The gazette (Portland, Me.), 1798-12-10 00:00:00

The Gazette.
[NUMBER 33.]
By ELEZER ALLEY JENKS, Portland, Maine.
[VOLUME 1.]
Monday, December 10, 1798.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
MR. JENKS,
THAT there should exist in this free and enlightened country the sentiments imputed to our Jacobins, so extremely hostile to all religion, and to every regular constituted Government, and so daringly bent on the propagation of revolutionary principles, has excited the wonder, and puzzled the understandings of our profoundest politicians. The publication of Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy , in my opinion, removes every doubt. This author, deserving of the patronage of every American, has traced this passion for innovation to its true source, and solemnly warned us of what unthinking mortals very little expect. I will endeavor, for the benefit of your readers, to trace in these proofs the present disorders of the world.
The nations of Europe have been infested for about a century past with a set of philosophers and reformers, who, under the mask of liberty and liberality of sentiment, have endeavored to subvert all government, and to annihilate all religion; and Voltaire, Helvetius, and Condorcet , are of this description. Whoever reads their works, tho' clothed in all the charms of wit and fancy, must be convinced of their tendency to this one point. The fatal flamina of revolution, which has filled the world with blood and tears, was generated by these men; and some of them lived to witness the success of their labors. They constantly held up to view a kind of Utopian felicity, distant, yet sure, whenever mankind could exempt themselves from the fetters of religion, and the impositions of legal restraints; and they adopted and regulated their conduct by this maxim, that the end projected would sanctify the means necessary to accomplish it.—We will now explain this end and these means, and also hint at their origin.
ADAM WEISHAUPT, a professor in the University at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, about the year 1765, invented a plan, calculated, as he conceived, to destroy by a slow and subtle operation all the religions and governments in the world. His object was to free man from all restraints whatever, except that of his reason, and to reduce all nations to their primitive simplicity. For this purpose he gave his pernicious doctrine the name of Masonry —which was calculated to avoid suspicion, and to facilitate his designs. He therefore made his court to real masons—formed them that he was able to confer on them a great number of degrees (which by the bye were of his own invention) not as yet known among them. To each of these designs he attached dazzling symbols and rituals, calculated to captivate the fancy, and to create a desire for further knowledge in the art. Several of the first degrees were intended only to instill into the mind a peculiar mode of thinking, favorable to his plan; and by the time the candidate was introduced into the Illuminati degree, he was fitted for every evil work. Here the great design of WEISHAUPT was fully unfolded—and from a regular progress in the corruption of the heart, his pupils saw no cause to repent of their illumination. These lodges were formed and established over all Germany and France before the malignancy of their principles were discovered. The great founder of the order did not stop here. He procured men of his own principles to be placed over most of the seminaries of learning, so as to corrupt the morals of the rising generation. He promoted the establishment of female lodges, in which the same sentiments were inculcated, well knowing that the softer sex have an almost invincible control over the conduct of men. Printers and booksellers were seized with the flamina , and had a remarkable influence. Thus this inhuman projector of national distresses, deceived the true masons—and by this very deception eventually infested all Europe with revolutionary principles, and with an utter detestation of religion and morality—and transformed them into brutes and atheists!
Previously to the commencement of the French revolution, the lodges in France had received all the new fangled degrees of WEISHAUPT, except that of the Illuminati . The dawn of political troubles in that country, induced them to send a solemn deputation to the German lodges, and to request a conferation of this exalted degree in masonry. Deputies were sent from Germany to Paris to inaugurate their brethren into the secret mysteries of the Illuminati —which wholly consisted in political and religious disputes, and in plans to destroy the monarchy of France, and in the place of order and civil rule to substitute a legal system of atheism, plunder and rapine. The more fully to effect these purposes, each lodge in France deputed a committee to meet in the Hall of the Jacobin friars, to discuss political and religious subjects—to give a tone to the nation, and to influence the national convention, which had then begun to assume the character of a legislative and permanent body. Here then we have the origin of French Jacobins, and the principles by which they are governed. They are
the pupils of WEISHAUPT, and the professed advocates of Atheism, of robbery, plunder and murder!
One truth is yet to be told, but little known in this country, which is, that TALLEYRAND, the present minister of exterior relations, and the inveterate despoiler of American property and fame, was the second officer in these Illuminated lodges, and the principle spoke in the wheel of French politics. By his means, joined to the exertions of Orleans and Mirabeau, all the leaders in the national convention were initiated into this society—which gave a preponderance to every measure proposed in the public councils. Hence many of their decrees are clothed in the very language of WEISHAUPT. Witness the one against religion, by which all kind of homage to the Deity is denounced as a cheat, and forbidden—and atheism established as the creed of Frenchmen.
From the nature of these principles, and the effect they have had in accelerating the nations of Europe to the very apex of disorder and distress, we may easily discover the origin of Jacobins, and the opposition to executive measures in this country. I know that our Jacobins disclaim even the most distant relation to the French fraternizers, and affect to despise them—and I do not pretend to say, that there is any direct communication between them, except it be with the leaders of the two nations—who by plans formed in secret and under cover of night, imperceptibly direct all the movements in the great scheme of revolution. This scheme has already awakened the world to arms;—England, France, and America, have felt the effects of it—and Holland, Geneva, Switzerland, and the capital of Italy have fallen victims to it. These principles spread like a contagious sickness—we are secretly impelled to plot the destruction of all religion and government without knowing the cause;—and the Jacobins of this country are the faithful disciples of the European Illuminati . I turn with disgust from this horrid picture of human depravity, and pray to God for the restoration of peace.
NUMA.
Barlow's Infamous Letter!
Concluded from the last GAZETTE.
It is difficult for you to conceive to what a degree their sensibility was carried, on this subject, at the beginning of the revolution: it was clear that a sensibility of such force must be the foundation of the most extravagant affection; if properly nourished, it would have begot a confidence without bounds; if slighted, or answered with indifference, it must end in jealousy, uncontrollable by the rules of justice, and blind to the light of truth. And what was the conduct of your President? Thomas Jefferson was your ambassador in France where his superior talents and republican principles had rendered him exceedingly dear to all friends of liberty. It was well known here that his intention was to retain his place during the revolution. They wished it exceedingly, because both he and they were sensible that he would be able to render the most essential services to both countries, by remaining in Paris during a crisis of such momentous expectations: no one will deny that the occasion and the place called for the first diplomatic talents, and the purest republican virtue, that the United States could afford.—Jefferson went from Paris on a short leave of absence, with a fixed determination to return as soon as possible; but the President ordered it otherwise; and the French believed it was from a disapprobation of Jefferson's attachment to the cause of liberty in France. This opinion may have been two hastily formed, but they were confirmed in it, by the President's naming to the same place G. Morris, who for two winters past had filled Paris with invectives against every principle of liberty—who was previously detested by all the leaders of the revolution—who was known to be the broker, protector, and correspondent, of the most obnoxious emigrants. It is possible that Washington, in not suffering Jefferson to return, might have acted from other motives than those of enmity to the French revolution, though no other motives appear; but his naming Morris, was an insult that admits of no palliative: it is vain to say he was ignorant of the character that this name bore in Paris: he was a wide mouth bawler, and had been for two years the exaggerating echo of all the abuse in all Burke's pamphlets and all the worst papers in London.
