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MONDAY, AUGUST "a.

Information is received from St. Tho
mas, BY capt. Johnlon, arrived yelerday,
of the expected evacuation, in few days,
of that iland, by the Britilh troops fati-
oned there, OF account of the differences
between the Danes and his Britannia ma
lefty being fettled. The Danes will pro-
baby re-poilefs all their ilands in TIE
Welt Indies, lately captured by the En-
glilh under the command of Adm. Duck
worth, IN. I. GaS. Of i9h ie.
Extr07 ef0 letter f'om q yoaxs gentleman
on bard The brig atlantic, capt. Br0ovn,
10 bis f,andm Ne7ubaybo,t,, dated
MoxrsERRAr, July IA.
o. TIE the 18th inf. We failed from
GuadalouPc-at 5 P. NJ. being off Point
Antigua in,all Englith Privateer fred
upon us and brought US too' They hail.
ed in French and had French colours Hy-
ing, ordered our boat out, and the capt.
to come on board The boat being large,
and heavy Tea againf US, we were conf
derable time in getting he, in the water.
The privateersmen thinking we were
longer than we ought to be discharged
voiley of n,uquetry but fortunately did
no damage. The captain repaired on
board Immediately with 4 hafds-They
took his papers from him, fent prize
mater aid J men and orderedus fer Mon
ierras where we arrived yeReniay morning.
What will be our fate I am unable to FAY
out belle We we fall be cleared after pend
ing perhaps, the greateR part Of cur cargo.
A fhip pump of a new contribution has
lately been invented ia this city By G.
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C!yne., sninsenious S:ci,apic. 4 srca,
impsrfetfion In pumps on every F:lncip pic
hitherto invented, is, that they @re liable
to be choakctl, and get OFT Of rep-i:, BY
the dirt and gravel lodging IT thc uo;:on
of the vefel, this ineertettion is complete.
Iy obvia,ed, by the invention OF Mr. ely
n.er, as demonstration CT wSic, he
throws an IS pound Oail into Ia. well,
which was pumped up and delivered Ia
few .ieconds.
This experiment was made on Iucijay
latt before the governor, judge Peters,
commodore Barry, Mr.. lasrooc and !cve-
raj other respectable citizens, who ipoSe
OF the invention in terms ct appreciation,
aud We nope for the good otE,4nxi"i that
it may be fairly tried, and meet WIKI tic
encouragement it deiervcs.
PHI. paper.
Since Fiarce has sroaned under foeh
iuccea!on of petty tyrants, as have been
produced by the Revolution, its approx
nation, towards individual defpotitm, is
according to I'll: following lines in Gold
lmitfl, kind CT natural conieauence.
Calm u N.Y. oxl, nat apt "a ri! in arms,
Except 7Ot5en fy7 nfp,24ebf4g dnastr
TyarWj:
Bxt evAeu toute16i1s ebiy; blaekaae Ike
tbysre,
Contracting r<gal fo7ver to ,7rsteb 'dti,
ocvn;
Wbeu / behelda faai,us band 4s,ee,
Ia taAnfreraom 7vbsx thrm/etves are FREE;
Fear, pity, jnR'ec, m6;ynatnaP0rf,
Tear of rs/s,ve, and tear ny y!7vrllms
beart;
7WbaJa tatriot, half eozvar4 gu7vr,
lWJ ro~ petty y'a~t; 10 Tie l hroHe.
NoRrHAMpToN, Auguit II.
Mr.. Butler,
Tbr alarming b,ev0lenee sfhe Dyttntay
m tbi; vieiviy, las maueed me to /fud
.tortutI;eatio~, the tol2o7vMg rstr,tts far
the eure If that nAdeayeymg maIaG.
TIE Fmpltne/5 # Ike remfarstyslri5ra,
it is kobed, 7v,N mauce Mose aaf2ed
qvitb the d/ordtr, to make trial aftler
efficacy.
RECEIPT /. $780,.
