The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1805-04-30 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH: (NEW HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY PEARCE & GARDNER, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLIC NOTICE
IS hereby given that the partnership of PEARCE, HILL & PEARCE, is this day dissolved, by mutual consent, from which time the conducting of the New Hampshire Gazette will devolve on NATH'L S. PEARCE, a general settlement will on this account become indispensably requisite; And as our outstanding debts are many, it is hoped those who are indebted will make speedy payments, and spare us the trouble of making repeated calls. To those who have been punctual in the discharge of their accounts, we tender our thanks; but those that have been deaf to our calls, we must insist on being heard. We wish not to give offence but a settlement must be made with others, that we may be enabled to make a settlement among ourselves.
NATHANIEL S. PEARCE, BENJAMIN HILL, WASHINGTON PEARCE, Portsmouth, April 16. 1805.
THE subscriber being appointed by law to call a meeting of the Proprietors of Jefferson Turnpike Road, hereby notify the said proprietors to meet at the house of Ebenezer Chadwick, inn-holder in Portsmouth, on Friday the 17th day of May next, at 6 o'clock, P. M. then to act on the following matters:—viz.
 1st. To choose a Chairman, to preside at said meeting.  2d. To choose a Clerk.  3d. To choose, Assessors, Collector and Treasurer, or any other officers necessary to the proprietary.  4th. To pass any bye laws which may be deemed necessary for the regulation and government of the proprietary.  5th. To agree upon a method for calling future meetings.  6th. To transact any other business relating to the proprietary, that shall be judged necessary. 
JOSEPH WHIPPLE. Portsmouth, April 15, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of the Township of COVENTRY, in the County of Grafton, & State of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying the tax of four dollars on each original right or share of land in said Township, agreeable to a tax laid by the proprietors at their Meeting, the seventh day of Nov. 1804, (each owner having been notified for payment as the law directs,) that so much of each delinquents land, as will pay said tax, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the House of Dr. Amasa Scott in Haverhill, on Wednesday the twenty second day of May next, at ten of the clock, A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
 Names of the Grantees of Coventry.  Theophilus Fitch, Esq. John Fran- ker, Eliphalet Scales, James Banks, Daniel Stevens, Amos Weed, Benj'n Weed, Samuel Weed, Isaac Weed, Peter Weed, Ebenezer Hoit, Hezekiah Weed, Joshua Waterbury, Joseph Davenport, Gideon Lead, Samuel Crissey, Deodat Davenport, Ebenezer Schofield, Isaac Amesdale, Sam'l Belding, Ephraim Smith, James Smith, John Bates, Jesse Smith, Peter Husted, Samuel Bowton, Iahiel Bowton, Zebulon Husted, Charles Smith, John Bates, Abraham Weed, Reuben Weed, Nathaniel Lowndsbury, Admer Stephens, Obediah Stephens, Obediah Stephens, jun. Nathaniel Weed, Eleazer Bowton, Eliphalet Scales, jun. Silvanus Scales, Wm. Fancher, Daniel Benedict, Theophilus Hanford, Hezekiah Daven- port, Nathaniel Waterbury, James Sco- field, James Bates, Thomas Saymore, jr. John Fancher, jr. Silvanus Weed, Mat- hew Fountain, Joseph Lockwood, Adonijah Brown, the Hon. John Temple, Esq. Mark Hunking Wentworth, Esq. Theodore Atkinson, jun. Esq. 
JON'A HALE, } Collector for the proprietors. April 9th 1805.
LOST on Friday last, in Port- mouth, a red morocco POCK- ET-BOOK, containing several notes of hand, and about ten dollars in bank- bills, with sundry other papers. Who- ever has found the same and will re- turn it to the subscriber, with its con- tents; or to the Printers hereof, shall receive five dollars reward.
SAMUEL FERNALD. Kierny, April 22, 1805.
A FEW hundred of Apple-Trees that have been transplanted, to be sold, if applied for soon. Enquire of the printers. March 5, 1805.
SPRING GOODS. D. WEEKS,
At Number 2, Market street, has just re- ceived a variety of seasonable GOODS, among which are
FANCY Chambray Muslins; Plain do. do. ; 6-4 Black Sarsnet Cam- brics; black Ginghams; black Crape, yard wide; 4-4 and 6-4 white Cam- bric Muslins; black, white and col- or'd Sarsnets for gowns; black and col- or'd Florence Silks; black India Lu- strings at 65¢ per yard; a pleasing va- riety of Chintzes, very cheap; black, white & color'd Silk Gloves; ladies' black, white and slate color'd Silk Hose; gentlemen's black and white do.; 6-4 Silk Shawls; Silk Cords; Velvet Bindings; Straw, Chip, and Willow Bonnets; Chip Hats; white Cambric Shawls; Dimities; Irish Linens; Shirting Cottons; Linen Cambrics; Best Superfine blue, and black BROAD CLOTHS—black, white and color'd Cassimeres; mix'd Grand- rills; Cotton Cassimeres; patent Buff Nankens; India Blue Nankens; Cotton Checks, &c. Portsmouth, April 23.
Three Dollars Reward.
LOST in this town, on Saturday last, a red Morocco Pocket-Book, containing TEN DOLLARS, in Bank-Bills, and three letters directed to Boston, and sundry others papers of no use to any except the owner;— Any person finding the same and re- turning it, with the contents, shall have the above reward—by applying to EDWARD NORRIS, or WILLIAM SIMES. Portsmouth, April 16.
LOST on Saturday morning last between this town & Greenland— a black leather Pocket-Book, contain- ing about 25 or 30 dollars, 5 Tickets in Amoskeag Canal Lottery, a Note of hand together with several other pa- pers. Whoever has found the same and will leave it at Davenport's Inn, shall be rewarded with a quarter part of the money contained in said Pocket Book. JACOB DANFORD, Stage Driver. Portsmouth, April 16.
Here is one chance left
for obtaining 4000 dollars for a mere cypher—Tickets and Quarters in Amoskeag Lottery now drawing, for sale at the Bookstore of C. PEARCE, Portsmouth, where may also be had, Tickets & Quarters in South-Had- ley Lottery, which commences draw- ing the 10th of next month, 10,000 dollars the highest prize. Also in Pi- scataqua Bridge Lottery, 8000 dollars the highest prize. Remember that by NOT purchasing a ticket, you debar yourself the priv- ilege of being in a probable way to ob- tain a HIGH PRIZE!!! April 23, 1805.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Grafton, ff
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in CONCORD, in said county of Grafton, that a tax of four dollars, on each original right of land in said township, is assessed and committed to me to collect, for the purpose of sur- veying the town, and paying taxes on common land in said town, agreeable to a vote of the proprietors of said township, passed at their meeting on the 22d day of May, A. D. 1804— if said tax is not paid to me at my dwelling house in Bath, in said county, on or before the first day of June next, the same will be levied by sale of so much of the interest or property of the proprietor or owner of land in said township, who shall be delinquent, in payment fourteen days after the third and last week of this advertisement, and the delinquent's land will be ad- vertised for sale accordingly, by SAMUEL MINOT, Collector for said Proprietors. Bath, April 12, 1805.
NOTICE.
THE proprietors of Amoskeag Bridge are hereby notified that their annual Meeting will be held at Coffitown at Mr. Obediah Carlton's Innholder, on Monday the thirteenth of May next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
 1. To choose a Moderator.  2. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer, and three Directors, and to transact such other busi- ness as they shall think proper when met. 
OSIAS SILSBY, Clerk.
John Langdon, jr.
Has removed from the Store lately oc- cupied by him in Bow-street, to No. 4 and 5, Langdon's Wharf, at the lower end of Daniel-street, where
He offers for Sale, PHILADELPHIA superfine and scratch'd Flour; New York Su- perfine do. in whole and half Barrels; Alexandria do.; Philadelphia IRON in flat and square bars; Swede's do. do.; Philadelphia Spike, deck and NAIL RODS; do. Hhd. Hoop I- ron; Holland and American GIN, per pipe or bbl.; RUM per Hhd. or bbl. few Hhds Molasses; India SUG- GAR per bag; COFFEE per do.; ROSIN; bright and black VAR- NISH; Spirits Turpentine; Sheath- ing Paper; a few tons FUSTICK.
GROCERIES.
Portsmouth, April 23, 1805. Just arrived from New-York, in the Schooner Dove, and for sale at the STORE on Ayers' Wharf, FIVE hundred and 40 bushels North River CORN. April 23, 1805.
NOTICE.
AS a speedy settlement of accounts relative to the late firm of PEARCE, HILL & PEARCE is ab- solutely necessary, those indebted to, or have demands against said firm, are respectfully requested to present them to either of the subscribers for imme- diate settlement.
BENJAMIN HILL, WASHINGTON PEARCE. No. 12, Market street. Portsmouth, April 23, 1805.
