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Commodore Preble has been patriotic ally com
plimented with a public Dinner at Portland, his
native town—we believe the Commodore did not
pass through this town in his jaunt, We hear^
nothing farther of his succeeding to the Navy De
partment than the paragraph in our last from a
Washington paper.
We observe by a proclamation of De Witt Clin
ton, Mayor of the city of New-York, that all vessels
arriving; in that port from Guadaloupe are to be
subject to quarantine.
Captain Bernard, arrived at Charleston from
Montego Bay, mentions, that while he was at that
port, on the 10th ult. the schooner Nancy, belong
ing to Baltimore, was brought irr there by Captain
Walker, of the ship Charlotte Murdock, of this
port, bound for N. York. She Was fell in with
off the East end of Jamaica—not any person on
board—not a single paper found in her.—She is
detained at Montego-Bay, by the officers of the
Custom-House, for the owners, when claimed.
COMMUNICATION.
A Corespondent is happy to observe, an adver
tisement in the papers, of a Mr. Clark of Green-
I land, having intentions of coming to this town to
keep a School for Misses, a circumstance greatly
desired by many, as the few schools already here are
so thronged with.scholars; that it is impossible they
can reap the benefit of the mopey their Parents
have to pay for them. On first observing the ad
vertisement of Mr. Clark's I concluded to send my
children to him, and therefore made particular in
quiry respecting his character, and reputation as
an instructor, and am informed he has taught a
schorl in Greenland for 15 years to universal ap
probation ; and has always sustained an unimpeach
able character. —A. gentleman like this, coming to
rth^ town, with his views, must be esteemed an ac
qmsition, and it is hoped, those who have children,
will come forward immediately, and encourage the
school contemplated by Deacon Clark.
geats his own purposes, the same may, with equal
c,tainty, be affirmed of a man who gives way to
the violence of temper. His angry invectives,
his illiberal abuse, and his insulting language, pro
duce very little effects on those who hear him, and
who perhaps, only smile at his infirmities ; but who
can describe the intolerable pangs of vexation,
rage and remorse, by which the heart of a passion
ate man is successively ravaged? Alas ?it is him
self alone for whom the storm is pent up, who is
torn by its violence, and not those against whom its
fury is meant to be directed.
You will, I dare say, readily agree to the truth
of all this ; but you will, perhaps, be at a loss to
conceive what can be my reasons for applying it
to you. My principal reasons for thinking you
subject to these unhappy failings are very
cogent and they are of such a nature
that it is peculiarly painful for me to state
them. In a word, then, I have seen those hateful
propensities govern you with such irresistible pow
er, that they have overcome the strongest and
most natural principle that can be supposed to reign
in the heart of a young person ; I mean, the duty
and affection you owe to your parents. Surely it
could be no common failing, no light or trivial fault
of temper, that could be sufficient to counteract the
warmest feelings and strongest duties of a young
mind ! Duties and feelings so natural and so indis
pensable, that we justly conclude a young person
who appears to be devoid of them can scarcely
possess any other valuable quality. From such
grounds, then, can you think me harsh or unchari
table, if I have formed such conclusions !
I have been urged to what I have said by an
earnest wish for the improvement of your charac
ter, and particularly for the amelioration of your
heart. In a future letter I shall pursue the subject,
by endeavouring to give you some rules respecting
the government and improvement of your under
standing. I hope and believe that your conduct
Will be such as to render any future admonitions on
the subjects of this letter entirely unnecessary.
I am, my dear Pupil,
Yours affectionately, &c.
The yesterdays Boston paper, gave a very me
lancholy account of the loss of the ship Jupiter, a
"regular trading packet from Newyork to London,
she had on board 73 souls, 27 of whom sunk with
the ship-=the others took to the boats—one was
discovered by a Marblehead vessel and brought
safely into port.—Particular account next week.
