The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1803-12-13 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
"By adopting REPUBLICANISM for our Polar Star, we shall endeavor to our countrymen the true principles of their Constitution, and promote an union of sentiment and of action, equally auspicious to their happiness and safety."
PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PUBLISHED BY NATHANIEL S. & W. PEIRCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Robert Harris,  Has moved 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, Rubea,  WINES.  Iron, Spanish Segars, Allum, Olives, 8d, 10d, 12d, & 20d Nails, Barton Ale, Porter, Cotton, Almonds, Soap, Florence Oil & 1 Ton good BUTTER.    Souchong, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson and Hyson Pepper, Allspice, Raisins, Indigo,  TEAS.    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 Hatter- 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; Caribbean 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 Sailmaking. 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.
Benjamin Hill, FORE-STREET; Returns thanks to his friends & customers for their past favors, and would inform them that he has just received a quantity of  Fresh St. George's LIME. Also—Sweede's and Norway  IRON; With a general assortment of  West-India Goods & GROCERIES, as usual—which he is determined to sell low for cash or approved credit. Portsmouth, November 1, 1803.
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any demands against the estate of  DANIEL PEIRCE, Esq. late of Kittery, (Physician) deceased, are requested to exhibit the same to the subscriber for settlement. Daniel Peirce, Executor to said Estate. Kittery, Dec. 5, 1803.  ALL persons indebted to, or have demands on the estate of  WALTER WIGGIN, late of Stra- tham deceased; are desired to ex- hibit them immediately to George Wig- gin, or Daniel Wiggin, Executors to the last Will and Testament of said Wal- ter Wiggin. Stratham, Nov. 3, 1803.
CARPETS, &c. Just opened by  PETER COFFIN, a large 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.
Just received and for sale by  Joseph Clark, jun. at his Shop in Buck-street,  LARGE Fashionable Gold Beads; handsome silver Cream Pots; handsome silver plated Castors; 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 th Pier. Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 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.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of JEREMI- AH HART of Portsmouth, in the district of Portsmouth New-Ham- pshire, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and is- sued—that the commissioners named and authorized in and by said Com- mission, 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 di- vidend 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 set- tlement 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 Port- mouth New-Hampshire, against whom a Commission of Bankruptcy has been awarded and issued—that the Com- missioners named and authorized in and by said commission and the assign- ee of his Estate and effects intend to meet at the office of Charles Cutts, Esq. Portsmouth, on the 12th day of Janu- ary next at 11 o'clock, A. M. in or- der to make a dividend of the estate and effects of said Bankrupt when and where all persons who have not alrea- dy proved their Debts are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of divi- dend, and all claims not then substan- tiated 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.
WENTWORTH'S System of PLEADING. The Compiler of these volumes in- forms the profession, that he intends shortly to publish an ALPHABETI- CAL TABLE, of principal matters for the use of Student—which is near- ly completed & will shortly be publish- ed; it will be sold and delivered only to the purchasers of the 1st edition. Portsmouth Nov. 6, 1803.
Fashionable Drab Broad Cloths and Cassimeres.
Sweet & Weeks, HAVE received an assort- ment of fashionable Drab Mill'd BROAD CLOTHS and CASSI- MERES, of superior qualities. Nov. 29, 1803.
Just received and For Sale, At N o 16, Portsmouth Pier,  BEST VELVET CORKS ; GLASS WARE, assorted;— Also,—STONE JUGS, of all sizes; do. POTS, of do. Apply to  John Salter.
REMOVED.  Benj'a. Libbey, Tailor, Informs the public that he has re- moved to a shop in Rosemary Lane nearly opposite Deacon S. Drown's , where he intends carrying on his busi- ness in its various branches; & should be happy to receive the commands of a generous community.
SHOES.  Robert M'Cleary, HAS received and for Sale at his store, three doors west of the Bell Tavern Congress-street, an extensive assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's  SHOES.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Rus- sia furr'd SHOES, English and Am- erican Cork do. Black, Green, Yellow & Red Morocco Skins; white Sheep Skins, striped Binding do. Ladies' & Gentlemen's Socks, water proof and Flannel Soals, Gentlemen's Morocco Slippers, Boot Webbin.
Mens' Hats. Gentlemen's Beaver Gloves, straw Plombs and Rosettes for Ladies' Bon- nets, Pearl ear Drops, Trebble Gilt ditto; Pearl Beads, Fancy ditto; Breast Pins, Miniature Chains, La- dies Tortoise Shell, Hair and Dressing Combs, Ivory Combs, Gentlemen's pa- tent Buckles. a fanciful assortment of  Rosettes. Bandanno Handkerchiefs. Italian Shaving SOAP in Pots. also a variety of  TRUNKS.
All the above articles will be sold low for ready cash or Tow Cloth. Allowance made to those who wish to purchase by wholesale, & ap- proved credit given. DEC. 6, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss. THE Subscribers being ap- pointed by the Hon. Judge of Probate, Commissioners to receive, examine, and adjust all the claims of the creditors to the estate of JOHN PINGREE WILLIAMS, late of Newmarket, in said county, trader de- ceased, represented insolvent, under the administration of JOHN MELCHER,  JOSIAH ADAMS & DAN'L WILLIAMS. The creditors to said estate are here- by notified, that we shall attend that service at the office of Jeremiah Lib- bey in said Portsmouth, on the first Monday of December, January and February next, from 3 to 6 o'clock P. M. of each of said days. JEREMIAH LIBBEY, NATHANIEL ADAMS, NATH'L A. HAVEN. Portsmouth, Nov. 29, 1803.
Wants Employment. A Young man who is acquainted with Book-Keeping, and writes an expeditious hand, wants employ in a store in this town, a line addressed to A. R. Q. and left at this office will be duly attended to.—Dec. 6.
Political Miscellany.
From the Eastern Argus.
Messrs. Printers, I LIVE in a small inland town, re- mote from the metropolis, and my information depends on reading news- papers, with now and then a gratuitous lecture from our Priest, Doctor Rever- ence , our Lawyer, Mr. Spark , or our Physician, Doctor Proprietatis —and as they all three differ in their principles, the Priest being an Adamite, the Law- yer a Hamiltonian, and the Doctor a Jeffersonian, I shall appeal to you for a solution of my doubts, occasioned by their dissonance.
I shall also from time to time give you my opinion on such subjects as I may find time to examine; and those of which I am wholly ignorant, I shall only make queries; expecting some of your customers of leisure and eru- dition to answer them satisfactorily in due time. In prosecuting my plan, I expect to aid the inceptive politician, while the solution of my doubts may aid me and others, who are seeking a thorough knowledge of the interests of our common country.
The political faith and practice of each country town, depend in a great measure on that of the three characters already mentioned. Although I be- lieve there are more Republican Min- isters of the Gospel throughout the whole continent, than there are Federal  P-pists, so called ; yet I fear that in New-England, we have a majority of the latter description. The Baptists, Methodists and all Dissenters from Episcopacy and Congregationalism, are to be excepted from the calcula- tion; being almost unanimously the firm friends of religious and civil liberty, which they know to be coeval.
