Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-10-25

10 an cHds Dat, tFEfAln gent Cli~h Ia luz
and Kiaery. beng didati<ied, cauied to be
epared petitions 10 thc General Court, tor
the removal Of the S J. Ccurt from Waf to
Alfred and forwarded the Zane to iome towns,
without giving notice to othcrs.--Mstt oil the
towns, TO whom the petitions were TENT, either
with or without notice in the warrants tor
town meetings, adopted the petitions lent
them. In fome, il not mott initanccs, the
meetings were very thin. Such proceedings
arc con6dcred as very unfair. not beng CAL
culated TO d'lcovsr the fenic OF the people. IN
regard 10 the moi proper place or places Tor
holding he Supreme Judicial Court
At 1ok, the Court OF General Sclhons OF
the Peace. at Ian April term, by large ma
jority voted that nothing further ought to he
done in regard to any alterations OF the let
iions of the S. J Court in the county; until
the lenie Of the peoplc on that iuhjcct could
be fairly and regularly taken, and made known
TO the Legislature. his was an agreement
of the Jullices, who were in favor Of reno
val Of he Court from Ksaasbuak 10 dJfrel, as
well az thole who were againft 1t: and copies
of this order were then directed TO he, and
accordingly were, certified to the Pfehdent OF
the Senate aud Speaker of the Hpuie ct Re
prefcntaIives, for the expreis PurPoie oil iui-
pending, III the mean time, All further pro
ceedings on the qIetion in the GeneraFCourt.
However, without regarding that agreement,
tie members OF the General Court from The
county, who were in favor of the removal OF
the S. I Court from Ksare5unE 10 Aifrsi IN the
ciofe Of the Ian felliou Of the General Court,
and al time, when only two or three mem.
bers in the oppolition were preisnt, procured
an act of The Lrgil ,ture, for the removal OF
the J. c. from H'eils to hjre1. and building
Goal there.
1t is very extraordinary, that fuch an act
lhould be obtained, contrary to report OF
committee of both branches of the General
Court, who reported, thar the ienle Of the
people Of the county ought in regular man.
ner to be taken, before any thing further was
done in regard 70 the removal. Both the gen-
tlemen reprclcn.iug the county IN the Senate
this year, rehding at comfortable dIitance
from the fea coaR, wcrein favor Of the reno
val of the Supreme Judicial Court from Ken
Hs5aai to Ajrsa. Bat they fay, lha, they only
Eatel Eas75. However, !, appears. that an I'M
prciIion was made upon the minds of num-
Der of the Senators, thatthc vote OF the Court
1f General SefIions of the Peace, for taking
rhe fenlc of the people, was mere lnete ;
and that the only dehgn was to prodace delay
If il was 70 rcprelented tothc Senate, the re-
Proclamation was groundlels, fafc and highly
injurious to the dignity of the Court. IL APP
peared, that leveral towns had altered their
minds in regard to the removal Of the Court,
before the vote Of the leiIions for taking the
lenfe of the county on that fubjea. The at
fair. according to accounts, appears to DC
wrapped up in myfery. which, at lome future
period, may, upon due inquiry, be developed
IN confequence OF the vote OF the feihons, for
taking the fenfe OF the people. in regard 70
the place or places for holding the S. !. Court,
1t thought improper TO forward rencn-
Frances TO the General Court againlt the re
mevsl Of he Conrt from Kerze5nnk TO fLfrei
until the fenfc of he people fliould be known
a brief defcripron of the county of Trh
may much aiIiit IN right understanding Of
this fubjef -
If line fhould be drawn from the mouth
Of Pitsat0g4a river, winch IS the fouth corncr
Of the county. along by the fea-coaf to III,
eaft corner of P.8P0reilborOzgb, which is tn;
ca1 corner Of the county, the diftance won (
DC dp iut Al thlSo Va a hAd'6ht INT dOOu
"a miles.
From 1sHr bay, on lraight line TO the
river great OEpes, the dif.ance is about 81
miles. Wshs bay is abouf four mics deep
The meeting houfe in Kenrr5sak is about fou
miles above the mouth of KeHaebHak harbor
Tori meeting houle is about one mile from the
fe,, and about tx miles from the fouth cor
ncr Of the county.
The diaance from Pjisatogua river. as tn,
road next the Tea now goes. TO The wetterIy
line of CEz6tylasS is about IL miles. The diff
lance from NezVba1ss1e as the road now goe
through Ber ruisl, Ksaae5zak and Preparations
to Cpn5eriand line IS about IS miles.
The dIiance from the meeting -heufe il
K,naebunt, as the road now goes, 10 the gres
OGTpee is about "a miles. The dl(lance from
Ne1V5amey6iys to the north eaft Gde of tn
comfy, At great OGpse j. about - miles.
The alliances from Tori, Kenne5anl and Ill
fret, to the centers of the feveral towns in tn,
county of Tori, are as follows, viz.
From YoRK TO
p~v-,;ok about xh Kama, ahouf