The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1789-08-18 00:00:00, page 4

Extract from an unfortunate Mo
ther's advice to her absent Daughter ;
in a Letter to Miss Pennington,
(Concluded.)
" rirtHE best method to avoid de.
^ A ception in this case, is to lay
no stress upon outward appearances,
too often fallacious, but to take the
rule of judging from the simple, un
polished sentiments of those whole de
pendent connexions give then an un
deniable certainty ; who 'not only fee,
but hourly feel, the good or bad es
• feds of that disposition they are sub-:
jested to. By this I mean, that if a
man is equally refpefted, esteemed,
and beloved by his tenants, ,his de
pendants, and domestics, from the
substantial farmer to the laborious pea
fan, from the proud steward to the sub-j
missive wretch, who, thankful for em-;
ployment, humbly obeys the menial
tribe; you may justly conclude, he
has that true good nature, that real
benevolence, which delights in com
municating felicity,and enjoys the fa-I
tisfaftion it diffufes : But if by these
he is despised and hated, served mere
ly from a principle of fear, devoid of
affeaion, which is very easily disco.
verable, whatever may be his publick
character, however favourable the ge^
neral opinion, be assured, his difoofi.
tion is fach as can never be productive
of domefeick happinufs,
ODE on the Nativity of CHRIST.
HAS T E, rising fun, dispel the
gloom of night !
The great Meffiab's natal day
To gild,thy brightest beamsdifplay,
And glad ^ll nature with thy chearfal
light !
' 2.
Ye Seraphims, sweet hallelujahs sing !
And all ye Hofs and pow'rs divine,
In one harmonious concert join;
To pay due honour to the new-born
king!
Awake too, O my foul ! and hail the
morn,
Whileangels join in hymns of praise
Wilt thou refufe thy voice to raise,
For whom the great incarnate GOD
was born ?
4.
To him due homage all ye nations pay!
With thankful hearts your voices
raise,
And foundyour instruments ofprai fe
To celebrate the memorable da, !
Returning Jufice from above descends
Dispenses, with unsparing hand,
Her bleflings thro' the happy land,
And ancient Fraud's tyrannic empire
ends.
6.
Pernicious wars disturb the world no
more,
Domestic feuds and tumults cease,
All nations reap the fruits of peace,
•And walk, at large, e'er Fancy's
flow'ry ihore.
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The deaf (hall hear, the JAW receive
their fight,
And with amazement in their eyes,
Behold a new creation rife,
And joyful view the dazzling rays of
light.
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The lamb (ball cease th'affifting crutch
to bear,
The fa 4 implore thy healing hand,
The dumb (hall speak at thy com
mand,
Thy pow'r acknowlege,aad thy praise
declare.
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No more proud Atbeifts ! by prefumpo
tion driv'n,
Th' exigence of a GOD deny,
Who left the mansions of the sky,
And came to earth, to point the way to
Heav'n!'
THE principal foundations of the
prosperity of a State (faysa sen
sible foreign writer) consist in good a
griculture, national industry and the
balance of commerce ; which balance
will always be in favour of the nation
whose commodities are the neceffariea
of life, and against the nation whose
different kinds of merchandize consist
only of luxuries." The exports of
the United States are almost entirely
of the former class. The article of
Tobacco forms an exception ; but
though this is a luxury of the most,
ufrirfs kind it finds as sure a market
"Jealousy is,on several accounts,ftill
more inexcufeable in a woman [than
in a man,] There is not any thing
that so much exposes her to ridicule,
or so much fubje&s her to the insult
of affrontive addresses : It is an inlet
to almost every possible evil, the fatal
source of innumerable indiferetions,
the sure deftrudion of her own peace,
and frequently proves the bane of her
husband's affedion. Give not a mo
mentary harbour to its (hadew in your
heart; fly from it as from the face of
a fiend, that would lead your unwary
steps into a gulph of unutterable mise
ry. When once embarked in the ma-,
trimonial voyage, the fewer fauhs you
discover in your partner the better ;
never search after what it will give you
no pleasure to find ; never desire to
hear what you will not like to be told;
therefore avoid that tribe of imperti
nents, who, either from a malicious
love of discord, or the meaner, though
less criminal, motive of ingratiating
themselves by gratifying the blamea
ble cutiofity of others, sow diffention
wherever they gain admittance by
telling unwelcome truths, or mote
frequently, by insinuating Invented
falfhoods, injure innocent people,
disturb dorheftic union,and destroy the
peace of families. Treat these emis
saries of fatan with the contempt they
deserve ; hear not what they offer to
communicate, but give them at once
to understand that you can never look
on those as your friends who speak in
a disadvantageous manner of that per
son whom you would always choose to
fee in the most favourable light. If
not effectually silenced by such rebukes
be inaccessible to their vifits,and break
off all acquaintance with such incor
rigible pelts of society, who writ be
ever upon the watch to seize an un
guarded opportunity of disturbing
your repose.
