Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1803-05-03 00:00:00, page 3

I have the pleasure to impart to you,
Without a moment's delay, that by Lfpatches
which I have just received from my govern
ment, brought by a brig of war of the king
my matter, dispatched tor this purpose alone,
l fee confirmed all the assurances which 1
gave you on various preceding occasions,
when I recevied information of difficulties,
which the citizens of the United States ex
perienced, in consequence of being deprived
of the place of repofit on the Spanish Banks
of the Miffifippi, by a decree of the Intendant
of New-OiLans..
His Catholic Majefly, as just in his refol-
Utions as desirous of living in the greater bar
mony with the United States, has provided
that the deposit should continue at New Or
leans until the two governments shall come
to an agreement about another equivalent
place ; and to the end that his royal provision
may be promptly & punctually carried into
effea, the necessary orders are communicated
to the Intendant & to the Captain-General
of Louisiana, of which I tranfinit you the
originals in order that you may be pleased to
foward them to New-Orleans.
liffied for the reflation of every concerned.
—Given in the Danish Royal Chancery on
the sth November, 1802."
NEWYORK APRIL 22.
Extras of a letter, just received, dated Giber
altar, March 9.
" Yelterday by accident, I, saw part of a
private letter from Mr. O'Brien, at Algiers
to Mr. Gavino, our Consul at this place.
As near as I can recoiled, he exprefles great
fears that a rupture will shortly take place
between the Dey of Algiers and the United
States, owing partly to our government fend
ing the annual tribute in calh, instead of na
val (tores, which he is in great want of.
This circumflance, added to the great pres
ent he has lately received from the Court of
Madrid, has made a demand of 180,000 dol
lars from the Court of Great Britain, as an
equivalent for eighteen slaves, that made
their escape from Oran in an Eugluh veflel :
this demand I do not think will be complied
with. He has also broke his treaty with
France, and made a demand upon that gov
ernment of 60,000 dollars.
" Mr. O'Brien, after faying that he does
not think himfelf fafe at Algiers and reques
ting Mr. Gavino to forward his letters un
der cover, to the Swedish Consul, concludes
with.
APRIL 19.
The following important Leiter has been this
day jent h Express to New Orleans.
OFFICIAL.— —(TRANSLATION.)
SIR,
I hasten to acquaint you of it with much
fatisfe&ion, in order that you may communi
cate it to the President of the United States,
as soon as possible ; and 1 pray God to pre
serve your life many years.
JVafoington April 19, 1803.
/ kijsyour hand
Your 11)^1 obedient and faithful servant
THE MARQUIS OF CASSA YRUJO.
fames APadiJon, Ejq.
“On the loth of February, a Spanish
" frigate arrived with the new Sp: nilh Con
" ful, who brought a present to the Dey of
«• 50,000 Dollars, besides 120 fathoms, (ma
" king 120,000 Dollars) to pay the arrears
" due from the Court of Madrid to the Re
" gency. Upon the receipt of the money
'' Dey ordered three cruizers to be ready for
" fca next week. There is no knowing
" the force of the Dey's squads."
©e Republican Ledger.
"TRUE AS THE DIAL TO THE SUN."
"PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1803.
Arrived in the outer harbour on Wednesday last,
the (hip Volunteer, Capt. Bof&ell in 26 days from
Liverpool. The report of a Declaration of War
having taken place, originated from the follow ing•
On the 22d March, Capt. Boswell was boarded by
a Lieutenant of a British Man ot War, who allured
him that an express had just arrived from London
which brought the declaration. The Volunteer's
failing early the next day, prevented the Captain
afeertaining the truth or fallhood of this informa
tion. War was universally expected at Liverpool,
and merchants were making their arrangements
accordingly—fa confident of it were the configures
of the fliip Volunteer, that they ordered her to be
re loaded back with salted provisions on their own
account. (Oracle.)
To the Mechanics of Portsmouth.
Brethren,
AS I have by a permit from God,, almost filled
the meafufe of time allotcd to man, n lich is three
score years and ten ; I have had opportunities of
observing many defeats in this large body of citi
zens, which is the bulwark of any fe.port, and
ought so to conduct as to entitle them to the
highest refpe& and refponAbility ; feeling anxious
that the rising generation might hep forth boldly
in the career of life, so as to eradicate those defeats,
I submit a thought for your consideration; which
if attended to, will in a great degree add to your
dignity and relpedability. What 1 mean is the
want of information, is it not the case that many
of us have neglected this molt important point, and
rest in what is hearfay,and are thereby led on to
aft inconsistent for want of information? (you may
readily answer we have not time,) I acknowledge
there is something peculiar in every situation in
life. We more especially who are confined to
labour a greater part of our time, are deprived of
Acquiring as much knowledge poffib!, as force
other classes of men, but yet we hare time enough
it properly spent to seek good information and lay
a foundation for future ofefulnefs without injuring
our common concerns through lite. The fare
guide to this is to itock ourselves well with mental
food, and let it be of such kind as will nourifb the
flarved mind, that it may thereby enable itfelf to
act more generally, and with eufe on its own basis.
