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Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman in Mw-
Br^"fujrck t to his friend tn this town, dated
Sept, 13, 1793. ,
'* Cspt. Suydam, just arrived f-om PhilaieL
fhia, reports, that the fever does not in the least
iubfide, but continues Spreading ; that 40 per
fens were buried yesterday, by the return’s of
the govg’tjour, whom he saw last evening, and
jrom whom he had hia intorir.yion ; he aifo
• fap,it has raged much for feme days past a-
Riong the French and negroes, who at firft e(ca-
Caped.” * '
X 2 , From PHILADELPHIA,^pt. iS.
A brisk North Wefier forurg up yesterday,
which will.efpecially if itcontn'ue.' a few days,
ar^eff, it is hoped,the progresses the prevailing
tever.
Dr. PuJhpNC are happy to hear, is recovering
faft from his late indhpotiot^ , ' /
Dr. Currie gives this consoling aflnrarice.that
not more than forty perfonsare at present ill of
the YelloW Fever. The Influenza, which is
noj^ptagious, is the disorder most prevalent.
NEWS FROM FRANCE'.
Sept. 20. Yesterday arrived the French
(hip of war, La Predriz 22 guns, and the brig
L’lm patient, fourteen guns, from Nantzjn 55
days. . .
They took on their paflage the ship Sarah,
The Citizens of New York are refpeftfully
informed, that while the chief Magillrateof the
State, And the Mayor and Corporation of the
city, aided by their fellow citizens, are aking
hvery prudent measure to guar.d againftthe in
trodudion of the infectious diieafe that has pro
ved so fatal in a neighbouring city, the Clergy
rs the different churches, at a meeting held on
Monday evening, the 16t h in it- unanimously
agreed in the propriety of inviting their refpec
tiveCongregatiaus to join with them in applying
to the Throne of Grt.ce lor success to the mea
sures of cur wcr'hy Migrates on this impor
tant Uibjefi—deeplv fcnfible of the intereHing
ihit except the Lord keep the city, the
watchman wd^eth but in vain, and they are en
fcouraged to this great du y by the confidera
ticn that our God is a God who neareth pray
er.
They therefore take the liberty to inform
the popple of their (ev.eral (ocieifes, hat they
have refoived to set apart Friday the 2Oth inst.
ft* adav of Humiliation, Fading, and Prayer to
Ahn’ghty God.for the prefervaaon of our City
from this diieafe, and of other places not yet
inledled therewith, and for the comfort and
fpppprt of cur brethren of Philadelphia in this/
season of theii 1 distress, for’the fantlified use of
their affliftion, and their deliverance from it in
God’s good time. J
abhortance of she people to corrupt meafuret of
^kcrumeat particularly the Roman Catholics
who feel themfeives imposed on by the pre*
tended relief afforded them in the late laws.
Extraflof a\itter from Rew-York, dated the
4 30/6 alt.
“ There has been a plot difeovered here yef
teiday, which has saved leveral lives—Mr. Ge
net, Admiral Cambis, and all the principal of
ficers,were to have been aflaflinatec; the aitemp
was made upon the two former, and the Admi
ral defended himfe'f with his cane and had two
fingers nearly cot off—This happened yesterday
morning. It was converted on board of .the
’^ipiter, and feme Frenchmen from the Cape,
,«. ho were iubfiiled here by the community.—
One Frenchman who Brink the Admiral is in
jail, and ccrluPd the whole matter : papers
are allo found in town which confirm it. No
dcubt Gaib iud das been at tfye bottom cf it,
and deluut d t;>efe poor men by reprefynu::g
Gtaet and the chief-officers as ariiKcrats.”
i NEW YORK.
neW York sept. 18. The corpora’ion, dt
Hie rrqueft ot the ci ’zens of Nov York, have
eume to a refb.ution absolutely to prevent all
interesurfe between this city and the city of
Phiiadelpliu ; —and for this purpole guards are
set at the different landing?,with orders to fend
batk every perlon coming from Philadelphia to
this city ; and if any perlons (ball be dilcoverfid
to have arrived in this city, after this date, it is
the refoluiion of the citizens immediately to fend
them back.
Sept, 11 The 'onduilof the revi’ersof our
govemmenris as ablurd as it is impudent — tor
iome time the cry was, fnfe of the people is
not-to be colic fttdfro-n the ir.habi ants of the jea
pow—and thele ci tzens were called old Tories.,
Speculatcrs,Briti/b Merchants Office banters, &c.
