Oracle post — Portsmouth, N.H., 1804-01-17 00:00:00, page 1

I Vol. XIV.]
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Hosiery and Hats ! !
Manufdaured within Ninety Days.
IMPORTED in the ship Tyger, from
London, and for sale at
Cazneau Bayley's
Hosiery and Hat Store, sign of the
Spinning Wheel, Buck-street,
MEN's plain and rib'd light color'd
Worsted Hose.
Ditto plain and rib'd black do.
A Ditto plain and rib'd white do.
Men's worsted Gloves.
Meh's lamb wool Socks.
Worsted Pantaloons, three threaded.
Women's black worsted Hose.
Ditto cotton do. Youth's cotton do. & .
Ditto lamb wool Socks.
, VfQXm^ buck, While and color'd blk Gloves
' extra size.
Ditto black, white and color'd cotton Gloves
and Mitts.
Men's stout black silk Hose.
Youth's worsted Hose.
Women's worsted Gloves and Mitts.
Men's, women's; youth's, and children's
HATS of a fuperror quality and the newest
fafhion.
With a variety of other articles in the Englifli
Goods line—All which will be fold bargain
for ca(h. Portsmouth, Jan 7.
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, Chambray Muslins.
JUST openedbv PETER COFFIN^
a variety of fafhionable Chambray Muslins.
fagay 7.
Just received at the Store lately occupied by
Swett & Weeks, Buck-fireet,
AND FOR SALE 1Y
Israel - Huse,
AN extensive assortment of Ladies'
and Gentlemen's
SHOES,
Ladies' dnd Gentlemen's Russia furr'd
^hoes; English and American do. Black, Green,
b Yellow and Red Morocco &ins ; White (beep
Skins; striped Binding do. Ladies and Gentle,
men's Socks; water-proof and Flannel foals ;
Gentlemen's Morocco flippers ; Boot Webbin.
Gentlemen's Beaver Gtoves ; Stockings; flraw
Plombs and Rofetts for Ladies' Bonnets ; Pearl
"M^r^dps ; treborc giltdo. Pearl Beads ; fancy
do. Breast Pins; Miniature Chains ; Ladies'
gold neck do. an assortment of
Boot Legs.
Aver, hatidfome assortment of
Ladies' mounted and plain tortoise Iheli Hair
and DreffiOg Combs ; gentlemen's Hair do.
gentlemen's patent buckles ; Rofetts; Bandanno
Handkerchiefs ; Italian (having Soap in pots ;
a few elegantly ftampt
MASONIC APRON PATTERS.
AIJo a variety of TRUNKS.
Mens' Hats and far'd Caps.
All the above articles will be fold loW for Calh
or Tow Cloth.
CTA ftrift attention will be given, and the
finalleft favors gratefully acknowledged.
Portsmouth, Jan 7, 1804.
New Invented
FURNITURE POLISH.
AFTER rubbing your Furniture
lightly over with the ball, instead of a Broth,
use a Woolen Cloth as A..Rubber, and polish,
with a piece of Old Silk, or Linen. It takes but
brtf the quantity that is tiled of Bees Wax. This
ptyffi will give a gloss quicker, easier, evener, and
infinitely fondfomer, than any other ever before
offered for fate in America ; and at a moderate
calculation will lave in the United States in
one year, half a million of days labor, besides
the great expense of Brufoes. The above is re
ceived arid fcr file by
S. SPRAGUE, Hair Dresser,
at his Ihop in Danit^ftreet—4^,
A few warranted Razors ; other arti
cles in his line nf business as ufu4.
; POTtfmowh, %m*&,,, 1804.
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iAn Excellent Farm
jfe 'WAT° be '"'d in the town of
I Northwood, ^bom o#t mile
'LfflHfrom the centre Meeting House, con-
Htaining 174 acres of Excellent Land
,a large Dwelling House, and a laro,
B^n^bQih'of them well tioifhed ; two good Wells,
a Urge Orchard, together with Pair and other Fruit
Trees rouriU the Hbufe, arid half of a gpod Saw
Mill. Win,ever isdifpofed to purchase laid Farm
rottft apply soon to JONATHAN FOSS,
living on the Farm. ] Nonfood, fa. 2, 1804. ,-#
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Ground Rent. *
A LOT or LAND,fituated on High
ftreet, eppofite Mr. Ww R. Hardtl, Citable
for sor 6 final! Buildings. Any person or perfon# wiffiing .
wr @ a contest, may be faired by applying to
'William Brewster.
Portfmuth, December 24, i%03.
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A Maid wanted, apply to the Prin-
Q ta . De^^.
