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(j^ New Goods.
— + —
James Rundlet,
Has just receded per the Little James from Lon
don, and the Warrington from Liverpool,
' 'An additional lupply of
Staple & Fancy piece Goods
Which are now owning and will positively he sold
very low for cash or approved short, credit.
Among which are
' -REST London Superfine Broad. Cloths and Cass
i" meres.
Cotton and Silk Hosiery.
bilk Shawls and Handkerchiefs.
Black, White, Buff, Yellow, Salmon, light Blde,
Plumb, Pink, Brown, Slate, Olive and Drab
SARSNET CAMBRICS.
I Patch Furnitures, Tassels and Fringe.
"Fashionable Plad and small figure Calicoes.
Black and White Laces, ditto Lace Veiling.,
A great variety of Black, White, Plad and Fancu
figur'd RIBBONS.•
A large assortment of Fans.
Durants, Russels and Calimancoes_
Mens' rich Black Sattin and Florentine,
A large assortment of Irish Linens and Sheetings.
Diiper Table Cloths,
Dimities and Muslins.
India Cottons, some extra fine, very low. \
A fresh supply of India Chintzes, very low, and
free from damage, any thing to the contrary not
withstanding. -
Company and common Yellow Nankeens.
Blue ditto..
Gentlemens' Leghorn Summer Hats, wide rims.
Black Florence Silks.
rßlack India Lustrings, wide sort, at '6s. per yard.
Best Bologna Crapes, at 6s. per yard.
With a great Variety of other Goods, too many
to enumerate, the whole of which without the ex
ception of a single article, will be sold at the very
• lowest prices, he being determined not to be under
sold in any article by any new VALIER what,
ever.
A small Invoice of Stylrfh articles in the
Jewelry Line,
will be sold low by wholesale, and on liberal terms.
May _
William Neil,
' Idas received by the latest arrivals from Liverpool
l an extensive assortment of
{ Crockery & Glass Ware,
I're he will repack in quantities to suit purcha
sers as cheap as can be had in Boston. ,
He has also for sale,
,<1 Case Irish Linens entitled to Debenture ;
' 2 Seroons best Spanish-Float INDIGO;
RUM, BRANDY and GIN, by wholesale and
retail;
Madeira, Lisbon, Sherry and Malaga WINES ;
West-India COTTON ;
Bohea, Souchong, Hyson-Skin, and Hyson TEAS ;
Gun-Powder TEA—very fine ;
1 W. India, E. India, & Loaf and Lump SUGAR';
Pepper, Alspice, Ginger, Cloves, Cassia;
Nutmegs; °
Flour; Rice, Florence OIL; Elliot's SNUFP,&c.
100 White oak BARRELS ;
100. do. do. Half BARRELS;
- V Those indebted to the late firm of W. & C.
M^L, are again requested to make immediate pay
,men, otherwise thev may expect to find their ac,
' cwnts-in the hands of an Attorney., May 25.
F & = JUST RECEIVED
I From on board Schooner Rising Sun fiom
I, Charleston, S. C.
C" 60 casks Rice,
I of a verv snperior quality, for Sal e by
I WILLIAM HILL, No. 6, Merchaot's-Row,
I „Portsmouth; May 2:, ISOS,
" Peter Coffin
Fancy and other Goods,
which are now opening.
A LARGE assortment of Chintzes
and printed Cambricks of the latest fashion,
elegant Maroon Town Chintz Furniture. Color'd
Sarsnet Cambricks. Embos'd Cambricks ; Input
japan laced Muslins ; sattin sprig'd Mifflins ;
chambray Muslins ; nett and embroidered cam.
brie Shawls; elegant silk Shawls ; white silk
lace Shawls ; colored Tiffanies; Paris nett and
Turkey,Quizes § Dimities ; line:- Cambricks.
4 great variety of
Thread Laces ; black and white silk
Laces; Lace Veils; fashionable gown Trimmings,
gown Buttons and Frogs ; silver Shoe Roses ; silk
and cottop Coras and Tassels ;, colored silk Cords ;
fancy Flowers and Wreaths ; Necklaces and Ear-
Drops ; gold and silver Thread ; Epaulets: a great
variety of fancy Ribbons ; velvet Ribbons ; a vari
ety of fancy tiffany Fans; English Lustrings ; Sars
nets. J large assortment of _
Cotton and silk Hose, some outsized ;
black and colored silk Gloves ; men's outsized black
silk Gloves ; women's buff Limerick Gloves $
women's and misses colored cotton Gloves ; misses
cotton Hose.