—but what js the tone since 11 appears that the
agricultural ir.tertft have difeovered that they
have as high a fence of the impoit^nce ofneu
trahty and peace, as the mechanical and com
mercial parts of the community ?—The follow
ing compliment on the understanding and pro
ceedings of the people at large on this occasion,
is to be found in the usual repository of Grnilar
produftions; the Nation al Gazette,of the
4th inllant :
“ By the hes of y'.ur name,
PH ra sea hell flame ;
Per jiockhoiders fvolr,and adureffrt,
Each toavn/hip vA I vie,
To confirm the d --d I e.
And vie shall be go-g dnv th ca eff.s
U- b. Gazette.
Old KATE (wallows Poland byway of
luncheon, file h >.s a larger territory in view for
her dinner—after which she will make a light
Tapper of the Ballance of power.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From PHILADELPHIA, Sept. do.
“ The prevailing diieafe has -spread aiL o
ver the city, and it we may judge from the
number of funerals, its malignity has not much
■bated. Great numbers of the citizens have
fhutup their houses, and fled into the country j
fc few are seen in our streets, and io many.hou
fes are (hut, that every day has the appetfrar.ee
g( Sunday. Business is almoit, entirely at a
Hand ; al mo ft every countenance is gloomy,
and when two per tons meet—“ have you heard
of any newdeathe to-day?" is among the fi rft
questions that is a(ked. Our phy flclansdiffer
in lentiment, both as tothe nature of the ditbr
der and the modeof treating it*—and have ddd4d
to the general dithefs, by publishing ihcir cch*
'tradidtory opinions in the ncwlpapers. Such
are the apptehenfions of the contagion, that d
friend dares not visit a friend that is lick, felt he
should be infected, arid carry the disorder tv his
own family. No friends attend at funerals,ex*
cept perhaps t^q or three, who keep at a dil
tanee from the_ body which is carried in an
hearle, accompanied by three or four riegtoel,
who bury it. No clergyman attends —no ctre
mony it ;mede use of, but the putrid corpse is
comriiittcd to its kindred earth, sUd Covered as
expeditiously as pofltble.” ,
sept. 2i,«— lafNNaAL
“ Thanks to tr merciful Providence, no in*
road, has been made on my family, although
the di (order has been next door, and on every
q’utffter ; and death has cloied the eyes of five
oat of fix of thole who* have been taken in my
neighbourhood. Bof'on, on a Sunday during
the rime ot divine fcrvice, exhibits an exad fi
boston, sept. 25. While the Southern
States are thus afflicted, we ard happy to un
derHsrd, that except a (light prevaiknee of the
influenza, the inhabitants of this town never
enjoyed a better Hate of general health than at
the present moment. To him who (pare;h one
while another is taken, be the incense of praise
and gratitude off red.
t\ panefpondent, fays, that two table spoons
full of Patemc v s genuii e pedloral drops, given
in a jill of weak, wa;m flip, or hyfop tea, arid
the patient put into a warm bed, is an approved
remedy for the Yellow Fever.
Among the precautions taken, that of the
Post Mailer, in fmoaking the mails and papers
from Philadelphia, ought to be mentioned, as
an inHance of his care and vigilance.
General Cust in e is a pri oner at Paris,and
it was expe6ed that Antonietta, would be
beheaded on the loth of AtipuH,
A riot cf the most alarming nature is said to
Have happened at Naples, on account of the
exorbkart price of bread and co have become
io serious, that the King, Queen, R yal Fam
ily, and icveral of the Nobility, together with
a number of peifons fulpedted of having mon
opolized corn, were obliged to fly from the
place, for lafety.
“The war of the allied powers againfl France
(fays a letter from London) grows daily more
and more unpopular Thole powers are not
likely to subdue the French ; and it is estimat
ed that they have already loft 400 000 men.
The fai ures among the commercial part of
this kingdom, a. e affomfhingly great, and he>
yond any former period. The Biigands or
Arillocrats near Nants have been ccmple ely
defeated, and in two engagements have loft
near 20,000 men. Ail is tranquil at Paris ;
and Briber, and others of' the Convention who
were arreited, were treated so at uheir own re
^uefi.”
Captain George Grant, from Jamaica bound to
London, and ihe ship Jamaica. , /
1 hey havc brought letters toCit’zeh Genet,
as ’aie as the 25th of July, which contain
new proofs of the efleem of ihe French na*
tion tor that Mimfter.
