Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1807-02-28 00:00:00

Gazet of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 19, of Vol. XV.]
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1807.
[Whole No. 747.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   MARCH. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. REMARKS.     1 Sunday, 6 27 6 1 7 2 27   2 Monday, 6 26 6 2 4 3 19   3 Tuesday, 6 25 6 3 17 4 11   4 Wednesday, 6 23 6 3 21 4 59   5 Thursday, 6 22 6 4 5 5 46 [29m.   6 Friday, 6 20 6 4 34 6 30 Day's len. 11h.   7 Saturday, 6 19 6 5 10 7 12  
United States.
NINTH CONGRESS.—SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TUESDAY, FEB. 6.
THE following important message was received from the President of the U. States:—
To the Senate, &c.
The government of France having examined into the claim of M. D. Beaumarchais, against the United States, and considering it as just and legal, has instructed its minister here to make representations on the subject to the government of the United States. I now lay his memorial thereon before the Legislature, the only authority competent to a final decision on the same. TH: JEFFERSON.
February 6, 1807.
This message covered the following memorandum from the French Minister:—
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
The undersigned, minister plenipotentiary of his imperial and royal majesty, to his Excellency the President of the United States of America, has the honor to remind the Secretary of State, that at the beginning of last year and during the session of Congress, Mr. Chevalier, attorney in fact of the heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais, took various steps with the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain a liquidation of the debt contracted by the United States, with Mr. de Beaumarchais.
At the request of the Attorney in fact, to whom the Treasury opposed a receipt of Mr. de Beaumarchais, in order to place to the debt of his heirs a million of livres tournois, the undersigned added, on the 1st of January, 1805, to the Secretary of the Treasury, an official note which left no doubt of the destination of the million in dispute, the employment of which, agreeably to the orders of the King was consecrated to a special and secret service, and consequently which had not and could not have any connection with the transactions, bargains, supplies, and generally with any mercantile operations which Mr. de Beaumarchais might have been concerned in with the Government of the United States of America.
This note or rather this official declaration of the Minister Plenipotentiary of France ought to have removed the only obstacle which was opposed to the entire liquidation with the heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais because the justice of their claim is demonstrated to conviction; and they were far from expecting that the Secretary of the Treasury would still retain doubts upon the legitimacy of their credit.
The heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais now consider their interests to the protection of the French Government as well as to the justice of the Federal government; and the undersigned, in declaring to the Secretary of State, that this affair, on being examined in France with the most scrupulous attention, has presented to the judgment of enlightened and impartial men nothing but an incontestable conclusion in favour of the heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais, will add, that it is no longer to Mr. Chevalier, it is no longer to a mere attorney in fact, that the said heirs have recourse, to obtain justice too long refused; but to the French government itself, which calls with confidence and through the organ of its Minister Plenipotentiary, the attention of the Secretary of State to interests no less sacred than the cause which produced them.
When the French Government raises its voice in favor of the unfortunate heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais, the undersigned thinks it useful to recall to view the nature and the importance of the services which their author rendered to the cause of independence. It would be to turn the mind back towards a period equally glorious for the two nations, but that France always generous, knows how to forget, because the United States remember it.
After the ministerial declaration respecting the employment of the million, a declaration which doubtless (and as a consequence of those mutual sentiments of respect and confidence, which governments ought to have for communications of this nature) would have been sufficient for the Secretary of the Treasury, if his powers had not been so limited; it is the duty of the undersigned, agreeably to the formal and repeated instructions, which he has received in this respect, to address himself directly and in the name of his Government to that of the United States, and to request from the Secretary of State, that at length justice should be done to the claim of the heirs of Mr. de Beaumarchais; a claim which the French Government would not have honored with its support, if it were not founded upon the immovable principles of reason and of right.
The undersigned seizes with eagerness this occasion of offering to the Secretary of State the homage of his high consideration.
(Signed) TURREAU. Washington, January 14th, 1807.
MONDAY, FEB. 9.
After several questions of order had been decided upon.
The House went into committee (Gen. Varnum in the chair) on three bills relative to the
SLAVE TRADE.
Another dilatory, and disorderly debate, on this subject, ensued; and lasted through the day; when the committee rose, reported progress, and had leave to sit again.
TUESDAY, FEB. 10.
GUN-BOATS. —The President, by message, informed the House, that TWO HUNDRED GUN-BOATS are necessary to defend our sea-coast, viz. On the Mississippi 40; between St. Mary's and Campuck 25; in the Chesapeake 20; Delaware 15; New-York and the Sound 50; from Cape-Cod northward 50.—The opinions of General Gates and Wilkinson! of Commodore Barron, and Capt. Tuggey, on the efficacy of gun-boats, are added.
ANOTHER MESSAGE,
Communicated a letter from Gen. Mead, in the Mississippi Territory, dated Jan. 13, 1807.—Burr was in that neighborhood, and had sent a letter to Mead, stating, that his object was agricultural, and his views peaceable; and hinting, that resistance would be made against any attack. Gen. Mead states, that the militia were "on the alert;" and he promises to give a good account of this "troublesome man."
SLAVE TRADE.
The House again went into committee on the Slave Trade bills.—After some time, Mr. Ely, moved, that the bill reported by the committee of 17, be ordered to lie on the table, in order to take up the bill, on the same subject, received from the Senate. Agreed to, 56 to 33.—The remainder of the day was spent in considering this bill. A clause was amended to read, "that neither the importer of Slaves, nor any purchaser under him, shall hold any title or right to such slaves imported." Mr. D. R. Williams delivered a vehement speech on this amendment.—He considered the phrase in the bill as leading to the destruction and massacre of the whites in the southern States.—He charged Mr. B. dwell as being the mover and instigator of all their calamity, and yet he [Mr. B.] could not, he dare not meet the constitutional question, but retired behind the bar.—The distinguishing feature of the bill received from the Senate is, that it annuls the right of the importer and leaves the slaves to be disposed of in such manner as the States may direct.
THURSDAY, FEB. 12.
A message received yesterday from the President of the United States was read. It was accompanied with the returns made to the Secretary of war from the several states, two excepted, of their respective military force.
Mr. Early, (Geo.) observed that the present time of holding the session of the Supreme court of the United States is extremely inconvenient. The weather is then most rigorous, and travelling is the worst. It also interferes with the terms of the state courts. He therefore moved the following resolution.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of altering the term of the Supreme court of the United States. Agreed to, and a committee of five ordered to be appointed.
Mr. Parker, (Del. Ind. Ter.) from a select committee, reported a resolution, suspending for 10 years after Jan. 1st, 1808, the 5th article of compact between the United States and the territorial governments North West of the Ohio. This article forbids the introduction of slaves into the territory.
Read twice, and referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next.
The house proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole on the bill received from the Senate against the slave trade.
Sundry small amendments were agreed to. On striking out of the bill so much as inflicts the punishment of death on those concerned in the trade, a long debate arose.
Mr. Smilie (Penn.) called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered to be taken.
Mr. Sloan (N. J.) spoke at considerable length against concurring in the report of the committee.
