The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1799-07-31 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. 31. ]
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 1799.
[ Vol. I. ]
Amos Maine Atwell
HAS FOR SALE, BOHEA Tea , per whole, half and quarter chest, fresh and genuine Rice per cask, Molasses per hhd. 1 hhd. Rum Chocolate per box 243 pair of mens' Calf-Skin Shoes Fresh Raisins per cask A few barrels of Beef and Pork Stone Lime per cask or quantity 10,000 Feet 1-4 hard pine floor Boards Fine cut kitefoot smoking Tobacco, per dozen or gross Bed-Cords and Cod-Lines, per dozen. July 24.
To be Sold or Let,
ON REASONABLE TERMS, A Large and commodious four story HOUSE , in Westminster-street, adjoining the Theatre, with a good store, convenient for the retailing business. Also, to Let, The STORE in front of the House where the subscriber now lives, opposite the Town Pump. BENJAMIN TALBOT. (t.f.) July 17.
SHOES and HATS.
Received this day, at No. 3, Cheapside, from New-York, A Handsome supply of ladies' kid and Morocco Shoes and Slippers , with and without heels, of the latest imported patterns. Also, a few pair of fashionable Truxton Shoes; gentlemen's beaver and fatten beaver Nelson crowned and other shaped Hats—Qualities to suit every taste; Mullinets, Dimities and Broadcloths; with a great variety of English, India and Scotch Goods, wholesale and retail. July 10.
IMPORTED,
Direct from the Manufactories, The following GOODS,
And will be sold for Cash, or approved Notes at 60 days, at least as low as can bought in New-York, viz. Prigg'd, lappet, plain and book Mullins; Calicoes , of the newest and most fashionable patterns; Brown Linen, Shawls, and Nun's Thread, from No. 6 to 24; to be sold at the store of Major WILLIAM ALLEN, opposite the house of Colonel RUSSELL. July 10.
WHEREAS the Hon. General Assembly of this State, at their last June session, passed an act securing to the subscriber, for the term of six years, the exclusive privilege of transplanting and propagating a bed of Oysters, upon two acres of ground adjoining Sabins' Point, and northerly of the same; he therefore most earnestly solicits all persons, as well those residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as those living in this State, so far to favour his experiment and undertaking, as to refrain from molesting the said Oysters, or in any manner disturbing or injuring the said bed, which he has been at the labour and expence of surveying, marking out and transplanting, agreeably to said act of Assembly. Any person, wilfully offending in the premises, will assuredly be prosecuted for the penalties annexed to the violation of said act. SAMUEL THURBER. July 10.
FOR SALE, by
Abbott and Ingals, At their Tan-Yard in North-Providence, FOUR thousand dried HIDES , in excellent order, very reasonable for cash or short credit.
They want to purchase,
OAK BARK, For which the highest price in cash will be given. May 29. (t.f.)
Rhode-Island District.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq; Judge of the District Court for Rhode-Island District, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons concerned, that a libel is filed in said Court by Jeremiah Olney, Esq; Collector for the District of Providence, against three bags of COFFEE, imported in the brigantine Sally, and seized by said Collector for having been landed from said brigantine without a permit to do so; and that trial will be had upon said libel at the District Court to be held at Newport on the first Tuesday of August next. W. PECK, Marshal. Providence, July 9, 1799.
WHEREAS my wife ABILENE refuses to live with me, or to use me as a woman ought to use her husband, I do hereby forbid all persons entertaining, detaining or trusting her, on my account, as I will not pay any debts of her contracting. MICHAEL SPRAGUE. Johnston, July 9.
Fresh Fancy GOODS.
Just received from New-York and Boston, by the latest importations, and now opening for Sale, by
DAVID VINTON,
At the corner Store, No. 7, Market-Square, A Large and extensive assortment of gold, silver, plated, stone, gilt, jewellery and cutlery Wares, of the newest fashions.
