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FROM THE TIMES.
rORfcVER.
Then, ns v hole arctnts 1 huv<- flung,
Ac mufi ’ fe’f dwult on thy tongue ;
The faiiitell whifptr of vtiiof* yoict,
Hath nude my inrnofl foul rejoice.
-M> it thy lovM !if now only fever,
*1 ell me, we r.ieft part roßivsn;
Forever, th:i f'.iid art refijj.j
■ TV aniti.t vow , ri- eivrd from th.i.e;
Foßiftß, tlmf *i-ur hope forego,
SV hiih fontli’d me under Feeneft wot ;
Which gave to life if every charm,
And bade it, forrowi eeafe to harm.
Forever—Oh ! that fatal found,
How deep, how deadly, !oe it vmiii'J •,
J.ikc the fell tyrant’* ivy dart,
It chilli the pulfeiofmy heart,
Wither’* the wreath, which fancy Wove,
Awl blight! the fwrerti fi huJ of love.
aS'i more a!*,, those bud, (ball bloom,
T his lia|>lefibreak is now their tomb ;
All then farewell, and farewell too
Voini 1 lope, and peace, and to all adieu ;
i) ,uer than language e’er could tell,
Vjj liLvta — tit* —Oh! farewell.
A If CIUN’ A.
NEWSPAPERS.
The value of these multiplied daily journals*
i* humoiirodidy dstribed in a work, entitled tlic
Ji'iwriannu :
Students <>r every class, may now burn their
b'okn, like : m) niucii lumber, and circuuiscrilje
their studies hereafter to the ncvwpaper pro
ductions of the press : they will therein find
employment, and instruction, sufficient fur all
tiiu purposes of sociai and civil life. The com
mon people, ot late \ ears, are brcorr.c so won
derfully learned amongst us, by the vast in
< irase oi Diurnals, and Nocturnals, Gazettes,
nnd Gazetteers, Papers, and Packets, Journals,
<ui.i Ledgers, Mercuries, and Flying-Posts ;
that you will scarcely find the meanest peasant,
or sootiest clunmey-awctper, so unlettered, as
not t> be able to spell a newspaper. A great
number of hands, who would otherwise be idle,
and, many of them, useless to society, are now
fully employed, and may be truly said to have
their hands full.
Rag-Merchants, Paver-Makers, Stationers,
Stampers, Paragraph-Mongers, Printers, Haw
kers, fee. See. See.
Authors innumerable arc fed bv those chan
nels of light amusement, and profound specu
lation. Adepts in all sciences. Divines in
musqucradc. Anonyoti anonymorum—M\ end
less train.
TippVmg-Philosqphcrsjpotvalient-free-think
orr, v.ho arraign all order, and labour to make
the sober part of mankind, as enlightened in
the important points of liberty, as they them
selves are—when in their cups.
( crtainly, newspapers, by this time, ought
to he roc honed among the staple commodities
of this country. What an advantage to the
community !—What a benefit to the state !
*md procured at so easy a rate, as attracting the
btadc of the whole nation.
London FashionsJor February.
As described and represented by prints in the
thirteenth number or'• La Belle Assemb cc
or, Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine.’
A . I. — A nru> S/iencrr U'alkir.t’ Dress 2
y
Tii ognita hat of French grey, or pigeons
v ,g formed ofsarsnet, velvet, or the Grorg
i.ms chiih. Tassels and trimming of chenille,
velvet, or Trafalgar, contrasted agreeable to
lac taste of the wearer. A Tuscan spencer,
the same colour, formed w ith a round lsppcl,
continued trim the back, and round the bosom
on one side, with a full flowing robing on the
other ; descending a little below the knee, and
ter i mated with a rich tassel. A chemisette,
■with high standing collar fastened with a broach
ot the throat, the whole trimmed to correspond
vvith the hat. The hair in loose curls ; gold
lionp ear-rings ; \ork tan gloves; undshoes
I.c colour of the spencer. The hat, as worn
V lss Duncan, is ot pink sarsnet, trimmed
wiih black ; but the colour is necessarily h an
gc l by those fair fashionables, who have selec
ted it for a walking dress, to shades of less
conspicuous attraction, amidst which the most
esteemed are those mentioned in the above
description.