RUSSIA GOODS;
ffOßfz/eb, THOMAS SHEAFE,af
his Store Forefreet,
A Cargo of Russia Goods, confining of
Russia and Raven's Duck;
Hemp and Cordage ;
Old Sable Iron;
Damask Table Cloths;
Diapers ; Prussian Blue;
Russia Sheetings ;
Down and Half-Down Beds ;
Small quantity Siberian Wheat & Hemp
Seed." \Alfo,, <<
New Superfine FLOUR in barrels,
and half bbls; ;
r^vern^' - 3,,^7^
Coarse SALT, &c. &&
PmrfmoMh, January 7, 1804.
-REMOVAL
B. Brierley,
BEGS leave to acquaint his friends,
and the public, that he has removed from
Broad-street to that commodious new Fire-proof
Brick-Store, No. 9, Market-street,
where he has for sale, received by the late different
arrivals from Europe, a mod extensile and choice
Assortment, of
G 0 0 I3S,
which will be fold at a very low advance bv
WHOLESALE or RETAIL. ' October S.°
Daniel Huntress,
, No. 15, Portsmouth- Pier, has for Sale,
800 Quintals cod & scale FISH;
40,000 BOARDS;
15,000 Red Oak Staves ;
3,000 White Oak do.
200 do. do. Shocks with Heading;
100 Red do. do. with Heads;
20,000 Shingles ; . \
10 Hhds. Nova Scotia LIME ;
20 Bbls. TAR ;
RUM & SUGAR per hhd. or bbl.
Portsmouth, January 7, 1804.
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Molasses, Coffee, & Sugar
FOR SALE,
'Juft landed from Ihe brig Triton,
150 Hhds. good retailingMOLASSES ;
10,000 wt. of best Greeh COFFEE;
And a few tierces & bbls. SUGAR ; and
now ready for sale at No. 9, Portsmouth Pier,
by C. STORER.
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FOR SALE at No. 4, Langdon's Wharf,
12 hhds. Tobago Rum;
10 do. Grenada do.
600 Quintals Pollock FISH ;
10 bbls; Pickled Cod FISH ;
apply to ELISHA WHIDDEN,
Buck-street. PortJmcuth, January 7, 1804.
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10 hhds. good flavored Rum,
for Sale by JOHN MAN.
Ptot/meuth, January 7, 1804.
For New-York,
^r^A THE Schooner Eliza, now
' lyingat Jacob Sheafe, Efqrs.
^T-tJ— Wharf, —For Freight or Passage, ap.
ply to Henry Tredick, or to the matter on board.
Portsmouth, December 31, 1803.
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NewhampshireStraffordßank.
THE Stockholders of the NfrHampfhire
Strafford Bank, are hereby notified, that a
greeably to their vote, their refpedive Shares of
One ' Hundred Dollars each will become due
and' payable on the fourth Tuefday in January
next, and will be received at said Bank in Do
yer on said Tuefday or on the proceeding Sat
urday and Monday—One fourth part at least
and as much more as may be convenicot, will be
expeftedin Geld or Silver and the residue in bills
of the Bank of Mafochufats.
W. K. Al KINSON, Ptefdent.
Dover, December 17th 1803,
THE Proprietors of New-
Hampshire Hotel & Portsmouth Pier
are hereby notified, that their Annual
Meeting will be held at the New Hamp-
Jhire Hotel on Monday the 16th day of
,January 1804, at half paftzo'clock, P.M.
• at which time and place their punctual
attendance is requeued.
ELIJAH HALL, Prop, ieto/tflerk.
Portsmouth, December 31, 1803.
Notice of Importance.
ROBERT ^CLEARY informs all
those who are indebted to him, whose ac
eounis toe been finding more than three months,
to make immediate payment, or he will be under
the oi(agreeable necessity of putting them to fur
ther cost. Dec. 31, ?
ORACLE POST.
TUESDAY, January 17, 18047
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS
WHICH ,LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY
religion and Morality are indispensa
ble SUPPORTS,—— Washington's Legacy
A CAUTION AGAINST THE
Extremes of Suspicion & credulity.'
THE divineteacher whofc eye penetrates the daj.
keft labyrinths of the human heart, solemnly
gave this cautionary precept, " Beware of Men." In
deed too great a facility of difoofition ^ preferable tri
.extreme ofTaloufy : for better is it to be sometimes
dwaived tfen never to repose confidence. -An over
fidpwious temperas as uncomfortable as it is una
nu^lle : it is a weed that thrive, most on those foils,
'^^ " e fe'dom seen to produce plant, of the high-
Q —Yet ,/hrec of jealaufy.uufefs to
fl&<%!^'41 &fy4 -^ 4 @c©°M'vtoGt^ * tend -—
gainft impotitirins and a necessary ingredient in the
human chara&er ; since many men, ao^ perhaps,
mere women, elpecially in the feafoi iofits unexpe
rienced youth, have been the wretched viaims of
their own biind eredulity and milplreed confidence.