Mr. Powell the manager of the Boston Thea
tre passed through town on Friday—^we understand
it was his intention to spend a month or two with
a corpse of Players witli us—but not succeeding in
.getting leave to perform in Jefferson Hall, he has
abandoned his intentions and gone to Portland.
A large and elegant hew Town Clock, with two
Dials was erected in the Rev. Dr. Buckminster's
Meeting House the last week. It is the work
manship of Mr. Willard, of Roxbury, and we hope
and tpist will do that gentleman great credit—it
strikes loud and clear.
Mr. Cooper, /who has afforded mricli gratifica
tion to the public, in his performances on pur stage,
has left town for Baltimore. He has earned to
himself, during his short stay in this towi# no in
consid^iable portion of fame and money. His re
ceipts, we understand, have been little short of
3000 dollars.' [Boston pap.
We understand that the gun-boats intended to be
employed against Tripoli, will all sail from differ
ent ports of the United States, on the Ist of May,
weather permitting ; and that a premium of 400
dollars will be given to the officers and crew of the
boat which shall arrive first at the place of desti
nation. ———
By an arrival at Newyork, from Fort Royal,
Martinique, it is ascertained, that the Rochefort
fleet sailed from that place on the 22d of March.
Destination unknown.
We understand that the editorial labours of the
editor of the Observatory are drawing near a close.
In a few weeks we are told, he is to take his de
parture for the Michigan territory. The paper,
we learn, will in future be carried on by two young
gentlemen, one of whom is from New-Haven and
the other a resident in this place.
' [Walpole paper.
The 3d letter of the hon. Mr. Elliot came yes
ter&.y—and shall appear next week—it continues
on the subject of the amendment of the constitu
tion, and concludes with a remark that other alte
rations in th^t compact, were in contemplation.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1805.
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The Oracle.
April 20, lat 27, 34, lon 47 brig —, Tibbetts, of Ports
mouth, 25 from Demerara for Boston. March 19, a Da
nish Drogher, having on board capt Hamilton, and two
men, the remaining part of the crew of the fcb. Lucy of
Sandwich, having one man, a boy and a passenger Mr.
John Leedy, washed overboard at the time the vessel was
loft by a white squall—the survivors saved themselves by
getting on planks, &c. that were on deck in which situa
tion they remained for 60 hours before they were taken
off by the drogher.
DIED in this town, on the 11th instant, th^ Hon.
JOHN PICKERING, esquire, L l.d. A summa
ry delineation of his character, is but a tribute of
respect due to the memory of departed worth. He
was born in Newington, in this state, in 1737, and
after the usual academic course, received his de
gree at Harvard College, in 1761. Having paid
much attention to theological researches, he had a
pressing Invitation, te take orders for the Church
of England; and was offered the rectorship of an
Episcopal church ; but the science of the law, though
in its abuse the most sordid and pernicious, he con
sidered, in its nature, " the noblest and most bene
ficial to mankind," and commenced his studies with
an eminent practitioner in Portsmouth. Having
laid a solid foundation in the languages and general
literature, his ambition led him to clime the " 'van
tage ground of science" and fully to prepare him
self for the exercise of his profession. With an ac
tive mind, and great strength, and exactness of
memory, that which he had heard or read, was not
easily lost,and these natural advantages he improved
by unceasing application, and unwearied diligence,
lie had recourse to every source of intelligence,
and lost no opportunity for information. Success
justified his most sanguine expectation. He soon
became the delight and ornament of the bar. His
integrity was unquestioned. Honorable, and liber
al in his practice, his deportment engaged the es
teem, even of those, whose interests his duty a^ an
advocate compelled him to oppose. Miseris succum
bere disco appeared to be the motto to his profes
sional labors. Possessing dignity of sentiment, the
effusions of his beneficence were very prompt.
