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ell and perhaps the only fecueity against ambition
and avarice, those pests erf all republican Govern
ments, and ought to be acquiesced in, though a
TO in . had been faithful and upright. It public
offices be honorable or lucrative, it is not proper
that any individual or Town Should forever en
joy all the advantages ; it is.much more confident
with jufbice= as well as the genera! good, that
those honors and emoluments rfhopld be distribut
ed.
Whether all the complaints against our 'State
administration are well founded nr not, I will hot
undertake to determine—that speculators have at
any time been affixed by our public monies, as has
by fume be6n fufpeaed,l am not disposed to aflert;
perhaps the circumstance, that a fewindividuals
who reside within the atmosphere of the treasury,
& who formerly pofleffed but anioderate property,
ffiould be able to hold a commanding influence,not
wnly in the^N.Hampshire ,but in the Merrimacßank
also ; and Should be'ides be able to hazzard the
enormous fim of thirty thousand dollars at one
time in a< dangerous (peculation, has given rife
to the fufyicion. The uncommon anxiety of Mr.
Gilman's friends on this occasion, at finding he has
a competitor, and more especially when it is con
sidered that this competitor is quite as unexcep
tionable as the Governor himfelf, does not wear a
good appearance—it does seem as if all is not right,
& that a dread of developement h^s occasioned the
alarm ; such anjiacommon buzzing round tbeHive
leads to a fufyicion that all is not right within.#
At any rate the public confidence in some of their
officers is much impaired and a large proportion
of the people are of opinion that a change in the
Executive department of our date government is
both necessary and proper, and that neither Gov.
Gilman not his adherents have a right to be of
fended on that account —If he has been fully com
pensated for his services and even grown rich in
public employments he and his friends ought to
confider that he has had his full (hare ; if on the,
contrary, as they Tagged he has not been reward
ed, and his salary has scarce been Efficient to de
fray his travelling expences they ought to rejoice
at an opportunity of ridding him of so great a
burden :—hou hthen shall we account for the afton
iOrihg alarm that has been excited ? But the molt
mortifying circumstance of all is, that Judge
Walker is a Federally ; this has blunted the wea
pons they had laid op in reserve; The hackneyed
nicknames of Antifederalift, Democrat, Diforgan
izer, Jacobin, &c. do not answer their purpose,
they seem sensible themselves they do not reachthe
cause.- Among the 'motly variety of scribblers
none seem more agitated than “ An Old Farmer"
as he falfely stiles himfelf, in the Oracle of Satur
day lad, Who has dated his piece at Stratham
(alias a Lawyer who does not live in Stratham)—
his performance however is worthy of the author;
to aflert a fa& to the injury of others without a
colour of evidence i, of itfelf bale ; to do this and
palm a falfhood* on another,even in ordinary cases,
is villainous and cowardly ; but for a man of the
tefft odious profeffion in society to assume the ap
pellation of the most honorable, as a cover for
his nefarious conduct, is impudent, wicked, and
abominable, every class of citizens ip the date in
general, and every farmer in Strat,ham in particu
lar, ought to resent the villainy, and treat him
and his publication with the merited contempt.
DETECTOR.
•The faTchood alluded to in particular, to the assertion that
" an hundred dollars was offered to a Stratham man, to w to
the towns on Conneaicut river, and use his influence for Judge
W&r, who Wrcfufcd,but that others had accepted the biihe"
eonds, who, on tonfujtation resolved riot to load
the pistols with balls—The combatants unac
quainted with this, took their (lands at 15 paces
apart, tired and of course neither u as hurt.—They
returned into the tavern, when Black, not being
Satisfied infilled upon taking another (hot § this be
ing agreed to by Billings, they again repaired to
the ground took their Hands at 20 paces apart—
the pistols were loaded as before with wadding
only. Black won the firli fire, he difchar^ed his
pistol and finding his adversary not hurt', turned
@bont and run—Billings pursued, came up with
him, seized him by the arm and tired :—it is cer
tain the pistol must have come in close contract
with his body, for part of the wadding entered
his lungs, and he expired in 24 hours afterwards.
