The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-08-06 00:00:00

The Providence Journal.
AND
TOWN AND COUNTRY ADVERTISER.
Published on WEDNESDAYS, by JOHN CARTER, JUN. Printer of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES for the State of RHODE-ISLAND, &c. At the NEW PRINTING-OFFICE, West Side of the great Bridge, PROVIDENCE.
[ No. 84. ]
WEDNESDAY, August 6, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
Laws of the United States.
PUBLISHED
By Authority.
SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE United States.
At the First Session, begun and held at the city of PHILADELPHIA, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the second of December, 1799.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
An ACT respecting the Mint.
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum equal to the amount of the cents and half cents, which shall have been coined at the mint, and delivered to the Treasurer of the United States, subsequent to the third day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purchase of copper for the further coinage of cents and half cents; and that a sum equal to the amount of cents and half cents, which shall be hereafter coined at the mint, and delivered to the Treasurer of the United States in any one year, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the annual purchase of copper for the coinage of cents and half cents; which sums shall be payable out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That there shall be retained from every deposit in the mint, of gold or silver bullion below the standard of the United States, such sum as shall be equivalent to the expense incurred in refining the same, and an accurate account of such expense on every such deposit shall be kept, and of the sums retained on account of the same, which shall be accounted for by the Treasurer of the Mint, with the Treasury of the United States.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 24th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XXXV.
An ACT to continue in force the act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That an act passed on the fifth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, entitled, "An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," and which by the tenth section thereof was limited to continue in force for and during the term of two years from passing the same, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer; and which said act was, by an act passed on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act to continue in force, for a limited time, the act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," further continued in force for two years from the said second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, shall continue and be in force without limitation of time, any thing in any act to the contrary notwithstanding.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 24th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
An ACT to repeal the act laying duties on mills and implements employed in the manufacture of snuff.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the act, entitled, "An act to alter and amend the act entitled, 'An act laying certain duties upon snuff and refined sugar,' passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five," as imposes a duty upon mills and implements employed in the manufacture of snuff, or allows a drawback upon the exportation of snuff manufactured within the United States, shall be, and the same hereby is repealed.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 24th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
An ACT to make further provision for the removal and accommodation of the government of the United States.
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized and empowered, to direct the various offices belonging to the several executive departments of the United States, to be removed to the city of Washington, at any time that he shall judge proper, after the adjournment of the present session of Congress, and before the time heretofore appointed by law for such removal.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That for the purpose of providing furniture for the house erected in the city of Washington, for the accommodation of the President of the United States, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars be expended, under the direction of the heads of the several departments of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That for the suitable accommodation of Congress at the city of Washington, the Secretaries of the four executive departments, or any three of them, shall be, and hereby are authorized and directed to cause suitable furniture to be forthwith provided for the apartments which are to be occupied in the capitol at the said city by the two houses respectively, and for the offices and committee rooms of each; and to cause the said apartments, offices and committee rooms, to be furnished in a suitable manner, so as to be ready for the reception of Congress on the day fixed by law for the removal of the government to the said city; and that for defraying the expenses incident to the furnishing of the said apartments, offices and committee rooms, and to the removal of the books, papers and records belonging to the said offices respectively, there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That for the greater convenience of the members of both houses of Congress in attending their duty in the said city of Washington, and the greater facility of communication between the various departments and offices of the government, there shall be made footways in the said city in suitable places and directions; and that the said footways shall be made by the commissioners of the said city, under the direction of the secretaries of the four executive departments of the United States, who, or any three of whom, shall forthwith take order therefor, and in such manner, at such places, and in such directions, as they or any three of them shall judge most proper for the purposes aforesaid, and shall appoint; and that if the said secretaries, or any three of them, shall find on examination that there is not in the hands of the said commissioners a sum sufficient for making the said foot-ways, over and above what may have been defined by the said commissioners, or may, in the opinion of the said secretaries, or any three of them, be necessary for the accomplishment of other objects necessary for the accommodation of the government, or its removal as aforesaid, then the said secretaries, or any three of them, shall be and hereby are authorized and required to draw out of the Treasury of the United States, and apply to the purpose of making the said foot-ways, any sum which may be necessary therefor, not exceeding ten thousand dollars; which sum is hereby appropriated for the said purpose. And all the lots in the city of Washington, now vested in the said commissioners, or in trustees in any manner for the use of the United States, and now remaining unsold, excepting those set apart for public purposes, shall be and are hereby declared and made chargeable with the repayment of the said sum of ten thousand dollars, which shall be advanced in pursuance of this act, and the interest accruing thereon.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them, and for placing them therein, the sum of five thousand dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated; and that the said purchase shall be made by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, pursuant to such directions as shall be given; and such catalogue as shall be furnished by a joint committee of both houses of Congress, to be appointed for that purpose; and that the said books shall be placed in one suitable apartment in the capitol in the said city, for the use of both houses of Congress and the members thereof, according to such regulations as the committee aforesaid shall devise and establish.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the several appropriations aforesaid shall be paid out of any monies in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 24th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
An ACT to authorize the President of the United States to accept, for the United States, a cession of jurisdiction of the territory west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and hereby is authorized to execute and deliver letters patent, in the name and behalf of the United States, to the governor or of the state of Connecticut for the time being, for the use and benefit of the persons holding and claiming under the state of Connecticut, their heirs and assigns forever, whereby all the right, title, interest and estate of the United States, to the soil of that tract of land lying west of the west line of Pennsylvania, as claimed by the state of Pennsylvania, and at the same has been actually settled, ascertained and run in conformity to an agreement between the said state of Pennsylvania and the state of Virginia, and extending from said line westward one hundred and twenty statute miles in length, and in breadth throughout the said limits in length, from the completion of the forty-first degree of north latitude until it comes to forty-two degrees and two minutes north latitude, including all that territory commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut, and which was excepted by said state of Connecticut out of the cession by the said state heretofore made to the United States, and accepted by a resolution of Congress of the fourteenth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, shall be released and conveyed as aforesaid to the said governor of Connecticut, and his successors in said office, forever, for the purpose of quieting the grants and purchasers under said state of Connecticut, and confirming their titles to the soil of the said tract of land.
Provided however, That such letters patent shall not be executed and delivered, unless the state of Connecticut shall, within eight months from passing this act, by a legislative act, renounce forever, for the use and benefit of the United States, and of the several individual states who may be therein concerned respectively, and of all those deriving claims or titles from them or any of them, all territorial and jurisdictional claims whatever, under any grant, charter or charters whatever, to the soil and jurisdiction of any and all lands whatever lying westward, north-westward, and south-westward of those counties in the state of Connecticut, which are bounded westwardly by the eastern line of the state of New-York, as ascertained by agreement between Connecticut and New-York, in the year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three, excepting only from such renunciation the claim of said state of Connecticut, and of those claiming from or under the said state, to the soil of said tract of land herein described under the name of the Western Reserve of Connecticut.
