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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That every assistant, failing to make a proper return, or making a false return of the enumeration to the marshal, or the secretary (as the case may be) within the time by this act limited, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the marshal and secretaries shall file the several returns aforesaid, with the clerks of their respective district or superior courts (as the case may be) who are hereby directed to receive and carefully preserve the same: And the marshals, or secretaries, respectively, shall on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and one, transmit to the Secretary of State the aggregate amount of each description of persons within their respective districts or territories. And every marshal or secretary failing to file the returns of his assistants, or any of them, with the clerks of their respective courts as aforesaid, or failing to return the aggregate amount of each description of persons in their respective districts or territories, as the same shall appear from said returns, to the Secretary of State, within the time limited by this act, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of eight hundred dollars; all which forfeitures shall be recoverable in the courts of the districts or territories where the offences shall be committed, or in the circuit courts to be held within the same, by action of debt, information or indictment; the one half thereof to the use of the United States, and the other half to the informer; but where the prosecution shall be first instituted on behalf of the United States, the whole shall accrue to their use. And for the more effectual discovery of offences, the judges of the several district courts in the several districts, and of the supreme courts, in the territories of the United States, as aforesaid, at their next sessions, to be held after the expiration of the time allowed for making the returns of the enumeration hereby directed, to the Secretary of State, shall give this act in charge to the grand juries, in their respective courts, and shall cause the returns of the several assistants to be laid before them for their inspection.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That every assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar, for every hundred persons by him returned, where such persons reside in the country, and where such persons reside in a city or town, containing more than three thousand persons, such assistant shall receive at the rate of one dollar for every three hundred persons, but where, from the dispersed situation of the inhabitants in some divisions, one dollar for every one hundred persons shall be insufficient, the marshals or secretaries, with the approbation of the judges of their respective districts or territories, may make such further allowance to the assistants in such divisions, as shall be deemed an adequate compensation: Provided , the same does not exceed one dollar for every fifty persons by them returned. The several marshals and secretaries shall receive as follows: The marshal of the district of Maine, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New-Hampshire, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Massachusetts, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Rhode-Island, one hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of Connecticut, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Vermont, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New-York, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of New-Jersey, two hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Pennsylvania, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Delaware, one hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Maryland, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Virginia, five hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Kentucky, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of North-Carolina, three hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of South-Carolina, three hundred dollars; the marshal of the district of Georgia, two hundred and fifty dollars; the marshal of the district of Tennessee, two hundred dollars; the secretary of the territory of the United States north-west of the Ohio, two hundred dollars; the secretary of the Mississippi territory, one hundred dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That every person whose usual place of abode shall be in any family on the aforesaid first Monday in August next, shall be returned as of such family, and the name of every person, who shall be an inhabitant of any district or territory, but without a settled place of residence, shall be inserted in the column of the aforesaid schedule, which is allotted for the heads of families in that division where he or she shall be, on the said first Monday in August next, and every person occasionally absent at the time of the enumeration, as belonging to that place in which he or she usually resides in the United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That each and every free person, more than sixteen years of age, whether heads of families or not, belonging to any family within any division, district or territory made or established within the United States, shall be and hereby is obliged to render to such assistant of the division, a true account, if required, to the best of his or her knowledge, of all and every person belonging to such family respectively, according to the several descriptions aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered by such assistant, the one half to his own use, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That each assistant shall, previous to making his returns to the marshal or secretary (as the case may be) cause a correct copy, signed by himself, of the schedule containing the number of inhabitants within his division, to be set up at two of the most public places within the same, there to remain for the inspection of all concerned, for each
of which copies the said assistant shall be entitled to receive two dollars, provided, proof of the schedule having been to set up and suffered to remain, shall be transmitted to the marshal or secretary (as the case may be) with the return of the number of the persons, and in case any assistant shall fail to make such proof to the marshal or secretary, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit the compensation by this act allowed him.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That the Secretary of State shall be and hereby is authorized and required to transmit to the marshals of the several states and to the secretaries aforesaid, regulations and instructions pursuant to this act, for carrying the same into effect, and also the forms contained therein, of the schedule to be returned, and proper interrogatories to be administered by the several persons who shall be employed therein.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
APPROVED—February 28th, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States.
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BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, January 21. MR. Sheridan announced that he should, on Monday, Feb. 3, move for an examination of the causes of the failure of the late expedition to Holland.
January 22. KING'S MESSAGE.
A message was received from his Majesty, from which the following is extracted:
"His Majesty has thought proper on this occasion to direct, that there should be laid before the House copies of communications recently received from the enemy, and of the answers which have been returned thereto by his Majesty's command."
"His Majesty entertains the fullest confidence, that those answers will appear to this House to have been conformable to that line of conduct which was required from his Majesty on this occasion, by his regard to all the most important interests of his dominions: and his Majesty having no object more at heart than that of contributing, as soon as the situation of affairs shall render it practicable, to the establishment of the general tranquility of Europe, on a sure and solid foundation, and of providing effectually for the security and permanent prosperity of his faithful people, places a firm reliance on the continued support of his Parliament, and on the zeal and perseverance of his subjects, in such measures as may best tend to confirm the signal advantages which have been obtained to the common cause in the course of the last campaign, and conduct the great contest in which his Majesty is engaged to a safe and honourable conclusion."
Among the papers communicated with this message, are the following, which have not yet been published:
Paris, 24 Nivose, 8th year (Jan. 14, 1800.)
My Lord, I lost no time in laying before the first Consul of the republic the official note, under date of the 14th Nivose, which you transmitted to me; and I am charged to forward the answer, equally official, which you find annexed.
Receive, my Lord, the assurance of my high consideration.
(Signed)
C. M. TALLEYRAND.
To the Minister for Foreign Affairs at London.
