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ment. The full chcft, the mufcylar and
„iro„ta&fflte toiNktyfmew; zre tte re
, ward Qf the bufbandman. He preferred with na
ufealHik relations. He every where cohverfes
with his God. Hetever, where contemplates or
der, economy and peace, and his foul is filled with
a deligntiui'harmoqy.—The seasons return with
unerring regularity ^nothing is in vain ; every
thing: progrelfejowards some end for which it has
beendetign^d by |he eternal wisdom,& every thing
attains this end, without interference and without
confulion; aniidft the low but tranfpofting mu
ficofthefpheres. ; (The cultivator of (he foil is in
deed # Patriot. The habits formed in his youth
jneferrteferi his age. The very trees and rocks a
nion&which he has grown up are objects of his
affection. He loves the foil which has rewarded
bis labours, and he finds music in the echo of his
liatiVe.hilk. Even the fidelity 6f the honest Swift
wa& not proof to that touching air*which-brought
to his remembrance the charms of his rural home,
—Strongly however as agriculture and commerce
may appear to be here .contrafled, they are not
naturally enemies nor even rivals ; they are friends
and ought to unite for the attainment of a great
and common objeft. In this country, above all
others do they require the mutual aid of each oth
er.; Agriculture supplies Commerce with the ar
ticles of her exports, and with a ready market for
her returrts. Commerce/ in her torn, incites the
buibandman to labor beyond his want, by admin
istering to his enjoyments.' Make Commerce the
only honorable pursuit , the farmer would desert
his plough, ana-leave tne mod delightful 'cbuntry
m the world,o become again a howling wilder'
nets :'Dellroy Commerce, the farmer would trans?
form himfelf into a winder of (ilk or knitter of
lace, or what alas is more probable, he would be
actuated by not much nobler incentives than his
Coarse appetites, he would feel the lad"fpark of
civilization expire within him, and he would re
vert to all the horror of savage life. Is it not then
astonishing that ^ny man (honld wish for the de
itfuttiou either of agriculture or commerce, since
the firft is necessary to life, and the second to make
life amiable. It is the spirit pfparty alone which
can be guity of futh madness. But of what is not
th, spirit of party guilty?lt assails the faireQ vir
tue— it overturns the flatties of heroes—if rah
facks nature for a poison, and by the midnight ta
per consult, with science how to apply it. A
thorough man forgets even himfelf, he is deaf to
the fuggeflions of felf-love—he is absorbed in the
sole deflreof oppressing bis opponents, and if ever
a ray of pleasure crosses his dark and sullen foul,
it is wlien he has succeeded in inflicting some mis
ery upon them. In his blind excess he neither
loves himfelf, his party, or his country } but he
hates religiously every one who differs from his o
pinidns,. when, perhaps these opinions were as
■lightly embraced as they are malignantly defended.
@ often in fafthas no more faith in these opin-•
ipn, than the man he would fcarcifice for not a
dopting them. He can decree to Aristides the
oftrqcifm, and to Socrates the deadly hemlock,
andthe next day advocate the just politics of the
one, and pure morality of the other.—The party
man has indeed no principle to rest upon, he is
hung up like a pendulum, and in eternal ofcilation
as ftnpiditp or design may set him in motion, the
rapidity of his vibratiousare inversely as his length.
— Beware how you indulge this terrible spirit of
party/ There is' no security in the triumph it
may obtain, for you to day ;to morrow the very
inttrumentsof that triumph may be, turned upon
you with affrighted execution. The fame irreg
nldrity,' which at one moment brought the loyal
and virtuous Stafford to the fcaffold, was found a
Ift inttrumeirt the next for ,he execution of the
popular arid" illudrious Sidney , the fame guillo
tine fevered the neck of Danton, which had fallen
on that 6f Louis, and Maurius returned from the
ruins of carthage to glut himfelf with vengeance
on those wto had driven him thither. Y'
" 'Revoltin, however asthis barbarous spirit may
appear, it generally chufes its dwelling in the fair
eft portions of the world, and although in its ex
cess it appears the implacable and mortal ehemy
to liberty, yet it is nearly allied to that genius of
faction Whifh has often proved her strong but un
tra&able frieud. This last indeed appears to be
the thunder, whigh^while it (hakes, refreflies and
purifies tie political atmosphere. Wherever it
has been completely silenced every foul and nox
ious vapor has arisen which could extinguish life,
or fully its,charts. You may have the silence of
death, fob may have the patient despair of flare
ry ;but violence will never obtain for yop a free
and animated tranquility. Ireland will indeed be
quiet when every tree is turned into a gallows,
and France, had the energy of Robertfpierre con
tinued a little longer;,vould have 101 l the last vir
tue that could rebel..
