The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1799-08-07 00:00:00

The Providence Journal.
AND
TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE-ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side, of the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 32. ]
WEDNESDAY, August 7, 1799.
[ Vol. I. ]
Benjamin Thurber,
Has just received from New-York, a fresh Assortment of GOODS, which are now opening at his Store, at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes;
Among which are, A Variety of fancy Patches, Chintzes and Calicoes, such as must suit those who will call and see them; English and India Sattins, Lustrings, Silks for Bonnets, Silk Shawls of different colours, Silk and Kid Gloves, Ben-gals, Crapes, Tambour Mullins, Lap-pets, Mullinets, Dimities, fashionable Ribbons, Umbrellas, Window-Blinds, A large assortment of Black and White Laces, Mullin Handkerchiefs, Cotton Shawls, Dunstable Hats and Straw Trim-mings, Morocco and Florentine Shoes, House Paper, Bohemian Tea by the dozen, French and Spanish Flute Indigo, war-ranted good; Durants, Moreens, Rus-sells, London Pewter, Looking-Glasses, China and Delft Ware, with other arti-cles too numerous to mention, at a small advance for cash. (8 w.)
Sugden's Specific,
For the Cure of Sprains and Bruises.
THE afflicted who are labouring under the painful accidents of SPRAINS and BRUISES, may be assured of being af-forded permanent relief, by an immediate ap-plication of the above Specific, used agree-ably to the printed directions, which will be given on purchasing the Specific; and which ought to be particularly observed in its application.
As one of the strongest proofs of its effica-cy in the above complaints, the inventor has been politely favoured with the patronage of the following medical gentlemen; and, who have been pleased publicly to recommend it, as follows:
"WE the undersigned, Physicians of Pro-vidence, Rhode-Island, having given Sug-den's Specific a trial, do venture to recommend it to the Public, as proving eminently ser-viceable in the cure of Sprains and Bruises. AMOS THROOP, PARDON BOWEN, BENJAMIN DYER."
N. B. The above Specific is sold by Dr. Benjamin Dyer, and Dr. Amos Throop, in Providence, provided with tin cases for the safety of travellers and mariners, at 6s each; and without tin cases, at 4s. July 31. 13w.
Just Published, AND FOR SALE, BY JOSEPH J. TODD, (Price one dollar)
GALATEA, a Pastoral Romance, imitated from the Spanish of Cer-vantes, by M. DE FLORIAN, prefixed to which is the Life of Cervantes, with an Essay on his works; translated into English.
TO WHICH ARE ADDED, AMELIA, or the Faithless Bri-ton, an original American Novel, founded on Clarissa ; Amelia, or, Malevolence Defeated, and Miss Sewell's Monody on Major Andre . The whole embellish-ed with a number of handsome Copperplate Engravings.
CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
JUST RECEIVED, Travels into the Inland Parts of Africa, by J. Moore; Sir John Chardin's Travels in Mingrelia, Georgia and Persia; Hamilton's History of the East-Indies; Shaw's Travels in Barbary; Travels of Maupertuis, to dis-cover the figure of the earth at the polar cir-cle; Stevens' Travels through France, Ad-dison's Travels through Italy and Switzer-land; Voyage of Roggewein for the discovery of Southern Land, Voyages and discoveries of Capt. T. James, Travels into Syria and the Holy Land, by Dr. Shaw; Thevenot's Travels in the Levant; Rogers' Voyage round the World, Sir Henry Middleton's Voyages, The Expedition of Commodore Beauhieu to the East-Indies. School Books, Stationery, &c. for sale as usual. July 31.
Amos Maine Atwell
HAS FOR SALE, BOHEA Tea, per whole, half and quarter chest, fresh and genuine Rice per cask, Molasses per hhd. 1 hhd. Rum Chocolate per box 225 pair of mens' Calf-Skin Shoes Fresh Raisins per cask A few Barrels of Beef and Pork Stone Lime per c. or quantity 10,000 Feet 1 1/4 hard pine floor Boards Fine Cut Kitefoot Smoking Tobacco, per dozen oz. gross Bed-Cords and Cod-Lines, per dozen. July 24.
PUBLIC INFORMATION.
The following Section of the Collection Law, com-mencing its operation on the 1st day of July inst. is published by particular request of the collector of the customs for the district of Provi-dence, for the information of all Importers and Retailers of Spirits, Wines and Teas—viz.
