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New Hampshire Gazette.
"By adopting REPUBLICANISM for our Polar Star, we shall endeavour 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.
Political Miscellany.
For the N. H. GAZETTE.
HONORIUS, in continuation— To a Correspondent in a distant part of the Country.
THE lofty and self-elevating views of some of our great men soon began to appear, on the establishment of our Independence. The glow of the orator and their own grandeur and emolument were in their minds inseparable. Indeed the foundation of their self-aggrandizing systems was laid in our Revolutionary War. Those enemies of Liberty and Republicanism found means to become the principal actors on the American theatre, and in a government designed to be administered on the most generous principles. An immense public debt was contemplated, as it required ways and means which would reduce the People's strength, and render them easily manageable. Their ways and means, and their ends, were but the proofs of genius without wisdom or goodness, of folly and inhumanity; so that half witted is their highest commendation. Wisdom pursues right means to attain good ends. Genius alone makes not truly great. True greatness is found only in goodness of heart, and great talents disinterestedly employed for the public good. It descends not to mean actions. They, in the height of their grandeur, have been necessitated to resort to mean shifts; and were but proud beggars, at the same time boasting and begging homage from the People. Thus some honourable men have condescended to become the heralds of their own praise, in the expectation of having it echoed on the public ear by their parasites. For they were to become popular by persuading the People, that their systems would infallibly effect the highest degree of national prosperity. An extended commerce was to procure great prices for the Farmers, whereby the passion of avarice would be gratified. Commerce must be supported by a great Navy, a funding system must support the navy, while their measures would be warmly advocated and strenuously supported by their creditors, or favourites. And the greater the National Debt, the larger the number tied down to support those measures. Herein appears the bluffing of a National Debt . But if the People were not effectually taken in by their high pretences and specious arguments, an army raised under pretence of opposing the French nation, was to give reasons indispensably persuasive. Those great and wise projectors with all their wisdom, were too short-sighted to understand the People they had to deal with; and though defeated in their purposes, they appear from their conduct not yet to have learned their true character.
Men who entertain so high an opinion of themselves, as the Federal Faction, are but ill calculated for the first places in a Republican Government. No man is fit to be entrusted with power, who have not a disposition to be in subjection, where subjection becomes their duty; such will not consider themselves as the servants of those who advance them to places of trust, whose high pleasure consists in faithfully performing their will, and being guided by the councils of wisdom. No man is fit to be entrusted with command, who had not before learned readily to obey. These are dispositions contemptible in the eyes of the Federal lovers of order, religion and good government. Their self-exalting ideas are seen in the following magisterial language of Mr. Morris, which he said, and with undoubted truth, flowed from his heart:—"We, the Senate of the United States, are assembled here to save the People from their most dangerous enemy, to save them from themselves, to guard them against the baneful effects of their own precipitation, their passions, their misguided zeal. 'Tis for these purposes all our Constitutional checks are devised." This sentiment, which flowed so proudly from the gentleman's heart, remind me of the insulting language of Cromwell , to his parliament—"It, said he, for words to the same effect, it were not for me, ye know ye would all go to ruin." Wonderful men these! There needs none, it seems, to save the Aristocratic body, for whom Mr. Morris advocates, from the effects of their precipitation, passion and misguided zeal. They would be men so supereminently endowed [with angelic powers perhaps] as to stand in no need of checks; so perfect, that there must be no appeal from their decisions; infallible as the Papal throne, when in the height of its grandeur. What notable Saviours would those Almighties prove! What grand ideas Mr. Morris entertains of his select few , his Aristocratic Senate! What low and degrading ones of the People! But, alas! his select few , his Gods on earth , have been found so liable to err, that the superior wisdom of the PEOPLE has thought fit to exclude their Aristocratic and Monarchical doctrines, and to dispense with their patriotic and pious services for the salvation of the Nation. The Senate of the United States assemble with the other powers, not to do their own will, but the will of the People, whose servants they are; not to provide only for themselves, but to act in obedience to their employers. The great assembly of the nation, represents the People. Mr. Morris, in his profound wisdom, would have it represent only itself; And instead of considering the People as respectable, as venerable, he views them only as mean and contemptible; not as free men, but as the most despicable beings; ignorant brutal wretches, and designed only
for slavery. Such has been generally the opinion of men of great abilities and great wealth; who have very rarely virtue enough to think soberly of themselves, as they ought, or humanity enough to seek the good of others, and not their own . Those great men, with their devoted Clergy, pretend to love the Scriptures, and give them Scripture for their edification. Clergymen, Lawyers, and other great men, have, for the most part, a very low opinion of the People, and a very exalted one of themselves. That there are, however, exceptions in this general character, is much to the honor of human nature, and of our country. Virtue retaining its purity against the most powerful temptations, demands our highest regard and praise. But, against those great men, who are great without virtue, and rich without a spirit of generosity and patriotism, it is requisite that the People, for their own security and happiness, should firmly unite to form a just balance. For, as they cannot exist without them, it is unnatural and impious that they should insult and domineer over their betters, and deprive them of the enjoyment of the fruits of their labours and industry. As they pretend a great regard for the Scriptures, let them recollect the woes denounced against those who devour, and who would devour the People. The time we hope is arrived, and hastening to its perfection, when, as it is expressed in sacred writ, the man of the earth—the Church and State confederacy—shall no more oppress . Let every one lend a ready and vigorous hand to hasten the happy period, when civil and ecclesiastical tyranny shall be exterminated from the earth.
Judge Chase, under the influence of the same haughty domineering spirit, has expressed himself in a manner in the highest degree reprehensible, and meriting the attention of Congress. He insults not only the Legislature of Maryland, but likewise the General Government, Congress, and the present Administration. His cha-g-e is factious and inflammatory, intended to impress the Grand Jury, and his other auditors, with sentiments of resentment against the Administration, as incapable, as inimical to our interests, and as seeking only themselves. He has asserted, with the boldness peculiar to his party, presuming upon the mildness of our government, that the repeal of the Judiciary, and removal of the 16 Judges, has destroyed the independence of Judges. He advocates a power in the Judiciary paramount to all power. The Nation's sovereignty is, with him, a mere chimera, imposed for gullible ends. His haughty spirit cannot endure the Republican doctrines, that not only the Government, but the form of every department is wholly dependent on the People, and that there is no arresting a predominating power in the Legislative branch, but by their voice. He speaks of the august and dignified character of Judges; and wherein does that character consist? Not in a disposition and attempts to exalt themselves above the other departments, but in a conscientious regard to their constitutional power. He has declared the general suffrage law to be inimical to the State Judiciary; that the late acts of his State and the General Government, are ruinous to the Country; and that we have no equal rights or laws. Thus has he acted up to the august and dignified character of a Judge. Can it be allowed, that such behaviour in a Judge, in court, is to be connived at?—In the act of giving a solemn charge to the Grand Jury, to aim at stirring up a spirit of discontent, is it not a wicked and shameful profligation of his office, disgracing our Courts of Justice? Must not such conduct be considered as a high misdemeanour , and call for the Public's just resentment, that this reproach be wiped away by removing the cause? The exalted Nation, in which the Judge has by some means wormed himself, renders his conduct the more dangerous, as well as in the highest degree reprehensible. As Congress has the power, it will not suffer a man, so distasteful to the principles of the General and State Constitutions and Government, to avail himself of the great influence of his station to propagate opinions, and excite commotions tending to the subversion of our Republic. HONORIUS.
From the Carolina Gazette.
Mrs. Editors.
THOSE who, with Mr. Adams, think "The British government the most stupendous fabric of human invention," and are anxious to assimilate thereto our present happy republican system, will do well to peruse attentively, and to ponder well upon the undermentioned melancholy story. It is feared that instances of this kind do not unfrequently occur; and they must surely tend to convince every thinking American of the necessity of clinging to, and supporting with his utmost exertions, that constitution under which life, liberty and property are so completely protected, as they are by our most excellent one.
From this tragic story an awful lesson may be learned of the baneful effects of monarchical institutions, which not only set at nought the rights of the individual, but which tend to extinguish, in every department of their administrations, all sensations of justice or compassion.
"During the wise disputes about
the Falkland-Islands, which were in value to this country, (Great-Britain) below the power of figures, a workman in London was returning one evening to his family with his weekly wages; he was apprehended by a press-gang, and cast into the hold of a tender. His landlord and some other creditors heard of what they called his elopement—their wives and children were turned out of doors. Within a few days after, the mother was delivered of a second child, in a garret. When weakness permitted her to rise, she left her two naked children, & wandered into the streets as a common beggar. Instead of obtaining assistance, she was reproached as an abandoned vagabond—in despair, she went into a shop and attempted to carry off a small piece of linen. She was seized, tried, and condemned to be hanged. In her defence, the woman said, that she had lived reputably and happily 'till she was deprived of her husband, and in him, of all means to support herself and family; and that in attempting to clothe her new born infant, she perhaps did wrong, as she did not at that time know what she did. The parish officers and other witnesses bore testimony to the truth of her account, but all to no purpose; she was ordered for Tyburn. Though her milk, if she had any, must have been-fermented into poison, it seems that nobody condescended to seek a nurse for her child. —The hangman dragged her sucking infant from her breast when he straitened the cord round her neck!"
