The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1803-07-12 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
"By adopting REPUBLICANISM for our Polar Star, we shall endeavor to our countrymen the true principles of their Constitution; and promote an union of sentiment and of action, equally auspicious to their happiness and safety."
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL S. & W. PEIRCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
REMOVED.
Peter Coffin,
HAS removed to the New Fire Proof Store in Market-street, where a large assortment of
GOODS,
received by the late arrivals from England, are now opened for
Sale by Wholesale and Retail,—viz— LONDON and Yorkshire superfine Broad-Cloths, of the most fashionable colours; Habit Cloths; Cashmeres; strip'd and plain black silk Florentines.
A great variety of Fashionable Waistcoating; Fustians; Jeans; Denims; plain, twill'd and silk Nankinets; Thicksets; Velvets; worsted and silk Plush.
A large assortment of Calicoes & Chintzes; Chintz and Dimity Furnitures; Muslinets; Dimities; Copperplates; Table Cloths; Diapers.
A great variety of Book, jaconet, cambric and sprig'd Muslins; Black and color'd Sarfnet Muslins and Ginghams; Muslin Handkerchiefs; Men's Neckerchiefs.
Cambric muslin Shawls, with Nettings; silk, Camel's Hair, purple and chintz Shawls; Linen, Cotton, Bandanno and black silk Handkerchiefs.
Fashionable Florence Silks, for Gowns; Lutrings; Modes; Satins; Sarefnet; Tiffanies; Italian Crapes; Gauzes; Millinets.
A large assortment of Thread Laces and Edgings; black Laces; black Lace Cloaks; black Turkey Gauze, for Cloaks; black and white Lace Veils.
A great variety of Chip, willow and straw Bonnets; Fashionable silk Bonnets, full trim'd; fashionable black Beavers; Men's and boy's Hats.
A large assortment of Kid and morocco Shoes; Rosettes; Morocco Shoes, with cork soles; Morocco Slips.
A great variety of Ribbons; Cotton and silk Gown Trimmings; Gown Buttons; gold and silver Laces and Fringes; gold and silver Cords; color'd silk Cords; Glove-ties; cotton and silk Girdles; Straw Trimmings.
A variety of Black and fancy Feathers, Flowers and Wreaths; Fashionable Fans, some very elegant; crape, glaz'd and common black Fans; Parasols, some with walking sticks; Umbrellas; Garden Fans.
Fashionable pearl Necklaces; gold Ear-drops; gold and silver Epaulets; Spangles.
Mens and Youths cotton, hemp and silk Hose; Womens cotton & mix Hose, some with lac'd clocks; Womens extra long cotton and silk Gloves and Mitts, all colors; Kid Gloves; Mens beaver, wash leather, silk, thread and cotton Gloves; Stock Stiffners; Cotton and silk Braces.
Cheap yard wide Linens, of a superior fabric; Irish Sheetings; Checks; Threads; embroidering and other sewing Silks; Bindings.
An assortment of White and chintz Bed Lace, Cords and Tassels: Carpets and Carpeting.
Fashionable gilt, steel, plated & common Buttons; Button Moulds; Sleeve Buttons; steel Knee Buckles; silver Thimbles; steel and gilt Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; Tooth Brushes; Pins; Smelling Bottles.
Tamies; Durants; plain & rib'd Calimancoes; Shallons; Ruffles; Moreens; Taboreens; Florentines; Lastings; Satineens, &c. &c. Portsmouth, May 17, 1803.
A steady GIRL is wanted in a very small family, one who can come with a good recommendation, will be encouraged with good wages—For further particulars inquire of the Printer. Portsmouth, May 24, 1803.
Late Foreign Intelligence,
By the John Morgan, arrived at New-York from London.
LONDON, MAY 19, 1803. AT the Court held yesterday at the Queen's Palace, where His Majesty was present in Council, a Proclamation was, issued granting general reprisals against the ships, goods, and subjects of the FRENCH REPUBLIC; and directing the Admiralty to take the necessary measures in the premises. This Proclamation was signed by thirty-one Privy Counsellors.—At the same time another Proclamation was issued laying an embargo on all vessels bound to the French or Batavian Republics, "but that the utmost care be taken for the preservation of all and every part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships, so that no damage or embezzlement whatever be sustained." A third Proclamation declares it high treason for any British subjects to enter on board French or Batavian vessels of war; and a fourth offers increased bounties to seamen and landmen.—The causes which led to this important measure, are given in the following
DECLARATION.
HIS Majesty's earnest endeavours for the preservation of Peace having failed of success, he entertains the fullest confidence that he shall receive the same support from his parliament, and that the same zeal and spirit will be manifested by his people which he has experienced on every occasion when the honour of his Crown has been attacked, or the essential interest of his Dominions have been endangered.
During the whole course of the negotiations which led to the preliminary and definitive treaties of Peace between His Majesty and the French Republic, it was His Majesty's sincere desire, not only to put an end to the Hostilities which subsisted between the two Countries but to adopt such Measures, and to concur in such propositions, as might most effectually contribute to consolidate the general tranquility of Europe. The same motives by which His Majesty was actuated during the negotiation for Peace, have since invariably governed his conduct. As soon as the treaty of Amiens was concluded, His Majesty's courts were open to the people of France for every purpose of legal redress; all sequestrations were taken off their property; all prohibitions on their trade which had been imposed during the War were removed, and they were placed, in every respect, on the same footing with regard to commerce and intercourse, as the inhabitants of any other State in amity with His Majesty, with which there existed no treaty of Commerce.
To a system of conduct thus open, liberal, and friendly, the proceedings of the French government afford the most striking contrast. The prohibitions which had been placed on the commerce of His Majesty's subjects during the war have been enforced with increased strictness and severity: Violence has been offered in several instances to their vessels and their property; and, in no case, has justice been afforded to those who may have been aggrieved in consequence of such acts, nor has any satisfactory answer been given to the repeated representations made by His Majesty's ministers or ambassadors at Paris. Under such circumstances, when His Majesty's subjects were not suffered to enjoy the common advantages of peace within the territories of the French republic, and the countries dependant upon it, the French government had recourse to the extraordinary measures of sending over to this country a number of persons for the professed purpose of residing in the most considerable sea port towns of Great Britain and Ireland, in the character of commercial agents or consuls. These persons could have no pretensions to be acknowledged in that character, as the right of being so acknowledged, as well as all the privileges attached to such a situation, could only be derived from a commercial treaty; and as no treaty of that description was in existence between His Majesty and the French republic.
There was consequently too much reason to suppose, that the real object of their mission was by no means of a commercial nature and this suspicion was confirmed, not only by the circumstance that some of them were military men, but by the actual discovery that several of them were furnished with instructions to obtain the soundings of the harbours, and to procure military surveys of the places where it was intended they should reside. His Majesty felt it to be his duty to prevent their departure to their respective places of destination, and represented to the French government the necessity of withdrawing them; and it cannot be denied that the circumstances under which they were sent, and the instructions which were given to them ought to be considered as decisive indications of the disposition and intentions of the government by whom they were employed.
The conduct of the French Government, with respect to the commercial intercourse between the two countries, must therefore be considered as ill suited to a State of Peace, and their proceedings in their more
general political relations, as well as in those which immediately concern His Majesty's Dominions: appear to have been altogether inconsistent with every principle of good-faith, moderation, and justice. His Majesty had entertained Hopes, in consequence of the repeated assurances and professions of the French government, that they might have been induced to adopt a system of policy which, if it had not inspired other powers with confidence, might at least have allayed their jealousies. If the French government had really appeared to be actuated by a due attention to such a system; if their dispositions had proved to be essentially pacific, allowances would have been made for the situation in which a new government must be placed after so dreadful and extensive a convulsion that which has been produced by the French revolution. But His Majesty has unfortunately had too much reason to observe & to lament that the system of violence, aggression, and aggrandizement which characterised the proceedings of the different governments of France during the War, has been continued with as little disguise since its termination. They have continued to keep a French army in Holland against the will, and in defiance of the remonstrances of the Batavian Government, and in repugnance to the letter of three solemn treaties. They have, in a Period of Peace, invaded the territory, and violated the independence of the Swiss nation in defiance of the treaty of Lunéville, which had stipulated the independence of their territory, and the right of the inhabitants to choose their own form of government. They have annexed to the dominions of France, Piedmont, Parma, and Piacenza, and the Island of Elba, without allowing any provision to the King of Sardinia, whom they have deposed of the most valuable part of his territory, though were bound by a solemn engagement to the Emperor of Russia, to attend to his interests and to provide for his establishment. It may indeed with Truth be asserted that the Period which has elapsed since the conclusion of the definitive treaty, has been marked with one continued series of aggression, violence, and insult on the part of the French government.
In the month of October last, His Majesty was induced, in consequence of the earnest solicitation of the Swiss nation, to make an effort, by a representation to the French Government, to avert the evils which were then impending over that country. This representation was couched in the most temperate terms; and measures were taken by His Majesty for ascertaining under the circumstances which then existed, the real situation & wishes of the Swiss Cantons, as well as the sentiments of the other Cabinets of Europe. His Majesty learned, however, with the utmost regret, that no disposition to counteract these repeated infractions of treaties and acts of violence was manifested by any of the powers most immediately interested in preventing them; and His Majesty therefore felt that, with respect to these objects, his single efforts could not be expected to produce any considerable advantage to those in whose favour they might be exerted.
