The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1801-02-04 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. 110. ]
WEDNESDAY, February 4, 1801.
[ Vol. III. ]
Jason Angell, jun.
INFORMS the inhabitants of Smithfield, and the adjacent towns, that he proposes to practise Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery, in their various branches; those who wish to employ him may call at the late dwelling-house of Dr. ICHABOD COMSTOCK, deceased.
Smithfield, January 28.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 26, 1801.
THE Creditors of ABIAL TRIPP, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Shipwright, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 26, 1801.
THE Creditors of DANIEL HOWARD, of West-Greenwich, in the county of Kent, gentleman, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 26, 1801.
THE Creditors of CUSHING BROWN, of Providence, in the county of Providence, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 26, 1801.
THE Creditors of OLIVER SAUNDERS, of Gloucester, in the county of Providence, Labourer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 26, 1801.
THE Creditors of PELATIAH MASON, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, December 9, 1800.
THE Creditors of SAMUEL BENCHEY, of North-Providence, in the county of Providence, Labourer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
A Stray Horse.
STRAYED on Wednesday last from the subscribers a black HORSE, with a white star in his forehead, a natural trotter. Whoever has taken up the same, and will return him to us, shall be handsomely rewarded.
B. and S. CARLILE.
January 28.
Valuable Real Estates FOR SALE.
For sale, at Public Auction, on the 18th day of February next, at Two o'clock, A NUMBER of Real Estates, situated in the centre and most advantageous parts of the town of Providence, viz. That elegant and well finished House, together with the Out-Buildings, with the Lot on which they stand, in George-Street, being seventy feet front, and about one hundred and thirty feet back, lately the property of Capt. EDWARD DEXTER.
Also, A commodious and well finished three story House, with the Barn and a pair of Hay-Scales at India-Point, built by the late Mr. EDWARD DICKENS.
Also, A convenient and well finished two story House, situated on the west side of the river, formerly owned by Captain JOS. COOSE, inferior to none in point of situation on that side of the river.
Also, Seventy House-Lots, forty feet by one hundred, being in the westerly part of the town of Providence, not far from the late Col. HOYLE'S, partly on the Cranston road, and partly on two new streets or gangways, in a very agreeable and growing part of the town.
Also, A Lot of excellent Wood-Land, containing about one hundred and thirteen acres, lying in the town of Gloucester, about seventeen miles from Providence.
All the above Estates will be sold to the highest bidders, on twelve months credit, notes payable at the Bank, with approved endorser.
HENRY SMITH.
Providence, January 21, 1801.
Benjamin Hoppin and Son Have on hand, at their Auction and Commission-Store,
 10 puncheons 4th proof best flavoured Jamaica Rum  8 pipes do. Geneva  3 hogheads Demerara Sugar  10 cannisters Batavia do.  40 bags and 4 hogheads Batavia Coffee  10 do. do. Pepper  8 Russia Feather Beds  6 small bales clean South-Carolina Cotton, suitable for retailing  200 straws half pint Tumblers  Hyson, Souchong and Bohea Teas  30 boxes genuine Spanish Segars, &c. &c. 
With a variety of English and India Goods, as usual, which they offer for sale on a liberal credit, for approved notes, payable at the Providence Bank, or cash.
January 21.
Also, at Public Auction, on Thursday the 7th of February next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, if not previously disposed of at private sale.
A HOUSE and LOT, situated on the north-side of Broad-Street, between Mr. Daniel Tiff's and Mr. Christopher Hill's. Terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser.
FLAX-SEED.
CASH and a generous price will be given for FLAX-SEED, delivered within ten days, at the Golden Bee-Hive, near the Bridge, by
JEREMIAH F. JENKINS.
January 21.
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, January 15.
(ep3m.)
One or two good Chimney-Sweeps would find employ and good encouragement in this town.
January 28.
For SALE, by
Harris and Rhodes,
 A FEW hogheads Tobacco  West-India and New-England Rum  Brandy and Gin  Hyson Souchong, and Bohea Tea  Coffee  Havannah White and Brown Sugar  Loaf Sugar  Beef and Pork in barrels  Cod Fish  Hoghead Shooks  20 hogheads of Molasses, cheap  1 cask Malaga Wine 
January 14.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL CHILD, late of Warren, merchant, and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby requested to surrender himself to us, the undersigned Commissioners, on the 16th day of January inst. and on the 9th day of February, and on the 2d day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at the house of BENJAMIN COLE, innholder in Warren, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first meeting to choose Assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the Creditors are to assent to, or dissent from, the allowance of his Certificate. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt are not to pay or deliver the same, but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint.
JOSHUA BICKNELL, ABRAHAM L. CLARKE, WILLIAM CARR, } Commissioners. Warren, January 7.
WHEREAS the Honourable Court of Probate of the town of Smithfield have appointed us the subscribers Administrators on the Estate of JOSEPH MOWRY, late of Smithfield, in the county of Providence, deceased: Therefore, all persons having any demand against said estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement. And all those indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, as attendance will be given at the dwelling-house of the said deceased, on every second Saturday in each month, from 9 o'clock, A. M. to 6 in the afternoon, until the business is completed, beginning on Saturday the 17th inst.
JEREMIAH MOWRY, MARJERY MOWRY, } Administrators. Smithfield, January 14.
THE Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office has deposited with me for collection, according to an act of the General Assembly, passed at June Session last, the Mortgages and Bonds for the principal of the Bills of Credit emitted under the act of May Session, 1786, and loaned in the county of Providence. Those who neglect to discharge their Mortgages and Bonds previous to the 16th day of March next, will be sued without discrimination at May court. Persons who have purchased Real Estates under the aforesaid Mortgages, will please to attend to this notice.
JAMES BURRILL, jun.
Attorney-General.
January 14.
