The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1804-01-31 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. PEARCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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, corboe, and bottle green Broad Cloths.
Double milled, drab, and other fashionable colour Cashmeres; superfine drab, mixed, and Brunswick Forest Cloths.
Twilled Duffsils & Coatings; Baizes and Flannels.
5/8, 3/4, 7/8, & 1 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 Strawbridge 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 Tofils 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 Hagg 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.
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 colors; and fashionable Drab for furtouts; 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, 29th Nov. 1803.
Cash given for clean linen and cotton & linen RAGS at this Office. Dec. 20.
Benjamin Hill,
At his Store in Fore-street, lately occupied by Mr. Samuel Hill,
RETURN thanks to his customers for their past favors, and would inform them that he has now on hand a quantity of St. George's LIME, in good order.
West-India GOODS and GROCERIES, HARD-WARE & COUNTRY PRODUCE, AS USUAL.
N. B. "As short credit make long friends," he would inform all those indebted to him by Note, or on Book Account, to call at his store and settle the same immediately, or as soon as possible.
Two STORES to let on Moffatt's wharf, so called. Inquire as above. Jan. 19, 1804.
RUSSIA GOODS.
FOR SALE BY Thomas Sheafe,
at his Store, Fore-street, A CARGO of RUSSIA GOODS, consisting of—
Russia and Raven's DUCK; HEMP and CORDAGE; Old SABLE IRON; Damask TABLE CLOTHS; DIAPERS; PRUSSIAN BLUE; RUSSIA SHEETINGS; Down and Half-down BEDS; Small quantity Siberian Wheat & Hemp Seed. Also, New Superfine FLOUR, in barrels and half barrels.
Liverpool 7 by 9 WINDOW GLASS. Coarse SALT, &c. &c. Portsmouth, 17th Jan. 1804.
Piscataqua Bridge Lottery.
THE General Court of New Hampshire having passed an Act at their late session, December 24th, 1803, granting a LOTTERY for the special purpose of raising Fifteen Thousand dollars, to repair and maintain the Piscataqua Bridge; and have appointed the subscribers, Managers to conduct said Lottery, who have given bonds and qualified themselves as the law directs for the faithful discharge of their duty—do now offer to the Public the following
SCHEME,
for the First Class— Tickets for sale by the Managers. SCHEME for the First Class. 10,000 Tickets at 5 dolls. is 50,000. 1 prize of : : : 8000 dolls. 1 : of : : : 4000 2 : of 1000 is 2000 6 : of 500 : 3000 6 : of 200 : 1200 97 : of 50 : 4850 100 : of 20 : 2000 3200 : of 8 : 24800 1 : first drawn blank, 50 1 : last drawn blank, 100
3315 50,000 Subject to a deduction of 12 1/2 pr. cent. Prizes to be paid in sixty days after the drawing is finished. Prizes not claimed in one year from that term, not to be paid, but deemed as generously given for the benefit of the Bridge.
The object of this Lottery is to assist the Proprietors, and to enable them to repair and keep passable that extensively useful and commodious Bridge, crossing the Piscataqua river;—the connecting point of Turnpike Roads, already laid out, and others contemplated of still greater magnitude. This Bridge is equally accommodating to Massachusetts, Maine and New-Hampshire—owned by, and travelled on by citizens of both States. The Managers therefore flatter themselves with support and assistance by all, and a ready sale for Tickets:—This Bridge is truly a public benefit. Individual enterprize erected it at an expense of near 70,000 dollars—and it never has netted 3 pr. cent. interest; is nearly 3000 feet in length, including an arch of 244 feet—The present defects is sudden and unexpected, and requires immediate remedy.
THOMAS MARTIN, } Managers. THO. THOMPSON, } ELIJAH HALL, } Portsmouth, Jan. 16, 1804.
(By AUTHORITY.)
EIGHTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, at the First Session begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on Monday the seventeenth of October, one thousand eight hundred and three.
An Act making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the 30th of April, One thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic.
BE it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceeding three millions seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars (inclusive of a sum of two millions of dollars, appropriated by the act of the twenty sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and three, intitled, "An act making further provision for the expenses attending the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations,") to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same hereby is appropriated, for the purpose of discharging the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the government of the United States, by virtue of a convention made the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States of America and the French Republic, respecting the said claims.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be paid at the Treasury of the United States, in conformity to the convention aforesaid, the amount of such claims, abovementioned, as under the provisions of the said convention, shall be awarded to the respective claimants; which payments shall be made on the orders of the minister plenipotentiary of the United States for the time being, to the French Republic, in conformity with the convention aforesaid, and the said minister shall be charged on the treasury books with the whole amount of such payments, until he shall have exhibited satisfactory proof to the accounting officers of the treasury, that his orders, thus paid, have been issued in conformity with the provisions of the said convention.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized to borrow, on the credit of the United States, to be applied to the purposes authorised by this act, a sum not exceeding one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at a rate of interest, not exceeding six per centum per annum; reimburseable out of the appropriation made by virtue of the first section of this act, at the pleasure of the U. States, or at such period, not exceeding five years from the time of obtaining the loan, as may be stipulated by contract; and it shall be lawful for the bank of the United States to lend the same.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the duties on merchandise and tonnage as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby is appropriated for the purpose of paying the interest which shall accrue on the said loan.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expense incident to the investigation of the claims abovementioned, there be appropriated a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the compensation to be made to any of the commissioners appointed, or to be appointed, in pursuance of the abovementioned convention, shall not exceed the rate of four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars per annum; that the compensation of their secretary shall not exceed the rate of two thousand
two hundred and twenty five dollars per annum; and that the compensation of the agent shall not exceed the rate of one thousand dollars per annum. NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN BROWN, President of the Senate pro-tempore. November 10, 1803. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
For the Gazette.
Miscellaneous thoughts on political subjects, highly interesting to every citizen of the United States.—continued.
WHEN Great-Britain became lost to the obligations of a parent country, and with the rapacity of a greedy unfeeling tyrant began to seize on the unalienable rights of her children, the filial tie was dissolved. The principle of self-preservation, roused insulted Americans; and a spirit as exalted as the Heavens, and firm as the pillars that support them, animated every breast, nor ceased to inspire the sons of Freedom, 'till they had established their sovereignty and independence, & a government formed on the principles of representation, which extends its salutary influences to every individual. This sacred spirit, originating from the highest Heaven, still inspired them, and with an increasing ardor, rose superior to the most formidable attacks of internal and foreign enemies. The opposers of our Republican Government used all the arts of sophistry to render it contemptible. But their writings served only to bring forward, every rational argument in its favour, the more to endear it to its friends. Men of the brightest talents employed their pens in setting forth its excellencies, and made it beyond controversy apparent, that its administration must be conducted with a far greater ability and energy than any other heretofore devised by man; that its officers being chosen by a free suffrage, all the wisdom and virtue of the nation would be exercised, and the abilities of Citizens be brought forth into action far more propitiously than in governments where there is no discriminating suffrage; and that, as the most important offices of government are attainable by any individual, there will be a vigorous exertion among Citizens to render themselves competent to the transacting the public business, public business, and respectable for their virtues and abilities; while in other governments, genius and abilities give way to the consequence derived from birth, or to a mean compliance with those in power;—That, in a country republican, there is an extensive opening for the display and increase of the most splendid talents in the power of human nature to attain,—while in monarchical governments talents are blasted, or prostituted to the purposes of tyranny and oppression;—And, how wide the difference between these two sorts of government, our experience has happily taught us. In such an one as ours, all honor, influence and respectability is derived solely from the People;—In monarchical, they centre in the king and his satellites, and the People become degraded to nothing; virtue is only a name. A spirit of free and bold enquiry prevails in our country; and men are animated by the noblest incentives to great and worthy actions, and the sublimest improvements. In other governments, the spirit of Liberty, with all its invaluable blessings, is crushed and annihilated, and man becomes more wretched than the meanest of the inferior creation.
