Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-10-19 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. c
ASHES, Pot, effort; T. no 0 115 o
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
Allum, C. 8 0 0 0
Anchors, so oil 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter lb oi2 01 3
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 o
mess — 13 0 13 5c
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1 16
Brandy, Spanish A/hpr. G. 180 185
, Naples 4th pr. — 175 180
Barley bu. 75 0 83 0
Brimstone, C. 350 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 450 5 °
Corn, Indian — 080 083
Rye — 083 088
Cassia ff) 050 oto
Cloves ~- 1 33 0 0
Coffee -- 0 18 0 20
Cheefe,American -- 0 6 014
Cotton, foreign scarce -- 040 0 0
, American -- 0 21 ° 2 3
Cordage, American C. 12 o x 3 °
, Foreign, -- 11 0 12 0
Chocolate, common lbo 20 0 0
, best N0.2&1 -- 028 033
Candles, mould -- 018 019
, dipt ? 016 0 0
Coals, foreign th. 14 0 0 0
, American, -- 17 0 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 °
Cloth, Tow yd. 0 16 0 17
Duck, Ruflia, ijiqual. Bt. 16 0 17 o |
FOREIGN FILLS.
Bills on London : 30 days, : (Far Cafo) 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. on Amsterdam, payable in do. '6O days, : : do. do. do.
FAVORITISM, or partiality, in fami
ly government, has a baneful tendency
and pernicious effcas. Envy, jealousy, ha
tred and difeord naturally spring from this
poisonous root. The favorite child often
fuffers by the partiality that is Drown it. It
is viewed with an evil eye, and thwarted
with a ceafclefs malignity by the other chil
dren, whole affe&ions, in the mean while,
become alienated from their parents.
The tragical story of Joseph, is an affed
ipg illustration of this point, jofeph was
abhorred by his brethren. Their diabolical
malice against him was wrought up to such
a pitch, that they at firft conspired together
to take away his life ; but afterward, at the
intercession of the eldest brother, commuting
rhe' punifhmentof death, they seized him,
and, totally unfeeling and deaf to his tears
and intreaties, they Gripped him and cast him
into a horrible pit. From thence they drag
ged him out, and fold him to a company of
Arabian Slave dealers, who were travelling'
to Egypt ; expelling and intending that he
should consume his days under the most bit
ter bondage, in a strange land. The unnat
ural and attrocious cruelty of this deed was
almost beyond parallel ;, and it was directly
occasioned by parental partiality. Ihe cause
of the implacable and murderous hatred,
which Joseph experienced from his brethren,
is briefly mentioned by the sacred historian,
in the following words :—" Now Israel
loved Joseph more than all bis children, be
cause he was the son of his old age ; and he
made him a coat of many colours. And
when his brethren saw that their father loved
him more than all his brethren, they hated
him, and could not speak peaceably unto
him." What a fund of useful inUruaion
to parents ! How exactly do they charaaei
ize human nature, which is weak in good
men, and wicked in others '.
The favouriufm of pious Jacob towards
his youngest son was irrational in its source.
lifceuis to have ongiuafed, not in the real
NUMBER 8. VOL. IV.]
0,7 EDUCATION.
From the Balance.
PORTSMOUTH PRICE CURRENT.
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHIRE) PRINTED BY b. NUTTING, PRINTER OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
CUben pou Wall there beetig relate fpeab of them ag the? are :
Republican Ledger,
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Duck, Ravens — 10 50 ja 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 5
Fish, Merchant, C. 4 0 425
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale -- 225 233
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 75° 8 0
Flour, super. frefh -7 8 0
, fine -- 650 7 0
, middlings — 6 0 650
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 35 0 0 0
. , Briftolcr. ioby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
9by 7, -- 14 0 0 0
Bby6, -- 11 o'll 50
g) Hamburg 10 by 8, -- 12 0 12 50
' 7by9, -- 12 0 0 0
Gun PoWder ffi 050 0
Geneva, Holland \fl pr G. 1 17 1 20
, American -- 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard ft, 012 0 10
Iron, Philadelphia T.IIO 0 0 0
, Russia -- 110 0 120 0
, Swedes -- 120 0 0 0
Logwood T. 40 0 45 0
Lead, white, gr. in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry -- 15 0 0 0
, red — 866 9 0
; sheet — 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch. — 9 ° 9 0
Singles -- I 5° 2 20
merits of that amiable youth ; but in a cir
cumstance wherein there could be no merit
at all. He loved him more than all the
othets, " Because he was the son of his old
age." This preference of the good-minded
father, thus springing from a blind impulse,
was marked by such overt aQs of partiality,
as could not, ail to produce family difeord ;
arid which brought upon Joseph the hatred
of his brethren, to such a degree, that " they
could not speak peaceably unto him."
