United States oracle and Portsmouth advertiser — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-11-14 00:00:00, page 4

A Judge who lately travelled the northwest
circuit in Ireland, cante to the trial of a cause,
in which much of the local confequenccs of cer
tain demagogues to the neighborhood were con
cerned; it was the cause of a landlord's prose
cution against a poor man, his tenant, for assault
and battery, committed on the person of the
prosecutor, by ffie defendant, in the defence of
his only child, an innocent and beautiful girl,
from ravishment. Not only the bench, but
the whole bar, dined at the prefecutor's the
day before the trial : and some of them praise
the venison and the claret even to this day.
When the poor man was brought into court,
and put to the bar, the prosecutor appeared,and
fworc most manfully to every tittle in the indidt
rent. He was cross examined by the jurors,
. ?o were composed of honefl tradesmen and
r. utable farmers. The poor man had no law
yc to tell his story ;he pleaded his own cause,
hc pleaded, rot to the fancy, but tothejudg
,g . : and heart. I'he jury found him not guilty.
e court was enraged ; but the surrounding
so. .Dators gladdened to exultation, uttered a
Ihout of applause. The judge told the jury they
mpft go back to the jury room, and re-confidtr
the matter; adding, "he was astonished they
could presume to return so infamous a verdia.''
The jury bowed, went back, and in a quarter of
an hour returned, when the foreman, a very
venerable old man, thus addressed the bench .
" My Lord, in compliance with your desire,
we went back to our jury room; but as we
found then no reason to alter our opinionsfor our
verdi&, we return it to you in the fame words
as before— Not Guilty. We heard your Lord
flip's extraordinary language of reproof, but we
do not accept it as warrancably applying to us.
It is true, my Lord, that we ourselves individu
ally considered, in our private capacities, may
be poor, infignificant men ; therefore, in that
ligffi, we claim nothing out of this box, above
the common regard of our humble, but honefl
Ration !—but, my Lord, assembled here as a
Jury we cannot be insensible to the great and
constitut ional importance of the department we
now fill; we feel,MyLord,that we are appoint
ed, as you arc, by the law, and the conflitution ;
not only as an impartial tribunal to judge be
tween the King and his fubjeds, the offended
and the offender, but that, by the favor of that
constitution, we ad in the situation of a still
greater confidence ; for we form, as a jury, the
barrier of thepeople,againft the possible influence,
prejudice, passion, or corruption of the bench !
" To you, my Lord,meeting you Within these
walls, I for my own part, might peffibly mea
sure my'refpe& by your private virtues; in this
place your private charter is invisible ; for it
is in my own eyes veiled in your official one,
and to open conduct in that only can we look.
“ This jury, my Lord, does not in this bu
siness, presume to offer that bench the smallest
degree of difrefpea, much less of insult ; we pay
it the relpc& one tribunal should pay to another
—for the common honor of both. This jury, my
Lord,did not arraign that bench with partiality,
prejudice, infamous decision, nor yet with influ
ence, passion, corruption, oppreffion,or tyranny;
no, we look to it as the mercy feat of royalty,
at the fanduary of truth and justice ; still, my
Lord, we cannot blot from our minds the re
cords of our school books, nor erase the early
inferiptions written on the firft pages of our in
telle&s and memories. Hence we must be mind
ful, that monarchs and judges are not infallible
mortals, that tyrants have fat on thrones, and
that the mercy feat of royalty, and the fandua
ry of justice, have been polluted by a Treffilau,
a Scraggs, and a Jefferies.
[Here the bench re-assumed complacency.]
" I fay my Lord, we have nothing to do
with your private charade^ we know you
here only in that of a judge; and as such we
would refpe& you; you know nothing of us but
as a jury, and in that situation we Should look
to you for reciprocal refpeft, because we know
of no man, however high bis titles or his rank,
in ty'm the law or the constitution would
variant tbs preemption of an unprovoked in
full towards that tribunal in ,hom they have
swelled the dearcfl and meft valuable privilege
they possess. I before fairi, my Lord, that we
arc here met, not individually, nor do we as
te
[Here a frown from the bench.]
