Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1800-11-03 00:00:00

JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
[NUMBER 132]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1800.
[VOLUME III.]
Burleigh.
No. XV.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
I HAVE at length, my countrymen, completed the plan which I originally laid out, by attempting in a variety of particulars to shew—That Mr. Jefferson is an enemy to the Constitution of the United States, and wishes its destruction—That if he is elected President, the Constitution will fall a sacrifice to Jacobinism—And, that the result of its destruction will be dreadful to the United States. If I have succeeded in exciting the serious attention of only a few of you, to the dangers of our situation, I shall not have laboured in vain. That your attention ought to be most thoroughly excited to this subject, no one who watches the progress of this great enemy of human peace, prosperity, and happiness, will deny. The Jeffersonian party boast, that the increase of Jacobinism has been great in the Northern part of the United States, within the last year. Encouraged by this belief, or by some other circumstance, it is certainly true, that they are more bold, more assiduous, and more determined, in their attempts to seduce the people, and destroy the Government. Even in the State of Connecticut, where the people have hitherto been the most firm, contented, and Federal, by innumerable artifices and falsehoods, and by every other species of wickedness, we have been threatened by the entire subversion of all that is dear, and valuable in society. With a bold and undaunted front, the leaders in the conspiracy proclaim the downfall of the Government in the streets; while the peaceful, and unsuspecting citizens, are summoned to the nocturnal orgies of this pestilential band, to listen to the promulgation of sentiments bold, base, and blasphemous, uttered only to bewilder, and deceive, and calculated only to infect, corrupt, and poison all the blessings, and virtues of man.
These are evils, which call for universal attention, and the most effectual counteraction. When once these sentiments obtain a steadfast foothold among us, they will spread like wild fire; and like wild fire they will destroy. They are levelled with a sure, and deadly aim, directly at the life of society. They will enter your dwellings, deprave the minds of children, estrange the affection of parents, and pollute the bosoms of husbands and wives. The propagators of them, are active, subtle, persevering, and fearless. Against these foes of the whole human race, let the virtuous, and patriotic of every age and character unite and exert every possible power. A moment's relaxation in this defensive warfare, until the enemy is subdued, and driven from the field, will be highly dangerous. Nothing is more hazardous than a truce; Nothing more fatal than a compromise. This FEDERAL UNION, ought to be open, and avowed. We need not hesitate to declare, that it is for the safety of our peace, our families, our Government, our morals, and our religion. For their safety, who will refuse to hazard his all?
I have said that the Jacobins are active, subtle, persevering, and fearless, in the propagation of their sentiments, and in the execution of their destructive plans. No other description of men, can so justly lay claim to these traits of character, as Jacobins. They are active, in ranging from one end of the country to the other, in pursuit of objects to delude, and tools to employ, in their mischievous work. Regardless of obstacles, fatigue, or hazard, they "compass sea and land to make proselytes, for the purpose of rendering them," if possible, "tenfold more the children of hell than themselves." "They cease not day nor night," to labor in the mighty task of ruining mankind. They are subtle, in addressing themselves to the foibles, the passions, and the vices of human nature, and of enlisting them all in their service. They converse only with the frailties, and the crimes of men; and the first step towards gaining a convert to their cause, is, sapping the foundations of his virtue. They are persevering; not discouraged by defeat; and though often routed, they are rarely vanquished. The disasters of yesterday, only serve to stimulate the efforts of to day; and though disgrace, obloquy and abhorrence, are heaped upon them to day, they will rush with undaunted courage to the mischiefs of to morrow. They are fearless, not only of the finger of honest scorn, but of the terrors of guilt, the remorse of conscience, and the justice of God.
Can you, my countrymen, rest, when assailed by foes of this description? Do you indulge the chimerical belief, that your liberties will be safe in such hands as these? Will you listen to the man, who attempts to lull you to sleep by the pretence, that Jacobins, in power, will prove the cherishers of your peace, the guardians of your property, the protectors of your freedom and independence? Is there a man among the principal Democrats, whose example you would not be ashamed to follow; whose character all honest men do not abhor? Are their habits of life economical, their lives pure, or their virtue spotless? Are they celebrated for private worth, in the circles of domestic life? Are they dis-
tinguished for their integrity, their morals, or their regard for religion? If not, what have you to expect from their elevation to the offices of Government? Do you believe in the strangest of all paradoxes, that a spendthrift, a libertine, or an Atheist, characters which none of you would trust with the most trifling concern in your own private affairs, is qualified to make your laws, and to govern you, and your posterity; to be entrusted with the treasure, the strength and the destiny of the nation? "He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God," is the language of inspiration.
We ought to be extremely cautious, how we deliberately contra dict a maxim, propounded by God himself. It has been the pride, and the honor of this country, that our Chief Magistrates have hitherto been men who feared God. The influence of their example, has spread like a charm, throughout the sphere of their Government; & it has become a mark of reproach in a ruler, that he disregards the obligations of our holy religion. Mr. Jefferson, the idol of the Jacobin party, by the common voice of his countrymen, wears this stigma. His partisans, for the accomplishment of a temporary purpose (his Election) pretend to deny its justice, and from the remotest sources, attempt to derive evidence of his belief in Christianity. They know he has no claim to the character. They know if he had, that he would lose all popularity with his party. If he is a Christian, it is capable of proof. No man ever lived in this country, until nearly sixty years of age, without furnishing the most indubitable evidence that he believed in the Christian religion, if it were true. Let them produce this evidence; or at least, some one authenticated fact, to oppose to the irresistible weight of evidence in proof of his real Infidelity. Where is the man, even among his bosom friends, who has ever heard him acknowledge his dependence on God, his accountability to his Creator and Judge, or who has seen him enter the sanctuary, to join in the duties of holy worship?
Is there a Christian in the United States, hardy enough to lift his hand for the Election of such a man, to preside over a Christian country? Let him bear in mind (if such a man there be) that it is a solemn thing for a nation, where the glad tidings of the Gospel have been heard, thus to discard all reliance for support and protection on divine Providence, and voluntarily to declare, that they will not have God to reign over them. When we have heretofore been in national distress, we have bowed in deep humiliation before the throne of Heaven, and supplicated the Almighty to save us from destruction. National distresses may again overtake us; again we may want Almighty protection. But we have every reason to fear, that we shall seek for it in vain. For though he pardons the penitent offender, who has backslidden through the imperfection of his nature; yet, he shuts his ears against the cries of the bold, and presumptuous sinner. His language to such is—"Ye have set at nought all my counsel and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity, and mock when your fear cometh: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction as a whirlwind." "Them that honor me, I will honor: but those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
Let us then take warning ere it be too late: The die is not yet cast with us. We have still the opportunity of profiting by the example of all other nations, who have been seduced by the fatal phantom of Jacobinical freedom. We have been a highly favored country, our blessings have been numerous, our advantages for getting wisdom and happiness, great. We cannot plead ignorance as an excuse for electing Mr. Jefferson as our chief magistrate. We know his character, and the character of his partisans. The path of duty is so plain before us, that "the wayfaring man, though a fool need not err therein."—Should we act wisely, we may hope for the blessing of God. Should we act foolishly, and wickedly, we shall have no consolation left to solace us under our calamities, but a bitter recollection of our own folly and perverseness. Let us remember, and faithfully apply to ourselves, the affectionate, but awful address of our blessed Saviour to his own country, when he beheld, and wept over it, just plunging into the abyss of destruction—"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! which killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not. BEHOLD YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE!"
