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It was not known where Toussaint
was during the conflagration, but he was
supposed to have been at the Cape incog,
directing the hand of the deftru&ion. He
is now at the head of his army in the moun
tains, in a place strong by nature, and which
he had for some time been fortifying and
rendering impregnable by art. To this
strong post he has retired with his treasury,
and his myrmidons ; and from it will make
1 his murderous excursions, and harrafs its as
sailants. Rigaud, his old and implacable
rival, was with bis enemies, and much was
expe&ed from his knowledge of the island,
and his influence with the inhabitants of the
, 1 South.
It was reported at Cape-Francois that
the fleet defined for Guadeloupe had ar
rived, and that the fame tragic scenes had
occurred there.
ty BOSTON, MARCH Ig.
ANOTHER FIRE.
On Wedoefday night, about ii o clock,
the (tore of Capt. Joseph Ripley, on Mr.
David Spear's Wharf, was discovered to
be on fire to an extent which rendered
^ that thh new ^rigen^nt Qild make
their own elections, and were more fearful of
,the fate of them, than of the conftittition, which
they had fivorn to flipport ; whether they con
rh'' e rc ''" "° ^ o °d °' "' e " ale required th*
they ihould try to perpetuate their elegtion^ tos
produce any pliability of relief to that perfecut-i
ed inftifution, the N. Hi Union Bank, and v ere-
C<>nfcious thit no other arrangement of the dilt
ri^ts could produce seven more such Senators as
theinfelves, seven others who would vote with,
tq^A firmnefi on all gredions ; m ft be fobmit
ted to the puolic tribunal.7'o be Cimclul next we^
BALTIMORE, MARCH 4.
Conflagration of the Cape. i
Arrived lart evening, Capt. Rogers, of
the fchr. Nellv, from Cape-Francois, which
he left ()[}th e 14th February. The news
by Capt. Rogers, is most difireriing, both
on account of American property which has
been destroyed at the Cape, and the scenes
of horror and bloodshed which have and will
lake place.
It appears that a division of the French
fleet, consisting of fourteen fail of ships of
the line, and eleven other ships of war, with
about 20,000 men, arrived off the Cape on
the 3d of February, when negotiations were
entered into by the commandants on each
fide, as to the terms on which the one party
were to be permitted to land, and the tenure
on which the other was to hold their liber
ty and property. During those negotiations,
General Leclerc reftifed to recognize any
such chara^er as a Governor in the Island,
whole fanaion it was pretended by the
blacks, was wanting to permit him to land.
This impolitic (lep immediately roofed the
fofpicions of the negroes, who peremptorily
forbid him to land, and threatened, if force
were used, to repel it by forces—to fire the
town and murder the whites. On the e
vening of the following day, one of the
ships hove in near shore, and was fired on
by the battery with red hot shot; which
was at the fame time the signal for the
conflagration of the town# .Fire and fag
gots lighted up the flames in many parts at
the fame time, and the place, during the
night, exhibited a feene of horror and def
truaion beyond the power of description,
and equalled only by the dreadful fate it
experienced in the year '92. Many mas
sacres took place, and the brutal rage of the
negroes spared neither age nor sex, not of
their own color, except Americans, only
one whom (Mr. Lancaster, of Charleston)
was killed. With one hand the black
daamoes of slaughter were seen holding up
the writhing infant, and hacking off its
limbs with the fivord in the other. Those
that escaped the sword were preserved to
witness more horrid sensations, being drag
ged by the negroes, (who evacuated the
town during the fire, and after the demoli
tion of the torts) to their strong places in
the mountains, to serve as hostages, or to
glut their fury. On the morning of the sth,
of 2000 houses, 59 only had escaped the
ravages of the flames, and their tenants,
except a wretched few on board the A
merican shipping, were no where to be
seen. Sugar and other property either
rolled in. liquid fire along .the Greets, or
mounted in cloudy volumes to the skies.
