Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1806-04-26 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 30, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1806.
[Whole No. 696.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   APRIL. D. D. D. D. REMARKS.     27 Sunday, 5 8 7 3 49 Days leng. 13h. [44m.]   28 Monday, 5 7 7 4 37 Cool nights.   29 Tuesday, 5 6 7 5 25   30 Wednesday, 5 4 7 6 13   1 MAY. 5 3 7 7 1   2 Friday, 5 2 7 7 51 Expect showers   3 Saturday, 5 1 8 8 42 and thunder.  
James Maxwell
INFORMS his Friends and the Public, in general, that he has received from Boston a fresh supply of
NEW GOODS,
of the latest importations, which, with his former parcel, makes a general assortment of DRY & WEST-INDIA GOODS, which he is determined to sell on as good terms as can be purchased in this town or State, for Cash.—Likewise,
Herd's Grass & Red Top Seeds.
WARREN, April 19.
NEW GOODS.
The Subscribers take the Liberty to Inform their Friends and the Public, in general, that they have received, and are receiving, a large supply of
SPRING GOODS,
WHICH are opened and ready for Sale, at their Store, opposite Col. BENJAMIN COLLE's, which will be Sold as Cheap as can be purchased in this State, for Cash.
Particulars in the third Page.
LEVEL MAXWELL & SON.
Warren, April 19, 1806.
WHEREAS the Honorable Court of Probate for the town of Warren, appointed the Subscribers Commissioners to the Estate of
SIMON BURR,
late of Warren, Cooper, deceased, represented intestate:—All persons having any demands against said Estate, are hereby notified to exhibit the same, to either of the Subscribers, within 12 months, at their respective dwellings, on the first Wednesday in each month, being the time allowed by said Court, from the 7th instant.
SETH PECK, } Com'ts. JOSIAH MUNRO, }
All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment, to NATHAN M. BURR, Adm'r.
Warren, April 12, 1806.
Grinding Grain.
THE Public are hereby informed, that the Subscribers have purchased and put in order the WINDMILL, near the East Butment of KELLY's BRIDGE, in this town—where good attendance will be given to all who send their CORN or RYE to be ground.
Meal to be sold by the bushel or smaller quantities, and all favours gratefully acknowledged, by
Jonathan Hicks, William M. Hubbard.
Warren, April 5.
SALT for Sale.
To be sold by NATHAN CHILD, at his Store in WATER STREET, 600 bushels of good Cadiz
SALT;
Also—A general assortment of GROCERIES & HARD-WARE; CROCKERY and DUTCH STONE WARE; POWDER and SHOT; a good assortment of NAILS and BRADS;—Likewise,
WINDOW-GLASS, by the box or less.
SHIP-CHANDLERY.
TURPENTINE and FLOUR by the barrel.
FACTORY COTTONS, of various numbers.
Warren, April 5.
Take Notice.
ALL persons any ways indebted to the Estate of
NATHANIEL MARTIN,
late of Barrington, Esquire, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, Executors to the last Will and Testament of said NATHANIEL: And those who have any demands against said Estate are also requested to exhibit the same to
CALVIN MARTIN, } Executors. ANDERSON MARTIN, }
Barrington, March 8, 1806. 6m.
United States.
NINTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, } MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1806. }
THE Speaker informed the House that the bill to compensate the witnesses who attended the trial of Samuel Chase, was for a third reading, on which Mr. LEIB rose, and said that he had a motion to make on the subject. It was that the bill should be recommitted to a committee of the whole House.—The motion was agreed to, and the bill recommitted.
TUESDAY, APRIL 8.
A joint resolution was adopted for adjourning the two Houses on Wednesday the 16th inst.—On motion of Mr. JACKSON the following resolution was agreed to:—
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to communicate to this House any information which he may possess in relation to an application laid to have been made to draw money from the treasury for the purchase of the Floridas, before an appropriation was made by law for that purpose.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9.
The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the exports of the U. S. from the first of October, 1804, to the first of October, 1805—by which it appears, that the whole exports of the U. S. for that time, amount to Dols. 95,566,021 Of which the amount of exports of domestic growth or manufacture are 42,387,002 And those of foreign growth or manufacture, 53,179,019
THURSDAY, APRIL 10.
On motion of Mr. MACCREERY, RESOLVED, That the Speaker be requested to inform the executive of the State of Maryland, of the resignation of JOSEPH H. NICHOLSON, a representative of that State.
On the motion of Mr. J. RANDOLPH the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole—Mr. JOHN C. SMITH, in the chair—on the bill making appropriations for the support of the navy of the U. S. for the year 1806.—Considerable debate arose on the several items of appropriations proposed to be made.—The bill was ordered to a third reading on Saturday.
On motion of Mr. J. RANDOLPH the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole—Mr. GREGG in the chair—on the bill to prohibit officers of the army and navy from holding any civil office.—The Committee rose and reported their agreement to the bill.—The House immediately considered their report.—Mr. N. Williams moved that the bill should be printed.—This motion was supported by Messrs. N. Williams, R. Nelson, and Sloan; and opposed by Messrs. J. Clay and J. Randolph; and disagreed to—Ayes 46—Noes 52.—Mr. N. Williams then moved to amend the bill, by adding to it the following proviso:—Provided, that this act shall not affect any officer now holding an office under the constitution or any existing law of the United States.—This amendment was supported by Messrs. N. Williams, R. Nelson, and Smith; and opposed by Mr. J. Randolph, R. Whitehill, D. Wilson, Jackson, and Quincy.—Mr. Rhea, of Tennessee, opposed both the amendment and the bill.—When the question was taken by Yeas and Nays on the proviso, which was negatived—Yeas 36—Nays 66—and the bill ordered to a third reading tomorrow.
On motion of Mr. D. R. WILLIAMS, RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Navy be directed to lay before this House an estimate of the respective sums necessary to be appropriated for repairs of vessels, store room, pay of armourers, freight, and contingent expenses of the navy for the year 1806.
In the House of Representatives of the United States, on Saturday the 5th instant, a debate arose on the propriety of making public a message of the President, of the 6th of December last, delivered to the House in its secret sittings. Mr. RANDOLPH's speech, which we shall now give a sketch of, will serve to throw some light on the late secret proceedings of Congress.—N.Y. GAZETTE.
MR. RANDOLPH said—"I rise to execute the purpose which I intimated yesterday. On the first page of this journal [holding in his hand the journal of the secret proceedings of the House] I find it stated that the Speaker's laid before the House a letter and communication from the President of the United States, which were read, that they were referred to a select committee, and I find that then follows the report of that committee, without any notice of the message of the President on which it was grounded. This I take to be a departure from the regular system of keeping the journal; because I perceive in other parts of it messages, though of a private nature, accompanying other communications,
inserted. I deem it not less important to the character of those who compose the select committee, than to the character of the government of the U. S. that a full and fair view should be given to the public, of the conduct of the government on the one hand, and of the legislative on the other. I beg pardon for using the phrase executive department, by government I meant the executive department, I shall feel it incumbent on me, in order to impress on the House the sense I entertain on the importance of this motion, to enter into some little history of the transactions which have taken place with closed doors, in which, though I may not undertake to say what the message of the President contains, I shall feel myself at liberty, according to the course pursued here, to say what it does not contain.
