The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-03-17 00:00:00, page 4

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PLEASANT HISTORY.
ALBERT and ELIZA.
1 A TALE.
[Continued.]
At a ball one evening, as Eliza
and Mils Smith were fitting to
rs gether, after the fatigues of a
contra-dance, Miss Smith took
Eliza's hand, prefled it with ve
hemence, and sighed deeply, "E
--liza, laid she, I esteem & pity you,
your innocence and your credu
lity, ffiy dear girl, are soon to be
wrecked upon the shoals of des
pair." " What means such a
portentious prediction ?" repli
ed Eliz. "That you may here
after know," answered Miss
Smith, " but never from me."
At this inftantßlake joined them,
which put an end to their con
versation. Eliza supposed these
observations proceeded from the
disappointment which miss Smith
had experienced, as her regard
for Blake was no secret. Eliza
however related the circumstance
to Blake, which she thought ap
peared a little to fho'ck him--
—but he changed the difcourle,
and no further notice was then
taken of it.
Soon after this, Miss Smith
disappeared.—Blake informed E.
Rea that she had gone to New-
Jersey, on a visit to a friend, and
would not return in a conside
rable time. Eliza tho't it a lit
tle singular that she had never
informed her of her intentions.
But as Miss Smith had lately, in
some measure, withdrawn her
intimacies, _Eliza imputed this
reserve to the fame cause which
produced the conversation at the
ball.
The winter passed away, and
Spring at length arrived, the
time in which the Hymeneal rites
were to be celebrated between
Blake and Eliza.—Preparations
x were therefore, made for thejour,
ney home in which she was to
be attended by Blake and the
family of her uncle The night
before they were to let out, Eli
za dreamed she was riding with
Blake in a coach, when a sudden
slash of lightning issued from the
Heavens, followed by a loud peal
of crashing thunder I the horses
started and ran furioufly to
wards a dangerous precipice, be
neath which a raging torrent
foamed among the rocks. She
, thought that me endeavoured to
' disengage her from the carriage,
} but in vain ; they were hurried a
long, with amazing Iwiftnefs, to
the top of the cliff, and were just
1 Upon the point of being hurled
down, when a man, who appear
ed to descend from the air, seized
Eliza by the arm, and in an in
stant, bore her, in fafety to the
other fide of the river, from
whence, she beheld the coach,
with Blake and the horses precip
itated headlong from the tremen
, feus height, and dashed in piec
w upon the rocks below. She a
waked with a scream, and rejoic
&o fed the scene illusory. The
lilaments of the stranger's coun.
terqance was not entirely erased
from her memory ; they appear
ed familiar, but she could not
recoiled where she had seen the
original. The consequences of
the dream hung ominously up
on her imagination ; but the
bright rays of the fun which now
darted into her chamber, dispelled
the gloom that hovered around
her. She arose immediately, got
ready for her journey, and at eve
ning she, with her uncle's fami
ly and Blake, was at her father's
house.
Scenes of tenderness ensued up
on Eliza's return to her family.
' As it was but a few days before
J the intended nuptials, invitations
were immediately sent abroad.
Blake's friends soon arrived from
Newyork, among whom was the
Governor. On the afternoon of
the day in which at evening, the
I marriage was to be confumated,
; Eliza walked out alone, to con
template the beauties of the
spring. It was the latter part of
the month of May—The air was
embalmed with the fragrant odors
:of surrounding flowers, and the
I mingling melody of various birds
echoed along the adjacent groves.,
She roved, she Icarcely knew
! whither, until! she was instantly
;led to the shores of Montauk,
landI and found herfelf, at last, upon
; the spot flie flood when Albeit's
ifhip disappeared from her fight.
It was now something more than
three years since that time. She<
I earnestly fixed her eyes upon the
place ; a tall ship was beating in
; for the port. The joys of past
'days rushed, like a torrent, upon
her memory. She was suddenly
I aroused to a solemn fenle of her
Idefperate situation. Ihe light
nings of conviaion slashed, and
the thunders of terror followed !
She was about to deceive a wor
thy chara&er, by yielding him ;
her hand, while her affections'
were dead to all except a hope
less object. What was to bel
done ? To advance was destruc
tion !—to retreat—impossible !
She hurried home and strove to
suppress contemplation, amidst
the hilarity of the guests.
The moment at length arrived
in which certainty muff faceted
to suspense and anxiety. Eliza
trembled as she was led up before
the priest, and she shuddered at
the direction when given to join
hands. At this interfiling and
important moment, a Granger
was announced by the Servants,
who defiredto be immediately ad
mitted, as he had something of
the highest importance to com
municate to 'Eliza's father. It
was a very critical time—hecould
not then be attended to,— _The
stranger, however, did not wit
for complaisance—A pale an@e
maciated figure passed thro' the,
crowd, arid came nearly to the
place where the ceremony was
performing. Eliza's eye caught
his countenance-- rit was the
person who had assisted her in her I
are,am ! -But—-what was her !
amazement, when, upon his ad
vancing a little nearer, she per
fectly recollected the features of
her long loft Albert! She ut
tered a shriek of agony, and fell
senseless to the floor !—Here the
consternation and feelings of all
present, can much more easily be
conceived of than described upon
paper! - .
(To be continued.)
