Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1809-01-16 00:00:00

Portland Gazette, & Maine Advertiser.
PORTLAND, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY... FISH-STREET.
No. 40, of Vol. XI.
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1809.
[Whole No. 560.]
Communications.
From Bath, Jan. 7, 1809.
Mr. SHIRLEY,
WE observe in the Chronicle of the 5th inst. that Hove has thought proper to say some untruths about our late embargo proceedings in this town. Your Gazette, of Monday last, in which those proceedings are officially published, will give the lie to the first part of his statement about itself meeting and plan of responsibility , &c. — and as to the rest of it, about Junts and B. its influence , &c. it is a kind of fling , which he has dealt out heretofore so bountifully and so equally mal-apropos on other occasions that the public will well know how to appreciate it on this.
As a fair statement, however, of these proceedings will gratify many of your readers in this quarter, and as it is possible you may be requested hereafter to publish something in continuation of them, you may, if you please, give the following account a place in your next Gazette, and rely on its being correct.
On Wednesday evening, the 21st of Dec. a meeting of a large number of the people was held at Capt. Stockbridge's tavern, for the purpose of passing some Resolutions relative to the next day, which they were desirous of signalling as the anniversary of the Embargo Laws. — Doct. Samuel Adams, was chosen Moderator, and Mr. E. Jones, Clerk of the meeting; a committee was appointed, and certain resolutions relative to tolling the bells, hoisting colors half mast, firing minute guns, &c. were reported and adopted; but from some strange whim of the moment, a motion was then made and prevailed to send for Mr. King; for what purposes this was done no one seems to understand; but so it was, and he came over to the place of meeting and made several speeches to them — he told them how much he suffered by these laws and how desirous he was of having them repealed, but that he feared these measures would produce disorder and would bring reproach upon the town; that he should himself, however, be in favor of a regular town meeting on the subject, when the business could be done with order & propriety ; and he concluded with a motion to reconsider their vote, which after repeated trials, and after most of the people had gone off enraged or disgusted, did actually prevail, and the meeting was dissolved.
This was a very full meeting, when the resolutions were passed; and, although it does not appear to have been conducted with much concert and arrangement, it has still had a good effect in the town, as it has given a fair opportunity to try the sincerity and feelings of some men, whose real sentiments and intentions it was, perhaps, highly important should be developed and made known.
A day or two after this, a town meeting was regularly warned, called at the request of several gentlemen who were at Stockbridge's on Wednesday night; and on Tuesday (as you have already published) the meeting was opened according to the warrant. Mr. Coffin addressed the Moderator, and after making several general remarks on the situation of the country and the purposes of the meeting, he said he had a motion to submit on the occasion, which, as he had reduced it to writing in the form of Resolutions , he asked leave to read and lay before the town. Mr. King opposed this mode of proceeding, and said, among other things, that he considered it disrespectful and improper ; but after considerable conversation, in which it appeared that no other Resolutions were prepared to be offered, they were read and seconded, when Mr. King in a very long speech addressed the town and opposed the passing of them, but offered none as substitutes; he however advised and moved for an adjournment of the meeting to some future time, when, he said, other Resolutions might be made by a committee of older men and reported to the town, in which they could all unite.
Messrs Small, Winter, Chap and Marsh each of them made observations in favor of the Resolutions, and Mr. King made as many answers in opposition; several proposals were made by these gentlemen for short adjournments of the meeting in order to inspect and examine these resolutions, and strike out anything offensive, with a view to conciliate Mr. K. but he replied that they could not be amended; that there must be an entire new draft — he again moved to adjourn till Saturday.
Mr. C. then addressed the town, and after stating the origin and purposes of the meeting and the propriety of acting with decency as well as moderation , and showing that there could be no necessity for an adjournment unless the sentiments expressed in the resolutions then before them were incorrect. Mr. K. after this, made a few short and rather ill-natured observations, when the question of adjournment was taken, and decided in the negative. The question on adopting the Resolutions was then put and decided in the affirmative, only 12 or 14 voting against, and between one and two hundred in favor of them.
This is, with what you have already published, is the history of the last meeting. The second, held on the 31st Dec. was one of the fullest we have ever had. After it was opened, and some conversation had on the order of proceeding, Mr. King made a motion, that the vote passed at the preceding meeting adopting certain resolutions should be reconsidered , and he made another long speech, in which he declaimed most bitterly against the resolutions and against the mode adopted by them of petitioning the State Government. He was answered by Mr. Greenleaf, in a short but most eloquent address, in which he pointed in forcible and impressive language the distresses of the country and the various reasons why we despair of obtaining redress from Congress. Mr. K. replied, and was answered by Esq. Winter, (who has for two or three years past been one of Mr. K.'s demons ) in a manner that shewed he was well acquainted with the political history of the country, in which he did himself much credit; and his remarks were also well timed and serviceable. Considerable other altercation took place when the question on reconsideration was taken and only 35 voted in favor of it. There were over 200, and many say 260 against it.
An address, agreeably to the resolutions, was then reported by Mr. Coffin, who was one of the committee appointed to prepare it, which, after being again read by the moderator, was accepted by the town.
It was then, on motion by F. Winter, Esq. Voted to record the address &c. and to instruct our Representatives to use their utmost endeavors to have some measures speedily adopted conformably to the spirit of it — And the meeting was dissolved.
Thus far, you have an account of our proceedings. They entirely originated among ourselves, and have been conducted with great order and moderation — but they originated also in a determined and firm spirit which will not be put down. A kind of spirit for, at the very thought of which such men as Hove and some other office holders tremble and stand aghast. — We are, &c.
SOME PEOPLE OF BATH.
The Centinel, and other Boston papers, answer the Chronicle objections concerning the legality , and want of formal certificate , in the proceedings of Bath, by throwing such erroneous ideas to be unnecessary — but they would have furnished a better answer by stating that the last vote passed at the town meeting was, that a certified copy of the proceedings should be immediately forwarded to the Editor of this Gazette for publication , and that a certified copy was forwarded accordingly, and published in the Gazette of Jan. 2.
None did not see the Gazette, we presume, before he wrote his comments.
OBITUARY
Died — In Gorham, Edmund Finney, Esq. He was attacked on the 6th inst. with an apoplectic fit, and remained speechless until the 15th, when he met his approaching dissolution with Christian fortitude, and resigned his spirit to God who gave it, in the 86th year of his age — with full assurance of meeting his Redeemer in Paradise — A widow, a large number of descendants and acquaintance, are left to lament his death. On the 17th, his remains were conveyed to the meeting-house, followed by a large procession, where a funeral discourse was delivered by Mr. A. RAND.
He was born in the county of Barnstable, in the year 1723, from whence his parents removed while in his early youth, to the town of Falmouth. When the deceased was in the 4th year of his age, his father removed from Falmouth, with his family, to Gorham, then inhabited but by the savages of the wilderness. The settlement of this place commenced in the month of May, 1756, by the deceased, who cut the first tree with an idea of cultivating the soil — In the course of the year 1744, the French and Indian war was proclaimed: The savage tribes were then excited to join in hostilities against the Americans, and committed their outrageous depredations on the inhabitants so that the people were compelled to abandon their farms and retire to the garrison. The deceased was a bold and active soldier, in dispersing the savage tribe and defending the garrison. He was resolute in behalf of his country during the continuance of hostilities. In the course of the year 1748, he received three dangerous wounds from the savages. Towards the close of the war a fort was erected in the town of Standish, and the deceased appointed to command it. After hostilities had ceased, he retired to his farm, and industriously cultivated the soil until the commencement of the American revolution — when he was appointed to the command of a regiment raised in this part of the country by himself, which he marched to Cambridge, the then theatre of war — where he nobly contended for the liberties of his country, until the enemy had evacuated Boston. After which he proceeded with his regiment into the interior of Vermont and New York, to watch the motions and annoy the enemy of his country, which duty he performed in a manner worthy an American, engaged in a glorious cause. After the peace of 1783, he for several years represented the town of Gorham in the Legislature of Massachusetts, in a manner highly satisfactory to his constituents: during which time, he was appointed a Magistrate,
which office he sustained until his death. Having been taught by Washington, he adhered to & profited by his principles. He has frequently been appointed to the most important offices in the gift of his townsmen — As a Christian he was no less eminent — in early life, he was honored with the Eldership over the Church in Gorham, and in every respect conducted himself in such a manner as to adorn the followers of Christ. He was frequently called upon to attend the sick as a physician of souls, and always administered the balm of consolation to them in their distresses. At funerals, it was not unfrequent for him to officiate as a Clergyman — the duties of which office he conducted to the admiration of his hearers — As a member of society, he was benevolent and hospitable to all who had occasion for his generosity. As for enemies, it may be said he had none.
Miscellaneous Selections.
From the Boston Repository.
ANOTHER DOCUMENT.
It will be remembered, that "during the full tide of successful experiment" when our country was prosperous and happy and in its career to wealth, and grandeur, a trading tax was laid on several articles, to aid in providing a fund for national purposes. One object of this moderate taxation was domestic distilled spirits. The act of Congress, which authorized this tax, was urged, by certain men, then opposed to Washington and his administration, as a just cause of REBELLION — And Mr. GALLATIN, now Secretary of the Treasury, and one of the executive privy council, as clerk of a committee at the head of the disaffected party, wrote and published the following Report.
