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For SALE, By the Executrix of the late Capt. ZACHARIAS ALLEN, 40 Boxes of Havana White Sugars, entitled to Draw-back: 28 Ditto Brown 35 Hhds. of Cape 33 Hhds. of Cape, Surinam and Barbados SUGARS, 32 Boxes of white and 5 Boxes of brown Havana Ditto, 300 Hhds. of New-England RUM, 20,000 lb. of Loaf SUGAR, 2700 lb. of American SNUFF, in Hhds. and Kgs.
The above articles will be sold on a credit, with approved security. N. B. To be let, near the centre of the town, the south wharf and stores, together or separately, one of which is calculated for a Grocery Shop. June 4.
William Blodget, jun.
CHEAPSIDE, No. 3, HAS just received a consignment from the cargo of the ship Bedford, recently from Calcutta, of the following Goods, now opening for sale, by quantities to suit the purchasers, at very favourable prices, for cash, or approved notes at Bank of 3 months, 8 bales Jalolpore Mamoudy Mullins 2 do. Janah do. do. 2 do. Alibad do. do. 1 do. Mow Coffes do. do. 1 do. Sandah do. do. 4 do. Burboom Gurrahs do. 1 do. Mow Sanahs do. 3 do. Alibad Omerty do. 1 do. Jalolpore Sawn do. 2 do. Patna Baftas do. 2 do. Jugda do. do. 1 do. Table-Cloths 1 do. Blue Romal Handkerchiefs 1 do. Mock Pulicat do. 1 do. Ginghams 1 do. Checks 2 cases Bandano Handkerchiefs 4 bags Pepper 50,000 Segars
A few pieces each Dacca, Jacomet, Book, Surhaw, and Silver wrought Mull Mull Mullins. May 27.
Just received, and now opening, by Bowers and Bucklin, At their Store, opposite Messrs. BROWN and IVES,
ONE package Linen Checks, assorted One case low priced 4-4 Irish Linens One do. fine do. One do. India Bandanoes, of a superior quality.
N. B. The above goods for cash only.
Also, per ship Obris, via New-York, Two casks, containing a general assortment of Hard Ware, and one case fashionable Buttons, upon liberal approved credit. May 27.
Now landing from the ship Minerva, and for sale by
Samuel G. Arnold and Co. SEVEN Thousand bushels of Bonavista SALT.
They have likewise for sale, Turks-Island Salt 30 tons of Old Sable Russia Iron Russia and Ravens Duck, of various qualities Russia Sheetings, bleached and unbleached Russia Diaper Bordage assorted White Lead and Spanish Brown Loo-king-Glasses A quantity of Flag-Stones Most of the above goods are entitled to debenture on exportation, and will be sold on a liberal credit for approved security. May 27.
New Cash Store.
SULLIVAN MOULTON HAS opened a Store in the House of Dr. A. THROOP, No. 6, Cheapside, where he is now opening a handsome assortment of ENGLISH and SCOTCH GOODS, proper for the present and ensuing seasons. Those ladies and gentlemen that will favour him by calling and seeing for themselves, will be entitled to his utmost attention.
N. B. Cash is only received in pay for his goods, and for that they will be sold on terms that cannot fail to suit the purchasers. May 20.
At a Town-Meeting of the Freemen of the Town of Providence, held on the First Day of June, A. D. 1801.
VOTED and Resolved, That the Suit heretofore ordered to be commenced against Henry Bowen, on Account of Taxes, be suspended until the next August Town-Meeting:—And that he be directed to exert himself, in the Interim, to collect all Arrearages of Taxes due him as Collector for the Town:—And that he produce at said Meeting a List of the Names of all Delinquents, and the Amount of the Sums or Arrearages due from them respectively.
It is also Voted, That Jesse Whitmore and Benjamin Taylor be directed to exert themselves to collect all Arrearages of Taxes due them as Collectors for the Town; and that they produce a List, at the next August Town-Meeting, of the Names of all Persons who may be delinquent in paying the same, specifying also the Amount of the Sums due from such Persons respectively.
Ordered, That the foregoing Resolutions be published in the several Newspapers printed in this Town.
A true Copy: Witness, NATHAN W. JACKSON, T. Clerk.
At a Town-Meeting of the Freemen of the Town of Providence, legally warned and assembled at the Town-House on the First Day of June, 1801.
WHEREAS for the greater Security of the Health of the Inhabitants of this Place, during the warm Season of the Year, it is highly necessary that all dead Fish should be gutted in the River below the Town, previous to their being brought up and exposed for Sale in the same:—Resolved therefore, That from this Time henceforward, and until the last Day of September next, no dead Fish shall be permitted to be sold in the Market, or be exposed for Sale therein, without being first gutted as aforesaid. Any Person or Persons transgressing in this Particular shall incur a Penalty of Ten Dollars, to be sued for and recovered before any Court proper to try the same. And the Clerk of the Market is directed to cause this Resolution to be carried into Effect.
A true Copy: NATHAN W. JACKSON, T. Clerk.
THE Subscriber has for sale at his Store (formerly occupied by R. PRACE and Co.) No. 2, Water-Street, in Dr. WILLIAM BOWEN's house, just below the Market; a large and handsome assortment of warranted SHOES, which he is retailing at the following uncommon low prices, for cash only, viz. Mens Boston warranted shoes, 9s. to 10/6 Ladies Morocco Slippers, with and without heels, at 7/6 Ladies black and fancy stuff, and leather ditto, at 5/3 Misses Morocco and Leather Slippers And Children's Shoes. Also for sale, A quantity of Indigo and Wool, one trunk of Mullins, Broadcloths and Coatings. EARL DOUGLAS PEARCE. June 3.
Strayed or Stolen,
ON the night of the 28th ult. from an inclosure of Mr. JONATHAN PAGE, innholder in Charlestown (Massachusetts) a light red roan HORSE, about nine years old, light mane and tail, all of his feet white, a white stripe in his forehead, natural trotter, and good carraiged. Whoever will give information to Mr. PAGE, or the subscriber, living in Shrewsbury, so that he may recover his Horse again, shall receive 5 dollars reward, or 10 dollars for the Horse and Thief, (if stolen) and all necessary charges paid by NATHANIEL BRIDGHAM. Shrewsbury (Massachusetts) May 30.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, May 25th, 1801.
THE creditors of Nathaniel P. Whiting, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Saddletree-Maker, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Newport on the third Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted, SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
From the PALLADIUM.
ORIGINAL LETTERS, FROM AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN.
Naples, February 10, 1800.
DEAR BROTHER, WE were yesterday at Portici to see the King's gardens, the palace and royal museum. The gardens are beautiful even at this season; but three months hence they will assume a much more lively and charming appearance. Although, comparatively speaking, there can be no winter at Naples, yet, I am persuaded, as Roussau says, that to taste the real pleasures and delights of this climate, we should visit it in summer time—their grottos and shady groves are then delicious; and their long bowers, covered with vines, and festooned with clusters of ripe fruit, afford a most delightful retreat at the close of a hot day—the evening air, perfumed with fruits and flowers, is said to be extremely grateful in the summer season.