The official note, under date of the 14th Nivose, the 8th year, addressed by the minister of his Britannic Majesty, having been laid before the first Consul of the French republic, he observed with surprize, that it rested upon an opinion, which is not exact, respecting the origin and consequences of the present war. Very far from its being France which provoked it, she had, it must be remembered, from the commencement of her revolution, solemnly proclaimed her love of peace, and her disinclination to conquests, her respect for the independence of all governments; and it is not to be doubted that, occupied at that time entirely with her own internal affairs, she would have avoided taking part in those of Europe, and would have remained faithful to her declarations.
But from an opposite disposition, as soon as the French revolution had broken out, almost all Europe entered into a league for its destruction. The aggression was real, long time before it was public; internal resistance was excited; its opponents were favourably received; their extravagant declarations were supported; the French nation was insulted in the person of its agents; and England set particularly this example, by the dismissal of the minister accredited to her. Finally, France was, in fact, attacked in her independence, in her honour, and in her safety, long time before the war was declared.
Thus it is to the projects of subjection, dissolution and dismemberment, which were prepared against her, and the execution of which was several times attempted and pursued, that France has a right to impute the evils which she has suffered, and those which have afflicted Europe. Such projects, for a long time without example, with respect to so powerful a nation, could not fail to bring on the most fatal consequences.
Assailed on all sides, the republic could not but extend universally the efforts of her defence; and it is only for the maintenance of her own independence that she has made use of those means which she possessed, in her own strength and the courage of her citizens. As long as she was the law that nations obstinately refused to recognize her, she counted only upon the energy of her resistance; but as
soon as they were obliged to abandon the hope of invasion, she sought for means of conciliation, and manifested pacific intentions; and if these have not always been efficacious; if, in the midst of the critical circumstances of her internal situation, which the revolution and the war have successively brought on, the former depositaries of the executive authority in France, have not always shown as much moderation as the nation itself has shown courage, it must, above all, be imputed to the fatal and persevering animosity with which the resources of England have been lavished to accomplish the ruin of France.
But if the wishes of his Britannic Majesty (in conformity with his alliances) are in unison with those of the French republic, for the re-establishment of peace, why, instead of attempting the apology of the war, should not attention be rather paid to the means of terminating it? And what obstacle can prevent a mutual understanding, of which the utility is reciprocal, and is felt, especially when the first Consul of the French republic has personally given so many proofs of his eagerness to put an end to the calamities of war, and of his disposition to maintain the rigid observance of all treaties concluded?
The first Consul of the French republic could not doubt that his Britannic Majesty recognized the right of nations to choose the form of their government, since it is from the exercise of this right that he holds his crown; but he has been unable to comprehend how to this fundamental principle, upon which rests the existence of political societies, the minister of his Majesty could annex insinuations which tend to an interference in the internal affairs of the republic, and which are no less injurious to the French nation and to its government, than it would be to England and to his Majesty, if a sort of invitation were held out in favour of that republican government of which England adopted the forms in the middle of the last century, or an exhortation to recall to the throne that family whom their birth had placed there, and whom a revolution compelled to descend from it.
If, at periods not far distant, when the constitutional system of the republic presented neither the strength nor the solidity which it contains at present, his Britannic Majesty thought himself enabled to invite a negotiation and pacific conferences; how is it possible that he should not be eager to renew negotiations to which the present and reciprocal situation of affairs promises a rapid progress? On every side the voice of nations and of humanity implores the conclusion of a war, marked already by such great calamities, and the prolongation of which threatens Europe with an universal convulsion and irremediable evils. It is, therefore, to put a stop to the course of these calamities, or in order that their terrible consequences may be reproached to those only who shall have provoked them, that the first Consul of the French republic proposes to put an immediate end to hostilities, by agreeing to a suspension of arms, and naming Plenipotentiaries on each side, who should repair to Dunkirk, or any other town as advantageously situated for the quickness of the respective communications, and who should apply themselves without any delay to effect the re-establishment of peace and good understanding between the French republic and England.
The first Consul offers to give the passports which may be necessary for this purpose.
(Signed) C. M. TALLEYRAND.
Paris, the 20th Nivose (14th Jan. 1800) eighth year of the French republic.
Letter from Lord Grenville to the minister for foreign affairs at Paris.
Downing-street, Jan. 20, 1800.
SIR, I have the honour to inclose to you the answer which his Majesty has directed me to return to the official note which you transmitted to me.
I have the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) GRENVILLE.
To the minister for foreign affairs, &c. &c. at Paris.
Note referred to in the preceding letter.
The official note transmitted by the minister for foreign affairs in France, and received by the undersigned on the 18th inst. has been laid before the King.
His Majesty cannot forbear expressing the concern with which he observes, in that note, that the unprovoked aggressions of France, the sole cause and origin of the war, are systematically defended by her present rulers, under the same injurious pretences by which they were originally attempted to be disguised. His Majesty will not enter into the refutation of allegations now universally exploded, and (in so far as they respect his Majesty's conduct) not only in themselves utterly groundless, but contradicted both by the internal evidence of the transactions to which they relate, and also by the express testimony (given at the time) of the government of France itself.
With respect to the object of the note, his Majesty can only refer to the answer which he has already given.
He has explained without reserve the obstacles which, in his judgment, preclude at the present moment all hope of advantage from negotiation. All the inducements to treat, which are relied upon in the French official note; the personal dispositions which are said to prevail for the conclusion of peace, and for the future observance of treaties; the power of ensuring the effect of those dispositions, supposing them to exist; and the solidity of the system newly established, after so rapid a succession of revolutions—all these are points which can be known only from that test to which his Majesty has already referred them—the result of experience, and the evidence of facts.
With that sincerity and plainness which his anxiety for the re-establishment of peace indispensably required, his Majesty has pointed out to France the surest and speediest means for the attainment of that great object. But he has declared in terms equally explicit, and with the same sincerity, that he entertains no desire to prescribe to a foreign nation the form of its government;—that he looks only to the security of his own dominions and of Europe; and that whenever that essential object can in his judgment be, in any manner whatever, sufficiently provided for, he will eagerly concert with his allies the means of immediate and joint negotiation, for the reestablishment of general tranquility.
