The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-07-02 00:00:00

The Providence Journal.
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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. 79. ]
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
Miscellaneous.
From the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES.
"Let us get up early."
SOLOMON could hardly have written three thousand proverbs and a madrigal to his love, with such wisdom and wit, if he had not, by the air and scenery of the morning, corroborated his health and kindled his fancy. Whether active as a king or indolent as a lover, he perceived that early hours were auxiliaries both to business and pleasure, and therefore judiciously advises to rise with the lark.
In our climate, a midsummer morning's dream not Shakespeare himself should be permitted to tell. Blankets and pillows look so dull and warm, and the green grass and trees so cheerful and refreshing, it is wonderful the sluggard cannot, even with half shut eyes, discern such wide extremes, and prefer strolling in the fields to tumbling in bed.
But in the course of my parochial visitations, my early tap at many a door is often answered by a voice exclaiming from behind the curtain; it is the voice of the sluggard. The cock has crowed thrice, and certain robbers have sung two hymns and a ballad, before half my acquaintance have "girded their loins," buckled their shoes, and combed their hair. Yet these creatures, not contented with the naps of the night, swathe themselves like so many Egyptian mummies, in a sheet, four hours after sunrise, and then have the impudence to rise and talk of business and the beauty of the day.
The princely poet, author of our excellent text, when exhorting to summer enjoyments, points not to the night season, nor to the "inner pavilion" of the palace, but informs us that his "bed is green," and his love displayed in the open air.
The gallant Solomon could invite the blushing belle of Egypt to a morning's stroll into the vineyards, and give her his love amidst the dews of dawn. Well wert thou called wife, thou gallant prince, if it were only for thy knowledge of the female heart. Well didst thou know that the buds of beauty, like the blossoms of Shinah, stealing fresh vigour from slumber, expand all their sweetness to the morning ray. In our time, the torpid admirer snores, amidst the evening fog, the praises of his mistress, while the sprightly strains of his serenade are abounded by the thick mists of midnight.
In close parlours, and the long winter's eve, we may pore over rent-rolls, and engross marriage settlements. Let the city lover, in cork-soled shoes, goloshes and flannel, court the delicate maiden, in the close cap and comfortable bod-gown. But he that would woo thee, buxom Health, must
"Brush with hairy sweeps the dews away!" must not seek thee behind fire screens, or lolling on a sofa; but must erect a lodge in the village, and before the day break, and the shadows flee away, when the rose and the mandrake give a sweet smell, listen for thy jocund song mingling with the matin of the lark. In lieu of the ticket for the festid theatre, or the card for the crowded ball-room, the American lover should bid good morning to his fair one's night-cap, and salute her with the early call of arise, my beloved and come away, for the flowers are on the earth, and the time of the singing of the birds is come. Yet modern enamouration is apt to resort to the indolent delicacy of the lover, who boots "with felt," and whispers, "I charge you, O ye daughters, by the roes and the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up nor awake my love, till the pleasure."
But the morning air breathes not for lovers alone. If the philosopher will arise and meditate at the morning tide, though he may not rival the fame, he may attain the hale old age of Franklin.
The divine, by the light of the rising sun, may catch hints from creation, which may serve to raise the affections of his flock to him who divided the light from the darkness.
The merchant, who opens his compting-house windows to the earliest breath of morn, may perhaps find a reward in the custom of the early purchaser.
The lawyer, who has groped the preceding day in the intricacies of special pleading, when he views the peaceful face of morning, and is enlightened by the beamy sun, may perchance, from the serenity of the hour, be led to coin the grateful eulogium of "blessed are the peace makers."
While the blithe husbandman, whom Providence has ordained to mingle pleasure with profit, finds amidst his lowing herds, bleating sheep and blushing fields, an excitement to the task of the coming day.
TAX-LAY PREACHER.
ANECDOOTE.
A CERTAIN reprobate buck Parson going to read prayers at a remote village in the west of England, found great difficulty in putting on the surplice, which was an old fashioned one. "Blast this old surplice," said he to the clerk, "I think the devil's in it!" The astonished clerk waited until the parson had got it on, and then sarcastically replied, "I think as how he is, Zir."
SIR SIDNEY SMITH.
The following interesting Account of the Escape of this Officer, is extracted from a late Publication, entitled, "Secret Anecdotes of the 18th Fructidor (Sept. 4, 1797) and New Memoirs of the Persons deported to Guiana, written by themselves."
WHEN I was taken at sea (said the gallant Commodore) I was accompanied by my Secretary and M. de Tr——, a French gentleman, who had emigrated from his country, and who, it had been agreed, was to pass for my servant, in the hope of saving his life by that disguise. Nor were our expectations frustrated, for John (as I called him) was lucky enough to escape all suspicion.
On my arrival in France, I was treated at first with unexampled rigour, and was told that I ought to be tried under a military commission, and shot as a spy. The government, however, gave orders for my removal to Paris, where I was sent to the Abbaye, and, together with my two companions in misfortune, was kept a close prisoner.
Meanwhile, the means of escape were the constant objects on which we employed our minds. The window of our prison was toward the street; and from this circumstance we derived a hope sooner or later to effect our object. We already contrived to carry on a tacit and regular correspondence, by means of signs, with some women, who could see us from their apartments, and who seemed to take the most lively interest in our fate. They proposed themselves to assist in facilitating my liberation; an offer which I accepted with great pleasure; and it is my duty to confess, that notwithstanding the enormous expenses occasioned by their fruitless attempts, they have not less claim to my gratitude. Till the time of my departure, in which, however, they had no share, their whole employment was endeavouring to save me; and they had the address at all times to deceive the vigilance of my keepers. On both sides we used borrowed names, under which we corresponded, theirs being taken from the ancient mythology; so that I had now a direct communication with Thalia, Melpomene, and Clio.
At length I was removed to the Temple, where my three Muses soon contrived means of intelligence, and every day offered me new schemes for effecting my escape. At first I eagerly accepted them all, though reflection soon destroyed the hopes to which the love of liberty had given birth. I was also resolved not to leave my Secretary in prison, and still less poor John, whose safety was more dear to me than my own emancipation.
In the Temple, John was allowed to enjoy a considerable degree of liberty. He was lightly dressed, like an English jockey, and knew how to assume the manners which correspond with that character. Every one was fond of John, who drank and fraternized with the turnkeys, and made love to the keeper's daughter, who was persuaded that he would marry her; and as the little English jockey was not supposed to have received a very brilliant education, he had learnt, by means of study, sufficiently to disguise his native tongue.
John appeared very attentive and careful in my service, and always spoke to his master in a very respectful manner. I scolded him, from time to time, with much gravity; and he played his part so well, that I frequently surprised myself forgetting the friend, and seriously giving orders to the valet. At length John's wife, Madame de Tr——, a very interesting lady, arrived at Paris, and made the most uncommon exertions to liberate us from our captivity. She dared not come, however, to the Temple, through fear of discovery; but from a neighbouring house she daily beheld her husband, who, as he walked to and fro, enjoyed alike in secret the pleasure of contemplating the friend of his bosom. Madame de Tr—— now communicated a plan for delivering us from prison to a sensible and courageous young man of her acquaintance, who immediately acceded to it, without hesitation. This Frenchman, who was sincerely attached to his country, said to Madame de Tr——, "I will serve Sydney Smith with pleasure, because I believe the English intend to restore Louis XVIII. to the throne; but if the Commodore is to fight against France, and not for the King of France, heaven forbid I should assist him!"
Ch. L'Oiseau (for that was the name our young friend assumed) was connected with the agents of the King, then confined in the Temple, and for whom he was also contriving the means of escape. It was intended we should all get off together. M. La Vilheurnois being condemned only to a year's imprisonment, was resolved not to quit his present situation; but Boethier and Duverne de Presle were to follow our example. Had our scheme succeeded, this Duverne would not perhaps have ceased to be an honest man; for until then he had conducted himself as such. His condition must now be truly deplorable, for I do not think him formed by nature for the commission of crimes.
Every thing was now prepared for the execution of our project. The means proposed by Ch. L'Oiseau appeared practicable, and we resolved to adopt them. A hole twelve feet long
was to be made in a cellar adjoining to the prison, and the apartments to which the cellar belonged were at our disposal. Mademoiselle D——, rejecting every prudent consideration, generously came to reside there for a week, and being young, the other lodgers attributed to her alone the frequent visits of Ch. L'Oiseau. Thus every thing seemed to favour our wishes. No one in the house in question had any suspicion; and the amiable little child Mademoiselle D—— had with her, and who was only seven years old, was so far from betraying our secret, that she always beat a little drum, and made a noise, while the work was going on in the cellar.
