The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1803-03-01 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
“By adopting REPUBLICANISM for our Polar Star, we shall endeavor to our countrymen the true principles of their Constitution, and promote an union of sentiment and of action, equally auspicious to their happiness and safety.”
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL S. & W. PEIRCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS a commission of bankruptcy is awarded & issued forth against JOHN MAN, of Portsmouth, in the District of New-Hampshire, merchant, and he being declared a bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to us the undersigned commissioners, on the third, fifteenth and twenty-ninth days of March next at eleven o'clock in the forenoon on each day, at the office of CHARLES CURTS, Esq. in said Portsmouth, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects, when & where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the second meeting to choose Assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the creditors are to assent to, or dissent from the allowance of his certificate; all persons indebted to said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the said commissioners shall appoint.
JOHN GODDARD, JOHN M'CLINTOCK, } Commis- HENRY S. LANGDON, } sioners. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803.
WM. & Cha's Neil, HAVE FOR SALE, RUM pr. Hhd. BRANDY. Hollands GIN.
Sherry, Port, } WINES. Vidonia, Malaga,
Hyson, Hyson-skin, } TEAS. Souchong, Bohea, in half
& quarter Chefts, FLOUR, per barrel. COTTON. FIGS. RAISINS, per cask. India SUGAR. Loaf, do. COFFEE. Florence OIL. PEPPER. PIMENTO. Elliot's SNUFF.
Havanna SEGARS, of the best quality—With a general assortment of GROCERIES, as usual, on moderate terms. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803.
Now Landing, and For Sale by William Chase, No. 12, Portsmouth Pier, 56 puncheons RUM. SUGAR pr. hhd. or barrel. FUSTICK. SHIP BREAD. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803.
Stephen Delande, Keeps constantly for SALE, at his Shop in Buck Street, a general assortment of West-India Goods & GROCERIES. —ALSO—just received a few boxes Fresh LEMONS. CONFECTION, of every kind, as usual. ** Favours acknowledged with grati- tude. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803.
Stephen Hardy, Informs his friends that he has taken a Shop in Buck Street, opposite Dr. John Jackson's, where he carries on the Gold and Silver Smith's business in its various branches. HE HAS FOR SALE,
GOLD hoop Ear Rings; knob do. plain Gold Rings, with seals; Gar- net do. Seal Rings, with and without devi- ces; gold Shirt Pins; a variety of gilt do. silver Tea Spoons; silver, pearl, plated and bone Salt Spoons; plated and painted Sugar Tongs; plated and silver Scissors Chains; patent Shoe Buckles; plated Scissors Cakes; do. Shoe Clasps; silver and silver plated Thimbles; brass do. silver and ivory Bod- kins; a variety of gilt Lockets; silver and common Sleeve Buttons; Scissors; ena- melled Snuff Boxes; black & white Bugles; Garnet Beads; a great variety of cut glass and gilt Necklaces; coral, and gold and coral Necklaces; Neck Chains; gilt'd brass Rings; Cadie Shells; block tin and iron Tea and Table Spoons; Tooth Brushes; pound Pins; common Shoe Clasps; small Files; Gravers, &c. &c.
Also, a variety of PICTURES, & PEN-KNIVES. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803. A young Man wishes to get em- ployed as a clerk in a Store or Office, who can produce good recommendations.
Neil M'Intire, WISHES to inform his friends and the public, that since his house and stores were burnt, he has erected a building directly behind his former house, where he carries on the Tobacco Manufactory; and offers for sale TOBACCO, of every description, as cheap as possible, wholesale and retail. Also, West-India GOODS & GROCERIES.
At the late fire he had a number of articles saved from the flames, that have not been heard of since, amongst the rest four Bedsteads; any that have any articles in their keeping, that were saved from the flames, and don't belong to them, ought to give notice of what they have in posses- sion; and he will give any person that will inform him where any of his articles are secreted (except the persons that have them in keep- ing), a generous reward after next week. Portsmouth, Feb. 22, 1803.
John Underwood, WISHES to inform those that carry on the Fishing Business, that he can supply them with any quantity of CABLES or CORDAGE, cheap for cash, or liberal credit. Two APPRENTICES wanted, apply as above. Portsmouth, Feb. 22, 1803.
S. LITTLE, HAS taken the Store under Rousselier's Museum, for the pur- pose of an AUCTION OFFICE— where an Auction will be kept 2 days in a week, and oftener if required, in which line he will be happy to serve the public, and they may be assured that the strictest attention shall be paid to execute the orders of those who please to favor him with their services. He also calls on all those indebt- ed to him to make immediate payment, to prevent further trouble. Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1803.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Col. EPHRAIM PICKERING, late of Newington, deceased, either by Note, or Account, are desired to make immediate payment to the sub- scribers, administrators of said Estate, and those who have any demands, are requested to bring them forward for settlement, to THEODORE FURBER, of Portsmouth, Or EPHRAIM PICKERING, of Newington. February 15, 1803.
ALL persons that have any de- mands against the estate of SAMUEL CATE, late of Greenland, deceased, are re- quested to bring them forward for settlement; and all persons indebted to said estate, are hereby required to make immediate payment, to GEORGE HODGDON } Exec'rs to or MARY CATE, } the estate. Greenland, Feb. 21, 1803.
NOTICE. ALL persons, who have demands against the estate of TIMOTHY WINN, trader, deceased, are requested to ex- hibit them to the subscriber; —and those who are indebted to said estate are called on to make payment to WILLIAM GARLAND, one of the Executors. Portsmouth, Feb. 8, 1803.
Just Published & For Sale at the Bookstore of N. S. & W. PEIRCE, Buck-Street. Mr. Smith's DISCOURSE on NEBUCHADNEZZAR's Dream, Delivered at Jefferson Hall, on Thank- sgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1802; and re- delivered (by request of several gen- tlemen of the town) the Wednesday Evening following. It contains 40 large octavo pages; price 25 cents. This Discourse gives a description of the first rise, and final fall of kingly governments; and of Law Religion, which has been upheld by, and will fall with Monarchy. Feb. 8, 1803.
Saved from the late Fire, SIX SHOVELS and one FRYING PAN.— The owner may hear of them by applying to the Printers, and paying for this adver- tisement. Feb. 8, 1803.
JAMES RUNDLET, Respectfully informs his friends & customers that he has taken a Store in Congress-street, between the Bell Tav- ern and the State House, where he has now ready for sale his stock in trade, which was rescued from the general conflagration, by the spirited and timely exertions of his friends, to whom he begs leave to tender his grateful ac- knowledgments.—
His assortment consists of the following: SUPERFINE, midling and low priced Broadcloths & Cassimeres the most fashionable colors and mix- tures; Devonshire Kerseys; Plains; Serges; Foreit Cloths; Ratteneens; brown, blue, drab and mixt Coatings; Fearnoughts; Shaggs; Swankins; Baizes and Flannels of all colors; 7/8 3/4 & 1/2 Rose Blankets. A great variety of Elegant silk velvet vest Shapes, Sawandow and Toilette ditto; white and coloured Quilting ditto; men's rich black Satin and silk Florentine; striped Satins.
A handsome Assortment of London Chintzes; Calicoes; Patch Furnitures; Copperplates; Dimities; Muslinets; Damask Table Cloths; India Napkins and Table Cloths; Cotton Fringes. Black, white, and fancy co- lored Camels hair Shawls, elegant silk Shawls, muslin, chintz and purple Shawls, Linen, Cotton, Bandanna, Suftersoy & black silk Handkerchiefs, cotton and linen cambric ditto.
Wildbores; Camblets; Sha- loons; plain and striped Calimancoes; Ruffsels, Florentines, Durants and Tammies; Velvets; Thickfets; Cor- duroys; Hunters Cord; Fustains; Jeans; Durrels and Nankinets. A great variety of Mens' patent knotted worsted, silk and worsted, all silk, and cotton Hosiery; Ladies' cotton & silk Hose, some with laced clocks; womens' long and short colored cotton Gloves and Mitts; black cotton and worsted ditto; black, white and colored long and short silk Gloves; Mens' beaver Gloves, some lined with flannel, cot- ton and silk ditto.
Fashionable colored & black Sarinet Cambricks; black Jacksonet Muslins, cambric Muslins, jaconet book, book sprig'd, and Tambored Muslins; glaized Cambricks; muslin Handkerchiefs; Tambored neck Cloths; flock stiffers.
A great variety of Florence silks; India & French Lustring; striped and plad Italian Silks; English and India Sattins for Cloaks; peling Satins; Modes; Cy- press; Gauze; wide and narrow Ita- lian Crape; black silk velvet; thread Laces and Edgings; black Laces; satin, mode and china Rib- bons; pound Ribbons and Galloons. A few elegant London full dress Bonnets, Ladies' split straw vil- lage Bonnets, gipsy hat Bonnets, gip- sey Hats, girls' and womens' common straw and willow Bonnets, chip Hats; straw Trimmings; Bands and Taf- fels, straw Rosettes, fancy straw Flow- ers and Plumes, artificial Flowers and Wreaths, Sunflower Wreaths. A large assortment of
Mens' beaver and other Hats of all prices by the case or retail; Womens' beaver Hats and Bonnets, with bands and plumes. Umbrellas, some with walk- ing canes; Parasols; Fans; Cotton & silk Braces; colored & white Threads; pound Pins, packet and bundle ditto. 7/8 and yard wide Irish and German LINNENS; brown Hollands; India Cottons; Cotton stripes & checks; India Calicoes; Sewing Silks and Twists; fashionable gilt and plated coat and vest, Buttons; Button-moulds; Penknives; Pencils; Scissors; Ivory Combs; Velvet bindings; red Morocco Pocket books; Ladies' Morocco Pocket books and Thread cases; Shirt Wires; Ink Powder; Tapes; Bobbins, &c.
