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-nr- -SPRIXQ, THE snowy stormt the howling northern ' ,lhsty ; . J - The icy chains that bound the frozen stream ; , . " . , ' WisfgR, and all his horrorsnov) are past ; ; : K y'y . . And heat returns' upon the sun's bright beam. --- , ' .Mild SPRpfG returning smiles serenely '.Jriht .. -. ' .... - 111 minnrnn vAAnf p Aim im ', - i.7r ; fer breath is fragrance, and her vnire j o , - d-Aivht. 7?r Aejrf foafs (pe, her smiles smooth wrinkled cart. , . . The joyful birds f her wish'd approach to hail. ' ' fP'rA fWr .' mujic make the groves resound; The notts enchant ir.rr fill tht windint' vale ' fid echo pkas'd returns the soften'd , souna. T o hail her, queen of beauty, youth end love. Flora awakes her dormant train of Jlowers, That smile in vales, or on the. hills above, Or grace the garden's variegated bow trs. . . The wind is hush'd at eve, and on the ' lake That f.ying clouds, and heaven's wide expanse sftevs, When (.'rs rtirj's splendors thro' the sha dows break, . Her silver form with stars attendant glows. Noxv'mld the magic landscape let me rove; And while its charms a pleasing calm impart; ' III paint to fancy, the sweet girl I love," Whose form, whose smiles inspires the swelling heart. ELEG ANT EXTRACT. Prom an Oration delivered on the 4th . . . vv of March last. By John D. Burke, Esq. After, taking a concise view of c vonts, from the settlement of Ameri ca, down to the commencement of l.AI inrl.hiinLni '. I ' -' luvjivmiiiiLC y illIU UCSCriUlilg in glowing colors, the profound tun ning of the aristocratic party, to bring us again into bondage he proceeds. ' The fourth grand rjpuajn scs to my icw in thi uncioudy' ma jesty of the morning ; a sage lung prac tised in virtue, and whose soul wasan nimattd by a larger share of the at-Uic-ril fire, was called onto repair the misc Uiffi, which his predecessor had occasioned: Thomas Jifferson, the author of the declaration of independ ence, the energetic champion of the moral and physical productions of his country against the precipitate char icesof Uaynul and Iiuflon; Thomas 'Jefferson whose name associates a Wii-Ih-ss n.nije of deep and elegant knowledge; of active benevolence and flowing phihmthrophy, was chosen to r-ucceed the eulogist of the Ilritish lurnr oi govcrnmt; the pretended de fender of the Amerkcn constitutions. 1 turn with disgust f.om those times orfrar.tic tyranny to .repose my weary Mid indignant spirit on charac ters rich in every great and noble qua lification. Mv 'with gladness from this dreary end comfortless midnight tosport itself in the sr lar beam of freedom ; to taste the swretress atjd f.agrar.cr of I'.lysium. Tl.ediinc tMons of the poets arc em bodied in my sight : I feel they arc not cmply blcssin.-js which they had pro-, lii'fd us in their immortal snug. Sured spirits, whom the midst n uingeons urn ol chains attuned tour hjrps in praiu- of hcavcn-born ltbrrtr.lookdownonour republic and tcjoirc. "The ttnaflVcted simplicity ! sanc tity of primeval manners is rcalizcr' in the government ; our pcorle enjov the plenty and security of t).e lto!dtii ag. The reforming spirit, which ha"s produced those blcMin, is still in motion; he treads witlnhc firm step i.f philosophy in hi tour ovit the earth, ,hakiglh.6nei dnJ tUtt'if ing natlmu Hit sr p is stow, becsnsc he ha in cruan'ly ta rn.t.pt the obstinacy 0f itmrante and the intolerarre ' t t u- hcrtition : but liehoLU till hia u i. u : " i in ft rr f-ul ir an 1 strav fni c, directed by .ir. HM.tiin rontinuri t tht fijtfnlrnrcof hif,ind, t.n hi, inr.iriMvii him lntain-tc U$ j-mt nl Ilium II n iiMr Cnanrirr, aud l.o.fnir, h. smore faHhf-dlr prtfornled V -ri;u...u .?itl- of th X,t ,e fow J l l. H Hn.itnt.nhoi worshipped im-v-r.rv iih,l ,atM rrpi.hr.caninn, re i V.Mbiir.1 lo ihr , rhl greater ta-1 ..ii.-rii.an .A4utin. ai.d many tvtn .. .ult whMhtr tlt Uttrr i tiof ,re. Mr. v.