The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-07-07 00:00:00, page 1

CTolefate Prices Current
AT PORTSMOUTH, (N. H.)
—^fypQ^fte^ .
."Current prices of per from to
D. C. D. C.
ASHES, Pot; tffat, T. 125 0 130 0
, Pearl ->55 0 0 0
Bread; Ship C. 7 0 9 °
Butter lb 016 01,
Brimstone, C. 3 0 4 c
Beef, common B.° 10 0 bit
,mess, ^ - 13 0 15 0
Beans, white bu. 150 _ I 5c
Brandy, Spanish 4tbpm G. 130 £ 3
, Naples Qbfer. — 12$ 13°
Corn, Indian —lO to
, Rye 'ff ^ 2 5
Caffiia 1b075 Q
Cloves —bo 216
•toffee - 024 02,
Cheese, American- — 0 6 -0 16
0 Cotton, foreign Scarce — 040 , 0 jS O
, American — 030 03 1
Cordage, American C. n^ 0 20 0
Chocolate, common ft, 620 021
, best N0.2&1 — 030 034
Candles, mould , ^ 020 022
,dipt 017 018
Coals; foreign Ch. 16 0 18 0
/American none,-- 0 0 0 0
Duck, Russia, \fqual. Bt. 19 6 20 9
, Ravens — 13 0 14 0
Pifh,Merchant; none C. b 0 0 01
,W. India mark. — 00 5 0
Scale - 3 r 7 333
Salmbh none B. 11 0 0 °
Mackerels' — 5 °' ' °
Flour, super. frefh — 13 0 14 0
, fine -- 13 5° $ °
, middlings — io 50 11 0
, country C. 6 0 625
Fuftick T. 43 0 0 0
Flaxseed, no fate bu. 6 0 , 0
Gun Powder TO °53 066
Geneva, Holland tf/rQ. 125 133
, American — 075 0 u
. Hogs Lard 16 018 02°
Iron, Philadelphia T.k4o 0 .0 0
, Russia --125 6 135 0;
, Sweden - 130 0 140 0
Logwood T. $0 0 55 °
Lead, white, gh lb bit C. 15 0 16 0
, dry - 1350 *4 0
, red ^ 850 0 0
,(heet - P b to o
Lemons f,4 , bx. ±2 0 1? 0
Lumber; boards clear M. 17 6 6
; , merch. ^l6 6 i'0.5 0
Singles ^ 130 275
Molafres G. °s* 0©
Nutmegs 650 7 0
Liver Oil nont B. 14 ° *5 0
Pepper ° ° 33
Pork, best pieces B; 28 d 28 0
, common n 23 ° 2 4 0
Peas , b, tSO 175
Pimento ° '5 ° 16
Pitch, scarce, B. 6 0 0 0
1 Paper, Sheathing C. 4 2 5 45°
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ cask 82$ 850
Rum, Jamaica: 11, 125
' , Windward 2>d pr. — 16 *4
Rice C. 67, 7 0
Rpfin.l,s° 6 °
Soap, white 0 j 4 0 16
brown 0 io be
Smeh, Poland lb 0 2 5 0 3 o
, American - 0 I2| ©l7
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 0 50
, East-India ^13 M 0 0
- , Weft-Indie -- 12 0 14 0
, Loaf lb 028 039
Salt, St. Übes H. 6 0 7 0
, Turk's Bland - 70 0 0
, Liverpool Q 0 0 550
, Rock -- 6 6 6 0
Steel; German lb e '" ° T 9
, English — 016 019
Salt Pbtre, tough — 024 0 0
Shot C? 90 10 0
Tar B. 4, 5 0
Turpentine = 40 5 0
Tea, Kvfon $ 110 ii 7
.Souchong -- 099 0 0
, Bohea _ - °36 37 •
, Tobacco, James River 7 0 0 0
:', Georgia — 6O ° 0
Twine, sewing doz. 5 6 0
, seine — 5° 55°
Wines, Madeira C # 166 2 5?
Lisbon -.120 1 25
Sherry,farce — 14 % 1 5°
Malaga fc z 6 0 2, 0
Red Port - <,+ ° 0
The Republican Ledger.
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NUMBER 46. VOL. II.)