New-England certainly contains a considerable number of Republican Lawyers of the first respectability, yet a majority of the profession seem to be leagued together to support and pro- mote each other, and to destroy man's rights; they are despoiling the very People on whom they riot.
The practice of Physicians and Sur- geons naturally leads them to the con- templation of the physical and ana- tomical equality of man. The transi- tion to their equal, statistical and the- ological rights is easy; they are there- fore generally friends to the unalien- able birth-rights of freemen. Nor are they pleased with the unequal exactions which the gentlemen of the bar are ever making of the public suffrage and patronage.
Dr. Reverence, our Minister, during the American war, was a high Whig.
He then declaimed weekly against Great Britain, as a nation of robbers and cut-throats; called King George a Tyrant; and said that Whigism or Democracy was the only righteous government. He insisted that all the subjects of George were slaves, & ever would be such; that they were in bondage to the King and Clergy.— He frequently distanced on the enor- mous and unequal taxes and imposi- tions of Britain, and the inequality and corruption of their representation, and said that only about one hun- dredth part of the people were allowed to vote for members to Parliament.
He would next speak largely on the religious persecution of Dissenters from the Church of England—where every man, whatever be his religion, whether Congregationalist, Presbyter- ian, Baptist, Methodist, Quaker, or other non-conformist, are not only de- prived of the advantages of full citi- zenship (being ineligible to any office, civil or military); but are also com- pelled to pay tythes to the Episcopa- lian Clergy, whom they never hear, as also to pay their own particular Minister whom they do hear. He in- veighed against this wickedness; and declared that all men should be free to serve God according to the dictates of his own conscience; said that this glorious freedom was what induced our progenitors to settle this then howling wilderness. In short, the Doctor was then a zealous supporter of civil and religious liberty.
But sad to relate, Dr. Reverence has since become an apostate every way. I think he has abandoned every principle which he so ardently incul- cated in the Revolutionary War. He is an advocate for inequality and
slavery, and speaks much of an union of Church with State, which he used to tell us was the ruin of England.— To convince him he is wrong, I read to him a number of passages from his book of printed sermons. He then acknowledged that he had altered his opinion, and that French Democracy has cured him of Liberty.
Now, Messrs. Printers, as I under- stand that many make the same plea for deserting the good principles of FRANKLIN and HANCOCK, I wish them to prove, that because the French nation have not been fortu- nate in their struggle to regain their long lost liberty, therefore freedom is not valuable or worth preserving.— Have the misfortunes of the French become their crime, and a warning to the oppressed to be patient in their chains and bondage?
The Doctor's sermons were former- ly half filled with the words Liberty ,  Freedom , Rights of Man , and Rights  of Conscience —now the Doctor loathes the sound of such words; and says their very sound makes him sick.— He says we must have a strong gov- ernment, like that of England—the People are their own worst enemies, and the good and wise few must direct, and ought to direct—that the major- ity are all mad, and Jefferson a fool to advocate so great a freedom of conscience—that his principles make fanatics and camp-meetings, and such wild kind of revivals of religion as we hear of, in those democratical States which have adopted his creed—and that if a stop cannot be put to such doings, every fisherman or cobler will set up preaching, and pretend he is a saint; and those men who have ex- pended a fortune to get an education, and have learned all the dead languages that ever died, will be only on a level with the swinish multitude, which would neither be right nor fair. He likewise pretends, that none are fit for Rulers, Preachers, Lawyers, or Physicians, but such as have been pol- ished in a College and have their di- plomas safety folded in the till of the chest. He even goes so far as to call FRANKLIN, WASHINGTON and SULLI- VAN mere empirics, because they ac- quired their science out of college.— The Doctor, whom we hired to preach the gospel, has quit that theme for politics, and instead of praying for our President, he is ever "braying at him;" so that he has preached me out of the meeting-house. I think he is guilty of sedition, and that he can- not recover his salary. He is now above 80 years of age, and little hopes of his amendment are entertain- ed by his parishioners.—He has ever lived higher than any of us, and is become quite rich, from the hard earnings of a very poor parish; we therefore wish to be rid of him. The opinion of some Republican Lawyer is requested on this subject.
AN ESSEX FARMER.
FEDERALISM & REPUBLICANISM tested by plain Arithmetic.
Under the administration of Federalists , during the eleven years after the national debt was funded, it increased more than ten, almost eleven millions of dollars;—that is nearly a million of dollars a year upon an average. Under the Republican administra- tion, notwithstanding the discontinuance of the land tax, and the abolition of all the in- ternal taxes, from April 1st, 1801, to Sep- tember 30th, 1803, a period of two years and a half, nine millions nine hundred, and twenty four thousand four hundred, al- most ten millions, of the principal of the public debt have been extinguished, and the cash in the treasury increased, during that period, more than four millions of dollars, as appears by the official Report of the Se- cretary of the Treasury. Without under- standing in detail the particular operations, by which these general results have been ef- fected, every man of common sense, unless he wilfully shuts his eyes against the light, must see in them an absolute mathematical demonstration in favour of Republicanism in preference to Federalism . The sum gained in favor of the United States since April 1st, 1801, in the reduction of debt and in- crease of money in the Treasury (after de- ducting the proceeds of the sales of Bank Shares) is stated by the Secretary to be more than 12 millions, seven hundred thousand dollars. If to this sum we add two millions and a half, the probable augmentation of the debt, which would, by this time have taken place by the continuance of the federal sys- tem, at the usual average progress of a mil- lion of dollars a year, the amount would be more than fifteen millions of dollars, the fair difference between the two systems in the short period of two years and a half. So much we have already gained by a change of administration. Had the government

continued in federal hands, there is good reason to believe, that we should at this time have been at least as much in debt, without the purchase of Louisiana, as we now are with that acquisition; an acquisition, which, if it had been effected by Washington, at a price of fifty millions of dollars, would have been deemed a most fortunate and glorious event.
The cloven foot of Federalism
EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS To the FREEMEN OF CONNECTICUT.
Fellow Citizens,
ENOUGH has been quoted from Mr. Adams's Book to prove that a man must be an unprincipled wretch who, after having read the book, shall deny that all that the Republican Committee have, in their address, asserted relative to it, is literally and absolutely true. The book was written "for the avowed purpose of influencing the deliberations of the proposed convention; and its whole scope and object is, to prove that a government constituted precisely on the principles of that of Great Britain, and no other, is perfectly adapted to the happiness and protection of men in all countries and in all stages of society; & that as far as those who were to form a government for us should deviate from the true principles of the British Government, so far would they deviate from wisdom, and from nature." This the Committee have asserted, and this is unquestionably true, and I repeat that he who shall deny this, after having read the book, or even the quotations which have been made from it, must be destitute of understanding, or destitute of integrity.