Mr. S. made several reflections on members who had previously spoken on the subject. He recommended to Mr. Holland to take notes of what he said on session to preserve consistency the next. He said he should never speak behind the bar. When he did that, it would be high time to send him home about his business. He read some extracts from an address which Mr. S. said was delivered by the Rev. David Price, at Nashville, Kentucky, and which would do him honour as long as the memoirs of time should remain. Mr. S. also read copious extracts from the testimony delivered before the British house of commons on the circumstance attending the slave trade.
Much of the time while Mr. S. was speaking, there was a general burst of laughter throughout the house. The Speaker repeatedly called to order but with little effect.
Mr. Elmer (N. J.) replied against the punishment of death, and in favour of concurring with the report.
Mr. Smilie spoke in favour of the punishment of death, and
Mr. Barker, (Maff.) and Mr. Kelly (Penn.) against it.
Some conversation ensued between Messrs. Taggart, J. Clay, Dana, and Smilie, as to what was the question before the house. The Speaker declared it was on concurring with so much of the report as strikes out the punishment of death.
Mr. Smilie spoke again against concurring. The question was taken by yeas and nays, and carried—Yeas 67—Nays 48.
The question then recurred on inserting the punishment of imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and not less than one, and of fine not more than ten, and not less than three thousand dollars.
Mr. J. Randolph observed that during the whole course of this tedious and loathsome discussion , he had avoided expressing his sentiments on the house; but he felt it his duty to oppose this amendment, though he did not know that a single member besides himself entertained the same view of the subject. He proceeded to state that he believed congress had no constitutional right to legislate on the subject, except on commercial principles. The transportation of slaves must be considered like the transportation of indigo, coffee, or tobacco. Mr. R. contended that this amendment was contrary to that part of the constitution which declares that excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Were he to legislate on the subject as a member of the Virginia house of delegates, he should, however, act very differently. Mr. R. supported his opinion at some length.
The question of inserting the amendment proposed was carried without a division.
A long dilatory, and as was observed, tedious debate ensued on the details of the bill, supported by Messrs. J. Clay, Griffiths, Broom, Broom, Riner, Lloyd, Bates, Ridwell, Marion, Jackson, J. Randolph, G. W. Campbell, Quincy, and Aiton.
On motion of Mr. Bidwell two grammatical errors were corrected.
Mr. G. W. Campbell moved to strike out the word unfortunate . He deemed it a very unfortunate word. Ayes 42—Nays 42. The Speaker decided in the affirmative.
Mr. Early said he was so unfortunate as not to perceive the propriety of certain other words in the bill. This phrase occurs, "no citizen of the United States, foreigner, or other person shall" &c. He moved to strike out foreigner . Agreed to.
Some other verbal amendments being made, the bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
Quarter before 4 o'clock adjourned.
FRIDAY, FEB. 13.
Mr. Early (Geo.) from the committee of commerce and manufactures, reported a bill supplementary to the act commonly called the non-importation act. The object of this bill is to render the provisions and restrictions of the act more definite. It also exempts from the operation of the act all vessels from beyond the Cape of Good Hope, which shall have fitted out from this country previously to the 1st of April next.
Read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next.
A bill, received from the Senate, to regulate the summoning of grand juries in the courts of the United States, was read twice and referred to a committee of the whole on Monday next.
Mr. J. Clay (Penn.) presented the petition from the directors of the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal company, which was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Varnum (Maff.) moved that when the house adjourns, they adjourn till Monday; to-wit—Ayes 47—Nays 50.
Mr. Varnum then moved that the committee on post-offices and post-roads have leave to sit to-morrow while the house are in session. He said they could not otherwise get through the immense mass of business referred to that committee—agreed to.
Mr. Stanton (R. I.) moved that the committee of claims have leave to sit to-morrow, while the house is in session.—Agreed to—Ayes 56.
Mr. Holmes (Vir.) from the committee of claims, reported their agreement to the bill, received from the Senate, for the relief of John Chester. The report was referred to a committee of the whole to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
The bill received from the Senate, for the prohibition of the slave trade after Jan. 1, 1808, was read, as amended, the third time.
Mr. G. W. Campbell (Ten.) suggested the correction of a grammatical error, which he presumed was made by mistake in engrossing the bill. As it now stood it was nonsense.—Such offender shall suffer imprisonment, &c. and
fined, &c. He moved the insertion of be before fined.
Mr. Speaker. It cannot be done without unanimous consent.
Mr. G. W. Campbell wished it might be read that the house might see the propriety of the correction.
The Speaker read the sentence proposed to be corrected.
Mr. G. W. Campbell said it was only a clerical error.
Mr. Darby (N. J.) wished to hear the sentence read, which was accordingly done.
Mr. Speaker said the error was in the amendment as originally introduced.
[NOTE. Mr. G. W. Campbell introduced the amendment.]
Mr. Cooke (Maff.) inquired what was the correction proposed. The sentence was again read.
Mr. G. W. Campbell observed that he might perhaps have inadvertently commenced the blunder.
Mr. Masters (N. Y.) inquired what was the error in question. It was stated again from the chair.
Mr. Speaker said the error could not be corrected except by unanimous consent.
Mr. G. W. Campbell presumed there could be no objection.
Mr. Epps (Vir.) suggested a recommitment of the bill as a mode of getting at the subject.
No objection being made, the Speaker directed the Clerk to insert the word be.
The question on passing the bill was then taken by yeas and nays, and carried—Yeas 113—Nays 5. The nays were Messrs. Brien, Chittenden, Gannett, Trigg, and D. R. Williams.
Six orders of the day were then called for.
The house considered in committee of the whole, Mr. Tenney (N. H.) in the chair, a bill extending the time in which Virginia military land warrants may be located. The blanks being filled, the committee reported the bill.
Mr. Morrow (Ohio.) moved to strike out the words and figures Section 1 . There was but one section in the bill.
The Speaker said it would be done of course on engrossing the bill. The question, however, was called for.
The question being taken, the Speaker said the yeas appeared to have it.
Mr. Masters called for a division.
On dividing the house 51 members rose in the affirmative—Carried.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
Messrs. G. W. Campbell, Early, and Jackson, rose and addressed the Speaker at the same time.
The Speaker called to order. Order, order was heard from different parts of the house.
The Speaker, said he could not tell which gentleman addressed him first.
Neither gentleman gave way and two of them again addressed the Speaker at the same time.
The Speaker. Order, order, order .—There was a general cry in all parts of the house, order, order .
Neither gentleman gave way and each proceeded to call for some order of the day.
The Speaker, read the rule. When two or more members happen to rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak.
The Speaker, said this was the first time he had ever been called upon to exercise the power given by this rule. As neither gentleman gave way, he named Mr. G. W. Campbell, as the subject called up by him seemed to be of the most national importance.
The house then considered in committee of the whole, Mr. Gregg in the chair, a bill relative to the organization of the courts of the United States in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio. The bill, among other things, proposed the appointment of an additional judge of the supreme court of the United States, who is to hold a circuit court in the state mentioned.
