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For the Ledges.
To what a miieiarlc Hiding place, have the
poor forlorn Arillccrats reduced themselves ; a
%I Ahere they deposit the nettelt treasures of
their couice follies, as if as much uufeen as disre
garded , although glaringly expofeil to the reluc
taut Icrutin> of injured intelligence. The pitiful
apoft cy of the b te Callender, has been carefully
packed up among the,r good things, as a patent
craft with which tliey print the fun in thck,
and the dull (hades ot night in vlo • ing I rilhanc,.
KeOiember poor wdunded Ba/ali/kf, fhbtl , yet
harmleG as the venomous Cerates alien co rural
by the (kill of the taunt Abylnnan; that >unr
rteatejl Huni ton, no l.f>abuied the venerable
“ Duke of Biaiotree? rhante datterd hiieung
Scot, ot do id you m ke a cats-paw in yonf ef
forts t>/cratch the immortal reputation of repub
licamfm. • ' "•
INNOVATION! INNOVATION!.
No ftuner is an improvement announced,
In the arts, fcimce, government', principles,
manners and cußrmsM m n, it it has a prob
ability <4 tff ding the advancement ot the
]i^ht and independence of opinion, ; than
federal mifantoropy takes alarm, and the
clamorous hue anti cry of " innovation !" is
-sh >uted by every trumpet-tongued Cata
line of a tadi us Junto, from the moun
tains of the N Ith, to the marshes of our
S tuhern exircmitv. Revolutions, conspi
racies mortally dangerous to habitual igno
ra ice, and beloved fuperftion, the ettimabe
bequratments of our good old grand dadds ;
is patheticly vociferated in Greets of popu
lous cities, and echoed through the verdant
forefts of a fertile country. To what a low
sphere would the malignant calumniators of
every prt>gr< ffive approach to the p< ritaiou
of wisdom and the happiness of mankind,
confine the noble talents and benevoten vir
tues ot ingennou' in in ! ARDEUR#
1 he Class ot Moral and Political Science
#f the French inftitine has nfulved that a
gold Medal, of five hemograms (hall be giv
en to the author ot the belt essay on the fol
low ing queftiun, to be delivered in before the
sth of April, 1803: "What has been the in
fluence of the Reformation of Luther on the
Political Situation of the different S ates of
Europe, and on the Progress of Knowledge.”
The Class of Literature and Fine Arts
has proposed this qurdion — "What is the in
fluence of paintiu^on the Arts of commer
cial industry ? What advantage does the State
derive from this influence, -and what may be
still father expelled from it :" The fame
Ciafs has also propped the following fnb
je& :—" A Critical Examination ot the
Greek and Latin Authors who have written
upon Egypt, from the earliest times to the
period ot the Crusade." The prizes for the
belt essay upon theft two questions are to be
of the fume value asithat given by the Clals
of Moral and Political Science.
T'efbWer "f this I 'or<y ill's army, according
to affidavit of a fububern officer who deferred him
at Vv th ep on hr 4 o' .cl>ril counits ol 6oco
ehriltiansrf an honor io their pefeffion.)
,01 ntives jiiityum ues, Ir<m :0 to l2coo,
Well led and pt nd drfciplined better than Os
troops of the .sublime Porte !
[ui the fucccis oi extraordinary Mahomet
an, tpends in a great meafore ihe peace oi Eiin-pe-
The great powers are on \nbng this fineti country
in Europe fhoold oc pt ff fled by the molt indolent
effeminate, and unci ilzed r^ce of beings, have
been deteired irom sizing on burke,, o.,l) by
th, if jeal aides respecting the ba Hat ceof agrandde
merit in the division ol t e acquirement. Rutfid,
would hve united it to her empire,but tor the cer
tainly that France and Prussia, amid indemnity
themlelves in poUefflou of the whole German
empire, I al and the low countries, defen mg
Sweden and Denmark, agai fl the power ol Ruf
ba. But when bkt tie case oi Pound, her inter-
Dal commotions in ke it exptdiem to firike, an
expotiou m II ensue winch will partition the
continent ineffect between France, Ruflia and
Pruffia.] E.:
On treking up the lid ol signers refuelling the
eh clion brine firfl Consul Icride, on the 22d Mty
only 7000 names ppp,rtd on the lift! O grave,
•where is thy Victory, 0 deati where is thyfringe
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Lon
don, doted May io.
