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I } e, bi .lan opportunity of wiineilio^
I a Icenc of nature, which never before
was dilolayed in this part of the globe,
F and which probably, will never appeal
again. Several of those (hooting me
, teors were accompanied with a train of
Lfh e, tnat illuminate the sky for a ton
I liderahle distance.—One in particular
appeared to fall from the Zenith, of the
apparent size of a ball of eighteen in
ches diameter, that lighted for several
'feconds the whole hemisphere. Dur
ing the continuance of this remarkable
phenomenon, a hiding noise in the air
was plainly heard, and several reports,
resembling the difehirge of a pistol.
I Had the city bell not beer, ringing,
, thofereports would probably have feem
(ed much louder. The sky Was remar
% &abl, clear and serene, and the visible
Infixed Bars numerous the whole night.
We are anxious to know at what dif
' tance from Richmond this phenomenon
has extended.
Since writing the above we have
,/ been informed, that several of the larg.
est of these shooting meteors were ob
served to descend almost to the ground
before they exploded. Indeed, many
F of those which we saw, appeared to ap
-1 proach within afewyards of the house
, tops, & then Suddenly to vanish. Some
^ perlons, we are told, were so alarmed,
F fhhtbhey imagined the fire in the ar
rojury was occasioned by one of these
meteors, and in place of repairing to
I extinguish the earthly flames, they buf
[ied themselves in contriving to proted
the roofs of their houses from the fire
of heaven.
^ This circuit.fiance of the ffiootiftg
stars defeending within a short distance
of theground is, however a fad highly
[ important to be known; as it has been
'generally fuppofrd, that meteors only
, proceed in a horizontal direction and
never fly perpendicularly upwards or
downwards. Those which we particu
larly remarked, appeared to descend
in an angle of sixty degrees with the
horizon ; but as the fmalltr ones were
so numerous, and crossed each other in
different directions, it was only possible
to afeercain with any precision, the
paths of the largest and mod brilliant.
0
NeoTerk, i6th May, 1803.
'Mr. Coleman,
Sir, I am requeued by our Minis
" ter in France to communicate publicly,
that he had on the ,1 ith March receiv
ed the molt flattering letter, in answer
to o'ne addressed by him to the First
Consul, on the fubje& of our debts, &c.
in which the most fall and complete as
surances are given, that every letter of
I the convention (hall be punctually com
plied with. That their finances are m
[the best situation, and capable of meet
ing all engagements; and that even
were it otherwise, and though it should
submit them to partial inconveniences,
he would ftriCUy comply with the de
mands of justice; and calls upon the
Minister to make out the accounts of
I American claims^ for which he promif
|es a full and ready payment. The mifi
, ifter adds, that he gives this early intel
ligence, because it will probably come
L through other channels, vs he intended
to call the Americans at Paris together,
, the next day, and communicate it to
them, in which case he feared that in
terested persons might speculate on the
* wants of those who have already fuffer
cd too much by the delay. He con
cludes by laying, that without being
absolutely certain, he thought he might
confide in these promises so solemnly
* made and that he would press eagerly
for their execution.
EDWARD P. LIVINGSTON.
[Ev. Post.
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UTICA, MAY 16.
benjamin Connet, who committed
Q the aggravated robbery on Miss M'Do
well,in Penhfylvania, in March lass,
Was apprehended about the firft of May
a toft, in Upper Canada. He was con.
• eluded back through the weftern part
of this date a few days since. Thea
hove may be relied one— The circum-
I fiances of his apprehension were peculi
ar, and well nigh proved fatal to Con^
net. * 0— =~
BOSTON, MAY 26.
, ANNUAL ELECTION.
YESTERDAY was celebrated the
annual Festivity of the ele&on of the
Executive andLegiflative Departments
' of our State Government. The customs
of our ancestors are sacred to their de
feendants ; and the tranfadions of the
a day cannot be uninteresting to every
' class of our readers. It is a circum
stance rs peculiar gratulation to the
' citizens of this State, that the fame per
! fan who three years since was chosen to
the Chief Magidracy, is dill found wor
thy, after the moll scrutinizing trial, of
the increasing support of his fellow-cit
izens ; and that the fecui ity of the Com
monwealth is guaranteed by a large
majority of federal members in the Le
^giflatare.
