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A THE MANAGERS OF
Tiscataqua Bridge Lottery,
offer to the Public the following
SCHEME
For the SECOND CLASS.
•Prizes. Dollars.
1 of 10,000 Dollars is 10,000
JI .- 2000 do. - 2000
4 - 1000 do. - 4000
7- 500 do. - 3500
50 - 100 do. - 5000
50 - 50 do. • 2500
100 - 30 do. - 3000
100 - 20 do. - 2000
3500 - 8 do. - 48000
3813 60,000
12,000 Tickets, at 5 Dollars.
Subject to a deduction of 121 per cent, on payment
of Prizes.
Capital Prizes determinable, on the following days :
The first drawn Blank on the first day shall be
entitled to receive 500 Dollars.
First drawn on the sth, 1060 ,
First drawn on the 10th, lOuO
First drawn on the 15th. 1000
First drawn on the 207/, 1000
First drawn on the ~sh, 10,000
First drawn on the 30.'//, 2000
Four hundred Tickets shall be considered as one
complete days work ; and the iortunate Blanks
shall be determined at that rate of drawing, whether
a greater or less number come out of the W heels in
one, or more days.
To those who are impressed with the important
object for which this Lottery was granted, little need
be said by us, to insure their continuance in well
doing.
To fortunate Adventurers, we are brief to de
clare, that no Lottery whatever, holds out a fairer
chance for gain, than this—presenting so many
capital Prizes, compared with the small number of
Tickets, and determinable on the fairest principles.
THOMAS THOMPSON, )
THOMAS MARTIN, } Managers.
ELIJAH HALL,)
An early day will he appointed for drawing.
Portsmouth, July 24t/i, 1804.
"New-Hampshire District.
By Order of the Hon. John Samuel Sherburne,
Esq. Judge of the District Court for New-
Hampshire District,
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons con
cerned, that a Libel is filed in said Court
by Edward Harvey and others, against the
brigantine called the Betsey, her tackle, apparel,
and furniture, John M'Kay late master, " for
the recovery of wages, alledged to be due to the
libellants for their services as mariners on board
said brigantine," and that trial will be had on
the aforefaid libel, at a special Diftri& Court, to
be holden at the Court House in Portsmouth, in
said Diftria, on Thurlday the ninth day of
August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
THOMAS CHADBOURN,
Deputy Marshal.
Portsmouth, July 24, 18C4.
New-Hampshire District.
By Order of the Hon. John Samuel Sherburne,
Esq. Judge of the District Court for New-.
Hampshire District,
NO TICE is hereby given to all persons con
cerned, that a Libel is filed in said Court
by Joshua Martin, against the brigantine called
the Betsey, her tackle, apparel, and furniture,
John M'Kay, late mailer, "for monies advanced
for supplies for laid brigantine, as set forth in
said libel," and that trial will Be had on the
' aforefaid libel at a special l)ittri6 ICourt to be
holden at the Court House in Pordmouih, in said
Diftrid, on Thursday the ninth day of August
next, at ten o'clcck in the forenoon.
THOMAS CHADBOURN,
Deputy Marshal.
Portsmouth, Juhi 24, 1804.
The Fourth N. H. Turnpike.
THE Treasurer requests the Portsmouth
Proprietors to be prepared the week pral
ceding the Exeter Auguit Court, to pay tfir
balances due.
The Sixth assessment, being thirty Dollars, is
now payable.
His Vendue for the sale of fliares, was ad
journed to give further notice.
Salifoury, July 17, 1804.
JUST ARRIVED, and for sale,
The cargo of tire lhip Z phyr, confining of
Coarte white Ilie nf M?y
Salt, Gin, and Linseed Oil,
Apply to EDWM CUTTS.,''
For Boston,
7rHE Beautiful Packet
' I°°° Harriot & Fanny,
Daniel Fernald master, will
f a n with all convenient dispatch.
For Freight or Passage apply to the matter on
board, at Mr. Jacob Sheaie's wharf.
July 27•
FOR SALE,
#j A NEW SHIP, now on
l the flocks at York, of the
following dircenfions : seventy feet keel, twenty
fix feet beem, eleven and half feet hold, five feet
between decks; the will be ready to launch by
the fird of November. For terms apply to
Samuel Clark, Portsmouth, or
Miah Clark, York.
fo^^w
Vol. XIV.]
