The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-09-26 00:00:00, page 4

Why then will not the young, the tender
ty.rt of the community avail themselves of the
wisdom of these who have gone on in the path
of life before them ) Why will not the promif
tog young man, in whose charadcr the hopes
of his parents are fondly centred, and the bloom
ing beauty, whose countenance sheds the rays
of cheerfulness round the domicil of her family,
watch the eye of experience, and hang on the
lip of matured understanding ? If the tender
love of the patents unfortunately robs them of
that firmnefs which they ought to use in the
rovernmentof their children, one ought to be
fed to conclude, that this alone would incline the
child to Search for their withes, and to perform
them with alacrity. In a life filled with temp
tations to errors fatal in their nature ; in a path
through a wilderness foil of dangers, and evils,
one Would I'uppofe that young travellers would
gladl, avail themfdvet of the wisdom experience
has given. Yet too many rush on hcedlefsly
over the ruin of thousands, who have fallen a
pre, in the fame ways they are pursuing."
— O
" The path of life opens upon the young eye
as full of flowers and sweets. It appears dired,
and on an easy afeent, where nothing can annoy
or interrupt. But when we have arrived at the
further end of it. the view is changed. We
from that point look back upon snares we have
fallen into, as well as the perils we have cfcap
ed, and become astonished that we have had a
progress so fucccfsful. The hazardous journey
A drawn in firing colours before our children,
but they proceed on, charmed by falfe appearan
ces, until they have fuffcred in their turn, as we
have done before them. We have, however,
great eaufe of gratitude to a kind Providence,
that our experience, and caution, when assidu
ously and timely exerted, save the far grea
ter part of our pofterit, from those difgraceful
enormities,wbichkender the lives of a few, com
pktely wretched, and miserable, and load those
of others with difthefs and calamity.
EnRAPT'RING Maid, from realms above,
Where all thy beauties matchiefs (bine ;
Defrend—array'd in joy, and lore,
And sweetly tunc my heart to thine.
Then (hall my mmfe with heavn'ly fire,
Awake to extasy the lyre,
And drains sublime, divinely roll,
Till the full impulse search the foul.
Has its frailties, and its ftablity : perfedion
is pot the lot of any man—he is more than mor
tal, who is “ chaste as ice," or " pure as snow."
_ There is a necessity that vice Should cxift,
b fome degree ; otherwise, we Should never
how to estimate the truly great and
g°\}ar#att juftiy.
But (hould'ft thou put forth all th, might
And in full majesty arise;
The foul wound up with strong delight
Would burst her sane and hail the skies !
Thy martial pow'rs can warm old aga,
Make youthful bosoms burn with rage,
Can mount Bellona in her car,
And swell the thund'ring tide of war.
I This been computed chat, among ten thou
sand people, the average deaths will be one
a day. If this computation be accurate, a person
in common health has a daily risk of dying,
which compared to the chances of life, is in rhe
fame proportion as an unit bears the number
nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine.
This rifkis seemingly so small, that it common
ly gives no alarm, and is scarcely thought of ;
whereas, if the fame risk was placed upon a
different ground, so as to be seen in another
light, it would be generally alarming.
Supposing, for instance, that to-morrow
morning a lottery were to be drawn of this kind.
Mine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine
white balls and one black ball should be thrown
promiscuously into a box ; and then, ten thou
sand people, you and I among the number,
should each put in a hand and draw out a ball
at random, and whoever chanced to draw the
black ball, (houltihevitably fuffer death within
twenty four hours: I fay,that if we knew that
such a lottery were to be drawn to-morrow
morning, and chat we ourfelvea mull take our
chance in it, as aforementioned, it would doubt
less produce in us some ferinus apprehensions,
and might probably interrupt our deep co night.
Now, in a different way, we daily run the
fame risk and yet feel no apprehension or alarm.
Indeed the anticipation of death is only ufeful,
as it quickens to a preparation for it.
Philosophy has taught that it is unrcafonable
to live in the dread of death, feeing it is inevita
ble.
Thy charms how variously combin'd,
How melting thy melifluous drains !
By thee our feelings are refin'd,
And banifh'd far are all our pains.
