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rer;, and f,.rsrcilious,, at tires, w!ie'.
were thought 10 be Flocs.s Of a aTcng and
sc;ck mind- affe eted and initiative, which
;, was fiid was a mark ct Ter having kept
&c hrit company ard mas :iefcd 7d;ipo-
a,ioa Ri! &c 60 il, aid improve farther
~ nanrers aid knowledge of ycli,epess.
n ss:ne, this yoprg afe Tie term IS rather.
isrG., buy trow of rone mere sPpropr-
sic) coaid icign relsttztcc TO obiige, and
:; :3:ctt ;adifpoiltion, which prev vented her
,Io.a execuulg we'll: tie former was eaH-
y overcome by Ielfuailon, ard the latter
r,cn reno Cd by little iuiione pralie.
lt.hi;e playing, he took oecaGcn TO refer
IS ii wsTety accicep', to Certain mites,
wEo{c families were notorious il The teau
monde. rs, that her iraIunen, was ike
mis- rs; that air &c learn, trcm nifs {.
Ills one Of mits l.. attic ne couldn't
think ihc played /. halt as wei! In which
fee was co..,Iad.t.sd by certain pa,aii,e
pr.tentl FL III ,hs, eaiy ard tatnilia1 way
,,.alp.cH 10 diiguiie heI intention, which
was 10 let the company Know with whon
n.e aHocisted, arj 20 give crfselioyt to
whatever fhe {sid, as coming from tie
fountain of iafhion. Tow arcs evening at
Ter moh Ct tie company had lci' Us. ia
miIy ride was fuggeaed, whi:h was re-
fol,ea upon, ard was to make cn~ of the
rarty. A coash w:s ordered; here was
another ceremony 10 be obierveo before
we could taiie tie rtojetted ples'ure the
ca1riaee after 1t had a;.ised niuit itand tell
} of al. hour heiore We Enua enter, alsho'
we were all ready could fee tina, the
whole family followed this cuitem right
arainH their ir1linations, the children G.
slnced their inpa,iencc to be of, by thcil
lali cries and urging calls Of 8" come ma,
We ars ready" the daughter obterved that
re was iure the coach had feed is long
as Mrs. -, did the other afternoon
and if it hadn't II was no matter, icr i
va: worth while to be 70 particular
70, once fee this ,ady's patience in iub
, hitting to form fail, fhe lsewed her dehr'
,obe gone by frequent recuserces to he
wa;,h and renning abou, theNouGe pre-
tsnliug to be bufv, and affecting that HI
couldn't find iorethirg he wanted before
fhe farscd, bu, it was FL to beguile time
Aslens,h unable TO refit Ter own unea.
fucis and the ircreafng clanouss Of he'
children (af.er waiting about half AMOUR,
ihe concluded to go, with obisrying in the
way, "what tc!ly 1t was to be ruled by
rhe caprice Of taihion, as for her part fhe
mean: TO &c independent, ard do as ihe
Peated. IN defiance of the will of Others
many other impertinerces, Mr.. Editor
lee Pratticed by this family, the detail Of
which al preiens, would make this number
soc long for your paper.
The Conduct a. the time I recolle6t lex
cited fome comparative reflections, on the
eaiy and natural manners Of a country IA
lllly with thoie Of one living in the city,
Whole minu,ett act is ihaped by the whim-
fcal hand OF taihion--the frit act more
irom The imPulie OF nature, anil their own
i4eas otpropriety-the lait from the i'm
Yute ofart and the opinions and wills ofo-
tbs of what is fl to be iaid or done. 49,
ETHICUS.
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LEXINGTON, Iu!y. II.

I Amongst the various natural cur'otltles
with which our country abounds the Cum
berland fall of water may be ranked "a
mong the 6rf ~ i. One Of ,hofe fupen-
dous works Of nature which at the fame
time fills the. minds both with plea(ure
and atonifhmem. Notwithstanding this
mighty cataract which isXG,uate not
more than one hundred miles below the
ford near the turnpike, fort diNance
above, the mouth CT Rock Cattle, ard not
far from iome Of the Southern fettle-
ments in this Ha.ekv few have either
ieen,or even heard Of it, owing, it is fad,
to the impoGbiiity of approaching it with
any degree Of convenience, in any othe.
way than by water, it being furrcunded
by almoit inacceflible cliffs. X1he follow
ing is a deftrip,ion of this fallX as
we'll as of the;Iand &c. in the 'VicinityNby
Capt. William Hogan, gentleman Whole
veracity may be relied on, and who Witt
ed about the beginning of the preient
month X
The falls of Cumberland river are
about one hundred miles below the ford
at the urn-piIe, and above the mouth of
Rock Cattle creek the navigation to
them is fine and the lands on each iide
Of the river of good quality, until you
arrive within about ten miles Of the falls,
except where TIE hills bind on the river ;
but generally better on the fcuth wefi
or Indian heie, than on Tie north eat.
