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The numerous monied infEtutrons, which
dai y rife up in the different dates for bank
ing, inforance, &c. prove the profperi y' of
our country, after two years and one half of
our pfefert adminillration. They a!fo prove
how redundant our capital & money are and
how wife it was in our government to fell
out its Ihares of bank 4tik before they
Should fall. A vall advance on the colt was
obtained, and they are now lower than when
they were fold.
The reputation of our country and govern
ment is f<> great in Europe, that we find
refpcaable emigrations from Switzerland,
Germany, and all parts of Ettrope are con
stantly taking place. Laws have been palled
in part of Germany to prevent migrations
from thence to the United States, Mr. Ad
ams's fall million to France was evidently
made, becaufe'he drought the preservation of
peace would please the republicans. The
revilings of that million were violent. The
measures of peace with France pu fried by
- the prefant administration have been equal
ly reviled, b, men, who have not reviled
them for keeping peace with England The
President in preferring peace has greatly
increas'd the confidence of Europe and
America, in prosperity and prudence of our
Country. The world fee that we are not dis
posed to ruiu ourselves about the balance of
power Dpi in pursuit of that naval power
which from its valt expence, and its vall
invulioufnefs, threatens a great nation with a
splendid explosion.
The European nations being engaged in
plans which had them into raft expensive
operations in Europe and India, it is proba
ble that our adminidration ± ill succeed in its
roatlifeft intentions in preserving the bind
ings and profits of peace and avoiding the
miseries and exigences of war. Ihe finger
of Heaven always print: t> peace arid good will
among ' men. Blcficd arethe , eate makers,
& the preservers of peace defcive to be bless-
IT will he good for the people of the
United Spates, to confider at this time, the
bleflings they enjoy under the present ad
mioillration of the United States, and under
the course of measures pursued by the repub
lican party.
We enjoy perfect religions liberty, and
liberty of confclence, with a certainty of
its continuance, for Thomas Jefferfon intro
duced in the year 1776 a law in Virginia,
by which the people of all religions there,
were to enjoy religions liberty and the rights
of conference as in Pennfylyania, according
to the plan of William Perm. He thereby
proved twenty-seven years ago his devotion
to religious freedom.
We are in a conftint conrfc of baniffiing
negro slavery, for Thomas Jefferfon propo
sed meafurcs for relief of the blacks in 1776
before the laws for the gradual abolition at
Slavery in Newjerfey and Pennsylvania, and
the principles of Thomas Jefferfun remain
the fame.
We have every profpea of peace for the
federalists fee thatjefferfon is not mad enough
to joinßrnaparte without reafon,nor to quar
rel with England without caufe,as many Sup
posed would be the case, owing to the
fears of some and the misrepresentations of
others. Enemies in war, and in peace
friends, is the language and conduct of Jef
ferfon from 1776 to 1803.
lathe year 1802, which was a year of
peace, we exported property w< rth Seventy
two millions of dollars, which is more than
any nation on the continent of Europe ex
ported, and more than we ever before ex
ported in a year (as that Was) of European
peace.
B, the purchase of Louiffana, we have
f^cured outfelves from any troublefomc est
ablishment of any of the principle powers
of E trope on our continent. We have also
secured our country from the importation of
French negro officers into the Millillippi
country. The Indians will hereafter re
fpedt us, since America (before their eyes)
forced Great Britain nearly to abandon
their continent, and has so lately induced
France to give up so Va(t a ^art of it to us.
The ludians will be hereafter aveife to war
with us, which will save ns a vatt deal of
expence. The fair trade cf our factories
has a conciliatory effect upon the savages.
As France has proved herfelf to be in a
good difppfition towards us, and our admin
istration will not be likely to endure any
wrongs in our present refpeaable situation,
we may hope to avoid a continuance of
British impreftments, and a renewal of
Britith fpoiliations such as occurred in so
ruinous a degree under our late administra
tion.
contempt or ridicule,envy or defamation. In
fh°rt,'we thould not any longer regard our
fellow citizens as jacobins <>r tories, but
should make the men of merit our friends,
and the villain our enemy.
The merits of the public c^nduSl of the republi
cans.
From the Aurora.