His firft report which contains the most agree
able information ufon the brotherly reception
made Kim, pariiculariy by the American citi
zens, and which makes fucha finking contrail:
with the ariflccratic behaviour of Mr. Morris,
the American Mmiller at Varis, ipread uni
versal joy and gave the greattff hepe for the
furceis of his r.egociation, though he confefled
in his report,that he had a strong and cunning
party to fight who in the firfl moment of popu
lar emhuhalm for the F ench caule, dared not
to show themfeives openly, but whn in time
would find fyerbt and perfidious means to op
po'e ihe grt atell difficulties to his zeaL
When the above veflels left France, the liege
of Va.'encient es was hailed. Conce wastotta
ket*— he inlurgen’s were bca.en every day,
and the Beets of the Republic, not only pro
tected the coalfs, but were matfeis cf the gu.lph
and channel. The bloody Marar had been
killed by a women, is he was coming out of
a bath.
Tr eConftitu’i- n was accepted by the greatest
number of the Departments, and ail the mem
bers of the Convention, as well as theMiniftcts
who had been under arrefl, were delivered up
and reflored 10 their functions,
* Ebis particular is falfe.
MASSACHUSETTS.
femblacce of what this city new is. What a
lolemn contrcyerfy is this ? America never
(aw a similar depopulation. lam well inform
ed, that the mortality has swept iff fine hun
dtfdxn ten days; but yeftciday ana to day it is
evidently abating.”
PR OM BAR C ELON A —-j Une i 6,
Capt. Preble, arrived in ibis port,
from Barcelona, via Cadiz, informs
us. That the Spanish fleet, consisting
of 31 tail of the line, and a great
number of frigates and xebecks, left
that port a ieW days before he failed,
their defhnaticn iiippoled to be Lou
lon : That while at Barcelona, this
Hevc failed and returned from the
French illand of St. Peters, wMch it
captured, making the garrison, com
fitting of 1400 men, pnicners of
war ; they Jio took a French frigate
of 3b guns, and a privateer, whicfi
they brought in : That during this
expedition, a French fleet ot mer
chantmen, cqnvoyed by three higaies,
left the coast of Barbary, laden with
wheat and anived late at Marltllcs,
although one objed ot the Spaniards
was, to intercept them : And that
on the 30th June, he pafled, off Cape
de Gat, the English fleet of 26 fail of
An extraord'nary phenomenon, happened
in the river La Plata, in Soutn America, i,n
April last. — An impetuous wind rule, and blew
with a violence io extreme, that it drove the
Waters of the river ten league! diftauce from
its banks. All the neighbouring country was
inundated— he bed of the river was left dry.-—
This terrible eruption difeovered veflels which
had been loft 30 years—they found among
others an Engbih (hip which was wrecked in
the year 1762: —mny perlons went tothe
place, and walked ail about the bed of the ri-
Vir with dry feet; and returned loaded with
the silver and Ipoils which had been (wallowed
up in the vclfels. This phenomenon, which
ought to tie ranked in the number of the grand
revolutions ol nature, lifted three days, at the
end ol which time the wind ceased, and the
waiers returned with grand impeiuofity to the
natural bed of the river.
“ A few days pall a waggob, with between
50 ana 60,0c0 Dollar, in Ipecie, was unload
ed at the Back in Providence (R. I.) arid the
money depofued in the vaults—‘the property
of Messrs. Brown and Francis, and part of the
effeCts of the (hip President Wafliington and
her cargoe, foia at Calcutta in 1792 —lt be
ing more specie than they have evtr (hipped
to th6 indies, although they Have for fix years
past bean considerably engaged io that trade,
k is expeded will operate on the minds
of thinking people to do away a prejudice a
gainst the trade and convince them that it is
oar duty to encourage it, as much more ad
vantageous than for us to continue the retail
ors of India goods for the European mcr-'
than s.”
■ -—- --‘ ‘ ■ .
Thd following letter from Gen. Cus-
TiNE, Wap read in the fitting Yffh
July, to the National Convention,
who tejerred it to the Committee of
public welfare :
From the Prison of the
, . Abbye, July 26, 1793.
, ts Citizen President,
r< I Ihall forbear (peaking here of
the astonishment which my arrest ex
cited in my mi nch Permit me on
ly to assure the Convention, that I
never ceased to prove myfelf worthy
of the confidence of my fellow-citi
zens, and of the armies whose com
mand has been conferred upon me.—
Detained fiftce last Monday in the
Abb'aye prisons, I could riot yet ob
tain an interogatory. I solicit my
• • »
Extract of a letter from a gen te war in PhilaaeL
pbia, to kif friena tn Ballimjie.
*' Doctor Rush, has quibed the uiual prac
tice in this fever, and lb tick bold If into the ofe
of Calorhel and faiop— hearing this repored,
and that it was with lurpriling fuccef?,Hit night
1 wrote him on n^& he cheerfully unfolded his
method, with an assurance, that out of more
than one hundredpa’ients to <vohom he had given
bit m.dicine on ihe first day, he had not loft
one, and it bos favedfame to vobom it vedsgileen
much later."
the line, 18 frigates, and a convoy of
merchantmen, &c*. bound co join the
Spaniards ; lame of the boats ot the
fleet boarded Cape, P, but treated
him with' the utrnolt poliienefs.
