The Providence journal, and town and country advertiser (Providence [R.I.]), 1800-06-04 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. 75. ]
WEDNESDAY, June 4, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
PHILADELPHIA, May 24.
By JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. A Proclamation.
WHEREAS the late wicked and treasonable insurrection against the just authority of the United States, of sundry persons in the counties of Northampton, Montgomery and Bucks, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, having been speedily suppressed, without any of the calamities or horrors usually attending rebellion; Whereupon peace, order and submission to the laws of the United States were restored in the aforesaid counties, and the deluded, misguided and misinformed of the said counties have returned to a proper sense of their duty; whereby it is become unnecessary for the public good that any future prosecutions should be commenced or carried on against any person or persons, by reason of their being concerned in the said insurrection: WHEREFORE BE IT KNOWN, That I JOHN ADAMS, President of the United States of America, have granted, and by these presents do grant, a full, free and absolute PARDON to all and every person or persons concerned in the said insurrection, excepting as herein after excepted, of all treasons, misprisions of treason, felonies, misdemeanors, and other crimes, by them respectively done or committed against the said United States, in all or either of the said counties, before the twelfth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; excepting and excluding therefrom every person who now stands indicted or is in any way concerned in the said insurrection, or any other offence against the said United States; hereby remitting and releasing unto all persons, except as before excepted, all pains and penalties incurred, or supposed to be incurred, for or on account of the premises.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America, at the city of Philadelphia, this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and of the independence of the said States the twenty-fourth.
JOHN ADAMS.
By the President,
CHARLES LEE.
Now executing the office of Secretary of State.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Philadelphia, May 23, 1800.
A communication having been made by the minister of his Britannic Majesty to the Department of State, that in consequence of complaints made by sundry merchants of the city of London to their government, that the citizens of the United States have opened, and are carrying on a trade to the British settlements in the Bay of Honduras, his Britannic Majesty "had resolved, that as such a commerce was contrary to the laws of England, all but British subjects in British ships, navigated according to law, shall be excluded from cutting logwood, or trading to those settlements in time to come,"—it has been deemed proper, for the information of the citizens of the United States, that the same should be published.
CHARLES LEE.
Now executing the office of Secretary of State.
NEW-YORK, May 24.
From the Mississippi Gazette, of March 22.
It is with extreme regret we learn, than an affair happened at Loftus' Heights, on Tuesday last, between Major William Kerley, and Lieut. Peter Marks, officers in the United States army, in which the former was run through the body with the sword of the latter, of which wound Major Kerley expired on Friday night last. We understand that this unhappy quarrel commenced in a conversation respecting the trivial circumstance of the sale of a horse—that in the course of the conversation the major became irritated, and shook his cane at Lieut. Marks, who immediately wretched it from him, and threw it away—the major took up the cane, and struck Lieut. Marks. This happened between three and four o'clock in the afternoon; and immediately after sunset, Lieut. Marks came up to Major Kerley on the parade, and demanded of him instant satisfaction for the insult he had offered him—the major replied, that he had not insulted him, and should give no satisfaction. Lieut. Marks then gave the major a stroke with his cane; upon which each drew his sword, and Lieut. Marks received a wound on the head, and instantly ran the major through the body, in the direction of the vital parts.
Latest European News.
By the Kenedia, Capt. Bates, arrived at Boston from Dublin.
Dated, with, in April 19th. TWENTY DAYS LATEST.
Confirmation of the closing scene of Buonaparte's army.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 15.
GENERAL Kleber's capitulation was accelerated by the capture of Salicbe, one of the suburbs of Cairo. The Grand Vizier has
provisory divided Egypt into four governments, one of which is given to Celebi Effendi, who negotiated the capitulation with General Kleber.
LONDON, April 8.
The mail from Hamburg has brought intelligence of the triumphant entry of the Grand Vizier into Cairo, on the 4th of February, 1799, accompanied by Sir Sidney Smith and General Koehler. The French had proceeded to Alexandria, to embark for France; and vessels had been dispatched from Constantinople to transport them to France.
April 9.
The War—and about it.
A messenger from Vienna confirms the resignation of the Archduke Charles. Gen. Kray was employed the 2d ult. in reconnoitering the positions of his army. The corps of Kray have been discharged from the Russian service by the Emperor, and are to be taken into British pay.
Three battalions of French, endeavouring to cross the Rhine between Menz and Mannheim, have been repulsed by the Austrians.
Berthier commands the French army of reserve at Dijon. Carat acts as minister at war. Buonaparte will probably visit the various armies as circumstances may require.
IN ITALY.—Genoa continues the bone of contention. General Melas is advancing strong columns to attack it; and Gen. Massena practices various manoeuvres to frustrate and deceive his enemy.
The Imperial forces on the Rhine and in Italy, who are cocked and primed for immediate action, are estimated at 220,000 men. The French, independent of the army of reserve, have 100,000 men.
The Expeditions.
DUBLIN, April 19.
The storm which has raged for two days past must prove dangerous to the shipping which have sailed on the second expedition, and to Lord Bridport's fleet, if they have not put into port. The same storm, however, will keep the combined fleet in Breck waters.
The Resolutions respecting the union of Ireland with Great-Britain were to be discussed in the British Parliament the 16th of April.
Spain and Portugal.
[Several accounts agree, that a misunderstanding has lately taken place between Spain and Portugal. It is certain the latter has lately formed a treaty with Spain, by which the Emperor stipulates to furnish Portugal with 6000 infantry, in case she be attacked.—A letter from Lisbon, March 6, from "I have learnt that 48 Spanish regiments are marching against this country. The Court is all bustle and confusion."—Probably Portugal is the destination of one of the expeditions from England.]
Laws of the United States.
PUBLISHED By Authority.
SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE United States.
At the First Session, begun and held at the city of PHILADELPHIA, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday the second of December, 1799.
CHAPTER XXXII.
An ACT to alter and to establish sundry post-roads.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following post-roads be discontinued, viz. From Washington, to Peterburgh, in Georgia:—From Augusta, by Robinson's, at the White Ponds, and Gillet's Mills, to Coosawhatchie:—From Charlotte, by Lincoln, to Stateville, North-Carolina:—From Chester Court-House, to Spartan Court-House:—From Fayetteville, by Lumberton, to Cheraw Court-House:—From Moffat's store, to Danville:—From Culpepper Court-House, to Orange Court-House:—From Leesburg, to Fauquier Court-House:—From Tappahannock, by Richmond Court-House, and Wellmoreland Court-House, to Kinross:—From Prince Edward Court-House, to Lynchburg:—From Easton, by New Market, to Vienna:—From Allensfresh, by Hoe's ferry, to Port-Conway:—From Bladensburg to Upper Marlborough:—From Harrisburg, by Peterburgh, Millers-town, Thompson-town, Mifflin-town, Lewis-town, Huntingdon, Alexandria, Center-furnace, Bellefonte, Milesburg, Aaronburg, Mifflinburg, Lewistown, Northumberland and Sunbury, to Harrisburg:—From Easton, to Sussex Court-House:—From New-Brunswick, to New-Germantown:—From Washington, in Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, in Virginia:—From Old Fort Schuyler, by Cincinnatus, to Oxford:—From Veitchney, to Basonharbour, to Plattsburg:—From Rome, to Rotterdam:—From Bolton, by Taunton, to New-Bedford:—From Camden, by Lancaster, South-Carolina,
Charlotte, North-Carolina, and Lincoln, to Stateville, North-Carolina:—From Fayetteville, to Pittsburg, in Chatham county:—From Halifax Court-House, Virginia, by Danville, to Caswell Court-House:—From Liberty, by Rocky-Mount, to Martinville:—From Louisburg, by Nash Court-House, to Tarborough:—From Newbern, by Beaufort and Swanborough, to Newbern:—From Rutherfordton, to Spartanburg:—From Springfield, Massachusetts, to Northampton:—From Standish, in Maine, by Flint's-town, and Fryeborg, to Conway, Tamworth, and Sandwich, in New-Hampshire:—From Suffolk, by South-Quay, to Murfreesborough:—From Wilmington, North-Carolina, to Georgetown, South-Carolina:—From Peterburgh, by Sullivan Court-House, and Southampton Court-House, to South-Quay.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following be established as post-roads, viz.
IN GEORGIA.
From Augusta, to Peterburgh, by Lincoln Court-House:—From Franklin Court-House, to Jackson Court-House:—From George-town, to Warrenton:—From Louisville, to Sandersville:—From Washington, to Oglethorpe Court-House.
IN SOUTH-CAROLINA.
From Augusta, Georgia, by the Three Runs, to Coosawhatchie:—The post-road from Edgefield Court-House, to Augusta, shall pass through Campbell-town:—From George-town, by William-town, Greenville, and Chatham, to Richmond Court-House, North-Carolina:—From Stateburg, by Salem Court-House, and Kingstree, to William-town:—From Columbia, to Clarendon Court-House:—From Chester Court-House, by York Court-House, Pinckneyville, and Union Court-House, to Spartanburg.