Among which are, As complete and elegant an assortment of Penknives, and silver bladed Fruit ditto, and high finished steel Scissors, as was ever offered for sale at any store in this town; a large variety of white and green Spectacles; sportsmen's Knives and patent Knives and Forks; Stationary of almost every kind; Perfumery, Pomatums, French and English, of various scents, in pots and rolls, per dozen; violet and plain Hair-Powder, per do; hair and down Puffs, per do; a beautiful variety of Dressing Boxes; large green Sun Fans, per dozen or single, very cheap; 400 soldiers' Feathers, plain black, red and white, black tip'd with red, and white tip'd with black; a few elegant Tea-Urn; plated Cream-Pots, Candlesticks, Snuffers and Trays; excellent dried Citron, Spices, Olives, Capers, and fine Groceries of every kind.
In addition to his usual variety, he has likewise just opened an invoice of 1200 different kinds of Children's Toys, of every price, consisting of Drums, Guns, Swords, Pibols, Cannon, Horses, Coaches, Chaises, Waggons and Carts, of various sizes; Soldiers and Horsemen, Hand Organs, Violins, Flutes and Fifes, elegant Dolls, full dressed, with glass eyes, in girls' and boys' habits; black Dolls, boys and girls; house Furniture, Tea-Urn, complete Tea Sets, small Books for children per dozen, &c. &c. &c.
NEW MUSIC.
100 different pieces, and Songs for the Piano Forte, Guitar, Violin and Flute, and shall constantly receive additions of the newest and most fashionable Music in England and America; a catalogue of which will be given gratis. As the articles in his line are so numerous, it would be laborious to particularize them in a newspaper; he therefore solicits his friends and customers to CALL AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES, for he assures them (as usual) he charges nothing for looking. June 26.
PUBLIC INFORMATION.
The following Section of the Collection Law, commencing its operation on the 1st day of July inst. is published by particular request of the collector of the customs for the district of Providence, for the information of all Importers and Retailers of Spirits, Wines and Teas—viz.
Sec. 44. AND be it further enacted, That on the sale of any cask, chest, vessel or case, which has been or shall be marked pursuant to the provisions aforesaid, as containing distilled spirits, wines or teas, and which has been emptied of its contents, prior to the delivery thereof to the purchaser, or any removal thereof, the marks and numbers which shall have been set thereon by or under the direction of any officer of inspection, shall be defaced and obliterated in the presence of some officer of inspection, or of the customs, who shall, on due notice being given, attend for that purpose, at which time the certificate which ought to accompany such cask, chest, vessel or case, shall also be returned and cancelled; And every person who shall obliterate, counterfeit, alter or deface any mark or number placed by an officer of inspection upon any cask, chest, vessel or case, containing distilled spirits, wines or teas, or any certificate thereof, or who shall sell or in any way alienate or remove any cask, chest, vessel or case, which has been emptied of its contents, before the marks and numbers set thereon pursuant to the provisions aforesaid shall have been defaced or obliterated in presence of an officer of inspection as aforesaid; or who shall neglect or refuse to deliver the certificate issued to accompany the cask, chest, vessel or case, of which the marks and numbers shall have been defaced or obliterated in manner aforesaid, on being thereto required by an officer of inspection or of the customs, shall for each and every such offence forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, with costs of suit. July 24.
Taunton and Providence Stage.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the Public, that in consequence of his receiving greater encouragement than he expected, he intends running his Stage between Taunton and Providence twice a week.—To leave Taunton every Wednesday and Saturday, at 5 o'clock, A. M. arrive at Providence about noon, and set out for Taunton at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Seats taken, in Providence, for Taunton, at the Exchange Coffee-House, at 1 dollar 33 cents each—14 lbs. of baggage gratis; 150 lbs. the same as a passenger. ABNER TURNER. July 24.
George Thomas,
Hair-Dresser,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has dissolved partnership with PRINCE WRIGHT, and has renewed with JACOB CHRISTOPHER, near Mr. Ammidon's inn; where they will be happy to wait on their old customers, and others who may favour them in their line of business. Ladies and Gentlemen who wish to have their hair cut or dressed in the newest fashion will be waited on at their houses at the shortest notice. July 17.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
The Adelphiad, No. XI.
