The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-10-29 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. 96. ]
WEDNESDAY, October 29, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
THE Town-Council having directed that the PUBLIC SCHOOLS commence on Monday the 27th of October instant, have, for the better regulation and government of the same, divided the town into four districts, nominated and described as follows, to wit. From the house of the widow Hall, eastward, up the Church lane, across Benefit-street; all that part of the town lying northward of said lane to constitute the first district.—The second district to include all that part of the town lying between the Church lane, and the lane that runs eastward by the house of the late Welcome Arnold, Esq. and to take in part of the west side of the river, as far as Orange street.—The third district to include all that part of the town lying southward of the said lane, by the late Welcome Arnold's.—The fourth district on the west side of the river to include all that part of the town lying westward of Orange-street.—Children will attend the school of their respective districts, namely, those in the first district at Whipple-Hall School-House; the second at the Old Brick School-House; the third at the New School-House on Transit-lane; and those in the fourth district at the School-House in Clavarack-street. The books directed to be read in said schools, are the Bible; the first and second part of Alden's Spelling-Book, the Young Ladies Accidence, by Caleb Bingham, the American Preceptor, Morse's Geography abridged, and such other books as shall be hereafter adopted and appointed by the School-Committee. The Town-Council having ordered a supply of the above named books, those scholars who may not be provided with them, will be furnished on application to the masters of their respective districts with such as they may want, at the original cost.
By Order of the Town-Council, NATHAN W. JACKSON, C. Clerk. October 22.
Just received from Amsterdam, and for sale by William Wilkinson,
At the Post-Office, SIXTY dozen Slates assorted, of the best Quality, which will be sold as low by the dozen as can be purchased in Boston.—
Also for sale, 50,000 Dutch Quill, from 40 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents per hundred—a general assortment of School Books of the best editions, at wholesale and retail. Writing Paper of various prices and qualities, Wrapping and Letter Paper, by the ream or quire. A great variety of BLANK BOOKS, such as Ledgers, Journals, Record Books, Day Books, &c. &c. RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOKS, and a general assortment of articles in the stationery line with an assortment of Books as usual. October 15.
THE subscribers having obtained from Dr. WATERHOUSE, the true COW-POX matter, fresh, under the approbation of the Town-Council, propose to Inoculate those who may think proper to take this safe and easy method of preventing the Small-Pox.
BENJ. and CHARLES DYER. “He who reflects on the difference of the two diseases, the Kine and the Small-Pox, the one contagious, the other not; the one not unfrequently attended with disagreeable consequences, and sometimes fatal, while the other is as little hazardous as the Swine or Chicken-Pox, he, I say, who compares the two diseases and their consequences, will not hesitate a moment in his preference.”
[Extract from Dr. Waterhouse.] October 22.
Bankruptcy.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS a commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against MICHAEL PITTS and JOHN CHEDEL, of Providence, late merchants in company, under the firm of PITTS and CHEDEL, and they being declared Bankrupts, are hereby required to surrender themselves to us the undersigned Commissioners on the twenty-third day of October instant, and on the twelfth day of November next, and on the third day of December next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at Dr. John Williams' house in Providence, and make a full discovery and disclosure of their estate and effects;—when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the first meeting to choose Assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupts are to finish their examination; and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of their certificates.—All persons indebted to the said Bankrupts, or that have any of their effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint.
PARIS J. TILLINGHAST, JOSEPH JENCKES, GEORGE R. BURRILL.
October 22.
District of Massachusetts District, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 20th day of September, in the twenty-fifth year of the independence of the United States of America—GEORGE CHIPMAN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: “The American Moralist; containing a variety of moral and religious Lessons, together with humorous and entertaining Pieces,—designed principally for the Use of Schools.”
By GEORGE CHIPMAN.
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.”
N. GOODALE, Clerk of the district of Massachusetts. A true copy of record.
Attest, N. GOODALE, Ctk. (4 w.)
Bowers and Bucklin
Have just received, direct from the Manufacturers, an Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS,
Suitable for the APPROACHING SEASON, viz.
BROADCLOTHS, Cassimeres Silk Hose, Worsted ditto 1-2 and 3-4 ell Mode Mode Squares, twill'd Florentine Plain Satin, fringed ditto Black Fringes Black Silk Velvet Dove colour'd ditto Brown ditto Straw Carpetings Oil-Cloths
And sundry other Articles, (by Wholesale only) which will be disposed of on as reasonable terms as they can be obtained in New-York or Boston. October 1.
WANTED,
A Good Man Servant. Apply to NICHOLAS BROWN.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
MR. CARTER, The following Biographical Outline of the Chief Magistrate of the United States, I have been permitted to transcribe from a work, which will soon be published, entitled, “Delinquent: or, Origin, Education, Profession, Public Transactions, Literary Distinctions, Pecuniary Circumstances, and in some instances Personal Appearance, of the Members of Congress, Heads of Departments, Associate and District Judges, and of Distinguished Characters of the United States:—By a gentleman of Massachusetts.” Perhaps I may have liberty to send you some further extracts. The preface to the work is a found epitome of good politics.
Yours, HISTORICUS.
