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citizens for the office ; (hould this infor
mation prove correct, Col. LANGDON
will be ihe only republican candidate for
Governor of this S ate, and it is to be pre
sumed that every friend to the irterefts of
New-Hampshire, and who is deGrous to
prouv/e harmony between the federal and
hate governments will exert his influence in
''promoting his election.
^ B^Ub CT' l :-,"*^ll be confined by
him as the fitteft coadjutors of his adminis
tration ; men of republican principles, ap
pointed to office by President Wafhingtun
were displaced by "Mr. Adams on account
of those principles and the most virulent op
pefers of our independence placed in their
stead. Mr. Adams' system had extended
itfelf to many of the individual Rates, and
particularly toNew-Hampshire ; presidential
adulation had secured oironofi excellent G r
, in his interest, and with him an host of sy
cophants always waiting at the threshold
of power. Encouraged by ciccumdances
like these, Simulated also by pecuniary con
fiderarions and a remembrance of former
supposed indignities, the aristocratic ;,mu
cnee in New-Ham, '.hoc exerted itfelf in
the famous Campaign ot 1709— a brief ac-
C°'..trf of which will be the fnbjea of a fu
ture number ; and unfortunate indeed ihall
l esteem myfejf it I do not Succeed in con
vincing every unprejudiced mind who will
attend ththe harrative, that injustice and un
confinutional oppression have been fapaion
ed by law ; that the property of one class of
citizens has been facrificed to the interests
of another, to the great injury of individual
citizens, and of tl;e public at large.
[To be continued ]
Washington,City, Dec. 30 —By report made
to Congress it appears, that £489 7 0 Sterling has
been expended in the Purchase of Books for the
Library of that body, and that the number of
volumes received therefor amounts to 740, a cat
alogue of which has been published for the use of
the members.
Tn confeqnence of the general observance of the
holy-days, the Houle of Representatives is at pre
sent very thin ; nor is there any probability of
much important bufincfs being either difeuffed or
decided on.
Arrived in this City, Oliver Wolcott, late Sec
retary of the Treafurv.
Alfo Samuel Dexter, late Secretary of
the Treasury.
Clje Republican Ledger.
Portsmouth, January 12, 1802.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
The Ilon. TIMOTHY WALKER,
Esq. at the approaching election of Chief
MagiHrate of this date, will again receive
the fuffrages of a large portion of his fellow
citizens. Lift year a majority of the votes
in the three principal counties, were in fa
vor of Judge Walker, and from the late
rapid increase of republican sentiments, it
may almost with certainty be predi&ed, that
the people will generally unite in the choice
of the man, who in the many important
Rations he has honorably filled, has ever dis
covered a sacred regard to their interests.
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From another Correspondent.
The period of our annual elections- being
at hand, it is thought time to designate some
character for filling the important office of
Chief Magistrate for the enduing year.
The Hon. Timothy Walker, and
-The Hon. John Langdon,
both Hand fair in the edimation of the pub
lic as meritorious candidates for the above
office ; but it has been suggested by the
friends of Judge WALKER, that he de
clines the further fuffrages of his fellow-
On the evening of Wednesday the 23d inlt. the
(lore belonging to Dost. Samuel Willard of Staf
ford, was consumed by fire, together with prop
erty contained in it, to a very large amount. What
adds peculiar poignancy to the dillrefs attending
the event, is, that AuguShis Miller, a very amiable
and promising youth, in the fifteenth year of his
age, at that time a domeflic in Dr. Willard's fami
ly perished in the flames.
About 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning this
city was alarmed by the cry of fire, which pro
ceeded from an explotion of gun-powder in a
building near the market square, occupied by Mr.
Alexander Barr, Crop-keeper. By the prompt
exertions of tire inhabitants the house was pulled
down, and the flames prevented from communi
citing to the adjacent buildings.
Me. Barr was found dead among the ruins.
There ariling a suspicion that he had been robbed
and murdered, a jury of Inquest was'fummoned
and let upon his body ; having received the opin
ion of a surgeon who was called in to view the
corpse, they brought in a verdict of wilful mur
der, by some person or persons unknown. Mr.
Burr's wife and several children, we are inform
ed. reticle near Glasgow, it; Scotland. A man fuf
pefted of being an accomplice in the murder has
been committed to gaol.
