Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON. His Excellency the Governor is authorized to carry the resolution into effect, in a manner that shall be thought most appropriate to the character of the man, whose sublime virtues it is intended to perpetuate, and most honorable to the State. The Union Bank Bill was read a third time, and after considerable debate passed. Under the present act of incorporation, the Bank is obligated to loan, if applied for, 160,000 dollars, on landed security, which in its operation has proved less productive than their other loans; the present bill contemplates the ex- punging of this clause; but imposes a tax of five per cent. on their dividends.
On motion of Mr. Adams of Kittery, a committee has been raised to consider the expedi- ency of laying a tax on wheeled carriages, on li- cences for taverns, and retailers of spirituous liquors, on distilled spirits from molasses, and on auctions.
The President and the Secretary of State have returned to Washington. The Secretary of the Treasury is said to have gone home— whether to Pittsburg or Geneva , is not ex- plained. [Sal. Gaz.]
Mr. Bronson, editor of the United States Ga- zette, has associated in his labors Elihu Chauncy esq. a gentleman of liberal acquisitions, respectable talents, and sound politics. From this connection we augur an increase of patron- age to that spirited and able Gazette. Pal.
A London paper of the 23d April , contains the fol- lowing article.
"Tom Paine has lately received an invita- tion from Mr. Jefferson to return to America, and means to embark for that country in about a fortnight, in an American frigate now lying at Brest , the Captain of which has orders from the President to receive him on board."
From a London Paper, May 4.
At a late Court held by her Majesty, at St. James's Palace, Mrs. Derby, of Portland, and Miss Bingham, of Philadelphia, were presented by the Lady of the American Minister.
Mrs. Derby was much admired for her beau- ty, and the simplicity of her dress: It was of white crape, tastefully arranged, with wreaths of white flowers and beads. Miss Bingham wore a black crape petticoat, richly embroidered with black bugles and beads; body and train to correspond. Head dress, tiara of bugles, with diamonds and feathers.
FREEPORT MINE!
[The report of there being a Silver Mine in the town of Freeport, having gained credit among a number of our citizens; inasmuch that many were engaged in erecting a furnace for the pur- pose of extracting silver from the ore—several gentlemen of this town were induced to procure some of the ore, and get it analyzed, in order to ascertain the fact; one of whom took some of the ore to Salem, and sent it to a Chymist there for trial.—The following is the result of the analysis, which we insert for the information of those concerned, as well as to prevent further deception.]
ANALYSIS OF THE ORE LEFT TO MY CARE BY MR. D. I. THE whole quantity amounted to six parcels, of 20 grains each; a few grains remaining, which are now returned as a specimen—It was thus divided, that if any accident happened on one trial, it might be counteracted by another.
1. One parcel, weighing 120 grains, was put upon an iron plate, and kept red hot for about half an hour, stirring it frequently during that time, that the air might have free access to the whole of it. It emitted a very strong smell of sulphur, and became red; crack- ling, and falling into fine powder. It appeared to be converted into a true Crocus martis , used in polishing me- tals, and will undoubtedly answer the purpose when properly tried; but it is not pretended that the Calcin- ation of the specimen herewith returned, and marked No. 1, has been carried to a sufficient length to equal it to the best,—In my opinion these Ores, in- cluding almost all that I have seen since I came to America, are excellent materials for Crocus martis .
2. Another parcel, weighing 120 grains, was boiled for four hours in weak spirit of salt. On pour- ing it off, a small quantity of yellow powder settled to the bottom, which, on pouring cold water upon it, became white. Being thoroughly washed and dried, it was put upon a red hot iron plate, where it quickly smoked, melted, and almost totally evaporated; leaving a very small quantity of black matter, which seemed to be sulphurized iron.
3. After the spirit of salt could act no more, some strong spirit of Nitre was poured upon the residue of the 120 grains used in the last experiment. A violent fermentation took place, and continued for a consider- able time, but the ore did not totally dissolve. The remainder, washed, dried and calcined, appeared to be nothing but Crocus martis . It is marked No. 2.
4. The spirit of Nitre being poured off, with what it had dissolved, and a solution of pearl ash added, a considerable quantity of red matter like ochre fell to the bottom. It is marked No. 3.
From these experiments, I conclude that the ore is nothing but Pyrites, pounded, sifted and washed, which gives it a different appearance from what it has in lumps, and indeed deceived me when I first saw it; but the experiments quickly convinced me that it was no other than such as I had often tried before. Had there been any lead in it the spirit of salt would have dis- solved it. Had there been silver the spirit of Nitre would have dissolved that metal; but not the least sign of either of these appeared; neither do I believe that the substance is worth the expence of working as an Ore—I have still four parcels on hand, which, if necessary, I shall try with a view to discover what quantity of sulphur it contains; but as this is a matter of nicety, I could not undertake to give an answer in less than eight days.—These experiments were made by me at the desire of Mr. D. and that the results of them are truly related I do hereby attest, as witness my hand. JAMES TYLER, Chymist.
Salem Neck, May 31, 1802.
