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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. 148.]
WEDNESDAY, October 28, 1801.
[ Vol. III.
Washington Academy.
At a meeting of the Trustees of Washington Academy, held at South-Kingstown, on the 16th of September, 1801.—Voted and Resolved, THAT the Treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to call upon the subscribers to this Institution to pay up their subscriptions to him; and also, that he publish a notification to this purport in the Newport Mercury, and one of the Providence newspapers.
Voted and Resolved, That in consequence of an examination into the expenses already accrued, and what probably must be expended before the Academy-buildings are completed, it is found that they considerably exceed the amount subscribed; it is therefore thought proper to call a general meeting of all the subscribers to this institution, in order to consult upon the best mode of raising the money so deficient; that the said meeting be held at the Academy the first Wednesday in November next; and that the Treasurer give notice thereof in the Newport Mercury, and one Providence newspaper.
Agreeable to the above resolve, I hereby earnestly request all delinquent subscribers to make immediate payment.
ROBERT ELDRED, Treasurer. North-Kingstown, October 16. N. B. The next meeting of the Trustees will be on Wednesday the fourth of November next, agreeable to adjournment.
Nathaniel Croade and Co.
THE subscribers having purchased the Oil Works on the East side of Pawtucket Falls, four miles from Providence (R. I.) have entered into co-partnership, under the above firm, for conducting the same; and now inform the public, that particular attention will be paid to any demands, in their line of business; and to render it more commodious, they have established a store near said works, which is furnished with a complete assortment of English and West-India Goods, where orders addressed to NATHANIEL CROADE and Co. will be carefully attended to.
NATHANIEL CROADE, ELIPHALET SLACK, EBENEZER TYLER, OLIVER STARKWEATHER.
N. B. Cake given for Flax-Seed. Oil and Oil Casks for sale. Pawtucket, October 21.
FRESH FLOUR.
Now landing, and for sale, by Malachi Rhodes and Son, ALEXandria superfine and fine Flour Pilot, Navy, and Ship Bread They have also for sale, Turks-Island Salt Molasses, by the hoghead Antigua Rum, by do. October 21.
Amos T. Jenckes
Has for sale, on liberal terms and credit, entitled to debenture, 29,000 lb. Java Coffee 6,000 do. do. Sugar 5,000 do. heavy black Pepper October 21.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been appointed Executrix to the Estate of ISRAEL SHELTON, late of Providence, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust by giving bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands against said estate are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and all persons indebted to said estate are called upon to make payment.
ALMY SHELTON, Executrix. October 21.
WHEREAS my wife, PRUDIA, having conducted herself very unbecomingly in all respects; I have resolved to live with her no more, and caution all persons not to trust her on my account, as I will pay no debt of her contracting. EBENEZER ROBINSON, Coventry, October 20.
From the BOSTON CENTINEL.
MR. RUSSELL, THE dismissal of Governor Sargent from the government of the Mississippi Territory, is a subject of general conversation. It was one of those evidences of intolerance which was to have been expected from the present administration, notwithstanding the hoaxed promises of the inaugural speech. But the public have yet to learn; that the Executive conduct therein exhibited a scene of the most detestable hypocrisy and duplicity ever known. This is particularly shown in a pamphlet, which I have now before me; and which ought to be in the possession of every one desirous of information on executive conduct.
By this pamphlet, which is full of official documents, it appears, that Governor Sargent found it necessary, for the vindication of his public conduct from the aspersions of Davis, Claiborne, and other interested calumniators, to make a voyage to the Atlantic States. He reached Boston in May last, and made preparations for a journey to the seat of government; where he arrived on the 30th of May; immediately waited upon the President, whom he had previously informed of his visit, and was received apparently very graciously.—He was introduced by the following:
Boston, 11th of May, 1801.
"SIR, "My friend, Winthrop Sargent, Governor of the Mississippi Territory, will have the honour of presenting this letter to you. This gentleman served under my command, in the revolutionary army, with the highest approbation of the commander in chief, and of every officer in the army, whose good opinion was of any value. It is more than one quarter of a century since I have been intimate with him, and I never heard of any action of his, but what would render him honour, in the assembled presence of all created beings. I know well the loftiness of his mind, and his unaccommodation to every thing mean, has created him enemies, and we have seen accusations brought forward, but not supported before the national legislature. All he asks is fair, unprejudiced investigation. I have assured him most strongly of that, of which he before had no doubt, that you would most certainly try before you condemn, and that upon trial, all being right, you would vindicate his honour, and the honour of government, by a re-appointment."
"I am, with high respect and attachment, your obedient servant, "HENRY KNOX." THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States.
Notwithstanding the cordiality of his reception, on the morning of the 31st Governor S. was informed of the appointment of Mr. Claiborne. This the Governor doubted, and one of the heads of departments pledged himself that it was not true, and that Claiborne never would be Governor. MARK READER, CLAIBORNE WAS THEN APPOINTED. Upon the 1st of June, Governor S. had an audience of the President; and stated, that the great object of his journey was to re-establish a reputation, which had been violently and cruelly assailed by a party, at the head of which, and apparently from very impure motives, was Mr. Claiborne, a man who had evinced his enmity towards him as early as '98; who had declared himself a candidate for the Mississippi Government; and since his return to Tennessee, insinuated that it had been promised to him; that it was suggested that a commission for him was actually made out; which, although the government was not, in a peculiar point of view, of much consequence, would however affect him very sensibly, as tending to depress all zeal for good order in the country of his residence, and obviously affix the public seal to the volume of calumnies that had been uttered; that he wished only for an opportunity of making a statement of all his official proceedings and conduct, which under the administration of the Presidents Washington and Adams, had been honoured with full approbation, and which he persuaded himself he, Mr. Jefferson, could not consider as reprehensible; that for this purpose it was proper he should repair to Boston, where he had left papers important to his defence; that the clamours against his administration had, he verily believed, originated, and been fostered, principally by a British pensioner, resident in the Mississippi Territory.
* Two pamphlets on the subject have recently been published; one of them relates to the transactions in the Mississippi Territory. The one alluded to above is entitled, "POLITICAL INTOLERANCE, or the Violence of party Spirit"; exemplified in a recent removal from office; with a comment upon Executive conduct, and an Ample Refutation of Calumny; or a Sketch of the Service and Services of a Dismissed Officer.
Mr. Jefferson assured the Governor, that from every thing which had come to his view, nothing dishonourable had ever attached to his character; that Mr. Claiborne had no authority for insinuating that he was to be the Governor; that no decisive measures were, or should be taken upon the subject until he had ample opportunity to make his representations, which he proposed to receive through the Department of State, and upon which he would bestow his candid and impartial attention. Mark again, reader, notwithstanding all these assertions, Mr. Claiborne was then appointed. The President asked, who discharged the Governor's duties at the time? and was answered by the Governor, the Secretary, as he himself, when Secretary of the North-Western Territory, had discharged Governor St. Clair's duties. Yet strange as it may seem, at this identical moment, a commission was actually made out for Claiborne, as Governor, though not published in the Washington paper until the middle of July. Upon the 10th of June, the Governor waited upon the President, and through the medium of his private Secretary, informed him of his intended departure, upon the ensuing day, for Boston; and upon the 11th he left Washington, having previously addressed a note to Mr. Madison on the subject.
Upon his arrival in Boston he was noticed of his dismissal from the service of a country, to the emolument of which he had devoted his whole life, by a letter from the Department of State; which letter and his reply are here subjoined.
Department of State, Washington, June 16.
"SIR, "In adverting to the law constituting the government of the Mississippi Territory, it appears that the Secretary thereof is authorized to discharge the Executive duties in no other cases than those of death, removal, resignation, or necessary absence of the Governor. It follows, that since the expiration of your term, on the 7th of May, no provision exists for the emergency, and that it becomes the duty of the President to supply the vacancy with as little delay as possible. The various, and some of them delicate considerations which at present mingle themselves with the designation of the individual for this purpose, has rendered it expedient, in the judgment of the President, that the station should be filled by another than yourself, whose administration, with whatever meritorious intentions conducted, has not been so fortunate as to secure the general harmony, and the mutual attachment between the people and the public functionaries, so particularly necessary for the prosperity and happiness of an infant establishment."