IN NORTH-CAROLINA.
From Washington, to Bath, and from thence by Woodstock, to Hyde Court-House:—From Fayetteville, by McFall's, and Windfield's, to Cheraw Court-House, South-Carolina:—From Fayetteville, by Lumberton, and Barefield's Mill, to William-town, South-Carolina:—From Lumberton, by Elizabeth-town, to the house of John Andrews, or William H. Beatty, on South-River:—From Fayetteville, to Wilmington:—From Charlotte, by Lincoln, and Morganton, Buncombe Court-House, the Warm Springs, and thence to Greenville, in Tennessee:—The post-road from Salem, to Salisbury, shall pass through Lexington:—The post-road from Raleigh, to Newbern, shall pass through the county of Davie:—The post-road from Moore Court-House, to Salisbury, to pass by the new or old Court-House of Randolph, as may be found most eligible:—From Rockford, to Grayson Court-House, Virginia.
IN TENNESSEE.
From Knoxville, to Marysville: From Sullivan Court-House, by Hawkins Court-House, and Ocoee tavern, to Knoxville:—From Nashville, by Robertson Court-House, and Montgomery Court-House, to Palmyra:—From Nashville, to Natchez, in the Mississippi Territory:—The post-road which now passes from Abingdon, in Virginia, to Knoxville, in Tennessee, shall hereafter pass by Sullivan Court-House, Jonesborough, Greenville, Cheek's cross roads, and Jefferson Court-House.
IN KENTUCKY.
From Frankfort, by Versailles, and Richmond, to Orlie's tavern, Tennessee:—From Danville, to Stanford, to Lancaster:—From Frankfort, by Clarke Court-House, Montgomery Court-House, and Fleming Court-House, to Washington:—From Frankfort, by Scott Court-House, Harrison Court-House, Pendleton Court-House, and Campbell Court-House, to Cincinnati, North-Western Territory:—From Frankfort, by Shelbyville, Bard's-town, Hardin Court-House, and Logan Court-House, to Robinson Court-House, in Tennessee:—The post-road from Washington, to Cincinnati, shall pass by Bracken Court-House:—The post-road from Bear-town, to Louisville, shall pass through Shepherdville:—From Logan Court-House, by Christian Court-House, Livingston Court-House, Henderson Court-House, to Muhlenburg Court-House:—And from Logan Court-House, by Warren Court-House, and Barren Court-House, to Greene Court-House.
IN THE NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORY.
From Washington, Kentucky, by Manchester, in North-Western Territory, to Chillicothe:—From Louisville, Kentucky, to Vincennes:—From Zanes, on the Muskingum, to Marietta.
IN VIRGINIA.
From Culpepper Court-House, by Madison Court-House, to Orange Court-House:—From Fredericksburg, by Spottsylvania Court-House, and Louisa Court-House, to Columbia:—From Fredericksburg, by King George Court-House, Mattoxbridge, Leesburg, Westmoreland Court-House, on Templeman's cross-roads, Richmond Court-House, and Farnham, to Kinross:—From Fredericksburg, by Rogers' mills, Chilcote's store, Chesterfield, Oxford, and Crew's store, to Goochland Court-House:—From King and Queen Court-House, to Shackelford's store:—From Gloucester Court-House, to Matthews Court-House:—From Moorfields, by Franklin,
to Bath Court-House:—From Richmond, by Coles, in Chesterfield county, to Peterburgh; Amelia Court-House, Princeville, and Ligonstown, to Jamestown:—From Peterburgh, by Amelia Court-House, Nottoway Court-House, Bibb's ferry on Staunton River, to Halifax Court-House:—From Alexandria, by Centerville, Middleburg, Paris, and Milwood, to Winchester:—From Carterville, by New-Canton, Buckingham Court-House, and Bear Creek, to Lynchburg:—From Romney, by Springfield, and Frankfort, to Cumberland, in Maryland:—From Centerville, by the Reed house, to Fauquier Court-House:—From Washington, Pennsylvania, by Charlesstown or Brooke Court-House, in Virginia, to Wheeling:—The post-road from Alexandria, to Leesburg, shall pass through Matildaville:—And the post-road from Leesburg, to Shepherdstown, shall pass through Charlesstown, in the county of Berkeley:—The post-road from Sweet Springs, to Greenbrier Court-House, shall pass by Montross Court-House:—From Greenbrier Court-House, to Kanawha Court-House:—From Morgantown, direct to Cabell'sburg:—From Mecklenburg Court-House, the mail shall return by Christian's store, at Coxe's, to Lynchburg Court-House, and Edmond's store, to Ghent.
IN MARYLAND.
From Baltimore, by Reisterstown, Westminster, Taney-town, and Emmitsburg, to Fairfield, Pennsylvania:—From Baltimore, by Libertytown, to Fredericktown:—And from Fredericktown, by Harper's ferry, to Charlesstown, in Berkeley county, Virginia:—From Port Tobacco, by the Top of the Hill, to Nanjemoy:—From Leonard-town, by the Great Mill, to the Ridge:—From Washington, to Upper Marlborough:—From Washington, by Queen Ann, to Annapolis:—From Easton, by Cambridge, and New Market, to Vienna:—From Easton, by Hillsborough, Denton, and Greenborough, to Whitelysburg.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
From Lancaster, by Elizabethtown, and Middletown, to Harrisburg, Sunbury, and Northumberland:—From Lancaster, to New-Holland:—From Harrisburg, by Clarke's ferry, Millers-town, Thompson-town, Mifflin-town, Lewis-town, and Huntingdon, to Alexandria:—From Lewis-town, by Mifflin-town, Aaronburg, Milesburg, and Bellefonte, to Center Furnace:—From Lewis-town, by Mifflin, and Milton, to Williams-Port:—From Marysland, to Berwick, and thence by Carlisle, to Northumberland:—From Wilkesbarre, by Wykasing, to Athens:—From Union, to New-Geneva:—From Bittsburgh, by Franklin, Mendonville, and Le Beau, to Presqu'isle:—From Washington, to Waynesburg.
IN NEW-YORK.
From Hudson, by Kattskill, Hapsfield, Onondaga, Unadilla, and Union, to Athens, Pennsylvania:—From Athens, Pennsylvania, by Newtown, Painted Post, and Bath, to Canajoharie:—From Utica, by New-Hartford, Hamilton, and Sherburne, to Oxford:—From Cooper's-town, on the state-road, to Scio:—From Vergennes, Vermont, by Charlotte, Vermont, and Peru, to Plattsburg.
IN NEW-JERSEY.
From Easton, Pennsylvania, by Beiviside and Johnsonburg, to New-town:—From New-Brunswick, by Somerset Court-House, and Pluckemin, to New-Germantown:—From Trenton, by Bordentown, Slab-town, Mount-Holly, Moores-town, and Haddensfield, to Philadelphia.
IN CONNECTICUT.
From Fairfield, by Trumbull, Huntington, New-town, and Brookfield, to New-Milford.
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
From Boston, by Bridgewater, and Taunton, to New-Bedford:—From New-Bedford, by Rochester, and Wareham, to Sandwich:—From Hanover, by Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury, to Kingston:—From Truro to Provincetown:—From Billerica, by Pauketuck bridge, to Dracut, and Hovey's tavern, to Pelham, and Nottingham West, in New-Hampshire:—From Concord, by Groton, New-Ipswich, and Jaffrey, to Manchester, New-Hampshire.
IN VERMONT.
From Westminster, by Bellows-Falls, through Rockingham, Chester, and Castleton, to Rutland:—From Newbury, to Danville:—From Burlington, through St. Albans, to Hyegate.
IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
From Exeter, by Nottingham, to Concord:—From Salisbury, through Grafton, to Hanover.
IN MAINE.
From Portland, by Windham, Waterford, Buckfield, and Turner, to Portland:—From Buck-town, to Edenton.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed so as to affect any existing contracts for carrying the mail.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved—April 23d, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.

Late European Intelligence.
By Arrivals at New-York.
DONAUESCHINGEN (Germany) March 20.
ON the 17th, the universally esteemed Archduke left his head-quarters. On the 16th, he took leave of his army, by the following address:
"On account of the precarious state of my health, I begged his Imperial Majesty to be relieved in the command of the army, which he has been pleased to confer on General Baron Kray. While I acquaint the army with this change, I return my warmest thanks to the Generals, officers and troops, for the bravery which they have evinced at all times, under my command, in the most distinguished manner. Much as I lament on account of my health, to separate from comrades whom, on every occasion, I found so brave soldiers, and faithful to his Imperial Majesty in the highest degree, and whom I esteem and love; as much I entreat them to persevere in their attachment and fidelity to his Imperial Majesty, with similar zeal, under the command of the general of artillery, Baron Kray."
