Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-08-31 00:00:00, page 3

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Ports MO"TH, August gt, 1802.
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TOWN MEETING.
Rockingham,ff.
Ptafmouth, 30th Jug rto2.
At a Town Meeting held this day pursuant to
notification for the inhabitants to give in their
fufrages, for five Members to Represent this State
in the Congress es the United States, tb take their
fears in March next ; Likewise a member to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jo
* %ph Peirce, Efa.
After making choice of the Hon. JOHN LANG
DON, Esq. Moderator, the inhabitants proceeded
to bring in their votes. They flood in the follow
ing order :— viz.
votes
NAHUM PARKER. Esq. 316
SAMUEL HUNT, Esq. 121
To till the vacancy of Mr. Peirce.
To take their feats in March next.
Col/CLEMENT STORER, 315
THOMAS COGSWELL, Esq. 316,
JONATHAN SMITH, Esq. 316
NAHUM PARKER. Esq. 316
MOODY BEDELL, Esq. 316
NICHOLAS GILMAN, Efq.r
SAMUEL TENNEY, Esq. izr
SAMUEL HUNT. Esq. 121
CLIFTON CLAGGETT, Esq. izr
SILAS BETTA N-,-Efq. T2t
DAVID HOUGH, Esq. 121
True copy from the Record.
GEORGE WENTWORTH,
Town Clerk.
We are happy to have it in our power to grati
fy the wishes of the editor of the Centinel, with
: reCpeß to a “ political convalescence" at the
'“ dose. of the poll" yellerday, which announces
4 greater majority of Republican votes than has
teen given (far Representatives te Cougrefs) tor
• number of years past.
Petersburg, Aug. t 2.
THE negro Robin, who was murdered at Wil
mington, (N. C.) as mentioned in our paper of
the 6th inst. it seems, was hired there by the in
dulgence of hi# tnaller, in order to remain with
his wife. Dr. Robert Nefbitt, who murdered
him, committed the horrid deed, in order to get
possession of Robin's wife, to whom he had form
ed an attachment. Nefbitt is a marreid man.
The executive of North Carolina has made a
regular application to the executive of South
Carolina, tor Nefbitt—and we understand there
is no doubt but that he is ere this apprehended
and delivered up.
. [Rep. W.T.
“ You express a with in your letter to return
to America by a national thip ; Mr. Dawson,
Who brings over the treaty, and who will prefect
you this letter, is charged with orders to the
Captain of the Maryland to receive and accom
thodate you back if you can be ready to depart at
foch a Abort warning. You will, in general, find
us returned to sentiments worthy of former times ;
in these it will be your glory tp have steadily la
boured, and with as much effect as any man li^
fog* Qar y° u ma y live l° n g to continue your
nfehil iXsurs, and reap the reward in the thank
hilnefe of ndtiohs, is my fineere praver. Accept
the af&ranbes of my high efleem and affectionate
attachment.
THOMAS JEFFERSON."
But alas ! how illusive is hope—of what
short duration is the trancient p^afure cre
ated by the wandering imagination ; how
ohen, when man conceives his expectations
are on the point of being realifed, does the
airy phantom of which he is in pursuit, e
hide his grasp, and vanish from his fight
forever ! On Saturday accounts from Mon
ticello were received, bating that the Ptc
lident was in good health —and with the
news all the fine profpeas of future Navy
yard centrads, timber jobbing, renewal of
the alien and sedition la'ff. ; ,pofitiuo of
taxes on houses, land/, bids. (tamps, &c.
dliuppeared '\ike the baft'lcfs f^uc of a vi
ifc./ ——-
BOSTON; Augufi 23.
Government has received official accounts from
Mr. Simpson, our Confnl at Tangiers, and Com
modore Morris, of the declaration of war against
the United States, by the Emperor of Morocco :
But these accounts are dated the 25th June, and
d, not invalidate the later accounts of the r^cal of
Kr. Simpson, and of the restoration of inter
course. — —~ Centinel.
