The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-11-12 00:00:00, page 1

A large HOUSE, BARN and OUT
BUILDINGS, with a very convent,
ent PAPER MILL, with all the Tools
and Implements for Paper Making—
with an excellent stream of water, and
fifteen acres of excellent Land, with
an Orchard of Apple and Pear Trees,
equal to make twenty barrels of Cider.
Few opportunities present, for pur
chasing water privileges with such con
veniences as this has. For particulars,
apply to the Subscriber on the premises.
STEPHEN LAMSON.
Exeter, Nov. 5, 1810.
Evening School.
MR. PAYSON'S EVENING
SCHOOL, will commence No
vember sth, at the Centre School
House. Terms, too dollars per quar
ter, each scholar, one half to be paid
at entrance, the Other at the end of the
quarter.
Hours of attendance, from 6 to 9
o'clock.
. Exeter, Oct. 29, 1810.
To the honourable (he Justices of the
Superior Court of Judicature, now
' holden at Exeter, within and for
the County of Rockingham,
Respectfully shews Ed
mund Pearson of Exeter, Esq.
Guardian unto Mary Gilman, of said
fcxeter, single woman, who is ad
judged and determined to be non com
pos mentis. That the debts and de
mands due from his said ward, and ex
penses incurred for her support,amount
to thesum of two hundred dollars. For
the payment and discharge of which it is
necessary Real Estate should be sold.
That she is seized and possessed of a
bout twenty-four acres of land situate
in Exeter aforesaid, bounded northerly
by the Rev. Mr. Rowland's land, west
erly, southerly and easterly by land of
Abner Dolloff and Noah Barker and
by the Little River. That it would
conduce to the interest of his said ward,
as well as necessary for her support
that the whole of said land should be
sold. He your petitioner therefore
prays your Honors to grant him li
cence to sell the whole of said premises
or such part thereof as you may think
proper and most for her benefit.
EDMUND PEARSON.
Sept. 21, 1810.
1810.
_ &jrc PJCJTC zn,~^JT ctzv -V<R<T c^-ztrm -ZUCr:pCT
titioner notify all persons concerned
to appear before the Justices of the
Superior Court of Judicature, to be
holden at Portsmouth, within and for
the county of Rockingham, on the first
Tuesday of February next, to shew
cause if any they have, why the^rayer
of said petition should not be granted,
by causing said petition and order of
Court thereon to be published three
weeks successively in the Constitution
alist, the last publication whereof to be
six weeks before said term.
late of Deerfield, deceased. All per
sons indebted to the estate of the de
ceased are requested to make immedi
ate payment, and all persons having
any demands against said estate to pre
sent them.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appoint
ed Executor of the last Will and Testa
ment of
BENJAMIN STEVENS,
Paper Mill—For Sale.
Fro be sbld at Public Vendue, on
X the premises, on THURSDAY,
the 6th day of December next,
NaTll'l ADAMS, Clerk.
Attest. —'Copy examined by
NATII'L ADAMS, Clerk.
Superior Court, September term,
ROCKINGHAM, ss.
NOTICE.
ROCKINGHAM, ss.
MINIATURE ALMANACK.
[corrected rmir.]
November r.os. r. Qs. F.sea.
12 Monday 7 95 548 Morn
13 Tuesday 711 5 634 011
14 Wednes. 712 5 729 1 5
15 Thursd. 713 5 817 159
16 Friday 714 5 911 248
17 Saturday 715 5 10 7 338
18SUND. 716 5 11 20 430
JONATHAN STEVENS.
Deerfield, Nov. 1, 1810.
Vol. L]
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WANTED.
AN intelligent LAD is wanted as
an Apprentice to the Printing Business.
and the heroic with the familiar; by
which means he is truly original, and
such an original, as no orie has yet
successfully imitated."
Gravina an Italian critick of great
taste and judgment, after a detail of
some of the author's peculiar and strik
ing beauties, concludes thus.
" But such is the power of Ariosto,
^-l—fr—rGG trig tvtH topui using, OtniUsl
all his blemishes are lost in the multi
tude of his excellencies."
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."
“ The ORLANDO FURIOSO
has a merit altogether unknown to the
writers bf antiquity. The poet is,
by turns, moral, pleasant and gallant,
but never departing from truth and na
ture."
