The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1801-06-16 00:00:00

THE New Hampshire Gazette.
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PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE)—PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY BY JOHN MELCHER, PRINTER TO THE STATE, AT HIS OFFICE CORNER OF MARKET STREET, WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
No. 25, of Vol. XLVI.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1801.
[One Dollar & half pr. Annum.]
For PHILADELPHIA, THE Brig Hampden and Sidney , JAMES HOLMES, Master, will sail in a few days—For Freight or passage apply to the Master, or to RICHARD EVANS. Portsmouth, June 9, 1801.
Richard Evans, INFORMS the public that he has appointed his brother, Mr. John Evans his attorney, with full power to act for him in all cases whatever during his absence. He informs his friends and customers that he has for sale at his Store in Market-street, a genteel assortment of Seasonable, Staple and Fancy GOODS; Which will be sold at the lowest prices. Portsmouth, June 9, 1801.
ALL persons that have any demands against the estate of SARAH SIMPSON, late of Greenland, widow, deceased, are desired to exhibit them for settlement; and those that are indebted to said estate, are likewise desired to make immediate payment to WILLIAM SIMPSON, administrator of said estate. Greenland, June 9, 1801.
Edw'd Parry, Has received by the ship Merchant , from London, an additional assortment of Fresh GOODS, —CONSISTING OF— Extra fine fashionable BROAD CLOTHS. Irish LINENS. A large assortment of fashionable sprig'd and colour'd MUSLINS of every description. MUSLIN NETS; Cotton STOCKINGS. Black and white LACES and EDGINGS. Satin beaver HATS, and straw BONNETS. All of which will be sold at the lowest price, for cash. Portsmouth, June 6, 1801.
Wm. Treadwell & Co. Have just opened and for Sale at their Bookstore opposite the east end of the State-House, Portsmouth: A very neat assortment of Books, Stationary, &c. CONSISTING of Writing Papers of all kinds and qualities; large demy, medium and royal do.—royal, medium, demy and foolscap, crois ruled with lead lines for ledgers; demy marble, foolscap, do. wove hot press'd Letter Paper gold edges, do. do. plain do. common letter gold edges, do. do. plain do. Glas Ink Stands mounted with brass; do. do. silver plated; book Ink Stands, various sizes; Wedgewood Fountain do. common Pewter do. Penknives, some genuine for pens only; Tea Caddies from 1 dollar 50 cents to 4 dollars. A very handsome assortment of Watch Chains, Seals, Keys, &c. black Seals with letters; Glass do. Mavoir's collection of Voyages, Travels, &c. in 26 small pocket volumes, with many plates; Studies of Nature abridged, in 1 vol. 8 mo. Wallis's new Drawing Box, with a small volume of familiar instructions for drawing in water colors. Also, A good assortment of Paper Hangings; Matresses; Pillows, &c. &c. which will be sold at the lowest Boston prices. They have lately added from 20 to 30 volumes new Novels to their Circulating Library. The Printing or Bookbinding business carried on as usual. Wanted as above, a smart active LAD, as an apprentice to the Printing and Bookbinding business. June 9. BOOKS, BLANKS and STATIONARY, kept constantly for sale at J. MELCHER'S Book-Store and Printing-office.
Miscellany. From the Village Messenger. "Take to thyself a wife, O man, and fulfil the ordinance of God."
IT is worthy of grateful remark, that the commands of the great Lawgiver of the universe are all wise and good; that intelligible beings can promote their own happiness in no other way but by yielding obedience to the injunctions of Heaven. Man was formed for society. Does this need proof? Examine the powers, the affections, and the propensities of the human mind, and you must possess a great share of credulity if you any longer doubt the truth of the above position. In a state of solitude there could be no opportunity for the exercise and expansion of those social, generous affections, which, by proper exercise, constitute the highest felicity of human life, and exalt human happiness to the greatest degree of perfection. Hence, by the economy of nature, there are, among individuals, various relations, which, by enjoining reciprocal duties, give play to the finer and more delicate feelings, and thereby greatly enhance the joys, and alleviate the sorrows, of this chequered scene.
The Author of our being saw, that man could not be happy while alone; He therefore provided a fit companion for him. And there is no relation capable of affording so much real unmixed bliss, as that of husband and wife. When two congenial souls have formed this connection, they are no longer two but one. Each is to the other a second self. Their interest is the same; their joys are reciprocal; and their sorrows cannot, without violence, be separated. They promote their own real enjoyment by dissipating the cares, consoling the afflictions, and relieving the anxieties of each other. Each finds a real sincere friend to whom the secrets of the soul may be communicated without reserve.
A late writer, by a very apt simile, compares a bachelor to an odd half of a pair of scissors; a thing, which, until closely united to its other half, is totally incapable of performing its proper office. And it seems the antient Romans had not a very exalted opinion of celibacy when they enacted a law forbidding unmarried men to exercise any civil office. This law, however, was rather cruel. For a state of celibacy is, of itself, a sufficient punishment, without the addition of civil incapacity. Bachelors may declaim loudly in praise of their liberty, and exultingly bless their stars that they have escaped the incumbrances of matrimony; but, notwithstanding all their fine spun breeches, many of their hours drag heavily along; their joys lose, at least, half their relish thro' want of an intimate companion and friend to participate in their felicity. And certainly his sorrows must be doubly severe, who has no one with whom to divide their weight.
In our intercourse with the world,—amidst the cares and perplexities attending the several callings and professions of man, many things occur to blunt the finer feelings of the soul, to disturb its tranquillity, and awaken the base and discordant passions. And surely he, who retires, from the hurry and bustle of business, to his family circle, to the cheering smiles, the lively animated conversation of a beloved female companion, has greatly the advantage of him, who must retire to a solitary corner, with no other comforter but his own troubled and deranged thoughts.
Some may, perhaps, consider it disingenuous to disclose the Arcana of the fraternity; but, as there are no injunctions of secrecy, there can be no breach of faith in declaring, that all the smart and clever things, bachelors are so ready to bring forward in favor of celibacy, are but so many endeavors to keep themselves in countenance and to appear to enjoy what, in fact, they do not realize. Conscious that they are shut out from the most refined enjoyment, they would willingly persuade themselves and others, that the most endearing relations are but sources of grief and remorse. Like the fox, in the fable, who, having lost his
tail, endeavored to persuade his associates, that a tail was a most indecorous, useless, and inconvenient appendage.
Much is said of the cares, the misery, the disappointments, and the wretchedness apparent in the connubial state. The silken cords of Hymen are considered as bands of brass and fetters of iron, which nothing but death can sunder. And no doubt there are troubles and anxieties in wedded life. For what situation, on this side Heaven, is free from sorrow? Admitting that some, who are thoughtless and inconsiderate in the choice of their partners, do readily plunge themselves into misery, when they pledge their faith at the altar; or, even that some are grossly deceived in their choice; the number of both is not great. These are not the general sources of unhappy matches. Domestic jars, and matrimonial strife generally exist between those, and those only, who possess such harsh dispositions, and are under the control of such base and malignant passions, that it would be impossible for them to be happy in any situation. If they are wretched in the wedded state, they would not be less so in a state of celibacy. Their pleasures, (if pleasures they can be called) are of the Satanic kind, which are fed by the miseries of others; and certainly near and tender relations must afford them the greatest scope.
Indeed, in whatever point of view we consider the subject, it will be apparent, that the God of nature designed the sexes to be helps and comforts to each other—that, by a mutual interchange of kind offices, they might smooth the rugged path of life—that He instituted the conjugal relation that thereby they might together sip the sweets of social bliss, and dispel the gloom of solitary care:—And it is equally evident, that they can, in no other way, render this mortal journey so interesting, so pleasing, so delightful.
A BACHELOR. EXTRACTS From Dr. DWIGHT's Centurial Sermon, January 1801.
"IN the year 1700, there were one hundred and sixteen incorporated towns in New England, and probably about eighty thousand inhabitants. There are now about eight hundred and sixty towns, and one million two hundred thousand people. In these towns there are not far from one thousand three hundred religious congregations, of different denominations of christians. In Massachusetts and Connecticut there are, if I have numbered them accurately, one thousand and eight such congregations, of which seven hundred and forty-nine are furnished with the preaching customary to the several classes. The emigrants from New England and their descendants, who have settled in other States, may be reckoned at half a million. The people of New England have therefore doubled, notwithstanding their incessant wars, within a little less than twenty three years, on an average. The whole number of original colonists is computed at twenty thousand."
Within New England also there are, in all probability, not less than four thousand schools; in which about one hundred and thirty thousand children, of both sexes, are continually educated. Seven colleges are also erected in this country, of which the five, first established, usually contain about seven hundred students. The last year upwards of two hundred students were admitted into these five seminaries.
Health has usually existed here, in a degree not often equalled and perhaps never exceeded. In some towns it appears, by long continued registers of births and deaths, that one out of four and one out of five—extensively one out of six—and generally one out of seven, of those who are born, live to seventy years of age, and that half of those who are born, live to twenty years."