Capt. Goodwin, who arrived in town yesterday
from Amsterdam, informs, that on the sth July,
five fail of Dutch men of war, with the transports
and troops, were lying in the Texel, bound to the
Cape of Good Hope, and that two frigates, with
frteen transports and troops, were waiting a wind,
being bound to the Dutch Colonies in the Welt-
Indies. —t- „
On the 15th of June, about 5 minutes be- ¥
fore it, P. M. a shock of an earthquake
was felt at Port-Royal, in the island of Mar-.
tinique ; and on the 6th, 10 minutes before:
<), A. M. there was another most violent
shock, which lasted two minutes ; several
Hone walls were levelled to the ground, and
one or two men were killed, and several
* ", rounded; a ship of war, several
leagues from the land, felt it severely ; the
<bi,p:cg in the harbor sustained no injury.
[Savannah Paper.]
We find in our latert London papet the follow
ing extra& of a letter from Thomas Jeffer
son, President of the United States to Thomas
PaINE, about whith so much has been said.
3 he had been iceidentdly poifond Sy eat
ing toad.ftools instead of mushrooms—at four
te had intentionally swallowed a large quan
tity of Laudanum—at 6 he was certainly
dead ! and in the evening a knot of sage
politicians were peculating c^ the proba
bility of (hortly having a Federal President,
calculating that Mr. Burr was Toon to be
ihot in a duel with De Witt Clinton.
To this accusation J cannot plead guilty , as 1
have ever been particularly careful in giving cre
dit to pieces taken from that paper ; and if an
aQ of injuflice has been committed against its edit
ors in this refped, it must have taken place
during my confinement with jicknejs, at which
time I was totally unable to pay the Jmnllefl atten
tion to my occupation. I trust this will be a jatif
factory apology to the gentlemen, and that they will
not believe that, to be guilty of plagarijm is my
" way of doing buftnefs.". Novu, if th'ey will put
their allegations into one jcale, and these consider
ations into another, one account willjuf Balance
th:other, and Jfh^l be 'Sufficiently tn love with"
their “ friEDum to approve Juch" fair "dealing."
But if they are not inclined to " Balance our ac
count" in this way. Ifhall after this, be no more
<c in love" with the freedom" of their condufi,
in*this refpeft than they are with the supposed
" freedom" of mine ; for he who from apparent
go^dground makes a falfe accusation yet will nog
retrail it, ought to be certain he is always in the
rt^/,- Editor.
" The printer of the Portsmouth " Republican
Ledger, has made free to borrow sundry pieces
which appeared originally in our paper, without
giving credit for them. If this is the manner in
which he choojes to tranfall bufmefs, we desire him
to Balance our account .and Jlrike us' out of his
book ; as we are not Jufficiently in love with c< free
dom" to approve such dealing."
At Lynn, Mr. Nathaniel PARROT, to Miss
Hannah Swan.
At Stoughton, Mr. Sarda Drake, to Miss Polly
Dreggs.
To jip the Jueets of Plea/ure's botcl,
Os Heav'n each lover begs ;
But he's a drake who'd swallow all,
And drink the Very okECS.
At Scarborough, Mr. William Larrabee; aged
77, to Miss Tabitha Whitmore. The match ap
pears to have been a happy one, as the Son-in-law
of the bridegroom gave this toast at the wedding
flipper :— 'My father-in-law, so long as he is kbie
to carry a peck of bran, never be destitute of a
wife for more than 14 days at a time."
At Rye, Mr. Charles Hardy, of this town, to
Miss Miry Cochran, of St. fohn's.
In this town, Mr. William Clarkfon, aged 55,'
to Mrs. Matilda Odiorue, aged 70,alter a cburtfhip
of 30 days.
