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ufion, indicated by railing the American col
ors over every other decoration, escaped the ob
servation of no one. It was allo noticed that
nearly all the American families of the city
were invited to the entertainment. A number
of civil and military officers accompanied the
commissioners of the United States. —The Span
ish civil and military officers surrounded the
commissioners of bis Catholic Majesty ; and the
rest of the company was composed of French,
and principally Louisianians, The toasts com
menced after the firft course, and continued till
the end of the repaß, which was prolonged by
he'firing that followed them. They were giv
! in the following order :— The U. States and
flferfon, in Madeira. Charles the fbf Spain,
Malaga and Canary; The French Republic
.Bonaparte, in Red ty White Champagne.
Lach of these toads was announced by 63 dis
charges of artillery ; of which 21 were fired
from the fort; 21 from the French battery be
fore the Prefecture ; and at from the French
brig L'Argo. After these toasts, given by citi
zen Lauffat, the Spanish and American commis
sioners gave the French commissioner and his family;
and the French commissioners then gave, to the
friendship and indifoluble union of the tbr.-e powers
mhofe fommiffimers are present. Additional dis
charges were heard, and others repeated on the
Colonial Prefer announcing as the last toast,
70 THE ETERNAL HAPPINESS OF
LOUISIANA! Acclamations, transports, and
huzzas, accompanied each of these toasts. Ihe
Assembly at tea was but an increased and unin
terrupted continuation of the company at din
ner. Tea was served at seven, and Enghih
country dances immediately commenced, con
tinued, alternately with French country dances,
until 9 o'clock in the morning, except during the
interval of supper, which was served up at 2 in
the morning. Eight card tables detained part
of the company till a much later hour. No fire
occurred to didurb the harmony of the feftival,
although there was the most magnificient illum
ination. The assembly was more numerous and
protraded than we have before witnessed. It
was as brilliant, in society and dress, as any pro
ceeding; and only differed from them in being
opened and terminated with less gaiety, and in
being marked by a flight tint of melancholy.
But in the animation of the dance, play and con
verfetion, the night was devoted to pleasure.
, A LONDON, NOV. 2%
Prudhomme's Work.
Let these who admire revolutions, who praise innova
tion, & who preach the necessity of a reform ; who, dffat
iefied with the institutions of their ancestors,that made them
happy, and to which they owe the bleffi?gs of liberty,the
. protection of their property, and all the domeflic comforts
which for centuries have t/ade England great and power
ful, and Britons free at home —envied, esteemed and hon
oured abroad ; let them read the following arrays from
the works of a man, who had himfelf been an innovator, a
jacobin, and a rebel ; who had fhered crimes with one
faction, and proscriptions with another, and who for pub
lishing these authentic but cruel deeds, finished his revolu
tionary career in a republican dungeon, in the Temple
Baftile at Paris, -and then fay, if they, confident with any
political, moral or religious duty & sentiments, can cher
ish difaffe&ion—and, under pretence of reform, plot inno
vations, and bring about a revolution.
“ The duration of the Constituent Assembly lafled two
yearsamd four months (from June 17^9, to Se„e^b r
X 791) in which 3,540 perlons were put to death without
trial, 123 chateaux or castles burnt, 56 supposed conspira
cies difeevered or detected, 71 infurredfions broke out, and
new laws were enured." (Prudhomme's Hifoire
General, ^c. Torn, 6, fallen] General)
" The duration of the Legislative Assembly was only e
kven months (from Odober I 7§r, to September 1792)
This Assembly puffed 1,227 new laws, difeovered 44 con
spiracies, and during its reign there were 28 iofurreci lots,
and 8,047 persons murdered." (PrudLmmc's Hi, sire Gen
eral, Tern. 4,pag 223)
“ Thy National Convention succeeded the Ltffluive
Affembly,and its fittings continued 37 monthsand four nays
during which time, 11,210 laws were enabled, and 360
conspiracies and 140 iDfurteffions denounced; 18.613
perfens were put to death by the guilotine, and 6 550 mur
dered without trial. The civil war at Lyons toft 31,000
men ; that at Marfcilles, 720. At Toulon, 14,395 per
sons were destroyed ; and in the re-a&ions in the Squth,
,50 individuals perished. The war in La Vendee is com
puted to have caused the deftrudion of upwards of 900,000
men, wptp.cn and children, and more than 20,000 dwellings
were burnt. Impressed with images of terror, 479° P e ,
sons committed suicide, and 3,400 women died in
premature deliveries ; 10,000 are computed to have died
of famine ; and 1550 were driven to infinity. In the
French colonies, 124 000 white men, women and children
and 60 000 people of colour, were maffarted; two towns
and 3,^0 habitations were burnt. The loss in the army
is estimated (until October 1795) at 80,000." (Prudbom.