Died. In this town, on Sunday last, Mrs. Lucy Crabtree, wife of capt. Eleazer Crabtree, aged 46. On Monday last, Mrs. Esther Shaw, wife of capt. Benjamin Shaw, aged 35. On Tuesday last, very suddenly, Mr. Charles Ba- ker, aged 20. son of Mr. John Baker, 3d.
The life of man's a dream, In which fresh tumults agitate his breast; 'Til the kind hand of death unlocks the chain Which clogs the noble and aspiring soul, And then we truly live."
At Chandlerville county of Washington, on the 25th ult. Mr. William Tupper, aged 66. In England, without the least previous indisposition, Dr. Darwin: His writings of the Botanic Garden, Zoonomia, &c. are well known. In Naples, the Queen of Sardinia.
MELANCHOLY. —Capt. Levi Morrill, of this town, and a young lad of about 12 years old, set off for Freeport, on the 4th inst. in a small sail boat, and have not been heard of since.—The wind blowing fresh, and the boat being pretty deeply loaded with ballast, it is supposed the filled with water and sunk.—Their bodies have not yet been found, not- withstanding the most diligent search for several days. Suicide. —Mr. Cary M'Lellan, jun. who has been insane for several years past, hung himself last week, at Gorham.
Jenks' Portland Marine List. PORT OF PORTLAND. THURSDAY, June 10. Arrived Schooner Raven , capt Sawyer, 17 days from St. Bartholomews.
FRIDAY, June 11. Arrived brig Good Intent , capt. Abiel Briggs, 20 days from Trinidad.—Left there, May 23 brig Ferdinand , Lane, of Bath, to sail for Boston, in 4 days; fchr William & Charles , Soul, for Boston, in 4 days; brig Galen , Patten, for Kennebec, in 10 or 12 days; brig Smith , from Baltimore, just arrived; fchr Ranger , Spooner, of Newport, lying off and on for a passage, bound to Charleston.—In lat. 25, long. 66, spoke brig Hannah , of Norfolk, bound to Cape-Fran- cois, 17 days out.—Lat. 41, fell in with fchr. Martha , capt. Thompson, from North Carolina, bound to Port- mouth, having on board part of the crew of the Elizabeth , capt. Dyer, of this port, which was lately sunk. Capt. Briggs politely furnished us with Trinidad pa- pers to the 19th May—They furnish nothing new— their contents having been anticipated.
VESSELS LEFT. At Cape-Francois, May 19, Olive , Jordan, of Port- land. At Antigua, May 10, Mercury Stone, for Kenne- bec, to sail in 2 days; Sally of Portland, for North- carolina. At Surinam, May 10, Mercator , Freeman, of Port- land. At Cape of Good Hope, April 10, Foxwell , Bar- nard, Pepperrellborough; Harry & Jane , Young, of Portland.
VESSELS SPOKEN. May 19. was spoke fchr. Betty & Hannah , 3 days from Union River, bound to Barbadoes; who had met with a gale of wind, and was then throwing off her deck load. Brig Box , Dean, from Portland for Martinico, was spoken June 3, lat. 40, long. 66, 30.
THE Creditors to the Estate of JOSEPH CO- NY , of Portland, are requested to meet at the Commissioners office, in Fifth-Street, Portland , on Monday the 21st day of June, instant, to direct the Assignees respecting the Real Estate of said Cony, at Harpswell. JOSIAH TUCKER, Assignee. Portland, June 1, 1802.
THE subscriber, having been duly chosen Assignee to the Estate and Effects of Caleb Hatch , of Port- land, a Bankrupt—hereby requests all persons who are indebted to, or who hold any of said Hatch's pro- perty, to pay and deliver the same to the subscriber. Josiah Tucker, Assignee. Portland, May 15, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of GERSHOM NORTH , of Augusta, Trader—and JAMES BURTON , of said Augusta, Merchant, a- gainst whom Commissions of Bankruptcy have duly issued and proceeded upon, that they may shew cause, if they think fit, before the Judge of the District Court of Maine, at the Probate Office in York, in said District, on Friday the 25th day of June next, at 5 o'clock, afternoon, against allowing Certificates of Discharge to the said Bankrupts re- spectively; before which time exceptions thereto may be exhibited.
DAVID SEWALL, { Judge of the District Court of Maine. THE subscriber has been duly appointed Ad- ministratrix upon the Estate of JOHN HOBBY , late of Portland, Esquire, deceased:— All persons who are indebted to said Estate, are requested to make payments of the same to her without delay. HANNAH HOBBY. Portland, May 20, 1802.