FOR THE HAVANNAH, The SCHOONER Roger Williams, Butthen Seventy-nine tons, SAMUEL P. ALLIN, master. For Freight or Passage, apply to SAMUEL P. ALLIN, South-end, or BENJAMIN CLIFFORD, at his store.
January 14.
Take Notice.
WHEREAS LYDIA, the wife of me the subscriber, has eloped from my house clandestinely, taken with her a number of articles of household furniture, cruelly deserted my infant children in my absence, and still refuses to return and live with me: I hereby forbid all persons to trust her on my account, and declare that I will never pay any debt of her contracting. AHOLIAH BRANCH.
N. B. Any person wishing to take one or two Young Children to bring up, who are able to maintain themselves by their labour in a family, are requested to apply to AHOLIAH BRANCH.
Rehoboth, January 20.
From COMMON SENSE IN DISHABILLE. FAMILY GOVERNMENT.
THE author of these numbers has no thirst for political fame. Family economy, and family politics, are the object of his humble essays.
He sincerely believes that the future happiness and honour of our country depend more on the parent and school-master, than on the President and Senate of the United States; and that if family and school government were well supported through the country, there would be little danger from foreign influence or domestic broils.
If this subject were more generally attended to, there would be a great saving of whips, goals and halters, and a vast addition to our private and rational happiness. We have schools, academies and colleges, for teaching most of the useful arts and sciences; but I scarce ever heard any thing that deserved the name of a practical lecture from a school-master, preceptor, or professor. I remember no one on the most useful of all arts, the government of children.
I can easily excuse the silence of colleges on this subject. Teachers of latin, greek, metaphysics and logic, are too much buried in learned dust, to rise even to the theory of practical knowledge. Men who spend their time in tumbling over the rusty links of a syllogistic chain, do not care to meddle with the fine springs that govern the actions of youth; this is too childish an employment for literary giants.
Speculators in ideas, like land speculators, extend their avaricious views beyond what is useful to themselves; they must be useful to others. While they monopolize the extensive tracts of theory, the plebeian labourers in the vineyard of common sense must occupy the little corners, and cultivate the wild lands of these feudal lords. But after all, we are indebted to presidential authority for many excellent examples of parental government, in the negative. Teachers of inferior classes must make their own apology.
Young ladies at an academy are often indulged with the privilege of acting the part of the jealous wife, or the scolding wife, in a favourite comedy. Little pains is taken to qualify them to act the prudent wife. Perhaps it would offend female delicacy to mention the care of children to those, who I presume would rather remain ignorant of the numeration table, than never be called mother.
For my own part, I always thought it would have a happy tendency in schools and families to unite the precepts of government with good discipline. I have seldom seen it attempted. The pupil is commonly left to his own reflection to determine why he must obey, and how to command in his turn. Riper years may collect observation; early precepts would establish principles. The whole theory of family government is not more difficult than the rule of three; and good government is much easier in practice, than bad.
To improve this first of arts shall be the subject of a few numbers. If the small voice of Common Sense in Dishabille can be the means of quelling family rebellions and adding to the stock of domestic happiness, the author will think himself as honourably employed, as though he was actually rolling street thunder at Philadelphia.
"Religion exalteth a Nation."
WHAT motive under heaven can restrain men from vice and misery, or urge them on in full stretch after individual or national happiness, comparable with those of Religion? Hence those great Legislatures of nations, Moses, Lycurgus and Numa, desired nothing for their countrymen in comparison of religious principles. "I ask not gold for the Spartans, said Lycurgus, virtue is better than gold." The events shewed his wisdom. The Spartans were invincible all the days of their virtue, even 300 years! "I ask not wealth for Israel, cried Moses, but O! that they were wise, that they did but fear God and keep his commandments! The Lord himself shall be their sun and shield." The event proved Moses a true prophet. For while they were virtuous they were independent and happy. In short, look throughout the world, and you will see this eternal truth written on the fates and fortune of all nations, that according as they were virtuous or vicious, they were strong or weak, united or divided, prosperous or unfortunate.
Hence, Washington, in his consultations for our good, laid more stress on religious principles than on all other means whatever.
"Of all the descriptions and habits, which lead to the prosperity of a nation, religion," says he "is the indispensable support. Volume could not trace all its connections with private and public happiness." That is, to say nothing of all those duties

generally called duties of imperfect obligation, such as meekness, hospitality, charity, &c. Nor of those ten thousand little nameless tendernesses and endearments of look, speech and manners, which, like the graces in a fine piece of music, make up the sweetest harmonies of social life: but which have no more to do with human laws, than angels with fetters and handcuffs: To pass over all these, "Let it be simply asked," continued Washington, "where is the security for property, for reputation, for life itself, if there be no sense of God or religion on the minds of those who give their oaths in courts of justice?"
From the London Oracle of Nov. 1.
SEDUCTION, AND ITS EFFECTS.
A Circumstance of a very melancholy nature occurred at No. 94, Mount-street, on Wednesday last, in the affecting death of a young female, who is supposed to have made away with herself by poison. At the age of fourteen she appeared an object of desire in the eyes of a gentleman (if he may be so called) who used all the usual means and artifices to seduce her, but without effect; her virtue at that time triumphed over every temptation. After preferring for some time his unavailing suit, the gentleman was obliged to suspend his project; but it was only suspended, for on his return from a voyage to India, he again sought out the object of his criminal passion, and found her living with her Aunt, at the distance of about twelve miles from London. He there renewed his solicitations, and unfortunately with too much success; for he prevailed upon the unhappy girl to quit the roof of the only friend she had in the world, and put herself under his protection. A little time and reflection, however, were sufficient to awaken in a once virtuous mind the sense of shame and of contrition. The unseasonable and despondency under which she laboured did not escape the observation of her seducer, who was heard to say to her on the morning of Wednesday last, "I fear you are meditating some black design." She replied, "I am, indeed, and you are the cause of it." About 11 o'clock on the same morning, after the gentleman was gone out, she observed, "I have a letter for my friend; but it is too cruel, and he shall not have it; I will burn it."—Upon which she immediately threw it into the fire. Then adding, "I am very cold, and shall soon be no more," she went up stairs, was shortly after taken with strong convulsions, and expired in about three hours.
