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From the Balance.
r rHE world is a stage, and life is dra
-1 ma. Successive generations are
acting over the fame parts, which had
been frequently aded before. In every
age, the crafty find means to dupe the
simple, and entangle them in their nets,
as the villainous spider catches flies.
In every age, a variety of tragi-comic
Scenes have been exhibited on this great
stage, by knaves disguised in visors, and
bearing on their front a label, upon
which are written in capitals, the words,
Honefly, Benevolence, Patriotism; while
the multitude, never attempting to look
under the maik, are seen dupidly (tar
ing at the label ! reading the inscription,
with the gape of wonder, and uttering
'their applauding (hours in cxtacies of
joy and veneration. Theories concern
ing man, which are spun from the rick
e+rv brain of philofophids represent
him as a being to:ally different from
what he realiy'is: they are like an ig
rfe fatus, or jack-a-lanter.n, and glim
mer hut to bewilder and miffead. But
real Hiftory delineates with precision the
chara^er of the wonderful creature,
man. The hiftory of real life developes
"human nature, and is, as it were, the
anatomy of the human heart.—When
it is feeti how mankind have uniformly
a&ed it may be pretty certainly con
cluded how they mill aft in the fame or
limilar circumrtances.
Human nature is the fame fort of
fluff now, that it was two or five thou
sand year, ago. Selfilhnefs is the mod
distinguished thread that rims through
both the warp and the woof of the tex
ture. The cunning and aspiring know
how to promote their own felfifh views,
by inlifting in their cause the felfifh feel
ings of the multitude. By ardent ap
peals to passion and to avarice, thole
firings of the human heart are struck,
which never fail to vibrate, even at the
flighted touch. Tho' this trick by its
frequency, had became dale, perhaps
long before the flood, it frill facceeds,
with only a little variation in its varnish
and management.
Man, like fifties, provided the hook is
concealed, greedily swallow the bait ;
and as fifties, without learning caution
from the fate of others, in whose gills
the fatal hook has been infixed, are dill
caught with the fame case as formerly;
so the heedless children of men profit
but little from the hiftory and experi
ence of former generations ; insomuch
that the fame arts of deception, which
have succeeded in one age, may be
pradifed in the age ensuing, with equal
success.
Not to fatyrize his own species and ma
lign human nature ; —not to discourage
real patriotism ; —not to reproach re
publican forms of government ; —not
to deny or to despise the rights and the
liberties of the people,—has Hiftoricus
offered remarks and depicted fa&s in this
and the preceding numbers.—He is
himfelf one of the people ; and is raised
above them, neither in circumstances,
by office, nor in expectations. —Having
never experienced either the frowns or
the favors of men now in office, or of
those who have gone out of office, he
has no personal resentments or attach
ments to gratify. A Republican of
'76, and a warm friend to the adoption
of the Federal Conftitucion, his political
creed is still the fame.—His situation
in life does by no means fuffer him to
favour Ariftocratical ideas ; because,
for him to wiffi for the eftabliihment
of an Aristocracy, in the honor and e
mdluments of which he himfelf could
not have even the most diffant profped
of any (hare, would be wishing to bind
a heavy yoke upon his own neck and
upon the neck of his children. On the
other hand, it is the most finCere and
fervent wiffi of his heart, that our free
Constitution of Federal Republican Gov
ernment may be permanent and secure
the rights of ages yet unborn.
To open the eyes of the people to
their real dangers ; —to point out to
them the fnarcs and the traps, which,
from time to time, will be laid for their
feet,—the precipices and the pits down
which they will be liable to fall ;— to
guard them againd the alluring voice
of flattery, which the crafty and un
principled in every age have used as a
ladder, to climb upon the people s
shoulders ;—to firip the flrampatriot of
his imposing visor, and to expose him
to view, as he really is, a compound of
villainous felfilhnefs and ambition,
are the objects, which Hifloricus has in
view ; and to promote such objects, his
band, which has often been laboriously
employed in tilling the ground, is now
occasionally employed in writing these
'Tays'
It is most devoutly to be wifl)ed, that
these United States may not be added
I to the long lift of Republican Govern
! ments, which have been subverted by
the intrigues of felfiifhnefs and ambi
tion—that no worm at the root, nor
devouring infed at the top of the fair
tree of our national liberty and inde
pendence, may cause its beauty to fade
and its branches to wither !
