The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1808-05-03 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE
[No. 22.—VOL. LIII.]
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1807.
[TWO DOLLS. PER ANNUM.]
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY PIERCE & GARDNER, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Important State PAPERS.
DOCUMENTS COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS. [CONTINUED.]
TO MR. CANNING.
Portland Place, October 9, 1807.
Mr. Monroe presents his compliments to Mr. Canning, and requests that he will be so good as to inform him, whether it is intended, that the minister whom his majesty proposes to send to the government of the United States, shall be employed in a special mission without having any connection immediate or eventual with the ordinary legation. Mr. Monroe has inferred from Mr. Canning's note, that the mission, will be of the special nature above described, but he will be much obliged to Mr. Canning, to inform him, whether he has taken a correct view of the measure. Mr. Monroe would also be happy to know of Mr. Canning at what time it is expected the minister will sail for the United States. Mr. Canning will be sensible that Mr. Monroe's motive in requesting this information, is, that he may be enabled to communicate it without delay to his government, the propriety of which, he is persuaded Mr. Canning will readily admit.
Mr. Monroe requests Mr. Canning to accept the assurance of his high consideration. The right hon. George Canning, Esq. &c.
FROM MR. CANNING.
Foreign Office, October 10, 1807.
Mr. Canning presents his compliments to Mr. Monroe, and in acknowledging the honor of his note, of yesterday has great pleasure in assuring him that he is at all times ready to answer any enquiries to which Mr. Monroe attaches any importance, and which it is in Mr. Canning's power to answer with precision, without public inconvenience. But it is not in Mr. Canning's power to state with confidence what may be the eventual determination of his majesty in respect to the permanent mission in America. The mission of the minister whom his majesty is now about to send will certainly be limited in the first instance to the discussion of the question of the Chesapeake.
TRIPLICATE.
London, October 10, 1807.
Sir—I have the honor to transmit you by doctor Bullus, a copy of my correspondence with Mr. Canning on the subject which was committed to my care, by your letter of the 6th of July last. You will find by it that the pressure which has been made on this government, in obedience to the instruction contained in that letter, has terminated in a decision to send a minister to the United States, to adjust the business there. What the powers of that minister will be; whether it is intended to confine them to the sole object of reparation for the special outrage, or to extend them, in case the proposed separation of that from the general topic of impressment is admitted, to the latter object, it is not in my power to state. Mr. Canning has given me no information on that head in conference, and his note is not explicit on it. It states that the minister who shall be sent to the United States, to bring the dispute relative to the attack on the Chesapeake to a conclusion, shall not be empowered to entertain, as connected with that subject, any proposition respecting the search of merchant vessels—a presumption is authorized by those terms, that the minister will have power to treat on the general topic after the special one is arranged. But it is possible that that presumption may have been raised for some other purpose, or that the terms which excited it, were introduced merely to convey the idea that the mission should be confined to the special object.
In the discharge of this delicate and important trust, I thought that I should be able more effectually to promote its object, by opening the subject to Mr. Canning in conference, than by an official note. As the attitude taken by my government, which was evidently supported by the whole nation, was of a very impressive nature, it seemed probable from the feverish state of the public mind here in regard to us, that a tone of conciliation, which should not weaken the pressure, would be more likely to succeed in obtaining the reparation desired, than an official and peremptory demand. Under this impression, I had several conferences with Mr. Canning, the substance of which, in each, I will endeavor to state with precision. A knowledge of what passed in these interviews, in aid of that which is afforded by the correspondence, will enable you to form the most correct idea of the object of the proposed mission, that present circumstances will admit of.
The first interview was on the 3d of September, as soon as it could be obtained, after the receipt of your letter of July the 6th, which was on the 30th of August. I informed Mr.
Canning, that as I wished the discussion in which we were about to enter, to terminate amicably and honorably to both our governments, I had asked the interview, for the purpose of promoting that desirable end; that by explaining to each other fully, in friendly conference, the views of our respective governments, relative to the late aggression, I was persuaded that it would be more easy for us to arrange the business, to the satisfaction of both parties, than by any other mode which we could pursue. He expressed his feasibility to that which I had chosen, and his readiness to concur in it; I then stated in detail, in explicit terms, the reparation which my government thought the United States entitled to, and expected that they should receive, for the injury and indignity offered by the late aggression; that the men taken from the frigate should be restored to it; that the officers who had committed the aggression should be exemplarily punished; that the practice of impressment from merchant vessels should be suppressed; and that the reparation consisting of those several acts should be announced to our government, through the medium of a special mission, a solemnity which the extraordinary nature of the aggression particularly required. I observed that as the aggression and the principle on which it was founded had been frankly disavowed as soon as known, by his government, I was persuaded that there could be no serious objection on its part, to any of the acts which it was desired should constitute the proposed reparation; that to the first act, the restoration of the men, there could doubtless be none, as the least that could be done, after such an outrage, would be to replace the United States as far as it might be practicable, on the ground they held before the injury was received: that the punishment of the officers followed, as a necessary consequence, to the disavowal of the act: that the suppression of the practice of impressment from merchant vessels had been made indispensable by the late aggression, for reasons which were sufficiently well known to him. I stated to him that the mode in which it was desired that the reparation should be made, by a special mission, was that which had been adopted by other powers, and by Great Britain herself, for injuries less severe than the one alluded to, of which I gave him the examples furnished me in your letter of July 6th.—Mr. Canning took a note of what I had stated, and made some general remarks on the whole subject, which were intended to give his view of it, on each point, but without compromising himself in a positive manner on any one. He said that, by the proclamation of the President, and the seizure and detention of some men who had landed on the coast to procure water, the government seemed to have taken redress into its own hands; he complained of the difference which he said had been made between France and England, by restoring deserters to the vessels of the former, and not the latter: he insisted that the late aggression was an act different in all respects from the former practice, and ought not to be connected with it, as it shewed a disposition to make a particular incident, in which they were in the wrong, instrumental to an accommodation in a case where his government held a different doctrine. I urged in reply, that the proclamation could not be considered as an act of hostility or retaliation for injuries, though the aggression had provoked and would have justified any the strongest act of reprisal, but as a mere measure of police, which had become indispensable for the preservation of order within the limits of the United States; I informed him that the men who had landed from the squadron, in defiance of the proclamation, and of the law on which it was founded, had been restored to it: that with respect to the other point in difference, said to be made in the case of deserters from British and French ships, I was unacquainted with the fact, but was satisfied, if the statement was correct, that the difference was imputable to the local authorities, and not to the national government, because as the U. States were not bound by treaty to restore deserters from the service of either nation, it was not presumable that their government would interfere in the business. I observed, how-
ever, that if such a preference had been given, there was a natural and justifiable cause for it, proceeding from the conduct of the squadrons of France and England, on the coast of the United States, and on the main ocean, it being a well known fact that the former did not maintain as a right or adopt in practice the doctrine of the latter, to impress seamen from our merchant vessels. I then discussed at length, and urged with great earnestness the justice and policy of terminating at this time all the differences which had arisen between our governments from this cause, by an arrangement which should suppress the practice on the part of Great Britain, and remedy the evil of which she complained.
In aid of those reasons which were applicable to the merits of the question, I urged the example given by the late ministry, in the paper of Nov. 8th, presented to Mr. Pinckney and myself, by the British commissioners, which had, as I thought, laid the foundation of such an arrangement. I stated that as it was stipulated by that paper, that the negotiation should be kept open for the purpose of arranging this great interest, without prejudice to the rights of either power, it was fairly to be understood as the sense of both parties, that our rights were to be respected, till that arrangement was concluded; whence it would follow that the same effect would be produced in practice, as if it had been provided for by treaty. I relied on this paper and the construction which I thought it admitted, with which, however, the practice had since in no degree corresponded, to show the extent to which the former ministry had gone in meeting the just views of our government, and thereby to prove that the present ministry in improving that ground had nothing to apprehend from the preceding one. Mr. Canning admitted that the view which I had taken of this paper, derived much support from its contents and the time and circumstances under which it was presented, but persisted in his desire to keep the subject separate. I proposed as an expedient to get rid of his objection, that we should take up and arrange both points informally, in which case, provided it was done in a manner to be obligatory, I offered to frame my note which would demand reparation for the outrage, in general terms, so as that it should not appear by official document, that the subjects had any connection in the negotiation. I urged that unless it was intended to make no provision against impressment from merchant vessels, I could see no objection to his meeting me on that ground, as after what had passed, it was impossible to take up either subject without having the other in view, and equally so to devise any mode which should keep them more completely separate, than that which I proposed. Mr. Canning still adhered to his doctrine of having nothing to do with impressment from merchant vessels, till the affair of the Chesapeake was disposed of, after which he professed his willingness to proceed to the other object. In this manner the conference ended, without having produced the arrangement which I had hoped from it. Mr. Canning's conduct was in all other respects conciliatory.
My note to Mr. Canning was founded on the result of this conference.—As it had not been in my power to come to any agreement with him on the general subject of impressment from merchant vessels, I considered it my duty to combine it with the affair of the Chesapeake, in the paper which I presented him to claim reparation for the outrage. I thought it best, however, to omit the other acts, of which it was desired that the reparation should consist. It seemed probable that a specification of each circumstance, in the note, would increase the indifference of the ministry to accommodate, and give it support with the nation, in a complete rejection of the demand. I expressed myself therefore in regard to the other acts, in general and conciliatory terms, but with all the force in my power. The details had been communicated to Mr. Canning in conference too recently to be forgotten. Still it was just that no improper inference should be drawn from the omission of them. To prevent it, I obtained an interview of Mr. Canning immediately after my note
was presented, in which, after reminding him of the omission alluded to, the motive to which I presumed he could not mistake, I added that my object in asking the interview was to repeat to him informally, what I had stated in the former one, the other acts of which my government expected that the reparation should consist. In this interview nothing occurred without the limit of the special object for which it had been obtained. Mr. Canning did not lead the conversation to any other topic, and I could not invite it.
