Oracle post — Portsmouth, N.H., 1804-10-30 00:00:00, page 1

Fashionable & Staple Goods,
which he offers for Sale, at Kis Shop adjoining the
■ Bell-Tavern, Congress-street.
SUPERFINE, middling, and low
priced BROAD CLOTHS; black Woolen
tofd ; double milled CASSIM ERES ; drab and
B brown COATINGS ; RATTEENS ; FEAR-
I NAUGHTS; FOREST CLOTHS; BAIZES;
■ FLANNELS ; 8-4, 9-4, 10-4 BLANKETS;
ribb'd, black and brown WILDBORES ; DUR
ANTS ; TAMMIES; CALLIMANCOES; MO
REENS ; SWANSLOWNS.
■Fashionable 41k Velvet Vesting ; black
F f. - civets : Men's plain and ribb'd Satins;
gs; Thick ds ; silk and cotton Braces.
I ? ^^^^ ^%B rtk $
I '^fr'* ^l^* Callieoes and Chintzes; check'd
IChambray Muslins ; Emboss'd Cambrics ;
Jacket, and Cambric Muslins; colored
Sar cnet Cambrics.
{umefs hair, purple and chintz Shawls ;
■ muslin Handkerchiefs ; linen, cotton, lungee, ban
dannoe and black silk Handkerchiefs; India Lust
rings ; Modes ; Italian Crapes ; Gauzes ; jVlillinet ;
black Cypress ; black Laces ; black lace Veils.
Men's Hats ; Men's cotton and worst
ed Hose; women's cotton and worsted Hose; wo
, men's white and black pick nic and plain silk
L Gloves ; women's cotton and worsted Gloves;
[ j men's beaver and cotton Gloves.
Bear's and Jennet Muffs and Tippets.
Irish Linens; bros n Hollands; Threads;
Sewing Silks; black Velvet Bindings; worsted
L Bindings ; gilt and plated Buttons ; India Cottons;
hi very cheap India Chintzes; Madrass Long Cloths.
'Paper Hangings.
WANTED,
2000 WL Bees Wax.
't^mouth, October 20, 1804.
William Garland
Has for Sale,
10 pipes best Holland GIN ;
4 do. do. American do.; ;
11 bags Georgia COTTON; I
9 chests Souchong TEA ;
12 casks GUN POWDER;
100 quintals Passama, POLLOCK;
I, BRANDY"; PEPPER, an<f AT LUM.
I' Tort^outh, 20 Oct. 1804.
■ pfyc^pAß} ar k, fc
[! At his shop in Buck-street, opposite Dock. John
Jackson's.
VERY large Coral Beads for Ladies,
mock ditto ; elegant Paste Tortoise shell Hair
Combs ; Plain ditto. Gold Clasps for Necklaces ;
large gold Beads ; gold neck and miniature Chains.
A very large assortment of
; Gold Ear Nobs, Hoops and Jewels
•f the latest fashion.
A handsome assortment of
Gold Breast Pins and Broaches.
A large assortment of
Gold Finger Rings of various fafh
fons, elegant Gold and Silver Epaulettes, gold and
silver Cord ; gold and silver Spangles ; silver
Cream Pots, plated Castors, plated Candlesticks.
And a great variety of other
Jewelry and Fancy Goods
A, too numerous for aq advertisement, all to be sold
, very low for cash.
fall II 111 11
, Vol. XV.]
OF ILL TIE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POUTIAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION and MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.u.Wasuing ton.
