The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-08-01 00:00:00, page 3

Secondly. Mr. Goodrich was appointed in
the last moments of Mr. Adams' administration,
and therefore ought to be removed.
He was appointed on the 19th of February,
a fortnight before the late administration ceased,
to fill a vacancy made by the death of David
Austin on the sth. Now, where is the impro
priety ? Might not Mr. Adams exercise a pow
er committed to him by the nation, because this
power was to be placed in other hands, in a few
days ?—But you fay Mr. Goodrich should not
have placed himfelf in office without knowing
whether his agency would be acceptable to the
administration. Will you be so kind as to in
form your fellow-citizens, by what process, he
might have difeovered that you would have dis
missed him ? Your republican brethren (as they
term themselves) constantly declared while you
was laboring to obtain the office of President,
that the most endearing mildness would be the
leading feature in your executive conduct— no
removals would take place except for inexcusa
ble neglects or violations of duty—no appear
ance of vengeance, no proscriptions for opinions.
You was silent as the grave. At length, when
the "door of honed confidence was burst open,"
you, with an affected smile, entered, and, on the
4th of March, ascended to the balcony, and
there pronounced to the citizens of the Union,
a number of words and a great number of
tropes and figures, all calculated to impress up
on the public mind, that the “ tenure of office
would remain undisturbed." If you shrouded
your sentiments by an artful assemblage of ex
pressions, with a view to ensnare us, can we be
criminated for not understanding you. laffir,
with confidence, that no man,in Europe or A
merica, could have imagined, from the inaugu
ral speech, that you entertained an idea of re
moving faithful officers. How then should Mr.
Goodrich have divined your intention.— You
might, like Mr. M'Kean, have declared, in your
speech, what you have written in this answer.
Then we should have seen the sword unsheath
ed and whetted for the deflru&ion of your en
emies, and not been flattered with the pretence
of an “ olive-leaf." But believing that you in
tended to be tho't sincere, it was not conje^tur
ed, that you would have pursued a system un
known to any other chief magiflrate in this or
any other nation cxeept Thomas M'Keart, and
the fucccffivc heads of fa&ions in France.
, I tender you the homage of my refpee# and
the refects of my homage, BRUTUS.
* The merchants, with great propriety, declined
publif^d any thing on the fubjeff, tul the Senate
foould have aßed an this nomination, but Mr. Jtfer
fon entrufied the remonstrance and an fra er to a Jie
public friend with petmffion to puLli/b them.
But, Sir, you pla°nly tell us that, the time may
conic when the only enquiry refpe&ing a can
didate, fhali be, " Is he honed ? Is he capable ?
k he faithful to the cenQitution ?" This shews
that those qut flions are not now the questions ;
so we believed, but we did not expea the
" precious confeffion." And may we conjec
ture what questions are now aiked? Is it afad,
did Linn agree to vote against Burr? Did Liv
ingston compound for the place of Diftri& At
torney and desert Colonel Burr ? Did M.Lyon
agree that he would remain unihaken if Wil
liard might be Marihall of Vermont ? Has this
candidate laboured for my election ? Did this
roan malign Washington, did that man curse
Adams ? Has this competitor ridiculed the in
flotations of religion ? Has this anxious face
been set " like a flint" against the ministers of
the gospel ? Will you all, gentlemen, with one
heart and voice, join in anathemas against that
" Sect" of which Washington was the head ?
and sing hallelujahs to my adminiflration ? Iffo,
walk in to these " doors of honor and confidence
burst open" for MY glory and YOUR joy ! !
But, Sir, is it not worthy of enquiry whether
such rewards by the executive will not fan that
flame which already burns to the terror of so
ber men ? Will not the return of every Presi
dential election be preceeded by every species
of intrigue which ambition, avarice, and a third
for revenge can dictate ? and this will not tur
moil, confafiou, and the moll alarming convul
sions shake our government to its centre ? Then
fhali we, indeed, be launched on that “ tem
pestuous sea of liberty," which " casts up mire
and dirt,'' and whole maddening waves may
overwhelm us in deftrudion.