"Henceforth all reports, official statements, &c. are to be directed to Gen. Baron Kray, to whom I have this day resigned the command of the army."
(Signed) THE ARCHDUKE CHARLES, F. M.
Gen. Kray afterwards published the following general orders to the army:
Donaueschingen, March 18.
"By order of his Imperial Majesty, I have taken the chief command of this army, which the declining state of his Royal Highness would not allow him to continue."
"I should want courage, after a predecessor so universally revered, to execute his Majesty's orders, was I not convinced of the distinguished spirit which animates the whole army, and which assures me that every member of that great body would feel itself called upon, from its own impulse, under any commander, to continue its exertions, by sacrificing all its powers, with that glorious zeal which we owe to our most gracious monarch, and to the honour of our station."
(Signed)
KRAY, General of Artillery.
HAGUE, April 1.
Letters from Posen, in South-Prussia, of the 28th of March, state, that the intelligence of the death of Prince Italiskio, Count Suwarow Rimnikoi, is fully confirmed, by two letters from Mielnik, six miles from Brezje, of the 11th and 15th ult. He died suddenly, on the 2d of March, at his estates near Kobrin.
March 22.
Notwithstanding the advantages offered by our government for the new loan, very few people seem disposed to venture their money, as the report of a second expedition to Holland becomes more and more prevalent, and which perhaps might produce great changes in this country. This induces most persons to defer paying their shares to the very last moment, rather than pay beforehand, with a handsome discount.
The mission of the Counsellor of State, Marmont, is now supposed to be of a financial nature, namely, a new loan for France.
Gen. Angereau is travelling through the province of Holland, to inspect every thing relative to his chief command over the united armies.
LOWER ELBE, April 7.
Under the head of "Italy," it is reported, "That the French appear to be making every preparation for opening the campaign in Italy; according to advices from Chambery, of the 2d of March, the troops had gone from their winter quarters, and had advanced towards Mount Onis, to assemble their reinforcements in the neighbourhood of Pignerol.—The pay of the troops in arrears had been partly discharged, in order to quiet, in some measure, their impatience."
"In all the forays and foraging parties which the French have made from Gavi to Montenero, they have always been repulsed with loss, without having succeeded in their designs."
"In the district of Genoa, the rising of the inhabitants against the French, and against the city of Genoa, becomes every day more manifest.—Against the inhabitants of Fontana Buona, who gave the first signal of revolt, the French had undertaken a second crusade, in which they were repulsed with the loss of many men. Meanwhile, Gen. Massena continues his proclamations and promises of money, provisions and reinforcements, from the interior, to keep alive the hopes of his troops."
"Those Italian authors, who, to please the French, scoffed at religion on all occasions, and who fled to Nice, among whom were the revolutionary heralds Porro, Salvadore, Galdi, &c. had been deserted by the French, and perished in the greatest misery."
Nothing of importance has yet taken place between the armies of Italy and on the Rhine. On the 31st ult. the Austrians advanced from the Hochst to Wickert, killed 6 of the enemy, and took 12 prisoners. The French appear to be drawing a part of their army from Switzerland to Italy, where they are inferior to the Austrians; yet there they have opened the campaign by several partial attacks. The first hostilities on the Rhine were begun by the Austrians.
LEGHORN, March 5.
It is positively said, that Admiral Lord Nelson had succeeded in coming up with the remainder of the French squadron, and that he had taken two others of the larger French vessels.
VENICE, March 14.
This morning about 11 o'clock, the great news resounded from the Conclave of the
election of a new Pope in the person of Cardinal Gregoire Barnabas Chiaramonti, on whom scarcely any body had fixed his thoughts before. He was born on the 11th of August, 1742, at Cesena, in the Ecclesiastical States, the native place of Pius VI.
In the 16th year of his age he entered the order of the Benedictines. Pope Pius VI. elevated him to the dignity of a Cardinal. The name which the new head of the church will adopt, is not yet known.
The rejoicings throughout Venice, on this happy occasion, are hardly to be described, the more so as the long delayed election had caused much anxiety to our inhabitants.
The noble Giustiani has sent to the conclave a silver crucifix for the new Pope, which is of exquisite workmanship, and a real masterpiece of art.
VIENNA, March 18.
Notwithstanding the preparation for war, hopes of peace continue to be cherished. The propositions from France may have contributed a little to prevent the opening of the campaign: but, at least, without derogating from her engagements with England, our court may give an answer not wholly negative. Spain is not the only power who acts as mediator; the court of Berlin, there is no doubt, has taken some steps to bring about a negotiation. A courier from Mr. Musquitz, Spanish ambassador in France, arrived here the day before yesterday; the contents of the dispatches which he brought were immediately communicated to our cabinet by the minister of his Catholic Majesty residing at Vienna.
March 19.
By a courier from Cardinal Herzan, who arrived from Venice in four days, we have received intelligence of the election of a new Pope, by a complete majority of votes, in the person of Cardinal Gregory Barnabas Chiaramonti, from the order of the Benedictines, hitherto bishop of Imola, a native of Cesena, 53 years of age. He has assumed the name of Pius VII.
The intelligence of the French ship of the line, the Generaux, of 74 guns, bound to Malta, together with other ships, having been taken by the English, is confirmed. The Generaux was engaged with an English ship of the line in the channel of Malta, when Admiral Nelson, on board of the Foudroyant, hastened to the assistance of the latter. A French frigate, a corvette, and seven transports, with 1500 troops, have also been taken, since, by the English. The English Ambassador, Lord Minto, has sent a courier to London with this intelligence.
Under the head of Italy, the Court Gazette contains the following intelligence:
"According to accounts from Genoa, General Massena seems not to expect tranquil quarters; he was at Pietra d'Arena for several days, and afterwards returned to the Riviera del Ponente."
"On the 24th and 25th ult. the Genoese were thrown into great consternation, by some shells thrown into the city, by the English; who had received them from Naples; but as the severity of the weather has retarded the operations by land, it seems that they have thought it best to defer the formal bombardment of that city, to the period at which the attack by land can be made. Meanwhile, they have taken a considerable number of ships bound for Genoa, laden with provisions, and two Genoese galleys, by which they were conveyed, have entered Savona in a very shattered condition."
"The trenches before Gavi have been opened, in spite of the efforts of the garrison to prevent it. Near Vade the French are entrenching themselves very considerably."
PARIS, March 20.
The day before yesterday the following Proclamation of the minister of war to the conscripts was issued:—
"We have gained our liberty; to gain a peace is all that now remains. Past are the times of discord and of political commotions, in which the imprudence and ignorance of our enemies expected to gain an advantage. All Frenchmen may share the honours and glories of the contest—the great nation is united—Buonaparte directs the operations of the armies; his genius and your valour insure victory."
"When a long wished for peace shall secure and crown our liberty; when the world shall see the spirit of moderation animating our government, who of you will not be elevated with this pleasing idea?—I have been one who assisted in accomplishing all this! No, Frenchmen, you will not let this last opportunity slip, without partaking a share of so much glory."
(Signed)
ALEX. BERTHIER.
March 28.
The departure of Consul Buonaparte for Di-jon is positively fixed for the 12th of April.
The three months presidency of Sieyes in the Senate being expired, Roger Ducos has taken the chair.
Alexander Lameth is arrived at Paris.
BASLE, March 19.
By the dispositions which are making in the Valais it is to be expected that the campaign will soon open on that side. French engineers are employed there in drawing plans of all the bridges, passes, mountains, &c. and numerous troops are arriving there from various quarters. It is announced that a body of Austrian troops, under the orders of Gen. Victor de Rohan, is stationed at the fort of the Simplon, towards Piedmont, to observe the movements of the French on that side.
Citizen Herzog, Helvetic commissary, has just obtained of Gen. Moreau permission for the Helvetic government to send two deputies to the Austrian head-quarters, to request of the General in Chief a free passage for all kinds of merchandise from Switzerland into Italy and Germany.
RUSSIA.
An ukase of Paul I. full of invectives and imprecations against the French, has been issued, by which every person who may receive by post, by express, or by travellers, gazettes or printed works of any kind, are strictly enjoined to carry them immediately to the committee of censure, to be examined and stamped, on pain of being punished as rebels. In fact, gazettes filled with notices and advertisements are the only ones permitted to circulate. They are edifying. The following is a literal extract from one of them:—
"If any person wishes to buy a whole family, or a young man and a young girl separately, application may be made to the silk-weaver-woman, opposite Cazan church. The young man is 21 years old, he is sound, robust, and can dress ladies hair. The girl is well made and in good health, 15 years old, and is acquainted with needle-work and embroidery. They may be examined, and can be bought at a reasonable price. There is at the same place a Hollstein Stallion for sale; apply to the coachman."
LINZ, March 10.
