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Leaving Governor Gilman a majority of 177
By this, time, honest people will wonder how thia
friend of fact, who defies any man with truth to con--
fradict his assertion, that if all the votes had been
cennted, Mr. Langdon would have been the Govern
nor, mates it out —first, because it appeal's by .the
statement, that it all the votes for each candidate
had been allowed, Guv. Gilman hud^ nW than
Mr. Langdon—secondly, if all the scattering votes
are added to Mr. Langdon's, Gove@ (XrmaQhas
a majority of the whole of 76—and thirdly, of the
votes allowed, GoV. Gilman has a majority of 177.
We might wait for this good gentleman's answer,
andjet him expose his own dishonesty ; but this fa
one of those cases in which there will be no answer
from Mr. Griswold, unless he h forced to it. We
will therefore explain it for him.
The whole number of votes given in by the peo^
ple for all the candidates, including those which
were returned but not allowed, was 24452
Half of this number is 12226—
Os course, it required to maker a majority, 12227
Now says the Rev. Mr. Griswold this leaves Gov.
Gilman eleven less than a majority of the whole
votes. How is this done ?
We find that Gov. Gilman had 12216 allowed^
Me had (not alfowedj 48
12264
Deduct a majority of the whole 12227•
And if leaves Got. Gilman 37
the truth is this. This matter of fact meh, h#
s&efi the majority of tty, whole, vih. 12227, which
ROYAL ROBBER.
A FAMOUS rubber, called St. Rochetftyhas late*
fy been apprehended in Piedmonts He has been
the Chief and creator of 16 bands of robbers in the
Alps, of whom 305 have been executed. He never
had any fixed residence, but he knew the M^s, and
All retreats in those mountains , and wherever he
went he had the talent to form new bands, and to
faispire his followers with the most violent hatred
against the French, of whom he acknowledges to
have killed, with his own hands upwards of 120 and
that his comrades duringthe last War, have, by am
buscades which he had prepared, destroyed upwards
•f 1500 republicans. The jealousy of one of his mis
tresses delivered him up at St. Benigno. Memorials
concerning many of his transactions - Were found up
on him, and receipts from different priests and friars
for 2,560,000 livres, winch he had given to churches
and convents to have masses 8c prayers said, for ob
taining the assistance of the Virgin Mary in his un*
dertaking.—He had besides a list of 30 persons,
whom he intended to dispatch this year as soon as
possible,among'whom were two Buonapartes, Vice-
President Metzi, Generals Menon, Murat, St. Cyr,
&c.— On his way to Turin, he knocked out the brains
of a gen-d'arme with his handcuffs, and bit the
nose, of another, who attempted totie his hands on
his back.—He is a very strong man, and iris body
Kvered with hair Ike that of a goat.
It is a fact demonstrable from all accounts ' which
have been given in the papers of both parties, that
Mr. Gilman was declared Gov. upon a number of
Votes eleven less than a majority of tlie whole num
ber which were returned to the Legislature, allowed
and unallowed. Os those allowed he had a majori
ty of 150, If all\ the votes given in the State had
1 been returned- and allowed, Mr. Langdon would
. have been Governor. These are the facts, and no
than can with truth contradict therm'' In order to
, shew the world, what arc facts in the view of this
gentleman, we beg a few moments attention to the
following statement of tire votes, which but a short
. time past appeared in his own paper.
« On Thursday the votes for Governor were can
vassed, when- it appeared that there were returned
in season,
Tor Mr. Gilman 12216
By Piermont set aside 38
By Stratford not duly returned 10
Whole number given by the people for Mr.
Gilman 12264
For Mr. Langdon returned in season 12039
By Society Land, returned, but irotin
season 2&
By Piermont set aside 71
By Stratford not returned 31
" Whole number of Votes given By the
people for Mr Langdon 12161"
Majority for Gov. Gilman over Mr. Langdon, 103
Deduct from this the scattering votes, 27
Leaving a majority for Gov. Gilman of all
the vote# given in, 76
By this it appears, that Governor Gilman had
one hundred and three votes more than Mr. Lang
don, counting all that were given for each candidate.