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, TUZ/G guv and MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.-Wasiung^n.
OR ACLE POST
Another Tribute of Respect.
iIZ If a political enemy can say thus much,
what may not a Friend say ?
from THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, of July 20,
a democratic paper, edited by Mr. Cbeetham.
General Hamilton's Death THE Editor in
all humility, asks the reader to accompany him
through a brief review of the correspondence, re
cently published, in relation to the unhappy affair
which terminated the existence of the illustrious
deceased. He enters upon this unpleasant task tye
more readily and with the more zeal, since he views
and cannot but view the death of General Hamilton
as a national loss, and as the inevitable and deplor
able effect of a long meditated and predetermined
system of hostility on the part of Mr. Burr and'
his confidential advisers.
Lest, however, he may be misunderstood by
some, and knowingly and injuriously misrepresented
by others, he deems it fit to cause himself to be
clearly and distinctly understood. This, perhaps, is
an homage due to the honest errors of the less lib
eral part of the community.
To a few of those with whom I think and act in
whatever relates to the administration of the State
and General Governments, it may seem extraordi
nary that I, who while the General lived to give
comfort to his family and splendor to his nation,
was opposed to him on some political points, should,
when laid in the cold and silent tomb, become a
guardian of his fame, a vindicator of his wrongs. If
in the Republican party there is one man of this de
scription, (and I trust there is not) I would with
diffidence beg him to 7 fleet, and to exercise, with
becoming dignity and moderation, those intellectual
powers which it hath pleased God to impart even
to the humblest of his image. I ask only for the
privilege of thinking and of expressing my thoughts
with exemption from cruel and overbearing intoler
ance. A fixed determination, however, to enjoy the
one, will prompt me to a due resistance of the other.
I must unthink what I have thought, and unlearn
what I know, before I can act the part of a savage;
and he deceives himself who concludes that, in my
editorial pursuits, I will be guided by any opinions
but my own. With conscious, and, as I think, be
coming pride I utterly disclaim and renounce that
illiberality which will not award to illustrious merit
its just due. I have, and always had, an exalted
opinion of the merits of the deceased, and with un
affected sincerity and deep regret lament his loss.
This opinion and this sentiment, however, will
not be construed by the liberal and the enlightened,
into an approbation of the political maxims of tips
great Statesman, nor into a dereliction of principles
formerly maintained and still tenaciously adhered
to. It is the high prerogative, the distinguishing'
power of the human mind, and most honourablerto
man justly to discriminate in whatever relates to the
fame of those pre-eminent citizens who give char
acter and lustre to a nation. Hamilton, I believe,
entertained political opinions at varience with mine
and on which manifested, in many instances by the
administration of Mr. Adams, and, in one by ' that
of General Washington, I cannot, without unpleas
ant sensations reflect. From these which while liv
ing I opposed, I still dissent ; but alas, lie is dead, and
I cannot persue him to the grave for opinions
honestly entertained, calmly and dignifiedly as
serted, luminously and instructively enforced and
conveyed to the public in all the elegance of a scho
lar and enriched with all the erudition of a disting
uished jurist.—l leave it to presumptuous arrogance
to a species of party rancor which I disclaim, to
take another course.
So far I differed from General Hamilton in po
litical opinion, but all difference is now at an end.
Death has swallowed up in victory, cruel ± fatal vic
tory, the narrow isthmus that seperated from this
gre^t luminary those widi whom I act. I know that
antient writers urge with force and propriety, and
that modern politicians acknowledge, as with one
accord, the necessity of frequently laying before the
people, byway of admonition, and to put them on
their guard, the vices of great men even after death
has destroyed the power of repetition. But were I
asked whether General Hamilton had vices ; in the
face of the world, in the presence of my Ged I
would answer, no. Like all men he sometimes er
red, but I cannot admit that even his errors were
those of the/xart. He was human, and therefore
not perfect. But if we correctly judge of human
perfection, by purity of heart by rectitude of inten
tion I hesitate not to say that, in my opinion, General
Hamilton was most perfect.
, His private virtues, his public services, his great
abilities, unvoluntarily excite in me the warmest
esteem for his memory.
Os his private virtues, there is no difference of
opinion. All men, of all parties, speak of them
with rapture, and acknowledge them with admira
tion. To these, vice pays involuntary homage.