It was about this time that the French Government first distinctly advanced the principle, that His Majesty had no right to complain of the conduct, or to interfere with the proceedings of France, on any point which did not form part of the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens. That treaty was unquestionably founded upon the same principle as every other antecedent treaty of convention, on the assumption, of the state of possession and of engagements subsisting at the time of its conclusion; and if that state of possession and of engagements is materially affected by the voluntary act of any of the parties, so as to prejudice the condition on which the other party has entered into the contract, the change, so made, may be considered as operating virtually as a breach of the treaty itself, and as giving the party aggrieved a right to demand satisfaction or compensation for any substantial difference which such acts may have effected in their relative situations; but whatever may be the principle on which the treaty is to be considered as founded, there is indisputably a general law of nations which though liable to be limited, or restrained by conventional laws, is antecedent to it, and is that law or rule of conduct, which all Sovereigns and states have been accustomed to appeal, where conventional law is admitted to have been silent.
The treaty of Amiens, and every other treaty, in providing for the objects to which it is particularly directed, does not therefore assume or imply an indifference to all other objects which are not specified in its stipulations, much less does it adjudge them to be of a nature to be left to the will and caprice of the violent and powerful. The justice of the cause is alone a sufficient ground to warrant the interposition of any of the powers of Europe in the differences which may arise between other states, and the application and extent of that just interposition is to be determined solely by considerations of prudence. These principles can admit of no dispute; but if the new and extraordinary pretension advanced by the French government, to exclude His Majesty from any right to interfere with respect to the concerns of other powers, unless they made a specific part of the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens, was that which it was possible to maintain, those powers would have a right at least, to claim the benefit of this principle, in every case of difference between the two countries. The indigna-
tion of all Europe must surely then be excited by the declaration of the French government, that, in the event of hostilities, there were no parties in the treaty of Amiens, & who were not allowed to derive any advantage from the remonstrances of His Majesty in their behalf, are nevertheless to be made the victims of a war which is alleged to arise out of the same treaty, and are to be sacrificed in a contest which they not only have not occasioned, but which they have had no means whatever of preventing.
His Majesty judged it most expedient, under the circumstances which then affected Europe, to refrain from a recurrence to hostilities on account of the views of ambition and acts of aggression manifested by France on the continent; yet an experience of the character and disposition of the French government could not fail to impress His Majesty with a sense of the necessity of increased vigilance in guarding the rights and dignity of his crown, and in protecting the interests of his people.
Whilst his Majesty was assured by these sentiments, he was called upon by the French government to evacuate the island of Malta. His Majesty had manifested, from the moment of the signature of the definitive treaty, an anxious disposition to carry into full effect the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens relative to that island. As soon as he was informed that an election of a Grand Master had taken place, under the auspices of the Emperor of Russia, and that it had been agreed by the different Priorities assembled at St. Petersburg to acknowledge the person whom the Court of Rome should select out of those who had been named by them to be Grand Master of the order of St. John, his Majesty proposed to the French government, for the purpose of avoiding any difficulties which might arise in the execution of that arrangement, to acknowledge that election to be valid: and when, in the month of August the French government applied to his Majesty to permit the Neapolitan troops to be sent to the island of Malta, as a preliminary measure for preventing any unnecessary delay, his Majesty consented without any hesitation to this proposal, and gave directions for the admission of the Neapolitan troops into the island.—His Majesty had thus shown his disposition not only to throw no obstacle in the way of the execution of the treaty, but, on the contrary, to facilitate the execution of it by every means in his power. His Majesty cannot, however, admit, that at any period since the conclusion of the treaty of Amiens, the French government have had a right to call upon him, in conformity to the stipulation of that treaty, to withdraw his forces from the island of Malta. At the time when this demand was made by the French government, several of the most important stipulations of the arrangement respecting Malta, remained unexecuted; the election of a Grand Master had not been carried into effect. The tenth article had stipulated, that the independence of the island should be placed under the guarantee and protection of Great-Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Spain and Prussia. The Emperor of Germany had acceded to the guarantee, but only on condition of a like accession on the part of the other powers specified in the article. The Emperor of Russia had refused his accession, except on condition that the Maltese language should be abrogated; and that the King of Prussia had given no answer whatever to the application which had been made to him to accede to the arrangement. But the fundamental principle upon the existence of which depended the execution of the other parts of the article, had been defeated by the changes which had taken place in the Constitution of the Order since the conclusion of the treaty of peace. It was to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem that his Majesty was, by the first stipulation of the 10th article, bound to restore the island of Malta. The order is defined to consist of those Langues which were in existence at the time of the conclusion of the treaty: The three French Langues having been abolished, and a Maltese Langue added to the Institution, the Order consisted, therefore, at that time of the following Langues, of Arragon, Castile, Germany, Bavaria and Russia. Since the conclusion of the definitive treaty, the Langues of Arragon and Castile, have been separated from the Order by Spain, a part of the Italian Langue has been abolished by the annexation of Piedmont and Parma to France. There is strong reason to believe, that it has been in contemplation to sequestrate the property of the Bavarian Langue, and the intention has been avowed of keeping the Russian Langues within the dominions of the Emperor.
Under these circumstances the Order of St. John cannot be considered as that body to which, according to the stipulations of the treaty, the island was to be restored; and the funds indispensably necessary for its support, and by the maintenance of the independence of the island, have been nearly, if not wholly, sequestrated. Even if this had not arisen from circumstances which it was not in the power of any of the contracting parties to the treaty of control, His Majesty would nevertheless have had a right to desire the evacuation of the island by his forces, until such time as an equivalent arrangement had been concluded for the preservation of the independence of the Order and of the island. But if these changes have taken place in consequence of any acts of the other parties to the treaty; if the French Government shall appear to have proceeded upon a system of rendering the Order, whose
independence they have stipulated, incapable of maintaining that independence, His Majesty's right to continue in the occupation of the island, under such circumstances, will hardly be contested. It is indisputable that the revenues of the two Spanish Langues have been withdrawn from the Order by His Catholic Majesty; a part of the Italian Langue has in fact been abolished by France, through the unjust annexation of Piedmont and Parma, to the French territory. The Elector of Bavaria has been instigated by the French Government to sequestrate the property of the Order within his territories; and it is certain that they have not only sanctioned but encouraged the idea of the propriety of separating the Russian Langue from the remainder of the Order.
As the conduct of the Governments of France and Spain have therefore, in some instances directly, and in others indirectly, contributed to the changes which have taken place in the Order, and thus destroyed its means of supporting its independence, it is to those Governments, and not to His Majesty, that the non-execution of the tenth article of the Treaty of Amiens must be ascribed.
Such would be the just conclusion if the tenth article of that treaty were considered as an arrangement by itself; it must be observed, however, that this article forms a part only of a Treaty of Peace, the whole of which is connected together, and the stipulations of which must, upon a principle common to all treaties, be construed, as having a reference to each other.
His Majesty was induced by the Treaty of Peace to consent to abandon and to restore to the Order of St. John the island of Malta; on condition of its independence and neutrality. But a further condition which must necessarily be supposed to have had considerable influence with His Majesty in inducing him to make so important a concession, was the acquiescence of the French Government in an arrangement for the security of the Levant, by the eighth and ninth article in the Treaty stipulating the integrity of the Turkish empire, and the independence of the Ionian islands. His Majesty has, however, since learnt, that the French Government have entertained views hostile to both these objects; and that they have even suggested the idea of a partition of the Turkish empire. These views must now be manifest to all the world from the official publication of the report of Col. Sabatiani, for the conduct of that officer, and of the other French agents in Egypt, Syria, and the Ionian islands, and from the distinct admission of the First Consul himself, in his communication with Lord Whitworth. His Majesty was, therefore, warranted in considering it to be the determination of the French Government to violate these articles of the Treaty of Peace, which stipulated for the integrity, and independence of the Turkish empire, and of the Ionian islands, and consequently would not have been justified in evacuating the island of Malta, without receiving some other security, which might equally provide for these important objects. His Majesty accordingly feels that he has an incontestable claim, in consequence of the conduct of France since the Treaty of Peace, and with reference to the subjects which made part of the stipulations of that treaty, to refuse, under the present circumstances, to relinquish the possession of the island of Malta. Yet notwithstanding this right is so clear and so unquestionable the alternative presented by the French Government, to His Majesty, in language the most peremptory and menacing, was "The evacuation of Malta, or the renewal of the war."
If the views of ambition and aggrandizement, which have thus been manifested by the French Government since the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace, have in so very particular a manner attracted the attention of His Majesty, it has been equally impossible for him not to feel, and not to notice, the repeated indignities which have been offered by that government to his crown and to his people.
The report of Colonel Sebastiani, contains the most unwarrantable insinuations and charges against His Majesty's Government, against the Officer who commanded his forces in Egypt, and against the British Army in that quarter. This paper cannot be considered as the publication of a private individual; it has been avowed and indeed bears evidence upon the face of it, that it is the official report of an accredited Agent, published by the authority of the Government to which it was addressed, who thereby have given it their express sanction.
This Report had been published a very short time, when another indignity was offered to this country in the communication of the first consul of France to the legislative body. In this communication he presumes to affirm, in character of Chief Magistrate of that country, "That G. Britain cannot singly contend against the Power of France," an assertion as unfounded as it is indecent, disproved by the events of many Wars, and by none more than by those of the War which has been recently concluded. Such an assertion, advanced in the most solemn official act of a Government, and thereby meant to be avowed to all the powers of Europe, can be considered in no other light than as a defiance publicly offered to his Majesty, and to a brave and powerful people, who are both willing and able to defend his just rights, and those of their Country, against every insult and aggression.