"In communicating this determination, I have the pleasure to be authorized by the President, to add, that he wishes it to be understood, as not conveying any definitive opinion whatever with respect to your official or personal conduct which might wound your feelings, or throw a blot on your character."
"With great respect and esteem, I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
"JAMES MADISON."
THE ANSWER. Boston, June 29, 1801.
"SIR, "The hard services of a life which has been unceasingly devoted to my country, and the fatigues of the late journey to Washington, for the purpose of removing unfavourable impressions towards my administration, incapacitated me from returning there, with that dispatch, I could have wished, and postponed the receipt of your letter, to the last evening."
"Mr. Jefferson's recent determination to supersede me will presidentially confirm all the cruel calumnies that have been uttered; and the appointment of Mr. Claiborne, whose motives for so liberally wounding my fame are fully understood, must produce "not general harmony and mutual attachment between the people and the public functionaries of the Mississippi Territory; so particularly necessary, for the prosperity and happiness of an infant establishment," which seems the avowed motive, but the very reverse; and either prostrate all zeal for good and orderly government, within the Territory, or continue the most discordant and baneful passions."
"The Committee, ordered by Congress to enquire into my official conduct, reported (as I learnt by newspaper publications) that there did not appear cause for further proceedings upon the matters of complaint against my administration; which report has, it seems, been rejected, thus continuing me the subject of most malicious aspersions."
"The rejecting this report upon my official conduct is presumed by my friends and myself to have been good and sufficient ground for re-appointment, as presenting the only favourable mode for prosecuting a fair, just and candid enquiry, if such alone had been the object,
"The most respectable characters of the Mississippi Territory, and gentlemen whose honour and whose veracity have never yet been called in question, have come forward to Mr. Jefferson, with testimonies highly honourable to my administration. They have in strong language expressed a "confidence and a hope that I should meet, from the General Government, with that respect which was due to long and meritorious services;" not removal from an office, which, I shall take care to establish, has been administered always, with the strictest impartiality, and a view to the public good."
"Mr. Jefferson himself declared to me at Washington, that from every thing which had been exhibited against me nothing dishonourable, in his view, had attached to my character. That no appointment should be made to the Mississippi Territory, until I had had an ample opportunity of making unto him, through your department, a full statement of my administration and services, which should receive his impartial and candid attention."
"This assurance, from so high authority, and so essential to my reputation, I received in full faith and confidence; my disappointments at your notice are proportioned thereto, and attended with the very unpleasant sensations of mistrust and distrust ; the bane of all government, and which will sometimes obtrude themselves upon even the best disposed minds, upon much less interesting occasions."
"The government of the Mississippi Territory, of consequence to me only, as I assured the President, in the persuasion that my immediate removal might have a tendency to prostrate good order, and laudable zeal in the country of my residence, is become less desirable, by the continued disposition to bestow it on Mr. Claiborne; and as my official reputation seems of very little consequence to the President, the statement which I was to have the honour of making him, through your department, I shall postpone to the session of the honourable Senate of the United States."
"I have the honour to be, Sir, with very respectful esteem, your obedient humble servant,
"WINTHROP SARGENT."
Hon. MR. MADISON.
REVIEW.
From the PALLADIUM.
"FEMALE QUIXOTISM"—An American Novel. Published by Thomas and Andrews.
MESSRS. EDITORS, As it cannot be supposed you find much leisure for novel-reading, you will not be answerable for the errors of the enclosed criticism.—If my opinion of the merit of the Female Quixotism is wrong, you may still venture it to the public, as it is a mistake on the safe side, and an honest blunder of a disciple of the
OLD SCHOOL.
THE work before us has a character, which can be said but of few of those European productions, which want begets on dulness: Vivacity is its striking trait: Distinct personages diversify its lively scenes. If it has a fault, it is in the action's proceeding without a Lord of quality, fools or fops, revels or duels, which constitute the dernier resort of authors who write for bread, and fashionable readers who "love fun."
DORCASINA, though an old acquaintance, amuses and interests as much as a stranger. She exhibits in her life what is so often discredited as theory, that on man we may graft a thousand absurdities, while the growth is as fanciful as that of the polypus, under the view of the naturalist. From infancy she found her most exquisite pleasure in tracing the suspense, the hope, the distraction, the interesting situations, the joys, the tumult, the bliss of faithful lovers, as the little deity worked his spell; in obedience to the novel-lift, and she hoped to realize all the dreams of romance. Under the influence of this delusion, instead of being a matron, rendering a worthy man happy, surrounded by a train of amiable children, and enjoying the pleasures of domestic life, she now strays as "a waif on the world's wide common, solitary, neglected, and despised."—The whole course of her life, previous to the catastrophe of sure and sad celibacy, is various, diverting and interesting, and is near enough to the limits of probability, to excite the various sentiments to which pleasure is attached.
While DORCASINA's feelings in youth are pictured in lively description, the follies of her mature years are touched with a happy stroke. Too many who are in the wane of beauty supply the ardour of juvenility from the wild fire of fancy, and while their eyes sparkle dimly, like lamps in sepulchres, dream of warning beholders like the phantome of spring. The folly is more to be pitied than despised, as no one can quit the scene of former triumph, without casting "a longing, lingering look behind."

The Hibernian is happily described; he who seeks fortune by courting the fair, or flattering the people, by the mimicry of love, or the hypocrisy of patriotism. In Europe they boast but their impudence, in this country we may regret their success. Unhappily foreigners are too much in vogue; and while they are incautiously welcomed into our domestic circle, we do not regard them as intruders, when we find them in public office. It would be just to add circumspection to hospitality, and policy to confidence; as those, who can acquire neither fame nor fortune in their own country, generally emigrate where art and knavery may supply the place of honesty and talents. America is unhappily stocked with O'CONNORS, whose success daily allures sharpest and ambitious rebels.
The humours of SCITIO and BETTY are truly characteristic of native ignorance and natural shrewdness. Their interest for the honour of their mistress is happily depicted, and to a southern traveller recalls the honest slave, who often exhibits more concern for the dignity of the family than his lordly owner.
To people of mere common sense, the plain disciples of the old school, who respect filial and parental affection, and unfashionable notions of propriety, the rest of the group will be interesting. If they love nature, this work, is an honest mirror, in which they will find a fair picture.
In fine, we consider this work as pleasing and meritorious, the production of a pure mind and improved understanding. It is calculated perhaps rather for the simplicity of country-life, than the corrupted taste of the metropolis. To those whose business on earth is but to chronicle in their lives the follies of their times, extravagance is the spice of pleasure. If, however, they can be induced to spare an hour from the monifications of fashion, the luxury of a party, and the labyrinths of haunted castles, to this lively and simple tale, they may learn the office of fancy, that nature intended her but the playmate of a leisure hour, and that those who mistake her, for a preceptress will be truant from the school of reason, and by a neglect of duty will forfeit happiness. They may blend amusement with instruction, and close the work as innocent as ever, though perhaps with less fashionable sentiments. At least they will spend the moment to more purpose than with a lot or a milliner.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
By an arrival at New York.—Dates to Sept. 4.
LONDON, September 4.
THE NEGOTIATION.
THERE are some grounds to believe, that the negotiation is rapidly drawing near to a perfect good understanding, on the basis of preliminaries, or to a complete rupture. We understand, from a most respectable quarter, that the ultimatum of our government on the outlines of the proposed treaty was transmitted to Paris last Friday. It is certain, that at no period since the commencement of pacific communications between both powers, has the interchange of dispatches been so frequent, and the succession of couriers between their respective agents so quick, as within the last seven days.
