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broke up. This is the fifft time that
the Mayor of this city ever, presumed
to givehis vote on any question, but in
the fingie case of an even ballot, and for
the mere putpofe of producing a deci
sion. No observation will be added
here further than to fay, that such arbi
trary proceedings never before disgrac
ed the Common Council of our city,
and if these are tolerated, the charter
ir at an end.
Captain Smith arrived at Charleston,
from Gibraltar, informs, that before he
left Gibraltar, dispatches had been re
ceived there by one of the captains of
the fbipoline cruifers,which wereblock
aded there by the American squadron,
from the Bey of Tripoli, directing his
admiral to offer terms of peace to com
modore Dale. As the admiral was not
there, capt Smith did not learn wbe
&er commodore Dale had b%n applied
ed to by the captain; but it was
generally supposed the Bey was lick of
his warfare, and was willing to accom
modate things 'on almoll any terms.
Capt. S. further informs, a little be
fore he failed, captain Dale being with
the frigate President in Algeziras Road,
Tent a boat with a lieutenant and eleven
men to Gibraltar to offer such Ameri
can vcflcls as were there a convoy up
the Straits ; on her return the boat was
upset, and every foul pcrifhed. Com
modore Dale requeued capt. Smith to
make this unfortunate event known.
—O .
ALBANY, DEC. 18.
Mr. Duane, the Editor of the Aurora,
lately dined <with the President. A. Camp
bell, a quondam clerk in the Tr^afury,fetid
that "he alf was to dine with the Pref
dent.” This no doubt is a reward for his
'charges of embezzlement of public money a
gainst Col. Pickering. But what will a
generous public think of rewards that rest
on falfehnOd and treachery.
Col. Pickering's accounts have now pas
sed every department of the Treasury, and
the keen eye, even of Mr. Gallatin, cannot
discover one.cent due from the late Secreta
ry Pickerings to the United States.
.— —o
BOSTON, DEG 2 I.
A gentleman who came passenger
in the Nancy, capt. Beebe, arrived at
Sagg-Harbur, L. I. from Bourdeaux,
informs, that he left that place on the
sth November, at which time ah Arma
faeht Was fitting out from Bred and o
ther places, for St. Domingo, and were ,
to fail by the gd or 4th Nov. on board
hf which were to be embarked 40,000
men;. .That it was reported, a frigate
had failed for America with orders to
makecontra&s for tlie supply ofthttroops?
after their arrival in the Weft Indies;
and to inform the government, of the
United States, that,the island would be
declared in a state of blockade.—That
the Definitive treaty of Peace Was not
then signed, but expe6ed by many that
it would be on the Bth Nov. the day
fixed on for the celebration of Peace
throughout all France ; for which oc
casion, great and splendid preparations
were making. He also informs; that
Qe news of the falc of the ship Tfum-
W'l, and other American vessels in
France, was true; but that in confe
rence of their new owners not being
able to procure French papersfor them,
the demand at thole prices had ceafei ;
though further applications would-be
made to government to effe& that pur
pose. —0 —
The fcht Betsey, Capt. Co*, from Trin
idad,,arrived at New-Porks brings advices
of the prohibition of Cocoa and*Nides, from
that Island, in an, but Britifo bottoms.
From GuABALoUPt—Nov. 2%;
Capt. Waterman, lately arrived at Gua
daloupe, from New-Tork, and who carried
about eighty of theformer inhabitants of that
island, as pafongers ; informs, that in the
late revolt tbene v no blood was feed; that
be was visited by the new-mulatto Governor,
to welcome bis countrymen home ; torchom
de premised protean, and the reforation,
of their former property. .He also informs,
that the American fag is treated with great
typefl by the ne<w black "powers that be."
.commerce.
A letter from a merchant in London, to
tis correfpohdertt in New-Tork, received by
the Brothers, dated Oft. °l^,fys, " fork
foirewoollen -cloths bate,taken a very rapid
advance in consequence of the great demand
for tW 'Spanish market. Cotton goods have
likewise advanced fifteen per cent.”
, Pf-ty/iae, Charleston, Dec. 4,12(11.
Tbfl'cfcMader is extremely sorry
to announce a robbery that has been
committed upon the Nochern Mail,
which left Charleston on Wednesday,
the zdjntl.