Mr. Osborne,
WHAT has Governor Gilman done ? is the con
ftaut exclamation of a certain Junto. Ave indeed,
said I, what has he done that can entitle hiip to
the exclusive right to the bigheft office in the
State ? One would think by their rioife and clam
our, that the office belonged bf right to Mr. Gil
riran, and that nothing (hort of fume gross misde
meanor could disinherit him ; but for myfelf, I
cannot fee the neceflity of presuming a man has
clone wrong because the people choose to try an
other in his ffead. Rotation-in office is the great-
SPRINGFIELD, MARCH 20.
FIRE!
On Wednesday last, the inhabitants of
this town were alarmed by the cry of Fire !
which proved to be a dwelling-houfc, be
longing to Mr. Thomas Norton, and occu
pied by Mr. Samuel Cooley—Thfy fire had
made foch progress before it was discovered
that every exertion to save the building Was
ineffeariai—Atnioft every thingin the house
was destroyed.
For the REPUBLICAN LEDGER.
A gentleman who arrived in town yesterday
from Guadaloupe (byway of Martha's Vineyard)
which he left about the 10th Jan. informs, That a
French (hip of 54 guns, 30 twenty-four pounders
on her main battery, had arrived there from
France, bringing the new French Consular Agent :
That when (he arrived there had 400 men, 200 of
whom deferred, and entered on board privateers :
—That die made up her crew at Guadaloupe, and
at the time the gentleman left that island, ihe was
to fail in a fortnight for Curracoa and Cape^Fran
tyis, with dispatches :—That (he had orders not
to capture American vessels, and if attacked
merely to defend herfetf.—He also informs ? that
the Agents abovementioned were treated with in
fidt and contempt, in consequence of the orders
they had given against the spoliations of American
property, of which they were the bearers ; and
that these orders extended to all American yeffels,
armed or otherwise :—Tiiat.the gentleman is fat
isfied, from a concurrence of dates and circum
fiances that the vefffl which Capt. Truxton fell
in with was the abyve 54 gun (hip.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, MARCH 12.
From Guadeloupe.
T9,Qje Executive as well as the Judiciary
Depiffinent, the line of conduct which
ought tp^v'e been puifued in Robbins'scafe,
retted op explicit constitutional provittons.
Itjs direaly the reverse of that: which each
of those departments thought proper- to a
dopt.; .t;:...
The Judiciary have the foie power of de
ciding in ttye firftiriftance on all cases arising
under treaties as laws of the land. But sup
pose from the peculiar nature of a case, the
occurrence of luch doubts refpeaingthe cbn
itruaion and application of a treaty elaufe,
as the Judiciary could not of themselves re
move ; it would then become. their duty to
apply to Corigrefs for a declaratory law on
the fubjea.'
The principle here advanced is derived
from the constitution. In what light then
mult circumstances attending the delivery of
Robbins be viewed by cahn ahd itnpiftial
observers r , '
<ln England, destitute as that country is of
political freedom, yet civil liberty is so Well
guarded, that what took place here in the
case of Robbins, would not be fuffered in
that country at the present day. lathe hif
tory of that people it is only under the most
arbitrary reigns that we arc to look for such
interferences of Executive with Judicial au
thority as set at defiance those maxims of
law arid justice which they have been gene
rally taught to receive as forming part of
their conßitutional code. But even in reigns
the mdft arbitrary, cases have occurred in
which Judges, to their immortal honour be
it said, have possessed fufficierit independence
of mind to refill with becoming dignity the
influence attempted to be exercised over
them by the crown. That contemptible ty
rant, Jarnos the firft, once attempted to in
trude himfelf upon the bench of Justice and
to usurp the exercise of Judicial powers.—
Your majtfy has no right to give an opinion in
this court—in our perjons alone has your majes
ty a r @,?o be prejent here —such was the
dignified style in which the. bench rebuked
, the 'arrogance and repelled the lawless pre
tensions of the tyrant.