1 ^ great variety of $ „
Dunflable, split straw, imperial, chip,
cane and Willow Bonnets. Mens si;k Leghorn
Hats ; Boys Morocco Caps ; Nursery Aprons.
Best superfine blue, black, Corbeau, bottle green,
brown and other Broad Cloths ; Cassimers ; great
variety of fashionable Waiscoatings.
A large assortment Linens ; Irish Sheetings ;
Durants, Tammies, Shalloons ; Calamancoes.
Yellow and blue Nankeens ; Black India Lus
trings for 6s. Best black Crape at 6s. India Cottens
and Chintzes. Play 25.
Vol. XVI.]
Has just received by the Little James, from Lon
don, and Warrington from Liverpool,
an additional supply of
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS. WASHINGTON.
OMAOjE J?OS JJ
Introduction. — The usefulness of profane history
especially with regard to religion ; Religion ; the
feasts ; augurs, oracles, &c. ; the games and com
bats ; the athletea or combatants ; the foot, horse,_
and chariot-races ; the honours and rewards gran
ted to the victors ; the different taste of the Greeks
and Romans with regard to public shows ; the pri
zes of Wit, and the shows and representations of the
theatre ; extraordinary passion of the Athenians for
the entertainments of the stage ; emulation of the
poets in disputing the prizes in those representa
tions ; a short idea of dramatic poetry ; the ori
gin and progress of tragedy ; the ancient, middle,
and new comedy ; the theatre of the ancients descri
bed ; passion for the representations of the theatre
one of the principle causes of the degeneration and
corruption of the Athenian state ; <,och as of the
Jewish and Roman history ; the origin and conni
tion of the cloetae or helots ; I^ycurgus, the Lace
daemonian lawgiver ; war between the Argives and
Lacedaemonians; wars between the Messeuians and
Lacedemonians , kings of Egypt, Syria, Macedo
nia, Bithynia, Pergamus, Pontus, Capadocia, Ar
menia, Epirus,.Heraciea, and Syracuse ; catalogue
of the principal Greek authors cited in this work.
History of the Egyptians^ —Part 1, Description
of Egypt, with an account of what is most remark
able and curious in that country ; Thebais ; mid
dle Egypt or Heptanomis ; the pyramids ; the la
byrinth—the lake of Moens —the source of the
JNile-—the.cataracts of the Nile:—causes ot the in
undations of the Nile—the time and- continuance of
the innundations—the heighth of the inundations-^
the; Canals of thd Nile, and spirapun»>s—the fertil
ity caused by the Nile—two different prospects ex
hibited by the Nile—the canal formed by the Nile,
by which a communication is made between the two
seas—Lower Egypt.—Part 9, Ofthe mummers and
customs of the Egyptians—concerning their Kings
and government-—the priest and religion of the E
gyptians—the worship of the various deities—the
ceremonies of funerals—soldiers and war—arts and
sciences—husbandmen, shepherds and artificers.—
Part 3, History of the Kings of Egypt.*
History cf the^Carthaginians —Part I,Charac
ter, manners religion and government of the Car
thagenians—defects in the government of Carthage
—trade of Carthage, the firs^source of its wtylth
ard power, the mines of Spain, the second source
of its wealth and power—war, arts and sciences.—.
Part 2, History of Carthage from its foundation to'
the first Punick war—conquests of the Carthage
nians in Africa. Sardinia, Spain and Sicily,—the
first Punick war—the Lybian war—the second'pu
nick war—passage of the Rhone—passage,over the
Alps—Hannibal enters Italy—battle near the Tici
nus—battle of Trebia—battle of Thrasymene—
Hannibal's conduct with respect to Fabius—battle
of Cannae—H^nibal takes up his winter quarters
in Capua—transactions relating to Spain and Sar
dinia—ill success of Hannibal—the sieges of Capua
and Rome—defeat and death of Ascirtfbal —Scipio
conquers all Spain, is appointed Consul and sails in
to Africa.—Hannibal recalled : interview between
Scipio and Hannibal—peace concluded between the
Carthugenians and Romans—reflections on the gov
ernmen&tf Carthage in the tme of the second pa
nic war—continuation of the history of Hannibal—
he reforms the courts of justice and the treasury of
'Carthage—llaimibul's retreataud death~-his char-,
acter and eulogium—dissensions between the Car
tiiagehians and Massinissa, king of.Numidia, the,
third punic war—a digression on the manners and
character of the second Scipio' Airicanus^-history
of the family and posterity of Massinissa.
