Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-09-28 00:00:00, page 1

Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. no 0 115 0
, Pearl -- 120 0 125 0
, Allum, C. 8 0 9 0
Anchors, so o n 12 0
Bread, Ship C. 450 7 0
Butter ft) ^ 2 ° j 3
Beef, common B. 9 0 12 0
mess - 13 ° Bs°
Beans, white bu. 1 12 1
Brandy, Spanish qtbpr. G. 150 Ibo
, Naples 4th pr. — 15° 0 0
Barley bu. 75 0 8 3 0
Brimttone, C. 250 4 0
Brimstone, Roll C. 45 0 5 0
Corn, Indian — 080 083
R ye — 083 088
Cassia ft ) 060 06 5
Cloves — [ 33 0 0
Coffee 0 2 ° 0 22
Cheese, American — 0 6 014
Cotton, foreign fcarce — 040 0 0
, American -- 0 2 3 ° 2 4
Cordage, American C. 14 0 0 0
, Foreign, — *2 0 >3 0
Chocolate, common ffi 020 0 0
, belt N^2&l - 023 033
Candles, mould -- 018 019
, dipt -- 016 6 0
Coals, foreign Ch. 14 0 0 0
, American; — 176 18 0
Copperas, C. 350 4 0
.Cl^th, Fov&yd. 016 0 17,
Duck, Russia; if qual. Bt. 16 0 17 o|
political ^iftellan}
From the Chronicle.
, Text.—" And tfhen the TowfrCkrk bad ap
foeafed the people, he said, ,e men of Ephesus,
whit man is there that knoweth not how that the
/city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great
l ooddefs DiINA, and of the image which fell down
from Jupiter ? feeing then that these things can
not be Jpoken againfl,ye ought to be quiet and do
nothing rashly. For ye have brought hither these
men, who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet
blafpbemers of your goddess. Wherefore, if De
metrius, arid the crattfmen which are with him,
have a matter agajnft any man, the law is open
and there are deputies ; let them implead one an
other."
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do. on Amsterdam, payable in do. 60 days, t : do. do. do.
THE Scriptures were written for edifica
tion, and if we practice the doctrines they
inculcate, we are promised, not only the
blessings of this life, but that which is to
come. If any book inculcates Republican
ism, and reprobates an Aristocracy, either ci
vil or ecclsaftical, it is the Bible. The
whole tenor of the sacred writings runs in
imifon with the rights of " The People,','
in oppofnion to a certain '' felf-created
body, C o affumethe power to di&ate and
controul public opinion. The "multitude,
and " the people," are the only objeds con
templated in all the addresses made by our Sa
vicur and his Apoflles, If they now were
on earth, their language would be stigmatized
as Jacobinifm and Illuminati—if we heard
them denouncing one monarchical magistrate
as a l6 whited fepulchre"—if we saw them
whipping out the money-changers —if we
found them assembling the multitude, fpeak
in< yto the people,and in every indance re
probating the Chief Priests as hypocrites and
deceivers, our Federal Gentry would be cla
morous in vociferating “ away with them,
uw ay with them"--" crucify him, crucify
" The Rory of Paul's entering Ephesus; is a
true reprefyion of Church infatuation,
when set in motion by a few interred tn-
On bis arrival, and tn order to
r mtera& Paul's ministration, the seven sons
cd to exerafe tbg miraculous power of cast-
NUMBER 5. VOL,. IV.]
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CT|en pou Sail ffefe aceto# relate fyeak of t^m a* t^eg are : acting extenuate, nor set tooton ougbt in malice.
ing out evil spirits ; but tho' this fame Sceva
could deceive the people, yet he could not
deceive the Devil, for the man in whom the
evil spirit was, leaped on them and prevailed
againfl them, and Sceva's seven sons fled
out of the house naked and wounded. In
this inßance Satan himfelf seemed to acl L
with some gencrofity, for the evil spirits re
torted on these deceivers with a degree of
severity—“ Jelus we know, and Paul we
know, bn/ zuho are ye?" It is probable this
Sceva was an artful Pried, who had made
himfelf very busy in exciting alarms among
the People ; had told them that there was an
organized body of Illuminati, who were
going to overturn all Religion; had pro
pagated stories about massacres, and that the
world was going to be turned upside down.
Sceva, therefore, thought he was competent
to set up in opposition to Paul, and by a lit
tle stratagem could make his exorcism ap
pear the genuine display of evangelical influ
ence. In consequence of these artful pro
ceedings, he and his seven sons had gained to
themselves a high reputation at Ephesus, and
the people, ading under their infatuation,
were led to lay violent hands on the Apostles.
