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and Maine advertiser.
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do ike, UuUic.
THE Editors deem it refpeetful to addrefs their
readers and patrons, with an avowal of the principles,
which will guvem in conducting the Portland Ga*
JSTTt*
It has been uuiverfally allowed, that tl»e freedom of
the prefs, and tec general extenfion of knowledge, is
of the firft importance to m aintain a republican form
of government; and as thefe objects arc well or if
concluded, all civilized fociety will finally be fupport
eJ, or orerihrown.
Ill *ld:ng ourfelves refponiible for the contents of the
Gazette, and confidcring our own intcreft infcparable
from that of the community, it will be our conftant en
diavour to conduOd our paper in fucli a manner, as u
merit the approbation of the friends of good order,and
rational liberty.
The conftitution of the United States is jurt'.v con
fcdered as the palladium of our rights ; and an adher
! ence to the principles and me.ifurcs of the iiluftriou*
» Washington, and his w.'c and virtuous coadjutor*
who alb fled in the formation and adim niflration ©four
government, we conlider as the only means to preferve
the union, houor, happiaefs and prolperity of our
country.
The politics of the Garotte will be decidedly federal
k ii prelumed no one will queftion the ueceflity, in
a free government, where all power i» derived from
the people, of animadverting upon the p rinciples of
public men, and tlie tendency of their meafures ; but
in tire exercile of this right, a regard for our own rep
utation will not fuffer us to iofe fight of truth and
dccencv.
I rivate chamber ought ever to held facred ; on
bo oceafion fliail we admit that, which may wound
tne filings or injure the good name of any.
K is a political maxim,tefted by the experience of
ages, that without a reverence for the Supreme hieing
& u.vfo.'m pract cc of lehgicus and moral duties,
no government can nor will long exiftand as friend*.
oi Religious, as well as Political toleration, wc hope for
toe liipport of tfi7 Jtnrmmationt of Chriftian*.
No exertions will be fpared, to obtain the tariieft and
mod corredl toreign intelligence, whether of a politica.
or commercial nature, fo far c. --* '^^oftsiicc
to our roaders—hut ■Uameftic information, will claim
the larged fhare of our attention.
At a time like the prefent, when fuch opinions are
gaining ground as have a direct tendency to render
■life, liberty, and property infecare ; when party intol
erance threatens to deprive virtue aud talents of all
I confidence and icipect—filence would be ctnftrued
£» a crime ; it is nceeflary that the underftanding ra
ther than the pallions of the people thou id be addrel
ed.
To enable us toprofecute our work with etfeit, we
fobcit the aid and aihilance of all tkol’e who from pr:n
Itiple value the exigence of our excellent republican
inditutiors.
From men cf talent* and leifure we requeft communi
cations.
Relying on the public for patronage with a fteady
jbnJeviating hand, we dull endeavor to prefent our rea
pers with whatever may tend to i'upport ^ood govern
ment, to inculcate a refpeck for religion, or promote
[the pra&ice of the focial virtues.
With a fincere belief that our caufe is juft, and will
prevail,
• We are, the public** moft obedient
’ and very humble fervantf,
V ISAAC ADAMS,
I
B WILLIAM JENKS, jutt.
CONDITIONS.
“THE GAZETTE will continue to ’«c publiflicd for
thofe fubfcribers who receive their papers at the
oflke, or in packages by the mail at the price
of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS, a year,
being cheaper than anv paper of the fame fiac
| pubiifbed in New-Fngland.
fr Srbfcribcrs who live in town and thofe who have
their papers fealed and fowarded fenarate'y will
be charged Two Dollars.
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i5v 3utfto itv.
Commonwealth or MASSAcartitTTi.
In the year of nr !or./, toe t. 'ofa ij eif>l hundred andfve.
An a.T to incorporate the plantation called Bcfinvid.
ir the county of Oxford, into a town by the name of
A«r ry,
J Sect. 1. BK IT r XACT ED ly ice am! Senate,
Hb Rotfi f ReprefentatbieS, m General C-vri offr*nbieJ, and by
j axthor tj of tbffame, 1 hat the plantation heretofore
^ led BoliwicW, in the county of Oiford, as deferibed
within the following boundaries, with the inhabitanti
thereon, S**,and they are hereby incorporated into a
, toivnbvthe name of Newry, v\r—Beginning at the
• ®-nherly corner of a traC\ of land fold to Phmcai
i^viari, and on the wellerly line of Ncw-?cnnacook
'Now Rurnford.)then«runmnj north nineteendegrees
*clt on *a,d l\ne> "'*'«» and two hundred and
nnety-tight rods, to Eatt-Andover; then fouth, feveu
y-unc degrees wed by laid Faft- ,„lover and land
lold t«* .Silas Hall and others, four miles and two hun
ircd and tlurry-five rods to a ftake ; then north, nine
teen dc^ees weft, three mile.'and two hundred rods,
to the fouth-ealterly corner of the town (hip called A.