Having now done with Mr. Adams—having demonstrated that his Federalism is Monarchism, I turn for a few moments to Mr. Tracy.
This man, in his pamphlet addressed to you in answer to the Republican Address tells you, that the charge of royalism has been often reiterated by the Republicans, and as often refuted by the Federalists. How has it been refuted? Why leading Federalists have denied it. Is this then a refutation? If so, all that is most true has been refuted by all that is most false. Leading Federalists have a thousand and a thousand times denied that Mr. Adams's books contain any sentiments favorable to Monarchy!—Tracy in his pamphlet denies this—and he also utterly abjures all participation in, or knowledge of a project to introduce Monarchic or hereditary government into this country.
This Tracy has been repeatedly appointed, by Federalists, to exercise one of the most important functions of our national government—He is certainly a leading Federalist, and thus much I will say in his praise, I know him well—and it is my opinion that few LEADING Federalists in the United States have more virtue, more integrity, more patriotism, than Mr. Tracy, and this too, must be the opinion of the READING Federalists of Connecticut, for it is their suffrages, and their exertions, that have raised him to, and continued him in the Senate of the United States. But let not this praise be obtained at more than its real amount. I have a story to tell you, Fellow Citizens that will enable you to weigh in a just balance, the virtue, the integrity, and the patriotism of this Senator. Know then, that this man has been engaged in a plan to introduce a monarchic government into the United States—that he has avowed this! and that he has exerted himself to make converts to the plan. If in the following statement of facts (every word of which can be verified in a court of law) my object were merely to prove Mr. Tracy a hypocrite, an apostate from those principles which first procured him the public confidence, a betrayer of the high interest entrusted to him, and of course a miscreant, meriting universal execration—I say if this were my motive it would be an unworthy one. Where an exposure of the wickedness of Mr. Tracy will in no wise promote, or secure the public welfare, let charity spread its thickest veil over it. Considering the present depressed state of the federal party and especially of Mr. Tracy, it would be a barbarous act to tear from him those threads of reputation with which he has been able, partly to cover his nakedness, merely for the purpose of exposing deformity; but when, in order to put the people on their guard against the destructive projects of faction, it becomes necessary to unmask an individual of the faction, then it is an act of humanity, of high duty to strip him naked.
My story is this:— Five or six years ago Mr. Tracy solicited a private interview with the Rev. Stanley Griswold of New-Milford; a man to whom it is no flattery to say, that in point of talents, integrity, and every excellent virtue, has not a superior among his brethren in Connecticut. The conversation was long and interesting.—Mr. Griswold was, as has been observed, a Clergyman; he was in the prime of life, of eminent mental endowments, and of course bid fair to become extensively influential. Such an ally to the Federal cause was to be desired, and it was doubtless expected that a view of
the golden harvest that federalism promised to the priesthood would be sufficient to convince a man in Mr. Griswold's situation of the excellency of the system. At any rate, with this object expressly in view, Mr. Tracy conversed with Mr. Griswold—that is, to explain to him the real, and ultimate designs of Federalists, and to procure his co-operation in support of their projects. In the course of the development, Mr. Tracy lamented the general condition of ease and equality, in point of property, which existed in the United States especially in New-England. This he considered as a circumstance utterly inconsistent with the existence of a steady and energetic government. Affluence, he said inspired men with sentiments of independence, and made every man a politician who busied himself with affairs of state—that a nation of men can never be well governed, but that the government will be as fluctuating as the whim, and caprice of the people. That this state of things must be done away not suddenly indeed, but ultimately it must be done away. That other employments must be found for the people than reading, and criticizing the measure of Government—That to plow, and to hoe, were the proper employment of the mass of the people, and that the business of government should be left to those who are capable of understanding it. The principle engine for effecting this change, he said, was taxation, as by the aid of that, the surplus of the produce of the labour of the people, beyond what was absolutely necessary for their subsistence, might be drawn from them; whereas it is now, worse than wasted on an education for their children, to qualify them to find fault with the measures of government.
He said, that in order to place the government above the reach of demagogues—or of popular phrensy, the British form must be adopted. That, the chief magistrate and Senate must be invested with the power, and attributes of the British King and Nobles, tho' under other names, because those names, were odious to the people. He said that a religion must be established by law, to aid the government; that its ministers must receive rich stipends independent of the people.—He said that all this was indeed very different from the ideas of the great mass of our citizens on this subject, but that still it was calculated for their benefit, and if they had not sufficient wisdom to discern this, and to adopt it voluntarily, it was the duty of the wise, and the good, to bring it about by such means as were within their power. He said that those notions of liberty and equality which produced our revolution, were wild and fantastic, that in practice they were incompatible with order and good government. He said that Hell was the native, and proper soil of the Tree of Liberty, and that all the Liberty Poles that had been erected on the face of the earth were but shoots and branches of this original stock which Satan had planted and cultivated in Hell.
Much more of this sort he uttered, but this is doubtless sufficient to prove him a true Federalist.
Another part of my story is this:— In the month of November 1799, Mr. Tracy at his own house, and in conversation with his neighbour General Skinner, and in the presence of his friend John Allen, expressed himself in substance as follows—"Our Constitution, Gen. Skinner, is good for nothing, it cannot stand; and I have told you this before, but I am a Senator and having sworn to support it I shall do all I can towards it, but it cannot be done. The President, and Senators, must be hereditary. The Father must hold the office, and his sons after him. It is quite enough for the common people to be allowed to choose their Representatives. It must be here as it is in Great Britain; the President, or King, or whatever we are pleased to call him, must have his thousands, to buy over men to his interest whenever he pleases."
Is not this federalism?—Yes, taken altogether it is to an iota the Federalism of Mr. Adams, and in truth, of every leading Federalist in America.
Have I failed to perform my promise made to Mr. Tracy in my first number? Have I not proved upon him all the political corruption and turpitude of the party? What will this man of men now say? Will he refute this charge by denying it? The conversation with Mr. Griswold was held, if I am correctly informed, at the house of Parsons Chapman, in Litchfield—with no witness present.—That with Gen. Skinner was in the presence, and hearing, of Mr. Allen, a man just as virtuous, just as federal, and almost as pious as his friend Tracy. If no such conversation took place in the hearing of Mr. Allen, or if I have misstated its import let Mr. Allen correct me. If Mr. Tracy or Mr. Allen shall contradict any material part of my statement I hold myself pledged to exhibit my proofs, and it is most manifest that if
my statement be false it will be contradicted. But it is not false, it is made on good authority, and neither Mr. Tracy, nor Mr. Allen it is confidently believed will ever contradict it. Uriah Tracy complains that he has been cruelly calumniated! What has been said of him that he calls calumny?—I know that as a public man he has been accused of apostasy, of enmity to republican government; of projects to reduce his country under the degrading yoke of an aristocratic tyranny; and as a means to produce this end he has been accused of advocating the inhuman and bloody, the fiend-like, yea the worse than fiend-like project of a war that should never end until a nation should be utterly extinguished. These charges include enough of the black and detestable, and these charges are true. His private character is loaded with imputations of an odious nature; but of the truth of these, as they do not immediately concern my present subject I shall take no notice. Some of them may be calumnies. But allowing them to be true; what is the unthorized appropriation of a client's money? what are a thousand falsehoods to conceal the fact? what is a habit of the basest calumny of private character? what is a disgusting hypocritical cant of a religion foreign to the heart, and even in speculation disbelieved? what are the wanderings of love? and what are the most loathsome of its consequences? What are all these, if true, when compared with his public offences? Of all that has been named he has been publicly accused—he says the whole charge is false. I assert that so far as it respects his public conduct it is true—but whether as it respects his private conduct it be true or false, I know not—I only know that if true, still his private character is far less impure than his public.
