The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1803-04-05 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.
FOR SALE, CORDAGE, Boltpore, and Marlin of all sizes; French and Ravens Duck; Russia Sheeting; 6, 9, 12, 15, & 18 thread Fishing Lines; chalk, squid, log, deep sea and hand lead, do; Herring Nets of different sizes; sewing, roping, whipping, ball and salmon Twine; Sheet Copper, Sheathing & Wrapping Paper; Nails and Brads of all kinds and sizes, from 14 oz. Clouts to 10 inch Spikes.
Gould's Patent Logs. Perkins' Patent Pumps. Ensigns; Burgees; Jacks, and Pendants.— ALSO — Tar; Pitch; Spirits Turpentine; Oil; roll and lump Brimstone; Lamp-Black; Spanish Brown; Yellow Ochre; White Lead; and almost every article necessary for a ship; With a general assortment of GROCERIES, kept constantly on sale, for cash or approved credit, by
HENRY LADD, at his Ship Chandlery Store in Fore-street. Portsmouth. March 29. 1803
Now Landing from the Schooner Dove, and FOR SALE, by ELISHA HILL, Jr. CORN, BACON, & TAR. Also, on hand, RUM pr hhd. BEEF pr bbl. PORK pr half bbl. COTTON pr bale. Clover & Herds Grass SEED. 200 boxes Mould & Dipt CANDLES. 50,000 BOARDS, and JOIST. March 29. 1803.
BOSTON GLASS. ANY person wishing for BOSTON WINDOW GLASS of any size, may be supplied with any quantity (same price as at the Manufactory) by applying to SAMUEL LARKIN, Agent for the Proprietors. Portsmouth, March 29, 1803.
Jacob Wendell, HEREBY most respectfully notifies the late FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS of Mr. Abner Newhall, late of Portsmouth, deceased—as also the CREDITORS to his Estate, that the remaining stock, which was preserved from the ravages of the late desolating fire, is removed to a store in Washington-street, near Stephen Chase, Esq's Consisting of a general assortment of Gentlemen's, Ladies & Misses English and American Morocco and KID SHOES; And a large variety of Women's Stuff and Fancy SHOES; Also, Men's, Women's, Boys' and Children's Leather SHOES & SLIPPERS; a few pair of Men's BOOTS—Morocco & Sheep SKINS; with a general assortment of TRUNKS, &c. &c.—All of which are now selling by said Wendell, under controul of the Administrator on the deceased's Estate, who has chosen to sell said property at reduced prices, rather than expose it to public auction, to the certain injury of said Creditors.—And after gratefully acknowledging past favours, he assures his worthy Friends and Customers, that if assiduity and attention to business early and late will merit the continuance of their friendship, he may flatter himself with their future custom & remembrance. N. B. Said WENDELL has just received for sale a consignment of Ladies excellent Wirtemberg & York heel Morocco SHOES & SLIPPERS; and a few pair of Gentlemen's large Calf-skin SHOES; and a good assortment of whole, three quarters and half BOOT-LEGS, to be sold at reasonable advance. *** Any Gentleman wishing to purchase for exportation, may be supplied with trunks of assorted SHOES, prepared for that purpose, on generous and reasonable terms. Portsmouth, March 29. 1803.
FOR SALE, A Tract of LAND, in Barrington, in the county of Strafford, containing one thousand Acres, being lot No. 2, in the two mile streak. The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber in Portsmouth. JEREMIAH MASON.
Clover and Herds Grass SEED, for sale by Stephen Pearse, opposite the State-house, Portsmouth.
W. & C. NEIL, HAVE FOR SALE, Superfine & Fine FLOUR; A few barrels Pilot and Ship BREAD. March 22, 1803.
Nathan B. Folsom, HAS FOR SALE, BOHEA TEA, in quarter chests; Hyson-skin do. per chest; Souchong, do. per do.; 1 pack soft shell'd ALMONDS; Bourdeaux BRANDY, per pipe or barrel; Bags INDIA SUGAR; Cannisters, do.; Clothiers DYESTUFF; and other Goods as usual, for Cash, or approved Credit.—Also just received, a quantity of Mixt Blue Cotton YARN.—*** Cash advanc'd, on Consignments. Portsmouth, March 22, 1803.
William Brown, Informs the public that he carries on the TALLOW CHANDLER and SOAP BOILERS business, at the shop lately occupied by Mr. Bishop, near Ark Lane—Where he has FOR SALE, Dipt CANDLES, per box or smaller quantity; Soft SOAP per barrel or smaller quantity, on reasonable terms. *** Cash, or the above articles given for ASHES. Portsmouth, March 22, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. THIS day is dissolved by mutual consent, the Co-partnership of JAMES CONNOR, & Co. All persons that have any demands against said firm, will exhibit them for adjustment, and all indebted thereto, are requested to make immediate payment to JAMES CONNOR. Poplin, March 19. 1803. A fine opportunity to purchase House Lots.
FOR SALE, A LOT of LAND in Portsmouth, situated in a pleasant and central part of the town; it fronts on Pitt-street, and is a part of the Estate whereon the subscriber now lives. The Land is elevated, and the prospect extensive. The situation is retired from noise. It can be divided into five parcels, each of which will make a good House Lot—or into a greater or less number, as will best suit the purchaser or purchasers.—The terms of payment will be VERY liberal, as will best accommodate the buyer and seller. JOHN GREENLEAF. Portsmouth, March 29, 1803.
The Selectmen of Portsmouth HEREBY notify and earnestly request the rateable inhabitants of said town, to exhibit to them just and true invoices of all their taxable property, according to law, the selectmen will meet every Thursday evening at the town Hall, in the Brick School House, for the purpose of receiving them, until the twenty-third day of April next. GEORGE GAINS, } Selectmen. MOSES WOODWARD, } SAMUEL HUTCHINGS, } ELIJAH HALL, } EDWARD CUTTS, } Portsmouth, March 29, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. THE subscriber informs his friends that a semiannual term will expire the first of April—and that the Printers being numbered with the sufferers in the late fire, ought to be an inducement to every person indebted, to make immediate payment—if not, to give their Notes for a short time. OZIAS SILSBY.
A COW LOST! STRAYED from the subscriber, a RED COW, (near calving,) white lin'd back, white tail, a star in her forehead, the end of her horns saw'd;—Whoever may find said Cow, and return her, shall be rewarded for their trouble. MOSES WOODWARD. Portsmouth, March 29. 1803. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, Two smart active LADS, as apprentices to a good business. Enquire of the Printers. March 29, 1803.
SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday the Sixth of December, one thousand eight hundred and two.
AN ACT To provide for the granting of Clearances to Ships or Vessels owned by citizens 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.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, shall be intended to be exported from any of the ports of the United States within the Mississippi, by the way of New Orleans, to any foreign port, the identity of such articles shall be ascertained and certified in the same manner by the proper officers as has been or hereafter may be provided, for the transportation of the same articles to any of the ports of the United States, without the Mississippi.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Collector of the customs for the district of Mississippi to grant to any ship or vessel owned by citizens of the United States, laden with articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said States and actually lying in some part of the river Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States, a clearance in the same manner as if such ship or vessel was lying within the said district, which clearance shall be of the form following, to wit;
"District of Mississippi, to Port of Adams, These are to certify to all whom it doth concern, That _____ master or commander of the burthen tons or thereabouts, mounted with guns (if any) navigated with men built, now lying in the river Mississippi, out of the limits of the United States, and bound for _____ having on board (here specify the articles if required) being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, or (if no specification be required) being laden with articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States hath here cleared his said vessel according to law:
Given under my hand and seal, at the custom house of Fort Adams, this _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred _____ and in the year of the independence of the United States of America."