The museum contains a vast collection of curiosities found in the ruins of Pompeia and Herculaneum; and there are likewise several fine pieces of sculpture in the gardens, taken from these places—among them are two equestrian statues in white marble, one of which is said to be Mark Anthony.—In the museum are seven statues in bronze, pedestrian, twice as large as life, and extremely well executed, which were taken out entire from the theatre in Herculaneum; and when we were down there the other day, we were shown the several points on which they were placed. This museum is divided into fifteen or twenty large rooms, filled with remnants of antiquity; some of the best pieces have however been taken away by the French; but there still remains sufficient to gratify an ordinary curiosity—the flooring of many of the rooms are mosaic work, taken out of the houses of Pompeia, and nicely placed here in the same figures.—A great variety of fine paintings and sculpture from the same ancient place adorn the rooms, and many pieces of their coin, and household utensils, are preserved and shown us in others. From the museum we went into the palace, and were conducted through a number of apartments, very splendid you may be sure, as they are for the convenience and pleasure of royalty; but except a few good pieces of paintings, we saw nothing very worthy of remark—one of the queen's dressing rooms however was a little curious—the walls and ceiling were all porcelain, in a variety of gay colours, and interspersed with mirrors and Chinese figures, which altogether had a novel effect. This palace is situated a few hundred yards from the bay, opposite Naples, and rises along the acclivity of mount Vesuvius. It may one day be buried itself in lava, as well as the ancient city over whose ruins it is built.—Various streams of lava, which have been poured out of the mount at different times, are seen near this place.—The top of the mount smokes furiously now.—We shall make a tour to the top of it in a few days, when I shall endeavour to descend a little way into the crater, and take some fragments from its smoking entrails, as a curiosity to present my friends when I come home.
NEW-YORK, June 5.
LAST evening arrived ship Argus, Main; 33 days from Bourdeaux. This is the first ship from this port to France, that has performed a voyage out and home, since the renewal of intercourse with that nation. By her, Paris papers to the 26th of April are received, which give the French occurrences eight days later than our last English papers.—Their contents are not important—we have therefore compressed them in the following Summary:
Advices were received at Hamburg the 13th of April, announcing the appointments of Count de Ferzen, Chancellor of Sweden; M. de Zibeth, Secretary of State, and M. de Ehrenheim, Ambassadors to Paris.—Baron de Kreudener, Minister from Russia at the Prussian Court, has been confirmed by the new Emperor.—It is said, at Lubeck, that the new Emperor of Russia has decided in favour of supporting the Northern Confederacy; and that he will propose measures to terminate the differences.—The Prussian army of demarcation, destined for Hanover, have been directed to suspend their march till further orders from Berlin.—The Danes continued at Hamburg the 15th of April, and had reduced the daily contributions exacted from that city, from 6500 Marks, to 3600.—Information was received at Paris, from the frontiers of Russia, to April 10th, announcing the following changes in the police of that Empire:
"All the state prisoners have been set at liberty. The ordinance respecting contraband are abolished. The tariffs of duties of 1782 are re-established. There have been changes relative to the island of Malta. Every body may dress as they please, provided they dress decently. The importation of
merchandise is permitted. The old regiments retake their names. The old guards are replaced. It is permitted to travel in and out of Russia freely. The order of Waldeimir, in which no more Knights were admitted, is re-established. The importation of books is permitted. The embargo on English vessels will last until an answer from England shall arrive."
A paper printed at Milan, of April 8th, published the news of the defeat and re-embarkation of General Abercrombie. A gentleman who came passenger in the Argus, informs, that before he failed, the news from Milan was contradicted in the French papers.
Passawan Oglou has been suddenly attacked and defeated by three Pashas.—The Russian fleet, destined to act against the English, were entirely equipped and ready for sea the 3d of April. One of the fleets, it is said, would take on board a great number of troops, whose destination was unknown; another would join the Danish and Swedish squadrons.—The French army of Italy had, on the 9th of April, evacuated the left bank of the Adige, and entered the Cisalpine territory, to the number of four divisions, on their return to France.—Lord Minto is to be succeeded by Mr. Windham, as English Minister at the Court of Vienna.
Under Paris date of 26th April, are the following articles:
"It is said that Lord Whitworth is coming here in quality of a negotiator, and that the first Consul had required that the negotiations be carried on in London, but that the English government have preferred treating at Paris.
"They write from Calais that the correspondence between the two governments is in constant activity; and from this circumstance is nourished a hope of peace, which we lay hold of with pleasure, and which we cannot lose without regret.
"On the 19th of April, six American vessels entered the port of Bourdeaux, laden with tobacco, coffee, tea, cocoa, potashes, pepper and nankene, for which wine is to be received in return.
"The negotiations between France and Helvetia, which were to take place at Paris, will continue at Berne."
Ratibon, April 11.
We have received here from his Highness the Archduke Charles, an official account of the ratification of the treaty of peace having been exchanged—the two armies will abandon their respective positions, and will entirely evacuate the territory of the empire.
Florence, April 8.
General Murat is much regarded here as the benefactor of the country. His cares have restored to us the reign of wisdom and morality; his beneficence softens as much as it is possible the evils inseparable from a state of conquest.
From the WASHINGTON FEDERALIST.
IT is with reluctance, it is truly with painful reluctance, that we are compelled to declare the sincerity of our belief, that "a political intolerance, as despotism as wicked," is about to become the disgraceful and contradictory comment of an amicable text in the President's fallacious speech of the 4th of March. Though our assurance was strong, though numerous circumstances of political deportment swore to its truth; on the publication of the inaugural speech, we hesitated to believe that, of the truth of which we are now firmly convinced—that that speech was but a net to ensnare popularity; a shadowy deceptive basis for the reposing confidence of unguarded federalism.
The tenor of Mr. Jefferson's public behaviour and private correspondence, from the time of the arrival of Genet till the announcement of his election to the Presidency, indicated, in our view, an uniform system of hostility, if not to the constitution itself, at least to the administration of Washington, and the wholesome, upright and skilful measures that have been pursued by the most wise and most virtuous of our citizens. The inaugural speech unmasked the strength of our creed. We eagerly ransacked the darkest closets of our own bosoms, to discover if haply there we might detect the secret machinations of party spirit and political prejudice. Such, though we could not discover, we feared having harboured. We staggered in our ancient faith, and for a moment discredited the possibility of an union of the most solemn declaration of generous, sound, moral and political doctrines, with the most deceptive hypocrisy. Nero could shed tears when signing a death warrant; but will any one say Nero was the child of compassion? "Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things." "We are all Federalists, we are all republicans." "We have called by different names brethren of the same principle." Such noble and enlightened sentiments formed at the time almost the suspicion of hypocrisy;—do not previous

and subsequent conduct evince its base existence.
There was a time when we could almost believe the charges against Mr. Jefferson the effect of party spirit, of political acrimony; and that the most noble, sublime and disinterested feelings of a general amnesty of former opposition were about to claim their right to the occupancy of the breast, not of the idol or leader of a party, but of the affectionate and conciliating friend and father of a community. There was a time when we could almost believe that the mind of the President, resting on the Alps of high, happy, heroic and philosophical sentiments, could look down unmoved on the stormy contentions of political conflict; nor suffer them to influence a mind, the sphere of whose exercise ought to be far above the tempestuous regions of party spirit or revengeful sensations, of intolerance, and illiberal partiality. Alas! such sentiments were shaped not for his, but for the bosom of a Washington.
Had we asked—had the President any meaning, when professing his abhorrence of a "political intolerance, as despotism as wicked?" If he had any, could he have had any other in view, than that very intolerance, as despotism as wicked, which now actuates his conduct? That he would imitate M c Kean, we had not doubted, if the most solemn, yet the most delusive declarations of a liberal department had not, for a season, checked our well-grounded expectations. Mr. Jefferson is not so rash as M c Kean, but though suavior in modo , he is equally fortis in re . M c Kean, with a blunt Irish honesty, condemned all his opponents in a lump, called them Tories, refugees, royalists, &c. declared he would turn them out of office; had the power, and used it: Mr. Jefferson comes forward with the smile of French philanthropy in his countenance: We are all Federalists, we are all Republicans , dropping from his tongue; his right hand waving with gestures of liberality and affection; and his left, concealed under his cloak, grasping a bundle of Sir, your services are no longer needed .