-dit(n'a tc porta ta CNi-rtia c- Tince lils Rrejtt Miowledge of the busi-l ness of his 4erartment .his calcula- J , y j tjons are alwaviTound to be correct. and: it is proved thatJia has manae-rd , Khe money-affairs pf the nation with l great economy, and with that prudence and good judgment which command our -aDnrobation. and e-uarrantee to o - i him the thanks and praises of a vast majority oi the American people. T Salem Rev. . Ly Dr. BettflapW'hWt Mr. jF.rFF.R- aqu is afcuscd by the high, toned fedc? ralists for his- religious tenets, mere ly because they are founded on . philan throphy and benevolence, it is pleasing to observe the Catholicism exhibited by the.Ja.te Dr. Belknap in his' Cen tury Sermon,' - preached before the .Historical Society, 23d of Oct. 1792, paije 40, speaking of the detcstible doctrine of a test act, he proceeds : ! "". Our ancestors in New-England established a test, before any was enac ted by the British parliament : and tho' , it has long, since been abrogated, yet me iota ot an . exclusive ngnt td the honors and emoluments of govern ment, by the prevailing religious deno mination, continued till very lately. some of ais can remember the time when it. was thou glut a sufficient-objection to. a man's being chosen to a seat in the.legislature that he belonged to the Episcopal church. And even at this,, enlightened period, I blush to own, that, by the Constitution of this Commonwealth, the Jew, the Mahome tan, the Gentoo, and the disciple of Confu cius, a.ie excluded from our public councils be they ever so good citi zens, whilst men, who for convenience call- themselves Christians, though deeply tinged with infidelity, and desti tute of moral principled, may be freely admitted." These are the sublime sentiments of one of the most reputa ble'clerical characters, which have or namented our country, since the adop tion of the State Constitution. ' Kow insignificant must the revile rs of Mr. Jkffekson appear in opposition to such dignified liberality. Boston Chronicle. Trom the Federal Republican. : Extracts from a very valuable French, book, little known in America, enti tled," The Argronome, or the Fa -flier's Tocktt Dictionary." TO MULTIPLY THE INCREASE OFCORN OF ANY KIND. Take of the (King of the cow, goat,' sheep ?nd pigeon, and of salt-pe'tre, V'' 1K)UI:1j P'lt -licm all into two or thrtd gallons of warer,Ttnd let thcrn stand covered for several days ; strain the liquid through a sieve or coarse cloth, and let your seed corn moisten therein for tight hours ; take it out and put it in a convenient- corner of jour granary ; stir it well arid often during several hours after, -This receipt is adapted to 1 60 pounds weight of corn. anotiiicr. Put t'venty pounds of lime into a bar rel, and pour on it ten gallons of rain or river water. Then put one hundred and twenty pounds of corn into a bask et,, an J- let it remain eight hours Take it out, plunge it into another vessel, in v hich there is a quantity of water, in which you have previously dissolved three , pounda of -common salt or or Salt-pelre. AKOTHF I. Take as much of the water of tour richest dunghill as you chusc. Soak your seed in it hours, dry it in the shade, and then (when dry) sow it. . TO PRhVJ :.T THE SMUT tX WHF.AT. Moisten it well with n liquor com losed of lin.c water, in which ashes, common salt pigeon dunp have been infused several hours. A light solu tion of allum and vcif'cgjcase has also .been used for this purjtose. To tjkiAPi sr.tn ro union s o.v r co - -ivo sMjtnr L.ihns. Take 12 or 13 jtoundrTof therpdung which you will boil, drrgn and all, in a (rood deal of water. I V.iw.lr. till l , r rr K,md-i of salt iuic in tins pickle Tor eight hour a bnshtlof new wheat, &c. Dry it in an airy place, not much esposcd to thr sun. Hcpcat this oprration several times, and ot jotrr r,rin ihinly. The act hor of the book front which the se ie reipts arc extracted, asserts M That from ejcru nee it it known, th it eery grain of the prepared seed produce Seven or riht optica at l.ii land each of these stalks produce! ear vi more unn nit v prams oi corn In in each." c al informs, "that more than sisiv sulks hatK j ted tn emr shoot.M-,c rominncs : II "I. (iialtl thut tir.nMl a.t. ....... . (-. umiiir than whr-ii vwn in the usual methods. M 2, The birds are not in fond to fi cd on it. ' 3. It erows thick and lrwi.. t.n o'lrrht ti be sown thinner than usual, (ram pi winced from seer! thus prrya red, i not so liable to blast, to smut, or mildew, asunprrpared eorn." On Sunday the 17th instant, a duel k.iqht in Halifax Coonty, Vlr K'mia. Itia Vm. Duffy and Dun ran Cameron, F.sqr. gcntlrmrn of the bar in tLU mie. llaih wre