illed at a certain change of
bill, very properly otjefted to fuch
guineas as were weight. The
clei^s treated hit^ i^her roughly, but
he prefiiled with charafteriftic calm-
r.efs. At a certain proprietor
bearing the noife, came out, andalkecf
the C^aker in a fiirly tone ‘ what forti,
of o-uinc^s did he want ?’—The Qiia-
Icer mildly repliedGuineas rough and
unpoliflied like thyfelf and thy clerks.’
-o '*
Domeftic Intelligence,
EXETER, (N. H.) September 27,
I N one of our former papers we gave
our readers an account of a man’s
felling his wife 5 we have now an op
portunity of giving them an account
of an alfair of a more humourous
and fingular nature—that of a wo
man’s felling her hufband. The notdl
Col. H , an abfentee from this
Ifatc, now rclident at Nova-Scotia,
con'tradfed an intimacy with a hand-
feme young widow of fortune there,
who after frequent and mutual inter
views, alienated from his wife that
fliare of his heart to which (he had an
undoubted right.
His wife piqued and mortified at the
neglect with which (he found herfelf
treated by his frequent no^urnal de-
Icrtions. began to lulpedt all was not
right, and gave loolc to thofc (frata-
gems fo natural to the fex, when ex
cited by jealoufy. By unremitted ex
ertions iht at laft found out the objeft
that had caufed her fo much uneafinefs,
and the retreat of her enamoured
fpoufe. One evening while her huf
band was abient, in the paroxilm of
her frenzy, (he repaired to the houfc of
her envied rivaffurioufly entered it and
demanded of the young widow where
her hulband was—a low lived worth-
lefs fellow. ‘ He is not a worthlefs
fellow, exclaimed the widow, ‘ but
fcducingly lovely—a worthy clever
mah.’—Here a lengthy debate enfued,
in which the irritated wife intimated,
that unlefs he condufted better (he
would difpofe of him. ‘ What will
you fell him for,’ demanded the rival
widow. ‘ For a guinea per pound,’
replied the injured wife. * ’Tis a bar
gain,’ laid the widow, * I agree to your
demand.* - Accordingly the Colonel
was produced, and after fosne conver-
fatipn between the parties he acquiefeed
in the traffic. ^Thc preliminaries
being agreed upon, the Colonel was
accordingly thrown into the fcales, and
his weight was found to be two hun
dred and forty pounds.—The widow,
not at all difeouraged by the Colonel’s
bulk, immediately paid the money, in
coitfequence of which we hear a repa
ration took place; the widow paying
her two hundred and forty guineas,
and the gallant Colonel, in confidera-
tion of paft feryices of his wife, gave
her three hundred pounds more, at a
compenfation for the injury (he had
received from her new rival, and the
intid^ity of her hufband.
PORTLAND, (A|aflachufetts) Off. 9.
In the Salem paper of yeftefday, is
the following note to a paragraplT in
our paper of Wednefday laft, refpefl;-
ingthe Alliance Indiaman, viz.
We feci a degree of pleafure in faying,
that Robert Morri«,Efq. is not tlic only
individual in America of fufficient
ability and enterprife to own an India
man and cargo. r.f;lias Hafkct Derby,
Efq. of this town^. has been folely con
cerned in feveral voyages to the Eafl-^
Indies: The (hip Grand-Turk, Cap
tain Weft, finilhed the firft voyage,
made from Ncw-England to Canton,
in May 1787 5 The fhip Three Sifters,
Captain Nichols, failed from this port
in December 1786, and was fold with
her cargo in India ; the bark Light-
Horfe, Captain Tucker, failed for that
quarter in January 1787, and returned
in January 1788; the fhip Grand-
Turk, Captain Derby, failed in Decem
ber, 1787 ; fhip Juno, Captain Elkins,
in Januay 1788, but foundered a fhort
time after her departure; fhip Light-
Horfe, Captain Nichols, laft Auguft ;
and the fhip Atlantic, Captain Elkins,
laft month:—Thefc vcflels, with their
valuable cargoes, were all the property
of Mr. Derby : And perhaps inftances
of equal enterprife in an individual
arefcarce to be found in Europe or
America. Thus far Salem paper.—
We add that Alderman Macauley of
London, is the only individual in
England, who is the foie owner of an
India Ihip.