PORTSMOUTH, (NEW-HAMPSHiRE) PRINTED BY SUITING ^ ^HITBLOCK, MULBERRY LANE, ADJOINING ROUSSELET's MUSEUM.
ta^cn you Sail tWe wty relate @0 of item, a, tfa art :— -Bdtfa ertenttate, not fit baton cug^t tn mrifre.
John Underwood,
Wishes to inform his friends and
the public that he can supply them with any
CORDAGE,
irom one ton to twenty by giving him previous
tioticejm4^9dfe£^rrty2__ _^^ 22, 18°1.
NO LICE is hereby given,
That the lubkriuer has been appointed Adminif
rra&ra tor oil the estate of '.
, &pt. SAMUEL shaw.
late of Portfinouth, mariner, deceafeds-AIl per
fins ' therefore who have property in their hands,
ill trail or otherways, belonging to said estate are
uelired to deliver it immediately to the fubferiber,
<ud thole who have demands are desired to pre
fect their accounts to
geo. Long.
%vif„with. Tune TO, tßot.
All periods having demands
dggiuit the Estate of
SAMUEL OUTTS,
late^of Portsmouth, Esquire, deceased, are detired
to exhibit the fame to the fubferiber for settle
ment. CHARLES CUTTS, Executor.
Portsmouth. Juno 22. iSoi,
rt—Qa^Wtt^tewLtyQte
Hugh H. Birch,
From Philadelphia,
Informs tiis old cudomers and likewise the public,
that he has taken a fliop in Liberty-square, head
of Warper's wharf, where he carries on the buli
nefs of Hair Dressing, Wig-making, &c. &c.
He has likewise by him, a quantity of human
Hair, which he will work in any manner whatfo-
, ver . Portfm<mth, June 22, 1801.
INolallAilUN.
WASHINGTON LODGE
OF
Free and Accepted Mafonij
Will be tonflituted at Exeter, by the Most Wor
fhipful the Grand. Lodge of New-Hamfofhire, in
ample form, on Wednesday the twenty-second
day of July next. „I. t u
The Lodge will alterable at their Hall, at ten
o'clock A. M: The fraternity are desired to at
tend, and join in theproceffion, which will move l
to the Rev; Mr. RowLANb's Meeting-House,
where an appropriate difeourfe will be delivered
by the Rev. Brother Willard of Portsmouth.
By order if the Right Worfhipful Mdfler.
JOHN A. HARPER;
.a* Secretary.
Exete», June 15,1 L. §801;
N. B. Tickets for the Dinner to be had of the
Secretary at Two Dollars.
63-^ CARD. -
WNfrPOX^
Dr. Spalding, having re
ceived a supply of frefh Kine-Pox intention,
informs those he has inoculated, who are not
perfectly fatiafied of having had the genuine
vaccine disease ; that be will reinoculate them
'till the genuine disease fball be produced, with
out any additional expense.
—ALSO—
Thlt he Will attend td all others
who may honor him with their commands.
Washington-flreet, 20th June.
Thrit put fellow citizens may re
ceive all, the benefit that can possibly afife from
the important difeovery df the KINE-POX, Which
wants only a fair trial to convince the molt obfti
rate of its power to prevent .the Small-Pox=-Dr.
Spalding makes the following offers
If twenty refpe&abfe perfote will homh for
ward and undergo the vatcihe disease, and engage,
to defray the expends of an hospital on ah island,
for the trial of the finali pori in the atiturtin, and
undergo inoculation therefor, he pledges himfelf
to attend t hem gratis through the whole course of
both the kine and final! po%j Should any be so un
fortunate as to receive the latter,"
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NewCaftle Bridget
The Proprietors of New-Castle
BRIDGE are hereby notified, that a fur
ther affeffttent ts FIFTEEN DOLLARS
>n each (hare is assessed, and ordered to be
paid into the Treafory, off or before the til
lay of July next/ —=-Said ^Proprietors are
therefore requested to pay in the fame ac
eordingly ; and all those who are delinquent
on either of the former assessments, are te
quefted to make immediate payment, as it
is expected that the Bridge will be complet
:d in the month of July next, and they must
be sensible that the money is wanted to de
fray the expences which necessarily accrue
(rolg the undertaking.
