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AMF. " ’CAN 1 N DF.P EVI)R N C R. Whrn firrrvnnt nature prove relief to ghm % Ilrr nurfe was midwife Paine ; 7 he infant , Independence, jcarce began Tc hr , err he had ripened into man ; Trance his godfather Britain his rod . Gongrefs his guardian, and hit father —GOD humour. A young ladv was verv much ;n live With a young officer ; bur that falfc delicacy which prevails among the female Tex. would not permit her to difclofc her paffion. However, her at tentions' were unremitted, and ffir was lavifh in compliments when opportunity would per mit. But the officer was ado licate man, and unexperienced in thofe matters; he was there fore unconfrious of her mean ing, and if remained for the young ladv, cither to be more explicit, or continue in all the torture of fufpence. The for mer being her choice, (he avail ed hcifclf of a lucky circum flancc which happened. One day (he invited him to dine with her onfomc fowls; the compa ny being large, and the tab e fmall, he had fcarccly room be tween the plates and elbows to put his fragments; which the young lady taking nottcc of, and refolving to feize the prefent happy moment, (aid. *• Pray . Sir , lav your Bones -with mine " The officer took the hint, an explanation took place, and they were loon married, A Scotchman walking along the heard a voice ex claiming, “ Rogue bcot, Scot Rogue —Fired at theinfult, he drew his fwo d, and looking round to lee the objcCl of his in dignation, found it was a parrot, feared in a belcony, within bis reach. Difdaining to fpdl iuch ignoble blood, he put up his fword, and with a four Imile, exclaimed, *’ Gin ye xoeie a men, as ye're a green g> ufe I would Jpht your wcem ." During the late floods in CambridgcfhLe [Fng] a road was occafionallv overflowed : to prevent accidents to paffen gers, an intelligent tnagiffratc cauled the (lake to be dii ven into the raith on which, for the information of lliangers, he caufed to be written, “Take notice thr.t when this poll is ou of hght it is not lafe to pafs this road " This is fomething firm Jar to the fam us finger 0011, which was cre&ed by order 01 !he furveyor of the roads lomc years aio in Kent. “ I his is the bridle path to Fcverlbatn ; jf you cannot read this you had better keep the main road." Ireland is not the only place for bulls. BLANK LETTERS OJ ADMINISTRATION , For falc at this Office. PARIS, June iG. Proclamation of Gen. Moreau. Hc«d;Quarter«, Babrrhaufen, June 3. Exrefs is at its height; pil laging and wafting the re'ources procured tons by our vi6lorie«, have reduced us in the midft of a fertile country to dill refs.—lt is not fiiflßrient for an army to be brave in battle—and if order does not Ipeedily return amongfl us. our conquells arc at an end, and we muff return to our home. Purfued by the hatred and ven geance of a people among whom we may be obliged to retreat, the army will only meet with enemies, and find on its return to France, the reproaches of all the republic, Soldieis, we owe peace to our country ; we arc charged to fupport the movements of the army of referve, that marches in Laly under the command of the firfl ronlul. If the pilLg mg to which a great number of you have abandoned yourlelves, docs not immediately realc, your triumphs will prove a great er dilgiac e to you than your de feats. r | hr general in chief, therefore, enjoins all generals and officers to watch that no peilon leaves the columns dur ing the match. The toll fhall be called three times each day ; he lhall lend corps of tioops into all the villages mat the camp, and if the officers commanding th m (hall commit any exorllcs, they (hall immediately be di 1 graced. Parties of gens d'arms and pu kets of cavaliy (haft con ffantly patrole to feize thofe per ions who ate found ablcnt from their polls. The general depends on the devotion of all the heroes of C 'di rank, that doubtlefs form tin gif atet part of the aimy, and experts that they will imprilon the bale and vicious individuals. MOKEaU. NEW YORK. Auguft 8. 7 he following was handed for pub hcation by capt. Mills t of the hug Fanny and Jane , from New-Of leans. Off the Bellies, July iff, at g P. M. was boarded by the brig Two Brothers, a New-Provi dcnce privateer, of 12 or ij guns who ordered the m ffer and his papers on bo rd the brig ; and during the captain's abfence. |obn Patrick ; ilher, officer in the boat and fuff licut. ot the brig, infilled on feeing the people's proleftions; and after examining fome of them, the people defred him to return them. Stop, d—n you. it’s not the frift time have trick’d lomc ol you d 'd Yankey r —s. 1 he lec. nd mate then told him that Yankcys (as he called them) were as good as Englifhmcn. and laid that he had no autho rity to examine any one's pro tection ; he then took up a picvc of plank and ffrurk him fcveral times; the fecond mate nppofed him and got the better; the people interfered, and they *cre parted, and the bufmefs reft d till the mailer came on board. As foon as the mafter came on board, Mr. Fifher in filled on the mailer's flogging the fecoud mate for intuiting him; the mafter told him that lie could not do it ; he then defied the black man in the boat to feme on board and give him a flogging : The captain interfered and 'old Mr. Fifhcr (hat no negroe fhruld flog a man of his on board