Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-07-06 00:00:00, page 2

'Fromihe Pittsfield Sun.
THE third ele&ion of Pre@i#
under the Constitution called
forth the exertions of the Politic
cal Partisans. The candidates
were Mr. Adams and Mr. Jef
ferson* Those who were in
favor of a high toned system of
government were in favor ofMr.
Adams, Among his moft&eal
ous supporters, were the great bo
fy of those who had been offfa
to the American Revolution. To
ry principles were then advocat.
ed with a degree of success. Mr. ;
Adams obtained the election.—
From that time we date a depart
lure from republican principles.—
>lnstead of a plain ©economical
government, we find a fyftern of
measures pursued, in extravagance
and foil, aping and rivaling the
corrupt Monarchical systems in
Europe. An Arm, raised and
supported, at avast expence, in
time of peace. A Navy created
under many disadvantages, and
in a great degree ufelef; Min#
ifters fen, to many European
Courts at an expence of nine
thousand Dollars per yea,, and
nine thousand Dollars outfit. ——
With some of which we had but
little more connexion than with
the government of KamJkolca.—
These, with many other expendi
tures of the public money equal,,
)y Shameful, were some of the
meafurcs of Mr. Adams's admin#
iftration.
The annual revenue was from ;
nine, to eleven Millions of Dol-I
lars. This sum, great as it is,,
was found inadequate for the
purposes of the then Government.
The National Debt was conftaryt
ly increasing—Money was bor-1
rowed at the rate of eight per cent
to make up deficiences—New;
species of taxes were levied—A 4
Direct Tax, together with a vari-1
ety of Internal Taxes were put in-!
0 to operation—Swarms of Petty
Officers were Scattered thro' the
United States to inforce theit col
le&ion. These Officers were
continually chanting the praifes'
of the administration, which al
lowed them about one fifth of the
money colle^ed- An; Alien and
a Sedition law followed in the
train of Federal Measures. By
the firft, the foreigner who had
fought an asylum in our country ;
from the oppressions of despots,
was placed at the disposal ot the
President, on mere suspicion——
without any accusation against
him, without any trial, he was li
able to be driven from ourdhores.
By the second, our own citizens
~ who chose to vent their spleen a
gainst the President or the Ad:
ministration were made liable to
fine and imprisonment. As if
confclogs of having abused the
trusts committed to them, it be
came an important object to de
prive their fellow citizens of the
liberty of complaining. ^'
y , Such are some of tne measures
ofthe late administration. ' ,In
looking back on pa& times, who
does not recoiled the tendency
of measures ? Who has forgotten
;the calumny and opprobrium
heaped onihe greatest Republi.
tai chara&ers of our country ?
Why was it necessary to render
odious the very name Republi
can ? Why disturb life ashes of a
Franklin ? How happened it
that Tories were so frequently el
evated to polls of hpnor ? Why
were they so remarkably plea fed 4
; @fa F&rd Atyfoion ?
It was because they law that our
government had departed from
the Whig principles of our coun
try, and were Shaping the Vessel
of State in the track which Kings
and Despots had struck out before
us. .
Norwich, furte 16. On Sun#
day last, between it &12 o'clock
jasa son of John Nichols' of
prefton, was wandering ina neigh,
boring swamp for apples, he sud
denly difeovtred the bushes in a
tremulous motion around him,
turning himfelf, he perceived a [
monstrous serpent, already in the;
attitude of springing upon the- de-'
fencelefs child.—Frightened, the
astonished lad ran with speedy
steps to his fathers house, and % I
larmed an elder brother, who im
mediately hastened, with a load,
ed gun to the horrid feene. Ob-?
serving a number of birds flutter
ing in the thicket uttering doftort.
ed notes, he proceeded with cau
tion into the bulhes, where hefoon
got fight, at a distance of about
tWo rods, of this monOrous rep
tile. He immediate!, aimed at
him but unfortunately his gun
milled fire 3 successive times ; on
hearing the snap of the piece, the
snake immediately made towards
him, with incredible fury. This
forced the young man to retreat
out of the swamp in order to ham.
mer his flint ; which having com
- Ipleated, he returned a second
time to the charge. He again
,discovered him at the distance of .
I only a few feet, coiled rin a circle,
'lri^hcad elevated 1^ or 14 inches
above the earth in afpringing post
ture. Finding no alternative,
but to " L7/ or & fc'/fot" he inr
!mediately snapped bis piece ; but
>it still miffed fire. Taking cour.
lage, therefore, for a last effort he
f again leveled, and was so fortu.
'nate as to difeharge the contents
leffectually into his coil. The
1 Shot cut him into three pieces; &
on admeasurement he was found
to be 7 feet 6 inches in length &
15 in circumference ! He was of
fbe racer breed, having a white
ring round his neck.
Washington, fune 18. By the
Two Betfies, Capt: Allen, from
the Cape, arrived at Baltimore,
we have received the following
important information refpe&ing
the ptefent state of St. Dofningo,
which, though verbal, may be
fully relied upon from the intelli
gence of the fouce from which it
is derived. It is as late as June
Ift, when the vessel failed from
the Capty
By that period, the whole Span
ish part ofthe Island, as it is usu.
ally termed, was tranquil, and the
mountains were entirely free from
ri^roeshft"
The fouth part of the Island,
or the part usually called French
wasalfoin a tranquil and flout;-, d
ifhing state This feftion in.
eludes Aux Cayes, and other
P OrtS *
Ofthe weft part of the Island,
Jeremie and the adjacent coun.
try were also tranquil and flour
ishing, while the remaining por#
tion was in a state of gradual ref.
faration to order and improve.