JOHN ADAMS, Supreme Executive Magistrate of the United States, is descended from English ancestors, who were among the founders of New-England. He was born October 19, O. S. in that part of Braintree now incorporated into a new township, and in compliment to a distinguished family of that name, is called Quincy, ten miles south of Boston. His father, by occupation a shoemaker, was a reputable citizen, and for many years a worthy member and Deacon of the church. Mr. Adams commenced his collegiate life at Hartford, in the year 1751, and graduated in course. He maintained a high reputation in his class, and with the government, for his scholarship and deportment. At the time he received his education, the students at Cambridge were catalogued according to the anti-republican principles of rank and wealth; by this rule, Mr. Adams was reduced to the humility of seeing the names of thirteen of his classmates preceding him on their nomenclature; but in the literary honours of the University, in the distribution of which modest merit may confidently expect reward, Mr. Adams was exalted to a distinguished grade. On leaving the University he immediately applied himself to the study of law in Mr. Putnam's office, at Worcester. Having finished his preparatory course, he was admitted a practitioner under the patronage of Mr. Gridley, of Boston, a gentleman of the first eminence in the profession. Soon after his admission to the bar, he wrote and published his Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws, which exposes the abuses in church, in state, and exhibits convincing proofs of close application. He was pre-eminently distinguished as a Pleader and Counsellor. Consistently with the honour of his country, with the principles of justice, in opposition to popular invective and prejudice; and agreeably to the duties of his profession, he consented to act as Counsel for Captain John Preston, in his trial for ordering the British soldiery to fire on the inhabitants of Boston, on the night of the memorable 5th of March, 1774. The defence required the utmost management, for there is a point of elevation in the passions of even a whole people, when they are above control; Mr. Adams, if I may use so bold a figure, was the element in which the passions of his countrymen at that time moved, and he propitiously gave them a safe and proper direction. Captain Preston was acquitted, and the speech of his Counsellor will be preserved to the honour of the American nation, and as evidence of profound knowledge and persuasive eloquence. At the commencement of our revolution, he strenuously contended for a reconciliation; but the declaration by the British Parliament of “a right to bind us in all cases whatever,” made him irreconcilable, and he actively and decidedly took the part of the Colonies; and, with Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, jun. Joseph Warren, Josiah Quincy, and other Champions, he appeared their public advocate and defender in Faneuil-Hall (the cradle of American liberty) and he encouraged his countrymen to the opposition, in a number of essential and methodical performances, through the medium of periodical publications. He was a member of the Legislature, and a negatived Counsellor of Massachusetts, under the Royal authority. He was a member of the famous league of the Continent in 1774; and was deputed to that conspicuous station by the Legislature of his State, sitting within closed doors, to exclude Governor Gage's Proclamation for their dissolution. He was of the committee of Congress to frame and report the Declaration of Independence. It was desirable to have that instrument formed by influential members from the most powerful States; accordingly, they were selected from the representation from Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New-York and Connecticut. It was a measure calculated for the highest feelings of the day; it was forcibly advocated and violently opposed; it was in an able speech defended
on the floor of Congress by Mr. Adams, against the objections of Mr. Dickinson, of New-Jersey, the celebrated author of The Farmer's Letters . He was one of the Commissioners appointed by Congress to hear from General Howe his proposals for an accommodation, which he indignantly rejected. In 1779, he was chosen, and commissioned by Congress, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, for negotiating a treaty of peace and commerce with Great-Britain. As there was no encouragement to his entering immediately upon the duties of that mission, we are to trace him in another scene of usefulness before his embarkation. He was returning from his native town to the Convention, which met in Massachusetts, in 1780, to form a Constitution for that state. The powers of Mr. Adams' mind are discoverable in that charter of civil liberty, which has been proved to combine in it those solid principles of law, equity and reason, which have procured for it as much as was obtained by the stratagem of perpetual exilement. Mr. Adams was appointed the first Chief Justice of Massachusetts under the new Constitution.
The Honourable Henry Laurens, who had been chosen in 1779, to negotiate a loan in Holland, and to form a treaty of amity and commerce with the United Provinces, having been captured by a British frigate and confined in the Tower of London, it became necessary for Congress to elect another for those important purposes; accordingly, in 1781, Mr. Adams was chosen and commissioned Minister Plenipotentiary to their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United Netherlands, with instructions to dispose of Government to the acknowledgment of the independence of the United States; to form a treaty with them; and to procure their assistance in a loan. In the prosecution of this Commission, Mr. Adams hazarded himself in his opposition to the intentions of the Stadtholderian party, and to the designs and remonstrances of Sir Joseph Yorke, the British Minister at the Hague. Mr. Adams, succeeded through the persuasiveness of his addresses to the people of the United Provinces; and through the argumentative influence of his memorials to the States-General. From the Hague, Mr. Adams, agreeably to his instructions, repaired to Paris in 1782, as one of the Ministers of the United States, to conclude a treaty of peace. To his penetration and perseverance, joined to his colleague's, Governor Jay, the machinations of the French Cabinet were discovered and defeated; and we were admitted to the rank of an independent nation; to the rights of fishery, and to the just extension of territorial limits. In direct opposition to the zeal of the times, Mr. Adams wrote private letters to induce his countrymen to subdue their animosities, and to beget a disposition in them to conform to the regulations of the treaty, and to the recommendations of Congress, which were to be made in conformity to its stipulations.
From Versailles, Mr. Adams was sent to St. James' in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, to reside near that court. While in London he wrote and published his Defence of the American Constitutions; a work which may be called the Encyclopaedia, or Universal Gazetteer of Politics. He obtained leave, and returned to his native country in 1787, and was immediately elected by the Legislature of Massachusetts a delegate to the Congress under the confederation.
By the electors of President and Vice-President throughout the United States, he was chosen to the second rank in the nation, and with his most illustrious co-patriot and now celebrated Washington, he entered on the execution of the Constitution of the United States in 1789. After the Great Father of his Country had declined another election, Mr. Adams succeeded to his present dignity. He has founded our navy; he excited in his countrymen a manly spirit of indignation against the aggressions of France; and he made two overtures; and met the first advances for an accommodation of existing differences, and to save his country from the calamities of war.
While in Europe, he received from cotemporary authors the compliment of their works; and in some instances he was honoured with dedications. The literary of his own country have sought his patronage. He is a member of the Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, and President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the degree of Legis Legum Doctor from his own alma-mater , and from the Universities in New-Haven, Hanover, and Providence.
In his circumstances, Mr. Adams is not affluent. He had an handsome patrimony in landed property in the place of his nativity, to which he has made considerable additions. On his removal from Paris to London, the privileges of his rank prevented an inviting opportunity to have made a fortune in the transportation of certain articles of French fabric, which were then extravagantly dear in England; but his proud estimate of

the dignity of his nation, outvalued the tem- tation.
Mr. Adams does not rise above the middle nature, is of an open, expressive and engaging mien, and is perfectly proportioned.
Philip of Macedon, and Demosthenes; Augustus and Cicero; Louis XIV. and Car- dinal Richelieu, have been coupled to mark the first, second and third ages of improve- ment. Without the degradation of a compa- rison of merits, may not Washington and Adams be united to note an epoch of as great importance to mankind as any recorded in po- litical annals?
Foreign Intelligence.
By the Two Friends, Capt. Gardner, arrived at New-York in 39 days from London. Dates to September 9, one day latest.
LONDON, September 1. Letter from Sir Sidney Smith, to Gen. Menou, Commander in Chief of the French army in Egypt, dated Jaffa, June 22, 1809.
GENERAL, I RECEIVED this night the letter which you did me the honour to write to me the 20th of June. At the moment when I expected to see Gen. Kleber, under the most favourable and most happy auspices, I learn with the liveliest disappointment, and the deepest grief, his tragical death. I immediately communi- cated it to the Grand Vizier and Ottoman Ministers, in the terms in which you an- nounced this melancholy event; and the cer- tainty and circumstantial manner in which you give this intelligence, were sufficient in themselves to induce their Excellencies to give credit to it. The Grand Vizier has de- clared to me, formally and officially, that he had not the slightest knowledge of the persons who committed this assassination, and I am very sure that his declaration is true and sincere; and, without entering into the details of this unfortunate event, which has given me inexpressible pain, I shall content myself with answering the articles of your letter which treat of our own affairs.
If the Grand Vizier has detained at his camp aid-de-camp Baudot, who had been sent to him at Jebail-Illem, it is because his Excel- lency did not judge it proper to let any per- son leave his camp when he saw himself sur- rounded by his enemies. Baudot was arrested at Jebail-Illem, as the Turkish officers destined to serve reciprocally with him as hostages were detained at Cairo.
