Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-01-05 00:00:00, page 3

Friends and FALw-Cllzens,
A [ the opening of a new year it seems
peculiarly proper that a people favored of
Heaven, as we have been, should pause a
moment from the ordinary pursuits of life,
to take a reitofpcßive view of our high and
tnore important concerns. While our pub
lic teachers of religion and morality are im
proving this, as a fit season more earnestly
to enfore our duty as Christians and candi
dates for another world, permit one of your
brethren to solicit a Imall share of your at
tention to a fubjed, although not equally
momentous, yet to citizens of a growing
republic, to members of a nation enjoying
fyeciat privileges and destined to future glo
ry and happiness under a due improvement
c f them, too important to be neglected.
The great and diffinguifhed events which
have finalized the last year call aloud for
the molt grateful acknowledgnien's from
evciy friend to our confutation and to the
general peace and prpfperity of our country ;
by the favors of heaven and the energies of
a people determined to be free, the adminis
tration of our general government, and with
out the aid of New-Hampshire, has been
wrested from the hands of its enemies ;
Bfitilh influence, the common enemy to the
peace of every nation has no longer an af
cendency in our public counsels ; already
have we been relieved from burthens which
had unjustly, aryl in some inflances uncon
flitutionally, laid upon us ; by the wife and
patriotic exertions of the Chief Magistrate
of the Union, the expenditure of public
monies has been greatly diminished, and
from the known views of the present ma
jority in Congress there is the highest rea
son to expedf, that all neceffaiy aid will be
given for the further accomplishment of so
desirable an objeft, that our internal taxes
will many of them be laid aside as unneces
sary and oppressive, and with them an horde
of pensioners and placemen who have so
long fattened on the hard earnings of labo
rious industry, a set of men always danger
ous, in proportion as their number^ is in
creased, to the existence of any free Govern
ment : these and greater bleflings are in
store for us if we have but wisdom to con
tinue the administration of our republican
government in the hands of republicans.
Happy Should 1 be could I with the fame
pleasing sensations reflea with you on the
management of public affairs within our
own State—but alas, the fad leverfe. Here
avarice; party fpitit and corruption have, in
many instances, taken place of the republi
can virtues ; the principle of equal rights
and equal laws for which New-Hampshire
once so zealoufly,contended, has by force
unaceduntable facility been disregarded ;
arifiocracy has reared its head with uncom
mon effrontery, and the enemies to Ameri
can independence have triumphed. The
men who guideri our counsels and who
fought opr battles in the accomplishment of
our glorious revolution, arid who would
have fijff<red She halter or gibbet, hau Brit,
ifh tyranny and its advocates succeeded in
their wicked plans, have been held up to
public scorn; and most unrelentingly perse
cuted and abused as enemies to that very
government to which their exertions con
tributed to give birth ; and so far has the
infatuation prevailed that at a period not
far refoote, to be called a republican
become difgraceftil.. Such indeed have
been the Rate of things however Grange it
may appear, and it Shall be my endeavour,
as leisure may permit, to furnilh evidence
of the fads 1 have stated, by exhibiting to
public view some of the extraordinary oc
currences which have taken place within
the last few years ; and aS on the one hand
all unneceflary personalities will be cau
tiously guarded against, so on the other, no
circumstance of importance to be known
tail be suppressed through fear or falfe deli
cacy towards any, however high in office.
The present Situation of our affairs, require
tie most open and unequivocal declaration of
principle,—too long has republicanism been
field in durance, too long have its advocates
been timid and Silent ; it is now high time
that we rouse item our lethargy and Shew
the world that we are what we ought to be,
& .—republicans.
A F HANTON,ENSIS..
he sap, " NPffigr can there he any refa: ft^n
why the merits of faints may not at well be ming
led with she medit; of Chrifl, for the facing f
the Church, as the laws <f men with his iaws,
for the ruling a ;d guarding of it.".—What would
Juch a man have thought cf these modern ways ?
tHe fays his tafrtis no left, than out if Canos to
produce orsfr .' .'/
The fucccrics attending the financial op
erations of the present administration are
unprecedented. The collectors correfpond
cd so regularly or punctually or paid up
their collodions with so much fhianefs—
It is said the unappropriated calh already
in the ucafury exceeds 300,000 dollars.
