~~ "PlHadelphia,
Far DAT EVENING, SEPTEMBER I.
, Cixf HOSPITAL RESORT,
"From An gull 31 to September 1, 1797.
Admitted, fuice lift report, J
William Overman, from Samutl Richard's,
\No. 3, Dock-street
Biddy Burke, Capt. Johnftbne's, P. street
George Tremble, Mr. Tremble's, Catharin- J
street, between Front and 2d Sreets. '
DISCHARGED. a
Francis Lamb.ert admitted 23d c
James Duffield 23d 1
Nancy Cboley 19th
Mary Rhea 23d 1
DIED.
CliriSian John admitted 26th
John Corn's '
James Simpfon Jf tli
Remaining hit repast 20
Admitted 3 ]
. i
r 1
23 .
Difchaigcd 4
Died 3 7
Remaining 16
Three of whom are con vakrct.pt-—one doubt
ful—the reit appear in a fair wayof recovery.
Stephen Gerard,
Caleb Lownes,
John Connelly.
City Hall, Sept. 1, 1797.
The Iridfpe£tors of the Health Olfice 011
uf t'le College of Phy
sicians and other gentlemen of the Faculty,
and after confutation with several of their
fellow citizens, on mature deliberation una
nimously adopted sundry refr.lutions found
ed on the laws for. regulating the Health
Office, which in their ojyimon would be
inoft likely to prevent the I'prcading of In
fection, these resolutions were fubniitted to
the Gttvernor, & at the earned solicitation of
the Infpe&ors were fandioncd by his Pro
clamation of the 23d of Aug'uft, 1797.
The inspectors flatter themselves that as
far as those resolutions hare beeu aited on
the moll salutary effects have followed, and
that had they been carried into earlier ope
ration benefits would have refujted.
To impress this belief on their fellow
citizens, and as far as possible to draw forth
their eo-operation, the infpedtors deem it
only necessary to state the manner in which
thofc resolutions have been a£ted on.
No sick person has been removed unless
the attending pliyfician declared to the
health officer that their particular lituatiou
made itneceffaay—no force has been used
or ever was contemplated.
Where persons with infe&ious fevers have
been fitinted in confined places, every per
lon belonging to the house as well as those
adjoining, except the necessary attendants,
have been preffingly advised to remove.
Yellow llags have been placed at the doors
to prevent unnecessary intercourse, and in
the neighbourhood of Penn-ftrett, where
the'■ infed'on appeared molt malignant, a
fence has been ere&ed to stop the commu
nication with that part of the city.
. The city hospital, with several out build
ings, have been kept in complete order for
the reception of the sick, and a number of
tents have been pitched for the accommo
dation of families whose connection with
the sick made it necessary for them to re
move.
After this view of the fubjetft, the In
fpedtors of the Health Office hope that all
sick or indisposed persons, as well as those
employed in the eare of them will fee the
propriety of an early application to their fa
mily phyiician, Do£tor Duffield, consulting
physician f. r the Port of Philadelphia, or
to the aforementioned phyfieians appointed
by the Board, that the necessary relief may
be administered, and the Infpeftorp again re
quest tljot the phyfieians generally will re
port fucb cases as may come within their
knowlsdge, that'the fta'tements of the pro
gress of the d'iforder may be publiflied to
their fellow citizens.
Approved by the hoard,
JOHN MILLER, Jun. Chairman.
"While the foregoing address was under
' consideration, being explanatory of the for
mer resolutions of the board, the following
nsw members requeftcd and had leave to
withdraw.
STEPHEN GIRARD,
JOHN CONNELLY.
CALEB LGWNES,
JAMES SWAINE.
Do£t. Cox—No.
# D,o£t. Dobell—No.
Do£t. Pleasants —No.
Doift. Chnrch—No. And
Do£t. Lcib— No. Northern Li
"berties, were'appointed to seek out and ad
minister relief to such persons as required
affiftancc. '
FofiJUMBURGH,
r pHE Copper Bottomed Ship
•y&TZi. A FAVORITE, John
Thompson, Mister, now at
Bright** wharf, and wiilbe rea
dy to rake in on Monday next,
part of her cargo being wyjaged
and reidy to go on beard. The flip is (o well
known, that it is necdlcfs to describe her. She
is now in compleat order. For Freight or
sage, pleafr to ;.ppl* it Mr. Jeremirli Warder's
Comptiug House. No. 11, North Third street,
or to the Mafler on boril.