More were unnecessary. The ver
sion by Hoole is in no wise inferior
or to his harmonious and energetick
Translation of Tasso's Jerusalem De
livered. There are but a few sets
of the above work to be found in A
merica; and, as no pains arid expense
will be spared to render the first Amer
ican edition worthy of such distinguish
ed notice, the intended publishers can
not but anticipate the patronage of
the learned and liberal of every class.
••••
judicious and enlightened publick. In
offering this second, and superior speci
men of Italian Literature, which pro
cured Ariosto the appellation of
" Divine," perhaps it would not be
amiss, to transcribe the opinions of a
few, whose particular intimacy with
the writings of the author, and whose
celebrity as authors themselves, justly
entitle them to much respect.
Le Sage gives the following charac
ter of the Poet.
" 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 serious with the comic,
BOOLE'S ARIOSTO.
BY the praise bestowed, from every
quarter, on the execution of the late
first American edition of Tasso's Je
rusalem Delivered, the publishers
of that celebrated work are induced
once more to solicit the patronage of a
ORLANDO FURIOSO :
TRANSLATED EROM T^E ITALIAN OF
C. Norris & Co. AND E. C. Beals,
Propose Publishing by Subscription,
An elegant edition of
Ludovico Ariosto ;
WITH NOTES.
By JOHN HOOLE.
EXETER, (N. H.) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1810.
Paid to the general on ac
count, for which he gave his
receipt on the 14th of May,
1805, to be accountable to
the accountant of the war de
partment, for-- - - ,00
Paid to John Dickey, Sam
uel Thompson, John Frush,
John Phillips & James Cook,
for waggoning from Wash
ington City, Baltimore and
Philadelphia, to Pittsburg, on
the order of gen. Wilkinson,
under date of the 14th May,
1805, amounting to - - 262 96
The whole amounting to eleven
hundred and fifty-two dollars, sixty
one cents ; all of which I have charg
ed to the personal account of general
Wilkinson, because, the two first sums
were for his own personal account,
and captain Peter was furnished with
money to defray all transports of bag
gage to Pittsburg, in May 1805,
It may not be improper to observe,
that Moses Hook's account as quar
ter master general to the expedi
tion to the Sabine, appointed by
general Wilkinson; stands charged
on the books of my office, to war
rants on the treasurer, with the sum
of 16,883 dollars, 12 cents, being the
amount of sundry bills drawn by
him on the secretary of war, in Octo,
ber and November, 1806, and Janu
ary 1807. No such appointment as
quarter master general is authorised by
law, neither is there any particular ap
propriation, or head of expenditure,
to which such payments are chargea
ble. I have repeatedly called u
captain Hook to produce vouclW
for the expenditure of the above suU
which he has never done. In a con 3
vernation not long since, he observed,
that a considerable sum of money had
been drawn out of his bauds by gener
al Wilkison, on account of secret ser
vices, & for which he only had the gen
eral's receipt. Captain Hook is now
out of service, and his account has
been reported to the treasury for a
suit. It may also be proper to ob
serve, that if general Wilkinson has
received money from Mr. Hook, for
secret services, that his account al
ready stands charged on books of my
office, with a further sum of 2,500
dollars, received on the 10th January,
1807 from Abraham D. Abrahams,
the military agent at New Orleans,
for the like purpose ; and that on the
10th January 1809, he obtained 4
From the Connecticut Mirfor.
SCIENCE OF DRAINING MON
EY FROM THE TREASURY.
(Conclusion of Mr. Simmon's Deposi-
In answer to your inquiry relative
to the charge against him, for the
freight of flour and apples from Balti
more to Charleston, thence by a pub
lic vessel to the Havana,&c. I observe,
that on the examination of the accounts
exhibited against the United States, by
the assistant military agent at Charles
ton, it appears that in February, 1809,
a payment was made upon the order
of general James Wilkinson for the
freight and charges of the schooner
Wolf, from Baltimore to Charleston,
amounting to 1,099 dolls, in full for
the passages of general Wilkinson, ma
jor Saunders, major Robinson, cap
tain Williams and consul Anderson,
and twenty-five non-commissioned of
ficers, musicians and privates, and wait
ers with their baggage, including fifty
barrels of flour and twelve barrels of
apples for general Wilkinson, from
Baltimore to Charleston, where I have
been informed they embarked on board
the brig Hornet, for the Havana, on
their way to New Orleans; and,
conceiving that the payment for the
passage of general Wilkinson and
consul Anderson, and the freight of
flour and apples, was an improper
charge against the United States, 1 did
accordingly charge the amount for
these objects, being 425 dolls, to the
personal account of General Wilkiri.
son.
