Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser (Portland, Me.), 1809-04-03 00:00:00

PORTLAND GAZETTE,
And Maine Advertiser.
PORTLAND, PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR SHIRLEY... FRIDAY-STREET.
No. 51, of Vol. XI.]
MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1809.
[Whole No. 571.]
Interesting Political Miscellany.
FOR THE GAZETTE. MR. SHIRLEY, AS a sample of the means used by democratic chiefs, to magnify their remnants into "large and respectable meetings," take the following extract of a letter from a gentleman of integrity, respecting a Caucus held a few weeks since in a very populous town in Essex county, to choose delegates to their grand central jacobin caucus in Topsfield.
"Mr. C. was moderator. After having finished their business, and cheered their drooping spirits with large portions of that celebrated liquor, which, 'tis said, will fill with courage even the hearts of cowards; the Moderator, shaking carefully his white wig, said "methinks here is a goodly number present, what if we should count them?" The motion was seconded, for they said the wicked federalists might otherwise be about it. Some accordingly began to count, but the before mentioned Spirit raged with so much violence that it was found to be next to impossible to get the true number. After counting about twenty, some one proposed to guess at the number. This was a short way and was immediately adopted. "Guess," said the moderator. "Sixty," said one. "More than that" cried a dozen at once. "Guess again," said the moderator. "An hundred," bawled another. "More yet" cried the moderator. "Two hundred," cried one of the people. "We'll put it to vote" said the moderator. "Order, gentlemen! If it be your minds that there be two hundred persons present, please to manifest it!" The vote was taken and report made accordingly."
Yours A CORRESPONDENT. March 23, 1809.
From the Boston Centinel. Gross Calumnies Refuted. "WE SPEAK WHAT WE KNOW."
TO THE PEOPLE.
SOME days since we received a note from a correspondent, in the District of Maine, of which the following is an extract:—
"March 14, 1809. "THE most detestable reports are in circulation in this district respecting the Hon. Mr. GORE, our worthy candidate for Governor—Runners have been employed to disseminate reports through the country that he is a foreigner; an enemy to the American Revolution; that he was born in England; that he was an officer under Mowatt , who burnt Falmouth ; that he made an immense fortune in England; and that he leads a dissolute life, &c.—As you must have known Mr. GORE from his youth, and can easily confute these falsehoods, excuse me for calling your attention to the subject. "Your humble servant, O B."
We have not been ignorant of the fact, that amongst other mean electioneering tricks resorted to by a desperate faction, the above miserable falsehoods have been included: But we have felt a full conviction that in a community so intelligent as ours, they could not impress the minds of a single citizen with any thing but detestation of their authors. As our attention has been called particularly to the subject, we shall refute these lies by a few facts respecting Mr. GORE's life and character.
CHRISTOPHER GORE, was born in Boston (in 1759) and was the youngest son of as worthy a mechanic as ever Boston produced. If testimony to the amiable and inoffensive character of the senior Mr. GORE, were wanting, we could appeal to our venerable Town Clerk, COOPER, and others, who knew and esteemed him for many years.
Notwithstanding the conscientious predilection of the Father to the new popular doctrine of "passive obedience and non-resistance," all his sons were Whigs from their infancy. In one of the early collisions of the revolution the eldest son, Mr. SAMUEL GORE, was twice wounded by musket balls:—And was one of the small band of Bostonian, who immediately previous
to the battle of Lexington courageously possessed themselves of the two pieces of brass artillery, now called the " Hancock " and " Adams ," though they were in the possession of a British guard, in the Laboratory—conveyed them into a desk in Mr. HOLBROOK's writing school, and afterwards sent them out of town concealed in manure, in a coal cart. Many living witnesses are conversant with this fact.
MR. CHRISTOPHER GORE, the calumniated candidate, at the beginning of the American Revolution, was at Cambridge College ; where he continued until he finished his education; and was then placed in the office of the late Judge LOWELL. During that time the newspapers of the day will show, that the juvenile effusions of his pen were devoted to the cause of liberty and his country.
In 1778, when Gen. SULLIVAN was ordered to Rhode-Island , he requested volunteers from Boston to join the expedition. The Independent Company, commanded by Col. HICHBORN, accepted the invitation.—Mr. CHRISTOPHER GORE joined this company as a volunteer , marched to Rhode-Island , and was actively and zealously engaged in all the services of that campaign. The post of danger and confidence was frequently assigned to this corps, and to it was entrusted the duty of covering Gen. SULLIVAN's retreat from the island; which became indispensable from the French leave taken by the Count d' Estaing . We could refer for proof of this early trait of devotion to his country in Mr. GORE, when a youth, to Gen. COBB, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor; to the Hon. PEREZ MORTON, late Speaker of the House, then an officer in the corps; to Capt. THOMAS CLARK, Mr. ZACHARIAH HICKS, and to Mr. THOMAS PONS;—the latter gentleman, who has been considered a " republican " is full in the praises of Mr. GORE's zeal and patriotism on the occasion.
During the Revolutionary War he discharged every duty assigned him with fidelity and ability; and from his industry and success in his profession he became affluent.
In 1787, Mr. GORE was chosen a Member of the Convention of Massachusetts , which ratified the present CONSTITUTION of the United States—His able and unremitted exertions at that important crisis of our affairs, must dwell in the recollection of every one who was then " feelingly alive " to the situation of our beloved country. He advocated and voted for the bulwark of our nation's Rights, and Bond of Union; and the Mechanics, and other citizens of Boston , in testimony of their gratitude for his services, waited upon him in a GRAND FEDERAL PROCESSION, and expressed their thanks by loud gratulations and huzzas. The day on which this happened will long be remembered with PRIDE & PLEASURE by Bostonians.
From year to year—many years unanimously—Mr. GORE received the suffrages of his fellow-townsmen as their Representative, and as Senator of Suffolk .
When the National Government was organized, President WASHINGTON selected Mr. GORE as the first District Attorney of Massachusetts .—He was one of those kind of men whom the Father of his Country delighted to honor and employ;—and in his judgment of Men no one on earth was superior to WASHINGTON.
In 1796 President WASHINGTON sent Mr. GORE as a Commissioner to Great-Britain, to settle controversies and claims under the British Treaty . He obeyed the command and this was the first time Mr. GORE was even out of the United States. We shall not attempt to show how well he executed his trust as a Commissioner; but THOUSANDS remember with gratitude, that to his exertions, knowledge and pains-taking, near SEVEN MILLIONS of DOLLARS were awarded to American citizens, for spoliations by British cruizers; every cent of
which was paid in specie, and a very considerable part of which was for costs and interest on the claims. During this mission so great was his zeal for the interests of his fellow citizens that he twice crossed the Atlantic to consult his government on the subject.
He was several years on this mission, and this fact cannot be denied, that he returned from England a much poorer man than he went out; and has been compelled again to resort to his profession, to mend the breaches in his fortune. But he had a rich reward in the gratitude of his fellow-citizens.
Mr. GORE is now one of the Representatives of Boston ; and his exertions to relieve the people from the operation of the Embargo system are too recent not to be recollected. No one can call in question his talents, his political knowledge, and devotion to the true interests of his country.
His deportment in private life is without a blemish. No man is more easy of access than him. He partakes of but few of what the world calls the amusements of life; though many of them are innocent. His hours of relaxation from his studies, and professional duties, are employed in the cultivation and improvement of his farm. His great exertions and liberal expenditures in experiments for the improvement of our systems of Agriculture, Horticulture, and particularly the breed of cattle—for which Massachusetts has become noted—are known and estimated by a great portion of the Yeomanry of the State.
At the commencement of the electioneering contest the last year, Governor STRONG was unanimously agreed upon and received the continued support of the federalists: But he declined: And at a large meeting of gentlemen from every part of the State, and from among several candidates, Mr. GORE was agreed upon to receive their support by a large majority; and his nomination was the most zealously urged by the gentlemen of the interior and remote parts of the State, particularly by the Agricultural interest. The effect was, at the first time he was put up, he received THIRTYNINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED and FORTY-THREE suffrages of his fellow-citizens.—A number which fell but few short of a choice; and a larger number of votes than was ever given to any one candidate for Governor (excepting twice) in Massachusetts .—The late Governor STRONG is very solicitous for the election of Mr. GORE.
We have extended this article beyond the limits we had intended.—Such is CHRISTOPHER GORE, the candidate for the office of Gov. of Massachusetts ; and who, if the people are true to themselves and will do their duty, will be elected by a majority of many thousands. Such is the man, and such the series of services rendered his country, by the man, whom a despairing faction—the old and worn out calumniators of WASHINGTON, ADAMS, & STRONG—have again had the folly to attempt to vilify, by the propagation of flanders which recoil with tenfold vengeance on their hands.
CENTINEL.
From the same.
More Electioneering Trickery.
President ADAM's Letter.
READER, MARK WELL!