Take new churned butter wi;hcut Glt,
and juG kimming off the curd, larswhen
melted over clear FIRE, 6 i've two tfoon-
full of the clarified rema,nuer, twice or
thrice within the day, to the Pe.iUn afStt- +.
ed-This has never talie>' 10 make almoit
an infant cure, even wien admin.ferea to
perions at the point Of ara!b, ard WHO
were io|cmnly reiigned to that h4 eureg
every MALAY, by thel: phy.ician's farewell
fentence.
RECEIPT T..
Take large apple, pick cut the core,
and fill the cavity with honey comb, (the
honey being TRAINED QUIZ cover it with
hot alhes, till roafted iott, then mix j, to-
gether, and eat it all at once, 1t common
ly gives e:lfe in about halt an hour.
RECEIPT 5.
Take any quantity cfgood vinegar, and
add as much clean table ialt as it viii dii-
folve; to three 4 oonsful of the brine and
fix ipoonsfui ofboiling water let the pa
tient take two table fpoonsful as hot as il
can be fuppcd from ipoon once in two
hours.
N. B. The above is for an adult F: the
frength and quantity muf be varied tor
according to their age and coa-
fitution.
DEATH OF CEN. QUINN.
III.
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n ssy Of the ::.;e legislatures confaed of

n any Of shc:::-se Legislatures confaed of
.nois meuoers
Thek ideas were but feebiy ofpoied.
The d;verGry ofspinion expreaed ehseay
arofe fiom dividon of the kode on 1h e
ratios Ct 10000, and $1,000. The 'o''
mer was advocated principally from a re-
gard to Delaware and K. Illand, which
by its adoption would have each'so re-
IMe!entatives inaead Of one, If higher "a
ito were preferred. :,
During the difcutiiop, it was moved TO
ffrixe OUT the word " three :" leaving
'a:,.y thon!and 80 the ratia. 1his mott
on was loe-Ay.s 43-Noes 50.
MIR. Bayard .hen moved to ar:ke out
" thirty tsrr,' leaving the refolation
blank, in order that it-misht be flied up
with fach nul.bcs as !hculd be agreeable
to the houie.
This molten was ,oppofed chiefly by
Mr.. Nicholfon and DR.. Euais, who were
Of opinion that the Yrcgrciliyc incrcale Of
the members would be iuifcien,h" large
on the ratio Of 5000 perfuns TO mem-
her. They were ALTO further in favor of
This num5er as it left the iewet fractions.
The only two ,Rates much injured BY it
would be Delaware and North Carolina !;
whereas if the ratio were increafed to
$4,000, New JeTEy would have frat,i-
on of $1,000; Delaware CT $4,000; Ma
ryiand of 10000; Georgia Of 10000 !;
and Kentucky Of 10000
On the qasaim being taken for Erik
ing out Z" thirty three. There rcfe only
81 members. It was therefore declared
to be lott.
The queaion was then taken on the
original motion, and carried wi.hou. a
diviEon, and committee OF three men,
bers appointed bring in abill confsrma.
bly, thereto.
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who has t,any years excited mrsh a,..n,;.
On from his numerous blunders and pssc-
countable movements. This man at tie
clofe of the war was poor; but by pur.
.chaiiog continental fecurities, and various
fpccuiasions, he has blundered into an i'm.
menle property. He is very illiterate
pe,ion, has high notions Of grandeur and
parade, often carclefs of money, yet often
exa:s, and greedy ofmors property.
Two or three anecdotes might give
lome idea of The mans character. After
s;b.caming rich, and Ring as he imagined,
to nobility, he one evening came home,
and knocked violently at tie door, wkea
his wife came to fee what important mat
;=r coa!a occalion Zach violent rapping.
