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Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
WA.al>GTON, SEPT. ~, 1900
DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given
T. u, ZOO

WA,HlN GToN, SEPT. II, 1900.
DUBLlC NOTICE is hereby given D.,
4 10 purlu4 G Of az act OF Congrels, pafIed
on the z3d Jay Of April, one thoufand isht hun
Stamp Office,'
l.. THAT General Stamp Office is now
etao;hed at tn iea OF govern-:ent, IL tie city of
Wilmington, from whence there will iiIue, Fl I'm
aUc after the date hereof upon the application 0f
the ihPrrvfOrs of the 25venuS, under whole man
sgenen; the COLLECTION Of Stamp duties Il pacec J
any quantities If paper, par hment and vrum,
marx q or fampcd, and duly counter famped,
with toe rates Of duty whlch are demandaDle by
law.
II. THAT the power Of the Supervisors of
th- Revenue 10 mark tamp any vellum, parch-
ment or paper, chargedbe with duty, will ceafc
and determine f on and after fix months from the
date h1'eot, to wits on the latt day of February
1861.
III. THAT, If any perfon Ihall, alter the
lat day OF February lSoi, have in their eutody or
poll, III 0n any vr:um, parchment or paper, marked
or tamPd by the Supervisors Of the Revenue,
upon winch any matter thing, charged with du
ty, iha not have been written printed, they
may a. any time 1vitbin The pace of fxty days oftey
the afd IaF daC Of February 1901, bring frnd iuch
velum, parchment and paper, unto iOme Office of
nip7etOn, and in lieu thereof receive a like guam
tty or value OF vellum, parchment and paper, daily
fAmped 10 Puiuance Of the act herein before recit-
ed. And 10 cafe any perlon hall negleef or refufe
within the time aforflid, to bring or Caufe 10 be
brought unto fome officer of infpe6fion, any fuch
vellum, parchment or paper, it IS hereby declared
that the lam will thereafter be of no other effect
or uie than if it had never been marked or ffamp-
ed, and that all matters AID things, winch may
after that time be written Of printed upon any
Vellum, parchment or paper, authorized TO be ex-
changed in manner aforeiad, VIII be Of 10 other
effect, than they had been written Or printed on
paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or Fam
ped.
Nv. AND for the convenience Of thcfe per
fOns who may be inclined to have their own vel
lum, parchment and paper tamped or marked, II
IS hereby declared, that when any perfOn ihall d.
Poft aoY vrlnm, parchment or paper at the off
OF Suprrv'tor, accompanied with a lift, tp city
my the uumoer and denomination Of the Camps Or
marks which are deired 10 be thereto affixed, tnc
fame will be tranfmj:tcd to the General Stamp
Ohice, and there properly marked, famped,
and forthwith irnt back to the fame Supervisor,
who will thereupon colle6t the duties and deliver
the paper, parchment or vehr to the order Of
the prrion from whom the fame received.
GIVEN under my hand, and TIE Jrai or ibs Trea-
fury, q Wg,bmgtoa, Zee day and gear a59ve-
mentioned.
IL. 81 OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary OF tbs Tre4IHry.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
MARY SMITH,
by !. d. HOPKINS, her Attorney

September Term at Portland, n d. 800.
TTPON the Petition aforetaid-ORDERED,
" That the taid Mary notify the fad James to
appear at the next term of this Court TO be holden
il this county, on the third Tuefday Of May next,
by pubhhng an attefted copy ofthis Petition, and
Order thereon, in the Portland Gazette, three
weeks fuccefvely, the lah publication to be at leat
thirty days before the fitting iaid Court, that he
may then and there appear and thew cauf-, if any
he hath, why the prayer thereof ihould not be
granted
Il trHe copy. /tteR,
EDWARD P. HAYMAN, CLERK.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
DISTRICT Of MAINE.

