The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1804-08-07 00:00:00

New Hampshire Gazette.
"By adopting REPUBLICANISM for our Polar Star, we shall endeav 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 PEARCE, HILL & PEARCE, PRINTERS TO THE STATE, AND PRINTERS OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE MANAGERS OF Piscataqua Bridge Lottery, offer to the Public the following SCHEME, For the SECOND CLASS.
   Prizes. Dollars.     1 of 10,000 Dolls. is 10,000   1 : 2000 do. : 2000   4 : 1000 do. : 4000   7 : 500 do. : 3500   50 : 100 do. : 5000   50 : 50 do. : 2500   100 : 30 do. : 3000   100 : 20 do. : 2000   9500 : 8 do. : 28000  
3813 60,000 12,000 Tickets, at 5 Dollars. Subject to a deduction of 12 1/2 pr. cent. on payment of Prizes.
Capital Prizes determinable, on the following days :
 The first drawn Blank on the first day shall be entitled to receive 500 Dolls.  First drawn on the 5th, 1000  First drawn on the 10th, 1000  First drawn on the 15th, 1000  First drawn on the 20th, 1000  First drawn on the 25th, 10,000  First drawn on the 30th, 2000 
Four hundred Tickets shall be considered as one complete days work ; and the fortunate Blanks shall be determined at that rate of drawing, whether a greater or less number come out of the Wheels in one, or more days.
To those who are impressed with the important object for which this Lottery was granted, little need be said by us, to insure their continuance in well doing.
To fortunate Adventurers, we are brief to declare, that no Lottery whatever, holds out a fairer chance for gain, than this—presenting so many capital Prizes, compared with the small number of Tickets, and determinable on the fairest principles.
THOMAS THOMPSON, } Managers. THOMAS MARTIN, } ELIJAH HALL, }
An early day will be appointed for drawing.
The Printers who have been requested to publish the SCHEME of the First Class, are desired to publish the above immediately.
Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
(Omitted in our last.)
The Ojage Indian Chiefs are now in Washington. They were induced by Capt. Lewis to visit the President, whom they term their great father.—They inhabit the banks of the Ojage river, about five hundred miles up the Missouri, and fifteen hundred from the City of Washington. The writer of this communication has received a letter from a friend, giving the following description of these chiefs. Their dress shows, that their reproaches towards civilization are very limited : they wear simply a flap to conceal the emblems of their sex, and a belt around the body, ornamented with feathers, the tusks of hogs, bones, &c. Their stature is from six feet, to six feet three inches. They have two boys with them, who promise to rival the men in size. Their complexion is light, and their countenance are indicative of less ferocity and more intelligence than the writer of the letter has observed in any people : He very justly, (if he has described them accurately, of which no doubt can exist) remarks, that Buffon can produce no fat Englishmen, or meagre Frenchmen superior to these people.
It is now certain that Capt. Lewis has removed all obstacles to his journey ; and is proceeding, with twenty-one native Americans, who are prepared to meet the difficulties and dangers they must inevitably encounter. 'Tis essential to the success of this enterprize, that a degree of enthusiasm should be kept alive in this little band of adventurers ; and surely no man is better qualified to inspire this ardor than Captain Lewis. (Enquirer.)
Capt. Barnard, at New-York, from Leghorn, which place he left 17th May, informs, that the day before he failed all the British subjects in that place were seized by order of the French Consul, and sent to the fort, where they are confined.
Advices from Demerara, represent that it is as being very sickly.
(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
In addition to the act, entitled "An act for the punishment of certain crimes, against the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person, not being an owner, who shall, on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast away, burn, or otherwise destroy any ship or other vessel unto which he belongeth, being the property of any citizen or citizens of the United States, or procure the same to be done, and being lawfully convicted, shall suffer death.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast away, burn or otherwise destroy any ship or vessel of which he is owner, in part or in whole, or in any wise direct or procure the same to be done, with intent or design to prejudice any person or persons that hath underwritten, or shall underwrite any policy or policies of insurance thereon, or if any merchant or merchants that shall load goods thereon, or of any other owner or owners of such ship or vessel, the person or persons offending therein, being therefor lawfully convicted, shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of felony, and shall suffer death.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons guilty of any crime arising under the revenue laws of the United States, or incurring any fine or forfeiture by breach of the said laws, may be presented, tried and punished, provided the indictment or information be found at any time within five years after committing the offence or incurring the fine or forfeiture, any law or provision to the contrary notwithstanding.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804. APPROVED, TH : JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
For the relief of Moses Young.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury, be authorised and directed to liquidate the accounts of Moses Young, for services rendered the United States as agent of claims at Madrid, from the date of his appointment by Mr. Humphreys, then minister of the United States at the court of Spain, until the time he ceased to act as the private secretary of that minister, at and after the rate of two thousand dollars, per annum : Provided, That he produce to the accounting officers of the treasury a certificate from Mr. Humphreys, that he received no pay or emolument from individuals for said services.
NATH'L MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804.—APPROVED, TH : JEFFERSON.
Among all the designs imputed to the Republicans by the opposition, they have never been charged with the design of introducing Monarchy. On the other hand, the Republicans have repeatedly charged the Federalists with this design, which the latter have not, with all their art, been able to hide from the People. If the Federalists are dissatisfied, with the Federal Constitution, why do they not come forward openly and state their objections? Why do they not openly shew their preference of the monarchical principle?—The reason is obvious—they are perfectly aware, that the moment they openly advocate the principle of Monarchy, the indignation of the People will crush their party to the earth.
AN ADDRESS To the FREE ELECTORS of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
YOU will be soon called upon to give your votes for five members of Congress to represent you in the Legislature of the Union, and for seven Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States.—The exercise of the right of voting for those Electors, a right violated during the reign of federalism, you enjoy by means of the present Republican Legislature of this State. You will in the ensuing elections, reflect between the conduct of those who took from you a sacred right and those who restored it to you, and this reflection will lead you to consider the difference between the political principles and measures professed, pursued, and advocated by those denominated republicans, and those denominated federalists—the limits of this address will not permit us to contrast the respective merits of the republicans and federalists in many particulars.—It is perhaps unnecessary.
Political truth will be found by those who seek it with unprejudiced minds, and to those who wish to seek it, a few facts will furnish a clue to a thorough investigation of the political differences which have for some time agitated the community, an investigation that has never yet failed to produce conviction in the mind of the candid enquirer, of the purity, of the motives and acts of the former, and of the impurity of those of the latter—the republicans hold to the doctrine of equal rights and privileges and that there should be no distinctions in society but what arise from merit ;—that all political power emanates from the people, and should be exercised only for their common benefit & security.—The leaders of federalism profess a very different creed. They detest and ridicule a representative democracy, and a government founded on the above principles. The government of Great Britain is their favourite model, and they once had hopes of assimilating that of the United States, in form and substance to that monarchy. The principles of the republicans have their foundation in truth and reason and will be immortal.—Those of the federalists are founded in error.—They draw the streams of political power from a wrong source, and their principles like an inverted cone resting on an improper base, cannot stand.—The conduct of those of such different tenets have been while in power as variant as was to have been expected.—Mr. Adams' administration was propitious to the wishes of those who desired to see the government of this country changed to one similar to Great Britain.—We had at that time a stamp act , a land tax , a Standing Army , War Contracts and money loans —the cry of invasion was kept up, and the division of the provisional or rather provision eating army, appropriated to the defence of New England was stationed at Oxford, upwards of one hundred miles from the sea, to keep the French from landing. The scene at last grew too ridiculous for imposition, and the unnecessary burthens too heavy to be supported—a long suffering and insulted spirit waked from the dust, and the high duties of government were delegated to other hands. Since this change, many of the disorders of the government created by federal misrule have been corrected. The army and navy have been reduced to the standard of the wants of the country—a number of oppressive and unnecessary taxes have been abolished, and an host of Tax Gatherers supported at the public expense, have been disbanded.—The concerns of the government are managed with so much prudence, that its annual expenditures are less by one million of dollars than they were during Mr. Adams's administration.—Our government is perhaps the only one on earth that lays no direct taxes on its subjects, and yet all its engagements are honorably fulfilled, and our public credit has been raised since the accession of Mr. Jefferson to the Presidency to the highest state, and established on the firmest basis.—Almost a new world has been added to our territory by fair negotiation and without bloodshed.—We can now procure the produce of the West Indies with
our own country—Our Vessels will no longer be subject to the embargoes, and our trade to the vexations incident to the fluctuating governments of those Isles.—We are no longer subject to the irritations and dangers that might arise from having the subjects of a foreign power on our western frontiers—and the blessings of a republican government will be further diffused, and make happy a larger portion of the great family of man.—Our government is respected abroad, and has the confidence and esteem of the great mass of the people at home.—It ought to have, for their happiness is its object.—Here commerce is loaded with no shackles, and the soil is unburthened with taxes ; in fact our citizens have none to pay,* while property is protected by strong and equal laws—Here we have the freedom of speech and of the Press, and the rights of conscience inviolably secured. The pursuits and the objects of industry are open to all, to be fairly shared by all, and every man can enjoy the fruits of his labour in peace.
