Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-12-21 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iffort, T. 120 0 125 0
, Pearl -- 130 0 140 0
Allum, C. 6 0 0 0
Anchors, so ol[ 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 70
Butter lb 012 013
•rMefs B. 12 50 00
Q ) Cargo No. I, —to 0 0 0
LQ) No. 2, — 80 0 0
CO (Refufe (dull) — 5 0 0 0
Beans, white bu. 1 0 0 0
Brandy, Spanith 4th pr. G. 180 iBS
, Naples 4/bpr.-- 1 75 0 0
Barley bu. 092 095
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 0
Corn, Indian — 080 083
Rye -- 083 0 0
Cassia lboo 0 60
Cloves -1 33 1 4°
Coffee -- 0 19 0 20
Chcefe,American -- 0 0 012
Cotton, foreign Jedree -- 040 0 0
, American -- 028 030
Cordage, American C. 12 0 13 °
, Foreign, -- it 0 12 0
Chocolate, common |§ o>o 0 ©
, best AL.2&I -- 028 033
Candles, mould — 018 019
, dipt -- 016 0 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- 17 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 35 0 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
—«4^^l
FOREIGN BILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (For Case) par
do. do. : : : 60 days, : : do. : 1 pr. cent. dis.
do. do. : : : 90 days, : : do. : I§ do.
Bills on Hamburg, payable in London, at 60 days, : : 2 do. do.
do. or Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, : : do. do. do.
From the Balance.
ON EDUCATION.
[concluded,]
AN ardent wish for personal beauty is in
herent in female nature. Milton, copying
nature, represents fair Eve, as fondly gazing
on a clear fountain of water, which, like a
mirror, reflected her own form. This nat
ural desire of beauty, becoming inordinate,
leads to affectation and folly : therefore the
female pupil should be taught, that beauty
is not only fading, but is a circuinftance in
which there is no kind of real merit ; and
that the molt beautiful women often become
disgusting, by their affectation,' pride and in
solence ; while Tome, who are destitute of
personal attractions, bya due cultivation of
tbfir minds, by a suavity of disposition and
by a proper difeharge of the duties of their
Rations, render themselves exceedingly ami
able.— Women of every grade, whether
they marry or live fingle< have some
peculiar trials, which often are neither few
mor fmalt ; and while Religion is their only
solid support, its fepign influence, renders
them doubly amiable, in feenes of trouble,
and adyerfity.. Fortheir own, as well as
forthe social itrereft, they should learn, in
childhood,and youth, to govern, their paf
ftrns and to eradicate from their minds all
moroseness and bitterness of temper and dif
ftotition. A turbulent paffiemate woman,
While the renders herfelf difgufling to all
around her, is usually the wretched victim
QI her own impotent fretfulnefs and rage :
but a sedate and quiet mind possesses peace
and conciliates favour. No ornament is so
beautiful in a woman, as, that of a truly
4 c meek and quiet spirit." The music of
mo female tongue is so sweet, especially in
the marriage-slate, as that, which is promp
ted and governed 'by '* the, law,of kind-
The ancient Romans entertained such an
high opinion of a diffident, taciturn behav
iour in youth, efpepiaUy of the female sex,
that they deified )%< and adored it as a
igoddefs, which they refye^ed by .te im
feof a woman, placing a sager upon her
NUMBER 17. VOL. IV.]
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY S. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OETHE UNITED STATES.
OZben gou Sail tbefe Deets relate speak of tbem a# t^eg are : Dotting extenuate, nor set baton oug^t in malice.
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 1 5 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 c
Flour, super. frefh -- 8 0 0 0
, fine — 75° 0 0
, middlings — 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
Bristol cr. ioby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
n( gby 7, -- 14 0 0 0
<) Bby 6, — 11 0 11 50
-1) Hamburg ioby 8, -- Ito 12 0
( 7by9, -- 11 0 0 0
Gun Powder lb 0 5° 0 c
Geneva, Holland if prG. 1 17 0 0
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard - ffi 012 0 L °i
Iron, Philadelphia T.llO 0 0 0
, Russia —lls 0 120 0
, Swedes ;-Tio 0 115 0
Logwood . T, 4° 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. ill oil C. 16 0 00
, dry -~15 0 0 0
, red — 10 0 o 0
, iheet — 12 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 9 0 9 o
mouth : and, however superstitious and of
fenfive this old heathen custom of “ bridling
the tongue" and barring the mouth, may
seem to our chriftian women, there is one
particular, in which ftlence must be-consider
ed by them as an inviolable duty. It should
be among the firft lessons of their youth that
they never (unless urged by duty, in paiticu
lar'cafes) should betray the confidence of
friendlhip, by revealing confidential secrets.