On the 13th May, 1777, Sir William Meredith mentioned this assassination in the house of commons. "Never (said he) was there a fouler murder committed against the law, than that of this woman, by the law." C.
Observations on the American INDEPENDENCE.
WASHINGTON-CITY, JULY 4.
THE DAY.
Again, fellow citizens, the anniversary of liberty returns to a people not unmindful of its blessings. While three quarters of the world remain enslaved, and continue a prey to the passions that desolate their fairest regions with human blood, America enjoys solid happiness and unclouded peace. Whence this mighty contrast between the old and the new world? Are there here physical causes that ensure human felicity, and there like causes that produce human misery? Or is there a superintending power that, while it permits in the old world the rage of war, famine, pestilence, and every species of depravity, forms an exception to a general rule in the happy lot of the few favoured millions that constitute the American nation.
No, fellow citizens, this is not, cannot be. Man wherever he roams, is subject, with but little variation to the same physical causes; the regions of the old world are as propitious as those of the new; and a benevolent deity delighting in the happiness of his creatures, has surrounded them all with the means of promoting their own welfare.
But there are moral causes which have decided the destiny of Man. Some of these are founded on eternal and immutable truths; while others are built on falsehoods of every hue. While our unfortunates brethren in other lands have yielded to the dominion of the latter, it has been our happy lot to embrace and be guided by the former.
We commemorate this day to impress on our hearts the magnitude of the blessings we enjoy, to revive in our memories the manner in which they were acquired, to deliberate with holy interest on the means by which they may be maintained. Our fathers have made us a free and happy nation. Feeling the solemnity of the obligation they have imposed upon us, we can only repay it by leaving our children as free as they left theirs. Forgetting then, all other considerations, let us on this day, swear never to survive the liberties of our Country.
The blessings we enjoy all emanate from the right of self government. This is the pillar of all our political institutions, to which we are indebted for those numerous & dislusive benefits that extend to every class in society.
Our government is republican;—the only republican government on earth. We may go farther and affirm that it is the only republican government that has ever existed among men. Other governments have borne the name; ours alone possess the reality.
A republican government is that, which alone in the highest degree consults and advances the public good. This can only be accomplished by rulers who truly represent the public will. No other government, in ancient or modern times, has contained the representative principle applied to all its parts and preserved in constant vigor.
Let not the American people then be told that their noble institutions, the safe guards of their rights, shall go to decay, as other political structures have gone to decay before them; that the one contains, as well as the other, the seeds of its dissolution. All experience is on this point fallacious. There is no analogy in the reasoning. It is true that all the systems of the old world have perished; but those systems have all been imperfect or corrupt; Wanting the representative principle, they have not harmonised with the national sentiment, and a collision has wrecked them; or, as has more frequently been the case, they have bent to the power of usurpers and tyrants. They have all too had a constant tendency to depreciate the people they ruled; while our system is admirably calculated to inform and elevate them. Citizens, if we are not, ought we not all to be agreed on this point? Should we not all be republicans? Can an honest and a rational man in this country be a monarchist? Such an one may be honest; but surely he cannot be wise.
The distinctive blessings we enjoy are,
Laws that are impartial in their application to all men. Laws, which made by the people for their good, may be modified by them at pleasure, so as best to advance their happiness.
Governments administered with intelligence and economy.
Taxes, lighter than those of any other nation, and entirely applied to public objects.
The free employment of all our mental faculties, in speaking, writing, and publishing our opinions.
Consciences unfettered by the civil power.
A perfect freedom from ecclesiastical intolerance.
The unobstructed right of pursuing any innocent occupation.
No monopolies of power, patronage, or business.
Preferment and distinction, the sure reward of talents and virtue.
Labour always productive of a comfortable subsistence, and generally rewarded at no advanced period of life with a competence.
PEACE with all mankind, the motto of our government, the mandate of public opinion. The actual enjoyment of it, in the midst of a warring world, the reward of our virtue.
These are the blessings we enjoy, these the distinctions we claim among the nations of the earth. While they cherish a lofty ambition, we cultivate solid happiness. In these blessings we are all rich. There is not a poor man within our limits;—not a human being who ought not to feel more true pride than the greatest tyrant whose vices or follies fill the loftiest thrones in the universe.
The manner in which these distinguished blessings were acquired history will faithfully record. Her immortal page shall consecrate the wisdom of our statesmen, the courage of our heroes, and the spirit of the people.
The United States, having derived their origin principally from Great Britain, and being united to her by ties of interest and affection, had long viewed her in the light of a parent and a friend. Friendship thus cemented promised a long duration. But the spirit of despotism soon chilled its ardor. America respected England for the protection she afforded. The moment she exchanged oppression for protection, a spirit arose among our citizens that dictated resistance. Our best men convened in council and strove by unremitting ef-
forts to avert those British measures which menaced the peace of the mother country & her colonies. Repeated addresses were made to British justice and magnanimity. All these efforts, fortunately, proved abortive. The pride of power disdained to listen to the suggestions of justice and humanity. It was then, after exhausting every means of preserving peace, that the illustrious Congress of seventy six declared these states free and independent; it was then that remonstrance being over, force met force, and the power of freedom triumphed over the arm of tyranny. The exertions of our statesmen and soldiers, the courage and fortitude of the people, are still fresh in our memories; their best tribute is the feelings inspired by the recollection of their virtues. While some of our illustrious benefactors have risen to a higher state of existence, others remain to increase the debt of gratitude due by a happy nation.
The love of liberty animated us; and we conquered. In vain would three millions of enervated slaves have met the force of Britain. One battle would have decided their fate, and chains more heavy and galling would have been their lot. Americans had chosen the alternative of liberty or death. Every man fought for himself. They proved therefore terrible and invincible.
The same means that insured our liberties must preserve them; an ardent and invincible love of liberty; an universal knowledge of their rights diffused among our citizens; an habitual determination to crush every internal or external approach to tyranny; an elevated sentiment of the high duties that await our country; a contempt for monarchs and nobles, and pensioned priests; a distrust of armies and heavy taxes; an enthusiasm in favor of an energetic militia; a jealousy of foreign alliances and connections; a love of virtue, simplicity and knowledge.
These, fellow citizens, are the distinctive badges of true republicans. They consist not in the silly pageantry of external pomp, but in the solid virtues of the heart. Happy the nation, whose citizens & rulers acknowledge, respect and practice these virtues!—This happiness, Americans, is ours! Be grateful for it. Rejoice that you are free, that you are sensible of the value of freedom, and that your rulers are among its best friends—Many of them, having participated in carrying you through the tempest of war, derive their greatest glory from now preserving to you the blessings of peace. All of them are devoted to liberty and a true republican government. Nat. Intel.
From the Albany Register.
WHAT will the calumniators of the Jeffersonian and republican Administration now do for their degraded brother and fellow-laborer, the forlorn, miserable, detestable, and detested Callender ! Will they leave him to die and rot upon some dung-hill, and become carrion for crows? Or will they snatch him from a fate so horrible by a subscription raised from the perquisites of their industry in the noble employment of "lying down the Administration"? Here is a forcible appeal to the generosity of those "able editors" who have derived no small emolument from retailing the productions of Callender's pen. To behold a "brother chip" in a condition so deplorable, would excite sympathy and compassion even in the breasts of pickpockets; and perhaps those who live by robbing good men of their reputation, should have as much feeling for a brother in distress as those who attain the same end by robbing the good and bad indiscriminately of their pelf. It is true that pelf is thought by a few rare spirits, and perhaps justly, to be mere trash when compared with a good name; and from hence it may be inferred by some, that the robbers of reputation are less susceptible of sympathy than highwaymen, who seek only for the pelf of the unfortunate traveller whom chance throws in their way. If this be the case, generally speaking, it has, we presume, its exceptions, like all other general rules; and we are therefore inclined to think that in behalf of so renowned a brother and fellow laborer as Callender , a

giow of sympathy may pervade the hearts of certain editors who notoriously live by robbing good men of their well-earned fame. Whatever may be the mode of relief, it is high time they should do something for him, if they do not wish to forfeit all claim even to the generosity of sharps. But as raising subscriptions is generally a tardy business, would it not be well for some one of the honorable fraternity to take the poor wretch into immediate employment. His quondam friend Pace admits, that he has not, to his knowledge, been drunk more than eight weeks at one time; & we learn from the same source, that he has so improved upon the art of drinking that he can swallow a quart of rum in one hour and be perfectly sober during the next! Though the drunkenness is by many supposed to impair a man's intellect, and may indeed render him unfit for complex disquisitions; yet as far as Callender's case goes for proof, it does not diminish his capacity for the fabrication of such charming fictitious narratives as the story of black Sally , and other fabrications equally worthy of a place in the archives of federalism. The columns of the Recorder have demonstrated his fitness for such undertakings—but it has so happened that he and his partner could not agree about the division of their booty. If then he cannot be safely trusted as a partner, let him be employed only as a journeyman to the lying trade. To this alternative, we doubt not, he would readily submit in his present castoff state. In casting an eye along the ranks of the lying battalion, enlisted to support the declining cause of faction, we can perceive no one to whom he could be more useful than to William Coleman, Esquire, Counsellor at Law, and Field Marshall of Federal Editors! This Editor, though admitted to the highest rank in a learned profession and dubbed with the title of Field Marshall , as above recited, is unfortunately as great a bungler as the Editor whom Porcupine denominates Goosey Tom !—his efforts are even as "juvenile" as those of the remarkable Mr. Pace —to him therefore, Callender would prove a noble auxiliary. Such "an union of honest" editors, could not but effect the revival of the drooping trunk of the tree of federalism. We advise Coleman seriously to take this hint—if he should, it would be the means of giving ecclat to the Post—of aiding the glorious cause of defamation—and of saving his old friend and correspondent from the gloomy horrors of dying in a ditch. But if these considerations should have no weight with him, Callender will in all probability become carrion for crows—the Evening Post must remain the humble satelite of Lang's drowsy Gazette —and the drooping trunk of federalism must fall prostrate in the dust.
