The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1798-07-31 00:00:00

THE New Hampshire Gazette.
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TUESDAY, July 31, 1798.
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Glorious Tidings!!
[The impression of the following with types of Diamond on paper of Gold, would be but a small tribute to its unrivalled excellence.—“Take it for all in all—we ne’er shall look upon its like again.”]
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. JULY 18, 1798.
Gentlemen of the Senate, BELIEVING that the letter received this morning from General WASHINGTON will give high satisfaction to the Senate, I transmit them a copy of it, and congratulate them and the public on this great event, the General's acceptance of his appointment, as Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the Army.
JOHN ADAMS. United States, July 7, 1798.
Mount Vernon, 13th July, 1798. DEAR SIR,
I had the honor, on the evening of the 11th to receive from the hand of the Secretary of War, your favor of the 7th, announcing that you had, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed me “Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of all the Armies raised or to be raised for the service of the United States.”
I cannot express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence, and the highly flattering manner in which you have been pleased to make the communication; at the same time, I must not conceal from you my earnest wish, that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years, and better qualified to encounter the usual vicissitudes of war.
You know, Sir, what calculation I have made relative to the probable course of events, on my retiring from office, and the determination I had consoled myself with, of closing the remnant of my days in my present peaceful abode; you will not therefore be at a loss to conceive and appreciate the sensations I must have experienced to bring my mind to any conclusion that would pledge me, at so late a period of life, to leave scenes I sincerely love, to enter upon the boundless field of public action, incessant trouble, and high responsibility.
It was not possible for me to remain ignorant of, or indifferent to, recent transactions. The conduct of the Directory of France towards our country; their insidious hostility to its government; their various practices to withdraw the affections of the people from it; the evident tendency of their acts, and those of their agents to countenance and invigorate opposition; their disregard of solemn treaties and the laws of nations; their war upon our defenceless commerce; their treatment of our Ministers of peace; and their demands amounting to tribute; could not fail to excite in me corresponding sentiments, with those my countrymen have so generally expressed in their affectionate addresses to you.—BELIEVE ME, SIR, NO ONE CAN MORE CORDIALLY APPROVE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT MEASURES OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION. They ought to inspire universal confidence, and will, no doubt, combined with the state of things,
call from Congress such laws and means as will enable you to meet the full force and extent of the crisis.
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavoured to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause; and may confidently trust the final result to that kind Providence who has heretofore, and so often, signally favoured the people of these United States.
Thinking in this manner, and feeling how incumbent it is upon every person, of every description, to contribute at all times to his country's welfare, and especially in a moment like the present, when every thing we hold dear and sacred is so seriously threatened; I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States; with this reserve only, that I shall not be called into the field until the army is in a situation to require my presence, or it becomes indispensable by the urgency of circumstances.
In making this reservation, I beg it to be understood, that I do not mean to withhold any assistance to arrange and organize the army, which you think I can afford. I take the liberty also to mention, that I must decline having my acceptance considered as drawing after it any immediate charge upon the public; or that I can receive any emoluments annexed to the appointment, before entering into a situation to incur expense.
The Secretary of War being anxious to return to the seat of government, I have detained him no longer than was necessary to a full communication upon the several points he had in charge.
With very great respect and consideration, I have the honor to be, Dear Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
Geo: Washington. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
The Alien Bill—so much anathematized by the inveterate enemies of our country—so often made the subject of seditious evocations—we present this day. Let every American read it; and then ask his heart, if the measure is not, independent of being strictly constitutional, the mildest and most benedict measure that could have been taken, at the present exigency.
Fifth CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES. AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the thirteenth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.
An Act concerning Aliens.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, at any time, during the continuance of this act, to order all such aliens as he shall judge dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof, to depart out of the territory of the United States, within such time as shall be expressed in such order—which order shall be served on such alien by delivering him a copy thereof, or leaving the same at his usual abode, and returned to the office of the Secretary of State, by the Marshal or other person to whom the same shall be directed. And in case any alien so ordered to depart, shall be found at large within the United States after the time limited in such
order for his departure, and not having obtained a licence from the President to reside therein, or having obtained such licence shall not have conformed thereto, every such alien shall on conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three years, and shall never after be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any alien so ordered to depart, shall prove to the satisfaction of the President, by evidence to be taken before such person or persons as the President shall direct, who are for that purpose hereby authorized to administer oaths that no injury or danger to the United States will arise from suffering such alien to reside therein, the President may grant a licence to such alien to remain within the United States for such time as he shall judge proper, and at such place as he may designate. And the President may also require of such alien to enter into a bond to the United States, in such penal sums as he may direct, with one or more sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the person authorized by the President to take the same, conditioned for the good behavior of such alien during his residence in the United States, and not violating his licence, which licence the President may revoke whenever he shall think proper.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, whenever he may deem it necessary for the public safety, to order to be removed out of the territory thereof, any alien who may or shall be in prison in pursuance of this act; and to cause to be arrested and sent out of the United States such of those aliens as shall have been ordered to depart therefrom and shall not have obtained a licence as aforesaid, in all cases wherein the opinion of the President the public safety requires a speedy removal.—And if any alien so removed or sent out of the United States by the President shall voluntarily return thereto, unless by permission of the President of the United States, such alien on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for so long as in the opinion of the President, the public safety may require.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every master or commander of any ship or vessel which shall come into any port of the United States after the first day of July next, shall immediately on his arrival make report in writing to the collector or other chief officer of the customs of such port, of all aliens, if any, on board his vessel, specifying their names, age, the place of nativity, the country from which they shall have come, the nation to which they belong and owe allegiance, their occupation and a description of their persons, as far as he shall be informed thereof, and on failure every such master and commander shall forfeit and pay three hundred dollars, for the payment whereof on default of such master or commander such vessel shall also be holden, and may by such collector or other officer of the customs be detained. And it shall be the duty of such collector or other officer of the customs, forthwith to transmit to the Office of the Department of State true copies of all such returns.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, shall respectively have cognizance of all crimes and offences against this act. And all Marshals and other officers of the United States are required to execute all precepts and orders of the President of the United States issued in pursuance or by virtue of this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any alien who may be ordered to be removed from the United States by virtue of this act, to take with him such part of his goods, chattels, or other property, as he may find convenient; and all property left in the United States, by any alien, who may be removed, as aforesaid, shall be, and remain subject to his order and disposal, in the same manner, as if this act had not been passed.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for and during the term of two years from the passing thereof.
JONATHAN DAYTON. Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved June 25, 1798.
John Adams, President of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the office of the Department of State, TIMOTHY PICKERING, Sec'y of State.
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
THE LAY PREACHER.
David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed and was well.”
AMONG the other vexations, which soured the temper, and embittered the life of Saul, it seems he was haunted by a melancholy devil, in the form of Hypochondria. Some of his discerning physicians, conscious of the hatred, which the moping demon bears to harmony, prescribed a dulcet remedy; and, instead of advising their prince to send for an exorcist, recommended hiring a harper. Pleased with this recipe, the king immediately directed his domestics to provide a man, that could play well, and bring him to court. In some pal-
toral valley, vocal with music's sweetest notes, a juvenile shepherd was found, “Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song, Well knew to fill the wild winds, when they roar'd, And hush the waving woods.” Of such a musical magician well might “the evil spirit” be afraid. No sooner did David begin “to meditate his rural minstrelsy,” than his spleenetic sovereign was refreshed and was well, and his vicious tormentor departed.
Those authors, who have critically surveyed nature, agree in the wondrous power of the “concord of sweet sounds” to disperse the cloudy weather of the soul, and enrapture the majority of mankind. SHAKESPEARE has finely described the eager desire of Jacques for a musical banquet; and makes him in the forest scene, call upon Amiens for a song, with perleaving importunity. “More, more, I pr'ythee more; and come, warble, come,” are the impatient expressions of his anxious entreaty. MILTON, narrating the march of the infernal legions “over the burning marle,” of the fiery lake, makes them move to the music of “flutes and soft recorders.” The “solemn touches” of these instruments, the poet avers, had the power to chafe
“Anguish and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain,” even from the perturbed and guilty revolting angels. When, in the absence of their chief, they engage in a variety of amusements as a “truce to reflex thoughts,” and entertainment of “the irksome hours;” a choir retreat, and sing “with notes angelical to many a harp.” And, such was the magic potency of sound, that
“The harmony Suspended Hell.”
