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-AXD MAINE ADVERTIZER.
Jfe. 25, or Foi. rill.)
PORTLAND (MAINZ) MONDAY, OCTCBLR 7, 1805
[irHQLZ No. 3S9.
Commmttoraltf) of spafTadraferts.
^ CRH il* At the Court of Common Pleas y
begun and boldci at Hater borough, within
end for the county tf 7ork, on the fourth
Monday tf Aitgujl, being the tiventy-fixth
ia\i off and month, Anno D mini, i So;.
Prejent, the honorable Nathaniel // V//j,
Id’i'ard CuttSj and Jonas Clark, J'j(fiti) cs ;
Jujliccs of [aid Court.
/^WBfche petition of Sbephen lit an, Gentleman, and
' ^Bftdward Smith, yeoman, both of Philliplhurg, in,
Ud county, (hewing, that the} are feized m fee fi n
p*e, anti as tenants in common of and in a certain real
eftate, bounded ae follows, beginning on the Norther
ly corner at Saco River,-adjoining the Ruffel or Col
lege right, thence running South- Well about 1293 rods
to the Weft end of faid HufTel’s right ; thence South
weft about JO rods to land fet off"to Eatfon 2od White ;
tlu'uce running northeaft on faid Batfon and White to
Saco rirf-r ; thence running up faid river to the fir ft
mentioned ?K)nnds ; being a part of the tradt known
by the name of the Barctoot’• clann r containing three
k hundred acres,more or lefs.— i’he faid JKin owning
| rpe undivided fifth part—and the faid Smith ownin'*
' ore undivided fifth part —together with certain other
peribns unknown to the petitioners, And t lie peti
tioners praying for their faid parts to b«> aiTigued and
fet off to them to hold in ft veralty.
The laid petition was entered at October term laft,
and continued toApri! termlaft,and thenceto thisterm. I
And the petitioners having ncgledted to notify, a
gret-ably to the orders of C urt at faid October and
A prd terms :
It is now ordered, that the petitioners caufc the
fu bftancc of their faid petition, and this order therein,
to be publifhed in the Portland Newfpapcr, printed by
Adams t!f Jc.iks, and ado in the Freeman's Friend, prin
ted at Saco, three weeks fucceflivcly in each paper,
the laft publ cation of each to be thirty days at Uaft
prior to the next term of this Court, to be holden at
Biddeford, within and for faid county of York ou :he
lirft Monday of December next ; to the end any per
fons interefted may then and there appear and fhew
canfe, if any they have, why the prayer of faid peti
tion fiiould not be granted.
Atteit, DANIEL SEWALL, Clerk.
To the honorable Senate and honorable lion ft:
cf ReprefcatativeSy in General C.onrt con
vened, at Bojhiiy on the htft IVchief da ■■ of
s May, current.
,’T''HEunde:5gacd del agates from the town* of Frye
“*■ burgh, Brownfield, Porterfield, and Lovell, ie
fpexStfully reprefent—that deeply imprefled with a
fenfe of the juft ce and impartiality' of this honorable
Court, they ueera it their right and duty, at all times,
to make known their greiveuces, and petition for a
redrels of the fame—That the formation and conftitu
• tioa of the new county of Qxfmd^ are extremely detri
i mental to your petitioners—that faid county, was for
! med agreeable to the wifhes of its projectors, cqn
i trary to the intereil of your petitioners and all others
in the weftern part of faid county, and without their
knowledge or confent—that, although an order of no
tice had iiTued for dividing the county of York, at the
fouth line of Lovell, about thirty miles from great Ol
fipec river, ^the fouth line of the county of Oxford)
and the Court of General Stflions for the county of
York had appointed an agent to objedt to fait! divifion,
unlcls it ihouid be at faid Oifipee river, yet relying
on the uniformity of procedure of this Honorable I.e
giflature and believing that in other cafes, even of
much lets importance, a divifion could not be effected
until notice had been ordered and published, nor then
contrary to faid notice—your petitioners fxpectedth.it
uo diviucn unlef, at the faid fouth line of l.ovell,could
be made, till after notice had bcv*n given to ?.ll con
cerned ; and therefore confidering objections made,
before notice, premature, refted a (lured, that nothing
cuuid be done to their injury.—That, if notice had
been given, of the intended formation of a new county \
according to the model ot the countv of Oxford, well
ounded and powerful objections might have been
made; and in all probability would have convinced
this honorable courtj of the impropriety of i'uch a
meafure. Your petitioners lamenting their calamitous
fituatioa, and repofing fu'l confidence in this honora
blecourt,do therefore pray your honors, toellablilh I
Pryeburga half (hire town, in and for laid county of i
Oxford,and that the October term oi the Courts of
Common Pleas and General Seffion* of the Paace may i
beheld at faid Fryeburg, in head of Paris 5 and a» in j
auiy oour.a win ever pray.