Carpets & Carpeting. PAPER HANGINGS & BOR- DERS, at reduced prices.
All those indebted to him and whose time of credit has expired, are respectfully requested to make payment, without a more particular invitation. Portsmouth, Jan. 4, 1803.
Political Miscellany.
From the (Concord) Republican Gazette.
Remember the Approaching Election! SONS OF FREEDOM! BE AT YOUR POSTS!
Fellow-Citizens, YOUR candid attention is requested by one, who solicits you to exercise a moment your own common sense and judg- ment, for your own use. The political aspects of the times demand a RETROSPECT of the rise and progress of Modern Federalism. He who has read the public prints from the time of the adop- tion of the British treaty, can trace with tol- erable accuracy the designs of designing fed- eralists! Impostors, who mean to practise a deep deception, will put on the fairest garb, and assume some popular name: Thus the Old Tories, and those of the Whigs whom they could persuade to apostatize from De- mocratic Republicanism, assumed to them- selves the honorable name of Federalists— Under this popular name, which they use only to mask their conspiracies against LIB- ERTY and the Rights of Man, they for a time led thousands of honest, unsuspecting AMERICANS astray in the high road to Monarchy.
After the adoption of the British treaty, these Monarchists stepped boldly into the front ranks, and openly displayed their plans of royalty, which they had before in some measure kept concealed from the public eye—well knowing that the People of the United States would reject them with dis- gust, and consign them to disgrace.
Now, a contemptible Porcupine, a dast- ardly hireling of Lyson the British minister at Philadelphia, erected a licentious press; openly and pointedly ridiculed all our Re- publican institutions, the UNION of the States, our Federal Compact, our Religious freedom, our civil rights, —and as ve- hemently recommended the annihilation of individual State Sovereignities, the Consol- idation of State and General governments, the adoption of British manners, a British Constitution, British Laws, and in short to sue for the alliance and protection of a Bri- tish KING—All these vagaries did a Por- cupine, and his disciples, inculcate in his Gazettes; and these gazettes with their doc- trines did the old Tories circulate thro' the country with avidity; —and the old Whigs, if such could do it, who could spread these gazettes and their diabolical principles, must at least descend to the grade of Apostates, and take rank with those milanthrobes the Old Tories! —The schemes of these mon- archists were developed, before the people of the United States were ripe for slavery; they saw the fetters and the yoke of bond- age, preparing for them and their poster- ity; —they rose, in all the majesty of FREE- MEN, and shook the serpent from their hands! —The Fremen of America spoke in their elections; and Tory Federalism, like the Dragon of the Philistines before the Ark of the Most High GOD, fell prostrate before REPUBLICANISM! —the fiat of a mighty people consigned it to eternal shame!
Although in two or three of these States, Federalism predominates in small majorities, yet even in those its strength is paralyzed —this the leaders of the "Sect" are aware of, and dare not openly defend their cause —it is a solemn fact, that so false, so wick- ed, so baseless, so rotten is this Federalism that should its Principals, the Leaders of the deluded party, come out into the open field of candid reasoning, our most "unletter'd plebeians" would put them to flight! the "swinish multitude," as they ignominiously style the People, would see at once the cheat of federalism, and all its charms would be dispelled! Thus, have we seen a PARSONS, the mighty champion of the law, shrink from the defence of the dogmas of his Sect before the high court of the nation—Chal- lenged to the contest, he saw the danger, and withdrew his plea—Had he dared—had he spoken to the point, in defence of federal- ism, in open court, he would have damn'd the cause forever! —This is the reason why the most ignorant and of course the most deluded, are the chosen tools of the design- ing chiefs —instruments to further Conspiracies, Treasons, and Rebellion.
In a national point of view, the looks of the British Banditti are on us! Federalism has lost its strength! and all the Bayards and Griswolds of the sect can never again give it comeliness in the eyes of the Nation, nor all their Ruledism foil it into power!
Every judicious man, will compare the Means, the Measures and their tendency, of the past with the present Administrators of the General Government—and blipd indeed must he be, who does not see the contrast! The People will decide which merits their approbation—which consults their interest, the common good—a federal or a republi- can President—the People can now decide, by the proof of experiment; whether they will prefer an administration that increases taxes, offices and dependants, or an admin- istration that relieves from taxes, abolishes unnecessary offices, curtails executive influ- ence by dismissing useless dependants, and seeks to confer solid benefits on the present generation and on their posterity, by the extinguishment of that "mortal canker" the public debt! —the former of these admin- istrations has had a four years trial, with JOHN ADAMS at its head—the latter, headed by THOMAS JEFFERSON, is now in "the full tide of successful experiment."
It behoves Americans to take a full "view of the whole ground;" and their decisions will undoubtedly be wise and correct. It may be profitable for all our citizens, particularly at this time, in New-Hampshire, to advert to former times, and contrast fed- eral assertions with the truth, federal profes- sions with federal practice? —Let us ask, who are the men that opposed the Revolu- tion that severed the United States from Great Britain? —They were Tories, they are federalists—they opposed Republican government then, and they oppose it now— they are Tories still; and Tories are the head of modern federalism. —The "cardi- nal points" of federalism, are; consolidation of power, a senate elected for life, and an hereditary president in its ne plus ultra— these are the cardinal points of monarchy; the very principles which the Tories advocat- ed in the revolution. Thus, the old to- ries, almost to a man, are federalists, & it is not at all strange that in the happy prosperity of our American Israel they should have found it easy to pervert the Sons of ELI, many of the sons of those who were Whigs in the revolutionary struggle for freedom; for such is the innate love of power that "all men would be tyrants if they could." But that the Old Tories should have perver- ted any of our primitive WHIGS, and caus- ed them to be guilty of the sin of Apostasy, is an evil seriously lamented—It is, how- ever, a pleasing consolation, that such who were deluded by the serpent, are "fast returning to their first love." Thirteen of the sixteen States are wistly Republican— and the 17th Star will soon be added to our Republican galaxy! —Gloria Americana.
The true Republicans, are all Federalists; for they support the federal government, the union or league that binds the States together: but the sect who falsely call them- selves federalists, and sometimes federal re- publicans, are NOT Republicans—they utterly deny the first article of our political creed, that "all men are born equally free," they contend for a Nobility; —they have fashioned among themselves a KING— But the American People have emphati- cally told these reflect, ambitious monarchists "we will NOT have our King to reign o- ver us!" We will retain the Sovereignty ourselves! The election of a JEFFERSON speaks this decided language.
The motto of Jefferson, is the motto of all genuine republicans, "Cherish the Fed- eral Union as the only Rock of Safety!" But the self-named federalists denounce him as "an artful, bale, intriguing disorganizer!" His Measures, my fellow citizens, his work will declare whether he be the friend or the foe of the American people—by these, try him—prove him—
Citizens of New-Hampshire! —take care of yourselves! —your old enemies are enu- emies still; —a lying spirit has gone forth to deceive you—You are told that men who are on terms of the closest intimacy with, and favour the plans of Old Tories and Monarchists, are your only friends; the only men in the state who possess wisdom, honesty and virtue! —You are told, Citizens of New-Hampshire, that JOHN LANGDON, your early, useful, long tried, constant friend, is now "opposed to the honor and happiness of this state, by favor- ing Mr. Jefferson's principles!" —CITI- ZENS! think of this insidious declaration of the mouth-piece of Federalism! What would the fate of the man have been, who had dared, four years ago, to have told the people that Mr. Gilman was opposed to the honor of the state, by favoring the principles of president Adams! —Call to your recollec- tion, citizens, the acts and scenes of the reign of terror, when a General Court could vote their chaplain out of doors, because he acci- dentally forgot to mention the President of the U. States in his prayer! and say what would have been his fate who had been hardy enough to declare His Excellency op- posed to the happiness of the state, because he favored the President! —You were then, my fellow-citizens, called upon, as you lov- ed your GOD, your Religion, and your country; as you valued your honor, your interest, and the happiness of the state, you were conjured by the federalists, to vote for Mr. Gilman, because he favored the principles of the President; because he was friendly to Mr. Adams; —and Mr. Gilman himself once declared to your Representa- tives, that a chief reason of his accepting the office of Governor was, that the honor and happiness of our country required "that the State governments should HARMON- IZE with the general government of the Union!" —And can he now contend for the same office, for the opposite reason, that the government of this state may be in Op- position to that of the Union? —Certainly he will not, if he possesses either Virtue, Wisdom, or a sense of shame! —
Revert, Citizens, to the various denunciations and declarations of spurious federal- ists: —They told you that if Jefferson were elected, the country would be immediately plunged into a war with Britain, and sold to France; that he would rob you of your dearest rights, destroy your holy religion, pull down your churches, spurn your min- isters, burn your BIBLES, and send "your wives and daughters to the flews!" —Behold Citizens! none of these things are true! —Remember, that federalists have told you, that your ARMS were ordered to be taken from you; that the French had demanded our money, and sent their fleets into our harbors to enforce the demand; — that the President had sacked the treasury; that an army of French negroes was landed upon our shores, and our Militia actually on march to the COMBAT! —Behold!

