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PARIS, October Is.

Citizen Jofeph Buonaparte, prefident Of
the committee Of minifers plenipotentiarv
charged to negotiate with the envoys ex.
tiraordinary, miniiters plenipotentiary Of
the United States of America, gave a We
~ iplendld entertainment to the 1mirif.ers,
on the sd init. at Morfontaine, In -cele
bration OF the returns of good enderftand
Ing between the two ffates. Theft con
iul went to Morfontaine with his family
at three O'Clock, where he was Joined by
the two other confuls, all the rninnfers
the members of the corps diblomntioue
the councillors of fate, the preGdents Of
the ienate, of the Legislative body ard tr;
bunate, and feveral perfons formerly II
the iervice of the United States, amono
whom we obferved General La Fayette
At Tx O'Clock the minifter for fore;on
affairs delivered to the frA conful the coz,
vention figned the 1 ffof October. berween
the French and American miniHers. and
TINS delivery was announced by DIFF
charge OF cannon. The dinner confiffed of
100 covers, was ieryed upon three tables
In three ma Is, communicating with each
other: The fra was the Hull of Uuiou
The iecondand third which bore the name
OF WGISixgton and FraukAu, were orna
m me with the butts of thefe great men
Inc fr.t was by far the mott brilliant -
decorations, the devices being all emblem
ATTIC or indicative of the prominent events
OF the American revolution.
Alter dinner 1everal toaas were drank
the iirit, givenby the conful, was
10 tie maSes effbs French ami Au~
me0n'' qob0 died in IL sJfeM Of but,L Iay
me maetendenee eftbe Ne4v Wo,ld."
Inc iecond by the conill Cambaceres
10 tb< Iaeee/svs Of W1Amptou. ;,
he coniul lie Brun--
" 10 t6e Unioa ef Amez,en ova5 II.
ps7veys q tie .Ne,tb, to euJorec t5e rrl..1.
81 f1e Abe,ly g the /sNs." TsN
ettsT diracs we've are~ works emblem
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lately from Baltin,ore)
koyai itfeet, between King and Prise
itreets, fourth door iouth of the Print
ing Office of the Times,
Begs leave to inform tic
Ladies OF Alexandria, and the country
generally, that having received the new.
slt ,aihion OF Ladies Wigs and F'ilcts, he
WI be thankful to receive their orders
lor the above articles, ard vii, warrant
mem equal to any manufactured on tic
continent.
~. 3. Any Lady wifhing to fee Ii,
!ratterns, may be accommodates by icrd.
ing fcrvant TO his ihoo.
: w re has for fale, every article IN
si,e feiiuinery line, on tic n,oG reaCrs.
bic terms. ~ N''0
Alex, Dec. g.
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Auitria and France. To ARRANGE
ment, however, Pruilia has eted, and
has expreiied detire that y deputies Of
the empirelhal afiit at the d refs imne-
diately. M. de Dohn is faid have been,
appointed plenipotentiary to- lie conprefs
on the part OF Pruiiia. AM i thefe pa
ci6c appearances, Auieria III hot relaxed
in her preparations for war; the empe-l
ror, upon his return to Wei publifhed
a proclamation recommend redoubled
zeal and ardor in every thid gheceAary for
the defence Of the country lN
The, proclamation for 4 e meeting of
parliament is expected to I publihed in
tomorrow nights gazettd
( 1t has been reported, That the felton,
will la9 only afortnight. But when we
reflect upon the importance and delieacy
of the bufinefs which is to occupy the at
tention of the two houies--when we con-.
fider that it will be neceHary to proceed
with the utmof caution in deviiugea way
tor the prefent high prices of the sneceGa-
ries OF life; when we confder TOO that this
will not be the only meafure lubmitted to
parliament; that the late correspondence.
with the French republic will be laid be-
tore them; that it is juR and pofible al
10, that 1ome financial proportions may
be fubmitted to them-when all tbeie
things, we repeat, are taken into coniider-
alton, 1t can icarcely be fuppofed that the
ief1ion will laf 70 fhort time rs a fort
night.
