The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1801-03-18 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. 116. ]
WEDNESDAY, March 18, 1801.
[ Vol. III. ]
Sales at Auction.
To be sold at Public Auction, by the subscriber (Executor to the last will of Mr. Joseph Arnold, deceased) for the benefit of those concerned, on the 26th inst. at twelve o'clock, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for the term of one year only,
THAT noted and valuable stand for business on the west side of the great bridge in Providence, consisting of one large and commodious store in front, suitable for dry goods and groceries, with one or two convenient tenements in the second and third stories, and a convenient dwelling-house on the wharf, which has been occupied by three or four families at a time, and the land rent whereon stands a small building occupied for the Refectory. And likewise, the wharf adjoining, with all the other privileges belonging to said estate.
JOHN F. SHELDON.
March 11.
On Saturday the 21st of March inst. at 9 o'clock, A. M. will be sold, at the late dwelling-house of Captain Nehemiah Rhodes, in Cranston, if the weather is suitable, if not, on the ensuing Monday, at the same hour,
THE personal property of the said Nehemiah, consisting of Stock, Furniture, Farming Utensils, &c. &c.
All persons having any accounts unsettled with said estate, are requested to call on the subscriber for settlement.
WILLIAM N. RHODES, Administrator.
March 4.
For Sale,
A LOT OF LAND, situated in Westminster-street, a little to the westward of Mr. Aaron Wright's. Said lot was formerly the property of Col. William Wall. Enquire of
JOHN INNES CLARK.
March 11.
This day Published, and for Sale at HENRY CUSHING's Book-Store, West Side of the Bridge, [Price 18 dols. per hundred in sheets, 3 dols. 60 cts. per doz. bound, or 37 1-2 cents single.]
The American MORALIST.
By GEORGE CHIPMAN.
THE above is a judicious selection from the most approved writers, ancient and modern, with original pieces, dialogues, &c. designed principally for the use of schools and young persons, but may justly claim some attention from the aged, the gentleman and the lady. The author's chief design, in this selection, was to furnish schools and young persons with a book containing ethical and religious lessons, represented and exemplified in such a manner as to enlighten the understanding, and captivate the heart. Though the general tenor of the book is of a moral and religious cast, yet the author has by no means been inattentive to that variety which is so pleasing and useful to young persons, and has interspersed pieces from natural and sacred history, together with biographical and allegorical descriptions. It has been honoured with the approbation of competent judges, but the compiler's request is, that parents and instructors of youth, who wish well to virtue and religion, and desire that the minds of all under their care may be duly and deeply impressed with early and real piety, would examine the work, and judge for themselves.
March 11.
3m.
To be Sold,
A HOUSE and BARN, and about one acre of Land, with a great number of excellent fruit trees thereon, pleasantly situated near the centre of the town of Pomfret, on the post-road from Norwich to Worcester, and within sixty rods of the post-road from Hartford to Boston; a very good stand for a mechanic or merchant. The terms of payment will be made easy.
NATHAN DRESSER, jun.
Pomfret, March 2.
WHEREAS the Honourable Court of Common Pleas for the county of Providence, at the last December term, appointed the subscribers Commissioners to receive the claims against Sabin Lewis, resident in Gloucester, who has obtained the benefit of an act passed in June, A. D. 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors": Notice is hereby given to the creditors of said Lewis, to exhibit their respective claims to the subscribers, within nine months from the twentieth day of December last, otherwise they will be precluded agreeable to the aforesaid act.
JOSEPH BOWEN, SOLOMON OWEN, CYRUS COOKE.
Gloucester, March 4.
LETTER
From the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the destruction of official books and papers, by the fire, in the building occupied by the Treasury Department, inclosing sundry reports from the principals in the offices of that department. Ordered to lie on the table in Congress, February 24, 1801.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 22d, 1801.
SIR, IN obedience to the resolve of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, I have the honour of transmitting herewith, the best information it is in my power to obtain, in relation to the destruction of official books and papers by the fire in the building occupied by the treasury department. To the inclosed statements from the other officers of the department, I have the pleasure to add, that the books and papers belonging immediately to my office, with the exception of a few official letters and documents which can be replaced, have been preserved. It is not probable that any great public inconvenience will be the consequence of the unfortunate accident which gave occasion to the enquiry.
I have the honour to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient Servant, SAMUEL DEXTER.
The honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Comptroller's Office, February 19, 1801.
SIR, IN reply to your letter of the 4th instant, I have the honour to inform you, that after a careful and diligent examination it does not appear that any records or documents appertaining to this office are missing in consequence of the late fire, from which any loss can result to the public, or to individuals. One book in which sundry forms prescribed by this department are recorded, has not yet appeared, though as its destruction is highly improbable, expectations are entertained that it will eventually be found:—If it should not, it can be replaced with some labour.
I have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect, Your obedient Servant, JOHN STEELE.
The Hon. SAMUEL DEXTER, Esq.
A list of books and papers destroyed or lost in the Auditor's Office, in consequence of the fire which took place in the Treasury, on Tuesday the 20th of January, 1801.
1st. Three books containing copies of reports on all the accounts which have been adjusted since the establishment of the present government, excepting those on the public debt funded at the Treasury, which being entered in a different set of books and kept in another room, were preserved. With the aid and expence of an extra clerk, the lost copies may be replaced, as the originals, with the statements and vouchers belonging to them, are deposited in the register's office.
2d. The books containing copies of various statements made by the auditor and accountants under the late government. The originals of these are also in the register's office, and new copies may be made from them, if necessary.
3d. The ledgers and journals in which were entered the accounts settled by the late commissioners with the officers of the old quarter-master and commissary department. The loss of these books adds to the difficulty of adjusting such of the accounts in these departments as remained open; but from the examination which had been made, the greater part were found so defective as to leave little hope of satisfactory statement. Some of them however, though not passed, have been stated as far as the materials would admit. It is believed that few, if any, of the papers are lost.
4th. The books in which were entered the accounts of the late secret and commercial committee. The papers being safe, no great inconvenience will result from the loss of the books, as few if any of the transactions of this committee remain unsettled.
5th. A number of claims exhibited by individuals, for services or supplies during the late war. Most of these had been presented in the first instance to the State commissioners, and turned over by them to the treasury. They had been all examined many years ago, and judged inadmissible; but as the register or list is gone with them, it is impossible to state the particular nature of each, or the names of the respective claimants.
6th. An account rendered by the Bank of the United States, for the sale of 8 per cent. stock, under the last act authorizing a loan. A duplicate of this may be obtained.
7th. An account of Hazen Kimball for the contingent expenses of the office of State, which had been examined and was ready for stating. The vouchers cannot be replaced,
but the particulars may be had from a book in which they were regularly entered by Mr. Kimball.
8th. An account of Thomas Claxton, as agent for furnishing the capitol. The vouchers had been all examined and found right, but the statement suspended until he should also render his amount for furnishing the President's house, with which it had some connection.
9th. The accounts and vouchers of Tench Francis, late purveyor of public supplies, for purchases from July 1st, 1799, to the month of September, 1798, accompanied by a general account current, stated by his executors; on which they claimed a balance. The examination of the accounts was nearly completed, but the final settlement of them suspended from a wish to bring into view the balances for or against him, with the departments of war and navy, with which his accounts were also in a course of settlement.—Duplicates of the abstracts and (it is understood) of the vouchers also, can be furnished.
