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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In the year ofour Lord one tboufand eight
hundred and two.
'**"* An ACT to prevent the circulation and
"L. S.* .currency of Bank Bills of a denomina,
•t 0 ,4 tion left than five dollars.
BE it enafted By the Senate and House
cf Representatives in General Court
cevened, That from and after the firft
dav of December nert, no perlon Shall
pay or receive in discharge of any con
trast or bargain, or for any valuable
consideration whatever, any bill iflued
by any bank or any banking company,
other than the Bank of the U. States,
or the Bank or Banks within this State,
of a less denomination than live dollars,
under a penalty of four dollars, to be
recovered as well of the person so pay
ni[as of the person so receiving; by ac
ti a of debt, with costs of suit, to the
ife of any person or persons who Sliall
within one year thereafter prosecute the
fame.
And he it further enafied, That the
Secretary cause that Did A& be publish
ed as soon as. may be, in all the Newf
rapers printed in this state, fix weeks.
STATIC of New-Hampshire.
j jn the House of Representatives Sune 17? 1802.
^ The foregoing bill having had three
kvcral readings, paHed to be enabled.
Sent up for concurrence,
JOHN PRENTICE, Speaker.
In Senate the fame day, this bill having
Len read a third time, was enabled.
AMOS SHEPARD, Prudent.
Approved, June 18, 1802.
I. T. GILMAN, Gov rnor.
A True Copy, Attest,
J. PEA RSON, Secretary.
The federal Printers in this State, are requeued to
pnblijb the above Late,for the term of fix weeks,
{a the expence of the State) in their federal Nenifr
papers,jar tbe information of the public at large.
J. PEARSON, Secretary.
Dfyild of New-Harrityhire.
^h"HLrtEAS a Commission
V v of Bankruptcy hath been awarded
^ iffiir!ffiieft CLEMENT JACK
'ON, of PoHmoum, in the DiftriA of
Nt iv- H. mpShire, Merchant, and he be
ing declared a bankrupt, is hereby re,
qmredlo Surrender hindt If onto the Com
noluon^s named and authorized in bid
C: mmdlion, or a major part of them, on
Tuefday- the sixth and twenty Seventh
rirys of July next, and tenth of August
next, at nine ol the clocktn the forenoon
of each of laid day,, nt the office of Jer
rytA, Libbey, Esq in Porrfmnuih, in
tfl (fhlria, nod m^ke a full dilcovery
and difclolure of all his efUte and tffe&s,
^l and perfond, and in all things to
conform to the atl of Congo's made and
now in furyetoncednhig bankrupts ; —-
\fhen and where the Creditors of fid
bankrupt ;#e to come pr poed to prove
their debts ; and at the firft meeting to
rhoofe an Assignee or A fbgnee,s -~-and at
tA lift meeting said bankrupt is to finish
ths examination, and the creditors are to
affenetoor differ from the allowance ofhis
Certificates —; —Given under our bands at
Portsmouth aforefaid, this 30th ^ay of
fun- Anno Domini ißgc.
Howard St. Loe Livermore,) Cem-
JeREMIAH LiBBEY, > m ff
Nathaniel Adams. ) aurs.
THE Subscribers being ap-
A. pointed a Committee by the H ri.
Jeremiah Smith, Esq. Judge ol pro
bate for the County of Rockingham, to
receive, examine and adjeft, all the claims
oithe creditors to tlie estate of PHILIP
YEATON, late of New-Caflle, Mariner
deceased, represented insolvent, and fix
months being allowed for that.purpofe,
hereby give notice, that they will attend
that service at the dwelling hcufe of
Isaac Rindge in *Portfmou:h, on the
Irft Wednesday of this and the five fol
lowing months, from, three to fix o'clock
P.M. ISAAC RINDGE,
EDWARD SARGENT,
SAMUEL HUTCHINGS.
Portsmouth, ,w/c 22, 1802.
Theatrical Notice !
Mr. POWELL,
Refpe&fully informs the Ladies and
Gentlemen of Partfmouth and its vi
cinity, that he intends opening the
THEATRE there, with the principal
Performers from Bofton —and from the
numbers and merit of the Company,
being Superior to any who have per
formed in &t town, presumes to hope)
for the patronage and Support of its
liberal inhabitants.
N. B. The Theatre will be opened
August.
Portsmouth
1 /WXII.] SATURDAY, JULY 10, 180 L
Writes States
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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Miscellany.
MR7BENJAMIN'STODDE
From Callender's Recorder.
THE attention of the Public has
been very much attracted to
wards this gentleman for some time
part, not only because he filled one of
the mol important & honorable places
in the government, but because it has
been affected and propagated “ by those
who have sworn to fopport the government
under which we live," and by their hire
lings, that he had committed great em
bezzlements, even as great as those for
which Mr. Pickering has been accused
and is now acquitted. To establish
these fids, a. Committee of Congress,
called the committee of Investigation,
was appointed early in the session. The
feiiion lasted nearly five months. Mr.