I At ten o'clock, the two ^ranches
' met in their several chambers, and pro
.ceeded to the eleeion of their officers.
- In Senate the Hon. David Cobb
was ununimoufly re-clewed President.
Mr. Wendall Davis wai then chosen
1 Secretary..'
In the House of Representatives, the
whole number of votes for Speaker was
200, and given.as follows :—
Hon. HARRISON g. oil's, 12.1.
Hon. Perez morton, 73
Scattering, 3
Mr. Otis was accordingly chosen. The
number of votes for Clerk was 197.0€
which Nicholas Tillinghast, Esq.
had li6, and was chosen ; the other
Candidates were Messrs. Whitman and
Skinner, the former had 16, and the'
latter 65 votes.
The two branches being duly organ
ized, and joined by the Supreme Exe
cutive, a procession was then formed,
under the escort of the Independent
Company cf Cadets, commanded by
Col. Welles, and proceeded to the
Old South Meeting House, where an I
Anniversary Sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Mr. Puffer, of Berlin. The
reputation of this gentleman as a fchol- ;
ar, has been long known, and his dis- !
course fully evinced his talents as a I
man of literature, and correct political 1
principles. We have rarely heard a
more learned and interesting difeourfe,
on similar occasions.
The services of the Church being end-1
ed, the procession was again formed,
and escorted back to the New State
House.
In the afternnoon the two Houses
assembled in Convention, for the pur
pole of filling up the vacancies in the
Senate. The whole number of voters
was 236 —119 votes making a choice.
Suffolk, one vacancy—Candidates,
Messrs. Tilden and Austin; the former
gentleman had 161 votes, and was
chofed.
Ham,fire, one vacancy—Candidates,
Messrs. Fowler and M'Lellan ; the for
mer gentleman 138 votes, and was
chosen.
York, one vacancy—Candidates,
Messrs. Frye and Cutts ; whole number
of votes 228 ; the former gentleman
had 152 votes, and was chosen.
Hancock, Lincoln and Wafoington, one '
vacancy—Candidates, Messrs. Camp
bell and Hill ; whole number of votes
214 ; the former gentleman had 121
votes, and was accordingly chosen.
0
OF ALGIERS.
The National Intelligencer, of the 1 Bth
inst. corrects the information given
some days since, by Mr. Consul Eaton,
of the demands of the Dey of Algiers.
There is now due to the Regency of
Algiers no more than one year's annu
ity, (21,600 dollars) in addition to the
expense of ransoming Capt. Morris, and
crew, said to amount to 6500 dollars', :
and about 2 or 3000 dollars for con
tingencies. Os all these sums, the firft
alone is known to be due to the Regen-1
cy, and it is not believed that the U
nited States are in arrear even to indi
viduals for the rest. An explanation
follows on the fubjea of the annuity,
which was stipulated to be paid in Na
val Stores ; but which had been receiv
ed the lad year in ca(h; and 30,000
dollars have been remitted to Mr.O'Bri
en to pay the annuity the fame way this
year. This the Dey has not accepted,
and orders are in activity for fending
him the stores; arid although some me
nacing messages have been sent to Mr.'
O'Brien tefpeding the delay in forward
ing them, it is not to be apprehended
that there is more danger of a rupture
on that account than is generally to be
feared from the capricious arid arbitra
ry temper of an African Sovereign.
0
Late from Europe.
C The Arabella Packet, arrived at
New-York, from Falmouth, is the bear
er of the latest London papers received
in this country'; they are to the Sth A
pril § but contain nothing that is calcu
lated to afford any real fatisfadion to
the mind.
