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IN the infancy of printing, John Faust, or Faus
tus, a citizen of Mentz, and one of the earliest prin.
ters, had the policy to conceal his art ; and to this
policy we are indebted for the tradition of" the
Devil and Dr. Fanftus," handed down to the pref
ent times. Fault, in ptftnerfhip with Peter Scof
fer, having, in 1462, printed off a considerable
number of copies of the bible to imitate those
which were commonly fold in manuscript, under
took the sole of them at Paris, where (he art of
printing was then unknown. At firft he fold his
copies for so high a sum as 500 or 600 crowns, the
prices usually demanded by the scribes. He
afterwards lowered his prices to 60 crowns, which
created universal alloniihment ; but when he pro
duced copies as they were wanted, and lowered
the price to thirty crowns, all Paris was agitated.
The uniformity of the copies increased the won
der ; information was given into the police against
him as a magician ; his lodgings.u ere fearcbed, and
a great number of copies being found, they were
seized ; the red ink with'which they were embel
ithed, was said to be his blood ; it was ferioully
adjudged that he was in league with the Devil ;
and if he had not fled mod probably he would have
shared the fate of those whom ignorant and foper-
II tiousjudges condemned in those days for witch
craft.
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Take Notice.
A LL persons having demands against the estate
Aof JOSHUA BRACKETT, late of Portsmouth,
rhytician, deceased, are delired to exhibit them to
Hannah Brackett, Executrix of said estate, or
to the fubferiber, who will discharge the fame.—
And those that are indebted to said estate either by
Note or Book, are requested to make payment.
Such as cannot immediately discharge their debts
are desired to give their notes for the balances due,
and renew those that are of long (landing.
JOSEPH WHIPPLE, Attorney to said Executrix.
Portfohouth, Sept. 7, 1802.
The Censors of the New Hamp
shire MEDICAL SOCIETY,
will meet at the house of Capt.
Hufe in Greenland, on the firft
Thursday in October, ensuing, at
10 o'clock A. M. to examine such
candidates for the pra&ice of Me
dicine, as may offer themselves for
that purpose.
By direßion,
JOSIAH BARTLETT, Notary.
Stratham, Sept. ;t.
Cemple of tbe fOufCT
/ From the Balance.
AtfrKE TO THE -MARRIED.
YE wives and ye husbands, who both with to fee,
Your conjugal schemes from all Ikirmifhes free,
In this doth the secret of harmony lie,
. Ne'er begin a duet e'en a half note too high.
Ye ladies, tho' vex'd your mild spirits may be,
Ye; kindly beware of a keen repartee ;
For Peace's toft bosom those arrows mult hit,
Which doubly are pointed with anger and wit.
Ye hatbands of argunßH chiefly beware,
That bane of good humour which frightens the
fair.
Where reason's foft tones soon in paflion are
drown'd
Tiiie ^ppmeis trembles, anti .lies fren; ft round.
O both have a case of all hasty replies,
On hearing whose difeord, the bachelor cries,
While fnuely he smiles on himfelf and his cat,
“ The &rp notes ofmarriage are wurfe than the
flat."
In unison sweet let your voices agree,
While both are maintain'd in the natural key ,
Tims love shall beat time with a conjugal kits
And your ikirmifh be only the ikirmifh of blifa
—+►£,<<*> —
ON SLEEP. BY PETER PINDAR.
COME, gentle Sleep' .attend toy vot'ry's pray'r,
And tho' Death's image, to my couch repair ;
How sweet, thus lifelefs, yet with life to lie .
Thus, without dying, O how sweet to die !
THE feed of Clover was firft bro't to
England from Brabant in Flanders, Toon af
ter the conclusion of the horrible civil wars,
occasioned by the rival claims of the houses
of York and Lancaster : and the circum
stance of its being brought originally from
Flanders has given it the name, as well in
some parts of this country as in England, of
Flanders Grajs. The introdu&ion and cul
tivation of this grass in England so exceed
ingly altered and improved the face of the
country, in a very few years, that it was
thought to have indemnified the nation, in
point' of property, for the ravages and wastes
of the late wars.
1 he white Clover makes the best of pas
ture. It nourishes and fattens animals be
yond any other grass. It gives a rich and
delicious flavour to mutton and to the milk
of cows, and produces butter and cheese of
the higheff excellence. The red Clover
while it is productive in the best of hay for
horfes,at the fame time, enriches the ground.
