Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1806-09-13 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 49, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1806.
[Whole No. 715.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   SEPTEMBER. D. OF. L. F. Sea. REMARKS.     14 Sunday. 5 48 7 16 9 39   15 Monday. 5 49 7 49 10 31 Days leng. 12h.   16 Tuesday. 5 51 7 28 11 23 [22m.]   17 Wednesday. 5 52 7 11 12 16   18 Thursday. 5 53 7 59 1 7 Look out for an   19 Friday. 5 54 7 10 53 Easterly storm.   20 Saturday. 5 56 7 11 49 2 48  
From the BALTIMORE EVENING POST.
HOW WONDERFUL IS MAN.
I HAVE sometimes in my more serious moments been led to reflect a little upon the dispositions of man, and observe in "my mind's eye" his "kickings and cavings" to accomplish nothing ! The passion to be great is almost universal—few are contented to settle themselves down in the station in which it would appear they might enjoy the primary consideration of every rational being, happiness! man's maniacal ambition prompts him to go on with his exertions to be yet a little richer, a little greater—until the slender thread, on which depends all his hopes, snaps in twain, and he becomes the food of aneuous vermin! A solemn reflection! An indubitable certainty!
"What do you propose to yourself in this expedition against the Romans?" Said Cines to Pyrrhus. "To conquer Italy," answered the monarch. "And what next?" "Next we will make Sicily our own." "And then?" "Why then we will sail to Africa, and bring that country into subjection to our arms." "And after this?" "After this we will sit down and be merry." "And what," returns Cines, "prevents your majesty from doing so at present?"
Pyrrhus, at this time, was king of one of the most mighty nations in the then known world, and possessed of a power that could command its obedience. He abounded in wealth; he partook of such luxuries or pleasures as he willed: at his mandate the first fruits of the earth were displayed on his table and the most delicious viands of the east sparkled in the golden goblet—yet he would not rest satisfied till he had conquered Italy, then Sicily, then Africa—and then he would have regretted, like Alexander, with tears, that he could not extend the glory of his name and his arms beyond this narrow world, or like the Titans of old, would have dared to war even against heaven.
Behold the wealthy fool—silvered over with age and bending under the load of years—see the misery painted upon his countenance—what troubles rend his heartstrings! Whence the cause of this distress! Is he under anxiety about that part which never dies? Does he behold the yawning grave ready to receive him, and feel himself unprepared for the solemn journey? No; his care and trouble arises from this—a poor man, a tenant of one of his houses, has been unable to pay him the rent at quarter-day—a week has passed, and he fears ten thousand things, though he would not miss the whole amount from his pious stores, but in imagination—he contemplates a seizure of the poor man's goods, yet dreads the tears and cries of his wife and children, who have been better days. A few weeks hence and the worldly cares of that old man will cease. Death hath already put him into requisition, and then whose will these things be that he has gathered with so much anxiety? His heirs, while quaffing the rosy wine, will make a jest of the troubles the old fool gave himself to afford them the means.
See that man treading with hasty step to the notary's! ever and anon he clenches his fist, or strikes his forehead in anguish. He has reason to believe that a certain note he has discounted at the rate of sixty per cent. will be protested, and intends to wait at the office to discover if it comes from the bank, in order to make instant arrangements to secure him payment of the money. One would suppose from his looks that the loss would ruin him.—It is no such thing. He possesses thousands—eye tens of thousands more than he can ever have the heart to spend or the necessity to want, provided he will be content with his present immense fortune, and not in the attempt to make it greater, hazard it. He lives despised by the people, and will depart hence birthed with the curse of those on whose distresses he has plundered.
I once knew a captain of a vessel whom good fortune had blessed with affluence. At his return from every voyage, when solicited by his wife, whom he tenderly loved, to remain at home, constantly said, "One more trip and then." But, sorrowful to relate! that then never arrived. The hurricane came upon him—his ship was overwhelmed in the ocean—his wife had to repine the loss of an endeared husband and his youthful offspring, the stay and support of their tender years!
That rational creatures, who are every day convinced by melancholy experience of the instability of their hopes and expectations, should continue in the line of conduct so many of us pursue, is really astonishing. Man, ever engaged in grasping for some new object, deprives himself the enjoyment of those already in possession. "For this sin fell the angels," and man, proud man, could he rule the world, and command all the myriads of celestial spir-
its, would still desire a place more elevated, if it were possible for his imagination to conceive one!
Ambition, if restrained within proper bounds, is the stimulant to great and glorious actions. But when it settles in self; in the simple desire to gain wealth , it debases mankind, and places the "Image of God" upon a level with the meanest of the creation. A truth to which all give assent, and yet how few practise the precepts it inculcates. Well may we exclaim "How wonderful is man!"
We know "It is appointed for all men once to die, and after that, the judgment," yet we live, as if this transitory state was to continue forever, and as if we should never be brought to an account for any of our actions in it.
From the AURORA.
FALSE APPEARANCES.
WE cannot conceive what utility there can be in holding out to the American public the ideas concerning the prospects of peace and war in Europe, which neither public nor private advices warrant.
The Philadelphia Gazette says, "The advices by this arrival, as will be perceived by the detail, are highly indicative of peace between England and France."
After perusing the detail alluded to, and every other detail that has been received, we find only one fact, which in the least, indicates even a remote prospect of peace in Europe; that fact is, the arrival of Lord Yarmouth at Paris; take this away, and the whole situation of Europe presents not a single circumstance from which the speedy establishment of peace can be even presumed practicable upon any other terms than those which France may dictate—and that France will dictate a generous peace after so many failures, of such sacrifices and self denials, may be possible, but after all that is past, it is scarcely credible. If France consents to peace now, it will be on such terms, as that no power in Europe shall be able to go to war without the permission of France, or at the peril of incurring the fate of so many kings and states, as have heretofore tempted by their temerity, their own destruction or subjugation.
But what are the naked facts contained in the details of the news from Europe. No alteration has taken place in the situation of the troops in Germany.
The Austrian prisoners of war are detained at the depots where they halted on the advices concerning the surrender of Cattaro.
The negotiations carried on between Peterburg and Berlin, for the peace of Sweden—broken off.
France and Prussia acting upon Denmark to close the Baltic against British ships and goods.
Denmark equipping a very large fleet of ships of war.
Russia menacing Turkey with a war, and the Emperor of Russia's brother, Constantine, marching towards Turkey with a select body of troops.
The passage of the Dardanelles refused to Russian ships of the line, by the peremptory order of the Porte.
The Turkish government fitting out a fleet of ships of war—to cruise in the Archipelago in co-operation with France.
The English ambassador, Arbuthnot, playing off the old game formerly practiced on Genoa, Tuscany, Switzerland and Denmark—menacing Turkey with immediate war if she does not break her alliance with France.
The Turkish armies undergoing a new organization, under French officers, and the modern discipline.
Ragusa occupied by the French, and added to their new occupations in Dalmatia.
The Pope to relinquish his temporal dominions and Bonaparte's mother to become queen of Rome.
Bonaparte to be declared emperor of the Romans and Franks—and to comprehend under his federative system, several of the Gothic principalities—and perhaps aspiring to the triple title of emperor of the Franks, Goths, and Romans.
The influence of the arms, and the power of Russia, in the affairs of Europe, annihilated.
The power and influence of the house of Austria crushed, and irretrievable to its former condition forever.
The nominal title of the king of the Romans to be torn from the brow of its possessor for three centuries, and transferred to that of the conqueror.
