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I Turnpike Road. §
;; 7rHE Proprietors of.the New-X
Hamplhire Turnpike Road, I
having been notified by Thomas t
' Martin, Esquire, late Treasurer, t
^ that a second afTeUment of Three X
-: Dollars was made by the Directors t
+ on each proprietor's (hare, and that I
+ the fame was ordered to he colled- t
:: ed, on or before the ijth day oft
" February mftant. +
They are now required by or- t
+ der of the Directors to make imme- +
diate payment of said assessment, to t
the Treasurer, at his office, Daniel- $
.. street, Portsmouth, and receive the t
certificates of their refpedive shares. t
t SAMUEL ELLIOT, t
+ February 14, 1801. Treasurer. t
Joseph Haven,
INFORMS the public, he has this
day entered into Copartnership with
his Brother, JOSHUA HAVEN :—
The business in future will be done un
der the Firm of
Joseph & jojkua Haven,
who are now opening and for sale a
general affortrnent of GOODS,fuitable
to the season. He calls upon those who
are indebted to him to make speedy
payment to prevent farther trouble#
Portfmoutb, Oa.ber I, isoo.
FOR SALE, Br
Clark & Conner,
Edward J. Peirce,
HAVING now open for sale
a compleat assortment of
Crockery & Glafi Ware,
Will thank his Friends in town and
country to call at his
Crockery & Glass REare STORE,
®Siyn of the GOLDEN
PITCHER, in Daniel,
street, Portsmouth, Where
they cannot fail of being
suited, in Ware Faflnon
able, Good and Cheap. —
To enumerate the articles
would be tedious to the
reader, and not well com
port with a newspaper advertisement, —
He therefore invites them to call and fee
for themselves, where every favor will
be acknowledged with gratitude.
N Crates of well afforted' Ware
and boxes of Pipes, Suitable for country
Traders. ) Portsmouth, Dee. i§
Russia iron, do.
for Mill-Saws; Hart and Club
Steel ; Rock Salt ; Antigua Rum ;
Brandy; Coffee; Sugar; Tea; Flour %
Beef; Pork ; Butter; half barrels of
Neats Tongues; Tubs of Rounds ; Sole-
Leather ; Nova Scotia Grindstones, of
almost all sizes. —ALSO —
A few pieces of English Goods
—the above articles they will fell as low
for cash as can be had in this town.
Portsmouth, Feb.,, ifo^„,
Juft received, and for fate by
Timothy Winn,
BucAfreet —A general attortment of
GO O DS,
Suitable, for the season viz.- —
BROAD and sorest Cloths ;
Kerfeymeres; Coatings ; buffils;
Baizes, Flannels, Swanfdowns, Sw^nfkins
—Camel's hair Shawls of, various kindfy
Satins ; Luteftrings ; Modes ;
Calicoes; Chintzes ; Furniture Chintzes,
Calamancoes; Durants ; Tammies ; Mo
reens. A large variety ts
Mullins; Cotton Cambricks;
Muflinets; Dimities; Wildbores; Cam
blets ; Linens, Holland ; Cottons ;
Shawls; Handkerchiefs; Cotton, wors
ted and silk Hosiery ; long and short Kid
Gloves, silk ditto; Laces; Edgings ;
Ribbons, &c. &c.— also —
Hyfon, Souchong & Bohed Teas,
Poland Starch ; a few dozen English
Mustard ;—with many other articles too
tedious to mention, all which will be fold
wholesale and retail.
FOR SALE,
At No. y, Portfmouth.Pier,
26 hhds. good flavored RUM.
zoo bbls. BEEF.
Few bbls. New-York FLOUR.
Fresh RAISINS, &c. &c.
v Portsmouth, Feb. 7, ißoi.
CHEAP STORES
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1801.
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Portsmouth, Feb. 14, 180 T.
