The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1804-12-04 00:00:00

If we but candidly consider the very important and authentic facts, stated in Mr. Noah Webster's letter to general H—, in 1800, we should not be at all surprised that any faithful and anxious patriot should write such a letter as that to Mr. Mazer, which has been imputed to Mr. Jefferson. A scheme in 1785, "to give this country a government by force," is explicitly charged upon certain military men of the old army, of course. We have reason to think, that twelve thousand letters were prepared on the occasion, and could instantly refer to spots where abundant light could be procured. The plan was known to persons, who held appointments at the seat of the federal government in 1791. The letter of Mr. Webster to Gen. H—, affords material proof. The hereditary principle of the Cincinnati has occasioned apprehensions, that it was connected (in the secret views of some members) with this plan. The declaration or intimation of Gen. H—, that he sought Mr. B— to preserve his military character for certain crises, which he expected here, seems to be clearly relative, and to imply that the danger and the secret scheme still exist. Mr. Adam's book on the American constitutions, written in London in 1786, appeared at first to many to be a mere view of his own, but it may have been connected with the scheme, or produced by information of it. Jefferson has disapproved of these things, and Washington in his last will, proposes the establishment of a national university to educate our rising generation at home, that they may not be exposed to imbibe principles unfavorable to republicanism in foreign institutions and seminaries of government, law or science.
[Freeman's Journal.]
OUR FINANCIAL CONCERNS.
From the President's Message, it is found that more than TWENTY FOUR MILLIONS have been paid on our debt, in three years previous to the 1st of October ult. one half on account of interest, and the other half, viz. TWELVE MILLIONS, in reduction of the principal. The revenue of the last year exceeded that of the year before, numerous forebodings and assertions to the contrary notwithstanding. In the coming year, government will be able, besides meeting ordinary expenses to pay three millions and an half on account of British and French conventions, and about eight millions for the interest and towards the further discharge of the principal of the public debt—without any additional burthen. Thus it appears, that there is revenue enough, when prudently and faithfully managed, for every desirable purpose, without taxing lands and houses, notes of hand, or any internal convenience of the citizens. [Observatory.]
A most outrageous, indecent and incessant outcry has been made against the government for their conduct in regard to the Berceau , but let it be remembered that none but a just and generous administration would or could have behaved with the dignity which the present has displayed: an economical administration could alone have been able, and a magnanimous one only would have been willing:—Perhaps Washington, would have done in this particular as Jefferson has done. It is a doubt whether or not Adams would, although it was only an elegant fulfilment of his own engagements.
Improvement in Building.
Mr. S. W. Johnson, of New-Brunswick, N. Jersey, has just finished a building twenty-seven feet long, nineteen wide and fifteen high, with chamber and loft floors in it, capable of bearing great weights, and a tiled roof. The walls of which (excepting the foundation) are entirely of the commonest loil, and cost not more than 40. per superficial square foot. They have the apparent solidity of stone, and lie in solid blocks, some of eleven and an half feet long, three high and eighteen inches thick, and others seven and a half feet long, same height and thickness; the joints are broke and the blocks layed at the corners as headers, appear to be of hewn stone, and coated on the outside with lime and sand, which gives it a handsome appearance. Buildings of this kind have been known to stand in a remote part of Europe one hundred and sixty years, and the proprietor has no doubt of their durability here. He states, he could have carried it with safety two stories higher, but for the purpose it is intended, it has altitude enough. He also states, that when these walls are perfectly dry, grain may at any time afterwards be laid against them with safety, they being impervious to atmospheric moisture. Had these walls been of brick, the mason's wages would have amounted to more than the whole expense, independent of bricks, lime and sand, and would not have been so healthful. We are further gratified to find
Mr. Johnson means to publish a full account of it with plates. Also, of the English mode of mud walling, with some hints upon turnpike roads, with scales of elevations and depressions, for concave as well as convex roads, which being either the result of his own experience or what he has been an eye witness to as practically useful for years, will make a volume intrinsically valuable in this country, where improvements, though daily going on, are still in their infancy. (N. J. paper.)
National Legislature.
Eighth Congress—Second Session. House of Representatives.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14.
THE speaker laid before the House a letter from the secretary of the navy, enveloping a report on the navy pension fund, which was ordered to be printed.
Dr. Mitchill presented a memorial from Wm. Dunbar of the Mississippi territory on the subject of his claim to a certain tract of land at Natchez—referred to the committee appointed on the same subject during the present session.
Dr. Leib mentioned to the house the condition in which the public buildings (the arsenal at Philadelphia) the property of the United States were; one of the sections was raised to the first floor, and some other parts were less unfinished, indeed all the uncovered parts of the building were more or less suffering delapidation or going to decay: he thought it would be found prudent to finish them in order to preserve them. He therefore moved that a committee be appointed to enquire into the expediency of making provision by law for the completion of the public buildings belonging to the United States near Philadelphia—referred to a select committee of three members.
Mr. G. W. Campbell moved to instruct the committee appointed on that part of the president's message which relates to an enlargement of the capital employed in commerce with the Indian tribes, to enquire into what alterations and amendments are necessary to the laws regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and preserving peace on the frontiers, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. Agreed to. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, NOV. 15.
Mr. M. Clay presented the petition of the stockholders of the Alexandria marine insurance company praying to be authorised to make insurance on horses &c. from loss by fire; referred to a select committee of three.
Mr. J. Randolph presented a petition from Joseph Jackson and Charles Spencer, executors of Doctor William Carter, stating that he was entitled by his services, during our revolutionary war in the hospital department to certain lands; but legislative being necessary to enable them to obtain the same, they pray congress to consider the cause, and do what justice requires. Referred to the committee of claims.
Mr. J. Randolph moved the order of the day on the bill making further appropriation for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Great Britain.
Mr. J. C. Smith in the chair. The blank was filled with 70,000 dollars the committee then rose and reported the bill.
The house agreed to the same as reported, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
A message from the President of the United States was received, accompanied by the report of the secretary of the navy communicating the documents requested by the house relative to the affair of the Intrepid Ketch under the command of Capt. Decatur, who it was announced had been promoted to the rank of Capt. in the navy of the United States. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Sloan presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of the townships of Weymouth, Gallo-way and Egg harbour in New-Jersey, praying the establishment of a post-road through the same. Referred to the committee on post-offices and roads.
Mr. Alston moved to refer the act of N. Carolina authorising the State of Tennessee to perfect titles to lands referred to that State by the cession act to a select committee of five, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. Agreed.
Dr. Mitchill made a report from the committee of commerce and manufactures on the petition of the slate companies of N. York and Dutchess counties, concluding that any additional duty on imported slate at this time will be inexpedient. The general principle upon which this report was bottomed, being of considerable importance, and likely to excite discussion, he moved to refer it to a committee of the whole, and that it be made the order of Tuesday next;
agreed, and in the mean time ordered to be printed.
