The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-10-01 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. 92.]
WEDNESDAY, October 1, 1800.
[Vol. II.]
WANTED,
A Journeyman Printer, to work at Case and Press, to whom constant employ and good wages will be given. Enquire at this Office, September, 24th.
Farm for Sale.
FOR SALE. A FARM lying near the N. W. corner of Cranston, containing about sixty acres of good Land, with a good Dwelling-House and Barn thereon. The farm is well watered, and has a sufficient quantity of timber, and good young orchards of various kinds of fruit-trees. For particulars, enquire on the premises, of GEORGE KNIGHT. September 22.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends, that he has removed his family to the house of Mr. Thomas Arnold, at the north end of the town, and that he shall be ready at all hours to attend to the calls of the Sick.
JOSEPH MASON.
September 24.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that the subscribers have been appointed executors of the last will and testament of SAMUEL WARREN, jun. late of Providence, in the County of Providence, merchant, deceased; and have accepted of said trust, by causing said Will to be proved and recorded, and giving bond as the law directs.
All persons who have any demands against the estate which belonged to the said Warren, at the time of his death, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement; and all those who are indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment, to BENJAMIN HOPPIN and SON, surviving partners of the house of B. HOPPIN and Co. MARY WARREN, } Executors. BENJA. HOPPIN, } PHILIP CRAPO, } Sept. 16, 1800.
Benjamin Hoppin and Son, Have just received from Liverpool, per the John Adams,
A FEW Bales of GOODS, consisting of low priced Blue Broad Cloths, Superfine ditto, assorted, Low priced fine and superfine Plains and Kerseys, Coatings, Swandowns, Toilenets, Baizes, Cassimeres, &c. All which will be sold low for Cash or approved Notes.
ALSO, 20 Puncheons best Demerara RUM, 1st, 2d and 3d proof. 4 Hogheads of Sugar, 200 pieces Nankeens, 250 pieces India Cottons, Checks and Calicoes, 20 Cests of Hyson and Souchong TEA, 300 pair Men's handsome lined and bound Calf-skin Shoes, &c. Sept. 12, 1800.
State of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plantations. } Sept. 12, 1800.
THE creditors of JOHN BENSON, of Exeter, in the county of Washington, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly, to be held at Providence, on the last Monday in October next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of the insolvent act ought not to be granted.
By order,
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
FROM THE FEDERALIST.
View of the Constitution of the President, in Relation to the Mode of Appointment.
THE mode of appointment of the chief magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents. The most plausible of these, who has appeared in the print, has even deigned to admit, that the election of the President is pretty well guarded. I venture somewhat further, and hesitate not to affirm, that if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent. It unites in an eminent degree all the advantages, the union of which was to be desired.
It was desirable, that the sense of the people should operate in the choice of the person to whom so important a trust was to be confided. This end will be answered by committing the right of making it, not to any pre-established body, but to men, chosen by the people for the special purpose, and at the particular conjuncture.
It was equally desirable, that the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing the qualities adapted to the station, and acting under the circumstances favourable to the deliberation and to a judicious combination of all the reasons and inducements that were proper to govern their choice. A small number of persons, selected by their fellow-citizens from the general mass, will be most likely to possess the information and discernment required.
It was also peculiarly desirable, to afford as little opportunity as possible to tumult and disorder. This evil was not least to be dreaded in the election of a magistrate, who was to have so important an agency in the administration of the government, as the President of the United States. But the precautions which have been so happily concerted in the system under consideration, promise an effectual security against this mischief. The choice of several to form an intermediate body of electors, will be much less apt to convulse the community, with any extraordinary or violent movements, than the choice of one who was himself to be the final object of the public wishes. And as the electors, chosen in each state are to assemble and vote in the state, in which they are chosen, this detached and divided situation will expose them much less to heats and ferments, which might be communicated from them to the people, than if they were all to be convened at one time, in one place.
Nothing was more to be desired, than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one quarter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the union? But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort with the most provident and judicious attention. They have not made the appointment of the President to depend on any pre-existing bodies of men who might be tampered with beforehand to prostitute their votes; but they have referred it in the first instance to an immediate act of the people of America, to be exerted in the choice of persons for the temporary and sole purpose of making the appointment. And they have excluded from eligibility to this trust, all those who from situation might be suspected of too great devotion to the President in office. No senator, representative, or other person
* Vide Federal Farmer.
holding a place of trust or profit under the United States, can be of the number of the electors. Thus, without corrupting the body of the people, the immediate agents in the election will at least enter upon the task, free from any sinister bias. Their transient existence, and their detached situation, already taken notice of, afforded a satisfactory prospect of their continuing, to the conclusion of it. The business of corruption, when it is to embrace so considerable a number of men, requires time, as well as means. Nor would it be found easy suddenly to embark them, dispersed as they would be over thirteen states, in any combinations founded upon motives which, though they could not properly be denominated corrupt, might yet be of a nature to mislead them from their duty.
Another and no less important desideratum was, that the executive should be independent for his continuance in office on all, but the people themselves. He might otherwise be tempted to sacrifice his duty to his complaisance for those whose favour was necessary to the duration of his official consequence. This advantage will also be secured, by making his re-election to depend on a special body of representatives, deputed by the society for the single purpose of making the important choice.
All these advantages will be happily combined in the plan devised by the convention, which is, that the people of each state shall choose a number of persons as electors, equal to the number of senators and representatives of such state in the national government, who shall assemble within the state and vote for some fit person as President.
to the seat of the national government; and the person who may happen to have a majority of the whole number of votes, will be the President. But as a majority of the votes might not always happen to centre on one man, and as it might be unsafe to permit less than a majority to be conclusive, it is provided, that in such a contingency, the House of Representatives shall select out of the candidates, who shall have the five highest numbers of votes, the man who in their opinion may be best qualified for the office.
