The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-08-12 00:00:00, page 4

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Poetical Department,
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TO-MORROW.
DELUSIVE (hade of future joys!
Whole fancied bliss the foul decoys,
Then mocks our pain and sorrow !
Tho' oft deceiv'd, the sanguine mind
- Still forward looks, and hopes to find
More real bliss tomorrow.
Aik the fond infant how or why
Refrains from tears his harmless eye,%
No sighs his bosom harrow,
When by his fide a parent lies
In death ?—The innocent replies,
66 She'll wake again, to-morrow !"
You smile—but panfe=-yonr thought recall---
Vain hope makes children of us all ;
Here wisdom's bounds are narrow!
More vain than childhood's puerile schemes.
Are half mankind's deceptions dreams
Os happiness to-morrow.
The miser, buried 'midft his ore,
Tho' warn'd by age to crave no more,
Tho' years his visage furrow*—
Still mocks the pleadings of distress,
And cries, with rapture, “ I'll possess
“ A million, clear, tomorrow -
Hold—felfifb wretch !—the hand of Death,
E'en now, is rais'd to grasp thy breath, .
And whelm thy foul in horror —
Ere inorn, thy form shall lie, as cold,
As senseless, as thy darling gold—
Who'll count thy wealth to morrow ?
Young Damon foil'd, when o'er the tide
His lov'd, his native land he fpy'd—
He bade adieu to sorrow;
“ I fee," he cry'd “ my long loft home,
“ My Laura dwells beneath you dome,
“ I'll meet her arms to-morrow."
But, ere night veils the watery world,
By boift'rous winds his barque is hurl'd,
Death frowns with ghallly horror—
O'erwhelm'd beneath the boiling deep,
He “ finks to everlasting sleep,"
And breathes no more to-morrow.
The prodigal, devoid of fear,
To-day pursues his wild career,
And time and Cajh will borrow ;
" All this," he cries, “ I'll soon repay—
" I will reform some future day."-
—A jail his lot to-morrow !
“ To-day !" cries Tom—" O ! how it grieves
'' My foul, to pore o'er mnfty leaves,
"And my poor brains thus harrow ;
" 'Tis but a day—then, pleasure, come,
“ Thro' thy enchanting paths I'll roam,
" And itudy more to-morrow."
Mistaken youth! improve to day,
Nor throw thy precious hours away—
Negleft engenders sorrow ;
Youth fades, as rainbows mock the view—
The spring of life soon bids adieu-
Old age is but to-morrow.
Tn human life, thro' ev'ry stage,
Fresh infancy to tott'ring age,
To day is found too narrow,
For man's pursuit, some wider field
Is fought—and virtue's cause mutt yield,
Each day, until to morrow.
Thus wrote Ac ASTO—Night now shed
- Her influence o'er his drowsy head-
Sleep call'd him to his borrow ;
The God of Insolence was near,
' And whifper'd flily in his ear—
“ Come—write the rest to-morrow."
ACASTO.
THE RESOLUTION.
A Maiden stale, I can't conceal it,
Since time has forc'd me to reveal it,
And put it part denying ;
Thirty long years, not to discover
The flighted profpeft of a lover,
Is surely very trying.
And since I find I ne'er can please,
My feelings now for those shall cease,
Who to my wants are blind :
Unqualifv'd myfelf for joy, ;
My future days Twill employ,
To fret and teize mankind.
SO few are the pleafores we enjoy in the
present Rate of our exigence ; and those few
so Ihort in their duration, and trivial in their
nature, that numbers, sickened of life, and
unable to comprehend the design of their
creation, are tempted to question the bene
volence of that Being who was its Author :
But certain it is, that the sources of molt of
our sorrows and miseries, may be traced in
the perversion of moral and even rational
principle in others and ourselves—and equal
ly certain it is, thpt we enjoy infinitely less
than we might. The moralizing observer
on the a&ions of man exclaims, “ Misera
ble viaim of delusion ! while thou confid
ereft wealth as the only standard of merit —
/ and aggrandizement the only source of hap
piness—thou art negleding, in their pur
• suit, to cultivate the finer feelings of thy
nature —'till by inadion or counteradion
they become totally extin& : while with a
childish and ideotic absurdity of pursuit thou
art panting to grasp the vivid colors of the
rainbow ; and to reach that fppt where the
earth and ikies meet—thou art fuffering the
infesand liHies, # which embroider thy path,
in the spring of life, to waste their Tweets
unnoticed and ungathered. Slave to that
world thou affe&ffl to despise ! thy, briafted
courage will not allow thee to think for thy
felf ; and tho' certainty of happiness should
court thee with the friend of thy youth in a
cottage, I hear thee exclaim, in agonizing
perplexity—“ What will the world faty"
foumotifu
A species of ready wit is often conne&ed
with the character of a sailor—and as,what
ever he conceives, he always thinks himfelf
at liberty to express, let the company, the
place, the time, be what it will, he has, of
confequehce, vast advantage over the more
bafhful belle esprit.—A couple of sailors,
some years ago, went ashore in Charleston,
(S. C.) they naturally advanced towards a
crowd which had gathered round the Cele
brated Whitfield, who was preaching with
infinitive vehemence, against the fins of his
audience. They arrived just time enough to
hear him fay, with his utmost exertion of
voice and gelture, “ and I, your paflor, your,
teacher, Jhall be forced to bear w:tnefs againf
you at the awful day of judgment." 66 Hollo,
Jack !" cried one of the tars, whom the
crowd had divided from his comrade, "d —n
my eves, if that is not just as it goes at the
Old Baily—the greatest rogue always turns
king's evidence."