Meanwhile L'Oiseau had continued his labours a considerable time, without any appearance of day-light, and was apprehensive he had attempted the opening considerably too low. It was necessary, therefore, that the wall should be sounded, and for this purpose a mason was required. Madame de Tr—— recommended one, and Ch. L'Oiseau undertook to bring him, and to detain him in the cellar until we had escaped, which was to take place that very day. The worthy mason perceived the object was to save some of the victims of misfortune, and came without hesitation; he only said, "If I am arrested, take care of my poor children."
But what a misfortune now frustrated all our hopes! Though the wall was founded with the greatest precaution, the last stone fell out, and rolled into the garden of the Temple. The sentinel perceived it; the alarm was given; the guard arrived, and all was discovered. Fortunately, however, our friends had time to make their escape, and none of them were taken.
They had, indeed, taken their measures with the greatest care: and when the Commissaries of the Bureau Central came to examine the cellar and apartment, they found only a few pieces of furniture, trunks filled with logs of wood and hay, and the hats with tri-coloured cockades provided for our flight, as those we wore were black.
This first attempt, though extremely well conducted, having failed, I wrote, continued Sir Sidney, to Madame de Tr——, both to console her and our young friend, who was miserable at having foundered just as he was going into port. We were, however, from liberating ourselves to be disappointed, that we still continued to form new schemes for our deliverance. The keeper perceived it, and was frequently open as to acknowledge the fact.
"Commodore," said he, "your friends are desirous of liberating you, and they only discharge their duty. I am also doing mine in watching you still more narrowly." Though this keeper was a man of unparalleled severity, yet he never departed from the rules of civility and politeness. He treated all the prisoners with kindness, and even piqued himself on his generosity. Various proposals were made to him, but he rejected them all, watched us the more closely, and preserved the profoundest silence. One day when I dined with him, he perceived that I fixed my attention on a window then partly open, and which looked upon the street. I saw his uneasiness, and it amused me; however, to put an end to it, I said to him, laughing, "I know what you are thinking of; but fear not. It is now three o'clock; I will make a truce with you until midnight; and give you my word of honour, that until that time, even were the doors open, I would not escape. When that hour is passed, my promise is at an end, and we are enemies again." "Sir," replied he, "your word is a safer bond than my bars and bolts; until midnight therefore I am perfectly easy."
When we rose from the table, the keeper took me aside, and speaking with warmth, said, "Commodore, the Boulevard is not far. If you are inclined to take the air there, I will conduct you." My astonishment was extreme, nor could I conceive how this man, who appeared so severe, and so uneasy, should thus suddenly persuade himself to make me such a proposal. I accepted it, however, and in the evening we went out. From that time forwards this confidence always continued. Whenever I was desirous to enjoy perfect liberty, I offered him a suspension of arms until a certain hour. This my generous enemy never refused; but when the armistice was at an end, his vigilance was unbounded. Every post was examined, and if the government ordered that I should be kept close, the order was enforced with the greatest care. Thus I was again free to contrive and prepare for my escape, and he to treat me with the utmost rigour.
This man had a very accurate idea of the obligations of honour. He often said to me, "Were you even under sentence of death, I would permit you to go out on your parole, because I should be certain of your return. Many very honest prisoners, and I myself among the rest, would not return in the like case; but an officer, and especially an officer of distinction, holds his honour dearer than his life. I know it to be a fact, Commodore; and therefore I should be less uneasy, if you desired the gates to be always open."
My keeper was right. While I enjoyed my liberty, I endeavoured even to take sight of the idea of; my escape and I should have been aver-
to employ, for that object, means that had occurred to my imagination during my hours of liberty. One day I received a letter containing matter of great importance, which I had the strongest desire immediately to read; but as its contents related to my intended deliverance, I asked to return to my room, and break off the truce. The keeper however refused, laughing, with a laugh, that he wanted to take some sleep. Accordingly he lay down, and I postponed the perusal of my letters until the evening.
Meanwhile no opportunity of flight offered, but, on the contrary, the Directory ordered me to be treated with rigour. The keeper punctually obeyed all orders he received; and he who the preceding evening had granted me the greatest liberty, now doubled my guard, in order to exercise a more perfect vigilance.
Among the prisoners was a man condemned for certain political offences to ten years confinement, and whom all the other prisoners suspected of acting in the detestable capacity of a spy upon his companions. Their suspicions indeed appeared to have some foundation, and I felt the greatest anxiety on account of my friend John. I was, however, fortunate enough soon after to obtain his liberty. An exchange of prisoners being about to take place, I applied to have my servant included in the cartel; and though this request might have easily been refused, fortunately no difficulty arose, and it was granted.
When the day of his departure arrived, my kind and affectionate friend could scarcely be prevailed on to leave me; until at length he yielded to my most earnest entreaties. We parted with tears in our eyes, which to me were the tears of pleasure, because my friend was leaving a situation of the greatest danger. The amiable jockey was regretted by every one; our turnkeys drank a good journey to him, nor could the girl he had courted help weeping for his departure; while her mother, who thought John a very good youth, hoped she should one day call him son-in-law.
I was soon informed of his arrival in London; and this circumstance rendered my own captivity less painful. I should have been happy to have also exchanged my Secretary; but as he had no other dangers to encounter than those which were common to us both, he always rejected the idea, considering it a violation of that friendship, of which he has given me so many proofs.
On the 4th of September (28th Fructidor) the rigour of my confinement was still further increased. The keeper, whose name was Lafne, was displaced; I was again kept close prisoner; and, together with my liberty, lost the hopes of a peace, which I had thought approaching, and which this event must contribute to postpone.
At this time a proposal was made to me for my escape, which I adopted as my last resource. The plan was, to have forged orders drawn up for my removal to another prison, and then carry me off. A French gentleman, M. de Phelipeaux, a man of equal intrepidity and generosity, offered to execute this enterprise. The order then being accurately imitated, and, by means of a bribe, the real stamp of the Minister's signature procured, nothing remained but to find men sufficiently bold to put the plan into execution. Phelipeaux and Ch. L'Oiseau would have easily undertaken it; but both being known, and even notorious at the Temple, it was absolutely necessary to employ others. Messrs. B—— and L——, therefore, both men of tried courage, accepted the office with pleasure and alacrity.
With this order then they came to the Temple; M. B—— in the dress of an Adjutant, and M. L—— as an officer. The keeper having perused the order, and attentively examined the Minister's signature, went into another room, leaving my two deliverers for some time in the crudelest uncertainty and suspense. At length he returned, accompanied by the Register (or Gaissier) of the prison, and ordered me to be called. When the Register informed me of the orders of the Directory, I pretended to be very much concerned at it; but the Adjutant assured me, in the most serious manner, "that the Government were very far from intending to aggravate my misfortunes, and that I should be very comfortable at the place whither he was ordered to conduct me." I expressed my gratitude to all the servants employed about the prison, and, as you may imagine, was not very long in packing up my clothes.
At my return, the Register observed, that at least six men from the guard must accompany me; and the Adjutant, without being in the least confounded, acquiesced in the justice of the remark, and gave orders for them to be called out. But on reflection, and remembering, as it were, the laws of chivalry and honour, he addressed me, saying, "Commodore, you are an Officer. I am an Officer also. Your parole will be enough. Give me that, and I have no need of an escort." "Sir," replied I, "if that is sufficient, I swear upon the faith of an Officer, to accompany you wherever you chuse to conduct me." Every one applauded this resolution, while, I confess, I had myself great difficulty to avoid smiling.
The keeper now asked for a discharge, and the Register gave the book to M. B——, who

boldly signed it, with a proper flourish, "L'Oger, Adjutant-General." Meanwhile I employed the attention of the turnkeys, and loaded them with favours, to prevent them from having time to reflect; nor indeed did they seem to have any other thought than their own advantage. The Register and Keeper accompanied us as far as the second court; and at length the last gate was opened, and we left them after a long interchange of ceremony and politeness.
We instantly entered a hackney-coach, and the Adjutant ordered the coachman to drive to the suburb of St. Germain. But the stupid fellow had not gone a hundred paces before he broke his wheel against a post, and hurt an unfortunate passenger; and this unlucky incident brought a crowd around us, who was very angry at the injury the poor fellow had sustained. We quitted the coach, took our portmanteaus in our hands, and went off in an instant. Though the people observed us much, they did not say a word to us, only abusing the coachman; and when our driver demanded his fare, M. L. —, through an inadvertency that might have caused us to be arrested, gave him a double louis d'or. Having separated, when we quitted the carriage, I arrived at the appointed rendezvous with only my secretary, and M. de Phelipeaux, who had joined us near the prison; and though I was very desirous of waiting for my two friends, to thank and take my leave of them, M. de Phelipeaux observed, there was not a moment to be lost. I therefore postponed until another opportunity my expression of gratitude to my deliverers; and we immediately set off for Rouen, where M. R. — had made every preparation for our reception.