" Nay, toy Logd, I am a poor man, but I am
a free born fubjett of the kingdom of Ireland, a
member of the constitution ; nay, lam now
higher, for lam the representative thereof. I
therefore, for myfelf and fellow jurors, and if I
am refufed it here, I Shall assume it before the
people, at the door of the court house, and tell
them why I deliver my mind there instead of
this place.
authy of tie Mun of Feeling,Man of tbs World,
^Mirror, Lounger, grid other piece/ of info unlive
merit.
BAY, (ball the tender moralist expire—
The Man of Feeling meet hii hapless doom
Unsung—be Ihrouded in the fitent tomb—
Nor weeping Mules vsake the living lyre?
Oh for a Muse of energies like thine!
Duly tofing the elegiac strain—
Then should the fadiy soothing lays complain,
Still, thy foil pathos speak in every line.
Qccafoncd by reading the death of H. Mackenzie,
Fjl Comptroller General of tbeleiKu in Scotland,
Long (hall thy polish'd page reflexive hold,
The faithful Mirror fair to Virtue's view ;
Again thcLouNUEß's* talc—to nature true ;
Corrective to the puffing world be told.
Long—lingering long—shall weeping genius
yearn,
Around Mackenzie's monumental Urn.—
* Many of the papers in this work (the
Lounger) will be found replete with good Icufe
and elegant writings and federal of them en
riched with pathetic touches of nature, or genu
ine strokes ofHumour.—"We hare perused with
particular pleasure, those papers which have the
Signature of Z—for winch the public is indebt
ed to Mr. Mackenzie, the ingenious author of
the Man of Feeling.
[Monthly Review, 1787.
Which canned be too generally known and
circulated.
A LESSON FOR JURORS.
MORA L 3—No. 405.
POETRY.
SONNET.
fame preeminence slut, in the fitted charac
ter of a jury, we should be wanting in reverence
to the Constitution itfclf, if we did not look for
the refped of every man who regards it We
fit hoe, my Lord, sworn to give a verdie ac
cording to our confidences, and tothe belt of
our opinions, on the evidence before us. We
have in our own minds, acquitted our duty as
honest men. If we have erred, we are answer
able not to your Lordihip, nor that bench, nor
the King, who placed you there, but to a higher
power, the King es Kings I"
The bench was dumb, the bar was silent;
but aftonifhmeut murmured throughout the
wholecrowd,and the poor man was difeharged.
r r HE father of the present Duke
of Norfolk, who had 110 particu
lar antipathy to wine, used to drink
much with a certain friend of his Qn a
lingular account:—When drunk he
always 101 l his voice, but had the use of
his limbs ; on the contrary, his friend
retained his voice, but loft his legs :
So the Duke, though he loft his voice,
rang the bell; and his friend, who
could not move, ,called for more wine.
0
When Lieut. O'Brien (who was afterwards
called Sky-rocket Jack) was blown up at Spit-,
head, in the Edgar, he was saved on the carriage
of a gun. When he was brought to the Admi
ral, all black and wet, he said, with pleasantry,
" I hope, Sir, you will excuse my dirty appear
ance : I came from tbe Jbip in fueb a Lurry, that I
bad not time to Jbift myfeif.
Previous to the battle of Culloden, when marfoal
Wade and the t^o generals, Hanuley and Cope,
huere prevented from advancing so far as they in
tended into Scotland, by the severity of the leather,
the following ludicrous lines were banded about a
mong the friends of the oppofte party :
Cope could not cope, nor Wade wade through
the snow,
Nor Hawley hawl his cannon to the foe.
11^ &L1 lAI & I alto foil lU^^M
~~ t ~
COURT of HYMEN.
Bleft is that man, whose zealous search shall find
A Fair, of temper mild, and gentle mind ;
Whose foul of sensibility can prove
The charms of Friendlhip, & the fwcets of Love.
At New-York, Atiguflus W. Parte, to miss E
liza Marfbman,botb of Philadelphia; Gilbert Giles,
to miss Mary Hall ; Charles OJborn, merchant, to
miss Eliza Atkinson.
AtMorri/iown, (N. J.) Micab 'Harbins, of
New-York, to miss Letty Lindfly, of Morrfown.
