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V- ' V't * 1 ‘r; T:« to n t a nVile yrt i* *.v? 1; v, fits prcfentwifr) v’m, th tughVl n!/mg the can dor of the foldicr, and the merits of the / mar, could not grant her hand to his folici t.nion bar upon condition of hb leaving the army. Placed thus in the alternatives of a£fe v Hon cr of fine, the g-llant young’•£ fi 'er, with jut h. iiiaiion which to prefer, to the tend t prop- - bion nobly repliqd, “ Ma- d ?w, I love yvi much, but I hvz gL. rr more /" and with a Inw retiic.l to thu c .rr». The Scithim, in his very retreat, h :;i launched an effectual arrow; and when o,:r young hero rallied and i.v doe time re turned to die dirge, the lady lurrcndcrcd unconditionally. In June, i3oi, a magazine of the Ba- Hi i«r of Trip hi took <tr '» *n;4 confomed fo,ooo (binds of arms, to replace which the infolcnt pirate demanded triburs* of arms from o;h?r nation;, wh«m> lie ftwlcd his fritriis. He ohferved thru ha had apnor. ti toed them »m«ngll his friends, and retpi r d the United States to furribh him with lO,cCO Hand and requeflcd; .fconful Jiaton to ft ne his demand to the United Starts. The confuhrcfulul. lie was required to write Cuioialiy, in his ow« name, to the Prefi. dent for the arms, and retufed-.-to draft a letcer for the B.dh vw, and refuted; and he frjremj.itof.iiy refuted to condescend to write ?ny thing countenancing or mentioning the demand. It was determined that resource ihouhh be had to menace, force, and eve ry irviiti of defpotirm, to bend the fir© refo. futon of the con ful, and Tor this trial he was ordered to appear before th? baflnw. As he. palled through the palace of the guards kc-undcrftood fufficicnt of their barbarous di alevtt aqd their, coiiycrfatiop, to learn that liulef* he fuS-uitted to, terjps, he was to be arnmrmty. WcvnxVtf wh 15 »■»««», *w» Ih-,_ fhtw and the prime niinifter, an interest. jug and .(pirittd dialogue ensued. The dc runds wore renewed in the various forms bur (lathing ctJhld change or bow the dc form;na»on and dignity of the American, wdc demanded his piflbort immediately, which the min tiler refuted or hvfitatcd to srr.mr. Driven to the latl honorable resort < > find hiving apprt'hcnfions for ihefateryof his Ids from the anger and deftgns «vs the ininider and Balhaw, who, by a Angle nr nod might hs ve decided his fate-.. ill#; ccnful, travcrfing the roo n with a quick Arm and open military step, alfuming all the i npnfing majesty of coafcms faperiority confcioiifs rovlitude, and undaunted cour age, liis countenance terrible us Mars, and his eyes glaring ai living coate, were llern. }y fixed on th# prime ndiiider, and marked : • a certain viflim of his desperate fury, end laying his hand upon his sword, again '-yiv 4 ....u4i,ii pate, A paleness overran the - <4- *w mirirfttrj m/U tremor teized his frame, too effeminate to vvith fmntf the bold language of an angry veteran, jmd turringt the Balhaw, his msftcr, rc qusded that the American toilful, might re ceive his pate—which was inftamly done. The confal through the ftrtets, heard in all mouths, “ the Amrrican cok/uI is kill, ed But Heaven and his valor had preser ved the consul for other deftinics, * The dialogue between the ctrrful, the Tey of 7 rig.ilt, mud his prime tmnjier % tn the zsfh of "June t tSoi. \ Ihe court language of Tripoli is ItaL ten/) '/ he dialed of the army and people , a mixture of i‘ urhtjh t Miri/co, and other lan gauges. From the fN, I .J Dully Advertiser OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HR AI TH, l jth September, i 805. Sir, I am diicftedby the ioard of Health to cr.nfc the following important cbimntinica. lion from Dr. Samuel Bard to Dr. David Hofack, to be published. 