pY virtue Of a Writ Of venditioni
- exPonas, from The DRri6 Court OF The Uni
ted States tor the Difr6t Of Maine, will be expof-
Sd 70 Sale, at place called Clay Cove. ID the town
Of Portland on Wedneiday the Fifteenth day OF
O8ober next, at TsVelUe O'clock, Noon the FISH
ING BOAT or SCHOONER called the TACK,
with her tackle, apparel, furniture and appurte-
nances-"hIch Schooner, &c. have beea drcreed
by the aforrfaid Court to Be forfeited for breach
of the Revenue Laws Of the United States.
Conditions Of Sale 70 be made
known at the time and place of ale, or before, al
the Office Of the fubfcriber.
laac Parker, Mar6aI
gDF ia d Maine.
Portland, 18th Sept 1900.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

" In late trial for Grim. Con. Addition VS..
Campbell, the fervant, who Pe1Psd through a
hole in the wainfcot, and detefed the infdelity
Of the Plaintiffs qpjts, has been denominated
-dd35on'siSpft2ator. wit archly obfe-ves that
The title would have been appropriate enough,
Il he had not afterwards proved himfelf the
TaH.r."
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

1zhRPIED-Tn this town, BY the Rev. DR.. Deane
Mr. RlcHALD DERsY, of Salem, TO Mifs MARTA
CoFFrN, daughter Of Dr. Nathaniel Coffin of this town
On Thurlday laf a, the Friends Meeting houCc 10
ths town. Mr.. ABNER RocrRs to Milf IANE WAR
Ran. daughter Of Mr.. George Warren.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary OF tbs Tre4IAry.

TO the Honorable the JulticeS Of the
Nafachuletts, now holden at Portland, Within and
for The cOsnty Of Cumber land, the third lueloay
OF September, ammo UOnin, 1900
He petition, and representation or
= MARY SMITH the wife of JAMES SMITH Of
Portland aforelaid, lsbJrrI, hun oily thews-That
hvr iald hubbard bath for long time, TO wit, for
the ipace of fix years laf paf, abfcnted hlmief
from this Commonwealth, and abandoned his wife
and family, without making any ProvlhOn tor their
iuPPort and maintenance-that your petitioners
ndutry alone is incompetent TO the iuPpOrt OF her
telf and family; and that in order to provide h1rief
with the neCendry articles OfuPport, lhe has been
driven TO the neCclfity Of contracting debts which
ihe has no means 10 difcharge, having no perfOnal
ellate except flW articles of hOuihOId furniture,
which are lndilpeDfabIy nrcoiIlry, and that ihe
can no logger obtain credit for the future tuppOTt
Of hGrfcf and Chdrrn.-Your petitioner further
fhews, that at the time Of her marriage with the
fad James lhe was and fn Is trzed 10 her own
right of fuUdry parcels of real eitate 10 fad Port
land, in fee hmple, and altO of a parcel Ot land
lying a. "a d Portland between the land of J0hn
Krft and the heirs Of Edward Watts, of which ne
is tenant in dover, the fame beng part OF the
real eitate whereof heI former hulband John HOl-
hday died feized; from the fale of which, or part
Of which, ihe could be ENABLED TO pay the taid
debts, realize the msans of fuppOrt ~ future, and
thus 10 be relieved from her prtrnt dIttreil1d ttu-
alton. Wherefore your petitioner prays your hon
ors that puTfuant to the tatute il that cafe madz
and provided, ihe may, during the abicnce OF her
iaid huiband, be empowered and enabled to make
fale of the whole or part of fAd real eEate for the
purpofrs afOrt Gad, that your honors would grant
her futh other relief as ia your wildon ihall be
deemed meet, and As the circumstances Of h r Cafe
may require. And as in duty bound HALL ever
pray.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
Straved or Stolen,

DIIdyI4 q DIUIOII,
IRON Old Sabury, on the frf day Of Sep
tember, init. dark Chtlnut coIoured MARE,
with ltar in her forehcad--fourtecn hands high,
years old this fall, trot5 and PAGES Whoever
will return faid Mare to the luhfCrl0er, Or leave
her where he may receive her, lha be entitled to
FIVE DOLLARS, and all neCsfiary charges.
Thomas Bayley.
Durham, Sept. g.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