TO THE PEOPLE
OF
NEW- HAMPSHIRE.
For the REPUBLICAN LL DGER.
WASHINGTON, or~. 23.
& ;L>rffHfH of she Cnittd'Stdtes f America.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a Convention for terminating cer
tain differences, which had arisen between the U
nired States <4 America and the French Republic,
was concluded and lighted by the Plenipotentiaries
of the two nation, duly and refpedively authorifed
for that purpose, and was duly ratified and cbn
firmed by the President of the U. States, with the
advice and content of the Senate, *hich Conten
tion so ratified is in the form following :—
[Here follows an exact copy of the Convention,
is published ip the Ledger, some time liucc.—
Then follows .
And whereas the said Convention was on the
other part 'ratified and ^confirmed by the Bird
Consul of France in the form of which the follow
ing is a translation from the French language, to
wit :—
BoNAPARTE, First Consul, in the name of the
French People—The Consuls of the Republic, hav
ing seen and examined the Convention concluded,
agreed to and Signed at Paris, the Bth Vendemaihe,
9?h vear of the French Republic, (30th Septem
ber,"lßoo) by the Citizens Joseph Bonaparte, Flu
rien, -nd Rhaederer, Counsellors of State, in vir
the of the li^ powers which have been given to
them to this effect, with Messrs. Ellsworth, Davie
and Murray, MiniUers Plenipotentiary of the U
nited States, equally furnifhed with full powers,
the tenor of which convention follows: [Here
follows a copy of the Convention in the French lan
guage.]
Approves the above Convention to all and
each of the articles which are therein con
tained ; declares that it is accepted, ratified
and confirmed, and promises that it Shall be
inviolably observed.
The government of the United Stateshav
ing added in its ratification, that the Con
vention Should be in force for the space of
eight years, and having omitted the fecund
article, the government of the French Re
public contents to accept, ratify and con
firm the above Convention, with the addi
tion, importing that the Contention flail be
in full force for the jpace of eight years, and
with the retrenchment of the Jecond article :
Provided, that by this retrenchment, the
two States renounce the rcftrßive pretenJions,
which are the object of the jaid article.*
In faith whereof these presents are given.
Signed, countersigned, and sealed with the
great seal of the Republic, at Paris, the 12th
Thermidor, 9th year of the Republic, (31st
July 1801.)
(Signed) BONAPARTE.
The Minifler of Exterior Relations,
(Signed) Ch. Mau. Talleyrand.
By the Firfl Consul, The Sec, of State.
(Signed) H. G. Maret.
Which" Ratifications were duly exchanged nt
Paris, on the 31st day of July in the present year,
and having been so exchanged were again submit
ted to the Senate of the United States, who on
the 19th day of the present month, resolved that
they tonfidered the said convention as fully rati
tied, and returned the fame to the President for
his usual promulgation. Now the? efore, to the
end that the said convention may be observed and
performed with good faith on the part of the U
nited States, 1 have caused the premises to be
made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require
all persons bearing office civil and military, with
in the United States, and all others, citizens or
inhabitants thereof, or being within the fame,
faithfully to observe and fulfil the Did convention
and every clanfe and article the reof.
In teflimony whereof I have caused the Seal
, of the United States to be affixed to these
( L - S o presents, and saned the fame with my hand.
Done at the City of Wafhiiigton, the 2ifl day of
Dfyember, in the year of our Lord 1801, and
of the fareignty and independence of the U
nited States the 26th.
Th, JEFFERSON.
By the President, James Maddison,
Secretary of State.
* Article 11. The Minivers Plenipotentiary
of the two parties, not being able to agree at pre
lent refpeffing the treaty of alliance on the 3th of
February , 1778, the treaty of amity and commerce
of the fame date, and the convention of the 14'h of
November, 1788, nor upon the indemnities mutual
ly due or claimed—-the parties will negotiate far
ther on these fobjeds at a Convenient time, and tin
til they mav have agreed upon these points, the said
treaties and convention jhall have no operation, and
the regulations of the two countries Jhall be as here
in after described.