Stoddert was always ready to appear.
He was ready to meet and defeat his
accusers ; and they knew it. The in
vestigators procrastinated, until the fef-
Sion was about to terminate ; and then
they made a report, without having
previously given Mr. Stoddert an op
portunity to explain, or juftify his con
dud. This report the felf-call'd repub
lican members have circulated among
their constituents, and have scattered
abroad, in a mode, to produce, the be
lief that the report contained not only
the whole truth, but that Mr. Stod
dert deserved public detestation. This
was immediately succeeded by a State
ment from Mr Stoddert, which shews
in a very clear manner that the afore
faid committee have not aded with
such impartiality as ought to have been
the basis of their condud. This report
and Mr. Stoddert's remarks, have been
printed ; from which we difeover, on
one hand,the dexterous cunning of men
who feel themselves in an error, and
who endeavor to bolder up their own
characters by an innocent Sacrifice. On
the other we perceive the bold, deci
sive and manly language, which is dic
tated by a heart confeious of its own
rectitude.
The mighty mass of censure against
Mr. Stoddert has dwindled into the
single charge, that he has appropria
ted a considerable sum of public mo
ney to purchase five navy yards, which
were not expressly ordered by law.—
And yet, every body mud fee, and ev
ery candid man will own, that those
things which were expressly ordered by
law c®uld not be accomplished without
navy yards. This is Self-evident.—
There is no doubt if. Mr. Stoddert had
proceeded in the measures which the
law really authorifed in express words,
without hav ng purchased navy yards,
that the fame persons, who now accuse
him for having done too much, would
then have condemned him for having
done too little.
But what have this committee said
concerning Mr. Jefferfon, or Mr. Som
ebody die, who, without legal authori
ty, either dired or implied, have ex
pended 32,000 dollars upon the French
Ship Berceau? Not a word. Where
were the Argus eyes of those inveftiga
iors, upon this arid several other occa
sions? They paused, they. Slept over
the dired ads of Mr. Jefferfon and
his agents, while they have declared
war against common sense, in order to
impugn Mr. Stoddert.
What have these inyeftigators said
concerning the employment of one pub
lic Ship, with her officers and crew, to
carry Mr. Dawson to France, for which
there was no legal authority ? Not a
word.
The answer as to the Berceau, is that
we were bound by the treaty to deliv
er up this Ship, and common sense and
custom imply, that She Should be ren
dered fit for sea and service. If so, how
much more will the fame common
sense fay, that if the ad of Congress,
which required 6 Seventy-four gun
Blips to be built, could not be carried
into effea without navy yards, it was
the duty of Mr. Stoddert to purchase
them. There is this in favor of Mr.
Stoddert : the navy yards are a valu
able acquisition ; they will be more &
more valuable ; and if congress, or her
servants fliall be mad enough to fell
them, the amount may go again into
the treasury, and add to the mass of
republican savings. If not, they may be
rented to private persons, until the
wealth, policy, or neceflities of the
country Shall dire& the building of such
What have the inve ffigators said
concerning the immense expence of a
squadron of Ships which Mr. Jefferfon
Sent to the Mediterranean, for which
there was no legal au^frty ? Not a
word. The answer w„rbe that this
was a measure in which the public in
terest, national character, and honor,
were concerned ; that it was wife, pol
itic, necessary, & deserves universal ap
plause and commendation. Agreed.
But the question is, by what legfl au
thority was this done > Here the inves
tigators, and all their hirelings, parti
zans, and fatelites, are put to the rout.
Even censor Smith, if he Shall pay the
smallest regard to TRUTH, must be
dumb. No answer can be given. Why
then is it attempted to criminate and
destroy one man for doing a thing ne
ccffarily appertinent to his duty, and
give thanksand applause to another for
that which might have paSTed by ; and
the neceflity of which was contingent.
The use to which these Ships and
their crews have been appropriated, is
not condemned. The case is introduc
ed as an argument to Shew, that there
may be situations in which the public
fundioarries may and ought to ad
without the express diredion of a con
gressional Statute. Likewise, to Shew
the inconsistency of persons who can
fee with more ease the mote which is
in the eye of another, than they can
perceive the beam which is in their own.*
With refped to Mr. Benjamin Stod
dert, this is a faft, which truth will re
cord, and which fame will promulgate.
He was invited to take the direction
of the naval department at the most im
portant crisis of the political, naval; and
mercantile interest andnational refpeda
bility of this country. We-had no na
val character. We had but few Ships.
Great things were to be done, from ma
terials not even brought together, and
by men, a few excepted, who had not
been tried. Candidates for office & em
ployment appeared from every quarter.