GREEN, pursuing the idea of PLATO, has the following picturesque lines, in a celebrated poem.
“Many have held the soul to be Nearly allied to harmony.”
“Her have I known, indulging grief, And flunning company's relief, Unveil her face, and looking round, Own, by neglecting sorrow's wound, THE CONSANGUINITY OF SOUND.”
COWLEY speaks somewhere of “A raging fit, Which can no cure but sacred tunes admit.” WALLER, with a degree of energy not often discerned in his easy poetry, declares,
“That all we know, Of what the blessed do above, Is, that THEY SING, and that they love.” COWPER enumerates among the lenitives of winter,
“The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds, The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out.” And DRAYTON happily notices that delectable concert, recognized by every nice ear,
“Where—every amorous food, Sweetly marries with the like.” This liberal display of quotation is not made from motives ostentatious or pedantic, but to shew with how remarkable a coincidence eminent poets & ingenious men agree; and, if the play may be allowed, harmonize, in singing the praise of harmony. In fact, authors are largely indebted for a portion of the beauty of their writings to what the ancients called rhythm, and to an accurate ear for music. This induces the judicious pause, the choice of liquid words, and the melodious close, so important in the constitution of an elegant period. Many established, and Lay Preachers, who are prone to scribbling, will do well to learn a lesson from every concert they attend, and mark from voices, or instruments in unison, the charming operation of pleasant sounds on the mind. In the soul of most men there is always a kind of response to the sound of an agreeable air, flowing lines, or sweet and rounded sentences; and the pleasure of reading is doubled, when an author strives to fill the ear, as well as the intellect.
Music is not only useful to literary men, as an aid to the mechanism of composition, and as a remedy for the spleen: it awakens genius, it accelerates the flow of soul. A very learned and ingenious professor at the university of Edinburgh is said to keep a band of musicians in pay. When he is preparing to compose, they are stationed under his study window, and directed to play certain favourite airs. As soon as his mind is elevated to the proper pitch, he gives the signal of silence, and instantly seizes his pen. Apollo, who presides alike over musick and wit, pleased with his votary's attention to the first, readily inspires the second; and composition melodious, and brilliant, ensues. This serfman, from the Lay Preacher, would most certainly even with his rugged ears, found more sweetness, if he had imitated the example of the Edinburgh enthusiast; and, that more easy and voluble sentences may, in future, be listened to by his readers, he now abruptly retires to hearken to a rustic fiddler, chanting to his violin,
“For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.”
ANECDOTE.
ONE seeing his friend wear a threadbare cloak, asked him, if it was not sleepy? Why do you ask? said the other: because, said he, I think it has not had a nap these seven years.
Lang, Brierley & Co. Have received an assortment of Spring Goods which will be sold low for cash or approved credit. Portsmouth, June 1, 1798.
REMOVED. MARKET-STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
Rich'd Evans Has received a very large and fashionable assortment of the best ENGLISH and INDIA GOODS; He informs his friends he has removed to the store directly opposite the one he formerly occupied—and that he shall be very happy in receiving their commands. He wants to purchase 5000 yards good Tow Cloth.
NANKINS. Richard Evans Has just received a few bundles best NANKINS. Portsmouth, July 13, 1798.
Dartmouth-College LOTTERY. Class Fifth.
THE Managers of Dartmouth-College Lottery, to accomplish, as far as possible, the design of the Lottery, are again induced to solicit the patronage of the friends of Literature, and request the attention of the enterprising, to the chance exhibited in the following
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   Prizes. Dollars. Dollars.     1 of 2000 is 2000   1 - 1000 - 1000   2 - 500 are 1000   3 - 300 - 900   5 - 200 - 1000   25 - 100 - 2500   30 - 50 - 1500   40 - 30 - 1200   50 - 20 - 1000   110 - 10 - 1100   1350 - 8 - 10,800   1617 24,000   4383  
6000 Tickets at 4 dollars, are 24,000 Subject to a deduction of 12 1/2 per cent. The Prize of 1000 Dollars will be placed to the last drawn Blank. The drawing will commence at Concord, on Thursday the 22d day of November next; and when completed, a List of Prizes will be immediately published, and the Prizes paid on demand. JONA. FREEMAN, MICHAEL M'CLARY, } Managers. WILLIAM A. KENT, } June 19th, 1798.
THE subscribers being appointed commissioners, by the Hon. Samuel Tenney, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, to receive, examine and adjust all the claims of the creditors to the estate of Captain BENJAMIN CLARKE, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, do hereby give notice that they will attend on said business at the Town-Clerk's office, in Portsmouth, on the third Wednesday of this, and the five following months, from 2 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
GEO: WENTWORTH, } Commis- A. R. HALL, } sioners. WILLIAM SEAVEY, } Portsmouth, July 11, 1798.
FOR SALE BY Phineas Ellis, A quantity of Sheathing Paper, At his Store in Market-Street. A Hoftler wanted.
WANTED a Hoftler for the Livery stable of the subscriber; a white man, one that is single, acquainted with the work and willing to do it, such a one will meet with encouragement from J. DAVENPORT, Portsmouth, July 10, 1798.

From the Oracle of the Day.
To Wm. Gardner, Esq.
Late Commissioner of Loans for the State of New-Hampshire.
IMMEMORIAL usage has established the propriety of permitting felons at the place of execution, to utter "their last words and dying speeches." This, by giving employment to their thoughts, probably alleviates their extreme anguish and terror, and often enables them to meet their ignominious fate with apparent composure.
In imitation of this ancient and laudable custom, the displaced and degraded officers of the United States have uniformly confessed themselves, and amused the public with a history of their own crimes and wicked follies. Randolph the first in wickedness, was the first who claimed and exercised the privilege. Monroe and Cox followed the bright example, and have, together with their illustrious prototype, been borne down with the weight of their own infamy, and consigned to oblivion.
The example of the great is irresistible. Even you, Sir, ambitious of emulating the fame of these great men, assert your right to make a dying speech and point out to the public the means which have brought you to your deplorable end.
You seem to entertain exalted notions of the privilege, and in the fulsome language of modern revolutionary patriots affirm, "that sensibly feeling the indignity, prompts you as a free citizen, constitutionally authorized, to step forth in your own defence."
You are the first who has made the attempt, and to you the honor is due of tracing this right of felons to a constitutional source. To ornament your story, and gratify your vanity, the letters of the late Secretary Mr. Hamilton are given to the public.
They show that you once had the honor of corresponding with a great and good man, and that that man then thought you worthy of your office. This you may justly estimate the greatest honor of your life—and your vanity in exposing it to public view, is certainly excusable.
But Mr. Hamilton's opinion of your integrity five years ago, makes nothing for your present purpose. Among your political friends you may find many who at that time were held in fair estimation, but who since, by conduct not more factious than yours have forfeited the good opinion of all honest men, and rendered themselves objects of public detestation.
at this alarming period a factious opposition of discontented, mischievous men, acting in concert, in constant enmity and direct hostility to the general government.
And it is equally certain, that this factious opposition partly by the wicked government of France, and partly by their own corrupt ambition, have uniformly by every means in their power opposed, and endeavoured to render abortive, all the measures of our administration.
Nursed and patronized by a man whom accident, rather than talents, has placed high in office; this opposition, in the town of Portsmouth, has in numbers and wicked zeal unfortunately far exceeded any other town in New-England.
And of this opposition, you, Sir, are, and for a long time have been an active and industrious member. With them you associate, and to them you give your whole confidence.
Were you ever known to be absent from the meetings of the leaders at that rendezvous of sedition, kept by the fiery, high-priest of noise and folly?
Were you not present at the very meeting, when it was seriously and very sagely resolved that the President must be displaced from his office?
Was not you among the foremost of the bufflers who vainly attempted to procure a town meeting to advise Congress to oppose the measures of the executive;
and surrender the honor and independence of our country to the imperious tyrants of France?
Not one of these facts can you deny. Your boisterous declamations against our government and its measures are constantly heard in the streets and public places.
BOURDEAUX, May 13. A citizen of this place has received a letter from one of his sons, an officer in the navy, dated May 1st, from which it appears that the Toulon fleet, composed of 18 ships of the line and a great number of frigates and transports were ready to put to sea for an expedition the object of which was concealed from the people on board.
