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Vol. XIV.];
' FRESH GOODS.
For fakat Store io, Cheap-Jide,
MAIKftSTmT.
Alarge assortment of
Styerfee Broad& Forest Cotton, Cambrick, and
Cloths, . ^ Cambric Mullins,
Coatings & twill'd Dufis, Chambro, Mullins tftke lotft
Flannels & Baizes, fafibo,
Rose & Duffil Blankets, Callonade and forig Mullins
Muffs and Tippets, of every dtferfoiori,
IndhCmtor&toUh&a, Iriffi Linens & Sheetings,
io chests BOHEA TEA, of the firft
quality.
1§ &18 thread Cod Lines, cheap, by
wholesale and retail'. Dec. 31, 1803.
—— — ——
Isaac Stanwood,
(At his Store in Buck-street, near the Parade,)
HAS received by'late arrivals, an ex
tensive and complete effort rent of
'Ciockvry & Glass Ware,
among which are some
*@Elegant cut flint SALTS;
<.Blue and White, Gilt and plain ditto;
do. do. do. SUGARS;
do. I do. MUSTARDS;
do. do. DECANTERS;
do. do. do. Sallad Bowls;
Best cut Flint Decanters ; Goblets;
Tumblers ; Crofts ; Wines ;
A few elegant Caftors; with every article
of Crockery, and being importations from Eu
rope to this town, will be fold as low as can be
purehafed in New-England. — Liketfisr,
A few well assorted CRATES, par
ticularly calculated for Country Traders.
'"^Portfmouth, December 31, 1803.'
REMOVAL.
——o— —
Benjamin Evans,
TIN PLALE WORKER,
INFORMS his Friends and the Public,
that he has removed from Ladd-ftreet, to a (hop
in Congrels-ftreet, next door to Mr. Morton's
, where he makes and keeps constantly for Sale, a
general affortmenr of
, TIN WARE.
forHoufe and Ships use, at the lowest prices—#//?
Ibfrpanntil b frpannti & Pewter Ware. -.
Tin Kitchens, which will Roast & Bake
at the fame time ;
Rpaftipg ditto, which will baste the Meat
themselves; Common ditto;
I> Handsome Planish'd Coffee Pots ; Oval
Di(h Covers; Patent Lamps;
Sheet Iron & Tin Stoves & Funnel, &c.
N. B. He thanks the public for past
I favors and solicits a continuance. Dec. 31.
I- Shoe's.
' Robert M'Clcary,
I T,AS received and for Sale at his store,
& H three doors weft of the Bell Tavern, Con
gress-street; ah extensive assortment of Ladies
§ and Gentlemen's
I SHOE S,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Russia furr'd
Shoes; English and American do. Black, Green,
Yellow and Red Morocco (kins ; White sheep
■firkins; striped Binding do. Ladie, and Gentle-
Ronen's Socks; water-proof and Flannel foals;
L Gerclemen's Morocco flippers ; Boot Webbin.
blue and Green Florentine ; black satin Laftin ;
Gentlemen's Beaver Gloves § Stockings; straw
MPlombs and Rofetts for Ladies' Bonnets ; Pearl
L ear Drops ; trebble gilt do. Pearl Beads ; fancy
F daßreaft Pins ; Miniature Chains ; Ladies'
gold Reck do.
[ Boot Legs.
A very bandfane afotment of
■ Ladies' mounted and plain tortoise (hell Hair
land Dressing Combs ; gentlemen's Hair do.
;gentlemen's patent buckles; Rofetts; Bandanno
Handkerchiefs ; Italian shaving Soap in fete;
a few elegantly +ftampt
MASONIC APRONS.%
I Alfo4 variety of TRUNKS.
1 Mens' Hats and fur'd Caps.
Ml the above articles will be fold low for Cash
er fyw Cloth—but no Credit by retail.
©"Allowance made to those ^ho wiffi to pur
ehafe b^wholefale, and approved credit given.
I RUM.
■William Garland,
■ Near the Court House, has for sale,
■l2 Hhds. excellent flavored Rum;
Brandy & Gin per pipe ;
l Jachong & Bohea Tea per chest, & qr.