.Vj. 2 .—Full Dress.
\ Roxboroegh jacket of soft white satin,
flowing open in front, and down each side the
figure, in regular pointed drapery. A plain
fr.il sleeve, and short jacket flaps ; black and
gold Turkish ribband down the back ; trim
ming and tassels of gold. A round train dress
of the finest India muslin over a satin petticoat,
embroidered round the bottom, in a light pat
tern of gold. The hair twisted in a fanciful
.fas-., and short corkscrew curls flowing at the
temples, and in various directions from the
crown of the head ; a tiara of tine pearl blend
ed with the hair, and placed rather towards the
left side. One row of fine pearls forms the
necklace, which is ikstard in front with a dia
mond branch. An armlet of hair, in the new
patent plait, with a row of the finest pearl on
each side ; bracelets to correspond. Ear-rings
of pearl, with a dirtnoml in the centre. White
satin shoes, with gold trimming.- Fan of Ital
ian crape, with gold si r.iand devices in
transparencies. French ki ’ gloves.
LONDON, M..:ch 1.
We liiiVe hud no mails nor arrivals of any
kind, from the comiaqnt this morninging. The
following communications wcie received yes
terday :
Several letters reached Altona and Ham
burgh on the 14th and Isth, stating that ano
ther smart action had been fought between the
Prussian genera! 1.-stoq and a corps of bcrira
dotte’s army at S/.miui on the Vi ,tula; in which
the kilter was deleaver! with the loss of nine
piece i ol cannon an<! 1400 prisoners.
The Russian head quarters were on the 29tli
January at Gilgenburgh -, the left wing of the
army extended o the desert of Johannesburg,
and the light rested on the town of Biscupycc.
Bonaparte had keen at Malwa and Pizisnitz
on the third-, but to ibis date, there is
not any certain uo olio sos the main bodies of
the grand armies having come in contact, al
though affairs ofpr i . are reported .to have oc
curred daily.
The Wuvtzburg Laze'dee, although so im
mediately under F:cnch influence, admits that
the French have lost 2m,000 me n, in the recent
inTairs in Poland and East Prussia.
Several Fr< ::ch corps ere collecting on the
I’oliza, with the three Polish legions under
Zajonzcck, Doiiibrow.sky, and Joseph Ponia
tovrsky, were ordered to repair.
The main body of the French army is con
centrated within the Bishopric of I’locks.
The sic!: and wounded French soldiers in
Poland, on the 27th January arc stated to have
amounted to 53.200 men, in the hospitals at
Cucscn alone there were upwards oi 19,00 u
men.
The lower “districts of Calabria are again in
arms ; part of the French troops having been
withdrawn, great numbers of those who remain*
cd have been surprised and cut to pieces by the
natives.
Spalairo has been carried by assault,.and the
French garrison put to the sword.
Prince F.ugenc, the Viceroy of Italy, has in
consequence recalled some Italian regiments,
which were on, their route to join the French
army in Poland, and is employed in forming
an army it) the neighborhood of Brescia, to op
pose an. expected invasion of the Russians.
The want of provisions has compelled part
of the French troops in Dalmatia, to retire in”
small detachments to Friuli.
We do not find in any of the continental
prints a confirmation of the report that the
Turks had declared war against Russia—it is,
on the contrary, stated that the armaments at
Constantinople had been discontinued, although
it is more than insinuated that this charge arose
from a declaration of admiral Louis, that their
continuance would he regarded by him as an
act of hostility against Great Britain.
Prince Gangs:in, who lately arrived at Vi
enna, with dispatches from Petersburg!!, was
the bearer of a letter, from the Cmpcror Alex
ander to the emperor Francis, which is sUtetl
to have created great sensation in the Austrian
cabinet. The Emperor Alexander, at the
same time, addressed letters to the Archdukes
Charles and Ferdinand. A courier from the
Austrian general Vincent, announcing the fail
ure of his mission to Bonaparte, so far as rela
ted to Branu i'i, is represented to have power
fully seconded the appeals of the Northern .Au
tocrat. To these circumstances the move
ments of the Austrian troops, at an unusual sea
son, is ascribed.
