Jenks's Portland gazette (Portland [Me.]), 1801-08-31 00:00:00

Thomas M. Breton
JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED BY ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
(NUMBER 175)
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1801.
(VOLUME IV.)
Miscellany.
From the Norfolk Herald. CONON — No. 11.
Messrs. Willist & O'Connor. THE Speech of Mr Jefferson is fraught with moderation. It breathes nothing but wisdom, and a spirit of conciliation. Happy would it be for the enviable renown to which he has arrived, and equally happy for his country, had he never deviated from it. But no sooner had he commenced his administration, than his conduct engendered a suspicion, that his address before the delivery of it, had not been maturely weighed.
If Mr. Jefferson believed that federalism and republicanism, were as prevalent among the friends as the enemies of Mr. Adams' administration, (and his own words bear testimony to it) why did he eject from office those whom he found in it? It only one or two men had been turned out, we should have rest satisfied that he had adequate reasons for it. It was not possible on the wide extent of our country, that his predecessors in office could have been personally acquainted with all the men to whom they gave appointments. Their knowledge of the characters of many of them must have been derived from the representation of others. Under the circumstances it can excite no surprise if some men were unworthily made collectors and marshals. These Mr. Jefferson was called upon by the duty which he owed to himself, and what is still more to be regarded, by the interest of his country to displace. But where was the necessity of spunging out from the record of commissions the names of the marshals. This step cannot be defended, and I shall attempt to prove in my next paper that it is pregnant with consequences which there is serious cause to apprehend will shake our government to its very foundation.
Since his entrance into office he has made a number of new appointments. I have, after much inquiry not been able to learn that there is a solitary federalist among them. If this be true, to justify himself, Mr. Jefferson must summon to his aid all the eloquence and powers of reasoning of which he is so eminent a degree possessed.
It is fresh in the recollection of our readers that on one of the principal topics of clamours against the federal party whilst they held the reins of government, was the pretended avowal by the executive that they would not give an appointment to any one who did not approve of the measures they had pursued. The enemies of the administration did not fail to express themselves upon that resolution in the most indignant language. They represented it as abhorrent to reason, and as infringing the fundamental principles of society. Sordid and base indeed must those men be, was their incessant yell, who with the emoluments of office to be entirely engrossed by their friends and themselves! To render the administration unpopular was undoubtedly one of the objects of those arguments; and perhaps the friends of Mr. Jefferson never stumbled upon an accusation against it that was more propitious and conducive to his election. The people, at least all of the ant federal party, loudly asserted that in the disposition of offices, the line of distinction between the two parties should be lost sight of, and that merit alone should be attended to.
Why then does Mr. Jefferson presume whilst the echo of public indignation against Mr. Adams for handing his offices only to the approvers of his administration is still ringing in our ears, take him for his example? Does he believe that the people most solemnly protested against it, because it was done by Mr. Adams! In the administration of our government, does he think that they do not regard measures? but men, or has his reliance on the unexamined confidence which his party place in him, emboldened him to disregard their prejudices and to insult their reason?
For my own part I can with truth say, that I do not know how to reconcile his conduct. In his speech he did most unequivocally declare that the measures pursued by our government were in the main wise, prudent, and politic. In making this declaration he must either have been sincere or not. Which ever alternative you take, it is equally unfortunate to his character. If you maintain the negative of the position, it results that implicit faith cannot be placed in his declarations. On the other hand if you contend that he uttered the dictates of his judgment, it must be admitted that he is deficient in virtue or firmness.
Let his conduct be tested by facts. If our government anterior to his elevation to the head of affairs was ably and virtuously administered, as he says himself, it must have been under the conduct of able & virtuous men. If so, with what colour of reason has he calumniated them? He certainly has not adopted the unnatural principle of rewarding virtue with death, and vice with life. He will not have the hardness to come forward and proclaim to the people of the United States, that he kicks out of office the federalists, because in the service of their country, they have eminently distinguished themselves for their integrity, their patriotism, and their talents.
Neither will his sense of justice, and the awful responsibility of his situation permit him to fend it abroad, that they made a resolute opposition to his receiving the chair of the first office of his country, and that therefore no principles of retaliation he will degrade them, beggar them and heap upon them every indignity and disgrace which lie within his reach! From thereon of his conduct it would seem that he considers himself raised to the elevated station which he holds for his individual, and not for the sake of the community; for sure I am that many impartial and disinterested men must declare that he manifests a fixed and unalterable determination to rivet himself inseparably to his power. I again with confidence appeal to facts. A meritorious and enlightened and beloved character, has lately had the office, of collector violently wrested from him, because he was the friend of Mr. Adams. There is substituted in his place a man who has not half the recommendations, for no other reason, as I fear, but because he has philipized the old administration, and eulogized Mr. Jefferson. And why was this done? Because Mr. Jefferson fails with the wind of ambition; because he is not sanguine of ever coaxing the federalists to give him their interest; because prudence whispers to his ears, that to continue in office beyond four years, it is safest in him to rest his hopes on the ant federal party; because his thorough acquaintance with this party speaks louder than a trumpet, that some of the most influential among them cannot be kept firm in his interest, unless he gratifies them with fat and honorable offices; and because there is no other way of doing this, but by dragging the poor defeated federalists from their offices and filling every vacancy with the sons of ant federalism.
From the Albany (N. Y.) Gazette.
ON Monday last, the 10th of August, the Council of Appointment of this state, commenced an open and avowed warfare upon principles by a removal of the Offices of Government from their stations, who were appointed under the administration of Governor Jay. Their proceedings, as stated by the late Secretary, were as follows:
"When the business of the day was nearly completed, Mr. Spencer proposed to the Council, that John V. Henry, be removed from the office of Comptroller of this state, offering, that Mr. Henry had, in debate in the House of Assembly, during the last session of the Legislature, expressed certain sentiments, which convinced him that it would be improper to continue him in office; and that Mr. Henry had continued the practice of law, which could not have been intended at the time of his appointment, as it must necessarily prevent him from paying a proper attention to his official duties; he therefore was of opinion that he should no longer be continued in office.
"Mr. De Witt Clinton expressed a wish to make some observations to the Council.—He observed, that for some years past, the administration of this state had been in hands which had made all the appointments in one way, to the entire exclusion of a large proportion of its citizens—that the people of this state, as well as of the United States, had expressed their disapprobation of that administration, and of the principles by which it was governed, in the late election for President of the United States, and the Chief Magistrate and Representatives for this state—that pursuant to the public opinion so expressed, he should feel it his duty to remove all the officers appointed under that administration—that he should concur in the removal of Mr. Henry, and the other Heads of Departments in the state, but did not suppose it would be proper to do more than equalize the officers in the respective counties.
"Mr. Spencer then drew a resolution, to be entered on the minutes, directing a supercedas to Mr. Henry, which was read by the Governor, and passed by the three members present unanimously, to wit: Mr. Clinton, Mr. Spencer and Mr. Ropes; Mr. Sander being in ill health and unable to attend. Governor Clinton, during the proceedings, only observed, that he felt no resentment against any of the officers of government, and did not require their removal; but as Governor Jay had admitted the right of removal to be vested solely in the Council, they must act their pleasure, or words substantially to that effect. His Excellency, however, made no attempts to repeal or discountenance the proceedings, but appeared fully to acquiesce in them.
"Mr. Spencer then proposed Mr. Elisha Jenkins to supply the place of Mr. Henry, whom he recommended as a gentleman well qualified to perform the duties of Comptroller; the Governor put the question on Mr. Jenkins, which was carried unanimously.
"A short pause then took place, during which Mr. Spencer walked to Mr. Clinton, whispered for a few moments, and returned to his place; after which Mr. Clinton proposed to the Council, that the same resolution be entered as to the Secretary.—The question was put by the Governor, and carried unanimously.
"The Secretary then asked leave to put some questions to the Council in respect to himself, which was permitted, and after some evasions
on the part of Mr. De Witt Clinton, who declared that they were unnecessary, from the grounds on which he had already stated the removals were made, but the Secretary persisting, they were put and answered as follows:
"1st. Whether there was any charge of any description against the Secretary for want of the most strict attention to every part of the duties of his office?
"2. Whether he had evinced a want of talents to enable him perfectly to execute those duties?
"3. Whether he had, on any occasion, shewn the least degree of prejudice or partiality towards any person in executing his official duties, from the influence of his political opinion?
"4th. Whether there was any doubt of his principles of integrity as a man?
"Each of which questions was answered in the negative, in the most decided and unequivocal manner.
