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5 Am Landing from on board schooner Enterprize,
from Philadelphia,
AND FOR SALE BY
John Langdon, jr.
Philadelphia IRON, in square and flat bars.
3d. 4d. and 6d. Hhd. Hoop IRON.
And in Store,
20 bales Upland Georgia CO ETON ; of a su
'" N^^ PEPPER and PIMENTO ;
Fresh superfine and scratch'd Philadelphia
and New-York FLOUR;
Pilot And Ship BREAD ;
A few catks bottled ALE and PORTER.
B@w-street, August 31, 1804.
French & Dietch Goods.
PETER COFFIN,
from France and Holland a variety of French and
butch Goods viz.— T
Mens and Womens black & white silk HOSE;
black & white silk GLOVES ;
A variety of FANS somevery elegant & cheap ;
Sattin Waistcoating;
Dutch CHECKS;
Bretagnic LINENS; ;
Dutch TAPES-&c. Kc. all which will be sold
very cheap. July ~5.
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ABOUT Twenty-thousand BRICKS well burnt,
and of a good quality, to be Sold, and may
• be delivered immediately,—West-India RUM will
<he received in exchange, if most agreeable.
Squire sthe Printer, Sept; 1.
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N. B. Tickets for the 2d.
Class may be had at the ustrl Maces of sale.
Portsmouth, August 24, 1804.
Has ; ust received per the Felicity,WilliamWalK
' Commander,from Amsterdam,anumoerofcasesof
BROWN HOLLANDS ;
WHITE PLATILLES;
BRITTANNIES;
CHECKS and STRIPES;
ROUENS; OIL CLOTHS;
TAPES and BOBBINS; „
which will be sold low per case, or small lots—ah
entitled to debenture on exportation.
Portsmouth, August, 24, 1804.
Just Arrived
and now landing from on board the Brig Felicity,
from Amsterdam, and for sale by
Th: & E. D. Brown,
TC^The Brig Felicity, to
J^^relsell, Freight, or Charter, 111 com-
W^l^^plete Order, 182 tons burthen, 6 years
3^&^ld—and Ship Le Renault,,242
tons burthen, 3 years old, months,-
and a Brig 160 tons, coppered one year.
August 24, 1804.
FOR SALE,
AT THE STORE OF
Robert Rice,
Fore-street, North End, T
BALES of UPLAND COTTON and TIER
CES of RICE, suitable for retailing for cash
or credit.
Portsmouth, August 12, 1804.
No. 10 Portsmouth Pier,
40 pipes Holland's GIN;
40 cases LINSEED OIL; '
30 casks of White, Green & Yellow PAINTS;
1000 GIN CASES, 12 bottles each.
Heart and Club STEEL ;
Few bales of LINENS;
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44.4+++#+ A n Act directing the mode of balloting
±L. S. ± " r , and appointing Electors of this
State, for the election, of a president
and Vice-President of the U, States.
PR it enacted by the Senate and House f Re
presem^^es in General Coui t convened; That the
litfll^BhL the several Towns and <,Plantations,
btatv,qualiicu
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■ ■ :,,p..m tnticnsmal ):^ vs, on
\^\rc.:f/(r^rnext,tovAcf)r
• rns of this State, who shall
^representatives in Congress, or
persons homing; offices of profit .or trust under the
United States',lß ife Elect rs of President mini Vicc-
President'ofc the &^ted,sfffes, w , .aßLSelectmen of
thh towris, plantations and plac^E^l give fif
teen da, s notice of the time, place, and design of
such, meeting ; and the meeting shall be governed
by a Moderator, chosen for that purpose, who shall
impartially preside, and with thf Selectmen, whose
duty it shah oe, to attend at such meeting, shall re
ceive from all the inhabitants of such towns, planta
tions and places respectively, present and qualified
as aforesaid, votes for such Electors, and shall in 0-
pen meeting, sort and count the same ; of all wiiich
the Clerk of such town, plantation, or place respec
tively shall make a fair,record in the presence of
the said Selectmen, of the name of every person vo
ted for; and the number of votes against his name,
Sc a faii and fair copy of such' record shall be made
out and attested by the Selectmen or Clerks respec
tively, and settled up an, directed to the Secretary of
the State w^i a superscription expressing the pur
port thereof, and transmitted by said. Town Clerks to
the Sheriffs of the respective counties to which they
belong, within seven dats after said meetings, or to
the Secretary's Office,on or before the twenty-second
day of November next ; and die several 'Sheriffs
shall on or before the stud twenty-second day of No
vember next, transmit to the Secretary's Office all
votes that shall be in manner aforesaid ,transmitted
or delivered to them : and the respective Sheriff
and Clerks aforesaid, shall be liable to tlie same pen