This scene was continued here, to the astonishment of all Europe, for three years. His business was to mislead the President with respect to what was going on in France, to insult the French nation, and as far as possible to betray them; for it was universally believed, & I have no doubt of the fact, that after the Austrian and English ambassadors retired from Paris, Morris acted a secret agent and spy for those two cabinets. A hasty word or action coming from an ambassador, though malicious in itself, is not always interpreted to be the language of the government that sent him; but a
series of ostentations abuse continued for three years becomes unequivocal. All Europe, leagued against liberty, considered America already in the coalition; and France would at that time have grouped you among her enemies, had it not been for several circumstances wholly adventitious or foreign to the conduct of your cabinet.
1. Some Americans in Paris, of character far more respectable than that of Morris, endeavored, and with a momentary success to convince the leaders here, that his conduct when known in America, must be disapproved.
2. France was in want of the trade and provision of the United States, both for her colonies and herself; it would therefore be inconvenient at that time to have them for enemies.
3. The conduct of Genet, a subject of so much triumph to your cabinet and that of St. James's, was one of the causes that saved you from a war at that time. Genet had been sent by Brissot—Brissot was now fallen—it was for this reason the conduct of Genet was disapproved, and that of the American government passed over in silence, though a silence marked with resentment and contempt.
When, after every remonstrance & a formal demand from this government, your executive was pleased to remove Morris from his ostensible situation in Paris; he emigrated, that is, he went and joined the emigrants in Germany, & has been ever since among the enemies of France. But this is not all—a letter from Washington to Morris, dated the latter end of the year 1795, intercepted and now in the hands of the Directory, gives him a commission as a secret agent to the cabinet of London, to transact business so apparently hostile to the interest of France, that I am assured this letter has sharpened the edge of resentment here more than the whole of Jay's treaty. This and other circumstances have given full credit to the opinion here, that a journey which Morris took from London to Berlin, in the year 1796, was a mission on the part of the British government to engage the King of Prussia to rejoin the coalition against France. Another fact, tho' of less consequence, could not escape the animadversion of the French government. John Parish, American Consul at Hamburg, was employed by the English government as their agent for transmitting the subsidies and loans to the Emperor and the King of Prussia, for the war against France; and to freight and fit out vessels for the transporting troops to the West-Indies. It may be said that the American government were not answerable for a thing of this sort, of which they could have no knowledge; but this has not prevented the fact from being recognized among the proofs of an unfriendly disposition on your side; and certainly great allowance ought to be made for the jealousy of a nation goaded by all Europe, tormented by her own traitors, and standing alone in a cause in which she expected, at least, a friendly countenance from us, if not an active support. She looked upon the cause of liberty as our cause; and though she did not require us to take arms, she considered herself as fighting our battles in her own.
Much has been said on the subject of national gratitude, and to ascertain how much, or whether any, was due from us to France, for the part she took in the American war. I will not add to the observations that have been made on this head; but it is clearly my opinion, that she has rendered us more solid service by establishing the principle of representative government in Europe, than by aiding us in America.
I shall say very little on the mission of Monroe, because I take it for granted, from what I have heard, that he has already told his own story in print. I will only say, that in the midst of all the difficulties created by the madness of his predecessor, the continued folly of your Executive, the unfortunate conclusion and ratification of the English treaty, he conducted himself in such a manner as to form by his single character a counterpoise to all the weight of resentment from this government; nobody doubts here, but that he would have continued to do so to the end of the war, if your cabinet had let him alone, and confined their blunders to their own continent. What must then have been the astonishment of all our friends, and the exultation of the court of London, to see him recalled in the most abrupt and censorious manner.
For the personal qualities of Gen. Pinckney, because they had little or nothing to do with his being refused here, as the successor of Monroe, I will excuse him for writing weak and idle letters, but I will not excuse your executive for printing them. Being rejected as ambassador, he went to spend the winter in Holland; and all the world knows how many carriage wheels it cost him, to make these journeys thro'
this frightful republican territory: Notwithstanding all these evils, both real and imaginary, there still remained one more—to the patience of this very impatient government, they knew that Washington was in the dotage of his natural life, and near the close of his political career; they indulged the hope that when he should be out of office, the American people would come to their senses, or, at least, they saw that the character of the new President would be a criterion by which the decided friendship or enmity of the United States to France would be clearly seen. The candidates were Adams and Jefferson; the one a reputed Royalist, and enemy to France; the other an eminent Republican, and a friend to the cause of liberty in all countries. The sentiments of these two men were known here; those of the people were not yet known, because it was supposed that the general idolatry for Washington had prevented them from being freely uttered; these were the reasons why the Directory determined to take no decided step in consequence of Monroe's recall, until the public voice should make between these two candidates. This accounts for the interest which the French seemed to take in the event of that election. Their wishing you to elect Jefferson, proves that they did not want to quarrel with you, and that they still hoped that the people of America were friends to liberty. The government here waited the event. This was an awful pause in the American affairs in Europe; and it is astonishing to me how you could fail to view it in that light in America, and to take the measure which the most moderate share of common sense, and the most palpable self-interests, pointed out.*
When the election of Adams was announced here, it produced the order of the 2d of March, which was meant to be little short of a declaration of war; but it was so far short of it as to leave room on your side to come forward with an additional protest of negotiation, if you wished to avoid that calamity.
The enmity of the old President towards France, was now considered as nationalized in America, and the government here was determined to fleece you of your property, to a sufficient degree to bring you to your feeling in the only nerve in which it was presumed your sensibility lay, which was your pecuniary interests.
This uncomplying disposition of the Directory induced Mr. Adams to call an extraordinary meeting of Congress, and consequently to make a speech.
To a man who had the least pretensions to prudence, there was but two courses to be taken; one was to declare war, if he wished to ruin his country; the other was, if he wished to save it, to offer to negotiate, by sending some man or men that he knew would be agreeable to France; or, at least, not to play the bully, by forcing a man back who had just been driven out of Paris. True policy would have been to retrieve the mistake of Washington, by sending back Monroe. You cannot imagine the effect produced here by the name only of a known friend to liberty in America. A report prevailed here for a few days, that Madison was named to this mission; it almost disarmed the government of all resentment. Had the news proved true, and Madison arrived, the business would have been settled in 24 hours. But Adams, to attain his object, whatever it might be, found out a third course, which discovers more invention than I supposed him to possess. He formed a commission of three, to make the people of the United States believe that a negotiation was offered on their part; and then filled it up with names from which there could not be the least expectation of success. The first was a man who had just been reinstated, and could not be offered again without an insult; sending him back was undoubtedly intended as an insult, and it was so received: the second was a man whose eligibility had been burnt in Virginia, for his violent defence of the British treaty, at least it was so reported and believed here; the third was a little snake weight man, appointed with the intention that he should have no influence; and yet, to prove to you the facility of this government, after all that had passed, I am able to assure you, from the best authority, that if Gerry had been sent alone, and not shackled with the other two, the Directory would have negotiated with him without any difficulty; at present the three have been here five months, without being received or rejected; and a new law is made, by which an additional number of neutral vessels will fall into the hands of the French.
I should hardly gain credit with you were I to state on how small a pivot the fate of nations turn in Paris at this moment.
The speech of John Adams, at the opening of Congress in November, was waited for here with as much expectation as if peace or war depended upon it. It was hoped that after he had sent his commissioners, he would at least avoid the use of insulting language against the nation with whom he was pretending to treat. But when we found him borrowing the language
* We have never before heard of any such letter, and believe none such ever existed—it is unquestionably one of the million of jacobinic lies invented with design to make our beloved Washington odious to his countrymen.
† We trust our Executive will try to get along without the great Mr. Barlow's excuse.
‡ We had the unbroken spirit of Independent Americans, and dared to act in conformity to it, the "diplomatic" of France notwithstanding.