*In Callender and Pace's last drunken frolic they were highly enraged against each other, and Pace turned Callender afloat.
A PHENOMENON.
A DEMOCRATICAL BISHOP.
LIBERTY—VIRTUE—EQUALITY!
JOHN NANI, by the Grace of God, and of the Holy Apostolic See, Bishop of Brescia, to his dear brethren the Reverend Curates of that City and Diocese, Health and Benediction!
DEAREST BRETHREN,
I learn with the most lively sorrow, that Peace, the only object of Christians, does not reign among you; that some perverse or miltaken men, ignorant of the evangelical and social duties, seduce you by their counsels, endeavour to provoke a civil war, and to lead you to certain destruction. In the midst of the horrors to which you are abandoned, I remind you that religion prescribes obedience and fraternity; that it abhors all distinctions and privileges; and that it forms of Christians one single family, which excludes even the shadow of despotism or servitude.
Such, my dear brethren, is the true Spirit of our holy religion. What blind fury has rendered you rebels to its peaceful maxims? You listen only to the voice of falsehood and discord: you place yourselves in opposition to your greatest happiness: you arm against your brothers: you make War upon yourselves and your fellow men. Hence the desolation of families, the blood and the tears of the innocent. Destruction and Death reign even in the Church of Jesus Christ, in the bosom of which there ought only to dwell Charity, Fraternity & Peace.
Consider, then, dearest Brethren, to what terrible consequence error, the danger of ignorance and deceit, exposes you. You are misled: those false prophets deceive you, who, abusing your innocent credulity, preach to you that our new Government, established for the good of the People, is erected on the ruins of our holy religion. No other Government respects so much its maxims, or adopts so completely its principles; and no Religion can more
readily conform itself to the Christian to a democratic or popular Government, which has for its fundamental principle the love of our species.
Dearest Brethren, undecieve yourselves. Liberty is nothing more than obedience to the law of justice and reason: Equality excludes every kind of despotism or servitude. In a word, Democracy is the only government for men who would neither be oppressors nor oppressed. Has Jesus Christ ever opposed those sacred principles which are the basis of the new Government? Without charity, without justice, we cannot be real Christians.
If you have hitherto borne arms, stained with the innocent blood of your brothers, to defend a religion which wanted not your support, know that you have lifted them up against that same religion which you fancied that you were defending. Acknowledge your error, and avert the evils that menace you.—Return to that order which the Evangelist and your own interest prescribe to you. When you shall be free and equal you will be truly happy;—you will bless your deliverer—you will be better Citizens and more perfect Christians.
And you, Ministers of the sanctuary, who divide with me the care of the Christian Vineyard, unite your endeavours to remove from the mind of your flocks that false zeal which carries desolation every where, Preach Peace, and give a just idea of the Democratic government, which has for its basis the religion of Jesus and the interest of Society. I accompany you in your apostolic Ministry with my holy pastoral benediction.
[Lond. n. pap.]
Foreign Articles.
The important correspondence between England and France, recently laid before the British Parliament, is published in all the London papers. The different papers are numbered from 1 to 70. It is a voluminous publication, and would occupy many columns if inserted entire.
The first part of the correspondence relates to the dissatisfaction of the French Government, at the reception of the French Princess and ci-devant Bishops at the English court; and a request that they might be removed out of the country. The British in reply say, that as they hold a conduct conformably to the laws, his Majesty would feel it inconsistent with his dignity, with his honor and the laws of hospitality to refuse them an asylum.
The next subject of complaint is the libelous publications in the English newspapers by Cobbet and others, and by Peltier, who was lately tried and found guilty by a jury of London, for a libel on the French Government. In reply it is said, that the publications in the newspapers were unauthorised by the government; that a libelous paragraph had appeared in the Monitor , (the official paper of the French government) charging the English government with encouraging those publications.
The next subject relates to the interference of the French government in the affairs of Switzerland, which excited the lively interest of the English government; of Col Sebastian's mission to Egypt; and of the evacuation of Malta. After which an interesting correspondence commences between Lord Whitworth and his Court; in which are detailed several very interesting conversations between Lord Whitworth, Bonaparte and Talleyrand.
In a dispatch No. 38, from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkesbury dated the 21st of February 1803, he informs his Lordship that he received a note from the First Consul informing that he wished to converse with him. This conversation lasted upwards of two hours. During this interview, Bonaparte said—
"He enumerated the several provocations which he pretended to have received from England. He placed in the first line our not evacuating Malta and Alexandria as we were bound to do by treaty. In this he said, that no consideration on earth should make him acquiesce; and of the two he had rather see us in possession of the Faux-borough St. Antoine than Malta." He acknowledged that the irritation he felt against England increased daily, because every wind (I make use as much as I can of his own ideas and expressions) which blew from England brought nothing but enmity and hatred against me.
"He now went back to Egypt, and told me, that if he had the smallest inclination to take possession of it by force, he might have done it a month ago, by sending 25,000 men to Aboukir, who would have possessed themselves of the whole country in defiance of the four thousand British in Alexandria. That instead of that garrison being a means of protecting Egypt, it was only furnishing him with a pretence for invading it. This he should not do, whatever might be his
desire to have it as a Colony, because he did not think it worth the risk of a war, in which he might, perhaps be considered as the aggressor, and by which he should lose more than he could gain, since, sooner or later, Egypt would belong to France either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish Empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte.
As a proof of his desire to maintain Peace, he wished to know what he had to gain by going to War with England. A descent was the only means of offence he had and that he was determined to attempt, by putting himself at the head of the expedition. But how could it be supposed, that after having gained the height on which he stood, he would risk his life and reputation in such a hazardous attempt, unless forced to it by necessity, when the chances were that he and the greatest part of the expedition would go to the bottom of the sea? He talked much on this subject, but never affected to diminish the danger. He acknowledged that there were one hundred chances to one against him; but still he was determined on it, if war should be the consequence of the present discussion; and that such was the disposition of the troops, that army after army would be found for the enterprise.
"He then expatiated much on the natural force of the two countries. France with an army of 41,000 men, for this moment it is, he said to be immediately compleated, all ready for the most desperate enterprises; and England with a fleet that made her mistress of the seas, and which he did not think he should be able to equal in less than ten years."
Official Papers.
Papers presented by his Majesty's Command, to both Houses of Parliament, 18th May, 1803.
No. 1 is a letter from M. Otto to Lord Hawkesbury, dated May 23, 1802, notifying the appointment of Gen. Vial as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Order and Island of Malta.
No. 2 is a letter from Lord Hawkesbury to M. Otto, dated May 24, 1802, signifying the appointment of Sir Alex. Ball, as His Majesty's Minister to the Order.
No. 3 is an extract from a Dispatch from Lord St. Helens to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Peterburgh, April 23, 1803, which states that there was reason to fear that His Imperial Majesty would decline taking part in the proposed guarantee of Malta.
No. 4 is an Extract of another Dispatch from Lord St. Helens, dated Peterburgh, May 7, 1803, which states, that there was reason to hope that His Imperial Majesty might be ultimately induced to join in the guarantee.
No. 5 is a Letter from Lord Hawkesbury to Mr. Merry, stating that His Majesty was ready to consider the Election of a Grand Master of Malta, at Peterburgh, to be void, and that it was desirable that the French Government should instruct, without delay, their Ministers at Peterburgh, Vienna and Berlin, to invite those Powers to accede to the guarantee.
