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- TRIPOLITE BATTEftfP.S.
A letter from a friend and Correspondent, in the.
MeJi terranean squadron, states the force of the Tri
poliac Batteries,^ follows
N . Gu%.
Port English, - -.. ^ - - - - -,, t
Fort American, so railed from ita having ?'
been buHtby the American prisoners, >T ,
Paha, , - - - . . . - - - - 10
• Between chef Palace, and mole head, 14
Mole Head and Crown Battery, - - 19
- : Foot Wiy, -^ - - ..... 11
Two small -Batteries between foot . - -?,
way and Malta Battery, - - - 59
Half Moon, -•-- - ? & - . . 10
> West Diamond Battery,, - - te - . 9
Battery, with Arched Embrasures, - - 3
Western Battery, without the City walls, |
edited the Vixen. Battery from having >7 *
Y fired the first shot at that vessel. - )-\
' w Total 115 &
LATE.FROMEUROPE..
g, ^arrival at New. Terk, in 35 days from Glafgaw
^familhcd -London dates to the 6th March ; —which are
- am than twenty days later than before received. They,
fa,ever do not fwrnifh any very ia terefting intelligence.
g. The destination as the Rochefort fquidron, had oc-
I :pfoned much conjecture and (peculation ; but it was cer
lain, Rear-Admir,l Cochrane, with fix fail of the line, had
be@4 ordered to the Weft-Indies in search of the French.
•''' [47 T^ic/quadrat toa, certainly fare off Madeira, about tbo
Z,tb March, ftaradimg to the i.yl'ward.
: There.was no new profpea of pacific negotiation.-- 1
2 he British, government, however, appear to he waiting
esofwer or die Ruffian Emperor on Bonaparte's commu
lfewtttefc4t^]^rtndftw^lta tfcit Wt the tofttel
guion of France, Prussia had contented to become a Medi- I
ator between "her and England.
£lt was foppafed Portugal Would fpeedil, enter the
war-lifts,—Her government had offended the British by
'" fufferinb the inflammatory Manifefto pf theSpanilh General
issimo to be inferred In the court Gatstte ;—by ordering
, all the Ipanifh prises taken by thcEnglifh to quit her ports ; #
arid by forbidding any more being brought in.
^, There was no change contemplated in the British
Ministry; and Mr, Pitt had obtained bis new loan
* <44,500,0001.) on better terms than lag year.
=—Qto^^^et ——
FROM THE NEW-YORK HERALD.
Mfr. York Legislature—! this moment met *
_atloman in the street, who asked me if I was se
rious in the account I had given of the resolution
brought into the Senate by Judge Tayler, as publish
#4 in yesterday's paper. That the present minor
ity ih the Legislature are capable of the most cx
trivafeat and inconsistent conduct, does not rest up
ea a single fact, as the following article from this
toothing's Citizen proves—
Extract of another letter to the editor.
Albany, April 5— 7 o'clock, P. M.
" A motion was made in the Assembly, this day.
« to allow the Editor -of the Citizen to give the
« TRUTH IN EVIDENCE, AS A JUSTIFI
& CATION, on the trial of the suit
^ TO BE COMMENCED AGAINST HIM BY
^ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ; BUT THE
« MOTION WAS LOST, 43 voting against, and
«^4 in favour of it. I will send you the ayes and
*' Does on the question. Conduct like this needs no
<' tnm^nt."
Remarks by Mr. Cheetham.
“ For the present, it shall have but one from me.
The majority, ' in the Senate, and the majority in the
Assembly, (some of whom are charged with bribe
ry and corruption) have thought fit to direct the At
tqraey-General to prosecute me, as the lively and
classical Mr. Van Vechtem terms it, for “ a false,
-wicked, seditious, and flagitious libel." The day
after the Attorney-General is thus directed, a mo
fefamafoin the, Assembly, to allow me to giv t
Writhe trial to be commenced, the truth in evidence
• taagifittf which motion is negatived ! Now
--what is this but in plain language to say— Mr.