For about ten mics above the falls, the
land is forty on both Gdes. At the falls
there is about one a<r: Of land On the
nor,h-eats iile, " ich is level but poor
the growth of which is common pine,
fpruce pine, elm, chsfnut ard forae pop
lars. XIhe main fall Of the water is over
rock, whc1e perpendicular height is
about forty feet and within che hundred
yards above the rock, the water falls about
ten feet, making in the whole fall of
about. fifty teer.xlhe agitation of the
water, falling from 70 great hight up
on the rock below, caufes a great guam
ti,y of it 70 rife in vapour, which has
the appearance of a continual fog, and
keeps every fubAance wet where it is
driven by t!,e'air. The appearance OF
the Rainbow in its brightef colors may
be conean,Iy ftcn, whiIf the fun fhines
on this vapour, if the Ration of the fec
tators is between it ard the fun.
*" The river below the fails for about
mile is very narrow, and filled with
rocks the pa9sge 10 one place, not be-
ing more thon twenty feet in w4lth &C.
cations the river below the falls in time
Of very high water to rife within few
feet Of the top Of the rock over which
the water falls * "y-.-
IS As the water never rites quite high
enough to admit fin to pats over the falls,
they collect in immenfe quantities. below,
Especially the large cashfh, ard where they.
bite very iree!y.'<I
NnpCOI K. Auo,,f1 &
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NEW YORK, Augua Is.

NEW YORK, Augna IS.
Arrived, brigs Dyest, itaItey, n. Or
leans; Doriey, Eells, pcyt-Repuoiican
ich'rs Juliaoa, Ripley, St. Croix Gull
e!na, Rudyard, St. John's ". !.
Come up f,om Qur0niNs.
, The brig Packet, from Havana brig
Welcome Return, Clark, and ich'r Apoi-
10, Sellers, n. Orleans.
Cleared, hips lydia, Van Week,
London; Commerce, Fergufon, Grerock ;
brig Iuro, Campbell, 90. {ch'r Ataian-
ia, Tate, Jacquemel; Mary, William
fon, Halifax.
The Dyett, left at New Orleans, Ju-
ly ~, the hip Roebuck, stsnwocd, OF
New York, to fail next day; rhe Aoguf-
ia, Hughes, TOR do. in 10; ich'r Fair A
merican, S,everion, do. do. brig Francis
Nixon, Thornton, of do. for the Wet
Indies tch'r Manhattan, Of do. ich'T
Ruby, Leycraft, Of do. for The, We&- IN
dies; ich'r Hariot, of Salem, for New
York, in IA days; lhip Mars, of Phils-
delphia; brig Ann, shilds, Of DO. for tie
Welt Indies; Difpa,ch, Bel, ofdo. So
| phia, of do !; Aoop Liberty, of do ; ilooP
---, Baker, of Wilmington, Del.
| brig Speedwell, of Salem; Lion, Norton,
of Portland ich'r Atlantic, of Salem, for
the Welt Indies; and brig Ca,haline, OF
| Alexausr;a, for do. Sailed in co. the ihir
| Gen. Wilmington, Davis ; and Matilda,
Talbot, of Philadelphia, for Europe, and
Gch'r John Bay,ey, CT Bottom, for the W.
Indies. Spoke, mtde rivcr, hip Hiram,
! Powers, of Savannah, from Jamaica brig
| Moics Gill, from New York ich'r Two
Brothers, Dye, of Alexandria, from St.
| Chr;aophers July 26, in the mouth OF
river, brig Haetcr, Of New York, from
! St. Croix, pilot on board. Ausua 3,
| off HAVANA, was boarded and treated po-
! litely by the B-itiih frigate Juno, who
had the fame day, boarded the fch'r John,
Bayley, who received Gmilar good treat
mens.
| The Gulielma, from St. Johns, in lat.
a, Sc, long. 6o, was boarded by a French
privateer, who examined the papers, and
fufered her to proceed.
| The Dorey left at Port-Republican,
the briggs Rebecca, of Bottom, to fail in l c
| days !; Celuaabis, Of Charleilen, juf ar.
rived ich'r Aurora, of Charleaon, tc
fail I'd of Auguf Henry, TredweIl, o.