Yesterday a flag of truce arrived at Dover with dispatches from the French government for M. Otto, and from Mr. Merry, for Lord Hawkesbury.
We received this morning Paris papers of the 31st of August, brought over by the flag of truce. They do not contain any information worthy of notice.
The French funds fell in the course of the 30th 1 1/2 per cent. The Tiers Consolidés left off at 47 1/2. No cause is assigned for this depression.
Admiral Lord Nelson still continues in the Downs, with his flag flying on board the Amazon frigate. Part of his flotilla, which was left cruising off Calais, has been obliged to return, in consequence of the gales of wind from the south-west.
An account has been received at Bengal from Java, which states, that at least one hundred neutral ships have arrived there annually for these five years past, each of which on an average must have left 70,000 dollars in specie, making the enormous sum of 35 millions of dollars, all of which is still in the island, besides immense magazines of produce. It is stated to be the finest island in the East, and, with the exception of Batavia, is not unhealthy. The account which we have received concludes with stating, that it would fall an easy conquest to a few thousand men.
A letter from Augsburg, of the 20th of August, asserts, that the Courts of Vienna and Berlin have at length come to an understanding respecting the establishment in Germany of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and of the Prince of Orange. The first is to receive as a compensation the country of Saltzbourg, Passau, and Berchtoldsgade, which would round the Southern States of the House of Austria. The Stadtholder is to receive the Bishoprics of Wurtzburg and of Bamberg, which, as well as the former States, are of course to be secularized. The Emperor has, it is said, already consented to the King of Prussia being indemnified for the Duchy of Cleves, and his other possessions on the left bank of the Rhine, by the Duchy of Munster. A third and last point, on which the two rival powers are said to have come to an agreement, is, that the indemnities and the secularizations shall be regulated by the Diet of Ratisbon. It is hardly necessary to observe, that all these arrangements of the Suabian journalist require confirmation.
The Ministers of Prussia, at the Diet of
Ratisbon, have pointed out the following heads, as the proper subjects of consideration:
1. Determination of the States of the Empire, which are to be indemnified. 2. Designation of the possessions that are to be comprised in the indemnities. 3. Fixing the Ecclesiastical States that are to be secularized. 4. Modifications of the secularizations, and conditions upon which they are to take place.
When these four points shall be decided, it will be for the Princes, who are to be indemnified, to make proposition to the Diet upon the most suitable manner of indemnifying them for the losses they have experienced. The Minister of Prussia is charged to demand that those questions be treated at the Diet, and to propose for that purpose a committee, composed of Ministers from Bohemia, Austria, Brandenburg, Bavaria, Wirttemberg, Hesse Cassel, and Baden, without the intervention of Ecclesiastical Ministers. He has communicated his instructions to the Austrian Ministers, and has agreed with them that he will not give any vote until they have received orders from their courts. We are the more impatient to know the instructions of Austria, because they must naturally throw some light upon the negotiations that are known to be entered into between the courts of Vienna and Berlin, on the subject of the indemnities.
M. OTTO'S DEPARTURE FROM HAMPSTEAD.
Yesterday morning a great sensation was felt at the stock exchange, and the Omnium fell one per cent. in consequence of the report that M. Otto was recalled or dismissed, and the negotiations for peace definitively broken off. It was positively asserted that this gentleman was packing up his trunks, and that post-horses and passports were waiting for him.
Nothing indeed had transpired upon this subject at the west end of the town; but the impenetrable secrecy of the negotiation is so inconvenient and alarming to speculators, that it is feared Lord Hawkesbury will not even break it, when he breaks them. The Omnium was done at 8 3/4 when the rumour was traced to its source, and the fatal mistake ascertained.
A little Isaac of a stock-broker had ingeniously taken lodgings at Hampstead, in the neighbourhood of M. Otto, in order to count couriers, and watch over the progress of the negotiation. Coming duly to Change in the Hampstead stage, he had the good fortune to light upon the house-maid of the "Ambassador," upon her journey to Hereford-Street. Such an opportunity could not be lost for diving into the mystery of the treaty, and deceiving the mysterious secrecy of Lord Hawkesbury. The French are reported to confide their political secrets to women; and this house-maid might have as much skill in making a peace as in making a bed.
The conversation therefore in the Hampstead stage immediately took a diplomatic turn, and nothing was chatted but about preliminaries and definitive signatures of peace. The discreet house-maid however would not open her mouth, though the stock-broker spoke of treaties upon the carpet, and sweeping the seas. Not a word could he elicit from the unconquerable reserve of the sub-ambassadress, and the grand-projet appeared desperate of success, when a blunt old gentleman in the back corner of the coach thought proper to ask, "And pray, my little maid, what are you going to town for?" The girl, thrown off her guard by this home question, gave the information which she had refused to all the address and policy of the Exchange. "She was going to get things ready for her master, who was going to leave his house."
Thus unexpectedly made happy, Little Isaac stopped the coachman with impatience, and ran out of breath with this important intelligence to the Alley, where he spread nothing but consternation and dismay. Some persons indeed questioned him rather shrewdly, and betrayed their incredulity; but his other four companions in the vehicle arriving in succession, were able to give testimony to the veracity of his information, as far as it went; for in his eagerness to depart, he had lost the last member of the house-maid's sentence, who candidly explained, "that her master was going to leave his house at Hampstead—for one he had taken at Putney."
In consequence of this explanation, about one o'clock the funds began to look up again; though they left off rather flat.
Our squadron has been forced off Boulogne by a strong westerly wind; which has also obliged the French to draw in their flotilla.
PLYMOUTH, September 2.
This forenoon was landed at the Barbican a Post Captain, who set off express for London in a post chaise and four. It is supposed he has brought some news of importance, but nothing has yet transpired.
LISBON, August 14.
It is the English papers by which the public opinion is governed; as to our government, it publishes nothing, but suffers every lie to be published. The Madrid Gazette contains an account of the treaty of peace, but none of the articles of their pretended treaty have yet been carried into execution.
Yesterday some state prisoners were brought here, who, it is said, had plotted to give up the city of Almeida to the enemy. Among them is a physician and a lawyer. Eight of the principal conspirators are in the castle of Lisbon, and 20 of the inferior ones are in a common prison.
GIBRALTAR, August 7.
Reports of French troops collecting in Spain, and of a meditated attack upon this fortress, still continue to prevail; and to be credited. It is surmised, that a sudden onset, with a very great force, is the mode to be adopted.
It is a fact, which all the accounts from Egypt, by the Spider sloop of war, concur in establishing, that the Mamelukes joined the British army, in force, immediately on the investment of Cairo.
Spain and Portugal.
OFFICIAL.
TREATY of Peace and Friendship between the most high and powerful Lords Don Carlos IV. King of Spain, and Don Juan, Prince Regent of Portugal and the two Algarves, signed at Badajoz the 6th June 1801.
Article 1.—There shall be peace, friendship and good correspondence between his Catholic Majesty the king of Spain, and his Royal Highness the prince regent of Portugal and the two Algarves, by sea and land, through the whole extent of their kingdoms and dominions; and all captures which may be made at sea after the ratification of the present treaty, shall be bona fide restored, as well as all merchandise and effects, or their respective value.
Art. 2.—His Royal Highness shall shut the ports of all his dominions to the vessels in general of Great-Britain.
Art. 3.—His Catholic Majesty shall restore to his Royal Highness the cities and settlements of Jurumena, Burbacena, Campo-Mayer, and Ouguela, with all their territories hitherto conquered by his arms, and which may be conquered; and all the artillery, muskets and other munitions of war found in the said garrisons, cities, towns, and places, shall also be restored according to the state in which they were at the time of their delivery; and his Catholic Majesty shall keep, in the quality of a conqueror, to be forever united with his dominions and subjects, the fortress of Olivenza, its territory and inhabitants, as far as the Quadina; so that this river shall be the boundary of the respective kingdoms in that part which only washes the aforesaid territory of Olivenza.