The bill, with amendments, was reported by the committee and agreed to by the house.
Five orders of the day were called for.
A bill for the relief of Stephen Sayre, was considered in committee of the whole, Mr. Varnum in the chair, and agreed to by the house.
Two orders of the day were called for.
The house considered in committee of the whole, Mr. Basset (Va.) in the chair, a bill respecting seizures made under the authority of the United States, and for other purposes—The committee reported the bill which was agreed to by the house.
Five orders of the day were called for.
The house considered in committee of the whole, a bill making appropriations towards finishing the south wing of the capitol, and for other purposes, Mr. Varnum in the chair—25,000 dollars were agreed to for finishing the south wing of the capitol. After some debate 17,000 dollars were agreed to for finishing the representatives chamber; 25,000 for repairing the north wing of the capitol; and 15,000 for improvements on the President's house, and the

lot on which it stands, were appropriated. The house concurred in the report, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow.
The bill for the relief of Stephen Sayer having been engrossed, was read a third time and passed—Ayes 74.
On motion of Mr. J. Randolph, The committee of ways and means had leave to sit to-morrow during the session of the house.
Mr. Mumford (N. Y.) after a few observations proposed the following resolution.
Resolved, That it is expedient to appropriate the sum of 10,000 dollars to fortify New-York.
Resolved, That it is expedient to appropriate the sum of 10,000 dollars to fortify Charleston (S. C.) and Norfolk (Va.)
Resolved, That it is expedient to appropriate the sum of 10,000 dollars, to fortify such other ports as the President may designate.
Nays. The substance only, of the resolutions is given.
After some debate the first resolution was referred to the committee to whom was referred the 10,000 dollar bill, Ayes 63, and the 2d and 3d resolutions were withdrawn.
On motion of Mr. Smith the house reconsidered their vote not to adjourn to Monday, and the question of adjournment to Monday was thus carried—Ayes 69.
4 o'clock adjourned.
Late Foreign Intelligence.
Received at New-York by the Oliver Ellsworth, Capt. Bennett, in 37 days from Liverpool.
SWEDEN. GOTTENBURG, DEC. 26. THE day before yesterday arrived a courier from Constantinople, with dispatches for the British government. He is also the bearer of dispatches from Vienna, at which place hearing of the late operations of the French, he made the best of his way for a port in the Baltic, and embarked at Koningsberg on board a merchant ship, which landed him in Sweden, near Malmo. The King and Queen of Prussia were both in the neighbourhood of Koningsberg, as were also the ministers Haugwitz and Khooft, when the courier left that place, which was about the 17th or 18th inst. There was no account of a battle having been fought between the French and Russians.
Since the above was received, accounts have reached us, that Marshal Mortier, with a corps of 16,000 men, is in the neighbourhood of Stralsund.
JAN. 4. No less than three messengers arrived at Lord Howick's office yesterday afternoon, with dispatches from Petersburg, and other parts of the North. One of these brought dispatches from Lord Hutchinson, the contents of which have not transpired; but report says, that they mention some advantages having been obtained by the Russians over the enemy on the Vistula.
A gentleman who landed at Hull, and arrived in town yesterday, left Memel on the 6th ult. and passed several days at Koningsberg, when he sailed on the 20th.—He saw the King and Queen of Prussia at a small town near Koningsberg the day before his departure: Their Majesties lodged at a grocer's shop, and the Prime Minister, Haugwitz, occupied a miserable apartment at an apothecary's! The King supported the extraordinary reverse of fortune which he has experienced, with composure and fortitude: but the Queen appeared sensibly affected, at the woeful change in her condition.—There were about 4000 troops in the town, and about 20,000 at Koningsberg and its neighbourhood.
Mr. Morier, Mr. Moore, Mr. Murray, and other English gentlemen, who arrived in town on Friday and yesterday, from the continent, are unanimous in the most favorable reports of the number and efficiency of the Russian armies. Mr. Morier, in his route from Vienna to Koningsberg, passed the corps under General Beningsen—It was 80,000 strong, and in excellent order. Its retreat from the Vistula principally arose from the want of provisions, the Prussian magazines being every where empty.
Mr. Morier heard nothing of the fall of Graudentz. He mentions, that property belonging to the King of Prussia, of considerable value, was embarked on board two vessels at Libbau, but he was uninformed of their destination.
The Polish insurrection, to which Bonaparte devotes particular attention, has not hitherto realised his expectations. The following address from General Kosciusko, to the Poles, has been circulated amongst them:
"Amidst the clangour of arms, which re-echoes from Poland, Kosciusko is about to join you. In the enterprize of the French, in their triumphs, and by their awful eagle hovering before them, you will distinguish those legions which display their courage in the four quarters of the Globe, and in one campaign have dispersed the united force of two great Empires, and have lately, in one week, annihilated the labour of a century, the work of Frederick, and the trophies of his old and celebrated generals."
"Dear Countrymen and Friends, who have proved yourselves to possess a degree of fortitude equal to our misfortunes; you who, banished from your native soil, have remained under a nation friendly to Poland; and you who having become strangers in the heart of that country, nevertheless preserved the sense of glory, and the recollection of your brethren, arise! the Great nation is before you; Napoleon expects, and Kosciusko calls you."
This Declaration concludes with the following passage:—"I soon shall again behold the paternal earth which my arm defended; those fields which I have bathed with my blood: and, with tears of joy I will embrace those unfortunate friends whom I was not permitted to follow to the grave; beloved and brave countrymen, whom I was compelled to abandon to the yoke of the conquerors, I have only lived to avenge your wrongs, and I now return to restore you to freedom. Sacred remains of my country! I hail you with transport, and embrace you with a sacred mania. I will join you, never more to part. Worthy of the great man whose arm is extended towards you, worthy of the Poles who now hear my voice, I shall now endeavour to establish a more splendid and stable basis; or, if the name of my native country amounted to nothing more with my fellow citizens than empty words, in this case I shall know how to avoid my disaster and your disgrace, by burying myself under the noble ruins of our aspiring fortune."
"But no, the good times of Poland have returned; Destiny has noted Napoleon and his invincibles to the shores of the Vistula without an object. We are under the Egis of the Monarch who vanquishes difficulties as it were by a miracle, and the re-animation of Poland is too glorious a subject not to have been left by the Eternal Judge for him to achieve."
(Signed) "Kosciusko." Paris, Nov. 2, 1806.
GERMANY. STRALSUND, DEC. 13. I have only time to inform you, that the French are collecting at Anclam, Dummie, &c. in great force; in the former place are said to be already 10,000 men.
ENGLAND. LONDON, JAN. 1. The resources of the Danish Government and confidence which it reposes in the loyalty and attachment of the people, furnished strong grounds of hope, that the Danes would display a spirit equal to that which distinguishes the Swedes; that they would not truckle to Bonaparte, or be cajoled by his promises, but that they would even resist force by force if driven to that extremity.