It is true that on the 6th of December that message was referred to a select committee. That committee met, and one of the members, a gentleman from Massachusetts, I do not now see in his place, as soon as the committee met proposed that they should recommend to the House the making an appropriation of money to enable the executive to negotiate abroad. I understood, though it may not have been so expressed, that the object was the purchase of the Floridas. There was a great variety of sentiment in the committee, and other gentlemen of the committee, of whom I was one, objected, that in the confidential message of the President, there was not a syllable about the purchase of the Floridas, or an appropriation of money for foreign negotiation, that there was not a word in it to induce us to believe that Spain was willing to make the sale or to come to an amicable adjustment of differences with us; but that on the contrary, a direct and opposite inference could only be drawn from its contents.
On coming to them, and conversing with gentlemen of this House, I was apprized of the existence of a project for the purchase of the Floridas from Spain; and I was prepared to have considered any expressions in the executive message as having this meaning, which could at all warrant it. There was such a difference of opinion in the committee that they came to no direct conclusion. Circumstances of an imperious nature called me to Baltimore; where I said, I think, six days. On my return on Saturday, I found, from the information of a gentleman from Maryland, (Mr. Nicholson) that there had been considerable excitement in consequence of the committee not reporting. Without even changing my clothes or going to my lodgings, I immediately met the committee, and it was agreed to write to the Secretary at War, and learn from him the number of troops necessary to protect the southern frontier from Spanish inroad and insult, and though the private message held a language in consonance with the public, I found a backwardness in the hand of the war department, and generally of the executive government, on taking a decided attitude as to Spain; and I found what was worse, before I left town to go to Baltimore, from a conversation with what has been considered the head of the first executive department under government, that France, was the great obstacle to the compromise of Spanish differences; that France would not permit Spain to come to any accommodation with us, because France wanted money, and that we must give her money. From the moment I heard that declaration, all the objections I originally had to the procedure were aggravated to the highest possible degree. I considered it a base prostration of the national character, to excite one nation by money to bully another out of its property, and from that moment, and to the last moment of my life, my confidence in the principles of the man entertaining those sentiments died, never to live again. Well, sir, during my absence in Baltimore, the dispatches contained in the message of the 17th of January arrived. This I shall have occasion to mention again. The House began to act on the subject of our foreign relations. Gentlemen who in select committee had declared they considered the executive message as a requisition to buy the Floridas, though there was not a word in it about the Floridas, or about money, took a different ground in the House. They said that though the executive did not recommend to Congress to purchase the country, yet that they were adequate to give the business this direction; that if they chose they were at liberty to do it. But unfortunately for this new doctrine, and the previous one broached, and unfortunately for the whole system, gentlemen stepped forward to enforce, one gentleman asserted that he was ready in his own person to vouch that the course in question was in consonance with the secret wishes of the executive; and this is one of those reasons which calls most imperiously for the motion which I am about to make. What was afterwards done the house will perceive. I pass over the motion made to restrict the purchase to the country not in dispute with Spain, and to exclude from that purchase the country in dispute, thereby testing the principle, whether we were actually buying land or peace.
and the contradictory votes given, the bill in spite of every obstacle, of all opposition, was sent to the Senate, and on the next day, the 17th of January, after the business was out of our possession, we received dispatches from our minister at London, which had arrived before Christmas. It will be recollected that it was attempted to be insinuated by individual members, that inasmuch as we received the original paper and not a copy, the dispatches had just arrived, and there had not been time for transcribing them. But in returning from the House, I was so well convinced to the contrary, for I had myself received letters from London, of a contemporaneous date, that I made enquiry of the Secretary of State, and was told that they had been received the week before Christmas, at the same time with my letters.
While I am up, I will undertake to rectify a trivial inaccuracy (or I with every thing which I state on this floor to be literally exact) which on some former occasion escaped me. I said that the existence of these dispatches was unknown to a high cabinet minister; although it is certain that I so understood, it is no less so that I was mistaken. But though their existence was not unknown, yet their contents were. That minister had no reason to believe that they contained, on the contrary he had every reason to believe that they did not contain, any thing relative to our differences with Spain, and, as to their being sent to the House, he knew nothing of it until after they had been received. They were no sooner opened here, than they excited an instantaneous sensation, and produced a declaration that the course we had taken was wrong; they produced also an impression that it would be in vain on the subject of our differences with England to advance a manly attitude towards her, if we became the panders and caterers of the lustful appetites of France.
The question is now reduced to this point—whether the public shall read the secret journal without understanding one word about it, or shall read it intelligibly. For it is impossible to decide how far the report of the select committee is consistent with the message of the President, unless that message is also published. A difficulty may be raised, by saying this is a confidential message, but this is got over by the publicity given to the proceedings on it. It was confidential, because the proceedings on it were so. For instance—let us suppose that the U. S. were preparing for some strong and decisive measure against Spain, which it was politic to conceal from her till taken; but as to any thing decisive in the message, no man can contend that it contains any thing of this nature. When I speak of the message, I do not allude to the communications of the minister of the U. S. with the authorised agents of Spain. Though I see no reason why even those should not be published, as the negotiation has been entirely closed by the armistice in which it has terminated. I however restrict my present motion to the message.
The public from this vague and deitary sketch, may acquire some principles by which to appreciate the conduct of members in this House. They will see what members were disposed to have adopted that course which the most authentic information from Europe recommended. They will see who were indisposed to acting through the intervention of any foreign power, and more specially in the shape of a bribe, and then such a course was not asked for by the Executive. They will see who were these members; and I believe there are now but few who would be willing to take the responsibility on themselves which properly belonged to another department of the government; and to do all the dirty work, which would otherwise have foiled their fingers?
After Mr. RANDOLPH had concluded, Mr. CLAY said—"There are parts of those documents which I suppose will not be published, which had a considerable influence on my mind on the votes which I give. I allude to the threat of hostility by France." The Speaker here called to order.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 9.
The House of Representatives were on Monday almost exclusively occupied in discussing Mr. J. Randolph's motion to print the message of the President of the 6th of December, which was the basis of the measures taken relative to Spain.
At an early hour of the day, when this subject was called up, Mr. Blackledge moved that the galleries should be cleared. The House continued in secret sitting for a short time, when the doors were opened, and the question taken by Yeas and Nays, on the point of order, whether the decision of the Speaker was correct, viz.
"That the said message being contained in the journal of the secret proceedings of the House, as the same had been read in the House, it was now in order to call for the reading of the said message. Yeas 43—Nays 59.
The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. J. Randolph on Saturday, as follows:
"That the printed supplemental journal of secret proceedings be amended, by inserting after the word "and" in the third line of

the first page, the message of the President of the United States, of the 6th December last, and that a new edition of the said journal, thus amended, be printed for the use of the members."
On this motion a very interesting debate ensued, in which a pretty full view was taken by the different speakers of the arguments urged in secret debate. Messrs. J. Randolph, Dana, J. Clay, Eppes and Kelly supported, and Messrs. Sloan, Findley, Fisk, G. W. Campbell and Jackson opposed the motion.
About 5 o'clock the Yeas and Nays were taken on the motion, which was disagreed to—Yeas 44—Nays 74.
On Tuesday, a motion was made by Mr. J. Randolph, to print the letter addressed to, and the letter received from, the Secretary of War, which is referred to in the report of the committee on Spanish affairs—which was disagreed to.
