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The Providence Journal
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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. 69. ]
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 1800.
[ Vol. II. ]
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, April 9.
MR. Harper, from the committee of ways and means, presented a bill to authorize the sale and conveyance of land in certain cases, by the marshals of the United States, and to confirm former sales—which was committed to a committee of the whole House.
The report of the committee of ways and means, to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill for establishing a general stamp-office, was taken up and agreed to—Whereupon,
Resolved, That this House do disagree to the 2d, 3d and 4th amendments, and ask a conference on the same.
Three managers were appointed for that purpose.
Mr. Harrison, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of a number of the ancient inhabitants of the Illinois country, made a report, recommending the agreement of the House to a bill therewith submitted, in addition to the act entitled an act for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers of St. Vincents, in the Illinois country, in the N. W. Territory, and for confirming them in their possessions—which was read a first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
Mr. Harper said, he was instructed by the committee of ways and means, to move that the House do come to the following resolution, viz.
Resolved, That the committee of ways and means have leave to prepare and report a bill or bills, for authorizing the commissioners under the act to provide for the valuation of lands or dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States, in those States whereof the valuations have not yet been completed and returned, to revise, vary and adjust the valuation of unfeated lands, in the several assessment districts and sub-divisions within their respective States; so as that the relative valuations of different parcels of such lands in the same sub-division, be not varied or affected.
And also for enabling the surveyors of the revenue under the said act to add to the lists of valuations within their districts respectively, all such lands or dwelling-houses therein, as shall from time to time appear to have been omitted, by the assessors or otherwise, in receiving, making or returning such lists.
And also for authorizing the said surveyors to erase from the said lists all lands and dwelling-houses wherefrom the persons interested in the said lists respectively shall have been ejected in due course of law, or upon the title whereon there shall have been a decision in due course of law against such person.
The resolution was agreed to, and Mr. Harper accordingly brought in a bill to provide for equalizing the valuation of unfeated lands; which was read a first and second time, and committed for to-morrow.
Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims, to whom was referred the petition of Josiah Jones, who asked for a pension, made a report that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted, and that he have leave to withdraw his papers.
The House concurred.
A message was received from the Senate, notifying that they have agreed to the conference requested by this House.
A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Shaw, his secretary, informing the House, that the President did, on the 5th instant, approve and sign the following acts, viz.
An act to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New-Orleans, and therein to amend the act entitled "an act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage"—and an act to discharge Robert Sturgeon from his imprisonment.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to authorize the President of the United States to accept, for the United States, a cession of jurisdiction of territory, lying west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut—Mr. Morris in the chair, when
Mr. Cooper moved to amend the bill by striking out that part which goes to conciliate and adjust the right of Pennsylvania to some of the land in question—and thereby to defeat the bill.
Messrs. Marshall and Gallatin opposed this motion, which was negatived—ayes 25.
Mr. Elmerdorf then moved to strike out that part of the first section which provides for the acceptance of the cession of a jurisdiction of soil by the United States from the State of Connecticut—and to amend the bill so as to accept the cession of jurisdiction only. After some debate, Mr. Gallatin called for a division of the question.
Mr. Marshall then entered into a lengthy discussion in favour of the bill, and against striking out.
The committee then rose, and the House adjourned.
Wednesday April 9.
Mr. Nicholas, from the committee appointed to enquire into the expediency of making further provision for the widow and orphan children of Col. John Harding, and orphan daughters of Major Alexander Trueman, deceased, reported a bill for that purpose, which was committed for to-morrow.
Mr. Marshall, from the committee to whom was referred the petition of William Tazewell, Esq. late secretary of Elbridge Gerry, Esq. while one of the Envoys to Paris, made report, recommending the adoption of the following resolution, viz.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, &c. That in settling the account of William Tazewell, Esq. late secretary of Elbridge Gerry, Esq. one of the Envoys to Paris, the secretary of state be authorized to allow the expenses incurred by him in consequence of his being captured on his return to this country.
The report was committed to a committee of the whole House, and made the order of the day for Monday next.
Mr. Leib presented a memorial of sundry merchants of the city of Philadelphia, complaining of the conduct of the measurers of salt and coal in that port—referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their secretary, informing the House, that the Senate have passed the bill to alter and establish sundry post-roads; with certain amendments, to which they request the concurrence of the House.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to authorize the President of the United States to accept for the United States, a cession of jurisdiction of territory west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut—Mr. Morris in the chair; and Mr. Elmerdorf's amendment, to accept the jurisdiction only, being under consideration—Messrs. Randolph and Nicholas spoke at length in favour of it; and Mr. Griswold against it—when the question was taken and negatived—ayes 34, noes 51.
Mr. Gallatin moved to amend the bill by inserting that nothing in the act should be construed to draw into question the settlement made between the states of Pennsylvania and Connecticut by the federal decree of Trenton, in 1784.
Mr. Bird and Mr. Sedgwick (Speaker) opposed the motion, and Messrs. Gallatin and Griswold supported it.
The motion was carried—ayes 62. The committee then rose and reported their agreement to the bill as amended; and it was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to-morrow. Adjourned.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
By recent Arrivals at Boston.
Fourth Return, of the Russians towards the Rhine.
VIENNA, February 3.
YESTERDAY arrived here, as unexpected-ly as it was sudden, a courier from Peterf-burgh, with dispatches to our Court of the very highest importance. Paul the First, having yielded to the representations of Suwarrow in regard to the misunderstandings which had arisen between the two Imperial Courts, has for the fourth time changed the destination of the Russian army. In consequence, he has ordered his army to return to the Rhine, where it will receive reinforcements without delay. The Intendant of the Magazines for supplying the Russian troops, resident in this city, has also received a courier from Suwarrow, ordering him to remain here, and to continue his functions.
Letters from Lintz, dated the 3d of February, contain the following article:—"A courier from Vienna has brought to his royal highness the Prince of Conde dispatches which have unexpectedly caused an alteration in the measures taken for his departure, which was fixed for to-morrow. The Prince immediately dispatched an order to his corps to remain in their cantonments."
Accounts from the Banks of the Mein, of the 10th of February, state, with every mark of confidence, the certainty of the Russian army, commanded by Suwarrow, having received a counter-order, and that it is to march to the Rhine. We also learn from Memminger, that an order has been received there to provide provisions for 14,000 Russians, who are to arrive there in a very short time.
[The following remarks on these important articles, are made in "The Times," an authentic London paper of Feb. 24.]
Yesterday morning an express reached our office from Dover, with the Paris papers to the 19th inst. inclusive. They contain intelligence of the most important nature; which we are happy to find confirmed by advices received on Saturday from Holland, dated the 18th inst.
Letters from Strasburgh of the 15th, and from Vienna of the 2d and 3d inst. announce, that a courier arrived at the latter place, on the morning of the 2d from Peterf-burgh, with dispatches,
containing the determination of the Emperor Paul to continue the continental war against the common enemy with all his forces. The Russian troops have accordingly been ordered to return once more to the Rhine. As this reconciliation is understood to have been the work of Marshal Suwarrow, in consequence of the conferences held at Prague, we are authorized to entertain the most sanguine hopes of ultimate success, as it is evident how much that brave and noble commander has at heart the real interests of Europe. It appears also, that the Cabinet of Vienna has refused a second time the overtures of Buonaparte. We most sincerely congratulate the public on this very interesting intelligence.
STRASBURGH, February 15.
"It was hoped that there would not be another campaign. But we have learnt that the Emperor has rejected the very moderate proposals of peace which were offered to him by Buonaparte, and that he is resolved to continue the war."
"The rumour spreads about, that the Russian army has received counter-orders, and that it will return to the Rhine. This change is the consequence of the conferences which Suwarrow had at Prague with Count Bellegarde and Lord Minto, and which Suwarrow represented to Paul the First."
General Kray, who is at Vienna, is daily expected to leave that place for the Rhine. He will command the army which is to be opposed to the left wing, and will act independently of the Archduke Charles, who is to act against Moreau in Switzerland.
CONSTANTINOPLE, January 1.