No. 6 is a Dispatch from Mr. Merry, dated June 17, 1802, which states, that Mr. Merry had made the requisite communication to the French Government, and that the French Ministers at the Courts of Austria, Russia and Prussia, should receive instructions to invite those Powers to accede to the guarantee of Malta.
[No. 7.] My Lord, Paris, June 4, 1802. I had occasion to see M. Talleyrand yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of introducing to him, by appointment, some English gentlemen, previously to their presentation to-day to the First Consul.
Having gone first alone into the Minister's Cabinet, he said that he had been directed by General Bonaparte, to represent to me several circumstances which stood very much in the way of that perfect reconciliation and good understanding between the two Countries and their Governments, which it was the First Consul's sincere with to see re-established, in order that such obstacles might be removed before the arrival in London of the French Ambassador; because though the circumstances in question, had already produced a very disagreeable effect, whilst only M. Otto, as Minister, had to witness them, they would acquire a great additional force, if they still exist when the Ambassador should be present; and since the First Consul had given orders for General Andreossy to proceed to his destination with as little delay as possible, he wished that I should take an early opportunity to give an account to your Lordship, of the observations which he was charged to make to me.
After a preface to this effect, M. Talleyrand proceeded to state to me, that the accounts which M. Otto had transmitted of the disgust and inconvenience which he could not but feel and experience at meeting frequently at His Majesty's Court and at other places, the French Princes, and some French Persons still decorated with the insignia of French Orders which no longer existed; and of seeing the countenance and support which continued to be given in England, to what he termed the ci-devant French Bishops, as well as to other persons (he here mentioned Georges) inimical to the present Government of France, had affected so strongly the First Consul, and were in fact so calculated to prevent that system of cordiality which he was anxious to see established, that it was incumbent upon him to express his wish, that his Majesty's Government might be disposed to remove out of the British Dominions, all the French Princes and their adherents, together with the French Bishops, and other French individuals whose political principles and conduct must necessarily occasion great jealousy to the French Government. He continued to observe, that the protection and favor which all the persons in question continue to meet with, in a coun-
try to close a neighborhood to France must alone be always considered as an encouragement to the disaffected here, even without those persons themselves being guilty of any acts tending to foment fresh disturbances in this country; but that the Government here, possessed proofs of the abuse which they were now making of the protection which they enjoyed in England, and of the advantage they were taking of the vicinity of their situation to France, by being really guilty of such acts, since several printed papers had lately been intercepted, which it was known they had sent, and caused to be circulated in France, and which had for object, to create an opposition to the Government. I cannot, my Lord, do better than refer you to what you will have read in the French Official Paper of the day before yesterday, under the article of Paris, for the exact text of M. Talleyrand's discourse upon this subject; which he concluded by saying, that he thought the residence of Louis XVIII was now the proper place for that of the rest of the family, and that I might add this suggestion in my report to your Lordship.
I answered the French Minister, that without any reference to you, I could assure him, that the practices of the French residing in England, of which he complained, had not been encouraged, nor would be countenanced by His Majesty's Government; which was as sincerely disposed to cultivate harmony and a good understanding between the two Countries, as he had represented the First Consul to be; but that I could by no means say how far they would be disposed to adopt the measures which he had intimated to be General Bonaparte's wish that they should pursue, in order to remove so effectually, every thing which might not perhaps be considered equally by them, as giving just cause of offence of jealousy to France.
M. Talleyrand did not rejoin upon the matter; but asked me when I proposed writing. Upon my replying I should lose no time, he said, that if I should write as to day, he would avail himself of the opportunity to convey a letter to M. Otto.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) A. MERRY. The Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, &c.
[No. 8.] Sir, Downing Street, June 10, 1802. Your Dispatches of the 4th inst. were received on Monday night, and have been laid before the King.
The account given in that Dispatch of the conversation which passed on the 3d inst. between you and M. Talleyrand, respecting the French Princes and their adherents, would have afforded here considerable surprise if His Majesty's Government had not in some degree been prepared for it by information which had been previously received; from the manner, however, in which this subject has been mentioned to you, it is important that you should take a proper opportunity to explain, candidly and fairly to the French Government, the line of conduct which his Majesty feels it to be his duty to pursue this very delicate business. His Majesty would certainly consider it incumbent with both the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Peace, between him and the French Republic to encourage or countenance any projects that might be hostile to the present Government of France. He is sincerely desirous that the Peace which has been concluded may be permanent, and may lead to the establishment of a system of good understanding and harmony between the two Countries. With these sentiments he is disposed to employ all the means in his power to guard against any circumstance which can have the effect of disturbing the tranquility that has been so happily restored, and he certainly expects that all Foreigners who may reside within his Dominions, should not only hold a conduct conformable to the laws of the Country, but should abstain from all acts which may be hostile to the Government of any Country with which His Majesty may be at Peace. As long, however, as they conduct themselves according to these principles, His Majesty would feel it inconsistent with his Dignity, with his Honor, and with the common Laws of Hospitality, to deprive them of that protection which individuals resident within his Dominions can only forfeit by their own misconduct. The greater part of the persons to whom allusion has been made in M. Talleyrand's conversation with you, are living in retirement, and His Majesty has no reason whatever to suppose that since the conclusion of Peace they have availed themselves of their residence in this Country to promote any designs injurious to the Government of France. I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) HAWKESBURY. Anthony Merry, Esq. &c. &c. &c.
Latest European News.
London, Dublin, and Hamburg papers and letters are received by the ships Hannon and Diana , which arrived at New-York on the 7th inst. It appears that the war is very popular in England, and that a more than customary unanimity prevails among her leading statesmen. Both nations were active to the last degree. 100 privateers had already failed from the French ports of Cherbourg and St. Maloes. The accounts from Italy repeat, that a French and Italian army were assembling on the frontiers of the Papal States. According to intelligence from Vienna, 40,000 Austrian troops were to be detached to Italy, to cover the frontiers of Dalmatia, Istria and the Venetian territory. Lord Nelson has already failed from Portsmouth in the Victory , to take the command in the Mediterranean. An Envoy Extraordinary from the Landammann of Switzerland to the First Consul, had set out from thence for Paris. Apprehensions were entertained in Holland of a war between the Bey of Tripoli and the Batavian Republic. An embargo is laid upon the vessels of all nations in the port of Flushing. The departure of Lord Whitworth occasioned the deepest consternation at the Hague. The funds fell upwards of five per cent. French troops were pouring into Holland, which is menaced with the greatest distress, if not with total ruin. The French troops in the Batavian Republic are to be augmented to 80,000 men, and to be commanded by General Victor. A frigate failed from Toulon, on board of which was a Commissary of Commercial Relations for
the present to assist in the execution of the treaties destined for America, and to make suitable precautions to avoid such as might be intended by the other belligerent countries.
BY THE MAIL.
A Letter received at Peck's coffee-house, in Baltimore, dated Cape-Francois, June 18, states, "that they have had no attack on that place, and the brigands have entirely quitted that part of the island; but that they feared the fate of some of the neighboring posts. Three hundred brigands had deserted and then guarded the outer posts. They had been attacked by the other brigands, but succeeded in completely putting them to rout. Gen. Rochambeau had embarked for Cape-Francois, to remain there, having, it was understood, received orders to make that place the seat of government. He was expected there the day after the letter was written. The French ships of war had all been called home, except two or three. The brigands had a number of barges about the different parts of the island."
The news of war has, we learn by a gentleman from Martinique, had an instantaneous effect upon the commerce of that island. Colonial produce had considerably fallen, and every article is now given in exchange for provisions, &c. Flour had risen from 14 to 15 dollars; pork 22, and other articles in proportion.
In a Norfolk paper of the 2d inst. we observe an extract of a letter from a gentleman in Nevis, dated the 14th of June, mentioning the capture, by Lord Hood, of two French frigates and three transports, bound from France to Guadaloupe, and that he had sent them into Barbadoes.
Bowles Taken. —A letter from Benj. Hawkins, Esq. dated O-che-upo-fau, or Coosaw river, the 30th of May, lays, "The Chiefs of the Creek Nation convened on the 20th at this place, and were joined by a deputation from the Cherokees, Chickasaws and Choctaws; on the 24th, the Seminoles and other Chiefs in opposition, with their leader, W. A. Bowles, at their head, arrived, and on the 28th he was apprehended, confined in irons, and sent under a strong guard of Indians, by order of the Chiefs, to Governor Tolch of Pensacola, to answer for his crimes against the subjects of his Catholic Majesty in East and West Florida."
GUADALOUPE, JUNE 25.
Three French droghers from Guadaloupe, and Mariagalante, have been captured by the British. It is expected all the English here will be imprisoned. They have offered the Americans here large sums to take them to the English islands. The French ships are embargoed; and, it is expected, will be obliged to reland their cargoes.
NEW-YORK, JULY 13.
Capt. Morrill, in 14 days from Cape-Francois, informs that Gen. Rochambeau had arrived there; and established his head quarters. He brought 1200 troops with him from Port-au-Prince. The blacks continued troublesome; and the lots of the island to the French was considered as the inevitable consequence of the war.
