Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-07-20 00:00:00, page 4

Extra ft fr urn a IceCTT&Q^&x hy „ou„^e„tlcm^^
to hisfifter, on her removing from toe country to
live in a large city.
“ YOU are now, my dear girl, arrived at 3
time of life, when the passions begin to unfold
themselves, and the heave expands and discloses all
its tender fenfibilit es : educated in the bosom of
rural retirement, far from the liberties of the
town, vonr mind is unsullied as the cryltal dream;
your font the ima e of spotless purity ; and your
heart the feat of every virtuous, every delicate ten
timent. Void of art and free from affittatioir.
that sweet timidity, that charming delicacy, that
enchanting ba^fulnels, that artlels blushing mo
defly, which fhriuk from the moil distant approach
lof every thing rude and indecent, which form the
brighter ornaments of your sex, fhiue in their
fulled Inftre throughout every part of your con
du&. Such, my lovely girl, you appear to the
friendly, but impartial eye of , our brother ; but
will my charming filler always deserve this char
ag^cr "
6< Young as you are, and possessed of so gentle
a difpolition,. will you have resolution fufficient to
affuciate with thole who are called polite and well
bred, the gay and fafhionable ladies of the prefeut
day, without affoming their manners and adopt
ing their free and forward airs? Without, like
them, admitting the gentlemen among your ac_
quaintance, to liberties, to familiarities, which, it
they are not criminal, are at lead inconliftent with
that modefly and chastity of manners, which con
stitute the firft female charm, and the want of
,which the mod brilliant accomplishments cannot
' compensate ? Liberties, which will leflen
the dignity of your character and debase you in
the eyes of those who are permitted to take them.
: Will not those indelicacies, which too many,
who are called gentlemen, are accudomed to use
in company of ladies, become familiar from their
frequency and left offensive by repetition, until
what at firlt might Shock and disgust, may at
length appear even agreeable ? — " Should this
alteration e'ver take place in my now amiable and
blowing filler—Should the fink into the common
herd of what are called the polite, the fafhionable
females, what dillrefs will it give a heart which
throbs with anxious solicitude for your felicity !
—How Shall I pity your weakness and mourn over
the riins of your former Self ! - ,„
" But Should you, my lovely girl, by an inter
course with the world, acquire judthat ease and
presence of mind, which is necessary for your own
fatisiaaiop, and to prevent your being embarras
sed, without lofiug any thing of your present sen
sibility and delicacy—Should you, while you feel
yourfelf free and unconstrained in company, at
the lame time be able to maintain that modest re
serve in the whole of your conduft, which, untinc
tured by Irdugbtinefs or pride, flows (pontaneoufly
from a native dignity of mind and purity of heart
you will then have arrived as near to the per
fection of the female character, as this date will
permit, and will be the delight and admiration of
our sex."
,—<.&< ^^^^^^fo^^--.
©tuple of ^9omus.
YANKEE MANNERS, IN DAYS OF OLD.
ABOUT thirty years ago, a man in the town
of i , Massachusetts, endeavour to push his
own election for a member of the General Aflem
Cemple of the ®ufcs.
—<<< M 4<g^gQ^3>3+> —
DICK SPRITE,
OR THE FORCE OF HABIT.
. A TALE.
HABITS are ftubbora things:
And by the time a man is turn'd of forty.
His ruling passion's grown so haughty,
There is no clipping of its wings,
The truth will belt be shewn,
By a familiar inttance of our own.
Dick Strype
Was a dear frieiKFand lover of the pipe ;
He us'd to fay, one pipe of Kirkman's belt
Gave life a zest.
To him 'twas meat, and drink, and physic,
To fee the friendly vapor
Curl round his midnight tapor.
And the bl ck fume,
Clothe all the room
In clouds as dark as science metaphysic.
So Rill he fmok'd, and drank, and crack'd, his
joke;„
And, had he single tarried,
He might have fmok'd and Rill grown old in
smoke;
But Richard married.
His wife was one who carried
The cleanly virtues almost to a vice.
She was so nice ;
And thrice a week, above, below,
The honfe was fcoor'd from top to toe.
And all the floors were rubb'd so bright
You dar'd not walk upright
For fear of Hiding !
But that she took a pride in.
Os all things else, Rebecca Strype
Could least endure a pipe
She rail'd upon the filthy herb tobacco,
Protested that the nodome vapor
Had fpoil'd the best chintz curtains and the paper,
And cost her many a pound in stucco :
And then die quoted old King James, who faith,
"'Tobacco is the devil's breath."
When wives WILL govern, husbands MUST obey :
For many a day
Dick mourn'd and mifs'd his favorite tobacco,
And curf'd Rebecca.