The name of this unhappy creature, according to her own account, was Caroline Carter; but said that none of her relatives should know where she was. The body was taken in a shell to the house of a neighbouring undertaker, where the Coroner's Jury sat upon it, and after due examination, pronounced a verdict of Lunacy.
For the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
MR. CARTER, Please to give the following a place in the next Journal, and oblige
A CUSTOMER.
REGULATIONS IN CASE OF FIRE, SIMILAR TO THOSE IN NEW-YORK.
1st. THAT two fire-wards be appointed to each engine, and in case of fire they wear a cap lettered in front Fire-Ward, Engine No. _____ whose duty it shall be to attend the Engine to which they are appointed, and see that the men are regularly formed and kept in order.
2d. That we appoint fifty-three men, or more if necessary, by the name of Fire-Company, to have three officers with their usual badges, and the addition of a cap, lettered in front, President of the Fire-Company, &c.—Thirty of those men to be selected, whose duty it shall be to take charge of, and use the fire-hooks; twenty shall be provided with axes, to be kept in good order, and shall all meet as soon as may be, in case of fire, and wait the orders of the President, or in his absence the Vice-President.
3d. By experience, we find the poles of the fire-hooks much too large. They should be made of tough wood, and of sufficient largeness only to raise the hook without bending; the want of poles of this kind was fully experienced at the late fire. These fire-hooks should be distributed equally throughout the town, and placed at the side of some building or wall, that they may be handy for the firemen to take with them to the place where the fire may be. The hose of our engines ought to be made of neat's or upper leather, and not more than two thirds the diameter of those now in use, and to be in pieces of twenty or thirty feet in length, with screws at each end, and when put together to be of sufficient length to reach from the engine to the roofs of the highest houses or stores.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, January 15.
THE House went into committee of the whole on the bill to continue in force the acts laying duties on licences for selling wines and foreign distilled spirits by retail, on property sold at auction, and on carriages for the conveyance of persons.
Ordered, that the bill be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow.
The following resolution was referred to a committee of the whole:
Resolved, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill to repeal the act entitled, "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States," with a proviso that nothing therein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the assessing and collecting of the direct tax, passed the 14th of July, 1798.
Friday, January 16.
The act to continue in force the act laying duties on licences for selling wines and foreign distilled spirits by retail, on property sold at auction, and on carriages, was read a third time, and passed. Yeas 46—Nays 51.
The house took up the Judiciary Bill, to which several amendments were made.
Directed that it be engrossed, and read a third time on Tuesday next.
Monday, January 19.
A memorial stating the inconveniences that have arisen from the operation of that part of the act of the 13th of March, 1800, which relates to a drawback on goods imported in foreign ships, was referred.
A bill to incorporate a company by the name of Mine and Metal Company, was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole.
Tuesday, January 20.
An engrossed bill, entitled an act for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States, was read the third time, and on the question shall this bill pass, it was decided in the affirmative.—Ayes 51, Nays 43.
The principal features of the bill are as follows:
The supreme court is to consist of five justices, one of whom shall be the chief justice; the session of it is to be held at the city of Washington twice in each year, the first of which will be held in August next.
The United States are to be divided into the following Districts:
1. That part of the State of Massachusetts called Maine, to form one district, to be called the district of Maine. 2. The remaining part of the State of Massachusetts to be called the district of Massachusetts. 3. New-Hampshire. 4. Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations to be called the district of Rhode-Island. 5. Connecticut. 6. Vermont. 7. Part of New-York to be called the district of Albany. 8. The remaining part to be called the district of New-York. 9. The district of Jersey. 10. The eastern district of Pennsylvania. 11. The western district of Pennsylvania. 12. The district of Delaware. 13. The district of Maryland. 14. The eastern district of Virginia. 15. The western district of Virginia. 16. The district of North-Carolina. 17. The district of South-Carolina. 18. The district of Georgia. 19. The district of East Tennessee. 20. The district of West Tennessee. 21. The district of Kentucky. 22. The North-Western and Indiana Territories to be called the district of Ohio.
These several districts are to compose six circuits, to each of which three judges are to be appointed, one of whom is to be denominated the chief judge, two of them are to form a quorum.
The first circuit is to be composed of the districts of Maine, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-Island.
2d Circuit, Connecticut, Vermont, Albany and New-York.
3d Circuit, Jersey, East and West Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
4th Circuit, Maryland, and East and West Virginia.
5th Circuit, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia.
6th Circuit, East and West Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio.
Wednesday, January 21.
A petition was presented, praying an additional duty on imported shot, so as to encourage the manufacture, which the petitioner stated himself to have brought to considerable perfection. Referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
The House resolved itself into committee on the report of the committee of revision and unfinished business, proposing the renewal of the act commonly called the sedition law, which by the former provisions would expire on the 3d of March next. Mr. Morris in the chair.
Mr. Plat rose in defence of the constitutionality and expediency of the measure. Messrs. Griswold, Rutledge, Dana, and Marper, supported the same side. Messrs Davis, Nicholson, Randolph, Huger, Gallatin, Claiborne, and Nicholas, opposed the continuation of the bill.
The committee at length rose, and obtained leave to sit again, and the House adjourned.
Thursday, January 22.
Mr. Nicholas, from the committee to whom had been referred two resolutions, proposed as amendments to the constitution of the United States, in relation to the election of President and Vice-President, and of members of Congress, made a report on that subject, which was read, directed to be printed, and committed to a committee of the whole House.
This report is lengthy, and concludes with a resolution, that it would be inexpedient to alter the Constitution in either of these respects.
