The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-01-31 00:00:00, page 2

CONGRESS of the U. States.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, JAN. I, 1801.
AN Ad to ereft a MAUSOLEUM for
GEORGE WASHINGTON, passed,
Yeas 45— Nays 37.
,The House rtfolved to wear a suitable badge
of mourning, on the death of the Hon. Thomas
Hartley, late Representative from Pennsylvania.
The House adjourned to present the usual
compliments of the fcafon to she President of
i' the United States.
FRIDAY, JAN. 2.
COLUMBIA DISTRICT.
Mr. Harper laid several Resolutions rcfpe&-
ing the government of the Diftrid of Colum
bia, which were referred.
GOVERNOR SARGENT.
A representation from Gov. Sargent, of the
I Miffifippi Territory, rebuting the charges ex
hibited by Mr. Davis, was referred to the com-
Imittee of the fubje&.
JUDICIARY RILL.
A bill for the more convenient organization
; of the Courts of the United States, was read, in
Committee of the whole; and progress made.
' SEDITION LAW.
i ? The report of the Committee, which was in
Ifavor of the continuance of the Sedition Law,
jwas read, and referred to a Committee of the
Whole for Tuefday next. Yeas 47 —Nays 33.
Adjourned -|
MONDAY, JAN.S.
The 1801 appropriation bill was read twice
vand referred.
JUDICIARY BILL.
Progress was made in this bill in committee
[ of the whole. A lengthy debate ensued on the
■ fe&ion which divides Virginia into two dis-
I trials —Mr. Eggle ft on moved, that the fe&ion
■ be so amended as to provide for one Court only
■ .in Virginia.—This motion was supported by
■^him, Messrs. Nicholas, Randolph, Jachfon and
B Macon; and oppofitd by Messrs. Grifiold,
Harper, Bayard, H. Lee and Otis; andwas
'atived 44 to3p./
TUESDAY. jan6.
o c Privilege,, op the affair
In Senate the fame day read and concurred,
Amos Shepard, President,
Approved Dec. 10, 1800.
J. T. GILMAN, Governor.
A true cofpy, attest,
Joseph, Pearson, Secretary.
BE it enaßed by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives in General Court convened, That the
Operation of the aforementioned aft, and every
clause and matter therein contained, be post
poned for the term of one year from and after
passing of this a&, and no longer.
Approved Dec, 10, 1800.
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of the Le
gislature, one session of the General Court
for the year ensuing will be Sufficient to tranf
aeft the neceffaty business of the State.
State of New-Hampshire,
In the House of Representatives, Dec. 10, 1800.
r FHE foregoing Refolvc having been read
1 and considered, Voted ilnanimoully to pass
the fame, and that the Secretary be directed to
cause the fame'to be published in the several
newspapers in this State.
Sent up for concurrence,
John Prentice, Speaker.
An ACT enabling the Treasurer of this State, and
the Treasurer of the county of Grafton, to dedud
forty-five cents from tbe sum carried off againf
[ the town of Thornton, in the las proportion of
public taxer among tbe federal towns, purifies and
places witbin tbis State, and add the like sum to
the town of Peeling.
1) E it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Rcpre
) fentatives in General Court convened, That the
Treasurer of this State and the Treasurer of the
county of Grafton, for the time being, be and
they hereby arc authorized and directed to de
duct forty-five cents from the proportion set a
gainst the town of Thornton, and that the pro
portion to one tboufand dollars which the said
town of Thornton shall pay in future, shall be
only two dollars and thirty-nine cents, and that
the like sum of forty -five cents shall be added to
the town of Peeling, and the proportion which
the said town of Peeling shall bear in future, to
one tboufand dollars shall be one dollar andfve
cents. Approved Dec. 2, 1800.
0
An ACT granting liberty to build Dams across
Winnipiffiokee river, under certain limita
tions.