At length the day approach'd his wife must die ;
Imagine now the doleful cry
Os female friends, old aunts, and cousins,
Who to the funeral came by dozens;
The undertaker's men and mutes
Stood at the gate in fable foils,
With doleful looks,
Just like so many melancholy books.
Now cakes and wine are handed round,
Folks figb, and drink, and drink and sigh,
For grief makes people dry :
But Dick is miffing, no where to be found ;
Above, below, about,
They fearch'd the house throughout,
Each hole and secret pantry,
In every corner, cubboard, nook and flielf,
And all concluded he had bang'd bimfelf,
At last they found him—reader guess you where ?
'Twill make you flare—
Perch'd on Rebecca's coffin, at his rest,
Smoaking a pipe of Kirman's belt !
UcHtyle of ^ozalitg?
State of New-Hampshire.
In the House of Reprejentat ives sane 17,
1802.
The foregoing bill having had three seve
ral readings passed to be enabled.
Sent upfor Concurrence,
JOHN PKENnC^TO^/
In Senate the fame day, this bill having been
read a third time, was enabled.
AMOS SHEPARD, Prefdent.
Approved, June 18, 1802.
J. T GILMAN, Governor.
A Prue Coty, Attefl,
J. PEARSON, Sec'ry.
The several printers in this State, are requested
'0 publish the above Law, for the term of fix
weeks, (at the expence of the State,) in their fe
eral Newspapers, for the information of the pub
lic at large. J. PEARSON, Sec'ry.'
Ship Chandlery Store, by
Long and Hamilton,
In FORE-STREET ;
tPko inform their friends and the Public that
they have received by the latefl arrivals
from Europe,
A complete assortment of
Ship Chandlery Goods;
which are now open and ready for sale on
liberal terms — They have also FOR SALE,
30 Hhds. of good Molasses.
10 Hhds. 3d proof Rum, of an ex
cellent quality.
20 quarter calks of Sherry Wine.
Bohea Tea in chests, half chests
and quarter ditto.
Hyfon and Souchong ditto.
Coniac Brandy, 2d & 4th proof.
Real Hofland Gin.
London Porter.
Excellent Port Wine.
Double and single refined Loaf
Sugar.
Brown ditto ; Coffee.
Russia Iron ; Spike and Nail Rods.
Nail Plates, &c. &c. &c.
FortJmouth, July 6.
Rollins & Jackson,
Boot and Shoe Makers.
Refpedfully inform the public
in general, that they have taken a (hop late
ly occupied by James L. Giles, Spring-Hill,
where they intend carrying on the
Boot and. Shoe Making business,
in all its branches, with neatness and dis
patch. The smallest favors gratefully ac
knowledged with gratitude.
Portsmouth, July 5.
bly : but his townsmen were so difgnded at the
circumßance of his electioneering for himfelf, that
they almost unanimously denied him their votes,
and instead of making him an Aflembly man, they
appointed him an overseer of swine. Immediate
ly on his being elected to this unexpeded office, he
Hepped forward in town meeting and addressing
his fellow-townfmen in a very handsome manner,
thanked them for the honor they had done him
and promised to difeharge the duties of his office
to the belt of his abilities.—This promise he faith
fully performed, in^much that not a single swine
was flittered to run at large in his diflrift, with
out being well yoked and ringed. At the next
election, he had policy enough to be passive, when
his townsmen, of their own accord, set him up as
a candidate for the General A Terribly, and almost
unanimously gave him their votes.
The cause tried lately at York, where a lady
was said to have persuaded her lover to accompa
ny her to Gretna Green, is the more extraordina
ry as this is not leap year. A cafefomewhat si
milar occurred several years ago ; a young gentle
man went to confide Sergeant Maynard (author of
a book entitled Law Quibbles) how he might fafe
ly carry off an heiress. " You cannot do it at all
with fafety," said the Sergeant, “ but I'll tell you
what you may do ; let her mount a horse, and
hold the bridle and whip ; do you then mount be
hind her, and you are fafe, for she runs away
with you." The Sergeant was however fuffi
ciently punished for his quibbling advice, when
next day he found it was his own daughter that
had run away with his client.
[London paper.
State of New-Hampshire.
In the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and two.
****** AN ACT to prevent the circulation
*L S.* and currency of Bank Bills of a
****** denomination less than five dollars.
BE it enafied by the Senati u "d Hru]e of
Representatives in General Court conve
ned, That from and after t le hrft day of
December next, no person sh " P a Y °F re
ceivein difeharge of any contra" ° r bargain,
or for any valuable confiderati )n "'^'tever,
any, bill issued by any Bank or ^ banking
company, other than the Bank o^^e Uni
ted States, or the Bank or Banks v^hin this
State, of a less denomination than /ve Dol
lars, under a penalty of four Dollars, to be
recovered asfwell of the person so paying as
of the person so receiving, by a&ion of debt,
with cods of suit, to the use of any person
or persons, who ihall within one year there
after prosecute the fame.