THE MANGERS OF Piscataqua Bridge Lottery
SCHEME. For the THIRD CLASS.
   Prizes. Dollars.     1 of 8,000 Dolls. is 8,000   4 : 1000 do. : 4000   6 : 500 do. : 3000   50 : 100 do. : 5000   100 : 50 do. : 5000   100 : 30 do. : 3000   100 : 20 do. : 2000   3750 : 8 do. : 30,000  
4111 60,000 12,000 Tickets, at 5 Dollars. Subject to a deduction of 12 1/2 pr. cent. on payment of Prizes. Capital Prizes determinable, on the following days: First drawn number against a Blank on the fifth day 1000 dolls. ditto 10th, 1000 ditto 15th, 1000 ditto 20th, 8000 ditto 24th, 1000 500 TICKETS shall be con- sidered as one complete day's work, and the fortunate Blanks shall be deter- mined at that rate of drawing, wheth- er a greater or less number come out of the Wheels in one day. All Prizes to be paid at the expiration of thirty days, (excepting the highest,) which will be paid within sixty days, after the drawing is completed—the draw- ing to be completed within twenty-six working days.—Prizes not claimed within one year will be considered as generously given to the Bridge, and will not be paid after that time. The Scheme is calculated at less than two Blanks to a Prize, and is composed of a great number of hand- some Prizes, the chance is much bet- ter than in any former Lottery, com- posed of very high and very low Prizes. An early day will be ap- pointed for drawing in Boston. The Managers flatter themselves that the punctuality observed in the two for- mer classes, will insure a ready sale for Tickets in this Class. Tickets will rise to five dollars and fifty cents, twenty days previous to drawing, and to six dollars on the fourth day of drawing. Tickets for sale at the usual places. Printers who advertised the former scheme, are desired to publish this in their respective papers. THOMAS THOMPSON, } Mana- ELIJAH HALL, } ger. Lottery Office, New Brick-Build- ing, opposite the State House. Portsmouth, Feb. 28, 1805.
(By AUTHORITY.)
EIGHTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, at the Second Session begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Colum- bia, on Monday the fifth of November one thousand eight hundred and four.
AN ACT
Further to amend an act intitled "An act regulating the grants of land; and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee."
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That persons who may have obtained, or shall obtain certificates from the board of commissioners appointed to ascer- tain the claims to land in the Missis- pi territory, shall be allowed three months after the respective date of such certificates, for entering the same with the register of the proper land office, and certificates, thus entered, shall have the same force and effect as if they had been duly entered with the said register, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- dred and five.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That the commissioners appointed to ascertain the claims to lands in the a- bove mentioned territory east of Pearl river, shall be authorised to grant cer- tificates for lands lying in the Island known by the name of Nance Hubba, formed by the cut off of the river Tombigbee and Alabama; and persons having claims for lands lying either in said island, or east of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers, shall be permitted to file the same with the register of the land office till the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and five; and the commission- ers shall decide on the same, in the same manner as if they had been pre- sented before the thirty first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That each of the last mentioned com- missioners shall be allowed at the rate of six dollars a day for every day he shall attend, subsequent to the first day of April, one thousand eight hun- dred and five: Provided that such additional allowance shall not exceed five hundred dollars for each commis- sioner.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of each of the boards of commissioners appointed to ascertain the claims to lands in the above men- tioned territory, shall be allowed at the rate of seven hundred and fifty dollars a year, from the time when he entered on the duties of his office, to the time when the board shall adjourn fine die.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That persons claiming lands in the Mississippi territory, by virtue of Bri- tish grants, legally and fully complet- ed, who may not have filed their claims with the proper register of the land office, in conformity with the provisions heretofore made for that purpose, may, until the first day of December, one thousand eight hun- dred and five, file such claims with the register of the land office west of Pearl river, and have the same recorded. And the said register shall, on or be- fore the first day of January, one thou- sand eight hundred and six, make to the secretary of the treasury, a full re- port of all the British grants thus re- corded; which report shall immedi- ately after be laid before Congress. The lands contained in such grants shall not be otherwise disposed of until the end of one year after that time. And if any such person shall neglect to file such British grant, and to have the same recorded, in the manner and time hereby provided, neither such grant nor any other evidence of such claim, which shall not have been re- corded as above directed, shall ever after be considered or admitted as e- vidence in any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the United States, or against any title, legally and fully executed, derived from the Spanish government;—any act or acts to the contrary notwith- standing.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. March 2, 1805—APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To amend the act entitled "An act further to amend the act entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the supervisor of the district of Ken- tucky is hereby allowed the further time of three months from the end of two years after the completion of the sales of lands within his district, for the payment of the direct tax, to per- form the several duties enjoined by the fourth section of the act, entitled "An act further to amend the act, entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States," any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 1, 1805—APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Laws of New Hampshire.
(By AUTHORITY.)
AN ACT, for the better regulation of schools within this State, and for repealing all laws now in force re- specting the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court as- sembled, That the selectmen of the sev- eral towns, parishes and places within this State, be and they hereby are em- powered and required to assess annual- ly, the inhabitants of their respective towns, parishes and places, according to their polls and rateable estates, to- gether with the improved or unimpro- ved lands and buildings of non-resi- dents, in a sum to be computed at the rate of forty five dollars for every one dollar of their proportion for public taxes, for the time being, and so for a greater or lesser sum; which sums, when collected, shall be applied to the sole purpose of keeping an English grammar school or schools for teach- ing, reading, writing and arithmetic, within the towns, parishes and pla- ces for which the same shall be assess- ed.
And be it further enacted, That no person shall be deemed qualified to keep any such school, unless he or she produce a certificate from some able and reputable school-master, and a law- ned minister of the gospel, or preceptor of some academy, or president or tu- tor of some college, that he or she is well qualified to keep such school.
And be it further enacted, That if the selectmen of any town, parish or place, neglect to raise and appropriate for the aforesaid purposes, the money requir- ed by this act, to be by them assessed, collected and appropriated, such select- men shall forfeit and pay the full sum which they shall be found delinquent in assessing, reasonably collecting, and duly appropriating; which sum shall be recovered by bill, plaint, or infor- mation, in any Court proper to try the same, and when recovered shall be appropriated to the purpose of keeping a school in the town where such delin- quency shall happen, which sum shall be paid out of the goods and estate of such selectmen; and it shall be the duty of the town clerks for the time being, of the respective towns, parishes or places, to see that the sums recovered of such delinquent selectmen be appro- priated agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this act.
And be it further enacted, That the operation of this act be suspended un- til the first day of March next: Pro- vided nevertheless, that no certificate heretofore obtained shall be considered valid after said first day of March.
And be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore made respecting the regulation of schools, be and hereby are repealed.
Approved Dec. 13, 1804.
THE opposers of our general and state governments have lost their power to effect any thing materially pre- judicial to our political interests, and are fast sinking into total obscurity and insignificance. While wisdom guides our public affairs and public virtue influences the great mass of our citizens, our security, prosperity and glory will increase, till we attain the highest perfection of which human nature is capable in our present state of existence.

From the National Intelligencer.
THE federal, as well as republican, statements received from New Hampshire, concur in declaring JOHN LANGDON to be elected governor, in the room of Mr. Gilman, and it is probable that on enumerating all the votes, Mr. Langdon will appear to be elected by a great majority. It cannot, under these circumstances, be considered premature, to congratulate the people, not only of that state, but of the whole United States, on this event; which is one of the best evidences of the increasing triumphs of republican principle. We need not inform our readers that Mr. Langdon is one of the most distinguished republicans of the eastern states. They cannot have forgotten the firmness, which he manifested in the senate of the United States, in times of uncommon peril and alarm, and which evinced a perfect consistency with the revolutionary principles, for the maintenance of which he staked his all. Of seventeen states there are now fourteen over whose affairs republican legislatures, and thirteen over which republican governors preside. If we look back a few years, and contrast the present with the then posture of affairs, we shall be lost in astonishment at the magnitude and rapidity of the change. In the year 1800, there were only seven states in which the government was republican; and there are now fourteen. Can we, under these circumstances, so far as regards characteristic political principles, be said to be a divided people?
Important Disclosure. —The following certificate of Col. SEYMOUR of Hartford, has appeared in the Connecticut papers. It refers to the memorable period of 1801, when the fate of the Union, of the Constitution and of America, hung in awful suspense, from the prospect of their being no President of the United States, when the election had devolved on Congress, and no choice could be made after many days' trial. Previous to that period, the legislature of Connecticut had neglected to supply the place of Mr. Tracy in the U. S. Senate, whose term of service would expire with the 3d of March that Spring, supposing it would be seasonable enough to do it at their session in May following. The governor, however, thought proper to call together his council in February to supply the place of Mr. Tracy, as the Senate might have important business to transact, after the 3d of March, in case no choice of President should be made by the house of representatives. What this business was, no one possessing a view of the "whole ground," ever doubted. That it was to create an USURPER, and change the constitution, was most firmly believed. This receives corroboration from the words of John Allen, mentioned in the certificate below, who was a member of the council, and a townsman and intimate friend of Mr. Tracy. The letter he delivered to the governor, was unquestionably from his friend, and no one will doubt that it contained an overture of singular moment. Col. Seymour was a member of the Council. (Pol. Obs.)
