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to leave the Ruffian ports with their car
goes, by the end of July, would not be
\ endangered by event of the orefent ne
gociations with the Court of Petersburg.
Egiraf? of a letter from Amflerdam May 1.6<
“ We have received a letter from Vi
enna, dated the 6th inftant,and on which
we can rely, dating the following re
markable circumstances : —Lord Elgin,
has received feme very important dif
paches from the Cabinet at St. James's,
with which he fetout on Tuefday lad for
Italy with all speed, tocommunicate them
to ,he Emperor in person- There is no
doubt here but these difpaches relate to
fettling a general peace between the be
ligeren; powers."
It was decreed,that the French Marine,
paid by the State, Ihiil canid of three
Admirals, nine Vice- Admirals,eighteen
Rear-Admirals, one hundred and eighty
Captains, eight hundred Lieutenants,
two hundred Entigus, fifty Matters, (ix
ty Mailer Gunners, thirty fix Master
Carpenters, thirty fix Master Caulkers,
and eighteen Master Sailmakers.
The place of Admiral of France is
suppressed. All the new officers are to
be appointed by the King, from officers
of the fame rank now in the service,
without regard to seniority.
It was decreed, that the Narrative and
Charts sent home by M. de la Fey
rouse, (hall be engraved and printed
at the publick: expeofe, and the whole
impredion, except such copies as the
K'ivg may choose to take, given to
Madame de ly Peyrosue.
“ The most dangerous of those ene
mies are they who affeft to disseminate
doubt of the intentions of the monarch.
They are much to blame or much de
ceived. They suppose themselves the
only friends of the King, and they are
the only enemies of royalty.
The fifth battalion of the firft division
of the National Guard of France, yester
day morning came to the following re
folation, which is addrelfed to the fifty
mine other battalions :
At noon 22 battalions had already
taken a resolution similar to the above.
The battalion of Blancs manteaux even
went in a body co the square of the Hotel
de Ville to tafce the oath, and read the
resolution in presence of the municipal
officers.
"The National Assembly has decreed,
That the publick force (hall be essential
ly obedient, and that a part of Parifan
army has ihewnitfelf elTentially difoblig
ent.
" M. la Fayettf did not ceaie to
command it, but because it ceased to
obey the law.
" He is desirous of an entire submis
sion to the law, and not a sterile attach
ment to his person.
" That the battalion ihall assemble,
that every soldier (hall swear upon his
honor, and fgn his resolution to obey the
law.
" That those who (hall refufe to do so
shall be expelled from the national guard.
'' That the wish of this army thus re.
genarated, shall be presented to 31, la
Fayette, whose duty it will then be to
relume his command.
CC That those individuals who have so
unworthily treated the royal family, flaall
be punished and driven from the nation
al guard."
Extraß of let ter from Warfaid, April 50.
'' The Ruffians commanded by Prince
Guitzen,after destroying the Turkish,
entrenchments tinder the cannon of
Brailow (which might indeed be looked
upon as the out works of the fortrefe)
finding they could not well keep the
poll they had taken, retreated to their
former Situation with a small loss.
JMay §—.The Governor of the Ruf
fian Company, accompanied by Mr. P
eters and Mr. Godfrey Thornton, having
been honoured by his Majettv's Ministers
with a donferrence on the fubjehl of the
prefect Rate of the Trade to the Ruffian
Ports, are authorifed toinform the Mem
bers of the Company, 'and the Gentle
men concerned in (hipping, that there
appears a great degree, of probability
that (hips failing from hence, under
such circumflances as would enable them
ENGLAND.
MAY 2)
ELIZABETH-TOWN, jane 20.
THE \jtb in fl, a child, about fix years
old, Jon of Jefe Cutler in Morri,own, was
Jent to fcbool about half a mile liftant front
home; not returning in the afternoon, as was
e^petled, enq uiry was made, and informa
tion obtained, that the fchoyl was dismissed
at four o'clock. This intelligence alarmed
the parents who, collecting a number, of
people, went in parfait of the child and
continued it until 8 o'clock next morning,
when,to their inexpreffhlejoy,it was found,
at, the difance of fourteen mills
from home, travelling on, with eagernfs
and feed, in quest of home,which it hadfo
long fought in vain.—At .was feenfeveral
times ; and, it is fappfed, by the route it
took it mu, have travelled at lead thirty
miles , •
From a gentleman, who lately ca me from
Kentucky, we have an rtcconit of a very
fagular affair that look place in, that coun
try :—A young man went to a Roman
Catholic pried for the purgofe of getting his
fins pardoned ; and ajked bin if he could
pardon fins to come, as well as those that
were p ft. The pried replied in the af
firmati ve,but it will be very difficult, and
co, a confiderakle /um of money.—The
young man said he felt as if hejhould be
guiliy of a great fir. very soon and did
not regard the money provided be could
obtain a pardon ; be therefore requeued the
prie, to mention the fam that would be
necessary, who answered, an hundred dol
lars.—The terms being agreed upon and the
money paid,the pritfl pardoned thefin which
he expected to be guilty of and gave him a
certificate of the fame. Soon a 'ter, the
prie, fat out upon a journey, and had not
proceeded far, when be gwas met by the
yfteng man, who pr,nt?d a pistol at bis
brea,, demanded him to deliver on pain
of in ftant death —the peiefl was alarmed,
and remon,rated againil the condud of the
young man, who replied to this e,ed : It
is no time to talk of that matter, now you
havejuft pardoned this fin, therefore deli
ver, immediately. The pries, with much
reluSlance gave him an hundred pounds,
returned from his journey, and prosecuted
the robber. The cause was not decided
when the gentleman, who gave as the in
formation, came from thence ; but it was
generally belie ued that the robber will be
acquitted.