After treating of various events that have occurred within the last century, the author proceeds to state, in a summary but perspicuous manner, the origin and progress of the system of infidelity and jacobinism which has spread a great part of Europe, cor-
rupting the morals, debasing the character, and endangering all the best interests of man. As this part of the discourse is incapable of abridgement, we recommend it to our readers to peruse it. In perspicuity, elegance, and energy, it will not disappoint the wishes of the most "fastidious" critic, while the lovers of religion and social harmony will be gratified with this able and timely performance.
[N. Y. Spect.]
The Rev. Dr. Trumbull of North Haven, author of the excellent history of Connecticut, has also published a centurys sermon, preached on the first of January last, in which he has recapitulated the most interesting events of the century. Among these he enumerates the re-appearance of the lumen boreale in 1719 after an absence of eighty or ninety years; the discovery of another planet by Mr. Herschel in 1782; and several circumnavigators of the globe, and the discoveries made by them; the discoveries made in electricity by Dr. Franklin, from 1745 to 1765; the suppression of the jesuits in 1776; the abolition of torture in Augusta, in 1776; of the inquisition in France, in 1780; in Naples in '82; the revolution in Poland and the most memorable events in America. He states in detail the settlement of New-Haven and of North-Haven, formerly a part of it. By an accurate register of deaths it appears that in the 40 years of his ministry, the deaths have been 570—the number of inhabitants being 1300, which gave 14 3/4 deaths annually, or about one to ninety one each year—this is not much above the average longevity in New-England. How different from that of Europe, where, in the healthiest kingdoms, one of thirty-five of all the inhabitants dies annually; as appears by registers of deaths in England, France, Sweden, and Prussia. This difference cannot be owing to climate—that of Europe being as salubrious as that of America, and the number of persons arriving to extreme old age being as great in Europe as in New-England. The difference arises from moral and political causes, the ease, independence, and comfortable living of the laboring people in New-England, where poverty and its multifarious hardships and distresses are scarcely known. Persons enjoying easy fortune in Europe live as long as in America—but the peasantry, forming a great proportion of the population, condemned to more severe labor, to want of food, shelter and physicians, and especially to unhealthy mechanical occupations, perish earlier than the hardy independent farmers in the northern regions of the United States.
We may also ascribe the longevity of the northern people, in part, to their religious institutions, which prevent those vicious habits that shorten life. The sober, temperate life of the great body of the people, is the effect of education and religious habits, of those moral and social systems which wisdom established, and which modern sceptics are laboring to destroy, with the zeal of bigots and the malice of assassins. ibid.
Trick of a French Quack.
A GENTLEMAN, after having ruined his fortune by extravagance, bethought himself of turning quack. He attempted it at Paris, without success, and then directed his views to the provinces. He arrived at Lyons and announced himself as "the celebrated Doctor Mantaccini, who can restore the dead to life; and he declared that in 15 days he would go to the church yard, and excite a general resurrection!"
This declaration excited violent murmurs against the Doctor, who, not in the least disconcerted, applied to the magistrate, and requested he might be put under a guard, to prevent his escape, until he should perform his undertaking. The proposition inspired the greatest confidence, and the whole city came to consult Dr. Mantaccini, and purchase his Beaume de Vie .
As the period for the performance of this miracle approached, the anxiety among the inhabitants of Lyons increased. At length he received the following letter from a rich citizen: "The great operation, Doctor, which you are going to perform, has
broke my rest. I have a wife buried for some time, who was a fury; and I am unhappy enough already without her resurrection.—In the name of Heaven do not make the experiment. I will give you fifty louis to keep your secret to yourself."
In an instant after, two dashing beaux arrived, who, with the most earnest applications, entreated the Doctor not to revive their old father, formerly the greatest miser in the city, as in such an event they would be reduced to the most deplorable indigence. They offered him a fee of 60 louis, but the Doctor shook his head in a doubtful compliance.
Scarcely had they retir'd, when a young widow on the eve of matrimony, threw herself at the feet of the Doctor, and with sobs and sighs implored his mercy; in short, from morn till night, the Doctor received letters, visits, presents, fees, to an excess that absolutely overwhelmed him. The minds of the citizens were so differently and violently agitated, some by fear, and others by curiosity, that the chief magistrate of the city waited upon the Doctor, and said, "Sir, I have not the least doubt, from my experience of your rare talents, that you will be able to accomplish the resurrection in our church yard the day after to-morrow, according to your promise; but, I pray you to observe, that our city is in the greatest uproar and confusion, and to consider the dreadful revolution the success of your experiment must produce in every family. I entreat you therefore not to attempt it, but to go away, and thus restore the tranquillity of the city. In justice, however, to your rare and divine talents, I shall give you an attestation in due form, under our seal, that you can revive the dead, and that it was our own fault we were not eye witnesses of your power."
The certificate was duly signed and delivered, and Dr. Mantaccini went to work new miracles in some other city. In a short time he returned to Paris loaded with gold, where he laughed at popular credulity, and spent immense sums in luxury and extravagance. A lady, who was a down right Charlatan in love, assisted in reducing him to want; but he set out again on a provincial tour, and returned with a new fortune.
CURE FOR A WEN.
From the Gentleman's Magazine. HAVING had a wen of the steatomatic kind, of large size and long standing, upon the side of my face immediately before and below my right ear, I was informed by different people that, if I would apply salt and water to it, I would get rid of it. In August 1798, I put a quantity of salt and water into a saucet, and boiled it for four minutes, with which I bathed the whole surface frequently while it continued warm, as also after it became cold, so often, as ten, or twelve times daily; always stirring up the salt deposited at the bottom of the basin, and incorporating it again with the water, before I applied it. On the 11th day from the first application, while shaving, I observed a small discharge; which assisting by a gentle pressure the whole contents were soon emptied, without the smallest pain, and without blood.
Being informed of some others who had benefited in like manner from the same application, and knowing myself of some late instances under my own immediate direction, I feel it a duty thus to make it public; being convinced it can produce no bad effect and every person having it in their power to make the trial. At the same time, I beg leave to caution that no one should be disheartened from the length of time it may be necessary to continue the application; as in some cases, it has required 3 or 4 months though in the last only 30 days; but in all, without pain or inconveniences of any kind, or any previous notice of the discharge, till it actually took place.
W. CHISHOLME. Chisfoome, Roxburgshire, Nov. 20, 1799.
MAXIM. —THREE things only are well done in haste; flying from the plague—escaping quarrels—and catching fleas.

Foreign News,
By the latest arrivals.
PARIS, APRIL 26.
It is said Lord Whitworth is coming here in quality of a negotiator from England. The First Consul had required, that the negotiations be carried on at London; but the English government preferred treating at Paris. The correspondence between the two governments are in constant activity.
Intelligence from Russia announces the following changes.
All the State prisoners have been set at liberty. The ordinances respecting contraband are abolished. The Tariffs of duties of 1782 are re-established. There have been changes relative to the island of Malta. Every body may dress as they please, provided they dress decently. The importation of merchandise is permitted. The old regiments retain their names. The old guards are replaced. It is permitted to travel in and out of Russia freely. The order of Wlodimir, in which no more Knights were admitted, is re-established. The importation of books is permitted. The embargo on English vessels will last until an answer from England shall arrive.
On the 19th April, six American vessels entered the port of Bourdeaux, laden with tobacco, coffee, tea, cocoa, potatoes, pepper and nankins.
Dr. Lacci has found, in the leaves in the Cisalpine territory, the same virus that is communicated by inoculation for the kine pox!
KONINGSBURGH, APRIL 3.
At this moment the Russian Fleets destined to act against the English are entirely equipped and ready for sea. One of these fleets will take on board a great number of troops, whose destination is unknown; another will join the Danish and Swedish squadrons.
LUBECK, APRIL 8.
It is said, that his Majesty the New Emperor of Russia, has confirmed the dispositions taken by his illustrious father, with respect to the engagements made by that Monarch with the Northern Powers, to ensure their neutrality; and that he will propose measures to terminate the differences.
HAGUE, APRIL 18.
A letter from Cleves, of the 16th inst. informs, that the Prussian army of demarcation, destined for Hanover, have received orders to suspend their march until further orders from Berlin.
APRIL 13.
Admiral De Winter, having received all his instructions, set off this morning for the Texel.
MADRID, (Spain) MARCH 31.
The quarter-master general of our army is at Valladolid, and the plan of the campaign concerted with Gen. St. Cyr, arrived here a few days ago—the Princes of Peace, and of Castile Franco will soon depart; but it is nevertheless certain they will not open the campaign before the arrival of the French army. The Rear-Admiral Dumanoer, the same who brought Bonaparte from Egypt is here—from hence he will go to Cadiz. All the Portuguese vessels are sequestrated.
STOCKHOLM, APRIL 3.
This morning, our grand fleet consisting of 50 sail, put to sea with a very favorable wind. There are on board, besides the crews, three regiments of infantry. The Russian fleet from Revel, is to join ours in the environs of the Sound; to effect which pilots have been sent.
