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Ibottles ; Capers; Anchovies ; bottled
^^uftard ; Cayenne ; Lemons; Lor
illard's real Macabau Snuff; GOD
( FROID's SPANISH SEGARS, of a
very superior quality, per box, halfbox or
retail ; Spanifo ENTRY MATS-to
^ether with variety of other articles, too
) numfrous for fln advert ifement—all of
r whichwill be ibid Cheap.
J^rtsmouth, March 30. 1805.
% — .
I J<ow lan&Qrom^loofi Mary, and for sale by
Walloon & Holman,
15 tons Philadelphia, Swedes and old
Sable Iron, iqlare and flat bars, apd crow
' bar moulds ; ^3O bbl, fuperfine and fine
f Flour, in whole and felf barrels; India
I and loaf Sufo; Gunpowder ; Pepper;
Logwood; Hyfon, Souchong, Gunpow
der, Young&lyfon, Hyfon Skin and Bo
'liea Tea^{ Upland Cotton; Fig To
bacco r«inger ; ffiandy ; Gin ; N. E.
Rum; No. I and 2 BEEF; Tar, Ro
fin^nd Pitch,
Portsmouth, March 30, 1805.
IN TakYNotice.
THES(&j*nof Portsmouth hereby
request tlMmhabitants of said Town,to exhibit
a true account of all their RateaQ^Estate to them,
on or before the first day of May next, as they will
attend Qn that business, at the Town Hall, on every
Thursday evening in the Month of April nett; from
7 to 9 o'clock.
GEORGE GAINS,
moses wcodw ARD, /
SAMUEL HUTCHINGS,} Selectmen.
ELIJAH HALL,L
SETH WALKER, J
Portsmouth, March 29.
, ft I I —l
Miss Barrell
Informs her friends, she intends opening School, for
the instruction of MISSES, on the second Monday
in April. Every attention will be paid to their
morals and manners. The Branches which will be
attended to, are Plain Sewing, Reading, Spelling,
English Grammar, Embroidery, Print-Work, and
Drisden.
Miss Barrellhastaken a Room in the Museum,
formerly occupied by Mr. Treadwell as a Print
ing Office.
'Portsmouth, Marth 28, 1805. _____________
Experientia Docit.
IN consequence of a secession from original prin
ciples oi his pretended friends—and being wish
ful to render himself and fellow men, every possi
ble good, after mature consultation of the pillow, and
with the advice of friends,the undersigned proffers his
] services to his acquaintance in this mercantile cap
ital that has not heretofore been in the habit of sport-
L Ing Sc trifling with business,See. That in consequence
# of the severity of the season being abated—if anyper
son or persons should have occasion of having any
business done in the country, he will with cheerful
ness obey any application with promptitude, and he
.pledges himself that there shall pot te no want of
'exertion on his part to comport with their wishes.
I JOSEPH LEIGH.
Portsmouth, March ^9, 1805,
THE Subscribers having
formed a connexion in business under the
firm of
Pearse & Walker,
offer for Sale at their Store, No. 8, Portsmouth
Pier, Fresh Malaga RAISINS in casks; do. in
boxes ; c*sks RICE ; Souchong TEA in half and
quarter Chests ; Hyson Skin TEA ; LOAF
SUGAR per Hhd. or hundred ; New-England
RUM per Hhd. or Bbl.;Russia and Swedes IRON;
spike, deck and horse shoe Nail Rods.
WILLIAM PEARSE,
MARK WALKER.
g, Business transacted on Commission.
Portsmouth, March 30, 1804.
FOR SALE AT
Elisha Whidden's store,
Foot of Buck-street.
20 Barrels Mackerel!, in
good shipping order. March' 29.
OLD Cognjac Brandy ; Holland
Gin r-old Jamaica Spirit ;--Shrub;
Cherry R&1 ; Madeira, Lifoon, Vido
nia, Sherry, Red Port, Malaga and long
cork'd Claret WINES ; London and
American Porter; Burton Ale ; bottled
Perry and Cyder ; TEAS, of various
forts among which is Shouchong ofa very
good quality, in Cannisters of 26 lb. each,
suitable for families ; Coffee ; Choco
late; Chocolate (hells ; double and An
gle refined Loaf Sugar ; India & brown
Sugar ; Spices, of all kinds ; box Rai
sins; (hell'd Almonds; Figs , Currants;
Prunes ; ENGLISH WALNUTS ;
FILBERTS ; OLIVES, in jars and
Has for sale at his Store nearly oftftosite the Prick
Mar{et —
A general assortment of
Weft-India GOODS, and GROCE
RIES, viz.