The firft attack on Paul, however, did not
fucceed —Sceva was proved an importer, and
his sons were obliged to flee out of the house
naked & wounded.
At length a more powerful ahtagoniff ap
peared ; one Demetrius, 3fillerfrith, who
made shrines for Diana, assembled his fellow
craftfmen, and began a most violent on set,
by crying out, " the Craft is in danger ! great
is Diana of the Ephetians." He further de
clared, if these men were fuffered to proceed,
the profits oi his business would cease, and
emphatically concluded, "Ye know that by this
Craft we get our wealth." This hue and cry
put the whole city in confufion, some cried
one thing and some another, arid for two
hours was heard the incessant clamor of
" great is Diana of Ephesus." Who could
have thought a flver-fmitb, in the city of
Ephesus, could have railed such a formidable
P art y?
In this Rate of things, what muff have
been the situation of Paul & hi, gpinpanions r
Current price! of per from to
b. c. D. c.
Duck, Ravens -- 10 50 11 50
Flaxseed, rough bu. 1 0 1 5
Fish, Merchant, C. 4 0 4 2 5
,W. India mark. -- 325 350
Scale -- 225 233
Salmon none B. 10 0 0 0
Mackerel — 75° 8 0
Flour, super. frefh — 75° 0 0
, fine -- 650 0 0
, middlings — 6 0 0 0
, country C. 375 4 0
Fuftick T. 45 0 0 0
. , Bristol er. ibby 8, bx. 15 50 16 0
9 b Y 7>— ] 4 ° 0 0
< < Bby 6, — 11 0 11 50
^,) Hamburg ioby 8, — 13 < 513 50
C 7by9, — 12 0 12 5 0
Gun Powder lb 0 5° 0
Geneva, Holland ift p^G. I 10 0 0
, American — 090 094
Hoops, hhd. 12 ft. M. 20 0 0 0
Hogs Lard lb •i* 0 I<
Iron, Philadelphia T. 130 0 0 0
, Russia — 120 c 1130 0
,Swedes -- 125 0 135 0
Logwood T. 4 0 0 45 °
Lead, white, gr; in oil C. 16 0 0 0
, dry — 15 0 0 0
, red — 866 9 0
, flieet „ 11 0 0 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 16 0 17 0
, , merch.— 9 ° 9 c
Singles — 15° 220
©boleUU prices Current, at portfmoutb, ^eto^ampfyim
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1802.
tAREFULLY REVISED A^D CORRECTED, ON SATURDAYS.
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Sceva and his seven sons wounded and naked ;
Demetrius with his whole body of filvcr
making gods, rousing the people to the high
est pitch of resentment ; the whole city in
uproar, againfl two or three unarmed men ;
and it is to be feared, -if the Town-Clerk
had not came forward, at this critical mo
ment, to appease the people, they would
have been flohed, or put to death, by De
metrius and his affoeiates.
In this nart of niy observations, the reflec
tions which naturally occur are—that when
any do&iine is inculcated, or any measure
pursued which interfere with the interefl of
men, who practice on the religious prejudices
of the people, it is their custom, to alarm
them that all their religious ceremonies are
to be abolilhed, and to excite a jealousy and
enthusiasm against the men who are endea
vouring to relieve them from .their imposi
tions. This uproar was occasioned by De
metrius, not that he cared for the temple,
otherwise than by making shrines, by which
he and his fellow craftfmen had enriched
themselves, at the expence of the ignorant
Ephesians. If the Apostles had propoßd a
•number of golden or silver crucifixes, or had
ordered a large paraphranalia of plated deco
rations for the altar, and had employed De
metrius to make them, it is probable he
would have been among the foremoft to es
cort Paul into Ephesus ; no doubt there
would have been'a high cavalcade, confiding
of Demetrius' workmen, Priests of the '1 em
ple and all the expedants, “ more or less,"
of the Apoftles' patronage; songs would have
been sung in praise of Paul, and his religious
system ; addresses would have been present
ed from all the various orders of Church and
State ; Sceva and his retinue would hate been
clothed in facerdotals, and probably would
have delivered an oration in favour of this
modern philosophy. A public dinner would
have been provided ; a poet laureat chosen,
and poffrbly all the young men been called
on to celebrate the ditTolution of the religion
of Diana ; and the city would have been in
uproar with "Great is Paul of Marcedon,"
instead of ''Great is Diana ot the Ephesians."
