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in politics ?" I call myfelf, said he, a
Republican. "So am I," said the old
gentleman, “ a "federal Republican."
Aye, but that, said the young man r ah't
the right fort : the Ftderals were To
ries. " Tories !" said the old gentle
man, raising himfelf in his chair ; "who
were Tories ? Was Washington a To
ry ? Was Adams a Tory ? Or to come
nearer home, was Col. A. or Esq. B.
Tories ?" Why I don't know as'they
were, said he, but they fay the Fede
rals were all Tories. " Well now,"
said the old gentleman, “ let us look
round us, and fee who were Tories ;
there's Col. C. and Mr. D. and Dr. E."
I don't believe they were Tories, said
the youth ; for I vow there an't
stauncher Republicans in the country ;
fori've heard them all talk about (land
ing up for '75 principles, and how the
Federals were for monarchy. “ Well,
well," said the old gentleman, " do you
n(k your father about it. Now (said
he) I'll tell you what ; you are a young
man that appears in general to be well
disposed ; now look round you, and
fee who they are that are called Fede
ralists, and who they are you call Re
publicans ; firft look among the aged
—with the aged is wisdom -are they
not almost without exception federal ?
Or if you find an indance to the con
trary, can't you soon find in that person
some felfifh motive to gratify, or some
difappoMitment to revenger? Take those
of middle age; you'll generally find
those whose charader^ stand faire n , tq
be federal ; it is true, here and there
you may find a man profeffing to be a
Republican, who is considered as a
pretty clever fort of a man ; but exam
ine close, and fee whether disappoint
ment crambition does not instigate
him to this — whether he is not opposed
to Federalism, because opposition offers
the bed chance to get into notice ; or
it may be he is milled by the artful
misrepresentations of another, in whom
he has confidence.—Now confider the
young men ; doq't you perceive that
the trusty, the diligent, and the faithful
are generally in favor of federal princi
ples ? I know there are more exceptions
here, But the reason is plain ; their
youth and inexperience expose them to
deception, and the artful and designing
fire ever ready to assail them : but don't
you plainly fee, that the vicious are al
most without exception for Democra
cy, or rather Jacobinifm ? They whole
chara^ers are gone, would turn the
world upside down ; they can't exped
to rife by merit ; they therefore wish
to level all didin&ious, and confound
virtue and vice together.— Now; said
the old gentleman, I have remarked
their doings in thi& State. There was.
Judge W. —Why, he was called a Fed
eralist 'till they told him he might be
Governor, here, you fee, it was am
bition made him change ; and this„fo
blinded his eyes, he cuuld'nt fee that
they were only joctyfag nira. Mr. L.
was once a Federalist ; but it is believ
ed that his great ambition for office
made him listen to the fouihern mem
ber in congress, who talked of making
him Vice-President ; and so his Fed
eralism went for a mess of pottage ;
and now, ashamed to come back to his
old grdtnd, he wants to bring the peo
ple all over to him ; as if it wan't eafiei
for one to £wft back again, than for all
the people to change : And what are
they to change for ? Are they going
to be any better off i No ; only he has
been in office, so long he don't like tc
be a private citizen ; and nothing Ihort
ofbeing Governor will suit him. But
the people begin to find out that they
^ft going to be any better for a
change ; they fee it's all to please >
few men who are never content i'
they can'' have every thing There
was the new Bank ; last year the)
pretended, that all they wanted a
change for, was to get in friends to th~<
^ank, (and many Federalists were wil
' ling to indulge them, because they die
-not think it would do any harm) the)
V Id what a grand thing it would be so
Unpeople,and howplenty money would
On my entering the room, the old
gentlemen said to me, “ thi< young
man and I were engaged in politics ;
and as be appears candid, and willing
to bear the opinion of others, I am glad
to fee him. There are some youngffers
'now a days, who can cell more about
the government, and about things that
happened before they were born, than
their fathers can." —The old gentle
man then turned to the young man,
and said, " what do you call yourfelf
'Political Miscellany
From the (Concord) Courier.
MR. HOUGH,
C ALLING a few days since, to visit
an elderly gentleman,with whom I had
some acquaintance, I found liim enga
ged in conversion with a young man,
the son ^f his neighbour, on the fubje&
of the approaching elections in this
State. As there appeared to be much
good sense in the old gentleman's re
marks, I penned down the conversation
verbatim, as nearly as I could recollect
it ; and now fend it to you for publica
tion—The rufficity of the style will add
to the force of the observations.
