The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-10-11 00:00:00, page 3

French Robbers !
From a New-York paper of oa&r I.
Arrived Ihip Russel, capt. Gibbs, in 42
days from Grenock. Sept. 10, fell in
with the French frigate frranchaife, of
40 guns, from the river la Plate, bound
to Rochelle, one of the three from
France on the fame expedition—She
had taken 33 fail, some of which were
American vessels, including the sch.
Rambler, of N. York, from the Pacific
Ocean. The Officers pf this frigate
robbed the ffiip Russel of about £20,000
fterilng's worth of goods, the Captain's
papers, &c. &c. and after a detention
of 8 hours, dismissed her with the most
bitter curies against the Americans.
This infernal Pirate, on the 7th inst.
in lat. 37, long. 43, had captured the
ship Pacific,of Portsmouth, N. H. capt.
Perkins Salter, from St. Übes for
Portsmouth ; and after plundering her,
set her on fire, notwithstanding the
Captain's offering them every thing on
board, if they would spare the fhip—
but no! nothing ' was bad enough for
Americans—they burnt the ship which
was valued at 15,000 dollars. This
we have from the Captain's own mouth
whom they put on board the Russel.
Capt. Salter left at St. Übes the
brig Mary, Capt. Hazard, to fail in ten
days for Rhode Island; ship Nancy,
Saddleman, for Portland, in 4 weeks ;
ship Franklin, Tucker ; brig Mary of
Norfolk, Livingston ; ship Minerva,
Talman in 10.
The following is corroborative of the above.
Extra&ofa letter from Gapt. Perkins Salter, late
wafer of tbejbip Pacific of this Port, to bis own
<ers, dated Nezu-York, Sept. 30, 1809.
"I am.extremely sorry to inform you
of the disagreeable news of the ship Pa
cific, being burnt on her passage from
St. Übes, in long. 43, 6, W. lac. 37, 6,
N. by a French Frigate of 40 guns,
from the river la Plate, bound to Roche
fort, in France; this happened on the
7th Sept, after being out 25 days. The
Frenchmen after taking put all the
hands, 26 boxes Lemons, 4 Quarter
Calks Wine, and every loose article on
board, set the ship on fire in the Cabin,
Steerage, and Forecastle, after which
they made fail from her.—The frigate's
name was Franchaife, commanded by a
Capt. Jevrein. They took all our
Quadrants, Books, Charts, and almost
our eloathing, so that we are left in
a most deplorable Situation. This is a
hard case, to be deprived of the earn
ings of our whole lives, by a piratical
set of French Robbers.
“ Three days after this event we fell in
with the ship Russell of New-Bedford,
and after plundering her of half of a
richcargo of dry Goods,gave the Capt.
his ship, and put all of us on board of
her, very short of provisions.
“ I shall make every necessary protest
relating to the circumstance, and shall
come home as soon as poflible.”
The cargo of the ship Pacific consisted of
XJJO Hhd& of excellent Salt, besides Lemons,
Wines, &c. &c.
OBSERVATIONS, by the Printer.
The above is not only the loss of a
few very refpedable individuals, but is
a loss to the Revenue and the Public at
large. After having such repeated
proofs-of French piracies, robberies and
depredations, in open violation of the
laws of nations,, and every honorable
procedure, we would ask, " who would
give his vote to any Candidatefor of
fice who favours French principle; or
politicks?
Weigh this well AMERICANS 1
Advice from Charleston, S.'C* to the 14th
of Sept, furnifhes no additional information
-of the negro infurre&ion in the vicinity of that
city.,
A letter from Ch&defton, fays, the revolt
was confined to two plantations; but a plan
was laid for a general rising.
It is said, an infurredion of the blacks lately
discovered itfelf near Edenton, in North Caro
lina; 'but was fuppfeffed,
ExtraQ of a letter from Wafington,
" The riling of th, negroes is now proved to
have been occasioned by the circulation of some
artfully written hand-bills, drawn up by the
noted Callender in prison, and circulated by two
French people of colours originally from Gua
daleupe, aided by an United Irilh pretended
Methodist preached. Calender declares himfelf
innocent of any intention to go furthcr, than
merely to favor Mr. Jefferfon 's ekdion, but be
toftill firfpeded if a further object.