All the plantations of the extensive and
once flourishing plain around the Cape for
many miles, exhibited the fame tremendous
appearance. Port de Paix was also conform
ed, and every town in the Island, except
Fort Dauphin, it was expelled would share
a similar fate with the Cape. Fort Dau
phin had been preserved by another division
of the fleet taking possession of it after a
Ihort refinance. Four diviGons having ar
rived at different points of the island about
the, fame time. Besides the two mentioned,
one had gone into the bite of Lebgane.
After the total evacuation of the Cape,
by the blacks, the French Dipping hauled
into the harbour, and took possession of the
town and forts. Capt. Rogers was permit
ted bv the intendant to fail on the 14th with
dispatches, we learn ; but all other Ameri
cans were still detained.
H^fyfy^fobl
Portsmouth, March, 16, 1202.
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Returns of Poles for Governors
Langdem. Gilman.
Incur last, 1303 7*l
Northfield, 115 2
Deering, 70
Warner, 113 4 2
Bow, 45 28
Dunbarton, 46 52
Epping, 93 48
Thornton, 44
Exeter, 1$ bio
New Salem, 30 i r °
Nottingham!, 115 x 7
Keen, 3 " 4
Farmington, 50 5 1
Rochester, 187 85
Hamptonfalls, 8 5 2
Plainfield, 90 4°
New-Grantham, 45 '5
South-Hampton, 44
Somerfworth, 17 77
Brookfield, 4 r '"
Poplin, 15 47
Bedford, 20 108
Hanover, 32 128
Orford, 4 ] 46
Lime, 5 y 4B
Londonderry, 12 I°°
Enfield, 41 5°
Haverhill, 28 48
Weare, 187 it
Bridgwater, 37 2 5
London, 7 2 ' r
Grafton, 46 3 1
Lebanon, 36 "5
C^chefter, 78 13
Rumney, 42 4°
Hillsborough, 70 31
Saiifbnry, 44 33
Kensington, 43 47
3 2 52. = 3"34-
At the town meeting held yefterda,, at Ken
sington, the votes were, for
Governor, Hon. John Langdon, 43
Hon, John T. Gilman, 47
Councillor, Joseph Blanchard, EQ 4,
Levi Bartlett, Esq. 40
Senator, Nathaniel Gilman, Esq. 47
Benjamin Barnard, Efg, 45
Representative, Enoch Worthen.
m^^h-
At a Town Meeting held at Nottingham, on
Monday the 9th day of March, 1802.
FOK GOVERNOR.
Hon. John Langdon, 11$
Hon. John T. Gilman, 17
A COUNCILLOR.
Levi Bartlett, Esq. 98
Joseph Blanchard, Ef^R 5
Richard Jennefs, Esq. 94
Michael M'Clary, Esq. 23
Henry Butler,a
\COUNTY TREASURER.
Nathaniel Folsom, Esq. 67
Oliver Peabody. Esq. 33
RECORDER OF DEEDS.
Josiah Adams, Esq. 107
Jacob Cilley, Elq. was chosen Repre
sentative.
True Copy,
Attest N ATH'I WILLIAMS, T. Clerck.
utelcts every exertion id extlngoidi it ; of
to refeue therefrom Mr. Ripley's papers,
and a considerable quantity of merchandize.
The tide being out, it was found difficult to
obtain a supply of water; and notwith
standing the moll (pitted and persevering
efforts of the citizens a (Ternbled, the fire
communicated to the (lores at the head of
the Long-Wharf; and in a (bort time, the
range Rom No. 2, to No. 8, inclusive,
were wholly destroyed. No. 9, and 10,
were partly pulled down, to arteft the pro
gress of the flames.
The (lores burnt were ten in number — 4
The two on Mr. Spears' Wharf, were
owned by him, and occupied by Capt.
Ripley and Mr. Ebenezer L. Byd. No. 2.
on the Long-Wharf, was occupied by Mr.
Edvard Edes, jun.—No. 3, by Messrs.
