The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1803-12-20 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
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PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL S. & W. PEIRCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three.
AN ACT in addition to "An Act to regulate the proceedings for extinguishing fires, that may be accidentally or otherwise kindled."
WHEREAS, the Acts heretofore made for extinguishing fires, are found not to answer every purpose for which they were designed:—
THEREFORE— BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That it shall be the duty of the fire-wards, or the major part of them, within the town of Portsmouth, or any other town where fire-wards are chosen, to make such rules and regulations, not repugnant to any law of this State, for preventing fires, or for clearing away shavings, chips, or any combustible matter that may be thought dangerous, from any house, store, work-shop, wharf, or street, as they, in their judgment, may think proper. And the said fire-wards shall have full power to annex such fines and penalties for the breach of any one or all of those rules and regulations, as may be necessary, not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person may sue or prosecute any one for a breach of any of those rules or regulations, so made, before any court of competent jurisdiction to try the same, in an action of debt, one half of which fines shall go to the prosecutor, and the other half to be applied for the use of the engines within the town where the offence is committed.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
In the House of Representatives,
Nov. 28th, 1803.
The foregoing Bill having had three several readings, passed to be enacted.
Sent up for concurrence—
NAHUM PARKER, Speaker, P. T.
In Senate, Nov. 29th, 1803.
This Bill having been read a third time, was enacted.
AMOS SHEPARD, President.
APPROVED, Nov. 30th, 1803.
J. T. GILMAN, Governor.
True Copy—ATTEST.
NATH'L PARKER, Dep'y Sec'y.
William Garland,
(Late of the Co. of GARLAND & BLAKE)
INFORMS his friends and the public that he is now opening at the Store lately occupied by Mr. Edward Parry, in Congress-street, a large assortment of
Seasonable GOODS,
Of the latest importation, which will be sold at prices that will give satisfaction to the purchasers,—among which may be noticed in particular,
Broad Cloths of all prices, consisting of blue, green, brown, black, and mix'd colors; and fashionable Drab for furots; Plains; Serges; dark brown Coatings and Rattens; handsome Drab do. Baizes; Flannels.
An assortment best ROSE
BLANKETS, very cheap.
Black and olive Velvets; fashionable Drab do. and Cords; Hosiery of all kinds.
A neat assortment of Vesting, consisting of Swansdown, satin, and silk Velvets.
A variety of Chintzes, of the newest fashions; Furnitures; Camel's Hair Shawls, black, white & color'd, and with elegant satin borders.
A large quantity of India Cottons and Calicoes, of all prices, cheap; Pelice Silks; Lutestrings.
A large assortment of Muffs and Tippets, from 3 1/2 to 21 dolls. Tippets separate; Furs ready dressed for making do.
He has also for sale,
5 pipes Spanish Brandy.
8 hlds. West-India Rum.
5 bales Cotton. Gin.
10 chests and quarters Tea.
Portsmouth, 29th Nov. 1803.
Just received and for Sale,
At No 16, Portsmouth Pier,
BEST VELVET CORKS;
GLASS WARE, assorted;—
Also,—STONE JUGS, of all sizes;
do. POTS, of do. Apply to
John Salter.
CARPETS, &c.
Just opened by PETER COFFIN,
enlarge assortment of CARPETS & CARPETING.
A few pieces elegant India
Gold and Silver MUSLINS.
Coatings, Linens, Lustrings;
large silk SHAWLS, &c. &c.
Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1803.
REMOVAL.
Edw'd Parry
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has removed from Congress-street, to his new brick Store, No. 10, Market-street, where he has opened a large assortment of
Fall & Winter GOODS,
which he has imported direct from the
Manufactories, and will be sold at the
towest advance, by wholesale and re-
tail—consisting of
Best superfine London blue,
black, drab, mixt, corbee, and bottle
green Broad Cloths.
Double milled, drab, and
other fashionable colour Cassimeres;
superfine drab, mixed, and Brunswick
Forest Cloths.
Twilled Duffils & Coatings;
Baizes and Flannels.
1/2, 3/4, 1, & 1 1/2 Rose Blankets
of a superior quality.
A large assortment of fashionable
Swansdown & other Vesting;
black, blue, and olive Velvets, Thick-
sets and Corduroys.
A complete assortment of
Strowbridge and Jersey three
threaded knit Stockings; Silk and
cotton do.
Callimancoes and Russells;
superfine Durants & Tammies; Lon-
don Shalloons and Florentines.
Muffs and Tippets; Lace,
Furs, and other Trimmings.
Fashionable Chintzes & Bed
Furniture, with a large assortment of
Frings and Toils to match.
Fashionable Muffins of every
description; Dimities and Muslinets.
Irish Linens and Sheetings.
A large assortment of
Camel's Hair and silk Shawls
of every color; Modes and Sattins;
Laces and Edgings of superior quali-
ties.
A large assortment of
Ladies' & Gentlemen's new
fashion Beaver Hats; black and co-
lored Feathers, Wreaths, and Flow-
ers; fashionable snagg for Hats; gold
and silver dress Italian Crapes; black,
pink, blue, and white plain do.
25 bales of Sewing Twine;
Salmon Twine; Cod Lines and Her-
ring Netts.
Portsmouth, Nov. 29, 1803.
New Shoe Store.
THE Ladies and Gentlemen
of Portsmouth and its vicinity
are informed that
Israel Huse,
Has taken the store lately occupied
by Messrs. Sweet & Weeks, Buck-street,
where he has for sale a general assort-
ment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's
SHOES
of the first quality.
An assortment of
MEN'S HATS.
Black, green, red and yellow Mo-
rocco Skins; white Sheep Skins;
striped Binding Skins; gentlemen's
Beaver Gloves.
also a variety of
TRUNKS.
A strict attention will be given,
and the smallest favour gratefully ac-
knowledged. Dec. 6, 1803.
Isaiah Thomas, Farmers and Low's
ALMANACS,
for the year 1804;—Also—
NEW HAMPSHIRE REGULISTERS,
for sale by N. S. & W. PEIRCE,
Congress-street, Portsmouth.
Robert Harris,
Has removed from his Store on Lang-
don's Wharf, to one on Church-
Hill, where he offers for
SALE at low prices,
Brandy, Gin, Rum, Malaga, Sherry & Vidonia, Bohem, Souchong, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Hyson Pepper, Allspice, Raisins, Indigo.
Irish, Spanish Segars, Allum, Olives, 8d, 10d, 12d, & 20d Nails, Burton Ale, Porter, Cotton, Almonds, Soap, Florence Oil & 1 Ton good BUTTER.
N. B. The Boston price, in cash given for all Flax Seed, Pott & Pearl Ashes that may be delivered by the 10th January. Dec. 6, 1803.
LADD & SMITH,
Have for sale at their
Ship Chandlery Store,
No. 5, MERCHANT'S ROW,
BEST Ebony Sextants; do.
do. Quadrants with or without
tangent screws; Mahogany do. Day
and Night Telescopes; Brass & Wood
Compasses; Gould's patent Logs;
Patent 14 and 28 Log Glasses; Time
do. Brass Dividers, do. do. with Pens.
Gunter's Scales; Guaging
Rods; Want Sticks; American Pi-
lot; West-India do. European do.
Mediterranean do. Roman Gulf do.