O On Thursday, arrived at this port,
the Mercury, Capt. Porter, from Am
sterdam ; her advices, though as lite as
the 20th April, are like all bur other
.recent accounts from Europe,as urifub
ftantial as the visions of the night.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE
CT Capt. Hills, arrived here yester
day in the (hip Mary, from Lisbon, in
forms, that the day before he failed, a
Packet arrived there from England,
with verbal accounts from thence to
the 20th April, dating, that Mr. Pitt
had been recalled into office, that the
manning and equipping of the British
navy continued with unabated R&ivity,
and that every thing indicated a speedy
war with France.
Capt. Roger., of the brig Ann, ar
rived at N. York from Leghorn,which
place he left the sth ult. informs, that
the day before his departure,an English
fi gate arrived there with orders for all
the British merchantmen to leave the
place immediately, which was done
with thegreateft precipitation: upwards
of 20 fail hauled out in 24 hours, and
an embargo was expected to take place.
The French troops, it was rumoured,
were soon to evacuate Leghorn.
Letters are said to be received at
Philadelphia, from the bon. William
Bingham, dated from Paris, the 28th
March,which very explicitly affert,that
the profpeas there bespeak v ar. From
the connexions of that gentleman, and
the former acquaintance which Talley
rand held at his house in Philadelphia
we (hold confider his authority in this
point to be pretty decifiv'e. ^Aurora.
\ letter from the Havanna;of April
27, Bates, that " the Marquis de Mon
talvo, had failed for New-Orleans, to
deliver up Louisiana to the Great Na
tion." This gentleman was employed
as an Agent in buying tip £!„d bound:
' to hunt the poor negroes in St. Domin-
Portsmouth,
SATURDAY, 1803.
Peace or War.
From all quarters we have collected
the most probably correct information
on these tc all important" fubjeds.— As
yet,however, all remains in uncertainty.
o
We have been handed a London
" Star" of April sth. It contains no
thing of moment that has not been con
firmed or contradicted by more recent
dates, received byway of Boston.
I °—
The house of Jeremiah Hodgdon at
New-Durham, was destroyed by fire
on the iff inst. occasioned by the care
lessness of a female servant in dropping
a spark from a candle on some liratv in
the cellar. -
Ata late session of the Superior court
of this date, at Hopkinton, Samußl
Clark was convicted of pacing forged
bills of the Newhampffiire Bank, and
fined too dollars, and set in the Pillory
one hour.
George Little and Jacob Had
ley were severally convifted of passing
counterfeit Dollars, and sentenced to set
in the Pillory one hour— Little to pay
a fine of 500, and Hadley 200 dollars.
David Pettee, who was recogniz
ed to appear at said Court, to answer
ifor passing forged bills, forfeited his re
'cognizance of 2000 dollars ; and Jon
athan Dow also forfeited his recogni
zance of loco dollars.
John Traft alias John Putnam, Jone-
I 'than Eaton and F,brai»: Harrington,
I were severally convicted of Horse Steal
- ling, and received the New-Hampshire
punishment far that crime, by being
marked with India Ink, over the fore
head, from the hair of the temple on
the one fide to the hair 6f the temple
on the other fide, and from the middle
of that line, by another mark of India
Ink, deeply inserted to the end of the
note, leaving an indelible impression of
the letter P.—by being ordered to pay
treble damages to the prosecutor, and
in default thereof to be fold in labor.
Amb^ft Cabinet.
s,s•o%%^M«<fr«+¥
MARRIED] —In this town Mr George tVat
den to Mrs. Rebecca Holland.
DIE D] — At Durbata, on Monday the xbib inst.
a beautiful and promising child ^Ebenezer Smith,
Esq. of that town, aged about twenty months.
Children, though young, must leave this dreary,pain
ful Tvatle,
And troubles of the -world, tojoin tbs angelic loft.
Not all the tears of tender parents here below.
Canflay the Almighty s band,orfay,wby dost tboufe.
To Death's coldjbade the infant babe must bajic,
There.in the dark andfilent grave to wnfie ;
But ds trtvas God s dejife it jbould be done.
The infant's gone to worlds beyond the fun.
Thepleafng prefpeasparents in their children view,
Are soon vanijb d, and must bid them all adieu !