COPENHAGEN, APRIL 11.
Admiral Nelson has caused three of his ships to be burnt, has sunk one, and sent two to England that were less damaged and susceptible of being repaired.
LONDON, APRIL 24.
Summary.—The Danish troops, it is understood, were to evacuate Hamburg on the 17th. Dispatches have been received from Egypt, which mention the successful landing of Gen. Abercrombie, and his having been joined by 3000 Albanians. The Secretary of the British Legation at Berlin, has been ordered to proceed immediately to St. Petersburg. The Brilliant frigate has been lost on the French coast, crew perished. The funds keep up. Provisions falling.
The minister of general Police at Paris has stopped the press of two Journals; one of them for speaking disrespectful of the late Emperor Paul, the other for under rating the bravery of the Danes. The liberty of the press thrives wonderfully under the Consular Government.
APRIL 27.
A French Paper of the 22d inst. contains the following political catechism:
“What think you of Denmark? That it has acquired great glory by
the resistance which it has opposed to the fleet of Lord Nelson.—What of Sweden? That we must wait to see what its fleet will do.—Of Prussia? That it is sincere in its accession to the Northern Coalition.—Of Russia? That the days of Catharine the Great have returned.—Of the Porte? That it is sensible of the folly of which it has been guilty, and is anxious to repair it.—Of Austria? That she gains too much by the Peace not to observe it faithfully.—Of Egypt? That it will remain with the Republic.—Of England? That the First Consul is not the dupe of the Overtures which it may make.—Of Naples? That very little reliance is to be placed on her pardons. Of Rome That the politics of the Church still prevail there.—Of Germany? That the Ecclesiastical Princes complain in vain.—Of Spain? That she sets her troops in motion unwillingly, but that she ought not to entertain any doubt as to her good faith.—Of Portugal? That her attempts to defend herself are vain. Of Switzerland? That Liberty will be triumphant there.—Of Piedmont? that little can be said about it.—Of France? That all her genius and all her resources ought to be directed against England.
Letter from the Capt. of the British frigate Phebe, to Admiral Lord Keith. Phebe, at sea, 20 leagues East of Gibraltar, Feb. 20, 1801.
MY LORD, I have the honor to inform your Lordship that yesterday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, his Majesty's ship under my command being about two leagues to the eastward of Gibraltar, I discovered one of the enemy's ships under Ceuia, steering with a crowd of sail to the eastward: I had the good fortune to bring her to a close action about half past seven the same evening, which continued within pistol shot, with unremitting fury, about two hours, the enemy resolutely opposing the animated and faithful exertions of my brave officers, until his ship was almost a wreck, five feet water in her hold, her guns dismounted, and literally encumbered with dead, the number of which amounted to 200, and of wounded 143.
She proves to be the French frigate L'Africaine, of forty-four guns, viz. 26 eighteen pounders on her main deck, and 18 nine pounders on her quarter deck and forecastle, a very fine ship, about three years old, under the orders of the Chief of Division, Saunier, whose broad pendant was flying, and who (with many principal officers both of the troops and of the marines) was slain in the action, and commanded by Capt. Magendie, who is amongst the wounded.
At the commencement of the action she had 715 men, viz. 400 troops and artificers of various descriptions, under the command of General Desforneaux, and a crew of 315 officers and seamen; also six brass field pieces, several thousand stand of arms, ammunition, and implements of agriculture. She sailed from Rochefort on the 13th inst. in company with a frigate, from which she parted on the following day in a gale of wind.
So tremendous and decisive has been the effect of the fire of the Phebe in the contest, that I must regret the inability of my pen to do justice to the merits of those who directed it. It has been my duty on a former occasion to report to their Lordships the meritorious conduct of my First Lieutenant, Holland, and the Lieutenants Bedford and Heywood; Lieutenant Weaver of the Marines; Mr. Griffiths, the Master; the Warrant and Petty Officers, and the whole of the ship's company, are entitled to all the commendation in the power of their Commander to bestow.
My satisfaction in relating comparatively the small loss we have sustained, is more easily imagined than described, as it amounts to only one seaman killed, two officers and ten seamen wounded;—our damages are chiefly in masts, yards, sails and rigging, the greatest part of which are rendered unferviceable.
I enclose a copy of the French Commander's report of the number killed and wounded on board L'Africaine, with the names of the officers; and I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) ROBERT BARLOW. To Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Keith, &c. Mediterranean.
List of killed and wounded on board his Majesty's ship Phebe, in the action with the French frigate L'Africaine on the 19th of February.
Samuel Hayer, seaman, killed. 2 officers and 10 seamen, wounded.
Commercially Important.
Gen. TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, Commander in Chief of St. Domingo, has issued a Regulation, dated at the Cape, the 7th May ultimo, by which after affixing various frauds as the cause of the change, he decrees, that the law respecting imports passed the first of January last, is repealed; but the stamp duty established by the same
arrest, is continued:—The duties of 10-per cent, on exports and imports are also continued with modifications, by which flour, biscuit, salt-meat, building timber, cordage, bees, sugar, knives, and all other agricultural utensils, imported, shall pay six per cent only, from the publication of the regulation. From and after the 4th of June, the duties at the Custom-House are to be fixed by an invariable table, and not according to appraisement as heretofore made. Cargoes of articles not appraised in the general tariff, and wherein it is suspected the prices in the invoices are below their real value, the administration are authorized to purchase them, on their own account, at said prices, adding thereto 15 per cent. The exportation of money is severely prohibited, on pain of confiscation, and imprisonment. Every master is obliged to consign his cargo to a resident. No one can be a consignee who is not a French citizen; who has failed in business; or who is not of established responsibility.—To foreign merchants the government reserves themselves to give the same privileges after having examined the services they have rendered to the colony, their good confidence, their credit and their morality. A list of persons eligible as consignees is to be posted up. Consignees are to be responsible for all frauds on board vessels consigned to them. The port charges are fixed, eight dollars for anchorage, pilotage, &c. eight dollars to the interpreter, and eight dollars to the revenue officers for each vessel. The articles of the law of 11th December last, excepting such as are influenced by the present regulation, remain in force.
Domestic News.
CHARLESTON, May 13.
The following melancholy accident happened last Thursday afternoon, at the mills of Mr. Daniel Cannon, which, it is hoped, will prove a caution to parents as well as children.
A son of Mr. John Combe, about 11 years of age, had got into a small canoe, and attempted to pass through the flood-gate at the time of the tide's flowing in. We learn from a younger brother, who was the only person near the place, that the boat struck the tongue of the gate, and his brother in attempting to push her off, fell over, and was immediately hurried away by the velocity of the stream.
The body was found a few hours after; physicians were procured, and every possible remedy applied, but without success. The distressed parents not only feel severely the loss of their eldest son; but also that of an affectionate child, of an amiable disposition and promising abilities.
WASHINGTON, June 1.
On Saturday arrived the frigates New-York and Congress, both of which are now at anchor in the Eastern Branch.
Mr. Thornton, Charge de Affairs, of Great Britain, has arrived in this City from the Eastward.
NEW-YORK, June 2.
HAMBURG.
A letter from Hamburg, April 14, say, “We have received from the King of Prussia, the most positive assurances, that our independence and neutrality shall not be injured. The confidence and business of merchants has of course revived. A reconciliation between Britain and Russia, is expected. We feel pretty certain the Danes will soon evacuate this city. Sugar, coffee, hides, tea and cotton are the best articles of importation.”
The growing Commerce of this place is beyond all calculation—Our wharves and slips are all crowded with vessels which have recently arrived, and which are preparing for sea with all possible expedition. During the month of April, 38 ships, 47 brigs, 53 schooners and 13 sloops, and during the month of May, 43 ships, 50 brigs, 34 schooners and 14 sloops, arrived here from Foreign ports—making, during two months only, 292 vessels, of which 81 were ships.
PROVIDENCE, June 4.
The Ship Enterprize, Capt. Simmons, of this port, has arrived at Canton from a sealing voyage, with 25,000 skins.
BOSTON, June 9.
His Excellency George Clinton, has been officially declared to be chosen Governor of the State of New-York. His majority was 1983; and the Hon. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Lieutenant-Governor, by a similar majority.
It appears by the new census, that there are in Rhode Island, (excepting the town of New Shoreham) 68,623 inhabitants; of whom Providence has 7614, and Newport 6739.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Governor Strong's SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
WITH diffidence I have again undertaken the important office, to which the partial regard of the people has invited me. I feel a grateful sense of this renewed testimony of their confidence, and hope that a fair examination of my public conduct will prove that I have no other objects in view, than the peace and prosperity of the State. Whenever it shall be thought that another will more effectually promote these objects, I shall cheerfully return to a private station. In the mean time my best endeavours will be continued, to advance the reputation and welfare of my fellow-citizens; to preserve their privileges unimpaired, and to select those for public office, who are most distinguished for abilities and integrity, by whatever name of political distinction they may be called.
