Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-03-09 00:00:00, page 3

^tf^f Ly. these two hft numbers —be breaks
War into inimitable npottrophts ; for* I nor
any that I converse with, ever reco|lc& to
''have met them in any author polemical or
dt&flic. " Ent if the perfun alßaed by
p the rota (ton principle, happens to be a good
,a r s, a: id every wav qualified for the office,
[which J deny, becaute I have ihewn to the
couKaro, that he is not every way qualified)
• tht people (ball not cheoje him." Now
reader prepare \ourfelf lor the imperative —
•aril interrogative, the striking apofifophe
WHY NOI : Why! Why! " becauffhe
is every wav. qualified and the people with
to chqolt him." I defy all the writers of
the Augustan age to, reduce fitch an instance
id the bcihos, ,ihe -flat and vapid, and this
with Lucius is One of his boldcft attempts to
^rreft the pedions and abound the mind. —
Lucios may be affined that he has broken the
repoje of his reader's mufetes if he has not
Satisfied him by his reasoning ! Lucius car
ries the rotation principle further ; if there
Is no election, the Influence is falntary, ex
'cept tiwfe ambitious, worthLfo, noisy, en^ty
fellows who wouhl abide it---Hcre again h<
is feurrtous und has g<,t inicaomher kind at
bathos, hod there 1 will leave him with his
ibree lah epithets to apply at bis leisure---an
ill-natuced.perf/n that likesfcandal by whole
late; wobid desire Lucius to answer all his
Own interrogations with yes or ho, as were
,noft favorable to his cable, and let the unfa
vorahle answers fall upon Mr. Gilman, be
raufein the wa, Lucius interrogates, the
h.n of them is, is Mr..Gilman an honefi
man ? Is he a difhonelt man r Is he a Re
publican ris he not a Republican ? I ans
wer the two latter questions, but would-not
.answer the two former, except in his favor.
These are the.dilemma's into which tne
writer fomerimes writes his maecenas. One
question interrogated to let out the whole
aristocratic sense at once, (accidentally, as I
foppofc, as it could not have been meant.
, 1s he bucaine vain because he is the mirror cf
^cj^h." 1 was at a loss how to account
for this auettjon. I had read in coriltitu
tional writers, feme where, that a judge was
the mirrot of majesty ; and oh enquiry, the
heft read lawyers told me that in the ancient
Jaw boosts, called HeM-Bractun and the
Mirror, the judge.presiding in the court was
the Rings face, through which his fubjeds
might look at him —and he reflc&ed joftice
Inpon his fibjeas. It occurred to me that
Lucius might have been a Judge ; but how
comes he in a Republic to tail upon Majefr
ty ? To l>e fore he fays your majesty ; but
that does not convey the right ienfe of the
mirror, either in catoptrics or politics —in po
litics, because a governor is, servant of the
, 'monarch, in a monarchy—ih a republic, of
the people^
The next topic is Mr, Gilman's popular
ity; and here we are furprized into a fen
leoct, the nooft admirable for its good sense,
and elevated for its fentimeut ; —there is a
natural tafe that diltingnilhes the fufU^n
from the elegant-: and altho' I am not Vain
enough to think I possess more than mv
neighbor ; fret, true it is, I fancied 1 dis
cecned that this fentiment' was not of a
piece with the diction of Lucius. 1 found
fromjhe fame lawyers, that they were the
very words that fell from the lips <>f the il
lodrions Mansfield, in the case of Wilkes,
who was draggling for the liberty of the
iEbje£t—" I,like popularity, but it is that
popularity which follows, not that which
is norafter; it is that popular opinion which
Kroner or later, never fails to do justice to
the pursuit of noble ends by noble means ;"
and this was to be found in a law book cal
led BurroW'> Reports. When Lucite dol
es his letters, he conies the meek addrefs' of
M^rk Anthony, in the Julius Cariar of the.
foblime pofet Shakespeare, and in his very
words too,/' dirs up your pure minds to re
membrance." Upoothe whole view of the
four long letters, except for the imposing
and artfuLintroduaion of (hem on the eve of
the eafuite ele&ion, I seriously think they
tk> not deforce an answer ; for I think the
charadcr of Col John Langdon is invulne
kable, andpmpregnable. The firft and fe
cund Tettefs, relating to the topics therein
introduced^ as indeed the third and fourth
Rue received their death blow, by a fairex
amination, add explication of the fads, in
the fupplcneriary fhm of the 'N. H.