Saxony, Hesse, and the Hanseatic towns not possessed by Prussia, or Austria, or the lesser members of the federative empire, to be all comprehended under the new imperial feudalism, and their princes and dukes to rank as vassals in common with the new dukes of Dalmatia, Iliria, Cleves, &c. the prince of Piombino, Benevento, &c.
Switzerland to be recognized under the new feudalism or federal Empire, and to have a prince or king in Merat.
The English and Hanoverian envoys driven forever from the diet of Ratisbon.
Count Keller, the last remaining adherent of England in the Prussian cabinet, dismissed, and the French influence predominant.
Cardinal Fesch, uncle of Bonaparte, chancellor, in fact, of the German empire.
Bonaparte issuing guarantees of dominion and sovereignty, under a golden bull, in imitation of Charlemagne.
Indications of considerable changes on the shores of the North Sea.
Hanover, reported to be about to be re-occupied by France, and the kingdom of Batavia to comprehend the countries embracing both shores of the Elbe and the Weser, and to the banks of the Elbe.
The Austrian government at the command of France, excluding British vessels from her ports.
Are these the favourable symptoms of peace?—If these are the signs of peace—what must be the condition of England? What kind of a peace can she expect? "Indemnity for the past and security for the future!" Whither are these visions led? And why, instead of a flatter to the memory of the monster whose coalitions and corruptions have produced these terrible changes on the face of Europe—these solemn facts exhibit to the world the alternative which that monster, the British government, preferred to the establishment of equal liberty in a single nation.
Why are the public told that these are indications of a peace, when no peace can take place but upon such a basis as reduces England, forever, to the lowest state of vassalage, and which can only be the prelude to her being what Bonaparte said to Fox on his visit to Paris—a member of the great western family.
When an editor publishes that such facts indicate a peace—either he has no understanding at all, or he sacrifices judgment and taste to the gratification of a few chop fallen Englishmen.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
BY the arrival at Boston, of the regular trading ships John Adams, Capt. Wood, and Sally, Capt. Laws, the Editors of the Boston Gazette have received their regular files of London papers to the 18th, and Liverpool to the 21st July; which contains the following interesting Intelligence.
ENGLAND. LONDON, JULY 8.
ON the subject of Peace, there is nothing to be found in these papers, beyond the fact of a frequent interchange of Couriers and Messengers between the Cabinets of St. James and St. Cloud, except rumour and speculative opinion; which so far as they may be allowed to go, are inauspicious to any immediate reconciliation. In this spirit the London Star, of July 8, observes. "A paper of last night, which pretends to be well informed of what is kept secret from every body out of the Cabinet, reports the negotiation between this country and France to be so far advanced, that most, if not all the obstacles that existed, are said to have been removed; and also, that the following are some of the principal terms:
"Malta to be possessed by this country in full sovereignty.
"The Cape to be ceded to Great-Britain.
"Hanover to be restored to its lawful sovereign.
"The new arrangements made by Bonaparte on the Continent to be acknowledged.
"The merchandize and manufactures of this country to pass freely throughout the Continent.
"No ships of the line to be built on either side without previous notice being given of such intention by the party intending to build to the other party, which then may build an equal number."
"We mention this merely to caution our friends, especially those concerned in the Stocks, from being duped by giving it credit. We are not of the number that believe Peace to be so near at hand as many of our sanguine contemporaries. Some months hence, perhaps, some effectual efforts may be made to restore peace—at present the parties are merely sounding each other's disposition. Should Mr. Fox's malady prove fatal, an entire stoppage of the intercourse, such as it is, which has for some time been going on between the two countries, will be the consequence."
The London Traveller also, of the 12th July, remarks:—"The debates in both houses of Parliament last night were extremely interesting; particularly in the House of Lords. Lord Grenville concluded a speech of uncommon ability with a declaration of great importance. It was in substance this, "that we must henceforth make up our minds, whether in peace or in war to a large regular military establishment; and that in addition, we must lay down such a permanent system, as shall render us at all times an armed nation and a military people." We are glad to see his Majesty's Ministers adopt this vigorous and determined tone; it is worthy of their character, and of the principles upon which they undertook the Government. The manly spirit of this declaration will, we trust, be caught by the country, and the activity and energy of Ministers, who in every instance since their accession to power have given such admirable proofs of their capacity for the direction of affairs, be met by correspondent zeal and enthusiasm on the part of the people.
"The Island of Sicily, for the permanent protection of which Government is making such extensive military preparations, is reported to be the principal obstacle in the way of peace. The complete confirmation of the right, title, and possession of our Ally, the King of Naples, to this remaining portion of his dominions, is said to be an indispensable condition of negotiation. We are even assured that Ministers have declined acceding to any basis of negotiation, unless this point be previously conceded by France, in a formal manner, or some understanding given to that effect. It is expected that the next Messenger from France will bring the determination of the French Government upon this subject. In the mean time, the preparations for the defence of that important island are carried on with unabating activity.—Transports for the conveyance of 9000 men are fitting out at Portsmouth, in addition to which Government has advertised for 150 more.
"The following is part of the Staff of this expedition:—General Wynyard, Commander in Chief; Gen. Campbell, Adjutant General; Lord Viscount Proby, Deputy Adjutant General; and Gen. Oakes, Quarter Master General."
A gentleman, passenger in the last arrival from Liverpool, has furnished the following extract from the London Star of July 19:—Mr. Baillie, the messenger has been frequently reported to have returned again to France; it was not, however, till yesterday, that he reached Deal, on his way back to Paris; he embarked soon after his arrival, on board the Bloodhound gunbrig, which proceeded immediately for the French Coast.
In the Cabinet great difference of opinion exists on the subject of PEACE or WAR. The division may be stated as follows:—
   For Peace. For War.     Mr. Fox, Lord GRENVILLE,   Lord Henry Petty, Lord SPENCER,   Lord Moira, Lord SIDMOUTH,   Lord Howick, Lord ELLENBOROUGH,   Lord Erskine, Mr. WINDHAM.   Lord FITZWILLIAM,  
BRITISH NAVIGATION LAWS.
Among the important measures which have engaged the attention of the British Cabinet, during the late sitting of Parliament, is that of suspending the British Navigation Laws . This act, which has probably passed both branches of the government, meets with much severe remark from the London editors. Bell's Weekly Messenger, in commenting on this step, thus arranges its objections:—

"1. It is an unnecessary innovation upon an established practice,—an immediate and direct sacrifice of much good,—and as such would require the proof of necessity, and a greater good, for its suspension.
"2. It necessarily deducts a most considerable branch from the carrying trade, and as such must either withdraw an equivalent of the capital now employed in the shipping trade, and thus proportionally diminish the shipping of the country; or if the same capital be from necessity continued, when the demand has so considerably fallen, the profits of the ship owners must be reduced almost to nothing, and thus the Ship Trade will be in a short time absolutely prevented.
"3. To supply our Colonies not only in American shipping, but with American produce, is a manifest injustice to our own Colonies. That the merchants of Canada will be ruined, whilst the Americans of Maine and New-England are enriched at their cost.
"4. That the opening of the colonial market to the American beef and pork, must most seriously affect the Irish provision trade,—that the Americans are nearer, and paying no taxes, no insurance, and building their vessels so much cheaper, they can bring their provisions to the colonial market at half the expence, and therefore at half the price, of either the English or Irish merchants. That the latter therefore must be ruined in the competition, and must be more or less injured in proportion as this competition is more or less introduced,—i. e. as the trade is more or less opened.
