Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1806-09-20 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 50, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1806.
[Whole No. 716.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   SEPTEMBER. D. OF. M. F. S. REMARKS.     21 Sunday, 5 58 7 morn. 3 34   22 Monday, 5 52 7 0 4 12   23 Tuesday, 6 0 1 48 5 1   24 Wednesday, 6 2 6 2 49 5   25 Thursday, 6 4 6 3 47 6   26 Friday, 6 6 6 4 48 7   27 Saturday, 6 7 6 7 44 Full 3h:44m.  
FOR SALE, BY
Level Maxwell & Son, A quantity of COARSE & FINE SALT, of an excellent Quality.
WARREN, Sept. 12, 1806.
TO BE SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
On the 15th Day of October next.
THAT beautiful and handsomely situated HOUSE and LOT of LAND, with the out Buildings thereon, belonging to Mr. JOHN LUTHER.—Conditions of sale will be made known at said Time and Place.
BILLINGS WALDRON, Auc'r.
Bristol, Sept. 11, 1806.
FOUND
BY the Subscriber, between Bristol and Warren, on the 6th inst. a WATCH—the Owner may have it again on proving his property and paying charges.
EBENEZER PECK, 3d.
Rehoboth, Sept. 9, 1806.
TO BE SOLD
On Monday the 29th inst. at the Wharf of Capt. James D'Wolfe.
THE Ship BETSEY with her tackle and furniture, Burthen about 180 Tons, in good repair. Conditions made known at time and place of sale. Liberal credit will be given for approved notes.
JAMES D'WOLFE.
Bristol, Sept. 6, 1806.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, about the 1st of June last, a small sized dark coloured Horse, 4 Years old, wore away a pair of Fetters, has been shod once, Trotts all, and has his Tail cut square.—Whoever will return said Horse, shall receive a just Reward and all necessary charges paid.
JOSEPH REED.
Bristol, Sept. 2, 1806.
WHEREAS, Rufus Frink, my Husband, has left my bed and board, and behaved in an unbecoming manner; I therefore forbid all Persons harbouring or trusting him on my account, as I will not pay any Debts of his contracting after this date.
BETSEY FRINK.
Rehoboth, Aug. 29, 1806.
WHEREAS, BETSEY FRINK, my Wife, has behaved in a very unbecoming manner, I filed a Libel in the Clerk's Office, at Taunton, on Thursday 7th of August last, in order for a Bill of Divorcement from her, which caused her in anger to advertise me in the United States Herald without any other cause: I now therefore forbid all Persons harbouring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting after this date.
RUFUS FRINK.
Rehoboth, Sept. 12, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having been appointed Agent by sundry Officers and Soldiers and others holding evidences of the claims for Services done in the revolutionary War, in the Rhode-Island Brigade of Troops, commanded by Gen. CORNELL, for the purpose of obtaining from Congress, compensation for such Services, and having already been at the seat of Government and made considerable proficiency towards obtaining the object of his mission: as he contemplates another journey to Washington, at the ensuing session of Congress, for the purpose aforesaid, hereby gives this public notice, that all persons who may with to employ him in the capacity aforesaid, will forward their respective Powers of Attorney to Providence, by mail (post free) by the first of November next, which shall receive punctual and faithful attention.
WILLIAM BARTON.
Providence, (R. I.) August 12, 1806.
Those concerned, living in Warren, or its vicinity, will please call on JOSEPH WHITMARSH, in Warren, who will give them whatever information on the subject they may wish.
FOR SALE, BY
C. WHEATON & Wm. CARR, 62 Puncheons good flavored 3d Proof Antigua RUM. 9 Hogheads excellent retailing MOLASSES.
WARREN, Aug. 22, 1806.
FOR SALE,
THE staunch and well Built BRIG COMMERCE, Burthen 106 Tons, now lying at the Wharf of Charles Collins, Esq. and can be fitted for sea at a small expense.—Apply to HENRY SISSON.
Warren, July 25, 1806.
ALL persons indebted to JOSIAH MUNRO by book or note, are requested to make immediate payment to the Subscriber; an Assignment of all his property being made for the express purpose of a speedy settlement with all concerned.
N. M. BURR, Assignee.
Warren, July 4, 1806.
FOR SALE, BY
RUFUS & NATHAN M. BURR, 65 puncheons 3d proof Rum, Coarse Rock Salt, for the Diary, 14 half bbls. Mefs Mutton, 20 nest Molasses Casks, 2 bbls. R. Beef.
Terms of payment liberal. Inquire of the above.
Warren, May 10, 1806.
Foreign Intelligence.
ENGLAND. LONDON, JULY 3. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 2, 1806.
VACCINE INOCULATION.
LORD H. PETTY (Chancellor of the Exchequer) rose in order pursuant to notice which he had formerly given, to call the attention of the House to the subject of the Vaccine Inoculation. Though this was no political subject, yet it was one so important to the health and to the very existence of multitudes of the human species, that it was as well worthy the attention of the Legislature, as it certainly promised perhaps to eradicate that horrid disorder called the small-pox. He would not enter at present into any minute detail on this discovery, as it had on a former occasion been brought before the House by his predecessor.—This interesting discovery had been the result of the labours of one eminent Physician, who had been for 30 years solely occupied in bringing it to maturity. He began so early as the year 1777, and by a slow gradual progress brought it to what it was now. In 1788, he thought of extending it by inoculation, and hoped by this means the total extinction of the small-pox. In 1798, after its beneficial effects had been in some measure ascertained, it was submitted to the public, and began to be generally diffused. In that year it had been diffused in England; in 1799, it had been adopted in America, not only among the white inhabitants, but also among the Indians, with all the success that its greatest admirers could hope for. In 1801, it had been adopted on the continent. By the exertions of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief it had been diffused over the coast of the Mediterranean. It had spread also in Russia and in Prussia. But what he wished particularly to call the attention of the House to, as it was the circumstance that made the strongest impression on his mind, was, the success which it had met with in the Austrian dominions.—He begged leave to mention one fact. In the year preceding the introduction of the vaccine inoculation, the deaths at Vienna, by the small-pox, had been 835. In 1802, this discovery having been previously introduced, the number was reduced to 61. In 1803, to 27; and in 1804, to 2 persons; so that the annual saving, by means of this discovery, in that city, was 833 persons. Yet after this, it was melancholy to think, that when the progress was so rapid on the continent of Europe, and even in China, the motion in this country should rather be retrograde. This had been owing to some objections that had been made to the practice; but even these very objections furnished a strong argument for the proposition which he was about to submit to the House. But these objections had certainly prevailed in retarding the progress of the discovery in this country. In London, in 1802, the deaths by the Small-Pox had amounted to 1,811. In 1804, they had been reduced to 622. But, in consequence of the prejudices against the Vaccine Inoculation, they had in the last year arisen to 1,685; so that they were fast approaching to their original amount. Under these circumstances, he had been induced to bring the subject before the Legislature; not with a view of proposing any compulsory measure, for he was aware how improper it would be to propose, any measure of compulsion in a case where the persons most nearly concerned must be supposed to be the most competent judges where health and happiness were concerned. Yet it was the duty of the Legislature to endeavour to enlighten the minds of the people, and of giving to an useful discovery all the weight which their approbation could confer upon it; and he hoped that the House would strongly feel the importance of
this duty. His object was, that the Royal College of Physicians should examine into the case, state the condition of the Vaccine Inoculation in this country, inquire into the causes that retarded its progress, and make a report accordingly. He would propose this with a view to have the report before the House early the next session, when it would be referred to a committee, in order that the discovery might have that increased action, which, if the report should be favourable, must follow such an inquiry. And, if the result should be the corroboration of the opinion, as to the great benefits which arose from this discovery, if there was any truth in it, and if the principle was good, notwithstanding the objections which might turn out to be much exaggerated, then it would be for the House to consider whether any reward should be given to Dr. JENNER equal to the important nature of the discovery, consistent with the glory of the British name, which had been thus augmented and extended, and worthy of the dignity and liberality of this House. This would be a subject for later consideration, but certainly when such a valuable discovery had been made among us, we ought not to reject it, but to be the first to adopt it, and make it as extensively useful as possible. He concluded by moving that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, requesting that his Majesty would direct his Royal College of Physicians to inquire into the state of the Vaccine Inoculation in this country, and into the causes that retarded its progress, and report their opinions, and the evidence on which they were founded, and to order that this report should be laid before this House.