Cheetham has charged us with bribery —We have
directed the Attorney General to prosecute him—
we are as corrupt a§ he says we are, and if, on the
tend we allow him to give the truth in evidence as
a Justification, he will prove his assertions ! Can
'an enlightened, a virtuous people, who have the
sovereign power in their hands, submit to legisla
tive villainy like this ?
• Here Mr. Cheetham's unbridled rage has fairly
Tun off with him; but as we do not happen to be
quite so much in a passion as he is, we will coolly
uke opthte subject a little ways back. At the last
'sessions bill was brought into the House of Assem
bly by a federal member for the express purpose of
" allowing the accused in a case of libel, to avail him
self of thetruth byway of defence. The democrats
, did not like very well, aftev all their clamours in
favor of the liberty of the press, and their denuncia
tions of the sediton law, for only meddling with the
press, (though for the express purpose of securing
its liberty by allowing the defendant to prove the
truth of the words charged,) to come out at once a
, ±kinst this bill. But as it was supposed its provi
sidh# were intended in behalf of the federal editors
'Mud federal writers exclusively, for it never entered
'zheirjheads that their own printer or their own party
Quid say any thing for which a prosecution in behalf
of the state w@ld he commenced, they therefore
•,ere determined, somehow or other, to hinder its
passing. In the contest about it, Orator Few dis
tinguished himself very much ;. the good patriot
who has been to Albany and taken his seat the pre
vent,session, tb speak and vote againt the Merchant's
Bank, and receive his wages as a member, while at
'the same time he holds an office under the general
government, from which he also receives emolu
ments, thus filling his pockets with both hands at.
once. This distinguished statesman spoke long and.
ardently against the libel bill, and finally proposed,
to art amendment, fet° nb man should be permitted
to avail himself of (he provision of the act, who did
.not sign his name to his piece at full lenngth at the
time of its publication, and as that was what he was
very sure would never or rarely happen, he thought
he had thus, by a side stroke defeated the object of
the trill. It at length passed, so amended as to a
anount to little or nothing, but was returned bv the
eomicil of revision, and died a natural death. From
1 that time to this all has been quite.< While the
common law was supposed to be a fence against the
wicked federalists only, it was well enough ;.no soul
.among these consistent friends of the penile ever
dreampt of interfering ; but th^ moment their own
bullbas begun to toss, Lord ! its quite another affair.
—These wise and consistent and sensible Legifla
.tors, are so much alive to the prosecution against
I their own party printer, that they have attempted
to violate an important principle of Jurisprudence, *
"arid pass a resolve to alter and coutroul the law of
tie land in his behalf, and thus grant to an individ
ual an exclusive privilege not supposed to be com
mon to the rest of the community. If this is not an
extraordinary stretch of party zeal I know not what
is. ft is indeed so extravagant that were it not spi--
tod by one of those concerned in it, it could hardly
be credited. What next? (.
jfrCensiderin^ the motives of the disunited De
-1 mocrats of New^ork and Pennsylvania, of prime
consequence, we have devoted a large portion of ty-
Ws9radete arose mbrc,»,,
3flfefflm.gnMgn„qfl„P„^FltU^^
CTp.P—
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1805.
—t^*9*:::;::::w —
The trial of Harry. Croswell is probablyfresh
in the minds of our readers. Croswell was refused
i liberty to urge the truth of his charges against
Ambrose Spencer, in justification of the publica
t tions. The Democrats rejoiced in the prosecution,
I and approved the principles on which it was con
ducted ; and it gives us no pain to notice, that they
tare now reaping the fruits of this arbitrary measure.
James Cmeetham who publishes the leading
I Democratic paper in New-York, has been prose-
I cuted for libelling two branches of the Legislature
^ of that State, in charging the majority of them with
I deceiving bribes to influence their votes on the ques
ti , or incorporating the MERCHANT'S BANK.