Mr. Newton stated a fact relative to a citizen of Georgia, who had been sued in that state; but the creditor finding the citizen was coming to Washington, dismissed his suit there, and procured his arrest here: the debtor as a stranger, for want of bail must have gone to prison, but thro' the humanity of the marshal who accompanied him to several places in the territory in search of a friend, the debtor was fortunate enough to procure the requisite security, and thereby avoided the hardships of imprisonment. To prevent in future this species of oppression to which strangers are liable, he moved that a select committee of five be appointed to enquire whether any, and if any, what alterations are necessary to be made in the laws of the district of Columbia relative to holding persons to bail, and that they be authorised to report by bill or otherwise.
A committee of five was appointed accordingly.
FRIDAY, NOV. 16.
The engrossed bill making further appropriation for carrying into effect the treaty of amity commerce and navigation between the United States and Great Britain, was read a third time and passed.
Mr. R. Griswold moved for the appointment of a committee to enquire what further provisions ought to be made by law for the encouragement of the fisheries of the United States the motion was carried; and the report on this subject made at the last session was referred to the same.
Mr. Jackson moved for the appointment of a committee to consider of the making provision for the application of the money heretofore appropriated for laying out and making certain public roads. A committee of five was appointed.
Mr. Kennedy presented a petition from a number of the inhabitants of Roanoke, &c. in N. Carolina, praying a port of entry may be established at the town of Plymouth—referred to the committee already appointed on that subject.
Mr. Findly from the committee of Elections reported that the members who had been returned in the place of those who had resigned or deceased were entitled to take their seats.
Mr. Bryan reported from the committee on the official letter of Mr. T. Claxton, door-keeper of the House of Representatives, respecting the admission of chaplains to preach in the chamber of Congress; that in the case stated by him, he had acted with propriety, and they recommended a resolution to the following effect. That no person shall be authorised to preach in this chamber unless by consent of the Speaker, or being introduced by one of the chaplains.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Copy of a message from the president of the United States to congress, on the subject of the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia.
To the house of representatives of the U. S.
Agreeably to your resolution of the 6th instant, I now lay before you a statement of the circumstances attending the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, with the names of the officers and the number of men employed on the occasion; to which I have to add that lieutenant Decatur was thereupon advanced to be a captain in the navy of the United States.
TH: JEFFERSON.
Nov. 13, 1804.
Navy Department, Nov. 13, 1804. SIR,
Agreeably to your letter of the 10th inst. and the resolution of the house of representatives of the 9th inst. there-with sent to me, I have the honor to enclose a statement of the circumstances attending the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, with the names of the officers and the number of men employed on the occasion.
I have the honor to be with great respect, sir your most obedient humble servant. ROBERT SMITH. President of the U. S.
Statement of the circumstances attending the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, with the names of the officers, and the number of men employed on the occasion, as laid before the president by the secretary of the navy; November 13, 1804.
On the 31st January, 1804, commodore Preble lying with his squadron in the harbor of Syracuse, gave orders to lieutenant Charles Stewart, commanding the brig Syren, of sixteen guns, and to lieutenant Stephen Decatur, jun. commanding Ketch Intrepid of four guns and seventy-five men, to proceed to Tripoli, and to destroy the frigate Philadelphia of forty-four guns, then lying in the harbor of Tripoli. Lieutenant Decatur had orders to enter the harbor in the night, board and set fire to the Philadelphia, and lieutenant Stewart was ordered to take the best possible posi-
tion without the harbor to cover the retreat.
Under these orders they proceeded immediately to the coast of Tripoli, but owing to very heavy gales of wind, that usually prevail there in the winter season, the enterprise could not be undertaken until the 16th February when lieutenant Stewart having taken the best possible position to effect the object of his instructions, lieutenant Decatur, at 7 o'clock in the night entered the harbour of Tripoli, boarded and took possession of the Philadelphia.
This frigate at the time she was boarded had all her guns mounted and charged, and lying within half gun shot of the bathous castle and of his principal battery. Two Tripolitan cruisers were lying within two cables length on the starboard quarter, and several gun-boats within half gun shot of the starboard bow—and all the batteries on shore were opened upon the assailants; about twenty men of the Philadelphia were killed, a large boat full got off, and one man was made prisoner.
After having gained possession of the frigate, lieutenant Decatur set fire to her store rooms, gun room, cockpit and birth deck, and with a firmness highly honorable to him, his officers and men, they remained on board until the flames had issued from the ports of the gun deck and the hatchways of the spar deck, and they continued in the Ketch along side the frigate until the fire had communicated to her rigging and tops.
Lieutenant Decatur did not lose a man and had but one slightly wounded.
FROM THE HAVANA.
Letters from that place advise, that a proclamation is issued by the government, whereby horses will not be a passport for the admission of American vessels after the 1st of December, and that those only that have flaves on board will be admitted.
NEW-ORLEANS, Oct. 4.
On Tuesday the 2d instant William C. Claiborne, Governor of the Territory of Orleans, took the oaths of office, which were administered in the Hall of the Municipality, by James Pidot, Esq. Mayor of this city; in presence of the officers civil and military, the Clergy, and of a large concourse of respectable citizens: Previous to taking the oaths of Governor delivered the following address, which was afterwards read in French by Mr. Derbigny:
FELLOW-CITIZENS,
The President of the U. States having been pleased to appoint me Governor of that part of Louisiana, which is constituted "The Territory of Orleans," I have attended in this Hall, fellow citizens, to take in your presence the oaths of office required by law.
In this additional and distinguished proof of confidence from the chief magistrate of our common country, I find the strongest inducements to merit by my conduct, a continuance of his approbation; to deserve yours also, fellow citizens, is my sincere desire, and shall be the fondest object of my cares.
All the felicity which a recent domestic calamity has left for me to seek or enjoy, is in contributing to the happiness of those over whom I am called to preside. The importance of the trust committed, and the high responsibility attached thereto, are forcibly impressed upon my mind, and have excited the most anxious solicitude. On entering however upon my arduous duties, I anticipate with pleasure the powerful aid which I shall receive from the judicial and legislative authorities, and the kind indulgence and support which a generous people always extend to the honest efforts of a public officer. Past events, fellow citizens, guarantee the fulfillment of these expectations. In the course of my late administration, which from a variety of circumstances, was accompanied with peculiar difficulties, I received from the officers, civil and military, a zealous and able co-operation in all measures for the public good, and from the people in general an indulgence and support which encouraged harmony, and insured the supremacy of the law.