This process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man, who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue and the little arts of popularity may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honours in a single state, but it will require other talents and a different kind of merit to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole nation, or of so considerable a portion of it as would be necessary to make him a successful candidate for the distinguished office of President of the United States. It will not be too strong to say, that there will be a constant probability of seeing the station filled by characters pre-eminent for ability and virtue. And this will be thought no inconsiderable recommendation of the constitution, by those, who are able to estimate the share, which the executive in every government must necessarily have in its good or ill administration. Though we cannot acquiesce in the political heresy of the poet who says—
“For forms of government let fools contest— That which is best administered is best;”
—yet we may safely pronounce, that the true test of a good government is its aptitude and tendency to produce a good administration.
The Vice-President is to be chosen in the same manner with the President; with this difference, that the senate is to do, in respect to the former, what is to be done by the House of Representatives, in respect to the latter.
The appointment of an extraordinary person, as Vice-President, has been objected to as superfluous, if not mischievous.
It has been alleged, that it would have been preferable to have authorized the senate to elect out of their own body an officer, answering to that description. But two considerations seem to justify the ideas of the convention in this respect. One is, that to secure at all times the possibility of a definitive resolution of the body, it is necessary that the President should have only a casting vote. And to give the senator of each state, from his seat as senator, to place him in that of President of the Senate, would be to exchange, in regard to the state from which he came, a constant for a contingent vote. The other consideration is, that as the Vice-President may occasionally become a substitute for the President, in the supreme executive magistracy, all the reasons, which recommend the mode of election prescribed for the one, apply with great, if not with equal force to the manner of appointing the other. It is remarkable, that in this as in most other instances, the objection which is made, would lie against the constitution of N. York. We have a Lieutenant Governor chosen by the people at large, who resides in the Senate, and is the constitutional substitute for the Governor in casualties similar to those, which would authorize the Vice President to exercise the authorities and discharge the duties of the President.
PUBLIUS.
FOR THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
POSTERITY, while reviewing the history of nations, comparing men of different ages together, and contemplating the uncultivated savage, who roams in the desert, to the same animal rendered yet more savage by refinement in vice and luxury; while surveying mankind in all their various ages, nations, ranks and conditions, will be far from calling the present an enlightened age, or the Americans, notwithstanding the fulsome panegyric of their orators, an enlightened people. It is the custom of civilized man (as he styles himself) to asperse the character of his brother in a state of nature; he loads him with the epithets savage, barbarian &c. but though these terms will apply to man in a state of nature, they may with equal justice be retorted upon civilized man. The untutored Indian of America cannot be charged with one crime, which is perhaps not the least among those which disgrace humanity, I mean the crime of leading his fellow creatures into slavery; while many in this country who have warmly espoused the cause of freedom, and who notwithstanding they have received every advantage of education, still hold their fellow creatures in bondage. If the Indian has taken prisoners, they were the enemies of his country, whom his arm vanquished in war; they were his individual foes, who invaded his country, either with an intention to spoil his goods and house, to destroy his corn held, to break up his family, to imbue their hands in the blood of his hapless infants, to cheat him of his hunting grounds, and to drive him still further into the wilderness; or secretly or openly meditated hostile attempts. Against these the Indian wages war, and if victorious over his enemies, he adopts some as his children and receives them into his family; others he puts to death, in a humane manner, if compared with the past conduct of the African merchants, who have not even the plausible colour of justice to allege in defence of their enormities. The Savage seldom procrastinates the torture of his prisoners beyond a day. His vengeance is satisfied with beholding the enemies of his country writhing in agonies for a few hours at the

stake, he then with humanity closes the scene. This conduct, though wrong, yet is not without excuse. It is seldom done in cool blood, but in the ferment of passion, against an enemy, in war, which exasperates, irritates, and inflames the mind to a great degree, as is seen in the opposite conduct of the same man in the different situations of peace and war.
But if we compare this with the conduct of the African merchant, who in his compting house deliberately plans the misery of his fellow creatures, for no other inducement than an insatiable thirst of gold; we shall see whose claim to humanity can best be recognized, and whose conduct most deserves the epithet, savage. What but the love of money, the root of all evil, can the African merchant allege in defence of this traffic? Though by specious arguments he may plausibly justify himself in prosecuting the slave trade; yet his motive may be ultimately traced to avarice, which so far from extenuating, aggravates his guilt. What opinion must we form of those, who from such base motives involve the human race in misery? In this latter age, when we pretend to have our minds enlightened by examples--by the volume of history, ancient and modern, displayed before us; such a traffic is an outrage, not only against justice, but against decency and propriety. When was the poor African, in his own country, known to make preparations for war against the inhabitants of this country? When did he equip hostile fleets and armies against us? Far distant on his native shore, he had never heard that there was such a territory as America, nor such people as Americans, had not the all grasping hand of avarice driven them to his coast. Thrice happy would this state of ignorance have been, happy would they have been, without our commerce, which has introduced vice and luxury among them. Happy without our implements of destruction, fire arms, ammunition and ardent spirits, for which, in exchange, they have bartered their liberty, which is dearer than
They who are obedient to this universal injunction of our Saviour, "Watch," (Mark xiii. 37) are prepared for the due fulfilling of every duty; and eminently so for that most essential one of Worship.--How many feel themselves languid when assembled for this solemn purpose, for want of a previous preparation of heart! The mind crowded with thoughts on outward things in approaching the place for public worship, and resuming them with avidity on its return, is not likely to fill up the interval to profit: and to such, their meeting together may prove a form as empty as any of those out of which we believe. Truth called our forefathers, and still calls. If we truly succeed them, as witnesses for the truth, we must look beyond forms, to that which is the life of all true religious performances: so we may become fitted in our several stations for the Lord's service, the promotion of the cause of righteousness on earth.