( # Tlk Risa des Vaches.
qmlfaHfalramrasmCTUtymtresrefytaCTfcraCTaFCTfy^^
Late Foreign News,
By an arrival at Portland-London dates to Au
^ ^ 31. .
—4.<-4+frg^rt„S^i^rf}++}fr>- -'
~ LONDON, AUG. gt.
Covernment yesterday -received accounts of ip
creifed exertions, to prepare the Brest Fleet for
fe, ; that Confidetable bottles of tfoops had been
ordered thifher from the interior, arid tbit Buona
parte was about to repair to Brest to accelerate"
and,nifoX^ !bftmedita t
Lord Sf. Vincent has'mobrea his vessels in such
fa manpfr, that whillt the season Will admit of his
retaining his situation, it is impossible that a vessel
of any defcrpt,i.on cap either leave or enter 'Breft.
Our tars were in high spirits at the profped of
more active service.,,,:,:•
The public funds yeflerday experienced a fur
ther rife of one per cent, under a prevalent opiq.
ion, that France had exprefed. a desire to treat
A with the.flUte& collectively for a General Peace.
Weare wholly , unacquainted, with the cifcum
ftanoes which, have induced this impression. We
are amire&tnatCitizen Otto, the agent for French
prisoners io this country, who has been mention
ed as the medium of pagfic overtures from the
French government, to our cabinet, has not direct
ly or indirectly, received from IVh Talleyrand, or
any tuber individual composing tfie French Exe
cutive, any communication which in the flighted
degree invoyed the fubjeß of negbciaudh. '*
' The late dispatches frojp lord,Whitworth; we
have reason to believe, were less fatlsfaffbry than
government hadexpefted. The Danifli minister,
we are told, a(Turned a lofty tone, declaring; that'
although his Dauifh majefly flrould be unaided by-
Russia or Sweden, he would nevertheless afl'ert the
rights'oftalons, and oppbfe to the^extent of his
, powers, the growing tyranny of the Britilh flag.
.
The following letters were in circulation y,f- 1'
Ytertlay ; we do not Attach much confl'dehte or!
; credit to them, but on a fubjritt so important eve-I
ry thing has int erest.....
“ Yarmouth, Friday evening.,
" The Martin (loop arrived here, left Elfipeur
on the 21st.— Ad. Dickson had a molt boillerbus
paff#ge thither 1 his force confifis of 7 oiips,of the
line, one 50, two frigates, one sloop, four bomb
veff'elr, and five gun-vessels ; but it does dot ap
pear, by the accouhts I have seen, that the trans-,
ports had accompanied him into the Sourid. Our
74's are placed along' fide the Danish Ihips of the
line ; our frigates agniufttheirs ; and the bombs,
,&c. are stationed close to the castle of Cfonen
burg, waiting in anxious fufpeued, the result of
Lord Whitworth's negotiations. Every (hip was
prepared for aftion."
1 "Dundee, Aug: 26. *
" Laft.night arrived here the Hope of this port,
Robert Anderson, master, from Riga, who re
ports, that he left Elfineur on Thursday th^ 21st
inff. under convoy of the Martin (loop of war :,
that in a (hort time after Lord Whitworth's ar
rival, the Danes moored 4 74's across the Sound,
so as to block up the passage : that on Tuefday
the 19th, Ad. Dickson, with 7 fail of the line, and
a number of fire-ffiips, gun-boats, &c. arrived,,
and came to anchor about 3 miles below the cas
tle, upon which the Danish Commodore sent his
boat on board the Britilh fleet ; that early next
morning Ad. Dickson got under weigh in line of
battle, with his men at their quarters;and brought
up within pistol (hot of the Danish fqwadrbrt ; that!
tlie Romney, of 50 guns, with a cutter, were .dis
, patched up above Copenhagen; for fear our mer
chantmen might meet with detention there.——
Next day, capt. Anderson failed and left matters.
| in the above Situation..