ALL persons who have demands upon the Es- tate of JOHN HOBBY , late of Portland, Esq. deceased, represented insolvent; are hereby requested, to exhibit the same to the subscribers, duly appointed to receive and examine the claims against said estate, at the Office of JOHN FROTHING- HAM , Esq. where they will attend for that purpose on the first Monday of June next, and on the first Mondays of the five following months. JOHN FROTHINGHAM, { Commissioners. SAMUEL HOMER, } Portland, May 29, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, that having been duly appointed Ad- ministratrix on the estate of MOSES ILSLEY , late of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, gentleman, deceased, has taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs; She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said de- ceased's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit it the same to SARAH ILSLEY. Portland, May 29, 1802.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all con- cerned, that having been duly appointed Ad- ministratrix on the Estate of CHARLES PETERSON , late of Bath, in the county of Lincoln, Mer- chant, deceased, has taken upon him that trust, and given Bond as the law directs:—He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceas- ed's estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same, to JOHN PETERSON. Bath, May 16, 1802.
Portland Dancing Academy. M. DESFORGES , respectfully in- forms the inhabitants of this town and its vi- cinity, that being under the necessity of returning to the West-Indies, he cannot (from the date of this ad- vertisement) devote more than three months in Port- land;—he likewise wishes to acquaint those who should incline to honor him with the instruction of their chil- dren, that twelve scholars more will be admitted to his Academy, provided application be made in the course of this week. M. Desforges, anxious to preserve the esteem of his employers, and wishing to fulfil his engagements with his subscribers: requests them to allow their children 3 lessons a week, in order to make out their two quar- ters—Days of instruction will be Mondays, Wednes- days and Saturdays, in the afternoon. Portland, June 14.
FRESH GOODS. William Lord, Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has received and has now ready for sale at his Store in Fifth-Street , a general assortment of English & Hard-Ware Goods. Also, a large assortment of West-India Goods & Groceries. of all kinds.—All of which he will dispose of on the most reason-ble terms.—Constant attendance, and ev- ery favor acknowledged with gratitude. Portland, June 14.
To Let, PART of a convenient DWELLING HOUSE, situated in Federal-Street .—The aqueduct leads into the House, which renders it very handy for water.—For terms apply to the subscriber living in said house, or to the printer. SAMUEL ROBINSON. Portland, June 14th, 1802.
Thomas Clark, At Store No. 8, Jones' Row, Fifth Street, HAS imported and just received by the latest arri- vals from London , a general assortment of Books, Stationary, Cutlery, Japaned Ware, and Fancy Articles, Which will be disposed of, Wholesale and Retail, as low, and on as good terms as can be purchased at any store in the State—Consisting of a general assortment of BOOKS, In Law, Divinity, Physic, Surgery, Astronomy, Philosophy, Architecture, Agriculture, Biogra- phy, Voyages, Travels, Novels, Romances, use- ful Miscellany.
Large and small Bibles & Testaments, Johnson's, Barclay's, Bailey's, Boyer's, Young's, Perry's and Entick's DICTIONARIES. Morse's and Guthrie's Geography—Morse's and Par- rish's Universal Gazetteer. Belknap's, Watts's, and Smith's Psalms & Hymns Pke's, Watts's, Temple's, and Nichols' Arithmetics. Greek and Latin Classics.
A large assortment of Maps & Charts, viz. East and West India Pilots; Atlantic, Mediter- ranean, Straits, and North Sea do. General and separate Charts of the West Indies—British Channel—Coast of Ireland—Great Britain and Ireland—Baltic—Mediterranean—Coast of Africa—Coast of Holland—Bay of Gibraltar—Harbour of New- foundland—Island of do—Harbour of St. Johns—Spain and Portugal—Carribee Islands—Bay of Biscay—Moore's Chart of Lisbon to Sierra Leon—do. Sierra Leon to the Cape of Good Hope. Bowden's New Practical Navigator, Moore's Daily Assistant—American Coast Pilot. Martin's Mariner's Mirrors, Walker's Tide Tables Steel's Naval Tactics. Art of Rigging—Art of Sailmaking, Naval Remembrancer—Navy List, Nautical Almanacks for the years 1801, 3, 4 & 5.
QUADRANTS, Spy-Glasses, Box and Satin Wood Gunter's Scales & Dividers, Ebony and common Sand Boxes, Wafers and Sealing Wax, various prices. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Morocco POCKET BOOKS, with and without instruments. Aikin's Memorandum Books. Ladies' Thread Cases—Morocco Purfes American and English Writing Paper of various descriptions. Wrapping, Sheathing, & Press Paper, Black and Red Inkpowder, per gross, dozen, or single paper. Quills of various prices, per thousand or less quantity Desk and Pen Knives, Razors—Razor Cases, and Straps—Tooth Brushes Glass, Wedgewood, Blocktin, Pocket, and common inkstands.
Black Sand—Pounce, and Pounce Boxes, Copy Slips, various kinds Red and Black Lead Pencils Slates and Slate Pencils—India Rubber Paint Boxes—Pallettes—Camels hair Pencils Drawing Books and Paper Marking Instruments. Cases Mathematical Instruments, Watch Chains and Seals—Lockets Court Piaster, and Smelling Bottles ACCOUNT BOOKS, Blanks, and STAMPS, of almost every description.
