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NleceHailp.

We prefent our readers with the foIowinr
extract from the IN No. of the AMONJ-
TATES GRAPIHCH2, the profDe4us &C
which was publhed in the aG paper. Ii
may ierye as fpecimen of the merits Of lis
delcriptve parts. With regard to the colcurcd
prints which are TO accompany Il, the Editor
does not for moment heGtate to declare,
that he thinks them even hyperion to the
views Of the fame objec'S IS thcy are given in
Catchy fPerdid hiftory of Carolina, &c,
l'n the Richmond Li5rary.) Cateiby's prints
are more brilliant, but ,fsler's more chane
and natural in their colouring.
We hall at prcient offer no criticifn upon tie
Am@nitatcs Crlphicc. we will merely take
the liberty of adgiing Mr. Girardin to re-
trench the number and the extent OF the
ties that are placed at IN foot OF the pages.
They are not only unfeemly TO the the cye
but they di1urb the attention and fatigue the
memory Of the reader we part with thi,
work, with the war'.eG willies for it, fuccen
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Nens. @rona.
HALIFAX, February %, lsos.

1t is fad, That the in. ~rconft between
this Province ard the Uni,ed States, hitherto
authorize ny Proclamation. will be .Ic,oniinu-
cd after the Gr1 of Nav next, unl-fs iomr ur-
gent neceihtV, occaticntd By the failure &c .rurs
!hould rtquirethe Importation Of l3ur & grain .
Is The pnrpoie of this Sep. If taken, ul,.t be
20 encourage the agriculture and commerce al
the province, we latter our:elres, that tie ex.
cr,iors Of the farmer, and the li5eraiity Of The
mercantile interef, viii mutually cooperate to
evince the propriety Of she 'neai,rc.
Should we thus prefer Canada, as the fo,,rcc
from whence to fupply our d. ficiencies in grain
&c. II would be tuI fair aud iaf, were the
Parliament of that Province TO exonrrate our
trade from the extra duty under which it h.
bours there.
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ACCOUNT or Sfdl1ES TOHvN.
THE FIRST ESCLfsH SE1TLfMENr ~ viz,
GINA, WITH a PLATE.

JAMESTOWN is G,ulted in 4 fnan pen.
ininla, on the north iJe Of James river, about
miles s. S. w. Of W:!7mburg. The a.i-
tude of this laR place (7s afcgr'aiac6 ~ = lea.u-
ed and accurate obfervcr, TO whom almof e.
very department Of fcience is Indebted for fo.ne
ufeful contribution is SO n IS" n. aad It's
longitude 76o So ". Of Grecuwich.
jamestown claims our jnterea, as the cradle
Of the now powerful, louri!hing and poDulous
Rate Of Virginia. rs hiaory, tbc outlines &C
which our plan compe'y US to trace rapidly,
tands nearly as follows.
After the dilcovcry Of North-Auerica hy
CjoUG1m Gaboto, under Henry VIZ. feversl #
fempts were made, during che reign of Queen
Elizabeth, towards cGabUn1rg American col
olie9. Thofe attempts were il-conce RCD, and,
of courfe, proved uufIcctifll. The fpirit of
adventure ADD c.tesgrz- which had fugEeitcd
hem lay fome time dormant in the breaf Of a
disappointed nation. Under James l. however,
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Mere. A4V.
LONDON, Feb. o

