The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-02-24 00:00:00, page 4

THE period fixed by Dayton for
burningthe Constitution is very near
at hand—it was in the summer of'9B
that he said to the following effe& to
a member of Congress :—" Sir, the
constitution is not fufficiently energet
ic—its hands must be strengthened,
and before five, ears are at an end I am
fare you (the republicans) will be so
convinced of it, that you will agree
with us (the federalifts) to burn the
parchment ; and if you do not content
then we must do it at the point of the
Bayonet !" This is the man who un.
dertook to dispose of the governor
ship of New Jersey, as the,rice of a
votefor Mr. Burr ! Aurora.
The republicans of New Jersey ap
pear determined to make up for their
supineness at the last ele&ion by their
energetic measures for the next
&,Hunterdon and other counties
meetings have been held and very nu
merously attended for the purpose of
- concerting raeafures for preventing
their opponents from pra&ifing such
federal tricks as were played off last
QElober by illegal' voters, and for
calling forth the strength of the re
publicans of the ftatQ to Shew the im
propriety of the federalifts prevent
ing the eledion of a fit person for
governor. ib.
To the Electors of GRAFTON Co.
[-BANK SHARES.
[Mueb has already been jaid ufon this jnbjea ; but
the following illncidation from tbe Pinfold Sa*
mot bait ho doubt will bo acre,table to our read
m—fajs a Bo,OKpaper — — &c tbink. it ma, bo
road with advantage in Newham,Jbire, at this
time, particularly in the Conwy of Grafton,
as a late Ehateutofing scribbler, over tbefigna
fare of " Graftunian," bar grounded bio rec
, ommendation of Governor Gilman, and tbe other
federal candidates, on fa\fe,emtfts, and among
a number of other palpable 'aljhoods, dates tbe
following horrid lie,(which the writer bim
felf mu, tow to be such,) viz L " tbat tbe
^ Bank Stock bus been fold to foreigners, at toper
cent below the felling price, wbereb, a lejs of
190,000 dollars sujud." Tbis Grafton calces
later is rather more extravagant than an, other
of bis brethren: tbs bige, loss the Efix Junto
arithmeticians boros calculated is about 86,000
dollars —which isjo, about thefam ACTUAL
LT GAINED to the United States, b, the sole
of Bank Shares b, the Secretary under the pre,m
admini,ration, —which Shares were now fold
b, Mr. Gallatin 20 per cent, higher than
the fame kind of Stock was fold under tbe famous
Mr. Adams's adminif ration ! —And it fauld
be remembered that theft Bank Shares were all
dijpofed of b) virtue of the fame authority, viz. a
• Law paged b, the last federal admini,ration,
a law approved b, John Adams mobile Presi
dent of tbe U. S. Think of tbeje things,,e to
r, federali,s, wbo ftek to delude tbe people.]
THE United States owned 2220 Shares in the
National Bank, at 400 dollars a Share, a
mounting to 888,000 dollars. Bank Stock
has stood at various prices in the market, ac
cording to a&ual or expe&ed amount of divi
dends from time to time. In March 1800, a
fal/Committee of the House of Reprefente.
tjvei, in their efforts to (hew that the public
debt, instead of increasing, had been dimin.
i/hed under that and the former adminiftra.
tion, reported a fragment of funds or re
sources possessed by Government, which, al
tho'oot adually applied, were applicable to
,the payment of so much of the debt, & there
forth io their opinion, to be deduced, byway
of offset, from the nominal amount of the oa.'
tional debt. Among the rest they stated these
Bank Shares at their marketable value; twen.
tyfive per cent above par, amounting, at that
rate to 1,110 0 o dollars; because those
- Shares, by an ad tof Congress passed in 1796,
were liable to be fold by the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund, towards the payment of
the public debt. The present Secretary of
the Treasury, under the direaion of the Com
miffiLners of that Fund, has fold them at 45
per cent abovepar, that is for 580 dollars a
Share, amounting to 1,287,600 dollars ; which
is 399,600 dollars above their prime cost, and
* 177,600 dollars more than their estimated
market value, as reported by the Committee
of Federalists in March 1800. And the sale
has been made upon condition, that Mr. Bar^
ing, the purchaser, (hall pay the purchase
money to the Dutch creditors of the United
States in Holland, at par, that is at 41 cents
per guilder, the present rate of exchange ;
whereas the remittance could not be mad,,
by purchasing Bills on Holland, (hort of two
and a half cents more, that is, 43; cents per
guilder. Making a difference of more than
75,000 dollars: So that, in consideration of
the sale, a faring to that amount has been
made, in the remittance of the money to Hol
land. All this has been effeaed, without de
preciating the present value of Bank Stock, as
would inevitably have been done, if tbe gov
ernmebt had thrown their (hares into the mar.
ket ; without diminishing the quantity, and|
consequently enhancing, tor a time, the rela
tive value of money, to the advantage of mon
ey holders and [peculators, and the equal dif
advaotage of men of bofinefs and the middling
and poorer classes of people, which would have
been the consequence of remitting to Europe
so much of ou, circulating specie at once ; ard
also without appreciating the current price of
Bills on Holland, as would have been the case
if government had gone into the market to
make so large a purchase ; the effe& of which
appreciation would have been injurious to the
United States, as we have still further remit
tances to meke to our Dutch creditors.