We have at length received intelligence from the army of the Grand Vizier. A courier sent from Jaffa has brought the following report:—In the desert which separates Syria from Egypt, is a caravansera named El Arisch, where caravans stop and find provisions. General Kleber, knowing the importance of the place, converted it into a fort, in order to render the passage of the desert more difficult to the Turkish army; a strong garrison was to be sent as soon as the fort was properly victualled. This circumstance attracted the attention of the Grand Vizier. Having learnt that a convoy of provisions was on the way, he sent a corps of troops to intercept it. This enterprise completely succeeded. The escort, consisting of 150 men, 70 of whom were French, was forced to yield to numbers, and the whole convoy was captured.
STOCKHOLM, January 28.
Seditious disturbances become every day more alarming than was at first expected. The spirit of insurrection has found its way to Gottenburg, and the fury of the people has triumphed over the military government. The inhabitants of Malmoe, a trading town of Gotha, have cut off the head of the commander of the troops dispatched against them.
Such was the force of the insurgents at Norrkoping, and so great was their determination to act against the army, that a corps of 2000 grenadiers was found insufficient to quell them; and though hussars and artillery were dispatched to their assistance from Stockholm, the former were disarmed, and the latter deprived of their cannon by the peasants.
HAGUE, February 13.
For the last eight days the cold has been as severe here as it was in the end of December, and the beginning of January. All the canals are again frozen, and the communication by water is stopped.
The officers who were on board the fleet that surrendered to the English, have not yet had judgment passed on them. They were put under arrest on their return from England, from whence they had been sent on their parole, and are now in the prisons of the Hague. Their trials will be soon ended. It is said that several superior officers will be shot.
Reduction of the Chotians.
Head-Quarters at Vannes, Feb. 15.
The general in chief, Brune, informs the minister of war, that the terms of the pacification of the departments of Cotes du Nord, of Morbihan and Finisterre, were definitely satisfied yesterday.
The bands of the Chouans shall be immediately dissolved; and their arms, cannon and ammunition shall be given up without restriction. The disarming is now carrying into effect, and a great number of muskets have been already given up.
(Signed) VIGNOLLE.
Lefebvre, General of Division and Commander in Chief of the 17th military Division, to Citizen Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic.
"Head Quarters, Paris, Feb. 17."
"CITIZEN CONSUL, "It is with the most lively satisfaction that I communicate to you the result of the accounts which I this instant received from Gen. Cham-berlach, who has at length succeeded in making
himself master of the persons of the chiefs of the rebels, to the number of seven. I subjoin a list of their names."
"Pierre Marie Louis de Frotte, who calls himself a marshal of the camps and armies, knight of the royal order, and commander in chief for the king of Mittau; Caumarque, commander of a legion; Hugon, commander of a legion, and chief of a district; Verdun, commander of a legion, and annexed to the chief of the general staff; Cassimieux, aid-de-camp to Frotte; Pascal Seguiral, and St. Florentin, belonging to the staff."
"I have the honour to transmit to you the papers, seals and poignards, of which they were in possession when they were taken."
"They have been since conducted under a strong escort to Verneuil, and I have convoked a military commission to proceed to try them according to law, within four and twenty hours."
"Health and respect, "LEFEBVRE."
Tribute of Respect.
Order of the day, for the Consular Guard, and all the troops of the Republic.
Washington is no more. That great man fought against tyranny. He firmly established the liberty of his country. His memory will be ever dear to the French people, as it must be to every friend to Freedom in the two worlds, and especially to the French soldiers, who, like him and the Americans, bravely fight for liberty and equality. The First Consul in consequence orders, that for ten days black crape shall be suspended to all the standards and flags of the French Republic.
Paris, 23d Pluviose.
Miscellaneous.
LONDON, February 22.
The war in La Vendee appears drawing near its end. We are sorry to observe, that the Chevalier de Frotte and all his Staff Officers have been taken and carried before a Military Tribunal. It is probable they would be shot in 24 hours.
Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the bidders for the loan of twenty millions and an half, met at Mr. Pitt's house in Downing-street. Messrs. Rom-barts and Co. Sir Francis Baring, and Mr. Giles, bid the same price by agreement, and having offered the most advantageous terms, the loan is divided between them. The biddings were as follows:—
The coalition offered to take the loan at 110l. Consols, and 47 reduced.
The committee of the Stock-Exchange 110l. Consols, and 49 reduced.
The Bankers 110l. and 51 3-4 reduced.
At the price of the market when the bargain was concluded, the following is the calculation of the terms:—
  £. 110 Consols, a 62 £. 68 4   47 reduced, a 63 29 12   Discount, about 2 16   £. 100 12 
According to the conditions of this loan, the money has been procured for the public at the rate of 4l. 14s. 2d. interest per cent. We are now in the eighth year of a war, the expence of which has been as unparalleled as the danger. Yet so far from finding our resources diminished, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is able to supply the public necessities, upon conditions infinitely more advantageous than during the last five years of hostilities.
Notwithstanding the high terms at which the loan is taken, it bore a premium of 2 1-2 per cent. immediately, and fluctuated between that price and 3 1-2. The conjunction of so many wealthy interests is certainly very highly in its favour.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has made application to the King and Privy Council, for leave to go to Lisbon or to Madeira, for the recovery of his health. This request is to be taken into the consideration of the Council immediately, and in case of their assent, a bill will be brought into Parliament for the purpose.
His Royal Highness is desirous of going inog. with few domestics, and would take his title of Duke of Cornwall.
Respecting the commencement of hostilities, it appears that Moreau is traversing Switzerland, while the right wing of his army draws away from the Mein and Neckar towards the Upper Rhine and Switzerland. The preparations for opening the campaign in this quarter are said to be immense, and in great forwardness. The left wing is still in the neighbourhood of Mentz. Near Old Brifach the French pretend to some advantage obtained by the garrison over the Imperial army.
At Genoa it is confessed that the scarcity is nearly allied to famine. The bakers' shops are said to be besieged day and night, and an insurrection is hourly expected. Our readers will not omit to connect this intelligence with the blockade of that city, announced in Saturday's Gazette. Upon the land side the Austrians allow no communication with it.
By the Gazette of Saturday, it appears, that the port of Genoa is declared to be in a state of

siege by the British squadron. We observe with extreme satisfaction the resumption of measures of vigour by our squadrons in those seas. It is stated that amongst many interesting papers found on board La Forte, on her capture by the late gallant and much lamented Captain Cooke, was one without signature, containing an accurate account of the names, cargoes, number of guns and men, and destination of every ship which, for several months previous, had sailed from Bengal, as also of such vessels as continued in the harbour, with the probable time of their departure. It is added that the most diligent search to discover the writer has hitherto been unproductive of the success which, we trust, will ultimately attend it.
Tallien, who conducts the Courier of Egypt , gives an account of a splendid fete , on the 1st Vendemaire, when Kleber presided, and the Pacha, Hassan Mustapha, taken at Aboukir, was amongst the guests.
ADMIRALTY COURT.
The adjudications of the present judge of the court of admiralty have been as rapid as they are admitted to have been correct: the cases left by his predecessor were sufficient to occupy the life of an ordinary person; added to which, upon an accurate calculation, it would require a dozen years to dispose of the causes at present before the council; where, if we do not greatly err, there have been but five causes determined within as many months. Nor can it be otherwise. Nor should censure attach to that department for delay, whilst those by whom the judicial part of it is constituted, are so immersed in other important business.
It may admit a question whether it would not be expedient to appoint vice admiralty courts at the great sea-ports, for the determination of particular causes; but in all events we conceive it highly essential to appoint what, by being devoted to that business, we may be allowed to call an efficient court of appeal; of which the admiralty judge, if he could be spared from his present situation, would make a most competent and desired member.
The price of rice has recently experienced a considerable advance. Best American rice, some time back, could not obtain sale at 20 and 22s. per cwt.—it now sells as high as 42s. and in consequence of a report that government are buying large quantities for the supply of the Russian troops at Jersey and Guernsey, it is expected to be much higher.
Best English flour is from 95 to 100s. per sack: best foreign flour is from 38 to 39s. per sack.
The cotton market continues heavy, and the prices on the decline. Sugars generally dear.
February 27.