The two Hamburger mails, which became
due, arrived here ye0erday. An article from
Madrid ttates, that on the day on which the
declaration of war appeared here, treaty of
alliance was hgned with Portugal, by which the
| court of Liibon declares itief an aIiy of Snain.
and an enemy to England
Letters from Genoa, dated January Q, fate,
that on the 2sth ofDecember, the French feet
lay nil at anchor at Toulon; the report that
1t had put to fea was premature. On the OH
OF December, Admiral Nelfcn, with Is films
ofwar, failed from Cagliarj, in Sardinia, where
nc had taken IN water and proyifons, while Id
nirai Bickerton, with his fquadron was crni-
ling off MiHorca.
The French fquadron al Rochefort, copGR-
ing OF ixail of the line and two frigates, egstf-
co their eicaPe from that port on the 18th ult.
lhere IS no doubt but fome of our fleets will
them. "
We are concerned to fate the lois of his Ma.
Jeity's hip Doris, of So guns, Captain Camp-
bell, which truck on rock on the coaN of
oPain' while IN cbaie of one ofthe enemy's briggs.
ne officers and all the crew were Eved.
The Felix lchooner arrived at Plymouth on
ihuTiday, having ON board part C the crew
or the DORIS The fame yenelalfo brings the
melancholy intelligence Of the death of Csntsin
w. II. Jervis, ofthe Tonnant of so o,,n,, ,,bo
wa; upiet III his barge IN going from that 0hip
TO 'he Admiral--one man perinled with him.
Captain Jervis was nephew aud heir 20 The IL
Ties and efate ofEarl St. Vincent.
Government have JUL iGued infrutions 70
our Naval Commanders, not to noIeA any neu-
traI veiiei gong with fup7lies Of grain 20 Spain.
during the preient difrsfs of That unfortunate
country, even though Tie grain floud belong
to our encAiy.
Orders have tcen fent TO the tranfport board.
mat all the private properly belonging TO the
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EHNDE-ISLANn

The amendment to the federal contribution.
proPoied hy the fate of Manachutctts. 70 As TO
prevent the representation OF naves, has been
rejected by the legislature of Rhody-Inand-
Inc amendment propofed by the fate of n.
Carolina, ~ rs 20 empower Congress TO pro;,i-
on ne importation of lisves into " par. OF
Tue United States, was PoAponed until their
next felton,.
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February g.
PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAY AT l2 e'CLOCx.
Con'olS, So I-2 20 50
Fine Florr, sssa COS ID
Seconds, SIS i ass cd

We are ftl unable to communicate any in
formation TO our readers respecting the Roche
fort fouatlron.
Dispatches have been received from Lord
Melton and SIR John Orde hut we understand
they do not co tain any thing of Importance.
Sir Thomas TrigSe has arrived from Gibraltar
in the Tribune higate. He failed on the 9th
Decemhe7. We arc happy TO fate that all re-
mains of fickHefs in the Carlton have difap-
peared. Only three perions died in the Car
riion the week before ms Tribune failed, s. none
OF them OF the Fever.
We have the ftrongeft reafon to believe that
there is no foundation for the report of the cap
ture of the Prince of Waies's Hand,
We have forbOrne, for iome days, to notice
the fly tories in the leading oppoCiiion paper,
of letters having been fent by Mr.. Pitt to a
Great Perionage-ofhisd determination to reign,
&c. &c. &c. hecaufe we really coniidered hem
as too contemplate to require animldveriion.
With refpe6t to the fatement in another paper
which pretends to fuppo't Administration, of
the intended Resignation ofLord Melville, we
can only fay, that it is juR as deititute of
truth as the former.
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Foreign 5;iteIIt9encs.
NETWORK, March %.

London and Liverpool papers and Tlovd,s
Lifts, each to the sth of February, inc,u1ve,
are received at the Office the Mercantile AID.
vertifer, for which we are indebted TO the M
litenefs of captain Waite of the L;verpool P,rL-
ct. They are ten days later than anv hereto.
fore received, and, we believe are the Iateft on
the Continent. They are however, uncom-
monty barren of political intelligence, as the
ubfequent extracts (Which comprife every ar
ticle worth extratting) will ihew.
The news of the Rochefort feet HAVING elm
ded the vigilance ofthe Britiih, and got out of
port was well known in England early in Fe-
bruary, and its deaination was the fnbiea of
much speculation. 1t was by fome fuppofed
to have Wifi to Portugal for its Object by o.
theirs an attack on Ireland. The latter opini-
on was current for fome time, and was found
ed on the Circumstance of five large lliDs ha-
wing been ieen off the Cove of Coz K ON the 3lft
OF January, which it was afterwards difcoyer-
ed were Indiamen from St. Helena. II DOES
not appear by the London papers that the re-
motet idea was entertained ofthe fleets hav-
ing failed for the Wet Indies.
We have in the paper of the sth February
very diltrciling account of the lofs of the Earl
OF Abergavenny, Ealt-Indiarran, which left
Portimouth for Bombay and China on the ON
OF January, with four hundred perfons on board.
three hundred of whom periihed with the yeC
fel. In the mott intereting part of the narra-
tive the paper has been 70 torn by accident by
one of the pa1engers of the Packet that we are
unable to give Gas we otherwiie would have
done) connected and circumfantia account
of this unfortunate difaher.
Mr. fJ-,
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~NFe: ,Irlte8.