Foreign Intelligence.
By the Sally , Capt. Sweasey , from Rotterdam, arrived at Boston.
STOCKHOLM (Sweden) April 7.
THE new Russian Emperor has given our Ambassador assurances, that no interruption of the good understanding which has existed between Russia and Sweden shall take place; and that the treaties with Sweden, as well as the Convention of Neutrality, shall be faithfully observed.
Beside the 13 sail of the line which have sailed from Revel, there is a second Squadron at Cronstadt, and a third at Sweaborg, ready for sea. This last is composed of frigates and small vessels.
COPENHAGEN (Denmark) April 14.
Conferences daily take place between our Court, and the Russian, Swedish and Prussian Ministers; who are continually sending couriers to their respective Courts.
The English fleet, of 16 sail of the line, under Admiral Parker, has failed into the Baltic. Of these are the London, of 98 guns, the Admiral's ship, and those which were not engaged in the action of the 2d of April. Just as the English Admiral weighed anchor, he received dispatches from London. What effect they will have on his future operations we have yet to learn. We think there will not be any blood shed in the Baltic.
Admiral Nelson cruises in the Sound, between Elsinore and Copenhagen.
BREMEN (Germany) April 15.
Yesterday a battalion of Prussian troops took possession of this town.—Since then 6000 more have passed through, with artillery, tents, &c.
HANOVER, April 16.
Fort Goege, Nienburg, and several other places in this Electorate, have received Prussian garrisons. Gottingen, on account of its university, has been spared.
LEYDEN (Holland) April 21.
Extract of a letter from Riga, April 1. The first effect of the death of our Emperor, Paul I. has been felt by commerce. All the absurd prohibitions and rigours imposed by him have ceased; and we have just received advices from Petersburg, that not only the exportation of all kinds of merchandise is made free: but that the embargo laid upon English vessels in our ports will be taken off, as soon as the British government shall have taken off that imposed on Danish and Swedish vessels, for having formed an alliance with Russia. Already orders have been sent from Petersburg for the return of the English seamen, which Paul I. had judged proper to send into the interior of the Northern provinces. We understand, the importation of English merchandise will speedily be permitted: The exportation of those of Russia is, without any exception, placed on the footing of the tariff of 1797. We flatter ourselves, that very soon the importation of all those articles which have been prohibited by Paul I. will be equally free. For the rest, the embargo on English vessels continues provisionally; and the office of liquidation of the English effects, and credits seized, yet exists, and is in operation at Petersburg.
FRONTIERS OF TURKEY, March 15.
We learn from Constantinople, that the Minister of England, unable to communicate with the Divan, after a formal order from the
Grand Seigneur, has made preparations for his departure. The same letters state, that a Russian fleet of sixteen ships of war had arrived at the Dardanelles, and that it had at first been refused a passage; but that the Russian Ambassador having addressed himself directly to the Sultan, he had immediately obtained an order that the Straits should be at all times open to Russian vessels.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
By an arrival at Philadelphia.
LONDON, April 24.
THIS day dispatches were received at the Admiralty from Lord Keith, containing an account of the British troops under General Abercrombie having effected a landing in Egypt.
The rumour is revived that 15,000 troops from India had joined him.
We heard with great regret some days ago, that his Majesty was indisposed after his arrival at Kew, in consequence of having taken too much exercise, contrary to the advice of his physicians; but we are happy to learn, he has recovered within these two days, and is again convalescent. A week ago it was resolved the Royal family should go to Weymouth in six weeks, as the hopes of his Majesty's full restoration to health and strength are placed upon the effects the sea will produce. It is now proposed that he shall go thither in a fortnight, should the weather be favourable; it is supposed no drawing-room will this year be held on his birth-day.
Six battalions of infantry, and two of light cavalry, are under embarkation orders, as a reinforcement to Sir Ralph Abercrombie's army in Egypt.
A letter from Copenhagen, dated April 11, says—"It is said that it has been promised verbally, on the part of the English, that ships laden with provisions might go to Norway. The Danish prisoners have already been set at liberty, and arrived here to-day. Business and trade of every description, hitherto interrupted, have resumed their courses, and the effects, which had been removed from the eastern part of the city, for fear of bombardment, are replaced. The different posts are again occupied by the garrison. The subscriptions for our wounded are very considerable; the Counsellor of State, De Conningk, has sent 10,000 dollars for this noble purpose."
VIENNA, April 10.
A report has been received here, by way of Trieste, that the English have taken Corfu, which, however, stands highly in need of confirmation.—Many Greek merchants, who were on their way for Leipzig, in order to buy English goods at the fairs, have suspended their journey, on being informed of the communication between England and the continent being interrupted.—The expedition fitting out at Ancona by the French is said to be destined for Egypt, or according to some to act against Turkey, in concert with Pashwan Ogloou. It consists of 7000 men.
The following order has been published here: "As in consequence of the restoration of peace, the travelling of strangers, in the Imperial hereditary states, will become more frequent, and as the increase of inhabitants in the metropolis, as well as in the principal provincial towns, and the high price of provisions arising therefrom require incessant attention, it is his Majesty's pleasure that orderly and well behaved strangers travelling on business in the Imperial hereditary States, on entering, as well as during their stay, shall meet with all possible encouragement and support; but that proper measures will be pursued to prevent suspicious strangers and persons who have no real business, from entering and remaining in our states. In order to unite these objects, it has pleased his Majesty to make the following regulations: No person, whatever may be his station, can enter the Imperial states without a proper passport; every stranger, in order to obtain such passport, has therefore previously to apply to the Imperial Chancery of State, or to the Imperial Minister, Resident, or Consul abroad, most contiguous to him, to prove his personal circumstances, and the objects of his journey, by credible testimonials from the local authorities, from which however, persons generally known, and particularly distinguished by their rank, are exempted."
On Maundy Thursday his Imperial Majesty, according to ancient custom, washed the feet of 12 old men. The Empress did not perform the same ceremony by the 12 old women, on account of her advancement in pregnancy. The ages of the 12 old men, taken together, amounted exactly to that of Methusalem, viz. 969 years.
Stockholm.—The stagnation of commerce causes the greatest injury to our exchange—many merchants, under pretext of the order of government, have refused to pay bills presented before the embargo.
PARIS, April 26.
Letters from Petersburg announce, that Alexander I. does not wear the order of St. John of Jerusalem.
The Mercury of Suabia states, on the authority of letters from Berlin, that the new Emperor renounces all claims to the island of Malta.
Letters from Holland mention, that 17 Dutch ships of the line, 6 frigates, and a number of small vessels, are in complete readiness for sea. These vessels are formed into two divisions, that of the Texel, and the Meuse. The English have at the mouth of the Meuse only 5 ships of war of an inferior force, and 8 or 9 in sight of the Texel. These dispositions of the enemy cannot prevent a junction of the two Dutch divisions,
should they receive immediate orders to put to sea. Besides which, we are informed of an event extremely probable, that is, that Admiral de Winter was to depart the day before yesterday from the Hague for the Texel.
By the Brothers, Packwood, arrived at New-York from London.—Dates to April 29.
NAVAL COMBAT.
LONDON GAZETTE, April 25, 1801. The following letter is addressed to Admiral Lord Keith:
"Generoux, Port-Mahon, March 21, 1801."
"MY LORD,
"I have the satisfaction to inclose a letter from Capt. Barlow, of his Majesty's ship Phoebe, for your Lordship's information.
"This very gallant and well fought action, as related fully in Capt. Barlow's letter, and much more strongly marked in the hull of the French ship, warrants me in saying, that more skill or effective gunnery were never displayed in any combat than in the present instance.—I have the honour to be, &c., MANLEY DIXON."