THE democrats have attempted to make much electioneering use of their old friend the late President ADAMS. For nearly a year past they have put their wits in requisition to extract something from the venerable Patriot, which should serve them at a list. Numerous Demagogues were selected to write to him, to send him pamphlets, and to ask his advice on public affairs; knowing that
politeness, etiquette, and habit would induce him to answer them. The mere correspondence they knew would tell something; but their chief hope was that good use might be made, at a proper time, of mutilated parts of the answers, and perhaps the escape of a hasty or unguarded expression. Though the impudence of this attempt was without parallel in the annals of Machiavelism, yet as the case was desperate, the attempt must be made.—It did not deter these democratic demagogues, that they and the world well knew, that only four or five short years since, they themselves, and their hirelings, had branded this same JOHN ADAMS—this new correspondent—with every invective which the lexicography of hatred, malice and billingsgate could furnish;—that he was by them unblushingly proclaimed "a hoary headed traitor;"—an upstart tyrant, the son of a shoemaker, who wished to Lord it over the American inheritance; whose aim " talis viribus " was to introduce Monarchy, Aristocracy and Slavery into the United States; and for this purpose was the father of the Sedition and Alien Laws; the introducer of a Standing Army, Excise and Land Taxes, and of Eight Per Cent Loans;—that he, JOHN ADAMS, had sold himself to Great Britain;—that he had defended, in a book written for the purpose, a Government of Kings, Lords, and Commons; and that he was the venal tool of the British Ministry. Nay more, these demagogues knew, that there was no epithet too degrading which they had not applied to this same Mr. JOHN ADAMS; and that of the nick-names they had bestowed on him, that of the " French War-Hawk ," " Duke of Braintree ," and " skulking, crazy John ," was not the most opprobrious. A record of these scurrilities, and many others, will be found in the files of the democratic papers.
The new correspondence between Mr. ADAMS and these demagogues, was at first only heard of in rumors, and privately shown to confidential persons. Not one of the old friends of the Ex-President, who had supported him through thick and thin, were allowed to take a peep at them. It was thought not quite up to the mark for general publication, and was, perhaps, too strongly tinctured with old fashioned political morality. Still the name of JOHN ADAMS and the EMBARGO were yoked together; and capitalized in many a caucus resolution. But the approaching election called for something to cheer up the drooping spirits of democracy; and two of the Hampshire county Managers were selected to write to Mr. ADAMS, and request an answer. The answer was prompt; but only extracts from it have been permitted to meet the public eye:—But these extracts are ushered to the world as a prodigy, an eighth wonder of the world, in all the triumph of bolstered despair. The extracts follow. Let them be read with attention. Let it be considered to whom the answer was given, and for what purpose; and if the reader should find at the close, that the " laboring mountain has brought forth but a little mouse ;" let him not feel too much disappointed; but consider, as the times are, that a little electioneering matter must be made to go a great way.
THE EXTRACTS
Quincy, March 13, 1809.
"GENTLEMEN, "I have received your very civil letter of the 3d of this month, with emotions very similar to those which I felt many years ago. "I have now neither power nor influence to do any thing for my country, to assist her in her present distresses, or guard her against future calamities. Nothing now remains to me but the right of private judgment, and that I exercise freely, and communicate my sentiments as freely to those who wish to know them. "I am talis viribus , [with my whole strength] against any Division of the Union, by the North River, or by Delaware River, or by the Potomac, or any other River, or by any chain of Mountains. I am for maintaining the independence of the Nation, at all events. (1)
"I am no advocate for Mr. GORE's Declaration of War against France . Knowing, as I do, from personal experience, the mutually friendly dispositions between the People of France and the People of America , BONAPARTE out of the question, I should be very sorry to see them converted into ill will, and our old English prejudices revived. Lasting injuries and misfortunes would arise to this country from such a change. (2)
"I am averse also to a war with England , & with to maintain our Neutrality as long as possible, without conceding important Principles. If either of the belligerent Powers force us into a War, I am for fighting that Power, whenever it may be. (3)
"I always consider the whole Nation as my children. But they have almost all been unuseful to me. You two gentlemen are almost the only ones out of my own house, who have for a long time, and I thank you for it, expressed a filial affection for
JOHN ADAMS." (4)
NOTES ON THE ABOVE.
(1) And who, pray, has ever advocated a dissolution of the union, excepting indeed Mr. GILES, & some other Virginian demagogues during Mr. ADAMS's administration? We do not know why this remark was lugged in here: but we defy any one to produce a single act adopted, or a single line written by any federalist, in which a dissolution of the Union has been threatened or advocated. The idea is an absurdity; and the charge one of the most contemptible ever propagated. We appeal to the hundreds of spirited Resolutions of the people of New-England recently adopted in their primary assemblies; to the Resolutions, Reports, and Addresses of the Legislature of Massachusetts , for proof of the attachment of the Federalists to the union and independence of the United States.
(2) What does all this mean? Can it be possible that Mr. Adams has adopted the newspaper flag of the day:—"Mr. GORE's declaration of war?"—O! tempora, O! mores!—The Legislature appointed a large committee to report on a certain subject; Mr. GORE signed the report as Chairman. The report was in favor of a repeal of the Embargo Laws, & as the democrats demanded a substitute—for they insisted upon War or Embargo; the report recommended the entire repeal of the Embargo Laws, and if we must have war with one of the European aggressors, it ought to be with France , who was first aggressor, and the enemy likely to do us the least harm. This opinion was not merely that of the Committee, and Mr. GORE, as one of them, and the Legislature, but of the People at large.—At the Town Meeting in Boston , Dr. EUSTIS, now Secretary of War, and Mr. BLAKE, both declared, not merely, that if war was made, that it ought to be with France ; but that we ought to, and should be, at War with France . Thousands heard, and can remember this declaration.
(3) Mr. ADAMS's aversion to War, seems to be among the new doctrines he has embraced. Does he recollect the answer he gave to the Young men of Boston , in 1798—9—"To arms, my young friends! to arms!" We have not the files before us, to copy the war articles of those days; but the language is rather of a different nature from his present—though a war then would have been made against the French people themselves; whereas a war now, would be against the Tyrant who governs them.
(4) We have heretofore preserved an unabated respect for the character of the late President: But we must say, that thus to lend himself to a Party, which has loaded him with their execrations and charges, and which he has repeatedly denounced as the worst enemies of their country, solely to serve electioneering purposes, is a degradation of conduct unworthy a Statesman, and a Philosopher; and which must blast his fame to all posterity. We say nothing of gratitude due his old friends, and particularly to Mr. GORE, who never injured him in thought, word, or deed.
A Farmer lately bore testimony in a Court of Justice, to his neighbor's character: "He said, 'was never known to be engaged in mischief.'"

Foreign Intelligence.
BOSTON, MARCH 27.
SPANISH VICTORIES.
Mr. Ezra Davis, who arrived here yesterday, in a short passage from New York, politely favoured us with papers from that city to the 24th instant, in which is contained
Late and very important News from Spain.
The accounts were received at New York, from the Havana, and at the latter place, by a dispatch vessel, in 35 days from Cadiz, having left Cadiz Feb. 1.
[SUMMARY TRANSLATIONS.]
The Official Gazette of the Supreme Junta of Spain, dated Seville (to which they had again removed) the 27th Jan. gives the particulars of a severe engagement having taken place at Saragossa, between the French army, under Marshal Moncey, and the Spanish Patriots, under General Palafox, on the 21st of that month.
VICTORY OF PALAFOX.
It commenced at day-light, upon the batteries on the heights surrounding the city, from which, after some smart resistance, the Patriots finally retreated in good order. At mid-day, the attack was renewed by the French upon the suburbs of the city, and some important posts established there. General Palafox ordered Brigadier Monfo to maintain them; which he did with great courage and skill, in an action lasting more than five hours. The Colonel of artillery, Velasco, also directed three batteries with great skill and terrible effect upon the enemy, who were obliged to fall back. They however, afterwards brought up their reserve and renewed the attack with almost incredible fury and with all their force. At this time PALLIFOX himself, sword in hand, accompanied by Lieut. Gen. O'Neely and Maj. Gen. St. Mark, took the command and ran into the thickest of the battle, exercising his whole skill and valour so as to secure the victory. This was complete. The French lost the greater part of their force and were entirely routed and dispersed, leaving before the batteries and walls more than 4000 killed, and as many wounded; among them the grenadiers who had fought with the greatest boldness.
The Spaniards recovered an immense booty which the French had taken in the country; besides military arms and stores; and considered the victory the most complete which had happened during the war.
The account closes with the proud remark, that the city of Saragossa may now be considered as invincible, whilst there may remain men to defend it; for that every breast is a fortress, every house a castle, and every battery a witness of art, talents, and valour. A long list of officers, who had distinguished themselves in the battle, followed; and among the troops, the Walloon Guards are particularly noticed. Among the officers killed, was Don Andriano Cordon, Colonel of a Regiment of Cavalry, by a musket shot. The Lieut. Col. Torrecilla wounded, and two officers of the artillery killed. The loss of the troops generally is not stated, though it must have been severe. But great exultation took place in consequence of the signal victory. The French were afterwards followed by the volunteers and others of the Spanish troops near Saragossa, and several skirmishes took place.
Dec. 22, Marshal Moncey demanded of Gen. Palafox, and the Magistrate, the surrender of the city, but was indignantly refused.
BATTLE OF ROMANA.
MURCIA, JAN. 12.
The commissioner of the supreme Council, near the armies of the enemy, has this day communicated the following intelligence:
This morning was published in this army, by order of the general, the news of the French having been completely routed between Segovia and the plains of San Antonio, by the Marquis de la Romana, leaving on the field of battle, in killed, wounded and prisoners, 21,000 Frenchmen, with all their artillery and baggage; and that the rest of the army, with a great personage, (said to be Napoleon) is surrounded by our troops in the Puular de Sagovia. I know not whether this pleasing information has reached your Excellency, but if not I send it to fulfil my duty.