of Edmund Burke, and telling the world that although he should succeed in treating with the French, there was no dependence to be placed on any of their engagements; that their religion and morality were at an end; that they had turned pirates and plunderers, and it would be necessary to be perpetually armed against them, though you were at peace. We wondered that the answer of both houses had not been an order to send him to a mad house. Instead of this the Senate have echoed the speech with more servility than ever George the Third experienced from either house of Parliament. Read over the paragraph that speaks of France, his bringing in the word Europe, under pretence of generalizing it, is so flimsy a cover for his attack on this nation, that it only adds to the abuse, by attempting to impose on the understanding; he certainly could not mean the English, for he brags in the next paragraph how well they keep their treaty. He could certainly mean nobody but the French, for no other nation have overturned religion. Had this speech borne a friendly aspect, or had the paragraph in question been similar to the one inserted in the speech of Governor Mifflin, on the same subject, it would have facilitated the negotiation, and probably saved millions to the United States.
In enumerating the causes which have brought the two republics to the brink of war, several memorable speeches in your House of Representatives must not be forgotten. One of your orators calls the French government a five-headed monster —another says, Barras, when he pronounced his farewell speech to Monroe, must have been drunk or mad. These gentlemen forget that Barras reads their speeches, and that the five-headed monster , when it shall have devoured the fry of Europe, may possibly shark them in their turn.
Another subject of complaint, and that not the least, is the scarcity of many of your newspapers, against the republic; among the most abusive is the Gazette of the United States , which is considered here as an official paper, or printed under the eye and patronage of the government. The office of foreign affairs receives these papers regularly; and you cannot suppose that any of these 'inuits pass unnoticed.' It is remarked here and with great truth, that there is more dirty calumny against the French in American, than in the London papers.
But it is in vain to amuse ourselves in describing the nature of this disease, unless there be a remedy within our reach. In my opinion there is one, but I have scarcely any hope that your wise men will stumble upon it. Acknowledge your error in sending Pinckney and Marshall to this country—recall them, and perhaps Gerry with them—name and send Madison and Monroe to take their place—and let the President, in his message to the Senate accompanying the nomination, utter sentiments full of friendship to the French nation, government, and cause—let him acknowledge that the principles of liberty are equally dear to the two countries—and deprecate the idea of gratifying the tyrants of the world, by exhibiting the two great republics, whose existence they strove in vain to prevent, now tearing out each other's vitals.
I perceive that much stress is laid by your President, and your other leaders, on the conduct of this government, in refusing to receive your ambassador Pinckney. I with those gentlemen could show how or other be made acquainted with the following history. I hope you will not suppose, by inserting it here, my intention is to justify the French government: No, my object will be truly to serve my country, and to vindicate the honor of all the ardent spirits among you, if they should neglect this opportunity of going to war for the three broken wheels of Gen. Pinckney's carriage.
In the year 1796, the Swedish ambassador here, the Baron de Stahl, obtained leave of absence, presented his secretary as charge des affaires, who had the King's commission for that purpose. This man was refused, on which de Stahl presented a note to the minister of foreign relations, desiring him to assign the reasons, that the King might know in what he had offended the republic, since he had been the first in Europe to acknowledge it and the most ardent to deserve its friendship. The answer to this note, was an order to the new charge des affaires to quit the republic, and a recall of the French ambassador from Stockholm. As soon as couriers could pass to Sweden and back, the matter was accommodated, by the King's renewing the Baron de Stahl, who was agreeable to the French.
About the same time, the ambassador of Tuscany, while in peaceable exercise of his functions, was ordered by the government to quit Paris in 24 hours, and the republic in 8 days, without any reason assigned. He obeyed, and the grand Duke very complaisantly sent another.
The ambassadors of Portugal and Rome, who were in full credence and activity a few weeks ago, are now in prison in Paris. It is true, that this was in consequence of a rupture between this government and each of their's.—But the fare of agents in such cases, used to be, to be sent away, and not to be imprisoned.
The King of Spain lately sent a new ambassador here, in great pomp, who is refused, and ordered to quit the country, without reasons publicly assigned.
You will remark, that in this light the Spanish and Swedish are cases in point, for your Pinckney. But their poor Kings had not learned the etiquette of John Adams, to name and send back the same man who had been refused. Kings, at this day, have no notion of a rupture with France.
Another event has lately happened to the
Baron de Stahl, which makes the Swedish case, taken altogether, different from the American. (God grant that the Americans may never come to it, as long as you have loving couples to send on these missions.) The wife of the Baron Stahl is just sent out of the republic, on a suspicion of conspiracy while the husband occupies his post. What would the Columbian blood say to this? Let me hear none of your wicked bachelors remark, that this order was solicited by the husband; no such reason is assigned. Indeed, had the Baron obtained the order, he ought to have obtained leave to clamour against it afterwards; decency seemed to require it, and yet he has not done it. Had it been an American ambassador, and had that American been me, I should have tried hard to get my case inserted in a speech of John Adams, or a letter of Timothy Pickering. I repeat to you, that I am not undertaking the hopeless and useless task of vindicating all the measures that the violent convulsions of the revolution have induced this people to adopt.—But when Mr. Adams shall hear of the sending away of his ambassador, I would advise him, and all those who are concerned in his wounded honor, to club that commodity with the Kings, Princes, and States abovenamed, and to try to bear their part with a patience becoming a government which has meted this sort of chastisement more than all their fellow sufferers put together.
Your three commissioners will doubtless seize this occasion, by Mr. Lee, to forward their dispatches. These will probably be of a nature to induce the President to take some decisive step; and I am in trembling expectation of seeing him give another desperate leap into the regions of madness. Without knowing precisely the face that the commissioners will put to the business I will venture to affirm, that their suver propre will contribute more than its due share to the colouring. A manly and independent style of writing appears not to belong to their characters.
Were I to write the letters to the Executive, it should be in language like this—"The French have many reasons for being offended with the American government; these reasons are exaggerated by their jealousy, and other strong passions inseparable from the revolution. This is an unfavorable moment, and we are improper persons to attempt to explain away the imaginary wrongs on which a great part of their resentment is founded. We advise you to recal us three, and at the same time to replace us with one or more persons whose characters are well known and approved by the French; such as Madison or Monroe. If you wish to terminate these disputes by negotiation, you must be prepared for considerable sacrifice; such as a loan of money similar to what this nation made to you last war; such as a modification of the British treaty, or at least a new treaty with France, giving her more advantages than that treaty gives to England. It is possible that on conditions of this kind, you may obtain some indemnification for the spoliations on your commerce; somewhat in the manner provided for with the English in Mr. Jay's treaty."
"It is scarcely necessary for us to observe that your commission, considering the distance between the two countries, must not be straitened in its powers; as in this affair so much depends on the manner. The President will excuse us if we insist on the necessity of using the utmost precaution in his public speeches relative to this country and of the revolution, the magnanimity of the nation, the sacrifices they have made in the general cause of liberty; the French are extremely sensible on this subject."
I do not know that a letter of this kind would produce any effect with you, but I beg you to remember the warning I now give you, that if your Executive is inaccessible to sentiments like these, you are very soon at war with the conquerors of Europe.
So much depends on the measures to be taken in consequence of the dispatches which I suppose will accompany this letter, that I could not rest easy without communicating my sentiments to some one who would be likely to make good use of them. I was going to address them to Jefferson, or to —, but I thought they would be safest and best in the hands of my oldest and best friend.