The conduct of the First Consul to His Majesty's ambassador, at his audience, in presence of the Ministers of most of the sovereigns and states of Europe, furnishes

another instance of provocation on the part of the French government, which it would be improper not to notice on the present occasion, and the subsequent explanation of this transaction, may be considered as having the effect of aggravating, instead of palliating the affront.
At the very time when His Majesty was demanding satisfaction and explanation on some of the points above mentioned, the French Minister at Hamburg endeavoured to obtain the insertion in a Hamburg paper of a most gross and aspersions libel against his Majesty, and when difficulties were made respecting the insertion of it, he availed himself of his official character of Minister of the French Republic, to require the publication of it by order of his Government in the Gazette of the Senate of that town. With this requisition to make, the Senate of Hamburg were induced to comply; and thus has the independence of that town been violated, and a free State made the instrument, by the menace of the French Government, of propagating through Europe, upon their authority, the most offensive and unfounded calumnies against His Majesty and his Government. His Majesty might add to this list of indignities, the requisition which the French government have repeatedly urged, that the laws and constitution of his country should be changed relative to the liberty of the press. His Majesty might likewise add the calls which the French Government have, on several occasions, made upon him to violate the laws of hospitality with respect to persons who had found an asylum within his dominions, and against whose conduct no charge whatever has at any time been substantiated. It is impossible to reflect on these different proceedings, and the course which the French Government have thought proper to adopt respecting them, without the thorough conviction that they are not the effect of accident; but that they form a part of a system which has been adopted for the purpose of degrading, vilifying and insulting his Majesty and his government.
Under all these insults and provocations, his Majesty, not without a due sense of his dignity, has proceeded with every degree of temper and moderation to obtain satisfaction and redress, which he has neglected no means consistent with his honor and the safety of his dominions, to induce the Government of France to concede to him, what is, in his judgment, absolutely necessary for the future tranquility of Europe. His efforts in this respect have proved abortive, and he has therefore judged it necessary to order his ambassador from Paris. In having recourse to this proceeding, it has been his Majesty's object to put an end to the fruitless discussions which have too long subsisted between the two Governments, and to close a period of suspense, peculiarly injurious to the subjects of his Majesty.
But though the provocations which his Majesty has received might entitle him to larger claims than those which he has advanced, yet anxious to prevent calamities which might thus be extended to every part of Europe, he is still willing as far as is consistent with his own honor, and the interests of his people, to afford every facility to any just and honourable arrangement, by which such evils may be averted. He has therefore, no difficulty in declaring to all Europe, that notwithstanding all the changes which have taken place since the treaty of Peace, nor withstanding the extension of the powers of France, in repugnance to that treaty, and to the spirit of peace itself, his Majesty will not avail himself of these circumstances, to demand in compensation all he is entitled to require, but will be ready to concede, even now, in an arrangement by which satisfaction shall be given to him, for the indignities which have been offered to his crown, and to his people, and substantial security afforded against further encroachments on the part of France.
His Majesty has thus distinctly and unreservedly stated the reasons of those proceedings to which he has found himself compelled to resort: he is actuated by no disposition to interfere in the internal concerns of any other state; by no projects of conquest and aggrandizement; but solely by a sense of what is due to the honor of his crown, and the interests of his people, and by an anxious desire to obtain the further progress of a system, which, if not resisted, may prove fatal to every part of the civilized world.
The following is the ultimatum of the British court; which Lord Whitworth presented to Mr. Talleyrand on the 11th May with information that unless they were acceded to as the basis of an arrangement, he was directed to leave Paris, in thirty six hours.
ULTIMATUM.
The French to permit the immediate cession of the Island of Lampedora to England by the king of the Two Sicilies.
The privilege of retaining Malta till arrangements could be made to occupy Limperdolo as a naval station.
The territories of the Batavian republic to be evacuated by France within one month after the conclusion of a convention founded on this basis.
His Majesty shall not be required by the French Government to evacuate the island of Malta until after the expiration of ten years.
When this ultimatum was proposed to Talleyrand, he suggested a variation which might be the perpetual possession of Malta on some term of exchange, as he observed, to take away the appearance of being forced into the resignation of that island, and to make the draft palatable. Lord Whitworth replied that he had no authority to vary from the terms, and what to prevent any further protraction of the negotiation he must make his stand on the ultimatum as proposed.
They then parted; nothing further was offered, and on his sending for his passports the next morning he received them in a few hours.
LONDON, MAY 20. We this morning received French Journals to the 17th inclusive.
In the official journal there is not the smallest allusion to the rupture of the Negotiation, the departure of Lord Whitworth, or the conduct to be pursued by the French Government. In some of the other papers we find that the extraordinary communication was made to the Legislative Body, to the Senate, and the Tribunate, by three Councillors of State. Every thing was transacted in secret Committee; but in the course of a very few days a public Manifesto will make its appearance.
After a Cabinet Council, which sat for several hours yesterday, Mr. Shaw, the Messenger was dispatched to Lord Whitworth's Secretary. Previous to his Lordship's departure, he apprized M. Talleyrand, that Mr. Talbot would receive any answer from the French Government to the ultimatum of Ministers. The conclusion of the Declaration expresses a disposition to receive any propositions for a satisfactory adjustment. This however, we consider, as an additional proof of the anxiety of Ministers to avoid a rupture which could not fail to be attended with such affliction consequences to humanity, than in holding out any prospect of peace. Unfavourable as appearances are, there are still persons who indulge the hope that war may yet be avoided. Though yesterday was a holiday, private bargains were done on terms somewhat higher than on the preceding day. There were several bargains done at 50. The French Funds were on the 16th inst. at 52 : 60 3/4 money; and at 60 for the account.
The important papers relative to the negotiation with France were last night laid before Parliament. They occupy 145 folio pages, exclusive of the declaration of our government. Malta was the great subject of dispute, and of course, in a protracted discussion upon a single point a recurrence of the same argument is unavoidable.
For the N. H. GAZETTE. A further view of Federal movements, or, the present aspect of false Federalism towards our government and its Administrators.
HONORIUS to a Correspondent in a distant part of the Country.
IT has been a perpetual source of the greatest evils to nations, that men of shining talents have prostituted them to vicious purposes, and thereby rendered the arts of life injurious to nature. Their superior powers of mind presented them but greater proficients in wickedness.
"Whose brighter reason" led "to bolder crimes," And heavenly talents" made "infernal brains."
Even on the American soil there are still too many to be found of this obnoxious description. These are the falsely stiled great; ever at war with human happiness in the pursuit of false glory, in opposition to the true glory—which dignifies man; which unites and equals all, destroying the degrading distinctions of King & subject, monarch and slave, and placing man on that distinguished eminence which nature gave him. As the leaders of the self-stiled Federalists are in principle and action far beneath the exalted character of man, and as a different species from what nature designed him; American ground is not to be considered as their appropriate soil: They are here exotics, whose genial growth and flourishing state can be found only in those climates where despotism still thrives on the means of the people.
While we consider many, who are of the invidious party in the opposition; as having no hostile intentions of their own against our freedom and independency, and as not chargeable with dispositions like theirs, which glory in oppression and injustice, and conspiracies against our republican government, and the men whom the people have intrusted with their affairs, on the most convincing and satisfactory evidences of their integrity and abilities;—while we thus exonerate a large number of the federal party, viewing them as citizens uninformed and misguided, and not radically inimical to our government;—we have likewise a rational persuasion, that, as many of this description have already through the convictions of truth, and the demonstrations of experience, forsaken the standard of tyranny, and renounced the disgraceful systems advocated and pursued by our combined internal and external enemies;—the dereliction of error, both in theory and practice, will still progress, till the phalanx of opposition shall become as diminutively contemptible on American ground, as it merits. The present agitations of that hostile body will serve to accelerate the final period of their final period of their mischievous influence even as the violent struggles and contortions of the dying hasten their finishing catastrophe.—The abhorrence of tyranny, and the
dereliction of its votaries and supporters is now becoming general throughout the world. American Republicans began the glorious work of Reform, and erected the standard of Liberty to which the oppressed and persecuted of all nations repair. The great and successful exploits they have achieved, the light and knowledge they have diffused, and the illustrious virtues they have displayed, have roused mankind, as from a long and deep slumber, to assert the sacred rights which have been withheld from them by kings and priests; whose systems they now begin to view as indignantly done to the nature, and as treason to the majesty of man. And 'tis impossible they should return to their former ignorance and supineness, 'till a sense of dignity, the impressions of truth, and the love of liberty are lost in the total dissolution of life.