The latest intelligence from that country tended to strengthen these expectations; for it was stated, that Denmark was arming extensively by land and sea; and it was natural to suppose, that these preparations were the result of the violent conduct of the enemy towards those states that could not defend themselves. A recent occurrence, however, may raise some doubts as to these points; the last mails made up for Husum, it is said, were yesterday returned to the Post-Office from Harwich. It is reported, that on the arrival of the packet at Husum, the letters for Denmark were per-
mitted to be landed; but all English letters for Hamburg were refused, and have consequently been brought back. If this was done by order of the Danish government, it is not unreasonable to suppose, that Napoleon has succeeded, either by threats or promises, in bringing over the Cabinet of Copenhagen as a party to his prohibitory system, which, it is certain, he would make almost any sacrifice to extend.—But, we are inclined to think, that the whole of the above occurrence relative to the letters being sent back, originated in a very commendable cause; for, it is said, that the English Agent at Husum, very prudently exercised his own discretion, opened the letters from Hamburg, and returned such as he thought might involve those to whom they were addressed in fears and difficulties beyond what they already experience.
It is likely that the Danish Captain Lumberg, founded his report of the defeat of the Russians, on the following paragraph which appeared in the Journal du Commerce of the 7th ult. which he called a Bulletin:—"Several letters from Berlin have announced, that the Russians have been beaten and completely routed, in the neighbourhood of Warsaw; and that a German gazette, speaking of this affair, represented the loss of the Russians, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, at 36,000 men."
This paragraph evidently alludes to the exaggerated statement in the Thirty-sixth bulletin, of the skirmish between the French and Russians, on the retreat of the latter behind the Vistula.
The reports circulated in an Evening paper of yesterday, respecting the defeat of the French by the Russians, on the Vistula, and a check they received at Stralsund, are without any foundation. The Post-Office, from whence the paper pretended to derive its information, have not received any such intelligence.
JAN. 4. A general embargo is ordered at Hamburg, and no neutral is allowed to sail even in ballast:—The American Consul has remonstrated on the occasion, but in vain. Hamburg on the 16th was garrisoned by about 800 Italians. In all the conquered countries, the French has deprived the natives of their arms. Mortier has proclaimed in Hanover, &c. that any person corresponding with England, shall be punished with death; and General Schremm has threatened those who talk on politics, with a like fate.
Price of Stocks.—3 per cent. Re. Ann. 59 3-8 5-8.—Omnium 1 1-2.
PRUSSIA. BERLIN, NOV. 29. FRENCH STATE PAPER.
MESSAGE OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING, TO THE SENATE.
"SENATORS, Under the circumstances of the present state of the general affairs of Europe, we have resolved to make known to you, and the nation, the principles which we have adopted for the direction of our political conduct."
"Our extraordinary moderation at the close of each of the three former wars, has been the cause of that which immediately followed. Thus have we had to contend against a fourth coalition, nine months after the dissolution of the third—nine months after that signal victory, which Providence vouchsafed to us, and which held forth an assurance of a long repose to the continent."
"The influence of England, however, sooner or later, extends itself over a great number of the European cabinets; and without a durable peace with that power, our people cannot enjoy those benefits of peace which have been the first aim of our labours, and the sole object of our existence. Notwithstanding our triumphant position, we were, even in the last negotiation with England, still more struck by the arrogance of her language, than by the sacrifices she was disposed to exact from us. The island of Malta, on which it seemed as if the honour of the war depended, which England in contempt of treaties retained, and which was the first cause of war, we agreed to cede. We agreed that, besides Ceylon and the kingdom of Mysore, England should also retain the Cape of Good Hope."
"But all our exertions were frustrated, when the Cabinet Councils of our enemy ceased to be animated by the noble ambition of sharing the happiness of the world with the actual prosperity of one's country, and the latter with a permanent state of prosperity; and no prosperity can be permanent for England, which is founded in an extravagant and unjust policy, that would deprive of all commerce,
and all navigation, sixty millions of people, who are both rich and brave."
"Thus after the death of the English Prime Minister, we easily perceived that the negotiations were continued with no other view than that of throwing a veil over the formation of the fourth coalition, which has been arranged in its birth."
"In this new situation, we have adopted as the immutable principle of our conduct, the resolution not to evacuate Berlin, Warsaw, and the provinces which may come into our possession by the force of arms, until a General Peace has been concluded—until the Spanish, Dutch, and French Colonies have been restored—the foundations of the Ottoman Power have been secured, and the complete independence of that great Empire, one of the most important interests of our people, has been irrevocably consecrated."
"We have placed the British Islands in a state of blockade, and ordered measures to be taken against them which excite a struggle in our heart. It has cost us the pain of a victory to render the interest of private individuals dependent on the disputes of Kings, and, after so many years of civilization, to return to those principles which characterize the barbarism of the first ages of nations. But the welfare of our people and our allies has compelled us to employ against the common foe the same weapons which he used against us."
"These determinations, which are dictated by a just feeling of reciprocity, have originated neither in passion or hatred. The same offers which we made after the dissolution of the three coalitions, which contributed so much to the glory of our people, we are still ready to make at the moment our arms have gained new triumphs. We are ready to conclude peace with England; we are ready to make peace with Russia and Prussia; but on such principles alone must it be concluded, as that no one, be he who he may, shall presume to claim any thing of us on the pretence of superior power. The colonies must be restored to the mother countries; and to our commerce and industry, that prosperity of which they are susceptible, must be guaranteed."
"Should these dispositions, in the whole of their extent, tend to retard for a time the period of a general peace, the delay, however short it may be, will to our heart appear long. But we are convinced, that our people will duly estimate the wisdom of our political motives, and perceive with us, that a partial peace is only an armistice, by which we risk the loss of all the advantages we have gained, and furnish occasion to a new war and that France cannot find her prosperity out in a general peace."
"We find ourselves in one of those critical junctures, which have an important influence on the fate of nations; and the French people will show themselves worthy of that destination which awaits them. The Sénatus Consultum , which we have ordered to be laid before you, and which places at our disposal, in the first month of the year, the Conscription of 1807, which, under ordinary circumstances, would not have commenced until the month of September, will be eagerly carried into effect by fathers and children. At what more attractive moment could we invite the French youth to take up arms? In marching to join their colours, they will pass through the capitals of our enemies, and fields of battle rendered famous by the victorious of their elder brothers in arms."
"Given at Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806. (Signed) NAPOLEON. By the Emperor, The Minister HUGUES. Secretary of State, B. MURAT."
Domestic Occurrences.
VIRGINIA. NORFOLK, FEB. 5.
THE British ships of war Bellona, Capt. Douglas, and Triumph, Capt. Hardy, of 74 guns each, and the Mermaid frigate, which have been at anchor in Hampton Roads for some time, sailed early on Tuesday morning in great haste, in consequence of information received of a pilot being put on board an 80 gun French ship on Saturday last. It is generally supposed to be Admiral Willaumez's ship, the Foudroyant, from Havana. If so, there is very little chance of the British coming up with her, as she is considered the fastest sailer in the French navy.
The British ships were seen on Tuesday afternoon, steering W. S. W. towards Cape Henry, with a pilot boat in company.