Mr. MATTHEWS rose to second the motion.—He had at first some doubts as to the usefulness of the discovery, and had attentively watched its progress and the result was that he was fully convinced of its great value. The Small-Pox Inoculation, he stated, was liable to great objections. Death in many instances ensued; though beneficial to the individuals, it was a magazine of contagion, and it had, besides, the effects of firing up another disease in the human frame, which was the scrofula.—The Cow-Pox Inoculation was not liable to these objections, and he was of opinion that in the cases in which it had failed, it had not been fairly tried. He had no doubt that posterity would enrol the name of JENNER among those,
Inventas qui vitam ex coluere per artes: Quique suis memores alios fecere merendo.
Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed his satisfaction at the subject having been brought forward by the Noble Lord. He was not surprised that the people of this country had been more slow in allowing the benefits of this discovery, as in a free country, every one was more inclined to judge for himself, and to adhere with stubbornness to his opinion, even when erroneous. The causes of the slow progress of Vaccine inoculation here, he thought, rather arose from improper matter having been, in some cases used, and from the ignorance of many of the persons who inoculated, and who were not able to distinguish the true from the false species, than from the efforts which had been made to discredit it in some publications, which, as far as he had seen, had been written in such a way as to render them totally unworthy of attention. He thought, however, that a Committee of this House, and of the House of Lords, would have answered better than a report of the College of Physicians. He agreed that no compulsion ought to be used, but at the same time he thought, that in cases where the parents chose to persist in inoculating with the Small-Pox, certain regulations ought to be prescribed them, which should prevent the contagion spreading.
Mr. WINDHAM contended that it was impossible that in a case of this kind the report of the College of Physicians, given in this solemn manner, should not have more weight than the opinion of Committees of the Lords and Commons. He agreed as to the mischievous consequences that resulted from a want of care to prevent contagion, but did not think that the case warranted even the degree of restraint recommended by the last speaker.
Mr. BANKES thought that the proposal of the Noble Lord united the advantages of a report from the Physicians and the opinion of a Committee of the House. He would support it therefore. But he thought the Surgeons ought also to be consulted. He thought that Dr. JENNER, however, had already been amply rewarded.
Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, concurred in this opinion.
Mr. PAULL mentioned that in Locknow, while he resided there, the Vaccine Inoculation had made great progress, and the deaths had been reduced from 600 to 75. As the prejudices existed strongly in Scotland, he thought the Scotch College of Physicians ought to be consulted.
Lord HENRY PETTY, in reply, said, that he had considered the subject before he had come to the House, and, from his own reflection and the suggestions of others, he thought the Report ought to come from one source. The Physicians would of course correspond with the Surgeons, and with those who were most likely to afford them information. He contended that the Report of the Physicians would be far preferable to the opinion of a Committee, as a great deal might turn upon the kind of matter that ought
to be used, and the fixing, if possible, upon some criterion to distinguish the spurious from the true; and also upon the subject of the reports as to this inoculation occasioning other diseases.
After a few words from Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, in favour of the Vaccine Inoculation, the motion was agreed to, nem. con.
HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.
Yesterday, the Lord Chancellor, in the House of Lords, where the House of Commons had assembled, communicated, from a paper addressed to both Houses of Parliament, as follows:—
“My Lords, and Gentlemen,
“His Majesty has communicated as to acquaint you that the state of the public business enables his Majesty to close this Session of Parliament.
“We are, at the same time, directed to express to you the great satisfaction which His Majesty has derived from your unremitting zeal and diligence, and from that attention to the most important interests of his Empire, which has been so conspicuously manifested in all your proceedings.
“The measures which have been adopted for the permanent improvement of the various branches of our Military System, your attention to combine these arrangements with the great object of public Economy, and the regulations which you have established for the speedy and effectual Audit of the Public Accounts, call for his Majesty's particular acknowledgments.”
“Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
“We have it in command from his Majesty to thank you for the provision which you have made for the various exigencies of the public service, particularly by raising, within the year, so very large a proportion of the necessary supplies; a measure in itself highly advantageous, and which must create, both at home and abroad, the most favourable impression of our national resources, and of the spirit which animates the British people. You may be assured that the utmost attention shall be paid to the frugal administration of those supplies which you have so liberally granted.
“His Majesty is particularly sensible of the fresh proof he has received of your affectionate attachment to him, in the provision which you have made for enabling the younger branches of his Royal Family to meet the necessary expenses of their station.”
“My Lords, and Gentlemen,
“His Majesty being always anxious for the restoration of peace on just and honourable terms, is engaged in discussions with a view to the accomplishment of this most desirable end. Their success must depend on a corresponding disposition on the part of the enemy; and in every event, his Majesty looks with the fullest confidence to the continuance of that reason and public spirit among all ranks of his people, which can alone give energy to war or security to peace.
[A commission was then read for proroguing Parliament to the 28th August.]
Domestic Occurrences.
GEORGIA. SAVANNAH, AUG. 19.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman residing in the Mississippi Territory, Washington County, to his friend in this City, under date of the 15th ult.
SINCE I last wrote you of the situation of this unhappy country, the Spaniards have not only seized our property, and imprisoned our citizens, but they have proceeded step by step to strike a dead blow to the settlements of the Tombigbee and Alabama river. Since the arrival of the Intendant MORALES, the port of Mobile has been entirely shut, not only to American vessels, but to that Spain and every other nation.
“The Commandant at Mobile suffered our merchants, for a short time, to deposit their goods at Mobile, and proceed from thence in boats, up the river; but that privilege is now denied; they will not suffer us either to purchase or sell a single article at Mobile; they have sent back from Mobile boats of Corn.—Our last year's crop of Corn is entirely destroyed by the weevils; our cotton is rotting in large quantities on the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. In vain does the former cultivate his land, he sows in despair, and reaps in sorrow.
“If some change does not take place between this and May next, this country, not only possessing every local advantage for navigation and commerce, but for agriculture, will be deserted by its present inhabitants, and instead of a well cultivated country, it will be a lasting evidence, Spanish tyranny.”
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, AUG. 27.
A letter from the parish of St. John, Berkley, dated August 23, says, “I think, from appearances, one half our cotton has been destroyed by the late storm—and the rice appears to be in a worse condition than the corn.”
A letter from St. James, Santee, S. Carolina, says “By the late storm my cotton is completely ruined, I do not expect to make

10 bales from 94 acres. My rice has not suffered so much."
The storm was felt at Charleston, but little damage however, was done, as the wind was from a favorable point for that harbor.
AUG. 23.
THE GALE. —For three or four weeks past, we had experienced an almost uninterrupted series of W. and S. W. winds, until Sunday evening last, when the wind shifted round to the N. E. and continued vibrating between that point and S. E. for two or three days, though moderated. On Wednesday night an unusual roaring was heard from the bay occasioned by a heavy swell breaking upon it, which indicated an approaching storm. On Thursday the wind continued fresh at N. N. E. and in the night it blew with increased strength; yesterday morning the wind remained in about the same quarter, and in the course of the forenoon increased to a complete gale, accompanied with a considerable fall of rain, and in almost every respect resembling the first approaches of that tremendous gale experienced on this coast in the month of September 1804. Precautionary steps were taken by our seafaring brethren in securing their vessels at the wharves: and it gives us pleasure to state that little or no damage have been received by them when our paper went to press last evening, although the gale continued with little or no abatement.