Art. 4.—His Royal Highness the prince regent of Portugal and the two Algarves shall not consent that there shall be upon the frontiers of his kingdoms deposits of prohibited and contraband goods, which may prejudice the commerce and interests of the crown of Spain, except—those only which shall exclusively belong to the royal revenues of the Portuguese crown, and which shall be necessary for the consumption of the territory respectively on which they may be deposited: and if any infraction of this or any other article shall take place, the treaty which is now established between the three powers, including the mutual guarantee, as expressed in the articles of this present, shall be considered as void.
Art. 5.—His Royal Highness shall satisfy without delay, and shall restore to the subjects of his Catholic Majesty, all the losses and damages which they may justly claim, and which have been occasioned by British vessels, or by the subjects of the court of Portugal, during the war with the latter or former power: and in like manner just satisfaction shall be given on the part of his Catholic Majesty to his Royal Highness for all captures illegally made by Spaniards before the present war, by means of an infraction of territory, or within cannon shot of the forts of the Portuguese dominions.
Art. 6.—Within the term of three months, computation from the ratification of the present treaty, his Royal Highness shall restore to the treasury of his Catholic Majesty the costs which his troops left unpaid at the time of his withdrawing from the war with France, and which were occasioned by it, according to the accounts presented by the ambassador of his Catholic Majesty, or which may be now presented anew, excepting, nevertheless, all errors which may be found in the said account.
Art. 7.—After the signature of the present treaty, hostilities shall reciprocally cease within the precise space of twenty-four hours; so that after this term no contributions shall be demanded from the conquered places, nor any other measures taken, but those which are compatible with what is equally conceded to friendly troops in time of peace: and as soon as the same treaty shall be ratified, the Spanish troops shall evacuate the Portuguese territory in the precise term of six days, commencing the march 24 hours after notification of its being done, without committing in their passage any violence against the inhabitants, and paying for every thing they stand in need of at the prices current at the place.
Art. 8. All the prisoners made by sea or land, shall henceforth be set at liberty, and mutually restored within the term of 15 days from the ratification of this treaty, paying in like manner the debts contracted during their detention.
The sick and wounded shall continue to be assisted in the respective hospitals, and shall be equally restored when they are able to march.
Art. 9. His Catholic Majesty obliges himself to guarantee to his royal highness the prince regent of Portugal, the entire conservation of his estates and dominions, without the least exception or reserve.
Art. 10.—The two high contracting powers oblige themselves to renew henceforward the treaties of defensive alliance which existed between the two monarchies, with those clauses and modifications which the ties that now unite the Spanish monarchy with the
French Republic nevertheless demand; and the same treaty shall regulate the succours which shall be mutually afforded when an emergency shall so require.
Art. 11.—The present treaty shall be ratified in the exact space of ten days after its signature, or before if possible. In faith of which, we the underwritten Ministers Plenipotentiary, and in virtue of the full powers with which for that purpose our august masters have supplied us, signed with our hands the present treaty, and caused it to be sealed with the seal of our arms.
Done at the City of Badajoz, June 6, 1801. (Seal) The Prince of Peace. (Seal) Luis Prince de Sousa.
Domestic Intelligence.
CHARLESTON, October 2. COTTON.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman who left this city, dated London, August 13, to one of his friends.
"It was some time before I could pay that attention to the manner in which property is disposed of in this city, and the condition of articles when exposed to public sale—I had been accustomed to complain, when with you, that our interest was not attended to, and that the complaints of the condition of shipments were without just cause; but I can with truth assure you that my eyes are now opened, and I plainly see, from the vile dirty state of the Carolina and Georgia cottons (when the bales are cut open) that upon an average, there will be a loss of 30 per cent. on the shipments of the last year's crop; and if more care is not taken by the planters of this valuable article, to clean, mote and separate the yellow from the white cotton, the next crop may perhaps remain unsold."
You cannot, my friend, too strongly recommend to the planters, how necessary it is for their own interest, to attend to what I have said upon this subject; for the day may not be far distant, when other countries will export the article in a much cleaner manner, and become a rival in the market. Believe me, I am so good a friend to Carolina to wish to see so valuable a staple lost to the country."
WASHINGTON, October 16.
On the 12th inst. Mr. Blicher Olsen was received by the President of the United States in the character of Minister resident of his Majesty the King of Denmark, with which he has been cloathed, and on the next day an exequatur issued to him as Consul General of his said Majesty.
We are induced to believe, that the Executive finds it difficult to procure the acceptance of a suitable character to fill the office of Postmaster-General. Report has proffered it to several gentlemen, who are said to have declined it.
NORFOLK, October 12.
We do certify, that the malignant yellow fever which prevailed with violence for some time past, has now nearly ceased; and that the health of the town appears to be improving daily. We know of no instance in which the disease has been communicated by contagion.
SHELDEN and WHITEHEAD. TAYLOR and HANSFORD. The signers to the above are respectable Physicians in this town.
JOHN COWPER, Mayor.
BALTIMORE, October 10.
A letter from Dover (Del.) of the 10th inst. says, "We have carried all our federal representatives for this county, as well as senator, but General Mitchell, the federal candidate for Governor, had only a majority of 60 votes in this county. In New-Castle the democratic party gave a majority against him of 783. In that county democracy stalks about triumphantly, but thank God, in Kent, as yet, we are preserved from that malignant disease. As it respects our assembly, we are federal, but the democrats have succeeded in the election of Governor. Col. Hall, their candidate, having the bare majority of 9 votes only, throughout the State."
Our town is now enjoying an unbounded share of health, and has every prospect of a full business so great as to remunerate the drawback of the last year. Within the last thirty days there have been no less than sixty foreign arrivals! twenty-nine of which were from Europe, one from Canton, and the rest from the British and Spanish American possessions. The merchants and traders from the country are resorting to the city in numbers, to exchange the produce of the new for the manufactures of the old world, to supply their stores with a choice assortment of goods suitable to the present and approaching seasons.
PHILADELPHIA, October 19.
This morning, in the Circuit Court of the United States, case of Levy Hollingsworth, plaintiff, vs. William Duane, defendant, the Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, damages 600 dollars.
The country, in many parts of this state and Jersey, is very unhealthy.—In some places whole families are taken down with the fall or bilious fever, which often proves fatal in 2 or 3 days, with many of the symptoms of yellow fever, yellowness of skin, black vomiting, and bleeding at every pore.
We trust our Quarantine Laws, notwithstanding the lateness of the season, will be enforced with the utmost severity.
NEW-YORK, October 17.
The benefits of moral and religious education, equally diffused through a country, and the bad effects of the neglect of it, is illustrated from Mr. Howard's works.
Fifty-eight persons suffered death for cap-

cal crimes in Scotland, in 20 years. The population of that country amounts to 1,600,000 souls. During the same period 434 persons suffered death, at Norfolk, in England, the population of which amounts to 800,000. In Scotland every person is taught to read and write, and the Bible there is the universal school book. In the six counties of Norfolk there are splendid churches, and high salaries given to the clergy, but the moral and religious education of the poor is neglected, and hence the number of their crimes and public executions.
A very curious, and to the victim of it, a disagreeable occurrence, lately took place at the bath of Baden, in Austria: A lady, who was remarkable for the beauty of her complexion, repaired to the baths in an elegant negligé. She had hardly dipped her hands into the water before she perceived that they were become perfectly black. She was unable to account for this, but determined however not to expose herself to the laughter of her companions, she retired to a corner of the bath, and undressed herself, intending to wash off the blackness when she got into the water, into which she immediately jumped up to her chin. On coming out of the water, found her bosom, her neck, and part of her chin metamorphosed into those of a negress. The dreadful event occasioned the greatest consternation in her mind; and she called in the assistance of her friends, but it was many days before they could succeed perfectly in washing the black a-moor white. The cause of the phenomenon is well known to all chemists to be in the property of the Baden waters of blackening all metals, and the lady had been employing cosmetics, into the composition of which metallic substances had entered.