Extract from BACHE'S Paper of September 1, 1792.
At a Meeting of sundry inhabitants of the Western counties of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, on the 21st of August, 1792. Col. John Cannon was placed in the Chair, and Albert Gallatin appointed Clerk.
The Excise law of Congress being taken into consideration, a committee was appointed to prepare a draught of resolutions expressing the sense of the meeting on the subject of the said law.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
August 22, 1792. — The committee appointed yesterday, made report, which being read, was unanimously adopted. The following is one of the several Resolutions, unanimously adopted.
"And whereas some men be found amongst us so far lost to every sense of virtue and feeling for the distresses of this country, as to accept offices for collection of duty."
"Resolved therefore, that in future we will consider such persons as unworthy of our friendship: have no intercourse or dealing with them, withdraw from them every assistance, and withhold all the comforts of life, which depend upon those duties that as men and fellow citizens, we owe to each other, and upon all occasions treat them with that contempt they deserve, and that it be, and it is hereby most earnestly recommended to the people at large to follow the same kind of conduct towards them."
Signed JOHN CANNON, Chairman. ALBERT GALLATIN, Clerk.
Fellow citizens — think what must be the principles of such men. At this time government asked nothing but a small tax on whisky. The circumstances of the country were prosperous. All our foreign relations were so judiciously arranged, that the industry of every man in the Union had fair scope, and was well rewarded, by the flourishing state of commerce. Compare the tax on whisky with the enormous pressure of the Embargo on every class of the community, and judge which will best justify a recurrence to first principles? Yet the same Mr. Gallatin who was for withholding the necessities of life from the officers of government, employed to collect that tax now proposes to call out an armed force to cut the throats of any citizen, who will not passively surrender his property to any officer of government,
who may profess to entertain a suspicion that he means to evade the embargo!
Tenth Congress... 2d Session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, DEC. 30.
50,000 VOLUNTEERS.
MR. GARDENIER said that he was surprised that this resolve had passed through the committee of the whole without opposition. He had hoped that some other gentlemen would have called for the reasons which induced the report of the committee. It was proposed by this resolution to raise a standing army in time of peace; a force which to his mind was unnecessary on the one hand and frightful on the other. Was it the object of government to plunge us into a war? Was a declaration of war intended? If we were to be put into a state of actual old-fashioned war, he should wish, for one, to have the fact in the first place ascertained. If war was determined on, however unnecessary and unjust such a war may be, the interest of the country demanded that in such a case they should take care that the country did not suffer. He said he was not prepared to pledge himself in the present state of the nation, that he would go to war; and at any rate before war was declared, he would not give his sanction to raising a force, the destination of which he did not understand, and could not calculate upon. Fifty thousand men, at an expence to this nation for two years of 2,000,000 dls. ! Why, (said he) I was told last year that the system on which we were entering, the embargo system, was to prevent war; that war was the most dreadful calamity which could befal a nation!
I did not want to be told that, in order to know it. But this dreadful evil of war was to be averted by laying an embargo that would bring the belligerents at our feet, that would perform a great cure for all the disorders of the State, or miseries of the country. But now it appeared that the embargo system was to be abandoned, and war to be commenced in its place. Is it intended by this report to say that the embargo has utterly failed of its purpose, as was predicted by those who were opposed to it? Is it to be relinquished because it is in its operation futile, because it has proved that those who commenced it were not capable of calculating the effects to be produced by it? Whenever the embargo question is brought up in a direct proposition, it is smothered; and where attempted to be introduced in an amendment to any other question before the House, it is declared out of order; and yet a system is here to be introduced which, if it prove anything, proves that the embargo system is wholly futile in its operation. Do gentlemen mean that the embargo system will do no longer? Let us go on regularly to repeal it then, that we and the nation may understand it. If the embargo be this grand preventive against war, which it is all along cried up to be, and which opinion has been the means of gaining it that languid and sickly support which it has received from some portions of the country; if it is to be continued as a coercive measure, then, sir, I do insist that raising a military force of 50,000 men is unnecessary. If the embargo be coercive the raising fifty thousand men for coercion is unnecessary. The two different systems are incompatible. If we have embargo, let us have wholly embargo; it will, wholly war. If we are to have peace, the raising of troops is wholly unnecessary, especially with our present limited resources. I will not see those measures, which a declaration of war only would warrant, adopted before that attitude is taken. I have no idea of having these chains wound round me, round this House, round the nation; and I trust the nation will entertain the same opinion.
A gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Story) said yesterday, if I understood him, that the embargo had failed so far as to its coercive character. Is it the sense of the House (as the gentleman from Massachusetts, also intimated as his opinion) that there should be a declaration of war? If so, it might be proper to raise an army. But I have no disposition to raise an army until there be war.
There had been a time, Mr. Gardener said, when the raising of 12,000 men was considered and held out by many honest politicians as a measure dangerous to the independence of the states and to the rights of the people individually. Last year 6000 men had been raised, and now fifty thousand more were called for. He had thought that in this country no standing armies should be raised in time of peace; that there was a sacred injunction in the constitution forbidding it. Perhaps he did not correctly understand the subject; this might not be a standing army, because its term of service was limited to two years; but it might be extended two or ten years more. He put the question to gentlemen whether, in a state of peace, under the operation of that very system which had been represented as a substitute for war, it would be proper to raise this force? He could not reconcile it with a due estimate of the interests of the country on the one hand, or the sacred injunctions of the constitution on the other, to raise an army to such an extent. An army is to be raised; the mode in which it is to be employed is uncertain. The twelve thousand men which he had before mentioned, was a body which could not be employed to the detriment of the liberties of the country; for almost every section could raise a force to resist such an army if an attempt had been made by it to destroy their liberties. We had another security too against this force being used to a bad purpose. At the head of the army that was to be raised was the man who had next to him done more for the prosperity of the country than any other, under whose luminous and creative mind, the resources of the whole country had been brought into action, and spread an universal brilliancy over the nation instead of that gloom and poverty which had preceded his influence in the United States.
This army, so small, and under such commanders, threatened not the public liberty. Yet there had been who had seen horrors in this small army which they could scarcely find words to depict. Where were these men, he asked, now that an army of more than four times the number was about to be raised when those two heroes were departed to the silent tomb, when other commanders were to have the direction of this military force? Where were the men who had been struck with this patriotic alarm? Why were not their voices raised now, when a force was offered to be raised, which, if employed to overturn the liberties of the people, could not be resisted, but would spread itself over the country, and list the efforts of patriotism? To which if resistance should be made, either the country must be put under military despotism, or the struggle would cost the country all it had acquired since the revolution, and the citizens would have to wade knee-deep in blood to preserve that liberty which they gained by the glorious struggle of the revolution. Are we more safe now (said he) with an army of 50,000 men under our present commanders, than we were with 12,000 men under Washington and Hamilton? I could with to believe that we were. But I have not that faith which blinds my judgment and destroys my recollection. No, sir, indeed I have not; I cannot extinguish from my memory that in one section of this country the liberty of the citizen, the judicial power which should be inviolable and the sacred

right of habeas corpus, perishing at the touch of military power. I do not believe the country safe under this army; I do not believe the persons of the members of this House are safe under it; and I would protest against it at the hazard of my head.
Such are my own feelings, and I could wish, and I would strive if I knew the way to the hearts of men, to recall the feelings of '98 and '99. Or is it true in all cases, even with the warmest patriotism, that tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur cum illis ? Perhaps, however, I may not see clearly: some argument may be found in favour of this proposition.
What course, he asked, was to be given to this army? Was a state of war expected between this country and France? There was now no point at which we could come in contact with her. Formerly, when the French government had a despotic influence over that of Spain, the Spaniards on our western frontiers could have been set in motion against us. But now we had nothing to fear in that respect. Were we to have war with Great-Britain? Was that at length determined on? Had it been settled out of doors that we were to have war, and were the House now called upon to vote what could only be a legitimate consequence of a declaration of war? This army must be intended to be employed out of the country, for to itself defence the militia were surely competent. Was this nation to go to war with Great-Britain & Spain? Was this force to be employed against Canada, or in giving legitimate form to the Burr project? Was it to go to Mexico? Mr. Gardener said his mind had been struck with a kind of horror which he could not express at this projected army, and he could not sit still and give a silent vote when a project which he believed to carry with it so many mischiefs, perhaps such utter ruin, was set on foot.
