The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1802-12-30 00:00:00, page 1

THURSDAY, DEC. Volume —Number 99.
AMERICAN REPUBLICAN GAZETTE.
g.v%i LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION. [P^^werfo
I PRINTED AT CONCORD, N. HAMPSHIRE, EY 1. RUSSELL.
• Error of Opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.—Jet person.
Interesting News.
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HOUSE-Monday,Dec 6, 1802.
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to-morrow at IIA. M.
Dec. 7. A quorum of memberHppeared.
The following new members appeared & took
^their feats—Samuel Hunt from N.Hamp(hire
—Samuel Thatcher from Massachusetts—Da
vid Mefriwether from Georgia—Thot Winn
from North Carolina—and Thomas M. Green
from the Miffiffippt Territory,
Ordered, That the clerk inform the Senate
that this House has formed a quorum, and is
ready to proceed to business.
Ordered, That the clerk furnifh each mem
ber with three newspapers at his lodgings.
SENATE-Monday, Dsc.6.
But 8 members attended, who not forming
a quorum, an adjournment took place till to
morrow at Ii o'clock. o
Dec. 7. 12 members only —No quorum.
I SWITZERLAND.
Bafle, oa. 11. As the Proclamation of Bo
naparte, alrho' suppressed as much as possible
by the Oligarchy & Bern, Soleure, Zurich,
&c. begins nevenhetefs to become known a
mung the people- —the roost rigid measures
have been taken to keep the multitude within
bounds. A revolutionary tribunal has been
efablfhed at Berne, for summary juding, and
Without any other form of process, all those
individuals who undertake to a& Ugainft the
' present order of things. Arrafts begin to mul.
tiplfo*^ foljeft dm
deprive those citizens of liberty, whole attach
ment to the revolution is known. It is very
natural, in this state Os things, when the pas.
fions are no longer under restraint, that the
prcjed of a ronftitution of the Diet of Schwitz
foould not find many partisans in Bern^lt
will remain a prcjed, like many ottyo%,
within these few years, in this sokmaw
country. / :
[Humanity weeps at the oppression of
tyrants in whatever country— The affairs
of Switzerland at present engage the at
tention of the world —The generousSwifs
had planned for their Republic, ancient
in record, a Conflitution ts government
similar to that of the U. States—But, *
appears that Bonaparte, not content with
, thefapreme rule over thirty millions of
Frenchmen, has dispatched his mvrmfo
dons to vaffalizc the republican Swifs.]
Vienna, (Germ.) O&. 6. In Croati, where
great want, and a scarcity of money prevails,
*forne disorders have erifeo; but ffie court ha,
dispatched thither considerable sums, arid fkil
ful officers to reduce the unruly to obedience.
In Hungary, too, provisions are dear, and
Ba r ~ scarce ;to consequence es which the export,.'
tion of grains, &c. so lately permitted, has
prohibited.
[Hapb,—happ, Americans I far ft
moved from the feuds and wars of Eu
j',rope,,ou are not half grateful enough to
the Supreme Ruler and, beneficent Bene
faßor of the Univerfe,for the peace and
profufenefs of plenty with which He has
bleffed,ourhappy, thrice hdpp, land.*=
Cafyour reflections for a moment on the
V^" wretchedness of millions ts
yoarfeUow creatures in the Old world §
then turn, our attention to the New—
Wf and learn to be grateful—ton to real.
P iu, GUNITED America is the bkjl
^Qfr Elysium ^&World.] ..% ^1
WESTINDIA WAR.
- Newyork, Dec. if By theOlite from C,
^?!Francois we learn, that all the ports on &N.
fee of the Island, except the Cape, end all on
^^T, ' the weft fide, except I'brtWPite&and ft
Moecks, had been evacuated by the French,
who were concentrated ft the Cape IM
Gen. Defines was killed in th^ttack on Sti
Marcks— That Gen. Leclerc died at the Cape
Nov. and his body embalmed and put on
board a man of War which failed for France,
under a difeharge of cannon from two So gun
Chips, two 70,3 frigates, &c. lying in tb< har
edGZ^l^ %'_
oa. the french arifi ^ from the dead bodies
in the harbour of the Cape, Was inconceivably
great, such numbers of the blacks having been
thrown into the sea and drowned.