Citizens! all these things are false! Sheer fabrications of a wild delusion! The hell-formed projects of a fallen faction!
People of New-Hampshire! look to your interests and the honor and happiness of the state! You are now called upon, by federal disorganizers, to reject Mr. Langdon at your approaching election, because he is favorably disposed toward the President and present Administration of the General Government; and you are at the same time earnestly urged to ELECT Mr. Gilman, for the eleventh successive year, because he is decidedly OPPOSED to the President and the General Administration! His known opposition to the legally constituted authorities of the American nation, is the reason urged, to induce you to elect him to the chief magistracy of the state; and by the very men too, who so lately conjured you to elect him to that office, so that this state might harmonize with the government of the Union! Citizens of New-Hampshire, will you suffer yourselves to be trifled with & insulted, by infamous wretches, who would deprive nine tenths of you of your natural rights, to build up a nobility and aggrandize a few? If so—if such things do not awake your sensibility, time alone can cure your malady.
Examine—Citizens!—for what is it you are called on to reject Mr. LANGDON as your Governor?—Why, truly, because he is friendly to Mr. Jefferson! O tempore!—What are Mr. Jefferson's principles, which render him so odious in the sight of this federalism? Examine. In Politics, he believes in the natural freedom of Man; that the People are the only legitimate earthly Sovereign; that the Power of government vests in THEM; that the CHIEF END of Government is the BEST GOOD of the Commonwealth, or Republic—but he does not believe in the "modern philosophy," that "THE PEOPLE are their own worst enemies!" In a word, read the DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, of which our JEFFERSON is the AUTHOR; in that you will learn his POLITICAL Principles—HE is a DECIDED REPUBLICAN.—In Religion—Examine his life, his temper, his fruit, his Works; these thou not investigation; they court the test of Truth—He believes in ONE Supreme Almighty GOD,—he maintains the right of every man to worship that God according to the dictates of his own conscience! he believes that Religion is a matter between Man and his MAKER; that Man ought to enjoy religious as well as civil freedom; that one denomination ought not to persecute another;—and was it not for this that our Ancestors fled from blood stain'd Europe to this happy Canaan? In his life, Mr. Jefferson maintains, that, "Virtue alone is happiness below!" He speaks evil of no man, he reviles not his revilers, he does good to his enemies and to them that persecute him, and say all manner of evil of him, his pity and his forbearance most emphatically lay "for give them for they know not what they do!" He is not a man of show, of pomp and parade; he is a man of plain manners, and good morals; he is a constant and devout attendant on the public worship of the Deity; and maintains, at his own expense, a regular Congregational Minister of The Gospel of Christ. Such are Mr. Jefferson's principles and Practice!—
AND, Federalists are challenged to controvert the facts!—Can it be; that a wretch exists, whose soul is vile enough to condemn those principles?—Yes!—on the black catalogue of Tory Federalism we find the coward wretch—Yes! People of New-Hampshire! and You are called upon to condemn them also—you are called upon to elect Mr. Gilman your governor, because he does not favor the principles of Mr. Jefferson—you are called on by federalists to reject Mr. Langdon;
AND, you are told that "he is opposed to the Honor and Happiness of this state by favoring Mr. Jefferson's PRINCIPLES!"
CITIZENS! Will you suffer yourselves thus to be trifled with? Are you to be told to elect a governor this year that our State government may harmonize with that of the Union, & next to elect the same man, because he is opposed to the administration of the Union? Are the FREE CITIZENS of NEW-HAMPSHIRE, the once proud Defenders of REPUBLICAN LIBERTY, thus to be cajoled by the antient enemies of their RIGHTS; by men, who have proved themselves destitute of all regard to Truth, and callous to all Moral obligation—by the very men who strove to prevent your emancipation from the thralldom of a Foreign Tyrant? Are these men now to dictate the choice of a governor to the SONS of HANTON!—No! the Shadow of those Patriots who have departed! the Blood of those Heroes who fell; the Spirit of the war-worn Veterans who survive! the Genius of Liberty; the Voice of Justice:—all—all, forbid it!—No! People of New-Hampshire! You will rise superior to the intrigues of your enemies; you will spurn their insidious arts; you will honor your FRIEND
JOHN LANGDON, you will honor Yourself;—you will prove the SONS of the NORTH still worthy of rational FREEDOM—still animated by the "Spark" from the Altar of Liberty—fired with its Glory—elate with THE SPIRITS of '76.
Our sister State Ohio, is destined to shine a bright constellation in the federal galaxy. The nurses of her brave and hardy sons are strong to freedom; their reputation, firm as the base of Alleghany, is, that their rich vales shall never be blasted by the rude hand of oppression, nor the fruits of their industry go to swell the coffers of a tyrant.—Albany Reg.
National Legislature.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2. THE committee to whom were referred memorials from citizens of Washington and Alexandria, were authorized to report by bill or otherwise on such alterations, as may in their opinion be deemed proper in the act for the government of the district of Columbia.
The House took up the amendments of the committee of the whole to the bill respecting consuls, vice consuls, &c.
After agreeing to the amendments, and making other amendments, the house ordered the bill to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
The house went into committee of the whole on the bill making provision for persons who have received known wounds in the revolutionary war.
Mr. Varnum in the chair. A conversation took place between Messrs. Griswold, Helms, Eustis, Macon and Elmer, on the adequacy of the provisions of the bill to the cases for which it was provided; when, on motion of Mr. Eustis, the committee rose and reported progress; the house refused them leave to sit again, and recommitted the bill to the select committee that introduced it.
Mr. Hill called for the order of the day on the bill to prohibit the importation of certain persons, &c.
When Mr. Bayard requested the gentleman to wave his call for one moment, to enable the house to take his resolution respecting French spoliation laid some days since on the table into consideration for the sole purpose of giving it a proper disposition. His object, some days since when he called it up, was to refer it to a committee of the whole house, not to urge its discussion on that day. His object was now the same, and his sole wish was that it should be referred, and a day named for its consideration. As, however, said Mr. Bayard, it may be voted down now, as it then was, without any reasons being assigned, gentlemen will excuse me for calling the yeas and nays. I hope gentlemen will so far at least comply with the forms of justice as to suffer the case to be considered, whatever may be their ultimate decision upon it.
Mr. Randolph said he would ask the gentleman from Delaware, whether he had seen any indisposition in that house to discuss the subject. For his part he had seen none, either in the house or in any individual member. He felt no objection to take up the subject at any time, and to discuss, or rather to hear the gentleman from Delaware discuss it. He hoped, therefore, the gentleman would not persist in taking up the time of the house by calling the yeas and nays.
Mr. Bayard said he had seen an indisposition in the house to discuss the subject; and the reason why the gentleman from Virginia had not seen it, was that he was not in his place on the day he had before moved that the resolution should be taken up. Had he been in his place, he would have seen that a motion to take it into consideration had been rejected without a single reason being assigned. But under the assurance of the gentleman that there was no aversion to consider the subject, he would wave his call for the yeas and nays.
Mr. Randolph said he spoke only for himself. Mr. Bayard replied that he then persisted in the call.
The yeas and nays were then taken on taking up the resolution; and were yeas 65, nays 26.
The resolution was referred to the committee of the whole without opposition.
When Mr. Bayard moved that it be made the order for Monday next.
Mr. R. Williams moved the 3d of March. Mr. Gregg thought it was best to take the resolution up fairly and decide it at once.
Mr. R. Williams said he was willing to meet it fairly; but he thought one day sufficient for the investigation.
THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1803. The bill entitled an act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen, was read a third time, and passed.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to prevent the importation of certain persons, whose importation is prohibited by certain states, & made certain amendments thereto.
FRIDAY, FEB. 4, 1803. A message was received from the President respecting certain complaints made of the incompetency of judge Pickering of New-Hampshire to discharge the duties of a district judge of the United States.
Referred to a select committee.
On the motion of Dr. Mitchell the memorial of the mechanics and manufacturers of New-York, connected with shipbuilding and the attendant arts, was ordered to be printed.
The House took up the amendments of the committee of the whole to the bill to prevent the importation of certain persons, &c.
Mr. Hill, in order to accommodate the bill to some gentlemen who had expressed their opinions, moved an amendment withholding its operation until the 1st day of May next.
Mr. Lowndes spoke against this amendment.
Mr. Hill withdrew it.
Mr. Wadsworth renewed it.
The amendment was supported by Messrs. Thatcher, Dennis, S. Smith, Elmore, Hastings, R. Williams and Bacon, and opposed by Messrs. Rutledge, Lowndes, Claiborne, Holland and Randolph; and on the question being taken, was lost—Ayes 36—Noes 40.
M. R. Williams then moved to limit its operation from the first day of April. Carried—Ayes 40—Noes 37.
MONDAY, FEB. 7. The Speaker laid before the house a report from the commissioners of the Sinking Fund, stating the operations of the board for the last year.
Mr. Smilie presented a petition from a number of aliens residing in Chester county, in the state of Pennsylvania praying for a more early admission to the rights of citizenship.
Mr. Smilie moved a reference of the petition to a select committee.
Mr. Davis observed that this description of persons had of late become extremely
troublesome to the house. He was tired of their never ending petitions. He had thought that during the last session they had obtained what they wanted. As he was persuaded their admission to citizenship was now as easy as it ought to be, he hoped the house would turn a deaf ear to their requests, and in this way protect themselves from being further troubled. He was therefore opposed to referring the petition; and the more so, as it was impossible from the press of other business, and the late period of the session, to pay it any effectual attention.