October is.
Paris papers have at length arrived. We.
received them late laf night to the 18th
infant.
twas not perhaps to be expected that
they would communicate to us any infor-
mntion upon the lubjed of the correfpon-
denoe between the Englifh and French 90
7efimlsnts, the Official paper preleryes the
mott profound hlence, and the chief :contul
has not thought proper to publiih any ac-
count OF the progrefs Of the termination
OF the negotiation. The reGgnation of
baron 1hugot, and the appointment of the
count de Lehrbach to fuccecd him, have
been officially notified to the French 90
vernment.
October IS.
There are letters in town from Gibral-
tar, dated on the z5th September.-On
that day the troops under fir Ralph Aber-
cromble and fir James Pulteny began to
EMBARK and they expected to be ready to
iall on the following day. The account
OF their having failed on the z4th was in
correct. twas probably the rs or 18th
that they failed, and no doubt was enter
tanned in the army, of Egypt being the
place of defination.
METERS. Rich, Macdonald and Guile
mard the American commifioners, were
on ,Ihuriday introduced to her maiefty at
the drawing room, by lord Grenyille.
and killed hands on their return.
AT the corn exchange yeRerday, the
prices Of wheat and -four experienced We
ry little variation from the prices on
Monday and Wednesday. Fine wheat
was from 3zs. to I4os. per quarter, and
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W-YORK, December

W-yoRK, Dccember/
.Exf,aA of q letter .f,om gras IN at
y Montreal, to his eoyyeIbonarnt 4, Atbi,
city, duted Movemde, z6tb.
4 !" A gentleman from Albany,( the
name of LIE Coateuix, pafed throuA this,
city few days ago, under ftrong( laro
on his way to Quebec. It feems tHA he
has been taken up as fpy. He IS a
Frenchman. If he has been meditating
mitchell, he will, no doubt, meet with
punifhment.'' /,
Entered, flip Role, Jones, Liverpool,
al days; briggs Anna, Norris, Antigua,
via Newport, IS; Union, Adams, New
buryport, 8 ]; fchrs. Jane, Fowler, ST.
Ihomas's, rs; Jack, WINES, Tortola,
70; Debby, Start, Savannah, s; Juno,
Parker, Port Republican, IS; Polly, Tur-
sner, Malaga, 60; Hope, FoRer, Opor-
TO, Al; Matilda, Tilfon, Nova-Scotia,
IS; Hoop Palmer, Cape Francois,
Cleared, fhip Nonparel, , Brit.
toll; fchr. Regulator, Campbell, Cape
Francois; iloop Paragon, birmingham,
Bermuda.
The Portuguese fchooner Das Dores,
was totally loft at Donna Vita, on the
z9th September Taft, in very -he-r-1yrg gale
OF .windrhe - ~11nnaple Matilda,
/. q s.rs Fair American, and
4chooners apiter, are taken and carried
into New Providence.
The ichooner M'Pherfon, for Marti-
nlque, foundered J days after leaving N.
York, part OF the crew and paAengers
iaved from the wreck.
Arrived, sfchooner Jane, Fowler, s,
days from St. Thomas's, with fngar, to
Mr.. King, Sailed under convoy of the
Pataptco lloop of war, with go fail Of
merchantmen, to different parts Of the
United States. In lat. So, long. u, 80,
poke ichooner Nancy, Hurd, from Bal
1nnore, to Surinam, outs3 days. In lat
e, II, ipoke ichooner Sally, from PHI
ladellPhia, bound to Antigua.
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Vic or the location, which were {acceeieo
by a concert, and that was followed Nv !.
ipeetaclewhich cloled the night.
