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Ino^'lQe of men: It, therefore, was considered
as a great compliment, when on the superscription of
a letter to a Polidi Nobleman, he wrote, " to be com
municated to the ornament of Human nature ;" how
much greater must the compliment be considered,
4 when in the direction of a letter to our President-
General Washington, some years since he wrote,
" From the cldeft General in Europe, to the great
efl General in the World ?"
PHILADELPHIA, JAR. 2%
We understand that, Mr. Harvy, the President's
secretary, is to be the bearer of the dispatches, &c.
to France, concerning the Louisiana treaty ; and
that he is to depart in a few days.
Kosciusko. —On the 28th October, fays a
Paris Paper, all the Polanders in Paris attached to
the doarines of Kosciusko, assembled to celebrate,
according to their annual custom, the anniversary
of their General's birth day. Several senators,
counfellors of state, members of the inftiture, the
ambassador from the United States, with federal
Amercans and a number of literary characters, com
posed the guests.
The general assembly of Virginia, it is Gated,have
palled a law, directing that the election for electors
of Prefilent and Vice. President of the United States
shall be by a GENERAL TICKET throughout
that Rate. ———
BOSTON, FEB. Q.
FROM PORTUGAL.
The fcho. Hope, capt Faster, arrived here yes
terday in 68 days from Lisbon, capt. F. corrob
orates the news, which we received some days
since, of the purchased neutrality of Spain and
Partugal. The epidemic at Malaga continued
to rage with unabating violence,and to afford lit
tle hope of its speedy extinction. A Quarantine
of 40 days had been impeded at Lisbon on all
vefTels coming from America.
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FROM WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
On Friday last, the acquisition of Lomfiana
was celebrated in this city by a numerous com
pany assembled at Steve's Hotel, on capitol bill.
A most fupeib dinner was given by a number
of the Members of congress, to the Prefideat of
the United States, the Vicc-Prefident, the heads
of departments & the other officers ofgovernment.
The President was escorted from his own house
to the place of entertainment by numbers of both
houses, the Brigadier General and the colonel of
the Walhington Militia, and the officers of gov
ernment generally. His approach was announ
ced by adifeharge of Artillery from the Hill, &
he was received at the door by the Pre dents and
vice-presidents of the day, and welcomed by a
full band of music playing " Jefferfon's march."
The company, confining of about one hundred
set down to dinner at 5 o'clock. General Smith
presided, and mr. Nicholson, and General Var
num aded as vice president?
Fxb. 0.
CAUTION.
The public nre cautioned against counterfeit bills of
Newham, third Bank, payable in Philadelphia, as many of
them of to dollars arc in circulation. They are executed
very poorly ; and the forger, 43 difeoveraa by the least in
fpedtion.
A person, by the name of Silas Livermore, of New-
Hampffiire, was apprehended on Sunday last, at Weston,
by two black men of this town, who had received a num
ber of these, of laid Livermore, and one Edmunds. They
secured Edmunds io the gaol of this town on Saturday
evening. By theif salve exertions they overtook Liver
more, on Sunday morning, on his way to New-Hampshire
—Upon searching him, thirty 10-dollar bills were found
concealed in one of his boots, most of them not signed.---
From feme observations accidentally made by Livermore,
it is expelled many of thole bills have been put offin this
town and its vicinity.
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The Oracle.
TUESDAY, February 14.
aZT^+eT-^=P^^^— ;-— w—. —=^sM_^^T^ -tU=.- ^K-w*.^ is^w.J,
The second Tuefday in March is appointed by the Le
gislature for our State election.—From the love of social
order, and stable government which generally pervades
the State, we anticipate the re-election, of our present
Governors, —the faithful and honorary reptefentatives of
our tempers, taste and morals.
The Superior Court was opened in this town on Tuef
day last Judge Smith addrdtd the juty in a comprehen
sive, elegant, and inftru&ve Charge,
From Ferment.
On the authority of a letter from Walpole, of the 31st ult.
we have the unpieafaut talk of announcing, that the Legisla
ture of Vermont have puffed the Amendment to the Con
flitution of the United States. Yeas 93.--Nays 64.
The States are npw,
IN FAVOR. AGAINST.