The negotiation drag at Rastadt. The result of the disagreement between Austria and the French Republic is expected with impatience.
In the mean time, the French troops continue to exhibit the firmest countenance.
At Frankfort they expect the French will take possession of that city. Upon the whole, it is the general opinion that if a war breaks out a fresh with France, the Empire will take no part in it.
It is said that Boniface, keeper of the tower of the temple, will be tried, respecting the escape of commodore Sydney Smith.
LONDON, May 11. Government has ordered that M. Benger, Captain of La Virginie frigate, who has frequently been offered in exchange for Sir Sydney Smith, should be set at liberty, in consequence of the escape of the latter.
LIVERPOOL, May 24. Lord Edward Fitzgerald. The Bresford Packet, belonging to Messrs. Lake and Brown, arrived yesterday from Dublin, by which vessel we have received papers of so late a date as May the 21st, which give us the following information:
Information having been received that Lord Edward Fitzgerald was concealed at the house of Mr. Murphy, a feather merchant in Thomas-street, Mr. Justice Swan, Major Sirr, and Captain Ryan, went there between the hours of six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening last, with a party of soldiers in two carriages.
Whilst Major Sirr and Captain Ryan, were placing the guard, to prevent an escape, Mr. Swan got into a small outer office, and from thence into the lower part of the house, and went up stairs, where meeting a woman, he pushed her down, and got into a room on the first floor, where he found a decanter with the remains of some wine, and some glasses on the table, with chairs round it;
meeting no person there, he rushed into a back room, two stories high, where he found Murphy, the owner of the house standing in the room, Lord Edward lying in the bed, with his coat off, and his breeches and stockings on.
Mr. Swan informed his Lordship, he had a warrant against him for High Treason, was sorry for his situation, but he should receive from him every polite treatment suitable to his rank.
His Lordship immediately rose up in the bed, darted at him, and he, Mr. Swan, feeling something, as if a pistol was snapped at him, saw Lord Edward snatch a dagger from under the clothes, with which he made several stabs at him, which passed through his clothes without wounding him.
His Lordship then closed upon Mr. Swan, shortening the dagger, and gave him a stab in the side, under the left breast, having first changed it from one hand to the other over his shoulder (as Mr. Swan thinks); although severely wounded, he was unwilling to take his Lordship's life, and desired him frequently to surrender, and endeavoured to arrest the dagger from him, and in the scuffle his Lordship made many violent attempts to repeat his blow;
A letter from Yarmouth says, "The ten Dutch Greenlandmen just arrived there had not left the Texel 12 hours before they were captured by the North Sea fleet; they were forced out by Admiral Storey, who told them, that if they did not put to sea immediately, he would press all their hands."
CHARLESTON, June 27. Orders have been received by Daniel Dellauffre, Esq. Agent of the War Department in this city, to have three Gun Boats built for the defence of this harbour.
JULY 6. On Wednesday afternoon last, during a heavy shower, accompanied by very hard thunder and severe lightning, the spire of St. Michael's church was struck, and the three points in which it terminated were melted off.
BALTIMORE, July 17. The militia of this city, we understand, are ordered to keep guard on board the Montezuma and Adriana, government sloops of war, firing out at Fell's Point.
FEMALE PATRIOTISM; OR, AMAZONIAN SPIRIT. We are informed, that in a circle of Ladies, last evening, a proposition was made to evince to the world (notwithstanding the delicacy attributed to the sex) a disposition to strengthen the rising bulk of our national liberties, by forming themselves into a Corps de Reserve, to hold themselves in readiness to issue forth against the enemies of our beloved country, at any time when the exigencies of affairs may appear sufficiently gloomy to justify the measure.
JULY 18. Arrived yesterday, Schooner Eagle, Anderson, 18 days from Cape Nicholas Mole. Twenty leagues to the eastward of Cape Henry, spoke the Melpomene frigate, who informed, that they had chased a French privateer the day before, which upset and sunk, and all hands drowned.
PHILADELPHIA, July 19. Came from the Fort, Schooner Le Croyable, French privateer, prize to the Delaware, American sloop of war.
JULY 21. The French privateer Le Croyable, prize to the United States sloop of war Delaware, Capt. Stephen Decatur, was yesterday condemned in the district court of the United States, to be sold by the Marshal, and the proceeds distributed as the law directs.
JULY 23. Yesterday afternoon arrived here from a cruise, his Britannic Majesty's frigate, La Topaze, Capt. Church—shortly after she came too, she saluted the city with a discharge of 13 guns, which was returned from the Fort.
By a letter from an officer in the British army, at Jeremie, dated the 4th July, to his friend in this city, we are informed that about the 21st of June, Col. Desfource attacked and took a French fort, in the neighbourhood of Jeremie, where he made fifty men prisoners and destroyed five pieces cannon.
Capt. Miller, of the sloop industry, from Antigua to this port, was captured July 9, by the French privateer Schooner La Brave, Capt. Van Herten, a Jerseyman—was retaken by the British sloop of war Thorn, Capt. Mowatt, from Halifax.
The French took every one of his hands into the gangway, and gave them a dozen lashes each. Capt. M. being formerly acquainted with the Captain of the privateer, did not undergo this punishment.
They took out the cabin windows, looking glasses, &c. stamped them under their feet, and said they wished it was JOHN ADAMS!
Mr. Samuel Jones, passenger with Capt. Miller, was stripped of all he had except his money, which he had secreted; to obtain which, they took him to the gangway, and told him he must fight a duel with Lahan, midshipman, or receive the lash—he chose the former, and wounded his antagonist in the left breast.
The French not willing to be troubled with wounded people left Lahan in Capt. Miller's possession, who brought him to New-York, and has treated him with that attention which bespeaks the man of feeling.
The Ganges and Assistance were spoke off the Hook yesterday. The brigs Ceres, Duplex, and Eliza, Fitzpatrick, were both captured by a French privateer a few hours after leaving the Hook!
PENNSYLVANIA. YORK, JULY 17. A new company of infantry has been raised in this borough. The young Ladies have presented it, with an elegant standard.
The following is the young Ladies address: "GENTLEMEN, In presenting to you this standard, we confide to your sacred keeping, our honor, our virtue, and our holy faith."
A CARD. "The young Ladies of York town, presenting a flag to the company commanded by Richard Cutler Campbell, considering that our gallant young men are called upon, not only to defend the Liberty and Independence, and avenge the injured honor of their country, but to preserve, also, the Religion of their Fathers, request of Mr. Fisher to paint over the arms of the United States, the CROSS OF CHRIST, with this motto—"
"IN THIS WE WILL CONQUER." "We are the more earnest in this request, because, in the present revolutionary convulsion, Atheism gets hand in hand with anarchy and oppression."
"Whilst our infant hearts scarcely beat in our breasts, we were solemnly dedicated, at the Baptismal Font, to the Redeemer of the World. We have been educated in the Christian Faith: We will never relinquish it: and we will take to our arms and our hearts, none but those virtuous youths, who, in defending their country, fight under the auspices of a Banner and a Faith most dear to us."
STOCKBRIDGE, July 10. Melancholy Occurrences. On Tuesday last were drowned in Becket, Captain Isaac Clark of that town, and Mr. David West of Middlefield.
The circumstances, as nearly as we have been able to learn them, are as follows: They sat out a little before 5 o'clock, P. M. to sail in a canoe from the south end of a pond in Becket, called the centre pond, to the north end of the same, near to which was Capt. Clark's dwelling house.
Another canoe with one man in it, going to the same place, sat out a few minutes before them. Both were loaded with sand. The canoe in which the two men were had proceeded, as nearly as the distance can be ascertained, about a hundred rods;
the other canoe a little forward of them. A very sudden and violent gale of wind which passed across from the northwest that afternoon met them, drove the foremost canoe on a neck of land the east side of the pond, and landed the man safe on shore.
His situation was so critical that he paid very little attention to the movements or fate of the other canoe.
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PORTSMOUTH,
Bohea Tea Rye,
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The above goods are well chosen, of a good quality, and bought for cash, therefore CAN and WILL be afforded on good terms.
O. Peabody's Dollars, J. T. Gilman's, W. Bartlett's, W. Gray's or even hard dollars will be readily received in exchange for any of the above articles.