Adding the scattering, votes to Mr. Langdon's, and
Governor Gilman had a majority of the whole, of
seventy-six.
Os the votes that were regularly returned, and
donated, Gov. Gilman had 12216
Mr. Langdon had 12039
DR. OLBERS, who sometime since' discovered'
foe planet which he named Ceres, has lately pub#
lushed his observations on another which, from its
vast magnitude he has called Hercules, being three
times the bulk of Jupiter.—He calculates the time
of its revolution round the Sun at 211 years ; itssup
posed distance from the centre of our System being
3,047,000,000 of miles. It looks, to the naked eye
like a star of the 6th magnitude and is now in the
sign Gemini.#-Dr. Olbers observed, on the Bth of
December last, that it moved ; and on the 6th of
February, that it was a planet attended by seven
satellites, one of which is twice the size of our earth.
It is inclined to the plan of the ecliptic in angle
of 30 degrees and is in 13 degrees North amplitude.
Its eccentricity is 1100. The Sun, to an inhabitant
of the Earth placed in it, with our powers of vision,
would appear no larger than the smallest of the fix*
id stars. —if
FIRES IN FRANCE.
A terrible fire destroyed on the 28th of April, the
tillage Prevent, consistihg of : 78 houses and 45 gra
naries full of grain. The next day the commune of
Brosse Morceau shared the same fate. A child of
Zmonths and six old persons perished in the flames
The same day the large burgh Tertrier was consu
med by fire ; of 240 houses only 4 are standing up
right, though damaged. Here thirty-two individu
als of both sexes perished in the flames, besides
eighteen persons arrested as suspected a few days,
and who were forgotten in the general confusion and
terror.
IN Mr. Griswold's paper of the 30th of Juhe, is
lie following paragragh.
“ OF MR. GILMAN'S ELECTION.
From the Connecticut Courant.
NEW PLANET-
w^oie includes a2 Gov. daman's votes, Rs wdl thos€
which were allowed, as those which were not, and
then he has deducted those votes of Gov. Gilman's
wltich were allowed, viz. 12216, leaving a majority
of eleven against him.
This is true Jacobinical Arithmetic. In order
to shew that Gov; Gilman Was not elected by the
people, he has put 48 votes which were given for
him, but not allowed, over to Mr, Langdon ; and
then declares, that Gov. Gilman was not chosen by
the people. Not contented with this, he now de
clares, that if all the votes given in the State had been
returned and allowed, Mr.Langdon would have been
Governor, when it appears by his own statement
1. that all the votes which Mr. Langdon had, allow
ed and not allowed, was 12161—and 2d, that a ma
jority of all the votes given Was 12227-^leaving a
balance against Mr. Langdon, of—66—lt will be ob
served also, that it is asserted that Gov. Gilman
was declared Gov. upon a number of eleven less
than a majority of the whole number returned.
Now see the trick. To make this out they allow
Gov. Gilman only the votes that were allowed by
the Assembly, and then deduct them from the whole
number given.
That is, the whole number given was 24452
Half of this number is 122226, of
course to make a majority, re
quires one more viz. 12227
The number allowed Gov. Gilman
was 12216
Leaving a majority of eleven against
him"
To make this out, they not only deprive &▼. Gil
man of 48 votes which were given to him&nd! not
allowed, but they put those 48, into the scale against
him,
Thi^however, is not all. Mr. Griswold, not can*
tent with putting off this series of impositions upon
the public, goes further, and declares, that “ if all
the votes given in the State had been returned and
allowed, Mr. Langdon would have been Governor.''