Essential truths, on which depend the interests and the happiness of mankind, once received and understood, can never be effaced;—Truths which are spreading with a rapid progress, enkindling from breast to breast, and uniting men of different nations in indissoluble bands. And hence it is, that the friends of liberty and our country, of other nations, increasing with the virtues and energies of our citizens, will prove as a wall of fire around us, against combined internal and foreign enemies. The increase of liberty, and virtue its offspring, in the surrounding nations, must yield us additional security and strength, and proportionably weaken every where the force of opposition and the influence of wicked stratagem and cunning. We have seen the federal party leaders, wholly regardless of decency, and despising those federalists, who, tho' in the opposition, are more virtuous and rational than their deceivers; and taking advantage of the mildness and lenity of our government—committing every kind of hostility in their power against the principles of our Constitution; and, contrary to their solemn engagements, holding forth monarchical and aristocratic doctrines, with the effrontery of men, determined at all adventures that their will shall be law; spitting out their spite and venom, and shewing their enmity, without cloak or limits, against the zealous and faithful friends of our revolution, and abusing the President of the United States with a rancour and malice, of which none but the most abandoned and unprincipled of men could be capable.—These men, blinded and infuriated by their passions, now appear to be acting the very scenes that must serve to open the eyes of all to a full conviction of their designs, and of the hostility of those designs against virtues and principles interwoven with every ligament of the hearts of the people of the United States, who, from their native love and attachment to those virtues and principles, could not for a moment endure the discerned encroachments of unconstitutional power. Tyranny can never have its uncontrolled sway in the American United States. Of the truth of this, the people have exhibited the most splendid and decisive proofs in the late revolution, by which the most secret and cunningly devised projects, to undermine and destroy our republican government, have been brought to light, the actors in them disarmed of their power, and consigned over to contempt and oblivion.—The dastardly deserters of liberty, and plotters against its existence could not stand before the offended majesty of the people. They retired, absconded and fled; and 'tis chiefly owing to the mildness, patience and forbearance of the people, that they ever presumed to peep out of their holes, and assay to rally their defeated forces. The commotions they have excited, and the consequent proceedings of the combined enemies of our government, have been greatly prejudicial to the property, and the union and harmony of our citizens, and endangered our peaceful correspondence abroad. But the wisdom and vigilance of the men of our confidence are effectually subduing those formidable evils. The virtues of mildness and forbearance, by which repudians are influenced, can long endure: But, still guided by wisdom, prudence and foresight, they are aware of the limits beyond which forbearance and long-suffering must not be suffered to pass.
If a blow is preparing—if the mad project of drawing the sword is hatching in the federal cabinet, to prostrate our liberties, 'tis time to look about us. The insulting paragraphs lately published in the federal papers, and the various manoeuvres of the party speak the language of menace and madness. As it is happy for individuals to know when they are well, it would be likewise good for those violent partisans, and their wildly enterprising leaders, to learn a little of their wisdom, before it may be too late. What, for instance, if they should abate a little of their angry threatenings of the sword, war, desolation and anarchy, their lying and inflammatory declamations?—
But can they cease to fret and groan, and agonize for taxes, power and patronage, funding systems, and immense debts never to be paid,—for monarchy and its pagenantry, aristocratic and hierarchical grandeur and a profusion of wealth? can the Ethiopic change his skin? or the Leopard his spots? they may then become cured of their intoxicating thirst for gold, for power, places and pensions. But, without something like a miracle, those inebriated votaries are beyond the possibility of recovery.
"Dull as the burning scent of place or power, Staunch to the 'love of lucre' till they die."
Detestable and fatal power of avarice and ambition!—the ambitious are "rapacious of their own 'ruin.'"
Ambition is "Famous for her numbers slain The numbers small that happiness can bare. Tho' various, for a while, their fates, at last One consequence involves them all."
Dismal is the end of incurables, under the relentless power of a malignant mental disease.—But there is a species of disease, attended with a degree of phrenzy, that admits not of the dangerous subjects of it being suffered to go at large.
HONORIUS.
July 5, 1803.
Miscellaneous Paragraphs.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Amsterdam, to his friend in Philadelphia, dated April 2.
"About 8 days ago, arrived here quite unexpectedly, a ship full of citizens of the canton of Basle, about 150 souls in all who will exchange their native country for that of the United States. In general the whole consists of people whom every country should receive with open arms. With money, linen and beds, in short with every necessary, seem to be very well provided; and at their arrival on the American shores, they want nothing more than land and iron to clear it. I give you early information of the arrival of your dear countrymen, that you may look out one thing or another for them. As much as I can learn from them, they do not wish to remain long in the city, but with to go soon in the country. In about ten days time, they sail from hence, wind and weather serving. We hear that during the ensuing summer, more trains of people will arrive here from Switzerland, so that passengers will not be wanting, if there are only vessels here, &c."
The following brief account of Louisiana, is extracted from Morse's Gazetteer .
"LOUISIANA is bounded E. by the Mississippi, S. by the Gulf of Mexico, W. by New Mexico, N. by undesignated boundaries. It is intersected by a number of fine rivers, among which are, St. Francis, the Natchitoches, the Adayer or Mexican River, Missouri, Louge, Noir, and many others. The greater part of the white inhabitants are Roman Catholics. The number of inhabitants is unknown. The quantity of good land on the Mississippi and its branches, from the bay of Mexico to Ohio river, a distance of nearly 1000 miles, is very great. There have been some plantations of sugar canes; but it is not a crop to be depended upon, as the frost has sometimes been too powerful for that plant. The chief articles of exportation are indigo, cotton, rice beans, myrtle, wax and lumber.
The climate is said to be favourable for health and to the culture of fruits of various kinds, and particularly for garden vegetables. Iron and lead mines and salt springs, it is asserted, are found in such plenty as to afford an abundant supply of these necessary articles. The banks of the Mississippi, for many leagues in extent, commencing about 20 miles above the mouth of Ohio, are a continued chain of lime-stone. A fine tract of high, rich, level land, S. W. W. and N. W. of New-Madrid, about 25 miles wide, extends quite to the river St. Francis.
LITERARY FAIR.
New-York, June 25, 1803.
AT a special meeting of the American Company of Booksellers, it was moved and carried in the affirmative, the following resolution be published.
RESOLVED, that this Company, at its next meeting, in June 1804, will bestow five medals, in the manner, and on the conditions following: viz.
1. For any volume, of at least one hundred pages, which shall be determined by a committee to be appointed for that purpose, to be the most elegant specimen of printing, produced to the company and executed with American types, and on American paper, a gold medal.
2. For the next in point of elegance, a large silver medal.
3. For the third, a small silver medal.
[N.B. When of two rival works, the merit of execution is equal, a large one shall be considered as entitled to a preference over a small one.]
4. For the most elegant specimen of Bookbinding, executed with American materials, gold leaf excepted, a large silver medal.
5. For the next, a smaller silver medal.
Signed by order.
MATTHEW CAREY, President.
Portsmouth.
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1803.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival of the ship John Morgan , at N. York, we received the Declaration of War , by the British Government ; and we venture to pronounce it the most unsatisfactory exposition of pretended reasons, for hostile aggression, that has ever appeared in any ages or on any occasion. We also have Lord Whitworth's report of a conversation with the First Consul of France. In this communication we have a striking instance of the inconsistency of the British minister . It asserts that Bonaparte talked almost uninterruptedly for two hours, as fast as possible; and yet he has been able to give an accurate statement of every material idea thrown out in his long and multifarious conversation!
Such things may quicken the lingering zeal of the loyal subjects of London and its environs; but every man of common sense & candor will naturally suspend his judgment, till he has heard the other side of the question fairly stated by Bonaparte. Lord Whitworth must have the credit of more than a diplomatic memory, to exclude all doubts as to the validity of his representation, even had he no political reasons to distort or exaggerate his description to suit the circumstances of the moment.
In some of the English papers Bonaparte is represented as uncommonly silent and reserved; in others he becomes all at once valuable and impetuous, and it is probable one of the pictures is just as correct as the other. The chief cause of war alleged, is the detention of Malta; and yet strange to say, it is not the French, but the British government , which holds that place, in defiance of treaty. The English ministry , then, have made war, because the French have not attempted to dispossess them of that island by force, which they had an undoubted right to do. War therefore is declared, not for what the French government has but for what it has not done—and this must be evident to every person, on the slightest perusal of these documents.
The affair of Malta is not the true cause of war, and it certainly is not Egypt; for even Ld. Whitworth acknowledges that the First Consul would not disturb the peace of Europe to get possession of that country, although the Turkish government had repeatedly invited him to assist them in expelling the British troops . What then is the cause of this unprovoked and unexpected violence? Whether some intrigue of Ld. Whitworth , with the royalists of France, or whether the present humiliated situation of England would not admit of the continuance of peace, is not easy to ascertain. Whether the surrounding nations will interfere remains to be seen.—It seems as if it was not for the interest of Russia, Austria, Prussia, or Turkey , that there should be a renewal of hostilities in Europe. The crisis is interesting—every hour throws new light on the subject; and the public judgment will soon find ample materials to direct it.
With regard to that part of the news which relates to the moderation of the British court towards Spain and Holland ; we are not disposed to view it in the light of magnanimity or of a proud and confident forbearance. We think it very possible that an intimation may have been made, that Spain and Holland would not be molested if they would not embark in the war. Should such an intimation have been given as went to question their "will and ability to maintain their neutrality"—we should consider it as insult tending to provoke them to hostility, or a mark of contempt, implying that they could not keep free from the centest.
In Holland , from the character of the British ambassador (Lifton) there, we should not be surprised to hear that such an expression had been used; be employed language equally degrading and insulting to our government with impunity while he was here; and be made known to certain partisans of his government here, the tameness with which his menaces and rebukes were received.
There is a powerful party in Holland devoted to the views of the British government , strengthened by the amnesty granted in 1801. The British minister would by questioning the "will and ability of the Dutch government encourage his adherents.
But in point of fact, how do Spain and Holland stand with regard to the two adverse powers. Spain and Holland both entered into the former war in alliance with Great Britain , against France . They were both beaten, and from enemies converted into allies. Under the laws of war France might have seized upon and incorporated Holland . She did not so, but concluded an alliance offensive and defensive with Holland , by which she is bound on the requisition of France to furnish ships and troops, or an equivalent in money.
Spain is exactly in the same situation. So that, though England may wish that Spain and Holland should remain neutral, in order to preserve the best depots in Europe for her commerce—if they are to be neutral, it must depend

upon the views and policy of the French counsel. In this case it is very probable that Spain may remain neutral for two years, should the war not be decided before. But the intrigues which the British minister will have put in operation in Holland and other causes will render the involvement of Holland in the war inevitable.