" appointment.
Oliver Sparhawk, Efy of Walpole, Clerk of
* Court of Common Plpas in the County of Ch?
f^c. " '
Portsmouth
lift of Prizes sent into Cayenne,
from July 17, to Aug. 17, viz. Sloop
Lydia and Betsy, of Georgetown, [Ma
ryl.] brig Polly, of Philadelphia ; ship
Independence of N. York ; sch. Gen.
Green, of Providence ; sch. Aurora,
Brown, of Portland ; brig Betsy, of
Boston ; Capt. Rollins, in a brig of
Portsmouth, taken but not arrived ;
besides several English vessels. —There
are rz privateers from 22 to 4 guns,
continually cruising from Cayenne,
where the Americans are not considered
as primers, or entitled to an exchange ;
and for the preservation of their health
2nd good order in the town, are kept
on board a prison Jhip, with a few sol
diers over them, to a& in the treble ca
pacity of guards, gbyfeians, and Jettons !
SATURDAT, OCTOBER tt, 1800.
FRENCH ROBBERS AGAIN!
NEGRO INSURRECTION.
The Vengeance Taken.
Information has been received ft dm the Cap
tain of the British frigate Manager, that on
the 22d or 23d of August, in the Mona Paflage,
the Britjfh frigate Seine captured the French
frigate vengeance, after an adion of 6 hours.
She was from Curtacoa bound to France. This
forms a lineal lift of captures, thus —An Eng
lish frigate took the Blanche, the Blanche took
the Pique, the Pique took the Seine, and the
Seine has taken the Vengeance.
' From a Baltimore Paper of Sept. 2s.
Yesterday arrived capt. Webb, 24 days from
Kingston. On the 26th of August arrived at
Port Royal, La Vengeance, French frigate
prize to La Seine.
La Vengeance mounts 50 guns, besides swivels;
viz. 28 twenty-four pounders, 8 fifty-fix brass
howitzers, and 14 long nine pounders, full of
meh, and many of the fame fadiilie, passengers
on board,that were in her when (he engaged &
was crippled by th, Conftelktion. The number
of men killed and wounded is yet uncertain,
La Seine fell in with her in the Mona Passage,
and came up after a chace of 48 hours, during
which they had started nearly all the water on
board La Seine to lighten her —they were eight
hours within gun (hot, 4 of which within that
of a pistol, when La Vengeance, having every
mast shot away, and the carnage on board
dreadful, ftruek her colours. La Seine also fuf
fered much—her ad or 3d lieutenant and 15
men killed, and 28 wounded. La Seine is rat
ed 42 guns, but mounts 46, 18 and 9 poun
ders ; the best match La Vengeance could have
met with on the Jamaica station. Capt. Milne
of La Seine was 2d lieutenant of the Blanche
when (he took La Pique.
An American frigate has been seen on the
coast difmafted, supposed to be the Prefident—
commanded by Com. Truxton.—The Insurgent,
capt. Fletcher, is also on the coast.
A letter from Providence, mentions, that
Capt. Perry has returned from Philadelphia,
with orders to re-equip the General Greene.
By a proclamation of the President of the
United States, dated the 6th Sept, commercial
intercourse is opened between the U. S. and
the whole island of Hispaniola. Vessels trading
there must firft enter at Cape-Francois, or Port
Republican.
The following is a lift of the wars between the
English and French, with the terms of their du
ration, since the one which commenced in 1116,
and continued two years; 1161 lasted twenty
five years; 1141, one year ; 1201, fifteen ; —
1224, nineteen ; 1294, five; 1339, twenty-one i
1368, fifty-two ; 1422, forty-nine ; 1492, one
month ; 1511, two years; 1521, fix; 1549,
one ; 557, two ; 1562, two ; 1627, two ; —
1666, or.e; 1689, ten; 1702, seven ; 1744,
four; 1756, seven ; 1776, five; and lastly,
*793, which dill subsists ; making within a pe
riod of 687 years, 242 years of war.
Capt E. J. LONG's Artillery.