And provided also, That the said state of Connecticut shall, within the said eight months from and after passing this act, by the agent or agents of said state duly authorized by the legislature thereof, execute and deliver to the acceptance of the President of the United States, a deed expressly releasing to the United States the jurisdictional claim of the said state of Connecticut to the said tract of land herein described under the name of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, and shall deposit an exemplification of said act of renunciation, under the seal of the said state of Connecticut, together with said deed releasing said jurisdiction, in the office of the Department of State of the United States, which deed of cession when so deposited shall vest the jurisdiction of said territory in the United States: Provided, That neither this act, nor any thing contained therein, shall be construed so as in any manner to draw into question the conclusive settlement of the dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut, by the decree of the Federal Court at Trenton, nor to impair the right of Pennsylvania or any other state, or of any person, or persons claiming under that or any other state, in any existing dispute concerning the right, either of soil or of jurisdiction, with the state of Connecticut, or with any person or persons claiming under the state of Connecticut: And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be construed in any manner to pledge the United States for the extinguishment of the Indian title to the said lands, or further than merely to pass the title of the United States thereto.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 8th, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
An ACT to provide for re-building the light-house at New-London; for the support of a light-house at Clark's Point; for the erection and support of a light-house at Wigwam Point, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That
under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, there shall be purchased for the use of the United States, so much land contiguous to their territory, now occupied for the light-house at New-London, as shall be sufficient for vaults and any other purpose, necessary for the better support of the said light-house: Provided, That the legislature of the state of Connecticut shall cede to the United States the jurisdiction of such additional territory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and hereby is authorized, at his discretion, to procure a new lantern with suitable distinctions, and to cause convenient vaults to be erected, and the said light-house at New-London to be rebuilt.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the light-house lately erected at Clark's point, so called, at the entrance of Accuquinet river, within the town of New-Bedford, in the state of Massachusetts, shall and may be supported at the expence of the United States: And the Secretary of the Treasury shall and may appoint a keeper thereof, and take further order respecting the same as in other cases: Provided, That the property and jurisdiction of the said light-house, and sufficient territory for the accommodation thereof, shall be fully ceded and legally vested in the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, there shall be provided and maintained, at the expence of the United States, not exceeding six buoys, to be placed within Buzzard's Bay, upon the most dangerous ledges there, in such manner as the safety of navigation in that bay requires.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and hereby is authorized and directed to cause a sufficient light-house to be erected on Wigwam Point, so called, within the town of Gloucester, in the state of Massachusetts, where it will best serve the purpose of discovering the entrance of Anesquam harbour, and to appoint a keeper, and otherwise to provide for the support of such light-house at the expence of the United States: Provided, That sufficient land for the accommodation of such light-house, together with the jurisdiction thereof, shall be duly and legally granted to and vested in the United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That there shall be and hereby are appropriated for providing the said buoys, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and for the erection of the said light-house at Wigwam Point, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies which may be in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—April 29th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XL.
An ACT supplementary to the laws now in force, fixing the compensations of the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Sec. 1. B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty-first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, hereinafter mentioned, shall be, and hereby are entitled to receive, in addition to their compensations as now fixed by law, the following sums, that is to say: The Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, two hundred and fifty dollars each, in addition to their salaries as at present established by law; and each of their principal and engrossing clerks, in addition to their per diem allowance, as established by law, two hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the serjeant at arms of the Senate, who also performs the duty of door-keeper; the serjeant at arms of the House of Representatives, and the door-keeper of the House of Representatives, shall be, and hereby are entitled to receive five hundred dollars per annum each, and two dollars a day during the session; and the assistant door-keepers of the Senate, and House of Representatives, four hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, and two dollars per day during the session, in lieu of the compensations heretofore established by law, which compensations shall commence from the commencement of the present session.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That this act shall continue in force for and during the term of two years, and no longer.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 2d, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.

CHAPTER XLI.
An ACT to divide the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, into two separate governments.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the fourth day of July next, all that part of the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio river, which lies to the westward of a line beginning at the Ohio, opposite to the mouth of Kentucky river, and running thence to Fort Recovery, and thence north until it shall intersect the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall, for the purposes of temporary government, constitute a separate territory, and be called the Indiana Territory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established within the said territory a government in all respects similar to that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government of the territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio, and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to, and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges and advantages granted and secured to the people by the said ordinance.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers for the said territory, who by virtue of this act shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall respectively exercise the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive for their services the same compensations, as by the ordinance aforesaid, and the laws of the United States, have been provided and established for similar officers in the territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio: And the duties and emoluments of Superintendent of Indian Affairs shall be united with those of governor: Provided, That the President of the United States shall have full power, in the recess of Congress, to appoint and commission all officers herein authorized; and their commissions shall continue in force until the end of the next session of Congress.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio river, as relates to the organization of a General Assembly therein, and prescribes the powers thereof, shall be in force and operate in the Indiana territory, whenever satisfactory evidence shall be given to the governor thereof, that such is the wish of a majority of the freeholders, notwithstanding there may not be therein five thousand free male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years and upwards: Provided, That until there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of twenty-one years and upwards in said territory, the whole number of representatives to the General Assembly shall not be less than seven, nor more than nine, to be apportioned by the governor to the several counties in the said territory, agreeably to the number of free males of the age of twenty-one years and upwards which they may respectively contain.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as in any manner to affect the government now in force in the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio river, further than to prohibit the exercise thereof within the Indiana territory, from and after the aforesaid fourth day of July next: Provided, That whenever that part of the territory of the United States which lies to the eastward of a line beginning at the mouth of the Great Miami river, and running thence due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall be erected into an independent State, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, thenceforth said line shall become and remain permanently the boundary line between such state and the Indiana territory; any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until it shall be otherwise ordered by the legislatures of the said territories respectively, Chillicothe, on Scioto river, shall be the seat of the government of the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio river; and that Saint Vincennes, on the Wabash river, shall be the seat of the government for the Indiana territory.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XLII.
An ACT to enable the President of the United States to borrow money for the public service.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized to borrow on behalf of the United States, from the bank of the United States, which is hereby authorized to lend the same, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from any person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall judge most advantageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding three millions five hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the monies to be received into the Treasury of the United States from taxes, for making up any deficiency in any appropriation heretofore made by law, or to be made during the present session of Congress, and defraying the expenses which may be incurred by calling into actual service any part of the militia of the United States, or by raising, equipping and calling into actual service any regular troops or volunteers, pursuant to authorities vested, or to be vested in the President of the United States by law: Provided, That no engagement nor contract shall be entered into, which shall preclude the United States from reimbursing any sum, or sums borrowed, at any
time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of such loan.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be and hereby is pledged and appropriated for paying the interest of all such monies as may be borrowed pursuant to this act, according to the terms and conditions on which the loan or loans respectively may be effected: and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of any such loan or loans, according to the terms and conditions to be fixed as aforesaid: And the faith of the United States shall be, and hereby is pledged to establish sufficient permanent revenues for making up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions for paying the said interest and principal sums or any of them, in manner aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sums to be borrowed pursuant to this act, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and there separately accounted for; and that the same shall be, and hereby are appropriated in the manner following:
First, to make up any deficiency in any appropriation heretofore made by law, or to be made during the present session of Congress: And, secondly, to defray the expenses which may be incurred before the end of the next session of Congress, by calling into actual service any part of the militia of the United States, or by raising, equipping and calling into actual service any regular troops or volunteers, pursuant to authorities vested or to be vested in the President of the United States by law.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XLIII.
