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Admiral Truget has been appointed thief Ad
miral of France, with a salary of 60,006 Francs
per annum.
Poligaac, tempted by hopes of pardon is Rat
ed to have given full information as to the objeds
and extent of the conspiracy; General Valence,
who served under General DumoUrier, in 1782.
has it is said, been, with many others arrested
in consequence.
A port folio belonging 10 Pichegfa; contain
ing the whole plan of the conspiracy, is Rated to
have been found, and given up to the Minister of
the Police ; and in the appartment bhere Georges
resided 200,000 pieces of gold have been difcoV
cred.'
The Oracle.
-TUESDTY— Mar
* -CTd^SDIWt—
FOREIGN.
A vessel arrived at Portland after a parage
from Liverpool of 33 days, brought no papers.
The British funds fell one per cent, in conse
quence of an indication that a large loan would
be wanted—a large quantity of ammunition,
camp equipage, articles for the conveyance of,
the helplets inhabitants in case of invasion, have
been sent along the coast. By an arrival at
Boston from France we -learn that no event of
magnitude had occurred since the arrest of Mo.
reau, and that t!c?nnft adtve and efficients mea
sures were in ccnunual execution for the pro
motion of the war.
DOMESTIC.
Many articles under thia head are omitted to
insert the Mediterranean Letters.
Monday afternoon, a boat crossing the river to
Kittery was upset in a sudden flaw of wind. Of°
the four ladies and gentlemen that filled the
boat three were saved, principally by the humane
exertions of a Gentleman from town, the fourth
Nifs Nancy Moses was not reached in season,,
„ery effort to restore her, proved ineffectual.-
Mr. Best, who (hot Lord Camelford, passed thru'
Truro a few days ago, on his way to Falmouth,
and on Tuesday bft he failed for the Weft-Indies;
on board the Marlborough packet.„
it
A letter, dated Paris, March 6, fays " Three
gin-d'armes, who were employed in the arrest of
General Pichegru, have been carried in a dying
Rate to L'Hottl Dieu. This unfortunate General
has been betrayed by the landlord of the house
where he bad at firft found an asylum. Being as.
ked upon his interrogation if he knew a brigand
named Georges, he answered, " I know General
Georges, he enjoys all my esteem."
The distress of the working people in- this city
occasioned by the rejection of our Silver Coin has
considerably agitated the public mind. At an early
hour this day, the bakers (hops were all shut, and
not a loaf of bread to be (ecn, the bakers having re
futed to bake, as the flour factors would not take
the only money they could procure ( ilver) in pay
ment for the flour. The Lord Mayor caused the
drum to beat, and attended by the City Officers,
paraded through the several public streets distribu
ted the following public notice, which does not at
all fatisfy the people.
" At a Meeting of the. Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor and Board of Aldermen,held at the Mmfion
house this morning, to take into consideration the
prefect Bate of the Silver Coin, they nquefted the
Lord Mayor Superintendent MagiftratefuouH wait
on the right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean,Bal. tore pre
fx? to him the diftrefles of the artificers and mami,
failures, Ince the Silver Coin was refuted inpay
ment ; When Sir Evan Nepean was pleated to hand
to them the foilwing note for public communica-
HOO.,
JREL AND. DUBLIN, MARCH 31.
SILVER MONEY.
His Lordfllip.afterwards proceeded to the houses
of several bakers,feized a large quantity of conceal
ed bread, which he diffrihuted to 'he poor.
, P. S. Nine o'clock, nothing particular has occti r
red fioGe writing the above, akhrtigh much difo
turb^nce was exoeded, as the troops in garrison,
particularly the English, appeared much disconten
ted.
State Senators chosen for the ensuing year.
Diaries -,
No. I, Clement Storer. 2. Nicholas Gilman.
No. 3, John Orr, 4. John Bradley,
No. 5. no choice, John Waldron, and John
Wingate, Candidates,
No. 6. Nathan Taylor. 7. J. K. Smith.
No. 8, Rboert Alcock. 9. Seth Payson.