DAVID. (Hartford Conn. Mercury.) For the N. H. GAZETTE.
To our Newbury-Port Antagonist. "There is nothing so blind as national prejudice and national presumption."
OF this we have a full and indisputable evidence in the writings of the Editor of the New-England Repository; and fully persuaded that in refuting our arguments his talents have lately been excited to put upon falsehood the garment of truth, and thus to give his assertions the semblance of veracity, we have been at a stand whether a moment of time ought to be devoted in answering the equivocations of an individual whose sole aim is to defend, blind and foolish betwixt man and man. However to omit this would appear a mark of contempt to your judges and mine the public; we proceed then to show the inconsistency of your arguments and refer the issue at the bar of these our common judges. Whatever fictions we may have been induced to make on Mr. PARK's writings, it was not with an intent of displaying talents—we knew them to be confined; we were persuaded that all that could instil them to the attention of our readers was their appearing in vindication and for the support of truth; we wrote to put to the blush the malicious and slanderous wretch who, in defence of all laws human and divine, is ever endeavouring to propagate falsehood and to deprive his neighbour of his reputation, his honour and his fame. Whatever talents our antagonist may possess, we are persuaded that they are inadequate to reconcile us to impossibilities, and insufficient to make black white, or white black. That "the leaders of the present system of politics in America are combined against Religious institutions" is what Mr. PARK has endeavoured to maintain, and we to refute. The leaders, &c.—Readers, are these words not sufficiently expressive? Can you one single instant be in doubt as to their meaning? These questions will answer themselves. Yet, by some strange fatality we are all mistaken and the ingenuity of our opponent has found a different meaning for these words. His interpretation runs thus; "The supporters of Mr. JEFFERSON are generally enemies to our Religious institutions, as their general deportment proves." Wonderful inference! Giving this for granted, would it not be saying one thing and meaning another? Are not "the leaders" one, and "the supporters of Mr. JEFFERSON" one? But to prove that the President was evidently included when he said that "the leaders, &c." we have only to refer to what he advanced on this head in a former number (where he did not pretend to conceal himself from this charge) where he says "We will shew you (at Washington) a man, who acts a very conspicuous part on the present theatre of politics, who unmercifully and unrelentingly transacts public business on the Sabbath day. We will say nothing of his known intimacy with the boldest scoffer that ever attacked religion; we need only examine some of his documents—some of his Sabbath days journeys to find how far he respects our religious establishment." Can we possibly mistake his meaning? Let those who are not satisfied with this proof peruse the New-England Repository, from the day it made its first appearance until the present day—their doubts will vanish and they will acknowledge the justice of our remarks. Such readers are the constituency of his remarks—such his talents that "the leaders" and "the supporters" are one and the same. The second point respecting "the Berceau" he has discussed with equal abilities and truth. If contradictions, assuming arrogance, inconsistencies, defamations, scandal and irony constitute the man of sense and that perfection in these virtues is his greatest recommendation, we willingly resign to Mr. PARK, and declining a combat upon these principles we are willing that he should remain undisputed master of the field.
EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FRIDAY, NOV. 18.
THE house resolved itself into a committee of the whole Mr. Varnum in the chair, on the bill fixing the salaries of certain officers therein mentioned, when the blanks were filled up with the following sums: For the Secretary of State 5000 dollars, Secretary of the Treasury 5000, Secretary of War 4500, Secretary of the Navy 4500, Attorney general 3000, Postmaster general 3000, assistant Postmaster general 1700, Comptroller, Treasurer, Auditor, Register, and the Accountants or the war and navy departments, the same sums as allowed by the act of March 1799, the committee then rose and reported the bill with, the amendments which were taken up and agreed to by the house, and the question on engrossing the bill for the third reading on Monday was carried in the affirmative—Yeas 78.
MONDAY, NOV. 21.
The bill fixing the salaries of certain officers therein mentioned was read the third time, and on the question "shall the bill pass"—a debate ensued.
Messrs. Taggart and Hastings opposed the passage of the bill, and Messrs. Varnum and Elliot, supported it.
When Mr. Holland moved its recommittal for the purpose of limiting its duration; on which motion a wide field of debate was opened, partly on the expediency of limiting the duration of the bill, but chiefly on its merits.
The motion to recommit was supported by Messrs. Holland, Hastings, Lyon and Bedinger, and opposed by Messrs. Randolph, Smilie, Skinner, Eustis, J. Clay, Sanford, and S. L. Mitchell.
The question on recommittal was then taken and lost—Ayes 13.
Mr. Goddard spoke against, and Mr. Randolph in favour of the passage of the bill—when the question was taken at 4 o'clock by yeas and nays, and carried in the affirmative, Yeas 76—Nays 35.
TUESDAY, NOV. 22.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that they had passed the bill authorizing hostilities against Morocco.
Mr. Newton called for the order of the day on a resolution, laid by him on the table for repealing the BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr. J. Clay moved a postponement till the 2d of February 1804, in order to allow in the mean time an opportunity to enquire into the practicability of so amending the law as to render its provisions just, and agreeable to the community.
This motion was supported by Messrs. J. Clay, Nicholson and Gregg, and opposed by Messrs. Newton, Elliot, Smilie and Eustis.
Mr. Griswold suggested the propriety of postponing the consideration of the subject to a shorter day. Mr. J. Clay acquiesced.
Mr. Nicholson moved a postponement to the 1st Monday of January.
This motion was supported by Messrs. Huger, Dana, Alston, and Goddard; and opposed by Messrs. Newton, Dawson, Rodney, Smilie and Randolph.
When the question on postponement was taken, and lost—Ayes 19.
The House then went into a committee of the whole—Mr. Dawson in the chair—on Mr. Newton's resolution for repealing the Bankrupt Law.
Mr. Newton advocated a repeal, and Messrs. Jackson, Early, and Smilie opposed it; when the committee rose and asked leave to set again.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. Dawson in the chair—on the resolution offered by Mr. Newton, for repealing the BANKRUPT LAW.