Gazette. And I also think drtit his rotation
principle, which, in my mind, is the only
topic of confederation, has been as fully ef
tablithed in the present attempt.
Recurring to the desultory manner of
catting about his ideas, and comparing his
phjgiarifms and extrads, his incessant repc
ti'ion, low conceits, and scurrilous expref
liops of them, he hands condemned in his
cwrt court of mifreprefentarion of what he
calls his futis, and for the manner of difpla'y
fogthem—he has not a perspicuous arrarige
^ht —his method is incongruous and incon
, jfo. —.his plaghriln palpable—bis semi
^n,s borrowed—ids argument proved a
LlLcy-his conditions erroneous —and his
principles affumptiuns: He has been at
v.+npiing to find out foots in the fun—hi<
his " political, horizon/ ' " lon of federLifm
fet"--- <c and orb of democracy Anfing,are
like the corrufeations of the evening glim
mering into taintnefs and nothingness, ab
sorbed in the obfeuriy and darkness of foc
weeding night. What meaning can tefen
fib/y ascribed to this copyifm of Burke? Lu-
Tins has guarded us against giving the lie ;
he does not think it polite; (indeed one sel
dom fees it efeape the pen of a gentleman)
yet in one line he gives you the definition of
a lie by faying that the charge against Mr.
Gilman, whatever it is, is maliciotis and
wicked, fabricated to prevent his re-elec
tion—-and after) fays the whole tenor of Mr.
Gilman's life has given the be dire° ; and
I am, almolt afraid to add, if juttice did not
requireit, when Lucius fays a proportion
wzl made to the date to reimburse Mr. Gil
man---without his knowledge-arid when
known " against the will and inclination of
the Governor," I will be bold to fay, I can
not bring my mind to believe it.
Thus (lands Lucius before the public ; he is
wrong to impugn the private character of any
man, much less that of Col. John Langdon, and
mix them with political transitions: whatever
the heat of the party may be—he has no right to
drag Col. John Langdon before his tribunal, ft
is cruel to any individual :—it is wicked as it re
gards him I cenfefs I do not fee fueb attacks
upon Mr. Oilman in the Republican prints- Ji is
true, Lucius has called down on liin)fell and Mr.
G fometliing like the retort. That for the lake
of Mr. Gilman Ido not further obterve upon. I
recommend to Lucius to answer the Stockholder,
and he will do more to fatisly his fellow- citizens
in New Hampshire, than any other n n in the
date will attempt to do. Or let those Ja&s band
Cottfeffed—and if Confeffed, let any man lay his
hand tipon his bread and alk himfelf, if he can
confc/entionfl Support the Junto or Mr. Gilman.
Let Lucius fairly take up, principle, and argue
it if he cart, as 1 presume the Rotation principle
nas been argued, in . way that leads to truth, and
a legitimate conclodou. And, by a Series of ar
grtmentative truths convince tire mind ; and if he
ibould fail, it will do no discredit to his effort—
aid candor uill afford countenance to such wri
ters —But, to waive all consideration of all the
public topics before the public, which at present
engage the attention of the United States, and
this Stare in particular —and to enter into a long
trail, of invective and abofe of a particular perlon,
and that perfonlending so high in the etteem of
bis friends and fellow citizens #s Col. John Lang
don deservedly dues, as it favours of th6 bitterest
and anoft m lignont perseverance Lucius or any
otter writer like him mult expert the united ef
forts of such friends to counteract such iinpreffioif.
Peace is my darling wifli not Heury's more.
But touch me and no mintfer Jo Jure.
Pope.
CoL Langdon fears no 'fuch attacks / abortive
and despicable as the prelent-—he meets them with
dignified contempt himfelf , but his fellow citi
zens have apfidd iu such a man to gratify and a
juts refcutment to fatisty, the “ harmony of facial
intercourse is nearly restored, we are now more
tree, and much happier than we were,,we nieah
to eletf Col. Langdon, for our Governor, and if
he giv/s asjnU canfe to firfpeft his adminifiration
of encroaching on ori rights, and fodering a
Junto against those rights, we will do all we can
~>y our rotation election to choose another.