No. 10. Amafa Allen 11. Daniel Kimball,
No. 12 Moses Payson.;
g^ —re-.-g; —= ——so:- - ■■■—l.. ..-
Marine List.
—-- . 1L . - _, i.
Arrivals and Departures since May £2.
,14th failed brig Little Chertib, Hutchings, Demarara ;
do. fchr. Poliy, Cutter, Martinico. 16th do. brig Olifer
Peabody, Gdoran, Demarara—i&h, flrip Jane & Appleton,
Copenhagen; brig Hitty, Walker,Demarara, brig Governor
Strong, Boardman, do. brig Equator, Shaw, do. brig Re,
ward, Plumer, Jamaica; schooner Quicktime, Paul, St.
Kitts; Hoop Harriot & Fanny, Trefetben, New-York ,
fchooner# Eunice, Trefethen ; Phenix, Lowe; ityg,
Ramfdell and sloop Victory, Dyer for Lubradore.
April 16, arrived schooner Republican, Turner, Toba
go ; do. schooner Rambler, White, St. Kitts.
'MEMORANDA.
The flrip Governor Oilman arrived in Boston outer har
bour last Tuefday from Calcutta, OT,
The India Packet, captain Rindge of thia place, was lefC
at file France, February „.
Brig Paulina, Noble of this port, was spoken lat. 37, 38,
long, 16, 30, 45 days from Boston for Cadiz.
The Amity, Trefethen, was at Philadelphia May it.
The Aurora, captain Bowles was left at Amsterdam,
Apr : l 8.
The schooner Success, gaptain Harrold of this port was
left at Point Petre, April 15.
Snow Mary from Virginia f, fetfmouth, was spoken
ht .40, long. 70, 3 days owe
. : If
"That there is no intension it prefect, of order,
ing the difeontinuance offhe receipt of the best of
the Silver, now in circulation it the Public offices
asufual.
" Refolded; therefore, that we commend it.to our
fellow citizens, to take in payment the btft of the
fiver coin now in circulation, as usual.
. By Order, Allen and Greece."
A FEW Tickets and Quarters in the
5'4 Ciafs of fouth Hadley Canal Lottery,
which will positively commence drawing next
Thtfrfday, (or the whole of the money shall be
returned to adventurers) may be had at Charles
Peirce's brfck Book Store, Portimouth, for five
dollars and 50 eepts, until next Wednesday even
ing, after which period, not a ticket will be fold
either in Boston or this town, for fefs than fix
dollars in this clifs. Quarters 91/advance each.
So good a chance to obtain a fortune for 33/; is
'rarefy to be met with.
C. Peirce has Tickets and Quarters also in
Pifeataqua Bridge Lottery for only five dollars,
1 he rapid sale of thofc Tickets will cause an ad-
I LebaAtf a l@fas aiglet id fol ^ QPfo
drat, captain Lynd>, from Boftm,for Nantz.
" On the aid January, at night, 11 days after leaving
} tioftoo, at the Eagward es the Grand Bank, we had the
misfortune to be overfet, by one of the most tremendous
hurricanes ; fortunately by cutting away the maipmaft the
brig righted, with the loss of her deck load and two calks
of water, when, t'd add to our distress, the mate and a fore
mall hand, in going forward to ctit awQ the fore fan-yards
of the main ftay t were both walked overboard. It would
be tedious, nor is it eltential to describe to yoh our fixa
tion for ten or tfrclte hours ; it is enough, that by the ex
ertions of Capt. Lynch, and crew, which never can be fur
pOTed and the most providential interference we entered
the Bay of Biscay, and made the tile Itieu N. B. of os—l
but the wind carrying a head and not having enough af-}
ter fail to do much upon the wind, we put into the firft
port we could make, which proved to be Les Sables
D'Ollbnbe. there were quarantined two days."
SALBM, mat 8.
