The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1809-04-11 00:00:00

New Spring GOODS.
Just received and now opening at DRAPER'S
CHEAP CASH STORE. A great variety of Seasonable Piece Goods, among which are—
A GREAT variety of plain and figured leno and other Fancy Muslins; Pink and dark plaid Ginghams; An elegant variety, superfine Prints; London Prints, fashionable Figures; Variety of light and dark common Calicoes; Superfine and very low priced blk. Cambricks; India black Lustrings and Sattins; Black Tafetas; wide, best quality; Plain Mark Lustrings, Ribbons and black Crapes; black Bombazetts & Florence Lustrings. An elegant assortment of
Patch Furnitures & Copper-plates; 1/2 and 3/4 British Cottons and Irish Linens; Cambic and common Dimities; 1/2 twill'd cotton Shawls; Ladies silk and white cotton Hosiery; 1/2, 3/4 and 1 white cotton Cambricks; An elegant variety of long and habit kid Gloves; Cotton and Thread, Laces and Edgings; Figured Sattins for Bonnets; Twill'd and plain coloured Cambricks; Straw Bonnets, and Leghorn Straw Hats; Gentlemen's London made Hats very best quality; English and French silk Umbrellas, cotton do.; English black sewing Silk and Twill, best quality; Black and coloured Silk and Tabby Velvets; Bandanna & Madras Handkerchiefs; Cotton Checks and Stripes; A large supply of very fine and low priced India Cottons, &c. &c. &c.
Providence Factory.
Just received a quantity of Bed Tick; Cotton Stripes and Checks; white cotton Cloth; 2 & 3 threaded Yarn; white and color'd Sewing Cottons in Balls and Hanks. March 28.
New Spring GOODS.
William Jones, jr.
Market-street, has just received, and now opening, the following fresh GOODS, which he will sell at a small advance for cash or short credit, viz.
FAWN Emboft Silks for Bonnets; dark brown do.; spider net, painted and plain cotton Laces; Crapes and Gauze Muslins; Cambriek Battons and Shirt Wires; white cotton Cambriek Pocket H. Handkerchiefs from 156 to 35; Linen ambricks; 1/2 check'd Linen; black and colored Spanish Sewing Silk; Men's black silk Gloves; Fashionable treble gilt coat Buttons; Ladies Kid Gloves.
Case assorted light & dark Calicoes, from 159 to 35—Patch Furnitures; dark Ginghams; pink plaid ditto; Hamilton Cord; Dimities; Velvets; and 1/2 Thicklets; 1/2 and 3/4 white cotton Cambricks; 1/2 and 3/4 British Shirtings; black Cambricks; brown Holland; low priced Linens; Madras & Bandanna Handkerchiefs; green and brown Calimancoes and Durants; silver grey Cords.
INDIA GOODS.
Bandanna and Lungee Handkerchiefs; Calicoes; long Cloths and Shirting Baftas—with a large supply of low priced Cottons. March 28.
Fresh Garden Seeds.
JACOB WENDELL,
Has received at his store in Bow-street, on Church Hill, an excellent assortment of Real Shaker Garden SEEDS, warranted to be of the last years growth, viz.
CUCUMBERS, Drumhead, Savoy, Early Yorkshire, Ditto Dutch. CABBAGES, Imperial Lettuce, Sage, Parsley, Radish, Low Balm, Water and Musk, Mellon, Summer Onions, Carrot, Parsnip, Turnip, Savory, Pepper-grass, Clover and French do. Sum. Herds Grass Seed, and Winter &c. &c.
SQUASH.
Pork, Hogs-lard, white Beans, Peas, small quantity good Cheese, excellent Honey and Apple Sauce, Cod and Pollock Fish, Men's thick Boots; Mens, Womens, Boys and Childrens Leather Shoes; best Spern and Cod Oil; an assortment of Crockery; a few bbls. of Rofin; Oars.
W. I. Goods and Groceries, as usual, &c. &c. A few MUSKETS with Bayonets; and 3000 Reeds for sale as above. March 28.
Laws of the U. States.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY]
AN ACT
For the relief of Anguilla Serry. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorised to settle the account of Anguilla Serry, formerly a boatwain on board the United States brig Sophia; and that they allow him the pay and emoluments of a Boatwain, from the fifteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, until the sixteenth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight; and that they pay the balance which may be found due to the said Anguilla Serry, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate. January 12, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To revive and continue in force, for a further time, the first section of the act, intitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the U. States, against the Barbary powers"
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, passed on the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, intitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers," as is contained in the first section of the said act, (and which was revived and continued in force, for the time therein mentioned, by an act, intitled "An act to revive and continue in force, for a further time, the first section of the act, intitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States, against the Barbary powers," passed the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight,) be and the same hereby is revived and continued in force, until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ten: Provided however, That the additional duty laid by the said section, shall be collected on all such goods, wares and merchandise, liable to pay the same, as shall have been imported previous to that day.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. January 10, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Supplemental to an act, entitled "An act for extending the terms of credit on revenue bonds in certain cases, and for other purposes."
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the payment of all bonds given, subsequent to the date of the act to which this act is a supplement, for duties on coffee, sugar, pepper, indigo, cocoa, and wine paying a duty of twenty three cents per gallon, and which remain unpaid, or for the same articles which may arrive hereafter in any of the ports of the United States, and whilst the act entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States," shall continue in force, may be suspended, subject however in all respects to the conditions and provisions made and provided in the act of the tenth of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, to which this act is a supplement: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to importations made in vessels dispatched under permissions granted by the President of the United States in pursuance of powers in him vested by the seventh section of the act, entitled, "An act in addition to the act entitled, "An act supplementary to the act, entitled, "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States."
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the amount of any bond given for the payment of duties on the importation of coffee, sugar, pepper, indigo, cocoa, or wine paying a duty of twenty three cents per gallon, made subsequent to the passage of the act to which this is a supplement, and which bond would by virtue of this act have been entitled to an extension of credit, shall have been previously paid, the money so paid, shall by the proper collector be refunded to the person or persons who shall have paid the same, or to his, her, or their agent or agents, on his or their giving a bond with sureties, in the same manner and on the same terms, conditions and restrictions, and on a compliance of the person or persons receiving the indulgence hereby granted, with all the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. January 12, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
American Manufactures.
The following interesting letter is from Col. D. Humphreys, to the Premium Society of Philadelphia, and merits public attention, as well for the importance of the subject as from the utility of the object, which has made known to the public so many of its ample domestic resources.
Humphreysville, Dec. 3d. 1808.
SIR—I receive, with the more satisfaction, your communication respecting the premium awarded for the piece of cloth made from the wool of my Merinos, at my Factory, on account of the decided superiority of its superior excellence. Will you have the goodness to express to the board of managers, my grateful sense of the service they have rendered to the community, by the encouraging notice they have taken of the persons concerned in the fabrication of this piece of cloth, which has met with such distinguished marks of preference. It is known to all the world, that similar encouragements, attended with little expense, have produced the most astonishing effects in extending various branches of national industry in other countries, and shall we not profit by such impressive examples, to promote the same patriotic end in our own? Where a comparatively small population occupies a large territory, to abridge manual labour is most to be desired—where the women and children are not driven by necessity to the hard work without doors, to which they are ill suited, (as is the case in many of the countries of Europe) it is the part of benevolence as well as policy, to furnish them with healthful and profitable employment within; that good morals and useful instruction however sometimes deficient, are compatible with such a situation, will not be doubted, but by those who are totally unacquainted with the subject.