An ACT to continue in force "An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States; and for other purposes."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That an act passed on the eighth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act laying an additional duty on salt imported into the United States, and for other purposes," shall be, and the same is hereby continued in force for and during the term of ten years from the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred, and from thence to the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XLIV.
An ACT to authorize the allowance of a credit to William Tazewell.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in settling the accounts of William Tazewell, secretary of Elbridge Gerry, late envoy extraordinary from the United States of America to the French Republic, the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized to allow the reasonable expenses incurred by the said William Tazewell, in consequence of his being captured on his return to the United States.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XLV.
An ACT to authorize the sale and conveyance of lands, in certain cases, by the Marshals of the United States, and to confirm former sales.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That where the United States shall have obtained judgment in civil actions, brought in those states wherein, by the laws and practice of such states, lands or other real estate belonging to the debtor are delivered to the creditor in satisfaction of such judgment, and shall have received seisin and possession of lands so delivered, it shall be lawful for the marshal of the district wherein such lands or other real estate are situated, under the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury, to expose the same to sale at public auction, and to execute a grant thereof to the highest bidder, on receiving payment of the full purchase money; which grant, so made, shall vest in such purchaser all the right, estate, and interest of the United States in and to such lands, or other real estate.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sales heretofore made by collectors of certain districts of the United States, of lands or other real estate delivered as aforesaid to the United States, shall be, and they are hereby confirmed: Provided, That this confirmation shall not extend to any sale, unless the condition of such sale has been complied with by the purchaser.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever a marshal shall sell any lands, tenements or hereditaments, by virtue of process from a court of the United States, and shall die, or be removed from office, or the term of his commission expire before a deed shall be executed for the same by him to the purchaser; in every
such case the purchaser or plaintiff, at whose suit the sale was made, may apply to the court from which the process issued, and set forth the case, assigning the reason why the title was not perfected by the marshal who sold the same; and thereupon the court may order the marshal for the time being to perfect the title, and execute a deed to the purchaser, he paying the purchase money and costs remaining unpaid; and where a marshal shall take in execution any lands, tenements or hereditaments, and shall die, or be removed from office, or the term of his commission expire before sale or other final disposition made of the same; in every such case, the like process shall issue to the succeeding marshal, and the same proceedings shall be had, as if such former marshal had not died or been removed, or the term of his commission had not expired: And the provisions in this section contained shall be, and they are hereby extended to all the cases respectively, which may have happened before the passing of this act.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
CHAPTER XLVI.
An ACT for the regulation of public arsenals and magazines.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the several officers who now are, or hereafter may be employed in the armories of the United States, shall be entitled to, and shall receive the following compensations, in addition to their pay as established by law, to wit: A Superintendent of such armory, three rations per day, or an equivalent in money; and a master armorer, two rations per day, or an equivalent in money.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall procure, or entice any artificer or workman, retained or employed in any arsenal or armory of the United States, to depart from the same during the continuance of his engagement, or avoid or break his contract with the United States, or who, after due notice of the engagement of any such workman or armorer, in any arsenal or armory, shall, during the continuance of such engagement, retain, hire, or in any wise employ, harbour, or conceal such artificer or workman, the person so offending shall, upon conviction, be fined at the discretion of the court not exceeding fifty dollars, or be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if any artificer or workman hired, retained, or employed in any public arsenal or armory, shall, wantonly and carelessly, break, impair, or destroy any implements, tools or utensils, or any stock or materials for making guns, the property of the United States, or shall wilfully and obstinately refuse to perform the services lawfully assigned to him, pursuant to his contract, every such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every such act of disobedience or breach of contract, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all artificers and workmen, who are or shall be employed in the said armories, shall be, and they are hereby exempted, during their term of service, from all military service, and service as jurors in any court.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—May 7th, A. D. 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
Late European News.
By various arrivals at Halifax, &c.
MILAN, May 17.
From Marshal HOHENZOLLERN, to General NICOLETTI.
Creese, May 14.
“YESTERDAY I was attacked by the whole garrison of Genoa. The conflict lasted several hours, and I never witnessed a more severe engagement. We had the good fortune to defeat the enemy. Gen. Soutt (the first after Massena) his Adjutant, a Colonel, and many officers, were made prisoners by us; about 1000 privates of the enemy's troops were killed, wounded, or made prisoners. Amongst the wounded is the General of division Hospital. Our loss amounts to about 240 men.”
Certified at Milan, on the part of the Imperial Commander in Chief, May 17, 1800, by Nicoletti, Major-General.
LONDON, June 10.
Lord Keith states to government that the citadel of Savona surrendered on the 13th of May, from famine, and that on the 19th of May, the Magistrates of Genoa requested permission of Gen. Ott to send a flag to Gen. Melas, which was granted.—The nature of the message was not known.
PARIS, June 2.
The Minister of war yesterday received a courier from Genoa. He informs, that Gen. Massena, in a sortie made at several points, took 4700 prisoners, and had procured provision for thirty days.
In Germany.
LONDON, June 7.—[OFFICIAL.] From Colonel CLINTON to Lord GRENVILLE. Head-Quarters, Ulm, May 22.
“MY LORD, “Since the army has crossed the Danube at
this place the 12th, the enemy has not ventured to undertake any movement of consequence: In the night of the 18th, the French passed the Danube, in considerable force, at Erbach, and the following day reconnoitred the Austrian positions on the heights above the town, which he found so formidable, that he recrossed the Danube in the course of the night, and resumed his position between that river and the Iller, without attempting any thing.”
LONDON, June 10. (unofficial.)
We have accounts from Hamburg, to the 8th of June. They state that Moreau is at length retreating, but very slowly, and every day fighting.—His retreat is less owing to the ineffectual attempts which he has made against the very strong position of the Austrians before Ulm, than his having been forced by the desire of Buonaparte to detach 18000, in order to cover the lesser Cantons, which are much threatened by the Austrians, and, particularly to support the movements of Berthier, who is passing into Italy by the Valais, at the head of more than 23000 men from Switzerland, to the army of reserve. Gen. Kray, whose army is every day reinforced, follows him, and will no doubt press upon him so closely as to embarrass him greatly in his retreat.
Gen. Vukassovich threatens Switzerland, by way of St. Gothard. His head quarters are at Arzl, on the frontiers of the Canton of Uri. His advanced posts penetrate to Usteren, and threaten the small cantons.
PARIS, June 2.
They write from Delingen, that Moreau has sent an officer to Kray, to inform him that France preferred peace to war, and if the Imperial army would retire beyond the Lech, the French would retire beyond the Rhine, to give opportunity for negotiation. Kray referred the business to Vienna. He is too old a fowl to be caught with chaff.
LONDON, June 10.
The expedition, under Gen. Maitland, which sailed the 23rd and 24th of May, have disembarked at Carnac, in Quiberon Bay; and have taken Fort Penthièvre. The object of this expedition is not to foment insurrection in the Western Departments of France, but to keep the Peninsula, as a Point d'Appui, and harbour for our ships of war, and thereby to harass more effectually the coasting trade of the enemy, particularly in provisions, between the coasts of the Bay of Biscay and Brest.