This is a most bare faced falsehood ; for to tnake a
majority of eleven only against Gov. Gilman, he has
included in the votes against him, 48 that were given
for him, and 27 scattering votes, making in the whole
75, whith is understood to be 64 more than If,
The religious Editor of the " Political Ob
servatory" has insinuated a denial of truths,
which even that apostate from " The Truth" dared
not to deny directly. Look at his remarks one the
" History of the first democratic Legislature in New-
Hampshire." He well remarks Sc ought ever to re
member, that a writer, “if he cannot be candid,"
ought at least to @ confine himself within the limits of
decency and truth," and that it is foolish to disguise
facts and tell lies,when there are so many respectable"
characters dispersed in every town in the State, who
wsre eye witnesses and can contradict them." With
these remarks he approaches circuitously, like the
snake with his charm to the unsuspecting bird, that
he would delude and make his prev/ in these re
markshe would insinuate to hi! readers, that the
writer of that History had exceeded " the limits of
decency and truth," and that there are respectable
characters in every town in the State, who were eye
witnesses, and can contradict the facts stated in that
History/ If any part of that History was incorrect
or ffilse, why did he not say in dirrect words that it
exceeded' the limits of truth, and that it could be
proved 'to be false by respectable witnesses ? Why
did he not point directly to the parts of it which are
false ? The reason is plain —He knew if he had
any knowledge of the subject, that the statements m
that History of the doings of the Legislature were
substantially correct ; that it was a true report of
facts—lfe knew that the truth would catlike a two
edged sword—He knew whom it would wound, if
its edge vere-not blunted or avoided. To deny
openly to the public, facts so easy of proof, is hard
c&k, even to one suborned for such uses. The
pious Parsed Griswold could not do it. It was
therefore necessary to write in terms which his un
informed readers flight construe into a denial of the
facts ; but so that the construction, tn case of close
scrutiny, might be disavowed. If he can deny any
thing in that History, let hint do it in direct terms—
Let him point to what is false ;' But let him deal no
more id such insinuations. If lie cannot face the
truth and deny it stoutly, to the satisfaction of his em
ployer/ at head-quarters, he hhd better let it pass,
or seem to set it pass, unnoticed^
At the present pofitical'juhctufe, when the enemies
of social order and religion— -the enemies of Wash^
ington, and that system of administration Which rai
sed these States to political eminence with? rapidity
tihparalted in the history of nations— are atoßr doors;
when this devastation threatens to sweep h i its cur
rent every virtuous principle on which {Society is
founded , it is time to look about us, and oppose with
all our might ffie calamities which must otherwise
inevitably overtake our country. The same system
of policy which inundated France With blood, and
ended in persecution and despotism is pursuing in
our country. .Oar best patriots are scourged as with
a rod of iron, and one part of our country is becoming
snbservientto the' ambitious views of another. Un
der the specious names of Liberty and Equality,
to them hateful when reduced to practice in private
life, their schemes of self-aggrandizement, upon the
ruins of virtue and honor, are fastmaturing. Com
pare the leading characters in the Democ ratic^hool
w ith the dissiples of WashityOT,and judge foyour
selves which they have most at heart, the good of
the country or their own private views and ends.
Look at Newyork and Pennsylvania, for specimens of
Democratic virtues, exemplified in the administration
of these States.
If any one wishes to picture an idea of the perse
cutionwhich will enevitably take place m this State
should the party who exclusively claim to be Repub
licans succeed in their revolutionizing schemes, let
them look at their first victim, the late Treasurer.
They began by mtimatingJrand, that the sober
and reflecting citizen might acquiesce in a removal :
but ditho'fiis political' opponents Were foreed to ac
knowledge his faithfulness, honesty, & private worth,
still was he sacrificed. These men must be gratified.
They will lay claim to favors for their faithfill services,
and no virtue fa the human catalogue will shield those
who now hold offices,from being thrust out. It there
fore becomes necessary that the people should have
the means of detectingcounterfeits—that the antidote
Should follow the poison.
One species of deception to veil the intrigues ofa
party devoted to the destruction of our present Ex
ecutive is to represent the Federalists as being friend
ly to Monarchy. Thus the motion of Mr. Ely, that
freemen, only, be represented is denounced asa con
spiracy against the liberties of oar eauntry, and cal
Agreeable to notice some weeks since, We now issue
the SENTINEL in a new dress.. The quality of the
paper is not so good as was contemplated, but the
best we could obtain at this time.
e^o-
From the Concord Courier,
——c^At—-
KEENE SENTINEL.
EDITORIAL REMARKS/
Toasts, suitable for the celebration of the &k of Jufy
by a collection of such Republicans as Ton Paine,
Duane, Cheetham, Holt, -Griswold, tec.