alties for neglect of the duties enjoined on them re
spectively bythis act, as they arc liable to by law
for the omission in transtuitting the votes of Gover
nor dint senators for this State, and that the Secre
tary shall; on the twenty -third of November next,
lay the same before the Senate arid House of Repre
sentatives in, convention, to be by them examined
and counted';' and in case there shall appear to bd
any, or the- full number, who have a majority of
votes, the person or persons having sucli majority
of votes, shall be declared Electors, provided, that
not more than seven persons have sucl imajority ;
but in case more than seven persons shall have a
majority of votes, then those seven persons,who have
the highest number of votes, shall be. declared Elec
tors ; out it there shall not be any, or the whole
number having such majority, the Senate and House
of Representatives in,convention as aforesaid, shall
cause to be made out a list of the persons not chosen
having the highest number of votes, equal to double
out such list, it shall happen, that two or more per
the humber of Electors wanted, and if in making out
sucli list it shall happen, that two or mere persons
voted tor, have an equal number of votes, which
numoer is also nigh enough to entitle the candidate
a place in said list, the names of sucli persons shall
be put into a box, and the Secretary, not being
one of the candidates, shall, in presence of said
• convention, draw the number wanted to complete
said list,from which list said convention shall elect by
ballot, the number of Electors wanted, and the per
son or persons having a majority of sucli votes, shall
be appointed and declared Electors.
And he it further enacted, That in cases where
the Secretary shall be a candidate, and his name
shall be put into the box as aforesaid, said conven
tion shall appoint souse other suitable person in his
stead, to draw out the name or names of the per
son or persons, in manner herein before directed.
And be it further enacted, That his Excellency
the Governor of this State, be, and he hereby is re
quested to cause the several persons who may be
cnosen Electors, to be seasonably notified of their
appointment, and request their attendance at Con
cord, on the First Tuesday of December next, at ten
of the clock in the forenoon.
'And be it further enacted, That the Electors cho
sen as aforesaid shall meet at said Concord cn said
First Tuesday of December, and by twelve of the
clock of mid day of said First Tuesday of Decem
ber, give notice to tlie Legislature, of the number of
Electors present, who accept of said trust, and if
from such notice, it shall appear, that seven Electors
are not all then present, and accept of said appoint
ment, the two Houses of the Legislature shall then
immediately meet in convention, and by joint ballot,
elect the number wanting to complete said board :
And if any person chosen as Elector, on said First
Tuesday of December, shall not then attend and
accept of said trust said convention shall then im
mediately proceed as aforesaid, and choose others
to supply such vacancy.
And be it further enacted, That the Electors cho
sen and appointed as aforesaid, shall give their votes
for President and Vice-President of the United States
at Concord, on the First Wednesday of December
next, and shall proceed to transact and do all the du
ties incumbent on them as Electors, m manner pre
scribed by law.
And be it further enacted, That his Excellency
the Governor be, and he hereby is requested sea
sonably to issue precepts to the several toxins, plan
tations, and places within this State, directing them
to notify and hold meetings on said First Monday of
November, for the purpose of voting for Electors as
aforesaid. ———
STATE OF NE W-HAMPSHIRE.
In Senate, June 20th, 1804, The foregoing bill hav
had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
Sent down for concurrence.
Y NICH: GILMAN, President.
Approved June 21st; 1804.
J. T. GILMAN, Governor.
. A true copy—^Attest.
In the House of Representatives the same day^the
foregoing bill havitigSeen read a third time, was en
acted. JOHN LANGDON, Speaker.
State of Newhampshire.
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOU
' SAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FOUR.
JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'ry.
TUESDAY, September. ll, 1804.
.The Pamphlet of Facts.
, -q®X@
, FROM THE FARMER'S MUSEUM.