"Should the companion of your life
be guilty of some secret indiscretions,
run not the (hazard of being told by
these malicious meddlers, what in faft
it is better for you never to know: but
if some unavoidable accident betrays
an imprudent correspondence, take it
for a mark of esteem, that he endea
vours to conceal from you, what he
knows you most upon a principle of
reason and religion disapprove ; and
do not, by difeovering your acquaint
tance with if, take .off the restraint
which your supposed ignorance lays
him under, and thereby, perhaps give
a latitude to undisguised irregularities.
Be assured (whatever accidental sallies
the gaity of inconsiderate youth may
lead him into) be can never be indif
ferent to you, whilst he is careful to
preserve your peace, by concealing
what he imagines might be an infring
ment of it : Rest fatisfied, that time
and reason will most certainly get the
better of all faults, which proceed not
from a bad heart, and that by main
taining the firft place in his esteem,
your happiness will be built on too
firm a foundation to be easily shaken."
"Never be prevailed with,my dear,
to give your hand to a person defective
in these material points. Secure of
virtue,goodnature &undetftanding in a
husband, you may be secure of happi
ness ; without the two former it is dn
attainable. Without the latter in a to
lerable degree, it daft be very i'mper
fe&.
For the Newhamfhire Gazetteer.
MR. PRINTER,
IT is a melancholy truth, that a pro
penficy for theft, is one of the most
Difficult to conquer, of any acquired
vice. One may hardly be permitted
to fhppofe it hereditary or con ftituti
cnal; yet few have lived much in the
world, without feeing repeated hr
Rances of a similar appearance. A
family of thieves is no uncommon phe
nomenon, and may be. attributed to
bad habits and examples ; (perhaps a
still deeper root ot depravity) children
of reputable parents, and well brought
up, not unfrequently betray (hocking
fymptons of such innate wickedness,
and adults of refpedable classes in so
ciety, have been addidled, without any
at the very faffof lift, —Let our far
mers then exert their ingenuity in
making the necessary improvements
in hulbandry (for in America this art
is yet in its infancy) and their indus
try in augmenting the quantity of ar
ticles suitable for exportation—let the
opulent and easy clades of citizens
exhibit those, laudable - examples of
frugality, and give that decided pre
ference to our own manufactures—
which the public interest requires of
those who lead the fafhions, and we
may be allured that, under the aufpf
ces of our new government in con
jundion with the smiles of Heaven,
the United States will soon surmount
all their embarrassments and rife to
superior heights of prosperity and
splendor. 'Tis true, our public debt
as Hated in the Oracle of the 4th inst.
has, on paper; somewhat of a formi
dable appearance, amounting to near
thirty-seven millions and a half dol
lars. But when it is considered that
upwards of twenty-seven millions of it
are due to our owri citizens,and may at
present be purehafed for five or fix
(hillings on the pound, the real value
of the federal debt is reduced to less
than half the sum.—ls to persons
unacquainted with national debts this
sum should still appear great; let them
be informed that the annual interest of
the debt of Great-Britain (with the
expence of colluding and paying it)
farpaffes trie total amount of our prin
cipal. In the year 1786, (tince which
time it has not been much if at all
diminished) it was thirty-seven milli.
on eight hundred and sixty-six thodf
and fix hundred and sixty fix dollars.