To these declarations his Majesty steadily adheres; and it is only on the grounds thus stated, that his regard to the safety of his subjects will suffer him to renounce that system of vigorous defence, to which, under the favour of Providence, his kingdoms owe the security of those blessings which they enjoy.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Downing-street, Jan. 20, 1800.
VIENNA, Jan. 8.
Peace is yet much talked of. Our military force, however, consists of 385,000 men, and is augmenting.
LINTZ, Jan. 2.
It is officially announced that the Russian troops have received orders to remain in Germany.
FRANKFORT, Jan. 15.
It is reported that 40,000 Russians have passed the Bog, to increase Suwarrows's army.
PARIS, Jan. 19.
The Spaniards have to sail of the line ready for sea at Ferrol; destination unknown.
Massena is now with the army of Italy, and Moreau with the army of the Rhine.
January 21.
It is said that the letter written by Buonaparte to the Emperor of Germany, was similar to the one written to the King of England. General Bernadotte is chosen Counsellor of State.
January 26.
Official letters are received from Generals Brune and Hedouville, announcing the conclusion of peace with the chiefs of the insurgents of La Vendee, Montsaugeon, part of the departments of Mayenne, Loire, Inferior Loire, and Ile et Vilaine. Gen. Brune has marched to attack the Chouan General Georges.
LONDON, Jan. 23.
The Austrians are making the most active preparations for opening the campaign, by reinforcing their armies. The Archduke moves towards the Mein and the Neckar. The headquarters of the French army of the Rhine is at Basle. The French are strengthening all their armies. The French papers say that Great-Britain, Russia and Austria, have entered into a new alliance for carrying on the war. Mr. Wickham is conferring with the government of the circle of Swabia, respecting taking 10,000 troops into British pay.
The French Consuls have modified the penalties against returning emigrants. They have also ordered that the churches shall be opened for divine worship at one time, and decadaly felt as at another.
Feb. 3.
The prospect of a rupture between Sweden, Denmark and France, increases. Citizen Grouvelle has left Copenhagen, and Mr. Dreyer is recalled from Paris.
Switzerland is to be treated in future as a neutral country.
We have accounts from Brittany of a desperate battle between the Chouans and Gen. Brune's forces; 5000 of the latter being killed, wounded, or made prisoners. Rumour may have augmented these numbers; but it is certain, that government has received information by a brother of D'Autichamp, who arrived on Friday, that the Chouans were in arms in great force, and in fine spirits; that their numbers were from 50 to an hundred thousand men; and that hostilities had actually recommenced.
Accounts from Egypt are extremely contradictory. Some assert that the Grand Vizier had been defeated by Gen. Kleber, on the confines of Syria, and had lost his camp, part of his baggage, and several thousand prisoners. This news comes from Constantinople, but later Vienna accounts appear to doubt the intelligence.
The Brest fleet appears on the point of sailing.—And the channel fleet is ordered to assume its station off that port immediately.
EXPEDITION (supposed) FOR EGYPT.
Paris, Jan. 24. An official letter from Toulon, dated Jan. 6, says, "Rear-Admiral Perree's squadron, of one 74, and 4 corvettes, is ready for sea.—The ships are laden with provisions and warlike stores."
THE members of the Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers are hereby notified—That their Anniversary Election for Officers will be held at the State-house, on Monday the 14th inst. precisely at 9 o'clock, A. M.—at which time and place a general and punctual attendance of the members is requested. At half past 10 o'clock, A. M. the Association will form in procession, and proceed to the first Congregational Meeting-house, where an Oration will be delivered by TRISTAM BURGES, Esq. after which the Association will form in the same order, return to the State-house, and proceed to complete their election.
The members of other Associations from abroad, who may be in town on that day, are invited to join in the procession.
By order, JOSEPH BALCH, Sec'y. Providence, April 7, 1800.

Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, March 28.
MR. Nicholas called up the resolution which he laid on the table yesterday, authorizing the President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives to close the present session...
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to lay before this House a report of the proceedings had under an act passed last session, entitled "An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States," and the expenses incurred therein.
Mr. S. Smith moved, that when the House adjourn, it adjourn till Monday.—Carried, ayes 59.
Mr. Eggleston presented a petition of the merchants and others, inhabitants of the towns of Richmond, Manchester and Petersburg, Virginia, praying that the office of Collector of the Customs may be established at Petersburg, in the district of City Point and Bermuda Hundred.—Referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
On motion of Mr. Livingston, the House came to the following resolution, viz.
Resolved, That the committee of commerce and manufactures be directed to enquire into the expediency of allowing a drawback on the exportation of cotton goods, of foreign manufacture, imported into the United States, and that they report by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Harper said, as the principal feature of the bill for the better establishment and regulation of the courts of the United States had been destroyed, by a vote of the House yesterday, he would now move that the committee of the whole be discharged from the further consideration of it.
Messrs. Gallatin and Nicholas opposed this motion, and Mr. Otis supported it; when the question was taken and agreed to—ayes 57.
Mr. Harper then moved that the bill be re-committed to the select committee who reported it.
This motion was superceded by one of Mr. Macon, who moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed till the first Monday in December next.
Messrs. Nicholson, Varnum and Macon spoke in favour of the postponement; and Messrs. Rutledge, C. Goodrich and Bayard against it; when the question was taken by ayes and nays, as follows:
Affirmative 46—Negative 52.
General Lee brought in a bill to extend the privilege of franking letters to Martha Washington, which was read a first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading on Monday next. Adjourned.
MONDAY, March 31.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their secretary, informing the House, that the Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice-President of the United States," to which they request the concurrence of the House.
The report of the select committee, relative to the copper bed on Lake Superior was taken up, and the concurrent resolution authorizing the President of the United States to appoint an agent to ascertain its position, and the terms on which it can be purchased, was agreed to.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by his secretary, Mr. Shaw, informing the House, that the President did, on the 29th inst. approve and sign an act, entitled "An act for the relief of Campbell Smith," and also certain resolutions in honour of Capt. Thomas Truxton and James Jarvis—which originated in this House.