EXTRACT FROM Essays on Political Society,
Now printing by Mr. William Young, of Philadelphia. "THE American Congress, under their existing constitution, affords a conspicuous illustration of general principles of moral policy. None of the ancient or modern leagues, none of the ancient or modern governments, in the Old World, exhibits so perfect a national model for municipal legislation upon the elective system. French vanity, indeed, has eulogized their policy as the sublimest monument of human rea-
son. But the defects of the first edition of government which they call a constitution, were proved by its being overthrown almost as soon as it commenced operations: It became obsolete in its infancy. The next project, to which was given the name of constitution, was conceived under the ascendant of Robespierre. This thing, even its parents, had not the confidence to exhibit to the French, for their opinion. The third French edition of government, called the constitution of year three, appeared to have more firmness of texture, and to be more capable of duration. Its exterior form, indeed, has been continued, while the brain and the heart, as far as it had any, were anatomized by order of such as directed the armed force.
Can the French Council of Ancients claim the honor of competing with the American Senate? Is it equally formed for dignity, for wisdom and stability?
Shall the French Council of Five Hundred pretend to rival the American House of Representatives as a popular chamber of legislation? The triennial election of the members of that Council, the interposal of an electoral assembly between them and the people, the annual rotation of one third of the members, the forced election of two thirds, were these the best expedients which the boasted French skill could devise for securing popular liberty?
The French legislature, if their two Councils merit the name since the Fructidorian subjugation, is a duplicated revolutionary aristocracy; mutilated by pentarchical usurpation; nominally regulated by forms, which, at the bidding of the pentarchs, vanish before a decree of urgency.
Whether the framers of the American constitution were controlled by an happy necessity of political situation; whether their profound acquaintance with the most correct theories of government determined the frame of the system; or whether a manly force of mind, combined with scientific skill, aided by much personal experience, and influenced by a respectful attention to preconceived opinions, led to a system so original in its general structure, so interwoven in its parts, so compacted by the association of the whole; whether and how far any or all of these causes operated to produce the American constitution, one thing is certain—The citizens of the New World have abundant cause to felicitate themselves on their political destiny. The American nation has now a municipal legislature constituted to "provide for the common defence" and general welfare."
Extracts from the Encyclopedia Britannica, dedicated to and patronized by his Britannic Majesty, concerning Mr. Churchman's Theory of the Magnet, under the Article Variation, in the late edition.
"THE program of a work of this kind has been published by a Mr. Churchman, who appears to have engaged in the investigation with great zeal and considerable opportunities. He had been employed in some operations connected with surveys of the back settlements in North America. It is pretty certain that the north magnetic pole (or point as Mr. Churchman chooses to call it) is not far removed from the stations given it by Halley and Fuler, and there seems no doubt but that in the countries between Hudson's Bay and the Western Coast of North America, the needle will have every position with respect to the terrestrial meridians, so that the north end of a compass needle will even point due South in several places. Mr. Churchman has solicited assistance from all quarters. It were greatly to be wished that our gracious sovereign, who has always shown such a love for the promotion of Nautical Science, and who has so munificently contributed to it, already enriching the world with the most valuable discoveries, and thus laying posterity under unspeakable obligations; it were greatly to be wished, that he would put this almost finishing stroke to the noble work, and enable Mr. Churchman, or some fitter person, if such can be found, to prosecute this most interesting enquiry. Almost every thing that can be desired would be obtained by a few well chosen observations made in those regions. It would be of immense advantage to have the dips ascertained with great precision. These would enable us to judge at what depth under the surface the pole is situated; for the well informed mechanician, who will study seriously what we have said about the magnetical curves, will see, that a compass needle, when compared with the great terrestrial magnet, is but as a particle of iron filings compared with a very large artificial magnet."
N. B. The Editors of the Encyclopedia seem to have misunderstood some parts of the before mentioned theory, which misunderstanding has been replied to elsewhere.
From the SPECTATOR.
THE public attention has been heretofore called to the unusual phenomena of the seasons in the southern states, during some months past. The earthquake, the death of fish on the coast, the meteors, the tempests, the astonishing fall of snow and severe cold in the Carolinas and Georgia, have been noticed. The prevalence of malignant diseases, sore throats and yellow fever, in the same region of country, must not
be omitted. The philosopher should avail himself of these facts and compare them with events in other periods and in distant countries.
In the history of Pestilential Diseases, vol. 1. 325, mention is made of the Influenza in Europe in 1797, and the following remark is added by the author: "I have no particulars of the violence or extent of this disorder; but if it was severe and general, no event is more certain than that sickly seasons will follow."
It may now be observed that the plague followed the influenza in Turkey, Egypt and on the African Coast; while diseases of the throat and malignant fevers have been raging in most countries of Europe; in many places, with the mortality of the plague; and this as well in countries at peace as those engaged in war.—The Yellow fever has prevailed in Cadiz the summer past.
It is however comforting to observe that in the northern States of America, the inflammatory constitution of air is evidently abating—diseases are less frequent, less violent or of a different character—fruit is in higher perfection than for some years past—and crops remarkably good. The cities of Philadelphia and New York have enjoyed usual autumnal health, and the country is remarkably healthy, excepting a few places where the dysentery has raged.
The report circulated in the public papers, of a defect of snow on the mountains west of Mississippi, deserves some enquiry. A general failure of snow, and a very mild winter has sometimes preceded great eruptions of fire from Vulcans—This was remarkably the fact in 1765 and 1779. Unfortunately, we have no direct means of learning the state of the Vulcans on the North East Coast of Asia—which would seem to have the nearest connection with the seasons on the North West Coast of America.—It is wished that American Navigators would collect and preserve facts relating to these subjects, in whatever quarter of the globe they may learn them.
The returns of malignant fever in our large towns have been unusually frequent, for the last ten years. But similar calamities have occurred, in other periods, with equal and greater severity.—Our forefathers experienced, once and again, most fatal epidemics, and especially between the year 1690 and 1700; and in addition to diseases, they were repeatedly alarmed with a prospect of famine, owing to a failure of crops. Were the people of this day to read a complete history of the sufferings of their ancestors, in consequence of mortal fevers; instead of wondering and repining at their lot, they would bless God for having chastised the children less than their fathers. But so ignorant are most people of the history of Man and his domestic state, that they wonder at things which have happened many times, in every century, since the days of Moses.
Foreign Affairs.
[The following finished letter, written by Sir Sidney Smith, is an answer to Gen. Menou's, now commander of the French army in Egypt, which was published in this Gazette the 20th inst.]
Copy of a translation from the Turkish of a letter from Sir Sidney Smith to General Menou commander in chief of the French army in Egypt, written originally in French, dated Jaffa, 22d of June, 1800.
GENERAL. I received this night the letter which you did me the honor to write to me the 20th June. At the moment when I expected to see General Kleber, under the most favourable and the most happy auspices, I learn with the liveliest disappointment and deepest grief his tragical death. I immediately communicated it to the Grand Vizier and Ottoman Ministers in the terms in which you announced this melancholy event; and the certainty and circumstantial manner in which you give this intelligence were sufficient in themselves to induce their excellencies to give credit to it. The Grand Vizier has declared to me, formally and officially, that he had not the slightest knowledge of the persons who committed this assassination, and I am very sure that his declaration is true and sincere; and, without entering into the details of this unfortunate event, which has given me inexpressible pain, I shall content myself with answering the articles of your letter which treat of our own affairs.