Mr. Smilie did not know whether there would be time conclusively to attend to the petition presented; but he considered it as of sufficient importance to refer it to a select committee. He believed this was only the beginning of many petitions that would be presented from the states of Pennsylvania & New-York.
Mr. Griswold called for the reading of the first part of the petition, which, if he heard correctly, contained expressions extremely disrespectful.
[The first part of the petition was read, which contains with severity on the principles & measures of the late administration.]
The question was then taken on referring it to a select committee, and lost—Ayes 32—Noes 49.
Mr. Helms reported from the committee to whom a similar bill had been recommitted, a bill to make provision for persons who have received known wounds in the revolutionary war.
Mr. S. Smith moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the bill for the granting of clearances to the ships or vessels of the United States, lying in the river Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States, and therein to amend an act, intitled an act to regulate the collection of duties, on imports and tonnage, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bayard said he would make a motion that would supersede that of Mr. S. Smith, viz. that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, in order to take up the proposition of amendment to the constitution respecting the election of a President and Vice-President, laid some time since on the table.
Messrs. Leib and Huger supported, and Messrs. Jones and Davis opposed his motion which was lost—Ayes 34—Noes 54.
Mr. Bayard gave notice that he would renew his motion to-morrow.
The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill above stated—Mr. Varnum in the Chair.
Sundry amendments being made the committee rose and reported the bill. The house concurred in the amendments, and ordered the bill to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. Varnum from the committee appointed on so much of the President's Message as relates to the Militia, made a report with an accompanying bill.
The report states the system adopted by the act of 1792, to be, in the opinion of the committee, founded on a correct construction of the constitution, and well adapted to the circumstances of the United States; and concludes with a resolution requesting the President of the United States to address a letter to the Executives of the several states, urging a more vigorous execution of the law.
The accompanying bill provides for some deficient details in the law of 1792.
Referred to the committee of the whole to-morrow.
TUESDAY, FEB. 8.
Mr. Leib presented a petition from sundry aliens inhabitants of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, of a similar tenor with the petition presented yesterday from aliens residing in Chester county, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Leib moved to refer the petition to a select committee.
This motion occasioned a debate, and was supported by Messrs. Jones and Smilie, and opposed by Messrs. Nicholson, Claiborne, Randolph, Dennis and Bacon.
Mr. Leib called the Yeas and Nays, which were taken, and were on the reference of the petition Yeas 23—Nays 61—Lost.
A petition was presented from sundry inhabitants of Alexandria, praying a reduction of the legal fees paid to several officers of court.
Referred to the committee formed on memorials from citizens of Washington and Alexandria.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Governor of the Indiana territory, enclosing certain propositions made by a convention of the Indiana territory for suspending for ten years the operation of some of the articles of the ordinance of that territory.
Mr. Randolph presented a petition from a number of citizens of the same territory on the same and other subjects.
Both communications were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Southard, from the Post-Office committee, reported a bill further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for other purposes.
Which was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Friday.
An engrossed bill "for the granting of clearances to ships or vessels of the United States, lying in the river Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States, and therein to amend an act, intitled an act to regulate the collection of duties on Imports and Tonnage, and for other purposes," was read a third time and passed.
A bill, from the Senate, to provide for the execution of the laws of the United States, in the state of Ohio, was read twice and referred to a select committee of five.
The bill, for the relief of sufferers by fire in the town of Portsmouth, was received from the Senate with amendments.
Mr. Bacon called for the taking up his resolutions respecting the reception of the district of Columbia to the states of Maryland and Virginia.
Mr. Bayard moved the order of the day for going into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, for the purpose of taking up the proposition of amendment to the Constitution respecting the mode of electing a President and Vice President.
This motion, according to the rules of the House, superseded Mr. Bacon's.
It was supported in a spirited debate by Messrs. Bayard, Huger, Griswold, Lowndes and Morris; and opposed by Messrs. S. Smith, Bacon, Gregg, Nicholson, Smilie and Davis.
When the question was taken by Yeas and Nays, and lost—Yeas 37—Nays 61.
The House then took up Mr. Bacon's resolutions to recede the district of Columbia, and went into a committee of the whole—Mr. John C. Smith in the Chair.
Messrs. Bacon and Smilie spoke in favor, and Messrs. Huger, and Dennis against agreeing to them, when on motion of Mr. Randolph, the committee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9.
Mr. Eustis moved to postpone for one hour the unfinished business of yesterday, in order to take up a bill to provide an additional armament for the protection of the seamen and commerce of the United States. Carried.
The house accordingly went into a committee of the whole on that bill—Mr. Varnum in the chair.
The committee reported the bill without amendment—the house concurred in the report, and ordered the bill to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. Gregg moved the order of the day on the report of the committee of claims on the petition of George Mason.
Mr. Griswold moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, in order to take up the proposed amendment to the constitution respecting the election of President and Vice-President.
After some conversation, the question was taken on Mr. Griswold's motion by yeas and nays, and lost, yeas 28—nays 54.
The house then went into a committee of the whole, on the report of the committee of claims on the petition of George Mason—Mr. Hanna in the chair.
The committee rose and reported their agreement to the report of the committee of claims, which provides for the allowance of pensions to soldiers of the South Carolina line unprovided for—the house took up the report concurred, and directed the committee of claims to bring in a bill.
Mr. Dawson moved that the committee of the whole on the state of the union should be discharged from the consideration of two propositions of amendment to the constitution—the one prescribing the designation of the persons voted for as President and Vice-President—the other prescribing that Representatives and Electors shall be chosen in districts.
Mr. Davis said he would second the motion to relieve gentlemen from the apprehensions entertained of these amendments being taken up at a late period of the session, when the house might be thin. And if the motion prevailed, he would move a postponement of the consideration of the amendments till the first Monday of November.
Both motions were carried without a division.
The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the resolutions of Mr. Bacon to recede to the states of Maryland and Virginia the district of Columbia.
Mr. John C. Smith in the chair.
A debate, which continued till 4 o'clock ensued, in which Messrs. Smilie, Bacon, Claiborne, and Varnum supported; and Messrs. Bayard, Gregg, Randolph, Eustis, Thatcher, and Southard opposed the resolutions.
When the question was taken on agreeing to the first resolution for receding that part of the district on the south side of the Potomac, to Virginia, and lost—Ayes 32.
The question was taken on the second resolution for receding the other part of the district of Virginia, and lost without a division.
The committee then rose and reported their disagreement to the resolutions.
The house immediately took up the report.
Mr. Nicholson required the taking the yeas and nays.
Mr. Dawson moved for a division of the question. He said he would vote for the first resolution, for receding that part of the territory originally attached to Virginia; and for the second, for receding that part of the territory originally attached to Maryland, with the exception of the city of Washington, which, in his own opinion ought to be reserved.
Mr. Elmore spoke against agreeing to the report.
Mr. Randolph coincided in opinion with his colleague (Mr. Dawson).
Mr. S. Smith spoke against; and Mr. Holland in favor of a reception.
When, after some further debate the question was taken, by yeas and nays, on concurring in the report of the committee in their disagreement to the first resolution, and carried yeas 66—nays 26.
IMPORTANT.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 9.
Private letters have been just received here from the Mississippi, dated January 4th, which state that a proclamation had been just issued by a person styling himself the Cynodic of the 4th division under the Spanish authority, supplementary to the intendant, declaring that no impediment should be placed in the way of the free navigation of the Mississippi by the officers or subjects of his catholic majesty; but that the laws of the Spanish colonies should be rigidly enforced, and all commerce with the Spanish settlement prohibited to those who navigate the waters of the river. This is the substance of a private letter. A report is in circulation that the interdicted intercourse with the island of New Orleans was taken off, but no credit is to be given to it, as there is not time for the receipt of a reply from the governor general of Cuba to the late application of the intendant."
BOSTON, FEB. 24.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Washington, dated February 11, 1803.
"The President has received dispatches from our minister in France. The substance of which is, that our minister at Paris has received assurances from the French government, that they had the greatest desire to cultivate a good understanding with the American government, and that General Victor, who is to command in Louisiana, had received instructions from the first costal to pursue conciliatory measures, such as would conduce to the harmony and mutual improvement of the interests and the rights of both countries, and to respect the rights, territory and persons of the people of the United States."
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
Extract of a letter from Calais, dated December 8.
"Mr. Otto, our Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's, arrived on the 6th from Dover, and was received with great affection by every class of the people, and although he has now no public capacity, he was visited by all the Civil and Military Authorities, and greeted by a general ringing of the bells. He dined with Mr. Manuad, the Commissary general of Police, who gave a splendid entertainment, to which many of the Civil and Military Officers were also invited—Mr. Otto left this morning for Paris, where, it is understood, he will make but a short stay, as he is to go to America as Minister Plenipotentiary.
In Adolphus' History of England it is related, "That after the conclusion of the peace with America, when Mr. Adams, as Envoy from the United States, obtained the first audience, the King declared, that he anticipated the interview as the most critical moment in his life:—but he received the new minister with gracious affability "I was the last man in the kingdom, Sir," he said, "to consent to the independence of America: but, now it is granted, I shall be the last man in the world to sanction a violation of it." This noble and dignified sentiment, joined with the general deportment of the king, formed such a refutation of the calumnies against him, by which revolt had been rendered popular, that Mr. Adams retired agitated and affected in the highest degree, and ever after expressed and retained a strong attachment to his person and character.