Provided nevertheless, That such clearance shall not be granted until the identity of the articles laden on board such ship or vessel, as being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States, shall be established to the satisfaction of the said collector, either by the exhibition of a certificate to that effect, from the consul, vice consul, or other authorised agent of the United States residing at or near New Orleans on the said river, or otherwise: And Provided also, That before the departure of such ship or vessel for any foreign port or place without the said river, it shall be the duty of the master or commander thereof, to exhibit such clearance to the said consul, vice consul, or other authorised agent of the United States, who shall certify thereon, under his consular seal, if he be satisfied that the rate of the cargo at the time of such exhibition, correspond therewith, that such is the case; or if the whole or any part thereof shall have been unladed, or otherwise changed, so as not to agree with the tenor of such clearance, he shall accordingly state the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the consul, vice-consul, or other au-
thorised agent of the United States, residing at New Orleans, or at such other place of deposit on the banks of the Mississippi, south of the southern boundary of the United States as may be assigned by virtue of the treaty of San Lorenzo shall be entitled to receive from the captains or owners of American vessels, two dollars for each certificate he shall sign, certifying that the articles contained in such certificate are of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States; and he shall also be authorized to employ a proper person to attend to the landing and loading of such articles, whose duty therein, and compensation, shall be the same as those of an inspector of customs in one of the ports of the United States which compensation shall be considered as a charge against the revenue, and defrayed by the collector for the district of Mississippi, out of the monies received by him on account of the duties on tonnage and merchandise.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, Feb. 19th, 1803. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
AN ACT For the relief of the sufferers by fire, in the town of Portsmouth.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all persons who, being indebted to the United States, for duties on merchandise, have given bond therefor, with one or more sureties, payable to the collector for the district of Portsmouth, and who have suffered a loss of property by the late conflagration at that place, shall be, and they hereby are allowed to take up, or have cancelled all bonds heretofore given for duties as aforesaid, upon giving to the said collector new bonds, with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of said collector, for the sums of their former bonds respectively, payable in twelve months from and after the day of payment specified in the bonds to be taken up or cancelled as aforesaid; and the said collector is hereby authorized and directed, to give up or cancel, all such bonds upon the receipt of others as described in this act, which last mentioned bonds shall be proceeded with, in all respects, like other bonds which are taken by collectors for duties due to the United States: Provided however, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to bonds which had fallen due before the twenty sixth day of December last.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. APPROVED, Feb. 19th, 1803. TH: JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
List of APPOINTMENTS made by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Robert E. Cochran, of South Carolina, marshal of that district, vice Charles B. Cochran resigned. Joseph Wood, of the North Western Territory, Register of the land office at Marietta, vice Peregrine Foster resigned. John Lelman, of the same Territory, to be a Commissioner for the purpose of ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands under John Cleves Symes, vice W. G. Goforth resigned. Daniel Bissell, of the Indian Territory, Collector for the District of Massac and Inspector of the Revenue for port of Massac vice William Chribles removed. David Ker, of the Mississippi Territory, to be a Judge in that Territory, vice Daniel Felton resigned. James Anderson, of South Carolina, Commercial Agent for the port of Ceteira France. Isaac Coxe Barnes, of New Jersey, Commercial Agent at Antwerp. Aaron Vale, of New York, Commercial Agent of the United States at L'Orient in France. Thomas Lovell, of Boston, Commercial Agent at La Rochelle. Levet Harris, of Pennsylvania, Consul at Rotterdam. John Martin Baker, of New York, Consul for the Islands of Minorca, Majorca and Yvica. Marion Leman, of Maryland, Consul for the Island of Madeira. William Patterson, of New York, Commercial Agent at Nantz in France.
William H. Harrison, re-appointed Governor of the Indiana Territory, and appointed a commissioner to treat with certain Indians, North-West of the Ohio. Thomas T. Davis, of Kentucky, a Judge in the Indiana Territory, vice W. Clarke, deceased. Jesse Spencer, of Ohio to be Register of the land office at Chillicothe, vice Thomas Worthington resigned. Isaac Willey, jun. of Massachusetts, Collector for the district of Portland vice Nathaniel T. Foldeek removed. Isaac Dayton, of New York, Surveyor and Inspector of the Port of Hudson vice L. C. Ten Broeck removed. Joel Bart, of New York, Collector and Inspector for the district and port of Oswego. Thomas Dudley, of North Carolina, Surveyor for the port of Swansborough, vice A. Carmalt, deceased. Charles Willing Byrd, of Ohio, to be Judge of the District of Ohio. Michael Baldwin, of Ohio, to be Attorney for the same District. David Zeigler, of Ohio, to be Marshal of the District of Ohio. Cato West, of the Mississippi Territory, to be Secretary of the Territory, vice John Steele, whose term has expired. Zachariah Stevens, of Massachusetts, to be Surveyor and Inspector for the port of Gloucester, vice Samuel Whitemore, Removed. Joseph Story of do. to be naval officer for the district of Salem and Beverly, vice W. Pickman removed. John Heard, of New Jersey, inspector of the revenue for the port of Perth Amboy. William Brewer, of N. Carolina, Surveyor and Inspector for the port of Nixentown, vice Hugh Knox, resigned.
From the American Citizen.
On Friday last a dinner was given at the City Hotel, in honor of the author of "COMMON SENSE." At 4 o'clock a numerous company of republicans sat down to dinner, after which the following toasts were drank, accompanied with appropriate songs and music—at ten o'clock the company retired in perfect harmony and order. 1. The people of the United States—May they ever retain their elevated situation in the ranks of mankind. Music—Washington's march. 2. Thomas Jefferson—the tried and faithful servant of the republic—The President's march. 3. The hardy yeomanry of our Country—They gave us freedom and they will preserve it.—Yankee Doodle. 4. The unextinguished and unextinguishable spark from the altar of '76 5. The 4th of March 1801—May the ides of March be ominous to tyrants.—Jefferson's march. 6. Peace while it can be preserved with honor—when war becomes necessary, the foes of the administration cannot teach us our duty.—Marseilles Hymn. 7. The straight line without expedients—the sure path to lasting reputation.—The sons of Columbia. 8. Federal editors throughout the union—may they be free to oppose the administration without restraint of sedition laws.—Rogues March. 9. "Steady Habits"—Magic words used by political necromancers to bind the spirit of freemen in passive submission—Steady habits. 10. Gratitude to the benefactors of our country.—Welcome return. 11. Rulers without deceit, and a people without fashion—Hail Columbia. 12. Opinion—a sacred right, acknowledged by all but tyrants.—Rule Columbia. 13. Reason, the sun of social existence—may its illuminating influence dispel the fogs of prejudice and error. 14. Information—the best security for public happiness.—Jefferson and Liberty. 15. "Common sense," the ablest opponent of sophistry and error, and best support of the "Rights of Man" throughout every dangerous "Crisis" of human affairs.—Ca Ira. 16. Republicanism—Simple in its principles, salutary in its practice—Hail Columbia. 17. The heroes of humanity throughout the globe.—March in Abaelino. After Mr. Paine had retired—the president gave—Mr. THOMAS PAINE.—He has dared when under the jaws of tyrants to vindicate the rights of man—Shall he now be deterred by the reproaches of a forlorn remnant of aristocracy?—6 cheers!
VOLUNTEERS.
A new world and its liberties, and may the right of inquiry into the truth or fallacy of systems of government, or systems of religion, be ever supported by the people of the United States. The freedom of election, may the next man who aspires at the presidency in contempt of the people receive a coat of tar and a crown of thorns. The Weather in the Southern States, and in most parts of Europe, has been as cold and stormy as it has here been mild and pleasant. In South Carolina, about the middle of February, the snow in many places was eighteen inches deep upon a level. Nothing like this had ever been seen there before, by the oldest inhabitants. Much damage has been done both on land and water in both hemispheres.

Solemn and awful warnings, to the children of men, in wars and pestilence, earthquakes & conflagrations, to awaken a slumbering world.—Presented to the view of this degenerate age, on occasion of the Proclamations for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, in the several States, the present month.
By a Voice from the WILDERNESS.
THIS world is a scene of wonders, performed by a wonder-working GOD. Every age, year and day produces wonders. But can there be scarcely a greater wonder & matter of astonishment than this, which every moment witnesses—That the children of men will not seek their GOD? The inspired Prophet of old, expressed this as a most astonishing wonder, when he cried, as the mouth of God, in the ears of the degenerate Jews. Be astonished, O heavens, at THIS, and let the earth be horribly afraid; for my people have committed two great evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out to themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water! Of what greater evil or crime can the sons and daughters of men be guilty, than that of forsaking the author of their being, by whom they every moment live? How great and awful the guilt, that JEHOVAH calls on heaven and earth to be astonished and frightened thereat! To forsake—to live without GOD in the world, to persist in rebellion against the Sovereign of the Universe, the kindest and best of Beings.—What an exploit of ingratitude and criminality is this? Why do we not all tremble at the idea! To whom, ye hapless mortals! To whom will ye flee in the day of trouble, the distressing hour of death, when, to you all nature will be as dissolving; when, to you, in that agonizing hour, the pillars of heaven will tremble, the earth vanish from your feet, distressing ruin seize on your vitals, and rend the soul of your heart! Is there no voice of eloquence, alarming, pathetic eloquence, sufficiently powerful to awaken a careless slumbering world—to rouse sensibility in our degenerate revolved hearts. Least the terrific voice of our offended, rejected LORD and Benefactor shall announce and fulfil the declaration.—Ah! I will cause me of my adversaries! What avail our solemn assemblies, when we sit before GOD as his people, while our hearts are far from him? What avail our thanksgivings and fasts, to the sacred purpose of which our hearts are foreign? The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib.—Even the dog shews his attachment and gratitude to his protector, and welcomes him home with a thousand fondling motions;—But how is JEHOVAH's government denied in his own territories, trampled upon by his own subjects; and gratitude to a heavenly Benefactor shewn only by deceitful lips! See a profession of Religion—a form without the power; while vice and oppression prevail, and every man will supplant his brother. I tremble at the thought of the hastening consequences of such depravity! for it is a truth as certain as that we have a being, that they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. Will you suffer me to plead with you, O ye careless and secure!—Ere GOD plead with you with a strong hand and an outstretched arm of retribution, far other than ye have yet experienced.