[Albany Regifler.
Communication.
By the Southern mail, we are informed
that a violent revolution broke out, in the
Pennsylvania legiflarure, Similar to the one
which broke out in Congress two years Since
—No bones broke! thank God !—We have
yet a Lyon and a Griswold in Congress—a
Logan and a Filher in our Rate legislature
to defend our liberties, support good order,
and the rights of man !—^Raife fun for Euro
pean mpnarchifts to fee how well we pro
ceed in bettering the condition of human
nature in the governmental way—What
next, pray ? If these things go on, I expea
to fee the worthy President of the .United
States rode upon a rail, tarred and feathered,
for giving his opinion as to the propriety of
fending ambassadors to Europe —These are
the days to try men's fouls, and bodies too—
when tongs and Staves fly about one's head
in Congress "and fills are used in the date
legiflaturcAO decide the merits of a question.
The resolutions proposed in the federal
house of representatives, by Mr. Livingston,
declared the conduct of our Executive and
of Judge Bee, in the case of Jonathan Rob.
bins, to have been unconstitutional and of
dangerous tendency, must be generally ap
proved of by those who look upon the pub
lic servants as responsible agents. We be
lieve those only disapprove of them who, by
a flange confufion of ideas, have learned to
refpe& the will of the administration, in ev
ery case, as the only te£ of constitutional
prescription.
Cbe Republican &ebger. .
Portsmouth, March 19, xSoo.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR,
la the following towns.
• Walker, Gilman.
Meredith, 84 30
Derryfield, 31 go
G l.nantou, 197 1,9
Eaton, 75 —
Pittsfield, 0 60
Northwood, < 45 6,
Merrimack, 22 72
Dunbarton, 10 70
Bedford, 2 g§
Amherst, 85 123
Milford, 82
Moultonborough, 60 42
Keen, 0 94
Hollis, 15 95
Lyndbprougb, 61 1
Hawke, 202
Northfield, ->OS 0
Somerfworth, ^ 3 82
Farmington, * „ 76 30
, Kensington, > 35 52
New-Boffon, . 94 ,5
Peterborough,- /lira '4 96
SauborntoQ| T 324 1
Deering, r 70 2
Io 3 78
Hampton.^, ft,,: 7 57
: • -, -
- , ] 43 8 1467
Safilbury, -Weare, Canterbury, Conway, At
kinson, Burton, Newham,ton, and several other
towns, are said to have given a very large major
ity to Judge Walker.'
The case of Jonathan Robbins has given
rife to a great deal of adimadverfion, and de
bate in the House of Representatives. The
executive branch of our government, find
ing its conduct canvassed with freedom, and
its errors detected by the watchful guardi
ans of popular rights, will be more careful
in its condud to prevent similar difeuffions.