The resolution proposed yesterday by Mr. Rutledge, for the appointment of a joint committee on the part of the House, jointly with a committee on the part of the Senate, to ascertain and report a mode of examining and counting the votes of President and Vice-President, and of notifying the persons elected of their election, and to regulate the time, place and manner of administering the oath of office to the President, was taken up, adopted, and a committee of five appointed.
The House went into a committee of the whole on the unfinished business of yesterday, which was a resolution reported by the committee of revision and unfinished business, for continuing in force the act commonly called the Sedition Law.
Messrs. Bayard and Otis spoke at considerable length in support of the resolution, and Mr. Gallatin against it.
The committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.
Domestic Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, January 21.
Last evening about dusk a fire was discovered in the Treasury Department. When discovered, one of the rooms of the Accountant was in full blaze. The papers in this room, to which the flames extended, are said to be considerably injured.—The fire was extinguished in about an hour and an half.
The President of the United States was observed in the ranks for conveying water.
January 23.
The bill "To provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States," as passed on Tuesday last in the House of Representatives, prescribes:
1. That after the next session of the Supreme Court of the United States, the said Court shall be held twice a year at the city of Washington, viz. on the first Monday of June and December.
2. That after the next vacancy, the Court shall consist of five justices.
3. That the several States shall be divided into twenty-two districts.
4. That the said twenty-two districts shall be classed into six circuits, viz. 1. Consisting of districts of Maine, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode-Island; 2. Consisting of districts of Connecticut and Vermont; 3. Consisting of districts of Jersey, East and West Pennsylvania and Delaware; 4. Consisting of districts of Maryland, and East and West Virginia; 5. Consisting of districts of North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia; 6. Consisting of districts of East Tennessee, West Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio.
5. That in each of these circuits there shall be three judges, to be called circuit judges, two of whom shall form a quorum, to hold two sessions annually at certain specified places, and one of whom shall be commissioned as chief justice.
6. That the circuit court shall have all the powers heretofore vested in the circuit courts of the United States.
7. That the said circuit courts respectively shall have cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States, and committed within their respective districts, or upon the high seas; and also of all cases in law or equity, arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made under their authority: and also of all actions or suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where the United States shall be plaintiffs or complainants; and also of all actions or suits, matters or things, cognizable by the judicial authority of the United States, under and by virtue of the constitution thereof, where the matter in dispute shall amount to four hundred dollars, and where original jurisdiction is not given by the constitution of the United States to the Supreme Court thereof, or exclusive jurisdiction by law to the district courts of the United States: Provided always, That in all cases where the title or bounds of land shall come into question, the jurisdiction of the said circuit courts shall not be restrained by reason of the value of the land in dispute.
8. "That all actions, suits, process, pleadings, and other proceedings of what nature or kind soever, depending or existing in any of the present circuit courts of the United States, or in any of the present district courts of the United States acting as circuit courts, shall be, and hereby are, continued over to the circuit courts established by this act."
9. That each of the circuit judges shall be allowed 2000 dollars per annum; except the judges of the 6th circuit, who shall be allowed 1500 dollars.
10. In the 6th circuit there is to be an additional judge appointed, who, with the two present district judges, are to compose the circuit court for that circuit.
11. All the present powers with which the district courts are vested are transferred to the circuit courts, excepting admiralty powers.
NORFOLK, January 15.
A PRIZE.
Arrived, the French privateer Le Jeune Creole, prize of the United States frigate Chesapeake, Captain S. Barron, captured on the 1st of January, in lat. 29:66, after a chase of fifty hours. She was fitted out at Porto Rico, is pierced for sixteen guns, but had only six mounted when the chase commenced, which she threw overboard; the remaining ten, with the carriages, were in the hold. The privateer was commanded by Captain Barron, and had been out 29 days, during which she captured a British ship from St. John's (New-Brunswick) and an American ship.
The prize arrived under charge of Lieut. Sinclair.
PHILADELPHIA, January 24.
Two circumstances have recently taken place at Washington, which have excited considerable interest, surprise and alarm. We allude to the burning of the War Office and the Treasury. That these occurrences should take place at this particular time, is not a matter of astonishment to those who take a view of the late and present state of our political affairs. It is more to be wondered at that the Secretary of State's Office has not yet been consumed. It will be remembered that against the officers in these three departments, and particularly of the Treasury, charges of the most serious kind have been urged by the Jacobins—charges which, although totally groundless, have been so frequently made, and so boldly and with so much impunity asserted, for party purposes, as to have contributed more to procure the present state of things, than all and every other circumstance combined.
The faction which has gained an ascendancy, know that owing to the deception practised on the people relative to the officers in these departments, they have obtained a preponderancy in the councils of our country, which, had truth prevailed, they never could have aspired to. Knowing these things, and fearing exposure at some future day, they have taken an effectual mean to consign to oblivion the records of truth, which could be urged against them and produce conviction to the people of their infamy.
There is a strong combination of circumstances to induce us to believe, nay we can almost assert, that these offices have been purposely burned by incendiaries employed by the Jacobins, that the stigma may be thrown on the Federalists. We shall now state one or two facts, leaving the public to judge, and sincerely hope that the whole truth respecting this mysterious business may soon come to light.
The Editor of the Aurora says, the burning of the War Office took place exactly as he predicted!—who is there who could not predict when they mean to act?
An investigation of Mr. Wolcott's accounts, solicited by himself, was refused by the Jacobins.
The Aurora says, handkerchiefs full of papers were carried out of the Treasury "by persons well known"—and no doubt the preservation is much regretted by the Aurora.
There is yet one circumstance related to us this morning, which must carry conviction home to the breast of every one, that there is a plot among the Jacobins for the destruction of the offices of government with their papers; the fire is said to have taken place on Tuesday evening last, and the news arrived in this city yesterday, and yet, on Thursday afternoon, a Democrat in the city told a gentleman from Jersey that the Treasury was burned! What says the reader?
