The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-05-05 00:00:00, page 4

Anecdotes of the Emperor Paul.
AN officer walking t^e greets, in a large pe-
Itffe, had given his Tervant his sword, which in
commoded him, intending to put it on again, and
„ to get off his peliffe when he' got near the palace.
Unfortunately before this took place, the Empt
or met bim^and in consequence, he was reduced
to the ranks,and his servant made an officer in his
place;
Exercising his regiment of curiaffette one day,
the horse of an officer threw him, Patil ran fori
oufly an him, crying, “ Get up you rascal !"—
«' Your Highness, I cannot, 1 have broke my leg."
—Paul, spat on him and retired swearing.
It is the orded of Paul, that whoever is permit
ted to kiss bis hand is to make the floor resound,
by flrikiqg it with, his knee as loud as a soldier
with the but end of his firelock. It is requisite
too that the salute of the lips on his hand should
be heard, to certify the reality of the kiss, as well
as of the genuflexion.
The real catife of the disgrace of Su warrow has
never we believe, been properly Underfiood. The
Emperor Patil, very foonatter his accession to the
Ruffian throne, ordered the dress of the Ruffian
fiddlers to be changed to the German fafhion. Su
warrow, when he received orders to eflablifh
those novelties, with little flicks for models for
the soldiers tails and fide curls, said, " hair pow
# der is not gunpowder, curls are not cannon, and
tails are not bayonets., This sarcasm, which is
' not deffitute of wit, and forms in the Ruffian lan
' goage a fort of apothegm in rhime, soon spread
from month to mouth through the army, and was
the true reason that Induced Paul to tecallSuwar
row, and dismiss him from his service,
His hair was knotted, and his beard unshorn,
His tatter'd coutrements about him hung ;
% A tear pf pleasure did his cheeks adorn,
And blessings fell in torrents from his tongue.
The following circumstance is said to be a fatt :
—A few days ago the Waltham, flow stage com
ing to town late inthe evening, the discourse hap
pening to turn on robbers, one gentleman expres
sed his fears that he Ihould lose ten guineas ; an
elderly lady who fat next him, begged him to
take his money from his pocket, ana flip it into
bis boot, which he did—• Not long after, a high
wayman rode up to the window, on the lady's
fide, and demanded her money. She declared she
bad none ; but if he could cut that gentleman's
boot, he would find therein ten guineas. Thegen
tieman was obliged to submit patiently ; but when
the robber departed, loaded his fellow traveller
with abuse, declaring her to be in confederacy
with the highwayman. — She said certainly ap
pearances were against her ; but, that if the com
pany in the flage would fop at her house the fol
lowing evening, (he would explain a conduft
which appeared so mysterious. After much de
-site between themselves, they consented to go the
next evening, according to her address. They
Ivete ushered into a magnificent room ; a very
elegant supper was prepared ; after which the la
dy taking a pocket-book from out of her pocket,
(hewed that it contained various notes to the a
mount of several hundred pounds, and addressing
herfelf particularly to the gentleman who bad^een
fobbed — " I thought, Sir," said (he, “ it was
better for you to lose your ten guineas, thafl me
the valuable property, which 1 had about me last
night ; as.you have been the cause of my saving it
I entreat your acceptance of this bank bill," which
was one of an hundred pounds# Lon. pop.
A William Stillman, of the Rate of Virginia,
has lately obtained a parent for a new machine,
called the Veneering Plough, " invented for the
purpose of cutting the grooves in Cabinet Ware,
in which is to be applied various coloured woods
for ornaments in said ware. The peculiar pro
perties of this machine are, that it cods but little,
and will expedite the bulinefs in a very great de
gree.",„
A patent has been obtained by Samuel E. Ham
lin, in Providence, R. I. for Fire Engines on an
improved conttruCtion which heentitles" Capitan
and Crank Fire Engines." They are described in
a Providence paper as follows :—•" Their ufeful
nefs confits in being worked with greater ease by
half the ordinary number of men, walking round
with the levers of the Capitan, and without one
convulsive motion common to other Engines?