No nation has been called'to a& a
more important part in the grand dra
ma, than ours. As a people, we have
been evidently and in an eminent degree
under the foftering care of Heaved.
While reviewing the sanes preparato
ry and subsequent to our national in
dependence, we cannot but recognize
the Divine Hand :—we behold, as it
were, the “ Pillar of the Cloud," that
conduced us through the tremendous
dangers of our Revolution. To the
people of bur nation has been given
the peculiar privilege of meeting toge
ther by their delegates, and, in peace
and with cool deliberation, forming a
constitution of government for them
selves. This government is now in a
course of experiment. Hitherto, un
der its administration, the nation has
enjoyed unexampled prosperity. A
wide-spreading ocean has happily Sep
arated us from the other parts of the
world, and has removed us, as well"
from the contamination of their ex
ample as from the grasp of their pow
er.
A fair trial, in this weftern world,
there has been and is opportunity of
making, whether mankind have wis
dom and virtue enough to maintain a
free government. If the trial should
ultimately succeed in favor of the
rights of human nature, the happy ef
feds may be experienced by countless
millions yet unborn. —If, on the other
hand, it ihould fail ; —if, through the
vile arts of ambitious men and the thort
sighted felfiflinefs of the people, our free
government, (like others in former
ages) should be soon fiibverted, & the
privileges of the nation swallowed up 4
in the horrible vortex of defpotilm, the
awful event would greatly tend to es
tablish this position— That Republican
principles, however plea,ng in theory, are
totally impracticable. befpotifm, in this
case, might spread her fable wings over
each continent and infix her talons in
every nation. And then there would
be heard the voice ofrheAngel, that was
seen in the vision of the Apocalypse,
“ flying in the midst of heaven and
crying, with a loud voice, " Woe, woe,
woe to the inhabitants of the earth.'
HISTORICUS.
PORTSMOUTH,
SATURDAY JANUARY, 9 , 1802.
La, Night's Mail
Brought no,,news of importance.
IMPORTANT.
We understand that the Consul Gen
eral of the French Republic, for the
United Srates, has received orders to
grant French Registers to American vef
fek, purchased and owned by citizens
of the French Republic. [Phila pap.
H,oricuf seems writing with a pro
phetic pen. The number that enriches this
day's paper, deserves to be read and re
read, by every man who has the welfare
of America at heart, and who thinks the
good old fashioned principles and maxims of
our late Presidents worth contending for. —
Musing on this fubjeft we are irre„ibly
led to exclaim with the Poet,
" How blessings brighten as they take their
flight. !"
The beautiful Ballad of Lord Williams
in this day's paper will be acceptable to ev
ery reader. It fears high above the ",ng
fag" of the present day, and will be valued
by the fentimentali, as a mo, delicious
morceau. O
Capt. Keene, of the brig Friendship,
arrived here on Sunday last from Mar
tinico.—While lying at anchor in Port
Royal (Mar.) loft a valuable hand,
Mr. Alexander Shapleigh, by the
bite of a Shark. He turned in as usual
with the rest of the crew, but in the
morning was miffing.—about 8 o'clock
a headless body rose under the ftem—
on examination Mr. Shapleigh's name
was difeovered im printed on his arm,
which he had there pricked on a voyage
from Europe. This is a melancholy
accident, and ought to prove a warn
ing to all mariners against exposing
themselves too near the water's edge
in the warm latitudes.
From st. kitts, dec. 2.
“ A new French Governor has ar
rived at Martinique, in the French fri
gate La Ponce.<
Gen. La Croffe is at Dominique
waiting for troops, in expectation of
taking possession of Guadaloupe."
