Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1805-11-23 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 8, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1805.
[Whole No. 684.]
FOR SALE,
THE good and fast-sailing Sloop LITTLE REBECCA , now lying at the Wharf of Capt. CALEB CARR , Burthee 71 72-95 Tons, not 2 1/2 Years Old—well calculated for the Flour Business, and may be sent to Sea with a trifling Expence.—For Particulars enquire of CALEB or JOHN CARR . *Warren, Nov. 15, 1805.
FOR SALE, AT THIS OFFICE.
A few Barrels of Alexandria Superfine FLOUR , of an excellent Quality. Nov. 15, 1805.
WHEREAS the Honorable Court of Probate for the Town of Bristol, appointed the Subscribers Commissioners to the Estate of
THOMAS SWAN,
late of Bristol, Esq. deceased, represented Insolvent:—All Persons having Demands against said Estate, are hereby notified to exhibit the same to either of the Subscribers, at their respective Dwellings within Six Months, being the Time allowed by said Court.
RICHARD SMITH, jun. } Com. ALLIN BOURNE. } Com.
All Persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate Payment, to THOMAS SWAN, Adm'r. *Bristol, Nov. 15, 1805.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
In General Assembly, October Session, A. D. 1805.
An Act further to suspend the operation of the act, entitled, "An Act, for the limitation of certain personal actions."
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and by the Authority thereof it is enacted, That the operation of the said Statute be and the same is hereby so far further suspended until the twenty-fifth day of April next; that the same shall then operate and take effect, in the same way and manner as if the same had passed and been enacted on the twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
Resolved, That this act be forthwith published by the Secretary, in all the news-papers printed in this State.
A true Copy,
Witness, SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
N. M. Burr,
Has just received a large and handsome Supply of well chosen seasonable
GOODS,
and has extended his Assortment much beyond its usual bounds, and is confident in assuring his Friends and Customers that he shall be able to do by them as well, if not better than ever:
MOLASSES per Hogshead. 60 Rum and Beef BARRELS , a Consignment. Coarse and fine SALT . Black PEPPER, CASSIA & CINNAMON , per Hundred or Dozen. CLOVE and NUTMEGS , per Pound. GINGER and PEARL ASHES , per Keg or Dozen. TOBACCO and SEGARS , per Keg and Box. 2000 White Oak Barrel STAVES . 9000 Ditto. Hogshead Ditto . 10 Barrels choice Cyder VINEGAR . 100 Straws TUMBLERS . Linseed and Refined Lamp OIL . Port Barrel GURY OIL , will be Sold a bargain as it is very much in my Way. 300 Rolls Paper HANGINGS & BORDERS , a fresh Supply; old Stock selling at Cost. REDWOOD, LOGWOOD, FUSTIC, ALUM, COPPERAS, VITRIOL & AQUA FORTIS. FLOAT INDIGO . POWDER, SHOT and FLINTS . A great Variety of Cart, Horse, Chaise and Hunting WHIPS , mounted on Whalebone. 6 Dozen choice Sweet Olive OIL . BOTTLES , cheaper Ditto. A large Supply of Cooper's Cedar and Oak WARES, BASKETS, &c. Household Paring on's Earthen WARES . HOPS, CHALK, GLUE, BRIMSTONE & ROSIN. SALT PETRE . A general Assortment of Painters' COLORS . Japan and Copal VARNISH, Gold LEAF , Spirits of TURPENTINE, Paint BRUSHES and Pounce STONE . A fresh and valuable Assortment of genuine DRUGS and MEDICINES at very reduced Prices, superior to rivalry with the whole train of Imported and Domestic patent Medicines, now in rage; of which are extra's the famous Bilious CORDIAL, Cooley's Vegetable ELIXIR, or Cough Drops, and Rawson's and Wacaton's Lich OINTMENT .
Jamaica 4th and 1st Proof RUM & BRANDY . CHERRY RUM, Holland & American GENEVA, SHERRY and PORT WINES . CODFISH, COFFEE, SHELLS, FLOUR, RAISINS, SUGAR and MOLASSES . Hylon, Hylon-Skin, Souchong & B.hea TEAS . A very handsome Assortment of European Woollen and India Cotton GOODS , being bought mostly at Auction, will be Sold very Low: Among which are, 30 Doz. a check and printed Pocket HANDKERCHIEFS . COTTON WOOL, factory COTTON YARN & STRIPES . A neat Supply of HARDWARE , with a great Assortment of Iron Hollow WARE, HAND IRONS, FLATT IRONS & Cast BOXES .
A handy COACHEE, Two CHAISE and Four HORSES , constantly to Let, or for Sale.
CASH, and the highest Price given for clean Cotton and Linen RAGS. *Warren, Nov. 15, 1805.
Fresh and seasonable STAPLE GOODS.
JUST received, and now opening for Sale, [for Cash only,] by the Subscriber opposite the Baptist Meeting House, a small Supply assorted Staple Goods, particularly adapted to the present and approaching Season, consisting of Broadcloths, Plaids, Serges, Coatings, Baiz's, Dometes, Flannels, Rose Blankets, Ruggs, Turkey down and Swan-down, Veilings, Woollen and Vesting Pantaloon Cords, Worsted Hosiery, Wilbree, Russells, Jeans, Duroys, Durants, Twilled Velvets, Pins and Common Calicoes, Chints Furnitures, Colerain and Antrim dressed Linens, White and Brown Plaids, Cotton and Linen Checks, Dimoties, India-Cotton Sheeting, American and India-Cotton Shirting, Black and White Cotton Cambrics, Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Camel-hair and Cotton Shawls, Black Lustrings, Satins and Modes, Millinery, Edgings, Ribbons, Galloons, Bobbins, Tapes, Linen and Cotton Threads, Silk Sewings, Twill, Oilcloths, Silk and Cotton Braces, Cotton and Silk Gloves, Quality and Shoe Bindings, Glove-ties, Shirt Buttons, &c. &c.
A general Assortment of Hardware and Stationery.
Also a few Groceries.
PASCHAL ALLEN.
*Warren, Oct. 26, 1805.
Fresh & seasonable GOODS.
JOHN CROADE,
Having received and receiving a large and valuable Supply of seasonable
GOODS,
of the LATEST IMPORTATIONS, and now opening for Sale, at his Store, to which he invites his Customers and the Public, to whom he is inclined to give the assurance, that many of the Articles in the Cotton Line will come lower than ever.
Among the Assortment, are
A GREAT choice of fashionable Superfine & middling BROADCLOTHS . Scarlet, ditto. Low-priced Blue, mixed and Drab, ditto. An excellent Assortment of Woollen CORDS , for Pantaloon. Fine and middling Ribbed and Plain CASIMERE , a great Variety. ELASTICS . FOREST CLOTHS . Blue and Olive KERSEYS , suitable for Great Coats. Blue and mixed low priced PLAINS . Blue, black, green and Chocolate SERGES . RATTEENS . Light and dark COATINGS , common and superfine, suitable for Ladies' Wear. Stout drab, olive and blue FEARNOTS , suitable for Great Coats. ORLEANS' CLOTH . DUFFILS . Spotted SWANSKINS . DEMETS . Various Qualities of red, crimson, white, yellow, green, blue and black FLANNELS . Blue, red, crimson, green, yellow and white BAIZES , different Qualities. Wide green, ditto. Excellent 7/8, 9, 10, 11, & 12, Rose BLANKETS . Silk, ribbed & plain worsted and patent HOSE , a great choice. Mens' and Womens' black and white worsted, Cotton, ditto. A great and beautiful Variety of TURKEY-DOWN, SWANS' DOWN, and other VEST PATTERNS . Best olive, drab, slate and black COTTON VELVETS , plain and ribbed a great choice. CORDUROY and GENOA CORD . Mulberp, chocolate and garnet WILDBORES . CAMBLETS and CAMBLETEENS . GLOSSERET .