The Consular guard established at Paris, is to consist of three thousand six hundred men, most of whom are above the common rank of a soldier. Murat, brother-in-law of Buonaparte, is the commander of this corps, and Madame Buonaparte's son is the captain of the guards. Great expence has been employed in mounting this guard, which is placed on a similar footing with the Swiss guards under the ancient regime. A ball has been fitted up in the Thuilleries, in the most splendid manner, as a rendezvous for them.
It is said that Buonaparte will take the command of the army of the Rhine; that Berthier will accompany him, and that Carnot will be minister at war. Baudin, who commanded at Ancon, has been killed at Genoa by a stab of a knife. Barthelémy, late a member of the Directory, named a candidate, by Buonaparte, for the conservative senate, has been elected a member.
A proposition has been made for raising two hundred millions for Buonaparte, by a voluntary requisition, upon the part of every dilapidator in his republic, of half what he has plundered from it. The plan is excellent, just, and natural. Many contractors, it is said, will have a million to subscribe. The contribution of Buonaparte himself will amount to exactly half a crown.
A new departmental and administrative division of the French republic has been proposed by the council of state, and passed into a law by the legislative body. In every department there is to be a prefect, a council of prefecture, and a general council of the department. All these places are to be in the nomination of the Chief Consul.
The measure of wretchedness in Switzerland is now completely filled. As if the scarcity of the necessaries of life, the devastations of war, and the miseries attendant upon French fraternity, were not sufficient to ruin the country, the inhabitants are engaged in the most violent political disputes. The spirit of party is carried to an extravagant excess, and were it not for the presence of the French troops, the most desperate affrays would certainly take place between the country people and the inhabitants of the towns. This extraordinary difference of sentiment extends even to the legislative body, where the most ridiculous squabbles constantly take place. Were the French troops to withdraw from Switzerland, it would be necessary that those of some other power should be sent to preserve the peace of the country, and keep the discontented parties in awe. There is, however, no probability that the republicans will evacuate Switzerland, as they would then relinquish every hope of penetrating into Italy by Mount St. Gothard, and of acting upon one line from Holland as far as Genoa, which is a part of their plan of operations.
The state of Switzerland is in every respect truly deplorable: the children of the most opulent persons can no longer be subsisted, and hundreds of them are continually sent from the interior of the country to the frontiers, where there is a better chance of procuring the means of existence.
The American Envoy, Mr. Murray, has left the Hague for Paris. The French rock themselves in the hope of a separate peace with the Grand Seignor.
A farmer near Exeter, missing one of his sheep last week, in searching his fields, found the skin, and head attached to it with the following note:—“Sir, you are rich, but we are very poor, so when this mutton's eat, we'll come for more.”
DUBLIN, Feb. 18.
“The main question of Union has been at length carried in a committee. A desultory but fierce and angry debate was terminated at eleven this morning, by a division on the chairman leaving the chair.
  Ayes 116   Noes 162   Majority 46 
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, April 10.
An engrossed bill, entitled, an act authorizing the President of the United States to accept, for the United States, a cession of jurisdiction to the west of Pennsylvania, commonly called the Western Reserve of Connecticut, was read.
Mr. Elmerdorf entered at length into the question in opposition to the bill: he was followed by Mr. Bird on the same side; who contended that the State of Connecticut had no right to this land, but even if they had, inasmuch as no State had a right to dissolve itself in the Union, and consequently no part thereof, this State had no right to make the cession. Mr. Randolph spoke on the same side. Answers were given by Messrs. Edmond and E. Goodrich. Mr. Harper believed the various titles to this land might be supported on different grounds; being a matter of opinion, different decisions would be given; he was in favour of the bill, because it would put an end to these litigated claims, which could not fail giving much uneasiness to the claimants as well as to the general government.
The question was taken on the passing of the bill. Yeas 54, nays 36.
FRIDAY, April 11.
Mr. Wain presented a counter-petition of the inhabitants of the state of Delaware, praying that the District Court of the United States may be continued to be held at Dover, in said state, and not at Wilmington, as prayed for by the inhabitants of Kent county.—Referred to the committee of the whole, to whom was referred the bill for better organization of the Courts of the United States.
Mr. Wain also presented a petition of Andrew Montgomery, for eleven years a prisoner in Algiers, praying relief.
Referred to a select committee. Mr. Harper brought in a bill to enlarge the powers of surveyors of the revenue—which was read a first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House.
The bill making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1800, was taken up in committee of the whole, agreed to, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading on Monday next.
Mr. D. Foster, from the committee of claims, made two reports, one on the petition of Samuel Trigg, praying a pension, &c. the other on the petition of Marmaduke Mayples, praying allowance in consideration of services during the revolutionary war. These claims are barred by the acts of limitation, and the report was against the petitioners.
The House concurred.
The bill to make appropriations for the navy of the United States, for the year 1800, was agreed to, in committee of the whole, and ordered to receive its third reading on Monday next.
On motion of Mr. D. Foster, the committee of claims were discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Pitchlynn.
Mr. Varnum laid the following resolution on the table:
Resolved , That the clerk of this House be directed to procure, for the use of the House, — volumes of Hertie's digest of the laws of the United States, printed at Baltimore.
The House went into committee of the whole on the bill to authorize sales and conveyances of land by marshals of the United States, in certain cases, and to confirm former sales, Mr. Rutledge in the chair; and after amending the bill, it was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday next.
Mr. H. Lee laid the following resolution on the table:
Resolved , That a committee be appointed to prepare a system of rules and regulations respecting the territory of Columbia.
The bill to continue in force an act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, was agreed to in committee of the whole, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday next.
Mr. Griswold brought in a bill to continue in force for a limited time an act, entitled an act to prescribe the mode of taking evidences in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses; which was read a first and second time, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday next.
Mr. Nott voted that when the House adjourn, it adjourn till Monday.
Mr. D. Foster opposed this motion, which was negatived.
Mr. Harper called for a decision on the report of the committee of claims, on the petition of Stephen Sayre—yeas 32, nays 37.
The House resolved into a committee of the whole on the bill to incorporate a company by
the name and title of the Mine and Metal Company—Mr. Rutledge in the chair, when Mr. Nicholas moved to strike out the 3d section, which authorizes the President, when the capital of the company shall amount to 150,000 dollars, to subscribe, on the part of the United States, a number of shares to the amount of 50,000 dollars.
After some observations from Messrs. Sewall, Harper and Wain, against the motion, and Messrs. Nicholas and Gallatin in favour of it, Mr. Champlin moved that the committee rise, which was carried, and the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, April 12.
Mr. Speaker laid before the House the following letter from the secretary of the treasury:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 12, 1800.
Sir, I have the honour to transmit herewith a statement exhibiting the tonnage of the shipping of the United States, at the close of the year 1798.
This account has been extracted from the records kept in pursuance of the acts of Congress for registering and recording, and for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels, and is presumed to be correct, except that it includes a considerable number of vessels which have been condemned or detained by foreign nations, and respecting which particular information has not been obtained.
I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your obedient servant, OLIVER WOLCOTT.
The Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Christie asked and obtained leave of absence from the service of the House for ten days from Monday next—yeas 41.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill to incorporate a company by the name and title of the Mine and Metal Company—Mr. Rutledge in the chair—and Mr. Nicholas' motion to strike out the third section being under consideration, Messrs. S. Smith and Parker spoke against it, and Messrs. Macon and Nicholas in favour of it.
Mr. Kitchell said this appeared to him to be a very important subject, and one upon which he would wish to have better information, which might be procured from a Mr. Hornblower, who resided in the vicinity of the mine, had worked it for many years, and had come to this country for that purpose—he would therefore move that the committee rise, report progress, and ask for leave to sit again.
This motion, after a short debate, was carried, and upon the question shall the committee have leave to sit again, it passed in the affirmative—yeas 44, nays 33.
The report of the committee of claims, which was instructed to enquire whether any and what further time ought to be allowed for the settlement of final certificates, indents of interest, &c. was taken up in committee of the whole. The report, which is against suspending the limitation act, was opposed by Messrs. D. Foster, Harper, Gordon, Shepherd, Dana, Hill and Reed; and advocated by Messrs. Macon, Griswold, Varnum, Edmond and Smith. The report was concurred in—yeas 42, nays 30; and the petitions of Henry and Sarah Waters, and Lucius Ames, referred to the committee, were consequently rejected. Adjourned.