As it is tap-rooted, like the Carot, it draws
a portion of its nourishment from a depth
below the furface, to which the roots of
molt other plants do not extend : and after
the fwaid is turned over by the plough, and
the roots of this Clover are difl'ulved, they
make a fine manure, and in a measure, pre
pare the ground for wheat or almost any other
crop. Balance.
" Tie DEVIL and Dr. FAUSTUS." -
FOR SALA
By Charles B. Grace,
Near Liberty Bridge,
50 barrels SALMON, and
100 barrels PICKLED FISH
put up in the belt manner for the Welt-
India market. Sept. 2r.
TELEGRAPHE.
MERCHANTS and others concerned in
Navigation arc refpe&fully informed,
That the fubferiber will re-continence the
operation of his Telegrapbe by the Brit of
October next.
All persons who may wish to obtain by the
Telegrupbe, or by the Telegrapbe and by the
.Mail, firlt intelligence of arrivals at the Fine
yard—or of arrivals at foreign prtr—or who
may wish to pass orders directing a veflel at
the Vineyard to fail from thence to any par
ticular port —or to wait there fit further or
ders—or who.may wish to learn the contents
of a cargo—or Whether a friend is on board
of a particular veflel there, &c. dec. may be
accommodated.
The terms are lodged (for the convenience
of all concerned) at the Poll-Offices in Boflon,
Salem, Newburyport, Portsmouth & Portland,
and will be lodged at the Poft-Office of any
other port, if desired. Agents are appointed
in all the ports above named, to accommo
date such as may wish for immediate intel
ligence from the Vineyard.
The terms contain different rates of fees.
If a man applies for firft intelligence of an
arrival at the Vineyard, by the 20th of Sep
tember, inst. or three weeks before the day
of fucharrival, HE shall have such intelli
gence at the lowed rate.
An applicant has nothing to pay until the
Proprietor or his Agents shall announce firft
intelligence of an arrival or other firft intel
ligence desired.
Masters of Vessels will enter their arrivals
at the Vineyard free of any expense, that the
Proprietor (and the owners, if they please)
may have immediate knowledge of such ar
rivals.
JONATHAN GROUT, Patentee.
Boston, Sept. 6, 1802.
WILL be received at this office, for e
reding a LIGHT-HOUSE at the
entrance of Port fmouth Harbour, on that
part of Fort Point, called Pollock Rock,and
about ninety yards from the old Light-House
—a foundation of Stone is to be raffed on
the rock 6 feet, on which is to be ereaed
an oaigonal Pyramid of wood,of the heighth
of 78 feet, the diameter at the base to be 30
feet, and at the top T 2 feet —the Timber to
be of found yellew, or timber pine, and square
edged —the Polls to be 16 inches square at
bottom, and 12 at top, and may be in two
pieces f arfed together—The Sills to be 14
by 16 inches—the Girths 12 by 12 —the Studs
(which may be of white hemlock) 4 by 4 —
and the Braces (which must be of white oak)
4by 7 inches.—The Pyramid is to be divided
into 8 stories or divisions, and a flight of
flairs in each—the out fide to be covered with
seasoned inch pine boards featheredged, on
which is to be laid a covering of Singles of
the bed seasoned white pine, and painted'
with three coats of paint.—On the head of
the Pyramid are to be placed and secured
suitable rafters, on which is to be laid a
flooring for the Lantern, . f 2 inches white
oak plank, having a suitable difcent for the
water to run off, and a covering of thick
(beet copper.
The Lantern to be framed of iron, 8 feet
diameter, and 7 feet high—the Posts to be
if inch square, and to pass through the floor
2 feet, in contact with the inner fide of each
poll of the Pyramid, to which they aredo be
secured by 2 bolts in each—a bar of iron
palling from the head of one pod to the other
is to secure the whole together,—eight iron
rafters are to be secured to the heads of the
posts to form the dome, which of a suitable
elevation, is to terminate at, and fallen to a
hoop of 10 inches in the centre of the dome,
forming an aperture of that diameter in
which is to be placed a copper funnel of 18
inches in length, through which the smoke
is to pass—over the funnel is to be suspend
ed a canopy of copper—the Lantern is to be
secured by 8 iron braces, and a railing to
render the parage round it fafe—the i,ter,
Ilices between the polls to be filled with glass
set in iron falhes—ventilators to be inferred
in suitable places, and the whole to be finifh
ed'in a neat manner, and according to the
mode adopted in the moll improved conduc
tion of Light-Houses in this country, and as
(hall be approved of arid more fully describ
ed in the contrast that may be made.