Although in the choice of a President of the United States, the result has not corresponded with the wishes of many citizens of this Commonwealth; yet they will reflect, that in Republics, the opinion of the majority part must prevail; and that obedience to the Laws, and respect for constitutional Authority, are essential to the character of good citizens. We are encouraged to expect, that the First Magistrate will not depart from the essential principles of our Government; and so long as his administration shall be guided by those principles, he will be entitled to the confidence of the People, and their interest requires that he should possess it. But if it shall be thought hereafter, that these anticipations are not realized, still a sense of decorum and regard to justice, and the public welfare, should exclude aspersion and false colouring from every discussion of public measures; for the morals and liberties of the people will be in danger, if the free press in the United States, are disgracefully prostituted to slander and falsehood.
The defence of our country is confided, by the constitution, to the General Government; but as the chief reliance is placed upon a well disciplined militia, and as the appointment of the Officers, and the authority of training the militia are reserved to the several States, the frequent attention of the Legislature to these circumstances, will be necessary to the public safety.
Among the various subjects of State Legislation, there is none more important to the preservation of our Free Government, or more interesting to the happiness of Society, than the instruction of the people, and particularly the education of youth:—It is not enough to teach children to read and write, and understand the first rules of arithmetic; it is also of importance to habituate them to restraint; to form their temper and manners by the principles of benevolence and justice, and to awaken the useful energies of their understandings, and cherish the virtuous propensities of their hearts. A bad temper is often made a good one by education; and the difference we observe in the characters of men, is, in a great measure, owing to the different impressions they received from the examples and precepts of their instructors.—In the presence of those who are respectable they are accustomed to control their passions, and learn the important lesson of self-command. With such an education they seldom fail to make useful and quiet members of society; but those who are idle and unrestrained in early life, will be ready afterwards to oppose lawful government, and disturb the public peace. Moral qualifications are of the first importance in the office of instructors; their virtues should serve for models in the conduct of life. If they are chargeable with vice or impiety, no attainments in knowledge can compensate for the contagion of their bad examples.
The celebrated Legislators of antiquity, considered the education of children, as the most essential duty, and the most important exercise of government: It was regulated by the authority of the Magistrates, and upon principles of the public good. Their institutions were calculated to inspire the youth with respect for the laws and love to their country; to form them to habits of temperance and truth, and teach them to honor their superiors and venerate old age. Our ancestors were impressed with the importance of this subject, and manifested an earnest solicitude, that their children might be educated in literature and religious and moral principles.—The University in the neighborhood is an evidence of this. Soon after the settlement of the country, they provided for the establishment of schools for the children of the poor as well as the rich; and if parents neglected to teach their children to read, and to
bring them up in some honest employment, the Selectmen, with the assistance of two Magistrates, were authorized to take such children from them, and place them with masters to be strictly attended to. The whole influence of education is necessary in Republican Governments; they depend for their support, upon the enlightened and affectionate attachment of the people; and there is no ground to expect they will be preserved, unless the youth are trained to knowledge and virtue, and taught, by example and education, to submit their own to the public will. Our Constitutions have liberty for their vital principle; but this liberty is reasonable, and subordinate to the laws, and whenever it shall become superior to law, it will degenerate to licentiousness, and be lost.
The care which is now employed in the instruction of youth, must give pleasure to every friend of the State; and if the failures in education are owing, not to the want of legal provision, but to inattention in the people, the influence of the individual Members of the Legislature may go far to remedy the defects.
As a part of this subject, permit me to suggest, that the institutions of the Sabbath, and of Public Worship, were regarded by our ancestors with peculiar devotion; and that our State Constitution recommends the support of them while at the same time it carefully guards against a violation of the right of conscience.
It will be acknowledged by every one, that Public Worship is useful, as a school of good manners and of decent and orderly deportment. But as religion is the only sure foundation of human virtue, the prosperity of the State must be essentially promoted by a due observance of the Sabbath, and by the meeting together of the citizens to learn the duties of moral obligation, and contemplate the wisdom and goodness with which the Almighty governs the world. In such assemblies, they can hardly fail to receive useful information in the conduct of life, and impressions of reverence for the Deity, which will never be totally effaced. Even the instructions that produce no apparent effect at the time may so far gain a place in the memory, as readily to revive in it, when occasion calls for them. It is the nature of vice to dissolve society; but these institutions tend to uphold it, in a condition favorable to order and virtue; by preserving them, therefore, we shall preserve the virtue and secure the happiness of the people.
If any of the towns or plantations which has been lately settled in the Commonwealth, are unable to provide the means of instruction and education at their own expence, will it not be expedient for the public to afford them assistance, that no children may grow up in the State without instruction?
I will detain you no longer, Gentlemen, than to observe, that I know of nothing, except the usual business of the General Court, which now calls for your attention; and that I shall readily agree to any measures conducive to the public good, which you may think proper to propose.
Caleb Strong.
Council Chamber, June 4, 1801.
THE SENATE'S ANSWER
Presented by the Hon. Mr. Dwight, Mr. Brigham and Mr. Bidwell.
May it please your Excellency, THE Senate beg leave to express to you their sincere congratulations on your re-election to the Chief Magistracy of the Commonwealth. Not doubting the purity of the motives, which have ever guided your political conduct, fully believing that your administration has been uniformly intended to promote the public weal, and that our fellow-citizens have felt and appreciated its good effects, we hesitate not to add our unequivocal approbation to that which is so clearly evinced by the repetition of their suffrages.
Whatever may have been the wishes of many, in regard to a choice of the President of the United States, we trust, that the good sense and patriotism of those, who are disappointed in the result, will lead them to render that respectful obedience to constitutional authority, which, is justly due, and that the First Magistrate of our nation will, in administering the government, so adhere to its essential principles, as to secure the confidence of the people, whose interest requires that he should possess it.
We fully accede, sir, to the position, that aspersion and false coloring, ought not to be indulged in the discussion of public measures, and we sincerely lament that the morals and liberties of the people have been, and still are, endangered by the licentiousness of the press in the United States, and that so many of our newspapers are the vehicles of misrepresentation, slander and falsehood.
Relying, under divine Providence, on a well organized and well disciplin-

ed Militia, as the great defence of our country against enemies from abroad and faction at home, the Senate will frequently and readily pay that legislative attention to the subject, which its importance demands.
The history of antient republics, furnishes us with so many testimonies of the fatality attending the ignorance of the people, and through this means the subversion of free governments, that we are justified in the belief, that a Republic cannot preserve its purity, nor can it long exist without the general diffusion of knowledge among every class of citizens, and we readily adopt the sentiment that no subject of legislation can be more important. To effect so desirable an object, an early and unwearied attention to the instruction of our youth, is indispensably necessary, and it is a duty, which to neglect would be a breach of the trust reposed in us by our constituents.
We duly estimate the wisdom of antient and celebrated legislators on this subject, as well as the laudable examples of our wise and virtuous forefathers—although much has been done by former legislators in establishing institutions for the instruction of youth in the principles of religion, morality, and useful science, and in forming their tempers, and habits, yet much remains for their successors to do.
We will cheerfully co-operate with your Excellency, and the other branch of the legislature, in ameliorating systems, so honorable to our country, so essential to the support of a free government, and conducive to the happiness of society.
[The Senate did not pass this address without considerable discussion; the objection was raised to that passage which relates to the election of Mr. Jefferson, on a plea that it did not express a sufficient degree of confidence in his administration; the motion for amending it was however finally lost; yeas 14, nays 20.]
ANSWER OF THE HOUSE. Presented by Messrs. Pickman, Bigelow, Jarvis, Blake and Mitchell.
May it please your Excellency, THE House of Representatives sincerely congratulate your Excellency, and their fellow-citizens, upon your re-election to the office of First Magistrate of this Commonwealth. This renewed testimony of the public confidence, at this period, must be highly grateful, as it affords the strongest evidence of your having discharged the important duties of your high trust with wisdom and impartiality. Notwithstanding the diffidence you have been pleased to express, the whole tenor of your public life inspires us with the fullest confidence, that your best endeavors will be successfully continued to advance the reputation and welfare of your constituents, to preserve their rights, unimpaired, and to select those only for public office, who are most distinguished for abilities and integrity.
Although in the late election of President of the United States, the result may not have corresponded with the wishes of many of our fellow-citizens, yet we do most sincerely hope, and are encouraged to believe, that the happiness so confidently anticipated by some, and so cordially desired by all, may ultimately ensue from that important event. As members of a republic, whose basis is the will of the people, we consider that the best claim to the character of good and faithful citizens is founded on a cheerful obedience to the laws, and a uniform respect for the constitutional authorities of our nation. And we cannot refrain from indulging the hope, that he who was so eminently concerned in establishing our independence, will not be betrayed into a dereliction of the pure principles of the Federal system which has arisen out of that Independence. But if these anticipations should not be realized, still a regard to truth, to justice, and to the public welfare, ought to exclude all aspersion and false colouring from the discussion of public measures, for if the free press of our country are disgracefully prostituted to Faction and Falsehood, they will greatly endanger if not eventually subvert the morals, and the liberties of the people.
