The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-11-26 00:00:00, page 1

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The whole number of -Representa
tives to Congress not having been c
lected at the late August meeting—the
following Circular Precept has been
directed and forwarded to the Select
men of the several Towns within this
State.
STATE OFNEW-HAMPSHIRE.
To the Selectmen of the Town of ,
GREETING.
You are hereby required, in the
name of the State of New-Hampshire,
to notify and warn a meeting of the
Inhabitants of the said town of ,
qualified to vote in the choice of Senators
for theStateLegislature,to be held on the
second Tuesday of March next, to vote
by ballot for three of the six persons
hereafter named for Representatives of
this State in the Congress of the U
nited States, agreeably to an act pass
ed June 21, AD. 1792. And in the
warning and notification of said meet
ing, you are to gi ve fifteen days notice
of the time and place for holding said
meeting. You are also to sign the
copy of the record of said meeting,
with the town clerk ; and certificates,
thus attested, of all votes taken at
said meeting, are to be sealed up, and
directed to the Secretary of State, with
asuperscription expressing thepurport,
thereof, and transmitted by the town
clerk to the Sheriff of the County in
which such meeting was holden, with
in ten days after the time of holding
such meeting, or to the Secretary's
Office in Concord, within twenty days
at farthest from and after the time of
holding said meeting.
The names of the six candidates
who had the highest number of votes
(next after those elected) at the late
August meeting, and from amon.
which there are to be voted for, as
above mentioned.
GEORGE SULLIVAN,
WILLIAM HALE,
ROGER VOSE,
DANIEL BLAISDELL,
JOHN 'a. HARPER,
OBED HALL.,
Gi^en under my hand at Portsmouth,
by and with the advice of Council
this twenty-fourth day of Septem
ber, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and ten,and
of American Independence the thir
ty-fifth.
JOHN LANGDON, Governor.
ATTEST,
Samuel Sparhawk, Secretary.
(^ The printers in this State are re
quested to publish the foregoing Cir
cular three times successively in their
respective papers.
S. SPARHAWK, Sec'y.
Concord, Sept. 28, 1810.
Lempriere' s Universal
Biography, &e.
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ORLANDO FURIOSO :
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Ludovico Ariosto ;
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By JOHN HOOLE.
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Le Sage gives the following charac
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" He possesses all the elegance of
language ; his verses are strong and so
norous ; his descriptions admirable and
often sublime. Ariosto, whether se
rious or pleasant, is every where enter
taining, and preserves a degree of ma
jesty even in his pleasantry : he is the
only author that has found out the art
of blending the seribus with the comic,
and the heroic with the familiar; by
which means he is truly original, and
such an original, as no one has yet
successfully imitated."
HOULE'S ARIOSTO.
The following is the summary of the
valuable opinion of that celebrated wit
and illustrious critick, Voltaire.
" The Romance of Ariosto is so ex
tensive, so full of variety, so fruitful
in every kind of beauty, that after
having perused it, I have more than
once found my appetite excited to read
it again."
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EXETER, (N.H.) MONDAY, NOVEMBER ^ 1810.
No 4.
The United States,
To Jdhh Phillips, Dr.
1805.;
May 6th. To transporting sun
dry packages from Baltimore
to Pittsburg (general Wilkin
son's baggage) weighing 1,300
lbs. a $4 50 per 100 Ib,
Dolls. 58 50
WM. SIMMONS,
Acct. Dep. War.
Department of War,
Acct's Office, April 19th, 1810.
No. 1.
The United States,
To James Dickey, Dr.
To transporting sundry pack
ages (gen. Wilkinson's bag
gage) from Washington City
to Pittsburg, weighing 1,202
its. a 6 dolls, per hundred
weight, $72 12
Dollars, 72 12
Received, Pittsburg, April 27, 1805,
of lieutenant Moses Hook, seventy
two dollars and twelve cents in full of
the above account. Signed duplicates.
(Signed) JAMES DICKEY.
No. 2.
The United States,
To Samuel Thompson, Du.
To transporting sundry pack
ages (gen. Wilkinson's bag
gage) from Washington City
to Pittsburg, weighing 1,351 f
lbs. a 6 dolls, per hundred
lbs. $Bl 6
To ditto, one box, No. 17, not
Included in invoice, wt. 73 lb.
a 6-100, 4 38
Dollars, 85 44 Dollars, 85 44
Received, Pittsburg, April 27, 1805,
of lieutenant Moses Hook, eighty-five
dollars and forty-four cents, in full of
the above account. Signed duplicates.
(Signed) JOSEPH X RYAN,
for SAMUEL THOMPSON.
