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,ud a number of suitors ; amongst others, several of
the young nobility. She declined however, all offers
«f marriage,having determined upon an eternal wid
owhood, in gratitude »r th# large fortune left her
ty her ever regretted husband. She wont regularly
to church and to confession, was irreproachable in
her conduct andchaste in her manners and conversa
tion. She was looked upon as a model of virtue and
religion,and soon became the envy of her own sex,
in becoming the admiration of the other. She
was very charitable to the poor, visited often the
hospitals, and subscribed largely to philanthropic
institutions.' The house opposite to her apartments
belonging to a young man, son of a grocer, who had
a very high epinion of his own person and merit,
because his father had sent him 300,000 florins. He ;
addressed himself to one of her servants, to have a
tetter delivered to the baroness, with an offer of,
his hand and fortune, but was repulsed with indigni
ty. For a large present the same servant under- ,
took again, though at the risk of lossing his service|
to carry another tetter which met with a less sc-j
▼ere reception. The baroness being smitten by I
the person of the young man, whom she at last ad-•
mitied privately into her presence, and after many ;
prayers, sighs, tears, and presents, she agreed to
give him her hand next Easter ; but having refu
sed so many great people the young man was laid un
der strictsecrecy, and their marriage was to be celc-.
brated at Berlin.|
In December last she received a letter, import- §
ing that her younger sister was promised to a Sile
akin nobleman. She consulted her secret lover,
whom site laid persuaded to believe that she had a
fortune of 200,000 florins a year, about # the present
she should make her sister on her wedding day, and
it was agreed they could hot be of less value than
60,000 florins laid out in diamonds ; and as she
wanted to choose, the young man was derived to
bring 200,000 worth from his uncle, a jeweller,
whom she said she would pay in ready money for
what she determined to keep.
The diamonds were brought in the evening, and
Est for her inspection, until the next. But when the ;
young man called at the appointed time, the ser-I
vants said their mistress was ill, and could see üb]
company, until the day after ; and when the duped ]
to,er then returned, he was informed that the taro-'
ness, with one of her female servants, had, forty-;
eight hours before, left the house ; but previously }
bit orders to declare her ill if inquired after, as she ;
was going to the Ursuline convent to make h^r de
rations. She lias indeed been there, but swindled I
the superior of a brilliant cross of the greatest va-:
lue, which the late empress, Maria Theresa, had;
given to the statue of a miraculous virgin, and ths
baroness had borrowed it as a pattern tor one she
intended to give her sister. She had the same day,
been at her bankers, and, Upon pretence of buying
jewels for her sister's marriage, had obtained in
gold, and in bank notes for bills on Hamburg, 10,GoO
florins more than she had credit for. It has since
Beto f<>und out that she had played the same trick
at Berlin, Dresden, and Naples. Couriers have been
sent every where after her, but in;vain ; the only
information obtained is, that a lady nearly answer
iag the description, had embarked last month at
Embden, either for England or America. It is said
that her disconsolate and deserted lover is now in
his way te this country: and if he can find her out
intends to forgive and marry her. She is about 25
rears of age, speaks fluently r^st European languages
Las a fine taste for drawing, aud plays the piano-forte
in exquisite stile.
NEWHAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE.
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Governor's Speech.
Mr. President, and Gentlemen a, the Senate, Mr.
Speaker, and Gentlemen of the liou.ie Dj
Representatives,
ON this annual meeting, designated by our Con
stitution of Government for the purpose of transact
ing such buisiness as the public good may require,it
must afford much satisfaction to the Renresentatite
of a free people that health and private felicity
are so generally enjoyed throughout this State ; and
while, with greatful' hearts we acknowledge the
kindness of Divine Providence in these blessings,
may it be otir pleasure, as it has become cur duty
by the solemn obligations which we have taken up
cri ourselves to use all the constitutional means in
our power for promotin^and preserving tlie civil
and religious welfare of our Fellow-Citizens.