"5. That the American vessels, being admitted into the colonies, will find no difficulty in introducing contraband articles, to the manifest injury of the fair trader in the Islands, and the British importer or manufacturer.—That teas and East India produce are in America subject to no tax, so that the inducement to contraband trade on the side of the American are irresistible.
"6. Finally, that this opening of the colonial market is the first link of an insurrection, which we know not how far it may extend."
Our files do not furnish any remarks on the progress which has been made in the friendly negotiation between the United States and Great-Britain. We are however assured, by gentlemen recently from England, and by letters from houses of the first respectability in London, that an honorable and speedy accommodation of existing differences, is confidently expected. Through these sources, we are likewise informed, that much satisfaction was expressed in England, on account of the arrival of Mr. Pinkney, who was considered as having brought with him such instructions, and such a spirit of conciliation, as would ensure the return of confidence and friendship, between the two countries.
The American Intercourse Bill, passed the British House of Commons on the 8th July.
JULY 14.
THE SUBJECT OF PEACE.
We have Paris papers to the 7th, and Dutch to the 10th instant. M. D'Oubril has at last arrived in France; he reached Strasburg on the 29th ult. Hopes seem to have been entertained that the object of his mission was not merely an exchange of prisoners, but that it would embrace subjects of higher consideration. Previous to his quitting Vienna, on the 23d June, he had, it is said, received dispatches from St. Petersburg. The expectations of peace, accordingly were very sanguine at Paris, where the funds rose considerably. The 5 per cents were on the 5th inst. at 66, 60, being a rise of two per cent. in two days; and the Bank Stock, in the same time, rose from 1145 to 1155. The fluctuations in this last fund, as we are informed, afford the best criterion for ascertaining the extent of public confidence.
JULY 15.
Another Cabinet Council was held yesterday, on the subject of the
last dispatches from Paris, soon after which, we understand, Mr. Basilio was again sent off express to that city.—Nothing respecting the nature of the supposed difficulties in the way of the negotiation has transpired. With such guarded secrecy is this important correspondence conducted in the Foreign Office, that Mr. Fox, we are assured, not only writes the original dispatches, but transcribes the copies of them himself. Mr. Basilio is expected to return by Monday next.
The continued and frequent intercourse with France would seem to justify in some measure the sanguine expectations which are so generally entertained of an immediate negotiation for peace. We wish we were enabled to add any thing to countenance this hope; but the sources of our information lead us to warn the public against being the victim of their wishes or credulity in this respect. We can state with some degree of confidence, that little reliance is to be placed upon the present rapid interchange of communication with the Government of France. If a peace of honour and security be at all attainable, the present Administration, we are persuaded, possesses both the ability and inclination to conclude it; but they will not surrender the smallest point of national honour, pride, or pre-eminence, to obtain it.
JULY 17.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
The House of Commons, we understand, will adjourn to-morrow till Tuesday next, to give time for all the Bills before the House of Lords to be passed. On Tuesday both Houses will be prorogued.
The Leeward Island fleet has safely arrived. This agreeable intelligence was communicated to the Admiralty Office by Telegraph, and soon after conveyed to Lloyd's.
The Hon. Mr. Erskin, is to set off for America immediately, as Minister from this country.
The Marquis of Douglas will set off on his embassy to the Court of Petersburg in the course of the next week.
Lord Caledon goes out Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Bernard accompanies him as Chief Secretary.
Part of the troops intended for foreign service, have been ordered to embark at Ramsgate immediately.—Several regiments have already embarked and are in the Downs.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, is certainly going to Jamaica. This measure has arisen from his ill state of health, which requires his residence in a warm climate; and from motives of political interest, which demands the establishment of a Viceroyalty in that island. The government of Jamaica, it is thought, next to that of Ireland, is the best thing under the Crown.
The Commissioners of Military Inquiry are at present, we understand, engaged with the Medical Department of the Army; they begin with the General Hospitals, the immediate department of the Surgeon General; and they commence inquiry from the year 1794, when the British Army was on the Continent.
Mr. Cobbet, it is said, is to start for Westminster.
Commodore Sir Home Popham's expedition to the Spanish Main, has unquestionably for its object the support of Miranda's invading project, from which fortunate junction the conquest of the most important Spanish possessions in South America may naturally be looked for. Sir Home, when he left the Cape, took every vessel afloat with him in aid of the gallant enterprise; which it now appears, had the zealous sanction of the late Administration.
The time of the Dissolution of Parliament depends on the result of the Negotiation.—If it should terminate in peace, it will dissolve immediately, should it break off, the dissolution will not take place until September. At all events, there is no probability of the Parliament ever meeting again.
Mr. Curran, the celebrated Irish Barrister, has quitted the bar; not for retirement, but for promotion to the Mastership of the Rolls, to which he has succeeded.
The salary of the office to which Mr. Curran has been just appointed, is we understand, 4000l. a year and that of the Deputy Keeper of the Rolls to which Mr. Curran has appointed his eldest son, is above 1000l. a year. The patronage belonging to Mr. Curran's appointment is considerable.
M. R. F. O. X.
There is little hope, we understand, that Mr. Fox will ever again make his appearance in St. Stephen's Chapel. The authority upon which we state this, and we do it with sincere and profound regret, is too good to allow us, to entertain any doubt of the accuracy of the information. Mr. Fox is not worse, but his disorder is of that nature to preclude any prospect of his being able to encounter the fatigues of his Parliamentary duty. His illness is not confined to one complaint, but consists in a complication of disorders, which have produced a very alarming effect upon his constitution.
The disorder under which Mr. Fox is now afflicted, is pronounced to be a confirmed dropsy, and considerable apprehensions are entertained for his safety.
PRINCESS OF WALES.
There is every reason to believe, that the publication of some part of the proceedings in the important investigation to which we have alluded more than once, will not be much longer delayed. We understand the exalted object of the charge has written to his Majesty, imploring, in the most earnest manner, that he will be graciously pleased to order the whole of the proceedings to be submitted to the world.
The result of the inquiry into the foundation of the rumours respecting a high and illustrious Lady was not made to his Majesty yesterday. It is now believed that no report will be made on the subject.
JULY 10—18.
The French are assembling a formidable force in Dalmatia, with the express intention of penetrating into Albania. With such designs, openly avowed on the part of the enemy, our astonishment increases, that the Court of St. Petersburg should have ever consented to surrender Cataro; the occupation of which by a weak garrison has been sufficient to impede their operations for upwards of four months.
There are considerable movements among the French troops in Germany, but we are far from considering these as unerring indications of the permanent tranquility of the Continent.—They are occasioned by difficulties in supplying the armies with forage and provisions, or connected with the formal establishment of the new Constitution framed by Bonaparte for the honor and advantage of the German Empire.
Private letters received from Holland represent King Louis as an object of universal contempt, ridicule, and indignation, in that country. In the navy, particularly the discontent is extreme. The sailors are in an actual state of mutiny. They have not only refused to obey any orders issued by, or in the name of the new Government, but have threatened, in case any compulsory measures should be resorted to, that they will carry their ships to sea.
Gæta reserves not only a communication with the sea, but likewise with the mountains, and receives from their hardy natives continued supplies.—Such is stated in the French papers, that the embargo which had been laid on Russian ships in the ports of France, had been taken off, and those ships permitted to depart.