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volumes, each volume to contain about 400 pages-#
the whole to be illustrated with maps anaother en
gravings.
2. The price to subscribers will be 75 cents a
vol. or 6 dolls, the set—to non subscribers 8 dolls.
3. The vols. will be bound in blue board,and pub
lished monthly.•
4. It is expected the subscribers Will receive their
volumes as fast 93 they are issued from the press,
and pay for them on.delivery.
5. Those who subscribe for 8 sets, er will procure
8 subscribers' and be accountable for the pay, shall
be intitled to a ninth set gratis.
Subscriptions received by the Publishers, and at
the ether Book-Stores. Portsmouth, May-25.
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HAVE just received for sale,
" Dearborn's Proportional
BALANCES ,
THESE instruments for weighing, are of such
utility .as to be fast getting into general, use. To
state every advantage in the use of them would be
superfluous ; suffice it to say, They may be "pur
chased .for half the cost and used with half the
labour of scales and weights ;" for "ease, dispatch
and precision," they surpass any thing of the kind
extant. The frequent demand for them through
the states and elsewhere, js of sufficient proof of
their usefaln# and merited approbation.
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gyptiaus, Babylonians, Qledes and Persians,
Macedonians and Grecians.
Rollin's Ancient History.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
TUESDAY, sth JUNE 1805.
The introduction of two Professors at the same
time was an unusual dirtpinstaiice jn tiie annals of
the College. It was gratifying to beheld bereaved
Harvard again displaying an air of c&erlirfkess.
The talents, learning and piety of the Professor of
Divinity, create the most agreeable anticipations a
mong the friends of literature and religion. Hisin-'
augural Address, in classical purity, correct senti
ment, and manner of delivery, corresponded to the
favorable expectations which were indulged respec
ting him.
The Professorship of Natural History will open
a wide field to the expanding ininos of, diligent and
inquisitive Students. Ine just and iinpiessive sen
timents expressed by the Professor elect, in his in
augural discourse, forcibly display ed the moral as,
well as economical uses of that branch of science and
evinced his correct conception of its genuine object
and end, " the Glory of the Creator and Good of
Mem's Estate!' The immortal Milton, in his ad
mirable Tractate of Education, recommends a
knowledge of “ minearals, plants and living crea
tures," 111 addition to the usual literary acquire
ments ; that young minds may receive " such a
real tincture Ci natural knowledge as they shall
never forget, but daily augment with delight."
This recent establishment, the funds of which al
ready amount to thirty thousand dollars, arising
from the liberal contribution of public spirited indi
viduals, is highly honorable to Massachusetts.. We
may confidently hope that the beneficent views of
the generous founders will be accompiislfed ; tliat
the 'present generation and distant posterity will
have ample reason to rejoice in the fruits of their
munificence.
The late President of the United States, as Pre
sident of the Board of Visitors of the new Professor
ship, attended the Induction, and appeared sensibly
interested in all the proceedings of the day. The
Him. John Q. Ahtams, and Ward N. Bqylston, Esq.
a liberal benefactor to the University, were among
the guests. The Hon. Mr. Pickering was : wited,
but indispensable engagements prevented him from
being present.
A respectable number of Ladies attended the ex
ercises, and though from a strict conformity to ac
ademic usage, a great proportiohof the performan
ces was in a language, which f they could not be sup
posed to comprehend, yet there was sufficient to in
terest them, and all others to whom the Latin lan
guage was not familiar. Mr. Peck's Discourse
fnust have gratified every taste.; and while the
pure and classical composition of the Presiding Pro
fessor and of the Hollis Professor of Divinity, with
the just, elevated and affectionate sentiments which
they expressed, must have afforded retired plea
sure to every scholar, and propriety and dignity of
their deportment, and the orderly and impressive
character of the whole transaction, deeply arrested
the attention of every spectator. \^
, The recent bereavements sustained by the Uni^
versity, were suitably noticed by the several Speak
ers—and the revered memories of Lowell, Tam
pan and VVxLLARP wto U™ ^b^ect- of just and
The Society of Subscribers diced together at Por
ter's Hall. Chaste wit and those pure satisfactions
Which are the inseparable reward of well directed
acts of generosity heightened the pleasure of their
entertain merit.
