The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1801-01-21 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. 108. ]
WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1801.
[ Vol. III. ]
WHEREAS a Commission of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against SAMUEL CHILD , late of Warren, merchant, and he being declared a Bankrupt, is hereby requested to surrender himself to us, the undersigned Commissioners, on the 10th day of January inst. and on the 9th day of February, and on the 2d day of March next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at the house of BENJAMIN COLE , inn-holder in Warren, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first meeting to choose Assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the Creditors are to assent to, or dissent from, the allowance of his Certificate. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt are not to pay or deliver the same, but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint.
JOSHUA BICKNELL, ABRAHAM L. CLARKE, WILLIAM CARR, Warrn, January 7. } Commissioners.
WHEREAS the Honourable Court of Probate of the town of Smithfield have appointed us the subscribers Administrators on the Estate of JOSEPH MOWRY , late of Smithfield, in the county of Providence, deceased: Therefore, all persons having any demand against said estate, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement. And all those indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, as attendance will be given at the dwelling-house of the said deceased, on every second Saturday in each month, from 9 o'clock, A. M. to 6 in the afternoon, until the business is completed, beginning on Saturday the 17th inst.
JEREMIAH MOWRY, MARJERY MOWRY, Smithfield. January 14. } Administrators.
THE Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office has deposited with me for collection, according to an act of the General Assembly, passed at June Session last, the Mortgages and Bonds for the principal of the Bills of Credit emitted under the act of May Session, 1786, and loaned in the county of Providence. Those who neglect to discharge their Mortgages and Bonds previous to the 16th day of March next, will be sued without discrimination at May court. Persons who have purchased Real Estates under the aforesaid Mortgages, will please to attend to this notice.
JAMES BURRILL, jun. Attorney-General.
January 14. THE Creditors of the Estate of EBENEZER JENCES , late of Providence, merchant, deceased, are hereby notified, that the Subscribers, who are duly appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the claims against said estate, will meet for that purpose at the office of D. L. BARNES , Esq. in Providence, on the last Monday of January instant, and the first Monday of February next, at three o'clock, P. M. JOHN ROGERS, RICHARD JACKSON, jun. YOUNG SEAMANS.
January 14. For SALE, by Harris and Rhodes, A FEW hogheads Tobacco West-India and New-England Rum Brandy and Gin Hyson Souchong, and Bohea Tea Coffee Havannah White and Brown Sugar Loaf Sugar Beef and Pork in barrels Cod Fish Hoghead Shooks 20 hogheads of Molasses, cheap 1 cask Malaga Wine January 14.
Estate of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, December 9, 1800. THE Creditors of SAMUEL BANCHELY , of North-Providence, in the county of Providence, Laboureur, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at East-Greenwich on the third Monday in February next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1755, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
To Let, A CONVENIENT DWELLING-HOUSE, west side of the Mill-bridge, lately occupied by Mr. ELISHA BROWN . For terms, apply to BENJAMIN SMITH. January 7.
A DEAR SHOP.
Just opened in Market-street, eight doors from the Bridge in Providence, A VARIETY of English and East-India Goods , suitable for the season, and too numerous to be inserted in an advertisement.
It is fashionable to insert whole catalogues in the newspapers, particularizing every article, even to shoe-strings, prefacing the same with Cheap, very Cheap, and Cheaper than Cheap . The subscriber invites his friends to purchase at his shop, as the more they pay for goods, the more they will oblige their friend: and others who may want goods, are requested just to look in upon him. He flatters himself that whether they purchase or not, they will compliment him by being very much of his opinion— A DEAR SHOP.
January 14. JOHN WILLIAMS.
FOR SALE, BY James and William D'Wolf, At their Store in BRISTOL, R. I.
SUPERFINE Letter-Paper Writing do. Bourdoux Wine, of an excellent quality Florence Oil, per case, in flasks and bottles Marble Soap, per box 2 Boxes of Medicine Brimstone Coffee Black Pepper Sugar Italian Silks, plain and striped Ribbons Silk Stockings Sewing Silk Cambric Ladies long and short white Kid Gloves.
N. B. The above goods are all genuine of their kind, just imported from Batavia and Leghorn, and will be sold on very moderate terms for cash, or on a reasonable credit.
Bristol, January 13. (ep3m.)
FOR THE HAVANNAH, The SCHOONER Roger Williams, Burthen Seventy-nine tons, SAMUEL P. ALLIN , master. For Freight or Passage, apply to SAMUEL P. ALLIN , South-end, of BENJAMIN CLIFFORD , at his store. January 14.
R U M FOR SALE. John Mason and Sons HAVE received a consignment of eighteen hogheads of Demerara RUM, of a good flavour and high proof, which they offer for sale at a very low price for cash or on short credit. January 7.
HAT FURS. Peter Taylor HAS JUST RECEIVED, A GOOD assortment of HAT FURS, such as Northern and Western Beaver; do. Raccoon Skins and Muskrat, which will be sold on as good terms as can be bought in the New-England States, for CASH. ALSO, A good assortment of Fine Hats, and Feits, which can be recommended. LIKEWISE, 16,000 Dutch Quills, a few pieces Hair Ribbon, which will be sold on credit. Said Taylor will give cash and generous price for any quantity of good Mink Skins. January 7.
Take Notice. TAKEN up on the land occupied by the subscriber, in North-Providence, on or about the 28th inst. a HORSE COLT, rising two years old. Whoever has lost the same may have him again, by proving property, and paying charges. ROBERT HARKNESS. North-Providence, 6th inst. Mo.
LOST, ON Thursday the 25th of December, between Providence and BARZILLAI PAINE, Esq.'s, in Gloucester, two Silk changeable Handkerchiefs. Whoever has found the same, and will leave them at this Office, or at ABRAHAM BAKER's , in Gloucester, shall be handsomely rewarded for their kindness. January 7.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, December 30.
THE Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, inclosing a report of the commissioners appointed to examine the claims of the Nova Scotia and Canada refugees. It was referred to the committee some days since appointed on that subject.
A letter was read from the Serjeant at Arms, stating that he did on Tuesday last arrest a person by the name of James Lane , by order of the Speaker, for disorderly behaviour in the gallery, whom he kept in custody till the House adjourned, when he was suffered to go at large—that on the following day, he, the said Serjeant at Arms, was arrested by a State warrant, by which he was sometime kept in custody, and made to appear before 'Squire Forrest, when he was discharged, no person appearing to prosecute.
On motion of Mr. Cooper, a committee of privilege of five members was appointed, and the above letter referred thereto.
A memorial and remonstrance was presented by Mr. Talliaferro, from a company of militia in Georgia, praying compensation for services performed in an expedition against the Indians. Referred to the committee of claims.
Several petitions were presented and referred.