“ A large body of the inhabitants of Po
land are intending to pass to America. 1 his
emigration is uhdet direction of Kofciufco
and Paine, and with the particular fopport
of Mr. Jefferson. They intend firming
a settlement on the banks rd the Sofquehan
na, in N. Y^rk ffate# The number fpokeh
of is 1500, probably many of them with fa
milies. This will add to the value of that
part of the country.'''
In the Provincial Parliament of Upper
Canada, on the 14th ult. leave was obtained
to bring in a billjQ amend an act palled in
the 41H year of the reign of the king of
Grear-Britain, entitled, "An att tor grant
ing to his majelty, his heirs and fuccefGrs,
to, and for the uses of the Province of Up
per Canada the like duties 00 goods and
merchandizes brought Into that Province
from the United States of America, as are
now paid 01) goodsfend merchandizes im
ported from Great,B^ain and other places."
"A treatise on the law relative to mer
chants an I seamen," by the Rt. Hon.
CharlesAobot, now Speaker of the British
foreign ^rticl^.
PAhTA.c ^LhU.
The other articles require, that the Maflers of
all veflels deliver to the fnitable officer immediate
ly on arrival, a report of the voyage. Bo pafftn
gers can land without a permit. The Masters to
deliver then letters to the post master immediate
1, on arrival.—Mailers to deliver their manifefls
at the Culfum-H<>ufe. By article it, "Every maj
fer of a foreign refel, is obliged to consign his cargo
to a reading merchant, whl fha.l personally be re-
J possible for the dirties <fimport and export, and for
•whatever fraud that may be committed by the maf
teis ofvefels to them consigned, No veflels can
pus out toItU tie exhibt to rhe harbor mailer
the Colleger's celibate of the pay ment of the
duties, and the putt-mailer's certificate, that he
has withdrawn his letter bag, after < ! e|)ofiting it
eight days before his departure, Veflels found at
anchor in any ports not mentioned ^o\e, or in
any inlet, or under fail a§.a Shorter distance than
five miles from the Crore, and holding intercotirfe
with the land, shall be carried in for trial, and con
demnation—the captors to be entitled to one third
of the pr< perry confiscated^
Signed by the Captain-General,
LE CLERC.
By order of the Captain-General,
Lenoir, Secretary-General,
Lowboy, Afar 20
End of the Session of the Cegijiature.
0a the 20111 the legiflaiive body ruminated its
session. A counfellor of State complimented it in
the name of the government upon the services it
had conferred upon the country; He took a re
view of the laws that had been faffed-—of the res
toration of peace to Europe-nikl the re eftat 1 fh
ment of the catholic worfiiip. He communicated
10 the aflembly the objects that ^t remained to be
accomplished, and the measures which would be
Submitted to them in the next session. The civil,
commercial, judicial and criminal codes are to be
laid before tiitm ; but the manner in which they
will be fubnutted for diUoffioi, will differ from
the mode adopted when the rivil code was fall
presented to the legislature.
The Fiench ruuds are 56 f 45 c.
May 26.
Lord Suffolk announced his intention ot bring
ing forward a motion 1,1 Thursday hext, (June 5,)
tor a censure of the hie minilkrs, for the recent
war, its causes, and gohfequtnees down to the de.
grading peace.
May 27.
DTpatches have been received from Bengal, an
nouncing that the province of Oude had c< n>e un
der the dominion of the Ealt-ludia company, and
that the brother ot marquis Welk (lev is appointed
deputy governor, having under him Meflis. Mat
thew, Lisle, and Seion. The compan have grant
ed a pension to the nabob. Marquis Wellesley was
to depart tor England on his return from Lucknow,
retaining however his situation of governor of
Bengal, Orders habe been sent to his lorufhip for
the immediate reduftion of his guard.
The reduction of the army is taking plaice Uiih
the greater alacrity. Six regiments are about to
depart for Ireland, to rt place the fencihle and mi
litia corps w ho are disbanded.
Mr Addington ptopofing ,efterday in the house
of commons, in the committee of suppl), to vote
the fiim ^-37,351. sterling, for the relict of French
emigrants .uni American royalills, took that op
portun ty of announcing that every facility was
risen to the former to return to their country.
He added that the good will ot the French g< $ v
ernment on the one part, in permitting their re
turn, and the difpbfition o Eu, 1 nd 00 the other,
in concurring with the fame object, was the (iron
gelt proof ot the thutual defile ot the two ,conn.
tries to cherish those pacific lent menu w hick save
so happily put an end to the war.
