The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-03-07 00:00:00, page 1

I LIVE upon a dony piece of
ground confiding of ^bout one
hundred acres, in the townffiip bf Ab
fogton, about ten miles from Philadel
phia. By great induftrfy in cultivat
ing this farm, and confbintly attending
the Philadelphia market, 1 contrived
to bring up a large family of children
to that age in which; it was nccefhrf
to fettle them in life. At this time,
their demands upon me increased, but
my resources to fopply them, unfortu-
Fool ! you might as well follow
after the bow in the clouds, or think,
that while grasping at a shadow, you
should lay hold on a fubttance. The
fare quay to happinejs is a course dirc&ly
opposite to this, and instead of endeav
oring to accommodate circumflances to
your mind, you must accommodate
your mind to your circumftanccs.—
This is the sure, the fate, the certain
way to happiness.
Circumfhinces are untoward things,
and oftentimes ungovernable ; they will
not bend to the mind, nor can our ,iit
moft exertions always force them. To
conquer what would the victory yield ?
New inclinations would arise, perhaps*
still more difficult to control, and when
a man once gives aloofe to his desires,
he is like a fliip set at liberty on the feu,
“ driven by the winds and tolled."
But much, which every man desires,
to have it, is utterly impoflible for him
to obtain ; why then should he drive
tor it ? it is the patt of wisdom, that
“ whatever a man has, therewith to be
content." This however, does not pre
clude the neceflity of industry and well
timed exertions for the attainment of
thole things, which are within the bom
pafs of our abilities. We should con
sult our own powers and weaknesses,
and know the extent of our capability ;
then we should look to our circumftin
ces, and fee what deferable changes we
tan there produce. Those which ate
ungovernable must be borne. It is in
vain to attempt to hew and score them
to the mind :—The mind mud accom
modate itfelf to th&n, and submit qui
etly to the laws imposed by neceflity.—
Whatever in our circumstances can be
made better, all our energies should be
put in motion to effect it. A man,
who thus acts, ads wifely, he a^s pru
dently, he knows the secret of happi
ness. He bears with an equal degree
of fortitude and patience, unavoidable
tafualties and events, whether profpef
bus or adverse. It will not distress him,
whether Adams or Jeffei son obtain the
election, provided he himfelf has given
his vote like an boneft plan, wh^ri exer
cising that privilege & has ever spok
en the words of quictnefs, integrity,
find of truth. He rejoices in the labor
of his own hands, he Ibves indullry and
practices it, because he knows that
plan cannot be happy without it. He
does not pursue every vagary of imagi
nation, his desires are all buckled with
the best of reason, and by a happy ac
commodation of himfelf to those cir
tumdanccs, which h is not in his power
to control, he enjoys happiness which
riches nor grandeur cannot give, nor
adversity lake away.
You all know the course of human
endeavors. The thought, the care,
the foil, the perplexity of every man,
from the rising of the fun to the go
ing down thereof, is, "to accommodate
circumstances to his Mind," thinking,
and very justly, that this once effected,
his happiness would be consummated
in :iie peaceable enjoyment of every
desire, and in the perfed contentment
of his mind.
A fare % to HAPPINESS Ere.
WILL not all attend: Will not
all rejoice to be directed in the
parfait of an object, which many hare
fought, but few ever found ? Will it
not give spirit to.your enterprise and
vigor to your exertions to know the
fare ^ay ? To fee and be convinced
that the means to be used are fully ad
equate to the attainment of the end ?
And more, that the ability to use those
means is present to every one, whether
r^h or poor, bond or free, ignoble or
great.
' Well then, the way is simple, and rill
my rules are easy. They are not
written in a book, but contained on a
page, that those who study lead may
understand..
CT You that have read the above,'
read the following.
From Poulfon's American Daily Advertiser.
The h^rAiCif^ Dejire of WEAL 7 H cur
cJ bya DREAM.
^re—rrarzr- — =- - 0 =-
Inftru&ing Miscellany.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Publi^ed every SATURDAY
the United States,
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1801.