A letter from the President of the United States
With an act of Congress proposing an alteration, us
it respects the choosingof a President @nd Vice-
President was laid before the Legislature, at their
last session, and' the consideration thereof postponed
TO the present. That system of Government was
framed and adopted after much solemn deliberation
provision was wisely made for alterations, as time
and experience might point out the necessity there,
for—but the reasons for a change ought to be clear
and strong ; lest, while endeavoring to avoid some
apparent inconveniences, greater unforeseen disad
vantages are produced ; and by one change after
another, the Constitution be essentially altered, and
the harmony of the system destroyed.
In tlie course of the present year Electors are to
be appointed for the purpose of voting for President
•aid Vice-President of the United States, Ihe act
of the Legislature respecting Electors, passed in
June, 1800, being temporary ; it will be necessary
that another act should be passed in the present ses
sion. ,
The frequent escapes of criminals and others from
our common prisons seems to require tlie attention
Os the Legislature to the subject. When the hope
or impxmxy is great, one mean of preventing crimes
is wanting. If some plan could be devised, and par
ried into execution, tor confining criminals to labor,
it might have a tendency to reform them ; or at
least those who were able" to labor, might earn their
living without expense to the public. }
A box, containing copies of Laws of the United
States, was received in April last ; they have been
brought to this place to be disposed of, as you may
think proper to direct. They are those passed at
the first session of the, seventh Congress, which ses
sion ended in May, 1802.. The Laws since that
time have not been received.
It will afford me much satisfaction to co-operate
with you Gehtlmen, in such measures as are calcu
lated to promote and secure the lasting welfare of
for Fellow Citizens.
John Taylor Gilman.
May 12, 18%
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ANSWER OF THE SENATE.
May it please your Excellency,
Agreeably to the suffrages of our fellow Citizen,
„e have assembled for transacting such buisness, as
the public good may require ; yet, while we con
template with grateful hearts the kidness of Divine
Providence in the distribution of health & private
felicity,sogenerally enjoyed throughout this State,we
frankly acknowledge our unworthmess,and feel sen*
rfible of our inability to dicharge all those impo tant
duties white the tin* d&tioM we have taken
tmv ourselves demand, and the public welfare re*
quire ; and no constitutional means in our power
for promoting and preserving the welfare of oar
fellow citizens, in their civil and religious liberties,
shall fail for want of our support and honest exer
tions to put them in operation.
The proposed amendment of our federal Consti
tution respecting the designation in the choice of f
President and Vice President of the United States
will without doubt be decided the present session,
We coincide with yowr Excellency,that the system of
our Federal Government, was framed and adopted
after much solemn deliberation by the collectedjris
dom and talents of oirr nation—and that provision
was wisely made for alteration as time and exper
ience might point out necessity therefor ; We shall
I therefore give it thatdue consideration which its im-,
:portance demands. We are alarmed and view with
, concern, the frequent escapes from our commons
' Prisons, and the increase of convicts in our Courts
;of Jusice ; and we feel more and more cohvinced^
I that the present code of our criminal laws are defy
j cient, and require our immediate attention. The
1 only effectual method, we humbly presume, will be
•to erecta State prison, under proper regulations,
where convicts may be confined to labour and pre
vent that waste of public money, yearly expended
under the existing laws, without haring any ten
dency to restrain or reform the vicious and ,unprin
. pled part of mankind,which have been so multiplied
im the community of this State.
Accept Sir, pur congratulations on your re-elect
ion to the office of first Magistrate in our State
Government ; your experience united with talents,
worthy the station in which your Excellency pre
sides, affords us assurance that you will cheerfully
unite with us in such measures, as will tend trosep
cure the lasting Welfare of our fellow citizens ;^a^i
with pleasure, we assure your Excellency, tQav we
I shall pay the strictest attention to any measures you
I shall please to communicate to us, asjwellas to those
you have already communicated.?
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ANSWER or THE HOUSE.