Sycophants will never pretend to fee a
fault, but encourage a perfeverar.ee in error,
b, Muir iudiferiminate flattery. The 'great
Chatham told an infatuated miriiftry, their
conduct would fever this country' from the
Britilh crown ; put his prophetic language
was derided, and hfc@k§ in vain to men;
who where refolvecl not to be corrected, or|
to acknowledge their miflakes, ;3. I
!FUNERAL HONORS ):
Were paid at Cape-Francoisiu memory of the
talents,.virtues add tervfces'bf GEORGE WASH
INGTON. The Lodge of La Verite, joined* the
demonUrat ions.—At a meeting, on the 4th Janua
ry, a&% at which Capt. Perry, Messrs. Laing,
Palmer, Weaves a^d fayeq, ,tliucrs;<rf the Gene
ral Greene, ailiUed as vHitors? 'Bfofher CoLIN, a
Frenchman,^ffiuuced #0 abbey daffical, and pa
thetic Orations iu,wlrifh heifeysh" Ajpugrntul
cry refoundi rhro<ffe corinnfeftt, and even reaches
us, Geqkge Washington fa @ mere! his bhdy
repots in (he. filept tcHub. tardus memory will
live coeval with eternity—lds immoral fauk rflls
in tffe bosom othis'eneaebr-—tie'fris alreadfteceiv-;
ed the eteffiaVcrOtfn, the reward eftWirtsvirtues,|
^'WASHtNGFd^'WaS thetefbuaer bflhis ^OUft-1
try ; he created its army and condfrfled irfairiidft
uumberlefs dangers, to the glorious peace which I
fecur&d its independences ~ His tiame yvas the ter-1
ror ofbis end'd) ies,psJyigil^% ^jlqoncerted all
their plans; antiwhen they jJwught he was tailing
like tnem, the fwe^sof repo^; he vauquifhed, he|
saved his country? J Washington w^ terrjble in/
war to hteeufmies; in pekoe he inis :<ln hufb^d
man. 'GtoTOMWASHINGTon was a Maron This '
name, and the tranfeepdeney%ffig virtues, pro
tested Mdforir,ffirbu)sotte the UMfyki I States ;—.
he poflefled all ¥h?lfwafities'bf# b^fonj theh letj
his virtues tie a mo<TeF,tet nuttihe n^mclty of an;
j#ufyiou§ namebd lo.lt to (is ; let 6s endeavour to'
imitate him. If like him we art i^t heroes iu the
held, let us like him be the heroes and partisans :
Qt humanity jTet soldiers imitate his warlike]
deeds, and Masons his zeal for our order, and Lis'
civil virtues ; let ns not died fruitless tears over 1
his tomb; let us Rudy his life, and copy hir&t -;
tions, a great man is an example for the world,
he belongs to all countries ; he dies, but his fame
lives forever.
" O Washington ! may thy virtuous exam
ples be planted in the hearts' ot Qy brother Ma
fonfo" c ^ —
A new Demand of the Brityb.
The Britilh commiffiouers who let -at Philadel
phia under the treaty,among many other enorm
ous demands made upon the country, dated that
as King George had punctually paid for all the
He&nf<<& guinea, a heagwmch he hired, apd
sent to America to fight for him, and who were
mottly taken prifohers, and many of theni remain
ed in the country after the treaty of peace, exhib
ited their account lor all thole in this country af
ter that period, which amounted, principal aud
filtered to nearly 200,000 dollars, Mr, Sitgreaves
the American coinmidinner,and who it is laid was
inclined to give in to many demands 61 the Britflh
was so (truck at the unreafonablenels of this and
many other unwarrantable claims, iliat lie at lail
receded from the bulinefs which would finally
tend to the complete mortgage of the. whole couth,
try to the British—it is said at Philadelphia that
the people of the United States would rije en
mafle, were they to be acquainted with the whole
hiitor'y of the proceedings of tliele Britilh commit
lioners,and the unbounded latitude of their claims
upon America— Mr. Sitgr^aves is gone to Eng
land upon the butiiiefs, but it never can be fatten
011 the ground the Britilh have taken up, unless
we consent to become hewers of wood and draw
ers of water to them.
CAUTION.-
The money brought to Alexandria from New-
Orleans, by James Elliot and others,and which on
examination, proves to be counterfeit, ore of the
United States paper, dated Philadelphia, Feb.
1795, June 1796, April 1797, and Feb. 1798, for
the 100 dollar bills, and marked A? and red E.—
The 50 dollar bills are poll notes, dated Philadel
phia, April, 1799, andfaiarked B. The bills are
well imitated, out the paper inferior to that of
the true bilf; the signing hard to be known from
the true bill, except the G. in the calhier's name,
and Simple are written larger and the ink paler
than in the real bill—some of them areligned John
Kean, cashier.