the b?ig, and far'd if lie did he rmifl take the command of the brig; he laid he would do that, and got into the boat and went on board the vcflcl, and foCn returned with 14 or r r } men, armed with cutialle* and pift. Is ; immedi ately on mining on board, he ordered the men to lay hold of the d— 'd r— 1 and flog him, and let me lee the man on boaid that dare to take his part ; and notwnhflanding all the captain could fay flogged him unmercifully, then o'deled his men in tlv* boaf and abuled the captain and d —'d him for a Yankee r 1 • and if he want ed any fatisfaftion, his name was John Patrick Fifher, of the brig I wo Brothers, of New- Providcnce. William Mills, mnjlcr , John RufT'l. mate , |ohn RufTel, mariner, Samuel Chambers, Alexander Scott, Archibald K.rd, 7chn WiU / 071 > 3°hn Chambers paflengers, AT k X * NI ) R IA Augufl 5. Fxtraß of a leter from Cornwall , England, of a late date, which flews in a great degree the pre sent diprejjed fituali n 0/ that country ‘ As to dome flic affairs they pre[ent Juch a train of evils, that / know not where to begin. Wheat is two pounds two [hillings ferling per hujhel of 24 gallons; barley twenty fill 1 mgs ; potatoes twenty f hillings; beef /even pence halfpen ny per found. Trtfde is exceflivdy dead t and mifery hovers ever us in all her terrific [hopes. Hundreds of pO 'T are /warming through the country,pale, dejefted and emaciat ed, for want of bread 1 here ne ver was fuck a fcere in Fngland, 1 believe hefore\ and conpdtnt lam, that ur.le/s Providence fends us fame /apply there is not corn enough in Cornwall, to afford the r habitants one meal per day until harvef. 7 he wretchednrfs around us is indifcn hahle There is no corn brought to cur market fcarcely; and if my children were crying for bread, I know not where to get them any , af ter our j mall fock of one bu/hel is exhauped. Thou/anJs cannot get a fujpcicncy of barley bread to fatisfy the cravings of nature! This is England that was going not long Jince to parve the French , “ It is hut juPice to fay, that the gentlemen oj our town, have nobly exerted themfelves in behalf of the poor—A foup [hop has beenefla bhjhed in this town, by voluntary [ubfcription ; and this d livered out gratis, twice a week is almop the on y exemption from parvatwn . I wjh this had been the language of fancy rather thanjaft . 1 almoft [icken as I write; and conclude this part by faying ‘ Lord have mercy upon us I* There is now about to he brought into parliament, a bill which threatens to annihilate every vc/hge of religious liberty. Jtforb ds all field and village preaching, forbids itimrancy, Jin bids (he buildim , of preaching houfes, exccft with the confent of twoyflices ; cb.iges every preacher lo bring c I pirrrwaljfrrx Ihc fermnary where hr rnr vrd hn educa un. and annuls rli /niner Ucen/es: authcrifes mogi/fratrs to l t the Jole mdges c/ dUhms : The ?Jjue 0/ this bill wr wait with itr>p a% lienee and knew, fn V d the iJJ ur h t unfavourable. to out religion i >iohts there ran be no d uht that fhnu funds mould emigrate/rrri (his country cs they did /» ovi Trace after the revocation oj the edid vj Nantif' NOTICE. WHERE \S my wif* Ann, has abfeonded from bed and boaid, fo» Tome time* without any lawful caufe, I d 0 hereby forewarn all perform wbatfoever, from trading with her, harbouring her or paying her any money due ro me, either by bond. note, or book account, as I will not be anfwerablc for any of her dealings, nor pay any contufts fhe makes. , JOHN DUNN. Burke , Auguf 12. 1800. T O B E SOL I~ At the Planation of JOHN HARGROVE , Deceajed , m Jeffeifon C ounty , on the 3 d daj of Uftober next , All the PERSONAL PRO PERTV of laid deccafed; confiding of Negroes, Horfes, Cattle, Hogs, a valuable Still, and Houlehold Furniture, See. Conditions, CASH. ANN H ARGR VE, Adm’x. September 2, 1800; TO BE SOLD, On the \r\th of September next, at the houfe of Mr. SAMVEL CAR EER, on Dr\ ’-rtek. be tween the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock , the following articles , be ing part of the PERSONAL E' I ATE of JOHN WILSON* deceafed , Confiding of One MA R E and SADDLE, one SILVER S\ AT CH ; and fundry a Lclf« of HOUSEHOLD FUs* M* TUR E, too tedious to mentief, Conditions of faie, CASH. MARY WI S ;N, Adm’x. Jefferf on county, Aug. 19. r l O be SOLI} by jaime Dugl'd. A adnoioHratnr of the efla't of if • op deceafed, at the fu nfeof 1 hf>ma« Viring, :d Warren county, oq tbr 1 rft d«y of Srprfmber nr x f , elevtfl 1 kc'y Ne r cs, named y»m<» 13cr, E-0.100 , Abe, //arry P< e c, ami four Children ,A |fo. one waggon, fome cattle (beep and geefe. ‘©get rr with boufebold furni’orc. Condition! rf fair will be made known on the day of falc. All perfona hold-ng my psft of the eftate of the fa d yep cr ViDißtf. decc:fed, are requefted to deliver tbc fame, on th<- 21ft inftan , at the hcofc of Thomas V nmg Auguf 19, 1800. COLLECTOR'S SALE. Will be fold on the Second Saturday in 0 Etcher next , at the Market Houfe in the Town of Loui/vdb at the u/ual hours , 977 h. Acres lard in JeffVrfoO ccntr »y, on W 11 arofor’e Sw. nop, adjoining l*nd» furveyed lor Golptvn, pranked to Jofcph Woodrough, §rd John J»rsf' i ' tl, » taken as the property of t’baiker Vi vien, Efq. io default for b»e !*»<• oT the year 1799. Ta* due 16 doin' 39 CfflfO, Garland Harwicbj T. c* L c * Augob 5, 1800.