MONDAY, April 14.
The following bills were read the third time, and passed, viz.
An act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year 1800.
An act to make appropriations for the navy of the United States during the year 1800.
An act to continue in force, for a limited time, an act entitled, an act to prescribe the mode of taking evidence, in cases of contested elections for members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to compel the attendance of witnesses.
An act to authorize the sale and conveyance of lands, in certain cases, by the marshals of the United States, and to confirm former sales—and
An act to provide for rebuilding the light-house at New-London; for the support of a light-house at Clark's Point; for the erection and support of a light-house at Wigwam Point, and for other purposes.
Mr. Harper, from the committee to whom was referred the amendments of the Senate to the bill to extend the privilege of obtaining patents, &c. reported that it would be proper the House should concur.
The report was agreed to.
A message was received from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their secretary, informing the House, that the Senate have passed the bill for the relief of the Corporation of Rhode-Island College.
Mr. Wain presented a petition of James Thomas Bishop, merchant and mariner, praying to be admitted a citizen of the United States—Referred to a select committee.
Mr. Davis laid the following resolution on the table:
Resolved , That the next annual meeting of the Congress of the United States shall be held on the first Monday in November, 1800.
Mr. Harper called for the order of the day on the bill to provide for the better organization of the courts of the United States.
Mr. Kitchell, after expressing his opinion that the principle of the bill had been already negatived, moved that the further consideration of it be postponed till the first Monday in December next. After considerable debate, the question was taken by yeas and nays, as follows: Ayes, 48; Nays, 45.
A message was received from the Senate, notifying that they have passed the resolution relative to the copper-bed on Lake Superior.
A message was received from the President of
the United States, by his secretary, Mr. Shaw, informing the House, that the President did, on the 12th instant, approve and sign the following acts, viz.
An act to continue in force, for a limited period, the act entitled, an act relative to certain fisheries of the United States; for the government of the fishermen employed therein, and for other purposes as therein mentioned—and
An act to alter the form of certain oaths and affirmations directed to be taken by the act entitled, an act to provide for the second census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States.
The House went into a committee of the whole on the resolution reported by the committee of revival and unfinished business, for continuing in force the act laying an additional duty on salt, Mr. Rutledge in the chair; and after a short debate, the resolution was agreed to, ayes 49—the committee then rose, and upon the question, will the House concur with the committee in their agreement to the said resolution, it passed in the affirmative—Yeas, 54; nays 38.
The House resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee of claims, on the petition of Stephen Sayre, Mr. Rutledge in the chair.
The report, which is unfavourable to the petitioner, was opposed by Mr. Harper, who spoke at great length in favour of the claim. The question was then taken, and the report agreed to, yeas 47, nays 27. The committee then rose, and the House concurred, yeas 42, nays 24.
The bill to continue in force the act entitled, “An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” was read a third time, and passed. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 15.
The House resolved itself into a committee on the bill for the regulation of public arsenals and magazines, which was amended and ordered to be engrossed for its third reading.
Mr. D. Foster, from the committee appointed to enquire whether any and what alterations ought to be made in the law entitled “An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country,” reported an additional bill on that subject, which was twice read, and committed to the whole House.
Mr. Harper, from the committee of conference on the act to establish a general stamp-office, made a report, which while reading was reported as agreed to by the Senate. The House concurred.
A message was received from the Senate, informing the House that they had passed the act to enable the protection of our merchant vessels against French depredations, and the act for the preservation of peace with the Indians on the frontiers, with sundry amendments.
Also, that they had passed a bill entitled, An act permitting the exportation of certain parcels of gun-powder, muskets and cutlasses, to which they desired the concurrence of the House.
Domestic Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, April 14.
Arrived—ship Canton, Dale, from Canton.—The Canton sailed from Canton the 5th of Dec. in company with the ship America, Sims, of and for Philadelphia; parted with her off the Cape of Good-Hope the 18th of February—in the Straits of Malacca, learned that the ship Ariel, Coats, of and for Philadelphia, and Eliza, of Boston (which sailed from Canton some time before) had put into Penang Roads, to refit, in consequence of the Eliza's losing an anchor. Spoke in the Straits the British ship of war Diomed—left the Straits the 31st of December.
The following vessels were at Canton the 5th of December:
Ships Pallas, Ward, Salem; Hope, Donaldson, of Bristol; Eliza, Rowan, of Boston, from the N. W. coast; Mary, Moore, New-York; Dispatch, Breck; Hancock, Crocker, ditto, from N. W. coast; —, M'Gee of N. York, just arrived.
Off the Cape of Good-Hope, Captain Dale spoke the British vessel of war the Jupiter, and Star sloop of war.
The Philadelphia frigate, Captain Decatur, has proceeded down the river, and will go to sea in a few days. In passing League island she grounded on the bar, but got off without damage.
Saturday last the armed brig Norfolk, commanded by Lieutenant Bainbridge, arrived here from Havanna, which she left the first of April, having under convoy the following vessels:
Ships Dispatch, Ward, New-York; Potomack Chief, Wattie, ditto; brigs Neptune, Bragdon, Boston; Union, Bartlett, ditto; Clinton, Burr, Warren, R. I.; Hope, —, Baltimore; Governor Clinton, Winflow, Philadelphia; Nonpareil, Ridick, Norfolk; William Pennock, Newton, Charleston; Susannah, Spencer, ditto; Two Brothers, Robertson, Norfolk; schooners Almirante, White, Boston; Milford, Hinton, ditto; Success, Jones, ditto; Polly, Murk, Baltimore; Felicity, Bely, ditto; Sally, Bragdon, Newbury-Port; sloop Mary, Burd, Philadelphia, and five others, names unknown.
NEW-YORK, April 12.
IMPORTANT.
This morning arrived the ship Reserve, Capt. Marshalk, in 56 days from Cadiz—consigned to Scott and Seaman. February 17, was fired at and brought to by a British lugger from Lisbon, on a cruise—treated politely. April 4th, lat. 35:45, long. 67, spoke the Schooner Mary and Eliza, from Boston, bound to the Havanna, out 7 days, all well.
Capt. Marshalk saw a letter just before he failed, from our consul at Algiers to the consul at Cadiz, informing him, that in consequence of the Bey of Tunis not receiving the presents

promised that nation by our government, he was about, or had actually given orders to his cruisers, to capture all American vessels that might come within their reach. This information was made public by the consul at Cadiz, that our vessels might be on their guard.
Capt. M. brought dispatches from Mr. Yznardi to the Secretary of State. Most probable these dispatches are on the subject above mentioned.
COMMERCIALLY INTERESTING. Extract of a letter from a respectable house in the Havannah, of date March 8, 1800.
"Two packets from Spain are arrived in Trinidad at the same time; the dispatches for government arrived here yesterday, by express, and those of individuals will reach to-morrow. They report as follows:—Owing to the representations of this island of Cuba, made by the merchants and inhabitants to the king of Spain, the ports of said island will remain open to neutrals till a general peace. All the councils in Madrid are united in one, which is to be called the Supreme, and so is that of Castile, in which are chosen three ministers from each branch of the ministry. The minister de hacienda, or finance, is suppressed, and each respective minister of this body is to exercise his functions. The custom-houses of the interior of Spain, that formerly were under the control of the officers of the king, by a new ordination are under the care and inspection of the justice of each town. The tax called Alcaualla is done away, and each person is taxed in its stead. A tax is likewise levied on servants, horses, coaches, shops, groceries and coffee-houses. The minister of war will occupy the place of minister of the marine. Langara, the minister of marine, is displaced by the king's order. Chacon, governor of the island of Trinidad, when taken by the English, has been beheaded in Madrid, sentenced by a council of war for giving up the place.—Peace is expected."
Extract of a letter from an officer at Fort Wilkinson, to a gentleman in George-town, dated March 16th, 1800.
