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The Providence Journal
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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. 81. ]
WEDNESDAY, July 16, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
FROM THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
The Jeffersoniad—No. III.
"Ancient establishments are abolished by slow and imperceptible means."
Mr. RUSSELL,
I HAVE heretofore, in a brief and cursory manner, sketched the political life of Mr. Jefferson; by which it will be seen, that an inordinate ambition, a thirst for public honours and distinction, and a cupidity for places of emolument, have been the powerful and operative springs of this great man's patriotism. With such conclusive proofs of this interested and selfish policy, which he has uniformly pursued, I might venture to rest the public decision upon the purity and exalted virtue of a man, who has instituted himself a Court of Inquisition, upon the motives, the designs, and the integrity of the most eminent men in our country. But I have engaged to consider his theoretical character in religion, philosophy and politics; and although the subject will be both dry and laborious, yet as it is certainly important, and ought to be interesting, I feel it my duty to acquit myself of my engagements.
Men, who undertake to perform actions, or commit crimes which are of an atrocious nature, and which bring down upon them the detestation of mankind, generally aim to accomplish their views in secret;—and speculative and visionary theorists, who would lay the foundations of society, and overthrow the maxims and principles which have been deemed hitherto sacred, but which they denominate prejudices , are compelled to resort to fly, artful, and unsuspected means. Hence it would be as impossible to produce direct common law proof, that Voltaire, D'Alembert, Volney and Jefferson, were either deists or atheists, as that Genet bribed our leading Jacobins, or that Graham actually cut the plates of the bank-bills which he was convicted of forging.
All rational men will therefore adopt that excellent rule of law and common sense, to require such evidence as the nature of the case will admit of. I do not, therefore, expect to produce evidence, that Mr. Jefferson has openly ridiculed the Christian religion—that he has expressly denied the existence of revelation, or the being and attributes of God. I do not pretend that I can point out a passage in his works in which he declares all revealed religion to be a farce, and that the doctrine of a future state is a bug-bear, invented by priests. But I pledge my reputation as a writer, that I will prove that he has maintained doctrines which have convinced me that he is an infidel, and which tend to the destruction of all religion, order, and civil government.
Religious tests, as an admission to public office, I know have been condemned in this age of liberality and virtue. I am one of those unenlightened men, who still believe them highly useful to a regular and well ordered society. But I believe the most loose of the modern philosophers in this country, except the lluminati , admit that a belief of christianity, upon some principles, is really indispensable in civil rulers—they have only contended, that the government should not extend its protection and patronage to one sect of Christians only. But as Mr. Jefferson, early as the year 1781 (and before the fulsome idea of deposing the Almighty , as suggested by Danton, and substituting the Gods of Reason in his place, was intimated in France) broached an opinion, that it was improper to make any religious test a condition of admission to office. In his Notes on Virginia, page 265, he says, "But the legitimate powers of government extend only to such acts as are injurious to others; but it does me no injury for my neighbour to say, there are twenty Gods, or NO GOD." Here then it is manifest, that Mr. Jefferson contends, that an Atheist may be as valuable a member of society, and as worthy of places of trust, as the most sincere Christian.
For, if my neighbour is not as good a man and as valuable to society, because he is an Atheist , then it does me an injury, because I can have no confidence in or derive advantage from the talents and services of my Atheistical neighbour: And I contend against the authority of the great, sublime, and enlightened Jefferson, that I would not trust Voltaire, Thomas Paine, or the correspondent of Mazzei himself, with either my person or property, where human punishments could not reach them; because if they have no belief of a future state, they would rob my purse or cut my throat, if neither disgrace nor punishment should ensue the commission of the crime. If, therefore, a dread of future punishment adds a solemn and important sanction to human laws, and man, and particularly any man of public character, who maintains that there is no God, inflicts a severe wound upon the principles which hold society together, and necessarily does me, and all mankind an irreparable injury. But I could forgive Mr. Jefferson, if, honest but misguided, he had with the ardour and sincerity of an infatuated bigot frantically contended that a public profession of Atheism was not injurious to society; I should have pitied his errors, and have obliterated them with my tears. But with the malignity of Voltaire and D'Alembert, he has attempted to effect by ridicule, what he
could not accomplish by reasoning. The elegant and refined philosopher of Monticelli, who has given a polish to the character of the American style, and who is master of the boldest, as well as the most beautiful imagery, when speaking of the awful and sublime subject of the belief of the existence of a God, says, in the language of Billingsgate, "if my neighbour says that there is no God, it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." What language could low wit and malice have devised more calculated to lessen the dignity and importance of the subject upon which he was treating? Are such expressions becoming the awful solemnity of such a question? Do they correspond with the reverential awe, and sincere devotion of a real believer in the existence and attributes of the Deity? Or, forgiving or overlooking the contemptuous nature of the expressions, have they any tendency to convince or persuade? Is there any force in the reasoning? Certainly not. Let me ask the Philosopher of Virginia, if, his hero, Buonaparte, should send his myrmidons and seize the Consulate in this country by the bayonets of the soldiers of Liberty , or if he should liberate the slaves at Monticelli, and they should commence the reign of Equality, and send the Philosopher to work in his own fields, would these things either "pick his pockets or break his legs?" I shall enlarge on this subject of Mr. Jefferson's piety in my next.
DECIDUS.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
Received at Boston by the Franklin, Capt. Walker, 45 days from London.
English dates to the 20th of May.—Fourteen days later.
French Successes on the Rhine.
PARIS, May 6.
General DESSOLES, to the MINISTER OF WAR. Head-Quarters, Schaffhausen, May 2.
CITIZEN MINISTER,
OUR continual movements since the 24th of April having had for their object the uniting of the army on its right, I did not think fit to acquaint you with the result, until after the operation should be completely terminated.
"The General in Chief, in consequence of the orders which he had received from government to commence the campaign, determined to manoeuvre in front on the Rhine, and in the rear on the defiles of the Black Forest, in order to unite his army about Schaffhausen and Smetlingen. It was necessary to combine these operations so as to avoid any doubtful engagements in several days marching; which was the more difficult on account of the defiles which we had to traverse, on account of the passage of the Rhine which was to be effected, and of the central position of the enemy at Donaueschingen, which enabled them to bear more quickly than we could, with all their forces, on any of the points of the line that we might menace."
"The General in Chief ordered Lieutenant-General St. Suzanne to commence the operations on the morning of the 25th, by marching from Kehl against Offenburg; and Lt. Gen. St. Cyr was directed to proceed by Old Brisac against Fribourg. Gen. St. Suzanne, after a very brisk action, repulsed the enemy to Offenburg, took a piece of cannon and about 100 prisoners. His right took a position at Boderveyer, Velassen, and Appenvir, and his left at Vilstet, Griesen and Landt. In this engagement he had to regret the loss of Citizen Dubois-Crance, Chief of Brigade of the 1st regiment of Chasseurs, a very distinguished officer."
"Gen. St. Cyr took his position at Fribourg, driving every thing he met before him. The same day the General in Chief ordered to pass by Basle a division of the corps of reserve, commanded by Gen. Richepanse, who took a position at Schellingen, and on the Debouché de Kanders."
"On the 26th, Gen. Suzanne remained in his position, and Gen. St. Cyr assumed a menacing appearance in the valley of La Kinzig, in order to appear to blend his operations with those of Gen. St. Suzanne."
"That General received orders on the 27th to retire to Kehl, in order to return by the left bank of the Rhine to Brisac, and from thence to Fribourg, where he should have arrived on the 30th."
"Gen. St. Cyr, who had orders to advance from Fribourg to St. Blaise, by Tottenau, and to make rapid marches, commenced his operations the same day."
"The two divisions of General Delmas and Leclerc set out from Basle, and advanced to Seckingen, without meeting any obstacle. Gen. Richepanse had orders to advance to St. Blaise, by the valley of La Veiffen, to support the movement of Gen. St. Cyr, as well as to cover the right of the divisions of Delmas and Leclerc."
"On the 29th, Gen. Delmas forced the position of the enemy, who where entrenched on the Alb, taking two pieces of cannon, and 200 prisoners. The attack and pursuit were so rapid, that the enemy, driven from these works, had not time to destroy the bridge and form be-
hind the river. Adjutant-General Coehorn was one of the first to pass the torrent, leaping on the shoulders of a grenadier. At the same time Gen. Richepanse drove from St. Blaise four of the enemy's battalions that occupied it, and took 150 prisoners."
"Gen. Suzanne took a position at Fribourg, Gen. St. Cyr at St. Blaise, and the corps of reserve on the Wutack. In this march, Gen. Leret was slightly wounded. The same day Gen. Richepanse united himself with the corps-de-reserve."