MOREENS, TABOREENS, SHALLOONS, JOANS, DURANTS, DUROYS & TAMMIES , of the most usual colors and of various Qualities. CALIMANCOES .
Black, plain, malberry & ribbed RUSSELLS , various Qualities.
FLORENTINES.
A large Assortment and extensive Variety of the most fashionable superfine and common CHINTZES and CALICOES , which cannot fail to please, unusually Low.
INDIA, ditto.
Variety CHINTZ FURNITURES . Red, blue and purple copperplate, ditto.
A good Assortment IRISH LINENS , 3/4, 1, and 1 1/4, per piece, or otherwise.
Long LAWN.
BROWN LINENS.
GERMAN , ditto.
A large supply of INDIA COTTONS , from Stout SHEETING to fine SHIRTING , per yard, piece, or larger Quantities, unusually Low.
Blue ditto. Elegant Damask DIAPER , 1/2, 3/4, 1, and 1 1/4.
Common DIAPER.
Linen TABLE CLOTHS.
Russia, and Hamburg SHEETING . TICKLENSBURG, and DOWLAS .
PLATILLAS and BRITANNIAS.
Linen CHECKS.
Cotton , ditto.
A large Assortment of DIMOTIES.
An elegant Assortment of LACED CAMBRICS . Ditto MUSLIN .
1/2 & 3/4 tambooured and striped MUSLINS . 1/2 & 3/4 plain and figured Book , ditto.
1/2 & 3/4 Black and colored jaconet , ditto.
A great Choice & beautiful Variety of the most fashionable colored CAMBRICS for Ladies' Gowns.
Book and jaconet MUSLIN HANDKERCHIEFS . A great Variety of colored & black Silk HANDKERCHIEFS , fringed and not fringed.
BANDANNOES.
Linen and Cotton POCKET , ditto.
Blue INDIA COTTON, ditto.
Black, white and colored fringed Camel-Hair SHAWLS , 1/2, 3/4, & 1.
Silk, and Italian Silk, ditto.
A Variety of 1/2, 3/4, 1, and 1 1/4, purple and white and common Chintz SHAWLS .
Chintz and purple Muslin , ditto.
Mens' Muslin NECKERCHIEFS and CRAVATS . MILLINETS .
Black CRAPE.
Black and white Rutland GAUZES .
Crape and plain black, do.
Colored SATINS , for Ladies' Bonnets, India, Italian, & French colored LUSTRINGS .
Black India and Italian, ditto.
SINCHEWS.
Black India SATIN , 1st, 2d, and 3d, Qualities.
Stout figured and plain ditto, for Gentlemens' Wear.
An excellent Assortment of CORDS & TOILENETS for Mens' Vests.
Beautiful striped and figured Fancy SILK VELVETS , for Gentlemens' Vests.
Black and colored plain ditto, for Capes.
MODES and SARCENETS.
A Variety of Fashionable RIBBONS, TASTES and EDGINGS .
Black and white LACES .
VELVET Collaring, and Girdling.
Black and colored GALLOONS .
Scotch THREADS.
Colored, ditto.
TAPES and BOBBINS.
SILK, TWIST and BUTTONS .
QUALITIES and SHOE-BINDINGS.
Womens' black and colored, extra long and common Silk GLOVES .
Cotton GLOVES & MITTS.
Worsted, ditto.
Mens' and Womens' Leather GLOVES .
Kid and Morocco SLIPPERS .
Florentine, ditto.
Masking CANVASS.
A few MUFFS .
OIL CLOTHS, &c. &c. &c.
In the preceding List he has omitted to enumerate such Articles as are not adapted to the present Season.
A large Assortment. LOCKING GLASSES , some of which are very Elegant.
Patent TROWELS.
London PEWTER , viz.
Platters, Plates, Bacons, Portengers and Quart-Pots.
TIN-WARE, viz.
Coffee-Pots, Measures, Funnels and Pepper Boxes.
HARD-WARE : among which are Shovels and Spades, Shovels and Tongs, Bed Irons, Warming Pan, Carvers, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack Knives, Nail and Shoe-Hammers, Pincers and Nippers, Awls and Tacks, Brads and Iron Candlesticks, Snuffers, Desk and Draw-Trimings, Door, Closet, Chest Cupboard, Trunk and Stock Locks, Single and double warded Pad, ditto. Tailor's and common Shears, Scissors, Nitting Pins, Pins and Needles, Brads, Japaned and common Thumb-Latches, Ring & Knob, ditto. Gouges, Saws, Files, Chisels, Plain-Irons, Board, Spike and Deck Nail-Gimblets, Augers, Japaned Canisters, Common and New Fashioned Block-Tin Tea-Pots, Table and Tea-Spoons, Brads Kettles, Coffee Mills, Outside Door Brads Handles and Knockers, Wood Screws, Fish Hooks, Compasses, Scales and Dividers, H. and H.L. Hinges, Servers and Bellows.—An Assortment of Nails and Brads, Heart and Club, Crowly and Halback Steel, &c. &c.
West-India GOODS and GROCERIES , among which are, West India Rum, Holland Geneva, Brandy, Lisbon, Malaga, Port and Sherry Wines, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Molasses, Flour, Imperial Hylon, Young Hylon, Hylon-Skin, Souchong and Bohea Teas, Chocolate, Raisins, Pimento, Black Pepper, Cassia, Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, Gue, New-York and Elliot's Snuff, per Bladder, &c. &c.
West-India GOODS and GROCERIES, among which are,
West India Rum, Holland Geneva, Brandy, Lisbon, Malaga, Port and Sherry Wines, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Molasses, Flour, Imperial Hylon, Young Hylon, Hylon-Skin, Souchong and Bohea Teas, Chocolate, Raisins, Pimento, Black Pepper, Cassia, Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, Gue, New-York and Elliot's Snuff, per Bladder, &c. &c.
A few Articles in the STATIONARY Line, such as Quarto Bibles, with and without Apocrypha. Common ditto, Testaments. Watts' and Rippon's Psalms and Hymns, Pilgrim's Progress. Fuller's Backslider. Burt's Grammar. Alden's 1st, and 2d vol. ditto. and Reader. Morse's Geographies abridged. American Preceptors. Perry's, Jones, Scott and Alexander's Dictionaries. Debolt's Arithmatic. Bowditch's American Practical Navigator. Romford's Essays. Black and Red Morocco Pocket-Books. Writing Paper. Waters. Lead, Brads and Paper Ink Stands. Sand-Boxes, Walkden's Ink Powder, &c. &c. &c. *Warren, Oct. 11, 1805.
FRENCH NOTE
PRESENTED TO THE DIT OF RATIBON.
Ratibon, August 29.
