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: shoes.:
I ,Aubert M'Cleary,
Informs the Ladies and Gentlemen
of Poptjmouth, and its vicinity, that -he has
juj? received, andnovu ready for SALE
at his Store next door to Messrs.
Peirce's Bookfore,Congref/beet.
A Frr(h supply of
Ladies and Gentlemen's foft rate
SHOES,
Among which fire the following —
Ladies English and American
Kid and Morocco Shoes; Gentlemen's
Morocco and Leather d). — Ladies En
s glifh and American Cork do. Misses
^ Morocco, Leather, and Cloth do. Chil
v dren's Morocco, and Leather co.
{ A few pieces Black, Blue and
Gleen FLORENTINE, Stable for
w nien'sShoeq Black,Blue & Red MO
ROCCO; Striped &>Yellow SKINS,
suitable for Binding Shoes ; White Sheep
SKINS, suitable for Free Mafon'sA
prous ; Ruffett & Black CALF SKINS ;
Velvet Binding and Web for Boots ;
Ladies MOGGASONS.—^LSO-
Afew elegantly flampt
MafonicApron Patterns.
A Handsome Afotment of
ROSETTS 1
for Ladies flioes. /
Boots & Boot Legs,
of the firft quality — a quantity of excellent
SOAL LEATHER.
A variety of
r TRUNKS.
*, Those who nurchafe for ex
portation or Country Sale, flhall have any
of the above articles as cheap for cash or
approved Notes, as can be purchased in
Bolton or this town.
for/facu/i.Nov,
H. Bcß. Penhallow,
Have just received
A LARGE QUANTITY OF
BOX COFFEE MILLS,
of various fixes, which they offer for sale
by the dozen or finale, very low— Also —
A large aflortment of
Round, oval and odagon TEA
' TRAYS and WAITERS, some of them
very elegant, with gilt borders.
A large effortwent of '' ;
HORSE & CHAISE WHIPS.
And a great variety of
PATENT LAMPS.
1 Together with an extenfae addition
to theirformer afetment of
Hard Ware Goods.
—LIKEWISE—
-200 boxes 6by 8,7 by 9&8 by
10 Bristol Crown WINDOW GLASS
50 boxes 7 by 9 and 8 by 10
Hamburgh GLASS.
Best German Steel MILL
SAWS, &c. &c.
Portfinouth, Nov. IT, 802.
NOTICE.
THE Copartnership ofWm.Tread
well &Co. is this day dissolved
by mutual qonfent^ All claims on the
• firm will be fettled by William
Treidwel. ;
* TACOB TREADWELL,
Wm. TREADWELL.
^The business in future will be con
ducted under the firm of Wm.&Danibl
Treadwell: r
Portfmoutb, Dec. 3, 1802.
RAZORS.
A Few W of excellent Razors, from 7/6 to
t^tt -ALSO—
Hopkins celebrated Razor Strops and' Page.
Sharing Boxes and Brushes.
, + Agoodaflortmentof.,...
Writing Paper ; Quills ; Tnk-ftandsf Ink and
Ink Powder ; Wafers ; Sealing-wax ; Mahoga
ny Secretaries, &c; for fide at C. PEIRCE's
Bookstore, Naif Danid-ftreety Portsmouth;
Wtemq, h^d ^w s „ °+
The En< yclpp^dia, or Dictionary of
Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Literature, in
18 quarto Vols. at 181 dollars the set.
Asa A pamphlet containing an account of
a 'inglorious revival of religion ip the Southern
State:, price 373 cent?,
Fol.XIII.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER n, 1802.
