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¥" hold important offices, u ho have been guilt,
gs the fame horrid outrage on the law of God &
man, the profpeft is meft gloomy."
O
WASHINGTON, NOV. SO.
t The Senate was yesterday engaged in discus
sing thePrefidental amendment to the Constitution.
On fixing the number of persons having the high
est number of votes, from whom an elfflion shall
be made by the House of Representatives in case;
no one have a majority—the question to make;
such number five was loft—Yeas 12—Nays 19.
If was thenagreed to make the number three,Yeas
21—Nays 10.1
' The ultimate decision of the amendment, thus
modified, was adjourned until this day.
Hudson, nov. 29.
Mr. Gallatin bar drawn on the Branch Bank
at New-York, in favor of the Britiffi minifter,for
800,000 dollars in specie, being the firft inftal
ment on monies agreed by treaty, to W paid by
|he United States to Great-Britain.
0
Boston, dec. 10.
From Wafoirigton, Nov. 28.
:“ The bill to repeal the bankrupt Aft passed
the House this morning.
" The proposed amendment of the Confutation
fa deflating the votes bf President and Vice
Prendent labors heavily in the Senate. Two of I
its members are absent ; and it takes 23 to make
the constitutional two thirds. Mr. Butler of
(South -Carolina) t democrat,but who wasamem
) ber of the Convention which formed the Confli
tution, and who knows the wisdom in which the
provision was formed, is opposed to the amend
ment ; but to balance this, I an&told, Mr.
Adams, from your state, will advocate with zeal
the amendment ! ! ! But for this,rhbfe who count
numbers fay, there would not be a constitution,
al majority for the proposition.
^ The hfgheft prize, ( Ve>r tbo^and Dollars ') 1
drawn yesterday, against No 16,848, was fold a
few days since, by Gilbert & Dean, at their Lot
tery and Magazine Office No. 56 State-street.
SALEM, DEC. §. ~
1 According to thekfl reports from St. Domingo, °
the Negroes who had full poffeffior, at Jeremie .o
pened their port to the vessels of the United States,
and invited that commerce, which they conducted
with unexpected filc.ce(s and honour, while the
French were favourable to their power and to their
liberty. The friends of humanity mutt be highly
pleased to hear that the Negroes determined on
their liberty, are content to enjoy it ; hading ex
pressed no disposition for wanton dtfbuaion. It
is '? '^ hoped the fame temper will continue to
diftingeifli and to recommend them.
" KEENE, DEC. 3.
„A large and- elegant; Meeting-houte, built upon a
pew conftruaioo, was dedicated to the worship of
Gad, at Putney, on Wednesday last. The Dedica
tory Prayer was made by the Kez. Mr. Sage, ,f
Westminster—the Sermon by the Rev, Mr. Hall,
of this town. A large concourse of people at
tended. , . ' &
''fr* &•&•¥ »*+• fe /►*,£.+» fapfefo frlfy
The Oracle.
TUESDAY, December 1,
„Palladium's Foreign Summary.
By the arrival of Caps. Bartlett, from L?n
don, we,have received papers to the 22d Odober
►inclusive.. The invasion of England had not
been effaced; but was hill tyreatened and ex
peded. No recent m^afures, however indicated
that the expedition was very near its departure.
There were rumours that the French soldiers
had pronounced the flat-bottomed boats un
suitable for the enterprise, and refufed to em
birk ; and that rhe Fir# Conftil, acquiefing in
the reasonableness of their, objections, had or
dered the builders to ,d?Jift from preparing
Others.—l he requisitions of the soldiery, if once
Indulged, will be extended.^-Perhaps these re
ports can merely be coufider^d.^s shewing that
the troops have manifested/ some reluctance.—
The Britifl icontinue augmenting their means
of de fence.—The recent proceedings of the
Enghfh Government evince a belief in the con
tinuance of the war.—The affairs 01 Spain and
Portugal appear to be at a crisis. — Either the
neutrality of ho|h„it seems, must, ere this, have
been definitively agreed to, or both have become
involved in the war.—lbe fituatiorf of the "
Dutch has not been improved, although their
complainings are less audible.,—An attempt of
the French to 0 tain a loan in Holland, has al
together failed ; and the nlual expedient bf re-'
quifaion has been adopted ; but it if hardly
poflibfe that can have been productive.—The
Biitifh Ministers certainly have reason to exped
tyre continuance of the neutrality of the Northern
Powers, if they have non^ to look for particular
evidence of their friendship.— A fleet of mer
chantrcen, under the convoy ofa frigate, fail
ed for the Baltic the latter part of O&ober.—
They must remain in that sea during the win
ter—Many French and Dutch merchant vessels
from the East- Indies have been recently captur
ed.—The prizes of the gallican privateers ar
generally retaken ; those which escape, common
ly enter Spanish ports.