You will naturally conclude, that some credit is due to my opinions, when you reflect that they have been formed on a close observation of every stage of the revolution, and an intimate relation with every set of leaders.—The present Directory are but the successors and sub-successors of my fellow-laborers in the days of my activity; for the political generations have passed away with such rapidity, that in every thing but wisdom, I am one of the worst or best of the present race.
From the manner in which your present commission was composed, there is very little doubt in my mind, and there certainly is none in the minds of the Directory, that the embassy was intended for Louis XVIII. Your Executive did not foresee the 18th Fructidor. When, in God's name, are we to expect any just ideas from America, relative to France? Look for a republic in England, but do not, I beseech you, look for a monarchy in France!
12th March. Since writing this letter I reflect that you may be gone to Georgia before it arrives; anxious of giving it a chance of doing some good, I send a copy of the most essential parts of it to —.
[So much for that infatuated rhyme-monger, and foolish politician, Jool Barlow . He is now worthy of being ranked with Arnold, Randolph, &c. But I leave the reader to make his own comments.]
Very Great News!
By a London paper of the 3d of October, received by Messrs Weeks & Tucker of this town—and accounts via Puffnouth , to the 15th. I am enabled to furnish my readers with the following Interesting Particulars of the late glorious & decisive Victory of Admiral Nelson, together with many other Important Articles.]
London Gazette Extraordinary, October 2.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCT. 2.
The Hon. Capt. Capel, of his majesty's sloop Mutine , arrived this morning with dispatches from rear-admiral Nelson, K. B. to Evan Nepean, Esq. Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the following are copies:
Vanguard, mouth of the Nile, August 7, 1798.
SIR, Herewith I have the honor to transmit you a copy of my letter to the Earl of St. Vincent, together with a list of the English and French squadrons, also a list of killed and wounded. I have the pleasure to inform you, that eight of our ships have already top-gallant yards across, and ready for any service; the others, with the prizes, will soon be ready for sea. In an event of this importance, I have thought it right to send Captain Capel with a copy of my letter (to the commander in chief) over-land, which I hope their lordships will approve; and beg leave to refer them to Captain Capel, who is a most excellent officer, and fully able to give every information; and I beg to recommend him to their lordship's notice.
I have the honor to be, &c.
HORATIO NELSON.
P. S. The Island I have taken possession of, and brought off the two thirteen inch mortars, all the brass guns, and destroyed the iron ones. Evan Nepean, Esq.
Vanguard, off the mouth of the Nile, August 11, 1798.
MY LORD, The Swifts are brought in this morning La Fortune , French Corvette of 18 Guns and 70 Men. I have the honor to be, &c.
HORATIO NELSON.
Earl St. Vincent.
In addition to the intelligence contained in the Official Account, the substance of which was inserted in our Paper of yesterday, we were enabled to add several particulars, which we now repeat, with such other authentic circumstances as have since come to our knowledge.
The Action took place off the Mouth of the Nile, as is stated in the letter from Sir Horatio Nelson to Earl St. Vincent, at sunset on the 1st of August. Its duration is differently stated: according to some accounts, it continued only till three o'clock on the following morning; while according to others, it lasted during the whole of the day of the 2d, and until the third of August. The French had the advantage in the beginning of the action, of being at anchor, and of annoying our ships as they led into action, before they could come to an anchor; besides the protection which they received from the batteries of guns and mortars on shore, and from being flanked by gun boats. Of the thirteen ships of the line which composed the British force, one ship, the Culloden , of 74 guns, Captain Trowbridge, ran on shore before the engagement began, and was prevented from getting into action. Our force actually engaged consisted of twelve sail of the line and a 50 gun ship, opposed to that of the French, consisting of thirteen sail, one of which was of 120 guns, and four frigates. The British ships anchored close along side the enemy as they came up.
Capt. Darby, in the Bellerophon , of 74 guns, attacked singly the French admiral's ship L'Orient , of 120 guns, and set her on fire. It will be seen from the official account, that this brave action was attended with the loss of a very considerable number of officers and men on board the Bellerophon .
The L'Orient had on board 1010 men.—Ad. Bruys himself, who commanded her, was shot through the body, and the Captain under him killed, before she took fire. On board this ship was the whole of the treasure taken by the French at Malta, which was very considerable. The number of men on board Le Timoleon , the other French ship which was burnt, is stated in the Gazette to be seven hundred; and the crews of L'Artemina frigate, burnt, and Le Serapis , sunk, amounted to five hundred. The total loss of the French is estimated at nearly five thousand; that of the British, in killed and wounded, amounts to eight hundred and ninety five.
The engagement took place so near the shore, that thousands were witnesses to it. The Arabs were so rejoiced at this glorious victory, that they illuminated the whole coast for several miles for three successive nights.
The whole of the Transports which accompanied the French fleet to Alexandria had been set on fire by the British fleet, and were burning when the Mutine came away.
The Culloden , which grounded in the beginning of the action, was got off after its termination. Of the English force, it will be seen from the London Gazette Extraordinary, not one ship was lost.
Captain Berry is coming home over-land, through Italy and Germany, with dispatches from admiral Nelson.
Several letters have been received from Sir Horatio Nelson, written with his own hand.—There is one in particular to Mr. Dundas, giving in a very masterly style, a view of the probable consequences of his victory, not only to Europe, but to India.—A messenger was yesterday dispatched to Scotland with the letters for Mr. Dundas.
Further particulars of the Victory!
LONDON, OCT. 12—15. COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, for the purpose of considering of an address to the king on the late naval victory; present, the Lord Mayor, eight Aldermen, and a great number of Commoners.
His lordship, on the opening of the Court, called the attention of the members to a letter he had received from the victorious admiral Lord Nelson, and a sword, which his lordship presented to the Court, and the letter was read, as follows:—
Vanguard, Mouth of the Nile, Aug. 8.
"MY LORD,
"Having the honor of being a Freeman of the city of London, I take the liberty of sending to your lordship the sword of the commanding French admiral (Mons. Blanquet) who survived after the battle of the 1st, off the Nile; and request that the city of London will honor me by the acceptance of it, as a remembrance that Britannia still rules the waves: which that she may forever do, is the servant prayer of your lordship's most obedient servant,
HORATIO NELSON."
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London.
The Court, previous to its breaking up, voted 500l. to the subscription at Lloyd's for the widows and orphans of those who fell in the battle off the Nile.
The subscriptions at Lloyd's for the benefit of the widows, and orphans of the brave men who fell in the late glorious action, already amount to upwards of 12,000l. Subscriptions have also been opened in most of the principal towns in England, for the same patriotic and benevolent object.
It is said that the packet intercepted by Lord Nelson's fleet, with dispatches from Buonaparte's army and the French fleet, to France, amongst others contained a letter from admiral Bruys to the Minister of Marine at Paris, in which he describes the position he had taken with his fleet, and the dispositions he had made. In the conclusion of his letter he says, "that he considers his situation so impregnable that, if the whole navy of England were to come to the attack, they could make no impression on his line."
It appears, by private letters from Constantinople, as well as other places in the Levant, that Buonaparte is obliged to intrench himself in all the posts he occupies in Egypt; that when his soldiers leave the camp, they are assaulted and massacred; and in different places of the Turkish empire, the mob has been with great difficulty prevented from assailing the French; and that, previous to measures of precaution being taken, three or four Frenchmen were assassinated at Constantinople.
The manifestation of the public joy in consequence of admiral Nelson's glorious victory, great and unbounded as it has been, is inadequate to express the heartfelt emotions universally occasioned by that brilliant event.