Bottom /; Neptune, of Philadelphia, juA
arrived; Bird, Thompfon, of New York,
to fail in IL days; locps Morning Star,
of do. the nth of Auguf; Eliza, of Bal
timore, cd; fch'r from Charlelton, and
one from Salem, names unknown. A brig
and ich'r beating up. Aug. Z, fpoke
the fch'r Hiram, from Philadelphia, for
Port Republican.
The brig Hulker, of Newhaven, Elna-
than Atwater, matter, about the middle OF
| lat month, was driven alhore at Turks
Inand in a violent gale of wind, and en-
tirely loft fhe was only inballait. Two
or three other veiiels, we understand went
aihore at the fame time, and ihared a like
fare-others ilipt their cables, and put to
fea; we do not learn either the names OF
| the velels or matters.
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N,,c,. .a, s,,, ,sr
c,-a.a . o % o. 80 -: m;a,.S - No 10
r>,:ns ~ 80 ,:hs..r Tbs, .i.,;ra' ,or.
r;r,r,i ,sri;,y end syerl.,,;rss a,,scb.
Irerr 20 he, rss:oo, ard {wesr 20 b. her
admirers and fave, forever, If,bsG va
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On DEATH.

H Nso OSSn $OiNputSo ktoN> aIiIOA'S 'SN
thofm,d people, the average deaths viii
be one day. 3fthis computation be &c
curate, perfon in common health has /
daily rilk of dying, which compared to the
chances of life, is in the fame proportion
as an unit bears to the number nine thou
fand nine hundred and ninety-nine. This
rik is feeuingly 70 iinall, that it common
ly gives no alarm and is icarcely thought
Of; whereas if the fame rifk were placed
upon different ground, 70 as to be iesn ia
another light, itwculd generally alarm
ing.
SsppoGng, for infance, that to morrow
morning lottery were TO be drawn Of
this kind. Nine thoufanl nine hundred
and ninety nine white balls and one black
ball fhould be thrown promiicuouAy into
box; aud then, ten thouland people, you
and I among the number, fhould each put
in hand and draw out bal! at randoro,
ard whoever CHANGED II Grsw the black
ball, ihould inevitably rf:r death within
twenty.four hours 1 fay that if we knew
thSt luch lottery were to be drawn to-
morrow morning ard that We cur.elves
mutt take our chance in it, as aioreEenti-
oned, it would doubtlefs produce in US
fome ferrous approximations, and might
probably interrupt our Aeep to night.
Nov, in different way, we daily run
the Iameriik, aud yet feel no apprehension
or alarm. Indeed the anticipation Of death
is only ufeful, as it quickens to prepa-
ration for it.
ph;loiophy has taught that it is unrea-
ionable to live in the dread Ct death, Fee
ing it is inevitable.
The chriAian religion teaches that dealt,
as it reipeets the good, is great gain. At
the fame time, both philofophy and re!i-
gion unite their testimonies, that it IS tie
part of wifdom to make all neeeGary pre-
paration fox this iolemn and impor,ane
event.
As we know no. but we may die to-day,
we ll,ould be careful to have orr worldly
affairs properly arranged; and Gill more
careful to have and preierye fpch fate Of
mind, as that We may meet death with
comfort.
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BOSTON, Aueuf IL.

The cnigran;s from Ireland, in the brig
Ahicorc, have been permitted to land !;
I'd all The children have been taken into
~ ,ett2bie families.
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Printing in all It's va1te!y EXECUTED
with nfatnejG and diRatch.
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NORFOLK, Augua'17. :
Arrived the -S:h'r' Dars, capt. Skinner,
9 days from Gaadaloupe.
Same dey the :eh'1 Eliza, caps. Adder.
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VIENNA, November II.
The extraordinary vipor with ,

The extraordinary vigor with which
our ornaments are continued, is conGdered,
as the frongef proof of what little hores
are placed here in luccefs of count Cobent-
zel's negotiations. We learn from good
authority that the French government in
lifts not only on the pone1ion of the left
banks of the Rhine, and of Belgium. but
alto on the characterization of Holland.