From Martinique.—We learn, that privateers are sifting out there, and that measures were taking, by Gen. Castle, to resist any attack of the English. Our informant was assured by the General, that the greatest respect would be paid to neutral vessels and colonial produce given in return for what was brought in them.
JULY 13.
This morning arrived the Brig Entrepri , Capt. Hurd, 49 days from Havre-de-Grace. In her Mr. G. A. Hughes came passenger with dispatches from our Ambassador at Paris, containing the Treaty between France and the United States. He is to proceed immediately for the seat of government.
Interesting. —The following extract of a letter from a gentleman at Havre-de-Grace, to his correspondent in this city, was received this forenoon by the Enterprise :
"HAVRE, MAY 21.
"We have to inform you that by this conveyance our Ministers at Paris have sent out a messenger with dispatches, which contain the official information of the formal cession of Louisiana to the United States for about FORTY-FOUR MILLIONS of Livres, TWENTY MILLIONS in money by installment, and TWENTY-FOUR MILLIONS to be paid by the debts due by France, to the citizens of the United States, which are, we understand, to be liquidated at Paris, by a commission appointed for the purpose."
By the same arrival we have received a Paris paper of the 21st of May, containing a Counter Declaration on the part of France signed by M. Talleyrand, Minister for Foreign Affairs, which will be given as early as possible. It is introduced by the following paragraph:
PARIS, MAY 21.
The Legislative Body and the Tribunal to whom the subjoined Communication, relative to the Negotiations between France and England was made by Government, sent a Deputation to the First Consul to congratulate him, at once on the energy and moderation, which he has displayed in the course of the said Negotiations, and at the same time to assure him of their zeal and readiness to co-operate with him, in supporting the honour of the French Nation, and the Justice of her Cause.
A letter from an American gentleman in Havre, dated the 21st May, mentions the following:—"The news of the War has been very alarming; and by the news received from Paris this day is more than ever. The English refuse the mediation of Russia, and nothing but their last terms to the French Government will be accepted. The armies in France are on movement towards the Rhine, and a general embargo on the French shipping took place a few days ago. Our minister, Mr. Munroe, has made a purchase of Louisiana of the French for 44,000,000 livres, [or $8,411,146 dollars] to that New Orleans and the whole province belongs to the United States."

Portsmouth.
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1803.
The snow Rachel, Capt. Hale, arrived at Amity, (N. York) on the 7th inst. in 33 days from Sligo (Ireland) with passengers. Mr. C. Stackhouse, mate of said vessel, informs, that at 1 o'clock on the day of her arrival, the Rachel was boarded off the Hook by the British sloop of war Lilly, and pressed 23 passengers and seamen. At 2 o'clock, they were boarded by the Driver sloop of war, for the purpose of impressing; but being informed of the Lilly's success, desisted from it.
We are sorry to learn that the British Frigate Boston has impressed an American Seaman, whose name is William Brown, and having, as it is stated, a regular protection. If the British intend to pursue this system, and from their cruizers having commenced so early in the war, we rather fear the practice will be continued, we have no hesitation in giving our opinion, that it will lead to the most unpleasant consequences. We doubt the right altogether of a foreign nation forcibly seizing hold of even her own subjects, on board of a neutral and unoffending ship, while in the actual performance of a contract, for which he is to receive stipulated wages at the end of the voyage. But if we consider that little attention has been paid to the rights of our own seamen; that native Americans have been impressed; and that many of them are yet detained on board British Men of War, we must acknowledge that the evil is of great magnitude, and ought to receive, (as we doubt not it will receive) the prompt notice of the Government. A new War having commenced in Europe, Great-Britain and France will now contend for empire, with struggles that may shake Europe to its centre; but let them not interfere with America; we have no concern in their affairs, further than by commercial intercourse, and being neutral; we have a right to a free and unobstructed trade with all the world, and our seamen ought not to be seized or detained. These brave men are now "the sweepings of vessel holds," whatever has been said to the contrary notwithstanding. With our Militia they form the whole defence of our nation, and seeing as we do, this first attempt to injure and violate their rights as freemen, we feel indignant at such proceedings, and sincerely hope the subject will be properly noticed. Salem Reg.
From the time War was declared between the two great European powers, every possible exertion has been made by both to encircle the means of annoyance and defence. The French ports are closely blockaded by the English cruizers, who had captured and sent into Plymouth and the Downs as merchant vessels, belonging to France and Bavaria, one of them a valuable Indianman. The army intended for Louisiana has been incorporated with the French troops in Holland, and augmented to 80,000 effective men, under the command of General Victor.
Messrs. it is said, will have the command in Italy, Moreau in Germany, and Macdonald in Bavaria.
The Court of Vienna has addressed a declaration to the English and French ministers in that capital, stating that his Imperial Majesty had decided to preserve the most strict neutrality in the event of hostilities between France and England. The Emperor of Russia, has professed the same sentiments, and has offered to interpose his powerful and pacific mediation to accommodate the differences which have arisen between the two nations.
OFFICIAL.
The Executive have received official information, that a Treaty was signed on the 30th of April, between the Ministers Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the United States, and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Government, by which the United States have obtained the full right to and sovereignty over NEW-ORLEANS, and the WHOLE of LOUISIANA, as Spain possessed the same. Nat. Intel.
The deadly and inflexible malignancy of the opposition has never been more apparent, than in the remarks which are already made on the cession of Louisiana. While the intelligence was first received, it was impossible to think of any point of attack at which the enemy could assail this important measure. It was confidently expected that it would meet the wishes of every individual, of every party. The free navigation of a river, which is considered as the principal artery in the body of our Country, the acquisition of a most fertile and flourishing territory, accompanied with a provision for the settlement of claims which have been considered as desperate, these objects were so important in themselves, and so interesting in their consequences, that it required more than ordinary ingenuity and invention, to conjure up an argument against the negotiation. It was believed, that if in the course of human events, it were possible to reconcile the jarring spirit of opposition, this unexpected co-incident of fortunate circumstances would lead directly to the object.
But how vain and fallacious are all our calculations, when we are combatting the perverse and wicked passions of the heart! It is now discovered, forsooth, that a river and a territory for which we ought to have gone to war with the most powerful nations of Europe, are not worth possessing, because we get them by treaty, and not by shedding our blood! It is discovered too, that the securing of four millions of dollars to our own citizens, about which there has hitherto been so much clamor, is a trifling and inconsiderable object, because we get it by treaty, and not by going to war, with France. It is also found, by Mr. Livingston's memorial, that we have committed ourselves to France, and that we can no longer maintain our neutral position with Great-Britain.
Is there any thing in the memorial of Mr. Livingston, that looks like a departure from the neutral position, which it is our duty
and our policy to preserve? Would it have been prudent or proper to have proposed to the French Government an important negotiation, in the bluffing language of "defiance"? It breathes a spirit of conciliation, a "decent respect" for the rights of other nations, with a becoming firmness for the protection and defence of our own. This is the language by which the object was to be accomplished, and not by an impotent and frivolous attempt to frighten them into a compliance with our wishes.
Whenever we see our government impetuously rushing into hostilities with any European power—whenever they shall unnecessarily take a part in the quarrels with which other nations may be embroiled—whenever they shall enter into an offensive alliance, either with France or England, unless in the last extremity, and for the purpose of repelling aggression, after every attempt at negotiation shall have failed—whenever they shall be led astray by the mad projects of ambition and conquest, which marked the career of the last administration, we shall then acknowledge that they have forfeited their claim to the confidence of the people, and that nothing but a change of men and measures will save us from impending destruction.—Egis.
It does not appear that the treaty ceding Louisiana, is yet arrived in the United States; yet there have been published in certain papers reproaches on the government for withholding information from the citizens on the subject so interesting to them.
After it does arrive, it must be deliberated on by the Senate, and approved by them before it is promulgated by the President. This was the way with the British Treaty; and is not that to be our model?
From Barbary, June 11. On Wednesday night, his Majesty's ship Cayenne, brought in the French transport L'Adelaide, 29 days from Rochelle, bound to Martinique, with troops. The principal officer is Lieut. Col. Peiray, Chef de Bataillon; and there is an Adj. Major, 22 other officers, and 399 men on board. Also a French barque, L'Alceste, commanded by M. Le Jeune, a Lieutenant de Vaisseau, with 600 barrels of powder, 18 24 pounders, and shot and shells, from L'Orient, 42 days; bound to Martinique. The above ships are at anchor off Charles Fort, with sails unbent, and rudders unshipped.
Capt. Forbes arrived at New-York from St. Vincents—left there on the 27th ult. An embargo had existed there for 7 days. St. Lucie was taken by the English on the 22d ult. after a short resistance, in which several persons were killed and wounded. An expedition had failed for Tobago, and it was reported that the latter island was also taken. Four French transports and one Guineaman were taken and brought into St. Vincents, before Capt. Forbes left the island.