This day received a J n Jh Juppty of
VVRITING, Letter & Wrap
'' P' n g TAPER, viz—Letter Paper
from 21/ to 36/: per ream, or from 25 to
37 Cents pq quire; Writing Paper from
18/21/ 22/6, 24/ to 80/; per ream, or
20 Cents, to I Dollar per quire; Wrap
ping Paper from 6/: to 7/6 per ream, a few
reams of which is large and nice.
A great variety of Pocket Books.
Ivory Combs; Teeth Bru (lies; Razors ;
Penknives ; Shaving Boxes and Brushes ;
a few very handsome desk, counting-room
and chett Ink Stands, &c. &c.—For sale
at CHARLES PEIRCE, Bookstore,
, No. 5, Daniel' street, Portlmomh. Feb 6.
not approved, no gratuity will be exped.
ed.—Specimens to be seen at this office.
Portsmouth, Feb. 7, ißot.
■^-■■■■^wtmaHniiinii ki!Fniiijmwi
20 Dollars Reward.
BROKE Goal at Portsmouth,
on the night of the 12th instant,
JEREMY CONNER, committed for
forgery ; is about five feet fix inches high,
with a frefh bold countenance, had on a
light colored furtout mended with parch
es of another color, light yarn flockings,
with flfoes. Likewise, RICHARD
KING, a foreigner, committed for debt,
is about five feet four inches high, of
light complexion, dark hair, had on a
Lambskin Wrapper, and light flockings
and flioes. Whoever will return said
Runaways to the goal in Portsmouth,
shall have the above reward, or for either
of them Ten Dottars.
delivered at the South Church in Ports
mouth, N. H. 4th fanuarv, by
TIMOTHY ALDEN, JUN. A. M.
Is published—and for sale by
William Treadwells Co.
At the Pprtfmouth Bookflore, and H.
RANLET, Exeter. Price 2 $ cents.
The sermon is iriferfperfed with
a number of Historical Notes, the most
importarit of which give a brief account
of the Colleges which have been estab
lished in the United States, and some of
the principal American mechanical in
ventions—the executive officers of Dart
mouth College—the Academies in the
date of N. H.—th^ number of Dwelling
houses and streets in Portfitouth—the
number of those who died,with the yel
low fever & dysentery in Fortfinouth, in
1798 —the number of flipping belong
ing to the town—the Portsmouth Pier —
new Market—Aquedud—Pavements—
Lombardy Poplars—and a lift of the
houses which have been luirnt in the
town—also, an account of the great snow
in 1717 —the aurora borealis—the dark
day in 1780 —and the Earthquakes which
have been felt in New-England since its
firtl settlement.—An appendix to the
work gives a pretty accurate statement of
the Newspapers which have ever been
publiflied# in New-Hampshire.
Miniature Painter,
RESpe&fully informs the in
habitants of Portsmouth, that he
intends to remain in this place a short
time, during which, those who please to
favor him with commands may depend
on having Striking likenesses, which if
ALL perlons who ate
indebted to, or have demands
against the Inflate of
ELIPHALET HALE,
late of Exeter, gentleman, deceased, are
requested forthwith to fettle with the sub
scribers, Administrators of said estate.
DOROTHY HALE,
WILLIAM HALE.
^Exeter, February.! 3, 1801.
JOHN GAINS,
Clock and Watch-Maker,
HAS just received by the latest
arrivals from London, a handsome
Assortment of Warranted
WATCHES,
" bich are now ready for sale at his fliop
in Fore-street.
Clock & Watch Making busi
ness as usual. Portsmouth, fan. 24.
Wrapping, Writing and Letter
PAPER.
A few Tons of
Screw'd HAY,
is wanted, apply to
D. & J. CUTTER.
Portfmoutb February 7
TIMOTHY GEKRISH,
, Prison Keeper.
Portsmouth, Feb. Q, iSor.