At Rouen we were obliged to stay several days; and as our passports were perfectly regular, we did not take much care to conceal ourselves, but in the evening we walked about the town, or took the air on the banks of the Seine.
At length, every thing being ready for us to cross the channel, we quitted Rouen, and without encountering any further dangers, I arrived in London together with my Secretary and my friend M. de Phelipeaux, who could not prevail upon himself to leave us.
Foreign Intelligence.
By an arrival at New-York.
SUABIA, April 14.
IT appears that in Suabia and on the Rhine the Austrians intend to act merely on the defensive, for the present, till the event of the military operations in Italy shall be known. After the fall of Genoa, General Melas will be able to send a strong corps to Switzerland, against which country, in that case, General Kray would likewise direct his operations.
Should the French army attempt to invade Suabia, by crossing the Rhine, the Austrians are ready to give them a good reception. The cavalry of the Imperial army, in that quarter, amounts to 35,000 men.
All the Imperial troops in Upper-Suabia are now in motion, marching towards the Lake of Constance and the Grison country.
PARIS, April 22.
The First Consul decided yesterday on the fate of more than 200 persons inscribed upon the list of emigrants, and their names have in consequence been definitely erased. Amongst the names of the persons to whom justice has been done, we have remarked the names of Beaumetz, Liancourt, C. Lameth, Valence, La Fayette, and his companions in misfortune.
The official Gazette of Berlin, dated the 8th of April, has an article in these terms: — "Paten, March 25. The intelligence which was announced of the death of Prince Italiski Suwarow is unfounded. He was stated to have died on the 2d of March; but recent letters of the 22d state, that he is not only alive, but completely recovered from his malady."
We may now daily expect the arrival in France of the army of Egypt. Letters from Venice announce that on the 14th Germinal a vessel arrived at Zante in eleven days, stating that two Ragusan vessels had sailed from Alexandria, having General Kleber and 46 officers on board, and letters from Leghorn say that part of the army of Egypt, which sailed from Alexandria, has touched at the Island of Sicily. The Chief Consul has fixed on the Island of Hieres as the place at which they shall perform the necessary quarantine.
General Berthier, commander in chief of the army of reserve, has had a conference at Bussy with the General in Chief, Moreau. The military operations on the Rhine are to be recommenced in the course of this decade.
General Berthier has arrived at Dijon, where he found the army of reserve in the best condition. He has informed the government, that a detachment of the enemy, consisting of 800 men, has taken possession of Mount Cenis.
The letter from Embrun, which was published yesterday, left some doubts respecting the recapture of Mount Cenis by the French. The following is what we have received from Briançon, under the 11th of April:
"The campaign has been opened in our mountains. The Austrians surprised, three days ago, a post of thirty men, who kept Mount Cenis, and easily made themselves masters of that and of Lanslebourg. The possession of this important post opened the road of Chambery, and facilitated the blockade of Fenestrelles."
"General Thureau immediately hastened from Embrun, collected all his forces in a moment, marched day and night, surprised the Austrians in his turn at Exiler, where he took some prisoners and two pieces of cannon, and arrived at Suza, of which he took possession, and made 200 men, who kept Mount Cenis, prisoners. The news arrived this morning; it is certain, but we do not know the details."
"This coupe de main, as successful as it was
daring, renders us masters of a post which covers at once Mount Blanc, Fenestrelles, and the Upper Alps."
"The General in Chief Massena, specially authorized by government, has concentrated all his forces on the coast of Genoa. The 104th demi-brigade, which was in the 7th division, has repaired to Genoa. The system of war which the government has adopted, is that of keeping all the troops in a mass, on some favourable point, at the same time, on the offensive and defensive. The frontier departments have therefore no occasion to be uneasy, if a number of points, which have during the war been furnished with troops, are not so at present. Let them look to the right and to the left, and they will see numerous armies, more formidable as they are more concentrated, not only threatening the enemy, should it made any attack on the French territory, but in motion to repay by new brilliant victories the affront our armies received last campaign."
"Let those departments look behind them and they will behold the army of reserve, already 50,000 strong, daily reinforced, and ready to advance to the right or the left, according to the chance of war, and the plans of government; the military talents of which no one doubts."
"History will remark, that if the Executive Directory committed, to essential a fault, two years ago, as not to consolidate by a peace at Rastadt the peace of Campo Formio, by which the limits of the Rhine and Italy were irrevocably in our power, the Cabinet of Vienna has this year committed a still greater fault, by suffering itself to be intoxicated with the success the imperial army obtained last year in Italy, and by refusing a peace which would necessarily have ameliorated, in its favour, the treaty of Campo Formio."
"It is very probable that the wheel of fortune will be entirely reversed this campaign. The magistracy, who now direct the politics of the French government, know to profit of a favourable moment, and to fix it."
"Young Frenchmen, if you are jealous of participating in so much glory, and of contributing towards success which will at once confound internal malevolence and the Machiavellian policy of the Cabinet of St. James; and if you are jealous of the honour of being an army destined to finish the war of the revolution, by assuring the independence, the liberty, and the glory of the great nation 'to arms, to arms; hasten to Dijon!'"
Moniteur, April 22.
The Commander in Chief to the army.
OFFICERS and SOLDIERS,
A new campaign is about to open. It is necessary to conquer peace. Your valour, your patience in supporting every privation of an active war, a severe discipline, the first virtue of soldiers, will secure you victory, and with peace the happiness of the Republic.
(Signed) ALEX. BERTHIER, Com. in Chief. DU PONT, Chief of the Staff.
Domestic Intelligence.
PITTSBURGH, June 14.
WE are informed, that about 10 or 12 days ago, two Indians were killed on the Muckingham, about 30 miles from the mouth. It is said, that the Indians having stolen horses, were pursued by a party of men, who soon came within sight of them, and discovering the horses in their possession, fired at and killed the two Indians. It is also said, that since this affair, the Indians have generally left their camps, and returned to their towns, and that great alarm prevails in the settlement near where this affair happened.
We are informed, that on the evening of the 11th inst. the Indians murdered a man in his own house, on the road from the Crab Orchard through the wilderness. We did not learn the particulars, farther than that the man's name was Brown; that immediately on firing, the Indians broke into the house; and that Brown's wife and child escaped out at a back door, whilst they were engaged in the murder of her husband, he not having been killed by the shot they fired.
[Kent. Gaz.]
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.
WHEREAS, by an act of Congress passed on the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, the President of the United States is authorized to borrow, on behalf of the United States, from the bank of the United States, or from any other body or bodies politic or corporate, or from any person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as he shall judge most advantageous for the United States, a sum not exceeding three millions five hundred thousand dollars, to however, that no contract or engagement be made, which shall preclude the United States from reimbursing any sum or sums borrowed, at any time after the expiration of fifteen years from the date of such loan. AND WHEREAS it is declared by said act, that so much as may be necessary of the surplus of the duties on imports and tonnage, beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law, shall be pledged and appropriated for paying the interest; and also for paying and discharging the principal sum or sums of all the monies which may be borrowed according to the terms which may be fixed pursuant to the authority aforesaid. AND WHEREAS by the said act the faith of the United States is pledged to establish sufficient permanent revenues for making up any deficiency that may hereafter appear in the provisions before mentioned for paying the interest and principal sums, or either of them, or any monies which may be borrowed pursuant to the said act. AND WHEREAS the President of the United States, did, by an Act or commission under his hand, dated the seventeenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred, authorize and em-
power the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow, on behalf of the United States, any sum not exceeding in the whole three millions five hundred thousand dollars, and to make such contract or contracts as should be necessary, and for the interest of the United States, in pursuance of the act of Congress above recited.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act of Congress and the authority of the President of the United States above mentioned—doth hereby, on behalf of the United States of America, contract and engage in manner following, to wit:
1st. There shall be created a funded capital stock, to an amount hereafter to be designated by the said Secretary, but not exceeding three millions five hundred thousand dollars, which capital stock shall be divisible into shares of one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at eight per centum per annum, payable quarterly at the Treasury of the United States, or at the loan-offices where the said stock may stand credited, until the last day of December, in the year eighteen hundred and eight.
2d. After the last day of December in the said year one thousand eight hundred and eight, and after reasonable notice to the creditors, which shall be given by an advertisement in some public news-paper printed at the seat of the government of the United States, the said capital stock shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, by the reimbursement of the whole sum or sums borrowed, and which may constitute the said capital stock, either at the Treasury of the United States, or at the loan-offices where the same may stand credited.
3d. The credits for the said capital stock shall and may be separately certified in sums either for one hundred, four hundred, one thousand, four thousand, or ten thousand dollars, and the credits so certified shall be transferable by the creditors, or their attorneys, at the Treasury and loan-offices respectively, in pursuance of the rules which have been or which may be established relative to the transfer of the funded stock of the United States.