wounecllaliJrstiri, -the forre, J in the right hip (where the ball still re mains) the latter in the left breast .which put an end to the contest. Both wounds are declared, not dangerous. Mr. Cameron returned to Hillsborough immediately : Mr. Duffy is not yet able to travel These gentlemen were attending the Superior Court at Hills boroughMwhich they left on Saturday (Major Robert Williams of this city attending Mr. Duffy, and .Dr. Webb of Hillsborough, Mr. Cameron) to set tle a dispute which is known to have been some time inasStation. nnH wV.;-v it seems, could .not be settled without an appeal to arms, though, as the pub lic have been informed, it liod aiio dybeeri referred to the arbitration of mutual tnends We are ipformed the gentlemen.had passed the state boundary-line before Mr. Duffy sent the challenge. . ' On the 13th ins't." about six o'clock in the morning, a duel took place be tween Mr. Wvndhan Grvmrs nA Tr. -Terfel, two young gentlemen of Richmond ensraired in the Rtndv of it,. law. There were two discharges of Hiatus, ana upon tnt second fire, Mr. Grymes received a ball in the groin, which has since proved mortal ! Raleigh Register, The number of passports asked for every, day by the SWitzers, to go to America, having attracted the at tention of General irt Chief nd "Vtlr.; ter Ney ; he hasadrawn the attention ! of the . Helvetic Government to the prejudicial consequences of these emi grations if they continue ; and has in vited them to devise, in their wisdom, the means of remedying them.. It is asserted, more than 300 passports were granted in a few days. The Legislature, of Ohio have elec t ed John Smith and Thomas Worth ington, Senatorsjbf the United St&tes.- These gentlemen are both decided Republicans ; and friends to the pre-" sent administration. They have.also elected Return J. Meiggs, William Sprigg and Samuel Hnntington, Su preme Judges; and W. Silliman, C. rease and F.Dulanj, Presiding Judges. .. A letter fr..m Jiordeaux, to a gentle man in Norfolk,' after mentioning thc appo'mtmerit ' of Gen. Bernadctte, as minister to the United States, adds " It is said that such is the State of the French Colonies, that new commer cial arrangements with the United States are necessary, and that the A mcrican commerce is shortly to be put on a better footing.' i. The country las lonbcen rMsgrac ed (says the N. Intelligencer) by the faKhood and scurrility with which se veral of the conspicuous federal prints have teemed, which have taken a ma lignant pleasure in blasting private character. A proud. and innocent man will rarely rtorp to an explanation with such asailar.ts c.f his reputation. Hence, in many instances, charges have been made wMout an exposure of their Tidel. ood. A e have now however, the means of presenting to the public an instance of traduction, unsurpassed, for malig nity, and of -ah exposure that must silence calumny. Who originated the calumny we neither know, nor wish to know. Extract from the Ncwspaer styled the Republican or Anti-Demucrct, printed ct Baltim ire, in the slate cf Maryland, on Fri&rylkt 4th cf March, 1803. M When Mr. commonlv mltri! Charles Pinckr.ey, armed at Madrid, he found Mr. Humphreys, the oust ed minister, ready to sell his furniture, Sec. appending to his situation n mi. riister: Mr. Pinckncy wished to pur-chasc,-ilr, Humphreys sold end took the Icllow's hills on persons in Ame rica. 'When Mr. Ilumrhrpra arriv. cd here and presented his bill, they were protested, as Pinckncy well knew thoy would he: and Mr. Humphreys has now only Pinckney'a chartctcr for security. Ana unatrs rmcknty'acha racter f aueh as has bro't manr a n.n Here follow a letter from Daniel D'Oyley, of Charleston, on wl.omtl hill in question was drawn for IC80 1 at . . uouars, ana several certificates she w. ing that it was duly paid a day sooner than w as ncrcssar). An extract cf a letter from the A mcritan Consul at Goitcnburg, dated the 8th of January mentions, MThat nearly one half of that city was ton limed by Hre, and thai msrchar.dizc of ry Ascription, had falicn aa crifice to the flame vM - From a lndon Taper. Amazing itcr$a( of American Tonncgt, H appear, by censua which taken in l.Ot ami returned to con grcisln laul.thattheprpulation.hc. of the United States, was la follow t rorciATiOK. , free. Slam. . Total in 180, 5,214,801 56,V50 , Total in 1790, 3,935,32$ 67,697 l intrcaneoipopu- hationinlOvears, 15,471 195,593 - - .'"TOXKACr. w . v ' , Tons of Shipping. Men. Total in 1800, 939,000 ' 56,340 Totalin 1790, " 450,000 27,000 Increase in ten I COMMERCE k WAVIOATIOK. American produce ex ; i ported in 1800, a-' mounted to 532,000,000 i Ditto in 1890 1,000,000 Increase in 10 years Foreign commodi ties brought into Ame rica for re-exportation in 1 800, amounted to Ditto in 1790 S18,OQO,00 g30,000,000 2,000,000 Increase in 10 years . 