Dear friends, we believe there are many of you, and especially of youth, who, in a good degree, have given up, and are giving up your hearts to serve the Lord. May you submit with patience to all the repeated baptisms necessary for your refinement. The gospel hath its tribulations; but they are not like the sorrow of the world, which worketh death. They are intended to disturb the polluted rest of mere worldly enjoyments: they unite you to the living members of Christ's body, in whom the same things have been accomplished; and, if they be accepted as tokens of his love, and abode under the allotted term without repining, they will completely unite you to Him, the Holy Head.
Wherefore, ye dearly beloved youth, our treasure, in whom we sometimes dare to delight, and to hope that you will one day succeed to the places of those faithful labourers who have passed, and are passing, from works to rewards; we entreat you, dear children, with tender solicitude, we press upon you, flee from every thing which tends to spoil you of your innocence, and to render your minds less receptive of that holy influence, which your enlightened judgment demonstrates to be truth.
And ye parents, be ye solicitous to discharge your important and awful duty with scrupulous attention. It is often too late to warn the youthful mind of danger, when your own negligence and indulgence have suffered your offspring to deviate from the path of simplicity, in which you have thought yourselves bound to walk, and in which you have found peace. If you fail to suppress the early beginning of undue liberty, how can you expect a blessing on your endeavours when farther deviations at length arouse your attention? and how, having failed to rule your own houses well, can you expect duly to "take care of the church of God," (1 Tim. iii. 4) by performing that too much neglected duty of private admonition therein?--There were of old those who brought children to Christ, in the days of his flesh; and now, the religion of them, than when he spiritually commands his tender offspring to the protection of his Lord. But see, friends, that you encourage no propensities in them, which prevent a union with Him. Restrain them we beseech you, from associating with those whose influence and example lead away from his law; and be especially careful that you introduce not among them publications which are either wholly or in part repugnant to the faith, as it is in Jesus. Let it be your own daily care to endeavour after closer communion with Him, and to walk in meek submission to his commands: so may you gain over the minds of the youth, providentially placed under your care, that ascendancy which arises from the united effects of sound judgment, true love, and a good example.
Finally, Friends, of every age, of every rank, we commend you to the protection of Him who died for us, and "who ever liveth to make intercession for us, who is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him." (Heb. vii. 25.)
Signed in and on behalf of the Meetings, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Clerk to the Meeting this year.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, August 10.
FRIDAY Paris papers to the 6th were received, and others up to the 8th inst. reached town yesterday. They afford no official intelligence respecting the negotiations between Austria and France; but their general complexion augurs favourably for peace. The return of Count St Julien from Paris to Vienna, and the departure of citizen Duroc, first aid-de-camp to the Chief Consul, for the same capital, have given rise to a very natural supposition that Preliminaries of Peace are in a state of forwardness. They left Paris on the same day, but did not travel in company. Citizen Duroc arrived at Strasburgh on the 2d inst.--he is said to carry with him the ultimatum of the French government, and to be authorized to terminate the negotiation, by ratifying a formal Treaty of Peace. It is, however, to be observed, that there is not the smallest remission of industry in the hostile preparations either of France or Austria.
Our accounts from Egypt, by last mail, state the renewal of hostilities to have been even more calamitous than had been before
represented; as, instead of only ten thousand men having fallen in the battle with Kleber, the Turks lost upwards of twenty thousand by the sword, and by subsequent hunger, thirst and fatigue, in the desert.
Amongst the numerous persons who fell into the hands of the French general at the battle of Cairo, was Mr. Morea, secretary to the British embassy to Constantinople, who experienced from Kleber, and from the other generals, the most distinguished attention and kindness.
RATISBON, July 20.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
"A similar misunderstanding to that which has existed from the opening of the campaign, between Gen. Kray and Staray, has broken out between the Austrian commanders and the Bavarian and Wirtemberg Generals. It is known that the Bavaro-Palatine troops have been constantly employed by the Austrian Generals in forming the rear guard, from the battle of Moskircz to that of Donawerth, and that these Generals have almost always neglected to support them in a proper manner by the Austrian troops. It is pretended that a Bavarian General challenged and fought M. Starray after the affair of the 19th of June, in front of Dillengen. It is certain M. Starray has not commanded since that epoch, and that he has retired into the Upper Palatinate. We now learn, that Baron Christian de Deux Pons, who commanded in the capacity of Lieutenant General the two Bavaro-Palatine brigades, has given in his resignation, and gone to Anspach, where his children are.
It appears also, that in consequence of the differences between the respective Generals, some disagreement has taken place between the courts of Vienna and Munich. The Elector complains loudly that General Kray retreated along the Danube, leaving Bavaria exposed. He demanded that General Christian de Deux Pons should at least be detached upon the Lech to cover Munich; but it appears that the Bavaro-Palatine troops were not permitted to separate from the Imperial army. The refusal has increased the discontent and ill-humour of the Elector, who, seeing that his capital was left without defence, resolved to retire to the Upper Palatinate with the corps of troops which he could assemble from different parts of Bavaria. The Prince established himself at Amberg, with 10 or 12,000 men, while General Kray carried off the remaining Bavarian brigades with the Imperial army to the Inn.
Count Klenau, closely pressed at Ratisbon by General Grenier, solicited reinforcements from the Elector; after some parleys the Elector sent three battalions, which were conveyed in waggons, and which arrived at Ratisbon the moment after the news of the armistice had been received.
