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POETRY.
f
Tit* FEMALE EXILE.
Written at Brigbtbzlmjlcnet in November, I792*
By Mrs. Charlotte Smith.
NOVEMBER’S chill blaft OH the rough beach it
howling.
The Airjie biTiki afar, and then foam* to the fliore,
Dark clouds o'er the fra gather heavy and fewwling.
And the white cliffs reecho the wild wintry roar.
Beneath that chalk rock, a fair (Iranger rec’.ioing
Has found on damp fca weed a cold lonely feat;
Her eyes fill’d with tears, and heart with repining,
She flam at the billows that burft at her feet.
There, day after day, with an anxious heart heaving,
She watches the wares where they mingle with air ;
For the fail which, alas ! all her fond hopes deceiving,
May btingoaly tidings to and to her care.
Loofe ftream to wild winds thofe fair flowing freffes,
Once woven with garlands of gay dimmer flowers ;
Her drefs unregarded befpeaks her diftrefles,
And beauty is blighted by grief’s heavy hours.
Her innocent children, unconfciou* of forrew,
To feck the gloE’d fliell or,the ctimfon weed ftray,
Amus'd with the prcfvnt, they heed not tomorrow*,
Nor think of the ftorm that is gath’nng to day.
I
The gilt, fairy, fliip, with its ribbon fail fpreadlng,
They launch on the fait pool the tide left behind ;
Ah ! victims—for whom tbeir fad mother is dread'-'g
The multiplied mis’ries tha; wait on mankind !
To fair fortune born, flic beholds them, with anguilh,
Now wand’rers with heron a once hoft.k foil.
Perhaps doom’d for life in chill penury to languifh,
Or abjeit, dependence, or foul crufh.ng toil.
But the fea boat, her hope* and her terror* renewing,
O’er the dim grey horizon now faintly appear* j
She flic* to the quay, dreading tiding* of ruin,
All brcathlcf* with hade, half expiring with fear*.
Poor mourner !—I would that my fortune had left m*
The mean* to alleviate the woes I deplore ;
But, like thine, my hard fate h is of affluence bereft me,
I can warm the cold heart of the wretched no more.*
• This little Poem, of nvlith a fetch frf appeared ia llank
Vasfe in a ptem sailed ** The Eminrunts," **<*t ftpgfed by she
hht e>f the grtup it attempts t« defrioe—a French Lady and j
her children.
MISCELLANY.
From late Englifli paper*.
TV. FIT SINGULAR CURIOSITY.
A SHORT time before hi* deceafe, the king
•f Poland prefented to the emperor of Ruffia
a curious Rone about the fixe of a large pea,
and of an afh colour, which had received the
came of the Mineral Polypus.
What is wonderful in this Rone is, that, tho’
cpaqce, and having no tranfparant part, after
bung laid ia water, it begins in lef* than fix
minuses, to appear fhining at ihe edges, and to
communicate to the water a fort of luminous
dhadovr, of tht colour of yellow amber, it after
wards pafles from yellow to the colour of an
amethyft, and from thence fucceffively to black,
white, and a cloudy colour, and, as it were, fur
rounded with fmoke. At laR it appears quite
brilliant, entirely tranfparent, and of a beauti
ful yellow amber color. Taken out of the wa
ter returns tc its former opaque Rate, after be
ing colored fucceffively, and in a retrogade
order, with the fame dyes it had before adorned
ia the water.
This Rone is probably the fame which Mr.
Andrew ChofFJius, one of the phyficians of the
Court of Portugal, informs us that he purchafed
many years ago of a famous lapidary of Thorn,
and the remarkable proper.ics he deferibe* in
the ephemerides of the curious. The D< &or
concludes his account of the Rone wiih obferv
ing, that it is natural, and not a production of
art % and that it may be regarded as a proof of
the exiRence of a formal light la nature.
