not tfl alvajidrtn. The combat wis blootiy.
The rebeis drfended for two entire- hours
the twopiec^.of cannon, but the lOthdemi
brigade carried pne, and while the enemy
■was defending the other valiantly, the 4th
denu briuradp, with its accuftnniid bravery,
carried off the other and put the whole army
to flight. A number of the rebels fell upon
the field ; the reft found f,«fety by flight into
the neighbouring woods. The two pieces
of cannon bave jtift arrived at head quarters •
they are in fine order to irrve agaiii'ft Rigaud
on fotne other tccalion, wHo» With his ca
valry. not wilhing to stand the to.ock of our
brave troops, t<s6k rrftige in Acquin.
We have, but few wounded, and those
liightly.
We made a number of prtfoneri, taken
a quantity of bifchit, 800 flints, 54 81b.
cannon cartridges meant without doubt,
for the piece we took At St. Mich;.els.
The third demi brigade of the fou:h,
which had arrived from the Cctzs tic Fer,
was coming tip to r.iriforce Rigaud, bjnar-
rived too late. The third Battalion of our
fourth demi brigade, charged them within
pilio| (hot, and put them to flight. Our
cavalry pursued them and took one of their
llandard?, which I fend you. I ftiid the
two pieces of cannon to Petit Guave : nvy
i'oldiers are too much weakened by hunger
to take them with us.
I fend you also seven prisoners we took
in the action of to-day.
You will find under the enclosed a pro
clamation of Rigaud, which we foucd.
Ir tSis moment I are feired with a fever,
and mull retire to my bed. I wilh you
more health general thnh I myfelf enj y.
Health and refpeil,
(Signed)
, , DESSALINES.
P. S. /\niQnd tVie prifoncrs is a young
map, Couleur de Cap. He will give you
idformatiou of the steps taken by many of
the municipalities of the fuuth, with Ri
gaud, to euga-e hiro to take arrangements
with you, with the answer made them by
Rigaud.
A true copy. *
General in chirf,
(Signed)
TOUISSAINT LOUVERTEUR-
WEST-INDIES.
NASSAU, (N P-) July g.
A general court martial, having been late
ly held by order of the Major General,
(Governor of Bermuda) on two Officer* of
ihe 47th Regiment, the proceedings of that
cou t, have beer handed to the senior offi
cer# in the Weft-ludia islands : "They do
dot think favourably of the Major Generals
heads."
David Co belt,
Capt in 47th Regime I.
John Bur get haffey, ■
Captain \7lh Regiment.
HsIP?"?
Laws of the United States.
T£>Y 3lutf)oritp*
Sixth Cungrefs of the United. States
At the First Seflion, berun and held
at the Crty of Philadelphia, in the
State of Pennsylvania, on Mon
day, the second of December,
one.thousand seven hundred
and ninety] nine.
AN ACT
To retain a further sum on drawbacks, for
■the expenses incident to the allowance and
payment thereof, and in lieu of stamp du
ties on debentures.
Seftion i.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America., in Congress assembled, That
from and after the thirtieth day of June
•next, two and one-half per centum on the
amount of all drawbacks, allowed or to be
allowed by law, upon afid for the re-exporta
tion from the United States of goods, wares,
or merchandizes imported thereinto, fliall be
-retained for the use of the United States,
4Sy the colleftors paying such drawbacks re
fpe£\ively ; and in addition tn the fnm of
■ene and one-quarter per centum heretofore
<lire£ted by law to be so retained.
'a. And be it further tnicted. That
in cafe of the re-exportation from the United
States of goods, wares, and merchandizes,
imparted thereinto in foreign (hipscr veflels,
no part of the additional duty impaled by
4aw on such goods, wares and merchandizes,
on account of their importation in such (hips
-oV veflels, (hall be allowed to be drawback ;
•■but that the whale of the said additional
-duty fliall be retained in manner aforefaid,
in addition to the rate per centum by this
and former a<Rs direfled to be retained.
THEODOIIfe SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of tbe United States and
President of tbe Senate.
Approved, May-ij, A. D. tSoo.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of tbe United States.