;May it please your Excellency,
I THE House of Representatives cordially join
with your Excellency in the sentiment, that it, af
fords cause of congratulation that health and private
' felicity are so generally enjoyed throughout this
; State, and acknowledged with gratitude the kind-
I hess of that Divine Providence, which hath confe -
' ed upon us so great a share of public and private
;prosperity. We hope and tiust, that in the respec
/ tive situation) in which the suffrages of our fallow
-scitizens hat^placed us,we shall faithfully discharge
Ithe duties devolved upon hs, and use all the consti
tutional means in our power to promote and pre
serve the civil and religious rights of our fellow
citizens.
The Act of Congress proposing an alteration in
the mode of electing a President and Vice-Presi
dent of the United States, will receive that early
and attentive consideration which its importance
demands.
The Constitution of the United States was farm
ed and adopted upon the most wise and mature de
liberation, and is happily calculated to attain its ob
ject—the liberty and happiness of the citizens ; but
as in all other human systems, time and experience,
point dut alterations whith would be productive of
general utility, the constitution has therefore wisely
provided the means by which they might be effect
ed. Such alterations ought to be made only upon
due consideration, after the fullest view of the sub
ject, and upon tracing the operation to its remotest
consequences, lest whilst endeavouring to avoid ap
parent inconveniences more serious evils might be
produced. We are urged by the most powerful
considerations to guard against essentially altering
or impairing that system which guards our dearest
rights, and which, under a wise and patriotic, ad
ministration, affords so great a share of national
respectability and private happiness.
The state of our common Prisons, and the demi
sing some mode of punishing particular species of
crimes, by confinement to labor, are subjects de
serving legislative consideration.
Some plan for this purpose, which would take
from criminals all reasonable expectations of escap
ing with impunity, and which would have the great
est tendency to reform them, and to lessen or defray
the expenses incident to their conviction, must be
wished for by all who feel an interest in the public
security and happiness. The subjects to which our
attention has been or may be called, shall receive
oar consideration. And, in all such measures as are
calculated to promote the best interests of our con
stituents, we shall with pleasure co-operate with
your Excellency.
Latest Foreign News.
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I LONDON, April 17.
House of Commons, April 16, 1804.
Lord Morpeth called the attention of the House
to the charges which have been made against this
country, by the French, respecting the alledged
conduct of Mr. Drake, his Majesty's Minister at
; Munich ; and demanded of Ministers to demoh
' I strate to the world, that they had not armed the
j hand of the assassin ;—that theyihad not aimed the
1 ! dagger in the dark ; but, on the cbntrary, conduct
ed their system of hostilities in that fair, open, and
; / manly manner, which belongs to legitimate war
-1 ; fare.
j Mr. ADDINGTON (Chancellor of the Exche
' :guer.) —"I feel myself under the highest obligations
; to the noble lord, for the opportunity he has afford
ed me of thus publicly repelling and refuting the
1 most base and unfounded charge that has ever been
brought against the government of any civilized
country. lam sure that the house will scarcely ex
pect from me any thing more than expressions of
the utmost surprise, indignation and abhorance, a
gainst the foul and atrocious calumnies of the most
wicked and tyrannical government that ever was
established in the midst of a civilized people. The
servants of His Majesty spurn at such a charge,and
Iwill oppose to it their character and their honor.
In compliance with the noble lord's request; I now
affirm with a clear conscience, and with perfect
truth, that no instructions have been sent by the
British Government to any of its residents abroad,
inconsistent with the rights of nations, of honor,and
of jurisprudence. I shall say nothing at present of
:the construction put upon the supposed correspon
dence, but I assure the house, that no person can
be more anxious than I am myself to vindicate the
conduct of His Majesty's ministers, and to falsify
I the abominable charge, which is evidently meant as
j the grossest insult upon the character of the sover
'eign and his government, and as a means of wound
' ing and degrading, through them, the feelings, tlie
character, and the honor of the people of this em
pire. The' government has not yet received any
dispatches from the resident at- Munich, (Mr.