CHARTS,
Of the Chesapeake, including Dela-
ware Bay, &c. New-England from
South Shoal to Cape Sable; the banks
and part of the Coast of Newfound-
land; Nova Scotia; New-England,
from Wood Island to Good Harbour;
Coast of America from Cape Hatte-
ras to Cape Roman; do. from New-
bury harbour to New-York; South
Carolina and Georgia; Gulf of St.
Lawrence; General chart of the West-
Indies; Carribee Islands; Windward
Passages with directions; Plan of the
River Mississippi; Chart of the Coast
Guayana; Spanish Main; River
Plate; Cape Horn; Cape of Good
Hope; Coast of Guinea; do. Africa;
Mediterranean Sea; Spain and Portu-
gal; Bay of Biscay; Coast of France;
North Sea with directions; Atlantic
Ocean; and the World.
Elements and practice of Rig-
ging and Seamanship; Art of Rig-
ging; do. of Sailing.
Steel's improved Tables;
Guthrie's Grammar; Ship Master's
Assistant; Seaman's Journals; Writ-
ing and Log Paper; Slates; Pocket
Books; pen, pocket, hunter's and
sportsman's Knives; Ink Stands; do.
Powder; Sand Boxes; Quills; Slate
and Lead Pencils; Rulers; Money
Scales, &c. &c.
Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1803.
Joseph Clark, jun.
at his Shop in Buck-street,
LARGE Fashionable Gold
Beads; handsome silver Cream
Pots; handsome silver plated Caliors;
elegant mounted hair Combs; elegant
enamelled silver Thimbles, with a
complete assortment of JEWELRY
of every description. Dec. 6, 1803.
FISH.
FOUR HUNDRED quin-
tals good Merchantable Jamaica
and Table FISH for sale by
Henry Tredick,
at his Store in Buck-street, near the
Pier. Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1803.
SALT afloat.
On board the Maria Jane, at Portsmouth
Pier.
For sale a cargo of St. Ubes
SALT, also SUGAR and COFFEE
per Hhd. RICE per cask, & COT-
TON per bale—Also,
100 Boxes LEMONS. apply to
JOHN SALTER.
Portsmouth, Nov. 15, 1803.
A BOOK-BINDER Wanted.
A Journeyman Book-Binder may
hear of constant employ, by applying
to this office. November 8, 1803.
Political Miscellany.
Miscellaneous Thoughts on political sub-
jects, highly interesting to every citizen
of the United States.—Continued.
THE inhabitants of New-Orleans
must discern, from their know-
ledge of the people and government
of the United States, that the inter-
ests of Spain are far from being so
favourable to theirs, as those of the
United States, with whom, in conse-
quence of the treaty with France, they
will become incorporated. It was
never the intention of the Supreme
Disposer of human destinies, that A-
merica, emerging from its infant
state, and increasing in population and
science, should be subject to a power,
or powers, on the other side the At-
lantic, without whom they can enjoy
an happy existence, and to whom, in
a state of Freedom and Independence,
in the way of commerce, they will be
far more than

EIGHTH CONGRESS
Debate in SENATE on the
Louisiana Treaty.
On the question shall the bill pass?
MR. ADAMS.—It is not my intention to trespass long, upon the patience of the Senate, on a subject which has already been debated, almost to satiety.—But as objections on constitutional grounds have been raised against the bill under discussion, I wish to say a very few words in justification of the vote which I think it my duty to give.
The objections against the passage of the bill, as far as my recollection serves me, are two. The first, stated by the honorable gentleman from Delaware, who opened this debate. The second, urged by several of the other members, who have spoken upon the question.
The gentleman from Delaware admits the necessity of making the provision, for carrying into execution on our part, the treaty which has been duly ratified by the Senate, provided, we can obtain complete and undoubted possession of the territory ceded us by France, in that treaty. But he observes that the term possession is indefinite. That it may mean nothing more than the delivery of a twig, or of the knob of a door. That from sources, of the authenticity of which we have no reason to doubt, we are informed that Spain is very far from acquiescing in the cession of this territory to us—that probably the Spanish officers will not deliver peaceable possession, and that we ought not to put out of our own hands the power of withholding the payment of this money, until it shall be ascertained beyond all question, that the territory, for which it is the consideration, is in our hands. But Sir, admitting that the word possession were of itself not sufficiently precise, I think with the gentleman last up, that the fourth and fifth articles of the treaty, read by him, render it so in this instance. The fourth stipulating that the French commissary shall do every act necessary to receive the country from the Spanish officers, and transmit it to the agent of the United States—and the fifth, providing, not only that all the military posts shall be delivered to us; and that the troops, whether of France or Spain, shall cease to occupy them, but that those troops shall all be embarked, within three months after the ratification of the treaty. Now, when the country has been formerly surrendered to us, when all the military posts are in our hands, and when all the troops, French or Spanish, have been embarked, what possible adverse possession can there be to contend against us? Until all these conditions shall have been fulfilled on the part of France, neither the convention nor the bill before us, requires the payment of money on ours; and we may safely trust the execution of the law to the discretion of the President of the United States. For even if I could see any reason for distrusting him in the exercise of such a power, under different circumstances, which I certainly do not, still in the present case, his own interest, and the weight of responsibility resting upon him are ample security to us, against any undue precipitation on his part in the payment of the money. On the other hand, I am extremely solicitous that every title of the engagements on our part in these conventions should be performed with the most scrupulous good faith, and I see no purpose of utility that can be answered by postponing the determination on the passage of this bill.
But it has been argued that the bill ought not to pass, because the treaty itself is an unconstitutional, or to use the words of the gentlemen from Connecticut, an extra-constitutional act, because it contains engagements, which the powers of the Senate, were not competent to ratify; the powers of Congress not competent to confirm, and even as two of the gentlemen have contended, not even the legislatures of the number of states requisite to effect an amendment of the constitution, are adequate to sanction it. It is, therefore, say they, a nullity.—We cannot fulfil our part of its conditions, and on our failure in the performance of any one stipulation, France may consider herself as absolved from the obligations of the whole treaty on hers. I do not conceive it necessary to enter into the merits of the treaty at this time. The proper occasion for that discussion is past.—But allowing even that this is a case for which the constitution has not provided, it does not in my mind follow, that the treaty is a nullity, or that its obligations either on us or on France, must necessarily be cancelled. For my own part, I am free to confess, that the third article & more especially the seventh, contain engagements placing us in a dilemma, from which I see no possible mode of extricating ourselves but by an amendment, or rather an addition to the constitution. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr.
