The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-04-25 00:00:00, page 1

The wood lands are very val
liable, and will be fold in small lots, to
accommodate a number of purchasers.
The personal estate for lalc,
consists of Houfrhold Furniture, Corn,
Potatoes, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs; Carts,
and Wheels, Slead, Chains, Yokes, Plows,
and other farming utcnfils, and many
other articles too numerous to mention.
PUBLIC VENDUE.
TO BfrOLD,
On TUESDAY^epth day 0/ May next
enfoing, at Eleven if the clock, A. M. at
the Town Clet k's Office.
That trad of LAN D lying
on the north fide of the road lead,
ing over Great Swamp, (so call'd) from
Portsmouth to Greenland, containing
187 acres, to be fold in lots of ten acres
each, from No. Ito jB, to suit the con
veniency of those who may want a small
Lot, as on a plan, which may be seen by
applying to the fubferiber, owner of said
Tract ; a read of two rods wide from
north to fouth, is opened for the conve
niency of the purchafers—lt consists of
between thirty and forty acres of arable,
with good pasturing, abounding with
an innumerable growth of White Oaks,'
Beach trees, Maple trees, Pines, &c. in
abundance, not a single tree has been cut
down for 19 years pall, Dnlefs to repair
fences, which are few. ,
On Tuefday 29th instant,
10 o'clock A. M. at the late droeLing-koufe
oj JOSIAH GILMAN, FJ,. deceafcd,
PART of the real and
perfonsl Eftatc of Lid decerfe ? , viz.
The aforefaid Dwellin^-houfe,
Barn, and about z| acres of land adjoin
ing, pleafanily fituateJ for a number of
Heufe Lots; one quarter of an acre near
bid boule very valuable.
The one half of 22 acres about
73 rods distant, which is excellent mow
ing & tillage land, with a valuable growth
of Oak Timber on one part. Afo
Thirty-fix acres of excellent
Pasture and Wood Land, about t mile
diflant.
Conditions of Sale, and Plans offaid lands
may be seen at time and [lace.
B. C. GILMAN,
Adminifo ator of said Ejlate.
Exeter, April 17, ißdi.
Thirty-nine acres of the best
of Wood and Meadow Land, about two
miles from fail house. Likewise
A good Pasture near said
Meadow, on which there is confidtrable
Pine Timber.
Difrid, of New- Ham/fire,fs.
NOTICE is hereby given, that
a libel is filed in the Diftria Court
for bid Diftria, by Thomas Martin,
Esq. Collcaor of bid pitiria, against
three barrels of SUGAR and one calk of
RUM —f° r that the lame were illegally
imported into the United States, in the
brigantine called the Eagle—and that trial
will be had upon said libel, ata special
Diftrid Court, to be holder )at the Court
House in Porrfmoutb, in said Diftria, on
the 27th day of April current—by order.
$f the Hon. John Pickering, Esquire,
Diftria Judge of laid Diftria.
EDWARD HART. @t, Mofol.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY- FIFTH YEAR.
TO BE SOLD,
And possession given ift July next,
THAT Convenient
DWELLING HOUSE in Buck
ftreet, known by the sign of the Golden-
Anchor —for terms apply to
Thomas Hyde.
April iS. 1801.
Any person or persons desiring
to view the premises, by applying to Mr.
Tobias Leaf, who liveson Mr. Wasner's
farm, adjoining laid Land, will fliew
them the property and give any inforcha
lion relating to the premilcs they may re
quire ; the conditions of Sale will,be made
known at time and place of Sale.
Hyde & Lye!
IS this [day dissolved by mutual
consent, ALL peifons indebted to, or
that have any demands oh said firm, are
requested to call at their drop Buckftreet
for leulement. THOMAS HYDE
ALEXANDER LYEL.
Portsmouth, April Is, ISOI,
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
the United States
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1801.
George Wentworth.
Portsmouth, April 17,
flit Web States
By virtue of licence from the Hen. %d„'
The COPARINERSHIP of
At Public Vendue,
VENDUE.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HAB ITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDIST RN ST BLE SVPeOKTS.—%SHING^^^
f Probate, vaill befobl
Pifeataqua Bridge.
THE Proprietors are request-
JL ed to call on the Treafmer, at his
Office in Daniel ftreer, for the femi-an
nud dividend of Toll, made the fath day
of April current.
SAMUEL ELLIOT, Treafotcr
Portsmouth, April 10. ißoi.
THE Hull of a new Vclßl,
about 100 tons burthen, now budd
ing, and which will be launched the hft
of June. F>r particulars apply to
JABEZ YOUNG ofYork, (Maine.)