The count de Lehrbach has ;nforma,
citizen Talleyrand, min;fer for fore;o,
affairs, that he has been appointed minI
ter for foreign affairs in the placc of baron
Thugut, who has obtained his reiynati-
on from his majety the Emperor. Conn,
'Cobentzel,ltss been appointed ty the En-
peror to conduct the negotiation with
France.
(Odfeal article.
October q.
General Brother has been appointed MI.
nilter of war, in the room of Citizen Car.
not who has given,hs resignation.
October II.
On the nth, about mid day, the Anne.
rican miniiters took leave of the chief con.
iul, to whom they were preientcd by The.
mlniiter for foreign affairs. MIR. ElfwoYth
IN the name of his colleagues, faid, thar
":he hoped the convention fgned on the
9th would prove the BATS of a latino
trlendihip between France and America.
~ .Niuiay duded, that the Amc
rican Minitters would neglect nothing to
promote this de6rable obiea.' The
CHIEF contul replied that the difersnc.
between the two nations being adinaexl
there ihould no longer remain any trace Of
them; that the liberal principles, with
regard to navigation, ,confdered in con.
vention, ought to bethe BATS of grow
ing intimacy, and that in the prefent cir
cnm1tance 1t was more than ever the in.
tereit OF the two nations cloiely to adhere
| to them.''
We. are ai1hred that Carnot will be
charged with Jofeph Buonaparte with the
intereits' OF France, at the congrefs at La
neville. Perhaps this report, generally
ipread abroad, is without foundation.
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all along the Dutch and Flemiih coaif.-
4 fquadron conGling Of orc nip of the
line and fix frigates, is already fitted out
in theports of Middleburg and Fluihing.
The fame activity prevails in the Texel,
and alto at Rotterdam, Helvoetfuys and
Amaerdam. All the ornaments on the
Flernifh and Ba'avian COATS are under the
direction of the Marquis Ducrei}, the
friend of the duke of Orleans, who has
l:tsly been fent out CT England by an or
der Of the duke of Portland. Every thing
is in preparation for two expeditions; one
is defined to the coat OF England; the
other. more Comfortable is to proceed to
Ireland, where the French Government
expects powerful cooperation OH the
part of the inhabitants.
The Marquis Ducreft has lately been
called to Paris by an express of the chief
conful, with whom he has had feyeral
conferences. They no doubt relate to
thefe projected expeditions. Buonaparte
IS laid to have private confidential agent
at Mittau. -Four members Of the Polifh
committee that yfed to hold its fittings at
Paris, have 1et out for Ruf1ian Poland
where formidable infurrecticns are exnetf
ed foon to take place.
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lVoLUMR I'LL

ieyeral horfes before me laded with fomething
which iteod erea from their backs and which /
had barely light TO difcern were NOT mtn.
concluded they were bales Of merchandise pack.
eduPl n particular form, and alred NJ nuef.
lions till full day light difeioied to me thar tbey
were human creatures tied up in (acks, and FAT.
tened aitride on the horfes' backs. There was
itFange union OF horror and odiy in the con-
cePuon, that truck me at once with a mixed
emotion OF indignation, pity, and mirth. The
ioFmer' however, got the better, and / aEked
my ieryant with fome warmth what it meant
t1e laid that the facks contained fome young
women whom the Tartar bought. "Good
God" faid-I, is i pofhble thar he can have
bought wretehed females 10 treat them with 70
little tenderness ~ y He has bought them"
resorted my fervant, in The way of trafEc.
not for pleafUre."
= SuPpci- he has, " faid /, !" fuppofe even thew
were meD, not 60 mention young women. how
can be imagine that they viii furyive this Tel
up and fweltered in fack, faffened croft. lgpson
horfe, and driven at fnch an amazing rare
tier by tlis time we had fst fo ward, and an
ether Tartar was whipping The hoTies up al the
lime, and driving them on )-how is il pofible
they car furvive They NUT be o,bsred--
hey mutt be fhattered to Fisces-they mua Be
friPPed, exeoEiated, and tortured to dealhp'
Il might plefnme 70 adyifs.' lad he.