Tracy) both on a former occasion, and in this days debate, appears to me to have shown this to demonstration.—But what is this more than saying that the President and Senate have bound the nation to engagements which require the cooperation of more extensive powers than theirs, to carry them into execution.—Nothing is more common in the negotiations between nation and nation, than for a minister to agree to and sign articles, beyond the extent of his powers. This is what your ministers in the very case before you, have confessedly done. It is well known that their powers did not authorize them to conclude this treaty; but they acted for the benefit of their country, and this house by a large majority has advised to the ratification of their proceedings. Suppose then, not only that the ministers who signed, but the President and Senate who ratified this compact, have exceeded their powers. Suppose that the other House of Congress, who have given their assent by passing this and other bills for the fulfilment of the obligations it imposes on us have exceeded their powers. Nay suppose even that the majority of states competent to amend the constitution in other cases, could not amend it in this, without exceeding their powers; and this is the extreme point to which any gentleman on this floor has extended his scruples. Suppose all this; and there still remains in the country a power, competent to adopt and sanction every part of our engagements & to carry them entirely into execution. For notwithstanding the objections and apprehensions of many wise, able and excellent men, in various parts of the union, yet such is the public favor attending the transaction which commenced by the negotiation of this treaty, and which I hope will terminate in our full, undisturbed and undisputed possession of the ceded territory, that I firmly believe if an amendment to the constitution, amply sufficient for the accomplishment of every thing for which we have contracted, shall be proposed, as I think it ought, it will be adopted by the legislature of every state in the union. We can therefore, fulfil our part of the conventions and this is all that France has a right to require of us. France never can have the right to come and say—"I am discharged from the obligation of this treaty, because your President and Senate in ratifying it, exceeded their powers." for this would be interfering in the internal arrangements of our government. It would be intermeddling in questions with which she has no concern, and which must be settled altogether by ourselves. The only question for France is whether she has contracted with the department of our government, authorised to make treaties; and this being clear, her only right is to require that the conditions stipulated in our name be punctually and faithfully performed. I trust they will be so performed, and will cheerfully lend my hand to every act necessary for the purpose. For I consider the object as of the highest advantage to us; and the gentleman from Kentucky himself, who has displayed with so much eloquence the immense importance to this union, of the possession of the ceded country, cannot carry his ideas further on that subject than I do.
With these impressions Sir, perceiving in the first objection no substantial reason, requiring the postponement, and in the second no adequate argument for the rejection of this bill, I shall give my vote in its favor.
MR. COOKE.—MR. PRESIDENT, It is with reluctance I rise at this late hour of the day to claim your attention on a subject that has been so ably discussed, but the deep interest the state must feel that I have the honor in part to represent pleads my apology and requires that the objections made to the passage of this bill should meet my answer.
Gentlemen appear to have rested their objections on two grounds; first the constitutionality; secondly, the expediency of passing the bill at this time—these objections when we give them their full weight, cannot appear well founded or consistent with opinions formerly delivered by the gentlemen on this floor, at a time when they contemplated taking New-Orleans and the Floridas by military force. Here, however, I must except the gentleman from New-Jersey (Mr. Dayton) and freely confess that he has been consistent, and that a manly consistency has accompanied him through the whole of this business, although I believe him to have been mistaken in point of true policy.
But what must we think of gentlemen on whom this sudden change has taken place, and who now exclaim against the passage of this bill, when we recollect that last winter they were ready to storm the Spanish garrisons, and who then promised by their valour to secure us a free trade down the Mississippi, and to make New-Orleans and the Floridas their own. Did the constitution then from a barrier a-
gainst them? They must excuse me, if in point of ardour I cannot compliment them, for they have not only voted against the treaty that secures to us more than they could have contemplated by their arms and their valor, but they have also voted against the law for carrying the objects of that treaty into effect, after the treaty has been ratified, and the exchange of ratification taken place in due form; and now, Sir, we hear those warlike spirits expressing their fears, that the western country will soon become too powerful for the east, and that a separation must inevitably take place between us will be the result. I ask gentlemen the ground on which they build their fears. It cannot be, Sir, that we have paid less respect to the laws of the Union than any other portion of our fellow citizens, or have we in any instance shown less regard for our government, or its honest administration? Is it then that gentlemen had determined in their own minds to treat us with such marked indifference, or injustice, as should rouse us to just resentment. When that shall be the case, I agree with my friend from Kentucky, that there is a point beyond which we cannot go; but let not gentlemen be alarmed at the acquisition of Louisiana, this new world as they please to call it, and which they seem at so great a loss to know what to do with. Since, Sir, we have made it our own I trust we shall find capacity sufficient to govern it. For why all these fears? Is it not the true interest of all to be united, & will not our mutual interest and love of country bind us together. It certainly will.—But gentlemen appear as if they thought our late acquisition has made us too rich, and seek to know how we shall dispose of that vast country. When that shall be the question before us, there will be but little difficulty on that subject, and for myself I promise the gentlemen I shall without hesitation say what I may think will best accord with the interest and bind in friendship every part of this Union.
It must, however, be recollected that about six or eight months past these gentlemen had no constitutional objections, or conscientious scruples, on this subject. Had they then taken New-Orleans and the Floridas, will the gentlemen now tell us that they intended to return it again to those from whom they might have taken it. Would they then have said the constitution limited them to certain bounds? If so, I would ask what are the constitutional limitations? It has none, Sir, in that respect, and I contend that the treaty making powers in this country are competent to the full and free exercise of their best judgment in making treaties without limitation of power; for on every subject in which that power is called to act, it must act on its own responsibility. Our Government is indeed the government of the people; the constitution is the instrument of their choice; it is that instrument that grants the power I contend for, and which says that the President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the senators present concur. This power then, Sir, passes out of the hands of the people by their consent, and is vested for the time limited by themselves, and until the period they have chosen for the free exercise of their elective rights shall return. On the ground of expediency little need to be said, and I hope gentlemen will excuse me if I again repeat a desire to know the extent of their objects, when they so loudly clamoured for war. Were I as suspicious as themselves, I might readily indulge a belief, from the present state of things, that they wished to check the rising growth of the western people, by getting them into a war, make them a handsome bow and leave them to fight their battles.
But happily our treaty secures us against all such apprehensions, and I hope we shall pass the bill now before you, as necessary for carrying into effect the conditions of our treaty with good faith.
The gentleman from Delaware, (Mr. White) should have stated me more correctly, he should have said that I contended that if his favorite plan of reception took place, that the power to whom the reception was made would entice our citizens by every means and by the very means that the gentlemen seems to wish to put in their power to settle west of the Mississippi; that in an event like that we might as well pass laws to prevent the fish from swimming up the Chesapeake as to prevent our citizens from migrating to that country; and I again warn gentlemen of the dangerous tendency of such reception, and assure them that I am not among those that believe that France, Spain, or even the British government would govern that country more to our interest than we shall do, nor do I credit a doctrine so absurd as to believe the people of the western country will abandon their interest and prostitute their honor to create dangers so imminent, as the gentle-
men from Connecticut (Mr. Hillhouse) seems to apprehend, and who is so fearful of the day in which the western people shall give laws to the union, but if ever it should so happen I hope they will be at least as just and salutary as they were when that honorable gentleman and his friends formed the political majority in this house.
The question was then taken on the passage of the bill, and carried—YEAS 26—NAYS 5.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MONDAY, DEC. 5.
The following message, and accompanying papers, were received from the President of the United States.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
I have the satisfaction to inform you that the act of hostility, mentioned in my message of the 4th of Nov. to have been committed by a cruiser of the Emperor of Morocco on a vessel of the United States, has been disavowed by the Emperor. All differences in consequence thereof have been amicably adjusted, and the treaty of 1786, between this country and that, has been recognized and confirmed by the emperor, each party restoring to the other what had been obtained or taken. I inclose the emperor's orders given on this occasion.
The conduct of our officers generally, who have had a part in these transactions, has merited entire approbation. The temperate & correct course pursued by our consul, Mr. Simpson, the promptitude and energy of commodore Preble, the efficacious co-operation of captains Rogers and Campbell of the returning squadron, the proper decision of captain Bainbridge that a vessel which had committed an open hostility was of right to be detained for enquiry and consideration, and the general zeal of the other officers and men, are honourable facts, which I make known with pleasure. And to these I add, what was indeed transacted in another quarter, the gallant enterprise of captain Rogers in destroying, on the coast of Tripoli, a Corvette of that power of 22 guns.