Mr. Griswold, from the committee of ways and means, made a report on the subject of the motion made by Mr. Cooper to repeal the law laying a direct tax; which was, that it would be inexpedient for reasons given in the report to repeal the said act, which was laid on the table.
Mr. Griswold, also reported a bill to continue in force an act laying duties on foreign wines and distilled spirits; an act laying duties on carriages, and an act laying duties on sales at auction. It was referred to a committee of the whole House.
The House resolved itself into a committee on the petition of Matthew Patterson and others, but as soon as the papers were read, the committee rose, obtained leave to sit again—and the House adjourned.
Wednesday, December 31.
THE House went into a committee of the whole, Mr. Morris in the chair, on the bill for continuing an act for imposing duties on licences for selling wines, and on foreign distilled spirits, on goods sold at auction, and on carriages.
Mr. Randolph moved an amendment limiting the duration of the act to two years. Lost by the Chairman's vote—ayes 39, noes 39.
Mr. Bird moved an amendment, taking from the State Courts all cognizance of suits for the recovery of dues, under the idea that all such delegation of judicial power was unconstitutional.
After making a number of remarks to this effect, the committee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.
The House then went into a committee of the whole on the bill in relation to the territory of Columbia.
Mr. Randolph moved to strike out the first section.
On which motion, a debate of considerable interest ensued, in which the obligation to assume, as well as the expediency of assuming, the jurisdiction over the territory by the Federal government, were discussed with much energy. The speakers in favour of the assumption were Messrs. H. Lee, Bird, Critk, Dennis, Harper and C. Goodrich; those against it were Mr. Randolph and Mr. Nicholas.
On the motion of Mr. Harper, the committee rose and reported progress.
A motion was then made to re-commit the bill to the select committee, who introduced it, with the addition of two members—and carried.
Thursday, January 1.
THE death of Thomas Hartley, a long time a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Pennsylvania, being announced, it was resolved that the members wear crape on the occasion.
Motion was then made and carried to adjourn, in order, agreeable to the usual custom, to wait on the President of the United States, to compliment him on the return of the season.
Friday, January 2.
Mr. Bayard presented a petition of Thomas Boston, which was referred to a committee of three members.
Mr. Harper laid before the House a representation from Winthrop Sargent, Esq. Governor of the Mississippi Territory, referring the charges exhibited by Mr. Davis, at the conclusion of the last session of Congress, in a preamble to his resolution, as some days
since revived. It was referred to the committee appointed to examine into the official conduct of W. Sargent, without being read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Harper proposed several resolutions on the subject of the district of Columbia, providing for a continuation of the laws of Virginia and Maryland in their respective districts, until Congress shall by law otherwise provide: also for the appointment of a supreme and inferior court, with judges, marshal and clerk, to be paid by Congress: also for the division of the district into three separate counties or townships, one of Alexandria, one of Georgetown, and one to be composed of the city: also for the establishment of a corporation in the city to make bye laws and municipal regulations.
They were referred to the committee to whom was committed the bill concerning the district of Columbia.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Shaw, his Secretary.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives,
I transmit to both Houses, for their information and consideration, a copy of the laws enacted by the government and judges of the Mississippi Territory from the 30th of June to the 31st of December, 1799.
The message and laws were referred to the committee appointed to enquire into the official conduct of Winthrop Sargent.
A resolution of the committee of revival and unfinished business was called for by Mr. Platt, viz.
"That the committee of revival and unfinished business be authorised to report a bill for the continuing in force an act entitled, "An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States." (The sedition law.)
Mr. Jackson moved for the yeas and nays on a motion of reference to a committee of the whole House.
Mr. Huger moved a postponement of the question.
Mr. Rutledge opposed it.
The motion for postponement was negatived.
The question of reference was taken as follows: yeas, 47; nays, 33.
The resolution was committed for Tuesday next.
Monday, January 5.
Mr. Griswold, from the committee of ways and means, reported a bill making appropriations for the support of government for 1801, which was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole House.
Mr. Davis, after observing that the examination into the official conduct of Winthrop Sargent, Governor of the Mississippi Territory, had originated in him, and called forth from that officer a reply, from which it must be evident that no great friendship could exist, requested to be excused from the committee on the subject. He was excused, and a member appointed in his place. Mr. Nott and Mr. Claiborne asked the same indulgence, which was likewise granted. This constitutes a change of five members of seven who composed that committee; Mr. Otis and Mr. Harper having before been excused.
The House went into a committee on the judiciary bill, Mr. Randolph in the chair.
The fifth section of the bill makes a division of the United States into twenty-one districts, viz. The State of Massachusetts to be divided into two, to be called Maine and Massachusetts; New-Hampshire one; Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut one; Vermont one; New-York to be divided into two, one to be called the district of New-York, the other Albany; New-Jersey one; Pennsylvania two, viz. Philadelphia and Alleghany; Delaware one; Maryland one; Virginia two, viz. North-Virginia and South-Virginia; North-Carolina one; South-Carolina one; Georgia one; Tennessee two, viz. Holston and Cumberland; and Kentucky one.
Mr. Eggleston moved to strike out that part which provided for the division of the State of Virginia, so that it might remain one district.
Tuesday, December 6.
The committee of privileges made a report on the letter of the Serjeant at Arms; the preamble of which approves the conduct of the Serjeant; states the individuals who made the disturbance in the gallery to have been intoxicated, and to have absconded, and the magistrate, who issued the warrant on which the Serjeant was arrested, to have made to the committee satisfactory explanation in extenuation of his conduct; after the preamble the report concludes with a resolve, that it is not expedient for the House to take any order in the affair.
On agreeing to the report, a long and warm debate ensued, in which Messrs. Bayard, John C. Smith, Dana, Harper, Kitters, Otis, Rutledge, Nott, and Edmund, supported the re-

port, and Messrs. Nicholas, Davis, Smilie, Macon, Allston, Standford, Varum, Eggleston and Kitchel, opposed it.
The report was finally agreed to by ayes and nays.
Wednesday, January 7.
The remonstrance from the Legislature of the State of Georgia was referred to a select committee. The petition of the office-keepers and messengers, for an increase of salary, was referred to the committee of ways and means, to insert the item in the incidental bill, and the select committee were discharged therefrom.
The House went into a committee on the judiciary bill.
Two parts only occupied the particular attention of the committee; one was the principle whether the State Judiciaries severally could, consistently with the constitution of the United States, take cognizance of causes arising under the laws of the United States. This produced a debate. Mr. Bayard, Mr. Harper and Mr. Dennis, contended that the courts of the several States could take cognizance. Mr. Bird and Mr. Nott contended that such a practice would be unconstitutional.
Mr. Nicholas at length, from the intricacy of the subject, moved a postponement, by the rising of the committee.
This was negatived. The postponement of this part was then carried.