Persons who have come from Madrid assert that the French are disappearing from this city without knowing for what reason, nor whether they go, and that the few who remain do not exhibit the same haughty appearance as formerly.
We expect to be joined by the new troops of Ucles and Cuencia, when the army will advance in pursuit of the enemy.
TARAGON, Jan. 18. The present notice having the character of veracity, the Supreme Junta ordered it to be proclaimed with firing of cannon and ringing of bells.
Signed by the Marquis of Villa Franca los Velez, Duke de Medinafidcuia. By order of his Excellency,
ANGTU FERNANDEZ COSTA.
Communications.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
THE friends of true Liberty have a solemn duty to perform—if they mean to preserve it, they must steadily and watchfully guard it.—The enemies of Law and Order are pursuing the paths of the destroyer undismayed and never weary. If we mean to check them in any degree, or prevent their mischief, we must labor incessantly;—we must mark all their motions—follow them to their hiding places—detect them in their villainies, and if possible confound them with the light of truth.—'Tis really astonishing to see the many wiles which the Democrats are daily practising to accomplish their objects—to deceive the people and bring good morals and good manners into disrepute. As the day of our annual elections approaches, their zeal increases; and at this moment every infernal engine is at work to ruin the fair fame of the innocent and deserving; and raise to power and office the whining hypocrites and timeservers of the day. But let us not be deceived out of the few blessings we have left us.
Let me caution the good people against the infamous lies which are in circulation against Mr. Gore, and in favor of Mr. Lincoln. The Democrats are now silly circulating a report in the back towns that Mr. Gore is an Englishman—that he spends the chief of his time in Quebec—that he is a British agent and a man of vicious life and conversation—they dare not assert these things in the papers—or but part of them—they choose to spread the account among the people by the vilest agents—they know this is all false—they know Mr. Gore was born in Boston—that his father was an industrious mechanic—that he has a brother there now in the same line. They know he is a man of spotless character. They
know he was twice honored with the confidence of General Washington—appointed to high and important offices. They know he is an extensive farmer, and an honest man, and therefore they traduce him.
Again, they are busily circulating a lie about the democratic candidate for Governor. They are telling the people who know not the man, that the Mr. Lincoln they have set up as Candidate, is the good old General Lincoln who fought our battles, and was wounded in our cause against Great Britain!! This is one of the most shameful lies that ever a democrat propagated.—No: General Lincoln is as different from Levi Lincoln as a golden guinea is from a brass counter. Poor souls! they are obliged to call their candidate by the name of the good old-federalist General Lincoln to give him currency with their own party. The cause and the candidates that require such base and scandalous measures to support them, must be base and scandalous too.
DETECTOR.
DOWNRIGHT LYING.
Are not the people who inhabit the District of Maine, men of common sense? Surely the Democrats must believe that two thirds of the voters in this district do not know their right hand from their left, or they would not so grossly, so shamefully impose on the credulous and uninformed. But 'tis a solemn truth, that at this moment the most infamous lies are circulated thro' the country—in some instances by men whom we could name—and who know they are deceivers. The grand lie now told in every quarter, is that Levi Lincoln is old General Lincoln, who fought the battles of his country in our last war—and that of course he must be a good man for Governor. No my friends; General Lincoln is now almost eighty years old; is worn out; is grey in the service of his country; is a real Federalist; and a man who despises this flummery of the Democrats and those who make use of it. No, Gen. Lincoln, I say again is an old, spotless Federalist—and a man of exalted worth; and the poor, scoundrel, electioneering patronoons are obliged to steal the name and the virtues of this renowned old patriot, and give them to this Levi Lincoln, in order to make him go down among the people. I can hardly control my passions when I see such baseness; such profligacy; such open fraud and villainy and theft. Why will the people believe a lie so much more readily than the truth?—of what value are our elections, if such infernal measures are allowed of and practised.
Fellow Citizens—hear me:
GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN lives at Hingham; is almost eighty years old; is a patriot; and an abused and insulted FEDERALIST of unspotted fame.
Lieut. Gov. Levi Lincoln, lives in Worcester; is old enough to be much better than he is; is a noisy demagogue; and as rank a jacobin as ever reigned or was guillotined in France.
After this, if the people will believe lies and go blindfold to ruin, the hour is at hand when they will look back, and lament their delusion; when they will cry; but there will be none to help them. SOCRATES.
To the Citizens of Cumberland, York and Oxford.
NEXT MONDAY is a day of immense importance to you.—On this day the solemn question is to be decided whether you are to remain the citizens of a happy, peaceful Commonwealth; or become the victims of vengeful power and unprincipled ambition. The winter before last you had a specimen of the infernal principles which were to guide the rulers of Massachusetts—that specimen was contained in the report signed by the would-be Governor Lincoln, and the chief of the then jacobin Council, and presented to the late Gov. Sullivan—that report you have seen published by order of the General Court. You may there read in bloody capitals all the vile arguments and detestable doctrines which marked and disgraced France in the time of the dreadful Robespierre! Choose Jacobin Rulers again, in this state, and you will at once open the doors of confusion and mischief—again your treasury will be robbed of seventy-thousand dollars—again your honest men be turned out of office to make room for a host of SKINNERS!—Do you wish to see such days and such events as these? if not, elect a federal Governor, Lt. Governor and Senators—and preserve the reign of order and sound principles. See how your government has been administered the last year—all has been calm and temperate—your Legislature has been firm and virtuous. They have listened to the voice of your cries, and have done all in their power to help you. He is a friend who forsaketh us not in the hour of our trouble—Be assured that the color of public measures at Washington, will essentially depend on the virtue and Federalism of the New-England governments the present year. As we regard our National Peace and Prosperity, we must exert ourselves in placing the faithful in office in our own sections of the country.—Our national administration has lost the public confidence—they ought long since to have lost it—they have even lost the confidence of themselves: they are afraid to trust the operation of their mischievous plans. Look at the newspapers—see the proceedings of Congress, near the close of the last session—see how Mr. Jefferson's friends, one after another, fell off; or came out boldly and declared they would not go on. Did not Gen. Varnum desert the administration? He condemned the embargo as folly; he assisted in breaking up the nest of mischief-makers at Washington, and then left them. And, pray, why should he desert his former friends, if he did not know they were pushing the country to destruction? Why did he quit the administration, but because he saw the wickedness of its designs? Look at Mr. Sloan—a good, old, honest Quaker, as ever lived. See him! he was ashamed of his company; and though a democrat himself, he found the junta at Washington were too bad for him to have any thing to do with: he left them; he exposed them; and he told solemn truths about the whole host of oppressors.
In New-England, the dawn of better times has appeared; but we shall have no day-light, if we suffer the clouds of democracy and the mists of delusion to cover the face of the earth. But the sun of FEDERALISM will rise in all his beauty and splendor, and our day will be fair and delightful, if the SONS OF FREEDOM, and the friends of their Country will DO THEIR DUTY. DAVID.
LOOK AT THIS.
The following letter from Judge Freeman 'tis hoped will have the intended effect. This venerable Patriot, boldly attacks the lying spirit of the times, and signs his name to what he publishes. Those who have known Judge Freeman for thirty or forty years past know how entirely he deserves and possesses the full confidence of his fellow citizens. He is one of the Patriots without reproach; the friend of his country; the friend of truth and a watchful guardian of our dearest interests. Let the good people read his letter, and then spurn the lying hypocrites who are now exerting all their arts to deceive them.
To the Citizens of Maine, who regard TRUTH, and wish not to be deceived.
REPORTS from various parts of the country have reached this town that certain falsehoods are in rapid circulation, calculated and designed, no doubt, to mislead you in the approaching election of Governor; among which the three following are the most notorious:
 1. That the British orders in council and the French decrees against our Commerce are annulled at an end.  2. That the Hon. LEVI LINCOLN, one of the Candidates for 
Governor is the same person who has long been known by the title of GENERAL LINCOLN.
3. That the Hon. CHRISTOPHER GORE, the other candidate for Governor, was born in Canada; that he was on board Mowat when he burnt the town of Portland; that he is an infidel and a man of immoral habits.
You may depend upon it that the above reports and assertions are absolutely false.
As to the first report; 'tis a fact the above orders and decrees are now in full force as to this Country, as they have ever been. Had they been in any part repealed, the President would have given public notice of it as by law required.
As to the second report; 'tis equally untrue. I was personally acquainted with General Lincoln in 1775 at the Provincial Congress of which I was then a member: he was a distinguished revolutionary officer; is now a very old man, and has ever been an undeviating FEDERALIST; his christian name is BENJAMIN.
As to the third report: Mr. Gore was born in Boston; the son of an industrious mechanick; he is a gentleman of the best character; of pure republican principles and a friend to his country. The story respecting his connexion with Mowat, is a base slander and entirely without foundation.
A wish that TRUTH may always prevail, impels me to do all in my power to detect and expose falsehood; and with this view I have presumed thus openly to submit the foregoing remarks to your consideration. SAM. FREEMAN.
Portland, March 30, 1809.
WILLIAM KING,
PUBLICKLY Electioneering for himself!
The enemies of the Washington policy, the foes of Commerce, the friends of the embargo and advocates for the continuance of the oppressive embarrassments and restrictions on the Coasting and foreign Trade of the District of Maine, held a meeting on Monday last, in Topsham, (Lincoln county) for the purpose of aiding the election of the democratic candidates—who, if elected, will exert all their power and influence in support of those anti-commercial measures which for fifteen months past have spread ruin and distress throughout this part of the country. A correspondent has furnished us with the following account of these would be Senators and Rulers.