YoA, April 17
NOW LENDING,
AND FOR SALE, BY
Silas Holman,
At No. 7, Portsmouth Pitr,
A Few bales excellent Georgia
COTTON.
Other GOODS as usual.
FOR SALE
By Thomas bheafe
At Lis flore, North End.
Ruffin. & Swedes IRON.
7 by 9 & io by 8 window Glass.
Herring Nets. Bank Hook,
15 thread Lines. Sewing Twihe.
Sheet LEAD, &c.
Imported m thefhip Harriot /, ,m Briflal,
agcneral afotmenl of GOODS in the
Ship Chandlery Line.
at their ftoie in Fore-Street ;
the following articles:
RUSSIA & Ra-+Qnart black Jacks,
vens DUCK.IPint ditto.
Russia Sheeting. pint ditto.
PITCH. TAR. *Speaking Trumpets
ROSIN. ±Horn Lanthorns.
BRIMSTONE. +Tm ditto.
Black Varnish. ¥ Sailors Pots.
Sheathing NAILS.TCofte Pots.
Deck NAILS. sos, 15 & izthread
20 I, rod, 64 & 4 d , Lmes.
NAILS. ±Deep fca Lines and
2d &81 Sprigs. £ Leads.
Pump NAILS. THand Lead Lines&
4.^ 6d &8d Clouts.f Leads.
Scupper NAILS. +Marline.
Club AXES. 3Whipping Twine.
Carpenters ditto. ^Sewing Twine.
Coopers Adze. y Mackerel Lines.
Ships ditto. ^Buntings.
Hatchets. ^CHARTS, viz.
Iron Shovels, ^Romans Gulf,
Jack & Smoothings W. India Charts,
PLANES. ^Coaft of France,
Fry PANS. + Mediterranean,
Best Steel Plated! North Sea,
Hand-Saws. sot. Geo. Channel,
Iron ditto. "fcoaft of Guinea,
A variety of +Moore's Epitome,
H and HL hinges, foramen's Journals,
Butt Hinges. !
GIMBLETS. wink Powder.
CHISELS. ^lnk Stands.,
GOUGES. + Brass Cou:paffes.
AUGERS. Wood ditto.
Bung Borers. JTelefcoprs,
Draw Knives. TQ^adrants.
Brass Cocks. ±Round Sea Hooks.
Tin'd Iron Tables, Sail Needles.
Spoons. Paint Brushes.
Tea ditto. * far Brushes
Gridirons. ySafh Tools.
Tormentors, ^Scrubbing Brushes.
Ladles. ±CLmps.
Wood Screws. ^Mops.
Post Coffee Mills. * Hanks.,
Pump Hammers. +fime Glasses.
Carpenter's ditto. ^Binnacle Lamps.
Tinder Boxes, with! Dividers
Flints & Steels. ^Gunter Scales.
Jipan'd Candleflicks ± Ground SPANISH
Chest Locks. f BROWN.
Cabin door Locks. ^Ground hellozv Oke:.
Banbury Locks. tVrnetian Red.
Padlocks. rPruflian Blue.
Knives. y Vermillion.
Palm Irons. +White Lead.
Pin Mauls. 'Red Lead.
Caulking Irons. , Logs& Log Reels.
Making Irons. yLead Penci, ls.
Making ditto. yPhilad. Camboofes.
W. India Goods as ujual.
WINES ; BRANDY ;
TEAS ; IRON, &c.
Long & Hamilton,
ONE handforoe new ftanding
top CHAISE, and two second-hand
ditto, to be fold reasonably — lnquire of the
Printer,^ Zpril jf
CHAISE Jor Jale.
A BARGAIN !
AND FOR SALE BY
POE BALL,
An ACT authorijing the Secretary of the
Treasury to employ Clerks for eompleat
ina the alfrafh of the valuation of lands
and diveiling bodies, and the enumera
tion effaces.
BE it enaaej by tie Senate and Hsufe of Repre
sentatives of tie United States of America in
Congress affcmbled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed to employ clerks for fucli compensa
tion as he shall judge reasonable, to complete
the abftrads of the valuations of lands & dwell
ing houses, and the enumeration of slaves with
in the United States, under the direction of the
commissioners authorized to direct the coinpleat
ing of such abftra&sjn those states where clerks
cannot be procured by the commissioners for
the compensation allowed by law to clerks sos
performing that business, agreeably to the pro
vifione of the following a<fts ; that is to fay, an
a% intituled, " An a& to provide for the. valua
tion of lands and dwelling houses, and the enu
meration of slaves within the United States ;'
an a&, intituled, " An a& supplementary to the
ad, intituled, an a& to provide for the valua
tion of lands and dwelling houses, and the enu
meration of slaves within the United States ,"
and an a&, intituled, “ An aft to provide for
equalizing the valuation of unseated lands."