I HAVE hitherto considered the bible merely as an elegant display of taste and composition, without any other recommendation whatever. Every one must acknowledge that this is the most uninteresting light in which this important subject can be viewed. When a man boasts of having a jewel in his possession, it is not enough that it should be highly polished and finished off—it must likewise have all the inherent properties and intrinsic value of a jewel. He who is pressed down to the earth by the calamities of fortune; who is perhaps at this moment pining in beggary and want, looks, through the medium of divine revelation, to the Supreme Parent of nature for comfort and support. Can we wish to co-operate with beggary and famine, and to render the condition of man more insupportable than all their horrors? Can any one possess the spirit of the devil so much as to take a malignant satisfaction in the contemplation of human misery? Can we wish to tear the pillow from the dying head, by persuading mankind, that the beautiful views, prospects and landscapes of immortality, which Hope (aided and fortified by natural reason—brightened still more by divine revelation) has drawn, are the mere visions of a crazy and disordered imagination? I do not hesitate to affirm, that the man who can do this, is more criminal than the highwayman who plunders my property in the forest. Property may be restored, or compensation may be made; but he who propagates the doctrines of infidelity, filches from us every thing valuable, and leaves us nothing in return. The sorrows of a good man are holy and sacred. Savages may dance upon the tombs of their enemies, but they revere the relicks of a friend. He, then, who shakes our confidence in divine inspiration, is guilty of a crime which a savage would disavow with scorn and disgust. He knows that the most uneasy sensation of the human mind is to doubt; and if he can only effect this, his end is gained, and his purpose is answered. What keen remorse, what gnawing sensations, what terrors, what anguish must he feel in his dying hour, to reflect that he has contributed to the damnation of thousands of his fellow beings! Immortality is all important—it intercepts every day, every hour, every moment of our existence. To reflect that every thought is scanned—every action viewed by the Deity, is enough to make the proudest heart tremble with dismay. But those advocates for infidelity have only to represent these reflections as the ravings of priestcraft, and with many, very many of our fellow-citizens, they will find belief and support. Coolly malignant, they persist in their crimes, and brave the thunderbolt of divine indignation. But, say these theoretical writers, in whose honourable class we may rank Mr. Paine, where is the necessity of divine revelation?—mere natural reason is fully sufficient for us to form adequate conceptions of the Deity. One is at a loss which most to admire, the malevolence of the heart which dictates, or the stupidity of the brain which conceives, such hardened impudence of assertion. Of what service can it possibly be to maintain an argument with characters of this kind?—Has it never been proved to a demonstration, that this fact is directly contrary to history and the nature of things? Where is the man, the least acquainted with history, that will pretend to deny, that when poetry, music, sculpture and oratory, had marched to the zenith of improvement in Greece and Rome, even those polished states were more ignorant of rational religion than the savages of North-America? If natural reason alone is sufficient, how does it happen that Greece and Rome could push their enquiries so far into every art and science, and remain in such stupid ignorance on subjects of religion? Facts prove, therefore, that without divine interposition, religion is nothing but a chaos of follies and absurdities. I readily admit that our relative duties to each other may be known without any religion at all. This information is obtained from objects with which we are every day more or less conversant. We know from observation, that honesty, virtue and integrity are necessary for our happiness as individuals, and likewise as members of society. Here human reason stops short, and further than this we are unable to proceed. Is there nothing further necessary to satisfy the desires of the mind? Is there not a strong and ardent desire to live beyond the grave? Why do we feel such horrors in anticipation? Here natural reason stops, and the interposition of a Divine Providence supplies the defect. Immortality is flung open, and a distant view is given of the happiness and miseries of a future state, together with the means of obtaining the one, and avoiding the other. The mode or manner of our existence hereafter is the only thing concealed, and this is not necessary for its attainment. Thus the necessity of divine interposition appears from natural reason.—
In the gay and festive hours of youth, passion is predominant. We say and do a thousand things which will not bear the test of investigation. Warm and sanguine tempers are hurried from object to object; but though we are liable to such casualties, let us bear in mind that we are breaking down the barriers of religion.