One instance of the favoritifm of Jacob is
particularly noticed by the sacred penman.
He made for the favorite son "a coat of
many colours which diftinguiPned him
from his brethren, who had been clad in the
plain and coarse garb of shepherds. This,
alas ! proved to be a fatal coat both to the
wearer and the giver. It was this coat that
Joseph wore when he went tp speak to his
brethren, and found them at Dothan. It
was the hated light of this coat that Simu
lated their murderous rage. But for this
badge of parental partiality, ferocious as they
were, they might, perhaps, have relented to
ward the hapless youth, when " they saw
the bitterness of his foul," and when with
bended knees, with folded hands and dream
ing eyes, he besought their companion.—
This " coat of many colours," torn off with
indignation and reeking with the blood in
which it had been dipped, was finally a
fpe&acle of inexpressible horror to the father.
It pierced his foul with the deepest agonies,
which were not transient, building ; inso
much that " he refufed to be comforted,"
and resolved " to go down into the grave
mourning." Never, perhaps, since the fig
leave covering of our firli parents, did a
garment occasion so many tragical effects, as
the gaijdy coat of Joseph ; by which his
pious, but doting father, had imprudently
distinguished him from his brethren,
. This (bort sketch of sacred hjftory, is to
parents a fo|emn warning s against a partial
treatment of their children." Beware," it
seems to fay to them, " of distinguishing any
one of your children from the rest, by a finer
garment, or by any marks of favour, which
imply a superior attachment." Avoid par-
©boUfale Prices Current, at portfmoutb, ^eto^ampfoire,
CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, O,N SATURDAYS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1802.
Course of Grebange, at Notion.
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INLAND BILLS.
Bills 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, orl ,
New. York, ) 6 ° da . vs > : d° 2 do.
N. B. Bills at shorter fight, proportionably higher.
Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons frefh (scarce) bx. io 0,11 o
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 o
Leather, Soal, dried, so 020 o o
Molasses G. 040 043
Nutmegs lb 5 ° 55°
Nail Rods scarce C. 7 0 0 0
r4dl M. 034 0 0
ri'|6dj'"' -- 066 0 c
^! 6d, wrought -- 117 0 0
< ) rod, do. infpe&ed-- 175 0 0
^ I 2od, do, do. -- 240 245
[Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 II 50
^f Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
Q[Linfeed G. 133 0 0
Pepper It ) 028 0 0
Pork, best pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common — 18 0 20 c
Peas bu. 1 25 I 50
Pimento lb ° 22 0 25
Pitch, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 °
Redwood 1-55 0 6b °
Raisins fa/bcafle 8 50 9 0
Rum, Jamaica G. 1 0 0 0
, Windward 3d pr.-- 080 085
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
Rosin feared B. 450 0 0
Soap, white ft, 014 016
, brown • — 010 016
, castle -- 017 020
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 0 0
, Eaft-lndia -- 12 0 12 50
, Weft-India -- 9 ° 12 °
tiality, that root of bitterfiefs and mifehief
in families."'
The particular kind of parental favoiitifm
which we have now been viewing, is re
markable, as well for its frequency, as for
the family evils which it occasions. Patents,
who are far advanced in years, are often seen
to manifeft a preference for the younger p^it
of their offspring; and for no other reason,
than, " because they are the children of their
old age." Thus they wound their own chil
dren, as it were, with a two-edged sword ;
alienating and embittering the minds of
those, who find themfe/Ves neglected, and,
lat the fame time, ' weakening and befooling
the favorite, the darling child of old age, by
overweening attentions, and a prolufion of
childish caresses. Another kind of partiality
In parents, which is equally unreasonable and
peculiarly cruel in its nature and effeas, is
that which arises from the circumhance of
the sexual difference in their offspring.
Why should sons engross a greater portion
of parental affection and care than daughters i
Why should the education of the latter be
thought,comparatively, of small importance?