!" woulq Fay thar you had better make no re.
marks upon i SIC would only get them perhaps
worie treated, and rAile angel egaihR yo6."
Y To conclude, | took bis advice, an ! kept nv
mind 10 myelf. The unfortunate women were
carried ETY. miles, at the end cf which their
tender hearted purchafsr dilpof-d If them II
iOne way of keeping till his return when I
fuppoi- they were 10 be carried back in facks
2tride upon borles, al The wy 70 Aleppo.
there to De fold 70 he hi ghea bidder.
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ANECDOTES OF SAILORS.

Fyosr he EagJ6 fIy1s,iesI Magazine.
TIE race Of lailors are 70 truly eccentric,
'snai notwithstanding the numbe,lefs anecdotes
TFlth which they FupPlY Conversation, there are
raanY intereang circumstances relative to their
FeTy peculiar character, YET left untold. Like
pioei ATS, that If navigation poGeiIts number
II technical ,erms peculiar 10 felt. The . or
forms thel- into Language, and introduces
Fpem Without hef.ation into all coTnpxnies, On
az Oceafons--and, generally with brilliant fuc-
.te's, as 0autcal eypreIions are pointed, hunt
fous, and eaiily adapted 70 The d,aations Of com
Toured . hardlbips, 70 dsngcts, sn3 10 4
perpetual change cf companions, he i.4rnen
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Late ForeIgn Nez0s.
Ey The Factor, arrived at Newysr from London Win
papers to Jane ..
Progrefs Of the Army from Dion.
Tx F1R Coafsi 70 tie Miaiqer sft5s ln.t,;g5-.

Narsign, May s9 az MI CHR.
Y AN at the foot of the Grand Alps,
4 IN the mida of the V4lais. The
Grand 81. Bernard offered many obaaclss,
whieh have been fn mounted. The third Of
the aftileryis in It4iyi the army Is defend
ing by forced marches Berthisr is in. Ped.
mani; in shrce days al viii be over.
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Of the War in Swabia.

VI the War n Swabia.
The Paris papers from which we this day
continue to give extracts, are exceedingly inter.
citing, not 70 much for The military events
they contain as for thofe which they prepare us
10 exPea from both parts Of the theatre of
War. On the 18th, Gen. Moreau went to
Witt the advanced poa cf the French, and &c
the fame time Lecourbe defended the lefr
bank Of the Iller, to cut of the Communication
between Ulm and Augsburg. Grsatuneaiineis
prevailed in the latter place, from which they
were Transporting the magazines, military
chsits, &c. 10 Ratiibon. IF We may give w edit
70 letter from Studtgard Kay b ia then his
headquarters at Ulm, 10 which he recalled
the corps which Hohenzollern commanded on
the Neeka., in order to reinforce him N hfs
new petition. The fame letter ADDS, hat
Moreau and his army were at the difance only
Of league from that of Kray; and tha, 1
general engagement was daily expected, which
the Aairian general wifhel 10 avoid, Lntil Re
thould receive bis reiHfore nents from the He
redtary States. We further snow BY the Tee-
graphic difpatch Of the zIa, rom HnEnguen,
that an evenr took place as TAI, a. the Ie. IN
fact The petition Of Cen. KRIS a vefy IA
vourable one, en- the he ghts shich Iurround
Ulm, and fhould ne be dI Pottd Tor Az en-
gagemeny, The country afford him means of
employing bis numerous cavalry to al. poGibIe
advantage, il ALTO appears, thai at The fame
date Of tine 10th, Lecourbe has not rucceejed
in cutting of the communication between K m
aud Augsburg. Vandamne has made ereatr+
progrtf on the Lake of ConRatee, If il he
tue that be has taken Bregentz, which mais
iniolatc the prince De Reufs On the Gde of Ger
many. In fac, things are 70 iitudted, tina: we
have foon to erpett a Deceive engagement, for
it IS not to be iuPPafed that French imparience
will 10 long keep peace with The German fang
froid as MOTTO venture on an attack.