INUNDATION IN CHINA.
The late overland dispatch brought recent ac
counts from Canton, hating, that an uncommon
succession of rain had laid entire diftriffi in China
under water. The greet river Hoambo had been
fwoln to such excess, as totally to was hfrom its
banks many of the villages which adorned them,
and inundate all the adjacent country. Such of
the inhabitants as escaped this dreadful vibration,
had fled with the remains of their property to
the hills. rr,
The beautiful and level plains, which lately ex
hibited all the rich variety of cultivation, were,
at the date of these accounts, covered with boats
employed in collecting the wreck of the country
floating on the waters.
The overflowing of the Tay had occasioned like
calamity in the province of Quecbeu, whgre feve.-
ral magazines of grain had been swept away, and
in many places the inhabitants, with their herds,
had (hared the fame fate.
The rice alone remained secure, unless continu
ed rains should prolong th^ inundation beyond the
time of collecting it, in which event the confq
quences must be dreadful ; for although even the
mountains in China, are under culture, yet these,
to which the people are retiring, cannot long af
ford fubtiftence to so great a multitude ; neither,
from their limited intercourse with other nations,
can they expert efficient assistance from abroad.
The Emperor has resolved to remit the collec
tion of the revenues, for one season, in the pro
vinces that have buffered molt materially, and has '
adopted every measure that policy and humanity
could fugged for the relief of the fufferers.
The last accounts from Buflorah state very seri
ous commotions to have taken place in the neigh
borhood of Mecca, occasioned by the newireligi
ous doftrines indituted by a defendant of Ab
dool Wahaub, of which we have before -made
mention. This feftary does not deny Mahomet's
million, but confiders him merely as a messenger
from God, and pofleffing in himfelf no title to the
homage and adoration of mankind ; —it rapidly
gains proselytes in Syria,, Arabia and Egypt, and
propagates its tenets by fire and sword. ~
The volnntary ,ontribution of the inhabitants
of Bengal, in aid of the war, &c, amounted on the
19th Dec. lad, to 139,3321. 15s. 2d.
PARTS, AUG, Q.
By a letter from the Hague of the 20th of Aug.
we learn that Ad. De Winter will be the Charge
des Affaires from the Batavian government at Pa
ris, dptinglhe absence of the Minister Schimmel
peninck, who is gone to Holland, with leave, on'
.private butinefs. ~
Gen. Brudeis ngmed general in chief ofthe ar
my of Italy.
Gen. Macdonald is appointed general id-chief
of the Army ot Referee.'
, G en * Jourdan arrived at'Turin the 13th,inft.
_ Buonaparte, the Eirft Consul of; the Republic,
entered into his 32d year on the 16th inst. The
Genealogies of Italy f ay , that his sneezers estab
lished themselves about 400 years ago in Corrica,
being obliged to leave their native country Sar
zane,on account of the war between the Guelfs
and Gibelius, in which they had taken a part in
defence of the National Independences ?
We have reason to believe that bur court taker
the greatefHntereft in the re-eftabUrhmqn, ts good
harmony between the French governme^^&
Holy See. We are affitred that our mimrifo re
sident with his Holiness, and who is a mernferat
the Sacred College, is commiflioned to negotiate,
in order to rtertpinate<be difference between the -
Church and France., %.
If we may judge from the preparations and
movements of our troops, our government is a
bout to threaten Portugal with an invasion. ~lt is.
not known whether this be done with a view to
force it to ask for Peace, or whether it be done in
order to make a powerful diversion in order to
prevent the English from executing their design
of disembarking on the coast of France or Hol
land. '
/ : ' Zf^GUE, ^UJ. 19.
The day before- yeflerday /news was, received
here from Flufhipg, that five English line of bat
tle mips feveralfrigates, and a number of trans
ports, had appeared in fight of that port. On the
preceding day they had appeared off the heights
qf CadGnd, Southwest of Flufhin, ^ \%s --
Y^lerfy morning early, a strong cannonade
was heard from the fide of[he Mouth of the Meefe.'
