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of Divine ' Providence, we mutually pledge
to each other out lives, our fortunes and our
faired honor.
-The foregoing declaration was by order
of congfefs engrossed and signed by the tol=
lowing members : '.
JOHN HANCOCK.
New-Hantybare. J^hab Bartlett, W il
( liam Whipple, Matthew Thornton. — Muffa
chujetts-Bay. Samuel Adams, John Adams,
Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry.-—
Rbde -Jfand, Stephen 'Hopkins, William
Ellery.— (Nmed/eut. Roger Shearman,
Sunhel Huntington, , William Williams,
OliverWollcot.---A r cw-rOH. V/m.Floyd,
... Phillip Livingltori, Francis Lewis, Lewis
Morris. —Artu-ybfcy. Richard Stockton,
John Witheifpoon, Francis Hopkinlon, John
Hart, Abraham Clark. ^-PennfyivaHa. Ro
bert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin
'Franklin,- John • Morton, Ged/ge Clymer,
James Smith, George Taylor, James Will
fon, George .Rots.— /Delaware. ; Caylor
Rodney, George Reed.— Maryland. Samuel
Chafe, William. Paca, 1 homas Stone,
Charles Carroll, of Cairolton. — hr^ma.
; George Wythe, Richard Henry .Lee, Tho
mas Jgfferfon, Benjarnin.HaJrihin, Thomas
" Nehon, iun. Francis L. Lee, Carter Brax
ton.---A^/f^-Car^F/M. William Hooper,
Joseph Hews, John Petin.- 'CSWufc Carolina:
. > Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, jun.
Thomas Lynch, jun. Art'r Middleton.-,-
'Georgia. Button Gwinner, Lyman Hal),
George Walton.
.„ Washington, JULY 15.
We are enabled by the late arrivals to lay be
fore our readers the act of the Britijh Parliament
countervailing duties ; by which it will 'be feeu
how easy an atoicable adjullment could have been,
had not the proposition in the house of Keprefen
tatives by General Smith, been frustrated by the
prejudiced opposition of the New-England mem
-0 bers. •
An Aa to empower His Majefy to catfe cer
tain countervailing Duties, granted by an
: AR of the Tbirty-feventh Year of the Reign
of His present Majefy, intituled, An Aft
for carrying into Execution the Treaty of
'Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, con
cluded between His Majesty and the Un)
ted States of America, to cease, or be fuj
pended until the Twenty-fifth Day of March,
"Onefboufand eight bundred-and three, un
der certain tircumftances.
• - [24th 'March, 1^02.]
WHEREAS by an AT paffed< in the
Thirty-seventh. Year of the Reign of His
present Majefly, intituled, An dafor carry*
ing into Execution the Treaty of Amity, Com
merce, and Navigation, concluded between His
Majefyatidthe United States of America, cer
• tain Duties were granted to His M^efty,
- His Heirs and Successors, on certain Goods
in, ported from the American States in Ame
rican IZHels, to countervail the Difference
of Duty payable, in the United States of A
merica, on the Importation of European and
Asiatic Goods, when imported idiotic Uni
ted States of America in Erisf ST American
Vellcis : And whereas certain Tonnage Du
tic^was also by the faul A6l impeded on A
merican Vcflels entering the Ports of His
Majefiy's Dominions.in Europe, equal to the
:, Excefsof the Duty payable in the Ports of.
\ the said United States on Briti/b Ships, be=
yond that payable by American Ships enter
ing the fame Ports : And whereas it is cx-.
_ pedient that His Majority ffiould, for.a limi
ted Time, be empowered, under certain Cir
cumstances, to cause the fame, or either of
them, to cease, or be fnfpended, either in the.
Whole or in Part ; be it therefore enabled
by the King's mod Excellent Majesty, by.
and with the Advice and Consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com
raons, in this present Parliament Llfembled,
and by the Authority of the fame, That from
and after thopaffing of this Aft, until the
Twenty fifth day of March, One thousand
eight hundred and three,'it shall be lawful
far His Council, or by any Proclamation
made for that Purpose, to cause the said A
mgrican States, and also the said Tonnage
buries gianted by the said A6l on American
VeiLls, or any Part or. Proportion of the said
Duties, or either of them, wholly to cease,
.or to be suspended only from such Time or
Times, and for and during fitch Period or
Periods, as His Majefty,'His Heirs and Suc
ceffus, may deem expedient and necessary;
any Thing in any Act or A&s to the con
trary thereof notwithstanding; - '-^
IMPROVED RUDDER.
