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THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1803.] THE ' Volume lll.— Number 108.
ICAN REPUBLICAN GAZETTE.
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I' <his—the OtaMari--l can prove all
in it to be true, and wilhfupport
you— Do not fail, 1 fay, to publish
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[The Author's name's left with the
printer. He is a gentleman of
refpe&abilit, and property.]
THE OLD MAN.
Thrice happy if we know our happiness,
and perfeuere upright.
Mr. Printer, .>ii>M,
I AM an old man, and have conside
rable landed property in our County
of Hillfboraugh and I feel much
interest in having an honefl man to re
cordbyr deeds :—Three folks have
been propofed,out of whom we fhou|d
make a choice, viz. Benjamin Wiggin,
fl^
„§_Now I don't know how to flour#
ifh in writing, but niw letus fee what
their true characters are—and firft-
Esq. Wiggin has been so long with us
that he is fully known, and nothing
which I could fay would make it more
. plain about bim-no man can fa^lc
him as I know of—Well next is Mr,
Stinfon, he was born and brought up
with tis, has got a good education, &
what is somewhat to be admired, be
never has in all his life been guilty of
one mean adion —we nave proved him
above thirty yeirs—he is honest, good
natured and steady—l think if we
was to hunt afeear together, we could
not find a fitter man —Now, is John
Harris—-! don't know what to fay that
is much encouraging about him I
must speak plain—be came from an
other slate, and has been here only
about fix or seven years- But ac
cordirig to his own story in the paper
the chief reason why we are to vote
for him is, because he has been trying
two or three years, and has not got in
yet. He speaks true when he fays he
has been trying—he has, and all the
whole three years has at most not got
two hundred votes, with all hi^iying
^nd all Mr. Thompson's trying, and
Mr. Bowers' trying for him! & Judge
Webber to boot; they are all trying
—and they have lately met at Mr.
Darling's to get Mr, Bowsers made a
^ Senator too^and secretly they have
a good deal ofinftuence. Now ^at
4 js this? I fay, if the main reason he
offers, (and certainly the best he tan
get) why we should choose him, is so
veryjlim, I think the man who votes
for hi, is not very canning or dfe ,
^tj^^
be, a lawyer; abd he has enough to
do to improve in that way. But^s
to be ifffed on the fXL.Twiffi
folks would take warning-Iwifh the
Farmers would take warning—and
look before thev lean. That man
B^Bl^^^
BENJAMIN WIGGIN, Esq. ^
of Hopkinton, will be handfomelyl
Supported as Register of Deeds.
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A till
fotihe ? county of Grafton, the
I suing year—
Mr. Wm, CUMINGS, of Hebron. 1
Whose abilities will bear the ftri&eft
scrutiny——who has been entrufied
with publio records for more than 30
years—His character in laid trull* has
never been impeached, bpthafferv
ed the public with fidelity & difpa;ch.
'KENTUCKY.'':
Frankfort, Jan. 13—Tuesday
lass was appointed for,holding the firft
general ele&ion within the fate of
Ohio. Do&or Edward Tiffin,
of Chillicothe, we underhand was a
candidate for the office of Governor.
He is unboubtedly eleded.—The
President, it is said, would not nomi
nate a successor to Governor St.
Clair, left it might have a tendency
to biasthe minds of the citizens in fa
vour of lhp p^rfon fele&ed to admin
ister the government. This delicate
forbearance is an additional proof of
the purity ofhis republican principles.
Jan. 20. —We have been favor
ed by his excellency Gevernof Gar
rard, with a fight of the Adjutant
General s return of ttie Militia of this
state for 1802 ; from which we find
I that the whole number of men, intld-^
{ ding officers, amount to twenty fix
I thousand fix hundred and five. . We
:are pleated to dHcoyer that the defi-
Iciency of arms is not so great as was
;apprehended. 'From the return, it
appears that we possess eleven thou
sand one hundred and fifty seven ri
;fles, .and two thousand nine hundred
and twenty three muskets.
When it is confideredihe Weilern
Country produces abundance of lead
.and materials for the manufadure of
gun powder—marksmen equal to a
ny in the world, and a hardy race of
men, inferior to none in courage and
adivi<y— we fee no reason to fear an
appeal to arms, with power, that has
dared, or may hereafter attempt, to
I trample on the rights which t^e most
solemn treaties have recognized.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
From the Aurora, Feb. 9—On the
2dinftant in thghbufe of representa
tives a ffiort debate arose on a motion
maae by Mr. Bayard, concerning the
claims made by certain merchants of
the United States who had property
taken at Tea by French cruisers dur.
ing the semi- Warfare in 1797—8-9—
Mr. Bayard's resolution was to this
efFeH Ihat—provifion ought to be
made by law for losses faftained by
merchants of the United States, in con
sequence of various captures by
^French cruisers, whichclauns fc
renounced by the reje&on of the ad
article of the convention between the
' Th a "fh'd twi decid
ed.&h before but, th party tha ha
no confidence in the executive, urged
''jL/d'riL 'iiilkb'XA'ft
^!°4t into a discussion of the mer
bers however, tnougnt mat it was not
frty t. waste tome of the
.house at this period on a question
twide decided agairift;' Bin a large
rnfrity felt dissed to leave the ad.