Fifty thousand linen weavers, in the moun
tains of Silesia, are starving, in consequence
of the want of employ ment. The prohibition
which the French have ordered against the
circulation of Berlin treasury bills, has greatly
increased the general embarrassment in Sile
sia, Prussia, and Bnmdeitburgh.
NEW-YORK, April 6.
By the schooner Amanda, arrived yesterday
from Mai unique, we have received tho follow -
ing interesting decree, which has lately gone
into operation throughot the island.
DECREE.
On the 7th March, 1807.
Bearing a modification f some disposition of the
•Custom-House law s in the colony during
the war.
Louis Thomas Yillarct Joyeuse, grand cor
don of tho legion of honor, vice udimrai cupt.
general, and
Pierre Clement Ixuissat, member of the le
gion of honor, colonial perfect of Martinique
and its dependencies.
Having seen the colonial decrees of the Ist
of January and 20 th of June, 1 fc> 03, relative to
the custom-house duties;
Considering that it is become necessary,
from the effect of circumstances, to bring with
out delay, some modifications which shall con
tinue {hiring the present war:
Have Dean cd,
Ist. Every foreign vessel coining into the
ports ot this island with a cargo, and who shall
not take one away equal in value to three
fourths of the said cargo, shall pay, on clearing
out, nine per cent, upon the overplus. The
remaining fourth part will be abandoned to the
concerned, free of duty, and shall be consider
ed as an indemnity, either for that part of their
importations which may remain unsold at the
time of their departure, or for the expenses
of their stay, port charges, charges of sailing,
and all others.
2d. This duty of overplus shall be 13 per
cent, it the said vessels leave the colony in
ballast.
Those vessels sirall be considered as sailing
m ballast, whose cargoes shall not amount to,
viz :
The fifih part of the value of their imported
car*go, when that cargo shall not be mote than
00,003 colonial liters or under.
Fnuicit thousand colonial fivers, when the
imported cargo shv.il have been from 60 to 120
000 livers.
Tewnty thousand live-rs, ifit has been from
200 to “00,000.
Aral lastly, 30,000 livers, ifit has exceeded
poo,coo, whatever may have been the overplus
of the sum.
’1 he value of cargoes subjert to the duty of
12 per cent, shall not be determined but by de
ducting from the total amount of the imported
cargoes, the remitted fourth part granted to
vessels by the preceding article.
3d. The duty per quintal upon sugar shall
in future be as follows:
Thirty-five sous, colonial money, for brown
sugar, and thirty-six sous for clayed sugar ;
with ten sous per livre in addition, as formerly.
4th. The additional duty on coffee, cotton
and cocoa, shall be three and an half per cent.
sth. Liquors shall be considered and treated,
for all the custom-house duties, in the same
manner as the colonial produce mentioned in
the preceding article.
6th. The accidental introduction of merchan
dise particularly prohibited, shall continue to
be governed, when necessary, by special ex
ceptions.
7th. Spanish vessels remain definitively assi
milated to French vessels, as it respects the
custom-house regulations within this colony.
foil. The laws, ordinances, existing .decrees,
and tarilT’s, and that which is not formally a
brogated, shall, nevertheless, continue in force.
The director-general of Domain is charged
with the execution of this decree, Sec.
Done at Martinique, S:c. 7th March.
Duties on Entry.
Wet goods, (comtnestibles) 3 per cent. Dry
goods 12 per cent.
Duties on Exports.
Coffee, cotton and cocoa, • 9 3-4 per cent.
ad. val.
Clayed sugar, - - - -7 1-4 do.
Additional dutif's, 4 1. 2s. 6d. per quintal.
Brown sugar. 7 1-4 [tor cent, ad val.
Additional, 2/. 1 2s. 6</. per quintal.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
ARREST OF AARON BURR.