The Foudroyant; of 80 guns, in her engagement with Guillaume Tell, of 80 guns, expended 162 barrels of powder and 72,360 wt. of cannon shot. Although much damaged, she was got ready for sea in a few days. Lord Nelson was not on board; he had some time before been landed at Syracuse, in consequence of a severe illness.
A Paris paper of May 10, says, “Talleyrand is extremely ill. Doubts are entertained of his recovery.” This being true, there is some prospect of a favourable issue of the negotiation.
Domestic Intelligence.
BALTIMORE, July 26.
The ship Mount Vernon, Capt. Rutter, 27 weeks from Calcutta, is in the Bay, and may be expected up to-morrow.
The following particulars from her have been received by her owner, and politely handed us for publication.
The Mount Vernon left Calcutta on the 2d of March, in company with the ship Sansom, Capt. Treadwell; parted with her off the Cape of Good Hope. The Mount Vernon arrived at St. Helena on the 7th of June, and sailed from thence on the 12th, in company with the ship India, Capt. Alhmead, of Philadelphia. July 13, in lat. 23° 5 N. long. 61° 45 W. saw a schooner in chase of us; at 3 o'clock, P. M. hove about to meet her; she not liking this, took her larboard tacks on board, and made all sail; at 1, P. M. finding we did not gain on her, gave over the chase, and stood on our course; at half past 3, P. M. saw a schooner to the leeward, standing S. S. E. by the wind; at half past 4, she put about and gave chase; at 6, observed that she gained fast on us, and being well assured she was a French privateer, we determined to surprise her in the night; with this intention, about half past 8, we attempted to put the ship about, but unfortunately she mislaid stays, otherwise we could have kept to the windward of her; in wearing ship we fell about 4 or 500 yards to leeward; at 9 discovered the schooner to be off our larboard bow, hoisted a light, which not being answered, we gave her a broadside; the India, which had kept company with us from St. Helena, also gave her a broadside as she passed; we immediately tacked ship; luffing to the wind, shortly after discovered the schooner something farther to windward, laying a contrary course from us; as soon as we came abreast of her, both ships repeated the broadside, and then stood on our course. July 14, at 1, A. M. saw the same schooner in chase of us again; at 2, fired a stern chaser and hoisted our colours; she answered immediately, and hoisted French colours; at 3, hove too and prepared for action; at 4, the privateer being then about half a mile to windward, gave us a broadside, which we instantly returned; she then fired 5 guns, made sail and hauled her wind; from this time until 2, P. M. we kept up a constant fire, and the ship India dropping astern, we gave over the chase.
The Mount Vernon mounts 16 sixes; the India, 6 threes and fours: the privateer shewed 18 guns and 80 men; she kept a private signal flying both before and after the engagement, from which circumstance we concluded she expected a coadjutor. Near St. Helena, on the 3d of June, we spoke the ship Commerce, of Baltimore, from Batavia.
Too much praise cannot be given to captain

Rutter, of the Mount-Vernon, whose bravery and good conduct preserved his valuable cargo, the India, from the hands of a French privateer of superior force. The India, we understand, was insured in this place to the amount of 100,000 dollars, and to the northward, to the amount of 150,000 more.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25. Extract of a letter from an American captain to his owners in Philadelphia, dated St. Sebastian's 6th of June, 1800, received by the Polly, captain Lake.
"Several American vessels have arrived in this and the neighbouring ports since our arrival, most of which have been visited by British cruisers and permitted to pass without difficulty; most people are, and have been of opinion, French cruisers would not molest unarmed American vessels, but when we are to judge from what hath happened, there appears some reason to doubt, as the ship Martin, of and from Norfolk to Lisbon, is now detained in Passage for adjudication, and the brig Eliza, from Norfolk to this port, has lately been carried into St. Andros, where she is now detained. I write the above supposing you with every information of the kind as insurers."
The following notice was stuck up at the American Coffee-House at the Havannah. FRENCH PRIVATEERS.
The American consul gives notice, that he has this evening received advice (by express) that the French privateer La Fortune, has arrived at Matanzas, with three American prizes, two from the United States, and one the Schooner Chance, captain Graham, from this port.
J. MORTON. Havannah, 30 of June, 1800.
NEW-YORK, July 29. The brig Dove, captain Johnston, in 9 days from New-Provident, brought in three of the hands who lately belonged to the Schooner Flying-Fish, captain Packard, of Providence, from the coast of Guinea to Havannah with slaves, having previously put into St. Thomas for hands. On the passage, while the English brig privateer Neptune, captain Cockburn, was in chase of the Flying-Fish, all the slaves were left astern to trim the Schooner, who embraced that opportunity of rising upon the crew—A conflict ensued, in which captain Packard, his two mates and two men, and ten slaves were killed. The three others of the crew saved themselves by running up to the mast-head, and remaining there till the Neptune captured her. She was sent to New-Provident, a paper of which place contains the following article on this subject:
Nassau (N. P.) July 8. This morning arrived the Neptune privateer, captain Cockburn, from a cruise, and brought in two Danish Schooners with slaves. The negroes of one of them had risen upon the crew, murdered the captain, mates, and two men. They had the audacity to fire into the Neptune, but after receiving two broad-sides, which killed and wounded 15 of them, they submitted. The Neptune had two men wounded.
July 31. [OFFICIAL.] Extract of a letter from David M. Clarkson, Esq. to the Secretary of the Navy, dated St. Kitts, June 27th, 1800.
"It is much pleasure to announce to you, that only 15 Americans are prisoners at Guadalupe (Port de la Liberte) which by letters I have received yesterday from agents at Guadalupe (by two flags of truce I sent up with French prisoners) will instantly be sent me by a flag of theirs, and there still remain of the French prisoners here 180."
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant John Shaw, commanding the United States Schooner Enterprise, of 12 guns, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated St. Kitts, June 21st.
"I have the honour to inform you, that on the 17th inst. I fell in with the French privateer La Cinge, of 4 guns and 57 men, off Guadalupe; she engaged me for twenty minutes, when she struck her colours. I have brought her in here."
The distance which the French army under Moreau had penetrated into Germany is about 80 miles.
SALEM, August 4. Arrived, on Thursday last, the brig Three Friends, J. Endicott, master, 29 days from Surinam. Left there, brig Star, Connel, New-York; Schooner Adventure, Dolliver, Gloucester; brig Margaret, Coxe, Philadelphia; brig Enterprise, Langdon, Portsmouth; Schooner Fortune, Strong, Portland; ship Jefferson, Cutter, Portsmouth; ship Swift Packet, Richards, Philadelphia; Schooner Isabella, Lamboard, Boston, a prize; this vessel was taken in lat. 23 by the French, and ordered for Cayenne. On the appearance of a sail, the prizemaster quit, and gave her up to the passengers and crew, who carried her up to Surinam, and delivered her up to the American consul there. She was afterwards claimed by the British establishment, and the matter was in altercation when Capt. Endicott failed. The cargo was perishing in the mean while. In consequence of the American consul's spirited conduct in this business, he was treated with great indignity, and threatened with a suspension of his consular power. As Capt. E. failed, a Schooner and a sloop arrived.
The United States ship Maryland was at anchor off Bram's Point.