In the evenlng.-we learnt that the Engliffi had at
tempted a landing at the break of day dn Zeal
and, near tte BrieL- They had Anally hunted a
few troops on the molt convenient part alte
r" •*T" ''
icoaft, but no canfeqnence feeips to have refitted,, ,
I from ft.-^Tlie Engliih have also failed.in their at
itempt to cut <„ a Batavian mip of the line. As
soon as this landing was known, Gen. Charier
marched with some Batavian troops to the spot,
and obliged the Engluh to re-embark. They lot)
five men. Our loss consists in two men killed and
three wounded. Every precaution is taken to
place our coift in the mod formidable date of de
fence, and Gen. Charier is left in the. command of
the month ofthe Maefe.
O..H^GUEfrAUG. 20.
,The projects of the enemy are no longer doubt
ful. I hey with to eftablilh themselves ip Zea
land, of which they wish to take possession in the
name of the Stadtholder. He has there a great
number of Partizans. Masters of Zealand, they
could unceafmgly harras the other parts of the
Batavian Republic, as well as the low countries,
and would oblige th, French and Batavians to
keep cdniiantly in them a great number of troops.
a The Gazette of this place gives the prelimina
ries of peace, which according to it, are agi eed
upon between France and Aufiria. If it can be be-,
lieved, this treaty, which has been concluded at.
Paris, contains thirty one articles. According to.
this treaty, t.he. Aufttian. poffeffionsin Italy are to'
be extended as far as the Oglio. There are to be'
three Republics established in Italy, the'Ciralpiue,:
0 e Cifpadine, and the Piedmontefe, which may'
! n !r e Sequel, if it is thought expedient, be united,
into one, and will then have the rank of the pow
er of the firft class. The French republic will oc-:
cupy the territory of these three republics sos a
year, but (hall not leave jn them after that time
^m'ore than 20,000 troops,
.. & STRASBURGIGAUG.gO.
Nothing positive is known of the answer carri
ed by Durnc. It is said that it is very pacific, and
that Austria eagerly wishes for peace. Some pre
liminary points, it is added are agreed on. " To
morrow," fays a lette from Vienna of the 7th,
" the answer of our court to the last proportions
°f Buonaparte, will be sent offi A happy ifftie is
hoped for from it. Some people fay, that the
Preliminaries are almost fettled.—The' presence of
Gen. Moreau in this places give the greatell plea
sure. This general has acquired great honor by
his campaigns, as-well with regard to his milita
ry genius and his bravery as his zeal. His arriv
al here would seem to confirm the hopes of peace."
BORDEAUX, AUG. 20.
Gen. Alex. Berthier pafl'ed our walls on the day
before ytefterday, traveling post in a Berlin with
fix horses, on his road to Spain., He flopped no
longer than was neceffafy for him to change hors
es, and appears to be very anxious to get to Mad
rid, where it is said, he has a million of import
ance to fulfil.,'
AUGSBURG, AUG. 15.
- A French Commiflary, on his way from Nett
burgh to Augfbprgh with the sum of 12,000 flor
ins, was assassinated in-a wood by a number of
peasants from the environs of Potmefs. The
French Soldiers have diftovered the assassins and
brought them in chains to Augfburgh, where they
are imprisoned.
The French have taken from the arsenal of Mu
nich- 11,1,2 fufils, fl.ooo fabres, 114 gun-carri
ages, 3,200 bombs, 1,662 grenades, 126,00 b balls,
3,163 bayonets, 2,666'piftols, 2 final! fiber can
nons, flatties and cymbals of silver.—They estimate
the whole at 1,696,600 florins, more than 3,000,000
of French money.
Extrafl of a letter from Conflant inople, July 28.
A few days ago frefh intelligence reached us
from Egypt.-
"General Kleber has been murdered, and Gen
eral Menou has succeeded him in his command.
It is reported a Janissary, under' the pretence of
delivering a petition to fr her, (tabbed him.
General Menou, in a letter wlhch he wrote to Sir
Sidney Smith, fays, that the aflaffin had been pur
posely sent from Gaze to commit the murder.