Mr. Sewall asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Otis, for three weeks.
The bill sent from the Senate this morning, prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice-President, was read a first time, and upon the question, "Shall the bill have a second reading at the present time," it was carried, ayes 53—and was committed to a committee of the whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
Mr. Harper, from the committee to whom was recommitted the bill relative to the judiciary system, brought in a bill to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States.
NEW-YORK, April 2.
Extract of a letter from on board the Baltimore sloop of war, dated Basseterre, St. Christophers, February 18, 1800.
"Being just on the point of sailing with a convoy for the United States, I embrace the opportunity of informing you of what has transpired in these seas since we have arrived. Nothing material happened on the passage, and we had very pleasant weather. The Baltimore is generally employed in convoying our merchantmen out of the reach of the French pirates; we have, however, after leaving the fleet, a good opportunity of cruising."
"On the 19th of December last, to windward of Recondo Rock and Montserrat, we took a French copper-bottomed brig loaded with fine sugar, from Guadalupe bound to St. Thomas, and brought her in here; from whence she is to be sent to Norfolk with the present fleet."
Since that time we disguised our ship, by concealing our guns, putting wooden ones on the upper deck, and painting her so as to look like a letter of marque.
"On the 13th of January, cruising to windward of Deledade, saw a Schooner which bore down upon the Baltimore; after taking a look at the ship a little distance off, she came alongside, so near that her men were seen on deck with all their boarding implements in their hands. Capt. Cowper immediately opened his battery, and gave her two broadsides; upon which she sheered off, and endeavoured to get away; but coming to fire our bow guns (one ball from which wounded her lieutenant severely in the arm, passed through her companion, and stuck in her mainmast) she struck."
"Next day saw another French privateer, who came down in the same manner, within pistol shot, when he was received with round, grape and canister shot, so warmly that his quarters were soon levelled with his deck; he being full of men, with 16 guns, returned gun for gun, and a shower of musketry, which killed one of the marines (he shot passing through his left wrist, and lodging in his heart at the instant he discharged his musket) and injured the Baltimore's rigging considerably. He was chased till night, but afraid of losing the prize, gave up the chase. We have since learned that the lost 35 men, and threw his boat, anchor and cables, &c. &c. overboard before he got off. Her crew was 130 in number."
"The Connecticut, which is reckoned the fastest sailing vessel we have, has taken a French brig called D'ltalie Conque, of 16 nine pounders, and has been cruising four years, during which she took more than 130 prizes. She fired into the Connecticut which was returned with several broadsides, which shot away her fore-topmast and wounded the Captain in the forehead, upon which they all ran down into the hold, leaving two American Captains (prisoners) on deck, who put the helm up and hauled down her colours, just as the Connecticut was about firing another broad side. The French brig's rigging was cut to pieces. She has since been fitted out here and manned from L'Infurgente, is now cruising, and recaptured the William and Mary, a Liverpool ship."
"The brig Eagle, a few days ago, chased two French privateers, but finding their force double his own, did not think prudent to engage, but continued his course, after receiving a number of shot from them."
Providence, WEDNESDAY, April 9.
The following elegantly drawn character of General Washington, we copy from a London paper of the 24th of January, called "The Courier."
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
The melancholy account of his death was brought by a vessel from Baltimore, which has arrived off Dover.
General Washington was, we believe, in his 68th year. The height of his person was about 5 feet eleven, his chest full; and his limbs, though rather slender, well shaped and muscular. His head was small, in which respect he resembled the make of a great number of his countrymen. His eyes were of a light grey colour; and, in proportion to the length of his face, his nose was long. Mr. Stewart, the eminent portrait painter, used to say, there were features in his face totally different from what he had ever observed in that of any other human being; the sockets for the eyes, for instance, were larger than what he ever met with before, and the upper part of the nose broader. All his features, he observed, were indicative of the strongest passions; yet, like Socrates, his judgment and great self-command have always made him appear a man of a different cast in the eyes of the world. He always spoke with great diffidence, and sometimes hesitated for a word; but it was always to find one more particularly well adapted to his meaning. His language was manly and expressive. At levee, his discourse with strangers turned principally upon the subject of America; and if they had been through any remarkable places, his conversation was free and particularly interesting, for he was intimately acquainted with every part of the country. He was much more open and free in his behaviour at levee than in private, and in the company of ladies still more so than when solely with men.
Few persons ever found themselves for the first time in the presence of General Washington, without being impressed with a certain degree of veneration and awe; nor did those emotions subside on a closer acquaintance; on the contrary, his person and deportment were such as rather tended to augment them. The hard service he had seen, the important and laborious offices he had filled, gave a kind of austerity to his countenance, and a reserve to his manners; yet he was the kindest husband, the most humane master, the steadiest friend.
The whole range of history does not present to our view a character upon which we can dwell with such entire and unmixed admiration. The long life of General Washington is not stained by a single blot. He was, indeed a man of such rare endowments, and such a fortunate temperament, that every action he performed was equally exempted from the charge of vice or weakness. Whatever he said, or did, or wrote, was stamped with a striking and peculiar propriety. His qualities were so happily blended, and so nicely harmonized, that the result was a great and perfect whole. The powers of his mind, and the dispositions of his heart, were admirably suited to each other. It was the union of the most consummate prudence with the most perfect moderation. His views, though large and liberal, were never extravagant; his virtues, though comprehensive and beneficent, were discriminating, judicious and practical.
Yet his character, though regular and uniform, possessed none of the littleness which may
sometimes belong to these descriptions of men. It formed a majestic pile, the effect of which was not impaired, but improved by order and symmetry. There was nothing in it to dazzle by wildness, and surprize by eccentricity. It was of a high species of moral beauty. It contained every thing great and elevated, but it had no false and tinsel ornament. It was not the model cried up by fashion and circumstance; its excellence was adapted to the true and just moral taste, incapable of change from the varying accidents of manners, of opinions and times.—General Washington is not the idol of a day, but the hero of ages!