I am now ready to take and subscribe the oaths of office required—and I pray Almighty God to visit with his favor the magistrates and legislators of this territory, to enable them to preserve to her citizens and their posterity, the blessings of peace, liberty, and laws; thus to soften those evils which a wise Providence has annexed in this world to the condition of man. Wm. C. CLAIBORNE. New Orleans, Oct. 4th. 1804.
On the 26th ult. death deprived the governor of his wife and only child. The affecting manner in which this calamity was introduced drew tears from many of the audience.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
Bombardment of Tripoli.
Capt. Williams, of the Dolphin, who arrived at Philadelphia in 49 days from Leghorn, direct, brings the following important Intelligence: That advices from Malta had been received there of Commodore Preble's success against Tripoli; that officer had bombarded the city, and done much damage to it and the fortifications, and had sunk or taken a large Zebec, and three Gun Boats, with the loss of the commander of one of the gun-boats, &c. and was preparing for a second attack. This account was brought to Malta by a gentleman from Tripoli; but nothing is said respecting Captain Brainbridge or his crew. Capt. Williams did not touch at Gibraltar, nor any other place.
Extracts from a letter, to a respectable Merchant in this city dated, LEGHORN, SEPT. 25, 1804.
Dear Sir,
"I wrote to you in July, by Mr. Donavan, of Philadelphia, and gave you a short account of our prospects relative to the war with Tripoli. Commodore Preble's conduct since has been extremely judicious—the annexed extract will inform you of the consequences which have already attended his exertions, and will tend to prove that the measures which I have so strenuously recommended to government, were founded upon a probability of success; in my next I hope to be enabled to inform you of an advantageous peace having taken place at the expence of the Basha's pride."
Extract of a letter from Mr. Higgins at Malta, to I. L. Catbcart, dated Malta, Sept. 25.
DEAR SIR,
"I am in receipt of late letters from Commodore Preble off Tripoli, he had then made two attacks upon the Barbarians, the first by day, he took three of their gun boats, the second by night, he sunk three more and a large Polacca; he has I presume ere this made another assault, the result of which I am hourly expecting to learn. The reinforcement from America has not yet arrived—if they do arrive in time to form a junction with the force under the command of Commodore Preble, before the bad weather commences, I do think the Basha will accede to any terms that may be proposed to him, he has already come down very considerably in his demands, relinquishing entirely, I believe his hopes of future tribute."
New-Hampshire Legislature.
CONCORD, NOV. 28.
On Wednesday the 21 instant the Legislature commenced their session in this town, agreeably to adjournment in June last. That and the following day were principally taken up in reading and committing private petitions for various purposes.
On Friday at 12 o'clock, his Excellency the Governor, attended by the Honorable Council, and escorted by a respectable committee from the Senate and House, met the two Branches in the Representatives chamber, and delivered to the Legislature the following
SPEECH.
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Senate; Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives;
ASSEMBLED at this time, to which the Legislature was adjourned agreeably to your request, for the purpose of performing the public duties required by the Constitution—while we gratefully acknowledge our obligations to the Supreme Governor of the world, for the exalted privileges with which our country has been favoured—may we unite our efforts, as the Representatives of a free people, in devising the best means of promoting the public welfare, and for securing the individual rights and lasting happiness of our fellow-citizens.
It seems to be a principle uncontroverted, that none but a virtuous people can long support a free Government. How important is it then that the promotion of virtue should be duly regarded in the formation and execution of laws; that encouragement and support should be given to institutions calculated to inform the mind, and instruct in the moral and religious duties.
Since the last session of the Legislature, I have received a letter from the Secretary of State, informing, that the amendment proposed during the last session of Congress, to the Constitution of the United States, respecting the manner of voting for President and Vice-President of the United States, has been ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States. This letter will be laid before you.
I have also received a letter from his Excellency to Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in

Calling a resolution of their Legislature, proposing an amendment of the Constitution of the United States as it respects the apportionment of Representatives among the several States, and confining the same to the numbers of free inhabitants respectively. The letter and resolution will be laid before you. The importance of the proposed amendment, and respect for the doings of a sister State, claim and will undoubtedly have, your candid and deliberate attention. The Constitution of the United States was undoubtedly formed with much deliberation, and ought not to be altered without manifest reasons therefor: yet it was wisely provided, that alterations might be made, if found necessary. Representatives and direct taxes are included in the same article in the Constitution, and were to be apportioned among the States on the same principles. That part of the article which respects direct taxes, appears to be nominal; while the proportion of Representatives from some of the States is greatly increased in consequence of the large numbers of slaves they hold: and the importation of slaves, which, it is said, is now publicly allowed by one or more of the States, has a tendency further to increase the inequality of representation.
The several matters unfinished at the last session, or referred to the present, will occupy your attention: and I cannot omit mentioning particularly that which respects a building for the confinement of criminals, as being highly important.
Whatever business you may think proper to lay before me, will meet my ready attention. And be assured, Gentlemen, that I shall esteem it a pleasure to co-operate with you in measures calculated to promote justice, and advance the general welfare.
JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN. State of New-Hampshire, November 23. 1804. Answer of the SENATE.
May it please your Excellency, ASSEMBLED at this time, to perform the duties enjoined upon us by the Constitution of this State, and taking into consideration the happy situation of our public affairs, we feel ourselves bound to acknowledge with gratitude the many unmerited favors and exalted privileges, which we thro' the blessings of Divine Providence enjoy, under our present free and enlightened Republican Government. Be assured Sir, our united efforts shall be exerted, in devising the best means to promote the public welfare, to protect and secure the civil and religious rights of our Constituents, against the arts and intrigues of designing men.
Sensible that virtuous habits are the surest preservatives of a free Government, we consider it our duty to encourage and support those institutions, the best calculated to inform and instruct the mind in moral and Religious duties; and we regret that the institutions established according to the indications of Divine Providence for the benefit of mankind, should ever be made instrumental in attempts to subvert the only free government now existing; instead of affording encouragement to support it under our present successful experiment, or that any should attempt to weaken the Energies of a FREE PEOPLE, by declaring that our Representative Government cannot long exist, or by invidious comparisons of it with other systems.
With pleasure and satisfaction we receive your Excellency's communication, of the ratification of the Amendment of the Federal Constitution, in the choice of President and Vice-President of the United States; hoping thereby to escape those dangers to which we have so recently been exposed.
That part of your Excellency's communication relative to an Amendment of one of the fundamental Articles of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Legislature of Massachusetts will be duly attended to, and the subject receive all that candor and deliberation with respect for the doings of a sister State and the more important consideration of preserving the Union of the several States merit. We coincide with your Excellency in the belief that the system of our general government was framed and adopted after much solemn deliberation, and that the provision made for alterations as time and experience might point out the necessity, was wise; and also that reasons for a change ought to be clear and strong, lest while endeavoring to avoid some apparent inconvenience, greater unforeseen disadvantages are produced, and by one change after another the Constitution essentially altered; and the harmony of the system destroyed.