Henry Prescott, Treasurer.
New.CaJWe, June 12, 180%.
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. TUESDAY, ^Ul.r *h 1801.
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FRANCIS MAURICE'SI
Dancing Academy,
Is opened at Jefferlon Hall, every Tuefday
and Thursday evening for the large class,
and every Thursday and Saturday in the af
terhoon for the small class. ~
Mr. Maurice also proposes toteach, in
the fame Academy, that most beautiful and
ufeful accomplishment of the FRENCH
LANGUAGE, if there appears fu^ctent
encouragement, f .
CONDITIONS.,-;'.,
School for ladies, from 8 o'clock 1 M.
to 12. 1 For gentlemen, in the afternoon or
evening to 104 8 dollars per quarter for
each scholar, one half to be paid at entrance
and the remainder at the end of the quarter.
12 fubferibers at least, for morning school,
and 20 for the afternoon or evening. For
gentlemen, days will be appointed for their
convenience, twice a week. '
N. B, Mr. Maurice has taught the
French Language in Rhode-lltnd College,
Cambridge Univ^rfity, and Myftik Acade
my, with Boyer's Grammar and Diaipnary,.
which has been proved by his students to be
the most easy and shortest way to learn the
language, by those who are acquainted with
their own grammar ; Mr. Maurice, there
fore recommends Boyer's grammar, and will
procure them for his pupils, if applied for.
A Subfeription is lodged at his boarding
house, Washington-street, near the Bridge.
Portsmouth, June 8, iSor.
Gentlemen s Tayloring;
IN THE NEATEST & NEWEST FASHIONS.
—.4 # .« +44,+ +»►-»" —
Mr. Burnham, fretpe&fuliy|
informs the Gentlemen of Portsmouth ano
its vicinity, that he (till carries on his bufi
hefs in all its branches; back of Mr. Eaton's,
Jeffrey's Row ; whete he will wait upon
them with pleasure; He flatters himfelf
while conftaht attendance to his bufinefs,to
gether with the neatness and dispatch of the
work which hris already beeh pot into his
hands; and which he may be hereafter fav
ored with, shall be observed, he Shall meet
the encouragement he wishes, arid Secure the
patronage of his former friend^ and the pub
lic at large. . .
To the Ladies; h^ tenders his
mod fingere thanks, for their kind attention
to his ridverffement in the last Ledger ;
and for the favors which they in future in
tended to Confer on him I —But at the fame
time has to regret; that as the person he
employed for thei± Services, left him abrupt
ly, he must at present be deprived of their
favors.,
Portsmouth, June 8, iSoi.
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-Four Gentlemen may be accommodat
ed with gehteel Boarding and Lodging, in a private
family, in a pleasant part of the town —Inquire 0)
the Printers. June 8.
-= —'-',: ,. ^
CT Wanted, two/mart, active Lads
as apprentices to a good business, and to whom good
encouragewent will begiven, inquire of the printers
Mepn. Nutting &Whitelqck,
It is prefimed that tbefolloWMgfaeema:
notices of authors and recent publications will
not be wholly unimportant to the literary pat
rons of your paper—under this impreffon you
may make them public; if convenient
rovrs, &c. ARGUS.
?/ For the Republican LEDGfiu
GLEANINGS, r
LITERARY and philosophical.
IN the course of the year 1800, the dum
ber of books and pamphlets published at
Paris were 1172# On Natural Hiftory and
Botany, there were 44 ; on Medicine and
Physics, 271 ;on Morality, 41; on Legis
lation and Politics, 168 ; in Belles-Lettres,
75 ; in Poetry and the Drama, 303 ; and
of Novels, &c. 125.
About the middle of August (1800) the
celebrated Madame de Genlis, whose name
had,'till that time, flood on the lift of emi
grants, returned to Paris.
Os Profefior Keyne's Homer, two vols.,
are printed, and were to be published at the
last Leipzig fair. They contain only the
firft fix books of the Iliad, and accordingly
federal vols. are Kill to Wow.