A great variety of Books for Children and young persons. Likewise, an assortment of Elegant Tea Trays, and Waiters— Bread Baskets—Knife Trays—Snuffer Boats, &c, very cheap
Valuable Patent MEDICINES, the importance of which has caused them a rapid sale in every part of the Union—Sold only by appointment. Social and private Libraries, sup- plied on the most liberal terms. N. B. Cash and the highest price given for all kinds of RAGS, Canvas and Junk.
For Sale as above, a few warranted undrawn TICKETS in the 9th class American Canal Lot- tery —Likewise, Tickets in the South Hadley Lottery :—Prizes in the 8th class American Canal Lottery taken in pay. Those who have any demands a- gainst the late company of JENKS & CLARK , are request- ed to call for adjustment; and those indebted, are re- quested to make immediate payment to the subscriber Portland, June 14, 1802. THOMAS CLARK
Public Sales.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNDERWRITERS, THIS DAY, Monday, May 14, Will be Sold at Auction, ONE Cask damaged HARDWARE, containing Shovels and Tonges, Iron Squares, Compasses and Gimblets.—Sale at 12 o'clock. No. 3, Jones' Row.
To be Sold at Auction, On WEDNESDAY, June 16, THE remainder of the STOCK IN TRADE of E. WEAVER , at his Store Forsfreet , next to M'Lellan & Brown's —consisting of a variety of ENGLISH GOODS. Some articles Household Furniture. Also, 2 New ROYALS , 1 TOPMASF , and 1 lower STEERING-SAIL —Likewise, A Lot of LAND , about 100 acres, lying in Orfield . Purchasers above Fifty Dollars, will have a long credit. Portland June 7.
To be sold, by order of Court, on Mon- day the fifth day of July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of Mr. ABRAHAM BEEMAN , Innholder in Portland, ONE third part (viz. Betty  Hulton , a minor's third) in common and undivided of a LOT of LAND situated on King Street , in said Portland, which belonged to William Hulton , now deceased. WILLIAM DYER , Guardian to said Minor.
WE the subscribers, Commissioners appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman , Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln , to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of WILLIAM ADAMS , late of Booth- bay , Yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent;— hereby give notice, that six months from the fi- Tuesday in May next, is allowed to bring in and prove their claims; and that we shall attend that service at the house of WILLIAM M'COBB , Esq. in Boothbay , on the first Tuesday in May next, and on the first Tuesday in the five following months, from 2 to 5 o'clock P. M. on each day. WILLIAM M'COBB, } Commis- JOHN LEISHMAN. } sioners. Boothbay, April 17, 1801.
Cumberland, ss. —To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, now holden at Portland as then and for said county, on the 16th Tuesday in September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one.
BE IT REMEMBERED , that BETSY HALE , of Portland, aforesaid, comes into Court, com- plains and gives the said Court to understand, that on the thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety- two, she was lawfully joined in marriage to BROADSTREET HALE , late of said Portland, Soap- boiler—that she has constantly conducted herself, since her intermarriage, like a faithful and affection- ate wife; but the said Broadstreet , regardless of his marriage vow, and of the duties of a faithful husband, on the first day of February last, at said Portland, committed the crime of adultery with one Sally Shaw , the wife of Samuel Shaw of said Portland, mariner; and hath wholly abandoned your Libellant and his family; gone to places un- known with said Sally ; and hath, and still doth live in adultery with the said Sally Shaw —Your Li- bellant, therefore, prays, that the bonds of matri- mony, between her, the said Betty and the said Broadstreet Hale , may be decreed to be dissolved; and that she may be allowed her reasonable alim- ony or dower, according to the statute in that case made and provided. DANIEL DAVIS , Attorney to Libellant.
At the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, begun and holden at Portland within and for the county of Cumberland, on the 16th Tuesday of May, A. D. 1802. ON the Libel of BETSY HALE , whereof the foregoing is a copy, the Court order, that she notify the said BROADSTREET HALE , to appear at the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Portland within and for the county of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of September next, by publishing an attested copy of her said Libel, and this order thereon, three weeks successively, in the Portland Gazette , printed at Portland; the last publication to be two months at least, before the sitting of said Court, that he may then and there shew cause, if any he have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest, SAMUEL FREEMAN , Clerk.
To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, next to be holden at York, within and for the county of York, on the first Tuesday of May, Anno Domini, 1802.
HUMBLY shews—The President and Fellows of Harvard College , in Cambridge , in the county of Middlesex , and Commonwealth of Massachusetts , that they are seized and possessed of and in a certain tract or lot of land, commonly called and known by the name of the College Lot , in Phillipsburg , in the county of York , in said Commonwealth, the whole Lot contain- ing two thousand five hundred acres, bounded on the north-east by north-east by Saco river , on the south-east by the as- signs of John Gifford , deceased, on the north-west by the heirs of Tristram Little , Esq. deceased, and is one mile in breadth, and to extend south west from said river, until two thousand five hundred acres, are com- pleted; whereof it belongs to your Petitioners to have and hold two-fifths, or one thousand acres, by the last will and testament of the late Rev. Daniel Russell , de- ceased, and lies in common and undivided with others to your Petitioners unknown.—Therefore, your Pe- titioners pray, that their two-fifth parts, or one thousand acres, may be set off to them to hold in severality:—And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.