Sec. 44. AND be it further enacted, That on the sale of any cask, chest, ves-sel or case, which has been or shall be mark-ed pursuant to the provisions aforesaid, as con-taining distilled spirits, wines or teas, and which has been emptied of its contents, prior to the delivery thereof to the purchaser, or any removal thereof, the marks and num-bers which shall have been set thereon by or under the direction of any officer of inspection, shall be defaced and obliterated in the presence of some officer of inspection, or of the customs, who shall, on due notice being given, attend for that purpose, at which time the certificate which ought to accompany such cask, chest, vessel or case, shall also be returned and can-celled; And every person who shall oblite-rate, counterfeit, alter or deface any mark or number placed by an officer of inspection upon any cask, chest, vessel or case, containing distilled spirits, wines or teas, or any certifi-cate thereof, or who shall sell or in any way alienate or remove any cask, chest, vessel or case, which has been emptied of its contents, before the marks and numbers set thereon pursuant to the provisions aforesaid shall have been defaced or obliterated in presence of an officer of inspection as aforesaid; or who shall neglect or refuse to deliver the certificate is-sued to accompany the cask, chest, vessel or case, of which the marks and numbers shall have been defaced or obliterated in manner afore-said, on being thereto required by an officer of inspection or of the customs, shall for each and every such offence forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, with costs of suit. July 24.
Fresh Fancy GOODS.
Just received from New-York and Boston, by the latest importations, and now opening for Sale, by
DAVID VINTON,
At the corner Store, No. 7, Market-Square, A Large and extensive assortment of gold, silver, plated, stones, gilt, jewellery and cut-lery Wares, of the newest fashions.
Among which are, As complete and elegant an assortment of Penknives, and silver-bladed Fruit knives, and high finished steel Scissors, as was ever offered for sale at any place in this town; a large varie-ty of white and green Spectacles; sportsman's Knives and patent Knives and Forks; Stationery of almost every kind; Perfumery, Pomatum, French and English, of various scents; in pots and rolls, per dozen; violet and plain Hair-Powder, per doz. hair and down Puffs, per doz. A beautiful variety of Dressing Boxes; large green Sun Fans, per dozen in sin-gle, very cheap; 400 Soldiers' Feathers, plain black, red and white, black tip'd with red, and white tip'd with black; a few elegant Tea-Urn; plated Cream-Pots, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays; excellent dried Citron, Spices, Olives, Capers, and fine Groceries of every kind. In addition to his usual variety, he has likewise just opened an invoice of 1200 different kinds of Children's Toys, of every price, consisting of Drums, Guns, Swords, Pistols, Can-nons, Horses, Coaches, Chaises, Waggons and Carts, of vari-ous sizes; Soldiers and Horsemen, Hand Organs, Violins, Flutes and Fifes, elegant Dolls, full dressed, with glass eyes; in girls' and boys' habits; black Dolls, boys and girls; house Furnitures, Tea-Urn, complete Tea Sets, small Books for children per dozen, &c. &c. &c.
NEW MUSIC.
100 different pieces, and Songs for the Piano Forte, Gui-tar, Violin and Flute; and shall constantly receive additions of the newest and most fashionable Music in England and Ame-rica; a catalogue of which will be given gratis. As the articles in his line are so numerous, it would be la-borious to particularise them in a newspaper; he therefore solicits his friends and customers to CALL AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES, for he assures them (as usual) he charges no-thing for looking. June 26.
To be Sold or Let,
ON REASONABLE TERMS, A Large and commodious four sto-ry HOUSE, in Westminster-street, ad-joining the Theatre, with a good floor, con-venient for the retailing business.
Also, to Let, The STORE in front of the House where the subscriber now lives, opposite the Town Pump. BENJAMIN TALBOT. July 17. (t.f.)
Taunton and Providence Stage.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the Public, that in consequence of his re-ceiving greater encouragement than he ex-pected, he intends running his Stage between Taunton and Providence twice a week.—To leave Taunton every Wednesday and Satur-day, at 5 o'clock, A. M. arrive at Providence about noon, and set out for Taunton at 3 o'clock, P. M. Seats taken, in Providence, for Taunton, at the Exchange Coffee-House, at a dollar 33 cents each—4 lbs. of baggage gratis; 150 lbs. the same as a passenger. ABNER TURNER. July 24.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
The Adelphiad, No. XII.