I recommend to the consideration of Congress a just indemnification for the interests of the captors of the Mifhouha and Mirboha, yielded by them for the public accommodation.
TH: JEFFERSON.
Dec. 5. 1803.
Referred to Messrs. Eustis, Dennis, Conrad, Gillespie, and Lowndes.
BY THE LAST MAILS.
MOROCCO.
Letters have been received at the Navy Office, from Commodore Preble, and Mr. Consul Lear. The Emperor of Morocco has denied having ordered his cruisers to violate the treaty with the United States by the capture of American vessels; and that the outrage was the unauthorized act of the Governor of Tangiers. In consequence, as is usual in similar cases, the Commodore has demanded the Governor's head, as an earnest of reconciliation. This will unquestionably be granted;—or rather, the Governor will be put at the Commodore's disposal; and thereby an opportunity be given him to exercise an act of mercy.
Particular and distressing Account of a recent Calamity at Madeira.
(From a New-York Daily Paper.)
This extraordinary event, which we briefly noticed in our paper of yesterday, happened on Sunday the 9th of October, at 8 o'clock in the evening. The day had been previously very cloudy and a continual rain had fallen, accompanied with squalls, which were not violent, until the sun had sunk beneath the horizon, when the sea appeared to be unusually agitated, and such a darkness prevailed, that an object was not discernible at a yards distance—during this progress, every person remained within their houses, in seeming security, and wholly unconscious of that approaching horror which was destined so shortly to sweep them off the earth.
The clock of the cathedral was striking eight, when an instantaneous storm of terrible lightning and thunder began, and the rain fell in such torrents, that all the cross-streets of the eastern part of the city of Funchall, were suddenly filled with mud and water above the first floors of the houses, which was occasioned by its being impeded, in some measure from its furious descent from the ravines of the mountains into the sea. At this shocking period the stoutest heart felt appalled; nothing was to be heard but the din of ruin working in every direction: hundreds of huge stones, that had been torn from their quarries on the hills three miles above the town, were tumbling over each other in stupendous concussion, carrying with them, in conjunction with the deluge, churches, convents, streets, trees, bridges, battlements, and eight hundred human beings into the bottom of the
deep. Whenever a flash of lightning penetrated the gloom, were seen mothers wading through the streets, up to their chins in water, holding their infants on their heads with one hand, and endeavoring to catch security with the other: while those who attempted to assist them were frequently maimed or killed, by the beams of timber or wine pipes which floated around them; and the sea, presented a scene not less awful, though less ruinous: most of the vessels lost their cables, anchors and boats, and many of the seamen were washed overboard. The ships rolled, in some part or other, several feet beneath the water continually, and all the sailors who were there on that dismal night, whether Americans, English, or Portuguese, gave themselves up as lost men.
Thus, in so short a space of time as a few minutes, were many hundred individuals carried to their eternal home, in the very plenitude of an apparent security; and several thousand reduced from affluence to poverty; and many of them, it is probable, in the indulgence of those imperfections, which constitute our criminality or our folly, and sent to their account, "unblanched, unanointed, unannealed." Ten thousand pipes of wine and brandy were destroyed, and the sea-shore was skirted on the ensuing morning with millions of fragments, among which the mourning survivors of the calamity were eagerly seeking for the dead remains of their relations or friends. Several days after, the air of Funchall became so putrescent, from the rotting of the bodies that were buried beneath the congregated mud and filth, that a pestilence was apprehended; but in consequence of burning tar and pitch and other neutralizing combustibles, that scourge was providentially avoided.
It was remarkable that this deluge, in its course, swept away twenty-nine vineyards that were situated on the south west side of the city; and so decisive was the ruin, that it tore up all the trees by the roots, and bore away not only them, but all the cottages, with their inhabitants, the ground, cattle and appurtenances, and left the rocky basis, as bare of vegetation as the cliffs of Norway.—All this assemblage of objects, were whirled into the Ribeira Brava, or mad river, and ingulphed nearly the whole of the small town which bears that name.
In this wreck of matter there was but one human creature saved, and that was an infant in a wooden cradle, which was lodged among some reeds on the side of the declivity, and when discovered, on the ensuing day, was in a profound sleep;—This unconscious infant was saved from its ignorance of fear, as it is in the nature of fear, to counteract its own desires.
All the vessels that arrived at Funchall, for several weeks after this miserable occurrence, gave an account of the dead bodies, casks and boxes which they had been floating many leagues off at sea; and it is believed that some of the crews were considerably enriched by the contents of many of the trunks.
The small town of Machico, was likewise ruined by this singular tempest, and many lives were lost there also; which leads to a supposition, that the lamented event was occasioned by a water-spout, that had burst against the side of the mountain, and discharging itself down the gullies, produced those afflictive and sudden disasters, that all the feeling persons must deplore: and which, whenever recollected, should operate to remind us of our frailty and our responsibility, and make us live well, that we may die happily.
This is admitted to have been the greatest civic evil, that has happened since the earthquake of Lisbon in 1754, and was the most tragical, of its nature, that ever happened.—Had the younger Pliny been on the spot, it would have been adequately detailed.
The property destroyed has been estimated at upwards of a million of pounds sterling.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of JOHN MAN, of Portsmouth, in the District of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued—that the Commissioners named and authorized in and by said commission and the assignee of his Estate and effects intend to meet at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. Portsmouth, on the 9th day of January next at 11 o'clock, A. M. in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupt when and where all persons who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of dividend, and all claims not then substantiated will be disallowed. All persons having accounts unadjusted will call upon the assignee for settlement before that time.
JOB HARRIS, Assignee.
Portsmouth, December 20, 1803.

SUMMARY—FOREIGN. LONDON dates up to the 28th, and Rotterdam papers of the 27th October, have been received: the most important articles of which we have selected for our readers. In the event of an Invasion, it is confidently asserted that his Britannic Majesty will in person take the field. In Ireland, insurgents were daily executed, but every thing wore a peaceful aspect. The British fleet in the Mediterranean, under the command of Lord Nelson, has been reinforced; it is composed of 14 sail of the line, besides frigates—this naval force is intended for an attack on the island of Elba, where 4000 French are garrisoned. The Dutch papers contain a detailed narrative of the formidable preparations making in their ports, and those of the French Republic, for the long projected invasion; they tell us it will speedily be undertaken—500 craft were ready, it is said, and the number of troops assembled for the purpose, was great—Independent of the army which has been collected for the immediate purpose of invasion on the sea coast opposite Great-Britain: there are in the interior 200,000 men in readiness to march at a moment's warning, to supply any losses that might be sustained. The Northern Powers still adhere to neutrality. Portugal has submitted to the First Consul. Spain is busied in warlike preparations, and on the eve of a rupture with Great-Britain. An embargo has been laid upon their vessels, as well as those of Portugal, in the ports of the British Empire. The Swiss have renewed their alliance with France, and are to give a subsidy of 16,000 troops, to be united with those of the Republic. Bonaparte was looked for at Ostend against the 10th of November, the period at which it was expected he would embark for England. A defensive alliance, between Russia, Sweden and Denmark, is talked of. The King of Sweden, we are told, will have an interview with the First Consul at Brussels. A personal contribution has been levied on the inhabitants of Paris.
We have given in this day's Gazette, the leading heads of the recent calamity which befell the island of Madeira, and to this we shall refer our readers for the particulars of that singular event. Thus we have abstracted what the late accounts bring most interesting, and to our readers we leave to make comments on the same.