This aid-de-camp has been sent to the Otto- man Squadron, to be exchanged, as you desire; and in the mean time his Excellency the Cap- tain Pacha having arrived here, his absence from the Squadron has deferred the exchange desired. When his Excellency shall have re- turned to his Squadron, as the aid-de-camp Baudot is before Alexandria, the business of the exchange may be concluded there, should you think proper; but I do not see why you should make to depend upon an affair that concerns only you and the Porte, the setting at liberty 150 Englishmen shipwrecked at Cape-Brulos. I expect from your candour and your justice, that, according to the regu- lations agreed upon between our two nations for the reciprocal exchange of our prisoners, for which end we are authorized to act, that you will permit the return of Capt. Butal, his officers and crew.
The promises you have made me, in the hopes of a reciprocity on my part, cannot be applicable to this circumstance; and I think it superfluous to offer you reciprocally the promises of my good offices, in favour of a person who finds himself in a disagreeable situation, which I myself have experienced. I am persuaded the Grand Vizier will put the seal of his generous and high approbation to all the civilities we have to each other. The stratagems of war are alike unknown to you and to us; and, besides that I shall continue to comport myself towards you with the same frankness and the same kindness that I have hitherto done, I shall strongly employ all my efforts, that no one over whom I have any in- fluence shall conduct himself contrary to these principles. Be assured, that the hostile dis- positions which have been announced by for- mer oppositions, and which have acquired ex- tension and publicity, will be calmed by the means which the present circumstances will furnish to both parties to correspond and to understand reciprocally, and that at last we shall be united by the ties of a sincere friend- ship. In the mean time, we shall continue the war against you with the means we have hitherto employed, and those we still have it in our power to procure; and we shall endea- vour to render ourselves worthy the esteem of your brave troops.
The hostilities which you have committed, without waiting for the answer of Lord Keith, who was ignorant of the convention concluded for the evacuation of Egypt, have served as the rule for our conduct. I have not de- manded its ratification from my court; I have not sought but to remove every unforeseen difficulty which had been opposed to the re- turn of the French troops to their own coun- try.
Gen. Kleber, in the last preliminaries which had been agreed upon, not having understood that the treaty which was to follow wanted the ratification of the Consuls who now go- vern France, this condition, which you have in your preliminaries, seems to be a refusal to evacuate Egypt, and the Grand Vizier has charged me to demand of you a clear and pre- cise answer on this subject; you desire, as well as myself, that an end should be put to a war which desolates the universe. It is in your power to remove one of the objections which opposes peace, by evacuating Egypt, accord- ing to the conditions agreed upon with Gen.
Kleber; and if you refuse it, we shall employ all our means, and those of our allies, to force you to conditions which may not be so advan- tageous to you. I cannot dissemble with you how much it may cost me to fulfil this duty; but the evacuation of Egypt being a point so interesting to the good of humanity, the means of conferences and correspondences to make the dispositions necessary to this end are al- ways open.
As the Admiral, under whose orders I act, is at a great distance from me, I am author- ized to subscribe to such arrangements as the necessity of circumstances may dictate; and although, from the nature of events, I am not in the situation to make you any new propo- sitions; yet I am ready and disposed to hear all that you wish to make to me. I can de- clare to you officially, that I shall employ all my means to hinder every inconsiderate step, and to oppose myself to all vexatious oppo- sitions on the part of every one else.
I shall literally fulfil the instructions of my court. I recognize its principles, founded on the most strict equity, and the most perfect fidelity. My conduct shall be conformable to those principles, and all my efforts shall tend to fulfil my duty, by serving its interests.
As it is not yet certain to what point I am to go, I pray you to send me your answer in two dispositions. You will address one to Alexandria; the other to Jaffa, at the camp of the Grand Vizier.
LONDON, September 2.
Massena and Brune are about to repair to Paris, where it appears that the commanders in chief of all the armies of the Republic have assembled, a circumstance which is of itself sufficient to remove all ideas of the resumption of hostilities. If there were not other less osten- sible reasons for this, it is erroneously suppo- sed by some, that the trifling fall in the French funds was an antipacific symptom. It is the natural consequence of the delay which the new turn that the negotiations have taken has produced, in their expected issue. We shall in a few days see the hopes of the public rise more rapidly than they have fallen.
On the 22d ult. Admiral Sir Richard Bick- erton, who commands off Cadiz, in the Swift- sure, gave a fresh notice to the Foreign Con- suls residing in that city, that the port of Cadiz continued in a state of blockade. All neutral vessels going into that harbour un- loaded, would pass free, and without being searched; but that no loaded ships coming from that port, would be permitted to sail without a passport first obtained from the Commanding Officer in the Mediterranean.
September 9.
It was on the 29th ult. that Lord Whit- worth signed the Convention with Count Bernstorff, the Danish Minister. The fol- lowing is a copy of a note written by his Lordship to one of our Ministers abroad on the subject, and is more explanatory than any thing that has been published on the sub- ject:
Copenhagen, August 30.
"I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, that I yesterday signed a Convention with the Danish Minister, on terms satisfactory to his Majesty, and such as will, I think, strengthen the bonds of friendship and alli- ance between the two countries."
(Signed)
WHITWORTH.
The following are the principal articles of the Convention:
"The Danish frigate and convoy, carried into Deal, shall be repaired at the expence of Great-Britain, and then released."
"The discussion respecting the asserted right of the English to visit convoys, shall be adjourned to a further negotiation in Lon- don."
"Until this point is decided, Danish ships shall only sail under convoy in the Mediterranean seas, to protect them from the Algerine cruisers. The Danish ships shall be liable to be searched as heretofore."
"The convention shall be ratified by the two Courts within 3 weeks."
PLYMOUTH, September 6.
Sailed from Cawsand Bay, to join the Chan- nel Fleet off Brest, the Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns, Vice-Admiral Harvey; Princess Royal, of 98 guns, Capt. Russell; Bellona, of 74 guns, Capt. Sir J. B. Thompson; Prince George, 98 guns, Rear Admiral Cot- ton; Eurydice, of 24 guns, Capt. Talbot.
It is reported that the Brest Fleet are in the outer road, and that all the ships have been ordered away from this port in conse- quence: the only ship that remains here now is the Montague, of 74 guns, which arrived yesterday.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 5.
Arrived the Speedwell cutter, Hopen, with dispatches from the expedition under the command of Sir James Pulteney. It is reported that the troops have failed in an attack made on Ferrol.
FRANKFORT, August 15.
Letters from Vienna, which may be con- sidered as authentic, contain the following details:
"The English ambassador, Lord Minto, moves heaven and earth to prevent the Em- peror from concluding a separate peace with France; an event which is considered here as certain and immediate. This ambassador has just made some new offers to our court, which would have been very advantageous three months ago, but which are not so now. They are as follows:
1. The English minister engages, if the Emperor will continue the war, to keep up
in Italy an army of 35,000 chosen English troops, under the command of General Aber- crombie, who shall continue there until a general peace.
2. To make an attack on the islands of Zealand with a powerful force, to proclaim the Stadtholder, and after the conquest of them, to keep up a force there, to menace Holland and Belgium; thus compelling the French government to maintain a considerable force in these countries.