We were yesterday put in possession of a letter frotre
Machias, Washington scanty, diftria of Maine—detailing
I <2 most anhapppy and guilty catastrophe that occurred in that
fr, a few diys since. A young man was apprehended &
lemitted to jail for an attempted rape on a young lady of
„ years of age, who now lies at the point of death. It
* fiated, that his Father enraged at the commitment, fne
g€ded in Letting fire to the jail, which was entirely c®n- %
famed, and the young man was badly burnt. Should no
favourable cirtumftaoce appear in favor of the Father or
§OO, a lengthy extras from the letter shall appear next Sat
urday, /
jThe. Brewers of Southwark (fays a London
,per)have marfhalled their draymen into a bull
work, for the defence of their breweries against
seeremy in case of invafioq ; Sir John Barley
-0: rto have a leading command. The French
ft seems have heard .what mighty deeds are done.
by for, and have been long brewing mifehief a
gainst the mariufaaurers of this article : but the
brewers, d»pr^d up to va\6ut, &.fermenting foth
rage, against the foe would scorn to turn their
backs upofrihe threateners. * The gallant Dray
men, espousing the carafe of their mailers, are de
termined to convince Bohaparte they are as good
marksmen at a butt as the belt ofhis iharp fhpoters.
His threats they fafr, are all froth, and if evdr he
or his meagre troops, come within reach of their
barrels, they shall be tapped to a certainty & get
such a majhing as they never before experienced.
They fwear,they will peg them to theirfheart's
Content, without any grains of mercy, and thus
fhew them the difference between ,loup maigre
and brown float.
fydt«<fy.fy.^&*frfcrt 4fo.tfcfy.«fy w *,ss
• Marine List.
December 8. Arrived schooner *SucceG, Young, frem
Demarar^frfailed Nov; r, in company with schooner Hero,
Odiorne, Portsmouth —left at Demarara, ftip Samson,
Tibbets, Portsmouth, fail 15 days; schooner Sally, Oram,
do. do 25 do ; schooner Hero, Pray, do. do 20 do ; brig
George Walhington, Parrot, do do 20 do for Savannah ;
schooner Peggy and Polly, Cook, of Newbury-Port,dO do.
3 do, brig Hiram, Archer, of Salem, do do 3 do, brig
Hopewell, Vere, of do do 20 do, fliip Polly, Willifton, of
Boston do do $7 do, schooner Laura, of Bath, do next day
for Boston, schooner firft Attempt, Coring, for Boton, do
10 days, brig Valerius, Harding, of Kennebeck, for Bof
tou, do 27 do, brig Orion, Lines, of N. Haven do 15
do; brig Freeman, Plant, of do do 10 cfo. ^ ,At Berbice
fhrp Dixen, of Portland, loading, brig Tarantula, Taylor,
ol Boston, and fotiooner Betsy, of Boston, just arrived, brig
Veroni, of Chatham, three days in. Nov. 9th, under, the
lee of Martinique, was boarded by the English ship Blen
heim of 74 guns, and informed that all the ports of Mar
tinique and Guadaloupe were in a state of blockade. Nov.
loth, in lat. 15, 10, N. long 61, 35, W. still in company
with Capt. Odiorne, saw him carry away his fore top fail
yard—spoke with and supplied him with a spar to make
another, and then-left him. Nov, 13th, Sambrero bearing
S S. E, 50 leagues, spoke brig Lucy, Porter, from Port
land, bound to Guadaloupe, wind N. E. by E. Dec. sth,
lat. 4^ 31, long. 69, 44, W. spoke brig Union, from Port
land, bound co Richmond.
Dec. sth, arrived the fchr. Rambler, White, in 24 days
from Turks Island, spoke Nov. 30th, in lat. 38, 30, north
long. 70, 0, the brig Herreid, Thomas Butler, of Newbu
ryport, 24 days from Guadaloupe, bound for Newbury
port. 1--
Vessels 'Left.
At St Thomas, November 11, Hope, Riley, Portsmouth
—At Baffaterre, October 30, brig Governor Strong, Board
man, Portsmouth, waiting for payment from government.
Vessels Spoken.