JEPE HILL , Attorney to the President and Fellows of said College. Biddeford, April 30, 1802.
York, ss. —At the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at York, within and for the county of York , on the first Tuesday of May, A. D. 1802. ON the Petition aforesaid, Ordered, That the Pe- titioners publish an attested copy of their Petition and this Order thereon, three weeks successively in the Colum- bian Centinel , printed in Boston, by Benjamin Russell , and in the Portland Gazette , printed by Ebenezer Alley Jenks , the last publication to be sixty days at least before the sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Wells , within and for the county of York , on the second Tuesday of September next; that all persons concerned may appear before said Court, and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted. A true copy— EDWARD P. HAYMAN , Clerk.

Poetry.
THE SQUEAKING GHOST,
A Tale translated from the German, according to the true and genuine principles of the horrorific. THE wind whistled loud! Farmer Dobbins wheat stack...
The farmer exclaim'd, with a piteous sigh "To get rid of this cur'd noise and rout, Wife, give us some ale." Miss Dame straight did cry, Hemm's and cough'd three times three, then made this reply—"I can't mun! Why? 'Cause the cask's out!"
London Paragraphs.
Among the Parisian Belles of fashion, black wigs some bristled all over with crotcheis, and others frizzled, begin to be the rage. The veils are placed flat upon the heads, and, instead of a garland of flowers, a la Iphigenia, they are generally bound with a plain white ribbon.
The young gentlemen are leaving off the wide boots a la Suvarrow, and taking to the close boots, with varnished yellow tops, which are taken off at pleasure.
FEMALE ERONAUT.
Madame Garnerin, only 20 years of age, wife of Garnerin, the aeronaut, lately ascended from the garden called Hameau Chantilly, in a balloon by herself. About 3000 persons consisting principally of the beau monde of Paris, were in the garden, and upwards of 40,000 people collected in the Champs Elysees and the garden of the Thuilleries.
A young man of nineteen at Bourdeaux, was lately convicted and executed for having murdered his aunt. Those who saw him between the time of his sentence and execution, gave the following particulars respecting him:— "Having some knowledge of drawing, this young man amused himself with tracing on some pieces of paper the circumstances of the assassination; on one was delineated the posture in which he stood when he first struck his aunt, on another he drew himself knocking her brains out; in a third, he represented himself on a ledge going to the scaffold."
Festival of St. John.
THE Portland Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, intend to celebrate the Festival of St. John, and dine together at Washington Hall, on the 24th June. The Brethren are requested to meet at one o'clock, R.M. By order of the Right Worshipful Master. June 4, 1802. J. SWIFT, Secretary.
South-Parade Canal Lottery.
THE subscribers being by an act of the Legislature of Massachusetts, appointed Managers of a Lottery granted for the benefit of the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals at South-Hadley, and to enable them, without the aid of a Dam to possess their works as to render them highly and durably serviceable to the community, offer to the public the following SCHEME—viz.
Table with 2 columns: Prize, Amount. 1 Prize of 10,000 Dollars, is 10,000. 5 " 1,000 " 5,000. 10 " 500 " 5,000. 100 " 100 " 10,000. 150 " 50 " 8,000. 6500 " 8 " 52,000.
Subject to a deduction of 12 1/2 per centum. 100,000 Dls. 20,000 Tickets, at 5 dollars each, is 100,000 dollars. 6784 Prizes—13216 Blanks—Less than two Blanks to a Prize. The Managers intend to commence drawing the Lottery in July next. Within a short time they will fix on a certain day for that purpose, giving public notice thereof; and they pledge themselves to be punctual in the performance of their engagements, unless prevented by unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances.
Prize Tickets will be paid within 30 days after the drawing of the Lottery shall be completed—Those prizes not demanded within one year after the publication of the drawing of said Lottery, will not be afterwards paid, but considered as generously given for the purposes for which this Lottery is granted. THOMAS DWIGHT, JUSTIN ELY, JONATHAN DWIGHT, JOSEPH LYMAN, JOHN WILLIAMS, MANAGERS.
Springfield, March 31. 1802. TICKETS, in the above Lottery, may be had at the Bookstore of Thomas Clark, No. 8, Jones' Row, Fifth-street, Portland. N. B. Prize Tickets in the Eighth Class Amoskeag Lottery, taken by pay for the above Tickets.
FOR SALE, By Jonathan Bryant, jun. At his Store near the Hay Market,
MADEIRA, Sherry, Lisbon, Port and Malaga WINES, Old French BRANDY, Spanish do. Best Holland GIN, West-India RUM, Hylon, Souchong, and Bohea TEAS, Loaf and Brown SUGAR, Few barrels MESS PORK, Boxes Drip CANDLES, &c. &c. Portland, June 7.
N. E. Rum, FOR SALE at the Brick Distill-House, Robt. Insn's Wharf, South End. The town and country are most respectfully informed, that they may be supplied with Rum of as good quality as any in the State, and upon as liberal terms. Cash, Molasses, or approved Notes, in payment. Portland, May 31.