This species of infidelity, with which the
whole sex has been very unjustly reproached,
and of which too many have been guilty,
has been owing, partly, to a thoughtless
vivacity of mind ; but more jo a faulty edu
cation.
Olboicfale Prices Current, at pottfmoutb, ^eto^ampfyice.
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
The divine hand, that pencilled the female
form, and spread over it a superior degree of
gracefulnefs, planted in the sex an inftin&ive
fondnefs for the embellishments of dress :
and it is the business of education to regulate,
rather than eradicate this innate propensity.
While, on one hand, women would become
much less amiable than they are, if they vyere
to be totally regardless of the manner of thejr
dress, there is great danger, on the other
hand, of their being ledlinto hurtful and fatal
errors, by an inordinate fondnefs for fafhi®r>-
able' and expenfivc attire. Prudence, in this
particular, should be sea fonably inculcated,
as a matter of serious importance. (Tills,
nursed in the school of vanity, who afre.jed
to think that life is a continual holy-daft, arid
that their great business in 'the world is to
dress and to whirl in the routine of fashion,
seldom become either happy or ufeiul wo
men ; arid their thoughtless extravagance ritji
unfrequently proves ruinous to t'he dfcunl
itances of their fathers apd.bulbands«—The
difereet governess will teach her pupils, that
amfifements are to be indulged only occa
sionally, as short relaxations from the seri
ous duties and ufeful business of life ;—-that
it is the extreme of folly to value themselves
or others on the adventitious circumstance of
dress ; and that it is not gorgeous apparel,
which makes a really valuable and refpe&a
ble woman; but fotmdfenfe duly cultivated,
prudence, fidelity 'Suavity of difpofitiun arid
behaviour, companion and beneficence.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1802.
Course of Grebonge, at Bottom
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
_ Singles -1 50 2 20
Lemons frejh (scarce) bx. lo o ll o
Lime, hall hhd. 1 75 2 o
Leather, Soal, dried, ffi 020 o o
'Molaffes G. 043 0 0
,Nutmegs lb 5 ° 0 0
.Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 75°
relent M - 0 33 0 0
:n I 6dj ' — 066 0 0
^ J 6d, wrought — 117 0 0
< } lod, do. infpeaed-- 1 70 I 75
Z; I 2od, do. do. -- 242 0 0
(Sheathing, cdt C. 0 0 11 50
-4 f Liver none. B. 14 0 0 0
QLinfeed G. 117 120
Pepper , ft, 028 ofc
Pork, best pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common -- 18 0 20 0
Peas bu. I 25 1 5°
Pimento lb 0 28 0 30
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood 1.55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ case 850 0 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 0 0
, Windward 3^ pr.-- 095 1 0
Rice scarce C. 6 0° 7 0
Rosin sane 13. 45° 0 0
Soap, white so*4 016
, brown -- 010 0 16
, castle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India - 12 0 12 50
,^Q4w^-
INLAND BILLS.
Bids on Baltimore, 30 days fight, (For Cash) 1 per cent dis.
do. Philadelphia, • -: do. : do. do. do.
do. New-York, — : : do. : do. do. do.
do. Philadelphia, or,
New. York, da # vs > : do 2 do#
N. B. Bills at Shorter fight, proportior.ably higher.
These are more ornamental than the costliest
pearls : they impress on the female features
an unfading beauty.