the physician in his medicine chest j
THE Surgeon of the Britifh (hip Monarch,
$ remarkable for recommending the u!e of
&a water for the complaints of the crew.—
Some time fince admiral Onflow.’ and his officers
dined together at Yarmouth, in celebration of
« vidlory. The day was fpent in gaiety, and
the party feperated with a large portion of wine
•on board ; the Surgeon, in particular, was
groggy. He flaggered to the jetty, but while
waiting the arrival of the boat whi^h was to take
liim off, he loft his equilibrium, and foufed into
the fea. One of the crew which flood behind
3ir R’ Onslow’, inftantly tapped the admiral
ch the fhoulder, Lying, “ Your Honor, d—n
my eyes, but the do«ftcr has tumbled into his
JdtJkint Ckejl V*
FAMILY FATALITY I
SUCH remarkable ill fate has attended fome
families, that none of the elder branches have
•fcaped a violent end. The fucceflors of Char
lemain, in his, French dominions were examples
of a melancholy deftiny : His fon, Louis Le
Dcbonnaire, died for want of food, in confe
rence of a fupcrftitious panic. His fucceflbr,
Charles the Bald, was poifoned by hisphyfici
ul The foil of ChAlias, Louis the Uuttcrer, j
Itu auo by po.ion. Hilaries, king or Acquitara,
brother to Louis, met with his cieruh by the
ridiculous circumfiance of "being defpeiately
wounded on the head by a lord named Albuin,
whom he was endeavorng, by war of frolic, to
terrify in difguif*. Nor lefs llrange, though
rather more pi<!hirefi|ue, was the caufe of dtf
*.ruction to Louis III. fucceffor to Louis the
ftutfercr. This, gallant Prince having call his i
eyes on a handfome girl (the daughter of a
citizen named Germond) as he was riding
thro the fttects of T urs, purlued her inftantly,
with infinite agility. The terrified girl took
refuge in a houfe, and the king ’.hinging more
of her charms than of the fize of the gateway,
attemp ing to force his horfe after her, broke
his back, and died. He was fucceeded by Car
lemon, who fell by an ill*dire<fted fpcar, throwm
by h’’s own lervant, at a wild boar, although
the dying prince had the eenerofity to charge
the bcaft with his death. Charles the Fat, per
illed of want, giief, and poifon altngethcr.
Hu fncceftbr, Charles the Simple, died in prif
on of penury and defpair. Louis the Stranger
who fucceeded him, was bruifed to death as he
was hunting. Lotharius and Louis V. the
two laft kings of the race of Charlemain, were
both poiloned by their w ives, to whofe little in
ditcre ions they had taken too much attent on.
Of the whole line after a revolution of two
hundred and thirty years, there now remained
only Charles, Duke of Lorrain, and he alter an
ineffectual ftruggle in defence of hi* rights,
again ft the ambitious and active Hugh Capet,
fur.k beneath the fortune of his antagonift, and
ended hi* life and the family of Charlemain, in
a lonely prifon.
It is an obfervation of the French hiflonans
that the epithets given to the princes of Charle
main\ race, were* almoft all, expreffive of the
contemptuous light in which that family was
held by the people over whom it reigned.
RARE SIMILJES !
LOUVOIS, the French pinifter, advifed
Louis XIV. not to pay the Swifs any more fub*
fidy ; for, fays he, the lilvcr already paid, would
pare the way from Paris to Bade ; upon which
Pietre Stuppa, the Swifs miniller, told the king,
that the blood of his countrymen fpilt in his
majefty’s fervice, would make a river from
Bade to Paris !
Jonathan Bryant,
Has for Sale as his Store near the Hay
Market, Portland,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Englijh & IF. India
GOODS.
Alfo, a quantity of excellent
Rhode-Bland Cheefe.
Nov. llth.
THE Standing Committee of the
Society of Cincinnati, of the Common*
wealth of Majdcbufelts, agreeably to the votes
of the Society—Hereby give public notice to
fuch of their brethren, as arc reduced to necef*
fitous circumftances—the widow and orphans
of others, who may be in like circumftences, that
all applications for relief or aftiftance, maybe
made on, or before the ad Tuefday in January
next, to any individual of the laid Committee,
who will communicate the fame, and their ref*
peflive circumftances will be duly confidered.
The names of the committee are as follow,
viz.
Gen. Lincoln, Dr. Eujlis, Thomas
Edwards, Efq. Gen. fa clef or., Col. Winflow,
Dr. Townfer.d, Col. Perkins, Maj. Gibbs, Capt.
Clark. Capt. fohnfon, Capt. Green, C<jl. Tudor,
Robert Williams, fdm Callender, Capt, George,
Capt. Fowl*, Maj. Drew, and Samuel Armjlrong,
Recorder.
JBfion, Nov. 28, 1798.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-rdi
dcnt proprietors of lands lying in the
town of Hebron, in the county of Cumberland,
that their lands are taxed in the State, county,
, and town tax, for the year 1797, and commit
ted to me the fubferiber to coltefl, vit,
N». airti. Statiizfcour, ?y. Tmd*
DC.M. D.C.M
Jonathar Grcenleaf, Efq. 600 o 33 6 1 74
James Prefcott, l 3000 , 68 O 5 40 O
and others, J J n
Jame* Stinchucld,' aoo 0 ti o O jj 8
Jonathan G'-cenleaf. 300 o 16 8 o ,tj 1
Unlefs faid taxes with intervening charges
are paid to me the fubferiber, on or before the
twenty-fn ft day of March next, fo much of faid
land will then be fold at public vendue at the
dwelling houfe of Seth Bearfc, ;nnholder in faid
Hebron, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, as will
nay faid taxes and charges.
