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 <sa3Cttc.
PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCB 16.
<jg>
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 br<ezea bear,
In silken dalliance, to the dreaming ear,
And golden fruits, mid (hadowy bloiToms, ftiiac
In fields immortal, and in groves divine.
As onward thro' the joyful plains he goes,
Th' apostate priest no touch of comfort knows.
The fight of fainted fouls in pleasure laid
By every flream ; and blefs'S in everyflwde,
Joys which his guilty ghost mult never Ihare,
His spirit planged in comfort left despair.
E'eti then when roem'ry fhew'd his every fin,
When all-was darkness and remortie within,
His martyr guide direfls his trembling eyes
To where his monarch's pMceftil refuge lies ;
Were, in the centre of a blooming wood,
Imnsmul Louis rests, the mild and good.
A crown he wore by angel fingersTiiade ;
Around his head celestial glories play'd ;
In wraathea of light his radiant limbs were dreft,
Arid traufport harbotir'd in his holy bread.
Clpfe by his' fide, in beauty's pride, was seen,
His life's laltthought, his gentle, faithful Queen.
In bowers of bliss, like the firft pair, they play,
Or hand in hand, pursue their flow'ry way
A light like this, to keener pangs confign'd
The quivering texture of hisblafted mind,
When thus hi« guide : " Behold that lovely pair
Whose liver Were fauldefs as their lot is fair ;
Wbo>fc 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.
"<sfotiiz Marine %ifi:
Port of Philadelphia,
CLEARED.
f *s
Brig Sally, Gevipn, v, . • Savannah
•"'The ship Superior, Oonynghfifi,
Havauna, has.arrived at Re«dy Ifia(>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<sti
called, '
THE DEUCE IS IN HIM.
Box, one Dollar—Pit, three quarters cf
a Dollar—Gallery, half a Dollar.
IC7* The Doors of the Theatre will open
at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rife at a
quarter pa ft 6 o'clock precisely.
*#* Places in the Boxes to be taken of
Mr. Wells at the office of the Theatre, from
ten till one, and on the days of performanc*,
from ten till four.
gCP On Monday, a Comedy, called
WEDDING IN WALES.
IMPORTED,
In the Britifli ftip Douglas, capt. Walker, from
London, jull arrived.
Cannon—Woolwich proof 91b caliber, bored from
the solid wighing 161b. 2qr«. and jolb. eath
Ditto of 61b caliber, wt. Jtlb. a ijrs. each,
Ditto Swivels, mounted
Cannon (hot, viz. Cansifter, bar and round
30 cases Qsipt muskets, fowling pieces and musket-
oon»
Ship Store,. Horfezncn'k and Saddle Piftoli,
A large affortmetit of Flints,
15.0 cases Porter, Brown Scout in Boltlft,
pantheon Stoves afiorted from t 4o t0 40 ificke»
diameter
49 C«fc» Shot, No, 1, tad t,
34,06 Bulhels Coalj,
jo Crates Window GWs
100 Grates and «j hhds.-Queens Wzreadapttd to
the Weft India Mrrket ,
6 bile* Whitney blankets 8-4 abd 10*4
FOl file by
THOMAS & JOHN KETLAND.
Walnut Street vVharf.
Who have also on hand,
Claret in cales, fir ft quality,
Old Port Wioe,
Horsemen's (words, hangers, See.
Dry Whiic Lead,
Ironmongery ar d webbinj by ihe package,
Bo(lon Beef, K °
a cafe of best iqII amenta,
Painted floor cloths, &c. See.
March 16, t f
FOR SALE,
Creas a la'Morlaix,
Dowlafs, whole pigces, ( Entitled to draw-
Ditto, half pieces, f back.
Brown Platillas, J
Holland Glass-ware,
Brandy, 4th proof.
Rice,
Ruffian horse hair, curled and uncurled,
Ditto deck nail rods.
ISAAC HAZI.EHURST & SON.
March 16. d tw
A NEGRO BOY.
FOR SALE,
Hp HE time of a likely Boy, about ten
years okjr—he is healthy and aitive, ani hai
been, aceuftomed to waiting, &c.—Enquire ol'the
Printer.
March 16,
Weavers.
SEVERAL WEAVERS may find em
ployment by applying to Isaac T. Hop
per, No. 39, Pine-Rreet.
3 mo. 15th, I
A genteel House to Rent,
Situate in Spruce, between 41b & sth ftrfets
IT is acecmmed«ttd with extensive back
buildings, three flories in height, two pumps in
the yard—one of excellent water and the other
in a Rain Ciiieru. Applv at No. 109, Spruce
ftieet,
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