Augi ft jO.
for SALE,
On board ihe said Shi?, Swedish Iron, afiorted
Hollow and Window Olaft, Denivjehns, Wrap
P'Hjr Paper fir Sugar Refiners, Rugs of I &. a
Quality.' Plcal'e to apply as above.*
wficm4\v
• Red.Port Wine.
just arrived, by the brig Irij, capt Rhodes, frofti
Oporto,
Rod Port 'Vine in pipes,hhdn. and qtiarterxafts
fc cwt, Coilt, tor falc by
Fhittps, Gramond, Si Co.
Jti'y 11. ' $
XfjccSa jettc.
PHILADELPHIA, d
FRIDAY KVF.NINO, Septtmber 1.
To the Chevalier d'Trvjo, Minified Pleni- p,
pottniiary from Spain to the United States. e[
Sir,
The 10th article of yolir analysis states,
that Mr. Pickering " evidtntly contradifls
himfelf when on one hand he is p'eaftd to C
attribute to you, the movements of the In- c '
dians ; and in the very next paragraph ffiews. \
that it might proceed from American Citi
zens ; as it adtually docs according to Mr. P
Mount's letter, and that he a£ted with the tf
-knowledge and intelligence of the very fame S1
Britim mmifter in whose private notes, -with- <1
out Jignature, and perhaps not in his ott m hand 0
writing, such implicit confidence is placed."
The paragraph in the report to which c
you allude fays, " Whether this plan of ex- n
citirj* the Indians to diredt hoflilities 1
the United States has been contemplated
and promoted by any of our own citizens,
it is difficult to fay ; but that one or more "
of those citizens have proposed and taken
measures to detach the southern Indians j
fr6m the interefl"s of the United States, and t
to destroy the influence of the public agents a
over thofenationsandthus to defeat the great e
objedts ot their appointment, the chief of *
which is to preserve peace, is certain."
Fromthis, Sir, you have found out "that (
Mr. Pickering (hews that the movements ,
of the Indians might have proceeded from I
American citizens. Mr. Pickering has said 1
nothing like it, and if he has faidfo, Blount's j
letter does not support him in his aflertion. (
From that letter it does not appear that any
measures were taken to excite the Indians ,
to actions of any fort. Tt is true that in* it 1
Carey ip advised to leflen the influence of 1
the public agents over the minds of the fa- 1
vages ; in order that if it (hould be resolved
to carry the fclieme into execution it uiig£t
be the more readily accomplished ; and to
this Mr. Picketing undoubtedly alludes
when he fays, that ffceafures had befn taken
to detach the Indians from the uiterefts of
the United States. But surely it does not
follow because measures had been taken to
detach them from our interefls that those
measures had fucceedtd ; much less that I
their movements when hostile towards us
{hould have been the effedt of them. Blount's
motive for endeavouring to destroy the influ
ence of our officers was tp increase his own.
He knew that their efforts would oppose an
insurmountable barrier to the success of his
project, and that projYft wis direftcd a
gainst Spain, not against the United States.
Supposing therefore that he had succeeded
to the extent of his molt sanguine wishes, he
would there have flopped and never have
caused a movement among them hostile
to us.
It is impossible too, that any movement
of the Tndiaas could have proceeded from
any of the measures recommended in that
letter, because the secret was discovered be
fore Carey'could have begun his operatisns,
and the difeovery of the secret completely
defeated the plan.
You call Mr. Lifton's letters " pritate
notes." Now if official answers to official
enquiries on national concerns can be called
private notes, I really do not understand the
term. But they were " without signature."
The importance of this remark leads ycu to
place it in italics. Whether' the name of
Robert Lifton was placed at the top or the
bottom of his letter, is. well worth being
made a fubjeft of diplomatic representation ,
Would any falfehocd have beet! less infa
mous, or would any'fentiment contained in
the letter have been less binding in tba one
cafe than in the other ? Is it necessary to
accompany a communication, of this kind
with all the formal nicity which is eflential
to the validity of a legal obligation ? To
what despicable fhifts are you obliged to
resort to support the feeblenefa of your
cause.
