Republican ledger, and Portsmouth price current — Portsmouth, N.H., 1802-06-22 00:00:00, page 4

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PRAISE OF WOMEN.
Thro' many a land and clime a ranger,
With toilsome steps I've held my way ;
A lonely unprotected granger,
To all the stranger's ills a prey.
While fleering thus my course precarious.
My fortune still has been to find
Men's hearts and disposition various.
But gentle Woman ever kind.
Alive to every tender feeling,
To deeds of mercy ever prone ;
The wounds of pain and sorrow healing,
With foft compassion's sweetest tone.
No proud delay, no dark suspicion,
Stints the free bounty of their heart ;
They turn not from the fad petition,
But cheerful aid at once impart.
Form'd in benevolence of nature,
Obliging, modest, gay and mild ;
Woman's the fame endearing creature,
In courtly town, and savage wild.
When parch'd with thirst, with hunger wafted,
Her friendly hand refrefhment gave.;
How sweet the coarsest food has tailed,
What cordial in the simple wave !
Her courteous looks, her words caressing,
Shed comfort on the fainting foul,
Woman's the Granger's general blessing
From sultry India to the pole.
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The following piece of lavity has forced appro
bation even from London reviewers.
WHICH is the properest day to drink,
Saturday, Sunday, Monday ;
Each is the properest day I think,
Why Should we name but one day.
Tell me but yours, I'll mention my day,
Let us but fix on some day,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday, Monday?
PARODY,
Which is the properest hour to drink,
One, two, three, or fonr, fir ;
Each is the properest hour /think,
Why should we name no more, fir ;
Tell me but yours, I'll mention mine,
Fix but on one, pray do fir—
Three, four, five, fix, seven, eight, nine,
Ten, eleven, twelve, one and two fir,
—Qfefc—
EPIGRAM.
ADDRESSED TO FASHION.
ALAS 1 cries Damy—plaintive Bard,
My Delia's heart 1 find so hard,
I n ould (he v ere forgotten !
But strait he answers—l recant,
For How can hearts be adamant,
When all the breaft —is cotton.
Communicated FOR THE Ledger.
ON AFFECTATION.
If a person should unfortunately be rear
ed in ignorance, if they have but sense
enough to keep their mouth shut, may pass
thro' the world without being laughed at ;
but an affectation of accomplishments they
have no pretention to, calls forth, not only
laughter, but contempt : an instance of this
is Rill remembered :—ln the vicinity of Bos
ton, the wife of certain clergyman, being on
a visit, after taking only two cups of tea, and
a thin slice of cake, on being pressed to have
more, replied, "oh, dear I have eat quite w'-
racioufly I feel quite fenerifed and have no
declenfons to take any more."
Historical Anecdote.
ANAXAGORAS was the tutor of the famous
Pericles, to whom, in the administration of public
affairs, he had been of the utmost service ; soon
finding himfelf neglefted in his old age by Pericles,
he wrapped his cloak about his head, and threw
himfelf on the ground, in the fixed resolution to
flarve himfelf. Pericles hearing of this acciden
tally, ran with the utmost haste to the philoso
pher's house ; he conjured him in the strongest
and most moving terms not to throw his life away,
adding, that it was not Anaxagoras, but himfelf
that was to be lamented, it he was so unfortunate
as to lose so wife and faithful a friend ; and one who
was capable of giving him wbolefome councils,
with regard to the pressing occasions of the date
Anaxagoras then uncovering a little, his head,
spoke to him thus ; “ Pericles, those who life a
lamp ought to take care to feed it with oil."
This was a gentle, and at the fame time a strong
and piercing reproach. Pericles, ought to have
supplied his wants unasked. Many lamps are
extinguished in this manner in a country, by the
criminal negligence of those who ought to supply
them.
Lafl week's o miffon.
' It has been a constant remark that persons
at a dißance from scenes of bustle and alarm,
are more capable of forming just notions of
the objects which those persons have in view
who endeavour to keep alive both, than the
great actors in the scene. We have fre
quently had occasion to call the attention of
,our readers to the sentiments entertained by
persons living under a monarchy of the
tranfaaions of the United States; the Brit
i(h paper printed at Niagara contains some
times very shrewd remarks on the affairs in
this republic, but in depicting the disadvan
tages toa republic resulting from intrigue, its
editor totally forgets the advantages it pos
sesses otherwise. His remarks or. the feder
alifts, whom he fametimes praises, we find
very correa, and from the general tenor of
his writings we trust he has candor enough
to declare that the federalifts are aduated on
ly by a desire of private aggrandizement, to
create such unfounded alarms and misrepre
sentations, and that the republicans a& sole
ly from felf-defence, and for the public
good.