. A writer over the signatur^of “ A Freeman," in
tile At Obervatory, undertook a brief analysis of the
pamphlet lately "published, holding up as members
°' Congress, the gentlemen who are the candidates,
on t^e Federal ticket., A more partial, unfinished
evasfre and false collection of observations than those
whn|whrch " the Freeman" fills two columns of the
Oaleatory, I have hardly seen together even in
th^^oer. One or all of the epichuts will* apply to
each of the assertions whi^h the writer has made
on distinct topics in the pamphlet. The writer must ^
have a most contemptible opinion of the understand-^
ing of his readers, if he believes that such trash j s °
relished by them. Every position he has advanced
may be proved in a breath to be either an evasion, a
falshood, or else some remark which from a school
boy would /deserve a whipping for its shallowness.
Any one wuo peruses this string of futilities with
coolness and candor, will be convinced that our re
marks are ny no means unjust or too severe.
The writer opens the fire of his batteries, in the
first place, ta those who encourage the reading of
the pamphlet by their fellow citizens. This he con
siders as an unpardonable crime. And what, prav,
" Mr. Freeman," was the conduct of your party
when “ Algernon Sidney," &c were distributed se
cretly all over the State in March last. Who raised
the funds to supply theexpenditures of the publication,
and the journies of your numerous and active mis
sionaries all over the State ? Who were the pat
riotic and disinterested- gentry by whose exertions
" cart-loads" of these pamphlets were distributed
gratis ? Allowing, if you please, that some lib
eral gentlemen on the federal side had those books
published and distributed gratis for the information
of their fellow citizens, and as an antidote to the num
erous misrepresentations of your own party ; allow
ing that these gentlemen were willing to throw into
a small compass a number of facts which might aid
tlie proplc in a choice of whom to represent them ;
I say, allowing all this, who would think any demo
of Washington expressed in his letter to his Mr.
Adams when he accepted of the command of the ar
my. Had not Washington discernment enough to
ascertain .whether the administration of Mr. Adams
was calculated for the good of his country ? and had
' •They disclaim a wish or desire to introduce
“ monarchy—yet ridicule and condemn the only re
" publican government on earth, which is ours."
The latter part of this now is false ; —the writer
knew it was so, or his intellects were not three re
moves from those of an indeot. The first part is fatt
Federalist “ disclaim a wish or desire to introduce
monarchy," and this is the reason they combat & will
combat witli their whole strength, the arts of democ
racy, the designs and falshoods of political dema
gogues, which would otherwise eventually lead t o
the successful usurpation of the government by some
American or foreign Bonaparte who is sufficiently
ambitious and cunning to bound into the chariot Os
empire. Federalists do not ridicule and condemn
the republican from of our government. This is
assertion without proof. They disapprove of
the administration. They dislike its measures.
The constitution and form of government admin
ministered as it ought to be, and was under Wash,
ington and Adams is their glory, their boast and
their pride.
crat would find fault with this procedure ! The
federalists have published nothing of which they are
ashamed, or are unwilling should be tested by the
touchstone of Truth. When Algernon Sidney, a
pamphlet crowded with base untruths and false in
sinuations, was circulated all over the State, and the
saddle-bags of every postrider was crammed with
the “ vile trash," oh ! it was then perfectly right, it
was for the information and good of the people ;
but now, forsooth, the dissemination of plain matters
of fact which the democrats are defied to contradict
and falsify in fair discussion, is an unpardonable of
fence. How consistent this is ! and how natural is
it for Democracy to set its face like a flint against
every thing of the kind which favours of truth ; of
an espousal of the cause of federalism, or the fame
of the administrations of Washington and Adams.
2. “ They couple the adminiastration of Wash
“ ington iwitli that of Adams, endeavouring to cover
“ the follies of the latter with the glories of the for
“ mei^—while it is known that Jefferson's is the true
“ Washinton administration, stript only of the faults
“ and excrescences of Adams."
The first remark on this pamphlet is this":
The above is another libel on one of the opinions
If there were errors under Adams's administra
tion, as doubtless there were some (to err is human)
we would not defend them. Perfection is not the
lot of humanity. We believe the spirit of the two
first administrations was one & the same ; and as
far removed from that which breathes in the act of
Mr. Jefferson's as the zenith is from the nadir.
The alien law was intended only a check to an undue
influx of foreign renegadoes,fugitives who would have
to perform a voyage of three thousand miles to find
their ears ; —whose return to their native country
a halter awaits ; and who alas ! have crowded in
shoals to this friendly shore as an asylum for oppress
ed humanity : where honors and offices await them,
to the utter disgust, & wounding of offended pride of
every native who has a heart to feel, or a drop of A
merican blood running in his veins. He submits, but
it is with the honest sensations of indignance, and
sees the man whom his fellow citizens (if five or
six hundred thousand slaves can be called a part)
have raised to the first placein the nation, bestowing
upon this Genevan ten talents, this Irishman
jive talents and that one. FACT.
