The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-02-19 00:00:00, page 3

temporary.
The principles of the new system are the fame
las the dd, the arrangement of adminittration and
leglflation only becoming different.
these are the visible pperatidns of a durable na
ture which the Tat^ft information designate ; there
are others which arise cm of the confidence Which
has been so finghlarly ^hdCfiidJeuly produced by
the change.
.The ihoU momentous of these is what we had in
the firft hutahce conceived to be a neteflary effe&
of the change. The armies of the republic, which
have achievedYb much, will be now so much in
vigorated that a peace onthe continent of Europe
mult s*lie inevitable consequence; and trade will
be once more freed from every ihackle but thole
' imposed by the British.
France muff rely on her armies, and all Europe
knows what they have to apprehend from them
under the guidance of the genius that appears to
dirfft the deftinics of that nation. Moreau has
seen the fatal neglect by which the arms of the Re
public in Italy svete Suffered to roll ignobly, and
will carry his experience into Germany, Maffena
carries with him from Helvetia, the popularity of
his brilliant recent victories, and to restore the
fair regions of Italy once more to her converted
freedom.
Berthierprofound in all the Science of war at
the head of that department. The brilliant train
of heroes who have Shone ipso many well tried
fields, the superiority of the French military ge
nius, the Augeraus, Lefebvres, and Brunes, pre
pared to lead new armies to triumph.—The
names of these men mull give peace to the conti
nenfof Europe.
France then left to contend with one only ene
my, her deadly and remorseless rival. What must
then be the conference of fitch a State of things?
Britain that has laboured for a century to over-
throw the Grand monarque& reform that wicked
fiction the BALANCE OF power—will intrigue to
ehabhfh an ufuper on a new thrown. Britain will
propose peace io order to intrigue, and (he will
intrigue only to Divide and destroy, hot only the
nation, but the very petfon whom she profeffes a
delire to exalt.
In these efforts she will incur new disgraces, and
on her exposure perhaps the world will once more
resume their confidence in Buonaparte, and he will
be found the hero whose high ambition is to be a
citizen, an&to fee his country free, only as the
prelude, to a peace to Europe more durable than
the has experienced under all the tyrants which'
have lorded it over that fair quarter of the globe
for ten centuries.
Such matt probably will be the issue of the pair
ing events. How happy for the United States
that humiln weakness and rallmefs have not suc
ceeded in plunging us into a war, which assumes
an afpe& so formidable to that perfidious power
which has laboured so much for our deftruttion.
How ought we to bless the wisdom and modera
tion of those men who (tunned by their eloquence
arid their wisdom—by their zeal and activity, the
fatal torrent of war.—How much ought we to
Jury that we possess a Logan—and that a Repub
lican government fuel) as ours is superior to those
where the madness or imbecility of such an ideqt
as feme kings could plunge a nation in irreparable
rwin.' —
On Monday last Mr. Livingston laid the follow
ing resolutions oh the table of the Honfe of Repre
sentatives :
Rejoined, That provision ought to be made by
law for carrying into effbft the 27th article of the
treaty of amity, commerce and navigation be
tween the United States and the king, of Great-
Britain, :
Arfo/veg, That the Prqfident of the United States
on^fts of dtthke, bot, freemen, were indulgent to
a System, even with these defers, which in its Spir
it and arrangement, carried all the grand princi
' pies of social and human happiness into operation,
and laid down as its balls the immutable and eter
nal rights of nnn.
We have before expatiated on the difference of
the local and temporan^ous cirerun fiances which
charaaerife the French from all other revolutions.
11me may yet develope new fatts upon which
the recent changes may be more accurately weigh
ed. At present we can approach to'a much more
flattering profpeft than Ire could firft have expert
ed from the proihineuf ads which produced the
Change. ° r
Leaving the measures -that appear so difgufHug
to freemen, the-despotic mode of proceeding and
the danger of fullering any man, however tr^nfee
dent his talents, and virtue, to dictate laws and
government tea whole people : let us examine
what are the refills which already promise to pro
ceed from the event.