me, Tom. 6,512.)
Since October 1795, to October ifor, after the calcu
lation of Defoundenard and Chenier, 550,000 men periled
in the wars abroad ; 7,800 have been foot as emigrants
or Chouans; 15,060 transported without a trials 9602
died in dungeons ; 6,870 perfopr committed suicide ; 42,000
have been divorced ; aad 3 500 loft their reason.
When such have be^n the fufferings of Frenchmen from
Frenchmen, in France—what have Englishmen to expert
from Frenchmen should they ever permit them to rule in
England? //'
—o—
— Monarchy.
AN account ofthe., extent, population, com.
merce and military force of the Aufirian Mon
archy, lately pfolifhed^ prefers the following
result: the furf/ce of the Rates of Aufiria is efti
matedat 1 zoogeographical miles,there are 1200
cities, 2000 /boroughs, and more than 60,000
villages. The population amounts to 25,800,000
inhabitants/ Os that number 6,360,000 are
Germans , 12,300,000 belong to the Efcalvonia
nations (inhabitants of Bohemia, Poland, &c.)
Hungary furnifhes 3,34°,°°°; ihe others are
Italians Valagues, Croats, &c. The army on
the peace eftablifhmeot is composed of 300,000
men/ All that constitutes the military Rate
including women and children, is computed at
800,000 individuals.—2so,ooo marcs of silver
are raised annually from Hungary ; from diff
erent provinces 60,000 quintals of copper ; from
Jdria, 5,000 quintals of quick-silver. The value
of metals and other unwrought minerals is
47000,000 florins, from which, however, must
be deduced the expences attending these works,
which doesnot amount to two thirds of that sum.
The yearly exportation of merchandize is about
2 1,000,000 florins, and the importation amounts
to 22,50^000. —14,000 vessels of all fixes enter
the ports of the House of Austria annually ;
1200 of them are national. The journal from
which we extract these, particularly add, that
the Austrian Monarchy can boast of poßeffing
900 authors, of whom 72oare Germans.
Apraife-worthy action.
The man who alleviates the wants of the dis
tressed from proper motives, needs not, nor does
he with the meed of publick applause. The
approbation of his own mind is his firft great
reward,and, as Sterne strikingly remarks the mo
tives will beregifter'd elfew here: But as charity has
its advantages whatever be the motive,we ought
to endeavour to excite it by every lawful incen
tive ; and when the knowledge of a charitable
a^fteals upon the publics, to bellow that tribute
of praise which it deserves, to encourage imita
tion. It is therefore with pleasure we notice
that Mr. James Prince, of Newburyport,has gen
erously given one hundered dollars to the f)ver
feers of the poor in that town, to be appropriated
to the relief of the necessitous.
[Repertory
I 4
COMMUNICATED.
Population.—A late ^puMieXtion makes the
number of inhabitants on this globe to £ 896
millions—Of these, 226 millions are Christians,
(that is people generally denominated Chilians)
ig millions of Jews; ziomillionsof Mah orj^tans;
450 millions of Pagans. Os these pfMagrtfie '
Chrißian religion, there are 50 millions of pro
t Rants ; 30 millions of the Greek and/ Arme
nian churches, and 90 millions of Catholics.