/_Q^t^^i^=^^^—=—=B==— ———^^^^
Is now exhibiting in this Town,
At Capt Whidden's Assembly House,
The Amateurs of science and curious experiments
will find in this Exhibition the most surprising phe
nomenon that ever has b&n discovered in Acoustic ;
the proprietor therefore presumes tc flatter himself
that, the ladies and gentlemen of Portsmouth will
honor his performance with the same degree of ap
plause which has so uniformaly attended it in Lon
don, New-York and Boston.*
This inexplicable, aricular and optical illusion,
which professes to expose the practices off artful im
t yfers,pretended magicians, and exorcists, and to
o,hen the eyes of those who stillfosier an absurd b<-
tifin ghost?, witches, conjurations, demoniacs, kc.
will enable the attentive observer to form a just idea
ofthe artifices by which they imposed on the cred
itors and, superstitious, in this and former ages,
aid afford also to the spectator an intereting enter
iainment.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXHIBITION.
Tn a temple, representing those where the Egyp
tians delivered their oracles, is a small alter, and a
crystal, as described by Dr. Dee, for consulting
,spirits. From this proceed the orals for conveying
questions and answers. The while apparatuses
unconnected with surrounding objects. A conver
ation may be held on any subject ; singing, laugh
^3 sighing, breathing &c. close to the ear of the
audience, giving their numter, dress, &c, without
visible interference or agency, as to appear to be
the effect of magic. Admittance .50 cents, children
25—hours of Exhibition from 3 o'clock in the aft^r
qtbon till 9 in the evening.
_ . ___° E BY
Elisha Hill, jr.
Had of Wm. Sheaf's Wharf,
RUM and MOLASSES; BEEF and PORft;
Mould and Dipt CANDLES ; best of Brown &OAP.
The astonishing Invisible
Lady, the Acoustic Temple,
& Incomprehensible Crystal,
Fall & Winter Goods.
William S. Cooper,
an assortment of
Just received by
OR ACLE POST
Union, and union atone will be sufficient for the
purpose of bringing in that member for Congress at
the approaching election in the county of York, who
justly claifiis our support, and on the election of whom
materially depends the foeace as well as the true in
terest and dignity of this district.—A man who has
neither inclination or interested connections to draw
his attachment from the northern to the southern in
terest, (which seems now to be considered by all po
litical parties in the north, as a most dangerous pro
pensity)— nor ought we to choose a man who has"
been so lately heard of, in the Political Calender, and
whose occupation and avocations have been such, as
necessarily to confine his political enquires and know
ledge of the high concerns of the nation, within con
tracted limits. But let us turn to the man who knows
the value of our rights ; because he himselfhas fought
for them ; who feels a laudable ambition, and becom
ing zeal towards our propeWweight in the northern
part of the union, because he knows & feels that when
real danger approaches, the northern states must a
gain, as they ever have done, bear the “ burden and
heat of the day "-#he man who glories in our nation -
al dignity, because he acted, in person, a part, in es
tablishing that dignity under the mild but energetic
administration of Washington, and because he has
ever been a steady adherent to those principles which
then rendered us honorable and happy—a man whom
all parties respect for his private virtues and amia
ble deportment. That his friends and acquaintance
admire him, we do know ; what his enemies might
say we do not know,—for he has none.=ls there
Micha man ? yes, citizens, Mr. JOSEPH LELAND,
of Pepperelborough, is the man,—is your candidate.
Let us leave those rival schisnmtics who are rending
the county into factions, and destroying the peace of
society, and unite in the unexceptionable character of
Mr. Leland, and be assured you are thereby promot
ing not only the highest political interest, but are pre
serving the honor, harmony and reputation of the
county. UNION.
Befok, Oct. 12, 180#
as cheap as dan be purchased at any Store in Ports
mouth, and warranted of the first qualities,
consisting of the following articles,
viz.
Gun-Powder, hyson, young hyson, ?T9 1 C
4frOtflfo,, • W idhong- <,& flbbfig , '/y
of the late&^mftortatiom.
Ph elpa Lo as and Lump,) Cn^orc
Ea t-nuia anß rown 5
Muscadel RAISINS, per box ; Malaga do. AL
MONDS; PRUNES ; black Zant CURRANTS;
MACE ; NUTMEGS ; CINNAMON; CASSIA ;
CLOVES ; GINGER per keg; PEPPER ; AU
SPICE; MUSTARD per il), or bottle ; CAY
ENNE ; basket table SALT.