It is conceived, that by employing labour-saving machines and such hands as are not competent to the tougher tasks of agriculture and navigation, an incalculable treasury may be procured, or I had almost said created, for the U. States, without diminishing in the smallest degree the produce of the earth, or the profits of commerce. Machines are better adapted to the circumstances of this than of most other countries, because it performs the same quantity of labour, where the labour of men, and particularly of mechanics, is much dearer; but women and children, whose labour, compared with that of men, is cheaper in this than in most other countries, are wanted to attend this machinery, at the same time when they can find little or no suitable employment elsewhere; yet, those anti-Americans who are opposed to manufactures in general, chuse to confound the price of every kind of labour by making their calculations on the highest wages given to the most indispensable mechanics, and to conceal altogether the difference in the result of labour saving machines and manual operations, as if one hundred spinles spun no more yarn than a single spindle. That there are serious and great difficulties to be encountered in the first establishment of manufactures, will not be denied by those who have any knowledge of the business: that these difficulties in the U. S. originate in causes different from what are pretended—viz. abundance of uncultivated soil, scarcity of hands and dearth of labour, might easily be demonstrated. In many kinds of manufactures the obstacles have been surmounted, in others the experiment remains to be made.
However wise and disinterested men may differ in opinion on the success of manufactures which have as yet been but imperfectly attempted, or however ignorant and interested ones may with rash dexterity, think proper to draw on their speculative desks the line between the practicable and impracticable in our stage society, it must be a consolation for every true patriot to perceive that the triumph of truth over prejudice, respecting the immense utility of the wool of Merinos, is complete; fine woolled sheep will be bred in amazing numbers in a short time, because they are more profitable than any other article of rural economy, because they arrive at maturity in one year, and because they flourish alike in the north and in the south, whenever sufficiently nourished; and because in the various parts of the United States, the vegetation is abundant, the climate peculiarly well adapted to their cultivation. The supply of, and demand for the fleece, will be commensurate; more and more cloth will be made each succeeding year in private families; within the life time of any man now in existence it is presumed no quantity, can be produced which will not find its way even here in America, into one fabricated piece of goods or another.
The extensive and successful propagation of Merinos, will constitute, as it were a new epocha in the domestic history of the United States. With this impression I appreciate the testimonials of approbation which I am daily receiving for the instrumentality it has been my good fortune to have had in their introduction.
I remain, with great respect, Sir, Your most obedient serv't D. HUMPHREYS.
Interesting discovery in Virginia.
A COPPER MINE has been discovered on a spur of the Blue Ridge, about two miles from its base, and about 8 or 9 miles from Stanardsville, in the county of Orange. It is nearly at the same distance from the South branch of the Rappahannock river.
This mine is situated on the land of a Mr. Zachariah Taylor of that county, a person not in the most affluent circumstances, to whom this discovery may prove a valuable acquisition. On making this discovery known to the government of the United States, the late secretary of war, general Dearborne, requested an intelligent gentleman of congress to examine the premises, and make a report upon the situation of the mine, and the richness and abundance of the ore, and the virgin copper itself. It has not been decided what steps will be taken by the government of the U. States, in consequence of this report.
It is discovered that this mine is of considerable dimensions. From the point where it commences, it runs about three quarters of a mile north, and then forms almost a right angle, whence it runs about three quarters of a mile further, being in all about one mile and a half long. It is from 25 to 60 or 70 yards wide; and though it has been dug down to the depth of ten feet, the earth at that point is as much impregnated with the metal as at its surface.
The soil with which it is incorporated, is of a reddish and yellowish cast; interspersed with pieces of rock. Fragments of the virgin metal are found fixed in the rock, from which there are sometimes stricken very fine fragments of copper. We have now a beautiful specimen of it in our possession. A mass nearly 2 lbs. in weight, has been sent to Peale's Museum for preservation.
We have seen some of the specimens of the ore and the earth which have been lately sent to the war department. No 1, was the virgin ore extracted from a small rock about fifty yards from the point where it was said that Mr. Grant, now a co-proprietor of the mine, obtained the ore which he formerly exhibited in the city. No 2 was extracted from a different part of the rock. No 1 of the earth, was taken from the bottom of a ditch about nine feet below the surface. No 2, about 8 feet below the surface. A great proportion of the rock when broken to pieces, does not exhibit any signs of the verdigris, which encrusts a part of the specimen in our possession, nor any signs of the ore. Those pieces of the rock, from which the largest pieces of the copper were taken, preserve all the external appearance of common rock.
It is found, on exposing some of the earth, which exhibits not the least metallic appearance to the heat of a common furnace, that the metal still separates from its earth and sinks to the bottom. From the size of the button thus obtained, the most favorable anticipations have been made by our informant of the quantity of pure copper with which the earth is impregnated. Nature too has done a great deal towards facilitating the process of extraction. The whole country around abounds in fine woods of chestnut; and the mine is not so far distant from the market as to enhance the
price of the metal to any very great degree.
Such a discovery is of immense importance, not only to the private manufacturer of Brass ware, but to the government itself, in its foundery for the casting of cannon. It is astonishing, that during the whole course of the last session of the Virginia legislature, not a hint of this discovery was dropped; not a single step taken towards profiting by it. It is surely an object peculiarly worthy of the notice and patronage of the Legislature of Virginia. [Enquirer.]
A singular case has occurred in Pennsylvania in which the authority of the State Government and that of the Federal Government have come directly in collision. The following are some of the outlines of it. During the war, Gideon Olmstead and others captured the British sloop Active; and a part of the prize money being demanded by the state was paid into the hands of David Rittenhouse, then Treasurer of the state, on his giving bond to refund it should judgment finally pass in favor of the captors. Olmstead has pursued his claim ever since, and lately obtained judgment in the Supreme Court of the U. S. against Elizabeth Sargeant, and Esther Walters, executrices of David Rittenhouse, dec. and process issued accordingly. In 1803, however, the Legislature of Pennsylvania passed a law providing that on the payment of a certain sum into the treasury of that state, by the executrices, they should be exonerated from all demands on that account; and the executrices having complied with that law, and called for the interposition of the authority of the state in their behalf agreeably to one of its provisions, the Governor has deemed it his duty to order a detachment of militia in readiness to protect the persons and property of the defendants against the process of the Supreme Court. Where this disagreeable controversy will end, time only can develop.
Federal Persecution,
IN MASSACHUSETTS!!!
Are men to be deterred from giving their votes because they are indebted to a few lordly federalists, and are threatened with immediate prosecutions and vexatious law-suits, as the consequence?
We understand that several masters of vessels have been dismissed from the employ of federalists, solely on account of their being Republicans, and opposed to Gore's war measures, who at the same time owned part of the vessels from which they have been discharged—but the major part being owned by federalists they had the power; and give them the power, and they will cut the throats of every friend to a Republican government. Republicans, remember your situation; you are engaged in no ordinary contest—victory or death is your portion.
Federalists and the British in concert.
Mr Gore and the Federalists have recommended war with France; or, in other words, to join England in a war against all other European nations. The latest accounts from England state that it is highly probable that she will declare war against the United States if we do not come into their measures, and join them in war against France. Who does not see in these things the most perfect understanding, between the leading federalists and the British ministry to plunge the nation into a ruinous warfare?
FROM THE ANTI-MONARCHIST HONEST CONFESSION.
The following honest confession of Samuel King an independent farmer of Northampton, County of Hampshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is published with his consent. He expresses his sentiments and feelings of a great number of the citizens, in this country, who have been long and severely bearing federalists. Since this act has been passed to the press, a number of leading federalists, understanding that it was coming to the press, waited upon Mr. King, to prevent the publication, but without effect. Mr. King owes them nothing. They cannot now restrain his mind, or control his vote.