10th. Three partial or subordinate accounts of Israel Wheelon, the present purveyor. Duplicates of all these have been already furnished.
11th. The accounts of the following gentlemen, acting as agents for the commissioners of the direct tax, in their respective States:
Joseph Israel, Delaware. Nathaniel Gilman, New-Hampshire, James White, Tennessee. Stephen Bayard, New-York. Paul Zantzinger, Pennsylvania. Thomas Davis, Massachusetts.
All these accounts, except the last, had been examined, and some of them, particularly the two first, would have been stated and passed the next day. The others were suspended either for want of warrants, or some further explanation on particular points. As the vouchers, though much injured, are not entirely destroyed, it is probable that when they can be more thoroughly examined and properly arranged, they may be yet found sufficiently perfect to admit of settlement with at least some of the agents.
A few other accounts were also somewhat injured; but being still however in a state to be settled, a detail of them is deemed superfluous.
In addition to the foregoing, it is possible, and even probable, that in the course of business some other paper may be found missing, which are not recollected at this time; but none, it is believed, of much consequence.
R. HARRISON.
Treasury Department, Auditor's office, Feb. 19, 1801.
The Register of the Treasury, upon the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the fourth instant, transmitting a copy of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of Monday the second of February 1801,—
BEGS LEAVE TO REPORT,
THAT upon the alarm of the late fire in the house occupied by the Treasury department, all the books and records of the United States appertaining to his office, and which were deemed of primary importance, were removed from the fire-proofs and rooms occupied by the register; and that upon their being replaced it does not appear, after a minute examination, that any of the books and records of the United States in his possession at the time of the late fire, sustained either injury or loss, excepting statements numbers 9,961—10,919—and 11,349, with their respective vouchers, which were in a part of the building exposed to the fire. The official reports upon those three statements having been preserved, and the accounts thereof closed in the treasury books, it is presumed no injury can possibly arise from the want of those destroyed documents. Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register of the Treasury.
Treasury Department, Register's office, 19th Feb. 1801.
Treasury of the United States, February 19th, 1801.
SIR,
IN answer to your letter of the 4th instant I can assure you, that my office has not suffered any injury of the least consequence by the late fire.
I am with respect, Sir,
Your most humble servant,
SAMUEL MEREDITH,
Treasurer of the United States.
Samuel Dexter, Esq; Secretary of the Treasury.
The honourable Secretary of the Treasury.
SIR,
I HAVE paid due attention to a notice from the House of Representatives, which you communicated to me on the 4th inst.
I have the satisfaction of assuring you that the books are all safe, and that I know of no papers missing from this office which can impede or in any manner affect the adjustment of the public accounts.
I am, with perfect respect, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM MILLER,
Commissioner of the Revenue;
Treasury Department, Revenue office, 13th Feb. 1801.
General Stamp-Office, Feb. 23d, 1801.
SIR,
In obedience to your request and the resolution of Congress on the 2d current, I have the honour to report, that I have been fortunate enough to reclaim all the papers belonging to the general stamp-office, of any consideration, and that the public will sustain no material injury in this office, by the unfortunate fire.
I am with the most perfect respect, and esteem, Sir,
Your most obedient and most humble servant,
JOSHUA JOHNSON,
Superintendent of Stamps;
Samuel Dexter, Esq; Secretary of the Treasury.
From the New-York Commercial Advertiser, of March 5.
ARON BURR, Esq. Vice-President elect, arrived at Baltimore, last Saturday afternoon, accompanied by his daughter and son in-law, Mr. Allston. His arrival was announced by discharge of cannon at the Observatory (fort) and on alighting at Mr. Evan's, a number of citizens assembled, in whose name the following address was presented to him:
Baltimore, February 28, 1801.
SIR,
MANY of the citizens of Baltimore, who have just now heard of your arrival among them, beg leave to congratulate you and themselves upon the success of the late election of President and Vice-President of the United States of America. They in a particular manner appreciate that patriotism which disclaimed competition for the Presidential chair, with that other eminent character who has finally been called to it, as setting a just value upon the will of the people.
By order of the meeting,
THOMAS M'ELDERY,
AARON BURR, Esq. Vice-President elect of the United States of America.
The Baltimore Federal Gazette gives the following, as nearly verbatim with the verbal reply of the Vice-President:
I AM sensible of the extreme politeness and attention displayed in this address, a copy of which has just been presented to me. Time would not allow me to return a written answer; indeed I must be permitted to express to you my disapprobation of the mode of expressing public sentiments by addresses—formerly they had been used for the most dignified purposes, and with the purest intentions, but of late they have degenerated into engines of faction, and vehicles of adulation.
As to my disclaiming competition, no person could have supposed that I would have stepped in between the wishes of the people and the man whom they have looked up to. Every thing of a personal nature was discarded on that occasion; and we have not to rejoice at the exaltation of two men, but in the triumph of principle.
I cannot but mention my respect for the city of Baltimore, characterized for boldness and hardy enterprise in commercial pursuits. With these sentiments I have arrived here, and with these sentiments I shall always arrive in Baltimore.
Col. Burr left Baltimore on Sunday morning last, for the seat of government.
IT is said of Governor Tichenor, that in one of his travels through the State of New-Jersey, he made it in his way to call on a credulous old Dutchman, who was an inn-keeper, and an old acquaintance. A short time before he arrived at the inn, he alighted from his carriage, and took up an oaken leaf, and carefully wrapped it in a piece of paper. After the usual ceremonies, he asked his landlord if he ever tasted of the tree of life? He said he had not. The Governor very sedately took from his pocket the said oaken leaf, and presented it to the Dutchman; who, after viewing it, took a bite of it again and again, expecting from its effects that he should live forever. The governor soon after leaving the inn, the landlord ran after him, and anxiously requested of the governor, that if ever he should come that way again, he would by no means let his wife have any.

Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, February 26.
THE House proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday from the committee of the whole house, to whom was committed a bill providing for a Naval Peace Establishment ; some of which were agreed to, and others disagreed to.
A motion was then made to strike out the 4th section, which is as follows:
Be it enacted, "That every captain, master, commandant and lieutenant, who shall be in service at the time when the reduction of the navy shall take place as aforesaid, while remaining unemployed, shall have and receive during his natural life and continuance in office one half his monthly pay, agreeably to the rank of his commission or warrant; on condition, however, that he shall at all times hold himself in readiness to enter into actual service and full pay, on being so ordered; and that he shall keep the Secretary of the Navy advised of his place of residence, and of the nearest post town thereto, and shall not at any time absent himself from his place of residence for more than 40 days, without first having obtained written permission from the navy department."
And on the question being taken by yeas and nays, it passed in the negative—yeas 48, nays 49.
A motion was then made to add the following section: "That the President of the United States be, and he is authorised to discharge any part of the Marine Corps which may be unnecessary for the naval service."
And on the question being taken thereupon, it passed in the affirmative, by yeas and nays, as follows:—yeas 53—nays 40.
The bill was then re-committed to a committee of the whole, who having considered the same, reported the disagreement of the committee to the 4th section; and on the question being taken, the house confirmed the disagreement of the committee.
On the question of passing the bill to a third reading, it passed in the affirmative by yeas and nays as follows: yeas 70—nays 27.
Ordered, that said bill be read a third time to-morrow.
Friday, February 27.