Theconfuiar administration is declared to be
of the pilot, we cannot but lament that fortune
Should be propitious in a cause where measures
6 fatal, as an example to tyrants, Should have
been deemed necelfary to success—We Should, we
candidly contefs, have been willing that like ano
ther Palinurus he Should have been offered up to
the god of the storm. than to have feed his name
sho filled the world, become and object of well
founded jealoof/to those who gloried in the vir
tue and fame Which established his reputati n.
Notwithstanding the injuries and hateful process
by which the Constitution of the 3d year was anni•
hilated, and the usurpation of the Consulate eflab-
Inhed on its ruins ; we mult admit that the consti
tution itfelf, bad-many imperfections—that it had
been violated — that its exigence tended to fub
ferve thewise# eits and viewsof the enemies of civil
liberty.—
The advocates of Representative Government
always admired the distinction of legislative pow
ers, and the control of the popular over the Exe
cutive authority. They admired the plurality of
the Executive, as it gave five men responsible for
executive adts, iuftead ol One; because in even the
nioft defpptic governments there ^are of necessity
advisers, but who are really refponlible only to tlie
perlon whom they advife*
The Constitution was not admired on account
The, ark of the republic appears to have been
tuffed about by an agitated sea, administrative dl
raugement and faction, perhaps produced by the
desperation of the cante,like Scylla andCliarybdis
appeared ready to dath her in pieces or to Aval
low her up.
The means by which She has been rescued from
either Species of ruin, are wonderful. The fuc
cets of the rare man whose fortune seems to have
wafted him for the great purpole from the Shores
of Africa, is a< wonderful tor the manner as for
the etfe&. But while ue admire the fkillfulnefs
of the pageantry and pomp upder which it was
administered —the gaudy robes, the plumes and
tassels of hiffars, and liveried ufners ; giving Shew
to amuft but not to improve the mind, and en
gaging the imagination rather than the judge
went. *
Various other features in the Constitution were
New-York, tan. 5.
This morning arrived ship Mercury, captain
Brawn, 43 days from the Cape de-Verd illands.
Two days after failing, capt. B. fell in with and
was boarded by a French corvette, in company
with two frigates, 16 days from Rochefort bound
to Cayenne ; the commissary of which informed,
that VICTOR HUGHES was on board one of the
frigates ; that they had orders hot to moleff any
American vessels, provided they were furnifhed
withproper papers, particularly the Role d'Equip
age ; ^nd that he did not doubt but all differenc
es between America and France would be speedi
ly and amicaby fettled. They Supplied capt. B.
with a quantity "of bread.
_ .fOfroN, FEE. 17.
The following information is given by Captain
Boden, arrived at Baltimore the 6th inst. from
C^pe-Francois, which place be left the 15th ult.
Savanna, tan. 2r.
The following communication has been transmitted
to us Jruto a correspondent at St. Hilary's.
January 1, 1800.
This day an express arrived at Point Peter with
dilpatches from Col. Hawkins, the Indian agent
.to Mr. Ellicot, the U. S. commiffioher for running
the boundary line. Among the dispatches receiv
ed, there is a proclamation Signed by William Au
gustus Bowles, (tiling himfelt Chief and director
genera' of the Creek nation, which has been Stuck
up and made public through the Creek towns.
This proclamation exceeds in insolence, impu
dence and bombatt, any thing that hath hitherto
been exhibited by this well known adventurer.
Bowles, in the most direct terms denies the right
of either the United States or Spain to run the
.boundary line; or to have any intercourse with
the Indians, but by his authority. He forbids this
on pain of death, to all who may oppose his Royal
will and pleasure. Bowles orders the Indians to
fend Mr. Hawkins and others out of the nation.
Certain it is, one or other of them ought not to
foe there; and the people of this country will soon
fee which of these men will have molt influence
among the Indians, as Mr^Hawkins muff quit the
ground, or drive Bodies, after such proclamation
and threats against him and his country.