In answer to your inquiry, of the
amount bf monies paid by captain
Moses Hook, as a military agent at
Pittsburg, to general Wilkinson, or
upon his order, and for what pnrpose.
On reference to the accounts of Moses
Hook as assistant military agent, he
has paid to sundry persons, fora boat
and fitting her up, to transport the gen
eral and his family to New Orleans,
$199 65
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tion.)
certificate from the President of the
United States, for a warrant upon the
treasury, and received payment for the
sum of sll96—expressed as being for
so much disbursed by him for objects
in relation to the contingent expenses
of intercourse between the United
States and foreign nations.—Why this
amount was not directed to be passed
to the credit of secret service money,
charged to him on my books, I am at
loss to say.
In answer to your inquiry relative
to the purchase of horses from Freder
ick Saudhagen, I observed on the ex
amination of the acc ?ants of Abraham
D. Abrahams, military agent at New
Orleans, that in May, 1809, general
Wilkinson directed to be purchased,
and approved for payment, to Freder
ick Sandhagen, the sum ffi 800 dolls,
for site horses, purchased from him,
one of which is stated to be for the
light artillery. This created some sur
prise, that more horses should be pur
chased at New Orleans, in addition to
the artillery horses that were sent
down the river with the light artillery,
when hay was 70 dollars per ton, and
oats at 1 dollar per bushel. The
charge of the horses was therefore sus
pended till captain Peter arrived, who
was inquired of respecting the horses
purchased. He then stated that the
five horses, purchased from Sandhagen,
were part of eleven horses, purchased
by major Morrison of Kentucky for
general Wilkinson ; that the general
had ordered him (captain Peter) when
he was about to descend the Ohio,
to stop in the river to take on board
his boats, the horses purchased for the
general by major Morrison. He ac
cordingly received eleven horses; and
that by so doing, he was detained sev
eral days with three or four hundred
men, at a considerable expense to the
United States. That finally, they
were taken on board the public fronts,
and until their arrival at New Orleans,
were supported out of the public for
age, of which there was laid in for the
use of the horses belonging to the
light artillery. That upon reaching N.
Orleans, the horses were delivered upas
the private property of the general.
That the five sold to the United States,
were charged at an extravagant high
price; and that Frederick Sandhagen
was an old hack driver in this city, and
was at the time of selling the horses, a
servant to general Wilkinson, and not
likely to be the owner of horses.
I also found, that the eleven horses,
before any part had been sold to the
United States, had been kept and shod
at the public expense. All of which I
communicated to Mr. Eustis, the se
cretary of war, who immediately wrote
on to N. Orlerns and orderded all the
horses sold, that could be done with
out.—There was accordingly upwards
of twenty sold and only four retained
for the use of the army.
In answer to your enquiry, relative
to the manner of his drawing public
monies from the pay-masters and a
gents; if any one was for objects un
authorised and improper, I observe,
that he has generally drawn what he
was legally entitled to by anticipation ;
and that he has beeri frequently in the
habit and does draw money from the
pay-masters and public agents, which
are unauthorised by law. I have Con
sequently been compelled to change all
such disbursements to his personal ac
count ; thereby considerably ericreas
ing the balance standing to his debt
on the books of my office, which I
have urged him to accent for, as may
be seen by my letters of the loth Feb
rutry, 23d March arid 16th Novem
ber, 1808, copies of which have al
ready been before the House of Re
hresentatives. Wm. SIMMONS.«
Alrtment of War.
U^tfountant's Office,April 13 1810.