Peace, plenty and order prevail—the city and the country flourish, and even the wilderness blossoms as the rose. The happy times of old seem revived "when Judah and Israel dwelt safely every man under his own vine and fig tree from Dan even to Beerseba."—where then is their cause of discontent—what just foundation is there for the railings and murmurs with which the federal press groan—why so much horrible abuse poured through the Medium of these papers upon the government and President of the United States—yet these ineffectual attempts to distrust the general harmony pass unnoticed by them.—The arrows of faction and malignity fall innocuous at the feet of that great and good man the first Magistrate of the union, and he while assailed by them, is meditating and acting for the happiness of his people.
Like the sun he moves steadily in his course, heedless of the mists with which the enemies of his country, would obscure his fame and glory.—yet the party in opposition, are compelled in order to keep in opposition, to act upon a very versatile system ; to exercise a strange conduct or that which must be strangely construed to have it square with their professions and to use and recommend very singular causes to produce the effects which they pretend would result from those causes.—Opinions professed by these gentlemen at one time, are decided at another, and measures which they have advocated on one day they have reprobated on the next.—According to their doctrine, anarchy and confusion must ensue if the government is supported and the will of the majority suffered to rule, and religion will be destroyed, because every man has the liberty of worshipping God according to the dictates of his own conscience.—To remedy this they seem disposed to excite insurrections against the government to support order, and to pour out every kind of scurrility and indecent invective against the constituted authorities to keep up religion. When an unauthorized act of the Spanish intendant at New-Orleans created an alarm thro' the country, the federalists were for rushing into war, in order as they pretended, to preserve peace—like the Irishman they were so zealous for peace, they were determined to fight for it.
New-Orleans was then a second Tyre in commerce and consequence, and all Louisiana a boundless paradise of incalculable value to the United States—then the government should not hesitate to expend mines of gold and rivers of blood, for the possession of this country. When obtained, the rich and flourishing city of New-Orleans dwindles to an insignificant Indian village, and all Louisiana that vast Eden, is suddenly changed to a great desert swamp, fit only to be tenanted by Panthers and Alligators.
It was right in Mr. Adams to have such men to fill the subordinate offices of government, as had its credit and honor at heart, and harmonized with him and the administration in sentiment—this is wrong in Mr. Jefferson. What was proper and necessary for the one, is improper and unnecessary for the other—perhaps the reason why Mr. Jefferson should not have the
* i. e. to the federal government.
friends of the government to discharge its duties is, because his & the governments enemies deserve pay for their labour in vilifying them, and when dismissed from office are no more rewarded for trying to render them odious, and will be obliged to abuse them for nothing—a hard case for men that work with so much industry.—The designating principle in the choice of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, so much opposed by the federalists, originated in this state with them, and one of our Senators in Congress, I think was the person who brought forward in the legislature of this State the resolution to amend the constitution in this particular—he certainly there made one long speech in favour of the Amendment, and afterwards another in the Senate of the United States against it. And I believe all the federal members who were present in our State Legislature at both periods when the subject of the Amendment was brought before them, voted in favour of it, at the first time, and against it the last.
When there was only one bank in the State, we were told by the leading federalists that the incorporation of a second would ruin the State—to save the commonwealth from utter destruction from its having more than one bank in it, the federalists thought proper to suppress one that was then in operation—The next session after this persecuted institution was established, the gentlemen who with so much ability, headed the opposition to a second bank, becomes if not the projector, the supporter and President of a fourth.
Many other banks have since been established, chiefly set on foot by those federalists, who when the contest was whether there should be one or two banks in the state, or rather whether one class of men should or should not enjoy the same rights and privileges as another, were extremely fearful of there being too many banks.
Such inconsistencies and absurdities discovered in men of so much talents and system would not be required, or appear in the support of a good cause. These appear so obvious and numerous, that federal sophistry no longer deludes to a great extent, and as was observed by a very eloquent and ingenious member of our Legislature in a debate in June last,†—a pretty general infidelity to federal prophecies prevails throughout the country—the people do not believe that prudence and economy in the national government are crimes : That their meeting houses are to be burned down, because the forms of worship are left to men's consciences, and not prescribed by law, or that they are all going to be ruined because they have no taxes to pay.
Fellow Citizens—New-Hampshire largely participates in the benefits derived from the best government on earth—shall this State foolishly and ungratefully revolt against the government from which she derives these benefits and which protects her in the enjoyment of them—No let this election declare that she will no longer be organized in hostility to the government of the union, but that she will support it.—From a desire of placing her in this honorable attitude, and of restoring her to her proper rank in the union, a convention of the majority of the members of the Legislature, and a large number of gentlemen from various parts of the State, was held at Concord during the session of the General Court in June last, when it was unanimously agreed to propose the following gentlemen as candidates for the suffrages of the free electors of this State, for Representatives to Congress.
 Gen. CLEMENT STORER, of Portsmouth, Rockingham county.  Hon. THOMAS COGSWELL, Gilmanton, Strafford county.  JEDEDIAH K. SMITH, Esq. Amherst, Hillsborough county.  NAHUM PARKER, Esq. Fitzwilliam, Cheshire county.  EZRA BARTLETT, Esq. Piermont, Grafton county. 
It was, my Fellow Citizens, for the purpose of uniting the free suffrages of all the friends of union, peace and republicanism in some ticket, that it was thought expedient to adopt this mode, which it is hoped will be satisfactory.
† Samuel Bell, Esq. of Franconia.

The convention do not presume to dictate this or any other ticket to you—they recommend it to your attention, and hope it will meet your approbation—it comprehends men respectable for their information, experience, and integrity, men well acquainted with the political, commercial, agricultural and manufacturing interests of the State. The convention at the same time agreed upon the following gentlemen as candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States:
 Hon. JOHN GODDARD, Esq. of Portsmouth.  Hon. LEVI BARTLETT, Esq. of Kingston.  JONATHAN STEELE, Esq. of Durham.  ROBERT ALCOCK, Esq. of Deering.  Hon. TIMOTHY WALKER, of Concord.  Gen. GEORGE ALDRIDGE, of Westmoreland.  WILLIAM TARLTON, Esq. of Piermont. 
FELLOW CITIZENS,
The federalists pretend to revere the principles of Washington and the tenor of his administration. Who was the chosen friend and prime Counsellor of Washington? who was his secretary of State? THOMAS JEFFERSON—there was no difference in the politics of WASHINGTON and JEFFERSON—there is no contrast between their administrations—It is between the administrations of Adams and JEFFERSON that you are to decide. Reflect candidly on the relative merits and demerits of these. If you then can have any doubts, consider that including this State a majority of the Legislature and of the People of fifteen out of the seventeen States that compose the union, and fourteen of the governors of those States are decidedly in favor of the present government—if you should still have doubts consider that the great object of the leaders of the federal party is a division of the union—If they should succeed, and the union be divided, a civil war would be the consequence. On such a subject we should all unite.—When such an attempt is made, all those minor considerations that have set citizen against citizen, neighbour against neighbour, and friend against friend, should be swallowed up in one common anxiety for the public safety. The yeomanry of New-Hampshire are all republicans—falsehoods and misrepresentations have deluded many into the ranks of opposition—but the cloven foot of federalism is discovered and they are fast deserting those ranks, and we hope at the approaching elections all men of property and morality will be found punctual in their attendance and rang'd on the side of peace, union, and the government.
A New-Hampshire Farmer.
FOREIGN.
England and the Continent.
England hates the continent, and seeks to weaken the latter thro' itself. She for this purpose propagates and maintains civil discords and foreign wars. She enjoyed for ten years the spectacle of nations destroying each other. All those who fell were in her eyes, only so many adversaries the less.
"We appeal, in fact, to recent experience. What is become of the ancient allies of G. Britain? what advantages have they derived from the assistance which they lent her? what bitter faults have not been produced by this association against nature?
"Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Bavaria, Natches, Rome, Switzerland, the king of Sardinia, Tuscany, and the order of Malta have successively espoused her quarrel. What would the greater part of these states now be if they had not broken off that fatal connection? would a branch of the house of Spain be seated on the throne of Etruria? Turkey, the English feigned to succour in Egypt;—but would not that country have been lost to the Porte, but for the dread of French interference? Even at the moment when the English were obliged to quit Egypt, did they not purposely sow the seeds of rebellion and discord, by erecting the beys into a rival power with the Porte, and taking one of them to England in the character of an ambassador?
"Bavaria, had she not returned to us, would the now been counted amongst the great states of Germany?—Rome, Naples and Switzerland, could they have resumed the forms of government that suit them? Who is it that opposes the re-entry of the Order of Malta into their own Island?