From the history of other nations, we have no right to expect a perpetual exemption from war, and under our present happy situation, direct taxation, may appear nominal yet, should we be so unfortunate as to be engaged in war, that
would not be the case. For from the probable failure of other resources, direct taxation, must be resorted to; and should this amendment take place, we should from the reduction of representation in those States, to which the proposed alteration alludes, throw a much heavier burthen on our agricultural interest than could be imposed under the present State of that article.
Disapproving of slavery as we do, we lament that one of our sister States has repealed their law prohibiting the importation of slaves; yet we flatter ourselves in the contemplation, that the time is not far distant, when Congress will have a Constitutional right to put a stop to that inhuman traffic, and no serious evil we presume can accrue to us, by the increase of representation from the importation of slaves in the short period of four years.
Convinced of the importance of having a secure place for the confinement of convicts to labor, we shall use our utmost endeavors to progress therein, as fast as the nature of the undertaking will admit, without laying too great a burthen at once, upon our constituents. The unfinished business of the last session, and such other matters as may now come before us, will be punctually attended to; nor doubting of your Excellency's cheerful co-operation with us, in promoting justice, and the general welfare.
ELECTORS.
On Saturday last, the Legislature completed the sorting and counting the votes for Electors of President and Vice-President of the U. States, when the result was as follows:
Whole number of votes 17,452 Necessary to make a choice, 8,727 The following gentlemen, having received the number of votes annexed to their respective names, were declared chosen—viz.
 John Goddard 9084  Lewis Bartlett 9088  Timothy Walker 9048  Jonathan Steele 9033  Robert Alcock 9075  George Aldrich 8995  William Tarlton 9072 
Portsmouth TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1804.
We are unable to present our readers with a single article of News from Europe.
The Legislature of this State has appointed the Hon. NICHOLAS GILMAN, Esq. Senator to Congress, vice Simon Alcott, Esq.
A statement of Electors of President and Vice President, gives from the United States 164 republican, and 12, from Delaware and Connecticut, federal. We now have all the evidence the case will admit, of the support which Mr. Jefferson will receive in the next election. And can we refuse to recollect how much has been done to vilify him? Not only has every personal reflection been indulged, but every thing has been said to impeach his abilities. The result has been a full investigation of all the charges against him, and the public conviction has been favourable to his best reputation. We are not to expect that all opposition will cease. They who have interested themselves by the strongest passions to oppose him, will have prejudices strong enough to oblige them to persevere. The friends of truth must be as vigilant against misrepresentation and deception. They should pass in review all the measures respecting Louisiana; the war intended at one time, and deprecated at another; the slanders which have quickly succeeded, and as suddenly disappeared. An attentive observer will be well instructed in the spirit of the opposition.
(Salem Rep.) From the WEST-INDIES.
The Ich. Resolution, Capt. Banger, arrived at Wilmington, N. C. left Baltimore, October 1. On the 26th Sept. the French privateer ship Grande Decide, capt. Goy, of said Island, mounting 22 guns, arrived at Point Peter, from a cruise to windward of Barbadoes, having taken an English Guineaman, of 20 guns and 340 slaves, the Princess Royal, a government brig of Barbadoes, of 14 guns, and a small Schooner called the Demerara Packet. The privateer had taken out of the Guineaman 200 prime slaves, with which she had arrived at Point Peter, she had also arrived. The Guineaman and brig had not arrived at the time of captain B's sailing.
At the moment of captain B's making ready to sail, arrived in Baltimore roads, the French privateer ship Le Dams Ambert captain Lamsque, of said Island, mounting 16 twelve pound carronades, with two prize ships the Ann and Diana, of Liverpool, under convoy, both armed Guineamen one of as the other of 18 guns, having together five hundred and forty-three slaves. Captain Lamsque fell in with the two ships about 100 leagues to windward of Barbadoes, and engaged them both at the same time—having boarded one, the other attempted to escape, but the privateer immediately pursued and shortly came up with her. This was formerly the Duke of Marlborough packet, and the same which took the British Hoop of war Lilly, Capt. Compton,
MARRIED. In Concord, Nov. 18. Mr. THADDEUS EASTMAN of Canaan, to Miss BETSY EASTMAN—In this town, Mr. WILLIAM COGGIN, to Miss SARAH LANG—Mr. SAMUEL HALL, the ad, to Miss ELIZABETH GILMAN.
DIED. In Concord, on the 23d ult. after a severe sickness of the dysentery, Mr. JOHN SOUTHER, in the 45th year of his age.
AUCTIONS.
To be sold at Chadwick's Bell Tavern, on the 26th day of December, instant, at Auction,
THAT valuable Lot of LAND, containing about two acres and an half, fronting on the South road leading from the Mill pond to the Pound—adjoining land belonging to Col. John Langdon, in the West, and Mr. Amos Fernald and others, on the East, running from the South road to the Mill pond—well situated for building Lots—Twenty feet will be allowed by the adjoining Proprietor for a road.
Two shares in the Piscataqua Bridge—And a strong, well built family CHAISE—A map of the Lot may be seen, and conditions known at the time and place of sale.
Portsmouth, December 3, 1804.
THIS DAY,
At S. LITTLE'S Office, A QUANTITY of ENGLISH GOODS, consisting of Broad Cloths, Cassimeres, Swan'sdown, Cambricks, Looking-Glasses, Chintzes, Hosiery, Shawls, Morocco Shoes, Boys do. and many other articles.
Sale at 10 o'clock. Just received—200 boxes Brown Soap, which will be sold low for cash or credit. Dec. 4.
SALE AT AUCTION,
On FRIDAY, 7th December, 1804, at No. 3, Bow-street, Portsmouth, a valuable assortment of MERCHANDIZE, without reserve—viz.
TWENTY ps. Broad Cloths; 25 ps. dark Coatings; 14 ps. Duffles; 60 pair Rose Blankets, 2 to 10 1/2 20 ps. Callico; 10 ps. Copperplate; 50 ps. Irish Linen; 13 doz. Hose; 50 doz. Pocket Books; 6 Braisers; 3 doz. Japaned Lamps; 23 3/4 yds. Elastic; 2 yds. Velvet; 28 3/4 yds. Thickset; 1 piece Corduroy; 2 ps. Marceilles Quilting; 1 piece Lustrine; 1 piece India Cotton; 2 Book Muslin; Silk Shawls, &c. Also, 4 ps. superfine Rattens; and one case of Hats, to close the sales of a consignment.
Conditions—All sums below 100 dollars, cash; all above, 60 days credit, on giving approved endorser's notes, payable at either of the Banks in Portsmouth.
Alex'r Ewen, Auctioneer. Dec. 4, 1804.