EXETER, '
TUESDAY, OCTOBER I.
Proceedings of the hi est er n DijlriEl of
New-Hampfbire Medical Society. J
nF a meeting of the Members of the
New-Hampfoire Medical society, hold
en.at Char leftown, on the third bFed
nefday in August 1793— -agreeable to
the notification of Dr. IVilliam Page,
Dr. PVilliamPage, was elefled Pre
sident of said ft ciety, D. Cutler, Fice-
President, Dr. Nathan Smith Secreta
ry.— Dr. Cutler of Rockingham, Ver
mont, Dr. fofeph Petty. I r. HaftingSi
add Dr. Perrin were-admitted as as o
ciate members ofjaid Society .—Doctors
William Page, Nathan Smith, and
George Sparhawk, were appointed a
committee so form certain laws to reg
ulate the future proceedings of said So
ciety, to be presented to them for their
.consideration at their next meeting,
Dr. Nathan Smith was appointed
to deliver a differ tat ion upon some med
ical fubje fl at the next meeting of said
Society; which is to be holden at Mrs,
Dunbars,in Keene, on the fir ft Wedneff
day in 0 Stober next, at to o'Clock, a.m.
About two w eks since, Mrs. Morril, wife
of Mr. jofeph Morril, of Chichefter, being
taken in a fit, while near the fire, iekl in, and
was not able to recover herfelf until (he was (J
burnt that her life is despaired of. What ren»
ders the accident more melancholy is, (he was
within about a nwntk ot child-bed.
HYMEN IAL JOURNAL.
, Married at Winfor, by the Rev. Mr. ShvTTLt
worth, Mr. John Spooner, of Newbedford, Maf
faqhufetts, Printer, to the amiable and accomplilhed
Mils Isabel Patrick.
Died in this town fmee our last, Mrs.
RolLins, wife of Mr. Josiah Rollins, aged about 70,
— At ; New*lpfwich, in this State, Col. Reuben
Kidder, Ait. 7 1.
। HE Commiftioners appointed
by the hon. Samuel Tenner. Elq. Judge
of the Probare of Wills, &c. tor ihe county
of Rockingham, to receive and examine thtf'
claims of the creditors to the eflate of Daniel
Clark, late of Brintwood, Gentleman, deccaf
ed, represented insolvent, hereby give notice.
That we will attend (aid business on ^he 2d
Monday,of O&ober next, and the four follow
ing months, from 2 to 6 o’clock, r. m at the
houfeof Benjamin Cram, in (aid Brintwood,
Samuel cram,
JABEZ SMITH;
EZEK’L GODFREY.
BMl’wnod. 24., iTO/V
1u Oc. jolu ct^eap jo> Cujb, anu payment
made eajy^
A FA R M in Hopkinton; New
tiampibi.e, containing 40 acres of good hill
land, suitable lot mowing and parfuring, With
House and Barn, and a thrifty young Or
chacd on the fame. Alio, , ,
Twenty acres ot River Land, for
tilkge, which cuts 15 tons of hay this year,
situated on the great road to Connecticut Ri
ver and the New State, two miles from the
New Court Houie- Any perfun Wanting to
pnr<hafc, may enqui e of MOSES KIM
BALL, on the prtmilts.
Hopkinton, Sent.' 23. 179 -
This Day Publifiled. "
Bi the Printer, hereof, 'and to be fold at hie Office
REFLECTIONS on DEAT H.
by William Dodd, l l. d.
It is appointed unto Men once to die, but after thii
the judgment. , Hxa. ix. 27.
JEjctiir, October I, , < * ; T t
•
speedy trial and the digeH of the aft
ofaccufation..
I learn that defamatory libels are
circulated against me at Paris;
my probity has been and (hall ever
be fpodefs. 1 only with to cpnfovnd
my accusers, and undeceive the citi
zens in good faith,relpcdl to the laws,
and fraternity to the French, who
want a Republic, One and Indivisible
(Signed) ‘ { CUSTINE.’ ;
, Further accounts (late, that imme
diately upon the J urrender of Valenci
ennes, Gen. Cl airfay t iz as to move to
wards Paris, with a body of 20,000
tner —» —TFat thefege of Dunkirk was
immediately to take place—That the
Spaniards had been repuljed before Pef
pignan on the \ %th fuly, and were Or
bhged to break up their camp, and that
about the 1 ^th, the Rebels, to the a
mount of 15 or 20,000 men had been
defeated near Rochelle, .