The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-11-05 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. 97. ]
WEDNESDAY, November 5, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
WHEREAS at a Court of Probate, held within and for the town of Providence, on the 14th day of October, A. D. 1800, we the subscribers were by said Court appointed Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims against the estate of EDWARD DICKENS, late of Providence, merchant, deceased, represented insolvent; six months being allowed for that purpose: And whereas we have appointed the first Monday in each month respectively, within the period aforesaid, to meet at the office of Nathaniel Searle, in said Providence, for the purpose of receiving and examining the claims against said estate: Notice is therefore hereby given to the creditors of said estate, to exhibit and prove to us, within the period aforesaid, and the time and place above specified, their respective claims against the same, or they will be precluded, agreeably to the Statute in such case provided.
JOHN DORRANCE, NATHANIEL SEARLE.
October 29.
THE subscriber gives this public notice, that he has been appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of EDWARD DICKENS, late of Providence, merchant, deceased, whose estate is represented insolvent, and has accepted said trust. The debtors to said estate are requested to make immediate payment.
JAMES BURRILL, jun.
October 29.
TAKE NOTICE.
WHEREAS the Freeman of the town of Providence, in Town-Meeting legally assembled, on the 6th day of September, 1800, directed a tax of Ten Thousand Dollars to be assessed on the rateable property of the inhabitants of said town and others: And the subscriber having been duly appointed to collect the same, takes this method to inform all concerned, that all those who shall call on the Collector, and their taxes before the 10th Day of December next, will have Three per Cent. deducted, agreeable to the order of said town.
BENJAMIN TAYLOR.
October 29.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends, that he has removed to the house of the Hon. Jabez Bowen, Esq. nearly opposite to Dr. William Bowen's, where he will be ready promptly to attend to the calls of all who may please to employ him in the line of his profession.
Medicine-Chests for ships, and private boxes for officers and seamen, with directions suited to their voyages, will be put up with the greatest care, and on very moderate terms.
JOSEPH MASON.
He will constantly keep on hand, for sale, a good assortment of Genuine Medicines.
October 29.
For Sale,
A Valuable FARM, in the south part of Leicester, in the county of Worcester, containing upwards of one hundred acres of land, well accommodated with mowing, plowing, and pasturing, and an excellent good orchard on the same; the buildings are old, but plenty of timber to build new ones; and likewise, a large quantity of excellent good pine wood. Said farm will be sold cheap for good pay, as the subscriber intends to move into the country next spring.
DAVID BALDWIN.
Leicester, October 25.
THE subscribers having obtained from Dr. WATERHOUSE, the true COW-POX matter, fresh, under the approbation of the Town-Council, propose to Inoculate those who may think proper to take this safe and easy method of preventing the Small-Pox.
BENJ. and CHARLES DYER.
"He who reflects on the difference of the two diseases, the Kine and the Small-Pox, the one contagious, the other not; the one not unfrequently attended with disagreeable consequences, and sometimes fatal, while the other is as little hazardous as the Swine or Chicken-Pox, he, I say, who compares the two diseases and their consequences, will not hesitate a moment in his preference."
[Extract from Dr. Waterhouse.]
October 22.
FALL and WINTER GOODS.
WILLIAM BLODGET, jun. At Store No. 7, Cheapside, is opening this day, for sale, at prices peculiarly tempting, A VERY large, general, and complete supply of Fashionable Fancy and Staple, Fall and Winter Goods, of every description, quality and kind.
October 29.
District of Massachusetts District, to wit:
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 20th day of September, in the twenty-fifth year of the independence of the United States of America—GEORGE CHIPMAN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "The American Moralist; containing a variety of moral and religious Lessons, together with humorous and entertaining Pieces,—designed principally for the Use of Schools."
By GEORGE CHIPMAN."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,"
N. GOODALE, Clerk of the district of Massachusetts. A true copy of record, Attest,
N. GOODALE, Clk. (4 w.)
THE Town-Council having directed that the PUBLIC SCHOOLS commence on Monday the 27th of October instant, have, for the better regulation and government of the same, divided the town into four districts, nominated and described as follows, to wit. From the house of the widow Hall, eastward, up the Church lane, across Benefit-street; all that part of the town lying northward of said lane to constitute the first district.—The second district to include all that part of the town lying between the Church lane, and the lane that runs eastward by the house of the late Welcome Arnold, Esq. and to take in part of the west side of the river, as far as Orange-street.—The third district to include all that part of the town lying southward of the said lane, by the late Welcome Arnold's.
—The fourth district on the west side of the river to include all that part of the town lying westward of Orange-street.—Children will attend the school of their respective districts, namely, those in the first district at Whipple-Hall School-House; the second at the Old Brick School-House; the third at the New School-House on Transit-lane; and those in the fourth district at the School-House in Clavarack-street. The books directed to be read in said schools, are the Bible, the first and second part of Alden's Spelling-Book, the Young Ladies Accidence, by Caleb Bingham, the American Preceptor, Morse's Geography abridged, and such other books as shall be hereafter adopted and appointed by the School-Committee. The Town-Council having ordered a supply of the above named books, those scholars who may not be provided with them, will be furnished on application to the masters of their respective districts with such as they may want, at the original cost.
By Order of the Town-Council, NATHAN W. JACKSON, C. Clerk.
October 22.
Domestic Intelligence.
BALTIMORE, October 17.
DIED a few weeks ago in Baltimore county, to which he had retreated during the prevalence of the fever, Mr. William Fowler, long a respectable inhabitant of Fell's Point.
The circumstances attending his death may be ranked among those of the most singular nature. Sub exitum vitæ, he appeared perfectly conscious of his approaching dissolution, and without the least agitation, requested his attendants to remove him out of his house immediately after his decease, with all the furniture therein; emphatically declaring that the house would inevitably be consumed; particularly assigning, at the same time, the corner of the room in which the fire would originate. This request, though extremely coherent, was regarded only as a delirious effusion, and consequently unattended to—but the injunction being reiterated, a lady present, to alleviate (in her estimation) this groundless anxiety, sprinkled a quantity of water on that part which was the object of his apprehensions. Some short time after this he expired.