Extract of a letter, dated
CONCORD, Dec. 30th, 1803.
ON Wednesday, the 28th instant, Mr. Alcock introduced the following resolutions, which were read and at the request of several members, ordered to lie on the table for consideration.
WHEREAS, in the present prosperous state of our common country, many of the papers in the United States are daily teeming with abuse & invective against the constituted authorities of our general government.
Therefore, Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives in general court convened, that they view with regret and disapprobation, the disparaging sentiments circulated through the medium of a free press, apparently designed to alienate the affections
of the people from the general government and to abuse and vilify the president and principal officers of the United States.
Resolved, That they congratulate their fellow-citizens throughout the union, upon the happy result of those measures of the general government, which have secured to us those rights, which were lately invaded, without an appeal to arms.
Resolved, That they repose full confidence in the present administration of the general government, and rest assured that such measures will continue to be pursued, as shall most effectually preserve the peace—secure the commercial rights and maintain the general interests of the union and and they pledge themselves, that they will promptly & cheerfully co-operate with the general government, in support of any measures that shall be necessary for the preservation of those rights.
ON Thursday the 29th instant, Mr. White called up the above resolutions, which being read, Mr. Chamberlain from Alstead, moved that they should be expunged, in order to introduce as a substitute, certain other resolutions, which he held in his hand, and which, with the leave of the house, he would read in his place and lay upon the speaker's table for adoption.—After some conversation leave was granted.—They were as follows:
Whereas in the present prosperous state of our common country, many of the papers in the United States are daily teeming with abuse and invective against the constituted authorities of the general government, and against the government of this state.—Therefore,
Resolved, By the senate and house of representatives in general court convened, that they view with regret and disapprobation, the disorganizing sentiments circulated through the medium of a free press, apparently designed to alienate the affections of the people from the general government and to abuse and vilify the president, the vice president and the principal officers of the U. States, and the governor and most respectable citizens of this state.
Resolved, That they congratulate their fellow-citizens throughout the union, upon the result of those constitutional measures which have been adopted by our general government for fifteen years past and they congratulate their fellow-citizens of this state, in the prosperity they enjoy, which must be attributed to the virtuous and able management of our state government.
Resolved, That they will promptly and cheerfully co-operate with the general government in support of any measures, that shall be necessary for the preservation of our rights, (vastly patriotic) and they repose full confidence in the present administration of the government of this state & pledge themselves to support it.
In the course of the debate, Mr. Chamberlain confessed that when he introduced his resolutions he was not serious in wishing them to pass—and he hoped, the honorable gentleman who introduced the first resolutions, was also not serious. He would therefore move, if he might be seconded, that both the resolutions be dismissed the house.
Mr. Alcock observed in reply to the gentleman from Alstead, that he did not introduce his resolutions with an intention to strive with the time or dignity of the house, that he was serious and sincere in wishing publicly to express his decided disapprobation of the libels published against the general government, and that he was desirous of manifesting his cordial acquiescence in its measures and his willingness to support them. He should therefore vote against dismissing the resolutions which he had the honor to present.
The question being called for, on dismissing both the resolutions was taken and carried in the affirmative.
I have often known resolutions withdrawn by the member who offered them, but this is the first instance that I ever heard of the mover of a resolution, himself proposing and voting that it be dismissed. This improvement in the science of legislation, was left to be originated and sanctioned by the General Court of N. Hampshire, which alone, will have the honor of claiming it.
When we witness party spirit, rising in our legislative councils, to such a height, as to countenance proceedings like these, we may exclaim, that "we have fallen on evil times—on evil times indeed we have fallen." (Political Observer.)

MR. EDITOR,
WHEN a medium of public information was established in this part of the country on the principles avowed in your paper, it was presumed that those who had been in the habit of imposing absurdities and groundless misrepresentations upon the people, would be cautious not to expose themselves by repeating stories which had become proverbially false, and by advancing for argument, considerations which a school-boy might refute. Yet such is the force of habit, that the writer of the piece signed "FACT," in the Farmers' Museum, urges one of the most preposterous arguments which folly ever suggested in justification of Gov. GILMAN, for neglecting, in his proclamations, to recommend prayers to be offered up by the clergy for the President of the United States, as had been usual under former administrations; — it is that Mr. JEFFERSON is an infidel, or rather, that he invited an infidel to return to this country. For this reason, (which the writer must have known to be totally destitute of foundation) it is inconsistent and impossible for a good clergyman to pray for Mr. JEFFERSON, but "despair must close the mouth of the divine" forever in behalf of such a man; yea, it would be as heinous for a "christian minister" to pray for the President, as to "pray for Satan, or to try, by his prayers, to defeat the intention of the Almighty, in ameliorating the state of the fallen angels!"
Is this, then, christianity? Is this the religion sought to be urged upon us, by those who talk so much about it at the present day? Is this, this christianity of "our beloved" Governor Gilman, or will he thank this political friend of his, for representing such to be his religion — such his real motives for the omission in question? — Let me ask, for whom did the Saviour of men pray? for whom did he intercede in the agonies of the cross? for whom did he recommend to the compassion of his heavenly Father? — Not merely those who questioned his divine mission; — not merely those who wielded a pen against him; but for those who hurled the murderous spear at his sacred side — those who gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall — those who drove the nails through his hands and his feet, and fastened him to the accursed tree! Here then is CHRISTIANITY, even on ground assumed by this writer, that Mr. Jefferson is an infidel, and that he invited Thomas Paine to this country. — And I would further ask, for whom did the Apostle direct supplications to be offered? "for rulers and all that are in authority," (though all such were then infidels) "that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life." These are instances of PURE CHRISTIANITY, as taught and practised by JESUS CHRIST and His Apostles, and they are exactly in point.
"The prayer of the righteous," we read, "availth much" — what then must we think, of the religion, "reason and conscience" of these modern christians of ours, who would exclude from the supplications offered up to heaven by the righteous, "the ruler of God's people" — who, if he be good, is worthy, and if he be bad, may stand in need of their prayers, that he may be endowed with grace, wisdom and righteousness from on high? And what must we think of that political cause which requires such barefaced and unchristian arguments to support it; and which is advocated and "approved" by such men, as the writer of FACT, who, if he had the power, it appears would condemn the President, for a virtuous and humane act, not only to malediction here, but to hopeless woe and despair with "Satan and the fallen angels" forever? Thanks to the Supreme Arbiter of the universe — the reigns of government are not in the hands of such uncharitable and persecuting bigots. — On the admission that Mr. Jefferson is an infidel, I believe that when contrasted with the writer of "FACT," no one will hesitate to adopt the position, that "a virtuous deist, is preferable to a man who professes christianity and violates its essential principles."
But the argument of this writer, is not more preposterous, than the ground on which he builds it, is fallacious and untrue. I boldly assert, that there is no more evidence that Mr. Jefferson is a deist, than that General Washington was a deist. — The truth is, that as rulers of a great people, who embraced different religious tenets, those great men, never thought it worth their while, to come forward to the nation with a formal profession of their faith; neither is there just cause to infer infidelity from any thing which either ever wrote or uttered. Indeed, if we may judge by conduct, Mr. Jefferson is the greater christian; for it is a fact that he has, since the revolution, (supported a clergyman almost at his own expence, and that he attends the public worship of God, more constantly, than was the case with either of his predecessors.