"We are well situated, I am told, for health. The fort is on a fine eminence; and the appearance of this command respectable. It is, I believe, viewed in a very acceptable light, both by the neighbouring state and the frontier allies."
"Colonel Gaither has received a letter from colonel Benjamin Hawkins, which he has very politely made an offer of to me, that I might be able to afford you some gratification respecting the situation of Indian affairs. Colonel Hawkins writes thus, "the report circulated is, that a party of Spaniards, to the number of 500, visited the establishment under the expectation of finding Bowles at home; he was on a visit to some friends.—They after a delay of 2 or 3 days, and after destroying by fire, &c. all his property, retired to their quarters; he still persists in his establishment; he, (Bowles) has many violent enemies in that quarter." Colonel H. appears to be confident of his strong bottom; I hope he is not deceived."
April 15. This morning arrived the sloop Fancy, Capt. Pigot, in 11 days from New-Providence—spoke, in lat. 37, long. 71; a small sloop from St. Thomas, bound to Rhode-Island, out 17 days. Left at the Hook the ship Dispatch, Capt. Ward, from the Havannah. Capt. Pigot has favoured us with a file of the Bahama Gazette to the 21st of March inclusive, from which we copy the following articles.
NASSAU; March 21. On Wednesday, P. M. appeared in the offing H. M. S. La Prompte, Captain Dundas, with his pendant down, and blue flag at the main-mast, half struck. On her coming into port, we were informed of the death of Admiral Vandepelt, whose corpse was then on board of La Prompte.
We understand that the Admiral died on the 14th instant, of an apoplectic fit. His death occurred when the squadron under his command was not very far to the S. and E. of Abaco, and his corpse was put on board H. M. S. Cleopatra, and ordered for this place for interment. La Prompte fell in with the Cleopatra off Abaco, and as she was the station ship of this port, the corpse was removed on board her, and arrived here as above.
Yesterday at 4 o'clock the corpse, attended by a party of seamen in new dresses, was landed at the king's wharf, to the west of the ordinance yard, where it was received by a detachment of the 57th regiment, under the command of Colonel Irving; the officers, both civil and military, dressed with crapes and scarfs for the occasion.
Minute guns commenced firing from the removal of the corpse, both from the La Prompte and Fort Charlotte. Military music, proper for the occasion, played as the procession passed on to the burying-ground, where the corpse was finally interred, with every military honour and respect which was due to the distinguished situation of the deceased, who had for many years supported with credit a rank of the first consequence under the British government.
An immense concourse of people attended the procession. And upon the whole, we do not remember to have seen any thing of the kind in this country, either equal to it in magnitude or solemnity.
April 16. This morning arrived the armed brig Polly, Capt. Bunce, in 16 days from Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica.
A few days before Capt. Bunce arrived at Jamaica, the island was almost in a state of blockade by French and Spanish privateers. The merchants of the island sent home a representation to the Lords of the Admiralty, and to the underwriters at Lloyd's coffee-house. Before Capt. B. failed they were, however, somewhat relieved by the Bonetta and Musquito sloops of war, who partly cleared the coast, took several of the privateers, and re-captured a number of their prizes.
By a gentleman who came in the sloop Hiram, arrived this morning from Cape-Francois, we are informed, that five days previous to their sailing, information was received at the Cape, that the sloop of war Connecticut, commanded by Capt. Tryon, was attacked in the Bite of Leoganne by a lot of piratical depredators, to the number of 15, having 500 men on board. Capt. Tryon understanding their usual mode of approach, concealed his guns, and suffered them to come within musket shot, then opened his battery upon them, and destroyed the whole group except two.
The sloop Prosperity, Capt. Pintard, arrived yesterday in three days from Philadelphia. She has brought ten guns (18 pounders) for the New-York frigate; also 1600 round, and 500 double-headed shot.
BOSTON, April 16. Mr. King, the ambassador of the United States, appeared at the British king's levee, in deep mourning for General Washington.
A British artist has advertised a whole length portrait of General Washington, from the graver of Cheelman. In advertising it, he says, "The General is represented at the moment of the defence of the bridge of Trenton, on the 2d of January, 1777.—Having dismounted from his horse, and having observed the critical position of his inferior force, he is meditating the movement, which he so successfully executed the ensuing night, and which changed the character and fortune of the war. The British camp on the left side of the river; the batteries playing on the head of the bridge, and the fires which Washington had ordered to be kept up all night in front of the whole line, where his army stood encamped on the opposite bank (a stratagem which concealed his march) closes the scenery of this excellent performance of art."
FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE U. STATES. [IN fashion times, it is useful to insist on the virtue of political obedience, and to require every soul to be subject to the higher powers. The following sentiments are from a man, who prefers fitting quietly on the forms of the Old School, to the five-headed, or three-headed, or no-headed Liberty of Abbe Sieyes and Apollinaire Talleyrand.]
"For there shall be sedition among men, and in-treading one another: they shall not regard their kings nor princes."
THE prophet Esdras, with great solemnity, in his fourteenth chapter, describes himself sitting under an oak, and hearing "a tale of other times" from his Creator. The alarmed sage is assured that the world waxes old, and that its future woes will be in proportion to its imbecility. Much evil, moral and natural, is predicted, and this fearful anticipation is gloomily closed, by an assurance that, at length, all the links of subordination should be broken; that man should have no pity on his neighbour, and that there should ensue those periods of faction and war, and that contempt of authority, so energetically described in the text.
It should seem that a great Tragedy of conspirators, of warriors, and of kings, is now acting on the European stage; and the streets of Paris, the banks of the Rhine, and the classical temples of Italy, were scenes, in which men were seditioned, and princes disregarded. It is an observation nearly coeval with the world, that sovereigns, like the taller trees of the wood, are exposed to destruction, because exalted. Such conspicuous marks have, in all ages of the world, been aimed at by the archery of revolt, or the dagger of the assassin. But it was reserved for French perspicacity to discover that kings were necessarily worse than other men; and it was reserved for French steel to cut off heads, merely for being crowned. Liberty might urge Brutus and William Tell against their chief; fanaticism might cause Cromwell to sit in judgment on Charles, and Henry of Navarre to feel the knife of a desperado—but Liberty, Ambition and Zeal, never clubbed their efforts against the kingly name till now. "Eternal hatred to royalty," is an oath not to be found in the digest of Ernulphus; but, coined in the suburbs of St. Antoine, sanctioned by Marat, and repeated by fish-women, it is now a polite and fashionable mode of swearing, among twenty-four millions of the new gentry of France!
In some of the historical parts of the bible, we read, occasionally, a narrative of the assassination of a prince of the house of Israel or Judah: but the sanguinary act was never committed from weariness of monarchy, or impatience of rule. It was a criminal man against whom assassination aimed her arrows, and not a despised monarch. In periods pure and simple, like the primeval, men were submissive to the aged patriarch, and the anointed king, and thought not of questioning the experience of the one, nor the right of the other. Hence no sedition, and rarely invasions; hence a happy and quiet people. David, though he might cause the Ammonite to pass through the brick-kiln, was not called a despot, and his subjects never judged him from a revolutionary tribunal. I cannot discover that Jerusalem, like Lyons, was razed to the ground by the ancient assertors of equal rights. The invention of a guillotine to stop the prayers of the priest, the bodings of the prophet, or the mandates of a king, was not contemplated by the orientals. The lamp-cord did not depend from the Jewish synagogues, and not a Levite before the ark chanted a Mar-seilles hymn.
But in the enlightened eighteenth century, what prodigious discoveries have been made—that there is no God, and no government, but what the people can make! Hence Frenchmen are seditioned, and regard not their kings nor princes. But both Esdras and more recent historians deplore such calamities, and the moderate men of ancient as well as modern times, talk of revolution in a state, as of the earthquakes of Calabria, or the tornado of the Isles.
THE LAY PREACHER.
Providence, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.
At the annual town-meeting held on Wednesday last, the following gentlemen were re-elected to represent this town in the General Assembly, viz. JOHN SMITH, WILLIAM RHODES, THOMAS P. IVES, and DAVID L. BARNES, Esquires.