The persons engaged in the act of exhumation, being in a room below, one of them returned to that in which the corpse lay, at stated periods to snuff the candles. This office was duly executed, until about 12 o'clock, when the individual accustomed to perform it entered the room for that purpose, and to her amazement, which can be better conceived than delineated, discovered a fire enkindling in that very part of it where the deceased had predicted its origin. The candles were burning as usual, and the fire entirely remote from them. She endeavoured to remove the corpse, but found it impracticable, and before she could receive assistance to enable her to effect it, the room (having been recently painted) was so completely enveloped by the flames as to render her escape difficult. The corpse, house and furniture, then became the prey of the destructive element, and were totally consumed.
A coincidence of circumstances so rare and astonishing have perhaps been seldom witnessed; they may, however, be relied on as true.
PHILADELPHIA, October 21.
On Saturday last the foundation stone of the eastern pier of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge was laid, in the presence of the Mayor, a number of members of the City-Council, Aldermen and other respectable citizens, who honoured the Directors of the Bridge Corporation with their company. The ceremony of laying the stone (on which the date was inscribed) being finished, a neat and plentiful collation was participated in, accompanied with sincere and appropriate good wishes for the completion of the undertaking, which is so intimately connected with the prosperity and convenience of this wealthy and flourishing city. The master mason and workmen also took a part in the ceremony.
We are happy to state, that from the quantity of materials in readiness, the punctuality with which the funds are sustained, the great increase of tolls from the present temporary bridge, which yields a large surplusage after giving half yearly dividends, the work will be progressed in with spirit and certainty on the opening of the next season—the present it is hoped will give time to get up the first pier, as it is but a few feet from the solid rock to the surface of the ground.
In ancient Rome, on the occasion of any great public undertaking, preludes or omens were looked for with much solicitude, and good or ill success often followed, as ardour was excited or repressed, from the mode of interpretation. Without attaching value or neglect at the present day to like anticipations, it can be attended with no bad consequences to notice an agreeable circumstance on the present occasion.—Precisely at the hour appointed for commencing the ceremony of placing the first stone, settling it, examination of the inscription, admeasurement, &c. the sky, which had been obscured for three days by heavy clouds, accompanied by tempestuous rain, which threatened a drenching continuance, suddenly cleared away, and the sun shone with increased splendour from the state of the atmosphere, and exhibited a clear blue expanse on one side—whilst, on the other side, a rainbow—the arch of heaven, appeared in lively hues, and in the utmost beauty, being strikingly contrasted with the august and voluminous dark clouds which were propelled by the western breeze.—On such an occurrence, if fancy can be brought in, in aid of reason in favour of good, the result may be well.
October 22.
The plague has made the most terrible ravages in Macedonia, having nearly depopulated a great part of the country. Its ravages in Tetuan, Tangier, and other parts of Morocco, where it is said to have attacked only young persons, almost exceed belief.
Austria is making extraordinary levies and continual preparations for war, but the people are quite weary of hostilities, and there has been another insurrection at Vienna; under the windows of the Emperor the people have cried out for peace. The infantry, it is said, having refused to fire upon them, the cavalry was called, and fifteen of the infantry were hung. These accounts come from Augsburg and we wait for their confirmation.
[Paris paper.]
NEW-YORK, October 24.
The President of the United States passed through town yesterday afternoon, on his way to the seat of government.
In the Benjamin Franklin, arrived at Philadelphia, came passenger Mr. Fenwick, late Consul in Bourdeaux.
The Board of Health of Philadelphia have opened the communication between that city and the towns of Baltimore and Norfolk.
Deaths in Baltimore for the three days preceding the 20th inst.—Adults 27—Children 9.
Samuel W. Dana, Roger Griswold, John C. Smith, William Edmond, Elizar Goodrich, John Davenport, jun. and Elias Perkins, are elected to Congress, as members from the state of Connecticut.
The price of flour at New-Orleans is from seven to eight dollars per barrel.
The differences between Great-Britain and Denmark are said to be amicably terminated.
Directions for Mariners.
Mr. William Lord, of Stonington-Point, has erected an Iron Spear about 18 feet long, with a white vane on the top, upon the rock of Lattimer, in Fishers Island Sound.—The deepest channel is to the northward of the rock. This gentleman has it in contemplation, if suitable encouragement should be given by gentlemen from the eastward and westward, who are owners of navigation, and are constantly passing the sound, to erect a spear upon what is called the Tail of Watch-hill reef—another upon Katuamut rock, upon the fame reef—one upon Ellis' reef, which lies off Ram-Island, and is almost in the middle of the sound. These rocks are seldom any of them out of water, and much in the way of coasters up and down the sound, who are unacquainted.
From a late London Paper.
A deaf and dumb youth, named Francois Duval, aged 20 years, was accused in France of robbery and burglary. It appeared, that the accused was taken in the act, in a house into which he had introduced himself at seven o'clock in the winter, by means of a hole made in the wall; but it is impossible to consider him as guilty, if it is true, that a man cannot be considered as violating the law, if he is not in a situation to comprehend it. Was not Duval, who had been deaf and dumb from his youth, necessarily in that state of ignorance which must absolve him from guilt? It was undoubtedly impossible that the idea of the law could penetrate into his mind by the organ of his ear. But must not a man who, till the time he committed this crime, had worked at his trade, and associated with other young men, have received by the medium of his eyes ideas enough to enable him to distinguish between right and wrong? and his having hid himself under the bed, to conceal himself from the owner of the house he intended to rob, does not that prove that he knew he was about to commit an improper action? The hole made in the wall to enable him to enter the house secretly, the darkness of the night which he had chosen for the execution of his plan, are so many proofs against his innocence.
Nevertheless, the prisoner might have been seduced by accomplices, who might be happy to find a companion who would not betray them; and with respect to whom, they might have been like the ape in the fable. Four of those wretches being pointed out by signs by Duval, after he was arrested, were taken into custody, but were afterwards discharged for want of sufficient proof.
Duval remained alone two years in prison. Two tribunals declared themselves incompetent to try such a person. At length, Sicard was desired by the tribunal to interrogate him, and to draw a confession of his crime, and the names of his confederates.
Let us figure to ourselves the unhappy Duval, surrounded by his guards, trembling before his judges, and dreading the just severity of the laws. His apprehensions was so great, that for a long time it was impossible to draw any information from him; but the president having contrived to make him sensible that he had nothing to fear, he at last became more communicative; and by signs confessed the fact, and that he had been seduced to commit it by four beggars—but as proper names could not be communicated by signs, it was impossible to find them out. The court were of opinion, that he was not in a condition to commit a crime, and gave him into the care of citizen Sicard.