"The Secretary then sat down, and deliberately entered his own removal on the minutes.—Can it be the wish of the good people of this state to countenance and support such proceedings as these? Is it for their interest, is it their desire, that men, who are acknowledged to be men of talents, men of integrity, and faithful, vigilant officers, should be oppressed and disgraced, for no other cause than that of maintaining their honest and independent principles, and for the fair support of order and good government upon pure republican principles.—No, it cannot be. The good people of this state are friends to freedom, to justice—they detest tyranny and oppression, they cannot, they will not support men who countenance and practice it, though they should continue to court their favor and support, under the hypocritical and insidious mask of liberty, equality and the rights of man, as a cover to the cloven foot of aristocracy, tyranny and oppression, and for purposes of self interest and aggrandizement.
"Five candidates were then named by the Governor for the office of Secretary, to wit: Jasper Hopper, John P. Van Nels, Thomas Tillotson, Abraham G. Lansing and Gen. Peter Gansevoort, and the application of two of them read by the Secretary, after which he informed the Council that Jasper Hopper was his Deputy, that whatever political prejudices there might be against himself, they must not be applied to Mr. Hopper, that he was a warm and decided friend to Gov. Clinton and to his politics, and he knew him to be so at the time he employed him as Deputy, and that such knowledge did not prevent him from placing the utmost confidence in him, and treating him with friendship and respect; that Mr. Hopper had declared to him, previous to the last election, his intention to support Governor Clinton—that he had replied, he was perfectly right in so doing, as he was a freeman, and was justifiable in enjoying his own independent principles; That Mr. Hopper was a man of respectability, a man of business, and a man of integrity, and was better calculated to execute the duties of Secretary, than any other man in the state, and as such he recommended him to the Council.
"The Governor proceeded to nominate Mr. Hopper who was unanimously rejected, as was Mr. Van Nels—and Mr. Tillotson was unanimously agreed to.
"Mr. Spencer then observed to the Secretary, that there was one circumstance which applied to him, which did not to Mr. Henry, which was, that he had held a very respectable office, from which he derived a certain degree of influence; that he had taken a decided part in the late election, in which, to his knowledge, he had been influential; and whether it was not probable, that from his official station that influence had been materially increased—to which the Secretary replied, that he believed no man in the state could entertain that opinion, that his office was merely ministerial, from which he could derive no possible degree of influence, that it was not an office of authority, nor even of direct responsibility, that if he had any influence in society, it was from his standing as a citizen, not as a public officer; but that of all men, Mr. Spencer was one of the last who should bring forward that circumstance as a charge against him—he (Mr. Spencer) held a public office (assistant attorney general) to which was attached both authority and responsibility; he had for several elections past been active and influential, to a far greater degree than himself—and how had he been treated? had he been injured in the least degree in consequence of his having supported his political opinions? and that had the former administration attempted to remove him from office, in consequence of his having supported his principles, he (the Secretary) would then have openly declared it an act of direct tyranny.
"The Secretary added, that he had been decidedly active during the last election, and the reflection, gave him great pleasure; he had supported principles which were dear to him, and which he would never desert; that he was particularly led to such activity, from a dread which then lay on his mind, of certain consequences which would attend the election for Governor Clinton, and what he then dreaded he now saw completely realized. Mr. De Witt Clinton interfered, and put a stop to the conversation, when the Council, adjourned;" or
the Secretary would have added, that his dread was, should Governor Clinton succeed in his election, his administration would be feeble and inert, and Ambrose Spencer and De Witt Clinton would become the Rulers, and Tyrants of the State.
Let us now take a short review of Governor Jay's administration, and compare it with the present proceedings under that of Governor Clinton.
When De Witt Clinton, who had been in violent opposition to Gov. Jay's election, called on him, from his predecessor, to deliver up the seals and papers, the Governor received him with the most friendly politeness, entered into familiar conversation with him, in the course of which he made an offer of his future service, with the promise of the first office that fell vacant, which he would wish to fill.—If this is not substantially true, Mr. Clinton will please to contradict it.
Governor Jay found Mr. Scott in the office of Secretary, Mr. Lawrence, in that of Attorney General, Mr. Cortenus, in that of Auditor (the office answering to that of the present Comptroller) Mr. De Witt in that of Surveyor General and Colonel Van Horne, in that of Adjutant General, all of these appointments were necessarily made under Gov. Clinton's administration, and each of the incumbents decidedly in political sentiment with him. The public opinion was certainly as strongly and decidedly expressed in the election of Gov. Jay and a federal legislature, at that day, as it now can possibly be in the election of Governor Clinton, and a representation in political sentiment with him. Gov. Jay also ceded to his council the right of removal from office. Did Mr. Jay or his Council attempt to remove any of these officers? No; they all remained. The Auditor and the Secretary died in office; the Attorney General remained till he thought proper to resign; the Adjutant General remained until he was utterly incapacitated, from a fatal disorder, and absolute necessity compelled the appointment of another whose appointment was only temporary, provided his predecessor should recover; the Surveyor General still remains in office.
In the several counties of the state, there remained at Gov. Clinton's present succession, Ezra L'Hoomedieu, Esq. Clerk of Suffolk, David Gelson, Surrogate of New York, Richard Lush, Clerk and Abraham G. Lansing, Surrogate, of Albany, Dirk Swart, Clerk of Saratoga, John Woodworth, Surrogate of Rensselaer and many other public officers, appointed by Gov. Clinton, who with Ambrose Spencer, Assistant Attorney General, have uniformly been the most decided and active opposers of Mr. Jay's politics and elections; not one of whom were removed or suffered the least injury from the open avowal and exercise of their political sentiments.
But, say some of the supporters of the present violent and tyrannical proceeding, Gov. Jay has set the example, and we only follow it; he has made many violent and improper removals, from no other cause than political prejudice, and some have undertaken to say that their number amounts to upwards of three hundred; this is a barefaced and infamous falsehood—Mr. Jay never issued a single supercedas without an actual complaint, and the whole host of fatelites and sycophants to De Witt Clinton and Ambrose Spencer are challenged to mention one—they cannot do it—two or three county officers and magistrates may have been superceded without a hearing during Mr. Jay's administration, but they were safe, in which the charges were so evident and the proofs so pointed, as, in the opinion of the Council, to preclude the necessity of a hearing; whether that conduct was strictly correct, is a point that does not require an immediate discussion; the only point here maintained is, that no supercedas was ever issued by Mr. Jay, without a direct complaint of misconduct.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 17.
There are gentlemen now in the city from South Carolina, who were members and present in the Legislature of that state when they met in December last to choose Electors for a President, and who assert it as a fact, publicly, and even mentioned names, that an offer was made by the Anti Federal party, or at least by as many of them, as with the Federalists, were amply sufficient to have decided the choice of electors, that they would relinquish Col. Burr, if the Federalists would agree to relinquish Mr. Adams, and that electors should be chosen in the confidence that would give in their votes for President for Mr. Jefferson and Gen. Pinckney; but that it coming to the knowledge of Gen. Pinckney, he instantly gave it as his opinion that the offer ought to be, and accordingly was rejected. This proves several things; and President Jefferson is welcome to it as an instance to prove how far "an Election may be taken for a manifestation of the will of the nation calling for an Administration according with the opinions of those elected, and making "displacements from office, necessary for the fulfilment "of that will."
A convention is about to meet at New York, for the purpose of revising some part of the State Constitution. It is said the Vice President is a candidate for a seat in this body. Gen. Hamilton is also a candidate.

Late Foreign News.
By arrivals at Botten from England, London papers have been received to July 13—dated by twenty-five days.
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
LONDON, JUNE 29.
THE following extract of a letter from Egypt, is authentic:
"Aboukir, May 8."
"I was yesterday at Rosetta; the state of the place bears incontestible proof of the poverty of the supplies and resources of the enemy."
"The Mamelukes, to the number of 5000, act in conjunction with the British army, which receives from all directions the most abundant supplies. I have seen one of Menou's proclamations on the subject, in which he has threatened to burn every village, of which a single inhabitant should carry provision to the English camp."
"Menou, probably alarmed by the extent of the defections, and the increasing discontent of his followers lately sent a flag of truce, declaring, that the French were desirous to evacuate Egypt on the following conditions:
"1st. That they should be permitted to return to France with the honors of war, in the vessels remaining in Alexandria, or those proving inadequate to their proper accommodation, the English to furnish such further transports as should be wanting."
"2d. That they be allowed to take with them their arms, baggage, cannon, &c."