Mr. Canning's answer to my note was delayed more than a fortnight. Having refused to treat the subject in connection, and intimated in plain terms that if I was not authorized to separate them, it would be useless to prolong the discussion, I thought it improper to press it. My reply was equally explicit, so that with it the negotiation ended. The measure which he announced, as being determined on by the king in case I could not agree to the separation, is completely the act of his government. You will observe that it is announced in a form which precludes in a great degree, the idea of its being adopted at my suggestion, as an act of reparation, and in a tone of decision which seemed equally to preclude my holding any communication with him on it.
My mission being thus brought to an end, has afforded an opportunity for me to return to the United States, as I have long desired. Nothing but the great interests which I take in the welfare of my country, and my earnest desire to give all the aid in my power to the present administration, in support of the principles of our most excellent constitution, would have detained me here so long. In the present state, however, it is not possible, if in any it would be, for me to render any service by a longer continuance here. As soon, therefore, as I had answered Mr. Canning's note, I communicated to him my intention to return, and requested that he would be so good as to obtain for me an audience of the king for the purpose of taking my leave of him. This was granted on the 7th of this month, in which I renewed the assurance of the sincere desire of my government, to preserve the most friendly relation between the United States & Great Britain, which sentiment was reciprocated by his majesty. Mr. Pinckney succeeds me by an arrangement with Mr. Canning, which will appear in the enclosed copy of my correspondence with him, and which I have full confidence the President will approve. I regret that in transferring the business into his hands, I do not leave him altogether free from difficulty.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES MONROE.
James Madison, Secretary of State.
P. S. Not being satisfied with the undefined character of the proposed mission to the U. States, and Mr. Canning having communicated nothing new to me on the subject, in my interview with him on the day I was presented to the king, although an opportunity was offered for the purpose, I wrote him a note after the commencement of this letter, to make certain enquiries on that head, a copy of which note, and of his answer, is herewith enclosed. You will observe that he still holds himself aloof on it. I thought it my duty, and that it comport- with strict delicacy, to make the enquiry, and I cannot but consider his reserve as affording cause for an unfavorable inference. It is probable, however, as the door is left open for further communication between us till the moment of my departure, that he will take some other occasion to explain himself more fully on the subject. You may be assured that I will seek every favorable opportunity to obtain such explanation of him.
FROM MR. CANNING.
Foreign Office, Oct. 22, 1807.
Sir—Having seen in the American newspapers, an official article (of which I have the honor to enclose a copy) prohibiting all intercourse between the inhabitants of the United States, and his majesty's ships of war unilaterally ; I have the honor to request that you will have the goodness to inform me, whether this prohibition will extend to the ship of war, in which a minister accredited from his majesty, and charged with a mission to the American government, shall arrive in any of the ports of the United States? Or whether you, or Mr. Pinckney, can undertake to furnish Mr. Rose with such documents, as shall insure his admission into the American ports, and a reception therein, suitable to the character with which he is invested? I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. James Monroe, Esq. &c.
TO MR. CANNING.
Portland Place, Oct. 23, 1807.
Sir—I have the honor to state in reply to your letter of yesterday, that the case to
which you alluded is specially provided for by the proclamation of the President. You will observe, on a view of that document, that an exception is made, from the prohibition it contains on other vessels, in favor of such ships of his majesty as may enter the ports of the United States, with dispatches from his majesty's government. Had the case of a public minister, employed in a special mission to my government, not been comprised in that exception, as it clearly is, I have no hesitation to state that he would be received without delay, at any port at which he might arrive. I have the honor to add, that Mr. Pinckney and myself, will be happy to give to his majesty's minister every facility in our power to secure him the reception at the port of his destination which is due to his public character, and promote his speedy arrival at the seat of the government of the United States.
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES MONROE. The right hon. George Canning, Esq. &c.
FROM MR. CANNING.
Foreign Office, Oct. 23, 1807.
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Sir—I have to acknowledge the honor of your answer to my letter of yesterday evening. It appears to me to be so important to have a clear understanding on the subject, to which that letter refers, that I cannot forbear requesting you to have the goodness to call at the foreign office to-morrow at 2 o'clock, if that hour should suit your convenience. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. James Monroe, Esq. &c.
London, Oct. 23, 1807.
Sir—I have the honor to send you a copy of a correspondence with Mr. Canning, touching a difficulty, which he supposed Mr. Rose might experience in entering the bay of the Chesapeake, in consequence of the proclamation of the President. In the interview invited by his last note, I expressed my surprise, that any doubt should exist on the subject of it, and assured him that Mr. Pinckney and myself would be responsible for Mr. Rose's prompt admission into our harbors, and arrival at Washington without suffering the slightest molestation; on the contrary, that he should receive every attention and facility on the route which he might require. I told him that no document from us, would be necessary for that purpose; but that to put the question beyond all doubt, we would give him a passport, which should go to every object in detail; and that we would also give him letters of introduction to the governors of Maryland and Virginia, the states thro' which he would pass, to be taken advantage of, if he found that they would be useful. With this explanation and arrangement, Mr. Canning was satisfied.
I also send you a copy of a letter from Mr. Rose, senior, and my answer, relative to the mission of his son to the United States. Although Mr. Rose's letter is unofficial, I have thought it proper, in consideration of his near connection with the minister, and station in the government, to communicate it.
I leave this to-morrow, to meet, in the channel, the Augusta, the ship in which I propose to sail with my family to the United States. She has left this port, and is on her way to Portsmouth, where she will receive us. Mr. Rose, by going in a frigate, will most probably arrive before me, and even before doctor Bullus. It is important that you should possess all the information which I can give respecting the business in which I have been lately engaged with Mr. Canning, and of Mr. Rose's mission, at the moment of his arrival. I have, therefore, thought it advisable to commit to him this letter, and a copy of my correspondence with Mr. Canning, as Mr. Pinckney and I have done our joint dispatch. I expect to be at sea in a week from this date, and shall proceed to Washington immediately after my arrival in the United States, to communicate to you such further information as I may have, relative to the important concerns of our country in which I have been employed. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES MONROE.
Correspondence between Mr. MADISON and Mr. ROSE.
From Mr. ROSE to Mr. MADISON.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 26, 1808.
Sir—Having had the honor to state to you that I am expressly precluded by my instructions from entering upon any negotiation for the adjustment of the differences arising from the encounter of his majesty's ship Leopard, and the frigate of the United States, the Chesapeake, as long as the proclamation of the President of the United States, of the 2d July, 1807, shall be in force, I beg leave to offer you such further explanation of the nature of that condition as appears to me calculated to place the motives under which it has been enjoined to me thus to bring it forward, in their true light.
In whatever spirit that instrument was issued, it is sufficiently obvious that it has been productive of considerable prejudice to his majesty's interests, as confided to his military and other servants in the United States; to the honor of his flag, and to the privileges of his ministers accredited to the American government. From the operation of this proclamation have unavoidably resulted effects of retaliation and self-assumed redress, which might be held to affect materially the question of the reparation due to the United States, inasmuch as its execution has been perverted in after the knowledge of his majesty's early, unequivocal, and unqualified disavowal of the unauthorized act of admiral Berkeley, his disclaiming of the pretension exhibited by that officer to search the national ships of a friendly power for deserters, and the assurances of prompt and effectual reparation all communicated without loss of time, to the min-

after the United States in London, so as not to leave a doubt as to his majesty's just and amicable intentions. But his majesty, making every allowance for the irritation which was excited, and the misapprehensions which existed, has authorised me to proceed in the negotiation upon the sole discontinueance of measures of so inimical a tendency.
You are aware, sir, that any delay which may have arisen in the adjustment of the present difference, is not imputable to an intention of procrastination on the part of his majesty's government; on the contrary its anxiety to terminate as expeditiously as possible the discussion of a matter so interesting to both nations has been evinced by the communication made by Mr. Secretary Canning, to Mr. Monroe, before that minister of the United States was even informed of the encounter; and now by the promptitude with which it has dispatched a special mission to this country for that express purpose.
I can have no difficulty in stating anew to you, with respect to the provisions of my instructions, calculated as they are to insure an honorable adjustment of the important point in question, and to remove the impressions which the late cause of difference may have excited in the minds of this nation, that I am authorised to express my conviction, that they are such as will enable me to terminate the negotiation amicably and satisfactorily.
Having learnt, from you, sir, that it is solely as a measure of precaution, that the provisions of the proclamation are now enforced, I must persuade myself that a due consideration of his majesty's conduct in this transaction, will remove as well any misapprehensions which may have been entertained respecting his majesty's dispositions towards the United States, as the grounds upon which that enforcement rests, and the more so, as it has long been a matter of notoriety, that the orders issued to the officers of his majesty's navy, in his proclamation of the 16th Oct. 1807, afford ample security that no attempt can again be made to assert a pretension, which his majesty from the first disavowed.