Enow then, that youth, health, beauty cannot save ;
There is no space between the cradle and the grave.
In this town, Mrs. Abigail RamfdcU, aged 54.:
M*+fctfc*fc«+«frfofrtetfcefc «+fo
FOK SALE
I A few tioufand Kana^n^ Tim-i
ber, Spars and Shingles— apbly to
J^TH'L.jm^ON^,
Hosiery Store,
Sig' l efthe Spinning Wheel, Buck Jireef.
qazneau bayley ac.
quaints (he Public that be has im-I
ported in & Galen from London direct
from the Mahufaaurer, a general affort
mentof HOSIERY, r viz.|
Men's white and fancy toltoh
Hole, Men'> plate,cl do. Menis white and
brown Thread Hole; Men's brawn
Thread and white Cottp,) half Hose ;
Men's white silk Hose; Women's White1
arid black (ilk Hole; Women's white I
cotton Hose from 3/4 to 1 ^6; Youth's
cotton do..
Black, white and color'd Cotton
Glovesand Mitts ; Black, white pnd cb
lor'd (ilk Globes and Mitts of the extra
length; Men's black and white silk
Gloves,
Cotton and Worsted Pantaloons.
A large assortment of Worried Hosiery.
A pleasing variety of Ladies fancy silk
Handkerchiefs, at 8 and tor.,
A few pieces of embeffed color'd Mus
lin, newest fafhion, with a variety of oth
er articles in the ENGLISH GOODS
line.
BARGAINS for ready money.
& PmtJmcuth. May 28, 1803.
New Goods.
CWETT &"WEEKS have
O just received a large assortment of 1
Fajhionable, Fancy ^ Staple
GOODS
which they offer for sale at a fmdll ad
vance for cash, at their store in Buck
fireet. Pert/mouth, Ma, 21.
Peter Coffin,
Has just received per the Ship
. Friendship from London —an
additional Jibbly o f
G OOD S,
A NIONG WHICH ARE
B'ack Sarfenet Muslins ; Fash
ionable Sattin check and figur'd !
Muffins; Purple and Chintz Shawls ;
White and color'd Cambrick Shawls ;
Rich Silk Shawls; Black Lace Cloaks,,
full trim'd; Black Lace Net for Cloaks |
and Veils ; Fashionable Buff, Check
and Bengal (tripe Chinzes ; Fashiona
ble Waistcoating ; Table Cloths; Fan-1
cy, Cane and Straw Bonnets ; Fafnion-j
able Gilt and plated Buttons, &c. &c.
P-,rtfmouth. May 28, 1803.
S. Larkin,
Keeps constantly fo> sale
AT HIS SHOP IN BRoAD-STREET,
Madeira,l
WINES.
Malaga )
Bed Coniac Brandy, Holland Gin, Old
Rum, Molaffcs, Coffee, Chocolate, Spices
of all kinds, Sugars of various kinds, freffi
Turkey Figs, Box Rufos, Shell'd Al
monels, Primes,
,Gunpowder,l
Young Hyfon, I O' 1 f A C
Souchong, } 1g A3
Hyfon Skin '
and Bota J all H the firftqual ty.
together toith a genera! assortment of
GROCERIES.
BOSTON GLASS of all sizes,
cheap as at the Manufaaory.
Pertfmouth, Muy 28. 1803.
Henry Ladd,
TT AS received by the, Minerva from
11 London, and the Warringtori stem
Liverpool, a frefh fu ply of
SHIP CHANDLERY,
ConJiJhng of Sheet Lead, from 3 to 61b. to
a foot ; deep fen, band, and fidijeads
from i, to 281 b. ; Brats and Iron Cabin
door Locks; Stays; Buttons; Hooks
rnd Hinges; Brads; Pump, clapper,
C10ut,44 6484104 127,2043 eV,Sr 404
Nails'; Spikes; , inch Rivets; Copper
Noses for wood funnels ; Harpoons ;
Grains; Tormentors.;Ladles; Frying
Pans; Grid.lrons; Tea Kettles; Coffee
Mills ; Tin & Janparin'd Ware ; Car
penter's, Caulker's, arid Cooper's Tools
completes . ALSO,
Patent Shot ; Balls';Powder;
do. Flalks; Gun-Locks; do. Worms,
do. do. to extrad balls ; Hunter's, Sports.
man's. Pen, Pocker, and Fish knives ;
Pai^ft Bruffies, &c. &c.