An ACT concerning the Mint.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United Statu of America in
Congress asl embled,^t the Mint shall remain in
the City of Philadelphia, until the fourth day
of March, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and three.
aft to flATtjb a general S.Utnf Office.
BE it enacid by the Senate and /Fuji of Re,re,
fentatives of te United States of America it
Congress afonbled, That whenever any person
or persons shall pay to a Collector of the Reve
nue, the duty chargeable by law on 2 deed, in
flrumeat or writing, on which the damp duty
chargeable by law shall not have been paid, to
gether with the further funi of ten dollars, and
flnil obtain the endorsement and receipt of such
Collector, upon such deed, instrument or writ
ing, therefor, agreeably to the provisions of an
aft, intituled, “An a€c to clablilh a general
Ramp office," passed on the twenty-third day
of April, in the year one thoufanJ eight hun
dred, it shall be lawful for such person or per
sons, to produce such deed, instrument or writ
ing, to the Supervisor of the revenue wit ifr.
whose diftri&s such person or per sons ffiall te
fide; which supervisor thereupon shall certify
under his hand and seal, and upon some part
of the said deed, instrument or writing, that
the fame, so endorsed, has been produced to him,
and that the said endorfenent is, Qis belief,
genuine; after which faidendorfenwfc & cer
tificate,and not otherwise, itch deed, instrument
or writing, (bail be to all intents and purposes
as valid and available as I the fame had been
or were damped, counter-damped, or marked
as by law required ; any thing in any aft to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2. And be it father 3c?&ed, That so much
of the aft, intituled, " A)a& to establish a
general damp-office," as requires certain duties
to be performed by the Surveyors of the Reve
nue, shall be, and the fameis hereby repealed.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the Hufe of Representatives.
JAMES HILLHOUSE,
Prudent of tbeSenate, pro tempore.
Approved March ;, A. D. 1801.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefidert of the United Stater
The Colled ors of the Revenue designated be
low, are the only persons authorifed by law in
the Diftrieft of New-Hamrfhire to receive pay
ment of the fines and duties mentioned in the
above ad, and to endorse receipts for the fame
on instruments, writings, Ac. chargeable by law
with damp duties, on which damps shall not
have been placed.
Places of residence. Counties.
Samuel Elliot, Coihaor, Portsmouth, Rockingham.
Samuel Crfby, do. Cbarlejlmn, Cbejkire.
jfames feuett, do. Dover, Strafford.
Daniel Warner do. Amberfl, Hilfborough,
Andreev S. Crockery do. Haverhill Grafton.
Sic. 2: Andie it fuificr coaled, That during
the continuance of the Mint at the city of Phi
ladelphia, the duties now enjoined on the chief
justice of the United States, the Secretary and
Comptroller of the Treasury, the Secretary for
the Department of State, and the Attorney
General of the United States, by the eighteenth
fedlion of the a&, intituled, " An a& eftablilh
ing a Mint, and regulating the coins of the U
nited States," paged the second day of April,
one thousand fevea hundred and ninety two,
shall be performed by the diftria judge of
Pennfylvania,the attorney for the United States
in the diftria of Pennsylvania, and the commif
fibner of loans for the State of Pennsylvania.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES HILLHOUSE.
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
APPROVED, March, 3, A. D. 1801.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefdent oftbe United States.
An ACT to amend the aft, intituled, "An
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
S,saber of the Hcufe of Reprefstatues.
JAMES ' HILLHOUSE,
Prefidcht of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved, MAftCH 3, A. I). ißci.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prcfident of the United States.
Sixth Congress of the United States, ot the second
S@n, begun anJ befit at the City r s Washington,
in the Territory of Columbia on Monday the I (th
cf November, one thousand eight hundred.
Laws of the Union.
PUBLISHED rr AUTHOR ITT.
^XI.
No. 2% e
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampffiire.,
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIRTEENTH! YEAR.
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' prize that Infants fl^uld vote ^irf Mr.
Gerry !!!
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Aminin
A GREAT AND GOOD MAN.