If the Grand Vizier has detained at his camp Aid du camp Baudot, who had been sent to him at Jebili Illem, it is because his excellency did not judge it proper to let any person leave his camp when he saw himself surrounded by his enemies. Baudot was arrested at Jebili Illem, as the Turkish officers destined to serve reciprocally with him as hostages were detained at Cairo.
This Aid du camp has been sent to the Ottoman squadron to be exchanged as you desire; and in the mean time his excellency the captain Pacha having arrived here, his absence from the squadron has deferred the exchange desired. When his excellency shall have returned to his squadron, as the Aid du camp Baudot is before Alexandria, the business of the exchange may be concluded there, should you think proper;

but I do not see why you should make to depend upon an affair that concerns only you and the Porte, the setting at liberty of 150 English men, shipwrecked at Cape Bruos. I expect from your candor and your justice, that according to the regulations agreed upon between our two nations for the reciprocal exchange of our prisoners, for which end we are authorized to act, that you will permit the return of Capt. Patal, his officers, and crew.
The promises you have made me, in the hope of a reciprocity on my part, cannot be applicable to offer you reciprocally the promise of my good offices in favor of a person, who finds himself in a disagreeable situation, which I myself have experienced. I am persuaded the Grand Vizier will put the seal of his generous and high approbation to all the civilities we have shown to each other. The stratagems of war are alike unknown to you and to us; and besides that I shall continue to comport myself towards you with the same frankness and the same kindness that I have hitherto done; I shall strongly employ all my efforts, that no one over whom I have any influence shall conduct himself contrary to these principles. Be assured, that the hostile dispositions, which have been announced by former oppositions, and which have acquired extension and publicity, will be calmed by the means which the present circumstances will furnish to both parties to correspond and to understand reciprocally, and that at last we shall be united by the ties of a sincere friendship. In the mean time we shall continue the war against you with the means we have hitherto employed, and those we still have in our power to procure; and we shall endeavour to render ourselves worthy the esteem of your brave troops.
The hostilities which you have committed, without waiting for the answer of Lord Keith, who was ignorant of the convention concluded for evacuating Egypt, have served as the rule for our conduct. I have not demanded its ratification from my court; I have sought but to remove every unforeseen difficulty which had been opposed to the return of the French troops to their own country.
General Kleber, in the last preliminaries which had been agreed upon, not having understood that the treaty which was to follow wanted the ratification of the Consuls who now governed France, this condition, which you have in your preliminaries, seems to be a refusal to evacuate Egypt, and the Grand Vizier has charged me to demand of you a clear and precise answer on this subject; you decide, as well as myself, that an end should be put to the war which desolates the universe.
It is in your power to remove one of the objections which opposes peace, by evacuating Egypt, according to the conditions agreed upon with General Kleber; and if you refuse it, we shall employ all our means, and those of our allies, to force you to conditions which may not be so advantageous to you. I cannot discern with you how much it may cost me to fulfil this duty; but the evacuation of Egypt being a point so interesting to the good of humanity, the means of conferences and correspondences to make the dispositions necessary to this end are always open.
As the Admiral, under whose orders I act, is at a great distance from me, I am authorized to subscribe to such arrangements as the necessity of circumstances may dictate; and although, from the nature of events, I am not in the situation to make you any new propositions; yet I am ready and disposed to hear all that you would wish to make to me. I can declare to you officially, that I shall employ all my efforts, and all my means, to hinder every inconsiderate step, and to oppose myself to all vexatious opposition on the part of every one else.
I shall literally fulfil the instructions of my Court. I recognize its principles, founded on the most strict equity and the most perfect fidelity. My conduct shall be conformable to these principles, and all my efforts shall tend to fulfil my duty by serving its interests.
As it is not yet certain to what point I am to go I pray you to send me your answer in two dispatches. You will address one to Alexandria; the other to Jaffa, at the camp of the Grand Vizier.
The Latest.
By an arrival at Boston from Hamburg, papers of that city have been received to Sept. 13—from which the following interesting articles have been translated.
HAMBURG, SEPT. 12.
This day arrived several dispatches from Vienna, with intelligence, that the recent proposals of peace, made by the French to the German Empire, were not accepted, and that hostilities would immediately recommence.
VIENNA, SEPT. 6.
The continuance of war is certain; the proposals of the French, for peace, being as extravagant, as humiliating to our Court. The Emperor will himself depart for the army this day and likewise the Arch Duke Charles, from Pray to join the army of which he will be invested with the command of the troops, and who is adored by them.
Gen. Bellegarde will take the command of the army in Italy, in lieu of Melas. England has undertaken to assist in the most forcible manner in the war.
Every exertion is made to reinforce our armies in Italy and Germany, and in case of necessity, the Hungarians are to rise in mass.
Letters from Constantinople of August 10, state, that Menou, the successor of Kleber, had
also been assassinated; he was not beloved by the troops, being opposed to the evacuation of Egypt.
AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 9.
The conclusion of a Peace is very dubious, on account of the proposals made by the French to the Imperial Court, which we think cannot be accepted, viz.
1st. The Emperor is to keep what was granted him by the peace of Campo Formio; Mantua, however, to be dismantled.
2d. Salzburgh, Berchtesgaden and Poffau should be given up to the Emperor.
3d. The Emperor should not interfere in the affairs of Sardinia, Rome and Naples.
4th. The countries from the right bank of the Danube, and the left of the Iller, up to the source, of the Danube, to make part of the Helvetic Republic, in future.
5th. Germany to adopt a new and intire Constitution.
6th. The ecclesiastical states to be reformed. These proposals were rejected by the house of Austria; and hopes of peace have disappeared.
VERONA, AUG. 27.
The Austrians work with the greatest assiduity in fortifying Mantua. The garrison is to be supplied with provisions for several years, and every means employed to render it unconquerable. The fame is to be done with the citadel of Ferrara.
BERNE, SEPT. 2.
By virtue of an order from the Directory, one man from every 100 native citizens, is to be levied, completely equipped, at their expence; and ready for the field at the end of October.
HELSINGUER, SEPT. 9.
The day before yesterday, Adm. Dexon, with a fleet of merchantmen, departed from hence. He saluted Cronenburg with 17 guns. It is said he is to proceed on another expedition, in conjunction with a fleet, which had been seen in the sound.
A proclamation has been issued by the proper Turkish officer to repeal the charge of directing the assassination of Gen. Kleber—and it is said proves the absurdity of the allegation.
By the Mail.
PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 23.
The intercourse between this city, Norfolk and Baltimore is renewed.
3000 Dollars have been subscribed in this city—and forwarded to Baltimore for the relief of the sufferers in consequence of the prevalence of the fever in that city.
NEW-YORK, OCT. 25.
By the cartel ship Benjamin Franklin, arrived at Philadelphia, from Bordeaux, dispatches are said to be received from the American Commissioners. Private letters from Paris state that the negotiations, which had been suspended through misunderstanding but merely the circumstance of the government's being engaged solely in pursuits which required an united and concentrated direction of its energies, had been renewed, and a liberal spirit appeared to actuate both parties. From the nature of the discussions, which have been voluminous, it was expected that the whole business of the mission could not possibly be concluded during the present winter. Overtures were made, therefore, for such intermediate arrangements as should put an end to the present injurious state of things between the two countries to renew the commercial intercourse, and to put a stop to every thing tending to warfare." It is added that the Americans in France, are treated on the old footing of friendship and partiality; and it appears to be a sentiment adopted by the French Government, that no step ought to be taken at the present season that might subject the American Republic to the hostile jealousy or depredation of any other power, under pretence of the stipulations of a treaty."