A man who did not know them, would be Indu
ced to futpetl that the Tories really felt a degree
of respect tor General Washington's revolutionary
services—but place them like their great proto
type Porcupine, on the English fide of the vater
and like Porcupine's praise, we should difeover
the real value of it.— Aurora,
When Solon, one of the wisest sages of antiqui
ty, Was axed " When will men have a govern
ment to th'ei'r minds ?" he replied, “ When kings
are Philosophers." But the federal wiseacres of
modern times, wiser than him, tell us that men
will not be governed well when their chief mag
iflrate is a philosopher. What a pity it is that
the President of the United States cannot dived
himtelf of those accomplishments which render
him one of the firft philofopbers ot the age, and
become as indifferent to genius and science as
some other rulers of the free and enlightened
flares', that he might remove this insurmountable
Humbling block from the minds of fetch liberal
and sincere friends to their cbdntry and mankind
as these exclusive friends “ of order and govern
menc I" A>.
Th; Governor of the iflahd of Kaffau,
has issued a proclamation, declaring the port
of New-Providence Ihut for the present to
American veflels ; and faired provisions ate
not admitted from this country, even in
British bottoms.,
The following advertisement is copied verba
tim from an Euglifh print : " Wanted to purchase
by a clergyman, a living, in a fine Sporting coun
try, v here the duty \s light, and the neighbour
hood convivial I"
At Norwich, (C.) Mr. John Trumbull, aged
50, Editor of the Connecticut Centinel#
At Newport, Rev. Gardner Thurston, Pastor of
the Baptitt Church in that town.
At FoJier, (N. H.) Mr. Jofhna Jones, aged 57.
At Baltimore, Kev. Dr. Allison, Senior Pallor
of the Pr<fb,teriar. church in that city.
At Boflon, Mr. Samuel Stearns, aged 49, late of
Salem. Mr. William Dyer, tobacconilt,aged 26.
At Salem, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. J. Edwards,
fen. aged 55. Mary, wife of Mr. Luke Heard,
aged 33# of the droply. The wife ofCapt. Robert
Roller, aged 56. Mif> Mary Lang, aged 17, of
confumptlon.
tie Ntg hgland Palladium tells us that " a
tclijhing take; is emptying the pockets ts Ameri
ca." This is the tirtl time we have heard that
retrenching the expences and faying the money
of a people is emptying their pockets; and we
think it would require more ingenuity than Dr.
Dwight, Dr; Motte, Mr. Dutton, and all their
coadjutor, possess, to make a nation believe so
foolish and absurd an assertion.— Bee.
At Buones Ayres, in the River la Plata, Mt.
Samuel Meek, of Salem, aged 24.
At Durham, very suddenly, on the 14th inst. the
Hon. Ebenezer Thompson, Efq # aged 65.
In this town, Mr . M'Giil, aged 52 Mrs. Mary
Stoodley, wife of Mr. Thomas Stoody, aged 64. —
A child of Mr. George King—and a child of Mr.
John Gains
SHIPW RECK.—" Waterford,(Conn.) Aug. 23.
George Dickson, a seaman, landed on the Great
Neck, in an open boat this morning. He relates
that he was a seaman on board the brig Mary of
New-York, from Bolton, bound to New-York,
commanded by Capt. Newtus, (a Mr. Penny, part
owner and supercargo. was on board) —-that on
Wednesday night lari they run on an island which
he thinks is called Muftegot, between Nantucket
and the Vineyard, on the outlide. The foremaft
went over the tide as soon as the Itrock ; the boat
was then ordered out and the informant had hold
of the painter, wfa a breaker wMhe4 overboard
Centre of tygmen.
—MARRIED—
^bw rws.
Funo ide Hudfm “ Balance."
a^ovtalitp.
—DIED—
WHEREAS, by a law of Congress
palfed on the26th day of April, 1802,
it was enaded, ''That it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of War to receive claims to
lands tor military services, and claims for
duplicates of warrants issued from his office,
or from the land office of Virginia, or of
plats and certificates of lurveys founded on
such warrants, suggested to have been loft or
destroyed ; until the firft day of January
next, and no longer ; and immediately there
after to report the fapie to Coogrefs, de
signating the number of claims of each
description, with his opinion thereon,"
Notice is hereby given, To all persons
claiming lands for military services, that
hey muff lodge in this office, prior to'the
hr(t day of January next, documents to prove
he validity of their claims.
