The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-08-22 00:00:00, page 4

RefpeQing Vice-Admiral NELSON.
^xtr^a of a letter from the Mu, er of th Bellona
Man of tear, in the Baltic, dated May IQ.
THIS day the St George got her guns on
board an American ship for the purpose of
going over the Grounds, to the Southward of
Copenhagen, where Sir Hyde Parker with the
fleet had failed two days before, but the wind
being foul prevented us moving. At fix P. M.
Lord Ntifon received advise, per letter from
Sir Hyde Parker, of a Swedish fqn@dran being
seen by one of our look out frigates. The mo
ment he received the account, he ordered a boat
to be manned, a&l without even waiting for a
boat cloak (though you roue suppose the wea
ther pretty ffiarp here at this season of the year)
and having to row about 24 miles with the
wind current agaioft him, jumped into her, &
ordered me to go with him, I having been on
board that ship, to remain till (he had got over
the Grounds. All Ihad ever seen or heard ofhim
could hot half so clearly prove to me the lingular
& unbounded zeal of this truly great man. His
anxiety in the boat for nearly fix hours (left the
fleet should have failed before he got on board
one of them, and left we should not catch the
Swedilh squadron,) is beyond all conception. I
will quote some expreffions'in his own words :
that it was extremely cold, and I wished him to
put on a great coat of mine which was in the
boat ;" No lam not cold; „ anxiety form,
country will keep me warm. Do you think the
fleet has failed ?" “ I suppose not my Lord" —
" If they are, we (hall follow them to Carlfcro
ra in the boat."—{ merely state this to shew
how his thoughts must have been employed. —
The idea of ^oing in a small boat, rowing 6 oars
without a tingle morsel of any thing to eat or
I4frink, the digance of about fifty leagues, must
Anvince the world that every other earthly
fenfide r ation than that ferviag his country, was
Orally banished from his thoughts. We reach
ed our fleet by midnight, and went ® board
& Elephant, Qpt. Foley, wtazJ left his
coidflhp in the morning, and returned to my
tip. Ip opr lats baton, nothing but his fupc<
Bor abilities, as well, as bravery, could b^vE
Biveg us so decided a victory, when four ci our
£ips ran aground, and in the heat of batt Ic.
GAMING is a dreadful, and, alas ! a too
"predominant evil, which, fyren like, has so
facinating a power, t hat it attracts its votaries
by degrees, and seldom leaves them till plunged
in the deeped abyss of misery, ruin, and re
inorfe; many persons who once shuddered at
the idea of flaking a dollar at a game of bil
liards, have in time arrived to such a degree of
perfection in the horrid art, as to come with
propriety under the denomination of profeff-d
gameflert and arrived at this height, fatal are
the confi quences.
Pi&urc to yourfelf a wife and family imnierf
ed in poverty, and periling for the want of
sustenance to keep alive the lamp of life ; while
the desperate bufbind, at the gaming table, is
perhaps throwing away his little all, and
corfigning to his despicable companions, what
would bga Sufficiency to rtfcue his wretched
family from an impending death. ConfiJer him,
again, after having thrown the last fatal die, re
turning home with faltering step and forrowful
countenance, having left his little all ; his wife
receives him with an aching heart, and presents
his dying infants to his view—desperation ,eizes
him —his very foul is harrowed up with remorse,
fharae, and confufion, at his unhappy state—he
has already gone too far to retrad —Confider
him once more, rulhing to defiruaion—a pistol
prekntsitfdf to his view—he ftizes it !—the fa
tal inftrumeut, too true to its office, is cocked
and prepared—his wretched family cling around
with their remaining strength, and beg him to
&fiß—his wife hangs lifclefi an his bosom,
while his pratling infants beg a parting farewell
—but, alas! all is in vain —already is he de
termined —he draws the fatal trigger, and—
alas 'tis enough.
THE MORALIST—No. 3 ^.
^^ The heart which can feel no pleufuiable emo
tion, when imbibing the subsequent breathings of
sensibility, muff be a fit tenant for the Jen cf a Si
g-r.