Yesterday the long expected courier arrived here, bringing orders to the Condans to return to Russia. When they will set out on their march, is not known; but from the preparations which have been made, it is not expected to take place before the 20th inst.
The two Russian regiments, Bauer and Titow, passed through here on the 6th and 7th inst. on their march home.
ZURICH, March 13.
Within the last fortnight, troops have almost constantly passed through this city. The French have left their winter quarters, and approached the Rhine. Yesterday between 30 and 40 pontons were conveyed through the city to Flach, on the Rhine, near the mouth of the Thur and the Tols.
General Lecourbe, who is still here, has declared to the Helvetic functionaries, that he cannot grant any more passports for crossing the Rhine, to persons intending to go to Germany. The last passports signed by him, were for merchants going to Frankfort fair.
Last week the transporting of goods across the Lake of Constance, from Lindau, was suddenly stopped, and it was apprehended that hostilities would commence immediately; it appeared, however, afterwards, to have merely proceeded from a misunderstanding on the part of France, and, after some remonstrances, the communication was again permitted.
LONDON, April 1.
The London Gazette of last Saturday contains the following official accounts:
Camp of the Grand Vizier, near El Arisch, Jan. 24, 1800.
"This day a convention has been signed here by Mustapha Raschid Effendi and Mustapha Reschidi Effendi, commissioners appointed on the part of the Grand Vizier, and by Generals Dessaix and Poussielgue, commissioners appointed on the part of Gen. Kleber, by which it has been agreed, that the French troops now in Egypt should evacuate that country, and should be allowed to return to France. The forts of Sallalich and Caith are to be surrendered by the French troops now in Egypt, within eight days after the ratification of this capitulation by the Grand Vizier and Gen. Kleber, and the other places and towns in Egypt, at the different periods specified for that purpose."
Other official dispatches, published by the Admiralty, give a detail of the taking of Fort El Arisch (already published in our paper) at which Major Douglass, with a select body of the marines, from on board the Tigre, under his command, had reconnoitered the fort after the French refused to surrender. Major Douglass was assisted by Lieut. Col. Bromley and Capt. Winter, and on the 24th of December, and the following days, they opened batteries before the fort, the fire of which was attended with complete success. On the 25th, the enemy having ceased firing, Major Douglass ascended the wall of the fort, by a rope let down to him, and received the sword of the French commandant. It having been found impossible to restrain, in the first moment, the impetuosity of the Turks, 300 of the French garrison were put to the sword, but the remainder were, by the exertions of Capt. Douglass and the Turkish commanders, saved, and the sick and wounded taken care of. The major expresses himself highly indebted for the assistance of Lieut. Col. Bromley, Captains Winter and Trott, and the gallant behaviour of Mr. Thomas Smith, midshipman, belonging to the Tigre. The cheerful manner in which the marines did their duty, exposed in a desert without tents, very ill fed, and only brackish water to drink, gained them the admiration of the whole Ottoman army.
Sir Sidney Smith, under the 8th of November, off Jaffa, encloses a copy of his letter to Lord Nelson, wherein he relates the death of Patrona Bey, the Turkish vice-admiral, who was assassinated at Cyprus on the 18th of October, by the Jannizaries. That officer was replaced by Seid Ali Bey, who had just joined Sir Sidney, from Constantinople, in a second expedition. As soon as their exertions had restored order, they proceeded to the mouth of the Damietta branch of the Nile, to execute the attack as concerted with the Grand Vizier, to draw the enemy's attention that way, and to facilitate the Vizier's advance into the desert. The boats from the Tigre soon took possession of the ruined castle, Bogay, insulated from the shore by the inundations of the Nile. The Turkish flag being hoisted, as a signal for the gun-boats to advance, the enemy fired from a near redoubt on the main land, with two 32-pounders and an 8-pounder. The fire was returned from the launch's carronade, mounted in a breach of the castle, and from field-pieces in the small boats, which prevented the enemy from making the entrenchment to oppose the landing. Lieut. Stokes, with some boats, kept the cavalry in
check, coming along the neck of the land. The fire continued during the 29th, 30th and 31st, while the Turkish transports were by degrees drawing nearer. On the 1st of November, one of the enemy's magazines blew up, which favoured the landing of the first division; but the enemy met it with a far superior force, bayonets charged, before the boats could return with the second division. The troops, however, sufficiently expiated themselves from any suspicion of cowardice, for, when the French came within ten yards of them, they rushed on, sabre in hand, and instantly put the first line of infantry to the rout. Victory was gained for a moment; but the impetuosity of Osman Aga and his troops, led them to quit the station assigned them, as a corps of reserve, to go in pursuit of the fugitives. At this critical juncture, European tactics were of course advantageously employed. Their body of reserve came on in perfect order, but a charge of cavalry on their left put them to the route in their turn. Our fire from the castle and boats was suspended, on account of the impossibility of pointing clear of the Turks, who at length made a random fire on the boats, to take them off, and the sea was in an instant covered with turbans, while the air was rent with cries for relief—a difficult thing to afford, without being victims to their impatience, or overwhelmed with their numbers. Yet we persevered, and saved all whom the French had not taken, by wading after them in the water. The loss in killed on our side cannot be ascertained; but the French general asserted that he had 1100 prisoners. The French loss must have been pretty severe, as the Turks, though irregular, fight bravely hand to hand.
EAST-INDIES.
Extract of a letter from Pondicherry.
"An American prize has arrived; she was captured in the Straits of Sunday, by a small privateer with 30 men on board. She boarded the American, and after fighting three-quarters of an hour on her deck, she was taken."
"The American had five men killed, and the French three, besides a great many wounded on both sides. The American had a commission from the government."
PLYMOUTH, March 26.
Fate of his Majesty's ship Danae, of 24 guns, Lord Proby, commander.
Early this morning a brig cartel, belonging to Biddeford, appeared off the Sound, and put into a Cawsand pilot boat eight English gentlemen, whom she had brought from Brest, and who all landed here about 7 o'clock, A. M. Among them were the purser, surgeon, and captain's clerk, of his Majesty's ship Danae, of 24 guns, Captain Lord Proby, who, being termed civilians, were permitted to return to this country. From the reports of those gentlemen, the following information has been obtained respecting the Danae: it appears that on the 27th inst. she was cruising off the coast of France, to intercept the enemy's cruisers and coasting convoys, and that on the evening of that day, when most of the officers were below, that part of the crew who were then upon deck began to mutiny, and among the most active were observed eleven Frenchmen, who had been captured on board the Bordelais French privateer, but afterwards entered into the English service. These being headed by an Englishman of the name of Jackson, said to belong to Liverpool, by a private signal brought a great part of the ship's company to their assistance, by which it evidently appears, that the intention was premeditated by them. The master, who had the watch on deck, was knocked down and made prisoner, and steps were immediately taken to secure all the officers who were below. On resistance being offered by them, the mutinous crew brought guns to bear on the cabin, and many shots were fired through the cabin before they accomplished their diabolical purpose. Capt. Lord Proby and the master are said to be much wounded, by means of sabres, but it is hoped not dangerously. As soon as the mutineers had gained complete possession of the ship, they set all the sail they could crowd, and ran the ship into Brest harbour, where she was boarded by officers and men from the French ships of war lying there at anchor. When the circumstances of the case were known, orders were issued for landing the whole of the officers and crew; and it is reported, we trust it may be confirmed, that the whole of the mutinous crew are confined close prisoners at Brest; where it is generally conjectured, and even reported with confidence, that it is in contemplation to send the whole of them to England as prisoners. The officers are to be marched to Valenciennes, and were expected to set off in a few days.—These are all the particulars we can at present collect, that seem to deserve credit.
Domestic Intelligence.
PETERSBURGH, May 20.
On Sunday morning last an unhappy fray took place at the market-house, between Mr. Thomas Field, printer, and Mr. Thomas Cross, boot-maker, in which the former shot the latter through the body; the wound in a few minutes put a period to his existence. Yesterday his remains were deposited in the silent tomb, attended by the troop of horse (of which the deceased was a member) company of artillery, Masonic brethren, and a considerable number of sympathising fellow-citizens.
BALTIMORE, May 19.
On Friday last Ebenezer Sanders, late Deputy Post-Master at George-town Cross-Roads, Kent county, Maryland, was indicted at the Circuit Court at Annapolis, for secreting and embezzling a letter directed to John Chew, of Chester-town, and for stealing out of said letter ten Post-Bank-Bills of one hundred dollars each. He was tried and found guilty, and sentenced by the court to receive thirty-nine lashes, and seven years imprisonment at hard labour. He received the lashes on the said evening,

and was sent to the Baltimore state jail, to be imprisoned, &c.
May 28.