Charleston-, JAN. 24.
For Several days this week, good cotton has
been brisk at 21. Sawginned, from is. ad. to is.
6. It was not as brisk yesterday as it was the be
ginning of the week. Rice fells briskly at<6s.id.
cash ; 18s. Bd. is atked for it for noQ of 60 d,;
but we could not learn that, afafthas been fold at
this price. Corn, 4s. 4d.to^^d^^Lno con
erable quantity ar market. Fifyd^^B is up at
the great price of 10 dollars per difficult
to be had. - --
Severe fries of wind have pr^M^Hmongft the
Weft-India Ifl^nds for fevera—U^^paff, which
!iavedonegreat injiiry toc<^^^;n)anyvef -
t^s have beeiteaft away, a^^ff considerably
damaged.
, . 'voff,rrE. 5.
'DARING INCENDIARY. =
Philadelphia, feb. 4.
Extras ofa letter from London, dated 17th Nov.
" We bad, as we supposed, a momentary glance
at peace onthe late revolution in France, but th^
new Consulate seem to concentrate the remaining
energy of the country, and appear determined to
exert it in one great effort, to overrun the yet UQ
conquered countries around them. The utmost
Secrecy is now preserved, not even the Ikeleton of
their councils are open to the populace, as here
tofore ; in Short they have at lalt found that there
is more myflery in the Science of government than
their chimerical doctrine of universal rights and
fuffrages, &c. once allowed—the consequence is,
that toe body of the people cease to have a voice
and-are placed as they ought iq be in a Situation
to have nothing to do with the laws but to be
governed by them." [Curious dodrine.]
FEB, 7.
METEOR.
About 11 o'clock on Saturday evening, a Mete
or was seen iu the Heavens of a somewhat lingular
form. It first appeared as a large globe of fire,
15 or 46 inches in diameter, Shooting forth in an
horizontal direction and emitting a great liglg.-—
It then became^pparently stationary; exploded,
and sent forth a stream of flame, nearly 39 feet in
length and a fool in breadth. The duration of
this Meteor w as about two minutes.
be requested to lay before ffiis House copies of the
requisition for, and other papers relative to, the
apprehension and delivering of Jonathan Rob
bins, under the 27th article of the treaty of Amity,
Commerce, and Navigation, between the United
States and the king of Great-Britain, together
with copies of the communications (if any) be
tween , either of the executive departments and
the judge of the diflrift coutt of South Carolina,
on the fobjeft. .*
Mr. Livingston said, at the time the law was
palled respecting the British treaty, provision was
supposed to have been made for carrying it Sully
into execution—the 27th article, however, oftbat
treaty, had been found unjutt, impolitic, and cru
el —he then read the article ; by a recent construc
tion of which Mr. L. said, a citizen of the United
States might be dragged from his country, his
connexions, and his friends, and' fubje&ed to the
judgment of an unrelenting military tribunal.
The second reflation, Mr. L. said, was connect
ed with the first, altho' addressed to the Chief Ma
gistrate of the Union. It had been said, and re
peated in every paper throughout the United
States, that a letter had been written by an Execu
tive Officer, advising a Judge in his judicial capa
city, ot the line of conduct which it was wished
by the executive, Should be pursued—He did not
know this to be the fact—and would be happy to
find it was not. Nor did he mean now to enter
into any difeuffion on the fubjeft—aid concluded
with laying tne resolutions on the table.
On Monday afternoon, a molt daring and wick
ed attempt was made, to create an extensive con
flagration at Fell's Point. Some villain entered
the Shop of Mr. George Hall, carpenter, Situated
in Bond-Street, on the then windward fide of a
number of wooden buildings, and communicated
fire to a quantity of (havings lying under one of
the work-benches ; the flames acquired a consi
derable height before they were difcpvered and
fortunately extinguished. Such an audacious
outrage on the property of an individual calls for
the inoft active exertions of every citizen to eri
deavar to detect and bring to justice the bate and
daring incendiary.