A certain mercantile character in Bofhw, appli
ed to a hand-cart-man, to carry some goods to his
store—-the gentleman asked him his price, which
was immediately agreed to—-the man took the
goods to the store of the merchant, agreeable to
contrail who told the poor man, he earnt hi^ mo
ney tqo easy ; that he would not give him so
much. The honed laborer replied, that was the
price .which he had agreed to pay him, and
that he would have that, or nothing— -that he had
been an old foldierin the American army, fight
ing fdr,is country, at a time when he like a gen
tfe^, was riding in, COAL CART!!!!
TWAS in the evening of a wintry day,
When fate returning from a long campaign,
Allen o'ertoiVd and weary with the way,
Came home to fee his Sally once again.
When this the heard, her wonted colours fled,
She ran, and funk upon her Allen's breast,
All pale awhile she look'd like one that's dead !
He kifs'd, she breath'd, and all her love con
fefs'd.
Am I so alter'd by this cruel trade,
That you your faithful Allen have forgot ?
Or has your heart unto some other ftray'd ?
Ah ! why did I escape the murd'ring Ihot ?
His barter'd arms he carelessly threw down,
And view'd his Sally with enraptur'd eyes ;
But foe receiv'd him with a moded frown;
She knew not Allen in his rough disguise.
Oh! my delight, though alter'd as thou art, h
Reduc'd by honest courage to this limit,
Thou art the golden treasure of my heart,
My long loft huiband, arid my withal for mate!
Poetical Department
- —rffa+tf^^^tb+b ——
The SOLDIER'; RETURN.
" women's WIT IS QUICK."
Beware of Roving Preachers,
Who bring a scandal upon Religion by their
Conduct.
Absconded from the Mason's Afros
Tavern, without paying his reckoning-=-a
certain Moravian Preacher, who called him
felf ^OHN Mellan alias John White,
and carried with him the following articles,
not his own property, viz. a cloth colored
Wrapper something worn, a gold Watch,
and a Ten Dollar Bill, which he took to
change. He was from Portland, bound to
New-York, as he said ; his dress confided
of a blue coat, black waistcoat and breeches,
light yarn dockings, and new shoes with
tilings, his hat something firabhy. He ap
peared to be about 45 yearls of age, and a
about 5 feet 10 inches high. ‘ Whoever will
take tip said swindling Preacher, and return
him td Portland flhall receive 5 dollars, and
all necessary charges.
JOSIAH HOLMES.
Portsmouth) April 13, 1801. fe
Great and illustrious characters - are often form
ed by pernfing the memoirs of those, of either sex,
/who have been eminently diftingui&ed by bril
liant accomplilhtnents and exalted virtue. ;The
retired situation of Seiguora Re—vein availed not
to conceal from the world the graces and virtues
with which she was adorned. Poflfeffed of every
personal and mental charm, her acquaintance ,vas
fought by the lovers bf moral beauty and refoed
sentiments ; and her uncommon proficiency in fei
ence soon drew around, her the Genii of the age.
With those at a difiance she corresponded : and a
few years after the commencement of her retire
ment, [fuch was her increasing passion for know
ledge and improvement,] she effected a yearly
mutual communication ot interesting intelligence
with the friends of virtue and science, in the four
quarters es the globe.
the following sheets contain a valuable corres
pondence which she maintained with a most be
loved relative and friend of her bwn sex; and
mhich the editor flatters himfelf will afford an a
greeabte entertainment to those readers whole
winds are assimilated to hers, as well as an addi
tional aid to the growing cause of genuine virtue.
Ye Children of Benevolence and Love !—in this
age of wonders, firft favored of heaven for the
universal good,—with you she co-operates in those
divine labors on which Deity looks with the fmifes
of compiaifance ;—and with you she waits, in joy
ful expectation, to behold thefelicity of every in
dividual of the human race as perfect and exalted
as was originally designed by the source of per
fection and bliss !
The school will be kept twice rn d iret,
every Thurfilay and Saturday in the after
noon, from g o'clock tofun set.
8 dollars each new scholar, and only fix
for those who have been to Mr. Maurice'^
school b.efare-=-Half to be paid at entrance,
and the remainder at the end of the quarter.
Mr. M. likewise proposes keeping an e
vening school, -if fofficlent' encouragement
should appear— -The terttis are as above.