BOSTON, OCT. 31.
A letter of a late date from an intelligent American at Paris, says, there was but little probability of a treaty; that the high Prize Court was condemning every thing which came before them—some vessels for having commissions, and some because they had them not. They had condemned several which had been acquitted at the lower Courts. The fact is, the War is to be renewed in Europe with redoubled vigour if possible, and Monsieur still wants money—a good deal of money. Our wrongs, our claims, are beneath their notice—we are again to be insulted. The Envoys after dancing six or eight months—the venerable Elsworth and his worthy Colleagues, will be contemptuously dismissed and fresh depredations will commence. We shall then find the advantage of disarming our vessels and experience the charms of a Roll d'Equipage.
It is sincerely to be hoped, that these anticipations may not be realized—but it must be confessed there is too much reason to apprehend that they will be.
The Legislature of the State of New York is to meet at the city of New York, Nov. 4.
The General Assembly of Rhode Island, met on the 27th inst. at Providence.
The Electors of President and Vice-President of the U. S. are to be chosen in Virginia, November 3.
Thursday the 27th of Nov. is appointed as a day of Public Thanksgiving in Connecticut.
A bill has passed the legislature of Connecticut, by a very large majority, investing the choice of Electors of President and Vice President of the U. S. in a convention of the two
Portland,
Monday, November 3, 1800.
THE LAWS.
The illness of the Editor of this Gazette, for several weeks past, has occasioned some delay in the publication of the Laws.—Their publication will be again resumed next week, and completed with all possible dispatch.
The advantage of the laws and all public documents, which are invariably published in this paper, we are happy to find, are duly appreciated by the inhabitants of Maine—Already is the number of papers issued from this press much larger, and the circulation more extensive, than any paper published in this District; and every day adds more Subscribers to our list.—While this encouragement continues, no exertions will be spared to render this Gazette as extensively useful as possible.
THIS DAY,
The inhabitants of this town are to give in their votes for a Federal Representative to Congress.—It is hoped that they will evince their Federalism by attending meeting as general as possible, and give the Hon. PEELE WADSWORTH, Esq. their unanimous suffrages.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States, entered the 66th. year of his age, on Thursday last.—His birth day has been celebrated in the principal places in the United States, with an ardor equal to that any former occasion.
Peter Pindar, with whose inimitable productions in verse the public have been delighted many years, is preparing a satirical work in prose in the manner of a novel, of which report speaks highly.
We are happy to learn that the Variolæ Vaccine is now about to supersede the necessity of inoculation for the small pox. Medical gentlemen in several of the states have undertaken to inoculate patients for the former. The discovery of this mild method for the latter more dangerous one must be ranked among the first of modern times. The public are indebted to Dr. Waterhouse for the general diffusion of the Vaccine matter. (Far. Mus.)
GORMANDIZING.
A curious as well as a laughable circumstance occurred on Market-street wharf, Philadelphia, Oct. 20.—A countryman, from Morris's River, contracted with an Oysterman, to pay him 50 cents, if he would open as many oysters for him as he could eat.—The Oysterman had opened nearly one hundred oysters, which the countryman devoured, when he wished the countryman to give up the bargain; but the countryman persisted until he had eaten upwards of three hundred, to the great astonishment of the bystanders, and the mortification of the poor Oysterman, who sincerely repented of his bargain.—The oysterman then begged him to desist, but the countryman persisted, saying he had not enough; and he would most probably have eaten the whole in the barrow, nearly 400 oysters, but by the solicitations of the bystanders, he let the oysterman off and paid him the 50 cents. During this voracious meal, the countryman drank seven large glasses of brandy and water and eat twelve large biscuits.
BURLEIGH —The well written Essays under this signature, which have been copied from the Connecticut Courant into this paper, are now completed. They have been published in most of the Federal papers throughout the United States; and it is sincerely hoped they will have the effect intended—Panegyric on the writer is unnecessary—his numbers need only to be read.
COMMUNICATED.
VOCAL MUSIC. —Mr. Ford's return to this town will give pleasure to the lovers of sacred song—If professional abilities and moral habits are decisive recommendations, it is presumed he will receive prompt, and liberal support; especially as he now addresses the several religious societies.
DIED —At Prospect, Robert Hitchborn, sen. Esq. At Gorham, Eliza Phinney, aged 6, only child of Mr. James Phinney, jun.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
Put into this port on Monday last, brig Peggy, from Cork bound to Philadelphia, Michael Cottes Master. Wednesday arrived the English Ship Thomas, Capt. Walker, 2 days from St. Johns. Friday arrived Ship Numa, Capt. Sydeman, 38 days from St. Ubes. Brig Peggy, Drummond, from Machias, arrived at Charleston, in 14 days. Ship Portland, Porter, from Liverpool, sent into Bourdeaux, has been condemned. La Dana, French 3 masted lugger, a letter of marque, with a valuable cargo, prize to the United States Ich Experiment, has arrived at Philadelphia. The U. S. frigate New-York, capt. Morris, failed from the Delaware last week, for the Windward Islands. The Adams frigate, capt. Robinson is to sail from the Chesapeake for Cape Francois, Nov. 3.
The sloop of war Trumbull, has sailed from New-London for the West Indies, with a large fleet of merchantmen under convoy. Arrived at Newyork, Oct. 23, brig Flora, from Londonderry, with 140 passengers.
JUST OPENED,
And for sale, in Middle-Street, next door to the Bank, an entire and fashionable assortment of Fancy Goods and Millenary , By ISABELLA CHILD,
N.B. MILLENNARY made as usual.
Cow-Pox.
Doctor Coffin, continues to inoculate for the Kine-Pox.—Price Two Dollars. Nov. 3.
Dr. Varnum, continues
to inoculate with the Kine-Pox matter. He will inoculate persons at their own houses, or at Mr. Cutter's Columbian Tavern, on the most reasonable terms. Nov. 3.
Dr. Samuel Bellard, is
about to inoculate with the Kine-Pox matter, for a very moderate consideration. He will be alternately at Mr. Cutter's Tavern in Portland, and at his Lodgings at Cape-Elizabeth. Nov. 3.
TAKE NOTICE.
By mutual agreement, the firm of WILLIAM LORD & COMPANY, is this day dissolved. They request all persons who are indebted to, or have demands upon said firm, to call on William Lord for settlement. WILLIAM LORD, THOMAS HODGKINS. Portland, Oct. 28, 1800.
The business is carried on as usual by said LORD; who keeps constantly for sale, English & West India Goods, Groceries, &c.
FOR SALE, A Store Lot,
IN a valuable situation in the center of business, a little below the Market-House, Middle-street. Said Lot will contain 24 feet on Middle-street, and runs back 50 feet.—Whoever wishes to purchase a valuable stand for business, will apply to the subscriber, now living on the premises. NICHOLAS BLASDELL. Portland, Nov. 3.
FOR SALE, By Andrew Campbell, At his Oil-Mill in Newgloucester, LINSEED OIL. Cash given for Flax-Seed.