^^^vr^^!r'^=^
be ; ana they'd give a great price for
country produce ; but don't you fee it
was all a fhgm ? Now they have got the
Bank, they don't care a farthing about
it ; but still they go on to clamour for
a change, apd cry, old Tories, eld To
ries.— They know they can't catch old
birds with this chaff; but they exped
to take in such young men as you are,
to vote as they (ball direst : d hey 11
tell you a story about Exeter folks ;
and that Governor Gilman has turned
Churchman, and joined a society in a
'nother State, because he would not pay
his Minister-tax in Exeter : Then they'll
tell you how many thousand dollars
Mr. Langdon gave the fufferers at
Portsmouth : they know it's all falfe,
but they hope you don't, and they think
if you believe these dories, it will influ
ence your vote. —Don't you fee that
the grand folks of Portsmouth have sent
out to us, to tell us who,to vq.te for,
away tip to Cohos, and all round the
State ? Why, we know the men as
well as they do, and I guess a little bet
ter, or they would'nt have picked out
some of there —Every day's experience
convinces the people that all this noise
is not for the good of the State ; they
know that New-Hampshire never was
more peaceable & prosperous than un
der Governor Gilman ; and befidesthey
begin to be sensible of the effed of jac
obin principles in this country ; they
fee the Democrats have deceived them
- Before Pain came, they said the Pre
sident never had sent for him ; that it
was all a federal lie; then when he
came, they said he was a likely man :
then when his publications appeared a
gainst Washington and^thers, and they
found the people could nt bear it, they
said they did not like him any better
than the Federalists did, and that Mr.
Jefferfon did'nt like him : then they
got back again to their old ground, and
denied that Mr. Jefferfon had sent for
him : then they said, we ought to like
him, because he wrote well in the. war :
And so because he once wror? force
thing good,he may now feviTeChriftiah
ity,and abuse the firft character in war
and peace that America ever had:
and all this is well enough,becaufe lie is
a good Republican," r.
The old gentleman here ceased. The
plainness and force of his remarks join
ed to the earneftneG of the delivery,
made such an impreffioh on my mind,
that I immediately, on returning home
committed them to paper, and wish, in
the publication, they may carry as
much conviction to others, as they ap
peared to produce on the mind of the
young man to whom they were addres
sed. A FEDERALIST.
Private letters from Paris of Dec. 3, gate the
following melaneholly particulars of the fray be
' tween the Conferipts.and the Military ;
" A dreadful circumstance took place here
to day. The lots have lately been drawn to
determine which of the conferipts ffiould join
the armies in the enftring year. The new reg
ulations refpf&ng the conferipts are so various
and encumbered with so many forms, that the
difficulties afe almost infUperable. A number
of young men were td day collected at the hall
qf the Municipality. N They demanded loudly
a more pr^ical mode of providing fubftittites
and from clamours were proceeding perhaps to
violence, when the order was given for calling
in the Municipal Guard,—The conferipts be
ing enraged, fei^ed on the debits, table, and
chairs of the hall, and piled them up as a barri
cado. From behind this they Infuked tke dra
goons, and threw at their heads the books, the
inkflands, and the fire wood. The dragoons,
' being incensed in their turn, fufhed id upon and
tore down the. barricade, and then fell on the
unarmed conferipts with their fabres. No tefs
han eight of the unfortunate young men were
literally cut'to pieces!
" To-day 1 was witness to a most melanchol
•ly feene, but which, in this country, is paffi d
over very slightly A young man, who had
been.drafted among the Conferipts, wished to
find a fubflitute—This produced some alterca
tion between him and one of the Sergeants : the
latter, in a rage, thrust him through the body.
The rest of tfc Conferipts, of whom there was
i large party, instantly dispatched the Sergeant.
A conflia ensued between the Conferipts jnd
the Military. The Guard were called, who
LONDON, DEC. 29.
Other Changes Contemplated.