1 (ball therefore eilcem it as a favour, if you will give it a place in your ufcful paper, I am, Ar, with yreat refpc^, Your mod obedient servant, JAMES HARDIE. }J'm, Cole man Ejp. * c My Dear Sir, t{ Mr. Livingston, ©ur late MinKler, put torn my bands a few days fmec, a treatifecn the means of AtfiiifcTing the air, nnd of preven ing and checking the progress of contagion, by L. B. Guyton Morveao* which, it you have not fecn, I carr.eftly recommend to your perufd. In the mean trmc as it is a lase publication, and but few copies have teach-.d this country, I fetid you this concile account of it ; nnd if you think as 1 do, that what it proposes deserves our most fttious attention, and that the means he recommends ought, on proper oacafiuns to have a fair ami candid trial; you may by fending then to the public pipers, give them all the publicity you can. Gtv/ton Mr.rvcau’* theory and practice are built upon the supposition that the poison of infeftion, particularly in the imtanccs ot jail, hospital, a*d (hip fever, yellow fever and plague, arises from and is coaapofed of exhabtions from putrifying animal and vegetable substances, and that thtfe are to be A!zed on, chemically changed, nco tra’ized, ar.d rendered inoffenfive by acids. i —You will perceive that this is the fame ’ femirasnr, asJ leads t® a praCUce similar to that Dr. Carmichael Smyth and fuccefsfully made use of by him in puri fying the air, and flopping the progress of i a terrible difsafe in the Hospital of Winchif ter, and under his directions also on board the Hospital (hip, and the Ruffian fleer at Shccrnefs; for which service he received a reward of five theufand pounds sterling ' from the Parliament of Great Britain. Guyton Morveau, however, claims the honor cf this difeovery, and proves that he praflifcd it so early ns the year 1773, when he pubiidled an account of his luccefs in purifying by these means, the air of the principal church at Dijon, rendered in. fupporrahly offenftve by emptying the sepulchral vaults, belonging to it: whereas Dr. Smyth’s difeovery was nor publiflied before the year 1800. ■ It appears from Guyton’s Morveau’s fads and experiments, that all acids, in a state of gas poffcfs the power of neutralizing, charging, and correcting putrid and conta gious exhahions. Common vinegar,* wanting the volatility necessary to reader ir efficacious in purifying the air, is only ufcful in its fluid state, in which form, however, it is of great advan tage when employed in walking the clothing beddbg, and apartments of the Tick. Whe n obtained in the form of acetic acid, or radi cal vinegar, it pcffeflcs all the volatility necefiary for rendering the air pure, and becomes very efficacious, and perfectly fafe and agreeable in its application, but it is too expend ve for genera! use. The vitrolic acid, is it is cafily obtained in a volatile state from burning folpher, appears to be as powerful a corrcdor as any other, but from the faffocting nature of its fumes, its use is confined to purifying empty (hips, the npartmonu of Unfpitals, pttfons, and private houses, and"particularly topurj fyi»g, goods itt close tonmt. The nitric acid peddles all the volatility and adUvity naceffttry, and was made use of by Dr. Smyth unqueftion ably with great tffed; but it requires great caretmd minute attention to a variety of circutr.ftances, to render it perfeftly ineffenfive to the fids, and their attendants, and from a littl mif nianagement red and fuffxatiag fumes arc apt to arise, which render its application, ia a variety of the mod important situations, fomevvhat difficult. The muriatic acid is recommended by Guyton Morveau as pof ft;fling particular!} when fupxa.oxygmatcd, a great degree of volatility and activity than any other, penetrating every racefs and coiner where infection njiy lurk, as being e tfy in its application, and faft and inoffenfive to the Tick and attendants, and on the whole, as affording the molt sure, the most easy, and kaft expensive mode of cUftnfcdling th« air, correcting and deft toy ing contagion, and checking the ptogrefs of jail, hofpita!, and Ihip fever, yellow fever and plague. Me deferibes two procelfes far obtaining this objed the flrfl for de flroying inlcdion in (hips, in the empty wards of hofpitaU and infirmaries, in the Itore.koufes of inieded goods, in rooms in which pcifons have died of intedious dif cafes, and in other places contaminated by putrifyingfubftance...