I hy fofter founds can madness cure,
The fierceft lavages allure,
Can all the raging paffion# quell,
And even haunting fiends expel !
But moll thine excellence we know
When met t' adore th' Almlshttv KING,
Theo Teems begun a heav'n below,
And men infpir'd, like Awoxls sing.
Oh, 'tis divinely fwect to raise
Our glowing hearts to HIM in praise!
Whose NAME we'll fog till Nature dies,
Then join th' Assembly in the Ikies.
There seated round the throne divine.
Where our REDEEMER with Hi M reigns;
We through their love (hall glorious thine,
And found their peaise in cmdlcfs ftraias.
Time to eternity gives way,
] fee unfold th' immortal day !
Creation's loft in LOVE's bright blaze,
And music's sel, in boundless praise.
The Christian religion teaches that death as it
refpc&s the good, is great gain. At the fame
time, both philosophy and religion unite their
testimonies, that it is the part of wisdom to
make all necessary preparation for this fplemn
and important event.
As we know not but we may die to day,we
ffiould be careful to have our worldly affairs
properly arranged ; and (till more careful to
have and preserve fucha Gate of mind, as that
we may meet death with comfort.
From the Attorney General's elofng fpeecl in the
trial of Fairbanks.
the MORALIST—No. 394.
I'/TV^A^m9/^
4Q7 ml)^xifo&, fl) \zza
'Poetical Repository.
HUMAN NATURE
ON MUSIC.
O
Elegant Extract
On DEATH.
A gentleman extremely oppressed with low
spirits, applied for relief to the late Dr. R. The
doctor told him his receipt was in the hands of
a Physician at Exeter,to whom he sent him with
a letter.—The Exeter physician had sent it toa
brother of the faculty at Edinburgh ; to whom
the invalid posted, but the remedy was in the
hands of a Dublin doctor. Cr^&g the sea he
found that the Irifhnian had just transmitted it
to Dr. R. in London When he returned to
London, Dr. R. asked him the state of his health.
" Why (said he) I have had an excellent round,
and have loft my disorder."" That (repled the
dodor) was the medicine I sent you after."
London Paper,
On hoard tbe,ip Mary, Cass. Htrtcbins, Ed
mund Hill, a native of Biddeford, Maffabufette.
At Bofan, Charles Sturgis, aged, 1 , years,fan of
Rr,:tl Shergis; miss Elizabeth Hall, aged 68,for
merly of Methuen ; mrs Ruth Danforth, wife of
fofiab Damjwtb ; miss Hannab Otis, daughter of
the late Hon. fames Otis, Esq. of Barnfable ; —
tie young, daughter of Andrew Kettell,jun.
On Wednefda, afternoon, was taken up on Fort En
de,credence, (in B,on harbor, the body of William 8.
Baxter,frsendfon of Ebenezer Baxter. The unfor
tunate youth was drowned on the lOtb in,, by the
overfalleg of a beat. He was in the 12th year of
bis age, and a very fromifag lad. ; and on Friday,
tea, er Thomas Page, aged I 3,who was also drown
ed in the fauall of the lath, was taken u, on B,on
Neck.
At Albany, the Hon. Robert Yatet, aged 65-
formerly Chief fuflice of the State.
At Dorel,er, Isabella Ritebie, aged 14 months,
and Andrew Ritchie, aged 32 months, the only Chil
dren of ,obn Ritchie.
At Hanover, Angelina Whitman, aged 2 years,
young, child of Benjasfiin Whitman, Esq.
On hie feafoge to London,feJl overboard ft omfh,
Galen and was drowned, feremiab Heffron, aged
23. of Be, on.
On board the ,if Mary, Bradbury, of Kennebunk,
William Moody, Benjamin Littlefield, Ebenezer
Borton, and Thomae Lord.
At Topsfield, Moses Pilfbury, to mife Cleveland.
At Philadelphia, Capt. Edward Gardner, to mfe
Grace Wagner ; William Levis, Stationer, to
mys Sarah Crifpin.
At Baltimore, Jofefl, Herbert, merchant, to wife
Eleanor Jenkins,
Twain,
And there his pamper'd lord.—The cup goes
round ;
And who so artful as to put it by ?