William Jewett, No. 13, Long Wharf. HAS FOR SALE, PHILADELPHIA and Alexandria superfine and fine FLOUR.—Also, Tar, Cordage, and a few boxes 6 by 8 GLASS. May 24.
M'Lellan & Brown, BEG leave to inform their friends and customers, that they have received by the late arrivals from Liverpool a large flock of New and Fashionable Goods. well suited to the present season; which they are disposed to offer on very generous terms, at Nos. 3 & 4, Jones' Row.
Their friends in the country are respectfully reminded, that by forwarding their orders immediately, their allotments may be made complete. The following articles are a part of their present stock, viz: Linens, Combies, Dimities, Fustians, Nankeens Black, plain and mixed cotton Florentine, Cassimere and Minionet, Black Velvets, Nelson's straw and fancy col. do. Black Satin—plain, dice and striped, Silk Shawls & Handkerchiefs—black & fancy col. Cotton, do. Calicoes, Mullins, Colored and printed Cambrics, Cotton and Linen Checks, Durans, Moreens, Shaloon, Taminy, Calamanco, Florentine, Lastings, Tapes, Thread, Silk and Twill, Few bundles covered Buttons—viz. London mat, herringbone, serpentine, and imperial, Black and col. Galloon, Perret, & Velvet Binding, 1 case fashionable Ribbons, 3 cases Hats—Men's black, white & drab beaver, Youths' fur do. do. 1 case Brussels Carpeting, Cutlery and Hard-Ware.
Knives & Forks—ivory, ebony, bone, & sham back Jack and Pen Knives, Shears, Scissors, Razors, Sugar Nippers, Cheese Taters, Snuffers, Fire Steels, Shovels and Tongs, Brass, white metal, and iron Candlesticks, Brass, wire, and iron circular Fire Fenders, Brass, white metal, and steel Thimbles, Knitting, bundle, and loose Pins, White chapel, darnung, bolterpe, tabbing, and flat seam Needles, Awl Blades and Hafs, Tacks, Pincers, Shoe-Hammers and Knives, Scales, Beams, and Weights, Hinges, Locks and Latches—a great variety. Ribb'd Sickles, Augers, Chisels, Files, Raps, Saws, Compasses, Hammers, Gouges, Gimblets, Taphors, Rules, Iron Squares, Drawing Knives, 1 case Pewter Ware, 1 do. Saddle-cry do. well assorted, Tea, table, and soup Spoons—silvered, tutanic, iron and tinned, Table and House Bells, Japaned Boxes, Puffs, Lamps, Plate-Warmers, Cheese and Knife Trays, Bread Baskets, Tea-Cannisters, and Caddies, Block of Teapots and Kettles, Assortment Fifth Hooks, 1 case final sized Looking-Glasses, Few Morocco Pocket & Memorandum Books, and Thread Cakes, 1 case Glass Boxes 7 by 9 & 8 by 10 Glass, Kegs of Paints, Patent Shot, in 1/2 cases, 1 ton Sheet Lead, Dozens Shovels and Spades, West-India Goods & Groceries, as usual. Portland, May 31.
Wheaton's Jaundice Bitters.
THE successful effects of these Bitters have been fully experienced, in correcting and carrying off jaundice and bilious matter from the stomach; and at the same time strengthening the stomach, increasing the appetite, and removing the sinking faint distressed feeling, and the sleepy dull heaviness, so disagreeable to be borne, and the pressure and distress of breathing; restoring also strength to the weak and trembling limbs, removing the yellowness of countenance so common to caudity and weakly people, and also the dizziness of the head and weakness of the sight. They remarkably relieve low spirited and melancholy people, and carry off hysterical and hypochondriac complaints. They are an excellent remedy for scrofulous and scorbutic disorders. They are very useful for Seamen to take often when at sea, particularly in warm climates, as a preservative against disorders incident to such climates (which are generally putrid and bilious) by removing obstructions, carrying off bile, and giving a free circulation to the blood.—Price 3/6 per box.
Wheaton's Itch Ointment.
A SAFE, convenient and efficacious remedy that disagreeable disorder called the Itch, has been great by need, but no one, it is presumed, has before been discovered which will effect the cure without burning in it either Brimstone or Mercury, both of which are disagreeable and dangerous: The Brimstone, from the manner of applying it exposes the patient to the most imminent danger of taking cold, by opening the pores of the body and at the same time impregnating the blood with a poisonous quality, and weakening and debilitating the whole constitution—The use of Mercurial Ointment is extremely dangerous and often fatal to the health. A Medicine is now offered to the public, possessing neither of the above disagreeable and dangerous ingredients, which will as certainly cure the Itch as it is applied; and which is easy and safe for any age, habit or constitution, and attended with no disagreeable consequences of any kind, either at the time of using, or at any time after.—Price 3/ per Box. A fill signed in the hand writing of the Patentee will accompany each box. The above Medicines, direct from the Patentee, are for sale by JOHN COE (and by no other person in Portland) at No. 4, Fifth-street; together with a constant supply of Drugs & Medicines. Portland, April 26. (5w—9)
FRESH GOODS. Just received and now ready for sale, by William Codman, At his Store, No. 8. Butler's Row.