The plotting, mischievous citizen, whose bloody
hand, guided by cool malignancy, terminated his
existence, will acknowledge them. In all the pri
vate relations of life he was honest, faithful,generous,
and humane. His heart was the seat of every man
ly virtue. No man ever impeached his integrity with
any color of justice. In vain have party coilitions
and rancour ransacked public records and exhaust
ed private inquisition for a blemish. The fatal ca
tastrophe proves, that like Aristides, he chose to
yield his life rather than his integrity. Such a
man, whatever were his political opinions, irre
sistibly commands our esteem.
His public services were manly, splendid, and great.
From these, nothing but deplorable infatuation ;
nothing but fiery zeal, luimixt with a ray of reflec
tion, can withhold a lasting glow of admiration and
gratitude. The friend of liberty, he who for a mo
ment reflects that out of the revolutionary ccntest,
that chaos of clashing elements, arose a world of
freedom, cannot but venerate the memory of those
who, as it were, created it. In this most glorious,
most useful, most splendid of earthly scenes, Hamil
ton performed a conspicuous—shall I not say a dis
interested, a patriotic part. “ Scarcely arrived at
the “ gristle of manhood ;" glowing with patriotic
fire, with military ardor ; he joined the creative
phalanx, and signalized himself by constancy, by
perseverance, by valor; and irradiated, with the
rays of his superior genius, all within the sphere
of its presence. His Revolutionary services entitle
him to our affection, and will endear his mem
ory to all who are sincerley attached to our indepen
dence.
His civil was more brilliant than his military ca-
TUESDAY, August 7, 1804.
reer. His early efforts as a statesman excel in util
ity and lustre his exertions in the field. Perhaps to
him more than to any other man, we are indented
Wk exc F" ent constitution under which we live,
vv hatever aberatians from republican maxims rig
orous inquisition may have discovered in his efforts
, the convention,, I know not, but this I ipt, pre
dict, from what we do know, that his numerous es
says, under the title of " Federalist," advocating
die principles and enforcing the adoption of t le con
stitution, will immortalize his name and render him
illustrious when every memento of the cavilting whit
lings of the day shad be swept from the records of
rime and buried in everlasting forgetfulness. 1 think
1 I am not incorrect •when I say that these essays are
the ablest political palters in the world. They are
replete with lessons of wisdom, clothed in unusual
elegance. They are the production of a mind natu
rally capacious and enriched with all the lore of
learning I read them with renewed pleasure and
true' on. Amidst the afflictions of tie relatives
f' t^ deceased it cannot but be pleasing to witness
sta:,smen and jurists* resorting to this elementary
^f . as an unerring standard by which to test and
dee "inline matters in controversy.
, ———
h dee Tucker's Blackstone and Debates in Congress.
= the United States Gazette.
GALLATIN DENOUNCED.
Want of room has compelled us to omit noticing
at any considerable length, the denunciation of Mr.,
Gallatin, by one of the democratic factions of
this ejey. We have already published one of
the leasts which appeared in the Aurora, in
which it was very broadly intimated that Gallatin
had been guilty of prostituting the influence which
his^hi, office gives him, to the base purpose of bi
assingfthe elections. This is certainly a serious
charge and one that deserves to be inquired into.
We have since seen the same insinuation in a varie
ty of other toasts. The following are among the
number.
“ Tie Treasury—May its influence be exerted
to unite the people, not to distract and destroy the
most sturdy supporters of republican principle."
Aurora, July 10.
" Treasury Influence—May it never be made
use of tor the purpose of disuniting democrats, the
best friends of the Constitution." Aurora July 7.
" Ike Treasury Department, when it interferes
with the election of the people and converts tlie of
ficers if government into intriguers, like the hero of
Parkinson's ferry, may it he compelled to confess
its political sin and take shelter under an amnesty."
Aurora, July 6.
. A sound Maxim for Democrats ; —May no an
terior services screen a man from popular censure,
who subsequently apostatizes from principle."
Aurora, July 9.
In addition to these, we know from private con
( versation, that the democrats of the Leib and Du
ane faction have determined, if possible, to bring
down the Secretary. Whether he has declared
himself in favor of the Governor's faction, some
times called the Rising Sun Party, and used his
i^uence against Leib ; or whether it is a mere de
mocratic freak, for which no good reason can be
given, we have been unable to find out. One cir
cumstance induces us to believe that the insinuation
about interfering in the elections is a mere pretence
foisted in for no other purpose than to furnish an a
pology for running down the Secretary.