ALL persons against whom he has any demands, which have been due more than six months, are requested to make immediate payment. Newgloucester, Oct. 27, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix testamenti annexo of the Estate of JOHN CHOAT, late of Ballstown, in the county of Lincoln deceased; and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the Law directs:—All persons having demands against the estate of said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. SALLY CHOAT, Administratrix. Ballstown, Oct. 8, 1800.
To the Honorable the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for the county of Lincoln, begun and holden at Topsham, and for the said county, on the second Tuesday of September, A. D. 1800—
THE subscribers humbly show, That a part of the County road leading from Monmouth to Little's river, so called, through Thomponsonborough runs through a place called Wales, in the said county of Lincoln; that the land in the said place called Wales, is owned by nonresidents proprietors, and not within the limits of any town; that the said part of said road, which is in said place called Wales between Monmouth and Thomponsonborough, is very bad, and ought for the safety and convenience of travellers to be repaired. We therefore pray, that your Honors would order the same to be amended and repaired by the owners of said land, agreeable to a law of the Commonwealth entitled "An act in addition to the several acts now in force respecting highways," or otherwise give relief; and we, as in duty bound, will ever pray. MATTHIAS BLOSSOM, WILLIAM BROWN, ANSEL BLOSSOM, JAMES HARVEY, JOHN CHANDLER, SIMON DEARBORN, JUN. EZEKIEL WICKWIKE, JEREMIAH CHANDLER, JOHN HOLMES. A true copy—Attest, Jonathan Bowman, jun. Clerk.
LINCOLN, ss.—Court of General Sessions of the Peace, at Topsham, September Term, A. D. 1800. Upon the petition aforesaid; Ordered, that the petitioners notify all persons interested therein, to appear at the next Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at Warren within and for the county of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of January next; by publishing an attested copy of said petition, with this order thereon, three weeks successively in the Massachusetts Mercury, printed in Boston, by Young & Minns, and in the Gazette printed in Portland by Elizer D. Merrill; the last publication to be three weeks, at least, before the sitting of said Court; that they may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest, JONATHAN BOWMAN, JUN. Clerk.

Treasury Department,
Washington September 18, 1800.
Public Notice is hereby Given,
In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23rd day of April one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp Office."
THAT a General Stamp Office is
now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the following rates of duty which are demandable by law:
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, viz.
ANY certificate of naturalization... Any licence to practice, or certificate of the admission, enrolment or registry of any counsellor, Solicitor Advocate Attorney, or proctor... Any grant or letters patent... Any charter-party, bottomry or respondentia bond... Any receipt of discharge for or on account of any legacy left by any will, or other testamentary instrument... Any policy of insurance or instrument in nature thereof... Any bond, bill of exchange or other note... Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country... The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of exchange, without respect to the number contained in each set... Any notes issued by the banks now established or that may be hereafter established within the United States... On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar... On all notes above fifty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars... On all notes above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars... On all notes above five hundred dollars... Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war... Any inventory or catalogue of any furniture, goods, or effects, made in any case required by law... Any certificates of a share in any insurance company of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank; If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars... If above one hundred dollars... If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars.
That the power of the supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February 1801.
That, if any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the supervisors of the revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of Sixty days after the said last day of February 1801 bring or send such vellum parchment and papers, unto some officer of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or refuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of inspection, any such vellum, parchment or paper, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may after that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
And for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Treasury (L. S.) at Washington, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. Nov. 3.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administratrix, with the will annexed, on the Estate of REUBEN CARVER, late of Freeport, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased: He has taken upon him that trust and given bond as the law directs: He therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's Estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have demands thereon, to exhibit the same to SETH CARVER. Freeport, Oct. 27, 1800.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that having been duly appointed Administratrix cum testamento annexo on the Estate of JOB HOLMES, late of Hebron, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, taken upon her that trust, and given bond as the law directs: She therefore requests all persons who are indebted to said deceased's Estate to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same to JUDITH HOLMES. November 1st, 1800.
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, within and for the county of Kennebec, begun and held at Augusta, in said county, on the second Tuesday of June, in the year of our Lord, 1800—
UPON the petition of JOHN CHANDLER, Esq., and others, representing that the county road leading from Hallowell to New-Gloucester, passes through an unincorporated plantation, called Littleborough—that the Post-road therein is very bad, and needs much repair for accommodating travellers, and the conveyance of the mail—that the land in said plantation, whereon the said road is, belongs to nonresident proprietors—and therefore praying that the Court would order a sum of money sufficient to thoroughly repair said road to be assessed on the proprietors of the land aforesaid; or direct such other means for repairing the road, as the Court shall judge proper, according to the law of this Commonwealth in such cases made and provided:
ORDERED, that the said petitioners notify the proprietors aforesaid, to appear at the next Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be held at Augusta, within and for the county of Kennebec, on the second Tuesday of December next, by publishing the substance of said petition, and this order thereon, in the Massachusetts Mercury, and Jenks' Portland Gazette, three weeks successively; the last publication to be at least twenty days before the sitting of said Court—that the said proprietors may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted
Barzillai Gannett, Clerk. A true copy—Attest, BARZILLAI GANNETT, Clerk.
At a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, within and for the county of Kennebec, begun and held at Augusta, in said county, on the second Tuesday of June, in the year of our Lord 1800—
UPON the petition of JOHN BLAKE and others, representing that the county road, leading from Eliphalet Smart's in Monmouth, through an unincorporated plantation, called Littleborough, to Gilbert's ferry, is extremely bad and almost impassable, in said Littleborough—that said road is upon land, which belongs to nonresident proprietors—and that, as a law of this Commonwealth makes special provision for the making and repair of roads, in such cases—the said petitioners pray the Court to direct a sum of money to be assessed on the proprietors of the land aforesaid, sufficient to effectually repair said road, agreeably to the mode prescribed by the law aforesaid, or order said road to be repaired, by such other means, as said Court shall judge proper:
ORDERED, that the said petitioners notify the proprietors aforesaid, to appear at the next Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be held at Augusta, within and for the county of Kennebec, on the second Tuesday of December next, by publishing the substance of said petition, and this order thereon, in the Massachusetts Mercury, and Jenks' Portland Gazette, three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least twenty days before the sitting of said Court, that the said proprietors may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted
Barzillai Gannett, Clerk. A true copy—Attest, BARZILLAI GANNETT, Clerk.
BLANKS Of various kind, for sale at this Office.
Fresh Fall & Winter Goods.
NOW OPENING AND FOR SALE, By William Codman, At his Store in Fifth-Street, A General assortment of Fresh EUROPEAN GOODS; adapted to the present and approaching season—Imported by the last arrivals, With a great variety of HARDWARE GOODS, PAINTS, LINSEED OIL, WEST-INDIA GOODS, GROCERIES, &c. &c.—All which will be sold on the lowest terms for cash—Wholesale and Retail. October 29.
Singing School.