A regular communication by messengers is still kept up between this country and France, but it is not supposed that the work of pacification is much advanced. Mr. Basilio has returned to Paris with the reply of our cabinet to the last dispatches from that city, but nothing respecting the subject or nature of the dispatches or reply, has at all transpired, and of course a great variety of conjectures has been formed, according to the views or prejudices of different individuals. A more profound secrecy is observed on this occasion than has ever been practised in any former instance.
GERMANY. VIENNA, JUNE 23. CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS.
Every with and every hope here center in the desire for the preservation of the peace of the Continent. The financial plans with which the government is at present engaged, can only succeed upon the foundation of a gen-
eral confidence; and the Court neglects nothing that can ensure this object.
All our military movements announce the duration of peace. A part of the army is now on its march for the eastern provinces of the monarchy. Several regiments have left Vienna, and its environs, for Hungary, while others stationed there are on their march for Transylvania, and the two Gallacias. That of Count Jellachich, which has been at Cracovia 18 months, has left city for Pizchmide.
JUNE 25.
The Russian Chancellor of State, M. D'Oubril, having received fresh instructions from St. Petersburg, has at length set out for Paris. He left this city on the 23d, and is to pass through Munich, Stuttgart, and Carlsruhe, on his way to the French capital.
FRANKFORT, JUNE 27.
General Vandamme's division, that was on the march to return to France, has halted for some days past. Only a few regiments belonging to this corps have continued their route to Manheim. The corps under Marshals Augereau and Lerebvre, still remain in their cantonments, and it does not appear that they have been ordered to approach the Rhine.
The Austrian officers, prisoners of war, have obtained permission to return home; many are already on their route. JUNE 29.
The agreeable intelligence of the departure of the French troops from Germany is more and more confirmed. Two regiments belonging to General Oudinot, left the district of Heilbronn on the 24th, and preparations are making at Gœttingen for the reception of Marshal Soule's corps.
GRIEBSWALD, JUNE 28.
Whether it has been in consequence of a favourable turn in the negotiations, or from some other unknown cause, does not yet appear; but the Swedish army in Pomerania has certainly withdrawn from the Prussian frontier.—On the 26th it took a new position on the banks of the Trebel and the Rich. The first line is posted between Triebecco and Griebswald, and the artillery is at Grimin. The second line is between Riddes and Bagenbagen, the headquarters of the Commandant of the line are at Ruchtenberg. His Majesty's head-quarters are to be removed from this place to Franzburg. A division of foot-guards also, that were at Fresendorf, have changed anchor, and returned to their former station near Granich.
BERLIN, JULY 1.
Preparations for war are not entirely at an end, even in the midst of negotiations.—We are extremely busy in the arsenal, and the movements of the troops continue without intermission. The day before yesterday, the Keinheim Regiment of Infantry marched to Pruffen, there to replace that of Arnim, which has marched to Pomerania. On the other hand, we expect the regiment of the Prince of Orange in this capital. The Prince their Colonel, has lately arrived here, with several of his suite.
SPAIN. MADRID, JUNE 12.
All Foreign Envoys have been informed, that his Majesty has judged proper to shut the ports of his States against all Swedish vessels, merchants, and ships of war.
DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 28.
Our government has acceded to the just demands of the French Court, and at the same time gratified the wishes of all who are interested in the welfare of the Danish Colonies.—All commerce between our West-Indian possessions and the negroes of St. Domingo, is prohibited under the severest restrictions.
ITALY. NAPLES, JUNE 1.
Vesuvius continues to rage. The cœa still discharges a great quantity of stones, resembling hail. On the 4th and 5th, a continual noise was heard extremely loud, while the thick cloud that enveloped the summit of the mountain, was alternately penetrated by flashes of fire, amazingly vivid, resembling lightning. The course of the lava ran towards the Torre del Greco, and along the eminence upon which the Cloister of Comaldoma is situated, and has extended to the distance of four miles, destroying all the trees, vineyards, and habitations it has met within its course. Just now it has reached the high road in the neighbourhood of Torre del Greco, while a great number of strangers and curious persons are repairing to the spot to be witnesses of the singular phenomenon. The Torre del Greco, is situated at the foot of Vesuvius, with a population of 15,000 souls.
JAMAICA. KINGSTON, AUG. 12.
By the Scher. Stag, we learn that General Miranda in the Lander, accompanied with 13 vessels, among which there was 1 or 2 ships, had arrived on the coast of South America, and landed near Coro, of which he had got possession, and by the reports prevalent at the departure of the Stag from Aruba, had been successful in several engagements with the Spaniards, and was penetrating into the country.
AUG. 13.
We yesterday mentioned the arrival of the expedition under General Miranda, on the Spanish Main, and his subsequent success we are now, however, enabled to state the particulars somewhat more accurately. While Capt. Elskell, was taking in his cargo at Cape St. Rome, on the Spanish coast, an overland dispatch was received there, containing accounts of Gen. Miranda having effected a landing at Coro, (which is said to be only 12 hours sail from Aruba) that he had captured it, and was proceeding up the country. It was also asserted, that he was daily joined by the Spaniards, and had several skirmishes with the government forces, in all of which he had been successful. The gentlemen who furnished the cargo for the Stag informed the captain of her, that he was obliged to be under arms the next morning at

day-light as every person not found in arms against Miranda were considered as his accomplices, and instantly executed. Miranda is aided by a British force, but the exact number not ascertained. He has been joined by a British frigate.
Domestic Occurrences.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 3.
W E have been informed that the Negotiation for the FLORIDAS has failed. This information was received from Virginia very lately. It seems dispatches from Mr. Monroe, our Minister at the British Court, were conveyed to Monticello, by one of Mr. Monroe's family who lately landed at Boston. This gentleman mentioned the failure on his way to the President.
VIRGINIA.
NORFOLK, AUG. 28.
On Sunday last, the British frigate Chichester , Captain Stopford, got on the Middle ground as she was going to sea, where she remained upwards of an hour, and sprung a leak; in consequence of which she was obliged to put back, and anchored in our harbor yesterday, in order to undergo some repairs and have the leak stopped. She was bound to the West-Indies with a cargo of stores, specie, &c. The cash, was landed yesterday and lodged in the U. S. Bank.
Put in here in distress, yesterday evening, the schr. Camelon , Capt. Young, from Baltimore bound to the West-Indies, having in the Gulf encountered a gale which lasted with great violence for four days and nights, and in which on Saturday last, three men were washed overboard, and notwithstanding they got on the bannocks which was thrown over, still from the schooner they were unable to give assistance. The poor fellows lost, were Mr. POTTER, pilot, WILLIAM RILEY, and T. MORGAN, seamen. There were three other schooners from Baltimore in company, which Captain Young believes weathered the gale.
SEPT. 2.
The French frigate Cybele came into our harbor on Sunday morning, and saluted Fort Nelson on passing with 21 guns which was returned by an equal number from the Fort.
The Cybele was in company with the Regulus of 84 guns, and President of 44, on the 19th ult. when they encountered a most tremendous hurricane, which continued for near five days, and in which they parted.
Last evening it was currently reported, that the Regulus was in Hampton Roads.
A French 74 gun ship was seen coming into the Cape on Friday last; and on Saturday morning was seen by Capt. Walker, near New Point Comfort. She appeared to have lost her top-masts and to have received much damage.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, AUG. 29.
Particulars of the loss of the ship Rose-in-Bloom.