The various and important communica
tions recommended to C dngrefs by the Pre
sident, are now on the tapis, and command
that attention which they merit from the
By the Mails.
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SAVANNA!!, DEC. IT.
HARTFORD, DFC. 31.
It is said in England, by those who are the friends
of administration, that there is no nation in Eu
rope so flourishing as that ; if so, and the follow
ing flatement be true, how deplorable muff be the
Rate of every European power ! It is given to us,
that the National Debt of England has increased
eighteen English guineas every minute during the
forty one ye rs and two months the present King
has fat on the throne.
[/V. K. Weekly MuJeum.]
IMPROMPTU ON THE PEACE.
“ A glorious peace !" cries John —a pretty
tldry!
France has got All :—we—>not a piece of glory!
(Lond. Tap.)
true and faithful fervanfs of the people.
We midt hope, that among other confedera
tions, the paper and printing bufmefs of the
United Slates, will come before Congress.
Paper from the continent of Europe is r o ^
felling in our ports, to the detriment if not
exclusion of the home manufa&ure ; and
foreign books fill the auction rooms and
court-purchasers while our Printers ar
under the neceifoy of enlisting or going to
sea. Proteclion is evidently wanting for
these great branches of Hane and manufac
tures, and no doubt, it will be speedily, and
no doubt it will be speedily, and fcafonably
afforded by ice representatives of the people.
Has lately been erecled across Jacobs creek, in
Pennsylvania, on the read leading from Union
to Greenfourg.
" Its contraction (fays the Union paper) is on
principles entirely new, and is perhaps the only
one of the kind in the world. It is solely fop
ported by two iron chains, extended over four
piers, 14 feet higher than the bridge, fattened in
the ground arid the ends, describing a curve line
touching the level of the bridge in the centre.
The firfl tier of joints are hung in the chains, by
iron pendants or ftirrops of different lengths so as
to form a level of the whole. The bridge is of 70
feet span and 13 feet wide ; the chains are of an
inch square bars, in links from 5 to 10 feet long
but so that there is a joint where each pendant
muff bear.
“ The projeßor (Judge Findly)has made ma
ny experiments to ascertain the real strength of
iron, and asserts that an inch square bar of tolera
ble iron, in this portion will bear between 30
and 40 tons, and of course less than one eighth
part of the iron employed in the bridge, would
be Efficient to bear the net weight thereof being
about 12 or 14 tons.
of ge\. Jackson.
Two clumsy forgeries have been lately circu
lated in the prints called federal —the one an
" Anticipation" of the Proficient's Message, and
the other an "Addrejs of Gen. Jackfou, of Geor
gia, laid to have been delivered oil lite departure
for the Senate of the United States, of which, to
the honor of his felknv-citizens, he is now a mem
ber. The " Anticipation" could not impose for
a moment even on the molt vulgar reader. But
as Gen. Jackson's talents are not so generally
known as those of the Piefident, the addrets at
tributed to him, may perhaps have imputed upon
a few. The fabricator, however, ought to have
known, that very many of the intelligent class of
readers of newspapers in these dates, mutt recol
lect that only a few years ago, the General was
one of the molt able and eloquent members 01
Congress ; and that his public writings & fpeecb
lince, as Governor of Georgia, have uniformly
displayed drong genius, united with the IHI Ho
laltic acquirements: Yet in the fourious fHrI
he is made to speak the mod dif,ruffing non : :
[*Ternate is one of the northemrofi inlands of
the Moluccas ; it was considered as the hey fit,
but ofitjelf is of no use, as it produces nothing .]
COMMERCIALLY LVIPORI ANT.
We underhand, fays a Philachlph- ^aper, that
the Consul General of the French Republic has
received orders to grant French Reorders to A
merican vessels, purchased and owned by citizens
of the French Republic. Cent.
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The Cheshire Cheese arrived at Wallington, the
29th ult, in a waggon drawn by fix horses.
On Tuefday latt Mr. Thomas Paine, and Arte
mas Sawver, were admitted to the bar, at the
Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Suf
folk, (Mass.)