"Who can cite one ally whom we have abandoned, or whose peace we have not ensured with our own? Let one be named which England has efficaciously seconded, or who has met in the alliance any thing but disasters. To speak of the powers of the first order, it was not by remaining chained to England that they resumed the rank and station which belonged to them, and that they extended their power by suitable arrangements.
them, and that they extended their power by suitable arrangements.
"Frederic William had derived no advantages from the league in which he was led to take a part against us. A few subsidies from England were not equivalent for the waste of his own treasure, and the loss of his best troops. Since his successor has cultivated the friendship of France, he has enlarged his dominion, connected its scattered parts, and consolidated for ever the edifice of Frederic the great.
"Austria, assailed and open in every part after the battles of Marengo and Hohenlinden, owed her misfortunes only to her too religious fidelity to her alliance with England.—She is now established on her former basis, since the Emperor, freed from foreign influence, had confided himself to the restorative genius of the archduke Charles. This prince content with his glory is aware that the hazards of war involve reputations as well as states; and he knows too well the dignity of the Austrian monarchy, to consent that it should be again in the pay, and at the mercy of England.
"Paul I. had also for an instant yielded to that vertigo which pervaded so many courts. Confiding in the councils of some English hirelings, he sent part of his troops on a romantic expedition. He wanted neither seasoned troops nor famous generals. Yet what was the issue of that enterprise, and how was he repaid by England? How much more pure is the glory of Alexander, who occupied in interior improvements, and beloved through his immense estates, has, in the first year of his reign, equalled the renown of his most illustrious predecessors. He associated himself with Bonaparte in the organization of the Germanic body, and by the influence acquired in the bosom of Europe, has played a part which Catherine herself might have envied. Is it France or England that has conferred on him the glorious title of "Mediator?" In which of the two countries is his name pronounced with more of homage and of veneration? Which of the two alliances has been the more honorable to Russia, and can still be, whatever may be the views of Alexander?—No! the gold which England weighs against the blood and tears of nations, will not prevail against the motive which the powers of the continent have to remain united, or over the general conviction, that England makes aliens but to sacrifice them!
"England will therefore, remain alone. Destiny has commanded us to try whether a strait of six leagues, which can be passed in less than three hours, is an impregnable rampart, and if the passage is to us become impossible, when out of 42 descents since William the conqueror, 41 have succeeded."
[AURORA.]
The French Nation.
On the 9th of November 1799, (18 Brumaire) France ceased to be a republic in any other respect than in the name; when the bayonets became the legislators at St. Cloud, it was not very difficult to foresee what the progression must be in such, tho' the form which this new revolution had assumed was not to be so easily anticipated—neither by the distant political speculatist, nor perhaps by the actors in the extraordinary drama.
We date our change of sentiment on the character and ambition of Bonaparte, from that memorable day on which bayonets gave the law; and it no longer surprises us to find from that successful act of ambition a regular progression of systematic measures, all bearing towards a consolidated power in one or a few, to the entire disregard of the will or the wishes of the people—and in violation of all the principles upon which the revolution had commenced.
Some of our contemporaries, differed from us at the period when we raised our feeble declaration of detestation at the violence by which the representative power was annihilated on that day fatal to the liberties of France! and it seems that some who differed from us then think we differ from them now! The real difference which subsists between our contemporary republican politicians now, is that we formed the opinions which we now hold in 1799; they thought we had exceeded from zeal what was not justified in apprehension—we conceived that bayonets, were but cold reasoners;—and that their logic was likely to prevail, over a people's liberties who could not see that an act so destructive of all popular rights in the persons of representatives, if suffered passively to triumph, must put an end to popular liberty and representative responsibility.
We deprecated the gaudy trappings and inconsistent costume of the directorial government; but we at least had some dependence on the people.
But the project issued under the name of a constitution, which place the right exclusively in a consul to propose all laws, only confirmed what we had anticipated from the preceding logic of the bayonet. It appeared to us as the consummation of despotism! and that the
happiness of the French must thenceforward depend upon the interests which the individual who had annihilated their liberties had in rendering their condition so easy as to bear with and be attached to his rule from contrasting their ease and security with the sad and sanguinary period which had immediately preceded it.
When the liberty of the press was suppressed—we were not so much surprised; the establishment of priests—the presidency of Italy—the legion of honor—and the consulate for ten years, all evidently tended to produce the consulate for life!
We had uniformly considered the consular government as despotism as that of any empire in Europe. Many whom we esteem of our contemporaries thought differently. The addition of the name and the appendages of empire, in our conceptions make no substantial difference in the form or the operation of the French government. Bonaparte as consul had the sole right of proposing laws—he had the sole command of the army—he had the sole distribution of power, fortune, and favor—and all we are astonished at is, that he should deem the exterior of greatness of so much value as to endanger or diminish the security of the actual possession.
A trifling and vindictive editor of a new evening paper, says Bonaparte was neither a coward nor a hypocrite, that writer has proved that he is not a conqueror; or he might have discovered, that the whole of his Bonaparte's march to the consular chair has been marked by a dissimulation the most profound and unprecedented; that history affords no example of hypocrisy commenced at so remote a station and carried on with success through such an infinite variety of courses to the consummation.
We before hinted that the consequences of this change would produce no effect on the people of France—the same policy which has rendered the consular government of advantageous to the interests of French commerce, arts, and industry—and to her exterior consequences and pride will be pursued with redoubled ardour; and the French will become once more the idolators of their rulers—because it is too commonly the character of mankind to fall into extremes.
With the French government we have not any thing to do, but as speculative politicians. It is (or it was) the business of the French people alone. We apprehend that the effect in other monarchies may not be so auspicious to them, as the change is indifferent to France.
DOMESTIC.
From the National Intelligencer.
A gentleman of science and of great information, in a letter, dated on the Mississippi, to his correspondent in the City of Washington, speaking of the country between the Red River and Missouri, says—"Salt is to be found in various forms; it may be collected crystallised on the surface of the earth, in places where the impregnated water oozes from the pores of the soil, and spreads itself slowly along the plane, exposed to the evaporating power of the sun beams; salt springs highly saturated are common. Those two means of procuring salt are within the settlement distances up the river. But its upper branches are said to wash hills, mountains, or great masses of salt, some say very pure salt; others say debased with an admixture of terreous matter; probably both exist—nay it is not improbable that the same mountain, ridge or chain of salt extends from the sources of the Missouri to the Red River. The salt region is considered by the native Indian tribes as sacred ground, never to be polluted by blood.
"The most inveterate enemies assemble there for the purpose of collecting their provision of salt, and hold friendly or at least innocent converse together; and so deeply are they impressed with a religious or reverential awe of the Great Spirit, supposed to preside more immediately over those districts, that no example has ever been known of public or private resentment having been satiated by these savage men within the privileged limits. The Washita River and country are supposed to offer many curious objects:
"It diverges considerably from the Red River, of which it is a branch, at about 160 leagues (by water) from its mouth it is supposed to be 200 miles from the Red River, and in this position is to be seen a curiosity a few miles from the river:
"It goes by the name of the Boiling Spring; the country is mountaneous, and miles in extent are covered with crystallizations of a prismatic and paramidal form, and metallic and other mineral productions are said to be abundant, but hitherto not explored.—Here is found an immense Natural Calderon, in which a vast body of water perpetually boils; a spring issues out, the water of which is literally scalding. This new bath or watering place acquires already celebrity, from supposed cures performed on invalids, who have bathed in, or drank its waters. At this time two or three inhabitants of Natchez are gone to the spring in hopes of being cured of paralytic complaints.
"It is not impossible that the warm bath, with equal exercise at home, might be equally beneficial."
BY THE LAST MAILS.
NORFOLK, JULY 24.
Capture of the British Sloop of War, LILLY.
Sunday morning last arrived part of the crew of the British sloop of war Lilly, captured on the 15th inst. by the French Privateer La Dame Ambert, Capt. Charles Lemarque, who, the day before, captured the ship Mary, belonging to Liverpool, from Africa to Savannah, with a valuable cargo of slaves, Ivory, &c. and a ship from Honduras to London laden with Mahogany.
The following account of the capture of the British sloop of war LILLY has been given us by Mr. Norcock the purser.