The number of new cases of the fever reported to the resident Physician in this city, for the 24 hours preceding yesterday afternoon, were only three.
His Excellency Governor Clinton, has appointed Sanders Lansing, Esq. of Albany, a commissioner under the Act for settling disputed titles to lands in the counties of Onondaga and Cayuga, in the place of the Hon. Robert Yates, deceased.
The following persons have been elected (without opposition from the Federal Republicans) to represent the county of Philadelphia, in the House of Representatives of that State:—William Penrose, Elisha Gordon, John Goodwin, jun. Jacob Holgate, James Engle, and George Ingles.
A letter dated London, August 27, states positively, that Lord St. Helens has been ordered to repair, with speed, to Paris, where he will be received as Ambassador from the United Kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland, as negotiator there for peace, with the Consulate.
The Board of Health of the city of Baltimore has resolved, "That all vessels and passengers from New-York shall come to the quarantine-ground, and there remain until they have undergone an examination by the health-officer."
In papers from various quarters of the country, we find "extracts of letters from New-York," giving the most alarming accounts of the fever in this city. The alarm thus spread abroad is a serious injury to the commercial and other business of the town, and the country people are almost as dubious in their visits, as they were in the calamity of '98. We do not see any thing to justify such fear; though there have been a number of scattering cases of the fever, and some of the inhabitants removed, yet there is no cause for general alarm in the city; and we have strong hopes that the advanced state of the season will in a few days entirely stop its progress.
The Boston frigate failed from this port at 7 o'clock this morning, with our Ambassador, Mr. Livingston, for France.
Extract of a letter from an officer in the Western army, to his friend in Springfield, Massachusetts, dated Wilkinsonville, August 24, 1801.
"It is with deep regret I have the disagreeable task to inform you of the death of our beloved Colonel Commandant, D. Strong.—I dined with him two days before his death, when he enjoyed himself very well. After dinner he rode out; was taken ill about 9 o'clock in the evening. The next morning he was quite composed, and made some arrangements which his duty required; but in the evening was a little deranged.—The next morning lost his speech, and departed this life without a struggle or groan. He was buried with military honours. Our situation is very distressing and alarming; we have two hundred and thirty-two men now on the sick report. I have lost seven of my best men by death on this ground; have 32 now sick; one has deceased this morning since I sat down to write. We shall leave this place in two or three days, and move, I hope, for a more healthy one on the Cumberland, or the Tennessee."
October 19. Captain Hanifen, who arrived here yesterday from Curacoa, informs us, that on the 21st of September, an embargo took place there; that the British were fitting out privateers to cruise against the Spanish marauders; and that 800 British troops had arrived there from St. Lucia, to garrison that place.
October 22. The latest accounts from Egypt state, that the English fleet was perfectly healthy, and well supplied with provisions—and the army, possessing a profusion of every necessary, was much more healthy than could be expected from the nature of the climate and service.
Dispatches were received from London on the 5th of Sept. from Admiral Cornwallis, by which it appears that the English fleet comprised 27 sail of the line, 12 of which were two deckers. The French fleet, consist-
ing of 35 ships of the line, were in the outer road at single anchor, and appeared ready for sea.
Lord Nelson was in the Downs on the evening of the fourth of September.
The French have brought down and mounted two hundred pieces of cannon to protect their anchorage at Boulogne, yet confident in their security, in the event of another attack, have constructed floating booms to prevent the approach of the British.
HUDSON (N. Y.) October 13. John P. Van Nels, the Republican candidate for the office of Representative in Congress, we are informed, is elected by a majority of about 1000 votes.
SALEM, October 20. Arrived here on Saturday, ship Recovery, Capt. Dana, in 118 days from Mocha, at the mouth of the Red Sea. The Recovery left Mocha on the 22d of June, and brings the following intelligence:—That a very large fleet of British transport ships had gone up the Red Sea with troops; it was impossible to ascertain the exact number of men employed; some accounts stated the number at 8000 men;—there were several European regiments, and the remainder were the native Sepoys of the East-Indies. The expedition was supposed to have employed upwards of 100 sail of large country ships—the grand fleet entered the Red Sea in April, but one division of 20 ships arrived late in May. Before the Recovery failed from Mocha, news had reached there that the army had landed at Coffire and Suez, as little or no opposition could be made. The English had also taken possession of an island at the head of the Red Sea, and used it for a deposit for their stores. All was hurry and bustle at Mocha, where the British had commissaries to purchase provisions and supplies for the troops. The frigate La Forte had been lost in the Red Sea, by striking on a reef of rocks near Judda. Col. Popham, from the Cape of Good Hope, had joined the army. The English had very few men of war, and it was said that these intended to sail to cruise off the coast of Brazil.
The ship Ulysses, of this port, Capt. Henry Elkins, had arrived at Mocha on the 8th of March, 40 days previous to the Recovery, and on the 17th of May proceeded to Mukat, to complete her lading.
The Recovery has performed her voyage in 10 months, and has brought a cargo of Mocha coffee, and a few drugs, the latter being scarce.
BOSTON, October 21. FIRST EASTERN DISTRICT. We believe there has not been a choice of Federal Representative in this district. The poll closed last night at 12 o'clock. Orchard Cooke, Esq. we believe, has the highest number of votes. Mr. Kingsley will not, we think, in any event be elected.
The intelligence of the surrender of Cairo was received with great regret at Paris. The Chief Consul considered it as fatal to the only enterprize of which he was the prime projector; and the success of which he expected would "point the pyramid" of his glory. In England the news occasioned much exultation; though its effect in accelerating or retarding peace, very nearly divided the public opinion. Transports, with troops for Egypt, failed for England after the arrival of this intelligence; a circumstance which induced the belief that the British government intended to hold Egypt, as Bonaparte said he meant the Portuguese provinces as a pledge of peace.
October 26. A line of Telegraphs has been completed from the Vineyard to Cohasset. On Wednesday morning information of the arrival of the ship Mercury, at the Vineyard, from Sumatra, was very expeditiously and correctly communicated, passing through eleven different telegraphs. The line will soon be extended to Boston.
Several sheets of sheet copper, produced at the manufactory of Col. Paul Revere and Son, at Stoughton, were yesterday lodged at the insurance offices in this town. At a very great expence those ingenious gentlemen have erected works, where copper for sheathing ships, cold rolled, is produced; which has been pronounced by the best judges equal to any manufactured in Great-Britain. The frigate Boston was bolted and spiked, with bolts and spikes from this manufactory, cold planished, from malleable copper, and equal to European. Every friend to the manufactures of the United States must be pleased with this information.
Mr. John Appleton, the official bearer of the ratified treaty between the United States and France, arrived here yesterday, in the brig reward, from Dieppe.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28.
On Monday last the Hon. GENERAL ASSEMBLY of this State met, and are now in session at South-Kingstown.
A correspondent observes, that as Friday next is the natal day of the Hon. JOHN ADAMS, he presumes that it will not pass unnoticed by our fellow-citizens, but that they will honour it as a day which gave birth to one of the best of men.
The name of the American Consul who has publicly announced the blockade of Tripoli, by the fleet of the United States, is William Eaton, Esq. and not Caton, as published in all the Gazettes.
Thursday, the 26th day of November next, is to be solemnized as a day of public Thanksgiving and Praise, throughout the State of Connecticut.
A letter from an officer on board the United States frigate President, in Gibraltar Bay, dated July 3, says, "the Governor of this garrison has shown a disposition to accommodate the squadron in every manner compatible with his ability; and a very happy intercourse exists between the officers of our ship and the officers of the garrison."
Capt. John Striker is appointed Naval Agent for Baltimore, in the room of Archibald Campbell, Esq.
In the Portland Gazette we find the following article: "On Friday the 16th inst. between the hours of eight and nine, a Meteor was observed, about 60 or 70 degrees above the horizon.—The bearing, at its first appearance, was nearly north, and resemblance, that of a luminous ball, of the size of a man's hat; some say much larger. It moved with great velocity to the westward, leaving a brilliant and sprangled, or starry train, which continued for about two minutes. Though the moon shone very bright, the splendour of the meteor is said, by those who observed it, to have surpassed the light of the moon."
