Bp this Dap's NEWBURYPORT, March 5. THE MERIMACK Capt- Hoyt. concurs with lstters from officers or board the Merrimack, in giving the mod flattering accounts ©f that excel lent vessel. She is universally allowed in the Welt Indies to be the mnft beautiful (hip in the American navy. Commodore Barry acknowledges her to be the handsomest ves sel he ever saw. She fails remaikably fart, one letter fays, «' We«fee nothing but what we can either speak or leave. A (hip, cap tain Roberts, failed from Boston harbour the fame day with us, and had got out a league before we hove up ; we soon were up with her under our topsails, and although (he put on every rag of fail, we were obli ged to fettle our topsails to the caps to keep her company. In a very severe gale in lat. 34, we feuded n knots under bare poles." It reflects the highest honor on the fubferi bers, contra&iors, and architeft, to have furnifhed, on loan, ihe firft and best vessel of her size, at a much less expence than a ny other' built by the government. The officers and crew were in excellent health and spirits. BOSTON, March 8. On Wednfifday night lad, two children of Mr. Jacob Porter's, the mailer of a boar ding lioufe in Royal-Exchange Lane, were poisoned wHi crude opium. One was a bout 7 yearß of age, the other about 5. The father, and a woman who lived in the h' use, weieyefterday committed to feperate apartments in the pi ifon. A Coroner's In quest was called, and several Physicians of the town aflifted in the examination of the bodies—after fitting a considerable time they agreed in the verdift, Thrt the chil dren came to their dtath by certain poifon dus substances received into their stomachs, and adminiftcrcd by Jacob Porter, and Abi gail, whom he calls his wife, the reputed pa rents of ihe children. NEW-YORK, March ij. Tl'.e citizens v,'ere highly delighted yester day, when thev received the enlivening salu tation from the ihip Sanfom, as (lie approach ed the harbour. She failed from Madras on the 16th of Oelober, under convoy, and in Company with the following English India men, viz. Lord Camden (Com. (hip) Dover Castle, H:- ry Dundas, Good Hope, Bufbridge, and Veruna ; with the Mount Vernon, for Baltimore—They all arrived off the Cape of Good Hope on New Year's day—at St. He lena the 16th Jan from whence the San* forti and Mount Vernon failed the 20th. On account of westerly winds the Mount Vernon did not expedt to arrive as soon as the Sanffcm. A rentleman nn board the Sanfom informs us. that in consequence of the manoeuvres of Tippoo Saib, the Eng'lifh had ordered out an army of observation of 20,000 men. . He also informs us of the capture of two English Indiamen (the Raymond and Wood cock) on the coast of Malabar. The cap tain of the Raymond was killed in the ac- tion. It is thirteen months since the Sanfom left this port; and we are happy to obfefve, there is every "profpsft of her having made a produ&ive voyage. Yesterday arrived here from Jamaica, the Snow Chatham, Stanwood. On the 26th of. February, off Cape Antonia, at 7 A. M. law a fail—at half part 7, saw two schooners. The firft vefTel appeared to be the Lucretia, Welsh, of Boston, from Kingston, bound to Norfolk, the other a French privateer. The Lucretia, unarmed, sent 4 men on board the Chatham, in order to defend both veflels. Having got the men on board, cleared for aftion, which commenced at halt pa ft ten, and continued for three glafles—during the engagement, the privateer kept in shoal wa ter, which gave her an advantage over the Chatham. The Lucretia, being a heavy failrr, fell astern to the windward, which enabled the privateer to cut her off. The privateer, bavin? boarded her prize, immediately after made fail for the Chatham to renew the a&iofi, with her bloody flag flying ; which was renewed at half past 12, and continued f or three piaffes more, during which time they had reason to believe, from the confufion, considerable (laughter was made on board the privateer, they having strung up a dead man to the yard arm, as a Sgnal of their fate, had they