For Sale,
Tie Unexpired TIME of a BLACK BOY,
WHO ha- threa yiari and five month* to
fcr.ve ; he is 'ober, hoard, a good wai
ter, and umiarftand* taking eare of horses. En
quire at Ho. t>a, Dock (IretC.
July 19. eo ,v-1
Gazette of the United States.
PHILADELPHIA,
"WEDNESDAY K.V>; KING, AUGUST I^.
i'RICES OF STOCKS.
PninniLPßu, Aucost U
Old % per Cent Stock for cafli 108 J a jcß 3-4 p.ct
Ntw 8 per Cent Stock do 108**1081-4
Su per Cent, (not amour t) 871
Navy do. do. 87
Threeper Cent. do. 53
Deferred, - do. 8^
U INK United States, do. 31
Pcnnfylvaaia, do. »6
North rtaierica, do. 48
Infuranse conjp N. ihares 10 per cent, be
low par
Pennfylvapja, lhares, ai per cent, adv,
Turi pikc Shares, jo per cent, under par.
Bridge (Schuylkill) Stock, par.
Ea't-lndia Company q| n. a. 7 percent advance
Land Warrants, 15 dolls, per too acrss.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE
Bills on Lou. at 30 days for cafe 171 per ct
Do. do. 60 days do. 170 do
Do. do. po days do 169
Bills on Hamburgh ac 60 days 36 a 37 cts.
per Mark Banco
D». in Amftcrdaai, 60 days 39 a 40 cts per
Florin
Ysfterday we were deprived of one of the Boston
papers, containing European details, and th-1 *c
counts for their not appearing in last tvenikg's
Gazette to day we are again deprived of the
Paper dise from thence, The Printers in N. Y.
and Boston, are earnestly solicited to pay atten
tion to our complaints on this fubjed; tktre i.
improper condudt somewhere; whether on the
part of the Printer* »r Post ettablilhmcnt we can
not determine.
An itarra hiving be«n excited in N. Y. refpcc
ting the Yellow Fever, Dr. Tilltry, the refiJent
FhyGciaa, has publicly declared that there has
been but out caf« lately.
Vutnt hating beccme notorious for fa!fehood>
we questioned hiahavii g fcen the Morning Chro
nicle cf June 1$ ; bat it appear* he bat rtceivtj
that paper. Our doubti may afford him a profit
ahlr. kffjn, and we recommend to his perusal the
Fable of the Shepherds Boy and the Wolves, the
Lad became so notorious lcr sals.hoed, that he
wa > not believed when he fpolte the truth.
Mr. Nones has sent a long eflTay to the
Editor of the Aurora, and introduces it with
fonie remarks, relpedting the conduit of the
Editor of the Gazette of the United States.
—As Mr. N. has deviated from a promile
made to me (unsolicited) 1 (hall take no
further notice of his communication. He
has cbol'en a proper vehicle for the infertian
of hu defence, as he calls it.—Were such
filly fluff admitted in this Gazette, we (hould
next h.ar of Secretary Vizse with bis de
fence.
Duane (Billy) gives ui to understand
that the Morning Chronicle of the 2j.h,
came fr< m the fame and Jimilar source, with
a farrago hotchpotch ot -lies, about which
he seems very much concerned, th f we have
never taken the pains to enquire. It is for
people who doubt to be inquiiitive, but the
tru'h it, we well knew at the time he pub
lifted the nonsense, above riferred to, that
it was a Ihcer fabrication ! Why then (hould
w« enquire any thing about a nulliti ?
We believe that very ridiculous (lories are
'cry often told to Duane. which he, for
want of capacity to ditli' guillj, miltakes
for truth ; but we hold it very unreasonable
in him to expeft us and oti/ers to believe
them.—-Credulity, he may learn it from God
win—Credulity" is not the prominent fea
ture of the times."
It is said by a Foreign politician, that Ja
cnbinifm is now writhing in its lad agonies.
But the snake must be kil'ed before the
peace of society can be made secure.
From a Late London Paper.
NEPTUNE AND ECHO,
A DIALOGUE.