-Place in the middle of the appartments to be purified, a cju-fing dilh of live coals, upon it an iron dilh or any other vtfftl that will bear the necessary heat, fill it neatly with sand, fink in the sand a bowl of glass, china, or stone-ware, containing a quantity of common fair j let the windows and chimney be close (hut, and as (bon ai the sand and fait (hall have become heated, pour on the fait common vitriolic acid (oil of vitriol,) leave the room ■ immediately, and keep it close (hut for seven or eight hours. For the large ward or an hospital contaning fifteen »r tweny beds, and abcut 800 or :oco fquara feet, and of proportional height, nine ounces of fait, and seven of cii of vitriol, will be fuflicicnt. A room fr«m 12 to 15 feet square, will require more than about one •uncc of common fait, andahoutlihs of as ounce of oil of vitriol. I purpofcly avoid Guyton Morvrau’s exednefs in these pro portions, as the only incovenience of using itoo much of cither of these ingredients, is a trifling waste, and the only caution neces sary is not to use too little. By this management, Guyton Morveau afierts, an infected room may be purified at a single fumigation—-»o injury, however, and certainly greater security will be gained, by repetition. For fumigating sick chambers, where it is necessary to repeat the proccfs, sometimes so often as twice in 24 hoars, and dired the acid fumes upon and around the beds of the lick, in proportion to the repredudion of the contagious effluvia, it is necessary to observe a different and more exad ptoccfa. For a room from 12 to 15 feet square, take half an ounce of common fait, and somewhat less of oil of vitriol, pour the oil of vitriol into a glass, china or (loae vcffel, heat them moderately, and placing them oa a table or stool, throw into it by laiall por tions at a time, the common fall, and Kir the mixtura from time to time with a glass rod, or a piece of common window glass as the fumes are abler ved to abate. The only cautions necessary in this proccfs, are not to touch the oil of vitriol, nor to (pill nor fprinklc it on the floor, bedding, deaths, or any animal, vegetable or metallic fub ftar.ee, ail which it attacks with violence I ' 1 (. I and will deffroy ; by which the gas Is rcn direct impure. For larger room>, use appa | ratus’s in different parts of the room, which occasionally may be carried round or rear ■ the beds of the fide, only avoiding to set at liberty too great a volume of gas at once, which may excite feme cough and although no way dangemes, may prove troubleforae or painful to the sick. All advantages to be derived from rhefefumigations with the mtrUtic acid gas arc greatly increased by em/doying the gas in a state of super ox - gihation,. and this is easily obtained, Wy ad ding to the common fait previous to the ad dition of the oil of vitriol, afmall quantity of the black oxyd ot rnanganefe (common Riargarcfe used by the Potters for giving the black glazing to their ware, and to be had at molt druggists.) For this purpose rake two parts ot common fair, one of the tnan ganefe in powder, ®ne and ahalfct water and two of oil of vitriol, grind the lalt and rnanganefe togther in a mortar, place them in a glass, china or stone veffcl, add the water, and (if th« process is to be con ducted in an uninhabited rsom) pour on the acid all at once ; if in a sick chamber, at two or three periods, fuffering the fumes to subside a little between each addition. The quantities necessary for ro®ms of different sizes may be proportioned from what has been fi*id already on that fdbjcCl, Guy ton Morveau ad itices a great uum ber of fads and experiments in proof of the efficacy and perfect fafety of these experi ments, Guyton Morveau’adds uhe teffimony of Mr. Crucklhanks and Dr. Rolla of the military Hospital at Woolwich, who made use of the oxj’ginated muriatic acid gas for the