NEW FLOUR.
Just received from New-York, and for Sale by J. Langdon, jr.
ONE Hundred barrels superfine FLOUR. ALSO in STORE, 2d and 3d proof St. Vincents RUM, per puncheon; High 4th proof ALICANT BRANDY; 1st and 2d proof HOLLAND GIN; Few half pipes London Mt. Madeira WINE of the first quality; Number bags Sumatra PEPER; COCOA SHELLS; Ship and Pilot BREAD; Philadelphia square and flat IRON; Sweets do. do. do. 3d 4d 6d, HOOP IRON; Deck, Spike, Nail, and Horse Shoe NAIL RODS; Liverpool and Isle of May SALT; SHEATHING PAPER; ROSIN; Bright and Blk. VARNISH; Spirits of TURPENTINE; Together with a general Assortment of Groceries. For cash, credit, or country produce. Wanted a few thousand yards good TOW CLOTH.
THE Commissioners named in a Commission of Bankruptcy against CLEMENT JACKSON of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, Merchant, and the assignee of the estate of said Bankrupt intend to meet on Monday the thirty first day of December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the office of Jeremiah Libby, Esq. in said Portsmouth, in order to make a dividend of said Bankrupt's estate and effects. When and where the creditors who have not already proved their debts under said commission, are hereby required to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend.
JEREMIAH MASON, assignee. Portsmouth, December 4.
TO LET,
HALF of a very convenient HOUSE on Church-Hill, if applied for in a few days—For further particulars, inquire of GEORGE W. WENDELL, at his store in Bew-street.
THE GRAND LODGE, will convene the 12th instant, at Chapout's chambers, Ladd-street, next door to the Portsmouth Bank.
FOR SALE, The cargo of the brig Triton, Consisting of Best retailing Molasses; —ALSO—Clay'd & brown SUGAR. Apply to CLEMENT STORER, No. 9, Portsmouth Pier.
Souchong Tea, &c.
SOUCHONG TEA, by the whole and quarter chest; MALAGA WINE, per quarter cask; best Roll BRIMSTONE; LUCCA OIL—
For Sale by EDMUND H. QUINCY. Dec. 4, 1804.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
Rockingham, ss. THIS is to give notice to all persons having claims or demands against the estate of JOHN SMITH, late of the Island of Tobago, deceased, intestate, who lately died at Epping, in said county; to call upon Jacob Smith, of Hallowell, in the county of Kennebec, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and receive their dues. And all persons indebted to said estate, are hereby called upon to make payment to me as soon as may be—And as it is indispensably necessary that I should (as soon as may be) repair to said Island of Tobago, to take care of such property of said deceased as he left there—I will after my return from thence attend upon all persons relating to said estate, at the house of Daniel Watson, innholder in Epping, in said county, on the third Wednesday of July next, and at such other times afterwards as may be necessary to complete the settlement of said estate. JACOB SMITH, Administrator.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT the subscribers have been duly appointed administrators to the estate of JOHN WARDROBE, late of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, merchant, deceased—and have taken upon themselves that trust by giving bonds as the law directs; and all persons having demands upon the estate of the said JOHN WARDROBE are required to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to the said estate are called upon to make payment to ANN WARDROBE, B. BRIERLEY, Administrators. Dec. 4, 1804.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in NEW-CHES-TER, in the county of Grafton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1804; that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the thirty first day of January next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of the subscriber in said New-Chester, at ten o'clock in the forenoon on said day, unless prevented by previous payment.
The following lots are in the 3d division.
  NAMES. No. Quantity. Highway C.C. C.C. C.C. C.C. C.C. C.C.    
Lots in 4th division.
  John Gorden 13 100 98 6 20 40 40 10  Robt. Fletcher 19 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  Robt. Craige 24 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  John Tolford 24 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  Jere. Colburn 27 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  S. Ferrington 28 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  John Tolford 29 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  Soley & March 30 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  Henry Hall 31 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  John Aikin 32 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  J. M'Murphy 36 100 62 3 12 24 24 6  Rich'd Pearl 38 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  J. Tolford & Jona Ingals 39 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  James Quinn 42 100 98 6 12 40 40 10  M. Thornton 43 100 107 6 22 44 44 11  M. Livermore 74 100 107 6 22 44 44 11  John White 80 100 98 6 20 40 40 10  John Kelley 81 100 98 6 20 40 40 10  Jere. Colburn 82 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  M. Thornton 87 100 78 5 16 32 32 8  Robert White 88 100 88 5 18 36 36 9  H. Herring 67 50 39 2 8 16 16 4  Arch. Dunlap 93 100 107 6 22 44 44 11  PHINEHAS SARGENT, Collector.  New-Chester, Nov. 28, 1804.  
CAME into the inclosure of the subscriber on or about the first of June last, a brindle STEER, with one horn shorter than the other—the owner may have him again by paying charges. SAM. SHERBURNE.
For Charleston, S. C. THE ship FARMER, THOMAS GOODWIN, master, will positively sail in all next week; for freight or passage apply to the master on Board. Dec. 4, 1804.
Portsmouth Aqueduct.
THE proprietors are hereby notified, that their annual meeting will be holden in the east chamber of the state house, on the first Wednesday in January next, at three o'clock in the afternoon, for the choice of Directors Clerk, and Treasurer—and to transact any other business relating to the Corporation. THOMAS THOMPSON, Proprietors Clerk.
NOTICE is also given to all persons who receive water from the Aqueduct, that the contract expires on the 30th inst. December, and must be renewed by all such as wish to have the water continued—any person desirous of having the water taken from their houses may have it discontinued in future—terms may be known by applying to the Directors or their Agent.
N. B. 'Tis evident that a leak, or waste of water is the cause of the present scanty supply, in some houses on high ground—this is therefore to offer Ten dollars Reward, to any person, who may discover such leak or outlet so that it may be stopped. THOMAS THOMPSON, Agent for the Directors.
NOTICE.
Rockingham ss. THE subscriber, Executor of the Estate of the late Mrs. ELEANOR SHACKFORD, late of Portsmouth, deceased intends to present his account of administration of said estate to the Judge of Probate, at Exeter on Monday the 17th inst. at 11 o'clock A. M. the heirs and others concerned are notified to attend and show cause why the same may not be allowed. GEO. WENTWORTH. Portsmouth Dec. 3, 1804.
PATENT MEDICINES.
Sold by Appointment at the Store of PEIRCE, HILL & PEIRCE, MARKET-STREET. PATENT and family Medicines, celebrated for the cure of most diseases to which the human body is liable. Particularly Worms, Ring Worms, Rheumatism, Tetters, Gout, Palsy, Tooth Ache, Coughs and Colds, Diseases of the eyes, Female complaints, Inward weakness, Fever and Ague, Nervous disorders, Asthma, Head-Ache, Deafness, Hooping Cough, Consumption, Itch. Which for extensive usefulness are not equalled by any other MEDICINES; their properties and qualities have been universally proved and tested, so to leave no doubt whatever of their efficacy. —ALSO—
Chambaud's Antasthmatic LOZENGES.
CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, & HOOPING COUGH, immediately relieved and speedily cured by Chambaud's Antasthmatic Lozenges—As a foreign remedy for the above complaints stands unequalled; not an instance has occurred (though taken by many thousand patients) wherein they have been known to fail; so superior are their virtues over every medicine, that, if the patient be ever so emaciated or reduced, having tried every medical assistance, they will act as it were by a charm, and instantly relieve the most inveterate cough, give ease and freedom to respiration, promote gentle expectoration, strengthen the debilitated constitution, procuring refreshing comfort of rest and sleep, and quickly effect a permanent cure.
HOOPING COUGH.
To Parents who have Children affected with the Hooping Cough. This medicine is of the greatest importance, as it affords immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time, entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable. The Lozenges are so perfectly agreeable, and the dose is so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it.
Dr. Bardwell's Genuine EYE WATER.
THIS MEDICINE possesses great and infallible efficacy in diseases of the Eyes and Eye-lids, from whatever causes they may arise, as recent colds, relics of the small pox, or measles, scurvy, scrofula, or any kind of acrimony in the blood, or juices in cases of ophthalmia, habitual inflammation, excoriated and ulcerated eye-lids, and that hitherto deemed incurable disease, the gaping or reverted eye-lid, it has a specific and very surprising power, as physicians and surgeons of great eminence can attest; it also clears and strengthens the sight, removes specks and films, and restores the eye-lashes, though apparently destroyed for many years. The preparation is simple, and may be applied at any time of life.

Miscellaneous Repository. WINTER. WHEN Winter's grey and grisly form, Exulting leavers cold and pain; Templesious bears the hollow storm, And icy torrents drench the plain. Chill'd from its native parent spray, The fated blossom droops its head; No more to boast the genial ray, That all its infant graces fed. Thus life's gay roses frequent fade, Sad victims to disease and death; Thus virtue's charms are oft betray'd, And nipp'd by fate's untimely breath. Warm'd by the gale that zephyrs breathe, Soon shall the forest bloom again; The rose resume its wonted hue, And SPRING destroy the tyrant's reign.
LOVE AND LIBERTY. BY R. TYLER, ESQ. IN briar dell, or thicker brown, On mountain high, in lowly vale, Or where the shistle sheds its down, And sweet fern scents the passing gale— There hop the birds from bush to tree, Love fills their throats, Love twells their notes, Their song is Love and Liberty. No parent bird shall love direct; His fair he seeks in plummy throng, Caught by the plumage of her neck, Or kindred softness of her song. They sing and bill from bush to tree, Love fills their throats, Love twells their notes, Their song is Love and Liberty. Some airy longleg's feather'd shape, O! could my love and I assume; The ring dove's glossy neck he take, And I the modest turtle's plume— O then we'd sport from bush to tree, Love fill our throats, Love twell our notes, Our song be Love and Liberty!
Character of a true friend. CONCERNING the man you call your friend, tell me—Will he weep with you in the hour of distress? Will he faithfully reprove you to your face for actions for which others are cen- suring or ridiculing you behind your back? Will he dare to stand forth in your defence, when detraction is se- cretly aiming its deadly weapons at your reputation? Will he acknow- ledge you with the same cordiality, and behave to you with the same friendly attention, in the company of your superiors in rank and fortune, as when the claims of pride or vanity do not interfere with those of friend- ship? If misfortune or losses should oblige you to retire into a walk of life in which you cannot appear with the same distinction, or entertain your friends with the same liberality as for- merly, will he still think himself hap- py in your society, and instead of gradually withdrawing himself from an unprofitable connection, take plea- sure in professing himself your friend, and cheerfully assist you to support the burden of your afflictions? When sickness shall call you to retire from the gay and busy scenes of the world, will he follow you into your gloomy retreat, listen with attention to your "tale of symptoms," and minister the balm of consolation to your fainting spirit? And lastly, when death shall burst asunder every earthly tie, will he shed a tear upon your grave, and lodge the dear remembrance of your mutual friendship in his heart, as a treasure never to be resigned? The man who will not do all this, may be your companion, your flatterer, your seducer; but, depend upon it, he is not your Friend.
The following is an authentic copy of a letter from the late celebrated Doctor FRANKLIN, to a friend in England, on the subject of the first Campaign made by the British in America.
"DEAR SIR, "I AM to set out to-morrow for the camp, and having heard of the op- portunity, can only write a line to say that I am well and hearty. Tell our good friend ***, who sometimes has his doubts and dispondencies about our firmness, that America is determined and unanimous, a very few tories and placemen excepted, who will probably soon export themselves. Britain, at the expence of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankies this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head—and at Bunker's Hill she gained one mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data, his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expence necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory. "My sincere respects to _____, and to the Club of honest whigs at _____. Adieu. "I am ever yours most affec- tionately. "B. F."
A BULL—An Irish bookseller has just advertised that he has plenty of scarce books for sale.
NEW GOODS. JUST IMPORTED BY Peter Coffin, In the Ships Galen from London, and Sally from Liverpool, an extensive as- sortment of FASHIONABLE, FANCY and OTHER GOODS, Which are now opening, and for sale by wholesale and retail.—viz.
SUPERFINE , middling, and low priced Broad-Cloths; double mill'd Cashmeres; fine drab and othe- re Coatings; Ratteens; Kerseys; Fearnoughts; Forest-Cloths; Serges; Baizes; Flannels; Blankets; black and colored Wildbores; Camble- teens; Crapes; Denmark Lustres; Durants; Tammies; Shallons; Callimancoes; Ruffles; Moreens; Taboreens; Sattinets; Florentines; A great variety of Fashionable Waistcoating; black and olive Velvets; hunters Cords; black and other Shags; worsted and silk Plush; men's ribb'd Sattins; Fuf- tians; Jeans; Quiltings; Silk Vel- vets; Thicksets.
A large assortment of Calicoes and Chintzes; Chintz; dimities and copperplate Furnitures; Muslinnets; Dimities; Counterpanes. A large assortment of Book and Cambric Mullins; ele- gant colonade, lace, India and Cham- bray Mullins; colored Sarsenet Cam- bricks; Mullin Handkerchiefs. Camels hair, cambric, purple, chintz and silk Shawls; cambric, lin- en, cotton, romal, Bandannae and blk. silk Handkerchiefs.