The other question which engaged particular attention, was the amount of debt that should be made cognizable in the circuit courts. Mr. Nicholas moved 500 dollars. This was at length negatived, 37 rising on each side, and the chairman (Mr. Rutledge) giving his vote in the negative. Four hundred dollars was then proposed. This was carried, 39 to 37.
The committee then rose, and the House adjourned.
From the Gazette of the United States.
TO THE PUBLIC.
THE time has at length arrived, when the administration of our government is about to pass out of the hands of those who have been in the councils and confidence of our departed WASHINGTON! Men who are principally known only as the leaders and favourites of a faction, composed in a great measure of discontented, fortune-hunting foreigners, are now to succeed. This is a serious and portentous moment to us who are native Americans, linked in with the fates of our country by families, relations, friends, possessions, local attachments, and a thousand nameless sympathies, who cannot, like our disturbers, in the day of calamity, fly without loss or regret to some distant quarter of the globe.
We have all observed, and the observation should now excite reflection and watchfulness, that this country has been tranquil, prosperous and happy, in proportion as the faction now about to predominate has been restrained and kept under; and, on the contrary, tumultuous and seditious in proportion as they have been allowed to gain any local or temporary ascendancy.
Men of uneasy and turbulent tempers have existed in the country from the first formation of our government; but they have been for the most part men of little personal character, and deserving of little consideration. At length, however, from the alliance of numerous men of desperate fortunes, of corrupted morals, aliens, desperadoes, expatriated patriots, refugees from European justice, together with many well meaning but mistaken and deluded persons, they have increased to a formidable and regularly organized phalanx. All these are industriously trained and drilled to their exercise by ambitious demagogues, who with for nothing so much as a revolution, from the hope of acquiring a consequence, of which they can have no expectation from their virtues or their talents.
Such is the faction , against which the good and the wise have now to contend; a noxious, poisonous weed, which, like the gourd of Jonah, has sprung up and gained its maturity during the night of neglect, fostered by the favouring darkness of obscurity and contempt, till its spreading branches have become co-extensive with the nation, threatening to smother the growth of our morals, religion, liberty and national dignity.
These are the fruits of laxness and lethargy in the friends of good government and necessary subordination. It is now high time to awake from this torpid indifference. Active vigilance, and not forbearance, is the virtue which our country demands. It is now too late to despise what we have been accustomed to view with a mixture of contempt, disgust and pity. The serpent, generated in the slime and filth of Jacobinism , has grown up to a Python monster , which must be attacked and subdued, although his breath bear pestilence, and his spumes poison, to those who approach him.
In a land of universal suffrage, like ours, it is not the conduct of one or two individuals that we have most to dread. It is the general ascendancy of the worthless, the dishonest, the rapacious, the vile, the merciless, and the ungodly, which forms the principal ground of alarm. These are the men who have incessantly maligned the officers of our Government, collectively and individually, our courts of justice, our laws, our clergy, and our seminaries of learning. These are the men who called WASHINGTON a murderer; and these are the men to whom Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Burr are indebted for the two highest offices in the nation. From such men we have every thing to fear. They already proclaim, in their appropriate jargon, that the "reign of terror" has ceased, and
that the triumph of democratical and republican principles, over a tyrannical aristocracy, is commencing; in plain English, that the rabble has broken over all restraint, and are just preparing to imbrue their hands in the blood of those who may attempt to stay their progress. It is fallacious, therefore, to imagine that we shall experience only a change of men. Men of wisdom and honesty, who know that the government has been administered with fidelity, and the laws executed with justice, who also know the seditions and insurrections which such measures have occasioned, and the present brutal menaces of the triumphant party, must see that something very different from the equitable administration of our present constitution is to be expected.
It is a consideration sufficiently deplorable, in a christian country, that a reputed infidel, an open scoffer at the person and character of the Saviour; and a reputed sharper, speculator and libertine, should be elevated to the highest stations in the government; and for the very reason too that they are thus reputed. But whatever may be the character and views of the President and Vice-President elect, their Administration will certainly be dangerous to the peace and constitution of this country; not merely, and perhaps not principally, from their official measures, but from the additional influence which it will give to the ignorant and the wicked.
Every man of reading knows, that our constitution, in its present form, and under its present equitable administration, secures to the subject a considerable greater share of freedom than has ever yet, in any extensive country, been found to consist with real liberty or permanent security. Every such man sees with alarm, that we are now in the high road which has uniformly led to despotism, through the dark valley of anarchy. Any additional weight, therefore, in the popular scale, must be fatal.
"Si quidquam mutare velis, usque sub istu, Stat genus humanum!"
—Make any change, of this nature, and we are crushed together. Such has already become the audacity of the faction , that they clamour publicly of a recourse to the bayonet.
As we now proceed, we are rapidly tracing the steps of France, and have already arrived almost at the point at which they appear stained with blood. Under these circumstances, nothing can save us from the horrors and devastations of a civil war, but a prompt, steady, and vigorous co-operation of all who have an interest in the preservation of peace. The daring must be overawed by an union of the wise; and above all, the ignorant and misguided must be instructed and set right, by industry unremitted and extensive as that which has been used for their delusion. If men of property and integrity will not stoop to these means, they will be bowed under the consequences. Resistance must be bold, determined and unshrinking, or it is ineffectual; nay, it is worse than no resistance at all. With political knowledge, well or ill understood, is now involved every thing which is valuable or worth preservation. Morality, religion, the laws, literature, our domestic safety and individual property, must perish in the common shipwreck.
Impressed with the justness and importance of these reflections, the Editor of the Gazette of the United States, having associated with himself a person somewhat conversant with books and men, resolves, if adequate support be afforded him, to exert whatever strength he possesses, to uphold the cause of truth and righteousness; to set up and maintain a standard which shall serve as a rallying point to all who contend for the cause of peace and due subordination; to diffuse correct and salutary notions of the principles of our government, and the interests of the people; to caution and admonish the community against the pernicious doctrines and examples of bad men; to watch, with eagle-eye, the misrepresentations, calumnies and falsehoods of Jacobinical publications, whose filth and loathomeness shall no longer screen them from exposure, or their authors from chastisement; to "invade, with boldness, the strong holds of impiety and anarchy;" and to call loudly in the ears of Americans, that "we have yet a nation to save: we have yet millions of loyal men, who have never bowed the knee to the Baal of Jacobinism, and we hope that many will draw back from the bloody idol, and turn unto righteousness, to the saving of their souls, their bodies and estates, and the general deliverance of their country."
With such views, the Editor is induced to adopt the words of the Roman orator—"licet omnibus, licet etiam mihi dignitatem patriæ tueri: potestas modo veniendi in publicum sit, dicendi periculum non recuso," and to solicit the encouragement of all such as regard the dignity of their country, in every part of the United States. His exertions shall at least be honest and industrious, and such as he hopes will merit a generous support, and render his Gazette an extensive means for the diffusion of sound and correct principles, in politics, morals, religion and literature.