And it is equally without foundation, that this writer asserts, that Mr. Jefferson invited Thomas Paine to return to this country. He did not invite him, but only granted him permission, in consequence of a solicitation on the part of Mr. Paine, to take a passage on board one of our public armed ships. — The limitation of Mr. Paine was this — he was in France and wished very much to come to this country, to take care of the property given him, by several of the States, as a compensation for his distinguished services during the American Revolution, to receive its avails, (which he greatly needed,) & to put it into a condition for his support in the decline of life. He had been declared an outlaw in Great-Britain, his native country, for his political writings, which (tho' he was absent from that country) were taken up by the courts and adjudged to be, libelous and seditious. — Britain was then at war with France, she commanded the ocean, & Mr. Paine was unwilling to embark in a private vessel, which would be subject to search, lest he might be taken and carried to England, where he must suffer. His only method therefore, to cross the Atlantic in safety, was to procure a passage in one of the public armed ships of the United States. For this purpose he wrote to the President, who, upon receiving his letters ordered the Capt. of the ship Maryland which carried Mr. Dawton to France, to receive and accommodate him with a passage to this country.
try, if he could be prepared to come, at so short a notice. And to what country was Mr. Paine permitted to return? to a country, which he had largely contributed to save — to a country which was grateful for his eminent services, at a time which "tried mens souls" — to a country which publicly demonstrated its gratitude by the thanks of its Congress and the liberal presents it made him in land as a reward for his patriotic labors, altho' he was then known to be a deist as much as at present — to a country where this sacred legacy lay and which was his all to shield him from the distresses of indigence and to administer him comforts in old age. Yet, for granting Mr. Paine permission to return to this country, the President is to be excluded from all our benevolent aspirations to merciful heaven, consigned to "despair" by every "divine," and classed with "Satan and the fallen angels!"
How transporting is the reflection that the blessings and regards of heaven are not limited by the narrow and detestable views of man. — Though the enemies of Mr. Jefferson may not think proper to remember him at the throne of grace, yet we trust he is not dependent on their clemency, but on the benevolence of the Supreme Being. To Him we commend him and are happy that it does not require the benediction of his adversaries to secure him in his complacent smiles and holy keeping. HABAKKUK.
* Mr. Paine could not get ready to come to this country in the U. S. ship Maryland — but the peace of Amiens, soon after, gave him an opportunity to return in safety, in a Merchant vessel, he arrived at Baltimore.
BY THE LAST MAILS.
From the National Intelligencer.
AMERICANS!
THE event for which we have all looked with so much solicitude, is at length realised. LOUISIANA is a part of the union. The acquisition is great and glorious in itself — but still greater and more glorious are the means by which it is obtained. In them are developed the energy and justice of a republican government, and its perfect competency, with the least practicable injury to others, to redress the wrong and to secure the rights of the nation it protects. Never have mankind contemplated so vast and important an accession of empire by means so pacific and just, and never, perhaps, has there been a change of government so agreeable to the subjects of it. May the example go forth to the world, and teach rulers the superiority of right to violence!
To the firm and temperate conduct of the legislature, to the enlightened and energetic measures of the Executive, and to the commanding and supporting sentiment of the nation, we owe this splendid era in the annals of our country. The virtues and talents of those who produced it will receive the admiration of posterity: ours they already possess.
This, fellow-citizens, is an appropriate occasion for joy. Cold must be the heart, that is not animated by the completion of this event. Every doubt has vanished; the country is ours. Our brethren in the west are exulting in the new ties that unite them to us. LET US TOO REJOICE! that we are free, that we are happy! and that this great event promises to make them as free and happy as ourselves.
Extract from the orders of general Wilkinson, given at the camp of the American troops, on the left bank of the Mississippi, near the city of New-Orleans, Dec. 17th 1803.
The operation before us, however simple or safe, will require much self denial and restraint, to preserve that regularity, decorum and order which we owe to our reputation, to the rights and sensibilities of those whom we are bound to cherish, and to the character of our country, the General therefore, claims most earnestly the co-operation of the gentlemen of his command, for the maintenance of an uniform system of rigorous subordination and discipline, without which, the confidence of government may be abused, the beneficent views of the executive of the United States defeated, and the honour of the whole corps indelibly sullied.
In the course of political events we behold a polished people, strangers to our manners, our laws and our language, cast into our arms. Be it our pride and our glory, to receive them into the great family of our happy country, with cordial embraces, and by the generous hospitality and solid sympathy which are every where due to the stranger, let us dispel the apprehensions of the timid, banish the suspicions of the credulous, and confirm the confidence of all, in the clemency, the wisdom and the justice of the American Republic.
The general will applaud the meritorious soldier, who receives the Louisianian as his brother; and he flatters himself the sentiment will be universal, but should he be disappointed, he will expel from the corps and mark with infamy the wretch, who may resist the impulses of the richest and most magnanimous emotions and affections of the human heart.
The persons and the property of the inhabitants of every rank and every species are to be held in sacred respect — and whoever may dare
injure the one, or violate the other, will be brought to speedy and condign punishment.
The articles of war are to be read to the troops at morning parade to-morrow.
By order of the General, D. WADSWORTH, Aid-de-camp, pro. tem.
Gov. CLAIBORN'S ADDRESS,
Delivered at the City Hotel, in New-Orleans on taking possession of Louisiana, in the name of the United States, Dec. 20, 1803.
Fellow-Citizens of Louisiana, On the great and interesting event which is now finally consummated; an event so advantageous to yourselves, and so glorious to the U. States of America, I cannot avoid offering you my warmest congratulations.
The wise policy of the First Consul of France, has, by the cession of Louisiana to the United States, secured to you a connection, beyond the reach of change, and to your posterity the sure inheritance of freedom. The American People receive you as brothers, and will hasten to extend you a participation in those invaluable rights which have formed the basis of their own unexampled prosperity. Under the auspices of the American government, you may confidently rely upon the security of your liberty, your property, and the religion of your choice.
You may with equal certainty, rest assured that your Commerce will be promoted and your agriculture cherished; in a word, that your true interests will be among the principal cares of the National Legislature. In return for these benefits, the United States will be amply remunerated, if your growing attachment to the Constitution of our country, and your generation for the principles on which it is founded, be duly proportioned to the blessings which they will confer.
Among your first duties, therefore, you should cultivate with assiduity, among yourselves the advancement of political information; you should guide the rising generation in the paths of republican economy and virtue: you should encourage literature, for without the advantages of education, your descendants will be unable sufficiently to appreciate the intrinsic worth of the government transmitted to them.
As for myself, fellow Citizens, receive a sincere assurance, that during my continuance in the situation in which the President of the U. States of America has been pleased to place me, every exertion will be made on my part, to foster your internal happiness and to promote your general welfare; for it is by such means alone, that I can secure to myself the approbation of those great and just men who preside in the Councils of our Nation.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE, Governor of the Mississippi Territory, exercising the powers of Governor General and intendant of the Province of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, by stipulations between the governments of France and Spain, the latter ceded to the former the colony and province of Louisiana, with the same extent which it had at the date of the above mentioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states; and whereas the government of France has ceded the same to the United States by a treaty duly ratified, and bearing date the 30 of April in the present year, and the possession of said colony and province is now in the United States according to the tenor of the last mentioned treaty; and whereas, the congress of the United States, on the 30th day of October in the present year, did enact that until the expiration of the session of congress then sitting, (unless provisions for the temporary government of the said territories be sooner made by congress) all the military, civil and judicial powers exercised by the then existing government of the same, shall be vested in such person or persons, and shall be exercised in such manner as the president of the United States shall direct for the maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion; and the president of the United States has by his commission bearing date the same 31st day of October invested me with all the powers, and charged me with the several duties heretofore held and exercised by the governor general and intendant of the province:
I have therefore thought it fit to issue this MY PROCLAMATION
Making known the premises, and to declare that the government heretofore exercised over the said province of Louisiana, as well under the authority of Spain as of the French Republic, has ceased, and that of the U-
nited States of America is established over the same; that the inhabitants thereof will be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; that in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess; that all laws and municipal regulations which were in existence at the cessation of the late government, remain in full force, and all civil officers charged with their execution, except those whose powers have been specially vested in me, and except also such officers as have been entrusted with the collection of the revenue are continued in their functions during the pleasure of the governor for the time being, or until provision shall otherwise be made.