Drake) upon thi§ subject ; but as soon as they ar
rive, I shall think it necessary to make such a com -
municatioh as will I am convinced, rescue his cha
racter, as well as ours, from so foul and detestable
a slander, I have perfect confidence that the more
i the particulars of his conduct are enquired hits, the
mere apparent will be the propriety of it, and the
vileness and falsehood of that (as I have the.best I
grounds to suppose) most impudent and infamous
fabrication."
State of Paris,
Never during the whole reign of Robespierre, was
the Pdice of Paris more tremendously active.—- Its
tyrmidons swarm in every coffee-house, hotel, place
of amusement,and even the recesses of private houses
The arrests are so numerous that hotels are hired,
as prisons for these victims toCciisular tyranny. -None
but spies are safe, and consequently almost every
man to avoid denunciation becomes a spy. The most
intimate friends are afraid to speak to each other.
.9 r y Person in mourning is apprehended on sus
picion of putting on their sable habliments for the
late Duke of Enghien.—Those who cannot prove the
recent loss of some near relative, go to prison. Not
withstanding, however, this rigour, the mourning I
has increased, particularly among the Ladies —'
who have at all times during the resolution shewn I
most character and courage. The Thnilteries andj
the Elysean Fields were crowded with beautiful fe
males, and of every five ' hundred, there were not :
fifty who were not dressed in black, or were some
ribbon or crape on their bonnets, &c. indicative of;
mourning. I'wo Miliners have been apprehended
for selling mourning fans, with busts of Lewis
XVI. The Queen, Lewis XVIII. and of the Duke
of Enghein ; with small portraits of Robespierre
and Buonaparte, in the back ground, incircled with
the motto, Fraternity. The police were busy in de
stroying these fans. All letters sealed Mrith black
are broken open.
DEATH OFPICHEGRU;
The French government lias"published a labored
account of the death of Pichegru ; asserting that he|
had strangled himself by'a piece of wood which he
secreted from the fife-wood) and which he had
twisted into the silk handkerchiefhe wore round his
neck. After having so twisted it, he laid himself
down, his left cheek resting upon the end of the
piece of wood, in which attitude he remained until
he died—so says the ftroces verbal, but no one will
give credit to it. He was privately murdered !
Could he have died without a struggle ? And would
net the struggle have displaced the stick from the
position in which it was found under his cheek—The
Physicians and the Jailors all declared their opin
ion that he had strangled himself—they dared not
deliver any other opinions .The centinel who kept
guard at his dungeon door, says, that he heard dur
ing the night a noise, like that of a man labour
ing under great difficulty of breathing, but he took
no notice of it. The servant who came to light the
General's fire in the morning, obsers ing that he did
not stir, immediate^ went and informed the officer
of the Guard, whosent for a Commissary of Peace
and a Surgeon. Not one of them thought of 'looking:
at the body, or of ascertaining, before they sent for
surgical aid, whether the General was dead or not.
There are several other suspicious circumstances ;
for some time before his death, the Paris papers
stated that he would neither suffer the wounds he
received, in resisting the Gend'arnies that arrested
him, to be dressed, nor would he take any nourish
ment. This was to prepare the public mind for that
which had been determined upon by the'despot—the
death of his victim.
But why do we dwell so long upon these points ?
The character and conduct of General Pichegru
give the lie to the assertion of his having committed
suicide. He was a man,in the confession ofthose who
differ most with him upon political subjects, exem
plary piety, and of great morality. Is it to be cred
ited, that he would in the last act, have belied the
whole tenor of his former life ? Must he not have
courted a public trial ? Could he have been disgra
ced by perishing upon the scaffold that had been
dyed with blood of Louis the XVlth, or by reciev
ing death from the same hands that butchered the
Duke d'Enghien ? Above all, could he have been
ignorant that the Tyrant would construe suicide in
to a confession of guilt and a fear of submitting to
trial ? All these circumstances rush with such force
upon the mind, that the whole world will believe
he was privately murdered by order of Bonaparte.
April 25. It is with the greatest pleasure we
lay before the public the following intelligence.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 23.