Vol. XVI.]
SAMUEL LARKIN,
—■''■■- ~- 1 «' —i>L.« ___________ , |; _^^A
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELI iiON AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS. —WASHINGTON.
Just published and for Sale at Treadwells' Book-
Store,
A PARODY
on seme or the most striking passages in a late
Pamphlet, entitled
" A Letter to a Federalist,"
with large Additions and Improvements, by Ver
non H. Quincey, Esq.
" Os all the way: that wiffl men could find
To mend the age, and mortify mankind,
Satire (bleftfcourge !) bas moji fuceefiful pre? d,
And cures —because the remedy is lov'dV
Buckingham,
"'Tie not the Country of the man" (beat)'n knows !)
" But Man, Sir, of tie Country" I oftofe.
Chatham.
" AJk you tvbat provocation I bare bad ?
The drong dntipatby of GOOD to BAD."
PO?E.
Every Federalist, every man of taste
and sentiment (hould pqffefs a copy of
this interesting Pamphlet.
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f PORTSMOUTH ACADEMY,' 4
t: FOR YOUNG LADIES. ::
# 4
|: Mrs. HART informs the Ladies of Ports- :
ft mouth and in its vicinity, that she can accom- ::
ft modate 10 or 12 of her Pupils with board. :
j: The branches which will be attended to, are :::
j: DrawingandEmbroidery in its various branch- ::
$: es, 6 dollars per quarter. Print Work and ::
ft Painting in Water Colours, 6. ::
j: Plain, Sewing, Marking, Reading,'Writ- :;;
|: ing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geogra- ::
|: phy and use of the Globes 4. Work- :::
fc ing Muslin, including the above branches 5. ::
Stationary supplies made at the Book-Store :::
prices. ::
|: ^WAJVTED,:
j: At this Academy, a Music Master, one who
|: can give lessons on the Piano-forte and Piano- :::
$: forte-Guitar—to such an one a generous com- ::
ft pensation will be made.,::
ft Portsmouth, March 23, 1805. :::
Charles Hardy
Wishes to pay all those to whom hf is in
debted, therefore he requests these indebted to him
to make immediate payment.
N. B. Those who have been so long in his debt, as
to shun his Shop 011 that account, must expect but a
short time before they will be called on some other
way. March 23.
Between the House of Nathaniel Ad
ams, Esq. and the house of Mr. Cyrus
Frink, common Hunting Watch, who
soever may find the fame,' and will leave
it with Mr. Frink, at the Bridge, shall
receive five dollars reward.
JOHN P. HALE.
March, 27. 1805.
To Farmers.
Just receve d and For Sale by
W. & D. TREADWELL,
THE
Pennsylvania Farmer ;
TOEING a feledion from the most approved Treatises oh
~ Husbandry—interspersed with observations and ex
periments. by JOB ROBERTS,
CONTENTS;
Introductory Remarks—Soils generally, Clay Soils, a
Loamy Soil, Manures Farm Yards, and composts, Marle,
Sawdust, fanners Bark, Improvement of Wet Lands,
Ploughing Fallows, Land under Tillage, Fertilizing Steeps,
Wheat Barley, Clover, Rye Grass, Timothy Grafs,Burnet,
Railing Turnips and preventing the Fly, feeding Sheep on
Turnips, Grafting and Budding Trees, Planting Tree,
Malt Be^ Swine, Fattening Horses, Botts, Saintfox
Grass, or Tioly Hay, Failing Cattle, How to Purify Salt,
Thorn Hedge. Tillage, Corn and Buck Wheat, Barley,
Oats, Flax, Wjicat, and Rye, Turnips, Peach Trees, Que
ries, Gynfum, Ashes, Mixed Earth, Creek and Harbour
Mud, Indian Corn, Potatoes, Fruit Trees, Butter, and
Cheese, Culture of .the Apple Tree, Asparagus, Spring
Barley, Bees, Carrats, Cows, Goats, Water, Manures gen
erally, Mosses, Black Mulbury,Oxcn, Poplars, Duration of
Seeds—how to be kept in long voyages, Cross Breeds
Paint, Trees generally, Wheat generally, Plaifter, Farm
Yard, Cider, Conclusion.