And I do hereby exhort and enjoin all the inhabitants and other persons within the said province, to be faithful and true in their allegiance to the United States, and obedient to the laws and authority of the same, under full assurance that their just rights will be under the guardianship of the United States, and will be maintained from all force or violence from without or within.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. Given at the city of New Orleans the 20th day of Dec. 1803, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 28th. WM. C. C. CLAIBORNE.
EIGHTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SATURDAY, JAN. 7.
Mr. Nicholson, from the committee appointed on the memorial of Alexander Moutrie, agent for the South Carolina Yazoo Company, and of — agent of the Yazoo Company, made a report, going considerably into detail, and concluding with a resolution, adverse to the prayer of the memorialists. — Referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
The House resumed the consideration of Mr. J. Randolph's motion for the appointment of a committee to enquire into the official conduct of Samuel Chase.
Messrs. J. Randolph, Eustis, Early, Smith, Eppes, and Nicholson, spoke in favor of, and Messrs. Griffin, Thatcher, Huger and Dana against it.
Several amendments moved were rejected, when the question was taken on the resolution, varied only from that submitted by Mr. Randolph, so as to embrace an enquiry into the official conduct of Richard Peters, and carried by yeas and nays, in the affirmative; Yeas 80 — Nays 40.
MONDAY, JAN. 9.
The resolution offered by Mr. Bard, for the imposition of a tax of ten dollars upon every slave imported into any part of the United States, was taken up and referred to a committee of the whole on Thursday.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill further to amend the act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States — Mr. Dawson in the chair.
The committee rose and reported several amendments, which were ordered to lie on the table.
TUESDAY, JAN. 10.
Mr. Nicholson, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill to provide for the further protection of American seamen.
Read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
Mr. Nicholson also reported a bill for the better direction of the collectors of the respective ports of the United States in granting protections, &c.
Read twice and referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow.
A bill to authorize the courts of the United States to appoint commissioners to take deposition, &c. was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Thursday.
The committee on the memorial of the legislature of Tennessee, respecting boundaries, made a report, recommending the appropriation of dollars for an Indian treaty.
Referred to a committee of the whole on Monday.
Mr. J. CLAY moved the appointment of a committee on the petition of sundry citizens of Washington in December, 1801, respecting the erection of a bridge over the Potomac.
Referred to a select committee of three.
Mr. J. RANDOLPH, from the committee of Ways and means, presented a bill for the relief of the captors of the Morish ship Mis Hooda, and referred to a committee of the whole.
On motion of Mr. J. Randolph, resolved that the committee appointed to enquire into the official conduct of Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, be empowered to send for persons, papers and records.
The committee on the petition of William H. Harrison, made a report that it ought to be rejected.
Referred to a committee of the whole on Friday.
Mr. Early, from the committee of Accounts, reported a resolution directing that in future the stationary used by members shall be drawn on the order of each member, and entered in a book to be kept by the door keeper. — Agreed to.
The House took up the amendments of the committee of the whole to the bill further to amend the act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States, and having agreed to the same, with amendments, ordered the bill to a third reading on Thursday.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11.
Dr. Mitchell, from the committee of commerce and Manufactures, on a resolution instructing them to enquire whether any and what additions are necessary to be made to
the Naval establishment of the United States, and the bill from the Senate for the sale of the General Green, &c. — made a report stating that in their opinion no addition to the Navy is at present necessary, and that it will be expedient instead of selling, to convert, the General Green into a store ship. Referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow.
Mr. J. Randolph moved that William Cowan, agent of the Virginia Yazoo Company, be heard by counsel at the bar of this House on Monday next in support of the claim of said company.
After some conversation on the propriety of the motion, the Yeas and Nays were taken on it — Yeas 61 — Nays 45.
A like motion was then made to hear counsel in behalf of the South Carolina Yazoo company.
Mr. Meriwether moved to enlarge the motion, so as to allow counsel in behalf of all the claimants to be heard.
It being suggested that it would be time enough to extend this privilege when desired, —
This motion was disagreed to — Ayes 42 — Nays 45.
The motion previously made was then agreed to — Yeas 67 — Nays 46.
The House went into committee of the whole — on the bill for the relief of the captors of the Moorish armed ships Mis Hooda and Mitbouda.
Mr. Varnum in the chair — The committee reported the bill without amendment, and the House concurred in their report, and ordered the bill to a third reading to-morrow.
Mr. J. Randolph moved the recommittal of the 3d section of the bill further to amend the act laying a direct tax.
Mr. G. W. Campbell moved to recommit the whole bill; — Carried and made the order for to-day.
The House immediately went into committee on the bill — Mr. Varnum in the chair — The bill having undergone amendment, the committee rose, asked and obtained leave to sit again.
THURSDAY, JAN. 12.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole — Mr. Varnum in the chair — on the report of the committee of claims, for enabling the President of the United States to make restitution to the owners of the Danish Brigantine, called the Henrick.
The report, after considerable debate, was agreed to by a large majority in the House, and the committee of Claims ordered to bring in a bill conformable to the report.
FRIDAY, JAN. 13.
A message was received from the President of the United States, enclosing the annual report of the Director of the mint.
A report was received from the Secretary of the Navy, containing a statement of the monies expended for the support of the Marine corps, since its organization.
A report was also received from the Secretary of the treasury, complying with a resolution of the House requiring information in relation to the state of the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen.
A communication was received from the Governor of Ohio, enclosing the ratification by that State of the Amendment to the Constitution respecting the mode of electing a President and Vice-President.
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman, at Madrid, dated Nov. 17, to a gentleman in this town.
"The neutrality of Spain and Portugal, with the belligerent powers, has been agreed upon. In consequence, the Royal Bills have risen 20 per cent."
For the GAZETTE.
Messrs. PRINTERS, Please to give the following a place in your valuable paper.
WHETHER Mr. "FACT," the writer of a piece in the Farmers' Museum, of the 14th inst. (a paper printed at Walpole, in this State) be a divine or federalist — or, whether both characters are combined in the same person, is of no great importance. But this is a fact, he has not proved one observation of "Micaiah" to be without foundation; but has vented his pious rancour on Mr. Jefferson, "our beloved President," and on Mr. Thomas Paine. — Micaiah expected that Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, would draw near, and smite him on the cheek, and ask, "which way went the spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee." Perhaps he may know "when he may go into an inner chamber to hide himself." Zedekiah has also made him horns of iron to push the republicans with, 'till he shall have consumed them; and has made one bold push at the President, "he is not afraid to speak evil of dignities;" but let him take care, he has not as yet got into the hottest battle at Ramoth-Gilead — he may be glad then to run off and hide his horns. I am at a loss to know how to reconcile the conduct of the divines he mentions, with the meaning of the word; were I to judge of them, I should conclude they were the ministers of Satan, transformed as the ministers of righteousness — for the good book tells us, that the devil can transform himself into an angel of light.
But do these divines of Mr. "FACT's" pattern after him, whom they pretend to take for an example? I will shew that they do not. Just before our blessed Lord expired on the cross, he prayed to his heavenly Father, that he would forgive his murderers, and for this reason, "for they know not what they do." St. Stephen, when just expiring, prays thus, "Lord lay not this sin to their charge." St. Paul frankly confesses that he was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and injurious,

and that he obtained mercy. How came he to obtain mercy? "Because he did it ignorantly in unbelief."
Let us attend to what our Lord said himself. Matthew xii. first clause 32d verse, "And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him."