To reject the Creator and Redeemer of the Soul—is it not the consummation of wickedness? O! are we not to be moved by the most wonderful expressions of Almighty Love! Yea, who speak in the name of our GOD, in this day of spiritual darkness. Exert all your powers of eloquence. Cry aloud, and spare not. Suffer ye not sin upon us of your brethren of mankind. Remind us of GOD's judgments in the past as well as the present times.—We have, in years past, been visited with terrible earthquakes; and, ere long, the whole earth shall tremble! In those dreadful nights, men were forcibly frightened, as well they might, while their houses tottered over their heads.—O! it would be well for us, were we frightened at sin! There was then a great reformation, but alas! too little heart reformation. Since, we have been visited with wars and pestilence, and terrible conflagrations: and not we in America only, but the four quarters of the globe. GOD will deal with us by terrible things in righteousness: Yea, except we repent we shall surely perish. GOD will shake terribly the earth, and, with fire and sword plead with all flesh, and with pestilence and famine. Unless we turn to HIM, destructions will come upon destructions!
In divers ways, and manners too, A Sovereign GOD is pleas'd to shew What his avenging arm can do. His work of judgment must go on, And reach the heart of every one— When, from our beds we trembling rose, As tho' to meet the gen'ral rendezvous, On GOD's great retribution day, Or hear the solemn midnight cry; [Such were the thro's of thousands, when The dreadful earthquakes shook our land.] O then for oil our Lamps to fill, Or, righteousness to save from hell! Yet GOD was better than our fears, And graciously prolong'd our years; And still long-suffering doth HE prove Shewing his mercy and his love. But vain ih' excels man may make, When HE both heaven & earth shall shake; And, from the inmost heaven on high, Bufts the last great tremendous day!
Prepare ye, then, to meet your GOD, Nor now despite his chast'ning rod: Keep ye the Fast which HE approves; Nor with deceit your GOD abuse. Put your oppressors far away: Let true repentance bles the day: Fast ye from Sin, and bring the poor Within your hospitable door; The cutest poor, for whom GOD pleads, And freely give to him that needs. Then heavenly bounties shall descend, And PEACE and GLORY BLESS THE LAND.
*Mr. Love prophesied, at his death, that this year, 1803. Asia, Africa and America will tremble.—Let us hear, and fear.
The above will be struck off on a separate sheet, and may be had at this office Tomorrow-morning. April 5, 1803.
FEDERALISM UNFOLDED.
From the Pittsfield Sun.
Extract of a letter from a representative in congress who is universally esteemed by all his acquaintance, not only on account of his great abilities and integrity, but for his pious course of life for about forty years past, to a gentleman in Pittsfield, dated Washington, Jan. 3, 1803.
"MY DEAR FRIEND,
"BUT little business has been accomplished since the present session commenced. The first week passed without a quorum in the senate.—Christmas holidays are, in this part of the country, rather unfavorable to the transaction of business in congress.
"I perceive that the press, and some of our desks, still team with calumny against the government, and particularly against our First Magistrate. I have seen extracts from Dr. Osgood's thanksgiving sermon, which, in point of insolence, ill nature, want of decency, and either involuntary, or wilful ignorance, exceed almost anything I have met with—even his other performances not excepted. I cannot but think that in those extracts, wherever he makes use of the name of his maker, the least and the best that can be said of it is, that he takes that holy and reverend name in vain—Indeed, merely to say, he takes that sacred name in vain, does not, as I conceive, by any means, express the heinous nature of his crime. He seems to have made use of that sacred name for the purpose of sanctioning and giving a currency to falsehood, calumny, and the worst of passions. Has he produced the least shadow of argument or scrap of evidence in support of those unmerited and insolent charges which he has fulminated against men whom he never saw, and who are generally beloved and revered by those to whom they are personally known?—Has he assigned the least substantial reason on which he grounds his dogmatical censure of measures, the wisdom and sound policy of which have been demonstrated by the salutary effects which they have already produced, and by the still more salutary effects that are daily resulting from them? Far otherwise is the case with him. He has employed (I will not say prophaned) the consecrated desk, & the sacred name of that Being whose ambassador he claims to be, to the vile purpose of base calumny, false accusations, and such blind and unreasonable censure of the government under which he lives, as betrays either the most shameful ignorance, or the most inimical and abandoned disposition. For the truth and justice of these observations I need do no more than refer, on the one hand to the extracts themselves, and on the other, to that security for life, liberty and property which the citizens of the United States now enjoy—to the regular administration of justice in our courts of law—to the state of our finances, as exhibited in the President's message to both houses of congress at the beginning of the present session, and in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on that subject—and to that peace and tranquility which pervades the Union; except so far as the same may be disturbed by the preacher and a few other disappointed, vain, and turbulent spirits like himself.
"I do not recollect that, in this place, I have ever heard a word said by any one against the private character, either of Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Gallatin, but many things in favour of both. I have made particular inquiry of men in whose integrity and veracity I place entire confidence, concerning those scandalous reports that have been circulated relative to Mrs. Walker and Sally; and am fully convinced that they are mere malicious fabrications, invented by base unprincipled men, with no other view than to stigmatize a character which has hitherto remained without a real stain!—I have enquired particularly of Mr. New, a member of Congress, who appears to be a gentleman of exemplary manners and real piety. He assures me that from his youth up, through the various scenes of his life, Mr. Jefferson has been universally esteemed in all that part of the country where he has lived, as a man distinguished for the purity of his morals—that he is venerated and beloved by all his neighbors and acquaintance, both poor and rich—that he is remarkable for his integrity, kindness, and benevolence—that he contributes liberally and extensively to the support of public worship and religious institutions—in particular, that from the time of passing the law in Virginia for abolishing the taxes which all denominations were compelled to pay to the Episcopal Clergy, Mr. Jefferson has principally supported the Clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, (being one of that denomination) out of his own private estate—that he never suspected, or heard of the least suspicion of intimacy between Mr. Jefferson and Sally till published by Callender.—
Nor has he even the most distant idea that there is so much as a shadow of foundation for the least suspicion of that kind. For the truth of all this, and more that Mr. New has related to me in favor of Mr. Jefferson, he says he is ready and willing to pledge his own reputation. I know it is natural for friends as well as enemies to exaggerate: But, my dear Sir, what shall we say to these things?—A system of calumny and lying seems to have been formed; and it is become the indispensable duty of honest men to unite their endeavors to refute and expose it.
"How can it be accounted for that such vague and scandalous accusations so greatly abound at a distance, many of which appear to come from the seat of government, when, as I have observed before, I have never heard any thing of the kind alleged in conversation here, nor even in the warmest disputes that take place between opposite political sects? I believe you will recollect that Mr. Hastings, in attempting to account for his having been led into a mistake with respect to the thousand dollars said to have been paid for legal advice or counsel, during the Attorney General's absence from the duties of his office, alleged, that while Congress were sitting the subject was frequently conversed on among the Federalists at the seat of government—that it was said to be a fact, and that he never heard it contradicted (or words to that purpose.) That he therefore had no doubt of its truth. Several other members, whose names I believe were not mentioned, testified to the same effect. There is reason to fear that practices like this are too prevalent at the present day that men of a certain description get together and converse among themselves, surmise things to the disadvantage of others which they wish to be facts, and none being present to gainsay or refute them, they are introduced as facts into the Washington Federalist and other papers of the same kind, among the editors of which James T. Callender holds a superior rank. In this way, calumny is diffused. Those who read no other papers are led to receive it for truth. Unprincipled men who may have been at the seat of government confirm their belief by assuring them they never heard them denied. In this way, even honest men are, for a time deceived. But we have reason to hope that ere long, that credulity itself will be undecieved, and that the malady, odious and detestable as it really is, will finally work its own cure."