A gentleman has arrived at Charleston, who was at Martinico when the British packet with the February mail arrived, who says, that he brought intelligence of the American Envoys having arrived at Paris, and that they were well received.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Cadiz, to a respectable house in New-York, dated Feb. 12.
"By the last mail we have received information, that fifty British transport ships have landed Nine Thousand Men, Russians and French emigrants, in Bretagne."
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the United States ship Pegasus.
"We are credibly informed, that the young man by the name of Jarvis, who was lost overboard from the main-top of the Constellation, in her late engagement with la Vengeance, was picked up at sea five days afterwards."
[Alexandria paper.]
The President of the United States has been pleased to appoint Charles Willing Bird, Esq. Secretary of the Territory of the United States, north-west of the river Ohio.
It is said Judge Washington will be the federal candidate for Vice-President at the next election—than whom a worthier character does not exist. [Cent.]
JAMAICA. —By an official statement to the Assembly of this island, of the disposition of the French negroes, in consequence of the late conspiracy, there is this item: Sent to Cuba and the United States, 100.
"Island of Java.—At least one hundred neutral ships have arrived here annually for these five years past, each of which, on an average, must have left 70,000 dollars in specie—making the enormous sum of thirty-five millions of dollars; all of which is still on the island, besides immense magazines of produce.—It is the finest island in the east, and with the exception of the port of Batavia, is not unhealthy."
[Calcutta paper.]
A NEW COMET. The astronomer Lalande has lately published the following note respecting the discovery of a new comet:
"On the 5th Nivose (Dec. 26) citizen Mechain, to whom we are indebted for the discovery of several comets, discovered another at four in the morning, near the star Sigma; it may be distinguished by the naked eye; its tail is about a degree; and it advances towards the south.—This is the 91st, according to my astronomical calculations."
"LALANDE."
From a late London Paper. GEORGE STEVENS, Esq. who died on the 22d of last January, at his own house in Hampstead, was one of the most valuable members of the literary world, and the brightest star in the constellation of editors of that century, in which the names of Pope, Theobald, Rowe, Warburton, Garrick, Johnson, Capel and Malone, are conspicuous.
Adorned with a versatility of talents, Mr. Stevens was eminent both by his pen and his pencil; with the one there was nothing he could not compose, and with the other nothing he could not imitate so closely as to leave a doubt which was the original and which the copy.
But his chief excellence lay in his critical knowledge of an author's text, and the best pattern of his great abilities is his edition of Shakespeare, in which he left every competitor far behind him; and even Johnson, with his giant strides, could not walk by his side. It is to his own indefatigable industry, and the unremitting exertions of his printer, that we are indebted for the most perfect edition of our immortal Bard, that ever came from an English press. For eighteen months together, Mr. S. came from Hampstead in the night, called up the compositor, and awoke all his devils:
"Him late from Hampstead, journeying to his book, Aurora oft for Cephalus mistook; What time he brush'd the dews with hasty pace, To meet the printer's dev'let face to face."
Mr. Stevens was a man of the greatest perseverance in every thing he undertook; often constant, but not always consistent, as he would sometimes break off his longest habits without any ostensible reason. He discontinued his daily visits to White's the bookseller, after many years regular attendance, for no real cause; and left Stockdale, whom he took up on quitting White, all at once, in the same eccentric and unaccountable manner. He never took a pinch of snuff after he lost his box in St. Paul's church-yard, though it had been the custom of his life, and he was much addicted to the practice, and in the habit of making his memorandums by bits of paper in his box.
He was rich in books and prints. He bought largely at Sir Clement Dorrer's, where he got his Xenophon, worth 40l. and upwards, for 12 guineas. He had the second folio of Shakespeare, with notes, and alterations of the scenes by Charles II. in his own hand; he never would sit for his picture, but had no objection to illustrate his own Shakespeare with 1500 portraits of all the persons in the notes and text, of which he could make drawings or procure engravings. He had a happy memory, richly stored, was a pleasant tete-a-tete companion, communicative of his knowledge, but jealous of other men's.
The Circuit Court of the United States is in session at Philadelphia. Judge Washington presides.—Fris and Co. (but not all the firm) are to be tried this term.
The French Constitution has been accepted by 3,013,569; and refused by only 152 persons.—This is said to be 1,200,000 more than approved of the Constitution of 1793.
BOSTON, April 21. AMERICAN ENVOYS.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at St. Sebastian's, dated Feb. 8, 1800, to a mercantile house in this town.
"My dear Sir, it gives me pleasure to inform you of the safe arrival of our Envoys at Bayonne, on Sunday last, where they continue a few days; to recruit from the fatiguing journey they have had through France and Spain; and that they are to proceed on to Paris."
THEATRE.
BY DESIRE, And positively the LAST NIGHT.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of Providence, and its vicinity, are respectfully informed, that on this present WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 23, will be presented a Medley Entertainment, in three parts, selected under the sanction of the old proverb, of
Be MERRY and WISE:
Then laugh when you may. Consisting of various Descriptions, moral Reflections, Recitations, comic Songs, &c.
By Mr. BATES, From the Theatres of Boston, New-York and Philadelphia.
PART 1st. Mrs. Thrall's Three Warnings, or, Death an unwelcome Visitor.
Sailor's song—"Meg of Wapping."
Two portraits of the laughing and crying philosophers; or, Tim Grin the merry fellow, and Solomon Dumps the grumbler. With Dibdin's Sound Argument, or, "Let us all be unhappy together."
PART 2d.
The monk's conversion of the Jew, a story.
Comic Song, of an Irish christening, or, Father MacHane.
A devilish odd character will be brought forward, with three transformations, viz. A Counsellor, an Apothecary, and a Tailor.
Song—The Country Club, or, "Here's to ye, Neighbour Spiggins."
Nobody—a character, with an address to any body, supposed to be written by somebody, and may be heard by every body.
"My Granny's advice to the fair Sex," or, A poor old woman of eighty, personified by Mr. Bates.
PART 3d.
The provoking Story of Monsieur TONSON, or the London art of quizzing!
Comic Song, of The Little Farthing Rush-Light. After which will be respectfully attempted, an humble eulogy to the memory of
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Also, a sketch and resemblance of
The President of the United States.
With two striking portraits, done by eminent artists.
The whole to conclude with a grand display of
CHINESE FIRE-WORKS,
On the following Subjects:
A playing fountain—the Stadt-House at Anna-polis—the Boston State-House—emblems of Free-Masonry—a monumental tribute to superior worth, and the Arms of the U. States.
Admittance—Boxes, half a dollar—Pit, 25 cents.
Doors to be open at a quarter before 7, and the performance to commence precisely at a quarter past 7 o'clock.
Tickets to be had at Mr. Wheeler's Printing-Office, and at the Theatre.
Just received,
At the GOLDEN BEE-HIVE,
MIDDLING and coarse Irish Linens, at a low rate
Spanish float Indigo, per dozen or single lb.
Liquid Blue, per box or single pot
Hopkins' celebrated Razors-Straps and Paste, which render the use of a stone needleless.
Also, his portable Shaving Case, for travellers &c.
Morocco Skins, of various colours
Blue, red, and white Bunting
Loaf Sugar, per hundred or loaf. April 23.
For Sale,
And immediate possession given,
A FARM in the first parish in Mendon, within half a mile of the Meeting-House, containing about two hundred and fifty acres of LAND, well proportioned into mowing, pasturing and plough-land: A good Orchard, and a large number of Pear, Peach, Plumb, Cherry and Mulberry Trees, of different kinds. —A large number of Quinces, and a fine growth of excellent Grape-Vines, within a few rods of the house. For further particulars, enquire of the subscriber, living on the premises.
GEORGE ALDRICH.
The stock of farming tools will be sold with said Farm, if it should suit the purchaser. Mendon, April 20.
Notice.
THE subscriber hopes it will be convenient for his friends, who may have business to settle, or to consult with him in the line of his profession, to call upon him, in future, on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS; on which days he proposes to give special attendance at his office. And, on other days he will attend as usual.
Mr. W. C. WHITE and Mr. JOHN PITMAN, jun. the present clerks in his office, give constant attendance. DAVID HOWELL.