Captain Knowlton communicates the following account. ,
That the brig Bonaparte failed from Savannah 00 the 25 te
of March, manned (excepting the captain and mate)whol
ly with Frenchmen : that being out at sea seven days, the
captain, according to the fldry of the people, was taken
craly, and jumped overboard ; that & days after, the brig
ran alhore upon the Grand Caicos, gear Turks Island,
where foe was toon bilged, arid the wreckers tookoff the
people and brought them to Turks Iflttd. The brig was
laden with rice and lumber, bound to Jamaica. Refpe&-1
ing the captain, the people told so many different Hories
that it was believed they threw him overboard, arg in
tended to run away with the veftl. Captain K|could not
£nd out the captain's name by any of the crew, but that ,
e and the mate (who was a German) belonging to Phiia-I
delphia. - I
The Amiable Matilda his also arrived at New-York
from Calcutta, in Ijo days. The day after she failed, wasl
obliged in a severe gale to cut away her maipmaft, and'
performed the remainder of her passage under jury mafa
The Iloop Julia, Capt Somes of Gloucester, on the 3d ;
of January, near Cape Jacquemel, Was taken by a French
privateer, who took out the whole of his crew, and left
' him alone with fix privateers-men and a boy, and ordered
the Julia to St. Domingo. On the ~h, she was anchored
under a battery upon the coast of the Spanish fart of His
paniola, where they took on board a keg of rum, and
made fail again.— ,Thc next day they drank themselves
drunk, and fell asleep, when Captain S tied the whole
without awaking them, except the lad a negro, who
parted and fcized him, but wai silenced with the pump 1
brake. He then put them all into the boat, and set them |
adrift, previously untying the boy : the Boy Untied the reft,l
and they attempted to regain the Vcffel, but without fu'c-|
cefs ; and Capt. 5 got fafe into jacquemel, with the as- 1
finance of two men whom heobtained from a New-Lon- ।
don vcffcl.;
.-MARRIED
At Berwick, on Sunday evening latt, Mr. James Stag-j
✓POLE to the amiable miss Abigail Brock.
Mr. Jambs Chadwick, to the beautiful Miss LAnkis,
Ricker.
In this town, Mr. James Hart, to mil's Ltdia How-1
ard, both of Barrington.l
On the 17th ult. departeTlinTunfaitfyingT;fe, for a1
life of complete fatisfa&ion and ineiprcffibk happiness, the!
amiabid and highly esteemed Mrs. Dorothy Hal's, relid I
of the late Eliphalec Hale, Esq. of Exeter, aged 62.
Mrs. Hale was peculiarly agreeable^ in her manners,
cheerful in her disposition , true to her profeffious of re
-tgard, fiocerely beloved by her friends, and all who had the
nappnefs of being acquainted with her—the was ever at
.centime to her domestic duties, and was honored, refpedted
And beloved by all her household—she was faithful in her
sender relations of life, and affectionately endeared to all
her kindred—the was exemplary as a chriftian, and in every
instance an ornament to her set-—when in the near prof
pea of her dffiblution she erpreffed her unlhakeo faith in
an alj-fufficient Saviour, and embraced the king of terrors,
as the incftlmable friend, that Ihould conduct her immortal'
foul to the bofem of her Saviour and her God.
“ Therefall fa titear a ton crown,
And triumph in Almighty
While all the armies of tbeftic,
• • fain ire her glorious leader's praise /" , •
At Epping ou the 4th. of March last, Mr. Jonathan
Rundlet, aged ,9— He was one of the firft feeders in the
town of Epping -From his youth np, he was regular and
Uniform in his habits, and temperate both in meats and
drinks—His occutfor. Was husbandry ;in his business he
was very induftridK, and in all his dealings just and kind.
He was no meddler with other ben's business, and ft is rate
that a person passes through life with fewer enemies
He had a ArOng affe&ion for his paticular friends tad con
nexions, and was greatly refpe&ed And beloved by them—
His poflerity are numerous; ten children; fifty grand
children, and one hundred and eighty great grand children,
and thirty-seven of the fifth generation.