Century Sermon,
Mr. Roberts,
ift. Many of the Jacobins even now,
and all of them during the reign of the
Five Directors in France, were opposed
to a single Executive :—They think
that it smells too much of monarchy
which they dread.-Tbey prefer a many
headed monster, because it would re
semble a committee of fafety and cor
respondence, which to them is an ob
je& of the highest veneration because it
was revolutionary. With such views,
they have rnanifefted a footed averfion
to this branch of the Government.—-
Knowing that a single Executive, arm
ed with proper powers to prote& the
good, from the lawless; and to .enforce
the execution pf the laws, which is his
province and principal use, would be
peculiarly obnoxious to, their schemes
of disorganization, would nip whifky,
frolics in the bud, and level liberty poles
with the Executive sword, they have
always dreaded, opposed,& calumniat
ed this firff, best officer of the Govern
ment.
In all qbefticbs therefore before Congress, they
have opposed every attempt to render the execu
tive independent, and to clothe him with neceffa
fy powers.—They ftfove to narrow hi, power of
appointment, @nd tried to deprive him of the
right, to remove inferior officers.
They endeavored to render whs nugatory
the power to appoint ahibaffadors; by basely
refufing to p, them.— The attempted to nullify
the treaty-making power, by refusing to per
form the ftipu|ations of treaties.—They made a
bold attack on the undaunted Washington,
and demanded, like Highwaymen, with popular
arms instead of warlike weapons, the surrender
of secret executive inftruaionz.-, They,
found Washington as fearlefs of mobs and
popular clamor, as of personal danger.—They<
tr^d tofarve the Prerident, and have inccffantly
clamored at the immoderate salary allowed him.
They have now an opportunity to exercise
their principles, on one of their own servants.—
All America, will now be the Witnesses of their
Splendid economy.
Idly. The judiciary is too terrible to the fac
tious, to escape their most inveterate hatred.—
Knowing that, as the public prejudice# will not„
allow a military force to strengthen the cxe'-°
cutive arm,the judiciary alone exhibits the pub
lic force, and that the sword of the marshal is
the only iharp weapon which our feeble go
vernment can present to offenders:—Knowing
alfo,that the judici? 1 courts hold the keys of
the defile, from which " Republican" libellers/
But should the untoward event take
place, that the nev j administration.
Ihould reverse all the maxims of the pass,
and should adopt those bold, dangerous
and deftrudive doctrines which the Ja
cobins have advanced, then it will be
ufeful to have marked out clearly and
precisely the rocks, fhoab and currents,
to which the bark of Government is to
be exposed, that the crev after warn
ing the Captain of the danger, may at
the moment wbtn deftruftion ferns ine
vitable refeue the bark, their lives and
property, and condud them with fafe
ty into a secure and peaceful haven.;
For the fake of perspicuity, in consi
dering the principles of the Jacobins, J
shall pursue the order in which I con
sidered the principles of the Federal
ists.
• By a full difplri, of their principles,
before the event takes pldce, we shall
be able to cofront them, to refute their
claims, to ftiew that we have always
fapported, .and thrit they have violently
opposed those very measures, which they
may then commend. Os if the Jaco
bins, Which is ftor& probable shall then
throve themselves into an opposition to
their oven rulers, fecaufe they support
federal principles, the Federalists by
such a full display as we propose, may
be able to shew that they a& with perfect
consistency in supporting warmly an ad
ministration which they, once dreaded,
and that their opponents aft prefedly
in character in opposing it.
MR. RUSSELL,
I SHALL now confide rthe second branch of
my fubje&, viz.— W bit have been the principles,
•which the jacobins hive advocated 1 ; and
to enforce nuhich, they force effected a change.
j am sensible, that t may be thought,
that this part of the fibject mdy be Spee
dily difeuffed, by remarking that tb.^
Jacobins have uniy&fally condemned
every measure which,the Federalists
have adopted, and have uniformly ad
vocated and promoted principles which
the Federalists have,dreaded./
But it may be peculiarly tifeful to de
tail those dangerous maxims and mea
sures which ttefeftious have tried tq
enforce. If the new administration
Should pursue the Steps of their prede
teffors and support those excellent mea
sures which we have found so promotive
of the public welfare, these Jacobins,
among wh@m are the rhoft unprincipled
men in society, may claim the merit of
having introduced such excellent meh
into office, , ..