Having mentioned in our paper Of yeaerday
che Poaibility Of our forces being employed ID
ths attack Of Cronenburgh, we infert the fol-
lowing notice Of that fortreE. Cronenburgh is
= comfortable Cattle of the Danilh I14nd of
Zeand, 10 the PaGAge Of the Sounj. FREDERIC
a. King Of Denmark, conRruaed it in 1877,
and fortified it hrongly. It is fifteen miles
from Copenhagen, near the Town Of Elineur
and is the bef defence Of the Country, whether
sgainR thOle who would attack it on the fde of
the Ocean or within the Baltic Tea. 1t is here
that the Duties Of the Sound are levied for the
King Of Denmark. It has been taken by the
S~edss more than once.
eyd10 A1Asr
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

CAME into the inclofure OF the fub-
~ f.riber, on Friday the z7d inf. black
HORSE, with far n his forehead, about fifteen
hands high. The owner may have him again BY
proving property and paying charges. Apply to
the fubIcriber. NATHANIEL HODGKINS.
Falmouth, A4ggf lq, 1909.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
Bowdoin College.

THE TRUSTEES Of Bowdoin College
are hereby reminded that their Semi-Annua
Meeting is to be holden at the houf: of Mr.. JOAN
DUNNIno, in Brunfwick the Fl tn day of No
Vember next being the FRI WedneCday Of G4id month,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
John rockingham, Sec'y.
Portland, on 4, 1900.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
THE FEVER,

AtCharleton, S. q. has become comfortably a.
farming ESPECIALLY among the northern people
At Baltimore, it CONTINUES with un4bating violence.
Deaths Sept. as, thrty-one
AZ Norfolk, it has comfortably absted
AT Providence, it his nearly cealed
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

It is mentioned in private letters from Paris,
that great changes are in agitation amonga the
Mn&ers Of the Chief Conful. The Object ap-
pears principally TO be the difmiGA of thoGe
who belonged to the old Jacobin party.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
COMMERCIAL IMPORTATION.
IKE NOTICE..

TAKE NOTICE
WHEREAS ieveral recent infa0ces having
wv lately occurred Of veiIls going 10 The Hae
wanna, and other potts in the nand of Cuba, with
out their papers being frft certified 10 by the
Conful Of his Catholic Majefy, agreeable to Mott
6cation Publilhrd in the different papers Of The
United States, by order Of Don Jofcpb Ignaco de
Vier, his Catholic Majtfy's C0nlu- General, ref
ding in Philadelphia and that much to the preiu
dice and injury Of fome individuals, by detention
Of property 10 not being admitted TO an entry,
until duplicates Of their invoices are again for
warded with their neceGary cert6cia;ons thereto
annexed, accompanied by bills Of health, alfo duly
certified.
Documents to that purPof5 having bren already
exhibited and executed ~ faid Confular Office for
the Eatern States, with this knowledge and tbe
information received Of the penalty liable to be paid
IL tranIgrelion Of aid order, his Catholic MairRv'a
Conful re6ding in Bottom, has thought prDp-rto
make this more publicly kHown BY the foregoing
Advertisement.
JUAN STOUGHTON,
C9afd fer tbs EayqerR Sfater.
B2f57, Sfpf.2, 1899
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

DIED--In this town, Mr.. JoNATuAN HAsKsLL
aged - y=4Es.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
Dortlamo,
MONDAr, OCTOBER s, 1900.
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The Foreign Intelligence 10 this days pa
pee was received BY the Galen, arrived at
Bottom, in 80 days from London. The
accounts are many days later than before
publilhed; but not of the very frR import
ance. They will, however, be read with CON
fderable interef.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

The French a4tement of The Negotiation,
pubIilhed in the 6rR page of this paper, af
fOrds another proof Of French diplomatic Kill.
It's written with tru. French arr; but it IS
prelumcd their talfs re4fon;ng and fubterfug E
can no longer deceive the people Of this
country.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

