The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-10-27 00:00:00, page 4

A CHARITABLE BULL.
AN Triflh fchoolmader, from, a conviction of
the efficacy of Sunday school% in correcting ,the
morals of youth, and aware tint, his neighbour
hood stood in particular need of them, lately pro
pofetta Sunday school upon a new principle, in
which) from mere motives of patriotism, he was
willing to officiate gratuitioufly twice 1 week,
every Wednesday and Saturday.
One day a butcher having ordered his new assist
ant to bring the victim to the ilanghier, who, not
observing that his superior was crofs & eyed, ifotil
the very rinftant he was drawing ' the blow, cried
out in an exclamatory voice, “ Sif^dejop nfon
to flrike where you look ?" He answered. rYesJ? :
"'Well then," replied the affinanf/'ffhe Devil
may hold the ox."
'—^
PkTER Pindar's opinion of CATs andDoGS.
[From one of lusAate Publications.]
I DO not love a cat; his difpofitinn is mean
and fuTpiciou#; A friendfhi, of years is cancelled
in a moment, by an accidental tread on his tail or
foot. He inflanUy spits, raises his rump, twirls
his tail of malignity, and founs you ; turning
back, as he goes off. a flaring vindi&iye face, full
of horrid baths dnd" unforgivenefs ; seeming to
f a y <' Perdition catch you ! I hate you for ever !"
But the dog is my,delight. Tre*d on his tail
or Iris foot, he expresses for amoment theuneafi
nefsof his feelings : But in a moment the com
plaint is ended ; he runs around you, jumps up
against you, fecms to declare his fotrow-for edm-
WITH an heart light as cork, and mind free as
• air,
Unihackled I'll live and I'll die, I declare ;
No ties fhatl perplex me, no fetters (hall bind
That innocent freedom that dlrells in my mind.
At liberty's spring such draughts I've imbib'd,
That I hate all the doftrines by wedlock prefcrib'd;
Its laws of obedience could never suit me,
My spirit's too lofty, my thoughts are too free,
Like a haughty, republic my heart with disdain,
Views the edicts of Hymen and laughs at his chain,
Abhors his tyrannical fyltems and modes.
His baftiles, his shackles, his maxims and codes ;
Inquires why women consent to be tools,
And calmly conform to such rigorous rules,
Inquires in vain, no reasons appear.
Why matrons fliould live in fubjeftion and fear,
But round freedom's fair standard I've rallied and
4 paid
A vow of allegiance todie an old maid.
Long live the Republic of freedom and ease,
May its subjects live happy and do as they pleafe#
Mrfgg^+po^
EPIGRAM.
A POOR simple foreigner, not long ago,
Whose knowledge of English was simply, (o Co ;
Ac a (hop window reading " Good pickles fold
here,"
To the (hop woman said," Vat is pickles m,dear?'>
«' Why, pickles, &id she, " is a fort of a name, ~
Like preserves, and the meaning is nearly the fame;
For pickling preserves, though not the fame way
Yet 'tis much the fame thing, as a body may fay."
The foreigner bow'd and gave thanks for his lesson;
Which the next day, at, dinner, he made a fipe
vous,
To start from her chair, cry & "Mercy preserve us!"
While he, keeping clolely his lesson iu view,
Cry'd ''Mercy preserve us, and pickle us too."
E'en now (he's picking Fancy's tenderling—
On sweet poetic pally fonts the door ;
Singing, I gape—and, gaping, lo ! I ling.—
Excuse, O Indujiry .'—l can no more;
•-•i^x+ifyt^^^^^lrtitb—-
LINES.
Peeps in my face, so languishing!, coaxing-
Feels for my broken red a thoofand fears—
Oblivion's stream my nose so foftly pokes in ;
And itraight Pm gone again,o'er head and ears !
mess on :.
For a loud clap of thunder caus'd Miss Kitty Ner-
IDLENESS, thou bane of every estimable quali
ty, thou pander to every vcice ! in what colors
of infamy oughteft thou to be painted,'and how
dangerous is it to indulge thy carefles ! Beneath
thy enervating blandishments every corruption
springs up and every virtue is obscured. It is thou
that fiokeft the love of honorable performance in
the bed of inglorious ease. It is thou thaLholdelt
out the oblivious draught of what duty calls to
perform; and when once thy cup is tasted to in
toxication, farewell every hope or fame, farewell
every with for'diftindtion. Bound in thy fetters,
talents, whether natural or acquired, are useless ;
and even the brightest virtues become tainted by
folly, or contaminated by perverse passions.