"The English General replied that if the French evacuated Egypt, they should be conducted to France with all the honors of war in English carts, but that the demands of the Republican General, in regard to arms, stores, &c. were wholly inadmissible."
"We learn from the defectors, that Menou communicated to the army the failure of this overture, and sought to inflame their resentment by the most impassioned declamation; he reproved his troops for want of their accustomed constancy, and expressed his indignation and wonder that an army which had given claims to Italy, and dictated peace to Austria almost beneath the walls of its capital, the flower of the French nation, could suffer itself to be beaten by the laches Anglois (the cowardly English.) The soldiers are as much astonished as the General at their defeat, but they have profited better by their experience, and learned to respect their enemy."
"Through the same channel we learn, that the loss of the Republicans in the battle of the 21st of March, comprised 2400 killed and wounded, and 500 made prisoners."
CAPTURE OF RAHMANIE—OFFICIAL.
London Gazette—June 29.
From the Earl of Elgin to Lord Hawkesbury.
Constantinople, May 13. 1801.
"My Lord—An officer is arrived from the Captain Pasha, with the intelligence that Gen. Hutchinson had marched from Rosetta on the 8th instant with about four thousand British troops, in company with a corps of Turks of equal force under the command of the Captain Pasha, and on the 9th attacked the French near Rahmanieh. The enemy were driven in; and in the course of the night they retired towards Cairo, having left a small garrison in the entrenchments of Rahmanieh. On the 10th, the fort surrendered, and the combined force then proceeded towards Cairo, having concerted their movements with the Grand Vizier, who was El Hanka, a position four leagues distant Cairo, in a north-east direction. Our loss at Rahmanieh is stated not to exceed thirty men."
"The Turkish officer reports that a reinforcement of three thousand Britons had arrived at Aboukir about the 6th of May.—I have the Honor, &c. (Signed) ELGIN."
"Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, &c. &c."
FRENCH ACCOUNT.
The French brig Le Lody, which left Alexandria on the 19th of May, and which arrived at Nice, brings intelligence six days later than the last official dispatches which we received from Egypt. It does not appear that in that interval anything remarkable had occurred on that theatre of the war; it is at all events certain that nothing had taken place to the advantage of the French, as they preserve the great silence respecting the dispatches brought by the Lody. All that has been published is, that on the 19th of May the French were still masters of Cairo and Alexandria, and that the latter place had been entirely isolated from the former by the inundations effected by our troops.
We do not believe that Menou has in Alexandria provisions enough to support a siege of several years. Our troops, we will venture to assert, are neither so unskillful nor so patient as the Greeks before Troy.
Admiral Blanket, in the Lyon of 64 guns, arrived at Suez the 30th March. No other vessel arrived with him. La Forte frigate, and a transport with stores, were lost in the Red Sea. Ad. B. brought with him but 250 troops; but the Bombay army was speedily expected.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
LONDON, JULY 13.
CAPT. Blake, of the Dispatch cutter, arrived in town on Saturday afternoon with dispatches from Lord St. Helens, as satisfactory as they are important. On the 17th of last month, a convention was signed at Peterburgh, between Lord St. Helens and Count Panin, by which all the differences between the two countries were amicably terminated. The other two Maritime Courts of the North, have been invited to accede to this Convention, which they will doubtless do. This news was justly considered by Lord Hawkesbury of such mo-
ment, that his Lordship, late as it was in the evening, communicated it to the Lord Mayor in the following letter:
"Downing-street, July 11, half past 8, P. M."
"MY LORD."
"I have great satisfaction in informing you, that Capt. Blake, of the Dispatch cutter, is just arriving from St. Peterburgh, and has brought a Convention, signed on the 17th of June, by Lord St. Helens and Count Panin, on the part of His Majesty and the Emperor of Russia, by which all differences between the two countries have been amicably adjusted."
"Their Danish and Swedish Majesties have been invited to accede to this Convention."
"I have the honor to be, &c."
(Signed) "HAWKESBURY."
The Right Hon. Lord Mayor.
It is unnecessary to make any observations on the very beneficial consequences of this event. The removal of the causes which produced the war in the Baltic, the re-establishment of our commerce in the North in its greatest extent, and the return of more than twenty-five ships of the line, at the moment when our enemy affects to meditate the invasion of our island, are advantages too great and too obvious to render it necessary for us to enlarge upon them, or to enter into any view of the other effects that may follow this happy event, which throws no little political splendor on the new administration.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
PARIS, JUNE 17.
The Aid-de-camp Duroc arrived at Peterburgh on the night of the 24th. He was introduced the following morning to M. De Pahlen, who presented him to his Imperial Majesty on the 26th. The Emperor received him alone, in his closet, in the most favorable manner. He afterwards had several conferences with M. De Panin, the Privy Councillor. On the 27th, he presented to the Emperor, on the parade, the officers who had accompanied him to Peterburgh. In the afternoon of the same day he was met, while walking in the palace gardens, by the Emperor, who ordered him to be called, and conducted him to a private alley, where they conversed together for a considerable time. The countenance of Alexander I. excites respect, and inspires confidence. He is equally dear to the military and the people. He had lately visited the fleet at Cronstadt. It was very late at night when he returned, and his absence caused a general anxiety. The regiments at Peterburgh were, of their own accord, under arms, and called loudly for their Emperor. The great union prevails in the Royal Family. Lord St. Helens did not arrive at Peterburgh until the 29th. — M. De Marlow appointed Minister to the French Republic, has set out for Paris. (Monsieur.)
PORTUGAL.
LONDON, JUNE 25.
A Gazette Extraordinary has been printed at Madrid, containing the Bulletin of the progress of the army of the Prince of Peace, addressed by that General to the King, and his Proclamation to the troops upon opening the campaign against Portugal.
Upon the 20th of May, the Spanish troops, had done no more than possess themselves of Olivenza, and to surround the Portuguese Elvas. The Prince of Peace is not above the gasconade of informing his sovereign that one hundred Spaniards put 2000 of the enemy to flight; that he commenced the attack in person at the head of the advanced guard, and that the soldiers brought him two orange-boughs from the gardens of Elvas, which he presents to the Queen!!!
JULY 12.—The Peace between Spain, France and Portugal, was ratified at Madrid on the 10th ult. The King and Queen of Spain were preparing to leave their capital on the 28th of the same month, on their way to Lisbon, in order to pay a visit to their daughter the Princess of Brazil, no doubt to congratulate her on the glorious peace which has paved the way back again for the re-union of the two Crowns under the protection of the great nation; which is to send Louis Bonaparte, as it is said, to receive their joint homage on the occasion.
Twenty thousand Spanish and 10,000 French troops are to garrison the fortified towns in Portugal. Some territory in Portugal is also to be ceded to Spain.
ANOTHER EXPEDITION.
TORBAY, (Eng.) JULY 11.—Sailed, the Argo of 44 guns, Carysfort of 28, Falcon of 18, and five transports, having the 15th regt. and a detachment of artillery on board, with flat-bottomed boats, destination unknown: Supposed to be for the Brazils.
GANTHEAUME'S SQUADRON.
MESSINA (Sicily) MAY 27.—Yesterday four sail of French line of battle ships, two frigates and three smaller vessels passed the Streights from Toulon, bound to Brindisi, (In the Adriatic) to join three Neapolitan frigates given by treaty to the French. After being joined by four other ships of the line, the whole are destined to the Levant. They will have on board 12,000 soldiers, intended, no doubt to succour India.
PORTSMOUTH, (Eng.) JULY 12.—Capt. Kendall arrived this day from Lyvington, spoke a brig coming through the Needles, the master of which informed, that he was from the Mediterranean, and that the whole of Gantheaume's squadron was taken and destroyed.
[Doubtful.]
BREST FLEET, &c.
LONDON, JUNE 24.—Dispatches were received
on Sunday, from Ad. Cornwallis, dated the 6th. —It consists of 25 sail of the line and eight frigates, ready for sea and expecting to sail daily. A sharp look-out is kept for them.
JULY 12.—Both the Brest, and Texel fleets, are ready for sea, and our jolly tars ready to meet them. Ad. Cornwallis keeps a sharp look-out for one, and Ad. Dickson the other.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN TREATY.
LONDON, JULY 12.—We understand that the First Consul of France refuses to ratify the Treaty with the American States, unless the American government shall agree to it without modification.—Apprehensions are entertained that the French will renew their depredations on the commerce of the United States. Mr. Dawson, who is at Paris, was to apply to the French government to suspend measures of this nature until the matter should be reconsidered by the American Senate, or some other amicable mode of settling matters could be adopted.