Portsmouth, July 30.
Public Auction.
To be sold at Public Auction, on Wednesday the 15th day of August next, at 12 o'clock, M.
A lot of land and store
STANDING thereon, situate in the center of the town of Portsmouth, bounded thirty-seven feet nine inches on the parade, and is 103 feet deep on the westerly end, by the estate of Mrs. Nelson; the northerly side is 74 feet wide in jogs by the buildings adjoining; together with the privilege of a way of 12 feet wide to be in common from said land to and from Market-Street.
Conditions will be made known at time and place of sale, which will be on the premises.
JACOB WALDEN, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, July 30.
Books, Blanks and
Stationary for sale at J. MELCHER Printing-Office and Book-Store corner of Market-Street, Portm. ath.

MR. MELCHER.
IT is a subject of real concern to many well disposed persons, that many inhabitants of the town of Portsmouth should be held up to public view as entertaining sentiments inimical to their country, or adverse to the government under which their lives and properties are protected; very severe and undeserved reflections have been thrown on them, as tho' they were capable of sowing sedition, and in private cabals meditating opposition of an alarming nature: our worthy President, in his answer to the address of the Legislature of this State, has done great justice in his observation, that "if any opposition did exist in this or any other of the States, to the Federal Government, it did not arise from an alienation of affection to their country, but in a difference of opinions on public measures," he was happy to be assured of this sentiment from such information as he had obtained, and we may venture to believe he has not been without the best information from every quarter; we must be dupes and men of no passions, to be supposed so blind to the true interest of our country as to enter into combinations for its destruction. For where can we go to enjoy the fruits of our labours with more safety and contentment than in the places which gave us our birth? And when we see foreign nations a treating us with insufferable, unparalleled insults and indignities, capturing and condemning our properties, under the most frivolous pretences; can it be thought there is even one man in a thousand at this time, so lost to his own interest, or so abandoned, as to wish the continuance of, or to aid and abet such breaches of faith and honor:—If nothing but WAR with such faithless nations, will prevent their cruelties and ravages, why should we hesitate to protect and defend ourselves? But who can hesitate a moment now, when WASHINGTON accepts, like CAMILLUS of old, to quit his domestic life, and again to lead our armies against the foes of his country, whenever, and wherever they appear in the United States; HE approves of the public measures, HE adopts them as HIS OWN; and HIS appearance in their defence will convince the doubting minds of many, and will firmly establish coalition throughout the Union; Mr. GERRY, one of our late envoys, and one on whom we may rely, as a rock of confidence, has wrote, "That he accepted the mission of an Envoy, to support President Adams's administration;"—We may be assured that if he thought, that that administration was repugnant to the true interest of his country, he never would have engaged in its favour, he never would have undergone the fatigues of a long and dangerous voyage to France to be made the tool of any party; he is a gentleman of too much discernment to be cajoled or trepan'd, wherefore we may decidedly conclude, that ALL IS WELL. Some may have once thought that we had better submit to temporary losses, than be involv'd in an expensive war, with a great and mighty nation; but surely there are but few now to be found if any of that opinion; we are not a divided people now, general oppressions have united us; France had many friends in America, but she has lost them by her infringement upon her own treaties and the laws of nations; what first begot the Revolution in this country, but oppressive measures? and those very measures planned by Lord NORTH, on purpose to divide, were happily the only means of uniting us.
During the Revolution let the historic page witness the barbarities, the cold-blooded murders, and horrid treatment which our countrymen received from Britain and her armies, whose tender-mercies were cruelties. Read the declaration of Independence, and there you may trace the causes which lead to that great event.—Take a retrospective view of what was the consequences that followed.
Thus we have been alternately most wantonly abused by both France and England, and have thereby lost as many millions of dollars, as would have defended us against the united efforts of both of those haughty nations, and have supported our weight in the scale of Empires.—Whoever believes in a Supreme PROVIDENCE or DIRECTOR of sublunary things, must acknowledge his interposition to be plainly visible, and must see that the era is now arrived, in which he intends to accomplish his sovereign will. Europe, Asia and Africa have had their Empires; America, or rather Columbia, is now rising into a great and mighty Empire, which a GOD alone can bring to the summit of its glory, and man alone is the machine to execute the decrees of his Providence. With this belief, and under its influence, we may stand still and see the salvation of GOD: resolution, unanimity and perseverance will bring our enemies to reasonable terms; France depends wholly upon our supposed divisions, which seem happily and evidently subsiding, and raised oppositions have cooled down almost to passive obedience; it is to be feared, that the spirit of parties has prevailed too much heretofore, and obnoxious epithets have been unjustly affixed to characters, merely to gratify private revenge, it is believed that there are as few real friends to the French at this time in the town of Portsmouth, as in any town in the United States, and the President justly observed there might some, who have differed in sentiment on the measures taken by government, but since those measures have been adopted, those very persons are as ready to contribute to the aid of Government, or execute any determined plans, as the most high-flying patriots or pretended champions of liberty. The battle is not yet in array, nor the day arrived in which the souls of men may be tried, and until it does we cannot discover our country's friends, words are but wind, actions alone will determine future events, it is earnestly hoped that the partition wall of party spirit may wholly be taken down, and that all may breathe the spirit of union and friendship, as fellow-citizens of the same Great Republic—and let us convince the whole world, that we are not a divided people, or with a change of Government and measures, until by experience we may find it necessary to adopt others. When laws are passed, though by small majorities, yet when that majority is obtained, we ought to submit with confidence in the integrity of the Legislature, and if they should be found to be arbitrary, oppressive, impolitic or anti-
commercial, the people will judge for themselves, and endeavour to have them constitutionally repealed, but why should we oppose any public measures after they have been fully discussed where they first originated, and have become the laws of the union? It has been thought that a fixed and rooted prejudice against France and in favour of England has taken place; we have been in treaty with both of them, and both have infringed upon our rights in the captures of our properties, but France has been more open, for she has denied us the right of nations, that of having a public minister at her court, which at one stroke sets at nought the idea of friendship, or of our political importance as a nation; Britain from finister considerations, has ceased her depredations upon our commerce, and has condescended to convoy our vessels almost to our very ports, whatever may be her motives, we ought not to find fault with having favours done us, instead of injuries. Some have thought, that if France and Britain should make a peace, they might agree to conquer America and divide her between them; such ideas must be the production of distempered minds, and exist only there, for a cordial, hearty and undissembled reconciliation between those two nations never has, nor never can take place, the seeds of natural enmity has taken too deep root, to be ever eradicated, and when oil and vinegar can unite, then may we expect a union between them to commence but not before.
The roused indignation of this country will alter the politics of all Europe; and a short time will evidence to the world, that we are neither to be despised as a nation, nor will we submit to insult upon insult, from any power on earth, nor are we to be set down as a divided people:—An armed neutrality may take place, the powers of Europe may rise once more as a masse, to recover their pristine possessions, the boasted invasion of England may pass off like a vapour, the ports of France may be all blockaded, and their famous army of England may be employed against themselves by their Directory, or for want of pay may disband themselves, after committing plunder sufficient to satisfy their demands. Then will the people of France, too late, see themselves impoverished and ruined, and instead of being the boasted conquerors of Europe, may with to establish a peace upon terms to be dictated by their enemies, and then will they too late see—that their Directory have, by a haughty conduct towards America, changed a real friendship into a rooted hatred, unless an overruling Providence may in his wisdom, to change our hearts, that we may once more entertain a more favourable impression, to unite with them in a commercial connection, but under no controul of another treaty.
AN AMERICAN.
BOSTON, July 25. French Piracy Rewarded.
On Monday evening arrived here, the brig Eliza, of Norfolk, Thomas Dennett, commander, from Grenada, bound home, 31 days. July 1, in lat. 27, 30, long. 66, 30, was taken by the French privateer brig, Triumphant, of 18 guns, from Porto-Rico; which put a prize master and 6 men on board; took out 4 of the Eliza's crew, and left three. On the 8th July, the Captain, boy, and cook, took her from the picaroons, with the grains, harpoon, and cook's axe, driving the prize-master below without injuring him.—Some resistance was afterwards made, and the Capt. was necessitated to wound two of them slightly. They were afterwards secured in the hold. On the 9th fell in with the British fleet, bound to Europe; run down along side the Madras, Capt. Dilkes, of 54 guns, informed him of their situation, who took on board six Frenchmen, and left the other to work out his deliverance to the U. States. Capt. Dilkes offered Capt. Dennett every assistance in his power.