Far be it from me to encourage men to sin, that grace may abound, but I quote the above passages of scripture to shew the clemency and superabounding mercy of God to his creatures, and to contrast that with the short-sighted, mean, selfish, and narrow-contracted spirit which possesses too many of them.
God forbid that I should ever pray him to save one of his creatures out of the way which he has appointed, because I know that to be impossible.
Let Mr. "Fact" consult the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th verses of the 1st chapter of St. Paul's first epistle to Timothy, and ask that conscience he tells us about, whether it would be willing that Jesus Christ should shew forth all long suffering to Mr. Paine, for another pattern to them, which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting? Or whether he would not be angry with him for doing such an act of benevolence to one of the works of his hands?—I believe God is able to forgive and save the chief of sinners, and can even save Mr. Jefferson, though I do not think him to be a greater sinner than those who dwell at Jerusalem—because he suffers so much abuse from his enemies.—I believe his mercy is so great that he can yet save Mr. Paine and many others by his grace, for it is through that, that any one soul is saved, which Mr. "Fact" would soon doom to perdition, had he it in his power.—When I pray for the devil, it is for his total destruction, and that also of his kingdom, that he may vex the saints no more, nor be suffered to flatter and deceive the human race, and lead them on to their destruction. The fallen angels I do not pray for—the good book tells us that they are reserved under chains of darkness, 'till the judgment of the great day, where every son & daughter of Adam must appear and give an account of themselves to God; we shall not then be called to answer for another.
But before I conclude, I have been thinking in my mind, to put up one petition for Mr. "Fact"—possibly he may not have experienced what I should pray for, which is this—viz. That he might be brought into just such circumstances as the publican was, who went up to the temple to pray, and being sensible of his own imperfections, smote on his breast, saying, "God be merciful to me a sinner," and may I ever have a true sense of my own imperfection, which is the humble request of
MICAIAH.
N.B. Habakkuk will please accept the thanks of his brother Micaiah, for his judicious remarks on the piece alluded to in the Museum.—Mr. "Fact," also, will please accept the thanks of Micaiah for the compliment he has bestowed on him on his prowess—"to set the ranks in motion."
Micaiah also requests of every officer, as well as private soldier, to be careful that they do not break their ranks; to be sure to have their cartridge-boxes well filled; and when they dress, hold up their heads bold in the good old cause, and look well to the right.
RUINS!!
The Washington Federalist of yesterday, Edited by Elias B. Caldwell, clerk of the supreme court of the United States, contains a lamentable tale of the "Jefferson" system, of ruins bro't upon the United States, by the present republican administration. It deeply regrets—
 The ruin of the army,  The ruin of the navy,  The ruin of the judiciary,  The ruin of the bankrupt system,  The ruin of the internal taxes,  The ruin of the direct tax, and  The ruin of the mint. 
But, Mr. Printer, it has strangely forgotten to enumerate other equally important ruins, produced by the same "Jefferson's system of administration, which I must therefore beg leave to supply for the benefit of the Washington Federalist and its supporters, through the medium of your useful Gazette, as follows:
 The ruin of the marine corps,  The ruin of the sedition law,  The ruin of the alien law,  The ruin of federalism,  The ruin of monarchy—and, last of all, the ruin of the people, as now experienced in that unfortunate and distressing state of public affairs, by which they find themselves exonerated from the burthens and expences of a long and bloody war; at peace with all the world, happy at home, respected abroad, in the full enjoyment of liberty and independence, with a national credit and reputation, unknown and unequalled by any other people, in any other nation or empire. 
One of the ruined citizens of the United States. [Nat. Intel.]
There are about 60 banks in the United States. Of which 34ths are east of Philadelphia.
From the Mississippi Herald, Dec. 31, New Orleans, Dec. 20.
I have the pleasure to inform you that on this day the City of New Orleans and its dependencies, were amicably surrendered to the U. States.—And on this occasion I pray you to receive my sincere congratulations.
Accept assurances of great respect, From your obedient servant, Wm. C. C. CLAIBORNE. Hon. Gato West, Secretary of the M. Territory.
From the Aurora. Extract of a letter from Pittsburg, dated Dec. 26.
"I congratulate you on our acquisition of Louisiana without the horrors of war. I hope it will ultimately appreciate the value of your property in this western country.—We have five sea vessels building in this town, one of which is a large ship, the others are to be schooners or brigs, and a brig building 15 miles up Monongahela, all of which are expected to descend the Ohio and Mississippi in the spring."
Extract of a letter dated October 13, 1803, from Natchitoches, 300 miles up Red river, written by a gentleman who had explored that country and now resides there.
"The subject of the western limits of Louisiana excites here among the French and Spaniards considerable anxiety. Many suppose it to begin at Cape Nord, which is near the mouth of Sabine River and runs so as to include all the waters of Red River:—but whether it is a straight or curved line is another question; a straight line from Cape Nord to the head of Red river will include, I believe, the most beautiful country in America, now part of the Spanish province of Tachus (spelled Taxes); for Red River near the Lodd's nation (a friendly tribe of Indians) about 100 miles above this postforks; the main branch of it, which is a very large river runs in a direction near due E and W and is navigable 1000 miles: it rises in the mountains of Santa Ta, the head branches nearly or quite interlock with the river Jeremimo de Toos or Zana river, a large branch of river Grand or Aravo. At or a little below its confluence with the river Grand is situated, the city of Santa Ta, the capital of New-Mexico. This main branch of Red River crosses the heads at nearly right angles at the Sabine Angelina or Snow river, Trinity the Brous (or the arm of God) the Colorado St. Antony, and Gaudaloupe rivers, which are generally 3 to 500 miles long and empty separately into the the Gulph of Mexico, between Red river and river Grand, so that a right line from Cape Nord will extend nearly W. N. W. and cut across several of those rivers towards their heads, and inclose some of the finest countries in the world, abounding with rich prairies stocked with buffaloes, wild horses, mules, hogs, antelopes &c. and no hostile Indians to contend with. But should the line be a curve pursuing some water course until it arrives at the dividing ridge that divides the waters of Red River from the heads of those other beforementioned rivers, it will make an immense difference both in quantity and quality of the land it will include. There does not appear, (so far as I can learn) ever to have been any agreement between the governments of France and Spain before Louisiana was ceded to Spain, about the boundaries. Since it has all become Spanish the neighboring commandants came to some arrangement about their limits of jurisdiction between Tachus and Louisiana, but that can have no influence in settling the line. I suppose it must be an object of negotiation. The United States are in a condition to claim all that ever was considered Louisiana without relinquishing an inch. Some say, (among whom is colonel Huthins) that Louisiana goes to River Grand, including St. Bernardo bay; and I hope the United States will lose nothing for want of claiming it. But Louisiana, at any rate, cannot be governed in one or two states: it will be found in a triangular form, reaching as far north as 45, where it may be settled—beyond that is an unknown country. Between 29 and 45 we may call its length, including 16 degrees of latitude, and from 45 north latitude on Mississippi along that latitude in a line to the western branches of Red River will be about as far. Reckoning 69 geographical miles to a degree, will make 1104 miles the length of two sides of that part of Louisiana that can be settled.
The west side will be much longer, and from the river Apalooch to Cape Nord, is nearly 400 miles on the Gulph of Mexico, on a straight line, which will comprehend nearly one million of square miles, or 640 million of acres and a very large proportion of it fit for cultivation.
"I believe the account here given is as nearly correct as the present state of the country will afford. The inhabitants, a few governmental tools excepted, are pleased with the change."
Portsmouth.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1804.
IMPORTANT.
Our correspondent at New Orleans, under date of the 27th December, after informing us that 600 of the troops of the United States took peaceable possession of Louisiana on the 20th, adds, "We are now dismissed from patrolling and standing guard, as formerly. Business, which has been in a state of stagnation, begins to revive, and to assume vigour. The day on which this place was transferred to our government was a day of general rejoicing; 63 guns were fired at the fort, 21 in honor of the United States, 21 to the French Republic, and 21 to the King of Spain. We augur from the cession of this valuable territory the happiest consequences to the commercial and political interests of our country."—N. T. pa.