The angry and decisive tenor of the Note presented by the American Minister to our Cabinet, at the moment of their being involved in a contest with the Northern Powers, clearly shows the line of politics which the new Government of the United States would adopt if their inclinations were not restrained by their fears. The condemnation which is the subject of complaint took place on the 20th October, and was announced in the American papers early in November. Six months were suffered to elapse without its being made the object of amicable discussion; but so soon as the Northern Confederacy assumed a tone and consistency which threatened our maritime and consequent political existence, this charge is referred to as the occasion of offence, and expressed in terms not consistent with our notions of the accustomed intercourse of friendly States.
BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS—July 2.
COMMUNICATION from the KING.
Delivered to the Lord Chancellor.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"WE have it in command from his Majesty to acquaint you, that, on account of the advanced period of the season, and the state of public business, he is induced to relieve you from a longer attendance in Parliament.
"His Majesty highly commends the wisdom, temper, and diligence, which have marked all your proceedings; and particularly acknowledges the assiduity and zeal with which you have pursued the investigation of the important subjects brought under your consideration, in consequence of the severe pressure occasioned by the high price of corn. The beneficial effects of the measures you have suggested for the alleviation of this calamity, have afforded his Majesty great consolation; and he has the utmost satisfaction in indulging the hope, that, under the favor of Providence, the blessings of plenty will be restored by the produce of the ensuing harvest.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"His Majesty has directed us to return you his particular thanks for the liberal provision which you have made for the various branches of the public service. While he regrets the necessity of supplies so large, it is a relief to his Majesty to observe, that the resources and continued prosperity of the country have enabled you to distribute the public burthens in such a manner, as to press with as little severity as possible on his faithful subjects.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"The brilliant and repeated successes of his Majesty's arms, by sea and land, important as they are in their immediate consequences, are not less satisfactory to his Majesty's mind, as affording fresh and decisive proofs of that vigorous exertion, undaunted valor, and steady perseverance, which distinguish the national character, and on which the chief reliance must be placed for respect abroad, and for confidence and security at home. Events so honorable to the British name derive, at the present moment, peculiar value in his Majesty's estimation, from their tendency to facilitate the attainment of the great object of his unceasing solicitude, the restoration of peace, on fair and adequate terms. They furnish, at the same time, an additional pledge, that if the sentiments of moderation and justice, which will ever govern his Majesty's conduct, should be rendered unavailing, in this instance, by unreasonable pretensions on the part of his enemies, the spirit and firmness of his people will continue to be manifested by such efforts and sacrifices as may be necessary, for asserting the honor of his Majesty's crown, and for maintaining the permanent interests of the empire."
Then a commission for proroguing the Parliament was read.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
LONDON, JULY 12.
HEALTH OF BONAPARTE.
The First Consul has suffered for a long time from a rheumatism contracted in the army. Citizen Corvisart his physician has thought the season favorable to attempt to free him from it.—He has applied blisters to the breast and arms successively. This treatment, the effect of which has been very favorable, has prevented the First Consul from coming to the last parade, and giving the usual audience to Ambassadors this day. He has not ceased a single day to do business with the Consuls and Ministers, and held this morning a Council General of Finance, which takes place the 6th of every month, and at which all the Ministers and the Director-General of the Public Treasury attend. C. Corvisart thinks that the First Consul will be able,
without inconvenience to his health, to attend next quintidi, at the fete of the 14th of July. [Paris paper, July 6]
Madame Bonaparte set off on the 7th for Plombiers, with her daughter. Citizen Rapp, Aid-de-Camp of the First Consul, accompanied them.
BERLIN (Russia) JUNE 22.
The 16 000 men assembled in our environs, for the grand manoeuvres, still remain in their cantonments. These troops are kept on the war establishment, and are ready to march. Their destination is still a mystery, but is generally believed that they are destined to take possession of the countries that will be ceded to Prussia, as an indemnity. Our relations with Russia have never been so intimate as at present.
ROME, MAY 13.
It is confidently asserted that the Pope has finally determined to renounce all share in the temporal Government of the Ecclesiastical States.
LONDON, JULY 1—13th.
More than 40 000 persons have returned to St. Peterburgh since the death of the late Emperor.
The foreign wheat and flour which will be imported into Great Britain, from Sept. 1800, to Sept. 1801, will cost this country 10,000,000 sterling, exclusive of bounty.
The King of Sweden is about to visit Peterburgh.
The Emperor Alexander has ordered a monument to be erected to the memory of the late Gen. Suwarrows.
It should seem as if the Emperor and the Chief Consul of France had made some new arrangements, calculated to remove the objections of Prussia and Russia, in regard to the treaty of Luneville; and it is rumored to be the intention of the Cabinets of Vienna and Paris to relinquish the idea of indemnifying the Grand Duke in Germany, and to establish him in the Roman territories.
The Ligurian Republic has been re-organized by Bonaparte. It is to have a Doge, a Senate, and a Diet.
Porto Ferrajo (off Leghorn) had not surrendered to the French; who bombard it daily. It is defended by 1,500 men, 300 of whom are English.
The expedition fitting out at Copenhagen is supposed to be destined against Port Mahon.
The conferences between Mr. Otto, and Lord Hawkesbury are more frequent than ever; and the hopes of the friends of peace increase.
The French government continues to march large bodies of troops to the sea-coast, where extensive encampments are formed. The expectations of an attempt upon England or Ireland appears to be strengthened. However the numerous British cruisers exercise the utmost vigilance; and the best preparations are made on shore.
The greatest exertions are making in the equipment of vessels in the Spanish ports, particularly at Cadiz, where it is conjectured an expedition is preparing to attempt the recovery of the island of Minorca.
Bonaparte has applied to the Pope to dispense with the celibacy of clergy, to a knowledge of the constitutional priests, &c. The Pope has refused. There were reports that the Pontiff was about to abdicate his temporal government. And that the King of Sardinia was to be indemnified with the Roman territory for his losses: French troops, frequently pass through Rome or Naples.
By private letters from Paris, we are informed, Bonaparte is endeavoring successfully to cajole Massena, who is one of the heads, and the most bold of the Jacobin faction. But another party is growing up in opposition to the Chief Consul; the party of Moreau. The officers of the Army of the Rhine feel themselves much neglected, and if their murmurs, do not give serious alarms to the Government, it is on account of the modeste and moderation of Moreau.
By the Mail.
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 19.
AN ORDER of the President of the United States, making certain alterations in the Districts therein mentioned, and erecting a new Revenue District, to be denominated "the N. West District."
Sec. 1. In pursuance of divers acts of the Congress of the United States, vesting in me certain powers and authorities, in relation to the internal Revenues thereof, the following alterations of and additions to the arrangements heretofore made, for levying and collecting the said Duties, are hereby adopted and established.
Sec. 2. The districts of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina, shall, from and after the 30th day of September next, severally, form each one survey, and the duties of Inspector of each of said surveys, shall be performed by the supervisor of the District comprehending the same.
Sect. 3. The several counties of the district of Virginia, originally and heretofore contained within and forming the first, second, third and fourth surveys, of the said district, shall, from and after the 30th day of September next, be contained in, and form but one survey (to be thereafter denominated the first) and the duties

and for the fame, shall be per- by the supervisor of the said district. The second survey of the district of according to its present limits, heretofore by the President of the United States, and is hereby erected into an entire to be denominated "the N. West the said district shall consist of one sur- and may from time to time, be divided and so many divisions, as by the Su- thereof, shall be found expedient and The Collectors of Revenue in the Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Mary- North Carolina and South Carolina, and in second, third and fourth surveys of of Virginia, shall render their ac- of duties, arising from and after the day of June last, and pay over the monies from the fame, to the respective supervi- of the said districts. By the above Order, nineteen of the offices of the Revenue are abolished.]