Rice, new superfineFLOUß,
per bbl. do, in half bbls.
Elliot's Snuff pr. keg; Mac
canboy do. per bottle ; No. 1.2, and 3, Sntoaking
TOBACCO ; small Twist do. double refined
SALT PETRE ; Windsor scented SOAP ;
Crown do.
Scot's true Liquid BLUE per jug ; INK-POW
DER ; PUNCH SIEVES ; Poland STARCH.
Welsh's No. 1 & 2 Choco
late-, COFFEE; mould and dipt CANDLES
per box ; Spermaceti do.; strained spermaceti'OlL
for Lamps ; SWEET OIL per case or flask.
^^} INDIGO
POWDER and SHOT ; best Spanish SEGARS.
Wrapping and Tea, PAPER per ream ; Gin
Cases ; Georgia COTTON.
°"^^ } Brandies;
W. I. RUM; old do. ; Holland GIN ; Mola ses;
Madeira, Vidonia Sherry,) WTNFG
Lisbon and Malaga ) VV
Long cork'd CLARET per case or bottle; Lon
don and American PORTER ; Burton ALE, ,
VINEGAR; N. E. RUM, pel -bbl.
A few jars OLIVES.
^general a&turmcnt of
Iron Hollow Ware.
Stone Ware, viz. 4, 3,2 & 1
gallon PICKLE POTS; 3,2, 1 and 1--2 gallon
JUGS.
%V nd } Window Glass,
per box, &c. &c. October 13—3—5
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Political Miscellany.
■ •t © •MT—„
Grocery Store.
B. Leverett
Respectfully Informs his customers and the public,
that he has REMOVED into the new Brick-
Store on the parade, fronting Court-street, wher e
he has just received, and keeps constantly for sale,
a general assortment of
" One thing is needful."
West-India Goods,
And
GROCERIES,
For the Oracle.
Tuesday, October 30, 18%
At the last presidential election, Mr. Jefferson &
Mr. Burr had, by tlte fatal aid of negro votes, the
highest and an equal number of Electoral votes for
the office of President, and of course neither were
chosen. From these two candidates the House of
Representatives of the United States elected the
former; Witli what fairness, dn the part of Mr.
I Jefferson and his paftizans, this election was com-
I pleted, we may in part learn from the following
extract from Mr. Bayard's speech in Congress
1 eUnaiy % c h 1802. Mr. Bayard, speaking of that
elevon said, “ In that scene I had ffl^rt, 1$ Was
a fit not barren of incident, and ^flhtefe
?& ra ^ r - which caniig^/d^Hlfflty
tin! characters either fqffi||ra||fy|£mpr£
sonal means, or from the &fflmi
tion. And now Sir, let me'asK
ber(Mr. Giles) what his reflections and btfef will
be, when he observes that every man, on whose vote
the event of the election hung, has since been dis
tinguished by presidential favor. I fear, sir,
I shall violate the decorum of parliamentary pro
ceeding, in the mentioning of names, but I hope the
example which has l>een set me will be admitted as
an excuse. Mr. Charles Pinckney of South-Caro
lina was not a member of the House, but he was one of
the most active, efficient and successful promoters
of the election of the present chief magistrate. It
was well ascertained that the votes of South-Caro
lina were to turn the equal ballance of the scales.