I#n.B. He requests the immediate attention of
those indebted to him.
«»—to■—&»Rnrooßttomrara mtaroio.Btewcigß _t'
)Notice of Importance.
to OBERT M'CLEARY informs all
those who are indebted to him, whose ac
counts have been standing more than three months,
0 make Immediate payment, or he will be under
the disagreeable necessity of putting them to fur
ther cost. Dec, 31.
.=___=_—.
For Sale by
T. MORTON,
Si, of the Golden Key, Congrefs-freet,
Two Doors from the Partfmouth ftonc.
HYSON, Young Hyfon, Hyfon-fkin,
Soulhong and Bone* Teas warranted. Cog.
ni^fend Barcelona Brandy ; Holland's and Amer
ican Gin; Rum per hhd. or othfoife; Madeira,
Sherry, Lisbon, Claret, Port, and Sweet Wines, per|
quarter calk or |efs quantity; Loaf, India and
Brown Sugars; Coffee; Flour; Pollock Fifli;
Salt ; Cotton ; Cards, &c. together with a general
aflortment of
of the firft quality, and very low for ready cash.
Attendance from fun-rife, until 9
o'clock in the evening. (t.f,)
Portsmouth, December 3, 1803.
Peter Coffin,
HAS just received per ship Tiger,from
London, an additional fiipply of
Fancy & other Goods,
CONSISTING OP
Chintzes ; Dimities ; Black and co
lored Sarfenet Cambricks and Gingham ; fafh
ionable cotton and silk Girdtes ; black Laces ;
Broad Cloths ; best double mill'd Caffmeres ;
fuperfine fashionable Waistcoating ; Bed Laces
and Fringes, &c. &c. December, 21
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Ne-whampshireStraffordßank.
THE Stockholders of the New-Hampfhite
Strafford Bank, are hereby notified, that a
greeably to their vote, their refpe&ive shares of
One Hundred Dollars each will become due
and payable on the fourth Tuefda, in January
next, and will be received at said Bank in Do
ver on said Tuefday or on the proceeding Sat
urday and Monday—One fourth part at least
and as much more as may be convenient, will be
expe&edin Geld or Silver and the residue in bills
of the Bank of Massachusetts.
W. K. ATKINSON, Prejidm.
Dover, December 17th 1803.
THE Proprietors of New-
Hampshire Hotel & Poffmouth Pier
arc hereby notified, that their Annual
Meeting will be held at the New&mfr
fkire Hotel on Monday the 16th day of
January 1804, at half past 2 o'clock, P.M.
at which time and place their punctual
attendance is requested.
ELIJAH HAiX;%&ftQ rt
Portsmouth, December 31, 1803.
For New-York,
&\ THE Schooner Eliza, now
• lying at Jacob Sheafe, Efqrs.
'Wharf,— For Freight or Passage, ap
ply to Henry Tr EbicK,or to the master on board.
Portsmouth, December 31, 1803..
ttQQtfQCTtm —A —■ =▼ =•„to ofr —mopcroto UmtCttQvlt —CTi
gTTake Notice.
TO be Sold at Public Auction by vir
tue of a licence from the Hon. Ebenezer
Smith, Efy Judge of the Probate of Wills, &e.
for, the, county of Strafford, and State of New-
Hamplhire, on Tuefday, the third day of January
next; at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, at%e Dwell
ing House of John Davenport- innholder in
Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham—f,
much of the real estate of Samuel Taylor, late of
Boflon, in ,the County of Suffolk, and Common
wealth of Maffachuletts,Merchant, decea fed, testate,
in the hands of . Benjamin Sumner of said Boston,
merchant, administrator, de bonis non, off laid Samuel
Taylor, as dial! be fufficient, to raise the sum of
three thousand dollars, with incidental charges;
to wit, so much of a certain trad of land lying in
Tuftonborough, in the County of Strafford afore
faid, containing about one thousand acres, an un
divided third part of the north-easterly half of fit
thousand acres, released by Peter Livius, Esq. to
John Moffat, Esq. and is the fame one thousand
acres conveyed by John Evans to said Taylor.