An act to retain a further sum of drawbacks for the expenses incident to the allowance and payment thereof, and in lieu of stamp duties on debentures, was read a third time, and passed. The act providing for a Naval Peace Establishment was read a third time, and passed by yeas and nays as follows:—yeas 69, nays 18.
A message was received from the President, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, with sundry documents relative to the subject of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th inst.
The house proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday to the bankrupt law, which were agreed to, and on the question of engrossment for a third reading, it passed in the affirmative by yeas and nays—yeas 49—nays 42.
This bill, in one of its provisions, enacts, that the bankrupt law passed last session (which is limited to five years continuance) shall be perpetual.
Domestic Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, March 2.
ON Saturday last, Mr. Jefferson, the President elect of the United States, pursuant to a custom which has prevailed, since the existence of the laws, declaring that the President pro tempore of the Senate should execute the office of President of the United States, in case of the death of both the President and Vice-President, retired from the Chair of the Senate.—Previously to his leaving the chair he made the following pertinent, judicious, conciliating and affectionate Address, viz.
Gentlemen of the Senate,
To give the usual opportunity of appointing a President pro tempore , I now propose to retire from the chair of the Senate; and as the time is near at hand when the relations will cease, which have for some time subsisted between this honourable house and myself, I beg leave, before I withdraw, to return them my grateful thanks for all the instances of attention and respect with which they have been pleased to honour me. In the discharge of my functions here, it has been my conscientious endeavour to observe impartial justice, without regard to persons or subjects: and if I have failed of impressing this on the mind of the Senate, it will be to me a circumstance of the deepest regret. I may have erred at times. No doubt I have erred. This is the law of human nature. For honest errors, however, indulgence may be hoped.
I owe to truth and justice at the same time to declare, that the habits of order and decorum which so strongly characterize the proceedings of the Senate, have rendered the usurpation of their President an office of little difficulty; that in times and on questions which have severely tried the sensibilities of the house, calm and temperate discussion has rarely been disturbed by departures from order.
Should the support which I have received from the Senate, in the performance of my duties here, attend me into the new station to which the public will have transferred me, I shall consider it as commencing under the happiest auspices.
With these expressions of my dutiful regard to the Senate as a body, I ask leave to single my particular wishes for the health and happiness of the individuals who compose it; and to tender them my cordial and respectful Adieu.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Feb. 28, 1801.
A copy of Mr. JEFFERSON's Address having been delivered to the Secretary of the Senate, was referred to Mr. Morris, Mr. Jonathan Mason and Mr. Dayton, appointed a committee to draft and report an answer, who this day made the following report, viz.
THE SENATE'S ANSWER.
While we congratulate you, on those expressions of the public will, which called you to the First Office in the United States, we cannot but lament the loss of that intelligence, attention and impartiality, with which you have presided over our deliberations.
The Senate feel themselves much gratified by the sense you have been pleased to express of their support in the performance of your late duties. Be persuaded that it will never be withheld from a Chief Magistrate, who, in the exercise of his office, shall be influenced by a due regard to the honour and interest of our country. In the confidence that your official conduct will be devoted to these great objects, a confidence derived from past events, we repeat to you, Sir, the assurance of our constitutional support, in your future Administration.
The foregoing answer of the Senate to the address of their President, on Saturday last, was this day agreed to by the Senate, and ordered to be presented to him by the committee who reported it.
REPLY.
Of Thomas Jefferson, to the Answer of the Senate of the United States, to his Address on taking leave of that body:
GENTLEMEN,
I receive with due sensibility the congratulations of the Senate, on being called to the first Executive Office of our government, and I except with great satisfaction their assurances of support in whatever regards the honour and interest of our country. Knowing no other object in the discharge of my public duties, their confidence in my future conduct, derived from past events, shall not be disappointed, so far as my judgment may enable me to discern those objects.
The approbation they are so good as to express of my conduct in the chair of the Senate, is highly gratifying to me; and I pray them to accept my humble thanks for these declarations of it.
TH. JEFFERSON.
March 4.
President JEFFERSON'S Speech.
This day, at 12 o'clock, THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States, took the oath of office required by the Constitution, in the Senate Chamber, in presence of the Senate, the members of the House of Representatives, the public officers, and a large concourse of citizens.
Previously to which he delivered the following Address.
FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS, CALLED upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow-citizens which is here assembled, to express my grateful thanks for the favour with which they have been pleased to look towards me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents, and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments, which the greatness of the charge, and the weakness of my powers, so justly inspire. A rising nation, spread over a wide and fruitful land, traversing all the seas with the rich productions of their industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye; when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honour, the happiness, and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue and auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking. Utterly indeed should I despair, did not the presence of many, whom I here see, remind me, that, in the other high authorities provided by our constitution, I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal, on which to rely under all difficulties. To you, then, gentlemen, who are charged with the sovereign functions of legislation, and to those associated with you, I look with encouragement, for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked, amidst the conflicting elements of a troubled world.
During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good. All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression. Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection, without which liberty and even life itself, are but dreary things. And let us reflect, that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little, if we countenance a political intolerance, as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions. During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be more felt and feared by some, and less by others; and should divide opinions as to measures of safety; but every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all republicans: we are all federalists. If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretical and visionary fear, that this government, the world's best hope, may, by possibility, want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe
it is the only one, where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings, to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own federal and republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe, too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others, possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants to the thousandth and thousandth generation, entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honour and confidence from our fellow-citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions, and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion, professed indeed and practiced in various forms, yet all of them inculcating honesty, truth, temperance, gratitude and the love of man; acknowledging and adoring an overruling Providence, which by all its dispensations proves that it delights in the happiness of man here, and his greater happiness hereafter; with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow-citizens; a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labour the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government; and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.
About to enter, fellow-citizens, on the exercise of duties which comprehend every thing dear and valuable to you, it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and consequently those which ought to shape its administration. I will compress them within the narrowest compass they will bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship, with all nations; entangling alliances with none; the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigour, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a well disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labour may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid; the diffusion of information, and arrangement of all abuses at the bar of public reason; freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the Habeas Corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment; they should be the creed of our political faith; the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety.
I repair then, fellow-citizens, to the post you have assigned me. With experience enough in subordinate offices to have seen the difficulties of this the greatest of all, I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station, with the reputation and the favour which bring him into it. Without pretensions to that high confidence you reposed in our first and greatest revolutionary character, whose pre-eminent services had entitled him to the first place in his country's love, and destined for him the fairest page in the volume of faithful history, I ask so much confidence only as may give firmness and effect to the legal administration of your affairs. I shall often go wrong, through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional; and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not, if seen in all its parts. The approbation implied by your suffrage is a great consolation to me for the past; and my future solicitude will be, to retain the good opinion of those who have bestowed it in advance; to conciliate that of others, by doing them all the good in my power, and to be instrumental to the happiness and freedom of all.
Relying then on the patronage of your good will, I have advanced with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choices it is in your power to make. And may that INFINITE POWER which rules the destinies of the universe, lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favourable issue for our peace and prosperity.
When President Jefferson had concluded his speech, the following oath, prescribed by the constitution, was administered by Chief Justice Marshall: "I do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
He then retired, and repeated discharges of artillery honoured him as the first Magistrate the nation.
On Monday, the late President of the United States sent a message to the Senate in relation to the French Convention.