The public are warned that a great quantity of
this paper is in New-Orleans, arid coming on to
the United States. ;;
The example of ancient times appears to be
much revered in Britain, and by her descendants
N. B. Expel them ! expel them ! (no
matter of which party) save, the honour of
government. N. Y. Reo..
We have heard no cause assigned for the.
arrival of our envoys at Eifbon, infled of
Bourdeaux or L'Orient ; at one of which
ports, it was generally supposed they would
land. Perhaps they intend to remain at
Lisbon, until the French government as
sures them of being received, in a becoming
manner, on their arrival at Paris. The de
lay produced by this etiquette is to be lament
ed, as it will retard the long wished for hour
of reconciliation.
• The Editor of the Aurora fcrutinize§ the
conduct of the Cabinet so minutely, and de
velopes the fectet eounfels of the private
conferences of influential, legislative char
a&ers so accurately, that they are inceifed
at the publicity of their secret movements,
and would, if possible, silence that very use-.-
ful editor ; but possessed as he is, of a mind
formed to combat with persecution, his
friends need not fear any diminution of his
spirit or industry, from either threats or ac
tual oppreflion. - ib.
b,j 9 J? '-. ENTERED—JONE;
I ' CLEARED.
I t^th Ship — — Randel, London.
f 17W Ship Razer, - Henderson, Havanas,
ICapt. D'VoJ,late mailer pfthe fch'r Eagle, of
:(Baltimore, yhich upset at sea, on the 30th jam
lalt, gives the f&tywjqg information:
; < Two days afrer^fe apbVe misfortune, all hands
;on the wreck, thhSifters,'Capt. Sfokes, of Charles-
I.tun, -fell in with^upt We begged ihis affidaneei
'but lie refufed to take us up, alledging that he
was fho£t oQroxtytes, at lengthafter Urong en-
Itreaties, be bade us Tn mi on board ; this he knew
the weak.ftatemf myfelf and crew would-riot al
: low us to comply witter Capt, S. theniinhumanly
: |eit,us tq all irieoa^mßies of Starvation and lin
• Bering death, However, on rhe following U)@fn
nig at about ',' o'clock, his majefij'smill dfig.
Adm Vandeput, took us off the fth'r, treated us
Witto thereto## humanity, arid landed us fate at
Hampton ^ds,, f^ weremytelf and crew re
lieved by the. Generality of a foreigner' when re
frifed it by an American t—ln behalf of himfelf
and crew, captain D'\W, returns hie moftgrate
ful acknow tedgmem;borthe kind arid hospitable
treatment which they received from Adm. Van,
deput, had trie officers of the Alia,.
PORTEND, MARCH 1% *
, On Saturday last arrived at this port Schooner
Aurora, Capt. Dicks, 34 days from St, Kitts.—
Gapt. D. had been taken by a French privateer,
arid was retaken by the United Stales Ship lufur
gente, Capt. Murray,' j' " ,- -
Two of the people belonging to the Schooner
;Eunice, Capt. thrasher, which failed from Liver
pool for tins portnearly five months since, and
was supposed to be loft, came paflengers with
Capt. Dicks, Capt. Thrashes wds dimiafted on the
coati of Novia Scotia, and obliged to put dway for
t|ie Weft- Indies ; some time after, he, was taken
by ,a French privateer and carried into St. Eu.fta
tia. The mate, Mr. Charles Bradbury of this
town, and several of the hands were detained on
board the privateer, which was on a three months
cruiser .:.;:.<
I'Capt. Dicks left at st. Kitts, the frig Androf
' coggin, of Wifcaffet, bound to Jamaica ; a fy,
from Norfolk, belonging to Portsmouth, and twq
other American veffis, names unknown which
had been captured by the French and retaken by
the. U.S. armed veffe|s. ^, > r..