But, Sir, what fhali be said to those who have
lately been converted to republicanism ? whose
fervicts have been trivial ? whose opinions were
suspended in your election? Their claims will
be preferred and you will be menaced with their
turning to an adherence to " anti-revolutionary"
principles if they should be disregarded.—And
is it not possible that if the President of the U.
States shall declare it his rule of action, to pun
ish his enemies and regard his friends, that such
an idea may occur to foroe other ambitious spirit
before the next quadrennial election ? What
feene will then be exhibited ?—lndeed, Sir,
should not the President of a great, enlightened,
and freee people stand aloof from all these little
intrigues and cabals—these little jealoufics and
party prejudices—these feelings of revenge which
so "be-litcle" men ip exalted Rations ?
But again, you labour, in this answer, to con
vince your fellow-citizens that the lateness of
the appointment forms a reason for the remov
al. Is it not unphilofophical to assign more
causes than are fufficient to explain the pheno
mena ? Yon declare other grounds to be Effi
cient, and your repeated removals of officers ap
pointed years ago, clearly shew that your jufti
fication cannot rest on this fafl. Why then
assert and dwell on this, in your own view, un
impertant, and, in the view of others, idle, cir
cumstance ? Such mifcrable fhifts are unwor
thy a man less than Mr. Jefferfon.
Thirdly. Mr. Goodrich never was appointed
and consequently never removed. Here! will
not dwell on the trifling absurdity between the
two lafl positions. 1 refer to your own words,
Yon speak of Mr. Bishop as the fucceffer of Mr.
Auft in, and then ask, can the preftrence of anoth
er be candidly called a removal of Mr. Good
rich ? if not candidly, I presume not at all.
Hence, Mr Goodrich has not been removed ;
but Mr. Bitbop is fucc^ffor to Mr.Auftin, and
this being the state of fads, I should be inclined
to apprehend, that he was never appointed; for
it is not supposed that your zeal for displacing
those of one " sect," will induce you to at
tempt a removal of those who hold no offices.
Then the Merchants were vainly employed in
remonfirating and you have been very sagely
reasoning about a fa& that never occurred, —
Now really, Mr. Jefferfon, such fubterfuges,
affedl sober men who have not been habituated
to exhaust their talents on the dimensions of
Mammoth bones, in a very singular manner.
Iney read such language.—they look at this
agfwer and your speech, and reflect on your
conduct and begin to fcel like "infuriated
man," Seeking, through words and figures, his
ideas loft, long loft in Presidential Rhetoric.
Mr. Murray, the American Mipiger to the
Batavian Republic, was in Paris June 1— to at
tend to some explanation relative to the treaty
between Fiance and the United Siate&
The French papers which are to
June 11, contain no intelligence from
Egypt' nor even an y speculation on the
fubjed, which feenis to be considered
as desperate by the French Politicians.
Nothing new appears refpeding the
war with Portugal, but we may con
jedure that it will not be flopped by
the Embassy of M. Pinto, without the
most painful facrifices, since we find the
following passage in the article quoted
from the Mmiteur ; “It doer not ap
pear that the King of Spain and the French
Republic can conclude Peace with the King
dom of Portugal, without having in their
hands sane Provinces of the only Ally which
fill remains to England upon the Conti
nent."
If War were but the second concern
of the Chief Consul, (as he vauntingly
boasts) he would not have sent an Ar
my beyond the Pyreans to overthrow
an inoffenfive Power, nor have led
Spain into a quarrel to which ihe was
little disposed. Men do not certainly
take so much pains, nor go so far to
seek new Enemies, when their firfi con
cern is Peace.
On Kednefday las arrived at Bflon, tbe Jbip Har
lequin, capt. Turner, fldaysfrom Liverpool. Tbro'
the attention and politeness of capt. T. toe are fur
nijbed with London papers to the 16th sane.
o
CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 9.
IN consequence of the movement of
the army of the Grand Vizier, the
French have evacuated Salahich, and
retired. This retreat encouraged the
Turks to hasten their march, and on
the 22d of April, they were only two
days march from the advanced posts
of the English.