3. To pay the house of Austria a new and very considerable subsidy, under the title of a loan, and upon very favourable terms. In a word, besides this, England should have an army of 50,000 Austrians, to be paid and maintained by her during a year. The same letters which furnished us with these details, state that a Russian general had arrived there as a courier, with dispatches from his court, which are said to be of the highest impor- tance, and it is now certain that the best un- derstanding prevails between the two courts.
PARIS, August 29.
The chief consul has appointed citizen Lefebvre, counsellor of state, maritime pre- fect of L'Orient.
Letters from Hamburg, of the 18th of August, state that the magistrates of that city have fined the printers of the Censor, the one 100 crowns, the other 300. The Editors, M. Berlin and Mermont, have been condemned to three months close impris- onment, after which they are to take an oath not to re-appear within the jurisdiction of Hamburg.
M. Decopp, the minister from Cassel, en- trusted, it is said, with a particular mission to the first consul, is arrived at Paris.
By the Venus, Capt. JAMIESON, arrived at Boston from Liverpool.
Confirmation of the Assassination of Kleber.
PARIS, September 6.
GOVERNMENT has received from the ship Obris, from Egypt, official letters from the army.
Gen. MENOU to BUONAPARTE.
"H. Q. Cairo, July 3, 1800."
"CITIZEN CONSUL,"
"A horrible event, which has few ex- amples in the annals of history, has raised me to the provisional command of the army of the East. Gen. Kleber was assassinated the 14th of June last.—A wretch dispatched from Gaza about 48 days ago, by the Aga of the Janissaries of the Ottoman army, pierced with four thrusts of a poniard the General in Chief, at the moment when he was walk- ing with Citizen Protain the architect upon the terrace, which from the garden of the head-quarters commands a view of the place Ezbekier. Citizen Protain, in attempting to defend the General, was himself pierced with six strokes of a poniard.—The first blow which Kleber received was mortal. He has fallen. Protain is still alive. The General, who was giving orders for the re- pair of the head-quarters, and of the garden, had with him no Aid-de-Camp; none of the corps of guides."
"It was his wish to be alone. He was found expiring. The assassin, discovered un- der a heap of rubbish, and brought to the head-quarters, acknowledged that he had been solicited to commit the crime by the Aga of the Janissaries of the Ottoman army, commanded by the Grand Vizier in person. The Vizier, unable to conquer the French fairly in arms, employed for his revenge the dagger, the weapon of cowards. The assassin called himself Souleyman el Alepi.—He came from Aleppo; arrived at Cairo after having crossed the desert on a dromedary; he lodged at the Grand Mosque. Eliazor, from which he came out daily to watch an oppor- tunity to commit the crime. He confided his secret to four subordinate Cheiks of the law, who sought to divert him from his pur- pose, but who, not having informed against him, have been arrested, in consequence of the depositions of the assassin, condemned to death, and executed the 17th of last month."
"Menou then relates the trial and execution of the assassin, and his confidants—the former was impaled and the latter beheaded.—It ap- pears by Gen. Menou's letter that Gen. Kleber had capitulated a second time (April 21st) for the evacuation of Egypt. Since then Menou is determined "to preserve to the Republic the magnificent colony of Egypt."
LONDON, September 9.
FRANCE and PORTUGAL.
ALISON mail arrived this morning, brought by the Prince Adolphus packet, in 12 days. The private letters inform us, that all hopes of peace between France and Portugal are at an end. The latter have rejected the Chief Consul's offers. An invasion is expected.— General Berthier and his suit are arrived at Madrid; a passport was applied for by the General, to proceed to Lisbon, in order to have a conference with the Prince Regent. The request however was refused, because it was suspected that Berthier's real object was to reconnoitre the state of the country. The communications between the Courts of Lis- bon and Madrid are frequent. General Abercrombie is expected at Lisbon with 10,000 men. The situation of Portugal is re- presented, in letters by the mail, to be de- plorable. Provisions are scarce, and the vintage and harvest have entirely failed.
IMPORTANT and EXTRAORDINARY.
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated August 26. "I have learned through a certain channel, that in the conferences which Duroc has had with General Kray, the latter has for-
mally declared, that until a monarchy be established in France, neither Europe nor France can calculate on peace. Buonaparte has two lines of conduct to pursue, either to make a king, or to become one himself. The army of Italy appears to be in these inten- tions. Immediately after the battle of Ma- tengo, it was in agitation to declare Buona- parte king. The army of Germany, it is said, is inclined towards a Prince of the House of Bourbon. Moreau has had very frequent communications, not only with General Kray, but even with the Court of Vienna. This Court has proposed simply to re-estab- lish Louis XVIII. Moreau has transmitted this proposition to Buonaparte. I cannot say what the Chief Consul may have in his head, but it is certain that he plans fresh changes. Before long you may expect a new and a great revolution."
On this letter the editor of the Courier de Londres makes the following remarks:
"These details reached us too late on Fri- day last to be inserted in our paper. Several English papers have attacked the postscript in which we announced them. We declare in the first place, whether peace or war take place, we buoy ourselves up with no hopes. In the present arrangements, France and Europe ap- pear to us equally ruined. We have no doubt that a revolution will soon be made in France, —but we can foretell that the revolution will be similar to those which have preceded it; that it will resolve no difficulty, and that the public and private calamities will only be augmented by it."
"Our correspondents may no doubt be mistaken in point of authenticity; but the following is an authority which may make an impression upon certain minds; the Journal des Hommes Libres . We particularly call the attention of our readers to it.—Ask these gentlemen what part they are to take, if Au- stria wishes to continue the war and rejects terms proposed by the First Consul; they will no doubt reply that something must be done to appease Austria, and this having been done, if Austria be not contented, it is not natural to suppose that their advice will be, that after having made so many sacrifices for this desirable object, there are still some which we must make, and soon, until at length we shall have got that regular government which has lately been proposed to the Chief Consul, al- most officially. In the midst of all this there is one consolation for republicans, that Bu- onaparte having probably proposed all that he could do with honour, if the peace which is offered be not accepted, it is evident that the First Magistrate of the Great Nation has refused to descend from the dignity which it has conferred upon him."—The paper from which this is extracted is under the direction of the Minister of Police, Fouché de Nantes.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, October 13.
FEMALE ELECTORS.
Single Females in the State of New-Jersey, possessing a certain property, and having paid taxes, are entitled to vote at elections. We understand that at the late election, there were many excited their privilege.
NEW-YORK, October 13.