We understand, as Jasper says, that some of the Jacobins in the Eastern States, out of pure joy, demolished the bells of their meeting-houses, upon receiving information that Jefferson is one of the two highest candidates for the Presidency. Should he be finally elected, they will probably think it not an inappropriate compliment to celebrate the glorious event by destroying the meeting-houses themselves. This would very aptly exemplify "the Triumph of Democratic principles."
NEW-YORK, January 26.
On Saturday evening arrived in this town on their way to Washington, five Indian Chiefs, viz, Red Jacket, and three others of the Seneca nation, and Sauteorefa, of the Tuscarora tribe, accompanied by Mr. Jasper Parish, their interpreter. The main object of their visit to Congress is, we learn, to obtain satisfaction for the death of two Indians, who were shot last August, in cool blood, by two United Irishmen. There are some other differences to adjust, respecting the conduct of the surveyor employed by the Holland Land Company, who it appears, in running the line, has taken in land which was not ceded to the Company. They left town yesterday at 2 o'clock.
Our city was alarmed three times last evening by the cry of Fire—the third alarm proved to be a house in Robinson, near Greenwich-street, owned by a Mr. Moore; which was demolished.—The spirited activity of the Firemen preserved the adjacent houses, which were wooden buildings, and very contiguous.
Extract of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated
"George-Town, January 14, 1801. "I have never heard a word from the Insurgent since she left the Chesapeake on a cruise. I did not authorise the paragraph in the Philadelphia paper. The ship was ordered to return about the end of November, but

she may remain in the West-Indies on account of the difficulty of making our coast in the winter."
SALEM, January 31
Biographical Sketch of Col. Burr.
"Aaron Burr was educated in the College of New-Jersey, of which his father was President: he was at 2 1/2 years of age, in 1776, aid-de-camp to General Putnam, and distinguished himself in so eminent a manner as an officer, that he was selected and appointed, by our beloved General Washington, Lieutenant-Colonel of one of the 12 additional regiments, and served with great reputation until after the battle of Monmouth, and the reduction of his regiment. His eminence as a lawyer, his brilliant and unshaken integrity when Attorney-General of New-York, whilst he represented that city in the Legislature, and the State in the Senate of the United States, are as universally acknowledged as they are known; his great talents, his republican principles, and fortitude to preserve the independence of his country, are inferior to no man's in America."
BOSTON, January 30.
HUMANE SOCIETY.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Humane Society of Massachusetts, the first Monday in January, the following certificate was presented them, covered in a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bently to Dr. Lathrop.
SALEM, DEC. 29, 1800.
"This may certify to the Humane Society, that John Manning, aged 12 years, son of the subscriber, the 25th of October, fell from a boat ten feet distance from Union Wharf, in Salem, into seven feet of water, and was seen by captain David Patten, and Mr. Ellis Mansfield, repeatedly to sink. Whilst captain Patten was endeavouring to relieve him in a boat, captain George Crowninshield jun. leaped into the water from the wharf, and by diving to the bottom, brought up the lad, and delivered him to captain Patten, who was near in a boat, apparently dead, but soon recovered. The great humanity on many occasions, of this gentleman, has induced me to make the representation to the Humane Society to obtain their honourable testimony."
"RICHARD MANNING, jun."
In consequence of the above certificate, the Trustees voted a gold Medal, of the highest value the institution allows them to bestow, to Captain George Crowninshield jun. as a memorial of his spirited and decisive measures to save the life of Mr. Manning's son; which has been presented accordingly.
Published by order of the Trustees, AARON DEXTER, Cor. Sec.
EXTRACT
From Governor Strong's Speech, delivered before the Legislature of Massachusetts, Jan. 23.
BUT while we rejoice in the public prosperity, it will be our duty to reflect, that we owe to our fellow-citizens our vigilant and faithful endeavours to preserve their present advantages, and promote their lasting reputation and interest—to check the growth of vice and impiety, to cherish the institutions for moral instruction and the education of youth; and to maintain the principles of justice, and provide for its equal administration in every part of the Commonwealth.
At the same time our obligations to support the Federal Constitution will require us to attend to the public national affairs, and endeavour to diffuse correct information concerning them among our fellow-citizens—to remove groundless prejudices—to discountenance the spirit of party, and undue attachment to any foreign nation; and to do all in our power to increase the respectability of the American character.
From the commencement of the war in Europe, it has been the policy of the General Government to cultivate Peace with all nations—to observe an exact neutrality between the powers at war, and by the fulfilment of treaties, and respect for the law of nations, to maintain itself in that impartial course, which its duty and interest prescribed. But notwithstanding these cautious measures, our intercourse with other nations has been obstructed, and to justify these obstructions, our respect for the duties owing from one nation to another, has at different times been drawn into question by one or other of the belligerent powers.
At length a regard to the public safety compelled the government to have recourse to defensive measures, and the success of our infant navy in preventing depredations upon our commerce, will serve to convince the people, that a system of maritime defence will be the most easy and efficacious, whenever their rights shall be in danger from external enemies.
The predicament of a neutral people is frequently delicate and hazardous; for when a war is prosecuted with great acrimony, the contending parties are extremely apt to consider those who are not for them, as against them.—But whatever apology may be formed for wrongs that proceed from the heat of passion, there can be none from deliberate and authorised injuries:—Still, however, an honourable accommodation is always to be preferred to a state of hostility; for a wise and humane government will never resort to the calamitous expedient of war, until every
ry advance towards a reconciliation, which the national dignity will permit, has proved ineffectual.
It must, I think, be allowed, that the government of the United States, in the cases I allude to, have conducted with moderation, and with a manifest preference of mild and pacific measures.—While preparations were made for the unhappy alternative of war, no method consistent with the public safety was left unattempted, to obtain justice by negotiation.