A private letter from Paris fays, " Some very
important changes, definitive as every change
here is said to be, are on the eve of being car
ried into effeA. They are said to be founded
on the last Constitution, but, how they can be
reconciled with that, or any of the other Con
stitutions, it would be difficult to explain. The
question has been for some days before the Sen
ate, which after long difcuffion,bas come to an
affirmative resolution, on " the propriety of
changing certain determinations." This reso
lution may be said to hatfe passed with unanim
ity, as the Senator Sanjuinaie flood alone in re
fitting the innovation. The object is to pro
claim the First Consul Emperor of the Gawk, tbe
Cifalpime, or Italian republic being to form an
integral part of his empire. Cambaceres is to be
namedGrandChanecllor,and another high office,
not yet fpecificd,is to be conferred on the Third
Consul. There are to be many Subordinate
changes, the particulars of which have not yet
transpired.' The plan is announced from the
Bureau of the Council of State,and from those of
the different Ministers. It has occasioned a
lively sensation even in the languid bosoms of
the Parisians. The opinions are different or.
the fubjeel ; but generally speaking, the mea
sure is deceived with approbation. The rich
proprietors and Creditorsof the State fee more
(lability in the title of Emperor than in that of
Consul. The mass of beau-monde anticipates the
fplendours of the new appointment. Some of
the profound politicians seem to think allo that
the refpedl will be given to title which has
been refufed to talent.
Foreign Articles.
feii upon & Conscripts with great fury, .and
cut them down.. Five and twenty were killed,
besides federal wounded. Two or three of the
Guards likeujfe loft their lives. This took
place in th^ublic firect in la Rue St. Martin."
-—o- .
, . A letter from the Hague dates, that though'
French ships have arrived at Helvoettuys, to
embark the French troops in Holland for Loui
siana, their embarkation has been Suddenly -pre
vented by an uuexpe&ed order from Paris. The
letter adds, that since Lord Whitworth's arrival
at Paris great doubts are entertained up®n the
fubjedt of this expedition to Louisiana,.
.{ Malta, it appears is still to be retained by the
Ehglilh. It is said that 6000 troops will be fta^
Honed at that place.
The equipment of vessels in the French ports
is carried on with the greatest activity.
A private letter from Faris mentions, that a
new expedition of not less than 20,000 men is
about to be sent from France to St. Domingo.
Another letter mentions, that 4000 soldiers, of
the mod abandoned description are ordered,tn
embark at Havre for St. Domingo. Which irr.-
plies that the regular troops are not willing to go
on the service, or the government is not willing
to throw them away. ..
Another expedition ha, failed from. Brest for
St. Domingo; it con lifts of four fajl of the line
and two frigates, under the command of Gen
eral Boudet. The number of land forces is not
mentioned.
From the Natchz Gazette Extraordinary,
of January 5, 1803.
The following intereftiog intelligence was hand
ed to the Editor of the Conservator, this af
.ternoon, he deems it his duty to give it imme
diate publicity.
n Advertisement.
Under the date of the 16th inst. the Intendant
General of the Provinces tells me that the citi-
Ecnsof the United States of America, can have
no commerce, with his Majesty's fubjt&s,—
they only having the free navigation of the river
for the exportation of the fruit# and produce of
their establishments, to foreign countries, and
the importation of what they may want for
them—as such I charge you so far as refpeds
them, to be wealous and vigilant, with particu
lar care, that tile.inhabitants neither purchase
or fell any thing to the Whipping, flat bottomed
boats, barges, or any other fmalj vessels, that
may go along the river, defined for the Amer
ican possessions, or proceeding from them, tbit
they ffiall be informed of it, for the due compli
ance of the fame. .
(Signed) Carlo# De Grandprix.
Baton Rouge, Dec. 23, X&O2. ..,
The foregoing is a translation frota tQe orig
inal, dire&ed to me by his Lordship Carlos be
Grandpree, Colonel of the Royal armies, and
Governor of Baton Rouge,
(Signed) J.O'Connor, .;
~ Cyndkl of Qtb Dfy&iß.
Baton Rouge, Dee. 27,1802.
PAINE.
e Haddonfield,^, j.) Feb. T, 1803. ,
On Saturday evening last, the effig,
of Tom Paine, holding the Age of Rea
son in his right hand, and his infamons
Iqter to the great and good General
Washington in his left, was drawn thro'
all the public parts of this town, in a
cart—in which were affixed seventeen
lighted candles. It was followed by a
large number of the inhabitants of the
county, to the place of execution ;—
where it was hanged, burned, and the
ashes strewed to the winds.
No person present objea^d to the ex
ecution of Paine ; although it was ob
served by some, that he was invited to
this country by President Jefferson.
, PITTSBURGH, JAN. 2§..
Saturday 26th January, the Cornplantcr's
nephew passed through this town on his way
to the city of Washington, It is said (and from
late occurrences we believe with truth) that he
is the bearer of information to the President,
refpeding overtures of an unfriendly nature to
wards the United States made to the Seneca
Nation of Indians, by French cmiffaries.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 14.