Madam du The, being asked which she
liked best, a Frenchman, German, or Brit
on ?— Replied, all in their place ; a French
man for a gallant ; a German for a pro
te&or ; and an Engliihman to make a fool
of.
A certain captain, remarkable for his un
common height, being one day at the rooms
at Bath, a lady noticing him, enquired who
he was ; when she was informed of his fa
mily and conne&ions, and that he was origi
nally intended /), the church ; to which she
replied, he was better foited,^ the feepie.
A man, whose wife had for some time
been indifpoled, going home one evening,
was informed by the servant that she was
dead. Weil, said the husband, lam going
to the club ; fend for me if I Jbould be wanted.
In about two hours he returned, anQ was
going to bed as usual ; when the maid cried
out — L^rd,fir! don’t go there ! I have made
a bed for you in the other chamber.—Tes, but
I will, Betty, returned he, I never yet had a
peaceable day with her, and am determined to
have one quiet night before we part.
IX7HEREAS the Legislature of
V V this State palled an A& on the 27th
day of December, 1799, entitled "An Aft
to refrain unincorporated banking associations"
—bv which, the further operation of the
NEW-HAMPSHIRE UNION BANK
is prohibited from and after this day ; and
the Stockholders, by said a&, are made lia
ble individually to be called upon for pay
ment of the Notes of said Bank, although
the obligation expressed in the face of said
Notes is, to pay the fame " at said Bank ;"
—Be IT THEREFORE KNOWN, to all Per
sons, whp are, or may be possessed of said
Bank Notes, that the fubferiber will attend
(the usual hours) at the room where the said
Bank was kept, for the purpose of redeeming
said Bank Notes —also for receiving payment
of all monies that are now due, or that shall
become due to said Rank.
Wm. Gardner.
PortJmouth, New-HampJhine,
Auguji Ift, 1800.
yHE fubferiber informs the
Gentlemen, Merchants and others, of
the town of Portsmouth, that he has hired in
Button, No. 14, Kilpy-ftreet, a commodious
3 story brick Hore and cellar, for the recep
tion of Goods. ' Those who will please to
fend him consignments may depend on a
pun&ual observance of their orders. Any
article written for, will be purchased and
sent to their direaions by the coasters, at a
small commillioy.
Money advanced on Goods sent, at pri
vate or public file.
N. Rouffclet.
Boflon, July 29, 1800.
FOR SALE.
A complete set of Second-hand
RIGGING,
For a Brig of from 100 to 130 tons, with a large
quantity of other Spare Rigging.
For terms applfto
ALEXANDER EWEN,
Portsmouth, August -5. Market-Street.
EUROPEAN er INDIA
GOODS.
———
RICHARD EVANS,
^^_^a s RECEIVED His
Opting ana Summer &00U
Which forms a very extehfiv6 assortment of
Staple and Fancy.
He is now opening arid offers them for sale,
on the moftadvantageous terms.
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PORTSMOUTH
MUSEUM,I
or
lOllefttonI Olleftton of laatucal Wory|
In Mulberry-Lane
§ Consisting of a large and elegant variety of|
MINERALS, BUTTERFLIES, 1
ORES, INSECTS,
I SNAKES, SIRD3,
SERPENTS, FISHES, &c.
|All the produ&ion of Nature, without :
any artificial representation.
—<<s?„,-, —
—ALSO — 1
An elegant Collection of the
§Beft English Engravings, §
g Re,referring
I Death of LOUIS XVI. late King of France,|
I His taking Leave of his Family,|
I Several SEA BATTLES, &c. &c. &c. 1
s. 4 ^„
§Likewise a great variety of§
Indian Curiosities.
I And mart, others, Natural and Artificial, f
I too numerous to enumerate.;
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§ The Museum has had many valuable :
§additions and alterations since it has|
I been eftablifhed:|
j It is open every day (Sundays excepted) §
I from 9 o'clock in the morning till*
£ fun-let.
;Admittance — Ladies and Gentlemen 25 §
cents, Children half price.
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THOMAS MORTON,
AT HIS
Shoe & Leather Store;
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SIGN £ & OF THE
GOLDEN M KEY,
TORE STREET,
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Has just received and for sale
A GREAT PLENTY OF
Ladies', Gentlemen's, Miffes' and Children's
SHOES & SLIPPERS,
Os almost every description,
\ which will be fold very cheap, and warranted#
Where may be had
Skirting Harness,
Bridle and Sole-Leather,
Boot-Legs of all kinds,
White Skins, &c. &c.