purpose _ of deftroving contagien, and with such effedl that they fay that with the knowledge of this remedy, contagion can in futute only arise and fptead under absolute inattention and negleCl, In addition to rhefe pefitive proof*, Guyton Morvean instituted a set cf experiments, t 0 determine the comparative powers of different fubftawces in dcccmpo fing, neutralizing, and correcting putrid aii, from which I .think he fairly draws the following conclusions. That water warm or cold has no other effcCt on putrid mufmata, than to diffoivc or dilute them. That lime, although it speedily dissolves animal fubttances, aud by that means pre vents their putrefaClior, yet does not check put refaction when once begun, that it can not deprive them of effluvia, and has no o ther effeCl than to abford the carbonic a cid. That burning resigns and atomies can have no other effeCl than to disguise by their per fumes the ardour or putrid air, and that large fires can only influence the current cf air, or difparfe what it ttagnanr, and that they may prove rather hurtful than advan tageous. But that acids in every farm and of eve ry kind have such an affinity with putrid gas, as absolutely t® decompose it and effectual ly deprive it of all its peculiar and iujuti, •us properties. Such arc the outlines of Guyton Mor veau's theory and praClicc ; the details cf his work are highly interesting, and to me 1 confcfs, if not absolutely convincing, carrying with them so much probability and {land upon such authority, that 1 think we are inexcusable it we reject thwn without a fair and candid trial, I could wiffi to fee a full translation of the whale work, which could not fail to command the attention cffcicntific and pro fefficnal men, and would necessarily lead to trials which Id® not hesitate to fay would eftablilh a pra&ice which promises t® dimin iffi, if not entirely subdue,, the most terrible ot human calamities...infectious and putrid diseases. SAMUEL BARD. Hy.de Fail, Augujl 20, r 805. Dx. David Hosack. From a London fafer, An unparellc led instance of the power of a horse, when assisted hy art, was thewn near Croydon, on Wednesday lass. The Surry Iron Railway being completed, and opened for the carriage of goods all ike way from Wandfworth to Merfxhatn, a bet was made between two gentlemen, that a com mon horse could draw thirty -fix tens for fix miles along the road, and that he fhculd draw this weight from a dead pull, as well as turn it round the occasional windings of the road. Wednesday last was fixed cn for the trial ; and a number of gcitkrr.cn af fombled near Mcrfihasn to fee this extraor dinary triumph of art. Twelve waggons loaded with ftoncs, each waggon weighing above three tons, were chaired together, and a horse taken promifeuoufly from the . timber cart of Mr. Harwood, was groked into the team. He flatted from near the Fox public house, and drew the imn-.enf# chaia of waggons with apparent case to near the turnpike at Croydca, a diflance ®f fix miles, in one hour and forty one minutes, which is near at the rate of four miles an hour. In thscourfeof this time he Hepped four times, to (hew that it was not by the impetus ot the defeent that the power was acquired—and after each stoppage he dtew off the chain of waggons from a dead rtff. Having gained his wager, Mr. Barbs the gentlemen who laid the bet, dactflcd four more warmer* tobcsd&d to the Carrie adr,- with which the fame horfc again set eff with undiminiftied power; and (till further to (hew the effett of the Railway in faciiii tating motion, he directed the attending workmen, to the number of about fifty, r® mount on the waggons, and the horse pro ceeded without tke least distress, and in truth, there appeared to be fcarccly ary li mitation to the power of his draught. Af ter the trial the waggons were taken to the weighing machine, and it appeared that the whole weight was as follows : ton cwt, qr. 12 Waggons, fi'ft linked to geihcr, weighed 3! 