One of Cheetham's friends motioned that he should
be allowed to prove the truth of the charge—and
on the motion being put, it was lost, only twenty-.
.four members rising in the affirmative. Cheet
ham grown outrageous, breaks out on the Legisla-!
ture in severest terms {see to-day's, paper.) This
decision of the Legislature is important—highly
So— as it tends te destroy that freedom of dis
cussion, which is the boast of free States. We
I may be liYirc under m Republican Government—
I we may be enjoying all the protection of mild and
I equal laws—we may be living in a country where
falsehood and vice are discountenanced, and truth
and virtue supported in open day—but in our sim
ple comprehension it is far otherwise. The most
despotic Government on earth could not have a
dopted a principle more completely subversive to
the wholesome freedom of the press, The very es
sence of its freedom is destroyed by it, ± a Govern
ment which adopts it, is laying a foundation for its
own dissolution, in the destruction of the moralsof
the whole people—for falsehood receives at least a
negative support, when truth is so pointedly dis
countenanced.
The following striking and highly poetical lines,
conclude the Parody on a Letter to a Federalist :
" He never Sir'd;" Angeli of Grace ! v whose there !
Death ! Furies ! tie the ghost of Callembcr !
Each feature ! f,sQ of the indignant scribe /
Proofs," darning proof, ! the libel and the bribe.
In his right hand he waves thefaderose rem,
The " filler pieces'' in the other gleam !
Ha / bow, he frowns, and menaces ! fee ! fee !
Avaunt " make not those gory locks at me"/
I ne'er betrayed like Jubas, and then hid it,
I'm no ammplke ! " You can't fay / did it fff
I never touch'd one penny—No not one /
No dove more harmless ! a poor G— —-s fog ,
Twas fancy all—He's landed fafe o'er ftyx,
Oh Cttfcicuee! Couffoce / d—B these Polities /"
This excellent pamphlet is highly eulogized in
the Boston papers, and is every where read by
men of taste and genius.,
For Sale at the Oracle Book-Store,
^Yesterday's Boston paper says a Bill, has
passed the New-York Legislature on the subject of
LIBELS- permitting the TRUTH to be given in
justification of Charges. Good.
We learn by last night's papers that Mr. Crown
inshield has declined the appointment of Secretary
of the Navy, and that Commodore Preble will
succeed to that office.
IMPORTANT'DISCO VERY.
A number of men digging up the earth, in this
town, for the purpose of making an acqueduct thro'
Mr. Daniel Waldron's land, discovered a vein of
drak brown sand running from east to west, much
impregnated with quicksilver, of the best quality
Upon close inspection globules of this metal were
found dispersed through this vein from the size of
the smallest grain of sand to that of duck shot
which leaves no, room to doubt, but upon further at
tention, larger 'quantities may be discovered, and
prove beneficial to the owner of the land.
* [Dover Sun.
MARINE LIST.
Arrivals and Departures since April n.
14th arrived brig Rockingham, Sullivan, Demerara ;
Ijch failed flip Columbus, M'Kcnzie, Newyork ; 16th
ditto brig Alert, , Weft-Indies ; ilth ditto schooner
Jones' Eddy, Riley, Well Indies
Vessels Ltft.
At Madeira, March n, Wonoiaafet, Randal es Ports
mouth, put in in distress, having repaired, and was to fail
the next day.—At Guadaloupe, March 15, brig Hetty,
pf Portsmouth, two days.
Spoken March ar, fat. 35, long. 61, brig Bee from
Portsmouth for Tortola.
DIED'
On Monda, last, in consequence of a fall from the eaves
of a house twelve d*ys before, Mr. Jean BATTISTA
Retnal, act. 41, a native of Brest, who was a glasier on
board the Auguste, a 74, in the French Fleet, wmich came
into this harbor, in i„t. He has left a widow and 1
children..