"Phoebe, at Sea, 20 leagues east of Gibraltar, Feb. 20."
"MY LORD,
"I have the honour to inform your Lordship, that yesterday about four o'clock in the afternoon, his Majesty's ship under my command being about two leagues to the eastward of Gibraltar, I discovered one of the enemy's ships under Centa, steering with a crowd of sail to the eastward. I had the good fortune to bring her to a close action about half past seven the same evening, which continued within pistol shot with unremitting fury about two hours, the enemy resolutely opposing the animated and skilful exertions of my brave officers and men, until his ship was almost a wreck, 5 feet of water in her hold, her guns dismounted, and literally encumbered with dead, the number of which amounted to 200, and of wounded, to 144. She proves to be the French frigate L'Africaine, of 44 guns, viz. 26 eighteen pounders on her main-deck, and 18 nine pounders on her quarter deck and forecastle, a very fine ship, about three years old, under the orders of the Chief of Division Saunier, whose broad pendant was flying, and who (with many principal officers both of the troops and of the marines) was slain in the action, and commanded by Capt. Magendie, who is amongst the wounded.
"At the commencement of the action she had 715 men, viz. 400 troops and artificers of various descriptions, under the command of Gen. Desfourneaux, and a crew of 315 officers and seamen; also 6 brass field pieces, several thousand stand of arms, ammunition, and implements of agriculture. She sailed from Rochefort on the 13th in company with a frigate, from which she parted on the following day in a gale of wind.
"So tremendous and decisive has been the effect of the fire of the Phoebe in this contest, that I must regret the inability of my pen to do justice to the merits of those who directed it. It has been my duty on a former occasion to report to their Lordships the meritorious conduct of my first Lieutenant, Holland, and the Lieutenants Bedford and Heywood; Lieutenant Weaver of the marines; Mr. Griffiths the master; the warrant and petty officers, and the whole of the ship's company, are entitled to all the commendation in the power of their commander to bestow.
"My satisfaction in relating comparatively the small loss we have sustained, is more easily imagined than described, as it amounts only to one seaman killed; two officers and ten seamen wounded; our damages are chiefly in masts, yards, sails and rigging, the greatest part of which are rendered unserviceable.
"I have the honour to be, My Lord, &c. (Signed) ROBERT BARLOW. To Admiral the Right Hon Lord Keith, &c. &c. &c. Mediterranean."
LONDON, April 25.
As soon as the result of Mr. Garlike's mission to St. Peterburgh shall be known, it is expected that Lord St. Helen's will proceed to that court to conciliate the Emperor. The office has been offered to his Lordship, and has been accepted.
At the corn exchange yesterday, the prices of wheat met little or no alteration from what they were on Wednesday.—Flour continued at 12s. 6d. per sack.
The negotiation, or rather the communication, with France is still continued; though nothing decisive can be expected until the issue of the expedition to Egypt be known, and the real views and projects of the new Russian Emperor, Alexander, be ascertained.
Whether the Chief Consul will be disposed to sacrifice the possession of Egypt, we know not—it matters not whether he was at first driven by the then rulers of France, jealous of his talents and views, to attempt a conquest, of the success of which they doubted; or that it was a favourite project of his own; it is clear, that it is a possession to which he attaches much importance, and will not be disposed to give it up, unless the plague, of which, by his intercepted letter, he appears to have much dread, or the British under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, shall remove every difficulty of negotiating on the subject.
It is said that M. Otto has had fresh instructions from Yarmouth for the Dutch coast, with the Princess of Orange, of 74 guns; Texel, Leyden, Monmouth, Agincourt, of 64;
Madras, of 54; Assistance, of 50; and some smaller ships.
The Isis, of 50 guns, on Friday arrived at Yarmouth, with wounded seamen, &c. from the Baltic fleet. She left Copenhagen on the 19th of April with the Monarch and Holstein, and parted with them on Thursday off the land. It is stated that previous to their sailing from Copenhagen, Admiral Parker had proceeded up the Baltic with his fleet, destined for Revel. The Isis spoke Admiral Totty on Thursday, in the Zealous, of 74 guns, having under his orders the Vengeance and Powerful, of like force; Ruby, of 64; Alcmaer, of 56; Pomona, of 44; eleven gun brigs, each mounting twelve 18 pounders, with sliding keels, and two cutters; the wind having been unfavourable, he had made but little progress. Sir J. B. Warren's squadron was off Toulon on the 6th of March.
The Asia on Friday sailed from the Nore, to join the Baltic fleet; the Dutch ships Gualderland, Galathe, and Amphirite, are nearly ready to follow; as are the Blenheim, Irresistible and Lion, from Chatham. The Standard, of 64 guns, is rigging; and the Theseus and De Ruyter are nearly ready.
April 27.
A flag of truce sailed on Friday for Calais with Mr. Mallet, Mr. Otto's messenger, carrying dispatches to France, which, we believe, put an end to the negotiations for the present. The Clef du Cabinet says, France will no longer be the dupe of the English overtures of peace.
It appears that Admiral Nicely is reviewing the ports of the Netherlands, such as Dunkirk, Nieuport, Ostend, Flushing, &c. where flat bottomed boats are building, for the purpose of attacking this country. Some time ago it was resolved, that Moreau should be stationed in this quarter, at the head of a large army, and it is probably the intention of the enemy to alarm us by threats of an invasion. Last week some French prisoners, who escaped from Yaxley barracks, were retaken in a boat off Norfolk; and in the hat of one of them was found a complete chart of the Lincolnshire coast, which has been forwarded to the Secretary of State's office.
The Prussians have taken quiet possession of Hanover, and have dismissed most of the Hanoverian troops, the greatest part of whom have enlisted into the Prussian service. It appears also certain that the Prussians have shut up the Ems, the Weser, and Elbe; a circumstance which may explain the non-arrival of the Hamburg mails, though the wind has been so fair.
April 28.
The following is related as the cause of the blockade of Gutheume's squadron—When Capt. Dunn, of the Incendiary, was taken by Gutheume, on going on board, he entered the Admiral's cabin with the greatest apparent alacrity, and delivered his sword, saying he should not be his prisoner many hours, as Sir John Warren, of whose squadron his was the headmost ship, was close in pursuit with a vastly superior force. This intelligence so alarmed the French Admiral, that notwithstanding he had passed Toulon, he instantly tacked and entered that port, where he was soon blocked up by Sir John Warren's fleet, which, though reinforced by two ships, then amounted to but six of the line.
HAGUE (Holland) April 14.
The government has prolonged for 8 days the embargo on all vessels in the ports of the Republic. The American vessels, which had been declared exempt, are again subjected to it.
Domestic Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, June 5.
On Wednesday last, at 12 o'clock, the President, attended by General Dearborne, Mr. Gallatin, &c. &c. went on board the United States frigates in the eastern branch, and returned after a short stay. The President was saluted as the First Magistrate of the American people.
Died, on Thursday last, at Lancaster, in the state of Pennsylvania, Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Esq. Receiver General of the Land-Office of that state.
PHILADELPHIA, June 8.
A letter to a respectable commercial house in this city, dated Bourdeaux, the 28th of April, has the following Postscript:
"This day's post from Marseilles and Barcelona brings accounts, that the Dey of Algiers has DECLARED WAR against the United States."
The following appropriate toasts were given some time past in York, Pennsylvania, at a meeting of the mechanic society, followed respectively with Yankee Doodle, Stoney Point, Washington's March, and other American tunes. In so interior a part of our country, "Carmagnole, Marseilloise, Ca Ira, Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself," are not known. The mechanics of York, it seems, are not Frenchmen , but Americans without French hotels, French cooks, French airs, or any thing a la Francaise .