A letter of the 15th inst. from Port Republican states, that the Brigands had made an attack upon that place, in which they were successful, and that the whites were flying to wherever they could find refuge.
TOASTS—SELECTED.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America: Peaceful, virtuous and wife, In vain detraction finds its rage, In vain the shafts of falsehood flies, His fame shall live thro' every age.
S. T. MASON—republicanism, humanity, drop a tear over departed virtue and talents, may he who fills his seat deserve as well of his country.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, his maxim: where liberty dwells, there is my country. The great and good.
The memory of General Montgomery, the intrepid warrior, who fell in defence of American liberty on the first of January, 76, under the walls of Quebec.
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the inflexible patriot and statesman, whom the people delight to honor with 30,000 of a majority, "well done good and faithful servant."
May the persecuted patriot of every nation find an asylum under the wings of the American eagle.
Our young sister, the State of Ohio—may that new constellation shine with lustre, and add her share to the cause of republicanism.
The Jersey and other British pestilential prison ships—may the fate of our eleven thousand unfortunate countrymen who perished in those floating hells, teach the present generation and posterity, the price which was paid for liberty.
The glorious nineteenth of October, 1781, when the British piled up their arms to the tune of Yankee Doodle.
The Congress of '76, who declared the colonies of America free and independent, may heaven reward their exalted virtue and patriotism.
The aristocratic junto of the United States, let us unanimously disapprove and dismiss from our Councils, men who exultingly exclaim, that the people have no right to think, and that they are their own worst enemies—themselves.
May every republican who has tasted the sweets of general liberty never shrink from the arduous task of supporting that glorious cause and bear in mind the old truth, united we stand divided we fall.
May our country ever be an asylum for the distressed children of virtue and industry.
The American Fair—may the embrace of a Tory, be to them as despicable as from the wild bear of the forest.
The illustrious sage of Monticello, the Mammoth in political understanding, in wisdom, in virtue, in exemplary conduct, whose unparralled and resplendent talents, render him the most abled, yet the most exalted and distinguished character on earth.
The true republican principle of economy in those who govern, and frugality in those who are governed.
The militia of the United States, arms to none but freemen who retain the principles of '76.
Marine Articles.
At Demerara, June 12, brig Joseph, Salter, of this port.
When Rogues fall out, Truth comes out—Calender the infamous, and Pace, his partner in all things, it seems have quarreled about the fiscal concerns of the "Recorder," C. accuses P. of cheating him; and in reply, P. has published a long column to prove that he is no greater villain than his partner. After exposing Calender's ingratitude in very strong language, he goes on; He has not Perseverance, he has not Honesty, Honor nor Sobriety. In reply, Calender attempts to prove Pace an arrant knave.
"Happy, happy, happy pair!" These are the beings whom the federalists in all parts of the continent have patronized; These are the champions of the party, who were to write down J. Herson & democracy. It was the falsehoods of this pair of worthies which were to blow the democracy into air, thin air! O fie upon you! Am. Pat.
"HONORIUS" in the first page of this day's Gazette, deserves the attentive perusal of every friend to his Country.
Henry Ladd
HAS FOR SALE, 100 pieces fine India Cottons; 80 pieces Bandannas; 40 pieces Lungee Romauls; and a few boxes Havanna Sugars, the above will be sold at reduced prices, also for sale 200 bbls. Richmond Fine and Superfine FLOUR. Portsmouth, July 19, 1803
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SCHEME
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The Managers flatter themselves that the sale of the Tickets will be such as that the drawing may commence on the second Tuesday in October next.
JOHN CALLE. EZEKIEL GILE. L. BARTLETT. Managers. July, 1803.
TICKETS in the above Lottery, will be for sale in course of a fortnight, by N. S. and W. PEIRCE, Congress-Street. July 19.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
To GEORGE GAINS, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace in said State.
THE subscribers, proprietors and owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of SHELLBURNE, in the county of Grafton, in said State, request you to notify and warn the proprietors and owners of said township, to meet at the dwelling-house of SETH WALKER, keeper of the Bell Tavern, in Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, in said State, on Monday the twenty-second day of August next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes:—
1st. To choose a Moderator to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, and Collector. 3d. To raise a tax for the purpose of paying debts or demands, that now or hereafter may exist against said township. 4th. To pass a vote or votes directing what papers relating to said township, and the former proceedings of the proprietors thereof, shall be received and recorded by the Clerk; and also to receive and ratify his report of the loss of the records and papers belonging to said proprietary, that were destroyed by the late fire in Portsmouth. 5th. To ratify, confirm and establish all or any grants, conveyances, divisions of said township, lotting thereof, sowing and reaping of said lots, and all or any vote or votes by said proprietary heretofore made and passed; and that said votes, when so ratified and confirmed by said meeting, shall have the same validity and effect in and with the proprietary, and those claiming under them, as the record of the original votes. 6th. To sever and divide the lots in said township, and the addition to said township belonging to and among the proprietors thereof, in such way and manner as said meeting shall establish. 7th. To receive, examine, allow and pay all such accounts and demands as exist against said proprietary. 8th. To settle and establish a method for calling future meetings of the proprietors and owners of said township. Portsmouth, July 16, 1803.
DANIEL R. ROGERS, ELIPHALET PORTER, JOHN RINDGE, ISAAC RINDGE, JOHN PEIRCE, HUNTINGTON PORTER.
PURSUANT to the foregoing request, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors and others, owning land in said Shelburne, to meet at the time and place aforesaid, for the purposes set forth in the above request to me directed. Given under my hand, this 16th day of July, 1803. GEORGE GAINS, Justice Peace.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
County of Grafton, ss. To EBENEZER SMITH, Esq. one of the Justices in and for the county of Strafford, in said State of New-Hampshire;
WE the subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the town of COLEBROOKE, in the county of Grafton and State aforesaid—request your Honor to notify and warn a Meeting of the proprietors and owners thereof, to be held at the house of Joseph Loomis, Esq. in said town, on the twenty-fifth day of August next, at 10 o'clock A. M. to consider of and act upon the following articles—viz.—
1st. To choose a Moderator, to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a Clerk, and other necessary proprietary Officers. 3d. To examine the present survey of the town, made by Capt. Jeremiah Eames, and see if they will accept and confirm the same. 4th. To choose a Committee to view the Roads already made, and lay out such others as may appear necessary for the settlement of the town, cause the same to be opened, and made passable, and have them legally established. 5th. To look into and examine the former proceedings of the proprietors and owners, and take such measures relative thereto, as shall appear most eligible, and to reconsider their votes, and to confirm or disallow any or all, as may appear necessary and reasonable. 6th. To examine into the state of the settlements in said town, and the claims of all settlers, and confirm them in their respective pitches, to far and upon such terms as shall appear reasonable and just. 7th. To see if the proprietors will ratify and confirm their former votes or grants of Land which they made for the encouragement of the settlement of the town—or as a compensation for expenditures and exertions made for promoting the settlement, opening Roads, building Mills, Bridges, &c. and what new grants they will make for said purposes. 8th. To make a division of the Lots to the Original Grantees rights or shares, and to the owners thereof in said town—and confirm such division as has already been made, so far as shall appear just and reasonable. 9th. To lay a Tax or Taxes, to raise money if found necessary, to defray expenses that have accrued or may accrue in the proprietary business. 10th. To choose a Committee to examine, adjust and settle all the proprietary accounts. 11th. To choose an Agent or Agents, and to empower them to prosecute all trespassers upon the land of the proprietors or owners, and to defend against any suit or suits that may be brought against them—And to do and transact all matters and things that may be necessary for carrying the business specified in the foregoing articles into effect. Colebrooke, April 12, 1803. AMASA KEYES, JOHN SMITH, PETER R. FIELD, WILLIAM THOMPSON, GILES LOOMIS.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Strafford, ss. To the Proprietors of the town of Colebrooke, in the county of Grafton & State aforesaid;
PURSUANT to the foregoing petition, Notice is hereby given, that a Public Meeting of said Proprietors will be held at the dwelling-house of J. SETH LOOMIS, Esq. in said town of Colebrooke, on the twenty-fifth day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purposes set forth in the petition aforesaid. Given under my hand at Durham, in said county of Strafford, July 5th, A. D. 1803. EBENEZER SMITH, Justice Peace.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of Land in the township of DRYDEN, situate in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire—That a tax of TEN DOLLARS, on each Original Proprietors Right or share, (public Rights excepted) was voted by said proprietors at their meeting held the 11th day of April last, to defray proprietary expenses, which tax is assessed accordingly, and the assessment with their warrant is committed to me for collection.—
THEREFORE said proprietors and owners are notified to pay said tax of Ten Dollars on each Original Right or share they own, to me at my dwelling-house in Colebrooke, in said county of Grafton, on or before the 25th day of August next, or the same will be levied by sale of so much of the interest or property of the proprietors or owners of Land in said township of Dryden, who shall be delinquent in payment, and the delinquents land will be advertised for sale, and sold accordingly, unless prevented by previous payment. JABEZ PARSONS, Collector for said Proprietors. Colebrooke, June 25, 1803.