1. The 4th of July—viz. the sth of March, 1801.
2. The Federal Union—Unshaken be the raighty
pyramid, while its point is—Virginia.
3. The Constitution of the United States in the
hand! of the President.
4'. Liberty and Equality, that amalgamate viutue
Vice, honor; shame, poverty, and wealth.
5. "Oppressed Humanity"—Shall the persecu
ted sons of Cain and Iscariot find no aslyum ?
6. The Perfectibility of Man—Reason and love
are law enough for him.
7. The Press—No more such libels as—Me truth.
8. Jefferson— So great, so good, so wise—did na
ture need a ruler, she would make him her Presi
dent-his,will, her law.-
9/ The Memory of Washington.—Tears, but not
of sorrow, at his grave.
1 10. The best source of sovereign ' power— the
, passions of a mob.'
11. The elective Franchise, so regulated that
a minority may outvote a majority.
12. Congress—May they hear and grant ffie
tatty tft,s virtuous citizens, denominated Aliens.
13. The Judiciary—Established for the benefit
may it ever be subject to the wifi of the people.
■ 14. The Rights of Man—May every man inter
• pret them for himself.
15. The Clergy—May they heed their religion
that forbids them, when reviled to revile again.
16. The Fair Sex—" Peace, commerce, and hon
est friendship with all—entangling alliances With
none."
17. Louisiana—The happy land, whose supreme
law is the will of a Jefferson.
It would seem that Bonaparte, in the tragfocom^
cal fa.ee which he is playing ftp he entertainment
of an astonished world, is absolutely resolved toout-
Herod Herod. By an article under the Paris head
it appears that he has procured himself to be can<
nonized as the founder of the Italian Republic ! and
a day has been consecrated to Saint Naveen- Saint
Napdern- Saint Nero— Sant Caligula !-Well,
since these things are so, we may yet live to see #
Saint Jefl^h^&^^i-^—- —r—
Mr. ThorN'T on,late British Charge des Affaires,
of the United States, is appointed in the same chare
acter to the Court or Berlin..
The Hon. Daniel Cony, Esq. fa appointed Judge
of Probate for the county of K€nnebeck, in the rootte
of the Hon. James Bridge, Esq, resigned^
elated to pave the *4, for erecting a Matfrety fat
the North ! Such charges ate are worthy a single com
ment as they are so ridiculous in themselves, and de
serve only contempt.
An Unionof the Statesisof the firstimportance f but
to preserve that union it is necessary to oppose with
spirit the disposition manifested by some large States
to impair the rights and privileges of those who have
steadly adhered to the principles of Washington'.
That the Eastern' commercial States pay more
than their just proportion' for the support of govern
ment, while ther influence is lost in the councils of
the nation, and a President is elected through the
influence of slaves, are facts which cannot be con
troverted. Let the citizens of New-England think
of these things, and before it is too late r make one
bold effort topreserve their rights and th'e UNION
OF THE STATES by resisting every encroach
ment.
Where now is the so much boasted of Imperish
able European Republic, the fairest daughter of
Liberty ; and where now those stu'rdy Republicans
who were fighting the carte of ' c the People ; and
riraking the only fair experiment in government ev
er permitted to man ? Where now are those house
hold deities, Democracy, Liberty, Equality, and the
Rights of Man ? Where now mat Sovereign Peo
ple to whom evefy authority bowed ; and before
whom the oaths of eternal hatred of Monarch's and
Monarchy were taken ? Where now are the thou
sand songs of Io tridmphe which were wont to fill"
the colums of the Aurora, she Chronicle, and an
hundred other vehicles of the same stamp, on the
successes of Jacobinism in France ? Ml, all gone-*
dissolved "into aft, into thin air , The imperishable
Republic is stifled in ari Emperor's bed ;—Liberty
and Equality have given place to a gilded dynasty,
& an Imperial Family.—The Sovereign People are.