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL
PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSIBLE
SUPPORTS. —Washington's Legacy.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every
©nites States
Portsmouth
THE ! ^C vc 'd9%rdlr CT, k
the fine of Mr- Rutledge, firft
appeared on the tßth of September ;on
the 20th he published his letter in an
swer, accompanied with his affidavit,
and the affidavits of eleven refpe&able
witnesses. For more than three weeks,
not the lead attempt was made to lap
port the charge, or to reply in any
manner whatever, but by insolently re
peating the calumny in the shape of
much coarse and vulgar personal abuse,
to which was added a reluctant con
feffion of regret that no further proof
could be produced or expected than
what arose from the comparison of
hand-writing. On this point the tefti
monyhad been altogether against them-
What was to be done ? they had no
choice but to meet this species of evi
dence by similar 'edimony, or to aban
don the cause. No man, however,was
to be found of fufficient strength of
nerve to attempt it. On the ?Bth of
September, Mr. Rutledge published his
second letter, accompanied by those of
four of his friends, exposing the villainy
of the tranfadiort in its true colors, and
exhibiting the conduct of Ellery and
Farnfworth in a light the most odious
and difgraceful.
There Mr. Rutledge observed, that
had the charge been well founded,there
would have been one species of proof
completely in the power of his adver
sary, namely, the evidence of the poft
mailer himfelf. The post-master, al
though as good a democrat as Ellery
himfelf, had, at this time, nothing to
fay. The appeal to him, however was
direst, and not easily to be dispensed
with. We shall, bye and bye, fee the
figure he makes,with his hopeful son by
his fide.
Before we come to the important
evidence it may not be improper to ex
amine and dispose of the testimony of
the other witnefTes, who after a search
of three weeks have been produced to
support the charge. As to this part of
the case we avail ourselves of a com
munication from a highly refpeCtable
distant correspondent, received since we
ourselves assumed the consideration of
the fubjeCt ; and this will be our apolo
gy for not inserting his piece entire.
We begin with his introduction of the
several witnesses who have been pro
duced on the part of the calumniator :
“ The honorable John Rutledge of
South-Carolina, who with his family
was at that time resident in Newport,
we are told, he is “ a vile impofter, on
whom all the freemen of America must
indignant frown," that " he has been
guilty of an attempt to impose upon the
Chief Magistrate, which must meet with
the execration of every liberal minded
man," and that “ though his real ob
ject is only known to himfelf, yet it
was moll probably to bring our execu
tive into contempt :'' An object which
our Executive hath himfelf so perfeQly
completed,that for Mr. Rutledge to make
one single exertion for that purpose,
would indeed be like carrying coals to
New-Cadle.—But, whatever might be
the object, we are told that Providence,
whether the one or the twenty we are
not informed, hath interposed and dis
covered “ the plot."—And how easy
is it for those who are in tbe secret, —for
the plotters tbemfclves, when ever they
think proper to bring, about such provi
dential difeovery ?—To prove that the
above “ gross villainy has been played
off by an honorable Federalist," and
that John Rutledge, Efq r , is that hon
orable. Federally, we found a long lid
of names emblazoned with the high
founding titles of Senatorof the Unit
ed States, Secretary of State,Generals,
Colonels, Captains and Esquires, by
whom, we are told, the letters have
been infpe&ed, and of whom any per
son desirous of their opinions may en
tyre=but as we are not told what
their opinions will be when enquiry
shall be made, and as, since the trial be
tween Judge Dorrance and Governor
Fenner, the opinions of Rbode-lfland de
moerdts, however high founding their
titles may be, would with me weigh
but little, I (hall not pake them into the
account. But Paul Mumford, Thom
as Peckham, Walter Nichols, John
Gardner, Thomas Arnold and John
Pitman," all good men and true," no
From the New-lork Evening Post.
Case of Mr. RUTLEDGE.
[Continued.]
doubt, and properly rilled to the ser
vice, having attenu , and candidly,
(that is to far wiS cal democratic
candor and alter 1 examined said
forged letters ; spared them,
fy^^ ilii & -..foi t ^ir b^
dices)wiih letters written b, John Rut
ledge, Esq. are, " com,died to believe
that the hand-writiugof the said original
letters, and thehand- writing ofthofe other
letters,(that is I presume certain letters
which are not original,) were done
by the fame hand." Poor devils! I
doubt not but that they were, as they
emphatically fay, compelled not only
thus to believe, but also thus to sweat.