NOTHING in nature is more irksome than to support, by argument, principles too plain for contradiction. Painful as it is, we are now called upon to undertake it. That knowledge is the equal right of every man, no one will have the hardihood to deny. Our capacities for improvement evince the truth of this assertion. Vain is it to say that we are not all born with equal intellects. Every man is entitled to the light of the sun, and to partake of the refreshment of his beams. Whether this right is derived from nature, or from the positive establishments of society, is a proposition not worth denying or assenting to. Suppose a man is punished for the viola-tion of a law which he did not know to exist; the punishment affixed to the crime is to him the same as if he had done an act perfectly in-nocent, and was made criminal by a law that was passed after the crime was commit-ted. Shew me the law before you make me a criminal. Let it be remembered, that amongst the poor and friendless citizens, many may be found whose genius only requires the sun-shine of favour to swell, and bud, and blos-som into improvement.
Full many a gem, of purest ray serene, The dark, unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is doom'd to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
We justly pride ourselves on the enjoyment of a constitution superior to all other nations. How are these blessings to be preserved to the present age, and to posterity? By informing the people of the invaluable prize which they have in their possession. They will then be instigated by every motive to defend it from violation. Were a man placed in the Gar-den of Eden, who was incapable of enjoying its pleasures, he would find no difference be-tween that beautiful spot, and the barren des-erts of Arabia. If the people are insensible of the blessings which they enjoy, it does not require the tongue of prophecy to predict the event. Those who possess an aristocracy of knowledge will, by the foulest misrepresenta-tions, instigate the people to destroy that con-stitution which has preserved them in the quiet possession of every enjoyment. Need we open the volumes of the Pittsburgh insurrec-tion to prove these melancholy facts? At the recital of these, every true American feels his face burn with blushes for the honour of his country.
Honest, though mistaken zeal, may be fre-quently goaded on to desperate acts of vio-lence, before the consequences of those ac-tions are considered. With such a tremen-dous power in the hands of designing men, feeble indeed are the opposing barriers of our constitution. Waving, however, all consid-erations of this kind, I would ask parents, what must be their sensations, to behold their chil-dren rising into life, and destitute of instruc-tion? Such might with justice say, shame on the memory of our ancestors,—by you we were brought into life,—by you our existence was protracted, merely to behold blessings which nature intended we should participate, and which, by your conduct, we never can enjoy.—Entitled to all the comforts society affords, we are deprived of them all. This is the secret language of the heart—the deep, not loud reproaches, with which the memory of parents are loaded by an injured posterity.—Let our ancestors remember that they have the important interests of a posterity confided to their charge—that they are in some measure responsible for their actions—that when their bodies will be cold in the dust, posterity will succeed. Indeed it depends on them to say whether their memories shall be cursed or ap-plauded.
If any one will ask how this knowledge is to be communicated, the answer is obvious: FREE SCHOOLS must be established on a large and liberal plan—let the instructors be allowed a salary sufficient to induce men of genius and information to undertake; other-wise the instruction of our youth will be com-mitted to miserable pedlars and hucksters of science. We are obliged reluctantly to con-fess, that this state has hitherto neglected too much the instruction of youth. Our le-gislature seems at length to have roused from their lethargy, and if seconded by the voice of the people, our children will yet see instruc-tion; but if neglected, we shall repent too late of our supineness and inactivity. Let any one for a moment look over the newspa-pers of this town—how dry and barren do their pages appear! how destitute of perform-ances of original genius!—This is an argu-ment in favour of the propositions suggested. The reader may, and perhaps with justice, sus-pect that the Adelphiad is itself a confirmation of the justice of this remark. No man, how-ever, deserves to be despised, if he has done all the good which he can for the public, even if that all amounts to but little. A goose once warned the Romans, by her cackling, of the approach of the Gauls, and saved the empire from ruin.
NEW-YORK, July 23.
YESTERDAY morning, pursuant to a sen-tence of court-martial, JOSEPH PARKER , a private in the first regiment of artillery and engineers, was shot for desertion. The repea-ted pardons which the President has extended to this offence in the army of the United States, evince his extreme reluctance to en-force the severities of martial law, without the most peremptory and imperious necessity.—That necessity was created not only from the frequency of the crime, which seemed to gath-er boldness from lenity, and to require ter-rible examples for its suppression; but from its atrocity in the unhappy man who has ex-iated it with his life.