"On the 1st of May, Gen. St. Suzanne was to march against Newied and Loffingen. Gen. St. Cyr advanced to Smetlingen, of which he took possession, after a very brisk engagement. He took some prisoners and a magazine."
"The corps-de-reserve passed the Wutack, pushing the enemy vigorously."
"Gen. Lecourbe passed the Rhine between Schaffhausen and Stein. This passage was made with prodigious rapidity. Gen. Lecourbe had combined his means with such precision, that in an hour and an half the bridge was thrown over, and within three hours his whole corps had taken its position on the right bank of the Rhine. The enemy resisted only in the village of Busslingen. The result of the engagements on the three points of the passage is between 7 and 800 prisoners, a Major, 8 officers, 3 pieces of cannon, and also the occupation of the castle of Hohenwil, which surrendered by capitulation. The fort is almost impregnable, and was provided with 80 pieces of brass cannon."
"Since the commencement of the operations to the present time, the loss of the enemy on the whole extent of the line may amount to about 1500 prisoners, and 6 pieces of cannon."
"The enemy appear to be taking possession of the line of Stokach, and the army is now marching to engage them. It is united, with the exception of the corps commanded by Gen. St. Suzanne."
"I send you a copy of the capitulation of the fort of Hohenwil. All the Generals praise the bravery of the soldiers, and the zeal and intelligence of the officers."
"Health and respect."
DESSOLES.
FRENCH VICTORY.
"A telegraphic dispatch from Strasbourg, of the 5th inst. announces the following important news:—The army of the Rhine, on the 3d, drove back the enemy. It has possessed itself of the important post of Stokach, and the whole of the borders of the Lake of Constance; has made seven thousand prisoners, taken nine pieces of cannon, and very large magazines."
English official account of affairs on the Rhine.
From Mr. WICKHAM, to Lord GRENVILLE. Ulm, May 8.
"The enemy, by withdrawing their whole force from the northeast frontier of Switzerland, were enabled to unite a force of 100,000 men. The position of Stokach was attacked on the 4th, with a superior force, and carried with some loss on the part of the Austrians. At the same time the main body of the French, commanded by Gen. Moreau in person, made a desperate attack upon the Austrian force under Gen. Kray, at Engen; but after an obstinate contest, and sacrificing immense numbers of men, they were obliged to desist. In the mean time, the Archduke Ferdinand, who had defeated a body of the enemy that had attempted to cut him off, effected his junction with the main army. In consequence, however, of the loss of Stokach, and the absence of several considerable detachments, General Kray found himself under the necessity of withdrawing in a direction towards the Danube. In the course of this march he was attacked again on the 5th, in a temporary position at Mottkirch, by the whole French army, who were again repulsed, after an obstinate conflict, and experiencing a loss much greater than that of the Austrians. The French did not venture to renew the attack in the night, or on the next morning. On the 6th the Austrians took up a position behind the Danube, between Riedlingen and Sigmaringen, without any opposition from the enemy; and on the 8th had again repassed that river, and were preparing to advance. The Archduke Ferdinand is reported to have distinguished himself particularly."
"It cannot be denied that the masterly manoeuvres of Gen. Moreau completely succeeded in diverting the attention of Gen. Kray from the actual point of attack. The latter was induced to consider the feint made by Gen. Suzanne as the real operation, and he was concentrating his forces at Donaueschingen, while the French were enabled to pass the Rhine without any check, and turn the positions of the Austrian army. The country to which Gen. Kray has retreated is, however, more favourable to the effective display and evolutions of the Austrian cavalry, against which, in numbers, discipline, and every other respect, it is admitted by all military men, that the republican cavalry cannot make head. The French have been much indebted for their late successes to superiority of numbers."
Austrian Successes in Italy.
Admiralty Office, May 10.
Letters received this morning from Lord Keith, dated April 21st, mention several important advantages gained by the Austrians in the vicinity of the city of Genoa, under the walls of which place the French have been obliged to concentrate their force. In many attacks the fire of the English ships was employed with considerable effect.
Downing-Street, May 10.
From the Hon. Mr. WINDHAM, to Lord GRENVILLE.
Florence, April 29, 1800.
"The latest news arrived this morning from the vicinity of Genoa, states, that Massena, having been beat a second time at Voltri, on the 18th inst. was obliged to take refuge, with the remains of his army, within the walls of Genoa; and that all the strong ports and forts without the city were in the hands of the combined powers, under the command of Gen. Melas and Admiral Lord Keith."
VIENNA, April 26.
From the Court Gazette.
According to accounts received here from General Melas, from Madonni di Savona, Varaggio, and Saffello, from the 11th to the 17th inst. he continues his operations in the Riviera, and against Genoa. Every where the enemy makes the most obstinate resistance, and in one of the different engagements, which happened on the 11th, between Logaretto and Monte Fajale, they could only be driven to flight by the unexampled bravery of our grenadiers, and the skilful manner in which they make use of the bayonet. A chief of brigade, several staff officers, and 60 privates, were made prisoners on this occasion: Massena himself was in danger of being taken, and was saved with the greatest difficulty by his troops. On the same day Field-Marshal Lieut. Elsnitz was attacked on Monte St. Giacomo, by the French general of division Souchet, whom he repulsed, but not without considerable loss.
At the same time the advanced posts of Field-Marshal Lieut. Kaim were attacked near Chamous by a division of troops under Gen. Thureau, from Briançon, but he repulsed them beyond the Thors. On the preceding day, however, the enemy had succeeded, favoured by a fog, in surprizing the brigade of Gen. Ulm on the height of Sette Pani, and in driving him from that post; after which he joined Field-Marshal Lieut. Elsnitz, in his position on Monte St. Giacomo.
On the 12th, at ten in the morning, the brigades of our left wing were violently attacked at several points by the enemy, who succeeded in dislodging the regiment of Terzy, and a battalion of Reilly from the highest point of the Armetta, after they had sustained the most furious attacks. The fire continued from ten in the morning till night, with considerable loss on both sides. The brigade of Gen. Sticker maintained its position. This event induced Gen. Melas, on the 13th, to order the brigades of Bussy and Lattermann to the heights of Arbigola and Monte Reggio, to attack the enemy with a concentrated force. The latter endeavoured to be beforehand with him, and on the evening of the 14th, Gen. Count Julien was attacked in front by about 4000 men, coming down from Mount l'Ametta, 2000 men attempting, at the same time, to make themselves masters of Saffello, and thus to menace that general's front and rear; but he maintained his position in spite of their repeated attacks; and on the 15th, the four brigades of Bussy, Bramano, Bellegarde and Sticker, advanced, so that the left wing of the army was on Monte Lodrino, the centre on Stella St. Giustina, and the right wing, consisting of a brigade of grenadiers, on the heights of Arbigola. At two in the afternoon, the enemy, with their usual impetuosity, attacked both wings, but were repulsed by the brigades of Lattermann, Bussy, and St. Julien; the engagement only terminating at nine in the evening.
On the 15th the enemy were driven from Saffello, and General Melas led the above mentioned brigades against the Armetta, ordering the regiment of Stuart, with one of them, to Monte Fajale, to establish a communication with the troops under Field-Marshal Lieutenant Hohen-zollern.
On the 18th, Field-Marshal Lieut. Hohen-zollern was at Lavezara, and his advanced post close to St. Pietro d'Arena. Throughout that neighbourhood the country people have taken up arms against the common enemy; and as Field-Marshal Lieut. Ott has likewise advanced to Calvari, on the Risagno, and his advanced post extending from Cretto to Quinto, on the sea coast, we must expect further intelligence from this concentrated situation of the army against Genoa. Gen. Melas promises soon to send positive intelligence of our own and the enemy's loss.
(Private Correspondence.)
By several Couriers sent hither by Gen. Melas we have received the following intelligence respecting the further operations of his army: From the 13th to the 17th the engagements

continued without interruption. Gen. Massena made five different attacks with the flower of his army. A corps of 6000 grenadiers, led by him in person, had 3000 killed and 1800 made prisoners. Massena was also in the hands of an Imperial chauffeur, whom a French chauffeur shot, and thus liberated his General. Massena seeing that his troops were beaten in every quarter, withdrew to Genoa with 18,000 men, the remainder of his army of 29,000 men, and is now entirely blockaded. He attempted to escape by sea, but was forced by the English to return, when he made proposals to Gen. Melas to capitulate, demanding the free departure of himself and his army; his offers were rejected, and he was informed, that, from the situation of affairs, a capitulation could not be granted, and that he must surrender at discretion. A courier is now hourly expected, with the intelligence of the surrender of Massena and the rest of his army, which is said to suffer greatly from want of provisions.