The debate was returned by Messrs. Elliot, Hastings, Sanford and Randolph, in favour of, and by Messrs. Skinner and Eustis against the repeal of the Bankrupt Law.
About 4 o'clock, the debate being closed, the question on the resolution to repeal, was taken and carried in the affirmative—Ayes 94.
The committee rose, and the House immediately took up the report, on agreeing to which the yeas and nays were required, and were, Yeas 99—Nays 13.
THURSDAY, NOV. 24.
A committee was appointed to enquire into the expediency of amending the acts of Congress for the sale of lands.
On the motion of Mr. Claiborne, the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. Varnum in the chair—on the report of the committee of claims on the petition of Amey Darden. The report is unfavorable to the prayer of the petitioner.
On agreeing to this report, discussion
took place, which occupied the whole of the day.
Messrs. I. C. Smith, Gregg, Macon, and Smilie, supported, and Messrs. Claiborne, and Elliot opposed the report; the question was taken on agreeing to the report of the committee of claims, and lost—Ayes 33.
Mr. Claiborne then moved a resolution—"that the prayer of Amey Darden is reasonable and ought to be granted."
Messrs. Claiborne and Nicholson supported, and Messrs. Griswold and Gregg opposed this resolution, which, on the question, being taken, was carried—Ayes 61—Nays 38.
The committee then rose, and reported their agreement to the resolution.
MONDAY, NOV. 28.
The bill repealing the act to establish an uniform system of BANKRUPTCY throughout the United States was read the third time, an passed, without a division.
A message was received from the Senate, stating that they had passed, with amendments, the bill which authorizes hostilities against Morocco.
A lengthy debate ensued, on a resolution making an appropriation of a certain part of the nett proceeds of the lands sold by Congress, in the state of Ohio, for making roads. The Resolution was amended and carried without a division.
The committee appointed for the purpose, have reported the following, as the conclusive and final balances due to and from the several states, viz.
Due to—New-Hampshire, 75,055 dollars; Massachusetts 1,248,801; R. Island, 299,511; Connecticut, 519,121; New-Jersey, 49,030; S. Carolina, 1,205,978; Georgia, 19,988.
Due from—New-York, 2,074,946; Pennsylvania, 71,739; Delaware, 612,448; Maryland, 151,640; Virginia, 100,870; N. Carolina 501,683.
From WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.
"I have nothing new to communicate. With respect to the proceedings of congress, the Senate have adjourned to Monday next, and the question on the amendment of the constitution stands over to that day for debate.
"The House of Representatives have passed, as far as the second reading, the bill for repealing the bankrupt law, 99 to 13. The bill is to be read a third time on Monday, and on its passage the bankrupt law ceases, excepting upon all commissions issued before the period of repeal. The following is a copy of the bill."
A BILL to repeal an act, entitled "An act to establish an uniform system Bankruptcy throughout the United States."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the act of Congress, passed on the 4th day of April, 1800, entitled "An Act to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," shall be and the same is hereby repealed. Provided nevertheless, that the repeal of the said act shall not prevent the complete execution of any commission which may have been previously thereto issued.
THE HONORABLE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, (the colleague of Mr. Pickering in the Senate of the United States) will certainly be denounced and excommunicated by his Party. —We already see the finger of fate tracing his destiny upon the wall; and the sentence of "Mene Tekel Upharsin" is ready to be pronounced against him.
On all the leading questions in the Senate, he has acted and voted with the friends of the Administration. On the resolution for carrying into effect the conventions with France for the purchase of Louisiana, he delivered a concise, nervous, manly, energetic and unequivocal eulogy on the measure. As an honorable testimony of the independence of Mr. Adams, we shall endeavor to present it entire in our next. for the towns of the little Funtos, to which Mr. Adams was supposed to be attached, "we trust he has a good conscience," and that in this he will find ample consolation.
Agis. Extract of a letter from Captain Enoch Concklin, of the ship Olive of New-York, to his owner, dated Madeira, Sept. 28.
"On my passage out, I was boarded off the Western Islands by an English privateer brig, which detained me one day, and run me to the northward of the Western Islands; took myself, the mate, and passengers on board the privateer; then hoisted out her long boat, and took away all my people. The crew of the privateer broke open the hatches, hove some of the staves overboard, opened the mate and people's chests, and took all their clothes money, and a watch.—Night coming on, I was ordered into the boat with my people and desired to go about my business for "a d—d yankee!"

Portsmouth.  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1803.
SUMMARY—FOREIGN.
LONDON dates of the 5th ultimo have been received at New-Bedford. The intelligence they bring, as customary of late, is uninteresting. With respect to the invasion of Great Britain, we learn nothing of moment; from various accounts we are led to believe however that the French have not relaxed in their preparations in the different ports of the Republic and Holland, and that the measures adopted in Great Britain for acting on the defensive, are not less formidable—it is said that in the event of an invasion, the latter are determined not to confine themselves to mere defensive measures, but to meditate an attack upon France, and that for this purpose 50,000 men are already embarked, and will sail at a moments warning. Some of our prints have noticed a rumour of the French soldiers having pronounced the flat-bottomed boats unsuitable for the enterprise, and refused to embark; and that the First Consul, acquiescing in the reasonableness of their objections, had ordered the builders to desist from preparing others. This appears but an idle story and not deserving of credit; it originated in a report of Lord Keith. The fate of Spain and Portugal is yet undecided, and it is more than probable that unless their neutrality is definitively agreed to, they will be involved in the war. The Northern Powers still preserve a strict neutrality. Whether they will long remain in this state of inactivity, we are at a loss to determine, but were we to conjecture we would hardly admit of its probability; upon this the fate of Europe must ultimately depend, and this only would insure a speedy return of peace.—It is the interest of these nations to preserve an equilibrium between the contending powers; the complete success of either is no way desirable; the ultimate triumph of one or the other would endanger their security and threaten their peace. Whatever may be the issue, certain it is that millions of innocent victims are daily immolating to the ambition of tyrants and usurpers; and that millions besides are condemned to moan and bemoan with tears of sorrow the sad remembrance of the slain.—Americans repair to these scenes of horror, behold the slain and the mourners—behold the havoc of war and reflect! Reflect and duly appreciate the benefits of that state of tranquility which has for a length of time been your happy portion; and which under Divine Providence have been insured by the moderation of our Rulers. We are aware that the opposers of our Government impute the moderation of its members to pusillanimity; the appellation of opposers will sufficiently account for this interpretation; for whatever measures are adopted by the Rulers of America, they are and remain opposers and of course will disapprove and condemn. Let them recollect however that they may bark and growl, but like a dog to his chain, they cannot go beyond its length, and let the true supporters of the Constitution maintain their rights and preserve their freedom, convinced that no attempts of their enemies to subvert it will ever succeed, and that upon its preservation alone depends their individual happiness, and their national prosperity and glory.
DOMESTIC.