Capt, Collegan of ttyis town, in a v^flel front
St. Thoigaf bound To the ty& of G i] ite.a, fp>ke
; Capf.°Thrafher, and after generouffy flipplying
him with every thing necessary, was pnfortunaie
ly drowned ip returning t.o his v'effefo'
congress Frigate? .
[I Thefollowing letter has feta received in Reflow,
from 41 lofficer on board the United Sttoqjifeate
Congress, dated, _ *
,Hampton Roads, Feb, 24, 1800.
H t embrace an opportunity to inform ' you that
on the sgb uk. Gx da,s.after leaving Newport,Ue
were entirely difmafted ; our bowsprit, channels,
fails, head, &c. either gone or much injured. The
particulars of which I. expe& you util hear by
Capt. Sever's official acgoont. Mr. Bofworth, our^
4th Lieutenant, who was in the nib in top when," #
that matt went; and was toft. Vie arrived after
being 43 days finee we were difmMled, and I&,
, 'never fyoke one velfel bound to tke svuiiueuu
The proofs adduced that Jonathan Robbins was
an Iriihman are POSTHUMOUS ONES. Sup
posing him to be an Irishman a bull was reported
to to apologize for his death. An enquiry was
commenced to disprove Robbins' oath, after he
was furrepdered up to his executioners.
N. X Argus.
Thursday the 24th day of April next, is
appointed by his Excellency Goy. Gilman,
witl^ the advice of Council, to be observed
as a day of Fatting and Prayer, throughout
this State.
London, Dec. i 3.
A letter from Port finonth lays, our Greets are
filled with our illuArious Allies, Ruffian Officers
and seamen ; and if the, are really the invincible
heroes they have been represented, they are like
the Scotch cottagers cat, much better then they
are,bonny—the only things remarkable in their
appearance are tilth, doth and inactivity.
Leave has been given by his grace the duke of
Portland, to onr half-pay officersto enter into the
feryice of the United States ; in consequence of
which, feverai of this defcriptiori, refilling in that
country, have taken commissions, and are now do
ing in the provilional regiments.
[Canada Constellation,
OnWednefday evening lad, a disagreeable affair
happened at MiJs Woodbury's dwelling house,
south-end, a lady well known at that part of the
town. Mr, Jafpan;a gentleman of colour, who
affiduobfly paid hisiddreOes to this exalted nymph,
(and repeatedly received denials',)" attempted to
gain that adament heart by the affittance of a jack*
R?ri,%whiclr he could not accomplish by persua
sion. She, however, was timely refeued by the
agility of Mr. Barnes, wto commenced a fenffle
with ibis Mr. Jafpan, in defence of MiG Patty's
virtue; and accordingly the defrayer of virgin
fame was under t>e heceffity of making a retreat,
politely leaving ^ few fears, that Mr. Barnes
might remember,, never more to make such un
mannefly intrufians.
.^.-—-, ^_
IUi a - s 4^%^^
complete copy oTTne New Trench Conditution,
hat reached that'tiry ; and that Buonaparte lias
been appointflito tilt the office of Grand Ele&or,
whifih'it e^abL^s a,s' the head of/hq Executive
pepmarfnf," ° , ~
CT7, ft one <nut —u—-. ^ti i;.!)..;::..
4he Goverument.o£New-York, halve expended
4,b.0p0 dolls, m^e erection of ^ # &rfeiQ, hich
is.now nearly cqrtyepted. 25% "fads, of arms
Have been infy&rtedMhich wiirbe b arhdhg the firlt
,deposits in thfobitfldink ^o\ v .n r9 :U/
every where—lt westhe law formerly of the B -it.
iff in Ireland, that killing i mere Liftman war
not murder—tie practice is kept up, though the
law is like the common law, a code unwritten.
The case of Jonathan Robbins is a modern im
provement upon this ancient law of hi itarn ; it is
enough to call a man an Irishman, to make it rw
murder, to pervert the la„v of nations, and to de
grade national honor and character.
; ' ®sborhc% Ratine Lift