One object we most earnestly recommend to every lover of American happiness, liberty and peace—to keep a watchful eye on the emissaries and adherents of foreign nations—their activity will be now redoubled—their efforts to involve the people in difficulties and to embark their passions in the contest will be incessant—We have nothing to do with them, our policy is "peace with all nations, entangling alliances with none;" the war is commenced, no one knows why—and no pretences can justify or justify it. We have nothing to do with it. Let us therefore keep a vigilant watch, and take care that no domestic traitor or foreign incendiary tries with our peace.
Since writing the foregoing reflections, we have seen the manifesto of the British government, from which we receive no light to guide us towards the development of this mysterious war.
The editorial articles under the London head down to the 20th May, are not entitled to any attention or confidence. They affect a knowledge of circumstances which have no foundation but in imagination, or in the regions of speculation.
In the London Courier of the 20th of May it is stated in an editorial paragraph, noticing the debate of the preceding day in the House of Commons, that the only matter of moment which occurred in it was that the French government had ceded to the United States the province of Louisiana.
BOSTON. JULY 9. WEST-INDIES.
FROM ANTIGUA, June 19, 1803. War against France has been proclaimed here. Martinico and St. Lucie are expected to be attacked immediately. It is probable Tobago has already been taken. All the troops have been withdrawn from this island to Barbadoes, where 8000 are assembled; and as soon as the Royals (who sailed from England the 17th May) arrive, will begin their operations.
Other accounts from the West-Indies inform, that two French transports, having 430 soldiers on board, have been captured by Commodore Hood, and sent into St. Vincent.
The fate of the French in St. Domingo, in consequence of the war, will soon be determined. The English must capture what the brigands have left.
From a CORRESPONDENT at KENNEBUNK, July 5, 1803.
YESTERDAY the anniversary of our National Birth, was celebrated in this town with unfeigned demonstrations of gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of events, for his bounty in establishing our Independence, and his kindness in preserving the liberties of the People unimpaired. About one hundred Republican Citizens of this and the adjacent towns partook of an elegant dinner prepared for the occasion, at Mr. BARNARD's Hall—After appointing JOSEPH STORER, Esq. President, and Capt. TOBIAS LORD, Vice-President, an appropriate Hymn preceded a pertinent Prayer by the Rev. NAT'L WEBSTER, which was followed by an animated and patriotic Oration, by Mr. STEPHEN THATCHER.
After dinner the following TOASTS were drank, accompanied with Music, and discharge of Cannon.
1. The anniversary of the 4th July 1776.—May the principles of civil Liberty be forever the order of the day.
Air—Washington's March.
2. The People of the United States—Devoting themselves to the cause of Liberty, of order and obedience to the Laws, they are worthy of being the Citizens of the only Republic upon the face of the earth.
Hail Columbia.
3. The Constitution of the United States—In its true spirit and meaning. We trust a Republican practice is now, forever settled upon it.
Love in his chair.
4. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States—His official authority is carefully qualified and defined; but the empire which he maintains over our hearts is absolute and unlimited. Jefferson's March.
5. The Government of the United States—The strongest upon earth; depending for its support upon the opinions and affections of the Citizens.
God save great Jefferson.
6. The memory of Washington—engraved upon our hearts, whose sublime character is without a parallel. Roll on, Roll on.
7. The heroes who fought and bled to establish our Freedom and Independence—While their memory is cherished, the cause of Liberty can never be abandoned. Hymn.
8. The heads of Departments—The appointment of the first men in the nation, to the first offices under the government, is a pledge of the wisdom with which every measure, in each department will be conducted; and a sure guarantee of the public prosperity. Madison's March.
9. The sovereignty of the People, and the majority of the Government—They will be respected by all good Citizens.
New Administration.
10. Agriculture—When those who cultivate the earth shall cease to be held in the highest consideration, the United States will cease to be a Republic. Rural Felicity.
11. Manufactures—To which we are indebted for all the embellishments, and for most of the comforts and conveniences of civilized life, if there must be distinct grades in society, in a Republic, they should be according to the merits, not the employments of men. Court Rochester's March.
12. Commerce—The handmaid of agriculture and manufactures, to which we are so
greatly indebted for the civil Liberty, for the civilization and refinements of modern society. Caïra.
13. The Governor and Commonwealth—The liberality of such great characters as Strong, Trumbull and Tichenor, is a pledge of decline and fall of the empire of prejudices in New England. Gov. Strong's March.
14. The fair Daughters of Columbia—Without their sensibility, their love and society, Liberty and even life itself would be but dreary things. New Pump Room.
15. The Ministers of Religion—who preach the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST—Nothing can ever prevent our holding them in the highest consideration. President Jefferson.
16. Morality and Religion—The indestructible foundations on which alone the fabric of Liberty can remain unshaken and imperishable. Ode.
17. All Mankind—Universal reformation, universal liberty, universal happiness. Mason's Favorite.
VOLUNTEERS.
By Doctor Thornton.—Mr. Livingston, our Ambassador at Paris, who has obtained by negotiation, what federal policy could not have acquired without a continent of treasure and an ocean of blood.
By the Hon. Richard Cutts, Esq.—May the prosperity of our own Country confound its enemies and unite its friends in support of a Republican Government.
By the Rev. Mr. Webster, (who proposed to give a toast in the ancient form)—THOMAS JEFFERSON, may he live forever.
By Mr. Charles Williams.—The memories of Gray, Marrick, Aticks and Carter—Their blood has stamped forever the remembrance of British atrocities.
By Mr. Stephen Thatcher.—The friends of civil Liberty of all parties; may they be the friends of each other.
By Mr. Joseph Barnard.—The bright glowing sun of Republicanism, enlightening the political hemisphere of America; may it continue to shine with increasing splendor.
By Joseph Storer, Esq.—The Orator of the day.
By Mr. Samuel Lord.—A free toleration in Politics as well as Religion: the best antidote against the evils of party spirit.
By Mr. Tobias Lord, jr.—An end to unnatural distinctions; that ban of society, morality and Religion.
After Mr. Cutts had retired, the President gave.—The Honorable RICHARD CUTTS, Esq. our Representative to Congress. Three Cheers. After the President had retired, Mr. James Osborn gave.—JOSEPH STORER, Esq. President of the day. Order and harmony characterized the day, and about 5 o'clock the Company retired.
The anniversary of American Independence was celebrated by the Republicans in Newbury-Port with unusual demonstrations of joy. The following are among the toasts that was given at the entertainment. The Day—May it be prized like one spent in the courts of God, in preference to thousands elsewhere; and may we rejoice that JEFFERSON more than saves what a WASHINGTON won.
The President of the United States—who levels his breast-work, spikes up his cannon, and bares his bosom to the shafts of his enemies; yet, without himself, gives the deepest wounds by a dignified silence. LIVINGSTON and MUNROE, our great negotiators in France—May neither of them be recalled while in the midst of doing good.
REPUBBLICANISM—May it stick like the genuine Sheboleth in its enemies' throats. As the cause of truth is the end of investigation, may we with open arms receive those who become its advocates even at the eleventh hour.
TORYISM—Let us never forget that those who were once the bane of society, are now the chief pillars in the temple of federalism.
The Clergy—May they never place their Religion in a party Cockade; nor look to Government for Independence of their Parishioners.
The Fair—May they all be truly federal in a matrimonial sense, and in their own sphere, and despise being the medium of clerical and political intrigue.
Late President ADAMS—May we not niggardly withhold what is justly due for former services.
While thirst for power and ambition for victory urge European Nations to contest, may neutral America, under its present benign and judicious administration, diligently eye the one thing needful. VOLUNTEERS.
May those who fatten at the return of this day, have raw hide* and cartridge boxes to eat, small beer to drink, and a Porcupine's skin to wipe their mouths.
When European Nations kick at each other they always spare the American milk-pail.
Old South and the literary Champions of Republicanism through the States.
*Alluding to what the American troops suffered, for want of provisions, in marching through the woods on the expedition against Quebec, in 1775.
DIED.
At Newbury-port, the Hon. MATTHEW THORNTON, Esq. of Merrimack, in this State, in the 89th year of his age.—This gentleman was born in Ireland in the year 1714, and brought to America when nine months old; studied physic and surgery—and was surgeon at the taking of Cape Breton, in the year '45. He was President of New-Hampshire in the revolution; a member of the United States Congress; and a Judge of the Supreme Court in New-Hampshire, and continued to be a firm friend to our Republican Government, to the day of his death, which was the 24th of June, 1803.
In this town, Miss MERCY NEW-HALL, aged 35, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Samuel Newhall, of Newbury-Port.
STRAYED AWAY,
ABOUT a fortnight since, a Flock of DUCKS, containing about twenty. Whoever has found the same and will give information to the Printers, shall be rewarded. July 12,
Marine Articles.
Port of Portsmouth—July 12, 1803.
Thursday arrived here brig Betsey, Capt. Boardman, in 29 days from Grenada.
Friday last arrived, fchr. Success, Capt. Rindge, in 23 days from St. Thomas: July 1, lat. 34. long. 69. spoke ship—, Capt. Flagg, 7 days from Charlestown for London.
Entered at the CUSTOM HOUSE.
Brig John Adams, Parr, Liverpool.
Betsey, Boardman, Grenada.
Polly, Kennard, do.
Sch. Rambler, White, do.