" The Bells armed brig from Calcutta, is this
moment arrived with dispatches for government, of
which Col, Nicholson is the bearer. He is stated'
to have brought the pleasing intelligence of the re
duction and capture of the whole of Scindia's army,
with all his cities, towns, and fortresses ; and when
the last accounts left India, upwards of 70,000 of
his troops were prisoners in the hands of the Brit
ish."
April 26. Another trial of strength between
the* United Oppositions and Ministers took place
last night, upon Mr. Pitt's amendment to Mr. Yor
kee's motion for the House to go into a Committee
upon the bill for suspending the army of Reserve
Act —The division was
For Mr. Pjtt's amendment, - 203
Against it, - - - - 240
Majority for the Ministers, 37.
The difference hetweeen the division of Monday
and last night was one less on the part of the Op
position and 16 on the part of the Ministry.
^r THE LATEST MAILS.
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. WASHINGTON, JUNE 8.
On Saturday last arrived in this city the BARON
HUM BOLDT, accompanied' by two of his fellow
travellers in South America, and by Dr. Fothergill,
of Bath, (England,) Dr. Woodhouse, Dr ; Coffin,
and Mr. Peale of Philadelphia. The Baron Hum
boldt, is a distinguished phil sopher of Prussia, of
which country he is a native. Animated by the
wide field for research presented by the New
World, he about six years ago under the auspices of
the King of Prussia, and with facilities to inter
course afforded by the monarchy of Spain, exchan
ged the ease and "enjoyments of his own country for
the hardships and perils of a climate to which he
had been entirely a stranger. Since that period he
has been actively engaged in exploring the interior
of South America ; in making himself acquainted
with the manners of the inhabitants, their numbers
and their political economy : in making astronomi
cal observations, for which he was provided with
. the best instruments ; examining the animal and
vegitable kingdoms ; and in becoming acquainted,
from personal obseiwation, with the mountains, vol
canoes and mines, so numerously scattered over the
country. He had the singular good fortune of hav
ing endured, for a considerable length of time, a de
gree & heat, in which the mercury stood at 105 de
grees, without experiencing one day's sickness „
and cf passing through a greater variety of climates
than are to be found in any other quarter of the
globe.—Among his proudest trophies is the having
gained a higher eminence of the Chimborasso, (it
self by far the highest mountain in the world,) than
had ever before been reached by native# or foreign
ers. He is about return to Europe to.mfah the
result of his researches, which we have no doubt
Will not only give new views of a large portion of
South America, but likewise rescue tie accounts of
that region from the fiction and incorrectness with
which they are at present enveloped.'
DEMLOFFICIAL.
Mr. Livingston, having resigned the place of Min
ister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, -Gene
ral Armstrong, of New-York, we understand is
appointed hi# successor.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Wichelbaueen, Con
sul of the United States at Bremen, dated
17th March 1804.
The Duke of Oldenburg, whose dominions mostly
surround the mouth of the river lahbe, has con
sented to have buoys laid at its entrance, which
in consequence have been sent down to day by the
Chamber of Commerce of this city. Pilots are direct
ed to cruise near Wangerode, a small island in the
north sea, in order to watch every vessel bound to
the Talite, ———
I he frigate Constellation, the last vessel destined
for the Mediterranean service, left the Eastern
'Branch on the 11th instant.
Mr Thornton, Secretary of the. British Legation,
has left this city on iris return to England.
General Wilkinson, arrived in this city a few days
since.-
It is with much satisfaction we advise the public,
that the Post Master General, has made contracts
for the emhEbhmffl of a tine of Stages for the more
safe e&nveyansc of the mail, from this city to Cham
bersburg, and from Baltimore and Philadelphia
to the same place, and from [thence to Pittsburg.
This arrangement commerces 'On the Ist of July,
'to" 1
Baltimore, JUNE 11.
TWO men, one named Crocker, the other South
wick, were on Saturday last committed to prison on
suspicion of negro-stealing & counterfeiting or pass
lag notes knowing them to be counterfeit.
The President of the United States has recogniz
ed citizen Antoine Venance Gabriel Rey as com
missary of commercial relations of the French
republic atN. York.