The British have in the West-Indies, 11 sail of the line, three 50 gun ships, thirty-two frigates, and forty-four sloops of war—making a total of ninety sail. Is not this a force sufficient to lay one island in a state of siege, when the French have not a ship in the islands mounting above 24 guns?
THE CONSTITUTION.
On Sunday last, the United States frigate Constitution, of 44 guns, Samuel Nicholson, Esq. Commander, failed on a cruise. Several thousand spectators witnessed her essay on the ocean; and the unanimous opinion is, that a finer, faster-sailing, easy working, and well built ship, never adorned the domain of Neptune. She has on board 388 young, well built, healthy Americans—125 of whom have left powers of attorney to their wives, parents and sweethearts, to receive half their pay during their absence! Mr. KNOX, whose skill and judgment are unquestionable, speaks highly in her favor, as the finest ship he ever piloted, and as being manned by a crew equal to the best he ever saw. Praise is due to every one concerned in her construction, for this elegant and useful specimen of naval Architecture; and Capt. Nicholson merits great applause, for his unwearied assiduity, and unremitted endeavors to render her the pride of the American navy—and a pattern of the glorious palladium, whose name she bears. The toast of the day, is "The Rising Navy of America."
The letter from General WASHINGTON to President Adams, is a document of great importance. Notwithstanding the ingenuity and industry of his enemies to calumniate him, he still possesses the full affection of all worthy American people, and the knowledge of his sentiments on the present crisis will be an irresistible incentive to union and federalism. The same fatherly anxiety and disinterested affection for his country, which has ever peculiarly distinguished him, shines, with undiminished splendor, in this Letter. Superladed in the primary announcement, we yet feel the utmost satisfaction in thus, at this time, adorning our columns. Copies should be so multiplied, that no AMERICAN should remain, who could say, he had not seen and read it. Our impression of papers is so good, and among them we include many who receive no other paper. Other prints circulate where ours do not. How extensive and instantaneous, through these mediums, is the dissemination of any thing important!
The Liberty of the Press is the surest proof of the Liberty of the subject—Where newspapers are suppressed, there exists the worst of Tyranny; and a Diabolical design to keep the People in ignorance.
THE POPE.
The following was received by Capt. Cole, from Malaga—where it was circulating as authentic.
Answer of His Holiness the Pope to General Berthier, when he presented him the national Cockade, with the offer of a pension. "I know no other uniform than that with which I am now decorated, which is that of the Church. You may destroy my body if you chuse, but you cannot hurt my soul. In the scourge that now chastises and afflicts the sheep and the pastor, I see the divine vengeance of God for the transgressions of the whole Flock. I bless his sovereign hand. I want no pension, a staff and a wallet are sufficient for one who ought to end his days in sackcloth and ashes. Go on robbing, plundering and burning, as you have hitherto been accustomed. You will be able to destroy the Monuments of Religion, but the worship will remain the same in future as it did before your time, and will last to the end of the World."
The United States frigate and the Delaware, sloop of War, it is said, will sail the first wind. The Herald, sloop of War, Capt. Seavey is nearly completed.
COMMERCIAL.
Duplicate of the original, sent by the brig Mary, Capt. O'Bryan, from New-Orleans.
"I am happy in informing you that the restrictions imposed by the Spanish government, on American vessels entering this port, as such, is absolutely abrogated. This abrogation which took place since my arrival here, has been accomplished, partly in consequence of a remonstrance presented by the merchants here, to the governor of Louisiana, for that purpose, and partly, I presume, from an ostensible solicitude on the part of the Spanish government to cultivate friendship and good neighbourhood with the United States. Vessels, therefore, from the United States can now enter this port without special permission from the government thereof, paying no other or higher duties than Spanish vessels, i. e. six per cent. This concession came accompanied by another of no less importance, viz. that American vessels should in future, be allowed to carry hence, every species of produce grown within the jurisdiction of the United States, and which may have been deposited here for sale, exempt from export duties which heretofore was six per cent. From whatever real motives on the part of Spain, these concessions have been made, they are indisputably highly advantageous to the United States. But I am inclined to think that this has been done more from a desire to counteract the effects which will necessarily result from a surrender of the Natches to the United States, than to throw away any ponderance into the hands of American merchants. Indeed, I think this a rational solution of a very polite act on the part of Spain; for as it is highly probable that the Natches will, with all possible celerity, be made a port of entry, nothing could be more interesting to the effects accruing therefrom to Louisiana, than the making this post equally as admissible to American vessels as their own. But indeed this latter privilege is peculiarly advantageous to American merchants, inasmuch as it extends not to Spanish, but is solely confined to American vessels. Your affectionately, JAMES CHETHAM. BENJAMIN CHETHAM, New-Orleans, June 18, '98."
Grenada papers of the 22d ult. contain the Proclamation of the governor of that island, declaring the port of St. George's open to the importation, in American bottoms, of all articles that are allowed by law to be imported in British vessels, and to continue in force until the 21st Dec. next.
Gentlemen of the first respectability, possessing large estates, and surrounded with all the endearments and comforts of domestic life, are forming themselves into military associations at New-York.
The President of the United States has granted permission to M. Le Tombe, to grant certificates of residence, passports, &c, as usual.
AUTHENTIC.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, dated May 23.
"The development of the Dispatches of the American Envoys, has made some little fluttering, at Paris. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the Ministers of Police and Justice, they have got into the papers, and made long faces in the palace of the Directory. But these monarchs know how to get rid of the business;—they have but to sulminate a little louder against British influence, Pitt's guineas, and American delusion, through the medium of the Redacteur, and Paine's Journal, and the wonder will subside; or at least, if this will not do, they can throw all the blame on Talleyrand, dismiss him from office, send him on some foreign embassy, appoint another Minister as bad, or worse than he, and continue their piracies. This is easily done at Paris. In this country loyalty every day increases.—Sheidahan has volunteered his services against the French
—the Duke of Clarence has offered to go Captain of the fleet, to Lord Duncan; but has been refused.—The voluntary subscriptions exceed two millions sterling. Ireland, is in a measure tranquil; notwithstanding all the raw head and bloody-bone stories, which a set of unprincipled scoundrels are continually writing, and disseminating. We are in hopes here of a Treaty of Alliance, on the broadest basis, with the United States. Such an Alliance would defy the world in arms; and in a few years conquer all the French, Dutch and Spanish dominions in the New World."
FORTIFICATIONS.
His Excellency the Governor, has ordered the commencement of fortifications at Salem, Cape-Ann, Newbury-Port and Portland. As soon as it is known what aid we are to expect from the United States, this harbour will be put in a complete state of defence. We doubt not that thousands would volunteer their personal services to render the works formidable.
The military corps in this town, are progressing rapidly in the military science.
A company of federal Amazons is forming at Baltimore.
PORTSMOUTH, July 31.
Can any man but a professed Atheist, or a Deist; Can any man who lives under an impression as that, the fate of nations and the rise and fall of empires is immediately directed by the invisible hand of Heaven, hesitate a moment to pronounce that the precious and glorious life of WASHINGTON has been in a peculiar manner guarded and preserved by Providence, thro' the perilous victories of many long years, to be called a third time from retirement to save his country? Such however is the singular fact—and since he has twice retired covered with glory, let us look forward with a pious enthusiasm and confidential hope to see him return a third time—never, never again to be disturbed by any of the powers of Europe.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
Friday put into the lower harbor of this port, the ship Tamerlane, Capt. Worley, from Bourdeaux, bound to Boston, who landed Mr. James Prince, Mr. Dorr, and Mr. Bromfield, passengers, belonging to Boston. These gentlemen left Bourdeaux in the above vessel on the 27th May, and brought dispatches from Mr. Gerry, who was then at Paris. Messrs. Prince, Dorr, and Bromfield, report that there is a fleet of 32 sail of the line at Toulon, with 40,000 troops on board; and that Buonaparte had embarked, and the fleet was on the point of sailing, but conjectures were various respecting their destination.—There were also different opinions in France, respecting war with America.
Mr. Dorr, has favored us with the following arrest of the French Directory, which was handed to him by the Consul, who received it directly from Talleyrand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the day previous to their sailing.