Murad Bey has joined the English
with his troops, against the French.
Three important ports, among which
are Damietta and Rosetta, are occupi
ed by strong English garrisons. In all
the smaller actions and skirmishes,
which have taken place during the last
four weeks in Egypt, the English have
constantly had the advantage.
At the time of the departure of the
Courier, who brought the above intelli
gence, the English had received a re
inforcement of 5000 men from Gibral
ter, Minorca and Malta.
We have accounts that Ad. Keith has
taken a French convoy of 22 ships,
escorted by a French corvette, which
had troops on board defined for Egypt.
0
VIENNA, MAY JO.
The King of Prussia has notified to
our Court, that the occupation of the
Electorate of Hanover by his troops,
was only a mere measure of precaution,
rendered necessary by circumstances ;
and that the order for that purpose
would be revoked, as soon as the rea
sons which gave rife to it should cease
to exist : he insinuated also that this
period would not be far distant.
0
JULY 3Q,
We were yesterday informed, by a
gentleman from Salem, that capt.
Crownipfhield arrived there on Tuef
day evening,in 32 day from Algeziras,
(near Gibralter) and informs of the
receipt of intelligence there, that the
Tripolitan cruizers had captured seven
fail of Northern American vessels.
The Cifalpine Republic has made a
new division of its Territory, and an
enumeration of its Population, which
amounts to nearly 4 Millions of fouls.
The Helvetic Republic is preparing its
new Constitution.—That of the Bata
vian Republic experiences great diffi
culties in the arrangement of it.—Li
guria and Piedmont have not yet ob
tained permiilion to think of the Politi
tical destiny.
A letter from a refpedable mer
chant in London, to his partner in this
city, dated June 6, mentions that there
was a strong talk of Mr. Pitt's going
into office again.
A gentleman paffengcr in the Ambition,
brought a London paper to the 9th June. —
He informs that it contained an account of a
battle fought on the frontiers of Portugal, by
the Portuguese and Spaniards, in which the lat
ter were defeated, with the loss of between 12
and 1500 men—but that the French had not
joined the Spaniards.
Articles per Mails.
Extras of a letter from a refpeElable merchant, a
citizen of Baltimore, to bis frien din Baltimore,
dated Bordeaux, May 23, 1801.
“ This is a very large city, and was formerly
noted for its great commerce, at this moment,
little business is doing, and what is done is to no
advantage, and no profped at present of any
change for the better—the country all around
this city, is in the most perfect state of cultiva
tion ; the vineyards look very pleasing, the
climate very fine, and all ranks of people ap
pear to be quite happy, and provisions are all
low. The Americans are received in the most
friendly manner, and no traces to be seen of any
difference having been between the two coun
tries." —
BOSTON, JULY 28.
Appointments by the Prefdent of the U
nited States.
The honorable Charles Pinckney, Esq. to be
Minister Plenipotentiary to the court in Mad
rid. [Cbarleflon Daily aldv.]
Robert Smith, Esq. of Baltimore, is appoint
ed Secretary of the Navy. This gentleman is
a brother of Gen. Samuel Smith.
[Georgetown Mufeum.]
Latest from Europe.
NEW- YORK, JULY 21.
LONDON, JUNE 10.
Sbe Tuas a person of real merit, tube by afweere
and affable deportment tbrougb life, endeared berfelfto
ber numerous friends and acquaintances. Her foknefs
was very painful aud diflreffng, vubicb Jbe endured
•with remarkable fortitude andpatience —supported by
the confutation of the religion of fefus,fce met the
King of Terrors ivitbout dismay —departed in peace,
•with ber hopes full if immortality : giving abundant
evidence, that ber eyes bad seen and heart felt the
great filiation : —“ Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord."
A number of French Emigrants have lately
embarked at New-York for their own country
The Health Laws of Pennsylvania require
that coasters which bring Wefl-India goods,
should exhibit certificates that they were landed
in the United States at lead 30 days before they
were re-ffiipped. Some coasters have been o
bliged to perform quarantine in consequence of
not poffeffiug such certificates.