OF PORTUGAL. We are able from authentic sources of infor- to late to our readers the following in- relative to the state of affairs in Por- derived from letters as late as the 30th The peace between Portugal and France and had been concluded at Badajoz. The was agreed on were secret; but were sup- to be, the payment to France of about 100,000 dollars, the making the boundary the treaty of 1797, that which is in future in America, and the cession to Spain of small places on the frontier. It was tho' some that Gaudiana was the boundary a- on, which would give Spain a large ac- of fertile territory. It was understood the placing French and Spanish garrisons Portugal had been relinquished. The 30th of June, no advice had been re- from Paris. Great fears were enter- of the ratification of the treaty by the government, in the failure of which it would be subject to much severer terms would be ex- by France.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 19. QUALIFICATION. The captain of one of the Packets which ply New-Haven to New-York, applied to Mr. to clear out his vessel. Mr. Bishop an- that Abraham was from home, and could not be done. The captain replied was but a few minutes labor, adding was his turn to go to New-York that and that he could not wait. Mr. Bishop was very sorry; but that no business could be done in the office till Abraham should re- The captain then proposed to apply to Gedrich to see if he could do the business, with the approbation of Mr. Bishop, ap- accordingly.—Mr. Goodrich said, that he out of office and had no authority to inter- with it. In this situation, the captain Mr. Bishop that he must go to a Notary, a protest against the office and fail—for the could not be detained.—Fortunately, ever, Abraham came home sooner than expected, and the vessel was cleared. On another occasion, Mr. Bishop accepted a for the payment of duties, and that to a large amount made payable in two years, withstanding the law expressly limits such to one year. He also received it with his signature, and the law requires two at least.
Portland, Monday, August 31, 1801. Fresh from Europe. The ship Washington, Capt. Andrew Scott, of port, arrived here yesterday, in 27 days from Lisbon. Captain Scott obligingly handed us Lon- papers to July 31, being 18 days later than be- fore received.—From an attentive perusal of the latest we have received the most important articles we find, in addition to the news received at Boston, and which given in this day's Gazette.
LONDON, JULY 31. Letters from Paris, it is said, report, that the French Government has ratified the Treaty with the United States of America, agreeably to the will of Congress.
LONDON, AUGUST 27. VIENNA, JULY 11. —This day several letters were received by Commercial Houses here from Vienna, which state that the Captain of a ship arrived at Palermo, had made oath that there had been an action between the English Squad- under Sir J. B. Warren, of 13 Ships of War, and that of the French under Ad. Gantheaume, eleven ships of War, and a number of Tran- ports, in which the English obtained a complete victory. Admiral Warren, according to the account given by this Capt. had received information the French squadron was at Messina. He therefore posted his fleet advantageously in the channel between Naples and Sicily, to receive the French, which on its arrival there found itself surrounded, and after a severe En- gagement, in which the French lost several ships and a great number of men, Admiral Ganthe- aume finding no way to escape, surrendered with the remainder of his fleet, which was brought into Malta, where 4 ships of the line, 3 frigates and several thousand men, among whom was the youngest Brother of the Chief Bonaparte had arrived. After this com- plete victory, Admiral Warren, detached some ships to Ancona, as he had received advice that the French ships in the Adriatic
(ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.) Within these three days there has been much talk of an engagement having taken place between the English squadron under Vice Adm. Warren, and the French under Admiral Gantheaume. It is reported they met off the Coast of Southern Calabria, at the distance of some leagues from Cape Spartivento; that the Action did not last long, but that the French Ships of the line and Frigates struck their Flags, and surrendered to su- perior force. This intelligence has been received by the Master of a small vessel arrived at Terra nuova, a port situated on the Southern side of Sicily. He has deposed with the culinary forms, that at the moment of his departure from Malta, he saw the English Squadron arrive there, consisting of Thirteen Ships of the Line and some Fri- gates, bringing in the Enemy's Ships, on which the British Flag was flying. The letters from Terra nuova positively assert, that the Master of the vessel had offer- ed to the Governor of the Town to confirm by an oath the truth of the intelligence he had brought, and to undergo the most rigorous punishment should it be found false.—(Gazette de Hambourg.)
Private advices from Paris mention, that not on- ly a Committee of Emigrants has been taken up at Barenth, but a Cisalpine Officer, named Tourdo, has been brought from the army of Italy, and is confined in the Temple, on suspicion of having fo- mented an intrigue to overturn the Government of France, and murder the Chief Consul.
PARIS, JULY 26. Citizen Talleyrand Perigord, Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived yesterday from the waters of Bourbon l'Archambault. He im- mediately resumed his functions.
HAGUE, JULY 20. —Letters from Hamburg say that his Prussian Majesty has acceded to the Convention concluded between Russia and G. Britain.
STUTTGARD, JULY 19. —The German Jour- nal speak of the approaching descent on Eng- land with as much certainty and interest as the English themselves. They have already placed at the head of this important expedition, Generals Massena, Augereau, Lafses, and Ber- nadotte. They besides announce the forma- tion of a permanent War Council, of which Gen. Moreau is to be President.
AMSTERDAM, JULY 20. —Our fleet is still ready to sail at the Texel and at Helvoetsluys. General Augereau has resumed the command of the French troops in the pay of our Republic. He is expected daily at the Hague.
Plymouth, July 28. —Arrived the Hyæna frigate, of 38 guns, from Cork; she brings intelligence of the arrival there of Rear Admiral Pole from the Baltic, with 12 sail of the line. Sailed the Achilles, of 74 guns, to join the Channel Fleet.
BREIT, JULY 20. —The convoy which is at Pe- nert is still blocked up by the English. Several merchants of Orient and Avrac have landed their merchandise, and sent it to Avrac by Sargau.
Nothing further respecting Egypt, is mentioned in the London papers we have received.
FAIRBANKS, has been taken, and was lodged in Boston Jail on Friday last.—Several persons who aided in releasing him, have also been taken, and committed to prison for trial.
Preparations are making, by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Historical Society, for Publishing the Map of the Commonwealth, presented to them by the Legislature.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT. Francis I. Taney, Esq. to be Commercial Agent for Ostend.
The Hon. John Q. Adams, late minister of the United States, at the Court of Berlin, was at Hamburg the beginning of July; and his Sec- retary, Mr. Welch, was about to take passage from Amsterdam, for Boston.
An official letter from Tripoli, dated April 17, states, that "no arrangement had taken place with the Dey; that the cruisers were ready for sea, and it was expected would be ordered to capture American vessels."
Letters from L'ghorn, referred to in a Paris Pa- per of June 14, state that a vessel had arrived there to six days from Tripoli, in which the Consul of the United States came passenger.
From the Continent. The Chronicle has endeavoured to attach some credit to Mr. Jefferson, for his appoint- ment of Mr. Lee, a Federalist, to the office of Attorney for the district of Maine. The truth is, the first object of the Executive, was to re- move Mr. Davis;—then as there could not be found one practitioner or student of the law in Maine, of Jeffersonian principles, to fill the va- cancy, a benefit in reversion was calculated up- on; and therefore was Mr. Lee, a member of Congress, appointed, in expectation of being a- ble to bring in a democrat as his successor in Congress. To aid in this project, was unques- tionably, one of the objects of the Secretary at War's visit to the district.
President Jefferson has directed a noli prose- qui , to be entered on the action commenced at the instance of the Senate of the United States, against William Duane, for a scandalous libel on that honorable body. However extraordinary, even at this day, this may appear, it is never- theless true. And the Senate thus insulted is the same body, of which Mr. Jefferson was Presi- dent, and to whom in his farewell address, he "returned his grateful thanks for all the instances of attention and respect with which they had been pleased to honor him."—That Senate, whose support he solicited to attend him in his new office; and which he declared he should consider as giving it the happiest auspices! and that Senate, to whom in addition to the "expressions of his dutiful regard as a body," he "asked leave to mingle his particular wishes for the health and happi- ness of the individuals who composed it; and the tender of his cordial and respectful adieu." Who could believe, after all these honied com- pliments, that this President, would lose from his bonds the false and impudent libeller, of so much acknowledged excellence? However in- credible, we repeat, it is nevertheless true.
MARRIED —At Norrigewock, Mr. Ebenezer Parker, merchant of Bolton, to Miss Sally Tarbell, of Cambridge.
Jenks' Portland Marine List.
PORT OF PORTLAND. SUNDAY, August 30. Arrived ship Washington, capt. Scott, 27 days from Bristol.—August 20, sailed from Bristol, ship Atalanta, of Virginia, in co. bound to the Medi- terranean.—Left at Bristol, ship Mary, Luce, of and for Boston, in 16 days. The Daphne, from Charle- ston, had arrived.—13th August, lat. 49, 35, long. 29, spoke brig Mary, of and for Philadelphia, from Newry.—Aug. 18, lat. 45, 50, long. 50, 40, spoke ship Phœton, of Philadelphia, bound to London. Same day spoke schooner Beaver, of Kittery; the Beaver had been on the Banks only a few days.— Same day, arrived ship Minerva, capt. Malcomb Burdick, 43 days from Liverpool. Ship Mary, capt. Wm. Baker of this port, passed by the Isle of Wight, 5th July, on his passage to Amsterdam.