This work is in high repute in the middle States and
is much read—lt is tendfomely printed in 230 pages, is
fold at the very low price of sixty seven Cents—ls one ufe
ful hint can be drawn from this volume, it will abun
dantly compepfate the Farmer for the purchase—agri
culture has not yet arrived at that state of excellence in
Newhampfhire that it has in the middle States, and per
haps it is owing to the little knowledge our Farmers have
of the modern improvements in this important fciencc—
they have now an opportunity of furnifhing themfelvs,
with the experiments and difeoveries of the i,are high,
ivated Rates.
——; 1 - ———fr —
Joshua Hand
RESPECTFULLYinforms his friends
* and the public, that he continues to carry on
the BOOT and SHOE making business, at his fiiop,
head of Buck-street.
^Beft BOOTS and SHOES, for
Men and Women, of the newest fafliion, made in
the oeateft manner, and fold as cheap as can be pur
chased in this town.
March 16, 1805, 1
John Underwood,
Wishes to inform his Customers that he has re
ceived a quantity of
Petersburg Clean Hemp,
which is most suitable for CABLES, and he can
Supply them at the shortest notice.
March, 29.
OR ACT^ DA^T
LOST.
TUESDAY^^^^
===3======ZX=3^====^^ -—_ ,
"Yes, my dear, I recollect it perfectly well. I
am mucli inclined to the vaccine. My friend, Mr.
L-= —, has had all his children vaccined ; and I
just wait to see the effect. 1 '
„I veri i)e ieve the generous fellow forgot, at this
'' m h e had redeemed my watch and wife's
tiink^ He would not let me tnank him as mucli
as l. ,i,ed, bat kept pressing upon me fresh offers
of service. When he found I was going to leave
Amefch. he asked what vessel we should go in ? I
was ^a., afraid to tell him, lest he should attempt
to pat for my passage. But for this he had, as I
altetfai rnund. too muea delicacy of sentiment.
H^ d&r fried, by questioning the captains, in what
ship * a**- W sah; and wheal we went on boards,
we tremie and his sons there to take leave efus,
which they did in the most affectionate manner ; and,
after they were gone, we found, in the state cabin,
directed to me, every thing that could be useful or
agreeable to ui as sea .tores for a long voyage."
v 01.3. p. 374—,80.
We shall venture on another extract from this
tale, of a more tragical description. The incorri
gible procrastinator had had his only son unsuccess
fully inoculated fdr the small-pox. ' His wife urges
him to have the iteration repeated, and he replies,
'-Undoubtedly, imy dear ; undoubtedly. But I
think we had better have him vaccined, lam not
sure, however ; but 1 will ask Dr. 's opinion
this day, and be guided by that. I shall see him at
dinner ; he has promised to dine with us."
'Some accident prevented him from coming ; and
I thought of writing to him the next day, but after
wards put it off.—Lucy came, "my dear," said she,
"do you recollect that you desired me to deter inoc
ulating our little boy till.you could decide whether
it be best to inoculate, him in the common' way, or
the vaccine ?"
It 1# part of a criticism on The Popular Tales,
of Manx Edgworth, author of Practical Education,
Ca^e , ickrent, &c. kc. Bvo. 3 vols.
"Oh, my love," said Lucy, "do not wait any lon
ger ; for you know we run a terrible risk of his
catching the small pox every day, every hour."
"We have run thit risk, and escaped for these
three years past," said I; "and, in my opinion, the
boy has had the small-pox."
"So Mr. and M s. Nun thought ; and you see
what has happened Remember our boy was in
oculated by the saiwe man. lam sure, ever since
Mr. Nun mentioneathis, I never take little Basil out
to walk, I never see him in a shop, I never have
him in the carriage with me, without being in ter
ror. Yesterday, a woman came to the coach-door
with a child in her arms, who had a breaking out
on his fade. I thought it was the small-pox ; and
was so terrified that I had scarcely strength or pre
sence of mind enough to draw up the glass. Our
litd, toy was leaning out of the , door to give ^ half
penny to the child. My God !if that child had the
small-pox !"
"My love," said I, "do not alarm yourself so ter
ribl,, the boy shall be inoculated to-morrow."