There never was in any country a more grievous imposition than the inhabitants of New-York have laboured under for years past in the article of oysters. In the years 1782 and 1783, when the city of New-York was a garrison town, with a very limited conn- exion either with the country or the coast; when beef sold at 3s. and 3s. 6d. per lb., the price of oysters was at the enormous rate of 16s. the 100; a price that entirely seclud- ed them from the families of the middle and lower classes of society, and only the very wealthy and luxurious could afford to gratify themselves with what was formerly considered as a cheap and wholesome article of daily food. In the years '84, '85 and '86, the price of the finest Blue-point oysters was from 2s. to 2s. 6d. per hundred—in these times the labourer and mechanic could sup- ply his family with a good meal of excellent food for 2 or 3s. and it was then customary for a cartman, on finishing his day's work, to take home a hundred of oysters for his fami- ly, as the cheapest and perhaps the most wholesome nutriment he could serve them with.
The price of oysters is now, and has been for years past, 8, 10, 12, and 14 shillings the hundred. Why is this? it is worth enquiry. Who is to blame? we should wish to be an- swered. There is, as we are informed, on the south side of Long Island, an extent of 34 miles of oyster-banks, inexhaustible, sufficient for the supply of the whole continent. The harbour of New-York (small as it is compar- atively with this great range of oyster-beds on the coast of Long Island) produced a great quantity of excellent oysters; but, from be- ing prevented the use of the Long Island banks, they are of high price. The question is, why are the New-York oyster-men exclud- ed from the supply which the Long Island oyster-beds would afford? Is there a right of property to preclude them? If there is a right of property in the owners of the soil, would it not be a measure justly incumbent on the corporation of the city of New-York to purchase that right, and let the city have a supply of good and wholesome food, at the rate of two shillings, in place of twelve?
TO THE PUBLIC.
While Nathaniel Olcott was at large, and the truth respecting the manner of his depar- ture, as well as the motives, was distorted or misconceived, it might have been well enough to suffer insinuations of the most criminal na- ture to pass uncontradicted, as it would have been difficult to disprove them, and perhaps

not altogether prudent. It might have been permitted that the newspapers should describe him as having taken money feloniously from the Bank, inasmuch as it might prove the means of arresting his flight; but now, since he is taken, and since the laws of his country have provided that he shall have a fair and impartial trial by his peers, a sense of propriety as well as strict justice imperiously demand, that no improper prejudices should stand between him and a fair and legal discussion. If he is guilty let him be punished. If it should turn out by law to be a felony, in God's name let him abide the legal consequence; but if it shall amount to simply a breach of confidence, or perhaps to no more than an act of bankruptcy, (and there are some strong reasons to believe) let him not be treated like an outcast of society, an outlaw, who is not even entitled to that degree of justice due to the most profligate felon. It is believed that some who have appeared the most clamorous among his creditors will appear by undeniable evidence to be largely his debtors; however at any rate let it be remembered, "that he who condemns another unheard does injustice, even though he should be right."
I did not intend to enter into the merits of Olcott's defence at all, but perhaps that regard to impartiality which dictated the above, requires I should add, that the writer is well assured that it will shortly appear, that few persons who have let him have money, remain unsecured in some way or other, to the best of his abilities, and in a manner unequivocally repulsive of every idea of fraud. Is it not then due to the unimpeachable purity and even amiableness of character, which he had acquired and maintained from his youth upwards, till this mysterious and unfortunate, perhaps criminal step, to refuse to condemn him unheard? Suppose that instead of his being the sharper, swindler, and felon, he should have been the dupe and the prey of others, who deserve those epithets, against whom ought public indignation to be directed then?
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE.
The capital saw-mills, on Cooper's river, near Charlestown, owned by Mr. J. Martin, Mr. Bourguet, and Mr. Dupont, with all their machinery, have been totally consumed by fire, valued from 20 to 25,000 dollars.
Mr. Olcott, it appears from a Philadelphia paper of yesterday, has been caught near Carlisle, in the State of Pennsylvania. Of the immense sum with which he was said to have absconded, only eight thousand dollars were found upon him.
This day the rendezvous for the United States frigate New-York closed; and it is with pleasure we understand, the crew shipped for that truly beautiful frigate is entirely composed of Americans, and none exceeding 35 years of age. From their gigantic and manly figures, we trust they will bid defiance to the foes of their country.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in South-Carolina, to his friend in this town.
"In this State, we are exerting ourselves to do what is right, and to secure a federal majority in the Legislature, at the next election in October; in that case there will be an unanimous ticket for Adams and Pinckney; at all events, Adams and Pinckney will be fairly and strenuously supported. The two parties in the state, in my opinion, are nearly balanced; the Jacobins are supported by some men of talents, but the most able and respectable characters are on the federal side. Hitherto the people in the upper country have been unanimous on the side of Jacobinism; at present, the approaching event has produced a great diversity of opinion in the lower country, the majority I believe to be decidedly federal."
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the United States frigate Congress, to his friend in Peterburg.
"Porto-Rico, 1st of September, 1800. "DEAR SIR, "You will receive this letter by the American brig Experiment, re-captured by the United States ship of war Congress, on the 20th of last month, from a French privateer of 16er of 16 guns. The Experiment had been in the possession of the privateer only three days—she is loaded with wine, sugar and molasses, and is supposed to be worth 20,000 dollars. When we re-took the brig, the privateer by which she had been captured was in sight, having in tow two other prizes; we made all the sail possible, but were unfortunately prevented coming up with them by the early approach of night. The prize master on board the Experiment informed us, that the privateer to which he belonged had lately been several times in sight of Cape Henry, and that there were at present three or four French privateers cruising off the American coast. From the same source we also learnt, that the privateer from which we re-took the brig, had lately captured an American letter of marque, after an engagement of five glasses."
HARTFORD, October 20.
The President of the United States passed through this city on Friday last, on his way to the seat of government.
BOSTON, October 21.
KINE POX.
Extract of a letter from Dr. Waterhouse, to a Physician in the country.
"There is a vile traffic carried on from Boston to some of the towns in the country in the article of kine-pox matter. What the matter is I cannot tell, but of this I am certain, more has been sent into the country the last fortnight, than I have been able to collect from all my patients for a month, and I have inoculated twenty times as many as any man in the country. In one instance a stage-driver procured it. In another a practitioner had it sent to him from an unknown hand. This abominable practice will bring, I fear, this beneficial discovery into disrepute. As this is spurious matter it never produces the requisite symptoms, and of course will not preserve a person from the small-pox, and one unfortunate instance would destroy all our exertions to extend far and wide one of the most important discoveries of modern times. I have been tempted at times to publish something of the kind in the newspapers, but am suspicious that it would be construed by some as an attempt to depreciate the practice of others in order to increase my own. I suspect that the Old Colony has had some of this spurious matter sent into it. The fact you mention confirms the opinion I have entertained for some weeks past. I believe, however, that the matter might have been originally cow-pox matter, but taken in the ulcerated state of the arm, when it produces abundance, but has lost its specific virtue."
lect from all my patients for a month, and I have inoculated twenty times as many as any man in the country. In one instance a stage-driver procured it. In another a practitioner had it sent to him from an unknown hand. This abominable practice will bring, I fear, this beneficial discovery into disrepute. As this is spurious matter it never produces the requisite symptoms, and of course will not preserve a person from the small-pox, and one unfortunate instance would destroy all our exertions to extend far and wide one of the most important discoveries of modern times. I have been tempted at times to publish something of the kind in the newspapers, but am suspicious that it would be construed by some as an attempt to depreciate the practice of others in order to increase my own. I suspect that the Old Colony has had some of this spurious matter sent into it. The fact you mention confirms the opinion I have entertained for some weeks past. I believe, however, that the matter might have been originally cow-pox matter, but taken in the ulcerated state of the arm, when it produces abundance, but has lost its specific virtue."
