Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-08-30 00:00:00, page 3

NEW-YORK, AUGUST 22.
CESSION of WESTFLORDA.
Welea/nthe Sift authority, that a letter
was yesterday received front our Ministers
at Paris,mentioning,that Weft-Florida was
included in the Louiliana purcbafe.
Captain Smit?, at Baltimore, from Gib
raltar, failed on the sth ot July,informs that
a Portuguese 64, had funk an Algerine crui>'
zer off Algiers and picked up 14° "' her crew
and 16 Neapolitan prisoners who were on
board.
Lord Nelson is off Toulon with 14 fail of
the line.
The Emperor of Morocco has 6 crutzers
ready for sea, it is thought to cruize against
the Americans, Dutch, and those nations,
which latterly have neglected to fend him
presents. A Danish frigate has recently
brought presents.
The English frigate Revolution, had cut two
French (hips out from under the Spanilh
batteries, at Alexandria. The French had
desired the Spanilh government to cause 14
fail of the line to be got ready for sea.
Boston, A*gto 26.
Weare forrv mlearn the increase of the
number of fubje&s and vidimsof the mal
ady which prevails in New-11 oik. On the
IQihinlt there were 12 new cafesand 8
deaths ; onthe 20th and 21st, 36 new cases
and l6deaths. Ou t^e 22 ,21 new cases,
^nd 7 deaths.—The whole number of deaths
in New-York,tie week ending on the 23d
inst. was 85, including 43 of the malignant
fever. Among the deaths were §1 children.
From Newp^t A^gufl 20. Private letters
from New-York, represent that the greatest
consternation prevailed among the few re
maining inhabitants of that devoted city.
Out of 6oor 70 thousand persons, there was
fappofed to be not more than 20 thousand
then in the city—and they were continually
~g°' n g out. Shops were generally closed, and
business nearly suspended.
©je Republican Ledger.
"TRUE AS THE DIAL TO THE SUN."
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1803.
Gentlemen wishing to possess this valuable
publication, h.ve now a favourable opportu
nity of effe&ing their intentions. Mr. Orm
rod, who has engaged to assist the Proprietor,
Mr. C. P. Wayne of Philadelphia, in obtain
ing fubferiptions for the above work, is now in
this town, on his tour through the eastern
States. Mr. O. we understand, has thus far
been very fuccefsful in prosecuting the object
of his million and, from the public spirit of our
citizens, we have no doubt, a handsome ad
dition will be made, in this town and State, to
the numerous and honorable lift of patrons
obtained in other parts of the Union.
Mr. Ormrod will tarry a few days in this
town for the purpose of receiving fubferip
tions.
The elections for Representatives in Con
gress, have taken place in Kentucky.
John Fowler is re-ele&ed without opposi
tion.
John Boyle, is allo elected without oppo
sition,
In the fourth diftria, four counties give
Mr. Sadford 1,609 <ot s Mr. Johnson 3,4,
Mr Hengs 370 and Mr Daveifs i6B.
Mr. Sandford is probably ele&ed.
General Walton and Major Bedinger are
probably elected by two other diflri&s.
The Frankfort Palladium fays" Our re
publican friends at a distance may rest assur
ed that Kentucky will fend to the eighth
Congtefs an unanimous republican rtprefenta
lion."
Thus it appears, notwithstanding all the
measures of violence or intrigue, pursued by
the opponents of the present administration,
to alienate the affections of the Weftern peo
ple, they remain ftedfaft in the faith of their
fathers, and bid fair to leave it as their best
legacy to their children. vVe have been
told from high authorities, that Kentucky
had changed her politics. We doubted, and
demanded proofs. Our enemies were fi
]ent. We now give them demonstration
that they have not changed, but that they re
main as firm republicans as they ever were.
We blieve these sentiments in that region
ofAmerica will be immutable—Why ? Be
cause there a spirit, truly American, pre
vails ; there, there are no shackles of pre
judice for either France or England ; and
leading interest is agriculture,
which will long continue to be predomin-
Latest by the Mails.
KENTUCKY" ELECTIONS
PORTSMOUTH, N. H,
Life of Wafington.
DISTRESSING.
FROM GIBRALTAR.
I, referred.