We have taken particular pains to ascertain
the correctness of the account of colonel Burr’s
arrest, which we detailed in our last paper. We
have conversed with his escort, and it is with
pleasure that wo have discovered the first ac
count to be so much more accurate than we
could have dared to expect. The following
statement is however more complete, more
correct; more stisfactiory.
lie was arrested on the morning of the 9th
of February, instead of the 3d of March.
We have obtained a sketch of that part of
the country, from the hands of one of the es
cort ; from which the eye can at once under
stand the relative situation of places, to each
other, to the Spanish line, and to toe road lea
ding to the Atlantic states. It is certainly im
possible by any kind of description in words
to lay these particulars before the reader ; but
a few remarks may at least elucidate the most
interesting points ; particularly if they will ac
company these remarks by a reference to Brad
ley’s latest edition of his map of the United
States.
The town of Natchez, in the Mississippi ter
ritory, where A. Burr’s boats were deposited,
is on the river Mississippi.
Aboiai two hundred miles to the east of this
river is the Tombigbee liver; which with the
Alabama river, conspire to form the Mobile.
The Tombigbee is the western ; the Alabama,
the eastern branch. F'our miles below the
point of confluence, is Fort Stoddart situated
on the Mobille ; and about 12 miles above the
Spanish; Florida line. A body of water con
nects the Tombigbee and Alabama branches
at a certain distance above their point of con
fluence Slid forms an island ; or as it has been
called, a cross cut.
A ferry leads over the Tombigbee, into this
island ; through this island the road runs to a
ferry over the Alabam ; thence the road leads
to the east of the Alabama to a certain point;
where the road diverges in two directions.
The one road leads to the east through the
Creek country, over the limits of Georgia, into
the Atlantic states. The other sweeps to the
south, crosses the Spanish line, and thence ad
vances to Pensacola.
And here is the principal point in dispute.
A. Burr is said to have asserted that his route
lay through the Creek country into Georgia :
Some people suspect that his route was through
the southern road. According to his ow n re
puted representation, he intended to remain
within the jurisdiction of the United States.
According to the suspicions of certain people,
it was his intention to seek an asylum in the
Spanish possessions.
Mr. Perkim is the register of the land-office,
in the part of the .Mississippi Territory w hich
is to the east of Pearl river. He keeps his of
fice at the court-house of the county of Wash
ington. His own lodgings are at Fort St. Ste
phens,————miles above the court-house.
Mr. Perkins was in his office, about 12 or 1
o’clock of the night of the ISth of February,
when Aaron Burr and Ashley appeared before
him. The scene which ensued between them
is not materially dissimilar front the one wlfith
was sketched in eur last paper.
The reflections which followed it in Mr. Per
kin’s mind, were in one respect different from
what we had stated. It was not uione as mid
night robbers, that these mysterious strangers
appeared to his imagination : the idea also oc
curred to him, that one of them might be colo
nel Burr. This idea was the result of a letter,
which had received iiyru a member e! the
legislative council at Natchez, stating the es
cape tifcolcr.ri Eurr, and the probability that
existed ofhis passing through Mr. p’s village*
But whether they were robbers or one ot them
was colonel Burr, it seemed to him too impor
tant a matter to be passed into neglect. He
determined to repair to major Hinsen’s house,
lie was accompanied by his friend the sheriff
of the county. ’] hey reached the major's
house about 12 o’clock. The mysterious
strangers had arrived before them. Ashley
was in the yard. Colonel Burr was in tho
kitthen.
It k useless to repeat the different parts cf
this interview, It is sufficient to say, that eve
ry circumstance which occurred, contributed
to give new confirmation to Mr. P’s suspicions.