But chief at morn, when from the neighboring shed,
I hear thy voice, 0 Industry .' so early,
I wake, 4 rouse, and lift my drowsy head :—
O then ! this Laziness, who' loves me dearly,
Written by a Lady, who was •quefiioned refpeflii?&
her inclination to marry. ~
Now here, new there, the hurrying billows tolling,
Prevent the gentler influence of the god ;
Injur'd Propriety, my vision crofting,
In vain, complaining, fliews Reflexion's rod.
Aided by noon, I feel, at her command,
The fub)le poison through my marrow creep ;
Th, tool (inks, gradual, from my pow'rlefs hand,
And, lo I I ru4b into a sea of lleep!
NYMPH of the ruddy cheek and nut-brown skin,
Oh that my simple lay had^pw'r to please ye!
Knock at my door—knock loud—l'll let thee in;
That is, 1 will if I am not too lazy !
Dear Lawyers, with foft bewitching art,
Spreads o'er my limbs her robes of sober grey-
Stills the wild throbbings of the mighty heart.
And bids the senses lilently obey.
QI crare^eMsre —^^^^%J
poetical Department
APOSTROPHE TO IDLENESS.
—<,¥^4§^^y>s> » ►> —•
70 INDUSTRY.
soraUft+
toumoriff.
Bowles, High-flreet, PortJmoutu,
Begs leave to inform the ladies and
gentlemen of Portfmoutb and its vicinity, that he
carries ou the above business in all its branches.—
Every description 'of colours on silks, satins, vel
vets, ^lufli, damalks, nankins, calicoes, woolens,
mudins, gauzes, crapes, camel's hair shawls, silk
Hockings and chip bonnets— He engages caretully
to dye and linilh them, and warrant the colors to
Hand.
Fr'om London, and lately from Bolton,
At the house lately occupied by Messrs. Lee and
IGentlemen's1 Gentlemen's clothes of all kinds
dyed whole, without ripping—Likewise, neatly
coloured. Calico, Chintz and Muslin Gowns high
Iy glazed without ripping. The colors well pre
served and appear almost as new. Mourning for
funerals dyed at the fhortell notice, and orders
from the country attended to with punctuality
and difpdteh. ' • .
Mr. REED withes to intimate to the inhabi
tants of Portfinouth and its vicinity, that his day
in this town will not exceed fix weeks. Any la
dies or gentlemen who may please to favor him
with their commands, may depend on every assi
duity on his fide to give general fatisfaftion.
Portsmouth, Oft. 5. 1801.
JON?.GODDARD,
I HAS IMPORTED,
in the lafl veJJels from London, Liverpool & Briflol
A large and general afortment of
HARDWARE
GOODS,
Which are for fa|e for cash or approved credit by
, Wholesale and Retail.
*Portfmouth, OR. 12, ißor.
INEW GOODS.
BENJAMIN BRIERLEY,
HAS JUST RECEIVED;
PER THE SHIPS JOHN'ADAMS AND SALLY,
. FROM LIVERPOOL,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
FALL & WINTER
GOODS,
Which are now opening for file,
at'his store in Market-ffreet, oppo
site Spring-hill. ' .--
The following Account of a remarkable Infancy of
prompt and deciJive, though accidental or Provi
dential, PuniJhment of a Thief, it extracted from
the Supplement to the European Magazine, for
1795.
A few dqys ago, a Man, who had the appear
ance of a Laborer, was found Ilrangled in a field
near Camberwell, Surrey. It appeared that he
had stolen a Sheep, the hind legs of which he had
tied together, and put them over his forehead, in
order to carry it away ; but it is thought that, in
getting over the gate tire Sheep struggled, and by
a sudden spring flipt its feet down to his throat ;
for in that polture they were found, the Animal
hanging on one fide of the gate, and the dead
Man on the other.
plaining, asif it were not intentionally done; nay,
to make liimfelf the aggressor; and begs, by whl
nings and lickings, that matter will think of it no
more. Many a time, when Ranger, wishing for
a little f,ort, has run to the gun, smelt of it, then,
rigging his tail, and with his eye lull of the most
expressive fire, leaped up" against me, hfre I, a
gaintt my inclination, indulged him with a scam
per through the woods or the fields ; for many a
time he has left a warm nest, among the snows of
the winter, to dart pleasure tor me !—Thus there
is a moral obligation between a man and a dug.
ROBERT RICE,
At his Store, North-End,
RUM per hhd. or gallon.
Molasses per do. or do.
Coffee per do. or lesser quantity.
