Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-12-14 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, isl fort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl —l3O 0 14° 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, $• oit 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter ft >Ol2 013
• rMefs B. 12 50 0 0
) Cargo No. r, —lO 0 0 0
tal No. 2, a— 8 0 0 0
fa (Refuge (dull) — 5 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanish Qhpr. G. 180 1 85
, Naples 4tbpr. -- 175 0 0
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll Ch 450 5 0
Corn, Indian -- 080 083
Rye — 083 0 0
Cassia ffi 0 0 060
Cloves — 1 33 0 0
Coffee -- 0 ig 0 20
Cheese, American -- 0 6 012
Cotton, foreign scarce -- 040 0 0
, American — 028 030
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 0
, Foreign, - — 11 V 1^ o
Chocolate, common lb 020 o o
, best No. 2^l 028 033
Candies, mould — 018 019
;dipt ,- 016 0 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- ,7 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
Cloth, Tow yd. 016 0 171
EXETER
DAY STAGE
Commences,Running this Day.
THE subscribers piopofe running their
DAY STAGE, for the accommodation
of the towns of Exeter and Portsmouth, and
for Travellers in general. Leave Exeter
every Tuesday and Thursday morning at nine
o'clock, and return to Exeter on the after
noon of the fame days.
Passengers bound ^eft, who wish
not to go through in a day, may be furniihed
with feats in this Stage, and be assured of a
pa flage through on to Boston on the following
days.
Passengers bound eastward, who
travel in this line may be assured of a padage
on without any delay.
Seats may be had in this Stage by
applying at Hutchins' Tavern in Exeter,
and Davenport's Tavern in Port/mouth,
where Stage Books are kept for that purpose.
(^ Are from Portjmouth to Boston Four
Dollars.
JOHN DAVENPORT,
EZRA HUTCHINS.
Exeter. No. 30, 1802.^_
HARD-WARE
GOODS.
^.H+Dft+^fe
H. & B. Penballow,
Have Received by the Chip John Adams,
from Liverpool, a very large addi
tion to their former extensive as
sortment of
Hard Ware Goods,
Which they offer for sale
WHOLESALE & RETAIL.
_ Off. 26.
*, Infpe&or's BLANKS ;
Shipping Papers ; Returns of Mer
chandize, and Apprentice s Inden
tures , For Sale at the l edger Office.
b«CT*er 1,
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For Cafo) par
do. do. : : : 60 days, : ; do. : 1 pr. tent. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : If do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2 do. do.
do. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
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PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LA WS O^HE UNITED STATES.
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number 16. vol. IV.] TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1% 1802. [1 dol. 50 cts. per annum.
gon (ban tbefe ^^ relate fyeak of tbem air tse? are : nothing extenuate, not set toton malice.
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
Coutfe of Grebange, at Cotton,
Republican Ledger,
' AND
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Russia, ijiqual. Bt. 16 0 17 0
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 42 0 0
Filh, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale — 225 250
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 75° 8 0
Flour, super. frefh -- 8 0 0 0
, fine -7 0 °
, middlings — 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. loby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
z( gby 7, -^ 14 0 0 0
Bby6, -- 11 0 11 50
^i ) Hamburg ioby 8, -- 11 0 12 0
7by9, -- 11 0 0 0
Gun Powder lb 0 5° 0 0
Geneva, Holland if pr G. 117 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard lb °^ 0 10
Iron, Philadelphia T. 110 0 0 0
, r^u* -- 115 ^ xa ^ ^
, Swedes --110 0 115 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 °
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry — 15 0 0 0
, red • — 10 0 0 0
, sheet — 12 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. -- 9 ° 9 0
From the Balance.
ON EDUCATION.
“ Nor less shall thy fair ones glory ascend,
And genius and beauty in harmony blend ;
The graces of form (hall awake pure desire,
And the charms of the foul ever cherifo the fire ;
Their sweetness unmingled, their manners refin'd,
And virtue's bright image enftamp'd on their mind,
With peace, and foft rapture, fliall teach life to
glow.
And light up a smile in the afpeft of woe."
Dwight.
IffONTESQUIEU, speaking of the in
fluence of the female sex on public
morals and manners, fays, " The fafety of
a Rate depends on the virtues of the women.
The truth of this sentiment might be evinced
and illustrated by adverting to the hiftory of
some of the mod famous among the ancient
nations, and particularly of those, whole
forms of government were of the republican
kind. The most shining periods of their
hiftory were those in which the modesty, fi
delity, economy and various other domestic
virtues of the female sex, inspired the men
with noble sentiments, and prompted them
to deeds of honor ; and the fatal harbinger of
their fall and dettruaion was the declension
of female virtue. Women are the guides of
infancy and early childhood. From them are
received the firft and most indeliable impref
tions ; and their influence in society ever in
creases with the increase of civilization and
social refinement. Through the benign in
fluence of the chriftian fyltem, the general
diffufion of knowledge and the superior re
finement of tatte and sentiment, Woman
has risen to a very important rank in focirl
life. It is seen that file has a mind, as well
as a form : her capacity far intellectual
improvements and her right, in common
with that of the other sex, toa participation
of intellectual enjoyments are freely ac
knowledged. In the mean time the impor
tance of female education has become a trite
theme on which the tongues and pens of
the learned and ingenious have frequently
descanted. Any attempt therefore to add
to the numerous arguments in support of
©bolefaU prices Current, at portfmoutb, Seto^ampfyirp.
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.)
INLAITBILLS.
Bills on Baltimore, 30 days fighfl (For Cash) 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, do. : do. do. do.
Jo. New-York, , : do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or Ify d a ft do 2 do.