The mail Stage, in puffing from New
buryport to Bolton, was, on 1 uefday lal
upset ; E. St. Loe Livermore, Elq. one c
the passengers, was considerably bruised 01
the arm and head, by this unfortunate cir
cumstance ; he is not considered as danger
ousflv wounded.
The Distillery of Charles Johnson, of Phi
ladelphia, with its apparatus and contents,
was destroyed by fire on the 17th inst. There
were upwards of 4000 gallons of unreduced
spirits in lhe cistern. The building was 100
feet by 14.
' temple of legmen.
—MARRIED—
At Concord, on Wednef^y v ^
Ozias Sslsbey, of ChUter, to Mils
Jones, daughter of Mr. Tuomas Junes of Water,
bury, Ver'c.
^ortalitfc
—DIED—
On Thursday evening lalt, departed this life at
his feat in Kittery, DANIEL PEIRCE, Esq. aged
6? for near fortv years an eminent Physician 01
tha'r town, and for a long series of years, a Justice
of the Peace for th&Commonwealth of Mdlfachu
'"Died in this town, Mils Rooksky Harris
Peirce, aged 9 years, eldest daughter ot Mr.
T Peirce.
Lor Sale
^==±^, Two houses, plea
'ant'y Situated in the
I!!*!! ' out h P art °' th e
town For particulars
enquire of the printer.
HEALTH DESIRABLE
NOTHING is more conducive to pre
serve health than Beer, made of the
Essence of Spruce. This essence may be had
in any quantity at C. PEIRCE's shop in
Daniel fireet, Portsmouth.
Essence of Spruce.
7 his article is recommended by William
Jocelin, in a New-York paper, as a certain
cure for the Yellow-Fever, he having been
w itnefs of its full effects on board the Britilh
(hip Argonaut in the Weft Indies, 150 ol
whose officers and men had been swept off
by the fever, when this medicine was intro
duced, which saved every patient who took
it.— Direaions :—Take 3 table fpoonfuls
put it into a qaurt of warm water, dilfolvc
it and take a half pint tumbler full every half
hour till it operates, which is generaly be
fpre third dose and frequently pukes, purges
and produces severe perspiration.
1500 Clear Boards.
For sale 1500 feet Clear Boards,thorough
ly seasoned ; at the rate of 20 Dollars per
thousand. Inquire of the Printer.
NOTICE !
" There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at flood, leads on to fortune.
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in/halluws and in miferit s."
South- Hadley Canal Lottery.
TICKETS in the Fourth Clafis of South-
Hadley Canal Lottery, highest prize 10,000
dollars, for sale bv C. Peirce.
Daniel-Street, Portsmouth.
%,,....-.—.. . - ....
fuf Received, and for Sale by
Stephen Hardy,
Dpp o fde Dr. John yackfon's, Buck-Jireet,
A LARGE aflortment of gold ear and
finger rings, ring-cases, gold handker
chief pins, gilt do. plated candleflicks, fugar
tongs, silver thimbles, smelling bottles, tooth
powder, plate powder, tea and cream pots,
fegar cases, fnuff and tobacco boxes, fleve
buttons, silver tooth and ear picks, do pencil
and pen cases, combs, feiftars, &c. &c.
N. B. Most kinds of Hollow
Ware executed in the Silver-smiths
line. _____
Apprentices Wanted.
ten One or two Lads as apprentices to the
Printing business are wanted at this office. —
They muff underfland reading and writing, and
P^ e f s a good natural difpojition ; none other
need apply ; tbofe from the country would be
' -———BttCTTCtttoß
^ One cent reward
RANaway from the fubferiber on
Saturday last an indented ap, ren
tice, named TOBIAS FUR.
NALD, jun. Said runaway had on when
he went away, a bluejacket and duck trow
fers, short light hair, about 5 feet fix inches
high, nearly 21 years of age. I herby for
bid any one harbouring or trusting him on
my account, if they would avoid the penalty
of the law. Any person who will return
said runaway shall receive the above reward
and no charges paid.
ROBERT FOLLEI.
Kittery, Augufl 29.