A letter frem Leghorn of April 9, states, that
the markers are very poor there.
Departed thialife, in a joyful hope of being received
to immediate ba,pnfo,Mrs. Elizabeth Badger,
aged 4°. the amiable consort of Mt. IVilliam Badger,
of Kittery.
When the present Editors of this
paper firft undertook to conduct it, they
did not conceive that thereby they re
linquished the rights of citizenship, but
that they hill retained them in com
mon with every other member of the
community. Os course they thought
they had a right to form an opinion for
tbemfelves on political, or any fubjeds
whatsoever: and they felt it their duty
to aft conformably to such opinion.
With the fulled conviction that wh at is
termed the Federal-party was in the
right, and the opposite one as clearly
in the wrong, notwithstanding their
momentary triumph ; they did not hes
itate on which fide to fix ; and to avoid
all imputation of a&ing with duplicity,
young as they were, they thought it
just and manly, on publishing their firft
number, openly, and unequivocally to
avow their sentiments.
We are haypy to learn that Dodors
Cutter and Spalding have obtain
ed leave of the Sele& men, to carry
down to the hofpita ! island, a number
of their kine-pox patients for the pur
pose of inoculating them with the small
pox, and expfog them to the infection
of a man who now has the small pox
very full, the natural way, at the hos
pital.—This experiment will be worth
a kingdom.
This, it seems, gave great offence to
some. And a very few teftified it by
dropping their paper. Had this been all
the inconvenience they fuffered, they
should have borne it without complaint:
for tho' it was without good reason, it
was forefeen. But it has not flopped
here. Their open, undifguifed,and they
think meritorious conduct has been the
occasion of the grossest abufe,and given
a pretext for conduct the molt disingen
uous and reprehensible.
A certain Gentleman,who now holds
an office under government, and whose
pfofeffion (which is that of a lawyer)
fliould have taught him better, has
been recently guilty of a very indecent
and unprovoked attack on one of the
editors of this paper,w hich nothing can
juftify, and from a just resentment of
which, neither his rank in life, his pub
lic-office, or his party should screen him.
Having some bufmefs with this gen
tleman, one of the editors called at his
house, a few days since, and after con
versing with him awhile upon it, all at
once in the most abrupt and insolent
manner, in a stile and tone worthy of a
Turk foßuJhaw or the Overseer of aVir
giqia-plantation,he attacked the Editor,
condemned his paper and its conduct
ors, charged them with being tools to
a party, not the real proprietors of the
Oracle, and di&atorially questioned
him upon these and several other points ;
and without giving him time properly
to reply, with augmented rage and fury
went on to utter the most outrageous
threats against the editors, that impotent
malice and folly could fugged, swearing
repeatedly that if they should presume
to call into question his charac
ter, or political sentiments, or conduct,
he would —not prosecute them at Law,
nor take of them the usual fatisfadion
of a Gentleman, but hire bravoes
to assassinate them in secret /—Such
was the language of a man who
has been heretofore elevated to a
feat in Congress, who now holds an of
fice undei government, who is one of
the reprefentarivesat theGeneralCourt,
and is by profeffion an up-holder of the
Laws of his country, The perfonthusin
fultedwas foaftonifh'd,being confeious of
his never having given him the flighted
provocation, so filled with indignation
and contempt, that he felt him
felf utterly unable to make a suitable
reply, and soon left the house. Is this
the political tolerance so much boasted
of under the new administration ? Is
this the language and conduct of one of
its great abettors ? Will not his own
party disown, and blush for him ?—
DANIEL TREADWELL.
*, Much interesting Matter is in type, and
unavoidably omitted for want of room. We
fliall commence publishing the Laws of this
State in our next.
^ATURUdf, AUGUST 1, xßoi.
PORTSMOUTH.
TO THE PUBLIC.
For Philadelphia.
♦OCT t.