4th. A sufficient sum of the surplus duties on imports and tonnage beyond the permanent appropriations heretofore charged upon them by law—together with the faith of the United States, are hereby pledged for the fulfilment of this contract, in pursuance of, and according to the terms and conditions of the act of Congress herein before recited.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury of the United States, at L. S. Philadelphia, this second day of June, one thousand eight hundred, and of the Independence the twenty-fourth.
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury.
BANK of the UNITED STATES.
June 21, 1800.
PROPOSALS will be received until the last day of July next, inclusive, at the Bank of the United States, and the Offices of Discount and Deposit at Boston, New-York, Baltimore, Norfolk and Charleston, for the purchase of one million and five hundred thousand dollars of Stock, directed by the Secretary of the Treasury to be issued in pursuance of the above mentioned contract. The proposals most advantageous to the United States will be accepted, but no Stock will be issued at less than five per centum advance, or one hundred and five dollars in money, for one hundred dollars in Stock. In case the sums specified in similar proposals shall exceed the amount of Stock, offered for sale at the prices above mentioned, they will be accepted, subject to a proportional deduction.
G. SIMPSON, Cashier. June 24.
It is now reduced to a certainty that the ship Ariel, Capt. Coats, belonging to and bound to this port from Canton, is captured by a French privateer armed ship, after a very severe engagement and the loss of fifteen men killed. The information is brought by Capt. Hampton, arrived at Wilmington, Delaware, from St. Thomas, at which place Mr. Coppinger, who communicated the intelligence to Capt. H. received an official account from Guadalupe, where the Ariel had arrived.
The loss of this vessel will be severely felt by some underwriters of this city. In one office alone, 30,000 dollars are insured on her.
BOSTON, June 24.
In the schooner Minerva, arrived at Baltimore June 15, in 13 days from Cape-Francois, came passengers two sailors, by the name of Thomas White and John Drown, formerly belonging to the schooner Industry, from Boston, loaded with fish and timber, and commanded by Capt. Shubael Coin, who made the following declaration: that on the 21st of May, the mate discovered a leak in the vessel, and as the hole was so incumbered as to render it impossible to get at it, they were obliged to keep the pumps going night and day until the 27th, when she went down. The crew then took to their boat, which being very small, and the sea rough, they lived but a few minutes, and sunk; they were then obliged to seek safety by swimming. The captain, mate and two sailors, were drowned, and none but the two above mentioned were saved, who swam to land at Angelique, when they got to a Spanish settlement, from thence to Monticello, from that to Cape-Francois and Baltimore.
June 26.
From the Havana, 29th of May.
"Our market is likely to continue overstocked with dry goods; every store in the city is filled; what the object of merchants in the United States can be in shipping, I know not; but certain it is that they may expect to lose on such shipments at least 15 per cent."
The Minerva, Capt. Hills, arrived here yesterday from London, last from Portsmouth, in England, learnt while at the latter place, by
letters direct from the ship's merchant, that she was ready for sea, and would sail immediately. A short time previous to sailing, Capt. Hills received a letter from the American Coffee-House, at London, assuring him of the safe arrival at Bourdeaux of the passengers, taken from on board the Minerva, and they were hourly expected in London. Capt. Robinson, of Portland, has the command of this valuable vessel.
From New-York, June 21.
Yesterday Dr. Tilton informed us, that just before he sailed from Guadalupe, a French privateer arrived there, which a few days before had had a desperate engagement with a ship under American colours. The wounded seamen concluded she was an American Indian, though the officers of the privateer gave out that she was an English letter of marque. Mr. T. says, a number of men were killed, and as many as 20 of the wounded were sent to the hospital at Guadalupe, where he saw them, many of whom were wounded with boarding pikes. This engagement was to the windward of the West-India islands. We cannot but express a hope, that this ship, if she has been disabled, may not fall in with another pirate, but be waited into her destined port.
The United States sloop of war Delaware was in the port of Curacao, and the Patapsco was standing off and on, June 3d.
We received no papers by the Catherine.—When she failed there was a talk of a general peace.
It was reported last evening that the Fair American, from London, was below. Since the above, a gentleman handed us a paper containing the following extract of a letter from the Continent, dated April 8.
"Fifteen thousand Genoese peasants have joined the Austrians to the east, and six or seven thousand to the west of Genoa; those of Fontana Buona, in 6 regular battles, have obtained complete victories. In the first they killed 600 French, and made some prisoners. In the second, when, with four pieces of cannon and 40 mules loaded with combustibles, the French advanced to burn their villages, they were repulsed with the loss of 900 men, the cannon, mules and combustibles; and, in the third, commanded by Massena in person, who menaced them with total destruction by fire and sword, they left 2000 dead upon the field, lost 2000 prisoners, besides 2 Generals, and 113 officers. Massena himself escaped with great difficulty by sea."
On Tuesday arrived in the schooner Apollo, from Wiscasset, Capt. Tappan, of Newburyport; Capt. Ingalls, of the ship Mac, bound from Grenock for Charleston; Capt. Farrier, of the Mermaid, of New-York, from Calcutta; all whose vessels have been taken within about 20 days, by a French privateer of 14 guns and 10 men, from Guadalupe. Capt. Tappan was taken in lat. 38, the others between 38 and 32, long. 68, where the captains were sent on board the Apollo. The same privateer had taken ten other American vessels, names unknown—the Mac was retaken by the British, and is supposed to be ordered to Halifax. The Apollo was overhauled the day after their receiving the American captains on board, by two other French privateers of considerable force, in about lat. 32; 30; from Cayenne, bound further northward.
From the AUGUSTA HERALD.
THE lovers of our country, and the friends of good order, cannot but feel highly gratified, that notwithstanding the difficulties in which we have been involved, and the extraordinary debts necessarily incurred by our government, in providing for the safety and security of our citizens, the real debt of the United States has gradually diminished, and that there exists such incontestible evidences of the prosperity and increasing wealth of our country, as are exhibited in the late interesting and important report of the committee of finance. Were we to listen to many of the complaints of discontented partisans, and to believe some of the statements artfully calculated to mislead the unsuspecting, we might almost conclude our country to be in a state of bankruptcy. Among the most serious evils with which our country is afflicted, may be ranked that party spirit which discovers itself in those particulars, in which there can be but one interest, and respecting which, there ought to be but one opinion. That there should be a difference in the political opinions of men, is not extraordinary; it is no evil, but rather an advantage, that there should be a diversity of sentiment in the councils of the nation, and in the minds of the citizens, for thereby every proposed measure is freely discussed, and that most wise and most approved, is probably adopted; but when the question comes to be government or no government; when it is asked whether we are to regulate our own concerns or become subject to external authority? When it is enquired, whether the happy organization of the social compact from which flow so many blessings, is or is not to be subverted by revolutionary fanatics? there ought not, there cannot, be but one opinion among those who have any regard for the happiness of society.
The prosperity of United America—the increasing population, wealth, and respectability of our country, evidence the wisdom which has directed our public measures: whence then, it may be asked, the cause for that violent censure against the measures of our administration, with which many newspapers are filled—what are the evils which exist, and what the changes required? Let our citizens beware of deception before it is too late; repentance may be of no avail when evil has overtaken them? Let them distrust the man who wishes to destroy their confidence in the rulers of their choice, and who desire to overturn the present constitution of their country, without offering even a shadow of a substitute. When we hear the highest officers of our government insulted and abused—when men of tried integrity, of known patriotism, of knowl-

adged wisdom—men who have faced danger in the field, and encountered villainy in the cabinets—men whom threats could not intimidate, nor intrigue seduce from the line of rectitude; nor induce in them a departure from the pursuit of their country's good, and their fellow-citizens interests.—When such men are the subjects of defamation and unbounded slander, let the dispassionate enquirer after truth ask, whether such men or their vile calumniators, merit most their confidence.
From the New-York Gazette.
THE OBSERVER.
"I will allow the maker of a Dictionary to understand the meaning of one word, but not of two put together."
THE public have lately been informed by an evening paper, that Mr. Webster is preparing for the press a Dictionary of the American Language . I sincerely congratulate my countrymen on this intelligence, as the talents of this gentleman are well known, and his ability to execute such a task unquestionable! He has long distinguished himself in the walk of philosophy, and he now steps forth in the broad way of lexicography. He has already consigned the labours of Lowth to oblivion, and soon we may expect that the Dictionary of Johnson will be dismissed to the peaceful shelf.