Ibis being the case, in matters of religion we shall
be led to condemn no one (who is sincere) but by
free investigation we are made able to be our own
judges. In a political point of view we shall like
wise act confidently, not being the dupe of any
man. And from those down to the most minute
concern, we are the better qualified to fulfil out
engagements through life to advantage.
AN AGED MECHANIC.
Tfyroo Dollars have been fubferibed at
Washington, for the erection of a Theatre in
that city. 'I he ground for the file was giv
en by Maj. Van Nefs.
John Topham Taylor of Louth, Lincoln
fhire Eng. may hear something to his ad
vantage by writing to the Editor of the Phi
ladelphia Gazette.
The result of a late prosecution is well
known. Ihe Printer is taken from his
family, and is confined in gaol. His scanty
means are to be taken away in fines, and he
is to be treated as thhough he were the only
offender. No indulgence is to be granted
from that provocation, which the law con
fiders in a quarrel. No consideration, that
he a&ed in his own defence, that the gov
ernment of his country which he reverenced
was intuited in the person of the firft magis
trate, and that all the candidates he could
propose for public honors were absurd and
traduced. Allow that he cannot prove all
his aflertions. Can they who gave the pro
vocation prove their assertions? Have any
attempts been made to know whether they
can ? Is it not cowardly to insult a man,
and then to sue him for insult, after he has
been provoked r Much honor may this
prosecution do to the dismissed Secretary, or
to any of his friends. Ibid.
On Monday, last week, the sentence of
the Supreme judicial Court, now fitting at
Ipfaich, was puffed upon the Editor of the
Salem Register, for a libel on Timothy
Dickering. He was to pay one hundred
dollars, to be imprisoned two months, and
upon the expiration of that term to give
bonds of four hundred dollars, beside four
hundred dollars by his sureties, to keep the
peace for two years. Judge Sewall and
Judge Thatcher were upon the bench : Mr.
Davis was Solicitor General, & Mr. George
Blake attorney for the Prisoner. We have
not yet obtained the names of the Jurors.
Liberty has been granted that the Editor be
confined in gaol in Salem. Salem Reg.
It is quite diverting to hear the opposition
claiming all the praise from the success of
the pacific measures of the present adminis
tration. A higher insult could not have
been offered to the good fenle of the Ameri
can people.
Expectation is on tip-toe to divine what will
be the next horrible plot the federalifls will raise
—as the New-O&ans affair was likely to be soon
worn out, the resolutions of Messrs. Griswold and
Bayard were proposed in congress as food for
their friends out of doors, but they both died a
premature death, and defeended with one of the
agitators to the tomb of the Capulets.— Aur.
Arrivals and Departures jince April 29.
April 30, Ar'd. brig Alligator, Rice, W. Indies.
brig Izette, Shaw, Martmico.
brig Olive, Baily, Demarara.
sch. Prudence, Fernald, ——.
May I, brig Friendship, Maufon, Demarara.
sch. Fanny, Gunnifon, S. Carolina.
May 1, Sailed ship Onolancit, Rendel, Madeira,
brig Dispatch, Moore. W. Indies.
2, brig Joseph, Salter, Demarara.
fliip Ann, Salter, New York.
Sloop Enterprize, Sullivan, Charleflon.
brig Orland, Trefethen, W. Indies.
Arrived at York, April 30, brig Narciffa, Cap
Moulton, 42 days from Martinico.—Left fchoone
President, Mead, from Portland, just arrived.-
March 22d, left at St. Euftatia, brig Rangei
Capt. M'lnLlli, 33 days from Portland.
Poor Human Nature is likely soon to be
in a perplexing dilemma, suspended, like the
tomb of Mahomet, between Heaven and
Earth. If the Galvenic, Oxygen, and Vac
cine Systems go on, it will be impossible to
die ; it provisions keep up their price, it will
be no less impossible to live ! London Pap.
Mr. Jefferson, the President of United
States of a America, having received the Let
ter and Diploma of Foreign Associate, ad
drefled to him in the name of the Natioal In
stitute, has, answered, that he accepts the ti
tle as a proof of the Fraturnity which unites
in one Family all those who cultivate the Sci
ences, whatever part of the Globe they may
inhabit— London Pap.
