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Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09

,sben illegally exerted or tending to despot
;sn, Hence the Importance OF LARGE AND
ars.ecr.BLE STATES where the physical
s,re, Of large body ofpeople can be brought
into action by the command OF one sovereign
,rN and when also the authority of talents,
,.n,nioa and influence, all combined and exert
n and all directed TO one common object, give
.weioht and sanction to their resolutions,
which can never belong 10 the measures ,of
,sz,ral snail states, though comprlzing greater
namhers. The reason Is, that III the latter
ao,s councils may be distraeted--poWer must
toa,sided-talents diverted from their prop
!, objects. and the authority oi opinion AID
sabc character extremely diuisshed.-- Fhis
J, the manner in which Virginia reasons anil
can see what commanding influence she
possesses and exerts. \ similar Cause has
,rnep. and continues to give strength and
aSeatb TO the great states Of PENNSYLVANIA
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. few years past
no have had several occasions for observing
The importance of MASSACHUSETTS as one OF
the stale. in the union.
Great States will always be respected
Small States will often be abused and almost
always sregarded.-Vermont and Rhode
Island and Delaware cannot be said to have
auy influence on the general government
Their votes, NAV at times be of some impor-
lance, but their poocer can never give them
stability in the hour of danger or check the
hold advances of ncroachment.-Let me "a
gain enquire why neither of the large States
have mentioned are soicitous for division
Why does the spirit of wisdom and improve
meni slumber in those parts Of the United
States The simple answer is, they know
too well the Importance oflarge and respecta-
bic sovereignties, to admit for a moment the
idea Of dismembermeat.-They would resent
such proposition with indignity and con
tempt, and instantly put dozen such an attempt ::
and the man also who should have the impru-
aence to make it.-Let these cigcums tances
put US all on our guard and serve to explain
the true motives of all who are advocates for a
separation as well as of those who are opposed
toit--But as a further reason for our indepen-
dence it has been observed by writer in
the Argus, tho somewhat inaccurately that the
God Of nature" his separated as from Mas.
sachusetts, and thereby designed us ior a
separate sovereignty This argument cannot
be entitled TO tie least respect A strip OF
land twenty five mites wide ON the sea board
is pronounced as a barrier pla ced by Heaven
onpurpose to prevent our connection via,
Massachusetts, it not passing strange
that for more than a century, no one should
have discovered the finger OF Heaven IN
this particular instance Yet so it is-W E
have lived in harmony and peace and ehjoyes.
blessings in abundance, otwilhs1anang, :
strip Of New-Hampshire lies between rs and
Bsston-and lis an undeniabie ruth, that
no man erer experienced The slightest nconpe-
nence from the ADORE Circumstance : whether
cur connection in business be maintained
with Massachusetts, by land or water, we
meet with no interruption.
ARlSTIDES.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
Monday. April 8.

Monday, April 8.
= Arrived brig Leyant, Capt. Hunt, 10 days from
.adiz, with salt to order.-Left there 29th JAN
great number of Southern vessels, which have been
reported
March 18th, lat. IS. long. IS, so, spoke the brig
ne'ssy Ann, i2 days out from Wilmington n. G.
Tor ouadaloupe, all we-March 25th, lat SO,
~ long. D. spoke the British schooner Eliza, from
halifax > days out and got supplies-Apri fst
n ~ long 65, spoke the schooner Joseph. from
'iaroiehead, i days out, for the Grand Bank
aprii 9th, lat.43 80, long 60, spoke brig Charles,
need 20 days from Demarara, for st. Johns, N. b.
by whom we were supplied With provisions, sc.
:. The brig Amphtrte, Clover 10 DAYS from
Iadiz' arrived at Newyork 1st inst. left at that
pace 18th Feb ship Neutrality, killeran, from
uulofa,tar, Tor America, receiving salt. The brig
francis T. +, Merrill, Of Portland, was spoken
gong into Cadiz.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
TO EFT

a convenient three-aOry DWELLING HOUSE,
peAianty htuated in Pleafaut- flree,, now &C.
;;Sp'.u ~ 'oiePh C. Boyed, Efq having conven-
>' 49,: TOT large family. Enquire At this Office.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
April 9.