The persons who (hall make proposals
for the above undertaking, (finding all the
materials, except the (lone for the underpin
ing,) are desired to fpecify on what terms
they will agree to finilh the fame this season,
and on what terms they will accomplish it
by the 20th day of May next.
Joseph Whipple.
Cufom-Houfe^ PQrtJmouth, August 31, 1302. -
PROPOSALS
Some may be furprized that this medicine should be prescribed
with equal success in such a variety of cases, but this furprize
will cease when it is recolleded, that all those complaints lefult
from the fame causes—a slowness in the circulation of the lymph
or obftru£tions in the lymphatic vessels.
Dr. Hamilton's ELIXIR.
A favereign remedy for colds, obftinatc coughs, Aftlimas, fore
throats, and approaching consumptions.
Thousands are too well acquainted with the nature and effects
of empirical medicines daily offered for the cure of the above
complaints—dear bought experience has taught them that oily
and heating medicine#,joined with strong opiates (or lieepy drugs)-
repeated doses of which flatter and deceive the patient for the
present, by procuring momentary ease ; experience, I fay, has
taught thousands that the common opiates and balfamics, as they
are called, finally aggravate every disorder of the bread and lungs,
in their most distressing symptoms, that they load the stomach
and impair the digestion, inflame the whole fyttem, increase the
difficulty of breathing, and excite fever. But the quality of this
valuable dlfcovery are evidenced by perfedly opposite effeas. A
SINGLE TRIAL WILL PROVE that it restores the determination
of the fluids to the furface of the body, and brings on the com
mon healthful perspiration ; that it dislodges and evacuates the
tough, vifeid phlegm, or mucus, strengthens the weakened vessels
of the lungs, sheathes the acrimonious humours which irritate
the lungs, and finally difehafges them. Thus striking at the roat
of the disorder, the symptoms are of course effeanally and per
manently conquered, the reverse of common medicines which
weaken the confutation and give strength to the disorder, for
the fake of moderating for the present some of its painful effeds.
To PAREN TS who may have childred affixed with
the HOOPING COUGH.
This discovery is of the firtt magnitude, as it affords immediate
relief, checks the ptogrefs, and in a short time entirely removes
the most cruel difordtr to which children are liable, the Elixir is
so perfcaly agreeable and the dole so small that no difficulty a
rises in taking it.
Dr. HAHN's
Antibillious PILLS.
They are excellently adapted to carry off fuffnous bile, and pre
vent itj morbid secretions —to re,lure and amend the appetite—to pro
duce a free perspiration, and thereby prevent colds, which are often
of fatal consequences.—d dose never fails to remove a cold if taken
on its firfl appearance—the, ere celebrated for removing habitual
coJHvenefs—ficlmefs at thefomach and severe headache—and ought
to be taken by all persons on a change of climate.
They have been found remarkably efficacious in preventing and
curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and 'kould be procured,
and carefully preferred fur up b, every fcaman.
For the cure of a certain dreadful malady,
The patent Indian Vegetable Specific.
Prepared by Dr. LEROUGH.
The experience of several thousands -who have been cured by this
medicine (a great proportion of them, after the Jkill of eminent physi
cians had proved ineffectual) dembnjlrate its efficacy in expelling the
virrus, however deep rooted in the confutation and in counteracting
those dreadful cff& which often refute front the improper up of
mercury.
The mildness of the Portable Specific is equal to its furprifng tfr
tacy, its operation it so gentle that it is given to patients in a fate of
pregnancy, -with the utmost fafet, and performs a cure -without dis
turbing the fyflem or producing any of those disagreeable effects in
separable from the common remedies, -
with the medicine is given a description of the symptoms which
obtain in everyfage of the disease, with copious directions for their
treatment so as to accomplfh a perfect cure in the thostejl time,
and -with the least inconvenience poflible.
The Damask Lip Salve,
Is ecrommended (particularly to the ladies) as an
elegant and pleasant preparation for chopped and
fore lips, and every blemish and inconvenience oc
casioned by colds, fevers, &c. fpcfdily xeftoriug.a
beautiful rosy Color & delicate foftnefs to the lips.
Price 50 cents.
The Restorative Powder for the
TEETH and GUMS.