He did not believe, he said, that the public liberty would be more safe in the hands of those who now directed the public concerns, than it had been formerly in the hands of other rulers. There was a fact which filled his mind with alarm, communicated to him, and that years ago, by a man whose mind was as pure as that of any human being that ever existed—a fact concerning the opinions as to what ought to have been the form of government, and as to the temperament of the gentleman who most probably was to be high in power in this country, which had made such an impression on him, that he could not but at this moment view this project with increased horror and dread. He would however say no more of that at present. But in his plain & humble conception the public liberty was in danger; and here, within these walls, within this sanctuary of American independence, it was that the public liberty was to be saved. It was here, by recurring to first principles, to that great principle, that free states should be jealous of military power, that he looked for its salvation. At a time when, under pretence of enforcing the embargo, an unconstitutional power was proposed to be placed in the hands of executive officers, when an arbitrary power was to be exercised on mere suspicion, when with all this was combined a strong and overwhelming military force, he could not at such a period be silent. Yes, Sir, (said he) I do in my soul and conscience believe that it ever there was a time when we should make a solemn pause, and look around us, and survey our condition with a cool and calculating eye; this is the period; and I for one have not hesitated to give the alarm. I would place myself here, upon the ramparts of the constitution, and give the alarm to my country. I would place myself here, on the signal-tower of the public liberty, and sound the tocsin of alarm to the nation. We can lose nothing by being jealous, by withdrawing enormous powers from executive agents; by a contrary conduct we may lose everything sacred, without a hope of regaining it.
The Resolution for raising the 50,000 Volunteers was passed 76 to 34: and a bill ordered!
FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 1808. DRAGOONING ARMY. The resolution to raise an army of FIFTY THOU: AND Men, for two years, and to en-
ter into immediate pay, was taken up in committee of the whole.
Mr. Nelson advocated the passage of the bill. He admitted the militia of the United States to be patriotic; but it was necessary that the U. S. have in the field a disposable force of a more specific organization. After a short discussion on a point of order, the committee of the whole rose and reported the bill. The House took up the bill immediately.
Mr. Gardener inquired, very emphatically, what the object was which required these 50,000 men to effect? If for a war, ought it not to be so specified? If to be another aid in the execution of the embargo, then the people ought to know it; and to be told where such an opposition to the measure existed, which required such a species of executive force to command obedience.
Mr. Eppes, [ Mr. Jefferson's son-in-law ] attempted to vindicate the measures of the administration. He retailed the statements, which have so often been made and refuted of the dangers of navigating the ocean. He quoted a passage from a newspaper which he said, contained a declaration of the " Essex Journal ," that Great Britain was justified in her orders of council by the French decrees, &c. Mr. Eppes said, whoever made such an assertion, was a Tory [ Instead of calling ridiculous, he said, this young man should be very able, have pointed out the fallacy of the assertion, & been silent. Any fool can call hard names ]. He concluded by saying that all parties ought to unite in support of the administration and its measures.
Mr. Quincy considered the resolution before them as another embargo act; and therefore declared, that the House by their conduct had put their constitutional right to regulate commerce out of their own hands, into the hands of the President, and twelve Senators. This he said was the kind of obedience to executive will which the cross-legged Turk, and crooked-necked Frenchman paid to their Emperors. He added, that he had heard it asserted, by a gentleman in the majority, that it was useless to vote for a repeal of the embargo laws, as the President would not sign the repealing act. [ Here Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, Mr. Campbell, of Tennessee, and others vociferated, "name the person," "name the person." ] Mr. Quincy observed, he knew the source of the clamour; it was not the allusion he had made, but the cogency of his argument, which had excited the irritation. He should only observe, that the remark was made to him in private conversation; and without the consent of the gentleman who made it he should not disclose his name.
Mr. Nicholson inquired if the gentleman was in order in referring to out-of-door conversation.
The Speaker observed, that gentlemen frequently indulged the habit of introducing out-of-door matters, such as newspaper paragraphs, [ alluding to Mr. Eppes, who, by the way was not called to order ], &c. He was rather of opinion, however, that such conduct was not strictly in order.
Mr. Quincy, after this second interruption, was proceeding to shew, that the embargo laws being unconstitutional, laws to enforce them ought not to be passed—When
Mr. Jackson called to order, observing, that he did not like to hear the subject of the embargo brought up on every occasion; and wished to inquire of the chair, if in discussing a bill for raising an army of 50,000 men it was in order to enter into an inquiry on the constitutionality of the embargo laws.
The Speaker answered, it was difficult to draw a precise line, gentlemen having indulged in such a wide latitude.
Mr. Quincy then moved, and motioned no argument on the subject. Mr. Macon moved to strike out the words "fifty thousand" and "two years," to leave the number and term of service of the troops a blank. On the question to strike out "50,000," the numbers were 47 and 47—The question to strike out "two years," passed 58 to 49. The Resolution then passed—76 to 34; and the committee who reported it, directed to draft a bill.—Adjourned.
NOTE. A letter from Washington, makes the following reflections on the above proceedings.
"The situation of the country hourly becomes more alarming. The majority in Congress who are busily employed in gradually undermining the liberties of the nation are not content with violating the constitution, subverting the judicial authority, and trampling upon all those rights and privileges so dear to freemen but an iron military despotism is to be created to complete the scene of iniquity by gratifying all the ambitious views of a visionary crazy politician. This day has the boundary line of legitimate power been translated. The last step towards enslaving the nation has been taken. Seventy six members of the House of Representatives, have enlisted under the banners of despotic power, have openly arrayed themselves against the people and voted for the resolution to raise 50,000 men to serve for the term of two years. This proposition to raise this immense army in a time of profound peace, in direct hostility to the Constitution, was put forth unnumbered without the sanction of any name, and has been acted upon and adopted by an overwhelming majority."
SATURDAY, DEC. 31. The bill for franking public documents by mail, passed.
Mr. Quincy presented a petition from sundry mariners, late masters and mates of vessels belonging to the port of Portland, (Maine) praying assistance from the general government.
The amendment of the Senate to the Revenue-Cutter bill, was taken up, and disagreed to. [ When the bill went from the H. of R. it was for providing TWELVE Embargo cutters; the Senate only proposed, instead of TWELVE to provide THREE—The Senate have since receded from their amendment ]
Mr. Nelson remarked as this was the last day of the year, he thought the House ought not to suffer the New Year to commence without having performed one act of Justice. He therefore moved that the bill for the relief of supernumerary officers and soldiers be taken up. Mr. Randolph seconded the motion, when the House went into committee passed the bill a flag, and recommitted it to a select committee.
The House then adjourned until Tuesday next, on account of the New Year!
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4, 1809. PREPARATION FOR WAR.
Mr. Story moved the enquiry of the expediency of increasing THE NAVY of the United States. He conceived, he said, War inevitable; and that the nation ought to be placed in a state of warlike preparation.
Mr. Nicholas added, " War is inevitable ."
Mr. Lyon said he had voted for naval preparations under the old administrations, until it became necessary to tax the land to support them. He had no idea of meeting the fleet of Great Britain upon the ocean, but he thought Commerce entitled to protection. We could not fight the great belligerents upon the sea with any better prospect of success than Don Quixote engaged the wind-mills. If there was any prospect of success he would go to war upon the ocean as soon as any one; but at all events he would defend the rights of the nation on the land.
On motion of Mr. Gardner the proposition was ordered to lie on the table.
REPEAL OF EMBARGO.
Gen. Van Cortlandt called the order of the day on Mr. Chittenden's motion for the Repeal of the Embargo Laws.
Several motions of order were made, the main question, " Will the House now resolve into a committee upon the Resolution for repealing the Embargo Laws? " Was put, and carried 62 to 49.
The House went into Committee when Mr. Livermore commenced a speech in favour of the repeal; but he was interrupted by a motion for the committee to rise. This was negatived; when Mr. Livermore resumed his speech; but the House soon after adjourned for want of a quorum.
In the course of the debate on the motion of order, the leaders of the majority breathed nothing but War, War, War. Mr. Eppes was for limiting the repeal of the Embargo laws to no distant day; but previously to issue letters of marque and reprisal. He was opposed to opening a trade with Spain, because he said Bonaparte had probably settled that business.
THURSDAY JAN. 5.
Embargo—The House took up the bill for enforcing the embargo, early in the day. The bill was gone through and reported to the House. About 5 o'clock an amendment was offered by Mr. Sturges, limiting the duration of the bill to the first of June next, and NEGATIVED, by Yeas and Nays, seventy five to twenty seven.
Mr. Sturges then offered a new section, for REPEALING THE EMBARGO, on the 4th of March next.
Mr. Blount moved to amend the section, by giving authority to ISSUE LETTERS OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL after that day, in order to express his sense of what must be done, under present circumstances, if the embargo were repealed. He withdrew the motion, however, to accommodate some of his friends, who wished to direct decision on the naked question proposed.
On an amendment of Mr. Sturges for repealing the embargo, a debate took place, which still continued when this paper was put to press, (twelve o'clock) without a decision having been had.
FRIDAY MORNING, 2 o'clock.
We stop the press, to state that at one o'clock—The question was taken on Mr. Sturges's amendment to repeal the embargo, and lost. Yeas 35 Nays 81; and the house are now debating the bill for enforcing the embargo, having just refused to adjourn 79 to 35. [ National Intelligencer ]
IMPORTANT.
FROM WASHINGTON, JAN. 6, 1809.
"I have only time to inform you, that the House was compelled to continue in session all last night, and at half past 6 this morning, past the infamous bill to enforce the Embargo. Every northern democrat voted for it, except Gardner, of N. H. who spoke against it, and declared that there was no transaction of his life that gave him so much uneasiness, as voting for the first Embargo; that he was deceived, supposing it but a temporary measure; and that no material injury would result from it; but finding it so extremely injurious, and contrary to the will of his constituents, it was to him a source of continual regret; and he sincerely deplored the consequences of a continuance of it."