Foreign Articles.
By recent arrivals from Europe.
CORK, August 21.
SATURDAY last Arthur Wallace, Postmaster of Carlow, was executed at the front of the new gaol of that town, pursuant to his sentence at the last assizes, for embezzling bank notes, &c. This unhappy culprit, as we are credibly informed, requested Mr. Knot, high sheriff of the county of Carlow, to delay his execution till the arrival of the Dublin mail coach, expecting a respite; that gentleman, with his usual humanity, acquiesced with his desire. The coach arrived about three o'clock, when Mr. Knot went personally and had the different bags carefully searched; no respite arrived. Orders were consequently given for his immediate execution. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon he was escorted by a strong military guard, in a sedan chair, attended by Dr. Hubbert, from the old gaol in Bridewell lane, to the new gaol in Barrack-street, having a white cap hiding his face; he appeared much dejected, and almost senseless of his approaching fate: when he arrived there, he remained about three quarters of an hour praying; at length he grew so weak and feeble, he was obliged to be assisted on the scaffold by two men and the gaoler, when he was launched into eternity. He has bequeathed his wife the interest of 2000l. during life, in case she remains a widow, and to his two children 5000l. each.
LONDON, September 1.
The last accounts from Bufforah state very serious commotions to have taken place in the neighbourhood of Mecca, occasioned by the new religious doctrines instituted by a descendant of Abdool Wahab. This sectary does not deny Mahomet's mission, but considers him merely as a messenger from God, and possessing in himself no title to the homage and adoration of mankind. It rapidly gains proselytes in Syria, Arabia and Egypt, and propagates its tenets by fire and sword.
September 2.
The Queen of Naples arrived at the Imperial palace of Schönbrunn, near Vienna, on the 14th ult. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Nelson and Sir William Hamilton. It is remarked that there is a sister of the French Minister, Talleyrand, in her suite.
On the 16th ult. Admiral Lord Nelson arrived at Vienna, accompanied by Lady Hamilton.
PLYMOUTH, August 31.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent arrived here this morning from Halifax, in the Assistance, of 50 guns, Capt. Robert Hall; in consequence of which, a royal salute was fired at eleven o'clock from the citadel, and the ships of war in the sound and Cawland bay.
From a Hamburg paper of Aug. 20.
The birth-day celebration of the First Consul, Buonaparte, which happened on the 16th of last August, on which day he entered the 32nd year of his age, has developed the following family connections respecting him and his co-temporary relatives. He married in the year 1795 the widow of Gen. Beauharnois. Lady de la Pagerie, now Madame Buonaparte, was born at Martinique, and is 40 years of age, of course 8 years older than Buonaparte. She had two children by her first husband, viz. Eugeniens Beauharnois, who served in Egypt and Italy, and Cecilia Beauharnois, whose education is not completely finished at Paris. By Buonaparte she has no children. The First Consul has three brethren, and as many sisters, living; the oldest brother, Joseph, was Nuncio at Rome, in which place he married Lady Ekery, and is at present states Counselor; the second, Lucien, is minister of the Interior, and a widower without children. The third, Louis, served in Egypt, in la Vendee, and in Italy, and has now an appointment in the consular guards. The two oldest sisters, Maria and Caroline, are married to the two Generals of Division, Leclerc and Murat; the one has been a wife these three years, the other since the return of Buonaparte out of Egypt. In Corsica and Tuscany are many of Buonaparte's near relations now living.
From Nantz they write, August the 9th, that the American lugger the Neptune, Captain Henry Smith, who sailed from Nantz with a load of salt for Hamburg, fell in with an English cruiser after being out three days, which captured him; all hands were taken out of the lugger, the captain and cook excepted, and a prize-master and 5 men put on board, with orders to proceed for Guernsey. Two days after Captain Smith found it practicable to take the Neptune from the English, which, with the assistance of the cook, he effected. About 6 hours after, a Jersey cruiser came up, which again retook her, took out the cook, and sent a prize-master and one man on board in addition to the former. Three days after, Captain Smith carried, by a stratagem, in spite of all his guards, the vessel under the cannon of the fort of the island Batz, the protection of which he received, with a vessel near at hand, and carried the Neptune afterwards safe into Merlaix.
Dispatches received by land from India, announce that the Marquis of Wellesley has concluded a treaty with the Nabob of Oude, by which the latter has surrendered his territory to the East-India Company, in consideration of a certain annual revenue.
It is not true that Mr. Fox has declined serving himself as a candidate, on the next general election, to represent the city of Westminster.
Domestic Intelligence.
SAVANNAH, October 17.
On the 15th inst. the schooner Caleb, Capt. Lingo, from Kingston for New-York, put into Tybee in distress, having sprung his foremast, and short of provisions. A gentleman passenger with Capt. Lingo informs, that an American schooner, which had been cut out of Curacao by the frigate Nereide, arrived a few days before they sailed, and brought dispatches to Admiral Hugh Seymour, containing an account of the English having taken possession of part of the island; and that the French had put every American to death they could find. He further mentions, that the Captain of an American ship had made his escape in a boat with two of his men—that the men were shot in the attempt, but the Captain reached the frigate.
The United States brig Pickering was not there.
A Kingston paper of the 17th ult. mentions, that the American schooner Hannah, from Baltimore to St. Jago, with provisions, was captured off Mole St. Nicholas, by the British ship of war York, and carried into Port-Royal.
NORFOLK, October 16.
It would be amusing to a person who is no wise interested in the approaching Presidential election, to read the different arguments which are used against Mr. Jefferson by his opponents. In the south, he is accused of a design to procure the abolition of slavery. In the north, he is said to have contemplated the banishment of the negroes to some inhospitable region, where they would all be murdered—of dealing in them—of now holding them as slaves—and lately of having entered with them into a conspiracy against their masters. In the east, among the pious illuminati, he is reprobated both as a deist and atheist, and charged with supporting an aged minister, and attending divine service, from sinister motives.—There is no doubt but that he will soon be accused of being a christian, or what is perhaps still worse, of being an honest man, a crime which some people can never forgive.
PHILADELPHIA, October 22.
DIRECT FROM FRANCE.