James Phillips, Samuel C, Carr,
William Riggs, and William Gardner,
have sworn, that on comparing the
forged letters with letters and notes al
lowed to have been written by Mr.
Rutledge, they perceive the greatest
f^i/i/u^ofhand-writing,—and find the
former written in a conflrained hand,fuch
as a person would write, who def red to dis
guise his own ! ! Moll excellent ! there is
then, thegreattffimilitude, and yet thereis
all that difmilitude, which would be at
tempted by a person who desired his
hand-writing to appear different from
that of Mr. Rutledge !
These men, it seems, were not under
quite so great a degree of compulsion
as were the former. These, though com
pelled to swear to ahfurdities, were not
compelled to believe the hand-writing of
each to be done by the fame person.—•
Next comes David Melville, jun. who
tells us that he “ is full, of opinion, those
letters were written by fohn Ratledge,
but are an unfuccefsful a tempt in
the writer to difeuife his, own hand-writ
ing ; and that he found some liters, nay
even ft me words, wQ\h° ! the
friends of Mr. R. and which were ex
actly similar to filth letters and words
in every scrip of Mr. Rutledge's writ
ing which was produced, except in his
defence wrote after the forged letters ;
in that, he tells us, the artful wretch
took care to write them Jifferenrly,and
yet like a filly fool, he left words of one,
two, three, nay even of four syllables,
much more resemblant of his own than
of any other writing produced".—
Melville does not quite come up to the
firflfa of witnesses ; they were com
pelled to believe—he is only compelled
to be "full, of the opinion."
Sam Vernon finds “ the fimilarit, of
the hand-writing Jirikingly alike." —
Paul M. Mumford, after having aCted
in his vocation and administered extra
judicial oaths to his friend Thomas
Peckham and others, now receives from
Thomas the fraternal embrace, and gets
Thomas to certify that he administered
an oath of the fame kind to him, and
under all these solemn obligations to
declare the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, assures us "that
he has no reason , to doubt, that all
the said letters were written by the fame
person." It is extremely probable,
that though a Rhode-Ifland justice of
the peace, he has not an over flock of
reason for any purpose.—Good M'Ca
hoon swears before the fame Thomas,
that he finds the ftrongefl ftmilarit, be
tween the forged letters and notes of
Mr. Rutledge.
Thomas Hoxfie and John Eldred,
though they do not j^ar, certify that
on comparing the forged letters with
the letters of Mr. Rutledge they “ per
cieve a great likeness both in letters and
Words. —Samuel I. Potter, by his cer
tificate, also allures us of precifel, the,
fame.— And John Slocum, who was
particularly desired to examine the
forged letters and those acknowledged
to have been written by Mr. Rutledge,
declares that he " is persuaded that there
is aftrong likeness between the letters &
words of the former, and the letters
and words of the latter ; although the
general appearance of the original let
ters seems to difaver a desire in the writer
of them to conceal bis usual band-writings
Well done Mr. Slocum ! but now be
so good as to make room for Jacob
Rodgers, # he has attentively and impar-,
tiall, examined all the letters, and finds
such exafl fimilarit, in many of the tetters,
syllables, and (would you gentle read
er believe it ?) in fjords which fem
peculiar to the hand that wrote tnetp;
that be hath no doubts in big mind but
that they were written by the fame
hand,although it appears that the Writ
er of said Rutledge's letters (what let
lers I pray you ?) attempted to disguise
bis own band." Here the readci fa-
JACOB RICHARDSON, jun.
Newport, Od. sth, 1802.
Newport, ff.