The attack of our fleet was the most masterly it is possible to conceive. The French ships were drawn up in a close line of battle, with springs upon their cables, thus preventing a chain of batteries against our ships. They had moreover batteries on shore, and gun boats to protect their flanks. Thus formidable posted, it seemed difficult to force them; and there is not a doubt but the advantage from the position would have deterred a fleet of any other nation from hazarding an attack; but they knew not the enterprising spirit of the British admiral, or the undaunted courage of his officers and men. Nelson made the signal for his fleet, as they led in, to get between the French line and the shore—it was in performing this service that the Culloden , our van ship, grounded. Mortifying as this circumstance must have been to the gallant captain Trowbridge, at such a crisis, the absence of the ship was happily of no material disadvantage to the general result of the action, though had she had her share of it, commanded as she is, it is probable that every one of the French ships would have been taken or burnt.
Of the duration of the action different accounts have been received. It appears, however, according to the most correct statement, that it lasted nineteen hours.
By the manoeuvre of getting between the French ships and the shore, the British came upon that side on which the French were the least prepared for action, and thus a very material advantage was in the first instance gained.
Admiral Nelson's fleet had to pass the enemy's gun boats and a battery of guns and mortars on an island in the van, as well as to turn their sails before they fired a shot.
To give a just idea of the comparative force of the two fleets it is necessary to state that the English force amounted to 1,026 Guns, and 8,168 Men, and the French amounted to 1,190 Guns, and 10,810 Men:
This statement, without counting the gun-boats or the artillery on the island in the enemy's van, left them an excess of 164 guns, and 2,640 men—besides the guns of the Culloden were not fired.
The spectacle of the late naval engagement which vast numbers of the Egyptians enjoyed from the shore, must have struck them with astonishment, and the result of it must have raised their ideas of the English valor. Such

a fight, awful and terrific to every beholder, must have appeared something supernatural to these ignorant people; and when they found the English so completely victorious, they would naturally conceive a kind of superstitious reverence for men who wielded such dreadful thunder upon the most untractable of all the elements.
French Account of the Action.
"On board Le Guillaume Tell, Malta, August 28."
"The English attacked us in the anchorage of Bequiers, on the 1st of August about six in the evening; and of thirteen ships and four frigates, which composed our force, eleven ships and two frigates have remained on the scene of action. But had it not been for the blowing up of the L'Orient, our bravery compensating our deficiency in numbers and tactics, would have been sufficient to sink the English along with ourselves in one common overthrow. The enemy have only six ships remaining in a serviceable condition. I assure you that never has there been a more dreadful combat. We were within less than pistol shot of each other."
"Our fleet consisted of 13 ships, which were moored in a line at the distance of two thirds of a cable from each other, in the Roads of Bequiers. We had no conception that we should be attacked on the land side, considering the small space between us and the banks along the shore; but the English shot along in this direction in so masterly a manner, that only their first ship touched the ground; and the rest passed in two lines on the starboard and larboard side of our headmost vessels. Our line was thus between two fires from the van to the L'Orient, which was in the centre."
The superb ship L'Orient took fire at ten o'clock. She was attacked so closely, that it was the wadding of the English ships which set her on fire: and the sailors fought each other with their rammers. It was impossible to extinguish the flames. It was a terrible, but melancholy spectacle to see this vessel fighting to the last extremity, though with the certain prospect of destruction.—About midnight she blew up. Our vessels were then thrown into disorder—every one cut their cables to escape the wreck.
CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 5.
TURKISH DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE FRENCH!
Translation of the Imperial Decree, promulgated by the Sublime Porte, on the 4th of September.
"To you, Kaimakam Pasha, these are addressed: SINCE the Supreme Vizir, Izzed Mahomed Pasha, has filed that charge, instructions were constantly given him to look to the defence of the Ottoman Territories, and to be ever upon his guard against the plots of the enemy.—Through interesting motives, he has neglected every thing, with the exception of what was for his own advantage, so that, ignorant of the projects of those unclean and infidel French, he has not given timely notice to the inhabitants of Egypt."
"When that unhappy news reached our Imperial ear, a month at least after the unjustifiable event, such was our grief and vexation, that we call God to witness the tears that flowed from our eyes, and that sleep and repose vanished from us."
"We have therefore deposed him from the office of Grand Vizir, and have named in his place Jusuff-Pacha, Governor of Etzerum; and till his arrival at the Sublime Porte, we name & appoint you, Mussapha Bey, to be Kiamakam."
"Now, it being just that all true believers should fight against these miserable infidels the French, and that it becomes the indispensable duty of our Imperial person to snatch the blessed territories from their damned hands, & to revenge the insults offered to Mussulmen, there should be no delay, in expectation of the arrival of the new Vizir: but the most vigorous measures should be pursued in attacking them by sea and land."
"On this account we have determined, in consequence of a deliberation with our most illustrious Chiefs and Ministers, with the fullest confidence in God and his Prophet, to adopt the most efficacious means of delivering the province of Egypt from these abandoned wretches.—You will make known to all true believers, in the different quarters, That we are at War with the French; and changing night to day, you will exert your utmost efforts to obtain a complete revenge."
"You will adopt the most vigilant conduct to preserve our other Mahometan provinces, and our frontiers from the plots and artifices of the enemy, by
throwing a reinforcement of men into every port, and each fortified place."
"You will also most zealously direct your attention to secure to the inhabitants of our peaceful residence the necessary quantity of daily supplies of provisions; and you will keep a watchful eye over every thing until the Grand Vizir arrives."
"We shall bestow our whole intention on your operations, and we pray the Almighty to accompany our enterprizes with favour, and to assist us in the defence of our cause."
THE GAZETTE.
Portland, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1798.
DETACHED ARTICLES--COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS PAPERS.
FOREIGN
By letters received at London from Constantinople of Sept. 3, it appears that in consequence of the declaration of war by the Grand Signior against the French, the French minister, with his whole legation has been sent to the castle of the Seven Towers, and that some French merchant ships in the harbor had been taken possession of. The Russian auxiliary squadron was then in sight of Constantinople.
The Spanish Minister used his utmost endeavours to pacify the Turks, and represented that the French Republic had no hostile views against the Porte, but only against its enemies the Bays of Egypt. The Reis Effendi, however, was not satisfied with this excuse. But answered that the French had no right to enter the Turkish territories. It belonged to the Porte to punish the Bays; and the French Republic should have complained to it, if it had been injured by them; that Egypt had been invaded in the time of profound peace, and amid the most formal assurances on the part of France, of the most amiable friendship to the Grand Signior, the Porte not having injured the Republic, nor given the slightest occasion for hostilities.
Some verbal accounts say, that Russia has declared War against France.
The French General's Dispatches which fell into admiral Nelson's hands, developes the plan of Buonaparte. India was the ultimate object; "Egypt only a stepping stone to ford the brook;" and Bombay the first place of enterprize. Thither the British admiral has dispatched an officer informing the Presidency of the meditated attack, and of the victory.
These dispatches announce to the Directory, that without reinforcements it would be impossible for Buonaparte to proceed, or even to maintain his position at Cairo, for any length of time, as the inhabitants in general were inimical to his progress; information from another source states that he is master of no more ground than what is immediately occupied by his army.
Official accounts, received by the ministry state, that Gen. Buonaparte sustained great loss in his march from Alexandria to Cairo; that he was engaged in three very obstinate battles; that although he had plenty of provisions, he was in want of military stores, of wines and brandy; this circumstance will place the Arabs on an equality, with the invader; that he was at variance with his officers, who were discontented with the expedition; that the soldiery were sickly, with the deleterious waters of the country; that the Grand Signior was making every effort to collect a force to cut off supplies from reaching the French camp.