Yesterday arrived the cartel ship Benjamin Franklin, in 47 days from Bourdeaux. Verbal accounts by this vessel state, that the negotiations with our Envoys had been suspended ten days during the absence of Buonaparte in Italy; but that, on his arrival, they were resumed, and at the time of the Benjamin Franklin's sailing were uninterrupted. Our Envoys maintained the strictest secrecy and silence on the subject. It was, however, generally believed by the best informed persons in Paris, that a treaty would not be agreed upon, but that certain commercial arrangements would be entered into, which would put an end to the present warfare, and open the trade between the two countries.
By this arrival we have received several files of Bourdeaux and Paris papers to the 29th of August. The late hour at which they came to hand limits us to the noticing hastily some of the leading articles.
It appears from these papers, that the famous Pashwan Oglou, so far from being on terms with the Porte, has collected an immense army, and threatens to be more formidable than ever. In a very bloody affair, which he has had with the Pacha of Belgrade, he is said to have completely routed the Pacha's army.
Germany, France and Helvetia, are, in several places, the theatre of a number of fires; forests, villages and towns, are the prey of the flames. An article dated Bern, August 20, says—"In the course of ten days past, there have been twelve or fifteen fires, without reckoning several forests which have been burning some weeks, and cannot be extinguished. One of the French Journalists attributes this calamity to the great heat and dryness of the summer; but another conceives it to be the work of incendiaries, which, he believes, pervade all Europe; for, says he, several towns in Poland have been burnt, and Presburg, in Hungary, as well as other places, are the proofs of a vast plan. The capital of Austria is not exempt from these attempts. On the same day Vienna was attempted to be set on fire in three places."
The kingdom of Naples promises to be a scene of anarchy and confusion. The partizans of the French government have renewed their revolutionary operations, and several riots and disturbances have been the consequence.
With respect to peace with the Emperor, the French Journals furnish little else than conjectures. Their general complexion appears to destroy a belief of the recommencement of hostilities, which, if necessary, Buonaparte seems determined to prosecute with redoubled activity. Every exertion is made to reinforce the armies, and the most vigorous measures are taken to supply their wants.
AMERICAN GALLANTRY.
Extract of a letter from Captain Hoggard, of the ship Louisa, to his owners in this city, dated Gibraltar, August 27th, 1800.
"On the morning of the 11th inst. we made Cape-Spartel, after a favourable, though slow passage—the next day the wind changed to the eastward, and blew with such force, as to keep me and several vessels then in sight, bearing on and off for 9 days. On the evening of the 19th it changed and came round to the westward; but it was so light, that though we did every thing to make the best advantage of it, we found ourselves at day-light but a small distance advanced off Tariffa. At the same time we discovered several French
and Spanish privateers and gun-boats making the best use of their sails and sweeps to get out. There were then four American brigs in sight, one near the Spanish shore, and three a stern of us; two of the latter we had spoke some days before; they were the Greyhound, from Boston, and the Huntress, from New-York; the others were unknown to us. Several of the privateers fired at the brig in shore, who appeared to be without guns, and at length a gun-boat approaching very close, she was obliged to strike. Two of the privateers then stood to the westward, and as they passed fired at the Greyhound; but as some other sails had been in sight, they left her to their companions, who thinking she would at any time become an easy prey, as well as the other two brigs that were unarmed, bore directly down upon us, accompanied by the gun-boat that had waited by the brig they took only to put a few men on board. As they both tailed very fast, and made use of their sweeps, they were soon near us, and at 6, A. M. began their fire, which we returned. After a continual firing for 6 glasses, finding they had cut our rigging in such a manner as to make our ship perfectly unmanageable, the privateer made an attempt to board on our stern, while the gun-boat lay upon our larboard quarter, and kept up a constant fire at about pistol shot. They first attempted to enter at the cabin windows, and burst them in with their muskets, but were repulsed. They next tried upon our starboard quarter, but those who got on the sides were forced back. They then lashed their bowsprit to our mizen chains, but the ship taking a broad sheer, it broke, and swinging round, they were brought directly under our quarter guns, which were constantly fired into them loaded with grape, and accompanied with three cheers, when they made the best of their way to the Spanish shore, attended by their friend the gun-boat. They had scarcely left us, when a vessel with Spanish colours came out, and fired several shot at us, but on being answered, and finding us in a better disposition for another action than our shattered appearance evinced, thought proper to return. During the engagement, we had the pleasure to see the three brigs escape.
The privateer (as we have learned from several persons who came from Algeziras, where she put in after leaving us) acknowledged having had eleven killed and thirteen wounded most of them dangerously; among the former was the first lieutenant, who was shot on our shrouds, and among the latter their commander, who had been formerly a captain in the French army: he had lost one arm before, and now received a ball in the other. In the gun-boat they had one killed. We think their loss must have been greater, as most of the time they were close, and we fired principally grape and canister shot. The privateer had 3 masts, with lattice sails; she mounted two brass long twenty four pounders in the bow, and eight nines in her waist, with swivels, and was full of men.
On board our ship, I was the only person hurt, a ball of four oz. penetrated my right shoulder, and has since been extracted at my back. But our rigging is a perfect wreck, all our shrouds, stays, braces, &c. are cut to pieces, and many of the spars entirely destroyed. Our fore top gallant-sail (one of the least exposed) had nearly five hundred shot holes in it. Our colours were twice shot away.
I need not mention the bravery of my officers and men. They have already been overpowered by the praises of the inhabitants and soldiery of this place, for the action from first to last was full in their view, and the Governor on his arrival has done me the honor of a visit, to express his approbation of their conduct. Indeed we experience the greatest attention and friendship from every one. The Commissioner of the Navy has permitted us to sail into the King's Mole, and offers us any thing that will suit us to refit from the Navy stores.
[The Louisa mounts twelve nines, with 30 men.]
The Editor of the (New-York) Daily Advertiser, has been favoured by a respectable gentleman of that city, with the following extract of a letter from Hamburg, dated the 1st of September.
"Our Commissioners, some say, will return; nothing done; others say that trade will be opened with France, and all other questions left over till a peace. After recalling all their diplomatic agents from America, taking our ships, and imprisoning our citizens, France offered to treat as if the Convention of 1778 had never been broken. —This was inadmissible; they then proposed a treaty which should answer the one of '94 with England; that could not be granted. In short, we differed on the threshold; they would only do us justice if we went to war with England; as they could not expect we would do this, it was in fact a denial of justice. Perhaps they are governed in their conduct by hopes that the approaching election will give them a President whose views may more accord to their own; and that by rendering abortive the present mission, they might be instrumental in opposing the re-election of Mr. Adams. I think they will be disappointed in the servility of the person whose election they mean to favour, and that though he appears at the head of an anti-federal party, he will be found to be a friend to the Constitution, and a true American."
