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MEDLEY.S
Account of a Hindoo Devotee.
From Captain Turner's account of an Embassy
^the Court of the Tefhoo Lama, in Tibet.
The Gorki Pranpoorce exhibited so extraordinary an in
fine of religious penance, that I cannot refill the temp
uion of relating force particulars of his life.
Having been adopted 'by a Hindoo devotee, and edu
ced tv him in the rigid tenets of his religion, he was yet
rug when he commenced the course of his extraordinary
ortinUtibes. The firrtvow which the plan of life he
a! chosen to himfclf induced him to make, was to con
;me perpetually upon his legs, and neither to fit down up
•. -he ground, nor lie down to rest, for the space eftmfo
.rs. All this time he told me he had employed in wun
rcring through different countries. When I enquired how
' j took the indispensable refrefnmen; of sleep, when weari
• with fatigue, he Paid, th^t at firft, to prevent his falling,
. used to be tied with rapes to some tree or post: but
: it this precaution, after some time, became unnecessary,
id he Was able to sleep {landing without such fuppo^t.
The complete term ,of his firft penance being expired,
the next he undertook was to hold his hands, locked ill
wb other, over his head, the fingers of one hand divid-
i ^ those of the other for the fame space of twelve years.
Whether this particular period is chosen in compliment to
tiie twelve flgns of the zodiac, or to the Indian cycle of
velve years, I cannot decide. He was still determined
%t to dwell in any fixed abode; so that, before the term
ol this last vow could be accomplished, he had travelled e
•er the greater part of the continent of Asia. He firft set
at by croffingthe peninsula of India through Guzerat. He
then puffed by Surat to Boffora, and thence to Con-
Qantinople. From Turkey he went to ffpanan, and so
; earned so long among the different Persian tribes ago ob
tain a cQntidcrable knowledge of their language, in which
he converted with tolerable ease. In his passage from
whence towards Russia, he fell in with the Kunaucs (hordes
of Coffaucs) upon the borders of the Caspian Sea, where he
Narrowly escaped 'being condenmed to perpetual flav^ry;
but at length he was fuffered to pass on, and reached Mos
cow. He then traveled through the northern boundary
of the Ruffian Empire, and through Siberia, arrived at Pe
kin in China, from whence he came through Tibet, b, the
way of Tefhoo Loomboo, and Ninal down to Calcutta.
When I firft saw him at this place, io the year 1783, he
rode upoh a pie bald Tanguin horse, from Beotua, and
wote a satin embroidered dress, given to him by Telhoo
Lama, of which he Was not a little vain. He was rebuff
and hale; and his complexion, roptrafted with a long,
bushy, black beard, appeared really florid. I do not sup
pose that he was then forty years of age. Two Gnfeiuo
attended him, and assisted him in mounting and alighting
from his horse. Indeed he was indebted to them for the
assistance of their bands on every occafiun ; birnwn, being
fixed and immoveable in the position in which be had placed
them, were of course perfectly ufJefs.
Other Gofeins affurci me, though I could not help
doubting ft fa&, that it is practicable to remove withered
limbs, thus circumstanced, to perfect use. This is efßCted,
they fay, though not without great labor and feme pain,
by meats of long continued friction, before a large fire,
with ascertain crithmenr which they compound. To com
plete the full measure of his religious penance, I underhand
that there Rill remained two other experiments for Pran
poore to perform, in the fir& of theic, the devotee i 3 fuf
pended by the feet to a branch of a tree, over a tire, which
is kept in a continual blaze, and fwqng backwards and for
wards, his hair puffing through the flame, for one pahr and
a quarter, that is three hours and three quarters. Having
puffed through this tier', trial, be may then prepare him
feif for the Est a<ft of probation, which is, to be buried
alive, Landing upright, in a pit dug fir the purpose ; the
freffi earth being thrown in upon him, so that he is com
plctely covered. In this Situation he must remain for one
pahr and a quarter, that is, three hours and three quarters ;
find if, at the expiration of that time, on the removal of the
earth, he Should be found alive, he w:ll attend into the
higher rank among the molt pure of the Yogee, (Jugi)
The following character of the aimalh Lotus Xvt. can
not fail of being interesting to our r<a iers on many ac
counts — First, as it serves to Shew what the opinion was
with which his conduct as a king had imperil d the ftatef
mcn of a hostile country —Next, as it will awaken in ev :ry
good- bosom sorrow for the fuffcrings of such a man, indig
nation for his butchery, and regret for the fate of that great
people, in falling from the paternal, benevolent guardian-
Clip of Such a magistrate, into the hands of iron dripposm —
And lastly, as it will Shew that the fentimenU of Mr. Burke,
respecting that excellent monarch, were not new, nor taken
up all at once on the occasion of the French revolution.