Robert Bradley, 1 Delegates
Judah Dana, for
John McMillan. 3 Lryeburg.
Jofeph Howard, Delegate for Brownfield.
W illiarr. Boynton, te f r r or l erfield.
.Abraham Andrew i, Delimite for Lovell.
May 21, 1805.
Com monweal 1 a or \f \ss.u.uo*etts.
Intre H Jt^e of tietrese it itiV'iy ') eic 6, 1 Jao r.
ON the petition of the agents for the towns of
Fryel>urBrownfield, Porterfield, and I-o\’el 1—pray
iog» that the town of Frrebur^, may be eftabliflied as
an hal (hire town within and for laid county of Ox- 1
ford, and thit the O&ober term i f the Court of Com- ;
non Pleas,and Cl * 1 r,.I Se ll ms <v the Peace, may be
held at laid Fryebury, infteadof Paris : —
OADI AKi). "liar the mri ne:senate aj at re fled
copy of their petition, with rl»:» order iVnui tube
publifhed in the Portland Ga/.vtte ar.d Eaftern Ar
us, printed t Portland, ux week* fuccedively, the
laft pubbea1 inn to be made thirty days, at !enlt, before
the next fetTion of the pnTent General Court, that ad
perfons interfiled may then and there appear, and
fl'tw ca de (if any they have) whv the pray «r of laid
petition fhoidd r«' be granted.
Sent up for concurrence,
riMOI HY BIGELOW, Sprier.
L*i Senate June Sth, lt>o .
'Acad and concurred,
IL G. OTIS, Fi ftJ. .t.
True copy—At let,
WENDELL DAVIS,
hrk :f S.-.ntr.
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A K }•' N upp-iri fr uii i h<j eighth in it.
atLucVa fouth* fi le I.ittlc Oubeacne, a YAWL
teet loner.
Whoever has loft the fame
char*
30.\T, about l
may have it r.jpin, proving property, and navin^ch
« Apply to B A AC Ci TINi/iY
T' tJy c'-1. a j.
poftrr*
To * Cnifd Weeping under a Tree.
HAIL, pleafmg^fhade; hail beauteous Spreading
I’ve come to folimde and thee
One tranquil huur—But Heaven! «hat (trikes m
eye*!
on the cover'd fod an infant lies!
Alarming I'cene ! how came the cherub here >
On its fair cheek is loit’ring ftili the tear ;
It foU aloud ; in fancy feems to weep—
Sure it has cry’d, unhear d, itfelf to fleep.
•Sleep on fweet babe! in quiet dumber reft !
Let balmy deep compofe thy troubled bread.
Steep little angel ! deep away thy grief,
Then wake and in a Granger find relief. ’
Thy fnowy locks I’ll gently fmooth atidc,
DiHievell’d trelfes infant beauty hide ;
In the fuft breezes whiM they loofely play,
I I deal one kiis and wipe the tear away.
Sure thou had ftrayed from thy fond mother’s
arms!
Ves ; gracious Heaven protect thy infant charms :
hoft and^ alone, far has thy infant feet
ander d to find th:s breezy calm retreat;
i hrcpgh the tali graft, aorols the lengthen’d mead,
Till weary, here thou laid’ft thy little head.
Sleep on, dear boy ! no harm (hall thee o’ertake ;
Safe will I guard the till thou clod awake.
But bark ! thy half diftradled mother calls ;
The found vibrates from yonder cottage wails ;
This w y Hie conies, then back again the flies j
V.’ifd is her heaving bread, and loud llie cries.