A refpe^abk gentifflag whoarrived
in town this afternoon, informs, that
he met the port rider qt Monk's Cor
ner, who told him that on Wednesday
• night he was met by four negroes, who
forcibly took away the mail from him.
'The Post-Master has thought it ne
-1 ceffary to give the rarHeft intelligence
of the robbery, in order ffiat those per
, ions who may have'fent money or bills
;by the post, may_take proper steps to
^ "have payment ftopt of the bills for%
^/warded Thos. W. Ba cot, f. m.
T The Massachusetts College, at Cam
higge,was on "re onTuefday fennight,
I, but feppfy extinguished .without much
'damage.
1 From t!re Palladium.
, : REFLECTIONS
;On the PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
IT is a common remark, that men
often injure their real intereft,by prefer
ring small or,doubtful benefits, which
are at hand; to great arid permanent
ones, which are at a distance. What
they can fee, and hear, and toucli be
comes an obje& of interest and pallion ;
but what lies beyond the reach of the
senses must be estimated by reason and
reflection. The action of the passions
is sudden and powerful, that bf reason;
flow and painful. Hence,the immense
disproportion of their influence over
human tohduft ; and hence the mis
-4 chief arid misery which amid the world;
It is in this imperfedion of our nature;
that the Statesman and Legislator find
obstacles to the wisest measures of poli
cy, and hete, too, the ambitions mart
finds the materials of his own elevation:
The wisest Statefmart rhuft ad under
great cmbarraffmenrs,fo long as he ads
with honesty ; for his measures will riot
be traps for popular favor, but will, of
neceflity, involve those restraints,which,
however falutaty, are oftei lirkfome.—
But such a man will never Sacrifice the
solid interests of his country, for the
delusive bubble of a treacherous popu
larity, nor he will never defeend to
bait popular passions, with those trifling
gratifications which serve only to in
crease the demand. Hence the decline
and fall of such men in popular gov
ernments. But there is fun,thing faf
cinating in the found of the word refor
mation. It is a fort of talisman, with
which political jugglers cheat people
out of their sense and judgment. Eve
ry preacher of reform will always col
led a croud to hear him, and many
people are apt to think, without much
examination,that those who are zealous
to point out the faults of their rivals &
predecefT rs, and make eloquent larrien
tations for the fufferings of the people,
will themselves surely avoid all abuses
of power, and relieve the people from
every burthen. How easy it is for men
to deted faults in the mod perfed works
may be feeri in the example of critics,
who often expose the minuted defers
in a work, which they admire, but
which they Sometimes modestly confefs
they can neither originate or imitate.
Politicians are not so modest. In the com
plicated affairs ofagreat nation it would
at all times be strange, if, in spite of
the greatest wisdom, virtue, and vigi
lance, there were not mistakes and ne
gleds. In the affairs of an individual,
watched by the eagle-eye of felf interest
these continually occur : It will not be
Surprising, therefore,if the present great
officers of government Should fee their
labours crowned with a long lift. Tet it
may be trite that the errors, whatever
they may be, haire been involuntary, as
Washington expressed it,and the negleds
unavoidable ; and it may. be true; that
the proofs of ability, iriduftry, arid up
rightness in the federal administration
of the firSt twelve years are more am
ple than will be exhibited in any future
period of any fubfisquent administration.
The profefl Before us glitters with
the fun Shine of promises ; and every
good man vtifhes that twelve years
hence, otir rctrofrefi may be as fair and
fat'isfadory, as that which we ire now
tilled to confider. It must be confef
fed, however, that the most fugacious
men & found patriots have often been
the mod alarmed at those rheafbres,
with which the multitude have been
most pleased. We all remember the[
intoxication,which seemed tooverfpread
the world, when the French Reformers
were rilling it with promise, § Yet at
that day, it did not escape the difeern
ment of some wife and good men, that ;
Government would fall, Anarchy en
ftie, vice and crime reign for a season,
and at laft,fome regular despotism ne
cefirily result.