A*** TO .< HENRY."
u
11AVE then my " wintry" lays, dffolv d thy
heart,
And taught again Lore's blifsful ftram to
flow ?
Yes, Winter has tfirfd the power of Spring ;
Nature inverted, does its aid impart :
Though gloomy froft its icy horrors bring,
Love's potent /engine can diffjlve the heart.
Had I conceiv'd roy verse a power poffefs'd,
To force rejected love to plead again,
I ne'er those cruel stanzas had addrefs'd,
Which made my Henry's bosom throb with
pain.
Has Nature baffled all the schemes of art,
And reicued A*** from a sea of woe !
But, forward youth ! repress thy ardent tongue,
Tby " heart of paflion, and thy foul of fire."
Thy raptur'd Lyre with heated fancy strung,
Can ne'er thy fervour in my foul inspire.
Bold should I be to hope that splendid meed,
So richly due Philexia's melting strain,
Whose name the Muses rapturously decreed,
Perennial honors in their hallow'd sane.
My Henry did I fay ? forgive the word ;
My pen too eager to record thy praise,
Flies with the fwiftnefs of Aurora's bird,
To bid thee view Hope's animating rays.
Yet, Henry, dill may ft thou with peerlefshand
The chords of sympathy harmonious touch ;
May heaven its bounties with thy years expand,
Nor fear thy merit to reward too much.
The MEDLEY—No. 1 70.
Bus neat kej o/uoi y.
GAMING.
MARRIED]—m Red Hook, (N. Y) John
Hosford, merchant, of that place, to mrs. Maria
Treadwell, of the CuLof Newyork
At Newyork, fofoua Forman, of that City, to
miss Margaret P. B. Alexander, of Senfeivfbire,
(Scotland) — Henry Worrall, to miss Dorothy Wade
— John Cafilcar, of N "T to wife Rebecca Stephen
son f Spotfwood,( N. f.) —David Baler, to miss
Susan Sperry — Thomas Phoenix, Esq. to miss Cath
erine Du Bois— Robert Dingy, of Sing Sing.tomifs
sane Auflin, of Newyork— Levy Solomon, of Al
bany, to nifs Catbarine Manuel, of Newyosk—
Capt. Thomas Sun hrs, to miss Maria Roosevelt
At Philadelphia, William King of Germantown,
to miss Maria Matilda Ottinger, of the fame place
—Archibald Gourley, merchant; to miss Patience
Polton ; Keyran Fitzgerald, a native of Ireland,
to mrs Catherine Keiliber, widow of the Lite Ed
mond Kelliher
“ Will be offered for sale, to the highest bid
der, at Brower's tavern, in Petersburg, on the
I&h June, between 20 and 30 Virginia born
saves, and 3 work Horfa.
At Watertown, Henry Speare, of Bf.cn, to miss
Mary Segers
At Btfon, Weare Dow, to mifi Sarah W. Keith
— Natban Parker, to miss Amelia Stoddard ; —
Nathaniel Clark, to miss Polly M'Carty
At Marjbfeld, William Montague of Dedham,
to miss sane Little
At Hanover, Benjamin Mann, to mrs Phebe
Curtis
DIED] — At Setaeaady [ ATT.] Rev.fcmatban
Edwards, D.D. Prudent of the College in that place.
At Hartford, Rboder ick Olcott, aged 35
At Union, Edmund Merriam, aged 35
In England, Brigadier General Benedict Arnold,
notorious throughout the world
At Weft-Spring field, mrs Mary Leonard, "wife
of Capt Gideon Leonard, aged 52
At Netuyork, after a tedious and severe illne,,
facob I. Arden, aged 46 —he was greatly tfeemed,
as a valuable member cf society. and bis death is uni
verfAly lamented ; feremiab Dodge, aged 84
At Thompson, (Con) miss Reubab Fairbanks, aged
22, daughter (, Capt. Samuel Fairbanks, formerly
of Mendon
At Mendon, rare Rutb Daniels, aged 60, consort
of Darias Daniels
In Pennsylvania Hospital, David M'Teir, a
native of Scotland, and lately from the IJlund of
Jamaica
At W,minjler, Stephen Sbattock, aged 9% ; be
Was eroding a pa,ure to go to a neighbor's where he
frequently lifted, but by fame accident miffed bis way,
overcome by the infirmities of old age, and expired.