THE CERTIFICATE.
"I hereby certify, That in February, 1801, when the governor and a majority of the council convened in the council chamber in Hartford to appoint a senator, and whilst the last presidential election was depending before the house of representatives in congress, a general conversation took place among the members of the council upon the probable consequences that might ensue, if no election of a President should be made, and particularly, in case of such an event, what would be the fate of the Constitution of the United States—upon which John Allen, esq. rose from his seat, delivered an open letter to the governor, and said (referring to the conversation above) "THE CONSTITUTION IS GOOD FOR NOTHING—kick it to the devil." That as the words fell from him with apparent warmth and earnestness, they made a sensible impression upon my mind—of course I remarked to him at the time—"What are we then to depend upon if the constitution should be destroyed or set aside?"—he replied, "The militia."—I answered, "The militia will fail you—they will not bear you out." The governor returned the letter to Mr. Allen uncommunicated—I never saw or heard of it after—the business upon which the council convened was pursued and closed. THOMAS SEYMOUR."
We have the pleasure to find that four of the Justices whose commissions were revoked by the "Supreme Power" for declaring their opinion that this State was without a Constitution of Civil Government, have been chosen by the people as representatives to the General Assembly in May next. Connecticut Mercury.
Late FOREIGN Intelligence.
LONDON, MARCH 1.
A Russian squadron of five ships of the line, and frigates, anchored at Naples on the 30th December, and an additional force was daily looked for. Whether they had troops on board or otherwise there is no information; but as Rome is stated to be full of Russian Officers, whom their curiosity has drawn thither; and as several bodies of French horse and foot have retired out of the Neapolitan territory into Upper Italy, It is most probable that the Emperor of Russia has determined upon sending an army sufficient for the defence of the King of the Sicilies, and that this squadron has bro't part of it.
A report was generally prevalent in London on Saturday, that the Dutch had revolted at the Cape of Good Hope, had succeeded in overpowering the government and had hoisted English colours.
This report might, have been considered as deserving of little credit, had it not been backed by strong circumstances from Holland, communicated by a gentleman, who arrived in the course of the day, and on whose veracity, we are assured, perfect reliance may be placed.
Letters on the 18th ult. have been received from Rotterdam. The reports of the insurrection at the Cape was whispered in the best informed circles, but was not made public. Intelligence had reached Rotterdam the same day, that Citizen Schemmelpennick had arrived at the Hague from Paris with the new constitution, the promulgation of which was expected to take place in the course of a few days. An uncommon degree of activity prevailed from the 10th to the date of the letters, among the ships of war, the transports, and the small craft in the Dutch harbours, destined to co-operate in the expedition against this country. All the vessels equipped for the conveyance of troops were undergoing the inspection of the Naval Commissary, M. Perron, despatched for that purpose from Boulogne, by order of Bonaparte.
No certain information has yet been received respecting the progress and destination of the Rochefort Squadron, nor whether the Toulon fleet has or has not failed.
On Friday last the Channel Fleet, under the command of Admiral Cornwallis, arrived in Torbay.
The Spanish brig El Rosario, from Vera Cruz, laden with a valuable cargo, and having on board 80,000 dollars, has been taken by the Uranie, of 38 guns, and sent into Plymouth. The Spanish brig Carolina, with a valuable cargo from the Havanna has been captured by the Pallas, of 32 guns, and sent into the same place.
Saturday afternoon the Endymion frigate, Capt. Faget, arrived at Portsmouth with the following Spanish ships, which are very richly laden:—Ecce Homo, from the Rio de la Plata; Asegurada, Register ship, from Lima; La Premisa de la Pas, from Rio de la Plata; la Brillante, from Vera Cruz, all laden with specie, cochineal, indigo, &c. The Endymion has 1,500,000 dollars on board, which she took out of the galleon. The Thistle, Capt. Shephard, has also sent in the ship Thetis, from N. Orleans, laden with a valuable cargo. The Endymion has captured four more Spanish ships during her cruise, and since the declaration of war, which are safe arrived.
Our Correspondent at Cowes writes us that a gentleman who came passenger in an armed cutter which on Sunday passed the Isle of Wight from Jersey, states that six sail of Spanish 74 gun ships had effected their escape, and safely got to Brest, where he saw them on the 18th ult. We are unable to ascertain what degree of credit is due to this statement, but no information upon this subject has yet reached the Admiralty.
March 3.—The Revolutionnaire, frigate which arrived at Portsmouth on Monday fortnight from New-York, performed the voyage in sixteen days, which is the quickest passage ever made; she ran from 200 to 260 miles every day. The Revolutionnaire was waiting three months for the French frigate to come out of Hampton Roads, which is to convey Jerome Bonaparte and lady to France. The Cambrian frigate, Capt. Beresford, relieved her. Capt. Bradley, formerly commander of the Cambrian, came passenger in the Revolutionnaire, which has brought home 200,000 dollars.
March 4.—According to the monthly statement of the British navy, the total number of the ships now in commission is 695; of which 105 are of the line, 21 fifty gun ships, 141 frigates, and 428 sloops of war. There are besides 78 ships of the line repairing, building, and in an ordinary, and a great number of smaller vessels; making the grand total 918 ships of which 183 are of the line. Of cutters, armed brigs, and hired vessels, there are
about 150, which, added to the number of ships of superior force, would make the British naval force at present amount to 1068 ships of war of different descriptions.
Dispatches were last night sent off from the admiralty to Yarmouth. Orders have been given for a great number of ships of the line, to join the North Sea fleet.
The minority in the House of Commons, upon the question of war with Spain although not very formidable, was certainly very respectable. The minister appears to have considered it in that light; as, pending the division, he informed his friends that there would probably be some discussion upon the report last night. This anxiety to bespeak their attendance, shews that he does not feel so easy in his seat as he used to do. We remember Mr. Fox indeed, exhorted his friend upon a similar occasion, when he was gaining upon Mr. Addington; but such a mark of condescension is quite new from Mr. Pitt. But while the minority is sufficiently great to keep him upon the alert, the strength of his majority must dissipate all fear for his power. Should he resign, it will be from some other cause than want of Parliamentary support.
The Monitor has contradicted the reports from Germany relative to the disputes between France and Austria, concerning the cordon of the latter on the frontiers of Italy, it also notices the exaggeration of the coronation expenses to 50 or 60,000,000, when they actually did not exceed 4,650,600 francs; and the like reports, which it says are propagated by English Journalists, to serve the war faction in London.
Letter from Lord Mulgrave to his Excellency M. De Talleyrand, minister of foreign affairs.
"His Majesty has received the letter which has been addressed to him by the chief of the French government, dated the 2d of the present month.
"There is no object which his Majesty had more at heart, than to seize the first opportunity of procuring a new to his subjects the advantages of a peace founded on a basis not incompatible with the permanent security and the essential interests of his states. His Majesty is persuaded this object cannot be attained but by arrangements which must at the same time provide for the future safety and tranquillity of Europe, and to prevent the renewal of those dangers and misfortunes by which she has found herself surrounded. Conformable to this sentiment, his Majesty feels it impossible to reply more particularly to the overture which has been made to him, until he has had time to communicate with those powers of the continent with whom he is engaged in confidential intercourse and connexion, and especially with the Emperor of Russia, who has given the strongest proof of the wise and dignified sentiments with which he is animated, and of the lively interest he takes in the safety and independence of Europe.
(Signed) MULGRAVE.
Downing-Street, January 14, 1805.
GREENOCK, MARCH 8. The arrival of the Rochefort squadron at Brest, is said to have received some confirmation, by the accounts from our squadron of observations off that port, which state that the number of the enemy's fleet, is ascertained to have been considerably increased of late.
BY THE LAST MAILS.
AMERICAN CONSULATE.
HAVANNA, MARCH 30, 1805.
[CIRCULAR.]
SIR,
For the information of the Merchants and others of your district and city, I embrace the opportunity offering this moment, to inform you, that the ports of Havanna and St. Jago de Cuba, are now open for the admission of all kinds of provisions and dry-goods, &c. in neutral vessels, from neutral ports, on the same terms and conditions as during the late war.
I send you copies of the decrees herewith enclosed.
I am, Sir, Very respectfully, Your most obedient servant. VINCENT GRAY.
The Collector of the Customs for the Port of Philadelphia.
P. S. Duty at present 32 1-2 per cent. but about to be reduced immediately.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17.