"Not a man from New-England was hardy enough to advocate the bill; though they voted for it."
ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.
"I cannot write much, being excessively fatigued with setting up all night at the House, to oppose the passage of the infamous Act of enforcing the Embargo. The act passed at half past six this morning!!"
From the Evening Post.
"His Majesty's wishes"—I have a
hundred times wondered how the administration, when they were busy in garbling the French correspondence, came to overlook Armstrong's letter of the 6th of August, in the close of which he refers Champagne to a letter or note or document of some sort, written in February preceding, in which his majesty had "expressed his wishes for us to become a party in the war against England." As we full well know that "His Majesty's wishes" is only another phrase for "His Majesty's commands," I should be extremely glad to be indulged with a sight of this original letter of February.
READ!—PONDER!
Extracts from Mr. Hillhouse's Speech, against the NEW EMBARGO BILL.
"The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) has renewed his call for a substitute for the embargo. Sir, the embargo admits no substitute. It is a measure radically wrong, and stands in the way of every proper measure."
"A storm seems to be gathering, which portends not a storm on the ocean, but domestic convulsions. However painful the task, a sense of duty calls upon me to raise my voice, and use my utmost exertions to prevent the passing of this Bill. I feel myself bound in conscience to declare, lest the blood of those who may fall in the execution of this measure, should be on my head, that I do consider this to be an act which directs a mortal blow at the liberties of my country; an act containing unconstitutional provisions—to which the people ARE NOT BOUND TO SUBMIT, and to which, in my opinion, they WILL NOT SUBMIT."
In this moment of suffering and dismay, when every heart trembles and every face gathers paleness, it is a consolation to learn from Mr. Jefferson, by an elaborate message to Congress, twice as long and as eloquent as that which recommended the Embargo, "that an errant tribe of Alabama Indians, consisting of about a dozen families," have at last manifested a sincere wish to quit their hunting habits and become fixed like their white brethren.
By a telegraphic dispatch from Governor Claiborne, his Excellency the President, assures Congress, that he is well advised "that this tribe of a dozen families of errant Indians, have exhibited an extraordinary disposition to wander about, from place to place, according to their convenience, without having any fixed habitation whatsoever."
He recommends their case to the attention of Congress—Nero fiddled while Rome was burning—and our Philosophick head, after having involved the nation unnecessarily in a state of ruin and extreme suffering, mocks their sufferings by calling their attention to "an errant tribe of a dozen families of Indians on the banks of the Alabama."—I had rather a man would fiddle than insult us.— Boat. Gaz.
Retaking of the Schooner Liberty.
The Officer and men, belonging to the Wasp sloop of war, who were put on board the sch. Liberty , of Brewster, which was advertised in this Gazette of the 5th inst. as stolen from the harbour of Plymouth, and mentioned in our last as taken by the Wasp, off Race Point, arrived in town on Tuesday night last, from Provincetown, where she (the Liberty ) put in, owing to head winds:—They are said to state that on Monday night, a party of about 40 " Indians " headed by " Blue or Red Jacket ," boarded the Liberty , put the Wasp's Officer and crew on shore, and then took the " Liberty " to put to sea.—These " Indians ," are said to be descendants of the " Aborigines ," who destroyed the tea in 1774.— Ibid .
From PHILAD. Jan. 6, 1809.
"The Freeman's Journal ," of which Mr. Elliot, of Congress, is an Editor, is looked up to here for early information. Its conjectures and anticipations are not, however, always verified. It mentions, that Mr. Giles will probably have the offer by Mr. President Madison, of the Secretaryship of State; but doubts are entertained of his acceptance; that Mr. Monroe has been
mentioned by some, but, by others, it is considered too pacific for the present order of things.—Mr. John Taylor, of Virginia , is also named. Mr. Granger goes out after the 3d March; and the office is expected to go to Messrs Jackson or Boyle, of Kentucky . When the Secretary of War goes to Boston Custom-House, three Generals, Wilkinson, Varnum or Nelson, will be considered candidates. For foreign missions, Gen. S. Smith, Gen. Bradley, and Gov. Milledge (the old oath of allegiance to the contrary notwithstanding) will be first on the list.
"The same paper mentions, that The British Minister at Washington has requested Mr. Jefferson to grant leave to British vessels to ascend the Mississippi to Baton Rouge, in W. Florida. The President refuses to comply. Mr. Erskine is stated to have remarked that it is quite immaterial, for as we are bound by treaty with Spain to suffer Spanish vessels to come to that place, the intercourse which the British government has in view can be carried on through that channel."
On this subject, the Political Register (Jackson's) adds, "We differ entirely from the opinion, which would admit a British armed force to ascend the Mississippi, under any pretext whatever—and we contend that any such attempt should be resisted by the U. States, at any cost of treasure and blood that could ensue—the union and integrity of the nation, which we will maintain at every hazard and under any administration, are essentially connected with this sentiment."
Baltimore, Dec. 26.—It is said, that a vessel, for which permission was obtained to sail from this port with Mons. Tereau Whiskerandos' despatches, has been turned back for fraudulently violating the embargo.—When properly developed, it may afford another proof that the noisy and exterminating embargomaniacs are the most insidious and frequent violators of the law. What would be thought if Whiskerandos himself should appear to be a great gainer by the "courageous sacrifice" of our commerce.
French Piracy!—The brig Jane , Brown, of and for New-York, from Wilmington, N. C. was brought too on the evening of the day he left port (9th ult.) by a French armed ship, from Guadaloupe, and robbed of her cargo, viz. 144 tiers of rice, 135 bbls. flour, 12 hds. and 4 kegs tobacco, 3 bbls. peas, and several thousand staves. The French commander said he had orders from the Governor of Guad. to take provisions wherever he could find them. After keeping the brig in possession nearly 3 days, (during which time Capt. B. and crew were closely confined below, and his supercargo taken on board the ship and confined) and completely robbing the brig of her cargo, they cast her off, and politely bid Capt. B. farewell. They took the supercargo with them.
Patriotic Resolutions.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Hallowell, held on the eleventh day of January inst. the following Resolutions were unanimously accepted.
Resolved, That in the opinion of the people of this town, the end of entering into society being the safety & security of their persons and property, and the object of surrendering up part of their natural rights, being the protection of those retained, and guaranteed to them by the social compact: whenever those delegated to make and execute the laws, transgress this fundamental rule of society; and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, transcend the limits prescribed to them by that instrument whence they derive their power, either by an open infraction of a positive provision or prohibition, or extending the operation of a conceded power, beyond a fair and obvious construction of its original design; such acts are a palpable breach of trust; an usurpation of power to destroy the very objects of civil society, and are either a nullity or a tyranny.
That it becomes a sacred duty in the people, to watch with a jealous vigilance all such encroachments on their rights and liberties, and to proceed with caution, but with firmness, in obtaining security for their rights and redress of their injuries.
That we consider the imposition of our embargo, perpetual in its terms, and unprecedented in its duration, and more especially the recent act for enforcing the same by the arm of the military instead of civil power, as unwarranted by the letter or spirit of the constitution, repugnant to the sentiments and subversive of the liberties of the people; and under Providence, we look up to the Legislature of the State as the true legitimate and correct source, to arrest this career of usurpation, and to obtain a redress for the grievances we sustain, under the late violent acts of tyranny and breaches of the constitution.
That in addition to the calamities already suffered, we anticipate with the most gloomy apprehensions and dismay, the complete destruction of our navigation & commerce—the consequent annihilation of our revenue, and a heavy and insupportable burden of taxation on our lands and our farms, to support the national exigencies which the critical and unhappy times in which we live may require.
That we view the course of the negotiations pursued with England, the rejection of the treaty, and the passing a non-intercourse law directed solely against her, calculated, if not intended, to aid her antagonist in his gigantic and nefarious projects of ambition, as designed to hurry us into a war with the former, hopeless of its object, unnecessary for the support of our rights, absolutely destructive and ruinous to the country, and which we greatly fear would add

us to the victims of folly and perfidy which have been produced as well by Gallic alliance, as Gallic conquest.
Resolved, That we view with detestation and abhorrence the hostile and lawless conduct of the officers of the revenue department, who have, by violence and force of arms, seized the property of citizens pursuing their lawful employment; and we also view with equal abhorrence the frequent robberies committed in the Post-Office department in different parts of the state.
Resolved Therefore, That a committee be chosen to adopt a respectful petition to the Legislature of the State, stating our present grievances and sufferings, and our fears of the future consequences of such measures, and request them to devise and pursue such means for our redress and relief from our present calamities and for arresting their progress, as shall become a free, sovereign and independent State. Attest, JOHN SEWALL, Town Clerk.
Hallowell, Jan. 11th, 1809.
Thursday last, Meetings of the People, on our public Affairs, were held in the constitutional mode in Gloucester and Newburyport.
Portland,
Monday, January 16, 1809.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
The account published in our last of the Spaniards' having been defeated, is contradicted by an arrival at New York.