"We have great rumours of peace; but it seems that Austria will only treat for a general one, and the re-establishment of a political balance, whilst France still wishes separate ones, which in other words means wars and revolutions. The government of Buonaparte, which at first stopped all the fashions, has now yielded to the jacobin
spirit; many chiefs are employed, and the purchasers of national and emigrant lands reassured; while he neglects restoring peace and good order to his country. When he displaced the criminal and incapable Directory, he declared his happiness could only be complete, and his usurpation justified, by the re-union of the French; by giving to France a representative government in the sense of the age and revolution, with liberty of person and protection of property; but alas, it appears he is only active to acquire new honour and new glories to aggrandize himself; but he is mistaken, for in the eyes of the good and virtuous, he is daily falling."
TO MERCHANTS.
Bourdeaux, August 28, 1800.
You will please to observe, that in future all bills of exchange drawn on this country will lose nearly 2 per cent, if specified in livres tournois; they must be drawn in francs, instead of livres.
NEW-YORK, October 28.
The frigate New-York, R. V. Morris, Esq. commander, we understand, left the watering place yesterday afternoon to proceed on a cruise. She will touch at Old Kiln roads, for the purpose of taking under convoy such vessels as may wish to join her.
About 10 o'clock last Tuesday night, as a man and his wife were returning home, in Catherine, near Second-street, Philadelphia, they were met by an unknown person in a sailor's habit, who ordered them to stop, and immediately discharged a pistol at the man, and then made off. The explosion alarmed the neighbourhood.—The man was conducted home, and upon examination it appeared that one or two slugs had entered just under the left pap, and lodged near the spinal bone. Medical assistance was called in, but it is feared, from the direction of the slugs, that he will not survive. The wife had her hand and arm considerably mangled by the discharge.
Vigilant search is making for the apprehension of the perpetrator of this notorious act. From a screw found near the spot where the deed was committed, it is supposed the villain used a horse pistol.
The Legislature of this State will meet at the City Hall in the city of Albany, agreeable to adjournment, on Tuesday the 4th of November. The appointment of Electors of a President of the United States, it is expected, will be the first business which will occupy the two houses.
The President of the United States arrived at Philadelphia on Saturday last.—We understand he pursued his journey to the City of Washington the Monday following.
Extract of a letter from the American Consul at Bourdeaux, to a respectable house in this city, received per the Benjamin Franklin, arrived at Philadelphia, dated August 30.
"The Envoys of the U. States continue in Paris still. The negotiation is, I believe, pursuing with more celerity than heretofore, and authorizes the expectation of a speedy and favourable result."
October 30.
The brig Sally, from Teneriffe, for this port, is taken by a British privateer and sent to Shelburne. Cargo 20 quarter casks wine.
Last Monday, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a beautiful Balloon, under the direction of Mr. Crosby, was launched from Mount Vernon Gardens, as a specimen of his knowledge of the grand science of Aerology. The wind being light at N. it rose about 400 feet almost perpendicular; then took a southeasterly course, and moved magnificently grand thro' the atmosphere, till it was faintly out of sight. At the bottom of the Balloon was suspended a beautiful Car, with a label fastened to it, "that if any person should pick it up, to preserve it for Mr. C. the inventor."
The ascension was highly satisfactory to the numerous spectators that were present, and did great credit to Mr. Crosby, who we understand proposes to make an aerial voyage the month of January next, provided the liberality of the public is sufficient to defray the expence.
Yesterday returned to this city captain Lawrence, formerly of the brig Austria, of this port, bound to the Havanna, having been taken 24 hours after leaving the Hook (then in 25 fathoms water) by the privateer Lord Nelson, of Shelburne, N. S. Capt. Lawrence, with all his men except two, were taken out of the brig, and she ordered for Halifax or Shelburne. The next day they fell in with the ship Diana, from Bremen to Philadelphia, and capt. L. and his men put on board of her; the supercargo was permitted to remain on board of the brig.
A letter from Charleston mentions that there were 276 deaths in that city from the first of July to the first of September, the principal part of which were children and blacks.
WINDHAM, October 30.
From New-Haven we are informed, that on Wednesday last week, the bill vesting the choice of Electors for President and Vice-President in the legislature of this state, was passed in the house of Representatives by a very great majority—there being in favour of it 147—against it but 27.
HARTFORD, October 27.
The convention of the Episcopal Clergy was held in the city of New-London on the 15th inst. agreeably to the order of the Bishop: Divine service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Griswold; a discourse and charge to the clergy were delivered by the Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, from whom the apostolical rite of confirmation was received by nearly fifty.
The day following the Rev. Evan Rogers was ordained a priest, and is soon to be inducted Rector of the church in Hebron.
It appears from the statement of the cler-

gy to the Bishop, that the church in this state is generally flourishing and respectable.
BOSTON, October 28.
LATE FROM RUSSIA.
On Saturday arrived at Newbury-Port ship Essex, Capt. Jenkins: Through an obliging friend, we have been favoured with the following information, drawn up by Capt. Jenkins.
"Sept 6, several English ships sailed from Cronstadt, early in the morning, but being becalmed in sight of the guard ship, were sent after and brought back, an embargo laid on all English ships, and they placed by themselves on the western side of the mole. All English property was arrested both in St. Petersburg and Cronstadt, including all the property brought or shipped by Englishmen, (it being immaterial for whose account) and all goods bought of Englishmen, if shipped by them.—They were forbidden to pay or receive money, and ordered to give in a statement of all they owed and to whom, and of what was due to them. 25 sail of the line, and 10 frigates, were ordered to be got ready for sea immediately from Cronstadt, besides those from Revel and Archangel. No English officers were to go out in these ships. Although many of these vessels were before dismantled, by working upon them day and night, the greater part had their sails bent, and were ready for sea, when I failed (Sept. 10.) Sept. 9, the English sailors were taken on shore, leaving the captains, mates, carpenters and boys, on board, to take care of the vessels. All the English residents at Cronstadt were put on their parole. All the other merchants in St. Petersburg were directed on that day to give in a statement of what they owed the English, and what the English owed them. It was momentarily expected that a general embargo would take place, and remain till the fleet had failed, and war was declared.—These severe measures were said to be taken in consequence of the dispute between Great-Britain and Denmark; and the reports, that the English had taken Elsinur, and were bombarding Copenhagen, &c. It is impossible, however, to say precisely what effect the news of the accommodation between those two powers will have.