Oliver and Proffer—No. 4, by Mr. Ben
jamin Sumner—No. 5, by Mr. Joseph
Field—No. 6, by Messrs. William Mackay,
and Josiah Bradlee—No. 7, by Mr. Stephen
Corman ; and No. 8, by Messrs. Elijah &
Samuel Devenport. No. 9 and 10, were
occupied by Mr. Edward Blanchard, Mr.
Samuel Dillaway, and Mr. George Bart
lett. A evry considerable amount of prop
erty was burnt, or otherwise destroyed.
All the stores on Spear's Wharf, and all but
two or three on the Long-Wharf, we learn,
were infu cd.
Do+lor Ramsay, has succeeded in intro
ducing the Kine-Pox into thecity or Charlef
tori.
On Monday fotenooh, a new and nearly
finished dwelling-house, owned and occu
pied by Mr. Joseph Tucker, carpenter, in
Lynn-street, with the principal part of the
furniture, tools, &c. were destroyed by fire.
The house of Mr. Isaac Smith, of Row
ley with all its contents, were consumed by
fire, the 23d ult.
Mr. Osborne's new fire-proof ftofe,
which adjoined the conflagration, effectual
ly prevented the spreading of it towards
State-street. None of the property in it
was removed.
0e Republican Ledger
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Salem, March xs.
" .The following memorandum is handed for pub
lication, having just been received from Cape
Cod:
“ The 'pars, pomps and timbers, of a new
fcooner, judged to be about 60 tons, came on
shore on Tuefday, 23d February, abreast the light
house, op Cape Cod, and the maffs, topmast &c.
of a febooner of about too tons burthen, with
sundry articles,viz. a cask of brandy,Aonifeed,&c
and was also seen on shore, a part of a vessel's
stern, with the name — •, Portland, and fev'
era! dead bodies, floating on shore, and several
(hooks, and a hoitfe frame marked and numbered
is also added that there was a new main-fail
came on fliore with one of the schooner's mafia.
We regret that the above memorandum was
not more particular. [Capt. Israel Williams from
the Cape thinks there is a mistake in the above,
as refpetts the name on the ftern,—he underwood
it was “ Portland or Portsmouth," and that it
was uncertain which—and adds that he heard the
words “ Mary-Ann," were before the name of
the town.] —Sal. Reg. ', J
John Langdon, Governor.
Levi Bartlett, Counjellor forth. County of
Rockingham.
John Goddard, Senator for Diflrift No. 1.
Benja. Barnard, Senator for Dfrifl No. 2.
Josiah Adams, Recorder of Deeds for Rock
ingham county.
Nathaniel Folsom, Treafarer for ditto.
—'<<rf|gtf}|,.„—
Extrafl of a letter, dated Washington March
3; 5 o'clock, P. M.
" The house has jnft decided the quef
tion — "fall this bill new pafs" —meaning
the repeal of the midnight judiciary law, by
yeas and nays—against the repeal, 32, for
the repeal, ^9. The vote of Dr. Euftis, of
Boston, made the additional vote to the op
position, differing from the vote on the prin
ciple for (hiking out the firft feaion, Which
was decided on Monday at midnight, 31 to
6o„
DIED]— At Bolton, Mr. Thomas Pelham, aged
3,. Mrs. Mary Callender wife of Capt. Thomas
G. aged 23. Mr. Wm. Matthew, aged 46. Miss
Susan Geyer, eldest daughter of Fredrick Wm.
G. Efq.aged 33, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, wife of
Richard C. jnn. aged 25.
At Kittery, ver, fitddenly on the 2,th Ult. Maj.
SAMUEL LEIGHTON,aged 60.
This gentleman with three other perfoh^ being
about half a mile from his house, breaking the
roads with his team in rhe late deep snow, and be
ing walking by the tide of the team, informed one
of the persons who was on the fled, that he felt
very much out of breath—ln a few minuses alter
which, he was seen to filly up against the cattle
twice and then fell down—he was immediately
taken up, but without the lealt appearance of
life—he was carried back to his house and medi
cal assistance soon after was procured, all to no
effect—he has gone to pay the latt debt of na-
Major Leighton supported through life the
character of an honest, indufirious, worthy citi
zens—And was a kind neighbour, a sincere
friend, an indulgent husband and a good father.