BARTLETT HOLMES, Colleilor.
Novtmler 19, 1798.
For Sale,
A Fount of Brevierc Types,
weighing about aoo wt.—and a fount of Eng*
lift\ of about ico. Each nearly one half worn.
=*=For terms apply at the Gazetic Office,
Nov, 22.
Cow for file or exchange.
FOR fale, a likely COW, about fix
years old, that will probab’y calve about April
next. The owner will take a fat Cow or Bullock in
exchange. App’y at this Office*
Nov 19.
Blizabetli Berry,
Informs her friends and cujlomers, that
fhe makes and has far file,
Muffs, Tippetts, and Cloak
Trimmings. Aljo^forfile a large
ajfcrtment of
Ruffia Furs,
And a new and great variety of TOYS
FOR CHILDREN.
Bell Poland Starch, and Elliot's
Snuff.
£r Sable & Fox Skins dreffed in the
bed manner at her fhop, corner of
Temple and Federal dreets.
Portland, N^v. 24.
D if riel of Maine.
MY order of the Hon. D.\
vir Sewall, Ffq. Judge jf fhe Dif
tritfL Court of Maine—Notice is hereby
given, that a Libel i* filed in faid Court
^ againftthe
Schooner Hannah,
Enoch Stanwood, matter,of about eighteen ton* burthen*
her tackle, apparel and furniture. and her Cargo,
found on board, feized bv Milatiah Jordan, Llq.
Colleiftor of the Port of Frenchman!* day, for a violation
of the Revenue La* » of the United State —That Mon
day the tenth of December next at Portland, is allignecl
for a hearing thereon, to the end that any petfon claim
ing property in the faid ft homier, may appear and lliew
caufe (if any can be flicwn) wherefore the faid fihooner
and her appurtenances afore aid, Humid not by a decree
of faid Court, be declared forfeited.
Dated at Fart lard, Saturday, J'Cc’i'emhcr 24, 1798.
JOHN HOBBY, Marjbal.
Deacon Tit com IPs E/late.
THE fubfcribers hereby give public
notice to all concerned, that they have
taken upon themfelves the trult of Executors to
the laft will and teftaroent of Deacon BENJA
MIN T1TCOMB, bte of Portland, deceafed.
—All perfons who have any demands upon faid
eftate, arc requeued to bring in the fame ; and
thofe who are indebted thereto, to make pay
ment without delay, to
ANDREW TITCOMB,! Execu
JOSEPII TITCOMB, J ton.
Portland, 9th November, 1798.
Jacob G1 ay s EJlate.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
fubferiber has been duly oppointed Ad
miniftrattix on the Eftate of JACOB GRAY,
late of North yarmouth, mariner, deceafed, and
given bonds as the law direfts.-All perfons
having demands upon faid eftate, are hereby
called upon tc fettle ; and all perfons indebted
to faid eftate, are requefted to make immediate
payment, to
APPI1IA GRAY. A Jf*‘ nip rat >ix—or to
SiLVANUS DRINKWATER, b„ Attorney.
North yarmouth, Nov. $th, 1798.
Thomas GoolcPs EJlate.
TEIE fubferiber hereby gives notice,
that he has been dulv appointed Adm n
iftrator on the Eftate of THOMAS GOOLD,
late of Falmonth, in the county of Cumberland,
yeoman, deceafed, reprefented iSolvent, and
given bond as the law diretfs.— He therefore
calls upon all perfons indebted to faiJ eftate, to
make immediate payment, to
ROYAL LINCOLN.
Nov. 6, 179S.
Notice.
TIIE eftate of Thomas Goold being
represented infolvent, the ftibfcribcrs,com
midioners to the Eftute of faid Thomas Goold,
late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland,
yeoman, deceafed, appointed by the Hon. Wil
liam Gorham, Efq. Judge of Probate, Scc.for faid
county—give notice, that we fhall attend, for
the purpole of examining the claims of the ft v
eral creditors to faid Eilate, at the houfe of the
w idow of faid deceafed, on the laft Monday of
this, and the firft Mondays of the tw’O following
months, and the firft and third Mondays of Fe
biuarr, March and April next.
BENJAMIN BAYLEY,
ENOCH FREEMAN.
Falmouth, Nov. I oth, 1798.