November 10, lat 26, 17, long 66, 44, brig Bet
sy, Barrel, 10 days from Grenada for Portsmouth or Sa
vannah— December 3, ship Sarah and Eliza, from Ports
mouth, for New-York, 14 days out—December 4, lat 41,
schooner Friendship, 36 hours from Portsmouth.
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ORDAINED] —at Weftfitid, on the 16th ult. the Rev.
Isaac Knapp. —At Chelmsford, on the 16th in&. the Rev.
Wilkes Alien, to ,e pastoral care of the Church in that
town. Rev. E. Foster of Littleton, made the introductory
prayer, Rev. J. Sumner, of Shrewsbury, delivered an ap
propriate difeourfe, from 1 Kings, if. 2. “ And fora tbyfelf
a o%' Rev. M ri Adams, of A&on, -prayed before the
Charge. JUv. Dr. Cummings, Os Billerica, gave the
Charge. Rev. E. Ripley, of Concord, prayed after the
Charge, and Rev. R. Holcomb, of Sterling, gave the
right hand of FelloWfbip.
fr.<d ±.tfafr.fy.Hrt4rtfcfy.fyb ^HbHbbfofy.
MARRIED]—In thivtown Mr. John Usher (a resident)
-to Mils Mary D. Nutter.
The worthy Bishop of Limeric, (Ireland) at the age of
82, lately celebrated the nuptial bans with a lady in the
bloom of 22!
^^^^^^^omft £££ttwit mm it
Died on Wednesday the 23d November last, at Shipton,
province of Lower Canada, after a long, lingering, pain
ful, distressing fllnefs, Thomas Simpson, jun. aged 21
years, to of Thomas Simpson, Esq. of Newhampton, in
this state. Hia disorder raged to such a degree, that no
medical art could give relief, but grace and chriftian forti
tude enabled him patiently to endure all the dispensations
of God's providence, and meet his fate with resignation, in
thetfull belief of future happiness through the pardoning
mercy of Jesus Christ. It may truly be said of this young
man that he was morally good, a pattern to youth for in
dustry, sobriety of manners, obedience to parents and fu
pcriors,,..
At Grenada, Mr. Benjamin F. Thurston, aged 18,
formerly of this town.
At Demarara, Mr. George Yeaton, son of Hop
ley Yeaton, Esq. commander of the Revenue Cutter for this
diftria.
Killed by the kick of a horse, at Fitzwilliam, on the
loth inst. Brael Whitcomb, of Winchendon, aged J 5, a
valuable member of society
h Dr- Brackett,
"INFORMS the Public that he has ta
-11 ken a shop and lodgings at Mr. Amos Tappan's
nigh Reg. Mr. Walton's Meeting House, and next
door to Samuel Penh^low's, Esq. 0
December 10, 1803.
Joseph & Joshua Haven
' No. I, Merchants' Row,
HAVE received by the last arn.aifr
from England, a large assortment of
Fall & Winter Goods,
which are now ready for sale, wholefate and
retail- November 5, 1803.
REMOVAL
B. Brierley;
BEGS leave to acquaint his friends,
and the public, that he has fremoved from
bruad-fheet to that commodious new Fire-proof
Brick-Store, No. ^, Market-street,
"w^re he has for file, received by the late different
arrivals from Europe, a iroft extensive and chocie
ASSORTMENT OF 1
Fashionable, Fancy, & Staple
GOODS;
3^ ^^ ,%^:,^
Wpublijhed by W. & D. Treadwell,
Dr. Watt's Divine Songs,
...Prayers, &^Catechifmr, ~ <
'attempted in easy language, for the use of
Childrens & o , ,%
Portsmouth, Dec. to.
. Robert Harris,,
das removed from his jlore on Langdorf ^
Wharf, t, one on Church Hill, wiser;fc $n
for Sale, c%!%w prices 9
, Brandy? Iron,
G' n >Spanish Sugars,
Rum, Ailum,
Malaga, "1^ Olives,
^"^ (I ~ d '^ ^ ^dQ
Vidonia, Jo Nails,'
Bohea, Y- Barton Ale,
Souchong, ^ Porter,-
Hyfonrikin, > ^ Cotton,
- Young Hyfon ^ Snap,
and Hyfonj ?' Almonds,
Pepper, Florence Oil, and
Allspice, -It Fori ,ood
Raisins, Indigo, | ^UTrER.
N. B. The Boden price, in Cash given for all
Flax-Seed, Pott & Pearl Alhes, that
may be delivered by the 10th January.— alfa, ,fo r
• Ox & Cow-Horns, & Horh Tips.
December m, 1803.