[ To be continued]
Lately the seat of discord was in New-York.
The different factions into which democracy is there
divided carried on the r hostility with a rancour,and
inveteracy, a profligacy altogether unexampled in
any civilized country. The leader of one of those
factions being at present an exile for the commission
of murder which has bathed a nation in tears, the
fury of their conflict has, for the moment abated.
How soon it will again burst forth, and to what ex
tent it will rage cannot be exactly foreseen.
Philadelphia has now become the “ bloody arena"
upon which the wild beasts and monsters of-faction
are worrying and devouring one another, to the a
musement of the fiend, Democracy, and to the ter
ror of all sober good men.
The two papers of the two respective factions in
this city have, for weeks, teemed with the most bit
ter and licentious attacks upon individual charac
ters, attacks eminently calculated to produce the
most violent ferments, and permanently to demor
alize and debauch the public mind. Os the two
most active leaders of these factions, one is a demo
cratic member of congress, and the other an officer
of the treasury department of the United States,
with a salary of 2,000 dollars a year. The head
of this department, Mr. Galllatin, was sometime
since attacked in the Aurora, and accused of the
most unbecoming behavior in his office ; whether
truly or not we cannot say. If truly, it goes to prove
what we have always supposed, that mere misde
meanor in office, under the present order of things is
no cause for removed, provided the holder be a de
mocrat ; for Mr. Gallatin still holds the most im
portant office under the government. If falsely, it
merely proves, what every body has long known,
that no credit is due to the assertions of the Aurora.
It is now declared in the same paper, and main
tained and reiterated in such long and tedious columns
as defy all perusal and all parallel, except those A
Coxe himself, that Tench Coxe is and always ha
beep a treacherous perfidious hypocrite ;°a man de
itute of common honesty and common veracity, &<;.
If the thing were possible to be accomplished, we
should deem it our duty to preserve a regular & con
nected record of the principal proceedings & move
ments of the various factions which have recently
sprung up in every part of our country, and which,
being nourished by the genial sun of democracy,
threaten a premature destruction to our once happy
government. Such a record would furnish a prac
tical commentary upon the theory which we have
ever maintained, as to the nature and tendency of
democracy. It is however, utterly impossible to
keep pace with the progress of these alarming fac
tions, or to give any adequate explanation of their
immediate causes. The ultimate consequences havq
long been foreseendhid deprecated by every well in
formed friend to his country. As democracy be
comes more prevalent in the respective states these
consequenses stare us more nearly in the face, and'
fill the minds of good men with more awful forebo
dings of “ those approaching criseses" which the pen
etrating miiid of Hamilton so anxiously foresaw, and
to which he so feelingly alluded in his dying words.
It is almost, perhaps it is quite too late to hope that
any good effects can be produced by warnings,by ad
monitions, by expostulations : still it is our duty to
make them, notwithstanding the delusion and infatu
ation of our countrymen are such as to render them
of none effect.
3. " They justify al! the extravagancies of Ad
“ ams's administration, which caused it to differ
" from Washington's, and are unknown under Jeffer
" son's :—as the tyrannic Alien law, which was e
“ qually a departure from thefr^z, as it is from the
“ present spirit of our goverment."
" No one can more cordially approve of the wise
and prudent measures of your administration. They
ought to inspire universal confidence. Satisfied
therefore that sou have sincerly wished and .endeav
ored to aveid rar, arid exhaustelfto the last drop,
the cap of reconciliation ; we can with pure hearts
appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause, and
may confidently trust the final result to that kind
Providence, who has heretofore and so often, signal
ly favored the people of these United States."
was silvered over with the gray hairs of honour
and of time, and could be nothing but the sentiment
of his soul. It is couched in language which hypoc
risy could not imitate. Read it, libeller of his °
fame.
appellation of a hypocrite had he not spoken his
mind ! Tlie following was written when his head
he not, (pardon the question ye sainted and living
heroes who fought and bled at his side !) had he not
Is% political and moral honesty enough to avow
it ; and would he not have been branded with the
Pennsylvania Democrats.
From the United States Gazette.
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