On Sunday morning last about 9 o'clock, as the ship Rose-in-Bloom , capt. Barker, from Charleston, S. C. was making for this port, a sea struck her, and immediately threw her on her beam ends. The cabin passengers were principally in their birth, and the first notice they had of their frightful situation was the rushing of the water down the companion. They had only just time to seek the safety of their lives by getting upon deck as fast as possible, without a moment to catch at a single article of clothing. As many as could, get out at the door. Some could not. Of those who did, some found themselves entangled among the bags of cotton that lay to the leeward, and with them were washed overboard.
Among those who were lost, the fate of Gen. Macpherson excites singular commiseration. Both himself and daughter were washed overboard on their coming out of the cabin: being an excellent swimmer, Geo. Macpherson made the quarter railing, but perceiving his daughter struggling in the waves and just sinking, he plunged into the sea after her, seized her and brought her to the wreck, but was himself washed off a second time, and again he made out to reach the quarter-deck, but his strength was exhausted, and he had not enough left to get on board, even with all the assistance that could be then afforded; he was drowned.
Mr. Booth, another passenger had the astonishing courage & presence of mind to make his way through the water to the after cabin, where was his wife and son, and to jump out after them. He was in hopes they might get hold of the quarter deck, but it was beyond the power of either. He saved himself, but both wife and son were drowned. All that could save themselves clung to the quarter railing, and it was soon contrived to cut away the masts, by which they righted, but full of water and lying level with the sea, 50 bales of cotton in the hold prevented her going down.
Twenty seven persons now found themselves on the wreck, without clothing or food, or any possibility of getting any. They were obliged to lash themselves on, for the sea ran tremendously, and made almost continually a fair breach over them; while the spars and loose ropes and other matters that remained along side, being washed against them, cut and bruised them in a shocking manner. In this situation they remained all Sunday, and Sunday night, during which one or two perished, but about 8 o'clock on Monday morning they were spied by Capt. Phelan, of the brig Swift , of St. Johns, about 5 miles distant, who immediately hove about, and the wind being light, sent off his jolly boat ahead to their assistance. This boat took off Miss Macpherson, having hardly any signs of life in her, and Mr. Rutledge, with one other person. The long boat was then despatched which took off the remainder.
Capt. Phelan went on board himself and hished up several trunks out of the cabin and a
bout 14,000 dollars, but night coming on, the passengers begged him to make the best of his way to New-York, especially as a Philadelphia pilot boat had got along side the wreck and would probably save the rest.
The following we yesterday received from our correspondent, which may be relied on.
"Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—A letter is received from young Lippincott, dated July 23d. Ten of the adventurers on board the Schooner were executed. Lippincott and the others sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the caliles—not to the mincs. Capt. Huddle, of this port, lost his life in the action on the coast."
"A correct list of those executed."
 James Gardner,  Charles Johnston,  John Farris,  Thomas Donahue,  Daniel Kemper,  Gustavus Adolphus Bergaud,  Miles Hall,  Francis Farquharson,  Thomas Billopp,  Paul F. George. 
SEPT. 6.
Capt. Driver, arrived at Norfolk from Algiers, informs, that there were 13 Spanish regiments at that place under orders to march against Portugal, to be joined by a strong French army—that the day before he sailed, a Portuguese 74 was fired at from the fort, and hulled—and that a boat, sent from the ship, was not permitted to come to the shore.
The United States frigate Constitution , was at Algiers. SEPT. 8.
Capture of the Pomona frigate.
Capt. Reading, of the Schooner Fanny Se well , from Trinidad, has favoured us with the following extract from his log-book.
"On the 24th of August, near the Moro, at 6 o'clock in the morning, saw a large Spanish frigate turning to windward for the Havanna; there being a very strong N. E. current, and the wind S. W. she was obliged to come to anchor two leagues eastward of Havanna; under a battery; when the Spaniards sent ten gun-boats to guard her. At 8 A. M. two English frigates hove in sight—which the Spaniards observing, landed a quantity of specie on shore, which she had brought from Mexico. At 24 minutes past ten, the two British frigates bore down to the Spanish frigate, that lay moored under the battery, and the ten gun-boats round her. At 40 minutes past ten the Spanish frigate, gun-boats, and battery, opened a heavy fire on the Englishmen. At 52 minutes past ten the headmost British frigate commenced her fire on the Spaniards; and at 3 minutes before eleven, the sternmost frigate got up, and kept a heavy and well-directed fire in all directions on the enemy. At 7 minutes after eleven the Spanish frigate struck her colours: the two British frigates ran ahead and let go their stern anchors to cover the prize, while the seamen were taking possession of her. Two of the gun-boats blew up, and 5 were sunk. The other two lay under the fort quite disabled. At 12 the frigates cut their stern cables, and hauled off to repair the damage, which was chiefly in their sails, and a few shot in their hulls. At half past 1, the prize was under way in tow of a frigate, bound to Jamaica."
The British frigates were the Arethusa , of 38 guns, Capt. Brisbane; the Anson , 40, Capt. Ledyard. The Spanish frigate (prize) was the Pomona , of 40 guns, captain killed. The Arethusa had 2 men killed and 10 wounded. The Anson none killed or wounded. The number of killed on board the Spaniard was unknown.
Our correspondent at Philadelphia, has sent us the following correct account of the capture of the above mentioned frigate.
On the 24th of August, the Pomona Spanish frigate of 36 guns, from Vera-Cruz, was taken about two leagues to the eastward of the Moro by the British frigates Arethusa and Anson , after an action of 16 minutes. The Spanish frigate was assisted by seven gun-boats, (one of which was blown up, and another sunk) and a battery of 18 guns. Previous to the action there was a considerable quantity of money landed from the frigate, reported to be the property of the King; but the English took in the ship half a million of dollars. The captain of the Spanish frigate lost his life in the action; the number of others killed not known, but supposed considerable from the closeness of the action and the heavy fire. At the time of the action there was an 80 gun ship in the harbor, with her yards down, and could not get ready in time.
WARREN:
SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1806.
Disappointment of Ink, occasioned the non-appearance of the HERALD on Saturday last.
COUNTERFEIT BILLS.
Six Dollar Stereotype bills on Exeter Bank , altered from a one, are in circulation, and extremely well done. Five dollar bills on Lincoln and Kennebec Bank (Mall.) Bills of five dollars, of the Baltimore Bank , Geo. SALMON, President, and JAMES COX, Cashier, have lately been seen—the names of the President and Cashier are very clumsily imitated. Ten dollar bills on Rhode-Island Union Bank —and five Dollar Bills of the Smithfield Union Bank , payable to D. ANGELL, bearing date the 22d August 1805—the signatures with every other part except the number are engraved, and the resemblance to the true ones is so great, that it requires critical examination to distinguish them—also three dollar bills on Gloucester Bank , of this state, have lately got into circulation.
A correspondent, on reading the extract of a letter from Halifax, respecting the assessment of costs on the Izette , assures us, "That the unusual Certificate
spoken of, on account of which the claimants in the case were assessed in costs, was no other than the French Consul's certificate in the common form; and without which no vessel can enter the ports of Holland and France.—The Izette has been employed in no other than European voyages for several years past."
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
By the arrival yesterday of the sch. Adventure , from Bourdeaux, we have been favoured with Paris paper to the 6th, and Bourdeaux papers and letters to the 14th July. The former do not contain any information of interest—or are they the medium of any continental dates, remove from Paris, of so late a period, as those received through the channel of our London journals.—The letters, however, state, that "Peace was loudly talked of between that country and Great-Britain; and so strong was the probability of this event, that an absolute suspension in the purchase of sugars, coffee, cocoa, &c. had taken place."