now the " hewers of wood, and drawers of water ;"
—and the Rights of man are changed into ' the Du
ties of the subject.—Such has been the termination
of the Frencli Revolution ! Such the, , boon for 14
years of carnage, bloodshed and sufferings ; —But
such are the inevitable consequences of the delusion
practised by Demagogues and Popularity Seekers
upon an ignorant infatuated People.—The Buon-'
APARTES, the Cambacerßs, the Lebruns the
Massenas the Augeraus, &c. &c. of France,
once as loud in-their-devotions to Equality as the
Jeffersons, the Burrs, the Randolphs, the
Livingstons and the Gerays of America now
are. Both hate had their objects in view.—The
French have obtained theirs ; and hare compelled
the people to create them Emperors, Arch-Offi
cers, and Marshals, with powers as undefined, and
incomes as extravagant as were given to the King,
and Noblesthey have succeeded. CENTrNEL,
T. The 4th day of July—The American Jubilee:
2 f Peace and Friendship to the well-wishers of
our country.
3. Perpetual Union to the United States.
4. The Memory of Washington—May the Spirit
of his virtues rest on the Mourner at his tomb:
9. An Independent Judiciary—-May Congress re
member the commandment which tells them not to
covet an- hiking that is their neighbor's. - -
10. Law and Liberty—May we never have so
much law as to oppress liberty —never be at liber--
ty to trample on law.
11. New-Hampshire—May she be 'as prudent' in
politics, as she has been Valiant in arms.
12. Congress—May it be composed of Freemen
representing Freemen.
13. The Sovreignty of the individual States—That
Union which is equal can alone be lasting.-
14. The Land we live in—May the tempest of
faction not lay waste the fairest portion of creation.
15. Those of the Clergy, whose doctrine and ex
ample present a barrier to the progress of vice and
disorder.
5. Governor Gilman—lntegrity and firmness will
be remembered and admired.
6. The President of the United States—-as he was.
7. "May greatmen be honest, &honest men great."
8. The Militia—The best defence of a Republic,
when commanded by intelligence, patriotism and
valor.
16. The Ladies—They shall be protected by the
arms of Freemen— Freemen only are worthy of
their arms.
Toasts at Salisbury, N.H. by a respectable comfort;
of Washingtonian Republicans.
“ ALL THINGS CHANGE."
FOURTH OF JULY.
Boston, Aug. 8.
A letter from Havanna, dated the 13th July, men
tions, " that a Royal Order had been received there,
allowing Spanish vessels to export molasses to the
United States free of duties, and to import lumber,
some provisions, and implements of husbandry, also
free of duty ; that It was expected, a Royal Order
would be received, interdicting the importation of
horses in American vessels as there are Spanish ves
sels sufficient to export all their mdlasses. It is al
so mentioned, that fourteen millions of dollars hid
arrived there from Vera Cruz ; and eight millions
had gone to Spain, in the Amphitrite, and Lavina
frigates."'==
On Friday last, the Selectmen^ agreeably to ah^
nttal linage, visited beer-Island, in, the outer har
bour.—Besides the principal municipal officers, a
thongst the guests were M. Jerome Bonaparte#
(brother of the Emperor of the French,) and suite,
the Hon. Mr. King, his Honor the Lt. Governor,
ffie Attorney-General, Judge Benson, the Hon. Mr.
Gore and many distinguished Federal and Stater
Officers.—The day was very fine ; and the guests
Were highly gratified with the attention paid the#
and the rateratoeats provided.
We observe it stated in a Philadelphia paper, that
Mr. Monroe has been appointed by the President,
Governor of Louisiana# Mr. Monroe, in the course
of a twelve month, has been appointed to three* im
portant and lucrative offices, viz. Minister extraor
dinary to France, with an outfit of 9,000 dollars.—
And a salary of nine thousand dollars.—
Minister to Great Britain with a like out-fit and sal
ary—and now Governor of Louisiana ! Thus (as
we some time since predicted) our economical
President rewards his favorites !
August 4. The Coroner's Inquest, summoned to
inquire into the circumstance of the death of Gen
eral Hamilton, agreed on Thursday evening to
the following verdict> That Aaron Burr, Esq.