—; — ; {— — ; —
Just ridged per the ship Baltic from Liverpool,
4 ' and for Sal& at
Thomas Sheafe's 'store,
AFORE STREET,
B. Quantity 6t coarse Liverpool Salt 5
Crates Liverpool Ware, well assorted ;
Window Glass 7 by 9 and 8 by 10, in
half and whole boxes ;
Casks rod. & 2od Nails ; Patent Shot ;
Bbls. Whiting; Red Lead;-
do. Yellow Ocre ; Spaniffi Brown;
White Lead, ground in Oil in 4 and ,
wt. Kegs;
Sheet Lead ; Copperas ;
Iron Pots of all fizes.—/z^—
14 bbls. Bone Middlings Pork.
Portsmouth, December 10, 1803.
Z. Robinsori & Co
at the head of the Pier, have for Sale,
200 M. Boards ;
800 W. O. Shooks with Heading ;
500 boxes fmoak'd Herring ;
200 bushels Rye. — alj^ —
A large aifertmeM of " —
Crockery & Glass Ware.
William & Charles Neil,
Have for Sale,
85 Puncheons Tobago Rum,
A few bags Feathers ; and
a general afortment of
GROCERIES, as usual.
They have also on hand,
160 Pieces % wide Linens of a superior
quality, lately imported.
SHOEs. -
Robert M'Cleary, ,
HAS received and for Sale at his store,
three doors weft of the Bell Tavern, Con
gress-street, an extensive assortment of Ladies
and Gentlemen's
S HOE S,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Russia furr'd
Shoew; English and American Cork do. Black,
Greets, Yellow and Red Morocco ficins ; White
Sheep Skins; striped Binding do. Ladies andGen
tlemen's Socks ; water-proof and Flann&foals ;
Gentlemen's Morocco flippers ; Boot "vftbbin.
.: Men's Hats.
Gentlemen's Beaver Gloves ; straw Plombs and
Rofetts for Ladies' Bonnets ; Pearl ear Drops ;
t.rebble gilt do.. Pearl Beads; fancy do. Breast
Pins; Miniature Chains ; Ladies' Tortoise
(hell ; Hair & Dressing Combs ; Ivory Combs ;
Gentlemen's patent Buckles. Hfanciful afortment
- ROSETTS.
Bandanno Handkerchiefs ; Italian Shav
ing SOAP in pots.
Also a variety of TRUNKS.
•All the above articles will be fold low for rea
dy Cash or Tow Cloth..>
OAllowance made to those who wilh to put,
chafe by wholesale, and approved credit given.
Portsmouth, December 10, 1 803.
Paper Hangings.
f,HARLES PEIRCE has a constant
/supply of Paper Hangings for sale on the fame
terms as at the Manufactory in Boffon—alfo, Bor
derings suited to the fame.
He has also y
A good assortment of other Papers,
such as Letter Paper of all qualities, from 12 to
50 centa per quite. Writing Paper from 20 cents
to 2 dollars per quire. ~
Log; Book, blotting, wrapping and
press Papers, various qualities and prices.
A good assortment of Account Books,
also; Writing & Cyphering Books ready.
Brick-Bock-Shre, Daniel-foeer, December §.
fuf received and for sale by
Joseph Clark, jr.
lat his fop in Buck-Jireet, :u .
LARGE fyfeionable Gold Beads;
handfomefilver Cream Pots ; handsome filter
plated Caftors ; elegant mounted Haim Combs ;
elegant enamelled silver Thimbles, with a complete
assortment of
<.JEWELRY;
lof every defetiptten, DEC.IO.
^featfiing; Papite
tyCODBURYMELchER has for
'' '" e ' at "is Store tear Long Wharf, a
quantity, of fredtent; Sheathing Paper.— ilfo
an affortraent of
W.lndi^ Goods & Groceries,
ofihe firft quality—cheap for Cash, or approved
Credit. ^Fertfuoutb, Nev. 26, 1803.
==='==—-^==—Q^=_ ___________ ___________
^^ be sold by or*
s,<^ 4*,. 1 der ot Court, on the eleventh,
°%° f January next, at riine o'clock,
.A" M..at Public Audion, on the pre
mises, that valuable FARM in Par
formerly occupied by Daniel Tilton, Esq.
confining ot two hundred and' fifty Acres, ninety of
which are under good improvement; well Water
ed; with about two hundred Young Apple Trees
on the fame; accommodated with Mowing, Plow
ing and patluring ; thirty fix miles from Portland,
and cu the new road from Cohos to th@t;piace<,
Also, luudr, articles, such as Cattle, &eep; Swine,
Hay, Grain mfd Corn, with Husbandry Vtenlils, and
Household Turttimre.