He was placed as a centinel over two de-serters, whom he not only permitted to es-cape, but was faithless enough to accompany. He received his sentence without any appar-ent emotion. Not a feature, not a muscle of his countenance altered. His apathy, in some measure, continued till a few hours before his execution. A secret hope of reprieve, which he abandoned only when it was impossible to retain it any longer, contributed to weaken the impression which his circumstances ought to have made on his mind. Yesterday morn-ing, however, his sensibility appeared alive, and his heart tender. Without any disposi-tion to criminate either the rigour of the law, or its application to himself, he acknowledged the justice of his fate. To the intemperate use of liquor, and the seduction of evil compan-ny, he attributed that want of principle which betrayed him into the sacrifice of his duty, and the shame of his untimely end. Of this he requested his fellow soldiers to be informed, and to be warned from his mouth, by his ex-ample, against those vices which wrought his ruin.
With affecting impressions of his situation; with trembling apprehensions of the world to come; with endeavours, according to every symptom, as far as his narrow views of eternal realities would permit, to adventure upon the divine mercies in the Lord Jesus Christ; without any comfort, but not altogether with-out hope, did he go to appear before God. The scene was awful—the utmost propriety and decorum marked every part of the proce-dure. The troops, drawn up in a shallow square, were forcibly struck. The humane emotions of the officers honoured themselves, and added to the interest of the exhibition.
The deportment of the prisoner was decent and composed. Immediately before his ex-ecution, he was commended, by prayer, to the forgiveness and grace of God. Every thing was extremely solemn.
May the affecting example prevent the ne-cessity of its repetition.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
The governors and company of this insti-tution held their anniversary at the London tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Monday last, by Samuel Horton, Esq., in the chair. Between three and four hundred gentlemen were as-sembled on the occasion. One who had the hap-piness to be present cannot avoid mentioning the pleasure he derived, in common with the rest of the company, from the most codinc-ing proofs of the utility of this charitable and singularly benignant seminary.
Here at this time 32 poor children, male and female, receiving education and maintenance; they are all deaf, and were na-tally dumb. Being introduced to the company, (among whom were many of the clergy) had a particular and peculiar proof that they are now taught to speak, read, write, cypher, and com-prehend the meaning and application of words, whereby they are raised from the low condi-tion of mere automata to that of intellectual beings, capable of holding intercourse with their fellow rationals, and of forming suitable notions of their duty and expectations as rea-sonable creatures and christians. The resolu-tion of having been instrumental in rescuing so many fine children from a situation of dreary silence, lamentable dejection, and total igno-rance, was felt by their patrons with inex-pressible satisfaction.
If any thing could lessen this pleasure, it was the information that upwards of fifty lit-tle helpless human beings were known to stand in need of the like assistance, and for whom it had been earnestly solicited by their distressed relatives, and the means of this instant estab-lishment were unequal to receiving more than five or six of that number, in addition to those already admitted. Such was the effect of this information, that near 300l. was sub-scribed before the company separated. As of this nature shew the vast extent of indi-vidual benevolence in this country, and are highly honourable to the British character, while they afford the pleasing prospect of the society having it one day in their power to extend relief to all for whom application is made; at least, if any thing short of national and legislative support can do this, the pri-vate generosity of Britons can.

Latest Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, June 7. THE Gazette Extraordinary, published yesterday morning, contains detailed accounts of the advantages gained by the Austrians in the Engadine. The French have evacuated the canton of Appenzel. The Austrians entered St. Gallen the 20th ult. and Gen. Bellegarde is at Chievonna. The French lost 4000 prisoners, and 36 pieces of cannon.
Paris papers to the 1st of June, inclusive, have been received in town. They contain two letters from Gen. Massena to the French Directory, dated, the 24th and 25th ultimo, by the 1st of which it appears "that the Austrians were repulsed in an attempt to cross the Rhine, with a small body of troops, on the 23rd ult. near Coblenz (in the Canton of Zurich) and Klingnau, with the loss of 300 prisoners, and several drowned in an attempt to repass the Rhine." In the second letter, Gen. Massena states, "that the Austrians having collected a force on the left bank of the Thur, (he does not state how all the country between the Rhine and the Thur came into the possession of the Austrian troops, and where they now remain) he had thought it necessary to attack them, and had driven them back to the right bank of that river. In this action the Austrians are said to have lost 3500 prisoners, amongst whom are Col. Barco and captain Prince of Hohenlohe, besides one standard and two pieces of cannon, and 2000 killed and wounded. The French had 490 killed and wounded."