UNDER the present circumstances of affairs, when the movements of the house of Austria menace the continent with a new war, his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of the French, king of Italy, judges it necessary to make known, in a frank and solemn declaration, the sentiments by which he is animated, in order to enable his contemporaries and posterity to judge, with a true knowledge of the case, in the event of the war taking place, who has been the aggressor.
"It is with this view, that the undersigned charge d'affaires of his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of the French, to the German diet, has received orders to present a faithful exposition of the principles by which his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor, has been uniformly actuated in his conduct towards Austria.
"Every thing which that power has done contrary to the spirit and letter of treaties, the Emperor has hitherto permitted. He has not complained of the immediate extension of territory on the right side of the Pave, against the acquisition of Landau, against all the other acquisitions made by him in Suabia, and which, subsequently to the treaty of Luneville, have materially altered the relative situation of the neighboring states in the interior of Germany; against those, in fine, which continue at the present moment the subject of negotiation with different Princes, to the perfect knowledge of all Germany; he has not complained of the debt of Venice not having been discharged, contrary to the spirit and the letter of the treaties of Campo Formio, and of Luneville; he has not complained of the denial of justice experienced at Vienna by his subjects of Milan and Mantua, none of whom, notwithstanding the formal stipulations, have been paid their demands; neither has he complained of the partiality with which Austria has recognized the right of blockade, which England so notoriously arrogates to herself; and when the neutrality of the Austrian flag was so often violated to the injury of France, he was not provoked by this conduct of the court of Vienna to make any complaint, thus making a sacrifice to his love of peace, in preserving silence upon the subject.
"The Emperor has evacuated Switzerland, rendered tranquil and happy by his act of mediation; he has not kept in Italy a greater number of troops than is indispensably necessary to maintain the positions which they occupy to the extremity of the peninsula, in order to protect the commerce of the Levant, and to insure himself an object of compensation, which may determine England to evacuate Malta, and Russia to evacuate Corfu; he has not upon the Rhine and interior of the empire, any more troops than are indispensably necessary to garrison the different places.
"Engaged entirely in the operations of a war which he has not provoked, which he sustains as much for the interest of Europe as for his own, and in which his principal end is the re-establishment of the equilibrium of commerce, and the equal right of all flags upon the sea, he has united all his forces in the camp upon the borders of the ocean, far distant from the Austrian frontiers; he has employed all the

resources of his empire to construct fleets, to form his marine, to improve his ports; and, it is at the same moment when he reposed with entire confidence upon the execution of treaties which have re-established the peace of the continent, that Austria rises from her state of repose, organizes her forces upon the war establishment, sends an army into the states of Italy, establishes another equally considerable in the Tyrol; it is at this moment that she makes new levies of cavalry, that she forms magazines, that she strengthens her fortifications, that she terrifies by her preparations the people of Bavaria, of Suabia, and of Switzerland, and discovers an evident intention of making a diversion so obviously favorable to England, and more injuriously hostile towards France than would be a direct campaign, and an open declaration of war. In these grave circumstances, the Emperor of the French has deemed it his duty to invite the court of Vienna to return to a proper sense of its true interests. All the expedients which an ardent love of peace could suggest, have been resorted to with avidity, and several times renewed. The court of Vienna has made high professions of its respect for the treaties which exist between it and France; but its military preparations have developed her intentions, at the same time that her declarations have become more and more pacific. Austria has declared that she has no hostile intention against the states of his Majesty the Emperor of the French. Against whom, then, are her preparations directed? Are they against the Swiss? Are they against Bavaria? Will they, in the end, be directed against the German empire itself?
His Majesty the Emperor of the French has charged the undersigned to make known, that he will consider, as a formal declaration of war directed against himself, all aggression which may be attempted against the Germanic body, and especially against Bavaria.
His Majesty the Emperor of the French will never separate the interests of his Empire from those of the Princess of Germany who are attached to him. Any injury which they may sustain, any dangers by which they may be menaced, can never be indifferent to him, or foreign from his lively solicitude.
Persuaded that the Princes and states of the German Empire are penetrated with the same sentiments, the undersigned, in the name of the Emperor of the French, invites the diet to unite with him in pressing by every consideration of justice and reason, the Emperor of Austria not to expose for any longer period the present generation to incalculable calamities, to spare the blood of a multitude of men doomed to perish the victims of a war, the object of which is foreign to Germany, which at the moment of its breaking out is every where the subject of enquiry and doubt, and whose real motives cannot be avowed.
The alarms of the Continent will not be allayed, until the Emperor of Austria, yielding to the just and pressing representations of Germany, shall cease his hostile preparations, shall not keep in Suabia and in the Tyrol, more troops than are necessary for garrisoning the place, and shall replace his army on the Peace Establishment. Was it not understood, since the conventions entered into in consequence of the Treaty of Luneville, that the Austrian armies could not pass the territories of Upper Austria, without committing actual hostility? Was not Austria sensible at that period, that France, being then engaged in a foreign war, having withdrawn her troops from Suabia, and having put a stop to the movements which it could make by means of the corps of troops she had in Switzerland, it was not just to oppose to such marks of confidence precautions truly aggressive? The circumstances being the same at present on the part of France, why are the measures of Austria so different? Why does she keep sixty battalions in the Tyrol and Suabia, whilst the forces of France are collected at a distance for an expedition against England?
There exists no difference at this moment between the Swiss Republic and the German Empire; no difference between Bavaria and Austria; and, if any credit is to be given to the declaration of the Court of Vienna, there exists none between it and France. For what unknown objects then has the Court of Vienna assembled so many troops?
It can have but one plausible object; that is to keep France in a state of indecision, to place her in a state of inactivity; and, in a word, to arrest her progress on the eve of a decisive effort. But this object can only be obtained for a time—France has been deceived; she is no longer so—She has been obliged to postpone her enterprises; she still defers them; she waits the effect of these remonstrances; she waits the effect of the representations of the Germanic Diet. But when every effort shall be fruitlessly made to bring Austria to the adoption either of a sincere peace, or of an undisguised and open hostility, his Majesty the Emperor of the French will fulfil all the duties imposed on him by his dignity and his power; he will direct his efforts to every quarter in which France shall be menaced. Providence has bestowed on him sufficient strength to contend against England with one hand, and with the other to defend the honour of his standards, and the rights of his allies.
Should the Diet adopt the course which the undersigned has orders to point out to it; should it succeed in representing to the view of the Emperor of Austria the real situation, in which these movements, made, perhaps, without reflection or ordered, perhaps, without any hostile intention, and solely in consequence of foreign influence, have placed the continent; should it succeed in persuading this Sovereign, individually humane and just, that he has no enemies, that his frontiers are not threatened, that France had twice had it in her power to deprive him for ever of one half of his hereditary states, if she had extended her wishes beyond what had been established at Campo Formio and Luneville; that by his dispositions,
which even before they are fully developed, affect France even in the centre of her action, he interferes, without advantage to his state and without honor to his policy, in a quarrel which is foreign to him; the diet will have deserved well of Germany, of Switzerland, of Italy, of France, of all Europe, with the exception of a single nation, the enemy of the general tranquility, and which has founded its prosperity on the hope and the design, ardently and perseveringly maintained, of perpetuating the discord, the troubles, and the divisions of the continent—The undersigned, &c. (Signed) "BACHER."