Capt. Bolton's invention of an " impro
sued rudder;" is described, in the fpecifications
as a rudder prepared with means for enlarg
ing its breadth, whenever this ffiall be neces
sary.. .
It is^made in two parts ; or with a flit of
Sufficient width, pacing at the exterior-edge,
down the middle of its thickness.. In ihis
aperture is inferred a triangular piece. <of
Mood, or^plate of mctSlwhich bangs on a
center pin palling through^its head, through
the whole thick nefs of the rudder ; has the
head, for convenience hftlirnmg, semi-cir
cular, and Turnilh^d with, teeth so sustain it
any particular degree of weitfionfofand,
Foreign Articles.
# AURORA BOREALIS.
^ 1 PGrGHKEEPStE, ,%, 6.
On Thursday night laid, the Aurora Bo
realis made their appearance in as brilliant
and splendid a manner as we ever recollect
to have seen; A luminous arch, or iemicir-,
cle, extended from the N. Well to the N.
East, the diameter of which might be about/
20 degrees above the horizon. From all
parts of this arch, (which to appearance was
about one yard in width) long pyr^midical
columns of apparent tame (hot forth, some
bf which reached the zenith, alternatively
riling, brightning, and fading away. The
fpacc beneath the arch, quite to its bafe,was
filled with a black substance, resembling;
froke, ititerfperfed with spots of inconceiv
able brightness. The light which they re
lleaed was equal to the morning twighlight,
a Ihorf time before fito-rifing, The wind
breezed gently from the fouth. FarcAheit's
thermometer had not for feyeral days, much
varied from the degree of summer heat ; the
next day it arofc several degrees higher.
During the appearance of the light, there
was diftinaiy to be heard, a low murmuring
found, in the regions of the north, like the
roar of diflaut winds. This circumstance
we have remarked on several similar occa
fignsT.
when not actually employed to enlarge the
breads of the redder, fills the flit which vv-afr
made to contain it. A bolt palling through,
the head of the rudder, or at its back, i$
made to throw opt ordraw back the movea
ble piece of wood, of plate of metal, when
ever it is moved 40 tighter left. The pieces
of wood,or.plate of, m£tal,'.when thrown'
forward by the boh gives afonfidcrable ex
tension of the rudder's breadth at its lower
extremity.,f.
That part of the invention which refpeas
the " preferuafon of the rudder," accomplic
es thjs end by hanging it on the item poll,
that it may be lifted at pleafufe with a screw
of any other of the mechanical powers. In
the draught accompanying tire fpecihcation,
that mode is exhibited in which the inVen-I
lion has been tried in aHual tife. .A Hide 1
or bolt fixed by firong braces to the (ternl
poll, is, by pintles and goofings, connected|
with the rudder. A screw bolt pafles through
the head of the Aide ; and when turned by a
lever at its top above die deck, feryes ta ele,,
vate that slide. The rudder being hung
upon that slide, and firmly attached to it, is
at the fame time railed.
These inventions are obviously adapted to
prove eflentially ufeful to the featnen.
There are many occasions on which an ex
traordinary power of rudder if wanted, and
tin all such, Mr. Bolton's contrivance for
enlarging the breadth of the rudder w ill uu
doubtedly be of service. The less of the
rudder by it's touching on a rock, is in very
many instances, the cause of the loss of the
vessel to which it belongs. This will be al
most always effectually prevented, the rudder
being hung in such a manner that it may be
screwed up or otherwise elevated at plea
sure^ Lori. pap.