DOMESTIC. A memorial in favor of the erection of a Penitentiary House in Maryland, has been presented to the Legislature of that State. The store of Huse & Stark, Derryfield, N. H.; of Dr. Luke Lincoln, New-Boston, N. H. and of N. Kendall, Esq. Amherst, N. H. have been recently broken open and robbed. In the last instance the thief was taken at Gilmersford, on his way to Boston, and some of the goods found with him. He calls himself John Wilson. On Wednesday evening last, William H. Sumner, Esq. returning from Boston to Roxbury, with his mother in his chair, was robbed on the Neck, by three footpads, armed with pistols and swords. Soon after the villains left him, Mr. S. drove with all possible haste, in hope of giving such seasonable alarm that the robbers might be taken. But notwithstanding upwards of an hundred persons were assembled in a few minutes, and diligent search was made on the Neck and land adjacent, the thieves escaped. William Smith, our late Minister to Portugal, arrived at Washington a few days since, passenger on board the John Adams.
COMMUNICATION. VIOLATION of the Constitution of New-Hampshire to support Clerical oppression and tyranny, under the hypocritical pretence of supporting the Gospel. We understand, that in the town of Londonderry, the Presbyterians have taxed the Baptists, and taken their property by force to support a teacher, whom they do not bear. This is nothing short of robbery under another name; and is exactly contrary to the Constitution of this State which says, "Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience and reason, and no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession, sentiments, or persuasion, provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or disturb others in their religious worship. That the several towns, parishes, bodies corporate, or religious societies, shall at all times have the exclusive right of electing their own public teachers, & of contracting with them for their support and maintenance. And no portion of any one particular religious sect, or denomination, shall ever be compelled to pay towards the support of the teacher or teachers of another persuasion, sect, or denomination. And every denomination of christians, demeaning themselves quietly and as good subjects of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the law, and no subordination of any one sect, or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law." Every candid person by reading this part of the constitution may see, that the design of it was to, secure to individuals their equal right. Were the Baptists to tax other denominations without their consent, and take
their property from them by force, would not their unrighteous conduct be lauded through the State? would not this part of the constitution be soon read to them, and they dealt with as transgressors? without any doubt, this would be the case. The Baptists, do not wish others to help them support their ministers, neither do they wish to support the teachers other men employ. They are willing to support the government that protects them, but not that which oppresses them. This conduct is nothing short of oppression, and while we see and feel it, we are put in mind of what is written in Ecclesiastes, Chap. v, ver. 8, "If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment, and justice, in a province, marvel not at the matter, for he that is higher than the highest, regardeth, and there be higher than they." EQUALITY.
Messrs. Printers, I have just read an account of the awful, the tremendous judgment of the Almighty, at Madeira. It is suited to bring to mind, a striking word once spoken; suppose ye that these, these were sinners above all, &c. I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. The days of vengeance appear to be coming with a swift pace. The day of the Lord is near and hasteneth greatly. It is great and very terrible, and who can abide it! Its harbingers appear—all things are to be fulfilled that are written; yea the unwritten voice of the Seven Thunders, will be accomplished. The cup of wrath is filling for the great Whore and her daughters. God can make the elements (adapted to human use & comfort, and long mercifully indulged men, groaning under their abuse,) his weapons of battle & war, against a guilty generation: may we not hear that word; "awake ye drunkards, and weep and howl all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth." This seems only the beginning of taking away abused gifts. In a short time, will be fully verified in mythical Babylon, what is foretold; "The fruits that thy soul lusteth after, are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly, are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all." But at that awful period, the shout of the Sons of God, will be raised; "Rejoice over her thou Heaven, and ye holy Apostles and Prophets; for God hath avenged you on her." Happy the man who shall be hid, among the meek of the earth, in that tremendous day! I am yours, &c. A. B.
As the Editor of the New-England Repository has defined the "barriers which the United States oppose to external encroachment" & accompanied it with a kind hint that he had undertaken the task merely because it must be "pleasing to every good natured American;" we conclude from hence that he will be equally condescending on this occasion in answering the Question—What are the barriers which true Republicanism opposes to internal encroachment?
A GOOD NATURED AMERICAN. To Correspondents. "Micajah" came too late for this day, but shall be inserted in our next. DIED—At New-Castle, Mrs. HANNAH WHITE, aged 67. In this town, Miss DEBORAH E. LEIGHTON, aged 15, daughter of Capt. Luke M. Leighton. A child of Capt. James Trefethen.
John Man, Has for Sale, at the corner of Market & Bow-streets, Spring-Hill. RUM, GIN, and BRANDY, per bbl. or gallon; Hyslop, Souchong and Bohea TEAS; Loaf and brown SUGARS; No. 1, and 2 Chocolate; Coffee; Spanish INDIGO of an excellent quality pr. dozen or less quantity; GINGER pr. keg, dozen, or lb. Gun Powder do; Nutmegs; Cloves; Pepper; Allspice; Salt Petre; Copperas; Alum; Red Wood; Fustic; Soap; Starch; Spanish Segars, with most articles in the GROCERY LINE. Also, American and English Shoels; Frying Pans; Flat Irons; cotton and wool Cards; Blocktin Tea Pots; Pewter Basins; Spoons; Knives and Forks; Jack Knives; Pen and pocket do. Razors; Scissors; Japan Cannisters; do. Waiters; Pins; Knitting & Sewing Needles, &c. A complete assortment of IRON HOLLOW WARE, viz. Small and large KETTLES; Pots; Dutch Ovens; Basins; High-Pans; Spiders; Skillets; large and small Cart Boxes, Waggon do. and Chaise do. a large supply of DOGS or ANDIRONS of all sizes; rod and 20d Hammered NAILS; 4, 6, 8, 10, and 20 cut NAILS; English Blistered, German, Hallbach & Trieste STEEL, some of which is suitable for Shoeing Sleighs. Liverpool SALT per hhd. or bushel—all of which he will sell low for cash. Dec. 20, 1803. Whole Tickets and Quarters in the ATKINSON ACADEMY LOTTERY, for sale at this Office.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of SHARON, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1803—that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the house of Caleb Jackson, innholder in said town, on the third Tuesday in February next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
GROUND RENT. A LOT OF LAND, situated on High-street, opposite Mr. Wm. R. Hardy's, suitable for 5 or 6 small Buildings. Any person or persons willing for such a convenience, may be suited by applying to WILLIAM BREWSTER. Portsmouth, Dec. 20, 1803.
Table with columns: NAMES, No. Acres, No. Lts., Range, Value wild land, Valuation, County tax, School tax, Town tax. Rows include Job F. Brooks, Capt. John Egerton, Samuel Hanley, Stephen Wright, Eleazer Cummings, Phineas Gleason, Benjamin Carter, Tim'y Farrar's part, Levi Mansfield. Includes a notice for non-resident proprietors in the town of CHESTER.
Table with columns: Description, No. Acres, No. Lts., Value, Tax. Rows include William White, Jonathan Emerston, Stephen Jonson, Stephen Webster, Ebenezer Lovercign, John Prescott, junr., Jonathan Dearborn, Reuben Sanborn. Includes notices for land between the 78 and 80, and between 62 and 67.
