The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-01-13 00:00:00, page 3

equally aware of the obligation toI
maintain, io all cases, the rights of the
nation, and to employ, for that pur.
pose, thofejuft and honorable means
which belong to the charaßer of the
United States.
"TH. JEFFERSON."
"Dec. 5% 1802."
The message was accompanied by
letters from our consul at New Orleans
—the prodamatiQQ of the ihtendant—
a letter from the governor of the Mis
sissippi Territory to the secretary of
state, enclosing a letter written to the
governor of Louisiana—and a letter
from the governor & Kentucky to
the President.
v
Dec. 23. The Speaker laid before
the house the following letter, and
accompanying addrefs.\
HON. SIR,
Inclofed you will receive an address
from thp convention lately convened
at this place for the purpose of form
ing a constitution and state govern
ment for the 17th state of United A
merica, and which has been made my
duty to enclose to you, to be commu
nicated to the honorable body over
'which you preside.
With every sentiment of refpea,
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient fervent,l
v EDWARD TIFFIN.
The boo. the Speaker of (he)
H. of R. of the tJ S. J
To the President and both Houses of the
Congress of the United States.
THE Conventionot the State of OHIO, duly
appreciating the importance of a free and in
dependent State Government, and impreflad
with sentiments of gratitude to the Congress
of the United States, for the prompt and deci
sive measures taken at their left session to ena
ble the people of the North Weftern Territo
ry to emerge from the colonial government,
and to assume a rank among the Sifter States,
beg leave to tale the earliest opportunity of
announcing to you this important event.
On this 4 nccafion, the Convention cannot
help expressing t^eir unequivocal approbation
of the measures pursued by the present admin
istration pt the general government, and of
both houses of congress, in diminishing the
public burdens, cultivating peace with all na
tions, and promoting the happiness and pros
perity of the country. #
Resolved, That the President of this Con
vention do enclose to the President of the U.
States, to the President of the Senate, and to
• the Speaker of the House of Representatives
of the U. S. the foregoing address.
EDWARD TIFFIN, President
of the Convention.
Done in Convention at Chilliccte, )
the 27th day of Nov. 1802.)
THOMAS SCOTT, Sec.
Oh motion of Mr. Randolph, the
above communication was referred to
a fele& committee of five.
A message was received from the
President of the U. Si furnilhing in
pursuance of a resolution of the last
session, a statement of the expendi
tures of the quarter-matter's depart
ment from Jan. i, 1797, and the con
tingenjes of the navy and war depart
ments.
"A motion was made to print these
papers, but on the suggestion that from
their volume, the expense would be,
tamenfe, it was withdrawn.
The Speaker laid before the house
a letter from Thomas Worthington,
enclosing an ordinance of the conven
tion of the state of Ohio, and a copy
of the constitution formed by them.
The ordinance accepts the terms
Offered by congress with certain mod
ifications. which principally are that
congress shall allow an additional por,
tion"of land for public schools—and
3 per cent, of the proceeds of all lands
fold after the 30th of June last, to be
laid out on roads within the new state,
in which case all land fold shall bcex
empt from taxation for 5 years.
On motion of Mr. Randolph, this
communication, with accompanying
documents, were referred to the fe
led committee on the communication
from the president ofthe convention.
Citizens of Newbampfoire,
Whose zeal and fuccels in assert-
I ing and promoting the cause of Lib-
I erty, has, at important mordents, been
so happily experienced ; allow a FeF
low Citizen, who prides himfelf in
your virtues and triumphs in every in
stance of your patriotic exertions to
call your attention to the period so
nearly advanced, when it is expected
the great political interests of this State
will, by your energetic exertions, be
fiirmly established, with its true luftre
& dignity as a member ofthe Union.
—Let us then be firm ; having our
eyes on the great principle, ana our
enemies will bh disappointed in their]
schemes and find themselves altogeth
er unequal to the talk, in which they
are labouring for' their own emolu
ment, and to subdue the sacred spirit;
of Freedom, for which Newhampfhirel
has been so highly distinguished.
'' 75 °
NEW YORK, Dec 22.;
A journal of occurrences at Port,
au-Prince, lately kept, informs, “ that
the whites had ereded a gallows ip,
the Market place, and blacks one;
upon the hill, where executions on
both sides were hourly taking place in
fight of each other.
" The whites have invented a new
way of getting rid of the blacks—
they have got a ship called the ftifler,
on board of which vessel they shut ,
down a hold full of blacks, and ftiffe.
them to death by burning brimstone.