Switzerland and Piedmont. If AuAria,
fhould reign the left banks of the Rhine
and Belgium, the content of England can
never be expected, for which, befides Bel
GUM and the reftoration of the Stadt-
holder, no compensation can pofibly be
found, in return for the French and Dutch
colonies which will continue to be an Object
to a general peace, unlefs the French 90
vernment hows 4 readinefs to lower its
demands befdes, if Piedmont and Swift
zerland hould be democratized, thefe
countries would always remain under the
influence Of France, which would totally
defroy all political balance. A forced
peace, Therefore, could only oblige Auaria
to content to this, which at prfeent is. not
the cafe. If, therefore, the French go
vernment does not moderate its demands,
which can fcarcely be expected, there is but
too much reafon to fear that the. congrefs
of Luneville, if it hould fill take place,
will prove 4 counterpart to that of Raaadt.
Many .perfons here maintained, that the
French government only evinced a readinefs
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BOSTON,, January Q.

JANUARY 9.
Arrived, hip Nancy, Meier Joy, from
the Havana. ?
Arrived, fchooner Commerce; Freeman,
from Liverpool, N. S. Fiji, Cocoa, &c.
Arrived, hip Diana, Thomas, from Ma
lsgh; Left there, hiPs,y Governor Strong,
Miller and Juno, Dingley, of Bottom
hiIP Ramble, Gunon, ofCharleRon briggs
Harmony, Shotwell, of do. Maria, Rob
ert1on, of BriAol, R. /. from harleton
'icht. Maria, Whalen, of Philadelphia.
JAIL the above ve1els, except thofe of
Bolton, are fubjed to a quarantine Of 40
days.-December II, lat. 40, go, long.
6o5 80, fpoke a fhip, from New Bedford
onia whaling voyage.-Jan. E, about IL
Leagues p. ofcape Cod, fpoke brigsO rono,
from Portfmouth for Surrinam.
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g. During the fifteen days following
the publication Of the prefent declaration;
everyoowner or tenant of a mandatory,
hall be held to prefent him1elf before the
~ordonnatcur OF administration officer of the
place, to make 4 declaration of the manu-
factory he is in poaefion of, which faid
declaration, hall Immediately be tent by
the ~ordonnateur or administration officer to
whom it may concern, in order to proceed
TO the efimation thereof. Every owner
or tenant ola mandatory, who may not
have obeyed this prefent article hall be
iubjcet to a fine of one years tax.
"a. Every holder of a plantation,
whole leafe was granted by the adminittra-
ton, and who was free from the fubyention
duty, hall obtain a deduction ofone third
of the price of his leaie, on account Of the
~increafe of export duties, that deduction
hall take place from the date Of the publ
cation of this prefent declaration.
rs. Thofe planters who have rented
plantations, whole leafes were given by the
administration, on condition of their paying
befides the rent of the farm, the duty Of
fubyention, after adding together the price
of the farm and the duty Of Aubvcntion,
which lhall be fill attached, hall receive a
deduction of one third Of the total arifng
from thefe two fums, by way Of indemni-
icat;on for the i~ncreafe Of the export duty
This deduction lhall, likewife, take place
from the date Of the publication ofthe pre-
fent declaration.
Thefe regulations hall be printed, read,
publifhed and ported addreaed to all the
cival and military authorities and the exc
cution thereof confded t 0 their care and
vigilance. All good citizens are invited
to inform the proper authorities Of fuch
abufes and infraaions of the preient decla-
ton as may come to their knowledge.
Given at Cape Francois, the ziit Ere
maire, ninth year Of the French Republic,
one and indi viGble.
, (Signed) The General in Chief ;
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE.-
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TO enter into negotiation, hecaufe it wa.
prudent TO give to the French nation an
oRenGble proof of its inclination towards
peace, befdes making ufe of the ceaation
of hoftilities, for rafting fill ftronges ar
mics Of ~referve.
Z Onethe 9th Infant, an extraordinary
courier arrived here from count Ccbentzel,
with difpatches, dated Paris, gift October,
which were Immediately delivered for the
cabinet miniAer, count Colloredo. Two
other c%ouriers have arrived from Stralburg
the one with dispatches for our court, the
other with dispatches for the Spanih mi
hitter. Private accounts from Paris fate,
that the negotiations meet with great diff
6culties, the French government. having
demanded that the Hungarian and Bohc-s
mian levy. en- mafe, hould be di{banded,
before any thing farther was done on the
part of the French. 1t is generally appre-
hended~ that the milton of count Cobent-
Eel will prove nnfuccelsful, and from the.
preparations making in every quarter, a
renewal ofhaAilities is more likely to take
place than a continuation Of tranquility.