THOUGH I am fully confess of mv own
infignifn ancy in the eye bf the public ;
id the very hole attention any thing I m gb
ay would be entitled 10 : but as I am inforh'eo
mt iejariou, reports, particularly in the towY 0,
orifmowth, have been circulated refpeHiog tne,
shall beg leave 10 observe,. that I am cor.ficieoi
eie is not any part of my cendutt for ibefe
t*e years laflpal', which when duly examined
iuJ weighed, ci her in the fca'e< of even and
hia juflice or in the minds of upright and
onorabie men, can be deemed improper or aif
uonoratle. And I take the liberty in this way
to challenge any person to fay that during rhe
above period I have been capable of a ddhonoll
a d'Qionorable, or an ungentlemanlike atliou.
And will moreover assert that few performs ac
cording to their means (which unfortunately for
me are now exhaufled) have done more liberal
or generous ambons.
I have been informed fidee my return to A
nei:ca, that in the year 1798, if was reported
-y a captain in the mercantile Service residing
tn Portsmouth that I was hung in the Well sa
nes. His name 1 have forgotten, but ibe cir
cumßances are thele. In 1798 I was concern
ed in three privateers in the Well Indies ; and
in a cause where four or five vessels had been
aptartd by these privateers, this captain, with,
I believe, cnc or two more, attempted to injure
my reputation by swearing that previous to my
caving America they had beared, for they were
not acquainted with me, except the one from
Porrfmouib, and he only knew me by light, that
I was accuflomed to attend horse races, &c.
I bey all received a reprimand from the jud^e of
Admiralty, who obfetved that my conduflin
hat business and so far as he was acquainted
with it, was peifedly correct ; that it appeared
ibefe men hid come forward with a malicious
intention to injure a gentleman with whom they
had not the flighted acquaintance ner did he sup
pose it probable that I ILould have bad much
a quainiance with them. That if in his country
(England) those gentlemen and ladies who fie
queried horse races, were co be fligmatized.
harce a faulty or nobility or gentry in the
k.n/dum would escape censure.
Ihe above oblervaiions with others more
minted, were made by the judge of admiralty
when the condemnation of the vessels took place.
The day follawirg, I had the honor of dining
jthe table of the judge of admiralty, with the
governor of the place, and some other gentlemen
of diftinftion. I cannot pcffibly conceive wha
could induce the captain to think of much more
0 propagate fueh a malicious report, unless it
as that being foiled in his attempt to injure me
0 the Weft Indies, he tho't he might at leaf)
wound the feelings of my connexions in A
nerica:
On board of one of these vessels (for the pro
tedion of which this captain from Portfmouib
attemptedto injure me) under Danifli (neutral)
colours, with a regular let of Daniffi papers,
backed by tie oaths of the captain and fupercar
o,thrt the veffeland cargo belonged to a Danish
merchant, residing at Altona, were found con
ealed in a slope jug, the real ships papers prov
'g the property belonged to a Dutch merchant,
rTiding at Amflerdam, cerquently a lawful
rize, and that the ship had not only a falfe set
of papers, but that the captain and fapercargo
ad sworn falfely. The cargo of this vcffel
s old at au&ion for three hundred and fifty two
houfand and forne odd dollars ; an eighth part
of which belonged to my felf.
I was returning to America in the year ifyß
in an Eoglifh privateer with more than 10,000
joes, but was captured by a Span'Ll eighty gon
diip from Vera Cruze, carried into Spain and
dripped of every penny. I found my way to
England, where after a short time, through the
.iffidance of a gentleman, who befriended me, I
was appointed an agent and contractor in the
War department, the profits of which fupporied
me in an cflablifhment of the sits lßyle, but the
unexpected declaration of Peace coming at a mo
ment when I had made a arge purcbafe
and at a high price, and the sudden death of a sin
cere valuable friend once more involved me in
debt and difficulties.
In England, the Company which I had
the honour of keeping was the very firft re
fpeaability and consequence.
I am now in New-Hampshire and shall
tarry fix or eight mouths in the State.
I am fur, rifed that in Potfmouth, a place
where I am carcely known, except by fight
—a place too,which I have frequently obser
ved, is in the number of its genteel refpeaa
families fupetior to any town of the size in
E'rope or America , the name of such a poor
infignificant individual as myfelf Should be
bandied about with such foolifh 'ridiculous
(lories attached to it. B^t. however, sit is
a maxim do government and politics that in
dividuals good must not be put in competition
with the general good: so if the h ppinefs
of a maj rity of individuals can be, IN any
way, through my means promoted as I
have not the smallest obj &ion to Another
what disagreeable feelings, I may have on
the occasion in my own bosom.