A Heifer, found
Came to the barn of the
fubferiber, on Monday laft, a brindle coloured
Heifer, about two or three years old ; fome
white about her flank', tail, and legs. The ow.
ncr may have her again by proving property and
nay ing charges.
SAMUEL BUTTS.
Falmouth, Nov. 23.
Coopers' Bujinefs,
A ftout, a&ive Lad, about
15 or t6yc.ii’ of age, who may wifh to learn
the above bulinefs, and receive good encour
agement, may hear of an opportunity by ap
plying at this Office.
Nov. 19. 1798.
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Good Boarding,
VERY near the centre of the town, conven
ient for mafters and mates of vrflcls.
Inquire at this Office, Nro. 5.
o-encnu i iiccs v^uncm,
PER %UANTirr. Btjhm, Da. y
=EX
Prom Dili. Ct». t* DU. C »•
ASHES, Pot, per t * 153 33
Pearl 133 33 *4° ^
Bread, Jbip, rraf. 4 6
Butter, Jhtppfng ft. i; Iw
B:ef,Jl'ip Jlores till. 8 3 $+
cargo — 7 7 2$ I
Beans, white, lujfsel- I I l®w
Brandy* French gut. I 67 I 75
Spani/h, f ^ — I 33 1 6"
— 4/1 50 1 75
2?«/ //"tfx, ft 30 31
Cocoa, cwt. 17 19
Coffee, green, ft 25 2 4
CotlOft, Foreign, — 3° 4?
American, — 20 3^
Chocolate, common — 16 1®
kjl kinds, — *5 3*
Candles, —— *4
Cbeeje, Enplijh — 25 31 f
Anurkan, — ' 6 I* i
£•»</ Lir.fs. dozen, J •
i'j/i, Table, cwt. 6 9
Merchant —* 3 4
IV. India mar. — 2 2 3*
&a4r, — l 87
Ale wives, lbl. 2 IS 3
Salmon, — 7 7 5*
Herrings, — 2 75 3
Mackerell, bay, — 6
-N Scotia, — 4 5° 5
Awr/, Beaver, pelt, ft i 2
Bear, ffin, 50 4
• Aex, cr<?//, — * 33 * J£
— red, — «3 1
AfW/, — 10 5®
Mufquaff, — 9 37
utter, — a 4
Fi/hers, ~ 33 *3 t
Sables, — 25 67
FLOUR, C Super, frcjb, ltd. Al. 9 -5W 10
,, . . . I Fine, — 9 9 5°
& Ba'timo. 5 J//rW, — 8 8 ^
^Middlings, — 6 50 7
Feathers, jfc 17 5*
F/axfeed, Kb 83 l
Gram, Barley, bufxl 83
Corn, South — dull 50 5^_.j3|
-North — 59 6?|[
A/'. — 7S
Outs, — 41
Hops. ft >5
Hoops, thovfand to *3
Hogt Lard, Jb 15 l5
/ror, Pig, Ten 35
Philadelphia,bar — 125 '3®
Rujfa, do •— 110 120
Swedes, do — 115 *26
Leather, foal, dried, ft t6 2#
• Lumber, Boards, clear, To. 11
- trierch. — 7 5° 8
Shingles — 1 2> 2 5® I
Molajfes, gallon, 50 5 6
Nail Rods, T. 130 133 33
Nails, — 3® 33 *
6d. j ru/f* — 39 T
6</ ittp. — #( 1 5 1 9 4
8d. wro. infpe. —■ j 25 1 41
ici. — 1 5®
20,A — 2 . s 217
Sheathing {cutis3--* -O 13 \
Drawing (_ rtrV— 10 13
ft> 37 4®
Pork, One & half hog, bli 15 5° 1 ®
O/.x //<£, — 17 >8
Middle pieces, — 19 22
Pitch, — 4 4 5®
Rush, Jamaica, gallon, 1 17 1 2 $
Ncweuglanl, —- 74 75
Ac/W Ibl. 2 25 2^ 50
«S3C/>. American white fb 10 ^Uii
Sugar. Havanna.brown cwt. 14
Wejlindia, — * O
Salt. St. Ubts, lb 5 5 5®
Liverpool, — 4 50 4 75
St't!. German, ft /4 15
BUjiered, — 13
7Va, A’o/W, ft 75
Souchong, ■— X I 16
Tobacco, cwl. 9 IO
Wines. Madeira, gal. 1 66 2 66
Ijffbon, — 1 10
Sherry, — j 16 .JjL 1 25
Tenerife, — 17
Claret, dozen 6 6
Malaga, quarter C. 25 26
Axd' Aor/, p*/. I 17 l 25
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