From the New-York Evening Post.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
JACQUES I. EMPEROR OF HAYTI.
Commander in chief of the army, by the Grace of God and the constitutional law of the state.
DESIROUS of restraining the frequent abuses in the receipt of the duties of importation and exportation, as also in the receipt of the tax of one fourth, levied on the territorial produce:
Considering the necessity of restricting the exportation of specie to foreign countries:
Considering moreover, the necessity of inflicting upon fraudulent speculators and public dilapidators, punishments commensurate with the crimes they commit:
Decrees as follows; to be carried into effect throughout the whole extent of the Empire.
ART. 1. Every vessel which shall be discovered trespassing against the laws, either as it relates to the duties of importation or of exportation, shall, together with her cargo, be confiscated for the benefit of the state.
2. When a vessel shall be suspected of fraud, the armed force shall be called upon by the administration of the place, who, assisted by the Collector of the Custom-House, and in presence of the Comptroller and the Commandant of the place, shall proceed to the unloading and examination thereof, in the strongest manner; a process verbal of which shall be drawn up and immediately forwarded to the minister of finances.
3. Every collector of a place in which a vessel shall be seized for fraud, either on account of the duties of importation or of exportation, shall be deprived of his property, and punished with the utmost rigour of the law.
4. Every authorised mercantile house receiving consignments, is bound to make known to the administrator of the place, before the vessel consigned to it be permitted to sail, the amount of the sales of her cargo, in produce, and the surplus of the specie which it has not been able to convert into produce, shall be deposited in the Treasury: a receipt for the amount thereof shall be given to the said Administrator, payable in produce of the place, at the current prices, and to the order of the bearer.
5. The consignees shall be required to produce in addition to the statement of duties made out by the collector upon the cargo of each vessel, the permits for the sale thereof, which shall be deposited in the office of the administrator.
6. Every foreign vessel shall be required within twenty-four hours after her arrival in any port to declare her intention of disposing of the cargo there, or of sailing to any port.
7. Every individual who shall be convicted of having purchased goods without receiving a regular permit therewith, shall be imprisoned six months, and his property confiscated.
8. Every holder of a permit to dispose of his goods, is required to deposit it in the Revenue Office ( bureau des domaines ); a quantity of new permits, proportionate to the amount of goods he may have on hand, shall be delivered to him.
9. Every Haytian, of whatever rank or profession he may be, who shall be convicted of having sold produce before having paid the rent of his farm, the impost of one fourth, and the proportion receivable by the cultivators, shall be prosecuted criminally.
10. Every one renting or owning a farm, shall be obliged to carry the amount of the one fourth belonging to the cultivators, to the office of the Jus-
tice of the Peace, to be then divided amongst them, in his presence, and in that of the commandant of the place, who shall both certify the account of sales of the said farmers or proprietors.
Done at the Imperial Palace, Gonaives, 23d Sept. 1805.
By the Emperor,
DESSALINES.
JUSTE CHANLATTE, Sec'y. Gen.
Extra of a letter from Cape Francois, dated 18th of October, 1805.
"You doubtless will have received, long ere this reaches you, the late Imperial Decree regulating the consignment of Neutral Vessels, arriving in this Island.
This Decree has deprived; even a Resident patented Merchant here, of the right of receiving and disposing of his own, as well as the property of his friend, except where it may arrive to his own number, in rotation.
There are eight patented Merchants at this place, five of which are Indigenes, and three only, Americans.
It is now well ascertained, that it is the intention of the Emperor, that the business of all vessels arriving here whether directly consigned or not, shall be done by said Merchants, in rotation and that said Decree will be very rigorously enforced.
A deputation of American Merchants have lately been on to Gonaives, had an audience of the Emperor, strongly remonstrated against the injustice of the Decree, and pointed out to him the destructive consequences which might be expected to ensue, from its being enforced. He, however, suffered them to return, without, giving them the smallest satisfaction whatever.
I therefore must earnestly recommend to you and all your friends, not to make any more shipments to this Island, until some favourable change takes place, of which, you may be assured, I shall give you the earliest information."
Foreign Intelligence.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, SEPT. 19.
ALTHOUGH we do not imagine, that any of our brethren are in the secrets of the Imperial Cabinets, yet the following is given as an outline of a plan of General Pacification to be announced by the Ministers of the Imperial Courts, when their armies should have formed a junction:—
"France is to evacuate all Italy, Piedmont, Switzerland, and Holland, into which, as well as Germany, no French troops are upon any pretext to penetrate. The offensive and defensive treaty between France and Spain, of 1796, is to be dissolved, and the latter kingdom as well as Portugal, is to have its independence restored.—The left bank of the Rhine, and the Alps and Pyrenees, are to be the boundaries of the French Empire, which cannot, for the future, be passed in time of peace, without being considered by the armed neutrality as a declaration of war. The powers forming the armed neutrality, are, besides Russia and Austria, to consist of England, Turkey, Denmark, Sweden, Saxony, Naples, Sardinia, Lombardy, Etruria, Spain and Portugal. Piedmont is to be restored to the King of Sardinia; Lombardy, with Parma and Piacenza, are to be erected into an Independent Kingdom, in favour of the elder branch of the Bourbon family. Upon these conditions all the confederate Princes are to acknowledge Bonaparte as Emperor of the French, and England is to restore Malta to the Order; Russia will evacuate the Seven Islands, and, as well as the other States, respect the independence and guarantee the integrity of the Turkish Empire.
Part of the troops destined for foreign service are to embark at Dover, and another part at Portsmouth. There will also, we suppose, be an embarkation at Plymouth.
The Malta, which our readers will recollect was asserted by our Monitor to have been so damaged, that she must be condemned, sailed on Monday to join Admiral Collingwood off Cadiz. It is certain we understand, that Rear-Admiral Calder joined Admiral Collingwood on the 25th ult.
Admiral Ranier struck his flag last week on board the Trident, and landed at Ramsgate, after eleven years absence, and immediately waited on Lord Keith. Among a variety of articles that he has brought home and landed here, are a beautiful striped Leopard, about nine months old, a Persian cow, an Indian cow, a bull and cow of the Poligar breed, ten sheep of different breeds, from Bengal and other parts of India, the Cape, &c.
Parliament, it is said, will meet for the dispatch of business on the 10th or 12th of November.
SEPT. 21.
Five waggons laden with specie arrived here this morning from London; several others, have arrived in the course of the week. Four hundred thousand pounds in dollars, have been put on board the Thalia frigate, which is under orders to proceed with the money to Bengal, on account of the East India Company. One hundred and ninety-seven thousand pounds in dollars, for Malta, which were embarked on board the Melpomene frigate, have been removed to the Royal Sovereign of 100 guns.—She will sail in a few days. And one hundred and fifty chests of dollars were shipped this morning on board the Defiance, of 74 guns, which is ordered join Lord Nelson's fleet.
Sir Isaac Coffin, commands the squadron at Portsmouth. Sir John Duckworth is to join Lord Nelson.
The Archduke Charles is to command the Austrians in Italy. The Archduke John, in Tyrol. They are both young men, the former about 34, the latter 32, who have been "deadly dealings in the tented fields." The Austrian force on the frontier of the Empire is estimated at 200,000 men.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 21.
Admiral Montagu returned here to his command last night; and Sir Isaac Coffin resumed the command of the ships in the harbour.