Joseph Bonaparte has been chosen by the council of state, as their grand officer in the Legion of Honour. The organization of that Legion is completed, and the revenues assigned for its support 5,265,257 livres.
A decree has been published dividing the republic into sixteen parts, in each of which there is to be a company of the Legion of Honour. When this institution was originally proposed it was easy to perceive that it was designed by the chief consul to be a means of supporting his authority. By the mode in which it is formed, it will have the whole weight of a military nobility, and by being thus generally diffused over the whole of the republic, its general influence will be more strongly felt among the great body of the people.
France has acquired by the late war, an extent of territory in Europe of 1497 square leagues, and a population of 4,381,266 inhabitants; namely, Savoy 411,700; the county of Nice 93,366; Avignon, the county of Venaissin 30,000; Belgium, 1,800,300; the left bank of the Rhine 1,658,500; Geneva and its territory 400,000; Mulhausen 7,000. Since the above article was written Piedmont has been united to the French Republic.
By the late MAILS.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 10, 1803.
New Post-Office arrangements.
We feel a sentiment of lively satisfaction in announcing to the public that the new arrangements for the transmission of the mail will commence on the 20th day of this month. This satisfaction is increased by the reflection that the operation of the arrangements will impartially promote the interests of every description of citizens, and add a new tie to the union.
By these arrangements—
I. An entire unbroken line of mail stage is established from Portland, in Maine, to Savannah, in Georgia—a distance of 1340 miles.
If under the summer establishment, this distance will be run in 15 days; and under the winter establishment in 21 days.
That is; under the summer establishment—From Washington to Portland, a distance 620 miles, in five days and a half.
From Washington to Savannah, a distance of 720 miles, in eight days and a half.
III. The carriage of the mail in stage coaches is hereby provided for a distance of 400 miles, viz. From Petersburg to Charleston, over which the mail has heretofore been carried on horses.
IV. The Post Master General was authorized by Congress to incur an expence of one-third additional to that already borne, for the carriage of the mail in coaches instead of by horses. But the contracts have been made on terms so advantageous to the United States, that an immediate additional expence will only be incurred of about 1500 dollars a year; and this small additional expence has arisen from the inability legally to vacate old contracts; when these fall in, which will be in October 1804, there will be no additional expence whatever.
V. The contracts are made for five years; by which the permanence of similar arrangements may be considered as effected.
We shall not dilate on the great importance of these arrangements. When, however, we compare the present improved and extended situation of the Post Office department with its contracted limits a few years since, no anticipation of the ultimate, and we add, not distant power of this department to facilitate epistolary intercourse, and to diffuse information of every description through every section of the union, can be too sanguine. Notwithstanding the great extension of routes, and increase of offices, the treasury of this establishment, is full of what may be called redundant wealth.
We trust that our fellow citizens know how to appreciate the energy and fidelity of those official labours which foster an establishment whose benefits are so intimately interwoven with individual and national happiness. We trust that the disposition of a government to open new channels of information will be fully realized and properly approved; and that the American people will perceive that it is no less the policy of the virtuous rulers of a free republic to give the widest publicity to their measures, than it is that of vicious magistrates to shroud themselves in darkness.
We understand that the above 400 miles, on which stage coaches have been established constitutes but a small part of that distance for which the present Post Master General, notwithstanding the short period of his official existence, has established them; and that in the whole he has established coaches for about 1,300 miles.

To the PEOPLE of New-Hampshire, I LIVE in the country, and at this season of the year find some leisure to read Newspapers and attend a little to public affairs. The late electioneering publications, I am sorry to find, show a continuance of that party spirit which has for several years prevailed in the State; private characters are unnecessarily abused, and the freedom of the press perverted to improper purposes. Would it not be better to state facts and our reasonings on those facts, if necessary, and leave the people to judge for themselves? I shall for my part take the liberty in my own way to bring to public view a subject that to me appears of very considerable importance, and which does not seem to have been sufficiently attended to.
Previous to the incorporation of the New Bank, the Directors of the Old Bank found themselves called upon for payment of their bills faster than was agreeable, they accordingly lay upon a method to save themselves that trouble by making their bills payable in Philadelphia. For sometime they met with difficulty in getting those bills into circulation, but the extraordinary scarcity of money about that time favored their plan, and they found means to get rid of large sums, and money transactions at and about Portsmouth were exceedingly clogged by a kind of paper that nobody knew the value of. The evil became extensive and alarming, so as to attract the attention of the General Court for the act incorporating the New Bank had just passed, and it required but little discernment to see that if one Bank pursued such a system, the other must do the same in its own defence. Accordingly an act passed the House of Representatives prohibiting the issuing, in future, any Bank Bills from any Bank in the State payable at any other place than at the Bank from which they issued, which was sent to the Senate for their concurrence and there stopped. It was opposed, as I have been informed, by such reasoning as this; that it appeared to be pointed at the Directors of the Old Bank, (and they were the friends of the Governor) that the New Bank being incorporated, both Banks would have one common interest in establishing harmony and good understanding, of course no more of those Bills would be emitted. In vain was it attempted to combat such forcible arguments in the mouths of men determined against persuasion; besides that the friends of the New Bank were assured that if this act passed both branches, the Governor would refuse to approve the act of incorporation, in which case it could not have become a law, because the five days allowed him by the constitution after receiving the act would not expire before the rising of the Court. That the Governor had so determined, was sufficiently confirmed by the circumstance that he did not (unless secretly) approve the act of incorporation until he had received a message from both Houses that they had finished their business and were ready to be adjourned.
For a considerable length of time after the rising of the General Court and until within two months past, but few of the Philadelphia bills were put into circulation. But the business is again renewed and those bills are issued by handfuls, inasmuch that a very large portion of the currency at and about Portsmouth, as I am informed, is made up of them, and it is no uncommon thing to see men of small property handling them in large quantities.
It has been, and still is an objection in the minds of many against Banks in general, that they are the means of driving the silver and gold from circulation into the Banks; but these bills are to be paid in Philadelphia, the silver and gold then must be picked up and sent there to redeem them.
There is also another evil of still greater importance that may arise from this new system. It has become a settled point that the Bank capital only, and not the estates of those who hold it, is accountable for the redemption of Bank Bills and for all other debts of the Bank; it is therefore dangerous to the public that Banking companies should issue too large a sum in proportion to their capital—large accidents should happen and the Bank become bankrupt and to the holders of the bills be obliged to pocket the loss. The Old Bank is under no restrictions by law in this respect, but may issue as much as they can find customers for, without fear of being called upon to redeem it, for who would be willing to travel the distance of four or five hundred miles to get Bank Bills changed? for myself, I cannot see why the Directors of the Old Bank may not, if they please, issue bills, payable in Philadelphia, for any amount, and even make them as plenty as oak leaves in autumn.
The facts above stated are received from the best authority and may be relied on, and I believe I have made no false inferences from them.
I now appeal to the good sense of my Fellow-Citizens for their opinion. Can it consist with the public good, that the silver and gold should be taken out of circulation in New-Hampshire and be sent to Philadelphia, and paper bills payable only in Philadelphia, be put in its stead? I say only in Philadelphia, because I am informed by those who know the facts, that the Directors of the Old Bank, not only refuse to pay money for those bills at their Bank, but will not agree to receive them of the New Bank in exchange for their bills.
Can it consist with the interest or safety of the community that any Bank should issue ten, twenty, or an hundred times its capital, when the capital only is liable for its redemption? And—is it not plain that the present GOVERNOR, who is largely interested in the Old Bank, and his party in the SENATE will never consent to any remedy for these evils?
Think of these things, my Friends and Fellow-Citizens, when you are about to cast your votes for your State Officers, and let your own wisdom guide you in that important transaction. A COUNTRYMAN.
Thursday, the 7th day of April next, is to be observed as a day of Fasting and Prayer, throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Proclamation in our next. Six thousand five hundred dollars, have been collected for the sufferers by the late fire at Portsmouth, from the inhabitants of Philadelphia and of the district of Southwark.
Portsmouth. TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1803.
ATTENTION! THIS DAY, agreeably to notification, the inhabitants of this town are called upon to make choice of their STATE OFFICERS for the present year.
Republicans! assemble at an early hour, to support your freedom....Quit yourselves like men, and be strong.
The following is the true Republican Ticket for the day.
JOHN LANGDON, Governor. LEVI BARTLETT, Counsellor. CLEMENT STORER, Senator. JOSIAH ADAMS, Recorder Deeds. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, County Treasurer. JOHN LANGDON, ELIJAH HALL, STEPHEN CHASE, CHARLES CUTTS, Representatives.
The true Republican Patriot sense. That animates the breast, Will crown our Country's wishes now With happiest success!!
Citizens of New-Hampshire! Fellow Townsmen of the town of Portsmouth! Rally round your tried Patriot, Col. JOHN LANGDON, and support with commanding majorities your own and his friends on the Republican Ticket, your own and country's dear bought cause: This morn, this day attend to show your detestation of Tory usurpers on your sacred rights.
Republican Ticket for 1803.
Firm, united, let us be, Rallying round our LIBERTY.
THE LONG TRIED PATRIOT
John Langdon, Governor.
For COUNSELLORS—viz.
LEVI BARTLETT, Rockingham county. JOSEPH BADGER, jun. Strafford do. BENJAMIN PEIRCE, Hillsborough do. NAHUM PARKER, Cheshire do. MOODY BEDELL, Grafton do.