TR n ° ^ of Pretence for
'&^Mte^3.^ and it was finally
made the order of the day for Mon
day week i 8 to 74.
Feb. 10.—In the late debate on
the fubjed of indemnifications for
French spoliations, Bayard and Rut
ledge, fairly Jet fly atxhe measures of
their &wn party. It is well remem.
heredihat thefecund Article of the con.
venricin with France concluded by
Messrs. Ellsworth, Davie, and Mur
ray provided that full compensations
should he made for the spoliations
made on American commerce, dur
ing the w^r and no war of John A.
dams ;—tsa< when it came before the
senate of the United States which then
contained a large majority of the an
ti republican party, that this article
was annulled, the senate, and sent
backto France in that (hape. What
,as the deffgn of this tranfa&ion can
not be^ccourited for, on any rational
principles of tyifdom, jullice, or ne
ceffityv But it was the aft ofthe par
ty of 4hich Bayard and Rutledge,
are honorable members. ——Yet Rut,
ledge cbnfeffes that had not the fe.
dond article been rejected by our se
nate the French government would
-4|Q\ paid every doUar;^^a
fays' the senate had a right to saddle
the public with a sum which by their
own calculation amount to 20,000,000
of dollars ; but which probably cannot
be really left than twelve million.——
Bayard wishes to have addiional tax
es laid on to that amount—because he
thinks taxes keep the people from too
much lime to think—and all the par
■ ty are willing to lend a hand, tho' they
know that nine tenths have been cov
ered by insurance.
Not w ithstand i ng the senseless
glamor of fo\np federal editors and puL
piteers, the conduct of Mr. Jeffer
son, in contributing libe rally to reli
gious inftiiutions, particularly in
maintaining the episcopal clergyman
of his parish, since the abolition of
parish tythes, is highly amiable and
exemplary. This must and will be
acknowledged by every man of can><
dour, who rightly, untyerftands the
From the Independent Chronicle.
Itygyc>Bsfc pals apirre.
vocable sentence of condemnation on
President Jefferson, for datinga
letter on the Sabbath, they ought to
enquire whether our own State offi
cers, even the Judges of the Supreme
I Court, do not sometimes travel on
that day, minifterjng justice, among
other things pumfhing the traofgrel.
tett^''''
to our State that fetes were excluded
from enjoying the honors of office in
the Executive & Legislative branch
es of our Government; this is an Un
deniable sass, and Dr. B. was a strong
federal What think you,/ major,
ti^e'e^ge^ ™/
Louisiana & Miflfppi. —A fetter
from Hague, fays a London , paper,
Bates that though French ships have
arrived at Helvoetfluys, to embark
the French troops in Holland for
Louisiana, their embarkation has been
suddenly prevented by an unexpe&.
ed order from Paris. . The letter
adds, that since Lord Witworh'sar
rival at Paris, great doubts are enter
tained upon the fubjeft of this ex.
pedition to Louisiana.
Accounts from New-Orleans, to
Jan, 3, state that the port continued
closed against the Amer, trade.
All commercial intercourse be
tween the Spaniards at Baton Rouge,
on the Miffifippi, and the Americans,
is forbidden by the Governor of that<
place.
Two beds of %/ have been dis.
covered on the bank^ of the Bantan
between New Brunfivick and Amboy
in Newjeifey.
NEW YORK Feb. 1.
A very singular occurrence lately
happened in Weft Cheder County.
A labourer's wife in attempting to
draw water from a well about 10 feet
deep, unfortunately fell into it. Her
husband miffing her instantly ran to
the well, and feeing part of her skirt
immediately went down, drew her
From the water, and by astonishing ex
ertion brot her up without any aid.—
Having then obtained assistance, he
carried her into the house, and laid
her (apparently lifelefs) body on a
bed before the fire, which was rub
bed far nearly an hour before any
fymp'ons of life appeared. Finally,
however, she began to respire, and
the circulation of her blood recom
menced ; but the pains of returning,
were far greater than those of depart
ing life. Her screams, and convui
fions at firft were great, but loon af
ter she became mote composed, and
in a day or two was able to attend to
her concerns, as before tbis fatal ac.
cident.
HISTORY
ofthe late Gen.WafoiW^'
.'Gentlemen who hold febfcripiion pa
pers for the above work, are dgainfoli
cited to tranfmft lifsoffobf cribers and Y
the necessary advante mo%,@s early as
possible.—This to
period at which returns were to be made
but of nearty two thousand persons who,
hold tafo, , wire ^ %,
have been kcird from. It is not intend
ed to dose thefufcifaat l„rfo
time, but to a(certain the number of Co^
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