Sir John Duckworth, it is said, is appointed second in command of the Mediterranean fleet.
The African, Newfoundland, and Portugal convoys remain at Spithead and St. Helen's. The Heron sloop of war, Captain Edgecombe, has taken charge of the Newfoundland convoy, instead of the Camilla.
The Spanish corvette, which is arrived at the Motherbank, is called the Prince of Peace. She is a large ship carries 22 guns, and has been very successful against our trade. She captured the Prince of Wales Packet, since re-taken by the Poulette. The 7000 pounds in specie, which she took out of the Packet, is now on board of her, both are under quarantine.
MONTEGO BAY, (JAM) SEPT. 21.
The Jamaica Courant of Monday last, contains the following paragraph: "His Majesty's schr. Netley, in 20 days from Barbadoes, with dispatches to Admiral Dacres, anchored at Port Royal on Saturday.
"We understand her dispatches mention the disastrous fate of the four line of battle ships which left Port Royal on the 29th June. They had experienced a severe hurricane, which had in some degree injured the whole of them, but particularly the Centaur, who had become very leaky, and lost her main and mizen-masts, and was in danger, had the elemental conflict lasted much longer, of going to the bottom. The Atlas, one of their number, had arrived at Barbadoes, and the remaining three, the Eagle, St. George and Centaur, bore away for Halifax.
"The Princess Charlotte and La Seine, frigates, as also the Blanche's tender, had arrived at Barbadoes. The latter was not competent to give any relation of what had become of the Blanche, having been unable to come up with her, as they did not leave Port Royal at the same time.
"The seamen on board the shipping at the above Island, are stated to have been very unhealthy; a malignant fever had broke out on board the Atlas, which swept off 47 of her crew in space of a fortnight.
"Previous to the departure of the Netley, a report prevailed, that one of the British Commanders had fallen in with a French squadron, and captured three of their vessels, but the packet not having arrived, and no particular information received from Europe, to give the semblance of probability to such a tale, the rumour was generally discredited.
A slight shock of an earthquake was felt here, and in the mountains of Port Royal and St. Andrew, about half past 11 o'clock on Tuesday forenoon.
Domestic Occurrences.
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
NATCHEZ, AUG. 18.
ON the 14th inst. a great part of the old town sunk into the Mississippi. From ten to fifteen houses, and considerable property, are destroyed.—Two houses have since suffered the same fate; and last night a large piece

of the town's land was absorbed. The inhabitants are removing to a place of safety the remaining houses on the Bluff.
OCT. 8.
An outrage of a similar kind with that committed on the Kempers, but more hostile in its aspect was lately transacted by a party of subjects in our Territory near the Tickfaw Creek.
A party of twelve Spanish light horse, part of Capt. Jones's company armed with guns, pistols and swords, came to the house of Mr. Holden, about one mile above the line of demarcation, and in a violent and hostile manner threatened to put Holden and his family under guard; while they were acting in this manner, his son and others came home when Holden ordered them to get their guns and defend themselves—upon this the party rode off and came two miles further on this side the line to the house of a Mr. Flanagan, and in a violent and hostile manner, took him and his wife prisoners, and carried them five miles below the line: there left them under guard all night and in the morning discharged the wife, but conveyed her husband 15 miles further, took his horse, bridle and saddle and then dismissed him.—The first part of this outrage was committed in open day.
We are informed that our Governor has demanded an explicit and satisfactory explanation of this transaction from Gov. Grand Pré.
ORLEANS. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 23.
We learn, that Gov. Williams, on receiving word of the seizure of the Kempers, by the Spaniards, immediately demanded their release of Gov. Grand Pré; adding, if they were not delivered, his next demand should be made at the point of the bayonet. Were Gen. Claiborne to exert a similar spirit, the eyes of our citizens would not be long offended by the parade of the Marquis de Cassa Calvo's Spanish guards in the United States' dominions.
One post-rider to Fort Stoddert has been killed; and another shot at; so that no one can be found willing to carry the mail!
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 23.
Yesterday afternoon, the sailing boat of Capt. Baker, Planter, coming from Sullivan's Island, was suddenly struck with a flaw of wind near Fort Johnston, which upset her, and she sunk immediately. A small canoe, which she had in tow, fortunately became disengaged from her as she sunk, upon this Mr. Baker, jun. and a wench, with her infant child in her arms, supported themselves, till they were taken off by a boat from the brig Calliope, then coming up. Two negro fellows supported themselves on a Piano Forte, and were also taken off by the Calliope's boat. Two black children, who were in the hold of the boat when she sunk, perished.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, NOV. 8.
Yesterday, J. W. Thompson, alias O. Williams, was brought out for execution, agreeably to sentence; when under the gallows, a commutation from the Governor, altering that of death to servitude at hard labor, for 15 years, was read, and gladly accepted by the convict.
STATE OF NEW YORK.
NEW-YORK, NOV. 14.
Extracts from the Moniteur, and from the Imperial Journal, or Journal des Débats, to the 18th September.
Every thing appears to foretell a war between Austria and this Country. The Austrians, commanded by the Emperor in person, who has under his orders the Archdukes Charles and John, as likewise General Mack, have established their camp at Innsbruck, in Tyrol. This camp is composed of at least 130,000 men. The Czar of Russia, who appears to have hostile intentions against France, as his Ambassador Count Novosilzoff, who was on his way, as was said to commence an amicable negotiation, on bearing that the Republics of Genoa, Lucque and Italy, had solicited* to be
under the immediate domination of the French Government, immediately returned to St. Petersburg: We read in several German Gazettes, that the Czar has positively given orders for a body of troops of 50,000 men, to march thro' Swedish Pomerania, which he has bought from the King of Sweden, who it is reported is also in the league. This army is to be conducted over the Emperor's dominions, by one of his old and experienced Generals, and to join his army at Innsbruck. Our faithful ally, the King of Prussia, has formally declared to Russia, that he would not permit her troops to cross Pomerania. Our Emperor, always vigilant for the safety of his subjects, has had the Camp of Boulogne broken up, and the army marched in the same order which it held in the Camp: so that on its arrival on the theatre of war, the troops will be all ready disposed for entering the field, if necessity requires it. An army never was in so good order, and more impatient for fighting than this, composed of 140,000 of the most valiant warriors of the Empire. Our beloved Emperor will command our brave army, under him Massena, and some of our most determinate and experienced Generals.
It is generally supposed in France, that the intention of the French Emperor, is to demand an immediate explanation, and if not satisfactory, to begin his operations without hesitation.
The King of Persia, Fatbali-Shah, has gained a complete victory over the Russians in Georgia, who were obliged to fly, leaving 6,000 of dead in the field.
BERLIN, SEPT. 3.
Sunday morning the 1st of this month, a French Courier arrived here, announcing that the Grand Marechal du Palais Duroc, was on his way to this place, and that he was bearer of a mission from the Emperor Napoleon, near His Prussian Majesty: this Extraordinary Ambassador effectively arrived in the evening. He came from Boulogne to Berlin in the greatest diligence, that is to say in six days.
* One easily perceives that it is a Frenchman who speaks, for it is more probable that the Republic were forced to put themselves under the French dominion than to have solicited it.
NOV. 15.