For SENATORS—viz.
CLEMENT STORER, for the 1st district. NICHOLAS GILMAN, do. 2d do. JAMES GIBSON, do. 3d do. RICHARD JENNESS, do. 4th do. JOHN WALDRON, do. 5th do. DAVID COPP, do. 6th do. WILLIAM FISK, do. 7th do. JAMES FLANDERS, do. 8th do. ROBERT ALCOCK, do. 9th do. ELISHA WHITCOMB, do. 10th do. AMASA ALLEN, do. 11th do. WILLIAM TAYLOR, do. 12th do. JOSIAH ADAMS, Recorder of Deeds for Rockingham County. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Treasurer.
As a band of Brothers join, Peace and safety we shall find.
Friends and Countrymen, ALL those among us, who are really in earnest when they profess to regard liberty, humanity, and religion free of vile hypocrisy; are deeply interested in the transactions and the events of the day, on which we assemble to choose citizens for the important offices of State.
It is a day which is to determine whether NEW HAMPSHIRE is to become the pride of HER sister States, or be still disgraced by the influence of men who are inimical to real religion and the rights of mankind;
men who are for a mock religion united with tyrannical policy, to eradicate the genuine principles of virtue and liberty.
To preserve, my countrymen, our rights and privileges, and the free enjoyment of religious opinion, is the great business before us.
Not a single citizen, who values these rights and privileges, should absent himself from town meeting, or withhold his vote for the men presented in the Republican ticket, against whom not an objection is offered, but that they are the friends of our Republican government and enemies to tyranny and priestcraft.
Citizens who are indifferent about the all-important affairs of their country, are unworthy the honorable name of citizens, they are unworthy of the enjoyment of the rich blessings which AMERICA yields to her faithful sons.
Your enemies, my countrymen, have been using their utmost efforts to revive their fallen cause—let us see to it that they are disappointed. No reason, no lenity can reclaim them. The decided friends of despotism appear to be irremediable. They are too far gone in the madness of ridiculous vanity and self consequence, of contempt for their fellow creatures, and the generous and philanthropic principles on which our government is founded. They cry out about religion—not because they are more religious than others, but because the religion they advocate favors their disorganizing schemes. They have sufficiently shown the nature of their religion by their falsehoods and slanders. Religion never flourished more than it has done and still does under the administration of our beloved President, who has for years shown himself the friend of religion, virtue, and humanity. All his measures have been examined and approved by the great body of citizens of the United States, and thousands who were formerly prejudiced against him by the malicious and slanderous aspersions of his enemies, are now convinced of his capacity for worthily discharging the duties to which he is called. Let none of us, by our neglect, suffer his enemies to prevail in this State, to its dishonor and ruin. But let us be firm, unanimous and resolved.
A FRIEND TO THE PEOPLE.
Extract of a letter from Washington, 14th Feb. 1803.
I now can inform you, that this day the committee of the whole, to whom was referred the report of the committee of commerce and manufactures on the repeal of the discriminating duties, are discharged from the further consideration thereof. This will afford time for the full consideration of the subject, before the next session of Congress.
FEDERALISM.
Extract of a letter to the Editors, dated Washington, February 16, 1803.
"Mr. Rols, of Pennsylvania, this day brought forward a resolution authorizing the President to take possession of New Orleans—to raise 50,000 of the southern and western militia, and appropriate five millions of dollars. It was preceded by an inflammatory speech, and is made the order of the day for Monday next."—Citizen.
The attempts of the Federalists to plunge us into hostilities, by seizing New Orleans, instead of negotiating on that subject, confirms the opinion of the Republicans, that federal policy naturally leads to war, debt and taxation. The superior wisdom of the Republican system, in these respects, becomes every day more and more manifest and incontrovertible. The friends of peace and plenty must rejoice in its prevalence.
The beneficial effects of the Republican system, in preserving peace, promoting liberty, abolishing unnecessary offices, disbanding useless troops, diminishing burdensome taxes, and yet linking instead of swelling the public debt; begin to be visible and undeniable, as to extort compliments from many, who have heretofore opposed the present administration. This fact is observable in almost every circle of conversation; and the reader has probably noticed it.
Under the former administration, the National Debt increased almost a million of Dollars a year, upon an average; and according to their system, there was no rational probability that it would ever be reduced a cent. On the first of January 1790, when it was completely funded, it was dollars, 69,740,366 27 cents. January 1st, 1801, it was dollars, 80,161,807 65 cents, an increase of dollars, 10,421,441 38 cents, in eleven years, or dollars, 947,349 21 cents average annual increase. The present administration, notwithstanding their abolition of all the internal taxes, have been enabled, as the President officially assures us in his late Message, "to answer all the regular exigencies of government, to pay from the Treasury, within one year, upwards of eight millions of dollars, principal and interest, of the public debt, exclusive of upwards of one million paid by the sale of Bank stock, and making in the whole a reduction of nearly five millions and a half of principal, and to have now in the Treasury, four millions and a half of dollars, which are in a course of application to the further discharge of debt, and current demands." Here is demonstration. Federalists, behold, in this contrast, an absolute contradiction of your predictions, and a mathematical refutation of your system. Republicans, rejoice in the actual fulfilment of your most sanguine expectations, and the practical confirmation of your principles. Fellow Citizens, of all political denominations, attend to official statements; be convinced by facts, and instructed by experience. It is not a clear, established, unequivocal dictate of interest, and therefore of duty, to support Republican men and measures, in preference to modern Federalists, "calculation is a cheat and arithmetic a liar." (Sun.)
Marine Articles.
Arrived here Tuesday last, brig Joseph, Capt. H. Salter, in 27 days from Demerara, left there Jan. 25, brig Valerius, Harding, of Bath; sch'r —, Doliner, of Gloucester; brig Oliver Peabody, Gilman, of this port—Feb. 1. (Dominion bearing E. N. E. six leagues) spoke brig Anna, Smith, 30 d. from Charleston, bound to Mountflora.
Yesterday arrived, ship Florenzo, Capt. Barnes, in 33 days from Demerara.
At Falmouth, Jan. 12, ship Zephyr, Stoodley, of Portsmouth, (New-Hampshire.)
At Dominico, Feb. 5, brig Alligator, Rice, of Portsmouth.
Entered at the CUSTOM-HOUSE. Brig Joseph, Salter, Demerara. Brig Planter, Grover, Grenada.
CLEARED. Ship Samson, Tibbetts, Demerara. Sch'r Hero, Odborne, do.
A WRECK.—On Friday the 18th ult. a wreck was seen without Baker's Island, and on Saturday morning she was taken possession of by two boats from Marblehead—she was bottom up, and at anchor, her anchor probably falling over when the upset; yesterday she was got into this harbor, and the name discovered, viz. "Martha of Portland"—the Crew supposed to have perished. [Salems paper.]
DIED.—In this town, Mrs. SUMMIT SHERBURN, aged 28, wife of J. S. Sherburne, Esq.—Mrs. DENNET, aged 26—Mrs. BETSEY PRIEST, aged 22.
Friday last departed this life, Mrs. ABIGAIL CONNOR, wife of Capt. Benjamin Connor, aged 34.—She was adorned with those amiable graces and virtues which ever rendered the fair sex respected and beloved. In the full confidence of a happy exchange of this transitory life for that which is heavenly and immortal, she cheerfully bid adieu to her weeping family and friends—May the same gracious power which sustained her in her last moments, be the support and confidence of the bereaved husband and children, and mourning relatives & friends. Her remains were committed to the silent tomb last evening.
GAZETTE CUSTOMERS ATTENTION!!!
The Editors of this paper, are sorry to be under the necessity of doubling their customers; but how can they expect otherwise, when there are so many that have not paid a cent toward the last years papers, the Editors have not received cash enough of the subscribers to pay for the paper on which they have printed their news. The loud calls at present necessitate them to demand immediate payment from all that are in arrears for more than six months.
WHEREAS a commission of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against
JOSHUA PICKERING, of Greenland, in the district of New-Hampshire, Trader, and he having been declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to us the undersigned commissioners, on the sixteenth and thirtieth days of March inst. and on the twelfth day of April next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon on each day, at the office of CHARLES CUTTS, Esq. in said Portsmouth, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects, when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the second meeting to choose assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his certificate; all persons indebted to said Bankrupt or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the said commissioners shall appoint.
JOHN GODDARD, JOHN MCCLINTOCK, HENRY S. LANGDON, Commissioners. Portsmouth, March 1, 1803.
Just Received, and For Sale, by
ELIJAH HALL,
No. 13, Portsmouth Pier,
A FEW casks new RICE,
& bales Georgia Upland
COTTON.—Also, best Lisbon
SALT, and Swedes IRON.
CHEAP FOR CASH. Portsmouth, March 1, 1803.
JAMES SHAPLEY,
No. 4, Portsmouth Pier,
Has for sale, just landed from brig Joseph,
THIRTY hhds. good flavored
RUM. Also, on hand,
SUGAR pr hhd. or bbl. COF-
TEE pr bag. SALT pr hhd. Portsmouth, March 1, 1803.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE
Fire & Marine Insurance Company.
THE Members of the New-Hamp-
shire Fire & Marine Insurance
Company give notice, that until they
are incorporated, they will underwrite
individually on Vessels, Freights and
Goods, at their Office, Mr. BILLINGS'
house, Congress-street. Portsmouth, March 1, 1803.