F^rtfmouth. Ma: 28, 1803.
Rbekinghai# fi,
BY the .Honourable NA
THANIEL ROGERS, Efq.Judge
of Probate for laid county,
The heirs to the estate of Na-
ThAN White late of New-Castle, in
said County, Mariner, dece^fed, afe
Ihereby Notified That Nathan White,
!the administrator, of laid eltate has pe
;titioned the .said Judge, representing, that
!the personal eftn c of said deceased is
;inefficient to pay the demands against
I said e(la?e, and that it is neceffiry real ef
itate should be fold forthat purpose. That
!the real estate of hid deceased confifls of
half ofa Dwellihg-Hcufe,n Store, and a
!fmall Lot of Land, or a Garden, in said
New-Caftlc—That a part of said estate
might be Sufficient for the laid purpose,
but that felling fucfipart and not the
whole, would be Very injurious to the
j perlons interetted in said Etiate, and there
fore praying the said Judge to grant him
licence to fell the whole of said real estate,
I Whereupon, it is ordered that he be heard
ar the Probate Cdurt, to be holden at
Portsmouth, in faiu county, on the third
Wedrielday of June next, at eleven of the
clock before noon; when any perlonin
-Iterefted may Have opportunity to ffiow
I cause why the prayer of laid petitioh
Should not be granted.
By older ,ffaid Judge.
W'm. Parker, Rzg'r.
May 23, iSo§.
iroß SALE BY
William & Daniel Treadwell
at their Stationary Shop, corner of Court
'&Back jireets..
KING of Pruffig's Works, 13 voh Bvo. el
egantly bound in calf, 20 doll^ only,
tavalh's Trearife on Ele&riciifrj vols Bvo.
Spallauzi's Experiments, on the Circulation of
the blood, through the Vascular System.
Wakefield's Select kffays of Dio Chrysostom,
translated into English from the Greek.
Longhornes 'edition of Plutarch'sLlves,in svols.
Mayor's Hiftory of Rome, 3 vols. with plans
and elegant plates—fame work elegantly
botind; on superior paper.
Mavors Hiftory of Greece, 2 vols. pocket size.
fame work elegantly bound, superior paper.
Kotzebue's Exile into Siberia, with extraordi
nary Events which happened tr, him in Rus
sia—written by himfclf, 3 vc'ls.
Mayor's Selection of the Live of Plutarch,rtol.
Biography, or Memoirs of illustrious arid cele
brated Women, of all ages and countries, 6
vols izmo— by Mary Hays—a late and Very
valuable work.
WAN TED —An active LAD,
to attend in a Family, ''Apply
at this Office, MAY 28.
%p.r ^rue
AUCTIONS
LANDS.
To b fold at PUBLIC AUCTION
at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern. kr„
b y Mr. Jzcob Kendall; in State-fireD.
Bfcn, on
Wednesday the ift of June next,
at 11 o'clock, A.M.
I C UNDRY valuable Tracks and
LJ LOTS of LAND—lying in the
counties of fttnntbeck 2nd Lincoln—vi^.
A Tract of Land in Dresden,
partly, and partly in Hffcafet, numbered
18, containing about 3,000 acres—A
;Fraß of Land in Litchfield, partly, anti
I partly in Wales, numbered I^, containing
about 4,500 acres—A Tratt of Land hi
Waterville, partly, and partly unincorpo
rated, marked //. 1, containing about
5,000 acres—A Tract of Land in Wif
caffet, marked F.f. 6, containing 4.00 acres
—five Lots io Haarlem, viz. No's. :S, }
26, 29, 66, and <)6, each containing 200
acres—Ore 24^ part of the Plymouth
Company's undivided Lands — ^h^bou:
1800 acres of Land in Wmfaw, divided
into Lots, formerly belonging to Wm.