A deed of release of said premifa will be given by
said Benjamin Sumner, or his Attorney duly author
ifed. Further particulars will he made known at
the time and place of faje, or ar any time previous
byapplyino ^ the fubferiber.
jotham Lawrence, Attorney'
t® said Benjamin Sumner, or to Z. Robinson, at
his Store, in Portsmouth.
£??% Nov, 18, 1803,
— : —: ^ —— ✓ -—- — ^-- ':'r ? T.
LOST last Wednesday afternoon, on
the Road to Greenland, an.
English Silver Watch,
^ack silk string, Glass Seal, small Key. A gen
erous reward will be given the finder onlesving it
:# Trr AbWELLs' B^ok-fhop, or to the owner.
John Snell,
Greenland December 23, 1803.
For Sale at Auction,
AN Saturday the 14th of January
V next, Two LOTS of LANDjn Chester,
nearly oppofit eDeacon DEARBORN'S tavern,
containing about eight acres, being part of the
estate of John Ordway, deceased—^, the
reversion of the tra& set off to the Widow & the
said J, O. as her dower. fr*
Sale to be at Deacon Dearborn's —
Terms liberal. Pertfmfflb, Dece#&r 3% 1803.
ORACLE POST.
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TUESDAY, January 10, 1804.
^-^ "^ffßrarampEßCTttßßCTumßCTmratßflratramramrai
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITSS
WHL-H LEAD TO POLITICAL PROPERITY,
RELIGION and MORALITY ARE INDISPENSA
OLE SUPPORTS/— -Washington's Lega,
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MORALIST.
The Absurdity of Mankind.
lAhs1 Ahs!—Blessings have been given in common, &
I &we communicate to each other only theills of life
Manis every where complaining of the want of
land, and the globe is covered with delerts. Man
alone is exposed to famine, while the animal crea
tion,down to infra,, are wallowing in plenty. Al
most every where he is the slave of his equal, while
the feefoleft of animals maintain their liberty against
the Bridged. Nature, who designed him for loye
denied him arms,and he has forged them for himfelf
to co L, bis fellow. She prdenis to all her chil
'";'# r^ °F * lefti vfls,& Ibe avenues of our cities
&inooflcednr Approach only by the fad (pelade
of wheels and gibbets.—The hiftory of nature ex
hibits bieffings only that of man,nothing but robbe
ry & madness. His heroes are the persons who have
rendered themselves the most tremendous. —Every
where he delpifes the hand whip spins the garment
that clothes him, which cultivates for him the fer
tile bosom of the earth. Every where he efteehis his
deceivers & reveres his opp effors. Always diffat
isfied w#h the present, he alone, of all beings, re
grets the past and trembles at the thought ofthe fu
ture. [Bernardin De St. Pierre.]
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MISCELLANY.
[The forming account of the GENERAL FAST
DAT, which was observed throughout the king
dom of Great Britain, qua# cop, from a London
paper of O&,ber 20. J
Yederday being the day appointed for a gen
eral fall and humiliation, was observed with
every thing of warlike dirplay suited to our, situa
tion. It was impossible for any one to turn in
any dire&ion without hearing the found of the
drum aad fife, the trumpet, or fotne other war
like instrument, or without observing the prepa,
rations of the citizen soldiers for the observance
of the sacred day appointed by government for
invoking the bieffin* of heaven, on their endea
vours in the sacred cause of the defence of their
country against foreign invasion Fram White
chapel to Pimlico, and from St. 'Pancras to
Southward every principal church was crowded
with the ardent patriots who fill the voluntary
ai ,ciationb. '
lAt M's P a st ten ^ Poll's WRS frtrfonnded
Itith f,e&^@ s > an d before eleven the Rt. Hon-
Ithe L ?T d MayoG accAmpanied a, Mr.-
k'ommon Serjea^ ^ court of aldermen, and a
rDumber ^f zity officers, entered the church; The
honorable the artillery company, of which the
Prince of Wales is Colonel, and @lfo the third re
giment of loyal London, commanded by John
Pooley Kensington, Esq. marched into the cath
edral with their fide arms only, accompanied by
the Rev. Henry Budd, the Chaplain to the corps.