State of New-Hampshire,
County of Grafton, ss.
To JOSEPH LOOMIS, Esq. one of the Jus-
tices of the Peace in and for said county.
WE the subscribers, owners of
more than one sixteenth part
of the township of DRYDEN, in the
county and State aforesaid, request
your Honor to notify and warn a
meeting of the proprietors and own-
ers of land in said township, to be held
at the house of CHAUNCY CURTIS, in
said township, on the second Monday
of April next, at two o'clock, P. M.
to consider of and act upon the fol-
lowing matters and things. Viz.
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer, Col-
lector, and other officers necessary to trans-
act the proprietor's business.
3d. To vote and lay a tax or taxes to
raise such sums of money as may be neces-
sary to defray the expense of surveying and
lotting said township, making and repairing
roads, and settling all demands that may be
judged reasonable for services that have
been done, or may be performed for the
proprietary.
4th. To vote and make a grant of lands
to the actual settlers in said township, or for
building mills, making roads, or other ser-
vices done or to be done for the benefit of
the proprietary.
5th. To vote the privilege of pitching
lots to actual settlers for a limited time, out
of the undivided land of the proprietary, to
promote the settlement of said township.
6th. To vote and agree upon some meth-
od to ascertain, take care of, and appropri-
ate to public use, certain rights of land
mentioned to be reserved in the original
charter of said township.
7th. To choose a committee to transact
or superintend the business of surveying and
allotting said township, laying out, making
and repairing roads, making a division to
the proprietors and owners of all the land
that may not be otherwise appropriated in
said township, and to settle and adjust all
proprietary accounts.
8th. To choose an agent or agents, and
impower them to prosecute all trespasses
upon the lands of the proprietors or owners
of said township, and defend against suit or
suits that may be brought against them, or
to compromise and settle any dispute that
doth now exist, or may arise between other
grantees or owners of land, under other
grants or charters; and to do and transact
all matters and things that may be necessary
for carrying the business specified in the
foregoing articles into effect.
9th. To agree upon some method for
calling proprietary meetings in future.
SAMUEL RAYNOLDS,
NOAH BISSELL.
Colebrook, Jan. 28. 1803.
PURSUANT to the foregoing application
to me made, I hereby notify and warn the
proprietors and owners of land in said town-
ship of Dryden, to meet at the time and place
and for the purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and seal this 28th
day of January. A. D. 1803.
JOSEPH LOOMIS,
Justice of Peace.
A SCALE BEAM,
WITH Wooden Scales, is left with the
Printers: the owner may have them
again by paying for this advertisement.
THIS DAY & To-Morrow, At S. LITTLE'S Office,
A VARIETY OF ENGLISH GOODS,
SUCH as Broad-Cloths; For- est do. Bear Skins; plain and em- bossed Cassimeres; Orleans Cloth; Fearnoughts; Baizes; Flannels; In- dia Cottons; a variety of Silk, Mullin and Cotton Handkerchiefs & Shawls; a handsome Counterpanes; silk, cot- ton and worsted Hose, for men and women; 2 doz. silver handle Knives and Forks. Also,
2 hds. third proof RUM. And many other articles.
Portsmouth, March 1.
THIS DAY, (IF FAIR WEATHER)
On Rindge's Wharf, at 12 o'clock,
29 Puncheons old Grenada
RUM, For cash on delivery.
STEPHEN LITTLE, Auctioneer.
Portsmouth, March 1, 1803.
To be Sold at Auction,
On THURSDAY, the 24th instant, at
10 o'clock A.M. the Stock of the sub-
scriber, that will then be on hand,
and which now consists of
PIPES Alicant and Cogniac

Moralist.  The world's a jeh, and all things shew it— I thought so once, and now I know it.  EPITAPH. ALMOST six thousand years have elapsed since the sentence of mortality has been fulfilling on every created object. The corrosive hand of time has ever carried on a successful war, and buried in oblivion empires and kingdoms; laid in silence potent Kings and illustrious Nobles.—If it is an undeniable truth that we are candidates for immortality, are accountable for every action, the question then arises, what will be the end of those who are guilty of open acts of violence and indulge themselves in every illicit propensity.—Let us be sensible of the absurdity of placing our affections on terrestrial objects, scarcely a day passes but that the mournful bell proclaims the dissolution of a fellow mortal. Riches are uncertain. How many are blasted in their fondness expectations; they are accumulating property by every just method, and perhaps by some unjust methods, dreaming of future happiness. But may not their brilliant prospects vanish in a night? Let their houses and stores be consumed by conflagration—then how changed the scene will appear.—The hard earnings of industry, which cost the possessor his life-time to collect, perish in an hour. May each one be prepared for adversity as well as prosperity, considering in whatever avocation we are engaged; we are passing with rapidity to our final doom. Each day and year of our lives are pregnant with momentous events—And it is of infinite consequence to be perpetually in that condition, that when the taper of life shall be extinguished, it may rise to immortal regions, then to be re-kindled, and shine with unadulterated lustre.
The II. book of Anti-Christ.
CHAPTER IV.
1. AND it came to pass by reason of Anti-Christ's pretending to be CHRIST's vicegerent on earth, and taking away the scripture from the people, that he extended his kingdom over almost the whole world.  2. And by reason of the cruel reign of Anti-Christ , and the wickedness of the clergy which was allowed by Anti-Christ , the whole earth was filled with violence, ignorance, and every kind of cruelty.  3. For even in England the reign of Anti-Christ was so powerful, that the king feared him, and the whole island groaned under their clerical task-masters; and their groans reached heaven.  4. And it came to pass that when Anti-Christ was about thirteen hundred and sixty years old, CHRIST raised up against Anti-Christ one John whose surname was Wickliff .  5. Who appeared to Anti-Christ like Gideon conquering the Midianites , with only a trumpet and a lamp.  6. For he, by preaching and writing, gave such a shock to Anti-Christ and his kingdom, that it has been on the decline from that day to this.  7. (Now at the time when John lived, the money and power was in the hands of the federal clergy, who oppressed the people who were poor and without power to help themselves.)  8. And when this was done, Anti-Christ fought to destroy John , who had discovered his wickedness, and that of the clergy, whom he called proud, worldly, cursed clippers and purse carriers.  9. John also laid unto Anti-Christ , that the abomination of desolation had its beginning from a perverse clergy.  10. At that time, when John saw the wickedness and pride of the federal clergy, he prayed and said,  11. O LORD, what tokens of meekness and forsaking of worldly riches are these clergymen, pretending to be dead to the world with the pride and vanity thereof;  12. Yet under this pretence, riding with eighty horses, harnessed with gold and silver, and spending with Earls and Barons thousands of pounds, to maintain a false plea of the world, and to prevent men from enjoying their rights.  13. Now when he had made this prayer, they being convicted in their own consciences of the truth of these things, sought how they might destroy him.  14. And for his faithfulness he was bro't before Anti-Christ , and accused of heresy, yet he escaped out of their hands, and after writing many books against Anti-Christ , he died in peace.  15. And it came to pass that after his death, his doctrine, (by reason of his books and name) spread in many parts of Anti-Christ's kingdom.  16. So that after he was dead, he did more to destroy Anti-Christ than he did in his life time, which filled all the federal company with madnes.  17. Then Anti-Christ sent into all the regions round about, and caused all the books to be burnt, which were written by John , whose surname was Wickliff .  18. Moreover Anti-Christ sent to the clergy in England, forty and four years after John was dead, and ordered his bones to be taken out of the grave and burnt, which was done.  19. And after they had burnt them, they cast the ashes into a brook called Swift , which has its head near Knaptont , in Leicestershire .  20. Now the rest of the acts of John —how he translated the New Testament, first into the English language, and laid the foundation of an after-reformation: are they not found in Trinity College , in the Bodler, and the King's Library in England?  21. Now this greatest act of John in translating the scriptures, was that which offended Anti-Christ more than any thing else;  22. For by reason of the scripture which the common people had to read, they saw how they had been imposed on by the wicked clergy, who had taken the scriptures from them.  23. Now the reason why they deprived the people of the scriptures was, that they might practise in wickedness, which the scriptures forbid.  24. And by reason of this, the people rejected these spiritual rulers, and their traditions, and submitted to the command of CHRIST .  25. Now it came to pass that after John was dead, CHRIST raised up two other witnesses, which gave a greater blow to Anti-Christ than he had ever received before. (To be continued.)
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of PIERMONT, county of Grafton, State aforesaid, who are delinquent in paying their county and highway taxes for the year 1802, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 26th day of April next, so much of their Lands as will pay the said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold on said day at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said Piermont, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment.
   Original Grantees & owners of Lands. No. Lots. Acres. Highway Tax.     Theodore Atkinson, 4th Division, 4 5 100 6 45   Howard Henderson, 4th Division, 28 0 160 3 0 54   Ezekiel Worthen, 4th Division, 35 0 160 3 8 66   John Montgomery, 4th Division, 12 3 100 2 6 44   Maj. T. Smiths, 4th Division, 19 0 160 2 0 36   John Goffe, 4th Division, 2 2 100 2 0 36   Benjamin Stevens, 4th Division, 4 3 100 2 0 36   Maj. T. Wentworth, 4th Division, 3 3 100 2 0 36   Robert Auckmuy, 4th Division, 14 3 100 3 4 44   Nathan Whiting, 4th Division, 49 0 160 3 8 66   Christopher Tappan, 4th Division, 1 4 100 0 0 85   Robert Temple, 4th Division, 34 0 160 3 8 66   Howie Lot, 4th Division, 40 0 160 3 8 66   Poor's common Land, 4th Division, 10 0 160 4 0 17   Jonathan Carleton, 4th Division, 11 4 100 2 0 35   41 0 160 4 0 70   33 1 45 1 0 17   0 50 1 5 23   6 3 100 2 0 35    WILLIAM TARLTON, Collector. Piermont, February 5. 1803.