Taylor, Esq. deceased.
The particular conditions will
be made known at the time and place of
file. Boston, April 23, 1803.
At S. Little's Office
ON TUESDAY NEXT.
A Great variety Englhh and
India GOODS.
Alfa at private Sale,
100 pieces NANKINS.
100 Baridanno Handkerchiefs.
Number elegant LookingGlaffes.
MAY 28.
NOTICE
BY virtue of a license from the
Supreme Judicial Court of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will
be told, at Auction, on Tuefday th? 28th
day of June next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. at
the house of John Haggins, innhol
der in Berwick —
A Valuable FARM,
lately owned by capt. Thomas WaZ-
LtNGroRD of Somerfwortb, decealect,
containing one hundred acres of land;
wi:h convenient Dwelling. Houle, 2nd
Barn, with a large quantity of Timber,
and Fire Wood trees thereon, and is a:
bout four mites from Berwick landing.—
The termsof payment, with good fecurL
ty, will be at long periods If the purchaser
defiles ft. Particulars will be further
made known at the time and place of
sale, >r at any time previous by applying
to the fubferiber in Portsmouth, or to
Gm. GooDu im, of Berwick, or Capt;
Ricker of Somerfwortb.
Isaac Lyman.
Portsmouth, 2,h May, 1803.
^6O Barrels FLOUR just af
rived, and for sale by
Z. ROBINSON, & Co.
at the head of the Pier.
For LiverpoolToFL^x^on:
—0 —
HE Brigantine
" Al'ert; can tak,
tons freight, frill
with all possible dil.
patch, apply to Jno.& James Rolling
jr, or Elisha Hill jr. North-End.
PortJmouth, May 28. tSoj.
"NEW BOOKS.'
R— 0--
AYNAL'S Hiftory of th^
Eaff & W. Indies 6 vols ; Edwards H -
tory of the W. Indies; Strolberg's Tra
vels through Germany, Switzerland, hr .
ly and Sicily, 4 vols; Life of Edmur
Burke, 2 vols; Life of Catharihe dl;
Whiftob's Josephus, 3 vols, & in 6 vol-'
Prideaux Connexion of the Old & New
Teftament,4 vols; Dr. Moore's Mui
daunt, or Sketches of Life, Charade s
and Manners, in various Countries, ;i
--eluding the Memoirs of a French lac) o ;
quality, 3 vols; Oeuvres Pofthunus d ,
Frederic IL rio-de Prufte,i§ vols ; w ^
of the late Rev. Wm. Romaine, 8%
The London Monthly Mirror/rr mc ^
to 1802, in 14 vols ; Europear S. v [nfo
and Universal Magazines, \J fepa;ate
vols; The Lady's Monthly Museum or
polite Repository of am,.,fc me nt and in-
Bruaion ; being an afrmblage of what
ever can tend to pl errfc t |., e f, ncy !„,„.
est the mind, or Q thechfor of the
Fair, by a society of j a & 3 in England.
This work con ains painted and engrav
ed defcriptiufys of all the prettied & most
' a l"°rt ble drefo in ^ Europe, in q
vols; The Classics in 32 vols. and a beau
tiful assortment of other Books, Stationa
ry, &U. &c. are just imported hem Europe
andfor sale at Charles Peirce's Book.
foTQ Po? tfmouth.
Best English Pot, Foolfeap,
De mi, Elephant, Folio, jhd Quarto Puff
Writing and Letter Papers. May 28.
WHEREAS EsTHERfrOT
of the fubicriber has test mv be#
and board, and behaves in a very unbt #
coming mannet—This is therefore n
forbid any pet son harbouring or trufthr
bet on my account, as I am determined '
p^y no debt which die uay contrad afu
d ^e. JOSEPH DENSOJ
Borfcouth, May 28, iSrg,