10i Witeu Bratta
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY AREINDISPEN_T BLE SUPPORTS.
The Lucubratßr.
had the following dream which I have
been persuaded to conirridriicate to the
filblic, through the medium of your
tifefnl paper. I thought that all the
stones (of which there are above a
million) on my farm were Suddenly
converted into gold. The joy I felt
upon this occasion, cannot be described.
I walked acrois my Helds with exulta
tion, dazzled with the fplendcr of the
riches which met my eyes and. feet,
wherever I looked or walked. 1 now
began to devise the frays in which 1
should employ my suddenly acquired
treasures. I built myfclf in imagina
tion a large House—l got a carriage—
I portioned off my children agreeable
to their wishes, I entertained the citi
zens of Philadelphia, and attended the
theatre and othei places of public a
musement. After satiating myfelf with
these reflexions, I began to think of
collecting my wealth into one mat's, and
putting it in some place of security. It
was now near sundown, and I began
to entertain fears from the inroads of
my neighbors upon my fields during
thenight. I saw at once the difficulty
of collecting my treasure in one even
ing, or even in two or three days. I
thought of employing a great many
hands for the purpose. But who said
I, frill watch them to prevent their rob
bing me—l thought of hiring guards
—but who fald I, will enfurc the fidel
ity and integrity of these guards ?—I
thought of employing perlons who
should firft cut off their pockets from
their clothes—but said I, they may
Hill rob me by concealing in their
mouths, or swallowing small lumps of
my gold—for it was very remarkable,
I felt as much dread of looting as much
of this gold as a man could conceal in
his mouth, as if it had been all I had
in the world. My anxiety now be
came very great ; but it was but the
beginning of my trouble. I extended
my views beyond the rhoment I.have
described.. .I began to think of the
kind of building in which I could fccure
my wealth. I found upon calculation
that it would not be contained in a
house of a less size, than the large Ger
man Lutheran church in Philadelphia,
and that filch a house could not be com
pleted in less than two years. In the
mean while, I fancied I saw my gold
exposed to plunder, not only by my
neighbors, but by thousands of other
people who could not fail of hearing of
the opportunity my fields afforded of
acquiring a competency or indepen
dence by a nights cxcurfion to them.
In this situation, my foul was torn with
unutterable anguilh. I sighed . and
groaned to such a degree that I awoke
my wife who lay by my fide. She was
much agitated, and supposing I was
very ill, awakened me. Never did any
man enjoy an escape from drowning
or fire, more then I did m^deliverance
from the. diftraftion in which my #
dream had thrown me. I wept seve
ral minutes before I was able to tell my
wife the cause of my distress. I arose
immediately after day break and visited
my stony fields with more pleafne
than ever I had done before in any pe
riod of my life. I embraced a fmopth
Hone on. which I had often trodden,
rind preying it to my bosom, thanked
heaven that it was not gold.
Ever fence I had this dream, I hare
envied no,man his riches, and have
been perfectly contented and thankful.
One thing I mull not neglect to
mention rind that is in my wishes sot
great wealth, I always said I would
employ a part of it in building chur
ches, efflblifhjng free fchools,' and re
lieving the distresses of the poor ; but
in my dream, I never once thought of
churches, schools, nor of a fingls poor,
man, woman or child upon the face of
the earth.fr ,
Infinite of Delicate Bcnezdence.
WQ young ladies, of adiftinguiffi
ed family, in the Weft of Eng
land, were lately so far reduced in life,
as to be compelled to take in needle
work, and to labor lor their fußfiftence.
They ha'd nothing left of their family
edates and fortunes, but some wretch
ed furnituie, and an old picture of lit
tle value. The circumstance reaching
the ear of a' wealthy clergyman who
had received some favors from the fa
mdy, he iriftdutly repaired t 9 the uh-
nately remained as stationary, as they
had been for five and twenty years.—
In this situation my Mind vented itfelf
in perpetual wiffies for wealth equal to
the exigencies. of my fajnily. One
night, after pacing the evening in lis
tening to stories of the irtimenfe riches
of B. P. G. C. N. and others of the
wealthy citizens of Philadelphia. I
From an English Magazine.