Caleb Adams , the lad whom we mentioned as having perpetrated the murder of a boy about 6 years of age, was some days since publicly executed. He had scarce entered upon the stage of life, and by his untimely exit, (he was in his 19th year) ought to teach impetuous youth the necessity of early restraining their passions and governing their tempers.—A singular phenomenon of the dwarf kind is now exhibiting in Alexandria, (Virg.) he is a native it is said of Mecklenburg County, is 24 years of age and 30 inches high, is deficient of bone in the upper part of the left, and lower part of the right arm. He is well informed and conversant on most subjects.—A remarkable bird was a few days since killed by Henry Nevens of Hanover. It was upwards of three feet in length; though it weighed but 12 pounds, it was judged sufficiently stout, and bold enough to have attempted and even destroyed the lives of calves, sheep and lambs; its wings, extended, measured 7 feet 8 inches; and its claws were 2 1/2 inches in length. This fowl is supposed to be of the eagle species; but few of this size are ever met with in that part of the country. Mr. Nevens shot him flying sitting on his horse.—Jerome Bonaparte, we are told will spend the winter in New-York.
COMMUNICATION.
To the Honorable the Members of the Legislature of New-Hampshire, now assembled. YOU have been addressed, indirectly, through the medium of a public print, on the subject of compensation for services of the Militia: Let me presume more immediately to submit to your wisdom my reasons for objecting to this measure, on one short ground, which is alone sufficient to interest your attention, that is, the unconstitutionality and consequent dan-
ger to the State, in this innovation, if not violation of our constitution in a political, national, and indeed partial view, as it regards this State in particular.
It is certain that no nation in the present state of the world, of Europe especially, can exist with safety without a standing army to garrison the out ports and forts, and for the immediate service of the government.—This is an evil not to be remedied, and the evil is, that military pay, under the command of the Executive, let him be President, King, or Consul, will make the troops mercenary troops, and the strict subordination necessary subservient to his absolute command, and so far makes him absolute.
I am therefore averse to put our free independent yeomanry into this situation. I am jealous of putting my country in this sort of position: I am decidedly against the adoption of this measure in this State, because it tends to give a new patronage to our Executive, that the Constitution does not warrant—it tends to take money out of our pockets that you are not warranted to do by the Constitution, which you are sworn to maintain, much less by the oath you take on entering into your present important legislative character. I am not fearful that our Governor will make an improper use of this great patronage; it is enough for me to insist that he may do it—it may open the flood gate of corruption; it necessarily must influence the freedom of election; but I further insist it is a national degradation. What is it that constitutes the safety and bulwark of England at this moment, but the unbought, voluntary and constitutional militia of the country against the most formidable power on earth, meditating her annihilation. The volunteers, associations, and levy en masse of the constitutional strength of the land, the free people fighting for their soil and their all. What is it raised America to such a pitch of glory and national pride in '76 and '83—The struggle of a free, magnanimous people; and shall we, the most free, independent, and soon to be the greatest power on earth, put our constitutional national militia on pay? Is there an independent mind in this famed independent country that wants pay to stimulate him to national defence or national security? Forbid it heaven, the thought!—Shall we, the CITIZENS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, at a moment when our Senators and Representatives in Congress are withholding with prudent and jealous caution, a certain, tho' necessary power and patronage in the Chief Executive of the country, by the wisdom of their provisions, be foremost in an act so inconsistent and unconstitutional, as to vest, by wholesale, our State Executive with this unprecedented and enormous patronage? I trust we are not so unwise—and have the utmost reliance on your wisdom.
I am rather independent in my circumstances, and still more so in my mind; but, above all, I prize the independence of my country, and a free unpaid militia for the maintenance of that independence that renders this the most blissful region on earth. I am not afraid of my mite of the tax. I seriously and anxiously fear and deprecate the danger of the measure. I hope, for the honor of the militia, that it is no person expecting pay, who has addressed you—his address is modest, and he therefore has nothing to fear from criticism. Every citizen has the right to his opinion, and I submit my opinion to your Honorable Assembly, that such an act as that in contemplation to pay the militia, will, if enacted, be a death blow to the freedom of election, and a direct violation of our happy constitution.
HANTONIENSIS.
Portsmouth, Dec. 10, 1803.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman living in the Eastern part of the District of Maine, to the Editors of the N. H. Gazette, dated Nov. 23.
"I think our worthy President's Speech merits every encomium that a true republican can bestow, and must convict his opponents (the judicious part) of the false and malicious insinuations thrown out in the aristocratic papers, and prove their assertions false and absurd, and must convince every one possessed of common sense, the happiness our nation must expect to enjoy, and the dignity & interest of the country supported under such an administration.
Whom ever I have seen yet of any party, seem highly gratified and pleased, the term enlightened French government gives offence to some zealots, but this must flow either consummate ignorance, or prejudice, for the term is only a diplomatic compliment, which is the duty of every public negotiator to use on such occasion. A late publication in October in the Gazette, the celebrated demonstration in Virginia, will have a great effect on the minds of the people; our lower countries being chiefly Baptists, who were for some time led to believe Mr. Jefferson was (in fact) an Atheist, they soon af-
ter saw the imposition and this remonstrance appearing, occasions a very different change. The eccentricity of men are such in infant countries, I will not attempt to foretell what may take place, but I have reason to conjecture that by next election, the voice this way will be in favor of Mr. Jefferson. I perceive no force is left unturned to impede the settlement of the Louisiana business, and to impress the minds of the people with alarms and jealousies, of the conduct of the administration, surely America produces the most rancorous vipers ever heard of to satisfy self malice. I perceive in a paragraph in the 'Centinel' of the 5th instant, first under Boston head, after noticing the remonstrance of the Spanish Ambassador, comments thus "these being facts, we confess ourselves at a loss to conjecture, what could have been the governing motive in Spain, to make this opposition at the time, and in the manner she has done." For my own part, I can answer to my feelings and that substantiated from conviction, that it is the intrigues of designing men in the opposition, who would stick at nothing to bring on a general ferment even to the overthrowing the whole system of the constitution, with intent of involving the present administration into irretrievable evils; these persons I absolutely believe with their co-adjutors enemies of peace in other nations, with the addition of our Aristocratic scribblers, whose epithets the most scurrilous and ignominious on the French administration as well as personal characters, must of course raise passions of resentment very unbecoming a neutral power. I say these together are no doubt combined to envelope their designs in mysterious enigmas, so at proper times (for them) to deal out their ambiguous and vague productions, to arrest the minds of the credulous and uninformed, and involve our present happy and prosperous nation into all the horrors of war. Britain and their emissaries in this country are united to prejudice the Spanish and urge them to dispute with France for a breach of treaty so as to blacken them more in the eyes of the world, it is too glaring and notorious to be controverted. The piece 'Plain Truth' in your Gazette of the 8th Nov. from the "Chronicle" was most pleasing & edifying. The extracts from Doctor Morse is well introduced, and notwithstanding his writing so much in favor of Aristocracy I really believe the Rev. Doctor will be much pleased with Mr. Jefferson's conduct, and I would add more, that was it possible the great Washington could know it, it would give him extreme joy, for it was always his theme (as I have been credibly informed) that until this part was united to America, the United States were not permanently secure and that it must be obtained some how or other."