And be it further enabled, That the Secre
tary cause that said Aft be published as soon
as may be, in all the Newspapers printed in
this State, fix weeks.
WAR DEPARTMENT, 24th May, 1802.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT feptrate Propolals will be re
ceived. at the Office of the Secretary of the
Department of War until the expiration of
the gift day of July next ensuing, for the fop
ply of all rations, which may be required tor
the use of the United States, from the ift
d^y of October 1802, until the 30th day of
September, 1803, both days inclusive, at the
following places; viz.
First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at Michilimaci
iiac, and at Fort Wayne.
Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vincennes.
Third. At Fort Maflac, near the mouth of the
Ohio, and Kafkafkias.
Fourth. At Sorth Wefl Point, Tellico, Knox
ville, and on the road from Nashville to the
line between the Chickafays and Cho&aws,
and any place or places where troops are or
may be stationed, marched or recruited within
the date ot Tennellee.
I Fifth. At the Chickasaw Bluffs, Natchez, Fort
Adams, Mobile, and on the road from Natchez
to the boundary line between' the Choctaws and
Chickasaws, and at any place in the Cbica
few or Choftaw country, between Bear Creek
and Natchez.
SEPERATEpropofals will also be receiv
ed as aforejaid, for the fapply of all ra
tions which may be required for the use
of the United States, from thefirf day of
January 1803, until the 31// day of De
cember, in the fame year, both days inclu
fae, within the several fates herein af
ter-mentioned, viz..
Sixth. At fort Wilkinson, at Cockfpur island,
and at any place or places where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited, within
the Rate of Georgia,
Seventh. At Charleston, at Rocky Mountain,
on the head waters of the Santee, and at aqy
place or places where troops are or may be
Rationed, marched or recruited within the
states of South and North-Carolina.
Eighth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places
where troops are or may be stationed, marched
or recruited within the Rate of Virginia.
Ninth. At Fort Me Henry, and at any place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched, or recruited within the Hate of Ma
ryland.
Tenth. At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited within the states of Penn
sylvania, New-Jersey and Delaware.
Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at Weft-Point, and at
any place or places where troops are or may be
stationed, marched or recruited within the
Rate of New-York, excepting Niagara.
Twelfth. At Fort Trumbull, at Fort Wolcott,
and at any place or places where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited within
the states of Connecticut, Rhode-lfland and
Vermont.
Thirteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boflon
harbour) and at any place or places where
troops are or may be stationed, marched or re
c'ruited within the Rate of Massachusetts, the
dhtrift of Maine excepted.
Fourteenth At Portsmouth, at Portland, an<
at any place or places where troops are or ma,
be Rationed, marched or recruited within the
State of New-Hampshire, and diftrift ol Maine.
A ration to consist of eighteen ounces
of bread or flour, or when neither can be
obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and
an half pound of fifted or bolten Indian
meal, one pound and a quarter of beef 01
three quarters of a pound of pork, one
gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the
rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of
vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound
and an half of candles to every hundred ra
tions. The price of she several component
parts of the ration, as well as substitutes and
alternatives, must be fpecified.
The rations are to be furnifhed in fueb
quantities, as that there Ihall at all times,
during the term of the proposed contrasts,
be fufficient for the consumption of the
troops at Michilimacinac, Detroit and Nia
gara for fix months in advance ; and at each
of the other polls on the weftern waters, for
at least three months in advance, of good
and wholesome provisions, if the fame ihall
be required. It it also to be permitted to
all and every of the commandants of fortifi
ed places, or posts, to Call for at (eafons
when the fame can be transported, or at any
time in the case of urgency, such supplies of
like provisions in advance as in the discre
tion of the commandant ihall be deemed
proper. It is to be understood that the con
trador is to be at the expence and rifle of
Bluing the Supplies to the. Troops and that
all losses sustained by the depredations of an
enemy, or by the means: of the troops of the
United States, Ihall be paid for by the Uni
ted States, at the price of the article captur
ed or destroyed, on the depositions of two or
more creditable charaaers, and the certify
cate of a commissioned officer, afeertaining
the circumstances of the loss, and the amount
of the articles for which compensation ihall
be claimed.
The priviledge is to be understood to be
reserved to the United States of requiring
that none of the supplies which may be fur
nifhed under any of the proposed contracts,
fyall be issued until the supplies which hale
been or may be furnilbed under centrads
now in force, have been cotfumed, and that
a supply in' advance may be always required
at any of the fixed polls on the seaboard or
Indian Frontiers, not exceeding three
months.
HENRY DEARBORN,
Secretary of War.
A complete assortment of
Files and Rasps ; wood Screws ;
Bed Screws; Cork Screws ; Crewit Frames
ot 4 and 5 Glasses each % with ebony & pla
ted tops.