The obstinacy and inveteracy of the contending armies surpasses that which they had evinced in the battles of Novi and on the Trebbia. The loss of the French, who fought like desperate men, has been very great; but our own has likewise not been inconsiderable. By sea Admiral Lord Keith blockades Genoa in such a manner, that during the day time his fleet is always drawn up in order of battle, and at night the whole fleet (even the smallest vessels) are illuminated, and stationed in such a manner as to make it entirely impossible even for Massena to escape in person.
April 30.
Since the 6th of April, the Genoese territory has been the theatre of the most obstinate and bloody conflicts. Battles have taken place almost daily from the 6th to the 20th, the result of which has been glorious to the Austrians, whose firm courage has ultimately triumphed over the fury and desperation of the enemy. The battle of Voltri, on the 18th, has proved decisive, and must be speedily followed by the fall of Genoa.
The Austrians are in possession of all the heights round Genoa, and one of the suburbs of the city. General Melas considers himself certain of taking the town, as he has dispatched from his army a considerable body of troops to Gen. Elsnitz, to act on the side of Nice. He has likewise sent reinforcements to Mount Cenis, to prevent the French from penetrating on that side. There are also numerous troops of reserve in Lombardy, of which General Melas has not yet thought it necessary to make use.
Before the battle of Voltri, General Massena made the utmost exertions to effect a junction with the French troops under General Souche, near Finale, and towards Nice, but without success. General Ott is now before the gates of Genoa, in which city the French have deposited many valuable effects.
From the Austrian head-quarters at Sestri di Ponente (a short league from Genoa) April 21.
On the 18th inst. the French were entirely defeated by a general attack of the Austrians, under the walls of Genoa. Our head-quarters were removed the night following to Voltri, and yesterday were transferred hither. The battle was terrible. The enemy defended themselves with the fury of desperation; but in the beginning of the action their centre was separated. Even to-day the mountains round Genoa are covered with dead bodies. Massena, with the remains of his late powerful army, is shut up in the famished city of Genoa. The 18th of April decided both its fate and that of Genoa. Yesterday he made a proposal to set at liberty 3000 Austrian prisoners, having no provisions for them, which was accepted. As soon as the battering artillery shall be landed from the English ships, Genoa must fall, and Massena, with the 12,000 men he still has with him, surrender.
Yesterday arrived a courier from Field-Marshal Elsnitz, with an account that the French had attacked him on the 19th near Finale, but were repulsed with great loss. The citadel of Savona must soon surrender for want of provisions. The greater part of our cavalry is encamped near AQUI. The English closely blockade the sea coast, and with their gun-boats, on the 10th, did great damage to the French in their retreat from Varaggio to Voltri.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Downing-Street, May 19.
The following dispatch has this day been received from William Wickham, Esq. his majesty's minister plenipotentiary and commissary at the imperial, royal and allied armies, by the right honourable Lord Grenville, his majesty's principal secretary for foreign affairs.
ULM, May 8, 1800.
My Lord,
On the 16th inst. the Austrians took a position behind the Danube without any material opposition from the enemy, whose loss in the battle of the 5th appears to have been greater than was at first supposed. On the same day the junction was effected with Lieutenant-General Kienmayer. The second division of the Bavarians passed through this place yesterday, and marched about a league farther, where they will halt to-day, and their junction with General Kray will be effected either to-morrow or the day after, according to the necessity that may exist for hastening their march. The first division, consisting of 6000 men, had joined the main army in time to render very essential services, and was closely engaged with the enemy in the battle of the 5th.
The Swiss regiment of Roverea, in his Majesty's service, under the command of Colonel de Watteville, has formed a part of the Archduke's corps from the beginning, and has been particularly distinguished for its bravery and good conduct. I am sorry to add, that it has suffered in proportion, and that a number of excellent officers have been either killed or severely wounded.
It is impossible at present to obtain any exact
return of the Austrians' loss in killed and wounded. Though the general officers exposed themselves on every occasion, yet I believe not one of them has been killed or made prisoner, and one only (Major-General Karaczai) wounded.
Few prisoners have been made on either side; but the Austrians were obliged to leave some of their wounded at Engen, for want of carriages to carry them away.
No one corps of the Austrians has been broken or dispersed by the enemy, nor have they lost a single piece of cannon in the different actions between the main armies, though several fell into the hands of the enemy at Stokach.
The Archduke Ferdinand, as I have mentioned in another dispatch, took three pieces from the enemy at a time when his Royal Highness formed a junction with the commander in chief near Engen. I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed)
W. WICKHAM.
FROM THE PARIS JOURNALS.
Army of the Rhine.
The Chief of the Staff, to the Minister of War.
Head-quarters, Closterwald, 17 Floreal, May 7.
I have had the honour of announcing to you, Citizen Minister, by a Telegraphic dispatch, the gaining of the battle of Engen on the 3d. The enemy, who united the most part of their forces there, have been beaten, and in their march of next day we were unable to rejoin them. Lieutenant-General Lecourbe had received orders to remove from his position at Hohenwiel to Stokach, and to detach to his right part of the division of Gen. Lorge, for the purpose of preventing the enemy from penetrating between his attack, and that to be made immediately by the commander in chief on Engen. The divisions of Delmas and Bastoul, making part of this corps, divested themselves from their position between Tengen and Hohenwiel, by Weitenengen of Engen. That of General Richepanse, departing from Blumenfeld, marched by the left of Hohenwiel on the same point, while Gen. St. Cyr quitted his position at Stuhlingen, to take the same direction. Lieutenant-General Lecourbe, with the divisions of Vandamme and Montrichard, and the rest of that of Gen. Lorge, met the enemy before Stokach. The General in Chief found the enemy in force before Engen. The divisions of Delmas drove them from Weitenengen and from the wood, whilst Gen. Lorge got possession of the Plateau of Mulhausen. These two attacks were perfectly seconded by the division commanded by Gen. Bastoul. At the same time Gen. Richepanse vigorously engaged on the left of Hohenwiel. The General having assembled his principal forces on these points, opposed the most obstinate resistance, particularly at Mulhausen, which the Gen. in Chief vigorously attacked, in order to prevent the enemy from advancing with advantage against Gen. Lecourbe or General Richepanse. By the evening we were in possession of nearly the whole position of Engen, which the enemy entirely evacuated during the night. They directed their retreat towards Mofkirch. The length of the road, and the difficulties which the enemy opposed to the corps of General St. Cyr, allowed only the brigade of Gen. Roussel to arrive in the line. The loss of the enemy this day was from 5 to 6000 prisoners, and about as many killed and wounded; one standard, eight pieces of cannon, and an immense quantity of magazines and baggage. General Jacobin and Adjutant-General Menoux were on our side wounded. Health and respect.
(Signed)
DESSOLES.
The General of division, chief of the staff Major-General, to the Minister of War.
Head-quarters at Biberach, 20th Floreal, May 10.
Citizen Minister—The General in Chief, wishing to follow the enemy as rapidly as possible in all his movements of retreat, put the army in march the day after battle of the 3d. On the 4th the enemy took the possession of Rente, and the French army was unable to overtake it on this day. On the 5th it put itself in motion anew. The right, under the command of Lieutenant-General Lecourbe, advanced from Stokach to Mofkirch, by the road that leads to Grembach. The body of reserve, under the immediate command of General Moreau, directed itself by the right to Grembach, and its left towards Glashutt. The centre, commanded by Lieutenant-General St. Cyr, marched by Leiningen, declining on its left to Tutlingen. The enemy had collected great forces and a numerous artillery on the plain before the woods of Grembach. The right of the army, commanded by General Lecourbe, supported on its left by a part of the division of Delmas, forced this passage with the greatest vigour, and the enemy, notwithstanding the most obstinate resistance, were broken and driven from Mofkirch, of which our troops took possession. While the head of the division of Delmas sustained the attack of the right, and the division of Bastoul was exerting itself in front of the village of Grembach, the enemy endeavoured to turn the left of these two divisions with a numerous corps, supported by a great force of artillery. Its attack was extremely brisk, and its success would have perhaps decided the fate of the day; but our troops, with the General in Chief at their head, sustained it with that cool and intrepid courage which commands victory. Three times forced to change from front, they manoeuvred with the greatest calmness, under the terrible fire of the enemy, and three times repulsed their attacks. It was particularly against the corps of General Delmas that the principal efforts were directed; but his talents, and the courage of himself and his troops, rendered them abortive. The action had continued some time when the division under General Richepanse arrived on the field of battle. Supported by this fresh force, our troops charged the enemy with new vigour, and the enemy began to retreat.