The aggregate population on the furfa e of the
known habitable globe, is estimated at 96 mil
lions. If we reckon wi:h#the ancient;, that a
generation lasts 30 years, in that space ^6 mil
lions of fouls will be born and die —conse
quently, eighty-one thousand seven hun Ired and
sixty must be droped into eternity every day ;
three thousand four hundred and seven every
hour, or about fifty-fix every minute.;
—°~ J
Prem the Baltimore Federal Gageite.
AN AWFUL WARNING TO DRUNKARDS.
Among the numerous misfortunes arising fron^immediate
drinkisg, the following is a late and melanchollr instance ;
On Tuefday last, about four o'clock in the ev€nng,a young
man, 22 years of age, (eight miles from Baltimore & near
the Harford road) tock his departure from one house in
tending to another: being over-charged witS liquor, he
fell down in the snow, where he lay until daybreak the
next morning, when he awoke, and with great difficulty,
made his way to a house—at which time, his hinds (being
frozen) would rattle together like flint-hones,^nd being
unable te use them, picked up hishat in his terth Ind car
ried it to the house. I have traced his track reterfely about
half a mile, and found his miserable birth, whir^it plainly
appears, that he lay the whole time on his right fide, with
out any appearance of movement, except a very little of
his feet, having thawed the snow to the earth] under his
body ; likewise an hole oppolite his mouth, by his breath,
about the size of hU hat-crown : his hat beingoff, some of
his hair remained frozen to the fnow —He is itow one of
' the most miferab'le objects that eyes ever beheld ! with
his handsfeet & legs nearly double their usual file,& mostly
of a deep purple, with large warcry blisters; Its limbs at
leaf! are, and 4 think his life, may juftiy be despaired of;
and thus, by an ad of intemperance, Baltimore bounty may
be deprived of one of the most aQ:vc, flout anj sprightly
young men, (as a labourer) it ever produced. But how
human nature could survive 13 or 14 hours od so cold a
Right, without movement, without shelter, without a great
coat, mittens, or even comfortable body-clothes, bare-head
ed in snow, 15 inches deep, is a fubje& of inquiry, edttem
plation and wonder, for abler minds than that of
An Actual Spectator.
P. S, Since wriringthe above, I have attended at the
dreffirg of this poor man: when the Ikin came off both
hands, and all the nails of the right, except the thumb ; bis
ancles, feet and nails, entirely black ; after which they as
sumed the appearance of the crenfen garden beet when
boiled and pealed—Dreadful was the sight !
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. By the latest Mails.
Washington, Feb. 3.
On Tuesday evening, a BALL was given at the
ass. mbiy rooms of Georgetran, by a number of the
Members of Congiefs on the acquisition of Louisiana.
There were about 200 ladies, and near 300 gentle:
men present ; and the Scene was the most brilliant
ever exhibited in this diftria.
Charleston, (S, C.) Jan, 5.
The gale of wind which this city felt on Sunday mor
ning lad we are informed,was ©equally severe to the South
ward, and has done confiderable # damage on John's Island,
Edifto and Wadmalaw. On the latter ifiand several build
ings were blown down ; and the cotton house of William
Roberson, Esq was struck with the lightning and entirely
confirmed, with one third of his crop of cotton in it.
Through various channels of information, we
find that vast numbers of people are already,
thronging by different routes from all parts of the
'Union to New-Orlcaos, &c. And the influx of
,American citizens into the Floridas, upon the trust,
I as it is supposed, of their being annexed to the U-
I nion, is so great that the (governor of St. August
ine has found it necessary to put the grant of lands
under narrower limits and more severe refirifyons
than before. It is even surmised that this measure
of his has been swing to fome^hints that have been
given in contemplation of an intended cession.
Philadelphia, Feb. 8.
Ills rumoured, that our government, finding
that the boundaries of the Louisiana cession are
undefined by the late treaty, have retained fix
millions of the purchase money as a security for
the equitable adjustment of this important point.