He observed, that it was his wish that the Convention should have been ratified entire. But as a different opinion was entertained by the Senate, a respect for the high authority of that body induced him to ratify it, under the conditions they had imposed; that he had nominated Mr. Bayard, Minister Plenipotentiary to France; but that Mr. Bayard had objected to him the most satisfactory reasons for declining the embassy; reasons which would operate to prevent him from nominating any other individual qualified to discharge faithfully the duties of a minister. He therefore suffered the business to devolve on his successor.
March 6.
At an early hour on Wednesday the city of Washington presented a spectacle of uncommon animation, occasioned by the addition to its usual population of a large body of citizens from the adjacent districts. A discharge from the company of Washington artillery ushered in the day; and about ten o'clock the Alexandria company of riflemen, with the company of artillery, paraded in front of the President's lodgings.
At 12 o'clock, THOMAS JEFFERSON, attended by a number of his fellow-citizens, among whom were many members of Congress, repaired to the capitol. His dress was, as usual, that of a plain citizen, without any distinctive badge of office.
He entered the capitol under a discharge from the artillery.
On his entry into the Senate Chamber, where were assembled the Senate, and the members of the House of Representatives, the members rose, and Mr. Burr left the chair of the Senate, which Mr. Jefferson took.
After a few moments of silence, Mr. Jefferson rose, and delivered his address before the largest concourse of citizens ever assembled here.
bled here. Having seated himself for a short period he again rose, and approached the Clerk's table, when the oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice; after which he returned to his lodgings, accompanied by the Vice-President, Chief Justice, and the heads of departments; where he was waited upon by a number of distinguished citizens.
As soon as he withdrew, a discharge of artillery was made. The remainder of the day was devoted to purposes of festivity, and at night there was a pretty general illumination.
BALTIMORE, February 20.
On Monday last, a decent plain-dressed woman went into a store in this city, and enquired for chintzes and Irish linens—the store-keepers handed down those articles—the woman after examining them for some time, said she did not want them for herself, but for a lady in Old Town, and would thank the gentleman to send them over for her inspection; one of whom immediately took up three pieces of chintz and one of Irish linen chosen by this woman, and set out, accompanied by her, for the residence of this pretended lady. After they had proceeded some considerable distance, the woman stopped suddenly, and said she had left her glove at the store, and wanted to return for it. The young gentleman conceiving her to be a lady, and thereby knowing himself bound by the rules of politeness to pay every possible attention, offered to take this trouble upon himself, provided she would condescend in his absence to have an eye towards the goods. She readily accepted his proffered services: but at his return, instead of keeping her eye upon the charge he had left to her care, she had put her hands upon it, and neither woman nor goods have been heard of since.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.
The Aurora abounds with letters from Washington, intimating the line of conduct which Mr. Jefferson ought to pursue in regard to men in office—it is evident that the writers are afraid of a system which will ensure to Mr. Jefferson the support of all friends to the United States. The following extract expresses their fear, and indicates what their actions will be, should he not choose to become the dupe of foreign knaves.
Extract from the Aurora.
"To retain men in trust under such appointments [the appointments of President Adams] would be political suicide, and the new Administration would merit every affection which could not but result from a sufferance of the evil."
The Dutch government has prohibited, under very severe penalties, the importation of tea from England. This prohibition was at first but temporary; it is now ordered to continue until six months after the conclusion of a general peace.
NEW-YORK, March 7.
The procession in Philadelphia, on Wednesday last, was concluded by a boat on wheels, drawn by a number of horses, decorated with colours, officered and manned. On her stern was the following:
"Thomas Jefferson, the Supporter of the Navy." The day was observed with orderly demeanour by both parties in Philadelphia, without any general excels or disturbance.
The House of Representatives of the United States, on Tuesday last, rejected the report of a select committee virtually approving of the official conduct of Winthrop Sargent, Governor of the Mississippi Territory.
Extract of a letter from Algiers, dated Dec. 3.
"Admiral Keith has demanded by two letters that the government shall recognise the Maltese as subjects of his Britannic Majesty; the Dey has declared that he considered them as enemies, and that he will pay no respect to them even under English colours."
In a London paper of the 16th January, we find a lengthy trial of the conspirators against Bonaparte in October last, which lasted 3 days, when Dominique Demerville, Joseph Ceracchi, Joseph Arena, and J. B. Zopino Lebrun, were condemned to death.
No important discovery concerning the infernal machine had been made.
The Chef du Cabinet, of the 19th Nivose, (Jan. 2) says, that Citizen Pichon had been some days gone from Paris, charged with a million to the United States of America.
March 12.
On the morning of the 4th, previous to his departure from Washington, Mr. Adams received from Matthew Lyon, a letter of insult and abuse. On the same day, its contents were published in the "Cabinet," a paper edited in Washington by Lyon's son. This malicious, but imbecile production, is characterised by the ignorance and vulgarity which distinguish its beardless author.
NORWICH, March 11.
The following melancholy occurrence, we are informed, took place at Stratford, in this State, a few days ago.—A young man having been gunning, returned with a number of ducks. While his parents were viewing them, from some unforeseen accident his gun, which had not been discharged, went off, the whole contents penetrated his mother's breast, and she expired instantaneously.
BOSTON, March 12.
Extract of a letter from an intelligent gentleman at Calcutta, to the Editors, dated October 25, 1800.
"Col. Wellesley, the brother of the Marquis Wellesley, governor general, has been successful in overthrowing an enemy, growing very formidable, in the interior. He

was of the family of Tippoo Sahib, a desperate and sagacious man. Col. W. has acquired, and deservedly too, great credit for his important conquest.
The most profound darkness envelopes all the views of the government of India. Territorial acquisition seems to be its aim. Its efforts have hitherto been crowned with success. However, the commerce of the country has suffered severely for want of protection, and the cruizers of the Eauratius range with impunity the Bay of Bengal. I enclose you a paper containing an account of the capture of the Kent, Indiaman, by captain Surcouf, of the French privateer Constance. Would to God one or two American frigates were in the Indian Ocean. The company's ships of war Nonfuch and Cornwallis are snug in the Hoogly, while the French plunder the vessels of all countries off Sauger Island.
"I wish you to mention in your paper, that Dr. Oliver Barron, who was educated at Harvard University, studied with Dr. Warren, and has received his regular medical degrees, has established, upon the most liberal terms, a Medical Asylum for seamen and sea-officers in this port. He supplies them with board, lodging, clean cloaths, every day medicine, and attendance. His Asylum is pleasantly situated, very capacious, and patronized by the principal gentlemen at this presidency. His rate of charges is so low, compared with that of other physicians at this place, as, considering him a native American, must give him a preference, in his line, over any other professional man, in the minds of American citizens."
Robert Liston, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Envoy to the United States of America, arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, in his Majesty's ship Andromache, after a short passage of seven days from Norfolk.
A correspondent, observing the clearance of a vessel in the papers, from this port to Havre de Grace, thinks it proper to remind his commercial friends, that the port of Havre de Grace is declared by the British governments to be blockaded. This intelligence is communicated in a letter from Bourdeaux, dated the 20th of December.
The three maritime powers of the North intend to send to sea, in the course of the spring, 40 sail of the line, to maintain their armed neutrality: and the pressing of seamen has already been ordered in the different provinces of Sweden.
Letters from New-Hampshire state, with certainty, the re-election of his Excellency Mr. Gilman, as Governor of that Commonwealth.