A Market Hoofe is finifhed in the Ciry of Wash
ington, and fellers and buyers are invited to at
tend. A fence has lately been erected about the
elegant hoofe built by the United States for the
residence of the President.
4396 bbls, fuperfine Floor, 1388 do. fine 483 do.
cross middlin s, and 41 do. Strait. do making in
all 6308 barrels were infpetted in the town of
Peteriburgh, Virginia, from the 2111. Sept, to the
2ift December ultimo.
ed up. Salem Reg.
Extract of a letter to a gentleman in Baltimore,
dated Batavia, Aug. 30, 1801.
" About fourteen days since we had the misfor
tune to lose our worthy father, the great philan
thropic, the General Governor Van OverOraater,
he has been succeeded by the former director,
Gen. Sieberg, and in his room the councilor Wief.
'' The island Ternate,* has been taken by rhe
Britifb, after an obstinate refinance from the
Dutch."
They who have seen the abominable feurrility
lately employed to insult the Conflituted Author
iiies'of this Country, cannot need more full coo
vittion that the vilest Spirit prevails in the oppo
sition. It is in vain to attempt to convince any
person, who can overlook such evidence. When
a law demanded to Silence all clamour against the
government, the flea for this violence was drawn
from the aversion its friends had to abut and
downright Scandal. The danger was represented
almoll infinite : All rhe powers of hell cannot ex
ceed the vile fluff, the fame men have now vomit-
—and so is the President, in the thing called 1
Anticipation of his meffige ! Ws have no reaiun
to be furprized at the unfairnefs of fnch publics
tions, considering ^ith whom they have originat
ed. But it is rather remarkable tht an editor of
Noah Webber's reputation for cool judgment and
literary tafie, should give place to fabrications so
detthute of integrity, and so easy of detection.
Alb. Reg.
AN IR ON BRIDGE
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Winchester's Lectures on the Pro
phecies that remain to be fulfilled, price 2gs6, and
his Universal Dialogues, 4/6. are sale or delivery
to fubferibers by C. Peirce, No. 5 Dinniel Street,
Portsmouth, who has Also For Sale, Huntington's
Calvinism improved, price 9/. Mr. Eliiha An
drews candid Reply to Mr. Elhanan Winchester,
in which Mr. Winchester hands entirely confuted
in al! his Universal Restoration Schemes, &c.
$W Betos.
Davis' Marine Lift.
Jan. 3. arr.^hri. Friendship, Keene, Martinico.
do do lehr. Success, Turner, Giwdaioupe.
5 failed ship Simplon, Tibbets, Tobago,
do do fliip Hannibal, Paul, BarbadotS.
do do fl]ip Hampihie, Chamberlain; do.
do do brig May-Flower, Lil, do
do do LH, Governor Strong, Boardman,
[Surrinam
do do fchr. Hero, Swage, Martinico.
Jan. 10 do brig Union, Treadwell, Antigua.
Lottery Drawing !
Tickets and Quarters in the 8/4 Class of Amof
keag Canal Lottery, which commenced urawing
on Wednesday last, and which will continue with
out postponement until completed, may be had at
C. Peirce's Bookilore, Who will contiuue,to fell
warranted undrawn Tickets, all this week.
Capt. Keene, of brig Friendfltip, arrived here
the 3d infl. from Martinico.—While lying at
anchor in Port Royal (Mu.) 101 l a very valuable
hand, Mr. Alexander Snaplcigh, by the bite of a
Shark. Be turned in as usual with the rest of the
crew, but in the morning was milling.—about
8 o'clock a headless body rose under the fleru: —
on examination Mr. Shaplei^h's name was difcov
cr<d imprinted on his arm, which he had there
pricked on a voyage from Europe.—Tins is a mel
ancholy accident, and ought to prove a warning
to all mariners agaiuft expoting themselves too
near the w atet's edge in the warm latitudes.
[Oracle.
•ARRIVALS—// Boston, Jan. 6.—Snip Mer
chant, Knox, London; sch. Edward, Kimball,
Cuba.
Jan. 7 —brig Telcmachus, Goodwin, Alicant,
Capt. G. (poke (Dec. 17*) brig Lector, Hart, fr
Perduouiii, tor Cadiz—Capt. G. witn gratitude
acknowledges the liberal supplies received from
Capr. Hart.