The very essence of liberty consists in freedom of enquiry. Whatever, therefore, conduces to the protection of this right is worthy of those who profess themselves the friends of liberty. To the disgrace of the state of New-York, she has, until the present time, retained the old doctrine of libels While the federalists had in their hands the political power of the country, no attempt was made, we believe
(if mistaken, we wish to be corrected) by them to accommodate the law on this point to the nature of our political institutions. This has been reserved for a republican legislature, who have recently passed the following act, the leading principles of which, appear to us to be correct; and to be such as fortify the important right of investigating the conduct of public men and the merits of public measures, at the same time that they inhibit that wanton and profligate traduction of private character which is scarcely less injurious to the liberty of the press, than legal restraints. (Nat. Intelligencer.)
An Act Concerning Libels.
Passed 6th April, 1805.
Whereas doubts exist whether on the trial of an indictment or information for a libel, the jury have a right to give their verdict on the whole matter in issue.
1. Be it therefore declared and enacted by the people of the state of N. York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That on every such indictment or information, the jury who shall try the same, shall have a right to determine the law and fact under the direction of the court in like manner as in other criminal cases, and not be directed or required by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by the defendant of the matter charged to be libelous and of the sense ascribed thereto in such indictment or information: Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be held or taken to impair or destroy the right and privilege of the defendant to apply to the court to have the judgment arrested as hath heretofore been practiced.
2. And be it further declared and enacted, That in every prosecution for writing or publishing any libel, it shall be lawful for the defendant upon the trial of a cause to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libelous: Provided, always, that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless on the trial it shall be further made satisfactorily to appear that the matter charged as libelous was published with good motives and justifiable ends.
3. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons who shall after the passing of this act be convicted of writing or publishing a libel, such person or persons shall not be sentenced to an imprisonment exceeding the term of eighteen months or to a fine exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars.
4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful to prosecute any persons by information for writing or publishing any libel.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
We learn from an authentic source, that our government has received official notice, that our trade with the blacks of St. Domingo, is absolutely prohibited, and that all neutral vessels bound to or from any port in their possession will be seized, and the crews tried before a Court Martial, and executed.
The account of the French decree, which directs that the crews of neutral vessels bound to the black ports in St. Domingo, should be put to death, is confirmed by letters from St. Thomas.
BALTIMORE APRIL 19.
The following translated extract of a letter to a French gentleman in this city, is so minute in its details as to have considerable plausibility, were it not opposed by the late Mediterranean news, and by advices from Guadalupe to the 19th March, which latter are silent on the subject:
"Guadaloupe, March 16.
"I have to inform you, that the two French squadrons have united, one from Toulon, and the other from Rochefort. The latter has made terrible havoc amongst the enemy—from seven to eight hundred vessels, large and small, having been taken, sunk, or burnt; besides which, the squadron has raised contributions in all the English windward islands. Spanish Trinidad alone, taken by the Toulon squadron, has escaped contribution, as the French have placed a garrison in it, and mean to keep it in their possession. The united squadrons consist of 23 sail of the line and 21 frigates, besides 30 other vessels, such as corvettes, transports, &c. making in all 74 sail. The precise object of the expedition is a profound secret, all the officers having their orders sealed. It is said that there are eighteen thousand men on board this fleet. You may, if you think proper, communicate the above information to your friends."
Ireland, according to a recent enumeration, contains 12,001, Irish acres, 687,118 houses, & 5,496,944 inhabitants.
The most interesting report in the political world is the mediation of Prussia. It was mentioned in the Spanish papers, but as no circumstances explained it, it was left in great uncertainty. It now comes from English and Spanish papers, but remains still undefined. To the friends of peace it would be a most desirable event. The mediation has been represented as having two objects, the affairs of England and Russia. At this critical moment, expectation will be busy, and we may not be disappointed should the most improbable stories precede the important events, which must arise from the present posture of the European nations. Military operations between France and England are entirely suspended by the character of the war between the two nations. The rupture with Spain invites to powerful operations against Gibraltar, which is upon the Spanish territory, and which commands the entrance into the Mediterranean. In Spain, forces are collecting with professed designs against that fortress.—Already, by report, Moreau has been engaged in the service, and the assault has begun and succeeded. But such necessity of naval co-operations exists, that we may without scruple, refuse any credit to the accounts of the operations against that fortress. The situation of the Toulon fleet is still uncertain, and it will hardly be believed that the combined fleets would attempt to command in that quarter.—The invasion of Great Britain is not yet forgotten, and alarms are excited by all the movements of the French. (Salem Register.)
From St. Thomas, March 5. "A French Consul has arrived here from the city of St. Domingo, and has published the Proclamation of the French Commander in Chief of St. Domingo, declaring that all persons found on board neutral vessels, within two leagues of any of the ports in possession of the blacks, going in, or coming out, shall be punished with death.
Capt. Bowyer, from Santa Domingo, arrived at N. York, informs of the capture of St. Jago, by the black army, and of the murder of all the men, women and children; and that they were then marching against Santa Domingo.
From Jacmel March 7. "The Haytian (black) army has got within six leagues of the city of Santa Domingo.
The black army gone against the city of St. Domingo, amounted to 40,000 men. Christophe was commander in Chief. Gen. Brave, (a ferocious black) commanded at the assault of St. Jago, and was said to have been mortally wounded.—He lost a thousand men in the assault.
British Monarchy and American Federalism.
It is remarkable that at the time the British Royalists were exclaiming against French Infidelity, and exhorting all Europe to view and detest the profanation of the Sabbath by the institution of decades—such was the public disregard to the Sabbath in the city of London, (the very focus of the Royal heat which had been kindled against France) that a public paper was issued weekly, entitled "the Sunday Review!"
It is less remarkable that the federalists of Connecticut, who echoed word for word, the anathemas of Britain against France, encouraged and supported the Connecticut Courant; and that this Courant, which teemed weekly with terrible bugbears, such as French principles, illuminism, &c. and dwelt most constantly & emphatically upon French decades, and the designs of republicans here to annul the Sabbath, was itself actually worked off at the Press on the Lord's Day!
Thus were the federalists of this Country, in many other important matters copied after the Royalists of Great-Britain, and professed principles and feeling as like to their friends over the Atlantic "as crow to crow."
However bad, open infidelity may be, it is certainly not so contemptible and sickening as the vile hypocrisy which we have just noticed. (Rep. Farmer.)
NORWICH, APRIL 10.
The steady habits of Connecticut, illustrated!
At the close of the Freemen's Meeting in this town on Monday last, a trifling dispute took place on the success of the day, when EBENEZER HUNTINGTON, Esq. Adjutant-General of the Militia of this State, (a federalist) in the presence of one of the CIVIL AUTHORITY, made an Assault upon Mr. TRACY, the acting constable of the day (a republican) and knocked him down with his, the said Huntington's cane. We forbear making any comment, at present, on this transaction, which might prejudice the minds of the public, as it is probable, this business will be finally settled in a Court of Law.—A specimen this, of the mild and orderly reign of federalism.

THE pieces under the signature of AMICUS, in your last Gazette, appear to have been written with zeal, but without consideration. I cannot conclude with the writer that the issuing promissory notes as a circulating medium is in any man a proof of patriotism, or of a distinguished desire to benefit others—Unmoved therefore by the warmth of Amicus, (and free from any bias) I shall consider his subject. His question "to what cause is to be attributed the universal complaint of the people against the Public Banks," shall be answered. Supposing that a complaint against the banks does exist; the cause must be that the people demand greater supplies than can be constantly issued on the capital banking fund; yet it is well known that a larger amount than the capital stock may be issued in bills. The banker issues his bills, and receives the promissory notes of the merchant, the farmer or mechanic; but it is incumbent on the drawer of the note to borrow no more than he can provide for, as payments may become due; for the banker considers the times, the course of trade, &c. and from thence makes his calculations. At one period he may safely issue 100 per cent. above his capital stock; at another time, he must reduce his discounts: When he apprehends a run on the bank, he will call for the necessary payments on the notes he received. The debtor when in cash makes no complaint; but if he depended on assistance which has failed him, if he has to sell or mortgage his real estate to raise the money, he will complain; and he then justly charges the bank as the cause of hardships; which result from his own want of prudence alone, or from a too sanguine expectation! On the precarious dependence of discount from the bank, he has enlarged his trade, purchased a farm or built himself houses; he has extended his credit beyond what his actual capital would justify; and when the laborer calls for his hire—I have no money!—the bank is calling in. I must save my credit at the bank! From hence arises the complaints of the People against the banks. The want of money cannot be effectually remedied by the circulation of notes issued by individuals, and not originating in an actual fund: a partial and momentary benefit may be produced, but the accidents to which an individual is always liable will prevent the necessary confidence in his engagements; and those evils will ensue, which always attend a depreciating currency.—The security of an individual in no case can be compared to that of an incorporated banking company—The company deposit an actual fund, on the credit of which they issue their bills, and a transferable stock is created—The property may be held by one, and another; and altho' a stockholder should fail in his private business, or should die, yet the banking fund remains perfect, and the company is known only by its firm. But an individual or private banker is liable to a thousand casualties; should he issue notes on the credit of an actual property, suppose a large real estate—yet misfortune might overtake him; and any adversity, or the event of his death, might reduce his estate, or so retard the payment of his notes, that they would depreciate in value—then would appear "speculators, schemers and avaricious usurers;" and the poor man, who had taken at their nominal value such private notes in payment for the sweat of his brow; would be left to lament his credulity. The currency of private notes would also open a door of temptation to the windler. An artful man (not possessed of real property) might palm many of his notes on the public at some value; and thus in the end effect the ruin of hundreds of industrious and worthy men. An instance of this kind happened some years ago—A merchant once possessed of an immense property, and in an extensive credit, (having engaged in ruinous speculations which deranged his affairs,) was induced to issue notes, and to employ agents to sell them! From 10/ on the pound, they were at length sold for five cents the dollar; and some hundred thousand dollars were thus disposed of—The merchant failed, and his estate was barely sufficient to pay the commission of bankruptcy, and thousands were ruined by his iniquitous practice! AMICUS, will you again consider whether any permanent advantage to the community, can result from the currency of private notes as a circulating medium! and while he enlarges on the fair designs of Mr. D. (to the present ability and good character of the gentleman, I subscribe) he will recollect that an evil example cannot be justified by a declaration of honest intentions.