From Lisbon, Nov. 16—“ The markets
are very poor. Flour has been fold at
8 dollars."
—O—
The Little Turtle, principal Chief of
the Miami tribe, and a Chief of the
Pattawattami tribe, are at Washington,
on a visit to The President,,
A cheap government may be very pop
ular for a time, and the...prefent party
in power seem to rest their claims to
public confidence, very much on their
exertions to render the government
cheap. There is great danger, however,
that a cheap government will not last
. long—like a cheap cloth, it will soon
wear through and want mending.,
Our house wives observe that cheap
goods prove dearest in the end—so
much trouble and puins are required
in patching and sewing up ' the rents.
A government that wants mending
:with a revolution, once in a genera
: tion, is not a very cheap government."
[Com. Adv.]
The Wellington Federaliil deters a
very material error in the translation of
Bonaparte's ratification of the conven
tion with this country. In the original
the words used by the First Consul are
said to be bien entendu, which are ren
dered by the word provided indead of
underfunding. " Whoever reads the
proclamation, therefore, will fee that
the expunging of the 2d articleof con
vention was in effed a renunciation of
all claims on the fubjed matter of it.
The Firfl Consul in his ratification ex
presses that to be bis an lerdanding of
the ' procedure, bat lUte d of this the
translator by funi'^u^ : the word pro
vided (which is ip French bourvu) makes
the Consul fay, 11. \fc be retrenchment
provided the tw w do thereby re
nounce, &c. which fy'nX;,that without
the proviso the rerre: hr :nt would not
have the only e ? :.<.inch it rationally
could have."
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FUEL.
Large mines of Peat, a substitute
for wood, have been difeovered the
past season, in several sea-port towns
bordering the Sound in the State of
Connecticut. It is said this substance
is in general use in a number of places,
and can be procured at half the price es
wood. The mines of it are inexhausti
ble ; and a number of the inhabitants
of several towns have become interested
in the business, and propose to procure
peat for their only fuel the next winter,
which will tend greatly to reduce the
price of wood.
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Charles Wilson Peale, proprietor of the
Museum in Philadelphia, announces to the pub
lic that he is in possession of a complete foeleton of
a MAMMOTH; the bones of which were
dug up in Orange and Ulftcr counties, Rate of
N. York, and by him put together in such a
manger as to give accurate ideas of the form &
appearance, when living, of this “ larged of
terrestrial beings." Fifty Cents are required
by him as the price of admission.
0
We learn by the Salem Papers that Mr
Rannie the Ventriloqui, is to exhibit his
extraordinary powers of voice and flight of
hand tricks to the Ladies and Gentlemen
of that town. $
We do not think it improbable "that he will
visit this place in his travels.
THE WAY TO LIRE CHEAP.
AN ANECDOTE.
A certain gentleman who looks high to
office, and who, business it has been to at
tend Courts for nearly twenty years pa,—
boarded at a certain gentleman's house, who
held an office which depended upon the an
nual fuffrage of the people. These gentlemen
made this mutual agreement; that Mr.
Great Man fooull procure the votes in
the country for Mr. Host, and in return
foould be boarded for half price. This a
greement was flriffly adhered to, for fifteen
years or upwards ; and Mr. Holl was
accordingly supported; but when the time
came when it was necessary to " correft the
procedure," Mr. Host found he did not re
ceive the support promised him, and accord
ingly when he exhibited his bill, charged the
full amount • ,to the afonifoment of bis
gu,, who remon,rated again, the injustice.
" Have I not procured you to he cbofen to
the office of for so many years ;
and did you not agree to board me for half
price ? True replied the arch Host— but
you have beard the faying, of "no longer
pipe, no longer dance ?" And now fir, you
mu, pay as other people, or prevail on your
republican friends to do as I have done.—
" Very wellfir, Ifall leave your boufe,
and I would have you to know that my re
publican friends will do infinitely more, for
the votes I /ball procure fa them, than
ever you poor publican did for me."