Capt. Endicott cleared his vessel out the 12th of June, but did not sail until the 2d of July, in consequence of the threat of Capt. Harvey, of the Southampton frigate, to carry him to Martinico, and make a prize of him, in consequence of his having fugars on board, declaring that all neutral vessels, from ports in the English colonies of the West-Indies, with that arti-
cle on board, were lawful prizes to his Majesty's cruisers, it being contrary to act of Parliament for neutrals to export that article. Capt. Cotto, of his Majesty's ship Bitron, on the contrary, told Capt. E. that he should trouble no vessel with a regular clearance from the colony, be their cargoes what they might. Capt. E. had one.
A FIRE. A letter from Orrington, on Penobscot River, of the 24th ult. informs, "that great damages had been done there by fire, some thousands of acres and a number of fields of grain having been entirely burnt up—it caught by lightning on a mountain, and burnt two days travel—Some wild beasts, moose, &c. perished."
FROM SURINAM. By late accounts from thence we learn, that the inhabitants are much dissatisfied with the conduct of their new masters, the English—A visit from Victor Hughes, at Cayenne, was confidently calculated on, as soon as the dry season approached. Victor was at the French port on Marawinna river, which he was strengthening, and making the necessary dispositions for an attack. It was calculated, that three-fourths of the inhabitants of the colony would join him. All the Dutch officers of the customs were to be removed, and Englishmen to take their places.
BOSTON, July 31. Arrived ship Perseverance, Capt. Wheatland, from Calcutta, who, with an obliging attention to us, and to the gratification of the commercial community, prepared and presented the subsequent minutes from his log book:
"Sailed from Calcutta, March 4, in company with the Northern Liberties, W. D. Seaton, for New-York, and the Atlantic, Waters, for Madras, who parted with us the 14th, in lat. 12:10, N. Left at Calcutta the Ulysses, Muxford, and Elizabeth, Blackley, of Salem; and the Delaware, Clay, of Philadelphia, from London. Touched at St. Helena June 9, and on the 12th left there, in company with the Northern Liberties, Seaton, and Jefferson, Morris. The former parted the next day. Left there the Mount-Vernon, Rutter, of Baltimore; and India, Ashmead, for Philadelphia, to sail the next day. June 24, spoke the Sampson, Rook, from Canton for New-York; kept company with him till July 6, when we left him in lat. 9:30, long. 37: W. June 28, fell in with the Portuguese brig Extradenaria, Manuel Francisco Parrisco, from Oporto for the Brazil, in a most dreadful situation, having been dismasted off Madeira 78 days before, by a ship's running on board her. The crew were anxious to leave her; but the captain prevailed upon them to remain, by promising to bear away for Barbados: the ships supplied him with spars, provisions, &c. July 9, spoke brig Franklin, Chandler, 28 days from Pepper-elborough, for Surinam, lat. 14:59, long. 43: July 22, lat. 34:36, long. 66, parted with the Jefferson. July 30, Cape Cod bearing W. N. W. 6 leagues, spoke brig Eliza and Sarah, Rhodes, four days from Boston, for Berbice. The Ulysses, Capt. Lamb, of Boston, which left St. Helena June 4, met with a severe gale of wind in long. 68, E. in which his ship was dismasted, and so much injured, that it was found necessary to throw 500 chests of tea overboard."
August 5. Gen. Rochambeau is said to be appointed Governor of Guadalupe. The French frigate Medea, Francis, and Concord were at the River of Plate, in South America, May 14th.
We understand that 60,000 dollars were insured in this town upon the ship India, lately arrived at Philadelphia from Bengal. But for the presence and exertions of Capt. Rutter, in the ship Mount-Vernon, of Baltimore, the India would probably have been taken by a French privateer.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, August 6. Extracts from the Log-Book of the ship Refource, Capt. Pearce, lately arrived at this port from Canton.
July 12, on our passage home, in lat. 23:46 N. long. 66:22 W. spoke the brig Renwick, of Norfolk, John Lunear, master, bound to Antigua, out 23 days, all well. Capt. Lunear very politely furnished us with some bread, and informed us, that on the 9th of July, in lat. 27 N. long. 56 W. he fell in with a wreck, full of water, no person on board, her masts gone, but the stumps standing; she appeared to be a Schooner: on her stern was painted "Eagle, of Baltimore;" on her deck were pieces of striped cloth, and in her hold a quantity of white cloth, all of which was very much washed to pieces and damaged; by her appearance she must have been wrecked some time.—On the 19th of July, in lat. 33:20 N. long. 63:30 W. spoke the brig Alias, of New-York, Patrick Maxfield, master, bound to Jamaica, out 9 days, all well. Capt. Maxfield informed us, that there were four French 20 gun ships cruising on our coast; that they all kept pretty much together, in lat. 38 N. and long. 69 W. and had captured ten American ships, one of which was a Bengal Indiaman, the Captain of which had arrived at New-York before he left there.—July 22, in lat. 36:2 N. long. 68 W. spoke the sloop Sally, of this port, Wm. S. Brown, master, 3 days out from New-York, bound to Jamaica, all well: Capt. Brown very obligingly furnished us with some refreshments.—July 23, in lat. 37:50 N. long. 68 W. spoke the Schooner Jeremiah, of Boston, Joseph Sprague, master, bound to Jamaica, out 5 days, all well.
Capt. Stanwood, arrived at New-York from St. Bartholomew's, informs, that on the day he left there (the 14th inst.) a French gentleman
gave him a written article in French, which stated, that he had just received information from Point Petre, Guadalupe, of the arrival there of a French corvette, in 19 days from Bordeaux; and that the news she brought is as follows:
"That the negotiation between the American Commissioners and the French Republic had terminated amicably; all differences settled, and a peace concluded: that Gen. Buonaparte had arrived before Genoa in time to relieve Gen. Massena; that Buonaparte had made prisoners of three-fourths of the Austrian troops under command of Gen. Melas; that Italy was entirely in the possession of the French; and that the French General Moreau had, in a third battle, defeated the Austrian troops on the Rhine—and further, that orders had also arrived there by the corvette, prohibiting the capture of American vessels."
Extract of a letter from a merchant in Bourdeaux, to his correspondent in Philadelphia, received per the Polly, Capt. Lake, from St. Sebastian's, dated May, 1800.
"I have not heard from you since my last, of the 10th inst. The preliminaries with your states are settled and signed. Every thing bids fair for the re-establishment of friendship and good understanding between your government and ours. In a short time our commercial relations will revive with redoubled vigour."
The Schooner Flying-Fish, of this port, bound to the Havannah, with slaves, is carried into New-Provident. It is melancholy and distressing to relate, that Capt. Robert S. Packard, and all the crew except three, were killed by the slaves, who rose upon them, and took possession of the vessel, after losing ten of their number. When the privateer which took the Schooner came within hail, the surviving sailors at mast-head begged them to fire a broadside into the vessel, which was immediately done; the broadside killed 13 of the slaves, and frightened the rest below, when the Schooner was taken possession of, and carried in as above.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Martinique. "Teneriffe is said to be the object of an expedition, there being six register ships now there, waiting for a sufficient convoy from Spain; they are loaded with dollars—a great temptation!"