The ship Halcyon , Capt. Manley, with a cargo on board for Havana, belonging to Mr. F. Depau, and riding at anchor in Poorman Hole, we are sorry to state, drifted from her anchors and went ashore on James' Island. But it is expected she may be got off.
The ship Hope , Captain Hunt, from Philadelphia, belonging to Messrs. Kirk and Lukens, with a cargo of flour, goods, &c. also drifted from her anchorage, in the river, and is ashore on James' Island.
The ship Arctic , Capt. Collins, lying at quarantine, with a cargo of hides, tallow and cocoa from Monteveido, and belonging to Philadelphia, also drifted from her anchorage, and went ashore on the reef off Fort Johnson, where there is every probability of her being lost.
The revenue-cutter Schooner Eagle , Capt. Payne, drove from her anchorage in Cooper-river, and is ashore on James' Island.
A number of trees were blown down in the different streets of the city; but we have heard of no lives being lost.
The storm will undoubtedly be very detrimental to the crops of our planters, which had before suffered considerably from too much rain.
From the Georgetown, S. C. Gazette, Aug. 30.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, we were visited by one of the most severe tornadoes within the recollection of the oldest inhabitants. For violence and duration it surpassed the September storm of 1805. Fortunately for those residing on the islands and in this town the wind was in opposition to the waves, and prevented the rising of the tide to so destructive a height as we have experienced. The wind began to rise about 11 A. M. on Thursday and continued freshening from the N. N. W. until 1 A. M. on Friday, at which time it blew a perfect gale, attended with an almost incessant fall of rain, until Saturday at 3 A. M. when shifting to N. W. and N. W. by W. it increased in fury, and spread destruction far and wide.—Houses, shipping, trees, fences, gardens, and we are sorry to say lives were lost—every thing that was exposed to its fury suffered greatly. We have not yet been able to obtain a full account of the destruction occasioned by it, but fear every day will furnish some melancholy intelligence of its devastating progress. The following particulars are collected at present:
The Light-House on North Island overset from its foundation and destroyed.
The sloop Industry , Williams, of Philadelphia, was blown on shore high and dry, but has since been got off.
The pilot-boat is driven on shore and considerably injured.
Several other vessels, flats, boats, &c. have suffered in the gale.
It is conjectured by some gentlemen who visited North-Island since the gale, that a vessel has been lost on it, as the beach was strewed with coffee, which appeared to be new, and was supposed could be used had it been wet with fresh water only—likewise some pieces of a wreck, a seaman's clothes bag, and several coffee bags generally found.
The crops of cotton and corn, are in a great measure destroyed, and the losses sustained by the rice planters are incalculable.
Capt. Collins, of the ship Arctic , arrived at this port yesterday, in 68 days from the River Plate, informs us, that a few hours after sailing, he fell in with a British squadron of 8 ships of war, and was boarded by the Diadem , Capt. King. The squadron was under the command of Sir Home Popham, from the Cape of Good Hope, and was destined to act against Monteveido.
By the Last Mail.
NOVA-SCOTIA. HALIFAX, AUG. 18.
Capt. WHITBY, late of the Leander has been succeeded by Capt. HUMPHREY. He goes passenger in her to England, and has permission to take such officers as he may think necessary to support his defence.
In the instructions of the Lords of the Admiralty to Flag Officers dated, May 29, 1806, is the following paragraph:
"Representations having been made that Neutral Ships are frequently detained upon frivolous grounds, you are hereby further required and directed not to interrupt any ships under neutral flags engaged in trade not prohibited by law, except upon proof, or strong ground of presumption, that the ship or the goods belong to His Majesty's enemies, and you are particularly to bear in mind, that neutral vessels, conveying cargoes between this country [England] and the ports of the enemy, carry with them a strong presumption, that the property is either on British or neutral account, and engaged in a legal trade: His Majesty having, in consideration of the present state of commerce, been pleased to allow that trade to be carried on by British and neutral subjects—it is therefore proper that such trade, should suffer as little interruption as possible."
(Signed) "H. NEAL, "RUSSELL, "KENSINGTON. "B. TUCKER, Secretary."
The above instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty, were received on this station by His Majesty's ship Leopard —and we further understand, it is the wish of the Admiral here, that no neutral vessels should be detained on light or frivolous grounds.
VIRGINIA. NORFOLK, SEPT. 8.
THE FLEETS.
"Our coast it is probable will be the scene of a great naval enterprize, as the British Fleet, as well as the French, are now near us. On Saturday evening the Melampus frigate, one of the fleet of Sir Richard Strachan, anchored in Hampton Roads.—This fleet is composed of the Cæsar , 84 guns— Audacious , 74— Bellona , 74— Bellona , 74— Montague , 74— Terrible , 74— Triumph , 74— Melampus , and another frigate.
It appears that Sir Richard Strachan, having heard in the West-Indies, that Admiral Williams was on the coast of America, and probably knowing the route which Sir John B. Warren had taken, he lost no time in seeking the French fleet, and it is surprising how they have missed him. That the fleet of Admiral Williams, and the squadron of Commodore L'Hermite, or parts of both, were on the coast there can be no doubt.
MAINE. WISCASSET, SEPT. 9.
VIOLENT STORM.
ON Wednesday last, was experienced in this town and its neighbourhood, one of the most severe gales of wind that has been witnessed for many years. The rain fell in torrents through the day. Many people think it blew harder than it did in October, 1804. Corn-fields are very much injured indeed;—apple, and other fruit trees are almost entirely stripped; and trees in the woods are much blown down. Fences, and many frames of buildings, in different places, are levelled with the ground—Two vessels, we hear, went on shore on Squirrel Island, near Townsend; but we are happy to hear, they have been got off without much damage.—A sch. belonging to Cam-
bridge, loaded with lumber, and owned by Capt. Hatch Gordon, was entirely lost on Owl-head, people saved. A sloop went on shore near Herren-Gut, at St. George, vessel lost, people saved; we did not hear where she belonged; but the Captain's name was Nathaniel Thomas. A sch. also went on shore at St. George's River, and was much damaged. Several frames were blown down in St. George and Thomaston. One large out-house, owned by Gen. Knox, was also blown down.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 13.
MIRANDA. —We learn by the brig Ontario , in 20 days from Curacoa, that General Miranda had effected a landing at Coro, but was afterwards defeated, and obliged to re-embark.
Capt. Brown, informs, that it was reported at Curacoa that Miranda landed at Coro on the 10th of August, without meeting any resistance, and took possession of the fort and town; but was afterwards obliged to relinquish his post—and that on the 19th he was at the island of Aruba.
Since the above was prepared for press, we have received the following extract of a letter, dated Curacoa, 18th August:—"I take the liberty of acquainting you, that we have yesterday received by an express from Coro, the certain news of Miranda having landed there three weeks before, with 2 ships, 2 brigs, and 7 smaller vessels, and after a severe engagement with the Spaniards, been routed, and had to take to his ships. Nobody knows what course he afterwards took. I mention you this, to be cautious, should you undertake any business on the Main, as I fear the American flag will not be so well received there now as it was formerly."
Capt. Turner, of the brig Resolution , arrived at Philadelphia in 20 days from Leguira, informs, that Miranda had landed at Coro, where he was joined by between 1000 and 1500 of the inhabitants; and that an army of 2000 Spanish troops had marched from Leguira to oppose him.
Extract of a letter from Curacoa, dated 19th August, to a respectable merchant in this city.