Palifot is about to publish in Paris the Hif
tory of French Literature, from the time of
Francis the First to the present period, com
prising a term of three centuries. The au
thor has been engaged for 30 years on this
work.
^W DeWs.
Saturday arrived here the brig Olive, C-pt. S. 5.
Bayley, 45 days from Demarara. Capt. Bayley
has politely furnifhed the editor with the following
lilt of vessels, left at Demarara, March 16:
Brig Hitty, Parrot, of Portsmouth ; brig Ann,
Hooper, do. ; brig Fidelity, Littlefield, do. to fail
next day ; brig Centaur, Peirce, do. brig on Oiore
full of water ; brig Ceres, Underwood, do. con
demned ; fliip Jefferfon, Cutter, of do. ; schooner
Recovery, Peirce, New-York ; schooner Three-
Brothers, Chafe, of Wifcaffet ; Capt. Rogers, in a
schooner from Kennebunk ; Capt. Willcomb, in a
brig from Newburyport ; brig Jane, Bolter, of
Bolton ; Capt. Pender, in a schooner from Ips
wich ; Capt. M. Coombs, in a schooner from New-
London ; Capt. Benjamin, in a ship from do.;
brig Harriot, Smith, Norwich; ship Phoenix,
Chandler, Saco; sloop Minerva, of Wifcaffet,
Capi's name unknown; Capt. Harding, in a fch'r
from Bollen. In fi^ht of St. Croix, March 30,
spoke with the brig Edmond, Capt. W/m White,
from Bolton, bound into St. Croix, had touched at
Barbadoes, Grenada, and several other islands, and
could not fell —ln lat. 25, N. and long. 65, W.
spoke the ship Three Sifters, Capt. Joseph Pratt,
34 days from Bonrdeaux, baund to Charlcfton.—
Lat. 36, N. and long. 66, W. spoke with the brig
Bee, Capt. Thomas Savage, 29 days from Tobago.
Arrived here on Sunday last, Brig Friendship,
Capt. Manion in 45 days Irom Demarara—Spo/fe
in lon. 60, lat. 24, sch. Polly, Cathright, 10 days
out from Alexandria,bound to Burbadoes.
The ship Nancy, Orne, of this port, was at Ca
diz, March 13.
COMMERCIAL.
A letter from Rouen, dated March 5, recom
mends that port to the American shippers as one
of the belt in France lor Welt-India produce, &c.
on account of its lituation on the Seine, and vicin
ity to Paris. The following articles are in de
mand there : Pot and pearl allies, cotton, fifh, oil,
indigo, d>e and other woods, sumac, quercitron
or American bark, —10,000 bags madder roots
are annually consumed by the dyers and calico
painters, who allo make ute of coufiderable quan
tities d Erit-lndia white goods.
It is hoped those who want pews
will make up their minds before the day of sale.
So that those who are not able to purchase whole
pews may obtain partners, and thus accommodate
themselves with convenient feats for their families
at a very small expense, and on cafy terms of
paj merit.
The charter or plan on which
the Baptist Church or Meeting House, in Ports
mouth is to be built is as fallows, viz.
Ift.The house shall be open at all
suitable times and Seatons for the improvement of
every ministerial gift of EVERY denomination,
who shall be of reputable character ; which rimes
and seasons, and other diferetionary concerns of
said society, shall be decided by the deacons of
the church, and by the landing committee to said
society.
2d. No person shall vote or take
any part in the transactions of any parish meeting,
unless lie be a proprietor in said house.
3d. Those who purchase pews
in find house Hull receive a warrantee deed of said
pew or pews from the handing committee.
4th. If any alteration in said
house should at any time be deemed neceflbry,it
shall be done only by vote of two thirds of the
proprietors. Portsmouth, May 3.
A fine Opportunity to Purchase
HOUSE LOTS.
FOR SALE,
A LOT of LAND in Portsmouth, fitua-j
ted in a pleasant and central part of
the town ; it fronts on Pitt-flrect, and is a
part of the estate whereon the fubferiber
now lives. The land is elevated, and the
profpe£ textenfive. The situation is retired
from noise. It can be divided into five
parcels, each of which will make a good
House Lot ; or into a greater or less number
as will best suit the purcbafer or purchasers.
The terms of payment will be VERY
liberal, as will best accommodate the buyer
and JOHN GREENLEAF.
Portsmouth, 3d May, 1803.
CaJb and the highest price given
for Rags, at the Ledger Office.
Temple of ^mtn,
—MARRIED—
At Boston, Mr. Samuel F. Jordan, to Miss Eliza
Rogers. Mr. Edmund Raymond to Miss Kitty
Hatch.