By a letter from Capt. Beard, commanding the ship Harmony, belonging to Messrs. Oliver and Brothers, of Baltimore, dated Batavia, 13th of June last, accounts are received of the total loss of the said ship and cargo, on the south side of the Island of Java—captain and crew saved, and arrived safe at Batavia. The captain mentions that the natives appeared in considerable numbers, armed; the danger of immediate destruction prevented his endeavours to save any part of the cargo, and with difficulty escaped with some provisions and clothing.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.
Yesterday John Fries, Frederick Hainey, and George Gettman, lately convicted for treason, in the Circuit Court, and who were this day to have been sent to Northampton county for execution, received a free pardon from the President of the United States.
May 24.
A report is generally prevalent, that the fellow who nightly prowls our streets in search of defenceless females, has been detected. We regret that the report is without foundation. He is not yet taken, and, from correct information, we can state, that, so far from being even intimidated by the measures that are pursued for his apprehension, he every evening continues to attack unprotected females wherever he can find them. Several ladies, who have been stabbed by him, nearly agree in the following description of him: He is about five feet 9 or 10 inches in height, stout made, is dressed in blue trowsers and round-about jacket of the same colour, and sometimes wears a white hat. The instrument which we some days ago stated he had left in a lady's back, proves not to be a shoemaker's, but a faddler or harness-maker's awl, and has the appearance of having been used.
NEW-YORK, May 28.
It is reported, that the Chevalier D'Yrujo, his Catholic Majesty's minister here, has been recalled. It is also said, that the Chevalier has been nominated to an important diplomatic station in an European Court.
Extract of a letter from an American gentleman in Paris, to his friend in this city, dated the 31st of March, 1800.
"Our Commissioners began their negotiations on the 27th, and I suspect will finish in the course of a month or six weeks. I have not yet learned the propositions they have made. The First Consul leaves this for Dijon on the 10th; but it is not expected the campaign will be very active, and many believe in a peace, which I think very probable. The stocks have taken a rapid rise within a day or two. The government have passed an arrest forming a court of admiralty to sit at Paris, which will try all vessels taken as well by ships of government as privateers; those who are unfortunately captured, will now have a better prospect of obtaining justice."
A letter from R. V. Morris, of the Adams, to the Secretary of the Navy, dated Bastarre Road, St. Christopher's, April 24, states his arrival there with a convoy of 24 sail from Martinique; the two recaptured privateers, l'Heureuse Rencontre and General Muffat, have been driven on shore in a gale of wind, and injured so much as to be unfit to send to America.
The United States brig Pickering has captured l'Active French privateer, of Guadeloupe, of 12 guns and 62 men.
The U.S. ship Merrimack has recaptured the American brig Ann, from New-Haven to Martinique.
Capt. Story, arrived at Baltimore from Cadiz, brings dispatches from the American consul at Cadiz to the Secretary of State. It was reported at Cadiz, and believed, that the French government applied to the Court of Spain for leave to march an army to Portugal, and that the king of Spain had replied that he would undertake the invasion himself, which it was supposed would shortly take place.
By an order of the government of the Island of St. Thomas, French privateers are prohibited from carrying any prizes into that port.
May 31.
[OFFICIAL.]
United States sloop Richmond, At Sea, April 28, 1800.
SIR,
I have the honour to inform you, that yesterday, in company with the Connecticut (Passage Island bearing S. E. distance 5 leagues) I fell in with and recaptured the ship Thomas Chalkley, of and from Philadelphia, with a valuable cargo, bound from St. Thomas; she had been 50 hours in possession of the French, and was in company of a privateer bound for St. Johns—Captain Tryon gave chase to the privateer, whilst we were after the ship; but although he was in sight of her hull from his deck for six hours, could gain nothing, and she got into St. Johns. She had captured, and ordered for St. Johns, four American vessels, one of which was the schooner Chance, which I recaptured last week, and dispatched for New-York, agreeable to what I had the honour to write to you, under the date of the 22d instant. I am fearful the other two vessels have got into St. Johns. Capt. Tryon has the Thomas Chalkley now in tow, and it is probable will be in St. Thomas to-morrow.
I have the honour to be, &c.
RICHARD LAW. jun.
Hon. BENJAMIN STODDERT, Secretary of the Navy.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Petersburg, to the Editor of the Aurora, dated May 20.
"On Sunday last, an unlucky affair occurred in this town, between Mr. Thomas Field, Editor of the Republican, and Mr. Thomas Croft. The latter gentleman was killed. The circumstances, as far as I can learn them, are as follows:—Some days before this, Mr. Field and
Mr. Croft had a trifling difference. On this the latter provided himself with a pair of pistols, and loaded horsewhip. He declared that on sight, he would give Mr. Field a drubbing, at the muzzle of a pistol. Mr. Field was informed of this; and, as a necessary consequence, he provided himself with a pair of pistols. On Sunday morning he was met in the market-house by Mr. Croft, and, after a few words, the latter struck Mr. Field, and continued his blows for several minutes. Mr. Field repeatedly called out to the bystanders to take him away—but as no person either interfered, or shewed a disposition for interfering, he drew out one of his pistols from his pocket, and shot Mr. Croft. The ball entered just below the left breast, and Croft expired in about fifteen minutes. Mr. Field immediately surrendered himself to the magistrates, and an examination took place, when he was committed for further trial, on Friday next.
BOSTON, May 28.
The Hon. Caleb Strong, Esq. Governor elect of Massachusetts, we learn, set out on a journey for this town, on Monday last; and arrived last evening at Waltham; where it is said he will continue until Friday. The Legislature, after filling up the vacancies in the Senate, this day, will appoint a committee to examine the returns of Governor, which will, unquestionably, report to-morrow; and a committee will immediately be chosen to wait on the Governor-elect, and acquaint him of the choice of the people. On Friday morning, it is expected, he will come to town; and we learn he will be met by a military escort, and a splendid cavalcade of citizens, from this and the adjacent towns, who are anxious to testify their respect to a man who unites to great abilities, long experience, and unimpeachable integrity, that suavity of manners, and complacency of deportment, which always command the respect, and insure the affection of mankind.
The Executive duties of the Commonwealth will be discharged by a majority of the Council, until the Governor-elect is sworn into office; which probably will be on Friday.
COMMUNICATION.
To use the language of Junius , a man would be suspected of more than common enmity to Mr. Jefferson, who could furnish such writers as appear in the Chronicle with materials for undertaking his defence. Let us attend to a few of the arguments of these wiseacres. First , Mr. Jefferson was a copiator of WASHINGTON at the commencement of the revolution. Agreed. So was Doctor Church, so was Benedict Arnold. What does this prove? Not that Mr. Jefferson ought to be classed with those men, but merely that nothing certain can be inferred from patriotism . From the compost of revolutions, " patriots " sprout up by hundreds, like mushrooms. In France they cut two or three crops in a summer without exhausting the soil. It is of some consequence to prove the beginning of patriotism, when it can also be proved to hold out to the last. Again, Mr. Jefferson was Secretary of State during the administration of Washington. Granted; and what follows? That he was Washington's friend and deserved well of his confidence. Denied. Edmund, the confessor , was also a Secretary of State, but we know that he was an opposer and underminer of the Washington policy. But the sum total of Mr. Jefferson's merit, his paramount and indefeasible claim to the President's chair, is his concern in the declaration of independence. What concern? Did he first move it in Congress? No—Mr. Adams was the first who made the motion. What then—did he support the motion in his place? Oh! not at all, Mr. Jefferson is no orator, and never spoke in public but once or twice. He signed it then? To be sure, and so did all the members present—but he drew it up with his pen?—He was the chairman of a committee of five who reported the first draft, and it is probable that his pen was employed to compile his own ideas, and those of his colleagues on the committee, and though we know not what alterations were made in the instrument in Congress, where it was debated three days; yet on the whole it is fair to presume that the credit attached to it as a composition, principally belongs to Mr. Jefferson. So the fact stands. John Adams and others made the independence of America; Thomas Jefferson put their doings upon paper. " By Gar ," said Monsieur " it was de Frenchman who invented de ruffle for de shirt ." " True " said John Bull, " but it was the Englishman who put the shirt to it ."—All which being translated into true classical Latin, reads thus:— Hoc ego verficulos feri, tulit aliter honores .
JUNE 3.
"Artillery Election."
Yesterday was celebrated, with the customary festivity, the election of the officers of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company. The company formed at the usual hour, and escorted his Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Council, and several other distinguished civil and military officers, to the Old Brick Meeting-House, where the Anniversary Sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Kellog, of Framingham. After the religious exercises were terminated, the company was again formed, and escorted the same respectable gentlemen to Faneuil-Hall, which was decorated with taste and elegance; and where a sumptuous entertainment was prepared. After dinner, the company marched to the Common, and performed with precision various exercises and evolutions. The old officers then resigned to his Excellency the Governor the insignia of their respective ranks, and he presented them to the newly elected officers. After these ceremonies, the company again returned to Faneuil-Hall, with a few guests, to partake of a collation.