Parent of Nature, teach my soul The path which leads to Virtue's goal; Repress the follies of my youth, And lead me in the paths of truth. When by tempestuous passion driv'n, I spurn thy laws and fly from Heav'n, Like a fond parent, check my pride, And lay thy thunderbolt aside.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
To the Members of the Federal Adelphiad
GENTLEMEN, HAVING observed several well written essays, under the title of the Adelphiad , curiosity prompted me to enquire why that word was placed at the head of these papers; when I was informed they were written by some members of a society to which that word has reference, and which was incorporated for the promotion of literature, and the increase of knowledge. I received the information of the laudable purpose of your association with a pleasure which could not be increased but by the accomplishment of your wishes for the general diffusion of knowledge; for I presume your usefulness is not designed to be circumscribed to the limits of your own society. The recording the essays in the public Journal would prove, if proof had been necessary, that, as the friends of literature, you view yourselves as members of the general society. Under this idea, let me solicit your indulgence, while I call your attention to an object which must be intimately connected with the purpose of your institution. The question, whether there shall be FREE SCHOOLS sufficient to educate all the children throughout the state, is now submitted to the people by their representatives.
There never were but two questions of equal importance submitted to the consideration of the people since the arrival of our fathers in this country; one of which was, the division of the British empire in the year 1776, and the other, the Constitution of National Government, under which this country has prospered since the year 1789. But the public decision on the subject of Free Schools is to determine whether the advantages resulting from our national sovereignty and present form of free government are to be continued to the people of this state. That an ignorant people cannot be a free people, is universally agreed—they will either be the proper tools of ambitious leaders, or the fit slaves of despotic rulers. Whatever may be the state of learning among the parents, there are hundreds in this state, now on the verge of manhood, who cannot write their own names; and it is a fact which daily occurs in different parts of the state, that when a man, in transacting his common business, is called on to put his signature to a paper, he is obliged to confess that he cannot write.
Is there a person in the state who wishes this to continue? He may be informed that it will not so continue, if the school bill passes into a law. Light will break in upon the rising generation, and they will not only be better qualified to transact the common business of life, but to render respectable a free elective government. But if the bill should be finally rejected, ignorance will beget ignorance, and darkness will be added to the present gloom, till anarchy or tyranny shall close the scene.
If the people will attend to the subject, as submitted to them by the General Assembly, they will decide in favour of Free Schools; but the danger is, that they will not attend to it; they must be called—they must be awakened to attention; and who so fit as those who command the pen of the Adelphiad ? This is not a time for Vision and Dream —the question will be decided, at the next session of the Assembly, in which is involved all the happiness of our waking , as well as all the safety of our sleeping hours. It is not a time to defer on the superior fragrance of the Red Rose or the White , while the owners of the soil may be in the very act of determining that not a bush of either shall grow in their garden.
The idea occurred to me, as I took up the pen of attempting an apology for this address; but I have dismissed it forever. The establishment of Free Schools is of so high, such vast importance, that the apology is due only from those who are silent on the subject. A MECHANIC.
From PHILADELPHIA.
Commercially Important.
The following important information has been sent from the Office of the Secretary of State, to the several sea-ports throughout the United States. It is headed by the late proclamation of the President of the United States, which we published some time since.
Extract of a letter from Robert Liston, Esq; minister plenipotentiary of his Britannic majesty to the United States, dated New-York, July 13, 1799, to his excellency vice-admiral Sir Hyde Parker.
I HAVE just learnt with concern, by a letter from Brigadier Gen. Maitland, dated at sea (lat. 35 N. long. 68 W.) the 2d of this month, that there has been a misunderstanding on the subject of the time fixed for renewing the commercial intercourse between the United States and St. Domingo.