MARRIED.
At the seat of Capt. Scott Jenckes, in Cranston, on Sunday evening the 31st ult. Mr. John Miller Noyes, of Massachusetts, to Miss Abijah Updike, youngest daughter of the late Capt. John Updike, of Providence.
On Thursday the 4th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thomas Jones, jun. merchant, of Providence, to Miss Sarah Manton, daughter of Col. Edward Manton, of Johnston.
DIED.
At Providence, the 6th inst. suddenly, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, relict of the late Joseph Brown, Esq.
At Boston, the Rev. Peter Jayne, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, aged 29 years.
At Northbridge (Maf.) Mr. Nathan Park, aged 68.
At Surinam, Mr. Samuel Curry, in the 19th year of his age, son of Mr. James Curry, of Providence.
In England, Mr. Farmer, a carrier and retailer of news-papers, in which business he acquired a fortune of 9000 l.
SHIP NEWS.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT.
  ENTERED.  FROM    Sloop Huntress , Helme,  New-York    — President, Borden,  Norfolk    — Eagle, Clarke,  Matanzas    Schr. Patty , Wood,  Guadaloupe    CLEARED.  FOR    Sloop Aurora , Cahoon,  New-York    Ship Bayard , Wood,  Batavia  
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE.
  ENTERED.  FROM    Sloop Eliza , Crapon,  New-York    — Betsy , Cole,  Passamaquoddy    Schr. Ino , Grainger,  St. Martin's    CLEARED.  FOR    Sloop New-York , Williams,  New-York    — Juno , Comstock,  ditto    Ship Arthur , Townsend,  Canton  
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL.
  ENTERED.  FROM    Sloop Oliver , Barney,  Hudson    — Folly , Brown,  New-York    — Sally & Ann , Church,  ditto    Schr. Jane , Barnes, Wardwell,  ditto    Barque Fair , Williams,  Charleston    CLEARED.  FOR    Sloop Polly & Nancy , Gardner,  Baltimore    — Sally , Reed,  Albany    — Phoebe , Townsend,  Guadaloupe    — Philadelphia , Munro,  St. Thomas    Schr. Prudence , Bradford,  Antigua  
The fchr. Union , Baker, of this port, was spoke, August 20th, in lat. 44. 18, long. 41, from Baltimore, for Amsterdam.
The Sloop Morning Star , Earl, of Bristol (R. I.) was spoke, August 21st, in lat. 37. 52, long. 45. 50, bound for Africa, out 14 days.
The ship Rebecca , —, from Providence, was spoke, August 26th, in lat. 39. 27, long. 65. 30, bound for Batavia, out 7 days.
Philadelphia, Sept. 4. Arrived, fchr. Friendship , Easer, Guadaloupe. August 19th, in lat. 26. 30, long. 74. Capt. Easer experienced a heavy storm, which lasted till the 22d, after which he saw a great variety of articles afloat at different times, among which were a mast with top-yards and rigging about it, the buoy of a ship supposed 400 tons, the companion of a ship, painted green, with the door locked; the cabin ladder of a ship, with sundry articles, and about 15 or 20 miles to the southward of Phenix's island saw two wrecks ashore. Capt. E. failed from Guadaloupe in co. with the brig Three Brothers , Fitch, for Baltimore; and the brig Virginia , Baker, was to sail next day for New-York.
Capt. Bascomb , of brig Ann , left at Port-Royal (Jam.) the 26th July, with a fleet of about 150 sail, under convoy of 1 sixty-four, 3 frigates and an armed brig, and parted with them on the 20th August. Next day, in lat. 33, he had the late gale very hard, and thinks the convoy must have felt it pretty severely also.
Boston, Sept. 5. Arrived, the regular trading ship Sally-Anne , S. Glover, master, 58 days from Liverpool. Spoke, Aug. 22, ship Speedwell , from Philadelphia for Amsterdam. Sept. 3d, at two A. M. 10 leagues E. of Cape Cod, the Sally-Anne ran upon the fchr. Mercy , Elisha Snow, master, of Chatham; the crew (one excepted) leapt on board the Sally-Anne —a boat was immediately despatched, and had only time to save the man, when the Schooner went down. The morning was extremely dark and attended with rain; and it was not possible to see a vessel more than an hundred yards. It appears they had furled all sail, to prevent its flitting out, and the watch down to call the one to relieve him, when the accident took place. The men stationed for looking out on board the ship, were called to trim sails, and were in the act of bracing the after yards, when they felt the shock. Had they been on the look out, at the time, they might not have seen the Schooner; she having neither lights nor sails, and only part of a small hull above the surface of the sea. In half an hour after the above accident, a violent gale came on, which possibly did great damage among the small craft. Editors of papers are particularly requested to inform the public, that the unfortunate crew of the Schooner (consisting of 11 men and boys) not only lost 300 quintals fish, but all their cloaths—their summers labour—in short, their little all. Most of them have large families to support. It is hoped a subscription paper will be opened; and that the merchants and others will contribute to their relief.
FOR SALE, BY
Level Maxwell & Son, A quantity of COARSE & FINE SALT, of an excellent Quality.
• Warren, Sept. 12, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber having been appointed Agent by sundry Officers and Soldiers and others holding evidences of the claims for Services done in the revolutionary War, in the Rhode-Island Brigade of Troops, commanded by Gen. CORNELL, for the purpose of obtaining from Congress, compensation for such Services, and having already been at the seat of Government and made considerable proficiency towards obtaining the object of his mission: as he contemplates another journey to Washington, at the ensuing session of Congress, for the purpose aforesaid, hereby gives this public notice, that all persons who may wish to employ him in the capacity aforesaid, will forward their respective Powers of Attorney to Providence, by mail (post free) by the 1st of November next, which shall receive punctual and faithful attention.
WILLIAM BARTON.
Providence, (R. I.) August 12, 1806.
• Those concerned, living in Warren, or its vicinity, will please call on JOSEPH WHITMARSH, in Warren, who will give them whatever information on the subject they may wish.
TO BE SOLD
AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
On the 15th Day of October next.
THAT beautiful and handsomely situated HOUSE and LOT of LAND, with the out Buildings thereon, belonging to Mr. JOHN LUTHER.—Conditions of sale will be made known at said Time and Place.
BILLINGS WALDRON, Auctioneer.
• Bristol, Sept. 11, 1806.
FOUND
BY the Subscriber, between Bristol and Warren , on the 6th inst. a WATCH—the Owner may have it again on proving it his property and paying charges.
EBENEZER PECK, 3d.
Rehoboth, Sept. 9, 1806.
TO BE SOLD
On Monday the 29th inst. at the Wharf of Capt. James D'Wolfe.
THE Ship BETSEY with her tackle and furniture, Burthen about 180 Tons, in good repair. Conditions made known at time and place of sale. Liberal credit will be given for approved notes.
JAMES D'WOLFE.
• Bristol, Sept. 6, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE semiannual meeting of the Warren and Barrington Toll Bridge Company , will be held at Col. Cole's Inn , on Saturday the 20th inst. a general attendance is requested.
JOSEPH ADAMS, Sec'y.
• Warren, Sept. 12, 1806.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, about the 1st of June last, a small sized dark coloured Horse, 4 Years old, wore away a pair of Fetters, has been shod once, Trotts all, and has his Tail cut square.—Whoever will return said Horse, shall receive a just Reward and all necessary charges paid.
JOSEPH REED.
• Bristol, Sept. 2, 1806.