We are informed, says the Richmond Gazette, that on the evening of the 7th instant, FULWAR SKIPWITH, the American Consul General in France, arrived at Williamsburg. That Mr. Skipwith left France on the 13th Sept. and on his way received letters bearing date the 20th of the same month. This is rapid sailing, and consequently brings the latest European advices. Mr. Skipwith states (it is said) that when he left France, and at the date of his letters, the differences between this country and Spain were entirely unsettled, and in no way that seemed to promise accommodation.
NOV. 16.
The Norfolk Ledger, of the 6th inst. states, that the ship William Penn, Captain Watson, arrived in Hampton Roads on Monday last, in 42 days from Nantes.
In the William Penn came passenger Fulwar Skipwith, Esq. Consul General for the United States at Paris, who landed at Hampton, and proceeded immediately with Washington, being charged with dispatches, we cannot be supposed to possess any knowledge of. We understand that our affairs with Spain have assumed a more serious aspect, and that no hope of accommodation of our differences with that nation, now remains.—The arrival of Mr. Skipwith, at this moment, and with dispatches, induce us to believe that the executive communications at the meeting of Congress, will be highly interesting.
The verbal information which we have received by the William Penn, contradicts the report of war being declared on the continent, indeed it was expected that hostilities would commence without any declaration. The most active preparations for war were continued in every part of France—all the generals who were in Paris on the 14th September, were ordered to leave it in six hours, and repair to the posts assigned them. The Heathenish calender, it is said, is to be abolished on the 1st Jan. 1806.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, NOV. 18.
The United States frigate Congress, Capt. Decatur, and Constellation, Capt. Stewart, have arrived in Hampton Roads. Mr. Winn, Purser of the former vessel has arrived at Norfolk, and states, that Dr. Davis, American Consul with an Ambassador and Suite from the Bey of Tunis, are on board the Congress. Mr. W. also informs, that the Essex, under the command of Capt. Campbell, and the Adams, were daily expected at Gibraltar, bound home.
HORRID MURDER.
Extract of a letter from Northhampton, dated November 12, 1805.
A most barbarous murder was committed on Saturday the 9th inst. on Marcus Lyon, of Woodstock, as he was journeying through Wilbraham, in the county of Hampshire. The body was thrown into Chicabee river, which is near the road, and stones were thrown upon it. The Coroner's Inquest find that he was shot with a pistol ball, and his skull was beaten and broken to pieces by a pistol and clubs. The murderers are supposed to be two transient persons who have proceeded into Connecticut; and I am informed that a number of persons have gone in pursuit of them.
Since the receipt of the above, we have been informed, by a gentleman who arrived in town from Hartford, on Saturday evening last, that the two persons, suspected of having committed the above murder, had been apprehended, by their pursuers, within a short distance of New-York, and were then on their way to Northhampton goal.—They proved to be Irishmen and were arrested on the most presumptive evidence of guilt.
WARREN, SATURDAY, NOV. 23.
FIRE.—On the evening of Saturday, the 9th inst. between the hours of 8 and 10, the dwelling house of Mr. Ebenezer Sibley, of Sutton, was consumed by fire, with almost all its contents—and it was with difficulty that some of the family made their escape, being obliged to leap from the chamber windows.—Thus an honest and industrious family, in moderate circumstances, are at once stripped of their dwelling, clothing and provision, which they had just finished laying up; which, at this near approach of winter, must be particularly distressing. [Worcester Gaz.]
On Monday last was killed at Bristol, 3 Hogs, owned by Mr. Billings Waldron, weighing 1408 pounds.
The Physicians, or the Philadelphia City Hospital, have reported, That the number of patients admitted into that Institution the present season, was 346—of whom 163 died.
POSTSCRIPT.
Received by this day's Mail.
BRITISH TERRITORY.
GIBRALTAR OCT. 5.
IMPORTANT ORDER.
We are assured that the following order has been received by the Spanish Commander of Marine, at Algeziras; communicated to him by His Excellency the Secretary of State and Marine, viz.
Madrid, Sept. 5, 1805.
"MOST EXCELLENT SIR, "His Excellency, the Minister, of the United States, has complained of new grievances and captures of American vessels by the Spanish privateers; and that eleven Americans have been carried into Algeziras under pretence, as it is stated, that they were carrying English merchandise—which having been laid before his Majesty the King, he has been pleased to order, that, if there is no other motive for the capture of said vessels but the one alleged by the American Minister, they should be immediately liberated, as, by the fifteenth article of the treaty with the United States, the American flag covers the goods on board, although they be enemies' property: but, have they been detained from any other motives, the suits are to be decided with the utmost dispatch according to the established laws—which I communicate to your Excellency, according to the Royal Order, that you may make it known to the heads of departments of the navy, that they may communicate it to the commanders of marine and to the owners of privateers, who,
after receiving due notice, shall be responsible for any injuries which may be sustained through them."
A letter dated off Cadiz, Sept. 30, 1805, says—"Lord Nelson arrived here the 28th; his command extends through the Mediterranean to Cape St. Vincents. Admirals Duckworth and Thornborough are to come out.—A squadron of 6 sail goes off Carthagena.—Sir J. Warren has a flying squadron between Finisterre and St. Vincents."
MARRIED.—At Bristol, on Sunday last, by the Rev. Henry Wight, Mr. THOMAS WILSON, jun. to Miss ALMY EASTERBROOKS.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT.
Cleared. For Brig Hope, Lyon, Africa Ship Good-Intent, Dennis, Charleston
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE.
Entered. From Brig Traveller, Gonfolte, Martinique Schooner Ino. Granger. St. Bartholomew's President, Hicks, Wilmington Brig America, Shaw, Savannah
NEW-YORK, NOV. 12.
Capt. Holmes, of the Schooner Thomas, from St. John, informs, that on the 5th of Nov. during a fresh gale and a cross-sea, in the act of securing the boat on deck, Mr. John Ring was knocked overboard. Capt. Holmes and one of his hands having launched the boat jumped into her at the risk of their lives, threw half full of water, and pulled towards the place, and bailed several times, but could not hear or see poor Ring. It being very dark, and the vessel standing from them under the foresail, they put about and fetched her again, at half past 7, after having met with great difficulty and danger.
NOV. 15.
The ship Charles, Hougham, in 64 days from St. Peterburgh. Oct. 4. in lat. 48. long. 28. 30. fell in with the British ship Albon, Allen, 10 weeks from Jamaica for London—had carried away the head of her rudder, and the ship very leaky. It was the wish of the crew to abandon her, but the Captain refused. Nov. 4. lat. 38. long. 66. spoke the Bremen ship Three Sisters, 14 weeks from Bremen with passengers for Philadelphia. Warlike preparations were going on in Russia.
The brig Aristides, Le Baron, in 66 days from Barcelona, and 54 from Malaga. Sept. 23. off Gibraltar, was boarded by two Portuguese men of war, who were blockading the Algerines in the Strait.—Same day, spoke the ship Perseverance, Hathaway, of Freetown, from Dublin for Alicante.—And the same night passed thro' the English fleet off Cadiz, consisting of 32 sail of the line and 4 frigates. Oct. 30. in lat. 37. 28. long. 57. spoke the ship Nancy, Fox, of Baltimore, for Lisbon, in a leaky condition.