Tbefe phenomena have appeared, at dif
ferent periods, since, about the year rflo ;
previous to.that time we have no 'account'of
them, either in Europe or.Amerit*. They
are; common in - Canada, Ireland, -Green
land; ^nd, other northern countries They
were very, f^e^^nt in. the time of the late
American war, since which they have rarely
To enumerate his heroic exploits during
th^ contest with Great Britain, which ended
in the establishment of the Independence of
these United States, would require the pen of
a more able panygerift.---Should the writer
of (his article make the attempt, the ffibjea
would be too copious for a newspaper. Hif
tory has done justice to his name, and will
hand it to posterity as an example of cool,
(indaunted and determined bravery. Suffice
it to fay that his expedition to Quebec, in
which he surmounted, With his brave asso
ciates, to the astonishment of his country, e,
very difficulty and danger which human na
ture can be exposed to, and the battle of the
Cowpens, in which he completely routed
and captured a superior force, will long be
theme's on which an American tongue will
delight to dwelt. No man knew better how
to'gain the love and esteem of his men ;
where he led the/ always followed with a
hcrityand confidence.
For his victory at the Cowpens, Congress
presented him with a medal of gold, and
the Legislature of Virginia an elegant sword
and a pair of piftpls, as testimonials of the
exalted opinion they entertained of his great
military genius.
_,, Winchester, (Virg.) July 7. ,
The painful talk devolves upon us to an
nounce the death of General DANIEL
MORGAN. After a long £nd fevc:e ill
ness, he yesterday morning quitted this tran
sitory world for the enila of fpijits, in the
66th year of his age, there to join his com
patriots in arms. Yes, Morgan is added to
the lift of departed heroes---with Wafhing+
ton, Green, Warren, Montgomery and
Wayne, whose names will be revered whilst
memory holds a feat in an American breast
teip 0c ^aiu.
"‘ ; ".Z' # 'N^w^RKfICLY I^.
LATE^if^M GIBRALTAR,/:,
, . YelterQnnorniog arrived the fall failing fch'r.
Roebiwk^fcgr ^ portage of 38 ¥&,s fron/Gibral
tfo: rCap&,J)3wfon politer -faroced lire EaTtofs
of the New ¥<>rk Qtette.wjth a series Os papers
called the Gibraltar Chronicle, to the 2'g'h 0$ May ,
troim which they have .made a few extra&s.'
/f"™ -Gag.: D^wfon we have rec.-ved an ac
:count of au engagement ' between two Algerine
cruteers and a.Rertuguefe ten of war off Malaga,
Avtereiathe former were victorious. The force
of Jie Algerines was a frigate of gzguhs (the fame
which was presented by the American govern
ment to-,he Dey) and a xebec ; the number of
:ihei^ crews was about yeo men. The Porltiguefe
I was a frigate of 44 gups and 300 men. The Al
i gerjnefXQipmenced the attack, by immediately :
Itempting to board their enemy, but .were unfuc-
Icefsful at their firft onset ; the action tlien became
Iwarm and bloody, both parties fighting with great
fury, until all the Porruguefe officers,- except one
,mjdfhipm,n, were kililed and wounded, and the
seamen fhamefnily left their quarters, when the
ihip flruck her colours, after an action of three
hours. The captain, (%vho was a Frenchman) was
killed early in the action. The prize xvas .after
wards carried into ft Igeziras.
The United States frigate Chesapeake, Commo
dore Morris, had arrived at Gibraltar, after a paf
fige of 30 days from Norfolk. Sire had carried
away her main-mafl. The Eftex was the only fri
gate at that place, except the Chesapeake ; the, or
thers were cruizing off MJfa.
The Duke of Kent had arrived at Gibraltar, and
taken tire command of that furtrefs. The Duke of
EfTex, a son of the King of Great Britain, was al
so at Gibraltar, on his travels. . Lord Keith, with
5 fail of the line, was lying in the roads.
The Euglifh had not evacuated Dial,a nor Mi
norca.
viGted us. - The -causes of their appearance,
have not yet been accounted for, cn-philufo
phic principles. • ?
The public mind having been for some
days past much agitated by the various re
ports and publications in circulation, rela
tive to the prevalence of a malignant fever
in the vicinity of Vine-Hreet wharf.