Angenora, Crowell, Windfor.
Success, Rindge, Dominico.
Resolution, M'Lean, Guadalupe.
CLEARED.
Brig Polly, Paul, Demerara.
Ann, Hooper, do.
Sally, Tuttle, Barbadoes.
Union, Pinkham, do.
Alert, Rollins, Liverpool.
Sch. Success, Neal, Dominico.
Polly, Ayres, Demerara.
Sloop Enterprize, Sullivan, Tobago.
District of New-Hampshire, ss.
WHEREAS GODFREY WALDO, of Gilmanton, in said district, merchant, a bankrupt, hath made application to me for the allowance of his certificate of discharge—Notice is hereby given, that the same will be allowed and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary be shewn to me before the 13th inst.
JOHN PICKERING, Judge of the District Court for the New-Hampshire District. July 6, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred and three.
AN ACT authorizing Stetson Hutchings to collect certain taxes.
WHEREAS Stetson Hutchings has petitioned the General Court, sitting forth, that he was Collector of taxes for the town of Chatham, the year one thousand eight hundred and two, that at the time the list was put into his hands, he was sick and unable to pay any attention to it; and before he could get it prepared and forwarded to the printer's office, it was too late—but as most part of the unresided taxes in said list are now due and unpaid, and he conceiving himself without law to collect the same, and praying for relief in the premises: THEREFORE
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That said Stetson Hutchings shall lodge in the office of the Deputy Secretary of said State, his aforesaid list of taxes, on or before the fifteenth day of June current, which list shall remain in said office until the fifth day of September next, and in case said taxes, or any part thereof, remain unpaid on the said first day of September, said Collector may proceed to collect the delinquent sum in the same way and manner as though the said list had been lodged in said office agreeably to law. Provided nevertheless, That said Hutchings shall give public notice of said list being lodged as aforesaid, and of the authority given him in this act, by publishing the substance of the same in the New Hampshire Gazette, three weeks successively, the first publication to commence on or before the first day of July next.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In the House of Representatives, June 10, 1803.
The foregoing bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
JOHN PRENTICE, Speaker. Sent up for concurrence.
In Senate, the same day, this bill having been read a third time, was enacted.
AMOS SHEPARD, President. APPROVED, June 11, 1803.
J. T. GILMAN, Governor. A true Copy—Attest,
JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y.
FOR SALE BY
Joseph Clark, jr.
At his shop in Buck-street directly opposite Dr. John Jackson's.
HANDSOME Gold Finger
Rings. A complete assortment of Gold ear Hoops and Knobs. A very handsome assortment of Gold Breast Pins. Gold, coral, gilt, glass, and common Necklaces; handsome gilt Breast Pins; childrens' Silver Whistles with corral and bells; Silver Table and Tea Spoons; Plated do.; handsome stone, silver, steel, plated and black Knee Buckles; silver, plated and common Hat Buckles; silver and plated Sugar Tongs; silver, plated and common Shoe Clasps; silver Pencil and Pen Cases; silver Tooth and Ear Picks with silver cases; silver, plated and common Thimbles; silver, conchshell, pearl, and common Sleeve Buttons; silver, steel, and ivory Tags; gold and silver Spangles; gold and silver Broaches; a handsome assortment of Lockets; Miniature Chains; silver, plated, pearl, and bone Salt-Spoons; silver Sagar-Tubes; silver Watch and Sissor Chains; plated Cadee Shells; Ivory Needle Cases; Tweezers; white and black Bugles; Ring Cases; Sagar Cases; Pocket-Books; Scissors and cases; Enamell'd Snuff-Boxes; Book Tobacco Boxes; Key-Rings; Cruciples, &c. &c.
N. B. Wanted an Apprentice to the Goldsmith's Business, about 13 years of age, apply as above.
FOR SALE,
10 puncheons RUM.
40 casks RAISINS.
14 chests Hyson skin, and Souchong TEA.
8 bags Georgia COTTON.
Brandy & Gin pr. pipe or bbl.
Quarter chests BOHEA TEA.
Bbls. W. I. SUGAR. ;also
1 ton Pearl Ashes, apply to
GARLAND & BLAKE.
W. GARLAND informs his customers that the above Co. will keep in a Store separate from their Dry Goods, many articles in his late line, and will thank them for a continuance of their favors. Portsmouth, July 12, 1803.
NATHAN B. FOLSOM,
HAS FOR SALE,
At Store No. 3, High-street,
10 Pipes of Brandy &
Gin, different kinds; 10 qr. casks Malaga Wine; Bohea, Hyson, Hyson-skin, Young Hyson, Gunpowder and Souchong TEAS, per chest or less quantity; Spices of all kinds; Gun-Powder, per cask or less quantity; 500 pieces Nankins; 50 pieces yellow Bandanno Handkerchiefs; 200 pieces India Cottons; Cotton Yarn; Bed-Tick, &c.—Painters Colours; Clothier's Dyestuff; a few bags Pepper, and many other articles. ** Commission Business transacted; Cash advanced on consignments. Portsmouth, July 12, 1803.
State of New Hampshire.
*** PURSUANT to an application made to me, by the Proprietors and Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of PAULSBOROUGH, in said State—The proprietors and owners of said township are hereby notified and warned to meet at the dwelling-house of Major Daniel Gilley, in Epsom, in said State, on Thursday the first day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
1st. To choose a Moderator to govern said Meeting.
2d. To choose Assessors, and a Collector.
3d. To raise a tax for the purpose of cutting and making Roads, building Mills, procuring settlers to settle in said township, paying public taxes, and other demands that now or hereafter may exist against said proprietary.
4th. To establish a method for drawing and severing the Lots in said township, and to draw, fever, and assign said lots to and amongst the several proprietors and owners of said township.
5th. To determine what encouragement, by grants of land and money shall be given to settlers in said township.
6th. To appoint an Agent or Agents to make settlements, erect Mills, and make Roads in said township, and for other purposes.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Epsom, this 5th day of July, A. D. 1803. WILLIAM PLUMER, Proprietors Clerk for the township of Paulsborough.
State of New-Hampshire.
*** PURSUANT to an application made to me, by the Proprietors and Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of MAYNESBOROUGH, in said State—The proprietors and owners of said township are hereby notified and warned to meet at the dwelling-house of Major Daniel Gilley, in Epsom, in said State, on Thursday, the first day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
1st. To choose a Moderator, to govern said Meeting.
2d. To choose Assessors, and a Collector.
3d. To raise a tax for the purpose of cutting and making Roads, building Mills, procuring settlers to settle in said township, paying public taxes, and other demands that now or hereafter may exist against said proprietary.
4th. To establish a method for drawing and severing the Lots in said township, and to draw, fever, and assign said lots to and amongst the several proprietors and owners of said township.
5th. To determine what encouragement, by grants of land and money shall be given to settlers in said township.
6th. To appoint an Agent or Agents, to make settlements, erect Mills, make roads in said township, and for other purposes.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Epsom, this 5th day of July, A. D. 1803. WILLIAM PLUMER, Proprietors Clerk for the township of Maynesborough.
The last Chance.
A VERY few Tickets only on hand!! those who wish to put themselves in fortune's way, must apply this week at C. PEIRCE's Book-Store as there will be none for sale after, at any price! a number of high prizes are yet in the wheels. Portsmouth, July 12, 1803.
THIS DAY
At S. LITTLE's Office,
English & India Goods
1 Trunk Mens' Clothing; a consignment New Feather Beds, is received and will be sold low at private sale.
Also, 5000 Bamboo Fans in lots to suit purchasers; 50 pieces Yellow and Brown Bandannoes. Portsmouth, July 12, 1803.
THIS DAY,
At 12 o'clock, WILL BE SOLD
At Public Auction,
THE Schooner HERO, burthen 115 tons, (lying at Joseph Man's wharf) a strong built, burthen some vessel; her cables, anchors, rigging and sails are so good that a small expense will fit her for sea.
Conditions of sale—Notes with approved endorser at 2 and 4 months. Portsmouth, July 12, 1803.
LANDS,
At AUCTION, at the Subscriber's
Office, Liberty Square, Boston, on
WEDNESDAY, the 20th JULY,
at 12 o'clock, will be Sold,
ALL the right, title and interest of
CALEB JOHNSON,
of Bolton, Trader, a Bankrupt, in and
to the following Rights and Lots of
LANDS—Viz.
In the township of Millsfield, county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, the original rights, (about 400 acres each) of Timothy Burtholomew, Benning Wentworth and George Sprowle.
In the township of Cambridge, in said county, the original rights of Edward Setate and John Tufts.
In the township of Paulsborough, in said county, three-fourteenths and one fifty-sixth parts of said township, about 8000 acres.
In the township of Maynesborough, county aforesaid, one fifth-sixth part of said township, about 600 acres.
Also, the following Lots of Land, (purchased from a Committee appointed by the General Court of the State of New-Hampshire, for making a road from Conway to the Upper Coos, and for making sale at vendue of Lands adjoining said road to defray the expense thereof)—Viz.
No's 17 and 22 in the 8th Range,
18, 20 and 21 9 do.
20, 24 and 28 10 do.
16, 24, 36 and 41 11 do.
21, 32 and 36 12 do.
28 13 do.
28, 35 and 40 14 do.
30 and 33 15 do.
36 16 do.
31 17 do.
36 18 do.
39 and

Miscellaneous Repository.
AN ODE, Compos'd for, and sung at the REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL, in Boston, on the 4th of July, 1803.