Italian and Florence Silks; Pelice Silks; Lustrings; black white and green double Sarsenets; India Per- fians; Modes; Sattins; Tiffanies; Italian Crapes; Gauzes; Millinets; black Cypresses. Elegant white and black lace Veils; black lace Cloaks; black and white silk Laces; a large assortment thread Edgings and Laces; some very wide; Ribbons; cotton and silk Gown Trim- mings; gold and silver Trimmings; Fringes; Gown Buttons; silk Cords; silk Girdles; gold Eardrops; elegant dress Fans; Crape Fans.
A large assortment of Morocco and Kid Shoes; some with laced Patterns; walking Shoes; Shoe Roses; Shoe Ties; stock Stiff- eners; silk and cotton Braces. A great variety of Fashionable straw and willow Bon- nets; black and fancy Feathers; fancy flowers and Wreaths; straw Trim- mings; Parasols; Umbrellas. A large assortment of Men's and youths cotton, worsted and silk Hose; womens and misses cotton, silk and worsted Hose; wo- mens and misses cotton and worsted Gloves and Mitts; Pic nic and plain silk Gloves and Mitts; Kid Gloves; mens and womens black Garters; mens and womens worsted socks; womens worsted Gloves and Mitts; mens worsted and mill'd Caps; mens black and white gauze Hose; mens silk, worsted, thread & beaver Gloves; some lined with flannel; worsted Drawers.
A great variety of Bear and Jennet Muffs and Tippets; Fur Trimmings. A large assortment of Irish Linens; Irish Sheetings; Britannians; brown Holland; table Cloths, all sizes; Diapers, some 2yds wide; Napkins; yellow and green Canvas; check Linens; Threads; embroidering and other sewing Silks; Bindings; white chintz Bed Lace Cords and Tassels. Fashionable gilt, plated and silk Buttons; steel Knee-Buckles; Watch Chains, Seals and Keys. A large assortment of India Cottons, very cheap; cheap India Chintzes and Checks; blue Gur- rabs; Madras long Cloths; Nan- keens. A large assortment of Carpets and Carpeting. Portsmouth, October 2.
THE Creditors who have proved their debts under a commi- ssion of Bankruptcy against CLEM- ENT JACKSON, of Portsmouth, are notified to meet before the Com- missioners therein named, at the office of Jeremiah Libbey, Esq. in said Port- mouth, on Tuesday the 20th day of November instant, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to determine whether they will assent that the assignee of said Jackson's estate pay certain sums of money demanded of said estate in behalf of the United States for certain duties alleged to be owing from said Jackson before his bankruptcy. A general attendance of the creditors is requested. JEREMIAH MASON, Assignee. Portsmouth, November 13.
TO LET, TWO convenient rooms in a brick store in Market- street—inquire of the printer.
New Cash Store. Lem'l Draper Respectfully informs the Public that he has taken the new Brick Store, No. 2, Market-street, where he is now open- ing, and offers for sale, a very exten- sive assortment of the most Fashionable, Fancy and Staple PIECE GOODS, suitable for the present and approach- ing season—among which are
SUPERFINE Broad-Cloths, of a superior quality; plain and striped Cashmeres; Fashionable wollen Cords; Vigonia check Vesting; strip- ed silk velvet Waistcoating; silk Shag for Bonnets; fancy silk Shawls; ele- gant 6-4 do.; black Veiling; plaid Chambray Mullins; elegant laced Cambrics; do. Colonade Mullins; Tambor'd do.; 4-4 & 6-4 book, Jaco- net and Cambric Mullins; 4-4 & 6-4 color'd Sarsnet Cambrics; Chambray Fancies, of the newest taste; plaid, dark mourning and common Calli- coes; Ladies' English rose color'd silk Hose, with lace Clocks; white Laces and Edgings; black, do. do.; fancy silk Girdles; English white silk Gloves; do. black; do. flate color; French black, white and flate color'd do.; cotton, do.; Dimities; fancy kid and Morocco SHOES; Dunsta- ble Bonnets; black silk Velvet; 4-4 & 6-4 black Jaconet and Cambric Mullins; black and white Pariset Gauzes; black Sattins; do. Modes; do. Crapes, yd. wide; black Sinehaws and Luteftrings; changeable and plumb color'd do.; color'd Persians; black Bombazettes; do. Ruffles; Ratten- nets and Shalooms; plain and striped Wildbores; Durants and Caliman- coes; superfine Molkinns; Gentle- men's black and white silk Hose; do. with lace Clocks; superfine furniture Chintzes; common, do. do.; plain and striped Velvet and Velveteens; Toi- letts and Swansdowns; Madras and Gilla Handkerchiefs; Yellow Ban- dannoes; plain, figur'd & plaid Lute- string Ribbons; Italian sewing Silks; 4-4 9-8 & 5-4 Cammells hair Shawls, all colors.
Long white kid Gloves; Ladies' color'd cotton Hose; Gentle- men's black, white and flate color'd silk Gloves; do. Lambs wool, do.; black and blue Gennett, and mock Sable Muffs and Tippets; Fox, do.; Fearnoughts; Coatings; Orleans Stripes; Baizes and Flannels; mixed Plains; blue, do.; low priced Broad Cloths; Serges; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 quarter Rose Blanketts; Irish Linens; India Cottons; Diapers; Oil Cloths; white Buckram; Can- vass for Samplers; one case of Gen- tlemens' HATS, of a superior quality; Cotton Umbrellas; small look- ing Glasses, &c. &c. &c. *** The above, together with a great variety of other articles, generally called for in an English Goods Store, will be sold at prices, which cannot fail pleasing these Ladies and Gentlemen of town and country that may please to call. Portsmouth, November 6, 1804.