Faithful to all, the cause of the poor and wretched,
of those “ who had none to help" it seemed to be his
peculiar delight to espouse; and he was seldom (if
ever) known to refuse his talents in a lucrative pro
fession, because there was no hope of lucre. The
degree of eminence to be attached to his political
character, may be estimated by the variety and im
portance of the offices he sustained in this State,
conferred on him by its citizens. His Successive
and repeated elections as a member of the Legisla
ture from the town of Portsmouth, were honorary
to him and his constituents. As a delegate from
the same town to the convention, for framing the
constitution .of this State, in 1783, and also' as a
member of the convention for adopting that of the
United States in 1788 ; the part he took in the for
mation of the former, and his able and eloquent ex
ertionsin getting both those important instruments
approved and adopted, will not be forgotten.
In the Council, and Senate of N. H. he made his
sense of the public good his rule ofdecision; and
at the time the Hon. Judge Bartlett was elect
by the Senate as Chief Magistrate, Mr. Pickering,
who then presided in that body, was his competitor,
arid stood high on the list of candidates for that office.
In the walks of private, and social life, he was a
miable and exemplary—As a husband, tender, and
affectionate—as a parent, kind and indulgent. In
the duties of friendship zealous and constant. The
friend of others, and conscious of the rectitude of
his own conduct, he was slow to suspect-design, or
want of friendship in them. His temper was pla
cid, his manners gentle, his disposition kind and
humane. In familiar conversation, in which he
took great delight, and had great vivacity, he was
pleasant, instructive and entertaining, and his ex
pression remarkably chaste and elegant. Though
possessed of no small share of wit, he was never
known in the use of that dangerous weapon to
" Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear.
While on the bench as Chief Justice of the Su
perior Court of Newhampshire,and also as District
Judge, while his intellect remained unimpaired, he
did honor to his station. His charges to the grand
juries were models of correct composition, and re
plete with legal information. In liis addresses to
the juries of trials, his comprehensive mind gave
him a prompt perception of the 'real points in the
causes, and his tenacious memory enabled him to
state, and apply the evidence to those points, in
such manner, as greatly to facilitate their decision.
With a knowledge so extensive, and an integrity so
Unquestionable, it ought not to excite surprize that
the suitors should leave the cnurt fully satisfied that
justice was faithfully administered, and their caus
es rightfully decided.
Entered loth schooner Indnftry, Roach, Martinice ; 12th
brig Oliver Peabody, Gilman, ditto . 13th brig Equator,
Shaw, Demerara ; 17th brig Rockingham, Sullivan, De
merara ; 26th schooner Success, Hernald. St. Vincents.
Cleared, 13th brig Jofeph,Salter, Surrinam ; 17^ schoo
ner Jones Eddy, Rily, Sc. Bartholomews; 20th schooner
Driver, Read, St. Andrews; ditto brig Hero, Appleton,
Amsterdam ; 21st brig Pallas, Lake, Jamaica,
By the Rev Mr Alden, Mr Jolhua Stackpole, to Miss
Mary Davis of this town.
In Paris, Count Rumford, to the widow of M. Varecfy.
At St, Pierres, Industry Lunt, Portsmouth. At Turks
liland, April 3, a ship laoding for Portsmouth. At Baffa
terre, April 2, Hannibal, Hooper, of Portfmouth,for New-
York, in 8 days. At Trinidad, April 1, capt. Young,
Portsmouth ; capt. Moore, do.
The degree of doctor of laws was conferred on
him by the University of Dartmouth. His distinctions
were not limited to his native State. He was elec
ted a member of the Humane Society at Boston,
and of the American Academy pf Arts and Scien
ces in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. But
of talents and literature there must be an end. For
several years prior to his death he was visited by
the most deplorable & all the calamities incident
to man—the loss of reason—his mental powers be
ing for most of the time wholly deranged. During
this period and little more than a year betye his
death, he was removed from his office as District
Judge. It would ill become the biographer of him
who always inculcated reverence and respect for
the constituted authorities of his country, to assume 1
the province of the historian, and to stricture, in
this place, the procedure of his Judges,—and he
will keep silence—" 77iey are all, all honorable
men," the respondent is Npw removed where the
censure or applause of this world cannot reach him.
