The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1805-02-26 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 PEIRCE, HILL & PEIRCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Samuel Hill
INFORMS his Friends and Customers, that he has imported, the last fall, a large assortment of FISHING GEAR, which is now ready for sale at his Store, No. 7, Merchant's Row, by wholesale or retail, cheap for cash or approved credit, viz. Salmon, Herring and Hard-head Nets of different sizes; 2 and 3 thread Herring, Mackerel and Hardhead Twine; Sewing Twine; 18, 15, 12 and 9 thread Cod and Pollock Lines; Mackerel and Squid Lines; Cod Hooks; Large, Middle, and small quarter Hooks; Mackerel Hooks. Also for sale, Russia and Swedes Iron; German, Halback, Hassanclever and blister'd STEEL; West-India and other GOODS as usual.
Cash and the highest price given for SHIPPING FURS. Portsmouth, February, 12, 1805.
NETS, LINES, TWINES, &c. Ladd & Smith,
HAVE imported, direct from the manufacturers, and for sale by wholesale and retail, at their complete SHIP CHANDLERY STORE, Nos. 4 & 5, Merchants' Row— Herring & Hardhead Nets, of all sizes; Caplin Seams; 18, 15, 12 & 9 Thread Lines; Mackerel and Squid do.; 2 & 3 threaded Herring, Mackerel, Salmon, Sewing, Whipping, Roping and Packing Twine.—Also, Best steel Fish Hooks, of every kind and size; Gigs, Gaffs, Puses, Leads; throat and splitting Knives. Likewise for Sale, A few casks of best GUN-POWDER; SHIP BREAD; and a general assortment of GROCERIES. Portsmouth, Feb. 12, 1805.
FOR SALE BY Waldron & Holman,
150 bbls. fresh FLOUR; 10 bbls. MOLASSES; 16 bags India SUGAR; 10 bbls. Loaf SUGAR; 11 bags COTTON; 8 bags PEP- PER; Hyson-skin, Gunpowder, Sou- chong and Bohea TEAS; 6 bbls. Jamaica RUM; 20 bbls. N. E. RUM; BRANDY and GIN; Philadelphia and Sweets IRON; a few bags of COFFEE; and a few tons LOG- WOOD. Feb. 12, 1805.
Joseph Chase,
Has for sale, at No. 7, Long Wharf, THIRTY puncheons good flavored RUM; Molasses pr. hhd. or less q'ty; Cherry Rum, pr. hhd. or less; Rock Salt, pr. hhd. or bushel; 100 barrels TAR. t/f.
FOR SALE,
THE FARM on which the subscriber lately resided; containing one hundred & twenty five acres of excellent mowing, tillage, orchard, pasture and wood Land, well fenced and watered in the driest season; situ- ate in the village of Newfields, in New- market, four miles from Exeter, and twelve from Portsmouth, on the Coos road to Portsmouth, and the post road from Haverhill to Berwick, fifty rods from the landing on Exeter river. The situation is very pleasant and con- venient for a Trader, Farmer or Inn- holder—The terms will be easy. Inquire of NATH'L ROGERS. Exeter, February 9, 1805.
FOR SALE,
A CONVENIENT DWELLING House two stories high, with four rooms on a floor, with a good Barn & Shop, suitable for a tradesman; together with about 3 acres of Land, on which are a valuable young Or- chard and a Garden. The above is not two miles from Haverhill town, on the road to Exeter, and is well calcu- lated for a Tanner. For further par- ticulars, inquire of JAMES SMILEY, of Haverhill, or JOSIAH G. PEA- BODY, Portsmouth, N. H. Jan. 29, 1805.
WANTED—A quantity of Beech and Pine WHARF TIMBER and TUNNELS—to be delivered in Portsmouth—Inquire of the Printers. Portsmouth, Feb. 12, 1805.
STEPHEN HARDY,
Has for sale at reduced prices, a large assortment of the following articles, viz PENKNIVES, by the card, dozen or single; Jackknives; Knives and Forks; Carvers & Steels; Razors and Cases; best steel Scissors; scissor Chains and Cases; steel Snuffers; do. Trays; iron, japan'd and brass Can- dlesticks; silver plated Castors; De- canter-Stands; Bread Baskets; japa- n'd Waiters; iron and blocktin Table and Tea Spoons; Tea Pots; Canif- ters and Cadies; do. Shells; Thim- bles; Sleeve Buttons; Knee Buckles; Tooth, Comb and Cloth Brushes; black lead Pencils and Cases; Tooth Picks; Snuff, Tobacco and Sagar Boxes; Salt and Marrow Spoons; plain, Tortoise-shell, horn, paste and other ornamented Combs; Ladies Pocket-Books, Thread Cases & Purse; Gentlemen's Pocket-Books; Bugles; garnet, cut-glass and common Beads; Spangles; Pocket-Glasses; Needle Cases; Graters, &c.—The whole will be sold at very low prices, for cash or good Tow Cloth—Also, may be had, Real pearl set & topaz Pins; plain do. various patterns; a large as- sortment of Gold Rings, Earrings and Necklaces; gilt Pins and Broaches; with a variety of Silver Wares, &c. &c. which will be sold as low as usual. Portsmouth, February 18, 1805.
Stephen Delande,
CONFECTIONER, Buck Street, FRESH Raisins and Figs; ditto shell'd and unshell'd Almonds; ditto Tamarinds, and Sweet Meats, of different kinds; Chestnuts and Wal- nuts, by the bushel or quart. Also, Peppermint. Calender Sugar Plums. Lozenges. Caraway Sugar Plums. Cook Lozenges. Cinnamon Sugar Plums. Barley Candy. Frosted cake ditto. White Candy. Nutmegs. Oatmeal. Burnt Almonds. Cinnamon. Cloves. Sugar'd Almonds. Allspice. Pepper, &c. Conserve of Loaf Sugar. With a general assortment of Chil- dren's TOYS; among which are Children's Dolls, from 9d to 15f. Portsmouth, Feb. 19, 1805.
MEDICINES.
Just imported by JOHN BREDOU,
AND for sale by wholesale and re- tail, at his shop lately occupied by Messrs. W. & D. TREADWELL, cor- ner of Court and Buckstreets, a fresh assortment of MEDICINES, of a su- perior quality, and as cheap as can be purchased in Boston or elsewhere. Amongst which, he has the following PATENT MEDICINES warranted genuine—viz. Lockyer's, Anderson's Hoop- er's, Vandour's Nervous and Lee's Billoons Pills; Bateman's Pectoral Drops; Brodum's Nervous Cordial; Church's Cough Drops; Turlington's Balsam of Life; Stoughton's Elixir; Essence Peppermint; Fracince's Fe- male Elixir; Dr. Walker's Jesuit's Drops; Dalby's Carminative; God- frey's Cordial; Hill's and Cundell's Balsam of Honey; Steer's Opodel- doc; Hopwood's new invented Ve- getable Dentifrice, Tooth Powder, &c. Betton's true British Oil; common do.; Daffy's Elixir; Wheaton's Jaun- dice Bitters and Itch Ointment, Riga Balsam. Also Cephalic Snuff; Tooth Ach Specific; Asiatic Tooth Powder; Johnston's Preservative Tooth Pow- der; Common do.; Northrops Bit- ters; Dr. Cooley's Cough Elixir; Lavender and Hungary Water; Es- sence Roses; Milk Roses; Essence Violet; do. of Thyme, Burgamot, and Lemons; Honey water; patent Lip Salve; Windsor Soap; Palmy- rene Soap, and Palm shaving do.; Wash Balls;— White and blue Vitriol; Oil Vitriol; Aqua Fortis; Allum; Su- gar of Lead; Prussian Blue; Linseed Oil; Oil Turpentine; Gold and sil- ver Leaf; Castor Oil of the first qual- ity by bottles or less quantity. N. B. 40 Groce Phials; Span- ish Segars of the first quality per Box, or otherwise Ship's Medicine Boxes put up reason- ably. Wanted as above a lad from 15 to 16 years of age. Portsmouth, Feb. 12.
TRUNKS.
A LARGE handsome assortment of Travelling and House Trunks, for sale by PEIRCE, HILL and PEIRCE, No. 12 Market Street, Portsmouth.
(Br AUTHORITY.)