10 The Honorable Ju tices OF ne Circuit C6art
Of Common Pleas, begaa and holdea al
Portland sgfllm a,sd for t4e County d, c am
beriahd on the first Tuesday ot .iIurcu H. u.
1916.
lHE Petition Of Robert w, Knight. admins
l. traitor on The estate 81 THOMAS MANN
late of Portland, aforesaid mariner. deceased, and
guardian TO William Mann, and Rachel Mana,
minors and children of said deceased hanibly shews
that the goods and chattes oi said deceased are not
sufficient To pay the debts Of said deceased, by the
sum of eighty seven dollars and forty cents, there
being demands against the saidestate besides what
he has paid, for Taxes and charges OF his last sick
ness, to the amount of one huurscd and hfty one
dollars and three cents. That a guardian 10 The
said Minors, there is due TO hila Que hundred and
torty-ive dollars and eighty-fve cents for their
support which sum after deductng the personal es-
tate OF said deceased, seiag & 1.5 i@ amount TO
two hundred and thirty three dollars and twenty
FIVE cents Ii is therefore necessary tlat part of
the real estate of said deceased Inch consists of the
one half Of dwelling house, aud lot of Land in
said Portland appraised at six hundred dollars
should he sold for payment of said demands, but by
partial sale the residue thereof would be greatly
nured.--lie therefore, in his said capacity of cd
ministrator, prays that your honors would grant
him licence TO sci! the whole of the said real estate
agreeabiy TO a law in such made and provid-
ei-and that he, as a guardian to said children
may be awaited of the SUN due t. him as aforesaid
aud as in duty bound will pray.
ROBERT w. KNIGHT.
A true Copy-Attest
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
MARRIED.

In Columbia, by IN. Raggtes, Esq. Capt Iehabod
Bucknan, 10 Mss Betsey Wiison.-Tn addison,
Capt Durid Wass, 10 Hiss Haddasa Nash.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
TO be Sold by Order ofCourt,

ON Thursday the twenty hfth OF April inst al
~ two O'Clock in the afternoon al Goosh's Pals
on Royals River, in Northyamouth, one eight
part of the double Saw Mill and privilege thee
the property of sophrona Russell MINOR or as
much thereof as will produce the sum OF two hun
dred and twenty dollars.
JEREMIAH STURBS Guardian
April 6 TO said Minor.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
ARlSTIDES.

Ertracf from letter receired by JOSF Al WHIT-
MIN CO. from one Of the managers Of the CD
MIL LOTTERY.
1t gives me pleasure to inform you that
ticket No. 1914, sold by you, came out this
day prize Of $500"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09

: Vie copartnership heretofore subs's,ng uader
l. the firm of S. & j. CLARK, is this DAY By
mutual consent. dissolved.-All persons indebted
to said firm are requested to make immediate pay
ment. SETH CLARK,
JONAS CLARK. +.
Portland, April 9.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
GERTS 4 THOMPSON.

Cda,pe H.. -
10 she koHora6Ie Justices Of the 6tremf Cour.
Of Common Pleas, far iheefesf Eastern
Cafemf. 90 be helaen ar Forfiand, smfhin
and .Jor fhe sad county, on the thiid 1Hes-
day Of .,ovsnlber, II ID 1876
SOLOMON LAKEMAN OF Gorhsm, within
sid coua,y, 5comsn, anu Betsy his wife in he
.gh res ecltuily ,epfeseut, that said B. sey il
crested 10, End is selz d in fee as tensn v
mmon with Pe,er Crockett snd John Crockett
ai ss'd G5ghsm, yeo men, anu JAbez Cispp,
sid por iat,d. eoenef, aud other persons sg
aur petitopers unknown OF one cgh.b pat
= The Gsaow,eg described tracts or rsfceis NJ
snd yas and beng in said Gurham, VIZ the
Il St tract pAtceils eae haif part Of he seven.
acre lot nuhlbefso fifty eight and IS he souti.
~s,ety half par, # sid ios, which is one of he
hid division tots in said Gorhsm, bounded thu
- ginning al the Sou hetiy CornSt cf said 10
hence iunDing nosthwesleily IS SAID lot runs
Sky SIX Gods s. AXE thence running north
ess;erly across said h, such cou Sc as t. in
olude thirty Ave acres, or one half part OF ssi,.
lot on the sou,her,y side thereof the second
trsct of parcel contains twenty three acres and
one third II an tore, being the westerly thiru
part ct seventy acre lot nuinb,s ID iof,y FIVE, lo
ne taken off beng wise Of said lot. the sme
beng one Of the ,nird division lois In said Go.
ham. Also one other tract OF parcel Of lsnd
containing seventy acres more OF less, and IL
he sevsn.y acre 10, in tie thid divis on of lo,s
IN said Goshan, numbered seveny on the pro
prie,ors plsn of said Gorbsm.-And your pc l.
,iuners, DESTROYS that said Besey should hold
her said proportion, 10 wit, CITE eighth part Of TIE
before described tracts or parcels of land in
seseralty, pfay your honors thAi SAID proportion
may be assigned and set off 10 her TO hold in
severaiiy, as by the stature in such cases mad
and provided, and MS in duSy bound will ever
pray.
JOS. ADAMS, Attorney TO said petitioner
.dt a Circmt Court Of Common Pleas, 6eguI;
and holden az Portland, gvithia and for the
county Of Cumberland, on me Erst 1ueSdat
Of March, II ID 1876
ON ihe TO, egoiag pesiSioD which WAS entered
al the iass lelm and coounasd 20 this term. the
Coud oga der, that she petitioners give nosice OF
tue sans 10 ] ha Crockett, Peter Crockett, and
JADE z Clapp, therein named, BY causing each d
lie n. 10 be served with an stes ed copy of said
pc i,ioa and this order the EN-, and by Causing 4
is0ed three weeks successfully IN one of the
Portland nswspspets, the las, :ubi,e alton 10 be
thirtS days 1T iesss before The ,hifd Tgesday OF
June next, thsl tuey ana sii CT ncerned may have
opportunity 10 appear 81 the Cucuit Court of
Gonm0n Pleas, then 20 De hoidea a. Portland,
vi hin and for he ) ID eouny Of Cumberland,
aid shew Cause, II say they hsve, why tie pray
er OF ssid petition sh9Gid no, oe gran ed.
Attest, SAM. FIREMAN, Clerk.
R9rii 9.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
PORTLAND BOOKSTORE.
ISAIAH THOMAS, JR.