New ARRETE of the Directory. The Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Consul General of the United States of America.
Paris, 29th Floreal, 6th year, 19th of May, 1798.
CITIZEN, I have the honor of informing you, that in consequence of an arrest of the Directory, dated 25th inst. That it is strictly forbidden that any vessel sailing under American Colours, shall on any pretext whatsoever, enter into either of the following Warlike Ports, viz. Brest, L'Orient, Toulon, Demartrique, or Rochfort:—I hasten to communicate this intelligence to you: in order that you may take the necessary steps of making it known to all American Navigators.
Salut and Fraternite, (Signed) Ch. M. Talleyrand.
JACOB SHEAFE, Esq. has received express directions to forward the building of the six and thirty gun Frigate, which for some time past, was suspended by an order from Congress. This new ship will be a fine addition to our infant Navy: Many parts of her lower timbers are already seasoned; and her upper works can be finished, in as small a portion of time, as at any ship yard upon the continent. The shipwrights of this state, are the best workmen in the union; and with such an agent as Jacob Sheafe, Esq. and such a naval director as Col. Hackett, they are able to perform prodigies.
Sunday arrived brig Friendship, Captain Rice, 17 days from St. Thomas's, failed with convoy.
Same day arrived ship Alligator, Capt. Harris, 63 days from Liverpool, left there the ship Charlotte, of Boston, Capt. Noble expected to sail in 6 or 8 days.
DIED.
In London, aged, 31, Mr. William Jenkins, a Clerk in the Bank. This gentleman measured the extraordinary height of seven feet nine inches; and from an apprehension of his
body being stolen for the purpose of dissection the corpse was, by permission of the Bank Directors, interred in that part of the garden court of the Bank, which formerly constituted an appendage of the church yard.
At St. Kitts, on board the ship Mentor of this port, Mr. Josh Adams of York, At. 24. In this town, Mr. Thomas Grant, At. 46.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE. District of PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
ENTERED FROM Sloop Industry, Seavey, Georgetown. Brig Polly, Furnas, St. Thomas. Brig Friendship, Rice, ditto. Ship Alligator, Harris, England.
CLEARED FOR Sch. Hiram, Appleton, St. Lucia. Brig Blossom, Fernald, Madeira. Sch. 3 Friends, Trefethen, N. York. Ship Pomona, Merrill, Curracoa. Brig Nancies, Tibbits, Demarara.
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THE Cannibal's Progress, Or the dreadful horrors of French Invasion,
As displayed by the Republican officers and soldiers, in their perfidy, rapacity, ferociousness & brutality, exercised towards the innocent inhabitants of Germany. Translated from the German.
By ANTHONY AUFRER, Esquire.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Psalm.
They say; come, let us lay wait for blood, we shall find all precious substance; we shall fill our houses with spoil. Prov.
[This work contains a circumstantial account of the excesses committed by the French army in Suabia, in 1796. At the present period, when our own country is in danger of being overrun by the same nation, our people ought to be prepared for those things, which they must expect, in case such an event should happen. The pamphlet should be owned by every man, and read in every family. They will there find, from an authentic source, that the consequences of being conquered by France, or even subjected to their government are more dreadful than the heart of man can conceive.—Murder, robbery, burning of towns, and the violation of female chastity, in forms too dreadful to relate, in instances too numerous to be recounted, are among them. Five thousand copies of this work were sold in Philadelphia, in a few days, and another edition of ten thousand is now in the press in that city. One large edition at Hartford and another at Newbury-Port have been printed and sold very rapidly.] July 31.
To-Morrow at 10 o'clock A.M. Will be Sold at
Abraham Isaac's
Auction-Room,
A GREAT variety of India Cottons; Chinizes; Broad Cloths; Writing Paper; Back and White Gauze; Ladies Beaver Hats; elegant Boston made Chairs; one bag of common Feathers; one Iron Stove; several pieces Hair Ribbon, &c. &c.
N. B. At 12 o'clock, precisely, will be sold an Elegant Horse and Chaise, the Horse 8 years old, the Chaise in good repair. Also a Copper Still, & other articles too tedious to enumerate Portsmouth, July 31.
Public Auction.
To be sold by virtue of a licence from the honorable Judge of probate of wills, &c. for the county of Strafford, on Thursday the 16th day of August next, at 11 o'clock before noon, at the house of Jonathan Shute, innholder in Newmarket.
A lot of LAND,
thirty feet wide, and about one hundred feet deep, fronting on the river, with a wharf thereon; it being part of the estate of Benjamin Dean, late of Dover, deceased, and is well situated for business.
ELIZABETH DEAN, Admin'x. Portsmouth, July 27.
EXETER and HAVERHILL STAGES.
THE Proprietors of the Exeter and Haverhill Stages, respectfully inform the public, that a stage will leave Col. Brewster's in Portsmouth, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, arrive in Boston the same days—Returning, leave Boston every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings, and arrive in Portsmouth the same days, from Wednesday the 25th of the present month to the 15th October next.
N. B. For the purpose of making the Route perfectly agreeable to passengers the Exeter Stage carriage, (which is at least equal for ease and convenience to any on the continent) will be run thro' from Portsmouth to Boston. Exeter, July 17, 1798.

A SONG sung the 4th of July. To the tune, "There's no luck about the house." HAIL, Independence, happy morn, We greet thy glad'ning ray; Let every heart and hand be one, Let carols crown the day. While flocks shall graze the tender grass, Or zephyrs waft the corn; While shepherds love the charming lass, We'll hail thy glad return.  No more let fashion's hydra form Infest thy joyous light; Let federal fire each bosom warm, And ev'ry heart unite. While flocks shall, &c.  Ye democratic wights, forbear, Renounce your factious arts; Let wisdom be your polar star, And rectify your hearts. Then shall ye taste those social joys, Which fed'ral laws impart; Each breast shall glow in virtue's cause, And raptures thrill each heart.  Let hateful TRAITORS shun thy beams, And hide in endless night; Let ghosts and goblins haunt their dreams, Till they shall love thy light, Then shall they taste those, &c.  Hail INDEPENDENCE, happy morn, We greet thy glad'ning ray; Let ev'ry heart and hand be one, Let carols crown the day. While flocks shall graze the tender grass, Or zephyrs waft the corn; While shepherds love the charming lass, We'll hail thy glad return.
JUST PUBLISHED, By J. Melcher, And for sale at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, corner of Market and Con- gress-Streets, Portsmouth:— Sketches of Masonic History, IN AN ORATION Delivered June 24th, A. L. 5798. At St. John's Chapel, Portsmouth, BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Accompanied by St. John's Lodge, AT THE INSTALLATION OF NATHANIEL ADAMS, Esq. GRAND MASTER Of Masons in New-Hampshire. By HENRY MELLEN, Esq.
'Tis like the ladder in the Patriarch's dream, 'Tis foot on earth, its height beyond the skies' PRIOR.
ATTENTION! THE critical situation of the coun- try requiring that immediate attention be paid to our military af- fairs; each officer commanding a company in the first regiment, will, without delay, cause his company to be mustered, equipped, and disciplin- ed as the law directs. The Captain of Artillery will forthwith call out his company, and report the deficiencies (if any) which, considering the impor- tance of such a company in this town, will doubtless be readily filled up. The Light Infantry under Capt. Sparkhawk, merit the thanks of the public for the exemplary and soldier- like conduct already displayed. Those officers who have not return- ed their companies this year, will do it without loss of time. CLEMENT STORER, Lt. Col. Com't. Portsmouth, July 24. 1798.
Treasury Department, June 27, 1798. NOTICE is hereby given, That by virtue of an act, passed during the present ses- sion of Congress, to much of the act entit- led "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt"—passed the third day of March, 1795, as bars from settlement or allowance. Certificates, com- monly called Loan Office and final settle- ment Certificates, and Indents of Interest, is suspended until the 12th day of June, which will be in the year 1799. That on the liquidation and settlement of the said Certificates, and Indents of Interest, at the Treasury, the Creditors will be en- titled to receive Certificates of funded Three Per Cent. Stock equal to the amount of the said Indents, and the arrearages of in- terest due on their said Certificates, prior to the first day of January, 1791. That the principal sums of the said Loan Office and final settlement Certificates, with the interest thereon, since the 1st day of Ja- nuary, 1791, will be discharged after liqui- dation at the Treasury, by the payment of interest and reimbursement of principal, e- qual to the sums which would have been pay- able thereon, if the said Certificates had been submitted, pursuant to the Acts making provision for the debts of the United States, contracted during the late war, and by the payment of other sums, equal to the market value of the remaining Stock, which would have been created by such subscriptions as aforesaid, which market value will be deter- mined by the Comptroller of the Treasury. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. June 28. [6 m.]