In dired contradiction to the asser
tions of the Aurora, of this day " that
the measure bf fhuttihg New-Orleans,
was that of the Intendant, and that it
will be removed as soon as he difeovers
he has exceeded his authority," we are
just informed by a gentleman arrived
here from N. Orleans, in the ship Mars,
(now at Reedy-Iflaud) and who left
the Miffifippi the 18th tilt. " that the
dispatch boat from our government
had reached there previous to his de
parture, and the Intendant so far from
relaxing or regarding the recommen
dation of Chevalier D'Yrujo to restore
the tight of deposit; treated his in
terference with the utrooft contempt,
^nd perfifled in his conduct with una
bated vigour. Our informant further
dates, that no other opinion was enter
tained at New-Orlear.s, than that the
Intendant was ailing from poftive in
ftruffions from bis Court, which were
considered as originating with France.
That both political parties at Natchez
(which he left the 6th of Jan.)'were in
favor of immediate and energetic mea
sures of redress, and were fully persuad
ed with the inhabitants of New-Orleans
that the executive would enforce the res
toration of our rights.
The infamous attempts of the Auro,
ra to juftify the Courts of Madrid and
St. Cloud, in a premeditated infraction
of nur treaty with the former, and to
ascribe it to the individual folly and ca
price of the Intendant, cannot long blind
the eyes of an aggrieved and injured
people, nor fexeen the present adminis
tration from the merited censure which
their weak and impotent policy must
naturally excite.
Letters from France of the 30th of
November, Rate the determination of
Bonaparte to conquer, if in hi# power,
United States. ,
The war between the Turks and Mam
alukes in Egypt,ftill continues sanguin
ary ; and the latter have lately gained
a complete victory over the former.
The earthquake mentioned as having
destroyed Constantinople, though felt in
every part of the Turkiffi empire, only
demolished a few houses in that city.
A village 6 leagues from Algiers, con
taining 200 houses, was destroyed, and
all the inhabitants perilled. The En
glish ships of the line felt the fbock in a
violent degree, thirty miles from land.
All the late indications of war in En
gland, have subsided.
More Spanish Infolenre.
The Spanish Governor of Batan
Rouge on the Miffifippi, has by proc
lamation, forbid the Spanish fubjeds,
under his jurifdiftiori having any com
mercial intercourse with the American
vessels, &c. which may come down the
river! —o—
— MONROE.
The last Aurora fays, " we were mif
informed when we announced the mis
sion of Ms. Monroe to Madrid, as En
voy-Extraordinary : He goes dired to
Paris." One circumstance renders
the last sentence of the preceding cor
rection probable—A motion has been
made in Congress, with elofed doors, to
appropriate an immense sum of mbney
for diplomatic purposes. With beau
coup largest even Mr. Monroe may be
able to effect valuable purposes where
Citizen Talleyrand has a cc remanding
influence.
FROM CAPE FRANCOIS,
Capt Haley arrived at New York, on the
fgth inst. In twelve day# from Cape- Francois,
informs that the Blacks were completely fibdu
ed, and all was tranquil—That a week before
he failed, two French 74-gun ships, having on
board 1500 troops,arrived from Toulon—That
a fleet of 15 fail was hourly expedite — That it
was healthy at.the Cape—That four ships of
war failed the day of the Sophia's departure ;
one of ^0 guns, with Admiral La Touche and
Gen. Rochambeau on board, for Cape Nichola-
Mole; one for France, ^ad the ocher two for
Port-au-Prince—And, that American produce
would barely pay freight—but a rife was ex
peded on the arrival of the troops.
Accounts from New-Orleans, to the 3d Jan.
Gate, that the port continued to be cloftdagainft
the American trade. —These accounts further
add, that apprehensions were entertained of the
hostile disposition of the Kentuckians, should
Congress pursue tardy or inefficient measures.
It seems that the Clintonjans have
been foiled in the late election of Sena
tor of the United States for the State
of New-York.
0— —
In the National House of Rpprefentatives, on
the 7th inst. the Speaker prefchted a letter from
the Secretary of the Treafury,accompanied with
a particular ftatsment es the contraa, for the
sale of the Bank Stock belonging to the United
States, which was ordered to be printed, and
referred to the Committee of Wa^s and Means.
the bngauds in the idand of St. Do
mingo, and for that purpose great pre
parations are making. Finding the
troops and conferipts averse to going
to that grave-yard of so many of their
brave companions, the ministry holds
out the idea of their going to the rich
and luxurious Province of Louisiana."