An article from Strasburgh of the 27th ult. three days after Massena's action, mentions, "that the Austrians were in possession of Winterthur, on the right bank of the Thur, and that the Swiss convention, after naming a committee of seven persons, who, together with the Executive Directory, were to exercise all the authority of the state, had dissolved itself. The Directory, &c. had retired from Lucerne to Arau."
Yesterday his majesty, by message, acquainted Parliament, that he had some time since concluded an eventual engagement with the emperor of Russia, for employing 45,000 men against the common enemy. That though the face of affairs was altered since the contract was proposed, and the emperor had engaged in the war, and had actually put this army in motion towards the place of its destination; yet the pecuniary conditions of the treaty will require various sums of money, which his majesty is confident will readily be granted; as also to enable him to afford succours to the queen of Portugal and the Swiss Cantons; and to complete the general deliverance of Europe from the insupportable tyranny of the French republic.
Query—May not Portugal be the destination of the Russian troops embarked at Gluckstadt? Not a single merchant ship has been permitted to sail from any port since the Brest fleet was at sea.
Of the hostile European Fleets.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27. Capt. Watson, arrived here yesterday from Hamburg, informs, that June 16th, in the English channel, he fell in with, and was boarded from the Monarch British ship, of 74 guns, and was informed, that an official letter had been received by the admiralty, from Lord St. Vincent, informing, that his Lordship came up with the French fleet off Minorca, and getting between them and the coast of Catalonia, had endeavoured in vain to bring them to action. The rear of the French sustained considerable damage from the English fire; but after being pursued for four days, the galant Bruix, who boasted of his having forced the English to avoid a battle off Cadiz, sought shelter in a snug retreat in Toulon; where Lord St. Vincent blocks him in.
The United States consul at Alicante, under the date of May 18, writes, that the fleet off Salou, on the Spanish coast, were within 36 hours sail of each other; that the British fleet was composed of twenty sail of the line, and eleven frigates; that there were eight English ships of the line and seven frigates at Port Mahon (Minorca) and that five express boats had been sent up the Mediterranean, to inform Lord Nelson of the appearance and approach of the French fleet.
The Spanish fleet, all accounts agree, have sailed from Cadiz—got dismasted, and are laid up in Carthagena. Masfado seems well verified in moonlight expeditions.
Russian troops in Germany.
Capt. Watson, from Hamburg, which he left May 31st, informs, that before he sailed, he saw 25,000 Russian troops embark on board British vessels, at Gluckstadt [a port on the Elbe, about ten leagues below Hamburg] whose destination was thought to be Hanover; but the most prevalent opinion was, that they were bound to attack Holland.
A letter from the American consul at Alicante, dated 18th of May, mentions, "that four Austrian commissaries had arrived at Leghorn the 10th of May, and demanded the surrender of that place by the French, immediately, or the Austrian troops would be ordered to put every man to the sword, and that the communication between Florence and Leghorn was cut off." This article is highly probable, and that the interception of the communication was by the column which Suwarrows has detached from his army towards Lucerne, to cut off Macdonald's retreat from Italy, is as likely.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7.
MR. CARTER. Your inserting the inclosed vouchers on the necessity of the U. S. frigate General Greene's going into the Havana, and that of her return to Newport, will much oblige a friend and A CUSTOMER.
Pursuant to an order from Christopher Raymond Perry, Esq; commander of the United States frigate General Greene, of this date, to us directed:
WE, whose names are hereunto subscribed, officers on board said ship, have made a strict and careful survey of every part of said ship, and finding her in a very leaky situation, and it being impossible to stop it at sea, give it as our opinion—that it is necessary the said ship should immediately go into port.
THOMAS LAING, 1st Lieut. ROBERT PALMER, 2d, JEREMIAH FENNER, 3d, JAMES WEAVER, BENJAMIN COLEMAN, BENJAMIN SAYER. General Greene, 2d July, 1799.
WE the undersigned, officers on board the United States frigate General Greene, Christopher Raymond Perry, Esq; commander, give it as our opinion, from many circumstances which have occurred—that the fever which now prevails on board said ship, has been produced from the following causes:—
The first and most certain cause is, from the ballast, which is of a species of slate, and became very offensive by being wet in its confined situation; and the water that has passed from between decks into the hold has remained stagnant. One clear proof in favour of this argument is, that among the 21 marines that have been the most adjacent to the pumps, 12 of them have been the first taken, and of 7 that have died, 4 were marines; and another proof is, that of Mr. William Henry, acting midshipman, whose charge was that of the hold.