The zeal and industry of Mr. Pinckney had no
bounds. The doubtful politics of South-Carolina
were decided, and her votes cast into the scale of
Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Pinckney has since been ap
pointed minister plenipotentiary to the court of
Madrid. An apppointment as high and honorable,
as any within the gift of the Executive. I will not
deny that this preferment is the reward of talents
and services, Although, Sir, I have never yet heard
of the talents or the services of Mr. Charles Pinck
ney. In the House of Representatives, I know what
was the value of the vote of Mr. Claiborne of Ten
nessee. The vote of a State was in his hands#
Mr. Claiborne has since been raised to the high dig
nity of Governor of the Missisippi Territory. I
know how great, and greatly felt,was the importance
of the vote of Mr. Linn of New-Jersey. The Del
egation of the State consists of five members. TWo
of the delegation were decidedly for Mr. Jefferson ;
two were decidedly for Mr. Burr. Mr. Linn was
cysid^red ^ inciting to one side, but still doubtful.
Both parties looked up to liim for the vote of New-
Jersey. He gave it to Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Linn
has since had the profitable office of Supervisor of
his district conferred upon him. Mr. Lyon of Ver
mont was in this instance an important man. He
neutralized the vote ofVermont. His absence alone
would have given the vote of a State to Mr. Burr.
It was too much to give an office to Mr. Lyon ; his
character was too low. But Mr. Lyon's son has been
handsomely provided for in one of the executive of
fices. I shall add to the catalogue but one more
gentleman Mr. Edward Livingston of New-York.
I knew well, full well I knew the consequence of
this gentleman. His means were not limited to his
own vote ; nay, I always considered more than the
vote of New-York within his power; Mr. Living
ston has been made the Attorney for the district of
New-York—the road of preferment has been open
ed to him ; and his brother has been raised to the
distinguished place of Minister plenipotentiary to the
French Republic. This catalogue might be swell
ed, to a much greater magnitide."
Can any who has read Mr. Jefferson's opinion, and
/examined his conduct, relative to religion, for a mo
ment doubt as to the measures he adopted to obtain
the high office he now holds ? If such a sceptic there
is let him read Mr. Jefferson's opinion upon the mo
rality of contract;. While he was Minister at the
Court of France, he wrote a letter to the then Trea
sury Department of the United States, respecting
transferring to Dutch merchants the debt that the
United States then owed to France. In that letter
he says, " If there is a danger of the public payment
not being punctual, I submit whether it may not be
be/rer/hat the discontents which would thence arise
should be tranferred from a Court of whose good
will we have so much need to the breasts of a pri
vate company." iThis sentiment so dishonorable to
our nation,so unßrthy of its Minister, of transferring
a large debt because we did not expect punctually to
pay it, from a powerful creditor, the French nation
whose complaints might injure us, to a few feeble
individuals, who might indeed be ruined by our want
of good faith, but who could never compel us to do
them justice, is the desire of Mr. Jefferson. And it
is in character with his conduct to Gabriel Jones of
whom he borrowed silver and gold, and offered pay
ment in paper money greatly depreciated in value.
Well might such a man, in his inaugural speech
say, “ I shall often go -WRONG." In that same speech
he has made a display of the insincerity with which
the most brilliant promises can be made. And in
his reply to the remonstrance from the Merchant#
ofNew-Haven, upon his removal of Mr. Goodrich
from office, we see him acting not as the dignified
Cmfof the Nation, but as the head of a party. He
I' there declares it was his intention that the two par
birttshould held a more equal division of the offices
TO THE
FREEMEN OF .NE W-HAMPSHIRE.
For THt Oracle.
No. VI.
of the government. And that after that equaliza
tion should be effected, it would then be time, to en
quire whether candidates for public offices were
" honest, capable and faithful to the Constitution."
Is not this an explicit declaration that Mr. Jeffer
son did not then consider honesty, capacity, and at
tachment to the constitution as necessary qualifies,
tions for office ? Is.not this an open avowal of his
total disregard to virtue, of his hostility to men of
talents, and to the friends of the constitution ? And
yet this man in his inaugural speech declared “ that
we were allfederalists, all republicans !" Is the na
ture of things changed ? Has hypocrisy become a
virtue, and sincerity a crime t
Mr. Jefferson in his inaugural speech of March
4th 1801, speaking of the great extent of our comi
trv, says, we have “ room enough for our descen
dants to the thousandth and thousandth gene? ation."