I Samuel King, farmer, of Northampton, County of Hampshire, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having joined the Republicans, this day to celebrate the important event of the Administration of our National Government falling into the hands of the republicans, do publicly declare, that I was in my heart a republican, for many years, but from fear of being ruined by the persecuting spirit of the aristocrats of this town, I thought it prudent to keep silent and vote even for the federal ticket. I further declare, that many in this town are in the same predicament. I was in, before I paid every cent I owed.
SAMUEL KING. March 4, 1809.

Political Miscellany.
From the Baltimore Evening Post.
It is a fact which cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of the people, that no republican has ever attempted, to say that France has done us no injury—while every federalist in Congress, the whole of the Essex Junto, and every miserable dauber of federal types from Maine to Georgia, and from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, have endeavored to show that Great Britain has given us no "cause for complaint."
Such men talk about "French influence"—while they demand we should "take PROTECTION under the British cannon, and declare war against France!"
"Protection" from Britain—Look in the dark abysses of her men of war, and see five thousand American citizens, stolen from their country, retained by violence, and forced to obedience—
COUNT HER INQUITIES TOWARDS US—AND LOOK TO EUROPE!—TO ASIA!
Britain "PROTECTED" or aided Holland, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sardinia, Sweden, Russia, the king of the two Sicilies—the Ottoman Porte—some fifty "independent princes" of Germany and Italy—and where are they? Ruined—conquered, exterminated; or now employing their arms against her!
The "protection" of the British cannon" and the aid of her gold, has cost Europe the lives of more than two millions of men, during the last fifteen years. Her touch is desolation. Shall WE seek her "PROTECTION," and war against the world, that they may have commerce, and her agents in America become rich by our folly?
Britain "PROTECTED" the native princes of Asia—and, in thirty-six years, caused thirty millions of souls to seek that country from whence no traveller returns!
Britain has lately been employed in "protecting" Spain a second time. How?—She has sent large armies to that country to encourage the Spaniards, but taking precious care that they should do none of the fighting.—She has furnished the Spaniards with the means of carrying on the war against France, while she is preparing to subjugate those of her colonies to which her merchants have not free ingress and egress, to raise the drooping spirits of the nation by vending its manufactures—Her whole conduct to Spain has been that of a cowardly retailer of calicoes and fustians—having urged that nation, hopelessly, to bathe its fields with blood, while she with her yard-stick in hand, was busily engaged in measuring her tapes and bobbins. Her "protection" to Spain will cost that country the lives of hundreds of thousands of her most useful subjects, and—the conqueror Bonaparte will rule the survivors by the law of power, founded on the right of the sword.
"Seek protection under the British cannon, and declare war against France," say our Tories.—"If you do not act thus, you are under French influence!—Britain has given you no cause for complaint—she is fighting for the liberties of the world, and is the shield of afflicted humanity!" Good Heaven! and are there Americans who can speak and think thus?
Peace, with all nations, should constantly be the grand desideratum of the U. States, and our government has spared no pains to preserve it.—But if we must fight, we will fight our own battles—we will not shed American blood that Britain may have trade, or France may have commerce.—We will fight for ourselves; and rely on the protection of that God who guided the steps of our fathers through the wilderness; who caused us to increase and multiply in an unprecedented degree; who put courage in our hearts and strength in our arms to maintain the rights of human nature in a most arduous struggle with a degenerate parent, and who has since continued to extend his kindness towards us. Far removed from Europe—a world to ourselves—a people whose habits of thinking and acting are in opposition to those of the monarchies of the old world, we will form "entangling alliances with none," but "stand on our own bottom," firm as the oaks which cover our mountains. If at last we must fall—if such is the decree of Providence, we will "fall gracefully"—and after ages shall regret that a people deserving to be free were not permitted to be so.
"Seek the protection" of the cause of all our difficulties—"seek the protection" of the original transgressor—"seek the protection" of the murderer of our people—"seek the protection" of the stealers of our seamen—"seek
the protection" of the plunderers of our property—"seek the protection" of PIRATES!
From the AURORA.
Beware of the Ides of March.
It was signified to Cæsar that he should "beware of the ides of March"—he was advised to stay at home—Cæsar was infatuated, and the ides of March was fatal to him. To our merchants we give the same advice—beware—stay at home.—If they slight it and go abroad with their property, ruin and bankruptcy follows to those who are not opulent enough to bear the shock—there is no remedy nor relief; they will have to lament their losses, when it is too late.
Look at the situation of Spain and Portugal—we find the French have made rapid strides towards the conquest of those countries—and probably before any ship from the United States can arrive in any port of Spain or Portugal, they will be in possession and masters, of the whole peninsula. The right wing of the French were advancing upon Andalusia—Their power was irresistible.—We are told that an army under the duke of Abrantes (Junot) was advancing towards Portugal; that victory will equally attend this army there can be very little doubt.—The British government had themselves given up every hope, but that of maintaining a war of annoyance—a mere war of the Cevennes or La Vendee.
The colonies of Spain, at least the islands in the West Indies, will probably follow the fate of the mother country—they possess neither intellect nor right ideas of liberty, to become independent.
Can you in safety venture your property to those countries—do you not run a double risk, that of having your property seized in port, or of being captured by the British. Should Napoleon succeed, and the British be banished from those countries, as there is a moral certainty, they will; the British will then be jealous of your trade to those colonies, as they are jealous of your prosperity every where else—they will capture every vessel found trading with them—their orders of 11 Nov. authorise it—if they did not, new orders would be issued for the purpose—their officers are not ignorant of the policy of their government, and would not wait for orders but would seize first, and look for orders afterwards.
Will you go for Sweden under the strong presumption there is that, ere this, she has succumbed to the power of Russia, and that her ports are shut against England—to St. Bartholomews, it is true, is but a short run, you may arrive there for a short time in safety—but once let that port be well supplied, and the fate of St. Eustatius attends it—general Prevost and admiral Cochrane, can see as far through a mill stone as admiral Rodney and general Vaughan. Remember, that only two or three days before the infamous capture and plunder of St. Eustatius, a frigate arrived from Holland, bringing from the states general advice to the government that all was peace, that every appearance of difficulty between them and England was settled; and that the first information of hostilities was the arrival of a fleet and army under admiral Rodney and gen. Vaughan—defence was impossible—and it surrendered at discretion. The same fate will attend St. Bartholomews and the same indiscriminate plunder—every liver's worth of property will be taken and appropriated to the benefit of the captors—remember Britain owns no respect for private property in such cases—she has long since adopted the precepts of Figaro, that "what is good to take is good to keep."
Whether then will you venture your property? Will you go to Holland? If you attempt this you will be in the power of the British, and if you escape British capture, for the decree of Holland says, they will admit of no commerce. "Look at it fairly."—And you must not be surprised if from Madrid a similar decree should have been issued declaring that there shall be no commerce by sea with the continent of Europe.
The policy of France at the present day as it regards herself, is a total reversal of all the received principles of political economy.—As it merely relates to commerce, it seems to be at war with common sense. A neutral vessel leaving the port of France is not permitted to take on board a cargo of French manufactures. This appears at first sight very ridiculous, because at the worst it could only leave British guineas or Spanish dollars in place of the manufactures, and in this sense it is contrary to the maxims of commerce, and apparently of common prudence. But look at it a little closer. The chief of the French knows that commerce carries corruption with it wherever it enters, and that to admit the export is only to make an assurance upon illicit import; he knows that to accomplish his object,
there must be no trade within the scope of his power by sea. He subjects the people of France to this new commercial regimen, and can it be supposed that when he prohibits the export of French productions, that he will be more indulgent to those who are independent of his authority.—It is absurd to expect it, and the whole of continental Europe will very soon carry on an inland commerce only.