Mr. Rundiet was favored with a good bodily constitu
tion, arid buffed with a great mtafUre of general health—
He retained his memory, reason, and speech In a remarka
ble degree until his last hours— For many years, he had
expand his firm belief in the chriftian religion, and ap
peared to have an impressive sense of Cod's mercy in re
demption, and would often lament $ own ingratitude to 4
God for his rich grace in Jefes Christ, and hii numberless
mercies—From a great sense of his own unworthiness, he
appeared humble and meek—From a full confidence in thb
infinite wisdom and goodness of God, he was resigned to
bis will in the variousdifyenfations of his providence—For
some year, before bis death, be appeared to 'enjoy the con
solations of religion , and at times to be trammed with
the glorious hope of fbpn entering igtb that "rest which
rcmaincth for the people of God." His faith triumphed
ever the terrors of &ath, and his joy Was greatest when e-|
ternity appealed nearest.
vancement in the price soon. Those who mean
to put themselves in fortune's way, will please to
apply very soon ; as a company has it in con
templation to take all the tickets on hand the
loth of next month, in order to foeculate on at
a high price. r May 18, 18%
Take Notice#
A FRIENDLY caution to all Persons that
. have made a pra&ice of passing through
my land in Barnftead, to Mr. James Tibbets'
House. The firft person that takes such liberty
after this, in defiance of the Law in fetch cases,
I am determined to treat with a trip to Do
ver, as the Law dire&s<
4 RICHARD SALTED.
Poffatdh Ma, 19, 1804. ^ / '
Tickets on the Rise!
IWilliam & Charles Nell,
TT AVE received per the (hip Caroline froth
Liverpool ; a general assortment of
Crockery Ware,
which the, will fell on moderate term 6 at their
,store On Church Hill. Ma, 18.
, fo= ^•te. ___„_„__-_==—_——_—✓,,
. FOR SALE,
10 Chests Souchong TEA ;
^do. frlyfon-riin;
; Pipes BRANDY and GtN.;
Quarter chests Bohea TEA ; apply to
William Garland.
Ma, 19. __
: FOR SALE BY
Elisha Hill, jr.
NORTH END N
Grenada RUM; d Oi MOLASSES, per
Hhd.,
, Mould CANDLES cfthe firft quality ;
No. l& 2, BEEF and PORK;
100 bbls. Superfine FLOUR; the a
bove will be fold low for Cassi. May 19.
• New GOODS:
Peter Coffin,
HAS received by the Kiogflon'from. London}
an additional supply of
Fancy & other Goods,
Which will be opened in a few few days.
May ig.
; Ladd & Smith,
' Have received per. fthe Atlantic from Liverpool and'
Aingflon from London, and torn)opening and
A , . For Sale, a general afortment of
Ship Chandlery, Cutlery, and
Hard Ware Goods.
CONSIStrNGof Joiner's, Carpenter's,tlock-'
: maker's, Cooper's, Caulker's and Painter's
Tools complete ; Ship's Cibinand Cook! Furni
ture ; brass and iron cabin door Locks ; Stays;
Buttons, Turns; Latches, Hooks and Midges
j ivith and without loose pins.
[, Stock, Door, Closet, Cupboard, Chest arid
| Pad Locks, Hinges, Latches, Screws, &c. A
I complete assortment of Spikes, Mails, Brads,
f Tucks, and Clouts, some suitable for tinning.
Alfo,bell Metal & Wood Sextants ; do. Quad
, rants; Ship's Brass ; Azimuth ; Hanging and
I Wood Compasses ; Mathematical Inftiuments,-
lln Pocket Cases ; Measuring Tapes ; Parallel
: Rulers; Marine Atlas ; Welt-India, European,
Streights and Baltick Pilots, &c. &c.
No. 5, Merchant's Row, May 18, 1804.
ADVERTISEMENT.
IT is notorious that most diseases of the
prelent day which afflict the human frame,par
,take more or less of a Bilious temperament ; hence
; the unfre^uency of those, where the glands and
Imembranes being attacked, and flyled inflamma.