These reflections, painful as thfey arif
naturally 'fuggefted themselves to our
minds upon an attentive perusal of the
President's Message. We are not
prompted to make them from a desire
to arraign the wisdom of the adminis
tration ; but from a conviction of thrir
truth, and a regard to the substantial
and permanent welfare bf our country#
! It ought here to be remarked, that
the measures of the past administra
tions, which were formed upon the ba
sis of public and lasting benefit, have
alone : increased the resources of the na
tion to such a degree, as puts it in the
power of the new administration to
lighten the public burthens. The idea,
that a bare tr-afury is the beg security
against war, does; riot seem to warrant,
in the view of found policy, so general
an abolition of internal taxes as the
Message recommends.—Might not the
surcharge bf revenue be applied 'to the
liquidation of the national debt, or re
served as the means of fafety and pro
tection, without tempting the cupidity
of foreign nations. Bendes, if our na
tional resources are exactly fitted to a
state of peace, where are we to look for
fitplies in extra exigencies, but in the
inqofeion of new taxes ? Admitting,
that 'die present accumulation of wealth
will juftify every proposed reduction in
the'reveriue system. will the remaining
sources be adequate to all the purposes
)f the Goyernroffi ? Before so mhny
channels, which Supply the, fountain,
are choaked, it ought to be afeertained,
‘ that an equal number of those which
dr^in it are choaked likewise ; else the
fountain will he exhausted and demand
new &urces of fitpply. It does not ap
pear probable; from, the actual br pro,
posed retrenchmentsin the expenditures
of the Government, that they will
bear any proportion to the income of
those taxes which are to be abolished:
The tax upon carriage, for inftapce, is
a tax upon the aristocracy of the coun
try, and so far as its income goes to
Satisfy the. ordinary demands of gov.-
ernment, just so far is the Farmer and
Mechanic exempted, from the public
burthens. But the abolition of this tax
will tend to apportion the fams to be
annually raffed with more equality a
triong all claries of citizens. It will
doubtless be popular with some men,
who keep carriages, but the labourer
will have rio reason to rejoice in an e
vent, which makes him, at least for a
time a fairer mark for tax-gatherers.
That branch of die revenue, which
depends upon the import duties, will be
lets ptodudive in corifequence of the
peace. During the war. in Etirtipe,tfe
prices of our own produce bore a much
greater proportion to the prices of im
ported articles, than they will in times
of peace:
Obr owri commodities will fink more
in nominal value than those articles
which are liable to import duties ; of
course, the consumption <,f the latter
will be proportionally lefs.' • If, in ad
dition to such diminutions aS these, all
the proposed excise duties Ate takeri oft,
is there not danger, that within no dis
tant period, new sources of revenue
must be opened. But all flu&ultions
in financial systems are injurious ; be:
caufethey tend to enrich individuals;
without benefiting the Government
If, for instance, a duty of two (hillings
per bushel fhouid be laid upon salt, the
price would immediately rife, and the
whole quantity in the country would
be fold at the advanced price, without
throwing a farthing in the national
treafuty. The difference of price would
be the clear gain of the merchant,which
would everitually all come out of the
consumer's pocket, so that new duties .
of this fort would not enrich the reve
nue, but enable individuals, who held
the taxed article to speculate advantage
ously upon the necessities of others.
There are a variety of other conside
rations, which croud upon the mind;
but they are reserved for another time.
PORTSMOUTH,
SATURDAr DECEMBER, 26, ißor.
- =— —.— _^_____
Entraa tf.a tetter —Wajhington, Dec. 8.
" In the House this day, a motion
was made by Mr. Nicholfon,from Mary
land, seconded by Giles from Virginia,
requiring the secretary of the Treasury,
to lay before the House, a statement
of the receipts and expenditures of T.
Pickering, lat&fecretrtry of State. Dur
ing some conversation on the fubje&,the
Meriage from the President was receiv
ed ; me reading of which occupied
the greater part of the fitting. The
message and papers accompanying it
were ordered to be printed. This fin-I
gular production, is eh;iQCd to piurticu- :
lar notice. It evinces £ general hoftili-,
ty to all the established fyßertis' of dur ;
Icountry. After the message was read,
ithe above motion tfcurte& ft Was
Somewhat modified, and the cbnfidera
tiun .of it deferred Until, Monday riext.