"In the agreement entered into by Gen. Maitland and myself with the American ministers, it was clearly understood by all parties, and fixed—that the stipulated ports in the island should be open on a certain day, for the reception of the merchant vessels of Great-Britain and the United States: not that the ports of America and Jamaica should be open on a certain day. In consequence of this understanding, and the subsequent arrangements between Gen. Maitland and the American consul-general in St. Domingo, the President has, by a proclamation, dated the 26th of June, informed the inhabitants of this country, that it shall be lawful for vessels, which have departed or may depart from the United States, to enter the ports of Cape-Francois and Port-au-Prince on or after the first of August next.
"Dr. Stevens, it seems, now conceives the meaning of the agreement to have been,

that vessels should not clear out from the American states till the 1st of August; and General Maitland informs me, that you have given orders to your cruisers accordingly.
"It is impossible, however, considering the time that has elapsed, and the extent of the territory of the United States, that the President should now make any alteration in the measures adopted (were it desirous that he should do so); indeed many vessels have already sailed, and are daily sailing from the different American ports, with a view to be ready to enter Cape-Francois and Port-au-Prince on the day appointed.
"I take the first opportunity of mentioning this embarrassing circumstance, regretting that it was not in my power to give you the information sooner; and it remains that I should entreat you to be pleased, without loss of time, to take such measures, in concert with Dr. Stevens and his majesty's lieutenant-governor of Jamaica, as may be calculated to effect the opening of the ports in question with the least possible delay; and I trust that you will, at the same time, have the goodness to give such orders to your cruisers as will insure to the American vessels, which have thus left their ports without any view to a fraudulent commerce, and by the express permission of their government, every necessary attention and good treatment."
I, Timothy Pickering, Secretary for the department of state of the United States of America, hereby certify, that the foregoing proclamation is a true copy of the original remaining in my office, and that the foregoing extract is faithfully copied from an original letter to Sir Hyde Parker, sent to me under a flying seal by Mr. Liston, for my information. Given under my hand and official seal, at Philadelphia, this 17th day of July, A. D. 1799. TIMOTHY PICKERING.
Domestic Occurrences.
CHARLESTON, July 3.
Capt. Pritchett, of the ship Happy, from St. Thomas, in 3 days, now lying at Fort Johnson, has furnished us with the following particulars:
It was reported that a British packet had touched at Tortola, on her way down to Jamaica, which had an order on board from the king in council, allowing and authorizing that island to trade with St. Domingo.
The French of Guadaloupe are making many captures of American vessels; amongst the number lately captured, are the brig Defiance, Capt. Moffet, from Surinam for Norfolk; the schooner Hazard, from Norfolk for St. Thomas; the sloop Nancy, Cox, of Philadelphia, bound to St. Thomas; and others not recollected. They have also taken a brig under British colours, from Norfolk bound to Martinique.
It was also reported at St. Thomas, that an insurrection had happened at Laguire, on the Spanish Main, and that in consequence an order had been issued not to admit any more neutrals there.
At Tortola they are not idle in their old vocation of privateering; their chief trade is capturing Danes and Swedes, yet Americans do not altogether escape them; part of the cargo of the schooner Sylph, of Baltimore, has been condemned there; she was from Baltimore, bound to St. Thomas; the part of the cargo condemned amounted to 25,000 dollars, in dry goods. The sloop Nancy, of Rhode-Island, and her cargo, from Cape-Francois, to St. Thomas, has also been condemned; several have been acquitted. A new judge has been appointed, whose character is spoken well of; but privateering has so long been considered as a fair trade, that their ideas are very different from those entertained in many places; for example, their parson owns two privateers.
July 4.
Yesterday arrived the sloop Rainbow, Easton, from Kingston, 23 days; brig Adventure, Nichols, do. 21; ship Alknomack, Miller, Cork, 74.
Eight days ago, Capt. Nichols, from Jamaica, spoke the United States brig General Pinkney, Capt. Heyward, off the Havana; Capt. Heyward informed him that his boat had been refused entrance into the Havana. He also informed that an embargo was then on the American vessels in that port.
NEW-YORK, July 18.