[I DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM
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1 ? The French press, as it desirous to make
amends for inundating the literary world
with frivolous romances and novels, has
however announced the speedy publication
of Come very important works from well
known authors. Amotig these are " Trav
els in North America," by Volney, a pro
duaion which, though jt may notdifplay so
much erudition as his voyage ih-Syria, nor
exceed in accuracy apd fidhefs the Duc de
Liancourt's recently published travels in the
fame country, will doubtless interest a great
number of readers. 1,
, • Jerome de Lefande. has given a coffered
edition of the Mondes de Fontenelle, ThiJ
work has beer, published by Bode, in Ger
many, and by Codrika in the Greek tongue.
o/ The fame indefatigable philpfopher is pre
paring for the, press a small fterotype edi
tion.pt the Tables of Logarithms, original
ly published by himfelf and Lecaille, in
1760..Tuis edition will be by far the mod
corfe'a.. ,
A very interesting work, in 2 vols. folio,
by C. Denon,, js now (riot) preparing at .
Paris. ,The tirft vol. will Contain 126
plates, feleded from 300 drawings made in
Egypt by that artist ; the 2d will contain a
journal of his travels, &c. The citizen
Denon was one of the artists who accom
panied Buonaparte's expedition, and he at+
tended the division- of the late Gen. Defaix;
on its march into Upper Egypt.
Mr. Fuzeli, R. A. himfelf a native of
Zurich, and intimately acquainted with La
vater, has undertaken to write a life of that
extraordinary man, and an account of his
writings, in all refpe&s Mr. Fuzeli if
eminently Qualified for this literary projet.
A Posthumous work of the celebrated
Madame Roland, author of k ' An Appeal to
Posterity," has. lately appeared at Paris, £<U'
ited by L. A. Champaghe^x : it consists of
her travels in England, Switzerland; &c>
and thoughts on a great variety of fubjedts)
An English translation, it is believed, is rea
dy for publication.
The Rev. Mr. Collyer intends form to
publish a new poetical version of the Hen
riad'eof Voltaire with notes.
A poetical romance, under the title of
Thaliba; is to appear from the prolific pen
ot Robert Southey.
Mr. Arthur Murph, has compbfed a hif
tory of the life of his late friend, David
Garrick, which is about to be published.—
As a memorial of the state of the literary
arts of the molt interesting portion of cuf=
tutins and manners; and of the tranfa&ions
of the Rage; in London, during the most
important part of the 18th century, this
publication will be valuables
Mr. G dwiri's " Saint Leon," a novel in
4 vols of much and deserved celebrity, and
the last production of his elegant pen, has
been translated .into French As Mr. God
win's purftiits are exclufive ! y literary, the
republic of letters, and the Sincere friends
of political freedom and religious tolerance,
are led to exped great accession of develope
meht to these Sciences, from the habitual
exertions of his various knowledge and vig
orous powers of intellea. It may not be"
unintetefting to those who feel the least co
riofity in retracing the Steps by which a
great mind has unfolded its energies, to fee
a lift of this gentleman's literary works,
; withthe tihie of publication. We first fee him
Inoticed as an author, in the English literary
Journals of 1784$ in the review of a small
vol. of Sermons, by him, on fubjeds of
Scriptural Biography ; which was spoken
of in high terms of critical approbation—*
Political Justice appeared in 1792 —Caleb
Williams, a novel, 1794 —a pamphlet, en
titled “ Cursory ftri&ures on the Charge
delivered by Lord Chief justice Eyre, to the
Grand Jury on the 2d of Odober, 1,94'=
“ The Inquirer," 1796—“ Memoirs of the
life of Mrs. Godwin," Jan. 1798 "St.
Leon ; or a tale in the 16th century," a
novel, 1799—“ Antonia," a tragedy, 1,99.
All these works have gone through several
editions in England, and most of them trans
lated into many of the European languages,
and we are happy in having this Opportune,
ty of expressing our unqnaljfied approbation
of the laudable and eptightened intentions of
Mr. S. H. Smith, of Washington City, w ho
proposes, in the course of the present year,
0 give the public a complete and elegant e
dition of all the . writings of Mr. Godwin.
The learned Dt. § ies is engaged is
composing a continuation of his hiftory of,
Greece, which will probably poftfe a!1 the
accuracy, ptitlofo,, and ^pq,aence which