It is now established, upon the best information, that the province of Louisiana is capable of supplying the United States with all the sugar it can want for ten years to come, and that too without the sale of any more land therein. The document lately published by our government shows that the granted and settled sugar lands of Louisiana, properly cultivated are sufficient to produce forty five thousand hogheads of ten hundred weight each, which will weigh forty millions of pounds. The supply of the whole of United States in the year 1790, (when our population was four millions) was about 17 millions of pounds. If we have now five, millions and one half of persons, we shall not in ten years exceed the number which will consume 45 millions of pounds. The sugar plantations will prosper there greatly, because they will be supplied with all kinds of draught cattle, bread stuff, vegetables, iron work, utensils, fuel, timber, boards and staves, empty casks, clothing and other supplies on terms very far below those paid in the West or East Indies by the colonists from any European nation. The carrying trade of 45 thousand hogheads of sugar with that of the molasses and rum, saved and made by the planters and distillers will be a great object to sea port towns. The prices of cotton, rice, tobacco and indigo will be supported for some years, by the great demand of the sugar cultivation for the description of laborers, who, till now have been exclusively employed on cotton, rice, tobacco and indigo. The poor will get brown sugar and molasses the cheaper for this new source of supply, as it will be an additional quantity, and will be ultimately exempted from duty. The white American farmers and planters will have an opportunity to prove, that sugar can be produced on many plantations without slaves, if the cultivators will be satisfied to make money only twice or thrice as rapidly, as cattle and grain raisers. Those who can clear lands and cultivate Indian corn, vegetables, tobacco, and cotton in the various settlements of Louisiana, where the climate and soil are fit for the cane, may with the
same industry produce sugar. Three or four hundred white farmers, with their families will produce more sugar than a negro estate with two thousand slaves.
EXTRACT.
Savannah, Oct. 23, 1803.
The summer season has passed without any thing of great moment here, except the baptism of the Hon. Joseph Clay, jun. formerly District Judge, and a man of great learning. He has attached himself to the Baptist persuasion, and, it is understood, intends becoming a preacher of the word of God.—A Jew likewise was converted, and has been lately baptized. These are joyful events, and afford comfort and encouragement to all Christians.
N. B. Since the above, accounts have been received that Mr. Clay has been licensed to preach, and is now in the exercise of his ministerial functions.
The public are requested to peruse attentively the extract from an address to the Freemen of Connecticut; and particularly the conversation of Mr. Tracy, a federal Senator from the State of Connecticut, with Mr. S. Griswold, a complete specimen of modern Federalism.
On Friday last, No. 16848, came up 10,000 Dollars in South-Hadley Lottery, now drawing in Boston; which fortunate Ticket was sold a few days since by Messrs. GILBERT and DEAN, No. 56, State-street—we understand the purchaser was Mr. ROBERT DUNCAN, of Boston.
DIED
At Shipton, province of Lower Canada, THOMAS SIMPSON, jun. aged 21 years, son of Thomas Simpson, Esq. of Newhampton, in this state.
At Demerara, Mr. GEORGE YEATON, son of Hopeley Yeaton, Esq. commander of the Revenue Cutter for this district.
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. T his Bill having been read a third time, was enacted.
AMOS SHEPARD, President.
APPROVED, Nov. 30th, 1803.  J. T. GILMAN, Governor. A True Copy—ATTEST.  NATH'L PARKER, Dep'y Sec'y.
Isaiah Thomas', Farmers and Loon's  ALMANACS, for the year 1804;—Also—  NEW-HAMPSHIRE REGISTERS, for sale by N. S. & W. PEIRCE, Congress-street, Portsmouth.
TO LET.
A BUILDING suitable for a School, Shoemaker's shop, &c. Inquire of the Printers.
DR. BRACKETT , informs the public that he has taken a shop & lodgings at Mr. Amos TAPPAN's nigh Rev. Mr. Walton's Meeting House, & next door to Samuel Penhallow's, Esq.
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 Dec. 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. Ossipee-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  H Y M N S, 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. Quantity. Highway & County.     Francis Bachelor, 1 4 8 100 5 53   Jonathan Evans, 1 1 1 75 5 40   Col. Eben'r Stevens, 1 1 9 100 5 53   2 1 9 100 5 53   3 4 9 44 2 1/2 86   Eben'r Stevens, jun'r. 4 1 5 100 5 53   3 4 0 44 2 1/2 86   Lands voted to Isaac Clifford, for services, 0 0 0 50 8 6    REUBEN CLIFFORD, Collector. Wentworth Dec. 7, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.  Cheshire, ss.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of unimproved land in the town of UNNY, 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 5th 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. No. Quantity. Dollars. Cents.     John Sherburn, 3 50 0 25   Thomas Clough, 14 40 0 15   Samuel Winslow, 73 50 0 60   T. Atkinson, Esq. 5 100 1 25   John Moulton, 33 19 1 14   Daniel Moulton, 94 30 1 23   John Webber, 18 100 0 50   B. Wentworth, Esq. 300 487 0 15    NOAH LADD, Collector. Unity, Nov. 12, 1803.

Miscellaneous Repository.
EPIGRAM,
On the Marriage of John Joys to Mercy Bond. THO' John for Mercy loud had pray'd, And many schemes for Mercy laid;
EDRIC OF THE FOREST. (A ROMANCE.)
EDRIC stood some time mute with astonishment, grief and indignation. At length he replied—"My Lord, your words have cut me to the soul;
Lord Dunferne embraced him tenderly, and felt himself unable to oppose any of his resolutions: he granted his request, and at the feet of Eleanor, Edric poured forth his unutterable vows of unshaken fidelity, which were reiterated by her, who vowed to live for him alone.
A light, glimmering through some distant trees, kindled a faint ray of hope in his cheerless breast, and as well as his feeble strength would admit, he crawled towards it.
As soon as he was a little recovered from his extreme illness, Edric began to be acquainted with the name of his hospitable entertainer, and learned from the servants that he was now in the Castle of the Baron Waldeck.
Upon being first conducted into the room, Waldeck half rose, but the debilitated state of his limbs obliged him again to recline himself, and he pointed with an air of complacency, to a chair beside his own.
"The present infirmities I labor under," said he to Edric one day, "are not those incident to age, or an impaired constitution; they are the effects of acute sufferings; miseries that admit of no alleviation."
Thus encouraged, Edric urged to be further acquainted with the story of his new friend. The Baron grasped his hand—"Spare me," he cried, "a recital so painful to my feelings: yet you may essentially serve me, if you are so willing—have you courage?"
(To be continued.)