The morning service being gone through, a very
animated and patriotic sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Mr. Hutchins, chaplain to the right,
honorable the lord mayor; from Exod. c. xiv. v;
"And the Lerd said unte Meses, wherefore cries
thou unto me ? Speak unto the Children of Ifraet that
the, go forward.') ~
The body of the church became in a short
time so thronged that it was thought a necessary
meafute of precaution to close the different gates
leading into the cathedral itfelf ; but there was
such an excessive croud in the great aisle, that if
one person pushed iri a rude or unbecoming man
ner, a great body of people were moved like a
great wave by the operation of his preffare.
When the sermon was ended, the hon. artillery
company, marching out of the body ofthe church
and forming in the aisle, dispersed a great num
ber of the fpeftators. They then matched off to
their ground in Bunhill-roe, and the Third Royal
London drew tip in three columns, extending a
long the aisle from the great western gate to the
door of the Cathedral. George price, Esq. the
adjutant to the corps, who is also a magistrate,
then adminiflered the oath of allegiance to the
whole corps, taking three front and three rear
rank men at one time to hold the book. The
corps marched back by fc&ions to their drill
ground gt Bridewell, in New Bridge-Street,
Blackfriars, and there dispersed.
Such amamber of other corps attended church
an 4 took The oaths of allegiance tba[ it is impos
sible to enumerate them all, but each went to the
most convenient church within their ward. The
First, or Royal Exchange division, cemmauded'
by Col. Birch, marched to St.' Michael's church;
Cornhill, where a sermon was preached from
Psalm cxxil. 3 v..
."Jerusalem is luitded as a cit, that is compa^to
gether"
P The eighth regiment formed from Coleman
street, Broad-Street, &c. went to the church of
St. Stephen, Cornhill; Sixth, or Bilhopfgate,
wept to Bifhopfgate church, &c. and all those
who had not been previously fworp, took the
oath ofallegiance in their rcfpe&ive disiri&s. ,<
At St. Creed's were the Aidgate, or 7th regi
ment of Volunteers, commanded by Alderman
Combe : and part of th# Ift regiment of East In
dia Volunteers. ,
At Aidgate church, the Portsoken Volunteers,
commanded, in the absence of Colonel Shaw
who accompanied the Lord Mayor, (as one of
the High Sheriffs,) by Major Pratt ; and part
of th^ Ift regiment of East India ^Volunteers,
' commanded by Adjutant Dickifon, heard ah ex
cellent sermon preached by the R?v. Mr. Hat,
Curate of the parish, from Matt. vi. verse 16.
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The fecoAd regiment of East India Volur &
teers, commanded by Mr. Dominicus ; the Cus
tom House Guards, consisting of about 300,
commanded by Commissioner Wilson, and part
of the Rive- Fencibles, all in full uniform, at
tended at the church of Allballows Barking,
Great Tower-street, and heard a very excellent
difcouffe by Mr. Hunt, Curate of the parish,
from 2d. Chronicles, 2eth chapter, and ,
verfe—
"And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and,, in
habitants of Jerusalem, and thou, King Jeho/baphat;
thus faith the Lord unto you, be not afraid nor di,
mayed b, rea,n of this great multitude ^ for the bat
tle is not,ear's, bht God's." _ •,
At St. Peter's, Cornhill; the third regiment of-
East-India Volunteers, heard a sermon by the
Rev. Mr. Wood. k
The Bank Volunteers attended at the church
of St. Bartholomew, behind the Exchange, and
heard an excellent sermon ^rom the ,h Deuter
onomy, and 29th verfe—
"o that there were such an heart in them, that
the, would fear me, and keep all my commandment,
always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children forever."
