United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-03-13 00:00:00, page 4

GAMBLING.
Theftnicious confluences of play have
son frequently described in the frongeft
sera::. and illufrated by rhe mos friking
examples. Seldom however, have they been
referßented on ft large a scale as in the late
account of thefate of a great bod, of Games
ters at Hamburg, which an intelligent
Jpeftator has pubifhed in a German Ga
zette, as the refett of his examination dur
ing a period of two, ears. Offa hundred
individuals-who were in the habit of fre
questing gaming houses, heflates, that near
l,,ne half not only loft corf derable fums,but
were finally stripped of all means offubjif
ence, and ended their days b, felf murder.
Os tho rest net left than a hundred finished
their career by becoming fwindkrs, or rob
bers on the high-w,,. He remnant of this
unjorttfate group perished, sane by apo
plexy, hut the greater number by chagrin
and despair. He mentions that during the
whole face of two years to which his jour
nal is confined, he did not Jee one of these
fix-hundred gamefers with a fngle new
'drefs. —o—
An ignorant candidate for medical honors, having
thrown bimfetf almeft into a fever, from bis inca
pability of anfsoering questions, Tuas afted by one of
tie Confers, bow be would sweat the patient for the
rbeumatifm? " I would fend him here to be
examinedreplied be.~
o
“ I'll swear, fays a gentleman to his mistress,
"you are very handfotoe." " Phoo" said <he,
"so yon would fa,, though you did not think so ,
" and so you would think, answered he,
" though 1 mould not fay fo.'
The custom of dining late increases an hour
in each successive year among the Parisian sash-
Enables. Two years ago they dined at four
o'clock, last year at five, and this year at fix, so
that we may compute in five or fix years they
gill not dine till the day after.
Leostkenes endeavoring by a pompous and
audacious harangue to persuade the Athenians
to war, was answered by Phocion in this man
jer," Thy words, young m, referable the
cypress tree; they are mighty,and carry their,
beads high, but bear no fruity ________
^ MA - k
IT requires iso small degree of ability te know
'fo# conceal one's ability. 3
POKIER of RELIGION.
SIR HENRY WOTTON, an En
glifoman, eminent for leaning and bit
knowledge in slate affairs, eras born in the
year 1 568. He teas many times employed
„ as ambassador to federal of the European
fates, and discharged the trufl reposed in
bins, ^vitb ability, and to the Jatisfahion of
tie King. He enjoyed the favour of fames
and was much esteemed and admired by bis
cotemporaries. Notwithstanding tbefe hon
ours, be declared that "it was the
greatest happinef of bis life, to be at lei-
Jure to be and to do good." ^Though be was
esteemed far sobriety and «wifdo?n, yet to
wards the endofbis days, when be reflefled
on bis pas time, be was accufiomed to re
peat this interefling declaration :—Floros
much time have lio repent of, andbow lit
tle to do it in ?
A FRAGMENT.
'PLEASURES a fyren with inviting arms,
Sweet is her voice, and pow'rful are her charms;
Lur'd by her call, we tread theflow'r, ground,
Jo, wi-:g^ our steps, and Muse warbles round ;
Lull'd in her arms, we krfe the flying hours.
And lieembefom'd'midfther blooming bow'rs
'Till arm'd with death,flic watches our undoing,
Stabs,while fhe^ngs, and triumphs in our ruin."
•ft <%ifo►» ->> „*&: «+>»«<<«& «•«•
M O RAL S-—NO.-41Q.
Some idea of the delicacy and fzueetncfs of Arabian
poetry may be formed from the following feci
men jelled from the elegant translation/ of pro
f§ r Carfyle. fbis war addressed to certain
, young men by Waldata, daughter of tbe last Ca
liph of Cordova, no tfs celebrated jar the beauty
ts her perfon,tban for the sweetness of her poetry
'TO CERTAIN YOUNG MEN.
WHEN you raid us our glances, foft, timid
and mild,
Could occasion tech wounds in the heart,
Can ye wonder that your',, so ungovern'd and
wild,
Some wounds to our checks should impart ?