28,000,000 . The revenue in 1 80 1 , " . is estimated at , - SH,359,000 Do, in 1790 amount- ,'a ed to 6,124,000 The very great increase of this branch of the American trade, ap pears to have taken place since the subjects of that country were allowed a free trade to tfte British settlements in India, under the treaty between Great-Britain and America, which will expire in about two years. . " The Piflure- which the meffage of ihe Amrrifan PreTident ht drawn of the incr-afing profperitv of the Uniied Siaies, cannot fail to diffufe univerfal fati&faflion. It affords the happieft il. ludraiion of the wifdom of that policy which has preserved to, America the bluf fing of reace while, for ten years Eu rope has been defolgifd and sfilitted by all the horrprj of a war, unparalleled in thr rtufery which it has produced in the hiflory of modern times. This pielure mu!l by the peoph of this country, in a peeSlur reanper be contfrr.f hied with iherlecpeft ir.iereP, at it irrc hliibly fug j;efls confideranon cf ihe comparative lituatiVn of ihij country at itpprefeni mo ment. From year ioyrar- he public bur them cf the pebpte of America have been dirrfiniflicd and the extinction of. ihe pub lic.delt has been proceeding without the (mallell inierrupiion. From year to year the public expenditure hat been leffened and national economy has been purfued with greater ardour. From year to year public .abufes have been corrected and public improvement!, have been intro, duced. Public tranquility fiat not a mo ment been dlflutbed. and no hmmn li-. have been loll for ihegratificaiion of am. onion.or.uie j-uoi powair - " While Europe has teen deluged Ciih blood, America hat bern bleffed with ii dufliy, wuh commerce, with in. lernal repofo. How very diffeient a profprfl doet ihe fixation of ihit coun. try for ihe ltd len yeart prefent to our contemplation. Year after year hat ad ded io our national expenditure, and lo he, burthen of cur poderiiy ;)ear after year ha dimtiiilled ihf c'omfont of ho nefl indufliy, and drcreafed the nuinbtr of ri izent cor.iributirg by iheir labour to ihe general inierefl, of loiiety. That naiional eflate which ought to have beer, refuted for enirrgrncies which involves uhaievrr in'eieflt are moll imnoritot lo a people, hat been dilapidated in ihe proferutit n of a cowed begun withoui necelliiy, cairicd on without talent, and it rtninaied by dirappoinimei.t." Palisot is about lo publish inFar ris the History of French Literature, from the tin. e of Francis the fir'tn the present period, comprising a term oi tiirce centuries. 1 he author has been engaged for thirty years in this work. , DISTRIBUTION of A FLEET Ob PIRA'ItS.- ' j letter, e-fliciallf letc'ivcd L(l weerrTom Bumbay, (latc thai on ih 29: h "e-f July, Captain Hayt i , oi the ceimpat ) 'a fliip ol war the Swill, received a icquifitioo from tJic 1 elide nt al Ambyna, lo procrtd tothe relief of an cm. port, narred Amrerang, then c'.ofely in Mlcil ly the Magindai o pirates; ihcir fleet efoKlcJ e f lorty Jarc pioas, (ton hirli itvthc bundled nien had been latu'cil. with twtUr ! ptccci ofbrift ordrance, of cicl.t a f 1 .O ana in rc ui.ucri. uo the ir.h of I i a a j a w m. Atiguu, at nan pan live r. M. the Swift came up wiih lie piratical fleet, and inlfaiitly cper.cd a can nonadc on ihcm, which cotiiinued till half Pad nine. Hcfldcf ll.c an. ! nojrauce.Tofj.le. ?ncmjrr Cap-ain I Hiyetrtte:.tioi. wai Vjeriot.fly j called to li e filtration of his own jveird, whiih wn furtounilt.l by I iflirMi and upon a Jit gtitus reef ; , It il.ii circumflance wrtc ihe ttiTcSs wliieh cfeaped tUflruclion tntlettrd J for tfieirfalcty 1 iheSwif,f.outver, , captured iwo ; ore (he palled our and eat in two; fcttntccn oil.rra Here run fhurei ltd alrnt fn 1 hundred of ihe eofrr jr ire fufp,fcj 1 1 have perifheddurir.Rihe cet.fliO. 