At Cheiter, Mrs. French, eonfort of Daniel
French, Esq.
In this to ^n, Mrs. Wyman, aged §4. Mr. Tho
mas Serburne, aged 75.
ARRIVALS,
At nonort, March 9 —brigs, Argo, Smith; from
Havann'a, ; Active, Y.rk, do. ; Little John, Pat
terson, St. Vincents; Eliza and Sarah, Hopkins,
Demurara ; Paulina, Marshall, do.; Hannah.
Coffin, Savanna-la Mar. Schooners, Republican,
Gorham, from Bordeaux ; Betsy, Lymburner,
do. ; Harmony, Dockendo,ff, Trinidad ; Corne
lia, Seville, do.- March B,—Brigs Harriot,
Swain, Guadaloupe ; Angufta, Gardner, Alicant.
Seb. Plutus, Adamson, Havanna. Brig Byfield,
Girdler, Alicant. Touched at Malaga, leaving
there the frigate Essex, and Bolton.— --March 10
brig Ahn & Fetfy, Qemton, Montego Bay.
Vessels left - —=At St. Vincents, fib, 2, Two
Brothers, Cushman, Wifeaffet ; Little John, Mitch
el, Kerinebunk. At Trinidad,fan, 31, Captu
Barpes, Tuttle, and Boardman of Portsmouth ;
Bagley, of Portland ; Jones, of Bath; Indußry,
Calendar, Rpperelboro, At A. Cdyes, Feb. 1.
Phenix, Huff, Kennebunk, to fail in 6 days.
Spoken. —ln lat. 40, lon. 70, fcb.Thomas, Flet
cher, or Kennebunk, 40 days from Grenada.
Commercial.
Recent advices from file May, state, that no
salt could he procured at that place, owing to the
ponds having four feet more water in them than
usual. At St. Kitts, Feb. 8, markets very low;
flour 7, pork 15, beef to. -At Bourdeaux, Jan. 6.
business very dull, sugars no sale, brandies and
wine Very high.-—At St. Vincents, Feb. 2, lumber
and provisions very low.
Davis' Marine Lift;
March,, arr'd Brig Diana, Blunt, M^rtihito, .
11, failed sch. Suctefs, Turner, Weft Indies.
. ; - Industry, Walker, Barbadoes.
13, arr'd brig Joseph, Odiorne, Demafara.
moning juries
—<+<6^^ — ; _
MARRIED]— —At cotton Mr. Lawrence P.
Downs, to Mils Nancy Guild. Dr. Thomas Bart
let to Miss Hannah Wilson. Mr. Samuel R. Mil
ler, Merchant, to Miss Sarah Speakman. Mr.
Robert Ruggles, fen f to miss Ruth Terry. Capt.
John - Clark, to Miss Sarah Newnham. ,
At Haverhill, Mr. John Davenport of this town
to Miss Sally Bradlee.
At Durham, Mr. Joshua Fields, of Merimac to
Miss Eliza Emerson of the former place.
At Lee Mr. Edward|Dearborn of Offipee, to Miss
Sufahna Gile of Nottingham.
'" A Supplementary bill, it was said, to
day, would be introduced the present session,
when the opposition might have an oppor
tunity of introducing any regulations which
they might ih earned be disposed to offer.
“A bill is also intended to be brought in
concerning the abuses in the mode of sum-
Republican "ticket, for i^l.
Three or four gentlemen Board
ers may be handsomely accommodated, in a
genteel famil), in the centre of she town.
Enquire of the Printers-
Portsmouth, Feb. 22. xbox.
French language, and rrinfic, for the vio
lin and fortepiano, will begin as soon as a*
number of fubferibers shall appear.