But it was out fe —the Christian system
Current prices of per front to
D. C. D. C.
Lemons frefo (scarce) bx. io o ir c
Lime, half hhd. 1 75 2 o
Leather, Soal; dried, ffi 020 o o
Molasses G. 040 043
Nutmegs ft) 5 0 55c
Nail Rods scarce C. 750 8 0
f^lcut M ° 0 ° °
ri |6d ) cu> - 066 o c
! 6d, wrought — *'7 0 0
< 1 tod, do. infpe&ed .- 175 18c
Z I 2od, do. do.- — 245 250
(Sheathing, cut C. 0 0 11 50
-1 f Liver none B. 14 0 0 0
Q [Linfeed G. 125 135
Pepper lb 028 0 0
Pork, bed pieces B. 24 0 0 0
, common — 18 0 20 0
Peas bu. I 25 I 50
Pimento lb 0 20 0 0
Pitch, 8.6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 0
Redwood T. $5 0 60 0
laifins /r^ calk 850 9 0
turn, Jamaica G. 1 0 0 0
, Windward 3d pr.— 0 80 0 0
Rice scarce C. 6 0 0 0
<ofin scarce B. 450 0 0
Soap, white ffi 014 010
, brown -- 010 016
, castle -- 017 0 2
Sugar, Havannati C. 17 0 0 0
, East-India -- 12 0 12 50
.Weft-India -- 9 0 12 0
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
offered no such excitements. Without purse,
without scrip, the Apostles had to travel from
city to city ; they wereat war with all money
getting religion ; t!iey were not helping the
magistrate to impose on the people, or the
priest to attach the civil code to the horns of
tile altar —even the religion itfelf was offer
ed " without money and without price."
No Peter Pence was connected with Paul's
pembaffy ; what be got by the sale of his tents
was the principal part of his fopport. Who.
then can be surprised, that an uproar should
be railed at Ephesus, where the religion of
Paul (truck all the silver gods out of exig
ence. It Patil's religion bad fucceeded m
how many temple-workmen would have
been out of employ—poor Demetrius would
have been obliged to leek another mode of
religion. Even though this silver-smith
might have been employed in copper, or he
might have turned his attention to the iron
toundery ; but (till the little silver gods was
a fore and lifting line of business, and be did
not know how long the other might continue.
It the Goddess was destroyed, all his other
employment was uncertain ; he might have
Deen permitted to fulfil some previous con
trast, but the Temple, the Temple being
annihilated, all the rest was as the " bafelcfs
fabric of a vifibn."
But the principal character in this dory
is the Town-Clerk. What an excellent
thing it is to have a good Town-Clerk.—
Whether they chose this officer annually, or
wlrther he was turned out the next ele&ion,
for the part he took against the Pried Sceva,
and Demetrius the silver-smith, we are not
told ; but that he rifled like an honefl man
on the prefenl occaGbn, cannot be contro
verted. Amid the general convuHion of the
citizens, ard in opposition to the prevailing
party, he had the refolulion to speak to the
people, and caution them against proceeding
too rashly with the Apostles.
It does not appear that he concerned him
felf about the wounded sons of Sceva, or ad
dressed himfelf to Demetrius, but he made
immediate application to "The People.'
He began his speech with "Ye men of
Ephesus," and in order to give the tru.
Current prices 0] per from to
D. c D. c.
Starch, Poland ffi 017 0 0
, American — o i2f 017
Sugar-Loaf ]b 024 00
Salt, St; Übes scarce H. 6 0 0 0
, Turk's Island -- 550 0 0
, Liverpool -- 4 0 0 0
, Rock — 650 0 6
Steel, German 0 14 0 0
, English — 0 16 013
Salt Petre, refined -- 025 0 0
Shut Patent, C. 11 0 0 0
fW.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. 120 130
Tin in sheets bx. 18 0 20 0
Tar B. 325 0 0
Turpentine — 4 0 450
Tea, Hyfon lb. 110 I]6
, Souchong — 070 080
, Bohea -- 032 0 33
Tobacco, Jamesßiver C. 70 0 0
, Georgia -- 550 6 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 0 55°
, seine — 5 0 55°
n (Madeira G. 217 283
Q /Lilbon far#, — 140 0 0
Z { Sherry, — 120 12$
I Malaga scarce q.c. ,r. 0 0 32
IRed Part - 140