They proceeded in the night to Sigmaringen, where they repassed the Danube. Their loss in this affair was from 3 to 4000 killed and wounded, about 3000 prisoners, and 5 pieces of cannon. The next day a division of the centre, commanded by General Ney, smartly pursuing the enemy, took 1500 more prisoners. All our troops displayed on this occasion their wonted courage. The Generals, officers and soldiers, rivalled each other in their devotion and zeal.
I shall have the honour of sending you a more detailed report when those of the division shall have been received. Health and respect.
(Signed)
DESSOLES.
The General of Division, Chief of the Staff Major-General, to the Minister of War, Head-Quarters, Biberach, 20 Floreal, May 10.
Citizen Minister—There are few examples of a resistance so obstinate as that of the enemy, and of an advance so vigorously pushed as that of the army of the Rhine in Germany. It might have been expected, after the two battles of Engen and Mofkirch, that General Kray would have retired behind the Yller, and to his entrenched camp of Ulm; but the enemy, after these two bloody defeats, gained by forced marches the line of the Riss, and on the 6th the body of the army, commanded by Lieut. General St. Cyr, and the reserve, met him on their march, and encountered him. The enemy occupied the heights in front of the Riss. Two divisions of the corps of General St. Cyr (Baraguay d'Hilliers and Turreau) had scarcely come out of the woods, and formed their columns, when they drove the enemy into the deep ravine formed by the river, and penetrated as far as Biberach. General Richepanse, who for four hours had sustained a violent cannonade, seeing himself then supported, crossed the river at a ford with his troops, and gained the almost inaccessible height that commands Biberach. At the same time his cavalry, which on account of the marshes was unable to follow the infantry, went along the river, and, after having crossed by the bridge at the gates of the city, formed, by a bold manœuvre, in the rear of the Austrian army, which stood still firm. This courageous movement of the cavalry of the 3d division of the corps of reserve did not a little contribute to the victory. The enemy retired, leaving about 3000 prisoners, and at least 2000 dead on the field of battle. Thus, citizen minister, the environs of Biberach have been twice distinguished by splendid victories; one, when the army of the Rhine, by the finest of retreats, drew the attention of Europe; the other, when, more formidable, it carries its arms into the heart of Germany. I am unable to send you more circumstantial accounts. The army marches so rapidly that there is scarcely time to receive accounts of the successes of every day. I shall, however, communicate them to you, and recurring to these three battles, shall point out to you all those who have distinguished themselves in them by their talents and bravery. Health and respect.
(Signed)
DESSOLES, Chief of the Staff.
Genoa, (6th Floreal) April 20.
The retreat of the French into Genoa may be dated from the 27th Germinal (16th April.) Before that period, they occupied the strong positions upon the heights which command that place. They maintained the contest with the greatest fierceness against the division of Bellegarde, upon the Armatta; against the column of Compie de Paley, commanded in person by the General in Chief, Melas, upon the Mount-Favale; against the corps of General St. Julien, upon the summit of Moglie; against General Litterneau upon the heights of Arbizolla; against General Ott, upon the Dentedel Favale. Massena appeared every where animating his troops by the example of his intrepidity. It was, beyond every thing, upon Favale, and on the position of Cabenedi-Voltri, that the battle was terrible; overpowering by numbers, the French were obliged to retreat into Genoa. Instantly the commander in Chief Melas detached Count St. Julien to reinforce the besiegers of Savona, and gave orders to the brigades of Bentano and Bellegarde to proceed to the succour of General Elsnitz, towards Saint Giacomo, when the French, posted on this side of Savona, pressed forward briskly. A little before the arrival of these reinforcements, this corps of French troops, separated from Massena, made immediate efforts to open a passage towards Genoa, and to unite themselves with the Commander in Chief. The Austrian General, charged to oppose them, said that he could not describe the fury and despair which animated them. The following is the position of General Melas' army before Genoa, since the battle of Voltri:—General Cottleheim occupies Mount-Favale; the Field-Marshal Lieutenant Hohenzollern, Mount-Durazzo; the Field-Marshal Lieutenant Ott, the back of Macdonald's Guardia; the third brigade of Sucker, Weeber and Bussey, are upon the heights which stretch to the sea before Sestri. The advanced posts extend on the one side to Bissagno, and on the other to Bissagno, and the other to Correggiano and St. Pietra d'Arena."
PARIS, May 7.
GENERAL ENGAGEMENT.
Huninguen, 18th Floreal, May 8.
The Commander in Chief of the army of the Rhine, to the Minister at War.
A general engagement took place on the 12th, (May 5) at Mofkirch. Both sides fought with the utmost fury, but the enemy were completely beaten, and I cause them to be pursued with vigour.
Their loss in killed, wounded and taken prisoners, is immense.
Extract of a letter written to the Consuls of the Republic, by the First Consul, dated Dijon, 17th Floreal, May 10.
CITIZEN CONSULS.
"I arrived here this day at six in the morn-
ing, so that I have taken only 25 hours to travel from Paris to Dijon."
LONDON, May 15.
A powerful expedition is certainly preparing to sail. It is to consist of 12,000 men, under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie. The old regiments of Gibraltar and Minorca, it is reported, are to form a part of this force, and being replaced by militia corps, will be embarked for Genoa, from whence a combined arm of British and Imperial troops is to be marched into the South of France.
A letter received from an officer on board Admiral Sir Alan Gardner's ship, dated off Brest the 8th inst. states, "that the sail of French line of battle ships came out of that harbour for the purpose of getting in a convoy, which they were greatly in want of, when Lord St. Vincent made the signal to Admiral Berkeleys division to chase, which they did, but the ships escaped back into port and it is said the convoy also got in during the chase."
May 16.
His Majesty shot at!
The King, Queen, and the Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth, Sophia and Mary, with their usual attendants, agreeably to previous arrangement, honoured Drury-lane Theatre last night with their presence, to see the comedy of She would and She would not , and the farce of The Humourists .
Just as his Majesty entered the box at the above Theatre, and before he had taken his seat, and while he was in the act of bowing to the audience, a man, who had previously taken his station in the pit, close to the box, taking a direct and steady aim with an horse pistol, fired at his Majesty, whose person was fully exposed to him, by the attitude in which he stood. His Majesty, without betraying the slightest emotion, turned round to one of his attendants, and after saying a few words in a low voice, took his seat in apparent tranquility. The Queen and Princesses had not time to come into the box before this shocking event took place—but having heard the explosion, and being made acquainted with the circumstances, they were dreadfully agitated. The firing of the pistol operated like an electric shock through the whole house. The smoke flew off towards the stage, and the miserable wretch who fired the shot stood exposed to every eye. The people in the pit and orchestra immediately joined in exertion, and he was dragged over the spikes into the latter place, where he was secured. The audience, in their anxiety, and fearful of his escape, insisted that he should be brought before them on the stage. By this time he had been carried across the stage. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Bannister came forward and assured the audience of this fact; but the audience still appeared discontented; and it was not until after repeated assurance from Mr. Bannister and Mr. Jordan, that they were at length satisfied he was in safe custody.
Mr. Sheridan, assisted by Mr. Wigstead, the magistrate, proceeded immediately to examine the man in the room to which he had been conducted, and where he had been searched to see if he had any other fire-arms, or papers. He had none. Mr. Templin, a trumpeter in the band, who assisted in taking him over the orchestra, recognized the man to be a soldier, and pulling open his coat, found that he had on a military waistcoat, with the button of the 15th Light Dragoons. It was an old officer's waistcoat. On being questioned by Mr. Sheridan, he said, "he had no objection to tell who he was—it was not over yet—there was a great deal more and worse to be done. His name was James Hadfield—he had served his time to a working silversmith, but had enlisted into the 15th Light Dragoons, and had fought for his king and country." At the same time the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York entered the room, to be present at the examination. He immediately turned to the Duke, and said, "I know your Royal Highness—God bless you. You are a good fellow. I have served with your Highness, and (pointing to a deep cut over his eye, and another long scar on his cheek) said, I got these, and more than these, in fighting by your side. At Lincolns I was left three hours among the dead in a ditch, and was taken prisoner by the French. I had my arm broken by a shot, and eight sabre wounds in my head; but I recovered, and here I am." He then gave the following account of himself and conduct:—
He said, that having been discharged from the army on account of his wounds, he had returned to London, and now lived by working at his own trade. He made a good deal of money; he worked for Mr. Solomon Hougham. Being weary of life, he last week bought a pair of pistols from one William Wakelin, a hair-dresser and broker in St. John-street (Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Wigstead immediately sent persons to bring Wakelin and his master to the Theatre.) He told them they were for his young master, who would give him a blunderbuss in exchange. That he had borrowed a crown from his master that morning, with which he had bought some powder, and had gone to the house of Mrs. Mason, in Red Lion-street, to have some beer; that he went backwards to the yard, and there tried his pistols. He found one of them good for nothing, and left it behind him. In his own trade he used lead, and he cast himself two slugs, with which he loaded his pistol, and came to the Theatre.