The following gentlemen were elected officers for the present year:
Jonas Bats, Captain—Daniel Messinger, Lieutenant—Richard Austin, Ensign.
PROVIDENCE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4.
Monday last being the Anniversary Election of Town Officers for the year ensuing, the following gentlemen were chosen to the offices assigned to their respective names, viz.
Town-Clerk , Nathan W. Jackson. Town-Council , John Dorrance, Joel Metcalf, Benjamin Hoppin, Joseph Jenckes, and James Bullock. Town-Sergeant , Henry Bowen. Town-Treasurer , Samuel Nightingale. Town-Auditor , John Smith, John Mumford, and Richard Jackson, jun. Constables , Thomas Williams, William Givens, Melzar Packard, Jonathan French, George Gordon, George Bradford, Jesse Whitmore, Alpheus Billings, John Luffell, Daniel Hayward, Calvin Walker, William Burr, Peleg Sherman, Henry Alexander, and Benjamin Peck. Sealers of Weights and Measures , Jacob Whitman, and Jacob Whitman, jun. Assessors of Rates and Dues , of the Poor, William Learned, William Richmond, and John Davis. Surveyors of Yeats, Beards, Spars, Timber and corded Wood , Asa Franklin, Simon Ingraham, Joshua Lindley, Jehu Smith, Caleb Ormsbee, Walker Harding, Elijah Ormsbee, Melzar Packard, Nedabiah Smith, and Christopher Arnold, as to Spars . Surveyors of Highways , Nathan Waterman, Oliver Bowen, jun. John Dorrance, William Burr, Calvin Dean, and Jeremiah B. Howell. Guagers of Casks , Samuel Jackson, Elek Eddy, James Weedon, John Burrough, Samuel Weedon, John R. Batch, and Cyrus Eddy. Collector of Taxes , Henry Bowen. Clerk of the Market , Job Danforth. Packers of Beef, Pork and Fls. , William Billings, Samuel Jackson, Ephraim Clements, John L. Munroe, John Easton, Arthur Farrier, Charles Luffell, Samuel Easton, Samuel Brown, Henry Randall, James Weedon, and Wilbur Paul. Corders of Fire-Wood , John Vial, John Petty, John Luffell, Samuel Wilkie, Seth Davis, Nathan Arnold, Robert Sutton, Henry Alexander, Aaron Seaman, James Weedon, and Obadiah Mason. Overseers of the Hospital , the Town-Council. Pound-Keepers , Charles Holden, and John Miller. To value Estates when disputed in voting , James Bowen, John Brown, and John Mason. Over-Viewers , Samuel Thurber, jun. Christopher Arnold, and Caleb Williams. Presidents of the Fire-Wards , John Brown, James Bowen, and Samuel Butler. Fire-Wards , Ames Atwell, Henry Smith, John Mumford, John Dorrance, Benjamin Hoppin, David Howell, Ebenezer Thompson, John Isaac Clark, John Carlile, Moses Lippitt, Seth Wheaton, and Joshua Lindley. Fire-Engine Company, No. 1 , Richard Jackson, jun. Nicholas Brown, Robert Taylor, jun. John Howland, Nathan Angell, jun. George Jackson, William Lee, Edward Dexter, Eliza Brown, Nathaniel Smith, Stephen Harris, and Isaac Bullard. Fire-Engine Company, No. 2 , Nehemiah Sweet, Samuel Thurber, jun. Philip Martin, Joseph Jenckes, Samuel Whipple, Squire Thurber, James Burr, Samuel Staples, James Thurber, Ebenezer K. Dexter, James Gorham, and Ezekiel Burr. Fire-Engine Company, No. 3 , John Matthewson, Jonathan W. Coy, Peter Grinnell, Ward Cowling, William Taylor, Nicholas D. Greene, Richard Anthony, Joseph Anthony, Calvin Dana, Barnard Eddy, William Paul, and Benjamin Aborn. Fire-Engine Company, No. 4 , Israel Davis, George Earle, Eben Coleman, John F. Sheldon, Cromwell Barsey, Benjamin Clifford, James Pitcher, Elijah Ormsbee, Benjamin F. Gorton, Peleg Peckham, Charles Sheldon, and Oliver Earle. Fire-Engine Company, No. 5 , Obadiah Tripp, Caleb Williams, William Brownell, Calvin Dean, Thomas Williams, Pardon Mason, James Petty, Isaac Manchester, David Atwood, Emor Angell, Hezekiah Smith, and William Peabody. Committee to remove Goods, &c. in case of Fire , John Dorrance, John Mumford, Nathan Waterman, Joseph Peck, and Ames Atwell. Persons to remove and pull down houses in case of Fire , Comfort Wheaton, James Snow, Jehu Smith, Martin Seaman, Oliver Carpenter, John Carlile, Caleb Ormsbee, Walter Harding, and Darius Allen. Field Drivers , Rufus Waterman, Michael Metcalf, George Gordon, John Tapp, Daniel Tapp, Uriah Hopkins, Henry Sweeting, Calvin Walker, Jonathan French, Nathan Salisbury, and Calvin Dean. Scalers of Leather , Calvin Dean. Banqueters , Isaac Peck, William Snow, Henry Alexander, Thomas Arnold, and Joshua Lindley. Overseers of the Work-House , The Overseers of the Poor. Town Criers , Daniel Branch, John Beasley, and William Gerrish. Overseers of Weybosset Bridge , The Town-Treasurer. Committee to prevent Encroachments on Streets, Highways, Lanes, Gangways and Commons , Lemuel Bishop, William Thayer, Jeremiah B. Howell, John Howland, Peter Grinnell, Paris J. Tillinghast, and Philip Martin. Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes , Samuel Jackson, and Samuel Weedon. Measurers of Carpenters' Works, Planing, &c. , John Lindley, Caleb Ormsbee, John Isaac Clark, Walter Harding, Edward Mason, Abel Allen, George Earle, and Darius Allen. Inspectors of Lines , Zephaniah Andrews, Amos Horton, and Cyrus Cole. Advising Committee on Repairs of Weybosset Bridge , John Smith, and John Mason. Committee to superintend Stove-Pipes, Chimneys and Fireplaces , John Matthewson, Thomas Jackson, William Thayer, John Spurr, William Almy, and Samuel Thurber, jun.
COMMUNICATION.
President WASHINGTON's Valedictory Address is the most invaluable legacy ever bequeathed by a statesman to his country. The following extract illustrates, with prophetic sagacity, the horrors of the French Revolution. The character and conduct of Buonaparte are here drawn in colours so strong, that one would almost suppose a personal application was intended.
"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by a spirit of revenge natural to party dissention, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
Americans, beware!—lest assured that the object of those who attempt to excite a jealousy and distrust against the government of your choice, is nothing less than to establish a despotism of the same kind.
In the ship Two Friends, arrived at New-York from London, came passenger Mr. CALES BOWERS, of this town, merchant.
The Minerva, of Boston, with a very valuable cargo of spring goods from London, which was captured by a French privateer, and afterwards retaken by a British frigate, and sent into Plymouth, was to sail again for America soon after the Two Friends.
A subscription is open at R. T. Rawle's bookstore, No. 50, North Second-street, Philadelphia, to raise 500 dollars, as a reward to the detector of the monster that infests the streets, endangering the lives of the citizens, and assaulting the women in a most barbarous manner.
The regiments to be disbanded by the resolution of Congress, are the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th. The permanent army establishment will then consist of one regiment of cavalry, commanded by Col. Wauz; two regiments of artillery and engineers, commanded by Col. Burbeck; and four regiments of infantry, commanded by Colonels Hamtramck, Strong, Gaiher and Butler.
The schooner Juno, of Pepperelborough, prize to the U. S. frigate General Greene, has arrived at Newport.
The 10th United States Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Col. T. Moore, which was stationed at Carlisle during the winter, marched for Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac, last Monday se'nnight.
The Hon. Mr. Dexter, of Massachusetts, we learn, has accepted the War Department.
The ship Columbia, Capt. William Rodman, of this port, left from Charleston, has been spoken going into Cows.
The ship Semiramis, Capt. Benjamin Pearce, arrived at Newport on Sunday last, from Hamburg.
The sloop Lydia, Northport, of this port, was at the Havannah the 10th of May, detained on account of her having specie on board. The money (which was found concealed in a number of boxes of sugar) would probably be confiscated, and the vessel set at liberty.
The ship Hope, of Bristol, Capt. J. Dorrance, failed from Canton for home 155 days since, and may be hourly expected.
TO FARMERS.
Pieces of rags dipped in a mixture of train oil and bruised gun-powder, and hung up on hedges or poles, will effectually protect newly sown corn from the depredations of crows, rooks, &c.