The ministers of Russia and Prussia have lately demanded of the Senate of Hamburg the suppression of the sale of a work, entitled "Private Life of Catharine," under penalty of the displeasure of their royal masters. The Senate thought it prudent to comply.
The seamen taken on board the vessel carrying slaves, were on Thursday landed at Philadelphia from the Schooner Experiment, and committed to prison.
Capt. Morrison, from Oporto to Boston, in 45 days, mentions the prevalence of a report at that place, that the combined fleets had been met at sea, in lat. 50, long. 19.
Toussaint lately sent an officer to demand the surrender of the Spanish port of St. Domingo, agreeable to treaty; but the Governor ordered him from the territory.
A frigate which lately arrived at Cape-Francois from France has been sent to Curacao, to assist in resisting the Vengeance.
Lewis S. Pintard, consul of the United States at Madeira, arrived there May 15.
Died, At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 5th inst. Mrs. Sarah Thayer, wife of Mr. Williams Thayer, of this town, in the 44th year of her age.—She was an amiable and affectionate wife, a tender and diligent mother, and in every part of her conduct an exemplary member of society. Prudent, charitable, pious—she was mild and modest in prosperity—serene and cheerful in adversity, and unassuming and resigned in every fortune. To her, the practice of the virtues had rendered the affection of them unnecessary; and endowed with all those qualities which could make her life valuable to her family and friends, she united with them those which enabled her to behold with tranquillity the approaches of death.—Her friends and connexions are requested to attend her funeral, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Thayer, at 5 o'clock this afternoon, without further notice.
On the 11th of July, at Augusta, in the State of Georgia, in the 50th year of his age, Commodore Oliver Bowen, son of Dr. Ephraim Bowen, of this town.—He was one of the first and firmest patriots of '75, and often ventured his life, and expended a handsome property in the cause. Since the establishment of the federal constitution, he had the appointment of Marshal of the State of Georgia. The base calumny of a virulent party (which the voice of his country has since pronounced false and malicious) induced him to have recourse to arms. He received a wound in the lower part of his body, which was in a fair way of being healed in a few days; but being seized with a bilious fever (now very prevalent at Augusta) after languishing about 10 days he expired, greatly lamented by an amiable wife, and numerous friends and connexions. His remains were respectfully attended to the grave by a large number of citizens, and by two of the military companies of the town. Commodore Bowen very deservedly merited and sustained the character of an honest and benevolent man."
In the West-Indies, in the 24th year of his age, Capt. Robert S. Packard, son of Capt. Nathaniel Packard, sen. of this town. He has left a young and amiable wife (to whom he had been married but a short time previous to his departure) as well as an extensive circle of connexions and friends, to regret his premature death, and their own heavy loss.
DIED, At Cranston, Mr. Benjamin Knight, aged 60, of a lingering and distressing disease, which he sustained with christian fortitude and resignation. At Rehoboth, Mrs. William Sabin, innholder. DROWNED. On Wednesday last, a boy about 6 years of age, son of Mr. John Walters, rigger.
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE. Duties on Carriages, And on LICENCES for retailing Wines and foreign distilled Spirits.
OFFICE OF INSPECTION. Providence, August 1, 1800. NOTICE is hereby given, That for the purpose of receiving the ENTRIES and DUTIES in the county of Providence, in said district, required by the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act laying Duties on Carriages for the conveyance of persons, and repealing the former act for that purpose," attendance will be given at the Office of Inspection aforesaid, every day (Sundays excepted) in the month of September next.
Retailers of Wines and Spirits, in said county, are reminded to make application at the above Office, for a renewal of their Licences, at the expiration of one year from their date; and those who shall commence their business are notified to apply for and obtain a Licence, prior to such commencement, as they would in either case avoid the penalty of FIFTY DOLLARS for such neglect.
N. CUSHING, Collector of the Revenue for the said County of Providence.
Two Silver Spoons lost.
THE subscriber has missed a Table SPOON, marked N. R. B. and a Tea Spoon, cyphered N. A. B. Suspicion lay against two country women, who sold some whortleberries at his house, about three weeks since, when the large spoon was used in measuring. If they were taken by those persons, and are returned, no questions shall be asked. If they are offered for sale, the Silversmiths are requested to give due notice thereof. Any information where the said Spoons may be found, will be suitably acknowledged.
NICHOLAS BROWN.
August 6. THE subscribers to the Association for forming a Society for the promoting Agriculture within this State, are hereby informed, that there will be a meeting at the State-House in Providence, on Thursday the 4th day of September next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. for organizing said society. A general attendance is requested.
JABEZ BOWEN. Rhode-Island, August 6, 1800.
Wanted, A Handsome black or bay HORSE, that is good under the saddle, and kind in harness.—Also, a convenient DWELLING-HOUSE and LOT, situated on the hill south of the College. Any person having either to dispose of, will find a purchaser by applying to the subscriber.
PELEG GIFFORD. All persons having claims or demands against the subscriber, are requested to call for settlement, as he expects to leave Providence in a short time. P. GIFFORD. August 6.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he has taken a shop a little south of the Church, lately occupied by Mr. Benjamin Thurber, which he has furnished with a complete assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, of a superior quality, among which are a great variety of genuine patent Medicines. Those who will please to patronize him, will receive his grateful acknowledgements.
Medicine Chests put up upon the shortest notice.—Physicians who will favour him with their prescriptions, may depend upon accuracy, neatness and dispatch. Constant care and attention will be given at all times. THOMAS M. BARROWS. August 6.
To be Let, By Mrs. PATIENCE PAGE, THREE CHAMBERS in her Dwelling-House.—Also, three Chambers in a house of hers down the wharf, occupied by Mr. William Page. For particulars, enquire of SAMUEL CHASE. August 6.
THE Copartnership of the subscribers is this day dissolved by mutual consent. PETER SCHUAB, ROBERT NEWELL, SAMUEL THURBER, jun.
PAPER-HANGINGS, for papering rooms, window-curtains, &c. to be sold by the subscribers, at wholesale and retail, at their Manufactory, near Stephens' Bridge, North End; where may be had a variety of new and fashionable figures, of different and durable colours, executed in a very neat and elegant manner, by European workmen. ROBERT NEWELL, SAMUEL THURBER, jun. August 6.

Selected Poetry.
From the FARMER'S MUSEUM.
From the Shop of PETER QUINCE, Esq.
THE TONGUE.
Licuit, semper; licet Parcere personis, dicere de vitis.
LUCIAN.
Yea fair, who gild life's dark and devious way, Cheer the long eve, and cool the scorching ray; With winning softness, chaste from ev'ry brow The dew of anguish, and the shade of woe; Wake to a smile the pale, desponding cheek, And teach the leaden eye the foul to speak. Around the tear-bath'd bed of ling'ring life, Where white eye'd frenzy stares distracting grief; Thy plastic charms steal, with unbending power, And each nerve slackens in the gloomy hour. Thy cheering voice arrests the poor man's sigh, And warms the chilling death-dew round his eye; Wakes hope and comfort in his aged heart, Restores to life, or blunts affliction's dart.
Though, virtuous fair, to you these powers belong; And more than ever swell'd the poet's song; Yet of thy train there are a heedless few, Who court disaster and disgrace pursue; Who scatter thorns along life's sloping way, And cloud the sunshine of a sister's day.