Domestic Intelligence.
1“ The U. S. Ichr. Experiment, CaptJ Maley;
with a convoy off the ealt end of Gonajves, in the
Bite of Lebgane, was attacked about the 16.11 of
January, by 12 of Rigaud's barges ; during the
action 3 of them went on Shore and renewed their
crew ; the day being calm, they bad every advan
tage of the schooner, but after She had funk three
of them the remainder Sheered off ; ihey however
took pofleffion of a northern brig, Capt. Chipman,
whom they instantly murdered! part of the crew
faced themselves by jumping overboard—She was
afterwards retaken by one of Touffaint's barges.
Dr. Stephens was on board the Experiment at the
time of the engagement."
PORTLAND, FEB. 10.
INCEND!AR ISM.
On Thursday night last an attempt was made to
set fire to the door of,the gaol of this town. It is
supposed that affOance from without was afforded
to some prisoners within ; but further inquiry
may Serve to develope this villainy.
Portsmouth, February 19, 1800.
-,
MR. OSBORNE,
Observing in one of your late papers, an att of
a very extraordinary nature, relating to Banks—
and being told it puffed by a considerable majori
ty, I feel a curiotity to know who could be in fa
vour of it, and as it is generally thought among
us to be unconstitutional and oppressive, 1 think it
would be well to publish the Yeas and Nays on
the Oueitiou. Yours,
ty A COUNTRYMAN.
We comply with the proposal of our correspon
dent and flute the lolloping for his and the pub
lic's information.
Yeas. Yeas. Yeas. Yeas.
Messrs. White, N. Brown, Kelley, Philbrook,
Ladd, True, E. French, Shepherd,
Counor, H. Noyes, Shannon, Willard,
Bell, Bettan, Rust, Frink,
Towle, Dinfmorc, Chamberlain, Tyler,
Dickering, TLompfen, J. Brown, A. Parker,
Whipple, Carr, Gilman. S. Smith,
Tilton, Dearborn, Riddle, E. Peirce,
Worthen, Palmer, D. Emerfon* H.lkel,
Peak Furber, Prichard, Hooker,
J. Webber, Waldron, Jones, Gardner,
J. Smith, Cloutman, Edwards, Grant,
Ciiley, Harper, J. Smith, Upham,
Drew, S. Shepherd, Nefmith, Chafe,
Abootty, Sleeper, Adams, Moody,
Vilfon, wingate, Greeleys Barton,
Godfrey, Boynton, Gerrith, Hurd,
N. Emerfen, Pennin&ui* Griffin. Seaward,
Farrar, KimbaMf-- Holmes, Jofrah Brown
Blodge't, Blaldell, Slade, Storrs,
Franklin, Rulfell, Butler, ~^,
'Hutchens, Everett, Karnes." 87
Nays. Nays. Nays. Nays.
Media. Weeks, Witcher, Meriam, Bartlett,
Parlons, Gibson, Herrick, Burns,
J, Dearborn, Jes. Bartlett, Farnum Wadley,
Rollins. Hodgdon, Putnam, Wilcox, *
E. Webster, Copp, Brocks, Grout,
Hill, Eastman, Alcock, Mack,
Millis, Davis, B. Peirce,, Parker,
Sanborn, Stark, Caldwell, N. Little,
E. Noyes, Ferrier, , ' Morrill, Crawford,
N Morrill, Butterfield, Leach, Cummings,4
wcrilies, m. Gale, Johnfon,l
Larnerd.
On Tuefday last ueek,in Boflon.fnner^Utoppurs
were paid to the memory of the iIIuttrioqPFASH
INGTON, by the Brethren of the Craft, belong
ing to that town, and visiting -brethrep from vari
ous parts of the commonwealth. The proceliion
was composed ^ about sixteen hundred masons.