Ire iitnation Of affairs in the WeG-IDdieq
ieems at tins moment extremely CriticaI-Tbe
french iquadro0 whlC' has lately made it's an.
peardnce IN that quarter. .fpecialyifr reinforced
ny ahother from iOuiCn, may ere long efFeH
inch change on the afpect Of the Britifh noC
lemons, as ihall lead to very important conf.
quences-coniequercc indeed which fall he
ienhbIy felt by the parent country, and DerhaDc
powerfully influence her future negoci,tiors
with the enemy. The force at prefrnt ON the
Jamaica ltaion is doUbtIefs far inferior NJ LEAF
10 me united iquadrons and before the BritiG,
could obtain atiIitance from Europe, the French
may nave carried danger and devaitation far and
"ide through the dlimayed colonies. To the
movements OF The two powers in this part of
the world, not only Europeans but Americans
VIII look with anxiety, as they will hay, con.
nderable influence not only on the relative con-
duct and delignS of the former, but alfo ON tbe
commerce and ipeculations of the latter. In =
hort time, probably, we will hear farther con.
corning the motions and views Of the French
meet, and better underfand the line of proce.
duTe which they mean to follow. IN. r.. A47.
New-YoRK, March p.
capt Ciapp, ofthe Rolla, from Trinidad and
81 Thomas, arrived laG night, informsu us. that
on the 10Th int. he fpoke the fchooncr AJven-
ture' II days from Martinique, bound to
Charleiton, who informed him that fail of the
nne and 8 frigates had arrived at Mlrfiriope
rom France, where they Rayed but four h,.Irs,
ana then failed for Dominique, and landed
their troops there. The fire. fire from The forte
klled 600 Frenchmen; when they embarked
their men and decampea.
tic was alto informed, that twelve fill Of The
Inc lalied from France fome days precious 10
The falling of the above feet, for the windwarJ
Hands, to attack Trinidad.
On the III OF March, while Capt. ClaoD was
az st. Thomas, information was received that
twenty fail Of The Inc had pafed to the north Of
Porto-Rlco; whetherthey were EngiiilI, French
OF opanIih, was not known.
capt. Clapp, alto informs, that the Aneri-
can Couf,l At s.. Thomas, had received de-
cree OF 4 articles (Which capt. c. f,w) from
the government ofthe city Of St. DOMINGO. de-
clsrng, among other regulations, that al o,sc
leI', ct whatever nation, that were found with
N three leagues Of the Brigsnd Ports. n,c,lld be
taken, & THEIR CREWS PUT TO DEATH.
J his law was obe pat in force, from aud after
the a April next.
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IBqay eopaiy, H.
F)iilia@ ". CiB,,f, nj.