The Tongue, that instrument of heavenly sound, Form'd to diffuse soft, dulcet notes around; To check wild passion—folly's tatt'ling quell, And bend the stubborn heart to reason's will; To spread the purest sentiments of soul, And bid the eye with holy rapture roll; Excite the sweet effusions of the heart, And probe the poison of ill nature's dart; In SLANDER's cause o'erleaps each sacred bound, And drops fell venom in the slightest wound; Engenders mis'ry on each dear delight— Depict'ring foibles, as lewd acts of night; Raising the blush on virtue's modest cheek, And ut'ring words, which fiends would scorn to speak.
Daughters of Eve, thy tongue with prudence guard, And con the meaning of each rising word; Confider well, all ears attend its sound, While critic prud'ry spreads its purport round. IMPUDENCE near thee holds her tatt'ling reign, With ears attentive to thy thoughtless strain; While MALICE mute, with hollow eye, appears, To prick, with gall, each varying note she hears; Then DISCORD follows with malignant grin, To reap the harvest of each petty sin. Mild FRIENDSHIP, trembling, owns their potent power: Love drops his bow, and quits the Paphian bower. Thus, from a word, or look, reports are spread, While lies, like maggots, breed in SLANDER's head.
PETER QUINCE.
HARTFORD, July 28.
A SHOCKING occurrence took place near Messrs. Mills and Ives' store, in West Simsbury, on the evening of the 21st instant, which ought to be an admonition to all who draw or handle spirituous liquors by candle light. As Mr. Daniel Case, ad. Mr. Samuel Palmer, together with Hugh Case, a lad about 13 years of age (son to the widow Elizabeth Case of this society) were emptying a cask of high wines in a distillery, the boy held the candle while they were performing the business, and inadvertently holding it too near, the blaze communicated to the spirit, which instantly intermingled with the whole quantity of spirit, burst the barrel into pieces, producing an explosion, the report of which was heard for miles! Mr. Case and Mr. Palmer standing near the door, first took the alarm, and had the good fortune to make their escape, though not without receiving very considerable personal injury by fire—while the poor lad, unable to extricate himself, was wrapped in a volume of flame and agitated spirit, though with much ado he faltered out of the distillery, went a few steps and then fell, exhibiting every vestige of a blazing victim—every possible assistance was afforded him, both to disentangle him from his clothes, and to repel and drive out the corrosive element from the vital part; but alas, in vain, it was too late, the fire had made too great inroad upon his internal part, his flesh was so burnt that a crustation was formed almost over the whole of his body—in this awful and distressing condition he languished about twelve hours and then looking a last and affectionate farewell to his friends, expired!
Thus fell a promising youth in the flower of age and the beginning of his days, a sacrifice to imprudence. Caution surely is the parent of security, and strange it is we do not attend more to her dictates."
ANECDOTE.
A CERTAIN priest in a rich abbey in Florence, being a fisherman's son, caused a net to be spread every day, on a table in his apartment, to put him in mind of his original;—the abbot dying, this dissembled humility procured him to be chosen abbot, after which the net was used no more. Being asked the reason, he answered, "there is no occasion for the net, now the fish is caught."
New Apothecary Store.
Drugs, Medicines, Dye-Stuffs and Painters' Colours. A general assortment for SALE, by Samuel Brown, A little north of the State-House, and opposite Governor Sessions', the following really genuine patent Medicines, viz.
 BEST Stamp'd Anderson's Pills  Common do.  Turlington's Balsam of Life  Hooper's Pills  Daffy's Elixir  Bateman's Drops  Kennedy's Corn-Plaster  True English Essence of Peppermint  Cephalic Snuff  Godfrey's Cordial  Candell's Balsam of Honey  British Oil  Grenough's Tincture for the Teeth and Gums  Hopwood's Dentifrice  A great variety of Pungent Smelling Bottles, &c. 
 DYE-STUFFS.  Oil of Vitriol  Blue Vitriol  Coppersas  Allum  Logwood  Redwood  Indigo  Borax, &c.  PAINTERS' COLOURS.  White Lead  Flake White  Spanish White  Stone Yellow  Spanish Yellow  Patent Yellow  Copal and Chair Varnish  Blue Verdeter  Prussian Blue, No. 1 and 2  Powder'd Blue  Verdegreafe  Umber  Rose-Pink  Hair Pencils  Gold, Silver and Brass Leaf, &c. 
The above articles are recommended to be of the best quality, as they are imported directly from the manufactories. They will be sold on terms the most moderate, and the smallest favours gratefully received. N. B. Said Brown executes ornamental PAINTING and GILDING, of various kinds, with accuracy and attention. July 30.
Just arrived from Lisbon, AND FOR SALE BY Benjamin & Edward Aborn, At their Store near the Long Wharf, 100 Boxes of fresh LEMONS, and a cargo of clean white Lisbon SALT. They have likewise for Sale, A cargo of good retailing MOLASSES, from Antigua, and one puncheon of RUM which are offered for sale on reasonable terms. July 28.
NEW FLOUR.
Just received, and for Sale by Butler and Wheaton, A cargo of superfine and fine FLOUR, of an excellent quality Pilot and Ship Bread Also for Sale, Georgia Tobacco Spermaceti Candles Feather Beds Cordage assorted Russia Duck Russia Sheeting Havannah white Sugar Molasses July 28.
Benjamin Thurber Has removed to his new Store, next house south of Darius Sessions, Esqrs., at the old sign of the Bunch of Grapes; where he has for sale, a fresh assortment of fashionable new Goods, cheap for cash. AMONG THEM ARE, A VARIETY of fancy Patches. Chintzes and Calicoes, such as must suit those who will call and see them; English and India Satins, Lustings, Silks for Bonnets, Silk Shawls of different colours, Silk and Kid Gloves, Bengals, Crapes, Tambour'd Mulls, Lappets, Muslinnets, Dimities, fashionable Ribbons, Umbrellas, Window-Blinds, a large assortment of black and white Laces, Muslin Handkerchiefs, Cotton Shawls, Dunstable Hats and Straw Trimmings, Morocco and Florentine Shoes, House Paper, Bohemia Tea by the dozen, French and Spanish Flote Indigo, warranted good; Durants, Moreens, Russells, London Pewter, Looking-Glasses, China and Delf Ware, with other articles too numerous to mention, at a small advance for cash. All are invited to come and see for themselves, as the articles are too numerous to be mentioned in an advertisement. July 23. (8w.)
For Sale, (Now on the Stocks) A VESSEL of the following dimensions, viz.—56 feet keel, 21 feet beam, 10 1/2 do. hold, and can be delivered in the month of September next. Said vessel is built of the best materials, and the workmanship is equal to that of any vessel whatever. Any person wishing to purchase, may know the terms by applying to GEORGE ROBINSON, at Pawtucket, North Providence: Who has for Sale, All kinds of SHIP TIMBER and SHIP PLANK, which will be delivered at the shortest notice. July 23.
Notice.
THE underwritten request such persons in this State, and its vicinity, as may be disposed to become members of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company , soon to be organized in this town, to call at the office of Mr. JOE LAWRENCE, Insurance Broker, and add their names to the catalogue already engaged, so as to assist in completing the Constitution (a sketch of which is published in the Providence Journal of the 22d of July instant) and establish an Institution which promises so much security and advantage to the town and country.