On Friday the 11th, and Saturday the 12th inst. the House of Representatives was not engaged in any business of moment. The bill to prohibit officers of the army and navy of the United States, from holding or exercising any civil office, was read the third time, and passed. It is to have effect from the 3d of July next. On the passage of this bill, a debate arose principally on the constitutionality of adopting a principle which, it was contended, would have a retroactive effect, by compelling those persons, already appointed to both a civil and military office, to vacate one of them.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole—Mr. Gregg in the chair—on the bill concerning the further safeguard of merchant vessels in the vicinity of the United States.
The first section of the bill was read as follows:
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the President of the U. S. whenever he shall deem it expedient, to prohibit the exercise of hostilities against merchant vessels in any of the roads, or places of anchorage, near the ports and harbours of the U. S. and also in any of the roads of sea within the principal head-lands on the coasts of the U. S. and to require all foreign armed ships, or vessels of whatever description, to abstain from seizing, annoying, or molesting, any merchant vessels, within any of the spaces and precincts aforesaid.
Mr. Crowninshield moved to amend the section by extending the contemplated protection to "American citizens or other persons."
Mr. Dana considered the amendment superfluous, as the section provided against molesting merchant vessels; he believed the impairment of seamen would be a molestation.
Mr. Crowninshield held a different opinion as to the construction of the section—which only provided against molesting a merchant vessel.
Mr. Ely expressed himself of the same opinion with Mr. Dana.
After some further conversation Mr. C. withdrew his amendment, and submitted it under a new modification, in which shape it was disagreed to, under the idea that it was superfluous.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, the motion was amended, as to apply the provision to all persons whatever.
After some other amendments, the committee rose, and the bill as amended in Committee of the Whole, was ordered to a third reading on Monday.
Mr. Newton gave notice that he should on Monday call up his resolution, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the United States.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. Dawson in the chair, on the bill to suspend the sale of certain lands in the state of Ohio and Indiana territory.
The bill suspends the sale of lands, on which instalments are due, until the first of October next.
A motion of Mr. Lyon to extend the time till February 1, was lost.
The committee rose, and reported the bill without amendment, which was read a third time and passed.—Yeas 66.
The bill has passed both Houses.
A bill making appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties, having passed through a committee of the whole, was ordered, without amendment, to a third reading on Monday.
As was a bill making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and Chickasaw tribe of Indians, after undergoing a small verbal amendment.
The bill respecting the claims to lands in the Indiana territory and the state of Ohio, having passed through a committee of the whole, was, without any material amendment, ordered to a third reading on Monday.
MONDAY, APRIL 14. The bill for the safeguard of merchant vessels in the vicinity of the United States, was read a third time.
Mr. Dana observed, that the Yeas and Nays had been called on several occasions, to show the difference that subsisted in the House. He hoped they would be taken on this occasion, to manifest their concurrence in opinion.
The Yeas and Nays were accordingly taken, and were—Yeas 87—Nays 15.
The bill for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties, was read a third time and passed.
The bill making appropriations for carrying into effect the treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, was read a third time.
The question was then taken by Yeas and Nays on the passage of the bill—Yeas 68—Nays 33.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole—Mr. Gregg in the chair—on
the bill "supplementary to the act, entitled, 'An act making provision for the redemption of the whole public debt of the United States.'"
Mr. Varnum considered the objects contemplated by this bill too important, and the subject too abstruse to be likely at so late a period of the session to command that attention they merited; and therefore moved that the committee should rise, with a view to postponing the farther consideration of the bill to the next session.
Messrs. Talmadge and Quincy supported, and Messrs. J. Clay and J. Randolph opposed this motion, which was disagreed to—Ayes 32, Nays 42.
When the bill was considered by sections, and some progress made in it, when the committee rose, and obtained leave to sit again.
The following message was received from the President of the U. S. To the Senate and House of Representatives, of the United States.
DURING the blockade of Tripoli, by the squadron of the U. S. a small cruiser, under the flag of Tunis, with two prizes, (all of trifling value) attempted to enter Tripoli, was turned back, warned, and attempting again to enter, was taken, and detained as prize by the squadron. Her restitution was claimed by the Bey of Tunis, with a threat of war, in terms so serious, that on withdrawing from the blockade of Tripoli, the commanding officer of the squadron thought it his duty to repair to Tunis with his squadron, and to require a categorical declaration whether peace or war was intended. The Bey preferred explaining himself by an ambassador to the U. S. who, on his arrival, renewed the request that the vessel and her prizes should be restored. It was deemed proper to give this proof of friendship to the Bey, and the Ambassador was informed the vessels would be restored. Afterwards he made a requisition of naval stores, to be sent to the Bey, in order to secure a peace for the term of three years, with a threat of war if refused. It has been refused, and the ambassador is about to depart, without receding from his threat or demand.
Under these circumstances, and considering that the several provisions of the act of March 25, 1804, will cease in consequence of the ratification of the Treaty of Peace with Tripoli, now advised and consented to by the Senate, I have thought it my duty to communicate these facts, in order that Congress may consider the expediency of continuing the same provisions for a limited time, or making others equivalent.
TH. JEFFERSON. April 14. 1806.
Referred to the Com. of Ways and Means. TUESDAY, APRIL 15. The House took up the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill authorizing a detachment of the militia, to substitute, in that part of the bill relative to the militia to be called into active service, "as the President in his discretion shall deem most proper"—in the room of "which from their local situation shall be deemed most convenient."
The House concurred in this amendment.
The bill has consequently passed both Houses.
On motion of Mr. Masters the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. Varnum in the chair, on the bill "for fortifying the ports and harbours of the U. S. and for building Gun Boats."
The first section was read as follows: Section 1.—That a sum of money, not exceeding 150,000 dollars, in addition to the sums heretofore appropriated, to enable the President of the U. S. to cause the ports and harbours of the U. S. to be better fortified and protected.
Mr. D. R. Williams moved to strike out this section, which was disagreed to—Ayes 20.
Mr. Masters moved to strike out this sum of "150,000 dollars," for the purpose of inserting "500,000."
A division of the question having been called for; the question was put on striking out, and lost—Ayes 27.
Mr. Masters moved a new section—viz. that a sum not exceeding _____ be appropriated to enable the President of the United States to cause the ports and harbours of New-York to be better fortified and protected.
Mr. Smith opposed this motion.
Mr. D. R. Williams moved to amend the motion by adding Charleston after New-York.
Mr. Eppes moved to add Norfolk.
Mr. Early moved to add New-Orleans.
Mr. R. Nelson moved to add Baltimore.
Mr. Goldsborough moved to add Georgetown.
Mr. Quincy spoke at considerable length in favor of making a liberal appropriation for the fortification and protection of our ports and harbours.
Messrs. Dawson, Sloan and Lyon spoke against Mr. Masters's motion, which was disagreed to—Ayes 21.
Mr. Dawson stated that the fate of the frigate Philadelphia was well known, and added, that the frigates Boston and General Green had been condemned, as unfit for service. To supply the deficiency in the naval establishment, he offered a new section, appropriating a sum, not exceeding 100,000 dollars, to enable the President to cause three additional frigates to be built.
Mr. Lyon moved to add, after frigates, "or two 74's." This amendment was disagreed to—Ayes 28.
When the section offered by Mr. Dawson, was likewise disagreed to—Ayes 40—Nays 54.
A new section, offered by Mr. Nelson, authorizing the President to sell such of the national vessels as in his opinion shall be in such a situation, as to make it the interest of the U. S. not to repair the same, was agreed to—Ayes 63.
The Committee then rose, and reported the bill, which the House took into consideration.
Mr. J. Clay moved to strike out the first section.