Friday the 3d inftant,Capt LONG's
Artillery made its fourth public ap
pearance this season. It was, as might
have been expected, a new sprig of lau
rel, to this company of young veterans.
They are adually equal to the oldest
companies of Artillery, in the precision
and spirit of their manoeuvres. They
have been raised but about one year,
and have at least half a century's know
ledge.
Governor GILMAN'S Blues.
This elegant company, commanded
by Captain JACOB CUTTER, parad
ed on Tuefday last, and performed the
military evolutions, firings, marches,
countermarches &c. in a very excellent
style of tallies and difciplim.
Capt. WALKER'S Militia,
Appeared on Tuefday, and much to
their credit, performed very handsome
ly. We could wish that Mr. Captain
every body would turn out, and perfed
his Corps, as practice makes perfed ;
and we may want the Militia of this
State to quell the black spirits of Virgi
nia. They will hardly get thro' the
felf created work of infurredion, with
out a little Federal help, to fave' the
poor democratical Negro drivers. This
liberty & equality is not relished in
practice.
£, We would here taken cccafion to hint to
our brother printers in Boston, &c. that those
papers which are alternately published every
morning, may be forward by the above convey
ance, so as to arrive here every evening, thereby
their patrons will be highly gratified.
The proprietors of the above line of Stages
have two other lines which leave this town
every morning and arrive at Portland the fame
evenings, and so vice verje, leave Portland every
morning and arrive here every evening (Sun
days excepted.)
To the PUBLIC and PRINTERS.
By the new arrangement in the mail Stages
which took place on Monday last, the mail Sta
ges leave this town every morning, (Sundays
excepted) and arrive in Boston the fame even
ings ; and leave Bogon every morning and ar-'
rive here every evening. The above is effected
by having two lines of Stages owned by the
fame proprietors.
It is worthy of remark that 14 years ago,it was
thought a considerable exertion in the person
who carried and returned with the mail from
this town to Boston in a whole week.
We here from Bridgton, that the dwelling
house of Afael Foster, Jun. was on'the 20th ult.
confirmed. A fphrk of fire from the ehjmney
fell upon the roof, burnt a hole through it, and
communicated the flame to a quantity of /hav
ings and the house was iriftantly in a flame. The
only persons in the house were Mrs, Foster, the
nuife and an infant, who narrowly escaped,
without being able to save a single article. By
this unfortunate accident, an industrious man
and family are reduced to distress.
Baltimore Sept, 26. Deaths, in the last 24 hours,
twenty-seven. Sept. @7, seventeen. Sept. 28,
fourteen, Sept. 29, twenty-five. Sick in
Hospital, thirty-fever.
Providence Oft. 5. The Town Council as
sert, that No Case of the malignant fever exists
either in the town or at the Hospital. that the
Town has been clear of the Disease ieven days;
and they invite the return of the inhabitants ^
sent in the country;,
An epidemic disease lately prevailed at Baf
forah and Norim, ,in poufequence of the over
flowing of the Euphrates ; and which, within
the period of two months proved fatal to up
wards of 12.0^0 perlon.
At Betfajl, [Maine] a Barn war burnt belonging
to Cap. fames Waymouth, containing bay, flax
and farming utenfls, ru'bicb mere all-cenfumed.
HISTORICAL FACTS.
w -rare/3raarc^^ranßww^ .—
STATE OF DISEASE.
FIRE.
<,&*. Spalding gives information that
the Kine-Pox has had its usual course
upon two of his patients, who were firft
inoculated. The disease, if it may be
called one, has been so flight as not to
prevent their usual occupation, nor
cause a single complaint of indifpoli
tion. Neither of those had a single
pustule. If there had not been that
particular appearance of the inoculated
arm, it would have been very doubt
ful whether either of them had been in
feded ; as no other charaderiftic of
the disease appeared.
He has thirteen other patients la
bouring under the different stages of
the kine-pox, any of whom may be
seen on application. ' One of these has
felt some flight* indisposition, but not
fufficierit to prevent his usual a&ivity.
He has but four pocky eruptions.-
Two who are far advanced in the dis
ease have experienced no indisposition
and will not have a single pustule.