NEPTUNE—" I wi(h to know, ECHO
if you can give me any account of Buona
parte, the famous Corsican."
ECHO.—" Of—course I cm."
NEP.—" What, in his eftimatior, will
exhibit the befl pretensions to sagacity ?"
ECHO.—" To—sack a city."
NEP.— 1 * As the guardian of Britain, I
once fu(pe<fled his design of invading a I my
island ?"
ECHO—" All my eye—lend
NEP—" He imitates the difinterefled
patriotism of Priuli."
ECHO.—>" You lie."
NEP.—" What was hisobjeft in declar
pig himfelfadiftiple of the Prophet?''
ECHO—" Proft>\
NEP.—" What is become of those Di
reftors he created in the Cisalpine ?"
ECHO—" All fine."
NEP.—" What does he care foi the in
terests of the Republic eflablifhed at Rotter
.dim ?"
ECHO—" Not a Jam."
N'EP-—" What did he do when opposed
to the British heroes of the Mile ?"
ECHO—" Mil."
NEP.-." How did his heroes of Italy be
have when opposed to Suviorojfi"
ECHO—" Were off."
NEP.—" He lays great claim to politi
cal hnnefly,*'
ECHO —«• l S ( be>"
NEP.—" What will prevent him from
disturbing England and Ireland by difuaien''
ECHO— 41 Unien."
The Editor cf a morning paper, dating
his receipt by tlie Britifli Packet, Earl of
Leicester, ot a. regul ir file of the London
Oracle, adds, that though he finds " nothihg
of a very important nature in these papers,
they contain much inte'esting detail."
Now, if the author of this paragraph had
not publicly declared himfelf to be realty
and truly an American, one would suppose
that both he and his' competition were of
Hibernian birth. For how in the name of
St. Consistency can a paper be *an ablblute
negation of the important, and yet contain
interesting details ? By the head of Anoi
so» and Johnson this is not the way in
.Which our ancestors wrote. This is not
the English style. It is a specimen of the
new American ; and we recommend it to
the very particular attention of Mr. Noah
Webster. It will ftipply a genuine article
| for his projefted dictionary of what he lb
| jutlly calls the American language.
For the Gazette of the United Sr^rss'.
raoM the
CHIRPING COOLER.
A Decision for Dtiarie.
Will's head and hit purse had a quarrel of late;
He with both came to me, to decide the de-
bate
Not great was the difTrence—lndeed this was
It—
His my purse the mod calh,or my head the
moll wit ?
I know not, cry'd I, which at present is worlt,
But furcly your headhxA ths vacuum firft.
Midas, they Jay, pefltft'd the art of old
Of turning whalfie'er he touch'd to geld.
I his fclieme the Jacobins reverie with eafif,
Touch them withhold they'll turn to what you
fleafe
If at his title O had drop'd his quill
O— might have palVd lor a grut cunjuror
ftiil, f,
But O—— alas, excuse him, if you can
Is now a Icriobkr, not a Cxr^man.
For the G az ktte of the United States
TO THE,GOVERNOR
Of the Sta e of Per.njylv ma.
Sir,
I HAVE been no careless fpe&ator of
your condud, llnce your elevation to the
chair • ( State. In „my calculations
previous to your eledi<n on the (leps
y u might think proper to purfne, as
Governor, I affutird as materials for my
judgment, the events of your life ; your
temptations to deviate from the paths of
reditude ; and a disposition you had never
studied 10 conceal ; and the refuit of those
calculations ftrei ethen'd me in my deter i
nation to oppcf, ynut rtlllefs ambition, and
unfoiicited claims to the favour of the pub
lic—The tyra> ny wi ich had marked your
public and your private career; the inso
lence you had displayed as a public, and
the unfeeling ard inctflant oppriffion, as a
private charadler, ei j-'t'tcd it on me as a sa
cred and a Memn duly tp ipy country to
oppose thoft arts which should vest you with
a power, the iwpropejr extrcife of which
W' uld bla!l the fairelt p-.-fptfts. of the slate.