WHEREAS great difficulties occur and damages
are fplained by tbe inhabitants bfthe towns adja
cent to Winnipiffiokee river, in confluence of an a&
intitled, " an all to prevent tbe deilrufiion of Sal
mon, Shad and Alewives, and for repealing all
alls heretofore made for that purpose," pafed tbe
eighteenth of June, one tboufand seven hundred
and ninety, rfrilling the building or keeping of a
ny dam across said river or streams that run into
tbefame, from tbefirf day of May to tbe last day
of October annually, and whereas it fully appears
that tbe purposes of said all for tbe preservation
of said fife can be answered, and tbe mills upon
Winnipiffiohee river made much more productive
and accommodating, by confining tbe aforefaid re
friciion from tbe fifteenth of May to tbe twenti
eth of June, and from tbe twentieth of Augof to
tbe twentieth of September annually :
Therefore,
BE it cnaßed by tbe Senate and House of Repre
sentatives in General Court convened, That it
shall and may be lawful for the owners or pro
prietors of Mill-feats upon Winnipiffiokee river, 1
to build dams across said river, provided they
keep open a fufficient passage for the fifh, to be
afeertained and accepted by the fele&men of
the two next adjacent towns, from the fifteenth
of May to the twentieth of June, and from the
twentieth of August to the twentieth of Septem
ber annually ; any thing in the aforefaid t& to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved Dec. 9, lßc6.
0
An ACT further to postpone tbe operation of an aD,
intitled an aft to regulate scale-beams , feel-yards,
weights and measures, passed tbe twelfth day of
December, one tboufand seven hundred and ninety
feven.
Iciws of N. Hampshire.
"ACTS pjfal at a fusion of tbe Honorable Gen
eral Couit, convened at Concord, Dec. 1800.
An ACT for forming a company of artillery in
the fifth brigade.
BE it enaAed by the Senate and House of Refre
fentatives in General Court convened. That the
Light Infantry company, now organized, being
within the town of Alftead, confining of thirty
two rank and file, he formed into a company of
artillery, with full power to inlift from the in
fantry companies in said Alftead, (when said
artillery company shall be reduced to any num
ber under thirty-two rank and file) so many fdl
diers as will keep the number of thirty-two
tank and file good in said company.
Approved Nov. 29, I*oo.
A Resolve.
In the course of the last year the sea
sons, through the greater part of our
country, have been fruitful ; our trade
and fisheries were generally prosperous,
and the people of this State, have not
At the fame time, our obligations to
support the Federal Constitution will
require us, to attend to the public na
tional affairs, and endteavour to diffufe
correct information concerning them a
mong onr fellow-citizens—to remove
groundless prejudices—to discounten
ance the spirit of party, and undue at
tachment to any foreign nation ; and
to do all in our power to increase the
refedahility of flip A foerican < hara&er.
The 48th fiction was debated, in Committee
of the whole. The salaries of the circuit judg
es was fixed at 2000 dollars per ann.—and the
salaries of the diftrid judges of Maine, New-
Hampfbire, Rbode-Ifland, Connecticut, Vermont,
. Neiu-Jerfey, Delaware and Georgia, at 2000
dollars per annum. The salaries of the diftrich
judges of Kentucky, and East and Weft Teneffee,
were fixed at 1200 dollars.
Mr. Nicholas moved an additional member
to the i,th reason, the bbjeft of which was to
prevent the federal courts from taking cogniz
ance of debts created by assignment; which
limitation drifted in the law of 1795, at present
in force. On this motion a debate endued —
r Meffrs# Nicholas, Randolph, Speight and Alfon,
advocated it; and it was opposed by Mcffrs.
Griswold, Harper and Bayard. —Agreed to, Yeas
42. Nays 27.
Some debate ensued on the question of ad
journment ; when the House eventually ad
journed until Monday.
Monday, Jan. ±2.
The Judiciary Bill was again difeuffed in
Committee of the whole ; when the Commit
tee rose, reported the bill, as amended.
I he House proceeded to confider the amend
ments, but did not go through with them.
TUESDAY, JAN. Ij.