At this part of his narrative, Sir William said, it was most material to ascertain the fact, whether the pistol was levelled at the sacred person of his Majesty, or fired at random, as the one case would be high treason, the other not. He asked Hadfield, what had induced him to attempt the life of the best of Sovereigns? He answered, that he had not attempted to kill the king. He had fired his pistol over the royal box. He was as good a shot as any in England; but he was himself weary of life; he wished for death, but not to die by his own hands. He was desirous to raise an alarm; and wished that the spectators might fall upon him. He hoped that his life was forfeited." He was asked if he belonged to the Corresponding Society? He said,

No; he belonged to no political society; he belonged to a club of odd fellows, and was member of a Benefit Society." And being asked if he had any accomplishments, he solemnly declared that he had none, and with great energy took God to witness, and laid his hand on his heart, that from this time he began to show manifest signs of a mental derangement. When asked who his father was? he said he had been possessed by some Duke, but he could not say what Duke. He talked in a mysterious way of dreams, and of a great commission he had received in his sleep; that he knew he was to be a martyr, and was to be persecuted like his great master, Jesus Christ. He had been persecuted in France; but he had not yet been sufficiently tried. He knew what he was to endure; but he begged Sir William Addington to remember that Jesus Christ had his trial before he was crucified. He said many other things in the same style.
William Wakelin, the person from whom he had bought the pistols, being brought to the house, was examined. He said it was true that he had bought a pair of pistols of him, and that he had said they were for his young master, who would give him a blunderbuss. He knew very little of Hasfield, but knew where he worked, and had heard a good character of him, but that the least drink affected his head. Several persons from the house of Mrs. Mason, his acquaintance, confirmed this fact; and they said they ascribed this to the very severe wounds he had received in the head. The least drink quite deranged him.
Upon this evidence he was committed to Cold Bath Fields, for re-examination. All this did not delay the theatrical performance more than a quarter of an hour: but the appearance of the house during that interval, and indeed the whole night, was melancholy. The King was principally engaged in conversation with the Marquis of Salisbury.
At the conclusion of the comedy, God save the King was thrice sung, accompanied by the ecstatic plaudits of every part of the audience, and followed by Rule Britannia , with no less effect. After the farce, God save the King was again repeated; and Mr. Sheridan sat down in haste, and on the spur of the occasion wrote the following verse, which was subjoined to that loyal air by Mr. Kelly, with the most happy effect, viz.
From every latent foe, From the assassin's blow, God save the King! O'er him thine arms extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our Father, Prince and Friend, God save the King!
London Gazette, May 10. From Lord RAYLEIGH, to Mr. NEVILL. Miratour, off Genoa, April 18.
I have the satisfaction of acquainting you, for the information of their Lordships, that the Guillaume Tell having attempted to escape from Malta on the evening of the 20th ult. was intercepted, and captured the following morning, by his Majesty's ships Lion, Foudroyant and Penelope; but as I have not yet received Capt. Dixon's account of the particulars of the action, or of the loss which has been sustained, I must take another opportunity of communicating them. I understand, however, that the enemy was completely dismayed before the shock, and that the Lion and Foudroyant have had killed and wounded about forty men each.
May 20. This morning arrived a mail from Dublin, with letters of the 16th. The trial of Napper Tandy and Harvey Morris was deferred on Tuesday last to yesterday. It will, it is expected, be productive of many curious particulars.
Yesterday morning an account was received of the Spanish squadron, consisting of several ships of the line and frigates, which had for some time blocked up our ships at Canton, having landed their stores, and returned to Manila, to refit. The warehouses in which the stores were deposited accidentally took fire, when they were all destroyed, which has left the fleet entirely destitute of sails and cordage.
The Russian Ambassador leaves London in a few days. A Charge d'Affaires will be left in this city. It is said some interruption has been given to the communications from Peterburgh.
Some of the French papers have mentioned that the troops which capitulated at Alexandria, after performing quarantine at the Hieres Islands, off Toulon, would be sent to the army of reserve at Dijon or Geneva. This shews that the Chief Consul will not adhere to the conditions of Kleber, who expressly engaged that they should not serve during the war against the allied powers, nor approach the theatre of war.
May 21. The sugar market was brisk, in consequence of the recent extensive orders from the continent. Refined articles were dearer. Clayed sugars in general cheaper. Coffee, spices, and some other articles, heavy. Dyers' wood, leather, and most of the tobaccos, dearer. From the Elbe 49,011 lbs. of hops were imported; the price lower.
The government of Batavia compel neutral vessels loading there to take equal parts of sugar, coffee and pepper.
Deal, May 20. The Superb, Capt. Trail, arrived in the Downs from Charleston, and landed her passengers at the King's Hotel. She was boarded in the Channel by a French privateer brig mounting 22 guns, and 180 men, and after looking at her papers, ordered her to proceed. The French Commander said, that the American Commissioners had settled the difference between the two governments, and that they would not capture any American vessels, except they had British property on board. The Superb had a cargo worth $25,000.
May 28. The examination of witnesses on the subject of Hasfield's attempt on the life of his Majesty, is finally closed; and yesterday the Grand Jury found a true Bill against him for High Treason.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, July 7.
The Maria left Leghorn the 29th of April, and stopped at Gibraltar, from which place she sailed the 29th of May.
On the 9th of May spoke an English squadron bound up the Straights. Capt. Thompson has brought with him a circular letter, addressed by our Consul at Leghorn to the American masters of vessels, informing them of his having received official advice from the American Consul at Tunis, that all differences with the Barbary States had been amicably adjusted.
It has been intimated, that a French privateer of 20 guns is hovering on our coast. In consequence of this suggestion, we understand that the ship Canton has been detained at New-Castle, for the purpose of taking on board additional guns and men.
Extract of a letter from a captain of an American vessel to a merchant in St. Thomas', dated Bourdeaux, May 2, 1800, received by a gentleman in this city.
The negotiation with the American ministers goes on slowly at present, and privateers are continually bringing in American vessels. On the 27th ult. they brought in the fine American ship Portland, Pollard, of and from New-York, bound to Liverpool; but it is hoped she will be cleared. Every thing is very quiet here; the French army in Italy has been defeated by the combined armies.
The ship Maria, Capt. Thompson, arrived at Fort-Mifflin yesterday morning, from Leghorn, which she left the 29th of April, and touched at Gibraltar thirty-seven days since.
On the 9th of May, spoke an English squadron bound up the Straights. Capt. Thompson has brought with him a circular letter, addressed by our Consul at Leghorn, to the American masters of vessels, informing them of his having received official advice from the American Consul at Tunis, that all differences with the Barbary States had been amicably adjusted. Capt. Thompson brings nothing new respecting the contending armies.
NEW-YORK, July 9.
Yesterday came on the trial of one Kroucher, for a rape.
The circumstances attendant on the commission of this brutal violence, were peculiarly aggravating. The prisoner is a man of about forty, with every mark on his face of a crafty, unprincipled villain. The girl was a child of scarce 14 years; she told her story with artlessness and tears. The horror of the diabolical scene seemed still fresh in her memory. Her pallid countenance and trembling accents shewed the extremest agitation. It seems this monster had the address to invent some pretext by which he persuaded the foster mother of the child to let her go to his lodgings. He locked his door, and with threats and force executed his guilty purpose. He even threatened her, if she resisted or made any outcries, with instant death.
The criminal had no other apology than that she was a whore! Every sentiment of nature, every evidence of fact, revolted at the insinuation. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
This is the same wretch who lived in the house of Juliana Sands, at the time she was murdered; who had attempted to seduce her; who was absent at a suspicious place that very evening; and who pursued the suspected young man with the utmost malignity. It appears also, that this fiend has more than one wife, and that the one he has in this town, he has always treated with ruffian cruelty. Every one must rejoice that the community is at length freed from a demon so artful and unfeeling.
SALEM, July 8.
The frequent loss of money between Baltimore and this place, committed to the mail, prove, that it is extremely unsafe to send money that way. In addition to many former instances of loss of money put into the post-office at Baltimore, two losses have recently taken place, viz. two hundred dollars enclosed to Joseph Fuller, of Lynn, and one hundred dollars to Abner Chase, of this town, both deposited in the office the 5th of June last. The public are interested in discovering the cause of so many failures.