At Norwich, miss Mary B. Huntington, aged
20, daughter of Capt. Felex Huntington
At Edinburgh, in confequen&e of a fall from bis
borfe the celebrated and ingenious H. Mackefy
At Savannahs Ajhky %W, aged 2%-
" In joyous youth, what foul hath never known
Thought, feeling, taste, congenial with its own?
Who hath not paus'd while beauty's pensive eye,
Afk'd from his heart the homage of a sigh ?"
Two court ladies in Prussia disputed with
each other the point of precedence. Neither
of them would yield her claim, and the dispute
becoming very warm de threatening ferioas con
requences, an appeal was made to old Frede
rick, that he should decide in this important
contest. “My decision, said Frederick, is this :
Let the greatest fool of the two have the pre
cedence."
After this neither of the ladies urged her
claim any further.
Dr. Thornton has fortunately, from his great
knowledge of Botany, discovered a fpecific in
Scarlet Fever, viz. twenty five drops ofTiudlure
of Fox glove, given every tKree hours, day and
night; and by thk simple means he lately saved
17 children of the St. Bancras Female Charity
School of that fatal difeafc. [London Paper.
" The Duke of Bridgewater immor
talized his name by planning and effect
ing his famous canal. He was only
twenty-one years of age when he con
ceived this design, worthy of ancient
Rome. His canal unites the city of
Liverpool with the populous town of
Mincheßer. It is sometimes carried
across immense rocks hollowed at
top. Sometimes it suddenly vanishes
and makes several turnings in a fubter
raneous patfage, eight Englilh miles in
length. After appearing all at once,
it seems fufpendedin the air, and cros
ses the river Wevil, by means of im
mense arches, in filch, a manner, that
one may often enjoy the pidurefque
fight of one veflel navigating in the
stream below, and of another which
crosses it, and seems to fail in the ele
ment above."
" During the late war a gentleman and his
lady were going from the East Indies to Eng
land, his wife unfortunately died on the pass
age, and left two infants, the charge of which
fell to a negro boy of fevenceen years of age.
The gentleman, for some reason which Ijo
not recalled went on board the commodore's
viffel, wi.h which they failed. There came
on a violent storm, and the veflel in which the
children were on hoard was on the pointof be
ing lost ; t. ry dispatched a boat from the com
modore's v:fcl, to save as many as they could—
they had almost filled the boat, and there was
just room enough for the infants or the negro
boy—what did he do ? he did not hesitate a mo
ment, but put thechildren in the boat, and said,
“ tell my master that Coffin has done his duty"
—and, that iottant, he was received in the bo
som of the ocean—never more to rife, till the
ocean and the graves give up their dead.
The queen repuefted mil's Hannah Moore
to write an epic poem on it ; but (he wifely de
clined it, faying, " That no art could cmbelli sh
fs noble a sentiment."
From a Lire Firginia Paber, called
" The Republican'
Sigh not, ye winds, as passing o'er
The chambers of the dead ye fly !
Weep not, ye dews, for these no more
Shall ever weep, or ever sigh!
Why mourn ? the throbbing heart's at rest :
How ftili it lies with ; n the bread !
Why mourn ? since Death prefects us peace,
And in the grave our furrows cease.
The fhatter'd bark, from adverse winds,
Rest in this peaceful haven finds ;
And when the storms of life arc pad,
Hope drops her anchor here at last.
The Duke of Bridgewater's Canal.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Interesting Anecdote,
From Dr. Moffitt Le&urcs.
B. Leverett,
Has just received, and hit conpantiy so late
al hit Store, on Spring. Hill, the following
GOODS,
V z . 7
Gun Powder, .
Hyfon, Young /
Hyfon, Hyfon ,TF A ^
Sirin,Souchong I ' ^JfAk)
& Bohea'
ot the firfl qualities.
fre±'*}BßANDY
Old & common RUM,
Old Cherry. do.