The sloop Betsey, Savre, in 11 days from Charleston. Nov. 8. spoke the sloop John, 15 days from New York for Swansbury—had lost her mast, but was standing for the first land under two jury-masts.
NOV. 16.
The sloop Commerce, Russell, in 23 days from Grenada. Oct. 31. died on board, Mr. William Armstrong, of Grenada, coming out for his health. The British sloop of war Princess Charlotte, had just arrived at Grenada, with a French sloop of war, which she captured on the 3d ult. after a severe action.
BALTIMORE, NOV. 12.
Arrived, sloop Adeline, Dameron, St. Jago de Cuba, 16 days. Left, Oct. 23. ship John, of Charleston, from Norfolk, captured by a French privateer. Capt. D. heard that the ship Washington, Ford, from St. Jago de Cuba for Baltimore, had been captured by the British and carried into Jamaica. Oct. 28. was boarded by a French privateer, in co. with the sloop Greyhound, of New York, from St. Domingo, a prize—put the men and part of the crew on board the Adeline.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 31.
A French privateer Schooner, supposed to be the same which engaged the Perel, appeared off the bar yesterday morning; she brought too the sloop Martha Crawley. She came from the northward, and has probably been waiting the motions of the sloop of war, until she got off the coast.
NOV. 2.
The French privateer Superb, Capt. Dominique, chased the ship Sally, Hewes, some way within the bar yesterday.
Capt. Brooks, from Matanzas, informs that a violent gale, or hurricane, was experienced at that place on the 30th Sept. in which his Schooner, and the brig Lionel, of New York, were driven on shore—they were got off again, however, with little damage.
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APOLLO'S FOUNT.
LINES.
TO A FRIEND AT PARTING.
FAREWELL, farewell, companion bland, My faithful, constant friend, adieu! And may sweet Hope, with liberal hand, Her choicest blessings round thee strew!
Ventur'd on manhood's troublous tide, Where ills in ev'ry shape assail, Ah, may the bark serenely glide The current down, with fav'ring gale;
And soon, with Heav'n's best bounties fraught, In calm contentment's haven drive— The port by all Life's mariners sought, But where alas! so few arrive.
From the MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE.
LOUISA.—A NOVEL.
[Concluded from our last.]
GENEROUS hearts, and noble souls, are congenial, and claim acquaintance at first meeting, though the most different corners of the globe, had given them birth. Osmen became the purchaser of Alphonso, and found no price too great to purchase such a friend, and it was to him he repaired; told all that had passed between Louisa, Fatima and himself; and mentioned every doubt that arose in his mind. It is easy to imagine what advice Alphonso gave him; fired with a curiosity to see his amiable countrywoman, and behold the female whose virtues had wrought such a change in Osmen's bosom, Alphonso requested leave to converse with Louisa; this was granted the next day, and Osmen introduced him to the Haram. In that visit Alphonso was pleased with Louisa, and felt the melancholy of his heart dissipate in her presence. But how great was the surprise of Louisa, or the joy of Fatima, when Osmen told them, that it was his intention to alter his manner of living, and emancipate his slaves; to such as chose to stay in Algiers, he would give sufficient to support them, with liberty to marry the ladies of his Haram, if it was pleasing to them; to those that wished to visit their native land, he would give sufficient to carry them home, and would provide them a safe passage. "But," said he, "will not Fatima set the example? shall Osmen alone be wretched? or will she give him her hand, and in the sight of heaven, become his wife?" It is not easy to express Fatima's feelings. It is sufficient to say, that every thing was executed as had been planned. The ladies of the Haram were delighted with the thoughts of freedom; the men who had been unhappy in bondage, were rejoiced at liberty; many of these had connections at home; to these Osmen provided the means of a quick return, with something to carry with them; those who had no families, preferred a connection with the smiling beauties of the east, were settled in some of Osmen's country seats, with every convenience of life. In a few weeks, the generous Osmen gave his hand to Fatima. This unexpected happiness had dissipated her melancholy, smiles of satisfaction were displayed upon her countenance, the roses of health revisited her cheek; she conversed with sprightliness, and Osmen was charmed with her good sense and affability. Alphonso and Louisa were present at the ceremony; at a recollection of former happiness, they shed tears, and were equally surprised at each others emotions. In a walk in one of Osmen's delightful gardens, Alphonso told Louisa the sorrows of his heart, and learnt the labyrinth through which she had passed with emotions of surprise and admiration; he was charmed with her virtues, with her unaffected goodness; and resolved to devote the remainder of his life to her. He informed Osmen of this resolution, who highly applauded it, & notwithstanding his reluctance to part with his European friends, he prepared them a passage to the Havannah, and sent two caskets of valuable jewels on board the ship; and with many tears, took leave of them, promising to visit them in England, with his Fatima, in the course of a year. After an agreeable passage, Alphonso and Louisa arrived at Barcelona, and
finding a ship ready to sail for Portsmouth, in England, went directly on board, and soon got safe to the place. That very day they arrived Alphonso procured a post chaise, and set out for the place of Louisa's residence; it was several hundred miles, and they were six days performing the journey. In the course of that time, and the preceding voyage, they became fully acquainted with each other; similar merit produced the strongest friendship, and ripened into the tenderest affection. Louisa promised if her daughter was still alive, to connect herself with Alphonso. She had been absent a year; and the last day's journey was filled with anxiety as well as hope; they stopped at the worthy parson's, who was astonished to see her, having been fully convinced that Louisa was drowned, and carried off by the tide, the night she was missing. Elvira had been with this worthy couple ever since, and had enjoyed uninterrupted health; she instantly knew her mamma. It is unnecessary to add more, except that Alphonso and Louisa were married, after Alphonso had settled a handsome fortune on Elvira; to whose education he pays every attention. He likewise settled a handsome annuity upon Evander; and after rendering every neighbour around them happy, they set out for Alphonso's seat, where they still live patterns of virtue and fidelity; and blessings to all around them.
SABINA.
AURELIA.—A Character.
AURELIA is a happiness to her husband, an honour to her sex, and the pride of her prudence, discretion, good sense and good temper, is in a very comfortable condition. Her husband was when he first married, inclined to dissipation of every kind, and had even dipt into his estate; but Aurelia has by her economy retrieved his fortune, and by her endearing conversation, made home so agreeable to him, that he has not the very temptation remaining, of doing his affairs a second injury of the like nature. One of Aurelia's children followed in disposition the courses of his father; but Aurelia, by a proper mixture of the mother and the friend, has attracted him so sincerely to what is amiable, that he is now studious, discreet and sober. Aurelia is peculiarly delicate in the choice of her ordinary company, avoiding as much as possible all sorts of connexion, with the indolent, the tattling, and the censorious. She says she feels pain in such society; and had rather be alone, than amongst those from whom she can neither receive pleasure nor instruction. Without affecting to be either virtuous or beautiful she is both, and may be safely proposed, as a pattern to her sex.
ANECDOLE Of the Celebrated Montesquieu.