"I beg leave to acquaint you of my arrival here this day with the remaining officers and crew of his Majesty's sloop of war Lilly. On the 14th inst. on or about the hour of 2 P. M. being then in lat. 33, 21, N. and long. 79 13, W. we observed two sail to windward, to which we immediately gave chase. At half past 3, perceived the one to be an armed vessel laying too with French colours flying, boarding a ship which we supposed to be English and continued in that position till dark, when we lost sight of them. Tacked occasionally working to windward during the night; at half past 8 A. M. observed two sail to the westward, which we suppose to be the same as yesterday; made all sail in chase and cleared ship for action. At 9 distinguished them to be the two ships we saw yesterday; the one having the other in tow, standing to the Southward and Eastward on the starboard tack. Half past 9 the one hoisted English colours which we returned; passed to windward; tacked on our weather beam, and cast the vessel she had in tow off; three quarters past the edged away, taking us for a merchant vessel, we shewing no guns and having a temporary poop to decoy her. At 2 3/4 min. past 10 she rang'd upon our weather quarter, shifted her colours to French and commenced a heavy fire upon us, which we immediately returned: she then dropped astern and kept up a heavy discharge of musketry, musketoons and cohorns from her tops and decks, and that of grape and langrange from her bow-chasers, which cut our braces, bowlines, and running rigging in such a manner as to render the ship totally unmanageable and completely defeated all our exertions to alter our position so as to get a great gun to bear; and the only resistance we were able to make (having no stern chasers) was that of the small arms.
It is with the greatest concern I have to mention the death of Capt. William Compton, who fell early in the action. She still kept (taking every advantage of our ungovernable state) under our stern, raking us fore and aft with her bow chace guns & 100 men at musketry, making sundry fruitless attempts to board till noon, when she passed to windward, on which we gave her the whole of our larboard broadside, and laying us athwart hause, raked us sundry times, which I am sorry to say deprived us of the assistance of the whole of the officers on deck! Lieut. Fowler being the last who fell giving directions to strike the colours; the ship then laying a perfect log on the water; standing, running rigging, and sails completely cut to pieces, masts and yards severely wounded. In this state the enemy made another desperate attempt to board, which they effected on the bow sprit with upwards of 100 men, and the feeble resistance we were then able to make, having then 18 men out of our small number, (being only 76 at the commencement of the action) killed and wounded. It is with the utmost concern I have to add we were compelled to strike our colours, and at half past noon we were taken possession of by the French ship privateer La Dame Ambert, of Guadeloupe, mounting fourteen 12 pounder cannonades and two long 9's and having on board 140 men. The Lilly mounted 16 short 12 pounders merchant guns."
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 29.
General Dessalines has sent by a vessel arrived at Nantz, dispatches to the First Consul, stating that he has threatened the murder of all French inhabitants in the Island of Hayti, if the Government do not immediately acknowledge its independence, and promise a yearly tribute in arms, ammunition, artillery, &c.—This circumstance is recorded in the Clef du Cabinet.
Through the politeness of our commercial friends who will please accept our grateful acknowledgments, we have received files of Paris papers so late as the 11th ult. inclusive. Their contents are extremely interesting. The trial of Moreau, Georges, and the other conspirators, commenced before the court of criminal justice, on the 28th of May, and after thirteen sittings, came to a close on the morning of the 11th of June. We are
happy to lay before our readers the result of these most important judicial proceedings. "This day, the 21st Prairial," says the Journal du Commerce of June 11th, "at three o'clock in the morning, and after twenty-four hours of deliberation, the court of criminal justice has condemned to the punishment of death Georges Cadoudal, Bouvet de l'Hozier, Ruffillon, Rochelle, Louis Ducorps, Louis Picot, Lajolais, Michel Roger, Colter-St.-Victor, Deville, Armand Gaillard, Joyaux-de-Villeneuve, Burdan, Lemercier, Cadoudal, Merille, Armand Polignac, Charles d'Hozier, Lelan d'Riviere.
The following accused persons, Victor Moreau, Jules Polignac, Lerdan, Rolland, and Marie Hilay, declared guilty, have been condemned to two years imprisonment.—Those whose names follow have been acquitted: Couchery, Pabbe David, Herve, Rubin Lagrimandiere, Lenoble, Noel Decorps, Datry, Even, Troche the father, Troche the son, Denand and wife, Verdet and wife, Spin, Dubisson and wife, Caron, Galais and wife, Monnier and wife. These with the exception of Verdet, Denand and wife, Dubisson and wife have been liberated, who for contravention of the law have been remitted to the house of correction.
The Argus of May 30th contains a letter of Moreau, addressed to the (ci-devant) first consul, written on the 17th Ventose about a month after his imprisonment, in which he explains his relations with the unfortunate Pichegrue, which, he says, however imprudent were far from being criminal. He concludes by saying "I expect your decision on my fate with the calm of innocence, but not without an apprehension of seeing those enemies triumph who are always attracted by celebrity."
When the Logan sailed from Nantz, a report was in circulation that Moreau, was pardoned: this however considering the sentence of the criminal tribunal, appears very improbable. The coronation of Bonaparte which was to take place on the 14th of this month, was the subject of conversation. The ceremony was to be performed with prodigious pomp.
NEW YORK, JULY 30.
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated May 30, to a gentleman in Baltimore.
"We are sorry to advise you, that there is a great reason to believe the B. of Tunis has declared war against America. He has several cruisers at Malta, and was busy at Tunis fitting out others. We are anxiously expecting the reinforcement, that has been ordered here by Congress, which will be perfectly sufficient to keep them from doing much mischief."
VERMONT.
MIDDLEBURY JULY 11.
On Wednesday, the 27th ult. Ministers and people, from various towns, assembled at Bridport, according to previous appointment, to spend two days in special religious worship. A stage was built in the open air for the accommodation of those who took an active part in the exercises, and seats were prepared for the audience. The assembly was numerous, at the least calculation, consisting of three thousand.—On the last day in the afternoon, there were a number received into the Church at Bridport, and the Sacrament was administered to eighty hundred communicants. The scene was peculiarly solemn, and there were evident tokens of the Divine presence. There have been more than a thousand added to the different branches of Christ's Church in the western part of Vermont since the late awakening has prevailed.
From a Boston Paper.
It is said Hamilton's life is a contrast to Burr's. So it really is in many interesting particulars. We shall take no notice of private life. Burr has been a rival of Jefferson, but he never wrote a book against him. Burr tells his character upon a contrast, in the cause of the duel. He knew his rival weak enough to expose himself, as he always has done in confounding personal and political questions.
A Federal Fabrication Detected.
The Tory papers are endeavouring to prove Mr. Jefferson an "Old Tory," by publishing a Loyal Address to the King of England, which they declare was written and signed by him. On this subject, the National Intelligencer, of Washington City, observes:
"It is on the authority of a friend of Mr. Jefferson, who has long enjoyed his confidence, and acted with him in many of the important scenes of the Revolution, that we are enabled to declare,
"That it is false that Mr. Jefferson ever drew such a paper as is there ascribed to him.
"And that it is likewise false that he ever signed such a paper drawn by another."
Thus ends this, like other Federal Fabrications, in the disgrace of the faction.

Portsmouth.
Tuesday, August 7, 1804.
EUROPE
By an arrival at New-York, papers are received from Cork, to 8th June. The trial of the conspirators at Paris had taken place, and about twenty of the leaders are condemned to death, among whom is the notorious Georges Moreau , and four others are sentenced to two years imprisonment: a number of persons who were arrested on suspicion, have been acquitted.
Addresses continue to flow in from every quarter of France, congratulating Bonaparte on his Imperial dignity; and the only contention is, who shall most excel in bombast and sycophancy. What particular consequences would be likely to result from the total overthrow of every vestige or feature of republicanism in France, human foresight cannot determine; but it requires not prophetic powers to calculate that material changes will, ere long, take place in the standing of Europe. The British speak of a combination being in agitation with the crowned heads of Europe, to curb the ambition, and unnerve the arm of the Corsican Usurper; at the head of which are the Emperors of Russia and Germany; this is not altogether improbable, though the source from whence it comes, attaches no great degree of confirmation. British politicians, like the aristocracy of America, have ever been in the habit of promulgating just as much truth as may tend to favor their views—they alternately confound, dissemble and detract, without the least scruple; a continual practice having rendered them callous to the dictates of propriety, and absorbed the finer feelings of the heart. The powers of Europe have long viewed Bonaparte with the most scrutinizing and jealous eye; they wait but for the opportunity , to demonstrate their most implacable revenge: But we have seen the character against whom they have to contend; his penetrating mind has only been excelled by the valour of his achievements; and when we consider that he has less now than ever to fear, from foreign or domestic intrigues; that the energy of his government enables him to take a view of the whole ground; we are led to suppose that great events are about to agitate the world, which may terminate in the destruction of innocent millions to gratify the lust of power and avarice in their accursed tyrants.
(Democrat.)
The real and the only cause of the wars between the British and French, has been always the same—it has been the struggle for what is called greatness —that is the power of oppressing mankind at will. And however we may lament the events which have lately taken place in France, and pity the people who have submitted to the humiliation; we cannot be so blind as not to perceive that in the question between the rival powers, the pretences which were formerly made for carrying on the war, are reduced to a narrower compass by those very events; and no pretence now actually remains but one that had been abandoned by the treaty of Amiens, that is the restoration of the Bourbons, a race which under the title of the grand monarque has been the object of British enmity and ridicule for ages.