N. B, TbeJcholarftoillAxpea to pay the
full amount of their quarters whether they at
tend regular or not.
^ Subfeription is lodged at Mr. Manent'r,
next door to Greenleaf's Inn, CimgrefsJireet.
Portsmouth, April rj, ißot.
Paul in reviewing one of his regiment!, one
day, committed some blunder in the orders which
he gave. Thinking that it ought to be punished,
he ordered the drum to be placed endways on the
ground. He then imposed upon himfelf the pnn
ilhment of fitting upon it for half an hour with
out opening his lips, while the troops all the
while marched round and round him. This ludi
crous sentence upon himfelf was executed to the
utmost.
far Subscriptions are received atihe Ledger
Office.
OR,
ABODE OF PERPETUAL PLEASURES:
Illuflrating the singular charaaers arid man
ners of its inhabitants.
In a series of letters by Seignora Ro —VAIN.
Interwoven with her own memoirs ; The
interesting events of the present age ;
And contemplations on the grand
feehes opening on the
World.
14s a number of copies are already engaged, it is
expelled the work will be put to the pref in a few
weeks.
Dancing Academy.
—
FRANCIS MAURICE,
From ^alem,
Refpeafully informs the Ladies
and Gentlemen of the town of Ports
mouth and its vicinity that he pro
poses to teach that most beau- --
tifuj accomplishment at
-soon as fu fficient
encobragemenV
The volume to contain 150 pages 120104
Price to fubferibers 58 cents in boards.
Cse Castle of herein.
for printing by fobfeription,
14 Volume, entituled
,appears.
go Subscribers at leafs
CONDITIONS.
t *< «fcgfyfo »>-—
THE INTRODUCTION.
PROPOSALS,
N. S, The Fainting and Glazing
Business will be carried on as ufu^l at the Store
" formerly occupied in company, No. a, Jaffrey 's
row, Bow-fireet, . ...
WHERE MAY BE HAD,
; Painters' Oil and Colors
dry and ground—Paints put up for Ship & House
r Painting , Window Olafs and Putty,&c. &c.—by
4, William Cray.
* PpYffrhoUfh, March <i,' ißdi#
PAINTING, GARNISHING,
AND '
GILDING,
In all its various branches, by
JOHN GRAY,
At hitfoop lower end of Darnel Jireet,formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Mark Rogers,
WHO HAS FOR SALE
A general afortment nf
PAINTS,
Both Dry and Ground.
Oil, black and light Varnishes of
all kinds ; Window Glaft and Putty ; Brushes of
all fixes. , o —ALSO—
Paints of every kindfor ships use
put up at the Shorten notice.
Likewise, an apartment of
PAPER HANGINGS,
of various figures and qualities. 1 '
N.B Coach and Chaise Painting,
^nd all other ornamental work done as usual, at
'his (hop opposite Mr. George Simes 'in Jaffrey.
Arret. March », ifa.
u
JAMES A. GEDDES
Presents his refpedtfull compli
ments to his friends in particular, and the public
in general, and with gratitude acknowledges the
many favors received from them in the line of his
department, and under the sense, of his obliga
tions, he flatters himfelf he (half Rill merit the
continuance of their favors, by a deportment cal
culated to render his future fetvices acceptable to
ever, one who (hall honor his INN with their
company,—the best of liquors, genuine and pure,
(hall always be kept to please the palates of his
customers. Three or four gentlemen who would
wifli to be accommodated with Boarding, (hall
be suited at as cheap a rate as at any place in this
Town.
The public flages put up adjoining his house,
and travellers will find a convenience in being
with him, as the early hours at which they set off
makes it otherways disagreeable—His residence
is a't 'that noted INN formerly kept by Mr. John
Stavers, late of Portsmouth, deceased, in Pitt-
Ureet. J.A. G.
Portjmouth, April 20, 1801.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF , -
William and John Gray,-
I? this day dissolved by mutual confeut.—Ail pCr
fons indebted t% or that have any demands on
said fifrm, are requeued to call on said William or
John Gray for fettlemenr..
f WILLIAM GRAY,
JOHN GRAY.
Town Clerk's Office.