The house theft adjourned. —It appears
from the proceedings of this d^y, that
;Giles, the farmer, jritepds to' be the
bull-dog of the Jacobin party in the
house. He will, however, etyerienck
a hard tug, from Bayard, Griswold;
Dana, &c.[PZvfa.G 4Z .]
ON sound.."
[hm j publication in an. Englifo Magazine.]
" We do not in general refled how much
the voice pr any noise extends on a level. Os
this Dr. Franklin, that ingenious observer of
Nature in all her operations, informed me of an
instance: Some , years ,go the inhabitants of
Philadelphia had a new bell inputted from Eng
land. In order to judge bf its found, the bell
was raised on a triangle in the great street of
that city, and fruck, as ii happened; on a mark!
et day ; when the people coming 46 matk^t
were futprifed at hearing the found Bf# bell at
a greater diftanch from, the city,\than they ever
heard - any bell before. This circU,iftancc #Q'
cited the attention of the curious^ apd it was
difeovered^ that the found of the bell, when
struck in the street, reached nearly double the
distance it did when raised into the fteeple:'
melancholy & ALAMiNCh
With unfeigned concern, lie noticed in the Keene
paper,fa death of Mr. Tbotaas Smith at Surry, of
the Smalt Pox. Vnlefc (fa,J the Editor) measures are
speedily taken to present the spreading ofibis disorder
it ,ui<t be tqp late. A great number of ftrfmu called \
to fee Mr. Smitb, and th, taye probably tako tbe
infcaion, for the pbyfeians at Jitf entertained ng
fujpicion be bad tde Small Pox"
Nkw-HAVEh; dec. ij.
A Murder coat committed in Brohd-way, last 1
evening, by a negro, belonging fd Nm^Tork,named i
sack, upon the body of Cato Edwards, a black, be
!°”ging to the „ifo, Hilßoufe, the murderer so id
cofrement in the Nep,ail. fa i ro t , t
,A Walpole wit observes on the marriage ,of
Mifi Hawnsh Moore that, a man of her choice,
tnufl he alitcrary chArader- -Yet,''''
;Whatevever fame her Hefbandtad before,
I It cannot be denied be now has tyIORE.
POSTSCRIPT..
O We have recelved.no account of
the proceedings of Congress of a later
date than the I Ith iriftant. The Wash
ington Federalist of tlie 15th, fays,
the proceedings of the House yefter,
dav, are postponed till to-morrow, on
account of their LENGTH..^-
% PEIRCE'S, Marine Lift.'
Arrivals & Departures since Dec. 19.
I%failed foip Commerce, Blunt, Martinico.
do brig Polly, Paul, Wejl-In&t.
do brig . Moore,., do „.
, defebooner Rambler, Cirace; Martinicr.
24 do brig Olive, Stbodtey, Cadiz,
do brig Hector, Mart, do..
do brig Sally, Tuttle, Martivieo.^
do feb'r Amity, Rugg, Pb^adelpbia. , „^
W^+^+'n+^+mt^tt+fcq.^fetf^q.
MARRIED] In this town, By the Rev. Mr°
Alden, Mr. Thomae Walden, to Mife sane Wal
^ Alfa
On Sunday evening lafl,by Rev. Mr. Walton,
Mr. Thomas Peirce, jun. Author of the Oracle
Marine Lift, to Miss Abigail Moulton.
■WBIIIAI. __. ^-m,—==___■_•
DIED] At Welle, Mrs. Storey, wife of Capt 1
,eremiab Storer a,ed 54—Mre. Jane Little
field aged 91 —yob&ginn,jun.aged 2, — and two
Daughters of Mr. Stephen Winn.
Aaron Chick of Wells, was almft inftantiy killed
on .Bunday Morning the 13th inf. by being jamed
betwixt a veffcl and the wharf.
h At, Winebefter, on tbe l„b inf. Mrs.
Sarah Conant, tbe amiable and virtuous consort of tbe
Rev. Ezra Conant, and only daughter of Col. Alex
ander, of that town.
In this town, Mrs. Mary Elliot, aged ,1.
Mrs. Damarel wife of Capt. Dam arel.