Dr. Spalding feels an- assurance in
faying, that these three leading fads are
well established by innumerable experi
ments. ift. The kine-pox is afure and
effedual preventive of the small-pox.
—2d. The kine-pox is incomparably
lighter than the inoculated small-pox,
seldom attended with any indisposition.
3d. The kine-pox is not contagious,
it cannot be communicated to one per
son from another, except by inoculation,
therefore any one in a family may fafe
ly have the kine-pox, without any fear
of infesting the others.
N B. Inoculation for the kine-pot
as usual Portsmouth Oft. in
Arrived here brig Retaca, Capt. H. Do.'Clintock,
in 10 days from Cbarltfon, S. C. fat. 35, lon. 74,
spoke Jbip Argo, Capt. Copland, 55 day from
London, bound to Cbarlefton.
At Demerara, Sept. I.—The Polly, Neal, of
Portsmouth ; Friendship, Stone, of Newbury
port, just arrived, and a fch'r from Kennebeck.
Sailed from Demerara, Nanay, Pool, of Glou
cester, bound to Bermuda.
The fch'r Betsey, of Portsmouth, was spoke
Sept. 21. five days out, bound to Turks-Island.
The Isabella, Donnell, from Biddeford, has
put into New-York, in distress.
N. York, 0&.2. Arrived ship Jefferfon,
Capt. N. Cutter, of Portsmouth, from
Surrinam. Left there the 9th of Au
gust. Sept. 14, in lat. 22, in a heavy
sea carried away his foremaft. Capt.
Cutter left the following vessels : brig
Franklin, of Pepperelborough ; Enter
prize, Langdon, of Portsmouth.
Newport, Sept. 30. Arrived Rising
Sun, Dackray, Amsterdam. Captain
Dackray was boarded and robbed by a
French privateer, of goods to the a
mount of 6000 dollars.
Arrivals and Departures since O&. 4.
ofl.s, arrived feb'r Induflry, Trefaben, Jamaica.
9, da brig Rebecca, M'Clintock, do
do.' failed brig Difpatcb, Pray, Weft-Indies
!■■■■■■■ —fl^BQCTfl —'SBm^CTBW™^,
DIED] — In this town, Mrs, ?bebe Griffin,
aged $2, wife of Mr. James Griffin.
'''"'""'TrEASURy'dEPARTMENT.)
Washington, sept. x, 1800.)
Public Notice is Hereby Given,
In pursuance of an ad of Congress, pas
sed on the 23d day of April, one thouland
eight hundred, entituled, " Ao a& to
establish a General Stamp-Office,"
I. T HAT, a General Stamp-of
fice is now established at the feat of
government, in the city of Washington, from
whence there will issue, from and after the date
hereof, (upon the application of the supervisors of
the Revenue, under whose management the col
le&ion of the Ramp duties is placed) any quan
tities of paper, parchment and vellum,marked or
stamped, and duly counter-damped, with the
rates of duty which are demandable by law.
11. THAT, the power of the Su
pervisors of the Revenue to mark or Damp any
vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with du
ty, will cease and determine from and after fix
months from the date hereof, to wit, on the iaft
day of February 1801.
111. THAT, If any person shall, af
ter the last day of February 1801, have in their
custody or possession any vellum, parchment or
paper, marked or Damped by the Supervisors of
the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing
charged with duty, Drall not have been written
or printed, they may at any time witbin tbefpace
effuty days after tbe faWlaJi day of February 1801,
bring or fend such vellum, parchment and pa
per, unto some office of infpe&ion, and in lieu
thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vel
lum, parchment & paper, duly Damped, in pur
suance of the ad herein before recited. And in
case any person Diall neglect or refufe,within the
time aforefaid, to bring or cause to be brought
unto some officer of infpeaion, any such vellum,
parchment or paper, it is hereby declared that
the fame will thereafter be of no other effect or
use, then if it had never been marked or Damp
ed, and that all matters and things, which may.
after that time be written or printed upon any
vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be ex
changed to manner aforefaid, will be of no other
effea, than if they had been written or printed
on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or
Damped..