'Tie long since Decgb had the majority;
Yet ftrangc ! the. Living lay it net to heart.
At Georgetown, (S.C.) Thomas Hutchiafon, Esq.
and bis daughter, mis, Masy Hutchmfon —witbiny
well of each other.
At .Groton, S. Lefler, to mife Elisa Arer,.
At Ipfzaich, Tri, ram Coffin, of Salisbury, to
mft Elizabeth Lord, of the former place.
At Bratford, Nathan Barker,to rife Sally Hardy.
At Newburyport, Capt. Joseph Broun, to miss
Mary PUftury.
At Salem, William Nichols, to seifs Sall, Dutch ;
John Page, merchant, of Beverly, to mife Mary
Leland, of Grafton.
Death's Jhafts fly thick ; — here falls the village
At Haji-Haddam, Obadiah Emmons, to wifi
Huldy Olmfled.
At Weymouth, Rro. fofaa Cufeman, of Wins
low, to miss Lucy Jones.
At St. fobns, N. B. Lt. Thomas Dfrigay, to
miss Sarah Byler, daughter of the Ret'. Dr. Bytes.
At Nezu,orb, William Nelson,, Esq. merchant,
to Lady Catharine Duer, Yelia of the late William
Duer, Est. and daughter of the Earl of Sterling.
At Springfield, Hubbard Blife, to miss Emily
Highborn.
The World was fad, the Garden was a wild,
And man the hermit Ggh'd till Woman foil'd.
Purn a Dublin paper °f JA, 7.
Among modern inventions, alike curious and
ufeful,that of ourpaper manufactured from draw,
certainly ranks in rhe highest order, and must
add greatly to the ftoek of human knowledge,
by cheapening and multiplying the medium
through which it is conveyed to the world.
We underhand that a fpccimen of this paper
may now be seen at the Medical Library,
George's street, and a very ingenious work,
" Modern Inventions," to be executed on straw
paper, is on the eve of publication, and no
doubt, will meet a very rapid sale, as every
virtuoso and lover of the arts will be eager to
have in his library the firft work printed on pa
per of this curious manufacture.
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Parian Head-dress.
Wigs are now exploded among the Parisian
ladies of fafhion, excepta few old ladies. Wigs
are very little used by gentlemen ; but the hair,
except a little over the forehead, is cut almost
as elofe as the skin.
Wondrful worksof Providence.
A Singular non-defcript animal, has a few
weeks since, several times made it. appear
ance ne< Northumberland town in Pcn,fyvania,
which has been the fubjea of much speculative
enquiry in these parts. The extraordinary for
mation cf this wonderful creature, as represent
ed by a number of rcfpedtable inhabitants of
that place, who hare seen it, is certainly afton
ilhing to every one, particularly so to those ac
quainted wito natural hirtory, and furnifhes the
mind with a variety of conjectures, fame of
which perhaps not very favorable to the human
species. It is said to be about five feet in height,
and moves cred ; it has a more perfect human
face than any other animal of the brute creation
hitherto spoken of. The head is crowded with
hair, which falls regular over the forehead, near
to the eye-brows; its neck and breaC are bare,
but downwards is covered entirely with hair
of a redilh cast. Its arms and hands appear
perfe& like those of a man, excepting the nails
which are similar to claws of beasts ; but the
feet appear perfect. it has a very long tail
which it winds round its body when run
ning. An attempt was made to catch it a
Ihort time since, by three gentlemen on horfe
back,one of whom was near enough to (trike it
with the lash of his whi^ but taking donn a
deep hill, the gentlemen were obliged to de
mount to pursue it, when it made its escape.—
We hear a thousand dollars are offered for this
animal alive. Harrubrp (Pena.) Pq>er,
Head dresses in the onfaur (till very prevalent.
IHE MIDDLE f --No. 175.
MEDICAL ANECDOTE.
COURT of HYMEN.
MORTAL ITT.
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MARRIED.
DIED.
Bojite, May 20, 1801.
N. B. The above note being the pro
perty of the fubiciihers they hereby of
fer a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS to
the perlon who will deliver the fame to
either of them.