Mefrs. Printers
Let it be recorded to the eternal shame and dis
grace of the Ari ftocracy of New-Hampshire, that
tince the legislature pafcd that unconstitutional
thing, called the Bank retraining act, that the on
ly remaining Bank in New-Hampshire, has not
been able to redeem or change the bills issued from
that detestable fount, which is continually vomit
ing forth her orders on Philadelphia, and thereby
pitting the inhabitants of this town and state to
the disagreeable necessity of being continually up
on the run to procure small change to tranfatt
their daily business ; which if this is not remedied
b, the next Gen. Court, my judgment will be
pronounced as follows, viz. That every member
of the raid honorable body who votes against the
repeal of the Bank retraining a&, be bound hand
and foot and thrown into a paper mill-hopper,
and ground to a pumife; from thence be made
into paper, and franfpprted to the old New-Hamp
shire Bank, there to have orders drawn on them
in favour of Old Nick, and payable in the infernal
808. SHORT.
An Inhabitant of this town who takes pleasure
in paying his proportion of the taxes, withes to
fugged to the Selectmen, that if there was a oeceffi
ty for pavements to be laid at the tides of the
0e Republican lebgen
Portsmouth, January 5, 1801.
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COMM UNICATIONS.
Greets, there now is it touch nec'fftv they Should
be kept clear trom ffiod—As it is observed that
the mud in many places, is now quite over Shoe, ;
and it was with great difficulty people could attend
meeting the last faboatb. J dare fay it would nut
make t lie difference of two cents in each persons
taxes ; —and niapy would not value two dollars,
to have them kept clean.
If the news be true, reipeaing the additional
article to the fall Treaty with France, which we
had in the Centime! of yesterday; what will the
found, impartial, l oneft part of the late Federal
party fay to it ? Will they not cui fe the folly, we
were about to fay, that prevented the Senate from
ratifying that Treaty as it flood in the original
copy ? Instead of clogging it with a jlew condi
tion, that neceflarily exposed it to the confe.
quence of a new difcuffon. We ought to knpw< —
the merchants who are not led by a few fdCbous
dehiagognes, ought to be told—who were the
men in the Senate, that; by their votes, clogged
the final settlement of that affair, by so unseasona
ble a measure. It was natural to suppose, it we,
that is, the Junto, had been so squeamish as to
make a difficulty ; that the French would have
been equally exact. lam furry the copy as it
now stands has been debated with closed doors ;
the public ought to be put in possession of all the
Lifts from fit It to last refpettiug this tranfadion.
Mr. Murray, Mr. Davie, and Mr. Elsworth,
took great pains to get that article inferred in the
Treaty, w hich tie late Senate rejected. 1 hat ar
ticle gave some chance lor a review of differen
ces, and a re-cotrfideration of claims ; it was then
Brnck out, no body knows why. The treaty Ues
debated with closed doors, and the people know
nothing of it from that moment to the present.
It is now said in the Centinel (by tie way, (hat is
no gre?t authority) that a new Article is added,
and ratified with the rest, that “ NO INDEMNIFI
CATIONS SHALL BE CLAIMED BY EITHER PAR
TY." Blefied politicians! accon>plifhed (latef
men ! excellent uderalifts ! Our three AmbalTa
ders flrove «ith the utmost energy to get the ar
ticle inferred, and Mr. Adams hihifelf re
gretted that it was not retained, w hich recured at
leeft a hope of indemnity ; but tins is now bluffed.
If the n^erchants who have been losers, do not
examine into this affair and infill on publicity to
the whole tranfadtion, they are unworthy the title
ot Freemen, they deserve not to be called
Two gentlemen Boarders,
may be handsomely accommodated at M r .
Baker's Reftorator, No. 4, Ladd- ftrect.
By the captainofa vessel Ipoken with ^t sea, it
has been reported, that American veflbls have been
refufed the liberty of trading at the tfland of Go
ree, on the Coall of Africa, and that, in conse
quence, two schooners had failed from that place
for Senegal.
His Excellency James Munroe has been ap
pointed governor of Virginia.
The Miffippi Territory of the United States,
contains 8850 persons. The town of Natchez,
(the capital)6so perfons.—ln the dMrid of Natch
ez, there were 600,000 dollars worth Cotton,
exported in 1800.
l^b-fc
Don Valentine de ForundA, has been ap
pointed Consul-General to the United States, by
the Spanifli Court. He was to embark from Bay
onne about the firft November, for Bolton.