Toast given by a Tailor. May Fate, with her shears, cut the thread of that man's life, dishonour him with the name of a goose, and society bast him, who endeavours to cabbage from his country.
Coppersmith. May we be brazed together by a love of country, as by borax and spelter, and rivetted by an energetic government.
Blacksmith. May the state remain one united empire, and the man who attempts to blow the costs of discord be burned by the sparks.
Nailor. May our government be well printed, and have a good head.

Painters. The national government in its true colours, neither caricatured nor flattered; and may the brush of honest investigation correct the glare of light given by its friends, and the profusion of shade thrown on it by its enemies.
Hatter. May he who twangs the cords of tumult and discontent, be flung to the pelts, then dipped in a kettle of blacking, and his head be brought to the block.
Sadler. A curb bit and a traverse rein to the importation of foreign luxuries.
Barber. May they be dry shaved, with rough razors, on frosty mornings, who excite jealousies between our state governments and our federal government—a lathering of tar, and dressing of feathers, to such fomenters of discontent.
Sail-cloth weaver. Dark nights, heavy gales, and a lee shore, to the enemies of our commerce and navy.
Baker. May an oven seven times heated be the fate of him whose objects are the "loaves and fishes."
Carpenter. May his head be divorced from his body by the broad axe of justice, who offers to remove one rafter of our political mansion.
Shoemaker. May we wax a great and happy nation, and our prosperity as a united people last until the end of time.
Breeches-maker and Skinner. May he be shorn against the grain, smacked and welted, who is wicked enough to loose the bands of government.
Glazier. May the rays of truth be drawn to a focus by the glass of genius and patriotism.
Weaver. The immortal Washington and his colleagues, who after fighting for our liberty, beat their swords into plough-shares, and then sowed the seed of good government, which have come up without tares—may the wreath of laurel, and garlands of honorary flowers, woven for their reward by the gratitude of their grateful country, endure to the end of time.
Potter. The fourth of July—as often as time revolves that day, let gratitude do homage to those heroes who were proven as by fire.
Bricklayer. May the national edifice be squared by the plummet of impartial justice.
Mason. May justice by her sword protect her scales—may righteousness turn the beam, and may the writer of sophistry what convulsed Belshazzar, "Thou are weighed in the balance, and art found wanting."
Clock-maker. May virtue continue to be the main spring of our government—may the friends of order wind up its chain, and may its hand always point to the public good.
TRENTON, June 2.
On Tuesday last the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, for the county of Burlington, commenced their sittings, and Cyrus Emly, a black man, who had been taken up on suspicion of having murdered Mumphrey Wall, and burning his dwelling-house, was tried and convicted. The evidence in this case, though circumstantial, left no doubt on the minds of those who heard the trial, and the verdict of the jury has been sanctioned by a full confession of the fact by the prisoner, immediately after the conviction took place. He has received sentence of death, and is to be executed on Friday the 18th inst.—It is expected that he will disclose some circumstances, that may lead to a discovery of those whom he alleges to have been concerned with him in the perpetration of these horrid crimes.
At the same Court, four persons were sentenced to the State Prison, for different offences.
NEW-YORK, June 6.
A letter from Vienna repeats the assertion that a French army is now on its march through the Austrian territory, destined to act against the Empire of Turkey; and also states the formal act of submission of the Regency of Hanover, by which the electorate is placed under the immediate command of the King of Prussia.
Letters from Constantinople of the 10th of March, announce, that 4000 Albanians have been enlisted by the British army, and are with Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
There was one material passage of the Duke of Clarence's Speech, on the day of high national eulogy, in Parliament, about Parker and Nelson, that ought to be pointedly recorded. The Duke said, "that English soldiers were as great as English sailors. The bravery of the nation felt no differences, whether its defenders wore a red or a blue jacket. All this (said the Duke) depends entirely upon their leaders! When British military officers (added his highness) are equal in tactics to British naval officers, then military victories will be as common here, and throughout Europe, as naval victories. It depends upon the skillfulness of the officers. For both naval and military British officers are equally brave. And there is no fear of the men!"
The Minister of General Police at Paris has stopped the press of two journals; one of them for speaking disrespectfully of the late Emperor Paul, the other for under-rating the bravery of the Danes. The liberty of the Press thrives wonderfully under the Consular government.
June 10.
Extract of a letter to a respectable merchant in Baltimore, dated Cape-Francois, May 17, 1801.
"An arrete has just been published by the government of this island, reducing the duties on provisions and other articles of the first necessity to 6 per cent, and ordering a
permitted to be made out for the valuation of every article which may be imported into the colony, and we are informed the prices will be fixed at as low a rate as possible. This, we hope, will operate in favour of the American commerce, as it is probable the import duties will be considerably lower than at present, and as the adventurers, by being furnished with a copy of the tariff, will be enabled to calculate the exact amount of duties they will be subject to pay on each article shipped by them. There is one thing, however, established by this arrete, which we think will outweigh all the advantages which might arise from what is above stated. It is this: none but French resident merchants are to be permitted to receive consignments, that is, to enter vessels in any of these ports, except such foreigners as the government may hereafter think proper to extend the privilege to, after examining the services they have rendered to the colony, their good faith, their credit and their morality! A list of these, as well as of such Frenchmen as may be deemed proper persons, is to be made out and approved of by the general in chief; hence it is extremely probable the business will be confined to few Frenchmen and to fewer Americans, who may in consequence, be disposed to take advantages of others who may thus be compelled to solicit their agency in the transaction of their business; for it is evident that nothing more than a competition in business, exciting in one a desire to please, and to give general satisfaction to his employers, is intended. The Americans who are to receive the favours above alluded to are not yet known, but it is supposed the number of them will be very small."
"Our markets continue rather dull, but somewhat more favourable than heretofore. Yours, &c."
The growing commerce of this place is beyond all calculation.—Our wharves and slips are all crowded with vessels which have recently arrived, and which are preparing for sea with all possible expedition. During the month of April, 38 ships, 47 brigs, 53 schooners, and 13 sloops—and during the month of May, 43 ships, 50 brigs, 34 schooners, and 14 sloops, arrived here from foreign ports—making, during two months only, 292 vessels, of which 81 were ships.
BOSTON, June 11.
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman at the City of Washington, to a friend in this town.
"There is strong reason to fear that we shall have a serious war with some of the Barbary powers; if so, it must in a great measure be imputed to the neglect of somebody: the annual payment promised the Regency by treaty, has been totally neglected for more than three years."
Providence, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17.
Extracts from the Senate's Answer to Governor Strong's Speech, delivered to the Legislature of Massachusetts.
The history of ancient republics furnishes us with so many testimonies of the fatality attending the ignorance of the people, and through this mean the subversion of free governments, that we are justified in the belief, that a republic cannot preserve its purity, nor can it long exist, without the general diffusion of knowledge among every class of its citizens, and we readily adopt the sentiment that no subject of legislation can be more important. To effect so desirable an object, an early and unwearied attention to the instruction of our youth is indispensably necessary, and it is a duty which to neglect would be a breach of the trust reposed in us by our constituents.
We duly estimate the wisdom of the ancient and celebrated legislators on this subject, as well as the laudable examples of our wise and virtuous forefathers—although much has been done by former legislatures, in establishing institutions for the instruction of our youth in the principles of religion, morality and useful science, and in forming their tempers, manners and habits, yet much remains for their successors to do.
From the Answer of the House of Representatives, to the same.