The organization and discipline of the Militia, being entrusted to the State Governments, we shall give our frequent attention to objects so essentially connected with the public safety.
We fully agree with your Excellency in opinion, that there is no subject of State Legislation more important to the preservation of our free governments, or more interesting to the happiness of society, than the instruction of the people, and particularly the education of youth.—It is not enough to instruct children in useful learning, it is of still higher concern, to habituate them to restraint, to form their tempers and manners by the principles of benevolence and justice, to awaken the useful energies of their understandings, to cherish the virtuous propensities of their hearts, and to teach them the important lesson of
self-command;—thus educated, they seldom fail to make quiet and useful members of society, while those who are idle and unrestrained in early life, generally become turbulent and seditious at mature age.
Our wise and pious ancestors were strongly impressed with the importance of this subject. Scarcely had they reached this, then inhospitable shore, when they provided Schools for the education of their children in literature, and in the principles of religion and morality. They early founded the University at Cambridge, to which our country is indebted for so many great and useful men. We consider the civil and religious institutions which we have inherited from those venerable ancestors as invaluable. To those institutions, under Divine Providence, we ascribe the present honorable and prosperous condition of this Commonwealth. We therefore esteem it our highest wisdom to cherish, and if possible, to improve them, and one of our first duties to transmit them unimpaired to our posterity.
We are deeply impressed with the importance and necessity of providing for a due observance of the Sabbath, which we consider as essentially connected with the preservation of religion, the only sure foundation of human virtue and happiness. If our laws, in this respect, are defective, we will endeavor to amend them, paying, at the same time, that regard to the rights of conscience, which a wise and liberal policy, as well as our State Constitutions recommends.
Every one must acknowledge that Public Worship is useful even as a School of good manners, and of decent and orderly deportment, and that the meeting together of the people to be instructed in their religious and moral duties, and to contemplate the wisdom and goodness with which the Almighty governs the world, must tend to impress on their minds that reverential love for the Supreme Being, which is the highest and noblest motive of human actions. If any of the towns or plantations in the Commonwealth are unable to provide the means of instruction for their children, we conceive that the public good requires that they should have such assistance as may be required for this purpose. We doubt not your Excellency's ready concurrence in every measure conducive to the public welfare, which the Legislature may deem it expedient to propose.
Legislature of New-Hampshire.
On Monday 8th inst. His Excellency the Governor, attended by his Council, met both Branches of the Legislature, in the Representatives' chamber at Hopkinton and delivered the following
SPEECH. Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Senate, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
AT the last session of the Legislature, a Resolution was passed, expressing their opinion, that one session for the present year would be sufficient to transact the necessary business of the State. It is presumed the Resolution was made public, that the respective Members might attend with the idea of remaining in session until the necessary business of the year was completed, if they should think proper. If you should think another session unnecessary, it may be proper at this time to provide for granting County Taxes; also to affix those grants or salaries, which have been usually (though perhaps not more properly) made near the close of the year. A letter from his Excellency Governor Ogle, with certain resolutions of the State of Maryland, proposing alterations in the Constitution of the United States, as it respects the choice of Electors of President and Vice President, and of Representatives to Congress, will be laid before you, and will undoubtedly have all that consideration which the importance of the subject requires.
To preserve our National Government as the great cementing power over the several States, for the purposes for which it was originally designed, is highly important. Completely free in its principles, alterations may be made with facility; but due care should be taken, lest changes in its parts should ultimately injure the general system. If we consider the state of our Country previous to the adoption of the Federal Constitution, have we not the highest reason to rejoice in our prosperity, under the operation of that Government for twelve years past? Shall we be able to find, from any source of information whatever, that more favorable alterations have ever taken place in any Nation within so short a space of time?—Our almost lost public Credit has been restored—our shipping and Foreign Commerce great-
ly increased, notwithstanding the unprovoked depredations which have been made thereon by several of the European Nations—large prices are obtained for the surplus Produce of our lands.—Labour and industry find a good reward—Wealth has increased, and the general prosperity is very apparent; and while a large part of the European world with whom we have various connections, has been long involved in Wars of the most afflictive and destructive kind, our Country, by the wise and prudent measures of the Government, has been preserved from War, with one and another Nation, when appearances strongly indicated that it would not be prevented.
Diversity of opinions, respecting the choice of persons for managing the public concerns, and respecting the public measures most proper to be pursued, will exist in some degree. The division on those subjects has arisen to such a height in our Country, as must be lamented by all well informed honest men, however different their political tenets may otherwise be. It is not only a privilege, but the duty, of a free people, to examine the measures of Government; but this should always be done with candour, because all are liable to err. It ought not to be forgotten, that party spirit may destroy the best of Governments; and it is incumbent on all, more especially those who are entrusted with the management of public affairs, to endeavour to promote union and harmony of sentiment on rational and proper principles.
Many duties are assigned to Legislators and Magistrates by our State Constitution; a frequent recurrence to the principles therein contained, is highly proper.
In order to the preservation of a free Government, it is necessary that the great body of the people should be well informed; and that a just and proper sense of Morality and Religion be entertained: whatever, therefore, may with propriety be done, to further those important objects, becomes a duty.
Whatever measures you may think proper to adopt, will, so far as may depend on me, be attended to with candour: And be assured, Gentlemen, that it will afford me great satisfaction to unite with you in endeavours to secure tranquility, advance the general Welfare, and promote the lasting happiness of our Fellow Citizens.
John Taylor Gilman. State of New-Hampshire, June 8th, 1801.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Rockingham County. —Portsmouth, John Langdon, John S. Sherburne, Clement Storer, Henry S. Langdon; Exeter, Benjamin Connor; Londonderry, John Prentice and James Pickerton; Chester, Wm. White; Newington, Richard Pickering; Greenland, Enoch Clark; Rye, Joseph Parsons; North-Hampton, Moses Leavitt; Hampton, Benj. Shaw; Hampton-Falls and Seabrook, Peter Tilton; Stratham, Walter Weeks; Kensington, Enoch Worthen; South-Hampton & East-Kingstown, Daniel Page; Kingstown, Jacob Pease; Brentwood, Jabez Smith; Epping, William Plumer; Newmarket, James Hill; Deerfield, Richard Jennels; Epsom, Joseph Sanborn; Allenstown and Bow, Nath'l Cavis; Northwood, Sherburne Blake; Chichester, Nathaniel Morrill; Pittsfield, James Drake; Canterbury, Joseph Clough; Northfield, Thomas Clough, jr. Pembroke, Daniel Knox; Loudon, Samuel Piper; Concord, William A. Kent; Candia, Thomas Wilson; Raymond and Poplin, Ezekiel Godfrey; Hawke and Sandown, Nath'l Brown; Hampstead, John True; Atkinson, Eliphalet Knight; Salem, Jesse Webber; Windham, Samuel Armour; Pelham, James Gibbon.
Strafford County. —Dover, John Waldo; Durham, Wm. Ballard; Somersworth, Andrew Wentworth; Rochester, Richard Dame and Joseph Clark; Farmington, Jonas C. March; Barrington, Joseph Boody and John Pearl; Sandbornton, Samuel Prescott; Gilmanton, Samuel Shepard and Dudley Prescott; Lee, Robert Parker; Madbury, Ebenezer Dement; Meredith, Daniel Smith; New-Hampton and Center-Harbour, William B. Kelley; Moultonborough and Tuftonborough, Nathaniel Shannon; Wolfborough, Isaiah Horne; Barnstead, John Nutter; New-Durham and Alton, John Bennet; Wakefield, David Cope; Middleton and Brookfield, Wm. Chamberlain; Effingham and Offspring, Samuel Quarks; Conway, Bartlett, Locations and Adams, Obed Hall; Tamworth, Eaton & Barton, David Gilman.
Hillsborough County. —Nottingham-Well, Asa Davis; Dunstable, Theodore French; Merrimack, Samuel Forster; Bedford, David Patten; Goffstown, John Butterfield; Hollis, Daniel Emerson; Amherst, Wm. Bradford; Mason, James Wood; Milford and Brookfield, Wm. Crosby; Greenfield and Society-Land, Ammi Burnham; Franconia, Peter Farnum; Wilton, Philip Putnam; Lyndeborough, Jacob Dalcob; Temple, Eben' Edwards; Peterborough, John Smith; Hancock, William Brooks; Antrim and Windfall, Jacob Tuttle; Dearing, Robert Alcock; Henniker, Jonathan Bowman; Hillsborough, Benjamin Peirce; New-Boston, Ninian Clark; Hopkinton, Philip Greeley; Weare, Sam'l B. Tobie; Dunbarton, John Mills; Salisbury, Andrew Bowers; Boscawen, Timothy Dix, jun. Warner, Joseph Bartlett; Fishersfield and Bradford, John Burns; Sutton and New-London, Joseph Colby; Andover, Joseph Philbrick.