Itory— fueb as Plurify, Peripneumony, &c. and the
lincreasing prevalence of Fevers of the Spring fea
[fdn; of mixed type, always refilling from a predif- °
j portion occasioned by bilious redundances in the
I ftomach arid bowels. Diseases of ibis class, are
I more difficult to cure, when the attack is furious;
[ ptid combined with the interposition of bilious fe
. cretion; invading tb^ blood and juices of the body;
{lt is therefore fouhd, by daily experience, that
I the. best method of removing predisposition; is to
iremove the contents of the stomach and bowels, by
lefficacious and suitable purgatives ; arid as often as
J fymptortis of heaviness, lassitude, debility, loss of
appetite, pains in the stomach and bowels, flow fe
vers from colds, a sense of weight at the stomach,
and costiveness, &c. occurs, it is of importance
immediately to promote those Evacuations, for
thereby the causes of more severe illness may be
Speedily and happily removed, arid much trouble,
expence and danger avoided.—To answer those
pprpofes,ahd to be within the reach of every Indi
vidual to preserve his health by a timely exhibition
of mild and suitable purgatives, no public medi
rioe extant deserves so high a rant, aS "Docs.
Lie's Patent New-London Bilious Pills"
—which have been found, by a fix years expe
rience, to have engaged the attention, not only 0-
tbofe whose judgements ' and opinions were candid
and unbiased, but of the faculty of Phylic, whose
prejudices have been honorably overcome (after
afeertaining.their real merits) by adopting them in
their daily practice ; the numerous letters with
which the D^aor has been favoured from Pra&i
tioners and others, from all parts; of their superior
virtues, ira fufficient proof of their eligibility for a
place in every family and sea medicine chest, tra
veller's portmanteau, sailor's trunk, and lady's
toilet.
The Pills abovementioued may be procured,
With direaions for rife, price, go cents the box, at
the store of Duct. JOSIAH' DWIGHT, Ports
mouth, and to avoid mistakes, (other pills of fim-
Ihr titles, &c. being kept in frps, but in no wife
partaking of the qualities of the "above pills) the
public are requeued always to fee that the direc
tions is headed with these words— "Dodor Lee's
Patent New-London Bilious Pills," prepared cml, by
Samuel H. P. Lee, Member of the Conne&iciit|
Medical Society—without which they cannot be
the Patentee'^. May 19.'
X Chanceyet leftfor d Fortune !!
Who's for 8,000 Dollars ?
Tickets and Quarters fa the First Clifs of PISCATA
QUA BRIDGE LOTTERY are for sale at Treadwells'
Book Store—B,ooo Dollars is the greatest prize, but in
numerable other smaller prizes are ready to gratify- the
Wife of bfs sanguine adventurers.
tribe season is approaching, ahi & may as well
maki bay nubitetbfimjhinq!
May t,- '
AUCTIONS.
This Day at S. Little s Office,
0 pair M*n' <Shoes ; i§ pieces striped Nankine^
India Cottons, Chintzes ; Sprig'd MaOios, Cam
brick, Hofitiy &c.
M Pii^ate Sale
a few Hh'ds good flavored RUM;
150 boxes Soap ; 20 boxes Chocalate ;
500 wt. Spanish float Indigo ;
10°chefts Souchong TEA;
! 14,bbls Anniked.
} CTCafli advanced on consignments, and Cash
igiven for POT ASH. May ig.
lOY Order from the Hon. John 5.
I Sherburne, Elq. Jodg^of the Diftritt
; Curt so the Drttria of N+wHunpfliire':
I Will be fold ^ Public Auction, on
:M md,y the 2:11 of May, current, at 12 o'clock,
81. 0 the Store of Quincey & FtERREPONT, in
Punfmouth, a large
Ca^ of Defy & Medicine;
imported in the thQGaien, Robert Hinkley,matte,
from LouJon.—To be fold for the benefit of the
Underwriters, and a|l concerned.
(Sgrnd) -Thomas Chadbourne,
Deputy Marfiali.
Ponfmouth, May 19, 1804.