Witness — Jacob Kuhn.
Which Note was endorsed blank by
John Tucker, Esq. and neither the note
or letter has been received. Therefore
all perlons are cautioned against purchas
ing the fame, as p^yfoent is flopped. And
whoever poffefles the note or letter is de
sired to give immediate information ' to
Edward Gray, Esq. Court street, Bol
ton, ro William Gardner, Elq. of Ports
mouth, or the hiblcriber.
SAMUEL H. HEWS.
Patent, Air-Tight Agitable
LAMPS,
THE peculiar advantage of which is
not only to prevent /pilling the oil,
but by being made airtight the oil is de.
fended from rhe pressure of the atmos
phere, which causes it to rife much light
er and further to the burners, burn brigh
ter and prevents it from coagulating.
The above Lamps are kept con
flantly for Sal, by
John Badger,
Tin-Plate Worker,
Off^e M.Pence's Poohsto'<, Danieifreet.
Tin & Pewter Ware as
nfunl. Pmtlmouth, Sept §, rßot.
THE Subscriber lent to the
Port Office Portsmouth, about the
last of Angnft last, a letter directed Ed
ward Gray, Esq. of Boflon, containing
a note of hand, a copy whereof is as fol
lows, viz."
3670 Dollars. Boflem, Feb. Ift, 1796.
On the firft day of February, one thou
find eight hundred and two I promise to
pay to John Tucker, Esq. or his older,
the funi of thirty-fix hundred and seven
ty dollars, being for value received.
CHARLES CUSHING.
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ticulars enquire ofthe Printers.
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few days.—For Freight
or Paifage apply to
Mark Simes,
WHO HAS FOR SALE
100 Bbls.Philadelphia FLOUR
20 half Barrels do.
2 Calks Lihleed OIL,
2 do, Spermaceti OIL,
15 Camboofcs,of different sizes,
8 Iron Stoves, different sizes,
A quantity of Liverpool SALT
Bright & black VARNISHES,
Spirits of Turpentine,
Jamaica RUM,
MOLASSES, per barrel,
COFFEE, per barrel,
Hyfon TEA, per chest,
A quantity of CORN.
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For the fch'r FRANKLIN,
to go to any of the southern States, or the
Weft Indies.
For further particulars apply to the
Mailer on board, now lying at Jacob
Sheafe's Wharf.
DANIEL PROWS.
Portsmouth, Sept. 18, ißoi.
NOW OPENING
AND FOR SALE BY
N. A. &J. Haven,
A large and general fu„l, of
Fall & Winter
GOO DS,
PonJmoHth, Sept. 12, 180:.
FLOUR,
Which FOR SALE at their Store,
No. g, Pnrrfmouth-Pier—
The, have likewise,
R^n pr. Hhd. Coffee pr. Hhd.
or left quantity ; Loaf Surar, &c.
Have just received from Philadel
phia, a fan Barrel: Fine and fu,erfne
Freight Wanting,
For Philadelphia.
D. & J. Cutter
WANTED
S. W. POMEROY,
JOHN DUBALLET.
AROMATIC PAS TE,
For the Teeth, and Gums,
"It is that white, and yellowifo Tar.
tarifed Calk, which adheres to the teeth,
next the gums, causing, scurvy, foofe flab
by bleeding gums ; ahd the complete
deftrudion of the enamel of the teeth ;
that so frequently disfigures the beauty—
renders the teeth rotten and loose in their
sockets, and afflicts mankind, with pains,
the molt excruciating."
Fide. London Med. Eflay
OCT CAUTION!
Be ever particular to obfove, that the true
and genuine Paste is of a dark purple colour
which is inflantly diftinguiJkedfrom counter
feits ; and is fold only in this city by the Jub-
Jetiber, being the only proprietor in America.
This PASTE will, 011 using, jpe fenfo
bly perceived to brace up and rirengthen
the fibres, and with a little continuance
will perfealy cure the Scurvy in the
Gums, changing them from that livid
disagreeable colour, to a fine pale red,
occasioning them to grow firm and close
to the teeth ; so that those teeth which
were before loose and ready to drop out,
will become entirely faft and steady, and
from being black and foul, will make
them appear white & beautiful. It like
wise preserves the teeth from growing
rotten, keeps such as are decayed a long
time from growing worst, and takes off
all difagreeble fmclls from the breath,
which generally arise from faubutic
gums and bad teeth. It has a beautiful
aromatic taste and flavour.