Cheshire County. —Charlestown and Langdon, Ephraim Carpenter; Alstead, Moses Hale; Keene, Lockhart Willard, Swan-
zey, Nethaniel Cummings; Richmond, Moses Tyler; Jaffrey, Joseph Thorndike; Winchester, Daniel Hawkins; Westmoreland, Ezra Pierce; Chesterfield, Simon Willard; Hinsdale, Perley Marsh; Rindge, Daniel Rand; Walpole, Thomas Sparhawk, jun. Claremont, Ezra Jones; Cornish, Ithamar Chase; Newport, Uriah Wilcox; Acworth, William Grou; Lemster and Marlow, Eliza Huntley; Unity, Jonathan Glidden; Wendell and Goshen, John Calef; Groydon, Samuel Powers; Surry and Gilson, David Bish; Stoddard, Nathaniel Emerson; Walbington, Tho. Penniman; Dublin, Isaac Appleton; Packersfield, Samuel Griffin; Sullivan, Samuel Seaward; Marlborough, Phinehas Farrar; Fitzwilliam, Nahum Parker; Plainfield, Albee Cady; Springfield and New-Grantham, Samuel Robie.
Grafton County. —Holderness and Campton, Hugh Ramsey; Thornton, Peeling and Trecrothick, Enoch Colby; Plymouth, Josiah Brown; Rumney and Wentworth, William White; New-Chester and Danbury, Ebenezer Kimball; Bridgewater and Alexandria, Moses Lewis; Groton, Dorchester, and Hebron, Joseph Burley; Enfield, William Johnson; Canna, Ebenezer Clark; Orange and Grafton, Daniel Bladell; Hanover, Benjamin J. Gilbert; Lebanon, Constant Storrs; Lyme, Jonathan Franklin; Haverhill and Coventry, Moody Bedel; Piermont and Warren, Abel Merrill; Orford, Joseph Pratt; Bath, Jeremiah Hutchens; Landaff, Lincoln, and Franconia, Peter Carlton; Lyman and Concord, Josiah Bishop; Littleton, Dalton, and Bethlehem, David Goodall; Lancaster and Jefferson, Richard C. Everett; Northumberland, Stratford, and Piercy, Nathan Barlow; Cockburne, Colebrook, Shelburne, Stewartstown, and Wales' Location, Jeremiah Eames.
John Prentice, Speaker of the House. John Calef, Clerk. Nathaniel Weare, Assistant Clerk.
NORFOLK, June 2.
We learn by a pilot, that the American squadron, destined for the Mediterranean, got under weigh yesterday, and left the Roads. In the morning of the same day, the French frigate Semillante was unfurling her sails.
WASHINGTON, June 5.
Commodore Dale writes on the 29th ult. that the Philadelphia had arrived in Hampton Roads the preceding evening. And that wind and weather permitting the Squadron would sail on Monday the 1st inst. The Eagle arrived at Baltimore, having received orders by the ship Herald to leave her station at St. Kitts.
Arrived yesterday the frigate U. States, Capt. Barry.
PHILADELPHIA, June 8.
A letter to a respectable commercial house in this city, dated Bordeaux, the 28th April, has the following Postscript!
"This day's post from Marseilles and Barcelona, brings accounts, that the dey of Algiers, has DECLARED WAR against the United States."
NEW-YORK, June 9.
A gentleman who has conversed with the Hon. Mr. Stigreeves, since his arrival, informs us, that if the late Ministers in Great Britain had continued in office three weeks longer, the points of controversy in our Treaty with that country, would have been settled to the satisfaction of both parties—That in consequence of the new order of things there, the negotiations, had since remained in statu quo—And that a new conference will have to be opened between the two countries.
Mr. King, our Minister at London, was making preparations to return, hourly expecting his recall.
Mr. Gore, and the other American Agents, were to return in the ensuing autumn, not having effected the object of their mission.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 16.
New Bank.
On 10th inst. the interesting question, on the petition for incorporating the New-Hampshire Union Bank, was tried in the Legislature. It was carried in the House 84 to 60—but was lost in the Senate 7 to 5.
Mr. Peter Luz, a rigger, at New-York, has drawn ten thousand dollar prize in the state Road Lottery.
Hymeneal Register.
MARRIED.
At Baltimore, Master Mareaen H. Duvall, aged 17, to Mrs. Dorothy Allen, aged 50, widow of the late Z. Allen. In this town, Capt. William Cox, to Miss Phebe Harlet, both of this town.
Bill of Mortality.
DIED.
In this town, Mr. David Call, aged 77—Mr. Samuel Doe, aged 28;—Venus, a black woman, aged 83.
TO BE SOLD.
At Public Vendue, On the 30th day of July next, at 11 o'clock P. M. on the premises, by virtue of a license from the Hon. Charles Johniton, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Grafton.
HALF of five acres
of LAND, in the town of Rumney, with the half of the barn, being in common and undivided with Mr. William Hains, and the whole of the dwelling-house on said land, being part of the estate of BENJAMIN SIMPSON, late of said town, deceased, and will be sold for the payment of his debts, by DAVID SIMPSON, Administrator.
June 13, 1801.
Theatre—Portsmouth.
For the benefit of Mr. & Mrs. POWELL.
On Wednesday evening June 17, 1801. WILL be presented a much admired COMEDY, never performed here, CALLED
Every one has his Fault.
Written by the celebrated Author of "Such things Are, I'll tell you What, Next door Neighbours, married Man, Midnight Hour," &c. &c.
Lord Norland, Mr. Kennys, Sir Robert Ramble, Mr. Powell, Mr. Solus, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Harmony, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Placid, Mr. Downie, Capt. Irwin, Mr. Harper, Hammond, Mr. Barnes, Potter, Mr. Parsons, Edward, by a young gentleman of Portsmouth, Mrs. Powell, Lady Eleanor Irwin, Mrs. Powell, Miss Placid, Mrs. Dickinson, Miss Spinster, Mrs. Downie, Miss Woobwin, Mrs. Harper. End of the Comedy the favorite Comic SONG of the COUNTRY CLUB, or Here's to you Neighbour Spriggins &c. by Mr. Villiers. In the course of the evening an EPILOGUE ON JEALOUSLY, describing the different humours of the Spanish Husband, the Dutch, the Italian, the French, and the English Husband; To be recited by Mrs. Powell. The whole to conclude with a FARCE, (for the only time this season) called THE VILLAGE LAWYER; OR THE MERCHANT OUTWITTED.
Scout, (the Lawyer) Mr. Villiers, Smart, (the Merchant) Mr. Dickinson, Justice Mitimus, Mr. Kennys, Charles, Mr. Downie, Constable, Mr. Barnes, Countryman, Mr. Parsons, Sheepface, Mr. Powell, Kate, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Scout, Mrs. Downie.
Installation.
The WASHINGTON LODGE Of Free and Accepted M A S O N S,
WILL be constituted at Exeter, by the Most Worshipful the GRAND LODGE of New-Hampshire, in ample form, on Wednesday the twenty second day of July next.
The Lodge will assemble at their Hall at ten o'clock A. M. The Fraternity are desired to attend, and join in the procession, which will move to the Rev. Mr. Rowland's Meeting-House, where an appropriate discourse will be delivered, by the Rev. Brother Willard of Portsmouth.
By order of the Right Worshipful Master, JOHN A. HARPER, Secretary.
Exeter, June 15, A. L. 5801.
N. B. Tickets for the Dinner to be had of the Secretary at two dollars.
FOR SALE AT THE STORE OF Jeremiah Libbey,
In MARKET-STREET,
FOURTH & second
proof Rum; Brandy; Holland Gin; Molasses; Hyson, Souchong and Bohea Teas; Coffee; Chocolate; Loaf, India and Brown Sugars; Cotton; Raisins; Starch; Hair Powder; Crown Soap.
Best Florence Oil in pint Bottles; fresh Lemons; Redwood; Fustic; Logwood; Indigo; Roll Brimstone; Copperas; Allum; Cinnamon; Cassia; Pepper; Ginger; Allspice; Corks.
Gun Powder; Shot; Flints; long and short Pipes; 4d, 6d, 10d and 20d Nails; Clover and Herds Grass Seed; Salt, &c. &c.
With many other articles in the grocery line; of the best quality and at the lowest prices.
Portsmouth, June 16, 1801.
TAKEN up in a Barley field, one SHEEP and a LAMB, the sheep marked with a slit on the back of the ear, both of them are now in Pound, the owner may have them by applying to the subscriber, and paying charges and damage.
MOSES WOODWARD. Portsmouth, June 13, 1801.
WANTED, In a small family, a good Woman servant, who can be well recommended, to whom generous wages will be given—also a good handy Boy to attend in the same family.
Apply to the Printer. Portsmouth, June 16, 1801.
COUNTRY CORN.
For sale, a quantity of excellent country CORN—Apply at the store on Warner's wharf. June 16.
FOR SALE BY
Elisha Whidden,
At his store near Portsmouth Pier, A quantity of
Pollock Fish.