Placed in circumstances of the most trying difficulty at the commencement of the American contest, he accepted that situation which was pre-eminent in danger and responsibility. His perseverance overcame every obstacle; his moderation conciliated every opposition; his genius supplied every resource; his enlarged view could plan, revise, and improve every branch of civil and military operation. He had the superior courage which can act or forbear to act, as true policy dictates, careless of the reproaches of ignorance, either in power or out of power. He knew how to conquer by waiting, in spite of obloquy, for the moment of victory; and he merited true praise by despising undeserved censure. In the most arduous moments of the contest, his prudent firmness proved the salvation of the cause which he supported.
His conduct was, on all occasions, guided by the most pure disinterestedness. Far superior to low and grovelling motives, he seemed even to be uninfluenced by that ambition, which has justly been called the instinct of great souls. He acted ever as if his country's welfare, and that alone, was the moving spring. His excellent mind needed not even the stimulus of ambition, or the prospect of fame. Glory was but a secondary consideration. He performed great actions, he persevered in a course of laborious utility, with an equanimity that neither sought distinction, nor was flattered by it. His reward was in the consciousness of his own rectitude, and in the success of his patriotic efforts.
As his elevation to the chief power was the unbiased choice of his countrymen, his exercise of it was agreeable to the purity of its origin. As he had neither solicited nor usurped dominion, he had neither to contend with the opposition of rivals, nor the revenge of enemies. As his authority was undisputed, so it required no jealous precautions, no rigorous severity. His government was mild and gentle; it was beneficent and liberal; it was wise and just. His prudent administration consolidated and enlarged the dominion of an infant Republic. In voluntarily resigning the magistracy which he had filled with such distinguished honour, he enjoyed the unqualified satisfaction of leaving to the State he had contributed to establish, the fruits of his wisdom and the example of his virtues.
It is some consolation, amidst the violence of ambition and the criminal thirst of power, of which so many instances occur around us, to find a character whom it is honourable to admire, and virtuous to imitate. A Conqueror, for the freedom of his country! A Legislator for its security! A Magistrate for its happiness! His glories were never sullied by those excesses into which the highest qualities are apt to degenerate. With the greatest virtues he was exempt from the corresponding vices. He was a man in whom the elements were so mixed, that "nature might have stood up to all the world" and owned him as her work. His fame, bounded by no country, will be confined to no age. The character of General Washington, which his contemporaries regret and admire, will be transmitted to posterity; and the memory of his virtues, while patriotism and virtue are held sacred among men, will remain undiminished.
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
The Irish Mail of Sunday (says the London Oracle of Jan. 31) brought letters from Dublin of Wednesday last, which contain us in the hopes we had entertained, that the measure or an Union will experience very little further interruption.
Sunday last a Messenger arrived from Dublin, giving to Ministers an account of the proceedings of the Irish Parliament on the opening of the Session. On Wednesday the Lord Lieutenant went in state to the House of Lords, and opened the Session with a speech from the Throne; a debate took place on the motion for address, and an amendment was moved. Sir Lawrence Parsons was the mover of the specific proposition against the Union, by which the sense of the house was to be taken at once on the important question, which the Ministerial party were desirous to adjourn. The debate was long and spirited. At eight o'clock in the morning Mr. Grattan, who at twelve o'clock on the preceding night had been elected to represent the Borough of Wicklow, took his seat in the House, and begged leave to deliver his opinion, and to be allowed to speak sitting, on account of the fatigue he had undergone, and of his indisposition. He accordingly spoke at considerable length against the measure of the Union, with his usual eloquence. He was answered by Mr. Coffey, and at eleven o'clock in the forenoon a division took place, when the numbers for the motion were 96—the numbers against it 138, so that the Ministerial Majority in favour of the measure of an Union was 42.—There were votes moved for thirty seats, which have been vacated for different reasons, through Ministerial persuasion, so as to give them the means to secure to many additional votes as soon as the new election shall take place. This will make the majority in favour of the Union in the Lower House, seventy-two, a majority quite decisive on the question, as it will confirm the wavering, and occasion desertion even from the opposite phalanx.
At the time the last accounts left Dublin every thing was perfectly quiet. The minds of the Anti-Unionists were much depressed.
Accounts via Paris, state that the whole of the army of Egypt has been new clothed; that a great part of the troops are mounted on dromedaries; that the spirit of the army is excellent; and that Gen. Kleber and the Grand Vizier were parleying. Moreau has taken the command of the army of the Rhine, assuring his soldiers that all their wants shall be relieved. All the garrison troops both in Holland and Belgium have been sent to the Rhine. Every movement announces the speedy opening of the campaign.
The Count De Goertz, the Prussian minister at Ratisbon, has announced that the Emperor of Russia had actually signed an order for the return of the Russian army to the Rhine.
Forty thousand fresh troops have passed the Bog, to join the army of Field Marshall Suwarow.
Gen. Champoinet died on the 19th of Jan. of an epidemical disorder, which has also carried off several of his officers.
Eight thousand Chouans have been killed or made prisoners, in a battle near Mous.
Gen. Murat was married, on the 21st of Jan. to the younger sister of Buonaparte.
The Emperor of Russia has granted permission for the re-establishment of several printing presses throughout his dominions, which had been formerly suppressed.
There is the greatest distress for provisions in the remaining territory which the French occupy in Italy.
The resolution for presenting Capt. TRUXTON with a GOLDEN MEDAL, emblematical of his late gallant action.—And the resolution, expressive of national regret for the untimely death of the brave young midshipman, JAMES JARVIS, have severally passed the Senate.
The bill (which originated in the House of Representatives) for establishing a UNIFORM SYSTEM OF BANKRUPTCY throughout the United States, has likewise passed the Senate.
Certain intelligence is received at Philadelphia, that the United States Frigate, Commerce Barry, with the American Commissioners on board, had failed from Lisbon for some port in France; and that the two Secretaries to the embassy had proceeded by land for Paris.
It is rumoured that the negotiation with France is not to proceed, and that the Portsmouth fleet of war will immediately leave New-York for France with dispatches, and that the Commissioners are to return in her.