SINGING SCHOOL.
MR. SANGER, informs the Ladies and Gentlemen, that he has opened a SCHOOL, for the instruction of Church Music, at the School Room now occupied by Mr. Jackson, in High-street, nearly opposite Messrs. N. A. & J. Haven's store. Evenings of tuition, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.—For terms, apply at those nights. July 19, 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.
AUCTIONS.
TO-MORROW, GROCERS are invited to S. LITTLE'S Office,
AT 10 o'clock, when will commence the sale of a variety of Articles in the Grocery line. Also, Bedheads; Chairs; 10 boxes Window Glass; 3 handsome Trunks; 2 doz. Ginn Cales; Scales, Weights and Measures.
Many articles in the Hard Ware & Stationary line. A variety of ENGLISH & INDIA GOODS, And two new Russia Feather Beds.
FOR SALE
AT PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORROW At 10 o'clock in the forenoon, Opposite the Bell Tavern.
SUNDRY Articles, amongst which are, 1 hhd. Molasses; part of 2 pipes Gin; 1/2 cask of excellent Claret Wine; bbls. Brown Sugar; do. Flour; Peas; Beans; Flaxseed; 1 full and complete set of China, very handsome; 10 or 12 dozen painted Cups & Saucers, Sugar Bowls, Creams, &c. Fur and Felt Hats; Bandanna Handkerchiefs; Straws Tumblers; 20 bottles Sweet Oil, of good quality; cases Knives and Forks; 1/2 chest Bohemia Tea; about 200 wt. of Pork; Together with many other articles, all of which will be sold without reserve to the highest bidder.
JACOB WALDEN, Au'tr. July 19, 1803.
On WEDNESDAY the 3d. day of August, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, on the premises, will be SOLD
THAT valuable corner Lot of LAND lying on Cross-street, opposite the Widow Hardy's—being about 75 feet on said street, and on High-street about 120 feet—it will be sold in two parts or the whole together, as will best suit the purchasers. The conditions made known at time and place of sale.
JACOB WALDEN, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, July 19, 1803.
Will BE SOLD by licence from the Hon. Judge of Probate, on WEDNESDAY, the 3d. of August next, at 10 o'clock A. M. on the premises,
A LOT of LAND on Wash-ington-street, and running back into the creek, with a small Dwelling-HOUSE thereon. Said Land is adjoining the estate of Capt. KEYRON WALSH—and will be sold with the incumbrance of the Widow's dower. Portsmouth, July 19, 1803.
Z. Robinson & Co.
At the head of the PIER, Have now ready for Sale, a very large and complete assortment of
Grocery, Glass & China Ware, In crates, assorted principally for Country Traders.
CRATES of Blue & White fancy WARE, assorted,
do. Blue & Green edged assorted, do. Enamel'd, under glass'd, do. do. Printed and Penciled, do. 40 Crates Cream coloured, do. Hhds. Enamel'd & Fluted Ware do. Boxes Glass Ware, assorted. do. Tumblers. do. Decanters. do. Wine Glasses. do. Mugs.
Dutch Liquor Cases. China in boxes, assorted.
do. Tea Sets, in single boxes.
*** All the above Goods will be sold for cash or approved credit, as low as can be purchased in Boston, and any assortment of the above Goods, if desired, will be repacked to suit the purchasers.
ALSO
Few hhds. Molasses.
12 hhds. Rum. Portsmouth, July 17, 1803.
RE-REMOVE.
NEW BOOK STORE,
ON AN OLD SPOT.
CHARLES PEIRCE has removed from Buck to Daniel-street, on the very spot he formerly kept—where he is opening a complete assortment of
BOOKS and Stationary,
of almost every kind, description and quality, which he is determined to sell on such terms as will not fail to give satisfaction to every reasonable person, be they man, woman, or child. July 19, 1803.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands against the Estate of DUDLEY NORTON, late of Portsmouth, husbandman, deceased; are hereby requested to exhibit the same without delay for settlement, to MIRIAM NORTON, Administratrix. July 14, 1803.

Miscellaneous Repository.
DARBY & JOAN.
PART I.
WHEN Darby saw the setting sun, He swung his scythe, and home he run, Sat down, drank off his pint and said, My work is done, I'll go to bed. "My work is done!" retorted Joan— "My work is done!"—your constant tone; But hapless woman ne'er can say, My work is done 'till judgment day.
Here Darby hem'd and rack'd his head, To answer what his Joan had said: But all in vain, her clack kept on— Yes, woman's work is never done! You men can sleep all night; but we Must toil;—Whose fault is that? quoth he. I know your meaning, Joan replied— But Sir, my tongue shall not be ty'd— I will go on, and let you know, What work poor women have to do.
First in the morning, though we feel As sick as drunkards when they reel; Yet, feel such pains in back and head As would confine you men to bed; We ply the brush and wield the broom; We air the beds and right the room; The cows must next be milk'd, and then We get the breakfast for the men; Ere this is o'er with whimpering cries And bristly hair the children rise: These must be dress'd and dress'd with rue, And fed; and all because of you. We must: Here Darby scratch'd his head, And sat retreated home to bed; But grumbled thus, as on he ran, Zounds! woman's clack is never done!
PART II.
The Resort; or, Joan Triumphant. AT early dawn, ere Pigeons rose, Old Jean resum'd her tale of woes: When Darby thus—"I'll end the strife; Be you the man and I the wife: Take you the scythe, and mow, while I Will all your bustling cares supply. Content, quoth Joan, give me my flint: This Darby did, and out he went.
Old Darby rose, and feiz'd the broom, And whirld the dirt about the room; Which having done, he scarce knew how, He tir'd to milk the brindled cow: The brindled cow whok'd round her tail In Darby's eyes, and kicked the pail. The clown perplexed with grief and pain, Swore he'd ne'er try to milk again: When turning round, in sad amaze, Beheld his courage in a blaze; For as he chanced to brush the room In careless haste, he fired the broom, The fire at last subdued, he swore, The broom and he should meet no more.
Press'd by misfortune, and perplex'd Darby prepared for breakfast next: But what to get he scarce knew— The bread was spent the butter too. His hands bedaub'd with pattle and flour, Old Darby laboured full an hour: But luckless wight, though couldst not make The bread take form of loaf or cake!
As every door wide open stood, In pushed the sow in quest of food; And stumbling onwards, with her snout O'er the chum—the cream run out. As Darby turned the sow to beat, The slippery cream betrayed his feet; He caught the bread trough in his fall, And down came Darby trough and all. The children, wakened by the clatter, Start up and cry, La! what's the matter! Old Jowler barked, and Tabby mew'd, And hapless Darby bawled aloud, Return my Joan, as heretofore; I'll play the housewife's part no more; Since now, by sad experience taught, Compared to thine my work is nought; Henceforth, as business calls, I'll take, Content, the plough, the scythe, the rake, And never more transgress the line, Our fates have marked, while thou art mine. Then, Joan return as heretofore, I'll vex thy honest soul no more: Let's each our proper task attend— Forgive the past, and strive to mend.
Moralist.
NO. III. For the GAZETTE.
WHEN we examine the various characters and dispositions amongst men, if any of them claim our pure love, friendship and esteem, it is the man who possesses the general traits of genuine Benevolence; and it is he who is entitled to our first and highest encomiums; For Benevolence is a principle of the heart, by and through which we receive the pleasure resulting from true inward happiness, the continuance of which will last until we cease to draw the vital spark, and until the indiscriminating hand of death summons the soul from its tabernacle of clay, to wing its course through the ætherial skies, to the blessed mansions above, the residence of those whose virtues and perfections have crowned their heads with laurels of immortal glory; Let us never withhold from the memory of those men the praise, which their virtues may have obtained, but suffer the apologies of human nature to plead in their behalf—as perfection on this earth, has not nor never will be obtained; the wittiest as well as the best of men have erred, humanum est errare . The benign influence of this godlike attribute Benevolence , has a powerful tendency, when it operates upon the vicious mind, to eradicate therefrom the sting of vice and immorality, with which it has been poisoned. To do a good action is the benevolent man's secular study, and to promote the felicity of his fellow creatures, his supreme delight. It is not so much his inquiry, who are, as where are the objects of pity and compassion, but to inform him is meritorious, because their wants are immediately ameliorated by the administration of his help and assistance. The benevolent man harbours no malicious thought, neither doth he take pleasure in exposing the faults of his fellow men; he is contented in concealing them from a slanderous world, and admonishing them, in secret.—"Happy the man who inherits this virtue; his days are days of pleasantness, and all his paths are peace."
A coffin maker in advertising for business, declares he never heard any complaints of the durability of his work.