"Miranda has been again defeated, and compelled to re-embark, probably with the determination to abandon an enterprize which, it would seem, his enlightened countrymen are not firm enough to encourage, and he has no means of accomplishing on any other principle. I have seen the extract of a letter from the commandant of Coro, mentioning that a skirmish took place on the 11th inst. while M c s. party were engaged in watering at Rio Negro—that he had 20 killed, 17 wounded, and some prisoners—that his fleet consisted of ships, brigs, &c. protected by his Britannic Majesty's ship Lilly only. They are supposed to have returned to Aruba, but we have no arrival to establish that fact."
SEPT. 15.
A Charleston paper, of the 2d inst. says—"The Schooner Pocotaligo Packet , Capt. Stites, anchored off the fort this evening, in 6 days from Long-Island. Capt. Stites has brought in with him 2 seamen, belonging to a British ship, one of the last homeward bound fleet of Jamaica merchantmen; who inform, that almost the whole fleet, consisting of 150 sail, have been dispersed and lost in the late gale. Several of the ships were seen to founder with the whole of their crews. One of the ships was towed two days by Capt. Stites; when they fell in with a British sloop of war, who impressed all the English sailors and burnt the ship. Two days since, Captain S. fell in with the brig Anne , Capt. Corry, from this port, for Havana, totally dismasted."
Accounts from the Ann-Marie-Jones state, that on the night of the 19th of July, twelve or fifteen boats, manned with seamen from British ships of war, came into the mouth of Bordeaux river, and cut out a French brig of 18 guns. In this gallant and successful manoeuvre, the British lost eight or nine of their boats, and upwards of twenty of their men—having been warmly attacked by the brig.
Capt. Paulding, of the ship George , Barclay, arrived yesterday from Liverpool, informs, that on the 30th of August, in lat. 42, 44, long. 52, 30, he was boarded by the British ship Leander , bound to Portsmouth, (Eng.) having on board, as prisoner, Capt. Watton, formerly commander of the Leander .
Extract of a letter from Norfolk, dated Sept. 7, to a gentleman in Philadelphia.
"Yesterday the British squadron, under Sir Richard Strachan, appeared off our Capes. Two of the officers are in town. The ships that stood in for the Capes, are the Bellona , and Bellona , of 74 guns, and the Melampus frigate. They are from the West-Indies, where they heard of Jerome's fleet being on this coast. Sir John B. Warren kept on to Europe. Two French ships were seen off 3 days since."
SEPT. 16.
A St. Johns paper, of the first instant, received by the brig Anne , contains the following article relative to the British squadron under the command of Sir J. B. Warren. The intelligence is no doubt accurate, as a British fleet of the same force was fallen in with on the 19th ult. by Capt. Collier, of the brig Georgia Packet , near the Banks of Newfoundland.
"SAINT JOHN, SEPT. 1.—We learn by a Letter from Capt. Farquhar, of the brig Hope , of this port lately arrived at Ruchebusho, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from St. Johns, Newfoundland; that Sir John B. Warren, with his Fleet had taken in Water and fresh Stock in the Bay of Bulls. That on the 9th of Aug.
Capt. F. saw a Fleet, consisting of six sail of the line, one frigate, and three brigs, come out of the Bay of Bulls and stood to the Eastward; he was boarded by a boat from one of the brigs, and the officer informed him they were in pursuit of the French Fleet.
MASSACHUSETTS.
SALEM, SEPT. 11.
LIGHTNING.
In this town, on Tuesday evening, at 10 o'clock, was a discharge from a cloud over the centre of the town, which gave a very alarming report, and the lightning struck a tall poplar at the bottom of the garden of the Hon. E. H. Derby, Esq. The tree standing to the western end of a long row of shops, the lightning entered the N. W. corner of the shops, displaced the rocks which formed the back of the shops, and forced open the whole corner of the building. The windows of the buildings near the spot were much broken by the concussion.
BOSTON, SEPT. 15.
RUMOUR.
A report was in circulation on Saturday, that JEROME BONAPARTE, with a part of his squadron, had fallen into the hands of the English. In tracing the rumor to its parent source, we find that it was brought from New-York, by a young gentleman, who left that city on Thursday afternoon last, (several hours later than the Mail) and came by way of the Sound. He corroborates the intelligence, so far, as to state, that at the moment of leaving the New-York City-Hotel, a gentleman reached there from Baltimore, and publicly announced, that three of Jerome Bonaparte's squadron, including the one on which he was on board, had been captured by the British, and sent for Jamaica.
THE JEROME FLEET.
The Philad. True American , gives the following account of the movements of the French squadron, previous to the late storm, which caused their separation:—"The French frigate La Valereux , of 32 guns, now re-fitting at Marcus Hook, is one of the squadron known by the name of Jerome's squadron. This squadron sailed from Martinique, took three British ships at Montserrat, looked at the Tortola convoy and Admiral Cochrane, off St. Thomas, and as Cochrane wanted a ship more to give him courage to attack the French squadron, while he was waiting they moved to the westward. The French cruized several days off Charleston, in hopes of intercepting some of the British convoys from the West-Indies; when finding that they were still absent, stood to the eastward. About the 12th or 13th of August, their look out frigate La Valereux , discovered the British convoy of 40 sail and 3 ships of war, and immediately made sail to return to her squadron; on the 14th, she took the British sloop Hebe , Newton , from Trinidad for Bermuda, and after taking out the people, and such articles as they chose, sunk the sloop and bro't the people in.—On the 17th of Aug. in lat 27, long. 64, La Valereux , fell in with her squadron, but at this time the ship of Jerome was missing and for her they lay too two days, but not being joined by her, they determined to pursue the convoy without him, but soon after, on the 19th of August, a most tremendous gale of wind came on, which in the night separated them, which obliged each to seek a port of safety. The Valereux pushed for Virginia, but when off the Chesapeake was obliged to bear away for the Delaware, as the wind was ahead.—The Valereux was obliged to cut away her mizen-mast, carried away both her other top-masts, top-sails, fore and main, and stay-sails, and received other damage. The squadron has taken 18 prizes since they left Martinique, among which are the Hebe , above mentioned, and the brig —, Capt. Morris, from Newfoundland for Barbadoes, which they also plundered and sunk.
SEPT. 26.
SPANISH PREPARATIONS.
In a Gibraltar Chronicle of July 12; we observe a paragraph stating, that the Spanish Government had issued orders to put 18 regi-

ments of infantry, 2 of artillery, and 12 of militia, on the war footing. The conjectures concerning their destination are various—the following are mentioned: 1. An approaching rupture with France—2d. The regulars to be sent on a foreign expedition and the militia to do duty in the interior—this opinion is corroborated by the FACT, of orders being sent to the commander of the Cadiz squadron, consisting of eight sail of the line, to hold himself in readiness to sail at a moment's warning; and by the well known want in which Spanish America stands, of the assistance of the mother country. (Owing to Miranda's expedition) it is supposed to be intended for that place. The 3d opinion is, that they are intended to garrison the Portuguese ports which are to exclude English ships, and thereby save French troops the trouble of overrunning the country.
Perhaps they are bound to the Mississippi.
ENGLISH SPECULATIONS ON THE CONTEMPLATED PEACE. A pamphlet, in answer to that ascribed to Lord Holland, has just been published in England; speaking of a peace with Bonaparte, the author remarks: "Unquestionably every enlightened and liberal mind, capable of appreciating the real causes of the prosperity of nations, will pronounce, that by a secure peace the interests of this country will be more effectually promoted, and its welfare more radically and permanently established, than by the most successful war: and if Mr. Fox succeeded in negotiating a peace honourable to us and safe for the Continent, he will deserve, not only the thanks of the Country, but the forgiveness of all his inconsistencies."
"Of such a peace, however, we have no flattering prospect. To act a condescending part in negotiation with so arrogant an enemy as Bonaparte, is to insure a renewal of hostility. Let it never be forgotten, that the Treaty of Amiens of which the chief recommendation was its having been made "in the spirit of peace," kept us, during the short interval of its duration, in a state of alarm worse than war. In any negotiation with Bonaparte let Mr. Fox remember, that he is treating with the most false and artful of men, with one who combines the most subtle mind with the most perfidious heart. He alternately oppresses by open violence, seduces by secret fraud, or assassinates in midnight obscurity."