fallen into their hands. After the engagement, the privateer sheered off, and would have been pursued, had not captain Stanwood expended almost *H his ammunition. The next day spoke the brig Polly, Weft, of Providence, who wr.s detained four days by said privateer— having no cargo, was difcharced. He in formed us she was from the Havanna, and that her force was four fixes, and one 24 pounder mounted on a swivel in the hatch way, and 75 men. The Chatham had fix fixes, and 17 men, none of whom were in the least injured ; and all the damage the vessel received, was the (battering of her boarding spar over the {tern, and a (hot or two through the fails. Dr. Tohnfon's account of the republican ism of Milton, though perhaps exaggerated with refeeh to the political principles of that iblfe poct, may b« jnftly applied to the republicanism of the present day. " It is founded in an envious hatred of greatness, and a fuU.n desire of independence ; in pet ulance impatient of controvil, and pride dif of fupcriority. Its predominant de tre is to destroy rather than to establish, not filing so orach the love of liberty, as re pugnance to authority." " We are, at pre lent, in a perilous state, and it is to be feared, on the brink of lome calamity. Menaced with the resentment of a foreign n&t>6&, vie *r<- diftra&ed amung ourk-Ives. In ;»ro;H)vft>n to our diifentionSf w;li Le our and oflr Ofcty lies i;i love to our confutation, and co'iifiJince in our administration. It' the people tvifl cordially unite in fbppWrting artjve me a lures of the adnnnifiratioti, France will.(change her tone from refer.tment to complacency. But ex perience of hercndu<{t towards alt other na tions nraft convince us, that it is her means orily ( *Hnd not her objeft,t';ut (lie. will change, tier object will remain the fame, to reduce us to a fubjeftion to her will. Let us be ware, therefore, of iuppoiuifr, that when (he speaks peace (lie means peace. She will speak peace while we support our administra tion ; and again war, whensver she can per suade our people to oppose the administration of their government. Divide and subdue is her maxim." Xlje SOME ACCOUNT OK A MANUSC R1 PT, entitled, " Talletrasd's descent into Hell." ( Continued,) 1 alleyrand now discovered many of his old c.o-mates, whose viTages were not to tally obliterated. Robelpierre, Danton, Car not, Briflot, Marat, Condorcet, and the Ora- tor of the human race, were among the num- ber. Ihe diflmcHon of Cordelier and Jaco bin, appeared to be altogether forgotten ; those ties, which on earth bound Tome of them together in one deadly iotereft, were broken ; and each perturbed spirit became a Fury of vengeance to his brother. But amid this throng of Republicans and Philo sophers, he looked in vain for Mirabeau, and ventured, in a tremulous voice, to ask his guidfe in what manner his earliest and dearest afTociate was disposed of. For him, replied the ghost, has been referred a deeper and heavier perdition. He is now fufferirtg in the hidden cells of anguish, the very fight of which would ftiffen till thy joints with hor ror. In the entrails of yonder rock, which rises from that ocean of liquid fire whose waves never sleep, is the heme, the last dreadful home of Mirabeau—Mirabeau, whofb faerilegious purposes were conceived in dark ness, and brought forth in blood : whose crimes were more numerous than the fiends which fur round thee, more remorseless than the bosom of Ale&o : Whose corrupt heart rotted in its own impurity ; who died blas pheming ; and, to honor whose pestilential remains, the ashes of a virgin Saint were torn from their hallowed.reft, and scattered to the winds of Heaven. Nor is Mirabeau a solitary fuffeier : Voltaire and all thoife whose b»dies pollute the holy shrine of St. Genevieve, with the apostate Priests and Bi (hops, are thus racked on the excruciating wheel of hopelefi Despair. After a momentary silence, the mingling yells of varied torture burst from their con finement ; a black whirlwind swept along the gulph ; and the fatal orb moved from its