Messrs. J. Clay, R. Nelson, and Sedinger supported; and Messrs. Dawson, Varnum, Gregg, Dana and Elmer opposed this motion, which was disagreed to—Yeas 24—Nays 76.
Mr. Masters then moved to strike out "150,000" and insert "500,000" dollars.—Motion disagreed to—Yeas 31—Nays 71.
When the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The Speaker laid before the House the following letter from the Secretary of the Treasury.
Treasury Department, April 15, 1806.
SIR—In answer to the request contained in the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th inst. I have the honor to state, that "no application has been made to draw Money from the Treasury for the purchase of the Florida, before an appropriation made by law for that purpose."
The circumstance which may have produced an impression that such an application had been made, being unconnected with any matter pertaining to the duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, are not presumed to come within the scope of the information required from this department by the House.
I have the honor to be, With great respect, Sir, your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN. The Honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A message was received from the President, communicating the treaty between the United States and the Piankeshaw tribe of Indians.
A message was received from the Senate, stating that they had receded from some of their amendments to the civil appropriation bill.
The House, on their part, immediately receded from their disagreement to the other amendment.
The bill has consequently passed the two Houses.
Mr. J. Randolph, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the message from the President of the U. S. relative to our affairs with Tunis, and a resolution directing an enquiry into the expediency of taking off the duty on salt, made a report by way of bill, entitled an act for repealing the act laying duties on salt, and for continuing for a further time the first section of the act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the U. S. against the Barbary powers.
This bill repeals, from the 1st day of January next, so much of any existing act as lays a duty on salt, and continues the Mediterranean fund of two and a half per cent, till the end of the next session of Congress.
Referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow.
Latest Foreign News: By an arrival at New York.
ENGLAND. LONDON, FEB. 24. THE American ship Rising Sun, Nantes, arrived at Dover, left Amsterdam on Tuesday last. At that time, there were 7 sail of the line of Dutch men of war in New Diep, ready for sea at a moments warning. The transports which were lately laid up, are also refitting at Amsterdam with all possible expedition, and are ordered to proceed to the Helder, to take on board troops. The destination of this armament is kept a profound secret.
We understand the Chancellor of the Exchequer has written a letter to the Governor of the Bank, desiring the opinion of that body what would be the probable effect of raising the property tax from seven to ten per cent; and also, what would be the probable effect of applying some part of the sinking fund to the payment of the interest of a new loan. Government have not resolved on either of these measures; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer's letter states, that they will not be adopted without very mature consideration.
Government has received the following, dated St. Cloud, from the French Emperor.
"We, Napoleon, by the Grace of God, Emperor of the French &c. after divers weighty causes, ourselves thereunto specially moving, Do hereby and henceforth, solemnly depose from the throne and other Sovereign Authorities of his ancestors, FERDINAND, King of the two Sicilies, from all of which princely titles and dignities, he is by virtue of this instrument and our Imperial will, mandate, and pleasure, forever removed and deposed. Given, &c."
Domestic Occurrences.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, MARCH 29.
CAPTAIN M'NICHOLL informs, that a fleet of men of war had been seen off Carthagena, which was at first taken for the other part of the French fleet; but it was afterwards stated to have been the fleet under
Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN, from England, who having gained intelligence of the destruction of the French fleet by Admiral DUCKWORTH, had failed again on their return to Europe.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. NEW-YORK, APRIL 12.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman on board the Leander, dated Jaquemel, 1st March, 1806, received via Baltimore.
"General MIRANDA has explained to us his plan; and as we were told before we left New-York, when it was explained to us, we were at liberty to proceed or return, we have pretty generally agreed to return. We are landed, and in good quarters; have received what was promised, and money to return, with passage free. The General will get as many men here as he wants; General Pétion, at Port-au-Prince, who has the command of 8000 malatoes, speaking the language of the people of the opposite coast, are all eager to accompany him, and the Emperor of Hayti gives every facility; and for myself, I believe Miranda will succeed—perhaps we may yet go."
We have a report of the arrival of a French squadron at Porto Cavello, in the Province of the Caraccas. It is probably a Spanish squadron from Cuba, sent there in consequence of the intelligence of Miranda's expedition, which appears to have little prospect of success.
APRIL 14.
A letter from New-Orleans, dated the beginning of March, says, information had just been received there of the affair at Nachitoches, between the Spanish and American forces; and that circumstance, in addition to the Spanish Intendant being ordered to quit the American territories, it was believed, would produce some act of retaliation from the Spanish government at Pensacola.
The following are the names of the unfortunate seamen who were drowned in the night of the 9th inst. whilst rendering their voluntary assistance to the ship CORDELIA, capt. DELANO.
Benjamin Taber, first mate of the brig Fredonia, of New-Bedford;—Isaiah Terry, second mate of the ship Rhode and Betsey, of do.;—Charles Phelps, of Glastenbury, (Con.)—a seaman belonging to the schooner Rambler, of Rochester;—Boyle Johnson and William Allen, natives of Sweden, and William Douglas, a black man cook. The three last were seamen belonging to the Cordelia.
APRIL 15.
On the 19th ult. the Court-House in Darlington District, S. Carolina, with all the records, &c. were consumed by fire. The fire is supposed to have been communicated by design. Fortunately the papers of the present Ordinary's office are preserved, as they were at the dwelling-house of Col. Zimmerman, the Ordinary.
The editor of the National Intelligencer, at Washington, has just published the trial of SAMUEL CHASE, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, impeached by the House of Representatives for high crimes and misdemeanors. This work is in two large octavo volumes, at 4 dollars to subscribers, and 5 to non-subscribers. The editor observes, that "a much greater delay has been incurred in the publication of this trial than he contemplated. He has, however, the satisfaction of saying that no effort has been omitted to give it to the public at an earlier period. The delay has arisen from the revision of the speeches of the Managers and Counsel. The publication might long since have been made in a less perfect dress; but it was deemed highly desirable, that in a case, which independently of its own importance, might be a precedent in future times, to sacrifice time rather than precision. The work now appears before the public, with the expectation of the editor that it will be considered as meriting the character of an impartial, comprehensive, and faithful statement of facts. All the speeches have been revised and inserted at length, in connection with whatever else formed a part of the trial."
APRIL 21. Capt. Vose, of the ship Alexander from London, informs us, that on the 7th of March, in lat. 49, long. 12, he spoke a British frigate, and was informed that the Brest fleet had been all taken. This frigate was out two days from Plymouth, bound to her station.
We presume that the above squadron is that mentioned in a London paper of the 25th of February, which the British government received advice of having sailed from Brest a few days previous to that date. It consisted of four sail of the line and a corvette. Admiral Thorneborough, with five sail of the line, had sailed from Cawsand bay in pursuit of them.
Or—the above squadron may be that seen by the Naïad frigate arrived at Falmouth the 4th of Feb. which consisted of 9 sail of the line. When the Naïad lost sight of them an English squadron was in sight of the same force, under the command of Sir R. Strachan.
The Senate have consented to and advised the ratification of the TRIPOLITAN TREATY—The votes were—Yeas 21—Nays 8.
The Senate yesterday passed the bill from the House of Representatives, prohibiting the importation of certain [British] goods, wares, and merchandise, without amendment—Yeas 19—Nays 9.
This bill only requires the signature of the President to become a law.
The sloop Delaware, Ricketts, in 35 days from Indian river, with slaves; was four times driven off the coast, and lost part of her deck-load, and broke her main-boom.