MR. FORD, takes this method to acquaint the young Gentlemen and Ladies in the different societies in Portland, that he purposes, again, to open a Singing School in this town, if he shall meet with sufficient encouragement. His terms will be Two Dollars per quarter, if a sufficient number of scholars shall offer, to make him compensation; otherwise his terms will be Two and an Half Dollars. He proposes to have two schools—one, of those who have made some proficiency in Music; and the other of those who have never learned the Rules. The first to meet at Mr. Prentiss's School-House, on Wednesday and Saturday evenings; and the other on Monday and Thursday evenings. No spectators to be admitted, unless by particular invitation. Portland, 27th Oct 1800.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy hath been awarded and issued by the Hon. DAVID SEWALL, Esq. District Judge of the District of Maine, against PORTER LUMMUS, of Portland, in said District, Trader; and he being declared a bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners, named and authorised in said Commission, on the fourth and eighteenth days of November, and the fifth of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of each of said days, at the Auction Room of Edward Oxnard, in said District; and in all things to conform to the directions of the Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act for establishing an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States." At first of which meetings, the Creditors whose respective debts shall amount to Two Hundred Dollars and upwards, are to come prepared to prove their debts, and choose an Assignee or Assignees. At the second of which meetings all other Creditors of said Lummus are to come prepared to prove their respective debts. Given under our hands at Portland, this 25th day of October 1800. EDWARD OXNARD, JAMES NEAL, THOMAS HOVEY.
NOTICE is hereby given, That FRYEBURG ACADEMY continues to receive Scholars as usual, on the first day of November next. By order of the Trustees, MOSES AMES, Treasurer. Fryeburg, October 14, 1800.
Village Harmony.
JUST PUBLISHED (price 10 Dollars per dozen, and one Dollar single) and for Sale, By STEPHEN PATTEN, No 3, Fifth-Street,
A New edition, being the eighth of THE VILLAGE HARMONY, or Youth's Assistant to Sacred Music; containing—A concise Introduction to the Grounds of Music; with such a collection of the most approved Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and other Pieces, as are most suitable for Divine Worship. Designed principally for the use of Schools and Singing Societies.
The proprietor of the Village Harmony has taken great pains to improve this Fifth Edition. In some instances he has left out piece, and compressed others, to insert in their room such music as is best calculated to please the taste of those who possess the delicate tone and the nicest ear.
It is not an easy matter to please every body His principal design is to please as many as possible, and leave the others to please themselves. The Village Harmony is so well known, and so generally used, that it needs no comment to recommend it to the public. It contains as good an assortment, and as rich a variety of Music, as any book in the United States. Its Rules are plain, concise, and easy for beginners. The greater part of the music, is easy and animating, and will be found to be extremely well calculated for Divine Worship.
Also, Blunt's Second Edition of the New Practical Navigator. Price 15f. Oct. 27, 1800.
Courts Adjourned.
ALL persons whom it may concern, are hereby notified, that the Court of Common Pleas, and Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Cumberland, stand adjourned to Tuesday the fourth day of November next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. By order of said Court, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Clerk.
To be Sold,
A Small FARM, containing about Seventy-five acres of Land, with a House and Barn thereon—situated on the main road through the town of Livermore.—Said Farm has Mowing Land, whereon seven or eight tons of Hay can be cut. It is in good order for planting and sowing Land the next season—Any person who may wish to purchase said premises, will have good terms of payment by applying to the subscribers in Livermore. Isaac Starbird, Moses Starbird. Livermore, October 20.
NOTICE.
ALL persons claiming Land on Crotch Island, so called, now in possession of the subscriber, are requested to show their claims, as he wishes to have his right separated immediately. Peter Coombs. October 20, 1800.
To the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at Pownalborough, within and for the county of Lincoln, on the first Tuesday of June, A. D. 1800.
BY Benjamin Hasey their Attorney, complains Meriam Orr, and Elizabeth Orr, both of Topsham, in said county of Lincoln, Singlewomen, that Samuel Thompson, late of said Topsham, Esquire, deceased, intestate, on the eighteenth day of September, A. D. 1794, by his bond under his hand and seal, for a valuable consideration to him made, did bind himself and his heirs to make and execute to the said Meriam and Elizabeth, a good deed of fifty acres of land, situate in Topsham aforesaid, as particularly described in the bond aforesaid, when said deed should be demanded. Now you complainants allege, that after wards, and often in the life time of the said Samuel, they demanded of him a deed of the above mentioned premises, but the said Samuel, being prevented by death, has never made to them the deed aforesaid; wherefore your Complainants pray that after due notice given to all concerned in the estate of the said Samuel deceased, your honors would grant licence to and empower the administrators of the said deceased, to make and execute to your Complainants such good deed of the premises as the said Samuel, when in full life, ought to have made and executed. BENJAMIN HASEY. A true copy—Attest, JONATHAN BOWMAN, JUN. Clerk.
LINCOLN, ss.—Court of Common Pleas at Topsham, September Term, 1800.
Upon the complaint aforesaid, Ordered, That the said Meriam Orr and Elizabeth Orr notify all persons interested therein to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Topsham, within and for the county of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of September next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint, with this order thereon, three weeks successively, in the Gazette printed in Portland, by Elezer Alley Jenks—the last publication to be three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; also by posting an attested copy of said Complaint, and this order thereon, in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; that they may then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JONATHAN BOWMAN, JUN. Clerk.
LINCOLN, ss.—Court of Common Pleas at Topsham, September Term, 1800.
The said Meriam Orr and Elizabeth Orr, having neglected to notify, agreeably to the order of Court at the last term; they are now ordered to notify all persons interested in said complaint, to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Warren, within and for the county of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of January next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint, with this order thereon, three weeks successively, in the Gazette printed in Portland by Elezer Alley Jenks—the last publication to be three weeks at least, before the sitting of said Court;—also by posting an attested copy of said complaint, with this order thereon, in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; that they may then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JONA. BOWMAN, JUN. Clerk.
To the Honorable Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at Pownalborough, within and for the county of Lincoln, on the first Tuesday of June, A. D. 1800.
BY Benjamin Hasey his Attorney, complains David Douty of Topsham, in said county, husbandman, that Samuel Thompson, late of said Topsham, Esq. deceased, intestate, on the sixteenth day of April, A. D. 1797, by his bond of that date, under his hand and seal, for a valuable consideration to him made, did bind himself and his heirs to execute to your Complainant, within one year from the above date, a deed of one hundred acres of land, situate in Topsham aforesaid, as particularly described in said bond;—now the said David avers that the said Samuel being prevented by death hath never executed to him the deed aforesaid; wherefore the said David prays, that after due notice given to all concerned in the estate of the said Samuel deceased, your honors would grant licence to and empower the Administrators of the said Samuel to execute to your Complainant such deed of the premises as the said deceased, in his life time, ought to have made and executed. BENJAMIN HASEY. A true copy—Attest, JONATHAN BOWMAN, JUN. Clerk.
LINCOLN, ss.—Court of Common Pleas, at Pownalborough, June Term, 1800.
Upon the complaint aforesaid, Ordered, That the said David Douty notify all persons interested therein, to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Topsham, within and for the county of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of September next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint with this order thereon, three weeks successively in the Gazette printed in Portland by Elezer Alley Jenks—the last publication to be three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; also by posting an attested copy of said complaint and this order thereon in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; that they may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JONATHAN BOWMAN JUN. Clerk.
LINCOLN, ss.—Court of Common Pleas at Topsham, September Term, 1800.
The said David Douty having neglected to notify, agreeably to the order of Court at the last term, he is now ordered to notify all persons interested in said complaint, to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas to be held at Warren within and for the county of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday of January next, by publishing an attested copy of said complaint, with this order thereon, three weeks successively, in the Gazette, printed in Portland by Elezer Alley Jenks—the last publication to be three weeks at least, before the sitting of said Court; also by posting an attested copy of said complaint and this order thereon in some public place in said Topsham, three weeks at least before the sitting of said Court; that they may then and there appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest— JONATHAN BOWMAN JUN. Clerk.