It now remains to make known to the public the intentions of the Editor, respecting the future management of his paper, and the terms upon which he proposes to issue a COUNTRY GAZETTE.
The Gazette of the United States shall continue to be published daily, to contain, as heretofore, important articles of foreign, domestic, commercial and Congressional intelligence; accompanied by such remarks as to the Editors shall seem pertinent and useful; important state papers; reports of proceedings and decisions in the courts
of law; essays of a moral, political, commercial, economical and literary nature, &c. &c. To these there will continue to be added, weekly, on Monday, a complete wholesale Price Current of all articles of commerce in the Philadelphia market. The price, as heretofore, will be eight dollars annually to subscribers in the city, with the addition of one dollar to those at a distance.
II.
To accommodate distant subscribers, and in conformity to the repeated solicitations of numerous friends, as well as to counteract the pernicious effects of many mischievous Jacobin papers circulating at a cheap rate, a Gazette for the Country shall be published on Mondays and Thursdays, which shall contain all the important matter of the daily Gazette, free from advertisements; and for the convenience of Merchants and Traders at a distance, the Price Current shall be inserted in every Monday's paper. This shall be furnished to subscribers at the price of four dollars per annum, exclusive of postage, to be paid in advance.
III.
The first number of the Country Gazette shall be published as soon as five hundred subscribers are obtained for it, exclusive of those who are at present country subscribers; and on the publication of the first number, they may, if it is preferred, substitute the Country in place of the Daily Gazette.
Gentlemen disposed to become subscribers for either the Daily or Country Gazette, are requested immediately to transmit their names to C. P. Wayne, Editor of the Gazette of the United States.
Philadelphia, January 10, 1801. All letters to the Editor must be post-paid, or they will not be received.
Selections from late LONDON PAPERS.
FASHIONS.
Dialogue between a Lady and a Man Milliner at Paris.
"Citizen, I am just come to town; pray have the goodness to inform me how I must appear to be in the fashion." "Madame, 'tis done in a moment; in two minutes I shall equip you in the first style. Have the goodness to take off that bonnet." "Well." "Off that petticoat." "There it is." "Away with these pockets." "Here they go." "Throw off that handkerchief." "Tis done." "Away with that corset and sleeves." "Will that do?" "Yes, Madame, you are now in the fashion." "Tis an easy matter, you see. To be dressed in the fashion you have only to undress!"
It is recorded, that when the Parliament-House was in decay in the 14th century, one of our kings built a temporary place for the meeting, open on all sides, that the constituents might hear and see all that passed: but to secure freedom of debate, he surrounded it with four thousand archers, and it proved a very complying parliament.
We understand that some gentlemen, conversant in the Oriental languages, are busily employed in India, in arranging the library found in Seringapatam, together with the several manuscripts which were the property of the late Tippoo Sultaun. When the whole are put in proper order, they will be immediately forwarded to England.
A very great curiosity, we are informed, by a letter from Canton, lately received, is to be seen about five miles from the city of Johol, in China, which appears to have hitherto escaped the notice of the curious. It is an immense pillar or column of solid rock, situated on the pinnacle of a high mountain, and very near the verge of it, from which it rises in an irregular manner to the height of four hundred feet. It is small at its base, but it gradually enlarges towards its summit, and from many of its projecting parts issue streams of the finest water, which, falling from so many sources, and from such a stupendous height, gives the whole a glittering appearance in the sun, which is almost indescribable.
The upper part of this enormous rock, which is rather flat, appears to be covered with shrubs and verdure; but as it is absolutely inaccessible, there is no possibility of knowing the kind of plants which crown it. It is esteemed, and with great propriety, by the Chinese, as among the first natural curiosities of their country, and is known by the name of Panfuaftang.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, January 12.
District of South-Carolina, Dec. 18.
NOTICE
To Merchants, Masters of Vessels, and to the Pilots:
The Superintendent of the Light-House established at Charleston, South-Carolina, Notices, that there is a Light-House erected on North-Island, at the entrance of Georgetown harbour, in this State, to be known by the name of the Georgetown Light-House, wherein is shewn a full and brilliant light. As soon as the distances and bearings of the bar and shoals with the Light-House are fully ascertained, they will be published, for the information of those concerned.
DANIEL STEVENS, Superintendent.
NEW-YORK, January 3.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the city of Washington.
"I am here in the woods, although in the capitol of the United States. The works of art are not yet so numerous, as either to disfigure or conceal those of nature. The Potomac rolls along its broad stream in silent dignity, and seems unconscious of the honour that it receives from having on his banks the representatives of a "great, free, and independent nation," composing "the most enlightened legislature on earth." The North-East winds (not the zephyrs) sob through the native trees. There is a wild luxuriance of brush and briars—and fast by rolls meandering the Tyber, ycleped in days of yore, in more diminutive epithet, Goose-Creek.—High lifts its head the Capitol, the seat of laws and of Godlike men.
January 13.
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully reports to the House of Representatives of the United States: That for the service of the year 1801, the following appropriations, as detailed in the estimates herewith transmitted, appear to be necessary.
   Dols. Cts.     For the Civil List, or the support of government, including the contingent expences of the several departments and offices, the sum of 594,701 39   For the payments of annuities and grants, 1,753 33   For the support of the mint establishment, 13,300   For the ordinary expences of intercourse with foreign nations, 85,000   For expences incident to the treaties with Great-Britain, Spain, and the Mediterranean powers, 361,364   For the expences of supporting the claims of citizens of the United States, to property captured and detained in foreign countries, 64,000   For aid to distressed American seamen in foreign countries, and occasional assistance after their arrival in the United States, 30,000   For defraying the expences incident to the valuation of dwelling houses and lands, and the enumeration of slaves, in pursuance of the act of Congress, passed on the 6th of July, 1793, and in addition to the funds heretofore appropriated, 40,000   For the military department, including the pay of the army, rations, clothing, hospital, ordnance, quartermaster, Indian expences; the defensive protection of the frontiers, and contingencies, agreeably to the estimate of the Secretary of War, 1,400,001   For the payment of military pensions, 93,000   For the navy department, including the pay and subsistence of officers and men, hospital and contingent expences; the support of the corps of marines; for completing navy-yards, docks and wharves, and on account of building six 74 gun ships, agreeably to the estimate of the secretary of the navy, 2,342,352 93   For the fabrication of cannon and small arms, and the purchase of ammunition for the army and navy, and for the militia of the U. States, 400,000   For the support of light houses, beacons, buoys and public piers, and other establishments for the security of navigation, 38,622 70   For the second enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, 60,000   For satisfying miscellaneous claims, including the expences of returning the votes for President and Vice-President of the United States, 5,600   Amounting in the whole to five millions five hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars, and thirty-five cents, 5,529,695 35   The funds out of which appropriations may be made for the purposes before mentioned, are:   1st. The sum of six hundred thousand dollars, the proceeds of duties on imports and tonnage, which will accrue in the year 1801, which sum is by law annually reserved for the support of government.   2d. The surplus of the revenue and income of the United States, which may accrue to the end of the year one thousand eight hundred and one, after satisfying the objects for which appropriations have been heretofore made.   The Secretary also transmits a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States, for the year prior to the last of October last, being the latest period to which an account can be prepared.   All which is most respectfully submitted.   OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.   Treasury Department, December 10, 1800.  