Let the underwriters look to it also.—If they make the premium equal to the risk of capture at sea and in port, no voyage can afford it; if they fix it below the risk, the number of captures that will probably take place must inevitably ruin them, and if they are unable to pay the loss, the merchant will be ruined—the banks will next feel it, in fact all classes will feel it. "Beware of the ides of March."
TORY.
Ever since this name was found to attract only tar, feathers and contempt, it has had no charms for any man of virtue and sense in America. It is well known what class of men have worn this odious coat, and how well it has fitted them for more than thirty years. The faithful proprietors of this unseemly garment, some time past, have been compared, like the spring snake, to the spring of their old skin. If they can find a new skin, they will get into another more sleek and comely, we shall congratulate their good fortune. But let them not attempt to put upon others what will only fit themselves. [Patriot]
LOSS AND GAIN!
Within a short time past the Republican interest has LOST (if a loss it can be called)—
The consistent Jackey Randolph of Virginia—
The enlightened Jemmy Elliot of Vermont—
The scientific Jemmy Sloan of New-Jersey—and
The modest Matty Lyon of Kentucky,
AND HAS GAINED
John Adams, late President of the United States—
John Quincy Adams, his son—
William Gray, of Salem, Massachusetts—
William Leughton Smith, of South Carolina—and
William Pluckney, of Maryland, minister at the court of St. James.—
Quam multi alii.
COUNT THE DIFFERENCE!
BY THE MAILS.
CINCINNATI, FEBRUARY 23.
Fort Wayne, Feb. 7. Mr. Pritchard.—The following address from the President of the United States, I believe has not been published; I offer it to you for publication. It came to my hands on return of the Indian Chiefs from the City of Washington, where they had been on a visit. An Officer of the U. S. Army.
My Children, Miamies, Pottawatomies, Delawares and Chippeways.
Some of you are old enough to remember, and the younger have heard from their fathers, that this country was formerly governed by the English. While they governed it, there were constant wars between the white and red people. To such a height was the hatred of both parties carried, that they thought it no crime to kill one another in cold blood, whenever they had an opportunity. This Spirit led many of the Indians to take side against us in the war; and at the close of it the English made peace for themselves, and left the Indians to get out of it as well as they could. It was not till twelve years after, that we were able by the treaty of Grenville to close our wars with all our red neighbors. From that moment, my children, the policy of this country towards you has been entirely changed. General Washington, our first President began a line of friendly conduct towards you; Mr. Adams, the second continued it; and from the moment I came into the new administration, I have looked upon you with the same good will as my fellow citizens; have considered your interests as my interest; and peace and friendship as a blessing to us all. Seeing with regret that your people were wasting away; believing that this proceeded from your frequent wars, destructive use of spirituous liquors, and neglect of your agricultural and manufacturing arts; I have endeavored to prevent the introduction of spirituous liquors among you; and have pressed on you to rely for food on the culture of the earth more than on hunting.
On the contrary, my children, the English persuade you to hunt, they supply you with spirituous liquors, and are now endeavoring to engage you to join them in a war against us, should a war take place. You possess reason, my children, as we do, and you will judge for yourselves which of us advise you as friends: the course they advise has worked you down to your present numbers; but temperance, peace and agriculture will raise you up to be what your forefathers were; will you prepare to possess property; to wish to live under regular laws; to join us in our governments; to mix with us in society, and your blood and ours united will spread again over this great land.
My children, this is the last time I shall speak to you as your father; it is the last counsel I have to give. I am now too old to watch over the extensive concerns of the seventeen states, and their territories; I have therefore requested my fellow citizens to permit me to retire to live with my family, and to choose another chief, and another father for you; and in a short time I shall retire and resign into your hands the care of you and our concerns.
Be assured, my children, that he will have the same friendly disposition towards you which I have had, and that you will
find in him a true and affectionate Father. Be certain, therefore no uneasiness, on account of this change; for there will be no change as to you. Indeed, my Children, this is a disposition towards you of all our people; they look upon us as brethren, born in the same land and having the same interests. In your journey to this place you have seen many of them; I am certain they have received you as brothers, and been ready to shew you every kindness—You will see the same on the road by which you will return; and were you to pass from north to south, or east to west, in any part of the United States, you would find yourselves always among friends. Tell therefore to your people on your return home: assure them that no change will ever take place in our disposition towards them: deliver to them my adieu, and my prayers to the Great Spirit for their happiness: deliver to them that during my administration, I have held their hand fast in mine; that I will put it into the hand of their new father, who will hold it as I have done. TH: JEFFERSON. December 21, 1808.
British Infolence.
From the Democratic Press.
Extract from the log book of the ship Union, James Girdon, master, under the orders of the American government, on her passage from France to England.
December 14th, 1808.
At 6 P.M. was brought to by a shot from an English frigate, the Ruby. The Sandwich lugger and a gun-boat in company, was hailed nearly at the same moment by the frigate and lugger, and ordered to heave to, which was complied with: soon after was boarded by a lieutenant from the frigate, and immediately after, by the commander of the lugger himself. The usual enquiries, what and where the ship was from, &c. having been gone through on deck, the lieutenant of the frigate required of captain Girdon to see the papers of the ship, and to know if there was a messenger of dispatches on board; when he was invited to the cabin, where, on being introduced to Mr. Purviance, as bearer of dispatches, and after a strict examination of the ship's passports and other papers, together with the log book, he required to take them on board the frigate, the lieutenant adding at the same time that captain Girdon must go with him, also the messenger with the dispatches; that such were the orders of his commander, Commodore Thicknesse.
Mr. Purviance refused to go, and likewise desired captain Girdon not to leave the ship himself, nor to suffer his papers, left any accident should happen, informing captain Girdon that he was persuaded the commander would not insist on it, when the lieutenant should go on board and make his report. At this the lieutenant flew into a rage, and made an attempt to pull the ship's papers out of captain Girdon's hands, in which he but in part succeeded. They were, however, recovered again by captain Girdon. Both the lieutenant of the frigate, and the commander of the lugger, (who being also then present) threatened captain Girdon and Mr. Purviance, if they did not go with them on board the frigate, they would be obliged to use force. On being again refused, the officers went on deck and hailed the frigate, acquainting the commander with what had taken place, who immediately ordered his officers to bring captain Girdon with his papers; at the same time another boat full of officers and men was sent from the frigate, who jumped on board and absolutely took command of the Union, compelling the man at the helm to steer after the frigate.
Captain Girdon finding himself thus situated, went on board, insisting, however to carry his own papers. Whilst captain Girdon was stepping into the boat, the officers were heard consulting what was best to be done about Mr. Purviance going on board. The commander of the lugger advised the lieutenant to desist from forcing Mr. Purviance, until the commander had seen captain Girdon and the ship's papers. The lieutenant then, addressing himself to the captain of the lugger, said, he would again demand Mr. Purviance to go on board also, which, if he positively refused, he would then go on board for further orders. The lieutenant returned to the cabin, accompanied by a string of officers from the second boat of the frigate, and addressed himself to Mr. Purviance, in a very menacing tone, in these words:
"Well Sir! do you positively refuse going on board the frigate without being forced?" "On being answered by Mr. Purviance that he was "determined neither to leave the ship, or to suffer the dispatches to be taken, unless by force, and that at the risk of his life"—The officers then left the cabin saying, he (Mr. Purviance) should soon see he would be compelled to go:—That he would return and not only take him but every passenger on board. On which, Mr. Purviance reminded the officer, that "this was not a ship in the merchant service, but a vessel sailing under the special orders of the American government, not only for the protection of its dispatches, but also for the protection of its citizens, and that there were no passengers on board who were not citizens of the United States."