THE SCHOONER
iff!AMITY,
will fail next week for Phi
ladelphia— for Freight
or piffage aplv to
MARK SIMES,
Who has FOR SALE
100 bbls Philadelphia FLOUR,
l ooobulhels fine Liverpool Salt
1000 do. Maryland CORN.
5 Calks LINSEED OIL.
3 Tons Philadelphia IRON.
15 Hhds. MOLASSES.
12 Hhds. Jamaica RUM.
A few Hhds. Kiln dry'd CORN
MEAL.
Few bags COFFEE.
3 Chests Hyfon TEA.
'Portsmouth, August 1, 1801.
Now Landing from Ich. Sally,
AND FOR SALE BY°
Matthew S. Marsh,
Superfine and fine Baltimore
FLOUR and MIDDDINGS.
— ALSO—
A QUANTITY OF
Smith's COALS.
Portsmouth, July ISOI.
GLASS - WARE;
Containing Decanters, Wine-Glasses,
Tumblers, Salts and Cruits.
Three boxes PIPES.
„,Porfmowh, July 31, igbr.
EARTHERN IEAR E.
NOTICE is hereby given that
NOAH EMERY, ot Exeter, in
said County, Esq. has produced a copy
•f the last Will and Teftamant of Sarah
Rymes, late of Newburyport, in the
County of Essex, widow, deceased, with
a copy of the Probate thereof, duly au
thenticated, (of which Will his wife si
executrix,) to the Judge of Probate for
the County of Rockingham, where the
Testatrix had Estate whereon the said
Will may operate, and in writing desired
the fame may be tiled and recorded in the
Probate Office, in said county, pursuant
to law : Whereupon the said Judge
has assigned the 14th day of September
next, & the Probate Office in said Exeter,
as the time and place for taking the fame
into consideration, at which ime and
place any person may foew cause against
the filing and recording the fame.
Wm. PARKER, Regifer.
Exeter, July 14, 1801.
WE the fubferibers having been ap
pointed by the Hoti. Edward Cutts,
Elq. Judge of the Probate of Wills &c. for
the County of York, to receive & examine
the claims of the several creditors to the
edate of Wm. Ferguson, late of Kittery, in
said county, yeoman, deceased, represent
ed insolvent, do hereby give notice that 6
months from the 20th day of July instant
are allowed to said creditors to bring in
and prove their claims —and that we fliall
attend that service at the dwelling house of
Mrs. Mary Ferguson, the widow of said
deceased, in Kittery aforefaid, on the firft
Monday of Augutt next, and on the firft
Mondays of each of the five following
months, from three to fix o'clock, P. M.
JOSHUA HUBBARD,? Commif-
JOHN HILL, J foners.
Kiilery, July 31, 1801.
FOR SALE BY
Peter Coffin,
State of New HampJhne 7
Rockingham ff. )
THE creditors to the Estate of
WILLIAM LEIGH, late of Ports
mouth, Cordwainder deceased, represent
ed insolvent, are hereby notified, that a
further time of fix months from the 17th
day of June 1801, is allowed by the
Judge of Probate for said creditors to ex
hibit their claims —and that the fubferi
bers will attend that service at the Store
of Jeremiah Libbey in Mirket-ftrect,
on the bit Wednesday of July current,
and the second Wedoefday of the five
following months from 3 to 6 o'clock P.M.
JEREMIAH LIBBEY, ) Commf-
ISAAC RINDGE, > fanos.
EDWARD SARGENT, )
in Fore Street,
St. Martins SALT.
Isle of May . do.
Bohea 1 EA.
IRON and STEEL.
FLOUR and CORN.
Kiln dried MEAL.
Ship BREAD.
BEEF, PORK & TONGUES,
&c. &c. P&tfaouth, ^ulj 11, xSox.
FOR SALE BY
Clark & Connor,
Thirty Crates assorted
PortfmouQ, Jul, 8, 1801.
SALT.
SIX CRATES
Rockingham, Js.
An excellent TELESCOPE,
or Spy-Glab, for day or night.