Anartice from Beflin,of the 17th of May, men
tions that tie king of Proffia aim ihe en p< rm of
Russia were to irave a meeting at Morel, on the
sixteenth of May.,
Under the head ofCopenhagen, tie 15th of May,
it is dated, that the king of Denmark had distri
buted honorary medals to several officers of the
frigate Freya, that had diftingniflup themselves in
the action fthe twenty fifth oi Juy, 1800.
The aflembl. of the nobles of the Helvetic re
public, have nnanimonflv adopted the new consti
tution. This took place at Berne, the 20th of
Mav.
===3MZ^===esaee^^
Jz. Dothingo,
commercial regulation; j^ st. do-
DIINGO.
CaPE-Frascoi^ ,~f 23, 1802.
FRENCH COMMERCE.
Art. f. French veflels ot naur, coming from
French ports, are to be adminedonly into C.pe
Fr m.o s, Port-Republican, Aux-ta,es and J. Cr
mel.~ 2. Merchandize or prodine arising horn
French manutaßures, or French fol, imported by
French vefl< Is, (hall not be fubjtit to an, duty of
Importation. Merchandize or produce, flapped
from French ports, and entered in the inatut,u of
the veflet, dull be considered at French —g.
French vefltl may load in return with lolonia?
produce ; —Muffles, Taffi- and Ruto/excepted.
=—4. Colonial produce exported by French vef
fels, fh.il be fubjefted to duties of export', confor
mably to the tariff annexed to the prefect regula
tions.
By accounts from K.ulbon of the 4th, May
very unpleasant rumors had been received there
from Nuremberg, poufyrtug that the imperial
city would foot )be taken poffelioA of by the Pruf
fian troops. The alarm occasioned thereby,
among the burghers Os that place, jealous
ot their autient liberties, became so lesions, that
the magrilrates found themselves under the
nece(fay ot taking measures to Itcure tranquility.
lie king of Prussia it is said, will allo take
pofft flion of the bishoprics of Bamberg and Wertf
berg. The court of Vienna has tirade remonstran
ce, agaihfl the execution of these measures to the
the cabinet of Berlin, but has been very little at
tended to.
FOREIGN COMMERCE.)
$. It is permitted to foreign vessels of 70 tofii,
anti upwards, to enter the above mentioned four
ports with or without a cargo 6. French or
foreign tro rchandize, which they may import in
the colons, shall be fubjetted to a duty of entry,
agice^bly to the aiorefaid tariff.-. 7. Such colo
nial produce as they may export, even Molasses,
Taffia, and Rum, shall be subj ft to the duty of
exportation fixed b, the table of rates for Gran
gers.
House of Commons ;n publlihing by fub^
fcription by Mr. Humphreys of Philadel
phia.
Judge Taylor, bf this city Was the Cothraiffioner
on the p rf r fr of the United States; and the honora
ble Mr. L'Hommemeu, of Suffolk, Oliver Phe ps,
Eq. of Ontario, aim Charles D. Cooper, Esq. of
tins cit, , the Conimiflioners on the part ol this
State, at the above treaty. Tie number of Indians
present was luppofed to be about 2000.— Albany
Gaz.
Philadslphia, JULY 16.
Three flans are Aid at present to occupy the at
tention ot the French Confer,ative Senate, viz.
I. A fvpp, ffion ot the lift of emigrants, and
the fuLlniunon of a new and contracted one in its
(lead.
2. To regulate the succession of the consulate,
ti e presumptive her to w huh is to be designated
in future, and to be public! known.
4. Toe revision and modification of the confli
tution, in order to adopt it more to the wishes of
Bonaparte.
JULY 27.
We hear that Mr. Latimer, Collector of the port
ot Philacelphia, has retigned, and that his resigna
tion has been accepted. 0
New York, July 14.
A ftibfcription is set on toot in France (to which
the firtt cental contributes as a private citizen)for
rendering the Seine navigable to Paris.
Admiral Villaret had arrived at Bref lthe 20th
May, with 8 fail ol his squadron frpm St. Domin
go- 1
Commerce appears to be reviving throughout
F^uce , the sea ports resuming their accustomed
aCtivi'tv There had arrived at Havre during the|
month Floreal, trem 20^ April to igihMa,, 87 ;
fhiDSj of w hich 13 were Americans.
GEN. BOWLES.
Cnpt. SwaHey; of the sloop Agnes, from
S'. Auguttine, informs us, that a few days
pitvi ius to his failing a party of Indians, un
der General Bowles, surprised and took pri
f nets one women and seven children near
S'. Aucuftine, in the absence of the father of
the . family, and killed the eldest son, a young
atari about twenty.three yeais of age. About
the fame time faeral Whites and blacks were
massacred by another of Bowles's parties,
We hear, fays the Fredericktown, (Ma
ryland) paper, that the Governor and certain
membeis of the Council are at efcn warfare.