In Italy.
The fcene pTefents RiR nee ;ncereRinp
fpeeacle on The fde Of Italy. On the 7e,h
Buonaparte had bis head quarters At M0irizri.
ia the Valais, on the right bank Of the Rhon<,
and near the mouth of rh- Drancs. Il u AZ
leagues from Great St. Bernard, the road crafts
to Be practicable for carriages, and where .hsre
is nc ai7ing upon mules. Arshat period ! bird
part Of me artillery had Paaed the Great ST.
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INlhe year 1857, when Auitrie, Poland an
Venice, united in 4 formidable cnnfederacy
aganR the Turks the Polif general, entering
ModaYia, laid fege to the fortrefs Of Nance.
This important place, WHICH had been alan don
ed by all the ihhabitants, was garIiloned byonly
nineteen Moldavan CheGeurs, whom accident
had brought ttither. Thefe brave men raife4
the draw bridges. fhat the gates, and rtfufsd
to iurrender. The Polanders ignorant of the
weakness of the garrifon, oannonaded the place
for four days fneeeaisely. Tie CAsa-ufs
defended themlelves Acoursgeoully, and killed
great number Of the beiiegers, among whom
was the mater of the artillery. On the ffth
day, having loG ten Of their number, this little
garrifon demanded 70 capitulatc. Anhonor a
blecapitulation was Immediately granted, with
liberty to re,ire where ever they pleafed. AS
fooa as the articles were Ggned, what was the
4aonifhment of the behssing army in behold
ing fix men, who luppored on their houlders
three others that were wounded. AT this in
ttant all the ieotiments Of admiration. Of lhane
sand Indignation, were faoceihvely uppermoit in
the beforn Of the Polifh general For f5mc
momtnis he remained thunderRruck. The die
| tates Of honor, however, at length prevailed I;
and frialy adhering 70 The capitulstio, be
dfmiied the brave beGeged with evsry marx Of
| military applauie.
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MA7URAL HEsfoR1.
EKtraaof letter from gentleman in Connecticut 4
his friend IN Philadelphia.

EKtraaof letter from gentleman in Connecticut 70
his friend in Philadelphia.
"You with 70 knowif there are Loeuhs here
| as in ennfylvania ;--there are none. Ii is
true OF this wonderful infea, that, whether they
are all Of one Commonwealth or not there are
At leaf different Pro0izcer or Dtfriat IN Amer
ica, believe thar Hudlon's river is bound
airy line; and, If my memory ferves me, Con-
ne6ticut river is another Their periodical
| return here is once in tvssteea years. The frft
period within my Remembrance was in the year
1853. | at that time heard two very aged
men, Of nice and correct obferVation, eomPar-
ing notes upon this fubjea, who agreed in the
dates Of four different returns Of that nie6t.--
Their appearances, iince have been 10 the years
1873 and 1894.
add TO this, that The incifons mad. By
LocuRs in young twiggs, remain and are vih
bic in the hearts OF lome trees, particularly Of
the Chelnut, Of the Target growth. / have fire.
quently had the curiofity, where the grains Of
the tree were diRina, 70 count them and
have ever found them TO -acrrelpond. in mum
bers, with ione one or other of theie periods.
"That this angular creature does not ap
pear rnder various notifications In the co1rle
e the feventeen Yeas, as iome fupPofe, ieems
probable from this circumG ance That they
rife out Of the ground under trees which were
f1nding at Their former period, at diRanees
equal, and no more than equal, to he extent
Of the branches they alio rife ia cleared fields
which had trees or brentwood upon them at
the LAT period but, ia no cafe where there had
been nothing Of the kind to receive there feed.