BOSTON, July 14.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman, dated Liverpool, May 20.
"By an American just arrived from Paris, I am informed that our Commissioners have obtained secret information, that the Consuls had authorized, by recent instructions, the capture of every American found trading to any part of the West-Indies; while orders are given to let those pass that are bound to Europe, except they are met by cruisers belonging to particular persons, who have paid for the special privilege to make general captures. Hence you will often find, that after a national frigate or corvette has let your ships pass, the privateers Talleyrand, &c. will send her into port as good prize. Thus the national ships are made decoy ducks for the privateers belonging to the favourites of the Consuls."
NEWPORT, July 8.
On Friday last the anniversary of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE was celebrated in this town. The dawn was ushered in by the firing of cannon at Fort Wolcott, and by the Newport guards—at 12 o'clock a salute was fired at Fort Adams, which was responded by the artillery company of the town of Newport, the Newport guards and Captain Holt's company of militia, who met and formed in a line on Washington Square for that purpose; after which the companies went through the usual evolutions in the presence and to the satisfaction of a large concourse of citizens—at 1 o'clock a salute was fired by the artillery company, and the day was happily closed by a salute from the Newport guards at sunset.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16.
On Monday last, the Committee appointed to superintend the School kept by Mr. LUCIUS CAREY, in the new School-House in George-Street, with the Rev. President Maxcy, the Rev. Mr. Gano, and several other gentlemen of the town, made their quarterly visit to the School, and were highly gratified by the specimens of ingenuity, taste, and general improvement exhibited by the scholars. Their progress in the various branches of literature taught in the School, and their strict observance of the most perfect order in their behaviour, reflect the highest honour on both the master and the scholars, and clearly evince their indefatigable attention to their respective duties.
Extract of a letter from John Morton, Esq. American consul at the Havannah, to the Secretary of State, dated Havannah, May 21.
"It is with much concern I announce to you, Sir, that since my last, the yellow fever has commenced its ravages among our countrymen at this place. A number of seamen, and several persons who resided on shore, have already fallen victims to that dreadful disease; and several are now under the hands of the physician."
From WASHINGTON (U. S. Territory) June 12.
"The Indian renegado Bowles, has taken Fort St. Marks from the Spaniards, with all their arms, ammunition, &c. The Indians are well pleased with the business, and join him in great numbers. In a letter to another Indian Chief, he says, "The great ruler of the world, knowing the justness of our cause, has been pleased to make the arms of Muscogee victorious over our enemies."
COMMERCIAL.
A London paper says, advices from the Hague state, "that on the 2d of May, the Legislative Chamber decreed, that leave should be given for the importation from England of every raw material which is not the direct produce of that country; also every article not the manufacture of Great-Britain."
The following sublime Toast was drank by the Cincinnati Society at Boston, on the 4th of July.
"WASHINGTON! our late File-leader—May we follow him in slow time to the permanent cantonments; and be all found near his Head-quarters at the final Roll Call!"
THE ANN and HOPE.
This fine ship was at Canton in January last, all well, having made her passage by the Eastern route (round New-Holland) in five months from this port; a second proof of her rapid sailing, which reflects much credit on the builder, Col. TALLMAN.
On Tuesday arrived at Boston the ship Hancock, Capt. Crocker, 160 days from Canton. She sailed in company with the ships Resource, Capt. Pearce, of and for this port; Sampson, of and for New-York; Ulysses and Dispatch, both for Boston. Parted with the Resource and Sampson in the Chinese Sea, and with the Ulysses and Dispatch in the Straights of Ballay.
We learn by Capt. Hudson, arrived at New-Port on Friday last from the Havannah, who failed under convoy of the General Greene frigate, that there is no truth in the report of the General Greene's crew having the Yellow-Fever. Four men only were indisposed, but not of the fever. Seven days before the arrival of Capt. H. the General Greene parted from the fleet under her convoy, bound to Norfolk, for the purpose of landing General Wilkinson and his family—from thence she proceeds immediately to Newport, where she may be daily expected.
The ship Mary-Ann, Olney, of this port, bound to Amsterdam, has been spoken 10 days out, all well.
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July 16.
Rhode-Island District.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Rhode-Island, there will be exposed for sale at Public Auction, on Friday the first day of August next, at twelve o'clock at noon, the snow Fair Eliza, as she now lies at Capt. Charles D'Wolf's Wharf, in Bristol; said snow having been decreed forfeit, at a special District Court, held at Bristol, within said District, for having been employed in transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to the West-Indies, contrary to law.
July 16.
W. PECK, Marshal.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, on Monday the 7th inst. from the pasture of Mr. Jacob Greene, in Coventry, a bay MARE, 7 years old—both of her hind feet and one of her fore feet white—a natural trotter. has a white face, and is square dock'd.—Whoever will take up said Mare, and return her to Mr. Nathaniel Weatherby's, in Easton, shall receive a handsome reward, and all necessary charges paid, by JOHN CROSSMAN. Easton, July 15.
THEODORE FOSTER, and THEODORE ADELPHIDOS FOSTER, HIS NEPHEW,
INFORM their friends and the public that they have opened an OFFICE, in Westminster-Street, on the west side of the river, in Providence, opposite the Dwelling-House of the former, for transacting all kinds of business pertaining to the PROFESSION OF THE LAW, where every species of legal Writing, used in Conveyancing, and in Commerce, are executed with neatness, accuracy, fidelity and dispatch, in the appropriate forms of Law, on reasonable terms, and warranted to answer the purposes intended by the parties.
Persons wishing to buy or to sell Houses and Lands, in any part of the state, or its vicinity, by leaving a notice thereof at their office, may have their business transacted, as at the LAND OFFICES, or marts of real Property, in the Southern States, where sellers and purchasers apply, and reciprocally give and receive information, mutually beneficial, with the least trouble and with little expense.
There are many persons in the Northern States entitled to MILITARY BOUNTY LAND, not yet located. They are informed, that by applying at the above mentioned office, they may see a Plat of the country appropriated for satisfying their claims; and on giving the necessary powers may have their lands located in the best and most expeditious manner, pursuant to the last act of Congress respecting this business. The time limited for bringing in claims is the 1st day of January next, and as those who first locate have their choice of the country, the earlier applications are made the more beneficial will it be for the proprietors.
All kinds of STAMPED PAPER may be had at their office, where constant attendance is given.
THEODORE FOSTER, THEODORE ADELPHIDOS FOSTER. July 16.
To be Sold or Let,
And immediate Possession given,
THE convenient and pleasantly situated MANSION HOUSE and LOT, lately tenanted by Jonathan Russell, Esq. and near Capt. James Aborn's, Westminster-street; with a large and well-finished Building, calculated for a store, stable, and chaise-house—together with other convenient out-buildings, an excellent garden, water-works, &c. The Lot measures 130 feet back, and 45 front. For terms, apply to THOMAS JONES, WILLIAM JONES, or the subscriber, in this town.
JOHN P. JONES.
July 16.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having any demands against the estate of Dr. NICHOLAS COOKE, late of Warwick, deceased, are requested to exhibit their claims within six months; and all those indebted to said estate, are likewise requested to make immediate payment.
ELIZABETH COOKE, Administratrix. July 16.
More Robbers! Land Robbers! Post-Office Robbers!
ON the 5th day of June last a letter was put into the Post-Office at Baltimore, by OLIVER FULLER, directed to ABNER CHASE, at Salem, enclosing two bills of fifty dollars each, which has not been received. One of the bills was of the bank of the United States, Philadelphia, No. 3137, dated Dec. 2, 1799, private signature G; the other of the Branch Bank at Baltimore, No. 3338, dated May 1, 1800, private signature C.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD is hereby offered for information by which the property may be recovered. The public are requested to observe bills which are passing, and endeavour to detect the villains, as it is high time that a check was given to the frequent robberies that take place in the post-office department. ABNER CHASE. Salem, July 8.
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Selected Poetry.
From the FARMER'S MUSEUM.
LOVES OF THE TRIANGLES.
A Mathematical and Philosophical Poem.—Inscribed to Dr. DARWIN.
[CONCLUDED.]
The frequent solicitations which we have received for a continuation of the LOVES OF THE TRIANGLES, have induced us to lay before the public, (with Mr. Higgens' permission) the concluding lines of the Canto. The catastrophe of Mr. and Mrs. CINGHAM, and the episode of HIPPONA, contained, in our apprehension, several reflections of too free nature. The conspiracy of PARAMETER and ABSCISSA against the ORDINATE, is written in a strain of poetry so very splendid and dazzling, as not to suit the more tranquil majesty of diction which our readers admire in Mr. Higgens. We have therefore begun our extract with the loves of the Giant ISOSCELES, and the picture of the Altes' Bridge, and its several illustrations.