The British ship Thunderer of 74 guns, fell in with the fleet which lately sailed from the Havanna, under convoy of the United States frigate Constellation—The first lieutenant of the British ship went on board the American frigate, and on returning with assurance that the vessels and their cargoes were American property, no attempt was made to molest them.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29.
Captain Gardner, of the ship Two-Friends, which has arrived at New-York, informs that while he lay in the Downs, a vessel arrived from Minorca, in a short passage, with information that the squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren had arrived at that place.
The United States frigate President, Capt. Truxton, has re-captured an English merchantman, with a valuable cargo, and sent her for St. Kitts.
Thursday the 27th day of November next is to be observed as a day of Public Thanksgiving, throughout the State of Connecticut.
The number of deaths at Baltimore, for 48 hours preceding the 13th inst. at sun-rise, was 25.
Extract from Essays on Political Society—now printing by Mr. William Young, in Philadelphia.
"The American Congress, under their existing constitution, affords a conspicuous illustration of general principles of moral policy."
None of the ancient or modern leagues, none of the ancient or modern governments, in the old world, exhibits so perfect a national model for municipal legislation upon the elective system. French vanity, indeed, has eulogized their policy as the sublimest monument of human reason. But the defects of the first edition of government which they call a constitution, were proved by its being overthrown almost as soon as it commenced operations: It became obsolete in its infancy. The next project, to which was given the name of constitution, was conceived under the ascendancy of Robespierre. This thing, even its parents had not the confidence to exhibit to the French, for their opinion. The third French edition of government, called the constitution of the year three, appeared to have more firmness of texture, and to be more capable of duration. Its exterior form, indeed, has been continued, while the brain and the heart, as far as it had any, were anatomized by order of such as directed the armed force.
Can the French Council of Ancients claim the honour of competing with the American Senate? Is it equally formed for dignity, for wisdom and stability?
Shall the French Council of Five Hundred pretend to rival the American House of Representatives as a popular chamber of legislation? The triennial electoral assembly between them and the people, the annual rotation of one third of the members, the forced election of two thirds, were these the best expedients which the boasted French skill could devise for securing popular liberty?
The French legislature, if their two Councils merit the name since the Fructidorian subjugation, is a duplicated revolutionary aristocracy; mutilated by pentarchal usurpation; nominally regulated by forms, which, at the bidding of the pentarchs, vanish before a decree of urgency.
Whether the framers of the American constitution were controlled by an happy necessity of political situation; whether their profound acquaintance with the most correct theories of government determined the frame of the system; or whether a manly force of mind, combined with scientific skill, aided by much personal experience, and influenced by a respectful attention to preconceived opinions, led to a system so original in its general structure, so interwoven in its parts, so compacted by the association of the whole; whether and how far any or all of these causes operated to produce the American constitution, one thing is certain:—The citizens of the new world have abundant cause to felicitate themselves on their political destiny. The American nation has now a municipal legislature, constituted to "provide for the common defence and general welfare."
From a late London paper. The young King of Sweden is about 5 feet 11 inches high. He is well limbed, and muscular. His forehead arched and prominent; his eyes penetrating. He in general walks quick, but on parade is stately and warlike; his aspect is open and his manners frank. The most favored among the authors he usually reads is Livy, of whose relation of battles and speeches he has been known to express a romantic admiration, but it was the remark of his private tutor, that always after reading the life of his ancestor Charles XII. he roamed about several days in search of some grand adventure. But, observes a German Journalist, "this young King possesses little of the enthusiasm of the rival of Peter the Great."
Belle-Isle (to which it is supposed the expedition is directed) is an island of France, 115 miles off the coast of the department of Morbihan. It is 15 miles long, 5 broad, and diversified with craggy mountains, salt-works and fertile plains. It was taken by us during the 7 years war, in 1761, and restored as the peace of 1763.
The following singular occurrence was lately communicated by the Prefect of the Department of the Var (county of Nice) to the French minister of the interior:—The mountain of Fondudes forms part of the chain of the Lower Alps, which runs along the right bank of the Var. It is about 300 metres above the level of the Mediterranean; its southern base, is washed by the Var. In the course of last June, it was observed, that on the southern declivity of this mountain some parts had sunk. The ground opened in the clefts and sensibly fell in. The upper part soon felt the effects of this, and, by the parallel sinking of the ground, the mountain appeared like an amphitheatre. At last, the weather calm and the sky serene, the top of the mountain suddenly gave way, with a noise like thunder. The ground, shaken to pieces by the shock, rolled down the declivity like a torrent of lava, and stopped only by a hillock at the foot of the mountain. The quantity of ground displaced is estimated at 20 millions of cubical metres. It filled up a whole valley, buried several country houses, and covered the tops of the highest trees over the surface of a quarter of a square league. Notwithstanding this enormous shock, the ground still continues to sink, and we dread a second perhaps as disastrous as the first.
The Danish ship Norway, Capt. Olsson, arrived at Diamond harbour from Batavia on the 17th of January. By this ship we learn the loss of the American ship Ceres, last from the Isle of France, which was wrecked in the month of October, upon the island Anguilla. Part of the crew arrived at Batavia in the jolly boat belonging to the Ceres, with about four or five thousand dollars, part of the treasure with which the vessel had been freighted. By the account of these people, as soon as the Ceres had struck, the captain and ship's company sought the shore in boats, carrying the treasure with them; upon their landing, the natives came down upon them, and the captain in order to conciliate their good will, advanced towards them with the supercargo, and one or two passengers, making signs of submission: the attempt was vain, for the savages immediately put them to death; the rest witnessed this barbarity, betook themselves to flight, and found refuge in the woods. The party who survived to relate the above visited the shore at dusk, and found the jolly boat lying there with the treasure, but stove. They however contrived to repair the damages by the application of their jackets to the leak, and prosecuted their perilous way to Batavia.
In our last we stated the conviction of two more of the Hermione's crew. The hand of Providence has evidently shown itself in the punishment of these atrocious wretches; the shame of England and humanity. They had all made their escape and were safe in an enemy's country; yet by various ways and unaccountable means, Divine Vengeance has pursued and delivered them up to the arm of their offended country! We trust this strong and memorable document will not be lost.
Died.
In this town, on Monday last, Mr. Joseph Hill, jun. in the 23th year of his age. This afternoon, at three o'clock, is appointed for the funeral, at the house of Mr. Isaac Congdon, (next door north of Mr. Samuel Young's) at which time and place his friends and connections are desired to attend.