All the French Prisoners in the United States are to be set at liberty immediately; and vessels are preparing at New-York, to transport them to France, &c.
MATTER OF RECORD.
At a meeting of the General Court in Watertown, May 29, 1776; the Hon. JOSEPH RAWLEY, Esq. Mr. EPHRAIM WRIGHT, and CALEB STRONG, Esq. were returned as Representatives of the town of Northampton.
The Editor of the Centinel requests of his brother Editors throughout the Commonwealth, to insert the above in their papers.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18.
The Hon. JOHN BROWN, Esq. Member of Congress of the United States, from this State, arrived in town on Saturday evening last, from the seat of Government.
By the Polly packet, Capt. S. Godfrey, arrived on Friday last from N.York, came passengers several members of Congress belonging to the state of Massachusetts. By these gentlemen we learn, that the Senate of the United States rose on Wednesday last week, the President having previously made the following nominations, viz.
 James Madison, Esq. (of Virginia) Secretary of State.  Henry Dearborn, Esq. (of Massachusetts) Secretary at War.  Levi Lincoln, Esq. (of Massachusetts) Attorney-General.  Robert R. Livingston, Esq. (of N. York) Minister to France. 
A Philadelphia paper of March 9 says—the Senate concurred unanimously in the above appointments; after which, a committee, consisting of Mr. Nicholas and Mr. Baldwin, were instructed to wait on the President, to know whether he had any further communications to make. Having waited upon him, they made report that the President had no further communication to make.—Whereupon the Senate adjourned.
The following new Members were sworn into the Senate the 4th inst.
 Mr. Ogden, in the room of Mr. Schureman  Mr. Stone, room of Mr. Bloodworth  Mr. Tracy, re-elected  Mr. Muhlenberg, room of Mr. Bingham  Mr. Sheafe, room of Mr. Langdon  Mr. White, room of Mr. Latimer. 
It is understood, that Mr. Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy, has sent in his resignation to the new administration. General Smith, of Baltimore, to whom the office was to have been transferred, has declined its acceptance.
Report says, that Mr. Wagner, chief clerk in the department of State, has been appointed private Secretary to the President of the United States.
Charles Lee, Esq. resigned the office of Attorney-General of the United States on the 3d inst.
William Tilghman, Esq. has been appointed Chief Judge of the third circuit of the United States under the judiciary law, passed at the late session of Congress.
No appointment for the office of Secretary of the Treasury has been made. Our advices from Washington state, that on the morning of the 5th, Mr. Dexter waited on the President, for the purpose, it was understood, of resigning that office—that after having a long conference with Mr. Jefferson, he had returned to the duties of the Treasury. This circumstance has been caught hold of by conjecture, and has induced a belief in some, that Mr. Dexter will be continued. Others, however, confidently affirm that Albert Gallatin will receive the appointment.
[Com. Adv.]
General Dearborn, and Commodore Truxton, have arrived at the city of Washington.
From Washington, March 2.
The House of Representatives of the United States, on Monday last, took up the amendments proposed by the Senate to the act for erecting a Mausoleum to George Washington.
It was proposed to amend the amendment of the Senate which appropriates 50,000 dollars for the erection of a monument, by inserting 100,000 dollars in lieu of 50,000.
On which question the yeas and nays were taken, and were—Yeas 34, nays 49. It was therefore rejected.
Another amendment of the Senate appointed Bushrod Washington, John Marshall and Tobias Lear, commissioners to superintend the erection of the Monument.
It was moved to alter this amendment so as to leave the appointment of the Commissioners to the President.
On this motion, which was finally carried, a spirited debate ensued.
March 4.
Congress sat until a late hour last night, and finished all the business before them. A vote of thanks to Mr. Sedgwick passed.
On Monday President Adams informed Congress that he ratified the treaty with France, with the conditions imposed by the Senate. He observed that it was his wish the Convention should have been ratified entire. Mr. Adams sat out for Quincy this morning at 4 o'clock.
"Mr. Burr, Vice-President of the United States, this morning took his seat as President of the new-Senate. He was sworn in at 11 o'clock. Mr. Jefferson was sworn in at 12, after delivering a very neat and conciliatory speech. The assemblage of the people was immense, and immediately upon the inauguration several discharges of artillery took place—there were about 1000 persons in the Senate Chamber, besides the members of Congress, and not less than 150 ladies."
Extract of a letter.
"I cannot say I think it altogether unlikely that your conjecture that the democrats may lend a hand to support government, strange as it appeared at that time, will yet be verified—they ought to be admonished, however, that intemperate exultation and zeal may defeat their own purpose, their enemies may be provoked to return to the charge with redoubled vigour and obstinacy. Opposition to any particular administration never can know its own real strength, because it is by malcontents of every description, and those who are hostile to government in whatever shape, all of whom unite in the cry of reform, in hope of upsetting the machine itself. It behoves the federalists too to reflect that, on their own principle, they are bound to support the present administration. In a Republic, if the term has any meaning, the choice of the majority is virtually the choice of each individual, and thus every good man, in his sphere, is conscientiously obliged to put his shoulder to the wheel. It will not be questioned that the present chief magistrate has it as much in his power, perhaps more so, than any other man in the United States, to unite all parties; no one can doubt his discernment of the best means, his conviction of the magnitude of the object, or his disposition to attain it." [N. Lon. pap.]
What has long been expected, and repeatedly predicted, is about to be realized. We mean, that the Jacobins cannot be good citizens under any state of affairs. During the inauguration on the 4th instant, at Washington, this class of men evinced great joy, and a malignant smile of triumph beamed in every eye. As if it had been intended, however, to check the intemperance of these sons of anarchy and riot, the speech, which was but imperfectly heard in its delivery, was instantly published, and in immediate circulation. This was a death-blow to their rejoicings! "What," said they among themselves, "is Mr. Jefferson about to coalesce with these damned Federalists! Have we been toiling, lying, wasting our time and money so long for Republicanism, merely to be told now that 'WE ARE ALL FEDERALISTS?' No denunciations! Nothing about 'traitors, Tories and apostate whigs!' Nothing about liberty! Thus we perceive, that Mr. Jefferson can only secure the regard of these men by the criminal dereliction of those upright and impartial principles with the avowal of which he has commenced his administration. His first acts have excited the secret murmurs and apprehensions of the faction. He must prepare himself to meet also their hottest indignation. On the other hand we find, that
the Federalists, waving personal motives, are appreciating Mr. Jefferson's claims to their support and confidence, by the infallible standard of his acts and professions. They are only men who rejoice at the dignified, conciliatory, and independent complexion of his first speech, and they are the men to whom alone he can look for a firm and conscientious support against the cavils, jealousies and stratagems of his new adversaries. [N. Y. Daily Adv.]
The Pere du Chene * at Washington continues to rave and roar, "insignificantly fierce," because he cannot persuade federal gentlemen, all at once, to exchange characters with Jacobin blackguards. It seems to be impossible for a Jacobin to conceive, that a man can be actuated by principle, and, of course, they are all in astonishment at finding the federalists no less solicitous, than heretofore, to support the government with dignity and honour. They have evidently considered federalism as, in some sort, resembling jacobinism, a mere factious attachment to men, without any regard to the government, or the real interests of the people. They believed, therefore, that a mysterious kind of metamorphosis would take place in the two parties, and that the Jacobins, in some unaccountable manner, would, upon the accession of Mr. Jefferson, become honourable men and supporters of government; and that the Federalists would, by an irresistible fatality, sink down to the former level of the Jacobins, and become mere calumniators and dead weights upon the governmental machine. The Pere du Chene has now lost all patience, because Mr. Harper, by a single motion in the House, has caused this flattering delusion to vanish into thin air before his eyes.