station. As it gradually defcendcd, Tal leyrand followed it with his eyes till it was loft in total darkness. The gates, felf moving, now clofeti the terrific scene, and kftthe Minister to rurhinate on the wonders of the place, as his guide condu&ed him, fitentlv, towards the Palace of Pluto They soon ari ived in fight of those delight ful fields where the spirits of the great and good repose in endless felicity. When come to the residence of the Prince of Darkness, Egalit« was dismissed, and Talleyrand was delivered over to the fliade of Dulau, the un fortunate Archbilhop of Aries. Different, indeed, were the obje&s of Talleyrand's con templation, as he passed along the flowery banks of Elysium, from those he had wit nefled on the borders of Phlegethon. Pure rills gushing from their rofe-fringed foun tains, " on orient pearls and sands of gold", bubbled along in mazy wantonnefs ; thou sands of cool and pleasant arbours rose, in blooming tufts, on ever)- fide :—Not a grove but had some new and captivating beauty not a- mead but was impurpled with the vio let, or fiulhed with the carnation -The voice of extacy warbled from every bush ; the fmiV of celestial joy glittered on every countenance :—" The scene (hone bright with bill's" ; and every thing seemed to give evidence that it was the " Place " Where mifchiefs never fly, cares never come With wrinkled brow, nor*nguifli, nor difra/e, Nor malice forky tongued." As cur author, in this part of his per formance, is rather ijiterefting, it is with pleasure we l;\y it before our readers. It maybe confide red as no unfavorable specimen of his feno-js pnetry. " There rajs no florms ; the fun cjiffufes there His temper'd beams thro' flues forever fair. There gentler airs o'er brakes of myrtle blow ; Hills greener rife, and purer waters flow. There bud the woodbine and the jei'mine pale, With every bloom that scents the morning gale ; While thousand melting founds the brfc inn'cent blood,byruffian hands,was filed; Who call'd bo curses oil. their murd'rer's head : Tlsefe w«re thy fov'rcigns, Priest ; the blood of these No charms can silence, and no prayers appease, It mounts, like inccnfe, to th : ' eternal throne, And brings the judj mentsof th' Almighty dbwn. Quick flies the time, the rapid hours advance That wing the dreadful skftiny of France. Her race, her horrid race of crime is run Beneath th' horizon finks her bloody fun ; The cloud built turrets of her pride decay ; Their evening crimson fades in gloom away ; Fierce portents blaze, and to the world declare The last fad night of Anarch's fell career.— ■ " The time has been, 'ere scribbling knaves began To claim more rights than God defign'd for man, To teach mankind th«t pafiion never ftravs, That human nature's just in all her ways, That Christian saws are ludieroufly nice, And fwtet. oh ! sweet's the downy bed of vice: Ere convidl Thieves,at their own fate amazed, Were from the gallows to the Pulpit raised ; Ere, in the face of guik-aunoying day, The mother play'd to Ihew her child the way j Ere the son pluck'd the hoary father's beard ; Ere beggars reign'd and beggars' trulls were fear'd ; While Paris, yet, could plead her virtueus ten, And prayers finctre were mutter'd now and then, The time has been that gave the rustic throng Their evening ballet, asd tlvcir morning song. E'on Paris, then, her harrakfs joys ceuliSboaft; Who was tnoft upright,then, was booor'd qtoft) Acd no vile blttfh ourgratcful cieeks To aft a blefling on our Monarch's head. In those good days, it was not Orange to bend With cordial friendfhip o'er a bleeding friend ; To fee a fee in curelels angulfh lay And smooth his pillow as he pafs'd away, Then want wasfurcilh'd with the msansto live, For men had hearts to feel and hands to give ; Then wealth dispensed what happiness it could, Totafte the luxury of dping good : Then beauty wept at sympathy's command,, And love was then no flranger ill the land. Tell me, falfe Autun, whit has France obtain'd In lieu of these ; what great advantage gain'd. With all your n*w illumination