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The impeachment of this venerable
patriot has excited the interested feelings
[Wall parties, ft is a folemn# and no
FF r fe can read tne process, Td far as it
L taldvanced, with indifferent sensations.
■ His speech, bdfore thetribunal which is
■ to decide his fate, which we have this day
[ published, contains evidences ofcandour
■ and refpeaful deference, which cannot
but be felt and acknowledged by his ene
mies. ft is to be regretted, however,
that his meekness, which must have reach
ed the confeientes of his judges, seems
■ f only to have exasperated fr liem. It ap
pears that the "high court" before which
I he is arraigned, forgetful of their dignity
of Ration andtefponfibility, have stooped
A teven to infelt the vidim of party perfe
■ Cution, on bis trial. What must be the
conftitut ion of those men's minds, who
could avail themselves of Judge Chase's
L Situation, I, offerindignities which he
I could not Merit ?| But let them proceed.
One moment's enjoyment of confeious
■ rectitude is preferable to an 'age of mali
cious triumph, which poisons the happi-
F nefs of those who indulge it. .
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[ The following faa, which arose during the review
betwen Judge Chafe and the senate of the United
States arc stared by the editor Ofthe Washing
ton RueraKft. Our readers will ple&fe to re
vita that a Judge of the Supreme Court
who has never made interest with any magis
trate to screen him to be brought to tri
al, experienced this harsh anduucourtbous
treatment from aminwho ftinds chargeduidi
; murder by a jury of bis peers.
With refpc& to minute particulars
■ attending the interview of Judge Chafe
, with the Senate on the 2d inst, we have
not timeto enlarge upon them. We
will only nowdateafew fads which came
■ - under the observation of every person
■ who was prelent at the bull baitings of
Ikr. Chafe by the senate. We fay, at
frihis time we will only Rate certain fa&s ;
hereafter we my make our comments
and draw our inferences,
Fad the ift. About the time that
, Judge Chale was expected in the senate
Chamber, it was observed, that a chair
was placed somewhere about the mid
dle of the room, and every person [from
the unusual situation of the chair] sup
posed that it was placed there for Judge
I Chafe ; and so indeed it was. But to
the aftonilllment of all who observed it
just before the senators took their feats,
this chair was removed. Now readers
mark . • we pledge ourfelvcs forthe truth
& of it ; Mr. Mathers, the ferjcant at
Arms, Approached Judge Chafe, and
told him, that he was inftruded to in
form him, that if he with cd a feat he
must apply to the senate for the permif
fiOn of one, and that upon such applica
tion, it would be granted to him, Judge
IChafe1 Chafe did apply accordingly, and had
the promised petmiffion.
Fact the 2d. Whilst Judge Chafe
was making his address to the Senate, he
was once, twice, or thrice, interrupted by
the. Prendcat. The cause of this inter
, ruption appeared to arrife from a suppo
sition on the part of the President, that
L/ the Judge was wandering from the quef
■', tion being a request on the part of the
, udge, to continue his trial until the firft
day ofthe next Seffionof Congress. The
Judge, in order to (how the propriety of
L continuing his trial, touched in foipe de-
I gree upon the merits of the impeachment
derived from the articles which had been
prefered againftbim. To touch upon
these merits at this time, was improper
in the Judge, as Mr. Burr thought, and
therefore jnterupted him once, twice, or
I thrice..'
KFact 3d. After Mr. Chafe had con
cluded his addrefai, and not before, the
was desired by Mr. Burr to reduce his
' motion to writing. But, mark you rea
,s ,;,, Mr. Cha^e, bad no table to fit at,
*^o paper to write on, no pen to write
%ith, no ink wherewith to use his paper,
pen and table if he had had them.——
What then, you will ask, was the Judge
f to do ? Informa pauperis, he walked;up
Itofecretary Otis and bridged the liberty
es welting at bistable.
.4^.° Fact 4th. ° The motion nor continu
ance being thus reduced to writing, Mr.
Burr informed Mr. Chafe jhat the fe
'nate would be in that , chamber at 13 o'
, <lock precisely No senators however,
no Mr. Burr appeared unKil near 2 o'
clock. .
Faift sth. When the senators flowed
featf„§s on the fec?o day, ir was de-
fefytiood, that & e s^o prayer should
not be granted. But mark again reader,
no official information of the determine,
tion was given to the Judge, notwith
standing thejudge was there waiting &
staring them ia the face. But fays Mr.
Burr, " Mr.' Otis you will give Mr.
Chafe or counsel a copy ofthis order up
on application."
Previous to the question for postpone
ment, an affidavit by Judge Chafe was
impossible for him to collect the necessa
ry tettimony from Philadelphia and
Richmond thisdeffion, or to prepare his
defence, even if the testimony was pro
cured. All would not avail. The im-.