We cannot avoid on occasions of this kind making comparisons—and the war which Bonaparte has attempted on the commerce of England—appears to us but a small object compared with the magnitude of the war which the British have made on the people of Hindustan a people much more human, hospitable, and benevolent than themselves. Aurora.
The English government have lately laid a new duty of 15 per cent. on the duties of all goods imported into England. Cotton, Wine and Teas excepted. Having exempted the two last named articles from the additional duties it may be supposed with a view to favour the rich, and Cotton, to benefit their manufactures. A very heavy dock duty has also been imposed, in Liverpool, on all ships entering that port and, as usual, no doubt American vessels are to pay double.
COMMUNICATION.
How can the existing difference between the salary of our Chief Justice, and his brethren on the bench be justified? If they have the same tour of duty to perform, the same time to expend, the same distance to ride. Can it be reasonable, that, while one enjoys an annual salary of 1500 dollars, that the others should receive only 850. If the one is not too great, surely the other is too small, and the difference can not be very conforming to the feelings of the gentlemen against whom this difference exists. For people will be inclined to draw their own conclusions, respecting the reasons that governed the legislature, in establishing this difference. Some explanations from the members who made this adjustment, might afford satisfaction to many ENQUIRERS.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
"Firm, united let us b," "Rallying round our liberty."
Candidates for Representatives to Congress—
 CLEMENT STORER, Esq. for Rockingham county.  THOMAS COGSWELL, Esq. for Strafford county.  J. K. SMITH, Esq. for Hillsborough county.  NAHUM PARKER, Esq. for Cheshire county.  EZRA BARTLETT, Esq. for Grafton county. 
"As a band of brothers join, Peace and safety we shall find."
Republicans of New-Hampshire,
AS the great end of government is the happiness of the whole people, and as so much depends on our unanimity in the selection of public officers, from a true knowledge of the characters, principles and abilities of the citizens of our choice; it is highly incumbent upon us to act herein as men alive to the magnitude of the objects which AMERICAN FREEMEN must ever have in view—the preservation of our government in its purity, and a wise administration of it by true and faithful men. Impressed with these ideas, I heartily approve of the Candidates proposed, as above, for Representatives to Congress. Let us beware of the arts of men republican only in pretence. The citizens recommended are worthy of our unanimous suffrages. CLEMENT STORER, Esq. is equally known with the other proposed citizens, for his firm attachment to the great cause of Liberty; for his abilities, and zeal for the interests of this State and the General Government, and the promotion of peace and harmony in the lasting establishment of our glorious union. Let us ever bare in mind, that "united we stand, divided we fall." Our union is our glory, our security and defence against our enemies, both at home and abroad. If we lose sight of these great truths, we are lost, and the men who seek our ruin will prevail to our everlasting disgrace. Be firm, then, REPUBLICAN FRIENDS , and immovable, in a cause which brings real happiness to ourselves, and insures it to posterity. Let the spirit which inspired us in past times of severe and dreadful trial, when Liberty or Death was the determination of a people found terrible in necessary war, and yet ever gentle and generous in peace, (for such is the enviable character of Americans.) Let this spirit, heaven inspired and heaven approved, still animate us in the important affairs before us, and in every concern of our country; so shall the numerous rising generation rejoice in the memory and the virtues of the parents that gave them birth and existence in a land of freedom, beyond the reach of the frowns and the fear of accursed tyrants of every description, the enemies of liberty and the happiness of man.
The TRUE Republican Ticket
 Timothy Walker, Esq.  Thomas Cogswell, Esq.  J. K. Smith, Esq.  Nahum Parker, Esq. &  Ezra Bartlett, Esq. 
In long experience, general knowledge of the interests of this State, an inviolable regard to the sacred rights of the people, a strict adherence to the duties of office when undertaken, and a due respect to public economy, entitle a citizen to the suffrages of the people, Judge WALKER , at the approaching election, will undoubtedly receive them. Men whose attachment to republican principles has been long experienced, and whose uniformity of conduct, at all times can be well authenticated, are those, who are wanted at the present crisis. That this character belongs to Judge W. the whole State of New-Hampshire can testify; neither the election of Adams or Jefferson ever varied his sentiments—changes of men never influenced his opinions. An adherence to the principles of our Revolution, and the Revolution, and the security of public liberty, have been the undeviating guides of his conduct through life. If any other can produce better claims to the confidence of the people, let them be adduced. Till then, gratitude will forbid the removal of our confidence from a long tried servant of the people, to a stranger.
Messrs. Printers,
THE plan to alter the republican ticket for Representatives to Congress, I find meets with general disapprobation among all the republicans of this and of other towns, with whom I have conversed—and is viewed by some as a federal trick, to " divide, in order to conquer ," and by others what is still worse, an attempt of some pretended republican, to gratify private revenge at the expence of the public good. A true Republican.
We observed in our last, that the federalists had excluded two of their present members, viz. CLAGGETT and HUNT , from their congressional ticket. The friends of these gentlemen will undoubtedly, duly appreciate this mark of respect, inflicted on men, who have dared on some occasions to exercise an independent judgment, uninfluenced by party. The federal papers are silent on the occasion of this change. But we have since been informed, that at the nocturnal caucus at Concord, the exclusion was also extended to Mr. Betton , who was to be replaced by Judge Atkinson , but the latter gentleman absolutely refusing to have anything to do with the business. The federal self-created prime ministers, of their own accord, have issued their mandates to their humble followers, to re-elect Mr. Betton . These seeds of discord were long ago planted in this federal soil. Before the last election of members to Congress, great dissensions existed among those who assumed the direction of the people's choice, with regard to a suitable selection, but as the secret conclave did not exceed seven, and four of them were candidates, the objections were overruled but not removed. It is said the party at present are far from being united in their men, but they consider this of little consequence, as very few of the root daring among them, entertain any hopes of success.
To the Editors of the Gazette.
Lest any false impressions may have been made by the numerous publications that have appeared in the Star and Gazette , substituting Judge WALKER for Gen. STORER , on the republican ticket, you are requested to assure the public that all the bustle was made by two or three individuals, and that notwithstanding all their exertions, the following ticket will have the undivided support of all the real republicans in Portsmouth—viz.
 Gen. CLEMENT STORER , of Portsmouth, Rockingham county.  Hon. THOMAS COGSWELL , of Gilmanton, Strafford county.  JEDEDIAH K. SMITH, Esq. of Amherst, Hillsborough county.  NAHUM PARKER, Esq. of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire county.  EZRA BARTLETT, Esq. of Piermont, Grafton county. 
Yours, &c. A citizen of Portsmouth.
Until the Presidential Election next fall, it is to be expected that the federalists will keep up the fire of opposition with all their personal and party zeal. After that event, it is to be hoped their rage will abate, their calumnies cease, and the nation be suffered to enjoy a republican system of government in tranquility and peace.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
To the Selectmen & Fire-wards of Gentlemen. [Portsmouth.] I WAS not informed until yesterday (30th ult.) of Mr. DAWNE 's attempt to vindicate your conduct against the charges urged by a Citizen, in the Gazette of the 17th inst. Your champion has failed in his intention to exculpate himself and his brethren from neglect of duty, and probably he will not merit your approbation for his officious zeal. From enquiry, I still remain of the same opinion, that the Selectmen and Fire-wards are culpable, by not more securely guarding the lives and property of the inhabitants from the ravages of fire.—It would be easy, but needless, for me to expatiate on the distress and destruction often occasioned by fire in fear-poor towns, and the great advantage arising to those inhabitants where the Selectmen and Fire-wards perform their duty, and the injury consequent where those officers are deficient in this respect. Nor will it be necessary to mention the anxious desire of our citizens, (occasioned by the late conflagration) that the town should be placed in the best possible state of defence, against the calamities of that devouring element. Your information, Gentlemen, is competent to each of those particulars, and your abilities equal to carry into execution the wishes of your townsmen.
My observations of the 17th, did not convey the most distant idea, that the Selectmen were authorized to compel the citizens to open their wells, and keep them in repair. I mentioned this neglect of the inhabitants as a fact, occasioned by their receiving the Aqueduct in their families, and as an argument, why the Selectmen ought to provide a substitute, for the lack of the town. Your champion, Mr. D. has not invalidated a single charge published against you in the Gazette of the 17th. They remain unanswered, and are proofs of your neglect. Application, I am informed, has frequently been made in vain for a drag rope and wheels, for Engine No. 1; the present rope and wheels not being sufficient, in some seasons, to draw the Engine through mud and snow. Mr. D. asserts that one Engine is without a company, "and for this reason," (11th logic this) "that the company are not satisfied with the allowance the others are fully contented with." I will add nothing further at present, but a fervent wish, that each of the Selectmen and Fire-wards, would determine with their brother DAWNE , that "upon the oath he has taken, it shall be his endeavor to do his duty faithfully." From this salutary resolution, a reformation would ensue, and the town would be benefited by your examples and precepts. A CITIZEN.