But there are fufficient reasons to believe to the
contrary ! and'Mtenou himfelf is accused of hav
ing hired the murderer, an Egyptian in disguise,
who Was cut in pieces immediately after the alJaf
(ination. .-,
“ Other reports fay, that the murderer waspro
bah/y adopted by private revenge, as the French
had committed unheard of cruelties, especially at
Boulace, a suburb of Cairo, where they spared
neither women nor children.;
What occasions the suspicions against General
Menon, are his Jacobinical principles and his hav
ing been at the head of that French party in Egypt,
which was always against the evacuation of that
country..
"General Kleber, who was much beloved, by
the other party as they bate his successor, is gener
ally. regretted here ; and his death is more unwel
come to the Port as he was on the eve of adopting
the capitulation bfEl-Arifch for the evacuation of
Egypt. Menou immediately broke off these ne
gotiations, declaring that he firif required the con
iffnt of his Government.
'“ The Porte will now take up arms again, and
Grand Vizier and Captain ' Pacha are conjointly
to decide the fate of Egypt by the sword. The •
former is said to have coippletedbisarmy, and will
, fete a reinforcement of 45,000 frefh troops, un
.der the Pachp of Afaden.' The Captain Pacha has
likewife,a Itrpng corps of Albanefe on board his
fleet, and the attack will be made in various points.
When the last letters left Gaza, the. Captain Pacha
had failed thence with his fleet.
r 3 # STRASBURG, AUG. 13.
The fire which is now raging in the vast forefts
near Frendenftadt and Kuiebto, has failed for ten
days'. The smoke was dill seen from this plate
yeflerday. All the inhabitants <, the adjacent
didrifts are employed in digging trenches to pre
vent its progress. The flames have already ex?
tended over a space of between eight and ten
leagues. The right bank of the Rhine has not
been exempt from this misfortune, and the su
perb forell of Haguenau has been three times rav
aged by the fire. In the department of the Up. - .
per-Rhine, fixtyocres of wood have been confut
ed. Another violent fire has taken place at Kay
ferlberg and Worth, about two leagues from this
place. - - : '
& VENICE, AUG, 8. ,-
,The Anftrians are Failing strong entrenchments ^
"in the environs of this city. ' The works jn the
arsenal are also continued, for the coihruftion of
a nunfoer of gunboats intended for the defence
olour cihals. '.„- , &
# ===^w#re=^^
Domestic Intelligence;
-<<-<«tfe<,«<i>@fy^^:
• RICHMOND, (FIB.) OCT. 2.
; HORRID.MURDER.- - -
A moftcrufl and inhuman murder 'was bn
Saturday evening lad, committed 6n Mr. Wiftiam
Alexander, a young gentleman of Campbell ebim,
ty, as he was returningtobis-fafher's from the
court house, where he had been that day on feme
business, Perhaps the barbarity exercised in this
fliocking dedd, has been feldoai equalled r for the
blood thirsty assassin, more rapacious than the
carnivorous bead of ft,, could not leave the
victim of his wrath and vengeance, until he had
cut the throat from ear to ear, after fraftnring
the Ikull in such a manner as to ensure death !
The morning following, the hdrfe belonging to
this unfortunate young man, with fatal, bridle, *
and faddie bags on him, was difeovered (landing
in the road, hefide the bloody corps as his mas
ter. A large loaded horse-whip w^flound near
the body, supposed to be the Weapon made use of
in the commencement of this horrid a&, which
probably may lead to the difeovery of the perpe
trator, whose name will hereafter (hock the ear
of humanity.. .Mr. Alexander, for mdhy year#
had afted as deputy dark under hiffather, aud
from his extreme capability, all the duties attach
ed to his father'soffice, as clerk ts the county,
devolved on him.,.•
A 'xORFf)T.K,OCT. 4. @
Accounts are in. town front Suffolk, mention
ing that an infurre&ion had been meditated.m
that place—lt is said that the citcumfiance was
difeovered by two white women who lived wit,
some negroes—A patrol on Monday apprehended
the women, and they were undergoing an exam
ination when the flage left there.
NEW-YORK,. OCT. &
TWO. THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD,
And all charges and expenses paid for appre
hending and bringing to the city of New York.