Yet, notwithftaodiog tbe demonstrable wis
dom of this seasonable sale of Bank Shares, as
it is a measure of the present administration,
and a3t is a tfanfa&ioo somewhat complicat
ed in,its nature, and therefore liable to mifap«
prehension, and capable of misrepresentation,
• carping Fe'eralifts seem determined to
make it a lubjea ot party clamour and oppo
sition. Right or wrong, it must be diferedit
ed. Before the terms of the con trad were
known, they began to difeherge their random
(hot, and still continue to fire from all their
batteries. It is attacked with sophistry, ridi
cule, calculations, estimates, prices current,
profeflions, intended effers, and round affec
tions of what might and could and would have
been done, if the Secretary of the Treasury
h?? lonly been a Federalist, and not guilty of
the crime of having been born at Geneva, in
preference to St. Croix, the federal birth place
of Financiers.* One of the most federal objec
tions is, that the present administration, par
ticularly Monsieur Gallatin, are so partial to
the French, that they have preferred Mr. Bar
ing, an Englishman, as a purchaser, for no o
ther reason, than merely because he offered
the most advantageous terms of purchase and
payment.
All that is requested of the reader is, that
he will take the trouble to examine authentic
documents, & understand this fubjed accord
ing to its real merits, in order that he may be
able not only to forma right judgment of it,
and of 'he opposition to it, but also to de f e&
popular errors and counteraa party prejudices
refpeain£ it, if any such are found io his^cir
cle of acquaintance. Sun.
* Alexander Hamilton was born at St. Croix.
PLEASANT taS^Rr.
ALBERT and ELIZA.
A TALE.
[Continued.]
Blake engaged the inn keeper
to furnifh a horse and chaise to
convey Eliza to to>vn. He
amounted his horse and rode be
hind until they arrived at her
uncle's ; he handed her into the
door, tenderly bade adieu, and
retired to his lodgings.
Palmer was not a libertine in
principle—He felt no extraor
dinary attachment to Eliza. He
esteemed her as a gay, fafhiona
ble lovely girl but had formed
dishonorable designs refpeding
her. He had not even an inten
tion of tarrying all night at the
rinn in Harlem, when driven
thither by the storm ; but being
warmed with wine, which at times
he was accustomed to use with
too much freedom, added to the
idea of so enchanting a girl in
his pofleffion, his senses became
perverted, and his reason over
powered by the arbitrary influ
ence of passion. It is not, how-?
ever, probable that he would
have proceeds to any indecen
cies; a repulie would have awed
him into reverence ; but the del
icate feelings of Eliza, abhor
rently alive to every appearance
of indecorum, could not brook
an fdvancment beyond the most
ftrift bounds of civility. Blake,
under the melancholly burden of
disappointment, unconfeious of
the excursion of Eliza and Palm
er, had rode into the country
merely for amusement, and on
his return had alightened at the
inn, a short time after them,
— -—This accounts for the inci
dents of the Haerlem affair.
IThe next morning, Blake rose
at an early hour, determined as
soon as convenience would per
mit, to call at the house ofEliza's
uncle, to learn something con
cerning the affair, of which as~
yet, he knew but little. He sup
posed that her attachment to
Palmer was the .principal cause
of his rejection, and he secretly
rejoiced at the profped of a rup
ture between them. About 9
o'clock he went to the house.—
Eliza was already up, and as
soon as flie understood he was
there, desired to fee him. She
related to him every minute cir
cumstance of the preceding day's
adventure, while he endeavoured
to represent the conduct of Pal
mer in the most odious light.—
Blake was invited to stay to
breakfaft, which invitation he
accepted, and shortly after took
his leave, complimented with the
polite? obligations of the family,
and the graetful acknowledge
ments of Eliza.
When he returned home a ser
vant was waiting at the door,
from whom he received the fol
lowing n ote. ,
To J. Blake, Esq.
