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I * fe •* -* •**• • • ■* •• - • •*- - • p&amm. - ■ w ••%** •*••.» •*mm«tr lr ELE7.ER A. JEXXS. • — ~____- ^ IBBIIIB m —i ■ ■ ■ “ '■-- —V " ■■'"—*■ — ■■«-' ■ '■» ■^“'■* """*1 ' "** — ■ '-"I- ■ HIB — • Wi« w> —-—Mil, I .1, ■■ —.Mill ,1 ||- -Bin , [.Vj «s, cr rou r:i.) Portland {ftATSEj Monday, march \\ ipoj. [**>:* kk Can? nomcraah tf f$a£0a*fyU3rttf. i AX AtT I To change the name of Pefbereffort•tjk to Saco JE It find d r ricSen.iie and 11 >tJ^ ef J Rcp^cfcntitive*, in General CYUm adem-' fc.rd, an:i uv the authority of the fame. /Air fyxm mnd after the c- this a it. the name of J J t +L* O * y t'fe town of Pcpperdbofaugh, rti the county oj York, fhi'l ceajt ; tnd ibe fail town /hall here eL*er be ended and k io:vn br the name of Sico — cut by tbit nant (h i 7be entitled t > at! the r:»ht' and fi+i e e>\ari !fubji El oaf. the duties and obd^it'iens, t’ whut j it would have been entitid at\lfuljecitdl ij the n rru had not been changed eu afotefnd. I * lie Koufc of K.*(frtfciuatives Feb i$c$. %bu br t 0.1M mg 6j* lire* fe+trai r adtng’ f> 'Tj / to be erj&: t. H G CTI , Sj,. Lr. In Smite. F*h a», f7>L hi'.! b<tx'.ig luJ tu i> ftverel n >.fi*gi tuf J10 b* emaA 4. D VtD COBB P rklrmt. *3, l8.>c:—By the Governor 4ppr< vcd. CALEB STRONG. A trnf Copy -At'cft. ^ J MIN Srtrtfary LATE QM1 S O Vi r -1 --, -gj -fc.—— - 4..._ - ,. - Petersburg. (Yir.) February a. lining Outrage.—We do rot rec^lhrcY ev-r to have heard of a m. r ■ ftagfam Ttolaticn of or der and the repofe of fociety, than wac commit ted in this town or JTi/fesday eve ting laft — We have once or twice had to record inrtances cf riotous behaviour on the par: of fome of our inhabitants j but the pr-feot is of a narure fo rxonftroufly heinous, fo abominably wicked, as frarce to leave a piralld. It feenri twt men, (brother J bv the name of Leath arief getting a liit> intoxicated with Rrong drink, had fallLd rut with the eiprtfi pur pole of committing vi olence on the inhabitants. High Street was cVofeu as the frene cf affiou ; and ererv perfm pafhng that way, was affiulted without t#e leaf! hefitarion .•—fevcral were purfued until they obtained refuge in the h >u'*$ of their friends, and even then they were not alwavs f:fe, for in one or two in (Fauces the villains Lad r!ic audacity to break into houfes, and at tack the defenedefs families. We are inform "ei that as many as fn$ teen received wounds, f ffle dangerous, and others whofe lives are defpaired of.— Among thofe who received fever efi wounds^ arc Mr and Mrs. Fare, a Mr. i v cn and major Dzb «ey Mrs F. had her check laid edtirely open t?v the cut cf a knife, ynd her hufbuid Was Rabbi I in 5 or 6 places-, hi- recovery is hardiy deem d p-o >able. No one can poffibly imagine the cbie£l of Aefe daring aiTadi 1*, unlefs it was to gratify rhsir defire {of murder, and to fatiate their tTii*-R tor the blood of their fellow creafats.— After lining for Line tjbie done all the mif chief in their power, they were at length ap prehended and committed to jail.—' )n YVed refday they were examined before a called Court, and remanded f >r further trial at the diftri£l Crum, to be holden in Aoril — when 9 i we trull th«*fe vi)e offenders M’il! receive a pun ibaaent, which (hail not only be commonfu ratc with the he in ufnefs cf their crime, but rhit will deter others fi j:n the like ads Ln fu | urf . f>.ctr\f, March I. IP his been a fubjeft of furprize and com plaint among the candid part of our democrats, lint the 11 Iikiepcnde.i Chronlel*’* has not pub hfhed the arguments on h th tides of the q uef rlon on the famous, or rather inf ,mpis motion » j the Houfe of Representatives cf this Com monwealth for difmiflin > the ed tors of the Kew-Engiand Palladium as printers to the flcneral Court. It is true that the Chronicle, and other de mocratic papers, h ire pnblifli -d the fpceches favour of the motion hut have refufed thofe cf rhe Federaliil#, containing evidence of the Truth of the affiirtions in the Palladium, for which aUertions, however