We fully agree with your Excellency in opinion, that there is no subject of state legislation more important to the preservation of our free governments, or more interesting to the happiness of society, than the instruction of the people, and particularly the education of youth. It is not enough to instruct children in useful learning, it is still of higher concern to habituate them to restraint, to form their tempers and manners by the principles of benevolence and justice, to awaken the useful energies of their understandings, to cherish the virtuous propensities of their hearts, and to teach them the important lesson of self-command;—thus educated they seldom fail to make quiet and useful members of society, while those who are idle and unrestrained in early life, generally become turbulent and seditious at mature age.
Our wise and pious ancestors were strongly impressed with the importance of this subject. Scarcely had they reached this then inhospitable shore, when they provided schools for the education of their children in literature, and in the principles of religion and morality. They early founded the university at Cambridge, to which our country is indebted for so many great and useful men. We consider the civil and religious institutions which we have inherited from those venerable ancestors, as invaluable. To those
institutions, under Divine Providence, we ascribe the present honourable and prosperous condition of this commonwealth. We therefore esteem it our highest wisdom to cherish, and if possible to improve them, and one of our first duties to transmit them unimpaired to our posterity.
We are deeply impressed with the importance and necessity of providing for a due observance of the Sabbath, which we consider as essentially connected with the preservation of religion—the only sure foundation of human virtue and happiness. If our laws in this respect are defective, we will endeavour to amend them, paying, at the same time, that regard to the rights of conscience, which a wise and liberal policy, as well as our state constitution, recommends.
Every one must acknowledge that Public Worship is useful, even as a school of good manners, and of decent and orderly deportment, and that the meeting together of the people to be instructed in their religious and moral duties, and to contemplate the wisdom and goodness with which the Almighty governs the world, must tend to impress on their minds that reverential love to the Supreme Being, which is the highest and noblest motive of human actions. If any of the towns or plantations in the commonwealth are unable to provide the means of instruction for their children, we conceive that the public good requires they should have such assistance as may be required for this purpose. We doubt not your Excellency's ready concurrence in every measure conducive to the public welfare, which the legislature may deem it expedient to propose.
A report has been received from Bourdeaux, that the Dey of Algiers has declared war against the United States.—A letter from Cadiz, dated April 18, mentions, that the Dey of Tripoli has declared, that after the 22d of March, his cruisers shall have liberty to capture all American vessels they fall in with.
A London paper of April 28 says, "According to private advices received this morning from Paris, the whole of Egypt is in our possession."
APPOINTMENT.
David Howell, Esq: is appointed Attorney of the United States for this district.
In the Journal of the 3d inst. was published a schedule of the number of inhabitants in Rhode Island district, New-Shoreham excepted. A return has since been received from that town, making the number there 714. Whole number of inhabitants in this district, 69,387.
The Merchants and others, trading to the Spanish dominions, are informed, that Don Joseph Ignatius de Viar having resigned the office of Consul-General of his Catholic Majesty to the United States of America, the Chevalier D'Yrujo, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, has appointed to succeed him, as Consul-General ad interim, Don Thomas Stoughton, Consul of New-York, where he will continue to reside. He has also appointed, ad interim, Don Philip Fatio, Consul for the State of Pennsylvania, to reside in Philadelphia.
A London paper of the 25th of April gives the following instance of FILIAL LOVE AND PATRIOTISM.
In a few minutes after Capt. Otway had arrived at the Admiralty with the glorious intelligence of our late victory, the place was crowded with enquiring visitors. Among the rest a young gentleman of the Transport office, about thirteen years of age, was very conspicuous. His engaging figure, and eager deportment, interested all around him, and rivetted their attention. He hastily asked Capt. Otway after the Monarch:—"and my papa, Sir, how is he? Is he wounded? Is he killed?"—"Who is your papa, my dear?" said Capt. O. struck and affected with the youth's ingenuous sensibility.—Captain Mosse!—"My dear! the Monarch has been very roughly handled." "Oh, I know your meaning!" exclaimed the mourner, "my dear papa is dead?"—Capt. Otway was much agitated: and the youth, bursting into an agony of grief, bewailed the loss of his parent in few, but pathetic sentences. At length he raised his head, and, with eyes streaming with tears, faltered out—"I am happy, however, that papa died fighting for us!"
EULOGIUM ON AMERICA.
Paris, April 28.
"The United States is perhaps the only country in the world, in which the depositaries of public offices can, without difficulty, mingle with the people, and divest themselves in the presence of their fellow-citizens of those authorities, and commanding which are so necessary in other countries. The reason is, that the Americans are yet virtuous; and the purity and simplicity of their manners preclude the necessity of government and laws. They are still in their political infancy, and much nearer the age of CINCINNATUS than we are."
DIED.
At Westerly, on the 13th inst, in an advanced age, Rose Babcock, Esq. President of the Bank of Westerly.
At Cumberland, after a long indisposition, Ebenezer Carpenter, Esq; in the 36th year of his age.
At Woodstock (Con.) Mrs. Morse , grandmother of the Rev. Dr. Morse, of Charleston, aged 99 years lacking a few days. Her posterity is very numerous; she was mother of 10 children, grandmother of 72, 219 of
the 4th generation, and 14 of the 5th generation; total 315.
At Marblehead, aged 43 years, Mrs. Mary Bowen , the amiable and virtuous consort of Nathan Bowen, Esq;
At Charleston (S. C.) aged 80 years, Mr. Theodore Trezvant , who removed from France to South-Carolina in his youth.
For SALE,
On liberal terms, and credit, for approved notes,
 4 Boxes black India Lustrine, containing 160 pieces, 18 yards each  4 do. black Sinshaw do. 120 do. 30 do. each  2 do. 2d quality black Sattin do. 80 do. 18 do. each  2 do. 3d do. do. 60 do. 30 do. each  2 do. coloured striped Sattin, 60 do. 18 do. each  2 do. do. Sinshaws, 80 do. 30 do. each  1 do. do. coloured Lustrine, 40 do. 18 do. each  1 do. Sinshaws, 30 do. 30 do. each  1 do. 2d quality coloured Sattin, 30 do. 18 do. each  1 do. 1st quality Sattin, 30 do. 8 do. do.  7650 pieces long white Nankins  350 do. yellow do.  Hyson, Souchong and Bohea Teas, per chest  First quality Canton Sugar, in whole and half bags  150 bales Caffia  50 boxes China, containing each 1 Tea Sett  The above are entitled to debenture on exportation. Please apply to SCOTT JENCKES, or AMOS T. JENCKES.
June 17.
Grinnell and Taylor
Respectfully inform the public, and their good customers in particular, that they have just received a general assortment of Painters Colours, &c. viz.
LONDON white lead, dry or ground in oil, per cwt. or lb. Spanish white, stone yellow, red lead and Spanish brown per do. Prussian blue, first, second and third qualities; Venetian red, vermilion, king's yellow, white vitriol, gold leaf, copal varnish, ivory black, umber, lampblack, Dutch pink, rose pink, drop lake, flrewing small, litharge, verdigrease per sack or lb. copperas, alum, brimstone, red chalk, pumice stone, rosin, patent yellow, English and Russia glue, linseed oil, per bbl. or gall. spirits turpentine, black and bright varnish for vessels use, painters brushes and tools of various sizes, marking brushes, large and small camel hair pencils, window and china putty, window glass 16 by 12—14 by 11—14 by 10—12 by 10—11 by 9—10 by 8—9 by 7 and 8 by 6. The above articles are of an excellent quality, and are sold as low as can be purchased in this State.
They continue the painting business at their Store opposite the Bank lane; where colours are prepared at short notice, and all favours gratefully received.
N. B. They earnestly solicit all persons that have been indebted to them more than one year, to call and settle the same without delay.
June 17.
8 w.
BLUE Nankeens, Carpets and Carpetings, India Book Muslins and Handkerchiefs, a handsome supply just received, and for sale at the Store No. 7, Cheap-Side. WILLIAM BLODGET, jun.