"The meeting was in the Court-House, open and public—about 40 federalists were present; and we heard with perfect calmness and serenity, the abuse poured on the federal party by that modest, diffident, and immaculate character, the hon. the Maj. General of the 11th Division. He never appeared more in his element, & laid such emphasis on certain parts of his borrowed oration, which undoubtedly was the work of a much superior hand. The words turbulence, opposition to the laws of the union, and many other such expressions, were perfectly familiar to him. Bonaparte would not have preached in a more imperious and commanding tone to his vassal Senate.
Then comes the secret committee, headed by Joshua Wingate, jun. with their secret report, full of inflammation. This however went down heavily. It was more than even democrats could chew—They were obliged to swallow it in a lump. And it choked some so, they could not get their hands higher than their mouth.
Then Mr. Ames read his philippic on Mr. Gore, and mounted Mr. Lincoln to the skies; coupling him with those who fought at the side of Washington, of Greene, of Gates, and of LINCOLN; note the fraud.
Mr. Ames's stuff was undoubtedly written by Honestus . All the democrats in the district could not make out such a billinggate performance. It was full of the gall of bitterness, and betrayed the hand of a disappointed, virulent partizan. Proceeding in the style of interrogation, he says, Who did this piece of iniquity? C. Gore and his party. Who did this act of wickedness? C. Gore and his party. Who robbed the people? Skinner! Skinner! Skinner! an involuntary buzz—before he could get to the subject of choosing electors.
All this meeting at Topsham originated with King—was paid for by King, and was solely to subserve the interest and ambition of this overbearing, aristocratic demagogue, who, after we had heard all his obloquy and slang, invited us to retire. He could not bear to hear what we had to say. He could not, he knew he could not bear to hear himself contradicted, his arguments refuted, and his calumnies retorted. A realizing sense of this, and the nomination of this honorable man to be Senator, was noticed to make him blush, but his unconquerable impudence soon returned to his aid. The Lord help us, if we are to be under the domination of such a tyrant.
FRENCH FRIENDSHIP!!!
THE last arrivals from France bring certain intelligence that our merchant vessels and their cargoes are not only seized by Bonaparte's order and considered as plunder; but to the shame of that tyrant of the earth—the masters of the vessels are thrown into prison and kept on bread and water—confined from the air and doomed to all the horrors of a close gaol in a foreign land. And merely because the Captains are Americans—and because Americans have not spirit enough to resent injustice or insolence which France chuses to heap upon us—or else because plunder is the tyrants delight.—And yet thousands of our deluded fellow citizens believe France is our fast friend and are daily employed to aid her cause by building up in this country an administration which would ruin our commerce—and sacrifice our peace—our honor—our prosperity, and our very existence if Bonaparte should command. —Where is the spirit of our fore-fathers!
NO TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS.
IT is false, that the Federalists in Congress voted against the repeal of the Embargo Laws: The journals of Congress will prove, that they made from ten to twenty motions to repeal those disgraceful Laws, one and all. And that they voted as they moved. But they were not to be cheated by the wicked fallacy of the hypocrites, who have imposed a Non-Importation Law under the mask of a partial repeal of the Embargo Laws. So far is this Non-Importation Act from being a repeal of the Embargo Laws, the repeal is not even mentioned in the title of the law, which is, "An Act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great-Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes!" This sounds very much like the title of a Law for relieving American commerce, to be sure!— Continued.
  GORE,  or  LINCOLN.    Union, Order, Peace,  Jargon, confusion, tyranny,    Commerce & Prosperity,  Embargo & Poverty,    upon American principles,  upon French principles and    and the blessed system  the hateful system    of  of    WASHINGTON.  NAPOLEON BONAPARTE!  
The last Argus has breathed and blasted forth its brimstone flames upon Mr. Gore, Mr. Hildreth, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Lloyd, and half a dozen other federal worthies. As this is the last Argus before the election, all this nonsense and insolence were expected.
Mr. Gore is accused of having received British gold, and after that, of having acted in a spirit of rebellion against the United States. The Argus states that Mr. Gore, the last session of the General Court, was in favour of a separation of the states. This is

an absolute falsehood. He solemnly argued against it, and so did every federalist. Mr. Gore is stated to have advocated a report, declaring the Laws of the United States not binding on the citizens , after Judge Davis had declared them constitutional . This also is a direct falsehood. The General Court only declared a particular law passed on the 9th of January last, in their opinion, unconstitutional—a law full of horrors, and which no honest man or judge will ever sanction. The cause which Judge Davis decided, was tried eight or nine months before the enforcing act was passed . No judge has ever decided that the tremendous law of January last is constitutional ; and the man who made the declaration in the Argus , knows he asserted a falsehood.
Mr. Gore is declared to have signed a report denouncing the measures of the federal government relative to our foreign relations. So he did . And a large majority of the Legislature accepted the report, and declared the same opinion—And beyond this, let me add, that Congress themselves have denounced and condemned their own measures . They were ashamed of them—they in part gave them up. Congress have therefore sanctioned what Mr. Gore and the General Court did, and thereby proved them to be just and correct in what they did. Besides this, Mr. Madison advised that Legislatures in similar cases, should step forward and speak the voice of the people.
Again, the impudent Argus charges Mr. Gore with having openly recommended resistance to the Union . Another falsehood. He and the Legislature recommended obedience to the laws—even to the desperate law of January last , until constitutional relief could be obtained. Look at the proceedings of the General Court, & see if I do not now speak the truth.
JUSTICE
FOR THE GAZETTE.
The last Argus is full of its malice against Mr. Gore, and is spitting out its poison in every direction—almost every column contains a string of slanders—'Tis impossible to correct its lies half so fast as they are told. Mr. Gore is accused of having been bribed by British Gold ; and of having on all occasions favoured England—this is old sland, and as silly as it is old. Did he favour England when as Commissioner in London he settled the claims of our merchants against Great Britain, and obtained for them, and sent home to them several millions of Dollars ? But they prove he has received British Gold —because he lost part of his property by a failure and the rest by fire—and because he now owns a house in Boston, and a house and farm in Watertown—pretty evidence this! according to this reasoning Mr. Lincoln has been bribed by France—He owns Bank Shares, Bridge and Turnpike Shares —and a large farm in almost every town in the county of Worcester—But I don't charge him with having got his money from France, tho' he is worth $100,000.—No—I believe he did get it out of the "mere gleaming of a Law Shop, and waring it from the poor man's hard-earned shillings "—and so much the more the pity and the shame!—and do you want a Governor to grind you to powder?
AN HONEST MAN.
LEVI LINCOLN.
The friends of discord and war are using all kinds of measures to place him in the chair of Government the present year. He does not deserve the office nor the confidence of the people.
1. Last winter he sacrificed their rights by refusing to sign an act for the protection of our dwelling-houses from midnight searches —tho' both branches of the Legislature had passed it on the petitions of thousands and thousands of our fellow-citizens.
2. He expressly violated the Laws of Massachusetts which he swore he would observe, by issuing military orders to certain persons to aid in executing the tyrannical Embargo Law of Jan. 9 , when he knew he had no right to issue such orders: the object of which was to put soldiers over the heads of their officers , and to pick out a set of men that would go all lengths with him.
3. He has publicly denied the right of the People to assemble and petition for a redress of grievances —and publicly slandered them for so doing, tho' the Constitution expressly secures this right to them.
4. He accepted the office of Attorney General of the United States: but was unable to do the duties of it—he tried, & through ignorance of his duty, failed—and Government was obliged to hire Mr. Dallas, another Lawyer to help him out of his difficulty—at last he resigned his office, to
the joy of all who had any hand in appointing him.
5. He is a man who seldom ever attends public worship, and for years has proclaimed himself the enemy of the Clergy; and has openly abused them, and endeavoured to bring them into disrepute.—Witness his 10th number of the Worcester Farmer .
6. He is the devoted tool of the leaders at Washington: and they are the devoted tools of France.
7. He approves of the EMBARGO and all the shameful restrictions on our Commerce: and would join with all his heart to bring about a war with Great-Britain—tho' our seaports should be laid in ashes.
8. In fine—he is certainly unfit for the office of Governor: or else the democrats would not tell a thousand of the meanest lies to promote his election. Something is rotten at the core : or else Truth would answer all purposes on this occasion.
AN OBSERVER.
Portland,
Monday, April 3, 1809.
Federal Republicans!
THIS day is to decide the Question, whether you are to have the enjoyment of your natural and constitutional rights, or be compelled to see your property and your civil privileges sacrificed to Embargo and Nonimportation Laws . A moment's reflection on the sufferings and privations brought on you the year past, by the madness and folly of democratic rulers, affords more powerful reasons for a zealous & active support of the Federal Ticket , than is in the power of words to convey. Look at the federal nominations.—They are the men who assisted in the establishment of your independence—Who have been the advocates for the liberty and protection of your commerce. They never oppressed you by blocking your harbour or the creation of a Gun Boat navy to deprive you of the use of the ocean. On the contrary, they have never departed from the policy of Washington, under which you enjoyed peace and prosperity, and which must be again resorted to by your rulers before you can be relieved from the embarrassments you are now labouring under.
The preservation and security of your rights and privileges, are certainly worth one zealous, manly, and united exertion. Massachusetts expects every Federalist of Portland to do his duty . A single vote may turn the election. Let no one have cause to reproach himself with neglecting to use the dearest right freemen possess.