-;«Q>fr
Accounts fr. Cape Francois, to Dey. 4, state
tranquillity was perfectly restored. Official news
of Peace had not been received there ; but the re
ports of it were frequent ; and some events indi
cated, that Toussaint was making preparations
to fefift any hostile attempts to overthrow his
government, and reduce the blacks to their an
cient Bate of servitude. he military force of
St. Domingo is numerous, well difeiplined and
equipped ; but we think cannot effectually resist
the discipline (kill and valor of thd veteran battal
tallions which,will be sent against them by France.
A letter from Bonrdeaux, received at New-
York, fays we understand Mr. Otto is to go out
Ambassador to America.
Oct. 30th.— The Engl sh Three Per cents, were
at 60.—The French Tiers, Confolldes at !;8.
American flour was felling in London, Oft.
30th. at several dollars per barrel.
A letter from an American gentlemen in Gib
raltar, dated OA. 22, Jays. —" Tbe (hip American
Packet, with (lores for the fquadion, has been cap
tured and carried into Algeziras ; and it has not
been without much trouble and delay that foe has
been given up, on condition of discharging her car
go there. It may be considered a fortunate cir
cumflance that hie was p/ven up at all, having on
board fume flour on private account, defined for
Gibraltar,"
MARRIED,!—In this town, Mr. EDWARD
DIMSEY, to Mirs SALLY GERRISH.
Every important L cation which has ta
ken place in the United States, free the
commencement of Mr. Jefferfon’s adminis
tration, clearly evinces, that there is at pre
sent amongst the great body of the people
more union, harmony and acquiescence
with the meafines of the General Govern
ment, than has been experienced for these
8 years past — There is to be sure more rev
iling, clamor and (edition in a number of
Federal Jacobin Gazettes, than has ever
been known in any period of any govern
ment.
The federal court for the eaflern diftri&
of Virginia, recently held a feflicn, at which
judge Key presided, and delivered a perti
nent charge to the grand jury, who had
not a single presentment to make. Thus
the good order that reigns in Virginia ap
pears, and the uselessness of the last creation
of Federal Courts is manifefted,
ALMANACKS for 1802
For sale at this Office.
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AMERICANS.
(Chron.)
UPHAM and GARLAND?
HAUE for "SALE,
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W. India; and Georgia Cotton,
Loaf, India, and W. I'. Sugar,
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Chocolate, Nutmegs, Flour,
Iron, Steel,
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Fifli, Salt,
Cotton and Wool Cards,
Dye woods, Allum, Copperas,
&c. ckc.
Tickets and Quarters in,he ^th CWs of AmoC
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Torhorbw, may be had at C. Peirce's Book(tore,'
by whom prizes are paid on demand-
J. M. Sewall, Esq's. POEMS,
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C B^iRCEs B^kdorew
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A Difiertation on the Con
ftitutioual Freedom of the Press in the United
States of America pire JG. Jefferfon's notes on
Virginia, (flew edition). Durnford and Baft's Re
ports down to 1801. Davies' Sermons in 3 vols,
a very large aflortment of Bibles of almost every
size and price from Ito 25 dollars each, Testa
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from 20 cts. to 1 dollar per quire ; letter Paper:
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a very large affortnient of quills from 2/3 to T2,a
hundred ; a good aflortment of Lead Pencils of
an excellent quality. Union Harmony in 2 vols#
Village Harmony, together with a most capital
assortment of other books in almost every branch!
of science, literature and knowledge, fuitabie for
public and private libraries, are now opened and
for sale by C. PEIRCE at his book (lore No. &
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Applied on generous terms, and books fold either
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All persons having demands
on the eltate of
Alexander Salter,
joiner, late of Rye, deceakd, are desired to
bring in their accounts for settlement, and
all who are indebted to said estate are de
sired to make immediate payment to
JOHN SALTER, Executor:
Rye, Dec. 30, ißoi.
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of the Printer.
N. B. Those who wish to purchase for
exportation, may depend on having SHOES
at the (horteft notice, and on reasonable
terms for cash n r approved notes.
POTtJmn^fh, Jan, 4, 1802.
S HO E S,
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