/, On opening the door, her huihand with
grave air afss, "Doss Timothy Dexter:
ETC. live here?" What does this mean! Z"
lays Mrs. Dexter; "Noth;ng," reptile,
he, 8" ! only wanted to fee b0evH er.ulI
/5usa he,eaftcr." When he purchafed a
large elegant brick houie, he United en-
having the yard paved. THIS done, he
ordered ,he lervant to !s ng HIS carriage,
when he paradei fverai times round tie
y..d, this is Bottom; this is Philadelrhia f:
this i" is a Dukes pa'ace." Eut he NJ it
renarable ,ecic.e ro lows. About build
ing lhip o, the Melrimac, his carpen-
ter Informed him that 4 certain number
Of tons of Stayixg were neceiiary. Dex-
ter took his carriage and wen, to Eoitcr,
where he Purchaied all the avhait bone 10
could find, for yfeyixg, which was4ent
round BY water to Newburyport, : On
hi. return he diicovered his miltske from
the czrp.ntcr.-Eiis purchahng all the
whaIe-bone in large commercial town,
doubled it, price. In few days ne ten'
ii back to Boaon, commanded his own
price, and cleared leyeral ,houiand dollars
by this laundering fpeculation.
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NORFOLK, December IS.
From C4GduLuje.

BY two gentlemen who Game paGengers
in the fehovner Two Brothers, captain
Abbot, from Guadalupe board tc Balti-
more, we have been favored with the fol-
lowing particulars relative 70 the late In
furrettion at that iilsni:
In consequence Ct the arref Of ieveral
people Of color, who were "a podeMon Of
places under the governments general In
lurreteion Of the Blacks & a.u,Sstoes took
place on the zzd October, and they APP
pointed mulat,o named felsse, their
chief. On an alarm being given, the
white people repaired to thei., rendezvcu,
appointed, but whether from the confuhon
in which they aa:Rbled, or their ignorance
of the caGi. Of the alarm, the greater par,
of them were without arms, While the PEG
pie of colour were completely equipped.
Gen. LacroIe finding that attempts to or-
poie force would be uielef:, held confer
ence with Pelsge, who offered to con-
tinue General Lacroae. in tie command
Of the iaand on condition that he would re.
fore to the people of colour their former
appointments this gen. LacrcGe refuicd,
and he was immediately made prifoncr.
an embargo was laid on ,te veGsls in tie
harbours, and gen. Lacroae was embark
ed on board Daniih ihip for France the
Gnip was captured few hour. after her
departure by the Tanner tfrigate, and fent
int Martinique. Owing to the prudence
of p4lasc not white pe,ion was murder
I'd. The buiins!s of the ifland was re-.
ltored to its former channel, ard all was
tsaoa il. As icon as the government. OF
the iiland was obtained poEethon OF by the
people Of colour, al the priions were
throws open and their inhabitants liberat-
ed. At 10 o'clock at night, the. ProcIa-
nation, No. r, was i.a.scd ;; ard On tax
ing off the embargo, ger. .PeIsge- tent for
The Americans, arid delivered them copies
IF the Proclamation, No. 7.*
PROCLAMATION.
M1glcire fS!agc, e4ief' 81 BfISHac, GSm-
mandsr in ebist,sf The armed free of
Gaalz!as1e Gxd iss de9eaSe1tts.
dad the eivl CsmnlGaries.
To all tn. Citizens OF Gaudalospe.
OTHERS
Rear Admiral la C::Sa: IS no more in
this colony: he is going to render an ac-
count of his conduit to The confais OF the
Republic be will tell them whether he
has deferved your ettes.n and y oar regrets.
Nav he rot experience the terrible verge
ance ofa sovernu,eas, whole lncsaant care
is TO make ;,ieif beloved ara reflected,
and who will not Zee without the gteateff
Indignation that the nan iatruGsd to repre-
TENT i, among you, and make YOU happy,
has 70 lily fulfilled his milton! =,
= tbs p,oel3matisx esteani;sss- fs-
Per q tie st5 iyaes;.
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SALEM, December 10.

Arrived the barque John captain M
,hanisl Knight, % days from Gusda'oupe.