4 a 4 ditto afterwards attached 1$ 2 o buppefed tvt. cf 50 labourers 400 Tons 5$ 6 » . LONDON, August 10. tc We have reason to believe that the in telligence lately received by government :a Arch as to create a firm perfuafioa, that rhe enemy will immediately make an attempt t® invade this kingdom ; their preparations are complete, apd in the Tcxel the troops des tined for the expedition are aftually embar ked, wi;h all the artillery and ftorcsj and we have no doubt are only waiting for a fa vorable opportunity to put to sea. The following circular letter, was yes terday ordered to be Tent to the Command ers of the different Volunteer Corps through- I out the kingdom. 1 , [CIRCULAR.] ** Sir, t( In confcquence of intelligence received by govcrnnv-nt, of the embarkation oflarge bodies of troops in Holland, cf a fleet of men, of war being ready to faitfrom thence and cf the i tic reared preparations of the Ftench at Boulogne, and its neighborhood, 1 have received orders frem his Royal High ness the Commander in Chief, to dire A rhe General Officers, and Infpefting Fit Id Offi cers, attached to the Volunteer Corps,, to give notice to these Cops, of the puffibiiit'y of their, being speedily called up«n for ser vice ; and alio, to fufperd all furloughs for working during the harvefi till farther or ders. “ I have the hon»r to be, t( Ycur moll obedient, and 4 ‘ Mod; humble servant, ; « HARR INTON, ts Central, commanding the Loudendjiritid* BOSTON, September 18. ERrriSH PIRACY AGAIN. We hear that captain Doane, late cf the brig Enoch, owned by Mtflrs. Bradburies of this town, arrived here yeftertday from England, and informs that 45 fail cf A rnerican vessels had been ftnt in and, detain ed, in Engiiih ports previous to his failing for America, mmm THE COMBINED FLEETS . i SALEM, September 23. Capt. Ifraei Williams, who arrived !aft evening from the Mediterranean, fcss obliged us with (brae minutes of intelligence which ho bad collfftod. He left Gibraltar on the 23d of August ; previous to which they had no certain accounts of Lord Nelfca ; the report, however, was that he arrived at Ferrol tw® days fcelorc the combined fleets, and not finding them there, had gone back t® Newfoundland in qnefi cf them. Neither had they any particular account cf the aftion between adm. Calder and the combined fleets. 'I ke fleets though much dispersed, had arrived fafe, part at Vigo, and part at Ferrol. - f.* Capt. W. informs, that v a few days after the aflion, the combined fleets formed a jsn&icn at Ferrol, and with tht squadron in that port failed for Cadiz, where they had arrived 30 in number, two days before the Fritndfhip’s failing, and with five (hips in that port, formed a fleet of 35 fail o( the line. This intelligence was received at Gibraltar 8 hoars before capt. W. failed, together with a further account, that the Carthagtsa fqudrcn of 8 fi ll of the line (the fame that was t® have joined the Toulon squadron when bound down the Streights, but was not read)) bed arrived ai Malaga, 20 leagues from Gibraltar erly. just be fore sunset, (ays capt. W* an eaftcrly wind sprang up, with which th® Carlfcagena squadron probably darted, as they were in plain fight from the reck feme time btf*re dark, 8 fail of the line and many gun-boats; this created a most serious alarm at Gibial tar. Ail was twtile. The alarm gu llB were ccr.fiantly firing, which were beard on board his (hip till ten o’cloik that night, at which time the wind increased to a very firorg Levanter, and the night b4ing vef y dark, it must Lave given them a fine chance t® pass the gut. At the time the alarm was giver, the fqadran under Sir R. Bickcrtcn was at anch»r in Gibraltar Fay, ccrfiftisg cf the Queen, of9B guns, Tenant, 84, Micotser and Beilerophcu, 745. twofrigates srd two gun brigs. *] his Iqurdrvn had been feme time waiting at Gibraltar tor reinforcements from England, to go up ami bkxksde tie ’ Carriagera squadron above men tiered. liarnediaidy a*ttr the alarm, ibe squadron got elder weigh, it was said to join the fquadicn cffCaliz, under Sir Roger CcniSji