There are other causes which we conceive have tended to produce the contagion. It made its appearance soon after leaving the coast of America, say on the 18th of June. We immediately made search for the cause, and supposed it proceeded from some provisions which were damaged in a gale of wind soon after leaving Newport.
THOMAS LAING, 1st Lieut. ROBERT PALMER, 2d, JEREMIAH FENNER, 3d, JAMES WEAVER, BENJAMIN SAYER, BENJAMIN COLEMAN.
THE foregoing observations and statement of circumstances made by the worthy officers on board the General Greene, I presume to be just, from the following occurrences:
On June 18, the first symptoms of putrid malignant fever made its appearance: three or four cases occurred, with symptoms of considerable violence; but they very happily yielded to the method of treatment which was adopted.
After proceeding further southward, where the sun was vertical and more sultry, we had a number of cases, which occurred with symptoms of much greater violence, and in many cases proved mortal, in spite of the most strenuous exertions which could be made, and the whole effect of those medicines which have been found most effectual in different parts of the United States, in fevers of a contagious malignant stamp, supposed to originate from putrid exhalations. Those persons whose provinces were in the neighbourhood of the pumps have been seized with much greater violence, and attended mostly with fatal consequences, although the attention has been indiscriminately the same throughout the ship. Every precaution has been taken by the officers which the invention of man could contrive, more especially at sea, to render the ship healthy; but, as yet, every effort proved ineffectual, and the disease continues to increase with redoubled violence. It has now disseminated itself through every part of the ship, and, in my opinion, will never be removed, until the pestilential contents of the hold are discharged, and the ship undergoes a thorough cleansing, and receives a new set of ballast: this I declare to be, according to every appearance, the true situation of the General Greene.
Witness, PAUL R. METCALF, Surgeon's Mate on board the General Greene. At sea, lat. 32:17, N. July 18, 1799.
Capt. Henry Olney, lately from Curacao, has favoured us with the following:
CURACAO, June 21, 1799. THIS is to certify, that on Sunday the 9th of June, myself, in company with Capt. Billings, Capt. Beatty, Capt. Chatfield, and Samuel Helfer (officer of the custom-house at this port) went out to Petit de Moise, between the hours of two and three o'clock, to dine with the above mentioned Samuel Helfer. After dinner, several American captains came out to play at nine-pins. In the mean time came Capt. Hotchkiss's carpenter, who informed us that the French sailors, in a dance-house a little distance from us, were massacring the Americans; and likewise that two were badly wounded. The American sailors went immediately on board their vessels and informed their ship-mates, who armed themselves with cutlasses, boarding pikes, &c., and went in pursuit of the Frenchmen. The American captains followed their men, and took their arms from them. The Frenchmen ran to the guard-house, and informed the guard of the contest. One of the officers of the guard supplied the Frenchmen with arms to take up the Americans. Between the hours of five and six o'clock the guard came to Petit de Moise, consisting of negroes, mulattoes and Frenchmen, who began to knock down and run their bayonets into the Americans, after they gave up their arms. They then marched us to the guard-house, and sent for a surgeon to dress the wounded. We continued in this place one hour, and then were conducted to prison, where we remained 24 hours: we were then let out, after being sentenced to pay five hundred and ninety-three dollars and a half, each; although the Frenchmen were the instigators of the combat, of whom no notice has been taken as yet.
HENRY OLNEY.
ON this 24th of June, 1799, before me the undersigned Consul of the United States of America, personally came and appeared Henry Olney, and hath made solemn oath, that there are nothing but facts contained in writing hereunto annexed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office, at Curacao, as dated above. B. H. PHILLIPS.
The indignities offered to the American seamen at Curacao, are of the most atrocious and aggravating nature. Under the eye of the administration of that place, Frenchmen have insulted, beat and abused the captains and crews of American vessels; and the governor, disregarding the principles of justice and humanity, has not only countenanced, but added to these outrages by shamefully imprisoning the innocent and injured, and afterwards extorting from them the most unjustifiable pecuniary securities. While we regret the personal injuries sustained on the occasion, the insult thereby offered to our flag, which ought to be a protection to our seamen in foreign ports, is a consideration superiorly unpleasant. It is hoped, however, that these atrocities will not escape the notice of our government, which has uniformly evinced a high regard for the safety and convenience of that valuable class of citizens.