SUMMARY—FOREIGN.
ACCOUNTS from London to the 16th November have been received at Philadelphia, via Norfolk. They contain little in addition to what intelligence we have before communicated to our readers. The sailing of the Brest Fleet is contradicted. Preparations for the projected Invasion of England were forwarding with uncommon activity on the coast of France. Bonaparte, at the earnest entreaty of all the branches of government, &c. will resign the command of said expedition. Massena is to succeed him and will be entrusted with the command of the armament. In England every thing remained as heretofore. About the middle of November the hottest press for seamen ever remembered was made by order of the British Government. And all protections, it is said, were disregarded. The king of England has issued orders under his sign manual to the Lords Lieutenants of the different counties, to carry every defensive measure into effect, for driving of cattle, &c. on the appearance of the French. The Dutch Ambassador has been recalled from Paris;—We have not learnt what has induced this measure. A letter from Madrid asserts, that the neutrality of Spain and Portugal has been agreed on, and that in consequence, the royal bills rose 20 per cent. Intelligence has been received by the Porte of the fall of Alexandria, and the compleat conquest of Egypt by the Bays; on the 20th of September it was formally announced by the Reis Effendi to the foreign ministers. The Turkish garrison in Alexandria it is said, made a gallant defense, but want of provisions compelled them to surrender. The capture of this city, the only part of Egypt that remained to the Ottoman Porte, put the Bays in complete possession of the whole country. Its fall is supposed to have been partly effected by the influence of a foreign power. Five sail of the line and several troops, under admiral Linois, have been captured by a British squadron in the East-Indies. A private letter states, that Lord Nelson was in readiness to make an attack upon several French ships of war, lying under the batteries of Marseilles. The negotiations carried on by the courts of St. Petersburg & Berlin, for the purpose of adjusting the differences between France and England, have completely failed. Nothing respecting the other European powers has transpired.—A letter from Gibraltar dated Nov. 21, 1803, says "the yellow-fever and black vomit rages so at Malaga, that notwithstanding one half the inhabitants had abandoned the city; 60 or 80 were swept off daily. The government of this place allows no vessel to anchor in this bay from the intermediate coast of Spain, between Alicante and Cadiz, on account of the contagious disorder at Malaga, and all communication by land is suspended."
DOMESTIC.
NEW-ORLEANS was taken possession of by our troops on the 20th ult.—A splendid fete was given by the French Prefect;—the Governor has confirmed the municipality, which consists of a Mayor, Counsel, Secretary and City Treasurer; they are all good men; Bore is Mayor;—The same duties are paid as under the old regime. The Senate of the United States have fixed on the 2d. March, for the trial of Judge Pickering. On the 5th inst. a poor unfortunate man was found, frozen to death, in the Market at Charles-town, S. C.—The American Philosophical Society have chosen Thomas Jefferson President, and Robert Patterson, Caspar Wistar, and Benjamin S. Barton, Vice Presidents, for the current year. A newspaper has been established at New Orleans, entitled the Union, by James Lyon and Co.—On the 26th. inst. at 4 o'clock in the morning, a fire was discovered in the shop of Mr. Smith, Cooper, Beach-Street, South-end, Boston—As it had not made much progress it was soon extinguished. The shop had been broken into, and the fire appeared to have been kindled by design. On Tuesday evening says a New-York Paper, Thomas Nevin, a seaman, on the eve of sailing, demanded of his newly-married wife, his protection: She refused to give it, and he began to beat her, and unfortunately gave her a fatal blow. He was immediately apprehended, and committed for trial. At Woodstock (Vermont) Dec. 8, a daughter of Mr. Solomon Emmons, aged 3 years, playing with a penknife, fell upon it, when it penetrated four inches into her head, through her left nostril. She died on the 15th.
—DIED—
At Brentwood, Mr. JOHN SHAW, aged 57; the widow GODFREY, aged 85; also Deacon ROBERT ROW, aged 85. At Raymond, Mr. DANIEL CLAY, aged 65. In the morning he seemed in perfect good health, and after breakfast took his team into the woods; tarrying some time longer than usual, some one went in quest of him, and found him dead by a tree he had been so on down. Also, suddenly, Mr. ROBERT MOORE, aged 36. At Dover, on Saturday 28th inst. Mrs. WHILLER, the amiable consort of Doctor John Whiller.
New-Hampshire GAZETTE-Office.
The Editors beg leave to remind those of their Subscribers who are in arrears, that on Monday next Two Years of their Subscriptions become due,—The payment of the same is absolutely necessary, and it cannot be expected that an institution like this should prosper unless punctuality in the discharge of their yearly accounts is adhered to. The vast expenses which the Editors incur in the prosecution of their paper is well known to every one, and leads them to hope that a settlement will not be deferred—Our Country Subscribers will please to call and discharge their accounts, and as respects those resident in town their bills will be regularly sent round.
POST-RIDERS, whose accounts have overrun the year, are requested to come prepared for a settlement.
Aqueduct.
RECEIVERS of Aqueduct Water are hereby notified and requested to pay the subscriber SIX MONTHS RENT due on the first inst. January, for water to June 30th.
THOMAS THOMPSON, Agent & Treasurer.
Note.—The Water is abundantly sufficient at the Spring to supply, and the Tubes are in good order—but from the wilful neglect of many unthinking people who suffer the water to run waste in cold nights—and thereby empty the tubes, depriving their fellow-citizens, living on high ground from receiving their due proportion—the offenders in many instances are known, and unless they reform after this notice—they will certainly be fined, and ever after deprived from receiving water. January 31.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE—Stratford, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of EFFINGHAM, county of Strafford and State aforesaid, who have not paid their highway and county taxes for the year 1803—that so much of their lands as will pay the same with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling-house of Carr Leavitt, Esq. in Effingham, on Monday the twenty-third day of April next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon unless prevented by previous payment.
   NAMES. Accts. Highway. Cowey.   D. C. M.     Joshua Brown, jr. 50 2 200 1 56 0 10 5   Zach' Batchelder, 74 2 200 1 4 0 7 0   Jeremi' Dearborn, 9 2 184 1 37 0 8 8   Wear Drake, 20 2 200 1 65 0 11 8   Jeremiah Eddy, 41 1 16 0 4 6 0 6   Theo' Atkinson, 59 1 51 0 32 0 1 4   Joshua Brown, jr. 22 1 55 0 2 0 1 4   Simon Dearborn, 54 1 56 0 17 0 6 1   Abner Eddy, jr. 5 2 173 0 53 0 3 5   Abner Fogg, 7 2 180 0 52 0 3 5   John Johnson, 23 2 170 0 52 0 3 5   Moses Leavitt, 48 2 193 0 78 0 5 2   Eben'r Lovering, 54 2 200 1 31 5 8 7   do. 17 1 41 0 16 5 1 0   Samuel Marston, 44 1 56 0 26 0 1 7   Simon Marston, 61 2 150 1 56 0 10 5   Daniel Marston, 58 1 38 0 11 0 0 7   Jona. Page, jr. 68 2 200 1 4 0 7 0   Thomas Person, 56 1 56 0 16 5 1 0   Samuel Smith, 2 2 200 0 56 0 1 7   Joseph Towle, jr. 40 1 30 0 26 0 1 7   Abraham Towle, 85 2 200 0 56 0 3 5   do. 85 1 56 0 16 5 0 5   Joseph Towle, 32 1 15 0 8 8 0 5   Jsh. Wingate, sq. 3 2 200 0 52 0 3 5   William Weeks, jr. 21 2 200 1 4 0 7 0   Tho's Wallingford, 52 1 42 0 5 5 0 5   David Wedgwood, 57 1 22 0 11 0 0 7   Jona't Marston, 75 2 200 0 52 0 3 5   Jona't Wedgwood, 52 1 50 0 26 0 1 7   John Leavitt, 1 2 189 0 52 0 3 5   James Marston, 48 1 24 0 12 2 7 9   John Dearborn, 54 2 200 1 4 0 7 0   Daniel Sandborn, 18 1 38 0 6 6 0 5   John Johnson, 69 1 56 0 11 0 0 7   Thomas Parker, 42 2 120 1 4 0 7 0   Joham Odiorne, 34 2 200 1 4 0 7 0   Henry Batchelder, 70 1 28 0 15 4 1 0   Jona. Marston, 14 2 50 0 26 0 1 7    MORRIS LEAVITT, Collector. Effingham, January 4, 1804.