It is said that the Elector has sent several couriers to Berlin, and that there is an idea of a separate peace between Bavaria and France, through the intervention of his Prussian Majesty. But the cabinet of Berlin, which last year advised the Elector to yield to the menaces of Russia and Austria, does not appear to be willing to put itself too forward, notwithstanding the personal friendship which the King entertains for the Elector. The latter thought to gain time by lengthening out the negotiations with General Moreau; in the mean time the Austrians were beforehand, and concluded the armistice in order to leave to the Elector the advantage of having treated first with France.
Hence it is generally believed here, that at the making of peace, the interests of that Prince will not be as much attended to as they might have been. This, at least, is what the agents of Austria report. On the other hand the Emperor of Russia, now the declared enemy of the court of Vienna, and who has expressly guaranteed the Elector's territories, will hardly fail to mediate in his favour, and to press his Prussian Majesty to do the same. Besides, it is for the interest of France not to let the Emperor get footing in Bavaria. If Austria possessed Ingolstadt, for example, and if he were to occupy Munich, it would be difficult, perhaps impossible for the French, in any fresh war, to force the line of the Tyrol to the Danube along the Iser, as General Moreau has done with such brilliant success; such prodigies do not happen twice.
Domestic Intelligence.
RALEIGH, September 9.
In confirmation of what we stated in our last, of the suspension of the negotiation between this country and France, we are now able to say it may be relied on. The gentleman who informed us of this, had it verbally from Mr. Marshall, the Secretary of State. It appears that on Buonaparte's returning conqueror to Paris, and being elated with success, he informed the American commissioners that when our country would enter into a treaty offensive and defensive, then the French would indemnify the United States for the depredations committed on our commerce.
RICHMOND, September 10.
Thirty or forty of the negroes implicated in the late projected insurrection have been confined in goal, and yesterday six of them were tried and convicted before a special Court, and sentenced to be hanged this day. General Gabriel, the slave who was to have headed the insurgents, has made his escape, and Governor Monroe has issued his proclamation offering a reward of 300 dollars for his apprehension; and a free pardon, besides the reward, to any of his accomplices, who will secure him. This democratic Governor does not recognize the holy right of insurrection in citizen Gabriel; who, if taken, will not, we apprehend, be so fortunate as his brother Fries.
PHILADELPHIA, September 22.
A few days since an unfortunate young woman in this city put an end to her existence by swallowing a dose of poison. The cause of this dreadful act is supposed to be, her having been seduced and deceived by a young man of her acquaintance.
A Female Child, about six years and six weeks old, has been lately brought to this city from Buck's county, Pennsylvania, whose extraordinary bulk and size are worthy of observation. Her height is forty seven and an half inches; she measures across the breast and shoulders thirty-four inches, and weighs one hundred and ten pounds, is sprightly and active, and has been known to walk two miles without resting. She requires with difficulty. Her appearance is so remarkable, that it would lead every observer to suppose she must have attained a more mature age; but those who have known her from her birth aver, that it does not exceed the period above mentioned. Being fatherless and helpless, it is contemplated to raise a small fund for her education and subsistence, by gratifying the curious with a sight of so wonderful an object, and enabling the charitable and humane to bestow their favours on one who has no prospect of ever being able to use those means for obtaining a livelihood which others so happily enjoy.
NEW-YORK, September 25.
We state, upon authority not to be questioned, says the Philadelphia Gazette, that John Fries, who was sometime ago reprieved from the gallows by the President of the United States, has been appointed a Colonel of militia by his Excellency Thomas McKean, the present Governor of Pennsylvania! And the fact has been acknowledged and approved in the Aurora.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
Yesterday was run over the Harlem course, near this city, a sweep-stakes for two hundred dollars; four mile heats; won in two heats by Mr. Bowers' stud horse Belair, opposed to Mr. Cornwell's gelding, Whalebone; Mr. Thorne's Stud, Spector, and a horse belonging to General Herd, whose name we have not been able to ascertain.
The following particulars of the capture of the French frigate in Dunkirk Roads, are taken from a late London paper:
About twelve o'clock at night, the squadron got sight of the French ships, and when within hail, the latter hailed the Dart, and asked her whence she came; the answer was in French, "from Bourdeaux." The Frenchmen then desired to know what convoy that was after them; meaning our fire-ships, which were at some distance behind--the answer from the Dart was, "they did not know." On these answers being given, the Dart passed the squadron until she came along side the innermost frigate but one, from which she received a most tremendous broadside, but in a moment re-
THE EPISTLE
FROM THE
YEARLY MEETING,
HELD AT LONDON, BY ADJOURNMENT, From the 21st to the 31st of the Fifth month, 1800, inclusive.
To the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends, in Great-Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere.
DEAR FRIENDS,
RELIGIOUS concern still attends our minds, that ye, our dear absent brethren, may partake of the benefit and blessing of our thus assembling together; not only by means of such regulations as have been found expedient, that this our affectionate salutation, the desire which the collected body feels for you as for itself; that we may all be what we profess; that we may all daily look at our foundations, and be fervent in our prayers for an establishment upon that rock, against which every storm will beat in vain. In the renewings therefore of love which knows no abatement from length of time, but through all ages remains the same in the hearts of believers; in the love of the gospel of Christ Jesus our Redeemer, we tenderly salute you.
The accounts of sufferings brought in this year, chiefly for tithes, priests' demands, and those called church rates; also for military purposes, amount, in Great-Britain, to seven thousand five hundred and ninety one pounds; and in Ireland, to six hundred and three pounds.
Epistles have been received this year from all the Yearly Meetings on the American continent; and accounts from our several Quarterly Meetings, and from Ireland. Having, in these last mentioned communications, a view of the present state of the Society in these nations, we find cause to continue "to stir up your pure mind by way of remembrance, that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken by the holy prophets, and of the commandments of the apostles of the Lord and Saviour."--(2 Peter, iii. 1, 2.)