June 17.
THE Subscriber having lately arrived in Providence from Georgia, takes this method to invite all persons who have any demands against him to call on him at the house of Mr. Nathan Truman, or on Dr. Benjamin Dyer, and receive their money; and as he proposes returning to Georgia in the fall, the sooner a settlement of his affairs can be effected, the more agreeable to him. EBENEZER JENCKES.
June 15.
By Direction of the Secretary of the Navy of the United States.
Notice is hereby given, That to morrow the 18th Day of June inst. precisely at 12 o'Clock (Noon) on UNION WHARF, Boston, will be sold by Public Vendue, to the highest Bidder,
THE United States Copper-bottomed Vessel of War the WARREN , lately commanded by Cyrus Talbot, Esq. now lying at said Wharf.
The Warren is a Ship of 400 Tons Burthen; pierced for 18 Guns on the main Deck, and 6 Guns on the Quarter Deck; has two full Suits of Sails, and her Masts and Spars complete. She is a remarkable fast Sailer, easy in her Rigging, was built near Newbury, in the Year 1798, of the best of Materials, and may be justly estimated one of the best Ships in the State, for Beauty, Strength and Sailing, and is well calculated for the India or China Trade.
The Terms of Payment will be a Credit of 3 and 6 Months, by Notes with two approved Endorsers.
Immediately after the Sale of the Warren, will be sold,
Sundry Provisions and Stores, belonging to the United States. The Terms of the payment of which will be a Credit of 90 Days, by Notes with two approved Endorsers.
Inventories of the Ship, Provisions and Stores, may be seen by applying at Store No. 6, Long-Wharf, Boston, June 4.

Selected Poetry.
SONG OF A FEMALE ORPHAN.
THE sparrow-hawks five social partners own, And ducks to join in pairs, are ever prone: But I, a prey to solitary woe, No joy nor soothing comfort e'er can know; Blest of either parents' power to bless, To whom shall I unbosom my distress? When the harsh people scold in boisterous tone, Behind whose shelter shall the orphan run? My grief shall I to golden flowers betray, Alas! the golden crown fades away; If to the meadow-grass I breathe my sigh, The meadow-grass must wither too and die! Oh! that to my sad tale 'twould lend an ear, And the full sorrows of an Orphan hear. My loving father, loving mother, rise, With your dear presence greet your daughter's eyes.
EPIGRAM.
THE LOYAL PAIR.
ILL list for a soldier, says Robin to Sue, To avoid your eternal disputes; Aye, aye, cries the termagant, do, Robin, do, I'll raise, the meanwhile, fresh recruits.
The subsequent article, from a late London paper, should be attentively considered by every citizen of the United States.
IN a free country, the election of the depositaries of authority, particularly the chief magistrate of the state, ought naturally to give rise to considerable agitation, and to produce much difference of sentiment. When that interest is not felt, indeed, the spirit of freedom is extinct. At the same time it seems unfortunate, that candidates should rest their claims, not merely upon their general qualifications and merit, but upon their being attached to a general party. This appears to be the case at present in America. The two principal candidates are supported by opposite parties, who differ to a considerable extent, (not so widely, however, as the zealots on both sides represent) respecting the policy that ought to be pursued by that country. The very circumstance of French and English parties being already known, betokens no good in the future situation of the United States. It will terminate in dividing the country into two distinct enraged factions, such as have existed in many free states, and proved their ruin. Besides, as these factions are connected with two great powers, it will endanger the introduction of a pernicious foreign influence. In all quarrels between those powers, attempts will be made to engage the United States to favour the one or the other, and to make them accessory to the contests of Europe. It will require much prudence and firmness to avoid the impulse which the various partisans on both sides will give to the measures of government, in the direction which they favour. There are, we know, calm and steady men in America, who understand the true interests of their country, and endeavour to avoid this peril.
The consequences, too, of electing a chief magistrate by a party, and as the head of a party, are extremely mischievous. He is bound to favour his particular side; to secure his interest, he is led in some measure to bend his politics to flatter their prejudices; he must find it difficult to obtain the confidence of the opposite faction, and he will find it difficult entirely to divert himself of the feelings of party, so far as to exercise impartiality towards them. These circumstances must not only sow the seeds of discord and strife, but frequently give a wrong direction, or create an unjustifiable obstacle in the course of public affairs. If the Americans do not quickly perceive the danger of these party elections, they will introduce an incurable malady into their constitution, either perpetuating a government of alternate faction, from generation to generation, or producing some violent struggles, by which the government will be overthrown.
FOR SALE, BY
James Rhodes and Co.
At their store on the east side of the Great bridge, a few wharves below the Market, ALEXANDRIA fine and superfine Flour; Corn and Rye, either per quantity or single bushel; a few thousand of good Shingles, &c. Said articles will be sold low for cash or short credit. May 27.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any demands against the Estate of LUCRETIA FAIRFIELD, late of Gloucester, deceased, are requested to exhibit their claims within six months. And all those indebted to said Estate, are likewise requested to make immediate payment. CYRUS LOGEE, Executor. Gloucester, May 8.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, May 25, 1801.
THE Creditors of Andrew Dillon, of Providence, in the County of Providence, Taylor, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Newport on the third Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, A. D. 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
April 20th, 1801.
Notice is hereby given,
THAT separate PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War until the expiration of the 30th day of June next ensuing, for the supply of all RATIONS, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the first day of October 1801, until the thirtieth day of September 1802, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
FIRST. At Pittsburg; at Fort Franklin; at Le Boeuf; at Presquisle; at Niagara; at Olwego; at Detroit; at Fort Wayne; at Michilimackinac; at the Falls of St. Mary's; and at the Grand Portage on Lake Superior.
SECOND. At Forts Washington, Vincennes, and Massac; at the Cantonment near the mouth of the Ohio, and at any post or place on the east side of the Mississippi River, between the mouths of the Ohio and Illinois Rivers; and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Kentucky.
THIRD. At Knoxville, Tellico, South-West Point, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the State of Tennessee; at Bear Creek on the Tennessee River, and at any place in the Chickasaw or Choctaw country between Bear Creek and Natchez; at the Chickasaw Bluffs; at Natchez; at Fort Adams and its dependencies, and thence to the Mobile River.
Separate PROPOSALS will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States from the 1st day of January 1802, until the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive, within the several States herein after mentioned, viz.
FOURTH. At Point Peter; at Fort Greene; at Fort Wilkinson; at Fort Pinckney; at Fort Johnston; at Fort Moutrie in Charleston Harbour; at Fort Johnson, Cape Fear, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of Georgia, South-Carolina, and North-Carolina.
FIFTH. At Fort Norfolk; at Harper's Ferry; at Fort M'Henry; at the City of Washington, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of Virginia and Maryland.
SIXTH. At Wilmington; at Fort Mifflin; at the Laboratory near Philadelphia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, excepting Pittsburg, Fort Franklin, Le Boeuf, and Presquisle, in the State of Pennsylvania.
SEVENTH. At Trenton; at Fort Jay; at West-Point, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of New-Jersey and New-York, excepting Olwego and Niagara, in the State of New-York.
EIGHTH. At Newport; at New-London, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of Rhode-Island and Connecticut.
NINTH. At Fort Independence, Boston Harbour, at Salem, at Marblehead, at Portland, at Portsmouth, at Bennington, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the States of Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and Vermont.
A ration is to consist of eighteen ounces of bread or flour; or when neither can be obtained, of one quart of rice, or one and a half pound of sifted or boulted Indian meal, one pound and a quarter of fresh beef, or one pound of salted beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted pork; and when fresh meat is issued, salt at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations; soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a half, for every hundred rations.—The proposals will extend to the supply of rum, whiskey, or other ardent spirits, at the rate of half a gill per ration, and vinegar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred rations. The price of the several component parts of the ration, as well as of substitutes and alternatives, must be specified.