No douh, the mod, if not all the (hips
Nith ttcops will much in the Weft In
dies, where, it wanted, they will be
landed, which we 'nope will be the case,
as thereby we may chance to be saved
from much trouble and before they
have troops to (pare, that we may have
a commander in chief, who has cowrage
and abilities to meet them.
NEu-Yotk, FEB fa.
:We are informed, in a letter from a member
of Congfit's, that " the Hon. Mr. Duvis. is&p
poinced jadgeof the Indiana .Territory." Mr.
Davis, it appears, has lately uttered so many
solid truths, unpleasant to the executive eatthat
it is thought expedient ro give him a iration,
.more gratifying to himfelf, but less dangerous
to the democratic inters ft, than the cue herow
occupies. — —o
rhe Editors of^vs Gazette yesterday receiv
ed a letter from ,L ir corrtfponderr^r S Croix,
of the gth pit. vjHich fays, " We have inti re
ceived inlorrQtian that we ate to hve a pew
governor-eehtCTi, in the place of general V >l
- who V,ll, on Me i&h of next mon~h,
resign, and inld general Mnbnteidti, who is
appointed by the fc rt g, governor general of hi,
Daai(h Majesty's Wcft-Indifr Iftrnds. This ay.
pointment gives great fatisfa&ion to the inhah
itants,as he is a man of the ftrideft probity,great
good sense, and univerf-dy beloved; and, there
is no doubt of his doing every thing in his pow
er for the benefit of the colony."
" We have in this harbour, a number of A
merican vessels; and 12 or r, Danilh ships
have just arrived, which will reduce the price of
European goods.—Salt has been ver, high—
Beef is 18 dollars—Port '4 — Floor 8, and in
great abundance— lrish Butter Q”
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BOSTON, TEB. 19.
Latest from EUROPE.
By die lh ; p Delaware, arrived at
Newyork from Grenock, London pa
pers to the 2d Jan. have been received.
The French armament in Holland
had not failed ior Louisiana. The lad
papers fay, its departure his been de
ferred for a fortnight. ' Paris account
of Dec. iith, fays,/' We are affared
the Dutchefs of Parma and Placentia
will be united to Etruria, if Spain will
CEDE FLORIDA to FRANCE."
The Swjfs deputies have met at Pa
ris ; and Bonaparte, in bis qisay, has re
commended to them the constitution
which he fays will best suit Switzerland.
An expedition of 4 fail of the line
and two frigates, had failed from Brest
for St. Doming?, under Gen.Boudet ;
and Paris letters fay, that 20,000 troops
are to follow.
Portsmouth, FEB. 16, ißc, 1
Tuesday arrived at this port, brig Minerva,l
Perkins,of Kittery, in 37 days from Martinique, (
left there brig Rambler, Brown, to fail in 20
days, ship , Freeman, Pepperelborough,.
fbip Sally, Smith, Penobfcot, ship Trent, Kins- ' ,
man, Salem, brig Benjamin & Nancy, Stover, 1 ,
Newburyport, fail in 20 days if ready, fbip|
Herald, Wedgewood, Portland, fold, schooner fl
Branch, Sargeant, Newburyport, brig George , 1
Washington, Keefe, BoQon, brig Brandywine, g
Cozens, Newport, R.I. sch. Mcbitable, Smith, 1
Middleton, fail in todays for St. Thomas, sch. &V
Four Friends, Hunnum, Weathersfield, to fail
in to days, brig Fortune, Billings, Norwich,"""
Conn, to fail when Government pays him for
ids cargo. Sch. Two Friends, Moulton, ship
Mercy, Freeman, North Carolina, sch. Riling
Sun, Robrofon, to fail in 8 days, sch. Buck, b
Bucks, brig Aurora,Bartlett, Plymouth, waiting I
for molasses, brig Nancy, Sterney, Providence, J
co fail in 10 days.
A Danif <QI tea; fpole with on tie 27it °f " 1
Dec. from lAfion,for Cape de Perth ; the Captain
informed that a number ofveffels bale been cast a- ■
way in the harbour of Lifan, and on the coast of ■
Portugal.