The propositions made by Bonaparte to England, have been rejected as being dishonorable and unjust. They were predicated on the idea of the destruction of the independence of Spain and the enthronement of the rightful sovereign, in favor of Joseph Bonaparte. Had Great-Britain acceded to such a proposition, she would justly merit all the opprobrious epithets the Jacobins & democrats have bestowed upon her, for thus far successfully opposing the greatest Tyrant the world ever produced.
TOWN MEETING.
We understand there is to be a Meeting of the Citizens of this town tomorrow, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of addressing the Legislature of this Commonwealth at the approaching session, on the privations and embarrassments imposed on them by the operation of the measures adopted by the General Government. We hope the advocates of oppression will have the independence and ability, if there are any in Portland, to shew the necessity of enduring the present suffering condition we are subjected to.
Congress, with slow, but certain step, are progressing in the modern patriotic work of increasing our embarrassments and privations. The sixth embargo, has passed both houses, after undergoing forty amendments! and waits only the President's signature, to make it a law of the land.
The proposition for raising an additional standing army, is still under consideration.
The federalists, and about ten of the democratic party, [only two of these, Mr. Elliot, of Vermont, and Mr. Gardner, of New Hampshire, belonged to N. England], did all that man could do, in their situation, to preserve the rights & liberties of the people from destruction, but their exertions were unavailing.—Mr. Madison's party in Congress are determined to go all lengths in their ruinous measures.
"Electioneering Shop."
We hope the democratic committee of Portland, who not only pretend to be guardians of the rights and happiness of the people, but also of their consciences, will not forget to inform their brother, representative Moody, of Saco, that the Soup-House, or, as he declared it to be, in the Legislature, last June, "an electioneering shop, to make federal voters," is under weigh, and that a number of democrats are daily fed gratis, at this benevolent institution, notwithstanding the town, in so doing, may incur the displeasure & censure of this modern Santarre.
The Citizens of a country where the amor patria has ever warmed their breasts with its purest fires, although liable to be duped for a short time, cannot be induced freely to relinquish the means by which they earn their bread, to feed the vanity of foreign or domestic tyrants, nor to indulge their rulers in the practice of philosophical experiments. In this country, that liberty & independence which cost an eight year's war, and the blood of many of our best Citizens, is still dear to us! The spirit discovered in the several towns where meetings have been held to adopt resolutions relative to our distressed situation, evinces a determination still to enjoy those rights and privileges secured to them by the Constitution. An example so laudable, it is hoped will be followed by every town in New England.
ARGUS INDEPENDENCE!
The following communication was handed to the editor of the Argus, and refused a publication, although the writer has professedly been one of the democratic party, and given his vote, several years past, in favor of such men as Jefferson, and the advocates of his policy. But the writer thinks he has had more than enough of the politics of these pretended "exclusive friends of the people." The embargo, and such like measures, have opened his eyes, and he wishes that those, who, like himself have been deceived, would return from the evil of their ways. But the leading democrats of this country, use the people much in the same way, as divines tell us, the Great Deceiver of the world, does Sinners—first cajole and flatter them, till they get them completely in their power, and then severely punish them for their folly.
Sir,
I AM very desirous of reading all the public papers that I can find. I have been in this habit for a number of years. I have seen many things in them truly pleasing & many things truly profitable. But a bitter spirit, I have more or less found, in the whole, from the city of Washington, to the province of Maine.
The fairest and best characters, which our nation and land can boast of, have been shamefully vilified, and grossly abused. Names, in this case, are needless. Detraction is so frequent and harsh, that a man well qualified for public employment, would not wish to have his name in the public papers.
Now, Sir, I can see no reason at all, for all this. I believe that the term Federalism , is an honorable one. You know, Sir, that it is taken from the Latin word fidelis , which signifies a league, or covenant; or in other words, it is defined "to promote a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves, and to our posterity."
What political design, can be better than this? Here is the security of seventeen States, (or of about six millions of people) to defend you, me, and every one, within the union, in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property. It seems to me, that a man might as well wish the total annihilation of himself, and his posterity too, as to wish the total eradication of the preceding principles, and their political influence.
Did ever any people flourish as we have done, within the last twenty-five years, since the light first shone upon this terraqueous globe? The question naturally implies a negative answer—No, not one. To attempt an illustration of this, would be like burning tapers, to assist the light of the blazing sun. I am, Sir, in favor of real republicanism. Republicanism, according to lexicographers, signifies a popular government, which I cannot better define, than in the following words:
"The people of this commonwealth, have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America in Congress assembled." Here we have complete independence with our liberties and privileges, completely asserted; and this too, guaranteed to all, under the protection of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is guaranteed by near six millions of people.
Is it possible for any people under heaven, to have a better government in theory, than we have?
Our State Constitution, which is truly republican, is guaranteed to us, by the National Constitution, which is truly federal. Both constitutions are in complete unison with each other. All good people are satisfied and pleased with both. Why then should they not be pleased with the names, which the national and state constitutions give? Or are we, as a people, determined to run the length, that all republics have done before us? Have we forgotten the fate of all the republics in Asia Minor? Have we forgotten the fate of the republics of Greece, Rome, Switzerland, and Geneva? Have we forgotten the blood shed in our revolutionary war? Have not our houses and cities been laid in ashes by an unrelenting foe? Has not Napoleon, Emperor of the French, and King of Italy, burnt, sunk, and destroyed our ships? Has not he not also, imprisoned our seafaring men, in direct opposition to the solemn treaty, which he, in the most solemn manner made with us! Sir, you know that all these things, and many more, which, I forbear to mention, are true.
Let us then, exert every nerve, against a dissolution of our political union. Let us exert all our energies against party names, and a party spirit. And may we not, even in these perilous times, dare to hope, that we may yet enjoy our vines and fig trees, & have none to make us afraid?
I am, &c.
A TRUE AMERICAN.
Dec. 16, 1808.
Embargo —The maintenance of this "im-pure painted Harlot," in this town, is computed to exceed 2369 dollars per month.—One would naturally suppose that our economical representatives would have content-
ed themselves with their six dollars per day , without imposing on the people the expense and inconvenience of keeping this disgraceful "Prostitute" for them.
MARRIED,
In this town, Mr. James Chadbourne, to Miss Betsey Beck.
DIED,
In Northarmouth Mrs. Lucretia Mitchell, late the relict of the Hon. David Mitchell, deceased, aged 66.—However much it may be customary to write panegyrics on the dead and probably sometimes unmerited, we think it but justice to the memory of Mrs. Mitchell, to say that she was a kind and tender wife, an affectionate parent, an agreeable companion; that she loved hospitality and was benevolent to the poor. In early life, and while her father (the late Rev. Nicholas Loring) was pastor of the church, she made a public profession of religion. Her numerous relatives and acquaintance can bear ample testimony, that her walk and conversation ever since, has been ornamental of true piety. In her last sickness, which was distressing, she was a pattern of patience, and strikingly exhibited the temper of the gospel; her mind was calm and composed, and her conduct often brought to our recollection those sayings in scripture, "Great peace have they that love the law and nothing shall offend them;" and also, but the righteous bath hope in his death. Out of the thirteen children (of which she was the mother, five only are left to mourn the loss, to them, which to her, is, undoubtedly, unspeakable gain.
In Gorham, Capt. Samuel Whitmore, aged 66—Mrs. Patience Lary, aged 95. In this town, Adam, son of Mr. John Christie, in the 7th year of his age—Miss Sally Ferrin, aged 26—Mr. William Patrick, aged 59—Cordelia C. daughter of capt. David C. Prince.
The number of deaths in Gray, during the year 1808, was 14; between 70 and 80 years, 1; between 60 and 70, 2; between 50 & 60, 2; between 40 & 50, 1; between 30 and 40, 1; between 20 and 30, 1; between 5 and 10, 1; between 1 and 2, 2; under 1, 3.
READ YOUR CONSTITUTIONS.
For sale at the Bookstore of ISAAC ADAMS, A BOOK which costs only 25 Cts., containing the Constitution of the state of Massachusetts and that of the United States; the Declaration of Independence, and Washington's Farewell Address—and which ought to be in the hands of every Citizen of this Commonwealth—If the People and Rulers of this country would understand and Practice the principles contained in this small book, it would direct them in that path which would give them relief from all the evils and embarrassments which they labor under at the present day. The above book was recommended by the General Court of this Commonwealth, to be read in all our Schools. Jan. 16
10 000 Dollars.—Just Aging! TICKETS at D 50, and Quarters 1 50, in the 2d Class of Dixieville Road Lottery, for sale by
ISAAC ADAMS, No. 7, FISH STREET. The above Lottery will commence drawing next week, and among others, are the following capital Prizes, viz. 1 prize of . . . . . 10,000 2 prizes . . . . . 1000 5 do. . . . . 500 60 do. . . . . 100 60 do. . . . . 50 100 do. . . . . 20 *Prize Tickets taken in payment—Orders for Tickets per mail (postage paid) faithfully attended to. Jan. 16.
NOTICE!
SPECIAL MEETING. THE Stockholders in the Maine Fire and Marine Insurance Company, are hereby notified to meet at their Office, in Fish-Street, on MONDAY the 6th day of February next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to fill the vacancy in the Board of Directors, occasioned by the resignation of Capt. ARTHUR M'LELLAN—By order of the Board of Directors. ELISHA MORSE, Secretary. M. F. & M. Ins. Office. Portland, Jan 16, 1809.