Coinmilhoned officers, surgeons and fur
peon's mates, or their legal representatives
mull produce evidence to. prove that they
served in the army of the United States to
the end of the war, or that they were de
ranged by a tefoluticn of Congress, which
did not bar their claim to military bount'
lands. It will also be rteceffary for the rc
preferitatives of officers, &c. killed in the
Service to produce evidence to pfove that the
person was " slain by the enemy."
Non commillioned officers, musicians and
privates, or their legal representatives mull
produce evidence to prove, that they enlisted
to serve in thb army of the United States
during the war, and that they actually serv
ed until the end of said war. It will also
be necessary for the representatives of noh
commiffioned officers, &c. who were enlilt
ed during the war and were killed in the
service, to ptodbee evidence to prove that
they were " slain by the enemy."
H. DEARBORN.
War Department, ?
Aug.
William & Cliarles Neil
HAKE FOR SALE,
33 Hhds, 1 Trinidad SUGARS, of
10 Barrels? an excellent quality,
30 Hhds. MOLASSES.
10 Hhds. RUM.
Hhds. COFFEE.
ALSO,
A general aflurthnent of
GROCERIES,
on their usual moderate terms.
P rJmonjh;Augufl 24.
HEALTH OFFICE, Portsmouth, Aug. ij.
We are happy to date that no. case of fever, even
of a iufpicious nature, has happened within the last
nineteen days. Ihetown is remarkably healthful,
and we believe, through the blellings of divine
Providence, that our Calamities are at an end.
fya%. Tlay 24 —Every thing in sass, is dull
h^r- , ? efeot —-Cadiz, July ig —Markets *re
dull at til, pace. Staves however, bear a good
price ; atkl flour is at 9 (dollars. Slip Montezu
ma, of Baltimore, will 4000 barrels Flour has
arrived, but cannot fell. St. Croix, Aug. 2 Flout
9 dols. ; bee & pork very scarce. At Cape Fran
cois, July so, Flour 8 dollars a barrel ; boards 30
dlls, but 01) the fall. 10 per cent, duties on all
provisions At Aux Cayes Aug. 1, Flour, 9 aad
dlls. Pork 20 a 24; Hearings, 6 a6; Molafles
23512; Cocoa 18 a 20 sous, scarce ; Cheese,
Buttet, Lard, plenty ; Duties 25 per cent, on ex
ports, and ten per cent on imports.
At Srrrinam, Joly 25, fidward, M'Lellan, of
Portland, jog arrived. At Cape-Francois, brig
- , Moody, of Bath.
VESSELS SPOKEN.
Aug. t,, lat. 39, Miry, Matthews, 20 da)§ ftom
Kennebunk, for Martinico, Capt. tick.
the boat, and every foul together, except Mr. Pen
ny, who was below ; they Were all drowned, but
the informant, who had presence of mind enough
to hold on by the painter, and was by the boat
drifted on shore. He afterwards law Mr. Penny
cut the main Iheet and clear away the boom, to
try to get on shore by floating with it, when a
breaker carried him over and he saw him no more.
One ot tire crew was washed ashore holding by rhe
derick, but the furf was so high that the Ipar fell
on his head and killed hihi ; ge drew him up and
left him on the Island. Not finding any inhabitants
on the Island, he next day got off his boat, and
landed here thit morning about to o'clock, after
being without nourishment 4 days."
Much ado about nothing !
IN confequerice of an a& passed vy the
Legislature of New-Hamplhire at their
lad session, prohibiting the circulation of
Bank Bills of less value than five dollars,
after the firft day of next December ; many
timorous fouls have thought fit to refute them
from the present tjme ; in consequence,
others who hold them have set them down
as loft.
This is therefore to inform those persons
of the above dejeription, and all others, that
C. PEIRCE, No. 5, Daniel-street, is de
termined to take in pay for any articles in
his store, all kinds of Bank Bills issued from
any Bank in the United States, until the said
firft day of December next.