WARREN : SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1806.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR, IN THIS STATE.
   Majority.   Jackson. Smith. Arnold.     County of Newport.   Newport 171 137 4   Portsmouth 93 80 0   New-Shoreham 7 54 0   Jamestown 12 10 3   Middletown 7 29 0   Tiverton 10 2 70   Little Compton 48 2 68   County of Providence:   Providence 407 75 17   Smithfield 43 63 65   Scituate 17 0 133   Gloucester 73 100 19   Cumberland 89 25 14   Cranston 32 9 84   Johnston 26 49 22    N. Providence 43 28 2   Foster 52 1 105   County of Washington:   Westerly 2 73 0   N. Kingstown 45 38 73   S. Kingstown 76 25 19   Charlestown 27 12 5   Exeter 5 52 0   Richmond 2 80 0   Hopkinton 11 48 9   County of Bristol:   Bristol 25 47 13   Warren 30 68 0   Barrington 45 25 1   County of Kent:   Warwick 100 40 54   E. Greenwich 50 0 41   W. Greenwich 19 3 80   Country 91 9 78   Totals 1574 1184 979   505 328 345  
It is generally thought there will be no choice of Lieutenant Governor, in this State. Henry Sherburne, Esq. is elected General Treasurer, by a considerable majority.
Massachusetts Election. —The latest returns received, give Mr. Strong 37,085 votes, and Mr. Sullivan 33,980. Maj. for Strong 1106.
MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION.
NORFOLK, APRIL 9. In our last we noticed the arrival of captain Gould, from La Guaira, where he had been dispatched, as we understand, by the government of the United States, to apprise the Spanish government of this expedition. If this be a fact, without any other evidence, it is conclusive against our government having given any countenance to the schemes of Miranda.
Just as this foolish affair was about sinking into oblivion, we find it revived with an air of importance, in the Enquirer, of the 4th inst. It seems that Stephen Sayre, Esq. has communicated Miranda's important object. Notwithstanding the semi-official authority attached to Mr. Sayre's communication, the mysterious manner in which it is made, and the profound speculation of the Enquirer, there are circumstances that induce us to believe that either Mr. Sayre has been imposed on, or that he has practised a joke on the credulity of the Editor of the Enquirer.
In the first place, Miranda has arrived at Jacquetel, in the Island of St. Domingo. We presume it would be too ridiculous to suppose that he would have gone to Jacquetel, if he afterwards intended for Trinidad; the voyage would be shorter from New-York to Trinidad, than from Jacquetel to Trinidad, it being almost impossible for a vessel to get from the former to the latter, without coming into the variable winds, as far as thirty or thirty-two degrees of latitude, and then shaping a course for Trinidad.
Nor can we persuade ourselves that the British government has taken any part in this business. Can any one suppose, that with such abundant means as Great Britain possesses, to carry into effect such a plan, she would countenance such a feeble measure? Efficacy, secrecy, and various other considerations, would have suggested one of her own ports as the proper point from whence an expedition of such a nature should be directed.
Arrived at Philadelphia on Saturday, the sch'r Victory, Waldron, in a passage of 24 days from Jacquetel. She left there the 24th of March.—By this vessel information was carried out to Hayti of the passage of the act prohibiting intercourse with that island; the officers of the Haytian government discredited the intelligence, alleging that it was merely a stratagem of the Americans to lower the price of coffee.
The ship Emperor had sailed from Port-au-Prince to join the Leander, but hearing at sea, that the government of the United States had prohibited Ogden, the put back. Captain Lewis, of the Leander, had gone overland to consult with the officers of the ship Emperor, and induce them to persevere in the expedition.
The ship Leander, Lewis, was to sail in 2 or 3 days for Cumana. Several Americans had been induced to join in her adventure; but the precise nature and object of her scheme was kept a profound silence.
The Bacchus, Morfe, of Philadelphia, from La Guaira, was detained through the influence and advice of Capt. Lewis, of the ship Leander, who charged her with being despatched by the Americans at La Guaira, or by the Spanish government, to ascertain to what point the Leander was bound.—Captain Morfe, finding himself thus unpleasantly situated, was about to dispose of his vessel to one of Miranda's officers.
MARRIED,
In this town, on Sunday last, by the Rev. John B. Gibson, Mr. Jabez ROUNDS, of this town, to Miss ELIZA HUTSON, of Rehoboth.
—At Providence, by the Rev. Mr. Eder, Major Earle Potter, to Miss Hannah Frothingham, both of that town.
—At Boston, Mr. James Doretty, to Miss Hannah Tuckerman.—Mr. Adam Smith, merchant, of Charlestown, to Mary Fowle, of Boston.
DIED,
In London, 12th December last, Henry Sampson Woodfall, Esq. aged 67; who, for 40 years, conducted "The Public Advertiser," in which the celebrated Letters of Junius, were originally published.
—Near Baltimore, Hon. James Winchesiter, Esq. late Judge of the District Court of Maryland.
—At Providence, Capt. John Carpenter, aged 69.
—At Warwick, Mrs. Bethiah Lippit, aged 79.
—At Newtown (N. Y.) Dr. Scott, a celebrated German physician.
—At Boston, Mr. Simeon Skillin, an eminent carver, aged 49.—Mrs. Sarah Welch, aged 60.
—At Burlington, (Ver.) Col. Ebenezer Allen, Aet. 64;—It is a fact, well known to many of the revolutionary heroes of America, that Col. Allen, in 1777, (then a captain,) with only a lieutenant and forty of his "green mountain boys," ascended the horrid precipice, of Mount Defiance (nearly opposite Ticonderoga,) in the night, surprised, and took the almost impregnable fortress thereon, which was defended by far superior numbers of well disciplined regular British troops, and heavy artillery. This was effected without the loss of a single man. At the celebrated battle of Bennington, in the same year, Capt. Allen, with only thirty men, taking the advantage of a natural breakwater of rocks, for a considerable time contended with the front of the main body of Burgoyne's army, and with great slaughter, actually caused a temporary retreat.
—In the vicinity of New-York, on the 10th inst. "after a long and tedious illness, in the 78th year of his age, the Hon. Horatio Gates, Lieutenant-General in the service of the United States during the late revolutionary war, in which service he signalized himself as a faithful, brave, gallant and distinguished officer. He was a whig in England, and a genuine republican in America. He was attached to the cause of America from a full conviction of its justice, and fought faithfully under its banners through every stage of the conflict. He left his native country in the early part of his life, and served several campaigns in Germany, where he acquired the rudiments of military knowledge. He came hither with Gen. Braddock, and served in the British army until the conclusion of the peace. He afterwards returned to England, but finally emigrated to America, and purchased an estate in Virginia. On the rupture between this country and Great-Britain, he was called to take the command of the northern army, and by his skill and good conduct the troops under Gen. Burgoyne surrendered prisoners of war. He was a scholar well versed in history and the Latin classics, and of correct political principles. His manners and deportment were dignified with a military bias. He was hospitable, generous, just, inflexible in his attachment to his friends, and possessed a feeling heart. He died in the full conviction of the truth of the Gospel Philosophy, and appeared pleased when it was recommended to his serious attention in the last stages of his illness.
SHIP NEWS.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT.
   ENTERED. FROM     Schr. Wm. & Margaret, Lyndon, Havana   Brig Alfred, Fowler, ditto   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Huntress, Earl, New-York   — Sally, Akin, ditto   — Regulator, Chase, Hudson   — Revenue, Cleveland, ditto   Ship Amethyst, Smith, Hamburg  
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE.