Price 50 Cents per box.
Prepared only in America at the (tore of
Sam'l H. P. Lee, New-London.
After washing the teeth and gums clean,
dip your brush or finger into the paste,
and take about as much as will lie on the
point of a penknivr, and rub the gums
and teeth freely, until it has removed ev.
ery impurity — This do every morning
and wnfh it off with water. Sold as above.
Drugs, Medicines and Dying
DRUGS, fold as usual bv
^, WANTED immediately,
two smart, a&ive LADS, as apprentices
to the Printing business-—At this Office.
Prepared only by Samuel H. P. Lee, M.D
New-London, Conncaicut,
THESE Fills are-celebrated through
out the United States, and Weft.
Indies, in the cure and prevention of In
termittent. Remittent, Bilious, Inflamma
tory, and Yellow Fevers—Jaundice —
Bilious Cholic—lndigeftion—Dropfy —
Gout, Rheumatism, Pleurisy, Chlorofis.
Worms, Dysentery, Billious Vomitings,
Convulsion and Epileptic Fits, Asthma,
Coughs and Colds accompanied with
CottiveneG—Foul [Stomach—Scurvy=
Sore Throat—Hypochondria, and Hyf.
terical Affections, &c. &c. &c.
Tht, are also highly esteemed for their
virtues when taken in the spring season,
summer and autumn, and by removing
an overcharge of Billions redundancies
in the Stomach and Bowels, and thereby
prevent most of those diseases concurrent
with an Epidemical fealon—their opera,
tion is an easy and effectual purgative,
and may be taken without risk of getting
cold or any inconvenience, therefore ex
remely proper for travellers by lea or
and, they are good to relieve the fyflem
after a hearty meal or a nights debauch,
their use in Epidemics of any kind are
too well known to need any comment ;
their success in Dysenteries are peculiarly
beneficial, and have been found to be
the best evacuaht to remove the causes of
Fluxes of any.—Certificates of their ef
ficacy may be seen at the place of sale,
price §o Cents per Box, and 5 Dollars
per Dozen, to fell again.
JOSIAH DWIGHT,
Agent for the Patentee in Portsmouth.
Also, That valuable Medicine
The Celebrated
Well afforttd, and fupable to the pre
sent and approaching seasons—any of
which will he fold cheap for CASH or
D°Y FISH 9,^. T R ,Q^ r
AT HIS STORE
iooo wt. Georgia COTTON,
of an Excellent quality.
20 boxes Spanilh SEGARS.
20 qunitals DUMB FISH.
50 quintals SCALE do.
50 barrels ONIONS, put up for
the Weft-India Market.
A few barrels brown SUGAR.
A few bags COFFEE.
3 bbls. ESSENCE SPRUCE.
BOHEA TEA.
A few excellent SPY GLASSES
and QUADRANTS.
—ALSO—Is received
A very large quantity of
ENGLISH GOODS,
& CLOATHING,
BY APPOINTMENT.
For sole ty the fubferiber at his
Apothecaries Shop in Market frees, dire&
from the Patentee, a further fapply of
Doctor Lee's Patent N. London
BILIOUS PILLS.
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JUST RECEIVED
AND FOR SALE BY
Stephen Little,
METHOD of U^NG,
JOSIAH DWIGHT.
Tlie Selectmen of Portsmouth will pay
the above reward of ten dollars to any
person that will give evidence fufficient
n> convift the person or persons before
any court proper to try such high hand
ed misdemeanors.
Portsmouth. Sent. 12, iSor.
A fafe, fpecdy and permanent cure
for this distressing complaint, is prepared (in
bottles at one Dollar each) by that great and
much esteemed physician, Dr. Hamilton, and is
now received and for sale by C. PEIRCE, NOS
Daniel-street, Portsmouth who has allo for sale
a large assortment of other genuine and highly
approved Patent Medicine.