Mr. Harper laid on the table a resolution for
appropriating the surplus receipt of the Poll-
Office to the aid of the Turnpike roads.
Mr. Taliaferro arose and informed the house
in terms simple, dignified and impressive, that
his colleague, James "Jones, was no more. The
house immediately came to an unanimous vote,
to mark their rtfped for the deceafcd,by each
member's wearing for one month, a crape on
his left arm. 'Chey also appointed a committee
to take charge of his funeral, which they re
solved to attend.
The house resumed the consideration. of this
bill.—The salaries of the Judges of Kentucky,
Tenneffe and Ohio, were fixed at 1500 instead
of 1200 dollars per annum. The House then
postponed the further consideration of the bill
until Thursday.
SENATE, DECEMBER 22,1500.
Refolded, That all confidential communica
tions, made by the President of the United
States^ to the Senate, shall be by the members
thereof, kept inviolably secret; and that all
Treaties which may hereafter be laid before
the Senate, shall also be kept secret, until the
Senate shall by their zcfolution take off the in
junaion of secrecy.
our vigilant and faithful endeavors to
preserve their present advantages, and
promote their lasting reputation and
interest—to check the growth of vice &
impiety, to cherish the institutions for
moral inftrudion and the education of
youth ; and to maintain the principles
of justice, and provide for its equal ad
ministration in every part of the Com
monwealth.
again been visited with that alarming
disease which has fatally prevailed in
some parts of the United States. These
and many other providential blessings,
will on this occasion occur to our re
membrance, and demand the gratitude
of out hearts.
But while we rejoice in the public
prosperity, it will be our duty to re
flect, that we oweto our fellow-citizens
Maffacku/etts Legislature
Thursday, jan. 22, 1801.
A QUORUM of both branches of
A the Legislature having convened,
a joint committee, confining of Meffts
Bridge and Jenes of the Senate; and
Mefirs Knox, Hill and Parkman, of the
house, was immediately raised to wait
on his Excellency the Governor, and
inform him, that the Legislature were
ready to receive any communications
he might be pleased to make.
The committee reported, that his Ex
cellency would meet the two branches,
to-morrow, at 12 o'clock.
FRIDAY, JAN. 2J.
The Senators and Representatives af
fcmbled together in the Representatives
Chamber ; when precisely at 12 o'clock
his Excellency the Governor came in,
and pronounced the following
SPEECH ;
Gentlemen of the Seriate, and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
THE favorable situation of our Fel
low-Citizens and the appearances of ge
neral and progressive improvement
which present themselves to our view,
in the various parts Os the Common
wealth, afford us fubjeds of mutual
congratulation.'
of the Sargent at Arm*, reported that it wit
not expedient for the House to take any order
in the affair. A long and warm debate ensued
on the report which was finally agreed to.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1801.
Several petitions, &c. were referred to com
mittee's. ,
JUDICIARY BILL.
The House in Committee,went into a further
discussion of this important bill. The princi
ple, whether tbe State Judiciaries could confitution
afty take cognizance of causes arming under tbe laws
of tbe United States, was amply difeuffed.—The
affirmative of the question was advocated by
Messrs Bayard, Harper, and Dennis—The neg
ative by Messrs Bird and Nott.—The question
brf the fubjed was pbllponed.—The amount of
the debt which Should be made cognizable in
the circuit courts, was also debated, which was
eventually fixed at 460 dollars.
The committee then rose, and the house ad
journed. . THURSDAY, JAN. 8.
JUDICIARY BILL.
ERIDaV, )AN.
JUDICIARY BILL.
JUDICIARY BILL.
The predicament of a neutral people
is frequently delicate and hazardous ;
for when a war is prosecuted with
great acrimony, the contending parties
are extremely apt to confider those who
are not for them, as against them. But
whatever apology may be formed for
wrongs that proceed from the heat of
passion, there can be none from delibe
rate and authorifed injuries :—Still,
however, an honorable accommodation
is always to be preferred to a state of
hostility; for a wife and humane govern
ment will never resort to the calamit
ous expedient of war, until every
advance towards a reconciliation which
the national dignity will permit, has
proved ineffectual.