It is on this fubjed that Mr. Harvey is to proceed
to France. •
The present mild weather promises the speedy
restoration of our navigation. Already the sea
is in motion.—A few more temperate days will
doubtless render it practicable for our vessels to
arrive and depart with fafety.
Aurora Communication.
From Washington, Feb. 2.
'There is no other foundation for the paragraphs
extracted from English prints, and commented
on by the federalifts respecting Mr. Monroe's hol
ding a high tone, than his speaking in manly, tem
perate and candid language of the unequal terms
lupon Britain treats our trade. The Weft Indies
jare dependant on us for their subsistence during
I war, yet none but veffcls of 70 tons are ad-
I mitted.
This prohibition is not to benefit the Englifii
colonies, nor to have,them served better,but rath
er worse ; and is in fa& the result of a vain at
tempt to obftruft the progress of our maritime
commerce ; it is a mere dog in manger policy that
would prevent us doing what they cannot dolor
themselves—Our government is not willing to
obey the dictates of the British cabinet, nor facri
fice the intereßs es America to her insolent and
monopolizing policy. The most friendly and
sincere disposition towards Great-Britain prevails
in the present adminiftratior., indeed so much so
that I have often feared that the honest integrity
cf our public men had been itopofed upon by the
wiles and fpeciovs profusion of the agents of that
country rl have more than once fafpeCted that
the great bluster about etiquette and precedency
was no more than an indication of the alternate ;
wheedling and-menacing of the minister of the
government,l
Perhaps I may be mistaken on this point tho*
it looks very like what this miniver has pradifed
in other countries.
That our government is fincerdy disposed to!
preserve friendship to the fulleft extent, clear of
entangling alliances, I am perfectly persuaded.-
If the British government vainly expels that our
merchants will be content to go to sea for ever in
cock-boats while our forefts, our mines, or corn
fields and plantations furnifh materials for the
commerce of the two hemispheres, they arc under
some oftheir usual mistakes concerning the people
There are no men in authority now who will
confers to Sacrifice the cotton trade or the provi
sion trade, to purchafea factious influence in our
sea poits.
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New-York, Feb. g.
George W. P. Cottis, Esq. has given notice in
the Georgetown papers that all poor persons in his
neighbourhood may be Supplied with fuel gratis
from the Mount Vernon Estate, during this in
clement season. A benevolent a&ion, worthy the
•successor of our iiluflrious Wafliington.
By a letter from Jamaica it ii dated at a fa&, that about
the firft week in September, the French at St. Domingo
actually were feeding on these very blood-hoandr which
they had procured to hunt down the Blacks. [T:fo]
0
On the 4th of January the British frigate JU^us, capt.
Evans, arrived at Port Royal from a cruize, with a Span
ish sloop of war, which^fc fell in with off the coast of
St Domingo. On firing a &ot ahead to bring her too,
the sloop of war returned a broadtide, when an engagement
commenced, which lifted about 4 hears. Several men
were unfortunately killed and wounded on board the ^O
- the number on board the Spaniards, * are informed
was 36,among whom were the firft captain Ufthe firft lieu
tenant. The mizen ^nd foremaft of the was also fliot away,
and considerable injury done to the main-mast. After un
dergoing a repair,it is supposed (he will be permitted to pre-
Ced to LaVera Cruz, for which port and the Havanna, she
was bound with dispatches from Gorunna, whence the
failed in November last. The dispatches were thrown
over board, previously to her colours being struck.
Extraß of a letter from a gentleman it Hactenfacl, to bb
oorrefpondent in this 'city, dated February ~ 1804.
"It is with extreme pleasure I now inform you of the
execution of the contrast for forming the turnpike road,
to lead from Hoboken to Hackinfack —This is a very
important undertaking in which the public are so materi
ally interested, will commence early in the f,ring, and will
be completed by the middle of Nov, following—This is the
firft link in the great chain of connexion between the cities
of New-York & Albany, on the weft fide of the rivet Hed
fon, through ar fine a country as the eye ever beheld.