Holland's Gin, real white,
Molasses,
Sherry, Lisbon, hVINFG
Malaga & Claret f "
Long cork'd Claret, by bhe case
or bottle,
Double r # fined Phila-)
dciphia, Single do. (1% ( ^TT, Ano
Boston, W. India, & VrA.A.O
E. India,&Havannah )
Havannali, \/. J
India^Georgia j COTTON
hrcih Mulcatall Ralfins, pr. box>
do. do. pr. calk,
do. Black Zant Currants,
Shell'd & unfhell'd Almonds.
Real Cinnamon, Cassia, Mace,
N utmegs, Cloves, Pepper, Alspice,
Ginger, Poland Starch, Rice,
Hair Pow ler— Coffee, Welfh'sbeft
No. r and 2 CwcJfte, do. Shells, An
cho ves, Capers & Olives per but le,
Euglifb Milliard pr. Ib. do. pr. bottle,
Sw-e' O I pr. fl ilk,Cayenne do p%b ttie,
Scott's L quid Blue pr. jug, Windsor &
Grown Soap—Bod^n p ; gtad Tobacco
pr. Roll, do. Small Twft— No. 1 2&3
S noakrngTobacco —American S< gars —
Spanifli S^rs pr. box or retail —Sper
maceti & Mould Candles, Spanifli &
Co nmon Indigo- Double refined Salt
Petre—EugdOi Gon Powder & Shot —
Elliot!Snuff, per K g—Wrapping P per
per Ream—Stone Joggs, assorted from 3
Galons down to 1 quart. Ditto Pit kie
Potts, to contain 3 Galls. &c. &0. &c.
Portsmouth, Hu,Jl Ifr
R Etailers of Wines,and foreign
diflilled Siprits and hol lets of riding
Carriages, in the County of York, are
hereby notified that attendance will bt
given at the office of the Subscriber, in
laid York, from the 6th to the 30th of
September next, (Sundays excepted) to
issue licences to retailers, and to receive
entries and duties on Carriages agreeably
to law— The fine for retailing without
licence s Fifty Dollars, for omitting to
enter and pay the duties on Carriages 25
per Cent on the amount,
JOSEPH TUCKER,
Colleßo, of the Revenue.
Yc»k, Au^uft tth, 1801.
Dr. SPALDING continues to inoc
ulate for tb&KINE-POX, having by
actual experiment proved it a sure and
effectual preventive of the Small-Pox.
Wajhiugton-fact, 151 b August
NEAR the parade a Stone
SLEEVE BUTTON, set inGdd,
the finder Hull receive a reward by leav
ing it wth the Printers. August I§.
At Philadelphia, Mrs. Severance, wife of Jo
fefb Severance
At Haverhill, Walker Smith, aged 53; mrs,
Sufannab Bradley, aged 73, confert of Daniel B.
At Watertown, Mrs. Sarab Coolidge, aged 32»
•wife of Col Moses Coolidge
At Cambridge, Elias Ricbardfon, aged 41
At Boflon, JoJbua Revere, aged 27,(00 of Paul
Revere, Esq. Mrs Grace Smith, aged 51, wife of
Edward Smith ; mrs Sally Currell, aged 31, wife
of Phillip Gurrel!; fohn S. Mollet, aged 46—
""ft Joanna Buff,, aged 23 formerly of Pbilad. —
Samuel Pope, merchant, aged 34 ; mrs Jane Not*
tage widow, aged 77 ; miss Mary Bacon,aged 35
Gatven Brown, aged 81
At Andover, Capt. Benjamin Parker, aged 56
At Salem, mrs Hannah Perkins, wife of James
Perkins ; Benjamin Ropes aged 19
/ItEfl' IVindfor, ( Conj Ezekiel Loomis, agedty.
His death was occasioned by a fall from a load of
bay which broke bis neck
TAKE NOTICE.
TO BE LET,
an AR Tof a dwelling
HOUSE and
SHOP in Buck
erect, lately occupied by
Vs ARD Oilman, Apply to the Printers.