It must, I think, be allowed, that the
government of the United States, in
the cases I allude to, have conduced '
with moderation, and with a manifeft
preference of mild and pacific mea
sures.—While preparations were made
for the unhappy alternative of war, no
method confident with the public fafe
ty was left unattempted, to obtain jus
tice by hegociation.
Before the Conftittition of the Unit
ed States was adopted, the union be
tween them had became little more
than nominal ; —they had interfering
interests, and in some cases were hardly
retrained from expreflions of mutual
resentment—The Congress at that
time was only authorifed to make re
quilitions upon the several States, and
the latter exercised the privilege of re
futing to comply with those requisi
tions. If this state of things had con
tinued during the disturbances in Eu
rope, it is scarcely to be supposed that
all the States would have remained
neutral—it is not unlikely, that from
accident or motives of partially or mis
taken interest, they would have arrang
ed themselves Under opposite standards.
Ihe possibility of fach an event must,
in our estimation, enhance the value of
that Form of Government which has
connected us together.
But it has been often said, that how
ever well adapted the Constitution was
to our circumstances, the administra
tion of government under it, has been
injurious to the public welfare, and has
abounded with errors either from ig
norance or design—ls the present im
proved condition of our country does
not refute these suggestions, it might be
unavailing to point out particular mea
sures, that would seem to intitle the
Rulers of the Nation to our regard and
confidence.
From the commencement of the w/r
in Europe, it has been the policy of the
General Government to cultivate Peace
with all nations—to observe an eraft
neutrality between the powers at \var,
and by the fulfilment of treaties and
reaped for the Law of Nations, to main
tain itfelf in that impartial courfe,which
its duty and interest prescribed. But
notwithstanding these cautious mca
fures, our intercourse with other nations
has been obftnifted, and to juftify these
obftru<ftions, otr refpeft for the duties
owing from one nation to another, has
at different times Be>n drawn into
question by one or other of the bellige
rent powers.
At length a regard to the public fafe
ty compelled the government to have
recourse to defenfive measures, and
the luccefs of our infant navy in pre
venting depredations upon our com
merce, will serve to convince the peo
ple, that a system of maritime defence
will be the most easy and efficacious,
whenever their rights shall be in dan
ger from external enemies.
The people of this State however,
will recoiled that when the Constitu
tion was formed, they were oppressed
with an almost insupportable weight of
taxes, and that with all their exertions
it was difficult for them to pay the in
terest of the State Debt. By the settle
ment of the public accounts, and the
assumption of the balance due to us by
the national government, we are re
lieved from the burden, and you will
find bya statement of the Treasurer,
which will be laid before you, that our
prelent debt may soon be cancelled, if
measures for that purpose Shall be pre
ferred to the payment of tfe rate of
interest which the public creditors are
intitled to—and that no unusual taxes
will be necessary.
A report of the Quarter-Maffer-Ge
neral, which will also be laid before you,
will thew that the State has a large sup-,
ply of military stores and warlike im
plements, which may be used, if there
Shall be occasion, by our well-organifed
militia for the public defenfe. You
will dired such measures to be taken
for Securing the exposed property men
tioned in the report, as -the interest of
the Commonwealth may require.
That the laws may be duly executed,
permit me to suggest the expediency of
making some additional provision for
suppressing Lotteries, which are not ef
tablilhed or allowed by the Legislature.
The importance too of our infpeftion
Laws will require the most effe^ual
methods to prevent or puniffi a viola
tion of them—Perhaps it will be found
necessary in both cases to authorise pro
secutions by the Grand Jury.
Our Conftituants' now enjoy peace
and tranquillity, and are proteded by
landing laws, wluch are designed to
fecore them in the enjoyment of the
fruits of their labour, against every
ipcehs of ininftiee or oppreflion :—"
I know of no instance in which the court of
appeals, or the high Court of Admiralty, has
condemned property not contraband, on ac
count of its belonging tea BritrAi fubjeft trad
ing with the enemy, when it has appeared that
such British fubje&Aad been regularly admitted
a citizen of Amerfca, and was honafde resident
and established 36 a merchant in that country ;
and I am of o,ioion, that no such dccifion is
likely to take place.