CANTO II.
EXTRACT.
IT WAS thine alone, O youth of giant frame, Isosceles! that rebel heart to tame! In vain coy Mathesis thy presence flies; Still turn her fond hallucinating eyes; Thrills with Galvanic fires each tortuous nerve, Throb her blue veins, and dies her cold reserve. Yet strives the Fair, till in the Giant's breath She sees the mutual passion flame confest's Where'er he moves—the fees his tall limbs trace Internal Angles, equal at the Base; Again she doubts him: but produced at will, She sees th' external Angles equal still. Say, blest Isosceles! what favouring pow'r, Or Love, or Chance, at night's auspicious hour, While to the Altes' Bridge entrance'd you stray'd, Led to the Altes' Bridge th' enamour'd maid? The Altes' Bridge, for ages doom'd to hear The desecrating surge assault his wooden ear, With joy repeats sweet sounds of mutual bliss, The fort sallart sigh, and gently murmuring kiss. So thy dark arches, London Bridge, betwixt Indignant Thames, and part his angry tide: There oft—returning from those green retreats, Where fair Vauxhallia decks her Sylvan feasts; Where each spruce nymph, from city computers free, Sips the froth'd syllabus, or fragrant tea; While with flic'd ham, scrap'd beef, and burnt champagne, Her 'prentice lover feathers his amorous pain; There oft, in well trimm'd wherry, glide along Smart beaux and giggling belles, a glittering throng; Smells the tan'd rope—with undulation fine Flaps the loose sail—the silken awnings shine; "Shoot we the bridge!" the vent'rous boatmen cry— "Shoot we the bridge!" the exulting fare reply. Down the steep fall the headlong waters go, Curl the white foam, the breakers roar below. The veering helm the dextrous steersman stops, Shifts the thin oar, the fluttering canvas drops; Then with clos'd eyes, clench'd hands, and quick-drawn breath, Darts at the central arch, nor heeds the gulph beneath. Full 'gainst the pier th' untimely timbers knock, The loose plank flitting, owns the impetuous shock; The shifted oar, dropt sail, and steadied helm, With angry surge the closing waters whelm— Laughs the glad Thames, and clasps each fair one's charms That screams and flammes in his oozy arms. Drench'd each smart garb, and clogg'd each struggling limb, Far o'er the stream the cockneys fusk or swum; While each badg'd boatman, clinging to his oar, Bends o'er the buoyant wave, and clims the applauding shore, So towering Alp! from thy majestic ridge Young Freedom gaz'd on Lodi's blood-stain'd Bridge; Saw, in thick throngs, conflicting armies rush, Ranks close on ranks, and squadrons squadrons crush; Rust in bright radiance through the battle's storm, Wav'd her broad hand, display'd her awful form;
"Isosceles."—An equi-crural Triangle—it is represented as a Giant, because Mr. Higgens says, he has observed that procerity is much promoted by the equal length of the legs, more especially when they are long legs.
"Mathesis."—The doctrine of Mathematics—Pope calls her mad Mathesis.—Vide Johnson's Dictionary.
"Hallucinating."—The disorder with which Mathesis is affected, is a disease of increased volution, called erotomania, or sentimental love. It is the fourth species of the second genus of the first order and third class; in consequence of which Mr. Hackman shot Miss Ray in the lobby of the play-house. Vide Zoonomia, vol. 1. pages 303, 305.
"Galvanic fires."—Dr. Galvani is a celebrated Philosopher at Turin. He has proved that the electric fluid is the proximate cause of nervous sensibility; and Mr. Higgens is of opinion, that by means of this discovery, the sphere of our disagreeable sensations may be, in future, considerably enlarged. "Since dead frogs (says he) are awakened by this fluid to such a degree of pathos sensibility as to jump out of the glass in which they are placed, why not men, who are sometimes so much more sensible when alive? And if so, why not employ this new stimulus to deter mankind from dying (which they so pertinaciously continue to do) of various old-fashioned diseases, not withstanding all the brilliant discoveries of modern Philosophy, and the example of Count Cagliostro?"
"Internal Angles." &c.—This is an exact verification of Euclid's 5th theorem.—Vide Euclid, in loco.
"Altes' Bridge."—Pons Asinorum—The name usually given to the before-mentioned theorem—though, as Mr. Higgens thinks, absurdly. He says, that having frequently watched companies of asses during their passage of a bridge, he never discovered in them any symptoms of geometrical instinct upon the occasion.—But he thinks that with Spanish asses, which are much larger (vide Townsend's Travels through Spain) the case may possibly be different.
"Fare."—A person, or number of persons, conveyed in a hired vehicle by land or water.
"Badg'd Boatmen."—Boatmen sometimes wear a badge, to distinguish them; especially those who belong to the Watermen's Company.
"Alp, or Alps."—A ridge of mountains which separate the North of Italy from the South of Germany. They are evidently primeval and volcanic, consisting of granite, toad-stone, and basalt, and several other substances, containing animal and vegetable secretions, and affording numberless undoubted proofs of the infinite antiquity of the earth, and of the consequent falsehood of the Mosaic chronology.
Bade at her feet regenerate nations bow, And twind the wreath round Buonaparte's brow. —Quick with new lights, fresh hopes, and alter'd zeal, The layers of despotism drop the blunted steel; Exulting Victory own'd her favourite child, And freed Liguria clapp'd her hands and smil'd. Not long the time e'er Britain's shores shall greet The warrior sage, with gratulation sweet: Eager to grasp the wreath of naval fame, The Great Republic plans the Floating Frame! —O'er the huge plain gigantic Terror stalks, And counts with joy the close compacted balks: Of young-eyed Pallas the Cherub crew Round their grim Chief the mimic talk pursue; Turn the stiff screw, apply the strengthening clamp, Drive the long bolt, or fix the stubborn cramp; Lash the reluctant beam, the cable splice, Join the firm dovetail with adjustment nice, Through yawing fissures urge the willing wedge, Or give the smoothing adze a sharper edge. —Or, group'd in fairy bands, with playful care, Th' unconscious bullet to the furnace bear: Or gaily stirring, tip the match with fire; Prime the big mortar, bid the shell aspire; Applaud, with tiny hands and laughing eyes, And watch the bright destruction as it flies. Now the fierce forge gleam with angry glare— The windmill waves his woven wings in air; Swells the proud sail, th' exulting streamers fly, Their nimble sails unnumber'd paddles ply; —Ye soft airs breathe, ye gentle billows waft, And, fraught with freedom, bear th' expectedRAFT! —Perch'd on her back, behold the patriot train, Muir, Ashley, Barlow, Tane, O'Connor, Paine; While Tandy's hand directs the blood-empurpled rein. Ye tamps of murder, guard her angel form, Check the rude surge, and chafe the hovering storm; Shield from contusive rocks her timber limbs, And guide the sweet Enthusiast as she swims! —And now, with web-foot oars, she gains the land, And foreign loofoes press the yielding sand: —The Communies spread, the gay Departments smile, Fair Freedom's Plant o'erflows the laughing isle; —Fir'd with new hopes, th' exulting peasant sees The Gallic Farmer woo the British breeze; While, pleas'd to watch its undulating charms; The smiling infant spreads his little arms. Ye Syphs of Death, on demon pinions sit Where the tall Guillotine is rais'd for Pitt: To the pois'd plank tie fast the monster's back, Clasp the nice lister, o'er th' expectant stack; Then twitch, with fairy hands, the treble pin— Down falls th' impatient ax with deal'ning din; The liberated head rolls off below, And limping Freedom hails the happy blow!
"Turn the stiff screw," &c.—The harmony and imagery of these lines are imperfectly imitated from the following exquisite passage in the Economy of Vegetation:
"Gnomes, as you now dissect, with hammers fine, The granite rock, the nodul'd flint calcine; Grind, with strong arm, the circling cherts bewrit, Your pure Ka-—o—lins and Pe-—tunt—set mixt."
Canto 22. 1. 297.
"The windmill," &c.—This line affords a striking instance of the sound conveying an echo to the sense. I would defy the most unfeeling reader to repeat it over without accompanying it by some corresponding gesture, imitative of the action described.—Editor.
"Sweet enthusiast," &c.—A term usually applied, in allegoric and technical poetry, to any person or object to which no other qualifications can be assigned.—Chambers' Dictionary.
"The smiling infant."—Infancy is particularly interested in the diffusion of the new principles.—See the "Bloody Buoy." See also the following description and prediction:
"Here Time's huge fingers grasp his giant mace, And dash proud Superstition from her base; Rend her strong towers and gorgeous fanes, &c. While each light moment, as it passes by, With feathery foot and pleasure-tinkling eye, Feeds, from his baby hand, with many a kiss, The callow nestlings of domestic bliss." Botanic Garden.