Our readers are requested to peruse with attention the production of the New-Hampshire Farmer, inserted in this days paper. Freemen of New-Hampshire, read and judge for yourselves!
A CARD.
AARON ADAMS of Henniker, presents his most grateful respects to the respected inhabitants of Portsmouth; and in his own paternal name, and in the name of all the surviving members of his family, begs leave to render every possible acknowledgment to the ministers of the gospel, of various denominations, and their respective flocks, for the kind and christian sympathy that they were pleased to shew unto him and his, under the late affecting stroke of Divine Providence, whereby he was deprived of a beloved son, as in a moment, as in the twinkling of an eye; And as the father of the dear departed, he requests the permission of all the inhabitants of Portsmouth, to add, that the many marks of respect, wherewith they honored in death, a darling child, will ever be remembered and spoken of, in the feelings, and the language, of sincere and unaffected gratitude.
Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
"A Republican of '75," addressed to the people of New-Hampshire, shall enrich the columns of our next Gazette. The writer is ably calculated to excite love of the principles on which he treats—and we have a pleasing anticipation of the satisfaction which will accrue to our readers from a perusal of this address.
A Communication, signed " Strafford ," is received, want of room, renders a postponement necessary.
We are likewise under the necessity of deferring, (till our next Gazette) a communication from our respected correspondent, " Honorius ."
Marine Memoranda.
Portsmouth, August 7, 1804. Friday arrived, brig Mary , Capt. Frost , in 24 days from St. Vincent. Left there Feb'r Farmer, Robbins, of Weatherfield; Feb'r Mercury , Rogers, of Kennebec, to sail in 2 days for Boston; Feb'r Haniel , Whitney, of Wells, to sail in 4 days for Boston. Capt. Boyd , of Wiscasset , left St. Vincent, 5th July, for a market. Same day arrived, brig Joseph , Capt. Saler , in 25 days from Grenada. Left there barque Fallas , Marshall, of N. York; brig Alerion , Rollins, of Portsmouth; brig Regulator , Gilbert, of Norfolk, and a sch'r belonging to Portsmouth, Virg. July 14, lat. 20, lon. 64, spoke a brig belonging to Portland, bound to Turks Island, from Antigua. July 19, lat. 27, lon. 68, spoke sch'r Brutus , Bradshaw, 16 days from Boston, bound to the Havana. July 25, spoke a Danish brig, 15 weeks from Hamburg, bound to New-York. July 26, lat. 36, lon. 70, W. spoke brig Eleanor , Shaw, of Portland, 5 days from Norfolk, for Cork. Same day arrived, ship George , Capt. Greenough , 54 days from Limington, Eng. May 26, spoke brig Eliza Ann , Harris, of Baltimore, from Senegal. July 7, lat. 41, 19, spoke brig George , Falls, of Kennebec, from Greenland, out 25 days, bound to N. York, with a large number of Scotch passengers on board. Vessels Left. —At Deimerara, July 1, brig Equator , Sear; Sally, Fernald; Little Cherub , Hutchins; and brig Oliver Peabody , Gilman, all of Portsmouth. At St. Vincent, 24 days since, brig Mary , Blunt, Portsmouth, to sail in 6 days.
MARRIED.
In this town, Mr. JOHN LOCK to Miss ABIGAIL GOODWIN .—Mr. ROBERT HOLMES to Miss JOANNA LANG .
DIED.
At Point-Petre, (Guadaloupe) on the 4th of July last, of the yellow fever, in the 24th year of his age, Mr. KEYTON RAN DOLPH GARDNER , son of WILLIAM GARDNER, Esq. of this town. His death is sincerely lamented by his friends and acquaintance, to whom he was much endeared for his truly benevolent heart.
At Philadelphia, very suddenly, Major General WILLIAM IRVINE .
At Lee, much regretted by a very numerous circle of friends, Mrs. PARKER , consort of Capt. ROBERT PARKER .
At Concord, on the 24th ult. after a lingering consumptive illness, Miss ESTHER WALKER , daughter of the Hon. TIMOTHY WALKER .
Drowned.—On the west side of Lake Champlain, "the noted" TIMOTHY CALL , of money-making-memory.
Piscataqua Bridge Lottery.
Prizes drawn above Eight Dollars. Prizes of 1000 dolls. Nos. 2677, 4470. Prizes of 500 dolls. Nos. 349, 1603. Prize of 100 dolls. No. 9539. Prizes of 50 dolls. Nos. 1, 264, 355, 603, 866, 918, 1274, 1773, 2090, 2206, 2588, 2794, 3232, 3506, 3576, 4851, 4854, 4491, 4592, 4703, 5498, 5638, 5916, 6003, 6213, 6343, 6364, 6501, 7815, 7862, 7832, 7798, 7901, 8170, 8198, 8199, 8205, 8130, 8441, 8522, 8994, 9260. Prizes of 20 dolls. Nos. 324, 938, 1397, 1874, 2096, 2163, 2662, 2663, 2783, 3102, 3990, 3614, 3679, 3929, 4442, 4102, 4875, 4988, 5300, 5303, 5444, 5515, 5722, 5787, 6316, 6331, 6752, 7073, 7417, 7660, 7764, 8142, 8151, 8202, 8313, 8325, 9069, 9162, 9200, 9219, 9290, 9346, 9375, 9951, 9978.
Prizes now in the Wheel!
A grand and rare Chance! One of Eight thousand Dollars! One of Four thousand Dollars! Four of Five hundred Dollars! Five of Two hundred Dollars! Besides a multitude of Prizes under two hundred Dollars.
Those who wish for fortune's smiles, are requested to call with a cheerful heart, to C. PEIRCE's brick Bookstore, Daniel street, or at the Gazette Bookstore, Congress street.—whole Tickets 6 dollars; and Quarters 9/9. Wheels Enriched 4454 Dollars.
Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
TO LET.
And possession given in 15 days, THE HOUSE and STORE, now occupied as a Book-store & Printing Office, by Peirce, Hill & Peirce.—Inquire of SAMUEL BOWLES. August 7, 1804.
AUCTIONS.
THIS DAY at 10 o'clock, At S. LITTLE'S Office ,
A Quantity of FURNITURE, among which are 3 Feather BEDS and Bedsteads; 50 weight good FEATHERS; 6 Mahogany hair bottom CHAIRS; 2 dozen Green, do. Handirons; Shovels and Tongs; 3 Large Looking GLASSES, and many other articles in that line.
Also—100 Bundles No. 4 1/2 PINS; 5 gross Coat BUTTONS; 20 pieces India COTTONS; 10 dozen Cotton HOSE; 10 pieces India CHINTZ; 10 Boxes SOAP.
Advances made on consignments. Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
AUCTION.
TO-MORROW at the OFFICE of Alexander Ewen's ,
in Daniel street Portsmouth, WILL BE SOLD A LARGE quantity Household and Kitchen FURNITURE. Tables, Chairs, Desks, Looking-Glasses, Bed and Bedding, Carpeting, Pots and Kettles, Handirons, China and Liverpool Ware.
ALSO—A quantity FLOUR and Ship BREAD. Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
ANCHORS.
LADD & SMITH have received from New-York a consignment of ANCHORS, from 100 to 1300 lb. which are for sale at the Boston prices. Also—for sale, first quality Souchong TEA, and Granada RUM. No 5 Merchant's Row. August 7, 1804.
Just received from the Distillery at Charleston, and for sale by
J. Langdon, jr.
ROSN ; Spirits Turpentine; blk. and bright Varnish; warranted of the first quality—a large supply of which articles will be kept constantly on hand at the distillery prices. Bow Street. August 7.
TRY HERE.
WILLIAM RAMSDELL , informs his customers and all others, that he has removed to that convenient Shop, situated on Buck and Chappel Streets; where he will carry on the
Boot & Shoe Making Business , with neatness and dispatch.
Also—Ladies' and Misses' black Morocco and Kid SHOES.—All rips sewed gratis. August 7, 1804.
The Credit of CLEMENT JACKSON are requested to meet before the Commissioners named in the Commission of Bankruptcy against said JACKSON at the Court House in Portsmouth, on the 10th day of August instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to determine whether the Assignee of said Bankrupt's estate shall redeem certain Real Estate mortgaged to sundry Persons by said Bankrupt.
JEREMIAH MASON , assignee. Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
20 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS some evil minded person or persons, did on Saturday night last, forcibly break the Lock, and burst open the Gates on the Wharf of the subscriber. This is to give notice, that Twenty Dollars Reward, will be given to any one who will give such information of the offender or offenders, so that he or they may be convicted of the same and brought to justice.