minh-r two* then fouth, eighty, nine degrees wed,
'y the kmihcrlv line ofthe townfhip laft mentioned^
vo rents and about fixty rods, to the north-eafterly
iri>er of the townlhip called A, number one; then
mth eight degrees weft by the towntliip !*ft mektion
d. nx real os and about two hundred and eighty rods
to the north-eafte, ly comer cf Peabody's patent, (now
• leau, then fouth nineteen degrees daft by faid Gil
‘Ul. to Sudbury Cauada, (now Bethel,) thence eafteriv
ov laid Bethel, and the land fold to the faid Howard,
to the place of beginning And tire faid town of New
:y ir hereby vefted with all the powers, privileges,
rigntsand immunities, and fubiecl to all the duties and
requiiitions, to which other towns are entitled as.J ful>
jveted by the coaftitutioa and Laws of this Common
sve;;1 h.
Sec. Be >t further rnrSfeJ, That other of the
fuftice3 of the Peace for the faid county of Oxford, he,
.nd he is hereby authorifed to ilfiie his warrant di
eefed to fome fuit.ble inhabitant »f the faid town of
'Jewry,, requiring him to notify and warn the inhab
irns of faid town, to meet at fuch convenient time
c place, as iha.il be appointed infaid warrant,to clioofe
uch officers as towns within this commonwealth are’
T required to choofe in the months of March or
\pril annually.
[Appron-eJ !>y the Governor, June 1.5, 180.5.]
THE NEWSPAPER.
' raw a lute European Pu‘l'itaUo>i.j
’TIS truth, with def ’rence to the College,
Newspapers are the fprings of knowledge ;
The genera! fource throughout the nation,
Of cv’ry modern converfation.
What would this mighty people do,
It there, alas! was nothing new*.
A newfpaper it like a feaft,
Some dilh atTords for every gueil ;
Some large, fom# fmall.ibme ftout, fome tinder,
For every ftomich, flout or fiender.
1 hofe who roatl beef and wine delight in,
Are pleaf’d with trumpets, drums, and lighting,
For thole who are more lightly made,
Are arts, and fciencei and trade.
For fanciful and amoiirous blood,
v' • have a foft poetic food.
For witty and fatyric folks,
High-feafonM attic ialted jokes 5
And wh#, we ftr;v« t0 p]cap# th#
A "'n ~ nr a job.
If anv gem’man wants •
(A partner, as 'tis term’d, for life,)
An advertifement anfwert well,
And quickly brings tke pretty bell#.
If you want health ccnfult our page**
You fliall be well, and live for ages ;
Our empirics, in fearch of bread.
Do every thing but raife the dead.
Lands may be had, if they are wanted i
Houfes purchafed, or rented !
. Ships—fhops of ev’ry fltapeand form,
Horfos, fervants, coaches, 1warn ;
No matter whether good or bad,
We tell you where they may be had.
Our ferviccl w c can’t exprefs,
The good wc do you hardly guefs;
There’s not a want of human kind,
But we a remedy can find.
Mr. Hopkins' Oration.
The following extract, is taken from'an Oration,deliv
ered by ’James D. Hopkins, Esj. in this town, a,
the late celebration of the anniverfary of American
Indipendence :—After giving a fliort hlftory of *he
Wafliington and Adams adminiftrations, he has the
the following pertinent obfervations.
Shall we not, then, for our public blcf
fings for all *ur national profperity% own our
obligations to the federal adminittration ? ..
Or is public gratitude entombed with the
allies of our Walhington. ?
'1 hey were the fame principles, which
cftablilhed the fedearl conftitution, and
railed the fallen fabric of our national rc
fpe&abdity, which now call upon the
friends of virtue, and good government, to
check the demoralizing progrefs of political
error. Americans! it is a folemn call. The
antKcdcralifts, though defeated, were not
fubdued. Aided by the wicked arts, falfe
hood, hypocrify, and ilander, tney ha.ve
gained in influence, and increafed in n- m
bers, to a degree which threatens the fub
verfion of our rights and liberties and the
d. Ablution of our independence. Upon ev
ery important national queflion, the jour
nals of Congrefs exhibit the flrength of
holVdity to found principles, from 1791 to
the prefent day. And had we loll the re
collection of recent wants, wc fliomd there
frul inconteftible proof, that the dominan
p.^tv in our country is the fame fa&ion
which unfuccefsfully oppofed our conititu
tion. I mtor n, ar.u conftant has been then
op po fill on to the principles sof that fyPeir
or policy, which is the fublimell dF,>« oi
lunn.in winlom, ami man’s laft hope 0f 3
tree republican government.