LAS just received the following new works -
travels in q. Britain Heroine
Trecothic Bower Paradise of Coquettes,a
belinda Poem
influence Of Literature. Josephine
Chapone's Works Charemagne, Poem
Missionary, Poem by Lucen Bonaparte
Bucaminster's Sermons Olive Branch
ClarIe's do. Campbelrs Lectures
Taylor's do. Bigland's History oil
Blunt Seananship England
Maekay on Longitude Wilberorce's View OF
Discipline Religion
Paris Spectator The MournerComiortea
--ffaSO-
A large assortment of FANCY ARTICLES,
If various descriptions.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
SPRING GOODS.
JOSEPH HARROD,

Head Of EXcH tNGE-srRERT,
IN AS j,et received an assortment N GOODS
Il l. suitable for the present and approaching sea-
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-04-09
Jos.'AyAMs, Attorney to said petitioners

.dt a Circuit Court Of Common Pleas. begun
and holden at Pc, ftand, gvitaits and for the
county Of Cumberland, on me Erst Tuesday
or 1iurrh II u l8l6--
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30
VALUE Or REPUTATION.

The following elegant efuGon on the value
of reputation is extracted from the fpeech
OF CHARLEsPHILLIPs, efq. at the court
houie OF Galway, ireland, on the Il of
April laf, in cafe of libel on the Rev.
c. O'Mullen, a catholic clergyman.
Wnat Damages, then, csn ycu give !?
| am content 10 leave the defendants
crimes aitogetAsr out OF the Question
but how can you recompense the suG-
ierings Of my client Who shall esti-
male the cost of priceless reputation
that impress which gives this human
dross It's currency without which we
stand despise', debssed, deprecated /?
Who shall repair it injured Who can
redeem it lost Oh we'll end truly does
the great philosopher Of poetry esteem
the WORLDS wealth IS trash" in the
comparison without it gold has no
Valuc--birth no station no
dlgDIiy-Ceauty no Cbarm-age no re
yerenre. Or, should 1 not rather say
without it every treasure impoverishes.
every grace delorms, every dignity de-
grades, and all the arts and decorations
and accomplishments of life, stand like
the beacon blaze upon a rock, WARNING
the world that its approach is danger,
that its contact is death The wretch
without It is under an eternal quaran.
une-no friend to grcet--Do home TO
harbor him the voyage of his life be-
comes joyless peril, and in the midst
OF all ambition can achieve, or aVarice
amass, or rapacity plumber, he losses or
the surge, buoyant pestilence Bu'
let me not degrade into selGshness of
individual safety or individual exposure
his universal principle ii tesiIGes an
higher more ennObling origin Il is
this, which, coDsecrating the humble
circle OF the earth, viii al all times ex.
tend itself 10 the circumference of the
horlzon-which nerves the arm Of the
patriotic save his cOantry--wbichli lights
the lamp of the philosopher to amend
man--which, if it does not inspire, will
yet invigorate the martyr to merit i'm.
mortalily--which, when one worlds a.
gony Is passed, and the glory Of another
IS dawning, will prompt the prophet,
even in his chariot of FIRE, and in his
vision of Heaven, to bequeath TO man.
kind the mantle Of his memory!
o divine, o delightful legacy, OUT
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30
a Day in LONDON.
Frons-G; 1Uas K J1tsE fu6"shed in .New
York