WHEREAS , RUFUS FRINK, my Husband, has left my bed and board, and behaved in an unbecoming manner; I therefore forbid all Persons harbouring or trusting him on my account, as I will not pay any Debts of his contracting after this date.
BETSEY FRINK.
Rehoboth, Aug. 29, 1806.
WHEREAS , BETSEY FRINK, my Wife, has behaved in a very unbecoming manner, I filed a Libel in the Clerk's Office , at Fauntion , on Thursday 7th of August last, in order for a Bill of Divorcement from her, which caused her in anger to advertise me in the United States Herald without any other cause: I now therefore forbid all Persons harbouring or trusting her on my account, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting after this date.
RUFUS FRINK.
Rehoboth, Sept. 12, 1806.
NEW GOODS,
Just received and now opening for Sale, by
ELIZABETH CROADE,
a few well chosen Goods, being of the latest Importations and newest Fashions, calculated to please the fancy of every one.
N. B. She invites her customers, friends and the Public, to call and see. • August 16, 1806.
FOR SALE, BY
C. WHEATON & Wm. CARR, 62 Puncheons good flavored 3d Proof Antigua RUM. 9 Hogsheads excellent retailing MOLASSES.
• Warren, Aug. 22, 1806:
FOR SALE,
THE staunch and well Built Brig COMMERCE,
Barthen 106 Tons, now lying at the Wharf of Charles Collins, Esq. and can be fitted for sea at a small expence.—Apply to
HENRY SISSON.
• Warren, July 25, 1806.

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
FROM THE SPANISH OF CERVANTES.
MOTHER, with watchful eye you strive My freedom to restrain; But know, UNLESS I GUARD MYSELF, YOUR GUARD WILL BE BUT VAIN. It has been said, and Reason's voice Confirms the ancient lay, Still will Confinement's rigid hand Enflame the will to stray.
For her who will not guard herself, No other guard you'll find; Cunning, and fear, will weak be found To chain the active mind. Though Death himself should bar my way, His menace I'd disdain; Then learn, THAT TILL I GUARD MYSELF, YOUR GUARD WILL STILL BE VAIN.
Such is the all controuling force Of Love's resistless storm, It gives to Beauty's fairest shape, The dire Chimera's form. To wax the melting breast it turns, Flame o'er the cheek is spread, With hands of wool the opens door, On felt the footsteps tread. Then try no more, with fruitless care, My wishes to restrain, FOR IF I DO NOT GUARD MYSELF, YOUR GUARD WILL BE BUT VAIN.
EPIGRAM.
THE young spendthrift detests the old covetous miser, Yet the miser's well pleas'd with the spendthrift: and why for? I'll tell you—the miser is very content TO FIND GULLS THAT WILL BORROW AT twenty per cent.
BIOGRAPHY.
From the Boston Weekly Magazine.
OF THE LOVELY BUT UNFORTUNATE MADAME LAVERGNE,
Wife of the Governor of Fort Longway, in the department of Moselle.
Taken from M. Du Broca's Anecdotes of conspicuous female characters who suffered from the revolution in France.
THE beautiful and accomplished Madame Lavergne had been married but a short time to M. Lavergne, Governor of Longway, when that town surrendered to the Prussians: but in two months afterwards was retaken by the French, and the Governor arrested, and sent Prisoner to Paris, without being permitted to enjoy the society of his amiable wife. Though M. Lavergne was at that time upwards of sixty, and Madame had scarcely attained a third of that age, yet the sweetness of his disposition and the superiority of his abilities, had excited in her bosom the liveliest tenderness and esteem; and she determined not only to follow him to the capital, but to exert every faculty she possessed to obtain the preservation of his life.
"The dreadful epocha of the Revolution had already arrived, when the scaffold was daily reeking with the blood of those victims whom savage cruelty had unjustly slain, and M. Lavergne hourly expected his would augment the sanguinary stream! The horrors of a prison, and the damps of a dungeon soon produced the most alarming effects on his health: yet his amiable wife considered it as a fortunate circumstance, conceiving they would not bring him to trial in so debilitated a state. A perilous disease, she imagined, would prove a present safeguard, and time and exertion bring the wished for relief? Vain expectation; his name appeared on the list from which no appeal could save him, and the ill-fated sufferer was doomed to attend.
"Madame Lavergne was no sooner made acquainted with this decision, than she presented herself before the committee of general safety. With a countenance expressive of the anguish of her feelings, and her eyes streaming with apprehensive tears, she demanded that her husband's trial should be delayed until he had regained his faculties by a restoration of health; assuring them he was not in a state to confront his accusers, as disease had impaired his reason, as much as his strength.
"Imagine, oh! citizens (said the agonized wife of Lavergne) such an unfortunate being as I have described, dragged before a tribunal that decides upon life and death! whilst reason abandons him, can he understand the charges alleged against him? Or can he have power to declare his innocence, whose bodily sufferings are now threatening to terminate his life? Will you, Oh! citizens of France, call a man to trial while in a phrenzy of delirium? Will you summon him, who
perhaps at this moment is expiring on the bed of pain, to hear that irrevocable sentence which admits no medium between liberty and the scaffold? And if you unite humanity and justice can you suffer an old man"—At these words every eye was directed to Madame Lavergne whose youth and beauty, contrasted with the idea of an aged and infirm husband, gave rise to very different emotions in the breast of the members of the committee, from those which she so eloquently endeavoured to inspire; and they interrupted her speech with the most indecent jests, and the coarsest of raillery. One of the members with a scornful smile, assured her, that young and handsome as she was it would not be so difficult as she appeared to imagine, to find means of consolation for the loss of a husband, who in the common course of nature had completely lived out his time.—Another of them equally brutal, and still more ferocious, added, that the fervor with which she pleaded the cause of her husband, was unnatural excess, and therefore the committee could not attend to her petition.
"Horror, indignation and despair, took possession of the unfortunate Madame Lavergne's soul. She heard the purest and most exalted affection for one of the worthiest men, condemned and verified as a degrading appetite! She had been wantonly insulted, whilst demanding justice by the administrators of the law; and she rushed in silence from those inhuman monsters, to hide the agony that almost burst the heart.
"One ray of hope still rose to chase the gloom of deep despondency away. Dumas, one of the judges of the tribunal, she had known in former times; him therefore, she resolved to seek, and in spite of the antipathy his present actions had inspired, implore him to let the trial be delayed. In all the agony of increasing apprehension, she threw herself at this inflexible monster's feet, used all the arguments suggested by affection, only to have the fatal hour delayed. Dumas replied, that it did not belong to him to grant the favor she solicited; neither should he choose to make such a request of tribunal; and then increasing the bitterness of disappointment by the insolence of sarcasm, he inquired whether it was so great a misfortune to be delivered from a troublesome husband of sixty, whose death would leave her at liberty to employ her youthful charms more usefully to the state?
"Such a reiteration of insult roused the unfortunate wife of Lavergne to desperation. She shrieked with anguish too insupportable to bear; and rising from the posture of supplication, she extended her out stretched arms to heaven, and in a phrenzied voice, exclaimed, "Just God! will not the crimes of these atrocious men awake thy vengeance? go, monster!" she cried, addressing herself to Dumas, "I no longer want thy aid: no longer will I deign to supplicate thy pity! away to the tribunal; there will I also appear; then shall it be known, whether I deserve the outrages thou and thy base associates have heaped upon my head!"