New-York, j ''j
N. B. Bills at (horterfight, proportionally higher.
a sentiment, that has now become generally
obvious, would be equally difficult and use
less. But the question, refpeding the best
modes and most ufeful objects of female edu
cation, both in regard to individual happiness
and the interests of the public, is worthy of
difeuffion.
Whether the texes be equal or unequal, in
mental powers, it is evident that their desti
nations are different. The female form,
while it is more graceful than that of the o
ther sex, is inferior in point of strength ;
and consequently, is less adapted to the rug
ged and perilous occupations and boitterous
feenes of life. Female children are com
monly less roving in their dispositions, and
less turbulent and obstinate in their tempers
they are more docile and more domestic,
than those of the other sex. Hence it plain
ly appears to be the ordination of nature,
that women (hould be employed chiefly in
the various business of the domestic kind.
And, as the designs of nature are never
thwarted with impunity, those women, who
disdaining to be confined to the feminine
sphere of action, usurp the business and ape
the manners of men, are punilhed for this
usurpation, by the loss of their attradions.
“ They roughen to the sense and all
The winning^foftnefs of their sex is left."
The fpe&acle of a Hercules, plying at a
diftaff, or of a venerable judge, taking his
feat in a female^didiabille, would scarcely
be more absurd and ridiculous, than that of
a women, who fliould aflfe& the sirs, the
manners and the peculiar pursuits of other
sex. Now, as the business of education is
not to thwart; but to assist the designs of
nature, it is plain that the general scheme of
female inftruaion Should be appropriate to
the female charaaer and sphere of atiion.
A Zealous advocate for the rights of women
who is accustomed to follow theory, rather
than the track of nature, might alledge, that
as their capacities are competent to the pro
founded investigations and disquisitions on
learned fubjeas, any limitation to their fci
entific pursuits is an arbitrary abridgement
of those iritelleaual privileges and enjoy-
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D.
Singles -- 150 2'20
Lemons frejh (scarce) bx. 10 0 11 0
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2< 0
Leather, Soal, dried, ft, 020 0 0
Molasses G. 043 o o (
Nutmegs lb 5 ° 0 0
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 75°
f4dl , M. 033 0 0
^|6d) cu ' - 066 0 0
^I 6d, wrought -- 117 0 0
< I rod, do. infpe&ed — 17° 1 75
^ |2od, do. do. — 242 0 0
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 II 50
4 f Liver none B. 14 ° 0 0
OlLinfeed G. 125 130
Pepper lb ° 2 * ° 3°
Pork, best pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common — 18 0 20 0
Peas bu. I 25 1 50
Pimento lb ° 2 " 0 3°
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. 55 ° 60 0
Raifins/r^ calk 850 0 0
Riim_ Jamaica G. 1 ° 0 °
, Windward 3d pr.-- 085 090
Rice scarce C. 6 0 7 0
R.of\n scarce B. 45° 0 0
Soap, white . lb o ^4 016
, brown — oio 016
, castle — 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Sugar, Weft-India --9 0 11 0
Starch, Poland ft, 0 18 0 0
, American -- 0 I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf lb °23 024
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 o o
, Turk's Illand 5 50 6 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
' , Rock -- 650 0 g
Steel, German ft) 0 14 0 16
, Englilh -- 0 I 5 017
Salt Petre, refined - - 025 030
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 0
. fW.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
do. do. heading — 26 0 28 0
>,W. O. bbl.. — 10 0 12 50
<} R.O. hhd. -- 10 0 11 75
I do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. O. do. 1 20 1 30
Tin in iheets bx. 18 0 20 a
Far B. 325 0 0
Turpentine — 4 ° 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 j@
, Souchong -- 070 0 0
, Bohea -- 032 033
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 sso
, seine — 5 0 550
m ("Madeira G. 217 283
\ Lisbon scarce, — 140 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 125 129
Malaga scarce q.c. 30 0 0 0
(Red Port — 142
ments, which they ought to possess, in com
mon with men.
But, without calling in question the
strength of female intellect, ox attempting
to abridge its charter of rights, let the fol
lowing queries be considered. Are they
not the happiest among women, who are
contented within the circle of enjoyments,
pursuits and amusements which are chiefly
of the demeftic kind ? Does woman ev
er appear so graceful and lovely, as in the
domeltic characters and relations of an affec
tionate filter and a dutiful daughter ; of a
faithful and loving wife and a kind mother,
rearing up l|er offspring and guiding them in
wisdom's ways ; and of a difereet mittrefs of
a family, combining prudent economy with
hospitality I Would not any man of
sense and correa taste chufe rather to be
connefled in marriage with a women of a
plainly cultivated underltanding, and oblig
ing temper, domestic in her habits, and ca
pable and disposed to guide his household af
fairs with discretion, than with a Mary
Wolftoncraft, who handed wine to a gentle—
man-visitor, in a broken tea-cup, alledging,
in excuse, that she was too much occupied
in literary matters to give any attention to
the furnifhing of her room ? " The
profeffion of women, fays a justly celebrated
female author, to which the bent of their
inftrudion ihould be turned, is that of
daughters, wives, mothers and mistresses of
families. They Ihould therefore be trained
with a view to these several conditions, and
be furniihed with a flock of ideas, and prin
ciples, and qualifications and habits ready to
be applied and appropriated, as occasion
may demand, to each of their refpc&ive fit
nations." The education and disci £ line of
girls Ihould be such as will tend to inspire
them with a love of home ; —fuch as wilt
qualify and dispose them to make " well
ordered home man's best delight." By the
guiding hand of prudence and friendthip,
they ihould be led to the acquisition of those
kinds of knowledge, whether relating to,
worldly cares and occupations, or to litera
ry fubjeas, which will be qwft ufeful for
•Hannah Mere.