"Sept. 22, I arrived at Elsinur. Every thing there was quiet. Two fleets of merchant ships from England had passed up the Baltic; but in consequence of the news from Russia, a sloop of war was dispatched to order them back as were bound for that country."
On Friday morning Mr. Carroll's foundry, the south-end, and the out-buildings, containing merchandise belonging to Mr. Lewis, were consumed by fire.
October 31.
BY THE WAY OF HAMBURG
The latest intelligence from the European Continent has been received. Papers are to Sept. 13. It appears that the Emperor has determined to try once more the fortune of war rather than submit to what he deems dishonourable terms of peace. Preparations of vast magnitude are making; and all the force which Austrian persuasion, compulsion or money can bring to the field, will be arrayed against the French; and to give new and greater spirit to the military operations, it is said the Emperor will in person join the army on the Danube—and have the assistance of the Archduke Charles. The English will undoubtedly afford every possible aid. The approaching conflict will be terrible; as it may be conceived the dernier effort of the unfortunate Sovereign of Germany.—General Bellegarde is to succeed Melas in the command of the Austrian army of Italy.
The Hamburg papers contain an official account of the accommodation between Great-Britain and Denmark;—by which it appears, that the English are to repair and restore the Danish frigate, pay for the detention of the convoy; that the Danish vessels are to submit to search when under suspicious circumstances; and that a Congress is to be held at the end of the present European war, to define more accurately the rights of belligerent and neutral vessels.
The British Admiral Dixon, with his fleet, failed from Elsinur Sept. 9. It is mentioned that he is ordered on a secret expedition.
A proclamation has been issued by the proper Turkish officer to repeal the charge of directing the assassination of Gen. Kleber—and it is said proves the absurdity of the allegation.
It is reported that Menou, who succeeded Kleber in command in Egypt, has also fallen by the assassin's poignard.
The Helveticans have voluntarily agreed, that each 100 men shall provide and maintain one man, to augment the army for the protection of the country.
There is no news relative to our Envoys—to the British expeditions—or the French measures against Portugal.
A letter of a late date from an intelligent American at Paris, says, there was but little probability of a treaty; that the high Prize Court was condemning every thing which came before them—some vessels for having commissions, and some because they had them not. They had condemned several which had been acquitted at the Lower Courts. The fact is, the war is to be renewed in Europe with redoubled vigour if possible, and Monsieur still wants money—a good deal of money. Our wrongs, our claims, are beneath their notice—we are again to be insulted. The Envoys, after dancing attendance six or eight months—the venerable Ellsworth, and his worthy Colleagues, will be contemptuously dismissed, and fresh depredations will commence. We shall then find the advantage of disarming our vessels, and experience the charms of a Roll d' Equipage.
It is sincerely to be hoped, that these anticipations may not be realized—but it must be confessed there is too much reason to apprehend that they will be.
From the Saturday's GAZETTE.
Mr. CARTER,
As the period for choosing Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States is near at hand; it becomes proper that the attention of the Freemen of this State should be drawn to the consideration of the characters best fitted for that important trust. It is admitted on all sides, that a momentous crisis exists in our national affairs; and that the united efforts of every friend to his country are necessary, to preserve inviolate our free constitution, and the blessings of peace and good order, which we have confessedly derived from it:
Actuated by these considerations, we take the liberty of nominating for Electors of President and Vice-President, GEORGE CHAMPLIN, Esq; of Newport, EDWARD MANTON, Esq; of Johnston, OLIVER DAVIS, Esq; of Hopkinton, and WILLIAM GREENE, Esq; of Warwick, (late Governor.)
They are gentlemen of known respectability, approved character, and tried integrity, who are deserving of, and we trust will receive, the unanimous suffrages of their Fellow-Citizens.
A NUMBER OF FREEHOLDERS.
October 31, 1800.
Providence,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
IMPORTANT.
We stop the press to announce, that a Boston paper was received in town this morning, containing the important information of an armistice having taken place, by sea and land, between France and Great-Britain; and, of consequence, that there was every probability of Peace being speedily restored throughout Europe.—This intelligence was received by an arrival at Boston from Greenock, in 24 days.
The Honourable General Assembly of this State finished their session on Saturday evening last, and adjourned to meet at East-Greenwich on the third Monday of February next.
COMMUNICATIONS.
SIMPLE FACTS.
THE wealth and prosperity of the people of this state depend altogether on commerce. The inhabitants of the state amount to about 70,000—the compact parts of the seaport towns contain about one third of the whole number. These live wholly by commerce; the land they occupy could not support one tenth part of them. This commerce depends mainly on the carrying trade—if they had no ships of their own, what commerce could they carry on? What have they to sell, to induce foreigners to come to their ports? Or how much would they purchase for their own use? The value of a single East-India cargo is more than the amount of all the foreign goods they use in a year. If the carrying trade was destroyed, the inhabitants of the seaport towns must disperse, their homes must decay, and those who are now rich in house-lots and wharves must irresistibly become poor. The lands in the adjacent country must of course sink in their value. The prosperity of our commerce depends wholly on the federal government. In the present state of things, there are depredators upon the sea, of many nations. They plunder defenceless property at their pleasure.—A navy to protect our vessels is as necessary as a guard to a stage-waggon, on a road infested with robbers; still there are men amongst us who say, that a navy is useless, that merchant vessels are a loss of property, that merchants and mariners, and the mechanics, who are supported by them, ought to forsake their employments and go into the back country and clear up the new lands. This doctrine may do in Virginia, but in Rhode-Island, it is ruinous. The advocates for it, whatever they may pretend, cannot be friends to the people of this State.
PLAIN TRUTH.
We have read, with satisfaction, the nomination of electors of President and Vice-President in Saturday's paper. Governor Greene, Mr. Champlin, Colonel Manton, and Mr. Davis; of Hopkinton; are all very highly respected for their good sense, integrity and patriotism. They are the tried friends of a steady, firm and free government; a government of laws; and not of men. They are fully acquainted with the true interests of the people of this State, and no one can doubt their strong desire to promote them. They are all of them large landholders, and three of them are genuine farmers. These are the men we can trust, and hope they will receive a unanimous support throughout the State.