Last evening a mob assembled at the corner of Murray and Greenwich-streets, in consequence of a person being found in one of the docks on the North river, with evident marks of violent death—suspicions were entertained of his being murdered in a house of bad character, on the corner of Murray-street, where we understand he was seen the evening prior to his being missed.
The mob, who were about 800 or 1000 in number, at the signal of three cheers, proceeded with an intention of demolishing the house, but were prevented by the timely interference of the Mayor and some of the Magistrates. The Washington troop, and a detachment of infantry, were likewise ordered under arms to disperse the mob, to whom much praise is due for their spirited exertions.
July 25.
The brig Intrepid, of Baltimore, with the owner (Major de Butts) on board, arrived on the 19th inst. at Baltimore, from the Havana, being instantly ordered away by the Spanish government, without permission to go on shore, in consequence of the late edict of the King of Spain, prohibiting trade with neutrals: There was an embargo the 6th of the month on all vessels at the Havana, when Major de Butts failed.
This morning about 10 o'clock, a soldier belonging to the Army of the U. States, by the name of Perkins, was shot at Governor's Island for desertion, agreeable to sentence of Court-Martial.
The following is from a Physician of the first eminence in Philadelphia:
"It is agreed by most of the Physicians of Philadelphia, that there have been a few cases of the Yellow Fever in our city; but that the disease has happily disappeared, without being communicated in a single instance."
Yesterday arrived the ship Draper, Capt. Collins, in 53 days from Dublin—Capt. Collins has very politely favoured us with the Dublin Evening Post of May 28, from which we make the following Extracts:
LONDON, May 20, 22, 23.
A letter from the bishopric of Munster, dated May 6, and published in a ministerial paper, says, "The 12th current an army of Prussians, to consist of from 25 to 30,000 men, is to assemble in a camp which has been marked off for it near Minden. The 30th and 31st of this month, and the 1st and 2d of the next, they are to be reviewed by the king. Many and various are the conjectures as to this assembly, which is to be composed wholly of corps separate and distinct from those which constitute the line of demarcation. What shall happen after that review, time must shew."
Prince Charles, according to our private letters, had arrested the commandant of the advanced posts near Rastadt, and had appointed a military commission to enquire into the circumstances of the death of the French ministers at Rastadt.
A paper of this morning says, "On Wednesday last his highness Monsieur, late Comte d'Artois, who has resided for some years in Holyrood house, Edinburgh, gave notice to the captain of his guard that he meant in two hours to set out on a short journey, and desired that a travelling trunk might be got ready for him. Accordingly in the evening of the same day he set out with great secrecy, accompanied only by this officer, and it is totally unknown where he is gone. The Baron de Rolle, a Swiss gentleman, had been with his highness for some time, and set out from Holyrood house with the same secrecy a day or two before the prince. This circumstance has made a great sensation on the emigrants in London, who flatter themselves that Monsieur has been sent for by the ministers, and that things are now ripe enough to erect the royal standard, and to form a rallying point on the Continent, for the friends of the exiled family of France."
DUBLIN, May 28.
The favourable terms for the nation, on which government has just concluded the loan, has already manifested a happy effect upon public credit. Our Irish funds have, since the day the loan was announced, looked up, and on Saturday last Bank stock was steady at 115, and the 5 per cents. stiff at 81.
Portugal, of whom many of the European states were wont to speak in the most disrespectful manner, has manifested a firmness and determination worthy of a nation descended from the ancient Celiberians. Menaced with an invasion, the Portuguese are making every preparation for the most vigorous defence. Every man capable of serving his country in this eventful crisis, is training to arms; magazines of stores and provisions are collecting; and every other arrangement adopted for securing that kingdom from being revolutionized.
SALEM, July 26.
Every article of intelligence from the North of Germany, says a Paris paper, confirms the report that Paul I. is determined to harrafs the King of Prussia, and the States of the Empire who have abandoned Austria, and are on amicable terms with France.
Private accounts via Hamburg, assure us that the Prussian Monarch is completely prepared for any event, having formed a coalition with the neutral princes of Germany, whereby they have in complete readiness an army of 200,000 men to act as occasion may require—what lead to this event, was the march of the Russian troops through Germany.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
Mr. Carter.