Remember that your political opponents have no other hopes of success but on your remissness. Surely, the prosperity, the peace, the liberty and independence, not only of your country but of yourselves, your families and posterity, are objects of too much magnitude to be lost for such a reason.
In consequence of orders from the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, an armed detachment from the Philadelphia militia was on the 24th ult. posted in the front and rear of the property of the late David Rittenhouse, Esq. to protect his representatives from the operation of process directed to be issued against them by the Supreme Court of the United States.
New-Hampshire Erect!
We confidently repeat, says the editor of the Centinel , that the Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Esq. is elected Governor of the State of New-Hampshire, by a handsome majority of votes. Since Saturday we have received several additional returns; which make the following result:—
Towns. Smith. Langdon. 184 15,380 14,446
Our information of the other happy changes in the State remains unimpaired. Laus Deo!
The Argus in the Suds: OR, Democrats condemning their own principles and conduct.
The democrats have set up a terrible howl because this town, at their meeting for the choice of town officers, did not elect democrats to the most profitable offices. But the rule that works both ways will not answer the purpose of these office seekers. Have the democrats forgot their exultations, two years since, when they turned out a federal Town Clerk, federal Selectmen and Assessors, and their boasting, that another year, not a single federalist should hold a town office? Have
they not openly applauded Mr. Jefferson for turning out of office the war-worn soldier and the heroes of our independence, and depriving them of the means of support for themselves and families, merely because they were federalists and friends to Washington, and appointed democrats in their room, when their only qualifications were, that they were violent democratic partizans, and supporters of embargoes & the destruction of Commerce? Do they not know that Levi Lincoln has recommended the removal of federalists, and the exclusive appointment of democrats? Yes, they know all this, and act upon the same principles whenever they have the power. But when federalists elect federalists the democrats are raving and bawling at the corner of every street. If there was the least sense of shame or consistency about these gentry, they would acknowledge that it was just and right to treat them in the same manner they have treated their betters.
During the reign of tyranny and oppression, the year past, when almost every citizen of this town was suffering severely the distress, loss, and ruin brought upon them by the arbitrary and unnecessary stoppage of business, they humbly stated their embarrassments to Mr. Jefferson, and petitioned for relief—The lovers of the embargo and foes of commerce, opposed this measure, and did every thing in their power to prolong our sufferings by remonstrating to the President against the proceedings of the town, and beseeching him to continue his philosophical experiment of starvation.
But when the federalists, by the firm stand they made in support of our just rights and privileges, have obtained permission to send a few thousands of lumber to Cuba and St. Bartholomews, the signers and advocates for the continuance of the embargo, are in a rage, because they have not the exclusive right of surveying it. Whine and grumble 'till you are satisfied .
DIED.
In Saco, Mr. David Warren, aged 49. In Gorham, John Park Little, Esq. In this town, on Thursday last, Thomas Godfrey, jun. of Boston, aged 20 years.
Drowned—From on board the sloop Ranger , near Cape-Ann, on the morning of the 26th inst. Capt. David C. Prince, of Portland At. 25, on his passage to this place. He was unfortunately knocked overboard while in the act of putting her about—the wind blowing extremely hard, and a considerable sea, every exertion to save him proved fruitless. He has left a widow and children, to mourn the loss of a tender, affectionate husband and parent, and a large and respectable circle of friends and relatives who will deeply sympathize with them for the loss of an useful member of society.
ETIPS NOI
A CONVENIENT dwelling house, together with a wood-house and garden spot, which will be convenient for a large family, or two small ones. For further information inquire of NATHANIEL GORDON. Portland, April 3d.
Reuben Fenlayson's Will.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the last Will and Testament of Reuben Fenlayson, late of Scarborough, in the county of Cumberland, deceased, has been presented to me for Probate, by Ivory Fenlayson, the Executor herein named, and Residuary Legatee; and that Wednesday the 26th day of April instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, is assigned to take proof of the same, at a Court of Probate then to be held at the office of John Frothingham, Esq. at Portland, in said county—when and where all persons concerned may be present, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Will should not be approved and allowed.
SAMUEL FREEMAN, Judge of said Court.
April 1, 1809.
Harrison Land Tax, for the year 1807.
NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors and owners of the following lots of Land, in the town of Harrison, in the county of Cumberland, that they are taxed for the year 1807, in a bill committed to me the subscriber for collection, as follows, viz. for State, County, Town and Highway:—
No. Ac. Per. State Tax. County Tax. Town Tax. Highway Tax. 106 0 100 100 67 2 75 4 148 0 100 100 67 2 75 4 149 0 100 100 67 2 75 4 50 0 100 100 67 2 75 4 7 8 100 100 67 2 75 4 2 1 100 100 67 2 75 4 12 2 100 150 1 01 0 1 13 1 5 7 100 100 67 2 75 4 21 1 90 100 67 2 75 4 12 5 100 100 67 2 75 4 10 4 100 67 44 4 49 9 4 4 90 100 67 2 75 4 1 4 100 100 67 2 75 4 11 9 100 84 56 0 62 8 Merited 6 0 100 67 2 75 4 Lots 8 0 100 67 2 75 4
That so much of said lots or parcels of land as will pay said taxes and charges will be sold, at the dwelling house of Capt. Nathaniel Harman, in said Harrison, on Monday the eighth day of May next, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, unless said taxes and charges shall be paid before that time.
JACOB EMERSON, Collector. Harrison, March 25th, 1809.
SAMUEL BUTTS, Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he keeps constantly for sale, at his Letter-Office and Book-Store , No. 3, Mussey's Row, Middle street, an extensive assortment of BOOKS in the various branches of Literature and Science. Also—Large and small Testaments—Psalms and Hymn Books—Justices, and other Blank—large and small Perpetual Almanacks, and a general assortment of School-Books and Stationary . Also—Jewelry, tortoise shell and common Combs, &c. & Cash and the highest price given for Junk, clean Woolen, Cotton and Linen Rags.
FOR SALE—Bricks, Lime, white and red oak Hoghead Shooks, white oak Barrels and Kegs—Enquire as above.
NOTICE! S. BUTTS requests all persons indebted to him to make immediate payment. Portland, April 3.
TAKE NOTICE. To be sold, by order of Court, on WEDNESDAY the twenty-sixth day of April next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house lately belonging to, and upon the Estate of Ebenezer Bangs, late of Gorham, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased—All the real Estate of said deceased, consisting of fifty-five acres of Land, in said Gorham, with the buildings thereon, including the reversion of the widow's dower. WILLIAM FREEMAN, Attorney for said estate. March 23d, 1809.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
TAKEN by Execution, and will be sold at Public Vendue, on Tuesday the second day of May next, at 10 o'clock, A.M. the right in equity of redemption in and to one undivided half of the following described parcel of mortgaged real estate, viz.—One undivided half part of a certain piece of land with the buildings thereon, situated in Portland, and bounded, on the southwest, by a forty feet highway or street, leading from Back street to Cumberland street; northwest, by Sarah Bradbury's land; northeast, by land formerly owned by Enoch Illey; southeast, by land owned by the said Sarah Bradbury and Josiah Cox, agreeably to a deed from the said Cox to John Try, dated the 4th of September, A. D. 1807, as on record may appear, with all the rights, privileges, and appurtenances thereto belonging. Sale on the premises. JONATHAN LUND, D. Sff. Portland, April 3, 1809.
Cumberland, ss.—March 29th, 1809. TAKEN by Execution, and will be sold at public vendue on the premises, on Saturday the 29th of April instant, at two o'clock afternoon, the right in equity of redemption which Abraham Nason, of Standish, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, has in and to the following mortgaged real estate, viz.—A certain lot of Land, lying and situated in the town of Standish, in the county of Cumberland; being lot numbered thirty-nine, bounded on the northeast by lot numbered thirty-eight, on the southwest by lot numbered forty, on the northwest by lot numbered forty-nine, and on the southeast by lot numbered forty, containing one hundred acres, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging. SAMUEL BARKER, D. Sff. April 3d, 1809.
To be sold by order of Court, at No. 11, Ingraham's Wharf, on MONDAY, the 8th day of May next, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
A PIECE of Flats, situated on the northeast side of Ingraham's Wharf, in Portland, county of Cumberland, sixty-two feet long, & twenty-three feet wide; together with the wood-work and Store standing thereon. Said Store is three stories high, twenty-three feet wide, and sixty feet long. Also—Four House Lots, situated on the southwest side of Washington-street, in said Portland, (opposite the rope walk). Said lots are about 100 feet long and 60 feet wide. Also—One fifth part of a piece of undivided land, lying in Falmouth, in said county, on the N. W. side of the county road leading to Deering's Bridge, so called. Containing in the whole about five acres more or less—It being part of the real estate of Stephen Foster, late of Bradford, in the county of Essex, merchant, deceased.
For further particulars apply to STEPHEN FOSTER, of Portland, administrator on said estate. Conditions made known at the time & place of sale. Dated at Portland, this 29th day of March A. D. 1809.
Lincoln ss. Bath, March 16th, 1809.
TAKEN by execution and will be offered for sale at Public Vendue, on Thursday the 20th day of April next, at two of the clock in the afternoon, at the subscriber's office in Bath, the Right in Equity of Redemption, which Major Joshua Shaw, has in the following described Real Estate: to wit, one Lot of Land, situated in Georgetown at the mouth of Kennebec River, bounded north by said River, east and south by the sea shore; and known by the name of Huniwell's Point;—Also one other lot of Land situated in Bath; bounded north by land owned by Nicholas Loring Mitchell and Joseph Trott; east by Kennebec River; south by a street which separates said land from land and wharf improved by Charles Clapp. A more particular description will be given at the time of sale. STEPHEN WINSHIP, Deputy Sheriff.