On Tuefday last, Mr. Colliw Lima Campbell, 4-
ged 47 years, a native of Old England.
1A child of Mr. John Jones.
Gun-Powder, Shot, &c.
THE Subscriber has just
received forty quarter casks American
GUN POWDER of a superior quality—being a
consignment, will be sold low for Cash, or an ap
proved note at ninety days.
He has also for Sale,
English and American POWDER, per
cask or retails;'
SHOTT of all sizes;4
15 casks frefh RAISINS, &c. &c.
) Nathan B. Folsom.
Portsmouth, April 19, 1805.
Wanted in a small Family
a young Man of good character, who can take care
of a Horse, and perform the common duties within
' and without doors— Also, a young Woman, ac
quainted with House-Work, where there is another
to assist. Such, on producing ^ood recommenda
tions, may find a place by enquiring of the printers.
QrNone need apply who are in the habit of
going to Eitting Lectures April 29.
Spring Goods.
D. W^EKS,
At. mem. 2, Mu±et-strtet; has jug received a
^ vartAy-tf,seasonable GOODS, among, which
Chambray Milins , Plain do: de. ;
Black Sarsnet.. Cambrics ;,black £»ing
ham„ black Crape, yard.wide ; 4-4 and 6-4 white'
Cambric Muslins ; black. White apd color'd Sars
nets for gowns ; black and color'd Florence Silks ;
black India Lustrings at fe&per yard ; a pleasing
variety °f Chintzes, very cheap ; black, white and
colorfdSilk Glares.; ladies' black; white and slate
color'd Silk Hose ; gentlemen's black and white
dal 6-4 Silk Shawls ,Silk Cord^; Velvet Bind-:
ings ; Straws Chip,, and Wißow Bennets ; Chip'
Hats ; White Cambric Shawls ,; Dimities Irish
Linen#; Shirting Cottons , Linen Cambrics.
Best Superfine trine, and black BROAD CLOTHS
—black, white and color'd Cassimeres ;.mix'd
Grannells ; Cotton Cassimer^s ; patent Buff Nan
keen# ; India Blue Nankeens ; Cotten Checks, Rc.
Portsmouth, April 20. ;.
. -===r--—^^ ^» >
John Languon, jr. .
HAS, removed from the Store lately occupied by
I him in Bow-street, to N 0,4 and 5, Langdon's
Wharf; at the lower end of Daniel-atreet, wherfe
.^ ^ for Sale,
Philadelphia fuperfine & faratch'd Flour ;
New-York dpi Superfine do. in whole
and hafcbarrcls ; Alexandria dq.;.Phi
ladelphia IRON in ffatThdtyrtre bars ;
Swede's do. do. ; Philadelphia (pike,
& deck NAIL RODS ; Hhd. Hoop
Iron; Holland and American GIN, per
pipe or bbl. ; RUM per Hhd. or Bbl.
few Hhds. Molasses; India SUGAR
per bag ; COFFEE per do. ; ROSIN ;
bright and black VARNISH ; Spirits
Turpentine ; Sheathing Paper ; a few
tons FUSTICK. „
Also, & general assortment of
GROCERIES.
•sre+H&hfefeXfrWfrQdfymfcfc
, ASYLUM. I
I The Subscribers to the |
£ Portsmouth Female Asylum, are informed, £
that the annual meeting for the choice of Man- £
* agers'^^ be held at the house of Messrs. !
▼ W. & V. Treadwell, in Ladd-street, the+
, Ist Monday in May next, at 3 o'clock, P. M.+
, A general and punctual , attendance is re- ,
+ quested. j
£ MARY ELIZABETH SYMES, Sec'y. l
lAfrril 20, 1805. J
l N. B. Those Ladies who honored the In- I
¥ stitution with their patronage the last year, T
7 will still be considered as subscribers, unless 7
, they signify in writing, their intention to with- ±
I draw their liberality. f
r+M,7•►•♦* LRDfc%fy»fcfr.fr-fr.fr.