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Carefully to prcfertre the precious frag
mems of our conRitution, which remain
\v U,°t Cr,n Ph,,of€,Pher» or reviler oi
U alhington be elected to office. Be!tow
your confidence on thofe who merit, and not
on thole who feck popularity. Manfully af.
ferr your right* of inquiry into the public
conduct of your rulers. Cherilh the prin
ciple, that tne executive and judicial branch
es ot government mu ft be independent, and
mutlf cJfeckJ;‘P°n each ot er, as vou would
avoid the defpotifm, which the too preva
^rtuTC|P CS "I °Ur countrY' have already
e.tab!tflied in Frrncc. Encourage educa
tlon» a,K* difleminate ufeful knowledge
support moral and religious obligation^
gamit tne pernicious doctrines of modern
philoiophv. On every importent public
meaiure, let us recure to firit principles in
government this, like the miraculous
pdur which conducted Ifrael of old, will
lead us, through the paths of danger, to
pe.itical lafety, and national happinefs.
No caufc can !cngb? fupported unUf. founded upon
the principles of truth and jufticeThe political
fixation of Pcnnfy!vania, alfi rJs evidence rf the
truth of this obfcrvation. The democrats hav,n»
obtained a majority in the government, over the (ed
eralifts“in the full tidcof fuccefsful experiment;* they
exposed (oo-mo arrive it a kind of political millen
nium—but having commenced the holy work of
revolutionizing they find it no eafy matter to check
i ts progrefs. To lhow the views of the two panic*
w* .1)?:! pnblifii the proceedings of each.
R</' ublican A lectln
Dfrr-' trnT» "hip, Northumberland county—June 8.
A rcfi cdalde number cf the democratic
republicans of Dsrry toWnfliip, on previous
nonce being fiiv*n, nfombl-d at jdi Houf.
Samuel Hut chin fon being chofen Prefide?its
Samuel Hutcbinfon
and
John RufTcl, Secretary
The following refolutions were unani
moujly adopted.
1. Refclved, That the exifling conflitution
of Pennfvivania inverts too much power, in
the Executive •, becaufe when he can pro
cure, one third of the Senate to coincide
with him, in his political tenets, even if
thev were ever ablurd or prejudicial to the
intereft, of the people. He, by his royal
negative, can control the whole Houle of
Representatives and the other two thirds of
the Senate, which, in our opinion, is ab
lurd in the extreme.
2. Refolvcd. 'That the power of the con
ftitution given him in the appointment of
fo many men, to fill offices of honour and
profit, further incrcafes his influence, there •
by rendering him more dangerous, to the
independence, liberty and equally of the
people.
3- RdolVed. i hat l horn as w ivean,
the prefent Governor of Penfylvania, has
by his unprecedented number of negativesi
his liberal abufe bellowed on citizens who
iigned a petition in favour of the cah of a
convention, and the abufive language giv
en to the people’s Reprefentathes, f rf«Lt
ed all the confidence ever this meeting re
po fed in him.
4. Rcfolved, that this meeting will fup
port Simon Snyder for governor o» the 2d
Tuefdav in October next.
5. Refolved, That the prefent conftitu
tion eftablifhes the judiciary paramount to,
and independent of, the people, as has
been fully exemplified in the iffiie of the
impeachment exhibited againlt the judges ot
the fupreme court.
6. Relolved That the tenure of office of
Senators is too long and that they ought to
be made to paf* t efore the ordeal cf the peo
ple annually.
6. Kefolvcd, that this meeting will ufe
every lawful means in their power to have
a convention called to amend the constitu
tion i» the feveral cafes aforelatd.
8 Refolved, That John Binni the editoi
of the “ Republican Argus” deferves wel
of his country, for his manly adherence to
true republican principles, notwithdanding
the bale afperfions, fade calumnies and hell
fetched invectives, fo prcfufedly dealt agoinl:
him. by his implacable enemies in rhe cc!
;i"nn* of the <• bur,bury and N’orthumber
land Gazette.
i). Kcfoivcd, That the proceeding 0f
! fh‘ T he published in the Republican
/Wgus. Signed by ordeV of the meeting,
r ^'n^^ '-'tilNG^ONt Prfident.