Chocolate.
Hyfon, fouchong & bohea Teas.
Raisins.
Pepper.
Pimento.
Indigo.'
yLqaf & Brown Sugar.
Spanish Segars.
W. India & Georgia Cotton.
Brandy.
Gin.
kinds.
Deep Sea Lines.
Chalk Lines,
Marline.
October, 13th 1801.
Gun-Powder.
Window Glass.
Russia & Ravens Duck.
Tar pr. Barrel.
Roll Brimstone.
Sulphur.
Sewing Twine.
Seine do.
Fishing Lines and Hooks of all
W. B. REED,
Silk Dyer and Scourer,
THEFT PUNISHED.
HAS FOR SALE,
New Law Authority.l
THERE has juj l been published in Boston, and \
may be had of fames, White and Samuel Hall, in
Bojlon ; of Nathaniel Paine, Efl. in Worcester ,
ffeph Lyman, EJq. ^Northampton $ Km. Pr^jcoti,
FJq. Salem ; Dudley A.Tyng, Esq. Newbu>yport ;
H. S. Langdon. Ejq. Port/mouth ; and the Hon.
Daniel Davit, at Portland, an American produc
tion, entitled,
W. ^ C. NEIL,
HAVE FOR SALE,
35 Hhds. Sugar, of an excel
lent quality.
Loaf do.
Havanna do.
I 5 bags Cotton.
Weft-India do.
Pipes of Gin.
Pipes of Brandy.
Cogniac ditto.
Rum per hogshead.
Lisbon, Sherry & Port Wines.
Hyfon, )
Souchong, [TEAS per chest.
and Bohea ) '
Flour pr. barrel.
Coffee per bag.
Chocolate.
Elliot's Snuff.
15 calks frefh Raisins.
English Gun Powder per calk.
Shot per bag, assorted,
With a general effortment of
GROCERIES,
On their usual moderate terms.
, 6th 00. 1801.
fuji landed, and for fate by
CLEMENT JACKSON,
No. 4, Portfonouth-Pier.
130 puncheons Grenada Rum
Few hhds. Molasses.
—ALSO—
lO'hhds. Demerara Rum,
10 do. do. Sugar.
6 hhds. Coffee.
20 hhds. & 100 barrels Kiln dried
Meal.
Half chest Bohea Tea.
Cordage, &c. &c. ,'
# The production will be of great use to fludents:
And as the authorities for the principles it con
tains in the English reporters and infiitutes, and
the decisions of our own courts, are accurately
referred to, it will be of advantage to gentlemen
in practice. The Judge and the Justice of the
Peace will derive benefit from the definition of
jurifdi&ion in cases refpeCting lands; and the
gentlemen who love to read on fubjetts interest
ing to their countjy, will find entertainment in the
book.
The laws which governed real property in the
old colonies of Massachusetts, New-Plymouth, the
Province of Maine, and the territory of Accadia,
before the charter of 1692.
The consolidation of those several colonies by
that charter, and the contest refpe&ing, and the
settlement of its boundsie%
The laws now in being for the government of
real Estates—Fee limpid— Fee tail—lnheritances
in right of the whole, and half blood—Eflates for
life—Eftates in dower, IN cnrtefy, and by grant —
Estates for term of years—Estates by purchase, in
which the making and probate of wills, devifees,
&c. are coufidered—Deeds and conveyances—
Sales by executors, adniiniflrators and guardians ;
with directions as to the laws to be observed, and
the rules ellablifhed—Sales by taxes and the laws
on the fame—Extents of execution-—Mortgages,
and the manner of redemption of mortgaged Ef
tates.l
This book is addrefled to the Judges of the Su
preme Judicial Court, because it treats of the
principles by them, trom time to time, adopted ;
land contains reports of their decilions in many
cases, as well on our Statutes as on the common
Law.
The hiftory of the diffovery of the country.
The tenor and principles of the charters, grant
ed to the firli settlers.
The remedies in real actions —-containing the
principles of ejectments, and other real actions ;
and the forms of declarations and pleas in the
fame.
This book has its origin in the provision of the
Constitution— 6 that all laws adopted, and prac
tised upon before the revolution, should remain in
force until altered by the General Court?'
The object is, to shew what laws had been adopt
ed, and praltifed upon ; what laws had been made
here, and what are now in force in regard to real
eltates.
The author gives an explanatory description of
the Common Law, and Os its life in the State.
An account bf the civil inliitutions of the na
tives, when the country was discovered, in regard
to lands.
The doctrine of uses and trust are explained in
a familiar manner.