Frons-G: fDa K J1tsk fu6mshed in .Eew
FORK
In the Following description Of some
Of the. rlorsi. tceiDres Of London, we
ray see more 70 e. atty curiosity than
Ecite oither envy or admiration,
In the morning all 10 caim--not a
mouse Stirring before ten O'Clock the
51cps then begin TO open Milk wo>
men, with their pals perfectly neat,
SUI penoed at two eKtremIties of yoke,
sretuhy shaped TO fl the shoulders
and surrounded with small tin mea-
surcs OF cream, ring at every door With
r,iter ated pulls, TO hasten the house
servants, who come half asleep 10 re
GIVE a measure as big as an egg, be
.ng the allowance Of family for il
Unnecessary TO explain, that milk is
.ot here either food or drink, but o
.lncture--aD ELIXIR exhibitedin drops,
i've or six at most in a cup of tea,
morning and evening: 1t would be
difficult to say wbatlaste or what quail
ty these drops may impart but so it
81 -aRd-Rebedy thinks or questioning
he proprieiy Of the custom. Not q
single carriage, not a cart are seen
passing. The first considerable stir is
The drum and military music of the
guards, marching from their barracks
70. Hyde Park, having at their read
three or four negro giants, striking
gracefully and strong. the resounding
- mbal. About three or four O'Clock
the fashionable world gives some signs
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30
SCRAPS FROM LohDoN pApKas.

Hoarder8 Of SiiUey.-The wife Of one
The Church warders of Monmouth
las lately thrown into great consterns-
H2o, on being informed that the silver
O. general circulation was mostly of a.
,upalior nature, and would not be taken
81. ,uc mint IN exchange for The new
-nin the feat OF a great loss induced
her to Communicate TO her good man a
secret she had long kept, tha' by saving
aud boar ding of sbillIngs she had ac-
'cumuiated tothe amount Of 900 pounds.
4 shop keeper and ncjghbor of the Tor
er, found also, upon the like report,
pWsrds OF 100 pounds IN shilIings.
"ougb both had Grequeutly been un-
Hing TO accommodate tGeir custom
With charge, expressing, in LOUD
ms, their wonder what was gone with
all the silver, and their app:ehensions
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30

spo,less reputation I Rich is the inde>.
.'itence it leaves--pious the example it
teslifies-purs, precious and Impe.
tishable. the tope which il inspires,
Can you conceive more atrocious In.
jury han TO filch from It's possessors
this estimable Geneh;-to rob society Of
It's charm, ard solitude Of its solace not
only 10 outlaw lie, but to attaint death,
overturning the veiy grave, the refuge OF
The sufferer, into the gate oi infamy and
oil shame / can conceive very few
crimes beyond it. He who plumbers
ny properly, takes from me that bicb ,
Gao be repaired by time. But wha.
prod can repair ruined reputationf
He who mains my person, effects that
which medicines may remedy Rnt
~ha, he'b has Sovereignty over tho
wounds of SANDER ? He who r,dicuJ..
my poverty. or reproacbes my probes
sios- uPbraids me with that which in
dustry pay retrieve, and int gritty pu-
My; but what riches shall redeem the
bankrupt lame what power shalt
b!anch the sullieG snow OF character
Can there be an Injury moro de adv
Can there be crine more cruel lie
Is without reneGy--it is Without anu
dote--it IS without evasion The rep.
lie caiumpy is svsr on the watch
from uhe fascination of lis eye no acti-
witty can escsps--frcm The venom of
It's fang no sanity cSn recover: it has
no enjoyment bul crim,, it has no nrey
cut Viiiue' 1t has no ih>ervai from
tic rcs,lessness of its malice, save
when oioated with It's victims it groyels.
10 dlsSorge them al the wiihercd shrine
where envy idoilzes her own infrmi-
'ies' Under suca visitation, how.
ofeanIu' would be the desriny oI The
Vn'uous ana The good, If the providence
VI Cu' constitution had nei given you
power, as uust you will have the
principle, 10 bruise the bead Of tbs
scrpt ~. auu rrusu er.,i
altar Of its idola;ry 80
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30
go IL s