—Hraat—
^ortalitg.
—DIED—
In this town, at Madam Elizabeth Adams, a
Child of John P. Hale, Esq. of Rocheller, aged 9
months. Mr. John Seawards, aged 51.
In Ipswich, Mrs. Mary Dana, wife of the Rev.
Joseph D. At Andover Capt. Henry Ingalls,
aged 84. At Lynn, M. on the 24th ult. Mr. John
Burrage Boardman, aged 22.
At Boston, Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, aged 43. Mrs.
Eunice Kent, aged 23, wife of Mr. John K. Miss
Betsy Lincoln, aged 16, eldest daughter of Mr.
Jedediah L.'
New Meeting-House.
THE PEWS in the new Bap
tist Church, or Meeting-House to be erected in
this town, will be fold on Tuefday next, at 11
o'clock A. M. on the spot purchased of Mr. Trea
dwell, to build said house.
The conditions of sale will be
One quarter part paid down. One quarter part
in three months. One quarter part in fix months.
And the lad quarter in nine months.
The Meeting-House is to be
commenced immediately, and completely finifhed
as toon as poflible, agreeably to the beautiful plan
drawn.
A FEW elegant Smelling
Bottles, twenty-five cents each.
!Haarlem Oil, tor the cure of gravelly and various
other disorders, incident to the human body, 25
cents a bottle.
Hamilton's celebrated worm destroying Lofenges,
I dollar a box, 50 cents a package.
Razors, Razor Strops and Bake.
Shaving Boxes, Brushes and Soap.
• Best English Pomatum.
I Tooth Brodies and Powder for feurvy and foul
I teeth and gums.
I Ivory fine and coarse teeth Combs.
Small pocket Looking Glasses.
A great variety of Pocket & Memorandum Books.
1 An elegant assortment of Pen-Knives, Wafers,
Sealing, &c. &c. just received and for sale by
CHARLES PEIRCE,
in Buck-Street, Portsmouth. also,
' A few Memoirs of Pious Women,
I Price one dollar.
SEA COALS
For sale by George Plaifled,
N[EAR the middle Town-wharf,
' in Portfmouth,---a lew chal
drons of Virginia COAL, and one
large SCALE BEEM ; also a few
blacksmith's VICES, better than
their common ones. May 3.
I . .
MOLASSES for sale,
By Waldron & Holman,
j Few hhds. retailing MOLASSES
of good quality.
I Whereas Harriot wife of me the
' fubfeiber has eloped from my bed and board,
! and otherwise behaved in a very unbecoming
and indecent manner, in other refpe&s, this
is to forbid all persons whatever harboring
lor trolling her on my account, as I wil net
I pay any debts whatever of her contia&ing
after this date.
April 20. EPHRAIM MANNING.
s^M^b^-l^^^^l^l
THE Proprietors of the
MAIL STAGE from Portland to
Button, through Portsmouth, Newburyport,
Ipswich and Salem, to Boflon, inform t e
public that they have removed the Mail
Stage from Mr. John Davenport's to Maj.
Seth Walker's, at the sign of the Bell, in
Poitfmouth, where there is a Stage Book
kept. Those who with a paflag e may ap
ply and take feats tor either the above places.
Portsmouth, April 12.
Mechanic Association.
THE Members of the Mechanic Association are
hereby notified, that their Quarterly Meeting
will be held at the chamber of the Brick School
Hoofe, Next THURSDAY EVENING, at halt
past seven o'clock. By order of the Beard.
JOSEPH CLARK, jr. Secretary.
May 3, 1803.
New Spring Goods.
B. BRIERLEY
Acquaints his friends and the pub
lic, that he has just received by
the late arrivals from England,
A very large and exte»fae afortment of
Fashionable, Fancy, and Staple
GOODS,
Which are now opening for file at
his Store in Broad-Street.
May 2, 1803.
WM. & CHA'S NEIL~
Have For Sale,
RUM. GIN: Flour per barrel
Brandy per pipe Pilot and Ship
and retail. BREAD.
Bohea TEA, in Elliot's Snuff
quarter chefis. per keg.
Souchong do. Wraping Paper
Hyfon. Mould Candles
Cotton per bag. Cloves.
Raisins per calk. Nutmegs.
Boxes Lemons. Cassia.
Cinnamon. Mace.
Lisbon, Ito Pepper.
Sherry, Pimento.
Malaga, । 4 Rice,
and Port J Spanish Float
Havanna Sugar. Indigo.
Loaf & Lump do.
Hah a general assortment of
GROCERIES,
as ulual. May 3.