, It would not surprise us, indeed, to find that Mr.
Gallatin had been guilty of veiy unwarrantable
intrigues ; —that he had really rendered his high •
office afi instrument of those intrigues, by endeavor
ing to influence the suffrages of the people in favour
of a favorite faction. We should deem this proba
ble, as well from the character of the man as from
the fact, that the present administration have, in al
most every instance, practised the very improprie
ties of which they most clamorously accused their
predecessors. Nothing useg more to be complained
of than executive influence ; from which we conclude
that, at present, nothing, probable, is more improp
erly exercised than executive influence. But of
this particular fact we presume the conductors of
the Aurora hare no proof. If they had, they would
eagerly seize upon it, as a justification of their con
duct towards Mr. Gallatin, instead of resting their
censures upon the old affair qfthe whisky insurrec
tion of which they have so often" and so unbiushing
ly declared him innocent.
After all, we are, induced to'belieye, that the true
secret has been explained in the paper of the other
democratic party in the city. Though we place no
very implicit faith in the statements of any of them
yet, as their testimony against each other is, in ma
ny instances, the best that can be obtained, some
credit must be given to it, especiQy when it con
tains nothing in itself improbable. From the state
ments in that paper, it would seem, that Mr. Gal
latin has been guilty of two other crimes, besides his
agency in the whisky insurrection both of -them in
their nature much more unpardonable than taking
up arms against the tory administration ofWASH
ington— one was, intimating that Dr.Lieb is not the
best man in the county of Philadelphia ; and the
other was refusing to Mr. Duane his share of the
booty. These facts are thus stated in the Goyer- #
nor's paper :— -^•
' That he (Duane) has, under the present admin
istration, made an attempts draw from a certain
secretary, pecuniaryaad, which was rejected
with indignation, and has since been the source of
the most implacable hatred on the part of Duane.
“ That last winter, at Washington city, he made
use of highly indecent and insolent language to a se
cretary, at the head of one of the most important
departments of the Government, for having
modestly given his opinion, that the county of
Philadelphia might be represented in congress, by
equally as respectable a man as the present repre
sentative. That he (Duane) in a passionate tone,
threatened to denounce the secretary in the Aurora
if he would talk in such a manner before him."
(Freeman's Juornal, July 7.)
We shall here drop the subject for the present ; —
leaving our readers to draw their own conclusion
from the documents before them.
«e^ —O ®i»
DOLLARS.
From great importations of Dollars into England
from the North, and from Lisbon, as well as the
United States, we are told they have fallen to four
shillings and eight pence sterling each, or to within
about three and a half per cent, of their real value. 1
Coffee and sugar supported high prices.
From the Repertory.
THE CARAVANSARY, No. I.
In opening a new house of entertainment for our
literary triends, we shall endeavour to provide such
a variety as will suit every taste, and accommodate
itself to every customer. It is our intention to pass
in the language of the poet, from grave to gay,
from lively to evere, and politics and poetry, nov
els and s<rnonj, authors ancient and modern, will
be served up in turn, as humour may prompt or
churn- direct.
We have not the presumption to suppose that we
shall be able to equal cur predecessors, in periodical
writing,who have ,0 deservedly gained applause front ;
the discerning criticks of our town. The Gleaner.
besides the dignity of three volumes all guilt and let
tered to recommend it, possesses qualities wholly
unattainable by poor and obscure writers like our
selves ; and Old South, that happy imitation of
tlie Spectator, is raised to an elevation, to which
we have no pretensions to aspire. But our feeble
efforts may serve to fill a column in a newspaper;
and in dearth of intelligence, may amuse for a mo
ment, even the grave politician himself, who may
deign to drop in at our Caravansary.
In introducing essays like the present, it has been
customary for tlie author to describe his person,birth
parentage and education. But from prudential con
siderations we must beg leave to decline this practice
as we (Would wish to enjoy, in the language of John
son, the immunities of invisibility. We should be sor
ry too to deprive our fellow citizens of an opportu
nity to exercise their favorite propensity to guessing.
Instead of gratifying an idle curiosity, therefore, we
shall devote the sequel of this paper to a short review
of the most celebrated periodical works.