A lM >> et '" '" 3 message to Congress of October 17,
it%; speaun ,>.t^e naked <,it claim title oe bad
, purchased to Louisiana, says that vast extensile
country promises " An ample provision for ourpos
terity, and a wide spread for the blessings of free
dom, and equal laws." For this useless country,
most of which is wilderness, the United States are
now burthened with an increase of debt to the a
mount of FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. And
is the arbitrary government now established and ex
ercised there by Mr, Jefferson, in which he appoint#
all officers legislativejudicial and executive, with
out the inhabitants of that country having any voice
whatever in their appointment—ls this the wide
sp?ead oifreedom and equal laws !No man wore
the externals of republicanism, or vociferated in the
language of liberty, more loudly than Bonaparte,
Liberty and Equality was his motto-—with these
magical words, continually on his lips, he has mount
ed the throne of the Bourbons, and effectually ban
ished republicanism from France. But is his gov?
ernment in Fiance more arbitrary and tyrannical
than Mr. Jefferson's is in Louisiana?
If Mr. Jefferson's Notes or. Virginia are good
authority, the Virginians are bred in the school of
tyranny —And will you from that school elect a Pre
sident to defend your liberties ? Page 236 speaking
of the customs and manners of Virginia, Mr. Jeffer
son says, “ There must doubtless be an unhappy in
fluence on the manners of our people produced by thq,
existence of slavery among us. The whole com
merce between master and slave is a perpet
ual exercise of the most boisterous passions,
the most unremitting despotism on the one part,
and degrading submission on the other. Cur
children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man
is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of
all education in him. From his cradle to his grave
he is learning to do what he sees others do. If a
parent could find no motive either in his philenthro
phy or his self love for restraining the intemperance
of passion towards his slave, it should always be a
sufficient one that his child is present. But gene
rally it is not sufficient. The parent storms, th,
child looks on, catches the lineaments ofwrath, put#
on the same airs in the circle of smaller slaves,giveq
a loose to these his worst passions, and thus nui^pd
educated and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot
but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The
man must be a prodigy who can retain his man
ners AND MORALS UNDEPRAVED by such tircum
stances." And yet Virginians, we are told, are the
real friends of liberty and the rights of man. Fine
friends indeed ! They have in that State more tha n
two hundred and fifty thousand negro slaves, & the
few white men who are there intitled to vote for the
choice of public officers, have for every five of those,
slaves three votes—giving them for all their slaves
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSANE VOTES ?
a number nearly equal to all the votes of JVra-
Hampshire^
Mr. Jefferson in his notes page 320 proposes thaf
the Governor of Virginia should never be eligibly
for a second election to that office. And in a letter
written by him in France, December 20, 1787, speak
ing of the Federal Constitution, he says. “I do not
like the omission of a bill of rights—the abandons
ment in every instance, of the necessity of rotation
in office, and most particularly in the case of the
President." " Yet now rotation in the office of
Presdient is wrong. Mr. Jefferson is a candidate
for a re-election. He, and his friends, condemn th.
principle of dotation—he must be re-elected.
I have stated facts, that to my mind are con
clusive evidence that Mr. Jefferson ought not to be
re-elected to the high office of President of the U
nited States. But of these you, must judge. Th<
election is all-important—lt affec s your dearest
rights. Examine, reflect, and act with that pre
deuce and vigilance that the high occasion demands
of you. —•♦—- CATO.
FEDERAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR ELECTORS.
Hon. OLIVER PEABODY,
& of Exeter.
,HN PRENTICE, ,
of Londonderrv.
WILLIAM HALE,
'of Dover.
TIMOTHY FARRAR,
of New-toswich,
ROBERT WALLACE,
of Henniker,
BENJAMIN WEST,
of Charlestown.
Charles johnston,
es Haverhill, Agar,
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