Why should they be overlooked and negle&-
ed in the solemn Testament of their dying
fathers ? Why should they be denied an e-.
qual fhaie in the distribution of patrimonial
property ? Why should they be left poor
and dependant, whil^ their brothers are en
riched by bountiful legacies ?—Does Nature
dictate such diminutions? No. —Parents are
bound to their fens and to their daughters by
the fame ties of Nature. Their blood runs
equally in the veins of each, The genuine
feelings of Nature plead as powerfully for
the daughter, as for the son. But the voicet
of Nature is flifled by Pride. Natural affec,
lion and all the finer feelings of the h^p^p;
heart, in parents, yield to an absurd ambition,
to bellow their principal attentions ppqn, and
to place their property exclufiv^ly jp the
pofleffion, of that part of 'heir offspring* hy
,which their own name£ are to be.borne up ;
in the world. , „ SENEX,
, 46 The rich and the great imagine, that every one h rrileralrfc
and out of the world, who docs not live as they do • but they are
the pcifyna, who living far from nature, live out 4fthe wo©
■Dotting extenuate, not set ^oton ought in malice.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
Current prices of per from to
D. C D. C.
Starch, Poland lb °l7 0 0
, American -- o I2| 017
Sugar, Loaf ffi 024 0 0
Salt, St. Übes scarce H. 550 0 0
, Turk's Island -- 55° 0 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock — 650 0 6
Steel, German 013 014
, English — 0 l 5 017
Salt Petre, refined -- 025 030
Shot Patent, C. 11 0 0 0
, (W.O.hhd. M. 24 0 26 0
^ [ do. do. heading - - 26 0 28 0
>) W. O. bbl. -- 10 0 12 50
<] R. O. hhd. — 10 0 11 75
I do. Shooks 066 0 0
[W. O. do. 120 1 30
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine .-- 4 ° 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 1 10 1 16
, Souchong -- 070 080
, Bohea ' -- 032 .0 33,
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 7 0 0
, Georgia - - 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 550
, seine — 5 0 [ §SO
n (Madeira G. 217 283
g I,Lisbon force, ' — 146 0 0
Z < Sherry, — 120 125
I Malaga force q.c. 31 0 022
[Red Port - x
From the Chronicle.
Text.— The only way, God knows; is to put
these Families into a HOLE by.themfelves,
and set two watches upon them ; ^Superior
'to them all„n ^rie fide, and the Peptic on the
Giber.",
Jolin Adams' Letter to Samuel Adams, page 19.
WHILE we read the political sentiments
of Mr. John Adams, it is natural to confider
them as the deliberate refleaions of a civ
ilian, who has long been in'the ftudv pf
government, and whohas formed a fynem,
if not perfea, yet in a great degree confident
But it is difficult to bring Id's d^lrines to
any point, by which we can draw* any ration
al conclusion. : . v # •I
The strength of h[s government confills
in political institutions, which he fa^s, "arc
-fi r ^ produced, and c onftanflyfoppofted and im
proved by a Nobility."—Thefe are the
. men to whom the People are fd look for
proteaion and hAppinefs; ' But' after Mr.
Adams had thus created hrs grand bulwark,
and clothed his pre-eminent characters with
the thoft extensive powers, he seems to be
ashamed of the work bf his own hands—for,
strange to relate, this conservative body are
. to be " put in aHOLE :" nay, he expresses
it more fully, by calling "God'' to withefs,
that the "only way is, to put theminto a
hole by themjelves." 4 <
Fellow-Citizens—Taney to yourselves
that the U. States should be tinder a govern
ment, similar ttfbwhat is recommended' by
Mr. John Adams. In the fifft place, you
muff depreciate your : own characters,.'ty
- admitting yourselves as incapaGle'tif gov^rrh
ing without this Nobility, as 1 wolvEs"-L
--you mutt view yourselves in pofl&fhan bf
'all the ferocious, voracious anu ; extermina
ting passions of thjs savage of the wilder
nbfs ; you must view each other as a band of
rubbers, fteebooters'arid ruffians'^ you must
totally renounce 1 every human faculty of
the foul ; your bails yc# imuft confider as
claws, your hands as fangs, your teeth as
daggers, and the former harmony of yon'r
voice, when assembled to deliberate, as the
lenitic yells of ifc inoft fanguftoy btafb of