Now her affrighted fancy paints thee dead,
Where a wild herd, promiscuous grazing, tread ;
Till lo 1 alarming fear begins to rave,
i hen lhe configns rhee to a watr’y grave,
from place to place in wild diforder flies,
And fancies oft ihe Ijears thy infant cries.
V ake, lovely buy 1 the faff approaching night,
WiH but augment thy anxious mother's fright;
W ake 1 let me aid thee to her tender arms ;
I hy abfence ev’i v feeling bread alarms ;
H;ie, and I'll bear thee in my arms away,
No moke again acroft this mead to (fray.
—— - - -n -nr« i i ai tui _w~ ——*
i'i
“ To a d the cause of and Religion.”
JJrhofo keepet h his mouth and his tongue,
keepeth his foul from trouble”
THE writings of Solomon abound with
I lefions ct rich inftru£tions, arc replete with
uidu5 ideas, and jtiit femiments, calculated
to enlarge the mind and improve the imdcr
ft an ding. PofTefied cf a thorough knowl
edge of human nature, and acquainted with
the numerous imperfections and weaknefs
es of mankind, hr; knew from whence eve-»
ry irregularity a role, and how to preicribe
its proper remedy. Amongft the many pro
verbs of this venerable Sage of antiquity,
the one above cited is worthy particular at
tention. By a due observance of this max
im, people would avoid many difficulties,
into which they are frequently plunging
| themfclves There is, perhaps, no fburce
from which mere evils have ariien, than
from a want of a proper rdlraint over the
tongue, (hat unruly evil, which is full cf
deadly pcifon. It is painful to reflect, that
notwithltanding fpeecli was ddigned, by
the Author ot Nature, to anfwer the belt
and molt benevolent of ends, it is often pro
llituted to the vileft purpofes That no
ble faculty was defigned for focial inter
courfe, to impart friendly advice and in
llruction, and adminiiter the balm of con
folation to a bleedin heart, is Frequently
made the bafe inltrument for wounding the
reputation and dcltroying the happinefs of
thonfands of the human race. Difcords
and quarrels, in families, neighborhoods,
and larger focieties, generally arife from
harffi fpeeches and unguarded expreffions,
by many of which, not the leaf! harm was
intended. Nor are thefe the only evils
which proceed from an unbridled tongue.
— Falfhood and deceit, with all their kin
dred vices, flow from this fame bitter foun
tain, and fpreading their baneful influence
far and wide, deftroying the beauty, order,
and harmony of foctetv. How many piom
ifing youths whoi'e minds were naturally in
clined, and who bade fair to become an
honor and ornament to their country, have
been drawn alide, from the path of moral
rectitude into profligacy and infidelity, and
have linaliy fallen a laenhee to the allur
ing inticemeMof unprincipled men ! An
other thing to which the power of l'pecch is
balcly perverted, is piofanity : How often
is our fenfibility lhotked to hear men, upon
every trifling occafion, utter the molt impi
ous oaths, imprecate the curfe of Heaven,
upon themfelves and others, and blafpheme
the name of that lleing, who has power to
crufh them to diift, with a Angle frown !
To enumerate all the evils, which atife
from the want of a proper reUraiut upon
the tongue, would fvreli this eflay into a
large volume. Enough has been ; heady
mentioned, to convince us of the truth of
the wife mat ’s aiTertion.
io keep the mouth and tongue, in the
fen he which he intended, nodoudt implies,
that we keep them lrte from faUhood, llat
?ery, and uewci: ; and ilut we net en v
4 9 9 *
flnin contention, diflration and ail kinds
of profanity ; but that we avoid foolifli j«f
tinS» with all vain and unprofitable convar
f«:ion, and employ our organs of fpecch in
j the communication of truth and ufeful in
| formation, and in ihejnaifcof Him, who
has bellowed them upon us.
[Daft. Gaz ]
F.om the Balanrt*.
u > induction of dir. 'Jefferson.”
WK obferve with plcafure, rhat an eJ{
tor is at length found, who is bold enough
to attempt the vindication of Mr. Jefferfon.