I may add, that if his majesty has not commanded me to enter into the discussion of those other causes of complaint, stated to arise from the conduct of his naval commanders in these seas, prior to the encounter of the Leopard and the Chesapeake, it was because it has been deemed improper to mingle them, whatever may be their merits, with the present matter, so much more interesting and important in its nature; an opinion, originally and distinctly expressed by Mr. Monroe, and assented to by Mr. Secy Canning. But if, upon this more recent and more weighty matter of discussion, upon which the proclamation mainly and materially rests, his majesty's amicable intentions are unequivocally evinced, it is sufficiently clear, that no hostile disposition can be supposed to exist on his part; nor can any views be attributed to his government, such as, requiring to be counteracted by measures of precaution, could be deducted from transactions which preceded that encounter.
In offering these elucidations, I should observe, that the view in which I have bro't forward the preliminary, which I have specified, is neither as to demand concession, or redress, as for a wrong committed: into such, the claim to a discontinueance of hostile provisions cannot be construed; but it is simply to require a cessation of enactments injurious in their effects, and which if persisted in, especially after these explanations, must evince a spirit of hostility, under which his majesty could not authorise the prosecution of the present negotiation, either consistently with his own honor, or with any well grounded expectation of the renewal or duration of that good understanding between the two countries which it is equally the interest of both to foster, and to ameliorate.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your obedient and most humble servant, (Signed) G. H. ROSE.
[TO BE CONTINUED]
ADDRESS
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
THE Republican Members of the Legislature, feel it to be a solemn duty, at this portentous and alarming crisis of our national concerns, to address their republican brethren throughout the state; and by exposing plainly and frankly the real causes which have produced our present situation, to dispel the various, incessant and artful misrepresentations with which designing men have attempted to impose upon your understanding, and mislead your judgments.
It can scarcely be necessary to bring to your remembrance, that on all occasions, and under all circumstances, the common enemies of republican principles, and a republican administration, have, with unwearied and unceasing assiduity, seized upon every important incident by which they could hope to alarm the people, and alienate their confidence from the present administrators of our national and state governments. Nor can it be necessary to recapitulate the manifold blessings which a wise and prudent management of our public affairs has insured to the people of the United States. Deep rooted prejudices, which in some of the States had rendered the public mind almost impervious, have given way to the irresistible influence of that wisdom and patriotism which pervade our public councils. Hence we behold almost every state in the union bearing testimony to the virtues of our republican rulers.
The restless and turbulent spirits who rise from every defeat with renewed animosity, unconscious of that noble love of country which burns in the bosoms of our countrymen, and ignorant that the same spirit which led
our fathers through a cruel war and conducted them to independence, still animates their sons, after repeated proofs of the unshaken patriotism of the people, vainly attempt to weaken their confidence in their public agents by exaggerating the effects of the Embargo, while insidiously concealing from their view the causes which led to it.
These causes are to be found in the implacable hostility of England and France, each of whom, intent on destroying the other, violates in every part of the globe the rights of neutrals. Our own government, pursuing the policy of the illustrious Washington, in avoiding entangling alliances with all nations, and observing a strict impartiality in its intercourse with the belligerents, has nevertheless been exposed to insults the most atrocious and to wrongs the most grievous. Every vessel carrying the American flag, having on board lawful merchandise, and bound to any port in Europe, except England, is, by a decree of that government, liable to capture, and to have its cargo stored in English ware-houses, whence it cannot be re-exported without being subject to heavy duties. And if, after having submitted to such illegal and iniquitous exactions, our vessels again attempt to reach any other European port, they are liable to be seized and condemned by the French or their allies. Indeed, to such a degree of atrocity have these nations invaded neutral rights, that we have before us the well authenticated fact, that three American vessels returning from England with cargoes, have been captured and burnt by French ships of war. Under these accumulated wrongs, can any rational man deny the wisdom of our government in interdicting commercial intercourse with those nations, until an effort should be made to procure redress without resorting to a war in which we should have much to lose and little to gain.
It may in vain be asked of those who clamor against these measures of precaution and security, to what part of the world the American merchants can safely send their vessels unmolested from the ruinous and lawless depredations of French and English? They are in fact excluded from every port and from every sea. Thus then it is obvious, that the commerce of our country would be precisely in the same condition did not the Embargo exist, except perhaps in the case of desperate adventurers, who, having nothing to lose, would hazard the property of others, and subject our mariners to become the instruments of European warfare. These hazards the Embargo restrains, and while it thus augments our future security by preserving to us our property and our seamen, it adds not the sufferings which would have existed had it not been laid.
Have you, fellow-citizens, forgotten the flagitious outrage and unparalledled indignity offered us in the wanton attack on the Chesapeake frigate? Have you forgotten the general burst of indignation which then pervaded this continent? That outrage is at this moment unatoned. And although Great Britain dispatches to us a special envoy, he came fettered with instructions, requiring the revocation of the President's proclamation, which had forbidden British armed vessels to enter our ports and harbours, before he would make us any satisfaction, and before he would even inform our government of the reparation intended. Have you forgotten the unhallowed attack on Copenhagen, in a season of profound peace between England and Denmark? Have you forgotten that on the refusal of Denmark to deliver her navy to England, a siege and bombardment of her metropolis took place, by which thousands were sacrificed because they refused to become the voluntary victims of rapacity and dishonor? And will you discredit this lesson of experience, and believe that what has been done to one offending neutral nation may not be done to another?
It is not our purpose to excite passion, but our object, in recurring to the past, is to evince that we live in a period when unfortunately the wilful and most prudent conduct of our rulers cannot secure us from the oppression and vexations to which the fierce and bloody conflict between France and England has subjected the civilized world; to evince that our national legislature has not wantonly inflicted on us an evil which human prudence and wisdom could have prevented.
While we deplore the necessity that has produced this calamitous state of our affairs, we have, as far as we have been able, alleviated its distresses by passing a law for loaning nearly half a million of dollars to our embarrassed citizens, and by various other acts which we trust are equally adapted to the relief and the safety of our country in the present crisis.
It is the duty of good citizens to repose reasonable confidence in their government, and to believe that its
conduct originates in honest motives until the contrary be shewn. This, the services and long tried patriotism of the President of the United States, would of themselves command; and when it is recollected he is about to terminate his useful career of exalted and perilous duty, in obedience to a principle which he cannot forego, we shall find still stronger grounds of confidence in the measures he now adopts or advises. He certainly could have no improper motive in recommending the measures which have been adopted. When about to retire from office, it would have been his fervent wish to leave his high station, witnessing the prosperity of his country, amidst the benediction of his countrymen. Thus are we called upon, from a view of our actual situation, from the confidence which we cannot withhold from the many eminent men and patriots who have approved the recent measures of the government, and whose advantages to form a correct judgment are much greater than ours to indulge the belief, that in adopting them the best interests of our country have alone been consulted.
Let us, fellow-citizens, guard against imposture; let us not listen to the syren voice that lures to destruction; but unmindful of clamors, and unmoved by misrepresentations, let us exhibit a dignified submission to such measures as the United wisdom of America has proclaimed to be necessary; and then, and then only shall we be worthy of the high destinies to which, under Heaven, our country will be conducted.
Fellow-Citizens, we live in an eventful period. The United States is the only free country in the world, and the only civilized portion of the globe which is not involved in the horrors of war. How long we shall maintain our elevated rank in the scale of nations; how long we shall set an illustrious example of liberty to the oppressed nations of the earth, is wisely concealed in the inscrutable counsels of Divine Providence; but it is our pre-eminent duty to guard with sacred care, and to defend with fervent zeal, the great inheritance of freedom and happiness which has been acquired and maintained by the swords of our heroes, and the wisdom of our statesmen. And let us show to the world, that in the season of privation, as well as in the period of prosperity, we are not to be terrified by power, nor seduced by artifice, into an abandonment of the duties we owe to ourselves—to our posterity, and to our country.
ALBANY, April 9, 1808.
To the Editor of the AURORA.
SIR—At the particular request of John Agnew, Esq. the chairman of the meeting of the democratic citizens of the county of Adams, held in Gettysburg, upon the 5th of February last—I transmitted a copy of an address to the President of the U. States, agreeably to a resolution adopted by that meeting. To that address, the President has been pleased to return the following reply; which I communicated to the chairman of the aforesaid meeting; and at his request, I forward a copy thereof, to you for publication. Your compliance will confer an obligation on the democratic citizens of Adams county, and on no one more than upon, Yours, respectfully, WM. CRAWFORD.
Adams county, April 5, 1808.
To the democratic citizens of the county of Adams, Pennsylvania.
I see with pleasure, fellow citizens, in your address of February 15, a found recurrence to the first principles on which our government is founded, an examination by that test, of the rights we possess, and the wrongs we have suffered, a just line drawn between a wholesome attention to the conduct of rulers, and a too ready censure of that conduct on every unfounded rumor, between the love of peace and the determination to meet war, when its evils shall be less intolerable, than the wrongs it is meant to correct. With so just a view of principles and circumstances, your approbation of my conduct, under the difficulties which have beset us on every side, is doubly valued by me, and offers high encouragement to a perseverance in my best endeavors for the preservation of your peace, so long as it shall be consistent with the preservation of your rights. When this ceases to be practicable, I feel entire confidence in the arduous exertions, which you pledge in support of the measures which may be called for by the exigencies of the times, and in the known energies and enterprize of our countrymen, in whatsoever direction they are pointed. If these energies are embodied by an union of will, and by a confidence in those who direct it, our nation, so favored in its situation has nothing to fear from any quarter. To that union of effort may our citizens ever rally, minorities falling cordially on the decision of a question, into the ranks of the majority, and bearing always in mind that a nation ceases to be republican, only when the will of the majority ceases to be the law.