As to the mere surmise that perhaps they were
not in the hand writing of the Britifii min
ilter, I really think it unworthy of notice.
It is a matter of which you been
wholly ignorant, and it is as reasonable to
si. ppofe that any other sommunicat ion which
has been made to our government was not
in the hand writing of the perfou making it,
' as that the communication of Mr. Lifton
was not in his hand writing.
The 1 ith and last article of your analysis
states, that " although in all Mr. Picker
ing's official communications he has always
manifeftedto you that the American govern
ment knew nothing which indicated any
foundation for your suspicions, Mr. Blount's
letter prove 6 that you were perfectly in the
right.".
I have already shewn that Air. Blount's
. letter, infteadof proving that you were per
-1 in the right, proves dirtftly the re
verse. But even admitting that all your
- suspicions were founded on truth, there is
not a tittle of evidence before the public
r that government at that time knew of
' anything whit/i juftified them. There is
' indeed the bare unsupported aflertion of Mr.
' -Bache in favour of a presumption of this
! kind ; but I know nothing in hi 3 chara£ter
I or conduit which entitles his afiertions to
. implic/t He ha 3 been pere»p
---"./ torily a»ntradi&ed and called upon to pro
s' duce his authority. To do this he is either
> ashamed or afraid ; he is either afraid to
shew that he has drawn his information from
a source polluted by a breach of confidence,
or ashamed to (hew upon how flinft fy a foun
dation he has rtfted his positive affirmations.
This may be a " new political fin" ; he
may have Weil once more carried away by
" party palfion," and he may now hope by
" again amuQpg the public with his protefta
tlonscf patriotism and-honor, to wipe away
1 the ftignia which a deteftion of the falfehood
(hall have inflicted upon'his name.
■ Thus, Sir, I hate diferitangled myfelf
from the tedious labyrinth of your letter.
In it you have profefled a personal desire to
preserve harmony between and the in
United States. To use your. owji.terms.— tt
I have seen with pain thafcin its " laoguage fc
and tenor, it is not calculated to promote so tl
defireable an objeft to us all." The lan- is
guage of inflammatory inveftive, of petulant N
and malignant insinuation, never yet h;
produced an amicable termination of differ- d
ence3. A NATIVE^AMERICAN.
We hear that it is the intention of Mr.
Riehardet to continue open that part of the
Coffeehoufe Ui which it is usual for the mer
chants to meet. * Q
W« are informed that within a few days
pod a number of persons have been commit *
ted to prison, on a charge of coining dollars,
?.nd parts of dollars ; the press, and a great v
quantity of counterfeit coin, in various stages
of execution, v/ere seized in their lodgings.
perfons. are also said to have been t
committed to jail for cownterfeiting bank- t
notes, or at least for having a number <Jf
them in their v
Ar.ived, the brijr Abigail, (in three montlu J
fro in Marfcil'.es) last f|-onri Gibraltar, wliicl) r
place ftie left on the ift of July, the mafler of (
whith, VVm.Lake, informs., that c» the 12th of 1
June he A*a» taken by a gun boat belonging to 1
this place, and cajriid in forexair-lnation : that ]
afief opening a number of le tcra, and ftri£tly
examining his p» j<ers, returned them to hirn and
yave hira pcrminioa to depart. That on the ■
aßih do. at night (as he was waiiingfor a wind) '
he wa-boarded by an officer and boat's crew, '
(ill armed, fcelongine (a the British frigite a
ilamadriade, Captain fclphinftoae,) who forci t
l.ly tools a*»ay four of hii.crew, two of which, . t
v'u. Walter Gibbons and John John, had bten j
lately redeemed from slavery it Algiers by the
United States ; the third a Prussian, and the
fourth aFiencfy negro, that could fearcely (peak j
Englilh I hat he attempted the fame right to
go on board said ffigate in order to recover his
men, but wai ordered tq- keep off and to come -
in the morning—That'he attempted to go on
boird her in the morning, and was a fccoml time
ordered to keep off, and informed that he would
not be peimitted to come alpng-fide—That a
bout half an aftetj laid'frigate got under !
way, an.l went to 'ftfc Upon a cruise. That on
tie loth July, off the wtftern islands wasboard
ed by pfficeri from the Komulus and Menifla, '
Bri i:h frigate, who, after examining vrhtre
from and w here bonnd, permitted him to pro
ceed. That on the 13th August, lat. 38, 30,
long. 7b, o, weft, lpoke l'hebe, of and from
Ncor-Yoik, bound to Dominica, out three days,
J ill well.