* This mufl h.^e been a miflake, as capt. H. foiled from Partfr
mouth the z^tk Do.'
Scene day —Sch. Hunter Leach, Hamburg, 62
days ; left there the Hamden & Sidney of Ports.
muni; . for Philadelphia to fail m 10 days.
Same day —Brig Peregrine, Fofier, Gothenburg ;
Leader, Nickerfon, Oporto ; fell. Katy, Harris,
G.iadalonpe.
fan. B.—sch. Sr. George's Packet, Rice, Am
flerd.im.
Ao dat Gloucester, Jan. 4 —ship Columbus of
Newburyport, Capt. Tappan, 85 days fr. Monte
Video, R,o la Plate. Lett there, Oct. 12, ship
J Lpb, Grant, of Kennebunk, waiting tor cargo.
libels Spoken —Dec. 22, lit. 30. lon. 66, brig
Two Friends, 6 days from Portsmouth, tor Porto
Rico.— Oft Dover, schooner Walhrngtun, fr. Bcf
tou for Rotter'dam, and ship Nancv, Orne, <I
Porttiuouth, from Dunkirk for Sr. Übes. Dec.
12, lat 42, sch. Laura, fr. Kennebunk, for* Barba-
Joes.
A Boy 14 or 15 years of age—one who can
write a good hand, is acquainted with a
rithmetic, can be recommended for honesty,
and withes to come into a store, may call on
Daniel or Moses Clark.
Exeter, Jan. 6, ißog.
MARRIED, —At Salem, Mr John Sparks, to
Miss Eetfy Williamfop ; Mr. Daniel Carlton, to
Miss Mary Spencer ; Mr. Caleb Foot to Miss Pat
tv Well—At Enfield Mr. Elisha Kibbe, aged 70,
to Mi's Polly Ayers, aged 20. —At Bolton Mr.
Benjamin Hichborn, to Miss Hannah Pendexter ;
Mr. Peter Henry, Printer, to Mils Lydia Clark ;
Mr. William Harris to Miss Susan Freeman.
In this town, at Little Harbour, on Thursday
evening last. by the Rev. Mr. Willard, JOHN
WENTWORTH, Esquire, to Miss MARTHA
WENTWORTH, daughter of Madam Martha
Wentworth.
^^^M^^^^^^^^££££
MORTAL! IY.
DIED, —At Rofton the Hon. Georgf Rich
ARDS MinoT, Esq. aged 44- —Judge of Probate,
Judge of the Municip 1 Court, and Commiflioner
of Bankruptcy. Mr. Minot through life was dif
tingoifhed by every virtue which conciliates es
teem, or attracts refpeft.—Mr. Joseph Green, a
ged 81.
At fei, Capt. Gideon Rea, and Mr. John Stone,
jun. Both of ^Beverly.—At Salem, widow Mary
Ann Richardton, from Bdton; Mrs. Deborah
Becket, aged 42, wife of Mr. James B.—At Al
bany Lucas Van Veckten, Esq. aged 78, of Wa
tervliet.
At Stonington Port, Mr. Gilbert Fanning, aged
69 A funeral sermon was preached at his inter
ment, by the rev- Mr. Woodruff, in attending
which capt. Acors Sheffield fell down iq the
meeting honfe in an apoplectic fit, and died in
ftantaneoully, aired 64.
In this town Mr. Nahum Akerman, aged 64;
two children of Mr. Adam Simpson ; Flora
Shores, a black woman.,
A brig from St. Croix, for Boston, Capt Barry,
was wrecked on Cape Cod on Tburfday morning
the 29th nlt. One man belonging to I,nobfcot
perished. The vessel and part of the cargo will
be loft. A fchr. from Beverly was also wrecked
on Cape Cod lafl week—cargo principally saved.
A letter from Halifax. (N. 5.) of the Bth of
Dec. mentions the loss of a brig, the property of
Mr. Lang of that plate, bound to St. John's. The
vessel caught fire at tea ; 28 persons who were on
board took to the boat, and after being 8 days
out, five only survived. A woman and 3 children
perished. The mate fell a victim for their fub
iiStence.
Though yon poor orb no warmth bellow
And dorms united meet,
The fl me of love and friendfhip glows
With undiniinifhed heat.