N. B. The DWELLING-HOUSE belonging to said HOWELL, near the north end of this town, and some pasture land, to be let, and possession given immediately. April 9. (5 w.)

Selected Poetry.
FROM THE NEW-YORK MUSEUM.
CAMPELL'S PLEASURES OF HOPE (which see un- published in the press in this city, and will in a few days be published, with his other Poems) can receive from us no en- logium so justly warm as that which a small extract from the Poem itself conveys to the sensibility of each reader. 'Tis a Poem greatly true to nature, which must claim an exalted seat in the memory of man, and live till the register of time decays. The following are two beautiful pictures from the work.
HARK! the wild maniac sings to chide the gale That waits to flow her lover's distant sail; She, sad spectre! on the wintry shore, Watch'd the rude surge his shrouds to bore, Knew the pale form, and, thinking in amaze, Clasp'd her cold hands, and fix'd her maddening gaze. Poor widow'd wretch! 'twas there she wept in vain Till memory fled her agonizing brain; But mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace, that truth could ne'er be-foe. Warm on her heart the joys of fancy beam, And aimless Hope delights her darkest dream. Off when the moon had climm'd the midnight sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest cry, Pied on the steep her blazing fagots burn To hail the barque that never can return; And till she waits, but scarce forbears to weep That constant love can linger on the deep. And, mark the wretch, whose wand'ring never knew The world's regard, that loath, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the last of sorrow bore, But found not pity when it err'd no more. Von friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th' unfeeling proud one looks—and passes by, Condemn'd on Penury's barren path to roam, Scorn'd by the world, and left without a home— Evn'ng, at evening, should his chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn-tinged way, Where round the cot's romantic glade are seen The blossom'd bean-field, and the doting green, Lean o'er its humble gate, and thinks the while— Oh! that for one home like this would smile, Some hamlet shade, to yield my flicker form Health in the breeze, and shelter in the storm; There should my hand no stunted boon assign To wretched hearts with sorrows such as mine;— That generous will with soothie unpiated care, And Hope half mingles with the poor man's pray'r.
NEW-YORK, April 12.
The sloop of war Portsmouth, now in the stream, was, on the night of Thursday last, dis- covered to be on fire, which was extinguished without any injury. It was at the time sup- posed to have caught accidentally, but the con- duct of the crew the following day, excited strong suspicions in the minds of the officers, which led to an investigation; from which it appeared, that measures had been concerted by part of the crew, to mutinize after the ship had put to sea, and to carry her into a French port.
The principal ringleaders, and a number of their accomplices, were last evening secured, and put under guard on Governor's Island.
April 14.
On Saturday evening between 10 and 12 o'clock, a severe storm of rain was experienced in this city, accompanied with very vivid flash- es of lightning, and some thunder. The wind was southerly; and the atmosphere was re- marked to be very thick and sultry, yielding a sulphureous smell. Yesterday morning, after the storm had abated, an impalpable powder was perceived in the streets, especially in those parts where the water had subsided, and in the rain water casks, resembling brimstone. Several in- genious gentlemen have made a collection of this substance, for the purpose of experiment. By one of these gentlemen we are assured, that he melted a small quantity of it, and found it to answer the purposes of common brimstone in making matches. The circumstance is perhaps unprecedented; and we mention it with a hope that wherever it may have occurred, it will attract the notice of philosophy as a sub- ject in every respect deserving the most minute investigation.
ANECDOTES.
THE late Mr. Churchill, the poet, being in company with some men of quality at a tavern, was called upon to give his toast, he named la- dy L——; the nobleman demanded why he named her? Why not, replied the poet, she has the qualifications of a toast, being both brown and dry.
SIR T. P. once in Parliament, brought in a bill that wanted some amendment, which be- ing not attended to by the house, he frequently repeated, that he thirsted to amend his bill, upon which a worthy member got up and said, Mr. Speaker, I humbly move, since that member thirsts to very much, that he may be allowed to mend his draught.
REMOVAL.
Nathan Truman, APOTHECARY,
TAKES this method of tendering his sincere thanks to his friends and custom- ers for their past favours, and begs leave to in- form them, and the public in general, that he has removed his business from his late stand, a few steps north-east, to a new shop he has erect- ed, next door east of Messrs. Williams and Bul- lard, and opposite Mr. Abner Daggett's store; where he has for sale, a very general assortment of Drugs, Medicines and Dye-Stuffs, too nu- merous for an advertisement, which he is deter- mined to sell on terms that he flatters him- self will induce his old friends and new custom- ers to call on him for whatever they may want in that line. Particular care will always be tak- en to procure the very best articles he deals in. Prescriptions from physicians and others will be carefully attended to, and their favours of eve- ry description received with gratitude.
N. B. Constant attendance given from sunrise till nine o'clock in the evening.
April 16.
For SALE, by
Samuel Ames,
ELEGANT Chintz Furnitures, which being a consignment, will be sold at cost and charges only. April 16. (6w.)
For Sale,
ABOUT three acres of LAND, in this town, lying near the estate of the late Col. JOSEPH HOYLE, being part of the lot commonly called the Tyler Lot. For particu- lars, enquire of DEXTER BROWN. April 9.
Just received, and for SALE by Rufus Greene,
(Price, on fine paper, 33 cents—on coarse, 25 cents)
A NARRATIVE of the loss of the ship HERCULES, commanded by Capt. Benja- min Stout, on the coast of Caffraria, the 16th of June, 1796.—Also, a circumstantial detail of his travels through the southern deserts of Africa, and the colonies, to the Cape of Good- Hope; with an introductory address to the Rt. Hon. JOHN ADAMS, President of the Conti- nental Congress of America.
TO BE LEASED,
For any length of time,
THE Wharf and Store, be- longing to the heirs of JOSEPH BROWN, deceased, lately occupied by Col. THOMAS LLOYD HALSEY, adjoining the estate of Mr. JOHN EVELETH. For particulars enquire of OBADIAH BROWN.
Providence, April 5, 1800.
Rhode-Island District, ss.
BY virtue of a warrant from the Hon. BENJAMIN BOURN, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the District of Rhode-Island, there will be exposed for sale at Public Auction, on Thursday the 24th of April instant, the snow MARY, as she now lies at Col. ARCHIBALD CRARY's wharf, in Newport; said snow having been decreed forfeit, at a special District Court held in Providence on the 7th day of April, 1800, for having been employed in transporting slaves from the coast of Africa to the West-In- dies, contrary to a statute of the United States. W. PECK, Marshall.
Just arrived, and for sale by
Benjamin and Edward Aborn,
At their Store, near the Long-Wharf,
1000 bushels of CORN
White-Oak Hoghead Staves and Heading.
April 9.
Public notice is hereby given, that there will be sold at Public Auction, on the 12th day of May next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, by or- der of the Supreme Judicial Court,
THE Real Estate of which GEORGE W. RHODES, late of Providence, died seized, lying in Scituate, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to make up the deficiency of the personal estate, which belonged to the said George, to pay the debts due from said estate, with the expences of settling the same. The sale to be made on the premises. The condi- tions of sale to be made known at the time and place of sale.
SAMUEL ABORN, jun. Administrator.
April 9.
William Blodget, jun.
At Store, No. 7, Cheapside, next door north of Capt Seth Wheaton's, adjoining Mr. Thomas Arnold's, will sell for cash, at prices remarkably low,
BROADCLOTHS and Cassimeres,
of every description
Genoa and Queen's Cord, Nankeens
Cotton, Cassimeres, white and fancy colour'd
Marseilles and mouselinet Vestings
India and English Lustings
Sattins, Sarcenets
Patent and common silk Hosiery, of every
description
Plated Cotton do.
Umbrellas, Kid and Morocco Shoes
Cambricks, Linens, Jacquet and book Muf-
lins and Handkerchiefs
Cock'd and round Hats
Superfine, common and low-priced silk and
kid Gloves, of fashionable kinds and lengths
Stuff Goods
Carpets and Carpeting
3-4 and 4-4 Calicoes and Chintzes, worthy
very particular attention
Gingham, Powder, Pomatum
Camel's-hair Shawls
Crapes, Gauzes, Edgings
Pocket-Books, Plaitillas
Bleach'd and brown Sheetings
Dowlas, Tiffany
Paris Net Gauze, Purse and Slings
Muskets, Pistols, Epauetts, Laces, Dirks
and Swords.