The fame question as relates to Frenchmen.
ANSWER.'
The sane rule would prevail in refped to a
native Frenchman, but if the removal were re
cent and the trade to the French colonies, and
he was carrying on a trade in another branch to
France, and this was the cburfe of trade in which
he had been previously engaged, thefad would
be more difficult to eftablilh, that the residence
was not colorable and merely to evade the ef
feft of hostilities.
(Signed) ^J. NICHOLL.
$ PARIS, NOV. 1.5.
The last letters from that quarter give the
most aftidipg details of the cruel ravages of the
plague. Men, women and children daily expire
in the midl lof the streets, and the bodies re
main Without burials, while many perish with
absolute want, caused by the impossibility of all
intercourse. nov. 16.
The hurricane of the 6th has not confined its
ravages to our territories ; almost all the houses
of the Hague have been damaged. The waters
rose out of their canals, fad Spread over t'lfe
town. —
kOMt, OCT. 25.
A Ruffian fleet of transports, with from 3 to
40c3 troops on board, bound sos Naples, if ar
rived at Corf*.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24.
The appointment of Committees,
reading of petitions, and difeuffing the
preliminaries of the business that is to
engage the attention of the Legislature,
during its present session, comprised the
principal business transacted this day.
The Speech was committed, in the
House, to Messrs. Knox, Ward, Pickman,
Hill, and Mitchell ; and in the Senate
to Messrs. Bride, Davis and Bigelow.
RUSSIA. PETERSBUROH, NOV. If, igoo.
Whereas War has for many years
desolated the face of Europe and dis
turbed the tranquility of innocent com
munities from considerations that can
not be juftified by the laws of nature
or nations. And whereas the mari
time strength of Great-Britain has be
come dangerous to the privileges and
liberties of other states, and on sundry
unwarrantable occasions violated the
rights of neutrality. And whereas the
principal support of this overgrown
fleet, is derived from my faithful allies
Denmark and Sweden ; I hereby pro
claim it my solemn extermination to
co-operate with thehi for supporting
the balance of power in Europe ; and
to equalize the advantages of weak and
fyrotefted sovereignties. And where
as terms of peace have been offered by
the First Consul of the French Repub
lic, that have been fhamefully neglected.
I hereby proclaim war against the
king of the Britons, and authorize the
seizure and detention of all fhips,goods
and merchandize belonging to his fub
jeds, and a sequestration of all pro
perty, having no other object, but the
restoration of a general peace. I look
up to heaven for the reditude of my
intentions, and fubferibe this declara
tion to advance and promote the gene
ral interest ofmankind. Doneat Peters
burg this 15th day of Nov. 1800.
DECLARATION OF WAR
Againf GREAT-BRITAIN, by tbe Emperor
of all tbe RUSSIAS.
I shall transmit to you, Gentlemen,
by particular messages, any informa
tion of importance, which I may be
able to Communicate.
From the good agreement which ap
peared in the former feffiops, I have no
doubt that your deliberations at this
time will be edndu&ed with candor,
and I trust they will produce important
benefits to our fellow-citizens; So far
as my duty is concerned, you may be
assured of all the co-operation that can
result from zeal for the welfare of the
Commonwealth, and a disposition to
promote harmony in tlie several bran
ches of the Government.
We have already Rated our belief that it was
the determination of our Government to at
tempt seriously the expulsion of the French
from Egypt by 2 British force adequate to the
occasion. We have now the best authority for
confirming our former assertion, by affurirg
our readers, that Sir Ralph Abercrombie, anti a
powerful army art detached on this important
service. o——
Tbefollenving qutfion was dated to Sir John Ni
choll, King's Advocate , London.