   ENTERED. FROM     Sloop Ann, Cockstock, New-York   — Sally, Winlow, ditto   — Maria, Hull, ditto   — New-York, Williams, ditto   — Eliza, Crapon, ditto   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Betsey, Cole, East-Port (Mat.)   — Sally, Westcott, New-York   — Ann & Sarah, Justin, ditto   — Elenora, Heath, ditto   — New-York, Williams, ditto   — Maria, Hull, ditto   — Sally, Rhodes, ditto   — Active, Bears, ditto   Schr. Jeruha, Baxter, Boston   — Silvia, Lewis, ditto  
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL.
   ENTERED. FROM     Sloop Polly, Bowen, Havana   — Phoebe, Kelly, Norfolk   — Lydia, Oxx, Newport   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Sophronia, Oxx, Providence   — Lydia, Oxx, Newport  
The brig Clinton, Burr, of this port, was arrived at Barbadoes, in 24 days.
The brig Commerce, Henry Sisson, master, of this port, was cleared at Barbadoes, 12th March, by paying 3000 dollars, and was to sail for Charleston.
Arrived at the Havana, March 27th, the brig Ann & Hope, Hails, of this port, in 15 days from Bristol.
At Havana, at the above date, brig Warren, Coggeshall, & James, Driscoll, both of this port, the latter bound for Baltimore.
The brig Hiram, Brown, of this port, has arrived at Boston, from Havana, via Newport.
The schr. Union, Eddy, of this port, has arrived at New-York, in 23 days from the Havana.
The sloop Polly, Bowen, of this port, arrived on Thursday, from Havana.
The brig Love & Unity, Trott, of Somerset, was left at Antigua, 25th March, to sail in 10 days for Turks-Island.
A sloop from North-Carolina, arrived at New-York, spoke, April 3rd, going over the bar. brig Harriot, Chase, of Somerset, from the W. Indies, for Edenton.
The sloop Pheasant, Cartwright, of Dighton, was spoke in lat. 38, 31, long. 73, 30, 6 days from North-Carolina for Boston.
The brig Economy, Elisha P. Smith, master, of Pawtucket, has arrived at Norfolk, in 36 days from Savannah.
The brig Pilgrim, W. Smith, of Pawtucket, arrived at Savannah, the 5th April, and cleared for Philadelphia, the 9th.
The brig Harriot, Shubael P. Child, master, cleared out at Baltimore, for Amsterdam, 17th inst.
The sloop Polly, Turner, of this port, has arrived at Newport, from Baltimore, March 21, was spoken a brig, 71 days from Isle of France, for Boston.
A letter from Havana, dated March 23rd, received in this town, says,
"Yesterday the brig —, of Wilmington (N. C.) was cast away near the Mora Castle. Captains Coggeshall, Driscoll, and 4 men, went down and assisted in stripping her."
NORFOLK, APRIL 5. Arrived—Sally, Butler, Rhode-Island, 5 days; Ranger, Dennison, St. Bartholomews, 16 days, bound to Portland, in distress, having sprung a leak; Little Poll, Curtis, Alexandria, bound to Port mouth, (N.H.) put back, having sprung a leak; schr. Medusa, Gould, La Guaira, 12 days, coffee, bound to Baltimore. Left, among others, brig Leo, Gardner, of Nantucket; March 25, in lat. 20, long. 70, was boarded by two French privateers, and very much abused, striking capt. G. repeatedly with a rope's end.—Three days before, they had captured the schooner Ann Ballard, from this port for Jamaica, and sent her to the City of St. Domingo.
The brig Hope, Mose, from this port for Jamaica, has been taken and sent into Barra-coa.
NEW YORK, APRIL 14. Arrived, schr. Mars, Lynch, in 23 days from St. Pierres, (M. I.) On the 24th ult. off St. Thomas, capt. Lynch was boarded by a British cutter brig, had his papers overhauled, and detained three hours, but treated politely. The captain of the cutter informed, that the day before he spoke a large ship, belonging to New-York, from South Seas, laden with oil, going into St. Thomas, in distress. Spoke, March 25, in lat. 20, 40, long. 66, brig Lydia, Lord, from St. Croix, bound to Boston.
The sloop Pat. y, Clarke, from New-York for Baltimore, laden with tea and nankeens, on Thursday last went ashore to the southward of the Owl's Head, but is likely to be got off. Her cargo is taken out, and brought up in lighters to the city.
The American brig Aurora, John B. Stevens master, on her voyage from Hamburg, with a cargo of lead, glass and linen, to the address of John T. Sargeant, of Boston, was run foul of in the channel of England the last of Jan. and received so much damage as to occasion her to put into Cowes, to repair, and replace the things lost thereby, anchors, cables, &c.—It was expected she would be detained by this circumstance about three weeks.
About the 20th of Nov. one of the most violent hurricanes was experienced on the coast of Spain, that ever was remembered. At Valentia, it rained incessantly for four days, during which time upwards of two hundred houses were washed away, numbers of shipping were driven ashore, and shivered to pieces, and many lives lost.
The schooner Five Sisters, capt. Brown, of this port, has put into Charleston, in distress, having been captured on her passage homeward from Cayenne, by the Sanfearat galley, capt. Joley, under pretext of being bound to St. Domingo, a charge utterly unfounded, having nothing on board but 16 bds. sugar, and little or no money to purchase coffee, or anything else. After being brought too, they came on board and plundered capt. Brown, his mare, and all the men, of their clothes, the cabin of every article of furniture, and even took from the breast of capt. Brown a gold pin and his watch; cut away the long-boat, and sent her adrift; and after committing every depredation that pirates are accustomed to, sent her into St. Jago-de-Cuba, where capt. B. was under the necessity of purchasing provisions and clothes for himself, mate and people. Capt. B. was captured February 27, and liberated March 4.
The 1st and second mates, and 6 of the crew of the ship General Washington, from Calcutta for Salem, captured by a British privateer, have arrived at New-York, in the Montezuma, from Batavia.
The last arrival from Cadiz states, that that port was closely blockaded by a British squadron, and no vessel allowed to enter with any cargo, except flaves.
TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, ON MONDAY, 5th of May, 2 o'clock, P. M. on the Premises.
ONE ACRE and a HALF of excellent Cow-Pasture, the Property of ANNA BOWEN, lying in the N. End part of this town, adjoining the Land of James Bowen. Conditions of sale to be made known at said time and place.
SETH PECK, Auctioneer. *WARREN, April 26, 1806.
FOR SALE, THE fast sailing Sloop MERCURY,
Burthen 65 tons, coppered to her light-water mark, and copper-fastened, with her equipage—now lying at the wharf of Ebenezer Cole.—Apply for terms to
WILLIAM EASTERBROOKS. *Warren, April 26, 1806.
New Goods.
Just received, and now opening by JOHN CROADE,
An excellent assortment of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, selected from the latest arrivals at Boston, which added to his former parcel, make a complete assortment.
N. B. The articles will be enumerated in next week's HERALD.
WARREN, April 26, 1806.
Fresh and seasonable Goods.
Level Maxwell & Son
Inform their Friends, Customers, and the public at large, that they have received by the late arrivals from Europe, and have now ready for Sale, at their Store, opposite the SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, an extensive assortment of Spring and Summer Goods; which are offered on as reasonable terms as at any Store in the State.