I thank you fellow citizens, for the solicitude you kindly express for my future welfare. A retirement from the exercise of my present charge is equally for your good and my own happiness. Gratitude for past favors and affectionate concern for the liberty and prosperity of my fellow citizens will cease but with life to animate my breath. TH: JEFFERSON.
March 20, 1808.
Foreign Intelligence.
It has been suggested in the British House of Commons, that unless the allies of England agree to the Blockading Orders, they could be of no considerable effect, as the Swedish, Sicilian, and Sardinian ports would be entered, from which the continent would supply and be supplied by American vessels.
Counsel in behalf of the London and Liverpool merchants were to be heard at the bar of the House of Commons on the 17th ult. against the Blockading Orders.
LONDON, MARCH 1.
Mr. Whitehead yesterday brought forward his Motion respecting the propriety of opening a Negotiation with France, which was rejected by a large majority.
The rumor of the embargo having been taken off in America, may have been let float with a view to produce some reduction in the price of articles of American produce, which have experienced a most material rise in consequence of the combined operations of our Orders of Council, and the American embargo. Turpentine, which was sold some time since for 13s. per cwt. is now raised to 28s.; Tar, which was at 18s. per bbl. is now up to £2, and on the other articles of American produce, the rise has been nearly 40 per cent.
MARCH 4.
A vast quantity of flour was yesterday entered for the Brazils.—So that this settlement is to be provisioned from England, which we were told by the extravagant pageantry of its importance upon the emigration of the Portuguese Court, was so uncommonly productive, as to be capable of serving as a granary for our West-India Islands.
MARCH 11.
We learn by a letter from Manchester, that a petition for peace, which is intended to be presented to the Legislature has been prepared. It will be referred for signature until Tuesday next. It is already signed by 35,000 inhabitants, principally manufacturers. The number of names, between the interval of the date of the letter, and the day when the petition will be forwarded, in order to be presented to Parliament, will amount it is supposed, to 50,000.
Copies of the Subsidiary Treaty with Sweden were left night before both Houses of Parliament. The amount of the pecuniary aid stipulated is 100,000. monthly, making up the sum of 1,200,000. to be paid within one year from the date of the ratification of the treaty. The contracting Parties bind themselves not to make peace, or enter into negotiation with the common enemy, but with mutual consent. There is a separate article, which leaves an opening for a further arrangement, in the event of Sweden being attacked by any of her immediate neighbors.
Latest FOREIGN.
The ship Ocean captain Bunker, has arrived at New-York in 24 days from Plymouth, England, and captain B. has politely favoured the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with a file of London papers to the 24th of March inclusive.
The trial of Gen. Whitehead had been concluded; but the sentence was not made public. It was understood he was to be severely censured and cashiered.
Lord Colesham was at Syracuse on the 9th of February. The Rochefort and Carthagena Squadrons have not joined, as the latter put into Parma Bay, Majorca, in a gale of wind.
On the 17th Feb (the British cruisers having been blown off the coast of Sicily) the French got down some heavy guns, took possession of Fort Scylla, & made 1000 prisoners.
Russia has declared war against Sweden. The declaration states, that the Emperor of Russia could not remain insensible to the conduct of Great Britain against Denmark. Prussia and Denmark, have also declared war against Sweden.
Hostilities have commenced between the Swedes and Russians, but no general battle has been fought. The Russians in breaking up from their cantonments, endeavoured to penetrate into Finland, be'tween the Gulph of Finland and the Rajana Lake—the Swedish frontiers on that side, not being very strong, the advanced post fell back on the approach of the Russians. The Swedish main army occupied a position at Falstahus. The Russian head quarters on the 4th of March was at Louisa. Whilst the Russians are occupying the Swedish arms on the side of Stania, they must cross from Copenhagen to Elsinore.—The French have not yet entered Zealand, and the preparations at Copenhagen are not completed.
Bonaparte has created several Princes, Dukes,inces, Dukes, Barons, and Knights; all the dignities of the empire have been raised to the rank of Princes, and their eldest sons are to be Dukes.
Baron Jacobs, (the Prussian minister) has returned to England. He failed from Dover on the 18th of March in a flag of truce for Calais, but on his arrival off Calais Pier, the commandant of that would not suffer him to land, or even send on shore a letter for Paris, saying, that his orders were peremptory, not to receive any cartel, or dispatches from England, and that if the cartel came again, it should be fired into without further notice.
Letters from Holland of the 15th, and Paris of the 9th ult. state that Bonaparte had left Paris for Spain, and it was supposed he would fix his residence at Valladolid. A contribution of a million of francs, was to be levied on the people of Holland. Great dissatisfaction was said to prevail in the manufacturing towns, in France, particularly among the cotton factories.
The bill on the subject of the orders in Council had not yet passed both houses of Parliament, and had met with great opposition. The papers are filled with debates on this important subject.
The marquis of Wellesley, has been appointed by the king of G. Britain, secretary for foreign affairs, in the room of Mr. Canning, resigned.
It is said, the first lord of the admiralty is about to retire from his situation, and is to be appointed governor general of India in the room of lord Minto.—It is not yet known who will be his successor at the admiralty board; but the name of lord Melville has been mentioned among others.
The appraised value of the ships and stores brought from Copenhagen, amounts to 4,800,000. Of this 1,200,000. are to be divided among the captors; the residue, we hope, will be applied in aid of the public service. Lord Calthcart and Gambier will share about 40,000. a piece.
Peru appears at this moment to be torn
by civil commotions. The subadior of Lima and the Usonas, have both been renewing their attacks upon Peru: and in December there were commotions in Herat & Karsang.
Letters from Barcelona confirm the news of the arrival of 10,000 French troops. The French are every where occupying the strong garrisons and places in Spain under one pretence or another, and are diffusing themselves all over the kingdom; and, it is said, they are to occupy all the sea ports in Spain.
The French troops at Lisbon, on the 9th ult. amounted to 34,000 men, the weekly mortality was estimated at 30 men.
The British expedition to the Baltic, is countermanded.
The following is from the COURIER, of the 24th of March (a ministerial paper); "Upon the subject of the Embargo, the opposition, contradicting the assertion, that it had been laid on before notice of the orders in Council had reached the U. States, affirm, that the truth turns out to be, that a commercial house in London, had sent intelligence to America of the intention to issue such orders, giving at the same time, an accurate description of their general provisions. This intelligence reached America 6 days before the laying the Embargo, and in all probability was the principal cause of it. Lord Grenville stated this in the House of Lords as a thing generally known, and he challenged ministers, if they doubted the fact, to call the merchant to the bar, who would confirm it on oath."
A gentleman arrived in the Protection, confirms the intelligence of the failure of crops throughout Ireland. Provisions of every description, are extravagantly dear. The Protection literally hurried off on account of a report that an EMBARGO had been laid upon all American vessels in the British dominions. Flaxseed, from 11 to 15 guineas per hoghead. The linen burlaps very much stagnated, and on account of our non-importation act, the sale was very dull.
LONDON, MARCH 19.
Hamburg papers to the 11th inst. inclusive, have been received. From these it appears that the French and Spanish troops have entered Holstein in every direction, not only with the permission, but at the instigation of the Danish government. When the latest accounts left Holstein, they were in possession of all the principal towns, without the exception even of Rendsburg, the residence of the King of Denmark.
Nine sail of the line and four frigates are stated to be fitting out at Flushing with all possible dispatch.
The guards who were ordered to hold themselves in readiness for service in the Baltic, have been countermanded; and it is generally understood that the project of sending an army to Sweden has been relinquished. Several ships will proceed as soon as the wind permits.
Sir James Cockburne will proceed, early in the ensuing month, to take on himself the government of Curacoa.
A Spanish squadron of six sail of the line escaped from Cartahena on the 11th ult. and on the 25th were seen snug in Palma Bay, Majorca.
This interesting intelligence, on which the public may rely, together with the undiscovered position of the Rochefort Squadron, and the reports afloat concerning the Toulon fleet, induce us to apprehend that a grand naval junction of the enemy in the Mediterranean has been for some time meditated.
MARCH 24.
Dispatches were received this morning from Mr. Rose, our minister extraordinary to the United States of America. Their contents have not transpired; but letters from Washington of the 19th ult. state that Mr. Rose has been extremely well received, and was proceeding in his negotiation.
BY THE MAILS.
INFORMATION
For "the first merchant in the United States" CHARLESTON, (S. C.) APRIL 7.
Arrived, brig Millichippi, Anderson, Liverpool, 40 days. On the 25th ult. in lat. 37, long. 67, was boarded by admiral Duckworth's squadron of 5 sail of the line, steering for the western islands, and treated politely. On the 2d inst. Cape Romano distant 10 leagues, was boarded by the Latona frigate, Capt. Woods; the Licut. that boarded, after mustering all the ship's crew and searching the ship fore and aft, took captain Anderson, with captain Monies (a passenger) and four men on board the frigate; captain Woods then found fault with all the ship's papers, said there was too many, and that he supposed they had been made out on the passage by Capt. Anderson. He threatened to detain Capt. Anderson and Capt. Monies, but after detaining them four hours and treating them very roughly, he permitted Capt. A. with his passenger, Capt. M. and two men, to return on board the Millichippi, detaining on board the frigate two men, Henry Neilson and Peter Graham, both native born Americans. Neilson was born and raised in this city; he is an apprentice to Capt. Monies, and has respectable connections now residing in Charleston.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 13, 1808.
Impressed Seamen.