I, g, Worthy of Derufol.
I Was not a little plcafed the other day Upon
paying .a visit at a house of diftinXion in the
country,') find the family assembled round a
large table, covered with maps, and glo,be, and
books, at the tipper end of which fat a young la
dy, like a profeftor, reading from the chair. In
her band (he field c newspaper. Her father
told me he Ead long accustomed her, while
reading one of these vehicles of intelligence, to
acquaint herfelf.with the federal towns & coun,
tries mentioned; by turning to the names in a
Gazetteer, and then finding them out upon tee
globe or map, in which flie was become io great
a proficient, as co be at that time in truth giving
a le&ure in geography co her younger brothers
and fillers. It was her father's intention, (he
said, that from Campbell's Prefenc State of Eu
rope, flie should acquire a fufficicnc knowledge
of the kingdoms arou#! us, as well as our own,
to form an idea of their importance and interests
refpedlively, and the relation each bears to the
rest. Verily, thought Ito myfelf, this is read
ing a newspaper to some purpole.
Children, very early in life, are eager for the
fight of a newspaper. By being called upon in
a free and easy way, for some little account of
what is in it, they may gradually be brought to
read with attention, rind to fir upon those arti
cles which are most worthy of notice ; as also
to remember what they have read, from one day
to another, apd put things together.
While we are in the world, we mutt con
verse with the world ; and the conversation; in
part, will turn on the news of the day. It is
the firft fubjed we begin upon; a general in
trodu&ion to every thing else. All mankind,
indeed, are our brethren, and we are interefled,
or ought to be interested, in their pleasures and
their pains, their fvfferiogs, or their deliverances
throughout the world.—Accountsofthofe should
produce in us suitable emotions which would
tend to the exercise of different virtues, and the
improvement of our tempers. We should ac
custom ourselves to rejoice with those who re
joice, and sympathize with those who mourn..
When any country is likely to become the
theatre of remarkable events arid revelations
(for inftanc,, Holland and the dominions of the
Turks, at this moment) it is worth one's while
to refrefh one',memory with the hi%ry of that
country, its constitution, and the changes it has
heretofore undergone, the nature ^ difpofitjon of
the people, &c. a fart ol knowledge which is
sure to be called for. The man who makes
himfelf perfect and correct in it, will gain cred
-lit and give pleasure, in every company, into
which he may happen-to fall.
Whatever inftru&ion is reaped from hifto
ty, may be reaped front a newspaper, which is
I the hiftory of the world for one day, it is the
I hiftory of that world in which we now lire,
I and with which we are consequently more con-
Icerned than with those which have parted away
and exist only in remembrance ; tho, to check
us in our too fond love st it, we may confide?
that the present likewise will foot :be .pad
and takes its place in the repository of the
dead. ,
Accounts of the most extraordinary events or
old tiroes arc now pewfed by us \vith.the ut
mott indifference. With equal indifference
will the hiftory of our oun times be perilled by
our defeendants ; and a day is coming when all
' tranfa&ions shall appear in the fame light, those
only excepted by a confidcration of which we
have been made wiser and better., I here are
few pet haps by which we may not become so.
What nobler employment for the human
mind, than to trace the designs of Providence in
the rife and fall of empires : the overth row rs
one, and the cftabliQiment of another upon ns
ruins, to watch diligently the different lleps by
which those changes, are effected ; to oblerye
the proceedings of the great ruler of the uni-,
verse, always iq ftridt conformity to the rules
with which he himfelf has furnished us ; to be
hold generals with their armies, and princes
with their people, executing hi, counsels, while,
pnrfujng their own, to view, upon the ffage of
the world, those feenes which are continually
Drifting,the different adors appear ip fucceffi on,
and the gradual progrefl of the Drama, each
incident, tending to develope the plot, and bring
on the final cataflfophe!