TREADWELLS'/
CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
THE Proprietors of
this LIBRARY refpe&fully in
form the Ladies and Gentlemen .in town
and country, that they are Continually
making valuable additions to this resort
of pleasure, and inftrudion..,'
The attention which it ha^ of late met
with from nien of Literature, and tafle,
demands acknowledgement. The belt
way of doing this, they conceive, is toi
enrich it with works of exrentive merit.'
Authors of firia morals, whofc works are
important, information cotred, and
whole style is pure. If the patronage of
Lid LIBRARY increases, they propofej
to add one hundred volumes on Divini
ty, Hiftory, Biography, and Travels.
The Proprietors have just ad
ded,
TOOK's Hiftory of Ruffia —-
Particularly the Reign of CATHERINE
11. with fifty portraits.
Hiftory of Poland,
With a map of the country and
Ifu"1 fu " l en ^J]2[2— °£KOSKIUSKO.
Uffier's Grammar,
At present so much wanted for
SCHOOLS, may be bad at the Ports
mouth Book store.
Public Auction.
t —T- O~ ,'
On Wednesday next, alii o'clack,
A M.will be fold at Boy'd Wharf, a/mall
Jabacca Boat,
of ab^wG Tons, well found— ALSO — |
30 bbls, of HERRINGS,. dry:
failed 'in'good order, and a , I
Few hhds> of St. Übes SALT, |
for good notes at 60 days.
E. HART, Aucfr.
Ffotfeouth, Dec 26, iBou |
■ ■■mwn.imi. iibii ’rial »>w»wl—W II 1 W ,
Afine Chance for young Faf^fe^.
FOR SALE AT
Public AUCTION,
On Thurf day the 2?)th January
next, at Mt. John Greenleaf's
Ink, in P^froud, New
~ Hdmfflire,
One fourteenth part of the town
MAYE NSBURGH,
ADjoining Shell/num, in the county*
of Grafton, in said State- This
town lays about 80 miles on a direA line
ftosArtfmmtk, and about 66 fron. Fort
tod.—A road from Conueaicut River
para through ibis town, as also that beau
tiful river Ameiitcoggiot
This tra<ft contains about 2206
acres, and will be fold iq /mail parcels, or
altogether, as teill bt ft lint the purchafo.
Terms of payment, one third dowh, one
third In 12, and one tl»rd inlß months,
@ giving notes, with approved endorftts.
A good title Will be given.
I' ALEXANDER! EWER,
1. X'.' 4 Afflwfoiß
' Sale at eleven o'clock.;
t ; ; Pwtfmwth, bec;\6,l^r>l.
rartmtQ
j JUST REdEftb. y
!I„CTTHE Pilgrim goqd Intent'; Dar
win's ZobiUomai a new edition of Jeffer- ।
I fan's Notes on Virginia,; EdlpbUrgh Difpenft- ;
Ilory ; Trumbull's Siftbry of Connecticut.
!Union Harmony;Chambadd's French
; Grammar; User's Grammars; Gloucester
IGreek ditto,; Adams' Latin ditto ; Rofs's
Grammar; Bingham's ditto; Waith's Mercan
tile Arithmetic; Adams and Temple's Federal |
Arithmetic; Pike's, Dennings, Little's & Mer-!
rill's Arithmetic. 4 good affortmnt of
Classical and School BOOKS; A
few thoufapdef <kcd]lent lead Pencils; Quills,
Stationary, fa. just received and & hie at
CHARLES FEIRCE'S Bbokflor,
Ito 5, DaDiel-ftreet, Portfmowh.' Zfe i 6,
★HE PROPRIETORS OF THE
, Exeter^ Haverhill, & Boston
Mail stages,
Most refpeafiilly inform their
friendsmid the public; that they have
commenced, itiini^g a Day's Stage from •
Exeter to Portsmouth twice ^ Weck, 0^
the following days=To leave Exeter on ,
Tuetday and Thursday mornings at 8
o'clock, and return the fame Evenings at
6 o'clock A M. Passengers who wish not
to go through to Boston in one day, may
pc accommodated with passages the pre
ceding evening, as far as Exeter, and next
morning take .feats for Boston.—For fur
ther information ^pply. to . ' +
John DAVENPORT,
at the Stage-Office, No. 6, Buck-fir set, or to
, EZRA HUTCHINS, in Exeter.