Si&zer euTrsncy-The quantity. of sill
vcr currency now IN circulation, is tru
~ astonishing. Every retailer and
banker s absolutely oppressed with It
From The post Offices IN the west, we
Undcrstara, il is sent up to London H.
h"gs of 100 pounds ard upwards, at d
jin.e Our reauers remember, thai
wlih4n lev months past, the reverse
@, tni.o was the case, md both payers
sn: receivers, were every hour, and in
every place, embarrassed by toe want
So! sinai! charge. 1t is now evident
'naI the slong and general persuasion
II tSiS waDt, created, by boarding, the
very want IL feared IT. this specimen,
inen, ct the cTscts OF . wsni o. general
COZ fidcncc, We have, perhaps, ,hc righl
clue TO part of the evil which now OPP
presses cur agriculture md commerce.
LHcLJfetl haEer.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-09-30

rather leave cards at the doors OF
friends, never but in the crowd of as
semblies; TO 60 to the shops, see
sights, or lounge in Bond s,reet-an
ugly, inconvcniert street, the attrac =
ions OF which it is difficult to under
stand. AT Ave or six they return home
10 dress for dinner. The streets aye
then lighted from ono ord to the other,
OF ratler edged on either side with two
long lines OF little bijgthish dots, indi.
cative oi.lighl but yielding in fact very
little , these arc The lamps. They are
not suspended in the middle OF the
streets, as at Paris, but fixed on irons
Gig mt. or nine feet high, ranged alou6
Ibs houses The want of reflsctors, ia
probably the cause CT their giving so
'attle light. From six to eight, the
noise OF wheels increases =: il is the
dinner hour.
"A multitude, Of carriages, with two
eyes OF fame, staring in tie cark be-
lore each OF them, shake the pavement
ard the very houses, following and
crossing each other ct full speed -
Stopping suddenly. fpo;rnsr jumps
Gown, runs TO !hc. door, end li.ts The
heavy kuooker--gircs 4 great knock,
then several smaller ore In quick sue
eesslon--ihen with all has might, fuur.
ishing as on a drum, with an art, arc
an air, and delicacy OF touch, which
denste the quality, the rank, and the
fortune of his master
"For two hours, or nearly there is
pause at ten, d reaou6iement come >
on. This is The great crises Of dress.
# noise, ard OF rspidI,y--a unive, So
hubDub sort oil uniform griudi,g
and shaking, ike iba, experienced h.
g;eat mil, wit, fifty pair of stones :;
and, If was not s'ra:d Of appearing to
cxeggerate, | should soy Mat il came
upon lac Col like taC iali Of Mage,
heard Two miles d,SssECG T.is
crisis continues undIrtnIahec, iii =
o. O'Clock ; then less and l.Ss, dur
ing The rest Of ;hc night--lilis a;thg ap
prosch cf day, sIag!e carriage IS heard
COW ard !hep at a great distance,
" Gicai ossemNIsS are called ruuN
or parties but tie people who Civ,
,hei", III their mutations onty say. thai
they uIll be ar h1me such a day, and
his some weeks beforehand. III.
house liz which this takes place, Is ,le
qmcn,ly stripped from Top ia bouo" ;
beds, drawer, and oil but ornaneuta
iurui,urr, is CarHcd cut II sigh, =.
makc r. or for = crowd Of wgil dress
cd pcupi E, received al The door Of thc
principal apaT,r,eu: ny The mistress Of
The house standing, who smiles at. eve
~ new conner With look Of scquaint
a.-ce NOBODY si!6 there is no con
vcrsa,ion, 40 cards., 10 music ouiy
e;ho~inR+ tuning. and winding from.
room TO room; then, at the end Of a
quarter OF an hour, escaping TO the
hall door TO wait tor the carriage. spend
iog more time upon the threshold, a.
mong foo,meE, than you have done
bnye stairs with their masters. From
dis roui you drive TO another, where,
after waiting your turn TO arrive at the
door, perhaps half ar hour, the street
being full Of carriages, you a!ight, be-
gin The same round, and end IN The
same maDner."
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Total, I474

To which may be added $50 or 2os
more, that have arrived in vessels not
noticed at all.
Among other hints to eraigrsnts,"
We notice one recommending their inc
mediate settlement in the couDttyin
preference to lettering in the cities,A-
The hint seems not to have been lost
or on some. A week or two since, about
SO Scotch cmigTants passed through
this village into the interior.
CatskW Recorder. =,
Commodore TRUxToN is candidate
for the office of Sheriff Of the. city. adta
county of philadelphia, "