" Sir,•
" You must undoubtedly
have expected to hear from me
before this time —You will ac
cept a reasonable excuse—l slept
late, and have but this moment
arrived in town. A few hours
cannot be considered too long to
examine our pistols, and prepare
for, possibly, serious events. I,
therefore, take the liberty to re
quest you to meet me, with a sin
gle friend, in the fields, one mile
north of the town, just back of
the new building, precilely at 5
o'clock, P. M.—should you
have any objeaion to these ar
rangements you will please to no
tify me. Yours, &c.
S. PALMER." G
9 o'clock, Thursday morning.
To which Blake /ent the following
an/wer.
To S. Palmer, Esq.
“ Si r; I shall pundually at
tend to the arrangements point
ed out in your note of this morn,
ing. I am, &c. J BLAKE."
Thursday morning, 11 o'clock.
BLAKE immediately made
the necessary preparations, and
at the hour appointed they were
both upon the spot. They a
greed to fire on a signal given
by seconds; fa the distance of ten
-paces. They took their stands,
, in a cool and deliberate manner,
and at the signal given, Palmer
fired and Blake received a wound
in his breft. He staggered, but
did notfall. A momentary pause
ensued— — ; ,
" Do you intend to fire ?" en
quired Palmer.
Blake. Are you fatisfied ?
Palmer. You are wounded .?
Blake, lam.
> Palmer. Is the wound mortal ?
Blake It is only a flefh wound.
Pa/mer. Then lam not fat
isfied.
Blake. I must then act in my ]
own' defence. They both fr /
and Palmer felL He rolled "r. fl
on the ground, and expired uhi,}
a single groan.
Blake fainted through loft ofJ
blood, but soon recovered. His
wound it is true, was only a flefh
wound but it was deep, &, had o-1
pened an artery. Palmer was (hot
- through the region of the heart.
His body was removed to the
new building, which was unoc
cupied, and secretly buryed in
the night.—The conneaions of
the parties hushed up the affair
and as no surgeon was called, no
j other persons were privy to the
I affair except the seconds. It
; was given out that Palmer had ( ,'
;fled, on account ofa prosecution
I to be set on foot against him by,
;the friends of Eliza. Blake kept
§ his chamber a few days, and a-
I gain appered in public. 1
I To be ceotikued.
i^=- — — ^^
I Edward Parry,
Informs his Friends and Customers,
that owing to the late conflagration,
he has taken a Store oppofre the
State House, in Congrefs^ Street, a
few doors from the Bell Tavern,
: WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE,
AS USUAL, THE FOLLOWING
|G 00 D S,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL. 7
His STOCK confess of,
150 pieces of Superfine and low price
fashionable Broadcloths, from 6f. to 4^.
per yard.
; 200 pieces Plain and Forest Cloths. fl
140 ps. Superfine Coatings, Ratteens ■
j and Lambikins.l
;40 pieces blue, red and green Serges, V
land Fearnoughts.l
35 pieces of fashionable Caffimeres,■
tro^ 6f. to 24!. per vard.■
50 ps. fashionable Swanfdowns#■
;isops. Baizes and Flannels.
1200 pair Rose Blankets, all fizes^
;200 pieces Durants, Tammies and
Moreens.„
1 100 ps. Ruffells and Callimancoes.
[l5O pieces Wildbores, Camblets,
land Cambleieens.
40 ps. Shaloons and Antiloons.
40 pieces blue and black Velvets and
Corduroys.
50 ps. Florentine and Lastings.
200 ps. Irish Linens and Sheetings.
1000 groce fafhionable and common
BUTTONS.
10,000 yards fafhionable Chintzes
^ and Copperplate Furnitures.'
600 yards Dimities and Muflinets.
1000 yards of fprigg'd and tambor'd
MUSLINS, from gs to 24C per yard.
1000 yards of cambric, jaconet and
book MUSLINS.
6co yards Englifb Bed Ticks.
1200 yds. black Modes and Sattins.
200 yards Pelicee Silk.
30 dozens Men's Beaver Hats, of the
latest ffethion'
20 dozens Ladies' Beaver Hats, some
of which are very elegant
30 dozens fafhionable Ranalloy straw
Hats and Bonnets—Trimmings.
50 dozens Camel's Hair, silk, muslin,
Cambric and Chin z SHAWLS.
100 dozens best Jersey and Wiltfhire
Mens knit STOCKINGS, superior t<xpny
ever imported.
100 dozens of Ladies' cotton #d silk
Hufe, Gloves and Mitts.
2 Trunks fafhionable Muffs and Tip
pets —Fur Shawls and Wadding.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Ladies' London made Shoes,
with water proof foies to fit. l
An elegant affirtment of
Fnglifh and French Laces A
Edgings.
OTHER GOODS,
AS USUAL,
+ Pot and Pearl Ashes and&
Flax Seed will be received in pay.l