Fra tie CENTINEL.
The Consistent FEDERALIST,
Political Mifcellariy
Kot Xi.
No. V.
No. 20.
~^^^=¥— — ^ ^^.a
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TWELFTH YEAR.
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, . Printer of the Laws &c. of
in N'ew-Hdmpfhire.
Oracle of ty^m'
! —: —0 ,
EVERY individual has singled out in his im
agination a certain period of fituatidri, in
which he expe&s.to experience the highest state
of human enjoyment. The boy, who longs to
be released from the restraints itnppfed by par
ents or teachers, looks forward to maphood at
a happy state of independence—as a period in
which he shall tirfle the, highest .pleasures, by
being niafter of his own actions. In the,rf
fage.of manbood, happiness, is considered as infep
araGle from a married life. . To taste joy, it is
then thought necessary to form some social con
nexions, and prove the freets of domeficen
dearments. The father .of a family hopes to fee
ths time when he shall be able to support it in
affluence and splendor—when, by pollening
riches, he shall be relcafedfrom all the appre
hensions which attend a ciramferibod fortune,
and which he at present confiders as the only
obflacles to his felicity.-
These different periods, however, are so gra
dual in their approach,and the pleasures expect
ed from each become so familiarized by antici
pation, that the changes take place without
occasioning any alteration in the sensations of
the mind with refpedt to happiness. As plea
fufes expelled, appear near at hand, the mind
idfenfibly extendsits views to others Rt.a great
er distance, which .are as yet new in idea, and
hade not loft the greater part of their sweetness
by long expectation. , , % ;
Thus the period of enjoyment changes With
dot circumftances,and removes itfelf in propor
tion to the increase of our information. We
yjew it continually in the advance, until, with
out having apparently gained the least, age fud
deely shews it ih the rrfr^e3— For that Pf,
od'multat length arrive, when ,^mttrmkjes r
which attend advanced li& will iqtmrate that
the moments of enjoyment arc p a ^- ,
from this short statement the opinion may be
hazarded,that life isat every ftag< equally capable
of happiness. Change constituted pleasure;
and as map is continually experiencing it, he
possesses at all times, with some few exceptions
for unfortunate circumflances, the fame propor
tion of fatisfadion. The quantum of happi
ness depends upon th^difpofiuon. Mild and
benevolent men may enjoy a larger proportion
than others of a contrary character. The
quantity possessed by each individual will, how
ever prove at every . period the fame. All ap
parent variations will be found, when exatnined,
to exist in the mode, and not in the degree.
Is Manhood.
As the descending regent of the day,
With milder radiance makes the heavens gay :
So in the eve of life well-l'pent, we find, 1
The mind inftru&ivc, and the foul refign'd,
To death, in age.
They possessed little er none of the property
which, would be taxed to perform the public en
gagements, and therefore as usual, they were
the most proper people to clamour against it. —
They opposed therefore thefundi^ M'" ingenc,
ral and in detail.--They clamoured against the,aft
fumption of the state debts, which was so just
and so ufeful to Maffaebufate, which had so Ifo
6erally supported the war. They cloaked their
unprincipled opposition under the color of a
with to diferiminate the real fufferers, from spe
culators because they knew the latter to be im
praaicable, and that the object would be defeat
ed.—The Conftitufion to be sure had engaged to
fulfil the public centralis, but what is the Can
fitution to Jacobins.? Did a Constitution pre
vent Barras from hurling Carnot from the
Dire&ory ? Or did it restrain Bonaparte
from nominating,Moreau as his successor ? Or
did it present our jacobins from applauding
those measures. LEONIDAS.
As the tall cedar o'er the lesser trees,,
As the proud; rivers more than fountains plcafc,
As the full iheaf rewarding labour past,
Bleft by the fun, nor hurt by noxious blast,
Is Infancy.