Ille venena Culcheat quicquid uquam concipitur nefas, Tradavit. His system is to crush the weak, and beguile the powerful—to frighten the timid and cajole the brave. The sword is the favourite engine of his government, and it is congenial to the turbulence of his temper. But he combines in his administration every species of support to himself, and of danger to his enemies. By the employment of enlightened men like Talleyrand, he makes even Philosophy administer her sacred aid to his lawless violence. He has reduced falsehood into a system, and adapts his lies with wonderful sagacity, to whatever character he addresses. He prevailed on the Cabinet of Vienna to acquiesce in his usurpations in Italy, by pretending that they were necessary to enable him to re-establish with security, hereditary monarchy in France. With equal truth, he will endeavour to persuade Mr. Fox that he desires peace for the sake of alleviating the sufferings of mankind—that he has always admired pacific sentiments—that he has no wish to abridge the power of Britain, but that he is desirous to cultivate with her the most amicable relations, and to forget the evils of war in the innocent emulations of commercial rivalry!"
WARREN: SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1806.
SPAIN and the UNITED STATES. The following article is copied from the Baltimore Telegraph of the 10th inst. HOSTILE APPEARANCES. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Natchez, to the Editor, dated Aug. 2, 1806. "On or about the 18th of July ult. a detachment of Spanish troops, consisting of 303, under the command of Capt. VIAND, the commandant of Nogales, and inspector of the troops of the Catholic Majesty in the interior provinces, arrived at the Caddo village, near Red River, above Natchitoches, demanded information relative to the exploring party under the direction of Maj. FREEMAN, which had passed the Caddo village some days before; cut down and carried away a flag of the United States, which the Caddoes had hoisted in their town, informing them that the flag of the United
States had no business there, and that that part of the country was within the dominion of Spain, and forbidding the Caddo chief in future from holding talks, trading or having any intercourse whatever with the Americans—after which the Spaniards took their departure in pursuit of the exploring party, and informed the Caddo chief that they were going to take, kill or drive them back."
"We have likewise accounts from Beyon (Baton Rouge), of the arrival at place of Col. BERRA, late governor of Monterey, with 6 companies of cavalry, said to contain one hundred each, with several pieces of cannon, and that several companies of troops more are on their way from St. Antonio."
Capt. Lane, of the ship Alexander , arrived at Norfolk, from Amsterdam reports, "that on the 29th ult. 45 leagues E. by S. of Cape Henry, he discovered a large ship near another on fire—that he was boarded by the ship, which proved to be a French man of war, of 74 guns; and the vessel on fire, an English one, her prize."
Capt. Waterman, of the ship Mentor , arrived at same place, from Jamaica, informs, that he was boarded off Cape Antonio, on the 24th ult. by a British frigate; and off Cape Florida, saw a fleet of 15 sail of ships, six of which appeared to be of the line.
The Baltimore papers remark, that the crew of the French ship of war, La Patriot , then lying at Annapolis, was very sickly—that 80 of the number had been landed, and furnished with accommodations in the vicinity of that place.
A letter from Paris, from a respectable source, dated July 10, 1806, says, that the negotiations for peace, would prove abortive; and that the only sure calculation is that of a continuation of the war.
By a Dutch paper of July 16, it appears that a French army was assembling at Bayonne (on the borders of Spain) which was to be reinforced by 6000 men from Bologna.
We have seen letters from Amsterdam dated the 17th July, (late) which mention that negotiations between France and England had been opened; but that the prospect of peace founded thereon began to disappear.
[ Boz. Cen. ] We thank our Nantucket correspondent for his communication of the details of the capture of the Spanish money frigate, off Havana, as received by Capt. Laight, from Jamaica. But the particulars had previously been received and published. We, however, from this account, can state, that the English ships were the Arathus , 38 guns, Capt. Brisban, and Anson , 40, Capt. Lydiard. The Spanish force, was El Pomone , 44 guns, from Mexico, 10 gun-boats, and an 8 gun battery. The total Spanish loss, was the frigate, 2 gun-boats blown up, 5 sunk, and 3 drove ashore. A small garrison was also destroyed.
[ Boz. Cen. ] The Norfolk paper says, the report of the capture of a part of the British Jamaica merchant fleet, by the French squadron, is contradicted by the officers of Le Patriot .
The Boston Gazette says, His Excellency the Tunisian Ambassador, with his suite, failed on the 17th inst. for Tunis, in the ship Two Brothers , chartered by government, for the purpose of taking his Excellency home.
We are happy to mention, says a Charleston paper, that a subscription to a very handsome amount was raised in a few hours yesterday morning, for the purpose of providing hands, sails, rigging, provisions, &c. which have been put on board the Revenue-Cutter , Capt. Payne, to sail immediately, for the highly meritorious and humane purpose of affording relief and assistance to any shipwrecked vessels they may fall in with on this coast.
On the first day of Sept. inst. Mr. Eliza Tucker, a mariner, belonging to Gloucester, (R. I.) in company with two other persons, set out from Providence, in a sail-boat for Bristol. The two persons with him went on shore about a mile below Warren, and they walked from thence to Bristol. Mr. Tucker was to sail round to Bristol in the boat, but has not since been heard of. It is supposed the boat upset in a breeze of wind that blew very fresh soon after the other two left the boat, and there being about 500 wt. of pig-iron in her, she very probably went to the bottom.
MARRIED, On Tuesday the 9th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Place, Mr. JONATHAN TATT, of Scituate, to the amiable Miss SALLY DOBB, of Newport.
At Johnston, on the 4th inst. Mr. THOMAS JONES, jun. to Miss SARAH MANTON, daughter of Mr. Jeremiah Manton.
DIED, In Newport, Miss MARY DUNCAN, in the 55th year of her age.
In Boston, Mr. ANDREW SMITH, sugar-boiler; aged 32.
SHIP NEWS.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT. ENTERED. FROM Sloop Caroline , Childs, Boston CLEARED. FOR Snow Rising Sun , Shearman, St. Croix Brig Marian , Lawton, Africa Ship Hampden , Mayberry, Madeira
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE. ENTERED. FROM Sloop Friendship , Merry, Martinique — Hannah & Sally , Slade, Turks-Island — Sally , Westcott, New-York — Providence , Currie, Ditto Brig Abeona , Hill, St. Kitts
CLEARING. Sloop Polly , Brown, New-York — Juno , Comstock, Ditto — George , Potter, Norfolk Brig May-Flower , Stermey, Canton
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL. ENTERED. FROM Sloop Lilly , Munro, Boston CLEARED. FOR Schr. Eliza , Cornell, Havana — Hiram , Norris, Africa
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 12. Arrived, brig Ceres , Sheppard, in 22 days from Havana. Among the vessels left were the ship Citizen , brig Rajah and Adeline , all for New-York in a few days. August 26, fell in with the British brig Caroladen , with coffee, deserted, and 5 feet water in her hold; put the mate and 2 seamen on board, and separated on the 3d inst. in a gale, then in lat. 38, long. 74, having previously ordered the brig for the first port.
SEPT. 13. Arrived, sch'r President , Smith, in 15 days from N. Carolina, having on board 5 men who belonged to the British schooner Luttrell , which vessel was captured by the French privateer Lioness , and these men afterwards put on board the sch'r Sally , from Turks-Island for New-London—and from her into the President .
SEPT. 15. Arrived, the British schooner Mary , Rundle, in 3 days from Halifax. A ship and sch'r from Baltimore, both bound to Bordeaux, were sent into Halifax. Met going in the British frigate Ville de Milan , disabled.