Mr. Stoddert was obliged to compose a
great part of thenavy from men who had
little or no experience. With these disad
vantages a navy very Speedily appeared
on the ocean, which astonished not only
ourselves, but the nations of Europe
and Asia & Africa. It made such aw
ful impressions, that we were immedi
ately refpeded, and our commercial
Ships and fleet failed fafely in the ocean.
Eve^the barbarians of the Mediterrane
an have been awed,andbea ten into infig
nificance. The heroifir / d enterprise
of our little navy ha§e o'en a ludre to
the American nam^r. Hich being con
nected with that o appe^dert, by whose
abilities, virtue, anutattention, it rose,
as 'it were from nothing ; will not fail,
when the baleful influence of party spi
rit and odious calumny Shall cease, to
secure to him the applause and thanks
of every man who rejoices a^ the pros
perity and renown ofhis country.
The awful day approaches, when
many political impostors who now drive
the chariot of power, will dwindle into
contempt ; when the calumniators and
investigators will drink in fofrow the
cup of bitterness, which they have pre
pared for others; and virtue, in tri
umph, Shall take the lead.
See^ere 2%d. #
A gentleman who left Nachez the 3d June
reports, that flour was feiling at from 3 1-1
to 5 dollars per barrel!, and other articles of
produce equally low.
Ships. If Mr. Jefferis's Notes are to
be relied upon as authority,* we may
exped that this w^l be the case, as fall
as our resources render it practicable.
On the other hand, the 32,000 dollars,
dilapidated in rep. rs on the Berceau,
arc gone for ever - liven if Bonaparte
Should pass a thoug' on the fhbject.be
will thmbfr,
pitied for weakness, than thanked for
generosity.
The answer as to the second point
may be,that the Ship which carried Mr.
Dawson to France, was already equip
ed, manned, and fitted for sea. That
if (he had not “been put on this Service,
theveffel would have lain by the wharfs;
the crew might have mutinied, or per
formed some other mifthief. But how
will this answer vanish, when it is re
collected, with how little ceremony,re
fpedable public Servants have been dis
missed, without fault, without accusa
tion, without previous notice, and up
on some occasions, to make way for
others, by much their inferiors ?
NENT NAVY.
—By an American Citizen —
"A : -°-
_< IME R ICA NS, extend your pro
tecting arms to the adventurous mari
ner. Do not, I conjure you, add to the
thousand hidden dangers of the deep,
to the howling temped, and the desert
coast, the horrors of an Algerine captiv
ity. Had you yourselves witnessed the
feoffs of the infidels, and the tortures
they indited on your countrymen,your
cannon would long Since have thunder
ed on the coast of Africa. Told of
their Sufferings, your infant Navy
Struggled for life: Faction however
Stifled her early efforts and you were
content to purchase a Shameful treaty,
ftipuiating a price for the freedom of
American citizens. It is unfortunate,
indeed, for Republican governments
that they are too prone to aft from the
impulse of the moment and too seldom
pursue the moss important objects with
firmnefa.We are plundered by the
dates of Barbary, and order fix frigates
to be built for the protection of cur
trade : We buy a treaty and determine
to build but three. Could we tell how
long this faithlefs people would think it
convenient to fulfil their contrast? Again,
our commerce is plundered by the
greatest naval powers of Europe, and
its chief Spoiler adds insult to injury,
proudly Spurns our proffered reconcilia
tion and turns a deaf ear to our re
monstrances. All parties at length
concur in ascribing these outrages and
indignities to the fame cause, the want
of a Navy fufficiently powerful to pr+
ted our rights. And, yet, when it,
proposed to build fix Ships of the Ki£
it is urged that they cannot be finittP
before the present hostilities are ovc.
Fellow citizens, these hostilities will net
er cease while our imbecility, the ^
mentable cause of them exists. Should
the usurpation of France be limited or
crushed, France, whom, if you remem
ber we once considered our natural
ally, what may we not apprehend
from the unrivalled Navy of Britain ?
Experience has told us, that it is not on
national friendship ; it is not on the
Sanction of natural law, it is not on the
faith of treaties, however solemnly rat
ified ; but on a resolute determination
to defend our rights, that we are to
found the hope of security. When this
resolution is blown about by the gale
of fadion, when our resources cease to
be confided in, when national honor is
decried, and difgraceful submission re
commended, then all that renders dear
the founds of country, of liberty, of in
dependence, is about to vanish forever.