AN ACT
Making an appropriation for complet- ing the South Wing of the Capitol, at the City of Washington; and for other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceeding one hundred and ten thousand dollars, shall be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be ap- plied under the direction of the Presi- dent of the United States, towards completing the South Wing of the Capitol, at the city of Washington.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be ap- plied under the direction of the Presi- dent of the United States, to such ne- cessary alterations and repairs, as he may deem requisite in the North Wing of the Capitol, and other pub- lic buildings at the city of Washing- ton, which said sums shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not oth- erwise appropriated.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore. January 25, 1805—APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
From the Political Observer. GOVERNOR GILMAN. "To examine candidly and thorough- ly into the conduct of rulers, is not only a privilege, but it is the duty of free men." Gov. Gilman's speech to the le- gislature, Dec. 1799.
Acting upon the principle recogni- zed by the governor in this motto, I disclaim all enmity to his person as a man or private citizen—I call him be- fore the tribunal of the public only in the character of a ruler, or chief mag- istrate. As in the glaring instance of official inconsistency which has been already considered (in regard to amend- ing the U. S. constitution,) so in the one now to be called into view, I shall, with the rigidity of Shakespeare,
"Nothing extenuate,
"Nor set down aught in malice—"
Most people in this state doubtless heard at the time, something of the affair of the Newhampshire UNION BANK, which was agitated in the legislature of this state six years since, and terminated in a way which excit- ed great and serious alarm at that pe- riod. For a proper understanding of this business, two or three preliminary remarks are necessary.
1. It is well known throughout the United States what use was made of incorporated Banks from about the year 1795 to 1800—that persons called re- publicans could obtain little or no ac- commodation from them—that they were used as a powerful instrument to awe the minds of men and make them act in conformity to the politics of the wealthy owners of capital—that re- publicans were compelled, in self-de- fence and to furnish themselves with accommodation, to enter into private banking associations, &c.
2. Previous to the time that the question concerning the Union Bank came before the legislature, there was but one public bank in this state, es- tablished at Portsmouth, and called the New-Hampshire Bank.—No law existed however at that time against private banking companies.
3. Governor Gilman was president of the New-Hampshire Bank, previous to his election as governor of this state, in which bank he was then largely in- terested, and has been so, it is believ- ed, to this day.
Bearing these things in mind, the reader is desired to attend to the fol- lowing plain tale.
At the winter session of the legisla- ture in 1799, JOHN LANGDON and others petitioned for an act of in- corporation, as proprietors of the New- Hampshire UNION BANK, which bank had been erected by the peti- tioners as a private company, and for a considerable time had been in op- eration—their bills to a large amount were in circulation, and there was no law against their proceeding. When those gentlemen petitioned to be in- corporated, Oliver Peabody, then treas- urer of the state and president of the New-Hampshire Bank, with others, immediately threw in a counter-pet- ition, that the N. H. Union Bank might not be incorporated, and that an act might pass to restrain unin- corporated banking associations. [See Journ. of H. of R. for Dec. 1799, page
32.] Both petitions were referred to a committee of the house. The com- mittee, reported in substance, that Mr. Langdon and his associates should have leave to withdraw their petition, and that a law ought to pass to restrain unin- corporated banking associations. [See same Journal, page 51.]
That part of the committee's re- port, relating to Mr. L. &c. having leave to withdraw their petition, was accepted by the house; while the oth- er part, relative to passing a law to re- strain private banks, was at that time rejected. After the house had rejected this part of the report, the senate pas- sed a bill to restrain unincorporated bank- ing associations, and sent it down to the house for their concurrence. [See same Journ. page 73.]
While the business was pending in this situation, a field was opened for vast intrigue and influence to be exer- cised on the part of the interested pro- prietors of the N. H. Bank, upon mem- bers of the house of representatives, to bring them over to their views and thus secure a majority in that body in favor of the bill from the senate. And the field was by no means neglected. —But can the reader suppose that GOV. GILMAN descended from his high station to labor in this field? Did the Chief Executive of the state, whose duty was cautiously marked out by the Constitution, and who was under the weighty obligation of an oath to perform his duty constitutionally—did this Executive Chief Magistrate endeav- or to INFLUENCE the members of a branch of the legislature, totally dis- tinct from his own—a branch, whose deliberations ought ever to be unbiass- ed, and which the constitution, with an holy jealousy, has declared shall be unbiass- ed, by means of a complete SEPA- RATION from the Executive?—That the reader, in this place, may see the relation which the constitution has af- fixed between the Executive and Legis- lative departments of the government of this state, I shall transcribe a passage from the BILL OF RIGHTS, 37th article, where we find these words,
"In the government of this state, the three essential powers thereof, to wit, the LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE and JU- DICIAL, ought to be kept SEPA- RATE and INDEPENDENT of each other as the nature of a free gov- ernment will admit."
To observe this, the governor was un- der the solemn obligation of an oath. —I will not affirm that he violated ei- ther the constitution or his oath, by his exertions in that memorable inter- vale of time, that the bill from the senate was pending before the house of representatives: but I will submit some FACTS, from which the reader will form his own conclusions.
FACT 1. The governor conversed with members of the house as he oc- casionally saw them, during the pen- dency of the bill aforesaid, to whom he made known his mind, strongly re- commending a concurrence with the bill, and appeared to be much concern- ed & engaged on the subject. [The reader should bear in mind that the executive has the disposal of the offices in the state.]
FACT 2. The governor went even so far as to write to a portion of those members of the house, who were consid- ered influential, and had been opposed to restraining unincorporated banking associations, requesting an interview at his own house. [The legislature then sat at Exeter.] The following is a copy of one of his billets which was received by a certain member, the o- riginal of which, in the governor's hand writing, is ready to be produced, if occasion should require:
"Sir, "Being desirous of having some con- versation with you, if it would be agreea- ble to call at my house after dinner this day, it will oblige, Yours respectfully, J. T. GILMAN.
Monday morning."
Several members assembled at the go- vernor's house at the time pointed out in the above billet. The governor o- pened to them his business and con- versed on it in substance as follows;
"That he had requested them to come there to converse with them on the subject of the banking business, then pending before their house—that he wished to talk with them with as much freedom as members do at their quarters—that he had nothing to say to them but what he was willing should be proclaimed upon the housetop—He then said, that the new Bank, called the Langdon Bank, ought to be restrained—that in his opinion one Bank was suffi-
cient for the state—that he looked upon the Langdon or new Bank as a POLITI- CAL MACHINE and that it would ruin the POLITICS of the state.—He enlarged on these arguments, with great earnestness and zeal. He was withstood by some present. To all this, living testimony can be now had.
FACT 3. It was reported and believ- ed, that the governor requested cer- tain gentlemen, who were then at the seat of government, but not members of the legislature, to use their influence with members of the house to induce them to concur in restraining the new bank.
FACT 4. When the question came to be tried in the house on concurring with the bill from the senate to restrain unincorporated banking associations, it was found that several members voted in the affirmative, who had be- fore been opponents of the bill,—part- icularly some who were known to have been with the governor; and the bill was carried to the immense injury of the innocent proprietors of the Union Bank.
FACT 5. To some who thus chang- ed their votes, valuable offices were af- terwards given by the Executive, tho' they had no better visible claims than others who had maintained a consist- ent ground through the whole proceeding, or any other persons—and some who had resisted the governor to his face, were ever afterwards treated with great coldness and neglect.
Such was the fate of the UNION BANK, and such the official conduct of GOV. GILMAN in relation to it. —Here it may just be mentioned, that some years afterwards, viz. in 1802, when the tide of public opinion, not- withstanding Bank influence and other obstacles, began to run high against the governor and his politics, a bill was passed to incorporate the N. H. Union Bank, and the governor signed it without objections.
The crowd of reflections, which a- rise from a review of these transactions, are far too numerous for my limits, and some of them too delicate to be expressed.—Permit me to ask, can it be wise, can it be prudent to place a man in so high and consequential a sta- tion, who is willing to make use of the necessities of men for political purposes, and through Bank influence control the politics of the state—who seeks to bind men to government, by their pecuniary wants, rather than by the nobler sentiment of freedom—who practises on this debating principle so long as there is any prospect of success, and then when FREEMEN begin to shew their contempt of such principles, is ready to forsake without ceremony and by a compliance with some of their de- sires, go in the face of his own previ- ous reasonings and proceedings? I say nothing of governor G's large pecuni- ary interest in the Newhampshire Bank—I am content to consider it merely in the light of a "political machine," to PRESERVE in his view doubtless, not to "RUIN the politics of the state"—and let me ask, is it safe to confide to such a man the disposal of all the offices, both civil and military, in the state, with the other important powers and trusts at- tached to the chief executive?