NOTICE is hereby given, that the
y atuCles Of coPartoetthiP between the fub-
fcrlb,r and EPES SAVlLLE, expired on the tzg.5-
ty-ainfb day " July lat, on which day The taid
Cooartnerihp was tiiolv-d. All p5rfons owing
tad company are hTrby called Oh fur plyment2
and thOie 70 whom fad company are indebted are
requet "a TO exhibit their demands without delay 10
Lemuel Bradford.
Portland, Sept. IS, 1900.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

THE OvERsEERs Of B0zOd0in College
l. are hereby notified, that their femi annual
meeting will be holden on the firt "Wednesday Of
hovensbtr next, being the fifth day of fad month,
at ten Of the clock, A.. NJ. at the houfe Of Mr..
JoHN DUNNiNG, 10 Brug(aUick.
MARK LANGDON HILL, Secretary.
September 1900.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
a BARGAIN.

ITO be fold, BY order Of Court, on
IL Tbuytday t6e Siatb d1y Of November next, at
clock IN the afternoon, en- the prem les, the
Real Efats Of Thomas Gold,
tate Ut Falmouth il The county If Cumberland,
yeom4o, drc-afsd, conGhioe Of One Hundred
acres Of LAND, with the BUILDINGS thereon.
Royal Lincoln, administrator.
Falmouth, O7. 4. 300.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06
INSURREc7ToN or THE BLACKS.

"A letter from CharleRon, Southcarolina,
Sept. IS, tates, that the Blacks in the interior
have rifen and killed feveral of the whites, All
the troops Of horfe are ordered out; penalty
Of ISL is aGefed on each individual who DIFF
obeys the order. Serious occurrences are ex-
pefed before order is reRored.
Verbal information mentions that the reports
at CharleROn Of the Rrength of the inEurgeuts,
were various-fone that there were only Geven
or eight hundrel-others that there was as
many thouland. They were embodied about
80 miles from tire city.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

Il Cadiz Spain the Yellow Fever is very morta.
From 90 70 100 Perfons die daily.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

Thomas II rtley, Efq. one of the Pennfyl
Vania Representatives, TO Congrels declines a
reelection.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

Tbe .lbibs Caroline, Princs-Tcvo SiRsrs,
Merchant, Fitzgerald, Of tbl part,
we're 70 fail fran Liverpool about N S1pt.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-10-06

Lsa&H PAPER.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01

An Act 70 incorporate the Plantation called NEW
SCNCCOK, IN the county Of York, into 4 town BY
The name If LOWELL.
See. : = E i r7a8sd y ne Senate ard H,g9 IF
- " ID Rabr55ziatfves ii CercraI Couri AZ
fn5hd, and j. Tie autb9yity If tbe fame, That the
Plantation Of New. Suncook, in The County
Of York, bounded as follows, viz beginning
at Stake and Stones, in the Eat corner Of
FryebLrg and The NorthWeH corner " Id idgt0r.
thence running North, forty Tx and an half
degrees Wet, one thou[dnd eight hundred ana
fxty I'VE rod, Il Stake and Stones ~ Frye
burg line thence North fifteen degree, Eat,
three hundred and fly rods, to Keazer n M
TO Birch tee marked thence BY fid Pond
to a large Stone marked; thence North forty
FIVE degrees Wea, Eyerty tx rolls, ~ 4 Maple
tree marked thence North twenty degrees
Wet, eight hundred and twenty five rods. to A
Norway Pine tree marked therce N-rth r.
venty eight degrees EAT, one thonf,n1 fix
hundred and fifty rods, 70 Birch tree marked !;
theme South. twenty degrees EAT, three thouf
and two hundred and twenty FIVE rods, to A
Zine tree Handing on B.ilgton line; theace
South, Gyty leven degrees WeR, che thouidnd
1ire hurdred and ninety fix rods, 70 the ii e
bound, with TIE Inhabitants III ~cOn, be, and
they hereby are incoTPo ate into town by the
name Of Lowell. And The faiI town i hereby
vsaed with all the powers, privileges and i'm
munities which other towns in the Common
wealth do or may BY law enjoy.
Sec. 2 BE Il further eaa8sd, That M'fes
hmes, Efq. be, and he hereby is empowered to
niue hi, Warrant, directed to fine fuitable per
ION within fid town requiring him to warn
Meeti-r nf the Ira 3bitl-t, tharaOf IA CIch ti-,a
and place as lhaIl be ex2refed in laid Warrant,
Tor The PurPofe Of choolin5 fuch town officers
as other Towns are empowered to choole in
the morth Of March or April annually.
This ACt was paled Nov as 1901
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01
DIRECTIONS