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 lowest advance, by wholesale and retail—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.
6 3/4, 7 3/4, 8 3/4, & 9 3/4 Rose Blankets of a superior quality.
A large assortment of fashionable Swan-down & other Vesting; black, blue, and olive Velvets, Thick-fetts and Corduroys.
A complete assortment of Strowbridge and Jersey three threaded knit Stockings; Silk and cotton do.
Callimancoes and Russels; superfine Durants & Tammies; London Shalloons and Florentines.
Muffs and Tippets; Lace, Furr, and other Trimmings.
Fashionable Chintzes & Bed Furniture, with a large assortment of Fringes and Tossils to match.
Fashionable Mullins 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 qualities.
A large assortment of Ladies' & Gentlemen's new fashion Beaver Hats; black and colored Feathers, Wreaths, and Flowers; fashionable shagg 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 Herring Nets.
Portsmouth, Nov. 29, 1803.
WASHINGTON MUSEUM OF WAX FIGURES.
Moulthrop & Pardee,
RESPECTFULLY inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portsmouth and vicinity, that there is now opened at the Assembly-Room, and will continue a few days, a new
Collection of Wax Figures,
large as life—consisting of the following characters: A striking likeness of the late Gen. WASHINGTON, represented as giving orders to Col. Humphreys, his aid.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The famous Gen. WOLFE, who fell in the battle on the Plains of Abraham, represented with the Surgeon supporting him in his expiring moments, and his Aid-de-camp bringing tidings of the victory of the army.
Gen. BONAPARTE, First Consul of France.—A striking representation of the death of Capt. COOK, who was killed by the natives of one of the islands in the South Seas, with the combat between his Lieutenant and the Indian who killed him.
Salem and Friend's Beauty.—A scene from the Beauties of History, representing Virginias, the Roman soldier, slaying his daughter, to preserve her from the hands of Appius Claudius, in defence of her virtue.
The happy meeting of Roderic Random, with his Narcissa—The Grecian Daughter nourishing her father in prison—Maternal Affection, represented by a Lady with two Children.
The Old Maid disciplining her domestics—The Road to Ruin, or the combat between the two Watchmen and the Rake—Old Darby and Joan cheering themselves with the bottle and pipe.
The poor Mendicant asking alms—and sundry other Figures, with Mufic on the Organ.
* * * The Museum will be opened from 9 o'clock in the morning 'til 9 in the evening, Sundays excepted. Admission for grown persons, 25 cents, and half price for children.
* * * The above Figures are allowed to be equal, if not superior, to those exhibited in the Museums of London and Paris.
TAKE NOTICE,
ALL CONCERNED. THAT the partnership of DAME & PENHALLOW, was dissolved by mutual consent on the first day of June last past.
Any persons having accounts open with said firm, may present them to S. PENHALLOW, jun. in Portsmouth.
A PREMIUM given for SPANISH DOLLARS—by SAMUEL HAM.
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 mixt'd colors; and fashionable Drab for surtouts; Plains; Serges; dark brown Coatings and Ratteens; 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 Swan-down, fatin, and silk Velvets.
A variety of Chintzes, of the newest fashions; Furnitures; Camel's Hair Shawls, black, white & color'd, and with elegant fatin borders.
A large quantity of India Cottons and Calicoes, of all prices, cheap; Pelice Silks; Lute-strings.
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, 30th Nov. 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.
Table with 4 columns: PROPRIETORS NAMES, No., Range, tax in Dollars. Lists various names like William Hanson, Ichabod Canoy, Joshua Wingate, etc.
Table with 4 columns: Settlers Lots, part of N. R. D. | N. R. D. | N. R. D. Lists various names like Mark H. Wentworth, The Heirs of Sam'l Allen, etc.
NOTICE is hereby given, that to 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 of the clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by payment previous to the twentieth of January next.
WILLIAM BALLARD, Proprietors Collector. Durham November 29, 1803.
A BOOK-BINDER Wanted.
A Journeyman Book-Binder may hear of constant employ, by applying to this office. November 8, 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.
Table with 2 columns: John Ford, Thomas Ford, Nath'l Goodhue, John Ford, jr., etc.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
PURSUANT to the foregoing request I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors and owners of the common and undivided Land in said township of NOTTINGHAM, to meet at the time and place aforesaid, for the purposes set forth in the above request to me directed.
GIVEN under my hand and seal the 3d. day of December, A. D. 1803. THO'S BARTLETT, Prop'r's Clerk.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Strafford, ss.
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.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Thomas Cogswell, do., etc.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Mark H. Wentworth, The Heirs of Sam'l Allen, etc.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Nathaniel Stevens, Jonathan Bickford, etc.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like The two large Lots No. 9 & 18, laid out to the share of Tho's Wallingsford, Esq.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like The large Lot No. 18, Eben'r Wallingsford, Part of large Lot No. 8, in sd. range.
John Rindge, 5 0 43 0 21 1 PAUL HORN, Collector. Alton, November 29, 1803.
FOUND,
BETWEEN this town and Green-land, 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 } WINES. Sherry, Lisbon, Red Port, Claret and Malaga
Gun Powder, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson-skin, } TEAS. Souchong, and Bohea of the finest 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; Windfor Soap; Crown do.—Hair Powder; Anchovies and Sardines per bottle; Cayenne per do. or oz.
Lorillard's celebrated Mac-cuboy 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 1/2 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 1/2 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.
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, & COTTON per bale—Also,
100 Boxes LEMONS. apply to JOHN SALTER. Portsmouth, Nov. 15, 1803.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Hillsborough, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & owners of land in the town of Henniker, county and state aforesaid, who have not paid their Highway, Town, School 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 JAMES WELLS, Inn holder, in said town on the fourth Tuesday in January next at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES OF NONRESIDENTS, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Ephraim White, Matthew Gaut, etc.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Jonathan Wiggins, Daniel Sanborn, etc.
Table with 4 columns: NAMES, No., Lot, Quantity, Road, County. Lists names like Unknown, Silas Dole, Unimproved Land, Nathan Morgan, etc.
David Dow, 11 13 50 0 0 3 BELA BUTLER, Collector. Henniker, November 11, 1803.
Rockingham, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given, that ROBERT CLARK of Windham, in said county Yeoman, has petitioned the Judge of Probate for said county, representing, that he is tenant in common, with the heirs of SAMUEL CLARK late of said Windham deceased, of two tracts of land in said Windham, one called the grove, containing about sixty acres, of which he owns eighteen acres, the other called Mr. Jones's Meadow, containing about eight acres of which he owns one half; and praying the said Judge to cause partition thereof to be made, and his said parts of said tracts to be severed, and set off to him to hold in severality: Whereupon it is ordered that he be heard at the Probate Court to be held at Londonderry in said county on the third Wednesday of December next.
By order of the Judge, WILLIAM PARKER, Reg'r. Exeter, Nov. 10, 1803.