Same day, brig Swift , Lavender, in 8 days from Washington, N. C. Sept. 11, lat. 36, 40, spoke brig Sparrow , of Alexandria, for Barbadoes—she had upset in the gale of the 28th, and had been obliged to cut away her mainmast, and was then bearing away for the capes of Virginia. At Ocracoke, on the 2d, they experienced a heavy gale of wind, in which the brig Jupiter , Brown, of New-York, was totally lost. The sch'r Resolution , Mount Vernon and Julia Ann , were obliged to cut away their masts and run ashore. The brig Rose , of Washington, carried away both her masts and went ashore, with a great number of others not recollected.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 10. Arrived, brig Nanina , Garwood, from St. Jago de Cuba. Aug. 12, put into Port Antonio, (Jam.) with sch'r Maryland , and failed in co. next day. 21st, off the Colorados, 2 British men of war hove in sight, was fired at by the headmost, when we hove to, sent her boat on board, and ordered the brig to run down for the British frigate Antion ; at 6 o'clock took captain and papers on board the Arethusa ; at 8 o'clock the captain returned with British officers and people, who broke open a box of sugar to look for Spanish dollars, which they declared contraband; at half past 8 o'clock took charge of the brig, took all hands out except the captain and cook, and sent five men and a hauser on board, and took the brig in tow; at 5 A. M. lost all the men except John Hill, a Swede, whom they impressed, on board, and suffered the brig to proceed. They said they had blockaded Havana, and should take the brig if she came in sight of it. The brig Mary , of Philadelphia, was detained by those pirates because she had Spanish dollars and was in company.
SEPT. 12. At the Lazaretto—British brig Cora , from Jamaica, bound to London, with coffee, picked up at sea, after the crew left her, with 5 feet water in the hold, by Capt. Shepherd of the brig Ceres (arrived at New-York from Havana) who put his mate and 2 men on board the brig. She is loaded with coffee, between 3 and 400 bds. besides bbls.
Arrived, brig Clio , Reycagan, Cayenne. Capt. Reycagan failed from Cayenne, Aug. 6, and left no American vessels. 20th, experienced a very heavy hurricane. 21st, moderated; saw a frigate lying too under main-sail, with head to the eastward. 26th, in lat. 32, long. 67, 30, experienced a heavy gale from the northward. 30th, spoke brig Fox , Hilliard, from New-York, bound to Jamaica, 9 days out, all well. Sept. 4, lat. 29, 2, spoke ship Hibernia , Foflet, from Jamaica for Boston, in distress, supplied her with provisions, and took 3 men from him, viz. Chas. O'Brien, John Solar, and a French prisoner, whom he picked up at sea in a long boat belonging to the ship Francis , from Jamaica to London, which foundered in lat. 30, 30—Charles O'Brien, relates, that he failed as mate in the ship Francis , Capt. Hall (late Gibson, who died at Jamaica) on the 27th July, as one of the Jamaica fleet of 150 sail; that on the 25th Aug. lat. 29, 29, long. 79, 51, they experienced a severe gale, when the Francis was wrecked, on which Capt. Hall, the carpenter, one foremast man and two apprentices took to the yawl, which was very leaky, and left the ship on the 26th; the remainder of the crew, ten in number, having put a few articles into the long boat, the soon washed overboard, and nearly killed, by which means they lost their water and provisions, except some trifles and a few bottles of porter.—On the day after they took to the boat, the wind, if possible, was more violent. The ship they saw go down before they left her, and while in the boat drifting about, they at different times saw five vessels bottom up, two of them copper-bottomed, and which they think to be part of the fleet, one half of which, they think it not improbable, must have shared a similar fate with themselves. On the 9th day after leaving the Francis , they fell in with the ship Hibernia , Capt. Foflet, who took the survivors 6 in number, on board, when, the next day, they encountered another gale, that carried away her bowsprit, her fore and main topmasts. Being short of provisions, when she fell in with the Clio , put on board of her 3 of the crew, who brought them in as above related. James Williams died on board the boat the day they got on board the Hibernia .
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 13. Arrived, brig Phoebe , Abrams, in 77 days from Smyrna. July 10, spoke the Washington, of Boston, from Rante, for Marcellus.—17th, off Cape Bon was boarded by the United States brig Horner . 26th, de Gat N. by E. was boarded by the United States sloop of war Nautius . August 1, Gibraltar W. N. W. 7 leagues was boarded by the Thunderer . Same day touched at Gibraltar, and left there brig Louisa , Whedden, of Baltimore, with the loss of her main-boom and fore-topmast-yard, and a number of other American vessels. Cape Spartel bearing E. 12 leagues, spoke ship Alford , of Salem, bound up the Straits. Aug. 23, lat. 32, 41, long. 64, 30, experienced a severe gale which did no material injury. 31st, lat. 32,
long. 51, spoke brig Alliance , from Baltimore for Jamaica, out 6 days. Sept. 3, lat. 36, long. 76, experienced a severe gale of wind from S. E. to N. W. was knocked down, and obliged to cut away a top-mast. 4th, spoke sch'r Sally , of Philadelphia, had lost both masts and five feet water in her hold—supplied her with a spar and some bread. 7th, was boarded by a British ship of war. 8th, Cape Henry N. N. W. 4 leagues, saw a schooner under a jury foremast in tow of a pilot-boat.
Sch'r Sally , Sylvester, 30 days from Desmerara. In lat. 22, long. 61, spoke the English brig of war Cerew , belonging to Sir R. Surcouf's fleet of 7 sail of the line, which was in pursuit of the French fleet. The next day, off the Capes, saw a large vessel totally dismasted, with a sloop along side—saw a brig coming into the Capes with her main-top-mast gone.
NEW-LONDON, SEPT. 10. Arrived, brig Hercules , Talcott, 18 days from Turks-Island. Left, Aug. 20, sch'r Columbia , Minor, for Newbern in 7 days; sch'r Maria , Collins, of Middletown, at Salt Key, loading. Same day, at 4 P. M. lat. 27, long. 70, was brought to by two privateers (or rather pirates) under French colours—one of 3 guns and 60 men, the other 1 gun and 40 men—apparently of all nations; at first said they were from Point Petre, (Guad.) afterwards from Barracos. After robbing us of 400 to 500 dollars worth of property wished us a good voyage, affording us at the same time that our cargo wanted nothing but value to make it a good prize. Aug. 29, lat. 33, long. 70, spoke brig Fox , Hilliard, 8 days from New-York for Jamaica, who supplied us with a bhd. of water. Sept. 1, off Montauk, passed brig Industry , of Salem, from Havana, dismasted, and bound into a harbour on Long Island.
Sch'r Paragon , Mitchell in distress. The Paragon failed from this port 29th ult. in company with brig Commerce , and had pleasant weather till the 2d inst. in lat. 39, 21, long. 70, when the wind began to blow fresh at S. E. when it was found necessary to hand all sail but the two-reefed fore-sail, which we scud under till it split—wind and sea increasing, hove all our bay and a major part of the stock over, when the vessel broached to—about 15 minutes after a tremendous sea washed over the mate, Elijah Avery, and William Moore, seaman, with the residue of the stock. William Gault, a boy, was afterwards found smothered among the cargo. Next day it blew a fresh gale at S. W. lay too and spoke a schooner from Guadalupe for Keenebunk, which had been brought too by a French 84 dismasted, kept in tow a day or two and robbed of her boats.
SHIPPING MEMORANDA.
Ship George Washington , Martin, of Newport, was left at Hamburg July 9th, for Peterburg; also, ship Boreal , Bennett, of ditto, for Gottemburg. Capt. Dill, of the sch'r Henry Morris , arrived at Norfolk, 18 days from Antigua. Aug. 26, fell in with a ship with yellow fides, bottom up, "Hannah of Newport," on her stem. Captain D. found her, and discovered there was scuttling in her bottom. Cleared, at Baltimore, Sept. 12th, ship Marius , Chilla's, for Amsterdam.