A General assortment of PIECE GOODS, suitable for the season—Also Hardware Goods & Groceries, as usual.—A general assortment of PAINTS, &c. Among which are, White and Red Lead, Spanish Brown, Spruce Yellow, Verdigris, Puffin Blue, Whiting, Linseed Oil, &c. ALSO, Sheet Lead, Blister and Crawley's Steel, of first quality. Raven's DUCK, 4d. 6d. 10d. & 20d. NAILS, of first quality. Bohea and Souchong TEA, of first quality. 4th Proof BRANDY, Best Holland GIN, West-India RUM, &c. &c. All which will be held on the lowest terms. May 24.
Abner Rogers,
RETURNS thanks to his friends and customers for their favors, and solicits their continuance—and informs them that he has just received, and has now ready for sale at his Store, near opposite Jones' Row, Fifth street, a good assortment of Gold and Silver Watches, Watch Chains, Keys, Seals, &c. and Watch Glasses by the gross. Also, a good assortment of English & Hardware Goods, & Cutlery. Also, FACTORY YARN; a quantity of Cotton and Linen Cloth; Cotton Wool. Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, Corn Meal, and Rye Flour. The above articles will be sold cheap for cash or country produce, and every favor gratefully received. Portland, 5th mo. 31, 1802.
A Fine Chance,
For those who wish to supply themselves with HARDWARE GOODS, at a cheap rate. SAMUEL RICHARDS, most respectfully acquaints his customers and the public in general, that having the misfortune of being in a great measure deprived of his eye-sight, which renders it very difficult for him to pursue his present line of business—he therefore offers for sale, at a reduced price, for cash or approved credit. All his STOCK in TRADE, consisting of a large assortment of HARDWARE GOODS. Among which are a great variety of Cutlery, Ironmongery, Brass Foundry, Saddlery, Ship Chandlery, and Japaned Wares. Also—a large assortment of Carpenters, Joiners, Saddlers and Shoemakers Tools; Warming and Frying Pans; Smiths Anvils and Vices; Brads and Plated Furniture for Chaise and Harness. A large assortment of Locks, Hinges, Nails and Handles for trunk and cabinet makers. An assortment of Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; assorted casks Pewter Dishes, Plates, Bacons and Teapots; seine, sewing and shop Twine. A large assortment of Fish Hooks; brass and iron Wire of all sizes; card do; a number large Scale Beams; brass and iron Weights; cases assorted Pins and Needles; Crawley's and cast Steel; Bellows; German Mill Saws; cast steel Pit Saws; Steelyards; Sheet Iron; 10 by 8 crown Glass; English and American Scythes; Shovels and Spades. A large assortment of Screw Augers; a case of Whips; an assortment of Nails, Brads and Tacks—with a great variety of other articles too tedious to enumerate. A considerable part of them are Fresh Goods, just received by the ships John Adams, Warrington, Sally, and Mount Vernon, from Liverpool. Any person inclined to purchase the whole, or what may remain on hand in the fall or next spring, may have them on very liberal terms, and a Lease of the Store, which is one of the pleasantest as well as one of the best stands for business in the town, being well accustomed, having two fronts; the fourth part fronting Market-Square, and the north part Ann-Street; is built of brick, composition roof, and well secured against fire.—The floor is very commodious, having three chambers besides the lower floor, each of which is upwards of 40 by 22 feet, containing near 3000 feet of shelves, with Counters, Decks, and glass Cases complete.—For further information, please to apply at No. 7, MARKET SQUARE. Boston, May 14, 1802.
Cheap Music Shop,
No. 62, Middle-Street—Boston. WILLIAM CALLENDER, respectfully informs the gentlemen of the eastern country, who may wish to purchase any articles in the musical line, that he has removed his business from State-street to the above place, and near the meeting-house which has an elegant gilt clock on the spire. Where he has for sale upon the best terms, DRUMS, and Horns—men's TRUMPETS, BASS VIOLS, Tenor do. VIOLINS, CLARINETS, Hautboys, German FLUTES, and FIFES, of various tones and prices, with many other articles in the musical line. A few Walking-stick German FLUTES of his own manufacture, made upon a new construction, and much approved of. Also, a number of bundles best Roman Violin and Harp STRINGS, of the first quality, and very cheap, by the bundle or single string. Every article warranted free from every deception. N. B. STANDARDS for military companies, very handsomely painted, may be had as above, very cheap. Also, a variety of silver mounted Phaton, Chaise and single Horse WHIPS; Wood do. of American manufacture, of a superior kind, and warranted. May 31. (4m14)
Nathaniel Moody,
Respectfully informs his friends and customers, that he still carries on the PAINTING BUSINESS, at the shop formerly occupied by Moody & Ilseley, in Union street, opposite Dr. Harding's. Also, keeps constantly on hand, all kinds of PAINTS which are used for Vessels or Houses, and delivered at the shortest notice. Portland, April 26. (9—3m)
William Becket,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he carries on the Tailoring Business, in its various branches, at his Shop in Fore-street, near the head of Ingraham's Wharf—where all demands in his line will be attended to with punctuality and dispatch. Having engaged a person lately from Europe, who is acquainted with the newest fashions, he flatters himself he can give satisfaction to his employers.—He returns thanks for past custom, and solicits a continuance of it. The smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. LADIES' HABITS, in the newest fashion, made as above. Portland, May 31.