CIR John Mafon' was born in the
' reign of Henrv VII, and lived in
high esteem with Henry VIII, Edward
V?, Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth ;
having been a privy-counfellor to each
es the. four last, and an accurate obser
ver of all the various revolutions and
vicillitudes of those times. When he
lay on his death-bed, he called his fam
ily together, and addressed them in the
following terms :—“ Lo ! here I have
lived to fee five Princes, and have been
a counfellor to four. I have seen the
most remarkable things in foreign parts,
and been present at most state transac
tions for thirty years together : And I
have learned this, after so many years'
experience—That Seriousness is the
greatest Wisdom— Temperance the Best
Physician—and a good Confcicnce the
best Estate ; and were I to live again, I
would exchange the Court for a Clois
ter ; my privy-council's bustles, for a
Hermit's retirement, and the whole life
I have lived in the Palace, for one
hour's enioyment of God in try Clo
set." All things else forfake me, except
my God, my Duty and m, Prayers:
IN the year 3,, our nation was truly proflrate'
its agriculture, its commerce, its industry, in
every branch, languishing under the benumb
ing influence of an expiring confederation. By
the efforts of the Federalists the, present nation
al constitution was substituted, and by them also
its powers have been hitherto administered with
unexampled fucccfs— Nation.:! refpeaability has
taken place of national insignificance — Public cre
dit has been cftablithed ; a brilk circulation of
money has succeeded to a scarcity, which had
Stagnated every channel of bufmeG. Our im
portant Weftern posts, so long unjustly with
held, have been recovered —Qe navigation, of
the MiffUippi has been laid open to us—Our
commerce and our agriculture have equally,
under the auspices cf this government, flourish
ed—Our merchants have extended their enter
prize, and our farmers, from a ready and fare
sale of the fruits of their industry, have become
unembarrassed and independent. Through a
period of more than eight years, in which the
nations of Europe have been the victims of ;
bloody and deftrudive war—a war in which
the rival views of some of the principal powers
have placed our government in the molt per
plexing Situations; such has been the wifuon,
of its conduct, that we have felt but a very
small proportion of the ills which have over
whelmed other counties, and it may be boldly
affirmed, that internal prosperity and external
fafety have been the substantial effeds of the
plan of administration devised and upheld by
the Federalists.
While, as to. the past, we have much matter
for proud retrofpedlion, and may cherish the
plcafing reflection, that our exertions have not
only aimed at the public good ; but with the
blessing of I'rovidence, have accomplished ft.
Neverchelcfs, in the competitions infcparable
from popular governments, the casual prepon
derance of the party, Which originally with
stood the adoption of cur federal constitution,
and has since opposed its administration, has in
some mcafure transferred the power into their
hands. Whether they will employ it for the
purposes of hazardous innovations, or, govern
ed by the lights of experience, will conform to
the principles which have produced so many
public benefits, remains to be seen. If happily,
the lattei ihall be the case, it will be a favorable
omen of the liability of our Republic, and will
afford to good men the confulation, that our
national interests are and will be fafe, notwith
standing the alternative triumphs of contending
parties.
But uncertain as we are, what will be the
conduct of the now administration, the zeal of
those who have promoted and hitherto support
ed the padhappy couife of our public affairs,
ought to derive from their present appearance
an additional incitement to exertion. They
ought to omit no just efforts which will tend to
prevent the whole political power of the com
munity from palling into the hands of those,
who as it regards our national affairs, are yet to
give proofs whether they are rash or danger
ous innovators, or temperate and faithful guar
dians of the public weal.
In suggesting this motive, far be from us the
intention of anticipating or encouraging oppo
sition to the new administration. We firmly
cruft that the conduct of the Fedcralifts will
exhibit an honorable contrast to that of their
opponents ; not only by acquiescence under,
but by the fair and cordial support of an intelli
gent and virtuous administration of our govern
ment, of whatsoever party its administrators
may be.
IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS.
Extractedf ran an addrtfs to the EleDors of Aezv-
Tork, ,üblifcd in she S,carter.
When the Archduke Charles was on his way'
from Bohemia, co take command of the army
of Germany, as he approached the feene of ac
tion, he fell in with a number of wounded men
wlio were abandoned by their companions on
the road, for want of horses to draw the carri
ages in he retreat, —The Prince immediately
ordered the horses to be unyoked from fevcial
pieces of cannon that were hkewife retreating,
faying, that these brave men were better worth
saving than a few pieces ®f cannon. A hen
General Moreau heard of this benevolent trait,
he ordered these cannon to be restored, obler
ing, “ that he would take no cannon that were
abandoned from such humane motives ! ' #
Valuable Mifcellanv.
TRAITS OF GENEROSITY.