Thss excellent preparation comforts & strength
ens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay,
and cleanses and whitens the teeth absorbing all
that acrimonious Dime and foulness which faltered
to accumulate, never fails to injure, and finally
ruin them. Price 50 cents.
Tooth Ache Drops,
which gives immediate and lading relief. 75 cts.
Tooth Brushes, with Sponges, iz cents.
Excellent Corp Plaifter,
which is an infallible remedy for corns. 50 cents.
Dr. Hahn's genuine Eye-Water,
A fovereigemed r jrA ell difeafeso; the eye,bCP
whether the effect is of natural weakne^or of ac
VALUABLE MEDICINES,
Jufl received from Lee & Go's Patent and
Family Medicine Store, Baltimore, and far
Jaie by Charles Peirce.
HAMILTON'S
Worm-destroying Lozenges,
Which have within three years past cured upwards
of ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND per-
Jons of both sexes, of every age, and in every sit
uation, of various dangerous complaints arising
from worms, and from obfrudions, or foulnejs
tin theflomach and bowels.—
DESCRIPTION OF WORMS,
Aral the fynptoms by abich they are known.
WORMS which infeft the human body, are chiefly of four kinds,
viz. the Teres or large round worm, the Afcarides, or {mail
maw worm, die Cucurbitini, or Ihort, flat, white worm ; and
lastly, the l^ria or tape worm, so called from it, resemblance
to tape—this is often many yards long, and is full ofjoints-it is
moll hurtful and most difficult to cut
Among the fymptdms attending worms, art, difagreeabfe
breath, especially in the morning ; bad and corrupted gums —
itching in the riofc and about the fcatOonvullions and epileptic
fits, and sometimes privation of fpecch.—Starting, and grinding
of the teeth in deep—irregular appetite, fometiir.es loathing food,
and sometimes voracious—Purging, with Rimy and foetid Kools—
Vomiting—Large and hard belly—Pains and ticknefs at the ftom
zch—Pains in the head and thighs, with lowutfs of fpirits—Slow
ever, with small add irregular pulft—A dry cough—Exccffivc
third—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and fom:
times the face bloated and fluihed.
Persons afflicted with any of the above fymptems, Ihouid have
Immediate recourse to HamUlon's Worm-Dfflrvjing Lunges, which
have been conftanUy attended with success id all complaints
similar to those abbve Cefcribed.
A dole of this medicine given occasionally during the warm
season, will etfe3ually prevent the “ vomiting and purging of
children," a dreadful difrirder which annually destroys thousands
of the infant part of our citizens. -It is likewise the mildest and
and most certain remedy known, and has restored to health an d
faengh a great number when in an advanced stage of this fatal
complaint—particular and plain 'intrusions are given for every
part of the necessary treatment in such cases,
Children generally take this Medicine with eagerness having a
pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste;
Dr. HAMILTON'S
Genuine Eflfence and Extras of
MUSTARD.
A fafe and effeatini remedy for acute and chronic rhenmatifni
gout, rheumatic gout, pally, lumbago, numbness, whfte-fwbh
lings, chilblains, sprains, pain in tire face and neck, &c,
This valuable remedy is prepared both in a fluid Rate and in
pills, and thus excellently adapted both lor external and intern a
use;
The Pills operate mildly by urine and by infcnfible perfora
tion, expelling the luperfluous and morbid humours they are
highly cordial to the stomach, create appetite, affitt digetlion, re
move flying pains, and cold or windy complaints in the stomach
and bowels.
The Essence is a wonderful ahiftant to the pills in rheumatism,
gout lumbago and palsy—and by its peculiar penetrating and
(lifperfing quality, removes the most violent sprains, bruises
numbness, Itriffnefs of the neck, joints, &c. Swelled faces,
headache, indurated breasts, white Dwellings, frozen limbs, &c.
and will infallibly prevent the ill effects of wet or damp in the
feet.*
With Apocrypha i6Jc. and without Apocry
pha 14/3. in Rout, strong binding, good
print and paper. These are cheap indeed !
A capital assortment of Bibles of
other fixes ; Testaments ; Spelling Books ;
Childrens Books. l
Writing, Letter, Log-book, Car
tridge, Wrapping, Blotting, Press & Bonnet
PAPERS,
of various qualities and prices, by Wholesale
and Retail, for sale cheap by
CHARLES PEIRCE,
No. $, Daniel Street, Portfaioutb.