Witness,
(Signed) N. PINKNEY.
No. 3. .'
The United States,
To John Frush, Dr.
To transporting 700 lbs. of gen
eral Wilkinson's baggage,
from Baltimore to Pittsburg,^
as 4 50, 'Dolls. 31'50
Received, Pittsburg, May 7th,1805-
of Capt. Moses Hooke, thirty-one dol
lars and fifty cents, in full of the above
account. Signed duplicates.
(Signed) JOHN FRUSH.
SCIENCE OF DRAINING MON
EY FROM THE TREASURY.
(Concluded from our last.)
No. 7.
Abstract of disbursements made for
the transportation of general James
Wilkinson's Baggage and Stores,
from Washington City, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, ta Pittsburg.
1805. = '' °
April 27, This sum paid James
Dickey,per vouch
er No. I,° 72 12
- This sum paid Samu
el Thompson, per
voucher No. 2, 85 44
May 7, This sum paid John
Frush, per vouch
er No. 3, 31 50
6, This sum paid John
> Phillips, per vouch
er No. 4, 53 50
11, This sum paid James
Cook, per vouch,
er No. 5, 115 40
Dollars, 262 96
The Assistant Military Agent, will
discharge the above, and place to ac
count of public transport for military
service. Pittsburg, May 14th, 1805.
(Signed)
JAMES WILKINSON.
I certify, that the above is a copy of
voucher No. 7,accompanied with copies
of the subordinate vouchers No. 1,2,
3, 4 and 5, for payment made by cap
tain Moses Hook, assistant military a
gent, at Pittsburg, and charged by him
to the United States.
From the Connecticut M'rror.
POLITICAL.
'Mr. Simmons, says, that " Capt. Pe
ter was furnislied with money to defray
all proper transport of baggage to
Pittsburg in May, 1805." Capt. Pe
ter says, that the General first paid
for the transportation of a few
articles, brought in the same waggons
for himself, and gave an order to Capt.
Hook to pay the rest; and that he
knew, that the goods thus transported
and paid for by Capt. Hook, " was
private property, and not apper
taining to the public service." This
property then, was either that of the
General, or of some other person, in
his care, and was covered under , the
name of " (General Wilkinson's bag,
gage)." If his, why did not he pay
for the whole, which was transported
in the same waggons, as well as for the
“ few articles" which were “ for him
self" ?. Why did be direct the Military
Agent " to place (the £212 96) to ac
count of public transport for military
service ?" The General's baggage,
it seems, consisted of many sundries
of packages, together with 700 lbs of
baggage in gross, and one cask, (of
good Madeira, no doubt, a kind of
baggage the General is never without)
and in the whole weighed 4,906 lbs.
which would make tolerable loads for
some 4 or 5 waggons across the Alle
gany ridge. Now as the expense of
transporting this quantity and kind of
baggage, would be considerable in his
pocket, and very inconsiderable in the
public purse, the General, no doubt
thought it best to direct his Military
Agent, to charge the whole (cask of
Maderia and all) to the account of
"military service.". Considering also,
doubtless, that it would be equally as
" correct and just," for the U. States
to pay for the transportation of his
packages and casks by land, as it was
for them to pay for the transportation
of his ,flour and apples by water.
During the winter 1809, when every
body else was laid up by the embargo,
and enforcing act, Gen. Wilkinson, it
seems, thought it good time to make
use of a little of the capital of the
U. States in different kinds of trade
and traffic for his own benefit ; while
therefore, he was dealing in flour and
apples at Charleston and the Havana,
at the public expense; he was at the
same time trafficing with the public
money in old horses, along the Ohio
and at New-Orleans.
But, although it is truly ludicrous
to think that the General of our Arm
ies, should, at the same time, turn flour
merchant and horse jockey, yet, it be
comes truly too serious for merriment,
when we reflect, that this is done not
only at the expense of the public treas
ury, but, (what is infinitely more to be
regretted) at theexpenseof our nation
al honor and character.
On the 24th day of October 1810,
the editor of the National Intelligenc
er favoured his readers with some senti
ments, calculated to steer public opin
ion on the subjects of our relations
with France and Great- Britain. At
that time, the Ist of November was at
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r' 0
Received, Pittsburg, May 6th, 1805,
of captain Muses Hooke, fifty-eight
dollars and inly cents in fall o f the a
bove account. Signed duplicates.
(Signed) JOHN PHILLIPS.