At Wefchefer, Debtor William Turk, of New-
York, to miss Eliza Livingston, daughter of Capt.
John W. Livingston.
At Beverly, Dr. James Jackson, of Boson, to
miss Elizabeth Cabot, of the former place.
At Salem, Jtfua Phi,pen, to mrs. H. Symonds.
At Springfield, (Mafa.J Rev. Andrew Lee, to
miss Abigail Smith.
At Milten, Henry K. Bayley, of Dorcbejier, to
miss Betsey Horton, of the for mer place.
At Newburyport, Benjamin Norton, to miss Ju
dith Giddings; William Moulton, of Newburyport,
to miss Judith Noyes, of Newbury-falls ; Captain
Edmund Bartlett, to miss Zilpba H. Gerrijb.
At Providence, Charles J. Air, of South-Caroli
na, to miss Rebecca Power; Stephen Hopkins, to
miss Nancy Brownell.
At Salem, Cast. John Prince, to miss Martha
Derby, daughter of the late E. H. Derby, Esq.
At Springfield, Ifaae Bartlett, to mrs. Abigail
Rvffell ; Loyal W Alien, to miss Deidamia Ward
well.
At Wilmington, (Middlesex Countyj mrs. Abigail
Butters, aged 90 — The longevity of the family to
which the deceased belonged, is well worthy of notice.
She was the las of ten children, born of Abraham and
Sarah faquitb, of the fail Wilmington, tubofe ages
at the time of their deckle were as follows
Abraham 88; John 77; Adford 80; Ebenezer
86; Benjamin 85 ; Sarah 84; Mary 86; Eli
zabeth 70; Abigail 90; and Hannah $2 ;—
amounting to 828 years !
At Roxbury, mis; Hannah Gore, aged !,> daughter
of y°f e r Core ; miss Charlotte Gore, aged 1 year,
daughter of foJbua Gore.
At -Bofton,fuddenly, Samuel Gr idley, aged I 7—
Samuel Wallis, merchant ; Robert Miller, aged 64
—mo. Eliza. Field, aged 51, wife of Dea. ]of. F.
At Marshfield, mrs. Elizabeth Wirflow, wife of
Doctor I. Winslow, of MatJifield, and daughter of
Dadlor Benjamin Stockbridge, let, of Scituate, in the
63dyear of her age.
At Watertown, Benjamin Haflingt, aged 41.
In Pennsylvania, Major- General Henry Taylor.
At Exeter, miss Abigail Odtin, aged 18. — Let
youth, beauty and piety,paufe from tbeir accufomed
occupations,and weep over the grave of affer. She
was amiable, effißionate and prudent,more Jolicitousto
deserve, to please, and to infirua, than ambitious to
jhine.— We lament, that virtues, like here, lovely,
cultivated, and rare, are so fern translated to a more
kindred foil.
At Billerica, mrs. Polly Parker, aged 28, eonfort
of Stepbew, Parker. By her death, the buftand is
deprived of an afraionate partner ; four children of
a tender par ent ; and all ber acquaintance of an a
greeable friend.
At Salem, Weld Gardner, merchant aged 56,J0n
of the late Samuel Gardner, Esq. deceased. By bis
death the following Legacies become due, given by mr.
George Gardner, deceased, brother of W Gardner, in
UIS' The town of Salem, for the benefit of the
poor, £ 400 — Harvard College, for the education of
poor fckolars, £1333 — The Marine Society, to be
improved by them according to tbeir difaetion for the
benefit of superannuated seamen, £IOOO. — Also at
Salem, mrs. Deborab Sbillabar, aged 35, wife of
Capt. Ebenezer Sbillabr ; mfaAbigail Mason,
aged 70; Henry Tink, aged If
" Calm let them slumber, in their sweet repose,
" 'Till the last morn its orient beam disclose:
" Then, when the great archangel's potent found
“ Shall echo through Creation's ample round,
" Wak'd from the sleep of death, with joy survey
"The op'ning splendors of eternal day."
At Newbergb, of the prevailing diflemper, with
which he was feizeJ in going from New-York, John
D. Phelan, late of the city of Dublin,
At Hartford, Timothy Shepherd, aged 54.