" It must afford a pleasing reflexion to the traveller who
has frequented this route, when he contrasts the present,
with the accommodations that it heretofore afforded—Eve
ry where on the route, we find convenient and neat enter
tainment—and the great Sate road, from Goihen to Alba
ny, which will be opened in the spring, by materially shor
tening the distance, will complete the communication which
has so long been anticipated, and mutt eventually give the
it the preference to every other route—lt is also confident
ly expe&ed„hat those gentlemen who have embarked their
capitals in this laudable undertaking, will be amply compen
sated—The increase of travelling which is already served,
occasioned by the turnpike through the Clove, promises
fair to neat a very bandfome toll to the Stockholders of the
Bergen Turnpike Company."l
We underßand that Afobrofe Spencer, Esq is
appointed a Judge of the Supreme Coort, in the
room of Judge Radcliffe, resigned, and that
John Woodworth, Esq is appointed Attorney-
General of the Rate.
Newport, fee. :r.
We think it cur duty to give the public cor
rea information upon the fubjed of the disagree
able reports, concerning the Hou. John Rutledge,
of South-Carolina, and Dr. Horace Sender, of
this town, which have been circulated here for
some days pad : Zad with this view only, we
publish the following extras of a letter, written
by a gentleman in South Carolina, who is very
much refpe&ed there, and well-known & highly
esteemed here.
Extras of a letter from a gentleman in Charlefan
(S C) to bis friend in Newport, dated Jan. 14,
1804.
"Shortly after Dr. Setter failed for Europe,
Mr. Rutledge became acquainted with his hav
ing injured Mrs. R. And some days ago Dr.
S. arrived here. Mr. R. was in town without
knowing it, and did not know of it till he learned
it from me ri the street. He instantly sent him
a challenge ; and learned from the bearer of it,
that the Dodor had that morning gone into the
country, to vific Mrs. R. — He purlued him ;
and feeing him in his hall, as he entered it, dis
charged at him a gun be travelled with, which
only wounded him Rightly in his hand, when he
made his escape thro' a back door. It being a
dark night he got offi—Mr. R came to the city
the next day, found and challenged him—He
accepted the challenge, pledged his honor he
would not leave the Rate till he had given him
the desired fatisfadion—That night he went in a
pilot-boat to Savannah, whither Mr R followed
—They met laft|Tuefday in the neighbourhood
of savannah—The Doctor fired firft, and Mr
R immediately after, his (Mr R's) ball passed
thro' the bone of his antagonist's right leg just
below the knee, and lodged in his left leg—•
The duel was a perfectly fair one and flop
ped here, as the surgeons and seconds agreed
the Do&or could neither fit nor stand ; [The
I Daftor has face died] This creel bufultfs has
been the means of defooying Mr R's peace of
mind, and ruining his wife's character forever."
Letters received in town, from savannah, of a
date subsequent to that of the one above refer
red to, mention that Dr 3. after he was challen
ged by Mr R not haying any particular friend
in Charleston, went to Savannah for the pur
pose of advising with his friends there, and of pro
curing a second : there it was agreed between
him and Mr R they ffiould fire at e^ch other so
long as they both could stand or fit ; and that
Dr S' sball palled through Mr R's coat, waift-'
coat and shirt, and grazed his skin, within a fin
ger's breadth of his spine
•BOSTON, FEB. If.
St. Domingo.
The "infuriated" blacks of t^i 'devoted ifiand Rill continue
the work of destruction, and the " dance of death." — From
'Gonaives, we learn, that the French troops and invalids
(between 150 and zco) whe had taken refuge at Tortuga
had been carried by the blacks to Gonaives, and all fhoc
within half a mile of the towns
— —.O
A letter from Cape-Francois, of the loth Dec. from a
young gentleman to hi s parents in this town, mentions,
" That on the night of the 17th December, the house of
Mr. Peter Benard late of Boston, was entered by a party<
of the negroes, when he, his wife and a child of about nina
years old were mudered, and the house plundered."
From Cast Francois.