BROKE into the inclosure of me the subscriber, on the first of October, a dark brown STEER, three years old last spring. The owner may have him again by proving property and paying charges. ABRAHAM BRACKET. Falmouth, October 1, 1800.

MUSES.
SONG TO STELLA.
SAY why that deep and frequent sigh Heaves thy soft bosom, gentle fair? The tear that trembles in thine eye, Ah! flows it from the fount of care?
[The following is very old, and has generally passed under the name of the ballad of Bedlam. It is a wonderful specimen of the vivid force, and romantic flights of that serial faculty, our imagination.]
I'll sail upon the Dogstar, And then pursue the morning, I'll chase the moon, 'till it be noon, I'll make her leave her morning.
The following translation of a beautiful Greek Epigram, supposed to be written by ARCHIAS, may furnish a hint to the painter, as much as the original speaks to the feelings of every classical reader.]
Close to the dizzy edge Of Græia's cliff, that overhangs its base, On hands and knees the giddy babe had crept; Lippope saw—with agony too great To speak—feeling as mother's feel, she stood
ON IMPUDENCE.
THIS vice is too well known to need a definition. No profession of life but it appears in, and is become even necessary to recommend virtue; its opposite, modesty, being almost turned out of the world.
A reverend and submissive behavior becomes him who speaks publicly in a court of justice. Yet how contrary is the demeanor of our most admired orators; among them an uncouth, boisterous, and immethodical flow of words passes for eloquence, often diversified with low wit and language of the bear garden. Cicero never pronounced an oration, but he began trembling. Amongst us the brief is given one hour, and the harangue made the next. Mothers are pleased with the pertness of their daughters, and forwardness to vice passes with the father for a mark of great genius.
The practice of the ancients was widely different. Modesty with them was the strongest guard of virtue. Cato seeing a young man blush, said "Be not displeased with that flushing in thy cheeks, my lad, it is the colour of virtue."
If impudence is disagreeable in men, it is more so in women, to whose sex modesty seems essential. The diversions and liberties allowed amongst us, are, but just within the bounds of decency and innocence.
Purity of heart, is of all others the most excellent, as well as the most elevated virtue; and therefore a poor Greek maiden being asked what fortune she would bring her husband? answered truly and bravely, "I will bring him what is more valuable than any treasure, a heart unspotted, and that portion of virtue without a stain, which was all that descended to me from my parents."
USEFUL.
As the season for putting up apples for winter-use, is at hand, we take the liberty of recommending a mode of preserving them which has been found by experiment to answer far better than any other yet known. This is, to put them in casks or bins, in layers, well covered with dry sand; each layer being covered. This preserves them from the air, from moisture and from frost; it prevents their perishing by their own perspiration, the moisture being absorbed by the sand—at the same time, it preserves the flavour of the apples, and prevents their wilting. Pippins have been kept in this manner found and fresh, till near midsummer, and how much longer they would have kept is not known. Any kind of sand will answer, but it must be perfectly dry.
MAXIMS.—Sterne says, Resolution is a powerful thing; it has rendered many a coward brave, and a few women chaste.
Gather up gold and possessions, and tell not thy wife where they are, even though she be good.
LETTERS Remaining in BRUNSWICK Post-Office.
James Hunter, Isaac F. Roth, John Small, James Sampson, Joseph Kilgore, Richard Knowles, John Fulton, Daniel Clark, Phiney Crawford, Joshua Gardau, Mary Stanwood, Charles Cowing, Capt. William Sp-ear, Abraham Toothaker, Ezekiel Hall, Moses Hodgins, Winthrop Farren, William Gowell, Samuel Strong, Abraham Frost, Andrew Grover, Robert Dunning, P. M. October 18, 1800.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office, Wiscasset, October 18, 1800.
Bailey John, Dunnell Moses, Freeman Nehemiah, Grey William, Grant Elijah, Honowell John, Hardy Sullivan, Hutchinson David, Haden William, Jewett James, Kelly Benjamin, Larnard John, Littlejohn David, M'Crane Thomas, Nason Michael, Porter Ezra, Snell George, Teel Benjamin, Thwing Nathaniel, Thompson Samuel, Woolwich, Wiscasset, do., do., Woolwich, Pownalborough, Wiscasset, do., do., Edgecombe, Boothbay, Wiscasset, do., do., do., do., Woolwich, Boothbay
Letters remaining in the Post-Office at Biddeford—October 10.
Capt Stephen Bryant, Capt. Samuel Collyer, John Chandler, Benjamin Eddes, Ichabod Fairfield, Capt. Benjamin Gillpatrick, Joseph Gogins, William Hayden, Capt. Noah Kindrick, Samuel Kindrick, Timothy Keazer, Captain Sylvanus Lovell, Stephen Lunt, James Murch, Capt. Benjamin Nason, Capt. Jotham Perkins, John Tapley, Zachariah Usher, Capt. Abijah Usher, Pepperellborough, do., do., Biddeford, Pepperellborough, Biddeford, Pepperellborough, do., Pepperellborough, do., Philipsburg, Biddeford, Biddeford, Pepperellborough, Biddeford, Biddeford, Pepperellborough, do., Philipsburg.
A LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Kennebec, October 13, 1800.
ELISHA Allen, Readfield, Kennebec, Deacon Asa Burbank, Arundel, James Cullerison, Mary Davis, Arundel, Nathaniel Dooman, Edward English, Rufus Fluent, Lucy Greenough, Sarah Long, Sally Long, Abraham Littlefield, Benjamin Littlefield, Wells John Low, Esq. Coxhall, Levi Peterson, Eliza Ridout, Arundel, Joseph Thomas, Esq. John Webster.
TO LET, Half a convenient Dwelling-House, For particulars inquire of the Printer. October 20.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Executrix to the last Will and Testament of Andrew Dunning,
late of Brunswick, Esquire, deceased, and given bonds as the law directs.—All persons having demands on said Estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement; and those indebted to make immediate payment to Elizabeth Dunning, Executrix. Brunswick, October 16, 1800.
WHEREAS POLLY my wife has left me, and refuses to live with me—This is to warn all persons against trusting her, as I will not pay one Cent on her account after this date. Job Be n. Freepont, October 17, 1800.
Probate Courts altered again.
AS the Mails in future arrive at the Office where the Probate Courts are usually holden, on Tuesdays at one o'clock—said Court will after this month, be there holden on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. By order of the Judge, Samuel Freeman, Reg. October 15, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Nonresident Proprietors of unimproved Lands in the town of Dresden, in the county of Lincoln, that the following Lots of unimproved Lands in said town, are taxed in three several bills committed to me to collect for the years 1798, 1799, and 1800, for the State, Town, County, School and School-house, Minister, Highway and Ammunition tax, as follows, viz. Part of Lot No. 19, 1200 acres—sum total Dollars. Cts. of the Taxes in said three bills 46 19 Lot No. 11, on the west side of Eastern River—sum total of the taxes in said three bills 4 94 And unless said taxes and intervening charges are paid to me the subscriber, on or before Wednesday, the tenth day of December next, inasmuch as each of said Lots will be sold at Public Auction, at the dwelling-house of the widow ANN GOODWIN in said Dresden, on the tenth day of December next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will be sufficient to pay the respective taxes on said Lots, and intervening charges. George Goodwin, Collector of Dresden for 1798, 1799 and 1800. Dresden September 30, 1800.