true, the State Prin ters were, if the motion had prevailed, to be difehat It mad be beezufe the editors of the Chroni cle are afrai i to tch the who e I'U'h, and be Caufe thev and their dire tors, beli've in this / F detdtabie do&rh'C, “ the greater the f iuth the greater the Llbri/’ fhnr they refufc to pub* fiih ro the world the f; eeches of MefFs. Hal bert, Bigelow, 1‘pha.Ti and ethers, in fovour of rhe printers. h.:th% iTiditty FfF I S?5* THE rapid growth of the tow n of l *fh is Bat furpaifod by any town in lie 1 blind of M«:nr, excepting the capitol During ttie hit fe'ifun 40 buddings were creeled, together with a large and elegant Meeting Houte, and <R ope Va'.k. Its navigation hr.i alfo proportionabT increa fed. Since the ft t of November la»t. 7 (hips, ?3 Brigs, and 13 Schooners, h ve (ailed from this port,on foreign voyages.—-Of which num ber i Ship. 4 1‘rips, and one Schooner failed December 16—*"o 2 Ihips. 1 brig, and 3 fch’s. fiiied Dec. to—fiefidrs the above number, the e are 6 fhipsout which filled nrerious«to the irtfc qp iNovt ndrer. A.“•■■■■ JUDGE CH !SF ACQUITTED. w hi.vrro.v, w.4*cn i. I fsavr jufT time to inform you that judgment has this day been g'veti upon the articlcs of impeachment againft judge Ch. fc —'The r< full w as contrary t > my fe..r and in unifon with my wu flits - He has been honourably ace f itted. -The two ben tare from Vermont anu New York, Mr. Gal hard from J^ouh Carolina, ard N* r. Smith from Ohio, to their honour be it fipoken, pronounced the Judge not guilty on every ar ticle. On the fifth article the Senate unani rnoufiy acquitted him *, and on the fix h, there wrre only four againft him—On the Lift article, which appeared to be the mofc trying, there were nineteen who faid he was guilty a:id fifteen who faid lie was not guilty, t inclofc you 2 lift of the Senators, with the tote of each, or. every article— The Senate Chamber was filled with fpectatorsj anxious to know' the event cf the trial—I think they w'ere pleafed with it — 1 l^p fi'ence of Heaven pervaded the whole afi ferrsb y during the taking the ay a and norr,— which took about tw,» hours. The Vice Pic ftdent put the queltiOn to each Senator in this w'ay: What f.<v you Mr. AB. is Samuel Ch. fe Lfij guilty cr not guilty cf the high crimes and mifdrroeanour. as charged in t.‘;e articles juft read f J he Senator fifing, with an audi Die voice, find Not Guilty, or Guilty, as the cafe was. The democrats appear to bedifpleaf ed With the managers, for the awkward ap pearance they made, when Contracted with the Cotinfel o.1 the Judge—l’oor creatures, thev did as weil as they eotftd, but bv no means as well as I expected —I find the little, froward, pe tulant mind of Randolph, is not capable of iii veftignting a Great ioubjeB—deprive him of in vective, and he i done—due wringing, twif ting and grining of the creature, when clofing the trial, was highly difgulting—The thing tried to cry, when there DO nec^fli y for it—A on will fee his Speech, a id you may theft judge for vouFfelf—Rodney winced andean ted for a Joftg tithe*--The ethers, as was bed for them, faid little, excepting Campbell, and you have probably heard of the figure he cut. All the important bufiftcfi* is yet to be done, and we have but two dayincluding Sunday, to do i; in — This impeachment w ill cc ft the Uni ted States twenty or thirty thoufijnd dollars — fo much for the economy of Democrats. 4 Tribute to Commodore TREBLE. Gen. J.;ckfor\ on Monday the 25th, Feb laid the following refolmions before the fenate of the United States, which were committed. Refolved by the fenatc and heufe of repre sentatives of the United States in c>>o»reL af fembled, I hat congrefs are highly imprefT d with the gallant and meritorious Ter vices of Commodore TOWARD PREBLE: during f r* his command cf the fquadrotl of the United States in the Mediterranean ; where abiTIty and prudence, intr ptdiry and caution have bren confpiouCy joined i 1 a 1 i's operations agiiirtf the tyrant and barbftna »s of Tripoli, with whom the United Stares are at