IT has been represented to the Secretary of State, that Nathan Thompson, Thomas Williams, Benjamin Baguel, Joseph Setta, Joseph Cox, Charles Redding, Samuel Henshaw, A. Girdon, Samuel Clapson, William Thompson, John Brant, Thomas Wilson, Matthew Soderburn, F. Race, George Smith, William Bender, Robert McCord, William Price, Henry Muller, David Porter, Benjamin Young, Charles Anderson, Isaac Gaines, Thomas Cook, Wm. Jones, John Galaway, Peter Lewis, Thomas Marcumber, John McEville, Daniel M. Hogan, James Bogg, William Tiel, John Jafon, James Carney, John Lemont, William Lindsey, Nicholas Miller, John Porter, Peter Murphy, James Peterson, John Skinner, Thomas Allen, Christopher Styron, J. C. Breckett, John Swaine, John Jarvis, William A. Jennings, Theodore Young, James Hoyt, Joseph Rossey, John Till, Joseph Haffwell, and John Williams, who call themselves American citizens, have been impressed and are now detained in the British service. The friends of these men are hereby notified that upon their transmitting to this Department, proof of the citizenship, together with the description of the persons of the above named seamen, measures will be taken to procure their discharge.
Department of State, April 13, 1808.

National Legislature.
TENTH CONGRESS.—FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16.
The house met at nine o'clock, and after reading the journal, adjourned till 12 o'clock, in order to attend the funeral of Mr. Crowninshield.
The House met again at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Quincy presented petitions respecting the operation of the Embargo in relation to fish.—Referred to the committee of the whole, to whom the subject had been referred.
A bill from the Senate to continue in force for a further time an act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the harbors of the United States, and the waters under their jurisdiction, was read three times and passed without a division.
The House took up the amendments of the Senate to the bill concerning public contracts.
After considerable discussion on various amendments, some of which were withdrawn, and others less important agreed to, the House concurred in the amendments proposed by the Senate.—Yeas 59.
The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, 44 to 38, on the bill for arming the whole body of the Militia of the United States.
Mr. Randolph moved to fill the blank in the bill (the sum to be annually appropriated for this purpose) with one million of dollars.
After some debate the committee rose without taking a question, and debate arising on the question whether the committee have leave to sit again, and a quorum not appearing within the bar, a motion was made that the House adjourn, and agreed to.
MONDAY, APRIL 18.
Mr. Dana reported a bill concerning associations for the security of navigation—and a bill for the encouragement and security of seamen of the United States, which were twice read and referred to a committee of the whole.
The engrossed bill for continuing in force an act for extending jurisdiction to certain state judges and state courts, and the bill for the relief of Matthias Smith and Darius Gates, were read the third time and passed.
The House then took up the unfinished business of Saturday, on the bill for arming the whole body of the Militia; and the committee obtained leave to sit again.
The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Ayes 49—Mr. Detha in the chair, on the bill.
Several questions on the different sums having been taken, the sum of 200,000 dollars was agreed to, 46 to 36.
On motion of Mr. Rhea, a new section was added to the bill directing these arms to be distributed to the governments of the different states and territories, according to the number of their militia respectively.
The committee then rose and reported the bill as amended, Ayes 64.
The House concurred in the sum reported by the committee, 51 to 27.
The question was then taken on the passage of the bill to a third reading, Yeas 54, Nays 33.
A bill from the Senate authorizing the President of the U. S. under certain contingencies to suspend the operation of the act laying an embargo, with the several acts supplementary thereto, was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole.
Mr. G. W. Campbell from the committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill for the support of an additional military force for the year 1808. Twice read and committed.
TUESDAY, APRIL 19.
The bill for arming the whole body of the Militia of the U. S. was read the third time and passed.—Yeas 53, Nays 22.
A short time after eleven the House went into committee of the whole on the bill, from the Senate, authorizing the President of the U. S. under certain contingencies to suspend the act laying an embargo.
After a wide discussion and the proposition of various amendments, all of which were negatived, the committee rose and reported the bill without amendment; when after further discussion, and the rejection of numerous amendments offered, the final question was taken at half past 5 o'clock on the passage of the bill.—Yeas 60, Nays 38.
SENATE.—APRIL 19.
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to suspend the operation of the act prohibiting the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise, and the acts supplementary thereto, was read a third time and passed.
APRIL 20.
On motion of Mr. White, Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the President of the U. States to have manned and equipped for service, with all convenient dispatch, the frigates and other vessels of war of the U. States, to be used, as in his opinion, the circumstances of the country, and the conduct of foreign powers towards the United States may require.—A committee was thereupon appointed to bring in a bill conformably to this resolution.
The bill entitled "A bill in addition to the act, entitled "An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports & harbors of the United States," and the several acts supplementary thereto; and for other purposes," was read the third time and passed.
MEDICAL.
THE Fellows of the New Hampshire Medical Society, are informed, that the annual meeting of said society will be held at the house of Thomas Folsom, inn holder in Exeter, on the last Wednesday of May instant, at 10 o'clock A. M.
I. SPALDING, Secretary.
Portsmouth, May 3, 1808.
TO BE SOLD
SIXTY Acres of excellent LAND, within one mile of the State House, in lots of six and ten Acres each, as may suit the purchasers—Enquire of
Samuel Sherburne.
Portsmouth, May 2, 1808.
Portsmouth,
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1808.
FROM TRINIDAD.
A very destructive FIRE took place at Trinidad, on the 24th of March, in which it was computed that four hundred and thirty Buildings were consumed, including Stores, containing nearly the whole stock of provisions on the Island, and a great proportion of the domestic produce prepared for exportation. The distress which followed was extreme. Flour was at 25 dollars per barrel, beef, 25, and pork 35. An order has been passed, to continue 4 months, to permit the importation and exportation of any articles in British and neutral vessels, free of duty.
[Boston paper.]
A report prevails in Holland, that Napoleon contemplated to establish a King at Jerusalem immediately, and that the court of Constantinople had shown no opposition to the plan. It is not known what purpose this report is to serve in the present state of affairs in Europe. The disposition of the troops in Dalmatia appeared to be for Asia, but it was said for India.
His Holiness, Pope Pius VII, has protested against the presence of a French military force in his Capital. He advises his subjects to submission. It is reported that his Holiness would retire into a convent, as all opposition would be in vain.
It is insinuated that a great Russian and French army were on their march to India. But not a single circumstance yet appears to determine in what place this army was assembled, or in what order it had marched. Yet it must be confessed that great care is taken to conceal all military operations.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Georgia, dated March 14, 1808.
"The embargo has had its effect on the citizens of mobile and Pensacola. They are almost in a state of starvation. Corn is four dollars per bushel—bacon 50 cents per pound—hogs lard one dollar per quart—fowls 9 dollars per dozen. What they will do by summer if the embargo continues, I cannot say."
Extract of a letter from the American Consul at St. Lucar, received, via Boston, dated 22d February.
"The George Augustus, and the Swift, (American vessels) have been detained under the late Decree of the Emperor Napoleon, for 10 days, and an order for the liberation has just arrived—the former vessel has since arrived at Boston."
CONGRESS.—The latest information from Congress is to April 22. The Senate had passed bills authorizing the President to equip all our national vessels—authorizing the President to suspend the non-importation law—a 4th Embargo Act—and a bill to adjourn Congress to the first Monday in November. The House had not decided on the three first. They had passed the last—They had also passed an act making appropriations for the new troops ordered to be raised.—A resolve passed directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress all sums drawn from the Treasury, and not accounted for.
STATE OF VERMONT.
General Assembly, Nov. 9. 1807.
Whereas it becomes the interest of the good people of this and the United States, as far as possible to encourage domestic manufactures, and more especially when the peace of this country is threatened by the nation with whom we have the greatest commercial intercourse; and whereas the most ready method of introducing such manufactures will be to take proper measures to make them fashionable.—Therefore,
Resolved, The Governor and Council concurring herein, that it be recommended to the Governor, members of the Council, and House of Representatives, to appear at the next session of the Legislature, clothed in the manufactures of this or some of the United States.
Another Complaint.—Congress is now censured by the federalists for vesting in the President power to raise the Embargo during the recess, if the conduct of either of the belligerents should in his judgment render it necessary.—What step could be more proper? And yet, like every other measure of the Government, it is censured!
The nation would not consent that Congress should repeal the acts laying an Embargo. What then was to be done?
Suppose Congress had adjourned without vesting the power in the President—what would have been said?—That before the next session, peace may be concluded between England and France—that without peace, the Embargo may compel both nations to relinquish their Decrees and Orders, and that yet through want of provisional power in the executive to raise it during the recess, it must be continued until Congress can be convened. This would have been said, and justly. In truth, do what they may, Congress can do nothing to please the opposition. [Watch Tower.]
John Smith, the guilty agent and companion of the arch-villain Burr, is suffered to hold a seat in the Senate of the United States—to pollute with his presence the purity of the National Councils! The vote upon the question of expulsion, will be found in our last Gazette. NINETEEN were in favor of expelling him, (and among them the independent Adams,) and ten—with shame and sorrow for our country be it spoken—ten were in favor of his retaining his seat. One vote more would have made two thirds against him, and he would have been expelled. Among these ten was found the name of Timothy Pickering. [Worcester Reg.]
FIFES and DRUMS
Best black ebony & satin-wood Fifes; excellent Drums, and Music Books—For sale at C. PEIRCE's bookstore.