The wounds on our checks are but transient, I
own,
With a blu(h they appear and decay ;
But those on the heart, fickle youths, ye have
^ fhewo,
To be even more transient than th,y.
Devoted to the cause cf VIRTUE and Reltcion'
ALPHONSUS, King of Naples, had in his
court, a fool, who used to write down in
bis book all the follies of the great men in his
tin>e, that were at court. The King having a
M^r in his houfeWd, fefit him to the Levant
to buy norfcs, with 10,000 duca This the
fool marked in his book, as a pure piece of folly.
Sometime after the King called for the book,
and feund io it his own name, with the story of
»e 10,6c0 ducats. Being fomewhac moved, he
alked the reason why hit name was there ? “ Be
ssufe,”fays the jefcr, ^ you have committed a
piece of folly, in giving your money to one, you
are never likely to fee again " " But if he does
come again," said the King, " and brings me the
horses, wherein will my folly consist." " Why,
if he ever does come again," replies the fool, " I'll
blot out your name and put in his."
While fields of pleafantr, amofe us here.
medley-no. 193.
PLEASURE.
POETRY.
HAVING fen a paragraph in a
Philadelphia paper, raid to he
copied from a Paris Gazette, defefibing
a similar discovery to mine having been
made in Paris, I shall esteem it a favor
if you will give the laid account a place
in your paper ; to which I shall add a
short description of my discovery, and
the time when I firft made it, with a
view to explain to the world that our
difeoveries, tho' similar, have been
made without a possibility cf either the
, gentleman in Paris receiving any hint
from me, or I from him—therefore, if
, there is an, merit in the discovery, we
are both equally intitled to it, and any
further merit must be the just reward
of him who applies the light in the best
manner to the most ufeful purposes.
PARISIAN ACCOUNT.
" A new invention now engages the
attention of the Parisian economics':
it is called the Thermo-Lamp. With the
fixoak of five or fix logs of wood,weigh
ing from 10 to 12 pounds each, care
fully collecteel, and reduced to the state of
gaz or inflammable air, the inventor(citi
zen Le bon, an engineer) was 'able, for
twenty four hours, to ft read through seven
large apartments, the mildest beat, and
mofl vivid light, and at the fame time to
enlighten a large garden in such a manner
as to make it appear like noon day. The
flame can be shown detached from all
support, and can be moddeled to any
Jhape : when enclosed in a chryftal
globe the flame by no means foils it.—
Marvellous as this appears, the Gazette
de France asserts it with great confidence
and great seriousness." >
It does not appear, by the above de
fcriptibn, in what month M. Lebon
made his discovery ; however, I shall
not on that account antedate mine,with
a view to have the credit of being the
fed difeoverer. In O&. last, I was
making some experiments on the Balti
more coal, to afeertain the quantum of
bitumen it contained, and during the
process I difeovered the mode of mak
ing the va/^rburu with a beautiful &
vivid flame.
It appears by the above account that
M. Lebon's discovery is from wood,
which ( tried also previous to my fee
ing the Paris account, but found that
the flame was not so vivid nor the dura
bility so great as the gas from the pit coal.
The description of M. Lebon's exhi
bition being so brilliant, it may lead
many to expe& that mine will be equal
ly so ; on which account it may be
proper to note, that as I am yet uncer
tain what support I shall meet with, I
do not deem it prudent to prepare for
an illumination on so large a scale ; at
the fame time it will be found, that I
shall do more than I have promised ;
and if the receipts should be such as to
enable me, I will do more for the hon
or and advantage of Baltimore than cit
izen Lebon appears to have done for
Paris ; for I will build a light boufe
that shall give more light than all
the lamps in the Greets at present
put together,and by which an immense
saving may be made. If 1 facceed in
this, Baltimore will have the credit of
being the 4irft city in the World that ev
er was lighted on fetch a plan.
^ BENJAMIN HENFREY.
From the Washington FederalsT.
Afurther fatement of the important Trans
actions in the Senate of the United States
on the 3d and 0 ult.