On the lith February, 1780, now more than three and
twenty year ago,Mr. Burke, in his famous fpcech on econ
omical reform, held up the example of Louis the 16th, as
one well worth the imitation of the King of Great Brtain,
and depicted him in the following words.
"This is all Sir that 1 dial! fay upon our circurnftances and
cur resources; I mean to fay a little more on the operations
of the enemy, because this matter Teems to me very natu
ral in our present deliberation.—When 1 look to the other
fide of the water, I cannot help recollecting what Pyrrhus
said on reconoitering the Roman camp, " Thefc barbarians
have nothing barbarous in their difciplioe," When I look as
I have pretty carefully looked into the proceedings of the
Lireneb King, I am sorry to fay it, I fee nothing of the char
acter and genius of arbitrary finance; none of the bold
frauds of bankrupt power; none of the wild ftrugglcs and
plunges of despotism in distress; no lopping off from the
capital of debt: no suspension of interest ; no robbery un
der the name of loan ; no raifiug the valu:, no debating the
fnbftance of rhe coin. I fee neither Louie the 14th nor Louie
the 15th. Ou the contrary I behold with attoniffimenc,
rising befor me, by the very hands of arbitrary power,
and in the very r^^ft ofwar & confufion, a regular methodi
cal system of puffecredit ; I behold a fabric laid on the
natural and folia foundations of trust and confidence a
mong men ; and rising by fair gradation, order over order,
according to the the just rules and of fymetry and art.—
What a reverse of things ! Principle, method, regularity,
economy, frugality, justice to individuals, and care of the
people, are the resources with which France makes war
on Great Britain. God avert the omen ! But if we ffiould
fee any genius iw war and politics arise in France to second
what is done in the bureau !—I turn my eyes from the
consequence.
" That King's household, at the remotest avenues to
which ; all reformation had been hitherto flopped—that
household which has been the strong hold of prodigality—
the virgin forjefs of which was never before attacked,
has not only not been defended,but it has even in the forms
been surrendered by the king to the economy of his mioif
tcr. No capitulation, no reserve, economy has entered in
triumph into the public splendor of the monarch, into his
private amufementsjnto the appoinments of his nearest and
higbeft relations. — Economy and public spirit have made a
beneficient and an honed spoil : they have plundered from
extravagence and luxury for the use of substantial service, a
revenue of four hundred thousand pounds. The reform of
the finances, joined to this reform of the court, gives to the
public of France nine hundred thousand pounds a year, and
upwards. The minifttr who docs those things is a great
man but the King who desires that they should be done,
is a far greater. We must do justice to our enemies—
thefe arc the acts of a patriot king."
The circulation of blood feemei to have forsaken his
arms; they were withered, void of fenfition, and irfl.xi
ible. Yet he spoke to me with commerce of recovering
the use of them, and mentioned his itl priori to take them
down the following year, when the term of his penance
would expire.
From the Charleftan Courier.
An ex ptieft named Thuring, died lately at St.
Servan,whole life had been marked by an adven
ture that might appear extraordinary, even to
such as read only romances, and fee only mele
drarnes. Tburing had been, on his return to
France, with his wife and two children, and a
considerable property, which he had acquired in
New-England, but fuffered shipwreck within fight
of the coast of Britany, and swam ashore alone.
Not doubting that the sea, whfth he saw covered
with the rain of his fortune, had swallowed up
his wife and children, he hastened to bury his del
pair in monastery which attra&ed his notice.
His superiors difeovered in him some talents for
the pulpit, and sent him on a mission to preach
in the neighbouring cities and villages. He was
preaching one day, precisely the fame, on which
five years before he had fuffered (hipwreck, in the
city of Croifie, on the instability of human affairs
a text which gave him an opportunity of quoting
the tale of'his own misfortunes as an example.
He had scarcely finished his interesting picture,
when a female who had listened with particular
attention, screamed and fainted. Being remo
ved into the sacristy, (he recovered just as the ser
mon had ended, and the firft objetl (he perceived
was father Thuring, who attributed her fainting
to his eloquence, had come to pay her a visit.
The female was his own wife, whom he had be
leived to be drowned, but whom some fifhermen
had brought off the rocks when the vessel funk.
The husband retainedhis cowl ; the wife took
the veil in a neighbouring convent,and both found
in religion,consolations which prolonged their ex
igence.
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For ^m/lerdam,
THE Ship ZEPHYR
£ will lail all this
month. About 60 tons of
l^rcghi wanted. ''„/)' f °
o ^ 7- EDWARD CUTTS.