At Taunton, Apollos B. Leonard, aged 27.
At Worefer, miss Catharine Keys, gged 71.
At Norfolk, (Pir.) Jufinian Holden, merchant,
aged 34,formerly of Boson.
At Dennis, Jonathan Howes, Efl formerly a
Member of the General Court.
At Lynn, mrs. Lucy Collins, aged 51, wife of
Zactariab Collins.
MEDLEY—No. 180.
—o—
—
The three Generals.
MORTALITT.
MARRIED.
DIED.
FRESH GOODS.
Has received per the Jhip Sally,
from Liverpool, a very exten-
five Affirtment of
Fashionable, Fancy and Staple
Wnich ire now opening for sale, by
JVholefale & Retail, —viz.
London and Yorkshire best Superfine
Broad cloths ;
ladies Habit Cloths ; CaUimeres ;
fine Beaver Coatings; fine Ratteens;
Devonfbire Kerfies; Fortft Cloths;
Baizes Flannels; Serges ; Whitneys ;
Blankets; Wildborts ; CxmHets; Crapes;
Hairbines; Durams; Tammies; Shal
loons; Cabmancoes ; Ruffch; Sattinets;
Florentines.
A gieat variety of *
Fashionable Waistcoating ;
Thickset;; Hunters Cord ; Velvets ;
black,crimfin,and green Shags ; Worst
ed and Silk Luth; Mens' plain and
Griped Black Suins; Fustians; Jeant;
Denims; Cottonets; Quiltings.
Al^ge aflortment of
Calicoes & Chintzes ; Chintz
and Dimity Furnitures; Ginghams ;
Muflineu; Dimities ; Cambricks; Ta
ble Gloths ; green Table Coverings ;
Copperplates.
A great variety of
Book, jaconet, ftrip'd, check'd
and tambor'dMuflios; fafhionable figur'd
Muslins; white and black Cambrick
Muslins ; Muslin Handkerchiefs; Neck
erchieft.
A great variety of
Englidi & India Luteflrings ;
ftrip'd and check'd Italian Silks ; black
and color'd Satins; Modes; Sarfnets ;
Tiffanies; white and color'd Italian
Crapes; plain, net and crape Gauzes ;
black lace Veiling.
A large Aflartmeut of
Thread, Laces and Edgings ;
black Laces ; a variety of fashionable
Ribbons § gold & silver Laces and Fring
es; golu and silver Epaulets.
Camel's hair Shawls, some
with silk nettings; purple, chintz, mus
lin and silk Shawls; romal, cotton, linen
bandanno and black silk Handkerchiefs.
Fashionable, gilt, plated and
other Buttons; button Moulds; sleeve
Buttons; steel Knee Buckles ; silver
Thimbles; steel and gilt Watch chains,
Seals and Keys; Tooth Brushes ; Pins;
Smelling Bottles.
Irish Linens ; India Cottons ;
Irifli Sheetings ; Counterpanes ; brown
Hollands; Checks; Threads ; embroi
dering and other Sewing Silks ; Twist ;
Gallooms; Ferrets; Tapes ; Bindings.
A large afotment of
Mens' and Youths' Worsted,
Cotton and Silk Hofeg Womens' Cot
ion and Silk Hose; Childrens' Cotton
and Worsted Hose; Womens' white &
cotbr'd Silk and Cotton Gloves and
Mitts; Mens' and Women's black
Gaiter's; Worsted Socks; Mens' and
Boy's Worsted Gloves.; Mines' Worsted
and Cotton Mitts; Men's mill'd and
colored Wmft<d Caps; Mens' white &
black Gauze Hole.
—ALSO—
Hasjuft received per theJkip Galen,from
London, an additional fopply of
FANCY GOODS,
An afottment
Kid Shoes ; Morocco Shoes
with cork foals.
Worsted Pantaloons ; Panta
loon Pieces and Hose ; worsted & cotton
Drawers ; Mens' beaver, buck, wood-
Rack & silk Gloves ; white kid Gloves ;
emigrant Socks and Boots; cotton and
silk Braces ; Stock Stiffeners.