/1I7zHy county, 81.
Perionally appeared before me George Msrehar..
Ei1 ol the city Of Albany, and being duly iorr. ,th
that Nc Margine member Of the houie Of aTqrhv,
from the county Of Delaware, told this dcYonprt th,t
he h2d been offered tNentr-four fares in the Mr.
chants Bank provided re would vote for the iacco.
ration 81 the iait Bank, and aled this dcrorent wLat
be would r7ve dore IN fuch a cae--to which be re-
piled, that be- would conceive It his du,v tn sy,0s.
the man "'ho made fhe Ger or words 20 that clT.a
Mr. MsrvTe then obisrred, chat II was particular
friend who made the offer, and therefore &c th1u m
ne ought not to expoie him and iDr'her this deronet
faiih not.
GEORGE MERCHANT.
Sworn before ne -ttis 18th day Of March, 1905.
bfrJAN'N WHttscE, Ffc. ere of IT, Iueces
0. the Peace IL ANA fo- tho county Of Albany.
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Nezv-Tork, MGrch o6.

We received the following letter by yeaerday's Nor-
thern Mail:
albany, TJa5aly, A1,,e5 81, oslosk, P. M,
"The Houfe of Anenbly have this moment rolf.
after having been closely engaged from, min, O'Clock
this morning The trial of Mir. Sherwood voure.
gentleman Of the law from Delaware coun,v, CHARGED
with attempting to bride and corrupt Or. Doll.
member ofthe Houfe of Anembly, in his vote on the
Merchants Bank, has occupied nearly the hole dav
John " Henry, Eiq, appeared council for the a,-
cued, and after full and Impartial hearing he la.
been mott honorably acquitted-G5 to 5.
Mr. Towniend Of your city was executed from vor
ing, as were feveTaI other members. This is CONT
dered complete triumph of the friends Of the Nqer
chants Bank-whch is made the order Of the dav
Tor to- morrow, to 90 inro committee Of the whole
when there is 10 doubt it will be pafed''
NJ r.
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The Bill for incorporating the Merchants Rarb
had third reading on Saturday morning and rafed
10y majority Of f7oeny, and of twelve as Gated in
tbe papers OF yererday. 1t was Immediately fent to
the Council of Revif:nn.
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officers and men &C the captured Spa'iih fri
gates, whether IN money or in goods, LIQUID Dc
forthwith rehored to the owners.
The monthly roper, of the lhips in commit
on in the Briti;h Navy, tt1;es them 10 be co.,
Of which number Io5 are of the Enc "a of 50
guns l37 frgates. and ISL Hoops of war; be-
iides tteie, there are a great number bui.dmG
and repairing, receiving fhips, imaies vefitis
Sc. making in the whole grand total OF sos
fail.
February 5.
MIR. Pitt gave n)tice yeterdav ofhis intention
TO bring forward the Budget next Monday week
The bringing forward the Budget earlier than
was expected, and the idea of its being the in.
tention of the chancellor of the Exchecuer 10
ra;fe 4 fun; fuffcent to paw OFF the Loyalty
Loan, in addition to the Loan for the ferlice OF
the year, occahpned a deprei'ion of the fund,
yefierday of nearly one per cent. tits tuppoied
that the Loyalty Loan Holders will be paid oA
by an iilue of Exchcquer Bills.
The army climates were moved ycIterday
BY theie it appears that we have IN army of IT.
Gulars, militia and fencibies, of upwards al
100000 men, aud Volruteer army TO an &
quail amount. If to thefe be added our uava
force, It will be found that we have a greater
number of menin arms than any country in
Europe, not excepting France hrrie!f; we has
al.nolt laid than any two countnes.
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ROM THE AMUNITATr6 crAPuicH
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

"a inf. to infpe4 the troops on tie co,s
Il i thought, that from Boulogne Bonap,r.
wilI 20 to Holland, i'll order "a unite rh,.
country TO France IN the Efame manner "
Genoa and that Switzerland will foon FIJI
low.
Neither the Moniteur, nor any other Par
is Jonrnals, have dared 70 infert the Note
of M. Novofltzof This, while II provss
the wretche1 ilate Of the prefs. Is as co,
vincing proof a. could b adduced, thar
Bonaparte is afraid 70 bring his caufe u the
teit Of fair examination He Is afraid "
let his fubjeas iee the true aate Of their ".
fairs, or to Poftls the means Of forming l
judgment on the conduct Of their rulers
There cannot be a itronger mark Of tyr,.
ny and confcious guilt il a government.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14
Bp cb2 97atlg.