From the SALEM GAZETTE. COMMUNICATION. From a gentleman of information lately returned from the Continent of Europe.
Having, in the former campaigns of this war, seen the French arms attended with almost invariable success, many people were astonished to find the present open with such a glorious reverse. But the French are exhausted of some of the means with which they formerly obtained their victories. That enthusiasm with which the people were inspired in the pursuit of a phantom—called liberty, and which enabled them to oppose the steady valour of the Austrians with double numbers, is no more; that delusive charm with which they formerly disarmed the countries they attacked, is now dissolved; and the plunder with which they have been enabled to pay their numerous armies, has failed them. The conscription recruits are raised only at the point of the bayonet, and the Directory and Councils are baffled in their attempts to raise taxes sufficient to support the war. On the other hand, the people of Germany are exasperated against the French by the injuries they have received—the Archduke Charles has been enabled to meet his enemies with equal numbers—his genius pervades the army—instead of depending upon the military commission of Vienna for orders to act (by which means the military plans were often betrayed to the enemy before they were communicated to the army) his power in the conduct of the military operations is unlimited. He has introduced in his army a discipline, by which rank and family will not protect the coward, and by which merit is rewarded in the common soldier; he has broke several officers of the first nobility in the empire; and in one instance has promoted a man of good character, but low extraction, in the course of six successive days fighting with the French, from a corporal to a brigadier-general, for his gallant conduct. While he punishes cowardice, and rewards valour, he sets the example of personal bravery himself; he leads his troops to action—on many occasions he has dismounted in the heat of battle, and fought sword in hand, at the head of his grenadiers. He is adored by his army for his condescensions, humanity and bravery; and in an address to them, he has declared that the Austrian soldiers shall be considered not as machines, but as men—that they shall be led by their officers, not driven into action. With these advantages, he has been able, with equal numbers, to beat the French day after day, leading his men to victory through snow and wet, knee deep, by which exposure of his person, he brought on an alarming sickness, which for a long time arrested his progress, but from which he was perfectly recovered towards the last of May. During the illness of the Archduke, and the consequent inactivity of his army, Suwarrows arrived with his Russians in Italy. His name alone was equal to a host. The Archduke, after the recovery of his health, was preparing, as it was said, to cross the Rhine, and enter France by the north, while Suwarrows was carrying all before him in the south; and it was said that a body of Russians were to approach Spain as soon as possible, to feel the pulse of that nation.
WORCESTER, July 31.
We are authorised to assure the public, that an assertion in a late Centinel, that the Rev. Mr. Alexander, of Mendon, refused to pray on the 4th of July, is entirely erroneous. Mr. Alexander was at the celebration, and opened the business in the Meeting-house by prayer. This information we have from some gentlemen who were present; and publish it to do justice to an injured character.
[The article alluded to in the above paragraph, was inserted in the JOURNAL of the 10th of July; and was handed us by a gentleman of this town, who could not be supposed to have had any interest in such an ungenerous misrepresentation. The paragraph was written by a person in Mendon; and, by what we can learn, was dictated by malice and personal enmity.]
On Wednesday last the President of the United States visited the fortress on Castle-Island, in the harbour of Boston, and under the discharge of 15 cannon, pronounced the name of it in future to be that of "FORT INDEPENDENT on Castle-Island."
After reviewing the troops, works, &c. he was escorted to the citadel, where an elegant dinner was provided;—at which upwards of fifty Ladies and Gentlemen partook. After dinner the following toasts among others were given:—
By the President. General WASHINGTON, and the army of the United States. By the same. The American Navy. By the same. Perpetual unconquerability to FORT INDEPENDENT on Castle-Island.
By Major Jackson. May the cannon of Fort Independent declare the tribute our country means to pay the Five-headed Monster. By Major Townsend. May the American Eagle, leaning on Columbia, never see any but Friends to the Federal Government.
On Saturday evening last, a young man by the name of Congdon, son of Mr. John Congdon, was killed by a flash of lightning, on the Island of Patience, Narragansett-bay, and
On the same evening four Oxen were killed at Charlestown, in this State. They had taken shelter from the storm under a hayrack,
The Chamber of Commerce, and a number of citizens of New-York, lately gave a public dinner to Capt. TRUXTON, at the Tontine Coffee House, as a mark of respect and gratitude for the service he has rendered his country. The military of that city have likewise feasted him in a sumptuous manner.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Newry, to his friend in New-York, dated June 7.