Such is the cold-hearted prudence of Sufpicax,
rtbat he always holds his confidence aloof, and
will trust no body. He descries treachery lurking
unto every civility & under every smile that is bc
ftowed upon him ;& his owl,likc loul perched in a
folkary nook, and blinking with pain at the luftre
of human virtues, contemplates the human chara
aerouly through a dark medium. Sufpirax prides
himlelfin is knowledge of the world, arid that he
Was never duped ; but he is equally a stranger to
the noble feelings of friendship and to the tweet en
joyment of a friend.
A Caution agoinf she Extremes of Sufpicien & Credulity.
On the other hahd, so yielding is the temper of
Flexilis, and lo noble is the texture of his mind,
that he knows not, even on the most neceflary oc
casions, to give a repulse or a denial. His confi
dence and his pUrfc are at the service of every clai
mahn A single hours copverfation with him con
vertsan utter Granger into a bosom friend. The
generality of Flexilis, which far exceeds his means,
is lavished principally on the worthless, becatife they
lay the strongest siege ; and it springs rather from
an extreme facility of difpefition, than from a true
nol)lenefs of mind. As he makes himlelf all honey,
the flies light upon and devour him; he becomes
the dupe of knavifli artifices, the prey of (harpers.
Between these two extremes, which have been
mentioned, there lies a path, that is imprinted with
the footfteps, of a happy few—the truly generous,
the candid, the prudent and the good.,
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MISCELLANT.'
^ty^ Prom the New fork Evening Pffl.
A WRITER in the Morning Chronicle, for the
ptrpofe of (hewing the superior benefits of a'
republican form ofgovernment,has drawna com
parison between that of the United states & the
monarchy of Greabßritain, in relation to the ex
pence bf supporting the Chief Magittrate. He
fays 66 In England, the Kings salary is one mil
lion of pounds sterling, per annum," while that
ofthe Prefidentof the U. Statesis only 25,000 dol
lars ; and has entered into many arithmetical
calculations to illustrate the enormous dilpropor
tion between them. This specious display of the
power of computation would have bad all its in
tended effed, were it not for a gross error into
which the ignorance of the writer has led him, as
to one fide of his comparilon. As this error is
often committed in political conversations, it may
not perhaps, be amiss to attempt its corredioa.
The king of Great Britain has no salary of one
million sterling. All the revenues of the govern
ment are called the king's revenue ; but what
more properly constitutes his revenue in the ca
pacity of Supreme magistrate, is the Civil Lift.
Ills well known to petfons acquainted with the
hiftory of the British government & its revenues
tbit parliamentary grants during the reigns of
former kings, have been made from time to time
to pay the Civil Lift and to support the king's
household. The prefect king of Great Britain
foen after his accession to the throne,voluntarily
relinquiffied all his hereditary revenues to die
public, and agreed to accept of a liquidated sum
of 800,000 pounds as the Civil lift, and an anui
ty pf 120,000 poundsfor thefupport of his house.
hold. The Civil Lift was afterwards increased
to 900,000 pounds, and the aggregate or linking
fund hands charged with the payment of it.
What, then, is this civil of 900,000 or a
million Uerling,which the writer in the M.C.^alla
the “ king's salary" ? It comprises all the expen
ds of every kind for the civil government ot the
empire. Out of it are paid all the friaries to the
officers of hate and servants of the crown, all for
cigß ambassadors, and diplomatic agents,all pen
sions and bounties, secret service money, the ex
pence of the Queens Royal family, and the pri
vy purse, &c. Ihefe expences have feme times
exceeded a million ; and it is probable that not
more than a tenth part of that sum can be prop
erly denominated the salary of the king.
To have drawn a fair comparison between the
relative expence of the Monarchical and Repub
lican forms of Government, the whole Civil Lift
of the United Staris, and the Ciyil Lifts of the
different dates, or whatever comprises the ex
pencf of Civil Government, (hould be opposed to
the Civil Lift of Great Britain. It ought also to
be taken igto the account that in the one country
10 millions of people are to be governed, and in
the other fiye millions. The difference of etpence
will then, be very great, but not so amazing as
appears in the calculations of the writer in the M.
1;C. If the £# of a Supreme Magdirate, or that
of a King and President be the point of compar
feon,the proportion may be dated,without much
deviation from the exaft truth, to be,as 500,000
do llaisis to 25,000 dollars. This makes the
salary of the king 20 times more than that of the
President, and not 178 time greater, as dated in
the Morning Chronicle. The difference is Hill
fufficiently great to d cide in favour of the cheap
ness ofa Republican form of government : but
th-re should be nobler and better considerations
in its favour, and being in the number of those
who think the bed thingsare in the end the cheap
est I (hall consume no more time inexamining the
cod ofthe freedom apd happiness of a nation.