Capt. Matthew C# Grotes, of this town, (801 l
on) has discovered a method of ascertaining the
longitude at tea with precision, and upon a prin
ciple, which excites surprise that it was not disco
vered before. He uses Godfrey's Quadrant (com
monly called Hadley's,) to which he accommoda
tes a relefcope combining the powers of the aero
matic and reflecting telescopes, & is enabled there
by to take observations of Jupiter and his Satel
ites as accurately and steadily as on land —The
difficulty hitherto has arfen from the impractica
bility of vie ring the Satellites of Jup ter in a Hea
dy portion through the action of the fliip at sea,
this difficulty existed with at the planets visible to
the naked eye, until the improvements in the
quadrant & Sextant, enabled the observer to bring
tiie object to the horizon, by what is celled the
double reflection, this is the outline of Mr. Gro
ves's ne^ but ingenious difeovery, which promises
to be of great importance.
Mr. Groves has obtained d patent for this valu
able difeovery, trom the President of the United
States, and «e understand is now on a voyage to
England, to complete his difeovery, and to obtain
the premium offered by Great-Britain.
Thus we fee that one honest federal poin
ter dares publicy avow iris sentiments, and
the fentimentv ^ the American people, gen
erally, io opp< liion to he print,pcs and
plans of King Ulman and a holt of the molt
virulent federal editors for him down to the
piddling condu&^rsoi the mully Hay jcales
(alias Balance) of Hudson.
Pfit. Baroni.
The editor of the Farmer's journal, a de
cided Federal paper, printed at Danbury,
Conncaicut, in iris remarks upon the Loui
fianj purchase, thus observes ; "It is with
infinite concern (fays he) that we notice in
fume of the mod ufpea^He federal papers,
attempts to render the purchase of Lotriliana
unpopular. We cannot but conhder it a
wife and pHical all, and have no hesitation
in giving it as our opinion that the tederalill
who exerts himfelf to render it unpopular,
will if known or not, will, in proportion to
his abilities and exertions for that purpose,
injure the federal cuuje." He is of opinion
that the fedcralifts, generally, ought to, and
will applaud the measure, " especially (fays
he) when they confidcr how jultly some of
the ablcft members of Congress, (federal
members, we suppose arc here particularly
alluded to) shewed the disadvantages that
would result from the French colonization
of that country. It appears (continues the
editor) to be worth what we are to gtie for it,
and the manner in which it has been obtain
ed, is, apparently corfft cat with the prin
ciples of found policy and true national hon
or."
Intelligence of importance lias been re
ceived this morning from Jersey, by a vessel
which left the iihnd on Friday last—At St.
Maine and at Granville the French are em
barking in a large body of troops. Some
accounts, which it is probable are exaggera
ted, Date tire number to be 50,000. It was
supposed at Jersey and Gnernfey, that au at
tack was intended upon those inlands, but we
cannot believe that they arc the obje& of
these great preparations.
AUGUST 8.
From Havre-de. Grace, fay letters, 70,-
000 men, on board a fleet confiding of /gun
boats and other vessels of various denomina
tions, will fail in a direaion, as nearly as
possible, for the Sussex Coast—They are to
land, if possible near Brighton.
From Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Offend
and Holland, the several flotillas the to pro
ceed to the oppofue fhotes, without making
any junaion during the paflage ; nos are
they to make any attempt to affitt each other
in case of attack by the Britith fleet, but
to proceed direaly for the English coast
We therefore learn,' by the dispatches the
several points where it is fropofed a land
ing fhotild take place, and which seem to
be confined to Sussex, Kent, and Essex.
Such of the armies as are fortunate enough
to get footing on the Enelith thores are to
make a junction with every possible dispatch,
and afterwards fight their way to the British
Metropolis.
The territory of Luuifiuna, purchased at what It
would cott to mainidin a standing army ol
twenty five thouJand men, for feveft years and an
half, only, contains ai a moderate eltuDate eight
hundred and forty th%faud square miles of land,
which would ertcompals rhe whole earth with a
belt, upwards of thirty miles wide: and divided
into farms of halt a mile fqiare, or one hundred
and sixty acres each, vould foppott t^ree mil
lions three hundred find sixty thousand JubJiant al
farmers with their families to the end of the
world.