[The same was observed about the same time, at Salem; and corresponds with the above account.]
From the Washington Federalist. There is a person in Newburyport by the name of Timothy Dexter, who has many years excited much attention from his numerous blunders, and unaccountable movements. This man at the close of the war was poor; but by purchasing continental securities, and various speculations, he has blundered into an immense property. He is a very illiterate person, has high notions of grandeur and parade, often careless of money, yet often exact and greedy of more property.
Two or three anecdotes might give some idea of this man's character. After becoming rich, and raised, as he imagined, to nobility, he one evening came home, and knocked violently at the door, when his wife came to see what important matter could occasion such violent rapping. On opening the door, her husband with a grave air asks, "Does Timothy Dexter, Esquire, live here?" "What Does this mean" says Mrs. D. "Nothing," replies he, "I only wanted to see how it would sound hereafter."—When he purchased a large elegant brick-house, (Mr. Jackson's, 1791) he insisted on having the yard paved. This done, he ordered the servant to bring his carriage, when he paraded several times round the yard. "This is Boston; this is Philadelphia; this is a Duke's palace." But the most remarkable anecdote follows: About building a ship on the Merrimack, his carpenter informed him that a certain number of tons of slaying were necessary. "Dexter took his carriage and went to Boston, where he purchased all the whalebone he could find for slaying, which was sent round by water to Newburyport. On his return he discovered his mistake, from the carpenter. His purchasing in the whalebone in a large commercial town doubled its price. In a few days he sent it back to Boston, commanded his own price, and cleared several thousand dollars by this blundering speculation."
His advertisements have been numerous in the Newburyport papers these several years past. The following gives us the man's taste. It is an advertisement in the "Newburyport Herald" of the 2d inst. comprising a list of the images to adorn his seat. It is no joke, for the man is certainly in earnest.
A list of those gentlemen who are to stand before and inside of my house.
1st Thomas Jefferson, 2d George Washington, 3d John Adams, 4th Aaron Burr, 5th John Jay, 6th A. Hamilton, 7th Dr. Franklin, 8th Gov. Hancock, 9th Gen. Gates, 10th Gen. Knox, 11th Dr. Dwight, 12th Gov. Strong, 13th Gov. Gilman, 14th Gov. of Rhode-Island, 15th J. Brown of Providence, 16th Gov. of Connecticut, 17th Gov. of New-York, 18th Jonathan Jackson, 19th Louis XVth, 20th Gen. Buonaparte, First Consul in France, 21st King of Great-Britain, 22d Rufus King, 23d Gen. Louverture Toussaint, 24th The Great Indian Corn Planter in the Ohio country, 25th Adam and Eve, 26th Solomon and Venus, 27th David and Goliath, Noah, St. Paul, St. John, Aaron, Abraham.
THEATRICAL COMMUNICATION. We with pleasure look to the performances announced for this evening. It is long since we have seen Mrs. Graupner on our boards: her talents are well known, and must be particularly attractive when supported by her two children, in the interesting and admired Opera of the Children in the Wood. Report speaks highly of Mrs. Story's Little Pickle; from it we forebode a treat. Mr. Story's abilities as an Actor and Singer are too well known to need eulogium; we trust a sense of them will be shown by the patronage of a liberal and discerning public. We have only to lament that Mr. and Mrs. Story's engagements call them so early from this place.
Married, In this town, on Friday morning last, by the Rev. Dr. Gano, Mr. Charles James Air, of South-Carolina, to Miss Rebecca Power, youngest daughter of Capt. Nicholas Power, of this town.
On Monday evening last, by the Rev. Dr. Gano, Mr. Stephen Hopkins, to Miss Nancy Brownell, second daughter of Mr. Stephen Brownell.
At Hinsdale (State of New-York) the Rev. Dr. Stephen Gano, Pastor of the Baptist Church in this town, to Mrs. Joanna Lattig.
Died, On Friday last, Col. Caleb Gardner, in the 73d year of his age.—Through a long life, he supported the character of an honest and upright man, and met the approaches of death with that calmness and fortitude which peculiarly characterize the Christian.
At Warwick, Mr. Godfrey Greene, in the 60th year of his age. He was a worthy and an industrious citizen, a kind husband, and tender parent.
At Newport, Deacon Joseph Pike, in the 61st year of his age, for many years Deacon of the first Baptist Church in that town; an honest man, and an exemplary Christian.
In the West-Indies, Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, Commander in Chief on the Jamaica station.
At St. Croix, General Lindeman, Governor of that Island.
Mr. STORY'S BENEFIT. THEATRE---Providence.
MR. STORY begs leave to acquaint his friends and the public, that his winter engagement calling him to Charleston, he respectfully solicits their patronage this Evening, October 28, being his last appearance in this place; when will be presented (never performed here) a celebrated Comedy in 2 acts, called the
Maid of the Oaks, OR, The Fete Champetre.
Mr. Oldworth, Mr. Kenny; Old Groveby, Mr. Dickenson; Sir Harry Groveby, Mr. Downie; Hurry, Mr. Story; Mr. Dupely, Mr. Powell; Lady Bab Lardoon, Mrs. Powell; Maria, (Maid of the Oaks, with Songs) Mrs. Graupner, for that night only.
After the Comedy, the favourite entertainment of the SPOIL'D CHILD.
Little Pickle (with Songs) Mrs. Story; Old Pickle, Mr. Kenny; Tag (the ragged Rhymers) Dickenson; John, Mr. Barnes; Thomas, Mr. Coles; Miss Pickle, Mrs. Downie; Maria, Mrs. Dickenson; Margery, Miss Field.
In the course of the evening, the following admired Songs: "Be mine tender passion," Mrs. Graupner. "The heaving of the lead," Mr. Story. "Blue bells of Scotland," Mrs. Graupner.
To which will be added, the Musical Opera of the Children in the Wood.
Sir Rowland, Mr. Kenny; Lord Alford, Mr. Downie; Walter, Mr. Story; Apathy, Mr. Dickenson; Gabriel, Mr. Powell; Oliver, Mr. Coles; Rufians, by others of the Company. Helen, Miss Field; Winifred, Mrs. Downie; Josephine, Mrs. Graupner; Boy, Miss C. Graupner; Girl, Miss Graupner. The three last, for that night only.
Just Published, and for Sale by J. CARTER, at the Printing-Office opposite the Market, and by JACOB RICHARDSON, Esq. at the Post-Office in Newport,
THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR,
Lady's and Gentleman's DIARY, for the Year of our Lord 1802. By ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, Philomath. Containing, besides the usual astronomical Calculations, a Variety of Matter, useful and entertaining. October 28.
FOR SALE, A Quantity of the best JIRKED BEEF, from Buenos-Ayres; ALSO, A few bales of Horse Hides, Sheep's Wool, and Tallow, at the store of JOHN INNES CLARK. October 28.
For Wilmington, N. Carolina. THE SCHOONER DELIGHT, JOSEPH B. COOKE, Master, now lying at the Long Wharf, will sail in 6 or 8 days. For Freight or Passage apply to the master on board. October 28.
For Charleston (S. C.) THE SLOOP DEBORAH, STEPHEN HATHAWAY, Master, now lying at Godfrey's Wharf. For Freight or Passage apply to the master on board. October 28.
Take Notice. FOUND, on the 21st inst. in the Main-Street, in this town, a BAG, containing a number of pounds of Coffee. The owner may have it by proving property and paying charges. Apply to ISAAC EVELETH, jun. October 28.

Selected Poetry.
THE CHOICE.