Threads, Laces and Edgings ;
black Laces; Gauzes; Italian Crapes;
black and colored Satins; Sarfenets ;
Men's twill'd Satin; black Modes.
A great variety of,
Falhionable Ribboris ; velvet
Ribbons; fancy Silver Lace; Shoe Ties;
Camels hair Shawls; Gown Trimmings;
fashionable Feathers; fancy Flowers and
Wreaths; Girdles ; &c. &c.
— CONSISTING OF — A,eat variety of
MUFFS & TIPPETS;
Fur Trimmings.
Agreat variety of
Fashionable straw, chip and
w ; llow Bonnets; a few silk Bonnets,
full trim'd.
A large affrtment of
Kid and Morocco Shoes ;
Shoe Rofetts; Glove Ties ; cotton and
silk Gown Trimmings; elegant pearl
Necklaces, and Ear Drops ; straw Trim
mings ; flioe Ties.
Ladies Fashionable black Bea
vers; fancy Ferbers and Flowers;
Mens' and Youth's fashionables Hats.
Upham & Garland,
WILL pay CASH for BARLEY,
if delivered in a fortnight.
November 2, 180 I.
Peter Coffin,
GOODS,
BARLEY.
GOODS,
per fliip Minerva, from London,
Which will be fold at a low advance by
Wholejale & Retail, —Conffing of
SUPERFINE Fashionable
BROAD CLOTHS;
Caihmeres; Coatings; Plain and De
vonflure Kerfies ; Baizes ; Flannels ;
Blankets ; Velvets ; Corduroys & Thick
sets. - A large affistment of
Fashionable Chintzes, from 2/
to 6, per yard.
Patch colors and Copperplates
Furniture; black Muslins & Ginghams;
blue, yellow, and brown color'd Muslins;
black and color'd Campbel hair Shawls ;
cambrick and muslin ditto, of the latest
fafliion. fl large assortment of
London made Hats for Ladies,
some full trimed ; Men's Hatts & youth's
ditto ; Men's & women's (ilk lac'd clock
Stockings; cotton and worsted ditto.
Irish Linens & India Cottons.
A large affirtment of
Wild Bores & other Stuff Goods.
With a general afforiment of
Other GOODS as ufaal.
for/fa^z^, Nov. 7, ißor.
S. Little,
Has received from Liverpool,
A very extensive affinment of
Men's Clothing,
Remarkably cheap—together with a great
variety of
WOOLLEN GOODS,
which he offers for sale, for cash or ap
proved credit. —ALSO—
-4 bales Georgia COTTON.
10 bags Demerara COFFEE.
2 hogsheads SUGAR.
150 quintal POLLOCK FISH.
Portsmouth, November 7, ißoi.
Quills & Letter Paper,
are much needed !
C. PEIRCE, is now opening a
handsome assortment of Letter PAPER
from 20 Cents per quire to 25. 31, 37J,
4010 4§ Cents per quire; Alfa
Foolscap & pot Papers of various
prices per ream or quire; Wrapping,
bonnet and press PAPERS. • Alfa
A great variety of Real
Dutch QUILLS, which are Excellent.
Holland SLATES & Pencils ;
Cyphering and Writing Books of the best
of Paper ; Thomas', Farmer's & Sewall's
ALMANACKS, all fold reasonably by
C. Peirce, No. §,Daniel flreet, Portjmouth.
Edw'd Parry,
Has received a fecund assortment of
Fresh & Fashionable
A Valuable
Q FARM.
|f\E one hundred aues
|(Jof land, well wooded
add watered, having a good Share of oak
timber, and § acres of Salt Marsh. It
lies about 3 miles from Kittery-Point, on
the road that leads to old York. For
terms apply to
JOSEPH MITCHELL,
James Rundlet,
Has just received a large ufortment
of beJI Kidderminfler
Carpets & Carpeting,
With a general afortmeitt of
FALL & WINTER
GOODS,
Which will be fold very cheap by whole
sale or retail. November 7, 1801.
on frit Farm. OH. 31.
T NOTICE.
THE Copartnerfhip between
NEIL and HILL being this day
dissolved All persons having demands
on them are requeued to call for payment
—and those indebted to them are desired
to call and fettle with the fubferiben
JOHN B. HILL.