The process issued against Duane, Editor of the Aurora, by the Senate of the United States, is in the nature of a general warrant. It commands all Marshals, Constables, &c. to be aiding and assisting the Sergeant at Arms in the execution of his duty.
The gentleman has fled his post, and has hitherto evaded the vigilance of the officers.
The gallant Commodore TRUXTON, in the frigate Constellation, has arrived at Norfolk. He convoyed upwards of thirty sail of vessels from the West-Indies, bound to different ports in the United States.
The U. S. ship Connecticut, Capt. Tryon, has sunk a French ship of 18 guns, and driven on shore a privateer Schooner of 14 guns.—This intelligence is derived from such a source that there is no doubt of its truth.
A family lately removed from Connecticut into New-York state, consisting of a man and his wife, with 7 children, 13 fous and 4 daughters—he eldest not 9 years old, all born of the same woman at 9 births, 2 at a birth, excepting the first; all in good health and good spirits.
The 14th inst. being the Annual Election of the Officers of the Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers, a dinner will be provided on the occasion by MARTIN SEAMANS, Esq. The members of the association are invited to call on him and sign their names previous to the aforesaid day.
Married.
At Somerset, Massachusetts, on Thursday evening last, Doctor Thomas Danforth, of Boston, to the amiable Miss Elizabeth S. Bowers, daughter of the late Jeremiah Bowes, Esq. In this town, Mr. Ephraim Talbot, merchant, to Miss Sally Whipple, daughter of Mr. Samuel Whipple.
Died.
Since our last, Miss Martha Russell, daughter of Mr. John Russell, in the 32d year of her age.
TO BE LEASED, For any length of time, THE Wharf and Store, belonging to the heirs of JOSEPH BROWN, deceased, lately occupied by Col. THOMAS LLOYD HALSEY, adjoining the estate of Mr. JOHN EVERETH. For particulars enquire of OBADIAH BROWN. Providence, April 5, 1800.
Just arrived, and for sale by Benjamin and Edward Aborn, At their Store, near the Long-Wharf, 1000 bushels of CORN White-Oak Hoghead Staves and Heading. April 9.
Notice.
THE subscriber hopes it will be convenient for his friends, who may have business to settle, or who may wish to consult with him in the line of his profession, to call upon him, in future, on WEDNESDAYS or SATURDAYS; on which days he proposes to give special attendance at his office. And, on other days, as usual, Mr. W. C. WHITE and Mr. JOHN PITMAN, jun. the present clerks in his office, give constant attendance.
D. HOWELL.
April 9.
Rhode-Island District, ff.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Rhode-Island, there will be exposed for sale at Public Auction, on Thursday the 24th of April instant, the snow MARY, as she now lies at Col. ARCHIBALD CRARY's wharf, in Newport; said snow having been decreed forfeit, at a special District Court held in Providence on the 7th day of April, 1800, for having been employed in transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to the West-Indies, contrary to a statute of the United States.
W. PECK, Marshal.
April 9.
Public notice is hereby given, that there will be sold at Public Auction, on the 12th day of May next, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon, by order of the Supreme Judicial Court,
THE Real Estate of which GEORGE W. RHODE, late of Providence, died seized, lying in Scituate, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to make up the deficiency of the personal estate, which belonged to the said George, to pay the debts due from said estate, with the expenses of settling the same. The sale to be made on the premises. The conditions of sale to be made known at the time and place of sale.
SAMUEL ABORN, jun. Administrator. April 9.

Selected Poetry.
On the Anniversary of my Wife's WEDDING-DAY.
By the late Rev. Mr. BISHOP.
"THEE, Mary, with this ring I wed"— So, fourteen years ago, I laid— "Behold another ring!"—"for what?" "To wed thee o'er again?—Why not? With that first ring I married Youth, Grace, Beaty, Innocence and Truth; Taste long admir'd, Sense long rever'd, And all my Molly then appear'd. If she, by Merit since disclos'd, Prove twice the woman I suppos'd, I plead that double merit now, To justify a double vow. Here then to-day (with faith as sure, With ardour as intense, as pure, As when, amidst the rites divine, I took thy troth, and plighted mine) To thee, sweet girl, my second ring, A token and a pledge I'll bring: With this I wed, till death us part, Thy riper virtues to my heart. Those virtues, which, before untry'd, The wife has added to the bride: Those virtues, whose progressive claim, Endearing Wedlock's very name, My soul enjoys, my song approves, For Conscience' sake, as well as Love's. And why?—They shew me every hour, Honour's high thought, Affection's power, Discretion's deed, sound judgment's sentence, And teach me all things, but repentance."
William Blodget, jun.
At Store, No. 7, Cheapside , next door north of Capt. Seth Wheaton's, adjoining Mr. Thomas Arnold's, will sell for cash, at prices remarkably low, BROADCLOTHS and Cassimeres , of every description Genoa and Queen's Cord, Nankeens Cotton, Cassimere, white and fancy colour'd Mouselinet and mouselinet Vestings India and English Lustrings Sattins, Saracens Patent and common silk Hosiery, of every description Plated Cotton do. Umbrellas, Kid and Morocco Shoes Cambricks, Linens, jaconet and book Muslins and Handkerchiefs Cock'd and round Hats Supetines, common and low-priced silk and kid Gloves, of fashionable kinds and lengths Stuff Goods Carpets and Carpeting 3-4 and 4-4 Calicoes and Chintzes, worthy very particular attention Gingham, Powder, Pomatum Camel's-hair Shawls Crapes, Gauzes, Edgings Pocket-Books, Plaitillas Bleach'd and brown Sheetings Dowlas, Tiffany Paris Net Gauze, Purses and Slings Muskets, Pistols, Epaulettes, Laces, Dirks and Swords. The prices of all the above (for cash) will be made perfectly satisfactory to the purchaser. April 2.
BY APPOINTMENT.