We beseech you, brethren, be watchful. Keep in the holy inclosure of the preserving fear of God; and call to mind the perfect security of Israel, encamped of old under his never failing protection; when the intended curses of an enemy were converted into blessings. He with whom we have to do, is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. Why then are we not kept in his fear, and made perfect in his love? Is it not because the visible things of this fading state are in various ways and portions drawing away our attention? But, friends, enter from time to time into the closet, shut to the door; pray to your Father, who seeth in secret, for daily supplies of strength to suppress that immoderate love of earthly things which prevents you from giving him his due precedence.

turned it with tenfold interest, the Dart's guns being double shot with round and grape.
The Dart then passed on and boarded the innermost frigate by running her bowsprit between the foremast and forestay, having let go her stern anchor to check her. The first lieutenant and his division immediately boarded her, and carried every thing before them. The Dart then cut her stern cable and swung along side of the enemy, when the second lieutenant with his division boarded the French vessel on that quarter, and in about 30 minutes they got complete possession of her, cut her cables, and brought her away through a small channel that was always supposed impracticable. Every officer on board the French ship was killed, except one midshipman; there were killed and wounded altogether nearly 100 men.
BOSTON, September 27.
Yesterday the brig Two Brothers, Captain Bradford, arrived here in the short passage of 36 days from St. Sebastians, in Spain. By this arrival Paris papers to August 12th, and letters from St. Sebastians to the 21st of August, have been received. They state, that the negotiation at Paris had not been wholly broken off, but had been necessarily suspended: that the Envoys had been on the point of embarking for the United States, in company with two French Commissioners; but Captain Bradford acquaints us, that on the day he left St. Sebastians (August 21st) he was informed, that the negotiations had recommenced, and that there was then a prospect of a favourable issue to them. In corroboration of this, Mr. Campbell, who has arrived at New-York, in the Hazard, from England, and who left Paris the 1st of August, informs, that the Envoys had been on the eve of departure; but that they had received a request from Buonaparte to tarry a few days longer.
In contradiction, however, of this, we have in our possession a letter from a respectable merchant at St. Sebastians, dated the 20th of August, 1800, which says: — "By recent letters from Paris, we learn, the negotiations between the French and American governments have broken off, and the American envoys who were at Paris on this business, have departed."
We are inclined to believe, that the negotiations have recommenced, and that the farce of Procrastination was not considered sufficiently ripe for a denouement, by the French managers, at the last dates.
Numerous letters and papers were received by the Two Brothers, from France; amongst them was a package directed to the Secretary of State, which Mr. Hastings immediately sent to the President of the United States at Quincy.—We have not heard whether it contained dispatches, or only newspapers.
In addition to the intelligence of the recommencement of the negotiations at Paris, it was reported at St. Sebastians, that the French government had issued orders to its corsairs not to molest American vessels; but that real information of the capture of such vessels was continually arriving.
The French, it is said, intend to invade Portugal, and Buonaparte has sent Gen. Berthier on an extra embassy to Madrid to request of his Catholic Majesty permission to march an army through Spain against that Queendom.
CHEATING IN PLAY NEVER PROSPERS.
The following story will serve to verify the truth of the above proverb. In order to strengthen the democratic party at Middletown, on the late freemen's meeting, one of the warm democrats conveyed a piece of land to a worthless fellow, sufficient to make him a freeman. The man produced his proof of property, was sworn as a freeman, and voted for the democratic party. As might be expected, the new freeman owed some old debts to some of the federalists, who were happy to find him in possession of some property. Accordingly, they took out attachments, and before the patriotic granter had time to have the land reconveyed to himself, secured their debts, by attaching it. We apprehend that our patriots will be cautious of playing this trick in future. With all their public spirit, they will hardly be willing to pay all the debts of their tools;—if they are, the federalists will not object to such tricks.
COMMERCIAL.
The following communication, just received from my friends and correspondents, Knox and Hay, of Hull, is so full of commercial information, that I am convinced it is only necessary to give it you, to insure its insertion in a paper so devoted to the true interests of our country, as yours is.
Yours, &c. W. W. jun.
Dock-Office, Kingston, upon Hull,
Sir, May 2, 1800.
I have to inform you, that your letter to the Dock Company, of the 10th of April last, was this day taken into consideration, and that in consequence thereof, the Dock Company have come to the resolution, of which I have the honour to inclose you a copy. I am, with great respect, Sir, your most obedient servant,
JOHN LEVETT, Clerk.
George Knox, Esq. American Consul, Hull.
At a meeting of the Dock Company, held this day,
Resolved—That from and after the 10th day of October next, the sum of One Shilling and Ninepence per ton only, instead of the present dues of Three Shillings and Sixpence per ton, be taken on all American ships which shall enter this port after that time; if it shall be made to appear to the Dock Company, that one half the tonnage of such ships consists of West-India produce for exportation, and that no higher dues shall be taken on such ships so laden, until twelve calendar months next after this resolution shall be rescinded, and notice thereof given to the American Consul resident at this port. May 2d, 1800.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1.
At a Town-Council holden in and for the town of Providence, on Wednesday the 24th of September, 1800, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
NO person has deceased with the fever in this town since Tuesday; Four of the then sick have recovered, Three new cases have been reported by the physicians, Thirteen persons remain sick, Nine of which number are at the hospital, Three of whom are on the recovery, and Four are all that are at present sick in town.
By Order, N. W. JACKSON, C. Clerk.
At a Town-Council holden in and for the town of Providence, on Friday the 26th of September, 1800, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
SINCE the communication made to the public on Wednesday last, Four persons have deceased with the fever, to wit. Daniel Pearce, John Warner, and Mrs. Tillinghast, in town; and Jabez Bucklin, at the hospital. Three of the then sick have recovered. Three new cases have been reported by the physicians. Nine persons remain sick, One of whom is in town, and Eight at the hospital.