The brig John , of Providence, (R. I.) from Africa, with slaves, was captured near the Moro by a French privateer, and sent into Havana.
Capt. Shove, of brig Lucinda , of Newport, (R. I.) arrived at Charleston Sept. 30, in a coasting vessel from Saucier—his vessel went ashore between the islands of Great and Little Murter, near Cape Roman, on the evening of the 27th ult. The Lucinda was from Jamaica bound to Wilmington, and had a pilot on board when the late gale came on, in which she was dismasted and driven to sea. The vessel, which was in ballast, will be lost, but the specie on board was saved.
STOP THIEF!!
STOLEN from the STORE of James Allen, in Bristol, on the night of the 12th inst.: 1 Piece Red Baize, 1 do. home made Fustian, 1 do. Coating, 7 do. Calicoes different Colours, 1 do. Purple & White Shawls, 1 do. Red Pocket Hankerchief, 2 do. Silk & Cotton, do. 1 do. Striped Black Velvet, 1 do. Blue Shallon, together with a number of other Articles.
Also, from the Shop of Nathan-iel P. Swan, a number of Pair BOOTS and SHOES.
LIKEWISE, from the Shop of Palmer Brown, Taylor, a quantity of Cloth and ready made Clothes.
100 DOLLARS REWARD, is offered for apprehending the Thief or Thieves , that they may be brought to justice, and will be paid by the Subscribers; any information respecting the above Goods will be received as a favour and duly rewarded. JOHN W. BOURN, SAMUEL SMITH, 2d. } Com. JOHN WARDWELL. } *Bristol, Sept. 17, 1806.
TO BE SOLD, At BARKER'S Hotel, Bristol, on Monday the 13th of Oct. next, at 12 o'Clock.
THAT well known beautiful FARM called the JENKINS FARM, situated on Boston neck, S. Kingston, consisting of about 350 ACRES: for its excellent properties and advantageous situation, no mention need be made as it is well known. Conditions made known at time and place of Sale. Undoubted little will be given.
JAMES D'WOLFE, Attorney to Abigail D'Wolfe. *September 19, 1806.

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
Written for the Anniversary of the LIVERPOOL MARINE SOCIETY.
WHAT is life but an ocean, precious to those Which surround this terraqueous ball? What is man but a barque often laden with woes, What is death but the harbour of all? On our passage, to-day may be mild and serene, And our loftiest canvass be shewn; While to-morrow, fierce tempests may blacken the scene, And our masts by the board may be gone.
On life's rosy morn with a prosperous breeze, We all our light fails may display. With a cloudless horizon may sweep at our ease, And of sorrow ne'er fear the salt spray; But ere we have reach'd our meridian, the gale From the point of ill-fortune may blow, And the sun of our being, all cheerful and pale, May set in the wild waves of woe.
Experience, when bound o'er the turbulent waves, Remembers that ills may arise, And with sedulous care, ere the danger he braves, His barque with spare tackle supplies; So you, on life's ocean, with provident minds, Have here a spare anchor secur'd, With which in despite of adversity's winds, The helpless will one day be moor'd.
When the strong arm of winter uplifts the blue main, And snow-storms and ship-wrecks abound, When hollow-cheek'd famine inflicts the fell pain, And the swamp flings destruction around; When the folly of rulers embroils human kind, And myriads are rob'd of their breath; This vile institution may come o'er the mind, And may soften the pillow of death.
The poor widow'd mourner, the sweet prattling throng, And the veteran, whose powers are no more, Shall find here an arm to defend them from wrong, And to chase meagre want from their door; This is "tempering the wind to the lamb newly shorn," This following the ant's prudent ways; And, O blest Institution! the child yet unborn, With rapture shall lisp forth thy praise.
FROM THE LONDON MAGAZINE.
THE REPRIEVED MALEFACTOR.
An affecting Scene, lately exhibited at Newgate.
"A dreadful din was wont To greet the sense, when enter'd here, from groans, And howls of slaves condemn'd; from clanks of chains, A crash of trusty bars, and creaking hinges! And ever and anon the light was dash'd With frightful faces, and the meagre looks Of grim and ghastly Executioners! HORACE.
THE tolling of the dreadful bell, announcing the miserable to pay their forfeited lives to their country, awoke Henry from the first sleep he had fallen into since he entered the walls of a dismal prison. Henry had been a merchant, and married the beautiful Eliza, in the midst of affluence; but the capture of our West-India fleet, in the American war was the first stroke his house received. His creditors, from the nature of the loss, were for some time merciful; but to satisfy some partial demands, he entered into a dishonorable treaty; which, being discovered, Henry was thrown in a loathsome jail. He had offended against the laws, and was condemned to die.
Eliza possessed Roman virtues. She would not quit his side, and with her infant son, she preferred chasing away his melancholy in a dungeon, to her father's house, which was still open to receive her. The hopes of a reprieve from day to day had fled; but not before the death warrant had arrived.—Grief overpowering all other senses, sleep, the balmy charmer of the woes of humanity, in pity to their miseries, extended her silken embraces over them, and beguiled the time they had appropriated for prayer; and Eliza, with her infant, still continued under her influence.
"Father of Mercies, (exclaimed Henry) lend thine ear to a supplicating penitent; give attention to my short prayer. Grant me forgiveness, endue me with fortitude to appear before thee: And, O God! extend thy mercies to this injured, this best of thy servants, on whom I have entailed undeserved heart-felt woe,—Chase not sleep from her, till I am dead!"
The Keeper interrupted his devotions, by warning him of his fate. "If there be mercy in you, (said Henry) make no noise, for I would not have my dear wife and child awake, till I am no more."
He wept—even he, who was inured to misery—he, who, with apathy, till now, looked upon distress, shed tears at Henry's request—Nature, for once, predominated in a jailor.
At this instant the child cried. "O Heavens! (said Henry) I am too guilty to have my prayer heard?" He took up his infant, and fortunately hushed it again to rest, while the jailor stood petrified with astonishment. At last he thus broke out—"This is
too much—my heart bleeds for you—I wish I had not seen this day!"—"What do I hear? (replied Henry). Is this an Angel, in the garb of my Keeper!—Thou art indeed unfit for thy office! Hence! and let me be conducted to my fate!"
These words awoke the unhappy Eliza; who, with eagerness to atone for the lost time, began to appropriate the few moments left, in supplicating for her husband's salvation.
Side by side the unhappy couple prayed as the Ordinary advanced to the dismal cell—the holy man came with more comfort than what his functions alone could administer—it was a REPRIEVE!—but with caution he communicated the glad tidings to the loving but hapless pair.
The effect it had on them was too affecting to be expressed. Henry's senses were overpowered, while Eliza became frantic with joy: she ran to the Man of God, then to her child, ere she saw her husband apparently lifeless. He soon inhaled life from her tender kisses, while the humane jailor gladly knocked off his fetters.
ON THE CHOICE AND QUALITY OF A WIFE.
'Tis a fault That men, not guided by the track of reason, But bent and wantonness of blood, run giddy To seal such weighty covenants.
SHIRLEY'S Constant Maid.
AS the attainment of happiness is the grand spring of human action, I have been often surprised at that inattention, so apparent in the generality of mankind, to the most important concern in their lives, the choice of a wife; a choice in which not only their present welfare, but even their everlasting felicity may depend. Indeed, if we may judge from the slight regard paid to an object of so much moment, we may suppose it commonly understood to be a trivial point, in which little or no reflection is requisite; or that fortune and beauty were in themselves whatever was essential to happiness in the conjugal state. But let those, who, in the ardour of unreflecting youth, for in such gay visions of splendid enjoyments, and everlasting passion, consider—that there are requisites of a nobler kind, without which, when it may be too late, they may find themselves involved in irretrievable ruin.