In the places which are fitnated without the'
boundaries of The City, a similar regulation was
adopted ';the Prince of Wales's or Loyal St;
Martin's, received their Colours, and heard di
vine service in St. Martin's ; the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, the Chap
lain to the Corps, in the most energetic drain of
patriotic zeal. ,
The Law Affociatioh attended at the Temple '
Chapel; and heard an excellent sermon preached
by the Rev. Dr. Rennell. The oath of alte-<
glance was administered by Major .Reid to the
different companies, the officers being firft fworm
The Bloomfbury and Inns of Court Associa
tion were sworn in at the Foundling Hospital
Chapel, where the Rev. Dr. Hewlett delivered a
most devout and animating sermon, which was
particularly well calculated to inspire or increase
the enthusiasm of the country.
The St. Clement Danes heard divine service io
their parish church ; and the Somerset House
Association went to St. Mary-te-Strand.
The St. Margaret's and St. John's Alfociatioa
heard a fermon'preached on the drum bead at
Westminster Hail by the Rev. Mr. Dakin, from
the 2d book of Chronicles, chap, xxxii. verse 8.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, ac
companied by Gene: Is Burrard, Leslie, Cal
vert, Adjutant-General Brownrigg, Quarter-
Matter-General, Colonels Winyard and Murray,
together with his Royal Highness's Aide de- \
Camps, the Honorable Captains A. and T. Up
ton, and Pagett, attended divine Service at his.
Royal Highness's Military Chapel, at the Al-,
monry, Westminster, where they heard an excel
lent sermon from the Military Chaplain, from
the ad book of Chronicles, chap. j2d, verse the
Bth—
"With him is an arm of fefh, but with us is th).
Lord our God."
His Royal Highness's Band, in full uniform,
accompanied by their leader, Mr. Viraugh, at
tended, and played several pieces of faered music
in a most exquisite tiyle. A sergeant with sev
eral privates, sung the Psalms in a manner which
would not have disgraced some of our firft places
of divine worlhip.
Th the afternoon the Duke of York walked
down St. James's street, accompanied by Mr.
Sheridan, and afterwards dined with Mr. Green:
wood at Brompton Park.
Pimlico Volunteers.—The corps met yester
day, and were accommodated with a fituatieft
superior to most for the occasion upon which
they were nffembled. Their sermon was deliv
ered to them by the Rev. Dr. Butler from the
Bth chapter of Romans and the 37th verfe—
"Nh, in all things we are mare than conquerors
through him that loved Us."
In the grand Rotunda of Renelagh, where the/
have besides an apartment assigned them as ^
armoury, dressing room, &c. It was expected
they would have had a field day instead of which
they only went through their ordinary maneu
vers wUhlnuch accuracy and precision. . ;
In Ihort, though the metropolis was particu
larly Arising in the display of its patriotic zeal'
there can be no possible doubt that in the present
temper of the geople of this country, that not
only "very other great city and town, but even
the finalleft villa, e or hamlet throughout the
Ifhnd; evinced a proportionate degree of fervour
and animation in the common cause.-
Communication. - 1
The certainty of the fate of the two ships under
the dire&ion of M. Feyroufe will gi«t relief to tat
public mind, though we must ever deplpre the
mclmchollv event which deprived th, world of the
services of that truly eminent commandertfe
several gentlemen lately from the Isle of France „jt ,
is reported—That a Daniil) ship on her passage h,
China in the ,ftty, to^toek from a&fytffr
ited Iflahd, an Officer and font or five men belong
ing to the (hips commanded by M. Peyroufe, who
were so emaciated and warn down for want of food
thatthey firyived only slew days; and that papm
containing the hiftory of their ^pwreck, and par
ticulars begetting on (here Qong the natives, fa.
,w&e In possession of,he government of the Iflt gs
• fa nee.
The tale related by the unfortunate officer and
; men to the Dmes on bgard the ship before they
died, is, as nearly aflp n learn, as follows... The
(hij, I^ft Pprt Jackfy^and after failing some time
wlire unfortunately driven ammg rocks and flup
&recked...the principal part of the officers and crews
landed in fafety, and preferred great part of the
(tores, &c...Tbey found the natives numerous yd
. apparently hofpitabk<..Aftrr remaining fame time
rarareßeme
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