On Wednesday the 15th day of August next will be sold at 10 o'clock, A. M. at Abraham Isaac's Auction-Room, THAT large and elegant Libra- ry of BOOKS, lately owned by Theodore Atkinson, Esq. deceased; now part of the estate of John Sparkhawk , deceased;—Also, a great variety of elegant SILVER PLATE.
Philadelphia, June 30th, 1798. Public notice is hereby given, PURSUANT to the act of Congress, passed on the 12th day of June 1798, entitled, "An act respecting Loan Office and final settlement certificates, Indents of interest, and the unfunded or registered debt credited in the books of the Treasury." 1st. That on the application of the cre- ditors respectively, or their legal attorneys at any time after the last day of December in the present year, the principal sums of the unfunded or registered debt of the Uni- ted States credited on the books of the trea- sury, or commissioners of Loans will be re- imbursed at the treasury of the United States. 2d. That interest upon the unfunded or registered debts aforesaid will cease from and after the last day of December in the pre- sent year. 3d. That the creditors respectively will be entitled on requisition to receive from the proper officers of the treasury, certifi- cates of funded three per cent stock, equal to the arrearages of interest due on the debts aforesaid prior to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. By order of the Board of Commissioners, of the Sinking Fund. EDWARD JONES, Secretary.
Public notice is hereby given, THAT proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury for supplying the United States with a number not exceeding forty thousand stands of arms, on the following conditions: 1st. The arms shall be manufactur- ed in the United States, conformable to the Charleville pattern; the bar- rels shall be proved, and the muskets inspected agreeable to the rules now practised and required by the United States;—the Locks shall be duly har- dened; the Ramrods and Bayonets shall be tempered and the mountings, stocks, and every other particular shall be finished in a workman-like manner. 2d. The proposals must specify the number which the party is willing to furnish and the time or times of deli- very—One fourth of the proposed number must be delivered in six months, one fourth in twelve months, and the remainder in eighteen months from the time of signing the contracts; the public will not be considered as bound to receive any arms, which are not ready for delivery within the times proposed. 3d. For every stand of arms, with Bayonet and Ramrod complete as a- foresaid, the United States will allow thirteen dollars and forty cents. 4th. When practicable and consist- ent with existing arrangements, sea- soned stocks will be delivered from the public stores in Philadelphia to contractors, at the rate of twenty-five cents each. 5th. The arms will be received in the respective states at places to be hereafter designated—The United States shall not be bound to prove less than five hundred barrels at one time, unless the barrels are transported to some public factory or deposit of arms, in which case any number not less than one hundred will be proved. 6th. The parties contracting will be required to give bonds with sure- ties for fulfilling their engagements; No money will be advanced unless in- disputable testimonials of skill and a- bility to execute the proposed contracts are produced, nor in cases where pro- posals are made for a less number than one thousand stands of arms; the right of judging of the expediency of making the advances of money is ab- solutely reserved. 7th. Until contracts are made for supplying forty thousand stands of arms, the sum of thirteen dollars and forty cents will be paid at the Treas- ury for every complete stand of arms manufactured in the United States and which may be delivered in parcels of not less than twenty into the pub- lic arsenals, already or hereafter to be established. Those who propose to deliver arms must however indicate their intentions seasonably to the of- fice of the Secretary of the Treasury. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. Treasury Department, June 22d, 1798. N. B. The proposals are to be trans- mitted under cover to the Secretary of the treasury at Philadelphia. [1/2 Sd.]
A chance for 2000 dollars. WHOLE and QUARTER Tickets in the 5th Class of Dartmouth College Lottery , for sale at J. MELCHER'S Print- ing-Office and Book-Store, corner of Mar- ket and Congress Streets, Portsmouth, where prizes drawn to the tickets purchased there will be paid.
ONE CENT REWARD. RANAWAY from his master the 14th instat, an apprentice boy, named THO'S BOWLER CHADBOURNE , about 18 years old, had on when he went away a blue outside jacket, fustian under- waistcoat, with striped trowsers; whoever will take up said runaway and return him to his master, free of expence, shall have one cent reward, and no charges paid.—All persons are cautioned against harbouring, trusting or trading with said runaway, as they would avoid the penalty of the law, made and provided for such cases. JOSEPH MAN. Portsmouth, July 16, 1798.
New Goods. JUST OPENED BY Peter Coffin, A variety of Fancy and other GOODS, —Among which are— BOOK, jaconet, strip'd, check'd, tam- ber'd, japan and brocade Mullins, some sprig'd with colours; book mullin Hand- kerchiefs; mullin Shawls; colored silk Shawls; fancy satin Ribbons; fancy, black and color'd Feathers; spangled fancy Fans; Ladies kid and black morocco Slippers; men's beaver, Woodcock and buck Gloves; elastic, cotton and silk Slings; satin Stock Stiffeners; Embroidering and other Sew- ing Silks; Epau lets; Shoe Ties; Purse; gold and silver Thread; do. do. Cord; Parafoles. Portsmouth, July 6, 1798. To the honorable Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, now sitting at Portsmouth, on the first Tuesday of February, 1798.
EBENEZER JOHNSON, jr. Greenland, in said county, gen- tleman, guardian duly appointed by the Judge of Probate for said county, of George Lang of Greenland, afore- said, adjudged by said Judge of Pro- bate, to be non compos mentis , sheweth that before he was appointed guar- dian to said Lang, he had contracted debts to the amount of six hundred and fifty dollars, and as said Lang was not possessed of any personal estate to dis- charge said debts, your petitioner prays that he may be empowered to sell and convey so much of the real estate of said Lang as may be suffi- cient to raise the sum aforesaid. EBENEZER JOHNSON, jr. Rockingham, ff. Superior Court, Feb. term, 1798. Ordered by the Court that the said Ebenezer notify all persons concerned to appear before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature to be held at Exeter within and for the county of Rockingham, on the third Tuesday of September next, to show cause (if any they have) why the prayer of said petition should not be granted, by causing said petition and Order of Court thereon to be pub- lished three weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette, the last pub- lication whereof to be three weeks be- fore said term. Attest, NATH'L ADAMS, Clerk. Copy examined by NATH'L ADAMS, Clerk.
THE subscribers be- ing appointed a committee to receive, examine & adjust the claims of the creditors to the estate of JOSEPH WHITTIER , late of Nottingham, yeoman, deceased, re- presented insolvent (6 months being allowed for that purpose)—do hereby give notice, that we will attend said business at the house of Col. Henry Butler, innholder in Notting- ham, on the first Monday in August next, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon, and of the five following months. THOMAS BARTLETT, GREENLEAF CILLEY, SAMUEL GILE, Committee. Nottingham, July 17, 1798. State of New-Hampshire. Stratford, ff. To John Goddard, Clerk to the proprietors of the township of Chatham, in the county of Grafton in said State.
WE the undersigned, owners of more than one sixteenth part of said township of Chatham, request that you notify and warn the proprie- tors of land in said township, to meet on Wednesday the 28th September next, at the dwelling house of Joshua Heath, Esq. in Conway, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to vote and act on the following articles, matters and things, viz. 1st. To choose a moderator. 2d. To choose a proprietors clerk. 3d. To choose and appoint assessors and collector with necessary powers. 4th. To see in what way the set- tlers hold the land whereon they now live, and to settle and regulate all mis- takes that may be made to appear in regard to lands given or granted to settlers, or any other persons by any former vote. 5th. To see if the proprietors will vote to accept the mills that is built in said town by a former vote of the said proprietors. 6th. To see if they will choose a committee to examine and settle all former accounts with Collectors or Treasurer, &c. and all other accounts that may arise. 7th. To see what sums of money the proprietors will vote to raise to discharge any debts that may appear against the proprietors, and for the purpose of cutting and clearing the main road through said town, as laid out by a former committee. JOSHUA HEATH, JOSHUA FOSS, jr. ISAAC WALDRON, MOSES CANNON. In compliance with the above requests, I hereby notify the proprietors of Chatham to meet at the time and place and for the purposes abovenmentioned. JOHN GODDARD, Prop's Clerk. Portsmouth, July 9, 1798.