The Public in general are also informed, that there is no thoroughfare, over the Wharf and thro' the premises, now occupied by the undersigned.—And those who attend the North Mills by water, and land on the Beach adjoining, are particularly desired not to take away any of the Stones from the wall, to fasten their Boats or Canoes, as all such who offend, will be prosecuted to the utmost rigor of the Law, without any distinction.
WILLIAM BOYD.
Portsmouth, August 7, 1804.
FOR SALE.
At the Gazette Book Store , Congress-street—An ORATION, delivered in this town, on the 4th July, 1804.
By JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq. "Merses profundo pulchrior eventus."
FOR SALE.
WALSH'S MERCANTILE ARITHMETIC , at the Book-store of PEIRCE, HILL and PEIRCE , Congress-street,—by the gross, dozen or single.
BROKE into a Pasture in Portsmouth, a chestnut colored COW, with a white spot in her face. The owner may have her again, by applying to the Printers, and paying charges. August 7, 1804.
LOST —in this town, on Wednesday the 25th ult. a black lace VAN-DYKE, trim'd with broad Lace, (except the neck.) Whoever has found the same, and will leave it at this Office, shall be rewarded. Aug. 7.

Miscellaneous Repository.
THE INDIAN PHILOSOPHER.
WHY should our joys transform to pain, Why gentle hymen's silken chain...
In vain I sought the wondrous cause, Rang'd the wide fields of nature's laws...
O'er the broad lands and 'cross the tide, On fancy's airy horse I ride...
Hard by a venerable priest, Ri's'n with his God the sun from rest...
He sang the eternal rolling flame, That vital mass, that still the same...
The mighty power that form'd the mind, One mould for ev'ry two design'd...
But parting from their warm abode, They lost their fellows on the road...
Happy the youth that finds the bride, Whose birth is to his own ally'd...
Thus sang the wondrous Indian bard, My soul with vast attention heard...
Some courteous Angel tell me where, What distant lands this unknown fair...
From Martinique, July 6. we learn, that Island was closely blockaded by twelve or fourteen sail of British ships of war...
An expedition sailed from Barbadoes 24th June, supposed to be destined against Martinique.
The Ladies of Chillicothe, (Ohio,) celebrated the 4th July, in a manner honorable to their patriotism. Among the toasts drank by them, we notice the following:— 'The Rights of Women'— Innocence, Modesty and Prudence:— May the rest be satisfied with these, without investigating any others.
The following toast was drunk on the celebration of the 4th of July, at Philadelphia:— 'A full beard to the enemies of democracy; a beard with aquafortis, and shaved with a broadsword.'
An Oration (part) is dead—and "died like a fool!" He ought to have had "the burial of an ass," and none "to lament him, laying ah Lord! or ah his glory!"
Dean Swift says, "None but Fools and Macaroni ever fight Duels; and the sooner the world gets rid of such Fools the better."
Journeymen Printers.
ONE or two good Workmen may have employ and good wages, by applying at J. MELCHER'S NEW PRINTING OFFICE, CONGRESS-STREET, Portsmouth, N. H. August 7.
WHITEFIELD'S 16 and 18 SERMONS, For Sale by the hundred or single— at the Gazette Bookstore.
New Hampshire District.
By order of the Hon. John Samuel Sherburne, Esq. Judge of the District Court for New Hampshire District,
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a Libel is filed in said Court by Joshua Martin, against the brigantine called the Betsey, her tackle, apparel, and furniture...
THOMAS CHADBOURN, Deputy Marshal. Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
New Hampshire District.
By order of the Hon. John Samuel Sherburne, Esq. Judge of the District Court for New Hampshire District,
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a Libel is filed in said Court by Edward Harvey and others, against the brigantine called the Betsey, her tackle, apparel, and furniture...
THOMAS CHADBOURN, Deputy Marshal. Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
Timothy Chandler,
INFORMS his friends and the public that he has resumed the WATCH MAKING BUSINESS, and with the assistance of a person who is recommended to be a workman, he flatters himself that he shall give general satisfaction to those who may favor him with their commands.
Concord, July 27, 1804.
For Sale, Freight or Charter, THE good brig MARIA JANE—176 tons burthen; now lying at Portsmouth Pier—A strong, burthen-some vessel—Apply to JOHN SALTER. Also for Sale,
Rum, Sugar and Coffee, per Hhd.; Flour, Pitch & Tar, per Bbl.; Salt, per Hhd.; Russia Duck per bolt, &c. &c. July 31.
FOR SALE,
A LARGE two story Mansion HOUSE, at the South end, pleasantly situated on Gates-street, and now occupied by Capt. Ebenezer Chadwick, with a Shop adjoining the same, being well finished; with a large Garden, containing a number of good Fruit Trees; running from Gates-street, 140 feet, to Bow-lane, leading to the house formerly Capt. Edward Gove's, which makes the premises fronting on two streets; a good well of Water, and Pump, the Aqueduct in the cellar and House; a large Wood House, and every thing convenient to accommodate a family.
ALSO FOR SALE,
ONE other large 2 story HOUSE, (New) pleasantly situated on Water-street, and said Bow-lane, making a corner Lot, near Liberty Bridge, well finished outside, and five rooms finished on the inside; with a good Cellar under the whole, with a drain; a good Kitchen Garden; good well of Water and Pump, very handy to the House, and a large Wood House, and other conveniences suitable to accommodate any family. For further particulars apply to the subscriber, living on the premises, who intends the sales of only one of the above mentioned Houses, and therefore has published the particulars of both, that any person wishing to purchase, may have their choice of either, as may best suit them.
Charles B. Grace. Portsmouth, July 31, 1804.
FOR SALE,
THE House now occupied by the subscriber, it has five rooms on the floor, proportionable number of chambers, aqueduct, &c. &c. in good repair. For terms apply to JOHN UNDERWOOD. Portsmouth, July 31, 1804.
FOR SALE,
On advantageous terms, A LARGE three story HOUSE, with a Shop in front, situated in a central part of the town, middle of Buck-street. For particulars apply to JOHN DAVENPORT. July 24, 1804.
Jacob Wendell,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends in particular, and the public in general, that by the patronage of select friends, he has opened a new Store in BOW STREET, adjoining to the Store of Mr. George W. Wendell, east of the church where he has for sale
West-India Goods & Groceries; women's kid, morocco Stuff & Leather Shoes; Men's and boy's Leather Shoes; genteel Looking Glasses; Paper Hangings; TRUNKS of all sizes; Morocco skins of different Colours; a few pieces of cheap Chintzes with many other articles; and as he is in the line of doing business on reasonable commissions, he shall be happy at all times to receive the commands, of any friend or friends, who will honor him with their confidence, and however desirous he may be to accommodate his customers with a credit—the nature of his employments will not permit it, but if his exertions to please and oblige will merit their favours he promises they shall not be wanting, in a steady attendance early and late on his business—said WENDELL has just received a consignment of one thousand pair of ladies' black and green Morocco and Kid SHOES; Men's fine Shoes and Suawarrow BOOTS, in boxes—with which he is instructed to accommodate purchasers for exportations at 60 days credit or notes with approved indorsers, as he presumes that purchasers cannot be supplied at cheaper or on more lucrative terms any where. Portsmouth, July 31, 1804.
JUST RECEIVED, direct from the Parentee, and for sale in Portsmouth by
CHARLES PEIRCE, a fresh Supply of DOCTOR COOLEY'S VEGETABLE ELIXIR, or COUGH DROPS.
A REMEDY far exceeding every other yet used, for Consumption, Asthma, Spitting of Blood, Coughs, Shortness of Breath, and every other species of disease to which that organ of life, the lungs, is perpetually exposed. Complaints of the lungs have always been considered the Opprobria Medicinæ, (or reproach to the art of physic) and it has long been a desideratum in Medical Science, that a remedy might be devised, which should check this wide outlet to human life. The many thousands which yearly fall a sacrifice to this infectious disease, Phthisis Pulmonalis, or Consumption of the Lungs, has ever since my acquaintance with diseases (which is almost thirty years) excited my commiseration, that a large share of my time has been employed in investigating the cause and cure of it; and from my most unremitted attention and constant research, I have the happiness to proclaim to the world, that in my Vegetable Elixir, a speedy, safe, and effectual remedy is generally to be had.
It is not pretended that this medicine will cure every disease to which suffering humanity is liable, as is the case with most patent medicines; diseases which are as completely opposite as an acid and an alkali, they will effect, are all to be cured by one simple remedy. Such weak impressions have with much propriety brought most patent drugs into disrepute. But the Vegetable Elixir is calculated for one class of diseases only, viz. those to which the lungs are exposed, and I need not observe that they terminate in consumption. The precursors or harbingers of this hitherto intractable malady (until the discovery of the Vegetable Elixir) are Spitting of Blood, Pains in the Breast and Sides, Coughs, Difficulty in Breathing, and a great number of complaints, which slender and delicate females are so frequently labouring under, which if attended to immediately on their commencement, will easily be obviated; and those in the last stages will be much alleviated, and many of them effectually cured. Price 75 cents a bottle. Portsmouth, June 5, 1804.