By Order, N. W. JACKSON, C. Clerk.
At a Town-Council holden in and for the town of Providence, on Sunday the 28th of September, A. D. 1800, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
THE public are acquainted, that since the communication of this Council made on Friday last, Four persons have deceased with the Fever, to wit. John Sheldon, Nancy Newfield, and Amey Godfrey, at the hospital, and Violet Cooke, a black woman, in town. Two new cases have been reported, Seven persons only remain sick, all of whom are at the hospital.
By Order, N. W. JACKSON, C. Clerk.
At a Town-Council holden in and for the town of Providence, on the 30th day of September, A. D. 1800, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
IT is with great satisfaction that this Council can inform the public, that No Case of the malignant Fever has occurred since Sunday last: Since which time One person only has deceased therewith, to wit. Mrs. Waters, at the hospital, at which place Six persons only remain sick, Three of whom are on the recovery—and no case exists at present in this town of said disorder.
By Order, N. W. JACKSON, C. Clerk.
The Lucy, Capt. Bofworth, of this port, bound to the Havannah, has arrived at Cape-Francois, after a passage of 102 days.
A fire lately took place, at mid-day, in Charleston (S. C.) which consumed 14 dwelling-houses.
It appears from the Richmond Gazette, that two Frenchmen were the instigators of the negro plot lately discovered in Virginia—who were to massacre all the whites, the French excepted. It has been discovered that a correspondence was kept up between those villains and some others in Philadelphia, Norfolk, Peter-
burgh, &c. The sound of French Liberty and Equality in the ears of these blacks, led them to this desperate measure. Ten of them have been hung, several are under sentence of death, and others under trial.
By the Superb, Captain Trail, from London, who arrived September 28, at Boston, we have the following information from the London Morning Chronicle of August 11.
The general belief of the people at Paris is, that great progress has been made in the negotiation with the Emperor of Germany. Upon this supposition, the funds continued to rise.—All accounts from the Continent concur in stating the increasing animosity of the Emperor of Russia against England.—The negotiation with the American Commissioners makes very little progress; but should they not terminate in a treaty, the American flag, it is said, will notwithstanding continue to be respected, and their vessels treated as those of a friendly nation in the French courts of Law.—Orders are given to the privateers to respect all neutral flags, among which the American is undoubtedly the most numerous; and American vessels are daily released by the Courts, with damages against the owners of privateers.—There are now about 50 Causes before the Council of Prizes, respecting vessels taken in the European seas; and those of the vessels which really belong to Americans, will assuredly be restored. The fate of such, however, as were furnished with letters of marque, does not appear to be yet determined. It is thought they cannot be given up, without sanctioning the conduct of the Americans in arming them, unless the restitution should result from a new treaty of amity.
The deaths at Baltimore on the 13th of September, were 20.—From the 13th to the 14th, 55.—On the 16th, 20.—On the 17th, 28.—On the 18th, 31.—On the 19th, 20.—On the 20th, 28.
Louisville (Georgia) July 5.
We have it from very good authority, that his Excellency the Governor has received advices by the last post, from the Hon. Rufus King, Minister of the United States at the court of London, by which it appears, that in consequence of a demand of his Excellency, through Mr. King, from the British government, under the 7th article of the definitive treaty of peace, of the public records of this state carried off by his Britannic Majesty's officers and subjects during the revolutionary war, he, Mr. King, has secured one chest of those papers, and was in hopes to obtain the remainder, which were supposed to be mingled in two other chests with the public papers of East and West Florida.
The exertions of the Governor to trace the information, so as to enable Mr. King to make the demand, and Mr. King's indefatigable exertion to the object since, will merit the thanks of the widow and the orphan, who in many cases will regain their property from the grasping hand of speculation.
From the Virginia Gazette, of September 12.
The public mind has been much involved in dangerous apprehensions, concerning an insurrection of the negroes in several of the adjacent counties.—Such a thing has been in agitation by an ambitious and insidious fellow, 'a slave by the name of Gabriel, the property of Mr. Thomas Prosser of the county of Henrico. This villain, assuming to himself the appellation of General, through his artfulness, has caused some disturbance, having induced many poor, ignorant, and unfortunate creatures to share in his nefarious and horrid design. The plot has been entirely exploded, which was shallow; and had the attempt even been made to carry it into execution, but little resistance would have been required, to render their scheme entirely abortive.
From a late London Paper.
A servant of the Rev. Rowland Hill very lately died; and his master preached his funeral sermon to a numerous audience; in the course of which he mentioned the following anecdote. "Many persons present were acquainted with the deceased, and have had it in their power to observe his character and conduct. They can bear witness that I speak the truth, when I assert, that for a considerable number of years past, he has proved himself a perfectly sober, honest, industrious and religious man, faithfully performing as far as lay in his power the duties of his station in life, and serving God with constancy and zeal; and yet this very man, this virtuous and pious man, was once a robber on the highway. More than thirty years ago he stopped me on the public road, and demanded my money. Not at all intimidated, I argued with him. I asked what could induce him to pursue so iniquitous and dangerous a course of life? I have been a coachman, fir, said he, but am now out of place; and not being able to get a character, can ob-
At Charleston, S. C. after a week's severe illness, Mr. George Sugden, painter (formerly of this town) a native of Skipton, county of Yorkshire, Old England. Much might be said in praise of this worthy man; but let it suffice to say, his memory will be ever dear to his family and friends.
At Rehoboth, on the 22d ult. Capt. ROBERT ASH, aged 70 years.
PROVIDENCE BANK,
October 18, 1800.
THE Stockholders in Providence Bank are notified that their annual Meeting for the choice of Directors, for the ensuing year, will be holden at the Bank, on Monday the 6th instat, at 2 o'clock:—and that a semi-annual dividend will be paid to them to-morrow, or after.