war ; and whereby the naval char after of the American nation and peo ple,has in the infancy of their rational exigence acquired a refpeft and rank among the nitrons of the e »rth highly honorable and exalted. Kefolvcd, I hat the thanks of congref? be therefore, and they hereby are prefenred to the f.iid Edwsrd Preble, as the moft durable monu ment of the afLftion and gratitude of his cotin try—and alio through hi n to all fne omcers, petty officers, (cameo, and marines attached to thr fouadron under his command from the oth of July to the icth cf September 1804. Kcfolved, That the president of the United States be requefted to caufe a go! i medal to be (truck emblematical of the attack* on the town, b tteries and gunboats of Tripoli, by the fquadron under commodore Preble’s command, and ip i refent it to commodore Preble ih fuch manner as in his opinion w ill be moft honorable to him,and that the prefdent be further requeih ed to caute gold medals of lefc value to be ftruck with the word TRIPOLI on one tide, irnd on the other the na*ne PREBLE, and to prefent the fame to luch officers as may have molt gallantly fignaliz:d ihemfelves in the dit fereat attacks. Refdved, That one rrrrmths pay be allowed, rxclufi c cf the common allowance, to all pet ry officer.', teamen, and marines of th fquadron w ho fo glorioufty fupnorted the hosnr of the 1 American fiig under the orders of their gallant .* nmandcr, within the period before metrian : cd/ Refolred, That the prefident of the United States b** alfo requefted to inform the parents or neare t connexions of thofe gallant departed heroes, c? pt Somers, and iieute^antsWadsworh Decatur, wa d veil, and Iirael, that they will ev er live in the recollection and affection of a grateful country —an example to future g'rera t.oos, and jui urni.ncnt to the luitaric page* A bill had two readings in the Senate of the United States granting the privilege of frpnkin^ letters to Aaron Bur, during life. t • ■* '** -- —-—————I-. | , L.refl f on C-rcpr. j LONrv.lM, I AN. 14 The G 7.::m of Saturday ni^ht contains an Order in Council granting general reprifata and letters of martjue agaiiift Spain. This bring 1 the ufual ftifui of declaring w ir, fome ot our |c*>tetn 'orAries entertained an exrv* -Tatton that it would be accompanied with a fpeci ication of ad the rcafotu. 1 he order hi council contains !cne t!iat b as good as terl (houfind .* it ft..tes, (tha Spain has declared war aga nft us 1'he report Las l/cen in circulation fume rime 1 that fubfi.liary treaties w]rh Rutda and Svre , den are in great forwartlyefsj and it is flateJ that the fubfidies will amount to no Ids than five millions per annum. 11 return Ruffii, it is faid, flipulates to bring i «to the fieid an ar my of tco ooo man, to be employed again ft France it: any way effectual. Tire emperor of Germany and the king of Pruftia lnve b*en in vited on very advantageous terms to accede to .the confederacy, but hitherto wi bout effect. , jAVTMRY 15. BONAPJRTPS SPaaCH. AT the opening of the Legifi itive body, which took place on the 7th, a v ;r»ety of cere monies were obferved applicable to the recent change of the government. *\ be following is the Speech of the Emperor on the occa * »• uon : •* Gentlemen Deputies of the Department to the Lcgiflative body. Gentlemen Fribunes and Members of my council of ttate, I now ap pear before you to prefide at the opening of your >€fli *n. I he chara&er which I am anx ious to imprefs on your labours, is at once the moft atiguft, and the moft imperious. Princes, Magiftrates, Soldiers, Citizens, we have alone in our career one objecl —the interefts cf cur country. If the throne on which Pr vidfnee and the w ifties of ttic nation h ive placed me,be at ah dear to my he-rt, it is only hecaufe it gives me the power of protecting and prcfzrving the moft f.icred intcrefts of the French people.