The following is an extra& from that pa
per of the loth ult. it is a complete satire on
the speeches of Messrs. Morris in the Senate,
arid Bayard in the House of Representatives
of the United States on the Judiciary —if
they could, ought they not blush on peru
sing this outline of their labours in the pre
sent session ? —The remark concerning the
tales generally published previous to an elec
tion are very just —the editor must certainly
have been perusing the New-York Evening
Post, the Boston Centinel, or some other of
His Majejly's papers in the United States,
before he wrote the following :—
" Nothing can equal the rancorous, ma
levolent, subtle, ingenious debates in con
gress on the long depending judiciary bill,
for repealing a^w made at the close of the
last session for augmenting to almofi double the
number and Salaries of the Federal fudges.—
The repealing law has pared, whereby—
and the reduction of the Army—s3o,ooo
Dollars are annually saved. How blellcd
must that land be, that country of liberty,
where we may enforce our arguments and
principles by threats of infurreflion, war, and
other the like pretty things ? To us it looks
like what is commonly called sedition, or
its eldest .fiftcr, treason ; but it is the flower
of rhetoric, the essence of freedom, a con
gressional chit chat, the ekings of long para
graphs of a long speech, replete with acute
reasoning, before which an antagonist mult
be tied down with enormous eight of a
sense of guilt, not to rife and interrupt. He
who throws an uncommon quarrn, of such
fluid is a great man ; his party nns «iih
half open mouth : another in opp 100 ri
ses, he goes beyond the firft ; his r^n smile
and open while the other shuts, anti is the
greatest man : thus they alternately smile
and open by parties, and excel in gteatnefs.
Nearly the whole of this session has been
spent on this important fubje& dated. An
American who under the politics and man
ners of his countrymen, will not, after all,
like those unaccustomed to it, apprehend any
terrible consequences from Legislative
phrenzy from and during the ides of Feb
ruary, March, April, May and June, dur
ing which the Rate election fever predomi
nates. For this reason the editor of the
Herald will be exceedingly cautions of at.
taching belief to the various important arti
cles that in that period may circulate of En
glish or French fleets landing in the Rates,
armies by the hundred thousand to effed
loans or conquest. It was very lately in
circulation, that a large French fleet was at
New-york, and another at Virginia, demand
ing a loan of fix, or as the moderates would
have it, three millions of dollars. The fad
is, the French government had ordered some
merchants to purchase provisions for the
Weft-India army : a little corvette was sent
to fe A if Congress would make the payment,
probably, as that Congress is indebted to
that nation ; so that much allowance ought
to be made where one so final! vessel can be
run up into two large fleets."
Freflj Turkey Figs, and Mufcutal
Raisins.
JUST RECEIVED and
. FOR SALE at
B. LEVERETTS
Grocery Store, Spring Hill,
A few boxes frefh Turkey Figgs,
do. do. frefh Mufcutal Raisins,
LIKEWISE,
A fety calks Malaga Fig£
do Raisins.
Boxes Jofelan & fhell'd Almonds,
do. Anchovies & Sardinians.
do. Capers & Olives.
do. Fresh Florence Oil for Sallad.
do. Roderic's best Spanish Segars.
A few bbls. Philadelphia fuperfine
FLOUR.
— ALSO —
^ s ^%4 WINES.
Spermaceti Oil for lamps.
With a general assortment of
Weft-India Goods & Groceries,
as cheap as can be purchased at any shop in
town. r
Portsmouth, June 1.
The last Chance.
A few Tickets and Quarters in the
9th Class of Amolkeag Canal Lottery, now draw
ing (the wheels of which are near three thousand
dollars richer than when the Lottery began draw
ing) may be had at C. Peirce's Book-flore, No 5,
Daniel Itreet, Portsmouth, where, is now opening'
a large assortment of Books and Stationary which
will be fold at a small advance,
June 13, x8oa«
SEPARATE propofol, ^ll „)f. h reefer
ed as aforefaid, for the supply of all ra
tions which may be required for the use
of the United States, from the firft day of
January 1803, until the 31st day of De
cember, in the fame year, both days inclu
fae, within the Jeveral fates herein af
ter-mentioned, viz.