[The above letter was written by Judge BACON, member of congress from Massachusetts.]
From the Aurora.
FORGERY. —On the subject of New Orleans and Louisiana, there has been more misrepresentation than we have witnessed since 1798—the western people have been coaxed and threatened, in order to induce them to act for themselves, in violation of the constitution, and to confident were the federalists that the advice would be followed, that they actually conceived the insurrection was commenced. We some time ago noticed a memorial, said to be in circulation in Kentucky, &c. wherein it was declared that if immediate measures were not taken by government for clearing obstructions to the navigation of the Mississippi, the memorialists would themselves seek reparation—at the time, we denied the truth of the memorial being in circulation; first, because we entertained a better opinion of the western people; second, because it appeared in a federal print, and thirdly because it was unaccompanied by any name, date, or place, or in fact any thing that might induce credence. The memorial was, however, republished in most of the federal prints, accompanied by encomiums on the spirit of the memorialists and reproaches against the government for its pusillanimity.
Numerous and glaring as the federal misrepresentations are, they have heretofore met with but a temporary belief, the wickedness has at length been made apparent, and the authors condemned to receive the indignant frowns of those who were meant to be deceived:—when we consider the grossness of some fabrications, we are astonished that their authors can look honest men in the face, but the impudence which must be inherent before a fabrication can appear seems to increase when it has. Among others that of the memorial has met its fate, time has evinced the falsehood of the assertion that it was in circulation, but other evidence is also at hand:—who was the real draughtsman of the memorial is unknown, in the following, Coleman is accused, but we suspect he has only the merit of a propagator of the calumny—with Bronson in regard to the Councillor of State's memorial, we believe that said to be written in the western country is of the manufacture of some one nearer home—however it may be useful to show that it was not genius, and for that purpose we copy the following paragraph from a western paper leaving Coleman and Bronson to manage their own affairs in their own way:
[The following memorial is taken from the New-York Evening Post of the 20th ult. and is stated by the editor, to be in circulation among the people of the Western Country for the purpose of procuring signatures. He also expresses an opinion, that the language of the memorial will meet with a common assent from our citizens. We can with confidence assert, that this opinion of the New-York editor is erroneous: nor do we believe that such a memorial is or has been in circulation in this country. We submit it to our readers without further comment.]
Latest FOREIGN NEWS, By an arrival at Boston,—London papers to the 28th February.
FRANCE.
PARIS, FEB. 23.
YESTERDAY the FIRST CONSUL communicated to the Legislative Bodies an exposition of the state of the Republic. It is very lengthy and minute: and embraces numerous objects. It declares the Republic to be increased in its strength by a firmer union of its citizens—more active in its industry, and more confident of its prosperity.—It notices the benefits resulting from the re-establishment of religion, and seminaries of public instruction.—It reviews the salutary alterations which have been made in the Constitution; and declares that in the interior, calmness and security prevail; and that the vigilance of the magistrates, and a gendarmerie strongly constituted, impress every where the greatest terror on the brigands.—Its report on the fiscal concerns are flattering; and it declares, that on the continent every thing presents to us the pledge of repose and tranquility. On external affairs it informs, that "Prussia, Bavaria, and all the secular Princes, who had possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, have obtained on the right adequate indemnities.—The House of Austria finds in the Bilborians it acquires more than it has lost in Tuscany."
"Thus, by the happy co-operation of France and Russia, all these permanent interests are reconciled, and the Germanic Empire, an Empire so necessary to the repose and to the equilibrium of Europe, has received an accession to real strength; it is now composed of elements more concordant, and more appropriate to existing circumstances, and to the idea of the present age."
"Alexandria and Malta are still occupied by British troops. Of this, government would be founded in complaining; but it learns that the vessels intended to carry them to Europe are now in the Mediterranean."
"Government has secured the Peace of the Continent; and it has reason to hope for the continuance of it by Sea. This Peace is equally necessary and wished for, by all people. For its preservation Government will do every thing consistent with the National Honour, which is essentially connected with the just execution of Treaties."
"But, in England, Power seems to be disposed by two Parties. The one, which has concluded Peace, seems determined to maintain it: the other, has sworn an implacable hatred towards France. This fluctuation of opinion, and of Councils, displays an attitude at once pacific and menacing."
"During this struggle of Parties prudent measures are adopted by the Government of the Republic. Five hundred thousand men are in readiness to protect and avenge it. Unaccountable necessity (which passes the most disgraceful) imposes upon two nations, whose interests and inclinations combined, equally attach to Peace!
"However, it is to London the success of intrigue is limited: it is unable to influence other Powers; and Government can assert, with a just pride, that at present England would have to contend singly against France."
"But we entertain better hopes, and rather believe, that the councils of Wisdom, and voice of Humanity, will prevail in the British Cabinet."
GREAT-BRITAIN.
LONDON, FEB. 28.
A report is still prevalent, that Sardinia is to be ceded to Great-Britain. Twelve hundred men are about to sail immediately from Dunkirk for St. Domingo; six hundred have already sailed from Havre for the same destination.
3 per Cent. Con. 71 3/4.—The French funds have risen to 60 60.
A report of a Commercial Treaty having been nearly settled between this country and France, gains ground.
On Saturday a Dutch mail arrived, by which it is said letters have been received, stating that M. Schimmelpennick, the Batavian Ambassador in this country, is negotiating a Commercial treaty.
HIGH TREASON.
FEB. 22.
the trial of Colonel EDWARD MARCUS DESPARD, John Wood, Thomas Broughton, John Francis, Thomas Newman, Daniel Tyndal, I. Sedgwick, Wrattan, William Lander, Arthur Graham, John Macnamara, and three others, came on before a Special Commission; on charges of intentions to compass the death of the king—to restrain and imprison his person; and to dethrone him from the stile and title of the Imperial crown of this realm.—They all plead not guilty; and their trials took up the time until Wednesday.—The counts were all proved; the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of high treason against all the above named. The jury recommended Colonel DESPARD to mercy, on account of the high testimonials offered to his character and conduct. Lord ELLENBOROUGH then proceeded to address first Mr. DESPARD and afterwards the other prisoners, in a most solemn, awful and impressive manner, on the enormity of their offence, and pronounced the dreadful sentence of the law against traitors, viz. hanging, disemboweling, beheading and quartering. Yesterday Col. DESPARD, with six of his associates, were executed at the top of the goal, in Horsemonger-lane, for high treason.—Of them M c Namara was journeyman carpenter; Graham a slater; Wrattan a publican; Broughton a builder; Wood and Francis privates in the foot guards. Before execution that part of the sentence for disemboweling and quartering was mitigated.
Yesterday an address passed the House of Commons congratulating his Majesty on his providential escape from the conspiracy which had lately been detected against his person and government.
FEB. 24.
Letters from Malta say, that the French have a fleet in Marmorissa bay in order to take possession of Alexandria, as soon as it shall be evacuated by our garrison. We do not entertain the smallest idea that this event will take place in the present situation of Europe.
According to an estimate lately made, the salt ponds in the Bahama Islands are capable of annually producing three millions of bushels of SALT.
BY THE LAST MAILS.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 22.
Capt. Johnson, of the brig Paisley, arrived at New-York on Saturday last, in 12 days from Cape-Francois, corroborates the melancholy accounts received at this port last week. The brigands continue to murder, and destroy all round the Cape. A few days before he sailed one 74 with several transports, containing two thousand troops arrived there and nine hundred more hourly expected. The affairs of the 19th was very near proving destructive to the town. The blacks had gotten possession of a fort which directly overlooked and commanded the town, but the guns fortunately being spiked, they were unable to effect their purpose. They were driven from this post with the loss, it is supposed of not less than five hundred men.
Gen. Rochambeau, who had determined to remove his head-quarters to Port au Prince, had changed his mind, and continues at the Cape.
The day previous to Capt Johnson's departure, intelligence was received of the negroes and mulattoes of Aux-Cayes having revolted, and murdered the whites and then joined the brigands.
Markets at the Cape are glutted with all kinds of American produce. Flour selling at 6 to 7 dollars per bbl. on which there is 80 cents duty to be paid. Pork 18 dollars. Beef 13 to 14—No colonial produce to be obtained—Sugar was not to be had at any price, and it was stated that there was not more than 5000 wt. of Coffee in the whole Cape. All American cargoes must be weighed at the Custom-house, for which 50 cts. per 100 wt. must be paid to the weigh-master.