Among the assortment are,
A Great choice of fashionable superfine and middling BROADCLOTHS, Scarlet do.
Low-priced blue, mixed and drab do.
Fine and middling ribbed and plain CASSIMERES, ELASTICKS, and FOREST CLOTHS,
Blue and olive KERSEYS,
Blue and mixed low-priced PLAINS,
Blue, black, green, and chocolate-coloured SERGES,
Spotted SWANSKINS,
Various qualities of red, green, crimson, yellow, blue and black FLANNELS,
Blue, red, yellow and white BAIZES, of different qualities,
RATTEENS,
Light and dark COATINGS,
Common and superfine stout drab, olive and blue FEARNOUGHS, suitable for Great COATS,
ROSE BLANKETS,
Stout ribbed and plain worsted and patent HOSE,
Men's white worsted do.
A beautiful variety of Swansdown, Turkey-down, and other Vest PATTERNS,
Black COTTON VELVETS, plain and ribbed.
A large and extensive variety of the most fashionable superfine and common CHINTZES and CALICOES, very low; India do. Red and purple Copperplate do.
A good assortment of IRISH LINENS, BROWN HOLLANDS, German do.
A good supply of INDIA COTTONS, Cotton CHECKS, DIMITIES; MUSLIN,
Tamboured and striped MUSLIN,
Plain and book do.
A variety of the most fashionable coloured CAMBRICKS, for Ladies' Gowns,
Book & Jaconet Mullin HANDKERCHIEFS,
A variety of coloured and black silk do.
Check striped do.; striped & plain pocket do.
India Cotton do.
Camel's hair SHAWLS,
A variety of purple and white, and common Chintz SHAWLS,
Chintz and Mullin do.
Men's Mullin HANDKERCHIEFS,
MILLINETTS; Black CRAPE,
Rutland GAUZES,
Colored LUSSTRING,
First and second quality beautiful striped and figured Fancy SILK VELVETS, for Gentlemen's Vests,
A variety of fashionable RIBBONS,
TASTES and EDGINGS,
Black and White LACES,
Malberry, chocolate and garnet WILDBORES,
CAMBLETEENS,
MOREENS,

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
CORYDON'S GHOST.
[Words by Dr. N. DWIGHT.]
WHAT sorrowful sounds do I hear, Move slowly along in the gale; How solemn they fall on my ear, As softly they pass thro' the vale, Sweet CORYDON's notes are all o'er. Now lovely he sleeps in the clay; His cheeks bloom with roses no more, Since death call'd his spirit away.  Sweet woodbines will rise round his tomb, And willows there sorrowing wave; Young hyacinths freshen and bloom, While hawthorns encircle his grave. Each morn, when the sun gilds the east, The green grass, bespangled with dew, Will call his bright beams to the west, To charm the sad CAROLINE's view.
O CORYDON, hear the sad cries, Of CAROLINE, plaintive and slow, O spirit, look down from the skies, And pity thy mourner below. 'Tis CAROLINE's voice in the breeze, Which Ethelred hears on the plain; Then driving the mourner to please, In sympathy joins in her strain.
And when the still night has unfurl'd Her robes o'er the hamlets around, Grey twilight retires from the world, And darkness encumbers the ground. I'll leave my lone gloomy abode, To CORYDON's urn will I fly; And kneeling will bless the just God, Who dwells in bright mansion on high.
Ye shepherds, so blithesome and young, Retire from your sports on the green, Since CORYDON's deal to my song, The wolves tore his lambs on the plain. Each twain round the forest will stray, And sorrowing hang down his head; His pipe then in sympathy play, Some darg to young CORYDON's shade.
Since CORYDON hears me no more, In gloom let the wood lands appear; Ye oaks be still'd of your roar; Let autumn extend round the year. I'll lie me through meadow and lawn, There call the bright flowers of May; Then rise on the wings of the morn, And wait my young spirit away.
THE TRAVELLER.
DURING the summer of last year, occasion—no matter what—called an honest English squire to take a journey to Petersburg.
Untravelled, and unknowing, he provided himself with no passport—his business concerned himself alone, and what had foreign nations to do with him?
His route lay through the states of different powers;—he landed in Holland—passed the usual examination; but insisting that the affairs which brought him there were of a private nature, he was questioned and detained a short time; but appearing to be incapable of design, he was at length permitted to pursue his journey.
To the officer of the guard who had detained him, he made frequent complaints of the loss he might sustain by the delay;—the officer, after a long pause, slowly drew the pipe from his mouth, and emitting the smoke—“Mynheer,” says he, “When you first set your foot on the land of the Seven United Provinces, you should have declared you came thither on affairs of commerce,” and replacing his pipe, relapsed into immovable taciturnity.
Released from his unsocial companion, he the next day arrived at a French post, where the centinel of the advanced guard requested the honor of his permission to ask for his passport;—on his failing to produce any, he was entreated to pardon the liberty he took of conducting him to the commandant; but it was his duty, and he must, however, reluctantly, perform it.
Monsieur le Commandant, received him with pompous politeness; he made the usual inquiries, and our traveller, determined to avoid the error which had produced such inconvenience, replied, “that commercial concerns drew him to the continent.”
“Ma foi,” says the commandant, “c'est un negociant, un bourgeois;—take him away to the guard house, we will examine him to-morrow—at present we must dress for the Comedie; Alons.” Our traveller swore it was uncivil, and unfriendly, and ungenerous;—Five hundred Frenchmen might travel through Great-Britain without a question; they never questioned any stranger in Great-Britain, nor stopped him—nor imprisoned him, nor guarded him.
“Monsieur,” says the centinel, as he conducted him to the guard room, “you should not have mentioned commerce to Monsieur le commandant—no gentleman in France disgraces himself with trade—we appy traffic. You
should have informed Monsieur le commandant, that you entered the dominions of the king of the French, to improve in singing or in dancing, or in dressing; arms are the profession of a man of fashion.” He had the honor of passing the night with a French guard, and the next day was dismissed.
Proceeding on his journey, he fell in with a detachment of German Chasseurs,—they demanded his name, quality, and business;—he came, he said, to dance,—to sing,—and to dress. “He is a Frenchman,” said the corporal; “a spy,” cries the serjeant!—he was directed to mount behind a dragoon, and carried to the next Municipal town.
There he was soon discharged, but not without a word of advice. “We, Germans,” said the officer, “eat drink, and smoke; these are our favorite employments,—and had you informed the dragoons you followed no other business, you would have saved them and yourself infinite trouble.”
He soon approached the Prussian dominions, where his examination was still more strict;—and on answering, that his only designs were to eat, and to drink, and to smoke,—“To eat! and to drink! and to smoke! exclaimed the officer with astonishment, “Sir, you must be forwarded to Potsdam—war is the only business of mankind.”
The king having learned the character of our traveller, ordered a passport to be made out for him, observing, “It is an ignorant, an innocent Englishman!—the English are unacquainted with military duties, so let him pass on.”
Being arrived at the frontiers of Poland, he flattered himself his troubles were at an end; but he reckoned without his host. “Your business in Poland?” interrogated the officer, “I really don't know, Sir.—“Not know your business, Sir,” resumed the officer, “I must conduct you to the Starost.”
“For the love of God,” says the wearied traveller, “take pity on me; I have been imprisoned in Holland for being desirous of keeping my own affairs to myself.”
“I have been confined all night in a French guard-house, for declaring myself a merchant.”