Partnership Formed.
THE subscribers inform their friends and the public that they have formed a Partnership in business, at Bath, in the county of Lincoln, where they have heretofore resided as attorneys at law; and that one or the other of them will always be at their office, and attend promptly to whatever business may be forwarded or entrusted to them. NATHAN L. COFFIN, EBEN. CLAP. Bath, Jan. 2. (16)
Fifty Dollars Reward.
ABSCONDED from Salem, Mass. on Thursday the 4th of August last, DAVID PERRY, with a horse and chaise, the property of the subscriber; said Perry is about 28 years of age—about 5 feet 10 inches high, light complexion, pale fickle countenance, and light sandy hair;—had on when he went away, a blue broadcloth Coat, white Martellees Waistcoat, white Dimity Pantaloon, white Stockings, and Morocco shoes.
The mare taken is of a middling size, black color, with a white spot on her forehead, in shape of a heart. The Chaise has a canvass top, and tea colored body, ornamented with an indian chief on the back, and lion's head on the sides; the linings brown forest cloth; something worn, the wings are covered with canvass and painted with red and blue stripe, mouldings a little broken; carriage painted green, strip'd with red, and a plated harness.
Whoever will apprehend said Runaway, with the horse and chaise, or give information so that the subscriber may obtain them, shall receive Fifty Dollars reward—for the horse and chaise only. Thirty Five dollars, and Fifteen for the runaway. EBENEZER RAND. Salem, (Mass.) August 13, 1808. (16)
Crowell Hatch,
INFORMS the public that he has given up his stand in Portland, and taken one in FREEBURG—where he intends carrying on THE TAILORING BUSINESS, in its various branches; and where he will be happy to serve the citizens of Freeburg and its vicinity in the line of his profession.
TAKE NOTICE!
THE subscriber informs those indebted to him, that he has placed their notes and accounts in the hands of NATHAN KINSMAN, Esq. for collection; and that an immediate attention to immediate attention to them will prevent a suit. CROWELL HATCH. Freeburg, January 16, 1809.
THE Copartnership of FOSTER and STEARNS, Cabinet Makers, will be dissolved the thirty first inst. by mutual consent. All persons having accounts open with said firm are requested to call and adjust the same. WILLIAM H. FOSTER, ELIJAH STEARNS. Gorham, Jan. 2. (16)
Bridgton Land Tax.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the following Lots of Land, lying in the town of Bridgton, in the county of Cumberland, are taxed in the tax bill committed to the subscriber to collect as Contable of said town, for the years 1807 and 1808, as follows, viz. Minister's Tax for the year 1807.
   FIRST DIVISION.   No. Acres. Value. Tax. No. Acres. Value.     Owners unknown, 8 100 60 7 8 100   9 100 60 7 8 100   4 2 100 60 7 8   7 2 100 60 7 8   1 4 100 50 6 5   3 8 100 150 19 5   8 17 100 66 9 1   8 17 100 66 9 1   1 27 100 60 7 8   A Foster, 3 1 100 122 13   J. Conant, 8 3 100 73 10 4  
SECOND DIVISION.
   H. Hapgood & others 27 2 90 150 19 5   FIRST DIVISION.   S. M'Donald, 2 4 100 150 19 2   Owners unknown, 8 1 100 60 7 8   9 1 100 60 7 8   4 2 100 60 7 8   5 2 100 60 7 8   1 4 100 50 6 5   8 17 100 75 10 4   9 17 100 66 9 1   1 27 100 60 7 8   A. Pingree, 2 17 100 166 22 1   J. Conant, 5 18 100 166 22 2   B. Dearborn, 8 3 100 75 10 4   3 19 100 90 11 7  
SECOND DIVISION.
   H. Hapgood & others 27 2 90 150 19 5   FIRST DIVISION.   Owners unknown, 8 1 100 60 21   8 1 100 60 21   4 2 100 60 21   5 2 100 60 21   1 4 100 50 17 3   1 27 100 60 21   2 3 100 150 52 5   8 14 90 50 17 3   J. Conant's heirs, 8 3 100 75 28   S. M'Donald, 2 4 100 150 52 5  
SECOND DIVISION.
   H. Hapgood & others 27 2 90 100 33   FIRST DIVISION.   Owners unknown, 8 1 100 60 3 6   9 1 100 60 3 6   4 2 100 60 3 6   5 2 100 60 3 6   1 4 100 50 3 6   8 17 100 66 4 2   9 17 100 66 4 2   1 27 100 60 3 6   A. Pingree, 5 17 100 166 10 2   Do. 5 18 100 166 10 2   J. Conant's heirs, 8 3 100 75 4 8  
SECOND DIVISION.
   H. Hapgood & others 27 2 90 150 9   FIRST DIVISION.   Owners unknown, 2 3 100 150 8 2   8 14 90 50 2 7   5 4 100 90 3 3   9 1 100 60 3 3   4 2 100 60 3 3   5 2 100 60 3 3   1 4 100 50 2 7   1 27 100 60 3 5   4 28 100 66 3 6   J. Conant's heirs, 8 3 100 75 4 1   Poulin, 3 8 100 100 5 5   S. M'Donald, 2 4 100 150 8 2  
LOST,
BETWEEN Capt. Jamison's Tavern in Freeport and this town, A BUNDLE OF NOTES OF HAND with some other papers—the Notes are all payable to JOHN P. BARNETT. As the payment of the notes is stopped, they can be of no use to any one but the owner—Whoever has found and will leave them at this Office shall be well rewarded for their trouble. Portland, Jan. 16.

The ridiculous affection of refined humanity, and the monomania of Charlotte Smith's and Robin Southey's sonnets are justly laughed in the following farce. —CLYT.
SONNET TO MY UNCLE'S HOG.
POOR grunting animal! that all the day, Plods dull and sopish round my uncle's yard; Ah me! it strikes me that thy lot is hard, For thou dost droop thy ears, thy hairs are grey
Thy humid eye looks wet—Ah wretch ill-far'd, What sorrowing sadness seems to mark thy way While every pleasure is, from thee debar'd, Nor stolic rapture bids thy heart be gay.
Poor grunting swine! full much I grieve to view Thy groping snout, ensh'd with iron cold, For thou must feel, and feel with sorrow too, What yet thy peaceful tongue has never told.
Adieu poor pork! again I sigh, adieu! My ears fast fall—they fall, alas! for you!
SYMPATHY.
TOUR faithful band doth unfeignedly impart The secret feelings of your tender heart: And oh, what bliss, when each alike is pleas'd, The band that squeezes, and the band that's squeez'd.
Select Paragraphs.
We conjure our rulers, once more, to remember that this is a republican government, and that as the people appoint those who make laws for them, it is absurd in the extreme to think of enforcing laws, by the point of the bayonet to which the popular sentiment is opposed; and particularly, when the people who are to suffer by the operation of these odious laws are the persons calculated upon to wield the bayonet and enforce them.
Fifty thousand men! What can 50,000 men do? Suppose them concentrated in any one part of the United States—they may there keep the people in awe; all the rest will try to live. Suppose they are spread abroad in the several states, there will be short of 3,000 for each state. Now, our reasoning on this measure is this. If the mass of the people are not opposed to the abominable doctrine of commercial restrictions, and disposed to resist them, such a force will be totally superfluous—if they are, such a force would be contemptible, as a military government. The appointment of such an army may serve to recompense a few more traitors to the people, by providing them with offices, but their recompense will be but miserable parchment. Where are the funds which are to support a standing army of 50,000 men? Our farmers are to sell their cattle and their lands, are they, at a tenth or twentieth part of their value, to hire a horde of gent d'armes to prevent their produce from going to any market!
Mr. Jefferson's folly will soon explode; it cannot now last long. One weak and foolish measure has led to another, until his bubbles must burst, and however portentous they appear in their explosion, we trust they will produce no earthquakes. The people must act with caution, firmness and reflection, and all will go well, at last— Repertory .
THE arrows of calumny have been aimed at the wisest and best men in all ages—Even the greatest of ancient philosophers, SOCRATES, could not escape; but was put to death on account of the false charges brought against him by Melitus . After his death, the falsity of the charges being known, the enraged Athenians deservedly condemned to death the author of them. Let those, therefore, who are given to detraction, remember the fate of Melitus ; for though they may not lose their lives, they may lose what is esteemed by some dearer than life, their reputation.
WEWEITZER asked a citizen, whether he would rather kiss a pretty girl ; or partake of a good feast ? The citizen honestly replied that he would prefer the latter. "I never thought you," replied Weweetzer, "a man of the ton before, but I now find that you have more taste than feeling."
The Perry Prints , which have been so dumb, have at last found out an ample source of blame in Ministers , namely that they are not MASONS , or they would have kept HEW-ing at the Rock of Gibraltar .— Lend. pap.
A Gentleman being lately asked why his wife was so very loquacious, answered, that her mouth was too small to hold her tongue.— Ibid .