April 29 1805. HOMO. From the Political Observer. They say, Tom Fessenden has become a great author, and produced two works—one they call, I think, "The terrible untractable nation," and the other, "Democracy has prevailed."—Tom, I guess, will never say again, as he did once to his school-ma'am, when he was about sixteen years old: reading in the Old Testament, where it is said, "Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob," &c. breaking off short, "Ma'am," says he, "did I ever begat any thing?"
Our correspondent has made a little mistake—the works are called, Terrible Vexation, and Democracy Unveiled—The public ought perhaps to be informed, that the subject of the above communication was born and brought up in this town, (Walpole) and the foregoing is from an old acquaintance.
Federalists are compelled to be passive, but they are still inclined to be mischievous; they are endeavoring to have their miscondu& forgotten, and to persuade that they are "most modest and moderate gentlemen;" and many republicans, from the honesty of their hearts, are inclined to believe them. It behoves all sound republicans to be up and doing, at least to be circumspet: if they do not there will arise amongst us a faction, of the refuse of all parties, whose hypocrisy and cunning will be far more dangerous to our liberties than the open, avowed, and many opposition of federalists.
Portsmouth, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1805.
FOREIGN.
We have not received by the late arrivals any important communications from Europe. The Prussian mediation does not arrest attention, and the character of it is very imperfectly explained. Nothing has transpired from the English government by which it can be ascertained whether the mediation regard the pacific declaration from the Emperor of France merely, or any consequent transactions. The state of the Spanish fleet at Ferrol, as given by the English Admiral Cochrane, is important information. According to this statement, the Spanish fleet, of 19 ships is nearly ready for sea. It includes 3 ships of 120 guns, 1 of 90, 1 of 84, 7 of 74, 1 of 64, 4 of 44, and 2 of 40 guns. It is universally believed that a junction of the Spanish, French and Dutch fleets will be attempted. The English had sufficient force at Malta, to keep that island, but they had not reduced Minorca, which the Spaniards were preparing to defend.—Sa. Reg. Launch.—Last evening Gun-Boat No. 8, was safely deposited on the watery element; she will sail for the Mediterranean in all next week.—We sincerely wish she may prove efficient in humbling the enemies of our beloved country. Thursday's Chron.
The legislature of New-York has unanimously rejected Ely's amendment.
MARINE MEMORANDA.
DISTRESSING ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE SHIP JUPITER.
FROM MARBLEHEAD, April 24, 1805. Arrived this day, the fchr. Joanna, Capt. Henry Quiner, having picked up on the Eastern part of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland the yawl of the ship Jupiter late of New-York with the Captain, mate, one seaman and five passengers; which ship was foundered by the ice, at 12 o'clock on the night of the 6th inst. on her passage from London to New-York, having on board 73 fowls, 27 of whom were lost in the ship; 38 including the second mate and the remainder of the crew took to the long boat, which parted company from the yawl on Monday the 3th inst. in heavy squalls, after having left the ice that morning.
The following particulars of the loss of the Jupiter are communicated to us by Capt. Law.
Sailed in the ship Jupiter from the Downs for New York March 6th; nothing remarkable occurred excepting frequent gales and bad weather, until April 7th, being then in lat. 44, 20, long. by account 49, at 8 o'clock in the morning saw a great number of pieces of broken ice, which we passed in about 3 hours; when we supposed ourselves clear, steering West by North, wind E. N. E. and foggy moderate weather, at 8 P. M. began to discover islands of ice, and by 3 o'clock saw a large field of ice a head which appeared to have no opening, we then wore ship and kept off to the South and East, continually passing small islands until 3 P. M. when we found the ice extending so far to the North and South that we could not clear it, hove about and stretched to the North a broken ice until night came on and no prospect of getting clear, have to under double reefed topsails, in hopes to have sufficient drift to keep clear of the fields to the leeward, until day light; but found at 11, that we were drifting fast upon a large island. Was obliged to wear ship, and haul to the Southward, under easy sail; luffing and bearing away for the broken ice as occasion required until 12; when we struck upon a small piece, which penetrated thro' the starboard bow. Immediately rigged both pumps, and got the boats out. Thirty eight men, women and children got into the long boat, and eight into the yawl, and put off from the ship, which went down in about half an hour from the time the struck, having on board at the time the boats left her, twenty-seven fowls, who perished with the ship; we then shaped our course to the westward, continually relieving the oars, and with difficulty finding a passage for the boats through the fields of ice which we were passing during the remainder of that night, the next day and night, until about 12, o'clock on Monday, A. M. having gone about one hundred miles W. S. W. from the time of leaving the ship; at 12, finding after we had cleared the ice a rough sea beginning to make, and that the yawl was unsafe in tow, and they not being willing to increase their number in the long boat, requested them to cut us adrift, when they immediately left us, steering north, with a fair sea, and a fresh breeze from the southward; our situation was now such, that we were obliged to keep the boat before the wind, it being very squally, with heavy rain, and the yawl being so deeply laden as to make us apprehensive that the world immediately lost. About fun set the wind abated, and the sea moderated, so that we were enabled to pull to the westward, which we did from 7 o'clock until 8, A. M. on Tuesday, the gth when we had the happiness to discover a sail, which proved to be the fchr. Joanna, Capt. Quiner, who humanely received us on board, and paid us every attention which was in his power, and which our situation, after suffering much from fatigue, and being considerably injured by the frost rendered necessary to the preservation of our lives.
When we parted company with the long boat we had plenty of provisions on board, and strong hopes are entertained that they were so fortunate as to meet with a vessel shortly after, there being several at no great distance to the westward, or that they would be able to reach some port in Newfoundland.
VESSELS LEFT.
At St. Pierre, L'Isleux, Lunt, Portsmouth. At Bassetts. April 2, Hannibal, Hooper, of Portsmouth, for New York, in 8 days. At Trinidad, April 1, Captain Young, Portsmouth; Capt. Meere, do.
being now reduced a minority, and hastening into nototy, the excellency of our representative system will become more and more conspicuous from its increasing happy effects, and excite the laudable emulation of surrounding nations, till the old systems of government become lost in the new rational and philanthropic system being adopted by the nations, and diffusing its salutary influences far and wide. Thus we may hope, our world, will on an early day, become regenerated by the sacred flame of liberty, kindled in America, and spreading its all quickening energies wherever the sun diffuses its beams.
MARRIED.
In this town, Mr. Joshua Stackpole, to Miss Mary Davis.
DIED.
In this town, Capt. JOSEPH NOBLE; Mrs. MARGARET HOWE, aged 48. On Tuesday last departed this life, Madam HANNAH BRACKETT, aged 70, relict of the late Hon. Joshua Brackett, Esq. M. D. a lady of great merit, and justly esteemed and admired for her many excellent virtues and most pleasing accomplishments, as well as for her superior abilities and excellent sense as a writer; of which the public have been considerably indebted in years past. Her funeral will be this afternoon.
DROWNED from on board the Schooner Industry, Mr. JOSEPH ROACH, aged 18, eldest son of Captain T. Roach of this town, At Pelham, New-Hampshire, Miss. Mercedes Atwood, aged 78, wife of Mr. Joshua Atwood, they lived together in the married state about 60 years, and have had 17 children, 68 grand children, and 12 great grand children.
At Litchfield, of a lock jaw, Mr. Appleton Kilborn, aged 69.