Pennfflyania, Deta&are, and
Maryland, Mefoebufah^
Virginia,
North- Carolins,
Ohio, and
Vermont. —
F The firft Resolution of the Delaware Legiflature*
mull strike every federal mind. It is conclusive, and con
tains so much truth and good policy, as fbould convince
and influence the Democrats themfclves —We cannot for
bear its re-infer tioti.
* "Because at all times innovations es the Constitution are
dangerous ; but more especially when the changes arc di
re&ed by party spirit, are designed for temporary purpo
ses, and calculated to accomplish personal views."
Let it be said of New-Hamplhire, in future times that
they a6ted like Delaware.
Extract of a letter from Demarara, dated December %,.
Americans are daily arriving to this port. The markets
are glutted with cur produce—Provifibnsare mere drugs—
Lumber and Clapboards still support their prices, the de
mand for them is very great. It is expeded Americans
will shortly be prohibited the exportation of Sugar and
Coffee ; even now they arc not permitted to take away but
just the amount of their inward cargoes, without paying an
extra duty of one dollar per Hhd.
Three fellows were apprehended on Thursday, at the
Hotel in attempting to pass counterfeit Bills.
A resolution has passed the House of Delgates, of Vir
ginia, making capital and punilhable with death, the crimes
if rape, arson, burglary and highway robbery.
1
Seled Brkifo Cloffim
Mr. Angier March of Newburyport, has jnft
issued proposals for publishing an elegant edition
of the Seled British Claries ; containing the Tat
ler, Spectator, Guatoian, and Connoisseur, the
World, Rambler, Idler, and Adventurer, the
Mirror, Shenftone's Sketches of Men and Man
ners, the Citizen of the World, or Letters from
a Chiaefe Philosopher, and all the other Essays
of Do&or Goldsmiths ; together with brief Me
mories of the Lives of the pridcipal author.
The work will be comprised in thirty eight
volumes of from 250 10 300 pages each ; and
embellished with Seventy fix engravings ; and
the last volume will contain an alphabetical lift
of the fubferibers's names. Portland pap.
^Subscriptions for the above work will be
received at Treadwells' Book-Store.
DUELLING.
A law to prevent duelling, has passed the Miffippi
legislature—the offender on conviaion, to be fined
in the firm of one thousand dollars, imprisoned
twelve months, and rendered incapable of holding
any office of honor, profit or trust for five years.
If either of the parties be killed, the survivor and
his associates lo be deemed guilty of murder, & pun
idled with death.
On Tuefday morning last, Mr. John Randolph
of Chefterfield, was found dead in his bed, oc
casioned by being Shot through the head with a
pistol. His son has Since been committed to
jail under suspicion of being the author of this
horrid aft. Vir. Pap.
An Academy has been built aid opened at Colchefter,
(Con) from a fund of 30,000 dollars, left by Mr. John
Bacon, of that towa, to be appropriated as a fund for that
beneficent purpose.
Dfreffing Accident —On the 9th January, in the afterno)n
the house of Mr Edward Kelley, of Sandbornton, in this
State, caught fire by some accident, and was consumed;
and what adds to the distress of friends, Mra Kelley, an
aged woman, was burnt to death—Mr. Kelley had gone to
a neighbours; and it is fu, posed his wife lay down to sleep
in a retired room—The jury's verdict was, that she came to
her death by misfortune [Concord Courier
On the 29th Dec. George Troop Drown was seen fcating
on Thuber's pond—about one o'clock was fonnd dead—
A jury was empannelled who reported " that he acciden
tally seated off the ice and was drowned." It is hoped
that the above melancholy fad will be a salutary caution to
children how they expose themselves on the ice. Parents
beware!! Rhode I,and pop.
t -„<« < < v 3 qf>».4. 140 Qqo fy.^,^Q tfc
DIED
In this town,Widow Shackford,aged 91; Mr.JosHUA
Blake, Merchant.
In Sweden, aged ,2 years, the Compte de Spaere, for
merly Chancellor of that kingdom, and preceptor of the
reigning king
•fr»9><o^^^wfo &«&&.«•«+ «•«•«<••}•
Bill of Mortality,
For Portsmouth, N. H.for A. d. 1803.
By LYMAN SPALDING, M. 8.