fired, With licsnce bleft'd, with facrilcge inspired, With venerable piles in ruin laid, . By village tales the wood-pod's dwellings made, With all the Hamlet's sweet delights o'erthrown With flocks undone, and pious pallor? flown, With knaves carousing where the poor were fed, With ev'ry gen'rous, social virtue dead, With all these Meflings added to your store, Say are you better, happier than before. We are sorry the extent of our plaji will not fuffer us to give the whole of this pas sage ; but we will feleft from it that part which particularly refers to America. After Talleyrand became allured of the final tri umph of Great Britain, and of the restora tion of monarchy in Fiance, he was solicit ous to know in what manner the difference with America would terminate ; as he had Rill hopes of getting a crop from her, before he should be obliged to resign the talk, of renting out the glebe to other hands. It was true, she had been kicktd and bruised with too little ceremony, and it -was said she was preparing to kick in her turn ; but this report feeroed, to Talleyrand, rather problematical, inal'much as (he had been cuffed for many years without resentment, complaint, or even a murmur. He, however wished to know, if her back was, ahfolutely, «p, whether a little :;{Tefted humiliation, and sorrow for the part, would not happily re (lore him once njore to her confidence. Dali'.u anfivers : Go, more than demon, gro resume thy art,' Go plead repentant*?, and a contrite heart; Go let affcfljnn glitter thro' a tear ; . Go proffer peaci,—the peaceful land Will hrtr." While fordid cornmeice hugsher mangled trade; While public fame a Have to gold is made ; While thefts and insults only touch the breast With grief for some, and hope to save the reft, Tho' but two fraftions-of the whole remain, Who pleads for peace will never plead in vain. Go, for Columbia waits, with anxious eyes, To fee thee smile ; an easy willing prize. The of Janus there are ever harr'd ; Thou'rt sure to triun ph, though thy terms are hard., ... >, And when the flattering league of friendship's made, When every little fear in peace is laid ; When, wrapp'd in specious reft, thuy bless their loti - »«<* The future fair, and all the past forgot, Then cut the mounds of faftion's lawleil flood, And drench another land in tears and blood. Infatuate men, ah ! what avails your bonf!, Your riling Navy, and your guarded toill, Your hofls of patriot youth in arm« arra) M, 'Tis, all, the wretched (hadqwof allude. Sor soon the spoiler comes " with wanton wiles, With quips, and cranks, and nods, and wreath ed smiles" ; Disarms your vengeance, stays the lifted blow And lay's your freedom and your honor low. So the poor girl, whose bold seducer flies With fteps,too rude, tofeizethe virgin prize, Frowns on the wretch who dar'd invade her charms, And all her injur'd feelings rush to arms. But soon reiurn'd, ■he drops an artful tear, And pours his plaintive sorrows in her ear, 7 ill treacherous love admits the ■Wily cheat, And flarrps her ruin and her shame complete. So Satan, once with " diplomatic ikill," Rush'd through the UngUs of the sacred hill, Beguil'd the truth of Adam's honest mind,' And nail'd the yoke of mifchief on mankind. Infatuate men 1 while clouds invest the air, You fondly dream, to morrow will be fair. Still careless on the fame dull road you stray, Nor heed the stormy dangers of the way. With yoiJ the frolic and the is found, The Chariot rattles and the glass goes round. You still can truck your wares, and go to bed Wiih some new speculation in your head ; Still strut the' Change with Haberdaflier pride ; Still count the profits, and the gain divide ; Still take the breakfaft paper, and explore The advertising columns o'er and o'er ; And, if the tale ftould meet your listless glance Of some new land a prey to bloody France, You still can look at home, with vast content, And underwrite the state for one per cent. Such was the prophetic {pint ot our au thor when engaged in this truly ctlrious little work. But what can we fay