The Board of Health, anxious to perform
their duty with fidelity to the community,
have made all the enquiry in their power, to
afeertain a true ftatenrent of the drieafe and
its effc&s ; and have (pared no pains in visi
ting the tick for the purpose of furnifhing
such aid and comfort as we deemed neccK
fafy. •_
Being alike careful to avoid the exciting
of any needless alarm, and not dubious to
suppress the publication of the truth ; they
offer to the community, the following (laic
ment of faas, viz'. :
That on the 4th inst. John Edwards, a.
fliip carpenter, at work on board a vegel in
the neighbourhood of Vine-street was taken
sick and died, :on the 7th with a malignant
fever, and since his death, the following per
sons have also died of fevers, with similar
symptoms of malignancy.
John Crofsley, Bifeuit Bakei, in the
employ of William Drown near Vine-Hreet
wharf, sickened on the 4th and died on the
Samuel Thompson, in the fame neigh
bourhood, sickened on the 6th & died on the
14th.
Henry Miller, a boy in Vine-street, sick
ened on the 6th and died on the 9th.
John Joint, a boy in Front-street above
Vine-Erect sickened on the 9th and died on
the 14th..,
William Brown, jun. Vine-fireet above
Front-ftrept, sickened on tl|p .loth and died
'on the 14th.'
John Whiflier, a boy in Front-street,
above, Vine-Erect, sickened on the loth and
died on the rgth.
- James CroGlcy, a boy, in the imployment
of Wm. Brown, sickened, on the 11th, and
died ,on the 13th. '
James Effecks, Mulatto Boy, from South
wark, who was in the practice of bringing
.provifonsto his father, in the employment
of William Brown, taken on the loth and
died on the 12th? ."
A number of other persons in tire fame
neighbourhood were taken fak, twelve
of whom "continue indisposed, of. which
number four are deemed to be dangerously
ill. ... .
In all the cases abpvd Rated, no ruftance
of contagion has beem afeertaioad. By or=
der of the Board, ..
Cornelius Commegys ? .President.
Attest, BQ. F. Garrigues.' Sec'iy.
TELLOIK FEVER.
Philadelphia, JULY IC.
It is painful to fce the extravagant alarm
which has seized on the minds of many of
the Citizens, at the exaggerated reports of
the Yellow Fever, exiting in the N. E. end
of the City, when there are not mote than
eight or nine cases of sickness, which have
the symptoms of Yellow Fever.; and some
of these were inqueGionably bro't on by in
temperance and wet. It is reported/we will
not vouch on what authority, that all the va
cant houses in Germantown, Frankford,
and the vicinity of Philadelphia, for many
miles around, amounting to upwards of one
thousand, were rented yesterday atid the day
before. Su&h are the consequences, which
the death of five or fix people, has occafion
edyand which we lament as sincerely as any
of our brother Editors.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
, t^UCmiCE,
The Board of wealth are trappy id inform ;. e
public, that by the Report of their Committee, it
appears that,oulytfcc jierfen has; been taken tick
With fever in the vicinity qb V unmeet, liucc ite "
15th inU. There remain Jiek in jfc fame neigf
'bqurhood, with fever, fix peffonf' two of whuu
ate considered as'dahgero'ffl, ilfr '
sN<nwithftanrting rise pret^ttitow& apper
^f,% the Ruffle of TR^pb ^fe.of opinion th.t
n hite a rnaligo^, disease exibs, thq citizens ought
to be 04 their guard to avoid all inictcourfe u hh
perfuirsemitted with maltyrtihHfvef'and to f u ;
pend vHiting hoMe^Whete (icktiln prevails
il,#&r.of t,'a: Board..*. • ~:.Q
CQXA^il.fUb b^MEGIS; Prtffr^,
Atteg—Benj. F.Carsigccs, S 4&,
From Haverhill, New-flarttfirr.
The anniversary of,tjr Independence, the
4th of July, befog on Sunday, was @5 Mon
day 'celebrated by a number of refycdable
gentlemen of Haverhill anrfits vicinity, whe
met at Dr. Ross Coon's Hall, at Haverhill,
and appointed. Col. Obadiah Ce/neptfr chair
man for the day, and the following, gentle
men werethofen a committee iQ^afc the
necessary arrangements and pfe^ate suitable
toads, viz. Ezra Bartlett, Esq. William
Tarpon, Esq. Capt. Divid W§b'ftec..Lieut,
Stephen Lambert, and Capt. Wm? Butler.