COMPLAINT. ^O^ °^ 3^
Abfafe in the lungs, % i I
Apoplexy, 3 II I
rffbma, I I 1
Atrophy, 541 11112 2
Bleeding from lunge X I!EI
Canberra^ i. c. ") I
Scarlatina, fo^ 65 5 ^4s^
Cholera of infants, 21 I lli
Colic billious, I\ 1 iX\
Consumption, 41^4^4 21 I, 4
Convulfcns, 6^ II 232 | 2
Drb Pfy, 362 2 21 11
Droffi in the brain, 3 I 2! | | I | I II
" r °kfy ° n " j e head, 11
Dropsy in the breajl,l x
Dyfentary, 11
E P ile kfy, 2 11
Eryfeelas, 1 x
Fever and Ague, I X
Fever billions, * 2 1 I|
Fever pulmonic, 4;9 1252 111
Fever typhus, II I II
Inflammation of ™2'
the bowels, *
Jaundice, 11
Lockjaw, 11
Nephritis, 1~1I ~1
Old age, 2831 2 1 12
, # >% 3'III
Fhrenzy, Q 11
Premature birth, It I ±
Quinsy, 11 jx
Scropbula, I I
Casual- f Overlaid 11 1
ties. ( „Suicide, 1 I I
BIRTHS 11 '
Males lo6^fola/I6T 86.19 II 19 911'1416121 7 13 610
Fcmalesio]j 213] 61 Males, 86 Females Totali47.
Marine List.
Arrivals & Departures face Feb. 2.
3d, failed fchr. Dove, Ri cei Weft-Indies
4th, do ship Frances, Nichols, Charleston,
Bth, do brig James, Fernald, Grenada.
Bth, arrived brig George and Jane, Sullivan, Dcmerara.
February 8 —Arrived brig George, I, Jane, Sullivan,
32 days from Demarara—January 15, in lat. 26, 2t N.
long 65, 46, W. spoke schooner Rising States, Smith, of
Boflon, 6 days from Charleston, for Sc Bartholomews.
,fl °f ftfels at Demarara, December 30, 1803;
Brig Hitty, Moore; brig Oliver Peabody, Gilman;
brig Camillus, Kennard, fail in 8 days; brig Betsey, Wal
ker ; brig Joseph, Salter ; ship Florence, Barns, all of this
port— George and Harriot, Allen, Boston ; brig Bellifarius,
[ibbecs, Savannah ; schooner Ranger, Patterson, fail in 30
days lor Wifcaffet ; schooner Amazon, Murray, 6 daysfor
New-York; brig New Adventure, M'Kenzie, Befton, 8
days for do; hermaphrodite brig, Hodgdon, 8 days for
Philadelphia—A Portland brig, and schooner Phoenix,
Lake, of Portsmouth failed for the Inlands December 28.
Schooner Washington, Fenfon, from Newburyport, for
Barbadoes; Nov. 12, at 2 o'clock, P. M. 3 leagues east @f
Cape Ann, saw a wreck on her beam end; soon after dis
covered a boat, which proved to belong to the schooner
Rebecca, of Saco. The boat had three men in her, two
living and one dead. Tock them on board, and flood on.
Thetwo men, John Scammons and John Richardson, in
form that the dead man was capt. Solomon Rose, of the
fchr. Rebecca, which sprung a leak and upset about ten
o'clock the night before. Capt. Rose had been dead about
an hour and a half when the Washington came to their
relief. One of the furvivers was so chilled with the cold ,
mat he was unable to help fchr,fclf cut of the beat. The
schooner was fr om Sa co , bound co Cape Ann, and was
supposed to have gone down with all pfo or, Board.
rig eiicity, Walker, was spoken going into Sarrinam
no date. c o;
A ^ ^ ^°" left * e Vineyard on Tuefday morning.
& . T h e ,ghfh lugger L'Dlair, Lt Carr, has captured, the
° Pt Grant, of Kenebunk, from River c f Plate
and has sent her into St Kitts—
At Dominica, January 3, schooner Fanny, Hodgdon,
Portsmouth, not fold-At Ffofo January ~ a i c h oo j
er belonging to Captain Brown, of do—At St Thomas, Fan
-10, Franklin, of do. J
B ^ Herald, Gould, of Kennebunk, from Turks-lfland,
was spoken bound off the co?.ft, tn any part of the Weft-
Indies he could make, —had loft both his topmasts and top
sails in a gale and had most of his other fails split; o^c
man had died, two wounded, and two were lick.
Markets at Demarara, December 27.