Col. Langdon has a/whyldone well, and we have
the assurance he will continue to do well, and
better than Mr. Gilman has done, and he will
conduit us out of the Scylla Charibdis of fac
tion, tcryifm, and federal defpatifm into the ha
ven where we would wifn to b&."
©je Republican Ledger. /
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Portsmoutii, March, 9, 1802.
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Returns of Rotes for Governors
Langdon. Gilman.
Portsmouth, 549 z 45
Wolfborough, 7° 33
Concord, 140 9 1
Pembroke,{ 94 37
Hokinton, 103 I^9
Henniker, 86 66
Bofcawen, 111 64
, Northwod, 78 49
Pittsfield, 51 26
Wakefield, -. 21 97
13°3 >' 2 7
Majority for Langdon, 576
Offipee, Northfield, and Dearing, unanimous for
Langdon—alfo a great majority tor Langdon in
Merrimack and Goffsiown.
The above are all the towns we have heard from
as yet,
'Republican Ticket, for 180 L
-<§>.
John Langdon, Governor.
Leyi Bartlett, Counjeilor for the County of
Rockingham.
John Goddard, Senaterfor Diflria No. I.
Benja. Bernard, Senatorfor Dijiria No. 2.
'Jofiah Adams, Recorder of Deeds for Rock
inghanl county.
Nathaniel F^foro, Treaforer for ditto.y
Mr. Bavard, who appears to be a competitor
with Sir Roger Griswold tot the honorable poll of
tile leader 61 the tederal forlorn hope oir the lower
floor ottongrefs, is mis-ieprefentaive of the peo
ple,and Reprefeotative of the Tories of the date
4 Delaware. —•He is the fame perfun.who used to
declaim To pathetically upon the danger " dur'
holy religion" was th of being contaminated by
Jacobin principles ;—the fame person who fought
4 duel with Mr. Champlin, whole wife was a par
igou of beaun, mid a war mfederalilt—the fame
person who lail feflion so itrenuoufly advocated
toe pMage of^he JodtJar, Aft, and then procu
red for bis Father in-law (Jhdge Bassett) an ap-
A FELLOW CITIZEN.
Portsmouth, 4th March, 1802.
. That valuable lot of Land,
formerly owned by Honking Wentworth,
Esq. deceased, fronting on Congress-street,
near the Couft-Hbufe, measures 53 feet
front and <7B feet deep, and is one of the belt
tituatio^ in town, either for a (tore or dwell
ing house. The terms may be known by
applying to the fobferiber, and if not fold at
private sale, it will be fold at Public Auaion
on Thursday the igth day of April next, at
12 o'clock, on the premises.
Benjamin Penhallow.
Portsmouth, March 8, rte#
Sept, iafl, the Chinese sea was visited by a tuffoon,
which otcafioned the loss of many junks and JiJhing
boats ; that the fe,erity of the gale produced an
inundation in the low lands, audit was computed
that 2qq6 natives had periled on shore, and 8000
at Jea I—.—Two -jchboners are ashore on L.lJland
near the Owlls head. The brig Echo, for Charles
ton,' and brig Eliza, for Savanna, which failed Jr.
N. York, went ashore on Staten Ijiand beach : the
former has bilged. Sch. fohn, which was laying
there at rhe Jame time, is miffing ; she has either
foundered at her anchors or driven to Jea. —About
30 Jail of vefels parted their cables in a gale on the
10th Dec. in the mouth of the Thames ; among
which war a-valuab/e E. Indiaman, belonging to
Philadelphia.—Put into RamJgate, by Jirejs of
weather, in Nov. and Dec. the Iris, Canway, of
Marblehead; Commerce, Elliot, Portldnd : fajon,
Wild, Boflpn ; brigs Spy, of Newburyport ; Fame,
of Providence ; and.feverdl others.