The Importance of the FAIR SEX.
H OW high the rank in life of woman kind! Their first and most important hapless he Who lives unadorned of their worth! The fool of grosser sense, or airy libertine, Who draws his judgment from the forward Few, or yielding weak, and dares with Impious tongue pronounce them all The slaves of vanity, by passion ever led, By flattery won. Their frame like ours, but with ethereal touch, More delicately form'd.—The same their fouls, More soft, more sensible, and more refin'd. Each uncontaminated freedom owns, And feels their virtues, polishers of life! Sweeteners of savage care; who tune the breast To harmony, or prompt to glorious deeds, And emulate to toil, to friendship's flame, To gratitude how exquisitely true! Who tender confidence repay with love, Integrity unshaken, nor faith more pure, Warns zealous loyalty: with honor clad, As with a robe, and beauteous ornaments Of unaffected modesty.—Well skill'd To form the growing foul, and in its young And opening bud to fix the impression deep, Of every generous thought which stimulates The future man to love of parent, friends, Offspring, and sacred freedom.
MEDLEY.
On FUTURE EXPECTATIONS.
T HERE is a sweet enthusiastic melancholy that sometimes steals upon the soul—even thought itself is for a while suspended, and every scene of nature seems to wear an image of the mind. How delightful are the sensations at such a time! though felt, they cannot be described; it is a kind of anticipation of those pleasures we are taught to expect hereafter; the soul seems entirely abstracted from earthly idea, wrapt up in the contemplation of future happiness. Ask yourself in one of these moments, what is there in this world that is worth a thought, and you will answer nothing—its greatest sublunary is but a dream, and vanishes like a shadow; this should convince us more than any thing, that there is a future state. Our souls were formed to taste higher delights, more refined sensations than any thing in this life can excite and something from within tells us we shall one day enjoy them—else why these ideas—why these expectations—of what life would be those noble sentiments with which the mind is sometimes impressed if we were only to act an insignificant part for a few years in this life, and then sink into nothing? No, there must be a future state, and that IMMORTAL.
THE MAN OF FEELING.
W HAT is he who feels for the sufferings of mankind? he is beloved among the children of affliction, and he is the favorite of sensibility. But how much greater is he who relieves the misery he beholds and feels for, who offers up in secret the tenth of his possessions on the altar of charity, and devotes his health, his fortune, and his life to the service of the oppressed, who looks up with confidence to heaven to assist and forward the good intentions of his heart, and therefore never stumbles in the inures of the wicked, who seek to turn him from the right way—whose perseverance is as great as his virtue, and whose patience is equal to his zeal. He resembles him whose redemption was glorious.—How adorable, how unequalled is this character; how rarely scattered among the savage sons of men.
ON MORALITY.
IGNORANCE , without preliminary reflections, draws the boldest corollaries on morality; and he who has read deeply, often loses the vigor of instinct by the habit of reasoning. Several runaway negroes being condemned to be hanged, one was offered his life, provided he would be the executioner of the others;—he refused—he would rather die.—The master fixes on another of his slaves to perform the office. "Stay," said he, "until I prepare myself." He retired to his hut, and cut off his hand with an ax. Returning to his master Now compel me, said he, if you can, to hang my comrades. The Charibee Indians, seeing their enemies cast away on their shoals, plunge into the sea and save them from the waves, stretch them on the shore, take all manner of care of them. When they expect to die, the Indian chief says, "To-day you are our brethren, to-morrow you will be our enemies; then we will kill you; but now depart in peace." Where is the sacred portrait of morality better found than in the midst of flames, or shipwrecks? There the friend will force his friend into the boat, and will himself remain in
the sinking vessel; there the neighbor rushes through the flames to save the child sleeping in its cradle. Great calamities produce the most heroic and generous actions.
Who cast themselves into the sea, or into a gulph, to save their fellow-creatures? Men reputed rude and unpolished. Instinct with them anticipates reason. Heroism forms no calculations; and the most astonishing, most incredible actions are done by those whom we look upon as the lowest of human nature.
Woe to him who has not stood in want of the assistance of man! He contracts a hardness of heart which he calls a noble pride; he mistakes fastidiousness for dignity, and a haughty deportment for a mark of nobility; he lives without knowing himself, and despises his fellow-creature, without even suspecting that such a one may possess abilities which render him his superior.
The greatest among mankind does not know but he may be one day at the mercy of the meanest. This should be a caution to those in power to look on every man as a brother who may one day lend them a helping hand.
The FLATTERER—a detestable Character.
O F all the various characters among mankind, no one is more degrading to human nature, than a Flatterer. Flattery is not only odious to veracity, but it proves a want of true sense, a want of esteem for those whom it was intended to please, and a deficiency of delicate sentiments. Even the wild uncultivated aboriginal is a stranger to dissembled thought. His tongue is governed by the genuine dictates of sincerity. But can we compare the mind, brightened with the genial glow of knowledge to the rude child of nature? In fact the latter boasts pre-eminence. He soars aloft on the wings of truth, looks down with scorn, and upbraids the civilized world for flattery, which puts sensibility to the blush, and shocks even the harsher feelings of unpolished men. When the influence of a sycophant, like the fatal charms of a syren's voice, deludes fair innocence, virtue recoils and turns abhorrent from the rueful scene.
It is necessary for every member of society to possess the art of pleasing, as it not only unites thought with thought, but tunes the mind to notes of love, sympathy and friendship.—But alas! shall the enchanting smiles of a parasite allure the daughter of virtue, and blight her opening blossoms? Forbid it, ye genii, the guarding protectors of fair innocence!
When we see the rose of beauty torn from the bosom of candor, by the fatal hand of a sycophant, and all the delicacies of female worth offered up as a sacrifice, at the altar of savage barbarity, can the manly feelings of the independent soul cease to vibrate with the warmest touches of pity? Blush, frightful monster, at thy vileness! Thy crime is of blackest hue, and tells the world that the treachery of foul is thine. Thy deadly venom taints the blended streams of mutual love, dissolves the ties of amity, and poisons all the endearing affections that conspire to render man agreeable to man. Virtue will not hold society with such traitors, base, degenerate, as thou art. She dreads thy near approach, and shrinks with horror at thy ghastly look.
Learn, ye fair, to despise the alluring voice of the flatterer. His breath will blast the bloom of loveliest charms. When once by flattery caught, your drooping beauty weeps, virtue drops a tear of regret, and innocence shall mourn the loss of worth.
STOLEN.
FROM the subscribers in Kensington, on Sunday evening the 31st ult.
A light red MARE, about sixteen hands high, with a little white in her forehead—trots all. Whoever will detect the thief, and return the Mare, shall have Twenty Dollars reward, or Fifteen Dollars for the Mare.
SIMEON PRESCOTT, —ALSO—
A brown MARE, ABOUT 15 hands high, with a little gall on the off side of her back, with a star in her forehead—carries a high head, and trots all.
Whoever will apprehend the thief, so that he may be brought to justice, and the Mare returned to the subscriber, shall have Fifteen Dollars reward, or Ten Dollars for the Mare.
THEOPHILUS SANBORN. Kensington, June 1, 1801.
FOR SALE,
A CONVENIENT dwelling-house, stable and other conveniences with a lot of land about 70 feet front, and about 68 feet deep, situated near the South Meeting-house, now in the occupation of Mr. Theodore Hall, and will be sold reasonably; for particulars, apply to the subscriber at Newington.
ABSALOM PICKERING.
N. B. The above premises will be sold at auction, if not soon disposed of at private sale.
Wanted Immediately. T WO BOYS from 16 to 19 years old, to learn the boat building trade, they must be well recommended, and those from the country would have the preference. Apply to NATH'L MELCHER. Portsmouth, May 25, 1801.
DIRECT TAX,
62d Collection District. State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the towns of Burton and Chatham, on which the direct tax remains due and unpaid, which became due and payable on the 8th day of January 1800, that so much of each right as will be sufficient to pay the tax due on the same with incidental charges, will be sold at public auction at the dwelling house of the subscriber in Adams, in said 62d collection district, on Thursday the 20th day of August next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, unless prevented by previous payment, viz.
   No Acres. Cts     Ede Hall Burgin, 200 35   Zachariah Fols, 200 35   John Haslett 100 31   SILAS MESERVE, Collector of the 62d Collection District. [9w.]  
W E the subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Esq. Judge of the Probate of wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, in the State of New-Hampshire, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of
Nathaniel Kimball,
late of Plaistow, in said county, Esq. deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that we shall attend that business, at the dwelling house in Plaistow, which belongs to the estate of the said deceased, on the last Monday of June next, and the last Monday of the five following months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon.
PETER CLEMENT, } Commissioners. MOSES GREENOUGH, } JAMES NOYES, } Plaistow, May 30, 1801.