Mr. Purviance added, that "it would become them to be more circumspect in their conduct to both, as perhaps they might find it a more serious business than they were aware of; since he should be obliged to make a report of it not only to the American minister at London, but also to the American government." To which the Lieutenant replied "he neither knew nor cared for the American government; that he was executing the orders of his commander, and that he should do the same if he was a king's vessel." Mr. Purviance observed that "this vessel, in her present capacity, was more sacred, perhaps, than a king's vessel, or an armed vessel of any nation; as she was not only protected specially by the American government, but also by the British minister and every other minister residing in America."
The officers finding Mr. Purviance determined not to give way, then assented to take captain Girdon alone, who after being detained upwards of an hour on board the frigate returned with the commander of the lugger, and some of the officers of the second boat leaving behind them the lieutenant that made the first visit.
The officers then proceeded to examine the ship's hold, which they did minutely, by opening some of the passenger's baggage; as also to ascertain if there was any merchandise on board.—After which they re-
turned to the cabin to take leave, saying they were satisfied, they went out.
The only apology offered for this strange proceeding, was, that the boarding officer supposed Mr. Purviance, (the bearer of dispatches) from his name might be a Frenchman, and that the possession of the dispatches was assumed as a cover for him. And that when they hailed the ship before boarding, they understood captain Girdon to answer, that the ship was called the Gan-ger instead of the Union.
SALEM, APRIL 5.
A gentleman arrived in this town from Antigua, via New-York, informs us, that when he left Antigua, Feb. 28, no accounts had been received there of the surrender of Fort Bourbon, Mart. (fated to have taken place on the 25th) notwithstanding there were frequent arrivals from that place, and one on the day he failed.
The same gentleman informs us that the tyranny of the British navy, is carried to great excess in Antigua. Impressments of American seamen are daily taking place notwithstanding their protections, &c.—He has related to us an instance of the shameful manner in which His Majesty's harpy officers conduct. A lieutenant of a British Frigate went on board of an American vessel, and demanded of an American Sailor (with whom our informant was well acquainted, and knows him to be an American born citizen) his protection. The poor fellow delivered him his protection and some other papers, which the officer refused to return, and carried them off with him, saying he was satisfied he was an American and should not molest him. But in a few days the same lieutenant returned to the vessel, impressed the same American Sailor, and forcibly carried him off, on pretence of his not having a Protection. His captain endeavored to procure his release, but without effect.
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
Extract of a Letter from Cadiz, dated January 28th, 1809.
"No regular couriers have been received by the government from general Romana, but it has information from Madrid down to about the 19th instant, which puts beyond doubt that there has been a general and very severe action between the grand corps of the French army and the united Spanish and British; this took place on the beginning of the month and continued at intervals through several days—on the 2d and 4th of the month, on the 2d more particularly, the contest was very bloody; finally, the emperor having received a large reinforcement, general Romana found it proper to retire, first to the mountains of Leon, and since then he has taken good positions on the borders of Galicia and Asturias: the loss on either side in these engagements, is estimated at from 6 to 8000 men on the side of the French marshal Lefebvre was killed, and as is believed, three or four other generals wounded or prisoners. The emperor's plan seems to have been at once to cut off the communication of the British with the sea and to separate their army from the Spanish—the operation has so far failed.
"The advanced guard of the Duke of Infantado, under general Vanegas, which was at Ucles, has been also attacked by a much superior force; it fought with great obstinacy, the duke supported it with small detachments so as to prevent its entire destruction, and thus it was able to rejoin the main body which fell back to Albacete, on the borders of Murcia and Valencia; why the duke did not take post at Cuenca does not appear; but probably Albacete standing in the range of the mountains, is better situated for preserving the communication with the different posts in the Sierra Morena: his plan evidently was to establish himself at Toledo, where he would be in the best position for receiving reinforcements from the army which general Cuesta is organizing in Estremadura, and at the same time from that actually in the Sierra Morena, and thus be enabled to march instantly upon Madrid—this plan he might have effected had he been two days earlier, but from many causes it is impossible for the Spanish troops at present to move with the celerity of the French: some are disposed to censure Infantado for having sacrificed his advanced corps, but it appears to have been unavoidable, for the French having entirely failed in their attacks on Saragossa, the siege was suddenly raised, and the greater part of their force from that quarter having reinforced the corps which attacked Infantado, he must have been entirely defeated, if he had entered into a general engagement.
"Barcelona has received relief, but the war in the province of Catalonia, is carried on with the utmost vigor by the Spaniards—it is represented to be a scene of terrible carnage on both sides.
"Intelligence, not entirely certain, is that the French have now advanced towards the "Puente Almyra" in their way to Truxillo in Estremadura. In that province, general Cuesta may have about from 10 to 15,000 men, in a tolerable state of organization, it is expected that he will be able to defend the pass of the bridge, which is very defensible—should the French, however, force it, their way into these provinces will be open, if they can venture to proceed leaving Cuesta and the army of the Sierra Morena, in their rear. They have also advanced very far into La Mancha.
"The reports from Madrid are of the most disagreeable kind—it is represented to be in a most frightful situation of confusion and disorder, that there has been another movement of the people against the French, in which a great number on either side were killed—all the shops have been closed—all the convents of men and women, (as well as in Castile generally) have been abandoned by the religious—assassinations in the streets take place every night—in fine that it is a place full of horrors.
"Seville is fortifying, and is expected to be very shortly in a respectable state of defence."
A boat's crew of an English gun brig, consisting of 14 men, including a warrant officer, lately landed on the French coast, for the purpose of distributing papers, &c. and having drawn their boat on shore, proceeded into the country, where, at a public house, they imprudently got intoxicated, and were made prisoners by a party of horse patrolling the coast. The French Government, on being informed of the affair, ordered them to be executed as spies, and their bodies exposed on gibbets, at intervals of a mile apart, along the French coast, from Grines to Boulogne.

From the Hartford (Con.) Mercury. Mr. PRINTER. —By giving the following Address to the late President of the United States, with the Reply, a place in your paper, as soon as the crowd of other matter will admit, you may perhaps aid the Republican cause in some little degree, and will much oblige your obedient serv'ts. RICHARD DOUGLAS, ISAIAH BOLLES.
ADDRESS of the METHODIST Episcopal Church at New-London, Connecticut, To THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
SIR,—As the time is nearly approaching when you will resign the important charge with which you have been invested, and retire with honor to the station of a private citizen, we feel it our duty, and do with pleasure embrace the present opportunity of expressing our sincere approbation of the wise and prudent measures which you have recommended, and which have been pursued by Congress, in the management of our national concerns, during the course of your administration, which has been as unblemished to your friends, as they have been satisfactory to your friends. Being situated in a part of the union where Republican principles were not very popular, we were (just prior to your election) frequently told that your avowed opposition to the Christian religion was such, that should you be elected all religious institutions would be utterly subverted—but to the confounding of the authors of this unjust calumny, it is with the greatest pleasure we now state, that our religious rights and privileges have not in the least been abridged or infringed—and so far from republican being hostile to true religion, we have it in our power to remark, that upon a review of the minutes taken at our yearly conferences, there has been much larger additions to our societies in the U. S. within the last eight years than there has been in the same length of time, at any other period since we were known as a people.