of his predictions : Are they not the offspring of a sickly imagination brooding oveT its own misfortunes ? Meteors of a stagnant mind, thf victim of a sedentary life? Surely, sure ly, America, after her long fuffering, is not at last to be dragged into the vortex of re- volutionary misery. And yet [Tv be continued.] The fire at Norfolk, it appears, was oci cationrd by the wilful aft of some incendiary tor the mayor of the town has offered a re ward offiv idred dollars, for apprehend ing the person prperfons who fct fire to'it. A melancholy accident happened on Wed mfdav morning' last, whereby a man was infhntaneoufly killed.—The circumflan ces ai far as we can learn are, that a boy having laid hands- on his matter's pistols, which weie loaded, carried them into an a partment where the negro man and a mulat to woman were employed in domestic affairs; the man jocosely told the woman to take ore, retreat to a proper distance, and fire {he did so, when the ball entered the man's head and put-van end to his exiftence— ; they both fired at the fame time, but the woman re ceived no injury. The above circumstance should operate as a warning to all persons who have occasion to carry like weapons, not to fuffer them to be exposed to the curioliy of childen and servants, whose little know ledge of them, frequently produce disastrous effefts. On Saturday was launched from Messrs. Steel and Lamdin's ship yard, Fell's Point, an elegant brig, named Maty-Ann-Eliza, 200 tons burthen, and pierced for hxteen guns. Married on Thursday evening last, by Michael Hillegas, Esq. Mr. Edmund Kinfey, (Saddler) K> Mifg Polly Ketgan, both of (.his City. •S"avannah, February 22. «rXf fterday arrived the Fa nny. Capt. Wellman, in 9 days from the Havannah, with Sugar. Capt. W. inform?, that lie tailed in company with upwards of 50 fail in American veffek, bound to different ports of the United States, under convoy of the De la ware lloop of war, capt, Decntur, and an armed schooner and sloop. Capt. Plutch of the brig Mercury, f rßra Charleston to the Havannah, was taken by a French schoo ner of 6 guns, the crew taken out and sent to t e Havannah. Capt, W, alfoinfoi ms, 'hat there are fvvo, I'rcnch Jchoaaers qri4» fiog off the ITa-vannaj), to intercept Amerir car?. CajJt.Decatur gat in light of then) twice, biu could not overhaul the3l. Capt« W. left upward* of 90 fail of Americans in port. "d,-Ca& Vd witli a fleet apd parted Compaqjrpfftli*. Matanzfs, iveare Qot yet in po{lj:(lkm of bitr pafiage bur ftjppofe a.b.i'Ut days. , , '■ Theftipiin the riverrejaort«d ye/ierday aS from' -Liverpool,, proves" ,to be the (hip Douglafs, Walker, from Loudon u i long passage. *' ; ~ , , . ». . , T.he ship South-Carolina, Gar.man, fnra Charleston, is on (hose• five milrs belovf Reedy Jfland. It iscxpe&ed she willbegot off without damage. Th; rtflvla at Marcus Hook are detain ed by the ice. Y.efterday, failed for Gaudaloupe, the schooner Retaliation, having on boaid, Bo> French prifonerp,' part of the crciv of L'Croyable, Sans Pareij and Jaloux, F.rench privateers, lately by the public armed ships of the .United Ssstes. Thv'.l.a4'a> Alhmead, left Marcus Hook, Thuftaay evening. Extract of a letter from on board the Dela ware Shop of U r jr, dctcd the i6to -,n.t. off :bs Mat.tazm. " We are here with 25 fail under cur convoy, bound to different ports.ot t;.i con tinent. A Britiih Squadron of 5 fail ; s to windward of us, running into the fleet : how they will conduft themselves 1 canr.ot judge. lam informed that the ship Fan e, Ricard, from Philadelphia to FJavf.. na, y. s captured 4 or 5 days fine? by a French pi iva teer, and carried into a fmail port to wind ward of the Mantazas." Attention / 0" THE Volunteer Company of C HIL A DEL PHI V GRENADIERS are ordered to aiTemble with arms and uniform on Monday morning, at 11 o'clock in the State-house yard. JOSEPH HICJBEE, Captain. Marc* 16. THIS EVENING, March 16. WILL BE PRESENTED, (Not afted this season) a celebrated COMEDV call d the DESERTED DAUGHTER. To which will be added, a COMEDY in two a