Before the Constitution of the United States was adopted, the union between them had become little more than nominal;—they had interfering interests, and in some cases were hardly restrained from expressions of mutual resentment.—The Congress at that time was only authorised to make requisitions upon the several States, and the latter exercised the privilege of refusing to comply with those requisitions. If this state of things had continued during the disturbances in Europe, it is scarcely to be supposed that all the States would have remained neutral—it is not unlikely, that from accident or motives of partiality, or mistaken interest, they would have arranged themselves under opposite standards.—The possibility of such an event must, in our estimation, enhance the value of that Form of Government which has connected us together.
But it has been often said, that however well adapted the Constitution was to our circumstances, the administration of government under it has been injurious to the public welfare, and has abounded with errors either from ignorance or design.—If the present improved condition of our country does not refute these suggestions, it might be unavailing to point out particular measures, that would seem to entitle the rulers of the nation to our regard and confidence.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
The FRENCH TREATY.
An article from Washington informs, that on the 23d ult. the question was taken in the Senate on the Convention with France; when the votes in favour of it were 16, against it 14. Two-thirds being necessary to ratify a Treaty, the question was lost.
Mr. Stockton, at present Senator of the United States from the State of New-Jersey, has been nominated by the President, Secretary at War; John Marshall, Esq. at present Secretary of State, is nominated to the office of Chief Justice of the United States.
The House of Representatives of the United States have passed the Sedition Law, by the casting vote of the Hon. Mr. Sedgwick, Speaker of the House. The votes were 48 for and 48 against it.
The Senate of the United States have negatived the bill for erecting a Mausoleum to GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The number of free inhabitants in the Mississippi Territory is stated at 6000, of whom about 2000 are capable of bearing arms. The number of black inhabitants is considered as equal to that of the whites.
The House of Representatives of Delaware have passed a resolution for the appointment of a committee to report a bill for opening a communication between the Delaware river, and Chesapeake bay.
Lewis R. Morris, Esq. is re-elected a Representative to Congress from Vermont.
A St. Vincent paper of December 6, says, the price of rum has risen in the islands 25 per cent. in consequence of the prohibition of distilling grain in England. Sugar had also taken a very considerable rise.
The news-papers of the interior of Pennsylvania all mention an extraordinary glare of light, which appeared in the atmosphere on the evening of Wednesday, the 7th instant—it was succeeded by a rumbling noise—it is mentioned, that the earth on the Alleghany mountain was greatly agitated, and a noise similar to the discharge of cannon was heard.
The Hon. Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the North-Western Territory, has, at the request of a great number of the inhabitants of the county of Hamilton in that territory, issued his proclamation, dated the 6th of December, authorizing the erection of a new county, in the eastern part of that county, to be styled the county of Clermont, and directing that the court of justice for it be held at Williamsburgh, on the east branch of the Little Miami.
Mr. Christopher Hoxie, of Hudson, has invented what he terms a Wheat Machine; which it is said, will thresh and clean from 20 to 100 bushels of wheat per day, according to the size. It is turned by wind, water, horse or crank, according as the proprietor may choose, and by the assistance of two or three small children, who can lift a sheaf. Large quantities of any kind of grain may be extracted from the straw and chaff in a day; the cockle and the smut are also separated, and the pure wheat gathered into the garner; whereas it is well known by the farmer, that by the common mode of threshing, it is a laborious task for one man to extract more than 7 bushels in a day.
In the evening of the 17th ult. the ex-
tensive and valuable manufactories established at Watervliet, near Albany, by Mr. James Caldwell, and late conducted by Caldwell, Frazer and Co. were a second time totally destroyed by fire, together with a considerable quantity of stock.
The Selectmen of Salem have offered a reward of 300 dollars, for discovery of the incendiaries who last week made two attempts to set fire to houses in that town.
At Springfield, on Sunday the 25th ult. one of the buildings belonging to the Public Armory (occupied as a filing and stocking-shop) was destroyed by fire, together with a great part of the utensils used in those branches of the business, and about 500 stands of arms; the loss estimated at about 18,000 dollars.
Conrad Webb, Esq. is appointed an agent for certain counties in Virginia, pursuant to an act of Congress relating to the 6th article of the British treaty.
PROPHECY.
[The following Prophecy, written about seventeen hundred years ago, by a celebrated Greek Philosopher, was found about the beginning of the last century, and translated out of the original by a learned English gentleman. This translation, of which the following is a copy, was lately found in a cabinet of rare antiquities.—Whether or not the prophetic sage meant by it to point out the present state of things on the great theatre of the world, is submitted.]
"Nay, there shall come a time, as it has happened already, when the world's moving wisdom shall grow dull and drowsy, drown'd in oblivion of its own duty, while that which is familiar, and agreeable to the body from the beginning, draws and winds back the right hand motion of the universe, causing the wheels to go slow and heavy.—Yet shall it not be able, however, to dash in pieces the whole movement; for that the better part, rousing and recollecting herself, and observing the pattern and exemplar of the all-directing Deity, betakes herself to speedy imitation, and thereby retrieves her negligence, and reduces all things again to their former order."
DIED,
In this town, Mr. Josiah Snow, house-carpenter, in the 46th year of his age.
On Tuesday the 27th ult. Mrs. Hamlin, wife of Mr. Samuel Hamlin, in the 56th year of her age; whose life had been a uniform exhibition of a patient and persevering discharge of the duties of the religion she professed.
On Tuesday last, in the 29th year of her age, Miss Mary Peckham, daughter of the late Mr. Joshua Peckham, of Newport.
At Cumberland, in an advanced age, Jeremiah Whipple, Esq. a gentleman of respectable character. He was a distinguished patriot of 1775, was many years a member of our State Legislature, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for this County, the duties of which he discharged with honour to himself, and advantage to the public.
In London, in April 1798, aged 31, Mr. William Jenkins, a clerk in the Bank. This gentleman measured the extraordinary height of seven feet nine inches; and from an apprehension of his body being stolen for the purpose of dissection, the corpse was, by permission of the bank directors, interred in that part of the garden court of the bank, which formerly constituted an appendage of the church yard.