For when you have prostrated your na
tional character, when you have tame
ly submitted to insults from foreign na
tions, and refufed your protection to a
large part of the community, wherewill
your calamities terminate ? Not in the
mere destruction of foreign commerce,
or the miserable Slavery of thousands
of your countrymen. True, to be re
duced to want is a great national mis
fortune, and a generous people would
feel the Strongest repugnance at so glar
ing a violation of justice ; but you will
have done even more : you will have
humbled the American Spirit, extin
guished the faered fire of patriotism en
kindled by the revolution, and opened
an easy avenue for despotic power.—
What maintained the ancient republics ;
those famous feats of Science and liberty
whofehiStory is yet an inexhaustible mine
of knowledge ; at whose very names a
sublime emotion thrill's in our veins ? It
was public Spirit. A feeling in the
whole republic of the wrongs of the
most obfeure citizens. An unconquer
able elevation of foul in each citizen,
Springing from a love of country which
could oat quietly bear the indignities
offeredfo her glory. It was this which
so long defeated the arts of intriguing
demagogues. It was an heroic valor
derived from this sacred feeling, which
like the ligfcning of Heaverift kindling
on the Grecian armour, blalled and
dispersed the effeminate hordes of Xer
xes ; which triumphantly bore the Ro
man Eagle from the Wettern Ocean to
the Shores of the Euxine and the Cas
pian ; from the burning sands of Libya
to the frozen glooms of Scythia. When
this spirit expired, liberty also expired
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Advertiser.
The debates on the Definitive treaty
were renewed yesterday, in the House
of Commons. The treaty was ad
vocated by Lord Cartiereach, and Mr.
Aldington ; and mimadvetted on by
Mr. Lawrence.-—" i have never
thought" said Mr. Addington, of this
treaty with exultation. I remain Satis
fied that I have done the bed I could
in my Situation. I have not auempter
XT" LONDON, MAY 14.
_1 ESTERday came on,in the House
of Commons, the interesting debate on
the Definitive Treaty. Mr. Wyndham,
who moved for the order of the day
attacked the treaty at great length, &;
with much ability. He strove to prove
that the terms granted to France, were
not warranted h y necellry or policy ;
and that the Peace was degrading to
England, and beneficial to France. H@
went minutely into the fubjed ; and
Concluded by moving an ad r?' sto his
Majesty, dating, “ That they had tak
en into their serious confirmation the
Definitive Treaty- of Peace. That
they would keep inviolate the public
faith as pledgedin the engagements en
tered into by ills M’ujoiiyitruc #r^xtx^y
could not help feeling regret at the na
ture of certain of those engagements,
relying on his Majesty's paternal wis
dom to take such measures as might
avert the danger arising from such en
gagements, exprefling their readiness to
fuppqrt his Majesty in such engage
ments as he Should deem necessary
for that purpose, and recommending to
his Mijefty to keep a naval and milita
ry power fuflicient to meet such dan
ger."
He was Seconded by Lord Folken-
Gone, who endeavored to thew, that by
the Treaty we have given our fundion
to jacobinieal principles, deserted our
allies and abandoned our commercial
advantages.
Lord Hawkelbury replied at great
length, and with intelligence.—He no
ticed every objection dated by the gen
tlemen who had preceded him; and
concluded with moving an amendment
to the following e£?eft ; —“iliat all the
words after the word " That," as d
firft occurred in the original motion be
omitted ; that the House do approve
of the Definitive Treaty, as agreeable
to the Preliminary Articles, that they
have viewed with the greatest fatisfac
tionthe defeat of all perfidious attempts
abroad and traiterous designs at home
—that they do congratulate his Majes
ty, that his dominions have been pre
ferred intire, and that the wealth, com
merce, and trade of the country have
been unimpaired and increased ; that
they are earnestly desirous to concur
with his Majesty in promoting and ren
dering permanent the blessings of peace
—that they,however, perfectly rely up
on the wisdom and vigilance of his
Majesty in adopting every measure
which may be necessary to prepare for
any viciffiude or change in the &tlte
of public affairs, and that the House
are ready to Support his Majesty in those
aflurances with their lives and proper
ties, in as loyal and zealous a manner
as during the late contest."
The debate continued until near 3
o'clock, in the morning ; when a mo
tion of adjournment was carried 185 to
137.
never more to revive. Bhofe once Fa
voured fates contained only the empty
traces of their former happiness ; phan
toms which their orators endeavoured
to call up from the grave of oblivion,
in order to rouse a degenerate race
But in vain. Even their repentant ty
ranQand conquerors, who, while refift
ea by this virtue, found it so di^cult
to rob them of their freedom, were un
able to restore it. Sylla yielded to Rome
her rights, and Ihe transferred them to
a lucceffion of tyrants. Rome publicly
proclaimed liberty to Greece whom She
had enslaved, but found her incapable
of receiving it. Greece and Rome fi
nally fell a prey to Barbarians. The
vestiges of their former glory lie half
concealed beneath the rubbish of ages.
1 he lonely traveller, amidst wastes and
mouldering ruins, beholds diem with
solemn awe. They present a melan
choly picture at which the moralist
heaves a sigh, and the patriot turns with
apprehension to his native land."
Foreign Articles.
LONDON MAY 15.