FREEMEN OF CUMBERLAND.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New-Haven, to his friend in this town, dated October 31.
"We have this moment concluded the choice of Electors. They are, His Excellency JONATHAN TRUMBULL, His Honour JOHN TREADWELL, The Hon. JESSE ROOT, JONATHAN STURGES, STEPHEN M. MITCHELL, JONATHAN INGERSOLL, JAPPING REEVE,
MATTHEW CRISWOLD, and JONATHAN O. MOSELEY, Esqrs. These gentlemen were all chosen by an almost unanimous vote in the House of Representatives, and without a dissenting voice in the Council. They are firm Federalists, and will act upon New-England principles and politics."
Messrs. Gallatin, Smilie, Gregg, Brown and Muhlenberg, are re-elected members of Congress for the State of Pennsylvania.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Vermont, to his friend in Albany, dated the 21st inst.
"Our Legislature, which is now in session, has convinced us of its federalism; by again electing Mr. Paine to represent us in the Senate of the United States. Gen. Bradley was the democratic candidate: Mr. Paine obtained a majority of 34. Jefferson will not receive a vote in Vermont at the ensuing election of President."
Extracts from St. Kitt's papers, received by the U. S. sloop of war Baltimore, arrived at Norfolk.
BASSETERRE, Sept. 20.
On Tuesday last an American cartel, with French prisoners, failed hence for Guadeloupe, and returned this way without any exchange.
Sept. 27.
His Majesty's ship Daphne, capt. Matson, a few nights ago cut three American vessels out of Desade, which had been carried in there. She also cut the cable of a large ship at Basseterre, Guadeloupe, but it being calm, and a strong current in shore, was obliged to abandon her.
On Tuesday the recaptured ship Ruth, from Maricao for Newfoundland, with produce, was sent in by the United States ship President, Commodore Truxton, who has returned his command on this station.
On Wednesday a brig, and on Thursday a schooner (both recaptured) were sent in here by the U. States schr. Entpriz.
Yesterday a fleet of about 20 vessels failed from hence for America, under convoy of the United States ship Connecticut, Moses Tyon, Esq. commander.
Sept. 30.
The United States ship President, commodore Truxton, arrived here yesterday morning.
Married.
Mr. William Taylor, merchant, to Miss Ann Martin, daughter of Col. Philip Martin, both of this town.
Died.
At Norwich, Joseph Williams, Esq. Brigadier-General of the 3d brigade of Connecticut militia.
At Boston, Mr. Benjamin M. Stillman, in the 36th year of his age; eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Stillman.
In this town, Mrs. Judith Paul, in the 65th year of her age.
The following character of Mr. Joseph Williams, whose death was mentioned in our last, is inserted at the request of a friend of the deceased:
"Industry and punctuality characterized him in business, and rendered him respectable among his fellow-citizens. A long and painful illness, which was sustained with christian patience, afforded the particular consolation to many of his friends, to behold his pious resignation to the will of heaven, and hear him express his firm hope in the soul-comforting doctrine of life and salvation, by the merits and righteousness of the adorable Saviour."
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. } In General Assembly, Nov. 1, 1800.
IT IS RESOLVED,
THAT Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of November, instant, be, and the same is hereby appointed and set apart as a DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and PRAISE to ALMIGHTY GOD; and that it be recommended to the people to assemble themselves on that day, at their usual places of public worship, publicly and solemnly to offer up their praises and thanksgivings to Almighty God, that He has again stayed the calamity of a destroying pestilence, with which it has pleased Him, in His Providence, to afflict the people of the United States; to acknowledge with gratitude the peculiar blessings with which the nation is favoured, in the fruitfulness of the seasons; in the general prosperity of all classes, trades and occupations, and in the continuance of a mild, free, and efficient government; and humbly to beseech Him, that He will be pleased to restore the salubrity of our climate; that He will continue his blessing to the President and Government of the United States, and preserve the nation in the enjoyment of freedom, order and peace; that He will enable the people to discern their true interests, and preserve them from the influence of foreign intrigue and domestic faction; that He will be pleased to bestow His blessing on all schools and seminaries of learning; and cause them to be the means of promoting morals, good order, and religion; and that He will impress the people with a sense of all their moral and social obligations, give them true repentance for their sins, enable them to correct and amend their lives, and avert from them the calamities of pestilence, discord and war.
IT IS FURTHER VOTED AND RESOLVED, That it be recommended to the people to abstain, on that day, from all servile labour and unbecoming recreation.—That his Excellency the Governor be requested to issue his Proclamation accordingly:—And that this resolution be printed and published in all the newspapers printed in this State.
A true Copy: Witness, SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
Sales at Auction.
On SIXTY DAYS Credit, to complete sundry Consignments.
TO-MORROW, being the 6th of November, will be Sold, at
Benjamin Hoppin and Son's
AUCTION-ROOM,
ON SIXTY DAYS CREDIT, A GREAT variety of Articles suitable for the present season, viz.
 Cassimeres, Broadcloths,  Elastics, Plains,  Swandowns,  Coatings and Baizes,  Worsted Hose,  India Cottons of various qualities and widths,  Bandanno Handkerchiefs,  Cotton Checks,  One case of best Platillas;  Russia Feather Beds.  Also, 4 sacks of Almonds, 10 barrels of Sweet Potatoes, 2 pair large elegant Looking-Glasses, &c. &c.  Sale to begin at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.  Likewise, at 12 o'clock, A young bay HORSE. Nov. 5. 
BLANKETS.
A CONSIGNMENT of about Two Hundred Pairs, of a superior quality, and of every size, will be retailed by the subscriber at wholesale prices; —a rare opportunity for those who are in want.
WILLIAM BLODGET, jun.
November 5.
For CHARLESTON, S.C. The Brig Charlotte, THOMAS REMINGTON, Master;
Will sail the 20th inst. She will load at the Long Wharf, and is now ready to take Freight on board; for which, and for Passage, apply to
WANTON STEERE;
Who has for Sale,
A few hogheads of CODFISH.
November 5.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber, on Monday the 27th instant, SAMUEL BOWEN, an apprentice, about five feet six inches high, middling stout built, black hair, of an indifferent complexion—wore away mixt coloured woolen cloaths. Whoever will take up said apprentice, and return him to his master, shall have four cents reward: All persons are forbidden harbouring said apprentice, or trusting him on my account.
CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER.
Rehoboth, October 28.
Bankruptcy.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS a commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against MICHAEL PITTS and JOHN CHEDEL, of Providence, late merchants in company, under the firm of PITTS and CHEDEL, and they being declared Bankrupts, are hereby required to surrender themselves to us the undersigned Commissioners on the twenty-third day of October instant, and on the twelfth day of November next, and on the third day of December next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day, at Dr. John Williams' house in Providence, and make a full discovery and disclosure of their estate and effects;—when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts; and at the first meeting to choose Assignees, and at the last meeting the said Bankrupts are to finish their examination; and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of their certificates.—All persons indebted to the said Bankrupts, or that have any of their effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the said Commissioners shall appoint.
PARIS J. TILLINCHAST, JOSEPH JENCKES, GEORGE R. BURRILL.
October 22.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1800.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office,"
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counterstamped, with the following rates of duty, which are demandable by law:
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit,
Table with 4 columns: Description of instrument, D., C., M. Rows include: ANY certificate of naturalization, Any licence to practise, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or registry of any counsellor, solicitor, attorney, advocate or proctor, in any court of the United States, etc.
THAT the power of the Supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February, 1801.
THAT, if any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or paper, marked or stamped by the Supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February, 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped, in pursuance of the act herein before recited.
AND for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vellum, parchment and paper stamped or marked, it is hereby declared, that when any person shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompanied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereunto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same supervisor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Treasury, at WASHINGTON, the day and year above mentioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
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, Flatulency, Intermittent, and Ague Fever; Yellow Fever, Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Diarrhoea; sick Head-ache, 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, into 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, jalap, &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 conglutinated bowels, delirium, vomitings, &c. &c. he was bled, took the pills every day, and although he was brought to the verge of the grave, from having an uncommon share of the disease, he recovered and always felt immediate relief from the effects of the pills.
CASE III. I was attacked myself with the fever the last of September, from imprudently going into an infected room with four sick persons in it, early in the morning upon an empty stomach. I was bled, and kept my stomach and bowels constantly affected by the pills, and recovered without the use of any other remedies except calomel in alternative doses. I felt an immediate sensation of ease and relief from every dose I took, and always felt myself secure from that alarming symptom the black vomit whenever they passed through the stomach, and I ever found this the case with all my patients; my wife and two servants in my family were ill of the fever, but happily recovered upon a free use of the pills.
These pills were the only medicines I used for the purpose of cleansing the first passages, and for preventing the black vomit, whenever they were given and produced liberal evacuation, they never failed to answer this purpose in all cases, even pregnant women could take them with the happiest effects.
Signed, SAMUEL H. P. LEE. Sworn before, and signed in presence of MARVIN WAIT, Justice Peace for New-London County. New-London, July 12, 1799.
Boston, August 1, 1798. DR. LEE, SIR, From the high opinion which I have of your "New-London Bilious Pills," and from a desire to diffuse their utility among mankind, more particularly to my seafaring brethren, I take the liberty to inform you that about the 20th of last month I arrived at New-London from the West-Indies, with the intermittent fever, commonly called the fever and ague, which I contracted there. I had had
about forty fits when I arrived, I found them gaining upon me stronger and oftener, &c. 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 just opened, for sale, at the Sign of the Bunch of Grapes, in Williams Street, No. 30 a complete assortment of WINTER and FANCY GOODS: amongst which are the following articles, viz. SCARLET, blue, black and London brown Broadcloths, Forest Cloths, from the highest to the lowest prices, Kerseymere, Flannels and Baizes of all colours, India and English Silks, black Satins, Modes, and Persian high and low priced Patches and Callicoes, Camel-Hair, Silk and Patch Shawls, a complete assortment of Looking-Glasses, Morocco and Florentine Shoes, India Mullins and Dimities, And other articles too numerous to mention. All Gold friends are invited to call and see for themselves, and whether they purchase or not they will be waited on with pleasure. The above articles will be sold at the lowest advance for cash. 8 W. October 15.
For SALE by Harris and Rhodes, 20 Boxes Havana White and Brown Sugar 5 Hogheads W. I. Rum 3 Pipes Brandy 10 Hogheads Molasses Hylon, Souchong and Bohea Tea Turk-Island and Rock Salt Tobacco by the Hoghead A few Kegs Honey October 15.
FALL and WINTER GOODS. Samuel Ames, Has received by late arrivals from London and Liverpool, and is now opening for sale, BEST superfine fashionable mixed, navy blue and other Broadcloths Middling and low priced do. Best double mill'd Casimere Middling and low priced do. Superfine and common Swan'sdown Waistcoating Worsted Hose, a great variety Ladies cotton do. A variety of Swan-skins Flannels and Baizes A variety of worsted Stuff Goods Book, Jacquet and Cambric Mullins Mullins and Dimities Cammels Hair Shawls white and coloured, fringed or plain bordered Muslin and chintz do. Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs Fashionable Thread, and Silk Laces and Edgings Modes, Satins, Lute-strings, and Ribbons Plain and net Gauzes Cypress Gauze, and Italian Crape A great variety of India Cottons, for sheetings and shirts, by the piece or yard Irish Linens and sheetings A variety of Callicoes and Chintzes Elegant Chintz Furniture Common do. Ladies Kid and Silk Gloves and Mts Gentlemen's Beaver lin'd with fur Do. without fur Sewing Silks, Twists, Threads, Tapes, Bobbins, Buttons, &c. &c. With every other article usually called for in his line, at the most reduced prices, for cash. Also, an assortment of HARD-WARE, at wholesale only: a few hogheads of good retailing MOLASSES. October 15. (6w.)
Notice is hereby Given, THAT the subscriber has removed his Office, to the Office of THEODORE FOSTER and THEODORE A. FOSTER, where he should be happy in a continuation of the favours already received of the public. P. ALLEN.
N. B. The Office of the CLERK of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for the county of Providence, is removed to the place above mentioned. P. ALLEN, Clerk.
The subscribers inform their friends in particular, and the public in general, that they transact all business appertaining to the Profession of the Law, at the place above mentioned, where constant attendance will be given. Mr. FOSTER first named, having relinquished his concern, in the future business, at the Office abovementioned, to us. PAUL ALLEN, THEODORE A. FOSTER. October 8.