Bowdoin College.
THE TRUSTEES of Bowdoin College are hereby reminded, that their Semi-Annual Meeting is to be holden at the house of Mr. JOHN DUNNING, in Brunswick, on the Fifth day of November next, being the first Wednesday of said month at 10 o'clock in the forenoon: John Frothingham, Sec'y. Portland, Oct. 4, 1800.
THE OVERSEERS of Bowdoin College are hereby notified, that their semi annual meeting will be holden on the first Wednesday of November next, being the fifth day of said month, at ten of the clock, A. M. at the house of Mr. JOHN DUNNING, in Brunswick. MARK LANGDON HILL, Secretary. September 1800.
To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now holden at Portland, within and for the county of Cumberland, on the third Tuesday of September, Anno Domini 1800.
THE petition, and representation of MARY SMITH the wife of JAMES SMITH of Portland aforesaid, laborer, humbly shews—That her said husband hath for a long time, to wit, for the space of six years last past, absented himself from this Commonwealth, and abandoned his wife and family, without making any provision for their support and maintenance—that your petitioner's industry alone is incompetent to the support of herself and family; and that in order to procure hersef with the necessary articles of support, she has been driven to the necessity of contracting debts which she has no means to discharge, having no personal estate except a few articles of household furniture which are indispensably necessary, and that she can no longer obtain credit for the future support of herself and children.—Your petitioner further shews, that at the time of her marriage with the said James she was and still is seized in her own right of sundry parcels of real estate in said Portland, in fee simple, and also of a parcel of land lying in said Portland between the land of John Kent and the heirs of Edward Watts, of which she is tenant in dower, the same being part of the real estate whereof her former husband John Holland died seized; from the sale of which, or part of which, she could be enabled to pay the said debts, realize the means of support in future, and thus to be relieved from her present distressed situation. Wherefore your petitioner prays your honors that pursuant to the statute in that case made and provided, she may, during the absence of her said husband, be empowered and enabled to make sale of the whole or part of said real estate for the purposes aforesaid, or that your honors would grant her such other relief as in your wisdom shall be deemed meet, and as the circumstances of her case may require. And as in duty bound shall ever pray. MARY SMITH, by J. D. HOPKINS, her Attorney.
September Term at Portland, A. D. 1800. UPON the Petition aforesaid—ORDERED, That the said Mary notify the said James to appear at the next term of this Court to be holden in this county, on the third Tuesday of May next, by publishing an attested copy of this Petition, and Order thereon, in the Portland Gazette, three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least thirty days before the sitting of said Court, that he may then and there appear and shew cause, if any he hath, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. A true copy. Attest, EDWARD P. HAYMAN, Clerk.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, SEPT. 18, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled, "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office."
I. THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof (upon the application of the supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of Stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the rates of duty which are demandable by law.
II. THAT the power of the Supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper, chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February 1801.
III. THAT, if any person shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the Supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or refuse within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of inspection, any such vellum, parchment or paper, it is hereby declared that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may after that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
IV. AND for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared, that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a Supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked, stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same Supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received. GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury, at Washington, the day and year above-mentioned. (L. S.) OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
Take Notice.
THE public are hereby informed, that the MARKET-HOUSE is now completed, and open for the convenience of those who bring any provisions in this town for sale; at which place they are invited to take their stand. The inhabitants of the town are also requested to call there to purchase. The committee appointed to superintend the same, will use their endeavors that they shall be accommodated agreeable to their wishes. James Neal, per order. Portland, October 13.
A BARGAIN.
TO be sold, by order of Court, on Thursday the Sixth day of November next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, on the premises, the Real Estate of Thomas Goold, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, consisting of One Hundred acres of LAND, with the BUILDINGS thereon. Royal Lincoln, administrator. Falmouth, Oct. 4, 1800.
Benjamin Carr,
late of Ball'sborough, in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented in solvent, and six months from the 29th day of July last being allowed for the said creditors to bring in their claims and prove their debts, give notice that they will attend the business of the said appointment at the office of Josiah Stebbins, in New Milford, on the first Mondays of the four months next following the date hereof, from two to six o'clock P. M. on each of the said days. JOSIAH STEBBINS, PIT DILLINGHAM, } Commissioners, New Milford, Sept. 19, 1800.
HE subscriber hereby gives notice,
that he hath just set up the Clothier's Business, in Windham, at the Mills commonly called Mather's Mills, where he will dress any kind of CLOTH at a reasonable rate. Any persons who will favor him with their custom may depend on particular attention being paid. Nathan Pope. Windham, 24th 9th mo. 1800.
COMMERCIAL INFORMATION.
TAKE NOTICE.
WHEREAS several recent instances having lately occurred of vessels going to the Havanna, and other ports in the island of Cuba, without their papers being first certified to by the Consul of his Catholic Majesty, agreeable to Notification published in the different papers of the United States, by order of Don Josiph Iynacio de Vier, his Catholic Majesty's Consul-General, residing in Philadelphia; and that much to the prejudice and injury of some individuals, by a detention of property in not being admitted to an entry, until duplicates of their invoices are again forwarded with their necessary certifications thereto annexed, accompanied by bills of health, also duly certified. Documents to that purpose, having been already exhibited and executed in said Consular Office for the Eastern States, with this knowledge and the information received of the penalty liable to be paid in transgression of said order, his Catholic Majesty's Consul residing in Boston, has thought proper to make this more publicly known by the foregoing advertisement. JUAN STOUGHTON, Consul for the Eastern States. Boston, Sept. 8, 1800.
CAME into the inclosure of the subscriber, on Friday the 22d inst. a black HORSE, with a star in his forehead, about fifteen hands high. The owner may have him again by proving property and paying charges. Apply to the subscriber. NATHANIEL HODGKINS. Falmouth, August 29, 1800.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
SOME evil minded person or persons, having wantonly injured most of the Trees that have been lately set out in, and as an ornament to State Street, by cutting round them—the Selectmen judge it proper to offer, and do hereby offer a reward of Twenty Dollars to any person who will discover and bring to conviction the perpetrators of so vile an act. By order of the Selectmen. SAMUEL FREEMAN, Chairman. Portland, October 18.
POST-OFFICE, PORTLAND.
IN consequence of a late contract made by Mr. PAINE with the Postmaster General, for conveying the Mails from Boston to this place three times a week through the Winter—the Mails will arrive at, and be taken from, this Office as follows, viz. They will arrive on Tuesdays at one, and on Thursdays and Saturdays at seven o'clock, P. M. They will be taken away on Sundays at one, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at nine o'clock, P. M. N. B. Letters delivered into the Office fifteen minutes before the time of closing (or rather taking away) the Mail, will be duly forwarded, altho' the Law requires (and the Postmaster wishes) them to be sent in half an hour before. October 17. SAMUEL FREEMAN.
THIS GAZETTE,
IS published every Monday, at E. A. JENKS' OFFICE, next door to the PORTLAND BANK, Middle-Street where Subscriptions, Advertisements, and Communications, are received with attention. The price is ONE DOLLAR & FIFTY CENTS per year, Exclusive of Postage. Punctual payments requested. The extensive and rapidly increasing circulation of the Gazette, renders it highly advantageous for ADVERTISEMENTS, which will be inserted reasonably, and in a conspicuous manner.