But considering the weight of public concerns, which at this important and critical period must necessarily devolve upon you, we dare not intrude upon your time by a lengthy address—but trust you will accept of this as a tribute of our high respect for your person, and the only reward we can offer for the many distinguished and important services which you have so long and so faithfully rendered to your country.
May your state of retirement be crowned with the smiles of Heaven. And when you shall be called to give up your final account, may you receive the plaudit of the Judge of all the earth, and rest in the bosom of everlasting peace.
Signed in behalf of the Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at New-London, Conn. Jan. 18, 1809. RICHARD DOUGLAS, } Senior. ISAIAH BOLLES, } Brethren.
President's Answer to the Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at New-London, Connecticut. The approbation you are so good as to express of the measures which have been recommended and pursued during the course of my administration of the national concerns, is highly acceptable; the approbation of our fellow-citizens, for endeavoring to be useful, is the greatest of all earthly rewards.
No provision in our constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority, it has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should consider a conquest over the consciences of men, either attainable, or applicable to any desirable purpose. To me no information could be more welcome than that the minutes of the several religious societies should prove, of late, larger additions, than have been usual, to their several associations, and I trust that the whole course of my life has proved me a sincere friend to religious, as well as civil liberty.
I thank you for your affectionate good wishes for my future happiness—retirement is become essential to it, and one of its best consolations will be to witness the advancement of my country in all those pursuits and acquisitions which constitute the character of a wise and virtuous nation—and I offer sincere prayers to heaven that its benedictions may attend yourselves, our country, and our children.
TH. JEFFERSON. Washington, Feb. 4, 1809.
Embargo and Non-Intercourse. CONSISTENCY. —It was a continual declaration of the federalists, both in and out of Congress, before the raising of the embargo was contemplated, that a very profitable trade might be carried on with nations not subject to the orders and decrees of France and England. The profit was set down in dollars and cents, and amounted to many millions annually. This was calculated to demonstrate the impolicy of keeping on the embargo, as to nations not in alliance with the belligerents. But the same creatures, when the question was taken in congress for its repeal, with a spirit of wilfulness like that we often see in children, actually voted against it. "What," say they, "is the advantage of repealing the embargo, if we cannot trade with neither France nor England? Deprive us of an intercourse with those nations and their dependencies, and what have we left?" The opinions of such men are like the wind, continually shifting, but always contrary.
Portsmouth. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1809. Massachusetts Election. The Votes for GOVERNOR in 338 towns, are as follows:— 1809. 1808. Lincoln. Gore. Sullivan. Gore. 38579 41945 36200 35879
Latest Foreign NEWS.
NEW-YORK, APRIL 6. At a late hour last night, the boat belonging to the Office of the New-York Gazette, came up from below, where she left the British February Packet, Prince Adolphus, Capt. Boulderson, in 43 days from Falmouth. This arrival furnishes news from London a month later than our former advices—and we hasten to give a hurried sketch of the important contents of the London papers.
The Prince Adolphus failed in company with the January Packet, Express, on the 24th of Feb. which had failed, but put back. The Adolphus has been 3 days from Bermuda.
It appears that the French army pursued that of the British to Corunna, where a most bloody battle was fought, in which Gen. Moore was killed with a cannon ball, and Gen. Baird lost an arm; the British troops re-embarked, and had ARRIVED IN ENGLAND.
There had been an immense number of French troops massacred at Madrid, and while Bonaparte was on his way in pursuit of the English army, the Spaniards retook Madrid. He was advised of this, returned with his troops, and took it a second time.
The Spanish troops were concentrating their forces in the South of Spain, determined to stand as long as possible. If they could not hold out, the Junta and the brave leaders of the opposition to the tyranny of Bonaparte, were determined to embark at Cadiz for South America.
Napoleon had, in consequence of unpleasant news from Austria, returned to Paris, leaving his brother Joseph at or near Madrid.
The British Government had recently sent 10,000 men to the South of Spain, and it was said the troops that had just arrived from Corunna would be sent back.
The British Government had also sent additional supplies of muskets, &c. to the Patriots in the South of Spain, who were victorious in every instance of coming in contact with the French.
The Halifax fleet of war, failed from Bermuda, ten days since, having on board Mr. Oakley, charged with the important dispatches to Mr. Erskine, which are particularly spoken of in a subsequent article which we have extracted from a London paper. Mr. Oakley failed from England on the 23rd of February, and got on board the Halifax at sea.
Parliament met about the middle of Jan. The Manchester Packet had arrived in 24 days from New-York. The London papers are filled with our Congressional news, and their own remarks.
The ship Heskimer, Howland, was to sail from London about the 22nd of Feb. for New-York.
The King of England was in perfect health on the 19th of February.
Summary Extracts.
A London paper, (The Day) of Feb. 4, says, "Dispatches of considerable importance are immediately to be sent out to Mr. Erskine, our Minister in America. It is confidently stated, that they will communicate the determination of our government to withdraw our Orders in Council, provided the Government of the United States shall consent to specific conditions, chiefly of a commercial nature. The gentleman who is to be charged with these dispatches, is a Mr. Oakley. If this be true, farewell to British Independence and Maritime superiority! The Americans will not have struggled in vain, and France will have to boast more of her decrees than ever."
Dispatches were received in London, Feb. 4, from Lisbon, dated Jan. 24. Most of the British troops had been Embarked, after spiking the guns on the batteries at Lisbon, except Belém and Port St. Julian, which places were occupied by the British. Two Russian men of war and the Danish vessels in the Tagus, were ready to receive the persons and property of British and Portuguese who might choose to quit Lisbon.
The THIRTIETH BULLETIN of the French army had reached England. It is dated Valladolid Jan. 21, and boasts of beating the English in the battle near Corunna, on the 16th of January. The Duke of Dalmaida (Soult) recommended. By the 19th Jan. the bulletins says, the English had embarked, and were out of sight, except some transports which got ashore, and the troops on board them were made prisoners. This bulletin states, that they have taken 6,000 prisoners, and killed 5,000. They calculate that of the 38,000 men which the English landed in Spain, not more than 24,000 will return.
In the House of Commons, Feb. 3, it was agreed to raise 150,000 seamen, and 21,400 mariners for the service of the present year. On the 1st, 2d and 3rd of Feb. parliament were principally engaged in an investigation of the conduct of the Duke of York.
From the Detector. I feel it my duty, having saved the lives of three of my children by the same means, to state, that all substances lodged in the wind-pipe of a child, may be immediately dislodged therefrom by taking the child up by the heels, with the head down, and shaking it in that position with considerable violence. As these accidents frequently happen, and instant relief or death ensues, this article deserves attention.
Thursday next will be observed as a day of Public Fasting and Prayer throughout this State.
For Sale or to be Let, ON reasonable terms.—A Convenient two story Dwelling HOUSE, in Chapel Street—Inquire of JOSEPH LOW. Portsmouth, April 10.
From the Richmond Enquirer. More than one Million and a half of citizens are now in a state of enjoying the blessings of a good government than when Mr. Jefferson accepted the most respectable but most responsible office of Chief Magistrate. Let the American rendered faithful from unprincipled indifference in perfect liberty, when any difficulty arises from trivial or imaginary errors, supposes it by contrasting the situation of his own happy country, with any one in Europe. Let him view the harrowed-borne away by remorseless soldiery, fences, out-houses, and furniture consumed for fuel—Valor butchered, and innocence polluted—Here an impartial administration of equal laws, places every one in a happy medium above the miseries of impoverished Vassalage and below the anxieties of unrestrained power. Here no widows, no orphans lament privations and sacrifices by vain glorious individual ambition. Hence no wretches totter about, sad spectacles of destructive war—Mr. Jefferson has laid down the burthen of Chief Magistrate, conscious of having done his duty, and rejoicing that he can once more enjoy the sweets of friendship and retirement. Suspicion can no longer misconceive, Enmity can no longer calumniate—Hypocrisy can no longer deceive—the plague of patronage is relinquished. He has been a good and faithful servant of the public—he has that charity which forgives persecutors, and he has that active benevolence and research, which will afford him intellectual pleasures, except from envy and disquietude. May he have health, is all that we have to wish him.