" Whether British born fubjedts, who have
been naturalized in America as citizens of the
United States, within the last four to fix years,
Can trade between North America and the
French or SpaniSh islands and settlements in the
Weft-Indies, without fubjefting their property
to confifeation in a BritiSh court of Admiralty ?
\
Whatever moire tin be done to me!
rate their condition, or increase their fa
curity, you, Gentlemen, will net at
tempt t&o.
The taccefs of your labours will ve
ry much depend upon your influences
and example, in promoting good order
among the people, and producing a
compliance with the regulations you
may think proper to adopt. The most
excellent laws will be of no use, if they
are not observed, and they will not be
Observed by the people, unless they are
refpe&ed by those who make and exe
cute them.
Important NEWS,
CALEB STRONG.
Boson, January 23, 1801.
From tbe London Oracle, Nov. 27.
ANSWER-
(IF TRUE)
Last Saturday night fall before 12 o'clock
Mr. Jonathan Archer, was awakened by a
young man with the alarming cry of fire. Some
wretch had placed a large piece of„cloth with
some combustibles in it, at the door of the flor
adjoining his house in Walnut Street / ft had
burnt through the door, and the cloth was near
ly confirmed to tinder.—Had ndt the yom!
man providentially passed as he did, the building
in a few moments niuft' have been wrapped i^
flames ; 'and from the com pad? situation of the
neighbourhood, the deftruairn must have bed
dreadful.
The night preceding, the office ofthp Edit*
ofthe Rcgifter, just about ti o'clock, was dtf
covered to be in a blaze. It was immediate!,
extinguished. From the confufion on the oc=
cafion, ir was impofrble to tell how it real eta*
municaud. ==0 — 1 ,
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 13.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT
Extras of a letter from Mr. fames Adams,).
Tort Republican, dated Dec. 22d, 1800, rmiv^
ed yeferday by the febooner Nimrod.
Judge of my feelings this evening on re
the enclosed proclamation published by
' , °'"' 2 ' nt laying a duty of 20 per cent
c a, imports without exception,, not even
F -vif.jns a-? exempted, and 20 per cent, on
al export, 1 Sugar, coffee, cotton, &c. the
g& 3arc tob? . ued by the Chamber of Com
"e .omul )of the refpe&ive powers
'' c :^St. Domingo
suw is px ; tree, ft will be merely
CTh^k ^Jbyfir dot Ineft in any of these
} ^ itwa: G Lw:cc cumftar.ee I had
cleared out the or d pr. -ifly, ^ the law
u£!n ' - riot ^ ow, the aid.
As fool ... ~11 1, . . , will write you eve
ry Particular by : c rai r vc i rro,• , for y ou " r
government ^ fm rr 1 ~, j „^, yo u ^
the mean time ~• u. - l^ any trents to
this or any other por^ : ^ ifc 1 I^ yoi ,
hear from me, or h^r this business is to be fet
tled ; you will pleaie to publish this proclama
tion for the benefit of our commerce and coun
trymen at large."
"V. S. There is a report in circulation, that
all the ports in the island are to be shut up,
except the Czpe, Aux Cayes, and this^port.”
9 Here follows tbe Proclamation rfTuuiffiilrt
Louverture, made in tbe name of Liberty, Equali
ty and tbe French Republic. It contains 25 ar
ticles ; Lefi&s a preamble. By the if article aN
the produce exported from $ e colony, of wbateto
nature st may be,fall pay a duty cf 20per cent ;
and all goods or Merchandize ,produce i s included')
imported into the colony, of whatever value or quali
ty,fhall pay a duty of 20 per cent. & another
fcaion Ports of Entry are to be eflaWifa, fy
cuflom-boufes opened therein, with proper officers.— z
Tbe duties to be paid in specie. Tbe other article's
contain regulations for the government of tbe reve
nue officers; and persons importing or exporting goods
merchandize or produce ; and for levying certain in
ternal taxer on tbe colonels. This regulation is dat
ed at Cape Francois tbe fy Frifore (nth De
cember 1800.)
Providence, jan. 21.