IV. AND for the convenience of
those persons who may be inclined to have their
own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or
marked, it is hereby declared, that when any
person Diall deposit any vellum, parchment or
paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied
with a lift, fpecifying the number and denomi
nation of the Damps or marks which are desired
to be thereto affixed, the fame will be transmu
ted to the General Stamp-Office, and there pro
perly marked or stamped; and forthwith lent
back to the fame supervisor, who will thereupon
collea the duties and deliver the paper, parch
ment or vellum, to the order of the person from
whom the fame was received.
GIVEN under my band, andtbefal oftbe Treaj
ury, al Wafoington, the day andyear a
(L.S;) bale mentioned.
OLIVER WOLCOTT,
Secretary of tbe fyafury.
CT We think the above advertise
ment will be as acceptable to Government, and
much more agreeable to our kind Patrons, than
if we had (et it in a large type and run it out to
a whole page. There are but very few people
who are ignorant of the denomination offam,s,
PEIRCE's Oracle's Marine Journal.
A CARD.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. XI.
Edward J. Peirce,
Has received by the Racket, fam Liverpool,
a neat affirtment of
Best cut ana plain glass
WARE, of the newell pattern—
which is now open and ready forfale at his
Crockery and Glajs Ware Store,
Daniel-street, Portsmouth.
He expects in a short time to
receive 2 very handlome assortment of
CROCKERY, all of which he will fell
at the lowed rate for Cafli.
Port,mouth, OR. ±,0)1800.
Hyde & Lyel,
Taylors and Habit-Makers from London,
REfpedfully acquaint their Friends
and the Public, that they have
just received a neat assortment of
FALL and Winter
GOOD S,
And that they continue ready-made
and bespoke WORK as usual.
Partfmouth, OR. Ip, tßoo.
Pifeataqua Bridge
Proprietors, are requested to call at the
Custom-House, to receive a Divident of
Toll made thereon, the 6th inst.
Their Annual Meeting
will be held at the State-House in this
town on the tzth of November next, at
three o'clock, P. M.
Tho S Martin, Treasurer.
Portsmouth, October 11, 1800.
'T'HE fubferibers be
ing authorized to receive propo
sals for contracts to make the
New-Hampfare Turnpike Road
from Pifeataqua bridge to Concord up
per bridge, by Durham-falls, through Lee,
the two mile streak (so called) Notting
ham, Northwood, Epsom, Chichefter and
Concord, in or nearly on the way run and
marked by order of the Directors, withtlie
neceffury bridges thereon — invite every
person deGrous of contraAing for the fame,
or any part thereof, to come forward with
their proposals, which must be in writing
and signed, defiguating by particular
marks the way intended to be made, at
what sum by the rod or mile, the bridge
or bridges to be built, the length of the
water courses to be covered with plank,
the materials for the abutments or cause
ways, what sum to be done for, and when
to be completed. The said Road must
be thrown up and raised with clear earth
or gravel, thirty inches high in the centre,
and rounded off in a true curve each way
to the middle of the gutter or water course,
on the sides of the road, twenty-fix feet
from centre to centre of the gutters, which
must also be regularly Hoped outwards ;
and have water courses across the road
find from the gutters, fufficieot to prevent
any water's remaining therein. In mea
dow or Iwamp land, a good foundation
must be laid with wood or flone, and
covered'as aforefaid. And no part of
said road will be approved and received
until it be {efficiently fettled and made
even in manner above mentioned. The
bridges are to be twenty feet wide and
built with pieis of our common pine tim
ber, three polls to a pier, placed on a mud
fill twenty feet apart, with five Efficient
firings of timber, to be covered with good
three inch pine plank and railed in a
plain substantial manner, with done abut
ments, where materials can be had.—
And over any dead or dill water, of Tn
contidcrable depth, or flats adjoining
running ft reams, causeways of wood or
stone covered with gravel, excepting
courses for the water.
Nath'l A. Haven,)
Isaac Waldron, > Agents.
Jona. Steele, )
ORober 3, 1800. ,
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers named Ex
ecutors of the last Testament, of
SAMUEL GERRISH, Jun.
late of Dover, Merchant, deccafed, having
accepted that trust, and given bonds for
the faithful performance thereof agreeably
to law, request all persons having de
mands against bis efiate, to prefect the
fame for adjustment. Those indebted arc
desired to make immediate payment.