The funeral subsequent to the interment of the remains of JOHN WENDELL, Esq. deceased, will be performed this afternoon, at 4 o'clock.—The procession will proceed from his late dwelling-house in Gate-street, where all his relations and friends are requested to attend without further invitation.
.....DIED.....
In Walpole, (N.H.) Dr. Francis Kittridge, aged 80.
In Orange, Wid. Dorothy Goddard, aged 90.
In Boston, Dr. Thomas Hunt, aged 45.
Mr. Jesse Brown and Mr. Nathan Poff, were drowned at the falls of Onion river, Vt. Mr. Poff was endeavoring to save Mr. Brown, when they went over the falls together.
Serena Parker Johnson,
INFORMS the inhabitants of Portsmouth, that she has commenced her SCHOOL for MISSES in Daniel-street, agreeably to a notice given in a former advertisement, and that she still continues to receive Misses, and instruct them in Reading, Writing, English Grammar, and Composition, together with the useful and ornamental branches of Needlework. N.B. Miss Johnson can accommodate twenty Misses, if application is made at Mr. Butler Abbot's in Congress-street, or at her School in Daniel-street, by the 20th inst. May 3, 1808.
Cheap & Good Fashionable GOODS,
Suitable for the approaching Season, which are offered for Sale for Cash, and Cash only, at the Store No. 10, Market-street, by
Edw'd Parry,
Among which are to be found, 2000 yards of Superfine black, blue, mixt, brown, corbeau and other fashionable colour'd Broad Cloths and Cassimeres; 1560 yards Flannels and Baizes of all colours; 850 yards of best black, olive, and other fashionable colour'd Velvets, Corderoys & Thicksetts; 1000 yards twill'd Nankeenets and cotton Cassimeres; 750 yards Jean and Marcellais waistcoating of the newest fashion; 5000 yards fashionable Chintzes; 1700 yds. plumb, slate and other fashionable colour'd Cambricks for gowns, etc.; 500 yards copperplate Furnitures; 750 yards pink, plaid and dark Ginghams; 500 yards plain, changeable, plaid cotton Chambray; 380 yards elegant silk Chambray; 500 yards common and best cambrick Dimities; 350 yards tambor sprig'd Mullins; 400 yards lace cambrick Mullins; 250 yds. plain white cambrick Mullins; 100 yards leno Mullins; 200 yards sprig'd and dotted book Mullins; 170 yards plain book Mullins; 250 patent sprig'd muslin Caps; 300 patent sprig'd muslin Shirtecs and Hks.; 250 yds. lace muslin Trimmings; 2000 pieces India yellow Nankins; 4000 pieces India Cottons; 2000 yards India cotton Checks; 800 yards English cotton & linen check and striped Cottons; 1000 yards black, purple, blue, pink and slate colour'd Durants and Tammys; 800 yards Russells and Callimancoes; 700 yards Shallons of all colours; 1000 yards Irish Linens; 500 yards British cotton Shitings; 200 yards Diapers and table Linen; 500 yards brown Linens; 250 elegant muslin and cambrick Shawls; 300 black, white & colour'd camels hair Shawls; 250 chintz and chambray cotton Shawls; 150 damask and fancy silk Shawls and Handks.; 650 yards blk. and colour'd Lustings and Satins; 1200 yards broad and narrow brack, silk Laces and Edgings; 1000 yards best French and English white silk Laces and Edgings; 600 yards white thread and cotton gown Trimmings.
Large assortment of
Artificial Wreaths & Flowers; 150 yards best colour'd Crapes; 10,000 yards assorted fashionable Ribbons; 100 pair ladies white, black, slate and rose colour'd silk Hose; 200 pair ladies white, nankin and slate coloured cotton Hose; 150 pair gentlemen's white and coloured cotton Hose, 100 pair worsted ditto; 250 pair black, white and coloured silk Gloves and Mitts; 200 pair long and short women's kid Gloves; 150 pair men's beaver, thread and cotton Gloves; 200 sets of Knives and Forks; 8000 dozen Coat and Vest Buttons, new fashion; 250 Men's assorted Beaver Hats; 150 Youth's and Men's Hats, with many other articles—all of which will be sold Cheap,—and great Bargains will be allowed to those who will make large purchasers.
Edward Parry, requests all those who are indebted to him either by note or account, to make immediate payment, particularly those that have been more than three months standing, and those that have an account against him, are requested to call and receive their pay, at his Store, No. 10, Market-street. Portsmouth, May 3, 1808.
At a meeting of the committee of the subscribers for re-building St. John's Church, held on Thursday the 28th of April, 1808—
VOTED, that an assessment (being the twelfth,) of Fifty five dollars on each and every share, be and is hereby made; payable to the agents, or their order, on or before the twelfth day of May next. Attest, WILLIAM GARDNER, Chairman
War Department,
April 13, 1808.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
THAT separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the Department of war, until 12 o'clock, at noon of Monday the 20th of June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October 1808 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1810, within the states, territories and districts following, viz.
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chickago and in their immediate vicinities, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the Territory of Michigan.
2nd, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
3d, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Ohio and the Indiana and Louisiana territories, except Fort Wayne and Chickago and their immediate vicinities.
4th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the Mississippi and Orleans territories.
Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January 1809 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1810 within the several states following, viz.
5th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the district of Maine, and state of New-Hampshire.
6th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Vermont.
7th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield excepted.
8th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
9th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
10th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New Jersey.
11th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Pennsylvania.
12th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Maryland and Delaware.
13th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia.
14th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of North Carolina.
15th, At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of South Carolina.
16th, At Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the limits of the state of Georgia.
17th, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of January 1809 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1810.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chickago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the U. S. shall be paid by the U. S. at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the U. S. of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN,
Secretary of War.
[April 15.—6w.]
Rockingham, ss. To be Sold at public Vendue at the dwelling-house of Thomas Farns, Esq. innholder in Deerfield in said county, by virtue of a licence from the Judge of Probate for said county, on the seventeenth day of May next, at two of the clock in the afternoon, About forty acres of Land in
the town of Brookfield, in the county of Strafford—being part of the lot numbered fifty-three, drawn to the original right of John Cook, and now belongs to the estate of Nath'l White, late of said Deerfield, Esq. deceased. RICHARD JENNESS, Adm r . Deerfield, April 28, 1808.
AUCTION.—TO-MORROW,
To be sold at Public
Auction on Wednesday the 4th day of May next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. at the meeting-house belonging to the north or first parish in Portsmouth, the following pews in said house, for the taxes due thereon for the year 1807, unless prevented by previous payment.—viz—
On the lower floor, No 5, 10 dolls. 45 cents; 1/2 No 10, 5 dolls. 22 cents.
In the lower gallery, No 26, 3 dolls. 8 cents; No 36, 3 dolls. 50 cents; No 41, 3 dolls. 30 cents.
JOSEPH AKERMAN, Jr. Parish Collector. Portsmouth, April 12, 1808.
PEWS in St. John's Church.
On Thursday 19th of May inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Will be sold at St. John's Church, at Public Auction, all the PEWS in said Church.—Conditions to be made known at the sale, S. LARKIN, Auctioneer.
The delinquent Proprietors will please to take notice, that by an unanimous vote of the subscribers at their meeting held 28th ult. payment of the arrearages due on assessments, will be coerced unless immediately discharged. Portsmouth, May 3, 1808.
Division Orders.
THE Major General of the first Division of Militia in the State of New-Hampshire, impressed with the importance of a well organized Militia at all times, and more especially in times of danger, and willing to convince the enemies of our Country that the Militia, when well armed and disciplined, is our pride and bulwark—that it is not a dead body, but a living and efficient defence,—He therefore considers it his duty to order out the division which he has the honor to command, to appear in Battalions, that a full inspection and complete return may be made to him;—and he hereby directs and orders the commanding officers of each regiment in his division to make return to him of the number of their Men, Arms and accoutrements, that he may be enabled to make an accurate return of the same, when required by the Captain General.
The Major General has strong confidence in the promptitude and alacrity of all his Officers & Soldiers, to yield ready obedience to his orders, and he trusts that the plea of not being fully Officered, will not prevent any of the Battalions or Companies from appearing agreeably to this order, as the senior officer in such cases must take the command.—The first Battalion in each of said Regiments is hereby ordered to parade for Exercise, &c. on the 25th day of May next, and the second Battalion on the day following at some convenient place within their respective battalions.
By order of the Major General of the first Division, DAN'L FLYMER, Aid de Camp to Gen. HENRY BUTLER. April 23, 1808.
REMOVAL.
WM. R. HARDY, Tailor, INFORMS the public that he has Removed to the chamber over Mr. Edw'd Parry's store in Market-street, where he will attend to his friends in the line of his profession. N.B. Broad-Cloths, Cassimeres fancy Velvets, &c. for sale as above. Portsmouth, May 3, 1808.
Thomas Morton,
HAS removed to his new store, west end of the Court-house, on the south side of Congress-street, Portsmouth parade, lately occupied by Mr. S. Newhall, where will be kept constantly for sale, a general assortment of articles in the West India Goods & Grocery Line, among which, are
Teas, Wines and Spirits, of every kind, rose and cinamon Cordials per measure; West India do. various kinds, per bottle; draught and bottled Porter of a superior quality; Loaf, India, Havana, and Brown Sugars; Pepper; Spices various kinds; Lemons and Oranges; fresh box and cask Raisins; Almonds; mould and dipp Candles; Spermaceti Oil; Sweet Oil in flasks; Indigo; Rice; Flower and Cotton; real Spanish, Baltimore and Boston Cigars—Also, many other articles, too numerous for an advertisement—All which he warrants to be as good and as cheap as can be bought in town, and if any of the above articles should prove on trial different from what they are recommended, they will be taken back and the money returned.