Francis Morris,
DANCING MASTER —formerly in this town, now as Saco.
Respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of the town of Portland and its vicinity, that he proposes to open a DANCING SCHOOL , as soon as sufficient encouragement appears. CONDITIONS. The School will be kept twice a week—every Monday and Wednesday in the afternoon, from 2 o'clock till sunset for the small class; and from sunset to 10 in the evening for the larger class.— Eight Dollars each scholar per quarter—half to be paid at entrance, and the remainder at the end of the quarter.—Twenty subscribers at least each school. Ladies and Gentlemen will please to send their names to this Office immediately, if they do not wish to be disappointed. The school will be opened on Wednesday next, 24 September, at the New Assembly Room; where the scholars are desired to attend. He also proposes to open a Dancing School in the town of Gorham, every Tuesday afternoon and evening. August 31.
THE Subscriber, having been duly appointed Assignee of the Estate and Effects of WIL- IAM HUDSON , of Portland, a Bankrupt—re- quests all persons indebted to said Estate, or po- ssessed of any of said Bankrupt's property, to pay and deliver said debts and property without delay to Isaac Gage, Assignee. Portland, August 31, 1801.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to SAMUEL M. QUIN- CY , who is declared a Bankrupt, are request- ed to call on Neil McIntire , Portland, who is ap- pointed Assignee to the said Bankrupt, and pay the sums they respectively owe, or a suit will be com- menced against them without further notice. NEIL MCINTIRE. Portland, August 29, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Annual meet- ing of the MEDICAL ASSOCIATION of the County of York, will be held at BARNARD'S Hall, in Kennebec , on the second day of the session of the Supreme Court in September, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Per order, SAMUEL EMERSON, Secretary.
A YOUTH, of about 15 years of age, who writes a good hand, and is of a good dispo- sition, is wanted at the Subscriber's Office, in Portland. SAMUEL FREEMAN.
TO LET. A DWELLING HOUSE and HATTER'S SHOP , in Windham , well situated for a tra- der of tradesman of any kind, on the main road, in the centre of the town. Enquire of WINSLOW HALL. Windham, 8 Mo. 27, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator of the Es- tate of SAMUEL BUSH , late of Bethel , in the county of Lincoln, Physician, deceased; and has undertaken that trust by giving bond as the law directs:—All persons, therefore, having demands against the Estate of said deceased, are desired to ex- hibit the same for Settlement; and all indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to— THOMAS BOYD, Administrator.
A N AXE was taken up last week at the head of Fifth-street. The owner may have the fame by applying to this office. August 31.
FOR SALE, By J. Bryant, At his Store, next door to Gen. Waldo's, 60 Boxes dipt. CANDLES, few Chert. Hylton TEA, Swedes IRON, Blistered and German STEEL, Madeira, Sherry, and Lisbon WINES, Old French BRANDY, &c. &c. Portland, August 24.
FOR SALE, By John Prichard, At his Store under the Theatre, South-end, AN ASSORTMENT OF West-India Goods & Groceries; as usual. 5 hds. TOBACCO , suitable for the West- India Market.
Likewise, A number of Casks long Corked CLARET WINE , of the first quality, which will be sold cheap for cash. Constant attendance, and every favor gratefully received.
Stevens & Heath, INFORM the public, that they carry on the SAIL MAKING business, at Bethel , on Kenne- beck River; where their work will be executed with neatness and dispatch, as cheap as in Boston Bethel, August 20.
AUCTIONS.
To be Sold at Auction, on TUESDAY , 1st of September, at the Store lately occupied by BOARDMAN & LITTLE , in Fifth-street,
India and English Goods; CONSISTING OF 14 pieces Blue Broadcloth, 3 pieces Scarlet do.; 4 pieces mixed do. 16 pieces Nankinett, 6 pieces Jeans and Tuckers, 30 pieces Book Mullin, 5 dozen Book Mullin Handkerchiefs, 10 dozen Jacquet do. do. 6 pieces Gingham, 8 dozen Stamped Handkerchiefs, 10 pieces Bandanna Handkerchiefs, 100 pieces India Stripes, 15 pieces Striped Coitas, 40 pieces India Cotton, 15 pieces India Calico, 44 cases Knives and Forks, 24 sets Carving do. 56 gross Gilt Buttons, 11 do. polished steel, 8 dozen Cotton Hosiery, A few pieces Irish Linens, An assortment of Cloth Shoes. Likewise, a quantity of Wearing Apparel—con- sisting of Jackets, Great-Coats, Trowsers, and Vests; with sundry other articles. The above articles will be sold for CASH ONLY , to the highest bidder, without reserve.— Sale 10 o'clock. Edward Oxnard, Auctioneer. Portland, August 28.
On THURSDAY, 3d, September, At William Fennelly's Office, FORE-STREET,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Scotch Goods, CONSISTING OF 6 4 Jacquet Mullins; Tambored do. Striped do.; Lappet do. 4 4 Handkerchiefs, Book do. Plain do. 6 4 Plain do. 4 4 Tambored do. 6 4 do. do. 3 4 Gingham, 232 15. Nuns Thread, 6 doz. Silk Stockings. The above Goods are fresh and in prime order— are an invoice of 700£. sterling, and sold for ac- count of the Manufacturers. They may be viewed the day preceding the Sale. Conditions of Sale—Those who purchase more than 100 dollars, at a credit of 30 days, for appro- ved endorsed notes. AL50. Another Invoice of Goods, FOR CASH—CONSISTING OF Swansdowns, Kerseymires, Broadcloths, Mer- seill's Quilting, Mullinets, &c. Sale to commence precisely at nine in the morn- ing, and to continue until the whole is sold. Portland, August 31.
Horses For Sale. On Saturday next, at 12 o'clock at noon, At the head of Fifth-street, will be sold at Auction, ten or twelve Horses, on a liberal credit for ap- proved Notes. Portland, August 31.
TAKE NOTICE. On TUESDAY, the 9th day of Sep- tember next, will be sold at Public Auction,
The Stock in Trade of WILLIAM HUDSON , declared a Bankrupt, at the Store lately occupied by said Hudson in Middle-street, Portland.—Sale to commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day. CONSISTING OF FEARNAUGHTS , Swansdowns, Baiges, Flannels, Elastics, Ratteen, Fossil Cloths, Swansdown, Worsted Hosiery, Blankets of all sizes, Calicoes, Camel's Hair Shawls, Striped Calamancos, Plain do. Durant, Russells, Wilshere, India Cotton, Morocco Shoes, Men's thin Shoes—and a quantity of Hard Ware—with an assortment of other article, too numerous to particularize. CONDITIONS OF SALE. Purchasers of 50 dollars, and under, cash on de- livery; 50 to 100, ninety days; 100 and upwards, nine months credit—notes with approved indors- ers. Also, on Friday, 11th September next, At the house occupied by said Hudson, the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE of said Bankrupt. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock, A. M.—said Fur- niture will be sold for cash on delivery. Edward Oxnard, Auctioneer.
Flour and Iron. FOR SALE, At No. 13, Long Wharf, SUPERFINE , Fine, Middling, and Rye Flour, Cambooses, Bar Iron, Nail and Spike Rods. To be kept constantly for sale, at Boston prices. WILLIAM JEWETT. Portland, August 17.
THE Subscriber requests all those who are in- debted to him for Postage on Papers, to call at each Office or place where their papers are left, the first Week in October next, the day and hour the Ringer arrives, where the subscriber will be, to settle with them.—Those who do not comply, their accounts will be put in suit. JAMES PAINE. Windham, August 20th, 1801.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons who are indebted to the subscriber—that unless they make payment to him, on or before the 15th day of September next, their Notes and Accounts will be put into an Attorney's hand for collection, without further notice;—And all those that have any demands, are requested to call for their pay.— SILVANUS GALLISON. Windham, August 7, 1801.
To be Let, THE S. W. half of the Brick Building , opposite Cutter's Tavern.—Inquire of the Printer. August 17.

In the idler of Dr. Johnson there is a very elegant and witty essay, entitled Punch and Conversation , and this West-India beverage has been frequently compared to human life, where the austere, the infidels and the ardent are frequently commixed. D'Idler employing a trite theme, has treated it with some novelty and ingenuity in the subsequent stanzas.