Sixth. At fort Wilkinson, at Cockfpur island,
and at any place or places where troops are or
may be ft.tioned, marched or recruited, within
the state of Georgia.
Seventh. At Charleston, at Rocky Mountain,
on the head waters of the Santee, and at any
place or places where troops arc or may be
Rationed, marched or recruited within the
Rates of South and North-Carolina."
Eighth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places
where troops are or may be Rationed, marched
or recruited within the Rate of Virginia.
Ninth. At Fort Me Henry, and at any place or
places where troops arc or may be Rationed,
marched, or recruited within the Rate of Ma
ryland,
Tenth. At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or
places where troops are or may be Rationed,
marched or recruited within the Rates of Penn
sylvania, New.Jerfey and Delaware.
Eleventh. At Fort Jay, at Weft-Point, and at
any place or places where troops are or may be
Rationed, marched or recruited within the
Rate of New-York, excepting Niagara.
Twelfth. At Fort Trumbull, at Fort Wolcott,
and at any place or places where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited within
the Rates of Connecticut, Rhode-Bland and
Vermont.
Thirteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston
harbour) and at any place or places where
troops are or may be Rationed, marched or re
cruited within the Rate of MaflachufetU, the
district of Maine excepted.
Fourteenth. At Portsmouth, at Portland, and
at any place or places where troops are or may
be Rationed, marched or recruited within the
State of New.Hamplhire, and diftrift of Maine.
A ration to consist of eighteen ounces
of bread or flour; or when neither can be
obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and
an half pound of lifted or bolten Indian
meal, one pound and a quarter of beef or
three quarters of a pound of pork, one
gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the
rate of two quarts of fait, four quarts of
vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound
and an half of candles to every hundred ra
tions. The price of the several component
parts of the ration, as well as substitutes and
alternatives, must be fpecified.
The rations are to be furnifhed in such
quantities, as that there shall at all times,
during the term of the proposed centrads,
be fufficient for the consumption of the
troops at Michilimacinac, Detroit and Nia
gara for fix months in advance ; and at each
of the other polls on the weftern waters, for
at least three months in advance, of good
and wholesome provisions, if the fame shall
be required. It it also to be permitted to
all and every of the commandants of fortifi
ed places, or posts, to call for at seasons
when the fame can be transported, or at any
time in the case of urgency, such Supplies of
like provisions in advance as in the discre
tion of the commandant shall be deemed
proper. It is to be understood that thecon
tra&or is to be at the expence and risk of
issuing the supplies to the Troops and that
all losses sustained by the depredations of an
enemy, or by the means of the troops of the
United States, shall be paid for by the Uni
ted States, at the price of the article Captur
ed or destroyed, on the depositions of two or
more creditable chara&ers, and the certifi
cate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining
the circumstances of the loss, and the amount
of the articles for which compensation thall
be claimed.
The priviledge is to be understood to be
reserved to the United States of requiring
that none of the supplies which may be fur
nifhed under any of the proposed contrasts,
shall be issued until the supplies which have
been or may be furnitbed under contrasts
now in force, have been consumed, and that
a supply in advance may be always required
at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard or
Indian Frontiers, not exceeding three
months.
HENRY DEARBORN.
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, 241 b May, 1802.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT feperate Proposals will be re
ceived at the Office of the Secretary of the
Department of War until the expiration of
the 3ift day of July next ensuing, tor the sup
ply of all rations, whjch may be required for
the use of the United States, from the ift
day of Oaober 1802, until the 30th day of
September, 1803, both days inclusive, at the
following places, viz.
First. At Niagara, at Detroit, at Micbilimaci
nac, and at Fort Wayne.
Second. At Cincinnati and St. Vincennes.
Third. At Fort Maffac, near the mouth of the
Ohio, and Kafkaikias.
Fourth. At South Weft Point, Tellico, Knox
ville, and on the road trom Nashville to the
>line between tie Chickasaws and Cbo&aws
and any place or places where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited withir
the state of Tenueffee.