^ c rejoice at this, becaule we are convin
ced that truth can lole nothing by invefliga
tion. \\ c ihould fiiil more rejoice, could
the attempt of his advocate prove fuccefsful.
j Happy ihould we feel, if our country coulJ
! be relieved from the difgrace which mufl
| inevitably attach to it, if the charges made
againlt its chief magillrate arr true. But,
from what we have ieen, we are appfehen
five that Mr. Jeli'erfon’s reputation can be
lupporttd, only by the facrifice or truth.—
1 he writer oi his vindication, appears to act
us if engaged in a defperate undertaking,
j He fee ms inclined to maintain his ground,
1 rather by fophiftry and falfe reafoning, than
| by plain matter of fach Subtlety is lubili
| tuteJ lor fmcerity, and fa!(hood for truth,
j As we are politically and perfonally inter
! cded in the refult of the i rive Hi gat ion, we
Hull watch this vindicator of Mr. JefFcrfoh
narrowly ; and we hereby pledge our (elves,
that :l it fliall appear that we have, in any
indance, mifreprefented the conduct of the
j reudent, we will lpdeddy and candidly re
tiacfc our error.
ihe Vindication is formally commenced
in the Virginia Enquirer, and three num
bers have already appeared But a few
preliminary (ketches came out in a preced
ing paper, which mufl firft engage notice.
Hide relate to the charge of Mr. Jelfeifon’6
having furniOied fime Cf the matter for the
Profpe6t Before Us,” and his having paid
adender one hundred dollars to alGfl him
in publilhing the book, or as a reward for
w riting it. It is a little lingular, that the
only excufe or apology that is offered by
the Enquirer For this tranfadion of Mr.
Jefferfon, is founded on pretended er.tra£s
of letters from Callender himfelf. If Cal
lender’s teftimony is valid in one cafe, it is
in another—- and this point once admitted,
Mr. jefferTon’s Vindicator might as well
give up his talk firlf as half. • This is a mat
ter, however, that we (hall no: contend a
bout. The Enquirer is welcome to ail the
advantage he can gain, by relying on the
temrtiony of a man, whofe character it has
lootien and io materially impeached. We
even con fen t to admit the evidence of Cal
lender in this cafe ; for we cannot fee where
in it vindicates Mr. Jefferfon.
In his treatment of thefe charges, the En
quirer does not pretend to deny that Mr.
Jefferfon wtotz feme part of the « ProfpecP’
but he contends tliat it was but a [mail part
—one thirt paragraph ; — and he furniihes a
copy of the fuppofed paragraph himlelf. Jt
evinces a great deal of candor in the Enquir
er, to admit a fa£l which he believes is al
ready proved. The editor of the Redon Re
pertory had announced that he was pcffef
led of a paragraph in Mr. JefferTon’s own
hand writing, which was “ incorporated |
with Callender’s own flander,’ in the body
ot the “ ProfpecP’ without marks of quo
tation. The Enquirer, believing this para
graph to be the lame as the one mentioned
by himfcli contends that it was very (htrl—
very harmlefs and the only one in the whole
book written by Mr. Jefferfon. Unfortu
nately for him, however, it turns out that
the two paragraphs were totally different
trom each ether, which proves that m two
places, at lea ft, Mr. jefterfon furnithed
matter for “ the Profpe<ft.’, Mr Jeiferfon
might have written hjjf the booh ; bat as
long as it was fuppofai that one paragraph
only was detected, it was very natural for
his vindicator to fay that he wrote no more ,
and now that he has, by ilia own ofhcioeif
nefs, difeovered another, he mi:it confefs that,
and declare thatthefe are the only iws. If J
however, by fome unheard of accident, the
whole original mar.ufcript thould be found,
and a very large portion of it prove to be ;
Mr. jefFerlon’s hand writing, then the En
; quiver would perhaps, give us furtl r proof
! of his candor by admitting that aifo. We
; think Mr JerTerfou’s accnfcrs have done
' every thing that was rtqu’fite to convince ,
: any any unprejudiced man, that he was a
confiderable contributor to that infamous
work, the “ Profpect ” an 1 a e will adduce |
a very firople cafe to liufS4te our pofition :
A man is accused of fevering ftolen
goods, and is told that the iWp;cion is
grounded, on the Ample circumftant*% that
a ceitain article of the loft property was 7Sa
in his pofldlion. lie confefics that he has
a trinket cl no value, which he produces,
at fwears that is the only article. What
condufion will his accufers draw of his hon
eftv, when they know the article difeovered
w aa of a difI*rcnt kind, and of great confe
quence ?