“I have been compelled to ride seven miles behind a German dragoon, for professing myself a man of pleasure.”
“I have been carried fifty miles a prisoner in Prussia, for owning my attachment to ease and good living.”
“If you will have the goodness to let me know how I may render such an account of myself as not to give offence, I shall ever consider you as my friend and protector.”
PHILOSOPHIC DUEL.
IN the suburbs of Namur, in the Austrian Netherlands, in consequence of some altercation, a meeting took place between the Count de Lauragais, a French nobleman, and a Capt. O'Reilly, an Irish officer on half-pay. The ground chosen was a garden adjacent to the suburbs of Namur. The parties set out post, and arrived on the spot, accompanied by their surgeons but without seconds. After the count had fired, without effect, the generous captain proposed an accommodation, saying, “my once dear and still honoured friend, you see I am not afraid of meeting you—Providence has been pleased to turn aside your ball, and I have no desire of shedding your blood. We know each other as brave men, let us embrace!” “With all my heart,” replied the Count, flinging away his pistol. By this time the Fort Major arrived with a guard, to arrest the combatants—but all was adjusted. “You are both men of honour,” said the Major, “I shall therefore take your words that the affair shall go no further.” “What fools we were,” said the captain, “to follow HONOUR so many miles, when that friendship that still glowed in our breasts was so near to each. “True,” answered the Count “—and I shall never give myself the trouble of meeting a man whom I once loved, on such an occasion, without first being certain that neither retain the smallest spark of former affection.”
“How can that be known?” said the Major. “Time and consideration are excellent discoverers of such secrets,” answered the Count. “Whenever I am challenged by, or challenge a friend, I shall stipulate that no encounter take place for three months.”
If our countrymen, instead of sacrificing each other in the first heat of passion, would lay up their resentments in the drawer of calm reflection for a few weeks, points of honour might be adjusted without a single blow, and the bloody sacrifices too frequently offered on the altars of pride and revenge, be converted into ties of benevolence and good will.
ANECDOTES.
A VERY serious complaint was lodged a few years ago before a justice of the peace and one of the quorum, in a northern county, against a simple countryman, for having “damned the King.” A warrant was accordingly issued and the poor trembling delinquent dragged before the bench, when the following interrogatories were put to him.
Justice—Harklee! you fellow; how came you wickedly and profanely to damn his most sacred Majesty?
Countryman—Lord! your worship, I did not know that the King of Clubs was Defender of the faith, or by my troth I would not a damn'd it.
Justice—King of Clubs! Why you rebellious rascal, what, do you add insult to treason? Tell me what you mean?
Countryman—Mean your worship! why, you mun know that we were noine and noine, at whisk and swabbers, clubs was trumps. I had eace and queen i' my own hand—but as ill luck would ha't, our neighbour Tunumas clapt his king smack upon moy queen, and by gadin they gotten the odd trick; so being well throttled with rage, your worship, I-I-I cry'd damn the king!
Justice—O! well if that's all, thou mayst go about thy business; but see that thou never does so again.
Countryman—God bless your honour, I won na e'en curse a knave for fear it should offend your worship.
[British paper.]
NEAR Market Drayton (England) is a public house called the Four Alls which are severally depicted on the sign board, by a King, a Parson, a Soldier, and a Peasant. From the mouths of each character issues a descriptive label: the Monarch says “I Govern all;” the Divine, “I Pray for all;” the soldier, “I Fight for all;” and John Bull, in a waggoner's frock, stares archly exclaiming, “But I Pay for all.”
THE Papers tell us of a man's being apprehended for stealing Portland Stone and Pavements. This is none of the light-fingered gentry.
[London paper.]
A GENTLEMAN being at dinner at a friend's house, the first thing that came upon the table was a dish of whittings; and one being put on his plate he found it stink so much that he could not touch it. However, he laid his mouth down to the fish as if he were whispering to it; and then took up the plate and put it to his own ear. The gentleman at whose table he was seated, inquired into the meaning of this extraordinary behaviour, he told him that he had lost a brother at sea about a fortnight ago, and was asking that fish, if he knew any thing of him.—Well, said the gentleman, pleasantly, and what answer did he make you?—Why, replied the other very gravely, he told me that he could not possibly give me any account of my deceased brother, as he had not been at sea these three weeks.
AN honest peasant settled in a small village, where, in a short time, he gained the good-will of all his neighbours. He had, however, the misfortune to lose one of his best milch cows in the first year, which grieved him exceedingly; while his wife, who
was an excellent manager, took it to heart so much, that she absolutely fell sick, and died. The good man lamented the loss of his helpmate with the most unaffected sorrow, and remained for some months quite inconsolable. His neighbours now thought it their duty to reason him into resignation.
My friend, said one of them, the wife you have lost was really an excellent woman, but still you have a good remedy: you are a young and an honest man, and you will find no difficulty in procuring another. For my part, continued he, I have three daughters, and I shall be happy to call you son in law. Another, on this, offered him his sister; and a third his niece. Good God! says the mourner, what a strange place is this, since a man who lives here had better lose his wife than his cow! My wife is dead; and, lo! you tell me I may pick and chuse, to supply her place: but when my poor cow died, nobody ever thought of offering me another.
A NOBLEMAN telling the husband of a lady remarkably beautiful, that he could never look at his wife without breaking the tenth commandment; Your lordship, replied the gentleman, is welcome to break the tenth commandment as much as you please, provided you do not break the seventh.
Factory Cotton Yarn.
A Large supply of assorted numbers, at the FACTORY PRICES, per bundle, half bundle, pound or dozen, of WARPFILLING, STOCKING YARN and SEWING THREAD. Also CANDLE WICK, BEDTICKING and STRIPES.
JUST RECEIVED BY
Nathan M. Burr.
Where also may be had, a handsome supply of INDIA CHECKS, STRIPES; HANDKERCHIEFS; SHEETING; SHIRTING, AND BOOK MUSLINS.
European & West India Goods, &c. &c. &c.
A large and valuable supply of DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, SPICES, and the whole Catalogue of PATENT MEDICINES, Imported and American, direct from the PATENTEES, being Agent for almost all of them. Also...
Herds Grass & Clover Seed, with a tolerable supply of GARDEN PEAS, BEANS, and the smaller Seeds.
A Consignment of Hhd. SHOOKS, HALF BARRELS and Hhd. HOOPS, on easy terms.
Cash given for RAGS.
Warren, March 22, 1806.
Cotton Warp and Filling.
A LARGE supply, of various numbers, at the Factory prices, per bundle or otherwise, for sale by the subscriber, opposite the BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE.
WHERE ALSO MAY BE HAD,
Best American
LINSEED OIL,
per barrel or less quantity, on as good terms as can be obtained at the Mills.
European, East & West-India GOODS, &c. &c.
PASCHAL ALLEN.
Warren, Feb. 8, 1806.
(U.S.)
NOTICE.
Whereas the Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Warren, appointed the subscribers Commissioners to the Estate of
THOMAS ALLEN,
late of Warren, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent:—All persons having demands against said Estate, are hereby notified to exhibit the same to either of the subscribers, at their respective dwellings, within six months, being the time allowed by said Court.
ALLEN HOAR, ANSELL CHURCHILL, } Comm'rs.
ALL persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate pay- ment, to
STEPHEN DAVOL, Adm'r.
Warren, March 8, 1806.
Save your Rags!!
CASH given for clean Cotton and Linen RAGS, at the Printing-Office.