Miscellany.
FROM the PALLADIUM.
Induction to Office of the Professors of Divin.
xty and of Natural History at Harvard
UKIVE^IT Y.
On Tuesday 14th irkt. were inducted, in due
form, at the University in Cambridge, the rev. He
nry Ware, A. A. S. Hollis Professor of Divinity,and
William Dandridge Peck, A. A. S. Massachusetts
Prohor of Natural History. At 11 o'clock, A. M.
the Corporation, Lieutenant Governor, Overseers
Professed Tutors, Librarian, Regent, the Visitors
ct the nya Professorships, the subscribers to the
fund f3r*s establishment, Clergymen, Graduates
and otherGentlemeifattendmgfmoved, in procession,
from Harvard-Hall, preceded by thh ^Students to
the MeetingMlouse x and[took the seats assigned for
them. '*.' • . *
The Hollis Professor pf Divinity was first indue
ted; and the exercises were in the following order.
1. Anthem by Students.
2. A Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Lathrop.
3. An introductory Address, in Latin by Elipha
let Pearson, L. L. D. Senior Professor in the Uni
versity.
4. The rules, orders & statutes ofthe founder of
the Professorship, Thomas Hollis, were read by
the Hcllisian Professor of Mathematics and Nat
ural Philosophy.
5 The Oaths of the Civil Government of the Com
monwealth and the United States, were administer
ed to the Professor elect, by His Honour the Lieu
tenant Governor. /
6. The Declaration and Promises retired by
the rules and orders of the Founder, wetymade ^.
subscribed by the Professor elect.
7. Leave was asked ofthe Corporation end Over
seers to declare the rev. Henry Ware; Rollis Pro
fessor of Divinity, which being signiHed,lhe annun
ciation was made by the Presiding Profosdr.
8. An Address in Latin, by the Professor of Di
vini y from the Desk, which ne ascended by inti
taiiou from the Presiding Professor. /
9. Part of the 19th Psalm sung by Srdents..
The induction ot the Professor of Nateal history
was introduced by an appropriate add^ss, in Latin
from the Presiding Professor, comprehending a
brief outline of the institution, with just and anima
ted elegy of the munificent founders. The Plan
or Foundation of the professor ship wzs read by Pro
fessor Webber, and the Profess^ elect, having
made the requisite declaration and/official engage
ments, and Being duly announced, delivered from
the desk an elegant inaugural Disburse, in English.
Part ofa Psalm, suitable to the fcasion, was sung
by tire St'wemts, which closed the exercises.
Those wild assisted at the Ceremony returned in
-Procession to & Philosophy Chamber. The Cor
poration, Overseas, Professors and others concern
ed in the Instruction and Government of the Uni
versity, Visitors, Clergy, Guests, specially invited,
and all Gentlemen of public education attending to
gether with the Students, partook of a handsome
Dinner in the Hall.
The Invisible Lady —The following explanation of
this mystery is from a small work published in
Boston, entitled The Expositor, or Manu Mas
teries Revealed. " y '
The acoustick so much esteemed, and whose per
formances have astonished all Europe, responds br
the assistance of tubes through which the sounds are
conveyed. To simplify this : The form of the rail.
ing,you no donbt recollect, has been mentioned as
being octagoiral, containing eight posts, connected
by bars from post to post (See plate, fig. 1.) Four of
these posts diametrically opposite to each other are
excavated, as also their four connecting bars r
These excavated posts contain tin tubes, running
to the middle of their respective connecting bars :
The tubes in the bars communicate, the sound, on
that side of the bar next the temple, by an incision
made in the tube. Have special care that the ends *
of these tubes be closed, and the side of the bar a.
the incision in the tube cut wafer thin, about the
bigdess of the incision, and there perforated full of
small holes made with a needle. At the bottom of
the four excavated posts are four tin elbows, con
nected with the tubes in the posts ; to these add a
length of pipe continued to a distance sufficient to
prevent the agent's natural voice being heard by the
company ; making directions of the four tubes, be-.
tween the floor and the ceiling, by the help of el
bows to where the agent is concealed. Here is a
concavity of tin into which the four pip# enter,
made in the form of a common tin tunnel, its out
ward circumference about two feet : From this
concave the agent receives the question put to the
temple, and returns the answer by speaking in the
same. This prepared, suspend the temple to the
four solid posts, with the four trumpets towards the
four mouths of the tubes in the perforated bars.