The morning after, they difeharge the
bodies into boats and launches, carry
them off the harbour, & throw them ;
overboard.l
;BOSTON, Jan. 3.|
The world has produced greatl
poets, philosophers, orators, gen-[
erals, and now and then a good,
,chriftian among the federalifts ;
but it has leldom given an able
statesman. The English nation never
had one honest, incorruptible minis
ter of state, if we can believe their
bed writers. Sully among the French
is almost the only character in favor
of whom the united fuffrages of all
men have fixed the seal of merit.—
Mr. Jefferfon's administration as fat
as it has advanced, has left his ene
mies nothing to fay, but that he has in
one thing consented to the very fault
to which Mr. Adams so cheerfully a
greed—that is, he consented to an a&
continuing certain salaries at the fame
rates at which Mr. Adams left them.
f&fr ThefederaliJls have repeated^
fated, that the present adminijiration
raised the salaries of certain officers, to
the amount of man, thousand dollars—
tho' the, know it to be abfolutel, falfe —
the law itfelf is the proof— The fa& is,
(and the leading federalifls know it)
that in Feb. 1801, the federalifls pro
posed to make thefefalaries, as they had
wwifed them, perpetual a resolve
Raffed in the house that the aft which
augmented them ' 6 ought to be continued
inforce, and made perpetual"—»a com
mittee, Meflrs. Harper, Dent, and Ed^
'mond, were appointed to prepare a bill,,
and Mr. Harper did aHuall, present a
bill for the purpose, on the 6th of Feb.
1801—which was read twice in the H.
of R. and ordered for a third reading.
Yet the federalijls have the impudence to
assert that the Republicans raised those
salaries! Such are ,our men of Vir
tue I— It should be remembered that
these fame men raised the duties upon
"BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES,
TEA, COFFEE and SALT,' and
attempted also to make them PER
PETUAL, and finally futyeeded in
making them PERMANENT FOR
TEN YEARS, notwithlianding eve#
ry opposition which the REPUBLI
CANS could and did make to them !^
For proof, we refer the reader to the
Journal of Congress, Juhi 1797, and
Maj 1800, and to the yh volume of the..
Laws ofthe U. S. pages 353—144. —
These are F4CTS which speak louder
than all the carpings of the tories and'
tfeir proflituted papers.] Amer. Rep.
FRENCH WEST-INDIES.
Accounts from Cape Francois, to
the 13th Dec. mention the arrival of
3000 troops from France ; and that
further reinforcements were expeaed
—That Fort-Dauphin had been re
taken by the French; and that the
negroes had been repulsed from be#
fore Cape Nichola Mole° The
IFrench government takes all the salt
provisions which arrive, and pays for
them in bills on France.-
Letters from Washington, by last
! night s mail mention the arrival of ac
; counts there of the landing of the
I French at N. Orleans, to take poflef#
I fion of Louisiana.
• .a."i-f —--! 1 ■ vr — ? -....^afar
„Cancorb, Jan. 13, 1803.
0- Our readers will find something
iff the firft page, worthy of a careful
perusal.
B, a late arrival, European dates are
received to the middle Nov.—A Bos
ton paper comprises the principal ar
ticles in the following Summary :—
Wehave received from a friend at
Paris, the papers -of that city to Nov.
# l3. Switzerland was occupied by
. French troops ; and the form of gov.
ernment was framing which was to be
imposed, in the name of liberty, on
the wretched inhabitants of that coun
; try.—The principal difficulty in the
ladjuftment of the " indemnities" had
[ been removed, by propositions which
I were fatisfadory, to the cidevant
; Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the
;Emperor of Germany, and has ren
'dered the continuance of peace more
' probable.—The First Consul was
proceeding tovifit the different sea
ports of his nation ; he had been at
Rouen, at Havre, and was every
where received with acclamations,
illuminations, &c, &c.
Some incendiary attempts have been
made at Amsterdam,
—~«sm»=
Federal Mifreprejentation.
" The immeofe ficrifices made, by the file of
the smaller armed velfels belonging to our go
vernment, at audioD, i? undoubtedly remem
bered. Now, it seems by the President's mes
sage, vessels of that description are necessary
for the eff&a! proteaion of our commerce ;
and congress is called on for the necessary pro.
yiGans. Jr it not to be acknowledged lament
able, that, in a rage for attack, with or with
out cause, men often force themselves on the
view of others under every disadvantage, in
which a wanton discovery of imbecility can in
ivolve them ? Is our government, after so lcud
a cry of " Economy," and various measures
taken to correa the pretended evil ; and so
soon after a facrifice is made by an ill timed
letreat, obliged to meet the whole expense of
the firft position, in order to refumeit ? Com.
merce, agriculture, the interests of oor couh.
trymeo demand it, and, however mortifying it
may be, the "Message" is compelled to vi
trate with the found." F<der«lpfyr.
, The evident intention of the above, is
to cast odium on the present Republican
Administration—the writer of it knew,
(and ever, leader in his part, knows)
that the SALE of the armed riffels he
alludes to was DECREED b, as lof the
last adminiftuation, an aft which fohn
Adams, while President, approved !—
How, then, can blame attach to the pre
sent adminijlration for the salef ale ? —-It is
a wilfulfederal mfreprefentation !