At Newport, on the da, above nam
ed, Jacob Richardson, jun. appeared;
and on oath, declared the above depo
sition by him fubfcribed,to be the truth
—before;, THO's PECKHAM,
fuflice of the Peace.
It seems Mr. Kinlock, as the friend
of Mr. Rutledge,called on young Rich
ardson for an explanation of his affida
vit—what kind of a being this young
Richardson is, will be feed from the
following deposition.
As t® Mr. Kinlock, we defy contra
diction when we fay "he is a man of
unimpeached honour and integrity ; a
scholar of elegant, correct, and exten
sive literature, and a gentleman."
The candid reader is now called up
on to read, attentively, the statement
made by Mr. Kinlock, and compare it
with what has been sworn to by the
Richardfons—men so utterly destitute
of all, sense of decency, as well as jus
tice, as to have declared, after their
oaths had been published, " if Rutledge
has not got enoUgh.we cangive him more."
State of Rhodc4smd\ ft.
Cleland KinteU; being dulyjworn,
maketh oath^tMil on the evening of
the 20th inst. he accompanied Mr. J.
Rutledge to the house of Mr Richard
son the Pod-rafter, whom they found
I Jacob Richardson, of Newport; in
the date of Rhode-Ifland, post-master,
do on oath declare, that on or about
the 2d day of August, i8ot; in the
evening, a letter was brought to my
office by a girl, who said she lived with
Mr. Rutledge, and that he sent the let
ter, diredly to the president of the U
nited States ; which letter appeared to
me to be in the hand-writing of John
Rutledge, member of Congress, but
disguised : I also declare, that on or
about the 7th day of said August, in
the evening, another letter, written in
the fame disguised hand, and directed
to the president of the United States,
was handed by the girl who brought
the other letter. That these letters
were written by John Rutledge, I was
convinced, though it was difficult to ac
count for the disguised manner of writ
ing. I also deciare, that lam khbw- N
ing to the delivery of one letter from
the president of the United States, di
rected to Nicholas Gettroy, to Christo
pher Ellervfenator of the United States,
by Mr. Geffrey ; and that no other
or second letter from the president to
Geffroy was ever delivered to said Chris
topher Ellery from my office.
JACOB RICHARDSON.
Newport, October ;tb, 1802.
Newport, ff. At Newport, on the
day abovefaid, Jacob Richardson, the
fubferiber to the above deposition, in
person appeared, and on oath declared
the fame to be the truth, before me,
THOMAS PECKHAM,
fuftice of the peace.
" I Jacob Richardson, jurt, affiftatit
poft-mafter,nn oath depose and declare,
that I examined the letters mentioned
in the foregoing deposition of the poft
rtlafter, after their reception in the poft
office, and before they were put into
the mail, and that they appeared to me
to be in the hand-writing of John Rut
ledge, member of Congress, though
disguised.—The letters were handed by
Mr. g utledge's girl.—A letter from
the President of the United States to-
Nicholas Geffroy, which came in the
mail, was delivered to Mr, Ellery, by
permission of Mr. Geffroy. No other
letter directed to Mr. Geffroy was ever
delivered to Mr. Ellery, within my
knowledge, from the poft-office; nor
did I ever fee any such other or second
letter.
tigued, may perhaps be inclined to cry
Cut " Obe jam fatis eJi, pueri claudite ri
vos." But we cannot yet indulge him
in his request : It would be an infalt
to Gideon, if we did nut introduce his
fctva.it). -she man whole bread de
pends upon the will of Gideon Gran
ger and the son of that man would de
serve difmiffion from their appointments
had they not rendered their aid, and
aded their parts in the contemptible
farce : —Make way for them I pray
you, and listen with attention.
Enter, " Jacob Richardson, of New
port, Rhode-luand, postmaster, and
" bread-eater at the will of Gideon
Granger."