Hosea Ilseley,
Respectfully informs his friends and customers, that he has taken a Shop in Union street, opposite the one formerly occupied by Moody & Ilseley, and next door above Dr. Harding's—where he carries on the PAINTING BUSINESS, in all its various branches. Likewise keeps constantly on hand all kinds of PAINTS, which may be wanted for the use of vessels or houses, and delivered at the shortest notice. April 19. (6—8)
Union Tavern.
WILLIAM CUTTER, respectfully informs his customers, and the public, that he has REMOVED from the Columbian Tavern, to the commodious and pleasant building lately occupied by Mr. DANIEL CLEGG, adjoining Union Hall, at the corner of Free and Main Streets—where he will be happy to entertain his old customers, and others who may please to favor him with their commands.—Every exertion will be made to accommodate them to their satisfaction. Convenient Stabling for Horses—Horses and Carriages to Let. Portland, May 31.
Columbian Tavern.
JAMES CHADWICK, informs the public, that he has taken the large and commodious House lately occupied by Mr. CUTTER known by the name of the Columbian Tavern; and assures such as may favor him with their company, that every attention shall be paid them, and pains taken to accommodate and please. Portland, June 7.
Dancing School.
JACOB PARKER, wishes to inform the young Ladies and Gentlemen of Portland and its vicinity that he proposes to open a School in this town for the purpose of instructing in the graceful and useful art of Dancing, and good behavior. His terms are, Six Dollars per quarter, provided forty scholars are obtained; if as many as fifty, the terms will be Five Dollars only. For further particulars, applicants will please to call on said PARKER, at the Columbian Tavern; where such recommendations will be produced, as it is presumed will prove satisfactory to those who wish to place themselves under his tuition. Portland, May 24.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY How & Evans,
At their Store in Middle-street, on corner Union street, A large assortment of PAPER HANGINGS—75 different figures, of the newest fashion, at the Boston prices.—Also, English, Hardware, & West-India Goods, and Groceries, as usual. Portland, Feb. 22. (6m)
TAKE NOTICE.
THE subscriber hereby informs his customers, and the public in general, that he occupies the shop opposite Mr. Pogue's, in Fore-street—and carries on the business of making AXES, and other EDGE TOOLS; where they may depend on punctuality and dispatch. Abraham H. Leonard. Portland, May 26. (12w14)
THE Surveyers of the Highways, of the town of Portland,
hereby caution each and every of the inhabitants of said town, and all other persons, against erecting any building or putting in or upon any of the Ways or Streets in said town, or do any thing therein so as to straiten, hurt, hinder, or incommode the same; as it will be their duty to attend to and strictly pursue the steps of the Law of the Commonwealth in such cases made and provided.—And the Inspector of Police hereby requests the attention of the citizens to the By Law of the town for preventing incumbrances in the streets; as he must, without respect to persons, perform his duty to the town by prosecuting all who violate the same. Samuel Freeman, Joseph H. Ingraham, Joseph Titecomb, Joshua Rogers, John Mufsey, Jonathan Deane, Inspector of Police. May 24, 1802.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE inhabitants of the town of Portland, are hereby notified to bring in to me, the subscriber, Scales of Weights and Measures, at my dwelling house in Portland, on or before the last day of this present month of May, all their great and small Beams, Weights and Measures, that I may try, prove and seal the same agreeably to law. MOSES LUNT. Portland, May 15, 1802.
THE partnership between S. & E. SUMNERS,
is dissolved this day by mutual consent:—Those who have accounts open with said firm, are requested to settle the same with Samuel Sumner. SAMUEL SUMNER, EBENEZER SUMNER. Portland, June 7, 1802.
TICKETS in the 9th Class
Amoskeag Lottery, for sale at the Bookstore of Thomas Clark, No. 8, Jones' Row. Portland, June 7.
This Gazette,
is printed every MONDAY Morning by WILLIAM JENKS, JUN. for the publisher, ELEZER A. JENKS, at the Printing Office, No. 7, Fifth-street, opposite Jones' Row, Portland; where Subscriptions, Communications, Advertisements, articles of News, &c. are received with attention. The price is ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS a year, exclusive of postage. As this GAZETTE is the largest and most extensive circulation of any paper in Maine, it is highly advantageous for Advertisements which will be inserted reasonably, and in a conspicuous manner. Printing, In its various branches, executed at said Office, in a handsome manner, and at the shortest notice, by WILLIAM JENKS, JUN.