Capt. Johnson sailed in company with some American vessels, and a brig which he understood was bound to New-Orleans, with a governor or Prefect for Louisiana.
BOSTON, APRIL 2.
VERY LATE FROM EUROPE.
Yesterday the ship Columbine, Capt. Stephen Bruce, arrived here, after the short passage of twenty-seven days, from Liverpool.—Through the attention of Capt. B. we are favored with regular files of London papers to the 28th February, and Liverpool to the 3d March. They were not expected to unfold tidings of events of great magnitude. Some articles will be found under our foreign head.
The political relation of Great-Britain and France appear far from being amicably or permanently settled.—Jealousy and distrust are visible in all their proceedings, and are not silent in their state papers:—from one of which we have given some extracts. No commercial treaty had been concluded, though it was said the negotiations on the subject were in train. Egypt continued in possession of the British, and one of the ministerial papers declares that it will not be given up.—Nevertheless the flocks of both nations continued to rise; and though the clouds appear threatening they may be dissipated without a storm.
The English have not yet evacuated the Cape of Good Hope agreeably to treaty.
The report of a declaration of war by Algiers against France had been circulated and contradicted.
Bonaparte has given to Switzerland a federal constitution, and to each canton a separate one; and has acknowledged her as an independent power.
Col. Delpard and six of his accomplices have been executed in London for high treason.—From the evidence on the trial they premeditated the perpetration of the most horrid scenes of murder and carnage.
FRANCE and ALGIERS.
Since our last, Capt. Tyler has arrived from Gibraltar, which he left the 20th February;—at which time no information had been received there of the declaration of war by the Dey of Algiers against France. As the letter of Mr. Kirkpatrick, which announced that declaration, was dated at Malaga, the 1st February; and as that place is but a few days post from Gibraltar, it is probable our Consul's information, though derived from the French Commercial Agent, was incorrect.
An American gentleman in London, writing to his friend in this city, very seriously asks if all the churches are overruled, and none but Frenchmen employed by government, as the federalists predicted would be the case should Mr. Jefferson be elected:—it might be answered with great truth that the churches were never better attended than of late, and it is but too true that there are many persons retained in office, who so far from being Frenchmen, were in 1797-8 the devoted tools of British influence. [New-York paper.]
We entertain sanguine hopes that the great mass of the community are at length convinced of the spuriousness of the federal pretence of exclusive love for country—we trust that no attention will in future be paid to the federal prints, when they point out as danger what will in all probability prove beneficial. Our reasons for entertaining such expectations, are founded on a knowledge that among the respectable part of the American federalists themselves, there has been but little difference of opinion on the question whether immediate hostilities should be adopted; we know that some of them have declared there was more rashness than courage in the appeal to the passions and interests of the western country; but among these men not one was a dependant on English influence; it is a circumstance well deserving attention, that in every scheme for dragging the country into embarrassments, the agents of great English houses, and the admirers of the British government are forever foremost in promoting them, and in talking about national honor. The real American merchant ought to enquire if Britain does not wish us at war to crush our growing commerce, and extend her own?
If war had been declared, according to the wishes of the federalists, how ridiculous we would have appeared in the eyes of Europe, when it was discovered that the ignorance or indifference of an individual agent of Spain, was the cause of hostilities, and before any effort had been made either to obtain information or redress by pacific measures.

Portsmouth.
Tuesday, April 5, 1803.
Some of the southern papers contain a marvellous account of an attack alleged to have been made on a British ship by Lieutenant Sterret in the United States...
The federalists appeared to have placed their greatest hopes on the effects of their clamour about Louisiana—misrepresentations on other subjects...
In the address of John Rutledge, we as usual find the name of Washington called to support the Adams administration...
Mr. Rutledge confiders the success of the republicans to be attributed in a great measure to their clamour about the taxes...
As Mr. Adams is allowed by his friends to have been displaced for encouraging measures attended with extravagance...
COMMUNICATION. To the Privates of the Military Company "The Gov. GILMAN'S BLUES"—FELLOW SOLDIERS, PERMIT me through the medium of the Gazette...
Fired with the patriotism of our Forefathers, and sensible that a well regulated Militia is the only bulwark of our Liberties...
In July 1800, our worthy Captain was necessarily obliged to leave us. The command then devolved on the Lieutenant...
"O, mores! O, tempora!" Philosophically, there cannot be an effect without a cause; therefore some cause must have produced this ignominious effect...
then we will burnish our rusty arms; unfurl our dormant standard, and proclaim to the world our firm resolution to maintain the honorable appellation of "True Blues." A SOLDIER.
Return of Votes for Governor.
Table with 3 columns: Town, Votes, Total. Includes Alton, Brentwood, Bradford, Charleston, Croydon, Durham, Danbury, Dover, Greenland, Greenfield, Goshen, Lempster, Madbury, Newington, New-Castle, Newmarket, North-Hampton, Newport, Orange, Stratham, Windham, Warner, Wentworth.
The above, with those already published, comprise 143 towns.
TOWN-MEETING IN NEWMARKET. For Governor—John Langdon, Esq. 148. John T. Gilman, Esq. 49. For Counsellor—Levi Bartlett, Esq. 145. Joseph Blanchard, Esq. 36. Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 3. Ezekiel Godfrey, Esq. 1. John Langdon, Esq. 1. For Senator, District No. 2—Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 145. Ezekiel Godfrey, Esq. 36. For Recorder of Deeds—Josiah Adams, Esq. 210. For County Treasurer—Nathaniel Folsom, Esq. 106. Oliver Peabody, Esq. 53. Representative—Jeremiah Mead, Esq. a true Republican. JOSIAH ADAMS, Town Clerk.
TOWN-MEETING IN GREENLAND. For Governor—John Langdon, Esq. 88. J. T. Gilman, Esq. 14. Senator—Clement Storer, Esq. 94. Thomas Leavitt, Esq. 8. Counsellor—Levi Bartlett, Esq. 88. Joseph Blanchard, Esq. 9. County Treasurer—Nathaniel Folsom, Esq. 61. Oliver Peabody, Esq. 18. County Recorder—Josiah Adams, Esq. 91. Nathaniel Parker, Esq. 2. Representative—Capt. James Whidden. A true copy of Record, Attest. THO'S PHILBROOK, Town Clerk.
TOWN-MEETING IN DURHAM. For Governor—John Langdon, Esq. 127. John T. Gilman, Esq. 66. Scattering 1. For Senator—John Waldron, Esq. 112. Wm. K. Atkinson, Esq. 57. For Counsellor—Joseph Badger, Jr. Esq. 107. William Hale, Esq. 69. Representative—William Ballard, Esq.
Messrs. PEIRCE'S, THE numerous reported engagements of private men to procure commissions for Electors agreeing to change their political opinions for governmental rewards...
Among the virtuous means used this year, by the religious federalists, to help Mr. Gilman's election, plain truth has had the lowell station, sheer lies have formed the VAN. It has been not only insinuated but asserted that Mr. Langdon is an infidel, entirely destitute of virtue, an enemy to religion...
Marine Articles.
Portsmouth, April 5. Yesterday arrived, brig Rebecca, Capt. McClintock, in 31 days from Tobago, left at Tobago, 3d March. brig Sally, Tuttle, brig Sally, Briard, of this port; brig Olive, Gould, Kennebec. Same day, brig Polly, Capt. Turner, 17 days from Grenada.
COMMUNICATION. THE Priests of Baal, at the approaching Feast, will be like hounds at fault. All their political fabrications to degrade the Government and revile Republicans...
If they should touch on the present state of Religion, they must acknowledge all their former prophecies false. They having foretold, as the inevitable consequences of Mr. Jefferson's election...
A friend to real Christianity. MARRIED. In this town, Mr. James Hill, to Mrs. Sally M. Briard. Mr. Samuel Neal, of Kiuey, to Miss Mehitable Prealy. DIED. At Epping, Mr. Samuel Plumer, aged 82. Miss Mehitable Fogg, aged 67. Mr. Benjamin Clifford, aged 75. Mr. Ezekiah Clifford, aged 40. At Newington, Benjamin Adams, Esq. aged 75. In this town, Miss Abigail Gerrish, aged 23, daughter of Mr. Timothy Gerrish. Miss Polly Baker, aged 20.