"To-morrow ! Oh, my dearest love, do not put
it off till to-morrow," said Lucy ; "let him be inocu
lated to-day."
"Well, ray dear, only keep your mind easy, and
he shall be inoculated to-day, if possible ; surely you
must know I love the boy as well as you do, and
am as anxious about him as you can be."
"I am sure of it, my love," said Lucy. "I meant
no reproach. But since you have decided that the
boy shall be vaccined, let us send directly for the
surgeon and have it done, and then he will be safe."
'She caught hold of the bell-cord to ring fora ser
vant—l stopped her.
"No, my dear, don't ring," said I; "for the men
are both out; I have sent one to the library, for the
new Letters on Education, and the other to the ra
tional toy-shop for some things I want for the child."
"Then, if the servants are out, I had better walk
to the surgeon's and bring him back with me."
"No, my dear," said I; "I must see Mr. L— —'s
children first. lam going out immediately ;.I will
call upon them ; they are healthy children ; we can
have the vaccine infection from them, and J will in
oculate the boy myself."
"Lucy submitted. I take a melancholy pleasure
in doing her justice, by recording every argument
that she used, and every persuasive word that she
said to me, upon this occasion. I am anxious to
shew that she was not in the least to blame. la
lone am guilty ! I alone ought to have been the suf
ferer. It will scarcely be believed—l can hardly
believe it myself, that, after all Lucy said to me, I
delayed two hours, and stayed to finish making^n
extract from Rousseau's Emilius before I set out.
When I arrived at Mr. L 's, the children were
just gone out to take an airing, and I could not see
them. A few hours may sometimes make all the
difference between health and sickness, happiness
and misery ! I put off till the next day the inocula
tion of my child!
'ln the meantime, a coachman 'ca^to me to be
hired. My boy was playing about the room, and,
as I afterward recollected, wraßlose uflo the man,
and, while I was talking, stood examining a grey
hound upon his buttons. I asked the coachman ma
ny questions, and kept him for some time in the
room. Just as I agreed to take him into my service,
he said he could not come to live with me till the
next week, because one of his children was ill of the
small-ftox.
'^te words struck me to the heart. I had a
dreadful presentiment of what was to follow. I re
member starting from my seat, and driving the man
out of , he house with violent menaces. My boy,
pooFiteocent victim, followed, trying to pacify me,
and Ibolding me back by the skirts of my coats. I
caught him up in my arms.—l could not kiss him ;
I felt as if I was his murderer. I set hi^ down
again : indeed I trembled so violently that I could
not hold him. . The child ran for his mother.
'I cannot dwell on these things—Our boy sicken
ed the next day—and the next week died in his
mother's arms !' Vol. 111. p. 386—-391.
We would willingly make some extracts from the
other tales we have specified ; but we cannot find
any, to which justice could be done, with<f t quoting
a larger passage than our limits will easily admit.
e - —rate #@O«Rr
Thefollowing affecting incident places in a striking
viewer - effects which are constanllyfowingfrom
a procrastinating disposition.
MISCELLANY.
The Irish characters, who are all admirably sketch;
ed, appear to us to be the most original personages in
the book. Simon O'Dougherty, in the tale called
'Rosanna,' is excellent. That horror of vulgarity
which is so apt to infest the wives and childrenof
prosperous shopkeepers, is well exposed in the talcs
called 'the Manufacturers, and 'Out of debt, out of
danger.' The rewards of industry are plc^^cly
displayed in 'Lame Jervas' and 'Rosanna ;'flfch# ~
tendency of good affectionsto lighten or tojtyedv .
ievery disaster, is prettily exemplified in 'theCe✓ #
trast.' 'The Limerick Gloyes, and 'the Will,' are
I the most improbable and uninteresting stories in the
i collection ; and 'the Grateful Negro' has more of
} the extraordinary and romantic in it than seems
suitable to the tenor and design of this publication.
We have scarcely any other remarks to offer.
The pathetic parts of these tales are in general the
best written; and yet the language is unify mly ^
&pted with the greatest felicity to the character
afyi station of the parties concerned. We could net
he^p smiling at the partiality which has led Miss
Edgeworth to represent almost all her female char
acters in so amiable and respectable a light. There
is not a tale, we believe, in which there is not some
wife pr daughter who is generous and gentle, and
prudent and cheerful : and almost all the men who
behave properly owe most of their good actions to
the influence and suggestions of these lovely inoni-
tres.se, If the pride of our sex would permit us,
we might perhaps confess, after all, that tills repre
sentation is not very far from the truth.