The prices of all the above (for cash) will be made perfectly satisfactory to the purchaser. April 2.
BY APPOINTMENT.
For Sale,
At the POST-OFFICE in this Town,
DR. LEE's patent New-London Bil- ious PILLS, celebrated throughout the United States and the West-Indies, in the cure and prevention of intermittent, remittent, bil- ious, inflammatory and yellow fevers—jaun- dice, bilious cholic, indigestion, dropsy, gout, rheumatism, pleurisy, chlorosis, worms, dysen- tery, bilious vomitings, convulsion and epi- leptic fits, asthma, coughs and colds accompa- nied with costiveness, foul stomach, scurvy, sore throat, hypochondria, and hysterical affec- tions, &c. &c. &c.
Certificates of their efficacy may be seen by applying to the vender, who has the exclusive privilege of vending in this town, and will be regularly supplied with the genuine pills from the pateatee.
April 2.
(3m.)
GUNNERY.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he carries on the Gun- nery business at his Shop, South-end, next door north of Col. John Spurr's; where may be had the following articles, at short notice, made up in the best manner, viz.
Grape Shot, Cannon and Musket Cartridges, Priming Horns, Portfires Match- rope, Musket Balls, Powder and Shot. &c. &c. March 5. ALLEN GLADDING.
MAIL-STAGE.
THE subscribers respectfully inform the public, that the only regular line of Stages for New-York and Boston, start from A. AMMIDON's, at the sign of the Golden- Ball, near the State-House, in Providence; where ladies and gentlemen are invited to call and take their seats. The Mail Stage leaves Providence for New-York and Boston, Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays; for New-York at 4 o'clock, A. M. and for Boston, at 6 o'clock, A. M.
Particular care will be taken that the Mail- Stage is not crowded; not more than eight per- sons are allowed to go in the Mail-Stage to Boston.
SOLOMON HATCH and Co. January 22. (t.f.)
For Sale,
A FARM, as good, and as pleasantly situated, as any in the country, lying on the turnpike road leading from Hartford to Boston, near the centre of the town; with a large house, two barns, merchant's shop, corn- house, cider-mill, slaughter-house, and a forty- eight feet building; with a shed, chaise-house, &c. under the same roof. Said farm contains seventy-five acres in the home lot, eighteen acres of wood land, and fifteen acres of mow- ing and ploughing; and an orchard, which is a little distance off. Will make from forty to fifty barrels of cider annually. It is an excellent stand for a tavern, and is now improved as such.
ALSO,
A convenient HOUSE for a me- chanic (to be sold separate from the above.) For further particulars, enquire of NATHAN GROSVENOR, living on the premises.
Pomfret, March 9. (4w.)
To be SOLD, by Samuel James,
On the west side of the great Bridge, Providence, 20 Hhds. of good retailing Molasses 2 do. W. India Rum, of an excellent flavour 40 Kegs of Lard 10 Firkins of Butter 10 Barrels of Prime Beef 100 Quintals of Codfish 30 M. Hoghead Hoops, of a good quality 400 Shaken Hogheads Rum and Fifth Barrels.
Also—as usual,
A general assortment of Dry Goods, suitable for the season;—all which will be sold very cheap for cash, or on a short credit, with approved notes. February 26. (2m.)
Thomas S. Webb
HAS FOR SALE, At his Paper-Hanging Manufactory, in Broad- street, opposite Dr. Dyer's (west side of the river) a large assortment of PAPER-HANGINGS.
CONSISTING of upwards of four thousand rolls, suitable for covering rooms, cham- bers, entries and halls; with festoon, patch, chintz and common borders, from one to ten inches in breadth, by wholesale and retail. A handsome deduction made to those who pur- chase to sell again. Also, a general assortment of Books and Stationary, Music and Instruments.
C. and B. Clarionets, Hautboys, Flutes, Vio- lins, Fifes, Books of instruction for the Clar- ionet, Hautboy, Violin, Flute, Forte Piano, &c. and several hundred different songs in sheet music. March 5. (6m.)
Cooley's genuine Pills, Prepared by Samuel Cooley, of Bol- ton, 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, Rheu- matism, Erysipelas, Gravel, Piles, Scurvy, Diz- ziness 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 con- tagious air, remove obstructions of any kind, by dissolving and discharging the morbid matter, help digestion, restore a lost appetite, a sure re- lief for costive habits; decayed constitutions are removed by a thorough use of the above Pills.
They are found by experience to be the most safe and easy physic of any composition yet known: Persons under weak circumstances may take them with safety and not find them- selves made weaker, as is common to other phy- sic. They are to be taken twice a day, two in the morning and one at night, more or less, so as to cause one or two movements of the bo- dy 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 POTE, Providence.
HAPPY CONTRADICTION.
OLD FRIENDS WITH NEW FACES. An extraordinary event, at the opening of the extra- ordinary year 1800.
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 FUDGE; 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 experi- enced applauded the explanation, and those who had been in the habit of mowing their snuzzles with handknives, felt the brushes on their chins bristle with eagerness to render their old fashion- ed faces new to their friends—to satisfy their curiosity Q went on thus.
HOPKINS' RAZOR STROPS, which dis- appoint 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 pro- fessional face-scrapers—to seamen of every grade —to the whiskered soldier in his hutted tent— (how comfortable.)
The new invented and improved Box, containing, in the compass of little more than an ordinary comb-case,
A polished Razor—Comb—Brush— Lather Box, and Mirror—with a box for the surprizing 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) Villa- delphia; 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.)
This Day Published,
Price single, neatly bound and lettered, 75 cents; and for sale, by ABRAHAM SHEARMAN, jun. New-Bedford; and likewise may be had at the Book-store of RUFUS GREENE, Providence,
A WORK, entitled, "The Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Af- fliction, and at the Approach of Death: exem- plified in the testimonies and experience of per- sons distinguished by their Greatness, Learning or Virtue."
'Tis immortality—'tis that alone, Amidst life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. Young.
From the seventh edition, corrected and much en- larged.
Advertisement to the sixth edition.
The compiler of this Work having very considerably enlarged the present edition, by the insertion of a number of additional char- acters and testimonies, the Bookseller will be under the necessity of advancing the price. But as the additions consist of many instances of female excellence (in which the former editions were defective) and of other instructive exam- ples; in the choice of which, the introduction of a suitable variety of matter has been careful- ly attended to; the editor hopes that these con- siderations will prove a sufficient apology for enhancing the price of the book; and the more so, as he receives no pecuniary advantage what- ever from the publication.
Besides the enlargement of this edi- tion, with an accession of fresh characters, those of the preceding one have been corrected and extended, and the arrangement so conducted, as to coincide nearly with the order of time, and to diversify the whole.
Subscribers are desired to call or send for their Books.—Those persons who may hold sub- scription papers, would much oblige the publisher by returning them to him at New-Bedford. March 10.
THE co-partnership of DODGE and WILLIAMS is this day dissolved by mu- tual consent. All persons having unsettled ac- counts with said firm, are requested to call and settle them immediately. The Goldsmith and Jewellers business is carried on in all its branches by NEHEMIAH DODGE, at his shop, opposite Mr. Hawes' Tavern, a little north of the Baptist Meeting-House. The Clock and Watch-mak- ing business in all its branches will be attended to with fidelity and dispatch, by STEPHEN WILLIAMS, at his shop, Main-Street, a few doors north of the Market, directly opposite Mr. Shaw's Tavern. The smallest favours will be gratefully acknowledged by NEHEMIAH DODGE, STEPHEN WILLIAMS. March 25.
For SALE, by Augustus Larned,
200 Barrels of Prime Beef 100 do. Prime Pork 75 half do. Mefs do. 75 do. do. Beef 100 Barrels of Menhaden Fish West-India Rum, per hhd. Molasses, per do. Sugar, per do. or barrel First quality Cape Coffee, in barrels A few bags of Cotton Wool Butter and Lard, Hoops, &c.
The above articles will be sold on good terms for the purchaser. March 26.