JULY 23.
The continuation of an unusual degree of
health in this city, at this feafon.of the year,
is a pleating source of •consolation ; and eve
ry heart must ejaculate thanks to the Great
Disposer of Blessings.
It is reported that the President of the U-
States has it in contemplation shortly to
make a visit to the Extern States#
The Board of Directors of the Office of
Difeount and Deposit at Savannah, have u
nanimonfly elected Joseph Haberfbam, Esq.
late Post Mailer General, Prefident#
JULY 26.
Ettrdfi of a letter from New-Orleans, to a gentle
man in Philadelphia, dated June 22d.
"We are all in anxious lufpeufe, ignorant of
what is to be our fate. I here arrived here on the
igth, tw o French Commissioners dispatched by the
<aptain of a French Frigate in Havana to Vera
Cruz, in search of money tor the wants of St. Do
mingo—They came paflei ger in our money ships.
which, after landing the money fort the colony,
were to have proceeded immediately to Vera
Cruz from rhe Ballin. The Capt. however has
come up to town, and no doubt the veflfel will
soon follow, and we fyll have an opportunity,
luring her stay here, to learn Someth,ng of the in
ention of their government too ards th s country.
"We were some time ago dazzled with the hope
TABLES OF T UTTFS..-CT tCb^CC.
Merchandize. Duties on Merchandize.
J Imported in | Imported by
French vcf„ I foreign vcffe'.fr
French merchandize free from du- lopr.ct. on the
Froducc of every kind tip- colt of the inv.
Flour, thip bread, .alt provi- free from du- 6 per ct. on
ficus, lumber, cattle, goats, tics. cost eninvoicc.
mules, poultry. &c.
Foreign merchandize prohibited 20 per ct. on
cost on invoice.
EXPORTATION-
Coffee per hundred 6 fra. 67 C 13 fr 33 c.
Clayed lugat 6 67 13 33
Broun do. 3 33 6 6,
Cotton 15^
Indigo, 1b; 40 %
Mousses, hhtl. prohibited 20
Taffia, hhd, do. 30
Raw hides, bahneoe, & 4
Tanned do, do. I
Fuftie-
Every kind of dying wood, per
thousand; g
Gaiac, idod, jg
Mahogany, and other woods for/
cabinet-makers, either in,
boards or in logs, per cubic
foot 40 &>
Cum pulacum. hundred 6 it
Cassia, hundred, 3 33 6 6,
Coc °' 1 $ 110
Ail produce not described I top. c. on the | zo per ct. on
1 m pr.ee. free | the m price.
Merchandize arising from French I j rom duty. j free fr. duty.
Manufactories.|'
i he General in Chiej, Captain-General,
(Signed) LE CLERC,
By the Captain-General, LEN IR.
The Secretary General, LENOIR.
— !—.<!,>.,„;,., i
top tbe ^atw
Louisville, ,une 4.
The treaty lately held w ith the Senaco Indians,
fbf the extinguishment ot their claim to a small
trait ot land at Black-Rock, on Lake-Erie, for the
fcite of a tort, has tailed of success. The principal
reason afiigued by the Indians for their relufal to
make this brant, * as, that the Great Spirits angry
with them tor felling their lanos to the u hire peo
ple, and that he has threatened them with tome
calamities, if they do uty refrain tbtieiiom in fu
ture. The real cause, however, of the failure of
the Treaty is attributed to another source : The
influence ahith the Fritifh possess in the Indian
councils, and their dislike to the United States'
pofleffing a military poll at Bleck-Rock, which is
tne mofi imposing and commanding situation on
L ke Erie.
Lexington, K. July 2.
Wedhefday evening, June 30g
the internal duties on stills, domefi
tie distilled spirits, refined fugars^
lincences to retailers, sales at auc
tion, carriages, and stamped paper
ceased. .The citizens of Kentuck-,
ey felt indignation on the passage
of these laws, they eperiericed the.
baneful effects of their operation,
particularly the excite and flamp
laws, and they rejoiced in their re#
peal. In the evening the Lexing
ton ligt Infantry paraded, and fired
seventeen vollies of mufguetry, the
bell ran a joyful peal, the bonfires
blazed in the air, fheutings, &c.
lln due time the citizens retired
to their refpedive homes in per
fcft harmony.