"From the presence of the odious Dumas, and with a fixed determination to quit a life that has now become hateful to her, Madame Lavergne repaired to the hall of the tribunal, and mixing with the motley crowd, waited impatiently for the hour of trial.—The barbarous proceedings of the day begin, and the unfortunate Lavergne is called! The jailors convey him thither on a matras, and a few trifling questions are proposed, to which with difficulty he replies, when the mock trial closes, and the ill-fated governor is doomed to die!
"Scarcely had the sentence passed the Judge's lips, when Madame Lavergne cried with a loud voice Vive la Roi! In vain the surrounding multitude endeavoured to prevent the sound; for the more they tried to deaden its extension, the more vehement her cries; and she continued exclaiming Vive la Roi till the guard forced her away.
"So great had been the interests which the distress of this amiable young woman had excited that she was followed to the place of confinement by a numerous throng, who anxiously endeavoured to avert the fate which awaited her, by an attempt to drown her cries.
"When the publick accuser interrogated her upon the motives of her extraordinary conduct, she informed him she was not actuated either by revenge or despair but by the loyalty which was rooted in her heart.
"I adore," cried she "the system that you have destroyed; and I expect no mercy from you, for I am your enemy. I abhor your republic, and will persist in the confession I have public made as long as I live."
"To this declaration no reply was made;—but Madame Lavergne's name was instantly added to the suspected list, and in a few minutes she was brought before the tribunal where she again uttered her own condemnation, and was decreed to die. From that instant the agitation of her spirits subsided; serenity appeared to have repolished her mind, and her beautiful countenance announced the peace and comfort of her soul.
"On the day of execution, Madame Lavergne first ascended the fatal cart, and requested that she might be placed in a position to view her husband's face; that unfortunate husband had fallen into a swoon and lay extended upon a truss of straw without the slightest appearance of life. The motion of the cart had loosened the bosom of his shirt, and exposed his breast to the scorching rays of a vertical sun, which the amiable wife perceiving, entreated the executioner to take a pin from her handkerchief and unite his shirt—Madame Lavergne's attention was never for one moment directed from the object of her tenderness; and perceiving the change of his countenance that his senses revived, in soft accents she pronounced his name. At the sound of that voice, whose melody had so long been a stranger to his ears, he raised his eyes, and fixed them on the object of his love, with a look expressive of alarm and tenderness. "Do not be alarmed," said she, "it was your faithful wife who called. We could not live, but we shall die together!" The agitated Lavergne burst into tears of gratitude; and his oppressed heart poured forth its soft sensations into that bosom which shared all its sorrows; and though the tyrants would fain have divided them, it was death that joined them in a better life.
WHAT IS BEAUTY.
THE venerable Kaliph Rahoma Ras, before his spirit was received by the Angel of death, concluded his farewell address to his beloved son with the following injunction—"Ismael," said he, "take but one wife to thy bosom, but be careful that she is perfectly beautiful; if thou dost mistrust thy own judgment, seek the opinion of the sages of different countries, for wisdom is not confined within the narrow bounds of individual capacity." The weeping youth bended his body to the earth in token of his obedience, and the countenance of his aged parent was decked with the sweet smile of contentment, as his soul fled from its perishing habitation.
The youthful Ismael had long cherished the glowing passion of love for the virgin Zelma; virtue had shed its benign influence in her heart, but nature had formed her person in an angry mood, and rendered it a singular contrast to the beauties that graced her mind.
The words of the expiring Kaliph, however, remained indelibly fixed in the mind of his dutiful child, who resolved implicitly to obey his father's commands, although his attachment to Zelma was the source of many an involuntary sigh; but filial obedience triumphed over love, and he proceeded to the Khan, or Inn, in which the various inhabitants of the earth were assembled.
Ismael had scarcely made known the occasion of his visit, when the guests
displayed to him the different ideas of beauty, entertained by their respective countries, and eagerly advised him to be guided by them in the choice of a bride. An Arab of the desert lavished encomiums on women of his nation for blackening the edge of their eyelids, which, he affirmed, rendered them complete beauties; a native of the Ladrone Islands, said, that beauty consisted in black teeth and white hair; an inhabitant of the Cumana, admired thin cheeks, a long visage, and extremely large eyes; a Chinese preferred small crippled feet; a Turk, corpulence and large black eyes; a Greenlander, the custom of painting the face blue or yellow; a Muscovite declared, that a woman whose features were not loaded with paint, was perfectly hideous; and an Englishman allowed that the females of his country had adopted the opinion of the Muscovites!
Others of the company were preparing to offer their opinions when a holy Dervish, with modest accent, addressed the Kaliph:—"Mighty prince! said he, the most humble of your slaves wishes to lay his lowly mite of advice at your feet."—"Proceed, holy Dervish, replied Ismael. The venerable sage rejoined, "I have diligently studied the divine language of the Genii, and my endeavors have been crowned with success; this sacred volume contains the fruits of my toil; in this, your wishes will be gratified." The judge of the faithful eagerly seized the precious gift, and found written in letters of gold—
"In Virtue alone is perfect Beauty."
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice, that there will be held at PUBLIC AUCTION, in Somersett, Mass. on Monday the First day of December next, at 11 o'Clock, A. M. the following real Estates belonging to the heirs of SIMEON POTTER, Esq. late of Swansea, deceased, viz.
THE very pleasantly situated MANSION HOUSE, being the well known seat of the late Henry Bowers, Esq. with the out Houses and Eighty ACRES of Land adjoining, all under good improvement and well fenced with Stone-Wall. This seat presents one of the best views on the River, and is in the very heart of Somersett.
THE DWELLING-HOUSE, STORES and WHARF, heretofore belonging to Mr. Lloyd Bowers, this is confessedly the best stand in Somersett for Business. The Stores are ample and convenient, the Wharf is in good repair and well built, is at the head of the deep navigable water, and at ordinary Tides, Vessels of 200 Tons will float along side.
THE MANSION-HOUSE and LOT whereon it stands, fronting the Main Street, and very conveniently situated for Business, heretofore the property of Mr. Caleb Bowers, subject to a right of Dower.
A TEN ACRE LOT at the head of broad Cove, a WOOD LOT of 12 Acres, and another of Three Acres. The above Estates will be Sold entire or in Lots as shall suit purchasers.—The Terms of Sale will be made known at the Time and Place of Sale, which will be on the Premises. For any information that may be wanted about the Premises, apply to Mr. David Anthony, of Somersett.—By Order and in behalf of the Heirs of Col. Simeon Potter.
WILLIAM D'WOLFE, Agent for the Heirs.
*BRISTOL, JUNE 13, 1806.
ALL persons indebted to JOSIAH MUNRO by book or note, are requested to make immediate payment to the Subscriber; as an Assignment of all his property being made for the express purpose of a speedy settlement with all concerned.
N. M. BURR, Assignee. *Warren, July 4, 1806.
FOR SALE, BY RUFUS & NATHAN M. BURR, 65 puncheons 3d proof Rum, Coarse Rock Salt, for the Diary, 14 half bbls. Mefs Mutton, 20 nest Molasses Casks, 2 bbls. R. Beef.
Terms of payment liberal. Inquire of the above.
*Warren, May 10, 1806.
NOTICE.
ALL Persons any ways indebted to the Estate of NATHANIEL MARTIN, late of Barrington, Esquire, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, Executors to the last Will and Testament of said NATHANIEL: And those who have any demands against said Estate are also requested to exhibit the same to
CALVIN MARTIN, ANDERSON MARTIN, } Executors *Barrington, March 8, 1806. (6m4)