Left that illand In aeate Of tranquility
under the Mulatto Ufurper MAsIoire p
Iagc. Captain .,nisht left at Cusd'-
loupc the folicwin; ' :GtIs ic:<o ner Ur-
on, Ruth, cftl,is port, TO fail fou; Polly,
Smith, Of Bolion, to fail in few days;
Sally, Smith, Of Beverly, and feyersl
foushtrn vciicl;s The brig Plymouth,
Badlhaw, of this port, and captain cIout-
man, in 4 veael Belonging to Bolton, were
at BaGa,e-,e !; lpoke icboon.r rom Mar.
Unique bound to penobfcot. The asy
after leaving port tie John was boarded BY
the Britiih irisate Mercury, aid Ies'ea
politely.
December H..
On Wednefaay nigh; yegel went into
place called Delivers Cove in Marble.
head harbor, an inlet little more in wii's
than the yelIsl, having ali her fails lower"
ed but the fore,opia;i and there GROUND
ed upon an 5ealy bad, without droPpl's
alchoz Her appearance in the morning
excited tie ca,io.i,y Of the inl:sbitant',
who on going to her, found her 30 %
afchoeaer from Gibraltar, belonging I"
sptaia Buckle, Of MarbIshead,-
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By this Days MAIL
BOSTON, December II.

Arrived Acop George Williams, from
Tobago, IS days. No arrivals this day.
Foreign Ciearances--i'ow Mary, Brown.
for Magadorc; brig Ruthy, Derby, To.
bago; Cyrus, Wet, Morlsix-fchr.
Polly, Springer, Dieppe Roebuck, Fol.
ter, Hifpanioia; Harmony, Decker dor,
WeA- Indies; Sally peafs. GuadaIoepc;
Sally, Standwood, Cumberland; Argo,
ilick,, St. Johrs, N F Aiyentur~, F'o4,
Liverpool, N. s.. lsocp Rebecca, Riding,
St. Johns, N. B. Sailed this day The TAFT
falling brig Rambler, l'ownlsad, for MA'
dras.
December -.
Fre:s Corripovasnt, at Portland.
IS December S, IscI.
"Cap.ain Lee in tn, fthooner Pr,faeaf,
has aA arrived here from RoehfA, II
France. lie brings papers to the zIt
Oaober, fome Of which are now trauil'.
sing for our papers. He lett Rebel the
a,d October, and Jays, the Monday before
he failed, an exrpcfs arrived from PSris
with an account that the deGnitiye treaty
had been iIsned. Peace is better than
war-may the event be better for "
than our fsats.''
THUS FAR ear Corref pondent-hAEv,
E4y zvs ava5 all or keayts. The intelH'
geaee, koqoever, # the Egn;ss Of The de.
jffs1;ve !,say ear.stb< t,ae tsreye kne7'
tbqt on the aif Oao6er, tbr Marfa'1
ConswALLIs bad not le,f London.
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AMUSEMENT.

There is perfon in Newbusyport, IN
Maj. by the name Of Timothy Dexter,
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By the brig Drake capt. Cox, arrived
yeRerday from St. Bartholomew, letters
arc received which fates, that a report
prevailed there, that on receipt OF the
news Of the peace at Guadaloupe the
inhabitants had tent for General Lacroae,
and invited him to return again.
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on, but permitted to pats unpunihed ho,,
applaufe of its mcafures grounded on f su.a
hood, and libels againR thofe whod;o;LS
thofe meafures, had no Object but that ~
corrupting public opinion, prevent;uo
free diiculion of public meaiures. and
counteraefing the effects of free elections
He was confident that even in thar oh;ea
the trainers of the law had failed, and has
produced thevery reyerie Of what thew ba4
expected.