No. 5./
The United States,/
To James Cook, /
To transporting front Piiibdcl /
to Pittsburg, one cask (general -
kinson's baggage) weighing 280 et.
at 5 50, - - Dollars, /) 40
_
Recdved,Pittsburg,May 11th,1805.
of captain Moses Hooke, fifteen dol
lars and forty cents, in full of the above
account. Signed duplicates.
I certify that the above, and forego
ing, contains copies of subordinate
vouchers No. 1.2, 3,4, and 5, vouch,
er No 7, a (copy of which is here an
nexed for payments made by captain
Moses Hooke, assistant military agent
at Pittsburg, and charged by him to
the United States.
W M . SIMMONS,
Acct. Dep. War.
Department of War,
Acct's Office, April 19th, 1810.
From these statements and accounts
let the people judge, » bether the charge
of extravagance alleged against Gen.-
Wilkinson is ill founded; let them
say, whether he has not only been ex
travagant, but likewise, in order to
support this extravagance, he has not
been guilty of peculations of the
meanest kind.
It is certainly true,that the impress
ment of our seamen, is a violation of
our neutral rights. It is also as true,
that there are other neutral rights; one
of which is the right of property. The
neutral right of property, has at times
been violated by France. Indeed, not
long prior to the date of the act revoke
ing the Berlin and Milan decrees, by
the orders of Bonaparte, property be
longing to the Merchants of this coun
try, not chargeable with the infringe
ments of any one ancient or modern
law of nations, to the amount as it is
supposed of about twenty millions of
dollars, was forcibly and wickedly
seized and sequestered to the use of
his Imperial' and Royal Majesty.
This property is still in his clutches,
and to human appearance likely to
remain. On the 2d of Nov. 1810,
the President of the United States,
having received official information,
that his Majesty had (after a fashion)
revoked those Decrees, issued his pro
clamation, declaring, that from the date
thereof, the restrictions imposed by
the act called the non-intercourse act,
should cease and be discontinued, in
relation to France and her dependen
cies. This event ha, happened, with
out any stipulation respecting the re
storation of the property thus plun
dered and sequestered. Now let us
hear how Mr. Gales talks on this sub
ject. Let it be remembered, that
France is the nation now under con
sideration, and not GreatAßritain.
. On the sth day of Noy. 1810, the
editor of the same paper, comes out
with a kind of puff oa the performance
of what he in the same breath calls a
merely ministerial trust. Aware,
possibly, that some person might sag#
gest the propriety of the president's hav
ing required some engagements least
concerning the restoration of the se
questered property, Mr. Gales antic
ipates all carping, and talks in the fol,
lowing manner.
" A feeble stand has, indeed,been made
by afew warm partisans, who have con.
tended; that as long as the French gov.
ernment retained the sequestered pro.
perty of our merchants, she evinced
^indisposition “ to cease to violate
tfencutral commerce of the United
States/' But, admitting the fact, and.
concurring fully in the sentiment that
while she does retain that property
she continues to commit a flagrant in
justice, does it prove in the very face
of a solemn official declaration, that
she will not hereafter change her course,
when she explicitly says she will? The
seizure and sequestration of our prop
erty, although it is highly reprehensi
ble, and will unquestionably present a
solemn point of discussion on our part,
were long anterior to the declaration
revoking her edicts; and these very
acts, so flagrantly in violation off
our neutral commerce, are those, a
mong others, which by her declaration,
she pledges herself to cease committing.
If, after her declaration, she had con
tinued to seize and sequester our prop
erty, a correct suspicion wo^d have
been excited, and it might well hate
been doubted^ whether she would have
handS when the President would be
califfl upon to act under the impulse
>(the revocation of theßerlin and M>
Mu decrees. Supposing it probable
that Great- Britain would rescind the
orders in Council of January and
March 1807, Mr. Gales asks himself
a prety important question, viz.=
Will the revocation of the Orders in
Council be such a modification of the
British edicts, as that they will cease
o violate the neutral commerce of the
United States ?" He then gives himself
a conclusive answer in these words. —^
"By no means. The British viola*
tions of our neutral commerce have
not been confined to her Orders in
Council. To place her on such a
footing in relation to our neutral com
merce, as would authorize the Execu*
five to issue his Proclamation declaring
the fact of her having so modified her
edicts as that they have ceased to violate
the neutral commerce of the United
States, she must revoke her blockad
ing proclamations, which she has her
self declared to be illegal ; and as the
impressment of our seamen is a vio
lation of the maritime rights of the
United States, and of course of owe
neutral commerce, it appears to us,
that she might even be required total,
ly to abandon that practice before the
provisions of the Act of May last
could be considered as complied With. 1 '
These remarks, it will be remembered,
are made with respect to Great- Brit
ain, not to France.
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