Table with columns: Description, No. Acres, No. Lts., Value, Tax. Rows include Jacob Stannell, Benjamin Gambling, Esq., Jonathan Brown, Edward Gilman, Enoch Sanborn, Thomas Silver, Stephen Sweat. Includes notices for Samuel Adams, L. Derry, part of farm he lives on, John Clark, L. Derry, joining Brown Gage farm, David Read, L. Derry, Meadow, James Woodson, formerly of Portsmouth, otherwise of Madbury, between Hoss's and Derry Line, Samuel Anderson, Candia, part 199 in 2d. division, ditto, unimproved, ditto, Thomas Anderson, Candia, No. 107 in 2d. division, ditto, unimproved, ditto, Jesse Eaton, Candia, meadow, Solomon Stevens, Candia, joining Murry & Brackett, ditto, unimproved, ditto, Ephraim Foster, Boxford, Bur-bank place, ditto, unimproved, ditto, Jeremiah Towle, Hawk, between Sandown line, and Exeter river, ditto, unimproved, ditto, Heirs of Samuel White, Haverhill, where Brown lived, Abram & Isaac Sanborn, Kingston, joining True's land, Joseph Blanchard, Pembroke, place he lived on, ditto, unimproved, ditto, JOHN HASSELTINE, Collector. Includes a notice for non-resident known owners names.
Peter Coffin, Has just received per ship Tiger from London, an additional supply of FANCY & other GOODS, CONSISTING OF Chintzes; Dimeties; Black and colored Sarsenet Cambricks and Ginghams; fashionable cotton & silk Girdles; black Laces; Broad Cloths; best double mill'd Cassimeres; superfine fashionable Waistcoating; Bed Laces and Fringes, &c. &c. Portsmouth. Dec. 20, 1803.
VILLAGE HARMONY, BY the Gioce, Dozen or Single, as cheap as at any Store in the country, may be had at CHARLES PEARCE's new Brick Blockhouse, Daniel Street, Portsmouth. Also, just received as above, A few Silver Cakes for lead Pencils, with pencils in them, and letter Seales on the top, price 7/6 each. Also, Silver Penns, which write excellently well, price 7/6, a few Silver Tooth Picks with silver cases, 3/6 each. Silver Ear and Tooth Picks together, in one case, 3/6 each, for sale at the brick Bookstore. Dec. 20, 1803. A Wet NURSE, wants a place; enquire of the Printers. Dec. 20, 1803.
THIS DAY, At S. LITTLE's Office, TEN boxes Lemons; 10 whole & half chests Souchong Tea; 2 hds. Rum; 6 casks Ralpins; bbls. Brandy; boxes Soap; 100 lbs. Cassia; 100 pair small Shoes; 2 bbls. Aniseed; casks Gin; 100 pieces India Cottons; India Chintzes; a quantity of Woollen Goods and Linens. And at 12 o'clock, A good carriage Horse, 8 years old. Cash advanced on consignments.
SALE AT AUCTION. AT THE OFFICE OF ALEXANDER EWEN, in Daniel-street, Portsmouth, To commence this day, and to be continued from time to time till the whole are sold, viz. 12 packages of Merchandize, consisting of Blue, mixed and drab Broad Cloths; Cassimeres; Swansdowns; Plains; Coatings; Linens; Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs; Shalloons; Grogam's Hats; Knives and Forks; Looking-Glasses; Pocket Books, &c. &c. ALSO, A few Boxes Lemons, to be sold for cash without reserve. Dec. 20. Molasses Coffee & Sugar, FOR SALE. Just landed from the brig Triton 150 Hds. of good retailing MOLASSES 10,000 wt. of best Green COFFEE, and a few Tierces & bbls. SUGAR, & now ready for sale at No. 9, Portsmouth Pier, by C. STORER.
Take Notice. To be Sold at Public Auction by virtue of a licence from the Hon. EBENEZER SMITH, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Strafford, and State of New-Hampshire, on Tuesday, the 3d. day of January next, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of John Davenport, innholder in Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham. So much of the real Estate of SAMUEL TAYLOR, late of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Merchant, deceased, testate, in the hands of Benjamin Sumner of said Boston, merchant, administrator, de bonis non, of said Samuel Taylor, as shall be sufficient, to raise the sum of three thousand dollars, with incidental charges; to wit, so much of a certain tract of land lying in Tuftonborough, in the County of Strafford aforesaid, containing about one thousand acres, an undivided third part of the north-easterly half of six thousand acres, released by Peter Livius, Esq. to John Moffat, Esq. and is the same one thousand acres conveyed by John Evans to said Taylor. A deed of release of said premises will be given by said Benjamin Sumner, or his Attorney duly authorised. Further particulars will be made known at the time and place of sale, or at any time previous by applying to the subscriber. JOTHAM LAWRENCE, Attorney to said Benjamin Sumner, or to Z. ROBINSON, at his Store in Portsmouth. Evening, Dec. 16, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. County of Rockingham. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors, owners of land in the town of LOUDON, who have not paid their county and highway taxes for the year 1803—that unless they pay said taxes on or before the 21st day of February next, so much of their land, as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling-house of John Ladd, in said Loudon, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, on said day. Table with columns: Names of Non-residents in the Fourth Division, Original Proprietors, No. Acres, Value, Tax. Rows include John Burnum, Benjamin Jones, Benjamin Mason, Samuel Tibbetts, Joseph Tibbetts, Ephraim Dennet, Richard Waldron, Esq., Thomas Rines, John Glins, Paul Wentworth, Ephraim Dennet, James Davis, John Gilman, John Gray, John Downings, James Davis, 3d. Andrew Wiggins, Isaac Walton, Thomas Stevenson, Eli Dement, John Frost, James Hockings, Joseph Davis, Joseph Jenkins, jr., John Footman, jr., Robert Bamford, John York, James Durgan, John Willet, Shadrach Walter, Joseph Jenkins, Joseph Jones, Ephraim Davis. JONATHAN ROLLINS, Collector. Loudon, Nov. 28, 1803.

Miscellaneous Repository.
THE BITER BIT.
A CERTAIN priest had hoarded up, A secret mass of gold; But where he might bestow it safe, By fancy was not told.  At last it came into his head, To lock it in a chest, Within the chancel, and he wrote Thereon, Hic Deus est.  A merry wag, whose greedy mind Long wish'd for such a prey, Respected not the sacred words, That on the casket lay.  Took out the gold and blotted out The Priest's inscript thereon, Wrote, Refurrexit non est hic, "Your God is ris'n and gone."
EDRIC OF THE FOREST.
(A ROMANCE.)
No. III.
"YOU may, probably, defy mortal prowess," said Waldeck; "but are you to wholly divested of weak prejudices as to dare to cope with supernatural powers?"  Eldric, unacquainted with superstition, otherwise than by name, readily assented to do whatever he might deem necessary at the same time a faint doubt rose in his mind, that some treachery might be intended; yet the apparent openness of the Baron, and the consciousness of his own insignificance, soon eradicated all his scruples; and the hope of benefiting one who had been so generous towards him, soon determined him, and he renewed his offers of assistance with increasing warmth.  "You have to learn, then," said the Baron, "that the list wing of the castle is reported to be haunted; noises and uncommon appearances have certainly been witnessed by my servants; in consequence of which, and some domestic troubles, my reputation has been materially injured. I have myself watched repeatedly at night, but never been able to discover any thing satisfactory; and however contrary to my judgment, I am obliged to coincide in the general opinion. I labor under a stigma the most distressing to a mind really innocent and am almost inclined to wish for death as a relief to my unmerited misfortune."