At Johnston, Mrs. Hannah Albertson, wife of Mr. Caleb Albertson, in the 45th year of her age.
At Smithfield, Mrs. Jemima Pain, in the 73rd year of her age.
At Baltimore, of the prevailing fever, Mr. James Gallagher, Printer.
WANTED immediately.
A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER, to work at Cafe and Press.—Apply at this Office. October 29.
For Sale,
A Valuable FARM, in the south part of Leicester, in the county of Worcester, containing upwards of one hundred acres of land, well accommodated with mowing, plowing, and pasturing, and an excellent good orchard on the same; the buildings are old, but plenty of timber to build new ones; and likewise, a large quantity of excellent good pine wood. Said farm will be sold cheap for good pay, as the subscriber intends to move into the country next spring. DAVID BALDWIN. Leicester, October 25.
Sales at Auction.
THIS DAY will be sold, at Benjamin Hoppin and Son's AUCTION-ROOM, A GREAT VARIETY OF Household Furniture,
AMONG WHICH ARE, ONE mahogany Side-board, do. Tables, do. Bureau, do. Chairs, do. easy do. 1 pair large Looking-Glasses, smaller do. 8 feather Beds, Bedsteads, and every description of Bed-Furniture; Window-Curtains, Table Linnen, 3 dozen silver handle Knives and Forks, China and Glass-Ware, with every article necessary for kitchen use. L. kewse, mens Wearing Apparel, one Sextant, one night Spy-Glass, Charts and Mariners Books, valuable; a 2 barrel Gun, a Chariot, Harness, &c. &c. Sale to begin at half past 10 o'clock.
Rhode-Island District, ff.
IN obedience to an order from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. Judge of the District Court for Rhode-Island District; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That there will be exposed for sale, at public Auction, on the first Monday in November next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. the brigantine William, as she now lays at Stevens' Wharf, in New-port; together with twenty barrels of Pork, a great quantity of Hoops and Staves, a number of empty water Hogheads, and eleven Horses; being part of the effects found on board said brigantine William, derelict at sea. W. PECK, Marshal. October 29.
FALL and WINTER GOODS.
WILLIAM BLODGET, jun. At Store No. 7. Cheapside, is opening this day, for sale, at prices peculiarly tempting, A VERY large, general, and complete supply of Fashionable Fancy and Staple, Fall and Winter Goods, of every description, quality and kind. October 29.
WHEREAS at a Court of Probate, holden within and for the town of Providence, on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1800, we the subscribers were by said Court appointed Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims against the estate of EDWARD DICKENS, late of Providence, merchant, deceased, represented insolvent, six months being allowed for that purpose: And whereas we have appointed the first Monday in each month respectively, within the period aforesaid, to meet at the office of Nathaniel Searle, in said Providence, for the purpose of receiving and examining the claims against said estate: Notice is therefore hereby given to the creditors of said estate, to exhibit and prove to us, within the period aforesaid, and the time and place above specified, their respective claims against the same, or they will be precluded, agreeably to the statute in such case provided. JOHN DORRANCE, NATHANIEL SEARLE. October 29.
THE subscriber gives this public notice, that he has been appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of EDWARD DICKENS, late of Providence, merchant, deceased, whose estate is represented insolvent, and has accepted said trust. The debtors to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. JAMES BURRILL, jun. October 29.
TAKE NOTICE.
WHEREAS the Freeman of the town of Providence, in Town Meeting legally assembled, on the 6th day of September, 1800, directed a tax of Ten Thousand Dollars to be assessed on the rateable property of the inhabitants of said town and others: And the subscriber having been duly appointed to collect the same, takes this method to inform all concerned, that all those who shall call on the Collector, and pay their taxes before the 10th Day of December next, will have Three per Cent. deducted, agreeable to the order of said town. BENJAMIN TAYLOR. October 29.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends, that he has removed to the house of the Hon. Jabez Bowen, Esq. nearly opposite to Dr. William Bowen's, where he will be ready promptly to attend to the calls of all who may please to employ him in the line of his profession.
Medicine-Chests for ships, and private boxes for officers and seamen, with directions suited to their voyages, will be put up with the greatest care, and on very moderate terms.
JOSEPH MASON. He will constantly keep on hand, for sale, a good assortment of Genuine Medicines. October 29.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office,"
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the following rates of duty, which are demandable by law:—
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit,
ANY certificate of naturalization, Any licence to practise, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or registry of any counsellor, solicitor, attorney, advocate or proctor, in any court of the United States,
Provided, That a certificate in any one of the courts of the United States, for any one of the said offices, shall, so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admission in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices.
Any grant or letters patent, under the seal or authority of the United States, (except for lands granted for military services)
Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for military services)
Any charter-party, bottomry or respondentia bond,
Any receipt or discharge for or on account of any legacy left by any will, or other testamentary instrument, or for any share or part of a personal estate, divided by force of any statute of distributions other than to the wife, children or grand-children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars,
When the amount thereof shall exceed the value of one hundred dollars, and shall not exceed five hundred dollars,
And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of
Any policy of insurance, or instrument in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dollars,
When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars,
Any exemplification of what nature soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it may be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish for the use of the United States, or some particular State,
Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bond or other obligation, or contract, made to or with the United States, or any State, or for their use respectively; and any bonds required in any case by the laws of the United States, or of any State, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty)
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars,
If above one hundred and not exceeding five hundred dollars,
If above five hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars,
And if above one thousand dollars,
Provided, That if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within sixty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two-fifth parts of the duty aforesaid, viz.
If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars,
If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars,
If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars,
If above one thousand dollars,
Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country,
The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of exchange, without respect to the number contained in each set.
Any note or bill of lading or writing, or receipt in nature thereof for goods or merchandise to be exported;
If from one district to another district of the United States, not being in the same State,
If from the United States to any foreign port or place,
The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of lading, without respect to the number contained in each set.
Any notes issued by the banks now established, or that may be hereafter established within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as shall agree to an annual composition of one per centum on the annual dividends made by such banks, to their stockholders respectively, according to the following scale:
On all notes not exceeding fifty dollars, for each dollar,
On all notes above fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars,
On all notes above one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five hundred dollars,
On all notes above five hundred dollars,
A protest or other notarial act,
Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war,
Any inventory or catalogue of any furniture, goods or effects made in any case required by law (except in cases of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in virtue of any legal process by any officer)
Any certificate of a share in any insurance company, of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank;
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars,
If above one hundred dollars,
If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars.
THAT the power of the Supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February, 1801.
THAT, If any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the Supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February, 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped, in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or refuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of inspection, any such vellum, parchment or paper, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may after that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
AND for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared, that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury, at WASHINGTON, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
FALL and WINTER GOODS.