This may be relied upon to be sass, and
the gentleman calls himfelf a republican.
Savannah, Dec. ii.
Aleut 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning, this city
was alarmed by the cry of fire, which proceeded from
an explofwn of gun-powder in afmall boufe near tbe
Market-Square, occupied by Mr. Alexander Barr,
Shop-keeper. By tbe prompt exertions of tbe inhabi
tants tbe boufe was pulled down, and the fames pre
vented from communicating to tbe adjacent buildings.
Mr. Barr was found dead among tbe ruins. Tiers
arifng a suspicion that be bad been robbed and mur
dered, a Jury of Inqueji was summoned and set upon
bis body ; having received tbe opinion of a surgeon
wbo was called in to view tbe corpse, they brought in
a W^ia of wilful murder by some person or berfons
unknown. Mr. Barr's wife and Several children,
we are informed, rtfde near Glafgow,in Scotland.
A man fujpefled of being an accomplice in tbe murder
bat been committed to goal. 1
O .
New York, Dec. 30.
On Monday night a negro man was murdered in a
boufe occupied by blacks, in Gold-frest, near tbe foot
of Anne-freet. lt\ppears that tbe deceased was a
boarder in tbe boufe; and a quarrel arming between
him and bis landlord, (a black) they came to blows,
which continued for feme time, when tbe latter ended
tbe conteji by grafting tbe deceased violently by tbe
throat, and bolding him till be wasJir angled, A coro
ner's inguf was yesterday held on tbe body, who re
turned a verdiff of Murder. Tbefellow is commit
ted for trial.
Arrivals ind Departures since Jan. 2.
fan. 3. arrived brig Friendjbip, Keene, Mar tinico,
do do Jebr. Success, Turner, Guadaloupe.
$ failed Jbip Samfen, Gibbets, Tobago,
de de Jbip Hannibal, — , Barbados*,
do do Jbip HampJbire, Chamberlain, de.
do do brig May-Flower, Fall, do.
do do fob. Governor Strong, Boardman, do.
do do fob. Hero, Savage, Martinico.
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December 31, arrived at Salem Jeb. Tbeoda, Capt.
Glover, from tbe Havana.
Extraa from the Log Book ofthe Theoda.
" December I3lb,failed from tbe Havana (after
an embargo of 21 days) in company with tbe brig En
terprise, Capt. Ray, of Salem, and several others
bound for different ports in tbe Northern Stota,—
Left there jb,t 6o fail cf American itf'f, b@~
übicb were the flips Sally, Endicott, of Salem, to
fail in t,oo days ; Martba, Thorndike, of do. to fail
in 6 days ; and fcb. Befey, Buffington, of do. from
S' *7 a b°> '" distress. December lltb arrived at the
Havana, bis Britannic Majtfy'sJbip St. Domingo
of 44 guns, as aflag, bringing the NEWS or peace.
Dec. 141 b, Matanzies bearing S. by E.fpoke the
Jbip Fanny Kinsman, of Salem bound for the Ha
vana. Dec. 23d, f,oke fcb. Fair Play,from New
port, for Cbarlejlon." The Tbcoda left the Vife
yord tbe 2)tb at noon, in company zuitb 14fail,-
among them was Capt. Roach, in a febooner belong
ing to Portland, from Port Republican.
*fefc^^tofc4b4p^q44fcq4«4q#
MARRIED}—-^/ Little Harbour, on Tburf
day evening I#JI, by tbe Rev. Mr. Willard
JOHN WENTWORTH, Efeire, to Miss
MARTHA WENTWORTH, daughter of
Madam Martha Wentworth.
"*~ —"—'"'''■■''^■■■"^■■■■■■BnßonnMßßmnrairaro
DIED] — At Clinton, on tbe Sefoaftisook, Captain
Jonathan Pbilbrook, aged Bl—a frocere Christian.
At Boflen, on Saturday evening lafl, tbe Hon.