FOR SALE, And possession immediately given. A THREE story convenient DWELLING and LOT, sit- uated in a very pleasant and public part of the town of Portsmouth— Terms of payment will be made per- fectly easy to the purchaser, and credit given for a considerable part of the purchase if required.—For further particulars apply to the Printers. Portsmouth, October 30, 1804.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE— Grafton, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of Land in the town of PEELING, county and State aforesaid, who have not paid their State, county, school, town and highway taxes for the year 1804—that so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said town, on Wednesday the twentieth day of February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
   Original Grantees Number. Range. Number. Range. Number. Range. State tax County tax Town tax School tax Highway tax     Ralph Twombly, 21 10 5 15 15 4 7 25 18   John Tuttle, 5 4 14 10 7 12 18 6 10 32 30   Richard Kimball, 7 3 9 9 3 12 18 6 10 32 30   Capt. Rich'd Walden, 19 1 2 10 14 14 18 6 10 32 30   John Horn, junr. 11 1 6 12 15 4 7 25 18   Nathaniel Kimball, 15 1 15 9 7 12 18 6 10 32 30   Samuel Ambrose, 13 4 8 10 18 15 18 6 10 32 30   Otis Baker, 1 3 17 9 12 12 18 6 10 32 30   Joseph Ham, junr. 5 9 7 2 4 12 12   John Demeritt, 9 8 1 5 15 4 7 25 18   Robert Hill 1 15 3 2 7 6 6   John Demeritt, junr. 4 5 10 8 5 15 18 6 10 32 30   Joseph Hall, 19 3 4 13 15 4 7 12 12   Stephen Otis, 3 6 6 9 3 14 18 6 10 32 30   Joseph Roberts, 19 6 16 7 16 13 18 6 10 32 30   Israel Hodgdon, 10 1 4 9 6 13 18 6 10 32 30   Ambrose Bampton, 10 10 6 22 10 9 12 18 6 10 32 30   Daniel Hayes, 17 2 3 10 5 12 18 6 10 32 30   Stephen Pinkham, 10 14 3 2 7 6 6   B. Wentworth, Esq. 300 acres, 36 12 20 66 60   Ephraim Kimball, 16 10 15 12 15 4 7 25 18   Maul Hanlon, 1 7 4 8 16 13 18 6 10 32 30   Timothy Roberts, 5 5 7 2 4 25 18    JOSEPH RUSSELL, Collector. Peeling, November 13, 1804.
More NEW GOODS, CHEAP! Dan'l Weeks, No 2, Market-street, Has received an additional supply of Seasonable GOODS, Among which are
SUPERFINE Broad-Cloths: Dou- ble mill'd black and drab color'd Cashmeres of the very best quality; Drab Cord. A great variety of Silk, velvet and other Waist- coating; Black striped Velvets, at 4/6 per yard; Duffils; Coatings, from 5/ to 16/6 per yard; A great variety Chintzes, from 1/4 to 3/6 per yard. A large assortment of Black, white and colored Cambric Mullins, very cheap; Jaco- net Mullins, at 2/6 per yard; Italian and Florence Silks; India Lustrings and Sattins; Double Sarsenets; black patent Laces at a reduced price. A great variety of Mock fabric, Gennet and othe- er SKINS, dressed suitable for Muffs and Tippets;—A few low priced FUFFS, &c. &c. November 27.
BUILDING LOTS, TO BE SOLD, LYING on the south road, ad- joining land belonging to Col. John Langdon, on the West and to Amos Fernald and others east, run- ning from the Road to the Mill Pond —for particulars apply to JOHN WENTWORTH. Portsmouth, Nov. 13.
State of New-Hampshire— Strafford, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of OSSI- PEE, in said county, who have not paid their highway, State, county, school and town taxes for the present year—that so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Capt. Jacob Brown, innholder in said town, on the first Tuesday in February next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment to me the subscriber.
Out of the five-hundred acre Lots—
   Names. No. Quantity. Highway tax State tax County tax School tax Town tax     Theo. Atkinson, 45 400 1 0 16 5 17   Th. Wallingsford, 4 400 2 0 32 10 34   36 400 2 0 32 10 34   Tho's Packer, 30 300 3 0 48 15 51   John T. Dodge, 36 50 0 50 8 9 8    Hundred acre lots in the second or upper Division—     Quantity. Highway tax State tax County tax School tax Town tax     9 100 50 8 2 5   20 100 50 8 2 5   65 100 50 8 2 5   77 100 50 8 2 5   87 100 50 8 2 5   90 100 50 8 2 5   1 12 50 8 2 5    The hundred acre lots on Conway road.     Quantity. Highway tax State tax County tax School tax Town tax     15 100 50 8 2 5   17 100 50 8 2 5   18 100 50 8 2 5   93 100 50 8 2 5   94 100 50 8 2 5    The Waldron Kenison farm, so called—     Quantity. Highway tax State tax County tax School tax Town tax     50 1 16 5 17 26    ELIPHALET SIAS, Collector. Officer, October 29, 1804.
NEW GOODS. Edw'd Parry, Has just received a general assortment of Fall and Winter GOODS, among which are
SUPERFINE Broad & Forest CLOTHS: superfine double mill'd & common Cashmeres: Swan- downs and Toilenetts: black, twill'd and olive Velvets: fancy Cords and Thicksets: A large assortment of Chambray Mullins, of the latest fashion: color'd Sarsenets, and Cambric Mullin: Colonade, cobweb and sprig'd Mullin: Camels hair Shawls: fancy silk Handkerchiefs: Mullin and chintz Shawls: Chintzes, of every description: Irish Linens and Sheetings: India Cottons: Table Cloths and Diapers: silk and cotton Stockings: silk Mitts, and cotton Gloves: Jersey knit Stockings, of the best quality: Men's and Women's HATS, of the newest fashion: Muffs and Tippets: Baizes and Flannels. 20 bales of Lines; Netts; Sal- mon & sewing Twine: Shoe-Thread: With a large assortment of other Goods as usual, which will be sold cheap for cash or approved credit, at his store No. 10, Market-street. November 6, 1804.
E. CHADWICK, Informs his friends and customers in ge- neral, that being about quitting the line of business he is now in; he offers for sale the remains of his stock in trade, consisting chiefly of the following articles; at reduced prices for cash or approved credit, viz.
FOURTH Proof Cog- } BRAN- niac and Spanish } DIES. Malaga WINE: Hollands GIN: Florence OIL: Spermaceti do.:— Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson skin, Souchong } TEAS. and Bohea Loaf and lump SUGAR: FLOUR: Raisins: PEPPER: Pimento: Nut- megs: Cassia: Ginger: Starch: Indigo: COFFEE: Refined and coarse Salt-Petre: No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Patent SHOT: American Gun-Powder: Writing and Wrap- ping PAPER: Elliot's Snuff: Span- ish and American Segars: Fig To- bacco, of an excellent quality: Shaw- ling and bar Soap: Cotton: Rice: Bristol crown Window Glass: Log- wood: Redwood: Copperas: Al- lum: Roll Brimstone: Sulphur: Corks: Pipes: Demi-johns: Gin Cases: Stone Jugs, all sizes: Salt: Herds' Grass Seed: Large and small scale Beams and Scales: Half Hun- dred Weights: Lamp Black, &c. Portsmouth, November 20, 1804.
PROPOSALS By MUNROE and FRANCIS, Boston. W. & D. TREADWELL, Portsmouth, and THOMAS CLARK, Portland, For Printing by subscription, the first American Edition of the
Ancient History OF THE EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND PERSIANS, MACEDONIANS ASSYRIANS AND GRECIANS. By M. ROLLIN, late principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres. Illustrated with the following ENGRAVINGS—
 1 Head of M. Rollin—2 Antiquities of Egypt—3 Egyptian Obelisks—4 View of the City and Port of Alexandria and Isle of Pharos—5 Plan of Babylon—6 Plan of the City of Syracuse—