WANTED, in a retail Jiore,
TEMPLE OF HYMEN.
I • NOTICE.
The fubferiber begs leave to
return his thanks to his friends and custom
ers, for the many obligations he has received
Horn them, ahd informs them that lie fiiil
continues in his Ime of business—at the fame
time he would beg leave to acquaint tie
Public that the Portland, Porifmouih, New
bury, Salem and Bolton Mail Stages run
every day in the week, Sunday excepted, at
4. o'clock in the morning, trot, the lun
formerly kept by Mr. Jo in Stavern, in Pnh
Itreet, and which house is now kept by the
fubferiber. Gentlemen who wilh to go the
lower road, can be accommodated w :1b leau,
by applying to the fu^criber, who keeps
the Stage Ohce, and is provided with care
ful drivers, and good accommodations for
those who wilh to travel. He allo endea
vors to keep a good supply of provifion^ and
liquors, and every attention will be paid to
those who may please to honor the Mail
Stage Inn with their company, and the
foallcft favors very gratefully acknowledg
ed by the Public's most humble servant,
James A. Geddes.
Portsmouth, ,at 12, Wee
SEINE 1 WINE,
/ quantity of a Juperior quant for fate by
ROBERT RICE,
Fore Breet, North End,
On good terms far cath or approved credits
—LIKEWISE—
Bbls. Herring, in prime order for
Shipping.
Seines, Nets, Twine, Weft-India
Goods, &c. as usual.
Porrhnouth. Tan. 12. 1802.
Afew hunurid pieces of
India Cottons different qualities ;
Cotton Velvets ; Fancy Cord and Thickfct ;
black silk Velvet suitable for Capes.
A large assortment of
Black, white and mix'd Woffled
IL ; hik do. rib d and plain cotton do.
Women's long silk and kid Gloves assorted
colors , long worsted black do. short kid do.
silk do. American Morocco Shoes ; fluff
ditto.
A variety of
Camel's Hair Shawls, of white,
color'd and figured ; Chintz and Purple
Shawls ; jaconet and bock muffin Shawls ;
Bandanna Handkerchiefs ; Barcelona Silk
Shawls and Handkerchiefs of various colors
and figures ; a few Opera Shawls.
Satins; Luftrings; Modes ; Saif,
nets and Florence silks.
A few Fox MUFFS ; black fea^
her d do. Laces & Edgings white & black ;
Ribbons ; 1 aftes ; Tapes ; Bindings ,
Twists ; Threads and Sewing Silks ; Pint
and Needles.
Portsmoute, Dec. 14, iSot.
Plain & ftrip'd Wildborcs ; Cam.
blets ; Birds eyes ; Calamancoes ; Mor
eens ; Durants and Tammies.
A bundfame afertmeut of
Chinzes and Calicoes; Dimities
& Muflinets ; Cotton Cambricks; Lawns ;
tambor'd, jaconet and book Muffins, white
black and figur'd ; Linens, Diapers and
Checks.
A very valuable FARM,
lying in the town of Sanbornton, io the
county of Strafford, containing one hundred
and titty acres of tillage and mowing land,
with a good orchard that produces from 60
to 70 bbls, cyder a year, with other valuable
fruit trees, well watered, with an aqueduct
into the yard, two houses with barnsthere<
on—Any person desirous to obtain further
information- mav bv applying to
1) ANIEL IEWELL, of Stratbam
or of JON I. THOMPSON,
living on the Premifes#
Stratham. Jan. 9, 1802.
Superfine, fccond and low
pric'd Broad Cloths ; Caffimeres ; Forest
Cloths; Plains ; Serges ; Ratteens ; Elast
ic Coatings ; Lambskins ; Swanfkihs ;
Duffils ; Kerfies ; Baizes ; I^annels ;
Swanfdowns ; rose and duffil Blankets.
A variety of
TIMOTHY WINN
MOLASSES,
May be had at No. 5, Portsmouth Pier.
Jan. i i, 4802.
A few H?dlleads of excellent retailing
HAS JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale at his Store in Bu;k street, N
A large and general assortment of
ENGLISH & INDIA
G OOD S,
Suitable for the Season,
Among which are,
TO BE SOLD,