I will close with adducing a paral- lel on the subject of the governor's interfering with members of the le- gislative body, which I think must strike with force the mind of every citizen.—Suppose the Judges of the Superior Court of judicature should practise sending for the Jurors to their houses and giving them their opinion how the causes pending before that court, should be determined, and us- ing arguments to persuade them—particularly if such judges had important favors in their hands to bestow—would not every one, of all politi- cal parties, unite in saying, that nei- ther person, character nor property were safe, and such judges ought to be re- moved from office? Are not the peo- ple quite as unsafe with a Chief Mag- istrate, who attempts to direct and in- fluence the votes of their representa- tives, their law-givers, their guardians, on the important matters which come before them, in which individuals often are most deeply and nearly concern- ed?—If after knowing the facts a- bove stated, the people shall choose a governor who has done these things, the writer can only lament that so much blood and treasure were expend- ed, and so many widows and orphans made, by the revolution, only to transplant the corrupt practices of the British government upon this side of the Atlantic.
A FRIEND OF CONSISTENCY.

AS a republican and as a man I never recollect to have had stronger sentiments of indignation and of horror excited in my mind than on reading in the Political Observatory of Feb. 9. an account of the conduct of governor Gilman on the subject of the N. H. Union Bank. It must be unnecessary to remind my fellow citizens of the abominable and unjust calumnies that were propagated with such vehemence such energy, and to the eternal disgrace of the false & cruel slanderers with such effect against that institution & its promoters. Our present worthy republican Speaker, JOHN LANGDON, was called a leading conspirator against the peace and happiness of the government and country—and the innocent subscribers to the Bank were even on the floor of at least one of the two legislative houses, stigmatized as accomplices in the same plot. From whom these base falsehoods originated and by whom they were circulated, it is not for me to say—my present purpose is to shew the Governor's conduct in the business—Whether he were chief in the affair or a mere dupe and tool of more ingenious, more cunning and more subtle men, judge for yourselves—this has been said—but I do not repeat it—as I should suppose he would not desire his heart should be excused solely & entirely at the expense of his head—there are few men willing we should be deterred from thinking them criminal, because we thought their understanding too poor to permit them to be so—and that they were the humble agents of others, because they had not the sense to lead and direct in any thing. By the statement in the paper, of the truth of which the writer pledges himself to produce written and living testimony, if such should be required, it appears that the Governor in the first place conversed to members of the house during the pendency of the restraining act, an act which to us ever appeared unconstitutional and ex post facto as regarding the Union Bank, strongly recommending a concurrence with it, and appearing to be much concerned and engaged on the subject.
2d That he wrote to some of the members who were considered influential, and had been opposed to the restraining act, requesting to see them at his own house—the original of one of his billets is still in existence, and pledged to be produced—several members accordingly attended, and the Governor conversed to them in these terms—he told them "the new Bank called the Langdon Bank ought to be re-strained—that in his opinion one Bank was sufficient for the state (he has since approved & believe of five more, strange inconsistency—surprising monstrous alteration of opinion!!) that he looked upon the new Bank or Langdon Bank as a political machine and that it would ruin the politics of the state.
3d It was reported and believed that the Governor requested certain persons then at Exeter, but not members of the legislature, to use their influence with members of the house to induce them to concur in restraining the new Bank.
4th When the question came to be tried, it was found that several members voted in the affirmative who had before been opponents of the bill—particularly some who were known to have been with the Governor; and the bill was carried to the immense injury of the innocent and most cruelly slandered proprietors of the Union Bank.
5th That to some who thus changed their votes valuable offices were afterwards given; and some who resisted the Governor have ever since been treated by him with great coldness and neglect. Let me beg you my fellow citizens to read with the utmost attention the above statement; I invoke your humanity, your candor; I appeal to your love of justice and the constitution to judge not severely but tenderly if you will, this conduct of your Governor. Is this republican? was it for this you fought & bled? was Britain to be subdued but for this? Consider this example of federal aristocracy, let it awaken every generous, every noble, every just feeling in your minds—a governor of N. Hampshire, a servant of the sovereign people, of no hereditary rank, no power, no greatness but what are temporarily derived from the people, chosen by ourselves, by a small and feeble majority of infatuated, deluded men, and appointed to preside over a republic and guard a constitution founded on liberty and equal rights, appears (if the statement in the Observatory be true, and it has been often made and never contradicted) to have acted in such a manner as could hardly have been borne from a king of England. He used an influence greater and more assuming than has been tolerated in the monarch of that country, and to judge from the cruel effect produced, caused others to interfere with members of our house of Representatives in as great if not greater degree than was done on a celebrated occasion in
England; but this interference of the British sovereign excited the warmest indignation in the house of commons, and called from that body a resolution well known and still existing on the journals. In December 1783, on the subject of the famous India bill of Mr. Fox, Earl Temple, now marquis of Buckingham, a near relation of Mr. Pitt, induced prevailed on the king after that bill had passed the house of commons in order that it might be prevented from having the concurrence of the house of lords, to permit him to state that whatever peer should vote for the bill was not only not the friend of the king, but should be considered by him as his enemy. This interposition becoming a matter of public notoriety, Mr. Baker member for Hartford moved the house of commons on the very day the bill was rejected by the lords, "That it was now necessary to declare that to report any opinion or pretended opinion of the king upon any bill or other proceeding depending in either house of parliament with a view to influence the votes of the members was an high crime and misdemeanor." This resolution moved by Mr. Baker passed the house by a great majority. If any one should doubt the correctness of the above statement, I would refer him to the 345th page of 3d vol. of Bellamy's memoirs of George III. Indeed it may be found in every history of that period—Compare the conduct of our own legislature with that of the English house of commons; how melancholy, how degrading the contrast and against ourselves! As to the act of the Governor comparatively with that of the monarch, I must restrain my pen; my own judgment certainly leads me to think that if the above resolution moved by the British member were demanded, much more ought such a vote to have been past by the legislature of New Hampshire. The India bill of Mr. Fox has since been almost universally blamed in England as an unconstitutional attempt to curtail the necessary influence and authority of the crown; indeed it co-operated in a great degree with the accursed coalition with lord North in destroying for a long time the reputation of that celebrated man. Did I not recollect that we had still the same federal Governor, and could I forget the various prosecutions of gentlemen for what the federalists when all-powerful called libels; did I not know how much more fond our courts and lawyers have been of training the law and practice of England against the sacred cause of liberty, than of nobly using them as they sometimes might with kind and tender mercy in its favour I might dilate very fully on the relative conduct of the monarch and the Governor; good heavens! how much less was done by the king than by the republican! The king was prevailed upon, induced to act as he did by another; his interference was only negative; it was to stop, not to obtain the passing of a bill; it was to prevent an encroachment on his own constitutional privileges; not to do an injury to the innocent; not to impose a penalty for a just procedure, not to inflict by an ex post facto law, a punishment on those who had committed no fault and had never merited the least severity. The king was not alcoholholder in a jealous monopolizing institution; he could not be actuated by the grovelling principles of avarice and self-interest.
The King did not invite the peers to his palace. The King did not personally use intreaties. The King did not attempt to awe his subjects by the brilliant display, the imposing spectacle of executive, legal interference & shall the journals of the house of commons contain a resolution of censure on the conduct of a King, an hereditary sovereign, while a governor elected by ourselves shall use greater interference with impunity? But I am compelled to desist—we have indeed a President that is a friend of freedom, and that most generously and most candidly permits every inquiry into his administrative conduct—we have had a republican legislature; juries could not now be packed to suit every infamous and cruel purpose—but to our disgrace and our misfortune our executive and too many of our state officers are still federal—This must plead my excuse for leaving this odious, detestable business to your own judgment. These gentlemen boast of their exclusive talents; they tell you they have the history as well as the laws of England by heart almost; did they know of this celebrated resolution of the house of Commons; had they heard of this even in their admired government? and has this interference of our republican executive so long remained unnoticed? judge for yourselves my fellow citizens; thank heaven it is still in your power to wipe away this stain, this stigma on republicanism—Unite in the cause of liberty and your country; cashier unworthy and presumptuous servants; be active, be energetic for the republican cause. This time approaches; it depends but on yourselves by your own suffrages in the next
growth to have for your Governor Mr. LANGDON a staunch friend of freedom and the people. Executive interference may then be censured as it ought to be by a legislative resolution; This aristocratic branch of a most powerful and most numerous family may be lopped, and the genius of liberty no longer shaded and stifled by federalism rise eternally to overpower the rank, poisonous, destructive weeds of tyranny and oppression. One of the People.