C. PEIRCE has al, received for Sale
A few sets of elegant PICTURES,
such as the 4 seasons. The 4 Emblems of Eu
rope, Asia, Africa, and America. The 4 Car
dinal Virtues. The elopement and return.
Gen, Buonaparte, &c. &c. Sept. 19.
ON Monday the seventh instant, two
Horses were legally impounded, be
ing taken, damage feafant, without fet
ters, and the night following some evil
minded person or perlons did with force
and arms break the lock of the Pound &
refeued and took one of the Horses from
his confinement, leaving the other horse
or his owner to pay the damages that had
been done by them both.
Superior Court, Sept, term, 1801.
Ordered by the Court,that the
petitioner notify all perlons concerned
to appear before the Justices of the Su
perior Court of Judicature to be holden
at Portsmouth, within and for the county
of Rockingham on the firft Tuefday of
February next, to (hew cause, if any they
have, why the prayer of said 'petition
flwuld not be granted, by causing said
petition and order of court thereon, to be
published three weeks fucctffively in the
United States Oracle of the Day, the (ft
publication whereof to be fix weeks be
fore said term.
Attest NATH'I ADAMS, Clerk.
Copy examined bvN ATH'LADAMS,C4r£
WANTED a smart foung Woman
to tend in a family—n//o, a LAD
11 or 12 years of age, for the fame pur
pefe— Apply to the Printers.
R6ckingham Js.
TO the Honorable thejuftices
of the Superior Court of Judica
ture, Convened at Exeter, Sept, term,
1801. Humbly shews JoHN Dinsmoor
jifur. of Windham in said County, that
he is guardian to Elizabeth Armor.
of said Windham a minor—And that
the said Elizabeth is heir at law to the
rftite of her father John Armor, late
of Windham, deceased. Your petition
er conceiving it would be to the advan
tage and interest of the said Elizabeth to
have her real ertste fold, and the proceeds
thereof put to usury. He therefore prays
your honors, to authorife him to fell the
real estate of Elizabeth, under such qe
firiaions on the part of vour petitioner, as
your wildom may direct.
JOHN DINSMOOR, junr.
Rockingham,fs.
WHEREAS a Commission
of Bankruptcy has been awarded
and issued by the Hon.Jeremiah Smith,
Esq. one of the Circuit Judges, within
and for the firft Circuit of the U States,
against JACOB PEARSON,'
ot Exeter, in the Diftrid of Neu-Hamp,
fliire Diftria, Trader, and he being de
clared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to
surrender himfeif to the Commiilion'.rs,
named and authorised in said Commission
on the 30th day of September current,
on the 21st day of Odober nex', and on
the tenth dry of November next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon o( each of said
days, at the office of Oliver Peabody,
Esq. in said Exeter, and make a full dis.
covery and disclosure of his estate and ef
leas, and in all things to conform to the
direaions of the Aa of Congress, entitled,
" An A& to eftiblifli a uniform system of
Bankruptcy throughout the U. States,
when and where bis creditors are hereby
notified to come prepared to prove their
debts; and at the second meeting to
choose an Assignee or Assignees, and at
the loft of said meetings, the Bankrupt is
required to £iifli bis examination, and at
said last meeting any of the creditors of
said Bankrupt may be heard before said
Commissioners against the making or
allowing a certificate to the aforefaid
Judge or the Judges of said Circuit
Cou 6 , toeotilU the said Bankrupt to
a certificate of dUchafge.- All persons
indebted to said Bankrupt, are to make
payment, and those who have any of his
eneAs are to deliver the fameto such pera
sons only as the Commissioners fltoll
appoint.
Dr. SPALDING continues to inec.
ulate for the KINE-POX, having by
actual experiment proved it a sure and
effe&ual preyentive of the Small-Pox.
Dr. Dwight,
Refpectfulty informs the public
that he inoculates for the Kine-
P°X. AuguJl 29.
OLIVER PEABODY, ) Com.
NATHANIEL GILMAN, > ^fo
GIDEON LAMSON, ) ers.
HOOFING COUGH !
10 Dollars Reward.
Exeter, September 16, iSot.
KINE-POX.