I RAGS.I
0 CASH, AND THE HIGHEST PRICE 0
GIFEN FOR
©CLEAN LINEN & COTTON & LINENQ
0 RAGS, @
W AT THE LEDGER OFFICE.
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Sovereign Ointment for the Itch,
Which is warranted an infallible remedy at one
application, and may be tiled with the moll per
fect fafety, by pregnant women, or on infants a
week old.
Dr. HAMILTON'S
Excellent Laxative Pills.
Price 50 cents a box.
The above valuable Medicines are fold in New*
Hampshire, by CHARLES PEIRCE only, at the,
Columbian Bookflore, No. 5, Daniel freet, by ap
pointment of the patentees.
Smith's Hymn Books I
✓l:Charles Peirce sßock-flore.
ANEW, much enlarged, and improved
edition of Smith's HYMN BOOKS,
containing Divine Hymns and Spiritual
Songs, designed for the nfe of religious as
semblies and private cFiriHians. To which
is now added, Dr. Medley's HYMNS,
and several original ones ; containing in the
whole, 415. Hymns—Price 3 /9.
ALSO,
A new edition of Smith's small
Hymn Books, for the use of religions focie
tics and private chridians—Price 1/6.
A LSO,
A new edition of the Family
PRAYER BOOK, with additions—i/6.
Watts' Hymns &.Pfalm Books,
printed on a large new type, good paper, and
well hound —6/. do. do. common size,
3/ and 3/9-
Alline's Hymn Books, pricej/g.
14Camila! Afortment of.Large oHavo
BIBLE S,
PERSIAN LOTION,
So celebrated amen; the fafhionable throughout
Europe, h an inwSuable cosmetic, perfectly in
nocent and fafe, and of unparalleled efficacy in
preventing and removing blemishes of the face &
ikin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples,
pits after small pox, inflammatory redness, feurfs,
tetters, ring-worms, fun,burns, prickly hear, pre
mature wrinkles, &cs The Persian Lotion oper
ates mildly, without impeding that natural infen
libie perfpiratron, which is eheutial to health, yet
its effeasare speedy and permanent rendering the
(kin delicately foft, and clear, improving the com
plexion and refloriug the bloom of youth. Ne
ver failing to render an ordinary countenance
beautiful and an headfeme one more so. idetla^
50 cents.
Anodyne Elixir,
For ffiecore ofeverftind ofheadache. T dl.a bch
Infallible Ague and Fever Dropsy
A long eulogium on the virtues ol this medicine
is unneceffar)^ never having failed in a thousand
cases, not oneifra hundred has had occasion to
take mere than a bottle; and numbers not half a
bottle, i dl. a bottle.
Tile Cordial Balm of Gilead.
So juflly celebrated for the relief and cure „f
Nervous disorders, lemale complaints,weakiiefies,
loss of appetite, impurity of blood, headache, re
laxation, bilious ca fes, debility,indigellion, coughs
and colds, confumptiod, lowness of spirits, &c.
Prepared (only) by 3. Solomon, m. d.f.R. it.s.
Os the Univerfay & College of ^hyfcians.
The Cordial Balm of Gilead is an immediate
restorative and coffoborant, ambit powerful rem
edy in female obstructions and fuppreffioDs, and in
cases of retention at maturity ; also in weakness;
morbid difcliarges, and irregularities about the
turn of life.
Youth of either sex, who have pra&ifed a fc
tret and destructive vice, and thereby relaxed;
weakened, and debilitated the wl, Ie nervous sys
tem, will find the Cordial Balm of Gilead the most
powerful, certain and effectual reiterative.
This medicine poflefles wonderful efficacy in all
nervous difotders, fits, headaches, weakness, bea-
Yinefs and lowness of spirits ; dimness of fight,
contused thoughts and wandetings ofthe mind;
vapors and melancholy, and all Linefe of hyfleric
complaints, gradually go off by the use of this sa
lubrious cordial. In sickness of the Pemach, fla
tulencies and obdruaions, it is a fafe, powerful
and efficacious remedy. The firft symptoms of its
good effects are serenity and cheerfulnefs.— Pried
3 dollar; a bottle.
tident, speedily removing L&mations, deftufr
ions of rheume, dullness, itching and films on the
eyes ; never failing to cure those maladies which
frequently succeed the (mall-pox, mealies and fed
vers, and wonderfully Urengibening a weak fight.
Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtue#
when nearly deprived of light. 1 dollar a bottle.