f% laiEzg b tie Light H2gE tret7ed ard no7U
Gg5tea on Wigqoam Point, int Aan5 SqHam
H6ar65nr, % ne Southern cogQ Of L4(70ieb bay IN
Ma6acbaEttJ
(, Annis Squam Light Houfe bears about s.
" " from Portfm light, dIf ut 4 leagues,
ind from Newbury bar, S. S. E. eagues.
a n ialng into faid harbour, bring The Light
rout- to bear Souls half Wet at nearly the
e'Hanee of one mile, then run directly for it,
Saving Haradens rock or flnken ledge one
zenith of mile on your larboard hand, laid
, =, lies n. h E. one 4th E. from the Light
aioOia at half miie diGance y when come
within one quarter Of nile Of the Light Houfe,
tou will be On the lhoal Of tie bar, which car
US over fix feet water at low cob; continue
loor courfe fouth till you come within 40 or 50
i4'noms o. the Light H0uic, then haul S.S.W.
.'SS'0g the Light Houle on your larboard, and
ANDY b'r IN your aboard hand, (laid bar
~. = nearly ". Z. and S. w. leaving the river
S0oat 90 ftthoms broad at low water oPPolite
IS Light Houfe) il runnnE 5. S. w. one halt
lile' you VIII pats the lobtsr rocks on your
ISS'ooard hand which are dry at low water, then
neer ;. w. leaving he bar rocks on your
"a' aboard hand which are feen til nearly high
water and run one quarter Of NILE and an
sAcF in five fat,lom water clear bottom, or run
y0aF velIel atbore on either hand in cafe you
ave 10 cables aud anchors.
3. LINCOLN,
'Tserir'e aSaqf q Ll! Hay5t in i5s STAFF Of leg4Lg4i
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01

comfortable mandatory of this al Hull, where
candles are made Of it, which are fold conGder-
ably cheaper than wax, and give far better
light. Their only Inconvenience is, they 1e-
quire fnufing often, which wax, if good, rarely
does.
Ambergrife is found in fome only Of there
fih, fuch as are large and old Ii lays in
bag Of Or feet long, among the feminal ver-
lals (of which It is an eHtntiaI party floating IL
thin kind Of yellew oil, and the Jumps Of il
are from one pound up 70 twenty.
The eaaern people ADMIRE his drug much,
and ufe it fraped into their coffee; bur il is
obierved, (tor certain reaions belt known 10
themlelves they never Offered it 10 the lad es.
LIS throat is wide enough 70 1wallow an OK
i Will fnatch al a boat, and devour men. Il
leeds On 6lh; and Wait quantities, often OF
large Gze, are found in its Romach.
----Y twinkInG fry
That lwim the f-as, Il de gently by,
Tho your fcaies glitter tho your numbers nv arm,
Al gently g de for hfe's dear fake;
Nor dare Levi4thsn awake.
Who ipouts river, and who breaihs form
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01
NEW DISCOVERY.