MARYLAND. BALTIMORE, FEB. 13.
The day of the trial of Captain WHITBY, for the killing of PIERCE, has been respectfully communicated to our government. In fixing the time of trial the British Government in a spirit of conciliation has manifested, we understand, a cordial disposition to consult our convenience as to the sending forward of witnesses in behalf of the prosecution. And we are informed that under arrangements already made by our government, 7 or 8 witnesses have proceeded for England.—[They have sailed, from N. York.]

STATE OF NEW YORK. NEW-YORK, FEB. 10. Extract of a letter from Charles Swan, Esq. paper-maker and post-master, dated Patchogue, Long-Island, Feb. 2. "Yesterday morning, about three hours before day, we were all swept a- way (ten in family) by the mill-dam giving way. We had just time to es- cape, and did not save an article of bed or body clothes. The mail, key, and post-office books, &c. were swept away with the flood."
FEB. 16. Capt. Haley, from St. Bartholomew, informs, that the French priva- teers are capturing all American ves- sels they fall in with, and sending them to Guadalupe and Martinique. This news reached St. Barts just as he was sailing.
FEB. 18. Capt. Campbell, from St. Vin- cents, informs that the ship Pitt, Colin Campbell, from the Clyde for the West-Indies, was fallen in with to windward of Guadalupe some time in January, by a French corvette, of 26 guns, and 300 men. A severe action was fought for three hours and a half, in which Capt. Campbell and most of his men were killed, before the Pitt struck.
Another British ship of 26 guns, had been previously captured by the same corvette, by which means they heard of Pitt, and pursued her.
FEB. 21. Capt. Reynolds, of the ship Louisa- Cecilia, favored us with a file of Span- ish papers, in one of which we find the following Proclamation of the Prince of Peace—translated by a young gentleman of this city, in the 15th year of his age.
In circumstance less perilous than the present, loyal subjects have been in- duced to anticipate the necessities of their sovereigns, by gifts and succours, the timely donation of which, has enhanced the value of an action so generous, as re- lieved afforded by a subject to his King.— The Kingdom of Andalusia, calculated by nature for the production of light caval- ry, and the inhabitants of the Province of Estramadura, formerly so conspicuous, for their loyalty to King Philip 5th, can they behold with indifference the Cau- airy of the present Monarch reduced and incomplete for the want of horses? No, I cannot believe it, rather do I hope, they will imitate the glorious actions of their progenitors, who so faithfully sup- plied the ancestor of our present King, with what are now so necessary; and that they will now furnish troops, dex- terous in the management of horses, who will serve and defend their country dur- ing the period of actual need, and after- wards return, to enjoy ease, among their families, covered with glory and in bet- ter circumstances. Then every one, who shall obtain the laurels of victory, will boast that to his arm is owing the pre- servation of his family, of his chief, of his relation, and of his friend, and each, will have reason to attribute to himself, the safety of his country. Come then, ye ardent patriots, come and serve under the banners of the best of Sovereigns, come and I will cover you with the veil of gratitude, fulfilling whatsoe'er, hence- forth, I promise you, if the God of Vic- tory should grant us a peace as happy, and as permanent as that, which we all desire.
No! neither fear, nor perfidy will restrain you, you harbor no such vices in your bosoms, neither do they cherish base greediness. Come then, and if the recol- lection of these events will determine you, not to unite your arms, with those of our enemies, you will not incur the infamy of being suspected, nor will you reserve an improper doubt of your loyalty and bon- or, by disregarding my invitation.
But if my voice does not suffice, to awaken your ambition for glory, it must be to your immediate guardians, to the fathers of the people, to whom, must ad- dress myself, that they may instruct you, in what you owe to your duty, to your honor, and to the sacred religion which you profess.
THE PRINCE OF PEACE. San Lorenzo de Reid. 5th Oct. 1806.
FEB. 23. CURRACOA TAKEN. We received last night a Jamaica paper of the 24th ult. which says—Ar-
rived at Fort Royal, the frigate Anson, Capt. Ledyard, from Curracoa, with 300 prisoners and the colours captur- ed at that Island. The place was tak- en on the 2d inst. in a most gallant manner, by the frigates Arathula, La- tona, Anson and Engard.
BURR IN CUSTODY.
Duane, of the Aurora, has receiv- ed a letter from Natchez dated Jan. 20, which states:
That on the 15th Jan. 400 Mil- itia embarked in boats under the com- mand of G. Meade the acting Govern- or, intending to attack Burr then at Bayou Pierre. Meade encamped two miles below Burr's position, and sent a person to him, demanding him to surrender—Burr submitted without resistance, embarked in one of Meade's boats, landed at his camp, and surren- dered to the civil authority. Burr had 8 or 10 boats, and about 200 adher- ents. He was to be tried in a few days in that territory.
Gen. Adair, of Kentucky, and P. V. Ogden, of New-Jersey, have arriv- ed at Baltimore from New-Orleans in the sch'r Thatcher, under the charge of Lt. Luchet, a corporal and 3 pri- vates, and lodged at Fort Mc Henry.
Capt. Kenned, of the ship Piscataqua, arrived at Philadelphia from Hamburg, in- forms, that Mr. Forbes our Consul had re- ceived assurances that American property would be respected and that he would be permitted to continue his functions as before. All kind of business was at a stand when he left Hamburg; an embargo had been laid on all vessels of every description the day after the French came in, and no correct idea could be formed when it would be taken off."
Capt. Peck, arrived at New-York from Point-Pierre (Gaed.) says, that the Commander in Chief at Guadalupe, had demanded four Negroes from each plantation, expecting an attack from a British squadron which had ar- rived to windward.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, FEB. 24. FROM BUENOS AYRES. Yesterday, arrived, via Vineyard, Mr. T. Wells, of the ship Belisarius, which left the River Plate the 24th of November. He informs, in addition to the capture and recapture of Buenos Ayres, that about the 5th of October, there arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, a reinforcement of about 1800 troops. On the 28th an unsuccessful attack was made on Montevideo. On the 29th the same troops attacked and took possession of the little town of Maldonado, where it was supposed Sir Home Popham intended to remain until he should receive an additional force or further instructions from England, which he was daily expecting. The operations of the English, though un- successful, are said to have embarrassed the Spanish government much, as the consequence was a troublesome jeal- ousy and restlessness of the people.— Their commerce is ruined, their river blockaded and every man under arms. Their staple exports are wholly neg- lected.
Loss of the brig Spy, of Amabury, Captain Fowler.
We have received a letter stating in particular terms the loss of this ves- sel, of which the following is the sub- stance. The Spy was running down the coast of Cuba for Havana, when on the night of the 18th of January, she being about 30 miles east of Ha- vana, was suddenly struck by a violent gale from the northward. The letter here details the operations in attempt- ing to avoid the lee shore; all of which proved ineffectual. She struck the rocks about 11 o'clock at night, and at once the crew landed, all alive, though most of them wounded. The next morning the brig was drifting in splinters, two miles along shore. The cargo was estimated at 50,000 dol- lars. The captain, mate and crew, obtained a passage, after some search for inhabitants, to Havana, from which the two former are bound home.