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(landing at his door—that Mr. Rut
ledge accosted him, and requested the
favor of a few moments conversation
with him : Whereupon he defined said
Ratledge, and this deponent to walk
i^in : That Mr. J. Rutledge then desir
ed to know of said Richardfon,whether
he ever remembered the delivery,at his
office of any letters for Mr. Jefferfon,
either by said Rutledge himfelf, or by
any servant of his, or by any one
ofhis family ; to which said Richard
son replied, “ that is a question Which I
do not choose to answer." Upon which
Mr. R. observed, he had thought it a
civil question, or he should not have
allied it ; but fip.ce he Mr. R. thought
otherwise, he Would wish him a good
night : That accordingly Mr. R. and
this deponent got up to go away, and
while they were going away, that said
Richardson added, " I don't keep a re
cord of these matters § I don't know who
brought the letters ; but I know that they
were brought and regularly forward,
ed." CLELAND KINLOCK.
Sworn Sept. 23, 1802.
Before me, . BEN. HAZARD,
bep. Ste'r) & Pub. Net. ex rs
0
I Cleland Kinlock of South Caro
lina, do hereby teftify, that in a con
versation held by me with Jacob Rich
ardfonfan. on the evening of the loth
inst. I told him I had read an affidavit
under his name, in the paper called the
Rhode-Bland Republican, of the ninth
inst. in which there appeared to be am
ambiguity, which would lead people to
understand from it much more than he
pofiibly meant to depose; and as a
friend to Mr. Rutledge, I requested?
said Richardson to give an explanation #
; of his affidavit ; presuming that, in juf- ,
tice to Mr. Rutledge, upon whom the
affidavit was made to bear, and from a^
regard to truth, and the character he j
would with to support, as a candid ,
man, he could have no unwillingness to :{
explain his meaning, and to relate
with fairnefs, all he knew of the tranf
a&ion. I then aiked said Richardson:
whether he was present when the let
ters, mentioned in his affidavit, were
brought to the Poft-Office ?—-He repli
ed indirectly, that they were brought
by Mr. Rutledge's girl, the girl who ufu
all, brought bis letters. To the fame
question afterwards repeated, he eva
sively replied, that he knew the girl ver,
well ; she was a little white girl, about
eleven or twelve years old, and if produced,
be would identify her. Having in the
course of our further conversation, sev
eral times reverted to the fame ques
tion, and always receiving the fame in
direct and unfatisfadory answers, I at
last said to him, “ but Mr. Richardson,
you do not answer my question ; were
you or were you not present when the
letters were delivered ?" He then men
tioned an individual of the family (oth
er than his father or himfelf) to whom
he said, one of the letters was deliver
ed , and being further urged to fay,
whether either of the letters was de
livered in his preface, he at last, witfe
great hesitation, said, that one of them
was. On Monday following, I called
on Mn Richardfon,and told him I had
communicated to Mr. Rutledge the
conversation I had held with him the
evening before, and had learnt from
Mr. Rutledge, that two white girls,
and only two, had lived in his family,
since his arrival from Carolina ; and!
aiked him whether, if they were pre
sented to him, he would be so good 2#
to point out the one, he meant to fay
brought letters : to this be readily as
sented ; and alked me, as he hid
once before done, to name one of theni
I told him, that one of them, whose
name I did not know, was now living
at Mrs. Dtilariy's ; and that the other,
as I underflbod, was named Polly Os
borne; he smiled, and said he did not
know Osborne's children, but when he
saw her, he could tell if she was the girl
•-—faying again, she was ^ little white
girl, eleven or twelveyears old. This, as
I imagined, was exactly the description
of ()fborne^ girl. The fatisfied ex
pression of his countenance, when I
named this girl, and the manner in
which he had twite led me to name
her, impressed me at the time, with the
idea, that his thoughts pointed to this
girl ; and that he was pleased to hear
me mention her, as one who had lived
in Mr. Rutledge's family ; although I
had told him that, in Mr. Rutledge^ 'g
opinion, there was no white girl in his