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From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.
, Much confternatiou took place on Friday, the
fecund infant, at the firm opposition of Mr.
Butler in the Senate, to a favorite presidential
measure, viz. the alteration of the conftittuion
[fo RftW fectire the re-election of Thomas Jeffer
lon.J The main quest ton wericTo the defigua
tion op the ballots of the electors of the person
Voted for as President and the person designed
for Vice-Pre^dent. The fubjed was taken up
by the Senate nearly fix weeks ago ; but as ic
was difeovered by the democratic party, that:
they could not mailer their whole phalanx on
the eccafibn, and as Mr. Butler could hot at that
time be prevailed upon, as a representative ofa
final! date, to join hands with them in pulling
down the great mound between corifolidation'
and date fovercignty, or rather between the om
nipotence of a few great dates and the indepen
dence of the small ones, the difeuffion of the
quedion in the house was postponed from time to
time, till, feeing no profpetft, perhaps, that any
inducement would ftifle the independence and
integrity of this formidable opponent, the fubjeft
was at length resumed on Thursday lad. On
that day tne debate was very animated, but on
the next it became highly interesting indeed; and
the house continued tiding from 11 A. M. till
near 10 P. M. Mr. Butler in particular, one of
the mod influential opponents of the federal ad
minidracion, drew great attention both from the
Senate and the lobby, which was filled a great
part of the, time with members from the lower
house. On this important fubjeft lie flood up,
bn boneft and able champion of the small dates^
against the designs of the administration . Hi?
stand was bold and independent ; and his lan
guage suited to his part. Being neceffaril,
drawn to a view of the conduct of the present
ruling party and comparing it with that of their
predeceffers, his expressions were (uch as no time
will eradicate from their or the public mind •
Having been, he observed, for many years,#
decided opponent to the federal administration,
he had tiled his bell exertions to effect a change,
in the £nccrv belief that the evils thenfo gricv
oufly complained of would be remedied : "ba!
(fays he) to use the language of a member of the con
vention, it was PORK fill, but r coitb a different
SAUCE." Nay, he was disposed to cohfider
their real views as more pernicious, and their
measures more oppressive, than those of their
predecessors.
I Extraff from a French vork, on the fubjeß of Fee
ination, published at Nantz, in 1802, b, Br,
Louis Valentine. —
Vaccination Practiced on Various
Annimals.
The Cow, from whom we originally hold the
beneficial liquid which preserves the Small Pox:
is not the only animal which can be inoculated
with it for the purpose of trafmitting it to man
and from man again to the animal. After being
assured of this truth, I have been led to another
very singular discovery connected with it The
attempts which I had made last year, proved to
me, that the Vaccine disease facceeds not only
with dogs ; but also with goats, asses and Iheep,
and that the matter produces from it,can be trans
mitted alternately :o man, with the fame success
as if it had been taken from the udder of the
cow, where the pustules are larger and more ex
panded)
The fabje&s vaccinated with matter from these
animals, were afterwards submitted to the vari
lous counter proof ; one by keeping with persons
ill of the small-pox, others hy inocculation : but
none of them took the small-pox.
The Vaccine has been transmitted from a goaf
to thirty fix individuals, without any deviation
in thecommon routine,cr io theaccurtomed fyirip.
toms. Some of these perfonsweie cither exposed
to the contagion of the small-pox, or have been
inoculated with variolous matter without effed.
I have had no opportunity of making experi
ments on the mare, or most probably they would
have been attended with the fame success.
It does not yet appear that the Vaccine DiC
case is transmissible from one animilimmediatel,
to another, but that it is necessary fcr it to pass
through the medium of a human individual.
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On the 30th of April last, a range of buildings
at Gadow, on the Beach, at Madras, was de
stroyed by fire. Some rate the loss at 20 other#
at 40, lacs of pagodus. It is said that 600,000
bags of rice were destroyed.
At Germantown, near Philadelphia, the 24th
ult. a building, occupied by Mr. Miller, watch
maker, Mr. Lucrus, cabinet maker, and four
other families, was ^ftreyfd by fire. MrM,
left his ftetk of watches, his tools and furniture
and his mother feverfl hundred dollars in money
Mr. D. loft his dock tools, and considerable fur
niture. —
It is mentioned in a Nev York paper, that &
\ tto, Paft&rn, is about to edi' a democratic paper,
,wherever ihe " Pours that W' # Wajiingm fell
; order him,Q : — —
It is in contemplation at Walhington,tobavei
, General Jubilee,/m account of the ^tfo%4 of
1 ' Louifisrw
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