Mariners BOOKS & CHARTS
and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Conditions will be made known at time
and place of sale, aud a liberal credit given
to the purchasers.
W M . BREWSTER, 1 ExecutmoffAd
WK. ATKINSON, J Gerris'k.
Doyer, August |, iSot.
J^gg^k CAN Thutfday next,
^'e6 b infcnr,^ti
r’' I"''^ 1 "''^ LOT OF LAND
fronting on Jeffrey.ftreet,
tear the hay-market, with a
v^y co„vementDWELLING HOUSE
having three lower rooms and three
chambers, a good cellar, under the whole
house, with out-nuufes, &c. all in con.-
pletc repair. —ALSO—
At 12 o'clock the fame day, will Refold
One half ofa Lot of Land &
Dwelling-.Houle, having four lower
rooms and two chambers, in Bartlett's
Lane, near the Jail, now occupied by
Stacy Kennison.
AUCTION,
Conditions may be known 8c
the premises may be viewed any time
previous to the Sale, by applying to
BICKFORD KENNISON,or
ABRAHAM ISAAC, Autfr.
Portfmowh, August I, 1801.
TO BE SOLD
AT AUCTION,
On TUESDAY the 6th day of
August next, 3t Ten o'clock before noon
at the fee lately occupied by
SAMUEL GERRISH,
deceased, on Dover Landing.
AN ASSORTMENT OF
European & Lidia
Long & Hamilton,
R U M.
Portjmouth, August 1, 1801.
ewnmmrc^mttu&QCTre-t l -^'QzaQ-QfoeQQ&Uv^rt^uufr
Mr. Turner
Respectfully Informs
his friends and the public in gene
ral, that his DANCING ACADEMY
was opened on Thursday last at the As
sembly Room—hours of attendance for
Masters and Miles, from 3 to 6 o'clock
P. M. on Thiirfdays and Saturdays ; —
should a fufficient number of grown la
dies and gentlemen offer, Mr. T. will
appropriate hours to their convenience.
Mr. T. will difpence with entrance
money were it has been paid to former
matters, in other refpeds the terms will
be four dollars admission and eight dollars
per quarter. Augufti, 1801
Second quarter of his Dancing
School, will begin on next Monday even
ing & Wednesday for large Class, and
Wednesday, and Saturday in the after
noon for the Imall Clafe% 8 Dollars, for
New Scholar, and 6, only for those who
have been before to his school.
Lately publifted in Bofen, and
now received and for Sale a/C.I'EIRCE's
Book /lore, No. § Daniel-dire?,
"J ORD LITTLETON'S
JL-4 obfervation'g on the Conversion
of St. Paul ; being an argumentative &
rational Defence of the Christian Reli
gion, in a letter to Gilbert Weft, Esq.
(handsomely bound ; price 3/9)
Also, just received & for fate 1, fatd Peirce,
An additional assortment of
ALL perlons indebted to, or that have
l any demands on the estate of Lieut.
CHASE WIGGIN, late of Greenland,
farmer,decea fed,repreiented insolvent, are
requeued to present their accounts, &c.
for settlement immediately, to he fubferi
ber administratrix to said Estate
ANN WIGGIN.
Greenland, Zluguft 1, IBof.
Stationary,Patent Medicines &c.
Portsmouth, Au^uft I, ißor.
Writing PAPER,
Claffcal & School Books,
And a Capital affo ttment of
F l cm Philadelphia,
INFORMS his old customers
and likewrfe the public, that he has
taken a drop in Liberty.lquoe, head of
Warner! wharf, where he carries on the
business of HairDreffing,Wig rn&n,&<.
He has hkewife by non, a quantity or
human Hair, which he will work in any
manner whatsoever. rupt.ft t.
A Convenient KOUSc, to Let
at the North end. Enquire fif*h.
Printers. ^wgtf L .&i.
REAL ESTATE at ~
GOODS.
Hugh H. Birch,
—ALSO—
A very elegant eight day
CLOCK with glass case.
If not Sold before at private Sale
Eighty Puncheons Tobago
Mr. Maurice's
FOR SALE RY