Poftfmouth, Nov. 3, 1801.
Benjamin Brierley,
Has received per the flip Fame,
Capt. Trott, just arrived from Liverpool,
an Additional affirtment of
GOODS, forming together with
those he has before received by other
veflels this season,
Amos complete variety of
Fancy, Fashionable and Staple
GOODS,
Which will be fold very low for Cath
or approved credit, by
Wholesale or Retail.
A few well tiffined cases of
Men's low pric'd black HATS,
for sale per the package.
Portsmouth, No,. 7, 1801.
CARPETS.
TO BE SOLD,
At his Store on Spring. Hill, as follows sz.
40 Hhds. 2,3, 4, proof St. Vin
cents & Tobago RUM,
A quantity of SUGAR.
COFFEE and COTTON.
GIN and BRANDY.
Iron hollow WARE. IRON.
Halback & German STEEL.
GRINDSTONES—a few
Engliffi Goods,
which will tie fold very cheap for cafli,or
(tort approved credit.
N.B. Cash & the highest price given for
45 Crates 'blue edg'd cream col
ored & painted Liverpool WARE
Stoved Liverpool SALT.
Common do. do.
Smith's COALS.
COALS suitable for Grates.
60 boxes 10 by B'&7 by 9 win
dow GLASS.
Thin Sheet LEAD.
50 Casks 6d, rod, 2od, & Sheath-
Portsmouth, Oa. 31.
THE Subscriber sent to the
Poft-Office Portsmouth, about the
last of August last, a letter directed Ed
ward Gray, Esq. of Boftou, containing
a note of hand, a copy whereof is as fol
lows, viz.
3670 Dollars. Boston, Feb. if, 1 796.
On the firft day of February, one thou,
sand eight hundred and two 1 promise to
pay to John Tucker, Esq, or his order,
the sum of thirty-fix hundred and seven-,
ty dollars, being for value received.
CHARLES CUSHING.
Witnefs — 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 ,agginft purchas
ing the fame, as payment ix flopped. And
whoever possesses the note or letter is de
sired to give immediate information to
Edward Gray, Esq. Court.ftreet, Bol
ton, to William Gardner, Etq. of Poril
moutb, or the fubicriber.
R. M'Cleary & co.
North of the State-House.
ing NAILS.
60 Kegs WHITE LEAD
ground in Oil.
15 Barrels Red OCRE.
2500 French Yellow OCRE.
3 boxes white & color'dThreads.
6 Pieces dark and olive color'd
THICKSETS.
10 Do. fine CHINTZES,
Few patterns Superfine Broad-
Cloths, Caffimeres, and black silk
Florentine. October 31,1
Just publi/hed andjorjale
Miscellaneous Poems of
J,; M. SEWALL; Esq.
Subferibersare desired to call at the
Portsmouth Bookflor, for th,ir @o^
MARK SIMES,
New Philadelphia FLOUR;
4' elegant Stoves or fire places ;
Molasses per hhd.; Rum pr. do.
Sugar per bbl. ;
Starch & Hair-Powder per box ;
Philadelphia Iron; German Steel;
Close Stoves of different sizes ;
Spermaceti &:Linfeed Oil pr.calk;
Bright and black Varnishes;
Liverpool Salt; Corn, &c. &c.
PGrtfaouth^Oaober 31, 1801.
JOHN BADGER,
opposite Mr. Peirce's Book
store, Daniel-street. Oft. 31.
BOOT-LEGS
Boson, Ma, 20, 1801.
N. B. The above note being the pro
perty of the fubferibers they hereby of
fer a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS to
the petfon who ^ill deliver the fame to
either of them.
Stoves & Funnels,
Samuel Hill,
Shipping Furs.
Portfmotah, ORober 31, i^oi.
Of-a Superior quality, just re
ceived and for Sale by
Thomas Sheafe,
At his Store North Enl
TO BE SOLD by
SHEET IRON
MADE & SOLD by
FOR SALE BY
An Assortment of
FOR SALE by
SAMUEL H. HEWS.
S. W. POMEROY
JOHN DUBALLET.