Vet. had I viewed ypu. as a man superior
tr> flattery ; as one who onld teel the dig
ny of t he hid |olt fight > f
hit o<wn, I o uld have anticipat<d a propri
ety if condud in yAUr excellency when
you fhouid bf- fe ted i*. the m«U eialted
ft at ion n the "overnm*»t. Comm .n men,
whw find themftlves at.,tbfc summit of pow.
er.fiave no inducement to abuse that p:\ver,
when they have 'to ohjca to gain by it -if
tl.ey fhouid err, I can .only view them as
atluated by that spirit of revenge, and that
deep malignity of fi»ul which raged in ihe
brtaft ct Nero, and which was Nero's
pride.
Bit I brlitTtd your mi d to have been
formed in nt> common.iso.uld ; aAuated by
no common principle ; irtenton no common
end ; fuccef* cannot gratify you; ambition,
nor perury nor misery d mp your-thirft for
reveng ; nature i* of en on extremes
When flie formed Calar, (he fuffered a Ca
to to exist Milton llione in the days of
Cromwell; and when.the virtues of'Wafh
ington adorned a world, the vice# o r a Gov
ernor formed a cor t raft, marked and flrong.
It my information be corredt. your Ex
cellency vifued the Prothonotary's Office in
Laneafter to be afcertaiaed of the existence
of record which riamned the reputation
of Stever ; wh. n convinced ef its exigence,
you exprefTed your regret at tie appoint
ment.
I Say, Sir, why was this ? I» the nume
rous cum millions you have signed, was your
pen guided by the- spirit cf patriotism ?
Was it the wi(h of ycrur heart " to do jus.
tice to the genuine principlet e>f Republican In-
Jlilutions f" Did you-analyfe the characters
; of the rejt of thofc men whom you ap
| pointed ?
Did the spirit of pat:iotifm prompt you
1 to raise into office a m«r. who had guided the
armies of the enemy at a time when you re
probated so ftrcngly even plffi-e eonduft,
that your opinion was that he who was not
for us was against us I"
Were you influenced by the spirit of pa
triotism when you app itited a man, whom
you knew to have delighted in re»i!ing the
charafler of Wafhirgtqn ? Were you adju
sted by that spirit when you created a man
a major-general—a man whom the Legisla
ture bad but a short time before declared un
worthy of an appointment ?
Was it the spirit of patriotism which ur
ged you to raise . into office another, whom
you yourfelf had declared to be destitute of
principle ?
I Wa9 it—fay, fir, was it the spirit of
patriotism winch whispered to your paren- !
tal set lings to appoint two of your children
into offices, theiofs of wkicb deprived one
, man of his bread, and sent Jnothcr to big
grave ? '•s- '
And was it by these api*mvtmeT)ts yoa
meant to substantiate your public, official
declaration that "you had selected the Of
ficers of the G.rnernment without regard to
personal feeling ?"
But, Sir, you regretted the appointment
of Stever, when you found he flood convidt
ed pn record—a Thief. —Pray, Sir, was it
or was it not your duty to have investigated j
the ehara&er of this man previous to the ap
pointment, and peculiarly lb, when you knew
that appointment was for life ?
When it (hall become a fafl, too ftrongto
be denied, even by the fyirit of party, that
the offices of the State at - filled by men des
titute bf principle, you will tell us that you
regiet it, but that you knew not the char
after of these men !—but will you tell us
alio that there were no men of principle and
ability, whom you might have appointed,
and men whole charadlers you did know ?
Sir, the Conditution has confided to you
the appointment of nearly all the officers of
government; and, in making those appoint
ments, however you may (hieldyourfelf under
the plea of Conltitutional power, you are
and will be responsible to your country for
tjie injuries they may occaiion to that coun
try.— Yet while your countrymen will seek
for some profpecl of good amid the gloom
that furrouiids them, they will thank their
God, as I do, that the office of Treasurer is
beyond your reach, and that the funds of
the State are in no danger of being plunder
ed by a dealer in certificates, or an Irilli
traitor. SENECA. •
THE WINTRY DAY !
DY MRS. ROBINSON.
IS it in mansions, rich and gay,
On downy beds or couches warm,
That Nature owns the Wintry Day.