Several other vessels were lost, the same night. One ship was seen going ashore and directly disappeared; no people have been found. A light brig which was in company with the Spy, is likewise supposed to be lost.
WARREN: SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 1807.
From the National Intelligencer of Feb. 16. The letter from Gen. Armstrong to the Secretary of State, referred to in the annexed copy of a letter from the General to Mr. Lee, the commercial agent of the United States, has not yet been received by the Secretary of State. Paris, Dec. 24, 1806.
Sir, You will find a passage for the enclosed letter as early as possible. I have this moment received the written assurances of the minister of marine, that the decree of the 21st Nov. last, will in no respect disturb the existing regulations of commerce be- tween France and the United States of Amer- ica, as settled by the convention of the 30th of September. With much regard, &c. (Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG. WILLIAM LEE, Esq.
The news respecting the Treaty, we believe to be true. The article respecting the fall of insur- ance on American vessels to the Peace rate, is not probable.
The dwelling house of Mr. Baldwin, and the dwelling and store of Mr. Beach, situated in the upper part of Broad Street, Newark, were on 20th inst. destroyed by fire.
Freshet. —The late freshet has occasioned a greater loss of property, and more real dis- tress, than any event of the kind, in this vi- cinity, since its first settlement. It began to rain in the night of Friday the 13th inst. and continued with but little intermission till Sun- day morning. The two expensive bridges across Seekonk river were entirely carried away; all the bridges across Pawtucket river, as far up as we have heard from, are impassable, and, except at Pawtucket falls, and Martin's Way, about 6 miles above Pawtucket, are chiefly destroyed.—Several very valuable mills and iron-works on that river have been also de- stroyed, particularly two mills at Woonsocket, belonging to James Arnold, Esq. and the iron- works belonging to Stephen Jenckes, Esq. a little above Pawtucket Falls. Two of the bridges over Mohegan river, in this town— half the bridge at Pawtucket, and several other bridges and dams across Pawtucket river, are carried away. Great exertions are making to replace nearly all the bridges, as soon as the season will admit, as the public in general, and this town and its vicinity in particular, are greatly inconvenienced by the almost entire interruption of communication.
Few scenes can equal in grandeur and sublimity the appearance at Pawtucket falls during the whole of Sunday. The quantity, descent and rapidity of the water, sweeping be- fore it the huge rocks of the abutment of the bridge; the houses, stores and iron-works, with their foundations, that stood in its way, and swallowing the whole in the turgid gulf below, filled the mind with astonishment, and excited the highest degree of reverence and awe towards that BEING who governs the ele- ments, and holds the mighty waters as in the hollow of his hand. No sooner had the water abated, than a scene of horror and dismay suc- ceeded. In the midst of the pleasant village of Pawtucket, and in the place where many industrious and thriving men had been con- stantly employed in the iron manufactory, not a trace was left of house or shop. The very earth was gone, and the solid and cragged rock alone was left unmoved. [Prov. Gaz.]
HARTFORD, (C.) FEB. 24. A fortnight since we noticed an unexam- pled freshet, with some of the losses in proper- ty which ensued. 'Tis painful to have occasion to soon to announce a similar calamity but of greater extent from the same cause. On Fri- day morning last the rain set in, and contin- ued through the day, though not in very great proportion. The morning succeeding, the streams were high. The ice which had made since the last freshet in the Little River, broke up. The rain continued through Saturday till 11 o'clock at night, without a moment's inter- val. The streams and bridges in every direc- tion by this time became impassable. The former freshet subsided so suddenly as to lodge much of the old ice upon the banks. This now was again embarked upon its kindred element, and from the irresistible violence of this floating mass, the savage and destruction of the former scene were again renewed. Most of the bridges which resisted the former attack were borne away by the impetuous torrent. The works of man were in an instant brushed away like cobwebs.
The bridge on the stage road from this to Windsor, is carried off. All the other bridges on Windsor river as far as we have heard, are gone. A valuable mill on the same river is destroyed. The bridge on Farmington river is destroyed. How much further the mischief has extended we know not, nor have we as yet any opportunity to be informed. All the small rivers in our neighbourhood are, as to bridges, as naked as in a state of nature, and the com- munication with this city is almost broken off. The Connecticut river has risen about 3 feet higher than at the last freshet. The old ice, which extends up the river above the city, on Sunday morning was unlocked from its moor- ings, and took a barn belonging to Mr. John- son, standing at the north part of the city, and upset it. The store belonging to J. and E. Ly- man was in the greatest danger. But fortune- ately this held wedged between this and the opposite shore and again became stationary. Had it not stopped here, this with other stores near it must have been carried away—& it is the opinion of many that all the stores on the north part of the city would have met with the same catastrophe. The sudden frost which seized
the river on Sunday evening, removed our apprehensions from the breaking up of the ice. On Monday morning the Little River is again frozen over and passable. Such extremes of nature are calamitous and distressing.
The ice in the harbor of Philadelphia gave way on Friday morning, and it was hoped that the loaded vessels would be able to leave the port in a day or two.
An article in one of our late French pa- pers, under the head of Constantinople, Oct. 6th, notices the appearance of an English squadron before Alexandria, and that three other English vessels of the line had arrived in the Dardanelles. [N. Y. Gaz.]
MARRIED.
At Middletown (Conn.) the 10th inst. Mr. AR- NOLD REID, to Miss ABIGAIL S. GOODWIN, of that place. At Pawtucket (District of Maine.) Mr. SAMUEL SMART, to Miss SALLY PAINE. Two lovers, pierc'd by Cupid's dart, Long sigh'd for Hymen's chain, She kindly wish'd to have his SMART, And he to have her PAINE. A Priest they call'd nor call'd in vain, His blessing to impart; He soon gave longing Samuel PAINE, And made fond Sally SMART.
DIED.
At Providence, on the 19th inst. Miss HARRIOT GRAMMON, daughter of Capt. James Grammon, in the 17th year of her age. At Pawtucket, on the 14th inst. very suddenly, in the 24th year of her age, Miss REBECCA HUM- PHREYS, youngest daughter of Jeshiah Humphreys, jun. Esq. and grand-daughter of Deacon Josiah Hum- phreys, of Barrington.
Herald Ship News.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT. ENTERED. FROM Sloop Golden, Age, Justin, New-York — Fame, Waluin, ditto — Nancy, Finch, Richmond — Polly, Norris, Guadalupe Schr. Dolphin, Spinks, ditto CLEARED. FOR Schr. William, Cozens, Savannah
NEW YORK, FEB. 17. Arrived, brig Charles Williams, L. Verity, from Martinique, and 23 days from Antigua. Detained, schr. Lake, Thompson, from Guad- alupe for Boston, to be tried in a few days; schr. Horizon, Jenkins, from Guadalupe for Newbern—had sold at Dominique for cash and rum, and then took in at Guadalupe sugar and coffee, which was condemned; the cash and rum, he'd for a favor decision; brig Nancy, Sandborn, from Guadalupe for Portland, freight labelled; schr. Sally Ann, Champlaine, from New York for Guadalupe, trial not come on; the latter, and other vessels, sent in by the frigates Circe, Capt. Pigeon, who had treated the American Captains with courtesy; brig Mildred, Spencer, from Philadelphia for Laguis, sent into St. Kitts, and labelled, on suspicion of the flour barrels containing powder —the stores being waiting trial. Fourteen sail of square-rigged vessels went to sea yesterday evening—amongst them was the ship Lantana, Alden, for Liverpool, having on board, Capt. Brewster and Son, Robert Mitchell and John White, pilots, Capt. Pierce and one of his hands, all going out as witnesses in the case of Capt. Whiby, late of the Cam- brian frigate.