Samuel Ames, Has received by late arrivals from London and Liverpool, and is now opening for sale,
 BEST superfine fashionable mixed, navy blue and other Broadcloths  Middling and low priced do.  Best double mill'd Calf-skin  Middling and low priced do.  Superfine and common Swan-down Waistcoating  Worsted Hose, a great variety  Ladies cotton do.  A variety of Swan-skins  Flannels and Baizes  A variety of worsted Stuff Goods  Book, Jacquet and Cambric Muslins  Muslins and Dimities  Cammels Hair Shawls white and coloured, fringed or plain bordered  Muslin and chintz do.  With every other article usually called for in his line, at the most reduced prices, for cash. A 1/0, an assortment of HARD-WARE, at wholesale only: a few hogheads of good retailing MOLASSE. October 15. (6w.)
Benjamin Thurber,
Has just opened, for sale, at the Sign of the Bunch of Grapes, in Williams Street, No. 30 a complete assortment of WINTER and FALL GOODS; amongst which are the following articles, viz.
 SCARLET, blue, black and London brown Broadcloths, Forest Cloths, from the highest to the lowest prices, Kersemeres, Flannels and Baizes of all colours, India and English Silks, black Satins, Modes, and Persian high and low priced Patches and Calicoes, Camel-Hair, Silk and Patch Shawls, a complete assortment of Looking-Glasses, Morocco and Florentine Shoes, India Muslins and Dimities. And other articles too numerous to mention. All old friends are invited to call and see for themselves, and whether they purchase or not they will be waited on with pleasure. The above articles will be sold at the lowest advance for cash. 8 W.  Octob 15.
FOR SALE by Harris and Rhodes,
 20 Boxes Havanna White and Brown Sugar  5 Hogheads W. I. Rum  3 Pines Brandy  10 Hogheads Molasses  Hyson, Souchong and Bohea Tea  Turk-Island and Rock Salt  Tobacco by the Hoghead  A few Kegs Honey  Octob 15.
Notice is hereby Given,
THAT the subscriber has removed his Office, to the Office of THEODORE FOSTER and THEODORE A. FOSTER, where he should be happy in a continuation of the favours already received of the public.
P. ALLEN. N. B. The Office of the CLERK of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for the county of Providence, is removed to the place above mentioned. P. ALLEN, Clerk.
The subscribers inform their friends in particular, and the public in general, that they transact all business appertaining to the Profession of the Law, at the place above mentioned, where constant attendance will be given. Mr. FOSTER first named, having relinquished his concern, in the future business, at the Office abovementioned, to us.
PAUL ALLEN, THEODORE A. FOSTER. October 8.
YELLOW FEVER.
LEE's Genuine New-London Patent BILIOUS PILLS,
WHICH were greatly successful in preventing and curing Epidemical, Bilious, Inflammatory, Yellow and Malignant Fevers in New-London, New-York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Baltimore, Charleston, &c. &c. and the West-Indies. Prepared by SAMUEL H. P. LEE M. D. New-London (Connecticut.)
Patent right secured according to a law of the United States.
For Sale, wholesale and retail, by WILLIAM WILKINSON.
They are approved by eminent Physicians, and others, for their virtues as an easy, safe, mild and efficacious remedy for all those complaints which arise from a redundancy of Bile in the stomach and first passages of men, women and children; such as Jaundice, remittent, Intermittent, and Ague Fevers; Yellow Fever, Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Diarrhoea; sick Head-aches, Foul Stomachs, Indigestion, &c. &c.
They are also found very useful in Worms, Dropsy, Gravel, Suppression of Urine, Obstructions, obstinate Costiveness, and all those complaints where purging is indicated—also for restoring the lost appetite after eating and drinking to excess over night; for recruiting the habit in the spring season, and may be safely used in all constitutions, ages and sexes.
Certificates of their Efficacy.
I certify that my daughter and son were for some time exceedingly ill with a most violent jaundice, attended with a flow fever, pains in stomach and bowels, lost appetite, yellow skin, and great lassitude and weakness, insomuch that I expected they never would recover; after trying various remedies to no effect, I made use of Lee's New-London Bilious Pills; then in great repute in the yellow fever in New-London. They were attended with the most astonishing effects, and performed a cure greatly beyond my expectation. I use them in my family in all cases where I judge the complaints proceed from intestinal maladies, and find them to answer the best of purposes. I am convinced that I very often save the expence of doctor's bills, by a timely use of these pills in all ordinary complaints.
Signed, BENJAMIN GARDNER. New-London, Millstone Point, July, 1799.
Attested Cases of Yellow Fever.
CASE I.
JAMES MILLER, a lad about 12 years of age, was attacked with the Yellow Fever in September last. The parents endeavoured to throw off the disease by purgative oils, injections, jalep, &c. but could get nothing through him. The third day I was call'd, I found him in the second stage of fever, with the black vomit and red petechial spots on his skin, he had no evacuation from his bowels, but ejected every thing which he took—I administered two of the pills, and he kept them down; and the third was given two hours after—and within six hours regular passages were produced, at which time the black vomit began to abate, and with the use of aqua calcis and his ordinary medicines he recovered, beyond the expectation of any of the family.
CASE II.
JOHN WELD, nurse at the hospital, was seized with the fever, in all its violence, attended with the usual symptoms of constipated bowels, delirium, vomitings, &c. &c. he was bled, took the pills every day, and although he was brought to the verge of the grave, from having an uncommon share of the disease, he recovered and always felt immediate relief from the effects of the pills.
CASE III.
I was attacked myself with the fever the last of September, from imprudently going into an infected room with four sick persons in it, early in the morning upon an empty stomach. I was bled, and kept my stomach and bowels constantly affected by the pills, and recovered without the use of any other remedies except calomel in alternative doses. I felt an immediate sensation of ease and relief from every dose I took, and always felt myself secure from that alarming symptom the black vomit whenever they passed through the stomach, and I ever found this the case with all my patients; my wife and two servants in my family were ill of the fever, but happily recovered upon a free use of the pills.
These pills were the only medicines I used for the purpose of cleansing the first passages, and for preventing the black vomit, whenever they were given and produced liberal evacuation, they never failed to answer this purpose in all cases, even pregnant women could take them with the happiest effects.
Signed, SAMUEL H. P. LEE. Sworn before, and signed in presence of MARVIN WAIT, Justice Peace for New-London County. New-London, July 12, 1799.
Boston, August 1, 1798.
DR. LEE, SIR,
From the high opinion which I have of your "New-London Bilious Pills," and from a desire to diffuse their utility among mankind, more particularly to my seafaring brethren,—I take the liberty to inform you that about the 20th of last month I arrived at New-London from the West-Indies, with the intermittent fever, commonly called the fever and ague, which I contracted there. I had had about forty fits when I arrived, I found them gaining upon me stronger and oftener, viz. from every other day to every day. I had made use of many things to break the fits but in vain—ill I took some of your pills at night, according to direction, next day my fit was scarcely perceptible, and from that time I had no more; as soon as I missed the fit I went to taking bark, and now thank God I am hearty and well.
Signed, PETER KEEN. P. S. I request you to publish the above for the benefit of my fellow-citizens in the seafaring way. September 3. (2m.)