CHARLESTON, SEPT.

CHARLESTON, SEPT. "a
= The frigatc Adams is fill cruiing OF
our bar feveral Of the officers came unit,
town ytiterday il pilot-boat
" Il lie fcbooner Il. Michael, from Bal.
timo z, bound to Jamaica, with cargo "
dry goods, was captured and tent into Bar.
acoa about the 9TH inf. The orders OF
gen. Ferrand 70 the privateers commi(Tiop.
I'd by hlm, are to capture ali American
vlAes having on board dry goods 10 III.
mount cf more than one hundred collars.
,hi.h 4rc bound 70 either an Englih or.
plirth port, where tholt articles arc not
!. emitted to ali entry, and on hi. princi.
?.e ,he 81. Michael will undoubtedly BE con-
d~u1A.d.
Capt Lebcrne, who arrived yeReIday
from iar4coa, informs. tha; about 900 peo.
Ple "a car arrived AZ that place on the IA
init. ILL two yyatls from Port-au-Plat,, on
the 6panth Gde of et Domingo. They ia.
ted that they had left that place III the
learch ofthe nec1daries of life bur 1t was
generally fuPpofrd they had been driyenoF
by Gen. Ferrand, they hIving refufrd to II.
fiji him III his war aa- Init Draa ines
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14
BOSTON, OCT. q,


Carmzrcf4i Iyo1matin. q.
Letters by The Galen cummun cate inf1r.
nation highly intereitIng 70 the America
Merchants, who arc obliged to depend On
private lonrces for that Commercial Lztyn;i.
im which sagh to by afforded them byth:
goycrnm5nt they fuPport n hey learn ron
England thar, agrceably to the Laws Of that
kingdom, \ Neutral vetlrls cannot 20 from
the enemys eountries ID Europe, with car
goes or T ics, even ipdiret7Ey I'd their co.,
onies and that every venel which attempts
il BY touching at Libon, Madeira, CT the
United states, for frelh papers and clraran-
ces, ACT imprudentIy !. and will Be liable to
capture. All the American valuable G.
peditions to India, ihouI originate in the
United States. . w
!. TeIt has been ordered, that thofe neutral
veftls, which fall have cleared out from
en-my's ports il America, Or Weit-Indies
p,i3r to November II, See, will be allow
to come TO Great-Brtain, or any P9yt III Er.
rope but not after that time. American
vcf1els ffom any other colony Of Franc,
spain, or Holland, excepting as above, can
not no7v come 70 any port in Europe"
I" No recent orders have been given BY
the Englilh Admiralty to dctain American
vcfels, as reported. The late detentions
have been made By the Commanders Of cru
iEcrs, in contequence Of the decihon N
coniequcnce Of the decilicn III cafes of the
tltx, and Enoch." a--
a letter from Capt. 1yrell, Of the Cas-
rlsyos, of Bottom, dated Yarmouth, ) 1896,
Jays " Four of the American vefT1ls Ia Ely
detained, have been liberated, and have pro-
ceeded on their voya5es.-i expect to-nor
row.-We arc not abIe exactly to Inform
YOU what their means, ,sblt fuPpole; it u %
fufpicioa of hariug snemy's property oa
Board. The Portimolth, of BaItimori
and Hope. 81 Portland, arc not yet libsra-
red. We are ~ pay we underfand If cieaF-
ed3 light money and piiosasc. The vef'ls
liberated aIe The Huntr5ts, Chate Her
moine, Hopkins Samuel, EaRbury aad
-, H ate, of Portland.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