Comments on the above, must be un
necessary—Gen. Wilkinson, it seems,
did not hesitate to certify that the ac
count against the United States, for
the transportation of 50 barrels of
flour, and 12 barrels of apples, his own I
private property, and which, with his
baggage and himself, amounted to 375
dollars, was correct and just; and also
to direct Lieutenant Champlain, a mil
itary agent, having public money in his
hands, to pay it: and on such certifi
cate, the military agent (who it seems,
s under the centroul and direction of
the Commander in Chief) actually
cays the money. Where is the law,
hat makes such an account against the
United States “ correct and just" ?
IVhere is the law, that authorized the I
" Interrogatory I. What do you
know relative to general Wilkinson's
having directed and effected the pay
ment of a sum of money, by captain.
Moses Hook, military agent for the
United States, for the transportation•
of private property from Baltimore
to Pittsburg, in the year 1805?
“ Answer. General Wilkinson,in
April or May, 1805, directed me to
pay to one or two waggoners, the
transportation of property from Bal
timore to Pittsburg. I informed the
general that as agent to the detach
went I had paid all the waggoners em
ployed by me for the command. Ho
then gave an order to captain Moses
Hook, agent at Pittsburg, to pay the a
mount of the waggoners' claim, the geo,
era!first paying the transportation of a
few articles brought^ in the same
waggons for himself. I know that
the goods thus transported and paid
for by the said captain Hook, Agreea
ble to the order of general Wilkinson,
But the Commander in Chief of our
army, is not subject to law. The half,
however, is not yet told, the United
States must not only pay for the trans
portation of the general's private prop
erty, by water, they must also pay for
the transportation of it, by land.
In answer to an enquiry, relative to
monies paid by another military agent,
Mr. Simmons says :—
" In answer to your enquiry of the
amount of monies paid by Captain
Moses Hook, as military agent at
Pittsburg, to General Wilkinson, or
upon his order, and for what purpose.
On reference to the accounts of Moses
Hook, as assistant military agent, he
has paid to sundry persons, for a
boat and fitting her up, to transport
the general and family to New-Or
leans, - - _ dolls. 199 65
" Paid to the general on ac
count, for which he gave his
receipt on the 14th of May,
1805, to be accountable to
the accountant of the war de
partment, for-- - . 700
" Paid to John Dickey, Sam
uel Thompson, John Frush,
John Phillips,& James Cook,
for waggoning from Wash
ington City, Baltimore, and
Philadelphia, to Pittsburg,on
the order of Gen. Wilkin,
son, under date of the 14th
May, 1805, amounting to 262 96
" The whole amounting to eleven
hundred and fifty-two dollars, sixty
one cents ; all of which I have charge
I ed to the personal account of General
Wilkinson, because the two first sums,
were for his own personal account,
I and Captain Peter was furnished with
Imoney to defray all proper transport
of baggage to Pittsburg, in May,
1805."
Thelast item in this statement frill
I only be noticed at present.—By the
deposition of Capt. Peter, and the par
] ticular accounts of the waggoner^ as
1 given in the report of the committee, it
appears that during the months of
April and May, 1805, private proper
ty, and no way appertaining to the
public service,which weighed 4,9B6lbs
and which in the accounts, was called
Gen. Wilkinson's baggage and stores,
was transported to Pittsburg, in wag
gons, and for the transportation of
I which Capt. Peter refused to pay, but
which on the 14th ,of May, 1805,
Wilkinson ordered Moses Hook, a
military agent, to pay, “ and to place
to the account of public transport for
I military service." The samri proper
ty was afterwards transported to St.
Louis, in public boats, and at the pub
lic expense.
Read and consider the following
deposition of Capt. Peter, a man of
I independence and strict integrity, and
an officer of distinguished merit.
1 “ Capt George Peter, cfGeorge-1
town, appeared before the committee
I in the Capitol, on Thursday the 12th
of April, 1810, and made on oath the
following statement:
Commander of our army to direct the
public money to be paid, for the
frieght of a cargo of flour and apples,
his own private property, whether
purchased and transported upon spec
ulation, or to be presented to his old
friends, the Spaniards? Arid let it be
recollected, that this flour, &c. was
put on board this vessel, at a time
when all the embargo laws, and the
enforcing act foo, Were in full opera
tion, and when it was almost as much
as a Merchant's life was worth, to
touch a barrel of flour, even in his own
store.
[No. 26.