That Trad of Land lying on
the north fide of the road leading over Great
Swamp (so call'd) from Portsmouth to
Greenland, containing 187 acres, to be fold
in lots of ten acres eactyfrom No. 1, to 18,
to fait the conveniency bf- ' those who may
want a final! lot, as bn a plan, which may
be seen by applying to the fubferiber, own
er of laid Tract ; a road of two rods wide
from nofth to fouth, is opened for the con
vcniency of the purchafers,—it consists of
between thirty and forty acres of arable,
with good pasturing, abounding witli an
innumerable growth of white oaks, beach
trees, maple trees, pines, &c. in abundance,
not a single tree has been cut down for 19
years past, unless to repair fences, which
are few.
On Tuesday the 12th day of May next enfcihg,
at Eleven of the clock, A. M. at the
Any person or perfon^defiring to view
the prenilfes, by applying to Mr. Tobias
Lear, who lives on Mr. Warner's farm,
adjoinfng said land,will shew them the pro
perty and give any information relating to
the premises they may require, the condi
tions of sale will be made known at time
and place of sale.
George Wentworths
Portsmouth, March 30, 1801.
Has removed his office from No. 17, to the
store next, to Mr. Samuel Hitl's
lin Fore-Jlreet,
Where he will receive Merchan
dize and any other kind of property, for
private or public sale; and where he has
Convenient stores by the water, that any
kind of merchandize for sale, may be land
ed flee of wharfage, and if fold within one
month no store rent will be demaded.
N. B. He has for sale a quantity of
SMOAKED HERRING in boxes, fit for
the Welt-India market.
PUBLIC VENDUE.
Alexander Ewen,
TO BE SOLD,
NOTICE.
CASH, and the highest price giverefor
Clean linen, & cotton ^c linen Rags
at this Office.
If the ladies Would fyfpend a bag behind the
door, and indead of sweeping their Rags into the
fire, as is frequently the cuftoni,put them into the
bag, they will find it more to their advantage, than
the offensive fnrell of burning Rags.—Dr. Frank
lin tifed to fay, that a penny saved was two pence
earned ; indeed, he said many good things :—He
often told his female friends, that " a dilligent &
frugal woman always had a large fhift”—That
,it you would be wealthy, think of laving as
well as getting"—And that
«' Many estate sare fyent In the getting,
Since women for te@ forfook fanning and knitting,
And men for their punch forfook hewing and fpiitting."
So, without delay prepare you- baga.
And take ffome care to fare your RAGS.
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MAY HATH 31 DATS.
Last quarter, sth day, 3/1, 3sni. more.
^ Sun; high Moon
^ Days of the R. S. water. R. S.
S Week. / H. m. h. OT H. Ma
0 aoeft, 46/ d 5 43 I S 3
6 Wednesday, 456 8 6 35 2 23
fog Thursday, 455 8 „ 7 ^ 2 47
8 Friday, ',4 54 8 8938
9 1 Saturday, 452 8 8 52 3 27
to Sunday, 45*8 9 36 3.&
it Monday, 450 8 TO 21 4
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Clover & Herds Grass Seed, ,
FOR SALE BY
ELISHA WHIDDEN,
At hisflidp war Portynouth Pier.'
—LIKEWISE.—
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Portsmouth, March 30, 1801.
JEFFERSON'S
Full Length Portrait.
-<-«gQ^>.
I THE PATRONS OF
GEORGE HELMBOLD, j un .
BEING,
An Examination of the Queftibn lately agitated;
refpectirfg the legitimate powers of govern
ment ; whether they extend to the care of Reli
gion, and warrant making and enforcing Laws
for the purpose of eftablithing, Supporting or
encouraging the CHRISTIAN RELIGION.
IN SIX NUMBERS ;
With a Supplements on the prevalence of Infidel
ity ——The falling State of the antichriftian king
dom—And she revival 'of chriJiiaiiity —Con
cluding with a lingular, original LETTER,
written by a friend, briefly bating what that
religion is not ; and What it is.
By DANIEL HUMPHREYS.
Just Published, and for sale at this Office,
A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT
THE INQUIRER:
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING
SAVE YOUR RAGS.
Co tbe Laoic.%