, REDING, JUN F. 9.
Last Monday afternoon this Borough and neigh
bcurhood experienced two violent storm at an hour's
interval, attended with very heavy rain and hail ;
which in their course, caused very severe damages,
breaking a great number of windows, laying waste
gardens, grain-fields and timber—Fields likely, to
produce three or four hundred bushels were quite
cut down, so that hardly a straw left standing— -its
extent as far as we could learn was about a mile in
breadth and reached Bor 9 mills b^lcw this place
along the east side of chuylkill.—The second storm
from the north east laid waste a number of very val
uable grain-fields along the west side of Schuylkill,
and most all the fields was lodged down as if wal
lowed. Some of the Ice piccies were square and
measured five inches, and the Hail lay,in some places
so thick that they could be taken up by the half
bushel ! Thus in the course of a very little time,
dwindled away one of the finest prospects of plenti
ful Harvests tikis part of the country ever beheld.
NEW-YORK,'JUNE 14.
Jerome Bonaparte.—We understand that M. Je
rome Bonaparte, his lady and Mr. Patterson of Bal
timore, here father arrived in this city on Tuesday.
—Report says,that the youngCoup^ are about to de
part for France, but the 'correctness of the rumor is
considered questionable. They attended the Theatre
last evening accompaiued by the captains of the
Sybele and Didos frigates, and several other gentle
men.
June 15.
Jerome Bonaparte yesterday visited the French
frigates at Stated-Island.—The two pilot boats, (each
with a French officer on board,) chartered to cruize
one to the southward and the other to the eastward,
for British men of war, had not returned last even
ing. If they return with news of a clear coast, the
Frenchmen with Buonapartewill be off immediately.
FROM FRANCE.
The Famearrivel here yesterday from Bourdeaux,
which she left the 19th April.—She confirms the re
port sometime since circulated, that Gen. Pichegru
had strangled himself in prison with his handkerchief
Upwaids 500 gun-boat had been built at Bourdeaux
for the in^-asion of England ; tlie greater part of
which had left the river for tlie northern ports of
France.
Two of the United States frigates, the Congress,&
the President anchored at St. Mary's north of the
Potomac, on the 14th inst. where they were to take
in their guns. The President was to proceed to
Hampton Roads, for a new bowsprit. 1
BOSTON, JUNE 2S.
LATEST FROM LONDON.
By the Uriana which arrived here yesterday from
Dublin, we have received the papers of that city
to the Ist May—which contain London dates to
the 27th ^pril ; seven days later than before recei
ved.
On the invasion very little was written. It was
said, an embargo preparatory to the sailing of the
expedition against England, had taken place in all
the northern ports of France :—On the other hand
it was rumored, that many of the French troops
lately on the coast had marched into the interior
towards the Rhine and Switzerland.
The preparations in Great-Britain and Ireland
to repel invasion had not abated in number or
spirit.
Official accounts had been received of the very
brilliant success of the British arms in India, and of
the recapture of Goree, on the coast of Africa.
.The debates in the British Parliament were spir
ited. The new coalition was gathering consistence.
At its head were Messrs Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Lords
Melville, Greenville, Spencer, Chatham, Messrs.
Grey, Windham, &c,—These heretofore opposing
champions appeared to approximate daily ;—and
the friends of Mr. Addington were falling off. In
the last division in the House of commons, the
numbers were : For the present Ministers, 240
Against them 203.—Majority 37. The King's health
remained precarious; and it was in contemplation
unless it should be confirmed, to re-establish a Re
gency in the Prince of Wales.
A very solemn and splendid funerul service had
been performed in the. Roman Catholic chapel in
London, for the repose of the soul of the late Duke
of Enghien, murdered by order of Buonaparte. All
the emigrant Princes, Noblesse, and gentry in Eng
land Were,present, excepting the Prince of Conde
and the Duke of Bourbon, grandfather aid father of
the deceased Duke who were sick. The number of
the English nobility & others present, was prodigious
of whom gWwere Udics. ^^^ v^^^