For Sale,
At the POST-OFFICE in this Town, DR. LEE'S patent New-London Bili- ous PILLS, celebrated throughout the United States and the West-Indies, in the cure and prevention of intermittent, remittent, bilious, inflammatory and yellow fevers—jaundice, bilious cholic, indigestion, dropsy, gout, rheumatism, pleurisy, chlorosis, worms, dysentery, bilious vomitings, convulsion and epileptic fits, asthma, coughs and colds accompanied with costiveness, 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 pills from the patentee. April 2. (3m.)
For SALE, by Augustus Larned,
200 Barrels of Prime Beef 100 do. Prime Pork 75 half do. Mels do. 75 do. do. Beef 100 Barrels of Menhaden Fish West-India Rum, per bhd. Molasses, per do. Sugar, per do. or barrel First quality Cape Coffee, in barrels A few bags of Cotton Wool Butter and Lard, Hoops, &c. The above articles will be sold on good terms for the purchaser. March 26.
For Sale,
At the Store of the Subscriber, 200 Barrels of Beef 20 ditto of Pork 50 Pipes of excellent Geneva, warranted equal to any imported 500 Casks of ditto 3 Tons of Ship Bread. 3, 4, 6 and 9 pound Cannon; round Shot, double headed ditto, grape, &c. suitable for the above sized cannon. The above articles will be sold in large or small quantities, as will best suit the purchasers—for cash or approved notes, payable at the Bank. JOHN BROWN. January 1. (tf.)
Morocco Pocket-Books.
David Vinton,
At the corner store, No. 7, Market-Square,
HAS just received a large and beautiful assortment of MOROCCO POCKET-BOOKS, per dozen or single, from the largest to the smallest size, and much lower than they are usually sold.
Hopkins' celebrated patent RAZOR-STROPS, of all sizes, with the Composition-Paste, in boxes, with directions, &c. per dozen or single.
Fresh and real SPANISH SEGARS, warranted of a superior quality, by the box, &c. Genuine Maccabean Snuff, per pound or in bottles
Fresh Turkey Figs, per box Malaga ditto, per cask Frail ditto, per quantity Muscadel Raisins, per box Prunes, soft-shell Almonds per sack Fresh Florence Oil, without smell or taste, in flasks Warranted Mustard in bottles, Cayenne Cayenne Pepper-Sauce in bottles, per dozen Basket blown Salt, Capers India Japan Soy, per gallon or bottle Stomachic Bitters, of a fine flavour, in bottles Spice do. in papers, per dozen A variety of confections, and spices of every kind.
Also,
Patent Liquid Blue Perfumes, Pomatums and Hair-Powders Dressing-Boxes and Powder-Puffs, of various sizes
New Music, from the most celebrated and modern authors Musical Instruments
An invoice of green and white-Spectacles, just opened
A few boxes of Types and figures, alphabetically disposed, with peculiar ink, and directions for marking linen.
All the above, in addition to a large and extensive assortment of fancy articles, much beyond the limits of this advertisement to particularize.
TAKE NOTICE.
He has for sale, a genteel, handsome and fashionable CHARIOT, with brass saddles and harness complete, very commodious in a gentleman's family. It will be sold a great bargain to the purchaser.
Also for sale, on approved credit, Two fashionable fallback CHAIRES—harnesses entirely new, and will be ready for delivery in 30 days. He has on hand, fifteen barrels of good Table Cider, and one pipe of Brandy, very low. March 19.
DANCING-SCHOOL.
John C. Devero
Respectfully informs the inhabitants of Providence, and its vicinity, that he proposes renewing his Dancing-School on Wednesday the 9th of April next, for one quarter. He returns his grateful thanks for the very liberal patronage he experienced from the citizens of this town last season; and as a further encouragement to those parents and guardians who are pleased to bestow on their children this polite and necessary part of their education, he proposes the following moderate terms:—If one scholar, six dollars; two from a family, eleven dollars; and if three, fifteen dollars—to attend two days in the week, and the hours of tuition regulated so as not to interfere on the time appropriated to other schools. March 19.
This Day Published,
Price single, neatly bound and lettered, 75 cents; and for sale, by ABRAHAM SHEARMAN, jun. New-Bedford; and likewise may be had at the Book-Store of RUFUS GREENE, Providence.
A WORK, entitled, "The Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and at the Approach of Death: exemplified in the testimonies and experience of persons distinguished by their Greatness, Learning or Virtue."
'Tis immortality—'tis that alone, Amidst life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. Young,
From the seventh edition, corrected and much enlarged.
Advertisement to the sixth edition.
The compiler of this Work having very considerably enlarged the present edition, by the insertion of a number of additional characters and testimonies, the Bookseller will be under the necessity of advancing the price. But as the additions consist of many instances of female excellence (in which the former editions were defective) and of other instructive examples; in the choice of which, the introduction of a suitable variety of matter has been carefully attended to; the editor hopes that these considerations will prove a sufficient apology for enhancing the price of the book: and the more so, as he receives no pecuniary advantage whatever from the publication.
Besides the enlargement of this edition, with an accession of fresh characters, those of the preceding one have been corrected and extended, and the arrangement so conducted, as to coincide nearly with the order of time, and to diversify the whole.
Subscribers are desired to call or send for their Books.—Those persons who may hold subscription papers, would much oblige the publisher by returning them to him at New-Bedford. March 10.
THE co-partnership of DODGE and WILLIAMS is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having unsettled accounts with said firm, are requested to call and settle them immediately. The Goldsmith and Jewellers business is carried on in all its branches by NEHEMIAH DODGE, at his shop, opposite Mr. Hawes' Tavern, a little north of the Baptist Meeting-House. The Clock and Watch-making business in all its branches will be attended to with fidelity and dispatch, by STEPHEN WILLIAMS, at his shop, Main-Street, a few doors north of the Market, directly opposite Mr. Shaw's Tavern. The smallest favours will be gratefully acknowledged by NEHEMIAH DODGE, STEPHEN WILLIAMS. March 25.
MAIL-STAGE.