It appears, from the Aurora , that the Speaker, in the genuine spirit of honour and federalism which has always guided his conduct, appointed, as a committee to report the appropriations necessary for the accommodation of the new President, none but the professed friends and adherents of Mr. Jefferson. This was a specimen of magnanimity perfectly unaccountable to Jacobins. But when, after the report, Mr. Harper, thinking the sum insufficient, moved to make an addition of ten thousand dollars, their disappointment burst upon them like a cannon, and all their hopes flew off in the explosion. Their mouth-piece, the Aurora , calls this continued desire to support the government with dignity, even in the hands of a man whose election the Federalists had opposed, an "unblushing inconsistency". [Gaz. U. S.]
* Duane, Editor of the Aurora , so denominated in the Gazette of the United States.
LUDICROUS!
At Washington, on the day of inauguration, a band of democrats, thinking it would be but a decent deference to Mr. Jefferson's taste, determined to appear, on that occasion, with shoes of the same construction, with those he usually wears.* But as it was impossible to have a sufficient number made in time, they very disinterestedly resolved to convert their boots into the new-shoes, which they did by amputation just above the ankle!—After the delivery of the Speech, when it was discovered that Mr. Jefferson was no longer a republican, but a Federal republican, these disappointed creatures were seen scattered here and there among the thrubbery, below the capitol, stitching the legs of their boots to the feet again! [ibid.]
* Coming over the ankle, in the manner of what are called snow-shoes.
A letter from an officer of the Warren, dated at St. Kitts, Feb. 1, says, "We have been lying here since Jan. 21, having then received orders to make no more captures. The United States, the Philadelphia, the New-York, the Eagle, and the Enterprise, are here."
The George Washington frigate, Capt. Bainbridge, arrived at Constantinople on the 23d of December, with the tribute or presents from the Dey of Algiers, estimated to be worth five millions of piasters. This, says a London paper of Jan. 18, is "the first ship of war belonging to the United States that ever entered a Turkish harbour. The American Captain was under the immediate protection of the Algerine Ambassador, and was received in the most hospitable manner by Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador."
Letters written by General GEORGE WASHINGTON, to Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, on agricultural and other interesting topics, have lately been published in England. The work consists of about sixty pages in quarto. It is engraved from the original letters, so as to be an exact fac simile of the hand writing of their illustrious author.
The Schooner Experiment saved sixty persons from the Danish vessel Eliza, from St. Domingo for Porto-Rico, which was wrecked on a reef. The passengers were Spanish officers and their families, who had commanded at St. Domingo, which place was about to surrender to Toussaint, and the Spaniards were moving off.
Denou, the French Architect, is about to publish, on 200 copper-plates, a magnificent work on the Antiquities of Egypt.
From a late London paper.
THE ATTEMPT ON BUONAPARTE.
We gave in our last some account of an explosion of powder at Paris, which was said to have been intended to put an end to the life of Buonaparte, and was very near succeeding that purpose. A variety of narratives of the circumstances appear in the foreign
papers. The particulars are extremely minute. The "infernal machine" was a cask filled with powder and bait—a gun barrel loaded was placed in it, with a lock, to which was fastened a string, to occasion a discharge when it was wished. This machine was placed on a carriage, and pushed into the street at what was deemed a proper time. Some negligence delayed the operation; so that when it took place, although it was fatal to many, the intended victim escaped. The Jacobins are charged with this attempt. Several persons have been arrested by the Police, viz. Gombaut-las-Chaise, Desforges, Bouquet, Chevalier, Veycer, Boucquet, a woman. The infernal machine was found at Chevalier's house. Other suspected individuals were arrested, viz. Jumillard, Brisevin, Gueraud, Thibaud, Descrepper, &c. The members of the Senate, the Tribunate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of State, presented addresses to Buonaparte on his Providential escape. The Consul answered some of those who called on him, "Well, men in the first places of the magistracy are as in a field of battle." The troops paraded on the first alarm, and were furious when acquainted with the fact. Generals Lasne and Berthier were in the coach with Buonaparte, Madames Murat and Buonaparte and her daughter were some distance behind in another coach.
The Gazette , of the U. S. among a number of beautiful extracts from different authors, applicable to "THE TIMES," quotes the following, from Milton, on The Representatives of the four Eastern States.
Faithful chiefly they, Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, Their loyalty they kept, their love, their zeal; Nor number, nor example, with them wrought, To swerve from truth, or change their constant mind.
The Governor of Connecticut has issued his Proclamation, appointing Friday the 3d of April next to be observed in that State as a day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.
Died,
Near London, Mrs. Robinson (the celebrated Perdita) authoress of several literary pieces, and formerly a shining character in the fashionable world. At Edinburgh, the Rev. Hugh Blair, D. D. the eminent Rhetorician.
Sale at Auction.
To be Sold at Public Auction, on the Premises, on Monday the 24th inst. at 2 o'clock P. M. if not disposed of before at private sale, THAT pleasantly situated FARM in Bristol, late the property of JOHN HOWLAND, Esq. deceased, one mile from the court-house, containing sixty acres of excellent land, with a dwelling-house and other out buildings thereon, with a number of grafted fruit trees. Any person inclining to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber in Bristol. JOHN HOWLAND. Bristol, March 17.
EXCHANGE BANK.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Exchange Bank, Voted, THAT the Stockholders in said Bank be notified, that the sum of Four Dollars on each Share is to be paid to the President and Directors, at the Bank, in specie, on the first Monday of April ensuing and that in case of failure or neglect in the payment, the shares will be considered as forfeited, agreeably to the constitution and charter of the company. GEORGE BENSON, Sec'y. Pro Tem. March 18.
Augustus Larned and Co.
Have for Sale, FIRST quality of Cape Sugars, Coffee and Logwood. March 18.
COFFEE, SUGAR, COTTON and LOGWOOD,
JUST imported in the Schooner J Betsey, Captain Thornton, from Cape-Francois, and for sale by SAMUEL ABORN, jun. at his store on the Long Wharf; Who has also for sale, A few hogheads of St. Croix Rum, and 5 boxes, containing 50 bottles each, best Port Wine, 4 years old. March 18.
LOST,
ONE three dollar bill and one two dollar bill, and a certificate for a pension from the United States, payable to RICHARD SEPTON, contained in a parchment pocket book. Whoever finds the above pocket book, and will return it and the contents to the Printer, shall be reasonably rewarded. March 17.
A YOUNG MAN, who can produce a good recommendation, wishes for a place in a Grocery Store. Particular information can be obtained by applying at this Office. March 18.

Selected Poetry.
The following translation from Anacreon was made by the ingenious Peter Pindar, Esq. and sent, with the adjoining Stanza, to a Lady.
A N O D E.
FAIN would I strike the harp to Kings, And give to War the sounding strings, But lo! the cords rebellious prove, And tremble with the notes of Love.
In vain I quarrel with my lyre, In vain I change the rebel wire; Bold I strike to war again, But love prevails through all the strain.
Oh! since not master of the shell, Ye Kings and Sons of War, farewell; And since the Loves the song require, To Venus I resign the lyre.