National Legislature.
Eighth Congress—Second Session.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23.
On motion of Mr. Thomas it was resolved that the secretary of state be directed to lay before the house a list of those persons who have obtained patents for new inventions and improvements in the arts and sciences, with a general description of the patent right and the date of the grant of the same.
A letter received from the secretary of state was read, giving a statement of the American seamen impressed by the belligerent nations. The documents accompanying them were voluminous, and contained the names of 1538 seamen impressed since the commencement of the present war in Europe.
Mr. Crowninshield observed, that he was not in his place at the time the letter of the secretary of state was read; but he understood the report contained the names of more than 1500 seamen, impressed chiefly by the British. He hoped the house would not regard the expense of printing. The United States ought to know that a great number of its citizens were detained by a foreign government, and he had almost laid, in a state of slavery, certainly contrary to their inclination. We wanted the services of this useful body of men. No foreign government had a right to authorize the seizure of American citizens. We knew that many outrages had been committed on their personal rights, and he wished congress to point out a remedy adequate to correct the evil. The expense of printing the list was no consideration with him, and he trusted the house would agree to it.
Mr. Jackson supported the propriety of printing the whole documents, and the house accordingly agreed to it by a large majority.
Mr. Crowninshield said the house would recollect that a list of impressed seamen was furnished this morning from the department of state, which exceeded in number anything he had expected. He thought these impressions ought to be prevented, and that the subject demanded investigation. He had drafted a resolution which he would submit to the house having in view to connect this with another very important subject. Many gentlemen must have observed that some late proclamations had been issued by the governors of the several British West-India islands, interdicting the American trade after May next. The proclamations bore date in October or November, and were to take effect in six months. It appeared to him that the British government were determined to exclude us from their islands; upon the expectation that their own vessels would be competent to carry the necessary supplies. Mr. C. said we had a right to carry the productions of the United States in American bottoms, and he hoped we should never permit foreign ships to come to our ports and carry on an exclusive trade with any country whatever where our vessels were not allowed the same privilege. His intention was to prevent the American carrying trade to the West-Indies from falling into the hands of other nations. He would not exclude foreign vessels from our ports; but it was desirable that our own export trade should not be monopolized by foreigners. The subject was highly important to this country. Will the United States tamely submit to see some of its best citizens torn from their families and friends, without attempting something for their relief? Shall we see another country spurring measures hostile to our commercial rights and make no effort to correct the mischief? The West-India islands depended on the United States for their ordinary supplies, and our vessels had usually carried a large proportion of their cargoes on American account; but it appeared now that we were to be shut out from this trade and it was in future to be carried on in foreign vessels. An effectual remedy would be to prohibit the exportation of our productions to foreign bottoms to all ports or islands with which we were not permitted to have intercourse, and in order that the subject might undergo an examination which its importance demanded; he offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee of commerce and manufactures be instructed to enquire if any, and what further provision be necessary for the protection of the commerce and seamen of the United States; and to enquire whether any foreign country has made any late regulations with a view to monopolize any branch of the American carrying trade, to the exclusive benefit of such foreign country, or which in their operation may be injurious to the agricultural or commercial interest of the United States. And also to enquire into the expediency of prohibiting the exportation from the United States, of all goods and merchandise whatever, in foreign ships bound to any port with which the vessels of the United States are not allowed communication, or where a free and unrestricted trade is not permitted in the productions of the United States; and that the committee be authorized to report by bill or otherwise.
A motion was made to refer the resolution to a committee of the whole for Monday next, which was agreed to, and the resolution ordered to be printed.
FRIDAY, FEB. 1.
The Speaker laid before the House, a letter from Gideon Granger, Post Master General of the United States, stating "that he had received information from various sources, that both his public and private character and conduct had been arraigned on the floor of this House, by one of the members thereof in a debate of the 29th and another of the 31st ultimo; and requesting that an investigation may be made into his official, and, if it should be the pleasure
of the House, into his private conduct, from the first moment that the Post Office department was committed to his charge to the present period, in such manner as this House, in its wisdom and justice, shall deem proper:
The said letter was read; whereupon, A motion was made by Gen. Varnum that the House do come to the following resolution:
Resolved, That the letter of the Post Master General, of this day, be referred to a select committee, with instructions to enquire into the subject-matter thereof, and report a statement of the facts thereon, to the House.
Mr. Nelson opposed the reference. The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Bryan on agreeing to the resolution.
Mr. Elliot advocated the reference. Mr. Nicholson opposed it, not as improper altogether to make the enquiry but on account of the disrespectful language used by the writer.
Mr. Holland thought the letter sufficiently respectful and was in favor of the reference. Mr. Gregg opposed the reference as particularly unseasonable at this advanced period of the session.
Mr. Lyon rose, and after uttering a few words, was called to order by Mr. Nicholson, for a breach of decorum, in debate, contrary to the rules of the House, by alleging, that "he had been belied by another member of the House;" Whereupon,
Mr. Lyon sat down, and Mr. Speaker decided "that he was out of order;" after which, Mr. Lyon again arose to proceed in the debate, and addressed the chair, which being excepted to, as not in order.
Mr. Speaker decided that he was in order, from which decision of the chair, An appeal was made to the House, by two members; on which appeal,
The question being stated to, wit:—"Is the decision of the chair to order?" It was resolved in the affirmative, Yeas 81—Nays 34.
The question of referring the Post Master General's letter recurred. It was again advocated by Mr. Elliot, and opposed by Mr. Nelson.
Mr. Hugger moved the postponement of the question to next Monday, in which he was seconded by Mr. Smilie. The question of postponement was carried—95 members rising to its favor.
The unfinished business of yesterday on the Yazoo claims was resumed—the amendment offered by Mr. Clarke, under consideration.
Mr. J. Clay, Mr. Bedinger and Holmes spoke in favor of it; and Mr. Lyon and Mr. Dana, against it.
Mr. Nelson observed that as the gentlemen on the north side of the House were getting warm, he feared the heat might increase, and reach the fourth side; in order to furnish gentlemen with an opportunity of cooling, he would move an adjournment.
On the question the House divided 61 in its favor, and 51 against it. The House then adjourned to meet at eleven o'clock tomorrow.
BY THE LAST MAILS.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 14. INTERESTING.
THE Editor of the Register is indebted to a friend, for the following extract of a letter, from Spain, dated Dec. 1, 1804:—
"All British property in Spain has been seized, and all vessels of that nation in our ports—to that war is decided.
"For some time past, dissention has existed in the Royal Family of this Kingdom, owing entirely to the Prince of Peace; a short time before the rupture with the British, a story was propagated that the King was to retire to a Franciscan convent; the Prince of Asturias to be declared insane, and the Queen and Prince of Peace appointed Regents, which occasioned a great sensation at Madrid, and on the minds of people generally. It is circulated this day, that the Prince of Peace has been arrested, which, if true, will give a total change to affairs—Considering the detestation in which this man is held by all ranks of people, it is astonishing that he should be permitted so long to sway the Empire.
"It is the wish of many Spaniards of high rank, that an accommodation should take place with Britain—but that appears now impossible."
NEW-YORK, FEB. 12.
Now Orleans affairs.—We yesterday published a resolution of the legislative council at New Orleans, relative to the Spanish troops retained by the late Spanish governor, the Marquis de Casa Calvo, declaring the same dangerous to the peace of the city, and derogatory to the dignity of the government of the United States. By accounts dated since the passing of that resolution, it appears that the council on a reconsideration of the question, resolved that, though the sentiments it expressed perfectly accorded with their ideas yet it was an affair in which the council could not interpose, without an interference with the concerns of the governor. The resolution was accordingly dismissed.
Joshua Nettles, for the murder of John Cannon, and Richard Dennis, jun. for the murder of James Shaw, were executed at Charleston, (S. C.) the 8th inst. Very full accounts of their trials have been published in the Charleston Courier.