The conditions and fubfeription are left
at Messrs. Peirce's Book flore. ? y
To be Sold or Let,,
14^^=311 THE dwelling house nc- ? '
^^ft,# copied by the fubferiber,
^^^OM an " posse ffion given on the^
firft day of May next, or
sooner, if necessary-— For terms apply to
' H. S. LANGDON.
Portfmoutb, March i 6, 1802.
^L^fr Ati^ibN,
By virtue of a Licenje of the Superior Catty
WILL ZE SOLD
At Public Audion,
On Wednesday the 17th infl. at 3 o'clock P. M.
The remainder of that ver,
valuable Farm, th% property of Trifiram
Redman, late of North-Hampton, deceased,
confiding of about forty acres of excellent
land, (more or less) together with the Man
sion House, Barn, and all privileges uppers
taining to the fame. Sale to be on the pre
mises, where the conditions (which will be
liberal) will be made known.
EBEN'r CHADWICK, Att'y for
JOANNA CASEY. Petitioner
Children's Gilt Books ; Stationary ; School
Books, &c. &c. Just received and tor sale
by C. PEIRCE, No. 5. Daniel-street.
Portsmouth, March 73.
^^^^^^ rfT ^ J Q_ t _ CT ___ t _ m ra___te+— _-—^=#ra. t —— -•"
A Farm for Sale.
F'° '" '°" °* '°'" c V en "
k^n due (if not fold before at
private file) on Monday,
the 29th day of March, at
the house of Mr. John Greenleaf, innholder
in Portsmouth, at 11 o'clock, A. M. a val
uable Farm, situated in Portsmouth; near a
place called Gravelly-Ridge, formerly the
estate of John Shackford, Esq. deceased;
Said Farm contaihs about seventy acres of
good mowing, tillage, arid pasture land ; ha#
a good orchard, and is well supplied with
water; The situation of this farm being
only two miles 2nd an hg+ffrom the State
House, makes it very convenient for any
gentleman of the town who may chufe tn
vest a part of his money in property of this
kind. .For further particulars, enquire of
Do&or Joseph Tilton, of Exeter, CoL
John Page, of Salem, or Capt. Nath'l
Gookin, of this town.
RanaWay, the loth of Feb
ruary, 1802, from me the subscriber, at Ea
ton, an indented servant, by the name of
George B. Loud, 1, years old, light hair
and light complexion, a thickset fellow—.
had on when he went away, a light coloured
jacket, and dark coloured trow fers—-who
ever will take up said runaway and return
him to me, (ball receive one cent reward and
no charges paid. All persons are forbid
harbouring and carrying off fait runaway,
EDWARD GOVE.
Francis Maurice,
PROFESSOR of the French language, Ma
fic and Dancihg, returns many thanks for
the liberal encouragement he has received
for several yeazs pad, from the inhabitants
of Portsmouth and its vicinity ; refpe&-
fully informs all his friends and the public
in general, that his winter quarter is ended ;
and proposes to begin his spring quarter by
the tirft of April next, if Efficient encour
agement appears. 5. dollars only, per quar
ter, for those who have been to his school
before---8 dollars for new fchollars.
BOOKS
received and much enquired for.
GIbSON's Surveying ; Laws of the Unit^
ed States, complete in 5 vols. Hamiltnri
Moore's Epitome of Navigation and Daily
Affidant ; American Coad Pilot; Knox's
Essays ; Chrillian's Notes on Blackilone's
Commentaries ; Hiftory of the American
Revolution ; Adams' View of Religion ;
Goldsmith's Animated Nature ; Judices as
fidant ; Rollins' Ancient Hiftory ; Hiftory
of Josephus ; Fairbank's Confeffion.
Token for Children, 1/2 ; the Newyear's
Gift, 9; Friendly visit to the House of
Mourning, 1/2 ; Children in the Woods, if.
And a variety of
PortJmouth, March 16, iBo2.
ALSO,