In ' the midst of those secular commotions, it
is ufeful to observe the effe&s produced by them
in the earth; while, among the powers of the
world, some prated and prosecute ; foroe en
deavor to maintain it in its old forms, and others
wifli to introduce new ; art perhaps, more of
less, aim at converting it into an engine of Rate
to serve their own purpose, and to avail theni
, selves of the infience which it muff always
have on the mildest men. .t
When w^read of the everts taping p.ace in
our own country tire fubje& becomes more in
teresting, and we are in danger of having out
pafljons routed and fomented. Let us therefore
be upon our guard, judging of nothing, by firft
reports, but awaiting the calmer hour of tcafon,
prepared decide on full information. For the
prosperity of our country let us. be thankful 8;
grateful; in its adverfiy, ferrowful and peni
tential ; ever careful tocerred our oun faults,
before we censure those of others.
With refped to individual, & their concerns,
examples (and the, are not wanting among us)
of piety,chirader, ftrnfa,sad oth-r virtue
fortunate females, & fearful of wound
ing their delicacy, said to them, vrith a
fnnling and affable air, " I arn inform
ed, ladies, that you have in yottr apart
mer,ts sere a nioft valuable picture. I
fee it ; it is by the hand of a great
matter ; and if it be not too great^fa
vor, I would intreat you to part frith
it, for which I will fettle, on you an an
nuity of 501. a year, and it Ihall com
mence from this moment.'., .The ladies
were at once altonifhed, and confound
ed ; they knew not how to answer.
He relieved them, by patting down a
501. note on the table, at the lame time
alluring them, that if they sent the pic
ture according to his direction, the)
should find lie would keep his promile.
. —•+-• tmemret
Vol. XI. B No. 22.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TWELFTH YEAR. *'
Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Pointer of the Laws &c. of
in New-Hampfyire.
PRICE i DOLLAR 50 CENTS Pu Amiwr,
®racle of the Map.
should eJ^aually stir us up to cbpy, to emulate
to furpafsthem ; to join, so far as ability and
opportunity will permit, in designs set on foot
for the promotion of what is good, the difeour
agernent and fnpprcffion of what is otherwise.
And here, there is great choice ; man, such de
signs are on foot ; and let those, who have tal
ents forft, bring forward more. All are want
'd' *..
The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of
multitudes, displayed in newspapers, are so ma
ny admonitions and warnings, beacons, contiu
ally burring, to turn others from the rocks on
which they had been shipwrecked. —Ay hat
more powerful difluafive from suspicion, jeal
otify, and anger, than the story of one friend
murdered by another in a duel ? What cau
tion likely tc be more effectual against gamb
ling and profligacy, than the mournful rela
tion of an execution, or the fate of a dcfpliring
suicide ? What finer ledure on the necessity of
economy, than an auflion of effaces, houses,
and furniture ? " Talk they of morals ? I here
is no need of Hutchelon, Smith or Paley. On
ly take a newspaper, aud conflict it well, read
it, and it will instruct thee pterfo el melius CLry
fypofet Crantore.
A newspaper is, among other things a regie
ter of mortality. Articles of this kind should
excite in our minds reflet-lion similar to thole
made bv one of.my predecessors, on a purvey of
the tombs in Westminster Abbey. 1 hey are
so just, beautiful and affe&ing, that.mfr reader,
lam sure, will esteem himfelf under an obli
gation to me far^bringiug them again into his
remembrance, by clcfing this paper witn a cita
tion of them. I,
“ When I look upon the tombs of the great,
every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read
the epitaph, of the beautiful^ every inordinate
-desire goes cut ; when I meet with the grief of
parents upon a stone, my heart melts with com
paflion; when I fee the tomb of the parents
themselves, I confides the vanity of grieving for
those whom we must quickly follow ; when I
fee kings lying by those who deposed,them,
when I confider rival wits placed fide by fide, or
the holy men that divided the world witlitheir
contests-and disputes, I reHedl with sorrow and
astonishment on the little competitions, fa&ions
and debates of mankind. Whc, 1 read of the
fevcral dates of the tombs of some that .died
yesterday, and some 600 years ago, 1 confider
that great day whem we Ihall all of us be co
temporaries, and make our appearances togeth
er."