A new genteel fall-back Chaise, with a good Horse, cheap for cash, if necessary, a generous credit will be given for a part, inquire of G. Doig, Portsmouth.
WANTED FOR the use of the U. S. Fort at Port- mouth Harbour, the undermentioned Gun Carriages, viz. 3 Carriages suitable for 32 pounders. 4 Ditto suitable for 24 do. 1 Ditto suitable for 18 do. To be made of good seasoned Timber, and completed in a workman-like manner. Any persons willing to contract for the above, are requested to send their proposals in writing to Jacob Sheafe. Portsmouth, July 13, 1798. TO BE SOLD, by the subscri- ber, Three HOUSE FRAMES, now lying on Dover landing, one 30 by 40, two story high, one 29 by 38, two story, one 18 by 30, one story; one or all will be sold on reasonable terms; any person may see the Frames by applying to JOHN TITCOMB. Dover, July 25, 1798.
Ten Dollars Reward. STOLEN from the subscriber on the 21st inst. three notes of hand, two of which were signed by David Drake, one for 49 dollars, some cents, the other for 93 dollars, some cents, on interest, dated some time in January last past, the other was against Aaron Lamprey for ten dollars, dated Sept. last past; whoever will appre- hend said thief, so that he or she may be brought to justice, shall have the above reward and all necessary charges paid by MORRIS LAMPREY. Epsom, June 25, 1798.
Stamped Paper, For Notes of hand, Bills of lading and Bills of Exchange, and every other description of stamped pa- per fold at J. MELCHER'S Printing- Office, at the same price as at the Supervi- sor's Office. Loan Office. NOTICE is hereby 'given, that the business of the Loan Office will in future be transacted in the rooms over the Bank in Portsmouth. JOHN PIERCE, Commissioner of Loans for the State of New-Hampshire. Portsmouth, July 23, 1798.
Take Notice! THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF Lang, Brierly, & Co. Will dissolve by agreement, on the first day of January next. ALL persons having any demands on the said Firm are requested to call at the store in Pleasant-street, for payment, and those indebted, are called upon to make a final settlement, prior to that time. The business will be carried on after the 1st of January next, under the Firm of Wm. Lang & Co. In the same Store, who shall receive a complete and extensive assortment of GOODS, Early next Spring, consisting of a choice collection of Summer Goods, Hard- Ware and Cutlery. Said Co-partners have estab- lished a House in Liverpool, (England) under the Firm of THOMAS LANG & Co. for the purpose of shipping goods to, and receiving consignments from the Uni- ted States of America. Portsmouth, June 29, 1798.
FOR SALE, The following valuable real estates situate in Portsmouth, late the property of Messrs. Richard and Joseph Champney, viz, A large and handsome DWELLING HOUSE, In Buck-Street, WITH a valuable lot of land adjoining, now in the occupation of Mr. Richard Champney, the house and buildings are in complete re- pair, and the situation very eligible. The new and elegant Brick Store on spring hill, now in the occupation of Mr. Peter Coffin and others, being three stories in height in front, and five stories in the rear, measuring 35 feet by 44; is calculated to accommodate two or more ten- ants, and is the best stand for business in the town of Portsmouth. The Rope Walk with all the uten- sils necessary for carrying on that business, in complete repair; together with a lot of land adjoining sufficient to erect another Walk thereon. Also one proprietor's share in the New-Hampshire Hotel and Portsmouth Pier. The foregoing estates are offered for sale on advantageous terms to the pur- chaser, and if requested a generous credit with approved security will be given.—For further particulars inquire of WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. Boston, or Mr. NATH'L A. HAVEN, of Portsmouth. Portsmouth, July 16, 1798.
FOR SALE A new genteel fall-back Chaise, with a good Horse, cheap for cash, if necessary, a generous credit will be given for a part, inquire of G. Doig, Portsmouth.
FRESH GOODS. Edw'd Parry Has just received a fresh supply of fashionable SUMMER GOODS, Which he will sell on the lowest terms for Cash, at his store in Market-street, —Among which are— A COMPLETE assortment of fashiona- ble Chintzes from 8d. per yard to 6s. Elegant assortment of Tambore, sprig and japan'd Mullins, of the latest fashion. A large assortment of book and jaconet Mullins, check'd and croqs bar'd do. a few elegant muslin Dresses. Mufin Handkerchiefs and Shawls of all kinds. A complete assortment of strip'd and figured Mullins and Dimities. Fashionable Ginghams and Lute- strings; red and purple and white copper- plate Furniture; broad strip'd Chintz do. of the latest fashion. Black and colored Modes; black, green and dove colored Satins; black and colored India Tassties. Neat assortment of fashionable ladies silk Shawls; mufin and chintz ditto; long lawn and cambric pocket Handkerchiefs. A large assortment of ladies and gentlemen's yeoman crown Hats. Black and colored ladies satin beaver fancy Hats, and trimmed Bonnets. Buggle and other fancy Trimmings & fancy Plumes and military Feathers. A large assortment of superfine broad and forest Cloths; black, blue, brown and mixt Kersymeres; plain and strip'd Elasticks. A complete assortment of fashiona- ble summer Waistcoating; twil'd and plain Nankinees; Jean and Jeanets; English and American Fustians; twil'd Velvets, Cordu- roys and Thicksets; Durant and Tammy; Shalloons; Calamancoes and Ruffles; Mens' cotton and brown thread Hose, silk do; silk Gloves and Mitts; fine thread Lace and Edgings; Denmark Table Cloths and Diapers; Irish Linens and Sheetings; English carpeting and India matting. Few London made silver Watches; English sewing Twine; American Looking- Glasses, &c. &c. &c. Orders from the country will be particularly attended to. Portsmouth, July 13, 1798.
TO BE SOLD At Public Vendue, On the 9th day of August next, at 3 of the clock afternoon, at the late dwell- ing house of Jonathan Tilton , late of Kensington, yeoman, deceased, By virtue of a licence from the Judge of Probate, so much of the Real Estate of the Homestead of said deceased, as will pay his debts. JOSEPH TILTON, Attorneys to ENOCH ROWE, the Admin'tr. Kensington, July 10, 1798.
A Bargain! TO be sold in Epsom, about fifty rods from the meeting house, about two acres of excellent land with buildings thereon, being a house, barn and joiner's shop; with a thrifty young orch- ard containing about forty trees, situated at the crotch of two roads, being an excel- lent stand for a trader or any kind of trad- eman. Also about sixteen acres of pasture land within one mile of the meeting house; for further particulars apply to the subscri- ber on the premises. DANIEL SHAW. Epsom, July 14, 1798.
India Cottons, Cheap. Received and for sale at Bayley's Variety Store, Sign of the Spinning wheel, A QUANTITY of India Cottons, which will be sold very low for ready money. A fresh supply of Beverly Cotton Bed- Ticks, warranted not to shed feathers. Portsmouth, May 25, 1798.
Just received and for sale at William Stanwood's shop, opposite the Mason's arms, Buck-Street, FRENCH superfine scented Hair Powder, plain do; hard and soft Pomatum; Windsor and vegeta- ble Soaps; marble and plain Wash Balls; Face powder; Tooth powder; lip Salve; Court Plaister; Essences in small bottles; Lavender Water; Smelling bottles. —ALSO— Powder Bags; Down Puffs; shaving Boxes, Razors; high priced Pen- knives; Ivory Combs, do very fine; Ladies and Gentlemen's Tortoise shell poll Combs, dressing and braid do, horn do of almost every kind; shoe, cloth, pocket, flesh, comb, and tooth Brushes; Tooth-Picks and Cases; men's Caut Night Caps; patent Blacking Cakes, &c. &c. WANTED, An Apprentice to the Hair Dressing business, apply as above. June 28, 1798. THE proprietor of the horse Bold Hun- ter, respectfully informs his friends who have had the use of his horse for the present season, that he shall leave this State by the first day of August next;—those who are in arrears by making it convenient to pay before that time, will materially oblige him. PHILLIP WEAVER. Greenland, July 14.