OUT LANDS for sale.
Will be sold at Public Auction on Tuesday the 14th day of February next the following Tracts or Lots of Land at the dwelling house of the Widow H. Bowles, in Washington street.—viz.—2 Rights in the Township of Success. 1 Right in the Township of Orange. 1 ditto ditto Britain Woods. 1 100 acre lot in Wakefield. 1 50 acre lot in Gilmanton. Conditions made known, at the time and place of Sale. Portsmouth, Jan. 31, 1804.
NOTICE.
THE Members of the Mechanic Association are hereby notified that their quarterly meeting will be held at the Brick school-house, next Thursday evening at seven o'clock precisely. By order of the Board, JOSEPH CLARK, jr. Secretary. Portsmouth, Jan. 31, 1804.
THE Members of the Eastern district New-Hampshire Medical Society, will please to take notice that a meeting of the Society is to be held at the Inn of Ezra Hutchin: in Exeter, the first day of February ensuing at 10 o'clock A. M. By direction, J. BARTLETT, Notary. Stratham, Jan. 19, 1804.
NOTICE.
THE Co-partnership under the firm of NEAL & ABBOTT, was dissolved this day by mutual consent. All persons having accounts open with said firm, are requested to have them in readiness for immediate settlement. ROBERT NEAL, JOHN ABBOTT. Portsmouth, Jan. 30, 1804.
Robert Neal
Informs his friends and the public that he will continue the COOPERS BUSINESS as usual, and solicits their patronage. Jan. 31, 1804.
REMOVAL.
Benjamin Evans, TIN PLATE WORKER, INFORMS his friends and the public, that he has removed from Ladd-street, to a shop in Congress-street, next door to Mr. Morton's, where he makes and keeps constantly for Sale, a general assortment of TIN WARE, for House and Ships use, at the lowest prices—also
Japann'd & Pewter Ware. Tin Kitchens, which will Roast and Bake at the same time; Roasting ditto, which will baste the Meat themselves; Common ditto; Handsome Planish'd Coffee Pots; Oval Dish Covers; Patent Lamps; Sheet Iron and Tin Stoves and Funnel, &c. N.B. He thanks the public for past favors and solicits a continuance. December, 31.
For SALE by the subscriber, at the SOUTH-END— 110 bbls. No. 1 B E E F. 18 bbls. Mefs & No. 2 do. 22 half bbls. Mefs, do. 24 rounds of do. 4 half bbls. TONGUES. 28 kegs TRIFE, spiced and pickled ** All the above are inspected, and were put up in the best manner, BY JOSEPH DROWNE. Portsmouth, January 24, 1804.
Josiah Blake,
HAS for sale at his Store, at the head of Buck-street, 100 quintals of Pollock, and Cod FISH; 16 bbls. of Mackerel; 300 boxes of Smoked Herring. Oil and Blubber, &c.
N.B. SHOES and BOOTS of all kinds, for sale cheap for CASH. —No credit given by retail. The highest cash price given for Sole LEATHER & Thick SHOES of all kinds. January 24, 1804.
Just Published BY MANNING & LORING, No. 2, Cornhill Boston, and for sale at N. S. & W. PIRCE's Store, and by the Author Bridge-street, A Choice Collection of HYMNS, For the use of CHRISTIANS, BY ELDER E. SMITH.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of JOHN BRYENT, late of Mewmarket, deceased, intestate, are requested to settle the same with JOSEPH YOUNG, Admin'r. Newmarket, Jan. 30, 1804.
TICKETS.
Piscataqua Bridge Lottery Tickets, for sale at N. S. & W. PIRCE's bookstore, Congress-street. ALSO, for sale as above a few undrawn TICKETS, in Atkinson Academy Lottery.

Miscellaneous Repository.
SIMPLICITY;—Addressed to a Young Lady.
FORBEAR, fair maid, thy form to view, And anxious turn thy sparkling eye; The gaudy colors no splendor they, But at their light thy lovelier fly.
EPIGRAM.
IN days of yore when earth was new, And Adam by himself did live; His fare from Heaven compassion drew; Which soon a sweet companion gave.
Scrap of Ecclesiastical HISTORY.
ABOUT the third and fourth Centuries they distinguished four orders of penitents. One of these lay prostrate in the Church (so called) covered with sackcloth, &c. Penances were rigorous. Of those not baptized, the punishment for apostasy was a penance of three years, before the criminal could be admitted.
ANECDOTE.
Soon after Mr. Jefferson's election to the presidency a select company of gentlemen were invited to a private entertainment in Connecticut, among whom was one republican.
FOR SALE BY
Moses Woodward, QUANTITY of SCREW'D HAY.—Also, 100 barrels of SHIP BREAD. Portsmouth, Jan. 3, 1804.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident owners of Lands in EPSOM, who are delinquent in payment of the taxes assessed on their lands in said town for the year 1803.
Table with 7 columns: No. Lot, Acres, County, Town, School, Highway, D.C. It lists non-resident names and tax details for Epsom, January 9, 1804.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Grafton, ss.
To OBADIAH EASTMAN, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid. THE undersigned, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of COVENTRY, suggest that there are not twenty families residing in said township; therefore request your honor to notify and warn the proprietors, grantees and owners of lands in said Coventry to meet at the house of Dr. Amasa Scott, in Haverhill, being the nearest shiretown in said county, on Wednesday the 29th day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon—to vote and act on the following articles, matters and things, viz.—
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE—Grafton, ss.
*** Agreeable to the foregoing application, I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors, Grantees and Owners of Lands in said township of Coventry, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes therein set forth. Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of January, Anno Domini 1804. OBADIAH EASTMAN, Justice of the Peace.
Joseph Chase,
No. 7, Long Wharf, has for sale 300 Hhds. large Turks Island SALT suitable for country use. 20 Hhds. good favoured RUM. 20 thousand R. O. Hhd. STAVES. Also—the Big HOP, burlap 110 tons, and a cargo of LUMBER and FISH, suitable for the West-India Market. Jan. 10, 1804.
Hosiery & Hats, Manufactured within 90 days.
IMPORTED in the ship Tiger, from London, and for sale at Cazneau Bayley's Hosiery and Hat Store, sign of the Spinning-Wheel, Buck-Kreet, Men's plain and ribbed light Color'd WORSTED HOSE. Ditto plain and ribbed black do. Ditto plain and ribbed white do. Men's Worked Gloves. Men's lamb wool Socks. Worked Pantaloons, 3 threaded. Women's black Worsted Hose. Do. cotton do. Youth's cotton do. Do. lamb wool Socks. Women's black, white and color'd Silk Gloves, extra fine. Do. black, white and color'd cotton Gloves and Mitts. Men's stout black silk Hose. Youth's worsted Hose. Women's worsted Gloves & Mitts. With a variety of other articles in the English Goods line—All which will be sold bargain for Cash. Portsmouth, Jan. 3, 1804.