IT is with pleasure I read the periodical work, in your paper, called the Adelphiad . Such publications, when supported by genius, dictated by benevolent motives, and conducted with prudence, not only tend to amuse the playful fancy of youth, but they improve the reason and taste of middle age, and yield pleasure and consolation to grave Seniors. While they dilate the mind with the beauties of science, the grandeur of art, the symmetry of virtue and the benedictions of religion, they check the growth of vice and immorality, curb the licentious passions of the profligate debauchee, rouse the indolent to industry, render man mild and sociable to man, make life easy and pleasant, and death a welcome messenger of immortal beatitude.
I am informed this publication is conducted by the Federal Adelphi, of the College. Philanthropic association! To you belongs the grateful task to burst the bands of ignorance, which have so long enshrouded the inhabitants of Rhode-Island, and to establish them under the benign influence of heaven-born science, and the light of divine reason. Present us with the true likenesses of Minerva, arrayed, as she always is, in the Tyrian robes of wisdom, justice, benevolence and humanity. Then, instead of beholding in our towns and villages public houses of prodigality and intemperance, we shall see majestic temples erected to science, virtue and religion: Public Schools will be encouraged, and our children be instructed to exchange a pack of cards for a bible. Our young men will be routed from a state of indolence and dissipation, to cultivate their native soil with Spartan valour and Grecian patriotism. Beloved fellow-citizens! shall it be said that a free Columbian state exists in ignorance and barbarity? No! Let us rise at once, retrieve, defend, and establish the dignity of our character, by the promotion of Free Schools, and by the supporting of religious and literary institutions in every political and social compact in the State. Then the cunning arts of skillful demagogues will never usurp the liberties of the people. Then domestic peace, like the sun of heaven, shall shed its benign rays upon the benighted descendants of Roger Williams, and Rhode-Island no longer shall be unworthy of this dignified appellation—"a free state in the Columbian Union."
PUBLIUS.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31.
FOREIGN NEWS ABRIDGED.
In the French Council of 500, on the receipt of the Directory's message, relative to the assassination of the ministers returning from the Congress, a number of passionate speeches were delivered. It seems to be thought that the salvation of the Republic depends on inspiring the minds of the soldiery and citizens with desperation at this event. Sherlock proposed, that couriers should be dispatched to all powers, to acquaint them with the atrocious transaction—That there should be a high tribunal established, of judges from all powers—That officers should wear crape—That the black standard should be displayed in every commune—and that these should not be removed till vengeance should be satisfied. These propositions were ordered to be printed. Duplantier moved an address to the French people. His speech was ordered to the press. Balleuil laid, that only France and her allies ought, at that moment, to be classed among civilized people; that the assassination had shut the door to all conciliation. [Plaudits.] He exclaimed, "Let us purge France of all the enemies she still holds in her bosom—of those heterogeneous elements which check and oppose her happiness—which rejoice at what desolates us, and conspire with the enemies without. Yes, unworthy Frenchmen! ye are the prime cause of all the ills that afflict us." He moved, that a manifesto be addressed on the occasion to France, Europe and posterity—That a funeral scene be celebrated in all the communes, in which all the citizens should pronounce the oath of hatred to royalty, and the Austrian government be devoted to public execration—That standards analogous to the occasion be sent to the armies—That a monument be erected in every department to perpetuate the remembrance of the outrage. Printing ordered. Poulain Grandpre laid, the Republic must be electrified from our tribunals. Europe must know, that we will not lay down our arms till this outrage has been avenged. He proposed, that the President of the two Councils should pronounce funeral orations, and that the Directory should be furnished with the means of developing the national energy. The message was committed to Grandpre, Berlier, Duplantier, Balleuil, Talot, Boulay, Paty and Francois.
The Paris papers complain that many citizens are incredulous to the opinion of government, that the Austrian officers were privy to the assassination.