As the fair spring in,op'ning blofloms gay,
As a bright riling fan portends the day :
As the kind earth by gentle dews refresh'd.
So by the gifts of education bleft,
Is Youth.
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE..
As thepure faow,by ruffling winds when driv'n,
Sweet foft'ring gift of an indulgent heav'n;
And as the timid doe whofc fwift alarm,
All unoffending, hath the power, to charm,
THE MORALIST—No. 391.
and " Republican,", traitors are compelled to
look at liberty through iron grates, they have
always vilified and endeavored to degrade this
important branch of the government.-=They
fuccecded in the firft judicial aCt to limit the
powers of the Courtf/r within the boundaries
permitted by the Constitution ; and the bill now
before Congress to extend the Federal judicial
authority to the case whiett the FrorLE in
their Conftitiitiqn have authorized the cogni
zance pf, these pretended " Friends of the people"
have violently opposed. In Short it has beri
their policy to Weaken the orilyfrong branch of
government, co Strip it of its powers and prero
gatives, and to retain in che State courts that au
thority which the nation alone ought to etercife,
Is this aftoniShing ?In Virginia, thefete court
Invariably decided again! the recovery of Bri
tish debts due fiom the people of Virginia, and
this in the face of the treaty, of ^ace. This
conduct has exposed the nation to daims of Seve
ral millions of dollars.' A, soon as th# Federal
Courts went there. 8 EritiSh debts were (as they
ought to have been) recovered. Is it then Grange
that the southern jacobins Should hate the judi
ciary of the United States ?
" For who e'er felt the baiter draw
* With approbation of tbe law ?"
idly. The Jacobins are cempofed cither of idle,
defp*ate, unprincipled partizans, or of ambi
tious cunning leaders, who use the others as
tools.—PdTeffed of little or no property, consi
dered as a party haying no private credit, it was
natural that they Should embody themselves as
the foes of public credit.; Os the promises of the
government, they possessed none ;—they, could
not therefore fee the propriety of performing
them.—As they had never felt the moral obli
gation to pay.their own debts, they could form
no conception of the duty to pay the debts of
the public.
PRICE I.DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum
CSIR,
Our feelings too well accord with, thole that
dictated the Resolution of which we have the
honor to cranfmit a copy, not to render the exe
cution of the talk , committed to us peculiarly a
greeable, We have long been a§cultomed to
contemplate with sentiments of exalted fatisfac
tion, the virtues, public and private, which a
dorn your character; and the dircinguifhed talents
and fcrviccs which place you in the firft rank of
citizens eminently ufeful to their country. To
attempt to retrace the variety of arduous an^
honourable exertions which have marked your
public career, would be an office to which we.
do not feel ourselves equal. Neither does it re
quire our ,testimony co record, what will ever,
find an indelible memorial in the minds and.
hearts of the enlightened and just; that in the ;
great events which accomplished the! American
Resolution you were among the most confpi-,
cucus; and that your abilities, patyotifm and
energy, then anQ Jince, have been repeatedly
difpjayed with Itfftre, as well in the Councils o(
this State, and of the United' states, as in ths
different diplomatic t;ufts ccbfi<kd„to your
charge. The part you a&ed ,tiforming the^
Constitution of the Sta^, and in promoting
the adoption of the National Government ; the
important Treat, which terminated the control,
verfy for Independence —and the Convention
which lately preferred your country from bemg
involved in a pernicious war,(defeating the pre*
di&ions of evil and confirming the anticipations
Tn pursuance of the diredions of themeating,
at which the foregoing resolutions were puffed,
the committee addressed the, following letter to
his Excellency Governor Jay, inclofing that
which refpeded himfclf; to which they have
received.the subsequent answer. They have al
lo the fatisfa&ion of assuring their Fellow-Citi
zens, that the Lieut. Governor, so justly esteem
ed by the wife and virtuous of all denominations,
will be a candidate for the office of Governor at
the next election.