Two bridges in Connecticut, we learn, have already been carried away by freshets.
Portsmouth,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1805.
Fellow-Citizens of New-Hampshire, YOU will be called in a few days to display to the utmost, your patriotic exertions to compleat the great work in which you have made so successful a progress, and gave to the world so brilliant an evidence of your wisdom and discernment, of your love of liberty, and your invincible attachment to the principles of our Constitution. Though a powerful confederacy has been long, and too successfully operating among us, to bring into contempt and disrepute those sacred principles, with all the arts of a faction grown old in political cunning, and all the influence which wealth procures;—Yet truth and the love of freedom have prevailed, and we trust will prevail against them, till every machination of theirs shall prove abortive.
It is thus that in this State Republicanism rises with the most splendid attractions; and there can be but little room for a doubt that N. Hampshire, and the other States which are still under different degrees of delusion and federal influence will in a short period, be in perfect union with their sister states.—The prospect before us splendid and glorious, and we have the strongest reasons to hope, that a perfect harmony of all the states with the general government is not far distant. To effect this FELLOW-CITIZENS, let all our powers be exerted to the utmost. Unabating perseverance in the way which is right, will insure to us all the success which our hearts can desire. It was this persevering firmness, which procured us Independence, and it is this which will secure to us all the blessings of a great and free people. The gentlemen recommended to you, for public officers, have been wisely selected: and you must be sensible of their merits, their fervent attachment to the interests of this state, the general government, and the Union.
The second Tuesday of March, FELLOW-CITIZENS, will present to you a day of momentous consequence. Let us duly realize its importance and with firmness meet every species of opposition. Should our enemies gain an inch of ground they will insultingly triumph. Be awake then, countrymen and Fellow Citizens, be all alive to the preservation of your dearest interests. Stand firm and unshaken in the glorious cause which has cost you so much blood and treasure, and which Heaven has hitherto so wonderfully preferred. Very much, Fellow Citizens depends on your attention and exertions, on the approaching election. Let not a man of you be wanting, while the Divine Author of the blessings you enjoy, smiles propitious upon you, and thereby calls, urges and invites you to a full and quiet possession of those great and invaluable civil and religious privileges which are the birth-right of Americans, and of which nothing can deprive them but their own unpardonable negligence. Call to mind the times which tried men's souls,—recollect the reign of terror—the interposition of Heaven—the magnanimous spirit which inspired you; and still be wife for yourselves.
Republican Ticket.
Hon. JOHN LANGDON, Esq. GOVERNOR.
COUNCILLORS.
LEVI BARTLETT, Rockingham. JOSEPH BADGER, Strafford. BENJAMIN PEIRCE, Hillsborough. NAHUM PARKER, Cheshire. EZRA BARTLETT, Grafton.
SENATORS.
CLEMENT STORER, District No. 1. RICHARD JENNESS, - No. 2. WILLIAM WHITE, - No. 3. JOHN BRADLEY, - No. 4. JOHN WALDRON, - No. 5. NATHANIEL SHANNON, - No. 6. JEDEDIAH K. SMITH, - No. 7. ROBERT ALCOCK, - No. 8. ELISHA WHITCOMB, - No. 9. Gen. GEO. ALDRICH, - No. 10. JESSE JOHNSON, - No. 11. WILLIAM TARLTON, - No. 12. NATH'L GILMAN, County Treasurer. JOSIAH ADAMS, Recorder of Deeds.
A person who lately visited the President of the United States, at Washington, informs us, that he found him in fine health and spirits, that he was very happy and engaging in conversation, and always inspiring respect and confidence. He declares him a fine figure in his person, easy in his manners, & undoubtedly the first gentleman in the United States. Still fond of domestic and private life, he has the most fixed resolutions to enjoy it, should his life be preserved. And while his friends urge his public services, he appears fully assured that the national character will remain fixed to preserve the same spirit of liberty, which now pervades the United States, and to elect a successor, who will contribute to preserve the spirit, which gives him promotion, and the nation prosperity. All our accounts unite to give us the most favourable opinion of the great and good man at the head of our Administration.

THE "letter to a federalist," of which we have a few remaining copies for sale, is the production of a gentleman of this town. We beg leave to recommend it to all the friends of freedom and their political sentiments. The following handsome and just notice of it is from the pen of an able writer, taken from the Chronicle of February 18. — THE political world has been favoured within a few days, with a new and interesting performance, entitled " A Letter to a Federalist ," in reply to some of the popular objections to the motives and tendency of the Measures of the Present Administration." The visible object of this publication is to allure all those persons to truth and wholesome freedom, who have wandered from Republicanism, by the impulse of error and not from hatred to the principle of popular liberty. It is an invocation to mutual charity, among all persons who really wish to maintain the independence and political happiness of the United States, proving, with resistless candour, that had the measures of Mr. Adams' government become permanent, we should have been inevitably cast into the abyss of despotism, whatever might have been the motives of many who so fatally strengthened those measures by their approbation.
The moderation of the sentiments, and the spirit of good manners, which runs through the whole of this persuasive Letter, is highly creditable to the writer. We are satisfied that many estimable citizens have been led away from the support of the genuine principles of the great Federal Compact , by the arts of finisher men, who had tyrism in their hearts, and monarchism in their heads. To such misguided men the Author delivers himself in the following strain of unaffected patriotism and philanthropy — "You will, I hope, forgive me, if in attempting to tell you why I am attached personally and politically to the present Rulers of our happy country, I should at any time speak with too much warmth of the late administration, many of whose measures would have been unworthy of the oldest and most corrupt governments of Europe. In two short years they would have inflicted on us evils that ages of wars, internal and external, of profligacy and extravagance, public and private, of bigotry and ambition, have by their united force accumulated on the wretched subjects of the Old World. An independent man was to be overloaded with debts, a freeman to be imprisoned and enslaved, a poor and once perhaps oppressed, now happy stranger, to hold his existence among us at the will of our First Servant, and the citizen to be governed and controlled by the bayonet and sabre of the disciplined refuge of mankind." — "Recollect, says this unanswerable writer to his federal friend, the conduct of our present administration. Where is the resemblance? (advertising to the governing conduct of France, on the miseries of which so many specious and delusive arguments have been raised by the federalist against a democratic constitution.) No, sir, that government has ever been founded on war, on the tyranny of the rulers, on ambition, and on the desire of extensive conquests, and of the renown of military glory. Ours, on peace, on the mild and calm doctrines of authority almost paternal, on universal liberty, and on an abhorrence of every increase of territory even from the poor, weak, unlettered savage, but by the fair equivalent of open, honorable purchase" — "here stands the sacred shrine of peace, freedom and virtue inviolate and unabashed: and so I trust it will ever remain, whilst our rulers shall be republican, and our people worthy to live under the mild and genial dominion of a commonwealth founded on the principles of civil liberty and equal rights."
The remaining parts of this inspiring pamphlet, are conceived and enforced in a similar tissue of benevolence. The allegations are all impressed by the finger of truth, yet so sheathed by the kindest desires for the well being, even of a political sceptic, that all honest men, of all parties, must concur in their approval of the Author. With the Republicans, it will be treasured up as a manual of generous policy and with all lovers of their country, among the federalists, as a charming instance, where the resolution to defend a point of right and virtue with firmness, was mixed with a suavity that sweetened the draught of instruction. If this example of gentlemanly resistance to obnoxious principles, should tend to allay that fury of language, and bitterness of imputation, which is so disgraceful and so unavailing to the Anglo-federal writers, we shall hail its appearance as being equally propitious to public virtue and private manners.
The most interesting occurrence of the present times in the United States, is the trial of Judge Chase. His plea is before the public, printed in a pamphlet.
A NOTE.
A letter was lately received covering a bank Note of 30 Dollars, to be distributed for the relief of the poor "in this inclement Season;" it appears to have been the intention of the writer not to be known. The letter was very handsomely expressed, anonymous, and apparently in a Lady's hand — delivered at the dusk of the evening; and it was said no answer was required. — The Benevolent unknown writer may perhaps see this note, and will further cheer a number of poor and distressed, mostly widows; who not knowing the kind "hand" opened to comfort them, can only thank the giver of all good.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The particular notice of our readers is requested to the piece signed "One of the PEOPLE," the facts are curious, and the statements candid and correct — The warmth and energy of the sentiments and language, are expressive of the heart of a real friend to liberty, truth and justice.