The deep and awful sound of the castle bell, tolling the midnight hour, reverberated through every vaulted roof and dreary passage of the venerable building; yet the heart of Eldric remained unappalled, all his present thoughts centering in his own adverse fortunes; till at length, almost stupified by the impetuous working of his imagination he fell into a perturbed slumber; his mind, harassed by the preceding events, still conjured up disturbing images: he fancied he beheld his guardian falling beneath the sword of an assassin, and in a moment by his superior agility he rescued him. Again, he believed himself in possession of vast domains; his Eleanor came to welcome him; his arms expanded to embrace her, and he felt he grasped a substantial being! Awaking with a sudden start, he found himself encircled in the embrace of a figure, whose hideous form at first appalled his frightened senses. His blood chilled for an instant, but returning courage soon animated him, & seizing his dirk, would have plunged it into the heart of the stranger; who, perceiving his intention, hastily drew back, and displayed his bosom already weltering in gore. The unnerved arm of Eldric dropped the weapon, which the other as hastily snatched from the ground, and surveying it attentively, uttered a wild cry of surprise and horror, and fainted away. Eldric did not call for assistance, lest there should be a party of ruffians concealed, whom his noise might alarm, but alone endeavored all he could to bring the stranger to recollection, when, with a look of despair, he exclaimed—"I am dying; let the Baron Waldeck be summoned, that I may, before my death, confess to him a piece of villainy, in which he is nearly concerned."  Losing all other apprehension of danger in his fear of the poor wretch dying without assistance, Eldric laid him on the bed, and instantly sought the Baron, who, with two domestics, tremblingly repaired to the haunted chamber. They advanced to the bedside; the stranger raised his head, and, with a deep sigh, gazed around him.
"Orlando!" exclaimed the Baron, staring back with affright—"are you, then, my hidden son?"  "I was," replied Orlando, in a mournful tone: "but the hour of retribution is arrived. Listen—oh, listen, while I have yet strength to relate a tale of guilt!"  All were profoundly attentive, and he proceeded—
"Fifteen years of estrangement cannot have obliterated from your remembrance our former friendship. I had a sister, beautiful in form as odious in disposition; her passion for you was violent, and you disregarded her; you married one of inferior fortune, of superior endowments. I beheld her with eyes of desire, and the revengeful machinations of the slighted Miranda taught my soul to glow with equal thirst of vengeance. The chaste Editha distained my overtures, but her fear of giving grief to you; retained her accusation of your friend—Miranda inspired with the hope, that the hated bar to her happiness once removed, she should secure you, entered with avidity in the most diabolical plot ever formed in the mind of man; which was, the forcibly carrying away your wife, and the destruction of your infant! Fearing to entral another with our scheme, I undertook the internal office—I plunged that dirk in the bosom of the helpless babe, but from an unseen hand received a pistol shot that levelled me to the earth." (To be concluded in our next.)
TO LET.
A BUILDING suitable for a School, Shoemaker's shop, &c Inquire of the Printers.
Cash given for clean linen and cotton & linen RAGS at this Office. Dec. 20.
Rose BLANKETS, from 6 to 11 quarters, of a superior quality, may be had remarkably cheap at the store of WM. GARLAND, near the Court-House. Dec. 13.
Just received and for sale by Quincy & Pierrepont, Fresh Baltimore Superfine FLOUR. December 13, 1803.
FRESH FLOUR. Now landing from Schooner Dove, from New-York, and for SALE BY THOMAS SHEAFE, AT HIS STORE FORE-STREET— 120 bbls. superfine Flour. 30 half bbls. do. do. from new Wheat. Portsmouth, December 13, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of EDWARD GOVE , of Portsmouth, in the district of New-Hampshire, against whom a commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued—That the commissioners named and authorized in and by said commission, and the assignee of his Estate and effects, intend to meet at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. in Portsmouth, on the 18th day of January next, at 11 o'clock A. M. in order to make a dividend of the Estate and effects of said Bankrupt; when and where all persons who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of dividend, and all claims not then substantiated will be disallowed. All persons having accounts unadjusted, will call upon the Assignee, for settlement before that time. SAMUEL HUTCHINGS, Assignee. Portsmouth, December 13, 1803.
TAKE NOTICE. ALL persons are cautioned against buying a NOTE OF HAND, signed by the subscriber in favor of William Randall, of Wakefield, for FIFTY DOLLARS, payable in six months from November 23, 1803—as said Note was written and intended to be given as the difference between a Horse, which the subscriber was about to swap with said Randall, but we could not agree; said Randall carried off the Note without my knowledge—therefore I will not pay said Note, not having received the value thereof. JOSIAH HUCKINGS. Officer-Gore, December 6, 1803.
Just Published by MANNING & LORING No. 2, Cornhill Boston, and for sale at N. S. & W. PEIRCE'S Store, and by the Author Bridge-street, A Choice Collection of HYMNS, For the use of CHRISTIANS, BY ELDER E. SMITH.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Grafton, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & owners of Land in the town of Wentworth in said County, who have not paid their Highway and county taxes for the year 1803, that so much of their Land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue at Capt. William White's, inn-holder, in said town, on the first Tuesday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   Original Proprietors Names. Division. Acres. County Tax. Highway Tax.     Francis Bachelor, 1 43 100 53   Jonathan Evans, 1 1 75 40   Col. Eben's Stevens, 1 1 100 53   13 1 100 53   Eben's Stevens, jun's, 3 49 44 26   2 153 100 53   Lands voted to Isaac Clifford, for services, 8 4 44 26   REUBEN CLIFFORD, Collector. Wentworth, December 7, 1803.  
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. Chester, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of unimproved land in the town of UNITY, in said State, that are delinquent in paying the taxes assessed thereon, for the year 1803, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the first day of March next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, at the dwelling-house of ABNER CHASE , inn-holder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   Original Proprietors Names. Quantity. Dollars. Cents.     John Sherburn, 3 50 25   Thomas Clough, 14 40 15   Samuel Winslow, 4 50 15   T. Atkinson, Esq. 24 100 88   John Moulton, 33 19 10   Daniel Moulton, 34 30 23   John Webber, 13 100 50   B. Wentworth, Esq. 200 487 125   NOAH LADD, Collector. Unity, Nov. 12, 1803.  
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of JEREMIAH HART of Portsmouth, in the district of Portsmouth New-Hampshire, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued—that the commissioners named and authorized in and by said Commission, and the assignee of his Estate and effects intend to meet at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. Portsmouth, on the 11th day of January next, at 11 o'clock A. M. in order to make a dividend of the Estate and effects of said Bankrupt, when and where all persons who have not already proved their Debts, are to come prepared to prove the same or they will be excluded the benefit of dividend, and all claims not then substantiated will be disallowed. All persons having account unadjusted will call upon the assignee, for settlement before that time. GEORGE LONG, Assignee. Portsmouth December 6, 1803.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of JOHN NOBLE of Portsmouth, in the District of Portsmouth New-Hampshire, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued—that the Commissioners named and authorized in and by said commission and the assignee of his Estate and effects intend to meet at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. Portsmouth, on the 13th day of January next at 11 o'clock, A. M. in order to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupt when and where all persons who have not already proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of dividend, and all claims not then substantiated will be disallowed. All persons having accounts unadjusted will call upon the assignee for settlement before that time. GEORGE LONG, Assignee. Portsmouth, December 6, 1803.
PEELING. WHEREAS the proprietors & owners of the township of PEELING, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, September 17th 1803, at a legal meeting voted a tax of THREE DOLLARS on each lot (except the undivided) in said township, and committed the same to me to collect, of which due notice has been given, and whereas said tax has not been paid on the following lots, viz.