NOTICE.
THOSE who have subscribed for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers by the late Fire, are requested to meet at the Coffee-House, on Friday evening next, at 6 o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of appointing a committee who shall have power to appropriate the sums subscribed. Those who have delayed subscribing, are requested immediately to embrace this opportunity of exhibiting their humanity.
February 4.
REMOVAL.
Samuel S. Blodget
ACQUAINTS his friends and the public, that he has taken the store and purchased the STOCK IN TRADE of AMOS M. ATWELL, Esq. directly opposite the house of Mr. John Rogers, where he solicits the patronage of his former customers and others, and offers for sale a complete assortment of GROCERIES. Those who will favour him with their custom may depend on the utmost punctuality and dispatch, and every favour with gratitude acknowledged.
February 4.
CONSIGNMENT.
FOR SALE, BY ELISHA DYER,
EIGHT casks Malaga Wine 3 pipes Brandy 20 casks Raisins, and 1 bale Gurrahs, in excellent order, and of a superior quality. Terms and credit liberal. February 4.
Sales at Auction.
Elegant Household Furniture.
On Tuesday next, February 10, will be sold by Public Auction, at the house of the late Captain Richard Low, in High Street, opposite the house of the late Mr. Joseph Nightingale, and the same lately occupied by Mr. Stephen Dexter,
A GREAT variety of Household Furniture; among which are,
 1 Sofa with pillows, coverings, &c. complete  1 Elegant Clock  Mahogany Tables of various kinds  1 Elegant mahogany Side-Board, with silvered furniture  16 Elegant mahogany Chairs, with striped hair bottoms  1 Pair handsome mahogany Knife-Cases, with plated and green handled Knives and Forks.  Desert do. do.  1 Handsome Tea Urn  1 Set elegant Castors, with silver stands  1 Pair do. Brass Hand-Irons  1 Very elegant set of dining China, with a cypher D. containing 101 pieces, Punch-Bowl, Pitcher, &c.  Cut and ground Glass, China and Crockery Ware of various kinds  1 Elegant Bureau  1 Escritoire and Book-Cafe  Looking-Glasses of different sizes  1 Mahogany Bedstead  5 Lolling Chairs, with handsome coverings  Floor and hair Carpets  Excellent Feather Beds and Bedding  Elegant Pencil and Copperplate Bed and Window Curtains  1 Glass Globe, &c. &c. together with almost every description of best Kitchen Furniture. 
Sale to begin precisely at half past nine o'clock.
B. HOPPIN, V. M.
Missing, Jencethe Fire,
 1 Very large Cheese, branded Matthewson  3-4 of one ditto.  1 Sofa Cover, copperplate wood colour  3 Blankets, marked S. R. D. 
Any one who will give information of the same to B. HOPPIN and SON, shall be amply rewarded. February 4.
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against JONATHAN RUSSELL, of Providence, merchant; and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to us the undersigned Commissioners, on Saturday next, and on every Saturday previous to Friday the twentieth day of March next, and on the said twentieth day of March, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at Dr. JOHN WILLIAMS' house in Providence, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first meeting to choose assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the creditors are to assent to, or dissent from the allowance of his certificate.
All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same, but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint.
PARIS J. TILLINGHAST, } Com's. JOSEPH JENCKES, GEORGE R. BURRILL, February 4.
To be Sold,
For cash or notes payable at the Bank in Newport (R. I.) with approved endoisers.
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 on 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 given the above. Apply to
ROSEWELL SALTONSTALL,
Attorney to said Handy. New-London (Con.) January 30. (3m.)
Take Notice.
IF the person that took the money out of the subscriber's Pocket-Book, will convey three hundred dollars to the subscriber, through the Post-Office, or any other way, for that it will come safe to hand, may retain the remainder, and no questions asked, or any further enquiry made.
SAMUEL ALLEN.
February 4.

Selected Poetry.
THE BEECHEN TREE'S PETITION.
O! leave this barren spot to me! — Spare, Woodman, spare the Beechen Tree! Though bush nor flow'ret never grow! My dark unwarming shades below; Nor summer bud perfume the dew, Of rosy blush or yellow hue; Nor fruits of autumn, blossom born, My green and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmur'ing tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me — Spare, Woodman, spare the Beechen Tree!
Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green, And many a winter wind have stood In bloomless, fruitless solitude, Since childhood in my pleasant bower, First spent its sweet and sportive hour — Since youthful lovers in my shade Their vows of truth and rapture paid, And on my trunk's surviving frame, Carv'd many a long forgotten name. Oh, by the sighs of gentle found, First breath'd, upon this sacred ground — By all that Love hath whisper'd here, Or Beauty heard with ravish'd ear, As love's our altar, honour me — And spare, Oh, spare the Beechen Tree.
Salmon, in his Geographical Account of Italy, relates that it was a custom for twelve noblemen, members of the church of the Twelve Apostles at Rome, to whom it would seem to have been allotted as a duty attaching as members of the church, "to make it their business to search every corner of the city, to find out poor men in want, who were ashamed to beg, and to relieve their necessities." — And that "even the lawyers of Rome, the colleges of advocates and attorneys, assigned one day in the week for accommodating poor men's suits, or bringing them to an issue at their own charge." — How benevolent the practice — how sweet the reflection which must have resulted from it — and how honourable to the present age would be its revival!
A Balance Lock, lays a London paper of the 12th of September, for transferring boats on canals from one level to another, was tried on the Dorset and Somerset Canals, at Wells, on the 6th inst. and found completely answer. By this invention the difficulties which have so long existed of transferring boats on canals without loss of water, are now fully removed, and at a less expence than by any other scheme hitherto suggested, and it is very probable that the necessity of tunnels will be therefore superceded. The experiment was made on a fall of 20 feet, and laden boats transferred up and down in much less time than is employed in passing in common; but this invention is capable of being affixed to a fall of forty feet, on a much greater depth.