THEATRE Assembly-Room. This Evening will be performed a Drama, called the Old Man and Young Wife, or, THE DIVORCE. To which will be added, a Farce, in two acts, called CONTRIVANCES, or, CAPTAIN IN PETTICOATS; and various other amusements. For particulars, see Bills.
THEATRICAL COMMUNICATION. A lover of such amusements was sorry a little rain should prevent the exhibition of last night, there are good pavements to walk on, and the ladies of this town I have observed are free from affecation...
WHEREAS JOHN MAN, of Portsmouth, in the District of New-Hampshire, a Bankrupt, hath made application to me for the allowance of his certificate of discharge. Notice is hereby given that the same will be allowed and confirmed, unless sufficient cause to the contrary be shown to me at my dwelling-house in Newington, before the ninth inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. JOHN PICKERING, Judge of the District Court for the New-Hampshire district. Newington, April 4, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Assignee to the Estate and effects of EDWARD GOVE, of Portsmouth, in the District of New-Hampshire, butcher and trader, a Bankrupt. All persons who are indebted to said Gove, are requested to make immediate payment...
Jonathan Goddard, Has for Sale at his Store in School-Street, MADEIRA, Sherry, Lisbon, Vidonia, Red-Port & Malaga WINES, all of the first quality. Old Cogniac and Spanish Brandy; Rum, Gin. Bohea Tea, in whole, half and quarter chests. Hyson & Souchong Teas. Hamburg, Bristol, Crown & Boston WINDOW GLASS of various sizes. NAILS of all kinds. And a General Assortment of Hard Ware Goods. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
FOR SALE, BY E. WENTWORTH, At his Store, adjoining the New-Hampshire Union Bank, corner of Buck-street, a general assortment of GROCERIES, Consisting principally of the following Articles—viz.
HYSON Chulang TEA, of a superior quality, in boxes containing 12 lbs. each, or by the less quantity; also, Hyson, Hyson skin, Souchong and Bohea ditto; Philadelphia Loaf and Lump Sugars, India & Brown ditto; Malaga Raisins per cask; Muscadel do. per box; best cask Figs; black Zant Currants; Shell'd Almonds, Tamarinds, Capers, Olives; No. 1. and No. 2 Chocolate; Chocolate Shells; Florence Oil, in flasks; Allspice, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Pepper, Ginger; Salt Petre; Poland Starch; Spanish Indigo, best Spanish Float do; Smoaking Tobacco, best Spanish Segars; Caltile, white and brown Soap; Shaving do; Mould and Dip'd Candles; Mustard per lb. do. in bottles; best green and white Coffee; Cotton; coarse Salt; Redwood, Logwood, Fustick; 7 by 9 Window Glass; Sherry and Malaga Wines, Rum, Brandy, Gin, Molasses, Vinegar, Lemons, &c. &c. Also, 1200 weight CHEESE, of good quality. RICE. 3, 2, & 1 Gallon STONE JUGS, &c. &c. Portsmouth, March 22, 1803.
Stephen Hardy, HAS just received in addition to his former assortment, a variety of Gold hoop and knob Earrings; A pleasing assortment of Scissors & Penknives; Japan'd Waiters; Tea Cannisters; Spoons; plated Shoe Claps; Ivory and horn Combs; Snuff Boxes; Blocktin Teapots and Cans; Tweezers; Pencil Cases; Table Bells; Crucibles, &c. WANTED a smart active LAD, as an apprentice to the Goldsmiths business. Apply as above. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
NOTICE. THE co-partnership under the firm of ROWE & SLEEPER, was dissolved the 1st inst. by mutual consent. All persons having demands against said firm, are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and all indebted are called on to make immediate payment to either of the subscribers, at the Store they lately occupied in Buck-street. TIMOTHY ROWE, SHERBURNE SLEEPER. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
ALL persons that have any demands against the estate of GEORGE RAND, late of Rye, yeoman, deceased; are hereby required to meet at the dwelling-house of William Marden, in Rye, on Monday the 13th day of June next, when and where the Commissioners appointed by the Judge of Probate, will receive and examine their claims; And all indebted, are to make payment at the above time and place. JOHN RAND, Administrator of said Estate. April 2, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors to the Estate of RICHARD BOYNTON, late of Meredith, in said county, Esquire, deceased, under the administration of SUSANNA BOYNTON, of the same Meredith, widow, represented in solvency; that we the subscribers having been duly constituted & appointed, by the Judge of the Probate of wills, &c. in and for said county of Strafford, Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to said Estate, will attend for the purpose aforesaid, at the said Susanna's dwelling-house in said Meredith, on the last Friday in each of the following months, viz. April, May, June and August, from ten of the clock in the forenoon, to four in the afternoon of each day. Six months from the date hereof, are allowed us for the purpose aforesaid. JOHN MOONEY, J. HALL WOODMAN. Meredith, March 19, 1803.
THOSE Persons who are subscribers for the N. H. Gazette, and who expressed a wish to pay for their paper in work, are requested to call at the Book-Store of the Editors in Buck-street, Portsmouth. LOST. ON Sunday evening last, in this town, a SILVER KNEE-BUCKLE, whoever has found it and will leave it with the printers, will receive the thanks of the owner. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
THIS DAY. At S. LITTLE'S Office, FIFTY pieces India Cottons; 20 do. Bandannoes; 10 do. India Chintzes; 100 yds. Broad Cloths and Callimeres; 10 Elegant Looking Glasses; 4 bbls. Sugar; 3 pieces Ruffia Sheeting; GLASS WARE; 50 doz. Glass Mugs; 50 pair Decanters; 6c pair quart and pint Tumblers. 10 boxes Window Glass. In the afternoon, a variety of Out-door GOODS, Among which are, 4 Feather Beds; 4 large Tables; a number of Bed Steads; Chairs, Andirons, and many other articles in the Furniture line. Also, at Private Sale, 2 hlds. good MOLASSES. April 5, 1803.
To be Sold at Auction, On FRIDAY NEXT, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, A VERY valuable Lot of LAND on Seaward's hill, so called, opposite the N. end of the New-Hampshire Hotel, fronting on Buck-street about 47 feet, thence running back on the Easterly side about 100 feet to the South east corner of the late Samuel Sherburne's land; thence Westerly by said Sherburne's, Woodward and others land about 95 feet to Stevens' land; thence Southerly by said Stevens' land about 33 feet to Stoodley's land; thence Easterly by said Stoodley's land and a narrow lane about 39 feet; then Southerly by said lane about 66 feet, to said Buck-street. The conditions made known at the time and place of Sale. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
To be sold at Public Auction on Tuesday the 12th inst. At 12 o'clock on the premises—to the highest bidder without reserve, A convenient Dwelling-House near the South Mills, with a good Lot, about 70 feet front, holding its width 100 feet deep; and several House Lots adjoining the same. Portsmouth, April 5, 1803.
For SALE, on liberal terms, SEVERAL Lots of LAND, pleasantly situated for Dwelling-Houses, on middle road, between James Marden's land, & land of John S. Sherburne, Esq. Each Lot fronts westerly on said road fifty feet, and carries that width back two hundred feet. Terms and further particulars may be known by applying to WOODBURY LANGDON. April 5, 1803.
A good FARM. TO BE SOLD, A FARM in Sanbornton, containing about One Hundred & Fifty Acres of good LAND, with two Dwelling-HOUSES, and two BARNs thereon, an Aqueduct is led into the yard with good water; there is an excellent Orchard on said Farm, that will produce one year with another forty or fifty barrels of Cider; with a number of good Fruit Trees—Tillage and Mowing to keep thirty head of Cattle yearly, with other flock. Said FARM will be sold with or without the stock and utensils, as will best suit the purchaser; on reasonable terms. For further particulars inquire of DANIEL JEWELL. Stratham, April 4, 1803. N. B. Possession will be given immediately, should any person wish to purchase.
PERCY. THE proprietors of Percy, are hereby notified, that at a meeting held the 3d day of January last, at Lancaster, the proprietors of said Percy, voted a tax of three dollars and twenty-five cents on each right in said township of Percy, for the purpose of laying out two lots in said township, to each right, the same having been assessed and committed to me to collect, the proprietors are hereby desired to pay said tax to me at my house in Northumberland, by the last day of July next, otherwise their rights will be advertised for sale as the law directs. THOMAS PEVERLY, Collector. County of Grafton, Northumberland, February 1, 1803.