Prom The Wb/hingto# Federali/l.
Ffteeu millions of itollars, rhe price of Louisia
na, calculating more titan a ton to every waggon,
would require three hundred and ft verity-five
waggons to carry it ; and, allowing four Lories to
each team, it would require fifteen hundred hors
es, they would make a firing of five rules in
length. The money would Support twenty five
thouJriud SOLDIERS, for seven years and an half ;
pay at iurty Ihilliugs a month.
“ Give honor when it is due:
Which is the hotter bargain 11!
FEDERAL CANDOR.
COUNTER STATEMENT.
LONDON AUGUST
OF THE INVASION.
Latest Foreign.
LONGITUDE.
" At Calais, fevera! of the floating bat
teries that opposed Lord NJion, when he
attacked Boulogne, are now fitting up, and
about 70 boats, that w ill carry 150 men each.
" At Dunkirk and the adjacent Canals,
there are 74 gun boats ready, with remark! Ie
heavy ordnance, and not left than 220 boats
carrying men. They count upon being able
to fend 400 of these vessels (^reat and small)
to sea in less than threewecks.
" Ortend.—The gun-boats, floating bat
teries, and vessels for carrying soldiers, that
are now, and will be completed during the
present month, amount td 487.
N.B. They work here during the who e
of the moon light nights.
66 I cannot at present ascertain what num
ber of men are employed at Bruges and
Ghent ; but they are extremely numerous.
Such is the case at Antwerp. Perhaps in a
few days 1 Shall be able to inform you with
precision as to the quantity of the vessels al
ready completed and now building at tftfe
places.
" In Holland, I underftahd, they curse us
(the French in secret from their very fouls;
but that is of no consequence. They muff
supply us with vessels (efficient to tranfpori
39, cop men to England, or they know the
consequence.
''You will be invaded in four quarters :—I
have heard in five. Have you a fleet ;o
meet the whole al sea r If not you muff fight
hard on shore, or it will Shortly be all up with
Old England. Look to your dollars (our
correfpendent, we suppose, meant guineas.)
— Certainly this is one of the molt important
aeras in the hiftory of man. How it will
terminate Heaven alone can tell.
'Celle, JULY 17.
The required delivery cf the 50,000
pounds weight of biscuit has been coun er
manded, and only the final! quantity
which has been already baked,will be deliv
cred. The French Soldiers coodua them-
Selves extremely well tow ards the rifbanded
Hanoverians. When Lieutenant General
Van Liepenbrei-h. late Commandant at
Lunenburg, returned tri her from thedntr^l
of Lunenburg, he was received by the richer
with Janiilary Music.— I' w French 10 ,-:-
eral treat the Hanoveridh Officers with al
poffibie refpe&.
Gen. Montricbard, v.!;o commands
here, has rquired of the Magilliaes :> pro
vide a fiiffiJ.nt number of waggons rid the
use of the troops.
Qr^to=RWF — r !''=2==Sl — —"——J
" P S. You may be assured the Vvhole of
these divisions will fail when the evenings
inercafc in length, and the nights are dark.
AUG. 9.
A letter dated Boulogne, July 28, (fates:
—" We have heard of your preparations in
England to receive us—get on as fall as you
can, or you will be too late. The alertness
of our people employedin the several yards
along the coati, never had a parallel. 1
reckon it,ooo ship carperters, and their
neceiLay affi"ants, labourers, &c. croph^ed
here and at Calais, Dunkirk and Oltend,
befiles those at work on the boats preparing
at Bruges, Gnent, and Antwerp.
" At Boulogne, we have thirty-fix gun
boats ready, each carrying three heavy pieces
ordnance, two fore and one aft , bolides 152
of what were called flat bottomed boats but
they arc now generally rounded below and
keeled. In three weeks time we txpea to
have many more in a Rate of perfect readi
ness. . t
66 Adieu my worthy friend, for I shall
always call you so although you are unfortu
nately an Enghlhman."
THE fubferiber having it in contempla
tion to take a voyage for the benefit of
Iris health, requests all perfirs with whom
he has accounts open, to call of fend and
fettle the fame in all this mopth, as be willies
(as far as pflible to be his own Executor.