Buonaparte, it is said, has cut off the heads of above 200 Turks for rejoicing at the victory over the French fleet.
An English paper says "it is said that Ministers are resolved to make our great naval superiority effectual to the renovation of our commerce in the Mediterranean and the Levant: a compact is entered into with the King of Naples, by which the ports of Sicily are to be put into our possession, for the defence of his dominions, and for the purpose of our naval operations in those seas. General Stewart is actually gone to take the command, & our troops lately in Portugal are on their way thither. A most critical post will he thus established, and the blockade of Malta will be formed and continued without danger to our ships, as they will take shelter in the ports of Messina and Syracuse."
The British king has granted the dignity of a Baron of the kingdom of Great Britain, to Sir Horatio Nelson, K. B. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's fleet, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Nelson of the Nile, and Burnham Thorp, in the county of Norfolk.
The war between the Porte and Pashwan Oglu is at length terminated. The Rebel Pasha has accepted the conditions offered by the Grand Signior, which are, a general Amnesty for all his adherents, and himself to be raised to the dignity of a Pasha of Three Tails, with the Government of Servia to Nizama.
Admiral Nelson intends to send home the most crippled of his ships, and the prisoners were to be put on shore, but nothing was positively decided on with respect to these. They are about 7000.
From Mr. Fenn's paper.
Jean de Brie in the French legislature, proposed to establish a legion of assassins, to consist of 1200 men, armed with daggers, and to employ them in murdering crowned heads and men of eminence, generally inimical to the French cause. Another member in this Council of humanity, sagaciously observed that this republican project might be turned to their own confusion by others power in self defence. On this ground, the Council suspended the discussion. There are strong reasons to suspect, however, that the scheme, tho' tentatively dropped, was never seriously abandoned. The death of the King of Sweden, who was to have led on the combined force against France, and several other sudden deaths have been attributed to similar causes.
DOMESTIC.
The Congress of the United States commenced session on Monday last. The President's speech will doubtless be received in season for the next GAZETTE.
The Notes robbed from the Bank of Pennsylvania at the commencement of the fever, have been recovered, to within four thousand dollars of the whole amount, which there is also a further prospect of getting hold of.
It appears that one Isaac Davis, a carpenter, and a noted democrat, in conjunction with a porter belonging to the bank, who died of the fever, were the agents in this nefarious business. Davis had set up his carriage and pair, and pretended that an Indian had arrived at New York, in which he went out an adventure. On the death of his accomplice, he took the whole of the cash (of which a dividend had been made) into his possession, and was detected by means of the large deposits he had made in each of the banks.—Citizen Davis has made off.
It is said that meetings of United Irishmen are holding in the various capitals of the United States. government should be vigilant with these officious emigrants.
"The Maritime Power of Albion is the only barrier to unlimited domination on the part of the Five-Headed Monster. The ancient poets had an idea that three heads were sufficient for the Cerberus of the infernal regions. Had they have lived to the present day, the real existence of a Five-Headed Beast, would have superceded fiction, and the French Directory have taken the place of the old, surly Mastiff, at the Portals of Pluto."
Good News from the East!
[The following particulars handsomely demonstrate that the climate of this District is by no means congenial to the ardent spirit of democracy! True federalism, built upon a right understanding of Rational Freedom, and a general diffusion of knowledge, will ever check the licentious spirit of Jacobinism.—I have not yet learnt that Dearborn was concerned in this business, but am happy to hear that some of the principle abettors in burning our national laws, are already proscribed.]
Augusta, (Kennebec) Dec 1.
Firm support of the Laws by energetic measures.
The Sedition Pole, around the foot of which were burnt the Alien and Sedition Acts, recently erected in Vassalborough (District of Maine) by Charles Webber, and a few other misguided followers, disorganizers, and revilers of our virtuous administration, on Tuesday last met its merited fate. Capt. James Bracket, of that town, in a manly and spirited manner, at the head of his Company, who not only volunteered themselves on the occasion, but were extremely urgent that he should lead them to the spot, placing the ax at the root of the tree, gave orders for his men to annihilate it; in a very few minutes it was prostrate on the ground, and although 85 feet long, was almost instantaneously hewed into pieces, with the colours on its top; "so that no more remembrance of so offensive an object might be seen among men, or Americans," while the ringleader of the jacobin party stood trembling with fear, and knitting his huge brow with unavailing indignation. The Company, after completing their object, retired in an orderly and quiet manner, without offering the least abuse (tho' richly deserving) to any one.
Vassalborough, Nov. 30.
On Tuesday the 27th inst. was demolished the d.f. graceful Signal of Opposition to the Federal Government erected by a small number of Jacobins at the house of Charles Webber, in this town, by Capt. Bracket's company, and a number of volunteers from the upper parish, who were sorry the Federalists in the lower parish had not timely notice to join them in so laudable an undertaking—after having accomplished their purpose, they repaired to the house of John Getchel, Esq. where several patriotic toasts were given.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"ANTI-JACOBIN" particles too much of low servility and invective, to be admitted into The Gazette. Let us cenure only with firm justice.
"COMMUNICATION," shall be attended to.
MARRIED —At Scarborough, Dr. William Fairfield, of Topsham, to the amiable Miss Dorcas Milliken, daughter of capt. John M. Milliken of the former p.a.e.
Marine Articles.
Port of Portland.
No foreign arrivals at this port the last week.
Ship Butler, Capt. Parker, of this port, and the Mercury, Patrick, of Saco, were at Grenada Nov. 2.
Seven vessels went ashore on Cape Cod in the late storm—25 dead bodies were picked up and buried.
Capt. Cross, in a brig from this port, was at Trinidad on the 14th October.—Capt. Smith of this port was spoke the same day going in.
The Mark and Mary of Georgetown: from Guadalupe was spoke on the 14th Nov.
Capt. Beals, arrived at Boston, saw at sea, Nov. 27th, a quantity of loose onions, and a number of hogs or sheep, with a water cask, supposed to be the deck load of some vessel lost in the storm which they had experienced for several days.
Sale of Goods, postponed.
The sale of Goods by
AUCTION which was to have been This Day at the COLUMBIAN HALL is postponed until TOMORROW, at 10 o'Clock, A. M. on account of the severe fall of snow.
C. GRAFFAM.
Dec. 10.
THE Trustees of the
PORTLAND ACADEMY, are hereby notified to meet at the Dwelling House of the subscriber, on FRIDAY, the 21st day of December, inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M.
At the request of three of the Trustees, SAMUEL FREEMAN, Sec'ry. Portland, Dec. 8, 1798.
FRESH GOODS.
FRYE POOR,
Respectfully informs his customers and the public in general, that he has just received, and has ready for sale, at his Store in Fifth-Street, opposite the Insurance Office, PORTLAND, a general assortment of
English & Hard Ware Goods,
which he is determined to sell on as low terms [FOR CASH] as may be had at any store in town.
Among which are,
Superfine & second Broad-
cloths, Cassimers, Elastics, Hains, Devonshire Kerseys, Duffsils, Swansdown, Blankets, American manufactured Bedticks, Red, yellow and green Baizes, Black, white and yellow twilled Flannels, India Cottons, suitable for shirts and sheeting, Diapers, Linens, Brown Hollands, Mullins, Muslinets, Dimots, Patch colored and purple Mullin Shawls, Silk ditto, Silk Handkerchiefs, Black Modes and Satins, Colored ditto, Black, white and changeable Lustings, Persian, Saranets, an assortment of long and short Kid Gloves, Men's leather and silk ditto, Men's silk, worked and gauze Stockings, Russells, Durants, Shalloons and Callimancoes, an assortment of Ribbons, Fashionable Callimancoes, Sewing Silks, Twills, Threads, Ladies' black red and green Slippers, an assortment of men's, boy's and children's Shoes, &c. &c.