DASTINE (Dijon de Maine) Jan. 9. AMERICAN GALLANTRY. Extract of a letter from Capt. Whitney, of the ship Hiram, to a gentleman of this town, dated, "Port Royal (Martinique) Nov. 18."
"I arrived here the 13th inst. after being twice taken and re-taken; and one hundred and two days at sea. I left Liverpool the 2d of August, and on the 13th of September, being in long. 55, and lat. 29, I was taken by a French sloop of war, and all my people taken out, except Harry, one man, and a boy of twelve years of age, an apprentice of mine; and manned with ten Frenchmen, and ordered for Cayenne. I, being determined on an attempt to retake my ship, on first discovering her to be French, loaded my pistols, and hid them in a crate of ware, which had I not done, I should have lost them, for no less than three different times were my trunks searched for them, as were the cabin and all parts of the ship, which they could come at; they found my ammunition, but my pistols were secure; and such was their extreme caution, that they would not allow any man to be off deck; but ate, drank and slept on deck."
Finding that I could not obtain any advantage over them, by getting them below, I determined to attack them openly by day light. Therefore, at about 4 o'clock, on the fourth day after being taken, I secured my pistols in my waistband, having previously told Harry and my man my determination, and directed them to have a couple of handspikes where they could clap their hands upon them in an instant, and when they saw me begin, to come to my assistance.
The prize-master was now asleep on the weather hencoop, his mate at the wheel, and a the crew on different parts of the main deck. Under these circumstances I made the attempt by first knocking down the mate at the wheel: the master started so quick, that I could get but a very slight stroke at him; upon which he drew his dirk upon me, but I closed in with him, sallied upon him out of the quarter rail, and threw him overboard. But he caught by the main chains, and so escaped going into the water. By this time I had the remaining eight upon me, two of whom I knocked backwards over the quarter deck; and Harry and my man, coming aft at this time with handspikes, played their part so well among them, that I soon got relieved. I then drew a pistol and shot a black fellow in the head, who was coming at me with a broad-axe; the ball only cut him to the bone, and then glanced, but it had an excellent effect, by letting the rest know that I had pistols, of which they had no idea. By this time the mate, whom I first knocked down, had recovered, and run down to his trunk, and got a pistol, which he fired at my man's face, but the ball missed him.
The prize-master, whom I have over the quarter, got in again, and stabbed Harry in the side, but not so bad as to oblige him to give up till we had conquered. In this situation we had it pell-mell for about a quarter of an hour, when we got them a running, and followed them on, knocking down the hindmost, two or three times round the deck, when a part of them escaped below, and the rest begged for mercy, which we granted on their delivering up their weapons, which consisted of a discharged pistol, midshipman's dirk, a broad-axe, a hand-cab, &c. We then marched them aft into the cabin, and brought them up, one at a time, after strictly searching them, and confined them down forward."
Ten days after this daring action, captain W. was again captured by a privateer schooner from Guadalupe, who plundered his ship of 8 or 10,000. sterling, put on board a crew of 15 Frenchmen, and ordered her for Guadalupe. After being in their hands 46 days, he was retaken by an English frigate, and sent into Martinique.
* Second Mate, a brother of Capt. W. aged seventeen years.
SALEM, January 22. EAST-INDIA MARINE SOCIETY.
This Society was formed in November 1799, and at present consists of 53 members, (50 of them having commanded ships from this town in the East-India trade.) Although the institution is only in its infancy, yet there is already a very handsome collection of natural curiosities and foreign coins. The funds of the Society are increasing, and it is expected will in time form a considerable capital stock, and which is directed by their constitution to be employed in useful purposes. The grand object of the institution is to promote a more perfect knowledge of the East-India commerce—to record useful observations, and correct the charts of the East-India seas, where they stand in need of correction. The association is formed upon liberal and philanthropic principles, and is intended to commemorate a happy recollection of past scenes, and promote a friendly intercourse among the members.
If the town of Salem does not claim the honour of making the first attempt to prosecute the trade to the East-Indies from the United States, yet its ships ventured to double the Cape of Good Hope at a very early period after the termination of the war. The success in their voyages has exceeded the most sanguine expectation. Salem may now boast of a great number of excellent ships engaged in this lucrative branch of trade—and it may be said with great truth, that few towns in America can exhibit a greater degree of enterprize among its citizens.
We hear, says the Hartford Connecticut Courant, that the Hon. Superior Court of this State have appointed Dyer White, Esq. clerk of the Superior Court for New-Haven county, vice Abraham Bishop, Esq. under a Deuxième .
Providence, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21.
The Senate have confirmed the nomination by the President of Samuel Dexter, as Secretary of the Treasury, in the room of Oliver Wolcott, resigned.
The House of Delegates of Virginia have passed a resolution, appointing a committee to investigate and report upon the conduct of John Hamilton, the British Consul resident at Norfolk, relative to the delivery of Hugh Jones, by John K. Read, to, and at the request of, the said Consul—which said Hugh Jones is said to have been tried, condemned and executed by a foreign court-martial.
A letter from Washington, received at Philadelphia on Friday, states, on the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, that the frigate Infurgente, and the Pickering, have been lost. Particulars are not mentioned. They were ordered, we believe, off Cayenne.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. At the annual election held at Philadelphia on the 3d instant, the following gentlemen were chosen Directors for the present year, viz.
Thomas Willing, Elias Boudinot, Samuel Breck, William Bingham, Isaac Wharton, Robert Smith, James C. Fisher, Abijah Dawes, Joseph Sims, Archibald M c Call, John G. Watchmuth, Andrew Bayard, Samuel Coates, Jeremiah Parker, John Miller, jun. * William Chancellor, Harrison G. Otis, Massachusetts; * John Charlton, New-York; Abijah Hammond, ditto; Matthew Jackson, ditto; * John G. Leake, ditto; * Walter Rutherford, ditto; * James M c Clurg, Virginia; * Samuel Johnson, N. Carolina; Jacob Read, S. Carolina. * New Members.
COMMUNICATION.