The rations are to be furnished in such quantities as that there shall at all times, during the terms of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, Niagara, and Olwego, for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the Western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commandants of fortified places, or of posts, to call for at seasons, when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expence and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by the means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for by the United States, at the price of the article captured or destroyed, on the depositions of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, ascertaining the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that
none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts shall be issued until the supplies which have been, or may be furnished, under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea board or Indian frontiers, not exceeding three months. HENRY DEARBORN, Secretary of War.
FOR SALE, BY
Benj. and Edward Aborn, NINETY hogheads Surinam and Havannah Molasses, suitable for retailing; 35 boxes white and brown Havannah Sugar; 9 hogheads Tobacco; 50 barrels Tar; Turks-Island and Lisbon Salt.
20 or 30 Horses wanted,
On freight for Surinam, or the Windward-Islands, to be delivered by the 15th of June next. For terms, apply to B. and E. ABORN.
May 20.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Just received, and for sale, by William Wilkinson,
At the POST-OFFICE,
ROBINSON's Report of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty, G. B. A work replete with information, not only to Gentlemen of the Bar, but to the Merchant, the Underwriter, and the sea Captain; in which the mullum of Vattel , of Grotius and Pufendorf , are brought into view and condensed in pa-ro .
The Farmer's Boy, a Rural Poem, by Robert Bloomfield. There is a pathetic simplicity of sentiment and description, a morality the most pure, and the feelings of a heart alive to the tenderest duties of Humanity and Religion, which consecrate its glowing landscapes, and shed an interest over this little Poem.
The American Review, and Literary Journal for January, February, and March, 1801.
The Sailor Boy; a new Novel, 2 volumes in 1.
"The seal of Providence is sure upon thee," "And thou wert born for yet unheard of wonders."
A New System of the Art of Writing Short Hand; By Thomas Rees. The English Reviewers, in speaking of this work, say, "We do not hesitate to affirm, that this is the best, because one of the easiest systems of Short Hand, that has at any time come under our observation."
For sale, as above, A general assortment of School and Classical Books, English Dictionaries—Quarto and common Bibles, Testaments, a very great variety of Children's Books, Writing Paper of various kinds by the ream, Cartridge, Bonnet and Wrapping Paper.
100,000 Dutch Quills, some of a very superior quality, States and Pencils.—A great variety of WOODSWOOD Ink stands.—A beautiful assortment of best high finished PENKNIVES, red and black MOROCCO POCKET BOOKS. Als-Skin Memorandum Books.—Scales and Dividers, Surveyors' Instruments, &c. with most other articles in the Stationary Line.
Also,
COTTON YARN and Wicking, warranted of the best quality, from the new Factory at Rehoboth, near Pawtucket. May 6.
NEW GOODS.
Samuel James
Has just received, by the latest arrivals from London, via New-York and Boston,
A VERY handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, which he now offers for sale on the lowest terms for cash.
N. B. He has on hand a few hogheads of Molasses, of an excellent quality for retailing.
Coffee per bag.
Best quality of French Indigo, per quantity or single pound. May 13.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, May 25th, 1801.
THE Creditors of NATHAN ALDRICH, of Cumberland, in the county of Providence, Labourer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Newport on the third Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June 1756, entitled, "an act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
Five Dollars Reward.
LEFT, on Wednesday last, in a necessary-house on a wharf, the west side of the bridge, a silver watch, maker's name John Curter, of London, No. 8896. Whoever will return the said watch, or give information at this office as to the watch may be obtained, shall receive the above reward. May 27.
William Blodget, jun.
At Store No. 3, Cheapside, has just received, by the very latest arrivals from England, via New-York, a general assortment of DRY GOODS, of the best and most fashionable kinds; for sale on the most favourable terms for cash or unexceptionable short credit, wholesale and retail.
 FIFTY-THREE pieces fine and superfine Broadcloths, best qualities, and most fashionable colours  25 pieces Cashmeres, mostly very superior  60 do. Bandano Handkerchiefs  36 dozen fine linen white and fancy Pocket Handkerchiefs  15 do. cotton do. do.  16 do. Madras do. Shawls  16 do. fancy silk do.  25 do. Muslin Shawls, fancy wrought borders  40 do. Romall Handkerchiefs, kinds various  10 do. black Barcelona Handkerchiefs  16 do. Ments fine, superfine, and piache Hats, every description  88 pieces cotton and linen Checks  50 do. Brown Silefias  74 do. 4-4, 7-8, and 3-4 Colerain and other Linnens  6 do. long Lawn  20 do. black Muslins  7 do. do. crape Ginghams  15 do. plain fashionable coloured Cambric Muslins  30 do. do. fancy sprig'd jaconet do.  23 do. do. do. do. Book do.  32 do. fine and superfine Dimities  14 do. Marbeilles Quilting for vests  6 do. Mullinet do.  190 do. 3-4 and 4-4 Chintzes and Calicoes  21 do. linen and cotton Cambricks  20 do. do. do. for Gowns and Dresses  31 dozen mens and womens cotton, white, and fancy Hole  13 do. do. do. silk laced Clocks  8 do. ladies long open'd and plain Silk Gloves  20 do. do. Kid Gloves  5 do. do. fancy Fawn do.  9 do. mens beaver do.  12 do. Glove Tyes, with buttons and clasps  32 do. ladies and misses Dunstable, Chip, and Leghorn fashionable Hats and Bonnets, with trimmings  20 pieces Necklace Edgings  55 do. Stuff Goods, numerous descriptions  250 lb. white and colour'd Threads  200 packs 3-4, 4-4, 1-2, and 5 lb. Pins  20 Velvet Bindings, various widths  80 pieces fancy Ribbons  15 do. Linen Sheeting, for linings.  In addition to the above, a great variety of Pelong and India Sattins, rich white and black Lace Veils, Sewing Silks, Twist and Bobbins, Tapes, silk and cotton Nankeneis, silk ready made Pantaloones, and a great variety of other articles. Also, a Consignment of 30 Bales of Calcutta Muslins, all of the most useful and saleable kinds. 300 Pieces of Bandano Handkerchiefs. A quantity of Sugar, Pepper, Allspice and Segars, on favourable terms. May 20.
Take Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Creditors of the Estate of JEREMIAH BARTLETT, late of Cumberland, Yeoman, deceased, to exhibit their claims to the subscriber (who is appointed Administrator thereon) within twelve months from the 6th day of September last, otherwise they will be excluded according to law. And all persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make payment immediately. JEREMIAH BARTLETT. Cumberland May 18.
INOCULATION.
THE Hospital in this town is now opened for the reception of such persons as wish to take the SMALL-POX by inoculation. LEVI WHEATON. May 27.
New Cash Store.
SMITH BARTLETT
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public in general, that he has taken the Store No. 12, Market-street, opposite the Turks-Head, where he is now opening and offers for sale, on terms remarkably advantageous (for cash only) a fresh and genuine assortment of the most fashionable SPRING and SUMMER GOODS.
Those ladies and gentlemen that may please to call and look for themselves, shall be entitled to his utmost attention, and the smallest favours will be gratefully acknowledged. May 20.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, May 18th, 1801.
THE Creditors of JOHN JEFFERS, of Cumberland, in the county of Providence, Cordwainer, are hereby notified to appear, if they shall think fit, at the General Assembly to be held at Newport on the third Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any they may have, why his petition for the benefit of an act passed in June, 1756, entitled, "An act for the relief of insolvent debtors," ought not to be granted. SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.