NOTIFICATIONS
The Members of the Piscat
4wfo Missi&fraf, Seeiety-WF^t^frfi^ their met—
null meeting aeccording to Constitution, is to be at
tended at Portsmouth on the first Wednesday in
May at 10 o'clock A. M. There will be a Sermon
breached on the occasion and at the close of the ex
ercise an opportunity will be presented to all that
ire disposed to contribute to the furtherance of the
benevolent and pious design of the institution.
JOSEPH BUCKMINSTER,
=Secretary to the Missionary Society.
^Portsmouth, March 20, 1805.
Raisins, Wine, & Oil, &c. &c.
Just received and for Sale by'
Edmund H. Quincy
Water-street,,
Fresh Malaga RAISINS;
Malaga WINE;
Florence OIL in cases of 30 flasks
each,
OIL in jars ;
OLIVES in jars ;
Goinee, Hyfon-skin, and Souchong
TEAS;
Heavy Sumatra PEPPER ;
Roil BRIMSTONE;
English N AILS. April zo.
William Bowles,
Respectfully informs his
friends and the Public in general, that he has
taken a (hop in Washington- 0 reet, in the building
lately improved by Mr. Bigelow, where he carries
on the
Painting and Glazing
bueMify 10 its various branches ; and will be happy
to Steve tho(e that tyjgpleafe to call on him, jn bis
line of business upon the most reasonable terms,
.with fidelity, neatness and rtifpatch.
N. B. Sign Painting and Carpet stamp
ing in the newefl fafhions.
FORT SALE CHEAPT "
A large assortment of low priced
Paper Hangings,
at one door west of the Post Office, by
MARGARET FURNISS.
April #O. G
— TO LET,"
UTHE Farm lately
/owned and occupied by James Mac
oregore, Esq. situated in London
derry, having a handsome and spacious
Dwelling House, a large Barn, the
whure con lining about forty acres ; on a public
road, the Land is inexcefient order with fine Or
chaftls and pasture, &c. It will be let oil shares,
or for a reasonable aim, and may be entered upon
immediately—-for further particulars enquire of
Isaac Thom, Esq. in said Londonderry, or of
Jamf.s S XV:WT, Boston.'.
4pril 16, 1805. •
AUCTION.
Taken ^E^e^tio&p,
U ° Id OM^
S. Littlers A Auction Office,
AQU^TIfV dffibutehqta.A such as
Muslins • dilhtzeg; Zbraft" affsiTE Umbrellas ;
Looking Glasses, and roomer articles.'
4 hogsheads 3d and 4th Proof RUM of good qual
ify ; - and 1 Bale West MMiv Cotton at 60 days for
At the .B^ Busi
ness, an ^tive Lad; 14 dr 16 ye^S^ld— as an Ap
^z^^^
The tn@bttao.ts ot the ,t&vh of Portia
mouth, are requested to notice, and
observe the following Regdlatfous,
~ made and published igreably to law ;
for the preservation of health in the
town.
ALL persons having fluh oroflmfyg, or
whose cobtents are so tiear the lurface of
the earth asto be a nuifarter, or having stagnated
^^w^^u
nuisances removed immediately, before rhe warn
weather (hall commence. It is life with of the
health Committee, to lave trouble to lech perlons,
and to themtelyes, bur the cletofincis and health
ofthe Towo muff be provided for, and if such
nuifances,re not removed within thirty days from
this day, they will bq removed as the Law directs.
And it is requested, that information be given of
filth left in any part of the towrf, such information
Will be thankfully received, atid the way it came
wIJI be concealed. '^ .
All finh ranging on the furface of the ground
in th&ftreets are to be funk Q^w.
N°,^ animal, offeofive lunftince, or filth of
any kinlis to be left in any Greets, lapes, alleys,
or on any Wharf or dock, and every person offend,
ing in this particular must expea to. be profecut.
cd and fined.