C:.p;ain I.ake left it Marseilles the Guftavus
Adnlpbiu, Captain Ramp, for Philadelphia,and
the Venus, Captain Daihiel, for Baltimore, to
fail about lite Ult jfjuae.
Those two-walkingim.'gei of murder, treason,
ph.ts, sr.! dark . onlpiracits, the editofsof the Bos
ton Chronicle, to rvince their malice againil the
mau v. ho added to the charter of fiiit citiicn
or -therepublic, po/lclfcs the esteem and veneration
of all those whole good opinio li. honorable *nd
worth poficQirg, atferf.tliat an artillery
company, commanded by one Bradley, refufed to
f. tvEd their fellow citizens in their attentions to
th« oun whom the people delight to,honor. But
if the i'adl is as thry Hate, what does it prove ?
That a dirty crew of groveling mifcreatits had the
1 mcannel's and folly to tly in the face rf the public
Voice, anddifcocr a piuful malice and feeble ven
' on) by a vain attempt to dimiailh the value of a
, dillirguilhcd tribute to txtraordiaary talents and
illuUriofis merit. '
An in.'antous jacobin print, of the moil violent
' (onipleiftion.has within a lhort time been cftablifti
' ed in the town of Newark, iu New-Jersey—and
i so fuccefsful have been its supporters, that they
have already involved the peaceful village and
1 and neighboring country, in Buniberlefs broils.
Through the medium of this virulent press, iflfues
a polluted fountain of pialignity,jlaiider and abuse,
' againd our republican government, and its truly
f republican adininilirati .il—Thefe wretched fcrib
r blcrs 'feck to hunt town diltinguilhed merit, :s tho"
' their enmity to virtue was a natural aud innate
' propinfi y. Ainongit their numbcrleft calumnies,
every man who profefles attachment to our gtiv
-1 err.m.nt, is denounied as a royalist. Attachment
e to the federal government and royaliTm are fynoni
} mous terms, fayi the editor.
I " Alas 1 w.th what ha!iy ftridei arc we adicanc
. ing in imitaticn of the ridiculous wauuers and tor
rupt customs of the old world."
3 A ludicrous circnmitanc: deserves here to be
D noticed. This receptacle of filth and ahlccmty, U
r called, Th« Centincl of Freedom tSj that Jacobin
Gazette of Botlon, which, bv general accepta
tion, pafics under the name of " the Lying Chroni
e cle," pompouQy prefixes to its columns ol fallhood
- —" The Chronicle —1 *uth its guide, and I'iberty
:. i.V 'ft * Rj\"t Tcneatii.
n
0 A political witter in a Providence paper, thus
' concludes his essay.
" 1 lhall concludtJ.with a word rrfpeeiing otrr
young and thrifty fj.f'tgs of PainaiTus—The town
, has been muchalarmtd with theprogrefs which the
n yellow fever has made ; —but it f.'cir.l that the pa
itti.nl fner rages with redoubled violence unnotic
ed.—lnall probability,the contagion iscaughc from
S the qrdurc tf the Cbr^nUle— 1 lhall therefore humbly
' propose, that a committee he .tppointed to rcm ive
s this rnirjavee, to prevent the contagion from being
communicated to others "
3 The following was inclosed in a letter
e from New-Orleans, of the 4th of June :
PROCLAMATION,
g GOVERNMENT having received in
-. formation through her mi.lifter, near the
United States of America, that an expedi
te tion, colle&ed os the Lakes, would, this
1 summer, attack the Illinois—hath thought
c proper, for the security and tranquility of
.f Lower Louisiana, to ftifpeud the alrea4y
is commenced evacuation of the posts of No
r, gles and Natchez. These being the only
is posts which cover the lower province, the
;r ceffiou of them would eiable the English,
o should they render themselves masters of Up
). per Louisiana, to diiturb and ravage that
>. country ; and this would be the more easily
r effected, as by an article of the treaty lately
o concluded with'Grcat-Britain,, the United
m States acknowledge that the English may
e, navigate freely, and frequent the polTj of the
1. said states, upon the rivers in general, lakes,
s. Bcc. a manifeft cmitradi£liou to the treaty
ie concluded with Spain, which it fcems to
y annul, since by this last the United States
y declare that n'o nation- (hall navigate the
j. Mississippi without the consent of Spain.