A volunteer com panv .under.,lie command
of Lieut Nute, appeared on the p4t3de, and
did themfehes much honor by tbei&djfplay
of military manoeuvres ,and regular, -firings
—At 2 o'clock they partook of an,elegant
and well attended dinner in Dr. Roon's Hall
—alter which the following, taalf; were
drank accompanied with regular difeharges
from Lt. Note's company,
1. The Day—May.it be celebrated as
long as the country (ball Band, whi^h gave
birth to those virtues and Rtchievernents
which are the objects of it#, celebration.
- , 2 °. 1 H Q MAS JEFEERSON, j?re(id§nttof the
United States of America, • dittingrcihed
through the world for his patrioufin, science,
talents and integrity=May his-Luthre ad
ministration equal that part of it which has
puffed, in wisdom and uprightness; ' .'<
3. Ihe Vice-President and Congress.—
May they continue to pursue that fyttem of
prudence and economy, recommended by our
illustrious Executive and be cautious of ma
king expenditures, when no necessity requires
them ; that in times of neseffity we may have
something to expend.
4. The Federal Confutation—May it
prove immortal, - .
5. The U. S._of America— May. they
ever remember that Union is the Rock of
their peace and salvation, And that'cMl war
and slavery will follow on the heels of'divi
fion.* V.
6. The dec^afed and Arriving Heroes of
the American Revolution —May they and
the cause thy defended never be forgotten.
V v . Three Cheers:
7. The memory of Washington—
May a nation's gratitude ever fiow for his
services, and may his virtues be admired and
imitated as long a< any of the human race
are in exigence. cheers.
8. The memory of FRANKLIN, the Ame
rican S^ge, Patriot and Philofapner, who
di farmed the thunder cloud of its ;errofs,y„-
ranny of a feeptre. <3<*cih<.
^9. The State of ?few-Hampshire!-
(he confider that the present administration off
the National Government js twtonly £qhdu&
cive to the public weal, but peculiarly favo
rable to her particular interest. • (
Jo , JotaN Tz GILMAN Governor ofite
Kite of New-Hampfhire-rMay his admimfi
Nrfr^tß.VfyCtr'-.
Mr. W. Clements has p'ubliihed a letter,
Gating, that from the teffimony vs five wit
nclFes, which has been corroborated by one
of the condemned, it is proved, that the ne
groes intended to rife on the loth June, and
massacre the whites.—-Eleven of the guilty
have been hung-, seven bahifhed, and twenty
whipped for concealing the plot.
MlexaNdfia, JULY 1-.
We underhand that there will be exposed, dur
ing the tale at Mount-Vefnon, some very fitperb
Paintings by the firtt artiffs, and fume very elegant
Prints ; many of these were prefems to the late
General Washington,' and.executed in the molt
malterly Ilyle—This will afford the lovers of the
fine arts a rich field lor enjoyment, and such an
opportunity will probably not again ofir where
gentlemen ipay enrich their colletlions With more
valuable works.
RaLnricR,,JULY
A HANDSOME CARGO.
Arrived , efterday in the Revenue Carter, Cap
tain Ham„hre.e hundred thousand ddhm in fifar
from the office pi Ddepunt and Deposit at" Nor-'
folk, defined to the vaults of the'Eranch Bank of
this city. -
Boston, 7cef 2T.
FROM FOURDEALX, Juxi 6, 1802.
"Bonaparte is momently expected ' to, visit this
city ; and rhe greatelFprepardtHhs are making to
receive him with every mark of honor and re
fpetl. He is defied Gonful for life ;=and the
Sovereign Pontiff of the Catholic. Church ha, pro
nounced him the greatest man that ey^ exited
excepting the Saviour of the World. I ''
[7%e fallowing is ripublifoertfram th N. H.
Gazette, to Jhaw the ~r^rejs cf Repubii
-canijm in the back far! of " the vet^ feder
al State of New-Hafflpftrire," atihe anti
republican, cr more fr^erly Jawbin prints
are pteajed foterin it.} v r."