By order of the President and Directors.
OLNEY WINSOR, Cashier.
R. I. College, Sept. 27, 1800.
THE Students belonging to Rhode-Island College are hereby informed, that in consequence of the Fever prevailing in this town, their Vacation is prolonged till they can return with safety. As soon as this can be done, it will be announced in the Providence Journal.
JONATHAN MAXCY, President.
Bowers and Bucklin
Have just received, direct from the Manufactories, 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 Sattin, strip'd ditto  Black Fringes  Black Silk Velvet  Dove colour'd ditto  Brown ditto 
And sundry other Articles, which will be opened on Monday morning next, opposite Messrs. BROWN and Ives' Compting-House, and will be disposed of on as reasonable terms as they can be obtained in New-York or Boston. October 1.
For WILMINGTON (N. C.)
The fast sailing Schooner POLLY , Burthen 80 Tons, JOSEPH GOULD, Master. She will begin to take in freight by the 10th inst. For Freight or Passage, apply to OLIVER & NATHAN PEARCE. October 1.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &c.
September 29, 1800.
THE Creditors of RUFUS BAKER, of Gloucester, in the county of Providence, Labourer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at Providence on the last Monday in October next, then and there to shew cause, if any they may have, why his Petition for the benefit of an Act, passed in the year 1756, entitled, "An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted.
SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'ry.
For Sale,
A LOT in Triptown, containing five acres of choice LAND, with a Dwelling-House and Barn thereon. The moderate terms of which may be known, by applying to the subscriber, on the premises.
JOSEPH B. PEARCE.
Johnston, October 1.

THE Subscriber has removed from Connecticut into Providence, with an intention to practice Physic and Surgery in their various branches. Having been a member of the Medical Society, and in practice for about fourteen years with general satisfaction, he flatters himself that he shall meet the approbation of those who please to call on him for aid.
The public's humble servant, J. CLEAVELAND. My lodgings are at Capt. C. Spalding's inn, at the head of the Long Wharf. September 10.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform the public, that he has taken a shop a little south of the Church, lately occupied by Mr. Benjamin Thurber, and formerly by Dr. Amos Troop; which he has furnished with a complete assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES , of a superior quality, among which are a great variety of genuine patent Medicines. Those who will please to patronize him, will receive his grateful acknowledgments.
Medicine Chells put up upon the shortest notice.—Physicians who will favour him with their prescriptions, may depend upon accuracy, neatness and dispatch. Constant care and attention will be given at all times. THOMAS M. BARROWS. August 6. Providence, &c.
August 11, 1800. WHEREAS JOSEPH PEASE, of Providence, in said county, an insolvent debtor, has preferred his petition to the term of the Supreme Judicial Court to be held at Providence, in and for the county aforesaid, on the third Monday of September next, praying that Commissioners may be appointed pursuant to the act of the General Assembly, passed in June, A.D. 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors." NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of the said JOSEPH, to appear at said term of the Court, if they shall see fit, and to nominate Commissioners pursuant to the act above mentioned. PAUL ALLEN, Clerk.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, out of his pasture in Norton, two bay HORSES—one of them nine years old, about 15 hands high, has a white spot in his face, trots and paces.—The other horse is about the same height, has likewise a white spot in his face, five years old, and trots whooly: Both horses have black manes and tails, and have been used to a carriage. Whoever will return said horses, or either of them, shall receive a reward of Twenty Dollars for each horse, and if stolen, Twenty Dollars for the thief, if convicted. GEORGE LEONARD. Norton, Sept. 2.
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 Headache, Foul Stomach, 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 slow fever, pains in stomach and bowels, lost appetite, yellow skin, and great lassitude and weakness, info much 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 alterative 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 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 dislodge 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—till 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.)
Benjamin Thurber Has removed to his new Store, next house south of Darius Sessions, Esqrs. at the old sign of the Bunch of Grapes; where he has for sale, a fresh assortment of fashionable new Goods, cheap for cash.
AMONG THEM ARE, A VARIETY of fancy Patches, Chintzes and Calicoes, such as must suit those who will call and see them; English and India Sattins, Lustrings, Silks for Bonnets, Silk Shawls of different colours, Silk and Kid Gloves, Bengals, Grapes, Tambour'd Mullins, Lappets, Muslinetts, Dimities, fashionable Ribbons, Umbrellas, Window-Blinds, a large assortment of black and white Laces, Mullin Handkerchiefs, Cotton Shawls, Dunstable Hats and Straw Trimmings, Morocco and Florentine Shoes, House Paper, Bohemian Tea by the dozen, French and Spanish Flute Indigo, warranted good; Durants, Moreens, Ruffles, London Pewter, Looking-Glasses, China and Delft Ware, with other articles too numerous to mention, at a small advance for cash.
All are invited to come and see for themselves, as the articles are too numerous to be mentioned in an advertisement. July 23. (8w.)
THE Copartnership of the subscribers is this day dissolved by mutual consent. PETER SCHUAB, ROBERT NEWELL, SAMUEL THURBER, jun.
PAPER-HANGINGS , for papering rooms, window-curtains, &c. to be sold by the subscribers, at wholesale and retail, at their Manufactory, near Stephens's Bridge, North End; where may be had a variety of new and fashionable figures, of different and durable colours, executed in a very neat and elegant manner, by European workmen.
ROBERT NEWELL, SAMUEL THURBER, jun. August 6.
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE. Duties on Carriages, And on LICENCES for retailing Wines and foreign distilled Spirits.
OFFICE OF INSPECTION. Providence, August 1, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given, That for the purpose of receiving the ENTRIES and DUTIES in the county of Providence, in said district, required by the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act laying Duties on Carriages for the conveyance of persons, and repealing the former act for that purpose," attendance will be given at my Office of Inspection aforesaid, every day (Sundays excepted) in the month of September next.