At Pembroke, the 28th ult. in an apoplectic fit, Mrs. Lydia Head, aged 54, wife of Capt. John Head.
At Malton, Miss Hannah Lawrence, aged 26, daughter of Stephen Lawrence, Esq.
At Amberst, Mr. Samuel Whiting, merchant, aged 41.
At Walpole, on Tuesday last, Mr. David Hall, a respectable citizen.
At Westmoreland, in a fit of the numbness, the widow Hannah Butterfield, aged 59.
At Mount Vernon, Mr. Robert Parker, aged 73. Mr. Ebenezer Holt, aged 76. Mrs. Mary MARBLE, aged 22, wife of Mr. William M.
On the 24th March last Deborah Knight Carter, aged 9 years, and on the 31st Caroline Carter aged 4 years—two promising children of Mr. Benjamin G. Carter of Kittery.
At Scotland, Dr. Robison, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.
At Weston, deeply regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, Dr. John Clarke, M.D. 27.
Pearle & Walker,
Have just received for Sale, "Dearborn's Proportional BALANCES."
THESE instruments for weighing, are of such utility as to be fast getting into general use, to state every advantage in the use of them would be superfluous; suffice it to say, they may be "purchased for half the cost and used with half the labour of scales and weights;" for "safe, dispatch and precision." They surpass any thing of the kind extant, the frequent demand for them through the states and elsewhere, is of sufficient proof of their usefulness and merited approbation. April 30th, 1805.
Wanted Immediately,
A frame for a Meeting-house. Any person willing to contract for the same, may receive farther information, By inquiring of the Printers. April 30.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Valuable Information. Lately published, and now received and for sale at C. PEIRCE'S Bookstore,
S EVEN excellent Sermons, on the mode and subjects of baptism.—To which is added, a brief history of the baptismals—by Daniel Merrill, A. M. pastor of the congregational church in Sedgewick. The whole finished up in one pamphlet, containing 137 pages, price 2/3. This pamphlet gives an account of the happy conversion of Mr. Merrill from the Congregational to the Baptist sentiment. And these sermons, with the blessing of God, has had the happy tendency of converting his whole church and almost all his parish, who are to be baptized the 19th of next month by Elder Baldwin of Boston, and Elder Williams of Beverly, who are sent for, for the said purpose. Portsmouth, April 30, 1805.
ALL persons having demands against the estate of Lt. SIMEON MARSTON,
late of North-Hampton deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement, and those who are indebted to said estate are requested to make payment to ABIGAIL MARSTON, Administratrix. North-Hampton, April 29, 1805.
ALL persons indebted to, or having demands against the estate of JOSEPH FIFIELD,
late of east Kingston deceased, are requested to call on the sub. riber for immediate settlement. TRISTRAM FIFIELD, Exec'r of the last will of Joseph Fifield. East Kingston, April 9, 1805.
received by PETER COFFIN.
A large assortment of
INDIA COTTONS, some very good for 2 dollars a piece. A great variety yard wide India Chintzes, for 6/9 piece.—Also— Just opened, Cotton and Silk Umbrellas; Parasols with Walking Canes, &c. &c. April 30.
Henry B. Williams.
Has for sale at No. 2, Portsmouth Pier.
FEW pipes Brandy and Gin. 5 Bbls. first quality Cognac Brandy. 30 Boxes Soap. 12 Casks of Dutch Gun Powder. 5 Casks of American do. 5 Casks fine cut Nails, assorted. 50 Bbls. Beef, No. 1 and 2, Quantity of Clover and Herds Grass feed. And 1 Trunk Dry Goods, assorted. The above articles will be sold very low for cash or approved credit. Also, on commission 20 Crates assorted Crockery Ware. Wanted a quantity of Pet and Pearl oysters. Portsmouth 30.
LUMBER WANTED.
FROM 20 to 30,000 good merchantable hemlock Boards. Inquire of the printers. April 30.
Fourth N. H. Turnpike Road.
THE Directors of the fourth Turnpike Road in New Hampshire, on the 22d day of January last, voted a further assessment of twenty-five dollars on each share in said Turnpike Road, to be collected as soon as possible. ATTEST, PARKER NOYES, Proprietors Clerk. March 19, 1805.
FOR SALE, BY
C. PEIRCE, Portsmouth, & Dr. JOHN WHEELER, Dover, the following valuable Family and Patent Medicines.
DOCTOR Rawson's celebrated STOMACHIC BITTERS, which have proved so singularly efficacious for a few years past, in restoring weak and decayed constitutions, and all that train of complicated complaints, so common in the spring and fall seasons. Price 50 cts. a box. Extract of a letter, from Doct. John Wilson, of Vergennes, (Vermont) to the Proprietor, dated October 20, 1803.
Dear Sir—I have been one of those that never put much faith in Patent Medicines until of late, but must acknowledge, by actual experience, that I have received more benefit from Doctor RAWSON'S BITTERS than from all the medicines I ever took before. I have been unwell with a low remittent fever, &c. Yours, &c. JOHN WILCOX, M. D. Stamford, 10th October, 1803. Sir—the sale of Doctor RAWSON'S BITTERS, has far exceeded my expectations. The inhabitants seem to approve of them very much. I have sold all those you left with me. I wish you to send me a further supply. Those Bitters have had a surprising effect on several of my acquaintance, in restoring appetite and health to those that were quite low. With respect, yours, Wm. KING.
DOCT. LEE'S (Windham) BILIOUS PILLS, and Dr. RAWSON'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, or FAMILY PHY- STC
Both these valuable Pills are a most excellent medicine in all Bilious Complaints, and are useful in all other disorders where purges are necessary; they are certain to operate in a short time, without occasioning the least pain or griping. These Pills are too well known and appreciated, through the United States, to need comment in an advertisement. Price 50 cts. a box
DOCTOR RAWSON'S ITCH OINTMENT
A certain cure for that disagreeable complaint called the ITCH. It effects a cure in a very short time, and may be applied with the greatest safety. It also cures all other kinds of eruptions on the face or skin. It is very agreeable in smell, and leaves the skin smooth and beautiful.
DOCT. COOLEY'S VEGETABLE ELIXIR, or COUGH DROPS;
the best medicine ever yet discovered, for Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Spitting of Blood, and approaching Consumption; and every other disease incident to that organ of life, the Lungs. No medicine in use is so justly entitled to praise in curing the above complaints, as this valuable Elixir. Price 75 cts. a bottle.
DR. RAWSON'S much celebrated WORM POWDERS,
which have proved very efficacious in dislodging and expelling Worms from the bowels of Children and Adults; they are also a very gentle purge, and the most proper phyic that can be given to children, to remove crudities of every kind. Price, 50 cents a packet.
DR. THOMPSON'S AROMATIC TOOTH PASTE
for curing the scurvy in the teeth and gums, and whitening and preserving the teeth. It takes off all disagreeable smells from the breath, which generally arise from scorbutic gums and bad teeth, and may be used with the greatest safety. Price 50 cts. a box.
DR. H3>DR. HINCKLEY'S Infalible Remedy for the PILES
a certain cure for that disagreeable complaint. Price 50 cts. a box.
DOCT. COOLEY'S RHEUMATIC PILLS
an excellent medicine in all rheumatic complaints. Price 40 cts. a box. April 30, 1805.
of Vol. L.
At No. 3.
A valuable assortment of MERCHANDIZE, for Cash without reserve,—viz. 600 yards CHINTZ; 970 yards CALLICO; 452 yards Furniture do.; 157 yards DIMITIES; 309 yards BROAD CLOTH; 755 yards COATINGS; 803 yards DUFFILS; 60 pair Rofe BLANKETS, 56780 44444 and 1/2. 50 pieces Bandanna HANKERCHIEFS; 16 pair PANTALOONS; 20 dozen SHAWLS (new figures) 12 pieces black RIBBONS; 50 dozen POCKET BOOKS; 1 piece black Italian MILK; HATS; 15 bags FEATHERS; A small assortment GLASS WARE; 470 yards Irish Linen; 350 yards BROWN HOLLANDS; 5 dozen TABLE CLOTHS; 120 yards Cotton Cashmeres; 20lb. SEWING SILK; 250 yards FLANNEL; 20 pieces BAFCOS; 30 pieces GURRAHS; 1 bale damaged CALLICO; 7 pieces colored SATTINS; 1 piece black ditto; 3 boxes RIBBONS; 18 Cotton SHEETS; A Few dozen Silk GLOVES; White and colored MUSLINS; 3 barrels SHRUB; &c. &c. Sale at 10 o'clock, and to be continued—every article put up will be sold. Alex'r Ewen, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, April 30.
To be sold at Public Auction,
THIS DAY, At 11 o'clock, at store on Ayer's wharf. 500 Bushels Corn in lots of 20 bushels each.—Also—A quantity Shoes, Axes, Oars, Soap, &c. S. LITTLE, Auctioneer.