HARD WARE.
4d, and 10d, Nails; 3d, 4d,
5d, and 6d Brads, 14 oz. Tacks, and 2d. clout-Nails, Thumb Latches, H and HL Hinges, Skates, Curcombs, Webbing, Floor, hearth, cloth, furniture, shoe and comb Bruhes, Bellows, Knives and Forks, Shovels and Tongs, Brads and iron Candlesticks, Buckles, Buttons, Block tin Teapots, Iron and block tin Spoons, Pewter Plates, Hammers, Flat Irons, Brads Chimney hooks, Brads Chasing dishes, Dividers, Paint Brushes, Ivory, crooked and horn Combs, Gunter and pocket Rules, Augers, Adze, Chisels, Brads Nails, Spectacles, Screws, Razors, assortment of Tea Trays, Looking Glasses, assortment of Tin Ware, 9 by 7 Window Glass, per box or square, Tea Cannisters, Knob and Ring locks, Bed Keys, Plain Irons, Polished Snuffers, Snuffer stands, Copping knives, Hand Vices, Saw Sets, Cupboard Turns, Small brads and iron Table Hinges, Pliers, Screw drivers, Cutting Nippers, Awls and Tacks, Elastic and common knitting Needles, Gun Worms, Cooper's Bits, Claps, Sieve Buttons, &c. &c. An assortment of Crockery Ware.
Also, Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea TEAS, Coffee, Chocolate, Loaf Sugar, Cinnamon, Mace, Poland Starch, &c. Dec. 10.
Fresh Fall & Winter Goods.
Now opening, and for sale by
WILLIAM CODMAN,
At his Store in Fifth Street, A LARGE & FRESH ASSORTMENT OF English Piece Goods,
Suitable for the present season, and of the latest importation, which being laid in on the best terms, will be sold very low for Cash.
ALSO,
A general assortment of HARD WARE GOODS.
4d, 6d, 10d, and 20d, Nails, 6 by 8, 7 by 9, and 8 by 10 Window Glass, Swedes, Russia, and Philadelphia Bar Iron, of all sizes, Halback, and Hart and Club Steel, Nail Rods, Iron Pots and Kettles, of all sizes, Cart Boxes, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Linseed Oil and Paints, Hyson, Souchong, and Bohea TEAS fresh and imported by the last arrivals from India, Excellent 4th proof French Brandy, Best Holland Gin, West India Rum, New England ditto, per barrel, Weica's Chocolate, Candles per box, Rice, Powder & Shot, &c. &c.
With a great variety of other articles, all of which are well worth the attention of purchasers.
N. B. A variety of India
COTTONS, of all prices, by the piece or yard, BLACK MUSLINS, and a quantity of Ladies' lace long and short French KID GLOVES—white and other colours, by the dozen or single pair.
Portland, Dec. 3, 1798.
Cumberland County.
THE Collectors of the
County Tax, for the year 1798, are notified, that Executions will issue against all that are delinquent on the 1st of February next.
JOSEPH M C LELLAN, Treasurer.
Nov. 23, 1798.

POETRY.
THE FEMALE EXILE.
Written at Brightelmstone, in November, 1792.
By Mrs. CHARLOTTE SMITH.
NOVEMBER's chill blast on the rough beach is howling. The surge breaks afar, and then foams to the shore, Dark clouds o'er the sea gather heavy and frowning, And the white cliffs reecho the wild wintry roar.
Beneath that chalk rock, a fair stranger reclining Has found on damp sea weed a cold lonely seat; Her eyes fill'd with tears, and heart with repining, She starts at the billows that burst at her feet.
There, day after day, with an anxious heart heaving, She watches the waves where they mingle with air; For the sail which, alas! all her fond hopes deceiving, May bring only tidings to add to her care.
Loose stream to wild winds those fair flowing tresses, Once woven with garlands of gay summer flowers; Her dress unregarded bespeaks her distresses, And beauty is blighted by grief's heavy hours.
Her innocent children, unconscious of sorrow, To seek the glos'd shell or the crimson weed stray, Amus'd with the present, they heed not tomorrow, Nor think of the form that is gathering to day.
The gilt, fairy ship, with its ribbon sail spreading, They launch on the salt pool the tide left behind; Ah! victims—for whom their sad mother is dreading The multiplied mis'ries that wait on mankind!
To fair fortune born, she beholds them, with anguish, Now wand'rers with her on a once hostile soil, Perhaps doom'd for life in chill penury to languish, Or abject dependence, or soul crushing toil.
But the sea boat, her hopes and her terrors renewing, O'er the dim grey horizon now faintly appears; She flies to the quay, dreading tidings of ruin, All breathless with haste, half expiring with fears.
Poor mourner!—I would that my fortune had left me The means to alleviate the woes I deplore; But, like thine, my hard fate has of affluence bereft me, I can warm the cold heart of the wretched no more.
* This little Poem, of which a sketch first appeared in blank verse in a poem called "The Emigrants," was suggested by the poet of the group it attempts to describe—a French Lady and her children.
MISCELLANY.
From late English papers. VERY SINGULAR CURIOSITY.
A SHORT time before his decease, the king of Poland presented to the emperor of Russia a curious stone about the size of a large pea, and of an ash colour, which had received the name of the Mineral Polypus.
What is wonderful in this stone is, that, tho' opaque, and having no transparent part, after being laid in water, it begins in less than six minutes, to appear shining at the edges, and to communicate to the water a sort of luminous shadow, of the colour of yellow amber, it afterwards passes from yellow to the colour of an amethyst, and from thence successively to black, white, and a cloudy colour, and, as it were, surrounded with smoke. At last it appears quite brilliant, entirely transparent, and of a beautiful yellow amber color. Taken out of the water returns to its former opaque state, after being colored successively, and in a retrograde order, with the same dyes it had before assumed in the water.
This stone is probably the same which Mr. Andrew Choffelius, one of the physicians of the Court of Portugal, informs us that he purchased many years ago of a famous lapidary of Thorn, and the remarkable properties he describes in the ephemerides of the curious. The Doctor concludes his account of the stone with observing, that it is natural, and not a production of art; and that it may be regarded as a proof of the existence of a formal light in nature.
THE PHYSICIAN IN HIS MEDICINE CHEST!
THE Surgeon of the British ship Monarch, is remarkable for recommending the use of tea water for the complaints of the crew.— Some time since admiral Onslow and his officers dined together at Yarmouth, in celebration of a victory. The day was spent in gaiety, and the party separated with a large portion of wine on board; the Surgeon, in particular, was groggy. He staggered to the jetty, but while waiting the arrival of the boat which was to take him off, he lost his equilibrium, and tumbled into the sea. One of the crew which stood behind Sir R. Onslow, instantly tapped the admiral on the shoulder, saying, "Your Honor, down my eyes, but the doctor has tumbled into his Medicine Chest!"
FAMILY FATALITY!