™HE Subcribers have again entered
into Copartnership under the firm of
John & Jonathan Goddard,
and recommenced business at their former Stand
on Mar ket-rtreet—
inhere they have for Sale,
Rufila & Swedes IRON.
Heart & Club, Halback's and blifter'd
STEEL. NAILS of all sizes, cut and
THE Subscriber having been duly ap-
A pointed Administrator of the estate of Joseph
Stacey Leavitt, late of Hampton, Innholder,
deceased, requests all persons indebted to laid estate
to make immediate payment, and all those who
have demand against the estate are desired to present
their accounts for immediate settlement.
THOMAS LEAVITT, Admi^r.
Noah Humpion, (N. H.) 08. 6, 1803.
Evening School.
SAMUEL BOWLES intends to open
his Evening School (at'the brick school house)
the firft Monday evening in November ftxt ; for
further particulars apply to him.'
Columbian Repository
of Sacred Harmony,
feleaed from European and American Authors, with many
new Tunes not before published ; including the whole of Dr
Watt's Pfalros and Hymns, to each of tvb^b, a tunc is adapt
ed ; and some additional tunes suited to the particular me
tres in Tate and Brady, and Dr Belknap's Colleflion of
Psalms and Hymns, with an Introduction of Practical
Principals, the whole deigned for the use of Schools muG
cal Societies, and worfbipping Affcmbles. By .Samuel Ho
lyoke, price 3 dollars each book
The above may be had at C PEIRCE'S Bookstore in
Portsmouth and of JOHN SAWYER io Exeter. N H
wh% subscribers arc requeued to call for their Books
wrought.
Spikes, Sheet Lead, Shot.
6by 8,7 by 9, Bby 10, 10 by 12, 11
by 14, ^ 12 by 17 .
WINDOW GLASS.
Painter's OIL & COLOURS.
Glue. Rortenftone.
Brushes cf all kinds.
Gill and Mahogany framed
LOOKING GLASSES.
Best Cogniac & Alicant BRANDY.
Holland Gin.
Maderia, Sherry, Red ]
Port, Vidonia, Lilbon, , WINES.
and Malaga }
Hyfon, Young Hyfon, ]
Hyfon Skin, Souchong,! TEAS.
and Bohea j
Philadelphia double and single refined
LOAF SUGAR.
Hogiheads tis Barrels of
BROWN SUGAR.
Spices. Bores of GLASS WARE.
Hollow IRON WARE.
CORDAGE of all sizes.
—ALSO—
/ general afortment of
Hard Ware Goods.
JOHN GODDARD,
JON'a. GODDARD.
Porifmouth, August 15, 1803.
New-Hampshire Turnpike.
—0— -
A HE last afleffment of 20 dollars each
(hare became due the 30th ult. For the accommo
dation of such of the prop's as live in Portsmouth,
the fubicriber intends to be at Wallers' Inn the af
ternoon of the 17th ioft. at which time and place
the laid proprietors may call and pay the fame.
THOMAS W. THOMPSON, Treasurer.
Durham, Ofl. 4, 1803.
AFFECTING INCIDENT.
THE FOURTH
NE^ GOODS.
Peter Coffin,
H-s received per the Afophion from London, and
Packet from Liverpool, an extenGveaff rtment of
Fa/htonable, Riser, & Staple
GOODS,
which are now opened, wholesale and retail, viz
BEST Superfine and low priced
Broad Cloths ; Habit Cloths; Caffimeres; Cost
ings ; Ratteens; Kerfeys ; Fcarnaughts ; Forest
Cloths ; Serges ; Baizes ; Flannels ; Blankets; Wild
bores ; Cambitts ; Crapes ; Denmark Luftres ;
Huirbines ; Durants; Tamniies ; Shalloons; plain
and rib'd Cahmancoes; Ruffels ; Moreens; Tabo
reens ; Sittinetts ; Florentines. A great variety
Fashionable Waistcoating ; black
& olive Velvets; Hunters Cords; black,, crimlon,
and green Shag; worded and. silk Plush ; men's
plain and flriped 31ack Sattins ; Fustians; Jeans ;
Denims ; Quiltings; silk Velvets; Thickletts.
A la v ge offirtment\of
Latest fafhion Calicoes and Chintzes ;
Chintz and Dimity Furnitures ; Copperplates ;
Muflinets ; Dimities. A great variety of
Book, jacconet, cambrick & tambor'd
Mullins ; a few elegant India Mullins; fashionable
larfenet Cambricks; Mull n Handkerchiefs; men's
Net kerchiefs.