 JOHN PITMAN,  JOHN F. SHELDON,  SAMUEL THURBER, jun.  JOHN CARLILE,  WILLIAM JONES,  JOSEPH JENCKES,  ISAAC PITMAN,  PARIS JENCKES TILLINGHAST,  JOHN MUMFORD,  HENRY SMITH,  JEREMIAH BROWN HOWELL,  NATHAN WATERMAN. 
July 23. To be Let, And entered upon immediately, THREE CHAMBERS, making a convenient tenement for a small family; situated on the plain near India-Point. For terms, enquire of BETSY WINMAN, or the sub-scriber. STEPHEN THURBER. July 23.
For SALE, by Brown and Ives, 40 Hogsheads of Carolina Tobacco, of a very good quality 23 Barrels of Mels, and 22 Barrels of Prime Pork 6 Casks of Bohemia Tea 25 Tons of St. Petersburg clean Hemp 80 Pieces of Russia Duck and Sheeting 25 Boxes of Spermaceti Candles 3 Pipes 4th Proof French Brandy 20 Tons of Java Sugar 40,000 lb. of Java Coffee enitled to Drawback. July 16.
THEODORE FOSTER, and THEODORE ADELPHIDOS FOSTER, HIS NEPHEW, INFORM their friends and the public that they have opened an OFFICE, in Westminster-Street, on the west side of the river, in Providence, opposite the Dwelling-House of the former, for transacting all kinds of business pertaining to THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW, where every species of legal Writing, used in Conveyancing, and in Commerce, are executed with neatness, accuracy, fidelity and dispatch, in the appropriate forms of Law, on reasonable terms, and warranted to answer the purposes intended by the parties. Persons wishing to buy or to sell Houses and Lands, in any part of the State, or its vicinity, by leaving a notice thereof at their office, may have their business transacted, as at the LAND OFFICES, or marts of real Property, in the Southern States, where sellers and purchasers apply, and reciprocally give and receive information, mutually beneficial, with the least trouble and with little expence.
There are many persons in the Northern States entitled to MILITARY BOUNTY LAND, not yet located. They are informed, that by applying at the above mentioned office, they may see a Plat of the country appropriated for satisfying their claims; and on giving the necessary powers may have their lands located in the best and most expeditious manner, pursuant to the last act of Congress respecting this business. The time limited for bringing in claims is the 1st day of January next, and as those who first locate have their choice of the country, the earlier applications are made the more beneficial will it be for the proprietors. 1 kinds of STAMPED PAPER may be had at their office, where constant attendance is given. THEODORE FOSTER, THEODORE ADELPHIDOS FOSTER. July 16.
More Robbers! Land Robbers! Post-Office Robbers!
ON the 5th day of June last a letter was put into the Post-Office at Baltimore, by OLIVER FULLER, directed to ANNER CHASE, of Salem, enclosing two bills of fifty dollars each, which has not been received. One of the bills was of the bank of the United States, Philadelphia, No. 3137, dated Dec. 2, 1799, private signature G; the other of the Branch Bank at Baltimore, No. 3338, dated May 1, 1800, private signature C. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD is hereby offered for information by which the property may be recovered. The public are requested to observe bills which are passing, and endeavour to detect the villains, as it is high time that a check was given to the frequent robberies that take place in the post-office department. ABNER CHASE Salem, July 8.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, on Monday the 7th inst. from the pasture of Mr. Jacob Greene, in Coventry, a bay MARE, 7 years old—both of her hind feet and one of her fore feet white—a natural trotter, has a white face, and is square dock'd.—Whoever will take up said Mare, and return her to Mr. Nathaniel Weatherby's, in Easton, shall receive a handsome reward, and all necessary charges paid, by JOHN CROSSMAN. Easton, July 15.
To be Sold or Let,
And immediate Possession given, THE convenient and pleasantly situated MANSION HOUSE and LOT, lately tenanted by Jonathan Russell, Esq. and near Capt. James Aborn's, Westminster-Street; with a large and well-finished Building, calculated for a store, stable, and chaise-house—together with other convenient out-buildings, an excellent garden, water-works, &c. The Lot measures 190 feet back, and 25 front. For terms, apply to THOMAS JONES, WILLIAM JONES, or the subscriber, in this town. July 16. JOHN P. JONES.
To be Let, AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, ONE half of a new two story DWELLING-HOUSE, situated at the north-westerly part of the town, on Olney's Lane, so called. Enquire of RICHARD and THOMAS JACKSON, or JEREMIAH OLNEY. June 11. (2m.)
Thomas S. Webb HAS FOR SALE, At his Paper-Hanging Manufactory, in Broad Street, opposite Dr. Dyer's (west side of the river) a large assortment of PAPER-HANGINGS. CONSISTING of upwards of four thousand rolls, suitable for covering rooms, chambers, entries and halls; with Tefloor, patch, chintz and common borders, from one to ten inches in breadth, by wholesale and retail. A handsome deduction made to those who purchase to sell again. Also, a general assortment of Books and Stationary, Music and Instruments. C. and B. Clarionets, Hautboys, Flutes, Violins, Fifes, Books of instruction for the Clarionet, Hautboy, Violin, Flute, Forte Piano, &c. and several hundred different songs in sheet music. March 5. (6m.)
HAPPY CONTRADICTION. OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. An extraordinary event at the opening of the extraordinary year 1800, Being the beginning of the latter end of a century.
AT a tavern last night an old fashion'd health was drank—"May we never see an old friend with a new face."—Q, who sat in a corner, slyly observed, that it was all RUDE; that he could satisfy the company they would be all glad to see their friends with new faces. Some grumbled, others laughed, but all seemed curious to learn the particulars; he began thus: "Have you never used "HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS" Yes, said one—No, said another; the experienced applauded the explanation, and those who had been in the habit of mowing their muzzles with handrazors, felt the brush on their chins bristle with eagerness to rend the old fashion'd faces new to their friends, to satisfy their curiosity Q went on thus, HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS, which disappoint the most sanguine by their smooth and agreeable execution, are sold by appointment, at 75 cents, 1 dollar and 25 cents, and 2 dollars each, with the addition of a composition that will keep it in order for ages, at 50 cents. BUT MARK THE IMPROVEMENT. To men who travel where there are no professional face-scrapers—to seamen of every grade—to the whiskered soldier in his hutted tent—how comfortable.)
The new invented and improved Box, containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case, A polished Razor—Comb—Brush—Lather Box, and Mirror—with a box for the surprising composition, all in a Morocco case, most conveniently calculated to fit the pocket without incumbrance.
The whole of this new portable and useful apparatus sold at No. 65, South Third-Street (opposite the United States Bank) Philadelphia; and in Providence, by JEREMIAH F. JENKINS, at No. 3, Market-Street. At only three Dollars. And by the agents usually appointed to dispose of the invaluable and agreeable STROP. Feb. 19. (1. f.)
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bolton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress.
THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Dizziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are, taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief for colicky habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills. They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice in a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the body more than usual; let the patient fast one hour, then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases. N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills. Sold by JOHN PORT, Providence.