Archduke Charles has officially declared, that his orders relative to the personal safety of the French ministers "were precise and reiterated;" that he had caused the commander of the advance post to be arrested, and appointed a commission to make the strictest enquiries relative to the murders; that in case his advance guards should be found in any degree culpable, he would exact signal satisfaction of them. He expresses deep regret at the transaction. [Mass. Mercury.]
It appears by the last dispatches from Field Marshal Suwarrows, that "he was resolved continually to follow up the enemy, till he forced them to a battle." Kouli Khan used to say, that the victorious, by slow marches, come up to the enemy at last, fly as fast as he can. How is it, that the Jacobins have ceased their eulogiums, all at once, on French impetuosity and courage, and making their enemies bite the dust? [Gaz. U. S.]
In this pestilential period, scarcely a species of animal has escaped a portion of evil. The hens, geese, dogs, fish, oysters, cattle and cats, have been affected; and this summer the wild pigeon is suffering its portion of calamity. On the Delaware and Susquehanna, these fowls are affected by a disease which attacks the head, and produces a gangrene or running fore; and the bird dies. This pestilence is so general, that people avoid eating the species. We with men to be more careful in observing and recording such facts, as they may rely on it that the cause is the same general principle of destruction which spreads pestilential diseases among the human race. [Spectator.]
The emperor of Russia lately ordered the Spanish ambassador to depart from his capital in 24 hours, in consequence of his hearing the refusal of the king of Spain to acknowledge him Grand Master of the Knights of Malta.
A letter has been received in town from N. York, which mentions that considerable alarm has been excited in that city, on account of the appearance of the Yellow Fever.
From PHILADELPHIA, July 23.
A letter received this day from Bourdeaux, dated 24th May, received via Marblehead, states, that in consequence of the late appointment of Envoys to treat with the French Republic, it was generally supposed that the negotiation would soon be opened at the Hague. Also, that the American property at Leghorn had remained unmolested by the French when the last accounts reached Bourdeaux.
Port of Providence.
ENTERED. Sloop Hancock, Crapon, New-York. Sloop Betty, Child, St. Bartholomew. Sloop Polly, Pease, Bristol. CLEARED. Schooner Fox, Lovett, Boston. Sloop Betty, Cole, Warren. Schooner Friendship, Sprague, Nevis. Sloop Juno, Trowbridge, New-York. Sloop Friendship, Godfrey, New-York. Brig Hermes, Earle, Charleston. Sloop Cordelia, Anthony, New-York. Sloop Sally, Westcott, Newport. DIED. At Somersett, Massachusetts, in an advanced age, Francis Brewer, Esq;
Naval Register.
A letter received in town on Monday last from Mr. Laing, first Lieutenant of the U. S. frigate General Greene, dated at Newport harbour, mentions, That the General Greene failed from the Havana the 12th instant, with 50 sail of merchantmen, which she convoyed to the northward of Bermuda, when it proving very sickly on board, it was found necessary to bear away for Newport, in order to land the sick, and cleanse the ship; That 20 have died of the fever (among whom are 9 officers) and about 30 sick, who are landing at Coaster's-harbour. Among the deceased officers are the purser, the surgeon, and Mr. Coleman, of this town, midshipman.
On Tuesday, the 23d inst. the Constitution frigate, Capt. Talbot, failed on a cruise, with a leading wind; and
On Wednesday the 24th, the Boston frigate of 32 guns, Capt. Little, failed on a cruise. She is said by judges to be a rapid sailer, and the Centinel pronounces her one of the handsomest moulded ships in the world.
The U. S. ship Portimouth, Capt. M'Neal, bound off Surinam on a cruise, has been spoken with, all well.
The brig Richmond has failed from N. Y. on a cruise.
The Baltimore has sent into St. Kitts a French privateer of 6 guns.
The Delaware sloop of war has failed from Philadelphia on a cruise.
One of the 74 gun ships is to be built at Gosport, in Virginia.
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As one of the strongest proofs of its efficacy in the above complaints, the inventor has been politely favoured with the patronage of the following medical gentlemen; and who have been pleased publicly to recommend it, as follows:
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