Wm. Brewster, 1 Executors.
Wm. K. Atkinson, J
Dover, OR. 8, 1800.
Fifteen fillings per quarter.
THE subscriber proposes to
opening his Evening School, on
Monday the 17th of November. He
has found by experience that evening
Scholars seldom attend until the cold wea.
ther has finally set in. Young Men,young
Women and lads may acquire a tolerable
knowledge in Arithmetic and Writing in
the course of one quarter. It is a prefer
able mode of passing time, to that of frol
icking life away in the ftretts ; and op
portunities of improvement negleSed,
are frequently the cause of paipful regret.
Ten poor girls unable to pay, will be re
ceived free of any ex pence. Good fires;
a warm room, and constant attendance
given. GEORGE RICHARDS.
OTbe Subscribe t to the Q&rfalMer.
chant are requeued to caU^&Peiref
fa,for their B&.
Glass-Ware.
Evening School.
of every description, FOR SALE, by
large or (mail quantities, and is determine
ed to keep a constant supply, that any
person may be served at the shortest no
tice, and where Lumber of all kinds will
be purchased in. Alfa FOR SALEg
Sea Coals ; Stone Lime, & about
100,000 of excellent BRICKS.
Portsmouth, Sept. 20, 1800.
A Quantity of excellent new
LIME in Hhds. just arrived from
New-Bruofwick, and for sale on the
middle Town Wharf.
Plaifter of Paris, & Grindltones.
Apply to B. CONNOR.
^_}Qffi Sign of the trum-
T et and Ke ggr
I William Parry,
A Has for sale at hisfore at the lower
endofßuckfreet, near Portsmouth pier,
A Large assortment of
Goods ; Groceries, &c.
Among which arc the following,
RUM, Brandy, Gin, Aniseed,
Clove-Water; bed of London Por
ter, by dozen or single bottle ; Coffee,
Tea, Chocolate, Sugar, Molaffcs, Cotton ;
Cod and Pollock Fifli ; Flax of an excel
lent quality, and of any quantity; Mack
erel per barrel or ^ barrel; Crockery and
glass Ware; A variety of Shoes; excel
lent Spanish float Indigo; a quantity of
nail-rod Hoops; Hats of various kinds ;
Best of Oil'd Hat-Cases, of almost every
fizt & price, neatly mado; A great quan
tity of Iron, Steel-shod, and other Spades
and Shovels; Keggs from half a pint to
ten gallons, kepsconftantly for sale ; to
gether with a large assortment of other ar
ticles too numerous to mention in a
Newfpa per advertisement; all of which
will be fold as cheap or cheaper than at
any (hop in this town.
As said Parry has lately eG
tabliflted arTobacco Manufaaory, where
he has the best of Tobacco Manufa&ur
ed into Pigtail; small Twist & Smoak
ing—he is determined to fell the best of
Tobacco, much lower than can be pur
chased at any (bop in Portsmouth.
Just Published at Newburyport, and now
received and for sale by Charles Peirce
at the Columbian Bookfore No. 5 Dan
iel-Jlreet, Portsmouth,
THE Female American, or the extraor
dinary Adventures of Unca Eliza
Winkfield ; compiled by herfelf. Price 4/6. -
Portsmouth, Sept. §, 180a
UffE'DO &4R—REWARD.
RANAWAY from the Subferiber on
Monday night, the xgth inff. an in
dented Apprentice Boy, by the name o
EDWARD WEST, nineteen year&o
last July, brown hair, about fix feet high#
carried away two lulls of cloths ; coat
overhalls deep blue, flriped vest; the
other iuit a light brown, with flints an 4
other cloathing-^Whoever will take ^
said boy and return him to me, the fefy
scriber, (hall have the above rew fo n d,
no charges paid.
This is to forbid all persons favoring
or trolling said *■,„;, fry walla
avoid the Law. SAMUE flfetPv
. <%,% $% 16,1^ ^'
LUMBER
NEW LIME.
—ALSO—