We understand that locusts, in their grub worm state, have this spring been dug up in great quantities in the surrounding country. This circumstance induced a belief, that we should receive one of their periodical visitations this summer. The appearance of this phenomenon of nature is now almost reduced to a certainty, as within a few days immense numbers of locusts have emerged from their "grub case," and risen from the earth in the vicinity of our city. A period of 16, 17 or 18 years generally elapses between the visits of those extraordinary insects. Their last appearance in this state was in 1782. [Philad. paper.]
From a late London Paper.
Yesterday, a bald pated Lady lost her wig on Westminster bridge; and to complete her mortification, a near-sighted gentleman, who was passing at the time, addressed the back of her head, in mistake for her face, with a speech of condolence.
MARRIED.
At South-Kingstown, Mr. PAUL DAY, of Catkill, N. Y. to Miss EMMA GARDNER, daughter of Col. John Gardner. Mr. ISRAEL AMOLD to Miss ELIZA MANCHESTER, daughter of Capt. John Manchester, of this town.
DIED.
At Barrington, in this State, Gen. THOMAS ALLIN. At New-York, Gen. JOHN LAMB, aged 66.
THE Committee appointed to prepare a Constitution, or Plan for a MUTUAL INSURANCE FIRE COMPANY, in Providence, will be ready to report to their constituents on Saturday the 7th inst. at three o'clock, P. M. at the Court-House in Providence; at which time and place a general attendance is requested. By order, JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Clk. to the Com.
John Carlile,
Cabinet and Chair-Maker,
At his shop, in Benefit-street, opposite the Dwelling-House of the late Col. NIGHTINGALE.
CONTINUES to carry on the Cabinet and Chair-making business, in all its branches; where may be had, at the shortest notice, all kinds of fashionable FURNITURE, made in the best manner.
He has at all times on hand, READY-MADE FURNITURE, suitable for exportation, which may be delivered at a short notice.
Gun-Carriages of all sizes, for armed vessels, made at a short notice, of durable materials, and on the most approved construction. June 4.
For Sale,
THAT pleasantly situated FARM, and elegant stand for a TAVERN, in Mendon, long known by the name of ANNIDON'S TAVERN, containing 130 acres of the best land in the county of Worcester, being well watered, and equally proportioned as to Mowing, Pasturing, Tillage and Woodland; with an orchard that will produce apples for 150 barrels of cider, yearly, and a large number of young trees, grafted with different kinds of fruit. There are about 50 tons of English Hay cut on said farm yearly. There is a new House, two stories high, well finished, with a hall 36 feet long and 18 feet wide; likewise, another convenient Dwelling-House, a Hatter's Shop, two Barns and Stables, and a Cider-House, Mill and Press, and other out-houses. It is one of the best stands for a tavern of any in the country, being on the TURNPIKE-ROAD from Hartford to Boston, and likewise on the road from Providence to Worcester, and a few rods north of the Meeting-House in Mendon. There is one tavern within 3 miles, and no other within 6 miles, in any direction. The farm lies nearly in a square body; three sides of it adjoin on roads. It is well fenced into square lots, with good stone wall. For pleasantness, health and profit, none exceed it. For conditions of sale, and further particulars, apply to the subscribers, on the premises.
MILLER and FULLER.
Mendon, May 30.
RAN away from the subscribers, on the 28th of May last, an indentured APPRENTICE LAD, named CHARLES M. KINSMAN, in the 20th year of his age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, rather light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, and has some impediment in his speech. Had on, when he went away, a striped cotton shirt, brown short coat, duck trowsers, cafer hat, and carried with him a bundle of other cloaths. Whoever will return said lad to his master, and insure him to serve his time out faithfully, agreeable to his indenture, shall have forty dollars reward.
All masters of vessels, and others, are forbid harbouring said lad on the penalty of the law. ABEL ALLEN. June 4.

Original Poetry.
For the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL.
Mr. CARTER.
Should you deem the following imperfect Lines worthy a place in your Poetical Department, you will please to inform them.
MILD planet of the night. I love thee well, For well I know thy soft, thy chastening power; With pensive joy I hail the peaceful hour, When thy bright beams illumine the dusky dell.
Or when, arising o'er some rocky steep, Thy rays give beauty to the darksome shade; Or when their mild radiance o'er the lonely glade, Or tremble on the undulating deep.
Emblem of peace, thou shed'st thy borrow'd light To guide the weary wanderer on his way; Protected by thy mild, thy cheering ray, He dares to travel 'mid the shades of night.
Thy crested form the lively rustic loves; When in the west declines the setting sun, And all the labours of the day are done, On the green grass with lightsome step he moves.
When lovely silence reigns throughout the glade, Alone disturb'd by Philomela's soft notes, The youthful lover woos his smiling maid, While on the breeze the plaintive music floats.
Reclin'd beside some gently murmuring rill, Raptur'd, he listens to the melting lay, Eyes the bright form, flow rising o'er the hill, While he, enchanted, sighs his soul away.
For me! I hate the glaring orb of day; But when still Night begins her silent reign; When thy white beams across the water play, And no rude noise disturbs the grassy plain;
Delighted then, I quit my gloomy cell, And climb the towering mountain's misty brow, To seek, with pensive step, the flowery dell, Where soft ELYSA heard my ardent vow.
She heard, and smil'd!—I thought the maid sincere, And fond, extatic happiness was mine; No doubt, I re-bonding doubt, no anxious fear, No black suspicion of some fell design.
Disturb'd my bliss!—for, ah! I thought full well The treacherous maid was true to virtue's charms; But while her tongue a flattering tale could tell, A base-born menial clasp'd her in his arms.
Yes, in a myrtle bower, supinely laid, Sooth'd by the longers from a neighbouring grove, I caught him circling round the wanton maid, While pleas'd he listen'd to his tales of love.
Swift from its scabbard flew my faithful sword— Not all her prayers, not all her tears could save; By rage and fury urg'd, his breath I spar'd, And plung'd him instant in a dreary grave.
To Heav'n the fair one rais'd her streaming eyes, Then on her lover turn'd their mournful view; Her snowy bosom heav'd with sullen sighs, While from his vest a pointed steel she drew.
With this she pierc'd her breast; while from the wound The gushing torrent pour'd its crimson tide; She sunk beside her lover on the ground, And, pressing his cold lips with rapture, died.
Though faithless to the love which she avow'd, Yet did I pity her untimely doom— In the first morning of her life, to shroud Her opening beauties in the silent tomb!
Near yonder shadowy, solitary vale, Where the swift river pours its murmuring wave, Where the sad raven croaks her mournful tale, Remain the lovers in one humble grave.
EDWIN.
PROVIDENCE,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the frigate General Greene. Capt. Perry, to a gentleman in this town, dated Cape-Francois, April 14.
"On our leaving this place in January last, we were ordered by Commodore Talbot to make a cruise round Hispaniola, from which we returned but a few days since; not that it would have required half that time to have performed the route, but for the purpose of aiding General Toussaint in the capture of Jacquemel. We cruised off that port a considerable time to intercept supplies for Rigaud. This had the desired effect. Jacquemel, closely besieged on the land side by Toussaint's army, and blockaded by the General Greene, was reduced to a state of starvation. As a last effort, they made a desperate sally in the night, with intention to force Toussaint's lines, but failed in the attempt, and the whole garrison, consisting of more than 500 men, fell into the hands of Toussaint. The capture of Jacquemel is of infinite consequence to Toussaint, and of high importance to the commerce of the United States to this island, as in the general opinion it will much facilitate the entire reduction of Rigaud's power. It is impossible for me to describe to you the manner in which Toussaint expressed his gratitude to Capt. Perry on this occasion. We engaged 3 of Rigaud's forts warmly for 30 or 40 minutes; in which time we obliged the enemy to evacuate the town and two of the forts, and to repair to their strongest hold; this fort, however, soon hauled down its colours. The damage we received was very inconsiderable; a few shot in our sides, and some of our rigging cut away. The enemy had several men killed and wounded."
From late London Papers.
A new Journal has lately appeared at Paris, under the title of The Harlequin . It is a great favourite with the ladies, as it possesses all the lightness of that motley hero.
An apology was made last night for the omission of the long in Pizarro, at the Bartholomew Fair Theatre, being hoarse with a cold, contrasted while making hay at Illington.
EPIGRAM.
Whispering close a maid long courted, That cry'd Drona, by touch transported— "Prithee tell me, gentle Dolly, Is not loving long, a folly?" "Yes," said she, "with finite reproving, Loving long, and ONLY LOVING."
Mademoiselle Clairon, a French actress, for many years fancied herself haunted by the ghost of a deceased lover, to whom she had proved unfaithful. Among all the ghosts with which our theatres are troubled, we have not heard of this species of spectres troubling our actresses.
Our philosophers, puzzled about the commencement of the next century, are disputing upon the division of time, while our fashionables are employed with equal intenceness in studying to kill it.
A publican's sign at Queen's- Ferry, bears the following inscription: "Genteel entertainment for gentlemen and their horses."