Portsmouth, Dec. z 6, itotf*-^ ^^
THE Ladies and .Gentlemen
of Portsmouth and its vicinity, who
wi(h to be foiled with SHOES and
BOOTS, of the firft quality, and at a
moderate price, will please to call at the
Store lately occupied by Burleigh & Ro
gers, Congrefs^ttreet, north file of th-
State-house, Portsmouth—Where
Robert M' Clear) & Co.
. HAVE FOR SALE,
^n extensive and general affortmeM
of Ladies & Gentlemen's
SHOES,
: Alfa, —(iordevan & Sheefflin
BOOT S;
. Ladies' CORK SHOES.
AtfroSealjh% Cow-Hide, add Leather
TRUNKS, <
Ot the bed quality.'
A:, firia attention tuill be given, and the
smallest favor gratefully acknowledged,
they flatter themselves the, cannot hut
meet with good encouragement
from a genet qus publics , ...
Allowance made to tliofe who purchase
byWhblefalft
: Porfmotith, Dec, 26;t^oi. ; # : ^
W^BHEREAS a Com
million of Bankruptcy founded
upon the Aft of Congress of/he United
States, passed on the 4th day pf,Aprfl
1800, ir.titled an Aft tq establish an uni
form system of Bankruptcy throughout
the United States has been awarded and
issued against . •,
NATHANIEL DODGE,,
of Hamptonfalis, io the diftrid of Net
Hampshire, Trader, and the said Natha
niel Dodge, has been declared a Bankrupt,
be is hereby required to surrender him
fell to the Commissioners in the said
Corrimiffion named, or tp the major part
of them, at the Office of William Par,
Ker, Esq. in Exeter, in said diftria ori
the firft day of January, on the twenty;
second day of the.fame January, find on
the Eleventh day of February next; at
ten of the clock in the forenoon, of each
day, to make a disclosure and difeovery
of his estate and effeas, and in all thing#
conform himfelf to the directions of the
said Aa, when and where,his Creditor,
atehe+eby normed, to come prepared to
prove their debts; find at the second
meeting to c boolean Affignce or affigpees,
and at the last meeting, laid Bankrupt is
required to fin:(li his examination, and
at said Lift meeting, any of the Creditors
of said Bankrupt rpay be heard if they
mail think fit before fail Commissioners
agaiUft the making or allowing of a cer
tificate to the Judge of Lid Diltria to in-,
title the laid bankrupt to a certificate og
dilcharge • —All perlons indebted to faid'
Bankrupt, are to make payment and those
who have any of his efrefts, are to deliver
the fame to fuel) persons only, as the
Commiflion,ers (hall appoint,
OLIVER PEABODY,) %-
WILLIAM PARKER,
GIDEON LAMSON, J ° #
Exeter, Dec. 16, 1801. -'' :f
sfeqCTwmfarowrcußnraattemßsmnnfatetabf'
NOTICE is hereby given that
the CummiffionHs n?itifd in a com-'
miffiph of Bankrupted a warded against-
AEEXANDER EWEN, ',,
of Poofmouth, hr the Diftria of New.
Hampfllire, Fa&or and Broker, and the
Assignee of the eflate of said Ewen in
tend to meet on the Twenty Seventh
day of January nerit, it ten of the clbgfk
ih the forenoon', at the Cotitt hotile ip
said Partfmouth, to make a dividend of
Ithe eßateand effeas'ot the said Ban*.■
ropt ; \W&U4n&^ wbcv.
havefax already proved their dtebVs afe?
to come prepared to prove the s&;"#*
ithy will be excluded the benefit of said
°dividends - 4•;J/
tie jEiUMiAH MASON, Afri?
PAteQec. 24, iPor.'
‘"" . —r——CT~-rT„r—
NOT ICh is hereby given, that
jpANt^LR Rogers & SUSANNAH
Rogers, have been duly appointed Ad*
miniftrators of jhc Eflate of
MARK ROGERS, fHT
late of Porilmoutb, deceafed+Ali W
tons taping claims br dedvrinds against
I said estate, are deffred ral^xhiMvfhe fame
to said Admoili more, slid all Mo are
indebted to ^ .^fet^re tequefedt<Q
make in,mfdi)tefyn/tt
: /te^D^fy&te^
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