To the Judge of judges, "in heaven's hi^h Chan
cery" the appeal is made, and "shall not the Judge
of all the earth do right
EMRIES and CLEARER CES
at the Custom House.
OBITUARY NO TICES.
Marine List.
VESSELS SPOKEN.
VESSELS LEFT.
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MARRIED
I The Subscribers to the t
; Portsmouth Female Asylum, are informed,;
j tliat the annual meeting for the choice of Man- J
Vagprs will be held at the house of Messrs.*
$ W. & D. Treadwell, in Ladd-street, the f
f Ist Monday in May next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. f
^ A general and punctual attendance is re- if
± quested.s
! MARY ELIZABETH SYMES, Sec'y.|
¥ April 20, 1805.¥
J N. B. Those Ladies who honored the In-*
* stitution with their patronage the last year, +
t will still be considered as subscribers, unless 't
f they signify in writing, their intention to with- |
f draw their liberality.^
^>fy.„z +»+»OfoNq❖» fc+»fc9*fo&• •}•
India Cottons and Chintzes.
New-fork, April 18—By our Grenock papers we learn
that Dr. Robinson, Profeffor of Natural Philosophy in
the Uuiverfity of Edinburgh, is lately deceafcl. He was
one of the mod profound mathematicians of the age, and
made several important improvements in mechanical pbi
lofophy. His fcicntific productions, though little known in
this country, arc prized by the learned in Europe —Here
he is best known by his " Prwfs of a Conspiracy ft a work
which came home to the feelings of a very large class of
society, and which is universally known throughout Chris
tendom, Dr. Playfair, ex-profeffor of mathematics in the
fame University has succeeded him.
It is observable, that Dr. Rotherham, Profeffor of Na
tural Philosophy in the neighbouring University of St.
Andrews, died about the fame time,
At Peterborough, Mr. John Leathers, aged 52.
At Weftmoreland, in a fit of the numbpalley, the wid
ow Hannah Butterfield, aged 59.
At Mont-Vernon, Mr. Robert Parker, aged 73- Mr.
Ebenezer Holt, aged ,6. Mrs. Mary Marble, aged 22,
wife of Mr. William M.—Wc have, in the death of this
amiable woman, not only a Striking instance of the frailty
of human life ; but a frefh proof of the uncertainty of sub
lunary enjoyments, Cut down in the bloom of life, while
just entering on domestic duties and pleasures, the has
left, to mourn in keenest anguish, her surviving partner,
to whom, but a few months before, (he had been united,
with a fair profped of a pleasant pafhge through a long
life. But what is his, and her friends loss, is undoubtedly
to her unfpeakhble gain. For (he was eminently distin
guished by that best of charaders—a Christian. —At
her interment an appropriate and affecting difeourfe was
preached by the rev. Mr. Bruce.-
In England, Sir Gregory Turner; 334000 guineas were
found in his efcretoire and chest. He left 310,0001. in
funded property, and landed estate which produced
24*0001, per annum.
At Bodon, Isaiah Doane, esquire, aged 51 years,
At Pelham, Newhampihire, Mrs. Mehitabcl Atwood,
aged 78, wife of Mr. Joshua Atwood , they lived togeth
er in the married Bate about 60 years, and have had 17
children, 68 grand children, and 12 great grand children.
At Litchfield, of a lock jaw, Mr. Appleton Kilborn, a
ged 69. &
At Pembroke, the 28th ult. in an apoplectic nt, Mrs
Lydia Head, aged 54, wife of Capt, John Head.
At Mason, Miss Hannah Lawrence, aged 26, daught
er of Stephen Lawrence, Esq
At Amherst, Mr, Samuel Whiting, merchant, aged 41.
At Washington, N. H. on the 21st instant, Mr. Simeon
Farnfwortb, aged 89, at his decease he left a wife and 10
children, 68 grand children, and 46 of the third genera
tion, making in all 124 of whom 56 attended his funeral.