ON Olympus' blue summits as loud vacant Mirth, Shook with laughter the sides of the Gods, Were not nectar, cried Bacchus, forbid sons of Earth,
'Twere rare sport to celestialize clods; Say, shall they a nectar possess of their own, That like ours with delight shall be rose? I've hit it—let Punch by my fiat be known, A liquor, the symbol of life.
Of the elements four, that the universe sway, Our nectar celestial we make; So Punch, that hence forward shall mortals man's clay, Of the passions of man shall partake.
The sweet which from godlike benevolence flows, Shall correct the sharp acid of strife, While the spirit of rage temperance means shall compose, So shall Punch be the symbol of life.
Punch shall be the first fiddle of life's motley band, That unton'd scrapes harsh discord and hoarse, But when screw'd to its pitch by a masterly hand Shall most excellent music discourse. Punch unmixed, will a chaos misshapen disclose, Rude atom with atom at strife, But which temper'd with beauty and symmetry grows, Thus is Punch the true symbol of life.
When in sloth, like warm water, mankind are immersed, And sweet luxury's sought from afar, Rage, and heart-burnings four, by indulgence nurs'd, Blaze in all the dread fury of war.
But, when temp'rate reflection takes rule in the mind, Cruel war is disarm'd of his knife, And the blessings of peace shed their balm on mankind, And thus Punch is the symbol of life.
As pleasure on pleasure in wedlock you meet, If thoughtless you forfeit and feed, Sullen, sour discontent shall corrode every sweet, And Luke warm indifference succeed.
But when wedlock's ingredients in mean true lev'n Are blended in husband and wife, Such a pair so well mated, in earth find a heav'n, And thus Punch is the symbol of life.
Thus in all their concerns, shall the liquor divine, Some moral instruction impart, That the medium of truth may correct and refine Each crude feeling that springs from the heart.
Be your lives then, not mankind, strong, four nor yet sweet, But a mixture of all, to shun strife— So men's joys shall be next to celestials complete, So shall Punch be the symbol of life.
Since France has groaned under such a succession of petty tyrants, as have been produced by the Revolution, its approximation towards individual despotism, is, according to the following lines in Goldsmith, a kind of natural consequence.
"Calm is my soul, not apt to rise in arms, Except when last approaching danger warns: But when contending chiefs blockade the throne; Contracting regal power, to stretch their own When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom, when themselves are free; Fear, pity, justice, indignation flare, Tear off reserve, and bare my swelling heart; 'Till half a patriot, half a coward grown, I fly from petty tyrants to the Throne."
A Russian peasant has lately made a Watch of singularly curious workmanship. It is of the size of an egg. Within it are represented the Sepulchre of our Lord, the stone closing it, and the guards standing nigh. The watch is a repeater. When the hour strikes, the stone is suddenly rolled from the mouth of the Sepulchre; the guard falls on their faces, angels appear, the blessed women arrive, and that melody is played which is usual to execute in Russia on Pascha Eve. The same artist, whose name is Kuliby has constructed an admirable model for a bridge of a single arch over the Neva—Both these specimens of art and genius are now in the possession of the Academy of arts at Petersburg. [London Paper.]
Mr. Hodgman, engineer, at Folkestone, last week made an experiment with submarine apparatus. He walked into the sea attended by a small boat and remained 13 minutes under water; he traversed in various directions considerable more than a quarter of a mile, and ascended in about 18 feet of water. [Baltimore Paper.]
The house at Stratford upon-Avon, in which the immortal Shakespeare was born, is at present inhabited by a butcher, who has stuck in his shop the following curious board— "Shakespeare was born here. N. B. A horse and cart to let."
SALEM, AUGUST 20. Early this morning a Jury of Inquest was summoned on the body of a new born infant laying dead near the Iron Factory in Danvers, when after an examination of witnesses the Jury unanimously agreed, that Rebecca Sidmore, of her malice aforethought, did kill and murder the said infant, contrary to the peace of the Commonwealth.
STATIONARY, Of the best quality, and a new assortment of BOOKS, in the various branches of literature, may be had at JENKS' BOOKSTORE.—Also, a variety of FANCY ARTICLES, Cheap as can be purchased in the state. For sale as above, TICKETS In the seventh class of Amoskeag Canal Lottery—to be drawn next month.
August 24.
BANKRUPTCY. WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy, founded on the act of Congress of the United States, passed on the fourth day of April, 1800, entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States" has been awarded and issued against
JOSEPH CONT, of Portland, in the district of Maine, merchant, and the said JOSEPH CONT has been declared a Bankrupt; he is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or to the major part of them, on the 24th day of August instant, the 8th day of September following, and the 28th of the same month, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each of said days, at the Commissioners' Office in Fifth-Street, Portland, and make a full disclosure and discovery of his estate and effects;—when and where his creditors are hereby notified to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the second meeting to choose an assignee or assignees; and at the last meeting said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and at the said last meeting, any of the creditors of said Bankrupt may be heard, if they shall think fit, before said Commissioners, against the making or allowing of a certificate to the judge of said district to entitle the said Bankrupt to a certificate of discharge. All persons indebted to said Bankrupt are to make payment, and those who have any of his effects are to deliver the same, to such persons only as the Commissioners shall appoint.
EDWARD OXNARD, EBENEZER MAYO, JOSEPH TITCOMB. Portland, 17th August, 1801.
Wheaton's Jaundice Bitters. Secured to him by letters Patent from the President of the United States.
THE successful effects of these Bitters have been fully experienced, in correcting and carrying off jaundice and bilious matter from the stomach; and at the same time strengthening the stomach, increasing the appetite, and removing the sinking faint distressed feeling, and the sleepy dull heaviness, so disagreeable to be borne, and the pressure and distress of breathing; restoring also strength to the weak and trembling limbs, removing the yellowness of countenance so common to jaundice and weakly people, and also the dizziness of the head and weakness of the light. They remarkably relieve low spirited and melancholy people, and carry off hysterical and hypochondriac complaints. They are an excellent remedy for scrofulous and scorbutic disorders. They are very useful for Seamen to take often when at sea, particularly in warm climates, as a preservative against disorders incident to such climates (which are generally putrid and bilious) by removing obstructions, carrying off bile, and giving a free circulation to the blood.
The above Bitters are for sale by JOHN COE, at No. 5, Fifth Street.—And at his Shop in New Gloucester.—Price 3/6 the Box. Portland, July 13, 1801. (6w—69)
Mr. Roberts, MINIATURE & PORTRAIT PAINTER. Especially informs the inhabitants of Portland, that he intends to remain in this place a few weeks; during which time he will follow his profession. Those who may please to favor him with their commands, may depend on having the most striking resemblance; which, if not approved, no gratuity will be expected. His lodgings are at Mr. CUTTER'S; and specimens of professional abilities may be seen there. N. B. Ladies and Gentlemen waited on at their houses. August 3.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
BY order of his Catholic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, to the Consul General, Consuls and Vice Consuls, residing in their different districts of the United States of North America, prescribing such rules necessary to be observed by Merchants and others trading to the island of Cuba, that all shippers of Goods or Merchandise, destined to any of said ports, (before obtaining the Consul's Certificate) shall exhibit to a Notary Public separate invoices of the different shippers, and declaring upon Oath that the articles so shipped are not composed of Cotton or British produce, growth or manufacture, now deemed prohibited and liable to confiscation in any of the ports of said island of Cuba; and that for the future the Certificates given by the Consul will be annexed at the foot of each Invoice ascertaining the amount so shipped and unless the Invoices are complete, such Certificate cannot be granted; any other articles of Merchandise found on board not to comport with said Invoices to given will be equally liable to confiscation. N. B. Bills of Health which vessels now carry to every part of Spain, or his Catholic Majesty's possessions, are issued by the Custom-House, and the attestation on the back of the same, given in conformity by me, DON JUAN STOUGHTON. Consul to his C. M. for the New-England States. Boston, August 10, 1801.
The several Printers in the sea-ports of the Northern States are requested to publish the above.
Journeymen Shoe-makers Wanted.
TWO or three Journeymen at the Shoemaking Business, may find employ and good wages by applying to JOHN & SETH PHILLIPS, at the head of Col. Wat's Wharf, Fore-Street, Portland. Also is wanted, one or two active Lads as Apprentices to the above business, to whom good encouragement will be given—Apply as above. Portland, August 10th 1801.