Camel's hair, cambrick, purple, chintz,
and large 61k Shawls; cambrick, linen, cotton, ro
mal, bandanna and black silk H mdkucbiefs.
A great variety of
Italian Silks ; fafhionable Pelice Silks ;
India and English Luftrings ; India Ptrfians ;
Modes ; Satins ; Sarfnets ; Tiffanies ; Italian Crapes;
Gauzes; Millinets.
, A large affirtment
Thread Laces and Edgings ; black
Laces ; black Lace Cloaks; black and white Lace
Veils. A great variety of
fashionable straw, new imperial fancy
Leghorn, white chip, and Spanilh dress Hats and
Bonnets ; a few fiflrionable silk Bonnets, full
trim'd ; men's and boy's Hats. A variety of
Black and fancy Feathers ; fashiona
ble velvet Flowers and Wreaths ; a few elegant dress
Fans ; black Crape Fans ; Parasols ; Umbrellas.
A l af ^e affirtment of
Kid and Morocco Shoes, some with
Cork soles ; Rofetts ; Shoe Ties ; Morocco Slips.
A great variety of
Fashionable Ribbons ; cotton and silk
Gown Trimmings : Fringes ; Gown Buttons, gold
and silver Lace; and Fringes; gold and silver
Cords; gold Ear-drops ; Neck-Bees; gold and sil
ver Epaulets ; Spangles ; Straw Trimmings.
A large afotment of
Men's and Youth's worsted, cotton,
and silk Hose ; Women's white and black cotton
& silk Hole; Women's cotton and silk Gloves and
Ship Chandlery Store.
THE Subscribers inform the Public
that they have formed aconnexion in Trade,
under the firm of
LADD & SMITH,
and have taken the new Fire Proof Store No. §,
Fore-Orcet, where they have for sale, a general as
sortment of
Ship Chandlery & Groceries.
HENRY LADD,
GEORGE F. SMITH,
Porlfmoutb, Odober 1, 1803.
"10 BE SOLDfiT-
D. Austin's Store,
Oppojite the Brick Market,
A general assortment of
GROCERIES.
And a good assortment of
Paper Hangings.
Parlour STOVES; and 60 caiks
Nova Scotia LIME.
, A!/o to Let —The Store lately occupied'
by Mr. B. Swett, an excellent stand for almolt any
kind of business, wholcfale and retail.
Boitfmouth, Oa. 7.
Mitts; white and color'd Kid Gloves ; Men's and
Women's Black Gaiters ; Men's and Women's
Worsted Socks ; Men's and boy's worsted Gloves ;
women's worftedGloves and Mitts ; men's mill'd
and color'd worsted Caps ; men's white and black
Gauze Hose ; men's silk and beaver Gloves, some
lin'd with flannel ; cotton and silk Traces; Stock
Stiffners; Emigrant Sacks and Boots ; worsted
Drawers. A great variety of
Mock fable, fox, goat's beard, bear and
jennet Muffs and Tippets ; Fur Trimmings ; cotton
Waddings.
Linens ; Irish Sheetings ; Table Cloths
of all sizes ; Diapers ; Brown Hollands ; Checks ;
India Cottons ; Threads § Embroidering and other
Sewing Silks ; Bindings; white and chintz Bed
Lace ; Cords and Tassels.
Fashionable gilt, plated, and basket
Buttons; steel Knee Buckles; silver Thimbles;
Watch Chains, Seals and Keys.
Carpets and Carpeting.
Portsmouth, if Oil. 1803.
James Rundlet,
HAS imported in the Amphion from
on from London, and John Adams, and
Packet from Liverpool, a large assortment of
Fall and Winter
GOODS,
which he is now opening for fate at a small ad.
Vance, by wholesale and retail.
Congress-street, Portfmoutb, Off. I, 1803.
Jonathan Edgerly
Poll rider fiom Portsmouth to Hanover,
INFORMS the pu^c that he has com-
A menced riding from fffmouth to Hanover,
and that he supplies perlons on laid rout with news
papers on the most reasonable terms, he informs
those who took papers of Mr. Daniel Blafdell the
former Post rider, that as Mr. Blafdell has finished
riding, he (hall supply his customers with News
papers till he has orders to the contrary from them,
and that they will be considered as much bound to
pay for said papers, as if they fubferibed with him.
^ Business of any kind left fcr him in his absence
at Mr. Duty's Hanover, Mr. D. George's Concord,
at the Poft-Office Exeter, and at N. S. & W\ Peir
ce's Book store Portfmouth,will be carefully attend
ed to by him on bis return, and faithfully executed.