AFTER it was determined by a ma
jority of ONE, that the committee
should be difeharged, it was manifeft,
that the antifederal fa&ion foad drilled
their party, so as to ensure a majority
at all hazards, and force the repeal
down in their opponents throats.
Messrs. Ross and Ogden, who had
been absent during the former debates,
both spoke against the repeal, each ex
cellent in his way. Mr. R. was pecu
vliarly luminous and argumentative,and,
Mr. O. was argumentative, and to
wards the close of his speech uncom
monly eloquent. To all who heard
them, except those hardened by faction
and drilled by repeated caucuses, their
arguments were conclufive,ahdacknow
ledged'by many of different politics, to
be unanswerable, as to the constitution
ality of the repeal. Mr. Anderson, in
a short speech, asked the Federalists
where they found authority in the con
stitution, which vested in the national
courts a right to declare a law puffed
by Congress to be unconstitutional?
Mr. Nicholas rose, to make a few ob
servations upon that part of the consti
tution relied on by the opponents of
the repeal ; but from some cause un
known. fa down ; and Mb. Bracken
ridge, whose zeal has heed unbounded
through the whole of this crazy busi
ness, rose and said HE would speak,
while his friend (Mr. Nicholas) recov
ered himfelf. In the vbfervations he
made, he most explicitly declared that
our courts had no right to declare a law
unconstitutional,and that the legislature
themselves were the only power compe
tent to decide upon the constitutionali
ty of a law ; and when they had decid-
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
LIGHT & HEAT.
Miscellany.
From the Balimore Federal Gazette.
0 —
ed the judges were bouriß by it. Mr.
Morris congratulated the Senate on a
consolidation of the Government, and
Stated in a short, but comprehensive
argument, that Mr. Breckenridge's
declaration; was the precise point to
which the whole arguments in favour
of the repeal had tended. First to make
the Judges dependent upon the Legisla
ture, as to existence, and then make
them their tools in every decision: A
free government he urged could not
be fapported-in this country but by a
confederation ; if we were consolidated
the government mull inevitably be
come a despotism; it could not flop
e<en at the mildness of ordinary mon
archy ; and if, said Mr. Morris, your
Judiciary, is not only rendered depend
cwt upon your legislation, but deprived
oftheirufeful check upon unconstitution
al!aWs, there is nothing left to prevent a
complete combination of all power in
the legislature, which is the eSTence of
tyranny.'
Justice cannot be dont to the obser
vations made by Mr. Morris, without
inserting every word he faid,which will
Shortly be done, and the whole debate
exhibited to public view. But those
gentlemen who cell themselves Repub
licans, are now placed so the point of
view, which difeovers their inevitable
tendencies ; which are, to destroy the
constitution, of which the most of them
have always been inveterate enemies.
A further & more comprehensive view
of this fubjed Shall Shortly be laid be
fore the public.
The Editor of the National Intelli
gencer, Mr. Smith, may call this trans-.
a&ion the triumph of republican prin
ples ; the public will soon be convinced
that this is the kind of republicanism
which brought the people of France to'
the feet of Bonaparte.
Trem tie Poughkeepsie (N.Y,) Journal.
FARMERS ATTEND!
Mr. Jefferson and his associates,
claim the title of Friends of the People,
and by abusing and misrepresenting the
patriots whocompofed our late admin
istration, arid their measures have fuc
cecded to rob them of our confidence,
and to place themselves in their Rations.