The diipatches fent toacount CobentzeI1
byour court, contain among other things,
a ,protea againft the invaiion OF Tufcany,
and againft the demolition Of the fortifca-
tionssof Ulm, Philirburg and Ingolltadt
and it is poftively faid, that in cafe the
French government hould refufe to lieen.
to the demands of our court on tho5e heads
count Cobentzel wouldipeedi4y quit France
According to the orders fent to Italy, our
army mutt now have advanced at different
points, viz. between Mantua, Vicenza and.
Ferrara. Freih orders have alto been fen,
to General Sommariva, for attending his.
troops and the militia regiments. 1t has
been Propoied to fend the Neapolitan mi
niler, marquis de Gallo, to L-uneville, te
watch for the .interehs of his court at the
congrefs; but as Great4Britain will not
fcnd a minifer to that Congrcfs, the frR
conful has ALTO refuied to.admit the mar
quis de Gallo whence it ;sacorcluded,
fhatlhe has not given up the idea Of invad-
ing Flower Italy, particularly fnce this,
plan is greatly facilitated DO the occupa-
ton Of Tufcany by the French. 8
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NEW YORK, January II.

Arrived, Brig Trial, Fair, HAVANA;
Slopp Patty, -, Philadelphia
Gleared-none. Ship Atlas, Wilton,
has ARRIVED at Madeira I; Schooner Herki-
mera from this port was loft off Madeira
crew. faved.
Alletter received here by I. Clawfon,
dates! Amfterdam, November II, men,
tionsl the driving a-fhore Of the fhip Hare,
Captain Ogilvie, of this port, in a violent
itorrt', and the probability Of her being
LOFT. :,
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JANUARY r..

Liverpool; Oetavia, -, Newpor,ss
Nancies, Cunt, P~ortfmouth, N. II. Sch,
Bellona, Ripley, Jamaica.
The hip Three Sifers, captain Mur
ply, arrived here laa evening from =;
verPool 3S days. She left LIVERPOOL o,
the fourth day Of December, and has fur
nifhed the Editor Of the Mercantile "A
vertiler with a file of London papers, q.
mongR which is TIE COURIER an even.
ing paper Of the I'd. They furnifh no
thing in addition to our former aock oe
intelligence, excepting that the town of
Staade, Gtuated near the Elbe, is occu
pied by five battalions of Pruaian troop,-
" 1t appears to be the Object Of his Pruc:
fan majefy to ecare the navigation both
of the Elbe and Wefer : he feened relolv.
ed to feize the whole country between the
two rivers, and it is expected he will al.
70 occupy Hamburg. The commercial
intereas of the city of London are mott
~teriouly affected by this circumstance.
The e mail" fays the Courier Of
the I'd December, " is expected to bring
intelligence Of the PruAians having enter
ed Hamburg; ard it is poiible that inter
ruPticn may be given to commercial tranf.
actions with that city. PruAia is looking
out for acceficn of territory in the north
of Germany, and Rul;a in Turkey
The Rulian admiral refuies to quit the
Dardanelles till Paul's maritime expences
are paid. Fleets Of Rufian ~tranfports, and
fleets OF Rufian men Of war are lowering
about Corfantinople; ard it is probable
that BuonaIarte has planned with the
court of ST. Petersburg the overthrow Of
the Turkih empire.
a large feet of merchantmen and
tranlports with troops amounting in all
to upwards Of 3I7 fail, bound for the
Mediterranean under convoy Of the Sea.
horte, MaidRone, and other frigates, is
faid to have put back from South Var
mouth, in the lie Of White, to Spitbead,
On Sunday the goth of November, in con.
fequcnce of orders from government
This report has excited much furprife and
ipeculation. -
"Gen. Clark. at Lunevil1e gave a grand
entertainment onathe 9Th Brumaire, No.
vember 81 to Count Cobentzel and Jo-
feph Buonaparte : ON that day no third
miniaer had arrived, nor had quarters
been prepared for any. Count Cobsnt-
Eel expected with great Impotence the re-
turn Of the, iaR courier he dispatched to
Vienna, which probably will determine
whether that miniher is to make any long
er fay at Luneville. No conferences had
been held on the nth. At eight in the
evening Count Cobentzel fent ofa cou-
rier from Luneville to Vienna, fix hours
before he had received a return courier
from London, with an anfwer to the dit
patches which he had fent off on the z4th
Of October from Paris to Count Stahrenn.
berg"
On Thurfday the a7th Nov. a Priw
Council was held at Dublin Cattle, Ire
land, and a proclamation iaued tor the
better Observance of quarantine, in con-