TIMBER WANTED. 18 deep Joist, 11 by 6 inches, 20 feet long. 56 do. 11 by 3 inches, 20 feet long. 1360 feet of Joist, 5 inches square. 33 Sleepers, 7 by 5 inches sq. 20 feet long. The whole may be Spruce or Hemlock. Any person wishing to contract for the above, are requested to send in their proposals to the subscriber immediately, as part of the timber will be wanted in this town by the 10th or 12th inst. CHARLES PEIRCE.
NEW PUBLICATIONS. A MIRROR. Displaying National Religion; as appearing in the conference between BONAPARTE and the MUFFI. The Convention between him and Pope PIUS 7. And, the Restoration-Sermon, preached to the First Congregational Church with the King of Zion's account of his own Kingdom. Price 17 cents.—ALSO, CHRISTIAN SONGS; The 8th edition, but sd published in America—Price 34 cents. Sold by the EDITORS, at their Bookstore in Buck-street. April 5, 1803.

Miscellaneous Repository.
For the N. H. GAZETTE. Mssrs. EDITORS. If the following Ode is worthy a place in the Gazette, you have liberty to insert it.
AN ODE TO HOPE. HAIL Hope, sweet daughter of the mind, Ever liberal—ever kind; With aspect mild and winning, come, And make my breast thy constant home.
Should slander o'er her arrows throw, Or malice aim her deadly blow; Should hissing envy, serpent-like, "Wher her sting, in act to strike;" Should gloomy care, that murders rest, Or frantic love, assail my breast— Oh! soothing Hope, thy aid impart, Thy balm can cure the wounded heart.
Should fortune wild, her smiles forbear, Nor let me more her favors share, Compel me wretched e'er to roam From tender friends, and peaceful home; Oh! Hope! thy kind assistance lend, Be thou consoler, guide, and friend.
And when the toils of life are o'er, And cares and sorrows vex no more; When nature's beauties fade away, "And death smiles ghastly" o'er his prey; Oh light me, Hope, to realms above, Where bliss abounds, and endless love.
The II. book of Anti-Christ. CHAPTER IX.
1. AND it came to pass in the year of Anti-christ , one thousand six hundred and forty, that the clergy said, go to, let us build a TOWER in Cambridge, by which our power may be preferred to our sons and to our son's sons, to the latest generations.
2. And as the power of the government is in our hands, let us command them to make laws, that no man shall pretend to preach, unless he has gone through the TOWER, which we shall erect for the honor of our Majesties."
3. For by this means we shall prevent the ignorant Anabaptists from setting up to be teachers contrary to our interest, and by which each of us in our parishes may reign undisturbed by such men as are breaking up our churches.
4. Now when this TOWER was built, they pretended that it was like the school of the prophets, where pious young men were trained up for gospel ministers, though in general they gave but a small evidence of their piety.
5. For any young man, who could "consecrate himself with a bullock and a ram ," became a clergyman —and by reason of this the lowest of the people became clergymen.
6. And after this building was erected, the clergy who ruled, began to "seek honor one of another," and they heaped on each other the names of Anti-christ in great abundance.
7. For they called themselves A. B. A.M. B.D. D.D. S.T. D. and sometimes those who were famous in their cause, had large honors conferred on them, such as D.D. A.A. S.S. S.H.S.
8. Now these things gave the disciples of CHRIST reason to think that the clergy were a set of proud, worldly men, who were destitute of righteousness, faith, and the love of GOD .
9. And seeing how the clergy and their churches "rejected the commandments of GOD, to keep their own tradition," they resolved to form a church upon the New-Testament plan, which was, that none should be members unless they were born again.
10. They likewise agreed to reject the baptism of infants, because it was not mentioned in the scripture, and to baptize only such as believed, that baptism was a burial with CHRIST, according to the scriptures.
11. Now the name of the place which they chose to erect this church, was at first called Shawmut , but afterwards it was called Boston , which name it retains unto this day.
12. And in the year of CHRIST, one thousand six hundred and sixty-five, in the fifth month, and twenty-eighth day of the same month, the church was erected contrary to law, and according to the gospel.
13. Now when this was done, they called themselves Baptists , which made the clergy say of them, "they declare our infant baptism nothing, and call themselves baptists , as if none were baptized but themselves."
14. And when this was done, the clergy told the court that these men were the same as the mad men of Munster , and that unless they were suppressed, the church and colony would be soon thrown into a state of anarchy.
15. Now when the court came together, one of the clergy, in his discourse before the court, told them that these men were foul murderers, because they refused salvation to infants, by withholding from them the saving ordinance of baptism, which regenerated the children, and made them members of CHRIST.
16. And when this came unto the ears of the Governor, the Councillors, the Senators, the Sheriffs, and the Representatives, and all the Reverend Clergy, who ruled the whole court, they gave orders to have their meeting-house nailed up.
17. The clergy, under Anti-christ , likewise moved the court, (which was their weapon of war) to make a law, that if any man spoke any thing amiss against infant baptism, he should be banished from the town.
18. Now this was done to destroy the disciples of CHRIST, but because CHRIST had built them up in love, these clerical gates of hell could not prevail against them.
19. And it came to pass that about this time, when the clergy under Anti-christ were endeavouring to overthrow this little church of CHRIST, another trouble came on the clergy and their dupes , the court.
20. For in a town not far from this, called at first Naumkeag , and afterwards Salem , there rose up a man called Roger , whose surname was Williams .
21. Now this man was a good man, and mighty in the scriptures, he declared, that the baptism of infants was an abomination in the sight of GOD, and that magistrates ought not to interfere with religion.
22. Moreover he taught that the clergy, who depended on the government for their
subsistence, were enemies to CHRIST and advocates for Anti-christ .
23. Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and not having arguments from the scriptures to prove him in an error, they had recourse to their usual weapon, the power of the court.
24. And he, by the court, who were ruled by the clergy, was condemned to perpetual banishment.
25. And being banished from a government where it was criminal for a man to believe and practise according to the laws of CHRIST, he journeyed to a place which he afterwards called Providence .
26. And there he set up a free government, and on that account the clergy have never had it in their power to extend the limits of Anti-christ's dominion in that State to this day. [To be continued.]
State of New-Hampshire.
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-first day of June 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.
   Ranges & Divisions. No. Highway Tax. County Tax.     1st range, 100 acre lots } west Ammonoosuck, } 15 83 4   3d range, do. - - - - - 11 83 4   1st range, west division, - - - - - 17 83 4   do. - - - - - 18 83 4   do. - - - - - 23 83 4   do. - - - - - 24 83 4   do. - - - - - 25 83 4   50 acres off, - - - - - 26 42 2   do. - - - - - 28 83 4   2d range, west division, - - - - - 34 83 4   do. - - - - - 40 83 4   do. - - - - - 41 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, west 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   2d range, do. - - - - - 20 50 2   do. - - - - - 3 50 2   do. - - - - - 4 50 2   do. - - - - - 5 50 2   do. - - - - - 14 50 2   do. - - - - - 15 50 2   do. - - - - - 16 50 2   3d range, do. - - - - - 17 50 2   do. - - - - - 1 50 2   do. - - - - - 2 50 2   do. - - - - - 3 50 2   do. - - - - - 8 50 2   1st range, 100 acre lots, east } Ammonoosuck, } 15 83 4   2d range, do, 58 acres off, - - - - - 1 44 2   do. - - - - - 2 83 4   do. - - - - - 5 83 4   do. - - - - - 6 83 4   do. - - - - - 7 83 4   do. - - - - - 8 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 } Ammonoosuck, } 12 50 2   do. - - - - - 13 50 2   2d range, 60 acre lots, east } Ammonoosuck, } 9 50 2   do. - - - - - 10 50 2   3d range, do. - - - - - 11 50 2   do. - - - - - 6 50 2   do. - - - - - 7 50 2   do. - - - - - 8 50 2   4th range, do. - - - - - 4 50 2   do. - - - - - 5 50 2   5th range, do. - - - - - 6 50 2   do. - - - - - 1 50 2   do. - - - - - 2 50 2   do. - - - - - 3 50 2   6th range, do. - - - - - 4 50 2   Governor's farm, 500 acres, Common land, 570 acres, JONATHAN BARRON, Collector. Bath, March 21, 1803. 0 415 60 0 479 23  
FOR SALE,
At Public Auction, On TUESDAY the 26th of April, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, (if not previously disposed of at private sale)
A LARGE 3 story HOUSE, in Buck-street, nearly opposite N. S. & W. Peirce's Bookstore, and occupied by the subscriber.—Said House has four rooms on a floor, and is very convenient. The lot on which it stands is 22-by 80 feet, with a narrow strip running 20 feet back. There is also a three story STORE on the premises.—Any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms, which are very liberal, by applying to SAMUEL GRIFFITH. Portsmouth, March 29, 1803.