TAKE NOTICE! RETAILERS of WINES and Foreign Distilled SPIRITS, and Keepers of riding CARRIAGES, in the county of Cumberland, are hereby notified, that attendance will be given at the office of the Subscriber, in Fifth-Street, Portland, from the 8th to the 20th of September next (Sundays and Saturdays excepted) from 9 to 12 o'clock, A.M. and from 2 to 5 o'clock, P.M. to issue Licences to Retailers, and to receive Entries and Duties on carriages.—The Fine for retailing without Licence, is Fifty Dollars; and for omitting to enter and pay the duty on Carriages, agreeably to law, 25 per cent. on the amount. These Fines when they do arise will not be dispensed with. EBENEZER MAYO, Collector of the Revenue. Portland, 5th August, 1801.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned, that she has been appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, Administratrix, on the Estate of Thomas Clapp, late of Bath, in said county, Shipwright, deceased:—She therefore requests all persons indebted to said estate, to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement. June 10, 1801. SARAH CLAPP
THE Commissioners appointed by the Honorable Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of MICHAEL HOWLAND, late of Bowdoinham, in said county, deceased, hereby give notice, that a further time of six months from the twenty-seventh day of July instant, is allowed to bring in and prove their claims; and that they will attend for that purpose at the dwelling house of James Rogers, Esq. in Bowdoin, in said county, on the third Tuesday of September, November, and January next from ten of the clock in the forenoon until four in the afternoon of each of said days.— EZEKIEL THOMPSON, LUTHER CAREY. July 28th 1801.
THE Subscribers, appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Jonathan Bowman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of ROBERT MALCOMB, late of Bowdoin, yeoman, deceased, and six months being allowed for that purpose—hereby give notice, that they will attend the business of their appointment at the house of Capt. Alexander Rogers, in Topsham, on the first Monday of September next, and the five following months, from 12 to 4 o'clock, P.M. ARTHUR HUNTER. WILLIAM RANDALL. Topsham, August 12, 1801.
Accountant Business.
BOOKS posted monthly, from Day and Cash Book, by Double Entry, with fidelity, accuracy and neatness. Books arranged, methodized or adjusted, and every branch of the accountants business performed. Captains of vessels, and others, who have to render accounts of disbursements, or sales of goods, may have them correctly stated, and copied fair—or any other Writings done, by application to the Printer. BOOK KEEPING taught on the true principles of Double Entry. (1am. 12m—65) Portland, June 21.
W. B. Reed, SILK DYER AND SCOURER, From London, and lately from Boston—Opposite the Hay-Scal, Portland.
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he still continues the above business in all its branches. Every description of colors on Silks, Satins, Velvets, Plush, Damasks, Nankeens, Calicoes, Woolens, Muslins, Gauzes, Crapes, Camels, hair Shawls, and Chip Bonnets—he engages carefully to dye and finish them, and warrant the colors to stand. Gentlemen's cloaths of all kinds dyed whole, without ripping—Likewise neatly floured. Mourning for funerals dyed at the shortest notice, and orders from the country attended to with punctuality and dispatch.
Mr. REED wishes to intimate to the inhabitants of Portland and its vicinity, that his stay in this town will not exceed a fortnight or three weeks longer—Any Ladies or Gentlemen who may please to favor him with their commands, may depend on every assiduity on his side to give general satisfaction. He likewise desires to express his thanks for the encouragement he has received to the present time. August 17.
NOTICE! THE copartnership of MOODY & THURSTON. is this day, by mutual agreement, dissolved. All Accounts of the firm will be settled by said Moody. WILLIAM MOODY, JOHN P. THURSTON.
N. B. The public are informed, that business will be continued as usual at the same place as heretofore, by their humble Servant, WILLIAM MOODY. Portland, August 17, 1801.
TAKE NOTICE! THE copartnership of JOHN and PAUL PRICHARD, is this day dissolved by mutual consent:—All persons to whom they are indebted, are requested to call and receive their due; and those indebted, are called on to make payment. JOHN PRICHARD, PAUL PRICHARD. Portland, August 17, 1801.
NOTICE. THE Copartnership of RUNDLET & GARLAND, is by mutual consent this day dissolved:—All persons having demands against the firm, will present them; and all indebted to the firm, are requested to make payment to Edward Rundlet, at his Store, head of Long-Wharf. EDWARD RUNDLET, DANIEL GARLAND. Portland, August 11, 1801.
STRAYED or stolen about the 20th of July, from the Pasture of Capt. James Merrill, of Falmouth, a Cheesnut GELDING, about fourteen hands high. Whoever will return the Horse to the subscriber in Portland, shall receive Five Dollars Reward, and (if Stolen) Ten Dollars for securing the thief. August 10. JOSIAH PAINE.
Valuable Medicines. Just received from LEE & Co's. Patent and Family Medicine Store, Baltimore, and for sale by Elezer A. Jenks, At his Printing Office, and Book Store, next to Bank, and (TAKE NOTICE) by an able profession land. DR. HAMILTON'S GENUINE ESSENCE AND EXTRACT OF MUSTARD, Rheumatism, Numbness, white swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, pains in the face and neck, &c. This valuable remedy is prepared both in a liquid state and in pills, and thus excellently adapted for external and internal use. The Pills operate mildly by urine and by intestinal perspiration, expelling the superfluous and morbid humors: they are highly cordial to the stomach and appetite, assist digestion, remove flying pains, and windy complaints in the stomach and bowels. The essence is a wonderful assistant to the peculiar penetrating and dispersing quality, removing the most violent sprains, bruises, numbness, & pains in the neck joints, &c. swelled faces, headache, & tooth aches, white swellings, &c. &c.
DR. HAMILTON'S ELIXIR, A sovereign remedy for Colds, obstinate Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumption. To parents who may have children affected with the HOOPING COUGH, this discovery is of the first magnitude, as it affords immediate relief, and the most cruel disorder to which children are liable, is in so perfect a degree removed, and the dose is such that no difficulty arises in taking it. Numerous cases of important cures performed by the above medicines, may be seen at the place of sale.
SOVEREIGN OINTMENT FOR THE ITCHING.—Being the most speedy, effectual, and pleasant remedy ever offered to the public; and for the satisfaction of the numerous, the proprietor maketh it certain that this ointment does not contain a single particle of mercury or any other pernicious ingredient in its composition, and may be used with the most perfect safety by pregnant women and in infants newly born.
HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, Which have within three years past cured upwards of one hundred and twenty thousand persons of all ages, of every age, and in every situation, of various dangerous complaints arising from Worms, and the obstructions or foulness in the stomach and bowels. Description of Worms, and the Symptoms by which they are known.
WORMS which infest the human body, are of four kinds, viz: the Tapes or large round worms, Ascarides, or small maw worms, the Cucumber worms, short, flat, white worms; and lastly, the Taxis or Pin worms, so called from its resemblance to tape-worms, often many yards long and is full of joints, and is very hurtful and most difficult to cure.
Among the symptoms attending worms are, a disagreeable breath, especially in the morning; but not always rupted gums—itching in the nose and about the anus, convulsive and epileptic fits, and sometimes protrusion of speech—Staring, and grinding of the teeth in the sleep—irregular appetite sometimes loathing food, and sometimes voracious—Purging, with slimy and firm stools—Vomiting—Large and hard belly—Pains and heat at the stomach—Pains in the head and sides, and looseness of spirits—Slow fever, with irregular fits—A dry cough—Excessive thirst—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed.
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms should have immediate recourse to Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described.
A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season, will effectually prevent the growing and purging of children, a dreadful disorder which annually destroys thousands of part of our cities. It is likewise the most certain remedy known, and has restored to health and strength a great number when in an advanced stage of this fatal complaint. Particular and plain instructions are given for every person the necessary treatment in such cases.
Children generally take the medicine with eagerness, having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste. DR. HAHN'S TRUE AND GENUINE GERMANY CORN PLASTER. An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them root and branch, without giving pain.
DR. HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER. A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eye, whether the effects of natural weakness or of accident, speedily removing inflammations, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching, and films on the eye; never failing to cure those malades which frequently succeed the small-pox, measles and fevers, and wonderful strengthening a weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues, when nearly deprived of sight.
TOOTH-ACHE DROPS. The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
THE ANODYNE ELIXIR, For the cure of every kind of head-ache.
THE DAMASK LIP SALVE, Is recommended (particularly to the ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chapped and sore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fevers, &c. speedily restoring a beautiful color and delicate softness to the lips.
THE RESTORATIVE POWDER FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS. This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth, absorbing all that acrimonious slime and foulness, which suffered to accumulate, will fail to injure and finally ruin them.
GOWLAND'S LOTION. CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, &c.
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