THE Morning God resumes his sway, And hails Columbia's Natal Day; When HANCOCK's firm, unbaken hand, Supports a Patriot Band,
As one, let all our hearts unite, To each our sacred honor plight, That as we're born, thro' life we'll be, From chains of foreign Tyrants free.
While Britain's threatening thunder's rag'd, Our Tribes in Council firm engag'd; Unaw'd by frowns or threats, revoke The seal, that rent Oppression's yoke,
This Day, Columbia rank'd in birth Amongst the Empires of the earth. As one, &c.
Oppress'd by persecution's hand, Our Fathers sought this distant land; With Freedom's pleasing prospects cheer'd, Kind Heaven their guide, no danger fear'd:
They left in trust this fruitful soil, The earnings of their blood and toil. As one, &c.
Moralist.
No. 11. For the Gazette.
HOW wounding and mortifying must the idea be, but it is a solemn truth, that after our dissolution we shall be obliterated from the minds of men, and buried in the land of forgetfulness; shall it be said that we had not his virtues and good qualities as well as myself? Undoubtedly he had; then what avails it of all those controversies when we both shall appear before the judgment seat of the Most High, to render an account and receive from him our respective dooms, according to our demerits? Shall it be found before this great Judge of all hearts, innocent and free of blame, for the enmity which I have borne to my fellow creature? such thoughts and surmises must be vain and imaginary; then let the anticipation of such sentiments suffice, to correct the inveteracy of prejudices in due season; let it cool the heat of anger, and abate the violence of resentment: How averse is it to nature that animosities should be so durable! Should it persist, he bears of any mortal man, as that nothing can extinguish them but the impetrable seal of death. Are not the proportion of evils enough in this short space of human life, that we endeavour to augment and increase the ratio, by precipitately rushing into unnecessary feuds with our fellow citizens? when a few more years, perhaps days will revive over our heads, friends and foes will be laid together in one common heap—and their loves and their hatreds will be equally the same to the rest of mankind; Then let our few days be spent in doing good to one another, cherishing and supporting peace and harmony, and coequally bear each others burthens and misfortunes, rather than harrahs and perplex by the way, let us strive to strew the way over with flowers, and make smooth the rugged path of life as much as possible, instead of filling the vacancy of our pilgrimage with the motto of strife and contention.
For the GAZETTE. The Rural Loiterer, No. 7.
Perhaps she learns (what can she less) The arts of dancing and of dress; But dress and dancing are to women Their education's mint and cummin.
EVERY rational person must regret, that the glowing morn of female youth and beauty should be spent in such a vain and useless manner, as frequently consumes the best years of the female life, and renders them unfit for discharging the duties incumbent on them, as wives and as parents. I yesterday received a letter, of which the following is a copy, from a friend in the metropolis, which paints, in glowing colors, the effects of a neglected education.
To the "RURAL LOITERER." SIR, Knowing you make it your business to declaim against vice and folly, and warn the unexperienced of the dangers incident to human life, I send you the history of one of the most distinguished beauties, the present age has produced.—AMELIA B. was the only child of an opulent and industrious mechanic. Possessed of those attractions, which are apt to allure the gay and thoughtless part of the other sex, she had scarcely attained her seventeenth year, when she had a host of bowing lovers, some pleased with her person, but, doubtless, more with the wealth, of which she would be sole heir on the death of her father, her mother having died two years before. The common but necessary affairs of life had commanded no part of her attention, and the productions of literary genius could find no room in a mind, entirely devoted to pleasure and gaiety. Her mind, uncultivated by reading and reflection, dreaded nothing so much as retirement and solitude, while her supreme delight was to appear gaily dressed, and to find admirers. At this important period her father died, leaving his daughter possessed of all his property. No longer restrained by the admonitions of parental tenderness, she becomes extravagantly fond of the mad luxury of the metropolis, and, after sacrificing half her fortune on the altar of dissipation, marries a man destitute of tenderness for his wife, or economy to preserve her fortune, who, in a few years, embarks for the West Indies, leaving his wife without support, and entirely dependent on the mercy of a censure world, to lament that folly, which has reduced her to infamy and ruin."
"I am your most obedient, P. S."
New GROCERY Store and Wine Cellar,
Thomas Morton,
HAS opened in the large New Store lately erected, fronting on Congress and Vaughan streets, two doors from the corner, about twenty rods west of the Court-House, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF West-India Goods and GROCERIES,
 of the first quality, amongst which are  Madeira, Red  Port, Long  Cork'd Claret, do. in casks,  Sherry, Lisbon, Frontinac, and Malaga  Real Cognac, & Barrel no 4th proof BRAN  DY; West-India RUM;  New-England do  Hollands GIN,  American do.  Bils. Anns;  London & American PORTER,  Strong Beer,  Vinegar, &c.  Hylon, Young  Hylon, Hylon  Skin, Souchoong  and Bohca Teas, warranted to be of the first quality  Excellent Molass's,  Loaf, Lump, India & Brown SUGARS,  Box & Cask Raisins,  Frais Figs,  Fresh Rice,  bbls. and half bbls  Superfine Fresh FLOUR,  Chocolate,  Chocolate Shells,  Coffee, Oa meal.  Nutmegs,  Baggs Cotton, boxes Lemons, Oranges, Powder & Shot, Cotton & Wool Cards  Sweet Oil in Bks,  do. in junk bottles.  so excellent old  Cheeses, full or empty Gin Cales,  Mould&Cip Candles,  Keags of Botton and Newbury Snuff,  Spanish & B. R. S. Cigars, Fig and Pigtail Tobacco,  Straws Tumblers,  A few elegant entry  Mans,  Corn Brooms,  Scives & Scive Brooms,  Reams Paper,  Best Spanish float Lodo, Poland Starch,  Cloves, Allspice,  Pepper, Mustard,  Ginger, Cinnamon,  Coppersas, Rosin,  Bed Cords.  100 bushels White SALT,  100 bushels CORN,  A few bushels Rye,  Wheat, Peas, Beans,  Meal,  Hams Bacon,  Sweeds IRON, &c. 
Scythes, Iron Shovels, Iron Ware, together with many other articles, all of which will be sold very low for cash only, at wholesale or retail, where the Public will find attendance from sunrise until 9 o'clock in the evening, and favors thankfully received. Any articles recommended, that should prove otherwise, will be taken back, and the money returned if desired. Portsmouth, July 5, 1803.
JOHN MARBLE,
INFORMS the public that he continues to carry on the Stone Cutting Business, at his shop lower end of Daniel-street, where he has for sale, Connecticut Free Stone; Jamb & Hearths; white marble grave and tomb Stones, Quincy Slate do. Also, for sale,
A good assortment of Men's Womens' & Childrens' Leather Shoes. 20 bbls. of good CYDER; Spermaceti OIL, &c. Portsmouth July 5, 1803.
ALL persons who have demands against the Estate of JONATHAN LOCKE, late of Epsom, husbandman, deceased, are desired to exhibit them without delay: and those who are indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber, Administratrix to said Estate, or to SAM'L MORRILL, her Attorney. ALLICE LOCKE.
THE Heirs of the Estate of PELETIAH AYERS, late of Greenland, deceased; are hereby notified, that on the 20th day of this month at 10 o'clock A. M. at the Probate Office in Exeter, I shall exhibit to the Judge of Probate my account of administering said Estate. JOHN AYERS. Greenland. July 4, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Sealers of Weights & Measures in the several towns in the county of Rockingham, that I have the County Standard, and am ready to try and seal the standards for the towns in said county. J. W. GILMAN, County Sealer. Exeter, June 20, 1803.
BROKE into the Cornfield of the subscriber in Newington, a pale Red HORSE, with a star in his forehead—the owner may have him again by paying charges. WILLIAM PICKERING. July 5, 1803.
If the friends of PRINCE ANTHONY, (who died on board the Equator,) will call upon Capt. George Long, No. 3, Portsmouth Pier, they may receive the balance of his wages and his chest. July 5, 1803.
DOCTOR RAWSON'S Genuine Anti-Bilious and Stomachic BITTERS.
Prepared by Thomas H. Rawson, M. C. M. S. New-London, (Conn.) For which discovery he obtained a Patent from the President of the U. States, in July, 1802.
THE vast demand for these BITTERS, and their efficacy are so universally known and acknowledged, that little need be said in an advertisement. Perhaps no medicine in the world is so useful and proper for a domestic family medicine. They are the greatest restorative and corroboration of the digestive organs, and purifiers of the blood, of any medicine ever offered the public. The following are some of the most prominent complaints in which these Bitters are efficacious, and so universally admired, viz. Indigestion, Debility, Head-aches, Swoonings, Dizziness, Faintings, Tremblings, Lowness of Spirits, Palpitations, Drowsiness, Bilious Congestions, Costiveness, Diarrhoea, Dysenteries, Gravel, Hysteria and Hypochondriacal Affections, Worms, Ages &c.
THE Patentee having an aversion to pompous puffing, and certificates of cures accompanying almost every medicine offered the public, has hitherto strictly forbidden his agents the insertion of any of the numberless certificates and letters of uncommmon cures of this medicine. But they following coming from such a source, and the character of the man who requests its publicity being so substantially vouched for by three respectable Clergymen, a Judge of the County Court, and a number of characters of the first respectability, and countersigned by Governor Trumbull, that he should think himself blamable in preventing its publicity. East-Haddam, April 7, 1803.
DOCTOR RAWSON, Sir—Enclosed are two certificates. My wishes as respects the one to which I have made oath, are sufficiently explained in the certificate. The other which respects my moral character, I with might have equal publicity; for the benefit of those who labor under distressing and complicated bodily infirmities, and who, unacquainted with my character, might not give sufficient credence to my statement as to induce a trial of the medicine. I am, Sir, your's, respectfully, WILLIAM BURKE.