Said PEIRCE has as large an assortment
of BOOKS and STATIONARY as at any
store in this state. difo, a tew very nice
mahogany travelling and fecretaiies' Delks.
Portfmoirth} Aug. 31,
ELISHA LOW, 1
L. SPALDING, , Health Officers.
B. SHERBURNE, )
VESSELS LEFT.
COMMERCIAL.
%.* An inventory of the Vessels,
Stores, Cargo, &c. with the conditions of sale, will
be made known at time and place of sale, or by
enquiring of the fubferibers any time previous to
fate,
MARK SIMES, ) AdminfCrtters
SAMI SPARHAWK, 5 on fadeflate.
PortJmouth, Augtifi 31.
Sale to commence at ten o'clock—Cajb on fr
livery.
Aug. 31.
VALUABLE PROPERTY,
Belonging to the efate of Capt. Martin Parrt,
late of Portsmouth, merchant, deceased.
—CONSISTING OI-
A NUMBER Ends. RUM ;
barrels BEEF ; a quantity of Salt,
FISH; and a variety of other ar
ticles in faji ldeceafed's (lore. Alfa
§-6 of the brig Union, burthen
about 125 tons, as the lies at Portsmouth
Pier.
A Bed, Bedhead a^a Blanks.
21 pair Sheets,, 3 Coverlets, 5 Table-cloths,
! Carpet, 8 1 ables. 20 Chairs, 2 Cases
Drawers, 1 Writing Deft, Lo <kingGlilles,
Brass Candlelticks, Knives and Forks, 1
Tea Kettle, 2 Puts, Frying-Pan, Coffee-
Pots, Piates Dfhes, Bowls, Mugs, CupM
and Saucers, &c. &c.
*, The faleof the real estate of
Samuel Foss, deceased, is unavoida
bly postponed toTuESDAYtheiqth
of September.
TO BE SOLD
At the Store lately improved by
Abner Newhall,
Late of P?rtjmoutb, deceased, otpfite the C^
lumbian Book-Store, in DameWreet,
An extensive affortnient of Meri's,
Women's, Mills' and Children's
Morocco Shoes ^ Slippers ;
ENGLISH and American Kid
" SLIPPERS ; and a large number of
Women's Stuff Shoes & Slippers, & Moroc
co Cork Sole Shoes ; a few pair of Women's
Mawquefons ; Men's Leather and Morocco
Shoes.s
1-3 of the brig Sally,& Cargo,
now on a voyage to Hispaniola. Likewft,
A GONDOLA.
of every size, for families or travellers.
*, Any persons who may wish to
purctiafe any ui the above Goods, by Wholetale or
Retail, may meet with good encouragement by
applying as above, as the prices are reduced,
(# Confant attendai ce will be given at fatd
Store.
JOHN BADGER,
Attorney to the Adminiflrator of the efate of
AftN£R Newhall, deceased.
Portsmouth, Augujl 31, 1802.
FOR SALE
By Charles B. Grace,
Near Liberty Bridge,
100 barrels PICKLE FISH,
put up in the belt manner for the Welt
ludia market. Augifly.
Cordevan Boots ; whole and half
Boot Legs, very nice ; coarse and fine, red,
green and black Morocco Skins ; black
Leather Calf and Sheep Skins ; white and
tariff'd Sheep Skins.
An assortment of Sile Skin, Hair,
and Leather
One half of a pew, in the
broad aisle, in Mr. Buckminfter's Meeting-
House. 1 Enquire of the Printer.
Portfmeutb) August if
At the Store of MARK SIMES, B</w Street,
On TUESDAY next,
At eleven o'clock, A. M.
A, VARIETY OF
CHEAP SHOE STORE.
TO BE SOLD At
public auction,
TO BE SOLD
At Public Au&ion,
UN WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1.
At /be Office of
ALEXANDER EWEN.
Market Street, Portfrnouth,
A variety of ,
FURNITURE,
AUCTIONS.
TRUNKS,
TO BE LET,
NOTICE.
Confuting of