It was once proposed by a body of philosophers to abolish the English language in the United States, and to introduce the Hebrew in its stead. Mr. Webster, with more propriety, is about to institute a language of his own, and ought, in justice, to be considered the father of the American tongue. Our present writers will furnish him with a vast fund of words, from which, like the bee, he may collect sweets for his hive. Novelty is a grand source of pleasure, and nothing will characterize the Dictionary of Mr. Webster. Lengthy will, I presume, be substituted for long; notwithstanding it has long been the petition of Mr. Long that he may be nicknamed lengthy no longer . The word suppose will become chusie , and guess will rise up in the place of it. We no more shall observe, I suppose it is true, I think it is just, but I guess it is true, &c. &c. But the greatest flight that Mr. Webster has taken into the regions of new words, was, when he brought down on earth the verb to happy , a word which, whether we speak or write it, cannot be sufficiently commended; a word that has enriched our language by its harmony and significance; a word (which to go through its inflections) cannot fail to have happified its excellent and happy author.
New laws and new customs, says Mr. Webster, have introduced new words and combinations of words. He is certainly right. The custom of lounging in a slooping attitude before the door in the shade, produced, I should imagine (Mr. W. would say guesse ) the custom of denominating the porch a sloop —but as Mr. Webster's acuteness of etymological researches must necessarily be greater than mine, it is to be hoped he will sloop to give us the right derivation of the word.
A verb is considered by grammarians the chief word in a sentence; and, consequently, the more numerous our verbs are, the more forcible will be the American language. That mighty poet, Mr. Dwight, in his Conquest of Canaan , opens his invocation with the verb to Sun , for which that grand luminary cannot be otherwise than very much obliged to him; and, sheltered under such an authority, why may not Mr. Webster give us the verb to moon ?
It is not improbable that Mr. Dwight, in his colloquial discourse, talks often in the day of being sunned in his walks; and, with equal propriety, he may, in the night, tell his friends that he has been mooned . As it is my object to avoid every imputation of irony, when writing on so important a subject, I will appeal to any school-master in town, whether one principle be not as good as the other; or rather, I would refer to my coffee-house readers, as I, the other day, travelled with a school-master who knew not what a principle was.
Circumlocution will sooner or later fatigue the mind; and, therefore, when one word will answer the purpose of half a dozen, it ought to be adopted. Mr. Morfe, of geographical memory, will authorize Mr. W. in the use of the word loatable ; my footman (a true born American) will sanction the word walkable ; and there is scarcely a rake in town who will not concur in the excellence of the word cometable . How much better is it to say, that Miss —, who shews her ancles always in walking, is perfectly cometable , than that she is easy of access?
In a word, I would compare the present labours of Mr. Webster to that of a maniac gardener, who, instead of endeavouring to clear his garden of weeds, in opposition to reason, entwines them with his flowers!
By last Evening's Mail.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
From Glasgow papers, received at Boston by the brig Houlbrook , Capt. Sayer, from Scotland. Latest date May 6.
PALERMO (Sicily) April 2. IN late fortie of the French at Malta, they took 70 British soldiers, but they were soon rescued. The French Commander appears disposed to surrender, if the English will convince him of the capture of the vessels with supplies for him.
FLORENCE, April 12. The following bulletin has been published here officially: A "Courier from Field Marshal Count de Hohenzollern has brought me the agreeable intelligence, that on the 9th the Bochetta was taken by assault. Six tier of entrenchments, which seemed impregnable, were scaled by our troops with heroic valour, notwithstanding the most obstinate resistance made by the enemy. The main body of the army has, besides, taken possession of the fortress of Vado, and has in part entered Savona. The
loss of the enemy is much more considerable than ours. The French are surrounded, and defend themselves with desperation. The details will be published forthwith. (Signed) The Marquis of SOMMARIVA, Maj. Gen.
SAVONA, (Genoa) April 9.
We (the Austrians) are masters of this place. We took, by storm, the mountains of Ajuto, Notte and Repino, and the woods of Savona, making a number of prisoners, and taking 4 pieces of cannon. Vado and Stefano are likewise in our hand. Gen. Massena retreated. Our Gen. Ott is under the walls of Genoa—the French are retreating at Finale. The British have begun to bombard Genoa from the sea.
STRASBURG, April 25.
The French army of the Rhine have opened the campaign. A part have passed the Rhine—and the whole are in motion. Various attacks must have taken place; but we have not learned the particulars. [Paris papers to April 29. say nothing of the result of this commencement of operations.]
Further.—Strasburg, April 25.
For three hours and a half our troops have been firing; they attacked the Austrian posts before Kehl. The cannonade still continues (the time when the Courier set out.) To-morrow morning I hope I shall be able to give you the result of the battle.
Another letter of the same date.
The two armies have been engaged since six o'clock in the morning. It is now nine, and the advantage begins to declare itself in our favor. It was our centre which attacked.
FRANKFORT, April 19.
There are many indications of the speedy renewal of hostilities on the Rhine. The Elector of Mentz is to furnish 8000 men to be paid by the British; and Prince Lowenstein Wortheim, will raise 10 companies for the British.
VIENNA (Germany) April 16.
The principal British expedition is supposed to be against Provence. The Russians to co-operate. This is probable, important and practicable.
The Russian court and ours appear to be on good terms again.
LONDON, April 28.
The Channel fleet has failed for the blockade of Brest. It will consist of 40 sail of the line. The French and Spanish vessels at Brest, appear principally in readiness for sea. It is thought the Spaniards will endeavour to return to Cadiz. Lord Nelson and Capt. Trowbridge are expected from the Mediterranean to serve in our Channel Fleet.
Lord Keith failed from Leghorn, with his squadron, April 6.
The report of a Spanish army being on its march against Portugal has died away.
Lord Whitworth, our Minister at the court of St. Petersburg, may soon be expected in Britain. A pretty accurate opinion of the degree of amity and confidence that subsists between the two Imperial courts, may be gathered from the simple fact, that the Emperor Paul, for no other avowed reason than that his Lordship had presumed to visit the Austrian Ambassador, the Count Cobenzel, after knowing the latter was in disgrace at Petersburg, signified his wish that our Ambassador might be recalled.
Intelligence from Calcutta announces the capture, by Lt. Col. Bowser, of the strong and important Fort of Gooty, after an obstinate resistance from the garrison, in which we regret to have to state among our loss, captain H. Roberts, an officer of distinguished merit, who fell from a musket-ball received a few hours before the place surrendered.
May 3.
The two Spanish frigates, captured by Admiral Duckworth's squadron, had each on board, with other property, 1500 weight of quicksilver, and military stores for Lima, and were of 36 guns and 500 men. The first, called the Carmen , had in the engagement 11 killed and 16 wounded; the second, the Florentia , had 42 killed and 12 wounded, in the last were included the 1st and 2d captain. Nine merchantmen, under their convoy, were also taken. They are valued at 700,000 l.
For Sale,
THAT pleasantly situated FARM, and elegant stand for a TAVERN, in Mendon, long known by the name of AMMIDON'S TAVERN, containing 130 acres of the best land in the county of Worcester, being well watered, and equally proportioned as to Mowing, Pasturing, Tillage and Woodland; with an orchard that will produce apples for 150 barrels of cider, yearly, and a large number of young trees, grafted with different kinds of fruit. There are about 50 tons of English Hay cut on said farm yearly. There is a new House, two stories high, well finished, with a hall 36 feet long and 13 feet wide; likewise, another convenient Dwelling-House, a Hatter's Shop, two Barns and Stables, and a Cider-House, Mill and Press, and other out-houses. It is one of the best stands for a tavern of any in the country, being on the TURNPIKE ROAD from Hartford to Boston, and likewise on the road from Providence to Worcester, and a few rods north of the Meeting-House in Mendon. There is one tavern within 3 miles, and no other within 6 miles, in any direction. The farm lies nearly in a square body; three sides of it adjoin on roads, it is well fenced into square lots, with good stone wall. For pleasantness, health and profit, none exceed it. For conditions of sale, and further particulars, apply to the subscribers, on the premises.
MILLER and FULLER.
Mendon, May 30.
PROVIDENCE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.
At a meeting of the officers of the several independent companies, in the town of Providence, at Shaw's inn, on the 25th inst. at 8 o'clock, P. M. his Excellency the Governor and Commander in Chief honoured the gentlemen with his presence, took the chair, and the following resolutions were agreed to, which are to be observed as the arrangements for the celebration of Friday next, the fourth of July:
The military companies are to be under the immediate command of Col. Nathan Fisher.
PROCESSION.
1. Light Dragoons in front, Lieut. Col. Smith. 2. Volunteers, Lieut. Col. Taylor. 3. Cadets, Lieut. Col. Burrill. 4. Artillery, Col. Fisher. 5. Citizens, Strangers, &c. 6. Association of Mechanics. 7. Marine Society. 8. Justices of the Peace. 9. Militia Officers, regimental, general, and Staff. 10. Officers of the American Army and Navy. 11. Town-Council, Town-Treasurer and Town-Clerk. 12. Justices of the State Courts and Attorneys. 13. Officers and Corporation of College. 14. Members of the State Legislature. 15. Cincinnati. 16. Members of Congress, and Officers of the United States Government. 17. Secretary of State and Attorney-General. 18. District Judge, Marshal and Attorney. 19. Clergy and Orator for the Day. 20. His Excellency the Governor and suite, attended by the High Sheriff for the County of Providence.