Also, afmall assortment of
GROCERIES:
Juch as
Cotton, Coffee, Sugar, Teas,
Starch, Rice, Flour, &c. &c. ve
ry cheap.
Portfacuth, July 2t, i3po.
HYDE ^ LYEL, ~
lallots & Habit,Makers,
FROM LONDON,
Refpeafully inform , their friends and the
Public, that they have for Sale,„
At the Sign of the GOLDEN ANCHOR,
Buck-street, / ortfmouth,
A general assortment of Seamen's
and other
CLOTHING,
Which they are determined to fell op mod
erate terms, either for Groceries, Weft-in
dia Goods; or country produce; and as
every attention will be paid, both to bespoke
and ready made work—they solicit the pat
ronage of Merchants,.&€. whose orders (hall
be arifwered, with fidelity and dispatch.
N. B. Wanted a number of Female Ap
prentices.' .Portsmouth, July i.
Freffi Goods!
JAMES RUNDLET,
Informs his friends and ctflomers, that be has
juf received per the Minervafrom London,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
GOO D S,^
Which are. now opening, and will be fold
'very cheap, by the dozens piece or retail.
Valuable Estate for Sale.
TO BE SOLD at
PUBLIC AUCTION
, ror the Benefit q the Creditors of
SAMUEL STORER,
late of Rochefer, Trader, a valuable Eflate in
PortJmouth, Duver and Rochefer,
" as follows, viz.
\ IN PORTSMOUTH,
OnTuefJay the 2ttb of AuguJl inf at 11 o'clock
A. M. on the premijes in Market-freet,
A Lot of LAND with the
Dwelling-House thereon, in said Market
ftreet, with the Barn and part of the garden,
now in the occupation of.Mr. Abel Harris,
together with the (hop adjoining said dwell
ing-house.,
—ALSO— -
A lot with a small Dwelling-houfa
thereon, back of the above and adjoining the
fame.
One half of two lots of land with
the dwelling houses thereon, the wharf ad- \
joining, and all privileges belonging thereto,
situated at the fouth part of the town, ad
joining the lots on which Mrs. Mary Lear
and William Gardner, Esq. now live, to
gether with the use of the other half of said
lots during the said Storer's life.
—ALSO—
All the said Storer's interest in the
lot and Dwelling-House now occupied by
Mrs. Mary Lear, and in and to a piece of
pasture land at Rye, containing about twen
ty acres—said Storer's interest therein being
the use of one half thereof during his life to
commence at the said Mary Lear's decease.
A lot of land in Cross-street near
ly opposite Mr. Swanson's tavern.
—ALSO—
An Equity of Redemption in the
lot and buildings, occupied in part by Mr.
Thomas Morton.
Two Shares in the Portsmouth
Aquedua.
Two do. in Pifeataqua Bridge.
One do. in the Portsmouth Libra
ry —and a Pew in th North meeting-house.
in Idover,
On Tuefday the 2d of September next, at it
o'clock A. M. on the premises,
A. lot of land with the Store
thereon, situated Dear the bridge, and ad
joining the land and store now occupied by
Mr. James Jewett.,
At the fame time and place will be fid,
A Right in Franklin, near Pifeata
qua Bridge.
IN ROCHESTER,
On LPedneJday the 3d Sept, next, at II o'clock
A. M. on the premises,
A lot of land with the large
dwelling house, barn and anthoufes therein,
now in the occupation of said Storer.
A lot with a small dwelling house
on the fame, lately occupied by Benjamin
Rollins.<
Another lot called the Potash lot,
a dwelling house and Pot-ash works thereon,
with kettles and other implements for car
rying on the pot-ash business.
Two valuable lots with a store on
each—and leveral other lots well calculated
for stores and dwelling-houses, all eligibly
situated on Norway Plain.
—4LSO—
A valuable Farm, containing about
eighty three acres, situated near the meeting
house on two roads leading to Dover, with a
new barn thereon—flock and farming uten
sils, with a quantity of hay, grain, &c.
A privilege of ten days in the
month in tne upper Saw-mill.
—ALSO—
A variety of handsome and ufeful
Household Furniture with several other ar
ticles of personal estate, unnecessary to be
here enumerated.
All the above Real Estate highly
recommends jrfelf to purchasers by its fituarim
in the centre of business, and the building in gen
eral being in good repair.
Jn the purchase of the real estate,
ten per cent, of the cordideratiou sum nu<Rtf
paid in hand ; for the remainder a liberal credit
will be given, on good security. further parri?
culars will be made known ax the time and placg
of sale, or by applying to
JOHN GODDARD, )
H. S. LARGDCiX, ,Assignees.
CHARLES CUTTS,.j
AttguJl tth, i&>o.'
WANTED,
A Journeyman and two Lad§
at the Baking business, good encouragement,
will be given. Inquire of the Printers.
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