— without a lirong ana paternal (.government, France would have ha J to dread the return of all the mifcrics which it has f»rme*lv endured. J . I nbeci ity in the Supreme power is the ^reateft calamity which can befall a nation. Soldier or Firft vonful, 1 had only one irrtiment ,• as Emperor, I rerain the fame —and that is » wilh for the profperiry of the French people. I have been fortunate enough to contribute to this ob j:£t by my vickppies, to confolidate it by trea ties, to ftem thy torrent of civil difcortl, and to pave the y^iy-ipr the reftorxion of manners, fociety, and religion. If 1 am not cut off by death in the midft of my labours, I hope to be able to leave to pofterity a recollection which wiil cither fcrve for the example or the reproach of my iu«ceiT>r$. “ iYiy MihifEtr for the interior will lay be fore you a view of the ftitc o' the Empire.— The orator of my council of State will lay be fore you the different objects on which v >ur de 1 fixations are t > be employed. I have giv*“»i orders for preferring papers relative to the Min ifters in rlic various departments. I congrat ulate you on the prosperous rtate of oar finan ces. Great as our expenfes are, they arc cov ered by the receipts. \raft a; the preparations j for the pttjfecution of the war in which we are engaged have b:er., I IhiU deinaa l no new f.*,c rihee of my people. ! It wmid have been f^eet to rr.c it fo !jI eirm an rjock, tor look to the empi e of p ace throughout the world ; but the political princi ples of cur enemies,, and their recent conduct toward Spa hi, fhow, fuffhiemly, with what ! difficulty this can be attained I have no with farther to extend the territories of France. I am only defirous of maintaining their inte^r'tv I have ro with to excercife a domineering infti ence over Europe, but lam not at all difpofed to give up that which I have already acquired. N® dates ibail be incorporated with the em pire, but 1 Hull not faccilke my rights, or the ' ties which attach me to the dates wnich I have created. “ In elevating me to a tlirone, nay people have engaged to make e*ery effort which cir cumtlances may require for the pref rrnion pf their profperity and glory, as welt as mine. I jam imprelfcd with the fulled confidence in the national energy and the affccVion w tli which ; the people r gsrci me. t heir dcareft i:»tertlts arc the objects of my contlant tolicitudje. •« Gentlemen Deputies of the 1 Apartment to the LegULtive Body, GenJcmen tribunes, and Members of mv Council ci Stare, ycureon 'dutt during preceding .SciTons, the zeal which you difp'ayed for the belt inter efts of your coun try, are the belt fecurities for that afEitamre which I require ofy:u and which I confidently expect during the continuance of this bcG-m.” London, 1 SP RING'S SPEECH. To both Holies of Parliament, delivered Jan uary 15, 1 Sc5. My L rds and Qwtiemrnt SINCE the end of the lad fefunn, the pre ’ pirutions of the enemy for the invafion of the jRmgdom Live b^tsa epauaued jvko inceflant ' i — i. rnm.<mm»mm n wiwi ■■ ■ k ■ ■— ,» .,„ activity ; hrt no attempt has Iren mdc to car ry their repeated menaces into effe£b Fhe (kill and intrepidity of my navy, the re fpeflab'c and formidable date of my arm? and militia, the unabated 7.c*\ and improved dilrt p inc of a numerous Volunteer force, and the genera! ardor manifofled by cl! «LCt. of my fubjefts, have indeed been fufBcirm ro corner them trom f> prefu mptuouc and defperate an enterprise. While thi* fpirit continues to ani mate the Country, and i:s voluntary eietttonf for its own defence fob fill* in thtir own vigor, me need not fear the c onfeduences of the moft, powerful tffhrts on the part of the enemy ) but let us never forget that our fecurity has anfen from the RefoSuMon with which we have met and provided agiioft the dinger, end that it can be prefeved only by Ready ptrkverencu and Unremitting aclivlly. The conduct of the Cosrt of Spain, rvide t— lv under the predominant influence and con troul of France, compelle 1 me to take prompt and decinvc meafurcs to guard againtt the eft'eft of hotlility I have at the fame time endeav ored as long as it was pofilblc, to proven* the neceflry of a rupture \ but in ronleqaence of 3 