H AD I, Pygmalion-like, the power To make the nymph I would adore, The model should be thus design'd, Like this, her form—like this, her mind,
Her skin should be as lillies fair, With rosy cheeks, and jetty hair; Her lips with pure vermillion spread, And soft and moist, as well as red; Her eyes should shine with vivid light, At once both languishing and bright; Her shape should be exact and small, Her stature rather low than tall; Her limbs well turn'd, her air and mein At once both sprightly and serene; Besides all this, a nameless grace Should be diffused o'er her face; To make the lovely piece complete, Not only beautiful, but sweet.
This, for her form; now for her mind; I'd have it open, gen'rous, kind, Void of all coquettish arts; And vain designs of conquering hearts; Not swayed by any views of gain. Nor fond of giving others pain; But soft, though bright, like her own eyes, Discreetly witty, gaily wise.
I'd have her skill'd in ev'ry art, That can engage a wand'ring heart; Know all the sciences of love, Yet ever willing to improve; To press the hand, and roll the eye, And drop sometimes an am'rous sigh; To lengthen out the balmy kiss, And heighten ev'ry tender bliss; And yet I'd have the charmer be By nature only taught—me.
I'd have her to strict honour ty'd, And yet without one spark of pride; In company well dress'd and fine, Yet not ambitious to outshine; In private always neat and clean, And quite a stranger to the spleen; Well pleas'd to grate the park and play, And dance, sometimes, the night away; But oft'ner fond to spend her hours In solitude and shady bow'rs; And there, beneath some silent grove, Delight in poetry and love.
Some sparks of poetic fire I fain would have her soul inspire, Enough, at least, to let her know What joys for love and virtue flow; Enough, at least, to make her wise, And fops and sopperies despise; Prefer her books, and her own muse, To visits, scandal, chat, and news; Above her sex exalt her mind, And make her more than woman-kind.
POLITENESS.
O N the arrival of the Earl of Stair in France, about the beginning of the last century, a female Courtier observed to Louis XIV. the Earl of Stair was thought to be the politest man in all Eng- land. "I will put his politeness to the test," replied Louis. Soon after he in- vited the Earl of Stair to take an airing with him. When the chariot was brought, his Majesty beckoned to the Earl to enter first, who politely bowed, and instantly entered, Louis afterwards said to the aforesaid courtier, "your former remark, relating to the politeness of the Earl of Stair, was just: in obedience to my mo- tion, he instantly entered my chariot, and left me to follow him; whereas a man of false politeness would have teased me half an hour with his ceremonious refusals."
ANECDOLE.
O NE day a butcher having ordered his new assistant to bring the victim to the slaughter, who, not observing that his superior was cross-eyed, until the very instant he was drawing the blow, cried out in an exclamatory voice, "Sir, do you mean to strike where you look?" He answered, "Yes." "Well then," re- plied the assistant, "the devil may hold the ox."
DIVORCEMENT.
T HE process for obtaining a divorce, according to the late laws of Eng- land, is both tedious and expensive. Mat- ters of this kind are settled among the Jews in a summary way. The parties go into the synagogue, each attended by two priests, and, having stated their objections to each other, the woman is asked if she be willing to part with her husband? and on her answering in the affirmative, they spit in each other's face, the man throws the Bill of Divorcement at his wife, and she receives it; upon which they jointly exclaim—"Cursed be they who shall wish to bring us together again." And thus the business concludes.
Benjamin Thurber
Has just received, and now open- ing for sale, at the sign of the Bunch of Grapes, No. 30, William-Street, a com- plete assortment of
Fall and Winter Goods,
Among which are the following articles. SCARLET , blue, black, and London brown Broadcloths, Cassi- meres, Elastics, Forrest Cloths, blue, green, and London brown Serges; plain, stri- ped, and clouded Coatings; Fearnought, for great coats; yellow, red, black, and white Flannels; ditto Baizes; cotton and worsted Hose; Swandowns; Eng- lish, India, and Italian Lute-strings; black and coloured Satins; Modes, Sarfnet, fashionable fancy check Ribbons, black and coloured silk Shawls, Bandanno and fancy silk Handkerchiefs.
A large assortment of Camels- hair Shawls, Muffin and chintz do.
A large assortment of high and low priced fashionable Calicoes, blue, pur- ple, and red Copperplate; long and short silk and cotton Gloves, plain and striped Ruffsels, Durants, Moreens, Shallons, Rattenets, plain and striped Wildbore, Bengals, Crapes, linen Pocket Handker- chiefs, black and white Laces and Edg- ings, India Cotton of various prices, Mul- lins, Mullinets, and Dimities, black and olive coloured men's Velvet.
A large assortment of new-fash- ioned Hats and Bonnets, Straw Trimmings, Cotton do. and a large assortment of Muffs and Tippits, and Fur Trimmings for cloaks.
A complete assortment of Look- ing-Glasses, Patent Lamps, brass and iron Candlesticks, house and floor Brushes, Coffee Mills, Flat Irons, London and Bri- tol Pewter, Knives and Forks, Table and Tea Spoons, Shovels and Tongs, brass Kettles, Cotton Wool, warranted Spanish Float and French Indigo, glass, China, and delf Ware; new-fashioned Tea-Pots, Cotton-Wool Cards, and other things too numerous to mention.
All old friends are invited to call and see for themselves, and whether they purchase or not, they will be waited on with pleasure. The above articles will be sold at the lowest advance for cash. October 14.
TO LET,
A CONVENIENT Tenement, a few doors north of the Episco- pal Church. For particulars, en- quire of ANNE KEENE. October 14.
LOST, about one o'clock on Sunday last, between Mrs. Welcome Arnold's and the head of Power's Lane,
A black lace Veil.
Whoever will give information of the same, to the Printer, shall be satisfactorily rewarded. October 14.
Take Notice.
WHEREAS the Freemen of the town of Providence, in town-meeting le- gally assembled on the 25th day of August A. D. 1801, ordered a tax of 16,600 dollars to be assessed on the ratable property of the inhabitants and others owning such property in said town, and the subscriber having been appointed collector of said tax, and also of the State tax of 3434 dollars and 73 cents, ordered by the General Assembly at their session in June last; requests all persons to call on him and pay the sums assessed on them respectively, on or before the first day of December next. And for the purpose of re- ceiving said taxes, the subscriber will attend at the office of Samuel W. Bridgham, Esq. opposite the State-House, from the 21st day of November, to the 1st day of December next, Sundays excepted, from 9 o'clock till 11 A. M. and from 2 to 4 P. M. A deduc- tion of three per cent. will be made to all such as call on the subscriber and pay the same by the time above mentioned. JESSE WHITMORE, Collector. October 14.
A Pocket-Book found.
FOUND, a few days since, on the road from Boston to Providence, a small Red Morocco Pocket-Book, containing sund- ry Notes of Hand, in favour of BENJAMIN L. HALL, to the amount of a considerable sum; and several other papers of small con- sequence. The Pocket-Book, Notes, &c. are left at this Office, where the owner may receive them, by proving property and pay- ing reasonable charges. October 14.
DANCING, MUSIC, and FRENCH LANGUAGE.
M. CARPENTIER
INFORMS the Gentlemen and La- dies of this town, that he intends opening a DANCING SCHOOL. He flatters him- self that by his manner of teaching, those who may attend will acquire in a short time the graces necessary to this art. For the terms, apply at Mr. Aldrich's Inn, where the School will be opened twice a week, at five o'clock in the afternoon.
N. B. Those who may wish to learn Music, or the French Language, with its true pronunciation, will be taught at their respective places of above. October 7.
NEW GOODS.
Freeman and Bartlet
Have just received and opened for sale, at No. 1, Cheapside, a large assortment of Fresh Fashionable Goods, suitable for the present and approaching seasons, among which are,
LONDON superfine and low price Broadcloths, plain, ribb'd and silk strip'd Cassimeres of the newest fashion, striped Elastic, Orleans Stripes, common and superfine Serges, Plains, Forrest Cloths, Velvets, Thick- sets, and Genoa Cords, of various colours; Ratteens and Naps of the newest fashion, for fartouts and spencers; common and superfine Lambkin, for ladies coats; Blankets from 6 to 12 quarters; Baizes, Flannels, spotted Swanskins, Coating, Toilet and Swansdown Waistcoatings, of the newest fashion; Fearn- oughts; plain, ribb'd, and patent Worsted Hose; Ladies black do. plain, laced clocks, ribb'd, and figur'd Silk Hose; Ladies Cotton and Silk do.