, —The New-York papers, lay, that four Sloops were
driven ashore between Throg's Point and Ricker's
Island ; and one at Huntington, Jome of which had
gone to peices.—Sloop Aha. Clark, driven ashore
n^ar Dloyd's Neck, and will be loft. —Th Twofijl
ers, Parker, frpm New-Condon, f?randkd 'on Ea
ton's Neck-Several fifhing [Macks driven ashore
below Shiewfoury,—-Brig Lapwing,from New-Or }
leans, ashore near the Middletown point, with loss
of cahie and anchors, Allo, a Jchooner, name un
known —[hr new ship Libertine, cabt. Stevens,
from New Bedford for New York, which ran on
Hog-IJland Beach the 4th ult. bilged on the night of
the 22d, in the form, after many inefettual eudeav
ours by Mr. Elilh* Blossom, and the company of
carpenters and riggers, (who went down from N.
York) to get her off. ~ Five of the [hips company
were frozen to death ox Rockaway Beach ; the re
mainder are in a very deplorable situation. The
vefel was addressed to Mefrs. Hicks & Pali, who
have humanely opened a Jubfeription for the relief
of the unfortunate Juflerers.
[Baft. & Salem paps.]
very valuable vefels, Letters f: cm capts. J. and
S.Cook,fate that, 'The Brutus, capt.Wm.Byown,is
totally loft ; the captain and moji of the crew per
ijhed. 'i he flyffes, capt. % Cook, is gone to pieces,
the cargo will be partly Javed with damage. The
Volutia is not bilged, and fhouid the weather be
good Jke may be got off again,; the cargo will, lam
in hopes, be partly Javed, but with great damage."
It does not appear that any of the hands either of
the Ulyffa or Volutia have Joffered material injury.
It is reported there is a flip andjeh.afhore on Chel
Jea Beach ; and "a Jch. on Plum Inland. A letter
from Plymouth jays, " the Lucy, Fmny,fr. Kautz,
was drove on shore at Salt hmje beach'; a pafen
gtr perilled with the cold. Also went on.fwre,a
flip loaded with Jalt, fr. St. Übes, for Newbury
port, via. New York, and the Vineyard ; the pilot
and one man ferijhed. Neither of the veJJels are
billed, or cargoes much damaged." Ajchooner
Jr. Havaima.for Salem, teas driven on shore at 4he
Vineyard : afo a Marbleheadfchooner foppojed to
be capt. Lovis, fr. Lifoon ;no lives loft. A fchr.
from Saco,for Boson, is [aid to have gone ashore at
Sandwich. Af hip is on shore at Marflifield. Jup
pfed to be of RoJion capt. Burrows. ft fchr.fr,
Halifax, for fofon, drove on Cohaffet rocks ; one
or more of the crew loft. A letter from Canton,
to a gentleman in Providence, mentions that in
'"^ f"p Floreii-o of this port was driven on fare
at Murffcld ; general of the hands were badly
frozen, mid the pilot and one jailor drowned. We
hear tkejhip is not Much damaged, and the cargo
is onfore. The brig Eliza, Capt. Ricker, of this
port, was driven &n Jhore at the Fine) aid ; neither
vefel nor cargo were much damaged. 1 heje are
the only vejels belonging to Portjmouth, of which
we have heard, that nave Juffered by the late form.
1 .....
pemtrn^nt under it—the fame person who «„
uotpinated^y Mr. Adams} in his last fit of official
infantry Ambassador to the French Republic, as a
reward for his devotion to federalifm.
SHIPWRECKS, &c.
It is with regret that we oise occasion to men
tion that dilafim have hap, ed oh our coaJls, in
conjequence of the recentf e fords. On Sun
day the dis ult. the thr- v yellowing fhi,s Jailed
from Salem, on foreign voyages, viz. the Ulyfles,
Brutus, andVolutia, Captains Brown, J. Cook and
S. Cook, and were all cast away on Cape-cod, all
Feb' £B. arrived brig Eigle, Shaw, St. Vincents.
March 6. do. brig Orlando, Trefethen do.
do. do. fh:p Commerce, Blunt, Antigua,
do. do brig Oliver Peabody, Gilman, St. Croix.
4 failed fchr. Aero. Parker, Weft-indieq
7 failed flo>p Wathington, Cox, North-Carolina,
WILLIAM BOWLES,
Painter & Glazier,
Refpeatully informs the public in
general that he has taken a Ihop in
Daniel-street,
SIGN OF THE PAINT-POT,
Where he carries on the
Painting & Glazing business
with neatness and dispatch, and should be
happy to receive the commands of a gener
ous public.