PHILADELPH IA, JUNE 14.
A REMARKABLE FACT.
The extremity of land at the conflu
ence of the rivers Mohawk and Hudson,
in the ttate of New-York,is called Half-
Moon-Point, and the village near the
fame Half-Moon Town. In the vici
nity of this place there is almost con
stantly heard a loud noise, a small dif
tar.ce below, and at other times upon,
the furface of the earth, which, upon
approaching, it never fails to recede till
entirely loft and dissipated. The noise
exa&ly resembles the reiterated strokes
of a blacksmith's fledge on an anvil.
To what cauie these founds are to be at
tributed, has never yet been consider
ed, as laperna ural, and may perhaps
be more justly terms a lufas nature ;
since, if (tie sometimes (ports with the
objects of our fight, it is far from being
improbable that (he may alfe divert her
felf with imposing upon our orgens of
hearing.
HARTFORD, j tfNE 23
Died,on Saturday the 18th inst. at New-
Lebanon, whither he went for the re
covery of his health, the Rev. Dr.LocK
wood of Andover, in the 70th year
of his age ; leaving a forrowful wi
dow, and effeaionate people to lament
his loss. He, was an able and faithful
minister of the gospel of Christ ; a warm
lover and zealous preacher of the dodrine
of flare in the firm faith of which he li
ved and died : and a very considerable
benefactor to Yale-College, of which he
has been many years a worthy fellow, or
overseer.; He departed life with calm
compofu re and Serenity of mind, humbly
looking for the mercy of the Lord Jefe
Christ to eteraal life. His funeral was
attended the Monday following, by
a refpeftable number of the neighbour
ing clergy, and a large concourse of peo
ple ; a well adapted sermon, being pre
viously preached by the Rev. Mr. Be
nedia, from 2 Chron. 24. 15, 16, He
harleft a name behind him, better than
precious ointment; and will be long
Columbian Intelligence.
remembered, and his disease lamented
by the friends of religion and learning ;
the interest of which he so greatly served
in his life. But no parts, piety or ufe
fulnefs exempt from the grave. The
fathers, where are they ? and the prophets
do they live forever ?
DANBURY, JUNE Ig.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in
Nova-Scotia, to bis friend in this town,
dated May id 1791,
" A very extraordinary murder was
perpetrated a few days tince at Luen
burg, a village near this place : Two
brothers broke into a neighbour's house,
and with the peal and tongs, killed the
man, his wifi; and maid farvant—The
man was godfather to one of the young
men : The murderers were soon taken
and brought to this .plac'e, when they
confeffed the whole, and said they did it
for the fake of money : They were im
mediately tried, condemned, and sent
directly back to be executed at the place
where the murders were committed."
Altho' the fealoo of the year is far ad
vanced, we daily fee in our ftrcets emi
grants from the weftern states, whose
flocks bespeak them a wealthy and in
duftrioas people, a certain proof that our
lands, our, manners, laws and govern
ment are in high estimation net only with
oarfelves, but with the world. Here
we enjoy the luxuries of princes, and
no state can equal as in happiness of cli
mate and toil ; our large and navigable
rivers afford an easy transport of our
commodities to any place ; vessels at cur
own doors may load to, and bring back,
the riches of India. A state thus posses
sing every advantage like that of Neu-
York, whose productions are numerous
and valuable, whose real wants are few,
and exportations great, mutt and will be
rich, and if virtuous, happy.
In Ead-Jerfey the Heffan fly is making
great ravages among the winter grain :
with us the canker werm spreads a gene
ral detraction among the fruit .trees, and
the very oaks are made leaflefs by them.
—The number in this part cf the coun
try, was never known so great.
BOSTON JULY 4.
Extract .of a letter from Mr. Robert Brj
don,furgeon at Betfron,March 13.