And in regard to Quarantines
The Health Committee have found that the
health of the inhabitants has been greatly endan
gered, and the tow^has {offered much in time
past, from deceit pridi^d, and falle answers given
by veffcls arriving at the Port, when hailed from
the Fort. It was therefore ffr,ughr proper and ne
cessary in the year xßog, when Quarantine com
menced, that all vessels from the Weft India
Islands, the Dutch arid Spanish main, from the
Streigbts of Gibraltar, and Iro^ ports within
them, or from any port or place where any conta
gious di(tempers (hould in fad be prevalent, should
—on their arrival at this port, immediately come to
anchor for infpeaion ; that the lives and health
of the citizens might not be endangered by infec
tion brought to town. The commanding officer
at Fort Conftitytiop was to bring all such vessels
to an anchor, and hoiftared flag as a signal for the
Health Committee to repair on board, or fend
- &>Q&AL+bU -pCTfOTvitfrMCT, on board, for th#
purpose of infpedion and examination.—These
regulations were made and carried into execution;
Careful examination took place on the part cf the
Health Officers. Id cases where 00 Geknefs bad
taken place during the voyage, and no infeaion
apprehended, the vessels had permits to come di
reaiy up to the town— Where infeaian was found,
or justly bifpeaed to be on board, or where fick
nels was'or bad been on board, or death during the
voyage, the vessels were carefully Imoaked and
cleansed, and when fufficiently purified, permiffiom
was given them to come up to tawn, or go elfe
whete at their pleasure. The fame orders and reg
ulations were continued, were in force and duty
executed the year past, and will be continued and
ftriaiv enforced the current year ; and if any mas
ter, officer, or any perlon on board any (hip or
vessel that fell arrive at this harbour, from any
ports or places before mentioned, affer the r §th
day of May next, and before the firft day of Nov.
ember next, firaf}be guilty of giving afalfe report
when hailed at the Qaftle, or (hail come up to the
town, or buffer any of the people, or any passenger
to go on shore, or (ball fuffer any person to go
on board any such vessel, or carry or fuffer any
thing to be carried on fliore therefrom, before be
ing visited and infpeded as aforefaid, every perfort
jo offending, (hall be dealt with as the la w direct.
SAMUEL JONES,
B. SHERBURNE,
JOSHUA BRACKETT, )
Portsmouth, April 15, 1805.
~^ :r ———;
State of New-Hampshire. Rockingham, ss.
Portsmouth, April 15, 1805.
We the subscribers, do approve of the foregoing
regulations...
SAMUEL PENHALLOW,) Justices of the Peacf
^l^=''^.'""^"?"' jand of the Quorum,
I T^OCT? SfiLLMAN'^&rmun ac
the ordination of the Rev. Lucius Bolles of
Salem, price one Billing..
Do& Baldwin's Sermon on Effectual
Calling, price one (hilling.
Rev. Mr. Merrill's 7 Sermons on the
mode and fubje&s of Baptism ; to which it added,
a'briM hiftory of the Baptifis, price as;. Mr. Mer
rill has for a number of years been a iucccfsful and
4 refpeaabJe fettled minister of the congregational
order in,Sedgwick, Mall, and tbofe lerrons are
eafneftly recommended ty the candid perofal of all
Iferioos enquirers after genuine apeftolic truths and
predicts. ,
Rev. Mr. Cumming's Discourse to a
focitty of young men in London, price 20 Cents.
=God's wonders in the Great Deep Is 6.
Mr. Freeman's Miscellaneous pieces gd.
Y Mr. Smith's dilcourie on "the light
not clear, nor dark.Pgd. , j ;
The above are just received and for faie by
C. PEIRCE, Daniehftrert, Portsmouth.
A Few
I And only a few Tickets & Quarters ih
1 Awratof Lottery, new &ni% forQat above