Col. John Spurr is appointed to superintending the procession of the citizens, strangers, &c.
The troops will assemble at the Bridge, at 11 o'clock, A. M. form the procession, and march off precisely at half past 11 o'clock—proceed up Westminster-street, through Union-street, down Broad and Weybosset streets to the Bridge; down Main-street to Power's lane, up said lane to Benefit-street, up Benefit-street and down President-street, to the south door of the Baptist Meeting-House.—After the Oration, form as before, move up President-street, up Benefit-street, down Power's lane, down Main-street to the Bridge, form a line, fire the salutes, and dismiss the procession.
JONATHAN RUSSELL, Esq. will pronounce the Oration.
On Wednesday last Major-General HAMILTON passed through this town, on his way to Newport.
From the American Daily Advertiser.
MR. CLAYPOOL,
I am impelled by considerations of justice and personal attachment to Col. Pickering, to declare, that the recent publications in the Aurora , respecting his pecuniary transactions while Secretary of State, are unfounded.
The accounts of the Department, while it was conducted by Col. Pickering, have been exhibited at the Treasury, and it is expected that they will be finally settled soon after the Offices are opened at Washington. It appears from these accounts, that a balance of about 500 dollars remained in his hands when he retired from office: this sum was deposited in the Bank of the United States, and has this day been returned to the Treasury.
The balances to which the publications in the Aurora refer, are the aggregate amounts of sums, which have been remitted to Ministers and other public Agents chiefly residing in foreign countries:—the payments made by the late Secretary of State are supported by regular vouchers, and although in many instances they constitute charges against individuals in the books of that Department; they will exonerate the Secretary from pecuniary responsibility.
The nature of the public service requires, that monies should be entrusted to Agents on account, and the practice has been common in every department, since the first establishment of the Government.
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
Treasury Department, June 23d, 1800.
[Can any individual read the above statement in refutation of the charges brought against Mr. Pickering in the Aurora , without feeling a contempt for the propagator of such bare-faced falsehoods? Not an officer of our government but what has been vilified, and the Legislature of the Union insulted and abused in that vehicle of sedition. And what aggravates the evil, is this most shameful abuse proceeds from a foreigner, whose conduct obliged him to fly his own country, and who finds protection in the very government he is endeavouring to subvert.]
Extract of a letter from Manchester, Virginia, dated June 12, 1800.
"I heard from Powhatan County to-day, indeed woe-ful news to me from that neighbourhood, as well as to others from other parts. It is reduced to a certainty, that many of the farmers, and indeed almost every one, will hardly make wheat enough to sow the next crop, except those who sowed the early wheat, or what is generally called the May wheat. My father loses nearly all his crop, which was a pretty large one, and many have cut their wheat and are selling it for hay. All this is owing to the rust, which was never known so bad before in Virginia, and never were such promising crops seen as these, before the wet weather set in. This is a melancholly prospect, as it will the ruin of many."
The President of the United States arrived at Philadelphia on Thursday last from the city of Washington, on his way to the northward. At Alexandria and Baltimore he experienced those tokens of esteem and respect, which a grateful people are ever ready to bestow on those who have been eminently conspicuous in promoting the happiness and welfare of their country. Previous to his return, the President paid a respectful visit to the widow of the late Gen. Washington, at Mount-Vernon.
AMERICAN EMBASSY TO FRANCE.
From the Wilmington (Del.) Monitor, of June 18.
We flow the press to announce the arrival of the brig Sally , Capt. Hampton, of this port, in 13 days from St. Thomas. While getting under way from said island, a schooner arrived in 21 days from Bourdeaux, who said that the American Commissioners had accomplished the object of their mission.—Some extracts shall be given in our next from St. Vincent and Grenada papers, of the 19th ult.
One of the Paris papers gives the following extraordinary account of an institution for the blind at Paris, in the Rue Denis. These unfortunate persons are placed on a kind of theatre: The captain rises and presents to view a quantity of bands guided by thought, move and perfect different works of different degrees of difficulty. Whilst one person sings an air composed by one of the blind, other persons continue their labours. A child drops her needle, her neighbour looks for it with her fingers, and returns it to the child. A spinner feels her thread break; she stops her wheel, discovers the broken thread, joins it, and continues to spin with all the ease of a person who possesses the best sight. A word, a calculation, are given to the blind persons; their hands fly over the case, and the words and calculation are composed. Two other blind persons who are absent, are called; they feel the characters, guess the figures, and running their fingers over the lines, read the words, and explain the calculation to the spectators. It is the same with the musicians; they have musicians; they have music books, the notes of which are traced in relief, which they read as quickly by means of the touch, as if they had their eye-sight. The touch is the eye of the blind, and nature seems to have doubled the faculties of the one, to indemnify them for the privation of the other. [Lond. Pap.]
At Rehoboth, on Tuesday last, a son of Mr. Benjamin Carpenter, of that town, aged about 8 years, was accidentally killed; he had been assisting to plough a corn-field, and was riding a horse towards a barn after the ploughing was completed; the horse taking fright, the rider was thrown, when the plough-share fractured his skull, and he expired in about five hours.
The United States frigate General Greene was off the Mississippi on the 19th of May.
The brig Nancy , Capt. J. B. Cooke, of this port, and brig Alfred , Capt. Totham, of New-port, were at Cape-Francois the 2d instant.
From the Boston Mercury, July 1.
The news received by Capt. Sayer, from Greenock, is the latest by a few days. In the most recent papers we find published, as fresh and important, that about the 9th of April, the Austrians, in Italy, took from the French several important posts in the Genoese territory, and Bochetta and Savona, the last of which is a city, second in importance to Genoa itself. The papers of a previous date contained the letters of the French Generals Souhet and Oudinot—which have been already published in the American prints; and which represented the French as successful in Italy up to their date (the 16th of April.) The Scotch Editor therefore, by attaching particular importance to the Austrian accounts of events favourable to them on the 9th of April, must have thought them more plausible and more to be relied upon than the French intelligence of a contrary nature which included the same period of time. Perhaps in making this decision some facts within his knowledge, and not his prejudices, operated with him. If we place confidence in his statements, the Austrians had so far encircled Genoa, as with the English attack by sea, must have occasioned its speedy reduction. The French force in Genoa is not mentioned; but it appears that Massena's troops were divided—a part remained in Genoa, and a part had retreated to Finale.
The renewal of war on the Rhine is asserted in Strasburgh letters; but is not corroborated by intelligence from other places. Though many circumstances indicated that hostilities were on the point of being commenced.
The arrangements for the union of England and Ireland, continue to occupy the attention of the British parliament; and are made with as much expedition as is consistent with the magnitude of the object.
The French army of reserve is said to have been augmented to 72,000 men. A part of it was filing off towards Geneva. Buonaparte was expected at Dijon.
Napper Tandy, was to have his trial on the 5th of May.
Capt. Sayer informs, that when he failed from Scotland, he had a paper of May 12, which contained an official account of the defeat of Massena's army, with loss of 7 or 8000 men killed and prisoners; but it was taken from him by the privateer which met him on his passage.
The owners of three vessels, lately captured by the English, failed on Saturday last from Salem for Halifax, to use their exertions for the recovery of their property.
Did,
In this town, Mr. Thomas Peckham, in the 25th year of his age.
On THURSDAY the 10th inst. at 11 o'clock, A. M.
Will be sold at Public Auction,
THE House on leased land next to the well-ward to Mrs. DANIEL JACKSON Foundary, if not previously sold at private sale. For terms please to apply to ELISHA DYE or the subscriber.
SAMUEL BUTLER, jun.
July 2.

Selected Poetry.
From the FARMER'S MUSEUM.
LOVES OF THE TRIANGLES.
A Mathematical and Philosophical Poem.—Inscribed to Dr. DARWIN.
(Continued from our last.)