The "Providence Library," justifying the expectations and patriotic wishes of its founders, has performed the part of a friend and benefactor to the town, and in return has experienced the fate of an old friend, in the neglect which it has suffered when its services were thought no longer necessary. It was, in former days, the fountain which supplied the town and its vicinity with what literary information they possessed. Many a one has drank copiously from its stream, and can now declare that the acquaintance, more or less, which they possess with history, or other sciences, or with the best writers in the English language, has been derived from that Library in his youth, and in the better days of that institution. The plentiful importation of books into the town, and the establishment of Circulating Libraries, have been thought to supersede the necessity of keeping up the Library, and have in fact diverted a great portion of the reading therefrom. This opinion, and this consequence, have induced a neglect of the Library, which has naturally been followed by decay, till the comparative importance of the Library, as it now stands, has been really diminished. But the necessity of a Library still exists, and recent circumstances have increased that necessity. The purchaser of a new book, whether he reads it or not, soon deposits it in his book-case, where it is seldom afterwards of much use to himself, and never of any use to the public. That same book, at the same cost, and that cost divided among hundreds, might, if placed in a public Library, be constantly employed in the instruction or rational amusement of a like number.
Such books as would satisfy such a thirst after knowledge, as it is politic to excite, would cost more than ever we should be able or willing to bestow upon them. The bookseller, furnishes his shop and circulating library with such books as will produce the greatest profit by sale or loan. It is his business to make profit, and not his duty to sacrifice that object to the public good; but such books as yield him the greatest profit are not such as instruct or inform, or excite a proper curiosity, or inculcate just opinions, or gratify any other than a puerile or feverish taste. The cheapest way of obtaining books, and the way to obtain the best at the same time, is by the establishment of Public Libraries.
At present, when means are pursued of instructing children of all classes in reading, it seems to be a part of the same system, and without which the business will be done but by the halves, to provide for the future application of their acquirements. It is idle to teach one to read, who will have nothing to read after he has learnt.
The remnant of the "Providence Library" still comprehends a great number of truly valuable books, and will constitute the proper centre of a more enlarged institution of the same nature.
To the lovers of literature, to the patrons of the establishment of free schools, and in particular to the less wealthy class of citizens, who feel their means inadequate to the satisfying of their own love of knowledge, or of that with which they would wish to inspire their children or wards, an augmentation of the "Providence Library" is recommended. The Proprietors have obtained a Charter of Incorporation, by which at least the business of the Library will be managed more easily than before. Nothing more is needed for the formation of a large and useful Library, than the exertion of a part only of that zeal which we see every day exerted for the establishment of institutions of infinitely less public utility.
Married.
In this town, Mr. Simon Dean, to Miss Nancy Jenckes.
Died.
In this town, Mrs. Spooner, wife of Mr. Samuel Spooner.
Died lately at Munster, his Eminence the Cardinal De La Rochefoucault, Archbishop of Rouen, aged 87. This prelate, still more distinguished by his virtues, than by his dignities and his high birth, was the senior of the French Episcopate.—There now remain only two Cardinals of that nation, the Cardinal De Rohan, bishop of Strasburg, and the Cardinal De Leval Montmorency, bishop of Mentz, and Great Almoner of France, who has retired to Mittau, to Louis XVIII. The province of Normandy, of which the Cardinal De La Rochefoucault was Metropolitan, has at present only two Bishops out of seven, which it formerly had. Those still remaining are, M. De Balbeuf, Bishop of Avranches, who resides at Hampstead; and M. De Pleiss D'Argentre, Bishop of Siez, who is 80 years of age, and has retired to Munster. During the siege of Mæstricht, in 1792, by Gen. Miranda, the Cardinal De La Rochefoucault was in the city. The bombs fell thick round the house in which he resided, and in the night he removed to sleep in another; when a bomb fell on that which he had just quitted, and directly on his bed.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
THE Society formed in this state for the promotion of agriculture, and the other useful arts, at their meeting at Providence, on the 28th of 10th month (October) last, established rules and regulations for the government of the Society, by which it is directed, that they shall have two stated meetings annually; one at Newport, at 5 o'clock, P.M. on the day of the General Election; one at Providence, the day next after Commencement, at 4 o'clock, P.M. A committee was also appointed, residing in the several counties of the state, for the purpose of more effectually collecting, and communicating to the Society, useful agricultural and other information, and to receive and report to the Society the names of such persons as may be disposed to become members thereof, and unite their labours for the promotion of those arts on which the prosperity of the state so essentially depends—which committee consists of the following members, viz. Samuel Elam, Daniel Lyman, Nicholas Taylor, Joseph Cundell, Christopher G. Champlin, Jabez Bowen, Moses Brown, Aza Arnold, Joseph Jenckes, James Brown, Hosea Humphrey, Elisha R. Potter, Daniel E. Updegraff, William Marchant, Peter Philips, Ray Greene, Christopher Greene, (son of Christopher) James Rhodes, William Bradford, John T. Child, Josiah Humphrey, jun. and Joshua Bicknell.
Published by order of the Society, OLNEY WINSOR, Sec'y pro. tem. THOMAS ARNOLD, Correspond. Sec'y.
If the improvements which have been made, and the advantages which have been derived to other countries, particularly to England, in the last half century, from the information which has been received and communicated to the public through the means of similar institutions, was duly appreciated, it could not fail to excite gentlemen of observation and practical experience in agriculture, and the other arts which are the objects of this institution, to preserve records of their observations and experiments, and to communicate them to the Society, which may serve as a common focus of light and information, and by these means be communicated and diffused to the public at large, and thus every individual, desirous of useful improvement, avail himself of the observations and experience of others.
Providence, 17th of 1st month (Jan.) 1801. The several Printers in this state are requested to publish the above.
Providence Library.
AT a meeting of the Directors of the Providence Library, January 10, 1801, it was voted, that 140 shares be sold at eight dollars a Share. PARIS J. TILLINGHAST, Sec'y. January 21.
Valuable Real Estates FOR SALE.
For sale at Public Auction, on the 8th day of February next, at Two o'clock,
A NUMBER of Real Estates, situated in the center and most advantageous part of the town of Providence, viz. That elegant and well finished House, together with the Out-Buildings, with the Lot on which they stand, in George-street, being seventy feet front, and about one hundred and thirty feet back lately the property of Capt. EDWARD DEXTER.
Also, A commodious and well finished three story House, with the Barn and a pair of Hay-Scales at India-Point, built by the late Mr. EDWARD DICKENS.
Also, A convenient and well finished two story House, situated on the west side of the river, formerly owned by Captain JOS. COOKS, inferior to none in point of situation on that side of the river.
Also, Seventy House-Lots, forty feet by one hundred, being in the westerly part of the town of Providence, not far from the late Col. HOYLE's, partly on the Cranston road, and partly on two new streets, a very agreeable and growing part of the town.
Also, A Lot of excellent Wood-Land, containing about one hundred and thirteen acres, lying in the town of Glocester, about seventeen miles from Providence.
All the above Estates will be sold to the highest bidder, on twelve months credit, notes payable at the Bank, with approved endorsers.
HENRY SMITH.
January 21.