And fhrinlcs to hear the howling floras ?
Alt ! no L
'Tis on the bleak and barren tienth.
Where Mis'ty feels the ftiaft of death,
As to the dark and freezing grave
Her children, not a friend to five—
Unheeded go !
Is it in chambers, silken drefl,
At tables, with prol'ufion's heap ;
Is it on pillows foft to reft
In dreams of long and balmy sleep \
Ah ! no !
'Tis in the rulhy but obfeure,
Where Poverty's low sons endure,
And fiercely daring to repine,
On a straw pallet mate, recline,
O'erwhelm'd with woe !
Is it to flaunt in warm attiVe,
To laugh and feaft, and dance and sing,
To crowd around the blazing fire, '
And make the roof with revels ring ?
Ah ! no ! • .
'Tis. on the prison's flinty floor—
'Tis where the deaf'ning whirlwinds roar,
'Tis when the ft-a boy, on the mafl,
Hears the waves bounding to the blast,
And looks below !
Is it in chariots gay to ride.
To crowd the splendid midnight ball,
To revel in luxuti'>utpride,
While pamper'd vaflals wait your call ?
Ah ! no 1
'Tis in a Cheerlcfs, naked room,
Where Miihy's vidims wait their doom !
Where a fond mot'tr famifh'd dies,
While forth a frantic father flies,
Man's defp'rate foe !
Is it where, prodigal and weak,
The filly fpendthrift scatters gold,
Where eager folly hades to seek
The fordid wanton, falfe and bold ?
Ah ! no ! '
Tis in the file-1 spot obfeure,
Where, f re'd all sorrows to endure,
Pale Genius learns, Oh lesson fad !
To court the vain and on the b:d,
False praise bejlow !
Is it where Tamejlers, thronging round,
Their foiling heaps of wealth display ?
Where Fafhio t giddy tribes ar? found,
Sporting their senseless hours away ?
Ah ! no.!
'Tis where neglefted Genius sighs, ■
Where Hope, exhausted, silent dies ;
Where Merit starves, by P iJc opprefs'd,
'Till ev'ry ft ream that wai'ms the
Forbears to flow I
January, 1800.
Jufl come to hand,
AND FOR SALE,
BY THE SUBS CM B EX,
SUPERFINE Silcfia rouans")
Creas a la Morlaix t
Fine Bretagßos I to
Do. white platillas ■ debenture.
E'topillas and
Brown Ruflia (heetings J
With a general affarlment of
British Goods,
Which will be fold low tor ca(h or short credit.
SAMUEL C. COX,
No. Bj, Market.str«et.
aupuit It daw
For Madeira,
ABIGAIL,
To ftil about ijth'inftaiit.
For freight of a few hundred barreli or pa[-
Care, apply to
Gideon Hill Wells,
or
Moore Wharton.
Augull i. dtf
AN APPRENTICE
wanted,
At the Oftice of the Gazette of the United
States.
July 6
Gazette Marine Lift,
PCRf OF PHILADELPHIA.
Came up from tbr Fort. ■
Schr, Eutaw. Enm'j, P, Republican
Sugar, Coffle, &t- A. and V. Thuun.
Sleop Supply t mith, Kingston
Rum, Coffee, &c. T. & P. Mackle.
CLEARED.
Ship Elizabeth, Dyer,
Sloop Alexander, Stiteg,
No arrivib at the fort•
The Philadelphia, Captain Parsons, arri*-'
at Leghorn the 14th June, from this p^rt.
Ship Atalanta, Banbury, of and f r Bal
timore, 98 days from St Sebastians, has ar#
rived at Reedy Island in distress, fcteral of
the crew having diets on the paffagc of the
Scurvy,
The Sch* Privateer La Fortune, captured
off the Havannaby the Ganges, has arrired
at Reedy island.
NEW-YORK, August 12.
Arrived
Ship Elizabeth, Jteifly. St. Croix 17
Northern Liberties, Setan, Calcatta
Brig Lion, Entfley, Porto R ic» '25
Schr. Nancy, Bloek, Virginia 2
Sehr. Hiram, Rogers, Charieftou
Sloop Randolph, Nichols, nntigna
Cleared,
Brig—, , ft- Sc bqftialiß
Sloop Sally, Morris, Sr Vincents
Brig Dorfey, of N. York has fafe arrived
at Port Republican.