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of
NATHAN WYMAN, late of Topsham, in the county of Lincoln, yeoman, 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 exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. HEZEKIAH WYMAN, Administrator. Bath, March 24th, 1809.
Court & Commercial Blanks, Constantly for sale at the Bookstore of ISAAC ADAMS.
James Bracey, jun. RESPECTFULLY informs the public in general, and particularly his friends and customers, that he has removed from his former Stand, to Gorham Corner, where he has the best of accommodations for large parties, and strictest attention paid them. He returns his grateful acknowledgement for past favors and politely solicits a continuance of the same. Gorham, March 31.
TO LET.
ONE half of a convenient two-story DWELLING-HOUSE, in a central part of the town, convenient for a small family.—Inquire at this office. Portland, March 31.
Come and See.
AN excellent FARM for sale, situated in Falmouth, on the main road leading from Portland to Brunswick, in the Province of Maine, and within four miles of Portland—Said Farm lies between New-Casco meeting-house and Presumpscot bridge, within a few rods of each, and contains about two hundred acres by estimation, be the same, more or less. The house on said farm is large, commodious, and very pleasantly situated, commanding a fair prospect of the open sea at the entrance of Portland harbor, as also a very considerable part of that beautiful town—The barn is 82 by 74 feet. Said farm is sufficient to produce hay enough for forty cattle, & contains about eighty acres of good pasture, well supplied with fresh and salt water through the whole season, as it is bounded on the sea shore. It is an excellent spot for a house of public entertainment, and will beautifully accommodate merchants and mechanics with house loss, in addition to that little neat village, above the ship-yard, which has already been sold off the farm.
Within half a mile of the ship-yard are nearly twenty-five acres of perhaps the best white oak ship-timber in the whole town—Within one mile of the house lie twenty acres of land, well covered with wood and timber.
Within two miles of the house, are about twenty acres of good land situated on the abovementioned high way leading from Portland to Brunswick.
There is also a valuable piece of salt-marsh, which produces from six to eight tons of hay in the year, within half a mile of the barn, which may be purchased with said farm.—Farming utensils of all kinds, necessary to carry on said farm, may also be purchased. A view of the farm will afford its best recommendation. The terms of payment will be made easy to the fortunate purchaser. For further particulars inquire of
DAVID MCGREGORE, of Bedford, N. H. or of ADAMS MERRILL, on the premises.
N. B. Now or never; for the farm will doubtless be sold within three months. March 6. (5m)
SCHEME OF THE Fifth Class of Hatfield Bridge Lottery.
1 prize of 8,000 Dolls. 8,000 Dolls. 1 do. 1,000 do. 1,000 do. 3 prizes of 500 do. 1,500 do. 100 do. 100 do. 10,000 do. 100 do. 50 do. 5,000 do. 125 do. 20 do. 2,500 do. 3500 do. 7 do. 24,500 do. $2,500
12,000 Tickets at Five Dollars each are 60,000 Dollars. Capital Prizes determinable in the following manner, viz.
First drawn blank on the 5th day of drawing entitled to 500 Dollars. do. 10th do. 500. do. 15th do. 1000. do. 20th do. 8000. do. 24th do. 500.
The last drawn blank of every day's drawing entitled to 100 dollars, and also every fiftieth number on the last day's drawing, (except the last drawn number which is provided for above) entitled to 100 dollars. Five hundred numbers will be considered one day's drawing, and the fortunate blanks determined accordingly.
The drawing will commence, at Boston, on the twenty-fifth day of May next: after the fifteenth of said May, tickets in the hands of vendors, will be considered as retained at their risk, and rise to 5 dolls. 50 cts. Tickets unfold may be returned to either of the Managers, Messrs. Gilbert and Dean, of Boston, or Mr. Isaiah Thomas, jun. of Worcester.
Prizes less than 500 dollars will be paid in thirty days; of 500 and 1000 dollars in sixty days; and the highest prize in ninety days after the drawing is completed, in current bank bills.
Prizes not demanded in one year after the drawing is completed will not be paid. Tickets for sale by the Managers, and at the usual places.
SAMUEL PORTER, ELIJAH DICKINSON, ISAAC ABERCROMBIE, SAMUEL F. DICKINSON, JOHN HASTINGS, Jun. Managers.
February 28, 1809. Tickets and Quarters in the above Lottery for sale by
ISAAC ADAMS,
No. 7, Fifth Street. Prize Tickets taken in payment.
William Goddard,
HAS received by ships Globe and Hannah from Liverpool, an addition to his stock of Hard-Ware Goods, Which are offered for sale on the most favorable terms, by wholesale or retail. Portland, No. 7. (tl)
FOR SALE,
AN excellent FARM, situated in Paris, in the county of Oxford, containing upwards of 200 acres, with a house 56 by 26 feet, and a barn 42 by 32 feet—with a young orchard of about 200 apple trees, with other fruit trees. Said Farm is so situated that it may be easily divided, and will make two convenient Farms. It contains as much as 78 acres of improved Land, well watered, and produces from 30 to 50 tons of hay yearly.
The conditions will be one half down, the remainder made easy to the purchaser.—For further particulars, enquire of
JAMES MORSE, on the premises. Paris, March 12.

In the District of Maine restored to the blessings and benefits of commerce, by the substitution of the Non-Intercourse for the Embargo?
What is the principle trade of the Eastern country?—Lumber. What was their market?—Liverpool—the French and British West-Indies. These facts all know. Probably all know as well, that neither the French Decrees nor British Orders of Council militated in any degree that would be felt, with the trade to either or all of those ports. As the trade of the District of Maine was exempt from embarrassment, above any part of the U. S. and as the pretended indulgencies of government have made no opening for them, they are doubly injured and oppressed, by the adoption of the Non-Intercourse act. Their accustomed trade might have been free; it was subject to no molestation of any consequence, but such as our own government have imposed. And in the alleviations which have been offered, which however, we warn our countrymen, will be found but an empty concession to popular murmurs, not even that attention has been paid to the district of Maine. Their feelings and interests have not even been thought deserving notice. They were, we repeat it, of all parts of the Union, the least effected by belligerent measures in Europe—they are of all parts of the Union the most completely denied any portion of their accustomed trade by the Non-Intercourse act.
The inhabitants of Maine will notice this contemptuous partiality. They are alive to their sufferings—they are sensible of their danger. Will the people now elect those to offices of public trust, who will countenance and support their OPPRESSORS; or will they, now the time is come to increase the number of the friends of freedom and prosperity, seize the opportunity, and give a new and promising consequence to the State of Massachusetts?— Rep.
FOR SALE—AT S. Patten's Book-Store, No 10, Jane's Row , 200 Reams Writing Paper, first quality 200 ditto Wrapping Paper 30 gross Bouter do. 10 ditto Press Papers TICKETS in Rhode-Island Coal, and the 4th class Hatfield Bridge Lotteries. N. B.—Half of a House in a pleasant part of the town, to be let. March 20. [6w]
TAKE NOTICE! THE subscriber having removed to Gorham , gives notice that his accounts are left at the store of Henry F. Duper & Son No. 6, Mulley's Row, where those indebted are requested to call and adjust the same immediately. HENRY F. DUPEE.
FOR SALE, A FARM in Cape Elizabeth , containing about 50 acres of land, well watered, and cutting 20 tons English, and some salt hay, and having thereon a two-story brick Dwelling-House, a Barn 51 by 34, well finished, and other out houses. This Farm is very pleasantly situated, having a complete view of the Town and Harbor of Portland; it is also connected with the waters of Fore river, and within half a mile of the contemplated Bridge to Malabar's Neck. Terms will be liberal.—For further particulars, inquire of NATHANIEL FREEMAN. Cape Elizabeth, March 6, 1809. (1f)
WANTED TO HIRE, A GOOD FARM, situated 8 or 10 miles from Portland, with the Stock and farming utensils necessary to carry on the same.—by a gentleman formerly a farmer in Roxbury. For particulars inquire at the Gazette Office. March 20.
Maine Missionary Society. THE Subscriber gives notice that he has been appointed agent for the Maine Missionary Society  Missionary Society , and has for sale at his Store Middle Street , the PANFLEIST MAGAZINE , which will be delivered monthly to subscribers—also subscriptions are received for the above work. NATHANIEL CROSS. March 20.