"The monster's back."—Le monstre Pitt, l'ennemi du genre humain.—See Debates of the Legislators of the Great Nation, passim.
Sales at Auction, At JACOB WHITMAN, jun. and CO's Auction-Room, on Friday the 18th inst.
INDIA, West-India, and Dry-Goods. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. And at 12 o'clock, will be sold at the Long-Wharf, The good sloop Lydia, burthen about sixty-four tons, three years old, for the benefit of those concerned. Conditions of sale will be made know at the time and place of sale. Also, from on board the same vessel, 560 bushels of Sea-Coal.
LOST, ON Monday the 7th inst. between Poppa-squash and Naut Points, a FISH CAR, containing about 30 Tetogs, and 130 Lobsters.—Any person who may have found said Car, and will leave it with Mr. Stephen Thurber, in Providence, or Mr. Edward Perry, in Newport, shall be handsomely rewarded for his trouble. July 2.
To be Let, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, ONE half of a new two story DWELLING-HOUSE, situated at the north-westerly part of the town, on Olney's Lane, so called. Enquire of RICHARD and THOMAS JACKSON, or JEREMIAH OLNEY. June 11. (2m.)
For Sale, At the BOOK-STORE of HENRY CUSHING, SPY-GLASSES, one handsome Double Microscope, Hopkins' new invented Elastic Razor-Straps, a neat assortment of Penknives, Snuffers, Scissors, Knives and Forks, Dessert do. Plated Thimbles, Cork-Screws, China Snuff-Boxes, &c. A good assortment of Charts, Seamen's Journals, &c. Tickets and Quarters in the Second Class of the Philanthropic Lottery, and a few in the Seventh Class of Dartmouth College Lottery, now drawing—Highest prize, 5000 dolls. June 18.
BY AUTHORITY.
WHEREAS, by an act of Congress passed on the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, the President of the United States is authorized to borrow, on behalf of the United States, from the bank of the United States, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from any person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall judge most advantageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding three millions five hundred thousand dollars, so, however, that no contract or engagement be made, which shall preclude the United States from reimbursing any sum or sums borrowed, at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of such loan. AND WHEREAS it is declared, by said act, that so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be pledged and appropriated for paying the interest; and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of all the monies which may be borrowed according to the terms which may be fixed pursuant to the authority aforesaid. AND WHEREAS by the said act the faith of the United States is pledged to establish sufficient permanent revenues for making up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions before mentioned for paying the interest and principal sums, or either of them, or any monies which may be borrowed pursuant to the said act. AND WHEREAS the President of the United States did, by an act or commission under his hand, dated the seventeenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred, authorize and empower the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow, on behalf of the United States, any sum not exceeding in the whole three millions five hundred thousand dollars, and to make such contract or contracts as should be necessary, and for the interest of the United States, in pursuance of the act of Congress above recited.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act of Congress and the authority of the President of the United States above mentioned, doth hereby, on behalf of the United States of America, contract and engage in manner following, to wit:
1st. There shall be created a funded capital stock, to an amount hereafter to be designated by the said Secretary, but not exceeding three millions five hundred thousand dollars, which capital stock shall be divisible into shares of one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, or at the loan-office where the said stock may stand credited, until the last day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eight.
2d. After the last day of December, in the said year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and after reasonable notice to the creditors, which shall be given by an advertisement in some public newspaper printed at the seat of the government of the United States, the said capital stock shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, by the reimbursement of the whole sum or sums borrowed, and which may constitute the said capital stock, either at the Treasury of the United States, or at the loan-offices where the same may stand credited.
3d. The credits for the said capital stock shall and may be separately certified in sums either for one hundred, four hundred, one thousand, four thousand, or ten thousand dollars, and the credits so certified shall be transferable by the creditors, or their attorneys, at the Treasury and loan-offices respectively, in pursuance of the rules which have been or which may be established relative to the transfer of the funded stock of the United States.
4th. A sufficient sum of the surplus duties on imports and tonnage beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law—together with the faith of the United States, are hereby pledged for the fulfilment of this contract, in pursuance of, and according to the terms and conditions of the act of Congress herein before recited.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury of the United States, at Philadelphia, this second day of June, one thousand eight hundred, and of the independence the twenty-fourth.
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, June 21, 1800. PROPOSALS will be received until the last day of July next, inclusive, at the Bank of the United States, and the Offices of Discount and Deposit at Boston, New York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston, for the purchase of one million and five hundred thousand dollars of Stock, directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to be issued in pursuance of the above mentioned contract. The proposals most advantageous to the United States will be accepted, but no Stock will be issued at less than five per centum advance, or one hundred and five dollars in money for one hundred dollars in Stock. In case the sums specified in similar proposals shall exceed the amount of Stock offered for sale at the places above mentioned, they will be accepted, subject to a proportional deduction. G. SIMPSON, Cashier.
Just received from London, AND NOW FOR SALE, A Large and general assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTERS' COLOURS and DYE-STUFFS. Also, A few tons of well-assorted SHOT. The whole will be sold on very moderate terms, by A. THROOP. Providence, June 18.
BY APPOINTMENT.
For Sale,
At the POST-OFFICE in this Town DR. LEE's patent New-London Bileous PILLS, celebrated throughout the United States and the West-Indies, in the cure and prevention of intermittent, remittent, bilious, inflammatory and yellow fever—jaundice, bilious cholic, indigestion, dropsey, rheumatism, pleurisy, chlorosis, worms, dysentery, bilious vomitings, convulsion and epileptic fits, asthma, coughs and colds accompanied with costiveness, foul stomach, scurvy, sore throat, hypochondria, and hysterical affections, &c. &c. &c.
Certificates of their efficacy may be seen by applying to the vender, who has the exclusive privilege of vending in this town, and will be regularly supplied with the genuine pills from the patentee. April 2. (3m.)
Thomas S. Webb
HAS FOR SALE,
At his Paper-Hanging Manufactory, in Broad Street, opposite Dr. Dyer's (west side of the river) a large assortment of
PAPER-HANGINGS.
CONSISTING of upwards of four thousand rolls, suitable for covering rooms, chambers, entries and halls; with festoon, patch, chintz and common borders, from one to ten inches in breadth, by wholesale and retail, at a handsome deduction made to those who purchase to sell again. Also, a general assortment of Books and Stationery, Music and Instruments.
C. and B. Clarionets, Hautboys, Flutes, Violins, Fifes, Books of instruction for the Clarionet, Hautboy, Violin, Flute, Forte Piano, &c. and several hundred different songs in the music. March 2. (6m.)
HAPPY CONTRADICTION.
OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. An extraordinary event at the opening of the extraordinary year 1800. Being the beginning of the latter end of a century.
AT a tavern last night an old fashion'd health was drank—"May we never see an old friend with a new face."—Q, who sat in corner, flyly observed, that it was all ruddle that he could satisfy the company they would be all glad to see their friends with new faces. Some grumbled, others laughed, but all seemed curious to learn the particulars; he began thus: "Have you never used
"HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS?" Yes, said one—No, said another; the experienced applauded the explanation, and those who had been in the habit of mowing their muzzle with handfaws, felt the brushes on their chin bristle with eagerness to render their old fashion'd faces new to their friends—to satisfy the curiosity Q went on thus,
HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS, which do appoint the most sanguine by their smooth and agreeable execution, are sold by appointment, 75 cents, 1 dollar and 25 cents, and 2 dollars each, with the addition of a composition that will keep it in order for ages, at 50 cents.
BUT MARK THE IMPROVEMENT. To men who travel where there are no professional face-scrapers—to seamen of every grade—to the whiskered soldier in his hutted tent—how comfortable.
The new invented and improved Box containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case,
A polished Razor—Comb—Brush—Lather Box, and Mirror—with a box for the surprising composition, all in a Morocco case most conveniently calculated to fit the pocket without incumbrance.
The whole of this new portable and useful apparatus sold at No. 65, South Third Street (opposite the United States Bank) Philadelphia; and in Providence, by JEREMIAH JENKINS, at No. 3, Market-street.
At only three Dollars. And by the agents usually appointed to dispose of the invaluable and agreeable STROP. Feb. 19. (t.f.)
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bolton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress.
THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Diziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are, taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief for colicive habits; decayed constitutions removed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice in a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less so as to cause one or two movements of the body more than usual; let the patient fast one hour then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases. N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills. Sold by JOHN POPE, Providence.