■ peachers had twelve or eighteen months
to colled testimony and to prepare J udge
has one month in addition to the four
teen days notice;
So go the times.
By the Mails.
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NEW YORK, JAN. 17.
Welearn from our correspondent ot Walbing.
' ton, that the armed clearance Bill, after undergoing
a very animated discussion in the Senate, has been
returned to the house of representatives, where it
was recommitted to the committee who reported
it ; and that there existed a strong prelumption that
it w>uld not eventually become a law of the U. S.
On Friday evening, about eleven o'clock, two it
the nightly patrole seized a black min of very fut
picious appearance at the bottom of Pine Arret, and
on Marching aim, they found a daggers under his
great coat, and a tin box containing live coals, with
which it is probable he intended to set fire to f<>me
part of the city. We understand he has undergone
an examination before the police and is committed
to prifou.
J Boston. January 24.
COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
EMr^a ts a letter from L'fbm to a gentium fa Pbiladel*
rbia.
" I am sorry to fay our political hnriz n a^'n
blackens—there is an appearance of war bet a n
England and Spain, and foould it take place the ut
uation of this country will be very unpleasant.
The Rate of Spain is peculiarly diflreffing, but
many of its miffortunes are to be attributed to its
bad gov&nmeiy. Plague, Famine Earthquakes,
civil dissensions (in the province of Biscay) already
harrqfs it—3 foreign war threatens—public confi
dence is gone—its national treasury empty —its
debt great —the spirits of the people broken—'he
manners of the great vicious—the indolence o fthe
floor proverbial.—Such a combination of evils must
inevitably lead to defruaion ; how little to be en
vied as the monarch who governs it."
rRZBERICEBpRO, JAN.
Yesterday forenoon, the negroes belonging to
Wm.F iizburgh, Esq. at his farm opposite this to<n
made an attempt to tjurder their overseer. It ap*
pears, he bad taken the management of tbis estate,
when he ordered them to execute some business 00
the plantation they refufed 'to comply ; he was pro
etching to correa them for difobediance, when
they rose upon and had well nigh dispatched him ;
lu .kily a party of gentlemen from Falmouth who
had been appraised of their design, happening to
come up at the time, attempted to relcue the over
feet and perhaps to apprehend the negroes ; one
I of them pitched up an axe and was advancing to
attack one of the gentlemen, he was fired upon and
killed on the tpot, another fe^rely wounded? a
third made his way good to this town, and as he
was about to be apprehended he ran to the river
' & got on the'ict, which was very thin, and had got
about the middle, when he broke through and was
drowned. 6
It is tince fold the overseer is not dead, but it is
said he will recover. We mty have erred in flaring
some of the particulars, but we can affurc our rea
.<tys they are literally true.
} The Oracle,
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 18%
==«#b@<■►'"==
} The Federal Republican list of Candidates
for the office of the State Government the ensu
1 ing year shall be published next Saturday.—Our
r friends far "and near are earnestly wished th rouse
Ifrom the stupor which pervaded them in November,
and give another manly and effectual support to the
r good okl principles of Americas' best friends.
% From Washington Jas. 16. rSo§.
" Congress has done very little to any purpose
I finer my last. Mr. Lkvard, from Delewarc, has
taken hia lest in the Senate.
" The billtefpeateg the Clearance of armed
Merchant veffeh, meets much opposition in the
Senate.—6 bas been so cut up, and patched, that
/ when It comes back tetfae H^ufe. its daddy, Mr.
- N. will not know It again, It is to be hoped, the
^ bantling will ty disowned, and difeharged.
*“ Those who are acquainted with the Senator,
are counting riofes, forthe deciion on Judge Chale
I impeach# ,ent.—-They (ay, it will be a difficult
snattyr to SQtwenty.threc (the dumber required)
. to copviri the Judge.— But time will tell."
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.: M7AIVA ARTICLES, f
^^^ OF-EOSTON,
r ^ <. >THURSDAY, foor, „. .
'Arrtved brig William, Oxnard, 43 dau^ftom St.
Than©—Jan. 2, w. 4$ 10, ft. 68, pricked 0 tfe
crew of a Nantucket &fl, which they _va&-
1 cd to abandon, foferienced btfqtyfr&CM
The chtfi Potty, caftt. Williston,arrived at Caste
Ann, era Friday evening last, in 85 days from Ca
diz, for this ftort, ad well—Caftt. ^V.g ot sound
ings a week before Christmas, and has ev/ihriere
ed very severe and successive gales since An
long. 59, lot. 40, ,Hi in with and took off the crew.
of the sch. Rambler, caftt. Riley, 15 days from
Portsmouth, for Mar ini'eo —took off the cdfttain y
mate, two hands and a boy ; had lost afte man o
±erboard—=the schooner had lost her rudder, boib-
Sftrit, sails, boat, deck load, &.=lthe captain ve
ry sick, occasioned by a fail.