N. B. He leaves Portsmouth at an early hour e
very Tuefday morning. Oao. 7.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has been appointed Executrix to the
estate of Benjamin Gam, of Rayorood, N. H. huf^
bandmat) deceaftd, and has given bonds as the law
dircas. All perlons having dem ands on said eflate
are de fired to call for payment, and all indebted to
laid estate are desired to make im mediate payment
to MARY CRAM.
Reymond, Ofl. 4, 1803.
W'ILL be paid for apprehending my
young, tall dim NEGRO MAN TOM,a
bou: twenty years of age, with two lar°e bright
sorrel Horses, and the villain or villains who have
stolen them,with proof to bring them to con vision.
The Horses are of the following description :—
One of them is an uncommonly large Horse, being
about f| feet high, ana ver, firong made, with a
hollow Ipot on the upper part of his (boulder blade
on the mounting fide, about the size of a man's
hand, and known in the upper country to be the ef
fe& of the disorder that rsthere generally called the
Swainy, his mane bangs on both sides, he carries a
light (bort (witch tail that was formerly docked and
has been nicked, has no natural white marks nor
brand that is recolleaed, is a very fine draft horse,
about seven years old, and walks, trots and canters
remarkably well under the fiddle for a Horse for his
great weight.
The other horse is about five feet and an inch
high, and lengthy made, has generally a film on his
offtye, in which he is blind though the eye is not
funk,and has a bandfome flar and narrow blaze,with
one of his binder feet a little white,& one of his fore
legs appears to have been formerly cu; by a hobble,
his withers is thin and high, on which he has the
marks of old galls and is now frefh galled by the
tree of the saddle being broken under the pummels
on which the said servant rides, with a coloured
horse rug under the laddie, the horse walks with an
u: ufualtwing behind & veryfaft and pleasant to the
rider, trots long, loose and uneasily, canters tolerably
well, has a well hanging mane, and long (witch rail,
which may perhaps be newly docked, and is about
ten years old, and is altogether a bandfome laddie
horse, and draws also well.
The aforefaid servant left Charkfton, South Ca
rolina, on the 14th September,drtffed in a white ne
gro cloth round jacket with black born buttons and
oznaburgs overalls,but took with him a brown col
oured fuftian round jacket and overalls, with redifh
coloured facings; be was to have carried the afote
faid bright sorrel horses to my place, 19 miles from
Charleston, in Goofe-Cretk parifb, and near the
bridge, and being a total ftrangrr in all other parts of
the state, the presumption is that he must have been
forced off by villian or villians, in which case, on
conviction of them, the above reward will be paid if
taken out of the state, and if within the state, a re
ward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS on their
being delivered to me,in Chark fton, No. 34., Church-
Stree', or otherwise Fifty Dollars for each horse and
One Hundred Dollars for the said servant, who has
the little toe of one of his feet off,and is of a hea v y
countenance an^anfwers dull and flow.
JOHN DU PONT.
Chrnlefton, (S. C.) Sept. 22, 1803.
%ftreceived and/or Sale by
Ebenezer Chadwick
at bis Store, bead of Buckfreet, thefollowing arti
cles by wholesale or retail, and cheap for cafo or
approved credit.
RUM, Warranted Shovels,
French & Spanidi Pepper,
Brandy, Allspice,
Holland's Gin, Nutmegs,
Cherry, Cloves,
Malaga Wine, Cinnamon,
Whole, half, & quarter Ginger,
Cherts Indigo,
Hyfon Young ) o starch,
Hyfon, Hyfon ( Spanish and American
Skin, Suuchoog, ( ^> c ' e g afs ,
aod Bohea ) & 7by9&B by i o
Best Green Coffee, ° Window Glass,
Chocolate, Nails,
Cocoa Shells. Hollow Ware,
Loaf, 1 Bar Iron,
Brown, I crir ATTO Cotton and
and ( bUGARb. Wool Cards,
India J Cod & Pollock Fifli.
Molasses Mould and dipt Candles,
Cotton,' Gun Powder,
Casks Raisins, Writing and
do. Figgs, Wrapping Paper,
Logwood, Corks,
Redwood, Pipes,
Allum, Bar & Shaving Soap
Copperas, Few oiiflids Rye
Salt Petre, and White Beans,
Sulphur, Few Barrels Mackarej,
Role Brimfione, °fa superior qualily.
Florence Oil,
CTN. B. All persons indebted to
E. Chadwick are requuefted to make immediate
payment, otherwise he will be under the disagree&
able necessity of calling on them io another form.
Cash given for BEES WAX ; apply
as above. P&tfmouth, ON. 8.
300 Dollars Reward