Bojion, Dec. 17. Amsterdam pa
pers to OH. 23, were icceived by the
ship Pembroke, which arrived luff
Thursday. On the 13 hos OH. the
Diet of the Patriots of Switzerland a
dopted the articles prescribed by 80.
naparte; but the First 'Conful'» pro
clamation had been treated with eve
ry indignity in the principal towns—
A new plan of indemnities had been
presented to the diet of Ratifbon, and
accepted by a majority of the mem.
bers. Those two events appear to be
favorable to the continuance of peace.
From Port Republican.
Capt. Woodbury, of the brig Wm.
Pitt, arrived at Newyork; spoke on
the firft inst. the fchr. Fame, from P.
Republican, out 14 days, the captain
of which assured him that the Negroes
had succeeded in taking Port Repub
lican by storm, and had put all the
Iwhites to the sword. The American
vessels in the harbour failed in com
pany with the Fame under convoy of
a French Frigate.
BANK BILLS— Somt Bills of the
" Exchange Bank" have been altered
from one to ten dollars. The hue ten
dollar bills have either the figure of
fylke, or of Plent,. The one dol
lar bills have either the figure of Hope
with her anchor, or of a House.
" glorious:
Salem, Dec. 16. Jefferfon continifts
to rife in defiance of all his enemies.
It is now the only wonder that any
man, whole life has been searched
fhro'out for anecdotes, against whom
every possible evil conftruaion of his
aafons has been employed, and that a
man so long inpublic life, should fur
nifh so few otcafions of blame arid so
few direa charges against himfelf. —
The austerity ot a Prophet was con
trasted with the chearful and unreferv.
ed manners of the higheftcharader,
and the belt inhabitant of our earth
could not escape without censure.—
But witty genius, arid zeal, have been
spent in the attempt to vilify Jeffer.
son, and he stands fair to be acquitted
by all posterity. Envy labours in
vain=-Malice dies with its Ring.
President Jefferson now stands
on the basis of public opinion. He
has not authotifed the Marshal to com.
mit to gaol every investigator of his
condud. He has not armed the bench
of Judges with artillery to beat down
\every freeman who date speak hti
feritiments. The tory papers jtis
true, have dpenedtheir b,tteries, and
difeharged the foul combuflibU ft
terials of treason ^nd feditibn ; but
the President views them as assailants
too contemptible and insignificant lor
his notice. He knows their denun
ciation of him is as futile as the Brit
;ifh proscription of Samuel Adams and
John Hancock; and he fuffers them
to proceed in their villainy, till ghey
have exhausted their venom and roa
^gnity. The cause of Republicanism
% coo deeply rooted to filed the aid
of Sedition Laws, which the daufe of
monarchy under the ex-pfefident was
obliged to adopt. _
The arrival of the asserter of the
rights otman, gives as much pain now
to the lories, as his common sense did
during the war. The tories of that
time denonnced Mr. Paine for his po
litical writings, and would have des
troyed him as they did others, for his
Whigifav —the tories of this day would
do the fame, and for the fame reasons
— hey now cloak their hatred undar
pretence of revering Religion —But,
tor es will be tories. Aurora.
'AMERTCA^BEEF.
Lancajier, Nov. 30. The following
statements are taken from publications
which, it is believed may be relied on.
They are not merely a matter of cu.
riofity, but may prove to excite a lau.
dable emulation among the farmers
and graziers of our country, still fur
ther to improve the breed of Aroeri*
c^n cattle of erery description. Our
butchers are public spirited and enter
prising, and, with the assistance of the
farmer and grazier, who are, in gene,
ral, as generous and intelligent in this
country, as they are refpeaable—they
will not only support our tables with
beef, mutton, pork, &c. of the firft
quality ; but contribute an improved
Itock of raw materials, for many im
portant manufactures.
The following are the weights of a
COW raised by Mr. Hiltzheimer, of
Philadelphia, and killed in that city on
the ad of March, 1787, viz._
The fore quarters weighed
(one) 3261b5.
the other, 328 — 654
One hind-quarter 282
the other 289 — 571
The nett Beef, 1225
The hide weighed 111 '
head and heart 49
belly and feet 72
neck 35
tallow 163 — 43°
Entire wt. (exclusive of guts) 1655
A Steer, raised at Tulpaken, was
killed in this borough oh the 12th of
March, 1787, which weighed (alive)
2184 pounds.