'Twas thus (O! Nymph) with Attic tongue, Of yore the gay Anacreon sung, A bard belov'd by me! And who the poet's shell can blame? Perhaps old Greece could boast a Dame, With ev'ry charm like thee.
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.
The following is the conclusion of Campbell's elegant Poem, of "The Pleasure of Hope."
ETERNAL HOPE! when yonder spheres Sublime Real'd their first notes to sound the march of time, Thy joyous youth began—but not to fade, When all the sister planets have decay'd, When, rapt in fire, the realms of ether glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below; Thou, undismay'd, shalt o'er the ruin smile, And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile!
THE SCOTTISH BARDS.
THE admirers of the Scottish muse have often lamented the untimely fate of BRUCE . He was poor, and while living, unknown beyond the limits of his own village. He wrote a tender and beautiful poem in expectation of his own death, and not long after died of a consumption, at the age of twenty-one. BURNS , another youthful poet, lived without friends or parents, and died in poverty and distress. In looking over a volume of his poems, we find many touches of genius, many indications of those fine sensibilities, which ill-fitted him for the neglects and strifes of the world. Many of these are in his native dialect; but this dress, however uncooth it may seem to us, cannot hide those luminous and distinct forms, which the imagination of the poet fashions.
His lines to a mountain daisy, which he turned down with his plough, are distinguished for their simplicity and tenderness: Wee' modest, crimson-tipped flower, Thou'rt met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush among the mair Thy slender stem; To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonie gem. Alas! it's na thy neebor sweet, The bonie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mong the dewy wist! Wi' speckled breast, When upward springing, blythe to greet, The purpling east.
The last lines are original and picturesque. This little poem concludes with a pathetic reflection upon his own situation: Ev'n thou who mourn'st the daisy's fate, That fate is thine—no distant date, Stern ruin's ploughshare drives elate, Full on thy bloom; Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom.
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THE subscriber has for sale, at his GROCERY and SEED STORE , Market-street, near the great bridge, a LARGE and GENERAL ASSORTMENT of GARDEN-SEEDS , imported direct from London this present season, per the ship Merchant , via Boston, too numerous to be described in this advertisement; among them are almost every kind of early garden Peas and Beans, and a variety of early and late Cabbage; a quantity of fresh Canary Seed, imported in the same vessel.
ALSO,
Best Concord and Bristol Onions, of last summer's growth, Kidney and Columbia bush Beans, with many other Seeds of home growth.
LIKEWISE,
A quantity of Clover, Herds-Grass, Bent and red top HAYSEED, Barley, Oats, and Long-Island Flax-seed.
N. B. Many of the above may be had at wholesale on moderate terms.
THOMAS JONES.
A quantity of the best kind Connecticut Cedar Shingles. March 4.
William Thompson
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has taken a shop in the house of Mr. AARON SEAMANS , at India-Point, where he offers for sale an assortment of GROCERIES , genuine and cheap. February 25.
To be Sold,
ONE half of a Dwelling-House, fifty feet front by twenty-five deep, lot, where the subscriber now lives, in Long-street, west side of the bridge, Providence. ALSO,
Adjoining the same, a forty foot Lot, with a new Shop thereon, thirty feet by twenty; very convenient for a West-India goods store.
LIKEWISE,
One half of a forty foot Lot, a few rods from the Rev. Mr. Wilson's Meeting-house, with a small two story Dwelling-house and Blacksmith's shop thereon.
Any Gentleman inclining to purchase the whole or part, will apply to SAMUEL JACKSON, 2d. March 4.
DESERTED from the rendezvous, in the town of Providence, belonging to the United States ship Connecticut , on Saturday the 28th of February, a sailor who called his name John Hunt , a smart active fellow, 5 feet 4 inches high; dark complexion and dark eyes, short hair and stout built, 22 years of age, had on when he went away, a blue pea coat, and blue trowsers. Whoever will apprehend the said John Hunt , and will secure him in any goal in the United States, or see him safely delivered to the captain on board of the abovementioned ship, in the harbour of New-London, shall receive ten dollars reward and all necessary charges, paid by me SAMUEL PHILLIPS, Lieut.
N. B. The abovementioned deserter said he was born in the town of Newport, State of Rhode-Island, and is married there, and lived on the Point. March 3.
FROM THE NEWS CARRIER.
THE subscriber takes this method to inform his customers, that he has formed a resolution to collect, between now and the 24th of this month, all debts which he has due, on the route he rides.—He hopes that this advertisement will not offend any; but he informs all that are indebted to him, either by note or book, small debts or large ones, that they are to make payment within the time above specified, to prevent cost.
JOSEPH FULLER,
Post Rider from Providence to Brookfield. N. B. Any who take Newspapers, and do not owe for as much as one quarter, are not called debtors. March 4.
Just imported, in the Schooner Commerce , from St. Croix, and for sale by the subscriber,
A FEW puncheons of RUM and ROCK SALT .
JOSEPH TILLINGHAST, South-End.
February 25.
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Providence Library, January 10th, 1801, voted,
THAT William Richmond, Esq. Obadiah Brown, Esq. George R. Burrill, Esq. Messrs. Oliver Bowen, Thomas Sessions, Joseph Jenckes, Jeremiah B. Howell, Jonathan W. Coy, and Paris J. Tillinghast , be a committee to carry into execution a vote of the Proprietors to open a subscription for selling 140 shares in the Providence Library, at eight dollars each share.
PARIS J. TILLINGHAST, Pro. Clk.
The Committee above named hereby give notice, that they have opened a subscription for the purpose of their appointment, and doubt not but their fellow-citizens, considering the importance of an ample and well regulated Library, together with the moderate terms proposed, will be anxious to avail themselves and their posterity of a privilege so advantageous.
Subscription papers are in the hands of the several members of the Committee, and also in the hands of Col. Robert Taylor , Librarian. February 25.
WHEREAS NICHOLAS MATHEWSON,
of Cranston, in the county of Providence, an insolvent debtor, hath filed his petition in the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Judicial Court in the county of Providence, praying that Assignees may be appointed to receive the property of him the said Nicholas , and to distribute the same amongst his creditors:—Notice is hereby given to the creditors of the said Nicholas to appear before the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Providence, in and for the county aforesaid, on the third Monday of March next, to nominate assignees, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly, passed in June, A. D. 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors." P. ALLEN, Clerk. February 25.
Providence, ff.
WHEREAS ROSABELLA BLACK, wife of ALEXANDER BLACK , late of Providence, in said county, Mariner, hath petitioned the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Providence, within and for said county, on the third Monday of March next, that a sentence of Divorce may be pronounced between her and the said Alexander :—Notice is hereby given to the said Alexander , to appear before said Court, and shew cause, if any he hath, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. P. ALLEN, Clerk. February 25.
A Farm for Sale,
CONSISTING of 120 acres. Every judge of lands who views it will be satisfied that the soil is excellent and profitable; especially the meadows, which produce a large burthen of good stock-hay. There is a small dwelling-house, large barn, plentiful orcharding, &c. thereon. Within half a mile is a village of merchants, and mechanics of all the various kinds useful to a farmer. Enquire of Mr. LUCIUS BOLLES in Providence, or of the subscriber, living near the premises. DAVID BOLLES, jun. Ashford (Connecticut) February 20.
Farms for Sale.