Retailers of Wines and Spirits, in said county, are reminded to make application at the above Office, for a renewal of their Licences, at the expiration of one year from their date; and those who shall commence that business, prior to such commencement, as they would in either case avoid the penalty of FIFTY DOLLARS for such neglect.
N. CUSHING, Collector of the Revenue for the said County of Providence.
Take Notice,
THAT the Copartnership of JOHN JENCKES and Co. consisting of JOHN JENCKES and the widow ELIZA GIBBS , is this day dissolved. All persons having any unsettled accounts or demands against said firm, are requested, without delay, to call on the subscriber for settlement. August 13. JOHN JENCKES.
N. B. Said JENCKES informs his friends and customers that he still purposes to carry on the business at the shop formerly occupied by Mr. JOHN GIBBS , near the Turk's Head.
Where he offers FOR SALE the following articles of GOLD and SILVER WORK and JEWELLERY, viz.
Gold Necklaces, Miniature-Cases, Ear-Knobs, &c. A variety of Finger Rings, Washington Mourning Rings, Mourning Rings with hair plaids, Cream-Pots, Table-Spoons, Desert, Tea, Salt, and Mustard do. Silver and Plated Sugar Tongs, Shoe and Knee Buckles, Thimbles, Gold and Silver Watch-Chains, Seals and Keys.
Plated Harness Furniture done in the neatest and cheapest manner. Umbrellas made, repaired, and covered, at the shortest notice.
Just arrived from Lisbon, AND FOR SALE BY Benjamin & Edward Aborn At their Store near the Long Wharf, 100 Boxes of fresh LEMONS , and a cargo of clean white Lisbon SALT .
They have likewise for Sale, A cargo of good retailing MOLASSES , from Antigua, and one puncheon of RUM , which are offered for sale on reasonable terms. August 6.
Health promotes Happiness.
Just imported in the Merchant, from London, and to be sold by Benjamin & Charles Dyer, At their Wholesale and Retail Store, the sign of the GOOD SAMARITAN, Providence.
A LARGE and general assortment of genuine DRUGS, MEDICINES, DYE STUFFS, &c. &c. at prices and qualities which cannot fail to suit the purchasers. All those in want of such Goods, are desired to call and see. Every favour attended to with cheerfulness. Attendance at all times given. August 27.
Cooley's genuine Pills.
Prepared by Samuel Cooley , of Bolton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A.D. 1798, agreeably 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 costive habits; decayed constitutions are renewed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice 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 POPE , Providence.
THE subscribers of the Academic Exercises will commence after the vacation, on Monday the 15th inst. under the instruction of Messrs. Zechariah Eddy, and Hubbel Loomis. The various branches of Literature which have usually been taught in that Academy will be continued, and every exertion used to promote the morals as well as the literary improvement of the pupils. Board and tuition at the usual price. Plainfield, Sept. 1, 1800.
FOR SALE, By Benjamin & Edward Aborn, Near the Long Wharf, TURKS Island and Lisbon SALT, per quantity,
Molasses, good for retailing, per hoghead, One cask of Claret Wine, One Anchor, about 559 weight.
A set of Lower Rigging, for a vessel of about 140 tons burthen, only been one voyage.
13 hogheads of Halifax inspection Tobacco, 5000 White Hoghead Staves, 5000 ditto barrel ditto, 10,000 bunches Connecticut Onions, Several tons of screwed Hay.
They want to purchase new milch Cattle, Butter, Potatoes, and Oats, for which they will pay cash. Sept. 17.
RAN away from the Subscriber, an indentured apprentice mulatto boy, about 5 feet 9 inches high, named BENONI CHURCH ,—had on, when he went away, a dark coloured outside jacket, a red waistcoat, and tow trowsers. Whoever will apprehend said runaway, and secure him in any goal in this State, so that his master may obtain him again, shall receive a reward of FOUR DOLLARS , and reasonable charges.
All masters of vessels and others are forbidden carrying away, or concealing said BENONI . GEORGE GREENE. Warwick, September 3.
To be Let, By Mrs. PATIENCE PAGE , THREE CHAMBERS in her Dwelling-House.—Also, three Chambers in a house of her's down the wharf, occupied by Mr. William Page. For particulars, enquire of SAMUEL CHASE. August 6.
At the Annual Town-Meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Providence, on Tuesday the 26th inst. it was unanimously RESOLVED,
THAT it be recommended to the Inhabitants of the town, to take immediate and effectual measures for thoroughly cleaning the town from all nuisances, or whatever may contaminate the air; and that each householder cleanse his own lots, yards, and out-houses: that lime be thrown into their necessities.—And it is also recommended to the Town-Council, to appoint suitable persons to make inspection into the due execution of this recommendation, and in case any neglect or delay should be found in any individual, that they (the Council) cause such delinquent's duty to be performed at his expence, agreeably to law; and where any case occurs that this cannot be effected, through poverty or other cause; that the Town-Council cause the same to be accomplished at the expence of the town, and cause the streets, wharves and floors to be inspected and cleansed.
VOTES, That the above be published in the several papers printed in this town, as soon as may be. Witness, NATHAN W. JACKSON, T. Clerk. August 27.
State of Rhode-Island, &c. WHEREAS  MARY SMITH , of Gloucester, in said county, wife of John Smith, of said Gloucester, son of John Smith, of Killingly, has preferred her petition to the next term of the Supreme Judicial Court, to be held at Providence, in and for the county aforesaid, praying, for divers causes therein set forth, that a sentence of divorce may be passed; NOTICE is hereby given to the said John, to appear at said Court, at said term, to respond to said petition. PAUL ALLEN, Clk. August 27.