We are lorry to date, that the Schooner
Rein Deer, Capt. Lawrence, tr m this port
bound to Cutracoa, waa wrecked on tne
weft end of St. I roix about the 16th of Ju
ly lad—cargo entirely loft.
CHARLESTON July 25.
ARRIVED days
Ship Otfego, Bythvrood, Gibraltar 56
Brig Little Susan, Taylor, Port Re
publican 19
Schr. Hetty, M'Kinlcy Philadelphia 22
July 17, arrived, bng Pei:aian, Lemon,
Nassau, 9 days.
JULY 23.
The (hip Superior, Smith, from Havan
na ; and big Auro a, Stowe, and schooner
Nancy, Dome, from Cape Francois ancho
red yesterday off Fort Jolinfton.
A few days ago the Superior was board
ed by'the Britilh (hip York, of 64 gups,
who put on board 16 French prifonert.
Arrive!, pclacre Conception. Heyland,
Nassau, 5 days ; schooner Thomas and
ly, Rider, Havanna. 21 days
In fight of Georgetown Bar, mpt. Was-
Con spoke the schooner Two Sifters, Wil
liam C. Pinegar. master, 63 days from Ca
diz, all well; supplied them with water.
J u, 7 2 9■
Arrived, sloop Rac! ellj Lictleficld, Ha
vanna, 21 day*.
For Sale,
By LORAIN fcr SON,
No. 5, No-tb T&iid
GURRAHS and low priced Haftas, entitled
to drawback. Also other coarse and fine
4 4 and 5-4 India Muslins, Irish ar.d quadruple
liness German Dowlai, India Siti s, Lut
firings and Se«fheu>», Ribbons, Spades, Frying
"p-ns w'rh a rj-i f >v of other Ironmongery and
feafonible Dry Goods.
Aifo, to-be SOLD or
BARTER! D,
FOR DRY GOODS,
A handsome ystory
BRICK HOUSE,
with piazza and kitchen adjoinu g litnate in
Vine near Fourth Steeet, built in m dern ft\le
with excellent materials and well calculated to
aceommoda e a lavge family.
aueiift 13. dit.Mtf.
Sale by au&ion
AT BALTIMORE.
EAST-INDIA GOODS.
ON Monday tiie t<th infi. ar 10 o'clock, at
the Warehouse lately occupied by Holmes,
Hudson & Co. Smith's Wharf, wit! commence
the ialc of" the entire cugo of the thip Mount
Vernon, Salomon Rutter, rnafter, from Calcut
ta, coiifiKing of the following articles ;
403 BALES OF
Piece Goods;
Amor.gft which arp, .
Guzenss, Emerues, Tandii, Mamoody, Al
habad Sawn, Tanda CofTaa, Rerboon, Gur
rahs, Chenchenagore, do. Can:diries, Fulli
poieCoflas, Hurnjnurr.s, Goldhead Tanda, Ma
moody, Pullicit Handkerchiefs, Sooty Hand
kerchief, blue Maax.oody, blue Cofla, do.
Gurrahs, do. Bafras, Check, Chintz, and a
greii variety o: Baftas, &c.
3024 bags Sugar of a superior quality
1 449 do Black Pepper
. izo do. Ginper
u.OOO G»fchy big»
On Friday, ai>d Saturday previous to the sale,
the goods w H be • pe etj for infpeflion. when
catalogues will, b? furr.iihcd, and th» terms rf
sale made krowi< by
BENTALOU & DOR c F.Y,.
AiMicneers
dti^d
Avguft 13.
• 1 • *.
TO BE LET,
Either separately or together,
The 'fwo ,Houses»;.
LATELY occupied as a HOTEL by Mr. Sa
muel Francis, Ne. 13, fnuth Fourth street. For
terms apply to
BENJAMIN R.MORGAN,
41, Arch firect.
3 aw aw
, J*I»W
Hamburg
Norfolk
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