Last week a Miss Priscilla Thackthwaite, of Hertfordshire with a fortune of four thousand pounds hard cash, entered the matrimonial state. She had declared her intention to espouse either a soldier, sailor, cobler or chimney sweeper, and was accordingly courted by each of those professions. The soldier marched up to attack the fair in high stile, and executed his best maneuvers; the sailor decked himself out in the gayest colours; and looked very stern at his rivals; the cobler swore his sole was on fire, and that his sole would wax warmer and warmer to the very last , but the sweep brushed them all off as Miss Priscilla, being enamoured of his aspiring disposition, declared he sooted her the best.
HARD-WARE GOODS.
William Goddard, HAS received by ship Globe and Hannah from Liverpool, an addition to his stock of Hard-Ware Goods, Which are offered for sale on the most favorable terms, by wholesale or retail. Portland, Nov. 7. (lt.)
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
JUST received and for sale at Stephen Patten's Bookstore, No. 10, Jones' Row—Fifth Street , Exposition of the Prussian and Machinations , which led to the Usurpation of the Crown of Spain, and the means used by the French Emperor, to carry it into execution. By DON PEDRO CEVALLOS. First Secretary of State.
Memoirs of the Northern Kingdom, written A. D. 1872, by the late Rev. WILLIAMSON JAMSENKYKE , L.L.D. and honorary member of the Royal American Board of Literature. IN SIX LETTERS TO HIS SON. "Olio memissi: surabit ." Now first published at Quebec, A. D. 1901.
The Constitution and Associate Statutes of the Theological Seminary at Andover. Also a Sermon, preached at the opening of the Theological Institution, at the Ordination of Rev. Eliphalet Pearson , L.L.D. by Rev. TIMOTHY DWIGHT , D. L. President of Yale College.
N. B.—TICKETS and Quarters in the Dixfield Lottery .—$10,000 dollars will be an infallible cure for the Embargo —that work of evil in the march of time. January 2.
Muffs & Tippets,
A. Cheever & Co. AT No. 1, Mussey's Row , now offer for sale, a large and elegant assortment, manufactured under their own inspection, and warranted free from damage. They consist of every kind fashionable and useful, and will be sold cheaper than can be purchased elsewhere in the District of Maine, at retail—at wholesale, as low as can be purchased in Boston.
HATS, they have of their own manufacturing, of every kind, which will be sold and warranted to give the purchaser satisfaction. Household Furniture. New Beds and Bedsteads, with a variety of Parlour and Kitchen Furniture. $7 Cash given for hatching & shipping Furs. Portland Oct. 31. (lt.)
Hussey & Winslow,
CONTINUE in their Compting Room , (back of John Bailey & Co's Store , Fifth-Street, formerly occupied by themselves) where they offer for sale 170 Boxes Spermieric CANDLES — Spermieric Oil , by wholesale and retail, of the best quality—those who are not in the habit of using this kind of Oil for a light are respectfully requested to call and make trial of it, which will convince them of its being superior to Tallow Candles , in point of light, expense, trouble, and cleanliness, as a lamp when properly trimmed will burn twelve hours or more without picking up or snuffing.— Alts, WICK-YARN ; and a general assortment of LAMPS .
N. B. Those who are indebted to them by Note or account are requested to make immediate payment, and not expect any lenity shown them unless they call and settle by giving security and setting a time for payment. Likewise those who have any demands against them are requested to exhibit the same. HUSSEY & WINSLOW.  10 Mo. 24.
NOTICE.
THE Standing Committee of the Society of Cincinnati of Massachusetts, hereby give public notice, that application for relief of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Members of the Society, and such of their Brethren as may be in indigent circumstances, may be made on or before the 2d Wednesday next, to either of the following members of the Society, viz
Gen Benj in Lincoln, Gen Henry Jackson, Doct D Townshend, Gen John Winslow, Capt Adams Bayley, Col Wm Tudor, Col John Popkins, Maj Dan l Jackson, Maj Caleb Gibbs, Capt Francis Green, Doct John Hart, Capt Sam l Armstrong, Capt John M c nard, Capt John George, Capt Robert Williams, Capt Dana, Capt Benj in Eaton, Capt Thomas Haw, Capt Wm Andrews, Gen John Brooks, Mr Sam l Perkins, John Callender, Esq., Doct Wm Butts.
The Standing Committee are hereby notified to meet on the second Wednesday of February next, at Mr. Jamies Villa's , at 11 o'clock, A. M. Per Order of the Vice President. DAVID TOWNSEND, Sn'y.
Wood Wanted. SUBSCRIBERS to the Portland Gazette , are informed that the Printer has occasion for a few loads of WOOD ; and that he would gladly receive it on account of papers, at the market price. Dec. 5.
Eliphalet Smith, HAS removed to Trent's building, Middle Street —where he has for sale a general assortment of FACTORY COTTON YARN, CLOTH & BEDTICKING .—Other goods as usual. (9w.) Jan. 2.
FOR SALE,
At No. 28, Long Wharf , A FEW hogheads first quality retailing MOLASSES —Enquire of DANIEL FOX.  Jan. 2.
Quincy & Baker,
THE LOWER CORNER OF FISH STREET, HAVE FOR SALE, 50 Hhds. Molasses, 20 ditto Windward Island Rum, 3000 lbs. Coffee, 10000 wt. retailing Sugars, An assortment of Teas. Jan. 9.
FRESH GOODS.
Joseph Barbour, OPPOSITE the Insurance Office, head of Fifth-street, has just received a variety of FRESH FALL & WINTER GOODS,
—AMONG WHICH ARE— Real superfine Broadcloths and Kersameres Common do. do. Satinets—Velvets—Cords Queens Cloths—Pelecce Flannels Coatings—Blankets Flannels, all colours Bombazets, Wilboars, Durants, Duroys, Shalloon, &c. Plain black & olive Velvets—corded do. Worsted Hosiery—Silk do.—Cotton do. British Shirting—Linen—Linen Cambric Tabby Velvets—Brown Linens Plain and plain Lustrings Gingham—Prints—Furnitures—silk Chambrays India Cottons—Hudaclock Bandana Hks.—Fancy silk do.—silk Shawls Fancy Muffins—Saracets—Cotton Laces Black Cambric—do. Crape Ladies' long white Kid Gloves Do. Kid, Leather and silk Habit do. Gentlemen's doe-skin Beaver and Silk do. White Cotton Cambric—Cotton Balls Cambric Dimity—Common do. Cotton Shawls—Fashionable Coat Buttons Black silk Velvets—Cotton Umbrellas Gentlemen's Lamb-wool Hdkfs. &c. &c.
FOR SALE,
At No. 9, Ingraham's Wharf , 2500 bushels Yellow Corn, Philadelphia and Baltimore superfine and scratch Flour, in whole and half bbls, 50 barrels Tar, A few casks Philad. Porter and Beer, first quality, Bone Middling Pork, Together with a general assortment of W. I. Goods and Groceries.  ROBERT STOVER.
N. B. All persons indebted are requested to call immediately and settle the same either by Cash or Note. R. S. Dec. 26.
David Pease,
Has for sale, 200 casks new burnt Thomas Stone Lime . Nov. 28. (6w)
FENCING SCHOOL.
THE subscriber will open a School on Tuesday next, 2d January, at Mechanic Hall , for the purpose of teaching the art of Small Sword Exercise , and continue it every day in the week, (Sundays excepted) from 9 to 12 o'clock, A. M. and from 2 until five o'clock, P. M.—Terms, 25 cents per lesson. Lessons will be given at gentlemen's houses at 50 cents per lesson. The days fixed on for quarterly subscribers, are Tuesdays and Fridays to which any gentlemen wishing to subscribe, (terms 3 dolls. per quarter) are requested to call at the Hall, in school-hours. STEPHEN DELANDE.  January 2, 1809.
Take Notice.
ALL Persons indebted to the late firm of HORN & BELFORD , are requested to make payment in the course of the present month, to the Subscriber; after which they will be left with an Attorney for collection, without any further notice. JAMES HORN.  Portland, Jan. 9.
A good chance for those who wish to remove into the Country.
TO be sold very low, about 14800 acres of good Land, in Avon , on Sandy River , 14 miles above Farmington Academy . There is a Saw and Grist Mill, and upwards of 40 families in the town—Real Estate in Portland, would be taken in part for payment. Also—For sale, if applied for immediately, a Farm in Turner , which is south of and adjoining Capt: Pompeii's , containing about 125 acres—50 or 60 under improvement—130 apple-trees—house 50 feet by 80, one story—an excellent barn, 72 by 35—with other out buildings. The above will be sold very low. For more particular information—for price and terms of payment, apply to NATHAN KINSMAN , Esq. of Portland, or the subscriber at Bethel . JACOB ABBOT, jun.  Jan. 9, 1808. (4w.)
TO LET,
A CONVENIENT one story DWELLING-HOUSE, with a garden, &c. situated on Free Street , now occupied by Mr. Eben Sweat —For terms apply to WILLIAM CODMAN.  Jan. 9.
To Let,
TWO Chambers situated in Court Street —a convenient tenement for a small family. Apply to JOHN PHILLIPS.  Portland, Jan. 9.
Factory Yarn & Thread Store.
JOSEPH POPE , informs his Friends and the Public that he is appointed Agent for Abby & Bower , of Providence , who will keep him constantly supplied from their long known & well established Factory, with a general assortment of
WARRANTED LIME,
JUST Burnt, and for sale by WILLIAM BRYANT , near the Baptist Meeting House, Federal-street Portland. Jan. 2.