Taking advantage of our prejudices,
among other deceptions, they have
taught its to believe the Ramp a&, and
the excise upon whiskey, and carriage
tax, oppressive and unjust taxes, and as
a blessing and favor, propose to repeal
them.—Now let us for a few minutes
candidly examine this matter, and we
Shall fee how far we shall be benefited by
this repeal :—All the money which is
railed for the support of government,
the payment of the public debts, and
the national defence, arises from duties
on goods imported, and these internal
tares. Os imported goods, salt pays 20
cents per bushel ; bohea tea, :z cents
per pound ; brown sugar, 2| cents per
pound ; lowest proof rum, 25 cents per
gallon ; molasses, § cents per gallon ;
merry wine, 40 cents ,er gallon ; iron
mongery and hardware, cotton, linen,
and woolen goods, earthenware, glass
and china, 15 cents on every dollar's
worth ; all articles of greater luxury,
such as fine teas, high priced wines,
plated ware, &c. &c. pay much more—
but of these we use none, and I wish to
confine myfeTf to such articles as we
cannot, or at least from our habits we
do not, do without. Now suppose a
farmer with a small family of five or
fix to consume in a year
4 Doll.Cfs,
5 Bushels of Salt, he pays - - - -1 0
6 Pounds of Bohea Tea, - - • - 0 72
50 Pounds Brown Sugar, - - - - -1 zf
5 Gallons Rum, - - - ... - x 25
* 5 Gallons Molasses, - - - - ,-0 25
Half a gallon of Sherrv Wine, in case of
sickness, - --..-- - 025
Os hardware, earthenware, glass, cotton,
linen & woolen goods, 30 dolls, worth, 2 0
Dolls. 6 72
Hence it is clear that he will pay fix
dollars and seventy-two cents a year in
taxes ; if he uses less he will pay less, if
more, so much the more ; every man,
therefore, may make a calculation for
himfelf, and it is hoped he will do fo,and
then alk himfelf how much a year he
pays for ftampt paper ? how much for
pleasure carriages ? and bow much for
whiskey ^ For damps hefeldQm has oc
casion, and in truth the merchants and
dealers in money pay the greatest partof
his tax ; as. to pleasure carriages, we who
Irave good waggons need none ; and of
whiskey, those who can get good spirits
do not drink it. In reality, this tax was
thought of, to cause our fellow citizens
of the weftern country, to contribute a
very small sum to our public burthens :
As it is, it does not amount to one
quarter part of what we pay upon
spirits, gpd if it is repealed, they will
hardly pay any thing at all—The
stamp tax, therefore, and that upon
carriages, and the excise upon refined
sugar, fall almost exclusively -upon the
merchants, the inhabitants of great
towns, and the rich ; and the excise on
whiskey falls very lightly indeed on the
inhabitants of the wefte,n country.—
Yet these taxes yield asmuchasfyoiooo
dollars a year, and if they are repealed,
such taxes as. you and I pay, must be
continued so much the longer, or per
haps increased. \ /
Front such friends, and such friendship,
good Lord deliver uH A Farmer.
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TFE
Maine Spelling Booh,
CONtaining a variety of words
accented and divided, with moral &
entertaining Lessons for reading, ufeful
"Tables, &c. To which is annexed, a
concitc Geographical description of the
United Spares in general; and the Diftrift
of Maine in particular. Designed for
Schools, and particularly calculated io be
read in cfefc
BY THOMAS°M. PRENTISS,
Inffruaor of Union School — Po?tlarif
Second Edition—rcujedfof refled & enlarged
The favorable manner with
which the firft impression of this work
was received, the entire sale, and iocreaf
ing demand, have induced the author to
issue a second edition. The utmofi at
tention has been paid to tender it eorre&,
and deferring of cxtenfive fopport. <:
TO RE LET,
And pofcfion given the 20th iffl.
g^^^^ 'HAT pleasant and
convenient dwelling
HOUSE,
with the Garden,Store, Barn,
etc. a hr Sou h part of the Town, late
ly occupied ny Mr. Mark Rogers, for
termsappiv to GEORGE F. BLUNT.
Who has for SALE
looHhds. clean Isle May SALT.
Portfaeuth, March 6, ißoz.
Samuel Hill,
Informs his friends and custom
ers that he Imported last Fall,
A getter&l Affirtment of
FISHING GEAR
Which is now ready so, sale, b, wholefate
and retails cheap for CaJh er approved
Ct edit.—FlZ.
SALMON Netts and Herring
ditto, of different fixes ; Hard-head
Netts ; Salmon Twine; Herring ditto;
Sewing ditto, and Hard-head ditto ; 18,
15, 12, 9, thread Fifliing Lines ; Squid
Lines ; Large Cod; Large Quarter Mid.
dling ditto ; small ditfo; Hocks; Pack
ard ditto ; Bar Lead.