Mr.. G. faid that he had avoided maxim,
any observations on the manner in which
thelaw had been executed. But he would
explicitly declare his opinion that no me-,
iure was better calculated to corrupt tbr
purity Of our courts, than to force them
to take cognizance ef cafes where adm;
niitration was aParty. The mott imparti
al and upright judges were liable to the
fame impredions from party fpirie and Do.
li1icial opinions, to which other men wer.
expoied. And the befs way to preleryea
pure administration of juRice, was to en-.
deaver that the judges, marihals, and in.
ries ihould not be compelled to act witho, I
real and urgent neceAity, on quefions in
which tho(e impreiEons NUT nece :ar;.y
produce fome effect On their minds.
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From the Commercial Gazette.
THE REFLECTOR-No. VI,
(" Ces0ey/atiou j, tie criterion Of almoa e.
1'eyy mans intellectual merit"

Cssveyjation IS TIE criterion Of sla0G e.
ceyy mans Intellectual merit.''
WE are often dilpoied to pay compli-
ment to men for their abilities and retti-
tude, upon very ilighe-and superficial &C.
quaintance. This shsly mode of eitimat-
ing characters expoles us to degree of
deception, and makes us value fome too
high and Others too low. The talents Of
man, no more than his dilpoGtion can be
entertained without arict fcrutiny, and
being converfant with him on ordinary
occaiions, and in the familiar walks fife.
While men are in the mere exercife of pro-
feflional duty, or are examined only by
the view they exhibit when acting in a
public capacity, they alIume artificial
forms, and difplay borrowed abilities.
Some perfons indeed have the address TO
keep their real character always out Of
fight. They will never expofe themfeves
to the fulnefs of dometic INFECTION, be-
ing perfuaded that they may rifque the
lois OF reputation in private, which they
have obtained in public. For this reafonit
is prudent for men who have acquired fome
fame and influence for their abilities, to
adopt cautious, referve mode of conver1a-
ton. Every perfon who INDUCES himielfin
an unrearained fcope Of conversation,
will, in fome moments of inadvertency,
ditcover follies and weakne1es, which
more difcreet rule Of behavior would have
concealed. It is of utility to mankind that
fome perfons in iociety fhould be viewed
with an high degree Of refpea, and be iup.
Pofed to podeis more than ordinary dill
cernment and rectitude. 1t isof more i'm.
portance to the world that man ihould
render himfelf respectable by his widen
and fobriety; than that he fhould aim at
being agreeable by gaiety and afabil'ty'
The truth is, if we were intimately &C.
quainted with all men, we fhould coniidef
them as too nearly alike to pay that r.
fpea to fome, and feel that detefationfolr
others, which the good management OF
fociety absolutely requires. A high fate
Of civilization is founded on artificial cif,
cumfances; and it can only be praerveo
BY a forced departure from the intrinsic saa.
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A. It was evident from view OF the emu
nerated powers Of the judicatory, that the
only clais of cafes which could probably
embrace that of libels, not puniihable by
a ,pofitive fatute, was that of S cafes arif-
ing under the confitution." Ifit would
be elia5lilhed that by virtue Of thofe words,
the judicatory would punilh offences mere
ly becauie they were what is called 6 Of
fences at common law" then indeed the
doctrine oflibels againft government, be-
ing punithable by the courts Of the United
States, although congress had not legiAat-
ed on the fubjeet, might be fuppofed.-
Until the attempt to prove that proportion
was made, Mr.. G. thought it uielefs to
diicufs it. But as the gentleman from Dcla-
ware, had made a very jua encomium on
the general proviGons of the common law,
he would beg leave to make few OFFER
varions on what was called the common
law Of libels.
He would not heGtate to fay, that the
law Of hbels, as recognized in Great Bri
tain, was neither the offspring of the COM
mon law, nor confident with its general
principles. The principles Of the law Of
libcls were to be traced not to the COM
mon law, but to the civil law and they
made their way in the law of that coun-
try, through the medium of the Rar cham
Der. Hence it was, that the doctrine Of
libels, until reformed few years ago,
made an extraordinary and folitary ex-
ception to the general principles of the
criminal jurisprudence Of England.