^ Infidelity progrefag{„
"In the house of delegates of Virginia, at
the commeacement of their present session, a
motion for the deßion of a Chaplain, was ne
gatived by a majority of four votes !—Where
shall we seek the instance of an expression, from
a public body of the like nature, which difeo
vers so alarming symptoms of the abolition of
wo,Blip. ft seems the more unaccountable,
when we know the idea of importance which
it attached to the office, by all Christian na
lions!” -N. H. ra.ft.^
^VIRGINIA OUT-DONE 1
If dur fe Federalifb, who clamour so much
about the " ^fidelity" of our brethren of Vir
flfa, would " cast the BEAM out of ihrir
sup# eye," they might, perhaps, " fee more
clearly"-—To refresh the memories of those
who may have forgot to remember , an ex
predion, from a public body of like nature,"
We shall for the,present just state efia, which
difeovered " alarming symptoms" of polifal
folly and madness, —'-During " the reign of
terror," the General Court of New H<mp
fhire, at Hopkinton, difeovered their refpea
for “ the idea of importance which is attach
ed to the office by all chriftian nations," by
publickly voting their Chaplain out of doors !
and then had none !—Theie are the men who
clamour about " infidelity progre ding" in
Virginia ! These are the Min t, Urfin!
A letter from Washington, states on theau
thority of a high officer of the government,
that affiiranccs have been received from the ^
Spanish minister there, that the present arbi
trary condua of the intendant at New Orle-/
ans is unwarrantable, and without the know
ledge or fanaion of his court. Phil. Gz.
Letters from France as late as the 9th of
November, coocur rin stating the intention
of the French to colonize Lo&fnna, and an
nounce aaive preparations for that purpose;
A gentleman io Paris writes, “the feftle
ment of Louisiana by the French is not only
interesting to the United States in a political
view, but equally so in a commercial point.
It is now understood, that the cultivation of
tobacco io that colony is to be a primary ob
foa with the consular government, to which
great encouragement is to be given. Exper
iments have also been made as to the conge
niality of the foiLof St. Domingo. Thus it
will be seen that France contemplates fupply-'
ing herfelf with this plant. In th ; s scheme
she has already commenced by infl aio,a of
heavy diferimioating duties." P al/om.
LITARARY NQTICE.
An edition of Oftervald Bible is now print
ing io N^wyork by Wm. Durett, a number
of which will be done on foperfite vellum pa
per, hot pressed, and ornamented with plates,
to accommodate such persons as are encoura
gers of fine printing.
This Bible will be published in May next.
HISTORY OF GEN. WASHINGTON.
Gentlemen who hold subscription papers
for pubiilhiog the above hiftcry, are request
ed to transmit lifts of subscribers to the work,
together with the advance money, tin or be
fore the firft day of February next.
The books will be bound agreeable to the
direction of fubferibers, they being at the ad
ditional expence.
Married on Tuefday last, by the Rev. Mr.
M'Farland, Ensign Isaac Farnum to Mil's
Hannah Martin, of this town.
On Wednesday evening, Mr, Daniel Filk to
Mifi H%nn%h Frye, both of th^ ? !, ce.
Hillsborough IL
To the Honorable fujlices of the Supe
rior Court cf Judicature,fating at Amber#, in
and far said Court, :—
Benjamin b. darling of
Hopkintor^State of Newham, (hire,
states to your Honors, that be is duly appoint
ed Guardian to Nancy K'mball, Aaron Kim
ball, Judith Kimball, and Richard Kimball,
Minors under twenty one years of age, that
said Miners are children and heirs at law of
Job R. Kimball, late of said Hopkinton, de
ceased, inteftite, that the real estate of said de
ceased is so fitugte that it would be for the be»
nefit of his said Wards to have laid estate fold
in manner th? law prescribes, and the proceeds
put to interest, or laid out for wild lands in
the country—Wherefore he prays for license
to fell the fame.
BENJ. B. DARLING;
Oaober Sth, 1802.,
HILLSBOROUGH ff.
Superior Court, October Term, 1802.
Ordered, by the Court, that the
petitioner norify all persons concerned, to ap
pear before the Justices of the Superior Court
of Judicature, to be ho!den at H ^kmton,
within and for the County of Hillfborough,
on she First Tuefday of May next, to (hew
cause if any they have why the prayer of laid
I petition should not be granted, by canfing
said petition nod order of Court thereon to be
published three weeks successively ioteither of
the newspapers printed at Concord, the last
publication whereof to be fix weeks before
said term. Attest, r
NATHANIEL ADAMS, Clerk.
Copy coffined by
Nathl. Adams, Clerk. , j irt
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Sales at AuHion. i<
A f the house of Capt. Isaac
A CHANOLERr'in Bofcaweo, 00 Friday
the 4th day of February next, at 1 o'clock P.
M. will Ibrfold atpublic aua^ tothe high,
est bidder, SHA, RES No. 16, 28, 30, 34, 47,
50, §3, 64. 65, 67, 70, and 74, to Bofcawen
BRIDGE, bvteft the affeffmeote due on said
shares are previously par.^
By order ofthe Dircaors,
TIMO. DIX. J, Pros. Clerk.
Bofcawep. Jan rfi ISO 3 j . 4
N. B. The meeting of the pro
prietors of Did Bridge being adj urned tothe
above time and place, theirp^&al ^^
Alice it requested. T. DIX, fa & t.