GLOBE TAVERN!
TO BE SOLD, At PUBLIC VENDUE,
On THURSDAY, the 14th day of April next, at 4 o'clock P. M. on the premises,
THAT noted stand, known for many years by the name of the GLOBE TAVERN, on Portsmouth Plains, together with upwards of 40 acres of Land adjoining—there is an excellent Well of water, and a Barn near the House.—The whole will be sold together, and an indisputable title given. The terms of payment made known any time previous to the sale, by application to the subscriber, living on the premises.
SAMUEL TUCKER. Portsmouth, March 15, 1803.
To JEREMIAH HUTCHINS, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace for the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire—and STEPHEN H. WHITING, clerk of the proprietors of the township of Concord, in said county.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the common and undivided land in the township of CONCORD, in said county, request you to warn and notify a meeting of the proprietors and owners of the common land in said town, to meet at the dwelling-house of Maj. Samuel Young, innholder in said Concord, on the first day of June, A. D. 1803, at two of the clock, P. M. to act on the following articles, matters and things.—Viz.
1st. To choose a Moderator to regulate said meeting.
2d. To choose a Clerk.
3d. To choose Assessors, a Collector or Collectors, Treasurer, and such other officers as may be found necessary.
4th. To ratify and confirm any or all former divisions and votes of the proprietors, as they may think expedient, or act on the premises as shall be thought proper.
5th. To see if the proprietors will prosecute trespassers on their lands, and appoint an agent or agents for that purpose; and to defend any action that is or may be instituted against the interest of said proprietors—and likewise to take care of said proprietor's common land, and prevent any trespasses on the same.
6th. To take such measures to settle the lines of said town with the adjacent towns, as may be thought proper; also to complete the survey of the town, and make such further divisions of the common land, as may be judged for the best.
7th. To raise such sum or sums of money as the proprietors may judge necessary, and settle accounts with their former Treasurer, Collector and others, and take suitable measures on the premises.
8th. To agree on a method for calling meetings in future.
9th. To allow such reasonable demands as may be exhibited against said proprietors.
Concord, May 29, 1802. JONAS MINOT, EDW'D LITTLE, Attorney for JOSIAH LITTLE. EDWARD LITTLE, OLIVER PRESCOTT, jr. STEPHEN H. WHITING, JONAS MINOT, jr. by his Att'y JONAS MINOT. SAMUEL MINOT.
State of New-Hampshire,
Grafton, ff. Bath, May 29, 1802. THE proprietors and owners of the common land in Concord aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals the above day. JEREMIAH HUTCHINS, Justice Peace. STEPHEN H. WHITING, Prop's Clk.
To JEREMIAH HUTCHINS, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace for the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire.
THE subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of STUARTSTOWN, in the county of Grafton, in said State, hereby request you to notify and warn a meeting of the proprietors or owners of said township of Stuartstown, to meet at the dwelling-house of Capt. Joseph Bliss, innholder in Haverhill, in said county of Grafton, on the twenty-fourth day of May next, at two of the clock, P. M. on said day, to act on the following matters and things.—Viz.
1st. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
2d. To choose a proprietor's Clerk.
3d. To choose Assessors, a Collector, a Treasurer, and Agent, or other officer or officers, for conducting business for said proprietors or owners, as they think fit.
4th. To see whether the proprietors or owners will grant any part of their undivided land in said town, on such terms as they think best to promote the future settlements of said township, or for any other purposes; if so, what quantity?
5th. To see how far the proprietors will ratify and confirm any of their former votes.
6th. To see if the proprietors will make any grant in land for the first settled minister in said township, or for other uses.
7th. To see what method the proprietors will take to divide part or all their undivided land betwixt the present owners, whether by pitching, draught, or in part, by each way, as they may think best.
8th. To see what sum or sums of money the proprietors will raise by tax, to pay all expenses that have arisen, or may arise, for the purpose of securing and promoting the settlement of said township, and surveying and allotting the same, and other proprietary expenses, that may be thought proper.
9th. To receive, examine, and allow, and pay accounts brought against the proprietors.
Bath, Feb. 10th, 1803. JONAS MINOT, SAMUEL MINOT.
State of New-Hampshire,
Grafton, ff. Bath, Feb. 12, 1803. THE proprietors and owners of the township of Stuartstown aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes aforesaid.
Given under my hand and seal the above day. JEREMIAH HUTCHINS.
Capt. JAMES SCOTT, D. F. INFORMS his friends and the public in general, that he has returned from his tour thro' the Eastern States, where he has met with great encouragement in his line of business; and has got a new recruit of MIDDLE-STRINGS, and should be happy to receive the commands of a generous community. Portsmouth, March 22, 1803.
WANTED TO RENT, From 500 to 1000 DOLLARS—for which good security will be given. Inquire of the Printers. March 22, 1803.
State of New-Hampshire,
Grafton, ff. Bath, Feb. 24, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of BATH, in said county, claiming under the original charter of said township, made under the government of Benning Wentworth, Esq. then Governor of the then Province of New-Hampshire, now State of New-Hampshire; who are delinquent in paying a proprietors tax of seven dollars on each original right of land in said township, voted the 26th August, 1801, to pay the proprietors' debts and law-suits, which tax has been assessed and committed to me to collect, and by me advertised for payment, and still unpaid. Therefore, so much of each and every of the following original rights of land in said township, will be sold at public vendue, on the 26th day of May next, at ten of the clock, A. M. at the dwelling-house of Stephen Couch, innholder in Bath, in said county, as will pay said tax and incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.—Viz.—The rights of Andrew Gardner, John Gardner, jr. Robert Lord, John Coope, Peleg Frost, William Kenady, Reuben Frost, Simon Tucker, William Simons, Nathan Lynde, Oliver Tucker, William Willard, Benjamin Lord, Noah Bowman, Peter Freeman, Willoughby by Lynde, Hezekiah Rider, Ezra Woodcock, William Grimes, Oliver Rider, Reuben Darling, Benning Wentworth, Amos Brent, Joseph Peirce, Jehiel Faller, John Harkness, Zephaniah Temple, John Gardner, Nath'l Powers, Job Spooner, Obediah Southworth, Robert Parker, Ezra Frost, Nathaniel Fellows, Simon Stevens, John Fitch, John Bacon, Theodore Atkinson, Esq. John Coulit, Reuben Bacon, Joseph Newmarch, Esq. Peter Coulit, James Raymond, Judah Adams, Samuel Wentworth, Esq. Noah Harris, Roger Ayres, John Nelson, Esq. Dudley Boylston, Silvanus Macumber, Simon Ruff, Jared Faller, Job Ayres, Theodore Atkinson, jun. Simon Harris, John Hawley, Zebdiah Boylston, Moses Coope, Ezra Frost, his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq. Joel Matthews, Simon Frost, Julian Frye.
HENRY HANCOCK, Collector.
State of New-Hampshire,
Hillsborough, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of ANTRIM, in said county, who have not paid their highway 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 Samuel Grifft, in said Antrim, on Monday the twenty-third day of May next, at eleven o'clock, A. M. unless prevented by previous payment to the subscriber.
   NAMES. Number. Quantity. Highway Tax. County Tax.     Samuel Alld, - - - - - 0 10 90 1 15 0 40   Capt. William Grout, - - - - - 0 4 85 0 40 0 40   Jeremiah Swan, - - - - - 0 0 180 1 40 0 40   Nathan Croft, - - - - - 2 4 15 0 67 0 75   Ebenezer Eaton, - - - - - 0 0 150 0 75 0 75   Judge Wiberi's intervalle farm, } of the great right, No. 6, } 500 2 50   Margaret Green's, in ditto, } lots No. 10, 11, & 13, } 146 0 72   Solomon Hubbard, - - - - - 79 0 89   DAVID M'CLUER, Collector. Antrim, March 14, 1803.  
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-residents proprietors and owners of Land in the township of DANBURY, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, who have not paid the taxes assessed on said Land for the year 1802, that unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber, on or before Tuesday, the 7th day of June next, so much of their Land will be sold at public auction, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, at the dwelling-house of Jacob Favour, in said Danbury, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on said day.
   NAMES. Number. Quantity. Highway Tax. County Tax.     Solley & March, - - - - - 43 2 90 4 46 0 46