Vice President of the United States, is guilty of the
Murder of Alexander Hamilton ; and that
William P. Fan Ness, Esa. Attorney at Law, and
Nathaniel Pendleton, Esq. Counsellor at Law, were
accessaries thereunto. ft
iZ This verdict of the Coroner's Inquest, is a '
charge of a high crime against Mr. Burr, winch
tie believe comes under, the 2d paragraph of the 2d
section, of the 4th Article of. the Constitution of the
United States,which provides that any person charg
ed With a crime,"who shall fleefrom justice, and be
found m another State, shall on demand of the ex
ecutive authority of the Statefrom which hefted, be
delivered up to be removed to the State having ju
risdiction of the crime." If this be correct, we
cannot but think, Gov. Bloomfield will make the
demand required ; and that the Vice-President will
be delivered to take his trial for the murder.
, , PHILADELPHIA, JULY 30.
, ft Has been suggested that Col. Burr, is waiting
nere for the arrival of some of his body guards. A
gentleman from New-York informs us that three
or four days since the names of M. L. Davis and
Wilson were entered upon the way bill of one of the
stages for Philadelphia ; but before the stage started
those gentlemen wqe otherwise disposed of, and the
clerk of the stare office wrote opposite to their names
" gope to BriaewellF
We have been under the painful necessity of no
ticing the extreme indelicacy of col. Burr m public-?
Iy walking our streets in open day, when every third
person whom he meets bears about him the badges'
Os mourning for a deed of darkness done by him.
Our sense of this indelicacy (we might say impudence
is greatly heightened by the appearance of a most
insidious article in the Freeman's Journal of last
evening, about the Authorship of which there ap
pears to be bus one sentiment. Such dark and ma
lignant attacks upon the political, moral, and litera
ry fame of the deceased, arid from duch a hand, we
are not able at the present moment, to bear. These
things display a coldness, -a destitution of feeling, a
hardihood, at which we shudder.^—But we must net
proceed in the expression of our emotions —&it might
lead to consequences equally abhorrent from our feel#
ings and our principles.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadel
phia, to his friend in this city dated Aug, 2.
" Mr. Burr was attacked the day before yesterday,
with a hydrocephalus,* and is now lying extremely
ill in the neighbourhoerf of this city."
• A dropsy in the head:
NEW-YORK, AUG. 3.
Capt. Johnson in 29 days from Guadeloupe, in
forms us, that two or three days before he sailed,
he learned from three gentlemen who had eacaped
and arrived there the night previous, that tie in
habitants of Martinique hourly expected that place
would surrender to thfe British squadron then before
the town. Provisions at Martinique were very
scarce, owing to the vigilance of the blockading
squadron suffering none to enter,
Several privateers had been fitted odt at Guada~
loupe for St. Domingo with express orders to take,
sink and destroy all American vessels bound to or
from that island. Six of these privateers, mounting
from ten to fourteen guns, and full of men, had alrea
dy sailed from Point-Petre to cruize for American
vessels.
The Editor of tye (N. Y.) American Citizen, id
remarking upon the late duel Between Gen. Ham
ilton and Col. Burr, observes :—
"Circumstances which have already been unfold
ed, apart frora those which may hereafter be disclo
sed, satisfactorily shew, when viewed in connection
with the correspondence, that General Hamilton
has fallen a sacrifice te the machinations of wicked
individuals who had combined to take away his
life. In addition to the facts which have already
been published, and at the threshold of these re
marks, I will mention one illustrative of the con
spiracy. I beg that I mey be understood as pledge
tag myself to substantiate the truth of the follow
ing conversation if called upon by the civil author
ity.
"About half after ten o'clock of ffie morning When
the fatal interview took place, Mr. Matthew L.
Davis, who is known to be in the confidence of Mr.
Burr, and his friends, met in Pearl-Street a gentle
man of veracity with whom I am acquainted, and,
in a strain of exultation, said— Well, do you not
shake ; do you not tremble ? Tremble, said my
friend, for what ? For the FATE of your leaders^
said Davis, for although General Hamilton is the
FIRST, he is not the LAST that is to FALL !'"
Davis has since confessed to Mr. Lang that fa as,
sociation of duelists was formed, and that one of
their objects was to take the life of General Ham
ilton !"
ASSOCIATION OF DUELISTS.
BY THE MAILS.
COMB