y Although the legitimacy of these motives
id of fuf enfion hath been represented with
fuhable candor to the Congress of the Uni
lf ted States, and communicated by our or
r. ders to the cornmiffioner for running the
o bonr.dary line, ac well as to the ccmcwnd
ing officer of the detßchnjeiii of American
tf'Oops now nt Natchez; yet, we are in
formed that a detachment from the army of
the United States, stationed on the Ohio, on
is now on its way through Holftein to the
Natchez, whilst thd~militia of Cumberland °'t
have been warned to hold themselves in rea- Ec
dinefs to march on the (hortefVnotiee. hei
These hostile arrangements which can on- co
ly relate to these provinces, since the United fe f
States are now at in peace with all the fava<re lug
nations ; the recent threats of the commif- on
fionyr tor establishing the boundary line, and hii
of the officer commanding the American de- no
tatchment at Natchez ; the profpeft, and wt
(if we may creditan American gazette) the th
commencement of a rupture between France, to
our intimate ally and the said states, all ad- m<
vise us'to be upon our guard, and ready so t0
defend our poflefliorcs with that valour, that th
energy, which the inhabitants of this conn- c "
try .have difplaytd on all occasions, with
that and superiority wliich a
knowledge of.-their local situation afford, c 0
with that confidence which integrity and th
justice inspire. If the Congress of the Uni- mi
ted States entertain no hostile designs against ca
these provinces, let them leave the posts of ra '
Natchez and Nogales, which are the only
barriers between the English and L»wer
Louisiana ; or let them secure us against
that article of the British treaty which ex- no
poses even the capital of Lower Louisiana an
to be sacked and pillaged—we will then ' ,e
evacuate the posts and lay down those arms
which they force us to afTume, by arming ( j (
their militia in a time of profound peace, i
and fending a considerable body of trbops
b/circuitous routs to surprise us. A
Nfw Orleans, May ji, 1797.
Foreign Intelligence. ! '«
By the Ship Cumberland, Cap'. Scott, from t(
Hull.
LONDON, July 11.
Tt it with great pleasure we announce a
the fafe arrival of the Weft India convoy g
homeward bound, without the loss of' a J
single (hip. t'
The last dispatches from earl St. Vincent c
give the public reason to expeft that they v
will fliortly hear of anothef' decisive blow t
agaiuft the Spanish navy. The dispatches (]
are dated the I sth ult. on which day the p
Spanifil admiral had made the signal for 0
the whole fleet to unmoor, with a view of
breaking our line of battle which blocks up f
the port of Cadiz, and of putting to sea. l
But the wind (hifting, the Spar.ifh fleet
dropped anchor, without changing any part : V
of its position. j 1
The king of Spain'is arrived at Cadir, 1 1
with a view of quieting the minds of the :
merchants there, and to accelerate the tardy, j
operations of his marine. The merchants ,
have on this occasion presented a memorial 1
to his majellv, setting forth the hardlhips
they labour undir in the interruptios of ,
their commerce, from the pert of Cadiz 1
having been so long and so closely block- 1
aded, that no (hip could fail from or enter j
it. The king gave for answer, that his ad- \
miral had received his final inftruft;ons',» ,
which ate supposed to be—to risk an en- ]
gagement. The Spar.ifh fleet confifls of ,
30 fail of the line ; our's is only 22—nine
of which are, however, three deckers. 1
) Fr6m _ the admirable position of our fleet, ,
and the (kill and bravery of our officers and ,
5 seamen, the noble commander is under no 1
| anxiety of the result. The' whole fleet is
in the highest state of subordination, and
' has felt nothing of that feverifh spirit which
: has pervaded some other divisions of the
■ British navy.
; July 12.