Then a question put to either of these trumpets
will appear as proceeding from the chest of the
temple, and will be distinctly understood by the per
son secreted at the extremity of these tubes.
He putting his ear at the orifice of the concave to
which the four tubes join, and by speaking in the
same,.the answer will appear as proceeding from
the chest.
The faculty of the Lady's apparently seeing is
all that now remains unexplained. This it is that
evades the researches of Philosophy ; for wllhst
the sight is considered as the faculty of the same,
eject from whence proceeds a voice so loud and
distinct, it has and will elude all positive decision.~
For instance ; Suppose the person, who asks and
resolves the question, was disposed iq such a man
ner as that the sight might be made practicable to
„him, his nearness to the assembly would cause his
natural trice to be heard. To perfect this decep.
\ ' 4 *
" Daniel Bryan was'an old seamen of Sir Sidney
Smith's ship Le Tiffe : he had Made many repeat,
ed applir ations to be employed on shore during the
seige of Acre ; but being elderly and ratlilr d^af
his request was not acceded to. At first storming
of the beach, one of the French Generals fell :
the lurks struck off the head, stripped and man
gled the body, and left it a prey to the dogs. Dan
frequently asked has messmates, when they return^
ed from the share, why they had not buried him -
•but the only reply he received was, Go do it your^
self. He said he wqpld ; and having at length ob
tained leave to go and see the town, he ^ent ashore
with the surgeon. He provided a pick axe, shovel,
& rope, and insisted to be let down from an embra
zure, close to the beach. Some of his more juve
nile companions offered to attend him : “ No !"h@
replied, “ you are too young to be shot yet ; as for
me, I am old and deaf, and my loss would be no
great matter." In the midst of the firing he was
lowered down; and his fitst difficulty, not a
very trivial one, was to drive away the dogs. The
French then levelled their pieces at him; hut a
French officer perceiving his intention, was seen to
throw himself across the ranks. A dead solemn
silence prevailed ; and the worthy fellow consigned
the corps to its parent earth; He was then hoisted
into the town, & the hostile firing recommenced. A.
few days afterwards, Sir Sidney, having been in
formed of the circumstance, ordered Dan to be cal
led into the cabin. “ Well, Dan, I hear you haye.
buried the French General" —“ Yes your honor."
—“ Had you any body with you ?"—« Yes your
honor."—“ Why, Mr. Spilsbury says you had not."
—" But I had, your honor."—" Ah,who had you ?'»
—“ God .Almighty Sir."—" A' very good assistant
indeed ! Give old Dan a glass of grog." " Thank:
your honor."—" Dan drank his grog and left the
cabin highly gratified. He is now a pensioner in
the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
pathetic elogy To the late Judge Lowell the
friends of the Professorship of Natural History are
under peculiar obligations. He originated the sub
scription. To the influence of his energetic exer
tions and weight of charactar in society, he add-d
his example, by becoming the first subscriber, to
an amount correspondent to his decided approba
tion of the plan, and his ardent wishes for its suc
cess. The liberal bequest of a worthy lady, lately
deceased, at Portsmouth; . Mrs. Br ackett, was
handsomely noticed by Professor Pearson In
compliance with the request of her deceased °hus
!, te Dr - Brackett, male at the close
ot lire, she has bequeathed t^o thousand dollars
to the use ot the Professorship of Natural History
w?ft Q tanCT of frote boiffit,, Sigrid b, r
noticed, appropriation made by the General
r last session, of ;a township offahd in
the District of Maine ; which is given in trust to
the Agricultural Society for the m^intainance of a •
40tamc Garden. It is understood that the pro
ceeus of ttus grant will probably be applied to aid
tue establishment of the garden intended to be con.
netted with this Professorship.
„ In reading the proceedings of a day, so interest,
rig to the University, we are happy to add, that
sentiments becoming the occasion were universal
and that no instance qf disorder violated that tran^
quility and decorum, which ought ever to prevail
in the hollowed seats of Literature.'
Literary Selections— fh^ following anecdote,
of a British sailor is related ::i"Sfiiisbury's Fic^
turesque Scenery in the Holy land and Syria ,
an amusing - and interesting work lately published
by, the surgeon who served on board his majes
ty's ship Le Tigre auring the campaigns i 799
and 1809. . °
^ -OQ_ or.
r rom the United STATES Gazette.
[No. 36.