The remedies in tnefyafs, waste and nuifahces,
by overflowings, &c. and the declarations and
pleas, as well on the Statutes, as on the Common
Law in those cases, as used and praftifed in this
Rate.
The book contains 400 pages, and is handsome
ly printed and bound—The price is Three Dol
lars.
The net proceeds are for the use of the Hiflorfo
cal Society, to be expended for public objects.
Those who conceive of the high advantage of
having established Infiitutes, and ufeful authori
ties of our own country, will give their counte
nance to an attempt of so much importance.
“ The Hiftgry of LAND TITLES in
Massachusetts. By JAMES SULLIVAN,
Attorney General of that State."
If the ladies would suspend a bag behind the
door, and inflead of Creeping their Rags into the
lire, as is frequently the cullom,put them into the
bag, they will find it more to their advantage, than
the offenhye smell of burning Regs.^-Dr. Frank
lin used to fay, that a penny saved was two pence
earned ; indeed, he said many good things —He
often told his female friends, that “ a diligent &
frugal woman always had a large fhift"—That
"if you would be wealthy, think of laving as
welled getting?—And that
" Many estates are spent in the getting,
Since women for tea forfook spinning and knitting.
And men for their punch forsook hewing -and fpiitting.”
So, without delay prepare you bags,
And take Tome care to save your RAGS.
^©^^©©^^^
©eeklp Galenaac,
OCTOBER RATH 31 DAFfr.
Last quarter 29 day tih 11m forenoon.
Sun, \ high Moon
Days of the R % £ | water. R. S
0 Week. M. M. |//. Mb H. M
27 mema,, G 49 0 3 47 9 fa
28 Wednefilay, 650 6 4 38 To &
29 Thursday, 652 6 5 ts ri ig
30 Friday, 653 6 6 13 morn.
31 Saturday, 654 6 6 57 0 if
i Sunday, 656 6 7 4° 1 21
2 I Monday, 6 576 8 21 2 25
Cbe Bepublican Ledger,
Is published, weekly, every Tuefday morning,
on the following Conditions : _
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum,(excltdin
of poftage)— One third to be paid in advance.
CASH, and the highest price given for
Clean linen, & cotton & linen Rags
WANTED immediately by the
fubferiber, TWO APPRENTICES to
the Ropemaking business, alfu a young man
by the month.
UPHAM°& CARLAND,,-
HAFE FOR SAL'E,
At their Store, nearly opposite the Court-HcuJe,
>Congress Jh eet,
15 Hogsheads RUM.
50 bbls, new fuperfine FLOUR.
22 calks Raisins.
12 bags Cotton, excellent quality.
Molasses and Sugar, per hhd.
Loaf and India Sugar.
Allum, Indigo, Gunpowder.
Chocolate ; Pipes ; Soap.
Bohea Tea, whole and qr. chests.
Hyfon and Souchong do.
Brandy and Gin, per pipe.
4d, 6d, iod, and 20d NAILS.
Redwood, Copperas, &c. &c.
The above LAMPS are kept conflantly for sale
BY
JOHN BADGER,
Tin-Plate Worker,
Oppfle Mr. Peirce's Bookflore, Daniel-firect.
Tin & Pewter Ware as usual.
Portsmouth, Sept. 1, 1801.
The peculiar advantage of which is not only to
prevent frilling the oil, but by being made
air-tight the oil is defended from the pref
fare of the atmosphere, which causes It
to rife much lighter and further to
4he burners, burn brighter and
prevents it from coagulating.
Lower end of Daniel (Ireet,
Excellent clarified Spermaceti Oil,
_ per retail. Sept. 1.
-Mons. L. SERRAT,
FROM FRANCE,
Respectfully informs the Gentle
men of Portsmouth and its vicinity, that he
has taken a (hop in Water-street, where
he intends to carry on the Taylor
ing business, in all its branches.
He flatters himfelf that corf ant at
tendance to his business, together with the
neatnejs and diJpatch, of the work which
he may be favored with, will meet
the encouragement he wishes,
and jecure the patronage
of a generous public.
TAILORING ;
IN THE NEWEST & NEATEST FASHIONS.
PATENT, AIR- TIGHT AGITABLE
in good dipping order.
Portsmouth, Sept. 25, 1801.
—ALSO—
-3000 wt. BUTTER,
JOHN BODGE,
LAMPS,
SAVE FOUR RAGS.
Co the La^te^
GENTL EMEN's
JOHN UNDERWOOD.
To BE JOED B\
at this Office.