Lumber, 5 j9es, in demand; Clapboards, 5 dollars;
Flour, 6 dollars, plenty ; Fifb if to 2 ftivers ; Beef and
Pork very low ; W. O. Shooks and Staves in no demand.
•fr^+»»>»•>>.•,)••>> %>,»&: -<-^>%.,»0^,,,^
Patent Medicines.
Subferiber has received at his
Shop near the Parade, a large supply of
Dr. Lee's New London Bilious Fills ;
Aromatic Paste for the Teeth and Gums;
Deafleys family Planter for old fores,
burns, icalds, &c. together with a general as
sortment of DRUGS & MEDICINES.
Ship's Medicine Chests put up at the
ffidrteft notice.
JOSIAH DWIGHT.
Fortfmouth, Feb. 11, 1804.
Ckeapfor Calk or Credit.
T/OR Sale by JACOB WALDEN,
' Eighty Bbls, of Alexandria Fine and Superfine
FLOUR,
of a good quality. Feb. A.
Wanted to Purchase,
ONE hundred and twenty M. Bricks
eight and half cr nine inches in length,
four and half ditto in wedth, and 2^ ditto in
thickness ; —alfo a quantity of Stones faitable
for a cellar, and a good fubflantial white pine
Frame, for a Store, 27 feet by 44 ditto. In
quire of the Printers. Feb. if.
For Sale,
A few Hhds. good flavored, high proof
RUM, by No A. & J. Haven.
February 4.
Perkins' Patent Pumps,
KEPT constantly for file at No. §
Merchant's Row, where may be had
Russia IRON ; DUCK&SHEETING.
For Exchange,
30 tons of Screw'd Hay,
for Weft-India Goods—apply to the Printers.
Feb. 11.
"[AKEN out of the Bar Room of the
Mason's Arms Tavern by some villain on
the night of the 29th December, or the morning
following, a piece of Linen, wrapped in brown
paper, mark'd Jeremiah Smith, Esq. Exeter ;
whoever will give information of the same-so
that it may be recovered, shall receive one half
the value of the fame on application to
J. DAVENPORT.
Portsmouth, Feb. 10, 1804.
Di/lriEi of Nezv-Hampshire, to wit :
BE it remembered that on the twenty
firft day of January, in the twenty-eighth year
of the independence of America, William &
Daniel Treadwell, of the said DifiriA, have
deposited in this office, the title ofa book, the right
whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words fol
lowing to wit: “ Nightingale. A colleaion
of the rnoft popular, ancient and modern Songs ;
Set to Music. Scleded by Samuel Larkin." In
conformity to the aft of the Congress cf the United
States intituled " An Aa for the encouragement
of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts,
and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of inch
copies during the times therein mentioned."
Jon'a. Steele, Clert
of the Ditlrifl of New-Ham/jkite
Ahue Copy of Record,
Attest, Jon'a. Steele, Clerk.
NOTICE.
I HEREBY caution all Persons against
purehafi ng the following notes signed by me,
as I have paid the fame, and am determined never
to pay either of them again, viz. one dated feme
time in the yiar 1 799, payable to one Charles
Rundlett, for the turn of two Dollars, on de
mand, the other to Joseph Gilman 4 f h, payable
iometime in September last, for fifteen Dollars,
Zebulon Gilman.
Gilmanton, Feb. T, 1804#
Particular Notice.
THOSE Persons who have purchased Tick
ets of Gilbert & Dean, in the sth Class
of South Hadley Canal Lottery, from No 10601,
to 10715, are requeued immediately to exchange
them for others, with Gilbert & Dean, or either
of the Managers—as the greater part of the a
bove Tickets were burnt in the recent fire. This
notice is of consequence to the holders, a speedy
, compliance will be accefiry. Feb. 6.
_' fuc Lions;
This Day,at S. Little'sOffice,
20 pieces India Cottons;
10 pieces India Chintzes ;
150 G;lt and Silver Watches ;
3 chests Souchong Tea; Boxes Su^ar.
3 chests Hyfon-fkin TEA;
4 boxes CHOCOLATE;
On Inefday next,
10 chests Hyfon-fkin TEA, and
ico lbs. Spanish INDIGO;
o— —
On hard at Private Sale.