Books and Stationary.
ISAAC ADAMS, HAS just received an additional assortment of BOOKS AND STATIONARY , which he offers at the lowest cash prices—Among which are:
Anderson's history of Commerce—Rollin's ancient history—Burke's works—Boswell's Life of Johnson—Robertson's history of America—Gordon's do. of American Revolution—Stevens' do. of French do.—Belknap's do. N. Hampshire—Biographical Dictionary, containing the lives of eminent Warriors & Statesmen—Johnson's lives of the Poets—Works of the Poets—Works of the Rev. Jas. Hervey—Burgh's Dignity of Human Nature—Fraser's Philosophy, or the art of conversing with men—Locke's Essays on the human understanding—Cook's Voyages—Stuart on the Mind—Faber on the fulfilling of the Prophecies—Roland's Appeal—Life of Cowper—Stern's Works—Adams' History of New-England—Stackhouse's History—Orion's exposition of the Bible—Davies', Blair's and Dana's Sermons—Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress and Holy War—Rife and Progress of religion in the Soul—Practice of Piety—Russell's seven Sermons—Mirror—Tatler—Looker-on—Harris' Encyclopedia—Carr's Northern Summer—Song-Mir's Museum—Mason on self Knowledge—Bancroft's and Ramsay's life of Washington—Mason and Boyle's sermons—Fatal Revenge—A Winter in London—Miranda's Expedition—Cumberland's, and Rowe's (Mrs) Letters—Vicar of Wakefield—Junius' Letters—Mason's Monitor—Chapone's Letters—Homer's Iliad—Epistle's Letters—Domestic Cookery—Montgomery's Poems.
LAW.
Story's Pleadings; Law's do; Laws of Massachusetts, new edition; Hawkins' Pleas of the Crown; Strange's, Wilson's and Blackstone's Reports; Gilbert's Law of Evidence; Blackstone's Commentaries; Chitty on Bills; Precedents of Declarations; Town Officer; Clerk's Magazine, and Probate Directory.
PHYSIC.
Underwood on diseases of children; Edinburgh Dispensatory; Cullen's practice and Materia medica; Chefelden's Anagrams; Chaptal's Chemistry; Lavosier's do; Pharmacopia; Townsend's guide to health.
Classic and School Books.
Enfield's natural philosophy; Ainsworth's, Young's, Bailey's, Boyer's and Perry's Dictionaries; Horace; Virgil; Sallust; Cicero; Latin Primer; Eutropius; Erasmus; Esop's Fables; Adams' and Smith's (N. H.) Latin Grammars; Lexicon; Greek Testaments and Grammars; Murray's Reader and Grammar; Orator; Preceptor; Art of Reading; Morley's and Dwight's Geography; Third Part; Alexander's Grammar and Accidence; Beauties of the Bible; Wallis's, Adams', Pike's, Root's and Temple's Arithmetics; Little's Other; Large Family Bibles; school and pocket do.; Testaments; Watts' and Belknap's Psalms and Hymns.
Registers and Almanacks for 1809 Backgammon Tables Playing Cards Quadrants, Scales and Dividers Quills, Inkstands and Copy-Slips Memorandum and Morocco Pocket Books Mathematical Instruments and Penknives Steel Filings; Pencils; Slates; Paint-boxes Violin Strings; Music paper and Books Writing, letter and drawing paper Maps of Massachusetts and U. States Portable Writing Desks Ledgers, Journals, Waste, Record and Invoice Books Cyphering and Writing Books Commercial and Court Blanks Printed Note Books; Receipt ditto Village Harmony and other Singing Books
A FARM FOR SALE,
IN the town of Falmouth , in the county of Cumberland , consisting of one hundred and five acres of Land, of which thirty is Interval, and lying on Preumpscot River , and five miles from the town of Portland , and on the post road that leads from Portland to Augusta , and into many of the back towns. Said farm is conveniently situated for a Public House, with a large two story Houf, and Barn, with out houses. The soil of said farm is inferior to none. Also—In said town, a Wood Lot, containing 60 acres.—Enquire of OLIVER WINSLOW.  Oct. 17. (lt.)
One Bbl. of Sugar,
WAS put on board sloop Jeanett . Eben's Rich , master, on the 1st of June last, at Boston , to be conveyed to Portland —The owner is desired to prove property, pay charges and take it away.—Apply to EBENEZER RICH.  Portland, Jan. 9.
TAKEN UP—ADRIFT,
A YAWL Boat, about 19 or 14 feet long, between Spring Point and the Light Houf —The owner may have her again by proving property and paying—By applying to WM. COBB.  Cyt & Elizabeth, Jan. 9.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
CUMBERLAND, ss. —Taken by Execution and to be sold at Public Vendue, on THURSDAY the twenty-first day of January next, at two of the clock, P. M. on the premises,
ALL the right in equity of redeeming unto the following described mortgage Real Estate, situated in Bridgeton , in said county, viz. a certain tract of Land, being all that part of the Lot numbered seven in the thirteenth range of lots in said town, which lies to the eastward of the road leading from Bridgeton meeting-house to Waterford , except about fourteen acres which was sold to Thomas Dresher , Joseph Donnett , Joseph Kellogg , Thomas Brigham and John Lamson , as may more fully appear by their several deeds—Also, about twenty-five acres, being a part of the Lot numbered six in the thirteenth range of Lots, being a strip twenty-four rods in width, taken off from the southern side of said Lot, and to extend from said road to the westward by head line thereof—Also, the easterly half of the Lot numbered five in the thirteenth range, to be set off by a line running parallel with a head line of said Lot—Also, nine acres, being a part of the lot numbered six in the fourteenth range, laying on the westwardly side and adjoining said road; together with the one half of the Lot numbered five in the fourteenth range; both which last mentioned tracts were formerly owned by William Oliver —together with one other quarter part of the said lot numbered five in the fourteenth range, as may more fully appear by Yeman Knapp's deed to William Sears , by reference thereto—and also, to the said William Oliver's deed being had. Together with the House, Barn and out-houses, Grist-Mill and Saw mill, and all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging.
The above described premises being mortgaged for three thousand six hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-seven cents. EZRA GIBBS, Deputy Sheriff.  Dec. 26, 1808. (72)
Taken by Execution and to be sold at Public Auction, on TUESDAY the thirty-first day of January next, at one o'clock, P. M.
ALL the right in equity of redeeming the following described mortgaged Real Estate, viz. A certain farm or lot of land, lying and being in Harrison , in the county of Cumberland , in that part of said town formerly called Otisfield , it being lot numbered four in the fourth range, with the buildings and improvements thereon, containing one hundred acres more or less. Sale on the premises, when and where the conditions will be made known. DANIEL HOLDEN, Cursor.  Dec. 26, 1808. (73)
Equity of Redemption.
CUMBERLAND, ss. —Taken by Execution and will be sold at Public Vendue on the premises on the 31st day of January next, at 11 of the clock A. M.
ALL the right in Equity of Redemption in and to the following described mortgaged Real Estate:—viz. A certain farm or lot of land lying and being situated in Harrison , in said county of Cumberland , in that part of said Harrison formerly called Otisfield , and is lot No. four in the fourth range, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, containing one hundred acres more or less. Conditions to be made known at the time and place of sale. LEWIS GAY, D. Sheriff.  Dec. 26, 1808.
To Military Officers.
JUST published, and for sale at ISAAC ADAMS' BOOK-STORE,
The Military Mentor.
Being a series of Letters recently written by a General Officer to his Son, on his entering the army: comprising a course of elegant instruction, calculated to unite the characters and accomplishments of the General and the Soldier. Dec. 19.
TO BE LET,
HALF of a convenient DWELLING-HOUSE, situated in Free Street , on reasonable terms.—Enquire of WILLIAM GODDARD.  Portland, Nov. 7. (lt.)
NOTICE is hereby given, that a further time of two months is hereby allowed by the Hon. Samuel Freeman , Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland , from the 21st day of December inst. to the Commissioners on the estate of WILLIAM CONANT , late of Falmouth , in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to said estate.—We hereby give notice, that we will attend to that business at the house of Ebenezer Kollock , innholder in said Falmouth , on the third Mondays of January and February next, from two to five of the clock, P. M. on each of said days. ARCHILAUS LEWIS, } Commissioners.  ENOCH FREEMAN,  Falmouth, Dec. 21. (72)
NOTICE is hereby given that a further time of two months from the date hereof has been allowed by the Hon. Samuel Freeman , Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland , to the Commissioners on the estate of CALEB RANDELL , late of Portland , in said county, deceased, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to said estate. We hereby give notice that we will attend that service at the house of Ebenezer Hilsley , on the last Tuesdays of January and February , 1809; from two to nine o'clock, P. M. ENOCH HILSLEY, } Commissioners.  JONA. BRYANT, Jr.,  Jan. 2, 1809.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS I the subscriber, gave Georgia Nutter a note bearing date the 9th of November , 1808, for sixty five dollars; and as said note has since been paid, this is to forbid all persons from purchasing it. Jan. 8  ISAAC CARSLEY.