A)afc and efficacious remedy for tbe CANCER.
" Take the narro\*4eafed Dock root
and boil it in water, 'till it be quite foft,
then bathe the part affeded in the de
co&ion as hot as can be borne, 3 or 4
times a day ; the root mud then be
mushed and applied as a poultice.
" This root has proved an effedual
cure in many instances ; —it was firft
introduced by an, Indian woman, who
came to the house of a,perlon in the
country who was. much affixed with
a cancer in her mouth ; the Indian,
perceiving that something was the mat
ter, enquired what it was, and, on b^ing
informed, said she would cure her.—•
The woman consented to a trial, tho'
with little hope of success, having pre
viously tifed many things without re
ceiving any benefit. The Indian went
out and soon returned with a. root,
whicli flie boiled and applied as above,
and in a short time, a cure was effected.
The Indian was very careful to conceal
what these roots were, and refufed giv
ing any information respecting them ;
but happening one day to lay tome of
them down, and Hep out, the woman
concealed one of the roots, which Ihe
planted, and soon difeoveftd what it
was. . Not long after a person in that
neighborhood, being afflicted with the
fame complaint in her'face, she inform
ed her of this remedy, and in 2 weeks
she was perfectly cured. Sometime
after a man was cured of a confirmed
Cancer upon the back of his hand ; —
after fuffering much, and unable to get
any relt, being told of this root, ituas
procured and prepared for hira ; he
kept his hand in the water as hot as he
could bear it, for sometime: die root
was then applied as a poultice, and
that night he slept comfortably,-and in
two weeks, his hand was entirely cured.
“ Daniel Brown's father having had™
a cancer in liis head, had it cut out and
apparently ;healed; but some of tae
roots remaining, it again broke out ;,—
Bis doctor then informed him that no
thing more could be done except burn
ing it out with hot irons. this being
tob harih a «medy to fubfr.it to, he
was much discouraged. /Lhe dock root
was soon after recommended, and it
cured him in a short time.,
" In the beginning, of the winter of
rfoß, a hard lumpfypeafed In the
middle of my under lip, and in a diort
time, became fotef it continued ,
that situation till spring, When it increaf
cd and became painful ; T then Shewed
it to a person of Ikill, and soon foiled
he apprehended it to be cancerous ;'
after two or three different applications,
the complaint increased and spread rap
idly.
“ Lot Trip, having . heard of my
complaint mentioned this root. I cal
led on h ; m to know the particulars of
From a Philadelphia paper.^
WORTHY OF NOTICE.
it—he gave me the neceuary informa
tion —the root was procured,, and used
in the manner abovementioned —taking
a mouthful of the water, in which the
root was boiled, & letting it dripover my
lips as hot as I could bear it ; this I did
three or fomr times a day, and then kept
the roots to it, day and a night, and in
two days the pain entirely left it, and
in two weeks it was cured.
13. The People of the United States.
14. May the prevailing Spirit of Party be
extinguished by tire true Spirit of Patriotism.
15. Love to our Country, Friendship to All,
and Enmity to None,
16. The, American Fair. May their qual
ifications ever tend to promote Domestic Haji
oinefs.
VOLUNTEERS.\
Av Mr. Wolcott :—The City of New-York:
May its prosperity be commensurate with the
eminent advantages cf its situation.
After Mr. Wolcott bad retired,
.Ay toe Mayor —Oliver Wolcott : A virtu
ous mind and the approbation of honed men ;
the just and only rewards of industry and integ
rity in office.
By Mr. Murray, President of the Chamber oj
Commerce ;—Col. Pickering : gray those who
fill his ' office emulate his virtues and abilities.
By General Hamilton :—May our Govern
ment never fall a prey to the drean;, of a Con
dorcet, nor to the vices of a Cataline.
By Mr. Harrison, Recorder : —The Chief Jus
tice of the United States, firm, virtuous, and en
lightened.