" A few days ago, a boy almost blind,
(not being quite recovered from the con
fident I'mall pox) having wandered out,
stumbled into a quarry, full of water ;
it is supposed that he had lain in it about
20 minutes, and when.taken out, (hewed
no symptoms of life. I was immediately
called, and having laid him before the
fire, on a dry blanket, I ordered him to
be well rubbed with warm flannel. Wi(h
ing to inflate his lungs, but having no
apparatus,! was obliged to do it with the
corrupted air of my own. I applied my
hand to his mouth, and blew forcibly
into his nostrils. Even this weak ftimul
ous called the lungs into adion, and
did not need to repeat the operation. He
immediately (hewed signs of life, and
being laid upon his mother's bosom, in
a warm bed, he quickly revived and
next day was perfectly well."
JULY 13.
fl HE FRENCH SQUADRON,„
Now in the Weft Indies, we have
thepleafure to learn, will pass the hur
ricane season in this port; and may there
fore befpeedily expeded.
THE NATIONAL RANK,
.Confining of twenty-five thousand
Shares wAs filled up in 15 minutes after
the fubferi ptionswere opened, and 4500
(hares refufed, such is the popularity of
the meafufe, and the faith reposed in the
National government.
The drought for feyeral weeks has been
so great in every part of the country,
that the face of nature has Worn a melan
choly appearance-—scarce a green thing
to be any where (een ; But yesterday we
were blelTed with several Showers, which
we have reason to apprehend were more
copious ip the country than in town.,
The Marquis De la Fayette, has retu
rned his command of the National troops
of Franc. His constant companion is
the celebrated Mr. Paine.
PORTLAND, JULY I.
The deftrudibn done by the Canker
Worms is very great—Whole orchards
laid waste by this devouring infe& ;and
appear as if fire had run thro' them, Ji
LaNSI NGBURGH, June !,,
is asserted by feme who have tried it,that
the smell of burning fulpher, or gun
powder, will effetlually destroy them —
Others recommended to bind a strip of
Paper, dipped in oil, close to the trunk
of the tree, as soon as the snow is off
the ground: for it is supposed the Bug
from which the worm is generated crawls
upon the tree about that time.
The Beflon Gazette mentions, that
large quantities of a Baflard Brandy are
made and fold in Boflon, for real brand,
—the ingredients, N. E. rum, lime, and
other things as hurtful, with some bran
dy—and the composition, a quick poison.
ANECDOTE.
THE Princess Margaret of Savov,
, daughter of the Emperor Maxi
laian and Mary Curgundy who governed
the Low Countries for some time during
the reign of her newphew, Charles the
Fifth, was not only the procedrefs of
learning in her time, but dittinguifhed
by the elegance of her own genius. In
her tender years foe was betrothed to
the Prince of Spain. In her voyage
from the Low Countries to Spain, a
fodder )tempeft arising, the/hip in which
die failed was in danger of being wreck
ed. In the moment of terror and danger
the Princess .competed the following epi^
taph for herfelf, in the old French of
that time;
" Cv gift Margot, la demcifelle,'
'' Qfeut deux marit, tefmourut puctllt
" Under this tomb is high-born Mar
get laid,
'' Who had two hufbands,and yet died
a maid."
B^^W^^
During part of the la, and pre,nt week,
between one and two hundred men have
been employed in digging a Canal between
this town and Hampton in the State of
Nqw-Hampfhire. The< difance they bad
to dig was about a mile and a quarter,
which unites two small Rivers, so as to
form an inland navigation between the
two towns, much for the convenience of
both as well as many of the neighbouring
towns :—The buftnefs is nearly completed.
EXETER, (Friday) July 15.
ROCKINGHAM, SS.
KTOTICE is hereby given,
▼ that Nathaniel Appleton
Haren of Portimouth, has
presented to the Judge of
Probate, a copy of the Will
of John Tufton Mason,
late of Bugden, in the King
dom of Great Britain, Esq.
deceased ; and petitioned,
that the fame may be filed
and recorded agreeably to the.•
Law in such case made ; and
that administration of his
Estate with said Will annex
ed, may be granted him the
Petitioner : Whereupon it is
ordered that he be heard on,
the Monday next proceeding
the third Wednesday of Au
gust next,at 11 o'clock, A.M.
at the Probate-Office in Ex
eter ; when any person hav
ing objections to the granting
the said Petition, may have
opportunity to offer them to
the said Judge.—By order,
W. Parker, Reg'r.
July 11, 1791.
Sir RICHARD RUM, ^.
In a Pamphlet.—Price facti
R/zca-ct-July 2,
'juft Publifced,
A T this Office, and for
sale, The Indictment and
Trial of
NEWBURYPORT, JUNE 29.