THE MARKETS.—St. Thomas, June
29. Bidincis is dull here ; and provilion^
high and scarce. Martinique. July 3d. —
Business is tolerably brisk at this Tfland ; —-
flour now fells at 11 dollars ; the English
aie to evacuate the 18 July, but nb French
troops have yet arrived, turracoa, July 9.
American produce is dull, excepting flour,
which goes quick at 12 dollars. St. Tho
mas, July 17. Flour 14 dollars. Madeix
ra June 16. America produce bears a tel
able price.
By an arrete of the French Government, j
of the 16th December, French vessels alone'
are to be be admitted to carry oh trade in all
ports of the French Colony 6f Senegal.—-
Neutral vessels which were there loading at
the period of the arrival of the Arrete were
granted twenty days io complete their load--
i°g.
FROM PROtIDENCE-JuCi 29. 1802.
Oh Tuefday last, arrived let r. Veneiins, Capt. J,
Wftcott, iu a short passage from Cape Francois---
he informs, that affairs were in a very co rd 11fed
filiation there, when,he failed ; the negroes con
tinued to h rrafs the French troops almost daily---
1 hat one cf the black regiments under the com
mand ot Gen. ChriflopheJiad been lent by Leckro
lb disperse them—a flrirmifh took place, and
Chrillophe's detachment were cut to pieces by the
Brigands ; Leclerc detached a body of French
troops, who met the Brigands and defeated them
wih great daughter.—The French troops died 30
or 40 daily —a reinforcement of 20,000 men was
hourly expected.
that the United States were negockting fc- thsi
part of the river; and as the report was pretty
current, it furnifted ah excellent opportunity of
ascertaining the sentiments of the people, j was
pleated to perceive the universal prevalence of fat
isfaction.
'-You will be furprized to learn that the Spanish
Court has given no advice whatever on this inter
effing fuhject, to its agents here. They know
nothing at ail resetting it, more than what is con
tained in private letter.-, or what is gathered from
the American prints. The people in office ate in
general coniftmotion, confident of the retrdeeffion
being agreed upon."
Boston, JULY 23. -
It is said arrangements have been made tor u.eet
ing the frigate Bolton, (hourly expelled from the
Mediterranean) at sea, and changing, her destina
tion. Is (he ordered to the River P.ate>
A Company has been incorporated in Pennfj l
frania for the promotion of the cultivation of
Vines. It already confits of 383 persons.
The cities of New-York, Baltimore, and other
great towns, enjoy an unexampled degree of
health. This town never was more healthy than
it now is. Let COD be praised.
ST. DOMINGO.
Accounts from Cape Francois as late as the ,th
July, informs, that the lever raged there with the
greatest lury, and that General Le Clerc lay ill with
it. The ne a ,troops are hourly her fices to it.
The Haves imported into Si. Domingo, in five
years, includihg 1784 and 178,, amounted to up
v ards of i62,0c0.
It is mentioned in foutheru papers, that Tass
President of the United States, The Vice Pre
side nt, and thePofl-Mafter-GeDeraJ, are on touri
to the Eastern States.
The militia of the Difiricf of Columbia is organ
ized in two legions- Each legion confining of
one company ot cavalry, one of artillery, one of
grenadiers, (or riflemenj one ot light infantry f and
eight of infantry. The appointment of the offi
cers of those legions are invested in the President ,
and the last ''National Intelligencer" contain#
their names.
Commercial arrangements between France and
Great-Britain were on the tapis.
Gen. Eerthfer, is said to have fallen in a duel
with Gen. Lecourbe.
In Ei,pt the Turks have vigorously commenced
humilities against the levolted Beys.
Capt. Kempton, airbed h^re, on his passage
from Marft lies to Salon, on the iiih May, in the
night, tell :n v ith a polacte (hipot 20 1 tins, which
gave him cbace, came along I de,and proved to ba
an Ai.erine corsair. He demented Capt. K's
pass, detained hinr a ffiort time, and t hated h m.
During this time the Algerine behaved very po
litely, used every means in his power, before
boarding, to cot vince Capt. K. that 1e vas not:
an enemy ; and informed him that he had nothing
to fear from the Tripolines, as they had no crui
sers out. Whilst under quarantine at Salou, Capt,
K. saw an Algerine brig chafe a Neapolitan ship
a 01ore near Salou, which they attempted to get off;
but were fired at from the store, and were obliged
to leave her. The Neapolitans fated themfelve#
by taking to their boat and going on Shore-