NEW-LONDON, Oaober 24.
The General Affembly of this ftate
have adjourned to-the firft day of Janu
ary next; then to meet at New-Haven.
They have pafl'ed an Acl: to prevent
the importation of convias, and an
Aa to prevent negro traffic
The Honorable Legiflature of this
ftate have appointed the Honura-
blc WTLLIAM S. JOHNSTON, and
OLIVER ELLSWORTH, Efquircs,
for their Reprefenlativcs in the Senate
of the United States. Thcfe Gentle
men are eminent fdr virtue and abili
ties.
MIDDLEToWn, oaober 13.
Exfrall of a letter from a gentleman at
Marietta to his friend in this city dated
September 1788.
* An accurate fiirvey of the ancient
ruins within the limits of our city has
been made, in prefence of the gover
nor, judges, direaors of the company,
and a number of other gentlemen, that
we may b® able to afeertain all the
fafts refpe£Hng them ; in the courfe of
this furvey, we had feveral of the large
trees on the parapet of thofe works
cut down, and have examined their a-
ges by the rings or grains from the
heart to the furfacc, computing each
grain to be one years growth : we
found one tree to have ftood 443 years
another 289, fituated fo as to^ leave no
room to doubt of their having began
to grow fince thofe works were aban
doned. We find the perpendicular
height of the walls of this covert to be
at this time 20 feet, and the Lufe oq"
the width 12 rods.”
ALBANY, September 25.
A gentleman from Canada informs
us, Lord Dorchefter has been heard to
fay publicly, that the Britilh court was
determined not to furrender the weft-
ern pofts, until the Americans fhould
make full reftitution to their mer^
chants, for the Ioffes they have fuftain-
ed by the infradlion of the treaty of
peace on the part of the United States.
As this charge again ft us has not the
leaft foundation in truth, the treaty
of peace being the * fu|>reme law of
the land,’ and the infradion on this
fide, wc hope and anticipate the time
(at no diftant period) when America
(hall teach that lutughty nation, that a
treaty is a lacred thing, and not to be
fported with and violated as it is now
by them, with impunity.
N E W-Y O R K, oaober 18.
Wc arc affured that the alterations
and addition now making to the City-
Hall, will, when' completed, render it
the moft elegant and commodious
building for a Legijlati*ve Body in the
United States; and wc flatter ourfclves
it will merit the approbation of that
auguft aflembly, for whofe accommo
dation it is particularly intended. The
readinefs with which the citizens enter
ed into a fubfeription for defraying the
ex pence, flie ws that we are fenfiblc of
the honour conferred on us by Con-
grefs ; and the expedition with which
the work is carried on, is a fiifficicnt
proof of our public-fpirit and ardent
attachment to the Federal Caiife, Wc
hope the refpeft that has ever [>een
(hewn by the citizens of New-York to
Congrefs, and the exertions made to
render their fituation agreeable, will
fo far juftify the choice they have been
pleafed to make, as to prevent any con
tention in future on the fubje^l of ad
journment.
A late London newfpaper mentions,
that there is a current opinion both
in Sweden and Ruflia, founded on nia-
' ny circumftances of a private nature,
that the Swedilh Armament has, for
its main and fecret objeft, the accom-
plifhment of a revolution in Ruffia—
to place the Grand Duke upon the
throne 5 a circumftance which it is
faid meets the hearty wifhes of a pow
erful party of the Ruffian nobility.
CHARLESTON, Oaober 27.
KALENDAR of CONVICTIONS*
at the court of General SeJJlons, for Oc ^
toher, 1788. J , ' '
Nathaniel Winter, for murder, to be
hanged on the 281b inft—Jeremiah