Gonditions ^f sale to be made known at the time
and plqce atorefrid. 1 ;
Jon'a, Hale, Adtninfirator
".' - % ot said Tilton's Ellate.
Parfonsfield, December 2,.1803.
A BARGAIN"'
,<W^^'T'° '° e fold on reafonabl^
' terms, if applied for soon, an
* '™rv^^ e '' ce " en ' 'ARM in Chichefter, confift
^^°^^'°^ °' abont ^a acres. Thirty of
hsflz^^¥+ vhich are interval of aifuperior qual
ity (lying oy Suncook River) producing annually,
(Wet or dry) a large crop of English grass—so acres
well wooded, abounding with timber for boards,
fltingles, &c. with a good House, two Tories, 30 by
40 well finished —also two Barns in good order,
with a never Tailing brook, wjthin a few rods.
Remarkable easy tillage Land, a good Orchard, and
Batture Ground, divided and fnbdivided, so as to ac
commodate the Stock with feed through Cummer.
It is, alfo' a good place for a tavern—Any perfow
who wishes to avail himfelf of such multiplied priv
ileges, may know the conditions of DYER & HOOK
on the premises, or
David Sanborn, of Gil^a^on,
November 29, 1803.
»'—«■'■■» «<»• «'v» oectr—«F_CTo .'l.»i■.■ grafto o_t=e«—te^e#.&-—r^g
FISH.
FOR Sale on board the schooner Un
ion,Nicholas Blanchard, master, lyingat
the Pier,
190 quintals of excellent Dumb Pollock:
FYh. : -
520 do. do for (hipping, or country use,
140 do Cod. _
100 do. Haddock.
131 bbls. Dry Salted Herrings, 7.0 do,
Mackerel!, hfpeaed and branded for exportation,
29 do. Liver Oil
12 do. Pickled Cod Fi(h.
100 boxes Smoaked Herrings.
300 Grindstones.
A few Cow Hides & Calf-fkins,
enquire of .Oliver Shed on board said fefiooner,
or of Elisha Whidden.
Portsmouth, 10th Dec. 1803,
TO the Honorable, the Justices of
the Superior Court of Judicature, now balden
at Exeter, within & for the county of Rockingham.
Humbly foetus, Jonathan Clark,
of Northwood, in laid county, Esq. Guardian un
to Deborah Jewett, Nancy Jewett, Angufla Jew
ett, and Jacob Jewet f , children cf Jacob Jewett of
Rowley in the county of E&x, yeoman, minors,
underthe age of twenty.one years—That his said
Wards are heirs to one undivided sixth part of
about one hundred and seventy acres, more or less,
of land situate partly in Strathamand partly in Ex
eter, in said county of Rockingham, witha Dwells
ing.Houfe, and two Barns standing thereon—which
defcended,to them from their late mother, Sarah
Jewett, deceased, late wife of the said Jacob —That
it would be conducive to the inrereft of his fid
Wards that their said share or sixth part of said pre
mises fhpuld be fold, and the proceeds thereof put
to interest for their benefit—Wherefore he prays
yonr honors that he may be empowered to fell the
fame as the law in such cases provides, and that
your honors would grant him a licence accordingly,
and he as in duty bound, will pray, &c.
Jon'a. Clark.
Septembers, 1803.
Rockingham,fs. Superior Court, September , term, 1803/
ORDERED by the Court, that the
Petitioner notify all Persons concerned to appear
before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judi
. catiire, to be holder at Portsmouth, within and for
. the ceunty of Rockingham, on the tifft Tuefday of
February next, to fliew cable, if ^ny they have
why the prayer of said petition should not be grant!
ed, by earthing said petition ard Order of Court
thereon, to be pubfifhed three weeks fucc^ffively,
in the Portsmouth Oracle, the last publication
. whereof, to be fix weeks before said term.
Attest, N^h^niel Adams, Clerk.
Copy examined by
Nathaniel Adams, Clerk.
I ^ — o ,
THE Subferibers appointed Com
missioners to receive, examipe and adjust the
claims against the efface of •,
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
late of Exeter, Hatter, deceased, represen ted infof
> vent, give notice that they will attend that bulipefs,
at Mr. HUT CHINS' tavern in said Exeter, <m the
firft Monday in Decipher next, and of the five fol
lowing months, from four to eight o'clock, P. M.
on la.ri daya. \
Nathaniel Parker,
Jeremiah Dow,
' - i Joseph Smith,
Exeter, November 14, 180,