'IHie.comran'l fetitle mem ' i.r.. .tlc Cclcbct, ai we'lii tnraiiei completely. fl.oreJ, have thus bcea DrOteflj.d- fl-nrr tk .il r r , y. mini lerious ' depredations, .b the difperlion of thefe dating pirates,' who had over run the whole oJuntr to the Ssrgir Iflands, reduced the capital Tairowi to aflies, and carried from thence twohundred femalecaptives, befides many males, many of whom pc- nihed on theoccafion of this attack one only of the former was laved by the Swift, and only one of the pirates from the wreck of the proa which had been rundown. Each of the enemy's veffels carried from fixty to eighty men, one Cix to eight pounder brafs gun forward befMes many fmaller ones, with mufkets, lances &c. On the fol lowing day Captain Hayes return ed to Amboyna, where he" was at the date of'thefe, adfvices, under orders to convey the Afia and Mar ranfporis, having on board the relieved trops from Ternate for Madras. Gingnu Courier NEW-YORK, March 29. THE YELtOW-FEVER, A Card. A gentleman just re turning from Martinique, wishes to communicate, through the channel of the Morning Herald, a simple remedy he has known to have given both re lief and cure to many persons afflicted with the Yellow-Fever, and which he thinks might be also efficacious toper sons suffering any kind of eruptive fe ver in this country. On the first svm toms of sickness, take a small tum bler full of water, strongly impregnat- . ed with chamomile and magnesia, adding a table spoonful of citron Nar- bonne honey j. .repeat this three or four times a day,' it will effectually car ry off the disorder. . The same ingre dients prepared as a diet drink, he has known to have surprising tffedts on weak, debilitated constitutions, even ' when incapable of taking either food -or exercise. . . New method of purifying corrupt Water. -To a puncheon of foul water, add -half an ounce of allum, previously dis solved in a nint of warm . . u:u will render the former in 48 hours aa clear as that of the finest spring. April 12. We obfervc, by one of the morn m papers of Urtwcck, that Mrs. Dfborah Gannet is in this city " or. her way tothe Southward. This extraordinary woman ferved three years in the army of' the United States, and was at ihe florminj; of Yoik-town under general Hamil ton ; ferving bravely and at aviood foldicr. Ucr fex was unlnown and nnfufpeaed, unnl falling Pick, fli- was fent to the hofpital, and z difclofure became ncceifary. We underfland this k!y intends publifh irg l.cr memoirs, and one or more orations which ftie has delivered. in public upon patriotic fubjefls. She lafl year delivered, an oration in the Theatre , at Uollon which excited grraf curioCty and did l.cr rcueh xredit. ' - . ' NIILADElTiMA, April 13. Ae hava heard hints, mid insinua tions, and we have had communica tion of facts respecting persoaa high in conCdence with the re j ubh'ck par y that if fully credited would load us to expect r,me measure in agitutiun, dangerous if not hostile to the republi can interest. The time is not yet . come Jho' near at hand, when it wilt be prudent an.lpropcr to expose the msidi(?uj attcmirti of our enemies, and the wavci ing diposition of cur fi icnela Ait union letwren all honest t.ient is a most desirable union; hut an u riion with men howcrcr M-uise-worthy in their general demeanour, if dishon est in their politicts.U an union much lobe deprecated by thoc who hae the interest or their country at heart. An union between alt honest men, in Mr. Ilurn'a and John Adam'f sense of lheexjrcssion, is an union amonif thonc who have no objection ti ride on the necks of the people, and lo cre ate a government too strong and cn critic for Ihe people lo oppose with success. Muchinlorraation has come to our knowledge on this tubjett. We hesitate In withdrawing our confidence from men, in whom we hive long been atcuNtofucd to repose it, we incline to irut rather than 10 suspect the political Integrity of r,4ny who have hern tried in times of danger, flat the matures In agitation are suspicious, j . and wc must look out for breakers. Aw$ri, TO m HI: NT ED, T "t iinuie anl Lt neir i!. Metho.!,!! Mceiir-Kt lalelr e 1... f . ... . r cupifd by Timothy li:tKHlonh, Ll I r Ifrtns tpply ir ASTlIUNYB.TOOMttf.