A great variety of Ladies fashion- able Dunstable, chip, cane, Leghorn, and other Bonnets and Hats.
Men's, youth's and children's coarse and fine Hats.
Chintzes, Calicoes, white and co- loured Cambrick Mullins; plain and figured jacquet and sheer Mullins; coloured and white Camels Hair Shawls, with netting fringe, and satin borders; plain and figured Marseilles; Cotton and Linen Checks, Wild- bores, Russells, Birds-eyes, Cambler, Cam- bleteens, Calimancoes, Durants, Tammies, Jeans, Moreens, coloured Cambrick Shawls, Silk Shawls, Bandanno and India Silk Handkerchiefs, Crapes, Gauzes, Lace Veils, Scarfs, black cotton and other coloured Gloves, silk Gloves, Ribbons of the newest tip; Glove-Ties, Velvet Bindings, Silk, Oiled Silk and Linen Umbrellas; Sattins, Pelongs, Saracens, Modes, Laces, Edgings, Tapes, Bobbins, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Sus- penders, Ladies fancy kid and Morocco Shoes, Linens, India Cottons, very low; Russia Sheetings, Ravens Duck, Oil Cloths, Pins, Bindings, Ferrets, Morocco Pocket-Books, and many other articles in the Dry Goods line, too numerous to mention.
ALSO,
A few hogheads of 3d proof W. I. Rum; Pepper in bags; fifteen bags of Coffee; a few firkins of excellent Butter; Cassia; Tobacco in kegs. October 7.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the subscriber has been duly appointed Executrix to the Estate of ZACHARIAH ALLEN, late of Providence, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs. All persons having demands against said Estate, are requested to exhibited them on or before the 4th day of May next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of said Estate. And all persons indebted to said estate, are called upon to make payment. ANN ALLEN, Administratrix. October 7.
A good Farm for Sale,
AND to be sold on liberal terms. Said Farm contains one hundred and twenty acres of Land, with an elegant two story Dwelling-House, and a Barn, and is well proportioned for mowing, pasturing and woodland, with orcharding sufficient to make forty or fifty barrels of cider annually. For further particulars, enquire of the sub- scriber on the premises. THOMAS BUGBEE. Woodstock, October 5.
A large range of Stores
TO BE SOLD OR LET, A LARGE range of Stores, for- merly the property of Messrs. JOSEPH and WILLIAM RUSSELL, merchants. They are, perhaps, better calculated for Wholesale Stores or Auction-Rooms, than any in Provi- dence. Enquire of the Printer. September 9.
NOTICE.
THE Creditors to the Estate of ELEAZER BALLOUE, of Gloucester, in the county of Providence, deceased, are in- formed, that one year from the seventh of February last is allowed by the Honourable Court of Probate for exhibiting claims against said estate:—Therefore, all who have any, are requested to exhibit them within that time, and all who are indebted to the estate are called upon to make payment to the sub- scribers. PHEBE BALLOUE, JIRAH BALLOUE, } Administr. Gloucester, August 25.
THE Copartnership of RICHMOND and KING is dissolved this day, by mu- tual consent. All persons having accounts open with said firm, are requested to exhibit them for settlement; and all indebted are desired to make immediate payment to the subscribers. JOSHUA RICHMOND. JOHN KING.
Said RICHMOND has for sale, at the Store next south of Capt. Moses Lippitt's, sixteen Hogheads of good flavoured St. Croix Rum, and a few Barrels of Windward Island Sugar; all of which will be sold low for Cash or approved Credit. September 30.
Bowers and Bucklin,
Importers of English GOODS, No. 4, WATER-STREET,
Have just received by the Ship Two Friends, from London direct, a large and handsome Assortment of Fancy and Staple GOODS, suitable for this Market and the present season, which are now opening and for sale, on as low terms to purchasers as can be procured in New-York or Boston, viz.
LONDON superfine Broadcloths and Cassimeres, of the most fashionable Colours; Swandowns of the newest fashion, Chintzes, Calicoes, Chintz Furniture, Cam- bricks, Cambrick Mullins, Book Ditto.
Ladies Fancy Kid and Morocco Shoes, Fancy Bonnets, Flowers and Wreaths Italian Crapes, Glove-Ties, Edgings, Laces, Lace Veils, black and white Ribbons, Velvet Bindings, Olive Velvet, Fancy Cord, buff Ditto.
Gentlemens' fashionable Hats, La- dies Ditto, Camel Hair Shawls, embroidered and dyed Cambrick Ditto, Mullinets, Dimi- ties, black Sattins, Florentines, coloured Silk Velvets.
A great Variety of japanned Ware.
A few Cases of Irish Linens, long Lawns, Linen Checks, Umbrellas, Hat Cases, Hosiery.
A great Variety of Muffs and Tip- pets, Furr Trimmings, black Plush, Baizes and Flannels, Mens' Worsted Gloves, fleecy Ditto, Ditto lined with Furr, extra long Cotton and Silk Mitts, Ditto Gloves, em- bossed Silk Hose, Threads, Taito and Bob- bins, Jewellery.
A handsome Assortment of Time Pieces, Watches, real Plate Coffee Biggins, Tea Pots, Cream Ewers, Sugar Basins, &c. Sept. 30.
GROCERIES,
Just received, and now ready for sale by Samuel Brown,
A little north of the State-house, Providence. Among them are the following, which are genuine:
WEST-India and New-England
Rum Cherry Rum Brandy and Holland Geneva Loaf and brown Sugars Hyson and Bohea Tea Coffee and Chocolate Pepper, Allspice, fresh Raisins, Cinnamon, Cassia Buds, Pearlashes, &c. August 26.
Drugs, Medicines, Painters' Co- lours and Dye Stuffs; all of which are to be sold on the most moderate terms.
He will let the Store Chamber of the store he occupies.
Ornamental Painting and Gilding of various kinds, executed with accu- racy and attention; and all favours thank- fully received. August 26. 6w.
THE subscribers having been, on the 27th day of August last, legally ap- pointed Commissioners, to receive and exam- ine the claims against the Estate of RICHARD BROWN, late of Providence, in said county, mariner, deceased, represented insolvent:— Hereby give notice, that six months is allow- ed from the date, for the creditors to bring in their claims to us; those who neglect will be precluded according to law. JOHN SMITH, 2d. SILVANUS G. MARTIN. N. B. All indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to ABBY BROWN, Administratrix. September 2.
LOST, on Thursday last, a black leather POCKET-BOOK, containing 35 dollars in Bank Notes, one Due-bill on SIMON ALDRICH, to the amount of 60 dollars, and one Note on Mr. SAMUEL YOUNG. Whoever will return the said Pocket-Book to the Sub- scriber shall receive Five Dollars reward. JOSEPH NEWELL. Smithfield, September 8.
Turks-Island Salt,
LANDING from on board the schooner Jerusha, and for sale, by CHARLES SHELDON, South End. Sept. 8.
For SLAE, by
William N. Rhodes,
30 Casks Hyson } 20 do. Souchong } T E A. 40 do. Bohea } New-England and West-India Rum by the hoghead or barrel; Loaf and brown Su- gars; Coffee in hogheads or by the hundred. Cash and the highest price given for Flax-Seed and Oats.
LOOKING-GLASSES.
THE subscriber has just received an assortment of Elegant Gilt-Frame LOOKING-GLASSES, with glass pannels, and ornamented tops, of the latest fashions, as low as can be bought in New-York or Boston,—Prices from 20 to 65 dollars the pair. SAMUEL AMES. July 29. 12w.