A FARM FOR SALE, IN the town of Falmouth , in the county of Cumberland , consisting of one hundred and five acres of land, of which thirty is Interval, and lying on Pumphead River , and five miles from the town of Portland , and on the post road that leads from Portland to Augusta , and into many of the back towns. Said farm is conveniently situated for a Public House, with a large two story House, and Barn, with out houses. The soil of said farm is inferior to none.—Inquire of OLIVER WINSLOW. Oct. 17. (1f)
TO BE LET, HALF of a convenient DWELLING-HOUSE, situated in Free-street , on reasonable terms.—Inquire of WILLIAM GODDARD. Portland, Nov. 7. (1f)
FOR SALE, A ONE STORY DWELLING-HOUSE, with five Rooms completely finished on the lower floor, and one in the chamber, together with the lot of land it stands on, with an excellent well of water situated on Cumberland-Place , occupied by J. Shu Light .—For further particulars apply to OLIVER EVERETT. Portland, Feb. 20. (6w)
FOR sale by the Subscriber, at his store in Middle-street,    Cognac Brandy  Oatmeal  SUGARS    Bordeaux do.  Loaf,    Hollands Gin  Lump,    American do.  Havanna white    Old Jamaica Spirits  and brown    St. Croix and Antigua Rum  Coffee    Cherry Brandy  Chocolate    Raspberry do.  Chocolate Shells    Aniseed  Rice    Madeira, } Teneriffe, } Lisbon, } Sherry, } Port and } Claret } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Hyson Skin, } Souchong and } Bohea } Citron } Mace } Nutmegs } Cinnamon } Cloves } Cassia } Pepper } Pimento } Ginger } Cayenne } Mustard } Soy } Catchup } Capers } Anchovies } Bottles & flasks } Oil } Ground Rice }  Pearl Barly    Also, A few boxes first quality Spanish Segars; one hundred barrels Cider, suitable for bottling or table use; 75 gross Junk Bottles; 300 gross real velvet Corks; 5000 wt. first quality Connecticut Cheese; 50 quintals dumb Fish of a good quality; 50 bbls. Cider Vinegar. The above Goods will be warranted as good as can be obtained, and sold as cheap as can be purchased at any store in town, for Cash or short credit. The smallest favor punctiliously attended to. DAVID DANA. Portland, March 27.
TAKE NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late firm of STUART and LINCOLN, or to JONATHAN STUART, either by Note or Account, are once more called upon to make immediate payment, if they wish to prevent cost. JONATHAN STUART. March 27, 1809.
N. B. The Subscriber offers for sale, the remaining part of his Stock, consisting of W. I. GOODS, GROCERIES, and ENGLISH GOODS, on very low terms for Cash or approved endorsed Notes, for two, four, and six months.—As the Stand is one of the best in town, any person wishing to purchase, will do well to apply soon. LIME. D. PEASE has for sale, 100 casks new burnt Thomaston STONE LIME. Portland, March 27, 1809. (ow)
Messrs. Tappan & Sewall, REQUEST those who have any demands upon them, to present them for settlement, with all convenient speed.—They have for sale, if applied for immediately, 55 casks Pot and Pearl Alhes A case Windsor Soap— Ink Powder And a few prohibited articles, Pins, Sewing Silks and Buttons. No. 21, Haymarket-Row . March 27.
Robert H. Smith, At the sign of the Indian Chief , Fifth Street, OFFERS for sale a general assortment of Tobacco and Snuff, viz. Pig Tail, Fig, and Fine Twist Also—10,000 lbs. Leaf Tobacco, suitable for the West-India market. Rappes and fine Scotch SNUFF, by wholesale and retail, as low as can be purchased in town. WANTED, Two APPRENTICES to the Tobacconist Business from 14 to 16 years of age—to whom good encouragement will be given—Inquire as above. Portland, March 27.
A SERIOUS CALL! ALL persons indebted to the late firm of Dearborn & Watson , are informed, that thirty days longer are allowed for them to call and adjust their accounts; and that those who neglect a settlement until after that time, will have the pleasure of doing it with an attorney. SIMON DEARBORN, also, requests those indebted to him, either by note or book account, to call and adjust the same immediately, at his shop, No. 6, Jane's Row . March 27.
NOTICE. WHEREAS His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal , has been pleased to declare that all American vessels in his port shall be considered as those of the most favoured nations—The undersigned hereby gives notice, that they have been authorized by Josefa Padmaker , Esq. Consul General and Charge des Affaires from His Royal Highness to the United States, to legalize all papers necessary for vessels bound to Portuguese Ports, and to act in all other matters as Consular Agents for the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island . It is necessary that all masters of vessels should have their Bills of Health legalized, otherwise they will be subject to quarantine; and to avoid unpleasant discussions of reclamations, it is also required that any articles shipped for account of Portuguese subjects, should be declared and sworn to in the bills of lading as being Portuguese property, and those bills legalized by the Consular Agents. GOODWING & WHITING, March 22 No. 23, Long wharf, Boston .
CODFISH. FOR sale, 1000 quintals CODFISH, in good shipping order.—Inquire of ANTHONY FERNALD, Central Wharf. March 20.
FOR SALE, IN North-yarmouth , near Broad Cove , a conveniently situated HOUSE-LOT, consisting of an acre and an half of excellent Land—with a commodious two-story Dwelling-House on the same.—Said stand is well calculated for a Trauer or Mechanic, and is well accommodated with Water near the house.—For particulars inquire of DAVID STAPLES. North-yarmouth, March 13.
FOR SALE, IN North-yarmouth , near Broad Cove , a conveniently situated HOUSE-LOT, consisting of an acre and an half of excellent Land—with a commodious two-story Dwelling-House on the same.—Said stand is well calculated for a Trauer or Mechanic, and is well accommodated with Water near the house.—For particulars inquire of DAVID STAPLES. North-yarmouth, March 13.
New & Interesting Publication! Citizens of New-England! READ AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES. JUST published, and now offered for sale, at the several Bookstores in this town, (price 12 1/2 cents,) a Political Pamphlet, being Reflections and Critical Remarks on the PRESENT UNHAPPY SITUATION of the United States; comprising a review of the Federal and Democratic administrations of the General Government, with a development of those causes and measures which have involved the country in great and general distress, and pointing to the citizens the course to be pursued in order to regain their former state of prosperity. "If we tell you the truth, believe us for the truth's sake." FOR NEWBURYPORT, THE Sloop Gennett , lying at Ingraham's Wharf , being very convenient for Passengers, will sail THIS WEEK.—Said Sloop will sail from Portland to Newburyport and directly back to Portland , once a week through the season.—Strict attention will be paid to Passengers and Freight. Apply to Moses or Nathan Davis. Portland, March 27.
POCKET BOOK LOST, on Saturday last, between the Hay-Scales and Ebenezer Lord's store, near Union-Hall, containing fifty-five dollars in bank-bills; also, one note of hand for fifty dollars, with other valuable papers. Whoever has found the same and will return it with its contents to the subscriber, shall receive a reward of TEN DOLLARS. Gorham, March 9 WILLIAM DYER.
Cut Nail Manufactory. T. & E. ODIORNE, ARE proprietors of a new patent machine, for cutting and heading nails at one operation. They have established a Manufactory at Malden , near Boston , from which they expect, shortly, to furnish two tons of nails per day. They manufacture various sizes, and those of the same length they can make of greater or less thickness, as the market they are intended for may require. Being sensible that the success of their undertaking must depend upon the good quality, and low price of their nails, they are determined to pay due attention to these particulars. Orders will be carefully and punctiliously attended to, and the prices will be uniform, as well to distant customers, as to those who are near. 3 per cent is their usual discount for cash. (5w) Boston, March 1809.
Travels in Spain. JUST published, and for sale at the Book-Store of ISAAC ADAMS, Travels thro' Spain & part of Portugal , with Commercial, statistical and geographical details. Illustrated with a modern map of those countries. "Half a word, fixed upon or near the spot, is worth a cartload of recollection."—Gray's Letters. CONTENTS OF THE WORK. CHAP. I. Arrivals at Barcelona; The Port; Cathedral; Custom-house; Theatre; Expenses of a journey to Valencia; The king's visit to Barcelona in 1802; Villas; Academy of Arts; Monjoich cannon foundry; Palace of commerce CHAP. II. Road to Montserrat; Vale of the Llobregat, Martorel; Arch of Hannibal; Ascent of the Mountain; The Convent; Hermitages; A learned Spanish Monk; Modern Miracles; The holy Image; The Prince of the Peace; Feast of the Holy Ghost; Days of Indulgence; Officers of the Monks; Return through Tarragona to Barcelona. CHAP. III. Environs of Barcelona; Plain of Villa Franca; Roman Antiquities; Parragona; Late Archbishop; San Carlos; Barran Tract; Castle of Almenara; Plain of Valencia; Saguntum; Valencia The Theatre. CHAP. IV. Valencia; Its Buildings; Convent of San Francisco; Cathedral Archbishop; View from the Tower; Religious Concert; Corpus Christi Day; Processions at Valencia and Madrid. CHAP. V. Route to Madrid; Almazor; A new Ventadefer Country; Banditti; Lar Mancha; Country Church; Ocaua; Aranguez; Approach to Madrid. CHAP. VI. Madrid; Heat Royal Armory; Plaza Mayor; Cabinet of Natural History; The Younger Foller; Theatre; Prince of Peace; Buen-Retiro; The Prado and striking Spectacles there; New Palace; Bull fight; Comedy of Lope de Vega; General View of the Metropolis. CHAP. VII. St Ildefonso; Old Castle, Segovia Cathedral; Alcazar; Aqueduct; Guadarama Mountains; Park of the Escurial; The Convent; The Casa Reale. CHAP. VIII. The Escurial and Madrid continued; Manners at Madrid; Commercial and statistical Details of the whole Kingdom; Different Sketches of the general Manners of the Spaniards, and of the state of the Army, CHAP. IX. Road to Toledo; The City; Fonda; Lorenzo; Buildings; Eve of St. Peter; Organs; Treasures; Productions of the Province of Toledo; Climate; Travelling; Roads; Post-horses; Lisbon; Cintra.