Fifth. Ar the Chickasaw Bluffs, Natchez, Fori
Adams, Mobile, and on the road from Natchez
to the boundary line between the Choftaws anc
Chickasaw), and at any place in the Chica.
saw or Choftaw country, between Bear Creek
and Natchez.
7 NOTED STATES, }
Diflntt of Neuhampfhire,§. J %2th 7 u *e, 1802.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT a libel has been received and filed by
Stephen Seavey, late Mate and Mariner of the
brig Folly, now lying j n Portsmouth harbour,
whereof John Paul was or now is mailer, and
Clement Jackion was, or now is owner againG,
the said brig, her tackle, apparel, and, furniture
and all others concerned and interested in the said
brig for wages, and that an order has been made
by the Hon. Jeremiah Smith, Esq. Circuit Judge
of the hrR Circuit of the United States, ailing
as dittritt judge of New-Hampihire ; and in pur
suance of the said order I have made seizure of
the said brig, her tackle, apparel and furniture ;
and hereby give notice to the said parties, and all
others concerned, to appear at the said DiHrift
Court at Exeter, on the 29th day of June inllaat,
then and there to hear the judgement of said
Court.
MICHAEL M'CLEARY,
Marfa! of the
Dijlrta of Nro-Hampfhire,
Portsmouth, 14th June, 1802.
GRAND LODGE.
• -<-<-<4^>—<^,. ,-,„
The ancient fraternity of FREE
and ACCEP TED MASONS are informed,
that the festival of St. John the Baptist,
will be celebrated in ample form at Poitf
mouth, Thursday 24th inst.
The Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire
will meet at Jefferson Hall, 10 o'clock,
A. M. where all brethren of the craft are
desired to join the procession, which will
move to St. John's Church, where an Ora
tion will be delivered by brother Stoddard.
By Order,
L. SPALDING, Grand Secretary.
June Bth, A. L. 5802.
D. BARTLETT,
Hair-Drefler,
Informs his friends, his cuflomers,
and rhe public in general that he has remo
ved from his late stand, to the North-end,
a few doors below the ferry-ways—where
he shall be happy to wait onthem in the
line of his profeffion.
He keeps cmjlant, for Sab,
The best of Hair Powder ; Poma
tum ; Down Puffs ; Dreffmg
Combs ; American manufactured
Hair Ribbon ; Black-Ball ; War
ranted Razors ; Shaving Boxes;
Shaving Soap.
Which he will fell at a very small ad
vance—constant attendance, and small fa
vors will be gratefully acknowledged.
§©^©©^©^§§©©§§^s©^
Cbc Bepublican Ledger,
Is published, weekly, evefry Tuefday morning,
on the following Conditions
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum (exclusive
portage)— One third to be paid in advance.
HOUSE LOTS
For file, within a few minutes
walk, or a quarter of a mile,diftance from
the state-house in Portsmouth, or the main
IRoad leading to Greenland. The payment
made easy to purchasers. It may not be im
proper to notice, that no House-lots are now
for sale in Port fmouth an more advantageous
terms than those above mentioned refpe6iing
their situation, convenience price or accom
modation of payment. For further particu
lars inquire of \
Daniel Auftin^
Opposite the New-Market,
Who has also for sale, a general assortment of
GROCERIES,
Cheap tor cath,
And a Good choice of
PAPER HANGINGS,
as low as at the manufaaory.
7^ 8. g%
William & Charles Neil,
HAKE FOR SA LE,
RUM ; BRANDY, per pipe ,
GIN per pipe.
Malaga, )
Lisbon,l
/ WINES.
Madeira, J
Bohea, ) ~
Hyfon' } TEAS.
W. India Sugar ; E. India ditto ,
Havanna ditto ; Loaf ditto ; boxes
Lemons ; bags Cotton ; Spanifa
Float Indigo ; Coffee ; boxes Cho
colate ; Pepper; Alfpice ; Ginger ;
Nutmegs ; Mace ; Cloves ; Cin
namon ; Florence Oil ; Calks Rai
sins; Calks Figs ; Poland Starch ;
refined Salt Petre ; Elliot's Snuff;
Rice per calk ;
Wrapping Paper ; With several other arti
cles all warranted good and on their nfual
moderate terms. June 8.