20 bags ground Ginger ; 50 boxes CHOCO
LA FE, good, 40 bags Chocolate Shells; 50 chests
1 EAS, different kinds; 10 Bbs. Tar; a lew
pip Brandy , 200 lb. Spanish float Indigo; 20
boxes GLASS of 7 by 9; 16 Russia Beds; 200
pieces Bandannoes,Luogre and Sufterfoy Handker
chiefs ; 50 bags Nutmegs; 20 boxes Soap, good,
for Clipping ; 50 lbs. all coulors Seeing Silks.
On Tuefday next, 12 o'clock.
On Ayers' Wharf,
10 hhds. Demarara Rum,
part of the cargo of brig George & frifte front
Demarara. * Feb. lT.
LETTERS
Regaining in the Pofl-Office at York,
February 9, 1804.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN; Mary Beal; Joshua
Bridges, 2 ; James Fitzgerald ; Jenny Farn
ham ; William Hutchings ; Job Hutchings ; Jo
seph Hutchings ; William Moulton; Elias M 0;
Sukey Main ; Joseph M mkon,ir. Susanna M'C iv;
Benjamin Preble; Jernes Pinkham: Lucy Persons;
Daniel Simpson : Robert Briar., Kittery ; Mark
Fernald, jr. de. ; Nathaniel Hooper, do. ; Samuel
Hammonds, do. ; Jmarinn Woodman, do.
DANIEL SEWALL, P. M.
Tyler's patent Grist Mill.
"rHE fubferibers have purchased of the Pro-'
prietor^ the exclusive privilege of building, using or of
vending to others to be used, in the State cf Newbampthire,
Tyler's Patent Grist Mill.
The irfefuincfs of this invention is proved beyond a doubt,
to those who have seen it i. operation—To those who have
not, the following is a fpeci&cr: ; the expense of building
is less than the ordinary coiftrv&ion; it is very simple,
and not fnnje& to get oct of repair ; it takes less water,
and very little room; more of them may be set in the fame
quantity of room, than any other ; the building that con
tains it, is no more fubjedlfto decay than any other building,
with a small expense of underpinning with stone ; it goes
free in severe frefty weather, without cutting ice—Any
gentleman wifning to fee them in operation, ma, be grati
fied inClaremont, Alftead, Surry, Peterborough D-rrytield,
Concord, Salisbury, Pittsfield, Moultonborough, Concord
in Coos, and many other places in this State- Gentlemen
who wiffi to build mills upon this truly valuable plan, will
plcafc to apply to the fubferibers in Claremont.
ELISHA HITCHCOCK,
LEMUEL HITCHCOCK,
JOHN HITCHCOCK, jun.
January 27, 1804
Fifty Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS some mifehievous person or
persons did at a late hour on Tuefday
night last, break open the North Meeting House
in Portsmouth,& did then and there ring the Bell,
which alarmed many of the inhabitants, and af
frighted others, as if the town was on fire.—•
Therefore, the feledmen offer the above reward
to any person that will give evidence fufficient
to coavift the perpetrators before any Court pro
per to try them.
GEORGE GAINS, I
MOSES WOODWARD,/
SAMUEL HUTCHINGS, > Selectmen.
ELIJAH HALL, (
EDWARD CUTTS. J
Portsmouth, Feb. 10, 1804.
LOST
FROM on board schooner Sally, Ro
bert Oram, mafler, two Bags of Coffee, after
file came to Mr, Sheafc' swharf, whoever will give
information of the fame fliall receive ten dollars re
ward by ROBERT OR/IM.
Portsmouth, Feb 11, 1804.
Attention.
ALL persons indebted to the fubferi
ber by Note or Account, are requ^fled to
make immediate payment. It is highly probable
that be will retire from the present business by the
lift of March. Those who have been in the habit
°f negligence and still persist in it, mud expert
no favors but such as law admin^ftered in common
form will admit cf. OZIAS SILSSY.
NOTICE.
Rockingham, fs.
ALL Persons having demands on the
estate of
JOSEPH MARCH,
late of Detrfiled, in said county, enquire, deceased,
are requeftei to exhibit the famelor tettlerent ; and
all perlons indebted to laid estate are called on to
make immediate payment to
Anna March, Executrix.
Deerfield, Feb. 6, 1804.
To Let,
AFARMin the town of Portsmouth,
well Rocked, and may be entered upon in
March next,—apply to the Printers, Feb. 4.