faiisfaftory explanation, my Minillei cjuitietl Madrid, ami war has iinrr b* *ui declared by Spain azairft this country I have directed a copy of the Mamfcfto, which I have caufed to be prepared on this oe eafion to be laid before you, together with fuch papers as are ncceflhry to explain the dif cuifions which have ta^ !n place between me and the Court of Madrid You will, I truft, be convinced bv them, that my forbearance has been carried to the utmofl extent which thein rerefts of rrv dominions would admit \ and while I lament the fitoatton of epain, involved in Hoft Ihies contrair to its true imerefls, I rely with confidence on your vi*or>Df (Import in a conteft w hich can be atribtxted only to the unfortunate nreva'ence of French counfels. 4 Fhe genera! conducl of the French Govern ment on the continent has been marked by the utmofl violence and outrage, and has (hewn 4 ! v anton defiance of the rights of neutral terri tones, ot the acknowledged privileges or accre dited minifttrs, and of the cfthblill cd principles j cf the law of Nations. Notwithflandibg tbefe tranfaffions repugnant to every frotiment of moderation and julhee, I have recently received a communication from the French government containing profellionj of a pacific dlfpofaion. I have in confluence r prelFd my earneit defire to embrace the firfl | opportunity cf idtoiing tb« bi ddings cf peace on fuCb grounds as may be confident with the permanent fafety and ime ed of nr>y dominions ; fcnr I an confident you will agree with me, that I thofi: objects are clofc'v connected wbh the gen eral fwcurity of burope ; I have therefore net ! tho’t it light to enter into any more particular explanation without previous communication with thefe powers on the continent, with whom I am engaged in confidents! intercourse ami connexion ; wi*h a view to that important ob ject and especially with the Emperor cf RuXa, *hc> has given the ftrongeft proofs cf the wife and d gnified fenrimen: wirh which he is aittirta ! ted, and of the warm intertft he takes in the ! fgfety and independence cf Fufopc. Gentlemen of the Hou/e of Commons, I have dr fled t!*e cliirrates for the pub!:t fcrvice to b; laid before you I Tegret the | neceflby of additional burdens being impo fed on cr/ people ; but I am fare you will hd ftnfible how much their future fafety and hip phiefs depend on the vigor of our exertions, ffn f that in the inode of raitanj the fupp'.ies, vou will! continue to (hew your anxiety for thefup* port of public credit, for reftraining as much aspofible the accumulation of the nanoral Ocbt. l\lx Lords Aid (irrttiemsn, (rt contidcTir.g the great efforts and ficrifices which the t’.aturs of the cottteft requires, it i*> a particu’ar f.twfa&ion to me to ofcferve f c I many proofs of the internal wealth and prtjf per ty of tne c mnry. It will, I am lure, be ycur great ob;?& tx maintain and improve th~[c ad vantages, and at the fome time to t'.kc all luch mcafures, a^ by ennab’mg me to ptofreu*? the war with rigor, my afford the belt profpect of bringing i? to a (afe and honorable termination. Tdrflengers, we believe, have been frr.t off to Petcflburgb, Berlin, a >d Stockholm, with the I information of the pacific over»ure from France, and with copies of his majefty's fp-ech 5 and rhe addreis of both houfes of Parliament. rl he fpeech, and the intelligence thar k' th houfes had urao:mot#fty agreed to a<Jdref» his majtftv upon tt, were, us we Bated yetbrday, far \ otF to fhiris immediately after the riling of the two ti >nfes on I uefdiy ever* >g. In the difpatch from M* Talleyrand, it is underlined that a copy of Bonaparte** fpeech, upon opening the legiiliture, wasincholcd. It is ikk difficult to predial what the arfwer to our communication re* the courts of Pct;rf bnrgh and Berlin will be. Th.y w id advife nt gocia.ioa. 1 at the anfwet cannot be expec* ted to be received in lefs ihsn 1 jn> months. In TUe m<nij it js extremely prob?Me that Co | nspi’lc u*iIT either notice out amfwcr to him in j.tigc Moraicur, cr t^anf ult us aether difpatch.