We cannot take our leave of these volumes with
out reminding the fastidious part of our readers,
that they were not written to challenge the criti
cism of scholars, or to gratify the taste of persons of
the highest accomplishments. They are not tried
by a fair standard, unless the design of writing them
be kept constantly in view ; ^nd this design appears
to us to be so laudably conceived, and so ably pur
sued, as to entitle them to more consideration than
is usually bestowed on works of this description.
To preserve and perpetuate rhe principle of a
^Democracy, which recognizes the People, as the
legitimate source of all the powers of government ;
—to maintain and defend the Constitutions of the
union, and of the State, which the people h>ve
deliberately established, as the foundations of civil
liberty, public order, and national prosperity ; —and
to deleft, resist, and repel, all covert, as well as all
open attempts, to undermine the fabric of American
virtue, freedom, and independence ;
The fubferibers unite under the title of "The So
ciety of Cooftitutional Republicans," conformably
to the following principles, and rules.
~J. PRINCIPLES.
I. That we acknowledge the sovereignty of the
people, in making, in modifying, and in abolishing
forms of government; and that obedience is due
frorothe minority, to the majority, of the people,
whenever the teofe of the majority is fairly, delib
erately, and explicitly, declared.
2. That We acknowledge the principle of a
free or republican, representative government, to be
efTential to the liberty, order, and well-being of so
ciety, and that the operation of this principle, under
the auspices of the American revolution, has ren
dered the nation glorious, and the people happy.
3. That we deem the constitution of the United
States, and of the fiate of Pennsylvania, the noblest
invention for human wifilom, for the felf govern
ment of man. And we think that the motives and
the caule to alter, modify, or abolish, ought to be
just, obvious, cogent, general, and cocclufive ; not
faaious, doubtful, partial, capricious, or specula
tive.
4. That we deem legislative wisdom; erecr'iv,
vigilance judicial independence ; the trial by jury ;
and the liberty of the press; the %-eateft political
blessings enjoyed by the people of the union, and of
the state, under the guarantee of their constitutions :
and that in these r^peds, we do not think the pro
visions of the constitution of Pennsylvania require
alteration, or revision.
g. That we deem the exiting administration of
the government of the union, and of the govern
ment of the ftace, wife, pure, and patriotic; entitled
to the support of their country, and meriting the
imitation of their successor.
IL RULES.
1. That a general society mail be efbblifhed in
Philadelphia, to extend through the state of Penn
sylvania ; but each county of the state may estab
lish and organize a particular society, composed of
the members reading in the counties refpc&ivdy,
who shall, nevertheless, be entitled to admission, as
members, into the general society.
2. That the general society, and each county
society shall appoint a president, vice-president, and
secretary, who shall, also, ad as treafarer.
3. That the county societies dull correspond with
eachj&r, and with the general society. And
that # |feeoeral society shall cortrfpond with the
Qfyffefeies ,and with any society in any n.
ther States, upon the subj ^s of the institution.
\The foregoing proportion, for forming " The
Constitutional Republican Society," being sub.
mitted to a number of citizens of the city and
county of Philadelphia, with a view to the present
crisis of public affairs, it was.
Refolved^unanimcuflyjhat the fame be pubufhed:
and that A. J. Dallas, William Jones, George Lo
gan, Richard Bache, fen. Peter Muhlenberg, Sam
uel Miles, Samuel Wethfrill fen. Jonathan Bayard
Smith, Peter S. Duponceau, Guy Bryan, Chandler
Price, Edward Heston, James Gamble, and Man
mel Eyre, fen. be requeited to procure copies of
the proposition to be printed, and circulated with
out delay, throughout the state.
Resolved, That the citizens of thecity and coun
ty of Philadelphia, who are in favour of the propo
sition, will meet to organife the general society of
Conflitutional Republicans, at such time and
place, as any three of the above named citizens
thall, by public advertisement, appoint.
uro %:-O^ er
From the Freeman's Journal, March 15th iBOS.
“ The society of Constitutional Republicans."
[No. 291
PROPOSITION
FOR FORMING