On family circumflances and various pru
dential confederations it depends, to lay, how
much of the time and attention of girls may
be devoted to those branches of learning
which are merely ornamental. As life is
Abort and time is precious; it is imprudent
for them to spend much time in learning
those arts, which their probable circumifah
ces in life will not permit them to pradice,
when they shall become women. The a
rniable .female writer, afore quoted, very,
justly fays, — " Though the arts which
merely embellish life must claim admiration ;
yet when a man of sense comes to marry, if
is a companion whom he wants, and not an
artist. It is not merely a creature who can
paint'& play,&drefs & dance ; it is a being
who can comfort arid council him ; one who
can reason, and reflea, and feel, and judge,
and a&, arid discourse, and diferiminate ;
one who can allitt him in his affairs, lighten
his cares, sooth his sorrows, purify his joys,
ftrengthea his principles, and educate hi<
children." 1
It is for th^fair daughters of Columbia to
co-operated id ftipporting and perpetuating
the nation^t"ihdepeiideuce, which her fobs,
have atchieved by their Valour and with thyirf
blood. On ihe purity of their morals and
the prudence of their condua, the weal arid,
permanence of this infant republic and the,
hopes of generations to come are feflemially
edepante^ ^ ' ^
•' v StJPkE w M0 b CoUßT,j—Noah Mites and
William ' King were convicted cf the crime
of fteindling; and feritenced to pay; the for
•meffive hundted, and the latter lour hundred
dollars fine to the fta;e, with ctill of prose-j
cutlet, arid ftarid comfoirfe& tmtil sentence
is complied ' with. These plains had con
ceited a feheme to cheat poor credulous and;
wicked perfiis; and ftrangc as it may ap
pear, had datially received too dollars trom,
one j eptha'Beede, 72 from Abiel Hopkins^
and 58 from John Marble,'Bn, a bond cofi-l
ditioncd to fapply all their Farits, iftfgfantl
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
Current prices of per from to
D. c D. c.
Sugar, Welt-India -- 9 0 11 50
Starch, Poland 6 lb 0 18 0 0
, American -- 0 I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf "ft ) 023 024
Salt, Sr. Übes j'tarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Island — 55° 6 0
, Liverpool -- 40 0 0
, Rock -- 650 0 g
Steel, German lb ° (3 0 J 5
, English — 015 017
Salt Petre, refined — 0 33 0 0
Shot Patent, C. 13 50 0 0
(W.O. hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
do. do. heading -- 26 0 28 0
>I W. O. bbl. -- 10 b 12 50
<|R. O. hhd. — 10 0 It 75
I do. Shooks 066 0 0
(W. O. do. 1 20 1 30
Tin in fhects bx. 18 o 2o 0
far B. 3 2 5 ° o
Turpentine — 4 0 45°
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 I^
, Souchong — 070 075
, Bohea „ -- 032 033
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 550
, seine — 5 ° 55°
..(Madeira G. 217 283
: ] Lisbon scarce, — 140 0 0
IZ < Sherry, — 125 129
T I Malaga scarce q.c. 30 0 0 0
^ IRcd Port - 142
them every favor they should ask for Seven
years, at the end of which time they should
become his body and foul, unless they could
contrive to cheat the Devil, as King said he
had done Several times, once by desiring
him to carry him to heaven, which he copid
not do, and once by desiring him to empty
the ocean with a goose quill. King said he
could raise fatan, ihe prince of the powers of
'he air, and if any person would join in
what he termed a Concord with the Devil,
he should have what he requeftedin money,
but he must firft pay too dollars, which
would entitle him to a bank duicend in St
raids trepfury.. The Icheme was found ofc
by some under Landing mfp joining them, in
whole presence the pretended Devil was
raised. The proofs was this, the party
^fhing'to baigm'fr devil, ;made a
circle around thaty^ ^ n g uttered his in
carnation in the foltowing words,-=f 1 Wil
liam King, by poweFaffled in me command ,£t
fatan, Jatan,fut.ari, in the Fame, thfFutbei,
Son, and the H^y Spirit, three two in@, I
command you ^ appear before us, in meetae,,
miidnefs, no/JideiQty, motbebir&us but before
us." The evidences related that the Devil
appeared, fometimp |ike a large, (omaimes
ifmailer man, fo/w all the [foils it ap
pears, are not yetcatched. Onoe the De
^ did not app^rfoecahfe h,s Ring said he
supposed ^ w<@, for ' he had whipped
him once or twige-and orce because he
was gone to Corine&icut river.—The ,mon
ey designed for the Devil, as fanaioning the
contrsa, wqs left in')he circle by perfohs
'comiading,'from which afur they faired
it weaken by the D^vil, and the fym they
wanted was to be deposited by Jiim in the
circle, b'ut onctehe left a note in these
words; " f?st ^PH to cl@°q§ y^r
money is bad. Bu-rr- bub ' <'•
^At another lithe he said in his'note that
there were fix uffl^iti he had degreed with,
apq he fhpuld inu p'ay 'any thing ..ri/itil they
so appeared. These, 'were the piinc; > 1
fa&s appearing, toe jury found them gni^y
on" tb^indlament, and it is Imped the vil
^fos wil| im^t^vercty uiider the k^tence
M@Ln;4 by §hm villainy and profanity.