At Walpole, nn Tuefday last, Mr. David Hall, a respec
table citizen.
On Saturday last, Mr Sam' l Penhallow, jr. mer
c ant, aged 48, Hie late distressing sickness has proved
an example of patience and gratitude. He was aso
cial companion. Urbanity and philanthropy were confpi
cious traits in the character of this gentleman He posses-
, ahea " and a liberal f ° ul# The unfortunate
(whether meritorious or the reVerfe) drew from him the
tear of sympathy, and always to the extreme of his abilities,
experienced his humanity and benevolence.
Captain Joseph Noble ; Mrs Margaret Howe,
aged 49.
From the fame source we learn that the medical world
has loft one of its most valuable members by the death of
the celebrated Doctor William Buchan, in the 76th
year of his age ; a man who, perhaps beyond all others,
Amplified the language and dodrines of medicine, and, by
adapting his style to ordinary understandings dripped the
science of its mysteries, and in fa& taught every one to be
his own physician. His Domestic Medicine is doubtless
one of the most ufeful books on the fubjeft in any lan
guage ; and his Advice to Mo*"" t cannot be too much
recommended.
i" °"^" hot to be omitted, that in a lucid inter
a short time previous to his dissolution, when
he syraptoms of death appeared to be upon him,
when (to use his own expression) he thought
umself "a dying man in a dying world" being
asked by a minister of that religion, he had profes
sed from early life and made the rule of his con
duct, if he should pray for his life, "no" he calmly
replied "not lor life, I wish not to live in this per
secuting world," and expressed witli great resig
nation, the most undoubting confidence in a future
existence and hope—©f happiness beyond the grave.
Drowned from on board the schooner Industry, Mr.
Joseph Roach, aged 18, eldest son of Captain T. Roach
of this town.
a large assortment of
INDIA COTTONS, some very good
for 2 dollars a piece.
A great variety yard wide India Chintz
es, for 659, piece. ALSO,
Just opened, cotton and silk Umbrel
las ; Parasols with Walking Canes, &c. &c.
Aprll,7.
Just arrived
from New-York,in the schooner Dove,anti for Sale
at the STORE on Ayer's Wharf,
540 bushelsNorthßiverCorn.
TAKF'NO^E:
As the subscriber has many
small debts due him, of a long time standing, and
has not time to collect them, and is in great want
of money—all that he has demands on,that have
been sixty days due, are r^quefted to call and fettle
with him at his shop in Buek-ftreet, within ten
days, or he must give their accounts to somebody
for colledion.
WILLIAM RAMSDELL.
Portsmouth, Aftril'% 1805.
$ ASYLUM.,f
RAGS.
CASH and the highest price given for RAGS, at
the Oracle Office.
Just received by
Peter Coffin,
Here is one Chance left,
For obtaining FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
for a mere cypher ;—Tickets & Quarters in Am.
oskeag Lottery now drawing, for sale at the Book
store of C. PEIRCE, Portsmouth, where may also
be had,
Tickets and Quarters in South Hadley Lottery,
which commences drawing the 10th of next month,
10,000 dollars the highest prize. Also in Piscata
qua Bridge Lottery, 9000 dollars the highest prize.
Remember that by NOT purchasing a ticket,
yoh debar yourself the privilege of being in a prob
able way to obtain a High Prize !
April 23.
Has for Sale very Cheap,
At his Bake-House, in Mason Street.
2,000 Weght of fresh Ship-Bread, of a
good quality ; 100 kegs of Shipping Crackers neat
packed for the W. I. Market. March, 27.
_ Pd. '
LOST, on Wednesday evening last,
between Mill-Dam and the Pound, a black
Pocket Book, containing about 200'Dolhrs of
Notes of Hand, and other papers which are of no
ule to any person but the owner ; and nine Dol
lars in cash; and the finder will oblige the owner,
by leaving it at his shop in Buck-street, or the
printers.