AS to the payment of the money, it is
admitted by the Enquirer that Mr. Jcffer
fon lent fifty dollars to Callender, after hav
ing received tlie Ipecimen fheets of the firfl
voiame of the « ProlpecV’ and fifty dol
lars more when the fir ft part of the fecond
volume was put to prefs ; and the tranf
acliun is juflified on this following grounds
viz.— c 6
j J becaufe Callenucr was an unfortunate
foreigner, whom the « Political progrefsof
Great Britain ’ had announced to be a man
of elevated genious.
td. Becaufe Mr JefTerfon was defirous
of refeuing his country from Unconftitu
tionai or opprcfJive law s.
7,d. Becaufe Mr. JefTerfon paid the
nione) in advance for a certain number of
copi> s of a work which v' as written by man
°i £Ci,jus for the lake of expofing a weak
and wicked adminiftration.
4th Becabfe, when the fecond fum of
fifty dollars was paid to Callender, he was
j in priion. He was the unfortunate vi&ini
i ot an unconflitUtioiial law, and an infuria
ted faction.
Such reader, is the “ Vindication of Mr
Jefferlon, in the very language of the En
quirer. Such is the hell: excufe that can be
citfrt j Hr a tranlaction of your prelldent,
which, viewed in its molt favorable light,
reflects difgrace on your country.
1 i kallender was unfortunate and needy,
and a mart of genius, was it fair, was it
honorable, was it honeft in Mr.. JefTerfon,
to take advantage of thefe circumftanccs, to
enltfl the dependent Creature into his fer
vice : Let even a better man than Callen
der go into a ftrange country without mon
ey, or food, or cloathing, or friends, and
jwc tnc lecond officer in the government
cards, and coax, and flatter, and bribe him
! with fifty dollars—and fee if he coul} pre
ferve his integrity.
Mr. Jefterfon’s morives have been explain
ed a thoufand times. The objedl of 4< the
Prorjiccl” is well known to everv bodv._
; JefTerfon intended to rife into power
ten the ruins of his pr^deceffors, and even
; the federal conllitutijn. 1 he means he em
ployed are now' w'dl underflood ; and thofe
who think they are jellified by the end, are
Welcome to all the confolation they tan de
rive from the Enquirer's ingeinus “ vin
dication.”
One thing, we may remark, with fafety
— It all the charges againft Mr. JefTerfon,
are as well grounded as thefe appear to be,*
be will fuffer mere by inveftigation than
lilence, even though filence is fometimes
confideredasaracit acknowledgment of guilt.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT* 2^
THE Aurora, to throw a flimfy fhaie of
difcrcdit over the biting Facts whigh Thos.
1’urner, hfq. of Virginia, has had the
mai linefs to publifh rcfpe&ingMr. Tefferfon,
not like a democratic anonymous dander*.r.,but
under its proper name; has had theflupidim
pu 'ence to infmuate,that this highly relpe(Li
able Virginia planter,did, along time fince.a:
a levee, in Philadelphia, kfteal a blue broad
cloath Cloak, belonging to a member of Con
grefs, and that he was detected with it oh,
in church. This ridiculous piece of trum
pery was immediately copied into many
(not all, for fome of the editors had fenfe
enough to detect the calumny ) cf the dem
ocratic papers, and very wittily harped up
on as a well eftabliihed fact—The follow
ing advertifement one would think would
put a flop to the circulation of fo v:.e a
falfhood ; —
l ive Hundred Dollars Reward
I will give the above l'urrt to William Du
ane, cr Argus, or to any n»an like William
Duane or Argus to prove on the oath of kivr
perfon unlike William Duane or Argus,
i e. any pci fan cf reputable clara&er, tr.at
I have ever at any time of sny life, !> en
feen in Phiade phia, or Cincinain.
Flimfy,
o.ihrijly flimfy,
mult oe
l iiC
ground where:n fhn !$ the character of cur
immortal premier,c. when his reft friends fir
cccafion ro re fort to fitch dir ft, fitch ft -
pojlerdit: rr mi $ to upho'd it ih TUKN'L'.'v,
£a.Lrm V) Jrirgir;i($9 Sf*t. l *, ?£.>?.