George Richards Minot, Efa. aged 44 —
Judge of Probate, Judge of tbe Municipal Court,
and Commissioner of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Minot through life was diftinguijhed by ev
ery virtue tubicb conciliates esteem or attracts refpea.
— Tbe various offices of honor and confidence, com
mitted to him, no less than tbe fidelity and intelligence
with which be dijebarged them are ample and lasting
teJlimonies to bis fame. A favorite of Humanity
and Science, be was tbeir constant patron and friend.
Tbe widow and tbe orphan will long cberijb in
grateful remembrance bis benignant administration of
justice, which mitigated tbeir deepest affliaion.
de an HiJlerian bis truth and cleffic elegance, will
place bim among tbe brigbteft ornaments of American
Literature. A friend to good Government, be
wrote to beal tbe wounds of State. To tbe mo,
honorable Societies be added honor ; and be was the
beloved model of dom,ic life.
" To those who knew him not, no words can
paint,
“ And those who knew him, know aft words
are faint."
In this town, Mr. Nobum Akerman, aged 64 —
also, Flora Shores, a negro woman.
«fr «+«+«<•«<•«+$« •<•«& fefefofo
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Lines to the memory of Dr. Appleton Jhall
appear in our next.
Several other communications are on hand
but have not jet been examined.,
10 dollars Reward.
THE ftorc of the fubferibers
No. 7, Portsmouth Pier, was broke
open on Thursday night last, and several
dollars and a box of cents stolen from it.
Although some circumftaoces lead to a
strong belief that some persons in the
neighborhood were the culprits —yet they
offer TEN DOLLARS to any perfoo
who will convia the person or persons.
Ifthey will return the Cafli, mend the
Window, and take away the Boat Hook
they left against the store, they shall meet
a full pardon.
WALDRON & HOLMAN,
No. 7, Portsmouth Pier.
Valuable Literature
Q. .1
Will be opened and for Sale, in
all next week, at the Ports
mouth Bookstore, by
W. TREADWELL & C?.
A very choice affortmeni of English
Books, in atmtf ever, department of Litera
ture. 0
THE Proprietors of Social & Cit cu
lating Libraries will have a good opportu
nity of refrcfhing them with Valuable
Works.
CTAs they are a canfignment, they
will be fold ver, low for ready cafli.
Q —
ALSO for sale at the above ^tore,
a complete Affoi tmcnt of
Stationary,
Confiding of
Writing Papers of all sizes, qual
ities and prices; Account Books of all
sizes, being Ledgers, Wastes, Letter
Books, Blotters, journals, Cafli Books,
and Memorandum /Books; Gentlemen
& Youth's Morocco Pocket Books ; do.
do. do. common black Sheepskin do.
Ladies fine do, a few very elegant ;—
English Letter Papers, wove, gilt, hand
plain edges ; common old fafhion d do.
gilt and plain; American Letter Paper
of a very nice quality and extra, large
size, do. do. common sized do. CT These
papers come much cheaper than the EngliJk
Quills of all kinds; Ink-powder; Paste
board, Playing-Cards ; do. best American
do. ; a few Morocco boxes for do. ;
Slates ; Writing and Cyphering Books ;
Bacgammon Boards.
ALSO—an excellent afotment of
Charts,
Chosen in London by ajudicious person,
and will come cheap—Seamen's books
of all kinds; Log-books; Scales; Divi
ders; Journals, &c.
Almanacks.
FARMERS,-
SEWALL's, \b, the Groce,
WEATHER WISE's, 1 dezen, or
& BICKERSTAFF'S j fugle.
Mathematical Instruments.
Typeslink for marking Linnen
0- —•
{^Gentlemen who may wiffi for any
publications that are not to be procured
at the Book-Stores in this town, may be
Applied with them if they are to be pur.
chafed in Bolion, New- York, or Philadel
phia and at the prices they are fold at
those places, by applying at the Portsmouth
Book-Store. N&u.
I'O^SAL ^ J.
Stephen Little
'tying Hill,
10 hhds. third proof RUM,
10 do. good MOLASSES,
SUG AR per hogshead,
300 Quintals Pollock FISH,
COTTON & COFFEEpr.bag.