Whilst others hail the rising sun, We bow to that which is run. *Louis the 11th for the reason he made an appointment, he rendered 99 men dissatisfied, and one ungrateful—and that his bitterest enemy can be subs. had received nine favors, and was refused the 10th he solicited.
Some men talk very happily about the ability of New-England to resist the other states of the Union, and maintain a successful conflict for what they choose to call their "unalienable rights"! Let those who value themselves to much upon the strength of fashion cast their eyes over the United States Militia returns for the last year. They will perceive, that the total of the numbers is 674,287—of which New-England has 142,884, a little more than a fifth part—531,403 remain to the Middle and Southern States. What can New-England hope from a civil war, should she be mad enough to plunge herself into it? A balance of nearly five to one would be against her—her trade would be mostly ruined, and she would inevitably be forced to shelter herself under an alliance with England or perish in the contest. All the artifices of the junto cannot disguise this truth, which perhaps may one day stare us most seriously in the face.
A writer in the Oracle of April 1st, is very much displeased with the change this town thought proper to make in the municipal officers at the annual meeting; manifests the usual spirit of federal persecution, and shews to what lengths federalists would go, were they the majority—their conduct need only be remembered, to meet the execration of every lover of freedom.
In the year 1799, at the choice of state officers, the federalists, by intrigue, made choice of their candidates, which caused them for a short time to triumph, and vent their effluvia in a manner painful to themselves. They were obliged to retreat, and the town from the odious stigma of Jacobinism under which it had too long suffered.
Republicans!—READ The following bombastic piece which appeared in the Gazette, after the election of '99—See how the character of our worthy Governor (who was then a Senator in Congress,) with the men who dare oppose tyranny in the "reign of terror," has been traduced. —Federalists BLUSH at the recital!—It needs no comment.
"This change of men is conclusive evidence of the rapid change of the political opinions of the inhabitants of this town, which will soon become still more general. Indeed this town never has been so much under the influence of Jacobin revolutionary principles, as has been generally supposed. That the wily arts of a few factions men have deceived and misled many honest and well disposed citizens, cannot be denied. But the period of this delusion is nearly past. These men by their outrageous and unqualified abuse of all the measures of our own government, and their constant attempts to justify and defend the corrupt and wicked conduct of the French government have rendered themselves suspected of acting from improper motives, and have lost much of their former influence. Many honest men of good natural understandings and upright intentions, employed in the industrious pursuit to their own business, without leisure to notice or critically consider all the measures of government, have suffered themselves to be deceived and misled by the factious demagogues. But alarmed by the critical state of our public affairs, these honest men have now assumed the right of thinking for themselves. And in the end they will think, judge and act rightly. The number of obstinately vicious and corrupt is small, there are not at the present time more than six or eight full-blooded thorough-paced Jacobins in this town. These we cannot expect ever to reclaim or reform. They are possessed of a wicked spirit, which cannot be compelled to come out even "by fusing and propter." These cannot be cured; but they may be prevented from spreading their poisonous contagion. Altho' their present influence appears to be small and on the decline, yet their busy and persevering exertions in the cause of mischief render them dangerous. A faction though small will always be dangerous, when headed by a Senator of the United States, who though weak and contemptible in himself, can by the abuse of his right of franking, disseminate sedition among the people; at a cheap rate, by over loading every mail with false inflammatory writings against the Government. And these factious men will always retain some influence with the lower class, while they can without injury to their own character, climb into full seats and creep into huxters' stalls and there for hours declaim to an idle rabble against the Government which protects them. The conduct of these men cannot be accounted for on common and ordinary motives. It is probable that the explanation of "the new sale of the old" will soon disclose the true motives of their conduct; is such a manner as to gain the belief of the most incredulous."
W. GILMAN, P. M. WHEREAS EDMUND JOHNSON husband of me the subscriber, has advertised that I have left his bed and board without just provocation from him—I therefore conceive it my duty to state, that in the course of the past season I received the most abusive and cruel treatment from the said Edmund—my life has been threatened, and I was once threw out of doors;—and do solemnly declare that I left his house for no other cause than the protection of my person, after receiving such savage like treatment. ELIZA JOHNSON. Ryn. March 22, 1809.
PATRIOTIC. The following trait of S. Carolina patriotism, is recorded in the Charleston City Gazette, from which we extract it as an example worthy of universal imitation throughout the U. S. The detachment of militia of this State, consisting of volunteers from the 5th and 7th brigades, which constitutes the command of Col. Tribbure, will embark from this city this day, to perform Camp duty on James Island for five days, that they may there gain an insight into the duties pertaining to a camp, and be prepared for active service. It is with great pleasure we can state that the three companies of the 24th regiment under the commands of captains, Trotti, Young, Blood and Oswald, arrived yesterday at 10 o'clock; some of these men have performed a march at least one hundred miles, and have borne the fatigues of it with all the patience and perseverance that could be expected from veterans. They are all active young men; are generally in uniform and appear ready to perform any duty their country may call on them for.
Admiral Berkeley is appointed to the command of the British fleet off Lisbon, in the room of Sir Charles Cotton. Say no longer, ye devoted Junto apologists for Britain, that John Q. Adams did not speak prophetic, when he declared, that Berkeley, like all who had gone before him, in acts that tarnished British glory, would receive promotion. This Berkeley, be it remembered, is the wretch who extinguished the last spark of British honor, by placing a fleet in the American waters, and while visiting the shores, and receiving our hospitality, was preparing the torch of death for the poor, unsuspecting seamen of the frigate Chesapeake.
Gen. Wilkinson, so much abused of late, by order of the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, was appointed by Washington, and continued in office by Adams and Jefferson. He is said to be a Washington and Adams federalist but no junto man, and that his persecutions arise from his disturbing their Burr system of treason and division, in detecting and routing him and his accomplices.
MARRIED. In this town, Mr. John S. Walker, to Miss Sally Ham; Mr. Isaac Dorr, to Miss Lydia Pickering; Mr. William Andrews, to Mrs. Sally Saunders; Mr. Timothy Tucker, to Miss Elizabeth Broughton; Mr. Samuel Cottle, to Miss Elizabeth Hatch; Mr. Mark Durgan, to Miss Maria Beck; Mr. Robert Rogers, of Berwick, to Miss Abigail Maria Tripp.
DEAD.
In Philadelphia, Thomas Smith, Esq. one of the Judges of the Supreme Court in Pennsylvania.