-=CTtt3^ggraqgjjtyj|*fy^O? ^ —=-—,
FEDERAL WAR HAWKS!
IF Mr. Rofs's proposal to place
five millions of dollars at the cif
pofal of the president had been
adopted, we should hear the fed
eralifts talking of the profufiori
of public money. ,
[Our federalifo, in Newhamp/hire,[
had got the flart in anticipation ; the, at
our prefect eleßion have circulated as a
matter offaft, that congress had actually
urith closed doors voted the five millions
to the preJidents dtfpofal I and the wife
!"Acres add, Jefferjon is a r-—lfc'fend
-li^for that infidel Tom Paine /]
War is attended with expense,
;therefore to bring on a war would
be an argument against she re
{election of Mr. Jefferfon.
We should be glad to know
;what the people of New England
think of the federalifts in congress
who are for expending five mill
§ ions of dollars, and calling out
50,000 men at an enormous ex-
; penfe—to obftru& the prosperity
of the union in general—-when
negociation can remedy a partic
ular evil.
Mr. Ross appears to have fi
leneed the federalifts on the fub
je& of the mission of Mg Mon
roe to Paris—since the appoint
) ment was made, we have heard
it censured from every quarter,
but now there is a necessity for
pursuing a different course. Mr.
- Ross laid in the senate of the U.
States on the 14th, that it was
the peculiar province of the presi
dent to fend a minister extraor
dinary to France !
The war measures proposed by
Mr. Ross should be well weighed
by the community—in introduc
ing his resolutions we find, he
uttered one of the most inflam
matory harangues that have ap
peared since the famous speeches
of Messrs. Harper and Tracy in
the extra session of congress ; no
thing less than immediate hoftil
itics he declared was compatible
with our rights, altho' a moment
before he considered the fending
a minister to negotiate as an aft,
the wisdom of which he could
not deny.
The federal leaders in the house
of representatives U. S. have de
clared that their party have no
confidence in the present govern
ment, yet Mr. Ross fays the /re
fdeziffh ould have More,o werand'
more means' Aurora.
O' The time will probably come,
,tenfederalijis will den, they advo-
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irther particulars enquire of
irose, Efg. of Concord.
>, 23, 1803.7
Edward Parry,
Informs his Friends and Cuftomerfy
that owing to the late conflagration,
he has taken a Store opposite the
State House, in Cotigrefs-Street, a
few doors from the Bell Tavern,
WHERE HE HAS FOR SALE,
AS USUAL, THE FOLLOWING
GQO D S,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL. 3
~ His STOCK conjifts of,
150 pieces of Superfine and low price
Llhionable Broadcloths, from 6( to 4of.
per yard. e e
200 pieces Plain and Forest Cloths.
t4O ps. Superfine Coatings, Ratteens
and Lambfrins.
40 piece's blue, red and green Serges,
ana Fearnoughts.
35 pieces of fafbionable Oaffimeres,
from 6f. to 24C per yard.
£SO ps. fafbionable Swanfdowns.
150 ps. Baizes and Flannels.
200 pair Rose Blankets, all sizes.
200 pieces Durants, Tammies and
Moreens. _.
100 ps. Ruffells and Callimancoes.
150 pieces Wildbores, Camblets,
and Cambleieens. ~
40 ps. Shaloons and Antiloons.
40 pieces blue and black Velvets and
Corduroys.
50 ps. Florentine and Ladings.
200 ps. Irish Linens and Sheetings.
1000 groce fafbionable and common
BUTTONS.
10,000 yards fafbionable Chintzes
and Copperplate Furnitures./
600 yards Dimities and Muflinets.
1000 yards of fprigg'd and tambor'd
MUSLINS, ffomgf to 24C per yard.
1000 yards of cambric, jaconet and
bock MUSLINS.
6co yards English Bed Ticks.
• 1200 yds. black Modes and Sattins.
2CO yards Pelicee Silk.
30 dozens Men's Beaver Hats, of the
latest trillion
20 dozens Ladies' Beaver Hats, some
of which are very elegant.
30 dozens faffiionable Ranalloy straw
Hats and Bonnets—Timming*.
50 dozens Camel's Hair, silk, muslin,
Cambric and Chintz SHAWLS.
100 dozens best Jersey and Wiltfhire
Mens knit STOCKINGS, Superior to any
ever imported.
100 dozens of Ladies' cotton and silk
Hcfe, Gloves and Mitts.
2 Trunks fafbionable Muff's and Tip
pets —Fur Shawls and Wadding.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Ladies' London made Shoes,
with water proof soles to fit. &
An elegant assortment of #
English and French Laces
and Edgings.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Bed Laces, Fringes, and Tassels.
English patent white and colour'd
Tewing Cotton Thread.
Water proof Umbreffas.
20 bales 15 thread Cod Lines.
Sewing Twine, Herring Nets, and
patent Shoe Thread.
With a general assortment of
OTHER GOODS,
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10-nr HE Printer of this paper be
^jT 1 ing nearly deftitate of that
# indispensably" neceflary article—
WOOD-- as he cannot possibly car^
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of fhatting up his office in a few days,
unlef sfome of his Good Customers™
will generously futnifh him with a lit
tle wood— for which tie will allow to
any who will bring it at this jun&ure,
SIXTEEN SHILLING^a cord—
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