State of New-Hampshire,  Hillsborough, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of LYNDENBOROUGH, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1802, that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the house of JAMES ORDWAY, in said Lyndeborough, on Monday the second day of May next, at ten o'clock, A.M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   NAMES. No. Lots. Acres. Highway Tax.     Theodore Atkinson, 6 130 0 0 75   Blanchard Metcalf, 8 150 2 0 60   Dr. Walter's heirs, 0 104 0 0 39   do. 5 130 0 0 97   do. 0 123 0 0 75   Ebenezer Buxton, 0 0 46 0   Ephraim Crosby, 16   Daniel Dane, 49   Ebenezer Dammon, 46   Ebenezer Dammon, ed, 28   James Hopkins, 77   John Parker, 47   Willard Parker, 27   William Reed, 23   Joseph Trow, 38   Joseph Trow, ed, 17   Batchelder & Jenkins, 54   Daniel Dodge, 13    JOHN WOODWARD, Collector. Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,  Cheshire, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of Land in the town of FITZWILLIAM, county and State aforesaid, who have not paid their highway tax for the year 1801, so much of their Lands as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling-house of Thomas Goldsmith, innholder in said town, on the 11th day of May next, at 10 o'clock A.M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   NAMES. Acres. Highway Tax.     Col. Stoddard, 50 2 1 6   John Eamson, 100 4 3 2   Col. Wallingsford, 100 5 3 2   Sampson Stoddard, 50 8 5 8   West half, 100 1 6 3   Col. Stoddard, 100 7 6 3   David Brigham, 100 12 11 4   Nathaniel Brooks, 100 23 11 4   Perlon Moore, 100 23 11 4   Ditto, 30 15 1 8   Colton, 100 19 6 3   Col. Stoddard, 100 19 6 3    BENONI SHIRTLIFF, Collector. Fitzwilliam, February 10, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,  Cheshire, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of Land in the town of FITZWILLIAM, county and State aforesaid, who have not paid their highway tax for the year 1802, so much of their Lands as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Thomas Goldsmith, innholder in said town, on the tenth day of May next, at 10 o'clock A.M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   NAMES. Acres. Highway Tax.     David Brigham, 100 6 0 0   Phinehas Bond, 100 6 0 0   Ditto, West half, 50 3 0 0   Nathaniel Brooks, 100 12 11 6   Abijah Larance, 50 3 2 9   Ditto, 22 4 1 7   Deacon Newton, 50 7 4 3   Col. Stoddard, 50 2 3 1   Ditto, 100 1 6 2   Ditto, 100 19 6 2   Thomas Spalding, 100 9 5 6   Sampson Stoddard, 76 8 5 4   John Felton, 100 23 4 6   Joseph Willard, 50 3 3 1   Col. Wallingsford, 100 5 5 2    BENONI SHIRTLIFF, Collector. Fitzwilliam, February 10, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Grafton County,  NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of the Lands in the township of LANDAFF, that at a proprietors meeting, duly warned and held on the seventeenth day of November, A.D. 1802, said proprietors voted to raise and assess a tax of FIVE DOLLARS, on each Original Right or Share, with the undivided land; and a list of the same was committed to me to collect, by the Assessors; and in compliance with the laws of said State, I have given notice in the New-Hampshire Gazette of the same, and fourteen days has expired since the last notice, I therefore give further notice, that I shall sell to much of each delinquent proprietors or owners lands at public auction, at the dwelling house of Jonathan Noyes, Esq. in said Landaff, on the eighteenth day of April next, at ten of the clock A.M. as will pay said tax and incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL GRANTEES.     James Avery, John Gregg, John Fancher, Abraham Weed, Thaddeus Bell, Jonathan Bell, Samuel Bates, John Bates, Eliphalet Sealey, Garstham Bates, Jeremiah Andrews, James Taimage, Joseph Stevens, Eliphalet Lead, Robert Andrews, Jacob Stavson, John Bishop, Ephraim Smith, Israel Leads, John W. urbury, John Holmes, John Holmes, jr. Samuel Fenny, John Newman, Cary Leads, Isaac Hoyt, Benjamin Taylor, Abraham Andrews, John Bowton, Walter Norris, Ezekiel Hawley, Nathan Reynolds, Joshua Loundbury, John Gregg, Samuel Gregg, Henry Gregg, William Gregg, Justus Bush Gregg, Nathaniel Sherwood, Thomas Clise, Joseph Benneff, Nathaniel Mead, Nathan Reynolds, jr. Edward Bruff, Shubal Bruff, Timothy Wood, Jonathan Hobby, jr. Justus Knap, Theophilus Peck, Ruben Green, Samuel Karpis, Joseph Wood, Ezekiel Finch, jr. Jonathan Knap, jr. Thomas Waterbury, Ebenezer Finch, Jonathan Knap, Joshua Knap, jr. Ebenezer Seamer, John Holmes, Nathaniel Barrill, James Nevin, Joseph Newmarch, Mark H. Wentworth, Daniel Bowton, Late Governor Benning Wentworth.    EZRA CHANDLER, Collector for the Proprietors. Dated at Londonderry, February 10th, 1803.
State of New-Hampshire.  Grafton, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of BATH, County of Grafton, and State aforesaid, who have not paid the highway and county taxes assessed on said land for the year 1802, that unless they pay the said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the twenty-seventh day of April next, so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of NATHAN FIELDS, in said Bath, at ten o'clock in the forenoon on said day, as will be sufficient to pay said taxes, with incidental charges—VIZ.
   Ranges & Divisions. No. Acres. Highway Tax.     1st range, 100 acre lots 15 83 4   west Ammonoosuck, 11 83 4   3d range, do. 17 83 4   1st range, west division, 18 83 4   do. 93 83 4   do. 24 83 4   do. 95 83 4   50 acres off, 26 42 2   do. 28 83 4   2d range, west division, 31 83 4   do. 40 83 4   do. 41 83 4   do. 42 83 4   3d range, west division, 43 83 4   do. 44 83 4   do. 45 83 4   60 acre lots belonging to 4th range of 100 acre lots, w. div. 1 50 2   1st range, 60 acre lots, west div. 2 50 2   do. 3 50 2   do. 7 50 2   do. 9 50 2   do. 10 50 2   do. 19 50 2   do. 20 50 2   2d range, do. 3 50 2   do. 4 50 2   do. 5 50 2   do. 14 50 2   do. 15 50 2   do. 16 50 2   do. 17 50 2   3d range, do. 1 50 2   do. 2 50 2   do. 3 50 2   do. 8 50 2   do. 10 50 2   1st range, 100 acre lots east 15 83 4   Ammonoosuck, 1 44 2   2d range do. 58 acres off, 2 83 4   do. 5 83 4   do. 6 83 4   do. 7 83 4   do. 9 83 4   do. 10 83 4   3d range, do. 20 83 4   do. 21 83 4   do. 22 83 4   1st range, 60 acre lots east 12 50 2   Ammonoosuck, 13 50 2   2d range, 60 acre lots east 9 50 2   Ammonoosuck, 10 50 2   3d range, do. 6 50 2   do. 7 50 2   4th range, do. 8 50 2   do. 4 50 2   do. 5 50 2   do. 6 50 2   5th range, do. 1 50 2   do. 2 50 2   do. 3 50 2   6th range, do. 4 50 2   Governor's farm, 500 acres, 0 415 20   Common land, 570 acres, 0 478 23    JONATHAN BARRON, Collector. Bath, Jan. 26, 1803.
Wanted to Hire, TWO thousand Dollars, for which good security will be given, and the interest paid quarterly if required. Inquire of the Printers. Feb. 1.  LOST, at the late fire, a MAHOGANY DRAW, belonging to a chest of drawers, with a fluted shell, and a ring in the face: Whoever has it, is desired to leave it with the Printers, where is left a pair of Tonge and a Candlestick. Feb. 15, 1803.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton county,  HEREBY give notice to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in CONCORD, in said county of Grafton, whose taxes remain unpaid for the year 1802, that so much of said land as will pay said taxes and incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of SAMUEL YOUNG, innholder in said Concord, the twenty-fifth day of April next, at ten o'clock before noon, unless previously paid.
   Granters Names. Highway Tax. County Tax.     Joseph Burt, 66 9   William Hokins, 66 9   Jonathan Burt, 66 9   Samuel Clark, 66 9   John McFatt, 66 9   Eleazer Burt, 66 9   Joshua Pomeroy, 66 9   Eliphalet Wright, 66 9   Elijah Mattson, 66 9   Samuel Hunt, 66 9   Aaron Burt, 66 9   Phinehas Wright, 66 9   Phinehas Lyman, 66 9   Woolston Brockway, 66 9   Benjamin Burt, 66 9   Joseph Wheelwright, 66 9   Ezra Burt, 66 9   Oliver Warner, 66 9   John Smith, 66 9   Ebenezer Walbridge, 66 9   Shammah Pomeroy, 66 9   Eleazer Pomeroy, 66 9   Stephen Belding, 66 9></