TOWN ACCOUNTS. THE Committee for examining Accounts against the town of Portland , will meet for that purpose, at the Office of Eben Preble , Fifth Street, Portland , on the 30th and 31st days of March next from 10 to 12 o'clock, A. M. and from 3 to 5 P. M. of each of said days. DANIEL TUCKER, Chairman. March 27, 1809.
Sale at Auction. By order of Samuel Freeman, Esq. Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland , will be sold at Public Auction, on FRIDAY , the 7th day of April next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at E. GREELY & CO'S OFFICE , A VARIETY of Household Furniture, &c. consisting of Feather-Beds, Bed-quilts, Bedsteads, Blankets, Sheets, table-cloths, towels, dining and other tables, Looking Glasses, brass andirons, shovel and tongs, 1 Bureau, 1 Sleigh, 1 Gun, Joiner's tools, Chairs, Crockery and Glass Ware, Wearing Apparel, and a variety of other articles. LUCY PANDEL, Administratrix. March 27.
Samuel Snow's Estate. THE heirs of the estate of Samuel Snow late of Harpwell , in the county of Cumberland , mariner, deceased, and all concerned, are hereby notified, that Stephen Purington , Esq. administrator on the estate of said deceased, has presented to me his account of administration on said estate; and that the same will be considered at a Probate Court to be held at Portland , on the fourth Wednesday of April next, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon—when and where will also be considered his application for a certificate relative to the sale of the whole of the Real Estate of said deceased. SAML. FREEMAN, Judge of Probate. March 23, 1809
To the Honourable the Senate and the Honourable the House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court assembled, HUMBLY SHEWS, EBEN PREBLE, of Boston , in the County of Suffolk , merchant, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty five, his father, JEDIDIAH PREBLE , late of Portland , Esquire, deceased, was proprietor of a lot of land, situate in Middle-street , in said Portland ; and sometime afterwards said JEDIDIAH PREBLE sold the same to his son JEDIDIAH PREBLE , jun. who sold to JOSEPH BARBOUR , a part of said lot of land, (being the easterly part thereof as represented in the plan herewith presented.) In the year 1781, the said Jedidiah Preble , Sen. intended to convey to your petitioner the residue of said lot of land, (also described on the plan,) but the person employed to make the conveyance, did not describe said residue, but referred for description to the deed of Arthur Godwin , and to that of E. Knight , to said Jedidiah , Senior, when, in fact, a part of the land, in those deeds described, was the same which had been by the said Jedidiah , Junior, conveyed to said Barbour as aforesaid. This mistake was not then discovered, and the said Eben went into possession of the land intended to have been conveyed, and has been in possession thereof ever since. The mistake has been very lately discovered, in consequence of an investigation of title, by a person who intended to purchase from him. The said Eben further represents, That the land so conveyed, by said Jedidiah , Junior, to said Barbour , and which said Barbour , and those claiming under him possess, has been built upon, and has become very valuable, and much more so than that part of the land which the said Eben has been constantly in possession of, and which was intended to have been conveyed to him by said Jedidiah , Senior. The said Eben further represents, That he cannot now have his title to said land, which was so intended to be conveyed to him, perfected by deed, because the said Jedidiah , Senior, died, leaving numerous descendants, some of whom are in Europe , and some in the southern States, and some of whom are minors; and that although the deed which his father gave him of the same land which had been previously conveyed to said Barbour , was recorded before the deed to Barbour was recorded, and although thereby the legal estate is vested in him, yet neither your petitioner nor the said Jedidiah , had any intention to have such estate vested in the petitioner.—Wherefore the said Eben prays, that a resolve may be passed confirming his title to the land which the said Jedidiah , Senior, intended to convey to your petitioner; provided he shall release all right and title to the lands which the said Jedidiah , Senior, conveyed to his son Jedidiah , Junior, who conveyed to said Barbour . EBEN PREBLE.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the House of Representatives, March 1, 1809. ON the petition aforesaid, Ordered, that the petitioner cause an attested copy of his petition, with this order thereon, to be published in the New-England Palladium and Portland Gazette , three weeks successively; the last publication to be twenty days, at least, before the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that all persons interested may then appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. Sent up for concurrence. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. In Senate, March 1, 1809. Read and concurred. H. G. OTIS, President. A true copy— Attest, N. COFFIN, Clerk of the Senate. TAKE NOTICE! ALL persons indebted to the subscribers either by note or account are respectfully called upon once more to make payment by the 15th of May next, or they will be left with an attorney for collection after that date. J. & A. CARTER. March 20.
United Marine & Fire Insurance Company. ANNUAL MEETING. THE Stockholders of the United Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Portland , are hereby notified that their Annual Meeting for the choice of seven Directors for the ensuing year, will be held at their Office on TUESDAY the fourth day of April next, at 3 o'clock, P. M.—By order of the President & Directors, JOHN WATSON, Secretary. United M. & F. Ins. Office, Portland, March 13, 1809.
FOR SALE, Freight or Charter THE Schooner COLUMBIA , eighty four tons burthen, high deck. She is a fine good vessel, having been thoroughly repaired, and well formed, and can be lit for sea immediately, at a trifling expense. She has good room for forage, and is well calculated for the southern or West-India trade. —ALSO— For Sale or to Let, A brick Store, in Fifth-street , with a chamber and cellar, with a Dwelling-House adjoining, and may be had together or separate—Inquire of THOMAS LEAVIS, No. 3, Jane's Row . Portland, March 20.
THE Copartnership of Noyes & Robinson, House-Rights, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. DANIEL NOYES. March 17. DANIEL ROBINSON.
Equity of Redemption. Cumberland, ss. —Taken on Execution, and will be sold at Public Auction, on the 23th day of April next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. at the office of E. GREELY & Co. Portland , ALL the right in equity of redemption in and to the following described, mortgaged Real Estate situated in Portland , containing four acres, more or less, being one tenth part of all the dower of the Widow; Karen-happuch Brackett , situated between Maine-street and fore river , containing forty five acres or thereabouts, as let off and aligned unto her out of the homestead of her late husband, Anthony Brackett , deceased (reserving thereout of said one tenth part one quarter of an acre, lying in the Northwesterly corner of said dower, now owned by Isaiah Thomas and Mary his Wife ) being all the right and title of said Isaiah and Mary in the aforesaid dower (saving the reservation aforesaid)—also one other lot containing one tenth part of said— Karen-happuch Brackett dower aforesaid, being part which fell to her as heir to her son Samuel Brackett , deceased—also one other containing three-fourths of one tenth part of the dower of the Widow Karen-happuch Brackett aforesaid—all in common and undivided. JOS. M. GERRISH, Deputy Sheriff. Portland, March 20, 1809.
To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in General Court assembled at Boston, on the last Wednesday in May, A. D. 1808. HUMBLY shews, the subscribers, Directors of the Maine Turnpike Association , that by an act of the Legislature, passed March 8th 1803, the said Maine Turnpike Association was vested with the right and power to erect and make a turnpike road from the line of New-Hampshire to Portland , and the further right to erect and keep in repair such bridges and bridges as might be necessary on said route. That said Corporation has laid out and located a part of the route from Portland to the line of New-Hampshire , but before that part of the route so located can be fully completed a bridge must be erected from the bank of fore river in Portland , over the said fore river to Malabar's Neck (so called) in Cape-Elizabeth and the expence of building said bridge will be so great, that no encouragement at present under the existing act is offered for erecting the said bridge, as the toll which the Corporation might receive now, provided said bridge was erected, would not be sufficient to keep the bridge in repair and of course be no remuneration for the large sums of money which must necessarily be expended to complete it. Your petitioners further beg leave to state to the Honorable Legislature, that repeated applications have been made by various persons to complete the most difficult parts of the route, for the toll now granted by the act of incorporation, but owing to the magnitude of the undertaking of building said bridge, and for merely the consideration of receiving such toll as is now granted, this part of the route is unfinished, and the residue of the same remains also unfinished. Your petitioners therefore, humbly pray, that your honours, (if on due consideration it should be thought expedient) would pass an act authorizing the Maine Turnpike Association aforesaid to receive such reasonable toll from those who may pass said bridge (when it shall be completed) with their teams, horses, carriages or otherwise in addition to the toll which they might now receive, were the bridge erected as in their wisdom they may deem equitable.—And as in duty bound will ever pray. JOHN THRASHER, RICH'D. HUNEWELL, HENRY F. DUPEE. Portland, May 1808.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN SENATE, Feb. 3, 1809. ON the Petition aforesaid, Ordered, that the Petitioners cause an attested copy of their petition, with this order thereon, to be published in the Eastern Argus and the Portland Gazette , printed at Portland , three weeks successively, the last publication to be thirty days, at least, before the second Wednesday of the first session of the next General Court, that all persons interested may then appear, and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted.—Sent down for concurrence. H. G. OTIS, President. In the House of Representatives, Feb. 4th 1809. Read and concurred. TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Speaker. A TRUE COPY—Attest, N. COFFIN, Clerk of the Senate.
WE the subscribers being appointed by the Hon. Silas Lee , Judge of Probate for the county of Lincoln , Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of ROBERT DOW , late of Boothbay , deceased, represented insolvent, and six months being allowed said creditors to bring in and support their claims, do hereby give notice that we will attend the business of our appointment, at the dwelling-house of William McCobb , Esq. in said Boothbay , on Monday the twenty-seventh day of March instant, and on the fourth Monday of the five following months, from one o'clock P. M. until five do. WM. MCCOBB, JOHN M. MCFARLAND } Commissioners. Boothbay, March 10, 1809. (20)