I WILLIAM BURKE, of East-Haddam, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, hereby certify; that I was for about ten years laboring under distressing and complicated diseases of body, having frequent recurrences of severe head-ache, and almost constantly in pain, either in my joints, bones or small of my back, which was uniformly weak; my bowels unless moved by some gentle laxative, continually costive and at short intervals so exercised with cholics that I could not for days together sustain myself; my stomach four, and appetite weak at the best; and to crown this catalogue of maladies I was frequently afflicted with that distressing and formidable disease the Gravel.
I found very little relief, and that but temporary, from Medical applications, until urged by my friends, who from like complaints had found relief in the use of Doct. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachic Bitters—I procured a box, and began the use of them, in a resolute manner, and soon experienced their good effects. I made use of no other medicine, and in a few weeks was restored to as good a state of health as is common to a man of my age, being about fifty years old. I have now for several months enjoyed my health; my appetite is remarkably good, and I eat any kind of solid food without reserve, and digest it well, and I endure exercise to admiration without being fatigued. I further certify that I have voluntarily and unsolicited by Doctor Rawson or his friends, now come forward to make oath to this certificate, hereby requesting the Doctor to give it as much publicity as possible, having an anxious desire that my fellow-citizens, laboring under similar calamities, may make trial of a medicine, which thro' the blessing of God, has wrought on me such wonders. WILLIAM BURKE. Dated at New-London, April 6, 1803. STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ff. New London, April 6, 1803.
Personally appeared William Burke, the signer of the above, and made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration by him made, is just and true in every particular, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn before me, RICHARD LAW, Mayor of the City of New-London. EAST-HADDAM, Nov. 27, 1803. We the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of East-Haddam, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, hereby certify that we have long been acquainted with Mr. William Burke, of said East-Haddam, and that in our opinion he is a man of strict honesty and integrity, and as such, is a worthy member of society, and a good citizen. Jared Spencer, a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County. Isaac Spencer, Jr. Justice Peace, Middlesex. Timothy Grew, 3d. Justice Peace, Middlesex. Jonas O. Moseley, Justice Peace, Middlesex. Jabez Chapman, Justice Peace, Middlesex. Silvanus Tinker, Epaphroditus Champion Elijah Parsons, Henry Champion, of Colchester. Zebulon Ely. John Gurley. LEBANON, Dec. 12, 1803.
The subscriber is well acquainted with the character of the above signing gentlemen, and can cheerfully bear testimony in their respectability and veracity. JONATHAN TRUMBULL.
For sale in Portsmouth, by CHARLES PEIRCE, and in Dover, N. H. by J. WHEELER, Post-Master. Price 50 Cts. per box. ALSO
Dr. Haskell's Pills and Powder's, being a certain cure for the Dysentery, 1 dol. Haarlem Oil, being a certain cure for the Gravel, and is found by applying one drop to the corner of the eye every night, to be a very great Strengthener of the light, 25 Cents.
Dr. Lee's genuine Windham Biliious Pills, 50 Cents a box. Dr. Tyce's Itch Ointment, 50 Cents. Dr. Haskell's warranted American Ich Ointment, 50 Cents. Dr. Haskell's Cure for the Jaundice, 50 Cents. Dr. Thompson's celebrated Aromatic Paste for the teeth and gums, 50 Cents. Hamilton's Worm destroying Lozenges, price one dollar a box or 50 Cents a paper. The above are just received and for sale by C. PEIRCE, agent for the above Patentes in Portsmouth, N. H. and the public may always be supplied with them fresh, genuine and good. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of CONCORD, situate in the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire, that a tax of four Dollars on each original right of land in said Concord, is assessed and committed to me to collect, for the purpose of running the outlines of said Concord, and to lot and re lot said town; as also to pay such other proprietary expences, as may be found necessary, agreeable to the vote of the proprietors of said township, passed at their meeting on the 2d day of June, 1803.—If said tax is not paid to me at my dwelling-house in Bath, in said county of Grafton, on or before the first day of September 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; and the delinquent's land will be advertised for sale, and sold accordingly, by SAMUEL MINOT, Proprietor's Collector. Bath, June 16, 1803.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Grafton, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors & owners of Land in NORTHUMBERLAND, who have not paid their county tax for the year 1802—that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 16th day of September next, so much of their lands as will pay said tax and cost, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of Miss Betsy Cargill, in said Northumberland, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day. 1st. Div. | 2d. Div. | 3d. Div.   Original Names.  Number.  Acres.  Number.  Acres.  Number.  Acres.    Edm. Morse,  16  75  50  4  100  8    N. Treadwell,  0  0  185  100  8  31    En'h Moulton  68  75  10  0  0  0    Edm. Moulton  0  0  0  0  0  64          100   THOMAS EAMES, Collector. Northumberland, June 22, 1803.
TO BE SOLD,  THE HOUSE, STORE and LAND where Capt. Jos'h Smith now lives, situated on Buck-street,—nearly opposite the Post Office, is the House and Land late Capt. Timothy Mumford's, deceased.—For further information inquire of GEORGE LONG or Capt. JOSEPH SMITH. N. B. If not sold at private sale on or before the 14th July, it will then be sold at Public Vendue, at 11 o'clock, A. M. on the premises, at which time conditions will be made known. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
FOR SALE, Or to be exchanged for a Farm 20 or 30 miles from Portsmouth. A valuable FARM, ABOUT 7 miles from this town, containing 100 acres of good mowing, tillage and pasture Land, well wooded & watered, with two excellent Orchards thereon, with a House and Barn, Cyder-House, &c. * Any person having a Farm in the country, to exchange, will find it to their advantage to call at N. S. & W. Peirce's Book-Store, Congress-street. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
FOR SALE,  A Valuable FARM, LYING in Epsom, on what is called New Orchard Road, leading to Pittsfield; containing seventy five acres, a two story House, double in length, with a good Cellar, and never failing Well of water, with a good Barn thereon. Said FARM produces twenty-five tons of English Hay annually, and pasturing in proportion, with a young thrifty Orchard that has produced forty barrels of Cyder, annually. Said Farm is well watered and wooded.—For further particulars inquire of Capt. WILLIAM BARTON, living on the premises, or JAMES H. M'CLARY. Epsom, June 14, 1803.
PEN-KNIVES. A handsome assortment of PEN-KNIVES, for sale at N. S. & W. Peirce's Book-Store, opposite the N. W. corner of the State-House, Congress-street. June 28, 1803.
NEW GOODS.  EDWARD PARRY, Has imported in the ships Nan-cies & Friendship, from London, a general assortment of Fashionable GOODS, which are now opened and for Sale at his Store in Congress-street, at a low advance, by Wholesale and Retail. Portsmouth, June 7, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Assignee of the estate and effects of BENJAMIN FROST, of New-Castle, in the district of New-Hampshire, trader, declared a bankrupt. All persons indebted to said Frost are called upon to make immediate payment, and all those who have any of his effects, are required to deliver the same to HENRY PRESCOTT, Assignee. June 27, 1803.
Mr. Turner, RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portsmouth, that his DANCING ACADEMY is now opened. Those who intend sending their children, will please to apply as soon as possible. June 28, 1803.
Just received, and for sale by Benjamin Hill, East end of the Court House, A QUANTITY of OLD SABLE, RUSSIA, & SWEDES IRON. West-India GOODS and GROCERIES, as usual. June 21, 1803.
FOR SALE, BY JOHN SALTER, At his Store in Washington-street, SUGAR pr. hhd. COFFEE pr. do. or less quantity, entitled to debenture. Also— COTTON per bale. RICE pr. cask or less quantity. SALT pr. hhd. or less quantity. Portsmouth, April 26, 1803.
THE SUBSCRIBERS WISH to inform their friends and the public, that they have entered into a connection in business under the firm of
Warner & Weare, and have for sale at their Store opposite the N. W. corner of the State-House, a general assortment of W. I. Goods & Groceries, of the best quality. Also, an assortment of men's and boy's Knapp and Felt HATS. A quantity of Thompson's SNUFF, by the keg, bladder, or less quantity. About 200 warranted SCYTHES, per doz. or single. IRON SHOVELS, &c. &c. all of which they intend selling at the lowest cash prices. JOHN WARNER, JOHN F. WEARE. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
Benjamin Libbey, INFORMS the public that he has taken a SHOP in Congress-street, two doors west of Col. Gains', where he carries on the Tailor's Business, in all its various branches, with punctuality and dispatch, and should be happy to receive the commands of a generous and enlightened community. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
Jonathan Mendum, INFORMS his customers and the public, that he carries on the Boot and Shoe Making Business, at his Shop in Vaughn street, leading to the Assembly-Room. N. B. An APPRENTICE is wanted at the above business—inquire as above. Portsmouth, June 28, 1803.
Just Received, and for Sale by N. S. & W. Peirce, Congress-street, A LARGE QUANTITY OF Writing & Demy Printing PAPER, very cheap for cash. A large assortment of POCKET-BOOKS, Books & Stationary, as usual. July 5, 1803.
TO LET, A HOUSE near the centre of the town, suitable for a small family; together with the privilege of a work Shop.—For particulars inquire of the Printers. June 21, 1803.
RAGS. CASH and the highest price given for Cotton, Cotton and Linen and Canvas RAGS, by N. S. & W. Peirce, at their Bookstore in Congress street. May 24, 1803.