State of New-Hampshire, Rockingham, ss. T HE subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Judge of Probate, to receive, examine and adjust all the claims of the creditors to the estate of
Mr. Nathaniel Avery,
late of Northwood in said county, Cooper, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months being allowed from the 20th instant; hereby give notice, that they will attend that service at the dwelling house of the widow Nancy Avery, in said Northwood, on the last Saturday in August, September and October following, from one to six o'clock, P. M. on said days.
JONATHAN CLARK, } Commissioners. MARK FRENCH, } DAVID RAWLINGS, } Northwood, May 20, 1801.
TO BE SOLD
At Public Vendue, On THURSDAY the second day of JULY next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, BY virtue of a Licence from the Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham—All that valuable real Estate situate in Portsmouth, lately belonging to Mr. Thomas Hart, deceased.
CONSISTING OF A large Mansion-House and commodious lot of Land on the easterly side of Fore-street, being an excellent place for trade, with a good Water privilege for large ships to lay afloat at low water. Also,
One other Lot or garden spot on the westerly side of said Fore-street, directly opposite said Dwelling-House, fifty-seven feet front on said street, and two hundred and twenty feet deep. Also,
A strip of Land fronting on High-street, three feet six inches wide and seventy feet six inches deep, each Lot will be sold separately.
N. B. There is a part of the Wharf that will also be sold separately, either at public or private sale, as may best suit the purchaser of the Mansion lot. The sale will be on the premises, and the terms will then and there be made known—For further particulars enquire of
George Gains,
EXECUTOR. Portsmouth, May 5, 1801. (com.)
SALT.
FOR SALE BY CLARK & CONNOR, In Fore-Street, Liverpool SALT. St. Martins do. IRON and STEEL. FLOUR and CORN. Kiln dried MEAL. Ship BREAD. BEEF, PORK & TONGUES, &c. &c. Portsmouth, April 25, 1801.
Strayed or Stolen, O N the night of the 31st ult. in Exeter, a DARK BAY MARE, about 14 hands high, with a white face, white hind feet, and wall eyes, trots all, is about 9 years old. Whoever will take up said MARE, and return her to the subscriber, shall be handsomely rewarded and all necessary charges paid. KINSLEY LYFORD. Exeter, June 6, 1801.
COPARTNERSHIP.
T HE subscribers have formed a connection in business under the firm of
Upham & Garland,
And offer for Sale on the best terms, at their STORE opposite No. 3, Portsmouth Pier—
 Brandy and Gin, pr. pipe;  Rum pr. hoghead;  Bbls. N. E. RUM;  Bags INDIA SUGAR;  Do. PEPPER and COFFEE;  Cotton pr. bag;  Bohea, Hyson & Souchong  TEAS, per chest;  Rice pr. tierce;  Raisins; Cassia;  4d, 6d, 10d & 20d Nails;  Barrels Sugar; Indigo;  Redwood; Logwood; Fustic.  Copperas; Alum, &c. 
NATHANIEL UPHAM, WILLIAM GARLAND. May 26, 1801.
HARD-WARE.
H. & B. Penhallow,
Have for Sale, a large and general assortment of HARD-WARE GOODS, consisting of almost every article usually imported in that line, which they will sell on the most reasonable terms, by Wholesale and Retail for CASH.—ALSO,
 Sheathing Nails; best Sutton Hoes;  Brafs Kettles; Cart Boxes; Sad Irons; Sheet Lead; Black Lead;  Rotten Stone; Pumice Stone; English Pots and Kettles; Frying Pans;  Clock Faces; Sheet Iron; Brads, Tacks and Nails, of all sizes; Cast Iron Weights; large Scale Beams, &c. &c. 
Portsmouth, May 26, 1801. 6-w.
New Spring GOODS.
Benj Brierley
Has received per the ships Packet from Liverpool, and Galen from London,
A large assortment of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, Which are now open for sale, by wholesale and retail at his store in Market-street, opposite Spring-Hill,
AMONG WHICH ARE
A FEW pieces of the
very first quality London best superfine Broad Cloths, and Cassimeres of the most fashionable colors; Ladies habit Cloths; fancy Waistcoating; Ginghams and Chintzes; 4-4 & 6-4 book, jaconet and cambric, plain and sprig'd Mullins, Chintz ditto; cambric, netted and silk Shawls, purple and chintz ditto; Mullins and Dimities; clouded, twill'd and silk Nan-ketns; Fustians; white and color'd Jeans; linen and cotton Handkerchiefs of all kinds, silk ditto; rich, plain and strip'd black Satins; Pelong Satins all colors; Lustrings; Sarfets and Persians; black Mode, some very rich; white Laces and Edgings, black patent do, and Veiling; black and white Veils; a few elegant black lace Cloaks; white, blue, green, purple, yellow, pink, scarlet and black Italian Crapes.
Ribbons of all kinds; black and white Gown Trimming, both silk and cotton; Fancy Feathers & Flowers; Fans of all descriptions; Parasols and Umbrellas; ladies' gentlemen's and boy's fashionable beaver Hats; Hosiery; white and color'd, plain and network cotton Gloves and Mitts; Irish Linens; Checks; Sewing Silk and Twist; Threads; Galloons; quality and shoe Binding, and Thread Leaders for Boot Straps; white and color'd bed Fringe, with Lace, Cord and Tassels to match; 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 cotton Counterpanes; a few very handsome 12-4 Marceilles Quilting, do. Tamnies, Durants, Calamancoes, and all kinds of stuff Goods; Buttons of the newest fashion.—Likewise,
STRAW, CHIP AND FANCY BONNETS. —ALSO— A QUANTITY OTHER GOODS just received pr. the brig Jacob from Liverpool. May 18, 1801.
BRICKS.
140,000 BRICKS, for sale, and can be had in Portsmouth at three days notice, on good terms for the purchaser: For further particulars inquire of the Printer, or JACOB M. CURRIER, Dover. JUNE 8.
FOR SALE, BY
S. Holman,
 No 7, Portsmouth Pier,  3 tons Hart & Club STEEL.  1 do. Halback do;  10 hhds. West-India RUM;  30 bbls. N. E. do;  5 pipes 4th proof BRANDY;  6 bales Georgia COTTON;  10 chests Souchong TEA;  5 do. HYSON do;  5 bags BLACK PEPPER;  10 bbls. retailing SUGAR;  India do; MALAGA WINE;  1 case BANDANNAS. 
June 2.
Grand Lodge.
T HE ancient fraternity of Free and Accepted MASONs, are informed that the Festival of St. JOHN the Baptist, will be celebrated in ample form, at Portsmouth, Wednesday 24th instant.
The GRAND LODGE will assemble at their Hall, 10 o'clock, A. M. All Brethren of the craft, are desired to give attendance and join in the procession, which will move to St. JOHN's CHURCH, where an appropriate discharge will be delivered by the Grand Chaplain.
BY ORDER,
L. SPALDING, Grand Sec'y.
N. B. Tickets for the Feast, to be had of the Grand Stewards and Brother Melcher, at two DOLLARS, without which none will gain admittance. June 2, 5801.
Rockingham, ff.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of DAVID CLIFFORD, late of Brintwood, in said county, deceased, are hereby requested to pay the same to John Clifford, executor of said estate;—And also all who have demands against said estate are desired to present them.
JOHN CLIFFORD, Executor. Brintwood, June 12, 1801.
NEW GOODS.
At the sign of the Lamb and Flag MARKET-STREET,
Edw'd Parry,
Has received per ship Minerva, Capt. Barber, FROM LONDON,
—A complete assortment of Fashionable SPRING & SUMMER
GOODS,
Which are now opening, for sale by WHOLESALE & RETAIL—viz—
BEST English and French Broad Cloths of the most fashionable colors; plain, mixt, rib'd and inbos'd Cassimeres. Fashionable Marceilles Quilting for waistcoating; color'd Jeans; clouded, striped and plaid twill'd Nan-ketns; rich black twill'd, striped and plain Satins; silk and other Velvets of the best qualities; Thickfets.
A large assortment of
Chintzes; striped, plaid and plain Gingham; Furniture of every description; printed Mullins; plain and figur'd cambric Mullins; black and white jaconet, book and cobweb India Mullins; Dimities and Mullinets; white and color'd cambric muslin Shawls, with netting fringes; white and color'd Shawls.
English and India Lustrings; Modes and Satins of every color; Italian Crapes; Gauzes and Millinets; gold, silver, plaid and all kinds of Ribbons; silk and cotton Gloves and Mitts; white and color'd kid Gloves extra lengths.
A large assortment of Hosiery of all kinds; silk, cotton and worsted Pantaloon; Durants; Tamnies; Florentines; rib'd and plain Callimancoes; Russells; Moreens and Florentines.
4 cases of London made Hats of every description, and of the newest fashion.
3 cases of 7/8 & 4/4 Irish Linens and Sheetings of the best fabric.
200 dozen of sewing Twine;
100 do. of 18 threads St. Peters COD-LINES.
50 dozen Mackerel LINES.
40 dozen log Lines, by wholesale only, and other GOODS as usual—
All the above will be sold on low terms for cash or approved credit. Portsmouth, May 23, 1801.