The shift Vigilant, Blunt, of Portlend, last from
Charleston, for Savannah, went ashore on the
night ts the Sth Dec. on Abaco—the vessel and
neariu whole cargo lost^-the ca/itain and 'crew ar
rived at Nassau, Dec. 1&.
VESSELS SPOKEN.-
°": "' '" brig Aancy,ffrom Nantucket for
Wilmington, N. C.; the night before fell in with
the wreck of a vessl. It is suft/tosed been a ves
sel that had live stock on board. Jan. 7, lat. 37,
Two Brothers, Anderson, from a ftort near Ham
burgh for Baltimore ; crew in a state of starva
tion, having only e flint of water, and out of ftro
visions.—Jan. 10, to. 39, 28, long. 73, 33, sch.
Lively, Youngs 35 days from Rhode-Inland for
Charleston, sails torn in pieces, and had nothing to
eat but ftotatoes and batter.— In lat. 26, long. 68,
shift Mary of Portsmouth, 9 days from Savannah
for Jamaica.—Jaxurry 14, in lat. 42, long. 60, shift
Auroras Bowles,s, daysfrsm Amsterdam for Bos
ton.- -January 8, lat. 36 40, lon. 65, 20, sch. Mat
ry and Eliza, 8 days from Boston for the West-
Indies, had lost his bowsprit the night before ; Jan.
10, lat. 37, 35, lon. 66, 30, sch. Sally, Frisbee, of
Aewbaryfiort, 24 days from Guadaloufe ; on the
6th he lost his bowsprit, and on the Bth his foremast.
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MARRIED in this town, by the Rev. Mr. Al
den, Mr. Samuel Hall, 3d. to Miss Lucy Shores
both of this town.
DIED at Point Petre, ( Guadaloufte) Captain
EBENEZER RICKER, jr. of Somersworth.
He had just completed the commercial business
that called him to that sultry clime, when a ma
lignant fever put a period to his active and valu
able life, after a few days illness.
He was a young gentleman of uncommon enter
prize, and most engaging manners. He possess
ed an enlightened understanding, a warm arid
feeling heart. Calculated for the duties of active
life, by his superior skill in business, his integrity
and industry, he bid fair to make a most distinguish
ed figure in society. In the bloom of life, with the
fairest prospects before him and on the point
of entering the hymenial temple with a lovely and
accomplished young lady, death blasted his high
raised expectations, and consigned him to an early
tomb. Although the date ts life to him' was short,
yet he had lived to shew What virtue was, and
youth meriting this eulogy has attained old age.
He has left fond and tender parents to mourn the
loss of a dutiful son ; amiable sisters to weep the
untimely death of a most affectionate brother. One
who soon would have been nearer than a brother to
, lament the cruel stroke'that deprived her of the ex
pectedpartner of all her joys and sorrows ; andnu
merous connexions and acquaintance, to grieve
theuntimelylossofabelovedrelationandfaitlfulrriend.
H No friends complaint, no kind domestic tear,
Pleas'd thy pale ghost, or grac'd thy mournful bid,
By foreign hands thy dying eyes were clos'd,
By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd ;
By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd,
By Grangers honor'd, and by Brangers mourn'd."
At Hanover, Mrs. Hannah Fuller, wife of the
rev. Caleb Fuller, A, M.
At New-Castle,Mr. Eqhraim Amerzeen,aged 71.
In Lebanon, N.H. 26th, Dec. Mr. Oliver White
aged 35. His death was occafioued by the fall of
a tree, which fractured his ikui: in such a manner
that he (arrived but about 1$ hours.
At Lee, Mrs. Sarah York, aged 92, wife of Mr.
Thomas York. She has left § children, 32 grand
children and 32 great grand children.
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Sales at Auction,
To befoldat Auftien, on Thurjday Jan
%ar, 31 at 12 o'clock on Portfmoutk Pier}
10 puncheons St. Vincents Rum ;
5 Hhds. Sugar.
January, 25.
, This day at S. Little's Office,
A quantity of Epg!ifh goodsand doth
ing.'^
2 Silver Watches ; and other articles
taken by Execution. Jan. 25.
Fourth N. H. Turnpike.
The Proprietors of the Fourth Turn
pike road in New-Hampshire are notifi
ed, that their next annual meeting will be
holden at pe dwelling house of Thomas
Gilmore, innholder, in Bofcawen, on the
firft Tuefday of February next, at nine
o'clock in the afternoon:,
Ift Te choose a Moderator.
zdly. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer,
and a Board of Directors.,
gdlfc To tranfaft such other bufinefs'
as may be necessary.