A Steer, raised at Haddonfield,^
Jersey, was killed at Philadelphia on
the 7th of April; 1787, and weighed
: (alive)2i4oJbs. 7 ;•
An Ox bred at Wigan, in Lanca
shire, (Eng.) arid,killed at London in
May, i„6, weighed i^Gglbs.*^ Itis
called in the Fmglifh accounts of it,
66 an Ox of an extraordinary magni
tude."
In Cohneaicut and Rhode Iflhnd,
where the climate is favorable to the
production of grass, bullocks have
been flaughterea, which weighed (a
live) 2100, 2200, and even 25001^.
/nett; and those of ißoolbs. have been
yftequenu <^ss?
;I"; April 1769, a hog was kilted at
Williamsburg, Virginia, which weigh,
ed 1050 lbs. when alive.
t%A hog was killed at Newport, R.
Island, on the Bth of March, 1787,
which weighed (before dreffing)'
824 lbs.
When gutted & dressed, 715
Haflet 14, gut fat 35, 49
Total, dressed, 764
His length was nine' feet.
Highness, in the girth, fix feet.
* It is supposed tha ithis is meant to be the
weight of the beef, (tho not clearly tyrefid)
because 1569 lbs. would not lie a very extra
ordinary weight for a living ox. If the t
of the beef was intended, the ox must bate
weighed about 2500 lbs. when alive.
b. BOSTON, Dec. 20.
ALAS! what would the poor % foibblere
do, if it was not for Tom Paine? They
had expended all their ammunition upon the
President, but Paine's arrival feema to have
turnifhed them with a fteffi fopply. Their
fas fouls are greatly grieved, left be should
revive the old " Common Sense" principled,
and expose the <weteu in Sheep's clotthing in
their proper colours. The attacks on Paine
are natural ; for it cannot be expeaed at thia
day, that the man who united all American
hearts in faveurof Independence, should be
exempt from calumny and defamation. These
% ferities, however, are a pack of cowards ;
for whites he gives hit name to the public,
they lurk in the dark, and dare not meet him
on an equal footing. They want all theta
to themselves ; bet Paine is determined to
have part of the fyort, and plays with bis ene
mies with a peculiar dexterity. If they will
begin with him, they must take the coofe-,
quences ; he has never fuffered himfelf to be
beat down by a few balking puppies. ' If the,
will rouse him to the combat, they must take
their chance among the armory ha brings into
the field of battle. He will fight in his own
way, and whoever is wounded must cure them
@ra in the best manner they can. Whether
be fights fair or not, in the opinion of his en
emies, is no cobtideration with him ; for be
isg on the defensive, he levels his blows wher
ever he thinks they will do the most execu
tion. As they fay Paine is no Cbriflim, he
seems determined not to follow the precept,
if thy enemy finite thee on one cheek, turn to
him the other also. If the, strike him he will
return the blow, and to life a vulgar faying,
'' the hardest mast fend off." There is no
doubt if Paine had been let alone, he would
have let them alone. But the /,,„, wanted to
make fun With A as the Philistines with Samp
son of old, & ifhe pulls the house doten about
their ears, they must thank themfelfes for the
catastrophe. They wanted to place a fool's '
cap on his head; but he, generous foul, is for
putting a gold wig on theirs. If the enemy
fire grape mot, he discharges red hot double
headed. When they engage with fueb an an
tagonist, they must take things as they come.
He has a large magazine of warlike (lores,&
he will ft while there is a (hot m the locker. .
Let the t#to then fight it out. White ^fo
only look on as fpe&tors. Cfrsv.
IMPORTANT./
, PITTSFIELD, (MsJDec. 13.
Next to the doftrines of our
holy religion, the principles of
free, elective government, ought
to be most perleveringly inculca
ted on the rising generation. Op
the duty and the means of per
petuating them, every Republi
can should cottfider pimfelf per
sonally addressed in me language
of infpiFatien—" arid thou fait
teach them diligently unto thy
children, andfhak balk of them,
when thou fitteft ty thine house,;
arid when thou tralkeft ty the
way, and when ttyou lieft down,>
and rifeft up."—^ ^&.,