By Col. Morton : —Talents and Virtue in in :
dividuals; and good sense in the community
properly to appreciate them.
By Air. Stoughton, Consul of bis Catbolic Ma
j,f,y;—Colonel Humphreys, the American Min
ister at the Court of Madrid,
By Mr. Gabn, Consul to bis Majfy tie King
of Sweden :— May good Faith ever insure the
Rights of Neutral Nations.
A letter from Norwich, dated Feb. 9, 1801,
fa, —, A Ihockipg fire broke out in this city &
hft evening about 8 o'clock, in Joseph & Charles
Huntington's (lore, which was deftroyed—allo
the -.Mccting-hpufe, and the house formerly,
owned by' Mr. Woodbridge—Mr. Bigwig
lore was torn down in order to preserve Lis
dwelling-houfe—lt is supposed the fire was pur*
pofely communicated."
3. The President of the United States
4. May our future PrcGdent, by the Wis
dom and Integrity of his Administration, merit
qnd obtain the approbation of all good Men.
, The Governor and State of New-York.
"6. Congress. —May their councils be purely
American, Wife and Energetic.
7. The Navy, Army, and Militia.
8. The Thirteen Patriotic Senators of Penn
fylvania.'
g. Charles C. Pinckney, who preferred re
maining in a private Station, to being Presi
dent of the United States at the expence of hit
,Hcnor. ~
10. Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufac
tures ; the great Props of National Prosperity
IX. Public Credits May it never be wither--
cd by ill Faith, or impairedhy exteffive Use.
12 . The Liberty of the Press without Liccn
tioufnefs.
“ This remedy itfimple, fafe and nor
attended with any thing unpleafant.''
Capt. Cunningham, arrived at Philadelphia
from Jamaica, informs, that it was reported
there, when he left it, that the new governor
of Jamaicia, who came out in the last fleet from
England, had, been upset in a fchr. coming from
one of the islands, and drowned.
CANINE SAGACITY.
: The following is given in one of the lalt
Paris papers: A young man going into a place
of public entertainment, was told that his dog
could not be permitted to enter, and the latter
was accordingly left with the guard at the door
—The young man had scarcely entered the
lobby, when his watch was ftolen< He return
ed to the guard, and prayed that his dog might
be admitted as through his means he might
difeover the thief. The dog was fuffered to
accompany his matter, who intimated to the
faithful animal that he had loft something.—
The dog fee out immediately in quest of the
fram'd article and fattened on the thief, whofc
guilt on searching him was made .apparent.—
The fellow had no less than fix watches in his
pocket, whicla being laid before the dog, he
diftinguiffied his matter's, took it up by the
firing, and bore it to him in fafety ! !!
The frigate United States. Commodore Bar
ry, has arrived at Antigua, from a cruize.
Capt. I. Smith who arrived here a few days
since from New-Providence, in paffiug one of
the Bahama Elands, discovered a Ihip on the
rocks,which he Lund hadbeen left by the peo
ple, file was copper-bottomed, had a valuable
cargo, some of which he took on board his ves
sel. 9/hc Chip was bilged, and had Several fcct
of rcitfr in her held.
It having been agreed by the Merchants of
this city to give a Public Dinner to OLIVER
WOLCOTT, Esq. late Secretary of the Tfca
fury, the committee of arrangement waited up
on that Gentleman to know what day would
be most convenient for him Land he having
appointed Monday the i6th':r.ft. an elegant
entertainment was provided by Mr. Byrne, at
the Tontine Coffee House, which was honored
with the company of a large assemblage of our
most refpe&able citizens. The Mayor presid
ed. After dinner rhe ' following toasts were
drank, and the evening was spent with the
greatest harmony, and good humour.
TOASTS.;
I. The United States. May their Union
ever be canfidered as the Palladium of their
Liberty, Safety, and Frofpcrity.
2. The lading memory of the unparalleled
Washington.
IVXSHINGTONs Legacy.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
', NEW-HAVEN, FEB. 12.
NEW-YORK FEB. Ij.
NEW-YORK, FEB. 1,.