MARINE MEMORANDA.
Portsmouth, Feb. 26, 1805. Thursday arrived brig John Adams, Capt. Woodman, 43 days from Demerara. Left there, Jan. 11, brig Jane, Cross, Portland; brig Rose, Perkins, Kennebec; sch'r Hiram, Vach, Newburyport; sch'r Lark, Loel, Amity; brig Fidelity, Jenkins, Portland; brig Pallas, Lake, do.; brig Rockingham, Sullivan, do.; brig Equator, Shaw, do. just going in; sch'r Sperry Baker, Bading, New-York.
Friday arrived brig Joseph, Capt. Salter, 30 days from Martinico. Left at Martinico, Trinity harbor, Jan. 23, brig Peirce, Newburyport; brig Mary, Lord, Ipswich; brig Truxton, Eaton, B. Mason; brig Union, Lincoln, Portland. At Galion Bay, brig Lucretia, Morris, Newburyport; schooner Agnes, Rogers, do. At St. Thomas, sch'r George, Suggole, of Berwick, for Exuma; brig Syren, of Boston, from St. Domingo, blown off the coast of America. Left in lat. 20, long. 66, brig Hero, Capt. Deal, of and for Newburyport, from Martinico.
Feb. 12, lat. 33, long. 78, was spoke ship George, Greenough, of Portsmouth, from Jamaica, for Wilmington, N.C. who had on board the crew of ship Commerce, Rockwell, of New-York, from Liverpool for New Orleans, who had been captured by a French pirate.
At Gualdalupe, Jan. 21, brig John Langden, Tredick, and brig Ann, Tredick, both of this port.
Brig James, Fernald, of this port, 45 days from Surinam, has arrived at New-York.
Ship Farmer, Goodwin, 32 days from this port, arrived at Charleston, Feb. 1.
MARRIED.
At New-Castle, Mr. BENJ. BELL, to Miss SARAH AMAZEEN. In this town, by the Rev. T. Alden, jr. Mr. GEORGE B. ODIORNE, to Miss RUTH KINNEAR, both of New-Castle.
DIED.
At York, Miss NANCY SWETT, aged 18, eldest daughter of Widow Sarah Swett. At Stratham, on the 11th inst. Miss M. H. BRACKETT, wife of Daniel Brackett, aged 30.
At Kittery, Mr. JAMES PAUL, aged 56. Drowned — At Sea, from on board of the ship Farmer, Mr. EBENEZER EVANS, of this town, aged 17 years.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed by the Hon. Nathaniel Rogers, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county of Rockingham, guardian of JOHN ABBOTT, cordwainer of Portsmouth, adjudged and determined to be non compos mentis , and has accepted of the trust, and given bonds as the law directs — and all persons are hereby warned against making any bargain with the said Abbott, as all such would be null and void; and against giving him credit, as no debts he may contract will be recoverable or paid. All persons that may be indebted to him, are notified to make payment to the subscriber, and all having any just demands against his estate, to exhibit them. SAML HUTCHINGS. Portsmouth, February 23, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscribers have been duly appointed Executors to the last Will and Testament of THOMAS MARTIN, late of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, Esq. deceased, and have taken upon themselves that trust by giving bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands upon the estate of the said THOMAS MARTIN are required to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the estate are called upon to make payment to Peter Coffin.
ANN MARTIN PETER COFFIN } Executors. Portsmouth, Feb. 26, 1805.
THE subscriber, administrator of the estate of SAMUEL BAYLEY, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased; requests all persons having any demands, to exhibit them for settlement — and all persons indebted to said estate, are called on to make payment without delay.
JOSIAH SMITH, Administrator. Portsmouth, February 26, 1805.
ALL persons that have any demands on the Estate of NOAH RAWLING, late of Newington, husbandman, deceased, are desired to exhibit them for settlement; and those indebted to said Estate are desired to make payment to
SAMUEL DOWNING, Administrator. Newington, Feb. 22, 1805.
PORTSMOUTH ACADEMY, FOR YOUNG LADIES. Mrs. HART informs the ladies of Portsmouth and in its vicinity, that she can accommodate ten or twelve of her Pupils with board. The branches which will be attended to, are Drawing and Embroidery in its various branches, Painting in water colors, Print-work, Working Muffin, Marking and plain Sewing, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, and use of the Globes.
Wanted — At this Academy, a Music Master, one who can give lessons on the Piano-Forte, and Piano-Forte Guitar; to such an one a generous compensation will be made. Feb. 26, 1805.
William King, PHYSIOGNOTRACE, RESPECTFULLY informs the ladies and gentlemen of Portsmouth, that he has taken a room at Mr. William Gray's Boarding House in High-street, — where he purposed staying a short time to take
PROFILE LIKENESSES, with his new invented patent Delineating Pencil , which for accuracy, excels any machine before invented for that purpose.
He reduces to any size from the shadow; therefore, the person is not incommoded with any thing passing over the face, nor detained over six minutes. The correctness of his PROFILES is well known, he having taken above eight thousand in Salem, Newbury-port, and the adjoining towns; and from them he has selected a few as specimens, that may be seen at his room, — where he has for sale, Elegant Frames, oval, round and square, either gilt or black, and the profiles handsomely framed at a moderate price — he has also for sale, Correct reduced profiles of the President of the United States.
His price is 25 cents for two profiles of one person, and the hours of attendance are from nine o'clock in the morning till nine in the evening. Portsmouth, February 26.
Robert Mendum, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public that he continues to carry on the Boot & Shoe-making business , at his shop in Market-street.
Boots and Shoes of the newest fashion, made in the neatest manner, and sold as cheap as can be purchased in this town. Feb. 26, 1805.
A FARM in Newmarket, State of New-Hampshire.
TO be Sold at Public Auction, on Wednesday the 13th day of March next, at 2 o'clock P. M. on the premises — A Farm containing as per deed one hundred Acres, more or less, consisting of Orchard, Mowing, Tillage, Pasture and wood Land; with a large well finished dwelling House, out houses, &c. — An excellent Well of never-failing Water; very pleasantly situated on the great road leading from Berwick in Maine, to Boston twelve miles from Portsmouth, five miles from Exeter Court-house, and sixty rods from Newmarket meeting house and adjoins Exeter River: is delightfully situated as a country seat or may well suit a Trader, Tavern Keeper, or Mechanic — Said Farm is well Water'd and wooded, and has several other advantages, peculiar to said Farm — For particulars inquire of NATHANIEL ROGERS, Esq. residing in Exeter, or of IGNATIUS WEBBER in Gloucester — Conditions made known at the time of sale. Gloucester, Feb. 25.
DARING THEFT.
SOME person or persons entered the house of the subscriber on the evening of the 22d inst. before the hour of 7 o'clock, and from thence took a large mahogany framed Looking Glass & a Portmanteau Bag, in which were a pair of black Pantaloons, & other property to the value of about ten dollars. Whoever will detect said villain or villains so that the owner may get the above mentioned property shall be handsomely rewarded by NATHANIEL MERRIAM. Portsmouth, Feb. 26, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. PUBLIC notice is hereby given that Joseph Dyer and others, have petitioned the General Court, praying for the grant of a tax of Three Cents per acre on all the land (public lands excepted) in Winflow's Location, Dummer, Paulsbourg, Maynardsborough and Shelburne addition; for the purpose of making and repairing public highways.
 ORDERED, that the petitioners be heard before the General Court, on the second Wednesday of the next session, and that the petitioners cause that the substance of the petition and order of Court thereon, be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette , and in the Oracle printed at Portsmouth, three weeks successively commencing ten weeks prior to said day of hearing, that any person or persons may then appear, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted. 
ATTEST, NATH'L PARKER, Dep'y Sec'y. Concord, Nov. 28, 1804.