   PROPRIETORS NAMES. No. Acres. Range. 12 1/2 Dols. per Lot. 12 1/2 Dols. per Acre.     William Hanson, 6 2 2 18 9   Ichabod Canny, 13 5 3 21 9   Joshua Wingate, 4 6 3 24 9   Silas Hanson, 15 5 3 14 9   Daniel Hayes, 17 2 3 9 10   Stephen Pinkham, 1 5 3 7 8   John Dement, 19 2 3 19 8   Robert Hill, 7 4 3 20 10   John Dement, jr. 4 5 3 10 8   Joseph Evans, 21 5 3 14 9   Daniel Evans, 5 3 3 9 8   Joseph Hall, 19 3 3 8 8   Stephen Ovis, 3 6 3 6 9   Israel Hodgdon, 10 1 5 4 9   Ambrose Bantam, 10 6 8 22 10   Samuel Alley, 21 2 3 11 10   Ralph Twombly, 21 6 8 21 10   Shadrack Hodgdon, 21 11   Capt. R. Waldron, 19 1 8   James Chesley, 2 4 3 10 10   Nehemiah Kimbal, 13 1 3   Thomas Hanson, 9 6 3 14 7   John Horn, jr. 11 1 3   Daniel Horn, 9 5 3 16 8   Samuel Ambrose, 13 4 3 8 10   Ephraim Kimbal, 20 5 3   Ois Baker, 1 3 3 17 9   Joseph Ham, jr. 5 9   Isaac Canny, 14 6 3 8 9   Joseph Twombly, 15 4 3 5 10   Mesech Drew, 17 7   John Church, 14 4 3   Timothy Roberts, 5 5 3 22 11   Obediah Drew, 10 3 8   Wm Twombly gd. 20 1 3   William Allen, 16 1 3 22 8   Clement Drew, 15 6 3 19 10   James Tuttle, 18 8   Jotham Nutt, 12 4 3 15 7   Benjamin Hill, 11 4 3   Samuel Emerson, 13 6 3 15 8   Samuel Ham, 17 1 3   Elijah Austin, 7 5 3   Caleb Hodgdon, 8 4 3 12 11   Joseph Newmarch, 10 5 3 7 9  
   Settlers Lots, part of N. R. D. N. R. D. N. R. D.     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   1 2 3 9 2 3 2 3   5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0  
NOTICE is hereby given, that so much of each of the said delinquent Lots as will pay said tax and incidental charges, will be sold at public auction, at the dwelling-house of BENJAMIN BARRON , Esq. in said Peeling, on the first Thursday of February, 1804, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by payment previous to the twentieth of January next. WILLIAM BALLARD, Proprietors' Collector. Durham, November 28, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss. To THOMAS BARTLETT, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in said State, and Clerk to the Proprietors of the township of Nottingham—
THE subscribers, proprietors and owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of NOTTINGHAM, in said State and county, request you to notify and warn the proprietors and owners of said township, to meet at the School-house, on the Center Square in said Nottingham, on Monday the second day of January next, at two of the clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes, viz.
 1st. To choose a Moderator, to govern said meeting.  2d. To choose a Proprietors Clerk.  3d. To see if the proprietors and owners will vote to sell the common and undivided Lands in said town.  4th. To see if the proprietors and owners will vote to sell or release any part of the common Land, called the Center Square in said township, and to do and transact all matters and things that may be necessary for carrying the business specified in the foregoing articles into effect. 
Given under my hand and seal the 3d. day of December, A. D. 1803. THO'S BARTLETT, Proprietors' Clerk.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of Land in the town of ALTON, county and State aforesaid, who have not paid their highway and county taxes for the year 1803,—That so much of their Land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of THOMAS JEWETT , inn-holder in said town, on Tuesday the twenty-eighth day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment, to me the subscriber.
   NAMES. No. Acres. Range. Road. County.     Thomas Cogswell, 5 1 100 0 50   do. 12 4 490 3 62   do. 8 2 125 0 62   do. 7 1 230 1 15   do. 18 1 535 3 88   Mark H. Wentworth, 9 8 440 4 40   The Heirs of Sam'l Allen, 4 2 200 1 0   The Heirs of Sam'l Allen, 15 4 212 1 6   Nathaniel Stevens, 11 4 100 0 50   Jonathan Bickford, 4 1 40 0 30   John Bickford, 4 1 40 0 30   The two large Lots No. 9 & 18, laid out to the share of Tho's Wallingford, Esq. deceased, divided as follows.   The Heirs of John Wentworth, Esq. deceased, & Elizabeth his Wife, 8 0 73 0 56   Hannah Brown, 3 0 999 1 66   Mark Wallingford, 2 0 206 1 54   Lydia Coffin, 1 0 960 1 95   Samuel Wallingford, 6 0 219 2 19   Rachel Newell, 7 0 216 2 16   The large Lot No. 18, Eben's Wallingford, Part of large Lot No. 8, in sd. range, John Rindge, 5 0 43 0 21   PAUL HORN, Collector. Alton, November 28, 1803.  
FOUND. BETWEEN this town and Greenland, a MUFF. The owner may have it again by calling at Mr. Davenport's, and paying charges.
GROCERY STORE.
B. Leverett, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has removed from his Store in Congress-street, to the Store lately occupied by Mr. Stephen Pearse, opposite the Rev. Mr. Buckminster's Meeting-house—Where he has for Sale, a general assortment of West-India Goods & GROCERIES, as cheap as can be purchased at any Store in Portsmouth, consisting of
 Madeira, Vidonia  Sherry, Lisbon, Red Port, Claret } WINES.  and Malaga  Gun Powder, Hyson, Young-Hyson, Hyson-skin, } TEAS.  Souchong, and Bohea 
of the first qualities. Philadelphia Loaf and Lump SUGAR, per cwt. or Loaf; India and Brown ditto. London bottled Porter, and Taunton Ale, per cask or dozen.
Cogniac Brandy; Spanish do. Holland Gin; West-India Rum, old do.—Molasses; West India and Georgia Cotton; Mace; Nutmegs; Cinnamon; Cloves; Allspice; Pepper; Ginger per keg; Black Zant Currants; Raisins; Almonds; Chocolate No. 1, and 2, do. Shells; Coffee; Oatmeal; English Mustard per lb. do. per bottle; double refined Salt Petre; Oil per flask; Scott's true liquid Blue, per jug; Windsor Soap; Crown do.—Hair Powder; Anchovies and Sardines per bottle; Cayenne per do. or oz.
Lorillard's celebrated Macchuboy Snuff per bottle; Elliot's do. per keg or smaller quantity. Spermaceti, Mould & Dipt Candles. GODFROID's Spanish Segars, per box or retail.
No. 1, 2 and 3, Smoking Tobacco. GLASS WARE—Viz. Quart Mugs; 1 1/2 pint, do. pint, and 3/4 pint; Pint Tumblers per Straw, and half pint do. Vinegar Cruets; Wine Glasses.
STONE WARE—Viz. 4 Gallon down to 1/2 gallon Pots; 3 Gallon down to 1 gallon Jugs. IRON HOLLOW WARE, a general assortment.— WRAPPING PAPER per Ream.
Cod and Pollock FISH. 10 by 8, 9 by 7, WINDOW GLASS, per box or half box, &c. &c. Portsmouth, November 1, 1803.