A YOUNG man, whose name was Roberts, posted himself at the ferry of Marseilles, until some one should enter his boat that he might carry him over. A person presently came, but as Roberts had not the air of a boatman, was going again, saying, since the boatman was not there, he would find another. "I am the boatman, (said Roberts) where do you wish to go?"—"I would be rowed round the harbour (said the passenger) to enjoy the fresh air of the fine evening; but you have neither the manners nor the air of a mariner." "I am not a mariner (replied Roberts) and only employ my time this way on Sundays and holidays, to get money."—"What, are you avaricious at your age?"—"Ah, sir, (said Roberts, if you know my reason for thus employing myself, you would not suspect me of so mean a vice."—"Well, row me where I have desired, and be so good as to tell your reasons."—"I have only one, but that is a dreadful one; my father is in slavery."—"In slavery!" "Yes, Sir, he was a broker in Marseilles, and with the money which he and my mother, who is a milliner, had in many years been able to save, he purchased a part in a vessel
that traded to Smyrna; his desire to enrich and make his children and his family happy, was so strong, that he would go in the ship himself, to dispose of his property to the best advantage; they were met and attacked by a Corsair, and my father, among the rest, was carried a slave to Tetuan.—His ransom is a thousand crowns, but as he had exhausted almost his whole wealth in that unfortunate adventure, we are very far from possessing such a sum. My mother and sisters work day and night, and I do the same: I am an apprentice to a jeweller, and I endeavour, as you see, to profit likewise by the Sunday and holidays, when my master's shop is shut. I intended to have gone and freed my father, by exchanging myself for him, and was just about putting my project in execution, when my mother coming to the knowledge of it, assured me it was impracticable, and dangerous, and forbade all the Levant captains to take me on board."—"And do you ever receive news of your father? Do you know who is his master at Tetuan, and what treatment he meets with?"—"His master is intendant of the King's gardens, he is treated with humanity, and his labour is not yet beyond his strength, as he writes: But, alas! where are the comforts he used to find in the society of his dear wife and beloved children?"—"What name does he go by at Tetuan?"—"His name is Roberts, he has never changed his name, for he has no reason to be ashamed of it." "Roberts, and his master intendant of the King's gardens?"—"Yes Sir."—"I am affected by your misfortune, and I find you are so noble and so virtuous, that I think I dare predict a happier fate hereafter, and I assure you, I wish you all the happiness you deserve. At present, I am a little thoughtful, and I hope you will not think me proud, because I am inclined to be silent; I would not be, nor be thought proud to such men as you." When it was dark, the passenger desired to be rowed to the shore, and as he stepped out of the boat, he threw a purse into it, and ran off with precipitation. The purse contained eight double Louis d'ors, and ten crowns in silver. This generosity made the most lively impression upon Roberts, and it was with grief he beheld him run from him so swiftly, without staying to receive his thanks. Encouraged by this assistance the virtuous family of the Roberts redoubled their efforts to relieve their common parent, and almost denied themselves a sufficiency of the most ordinary food. Six weeks after, as the mother and the two daughters were at dinner over a few chestnuts, and bread and water, they saw Roberts, the father, enter. Imagine their joy, their transports, their astonishment. The good old man threw himself into their arms, and thanked and kissed them ten thousand times for the fifty guineas which he had received after the purchase of his freedom, for the payment of his passage in the vessel, for the clothes they had sent him, and for all the exactness and care they had taken in every thing that related to his release, and safe return; he knew not how to repay so much zeal, so much love. The mother and daughters listened, and looked with immovable surprise at each other; at last the mother broke silence; her son had done it all, she said, though she knew not by what means; and related how, from the first moment of his slavery, that young Roberts would, had she not prevented him, have gone and taken his father's place; how the family had actually in the house above five hundred crowns towards his ransom which had most of it been earned by the labours of young Roberts, &c. The father on hearing this account, was instantly seized with a most painful suspicion, that his son had taken some dishonest method to release him: he could no way else account for it; he sent for his son. "Unhappy young man (said he) what hast thou done, wouldst thou have me owe my deliverance to crimes and dishonour; thou wouldst not have kept thy proceedings secret from thy mother, had they been upright; I tremble to
think, that so virtuous an affection as parental love should render thee guilty."—"Be calm my father (answered the young man) your son, I hope, is not unworthy of you, nor is he happy enough to have procured your deliverance and to prove how dear to him his father is: No, it is not me, it is, it must be our generous benefactor, whom I met in my boat; he, my mother, who gave us his purse; I will search thro' the world but I will find him; he shall come and see the happiness he is the author of." He then told his father the anecdote before related.
The elder Roberts having so good a foundation to begin again, soon became rich enough to be at ease, and settle his children to his satisfaction, while the younger made every possible effort to discover their benefactor. After two years of fruitless search, he at last met him walking alone on the beach of Marseilles. He flew to throw himself at his feet, but his sensations were so strong he fainted: The stranger gave him every assistance, and a crowd of people presently gathered round them. As soon as Roberts came to himself, he began to thank him, to call him the saviour of his family, and to beg of him to come and see the happiness he was the author of, and receive the blessings of those whom he had greatly blessed. The stranger, however, pretended not to understand him, and the multitude becoming great by their contention, found an opportunity of mixing with them, and escaping from the importunities of Roberts. He was never seen or heard of afterwards by his grateful debtors; yet the story was so extraordinary that it soon made its way through France. He was not however, known until after his death, by his papers; when the famous and immortal Montesquieu was found to be the person. The note for 7,500 livres was found, and Mr. Mayn, banker of Cadiz, said he had received it of Montesquieu, for the release of a slave at Tetuan, of the name of Roberts, and it was known that Montesquieu used to visit his sister Madam D'Hericourt, who was married, and lived at Marseilles.
JOHN CROADE
WISHES to acquaint his Friends and Customers, that he has just received a large additional Supply of
Fresh and seasonable GOODS, such as Baizes, Flannels, Coatings, Fearnets, or Duffsels, Blankets, Broadcloths, Stuffs, &c. He feels justified in remarking, that as he is in the habit of buying his Goods in large Quantities, for ready Money, he is enabled to Sell them at the lowest Cash rates, whether he does so or not, his Customers will Judge. Warren, Nov. 8, 1805.
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LOTTERY.
THE HONORABLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the State of Rhode-Island, &c. having granted to the town of Bristol the benefit of a Lottery, for the purpose of making a good Road from Bristol-ferry to Warren, they have elected the subscribers managers to the same, who have given bonds, as required by law, and now present the public with the following
SCHEME.
  1 Prize of 1500 Dollars is 1500 Dollars.   1 500 500   3 Prizes of 200 are 600   5 100 500   10 50 500   10 25 250   31 10 310   1230 8 9840   1231 Prizes. 14000   2709 Blanks. For the Lottery, 2000   4000 Tickets, at 4 dolls. each, are 16000 
THE Managers of the above Lottery are resolved to make every exertion to effect a speedy sale of the Tickets, and considering that the scheme is calculated on terms highly advantageous to the adventurers, and that the use to which the savings is to be applied is for a public purpose, and of a beneficial nature to the community at large, they flatter themselves they shall be able to commence the drawing of said Lottery by the first of January next. The prizes shall be paid by the Venders of the Tickets, or the Managers, without deduction, with the greatest promptitude. A list of prizes will be published immediately after the drawing is completed. All prizes not demanded within six months after the drawing, will be considered as given to the use of the Lottery.
JOSEPH REYNOLDS, WILLIAM D'WOLF, WILLIAM PEARSE, THOMAS CHURCH, WILLIAM COGGESHALL, } Managers.
Bristol, Sept. 20, 1805.
TICKETS in the above Lottery, for Sale at this Office.