State of New Hampshire — Strafford, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of NEW-DURHAM, in said county, who have not paid their town, highway, school, State and county taxes for the year 1804 — that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Jeremiah Folsom, in said town, on Tuesday the seventh day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   Original Pro- prietors and Owners Names. No. of Lots. No. Acres. Defic. Town tax. Highway tax. School tax. State tax. County tax.     Val'e Mathews 84 1 100 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   David Langley 42 1 125 6 94 7 14 5   Job P'ns 8 1 125 6 94 7 14 5   Robert Burnham 5 1 125 8 125 9 18 6   Two Wills 3 6 1 50 5 75 6   John Bickford 1 50 5 75 6 11 4   Jer. Dyer 28 1 50 5 75 6 11 4   & Peter Moe   Theo. Atkinson 46 1 125 6 94 7 14 5   Samuel Drown 64 1 125 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   ditto 62 1 125 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   ditto 78 1 100 6 1/2 100 8 15 5   John Mason & Benj. Bennet 59 1 125 10 160 12 23 8   James Smith 89 1 125 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   James & Francis Durgin 17 1 100 6 1/2 100 8 15 5   Tho's York & Wm. Durgin 19 1 100 6 1/2 100 8 15 5   Joseph Stas 80 1 100 6 1/2 100 8 15 5   Joseph and John Drew 82 1 100 6 1/2 100 8 15 5   M. H. Wentworth 31 2 115 4 62 5 9 3   Joseph Smith, jr. 34 2 115 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   Joseph Weeks 50 2 115 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   Law Lot No. 2 61 2 115 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   Benj'n Smith 66 2 115 6 94 7 14 5   Tho's Wills 70 2 115 7 1/2 125 9 18 6   Minisfly Lot No. 2 10 1 36 5 72 6 11 4   Tho's Packer 72 2 115 10 160 12 23 8   Truoy's Durgin 91 2 115 6 94 7 14 5   IMPROVED LANDS.   Capt. J. Mooney 72 1 100 11 0 13 25 8   ditto 90 1 100 28 0 34 68 23   ditto 92 1 100 20 0 24 47 16   John Mason & Benj. Bennet 69 1 10 8 3/4 138 10 20 7   Job Runnals 81 1 50 4 58 4 9 3   Daniel Rogers 24 1 50 6 100 7 14 5   Samuel Lark 97 1 115 13 200 13 29 10   Hatton Knight 99 1 125 11 180 13 25 9   T. Wallingford 60 1 60 4 65 5 10 3   John Footman 67 1 93 10 3/4 175 13 25 8   & T. Stevenson  
GEORGE DAVIS, Collector. New Durham, February 6, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE — Grafton, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the resident and non-resident proprietors and owners of land in WALES' LOCATION, in said county, who have not paid the CENS and an HALF tax, granted for making and repairing roads in said Location, by the Legislature of said State, December, 1803; that so much of their lands as will pay said tax, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, to the highest bidder, at the dwelling-house of Maj. Hopestill Jenison, inholder in said Location, on the first Monday in May next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to us the subscribers.
   Original Grantee's Names. No. Acres. Highway Tax.     Joseph Trumbull, 300 4 50   Nathaniel Wales, 300 4 50   Abijah Larned, 300 4 50   David Larned, 300 4 50   Abel Larned, 300 4 50   Nath'l Wales, the 3d. 300 4 50   Nathan Wales, 300 4 50   Eleazer Wales, 300 4 50   Benjamin Larned, 300 4 50   Simeon Larned, 300 4 50   Ebenezer Larned, 300 4 50   John Squire, 300 4 50   Nath'l Wales the 4th, 300 4 50   Eleazer Rootbrook, 300 4 50   Solomon Wales, 300 4 50   Eleazer Wales the 2d, 300 4 50   Seth Wales, 300 4 50   ABEL LARNED, Committee. Committee.   VICTORY JENISON,    Wales' Location, January 12, 1805.
SALES AT AUCTION.
On THURSDAY Next, at 12 o'clock — on Moffet's Wharf, FIFTEEN hhds. best retailing MOLASSES, for cash.
And on FRIDAY next, at 12 o'clock, 21 hhds. and tierces best retailing MOLASSES.
To be sold on Jaffrey's Wharf, Spring Hill, where conditions (which will be liberal) will be made known.
Alex'r Ewen, Auctioneer. Feb. 26, 1805.
Taken by Execution, and to be Sold At S. LITTLE'S Office, ON THURSDAY next, At 10 o'clock A. M.
SEVEN yards ribb'd Velvet; 15 yards white spotted Swanskin; 15 3/4 yds. light Lambkin; 10 3/4 yds. white Baize; 17 3/4 yds. blue Coating; 8 yds. Saddle Cloth; 12 yds. drab Forest Cloth; 15 yds. mixed Forest Cloth; 33 3/4 yds. green Baize; 64 yds. blue Lambkin; 6 yds. check Duck (red and white); 17 yds. do. do. (green and white); 4 yds. coarse blue Forest; 2 yds. mixed Broad Cloth; 5 3/4 yds. blue Baize; 2 yds. brown spotted Swanskin; 4 yds. blue spotted Swanskin; 3 pieces India Check; 9 check'd cotton Handkerchiefs; 1 Pea Jacket; 4 blue Jackets; 2 spotted Jackets; 1 dark mixed Wrapper; 3 pr. baize Drawers; 2 Swansdown Waistcoats; 1 baiz. Waistcoat; 1 Gansley Frock; 1 pair Trowsers; 1 Duck Jacket; 19 milled Caps; 6 pair Gloves and Mittens; 2 pair cotton Stockings; 1 Crois cut Saw; 1 Gold Watch; 1 hhd. Old RUM, 5 years old; 1 barrel of GIN. Feb. 26, 1805.
New Clover & Herds-Grass SEED, warranted of the first quality, for sale by PIERCE, HILL & PIERCE, No. 12 Market-street — 220, a mixture of HONET SUCKLE, do. Feb. 25.
Portsmouth, Feb. 23, 1805. Rockingham ss.
BY virtue of a licence, from the Hon. Nath'l Rogers, Esq. Judge of Probate for this county; will be sold at Public Vendue, on Monday the 20th March next ensuing at 11 o'clock before noon on the premises —
A Lot of LAND, near puddle-dock, in this town being fifty five feet on mast lane, and forty feet, on puddle-lane (commonly called Marsdens malt yard,) — likewise a water privilege adjoining of twenty feet with the Wharf, &c. Said premises being part of the estate of Mrs. Eleanor Shackford late of Portsmouth, deceased. GEO. WENTWORTH, Executor.
FOR SALE — TWO Houses on a lot of land in Water-street, which will be sold separately or together, as may suit the purchaser. — If not sold before one month from date, they will then be sold at public auction — For further particulars inquire of WILLIAM PICKERING. Portsmouth, February 26, 1805.
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE FARM, lying in Colletown, in the county of Hancock, containing 245 acres, with about 50 acres under improvement, well into grass, suitable for mowing or pasturing; the soil is equal to any in the District of Maine, for tillage or mowing; lying on the main road leading from Kennebec to the Penobscot river, about 17 miles from Hampden corner, intersected also by a road leading from Colletown to Belfast. A committee are appointed by the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to survey and establish this road from Belfast to Piscataqua river, a distance of 66 miles. This road will be much travelled, as it passes through the large settlement of the new Ohio, and will save the inhabitants of that place, in journeying to any Western part of the Commonwealth, at least 20 miles travel. The Farm has a 2 story Dwelling House, partly finished, thereon, situated where the roads intersect each other, in as good a place for a tavern as any between the two rivers.
Also — 110 acres, lying 120 rods East of the above, on said Kennebec road, equal to any for mowing or pasturing, with about 40 acres under improvement, well into grass.
Also — A Farm lying in Hampden, within 20 rods of the corner, containing 50 acres of excellent Land, 30 of which are under improvement; has a good wood Lot, and a beautiful young Orchard, of about 70 Apple Trees; with a good Dwelling House, a Barn, Store, and Wharf thereon, and a very convenient Ship Yard, that will rent for

Miscellaneous Repository.
SONG, Composed for the fourth of March, 1805 - by a gentleman of Portsmouth.
HAIL! the day, the joyful day, When we regain'd our Liberty, Hail! the bright auspicious hour When fed'ral tyrants lost their pow'r,
CHORUS. Tho' desp'rate tyrants gave us laws, And did subvert mild freedom's cause; Heaven deign'd Columbia should be free, And has restor'd our Liberty.
What tho'! the tyrants had design'd To take our rights, to cramp our mind, What tho'! sedition laws, they made; And freedom's temple dar'd invade,
Heaven saw fair Liberty oppress'd, And thus the tyrants he address'd, Forbear ye tyrants, now forbear, No Monarch's throne shall prosper here;
The reign of terror now is past, And Liberty appears at last; On Congress floor she takes her place, Where law and justice each embrace;
CHORUS. Republics now gives laws, And will support mild freedom's cause; Heaven designs Columbia shall be free, And still He guards our Liberty.