A great variety
English GOO DS, &
CLO ATH ING,
Portjmoutk, Jan. ty l2oi~« %
w iflßtßtMtCTßsntttntCTtßtetmtß
Lift of Letters re
maining in the Poft-Office,
at York, Jan. 6, 1802.
William Lewis, 2 ; Betsey
Low ; Joseph Goodale; Mary
Harmon ; Daniel Moulton ; Jo
seph Moulton, jr. Amos Me.ln
tire ; Jeremiah Paul ; Joseph
Paul ; Thomas Savage ; Lucy
Tinam ; Richard Talpey ; To
bias Trafton. All of York.
Ihe. following a>ejor Kittery.
Walter Abbot ; Robert Brier ,
James Hill, 2; John Hill ; Jo
seph Johnson ; George Leach.
DANIEL SEWALL, P.M.
Letters in the Post-
Office at Exeter, January 1, 1802.
Joseph Smith ; Eliza Thurs
ton ; Joseph Tilton ; John
French • William Durant; Dan
iel Cooley ; Dennis Bickford,
Exeter : Nathaniel Gordon ; Jo
seph H. Shephard ; Robert L.
Fowle; Stephen Ladd; Ezekiel
Godfrey ; Daniel Clifford ; Rich
ard Bean, Brent wood ; Jacob Ab
bott, Hamptonfalls ; Ephraim
Morse, Poplin ; George Tut
tie Lee
john' w. gilman, p. m.
WHEREAS the fubferibe
has taken a stand on the wha
belonging to Capt. Lube M. Laighton.
the South End of the Town. This
therefore to inform the Public, that he
proposes to carry on the
Carpenter's Business
in its various branches—Soch as mak
ing of Screws, Sleds, Sleighs, Cyder
Mill work, Seamen's Chests, Fish Boxes,
Truck Wheels, Cart and Waggon ditto,
He solicits the Patronage of a generous
Public, and the smallest favor will be
gratefully acknowledged by
ASA SHAW.
N. B. The fubferiber would recom
mend to such persons as with to have
Cyder Nuts and screws for use next Fall,
to have them seasoned in fait water this
Winter. January 2.
State of New-Hampshire.
Rockingham, Ji.
THE lubferibers being appointed
executors of the last Will of the
Hon. GEORGE JAFFREY,
late of Portsmouth, in said county, Ef
qure deceased—and having given bonds
as die law direfts ;
ALL persons indebted to said
estate, are requested to make payment to
Jeremiah Libbey, of said Ponfmouth,
without delay, and all those who have
demands, are desired to exhibit them to
him. JOHN JEFFRIES,
JEREMIAH LIBBEY.
' Portsmouth, January 4, 1802.
Winchester's Leflures,
On the prophecies that remain
to be fulfilled, price 25/6. and his UNI
VERSAL DIALOGUES, 4/6. are for
falc or delivery to lobferibers, by C.
PEIERCE, No. 5, Daniehftreet, Ports
mouth, who has Aljo FOR SALE,
Huntington's Calvinism im
proved, price 9/: Mr. Elitha Andrews'
candid Reply to Mr. Elhatran Winchet
ter, in which Mr. Winchester rfandf en
tirely confuted in all bis Universal Refto.
ration Schemes, &c.
Lottery Drawing !
Tickets & quarters in the Sth
Class of Amolkeag Lottery which com
menced drawing on Wednesday lafi, and
which will continue without poftpone
meot until completed, may be had at C.
PEIRCE's Bookstore, who will continue
to fell warranted undrawn Tickets, all
the next week. ! ,
WANTED,"
CT A Woman, to true as a
maid servant, good wages will be
given, and recommendations ex
peaed. Enquire of the Printers.
Portsmouth, Jan, 9.
LOST,;
The second volume of Clarifa
Harlow, whoever has found it and will
leave it with the Printer Hull be hanfome
ly rewarded. January Q, 18%