A Volume
For die Lawyer, the Merchant, the Manner,
the Mechanic, and the Gentleman of Let
ters and leisure.
This day published and for fate at C. PEIRCE'sR^
(lore, Portsmouth.
THE American Citizen's Sure Guides
being a collection of the most important
State Papers, such As
The Declaration of Tndepend.ee of the U.S.
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual
Union. Constitution of the United States' All
the treaties ro<w in face, which the United States
foave ever made. Provisional Articles with G,
Britain. Armistice with the fame. Difinitive
Treaty of Peace with the fame. Articles of a
greement and cession with Georgia Ordinance
for the Governmerit of the North Weftern fer
fritory. Seamen apd Merchant's A&s. Duties
on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Rates at
which Foreign Monies are estimated in payment:
of duties. Rates of Letter Postage. Census of
the United States.—And other valuable infor
mation, which every citizetiof America ihould
avail himfelf of immediately.
Extras from the Introduction.
r " ?° m ? e repeated applications the Compiler has had
for the different Treaties of the United States with other
nations, he has long had it in contemplation to pubjifh a.
'volume of this nature, viz., td contain all the Treaties of.
the United Stata (in full) with eirtry nation, kingdom^
republic and people. And he is nappy fa presenting the
citizens of America with such a volume, after many months
arduous labor in collc<fting the documents and materials
for the fame. Beside s all those treaties, it is with pteafure
he has been enabled to add to, and enrich this volume
with several other important State Papers, such as the Dec
laration of Independence of the United States; Articles off
Confederation; the Constitution of the United States:
Several a<9s of Congress which interest every citizen, &c.™
Just pubhfad, and now for fate,
BY W. W b. TREADWELL,
No. 2, of Banyan's Select Minor Works,
CONTAINING
Solomon's Teraple Spiritualized ; or,-
Gospel Light fetched out of the Temple at Jerufabm, to
let us more ealily into the Glory of New-Teftamenc
Truths, °
No. 3, will be published in ^ weeks,
CONTAINING
Christ a Complete Saviour; or,
The Intercession of Christ, and who are privileged in it.
INFORMATION.
. Porfmouth, May iy, iSofo
'THE members of the Piscataqua
Missionary Society are notified that a
meeting, tpr the purpose of c hoofing their officers,
and organizing the Society, is pfopofed tn be held,
on the(econd Tuefday in June, at 11 o'clock, a m.
at the State House in Portsmouth.
jofeph Buckminfter /or^fc Committee.
The printers at Dover and Kennebunk are re
qtv Bed to inlert the above.
Ports,rioutii,
THIS is to forbid all persons from
passing over the Lard of Mn. Abigail
Sheafe, as they Hull fuffer the leveret penalty of
the lawj
.. — ——— ,
OpHE person that a few days ago took
X out of the subscriber's flbp a bottle df Oil of
Cinnamon, is rrqutfted to return it and no quef.
lions (hall be sfabitaife, as he is perfonaliy
known, he may depend on being prosecuted.
John Jackson.,
Portlmntfth, May i§, 1804.
: — j. r
Twenty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this place on the
16'h of ApriHaff, Samuel Lewis, a private
Suldeir in the United States Artilleries, aged twen
ty fix years,6ve feet nine inchti high; light complex#
ion, bro'wn hair, blue eyes, ^as born in Kittery,
Mat and, is by occupation a Blackfmith.— Atjo,
defected do the ift inst. Samuel MiLEs, a loi
aier as above, aged twenty-fix years, five feet, <
ten anda haUitt bes high ? fair _complexion, light
hair, grey eyes, was born in Canterbury, New
bamptiiire, arid is by trade, a Hatter.
Whoever will appre.berid said Deserters,
and deliver them to me at this place, or to an. Mil
itary Officer, of the United States, shall receive
the above reward, and all reasonable charges; or
ten Dollars for each of them.
An additional reward of2c Dollars, will
be given for the apprehension and delivery of
LEMUEL GATES, Capt. 4rt.
Commanding;
Frt Cufifutim, Ma, 2, 1804,