EPITAPH Upon an African, inscribed upon a Grave stone in a Grave-yard in Concord, Mass.
GOD Wills us free; Man Wills us slaves, I will as God wills. God's will be done. Here lies the body of JOHN JACK, A native of Africa, who died March, 1773.
FIRE. Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, our citizens were alarmed by the cry of fire! which proved to be in Cambridge village, near the Bridge causeway. It broke out in a small building, occupied for the storage of lime.
NOTICE. THE subscriber, being appointed by the Hon. Judge of Probate for the county of Rockingham, on the 16th of January, 1805, guardian of Stephen Blake, junr. (non compos mentis,) hereby forbids any and all persons from trusting or trading with said Blake, as dealings of any kind with him will not be legal. James Hight. Pittfield, February 8, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of CHATHAM, county and State aforesaid, who have not paid their county tax for the year 1801, and their town, school, highway, county and State taxes for the year 1804—that so much of their lands, as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of William Cox, innholder in said town, on Tuesday the seventh day of May next, at ten o'clock, A. M. unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
Table with columns: NAMES, Division, No. Lot, Range, No. Acres, Tax, School Tax, Highway Tax, County Tax, State Tax. Lists land owners in Chatham, including John Bennett, Jeremy Bryant, Esq., Walter Bryant, Esq., John Burley, jun., Jeremiah Folsom, jr., James Goodwin, Lt. Samuel Gilman, Thomas Young, jr., Doct. A. R. Cutter, John Johnson, Sam'l Livermore, Esq., George Metcalf, Jonathan Leavitt, jr., Jeremy Bryant's grant, House Lot, Solomon Charles, Samuel Bradley, William Abbott.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Stratford, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of BURTON, State and county aforesaid, who have not paid their county and highway taxes for the year 1803—that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Francis Elliott, in said town, on Tuesday the 30th day of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
Table with columns: Names of Original Proprietors, Division, Number, Range, Acres, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax, School Tax, Highway Tax. Lists land owners in Burton, including Walter Briant, jr. Esq., John Pickering, Edward Smith, John Folsom, Capt. Israel Gilman, Capt. Israel Gilman, jr., Broadstreet Gilman, Peter Folsom, Charles Rogers, William Rogers, Zachariah Foss, Joshua Furber, Daniel Peirce, Esq., Clement March, Esq., Theodore Atkinson, Esq.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Stratford, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of BURTON, State and county aforesaid, who have not paid their State, county, town, school and highway taxes for the year 1804—that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Francis Elliott, in said town, on Tuesday the 30th day of April next, at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
Table with columns: Names of Original Proprietors, Division, Number, Range, Acres, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax, School Tax, Highway Tax. Lists land owners in Burton, including Walter Briant, jr. Esq., John Pickering, Edward Smith, John Folsom, Capt. Israel Gilman, Capt. Israel Gilman, jr., Broadstreet Gilman, Peter Folsom, Charles Rogers, William Rogers, Zachariah Foss, Joshua Furber, Daniel Peirce, Esq., Clement March, Esq., Theo. Atkinson, Esq.
NOTICE is hereby given, that at a legal meeting of the proprietors of the township of COVENTRY, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, held at Haverhill, the seventh day of November 1804, by adjournment, a tax of four dollars, was voted to be assessed on each original right or share of land in said Coventry, for the purpose of laying out and making a road through said town; and the same is committed to me to collect—Therefore, unless the same is paid to me the subscriber, at my dwelling house in said Coventry, within
Samuel Willey,
HAS for Sale, at his Store, at the lower end of Concord Street, a new and general assortment of English and West-India GOODS, which he is selling very low, for Cash, or approved credit; he wishes to receive all kinds of Country Produce, for which the highest price will be given—and all favors thankfully acknowledged. A few barrels of good retailing Mackerel, selling very low.
He has opened a public TAV-ERN, at his house, at the lower end of Concord Street, sign of the Punch Bowl. Any Gentlemen who will favour him with their custom, either teaming, sleighing, horse-back, or on foot, may be accommodated very low, as low as at any Tavern in town, or any other place. They can have victuals on short notice, as cheap as they can with, and all kinds of spirits always ready at the Store-retailing price, with the best of cider. The barn and stable will have ready attendance, where they may find a large quantity of good hay—and all favors thankfully acknowledged. Concord, Feb. 6, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of LIME, county of Grafton, and State aforesaid, who have not paid their highway, county, and State taxes for the year 1804—that so much of their land as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Rufus Conant, in said Lime, on Wednesday the 17th day of April next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said day, unless prevented by previous payment.
Table with columns: Original Proprietors Names, Division, Number, Range, Acres, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax, School Tax, Highway Tax. Lists land owners in Lime, including Theo. Atkinson, Th. Atkinson, jr., James Brown, Charles Blunt, William Blunt, William Bell, William Bell, jr., J. Bartholomew, Robert Braton, Robert Brown, John Cutts, John Clark, George Farnall, Nath'l Fellows, John Green, Stephen Hatch, Thos. Johnson, Th. Johnson, jr., William Kenady, John Ley, William Lamont, Francis Lamont, Ja's Lamont, jr., John Langdon, Wm. M'Knight, J. A. M'Clure, Charles Nelson, John Nelson, John Nelson, merchant, James Patrick, Isaac Preston, Thos. Peeverly, Seth Shaw, William Shaw, Samuel Shaw of Palmer, Samuel Shaw of Brimfield, William Sloan, William Spear, John Thompson, Noah Thompson, Benj. Thompson, John Wentworth, Th. Wentworth, Thomas Warren, Dunkin Quintin.
FOR SALE, A good Stand for Trade, OR almost any mechanic, situated in Newmarket, adjoining the Bridge—ten acres of excellent Land, with good new Buildings thereon; Stores in the same, convenient for trade; a good Wharf, as convenient a place for ship and boat-building, as is on Piscataqua river. Said Land is well watered with living Brooks, Springs and Well. For further information apply to BRADBURY ROBINSON. Newmarket, Feb. 4, 1805.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of LINCOLN, in the county of Grafton, and State aforesaid, who have not paid their town, county, highway and State taxes, assessed on said lands for the year 1804; that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the seventeenth day of April next, so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue at my dwelling-house in Lincoln, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on said day, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges.
Table with columns: Non-resident's Names, Town, County, State. Lists non-resident land owners in Lincoln, including Reuben Reynolds, Jabez Holmes, Josiah Riggs, Ebenezer Munson, N.ah Parkenton, Jabez Holmes, jr., Ezra Moo, David Knapp, Abraham Mead, Daniel St. John, Job St. John, Ezra Bowton, John Brown, Timothy Ladd, John Nelson, James Avery, James Hoit, Jabez Weed, Peter Finch, Samuel Andrews, David Stawson, Eleazer Bowton, Reuben Stevens, Alas Jones, Samuel Selute, Ebenezer Bowton, Saymore Bowton, Zurial Finch, Abner Bowton, David Bowton, Robert Arnold, David Sanford, John Adington, Elijah Weeks, Stephen Mangum, Daniel Whiting, Caleb Merrill, Seth Whitney, Samuel Haight, Joseph Foreman, John Tuttle.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Rockingham, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of CHICHESTER, State and county aforesaid, who have not paid their highway taxes for the year 1803—that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber in said Chichester, on Tuesday the seventh day of May next, at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
Table with columns: Names, Division, Number, Range, Acres, State Tax, County Tax, Town Tax, School Tax, Highway Tax. Lists land owners in Chichester, including Capt. Joseph Gines, William Fellows, Town of Pittsfield, Unknown, George Frost, junr., Samuel LANGMAID, Collector.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Rockingham, ff. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of CHICHESTER, State and county aforesaid, who have not paid their highway taxes for the year 1803—that so much of their lands as will pay said taxes, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber in said Chichester, on Tuesday the seventh day of May next, at 10 o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
To be sold at the south part of the town—if applied for soon—A LARGE convenient dwelling House, with a large lot of Land, situated on a corner with a good well of water and other conveniences—Inquire of the printer. RAGS Cash and the highest price given for clean Rags, at this Office.