Philadelphia Leather.
A QUANTITY of Philadelphia Harness & Skirting LEATHER, just received and for sale by CHARLES PEIRCE. Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber, has been duly appointed administrator on the estate of EBENEZER SMITH, late of Portsmouth, merchant deceased—All persons having demands against the estate of said deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement—and those indebted, to make immediate payment to GEORGE F. SMITH, Administrator. Portsmouth, July 17, 1804.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietor and owners of land in the town of PETERBOROUGH, who have not paid their taxes for the year one thousand eight hundred and three, that so much of their land, as will be sufficient to pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue to the highest bidder, on Thursday the twenty-seventh day of September next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of WILLIAM WILSON, innholder in said Peterborough, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
Table with 5 columns: No., Lot, Range, Quantity, County. Row 1: 78, third west, 24, 5, 15, 8. DANIEL GIBBS, Collector.
JUST ARRIVED, AND FOR SALE,
THE Cargo of the Ship ZEPHYR, CONSISTING OF Coarse white ISLE-OF-MAY SALT, GIN, & Linseed OIL. Apply to EDW'D CUTTS. Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
COTTON YARN, BED TICK, and WICK YARN.
THE subscriber has received a supply of the above articles, which are offered for sale, wholesale and retail.—Likewise, just received, a consignment of Souchong and other TEAS, warranted of the best quality. Florence OIL, in cases. 12 casks RAISINS. 10 bags PEPPER. 80 bags SHOT. GUN-POWDER, pr. cask. Pipes GIN and BRANDY.—Bemis' celebrated Maccabou, Rappee and fine SNUFF, in bottles, for exportation, &c. On hand, 60 OVEN FRAMES.
The above articles will be disposed of on liberal terms, by NATHAN B. FOLSOM. Portsmouth, July 24, 1804.
For Sale by
William Tredick, At his Store on Driscoll's Wharf, 250 Barrels Philadelphia Superior & Scratch'd FLOUR, new and good:—ALSO, 15 Bales West-India COTTON; 12 Barrels mess PORK; Bar IRON, &c. Portsmouth, July 17, 1804.
Robert M'Cleary,
Has for sale at his store in Congress Street, GENTLEMENS' Morocco SHOES.—** Wanted as above, Two JOURNEYMEN, at women Shoe Making, and one at Mends' do.; none need apply, but such as are good Workmen. Portsmouth, July 17, 1804.
Just received and for sale at the store of Peirce, Hill & Peirce,
Head of Moffitt's wharf. A good assortment of Flat & square Bar IRON;—ALSO, 80 Bushels of WHEAT; 60 Bushels of RYE; 200 Weight of FLAX; A few Bbls. BLUBBER; LIME per cask. Portsmouth, July 3, 1804.
The Fourth N. H. Turnpike.
THE Treasurer requests the Portsmouth Proprietors to be prepared, the week preceding Exeter August Court, to pay the balances due.
The sixth assessment, being thirty dollars, is now payable. His vendue for the sale of Shares, was adjourned to give further notice. Satisfu'y, July 17, 1804.
CHEAPER THAN CHEAP.
Daniel Weeks,
Has just received at his shop in Buck-street Portsmouth, A great variety of English, India & French Goods; Among which are beautiful black, white and coloured Silk Gloves for 5/; black silk Hose for 8/; white do. for 9/; India Chintzes for 4/6 piece, fine cotton Hose for 1/6 pair with many other articles still cheaper. Portsmouth, July 10, 1804.
THE Subscribers after returning their acknowledgments to their customers and other friends, for the liberal encouragement given; would inform them and the public in general, that having received a fresh supply of Furs and Trimmings, they continue the
Manufacturing of Hats
of all kinds, at their Manufactory bottom of Daniel street, where they trust those who will please to call, may find themselves, both as to number and quality.—They will supply Gentlemen with Hats, by the year, at a moderate price. An APPRENTICE wanted at the above business.
SPARHAWK & CURTIS. Portsmouth, May 8, 1804.
A variety of BOXES.
A GREAT variety of Snuff, Tobacco, Protection, Miniature and Bank-bill Boxes, of almost every form and description; some of which are great curiosities, from 25 to 75 cents each. Essence of Lemon, of Orange, and Bergamot. Best English & French Pomatum; Wash Balls; best scented Shaving Soap; Goggles for the eyes, Spectacles, Burning Glasses; gilt brass Pins; Smelling Bottles; Gravers; children's Watches, Rattles, and Cannon; Cabinet of Curiosities; Marking Types and Ink; Dressing Glasses; Razors in sets, or separate, of the first quality; Penknives; Lead Pencils; Tooth Brushes and Powder; Pocket and Memorandum Books; Thermometers, &c. &c. just received from New York, and for sale at the Brick Book-store of CHARLES PEIRCE, in Daniel street, Portsmouth.
NEW GOODS.
Peter Coffin,
Has just received per the ship Kingstow from London, an additional supply of Fancy and other GOODS, which completes his summer assortment; Among which are
SUPERFINE London BROAD CLOTHS, of the most fashionable colours; Habit Cloths; Cashmeres; silk Florentines.
A great variety of Fashionable Waistcoating; Fustians; Jeans; Cotton Cashmeres; plain, twill'd and silk Nankeenets; Thicksets; Velvets; worsted and silk Plush; silk Velvets.
A large assortment of
Chintzes & Calicoes; printed Cambricks; chintz & dimity Furniture; Copperplate Furniture; Muslinets; Dimeties. A great variety of Book, jacconet & cambrick Muslins; elegant India Muslins; black & color'd Sarfnet Cambricks; black Gingham; mullin Handkerchiefs; cambrick Shawls, embroidered and fring'd; chintz and purple Shawls; linen, cotton, bandanna and black silk Handkerchiefs; silk Shawls.
A great variety of Lutestring; black double Sarfnet; elegant plain & check Italian Sarfnet; Italian Silks; Modes; Satins; color'd Sarfnet; Tiffanies; black & color'd Crapes; black cypresses, netting, crape and plain Gawzes; Millinets.
A large assortment of Thread Laces and Edgings; white and black silk Laces; black Lace Cloaks and Shawls; wide black Laces for cloaks and shawls; black Turkey Gauzes; black & white Lace Veils, some very elegant.
A great variety of Cane, willow, chip, yeoman and Dunstable Bonnets and Hats; fancy Flowers and Wreaths; black and fancy Feathers; fashionable Fans, some very elegant; crape, glaz'd and common black Fans; Parasols, with and without walking Canes; Umbrellas; kid and morocco Shoes; Rosettes. A great variety of
Ribbons; cotton and silk Gown Trimmings; Gown Buttons; gold and silver Laces and Fringes; gold and silver Cords; color'd silk Cords; cotton and silk Girdles; Straw Trimmings.
Men's and youth's cotton, hemp, thread and silk Hose; women's cotton and silk Hose, some with lace clocks; women's plain, picnie and vandyke silk Gloves; black and color'd silk Mitts; cotton Gloves and Mitts; Kid Gloves; men's beaver, wash leather, thread and silk Gloves; Stock Stiffeners; cotton & silk Braces.
A large assortment of Linens; sheeting Linens; Brown Hollands; Checks; Threads; embroidering and other Sewing Silks; Bindings. A variety of
White & chintz Bed Lace, Cords and Tassels;—Table Cloths all sizes; Diapers, some 2 yards wide; Napkins; yellow and green Canvas;—Fashionable gilt, plated & common Buttons; steel Knee Buckles; Epau lets; silver Thimbles; Watch Chains, Seals and Keys; Pins; Men's and boys Hats.
Tammies; Durants; Calimancoes; Shalloons; Russels; Mo reens; Taborens; Florentines; Lastings; Satinets.
India Cottons; India Chintzes; blue Gurrahs; blue and yellow Nankeenets; Madrass Long Cloths. CARPETS, & CARPETING. Portsmouth, May 22, 1804.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
West-India GOODS AND GROCERIES.
may be had by wholesale or retail, at the store of PEIRCE, HILL and PEIRCE, head of Moffat's wharf, North-end. May 29, 1804.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Bibles; Testaments; Webster's, Perry's & Maine SPELLING BOOKS; Webster's 2d & 3d parts; American Preceptor; Child's Companion; Young Ladies' Accidence; Columbian Orator; Walch's Mercantile Arithmetic.—All of the above Books may be had by wholesale or retail, at the store of PEIRCE, HILL and PEIRCE, opposite the N. W. corner of the State-House, Congress-street. Portsmouth, May 29, 1804.
SCYTHES.
TILTON's much approved and warranted SCYTHES, for sale by JOHN WARNER, opposite the Court House.