At a numerous and resettable meeting of the F EDE
RAL FREEHOLDERS of the City of New-
Torh, dt the Tontine City Hotel, on Tuefday the
ljtb day of January I&CI, convened ,urfuant
to public notice, to conftder ts a proper person to
be nominated for Governor of this State, at tbe
issuing election :
Cornelius Ray, Esq. in the Chair.
HIS Excellency Governor JAY having de
clined the fuffrages of his fellow-citizen#
for the office of Governor at the next election ;
and this meeting conceiving it necessary to draw
the public attention to a person proper to succeed
him; therefore,
Resolved, 'unanimously, as the sense of ibu meeting,
That Stephen Van Rensselaer, Esq. our present
Lieutenant Governor, is a proper person to exe
cute the office of Governor of this State ; and
that if he shall be a condidate ,at the ensuing
election, this meeting will give him their cordial
fuffcages and most zealous support.
, Rtfolved, unanimomfy, That this meeting en
tertain a high and grateful sense of the eminent
services which Governor Jay has rendered to
his country in the various and important Ra
tions he has filled, as well during as since our
revolution ; and that, in the opinion of this
meeting, he will carry with him into his retire
ment, and continue to possess, the exalted c(-
teem and affectionate remembrance of every en
lightened and impartial friend to the Liberty,
Peace and Happiness of his country.,
Refolded, further, That Robert Troup, Richard
Harrison, Cornelius Ray, Archibald Gracie, fames
Watson, William W. IVoolfey, and fames M.
Hugbes, Efqrs. be,a committee to make known
to the perlon before mentioned the sense of this
meeting, apd to communicate with our Fellow-
Citizens, in other parts of the State, receding
the ensuing Election of Governor and Lt. Gov
ernor ; reporting the result to this meeting at
as early a day as may be practicable.
Refolded, That the preceding Refolbtions be
pubhffied in the news-papers.
By order of the Committee, ,1
CORNELIUS RAY, Chairman.
Nath'l Pendleton, Sec.
Life, like the gentle Stream, may be disturb,
ed by too severe a gale; it may be impeded in
its progrefs,or diverted from its ordinary courfc;
but the difficulties furnaounted, it returns co its
former channel, and regains its former tranquil
lity- -
The mind, however, is notcalculated to hear
extremes long. Violent grief is always of Short
continuance : it gives place to the calmness of
melancholy recollection, which is soon loft in
some animating expectation.—Extreme joy is
a|fo momentary, and is always succeeded by
that tranquility which is the ordinary State of
exigence. .
In the early part of existence, while life itfc!f
is yet a novelty, pleasure is derived from almost
every, objeCt. In maturer age, most of these
objects become familiar, and cease to please.—
Comfort is then obtained through the medium
pf d.omcftic happiness, or from some profperouj
occupation—the quantity not increased, but re
ceived through a different channel. Even in
old age, a State generally fappofed uncomforta
ble, life will be found co approach the fame
Standard ; the pleasures,perhaps, not so evident,
owing to their mildness, but less, liable to in
terruption, because dependent on a greater va
riety of objects. The closer connections of life
may be diffo|ved ; but the affections become
dtffufed among a more numerous train of. rela
tions—none, perhaps, so tender in their alliance
yet Sufficient in number to impart thefame
quantum of enjoyment. The pleafurc formerly
experienced in a life of activity, is now found
in a State of repose ; and though anticipation
may have entirely ceased, its place is Supplied
by reflection, and such a proportion of indiffer
ence as permits the present fcencs of life to be
Viewed with the ealmnefs of a disinterested fpec
tatqr. ~1
There are ioftances, it is true,in which a
month, a year, or perhaps a longer period, may
be rendered unpleasant—when persons may
taste the extreme of human wretchedness. ,
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO
GOV. JAY,
-, —r 0
NEW-YORK, JAN. IJ, I^l.