Said Morton mixes and retails Liquors and Wines of all kinds, to suit those who may please to call, as good, and at about half the price that is charged at any public house in town. And his store is so calculated that people who wish to be by themselves, can be handsomely accommodated.
Attendance from sun-rise until 9 o'clock evening. All favors thankfully received. Portsmouth, May 3.
I. L. CROSS,
Respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has taken the store at the corner on Spring Hill, lately occupied by Mr. Ebenezer Chadwick, where he offers for sale on the best terms for cash, or short approved credit, a complete assortment of
W. I. Goods & Groceries;
Also, Country produce, viz. Wheat, Rye, Corn, Beans, Peas, Grass-seed, &c. with a few Bbls. excellent Cramberries—Has also a consignment of a few boxes Spanish Cigars, which will be sold very low by the box, or otherwise. May 3, 1808.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having been duly appointed administrator on the goods and estate of GIFT HUNT, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, and having taken upon himself that trust and given bond as the law directs, calls upon all persons having demands against said estate, to exhibit the same for settlement, and upon all indebted to it, to make payment,—and all persons having in their possession any property, papers or securities for money, belonging to said estate, are hereby notified and required immediately to deliver up the same to said administrator, otherwise the effectual measures pointed out by the law will be taken to obtain them. JOHN GIBSON, Administrator. Portsmouth, April 26, 1808.

Miscellaneous Repository.
THE PLOUGHMAN'S DITTY.
Because I'm but poor, And slender my store, That I've nothing to lose is the cry;
Tho' my house is but small, Yet to have none at all Would fure be a greater distress, fir;
On Saturday night, 'Tis fill my delight, With my wagers to run home the faster;
With the Laws of my guard, My Cottage is barr'd, 'Tis safe in the light or the dark;
My Cot is my Throne, What I have is my own, And what is my own I will keep;
REMARK WORTHY OF ATTENTION.
Amidst all the vices and all the enormities of the Algerine Turks (a people distinguished for violence and rapacity, and almost every species of cruelty) some good qualities are observable.
When will this be said, even of men who glory in their superior light & information?
On MONDAY 23d, May next, at 12 o'clock,
(If not previously disposed of at private Sale.)
Will be Sold at AUCTION—
A COMMODIOUS and roomy Dwelling-House, pleasantly situated at the head of Vaughan-street, having on the first floor, a handsome dining room, parlour, two kitchens, pantry and sink room; an excellent cellar, and smoke house, and the Aqueduct in the cellar and sink room;
particulars enquire of
April 26. S. LARKIN, Auct.
Public Auction at Chester.
BY virtue of an order from the Honorable Nathaniel Rogers, Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, State of Newhampshire, granted to the subscribers, executors of the last will and testament of TIMOTHY DEXTER, late of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, merchant, deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that all the real estate which belonged to the late TIMOTHY DEXTER, aforesaid, lying in Chester, State of Newhampshire, will be sold at Public Auction, on Thursday the fifth day of May next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, consisting of a lot of land of one acre and an half with the buildings thereon, viz.—a large convenient Dwelling-house, two stories high, four rooms on a floor, well built and finished, an excellent cellar under the whole, with two good arches under the chimneys—a large and convenient Stable and Shed, with a yard paved with flat stones, a Wood-house & Barn with a good well of water near the house.
Also, A Pew on the broad side in the Rev. Mr. Bradstreet's meeting-house, which is within a quarter of a mile of the estate aforesaid,—and a good Hay-scale near the dwelling-house.
The above estate is very pleasantly situated for a gentleman's seat, a trader, or taverner, and was formerly owned by Mr. Tappan Webster, who built the house.
Sale to be on the premises, when the conditions will be made known.
ENOCH TITCOMB, NATHAN HOYT, Executors. Newburyport, 13th Jan. 1808.
Gentlemen's Silk HATS.
MARY BRYANT, HAS a neat assortment of Silk HATS, purchasers are requested to call and look at them. April 5.
Garden Seeds
A general assortment of GARDEN SEEDS, kept constantly for sale at C. PEIRCE'S
Book-store, Daniel-street, Portsmouth.
Letter and Writing Papers,
At C. PEIRCE'S Book-store.
LETTER PAPERS 25 cts. 31 cts. 37 cts. at 42 cts. 50 cts. and 62 cts. per quire, or at a reduced price per ream.
WRITING PAPERS 20 cts. 25; 34; 50; 75 per quire; by the ream at a lower rate.
RAGS.
Cash given for RAGS, at the store of C. PEIRCE.
GOODS THAT ARE NEW.
JUST RECEIVED AT DRAPER'S
CHEAP NEW CASH STORE, A great variety of New and Seasonable, Fancy and Staple GOODS;—
LADIES Fawn colour'd Beaver Bonnets; Rich white Sattins; pink and white Crapes; Thread and Cotton Laces and Edgings; Rich patch Furniture Chintzes; Picnic and Lace Gloves and Mitts; Ladies habit Kid and Silk Gloves; 6-4 Twilled Cambricks, fashionable colours; Ladies Mantles with Sattin borders; 6-4 Damask Silk Shawls; Plaid Ginghams and Chambra Muslins; Ladies angola Gloves; Men's Beaver ditto; Black and colour'd Bombazettes.
A great variety of Silk Velvets and Plushes; Black and coloured Tabby Velvets; Scarlet and green pelice Flannels; Florence black Lute strings; black Modes; India black Lute strings and Sattins; black Crapes; 6-4 Twilled Cotton Shawls, fancy colours; Ladies Rose colored silk Hose, very nice; Gentlemen's black and white silk do.; Black Cambricks, Calicoes & Chintzes; Men's Beaver Hats of the best quality; Irish Linens; English and country Diapers; Bandanna and Madras Handkerchiefs; 4-4, 5-4 and 6-4 Oil Cloths; Italian black sewing Silks; India Calicoes; Silk and Cotton Umbrellas; Ladies straw Hats and Bonnets; Leghorn Straw Flats; Variety of MUFFS and TIPPLETS; a large supply of India Cottons; Blue India Cottons; Broad-Cloths and Cassimeres; and a general supply of WOOLLEN GOODS. Feb. 2.
WANTED an active LAD from 13 to 15 years old, as an apprentice to the Painting business—enquire of Henry Bufford. March 29.
Wanted, two active Lads from 14 to 16 years of age, as apprentices to the Baking business. Apply to ROBERT SMITH.
NOTICE is hereby given,
that so much of each of the following original proprietors rights of land in the town of ORANGE, in the county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, viz—the rights of Isaac Fellows, Roswell Morgan, Daniel Foster, Rev. Abiel Leonard, Ebenezer Craft, George Hodges, Andrew Spalding, Oliver Spalding, Daniel Warner, Esq. and Daniel Rindge, Esq.—will be exposed for sale at public vendue at my dwelling house in said Orange on the 13th day of July next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as will raise the sum of two dollars on each of said rights with all legal costs; and also on the following right, one dollar and fifty cents, viz. Rev. Abiel Leonard,—unless said sale is prevented by previous payment, for collection of two proprietary taxes voted at legal meetings of said proprietors on the 19th day of September A.D. 1804, and on the 12th day of August, 1807; said taxes were each of them duly assessed and committed to me to collect, and I have advertised for payment for each of them, as the law directs.
THOMAS WOOD, Proprietors Collector. Orange, March 16, 1808.
The subscriber in-
forms the public, that he has lately opened a TAVERN in this town near the Bell Tavern in the House lately occupied by Mr. BENJAMIN HILL, and likewise for BOARDING—He flatters himself that such attention will be paid as will be acceptable to his customers. GILMAN FOLSOM. Portsmouth, April 16, 1808.
NOTICE is hereby given
that the subscribers have been duly appointed Executors of the last Will and Testament of
ICHABOD WEEKS,
late of Greenland in the county of Rockingham, physician, deceased, and have taken upon them that trust by giving bonds as the law directs—All persons having demands upon the estate of said deceased are requested to exhibit them; and all persons indebted to said estate are called upon to make payment to
BRACKETT WEEKS, } Executors. and STEPHEN M. WEEKS. Greenland, April 20, 1808.
State of New-Hampshire, Grafton ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of ORANGE, who have not paid their county, town, school, and highway taxes for the year 1807; that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, and incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 19th day of July next, at my dwelling-house in said Orange, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
Table with 5 columns: Grantee Names, Number, Acres, County tax, School tax. Lists tax payments for various individuals like Daniel Rindge, Samuel Emerson, etc.
REAL SHAKER Garden Seeds
Warranted of the last year's growth, and best quality,—just received and for sale at THOMAS & TAPPAN'S Bookstore. Portsmouth, April 26.
NOTICE. Benjamin Floyd,
INFORMS his friends and the public that he still carries on the BOOK-BINDING Business in all its various branches, at his Bindery over Mr. Nathan B. Folsom's opposite the Court-house, Congress-street.
Account and Record Books of all sizes, ruld and bound to any pattern; all kinds of Binding in morocco or calf, gilt or plain. He would recommend to all persons who have old Books in their Houses (as there must be great numbers in this town, sufficient to employ the subscriber considerable time) to collect, and send them to the above Bindery, to be made new, for one third the cost of new ones.—There is an opportunity now offers to encourage a Mechanic, these hard times, as every little helps.