Mr. Edward Howard has lately discovered a Fulminating Mercury, the exact preparation of which is not yet made public, but the effects are very wonderful. Three grains laid on an anvil, and struck with a cold hammer, exploded with a stunning noise and concussion. Both a powder-proof and a musket-barrel were burst by a few grains of this destructive compound. It explodes at about 400 degrees of Fahrenheit.
There is a singular piece of ordnance at Bednore, a town in the dominions of Tippoo Sultan, which is 23 paces in length, and is said to carry shot the distance of 4 miles.
If the fashion for old ladies should continue, it may be expected that all the young ones, instead of sporting auburn ringlets, will appear in hoary tresses, and only use paint for the purpose of making artificial wrinkles, that they may appear in the full bloom of tonish antiquity.
SALEM, May 23.
The following is a statement of the probable votes which will be given for President and Vice-President at the ensuing election, as made from the best information we can obtain. In this statement we do not include Pennsylvania, because the Legislature of that State have not yet made a law providing for the next election, and probably will not, from the disagreement of the two Houses. New-York we have placed on the side of the anties; but we have yet no certain account of the result of their state elections, on which it depends. South-Carolina we have placed on the same side; but if a federal candidate, belonging to that state, should be held up, he will undoubtedly receive a part, if not the whole, of her votes.
   Fed. Anti.     New-Hampshire, 6   Vermont, 4   Massachusetts, 16   Rhode-Island, 4   Connecticut, 9   New-York, 12   New-Jersey, 7   Delaware, 3   Maryland, 6 4   Virginia, 21   North-Carolina, 6 7   South-Carolina, 8   Georgia, 4   Tennessee, 3   Kentucky, 4   60 63  
The whole number of votes, without Pennsylvania, will make 123, and 62 will make a choice.
New, Cheap and Good! JUST OPENED, And will be sold on the lowest terms for cash, by Elisha Dyer,
A General assortment of fancy Spring and Summer GOODS, worth the attention of customers.
ALSO, received last week, 16,000 wt. of first quality TOBACCO, on terms and credit to suit the purchaser, for good security. May 28. (6w.)
To be Sold,
A PEW in the new Benevolent Congregational Meeting-House, on the lower floor, in a pleasant situation. For particulars, enquire of the Printer. May 28.
Take Notice.
WHEREAS the Freemen of the town of Providence, in Town-Meeting legally assembled, on the 26th day of April, 1800, directed a tax of six 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 respectfully to inform all concerned, that for the purpose of receiving the several sums which have been assessed on them respectively, he will attend in the lower room of the Exchange Coffee-House, during the ten days immediately preceding the 1st day of July next, Sundays excepted, and at all other times, from this date until that period, at his own house. Any persons applying as above, will have two per cent. deducted from the sums assessed on them, agreeably to the order of said town. BENJAMIN TAYLOR, Collector. May 28.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations. May 17, 1800.
THE Creditors of John Aldrich, of Smithfield, in the county of Providence, labourer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be holden at Newport, on the second Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of the act passed in June 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
Boston, May 15, 1800.
PROPOSALS, By JOHN RUSSELL, FOR PUBLISHING, BY SUBSCRIPTION, DISCOURSES on DAVILA.
THE editor of this work respectfully acquaints the public, that he has been induced to the undertaking, by many friends of high political reputation.
These Discourses were originally published in the Gazette of the United States; but as they did not allow to Man that portion of political virtue which our citizens, at the time of their first appearance (in 1790) but too erroneously supposed him to possess, they were either condemned as a libel on his nature, or viewed with jealousy, as inimical to freedom. Our observations from abroad, and experience at home, have since taught us the lessons they were intended to inculcate; and those evils which they were designed to prevent, have borne the testimony of their truth.
It is unnecessary to mention the rank or reputation of the supposed author, to give celebrity to the work. The Discourses are allowed, by the best judges, to form a complete essay on associated man; in which practical improvement is drawn from profound investigation; his principles of action, as an individual, traced to their effects in his relative capacity; and from the light of history, and a thorough knowledge of his nature, his past disasters are made subservient to his present and future happiness.
The maxims inculcated are calculated to secure virtue, by laying a restraint upon vice; to give age and vigour to the tree of liberty, by pruning its excrescences, and to guard it against the tempest of faction, by the protection of a firm and well balanced government.
A work, combining so much excellence, on a subject of such dignity and importance, cannot be too much appreciated. Conceiving it to be both useful and honourable to his country, the editor is desirous to give it a more durable publicity; and believing the work will meet with a welcome reception from his fellow-citizens, he presumes that to offer proposals will preclude the necessity of soliciting the patronage of the public to forward his design.
Terms and Conditions.
The work will make from 400 to 450 large octavo pages, and will be printed with a handsome type, on the best demy printing paper. It will be neatly bound and lettered, and delivered to subscribers at two dollars.
* * Subscriptions received by the editor, at his office, Spring-lane, a few doors east of Messrs. Blake's book-store; at the several book-stores in town, and by the principal Postmasters in this and the State of New-Hampshire.
TO BE LET,
A CONVENIENT and well situated HOUSE, with a SHOP in front, in Weybosset-street, near the Long Wharf. It is one of the best stands in town for business, and may be entered on the first of June, on terms that will be deemed reasonable. For particulars, apply to JOHN NICOLLS.
The House and Shop will be let separately, if most agreeable.
RED CLOVER SEED.
A QUANTITY of excellent RED CLOVER SEED, just received, and to be sold at a reduced price, by the subscriber—Also, Several other sorts of HAY SEED, Clean BARLEY, FLAX SEED and OATS, and a variety of other Seeds. May 1. THOMAS JONES.
JOHN BREWER
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has taken a shop in the House of Mr. Spalding, formerly occupied by Mr. Nelson, where he carries on the
Book-Binding Business.
Those who will favour him with their custom, may depend upon having their work well done and upon the most reasonable terms.
A handsome assortment of Account Books will be kept constantly for sale. May 21.
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, Discharges 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 colic 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 POPE, Providence.
PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that the Sale at Public Auction of the Real Estate of GEORGE WASHINGTON RHODES, deceased, notified to be held this day on the premises, stands adjourned to Monday the seventh day of August next, at one o'clock, P. M. at which time said Estate will be sold on the premises. SAMUEL ABORN, jun. Administrator. May 12.
HENRY CUSHING
INforms the Ladies and Gentlemen of Providence, that he has purchased the Book-Store and Circulating Library,
Formerly belonging to Mr. J. J. TOWN; where he has constantly for Sale, a general Assortment of BOOKS, on
Divinity, Philosophy, Astronomy, Law, Physic, History, Voyages, Travels, Biography, Geography, Architecture, Navigation, Husbandry, Miscellanies, &c.
He has lately received from Boston a number of new Publications, among which are, The Child's Library , an excellent school book, by William Bigelow.
Also, A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever , by James Tyler, compiler of the medical part of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Adams' History of New-England; Count Rumford's Essays.
A general assortment of Charts and Seaman's Books, among which are Moore's Navigator, improved; American Coast Pilot, Naval Gazetteer, Seaman's Journals, Scales and Dividers.
School Books, of every kind.
Blank Books, a general assortment, and ruled to any pattern.
STATIONARY,
Such as Superfine English hot-pressed Vellum Paper, of different sizes; Foolscap do. per ream or quire; Gilt and common Letter ditto; Bonnet and marbled ditto; Black and red Morocco Pocket Books, all sizes; Best Dutch Quills, per thousand, hundred of less quantity; Sealing Wax and Wafers; Slates and Pencils; Black and red Lead Pencils, Best London Ink Powder; Marble Ink Chasers; Pocket Ink Stands, of all kinds; Copy Slips; Pen and Desk Knives; and a variety of Fancy Articles.
English and Columbian Playing Cards. A handsome assortment of Children's BOOKS.
A few fashionable English Watches, Chains, Seals and Keys.
N. B. Real Havanna SEGARS, by the Box, or at Retail.
He has constantly in his Circulating Library, a large collection of NOVELS, &c. and will receive the latest publications from London, Philadelphia, New-York and Boston. Ladies and Gentlemen who will please to look into his Library, he hopes, will not go away disappointed.
An elegant Set of Spencer's FAIRY QUEEN, for Sale as above. May 21.
HAPPY CONTRADICTION.
An extraordinary event at the opening of the extraordinary year 1800, OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. Being the beginning of the latter end of a century.
AT a tavern last night an old fashion-ed 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 YUNCE; 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 whitewashed soldier in his huted tent—(how comfortable.)
The new invented and improved Box, containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case,
A polished Razor—Comb—Brush—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 sold at No. 65, South Third-Street (opposite the United States Bank) Philadelphia; and in Providence, by JEREMIAH F. JENKINS, at No. 3, Market-street.
At only three Dollars.
And by the agents usually appointed to dispose of the invaluable and agreeable STROP. Feb. 19. (t. f.)