White chapel and other Needles ;
pound Pins ; Knitting Needles ; Thimbles ;
Sleeve Buttons ; Knee Buckles ; Shoe Clasps;
Rat and Mouse traps ; Currv C< nobs.
Curriers, Leather dressers and
drawing knives ; brick and ppiftering
Trowels.
Painters Colors ; 7 by 9, 8 by
jo and 10 by 12 Window Glass ; Clock
Glasses ; English Glue, &c. &c.
He has lAewije th# following articles
FOR SALE, VCT
Old Cogniac Brandy of a fiipe
rior quality ; belt Spanish Brandy ; Rum
and Gin ; Madeira, Red Port, Sherry, Lis
bon and Malaga WINES ; single and dou
ble refined Loaf Sugar ; brown Sugar ;
Hyfon, Souchong and Bohea Teas ; Cho
colate ; Mace; Nutmegs ; Cloves ; Al- -
spice and Pepper ; Writing and. Wrapping
Paper, per ream ; Quills ; Ink Powder ;
blacking Cakes ; Morocco Pocket Books.
Nails of all kinds, Cut and
Wrought.
Cast Iron Ware ; Waters' Hoes ;
Scythes of a superior quality ; Spike Rods ;
English Patenfand blifter'd Steel ; Halbach's,
and Heart and Club ditto ; Linseed Oil.
An Assortment of
TRUNKS and many other aft
ticles.
Jonathan Goddard,
Has imported in the lafl vessels from London,
Liverpool and hrfol,
An Extenfae Assortment of
HARD-WARE GOODS,
Which are FOR SALE
by Wholesale and Retail,
CONSISTING OF
Brass Kettles ; bell metal
Skillets ; brass wa(h Bafons ; copper and
brass Warming-Pans ; copper and ihect iron
Tea-Kettles ; plated, princes metal, brass,
japan'd, screw-bottom and common iron
Candlesticks ; br,(s Skimmers ; cabinet and
clock Furniture ; brass thumb Latches and
Knockers; brass and steel Chimney-Hooks ;
princes metal and brass Chair Nai's.
London and Bristol Pewter; Tea
Pots ; Frying Pans ; Flat Irons ; brass
nose and common Bellows ; Shovels and
Tongs ; Andirons ; Shovel-pans ; Bellows
pipes ; Sheet Iron ; Sheet Lead ; Shot ;
Anvils and Vices ; Devonshire and square
Shovels ; Tin Plates ; iron and brass Wire.
Knives and Forks; Jack-knives;
Pen-Knives ; Razors ; Scillors and Shears ;
BRUSHES of all kinds.
A very handfeme assortment of
LOOKING GLASSES with gilt
and mahogany frames.
Japan'd oval and oftagon Tea-
Trays, Waiters, bread and fruit Baskets,
Canisters, Snuffer Trays, Tumblers, Jacks,
Patent Lamps and Lanterns of various kinds.
Tin'd iron, composition, and
blocktin Tea and Table Spoons ; Snuffers ;
box and steel Coffee Mills ; house and tea
table Bells.
A complete assortment cf SADDLERY, viz.
Plated and Common Stirrups,
Pelham and Snaffle Bits, Buckles and Tips,
Martingle Furniture, Nails, Staples and
plates, Inlet and fiat set Buckles, Saddle,
Cloths of various kinds, Plushes, Woolen
and Linen Webs ; Whips & Wnip-Thgngs;
plated and common Spurs.
Joiners, Coopers, Saddlers and
Shoemakers TOOLS.
A great variety of
Brass and Iron Locks, Hinges,
Latches and Bolts ; Steel and common plate
Saws, viz. fit, cross-cut, tenon, turning,
hand, panncl, sash, dovetail, compass and
key hole.
Brass Scales ; bright and painted
Scale-Beams ; cast iron Weights ; Steel
yards ; money Scales and Weights.
Coat and Vest BUTTONS.
Spectacles with common, plated
and lilver bows, some with concave Glalles ;
Razor cases ; Slaving Boxes ; Snuff and
Tobacco ditto ; Ink-Hands ; ivory and
horn Combs ; curling Tongs and pinching
Irons'
Hadleys Quadrants, Scales and
Dividers ; Spy Gtaifes ; Mathematical In-
Hruments ; Time Glasses ; ship Scrapers ;
Calking Irons ; Cooks and pitch Ladles ;
defl) Forks ; Gridirons ; cabin Mops ;
Palms; fail Needles ; Twines Fish Hoeks
and Lines ; Trumpets; Mauls; Hammers ;
Adzes; Axes and Hatchets; Englith Spikes ;
deck Nails ; 4U 6d. rod. i2d. and 20(1.
Nails ; Scupper Nails ; Bradsand Tacks of
all kinds.