" Capt. Turned drived at N^w-York from
the city of st. Donfingy, iqformerhat the s-s-'
was partially blockaded by an 74 ,
frigate, and that according to report a large a
my of brigands were on their march to attack
the the town. Capt. T. left St. J)omingo, on
the Ift Jan.
Letters from Cape-Francois to the beginning
of Jan. state, that nearly 30 American vessels
were then in ports many of which bad arrived within a
few days but the demands for goods being so limited and
but the demand for goods being so limited, and
specie and colonial produce so scarce, it was fear
ed they would not 'be able to difpnfe of their
cargoes. Business was at an univerf & l stand and
no immediate profoed of a revival.
EXPORTS,
The Secretary of tie Treasury has reported to£ongrefs,
that the Exports from the United States, during the year
prior to October I, 1803, amounted to FIFTY-FIVE
MILLIONS, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND, and
THIRTY-THREE dollars—Of these 42,205,961 dollars
were in articles of domestic; and 13.594,072 dollars, in
those of foreign growth, or manufacture. In other reports
of Mr. Gallatin, we have seen a comparative flatement
of the products of several years ; when the odds have been
in favor of the present ruling party ; why not make the
rule work both ways? We believe that during the Federal
Adminißration of Mr. Adams, the Exports were nearly
double what they were the last year.
Salem, Fee. 14.
Bank\-~-The General Court have rejected the
petitions for the "Town and Country Bank," in
Boston, the "Mechanic Bank" in Salem, and anoth
er Bank in Glouccfter ; and accepted those for
Banks in Worcefler and Caftine. They are alto 4
about laying a tax of half per centum upon the di
vidends of all Banks ; preventing the issuing of any
more bills between 5 and 10,10 and 20 dollars,
&c. and requiring a uniformity in letters and fig
ures (excepting the -difference in the names and
dates) and in the paper, of the bills issued by the se
veral Bank in Maflachufetts.
Banks are supposed to be instituted to facilitate
commercial butinefs ; but we find by the Boftan
Gazette of yesterday, that their operation in that
town has almost put a flop to purchases and Dies.
New-London Union Bank Bills, of 20 dollars,
(altered) are in circulation;
+ A few days fioce we saw a counterfeit 5 dollar
bill of the New-Hampshire Bank.
Five Dollar Bi Is altered to 50, of Northampton
Bank, arc in circulation.
Ten and Eight Dollar Bills of the Salem Bank,
altered to Fifties, are also abroad.---See the adyer
tifemenrfrom that Bank, in this day's Gazette.
The amount of articles the growth and produce
of the U. Rates exported from Alexandria in 4805,
is 1,202,669 Dollars; in 1802 it was 742 894 ; the
amount of foreign productions exported in i8o„
is 102,286.
Take Notice !
The public are hereby informed, that feme of the
Ten Dollar and some of the'Eight Dollar Bills is
sued by the Salem Bank have been altered to
Fifty "Dollars.--.ln the true fifty dollar bills of this
Bank, t,e word Fifty in the body of the Bill is in a
fnall Roryin Letter; in the altered bills it is in
CAPITALS ; and tiae figures 50 at each end of,
the altered bills are very badly executed. The
President and Directors of said bank promise a
handsome reward to any person who wJI furnifU
them with fiich information as will enable them to 1
bring to justice the perpetrator or perpetratorspfrhe
above fraud. By older ts the Prefdent rtf Dire&esf-
JONATHAN HODGES, Cafier,
Salem Bax^, Feb. 13, 1804.
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or before the firft day of July next, manufaaure
and produce to the Prefidebt of this Company,
the greatest quantity of Paper, and of the best qual
ity, fit for printing, (not left than ten ream:) of
other materials, than linen, cotton, or woolen
ia g"
And that a silver medal of the value of twenty
dollars, be given to any person, who hall on or be
fore the ift day of July, menu failure and produce
to the President of this Company, the greattft quan.
tity of Good Wrapping Paper, not less than
forty reams, of other materials, than those
usually employed for that purpose.
kxtraasfrom the minutes
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Atted — Wm. Bradford, Scc'r,.
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