THE industry and economy of the ant has ever
been proverbial. She is very often held up to view
as a pattern Worthy of imitation. Perhaps we
may derive a little ujeful know ledge from attend
ing to this little insert— which having no guide,
overleer, or ruler, provideth her medt°in the Jam
mer, and gather eth her food in the harveji. The
inference we draw from the foregoing, is Simply
this—that it we mean to Support our Republican
Rights, and to enjoy the fruits of them, we mutt,
like the ant, exercise industry, forefight, & econ
omy—we mutt not, in the language of the Slug
gard, cry, yet a little Jleep, yet a little Jlumber"+-
we must be at our polls—we mull work diligent
ly with our hands—Else the consequences may be,
that poverty and want will come upon us as an
armed man ! Ip reviewing the a^r-s of men, we
often find, that affairs lig^tyj^Hfeo much en
gross the attention, and thWtfffin of the higli
eft moment are unatteiidedi s^R^^'not so with
the ant, for fdbfiflen.ee beml^roiate object
with her, her whole atte ra^raffffiawq to it.
Then learn a lesson—your political fubfillence is
certainly of great magnitude^Aifeft your atten
tion to it—and with the induilry of the ant, lay
in a Store of faithful rulers, whose Study it will be
to protect the Political Granary from all those
noxiaps animals who are apt to make havoc therein.
A little industry wilt enable you effectually to do
this—-For altho' some of your smaller hills have
been overturned and incommoded by the great
tank vraich has been opposed to you,yet labour on
a little, and we doubt not this terrible object writ
be removed, and you will be enabled to prosecute
your labors with success! But in order to this,
you must be vigilant—you mutt be up and doing
a—you mull be inJeaj'on. If you with to enjoy the
priviledges of Freemen and Republicans, you will
surely not fail in attending to those measures belt
calculated to insure them. You will, like the
Republican Rees, turn out all the drones, and re
plenish the hive with such as Shall be more pro.
dti&ive. To conclude, you will chufe such men at
the ensuing eleftion, as will be molt likely to fub
ferve the the cause of Liberty, of Truth, and Jus
tice. So Shall you have the pleafare of Shouting
with the joys." I reaper, and of being made happy
in the fruition of a plentiful harvest.
On Thurfd#y night last, a mod daring and vie
lent outrage was committed against the civil au
thority, by a number of men, u hefin disguise add
with arms, forced the jail in this town, and took
away a woman committed on suspicion of a moll
unnatural and cruekrime. Exertions are making
to difeover the persons who put the laws of their
country at defiance, and the fafety of individuals
Ibid the community at hazard.
Oe Republican 1^ preacbei,
Ao. 14.
GO TO THE ANT, THOU SLUGGARD, CON
SIDER HER WAYS, AND BE WISE.
#e Republican Ledger.
- - SALEM, FEB. 14.
OUTR AGE.
TO BE SOLD,
PHAT valuable property, being
A the Wharf, Graving-Beach, and exten
sive Water privilege, belonging thereunto, lying
on the eafl fide of Water-flreet ; beginning at the
foilth-,ell corner of Mr. Wa& Deering's working
/hop, arfd runs easterly to the channel ; and on
Water-street to Liberty-Bridge, 160 feet, and
from thence easterly, on a paral^ with the before*
mentioned line, to the chants 500 feet. A
Ware-house on the said ftreet,^2 feet length, 26
feet width, and 15 feet poll, with a fail-loft and
rigging-loft ; Likewise a small building for the
conveniency of pots, kettles and naval Hores, when -"
vessels are graying or sheathing. The whole cal
culated for ah excellent Lumber-yard, Wood
^harf, Stores, Tradefmens' shops, &c. &c. with
a good and fate beach, for masts, (pars and other ,
kinds of timber, and may be enclosed at a trifling;
expenefyrom the street.
• An„Pvate gentleman, or a company, who
waihe to purchafd, may have an opportuni
making an advantageous speck: by avail
■pemlelves of a bargain. Such a privilege,
such actuation, and upon such terms, may
■er again for a century ; and there is no im
, foggeft, (that with only one excep-
Wl„there is not a privilege in Portsmouth equal
to the above; for the purposes herein described.—
The conditions may be known by applying to
I •GEO. WENTWORTH.