What melancholy histories have been recorded, where manly virtue has been united to a fortune and to misery; blooming loveliness sacrificed at the shrine of avarice; or unthinking youth, smitten by exterior charms alone, instead of the attracting graces of modesty, sentiment, and discretion, has become a voluntary victim to insipid, if not to meretricious beauty! I would not be understood, however, as though I apprehended, that beauty and fortune are of no estimation. The former, when united to piety, virtue, and good sense, can be slighted by those only who are devoid of any ideas of whatever is lovely and excellent in nature; and fortune, or at least a competence, is absolutely necessary, since without it the highest degree of virtue, and the most enchanting graces, will be insufficient to insure happiness in the conjugal union:
"Let reason teach what passion fain would hide, That human's band by prudence should be ty'd, Venus in vain the welded pair would crown, If angry fortune on their union frown: Soon will the flatt'ring dream of bliss be o'er, And cloy'd imagination cheat no more; Then waking to the sense of lasting pain, With mutual tears the nuptial couch they stain; And that fond love, which should afford relief, Does but increase the anguish of their grief; Whilst both could easier their own sorrows bear, Than the sad knowledge of each other's care."
LYTTLETON.
Certainly no prudent person ought to engage in the married state without a sufficiency of means for a comfortable subsistence. That lover cannot regard his mistress with virtuous passion who would involve her in all the possible consequences of reciprocal poverty. True love never forgets the happiness of its object; for when this ceases to be regarded, it is not the generous tenderness of love, but the unthinking wildness of passion.
These observations, however, cannot obviate the just complaints, which may be made against those anachites,
in which beauty, or fortune only are regarded. "Beauty," says lord Kames, is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt the mind of a wife, though it soon looses its influence over the husband. A figure agreeable and engaging, which inspires affection without the ebriety of love, is a much safer choice. The graces lose not their influence like beauty. At the end of thirty years, a virtuous woman who makes an agreeable companion, charms her husband perhaps more than at first. The comparison of love to fire holds good in one respect, that the fiercer it burns, the sooner it is extinguished."
It is unquestionably true, that happiness in the married state depends, not on riches, nor on beauty, but on virtue, good sense, and sweetness of temper. A young man who has himself a sufficient fortune, should not always look for an equivalent of that kind in the object of his love. "Who can find a virtuous woman," says Solomon, "for her price is far above rubies?" The important object of his enquiry is, not whether she has riches, but whether she possesses those qualifications, which naturally form the amiable wife and the exemplary mother? In like manner, would a parent conduct his daughter to a wise and judicious choice of a husband, he will not so much recommend the necessity of a fortune, as of virtuous conduct, good temper, discretion, regularity and industry. With these, a husband, if he be of a reputable profession, may improve the fortune of his wife, and render it of much greater advantage to each other, than the most ample equivalent in money, with the reverie of these qualities.
On the contrary, where interest pervades the bosom, and is the sole motive to union, what can more naturally be expected than unhappy matches? Without a certain congeniality of sentiment, independent of the adventitious circumstances of beauty, or fortune, the connubial state is the very opposite of a heaven. Home becomes disagreeable, where there is a diversity of taste, temper, and wishes; or where those mental resources are wanting which invite to conversation, and render it delightful and endearing. The scenes of wretchedness, inseparable from such a state, must be obvious to every mind.
We turn with pleasure to the exquisite happiness, which is the result of a virtuous choice. Home is then delightful, and every moment is replete with satisfaction.
But without dwelling longer on this charming theme, permit me to ask, who would sacrifice the enjoyment of such felicity for wealth? What weakness of mind does it betray to forfeit "the matchless joys of virtuous love," for the ideal pleasures of affluence!
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.
THE great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate. Those soft intervals of unbended amusement, in which a man shrinks to his natural dimensions, and throws aside the ornaments or disguises which he feels, in privacy, to be useless encumbrances, and to lose all effect when they become familiar. To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition; the end to which every enterprize and labor renders, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is indeed at home that every man must be known, by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.
LEVITY.
A MORTAL fever once prevailed on board of a ship at sea; and a negro fellow was appointed to throw overboard the bodies of those who died from time to time. One day, when the Captain was on deck, he saw the negro dragging out of the fore castle a lick man, who was strug-
gling violently to extricate himself from the negro's grasp, and remonstrating most bitterly against the cruelty of burying him alive. "What are you going to do with that man, you black d—l?" said the captain. "Going to throw him overboard, Massa, cause he dead," replied the negro. "Dead, you scoundrel?" says the captain, "don't you see that he moves and speaks?" "Why yes, Massa," (replied the negro) "I know he say he no dead; but he alway lie so like h—l, nobody nebber know when to believe bim."
SELECT SENTENCES.
THE habit of reading, tho' even of indifferent performances, is not a little beneficial; inasmuch as it may serve to withdraw the memory from subjects of domestic grief, or direct the mind from thoughts which engender perilous passions: but the advantage of reading good books is incalculably great; for tho' we should not put all or any of its precepts into immediate practice, it is laying in a fund a treasure of morality, which sooner later or may come into use.
A good book is the best of friends: you can entertain yourself pleasantly with that when you have not a friend in whom you may confide.
To expect experience in a young man not arrived at the age of experience, is to expect that he should foretell to-day what will happen to-morrow.
ANECDOTES.
TWO Lawyers, one day, in riding the road, came up with a Clergyman. Says one of them to his fellow traveller, "We'll crack a joke upon the priest." Pleased with the idea of their sport, they rode up, one on either side. After mutual salutations, one of them says, "How happens it, Daddy, that gentlemen of your cloth make such egregious blunders in the pulpit? I heard one not long since, when he wished to say, Og, king of Bashan, say Hog, king of Bacon." "Oh," replied the divine, "we are men of like infirmities with the rest of our fellow creatures;—I lately, when I should have said, the devil is the father of liars—said, the devil is the father of lawyers." "Ah," replied the other, "which are you, a knave, or a fool?" I believe, gentlemen," he replied, "I am BETWEEN BOTH."
THE Count de Grasse being wounded in the knee with a musket ball, the surgeons made many incisions. Losing patience, at last he asked them why they cut and carved so cruelly?—"We seek for the ball," said they. "Why the devil did you not speak before?" said the Count; "I have it in my pocket."
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice, that there will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, in Somerset, Mass. on Monday the First day of December next, at 11 o'Clock, A. M. the following real Estates belonging to the heirs of SIMEON POTTER, Esq. late of Swansea, deceased, viz.
THE very pleasantly situated MANSTON HOUSE, being the well known Seat of the late Henry Bowers, Esq. with the out Houses and Eighty ACRES of Land adjoining, all under good improvement and well fenced with Stone-Wall. This seat presents one of the best views on the River, and is in the very heart of Somerset.
THE DWELLING-HOUSE, STORES and WHARF, heretofore belonging to Mr. Lloyd Bowers, this is confessedly the best stand in Somerset for Business. The Stores are ample and convenient, the Wharf is in good repair and well built, is at the head of the deep navigable water, and at ordinary Tides, Vessels of 200 Tons will float along side.
THE MANSION-HOUSE and LOT whereon it stands, fronting the Main-Street, and very conveniently situated for Business, heretofore the property of Mr. Caleb Bowers, subject to a right of Dower.
A TEN ACRE LOT at the head of broad Cove, a WOOD LOT of 12 Acres, and another of Three Acres. The above Estates will be Sold entire or in Lots as shall suit purchasers.—The Terms of Sale will be made known at the Time and Place of sale, which will be on the Premises. For any information that may be wanted about the Premises, apply to Mr. David Anthony, of Somerset.—By Order and in behalf of the Heirs of Col. Simeon Potter.
WILLIAM D'WOLFE, Agent for the Heirs
BRISTOL, JUNE 13, 1805.