He has for fate
All kinds of PAINTS, dry
or ground in oil, for ship or country uie,
which will be put un at the Ihorteft notice.
Portsmouth. March 8, 1802.
Davis' Marine Lift.
^W 33ctj$.
FOR SALE,
WANTED,
A steady person to look aftef
a farm, who must understands gardening—-
such person will meet great encouragement,
and will be allowed privileges6n the garden
and farm, together with swages as may be
agreed Updo. The garden is very extten
five (^ith another fmali garden) flocked and
producing every kind of fruit and vegetable
with early hot beds. Noobjeaion toa small
family,—apply to Madam Wentworth,
on the premises, or Mr. John Went
worth, ,s his office.
Little-Harbor, Portsmouth, March, 5, iBo2.
A WATCH Found,
The owner may have i: by applying to tfe
fubferiber, proving property ami paving
charges. , GEORGE HAM.
March 4, 1802-
ROBERT MENbUM;
ftpecifulty informs bib
rufomers andthepub
lie in gentrai that be
Continues to carry oh
the £0 )I&:SHOE
hAaING bufafs,
a all its branches, as
dad!, at his fore in
Jfrefsßow, Bw-
Rreet, 'where be has
for fate a general af
frrtment o f BOOTS
& SHOES, which
lie will dilpofe of
cheap 'or caih.—He thanks those who have
heretofore favoured him with their cuftomj
and Solicits a continuance of the fame.—.—
Constant attendance given and the fouled
favors gratefully acknowledged.
Portsmouth, March 8, 1802.
For Hamburg,
The brig EAGLE,
"° W 'V"^ at Captain
Prifco's Wharf, will fail
three weeks, (witti
^^v;^^^^ of her freight en
gaged) for freight or passage apply to 0
JAMES DRISCO. or
ABRAHAM SHAW.
Portsmouth, Bjarch 8, ißca.
As the said E. Parry intends to leave
this town in May next for Europe, he there
fore calls on all those who are indebted to
him by note or account to make immediate
payment, on or before the tenth day of May
next, and those who are delinquent after
that date their accounts and notes will bd
sued without discrimination.
Po>tfmouth, March 8, 1802.
6 Shares in the New-Hamp
(hire Turnpike Road.
A small Farm pleasantly fitu^
ated in Stratham, aid 150 acres of good
land on Merrimack River.
TO LET, on Shares,
A Farm in Green
ifj'^^^Q ^nd, to be entered on the
%firft, of April next, enquire
of the printers.
Maichf, 180^.
CHEAP~GOODS.
-<<4F<^^>>->..
EDWARD PARRY
Informs bis friends and ,cujiomers, that he ij
now felling off bis whole flock in trade, by
wboftale and retail, at the prime coji
coojiftiag of a large assortment of
Fafhiohable fuperfine^ Best & corn, chintzes,
Broad and JAieftyMiAinets and Cimi-
Cloths, U ties,
Caffimere & Elaftics,^Copperplate & patch
Lambskins & Coat-^ color'd Furnitures,
ings -u" an ' camel's haif
Baizes and Flannels,^, Shawls,
Rose and duffil Plan ^Patch and purple
kets, ^ Shawls,
Velvets & Thickfets,^Sprig'd and jackets
Florentines and Sat-G Muslins,
/net, «Black, blue and yeU
Durants & Tammirsg low mbflins,
Ruffells & Calaman-e-Book, loan and jattu
C°Q M ll ^t muslin Hand-
Silk Crzpes& Wild kerchiefs,
' bores,^Black & colored Sat-
Men's worked, cot-^ ins,
ton and silk Stock-GBlack and coloured
i n g s ,.y modes and Lute-
Women's cotton andfi firings,
. silk ditto, pldin andFlrifh Linens & Sheet
laced Clocks, ings
Black and white Glk^Table Clothes & Di
and cotton Gloves,^ apers,
Ladies' and Gentle-^Silk Twist, Thread,
men's beaver and^ and Buttons, ,
felt Hats, of the^And other articles as
neweft' fashion. ^ ufuah -
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