A DEAR SHOP.
Just opened in Market-street, eight doors from the Bridge in Providence, A VARIETY of English and East-India Goods , suitable for the season, and too numerous to be inserted in an advertisement.
It is fashionable to insert whole catalogues in the newspapers, particularizing every article, even to shoe-strings, prefacing the same with Cheap, very Cheap, and Cheaper than Cheap . The subscriber invites his friends to purchase at his shop, as the more they pay for goods, the more they will oblige their friend: and others who may want goods, are requested just to look in upon him. He flatters himself that wether they purchase or not, they will compliment him by being very much of his opinion — A DEAR SHOP.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
January 14.
THE subscribers having entered into Copartnership, under the Firm of BECKFORD and OLNEY , respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have taken the shop next door north of Capt. EBENEZER MACOMBER's, and directly opposite the house of Dr. JOSEPH BOWEN, where they request the encouragement of the public to the following branches of their business, viz.
Gentlemen and Ladies Saddles and Bridles of the newest fashion, Portmanteaus and Saddle-bags of all kinds, Holsters and Caps for horsemen, made in the neatest manner. Also, all kinds of Upholsters Work, such as Chair-Bottoming, Rushing Soffas, Easy-Chairs and Lolling Chairs, &c. Likewise, Leather and Hair Trunks of all sizes, Harness of all kinds and Chaise Trimming done in the best manner. Orders for any of the above work will be thankfully received and faithfully executed, by the public's obedient servants, NEHEMIAH BECKFORD, JAMES M. OLNEY.
December 31.
Providence Library.
AT a meeting of the Directors of the Providence Library, January 10, 1801, it was voted, that 140 Shares be sold at eight dollars a Share.
PARIS J. TILLINGHAST, Sec'y. January 21.
RUM FOR SALE.
John Mason and Sons
HAVE received a consignment of eighteen hogheads of Demarara RUM, of a good flavour and high proof, which they offer for sale at a very low price for cash or on short credit. January 7.
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, Weaknesses, 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, his head-aches, weakness, heaviness, and lowness of spirits; dimness of light, confused thoughts and wanderings of the mind; vapours and melancholy, and all kinds of hysterical 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. BARROWS, 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 — Lots 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.)
LIKEWISE, for sale as above, ANDREW'S SPECIFIC LOTION.
This celebrated Lotion has received the highest encomiums from the inhabitants of New-York, and from many Medical characters in Europe, who, having seen its good effects, do not hesitate to give it their sanction. As a speedy, effectual and safe remedy, it is unrivalled, and has performed cures, when Medical aid, Cowland's and many other Lotions could give no relief.
For eruptions and impurities of the face, from whatever cause arising — as PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, RINGWORMS, CARBUNCLES, BRACKWORMS, FRECKLES, SUNBURN, and IMMEDIATE USE OF PAINT, it needs only to be tried to convince the most timid person of its superior efficacy in clearing and beautifying the face. — It is warranted to be harmless to the tenderest constitution, and innocent to the most delicate complexion — on the contrary, this will restore the skin to its wonted purity, and preserve it thin, soft, transparent and elastic.
N. B. Each bottle has a certificate signed by the proprietor, without which it cannot be genuine.
It is sold in bottles with directions, — Price ONE DOLLAR. December 31.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office,"
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the following rates of duty, which are demandable by law: —
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit.
   D. C. M.     ANY certificate of naturalization, 5   Any licence to practise, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or registry of any counsellor, solicitor, attorney, advocate or proctor, in any court of the United States, 10   Provided, That a certificate in any one of the courts of the United States, for any one of the said offices, shall, so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admission in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices.   Any grant or letters patent, under the seal or authority of the United States, (except for lands granted for military services) 4   Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for military services) 2   Any charter-party, bottomry or respondentia bond, 1   Any receipt or discharge for or on account of any legacy left by any will, or other testamentary instrument, or for any share or part of a personal estate, divided by force of any statute of distributions other than to the wife, children or grand-children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars, 25   When the amount thereof shall exceed the value of one hundred dollars, and shall not exceed five hundred dollars, 50   And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of   Any policy of insurance, or instrument in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dollars, 25   When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars, 1   Any exemplification of what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it may be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish for the use of the United States, or some particular States, 1 50   Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bond or other obligation, or contract, made to or with the United States, or any State or for their use respectively) and any bonds required in any case by the laws of the United States, or of any State, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty) 10   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 25   If above one hundred and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 50   If above five hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 75   And if above one thousand dollars,   Provided, That if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two-fifth parts of the duty aforesaid, viz.   If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 4   If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 10   If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 20   If above one thousand dollars, 30   Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country, 20   The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of exchange, without respect to the number contained in each set.   Any note or bill of lading or writing, or receipt in nature thereof for goods or merchandise to be exported;   If from one district to another district of the United States, not being in the same State, 4   If from the United States to any foreign port or place, 10   The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of lading, without respect to the number contained in each set.   Any notes issued by the banks now established, or that may be hereafter established within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as shall agree to an annual composition of one per centum on the annual dividends made by such banks, to their stockholders respectively, according to the following scale:   On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar, 50   On all notes above fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars,   On all notes above one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five hundred dollars, 1   On all notes above five hundred dollars, 2   Any protest or other notarial act, 25   Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war, 25   Any inventory or catalogue of any furniture, goods or effects made in any case required by law (except in cases of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in virtue of any legal process by any officer) 50   Any certificate of a share in any insurance company, of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank;   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, 10   If above one hundred dollars, 25   If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars.  
THAT the power of the Supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit. on the last day of February, 1801.
THAT, if any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the Supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February, 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped, in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or refuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of inspection, any such vellum, parchment or paper, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may after that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
AND for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared, that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury, at WASHINGTON, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.