Benjamin Hoppin and Son Have on hand, at their Auction and Commission-Store,
10 puncheons 4th proof best flavoured Jamaica Rum 8 pipes do. Geneva 3 hogheads Demerara Sugar 10 cannisters Batavia do. 10 bags and 4 hogheads Batavia Coffee 8 do. Pepper 8 Russia Feather Beds 6 small bales clean South-Carolina Cottons suitable for retailing 500 straws half pint Tumblers Hylon, Souchoong and Bohea Teas 30 boxes genuine Spanish Segars, &c. &c.
With a variety of English and India Goods as usual, which they offer for sale on a liberal credit, for approved notes, payable at the Providence Bank, or cash.
January 21.
Likewise, by PUBLIC AUCTION, on Saturday next, the 24th inst. at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
The Schooner BETSY, with her tackle and appurtenances, burthen 28 tons, now lying at JOHN I. CLARKE, Esq's Wharf, with four and a quarter tons Lignum Vitae; and eighty feet Mahogany. Terms will be made known at the time and place of sale.
Also, at Public Auction, on Thursday the 7th of February next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, if not previously disposed of at private sale,
A HOUSE and LOT, situated on the north-side of Broad-street, between Mr. Daniel Lippitt's and Mr. Christopher Hill's. Terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser.
FLAX-SEED.
CASH and a generous price will be given for FLAX-SEED, delivered within ten days, at the Golden Bee-Hive, near the Bridge, by
JEREMIAH F. JENKINS.
January 21.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, January 20, 1801.
THE creditors of PELATIAH MASON, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at East-Greenwich, on the third Monday in February next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act, passed in June, 1796, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
Take Notice.
WHEREAS LYDIA, the wife of me the subscriber, has eloped from my house clandestinely, taken with her a number of articles of household furniture, cruelly deserted my infant children in my absence, and still refuses to return and live with me: I hereby forbid all persons to trust her on my account, and declare that I will never pay any debt of her contracting. AHOLIAH BRANCH.
N. B. Any person wishing to take one or two Young Children to bring up, who are able to maintain themselves by their labour in a family, are requested to apply to AHOLIAH BRANCH.
Rehoboth, January 20.

Selected Poetry.
From the BOSTON GAZETTE. SONNET. Written after hearing a SONG sung by several SISTERS.
HARK!—hear'st thou not the sweetly swelling strain Of warbled music float along the air? Soft are the sounds—the Sifter band how fair! How high flies rapture when it springs from P'syn's.
So round the lyre the heavenly Muses stand, And charm the changing soul with varied joy; So Ella's lays the feeling heart command, And faintly lude Apollo is the boy.  Hail, charming groupe! for you shall fancy rise, To you young Love his earliest homage pay; And while our souls on soften'd slay'r fly Your Minds preserve the conquests of your Eyes; Till ripe you fall, as Heaven and Fame approve, From Beauty's branch, into the lap of Love. HENRY.
Trait of Old Times.
IN such high esteem was practical Agriculture held by the ancient Romans, that they resented the slightest affront offered to the profession of it—of which the following instance remains on record: Scipio Nasica, being a candidate for the place of Curule Edile, meeting a plain countryman, took him by the hand, and asked him for his vote; but finding his hand very hard, "Prithe friend," says he, "dost thou walk on thy hands?" which so chagrined the countryman, that he complained of the affront, by which Scipio lost the Edileship.
Mr. Davis one of the wise democrats in the Legislature of the United States, has predicted, that ere three months elapse, the "sun of federalism will set forever." What kind of light is to be then diffused, or whether we are to be left in midnight gloom, this political astrologer has not informed us:—We, however naturally suppose, one of two things must be the effect of the sun-set—we shall either be in total darkness, or what light we do receive will be emitted by the feeble rays of the MOON of Democracy. [G. U. S.]
THE subscribers having entered into Copartnership, under the Firm of BECKFORD and OLNEY, respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have taken the shop next door north of Capt. EBENEZER MACOMBER's, and directly opposite the house of Dr. JOSEPH BOWEN, where they request the encouragement of the public to the following branches of their business, viz.
Gentlemen and Ladies Saddles and Bridles of the newest fashion, Portmanteaus and Saddle-bags of all kinds, Holsters and Caps for horsemen, made in the neatest manner. Also, all kinds of Upholsterers Work, such as Chair-Bottoming, stuffing Sofas, Easy-Chairs and Lolling Chairs, &c. Likewise, Leather and Hair Trunks of all sizes, Harness of all kinds and Chaise Trimming done in the best manner. Orders for any of the above work will be thankfully received and faithfully executed, by the public's obedient servants, NEHEMIAH BECKFORD, JAMES M. OLNEY.
December 31.
A Book for Christians.
Printing Office, Stonington-Port (Con.) Nov. 5. PROPOSALS. FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A VERY VALUABLE BOOK, ENTITLED, THE
CHRISTIAN'S COMPANION. IN FOUR PARTS—Compiled by an ELDER. CONTAINING:
 Part 1. Practical Language interpreted, in a DIALOGUE, between a Believer and an Unbeliever, in two parts; representing a Believer under the influence of Grace, speaking Canaan's Language. Part 1.—Represents an Unbeliever under the influence of a Carnal Mind, refusing to accept of the lavitation of the Gospel; whose practice often speaks plainer and louder than words, saying of CHRIST the KING, We will not have this Man to reign over us. Part 2.—Shows some of the Language of a Soul under Conviction; and how the Unbeliever becomes a Believer.  Part 2. Some arguments against Worldly-Mindedness, and Needless Cares and Trouble. With some Useful Instructions, represented by way of a Dialogue or Discourse between Mary and Martha.  Part 3. Joshua's Resolution to serve the Lord, explained and recommended in a very comprehensive discourse. "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."—John xxiv. part of ver. 15.  Part 4. A number of Excellent Hymns, on various subjects. 
CONDITIONS.
1. This Book will be printed (as soon as 300 are subscribed for) on a good paper, and with a fair type, easy to be read by aged people. 2. It will contain about 72 pages, be stitched and covered, and afforded for the low price of One Shilling and Sixpence each, payable on the delivery of the books. 3. Those who subscribe for 12 books, shall have one gratis. And those who obtain and will be answerable for 28 subscribers, shall have two books. Subscriber's names received at this Office, and at the Book-Store of Rufus Greene.
NOTICE is hereby given, that PETER BAKER holds three Notes of Hand, signed by the subscribers, dated Gloucester, August 14, 1800, for Twenty Dollars each, payable the 1st day of January, 1801, which sums contained in said Notes are not justly due. Therefore all persons are hereby forbid purchasing said notes, as we are determined not to pay the same.
SOLOMON RAYMOND. SOLOMON HEREADEEN.
Gloucester, December 31.