But chief, thou, nurse of the Didactic Muse, Divine Non-sense, all thy soul infuse; The charms of Secants and of Tangents tell, How Loves and Graces in an Angle dwell; How flow progressive Points protract the Line, As pendent Spiders spin the filmy twine! How lengthened lines, impetuous sweeping round, Spread the wide Plane, and mark its circling bound: How Planes, their substance with their motion grown, Form the huge Cube, the Cylinder, the Cone. Lot where the chimney's sooty tube ascends, Their fair Trochias from the corner bends! Her coal black eyes upturn'd, ineffant mark The eddying smoke, quick flame, and volant spark; Mark with quick ken, where, flashing in between, Her much lov'd Smoke-jack glimmers through the scene; Mark how his various parts together tend, Point to one purpose—in one object end: The spiral groves in smooth meanders flow, Drags the long chain, the polish'd axles glow, While flowly circumvolves the piece of beef below: The conscious fire with bickering radiance burns, Eyes the rich joint, and roasts it as it turns. So youthful Horner roll'd the roughish eye, Cull'd the dark plum from out his Christmas pye, And cried, in self-applause, "How good a boy am I!" So, the sad victim of domestic spite, Fair Cinderella pass'd the wintry night, In the lone chimney's darksome nook immur'd, Her form disfigur'd, and her charms obscur'd; Sudden her god-mother appears in sight, Lifts the charm'd rod, and chaunts the mystic rite. The chaunted right the maid attentive hears, And feels new ear-rings deck her listening ears; While 'midst her towering tresses, aptly set, Shines bright, with quivering glance, the smart algrette: Brocaded silks the splendid dress complets, And the Glass-Slipper grasps her fairy feet. Six cock-tail'd mice transport her to the ball, And liveried lizards wait upon her call. Alas! that partial Science should approve The fly Rectangle's too licentious love! For three bright Nymphs the wily wizard burns;— Three bright-eyed Nymphs requite his flame by turns. Strange force of magic skill! combin'd of yore With Plato's science, and Menecmus' lore. In Attic's schools, amid those sultry lands, High on its base, where Pompey's pillar stands. This learnt the Ser; and learnt, alas! too well, Each scribbled talisman, and smoky spell: What mutter'd charms, what foul-bubbling arts, Fell Zatarai to his son's imparts.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
NOTES.
(Line 38)—Angle.—Gratia Bucilla rufus ab Angulo. Hok.
(Line 39)—How flow progressive points.—The author has referred the picturesque imagery, which the Theory of Fluxions naturally suggested, for his Algebraic Garden! where the Elements are described as rolling with an even current between a margin of curves of the higher order, over a pebbly channel, laid with Differential Calculi.
In the following six lines he has confined himself to a brief explanation of the theory according to which Lines are supposed to be generated by the motion of Points—Planes by the lateral motion of Lines, and Solids from Planes, by a similar process. —Quere, Whether a practical application of this theory would not enable us to account for the genesis, or original formation of Space itself, in the same manner in which Dr. Darwin has traced the whole of the organized creation to his Six Filaments? Vide Zoonomia .—We may conceive the whole of our present universe to have been originally concentrated in a single Point. We may conceive this Primæval Point, or Punctum Saliens of the universe, evolving itself by its own energies, to have moved forwards in a right Line, ad infinitum, till it grew tired. After which the right Line which it had generated would begin to put itself in motion in a lateral direction, describing an Area of infinite extent. This Area, as soon as it became conscious of its own existence, would begin to ascend, according as its specific gravity might determine it, forming an immense solid space filled with Vacuum, and capable of containing the present existing universe.
Space being thus obtained, and presenting a suitable Nidus, or receptacle for the generation of Chaotic Matter, an immense deposit of it would gradually be accumulated;—after which, the Filament of Fire being produced in the Chaotic Mass, by an Idiosyncrasy, or self-formed habit analogous to fermentation, Explosion would take place; Suns would be shot from the central chaos; Planets from Suns, and Satellites from Planets. In this state of things, the Filament of Organization would begin to exert itself in those independent masses, which, in proportion to their bulk, exposed the greatest surface to the action of Light and Heat. This Filament, after an infinite series of ages, would begin to ramify; and its viviparous offspring would diversify their forms and habits, so as to accommodate themselves to the various incububia which Nature had prepared for them.—Upon this view of things, it seems highly probable that the first effect of Nature terminated in the production of Vegetables; and that these, being abandoned to their own energies, by degrees detached themselves from the surface of the earth, and supplied themselves with wings or feet, according as their different propensities determined them in favour of aerial or terrestrial existence. Others, by an inherent disposition to society and civilization, and by a stronger effort of volition, would become men. These, in time, would restrict themselves to the use of their hind feet; their tails would gradually rub off, by sitting in their caves or huts; as soon as they arrived at a domesticated state, they would invent Language, and the use of Fire, with our present and hitherto imperfect system of Society. In the meanwhile, the Foci and Alæ, with the Corallines and Madrepores, would transform themselves into Fish, and would gradually populate all the submarine portion of the globe.
(Line 46)—Trochias.—The nymph of the wheel, supposed to be in love with Smoke-jack.
(Line 56)—The conscious Fire.—The Sylphs and Genii of the different elements have a variety of innocent occupations assigned them; those of Fire are supposed to divert themselves with writing the name of Kunkel in phosphorus.—See Economy of Vegetation .
"Or mark with shining letters Kunkel's name In the slow Phosphor's self-consuming flame."
(Line 68)—Listening ears.—Listening, and therefore peculiarly suited to a pair of diamond ear-rings. See the description of Nebuchadnezzar, in his transformed state:
"Nor Flattery's self can pierce his pendent ears."
In poetical diction, a person is said to "breathe the blue air," and to "drink the horse wave" not that the colour of the air, or the noise of the water, has any reference to drinking or breathing; but because the poet obtains the advantage of thus describing his subject under a double relation, in the same manner in which material objects present themselves to our different senses at the same time.
(Line 73)—Cocktail'd mice.—Cotilibus Muris. Ovid.—There is reason to believe, that the murine or mouse species were anciently much more numerous than at the present day. It appears from the sequel of the line, that Semiramis surrounded the city of Babylon with a number of these animals:
Cotilibus Muris cinctæ Semiramis urbem. Dicitur altam
It is not easy at present to form any conjecture with respect to the end, whether of ornament or of defence, which they could be supposed to answer. I should be inclined to believe, that in this instance the mice were dead; and that so vast a collection of them must have been furnished by way of tribute, to free the country from these destructive animals. This superabundance of the murine race must have been owing to their immense fecundity, and to the comparatively tardy reproduction of the feline species. The traces of this disproportion are to be found in the early history of every country. The ancient laws of Wales estimate a Cat at the price of as much corn as would be sufficient to cover her, if she was suspended by the tail, with her fore feet touching the ground.—See Howell Dina .—In Germany it is recorded, that an army of rats, a larger animal of the Mus tribe, were employed as the ministers of divine vengeance against a feudal tyrant; and the commercial legend of our own Whittington might probably be traced to an equally authentic origin.
(Line 76)—Rectangle.—"A figure which has one angle, or more, of ninety degrees." Johnson's Dictionary .—It here means a right-angled Triangle, which is therefore incapable of having more than one angle of ninety degrees, but which may, according to our author's Propopœia, be supposed to be in love with Three, or any greater number of Nymphs.
(Line 80)—Plato's and Menecmus' lore.—Proclus attributes the discovery of the Conic Sections to Plato, but obscurely. Eutocius seems to adjudge it to Menecmus. Vide Montucla .—From Greece they were carried to Alexandria, where (according to our author's beautiful fiction) Rectangle either did, or might, learn magic.
(Line 86)—Zatarai.—Supposed to be the name with Satan. Vide the New Arabian Nights, translated by Cazotte, author of "Le Diable Amoureux."
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY THOMAS JONES,
Windward-Island Rum, } by the pipe, Brandy, and } hogshead and New-England Rum } barrel. Sherry Wine } per quarter cask. Lisbon ditto } Malaga ditto } Shot of all sizes } Powder by the cask Pipes, per box, from 10 to 18 inches long Cigs per ditto, 6 by 8, and 7 by 9 Pepper, Pimento, and Poland Starch, per quan. French Anniseed Cordials of the first quality in baskets Sweet Oil in bottles and flasks Snuff of the best kinds, per quantity Canry-Seed, fresh and good for birds Raisins per cask and Box Raisins Soft shell'd fresh Almonds Preserved Peaches, Pears, &c. in bottles Figs, Capers, and Olives Brown Stout and Porter, first quality English Mustard by the bottle and pound Best Cayenne Pepper, per bottle and pound Claret in bottles, &c. &c. Also, Roll Brimstone, Lump ditto Copperas and Allum, per cwt. June 25.
FOR SALE, BY Amos T. Jenckes,
FIVE pleasantly situated HOUSE-LOTS, 50 by 80 feet on the north side of Benevolent-street. Also—One undivided seventh of a Lot of Land with two houses thereon, situated between the houses of Mr. JOHN ROGERS and Capt. SIMON SMITH, on Main-street, known by the name of Crawford Estate. If not sold at private sale on or before the 20th Wednesday in August next; the whole will then be sold at Public Auction. June 25.