For tf/nouth, August If
At Providence, mrs. Nancy Justin, aged 33,
wife of John Juflin
At Marblehead, mfs Charity Meek, daughter of
Capt. Thomas Meek, aged 16 ; mrs Mary Taylor
of Georgetown, (S. Cf conjart of Archibald Taylor,
a^d 53
At Dorcbefler. mrs Elizabeth Hawes, aged 34,
wife of Major William Hances, of Boflon
At Havannab Richard Salter, jun. of Bflon,
aged 2I
At New- London, Samuel Caulkins, aped 6%
KINE-POX.
LOS T,
Wanted immediately,
THIRTY ELEGANT
HORSES,
Alone under fiucen holds htgn ; cm ,r
either black, chefnut or bay — fifteen of
them are wanted to be Buds of the firft r^e
—apply to SAMUEL HAM.
—ALSO—
The Schooner
" ANK " N "'
appurtenances bnr
th 11 104 . ws—as (he now lays at
SHEAFE'S Whirs. Au^uft if
10 BE LET.
A LARGE,com-
Z 1 modious New
" "" LDING, lately ere&ed
luuTflul ° r MaoufTuring Soap &
fangfagnj Candles, with every u'enfil
n ^loy tor carrying on the bufincls—
fruited in Gravel. Line. Enquire of the
Printers Au°uft 8 iSot.
ot all sizes.
A few Bbls. Connecticut PORK.
Ship BREAD, &c. &c.
Z^^.jk A very Commodious
^f HOUSE,
.Tin rig In J ff< y Stree, enoui,e of
BIC&FORD KENNISON,
Portsmouth, Aug. 8, 18oi.
fr—ra^r - . .„ }' w , A , -rmtntottrs
jult pubtijhea and for file at the
Portsmouth Book-Jiore, by
Wm. Treadwell & C^
DAMBERGER's TRAVELS
In one lirge Volume, ornamented witha
new an I Corr ft Map of Africa,
'TRAVELS through the inte
-1 rior of Africa, from the Cape of
Good Hope to Morocco, in Caff^rid, the
kingdoms of Mautaman, Angola, Mass,
Monoemugi, MuJchago, Batharu, IVano oa,
Hariafa, &c.—anti thence through the
Desert of Sahara and the North of Bar
bary to M rocco between the years 1781
anti 1797. by
in F&e Street,
St. Martins SALT.
Isle of May do.
Bohea T E A.'
IRON and STEEL.
FLOUR and CORN.
Kiln dried MEAL.
Ship BREAD.
BEEF, PORK & TONGUES,
A quantity of W. India RUM,
SUGAR, MOLASSES,
COFFEE, BRANDY,
English CANVAS No. 4, 5&6.
CORDAGE & BOLT ROPE
Chrifitan Frederick Damberger.
g,Subfcribers are desired to call for their Books.
AND A5 USUAL,
//general /ty&tment of
Books, Stationary, &c.
Seamen's Books of all kinds.
BIBLES, ditto.
Testaments. Dictionary's.
Spelling Books, &c. &c.
^ They carry on the Printing
and Bookbinding bfnefs in tLi various
branches as usual.
In the STATIONAR Y Line.
Writing Paper of all kinds.
Letter do. Wove & common,
gilt and plain edges.
QUILLS of all prices.
Wrapping & Sheathing PAPER.
Pasteboard.
Account Books of all kinds.
Large Pewter INK-CH STS.
Cartridge LOGGS. Cartridge
PAPER. Blue Demy ditto.
Receipt & Memorandum Books.
Pocket Books of all kinds & prices
—with many other articles.
from 2J( ) to 14/3 the R>k.
Oil Cloth & Leather, from ,§ to gooCts.
CASH
will be given for OLD RAGS at the
Oracle Office.
Mahogany Back Gammon Boards
Writing & Cyphering BOOKS.
INK STANDS— Wedgwood
Fountain — Pewter—Glass with brats
mounts, and land ghfles handlome
pocket, and common School diro.