" May be had at the fame Place,
English & Weft-India GOODS
as usual.
100 Qts. Pollock FISH.
Hyfon<Sduchong & Bohea TEA,
by the Chest or less quantity.
Ponfmouth, February 20.
Confectioner & Fruit Preserver,
Keeps constantly for sale,
At his foop east of the Brick Market,
Peppermint, Maccaroni Cake,
Conk Lozenges, Annifeed Cake,
Lozenges,' Almond Cake,
Sugar Plumbs, Cinnamon,
Sugar Almonds, Nutmegs,
Burnt Almonds, Prefcrved Quinces,
Annifeed Sugar Preferred Tamarinds,
Plumbs, Quince Jelly,
Carraway feed Sugar Oil of Peppermint,
Plumbs, Essence of Peppermint,
Lemon Sugar Plumbs Essence of Lemons,
Cinnamon ditto, | I Shell'd & unfhdi'd Al
Loaf Sugar Candy, | monds, Raifins,'
Barley Sugar Candy, Hair Powder,
SpanifliSugat Candy, Hard and foft Pomatum
Conserve of loaf sugar Prepared with various
SagarAake, Essences,
A great variety of
LOAF SUGAR TOYS,fuch asßeafts,
Birds, Filhes, Baskets, &c. &c.
—ALSO—
Coffee : Loaf, India and Brown Su
gars, with an elegant collection of
Pictures, all fixes , Feb. 15, 1802.
Joseph & JofhuaHaven,
Have just received an additional
f u pplj of
Real American made
Beaver HATS,
of a Superior manufacture and formed in
the lieweft fafhion.
Their aflortment of
European & India
GOODS,
is large and-, well luited to rhe Seaton.
Ihey have also, A few Pieces
Russia & Ravens Duck,
and Russia SHEETINGS— aII
which are offered for sale at the ioweft
prices. Dec. 1% iSoi.
WANTED,
A Steady person to look after
a farm, who mwft understand gar
dening ; Such person will meet gerat en
couragement and will be allowed privi
leges on the garden and farm, together
with wages as may be agreed upon. The
garden is very extensive (with another
small garden) Rocked,and producing ev
ery kind of fruit and vegetable,with early
hot-beds. No objeAion to a final! fami
ly. Apply to Madam WENTWORTH
on her premises, or Mr. JOHN WENT
WORTH at his office.
Little- H#bMfyPortfmouth, March
Stephen Delande,
IT has been suggested tlw a
Public COFFEE ROOM, aptne.
°° proper principles and conducted in a
Suitable manner,• where merchants and
other gentlemen might meet to tranfad
b ufinels, to pals a leisure hour, or to learn
the news of the fy, would be convenient
for the Public, and ornamental to the
Town -of pQrtfmouih. Under this im
pression the following
PROPOSALS
Far the Establishment of
A Tontine Coffee House
or PUBLIC EXCHANGE,
, on the Parade in this town, are offered.
, „ CONDITIONS.
ift. The Coffee Room to be
fitted up in the Eun pean ftile,with boxes
and curtains complete, Delk, writing ma.
terials, &c.
2d. The room to be regular
ly furniflied with the news.papers of the
principal Sea Ports of the United States,
and as many foreign papers as possible,
for the accommodation of Merchants,
Traders and others. To enable the pro
poser to accomplish these objeßs with
propriety, he Solicits the patronage of
xhe Gentlemen of Ponfmouth and offers
to undertake it as loon a, he shall obtain
one hundred fubferiber; at the small sum
of three dollars each per anifum.
3d. The subscription money
to be paid in advance and lodged in the
hands of a trustee to be appointed by the
fubicribers, and the proposer to draw it
by giving fufficient bonds.
A subscription paper is left at the Store of
Mefrs. Wm. Tread well, & Co. and ano.
ther at that of Mefrs . N. S. &W. Peirce,
on the Parade.
Portsmouth, February 2, 1802.
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PART 11.
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