It is not in truth a neutral confedera
cy for the support of neutral rights, but
it is a hostile compact for the . purpose
of aiding one of the belligerent nation,.
If any man doubted on this fubje&, let
him reflect for a moment on the object
for which the northern nations are con
tending. Suppose for the present, that
they were right in the principles which
they set up, what will they gain, and
what will they lose by their present at
tempts? As to Raffia, has fa fuffered
by the exercise of the right of search?
or by the capture cf enemy's property
in her bottoms ? No, It is notorious,
that Ruflia never has been to any con
siderable decree the carrier of the pro
perty of other nations. Os course she
can have experienced no vexations and
no losses which should induce her to
take so bold and expensive a measure.-.-
But flie will lop her Est customer Great-
Britain, and her little trade will either
be wholly cut off or confined to the in
hospitable shores of the Baltic and Black
Sea. What will (he then gain by the
establishment of principles, even if the
should succeed, which will certainly be
denied in every future war by any na
tion which Ihall have the command of
the ocean? ..., ,
This would be true in some measure, if the
principles were clearly well-founded,and involv
ed interests which were valuable. But this is
far from being the case—the principles are not
even doubtful, they .are absolutely againf them.
Great-Britain, (however unpopular democratic,
writers may render this dodrine) is right in her
general pofitibus as to the Law of Nations, ft is
pbt to be denied, that her colonial courts often
swerve from principle, and create extreme op
preflion under colour of legal authority. It is
Equally true, that even her high courts of ad
miralty are swayed by motives of policy, and
give in feme cases an undue ext^nfion to a gene
ral principle.—Still they are the most correa
and lead corruptible courts in Europe, and
have done less injustice during the present war,.
tQ any of the neutral nations ;---apd they ars
most certainly right in the mainrainance of the
right of search, and of capture of the goods of
an enemy in neutral bottoms.
, I (hall occasionally as I may h^drlrifure fend
some quotations from Dutch muL/X™^ writ
ers on this fubjeft, and shall thipw ^ut some,,
argunstyts to prove that these doctrines, :f
maintained, would be highly injurious to neu
trals, and would destroy the benefits whieh or
dinarily result from neutrality.
IT cannot be doubted, that. "Mr. J-F
ferfon will be urged and coaxed,
and threatened (if neceiTary) to join
the Northern Confederacy. —Thofv
who have observed with any attention
the politics of Europe, and who hav^
noticed the progrefive influence C-
France, are already convinced that
Bonaparte is at the bottom.of the arm
ed neutrality.—lndeed there is so thin
a Veil tin-own over his designs even in
his public addresses, that the blind may
almost difeern the nature and origin of
the prefect confederacy. To promote
the ambitious designs of Bonaparte, to
gratify French jealolrfy and hatred by
reducing the power of a dreaded arid
hated rival, is the true and solid, what~
ever may be the avowed and pretended
objects of the northern alfociation.
As to Denmark and Sweden, they
have thrived beyond conception by their
neutrality.—lt is said that they have
three times the number of Ships and 2
much greater capital employed than at
the beginning of the present war. All
this has taken place under the much
complained 0/° right of search, and under
the obnoxious principle of seizing the pro
perty of enemies in neutral bottoms.
The truth is, and no democratic writer dare
controvert it, that with all the vexations com
plained of, die date of neutrality is highly pro
fitable. All the captures made upon neutral
nations, even by privateers remote from the
retraining hand of the British government, a
mount but to a small proportion of the trade,
pod only diminish in a very inferior degree the
profits of neutrality. Nay, it is much to be
doubted whether they have ever amounted te
a sum half so great as the contraband arti
cles which escaped detention, and the property
of enemies which has been covered under a pre
fidious neutrality.
When Dutch and French capital has been cm
ployed not only in the goods transported, but
in the bottoms which carried the fag of neutrals,
and when those vessels and cargoes arrived fafe,/
nothing was said of them. The neutral mer
chant fatisfied with his commission for covering
the property,has not blazoned forth to the world
the amount of his profits ; —but when such (hips
and cargoes have been seized, the most violent
and outrageous clamors have been raife^ against
these Violations of the rights of neutrality.
What object then have the Danes and Swedes
to seek, comparable in point of importance, to
the absolute annihilation of their commerce
which must cnfue?
Great-Britain, with her 700 (hips of war,
can block up the Catigat as effectually as if an
imnienfe dam was erected over it,or rather if
a fein was stretched across, through which no'
a single Ihip could efeape. But it may be said
that the contest is about principles, and that na
tions ought not to count the cost of the defence
of them.
Torn she CENTINEL.
Our Peace in Danger !