The first, in order of time, is the Tatler, of
which Addison discovered Steele as the author,
by the insertion of a criticism which he had former
ly communicated to the latter. After informing
him of the discovery, he joined him in the perform
ance, where the clearness and purity of Addison's
style are equally distinguished from tlie muddy cur
rent of Steele's.
The Spectator came next, in which the two
friends exhibited the same excellencies and the same
defects as had characterized their former produc
tions. Addison distinguished his papers by the
signature of a letter from the word C, L, I, O ; a
letter from the muse E, U, T, E, R, P, E, marked
the performances of STEELE. The papers signed
X, are the productions of Budgel, and are thought
to approach nearest to the ease and elegance of Ad
dison. For glowing imagination, natural metaphor,
elegant criticism, genteel humour, and easy language
the papers of Addison in the Spectator remain
unrivalled.
The next periodical work of eminence is the
Rambler of Johnson, superior to his predecessors
in vigour of intellect and extent of learning, but
greatly inferior in taste, and those inimitable graces of
composition,which charm and overpower the reader,
as it were by a secret touch of magick. ThcRAMu
bler is energetic and magnificent, but stately and
pedantick, and entirely defective in ease, and that
apparent carelessness of composition, which seems
necessary to periodical productions. We listen
with reverence to the Rambler, as to the lectures
of a great master, but we crowd with delight the
Spectator, as to the conversation of a sensible &:
beloved friend. It has always been considered a
proof of a bad taste, to prefer the Rambler to the
Spectator.
The Adventurer has more ease than the Ram
bler, but less grace than the Spectator. It ex
cels in oriental tales, for which the loftiness of its
style is particularly adapted. DawkesTVorth was
assisted in this work by Johnson, who wrote several
numbers.
The Connoisseur, is the production of Lioyd,
and Thornton, the translator of Plautus, and
displays much knowledge of a town life, and contains
some papers cf exquiste humour.
The World came out under the conduct of Moore,
the author of female fables, and the justly admired
tragedy of the Gamester. It was patronized by
Lord Chesterfield who wrote five and twenty
numbers in it, and has the air of bein^ composed by
Writers who move in the higher circles cf society.
The Mirror and Lounger are the production
of a society of Scotch gentlemen, and contain many
papers of considerable merit. To wit and humour
their pretensions are not great, for those are flowers
which do not flourish in the Scotieh soil. But they
convey excellent sense in good language, and tlie
pathetic stories of La Roche and Sir Edward and
Louisa, from the pen of Mc'KeNzie are cht%
d'oeuvres in the species of writing.
The Observer of Cumberland came out in
separate volumes, not distinct papers, and contains
much humour, excellent morals, orthodox religion,
and great learning. The remarks on the stage of
tlie ancients from the first dramatist of the ape are
extremely interesting, and his elegant translations of
several fragments of the Grecian comick writers
increase our regret for the loss of the originals.
That we shall in any respect,Aival the excellen
cies of these standard writers, we have not the vanity
to hope, and had we any claim to immortality, we
should net risque the offspring of our brain amidst
the perishable productions cf a news-paper. As we
make no promise, we trust that we shall disappoint
no expectations, and though we fail of success in our
exertions, we hope to receive some credit for tlie
modesty goui ;pretensions. A.
The predictions of the Federalists, of the issue of
the French Revolution,will now be acknowledged as
History.--Many years since, they cautioned the pub
lic against being imposed upon, ty the rant of dem
agogues, who proclaimed on the feusetop their love
'f “ liberty and equality ;" —and frho, as the Ame
rican Hudihras says,>
" Would sigh, and , r ^n
" For public good ?/A a . ; ir 01 m." '
None were more vociferous n ) ^ tions o£
devotion to democracy, tha :h^ V c ry 1, m, who
have noiv elevated themself ^. ^V % , r ?inccs
Arch-Treasurers, MarecL m „ <xc. ^L&c. Dentate
gogues are the same in every cctintrylAnd thetA[
»ho cry " Liberty " in America, are a;i^&yn^^h
at feart, as those who have cried "^fl
framer. Let uuirthc America peopK^•
from experience.
The lAr.RuAsKing. H
>La. l\snzv ' : r.:%..b.\c ft
Adrirv f m:/Arcra%
'being very r'ckly.
(No. 44.