Jen:; Russel, Sec'ry. [Wttrtra.]
In p*iifinance of a retjueft of the
fiynai Republican Committee of the borou di
ot Lancafter, a meeting of delegates from a
num er of townffiips, with faid committee,
was held at the couit-houfc in faid borough,
riC Hl June*—CwNR M).
‘ i,’V\lV,Z’ disappointed Chairman,
and t AafRI? SL* APkVlh d * c
4 *-JV ‘^nPWiiK, jun. Secreta
ry, when the following refoiutions were uti
animoufly adopted:
, — 1 hat we view with ferious alarm
r‘.,C artJf^pts of a new party generated bv
t ie mnJioifl artifice of a public print, at
prefent avowedly hof ile to the coniitution of
the commonwealth, and by the dif.ffe&ioa
of a few rapacious office-hunters and ambi
ttous demagogues to hurl cldtruOion at rhe
charter of our rights, and humble in du/l y»d
a,aet the prefem Chief Magi (Irate of Penn
lyiyania, whole crime appears to have been
a hrmneij of mind which would foom r rilk
hia popularity than give his a (cent to ihe \if
; on ary fehemes of inexperienced caltle buil
ders, and whof* patriotifen fpurned at the
tdea of punhafing popularity at the expence
or his integrity.
Second-- 1 hat we wifi ufe every horn ft
exertion in fupp, rt of the cbolt.tution un
ocr whica we have for a period of fi t en
years enjoyed an unparalhilexl vie .ee of
political happinefs and fertility and that
we u,i| *u>Tort 1 noMA<5 M’’KtAN * I h , ur
votes and i me reft at the enduing election for
l* ^ ot4ice of coverhooh ot tnis common
wealth.
^ hirA I oaf we c»ifa p prove of the ns, .1
.u.ts purfaej by a fat sen )n he 1 it Ltvif
I iture wi.o not content wirh the duri* s > -
hgned them by their c< nftitnmfs, have ' y
their nefarious proceeding* uifturhed r; c i
kav mony of the Rate, have pr fcrihid the
Executive Magiftrate, am! have m.» e ;i 5
rv/ ^ «#• w - jl-' —. •— ^ .. *. j t t
port, — fuch men we declare to bo unwor
thy of the public confidence.
Fourth.— 1 hat in making a fe’eclion of
candidates to repiefe t us at the next ; -en
eral AiTombly wc will endeavour t irx t p
iuch republican chatablers, to whom we
can with lately commit the precious gua di
anfnip of our political prolperitv.
Fifth — t hat it be recommended to the
conltituiienal Republicans of the county, to
meet a- their refpeclabie places ot election
on Saturday the let* d«yof AuguU tkxc*
and appoint two delegates from each town
thin to meet a dele anon from the borough,
at the houic of Jofeph Jefferies, on Wed
nesday the 14th day of the fa-i e month, in.
order to form a ticket for the next general
election.
Sixth—dliat it be recommended to the
citizens til the different rownfh ps refp« ct
tively, who arc oppoied to the call of a c <11
vention to exert themfelvcs in procuring
signatures to the memorial in f«vour «»t t ie
p.cfcnt cgrijiituiion which may be presented
for that pur pole, and th«t they may be
careful of the fame it* order that they may
be prefented to the next l egifl ure.
Seventh— 1 hat the protteciings of this
meeting be figned by the Chairman and
Secretary, ana pubhlhed in the Enidifh aral
Gcrmar/ntWipapers of this borough * very
! two weeks until the day of the meeting of
| delegates for the purpofe of fixing a ticket:
CONRAD SHWARTZ Chaim ».
C AbPER c*i A 11' N LR, jun. Sec cy.
(i n tic after Jou*na‘ )
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Counterfeiters —Were arp'ch « ^cd i!t
B*.!rre, (Vt.) an*i committed t^gcai.on thcF
2d inlt. Samutd Spring and h ufltil l;ndfr
wood, on fufpicicn of counterteitteg
bills of various defcr»pr»ons. Ihe tcTV it
had with him bills of the following bark
forne extremely well ex cured and o*t>
badly, viz. io and 5 dollar bills of m
Hamplhtre brk*, ; dollar bill^of f ,il|nc
dank ; 3 dollar bills cf Kh< de-Idir j ^
ion bank ; 6 dollar bid* of Philadt* ;j ,a
change bank fi -» ed a ! hrorp • a, j a -
dollar biii of Chrfhire bank, it ’13 faid they
are old oflentiers.
Three or four French rrr.;n>
ue cruizinR off Iw7bcnr >7ni
one 1.» off New-Ycrk*