SUCH remarkable ill fate has attended some families, that none of the elder branches have escaped a violent end. The successors of Charlemain, in his French dominions were examples of a melancholy destiny: His son, Louis Le Debonnaire, died for want of food, in consequence of a superstitious panic. His successor, Charles the Bald, was poisoned by his physician. The son of Charles, Louis the stammerer,
fell also by poison. Charles, king of Acquitaine, brother to Louis, met with his death by the ridiculous circumstance of being desperately wounded on the head by a lord named Albuin, whom he was endeavoring, by way of frolic, to terrify in disguise. Nor less strange, though rather more picturesque, was the cause of destruction to Louis III. successor to Louis the stammerer. This gallant Prince having cast his eyes on a handsome girl (the daughter of a citizen named Germond) as he was riding thro' the streets of Tours, pursued her instantly, with infinite agility. The terrified girl took refuge in a house, and the king thinging more of her charms than of the size of the gateway, attempting to force his horse after her, broke his back, and died. He was succeeded by Carloman, who fell by an ill-directed spear, thrown by his own servant, at a wild boar, although the dying prince had the generosity to charge the beast with his death. Charles the Fat, perished of want, grief, and poison altogether. His successor, Charles the Simple, died in prison of penury and despair. Louis the Stranger who succeeded him, was bruised to death as he was hunting. Lotharius and Louis V. the two last kings of the race of Charlemain, were both poisoned by their wives, to whose little indiscretions they had taken too much attention.
Of the whole line after a revolution of two hundred and thirty years, there now remained only Charles, Duke of Lorraine, and he after an ineffectual struggle in defence of his rights, against the ambitious and alive Hugh Capet, sunk beneath the fortune of his antagonist, and ended his life and the family of Charlemain, in a lonely prison.
It is an observation of the French historians that the epithets given to the princes of Charlemain's race, were, almost all, expressive of the contemptuous light in which that family was held by the people over whom it reigned.
RARE SIMILIES!
LOUVOIS, the French minister, advised Louis XIV. not to pay the Swiss any more subsidy; for, says he, the silver already paid, would pave the way from Paris to Basle; upon which Pierre Stuppa, the Swiss minister, told the king, that the blood of his countrymen spilt in his majesty's service, would make a river from Basle to Paris!
Jonathan Bryant,
Has for Sale as his STORE near the Hay-Market, Portland,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF English & W. India GOODS.
Also, a quantity of excellent Rhode-Island Chees.
Nov. 12th.
THE Standing Committee of the Society of Cincinnati, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreeably to the votes of the Society—Hereby give public notice to such of their brethren, as are reduced to necessitous circumstances—the widows and orphans of others, who may be in like circumstances, that all applications for relief or assistance, may be made on, or before the 2d Tuesday in January next, to any individual of the said Committee, who will communicate the same, and their respective circumstances will be duly considered. The names of the committee are as follows, viz.
Gen. Lincoln, Dr. Eustis, Thomas Edwards, Esq. Gen. Jackson, Col. Winlow, Dr. Townsend, Col. Perkins, Maj. Gibbs, Capt. Clark, Capt. Johnson, Capt. Green, Col. Tudor, Robert Williams, John Callender, Capt. George, Capt. Fowle, Maj. Drew, and Samuel Armstrong, Recorder.
Boston, Nov. 28, 1798.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of lands lying in the town of Hebron, in the county of Cumberland, that their lands are taxed in the State, county, and town tax, for the year 1797, and committed to me the subscriber to collect, viz.
Table with 4 columns: No. acres, State tax, County tax, Town tax. Lists tax amounts for Jonathan Greenleaf, James Prescott, and others.
Unless said taxes with intervening charges are paid to me the subscriber, on or before the twenty-first day of March next, so much of said land will then be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of Seth Bearse, innholder in said Hebron, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay said taxes and charges.
BARTLETT HOLMES, Collector.
November 19, 1798.
For Sale,
A Fount of Breviere Types,
weighing about 200 wt.—and a fount of English of about 200. Each nearly one half worn. For terms apply at the Gazette Office.
Nov. 22.
Cow for sale or exchange.
FOR sale, a likely COW, about six years old, that will probably calve about April next. The owner will take a fat Cow or Bullock in exchange. Apply at this Office. Nov 19.
Elizabeth Berry,
Informs her friends and customers, that she makes and has for sale,
Muffs, Tippets, and Cloak
Trimmings. Also, for sale a large assortment of
Russia Furs,
And a new and great variety of TOYS FOR CHILDREN.
Best Poland Starch, and Elliot's Snuff.
Sable & Fox Skins dressed in the best manner at her shop, corner of Temple and Federal streets.
Portland, Nov. 24.
District of Maine.
BY order of the Hon. DAVID SEWALL, Esq. Judge of the District Court of Maine—Notice is hereby given, that a Libel is filed in said Court against the
Schooner Hannah,
Enoch Stanwood, master, of about eighteen tons burthen, her tackle, apparel and furniture, and her Cargo, found on board, seized by MELATIAH JORDAN, Esq. Collector of the Port of Frenchman's Bay, for a violation of the Revenue Laws of the United States—That Monday the tenth of December next, at Portland, is assigned for a hearing thereon, to the end that any person claiming property in the said Schooner, may appear and shew cause (if any can be shewn) wherefore the said Schooner and her appurtenances should not by a decree of said Court, be declared forfeited.
Dated at Portland, Saturday, November 24, 1798. JOHN HOBBY, Marshal.
Deacon Titcomb's Estate.
THE subscribers hereby give public notice to all concerned, that they have taken upon themselves the trust of Executors to the last will and testament of Deacon BENJAMIN TITCOMB, late of Portland, deceased. All persons who have any demands upon said estate, are requested to bring in the same; and those who are indebted thereto, to make payment without delay, to
ANDREW TITCOMB, } Executors. JOSEPH TITCOMB, } tors.
Jacob Gray's Estate.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administratrix on the Estate of JACOB GRAY, late of North Yarmouth, mariner, deceased, and given bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands upon said estate, are hereby called upon to settle; and all persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment, to
APPHIA GRAY, Administratrix—or to SILVANUS DRINKWATER, her Attorney. North Yarmouth, Nov. 5th, 1798.
Thomas Goold's Estate.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice, that he has been duly appointed Administrator on the Estate of THOMAS GOOLD, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent, and given bond as the law directs. He therefore calls upon all persons indebted to said estate, to make immediate payment, to
ROYAL LINCOLN. Nov. 6, 1798.
Notice.
THE estate of Thomas Goold being represented insolvent, the subscribers, commissioners to the Estate of said THOMAS GOOLD, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, yeoman, deceased, appointed by the Hon. William Gorham, Esq. Judge of Probate, &c. for said county—give notice, that we shall attend, for the purpose of examining the claims of the several creditors to said Estate, at the house of the widow of said deceased, on the last Monday of this, and the first Mondays of the two following months, and the first and third Mondays of February, March and April next.
BENJAMIN BAYLEY, ENOCH FREEMAN. Falmouth, Nov. 10th, 1798.
A Heifer, found.
CAME to the barn of the subscriber, on Monday last, a brindle coloured Heifer, about two or three years old; some white about her flank, tail, and legs. The owner may have her again by proving property and paying charges.
SAMUEL BUTTS. Falmouth, Nov. 23.
Coopers' Business,
A stout, active LAD, about
15 or 16 years of age, who may wish to learn the above business, and receive good encouragement, may hear of an opportunity by applying at this Office. Nov. 19. 1798.
Good Boarding,
VERY near the centre of the town, convenient for masters and mates of vessels. Inquire at this Office. Nov. 5.
General Prices Current,
PER QUANTITY. Boston, Dec. 3.
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