Os the north part the di(lria of
Jean rabel was faft improving^
from which to Fort Dauphin, in-
§ eluding the Cape, was entirely de-
Ifoliitedt " All the negro cultiva
tors had however, returned to^@
I refpeaivc plantain bought lit.
tie work wa& yet done owing to
the country not being Sufficiently
recovered from the late feene of
dedru&ion.
Todiffaint and Christophe had
surrendered, and were permitted
to remain Qn their plantations
with a final! body of blacks ; the
former of whom was atthe Gonai.
vs;
There were supposed to be a
bout 7 or 8,000 wandering ne
groes on the mountains ; but they 1
were destitute of leaders, and had;
no magazines either of provisions;
or military stores.
Since the surrender of Touif.
faint, a French post between the
Cape and the Gonaives, confining
,of 32 soldiers, had been taken and
;the soldiers murdeted. The aft
disavowed by the leaders of the
negroes,
A number of the most refpe&.
able planters, chiefly whites, had
been called by Le Clerc to con
vene at the Cape, and to affill him
by their advjce, in re*organifing
the affairs of the island, in order
to place the government at pre#
sent entirely military, in ttie hands
of a civil administration. This
result Was expeded during this !
month.
The whole number of French
troops in the island were estimat
ed to amount to about ^o,coo
including about 2,000 negroes;
of whjch 15, cOO were in the best
order Tor service. Os the 3,000
troops, before employed in <E.
.gypt, Scarcely 100 remained, ow
ing to their feeble health on
reaching the island.
But three Ships of war remain#
ed at the island, viz. 1 of 30 and
two of 74 guns, under the corns
mand of Admiral La Touche.
Three hundred houses have
been lately repaired, and are now
occupied in the Cape.t
The island in general was heal
thy, except the Cape ; the ill
health of which had arisen from
the uncommon dryness of the
weather for two months, which'
usually form the rainy season, and|
from the unufqal prevalence ofj
the westerly winds for two weeks|
antecedent to the 25th of May,;
during which season the average
morality in the army was 30 a
day. But on that day a heavy
shower fell, which had so benefi
cial an effed, that on the four
subsequent days the mortality on#
ly amounted to 5,4, 2, and 5.
General Hardy, who had ren
dered himfelf very odious by his
cruel exercise of power had died
to thejoy of the inhabitants.
, tQte=
SOMETHING NEW.
The following article is copied
from a letter received in New#
Bedford, from a refpe&able char
a&er in Gailford County, N. Ca.
rolina, under date of 2d May,
" I have lately heard of something
new to me. A fujiice of the
Peace in this county, lately bought
a number of Negroe children,
put of Virginia 6, weight; at 3^
dollars per pound. This mafe,
her of proceeding with human
flefh, I have not before been ac
quainted with."— o Jhame where
is th, blush,
''^'SLAVES.
A vessel (lightly covered as
Danifli property, but supposed
to belong to Mann and Foltz ? of
Charleston, S. C. lately arrived
from St. Thomas's with 78 flav^s
on board & for some time lay off
and on before the port, waiting
for purchafers;ai length, howev
er, the crew, through impatience,
ran the vessel into &rleftoQ, ^
where flie was taken porieffion of
by a guard, under the too long
neglected law of that State against
the Have trade.
Extract of a letter from Case
Francois, ta a gentleman at Bal.
timore, dated iith June.
" I must inform you with infin^
ite pleasure, that Toujffaint, his
party and accomplices, are arreff.
ed, put in irons, and on board the
frigate Le Creole, bound for the
many crimes he has committed.
The Cape has been illuminated,
anQ the effigy of Touiffaint borne
in every direaion, by the colour,
ed people, and universal joy if
conspicuous ,in every counte.
nance,"
—■emptor,
Augusta, (Gep.) June 9 —BY,,
a gendeman from Fort Wilkinfoti
we are informed that previous to
his leaving that place, about 1000
or 1200 Indians bad arrived there
for the purpose of attending the
.treaty—hat the meeting between
the Federal commissioners, and
the Indian Chiefs had taken place
in a spacious square prepared for
the purpose, and after the cere,
monies on the occasion were 0#
ver, one of the Chiefs addressed
Col. Hawkins, & observed ; that
he rejoiced that the red&the white
people could now meet like
brothers, that the hatchet was bu
ried deep in the ground, and he
hoped there would be no occa
sion of railing it again forever.—
Their Chiefs and Warriors, he
observed, had before listened to
the friendly^talks sent them by
their great iFather Wafhingtop,
and thaohey had profited much
by them, his advice was whole,
some, his council good—that
when God had called him away,
they had again liftned to the
friend talks sent them by Farther
Adams, had found them good, &
profited by them—that they had
now at the invitation of their
white brethren, corner again and
were willing to listen to the talk
of Father Jefferfon, which they
hoped also to find good & friend,
ly.—Col. Hawkins we understand
in reply expressed great fatisfac,
tion, at the friendly meeting of
the red and white people, & hop
ed that the hatchet that had long
been buried, would no more be
raised by either nation against
their brethren of the other—he
rejoiced, at their conviHions that
the talks they had heretofore
had from their former Fathers
bad been for their good and that
they experienced the benefits of
them, and aftured them that they
would now have none, but what
Would be equally calculated for
their advantage, and intended to
strengthen the cords of friendship
between them and their white
brethren. The Indians, we un.
derfland, have the most unbound#
ed confidence in Col. Hawkins
whom they call , the beloved
man," and his influence among
them 'tis said is as unbounded as'
their confidence—they are per
fe&ly friendly, and between
them and the whites the utmost
harmony subsisted. w
:TRENTON?June 21.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTif
On the Bth inst. a melancholy
accident took place in this vicin
ity. Mr. Jeremiah Mahong, be
ing exceedingly fond of his gu^.