We this day learn that the Irifli parlia
ment is adlually dissolved—much, we un
derstand, to the disappointment of our mi
nisters here, who had dispatched an axprefs
to delay the difTolution, hut which express
s arrived a few hours too late,
i It is fixed that parliament (liould be pro
■ rogued on Friday fe'nnight.
The deluded to treafou in various parts
! of Ireland, (fill continue'to givr up arms,
1 take the oath of allegiance, and embrace
the amnesty and forgivenefs held out by the
s lenience of government. Most of the'mif*
led have, hi this way, thrown off the guilty
r occupation that traiterous deception had
* led them into.
July 14. *
At 12 o'clock on Wednesday night,
" Mr. East,' a king's mefTenger, arrived in
J town from lord Malmefbury. Mr. East
g came passenger from Calais in a Danish
packet; he was onlv 29 hours on his jour
ney. We understand that the mail coming
r from Paris had been (lopped and the poll
boy murdered.
We learn that several conferences have
1- taken place between M. Letourneur and
e lord Malmefbury, and that each has deliver
i- ed to to the other his projet.
is At the fame time that lord Malmefbury
t dispatched a courier to England, the French
>f plenipotentiary also sent a messenger to Pa
y ris, with the propolltions made by lord
)- Malmefbury. No time has been loft- in re
y plying to the dispatches received by Mr.
Ie Eafl;, as an answer was returned to them
1, late last night, when Mr. Brooks and Mr.
>- Drcflms, king's messengers, left town for
it Lisle, to be in waiting,
y The Paris papers received contain no
y other news than of the failiug of a divifiou
d of the French fleet from Toulon, and of a
y very small vote of credit being granted to
ie the minister of marine, until he makes up
s, his accounts.
y On Monday the loth indent, the follow
o ing seven mutineers, of the Leopard, viz.
.'8 Dennis Sullivan, Alexander Lavvfon, Wm.
;e Welch, Joseph Fearon, Win. Rdfs, Geo.
Shave, and Thomas Sterling, were execut
es ed at the Nore, pursuant to their fei.tencp ;
h four on board that (hip, and three 011 board
i- the Lancaster. The fcrjtences on James
r- Robertfon and John Habbigan, recom
ie mended to mercy, were respited.
J- Price of Sltrfi —Consols 54.
4
NEW-YORK, Aug,,ft 30. I
General Pirrckney remained in Hulked '
on the 1 jth of July.
.On Monday night, about half pa't to
o'clock, a person of the name of William
Edward", was going through the Park,
being about the centre, a person in a dark
coloured coat came up to him, and pre
sented a piftbl to his breast, and bid him
lug out his money—Edwards having only
one and fix pence in his pocket, he ordered
him to l'peak very low, and said " he was
not the person he wanted." It seems there v
were three or four in a gang, and one of
them walked fluwly, watching Edwards
towards Warren street. We hope that
meafurta will be taken to bring these villains
to juttice, as this is a further proof that
there is a gang of them lurking about the
city.
Najfau, N. P. July 25.
This day, hi 3 honour the judge ot the
court of vice admiralty gave his decVee in
the cafe of the American brigantine Har
mony, Sbaekleford ;. whereby the vefTel anil
cargo were acquitted, with coils and da- ■ 4
mages.
FROVIDESCF, Aujruf>a6.
Ex?raS of a letter from Hahlburgh, da?ed July 7.
"l,orr! Malmeftury, the Eng'ifh negotiator, is f
now gonertoLifle where is to tru*t with the Trench
ambalTadcrs abcut peace, which it is thought will
he concluded, though it rcmaiuc doubtful when, or
how."
Married, Capt. Robert ! i'i'ibridgc, of PhiU
delphia, to Miss Charlotte Sabin, daughter of Mr.
Thomas Sabin.
Dies, Mrs. Sarah Allen, consort of Maj. Wm.
Allen.—Mifs Eflher BroArn, danghtc-r of. the late
George Brown, Efn —James Arnold,
ny years town treafeterof thii tswr ; hi* Onfort,
Mrs. Mary Arnold ; his Son, Mr. Jo eph Arnold {
I cing the whole family.- Mr WiiTiam I iHingbifit.