cut the whole Of the armed coat, which
ttretches from Brca TO rexel, but that the
invaEon or England Said be attempted, ami
fbat fso imTgediatcly.
ouchtherough and eftaual mealures of
defence have been adopted in England, that
the psrbiic fpirit, inllead Of fearing appears
10 court the embrace OF ITS invading en-
cmy.
The combined French and Spanilh ifuad-
ron, after being joined by 7 lhips Of the
line. fuDpoled n Be tine L'Orent feet, en-
tered Fcrtol on the 9th or 9th Aug. with
force Of ri fail qf the line Admiral Cal
der, with his feet Of fail, having been
forced 70 qult The blockade Of thar port, joi-
ned Admiral CORVALLIS, on the nth.
The clcape Of the combined fleets aP-
pears to have cauied a great degree Of diff
fatisia6tion ID England The battlc, though
victorious one, feems to have been below
the hopes Of that nation; murmurs begin to
arife, and 70 grow louder By repeating. Il
is III fact itatcd, thai tine Court Of Adri.
rally have judged il necefary 70 b. made
known, that an inveltigation Of the conduct
Of Admiral Caidar, weud take place, a.
greably to the proviionary articles ct war
A difolutiOn Of Parliament was expcttcd
to take. place in the court. Of l2G month.
Three percent Confois, 81 3.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

iomething worfe had not intervened) have
enablad him 70 havc exalted the fame Of his
country to an enviable height, and TO haze
placed his amiable friend and our firm ally,
where he ought 70 be.
I" Mr Eaton. and the Balhaw, | am told,
left Derne, in the night and that the Bexr
day there was a mGGacys Of al! lis Bedou.n
followers, 10 a very great number.-l hope
this is not true"
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14
Frsm hs U4ml

r. the ialt mail ne received from anonymous
xorre.r rondclt AZ Wafhington, tier, of which the
fOh.wiug are Esry ~. We cannot uch tor the &C
clracy ol the information they give The writer ar
urts ~ atuat-d by thee motives and heaPpears
- u have de1ved h. nsH znnce from correct iources
We viii not therefore witAio them from our read
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

iFG7F LH51H.
Capt. L3ththroP, arrived here ysaerdaF,
II 3sTdays from I-ilbon, informs. thar y.
combined French and Spaniihi leets arriefdi
eff Cadiz, about The 18th AuggG, bpt lid
nUt enter that port He was irlQrmtt,
however, At Lilbgn, that tie lquadron va'
defined for the Mediterranean and that
Ar En.liiA fleet, having gained inteEiissPc1
ot this egent, had, twJdafs after, gone HI
trarch q them. The name Of tie later
fleet hl did nor rleHn.- sd f-a
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

The following circunlanoe is the fub-
ie6s Of much converiation At Deal SO
large American lhip, detained BY the Bo-
veto, hoop OF war. on iufpicion of having
French property % board, was carried into
the Downs ard reported to Admiral Hal
loway, who Immediately ordered detach-
ment Of men frenn bis "a lIIiP to take charge
OF her till III Wasinlpea1d, with orl4rs
that none Of taeC CkaicheS fhouId 81 uncov-
cred Fhty had not been long On beard,
when they ob(crved The mate 20 below w..h
Lighted -eauile.- lie was inltantly f0io7-
ed BY three feamen Of the Utrecht. who I'LL
ts6ted him,in the act. Of Getting fire to lb,nc
guuP0wder, whicn WAS prevented only bT
the teamen- knocking the candle out Uf hs
hand On learchng further they found The
veilel was laden with 90 bbIs OF gunp0w
der. Had The mate lucceeded i'll Ills pur-
poit, the miichitf b1th to th1men of var
and merchantmen il the Downs, wou,I
have beea inealcQable. The fellow has
been (ent ii Irons on board the flag hip,
and al inquiry will be iminediitcy inititu-
tuted into tie cslGe Of tlis diaboIical st
tempt.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-14

- LhtF tr5r lIarrr,
By m arrival ar Iuriaay alt, ot I'M
5r.6 AcoFn- capt Fo.eicr5 Paris accn11's .
The 23d AuIrf, h5ve r5en rJsciv-5 IN
do1s nos aPPear, however, from rhe tt4np
intelligence which theF fHrni.d, tLat a.'y NJ
Fents-of importance .het recently FfshiPA1
-4 on rhe Continent 0f Europe. They H--a