In Deerfield, of a consumption, on the evening of the 11th March, Mrs. Betsy Jenness, comfort of Mr. Joseph Jenness, and daughter of Mr. Joseph True, aged 21.—Seldom are we called to announce the death of such a worthy member of society. In the near approach of death, she enjoyed great apparent consolation, from that faith in a Saviour's merits, which is as an anchor to the soul, and triumphs in the hour of dissolving nature. Her confinement within doors was but of short duration—during which she scarcely uttered a single complaint, though her bodily distress was very considerable; but with a placid, undisturbed mind, and a resigned heart, she patiently waited her appointed time, then fell on sleep, as calmly will say to awake in glory. By this amiable woman, a kind husband mourns the loss of a kind, tender and affectionate wife; a loving child the loss of an amiable mother—a kind mother weeps the irreparable loss of a loving daughter—an affectionate father laments the premature death of parental hopes.—Two brothers and two sisters mourn the beloved object of their regards. To these kindred charities of sympathetic flesh and blood, we might add a long list of deeply affected relations, forrowing friends and mourning acquaintance—though it is not our aim here, to give her character at full length, yet it seems but just to add, that she was dutiful as a child; tender and loving as a sister; affable and kind as a companion; sincere as a friend; amiable in manners; discreet in conversation; virtuous in life, and beloved as a neighbour.—Few have been equally beloved, and none more generally lamented. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
In this town, Miss SALLY KING, aged 50, daughter of Capt. George King, deceased;—a child of Mr. Henry Beck; a child of Capt. John Underwood. also, John Bowl, a man of colour.
LOST.
ON Tuesday evening, 4th inst. between the Alms-house and Deer street, a Memorandum book, with a red morocco case, containing several Notes of hand, and one three dollar Bank note—the right hand torn off so as to take the first name of the president, and the word president—Cashier's name, Holmes—Sam's Bell, President—whoever may find the same and will return the book (or Notes only) to the Printer, shall be entitled to the Three Dollars. Portsmouth, April 10, 1809.
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Post Office at Portsmouth, April 11, 1809. THOMAS COLCORD, Jona. Gram jr. Charles C. Carlton; Francis B. Eastman; John Lee, jr. Elphalet Giddings; Nathaniel Giddings; Benjamin C. Gilman; Warren Gilman; John P. Payson; Samuel Gilman; John Randler; Timothy Rowe; Edmund S. Young; Sarah Wallace; Jabez Thomas; Benja. P. Sherrill; Samuel G. Smith; Ebenezer Swaley; Solon Stevens; Abigail Gilman, Exeter; Samuel Cram; William Graes; Mark Prescott; Jonathan Thing; Jonathan Smith; Ebenezer Shaw; Caleb Swain, Brentwood; Benjamin Norris; John Coomes; Nat. Trefethen; Daniel Jewell, Stratford; Stephen Tilton; Dudley Swain, Hampton Falls; John Wallace; Raymond Smith Emerson, Lee; Theophilus Hilliard, Kennebunk.
W. GILMAN, P. M. WHEREAS EDMUND JOHNSON husband of me the subscriber, has advertised that I have left his bed and board without just provocation from him—I therefore conceive it my duty to state, that in the course of the past season I received the most abusive and cruel treatment from the said Edmund—my life has been threatened, and I was once threw out of doors;—and do solemnly declare that I left his house for no other cause than the protection of my person, after receiving such savage like treatment. ELIZA JOHNSON. Ryn. March 22, 1809.
TO-MORROW. NOTICE is hereby given that the STALLS No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6, in the Brick Market, will be offered at AUCTION to the highest bidder, Tomorrow at 11 o'clock A.M. on said Market for the term of one year from the 12th inst.—By order of Salemen. A. BROWN, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, April 11, 1809.
For Sale at Public Auction.
ON Saturday the 15th April next, at Ridges's Wharf, the Schooner Sally, 35 tons burthen; 2 Gunned Boats:—Also, a quantity of COD and SCALE FISH. Sale at 11 o'clock. S. LARKIN, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, March 28, 1809. N. B. The above may be examined any time previous to the Sale, by applying to THOMAS CHADBOURNE, Jr.
FOR SALE AT AUCTION
On MONDAY next, 17th inst. THAT Building adjoining Mr. Ebenr's Warehouse, store in Buck-street (if not previously sold at private sale,) for terms apply to EBENEZER CHADWICK. Also, A Lot of Land of suitable size for said Building, may be had of said Chadwick—apply as above. Portsmouth, April 11.
A Valuable FARM for Sale.
WILL positively be sold at public Auction on Wednesday the 26th day of April inst. at one of the clock, P. M. on the premises; that valuable FARM in Durham, where Lieut. John Dearborn now lives, containing by estimation 120 acres, with a good House, Barn, Blacksmith's Shop, and half a Grist Mill thereon; said Farm is well proportioned for mowing, pasturing, orchard & wood-land, and is a good stand for a Mechanic, lying on the road from Newmarket to Lee,—the stock will likewise be sold, consisting of one horse, one good yoke of oxen, 8 cows, and 20 sheep. Conditions of sale will be cash down for the Farm, 6 months credit for the Stock. April 8.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE several Collectors in the county of York to whom were committed a County Tax to collect in the several towns in the last year 1808. That the several term Courts are by law to sit in York, commencing on the thirteenth day of April instant; then following the court of Common Pleas, when the Grand Jurors, Petit Jury, Committees on Highways, &c. &c. all will expect to receive their fees on the spot; the last cent of said taxes was ordered to be paid into my Office at York by the first day of April inst. now past, every cent will be wanted; as the expences of the county for the year past have been larger than usual in consequence of building the Court-house in Alfred, which is now completed and satisfactory for the accommodation of the interior & eastern wing of the county, altho' we have had embarrassments & restraints on our intercourse both foreign and domestic, we have been enabled thus far to proceed in peace, and I request gentlemen you will do your endeavour to finish your collection and call at my office by the 19th inst. with every order drawn by me on you for any part of said tax that you may have paid and taken up, pay in the remainder and settle each one for himself without any further notice. Notwithstanding the scarcity of cash, I have been enabled by the citizens and your exertions to pay out of the treasury since the settlement of my accounts at September term last, Three thousand nine hundred eighty three Dollars & ninety nine Cents. Dols 3983 99. WILLIAM FROST, Treasurer. York, April 8th, 1809.
List of LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at Portsmouth, April 11, 1809.
EBENEZER ADAMS; Benjamin Adams; Ebenezer Adams, jr. Newington; Thomas Andrews; Olive H. Ayers; Thomas Baruham; Henry Buffum; J. Butterfield. John Carroll; Joseph Chase; Walter Cate; Patrick Christopher; Patrick Cahill; Daniel Dearborn; William Drake; James Day; John Dison; Joseph Durill; Samuel C. Drew, Durham; Margaret Davis; William Dalton, North Hampton; Forest Dugall; William Dunn. B. Eddy, Esq. F. Ezekiel Ebbom; Jonathan Foster; Stephen Floyd; David Fernald; Eleazar Fernald. Sally Gooden; Samuel Gage; Wm. T. Gerrish; Sukee Gates. H. Samuel Hill; John Harris; Mary Holmes, New Castle; Daniel Harmon; Richard Jones; Lydia Jones; Joseph Jones; K. Philip Knox. Mary Lord; Stephen Lang; William Marshall; William Mires; Francis Meagher; William Miller; Benjamin Mathes, jr. Samuel Nutting; H. W. Noble; John Palmer; Andrew Phillips, Exeter; John Perry; Prince Payson; Lydia Pickering; Isaac Priddon, New Castle. George Rogers; Daniel Rand, Ry.; James Rollins; Samuel Robertson; Moses Ricker; Benjamin Remick. Edward F. Sater; William Seward; John Smith; Roda Spinney; Eunice Stacy; Andrew Simpson; Theophilus Steyer. Jacob Tuckett; Mr. Thomas. Henry B. Williams; Theodore Wells; William H. Wilkins; Joseph Winlow, Greenland. The above Names with no Towns annexed are for Portsmouth. M. SIMPS, P. M.