—Mrs. Mitchell.—Mrs Guf,.—Mr. Reuben Vas
ter.
BOSTON, August 26.
Of the French privateer, so much talked
about, some account may be seen under the **
Salem head.—Her condijA in preferring
Marble head to this port, starting her water
the day before her arrival, and other cir
cumstances, have excited suspicion. But ,
we are told (he came merely to wattr; and
that (he has not captured any fince
, she left the Havannah.—Her surgeon, and
part owner, has been in town.—She is full
of men.
A mast-ship, anc>feveral transports, have
failed for England from Halifax, convoyed
by la Raifon, Capt. Berresford.
" Providence is now in 3 perfeft flats of
health, notwithftaoding falfe reports. There
: have been feren persons taken with the yel
-1 low fever, who have died. At present they
are no more complainitig, as that disorder ?s
c 00 more as the phyfician6 all fay. Those
wfio have died caught it by an infeflious
I vefTel which lately arrived from the Weft
! Indies ; and by the baseness and villainy
f of the mailer; who ne;ver told there had
• I been any sickness on board." 0"?* Wc can
■ ] not fuffer this extraft, which is authentic,to
r pafsoter, without noticing the danger which
- this town is in from a visit of the "calatiSty
>■ which has spread in many parts of the U
■ nited States so much dillrefs. The negli
f gence of those who have the appointment of
: Health' Officers ; and who are charged-with
• the execution of laws against the spreading
> of infedtious diseases, if as great as is repoit
-1 ed, and somewhat apparent, deserves the im
' mediate notice of the citizens. W e ought
1 to be wife from others alarms ! Bojl. CtnU
» A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
c , There is now at Newport, Rhode liland,
a French.preacher among the Friends, who
is much admired and followed. Hs was an
- officer in the French cavalry uptil converted
- to quakerifm. Hisjife and' manners are ir
* rcproachzble, fimple, and llriil
s ly cpnformable to tlig purity and spirituality
s of .the tenets of that refpe&abhf feft. This
military convert, this modern Cornelius,
>- does not attempt to dazzle his hearers by
that glow of oratory so natural to his coun
;s trymen, but speaks with all that delibera
>, tion and mildness so remarkable among, the
* Friends. but seldom, and when
c he does, he frequently pauses more than
f- half a minute between his sentences. The
Y purity of the heait, the worlhiping in the
d spirit, the futility of ceremonies, and the
joys of new 'Jerusalem, are the faultlef*
themes which fall from his deliberate tongue,
t Although he is so perfect a friend in his
n do&rines and manner of public speaking,
ft yet his drab coloured plain cloaths eannot
h conceal the genteel movementsof theFrencli
r_ man, nor hi 3 broad beaver wholly -veil that
g sagacious phyfiogtiomy, and eye of fire,
it which ever ditlinguifhes the sons of old Gaul.
The Friends esteem him a remarkable and
le very valuable convert, raised up 011 the
id great head of the church, for some good and
r _ glorious purpose, wbile some of the wicked
and uncharitable, hefmte not to whisper
-y th'eir suspicions tbat lie is an artful man,
; h who means to become the father confejfor of
a _ the whole flocks He may !■ * what he seems
r J a well meaning, conscientious man, yet it
e . cannot be deemed illiberal, if so extraordin
tr. ary >a charrftrr fliould be followed by the
m eye of suspicion, feeing he comes from a na
r. tion who hava systematized intrigue, even
or before Ignativs Loyola founded that injlueHti
nl order, thefoclety of Jefus\ who by their
iq machinations, were at one time in a fair way
an of governing all Eur»pe.
to SALEM,-Auguft 2<j %
jp On Tucl'day lafl,a French privateer schoo
ner, of 8 guns and about 70 men, arrived at
w . Marblehead, where (lie remains still. They
z, report that they belong to Baffetcrre, Gua
rn, daloupe, but were lull from Havanna, m
•o. 14 days. Her objeft in coming here can
Tt l only be coojeatured. They speak of having
e ; dispatches from Guadaloupe for the Consul
id at Boston. The officers declare, that they
ies aiolell no American veiTels which have the
m _ requisite papers, unless tliey are bounei to or
front Trench cr Dutch places now poffefied
,by ths. Britiffix They rcjv. rt that ihey