He flatters himself that his work will be done equal to any in Boston or other places, and the smallest favours thankfully acknowledged. Portsmouth, April 26, 1808.
FOR SALE BY Jos. & Benjn Swett,
In the store opposite Messrs. N. A. & F. Haven's, 20 hlds. Retailing SUGARS, 15 bbls. ditto, 10 hlds. RUM, 10,000 lbs. Carolina COTTON, of superior quality. Portsmouth, April 26, 1808.
TO LET.
HALF of a convenient two story HOUSE in Washington-street; also, an apartment in Congress-street, suitable for a writing office, or mechanic. Inquire of G. F. OSBORNE, Washington-street. April 26, 1808.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
AT a meeting of the Board of Health of the town of Portsmouth, held April 14th, the following rules and regulations were adopted, which are to take effect after twenty days from their publication, agreeably to a law of this state passed in June, 1799, (together with an additional act passed in June, 1803) entitled an act empowering the inhabitants of the town of Portsmouth to appoint Health Officers, and for preventing nuisances in said town.
As every individual must consider himself interested in the preservation of Health in the town; the Board presume the acknowledgment thereof will be discovered, by readily aiding in the execution of, and in conforming to said rules and regulations.
ART. 1. Waste water of houses, yards, &c. shall be directly conveyed into a sewer, or vault.
ART. 2. No person shall be allowed to throw any dead animal, or offals of animals, or any vegetable matter into any street, alley or dock, or upon any wharf, but shall bury, or throw them into the river beyond low water mark.
ART. 3. The Board do order all sellers of fish at the Markets in this town, not to leave the offals of fish in any street, lane, alley, or any dock, or upon any wharf; but that these be thrown into the river beyond low water mark.
ART. 4. Persons vending meat at the stalls, shall not be allowed to leave any offals of animals over night:—Persons vending vegetables, in or around any of the markets, shall not be suffered to leave any refuse thereof, but shall deposit it in some place directed for nuisances generally.
ART. 5. The contents of vaults and privies too near the surface, must be removed.
ART. 6. The offals of animals must be removed from slaughter-houses, and the yards connected therewith, once in twenty-four hours.
The Board give notice that
neglect in complying with the above rules and regulations will be prosecuted as the law directs. Portsmouth April 23, 1808.
BENJAMIN SHERBURNE, } Health Committee. JAMES H. PIERREPONT, } SAMUEL JONES, }
State of New-Hampshire,—Rockingham ss.
We the Subscribers two of the Justices of the Peace, and of the Quorum, within and for said county, do hereby approve of the foregoing rules and regulations.—Witness our hands the 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1808.
SAMUEL PENHALLOW, R. CUTTS SHANNON.
Piscataqua Missionary Society.
THE Members of the Piscataqua Missionary Society are hereby notified, that their annual meeting, agreeably to charter and act of Incorporation, will be held in Portsmouth on the first Wednesday of May next, at 10 o'clock A.M. That a sermon will be preached in the afternoon or evening, and at the close of the exercises an opportunity will be given to contribute in aid of the pious and charitable designs of the Institution. JOSEPH BUCKMINSTER, Secretary. April 26, 1808.
THE Subscribers being appointed by the
Hon. Stephen Thacher, Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of York, commissioners to receive, examine and adjust all the claims of the creditors to the Estate of JOEL FERNALD, late of Kittery, in said county, blacksmith, deceased, represented insolvent; do hereby give notice that six months are allowed to said creditors to bring in and prove their respective claims; and that we shall attend said service at the dwelling-house of Capt. Enach H. Lewis, in said Kittery, on the first Mondays in May next and the five following months, from three to five o'clock P.M. on each of said days. WILLIAM CUTTS, } Commissioners. ELIAS MAIN, } Kittery, April 19th, 1808.
John Connor's Estate.
THE Subscriber being appointed administrator de bonis non, upon the Estate of JOHN CONNOR, late of Exeter, yeoman, deceased, requests all who have demands upon, or are indebted to said estate, to call on him, the said administrator and settle immediately. DAVID SANBORN. Exeter, April 20th, 1808.
Mr. Charles Taft.
HAVING commenced his Academy for the instruction of Young Ladies, at that commodious room recently occupied by the Rev'd Mr. Alden, informs the inhabitants of Portsmouth and its vicinity, that he will continue to receive Pupils for the several branches of Education, viz. Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Composition, &c. Those Parents, who would avail themselves of the present opportunity, will please to make early application. Portsmouth, April 19, 1808.
The Preceptor flatters himself, that, by his unremitting endeavours to impress on the minds of his Pupils, not only the principles and use of Science, but those of morality and virtue, he shall meet the approbation and acceptance of his generous Patrons. Portsmouth, April 19, 1808.
EDUCATION.
MRS. HART informs Parents, that she continues to receive YOUNG LADIES for the purpose of Instruction in the following branches of EDUCATION, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography & use of the Globes, Embroidery, Plain and fancy needle works, Drawing, Painting, &c. March 22, 1808.
Quaker Garden Seeds.
WM. WALKER has received one case containing an assortment of real Quaker Garden Seeds raised at Canterbury and warranted of the last years growth,—which are for sale at No 1, Bow-street—Also as usual, English, Dutch & American Gunpowder, Patent Shot, West India GOODS, GROCERIES, &c. &c. April 12, 1808.
NOTICE is hereby given,
that MARY MOORE has been duly appointed administratrix of the estate of
SAMUEL MOORE,
late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust by giving bonds as the law directs:—All persons having demands on the estate of the said deceased, are required to exhibit them, and those who are indebted to said estate are called upon to make immediate payment to
WILLIAM WALKER, Attorney to MARY MOORE, Administratrix.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Alexandria as originally granted, now called Alexandria and Danbury, situate in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, that each and every lot and half lot of land which are called one draft, situate in said township of Alexandria and Danbury, allotted and let to the rights of the following original grantees, as will pay a tax of Three Dollars on each lot and each half lot which are called one draft, with incidental charges will be sold to the highest bidder on Monday the twenty seventh day of June next at ten of the clock A.M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of David Atwood, innholder in said Alexandria, in the county and State aforesaid, if payment be not previously made to me at my dwelling-house in Alexandria in the aforesaid county and State; which sum was voted by the proprietors of Alexandria and Danbury at their meeting on the twenty-fifth day of September, A.D. 1806, to pay the expense of lotting land and other proprietary expenses, and also to refit an encroachment which New-Chester has made on said township—which has been assessed and committed to me to collect, with a warrant annexed, and by me advertised for payment, and still unpaid. The original grantees names and lots and half lots called drafts are as follows, to wit:
Table with 3 columns: Proprietors & Owners of Lands, No. of the Draft, No. of Acres. Lists original grantees like John Moffet Esq., Thomas Packer Esq., etc.
John Connor's Estate.
THE Subscriber being appointed administrator de bonis non, upon the Estate of JOHN CONNOR, late of Exeter, yeoman, deceased, requests all who have demands upon, or are indebted to said estate, to call on him, the said administrator and settle immediately. DAVID SANBORN. Exeter, April 20th, 1808.
Drawing School.
G. DAME'S
SCHOOL for Drawing & Painting will be opened on Monday the 2d of May next, at the Assembly Room, at 2 o'clock, P.M. where those young LADIES who wish to take lessons, will please to attend. April 19.
Now landing from Feb'r Scythians
and to be sold by
NATH'L ADAMS & SONS,
Superfine & common
FLOUR; Leaf, fig and Ladies fine twill TOBACCO,—and Richmond COALS of very superior quality. April 19, 1808.
Fresh Garden Seeds.
JACOB WENDELL,
Has just received at his store in Bow-street, on Church-hill, an excellent assortment of Real Shaker GARDEN SEEDS, warranted to be of the last years growth—viz.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Lists items like Drumhead, Low Dutch, Cabbages, Blood red Beet, etc.
Pork, Hogs-lard, excellent
Butter, white Beans, yellow & green Peas, Rye, Oats, a small quantity of good Cheese, Cod and Pollock Fish, Fine Salt, mens thick Boots, mens, womens, boys and childrens Leather Shoes, best Sperm Oil, Teas, Spirits, and a general assortment of W. I. GOODS & GROCERIES as usual.
TO BE SOLD.
At PUBLIC VENDUE, on Monday the 9th of May next, (if not previously disposed of at private sale.)
That valuable lot of
LAND, with the Buildings thereon in Rocheseter, formerly the property of Wm. & G. Dame, and now occupied by the Rev'd Joseph Haven.
Sale on the premises, to commence at 12 o'clock, terms liberal, may be known by applying to EBENEZER CHADWICK or GEO. DAME, of Portsmouth. April 16th, 1808.
State of New-Hampshire,—Grafton ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of PLYMOUTH, in said county, who have not paid their State, county, town, school and highway taxes for the year 1806; that unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber, on or before the 15th day of June next, so much of their land as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said Plymouth, at ten o'clock, A.M. on said day.
All in the last Division of land in said Plymouth.
Table with 5 columns: Proprietors & Owners of Lands, No. of the Draft, No. of Acres, Quantity, Value. Lists tax payments for individuals like James Underwood, Samuel Thompson, etc.
To the Gazette patrons.—
Our country friends are informed that the 17th April, 1808—has arrived, and completes three years since the present proprietors of the N. H. GAZETTE have been at the expence of printing and publishing said paper; and we would now ask, whether the labourer is not worthy of his hire?—As we anticipate from every honest man, an answer in the affirmative;—we will only add, pay that thou owest unto us, that we may be enabled to "do likewise." EDITORS.