"Mr. Falls had the same fever (putrid) as his wife, and his recovery was despaired of. Dr. Black ordered him two table spoonfuls of yeast, or barm, fresh off the beer, to be taken every 2 hours, and bark intermediate; he is now out of danger. This is a late and very accidental discovery, which has saved many lives."
A New-York paper of the 3d inst. mentions that the Yellow Fever has TOTALLY DISAPPEARED from that city.
Married.
On Sunday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, Mr. Henry Ward, to Miss Mary Grimke, of Charleston, South Carolina.
Mr. John Langford, to Miss Nancy Aplin.
Died.
On board the Frigate General Greene, John A. Hazard (purser) Henry Tibbetts, (surgeon) William Henry, Isaac Farewell, and Nathaniel Coleman (acting midshipmen) Jonathan Hazard (2d officer of marines) Samuel Dorset, Asa Parker, Caleb Freebody, and Eleazar Arnold (marines) Peleg Shaw (ship's steward) Samuel Hughes and John Haws (barbers) Richard R. Reynolds (master at arms) Bela Jacobs (carpenter) Nathan Taft, George Smith, Isaac Carr, Garrick Stackpole, and George Boston (seamen.)
PORT OF PROVIDENCE.
ENTERED. Sloop Sally, Crapon, New-York; sloop Lark, Pettis, New-York; brig Maria, Olney, New-York; snow Susan, Armstrong, Mariel; sloop Friendship, Hathaway, Havana; sloop Venus, Ormsbee, Warren; sloop Lydia, Warren, New-York; schooner Susannah, Clark, New-York; sloop Maria, Comstock, New-York.
CLEARED.
Sloop Betty, Child, Warren; ship Ann and Hope, Bentley, Canton; sloop Caroline, Atwood, Hartford.
For SALE, by Jeremiah F. Jenkins, No. 3, Market-Street,
Gunpowder, Hyson, Hyson skin, Souchong and Bohea, in whole, half and quarter chests, TEAS, per chest, that will recommend themselves.
An assortment of China Tea-Setts—Nankeens per bale, &c.—a few boxes of fresh Lemons and Oranges—Piece and Hard-Ware Goods assorted, as usual. Aug. 7.
Territory Northwest of Ohio River.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all proprietors of wild land, lying in the county of Washington, and territory aforesaid, that agreeably to a law adopted by the Legislature of said Territory, in the year 1798, subjecting all unimproved tracts of land to a tax—there has been a tax laid. All proprietors as aforesaid are requested and required to come forward by themselves or agents, enter their land in the proper office, and pay the tax by the first day of December next, or the penalty of the law will fall upon them.
WILLIAM RUFUS PUTNAM, For and in behalf of the Collector of Taxes, for the county of Washington.
N. B. The Ohio Company's purchase is in the county of Washington. Marietta, June 3, 1799.
For SALE, by BENJAMIN HOPPIN and CO. 50 Casks of New RICE 10 Hhds. of first quality Carolina TOBACCO, for cash, or on 60 days credit. August 6.
Deserted from the Hospital.
On Coaster's Harbour, Rhode-Island, BARNEY WHIPPLE, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches high, a stout, well made man, light complexion, blue eyes, dark short hair, belongs to Attleborough (Mass.) supposed to have been enticed away by the others, 20 years of age.
OLIVER H. WILLIAMSON, mariner, from Enfield (Conn.) aged 40 years, 6 feet 2 inches high, light complexion, has the appearance of a fever upon him, grey eyes, brown hair.
JOHN PUTNAM, alias TRASK, a notorious villain, lately taken from Providence gaol; he is 32 years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, light complexion and sandy hair, originally from Windsor (Vt.)
ROBERT COLESON, of New-York, an Englishman by birth, 28 years of age, about 5 feet 11 1/2 inches high, short sandy hair, and remarkable large red whiskers, marked with the small-pox.
For each of the above, a reward of TWENTY DOLLARS will be given, and all necessary charges paid.
By order of CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND PERRY, Esq; Commander of the United States ship General Greene.
JOSHUA BLAKE. Newport, July 30, 1799.