They have ALTO been dug Up, at a great depth
in the earth, two years OF more before their
refurresiion."
NEW MODE or TR4YELLlvC Fo.7 LADIES
Iron Campbslrs Journey over apd 10 India
ONE morning was awakened before day
break with a bultle in the carayanferA where
we lodged. Iconjeelured thar the Tartar was
preparing to get forward, and roie in order to
lole no Tina. | was 70 far right in my conjea
ures the horf=s were ready, and cane ont 70
mount, and was very much fuFPrued 70 fee
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Politics.

From the ConReSticut Courans.
No. I.
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MONDAY, jury %, 1900.

had been f-nt by bis mater with a letter To one
of the Colonits, who lived at diGance up the
country. Onhis relurn. about midway between
the place be had been to and Cape Town, he
found be was followed by lion Now It Is
Gnguar fad in tie natural hiifory of this animal,
that he never attacks his prey, while it IS day
light. But he has been frequently known 10 fol
low perions, at the diRance of few hundred
yards, for many hours, while It was light, aud
TO attack and dearoy them, as night came on.
When the Hotlentot 6rf dilcovered his Danger,
il was within Mort tine of funfet +; he knew,
therefore, that be could neither return to the
Colonif, or arrive az Cape Town before dark.
In this perilous iiSuation, with famiihed lion
CARING on him, and growing with fatisfaefion
atthe prcipcct ola good repaR, he had recourie
10 40 szPsdient, which might do honor 10 an
enlightened being. In pa fling the chain Of
mountains which are nor far from Cape Town,
be took bis eloibes conifling merely Of thin
jacket, trowfers and a cap, and Flu them on a
walking flck 70 as to appear ike fomething hu
man He then let himfelf few YARDS down
the edge Of the precipce and fct the flick with
his clothes on it, juf above the edge If ii while
he remained on a frnail of the rock The
king Of the forea was deceived for when Il was
near dark he fPrurg eagsIly fot ward on his
tuppofed prey, and WAS dafhed TO peices by bis
fall dowa the aeep we need hardly add, that
the Hcttentot arrived at Cape Town in fdfety.
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PRESENCE OF MIND.
"A TIottentot, who lived in the fcrvice ola
Datoh merchant asthe Cape Of Good Hope,
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army actually has 1873 batta!iors which give
you 10 much unedEinels, what would be the con
iequcnce How j. it poilible FOR the enemy L
employ even one half Of their forces II the mouo
famous Poil'ion you occupy Can he attack
you otherwiie than with Jingle columns?
And are you not the brave the fortunate
Malena DO you not command the bet infant
ny IN the World Is not the aaive and intclli.
gent French folder hyperion To III the troops of
Europe, 70 mountainous diaras Bedde> tie
enemy can convey Provi6ons only for finall
number ot troops in the mountains, as they are
in want OF mules. No, rny dear General he
iuPeTiority OF the enemy gives me 10 uncaG
nets-that Can only * excited 81 the plans
which they nay hit upon; but Grong as The
iituation is, YOU are not entirely oUtof danger.
will tell You what 1-ltul General might III.
dertake ag4in0 yoo.
" BY daily attacks he would harraE YOUR
center and riGhtwing towards the fources of
the Taro, the Bnagro. and Ia Polvccerra.
while he would yigoroufy attack the left. and
endeavor 20 gain one Of the three raics leading
&C Savonia. Finale, and Abenga. Should ne
iuceeed II this attempt your army would he a.
vded into two corps, and your communication
with France cur off, Bur believ5 German
caution viii never enter % daring a plan.
Meanwhile you NUT carefully guard thole
three PATS; and ihould the enemy attack YOU
and carry ore Of thele important points, (uhich
is Poaible) then my dear General, yen muh
fan upon him like lightning, attack from tie
tide ofGenos, while Suchet, attacks f n N,cc,
and deltroy every uoriaa that fhould Pais i've
Mountains"