FOR SALE, 10 puncheons RUM. 40 casks RAISINS. 14 chests Hyson skin, and Souchong TEA. 3 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 continu- ance 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, Hy- son-skin, Young Hyson, Gunpowder and Souchong TEAS, per chest or less quantity; Spices of all kinds; Gun-Powder, per cask or less quanti- ty;—500 pieces Nankins; 50 pieces yellow Bandanna Handkerchiefs; 200 pieces India Cottons; Cotton Yarn; Bed-Tick, &c.—Painters Col- ours; 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.
* * * * * L. S. * PURSUANT to an ap- plication 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 own- ers of said township are hereby no- tified and warned to meet at the dwell- ing-house of Major Daniel Gilley, in Epseom, in said State, on Thursday the first day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
1st. To choose a Moderator to go- vern 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 on said township, paying public taxes, and other demands that now or here- after may exist against said proprietary.
4th. To establish a method for draw- ing and severing the Lots in said town- ship, and to draw, sever, and assign said lots to and amongst the several proprietors and owners of said town- ship.
5th. To determine what encourage- ment, by grants of land and money shall be given to settlers in said township.
6th. To appoint an Agent or A- gents, to make settlements, erect Mills, make roads in said township, and for other purposes.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Epping, this 5th day of July, A. D. 1803. WILLIAM PLUMER, Proprietors Clerk for the township of Paulsborough.
State of New-Hampshire.
* * * * * L. S. * PURSUANT to an ap- plication 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 Epseom, in said State, on Thursday, the first day of September next, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
1st. To choose a Moderator, to go- vern said Meeting.
2d. To choose Assessors, and a Collector.
3d. To raise a tax for the purpose of cutting and making Roads, build- ing Mills, procuring settlers to settle in said township, paying public taxes, and other demands that now or here- after may exist against said proprietary.
4th. To establish a method for draw- ing and severing the Lots in said town- ship, and to draw, sever, and assign said lots to and amongst the several proprietors and owners of said township.
5th. To determine what encourage- ment, by grants of land and money shall be given to settlers in said township.
6th. To appoint an Agent or A- gents, to make settlements, erect Mills, make roads in said township, and for other purposes.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Epping, this 5th day of July, A. D. 1803. WILLIAM PLUMER, Proprietors Clerk for the township of Maynesborough.
STRAYED AWAY,
ABOUT a fortnight since, a Flock of DUCKS, containing about twenty. Whoever has found the same and will give information to the Prin- ters, shall be rewarded. July 12.
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 slow advance, by Wholesale and Re- tail. Portsmouth, June 7, 1803.
FOR SALE BY Joseph Clark, jr. At his Shop in Back-street directly oppo- site Dr. John Jackson's.
HANDSOME Gold Finger Rings. A complete as- sortment 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; children's Silver Whistles with coral 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 Claps; silver Pencil and Pen Cases; silver Tooth and Ear Picks with silver cases; silver, plated and common Thimbles; silver, corkshell, pearl, and common Sleeve Buttons; silver, steel, and ivory Tags; gold and silver Spangles; gold and silver Brooches; a handsome as- sortment 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; Enamel'd Snuff-Boxes; Book Tobacco Boxes; Key-Rings; Crucibles, &c. &c.
N. B. Wanted an Appren- tice to the Goldsmith's Business, about 13 years of age, apply as above.
Turnpike Road.
At a meeting of the Directors of the New-Hampshire Turnpike Road, the 5th day of July, 1803.
VOTED, That in pursuance of an unanimous vote of the Pro- prietors of said Road, at their meeting held at the Court-House this day, there be assessed the sum of Ten Dol- lars on each Proprietor's share, and that the Treasurer collect the same within twenty days from the date.
The Proprietors are therefore re- quested to pay the said sum of Ten Dollars on each share to the Treasu- rer, on or before Monday the 25th day of July instant.
SAMUEL ELLIOT, Treasurer. Portsmouth, July 9, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. In the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred and three.
AN ACT authorising Stelson Hutch- ings to collect certain taxes.
WHEREAS Stelson Hutchings has petitioned the General Court, setting 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 be- fore he could get it prepared and for- warded to the printer's office, it was too late—but as most part of the non resident 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 Stelson Hutchings shall lodge in the office of the Deputy Secretary of said State, his aforesaid list of taxes, on or be- fore 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 fifth day of September, said Col- lector 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 no- tice 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 com- mence 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.
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 Cogniac, & Barrel proof BRAN- DY, West-India RUM; New-England do. Hollands GIN, American do. Bbls. Anis; London & American PORTER, Strong Beer, Vinegar, &c. H. Son, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Souchong and Bohea Teas, warranted to be of the first quality; Excellent Molasses, Loaf, Lump, India & Brown SUGARS, Box & Cask Raisins, Fruits Figs, Fresh Rice, bbls. and half bbls. Superfine Fresh FLOUR, Chocolate, Chocolate Shells, Coffee, Oatmeal.
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 de- sired. Portsmouth, July 5, 1803.
FOR SALE, BY JOHN SALTER, At his Store in Washington-street,
SUGAR pr. hhd. COFFEE pr. do. or less quantity, entitled to debenture. COTTON per bale. RICE pr. cask or less quantity. SALT pr. hhd. or less quantity. Portsmouth, April 26, 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 Epseom, husbandman, deceas- ed, are desired to exhibit them with- out delay; and those who are indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to the sub- scriber, Administratrix to said Estate, or to SAM'L MORRILL, her Attorney. ALLICE LOCKE.
THE Heirs of the Estate of PELETHIAH AYERS, late of Greenland, deceased; are hereby no- tified, that on the 20th day of this month at 10 o'clock A. M. at the Probate Office in Exeter, I shall ex- hibit to the Judge of Probate my ac- count of administering said Estate. JOHN AYERS. Greenland, July 4, 1803.
BROKE into the Cornfield of the subscriber in Newington, a pale Red HORSE, with a star in his fore- head—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 E- quator,) will call upon Capt. George Long, No. 3, Portsmouth Pier, they may receive the balance of his wages and his che July 5, 1803.
PEN-KNIVES.
A handsome assortment of PEN- KNIVES, for sale at N. S. & W. Peirce's Book-Store, opposite the N. W. cor- ner of the State-House, Congress- street. June 28, 1803.
Wednesday next.—LANDS, At AUCTION, at the Subscriber's Office, Liberty Square, Bolton, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th JULY, at 12 o'clock, will be Sold, ALL the right, title and in- terest of CALEB JOHNSON, of Bolton, Trader, a Bankrupt, in and to the following Rights and Lots of LANDS—Viz.
In the township of Millsfield, coun- ty of Grafton, and State of New-Ham- pshire, the original rights, (about 300 acres each) of Timothy Bartholemew, Benning Wentworth and George Sprague.
In the township of Cambridge, in said county, the original rights of Edward Setchell and John Tuffs.
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 fifty-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 Con- way 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, Acres. do.     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 48 20 do.   44 23 do.  
4, 14, 27 and 31—of Lots lying north of tract of Land sold by said Committee prior to their last vendue at Conway, in November, 1796—No. 39, of range adjoining Wentworth, Rogers and Treadwell loca- tion, near Conway, 100 acres each.
The above subject to the incumbrance of two mortgages to amount of about 4900 dollars.
Also, The following rights free of incumbrance: In the township of Millsfield, in county of Grafton, aforesaid, the original rights of Joel Woodworth, Matthew Miller, Silvanus Owen, William Marston, and Noah Dewey.
In the township of Erroll, in the aforesaid county, the original rights of Jon- athan Hammond, Henry Morse, Greenwood Carpenter, and Jonathan Woodcock, jun.
In the township of Randolph, in the county of Caledonia, now Essex, State of Vermont, 30 acres of the original right of William Holroyd.
In the township of Wenlock, in the said county, the whole original rights of Timothy Cole, John Judd, jun. David Whit- ney, and Stephen Scott.
In the township of Minehead, in said county, the whole original right of Daniel Keene.
In the township of Newark, in the aforesaid county, the whole original right of John Thurston, jr.
In the township of Averyhill, in the county aforesaid, the original right of Salmon Hall.
In the township of Carleton, (situated on the bay and river of Moray) in the island of Cape-Breton, Lot No. 62, of the said town- ship, 1000 acres more or less.
S. BRADFORD, Messenger to the Board of Commissioners. Bolton, July 5, 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 as- sessed and committed to me to collect, for the purpose of running the out- lines of said Concord, and to lot and re-lot said town; as also to pay such other proprietary expenses, 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 pro- prietor or owner of land in said town- ship, who shall be delinquent in pay- ment; and the delinquent's land will be advertised for sale, and sold accord- ingly, by SAMUEL MINOT, Proprietor's Collector. Bath, June 16, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Grafton, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the prop- rietors & owners of Land in NORTH- UMBERLAND, who have not paid their county tax for the year 1802—that unless they pay the same to the subscriber, on or before the 15th 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.
   Original Names. Number. 1