THE subscriber, contemplating a removal into the State of New-York, offers for sale the following tracts of Land, viz. the Farm he now lives on, situated in the centre of the town of Pomfret, State of Connecticut; containing one hundred and fifty-two acres of as good land as any whatever, well proportioned for mowing, ploughing, pasturing, orcharding and woodland; with a large dwelling-house, 3 large barns, merchant shop, and other necessary out buildings, and one of the best stands for a merchant or tavern, being on the stage road from Boston to New-York through Hartford, and where the New-London and Norwich road to Worcester intersects with the Boston stage-road, and the road from Providence to Hartford passes by the door of said dwelling-house, and is as pleasant a situation as any in the State.
Also, Another about a mile and a half from the meeting-house, containing between eighty and ninety acres of good Land, well proportioned for a farm, has one of the best orchards in Pomfret, which makes yearly from 70 to 100 barrels of cider, and is handsomely situated, with an upright House, and a large good Barn.
Also, Another, about one mile from said meeting-house, containing about 65 acres of Land, all under good improvement, and cuts yearly twenty loads of hay, and makes about twenty barrels of cider, with an old upright House thereon; the land is excellently watered, and as good as any in Pomfret.
Also, Another, lying about one hundred rods from said meeting-house, containing between 40 and 50 acres of the best kind of mowing and pasturing.
Also, A Meadow, one mile east of the first mentioned dwelling-house, containing about 30 acres of the first quality of Land, cuts yearly thirty-five loads of hay, and lays on the main road to Providence.
The above Lands are well watered, and as pleasantly situated as any in Pomfret, and will be sold altogether or separately as may best suit the purchaser or purchasers.
Also, A Farm in Windsor, county of Berkshires, State of Massachusetts, containing 350 acres of land, pleasantly situated, about 3-4 of a mile from the meeting-house, with a good farm house and two large barns, will keep yearly 20 cows, and with good husbandry in a few years would keep 40 with other stock, and is well situated to make 2 or 3 Farms.
Also, about one thousand acres of Land on Union river, State of Vermont. All the above Lands will be sold low for ready pay, and an indisputable title given, by SETH GROSVENOR. Pomfret (Connecticut) February 20.
TAKE NOTICE.
WE the Subscribers, appointed by the Honourable Court of Probate of the town of Providence, Administrators on the Estate of Mr. ASA FRANKLIN , late of said Providence, deceased: Hereby give notice to all persons having demands against the same, to exhibit them for settlement within six months from this date, or they will be precluded agreeably to law. And all persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to SARAH FRANKLIN, HENRY P. FRANKLIN, Admin's. February 20.
To be Sold,
For cash or notes payable at the Bank in Newport (R. I.) with approved endorser.
AN excellent Lot of Land, belonging to Dr. WILLIAM HANDY , now rented for 80 dollars per annum, situated on the hill in the town of Newport, containing about eight acres, which for fertility of soil and beauty of prospect (especially of the sea) is equal if not superior to any on the island. Possession will be given on the 25th of March next. Said land may be laid out into ten house-lots, sixty feet front and seventy-seven feet rear.
ALSO,
A neat and well finished House on Eaton's Point (so called) and nearly opposite the house lately the property of JOSEPH WANTON, Esq. deceased. Said house is in complete repair, and newly painted, now in the occupation of Mrs. GRATTAN . Possession will be given on the 12th of May next. Good titles will be the given the above. Apply to ROSEWELL SALTONSTALL, Attorney to said Handy. New-London (Con.) January 30. (3m.)
FOR SALE, BY
James and William D'Wolf,
At their Store in BRISTOL, R. I.
SUPERFINE Letter-Paper
Writing do. Bordeaux Wine, of an excellent quality Florence Oil, per case, in flasks and bottles Marble Soap, per box 2 Boxes of Medicine Brimstone Coffee Black Pepper Sugar Italian Silks, plain and striped Ribbons Silk Stockings Sewing Silk Cambric Ladies long and short white Kid Gloves.
N. B. The above goods are all genuine of their kind, just imported from Batavia and Leghorn, and will be sold on very moderate terms for cash, or on a reasonable credit. Bristol, Januar 18.
Stephen Collins,
BOOT and SHOE-MAKER,
Next door to Mr. GEORGE ALLEN, Saddler and Harness-Maker, and opposite Mr. BENJAMIN CLIFFORD'S Store.
RESPECTFULLY acquaints the public, that he carries on the above business in its various branches. Boots and Shoes made of the best materials, and executed in the neatest manner. The smallest favours will be thankfully received, and punctually attended to. February 17
JUST RECEIVED,
A Supply of
The Cordial Balm of Gilead,
So justly celebrated for the relief and cure of Nervous Disorders, Bilious Cales, Female Complaints, Debility, Weakness, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Coughs & Colds, Impurity of Blood, Consumption, Head-ache, Lowness of Spirits, Relaxation, &c. &c. Prepared (only) by S. SOLOMON, M. D. F. R. H. S.—Of the University and College of Physicians.
The Cordial Balm of Gilead—is an immediate restorative and corroborant, a most powerful remedy in female obstructions and suppressions and in cases of retention at maturity, also in weakness, morbid discharges, and irregularities about the turn of it.
Youth of either sex, who have practiced a secret and destructive vice, and thereby relaxed, weakened, and debilitated the whole nervous system, will find the Cordial Balm of Gilead the most powerful, certain, and effectual restorative.
This Medicine possesses wonderful efficacy in all nervous disorders, fits, head-aches, weakness, heaviness, and lowness of spirits; dimness of sight, confused thoughts and wanderings of the mind; vapours and melancholy, and all kinds of hysteric complaints, gradually go off by the use of this salubrious cordial. In sickness of the stomach, in flatulencies and obstructions, it is a safe, powerful and efficacious remedy. The first symptoms of its good effects are serenity and cheerfulness. Price 3 dollars each bottle.
For sale by Dr. THOMAS M. BARNOW , near the Episcopal Church; at the store of Mr. SAMUEL BROWN , and at the Book-store of Mr. HENRY CUSHING , Providence.
ALSO, for sale as above, A new Edition (being the 52d of) that interesting Work, entitled,
A GUIDE TO HEALTH.
(Embellished with the Author's Portrait.) Which fully explains, in a concise, plain manner, the most simple methods of treatment, with proper efficacious remedies, for the following Diseases, viz.
Asthma—Loss of Appetite—Bilious Complaints—Consumptions—Female Diseases—Fits—Flatulence of Wind—Hypochondriac, or Melancholy Complaints—Indigestion—Juvenile Indiscretions—Lowness of Spirits—Nervous Diseases—Rheumatism—Ruptures—Scurvy, &c. &c.
TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ESSAY ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE, GLEETS, and SEMINAL WEAKNESSES:
AND AN ADDRESS TO PARENTS, TUTORS, and GUARDIANS OF YOUTH.
By S. SOLOMON, M. D. F. R. H. S.
Every person, young and old, should purchase this book, there being scarcely an individual who is not interested in some part of it; in particular, it is recommended to young men and boys, as an early attention to the latter may serve to guard them against a fatal rock on which thousands have split, and be the means of preserving their bodies from disease, and also their souls, their minds, and all their faculties, from destruction.
This truly interesting work has been the labour of many years experience and observation on the calamitous consequences of a secret and destructive vice, to obtain a remedy against which, the Doctor has devoted the principal part of his life. No proprietors of boarding schools or academies should be without it. (Price ONE DOLLAR)
January 1.