y London paper Of the z9h September lah, we find
;he following advertisement.
PENNA DUP1Ex.-By bis Maeay's ROYAL
Letters Patent, the newly invented machine
for writing with TWO PENS producing al
the fame infant, TWO ORIGINALS, ac-
cording 70 the common mode of writing, IS
offered 10 TIE commercial, political legal and
literary world, as well as to all perfons deir-
Gus If prelerving authentic records Of their
correspondence, fatements, competitions, SIc &c.
This Invention, which reduced 70 a practice
10th cafy and free from every defeG, has been
hn6toned 6y the patronage Of fome Of The mott
dlltln5ulIhed characters 10 the kingdom and Of
fcvcraI foreign ambaf4dors.-Manyw who have
been obliged to have recour(e to the copying or
rather Pretnng machine, have experienced The
mott complete fati,fa6ion IN The u(e Of the
DOUBLE WRITER. The trouble and IN
conven'ence attending the former, are totally
iupercedsi BY the latter, which is 70 iu(tly for
med that there can be no miRake in its ufe
AMI contributed with fuch mechanical exaanels
and iohdity, IS 70 preclude the neceiity of all
repair. by this raOline, on The merits Of which
alone the Patentee reIts his pretenions TO gen
eral encouragement, he merchan. and trader.
thoie Concerned ln the various departments If
the Pu6hc tVrvice, gentlemen of amof every
defcfiPtion in The law and all Perfons engaged
in an eztcnivc and important correfpondence,
will Sc enabled net only to fave the great trotl
BE and exPe1fe, bat alto to avoid The pofibili-
ty OF incorre6tne(s, to which the beR ccpyiGs arc
TOO frequently liable.
The Double Writer will be peculiarly uftfdl
n copying drawings; and to gentlemen who
travel, L nu(t be more valuable in point az
accuracy and fecrecy than the mott able and
confidential amanuenh,. The execution of the
machine IS T. exactly minute, as 10 render il
imPoiiole to dilcover the 1ightef difference IN
a hair lroke or in the marks If pu9uation.
The fPace occupied BY the machine is very tri.
hing, as It is contained in mall portable wri-
ting delz.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01

AMBITION, in hi, valuable I1Rory Of Com
nerce, Rates that il the year 1893, two Of
Queen EHza5e.h's own Aljps Of war Joined in
partnerihip with fone merchant fhiPs fitted out
by Sir Walter Raleigh. They frG took BIZ
cayner,laGen with iron tores for the w Indies.
Next they forced great EAT India carrack on
fhore at the Azores, where it was burned
foon after they met with the greateR of all the
Eat India carracks, homeward bound, Of 1900
tons, with 100 men, and IS brals cannon, which
they took, though with great laughter, This
large prize was found laden with the richef
fpices, calicoes, 6lks gold, pearls, rings, China
ware or Porcelaine, and ebony wood, So vat
GIip drought to Dartnoutb,) had never be-
fore been Geen in England. The cargo was
divided among the Adventures, Of which
the Queen had a principal flare. The
poGeilion of fuch immenle foreign riches greatly
encouraged the Englih to venture foou after to
60 themfelves to the EAT Indies on pure
mercantile bottom.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-12-01
n PROGIAMATIQA

wealth. Of Mafachuletts,
II PROCLAMATION.
TET HEREAS the Honorable the General
Wv Court Of the faid Commonwealth, on
the fourteenth day of November current. re-
'lolved that the Governor be requeRed with the
advice and content Of the Council, to iIue his
proclamation, offering rewards to any perfop
Or perlons for aPPrehsnding and bringing 10
legal puni(hment any Of thofe notorious often.
ders who were concerned in firing upon and
sounding BToagfreet Wiggi7r and others, on
the eighteenth day Of July lat.
do therefore, by and with the advice and
content OF the Council, iGue this proclamation.
Promiling reward Of Fin. Hundred D9lar5, 10
be paid out Of the public treafury, 10 the perfon
or Perfous who lhall be the frlt to difcover and
give information, to proper authority, of the
lald offenders, or any one or more Of hem, 70
that be or they fall be convicted of raid offence
in due comfe Of law: And all officers. civil
and military, Of The faid Commonwealth, are
required to ufe their utmoG endeavors to bring
the laid offenders to iuRIce.
Gigen in the Council Chamber, in BoRcn.
this fifteenth day of November, in he
year Of our Lord, eighteen hundred,
and in the twenty fifth year of the indie
Psndcnce Of The United Srares Of Anne.
RIGA. CALEB STRONG.
BY his Excellency7 command
JOHN AVERY, Secretary.