The mysterious stranger could he no other
than colonel Burr ; and under this impression,
which he carefully kept to himself, he deter
mined to repair to Fort Stoddert, and obtain
the assistance of lieutenant Gains to examine
the stranger. Day was breaking before he ar
rived at Fort Stoddert.
either Mr. P. nor lieutenant Gaines were
personally acquainted with colonel Burr. “ Let
us examine them however,” said Mr. P. “If
neither of them proves to be colonel Burr, and
the one I suspect, is a gentleman, he will think
himself flattered by being mistaken for colonel
Burr. If he is not a gentleman, we will not
regard his displeasure.” The resolution was
formed, Mr. P. lieutenant Gains, a serjeant and
four soldiers left Fort Stoddert. Four miles
from major Hinsen’s house they met .colonel
Burr and the sheriff of the county. It is use
less to expatiate upon the interview, which en
sued. It terminated at last by colonel Burrs
being conducted to Fort Stoddert, and Mr. Per.
kin’s returning to the court-house. ”•
“ Request my companion to follow me to tho
fortwere the parting words addressed to him
by Mr. Burr.
On the road to the court house, he met
Ashley; who had left major Ilir.sen’s house
early in the morning; on what paijicular com
mission wc shall not presume even to conjec
ture. Our business is at present with./ac/a, und
not with comments. Ashley determined Us
retrace his steps, and to return with Mr. P. to
the court house. It would be diverging into
the region of comments, to account for this,
variation in his journey: It is still less our pur
pose of the county, inviting him to arrest Mr.
Ashley; Ashley’s visit to the colonel in com
pany with the messenger who bore the letter i
the conversation between Ashley and colonel
the former’s description of the object of col.
Burr’s visit to that country ; their subsequent
interview at the court house with Mr. P. ifi©
uncertainty which Ashley then affected, res
pecting Burr’s designs; and the winding up
of the scene, by the final arrest of Ashley.—
Mr. Perkins left him in the custody of tho
colonel.
Mr. P. repaired to fort Stoddert. At that
time, it was not his intention to assist in escort
ing Mr. B. to the atlantic states. The event
which more immediately dictated such a reso
lution, was a visit at fort Stoddert from a Span
ish officer who was conveyed up the liver by
the skiff of one of the armed Spanish vessels,
which was lying before the town of Mobille.
I his officer’s demeanor was peculiarly per
plexing and mysterious. He info n.cd Ll. G.
that lie should remain with him until the next
day. lie enquired for colonel Burr. He re
quested (o sec him. His request however was
unavailing: He did not see him ; but he re
ceived a card from him, which lieut. Gaines
had an opportunity of inspecting. A few min
utes after, the officer took his leave and return
ed down the river. These circumstances nec
essarily produced some speculation respecting
the movements of the Spaniards, and it was
determined on, to bear colonel Burr as soon as
possible to the Atlantic states. As lieut. Gaines
could not conveniently spate a sufficient num
ber of his own men to form an escort, he re
quested Mr. Perkins to ascend the Alabama
river, and collect a company. He promised
to meet him with his prisoner. Every part
of this arrangement was ’ punctually fulfilled;
and Burr was regularly delivered into the hands
of his escort.
A few Passengers can be well
accommodated in the Cabin of the Ship PROSPERI
TY.capt. Rat, to fail for Liverpool in 6 or 7 day*.
.Apply on board to capt. Ray, or to
Taylor & Scarbrough.
April 21. a . 08.
A CONCERT.
WILL BECIVEN AT THE EXCHANGE,
On Saturday Evening the 2 5th inst.
By G. H. GILFERT.
AERAX6F.Mr.KT Or THE MUSIC.
ACT FIRST.
Grand Symphony, Flerel,
Song, By an Amateur,
A Naval Engagement (for the Piano 7 r
Forte) with accompaniments. J ’ ’ Ulert
Minuet, Hayd’n.’
Variatiun on the Piano Forte, Charles Gi’fert,
Finale, Mozart
ACT SECOND.
Overture on the Piano Forte, for four } , ,
hand., $ ?te,belt ’
Song, By an Amateur.
Variations on the Piano Forte, Charles Gilfcrt.
Grand Overture, Maaart
.Jjf The Concert to begin precifeijr at half ja.F
seven o’clock.
*,* TICKETS—One Dollar each, to he had Gii
nTs Miuixary Ware Room, and the even of
at tka door,