—ALSO— I
1-2 Doz. good SPY GLASSES
1 Doz. good MATRASSES.
&C, &c. Portfrouth. %h 1 1, 1801.
Paper Hangings,
FOR SALL BY
Clark & Connor,
FOR SALE BY
Jacob Sheafe,
SAL T.
Trunks,
TO LET
At N° 7, Portsmouth Pier.
Fifty barrels Philadelphia and Newyork
F,L O U R.
26 barrels N. E. RUM.
10 barrels PORK.
15 chests Hyfon, \ O
Hyfon Skin, f r
Souchong, (
And Bohea J ^
16 bags India SUGAR.
Georgia COTTON.
20 boxes Chocolate, N° 2.
20 calks RAISINS.
10 Hhd,. W. I. RUM: -
Pipes BRANDY and GIN.
100 pieces Bandannas, &c.&c.
Per far,nth, Aa?n n -, tSor
GOODS,
By Wholesale or Retail,
Rum, Brandy, Gin.
Sherry, Port, Malaga, & Lisbon
WI NE S.
Wefti'dia COTTON.
Georgia ditto.
Bohea, )
Souchong ( ATT,A
Hyland ( £ kA.
Hylon Skin )
Coffee, Cliocolate, No, 1 & 2.
Wm. & Cha's Neil,
CLARET WlN£ of
an excellent quality.
TAKE N OTTCE.
r rHE Subferiber intending to
A leave Portsmouth in a fh®rt time, re.
quests all theft who huge any demands
on him prior >o this date to call on,him
for Settlement ; and all those indebted are
desired to make speedy payment.
He offers for sale part of the
DWELLING HOUSE, and the Land
thereto belonging, now occupied by him,
situated in Daniel-street, Portsmouth, a
plan of which will be (hewn any person
withing to purchase the fame. The Hand
is an excellent one for trade, and the
House may be converted into Stores fait,
able either for Wed-India or English
Goods, at a fm<ll expefle;
N 2 5, Daniel Street, Portsmouth,
A NEW EDITION Or
Smith's Hymn Book,
with some additions. Said book will be
told reafonnble by the dozen or tingle.
Said Peirce has alfoforfile
SUGARS
Welt-India Loaf & Havanna.
Raisins, Currants, Collia and Armonds.
Ginger, Aifpice, and Pepper.
Cloves, Nutmegs and Mace.
Poland Starch, Oatmeal.
Copperas, Allum.
Florence Oil.
Elliot's Snuff, & N°lfmoaking Tobacco.
East-India Segars, & Boston do.
Wrapping Paper & Tea Paper.
GROCERRY LIN E,
on moderate terms & of the Est quality.
Po' '/mouth, AugoA y, !801.
For Sale, half of an excellent
Wall PEW in the Rev. Mr. Buckmin
fter's meetfog-hnufe.
Upham & Garland,
Brandy ; Gin ; I urn ;
Georgia Cotton ; Rice ; leaf,
India and brown Sugar ; Hvfon,
Souchong and Bohea 7EA ;
Raisins; Chocolate, &c. &c. &c.
by the Pipe, Hegfliead, bag, &c. Alfa
20 Cases long cork'd
Waldron & Holman
AN fXTEN-IVE ASSORTMENT OF
BOOKS & STATIONARY.
A Lft of Prizes in the sixth Class of
AMOSKEAG LOTTERYis received
WH EREAS, Betfey, mywife#
from her perverse disposition, and
influenced by her mother Anna Muli
neaux has departed from my house, re
futing to live with me ; I hereby forbid
all person, entertaining, or trusting her
upon my account, fw I will not pay any
debt (he may contract.
Witness my QDAVID BARTLETT,
fytJmQuih, August 8, ißox. _
Have ,or Sale — THE FOLLOWING
I do. Frontinac.
Portsmouth, 4ug. 8. 1801.
EDWARD J. PEIRCE.
Port/mouth, August 8. ißor.
JUST PUBLISHED
And now ready for jale b,
Charles Peirce,
NOW LANDING
AND FOR SALE BY
With other articles in the
FOR S.4E by
—ALSO—