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 20. Ar. ship Piscataqua, Kenned, Hamburg. Left, at Hamburg, 26th Nov. ships Eclipse, Kitts, for Philadelphia when liberated; Han- over, Thompson, for Baltimore, do.; Restora- tion, Buckner, for Boston, do.; Raleigh, Han- over, Philadelphia, just arrived; brig Hope- well, Ray, for Salem, ready for sea, detained by the embargo. At the mouth of the Elbe was boarded by the British frigate Amiable, Capt. Upton, from whom I received very gentleman- ly treatment—he informed me that no orders had been received to stop vessels to or from the river, but that he should not be surprised to re- ceive such by the next dispatches.
SALE AT AUCTION.
On Saturday the 7th of March, at 1 o'Clock, if fair weather, if not the next fair Day after Sunday.
SUNDRY Household Furniture, be- longing to the Estate of the Widow Bar- ry Pearce, late of Warren deceased, consisting of Beds, Bedding, Bedsteads and Cords, Chairs, Tables, Crockery China and Iron Ware, wearing Apparel, with several other articles not mentioned.—The Sale to be at the late Dwelling of the deceased. SETH PECK, Auct.
Warren, Feb. 27, 1807.
WE the Subscribers having been duly appointed by the Hon. Court of Probate for the Town of Warren, Commission- ers to receive and examine the Claims against the Estate of
BETSEY PEARCE, late of Warren, widow, deceased, represented insolvent; do hereby give notice, that Six Months from the 27th Day of February 1807, are allowed to the Creditors of said Estate to bring in and prove their respective Claims, and those who do not bring in their claims within that time will be precluded according to Law. SETH PECK, COOMER HAIL. } Com
ALL Persons indebted to said Es- tate are requested to make immediate pay- ment to BENJAMIN CRANSTON, Adm'trs Warren, Feb. 27, 1807.

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
FROM THE CENTINEL.
TO A TEMPERATE MORNING IN FEBRUARY.
HAIL, mild-ey'd Morn! for thou art soft and fair As breaks upon the bosom of the May.
Lamp of the wintry world! thou heaven-lit Sun, O naye, and woo the young reluctant maid,
Propitious morn! the melancholy muse Drops her cold tears upon the bloomless earth.
EPIGRAM.
On a Lady who Squinted.
IF ancient poets argus prize, Who boasted of an hundred eyes,
From the MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE.
THE SELFISH PEASANT.—A moral tale. "Oh! happy State, when Souls each other draw,
IT would be well for the peace of society, and for the domestic felicity of individuals in general, if the control of parents over the inclinations of their children, in the grand article of marriage, was not carried to such a height of despotic rigour.
But, alas! the obstacles to matrimonial felicity are no longer confined to the cruel interposition of parents. The parties themselves have become necessary to their own undoing;
In fine, dissipation—that accursed dissipation which accompanies the luxury inseparable from great cities, seems at length to have extinguished every spark of sentiment among our young people.
Celadon and I are old friends. We are both of a philosophic turn, but with this difference, that he pretends, and perhaps with truth, to know more of the world than I.
"Nor in the country either," interrupted Celadon, smiling at what he
was pleased to term my simplicity. "Real love, my friend," added he, "is a real phantom every where; and, as a proof of my assertion, I will relate to you an anecdote in rustic low life—
"Happening," continued he, "to halt for a day or two at a village, in which, from a superficial view of it, one might have concluded that Innocence and Content had fixed their abode (if an abode they could be supposed to have upon earth) I found the whole conversation of the place engrossed with different opinions (all of them, however, strongly seasoned with scandal) concerning the conduct of a young fellow who had lately deserted a beautiful girl, the pride of the parish, whom he had courted assiduously for above a twelve-month, and from whom he had received every endearing acknowledgement of a mutual flame which virgin modesty would permit.
"The father of Maria (for that, I think, was the name of the young woman) had at length given his sanction to their union; and, in order to forward them in the world, it was settled, that the portion of the bride should be twenty pounds, with a small assortment of necessaries, as furniture for the cottage they were to occupy.
"The artless Maria seemed now to have reached the very summit of her wishes:—But how soon did she find that her enamorato employed? Not in figuring to himself scenes of happiness in the arms of a deserving girl, who was herself a treasure, but in forming schemes to obtain a paltry addition to her little fortune, which, in fact, he required not, and which was destined to be, eventually, a source of misery to a whole family for life.
"The father, he had observed, was possessed of three cows; and the demon of mischief whispering into the ear of the rapacious clown, that he had a good right to at least one of them, he resolved to claim it as the fine quid non of the bargain.—He accordingly went to the old man, and, unacquainted with the refined language which a courtier would have used on a similar occasion, bluntly declared, No cow, no wife for him!
"Nay, stare not!" continued Celadon (for, in truth, I did stare and smile also.) "A cow, my friend," added he, "is to an humble peasant, what we suppose ten thousand guineas to be to a proud lord.—The father, therefore, demurred; and the lover, determined not to recede from his demand, withdrew in anger.
"Recollecting, however, the next morning, that Maria had a sister, of whom the father would be glad to get rid at any rate, he repeated his visit to him, and (though not without an express agreement that he should have the cow) offered to take her for his wife, leaving the other, as he himself significantly expressed it, to make her market as she might elsewhere.
"In this proposal there was too much of worldly appearance for the old man, to suppose him capable of resisting it.—Hardly, indeed, could he conceal his joy upon the occasion; and the young boob, regardless of the tears of his quondam sweetheart, espoused in her stead a creature who was more than ten years older, and whose temper was as preverse as her person was deformed."
At this recital I could not help exclaiming, with unlisted hands, O tempora! O mores!
"Pshaw!" exclaimed Celadon, in his turn "your adage, trite in itself, is perfectly ridiculous in the application of it. You have no occasion to vilify the present times and manners. Human nature is the same in all ages; and vice and folly, as they appear in town and in the country, differ but in the degree. In both, we find the for-
did gratification of self, the predominant passion; and if in the latter there be less dissipation, it is because there is less opportunity to dissipate."
"But after all," (for anxious to hear the conclusion of the story, I was in no humour to argue the point with him) "after all," cried I, "what became of poor Maria? Did the hapless girl survive this heavy stroke."
"Survive it!—Why, she got another husband directly."
"Another husband!—directly too! and after having already experienced such usage from man!"