In every other cafe, not only the act
charged to the party, but the intention Of
the party in committing the act, came
within the acknowledged province of "a
| jury. Thus if man was charged with
murder, not only the act of killing mutt
be proven, but his intention mutt be afcer-
tanned. 1t was the intention which con.
| itituted the criminality of the act. Of
| this, as well as of the act, the jury were
the judges, and accordingly although the
act of killing was proven, they might give
verdict of manAaughter, or even Of juR-
ifable homicide.
| But, in contradiction to thofe acknow-
lodged principles of common law, which
pervaded the whole lyaem of criminal iu-
rifprudence in England, in the folitary
cafe of libels, the doctrine had been held
that jury had nothing more to decide but
the act Of publifh:ng and that the intention
which in all other cafes, as it conhituted
the criminality, was mott eHential part
OF their confederation, was not, in that
cafe, iubjed within their province. And
thus they were directed to find the author
guilty." provided they were fatisfed
that he was actually the author, although
in their opinion there might not be any
erlminality in the writing which he had
publifhed. 1t was not aitoniihing that
gentlemen who held the general principles
OF the common law in as great reverence
as the gentleman from Delaware, fhould
be adverfe to the introduction of that par
ticular doctrine in the Jurisprudence of
the JTnitaJ G, ,<es
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- $3sEE ls1yz p SS3s<4A4 I'LL s. lac
tEss{p lis Of this description, aid
the amount due frsgh them are found to be
comparatively uncomfortable, the infer
ence is fair and plain that due caution has
been obierved in the appointments ard di-
igcnce in the fupcrinsendance Of the iLb-
ordinate officers.
Upon this fubjeA the, committee have
been folicitous- to acquire fuch infoxma-
ton as might be satisfactory to the houfe,
and having examined the particular cafes
Of delinquency which appear on the books
Of the treafury, and the proceedings a
dcpted BY the fecretary and comptroller,
respectively, are convinced that the ut
:soa lois arifng from the delinquency of
thoic concerned in the collection Of the
revenue from duties on imports ard tom
mage, for fix years, will not exceed one
hundred thouiand dollars being iome-
what lefs than one-ieventh Of one per
cent. on the whole amount collected and
tecured.
The lois fueained in the management Of
the internal revenue, will exceed this ra-
ito; for reafons Of which, fomc are Incl
dent to the nature Of the duties and mode
of collection and others, which happen
cd at an early period, attributable to the
novelty of the iyGem. This lois by Of
hcers commiAioned by the PRECEDENT, is
eaimated at fifteen thoufand dollars.
The committee have alto examined with
attention the fatcments Of monies adyanc-
ed TO individuals on account Of current
terviccs. This amount is always apra-
rcntly comfortable, and the details are too
voluminous to be annexed to this report.
No inference, can be drawn from them Of
the balances actually due from the pub
lie agents, as the inms advanced always
appear to their debit, while the accounts
of their expenditures, and their vouchers,
which may abiorb tile whole amount, are
cirher not rendered, or are in train of
iettlement in the public Offices. 1t does
not appear to the committee, that there is
any foundation to conjecture that thofe
perfons who have been principally entruit-
ed with comfortable iums Of money, will
be found in arrear. The accounts Of the
late fcretary of fate, fecretary at war,
and purveyor' of public fupplies, have been
duly exhibited, and are in their courie of
1ettlcmen: in the Offices Thefe accounts
have been 70 far examined as to htisfy the
accounting officers Of the treafnry, that
30 balance will be found due from
them.
On the whole, after ilch an examinati-
on as they have been enabled to make, the
committee beg leave to express their OPT
MON that the bufneis Of the treafury de-
partmcnt has been conducted with regu-
larity, fidelity, and regard to economy.
That the Hfburfements Of money have
been always made purfnant to law; that
every attention, confident with the
magnitude and nature Of the buff
nefs has been beaowed in removing
delinuuents from Office: in comreJi