John Man,
Has for Sale, at the corner of Market & Bow-streets, Spring-Hill. RUM, GIN, and BRANDY, per bbl. or gallon; Hylon, Souchong and Bohea TEAS; Loaf and brown SUGARS; No. 1, and 2 Chocolate; Coffee; Spanish INDIGO of an excellent quality pr. dozen or less quantity; GINGER pr. keg, dozen, or lb. Gun Powder do; Nutmegs; Cloves; Pepper; Allspice; Salt Petre; Copperas; Alum; Red Wood; Fustic; Soap; Starch; Spanish Segars, with most articles in the
GROCERY LINE.
Also, American and English Shovels; Frying Pans; Flat Irons; cotton and wool Cards; Blocktin Tea Pots; Pewter Basins; Spoons; Knives and Forks; Jack Knives; Pen and pocket do. Razors; Scissors; Japan Cannifeters; do. Waiters; Pins; Knitting & Sewing Needles, &c.
A complete assortment of
Iron Hollow Ware, viz. Small and large KETTLES; Pots; Dutch Ovens; Basins; High-Pans; Spiders; Skillets; large and small Cart Boxes; Waggon do. and Chaise do. a large supply of DOGS or ANDIRONS of all sizes; rod and 2od Hammered NAILS; 4, 6, 8, 10, and 20 cut NAILS; English Blistered, German, Hallbach & Trieste STEEL, some of which is suitable for Shoing Sleighs.
Liverpool SALT per hhd.
or bushel—all of which he will sell low for cash. Dec. 20, 1803.
For SALE, or to LET.
TO be held or leased, from one to seven years, by the subscriber, a FARM in Lee, containing One Hundred Acres, with a new Grist-Mill standing within a few rods of the house, on a good stream of water.—Terms made easy and possession given at any time desired.—No tenant will be accepted without testimonials of industry and honesty. JONATHAN STEELE. Durham, January 16, 1804.
TO BE SOLD.
At PUBLIC VENDUE, On Tuesday, the 28th of February next,
A FARM,
Containing about forty acres of good Land—consisting of Mowing and Pasturing, with an Orchard, well watered and wooded—a House, Barn and Saw-Mill with its privileges, thereon—situated in Londonerry, about two miles from the east parish Meeting-house, on beaver brook so called.—For further particulars, apply to the subscribers. SAMUEL MARTIN, FORREST MARTIN. Londonderry, December 24, 1803.
State of New-Hampshire.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that Silas Thorla and others, have petitioned the General Court, representing that there is great need of a Road through the township of Cambridge, in the county of Grafton, —as there is a Road laid out and partly cut from Connecticut river to Hallowell, which must pass through said Cambridge—Wherefore they pray for the grant of a tax of Four Cents on each acre of land in said Cambridge, for the purpose of making said Road.
ORDERED that the petitioners be heard on their petition before the General Court on the second Wednesday of the next session, and that they cause the substance of the petition and order of Court thereon, be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, three weeks successively, commencing six 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. NATH'L PARKER, Dep'y Sec'y. Concord, December 16, 1803.
DOCTOR RAWSON'S Genuine Anti-Bilious and Stomachic BITTERS.
Prepared by Thomas H. Rawson, M. C. M. S. New-London, (Conn.) For which discovery he obtained a Patent from the President of the U. States, in July, 1802.
THE vast demand for these BITTERS, and their efficacy are so universally known and acknowledged, that little need be said in an advertisement. Perhaps no medicine in the world is so useful and proper for a domestic family medicine. They are the greatest restorative and corrector of the digestive organs, and purifier of the blood, of any medicine ever offered the public.
The following are some of the most prominent complaints in which these Bitters are efficacious, and so universally admired, viz. Indigestion, Debility, Head-aches, Swoonings, Dizziness, Faintings, Tremblings, Lowness of Spirits, Palpitations, Drowsiness, Bilious Congestions, Colivensess, Diarrhoea, Dysenteries, Gravel, Hysteria and Hypochondriacal Affections, Worms, Ages, &c.
THE Patentee having an aversion
to pompous puffings, and certificates of cures accompanying almost every medicine offered the public, has hitherto strictly forbidden his agents the insertion of any of the numberless certificates and letters of uncommon cures of this medicine. But the following coming from such a source, and the character of the man who requests its publicity being so substantially vouched for by three respectable Clergymen, a Judge of the County Court, and a number of characters of the first respectability, and counter-signed by Governor Trumbull, that he should think himself blamable in preventing its publicity. East Haddam April 7, 1803.
Doctor Rawson,
SIR—Enclosed are two certificates. My wishes as respects the one to which I have made oath, are sufficiently explained in the certificate. The other which respects my moral character, I might with equal publicity; for the benefit of those who labor under distressing and complicated bodily infirmities, and who, unacquainted with my character, might not give sufficient credence to my statement as to induce a trial of the medicine. I am Sir, yours, respectfully, WILLIAM BURKE.
I WILLIAM BURKE, of East-Haddam, County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, hereby certify; that I was for about ten years laboring under distressing and complicated diseases of body, having frequent recurrences of severe head-ache, and almost constantly in pain, either in my joints, bones or small of my back, which was uniformly weak; my bowels unseated by some gentle laxative, continually colicky, and at short intervals so exercised with cholics that I could not for days together sit at my self; my stomach weak, and appetite weak at the best; and to crown this catalogue of maladies I was frequently afflicted with that distressing and formidable disease the Gravel.
I found very little relief, and that but temporary, from Medical applications, until urged by my friends, who from like complaints had found relief in the use of Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachic Bitters—I procured a box, and began the use of them, in a resolute manner, and soon experienced their good effects. I made use of no other medicine, and in a few weeks was restored to as good a state of health as is common to a man of my age, being about fifty years old. I have now for several months enjoyed my health; my appetite is remarkably good, and I eat any kind of solid food without reserve, and digest it well, and I endure exercise to admiration without being fatigued.
I further certify that I have voluntarily and unselected by Doctor Rawson or his friends, now come forward to make oath to this certificate, hereby requesting the Doctor to give it as much publicity as possible, —having an anxious desire that my fellow-citizens, laboring under similar calamities; may make trial of a medicine, which thro' the blessing of God, has wrought on me such wonders. WILLIAM BURKE. Dated at New-London, April 6, 1803.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
New London, April 6, 1803. Personally appeared William Burke, the signer of the above, and made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration by him made, is just and true in every particular, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn before me, RICHARD LAW, Mayor of the City of New-London. EAST-HADDAM, Nov. 27, 1803.
We the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of East-Haddam, in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, hereby certify that we have long been acquainted with Mr. William Burke, of said East-Haddam, and that in our opinion he is a man of strict honesty & integrity, and as such, is a worthy member of society, and a good citizen. Jared Spencer, a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County. Isaac Spencer, Jr. Justice Peace, Middlesex. Tim'y Gates, 3d. Justice Peace, Middlesex. Jona. O. Moseley, Justice Peace, Middlesex. Jabez Chapman, Justice Peace, Middlesex. Silvanus Tinker, Epaphrodius Champion Elijah Parsons, Henry Champion, of Colch-fer. Zebulon Ely, John Gurley. LEBANON, Dec. 12, 1803.
The subscriber is well acquainted with the character of the above signing gentlemen, & can cheerfully bear testimony in their respectability and veracity. JONATHAN TRUMBULL.
For sale in Portsmouth, by CHARLES PIERCE, and in Dover, N. H. by J. WHEELER, Post-Master. Price 50 Cts. per box. —ALSO—
Dr. Haskell's Pills and Powder, being a certain cure for the Dysentery, 1 dollar.
Haarlem Oil, being a certain cure for the Gravel, and is found by applying one drop to the corner of the eye every night, to be a very great strengthener of the sight, 25 Cents. Nov. 8, 1803.