THIS DAY WILL BE SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION, A LOT OF LAND, situated in the town of Portsmouth, 40 feet on Horse Lane, and 40 feet on Liberty-Square—For further particulars, inquire of WILLIAM HAM, jun'r. THOMAS JACKSON, of Portsmouth, or EDWARD TOPPAN of Newburyport. April 23, 1805.
THURSDAY NEXT.
FOR SALE, THE FIELD and Land where the Rope-Walk now stands, & the Land to the Northward of said Walk, now occupied by Mr. Wm. Pickering, below Mill Dam, and opposite the South School-House. If not sold before Thursday the 2d day of May, it will on that day, at 12 o'clock, be sold at Public Auction, at the subscriber's house, adjoining said Land. The said HOUSE is to let.—For terms apply to THO'S MANNING. April 16, 1805.
Taken by execution, and to be sold
at Public Auction, at Wm. SEAVEY'S Office, Spring-Hill, on Tuesday the 7th of May next, at 9 o'clock A.M.—fundry Goods, viz.—
TWENTY-TWO pieces Muslin, plain, figured & striped, 96 yds. 3 ps. Lawn, 18 yds.; 4 muslin Handkerchiefs; 11 Fans; 8 silver Thimbles; 16 Combs; 21 Plooms; 5 ps. Tiffney, 85 yds.; 3 ps. Crape, about 6 yds.; 11 1/2 yds. Sarsnet; 3 pair men's silk Hose; 20 yds. blk. Ganze; 3 ps. Pelon SATTIN; 4 knit Patterns; silk Twist; 2 1/2 lb. Scot Threads; Men's leather and silk Gloves; Women's kid Gloves; 80 yards black Lace; 36 yds. black Trimmings; Sundry grose metal Buttons; 22 ps. Ribbon; Silk Ferrett and Tape; 8 Muffs, and 16 ps. Fur Trimming; 1 Silver Watch; 13 men's worsted Caps; Spring Galloches, &c. &c. &c. A. L. S. O.
Taken by execution, and to be sold
at Public Auction, on Tuesday the 7th day of May, at 11 o'clock A. M.—at Wm. SEAVEY'S Office, the following articles,—viz.—
FOUR pieces Superfine BROAD CLOTHS; 20 pieces London superfine Chintzes; 10 dozen long white silk Gloves; 12 dozen cotton Mitts; 40 Table Cloths, 8 quarters square; 5 ps. fine corded Dimity; 15 dozen Ladies cotton Hose, with laced clocks; 50 ps. fine India Cottons; 8 dozen men's beaver and felt Hats. Portsmouth, April 30.
For sale at Public AUCTION,
On the 27th of May next, at Chadwick's Bell-Tavern, (if not previously disposed of)
A LOT OF LAND
44 feet front 57 1/2 back in Market-street, one of the best stands for business in Portsmouth,—and
A lot of Land back of Gen.
Storer's Cellar,—and
A house and Land suitable
for a garden, pleasantly situated in Durham,—and
A location of 580 acres of
Land in Pigwacket,—and
1 share in Piscataqua Bridge.
For further particulars inquire of MARGARET FURNISS, at her Shop in Buck-street. Portsm. April 30

OH! let us seek the rural mead, Where the shepherds tune their vocal reed And every plant and every tree, Shall give its true affections, Love to thee! Oh! let us fly the noisy scene, And wonder o'er the spang'ed green; Together cull the sweets of May, All along the flowery way. And I'll compare the vi'ret's blue, That's freshest by the morning's dew; Oh! I'll compare it to the dye Which sparkles in your azure eye! And when the blushing tender rose, Soft blooms of nature shall disclose, Oh! I'll compare it to the lip Whose juice is nectar Love to sip! The lily, too, whose leaf is pale, The fairest of the fragrant vale, In I'll compare its native glow To thy fond bosom's briskest snow.
LON. PAPER. For the GAZETTE
Messrs. Editors, I obtained one of the books lately advertised by you, intitled the mode and subjects of Baptism, examined by Daniel Merrill, A. M.—and I am willing the world should know I am a thorough convert to his sentiments, and must confess I cannot see how any one can get along in any other way, who hold the scripture as the "man of their council and guide of their lives," and do believe, were every preacher of the gospel to come forward in the honest, and upright manner in which Mr. Merrill has, and confess their faults and errors, that all their churches and congregations, would, like his, embrace the truths of the gospel.—May the Lord, prevent public teachers from any longer fighting against him with their eyes wide open; and prevent their any longer blinding the eyes of those of their hearers, who have long been brought to see the gospel ordinances in their true light, but are fearful of wounding the feelings of their Ministers, by coming out and declaring themselves to be on the Lord's side fully. CANDOR CONVINCE.
For our fashionable females. A young lady lately consulted a Physician of eminence, on account of some rheumatic pains, and a troublesome cough which she had labored under since the commencement of the cold weather. The prescription was sent by the footman to the Apothecary's, as usual. He read it with a smile, and recommended the messenger to take it to a Haberdasher's on the opposite side of the street, as Apothecaries did not keep the articles prescribed, upon which the footman enquired what the Doctor had ordered, when he was informed by the young Aesculapius, that the prescription ran thus:—"Take—a good warm double Scotch shawl, and apply it immediately round the shoulders and chest: add also secundum artem a stout Welsh flannel petticoat.—Newburyport Her."
From the New-Orleans Telegraph. Mr. BELURGY, Sir—I request you will insert in your paper an experiment I have lately made, which if followed up by professional and men of talents, may become of infinite use to society.
From hearsay, which I did not credit, I having wounded a turkey buzzard, stuck a pin in each of his eyes, and was much surprised on perceiving the day after, that his sight was as good as ever; I repeated the experiment on a second one, in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of its recovering its sight—my astonishment on the next day was great, on perceiving his sight as good as on the preceding day.—I observed that he kept his head under his wing all night; from thence concluded that the down on that part of his body contained the valuable matter which restored him his sight.
At that period I had a workman, named John Liver, who had been afflicted for a long time with fore-eyes, accompanied with an inflammation, so great as scarcely to be able to distinguish objects, and threatened in a short time, an extinction of sight: I procured down, taken from under the turkey buzzard's wings, and I applied it to his eyes, and found that they had (after the application of the first night) without any pain to him, discharged a thimble full of blood; he has continued the same application and finds his sight perfectly restored.
I remain respectfully, Sir; Your sincere humble servant; LAVERGNE.
ASTLUM. THE subscribers to the Portsmouth Female Asylum, are informed that the Annual Meeting for the choice of Managers, will be held at the house of Messrs. W. & D. TREADWELL, in Ladd-street, the first Monday in May next, at 3 o'clock P. M. A general and punctual attendance is requested.
Mary Elizabeth Symmes, Sec'y. N. B. Those ladies who honored this institution with their patronage the last year, will still be considered as subscribers, unless they signify, in writing, their intention to withdraw their interest.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States, on the following Post-Roads, will be received at the General Post-Office in Washington, until the tenth day of July, next inclusive.
IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE—
1st. FROM Exeter by Epping, Nottingham, Epsom, Pembroke, Concord, Salisbury, Grafton, Lebanon and Pelham to Hanover once a week.
Leave Exeter every Tuesday at 9 a. m. arrive at Concord by 10 a. m. on Wednesday. Leave Concord at 11 a. m. arrive at Salisbury by 3 p. m. Leave Salisbury at 4 p. m. and arrive at Hanover on Friday by 8 a. m. Returning. Leave Hanover every Friday at 1 p. m. arrive at Concord on Saturday by 2 p. m. Leave Concord at 3 p. m. and arrive at Exeter on Monday by 3 p. m.
2d. From Portsmouth by Exeter, Kingston, Haverhill, Andover, Wilmington, Woburn, Medford & Charlestown, to Boston three times a week.
Leave Portsmouth every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 a. m. and arrive at Exeter by 7 1/2 a. m. Leave Exeter at 8 a. m. and arrive at Boston by 7 p. m. Returning. Leave Boston every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3 a. m. arrive at Exeter by 3 1/2 p. m. Leave Exeter at 4 p. m. and arrive at Portsmouth by 7 p. m.
3d. From Exeter by Chester, Londonderry, Merrimack, Amherst, Peterboro', Marlboro', and Chesterfield, to Brattleboro', once a week.
Leave Exeter every Tuesday at 8 a. m. arrive at Amherst on Wednesday evening, arrive at Keene on Thursday by 3 p. m. Leave Keene at 4 p. m. and arrive at Brattleboro', on Friday by 10 a. m. Returning. Leave Brattleboro', every Friday at 2 p. m. arrive at Keene on Saturday by 9 a. m. Leave Keene at 10 a. m. and arrive at Exeter the next Monday by 3 p. m.
4th. From Salisbury by Andover, New Chester and Bridgewater to Plymouth & thence by Holderness, New-Hampton and Sanborntown to Salisbury one week and the reverse the next week.