I am with sincere refpea.
Your most obedient humbble servant,
NATHANIEL COGSWELL
Augufl 22 1803.
^ the Editor of the Republican Ledger.
by whom prizes will be paid on
demand.
Last Public Performance.
+4<4ss^> <
Mr. ROBERTSON,
If ill present the citizens of Psitfmouth witb
one mere public performance,
TO-MORROW afternoon,
; (Wednesday, Augufi 31,)
On Mr. Pcnbalßw's lot of land back of the
jail.
He Having been at considerable expence in pre
paring the performance tor to-morrow
Afternoon, he hopes it will not
only merit their approba
tion but command
their gene rolity.
The performance will commence with
PART 1.
Ground & Lofty Tumbling,
from chairs, t^b'/'h & c - The Tumbling to con
clude with the laughable Scene of ROLY POLY
by Mr. R. and the Clown.
PART If.
Mr. R. will take A LEAP over
Twenty Men's Heads
with two boys on their shoulders holding
a handkerchief as high as they can reach
and at the fame time turn a Somerset
in the air.
Mr. R. will take a FLYING LEAP thro' a
BALLOON of FIRE,
twelve feet high.
PART HI.
The evening's exhibition will conclude with the
wonderful phenomenon celled the
Antipodean WHIRLYGIG,
In which Mr.R. will whirl round on his leud, on
a common table, at the rate of 250 times in a
minute ; firtt with the assistance ot both hands,
then with one, and finally without the affidance
of either. This aftonifliing feat h s often been
attempted, both in Europe and this country,
but has never been performed by any other per
son.
Performance to begin at half ,aft lour.
South Hadley Canal Lottery.
TriE lubferibers having heretofore, in their
addrefTes to the public, repeatedly flared
*:ipurpefes for which the Leg'flature of Mafla
rhufeus granted a Lottery to the proprietors of
die Locks and Canals at South-Hadley, it is un
nece ffarv again to make the repetition, when pre
fencing the following ft heme of the
FOURTH CLASS:
1 prize of 10,000 Dollars is 10,000
5 - 1000 - - 5000
10 - - 500 - 5000
100 - ICO - - 10,000
140 - - 50 - 7000
100 - 30 • - 3000
130 - - 20 - 2,600
6175 - 8 - - 49,400
Firll drawn blank on the loth day, gOO
1 Do. - 15th - 500
Do: - - 20lh - - 750
Do. - 25th • 750
Do. - - goih - - 1000
Do. -351 b - 1,500
Do. • - 40^ - 3oco
Dollars, 100,000
Subjed to a deduction of 12^ per cent.
20,000 Tickets at 5 dollars each, is 100.000.
6667 Prizes, 13333 Blanks,
Less than two blanks to a prize.
Prize Tickets will be paid at the expiration
of 30 days after the drawing of the Lottery shall
be finifhed. Prizes nut demanded within one
vear after the drawing, will not be paid, but con,
fidcred as generously given for the purpofc for
which the Lottery was granted.
The time expended in drawing this Ciafs will
not exceed 40 days, and to prevent any mifun
derflanding in regard to the fortunate Tickets
which depend on the tenth, fifteenth) twentieth,
twenty-fifth, thirtieth, thirty fifth and fortieth
days of drawing, it is now fluted as the meaning
and intention of the fubferibers that the drawing
of 500 Tickets shall be considered "as the work
<f a day, and that the Fortunate blanks will
be those, which shall come out of the wheel ac
cording to this rate of drawing, whether the
work of two days be done in one or not.
The Managers have as the law dirchs, entered
into Boids for the faithful pei formance of the
duly aligned them—they will soon appoint and
announce to the public, an early day cn which
to commence the drawing, and as they have net
jecuftomed themielves heretofore to disappoint
those who have so liberally adventured in the
former Classes by any paltiy pretences for evad
ing their promises—they engage not to deceive
them in regard to this Chk,
THOMAS DWIGHT^
JUSTIN ELY.
JJNA'n DlvlGht ^Managers.
JOSEPH LYMAN.|
JOHN WILLIAMS J
Springfield, June 28 h, 1803.
^ Tickets and Quarters in the
above Lottery for file by C. Peirce,
Daniel-ftfeet, Portsmouth, N. H.
CASH given for clean linen and
cotton and linen RAGS, at this office.