Potymouth, Fib. 16, ito
A LL persons indebted to, or have
'' any legal claims, against
Capt. ABRAHAM TREFETHEN,
of Portsmouth, are hereby requeued to call
on the subscriber, at hi§ office in said Ports
mouth, who is properly authorized to adjust
the fame.
R. CUTTS SHANNON.
Portsmouth, Feb. 18, 1809.
Among the parcels fold at CoLbenTaut.
were Several marked thus on the out-fide:
"Porcupine's Gazette for Robert G. Harper, EJq. n
"Caricatures of the Vice-President for Mr. Dana.''
"Porcupine's Gazette, and caricatures of the Vice-
President, for Mr.Qtis." /
It is remarkable that some of these parcels were
purchased bv certain members of the fotiety of
friends; whb deprecate Slander and profane pic
tures, and who always obeffhe powers that be -
The caricatures of the Vice-President with the
direction for Mr. Dana, were not the only parcels
of that-commodiry which he deals in ; for it if
worthy of remark, that after the session ot Cofi,
grefs very properly called the extraordinary fef-'
fion^ Mr. Dana who was one of the molt Strenuous
fophifters for the Sedition law, on hisTeturn, car
ried with him @ Connecticut a great number of
those caricatures of the Vice-president, for th#
edification ofthe pious anil orderly people of the
Slate of Connecticut." Aurora.
fafl received by theJloop Washington frem Nezu-York
A. few barrels APPLES,
And for file by
yofeph Champnej.
WANTED, Immediately,
A Brig about no tons, with two
decks, to take a freight for Liverpool.—Also,—
Fifty calks Oil, and Twenty calks Tallow,
in Dipping order,—for which the cash will be paid
on delivery .—Apply as above.
Portsmouth, Feb. 18,1800,
BOOT LEGS:
juJi ~receiied and ready for sale at
Samuel Bowles, junr's.
SHOE & LEATHER STORE, N. 0.3, Daniel-free,,
A NEAT ASSORTMENT-OF
Baltimore Boot Legs, which will
be fold very reasonable for cash, where may be
had— a general assortment ot SHOES and LEA
THER, as ufual.'
Portsmouth, Feb. 18, 1800.
TAKE NOTICE.
TO BE LET,
A final! Farm in Epping, well
known by the name of the Baker place, with a
HOUSE and BARN on the fame, which will be
let (if desired) with only a garden, and liberty to
cut wood to Supply one fire.—Likewise,
A small place in Chester, near
Bell's Tavern.
FOR SALE,
A small Farm in Epping, with a
House and Barn on the fame, formerly owned by
James Taylor.• Likewise,
About 15 acres of good LAND, mostly
mowing, near the Baker place (so called) in Ep±,
ping.—Apply to
Mr. Brown who recommended the extension of
the Slave trade from these dates, is from the State
°, Rhode-lOand. We mention this in justice to
the member from Pennsylvania of that name :
'" a '"' beaten there is not another man avowedly
of the fame disposition in torigrels.
A veffei which was jound engaged in the Slave
trace contrary to law, was some time Since Seized
and fold at Rhode lfland.:%e belonged to a Mr.
Brown of that State : pray is this the fame Mr.
Brown who has been lately elected by that pious
State to CotigreA ? - r
Since writing the above article, nte are inform?
ed that Mr. Brown of congress is the perfun who
owned the Ship concerned in the Slave trade con
trary to law and that when the veflel was fold
by the federal officer at auction, this good federal
Christian, Mr. Brown,member of congress, bought
the drip tor TEN DOLLARS ; can any one blamg
Qlr; Brown for being a good federalif? [ib.^
John P. Williams,
At Newmarket, who will dispose of the Jame orc
very reasonable terms.
Newtown Pippins.