Leave Salisbury every Thursday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Plymouth by 1 p. m. Leave Plymouth at 2 p. m. and arrive at Salisbury on Friday by noon.
5th. From Hanover by Orford, Haverhill, Bath, Littleton, Dalton, Lancaster, Guildhall, Lunenburg and Concord to Littleton, thence by Bath, Haverhill and Orford to Hanover once a week.
Leave Hanover every Friday at 9 a. m. and arrive at Haverhill by 6 p. m. Leave Haverhill at 5 p. m. and arrive at Guildhall on Sunday noon and return to Hanover the next Tuesday by 6 p. m.
6th. From Newburyport by Haverhill, Ms. and Salem to Windham once a week.
Leave Windham every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Newburyport by 1 p. m. Leave Newburyport every Monday at 4 p. m. and arrive at Windham on Tuesday by noon.
NOTES.
1. THE Post-master General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he dispensing an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails destined for each depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. 4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument. 5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract. 6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. The Post-master General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each. 10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years.
GIDEON GRANGER, Post-master General. General Post-Office, Washington City, } February 25, 1805.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October 1805, until the 30th day of September 1806, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Swan Creek, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio, and territory of Michigan, and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude.
Second, At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Third, At the garrison near Vincennes on the river Wabash, at Fort Massac, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez and Fort Adams, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in the Mississippi territory, except the county of Washington, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory south of the 41st degree of north latitude and fifty miles east of the Mississippi river.
Fourth, At St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Louisiana north of New Madrid, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory within fifty miles east of the Mississippi river and south the 41st degree of north latitude, Fort Massac excepted.
Fifth, At New Orleans, Plaquemine, Point Coupee, Oachita, Natchitoches, Appleton, Atakapa, Fort Stoddest, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the territory of Orleans, or in the county of Washington in the Mississippi Territory, and at any place or places on the west side of the Mississippi river below Arkansas.
Sixth, At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation.
Seventh, At Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of North and South Carolina.
Eighth, At Norfolk, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Virginia.
Ninth, At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia.
Tenth, At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, east of the river Susquehanna, and within the states of New Jersey, and Delaware.
Eleventh, At Pittsburgh, Carlisle, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, west of the river Susquehanna.
Twelfth, At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
Thirteenth, At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Fourteenth, At Fort Independence, (Boston harbour) and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield, and the district of Maine, excepted.
Fifteenth, At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine.
Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required by the U. States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, and for the armourers and other persons employed in the U. States armoury at that place, from the 1st day of January 1806 to the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of Beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound & a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commanders of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies, which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard, or Indian frontiers not exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War. March 23, 1805.
POLICE.
NORTHUMBERLAND TAX.
WHEREAS the Legislature of the State of New-Hampshire, at their June Session, A. D. 1804, granted a tax of four cents on each acre of the first division, and three cents on each acre of the second and third divisions of land in the town of NORTHUMBERLAND, in the county of Coos and State aforesaid, (public rights excepted) for the purpose of making and repairing public highways and bridges in said town—and the subscribers were appointed a committee to assess and superintend the collection and appropriation of the same.
We, therefore, hereby give public notice to the resident and non-resident owners of land in said Northumberland, that they are allowed to pay each his proportion of said tax, in money or labour performed on said public roads and bridges, under the direction of said committee, any time between the first of June and the fifteenth of September next, at the rate of eight cents per hour, for every hour's actual labour performed on said roads and bridges, by an able bodied man, finding his own diet and tools; and the same price per hour for each yoke of oxen—And that we will be ready to receive the same in payment of said tax, any time within the term aforesaid.
JOHN M. TILLOTSON, } Com- JAMES LUCAS, } mit- JEREMIAH EREMIAS H. EAMES, } tee. Northumberland, March 9, 1805.
To the Honorable Jeremiah Hutchins, of one of the Justices of the Peace in the county of Grafton in the State of New-Hampshire, and Stephen H. Whiting, Clerk for the proprietors of Concord, in the County of Grafton.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of CONCORD, in said County—request you to notify or warn a meeting of the proprietors and owners of land, in said township, to meet at the dwelling house of Major Samuel Young, innholder in said township, on the third Tuesday of May next, at two o'clock, P. M. to act on the following articles, matters and things:—
1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a clerk and other officers that may be thought best. 3d. To examine into former proceedings, and report thereon. 4th. To see if the proprietors will ratify and confirm any or all their former proceedings, or act on the subject as they think best. 5th. To see if the proprietors will allow and vote to any owner or owners liberty to locate, or cover any spot of the common land, as part of his, after division in any case whatever. 6th. To ascertain and settle the lines, with any or all the adjoining grants. 7th. To see if the proprietors will allow any owner that may have sold land in said township, under any other grant, to cover the same, with his Concord claim. 8th. To see what method the proprietors will take with any person or persons, who have entered on their land without their licence.
Concord, December 28th, 1804. JONAS MINOT, STEPHEN H. WHITING, SAMUEL MINOT.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Grafton County.
Bath, December 28th, 1804. The proprietors and owners of land in Concord, aforesaid, are hereby notified, and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes before mentioned.
Given under our hand and seal, December 28th, 1804. JEREMIAH HUTCHINS, Justice Peace. STEPHEN H. WHITING, Proprietors Clerk.
FOR SALE on reasonable terms, if applied for immediately, THE House occupied by the subscriber in High-street,— For further particulars, apply to EASTWICK PRAY.
NOTICE.
MR. CLARK'S School for MISSES, which is to commence the 1st Monday in May, will be kept in a chamber of Mr. E. Wentworth's store. The price 27 1/2 per quarter.
Application may be made to Mr. C. Peirce, with whom a subscription paper is lodged.—Hours of tuition from 9 to 12 A. M. and from 2 to 5 P. M. every day in the week. Thursday and Saturday afternoons excepted.
Portsmouth, April 16.
NOTICE.
THE Commissioners named and authorized in and by a commission of Bankruptcy, awarded and issued and now in prosecution against EDWARDS BUCKNAM, of Lancaster, in the district of New-Hampshire, a bankrupt, intend to meet on the thirtieth day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. in Portsmouth, in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt—when and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts under the said commission, are hereby required to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend; when and where also the creditors who have already proved their debts under the said commission, are desired to meet the assignee in order to assent to, or dissent from the said assignee's commencing, prosecuting or defending any suit or suits; and also to his compounding, submitting to arbitration or agreeing to any matter or thing relating thereto, and also to instruct him in what manner he shall dispose of the property remaining in his hands, and in other special affairs. JON'S GROUT, Assignee. Portsmouth, April 22, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that Maj. Benjamin Butler and others, have petitioned the General Court, representing, that a road from Deerfield parade, through Nottingham and Lee, to unite with the New-Hampshire Turnpike Road in Durham, to be laid out as nearly on a straight line as the situation of the land will admit—would greatly shorten the distance of travelling, and would be of great public utility.—Wherefore they pray, that they and their associates may be incorporated for the purpose of carrying the same into effect.
ORDERED—that the petitioners be heard before the General Court on the second Wednesday of their next Session, and that the petitioners cause the substance of said petition, and order of Court thereon, to be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, and like advertisements posted up in Lee, Nottingham, & Deerfield, three weeks successively, commencing six weeks prior to said day of hearing, that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest, NATH'L PARKER, Dep'y Sec'y. Concord, Nov. 29, 1804.
New-Hampshire Gazette.
Nath'l S. Peirce and Samuel Gardner, have commenced partnership in the publication of the New-Hampshire Gazette, and the printing of books, pamphlets, blanks, handbills, and all other kinds of typographical Printing.—In which profession they tender the public their services.
The Conditions on which the New-Hampshire Gazette will be published, are as follows:—
1. To subscribers who have their papers directed, and receive them at the office, one dollar and fifty cents per annum,—fifty cents paid in advance, the remainder at the end of the year. 2. Newspapers done up in bundles, and directed to any particular place in a town, without additional cost—whenever sent single or in bundles to post-offices, the subscribers must pay postage. 3. All advertisements from the country must be paid for when sent, or left for publication. 4. When it is considered, that the Editors are making weekly advances for paper, labor, &c. and that on failure of punctual payment on their part, interest, or an advanced price is expected—so it is reasonable on the other hand, and it will be expected that all subscribers who do not pay for their papers within three months from the time that payment becomes due, will be charged twenty five cents in addition to the stipulated price per annum, with interest from the time that payment ought to have been made.
Post-riders will be supplied with papers on reasonable terms, on quarterly or half yearly credit; on giving bonds for a punctual discharge of their accounts at the above periods.
Town Subscribers will be presented with their accounts every six months.
And every person now a subscriber for the Gazette, will still be held as such, unless they come forward, and balance their accounts, and express a wish to have their papers discontinued.