Sob. Topfam, Haden from Kennebec, 2 days after A
failing, task j persons fromfoop Nancy, Mariner ,of
Georgetown, (KenJ Two of tbefe men came with I
Copt. Bradford, who arrived at Boson on Sunday
left. The foop failed from Boston, Dec. 15,f0r 'J
Kennebec, was blown off, and soon so damaged as to f
male it nectfary to leave her. Two vefels Were ■
on fore, a tittle to windward of Surinam ; one from
the eafivard with lumber, tie other from News
London, with fleck. U
I.eft at Leghorn, Dec. J,fip Ham,fire, Cbam e ■
berlsin, of Exeter,for St Bartholomeus ' ra
Left at Demarara Jan 2stb brig Valerius,
Harding,of Batb ;fbr , Deliver, of Glomfo ' I
ter ; brig Oliver Peabody, Gilman, Portfmoutl 4 1
fame day failed sip Florenzo, Earner, do ; Feb. I, ''
[poke brig Anne, of New-Haven, 30 days fr %
Cbarlefon bound to Montferat ^,
Brigs Camillus, Lalie; Polly, Turner ; Planter, '\
Grover ; and Boardman, all of Portfaeoutb, were
left at St Georges, Feb. 1
Spoken Jan 25. lat 40, long 6t,fip Ann, 6
days from Portfmoutb, for Leghorn q|
A WRECK—On Friday the l&b its. a wreck
warfern naifbout Bahr's fond, and on Saturday I
morningJie war taken possession of by two boats frorv.
Marblehead. She near bottom up, arid at anchor, \
ber anchor probably falling over when foe overfct.
Yejierday,Jbe war got into this harbour and tit
name difeovered, viz P Martha of Poitlnnf'—
There it no hope, that tbe unhappy people belonging $
to ber have not periled—7% vtfel is fap,fed to
be tbe Martha, Barton, of Ported: *Lb was 4$ ^
Alexandria about 14 dj,rfy±
From WASHINGTON, FEB 10.
The Supreme Court this day had un
der consideration the motion made ar
the last term, for a rute upon the See
retary of State to appear and (hew cause
why a mandamus should not issue for
the commissions of certain magistrates,
who were appointed by Mr. Adams,
whose appointments were approved by
the Senate, and whose commissions
were signed and sealed, but not deliver
ed, when Mr. Jefferfon came into office.
Mr. Lincoln, the Attorney-General,
who at one time a^ed as Secretary of
State, was Summoned as a witness to
teltity vheiber be bad any knowledge
ct such commit Eons in the office of date.
He refilled to tertify—and the court al
lowed him to confider the fubjed until'
to-morrow, and come to a final deter
mination whether he will reftify or not.
FEB IT.
" The Attorney-Ge.-Aral, Mr. Lin
coln, this morning appeared in the
Supreme Court and contented to ans
wer the interrogatories put to him by
the Court, relative to a motion for a
mandamus to the Secretary of State.
The trial of the motion is postponed
for a few days, for the purpose of pro
curing further testimony."
1 TEE. 12.
" The House of Representatives are
again in feltion with closed doors. Yes
terday alio they were in secret * consi
derable part of the day. From the re
marks this day made by Mr. Gre^g,
before the galleries were cleared, and
from the circumstance of the Houf^
meeting on this day, being the firft sJ
turday on which they have met duri,
the session, and from some other con
siderations, it is rational th conclude
that the fubje& cf so much secret con
sultation isof a very important and ur
gent nature. Itis a fa&, that intelli
gence has lately been received, that the
citizens of the United States are for
bidden all intercourse with the Spani
ards at New. Orleans. It is a fid that
Mr. Monroe is still remaiping-here. Ie
is a fact that Gen. Smith declared in de
bate, that he considered the United
States as on the eve of a war. Whe
ther al! these things have iny relation
to the important business before Con
gress, with which the people cannot be
trusted, it is impoflible to fay."
C——
CONCORD, FEB. 17.
FRESHE T.
On Monday afternoon last, owing to the
heavy rains which fell 00 Saturday and Sunday,
the ice in Merrimack river broke up, and in its
palTage, totally demolished Federal Bridge, Sit
uated at rhe upper end of this town, and car
ried off the tvholc excepting one pier. The loss
will be fevercly felt by the Proprietors, as it is
but four or five years since the bridge was e
refted ; Concord Bridge, at the lower end of
the town, has not, as we learn, sustained any in
jury.—The mill-dam, at Ifle-a-Hookfet falls,
was crushed down and two saw-mills and a
gristmill thereby rendered afclcfi.
BOSTON, FE3. 2,-
By the mail received last evening, v.?
find that it is.reported at the southward
that Gen. S. Smith has relinquished hN
intention of calling up the fubjeft <t
diferiminating duties ; and that tie
fame seems to be going the way of the
President's Dry Dock.
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