Nathaniel olcott, late of the said city.
Broker, who is charged on bath, with feloniouf
ly, fraudulently and by falfe pretences, taking
from the Bank of New-York, large films of mo
ney. It is supposed that he has a large sum of
bank notes now in his possession, which any per
lon apprehending him i'§ particularly desired to
secure, with alibis papers. ^ ^ > [
Nathaniel olcott, is about five fate
ten inches high, has - dark hazel eyes, and dark
hair, which he generally wears turned up behind,
has rather a down look—is flout built & firaight
—is rather red about the nostrils, in consequence
of taking fnuff—he is from twenty-five to thirty
years old—had on a dark great coat and a light
one underneath. Any information given to thf
cadiier of the bank relative to the above Nathan
iel Olcott, will be, thankfully received and re
warded.\
- roet. IT.
Touffimt has invited the immigrants from Sti
Domingo to return, assuring them fafety iri their
persons and property. Reliance is to be placed
on the word of this chief; and many are prepar
ing to accept his invitation. An embargo \vai
laid at the Havanna, the 27th September. Wil
: supposed money (hips were on the point of failite
for Spain, f
. SALEM; OCT. 14.'
Accident—On Thursday evening, Mr. Ifeaef
Morgan, returning from training at Beverly,'
flopped at the house of Mr. William Adams' st
(hort time. White there a hired man who work-,
ed for Mr.fA. discharged his mufttet out-fide of'
the house. Unfortunately,and unknown to him,
the gun was loaded with two balls, which went
through the fide of the house, and ftrnck Mr.,
Morgan in the ancle and broke it in a (hocking
manner, so that he was obliged to have his leg
amputated immediately. We hear that he is
likely to do well. Mr. Morgan was a (mart
affive young man; he has a wife and children;
and now by this wanton sport pe is deprived of a
limb. There is a positive law against firing a-'
bout at random on nmfler days; and this,.together
with a thoujand other infonces,flows the neceflify
of rigidly enforcing it.
State of Nero-Hamfflire^
—-^cQ^b-Lo°
qr the Governor.
^ Proclamation,
IN conformity to the long established and high- .
ly laudable custom ot setting apart fome' certain
day near the close of the year, when all ;he peo
pleare invited: -to aflemble themselves together iu
their refpeaive places of public worihip, that we -
may unite in Thanksgiving to our bountiful Bene
faftor, for all his kindness towards us, and in fun
plications for Divine favors.
1 have thought fit, by and,with the advice 6f'{
Council, to appoint Thursday the thirteenth daf'
of November next, to be observed as a day of•
public Tbapkfgiviug and Prayer throughout this
State ; and do earnestly recommehd to.Min&fi,
and People, df every denomination, that they relfr
gioufly dedicate said day and (pend a reaforbid -
part thereof in their refpeaive places of public -
wpr&p, that we may unite, witty greatful hearts, .
in rendering bur Ghcere thanks so the Creator &'^
Governor of the uni'verfe, for his innumerable r
mercies.
, lu particular terthank, Him for the hi, fr& ',
leges we possess under our constitutions of civil ,
government, so well calculated to promote Lib
erty and Happiness, and for the general tranquili
ty which prevails in.our land For prefervine
the life ot the President For the health general
ly enjoyed throughout this State, althongte
tal difeaft-—^Fdr a Comfortable fppply of the
^:'l'"'°f m e p!fr''* l above a & for the cantify
.°^ bleffi ¥ ° f the gospel of Peace, &
-A:'! o ! ° a ^ e ri hopes of future happjnefc ~,,
^'^ h f r ™ kh our fh^kfgiving,Uai we. %
humbly confefs our tranfgfeffions,,nd, unke,iii
fervent prayer to Almighty God, that we may be . %
deeply mipreffed with # folemq fate of the obli
gations we are under to improve the rich bldtinga,
weenjoy to his glcry and the guod o„uankmu..
That the people may duly raalideri, and wifely ,
improve the 'advantages with which we ape fe '
highly diftingoifhed as a nation, and our common
country be preferred from f,Woos .and Jicentiouf- ,
nefs i #
That the deftfoying ficknefi with which f on ,e