WILLIAM HASTINGS.
He also wiflies to inform his customers and the
public in general that he has removed his fliop
from Daniel-street, to Buck Greet, near Adams'
corner, where he and William Ramsdell car
ry on the Men's and Women's
SHOE BUSINESS, ° '
Edmund H. Quincy
HAS FORSALE,
Hy^n-skin and Souchong in chests,) FRESH
Souchong in quarter chests, } tn A A ,
Bohea in quarter do. j '
April 27..
and where good attention will be paid to those who
wish to have their feet measured—They have al
so conftandy Shoes on hand, as cheap as any id
town of the famequalttv, and will mend rips gratis.
RAMSDELL & HASTINGS.-
Portfmonth, April 30, 180$. "
JUST RECEIVED,
Massillon's Sermons.
Sermons by Jean BaptifteMaffillon, bdhopof Clare*
mont. To which is prefixed, the Life of the Au
thor-.-Seleded and translated by William Dick
son ; arid dedicated, by permission, to her Grace
the Dutchefs of Buccleugh.—z vols. Svo.
The Monthly Magazine,
and American Review-—published at New-York.
Kotzebue's Dramatic Works,.
translated from the German, by Charles Smith.
3 vols. Svo.
Park's Travels.
Travels and Recent Difeoveries in the Interior
Diftrids of Africa, in the years 1796 and '97. idol.
Irish Bulls.
Essay on Irish Bulls, by Richard Lovel Edgeworth,
arid Maria Edgeworth, author of Castle Rackrent,
&c. I vol. ismo.
' The above valuable Works are just received—
Also, SLATES, PENCILS; fine BLACK SAND ;
QUILLS; WEBSTER'S FIRST PART ; PRIM
ERS- &c. &c. for sale by>
W. & D. TREADWELL.
, ^^ . m , - _____-_—-_———^
ALL Persons having de
mands on the effate of
STEPHEN CHASE,
merchant, late of Portsmouth deceafed,are desired
toexhibit them to the fubicriber for settlement, and
those indebted are n quested to make immediate
payment.
MARY CHASE. Administratrix.
Portsmouth, Aftril 27, 1805.
.NOTICE.^
THE subscriber intends tq
let his LAND, lying in the Heath, between
Jones' Island and Shapleigh's Ridge so called, in
common, as it has long laid, and as he does not
intend to improve it.
JOSEPH HAM MOND, jr.
\ Kittery, Aftril 27/ 1305.
TO be fold at Public Vendue by vir
tue of a licence from the Judge of Pro
bate for the County of Rockingham, at the Houle
of the fubferioer in Londonderry, on Thurlday,
the 23d day of May next, at 2 of the clock, after
noon, two thirds of the Real Etlate in said London
derry, of MICHAEL DALI ON, late of the fame
place, yeoman, deceased (excepting five acres which
are already fold) also the reversion of the Widow's
third in said estate. Articles of sale will then and
there be made known
AUCTIONS.
THIS DAY, ,
at S.. Little's Office,
20 dozen Hosiery ; 29 pieces Chintz; 8 pieces of
black Velvet; 10 do. Cambrick ; 10 do. colored
do. 6 do. Dimoty ; 1; do. Muflm; 4 boxes
Spanifli Segars; 1 Qqalraor.
at 12 o'clock.
6 % hogsheads 3d proof Rum; 1 pipe Brandy;
I do. Hollands Gin ; 6 calks ciapbord, board, and
double board Nals.
On Tuesday next- at~ll o'clock.
On Ayers's Wharf.
500 bushels Corn, in lots of 20 Bofliels each,
A quantity of Leather Shoes ; cakes soap. Oars &c*
April 27.
HANNAH DALTON, Administratrix.
Londonderry, April 22, 1805.
THE Copartnership of JOSEPH,
and JOSHUA HAVEN is dissolved.
Portsmouth, April, 1805.;
Ten Dollars Reward.
Isaac Manning
Vendue.