THE subscribers respectfully inform the public, that the only regular line of Stages for New-York and Boston, start from A. AMMIDON's, at the sign of the Golden-Ball, near the State-House, in Providence; where ladies and gentlemen are invited to call and take their seats. The Mail Stage leaves Providence for New-York and Boston, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; for New-York at 4 o'clock, A. M. and for Boston, at 6 o'clock, A. M. Particular care will be taken that the Mail-Stage is not crowded; so that not more than eight persons are allowed to go in the Mail-Stage to Boston. SOLOMON HATCH, and Co., January 22. (tf.)
THOMAS JONES
Has for sale, the ensuing season, the following SEEDS, received from London in the ship Halcyon, last month; which he presumes, from the care taken to procure them, are genuine and good, viz.
EARLY golden Hotspur, early frame, chariton, Spanish dwarf and marrowfat PEASE Early Yorkshire, early Dutch, drumhead, large late winter, yellow and green Savoy, and true red CABBAGE Early and late Colliflower, and green Cale Four sorts of Radish, and five sorts of Lettuce Early and long late Cucumber Beet, Carrot, Turnip, and many small seeds, too tedious to particularize Fresh Onion Seeds, from Concord, Harvard and Bristol, and a variety of Garden Seeds of this country's growth Long-Island Flax-Seed, imported the last winter, and other Flax-Seed, clean for sowing Carolina Field-Beans and Pease Clean Barley from Vermont, and elsewhere Oats, Rye, &c. Herd's-grass, clover, bent, and red-top GRASS-SEEDS.
March 19. For SALE, by Amos Maine Atwell, CONNECTICUT Salted Provisions of the best Qualities, and in excellent shipping order, viz. Prime Beef, Prime Pork, Mels Pork, and one hog Pork.—Also, 20 Firkins of Butter, 7000 feet 1 1/4 inch seasoned hard Pine Boards, 2000 feet 2 inch Pine Plank, 700 feet 1 inch cherry-tree Boards, Two thousand Clapboards. The above Goods are offered for sale on terms highly favourable to the purchaser. ALSO, 15 Puncheons Jamaica Spirits, of the first flavour and quality, which will reduce 33 1/3 per cent. October 30. (t. f.)
For Sale,
A FARM, as good, and as pleasantly situated, as any in the country, lying on the turnpike road leading from Hartford to Boston, near the centre of the town; with a large house, two barns, merchant's shop, corn-house, cider-mill, slaughter-house, and a forty-eight feet building; with a shed, chaise-house, &c. under the same roof. Said farm contains seventy-five acres in the home lot, eighteen acres of wood land, and fifteen acres of mowing and ploughing; and an orchard, which is a little distance off. Will make from forty to fifty barrels of cider annually. It is an excellent stand for a tavern, and is now improved as such.
ALSO,
A convenient HOUSE for a mechanic (to be sold separate from the above.) For further particulars, enquire of NATHAN GROSVENOR, living on the premises. Pomfret, March 9. (4w)
To be SOLD, by Samuel James,
On the west side of the great Bridge, Providence, 20 Hhds. of good retailing Molasses 2 do. W. India Rum, of an excellent flavour 40 Kegs of Lard 10 Firkins of Butter 10 Barrels of Prime Beef 100 Quintals of Codfish 30 M. Hoghead Hoops, of a good quality 400 Shaks. Hogheads Rum and Fish Barrels.
ALSO—as usual, A general assortment of Dry Goods, suitable for the season;—all which will be sold very cheap for cash, or on a short credit, with approved notes. February 26. (2m.)
GUNNERY.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he carries on the Gunnery business at his Shop, South-end, next door north of Col. John Spurr's; where may be had the following articles, at short notice, made up in the best manner, viz.
Grape Shot, Cannon and Musket Cartridges, Priming Horns, Portfires Match-rope, Musket Balls, Powder and Shot, &c. &c. March 5. ALLEN GLADDING.
JUST RECEIVED, AND FOR SALE BY BENJAMIN THURBER, At the sign of the Bunch of Grapes,
A FRESH supply of fine India COTTONS. ALSO, India Bandano Handkerchiefs, and other fancy Goods, likewise, fleece Cotton, all at moderate prices. February 19. (6w.)
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 festoon, 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 Stationery, Music and Instruments.
C. and B. Clarionets, Hautboys, Flutes, Violins, Fifes, Books of instruction for the Clarionet, Hautboy, Violin, Flute, Forte Piano, &c. and several hundred different songs in sheet music. March 5. (6m.)
HAPPY CONTRADICTION.
OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES, An extraordinary event at the opening of the extraordinary year 1800. Being the beginning of the latter end of a century.
AT a tavern last night an old 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 handaws, 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 disappoint the most sanguine by their smooth and agreeable execution, are sold by appointment, at 75 cents, 1 dollar and 25 cents, and 2 dollars each, with the addition of a composition that will keep it in order for ages, at 50 cents.
BUT MARK THE IMPROVEMENT. To men who travel where there are no professional face-scrapers—to seamen of every grade—to the whiskered soldier in his hutted tent—(how comfortable.)
The new invented and improved Box, containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case,
A polished Razor—Comb—Brush—Lather Box, and Mirror—with a box for the surprising composition, all in a Morocco case, most conveniently calculated to fit the pocket without incumbrance.
The whole of this new portable and useful apparatus fold 2 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. 9. (t. f.)
Cooley's genuine Pills,
Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bolton, State of Connecticut, And secured to him by letters patent, signed by the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES, and dated at Philadelphia, the 26th day of June, A. D. 1798, agreeable to an act of Congress.
THEY are justly esteemed for their easy operation and good effects; they are a most certain remedy for the Jaundice, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Dizziness of the Head, Pain in the Stomach and Bowels; they are an antidote against infectious diseases; and are, taking two or three early in the morning, a great preservative against contagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure relief for costive habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find themselves made weaker, as is common to other physic. They are to be taken twice in a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the body more than usual; let the patient fast one hour, then eat, drink and exercise as he pleases.
N. B. There is no Mercury in the above Pills. Sold by JOHN POTT, Providence.