The principal on which this arises is
two hundred and fifty millions of
pounds sterling. In comparison with
this sum our federal debt (brinks into
a cypher. It ought to excite us to
indattry and economy, but it can ne
ver be a just cause of difpohdency,nor
can it lead any reasonable man to
think the purchase, of which it is the
price, too dear. On the other hand,
when we contemplate the resources
we have in our commerd, our indus
try, our wild lands, &c. for the pay
ment of it, we may anticipate the
time, at no very diflant period, when
the last public creditor shall, if he chu
fes, have his securities honorably can
celled. '•^
real temptation, to purloin ! But in
the former departments. Hie indeed,
commonly observe it, almost as im
practicable for him that hath stolen,
to Heal no more, as for the Ethiopean
to change his skin, or the leopard his
spots.
A gentleman of reputation and cre
dit, long resident at Moggadore in
Carbary, recounted the following sto
ry, which he knew to be fa&, and
which may serve as well to Ihew the
analogy between wicked dispositions
in all nations, as that there probably
is something like an innate tendency
to rob, which may be deemed consti
tutional :—A Moor, detected in theft,
was brought before the present Em
peror r' Morocco. He in Hitiled the
ufoal punishment, which was, that of
having the offender's right hand cut
off at the wrist. Before this wound
was well healed, the Moor, was again
brought before the Emperor, for a like
offence. His Imperial Majesty be
came facetious on the occ^fooLand
OF THIEVING.
Blanks of mos forts ma,
be bad at H. Ranlet's office az cbea,
as at an, office in fbe fate.
Writing-paper given for
clean Linen and Cotton and Linen Rage
at tbit office.
By the printer hereof, a few pounds
SHEEP's WOOL.
Alfo —a number of Green
SHEEPSKINS,
For which a good price will be given.
RANAWAY,
FROM the fubferiber, an appren
tice boy, named John Veal, about
ft years old. Whoever will take up
said runaway and return him to the
fubferiber, shall receive one potatoe re
ward, and no charges paid;
All persons are cautioned again 4
harbouring or trailing him as they
would avoid the penaltyof the law.
JACOB MARTING.
Londonderry, July \yh.
WITH a quantity of HOSERV,
&c. may be had at the fhop'
lately occupied by Mr. WARD
CLARK DEAN, in this town—
if applied for soon. f -
Earner, rf^af it, 17%.
apologized for his mistake in 1
before ordered the wrong handß
taken off; but correded it and the
culprit, by an immediate amputation
of the left. In a space of time, almost
incredibly short, the fame Moor was
brought to Court for a third robbery
—his right foot was lopped off! Still %
he per filled, and within a year, he loft
both hands and both feet. Unable
then any longer to deal himfelf, he
headed a party of his own disposition,
and having waylaid the retinue of hit
Majesty's favourite concubine, point,
ed out to his associates a camel laden
with jewels, trinkets, and other valu.
able ornaments. On his fifth appear
ance before the Emperor, for his last •
tranfadion, his Majesty ordered him
to be immediately hanged ; and, as
they led him away, " Ah!"-faid the
Emperor, shaking his head, ' =what a
deal of pain and troubiefome jourhies
we (hould have saved this poor man,
if we had begun with him as we now -
leave off !"
Moulton,4/ bis decease, in Poplin, Chi^
cheJier, Kenjingtort, Burton, 13 rights ;
Efmgham, Gilmantoiert, Dublin, War^
ren, Chatham, 1§ rights ; Haverhill,
Gunthwait and Wentworth, including
a Farm therein of 100 acres, late in
the occupation of Enoch Page, Esq. and
ten acres of woodland in Hampton ; also
a PEW in the Meeting-boufe at Hamp?
lon, and feme Articles of Personal Estate.
«, Conditions of sale to bl known at
time and place.
so be fold at Public
AuEtion, ox Thursday the third da,
of September next, ten o'clock A. M. at
the dwelling boufe of the late JONA
THAN MOULTON, Efg. decease
in Hampt.n,
Lands belonging to said
THOMAS LEAVITT, .„ eftba
Executors of said Moulton's lafl will,
Hampton, July 30, 1789.
By licence of the judge of Probate#
A Few Fashionable
' Waistcoat Patterns,
^4t Auction,
BLANKS.
WANTED,