"Such, I confess, were my ejaculations, and silly enough will they probably be thought by some people."
"Even so," resumed Celadon. "Injured innocence can boast of as few friends in the bosom of a village as in the bosom of a court.—Maria, instead of becoming an object of either pity or respect, now found herself pointed at with the finger of ridicule and scorn; and being the acknowledged beauty of the place, there was not a woman within ten miles, who, whether young or old, did not exultingly cry out, "Yes, yes, I thought what it would come to! I always said she would be left in the lurch at last. This comes of your fine faces! For my part, I could never see more about the hussy, than about other people! and after all, to run away with a Recruiting Serjeant!"
"Here," continued he, "they spoke a melancholy truth.—Deprived of the man who had seduced her into a belief that she was to be his wife, and unable to bear the envenomed taunts she daily experienced from a malignant neighbourhood, to which she was a credit, she eloped the week after the nuptials of her sister, with a military adventurer of the above description, nor has she since been heard of.—It was a measure of necessity, not of choice. Where then is her peace of mind, and where that felicity which fancy had fondly pictured to her while yet she was a maid? Those jewels the wealth of Asia could never recover for her. Forced from her situation to associate with the profligate and abandoned, what avails it that she has left behind her a wretched father, who, productive of his own misery, in vainly attempting to establish the happiness of one child at the expense of that of another, is already, in addition to his sorrows, doomed to the mortification of having that child returned upon his hands, plundered of her all by a husband, who, in the truest sense of the words, had married her for what he could get?—No: circumstances like these can afford no comfort to Maria; though they may in time teach her to detest her mercenary deluder as much as it is possible she could have ever loved him.—To a heart already wrung with calamity, the tears of others add but to our own tears; and, ah! would that those of Maria could but soften the heart of every father, and of every lover, whether in high life or in low life, who may be inclined, like the father and the lover of this hapless villager, to sacrifice a permanent felicity to the visionary idea of a momentary accommodation!"
PHILEMON.
Just received, and for Sale, by Nathan M. Wheaton, A Quantity of Turks-Island Salt, of a good Quality.—Also, a handsome assortment of Crockery Ware, Groceries, &c. at Retail. Warren, Feb. 10. 1807.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS the Hon. Court of Probate, for the Town of Warren, appointed the Subscriber Administrator to the Estate of
BETSEY SANDERS,
late of Warren, widow, deceased.—All persons having demands against said Estate, are hereby notified to exhibit the same to the Subscriber, at his dwelling house.—All persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate payment to NATHANIEL SANDERS. January 3, 1807.
SALES AT AUCTION.
TO BE SOLD, On Monday the 2d day of March next, at 1 o'Clock P. M. at the House of the Subscriber—consisting of
BEDS AND BEDING—CHAIRS—and sundry other articles of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE—Terms made known at the time and place of Sale.
AARON HAILE, Adm'r. Warren, Feb. 6, 1807.
On the 10th of March next, at 1 o'Clock P. M. at the Dwelling-House of the late SIMEON POTTER, Esq. of Swanzey, deceased.
THAT Noted place called the James Brown FARM, on Gardner's Neck, now in the occupation of James Luther, Esq. containing Two Hundred Acres, being the same, more or less.—For further information enquire of Isid James Luther, Esq. on the premises, or of the Subscriber, in Warren. MARY GARRETT. Warren, Feb. 5, 1807.
On the 10th day of March next. A QUANTITY of Stock, viz. Cows, Oxen, Young Cattle, &c.—And a Quantity of Hay, at the Dwelling-house of the late Simon Potter, Esq. deceased.
...ALSO... To be Sold at the same time and place, by M. Gs. Hopkell Mc Neal & Thomas Lasing, the Hog Neck FARM, so called. WILLIAM D'WOLF, Adm'r. Somerset, Jan. 20, 1807.
FOR SALE, BY Nathaniel Burr & Son, 5000 of good BRICK. Rehoboth, Feb. 20, 1807.
N. M. Burr, Has just received a fresh supply of well chosen and seasonable GOODS,
and offers them for Sale at reduced prices, on accommodating and liberal terms, consisting of SUPERFINE middling and low priced BROADCLOTHS. KERSEYMERES, KERSEYS, KERSEYNETTS, SERGES, VESTINGS, COATINGS, DUFFELS, PEARNOTS, FLANNELS, BAISES, SWAN-SKINS, DOMESTIC, Rote BLANKETS, WILEBORES, & DURANTS.
A valuable choice of fashionable twilled, striped & plain VELVETS, uncommonly low. Factory Cotton & India CHECKS. Cambic and common DIMITIES. India COTTONS, SHEETING & SHIRTING, cheap. CALL COES, 18th LINNENS, brown HOL-LAND. SHAWLS of the newest style. BANDANNOE HANDKERCHIEFS, per piece. Check'd and pocket, ditto. Ladies and Gentlemen's black, lead coloured & m'd Worsted STOCKINGS. Ladies Cotton MITTS & GLOVES. Cotton UMBRELLAS. Factory COTTON WARP & FILLING, per Bundle &c. at Factory prices.
A neat Supply of HARDWARE, with a great assortment of Iron Hollow WARE. HAND-IRONS, FLATT IRONS & Cart BOXES.
Coarse and fine SALT. Black PEPPER, CASSIA & CINNAMON, per Hundred or Dozen. CLOVES, NUTMEGS, & ALLSPICE, per Pound. GINGER and PEARL ASHES, per Keg or Dozen. TOBACCO and SEGARS. 10 Barrels choice Cyder VINEGAR. 100 Straws TUMBLERS. 300 Rolls Paper HANGINGS & BORDERS, a fresh Supply; old Stock selling at Cost. REDWOOD, LOGWOOD, FUSTIC, ALUM, COPPERAS, VITRIOL, AQUA FORTIS & SALT PETRE. POWDER, SHOT and FLINTS. A great Variety of Cart, Horse, Chaise and Hunting WHIPS, mounted on Whalebone. 6 Dozen choice sweet Olive Bottle OIL. A large Supply of Cooper's Cedar and Oak WARES, BASKETS, &c. Household Parington's Earthen WARES. HOPS, CHALK, GLUE, BRIMSTONE, ROSIN & VERDIGREASE. Japan and Caral VARNISH, Gold LEAF. Spirits of TURPENTINE, Paint BRUSHES and Pumice STONE.
3d & 1st Proof RUM, BRANDY, CHERRY, GENEVA, Sherry and Currant WINES. CODFISH, COFFEE, SHELLS, FLOUR, RAISINS and MOLASSES. Hylon, Hylon-Skin and Souchong TEAS.
A fresh and valuable Assortment of genuine DRUGS and MEDICINES at very reduced Prices, superior to rivalry with the whole train of Imported and Domestic patent Medicines, now in rage; of which are extra's the famous Billious CORDIAL, Cooley's Vegetable ELIXIR, or Cough Drop, and Rawson's and Wheaton's Ich OINTMENT and BITTERS.
CASH, and the biggest Price given for clean Cotton and Linen RAGS. Warren, Dec. 5, 1806.