JUST RECEIVED,
A Supply of
The Cordial Balm of Gilead,
So justly celebrated for the relief and cure of Nervous Disorders, Bilious Cases, Female Complaints, Debility, Weakness, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Coughs & Colds, Impurity of Blood, Consumption, Head-ache, Lowness of Spirits, &c. &c. Relaxation, Prepared (only) by S. SOLOMON, M. D. F. R. H. S.—Of the University and College of Physicians.
The Cordial Balm of Gilead—is an immediate restorative and corroborant, a most powerful remedy in female obstructions and suppressions, and in cases of retention at maturity, also in weakness, morbid discharges, and irregularities about the turn of it.
Youth of either sex, who have practiced a secret and destructive vice, and thereby relaxed, weakened, and debilitated the whole nervous system, will find the Cordial Balm of Gilead the most powerful, certain, and effectual restorative.
This Medicine possesses wonderful efficacy in all nervous disorders, fits, head-aches, weakness, heaviness, and lowness of spirits; dimness of light, confused thoughts and wanderings of the mind; vapours and melancholy, and all kinds of hysterical complaints, gradually go off by the use of this fabulous cordial. In sickness of the stomach, in flatulencies and obstructions, it is a safe, powerful and efficacious remedy. The first symptoms of its good effects are serenity and cheerfulness. Price 3 dollars each bottle.
For sale by Dr. THOMAS M. BARROWS, near the Episcopal Church; at the store of Mr. SAMUEL BROWN, and at the Book-Store of Mr. HENRY CUSHING, Providence.
ALSO, for sale as above, A new Edition (being the 5th) of that interesting Work, entitled,
A GUIDE TO HEALTH.
(Embellished with the Author's Portrait.) Which fully explains, in a concise, plain manner, the most simple methods of treatment, with proper efficacious remedies, for the following Disease, viz.
Asthma—Loss of Appetite—Bilious Complaints—Consumptions—Female Diseases—Fits—Flatulence of Wind—Hypochondriac, or Melancholy Complaints—Indigestion—Juvenile Indications—Lowness of Spirits—Nervous Diseases—Rheumatism—Ruptures—Scurvy, &c. &c.
TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ESSAY ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE, GLEETS, and SEMINAL WEAKNESSES:
AND AN ADDRESS TO PARENTS, TUTORS, and GUARDIANS OF YOUTH.
By S. SOLOMON, M. D. F. R. H. S.
Every person, young and old, should purchase this book, there being scarcely an individual who is not interested in some part of it; in particular, it is recommended to young men and boys, as an early attention to the latter may serve to guard them against a fatal rock on which thousands have split, and be the means of preserving their bodies from disease, and also their souls, their minds, and all their faculties, from destruction.
This truly interesting work has been the labour of many years experience and observation on the calamitous consequences of a secret and destructive vice, to obtain a remedy against which, the Doctor has devoted the principal part of his life. No proprietors of boarding schools or academies should be without it.
(Price ONE DOLLAR.)
LIKEWISE, for sale as above, ANDREW'S SPECIFIC LOTION.
This celebrated Lotion has received the highest encomiums from the inhabitants of New-York, and from many Medical characters in Europe, who, having seen its good effects, do not hesitate to give it their sanction. As a speedy, effectual and safe remedy, it is unrivalled, and has performed cures, when Medical aid, Cowland's and many other Lotions could give no relief.
For eruptions and impurities of the face, from whatever cause arising—as PIMPLES, BLOTCHES, RINGWORMS, CARBUNCLES, BRACKWORMS, FRECKLES, SUNBURN, and IMMODOERATE USE OF PAINT, it needs only to be tried to convince the most timid person of its superior efficacy in clearing and beautifying the face.—It is warranted to be harmless to the tenderest constitution, and innocent to the most delicate complexion—on the contrary, this will restore the skin to its wonted pureness, and preserve it thin, soft, transparent and elastic.
N. B. Each bottle has a certificate signed by the proprietor, without which it cannot be genuine.
It is sold in bottles with directions, —Price ONE DOLLAR.
December 31.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office,"
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the following rates of duty, which are demandable by law:—
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit.
   D. C. M.     ANY certificate of naturalization, - - - - - 5   Any licence to practise, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or registry of any counsellor, solicitor, attorney, advocate or proctor, in any court of the United States, - - - - - 10   Provided, That a certificate in any one of the courts of the United States, for any one of the said offices, shall, so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admission in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices.   Any grant or letters patent, under the seal or authority of the United States, (except for lands granted for military services) - - - - - 4   Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for military services) - - - - - 2   Any charter-party, bottomry or respondentia bond, - - - - - 1   Any receipt or discharge for or on account of any legacy left by any will, or other testamentary instrument, or for any share or part of a personal estate, divided by force of any statute of distributions other than to the wife, children or grand-children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars, - - - - - 25   When the amount thereof shall exceed the value of one hundred dollars, and shall not exceed five hundred dollars, - - - - - 50   And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of - - - - - 25   Any policy of insurance, or instrument in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dollars, - - - - - 1   When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars, - - - - - 50   Any exemplification of what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it may be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish for the use of the United States, or some particular States, - - - - - 1 50   Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bond or other obligation, or contract, made to or with the United States, or any State or for their use respectively; and any bonds required in any case by the laws of the United States, or of any State, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty) - - - - - 10   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, - - - - - 25   If above one hundred and not exceeding five hundred dollars, - - - - - 50   If above five hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars, - - - - - 75   And if above one thousand dollars, - - - - -   Provided, That if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two-fifth parts of the duty aforesaid, viz.   If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars, - - - - - 4   If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, - - - - - 20   If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, - - - - - 30   If above one thousand dollars, - - - - -   Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country, - - - - - 20   The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of exchange, without respect to the number contained in each set.   Any note or bill of lading or writing, or receipt in nature thereof for goods or merchandise to be exported; - - - - - 4   If from one district to another district of the United States, not being in the same State, - - - - - 10   If from the United States to any foreign port or place, - - - - -   The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of lading, without respect to the number contained in each set.   Any notes issued by the banks now established, or that may be hereafter established within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as shall agree to an annual composition of one per centum on the annual dividends made by such banks, to their stockholders respectively, according to the following scale:   On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar, - - - - - 50   On all notes above fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, - - - - - 1   On all notes above one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five hundred dollars, - - - - - 2   On all notes above five hundred dollars, - - - - - 25   Any protest or other notarial act, - - - - - 25   Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war, - - - - - 25   Any inventory or catalogue of any furniture, goods or effects made in any case required by law (except in cases of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in virtue of any legal process by any officer) - - - - - 50   Any certificate of a share in any insurance company, of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank; - - - - - 10   If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, - - - - - 25   If above one hundred dollars, - - - - -   If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars.  
THAT the power of the Supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February, 1801.
THAT, If any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the Supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February, 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped, in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or refuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of inspection, any such vellum, parchment or paper, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may after that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
AND for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared, that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury, at WASHINGTON, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTE, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.