Wm. WOODWARD, Prop's Clerk.
January, zf
' For Sale,
Reafenably. That valuable Lot of
Land, near the Court house, in Ports
mouth—measuring 53 feet on Congress
Street, and 78 feet on Church Lane,
Apply to Samuel Elliot,
fan. 29. 1805.
Bags Coffee of gn excellent quality, like
wile, Rum, Brandy, Gin, and Cherry,
per bbl. or Gallon, Pollock Fish and a
quantity of Logwood &c.— Apply to'
John Man /
HAS FOR SALE'
A few cases of the firft quality
Engliffi Grin Powder; Nails ; Iron ftU
low Ware ; Crockery Ware;
Hyfon, Hyfon &in, Souchong an 3
Bohea Teas ; Loaf and brown Sugar.
Brandy^ Gin; Malaga Wine ; Nut
megs; Pepper ; Cloves ; Cinnamon ;
Indigo ; Salt Petre ; Alum; Ginget;
Allpice ; Logwood ; Redwood.
Fig and (moiking. Tobacco ; Cotton
and w#ol Cards ; Knives and Forks ;
Jack Knives ; Penknives ; Scissors ; Ra
zors ; Grindftortes ; Shovels; Frying
Pans, Also,
A few bags Hops—with many other
articles, all of which he will fell low for
cash.
Robert Rice,
Has for fate.
Rum, Molasses and Sugar, per bhd. apd
barrel.
10b quintals Pollock Fifli ;,
A quantity of Ship Bread ;
Gin Cases ; Sewing and Net Twine, per
bale or dozen. fa. 21.
New-Hampshire
TURNPIKE.
The Proprietors of the New Hamp(hfr©
Turnpike Road, are notified, that their
annual meeting will be holden at the
east chamber of the Court House id
Portsmouth, on Tuefday the 12th da/
of Feb. next, at 5 o'clock in the alters
noon.
SAMUEL ELLIOT,
Proprietors Clerk.
Jan. 26. .^
Public Notice
is hereby given; that the Jubferibers, adfe
miaiftrators of the eft^t^of
) SAMUEL CLARR,
late of Windham; detected intend to effer the!©
account of administration of th • Eftoe of fold de
cerfed for fetllethent at the next probate court, to
be holder at Loudohderry on the third Wefanefo
day of April next.
ROBERT CLARK,
MARY CLARK.
trindham, Dec. Ig.
—
Teas, &c.
Chests of Hyfon Skid, chests and quarter
chests of fouchong, half and quarter
chests of Bohea TcA.% of an excellent
quality. Allo,
Roll Brimstone per calk or let quantity*
Malaga Wine per quarter calk.
Oil per case, containing 30 flalks each.
For sale by
Edmund H. Quincey,
At the head of Jacob Sheafe, EJq'rs wharf
Portsmouth, Jan. 14.
Frelh Prunes,'
' of a superior quality,
Mufcadal Raisins, and
OLIVES in jars,
For sale by
E. Wentworth,
Head of Buck freet.
Just publifeAin Bo,on, and now received
and for /die by C. Peirce, Porifmouth,
A Diflertation upon the Cholera latan
rum, to whch are added, Rules and Regulations, at
preventive meahs of the Auumnal dilates et chil
dren; which gained the Bosiftooian Prize by the
.M&chutetts Medical Society. By James Mano,
U. D. Pre? 37 cents.
Alfo,publiJhed in Philadelphia, and fat
sale as above,
The Hamilton!ad for the efta# of difcord,a#
original Poem. By a young gentleman of Phila
delphia. Price 37 cents,
Alfajuft published and for sale by C. Peirce
A discourse to a S>cic. & y of young gentlemen ia
London, from Jude, ver. 3. "It was needful for
me to write unto you, and ezhoit you;that y<u
Ibould earnefliy contend for the faith once deliver
ed unto the faints." Preached in the year, 1719.
By the Rev# John Cumming, miw£er of the Seot'e
Church ia London. Price 20 its.
This, sensible, found and masterly Drtcourfc, wag
originally written and publiflied ata time 0 hen is.
fidelity sad its attendant errors, were Ipraadi^gtheir
baneful influence fa Great Brita n, under the fe
foices of dolingbroke, Tiedai, Collioa, and thu,
affiliates.
Ai an excellent and leafonahle antidote for the
youthful mind, agafoftjhe poison of iufi^li', and<
rror, so preva ent,in the prelenf tires, it is now
cpublfflied and recommenced to i/e^°us perusal
of our young men, and of all others, iujeed, who
.re coacorned for the bcftintereftsaHl^ WCT^,