(erHis Stere will be kept
open in iris absence, under the direction of
an obliging friend, and well fluked with
Books and Stationary, and he hopes his old
and new Customers will continue to dire&
their course thitherward, as he is sure they
will receive his, and his family's grateful
acknowledgments.
Charles Peirce.
Porffmmih, N, « Sept. 2". rSo%
It is likewifa pofitjvely asserted, that
Buonaparte will command the invading ar
mies in perftih, and that he hath not yet ar
ranged his ffafF, nor appointed the Generals
who are to adt under him. It is however,
believed, that General Vandame will have
a diffinguithed command in the enterprise,
and fail in the fame divifivn with the Premier
Consul.
A final! House, or part of
a House, near the [zrad;. Inquire of the
Printer. loth Au§ 1803.
Settlement of Accounts.
Wanted to Hire,
Sacred Harmony,
Selected from European and American l
Authors, with many new Tunes not beforel
Published ; —including the wiole of Dr,l
Watts'l'falms & Hymns, to each of which, 3' 1
tune is adapted ; and some additional tunes'
suited to the particular Metres in T^tc and
Brady, and Dr. Belknap's Collection of
Plalms and Hymns with an lut^duaion of
Practical Prine iples. Defigcut tor the
use of Schools, musical Societies, an ' wor
thipping Aflemblies, By Samuel Holyoke. 4
Price 3 dollars each book.l
The above may be had at C Peirce's Book- 1
(lore in Poitfmouth, and of John Sawyer inl
Exeter, N. H. where fubfctmers arc requef- 1
ted to call for their Books.
Portfnouth Sept. 20.
To Let,
And polkßon given on the fift
of Nov. next a three S ory Dwelling House
in Jeffr; fircct with a convenient liable,(loro
and woodboufe — For particulars enquire of
the Printer.
Po rtfmouth Sept. 20.
Strayed or Stolen,
From Mr. Wendells Padore at Sagamore
Creek, a tall pale red MARE, with large
fore feet one of her hoofs split. Anv perlon
who will return her to the fubferiber shall
be hardfomely rewarded John Lewis.
Portsmouth Sept. 20.
FOR SALE
By William Chafe,
70 Puncheons of Grenada,
RUM.
PoMfaouth Sep! 5.
'REMOVED.
Benjamin Hill
Informs his cuflomers, and the public at larfa
that he has removed from the State-
House, to the fore latch occu
pied by Mr. Samuel Hill,
Fore-Street, head of
Mofft's Wharf,
Where he has conlfantly for Sale, 3 genenft
assortment of
Weft-India Goods 3
GROCERIES,
ALSO,
COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. ^c. ^c.
which he will fell at as low a price as can
be purchased in town—for cash or
approved credit.
Confant attendance, and every fazer gratefully
acknowledged.
Sept, 13. ‘,
FLAX-SEED.
• Robert H fris
Gives Cash for Flax-Seed, at bid
Here, No. c, Langdons wharf.
Sept. 13. ! f
Sheathing Paper,
.For f%fu aid 's'',l° ? "“" "
C -.ice s D^ck-iw:^,
Daniel-n#eer.
Wh.riturn! also b Ud.
Ls Frefs, Bonnet. Catridge;
F i^nt, Supcr-RotaL Denri,
- ;i< • F^u'scap, Pots Lo^r^rfrs'
A lav. qirr'< C) phering, Writing, &
count Books;
„== . —— —— " ' —
fuft ReetteJ, arffa Fate ^
Stephen Hardy,
Chpfte Dr. "John fachfon s, Buehfircet,
A LARGE aflortment <t gold ear^ and
finger rings, ring-cases, gold ftanc'ker
chief pins, gilt do. plated candkflicks, fugar
tongs, Diver thimbles, fuelling bottles, tooth
powder, plate powder, tea arid cream pots,
fegaf cases, fnufrand tobacco boxes, fleve
buttons, silver tooth and ear picks, do pencil
hnd pen cases, combs, feiflars, &c. &c.
N. B. Most kinds of Hollotv
Ware executed in the Silver-fmith'/
line.
BARLEY & FLAXSEED
-Wanted
By Wm. & C. Neil.
for which a generous Price will be
given at their Store in Buck-ftrect#
Portfmwtb Sept fr
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