Rhode-Island District, ss.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. Judge of the District Court for Rhode-Island District, notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a libel is filed in said court by DAVID LEONARD BARNES, Esq. Attorney for Rhode-Island District, against the snow Fair Eliza (now lying in the port of Bristol, in said District) her tackle, apparel, furniture, &c. for having been fitted, equipped, and employed, as it is said, in transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to the West-Indies, contrary to a statute of the United States.
And that one other libel is filed in said Court, By DAVID LEONARD BARNES, Esq. Attorney as aforesaid, against a certain copper-bottomed sloop called the Juliet (now lying in the harbour of Newport, in said District) her tackle, apparel, &c. for having been fitted, equipped and employed, as it is alleged, in transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to some port in the West-Indies, contrary to the form of the statute, in such case made and provided; and that trial will be had upon the aforesaid libels at a special District Court, to be holden at Bristol, within said District, on Thursday the 10th of July next, at 12 o'clock on said day.
W. PECK, Marshal.
June 25.
OYSTERS.
THE subscriber hereby informs the Public, that having made repeated search, upon what is called Great Bed, for young Oysters; he was not able to discover any there, and that he has lately collected north of the Great-Bridge, more than a hundred and twenty bushels of young Oysters for seed, such as collect and form yearly on the bottoms of vessels, and has taken pains to plant them on different parts of that Bed for the purpose of increasing their growth and numbers.
June 25. SAMUEL THURBER.
Just received from London, AND NOW FOR SALE,
A Large and general assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, PAINTERS' COLOURS and DYE-STUFFS.
Also,
A few tons of well-assorted SHOT.
The whole will be sold on very moderate terms, by A. THROOP. Providence, June 18.
For Sale, At the BOOK-STORE of HENRY CUSHING, SPY-GLASSES, one handsome Double Microscope, Hopkins' new invented Elastic Razor-Strops, a neat assortment of Penknives, Snuffers, Scissors, Knives and Forks, Dessert do. Plated Thimbles, Cook-Screws, China Snuff-Boxes, &c.
A good assortment of Charts, Seamen's Journals, &c.
Tickets and Quarters in the Second Class of the Philanthropic Lottery, and a few in the Seventh Class of Dartmouth College Lottery, now drawing—Highest prize, 3000 dolls. June 18.
A Horse missing.
STRAYED or Stolen from the stable of the Subscriber, on the night of the 14th inst. a Bright Bay HORSE, with black mane and tail; his ears rather short, and not so picked as common; his left hind foot white, he is of a middling size, handsome carriage, and a natural trotter; has lately been shod, the fore shoes new.—If said Horse has strayed, all necessary charges will be paid on his being returned, together with the thanks of the owner;—but if stolen, TWENTY DOLLARS Reward for the Horse and Thief. June 18. SAMUEL AMES.
Loft,
ON Monday last, two TICKETS in the Barrington Meeting-House Lottery—No's. 820 and 821. Whoever may have found the same, is requested to leave them with the subscriber. Should they draw prizes, no one will be entitled to receive the money, except by my order. June 18. OLIVER MILLER.
To be Let,
AND ENTERED UPON IMMEDIATELY, ONE half of a new two story DWELLING-HOUSE, situated at the north-westerly part of the town, on Olney's Lane, so called. Enquire of RICHARD and THOMAS JACKSON, or JEREMIAH OLNEY. June 11. (2m.)
John Carlile,
Cabinet and Chair-Maker, At his shop, in Benefit Street, opposite the Dwelling-House of the late Col. NIGHTINGALE,
CONTINUES to carry on the Cabinet and Chair-making business, in all its branches; where may be had, at the shortest notice, all kinds of fashionable FURNITURE, made in the best manner.
He has at all times on hand, READY-MADE FURNITURE, suitable for exportation, which may be delivered at a short notice.
Gun-Carriages of all sizes for armed vessels, made at a short notice, of durable materials, and on the most approved construction. June 4.
Forty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscriber, on the 28th of May last, an indentured APPRENTICE LAD, named CHARLES M. KINGSMAN, in the 20th year of his age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, rather light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, and has some impediment in his speech. Had on, when he went away, a striped cotton shirt, brown short coat, duck trowsers, caftor hat, and carried with him a bundle of other cloaths. Whoever will return said lad to his master, and insure him to serve his time out faithfully, agreeable to his indenture, shall have forty dollars reward.
All masters of vessels, and others, are forbid harbouring said lad on the penalty of the law. June 4. ABEL ALLEN.
Cooley's genuine Pills,
Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bolton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 25th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress.
THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Dizziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are, taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief for colicky habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy & hygienic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice in a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the body more than usual; let the patient fast one hour, then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases.
N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills.
Sold by JOHN PORT, Providence. August 21.
New, Cheap and Good!
JUST OPENED,
And will be sold on the lowest terms for cash, by
Elisha Dyer,
A General assortment of fancy Spring and Summer GOODS, worth the attention of customers.
ALSO, received last week, 16,000 wt. of first quality TOBACCO, on terms and credit to suit the purchase for good security. May 28. (6w.)
BY APPOINTMENT.
For Sale,
At the POST-OFFICE, in this Town
DR. LEE'S patent New-London Bilious PILLS, celebrated throughout the United States and the West-Indies, in the cure and prevention of intermitent, remittent, bilious, inflammatory and yellow fevers—jaundice, bilious cholic, indigestion, droply, gout, rheumatism, pleurisy, chlorosis, worms, dysentery, bilious vomitings, convulsion and epileptic fits, asthma, coughs and colds accompanied with coliveness, foul stomach, scurvy, sore throat, hypochondria, and hysterical affections, &c. &c. &c. &c.
Certificates of their efficacy may be seen by applying to the vender, who has the exclusive privilege of vending in this town, and will be regularly supplied with the genuine pill from the patentee. April 2. (3m.)
HAPPY CONTRADICTION.
OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. An extraordinary event at the opening of the extra ordinary year 1800. Being the beginning of the latter end of a century.
AT a tavern last night an old fashioned health was drank—"May we never see an old friend with a new face."—Q, who sat in a corner, slyly observed, that it was all RUDE; that he could satisfy the company they would be all glad to see their friends with new faces. Some grumbled, others laughed, but all seemed curious to learn the particulars; he began thus:—Have you never used
"HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS?"
Yes, said one—No, said another; the experienced applauded the explanation, and those who had been in the habit of mowing their muzzles with handfaws, felt the brushes on their chins bristle with eagerness to render their old fashioned faces new to their friends—to satisfy their curiosity Q went on thus,
HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS, which dispense the most sanguine by their smooth and agreeable execution, are sold by appointment, at 75 cents, 1 dollar and 25 cents, and 2 dollars each, with the addition of a composition that will keep it in order for ages, at 50 cents.
BUT MARK THE IMPROVEMENT.
To men who travel where there are no professional face-scrapers—to seamen of every grade—to the whiskered soldier in his huted tent—(how comfortable.)
The new invented and improved Box, containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case,
A polished Razor—Comb—Brush—Leather Box, and Mirror—with a box for the surprising composition, all in a Morocco case, most conveniently calculated to fit the pocket without incumbrance.
The whole of this new portable and useful apparatus sold at No. 65, South Third-Street (opposite the United States Bank) Philadelphia; and in Providence, by JEREMIAH F. JENKINS, at No. 3, Market-Street.
At only three Dollars.
And by the agents usually appointed to dispose of the invaluable and agreeable STROP. Feb. 19. (1. f.)
Thomas S. Webb.
HAS FOR SALE,
At his Paper-Hanging Manufactory, in Broad street, opposite Dr. Dyer's (west side of the river) a large assortment of
PAPER-HANGINGS.
CONSISTING of upwards of four thousand rolls, suitable for covering rooms, chambers, entries and halls; with saloon, patch, chintz and common borders, from one to ten inches in breadth, by wholesale and retail. A handsome deduction made to those who purchase to sell again. Also, a general assortment of Books and Stationary, Music and Instruments.
C. and B. Clarionets, Hayboys, Flutes, Violins, Fifes, Books of instruction for the Clarionet, Hautboy, Violin, Flute, Forte Piano, &c. and several hundred different songs in sheet music. March 2. (6m.)
To the Curious.
To be seen, near the Market-House,
A BIRD,
From the EAST-INDIES, called the CASSOWARY,
Its height is five feet, weighs near 100 pounds, will eat half a peck of apples at a meal, swallow whole eggs, also stones and apples as large as eggs, and will jump to a great height. It lately came from New-York, and is on its way to Boston. If the public curiosity is so great as to give the keeper of it encouragement, he will stay 7 or 8 days, to give all an opportunity of seeing it. It is fond of all kinds of vegetables, and fruits. It will pick a pea out of a child's hand without injury. Many that have seen it, and the Lion, say it is the greatest curiosity of the two. Children seven years old can ride it; June 25.