FIRE!
Yesterday between the hours ofg and I) id
the meaning, this town was alarmed with the
cry of FlßE—it was breaking out in Mr. John
Corks's large new store on his wharf—and was
soon at such a height that no exertions could
flop its deftrudive progress ; the wind was frefh
rt N. W. and the fire continued to rage with Un
abated fury until past 2 P. M. in which time
the following dwclling-houfes, Stores, &c. were
totally destroyed, viz. The Store in which the
fire was firft difeovered—the large stores adjoin
ing, the property of the heirs of the late Welcome
Arnold, Esq.—the large and elegant feat of
Thomas Lloyd Halfey,Efq. (late the propert,
of Mr. Sterry) with the extensive range of
stores, &c. back of it—the large brick house
late Col. Nightingale's with stores, &c. on the
wharf—that very large store, latefy.buik b,
Mcfs. Clark and Nightingale—the house, ftorety
&c. belonging to Col. Jeremiah Olney (lat^
Governor Cook's) —-Capt. Daniel Bucklin's
house, out houses, &c.—the house, stores &e$
belonging to Mess. Moses Eddy and Brothers
(late Mr. Carpenter's) Mrs. Arnold's, &c.--Cn
the East fide of the ftfcet, a large house, the pro
perty of Joseph Feck—Mr. Nicholas Power'll
house (occupied by Miss Power) —Mr. Wil
liam Harding's hoafe, &c. Mrs. Hull's house
&c. Mr. Corlis's house was on fire fevers!
times, but by the unremitted exertions of th!
inhabitants was saved.
In addition to the above Statement, the follow
ing was also burnt—a house belonging teCapP
Nicholas Power, a house and Shop belonging to
Mr. Charles W. Tillinghaft, and a house, th,
property of Mrs. Rebecca Williams, were aifr
destroyed. Several small dwelling-houses, kid
other buildings were pulled down, or bloWnma
to flop the progress of this desolating element
The whole number of buildings deftreyed is 3,,
sixteen dwelling-houses, ten stores, and eleven
Jut-houses ; the aggregate loss is supposed to b*
about 200,006 dollars.
Salem, jan. 2&
AN INCENDIARY.
A letter from Beqoia, received by a gentleman
at New-London, and dated 15th Dec. gives ari
account of the difcoYery of a projected insurrec
tion of the negroes in the liland of St. Vincent,
A military company of blacks were to lead id
'» carnage. The plot was disclosed by two
negroes / and efficient mealurcs taken to bring
the guilty to puniffiment. One hundred mnt
quets, were secured, which the negroes had
fetreted.
Accounts from St. Domingo also mention,
that the persecution of the whites still continu
ed in that colony—that they are frequently
dragged from their houses, and without either
accusation or trial, executed at the cannon's'
mouth. Ship loads of whites and mulattoes ar6
frequently sent from the illand, under the
pretence of transporting them to some other,
but from the Speedy return of their vcffels, it is
too evident how their cargoes have been difpofi
ed or.
On Saturday evening, between 7 and 8 c/clfc
this city Was alarmed by the cry of fire, which
proved to be at the valuable & extenfiVc Manu
fadlories eftabliShed at Watervliet, by Mr. ^
Caldwell, and carried oh, of late, under the firm
of Caldwell, Fraser, and Co. Our citizens flew
with great alacrity to the spot, but alas ! the
deftrudive element had made such effectual
Brides as to render all their exertions of no &
vail. The whole of that extensive and ufeful
eftabliffiment, created at a great expence by the
patriotic exertion of Mr. Caldwell, was for the
second time, totally drflroyed, together with a
qonfiderable quantity of stock, of different
kinds. By the zealous exertions of out citizens,
however, fame valuable parts of the machinery
of the mill-works, and some of the stock, were
Snatched from the Aames, and the adjoiningfloret
containing y%erty to a considerable amount,
preferred# —
By the last Mails.
INSURRECTIONS.
EIRE!
ALBANY, JAN. 20.
Jan. aL