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PETERSBURG,
Thursday, Sept. 12, ißoc.
The difpoficion of fume
men is such that they fed less
difplcafed when denied a credit,
than when, after having obtained
it they are solicited for payment.
To avoid giving offence in
this instance, the following in
formation it is hoped will not be
thought prematurehencefor
ward advertisements (from pub
lic officers excepted) will not be
inferied unless previously paid
for. -
We learn with very great fa
tisfaftion, that the disease which
had ex< ited so much alarm in
New- 1 Even and in Providence,
ha* entirely subsided, and the
intercourle between these places,
and the neighboring ports con
tinues as ufua! —and it is with
pleasure we ebferve, that the
lea-port towns in the United
States generally continue heal
thy. Augujl a Papet,
The Wilmington Mirror flutes
that the (hip New-York, with
GENERAL MOUREAU and
family on board, all m good
healch, patted up the Delaware
on Friday last.
We are informed fr6m Wa.fh
ingron, that the frigate United
States and Boflon, are ordered
to be put in readiness for imme
diate lervicc.
Phil, Pap,
The United States’ frigate
Adams, ppr. Murray, to
sea this morning, Aug. 28.
Norfoln Ledger,
The Society of Agriculture
and Arts at Paris have been late
ly occupied with the improve
ment of the plough, and with
much ceremony and compliment
have decreed the offer of a medal
to our Preftdent for his valuable
communications on this fubjedt ;
the following is a cranfiation from
the Moniteur of part of the pro
ceedings of the society.
tc The Society takes honor to
itfeif for decreeing the 2d medal
to the illuflrious Jeiferfon, Pres
ident of the United States of A
merica.—lt is interesting indeed
to fee the firft magistrate of a
great republic, lending his tal
ents and name to the humble in
strument of labor ; and it is a
circumflanee worthy of remark
in the history of this age, and
of the new world, that America
having received the plough from
Europe, returned the present
perfe&ed and complete. The
Society cannot offer Mr. Jeffer
fon a more exprefllve mark of
their gratitude than by lending
him a colle&ion of the memoirs
of this assembly, and an account
cf its proceedings. This hom
age indeed is the one wor
thy of the friend of the plough ;
for an elevated mind, a gene
rous heart, receives for the lcr
vice it renders mankind its true
rccompence in the benefit itfeif.”
Ext raft cf a letter from Tucmas
E. Oliver , late mete of the A~
re eric an brig Minerva, dated I
z'jth June, cn beard the Diana !
Frigate, then by the Jjie of
Rcjc on a cruize.
“ You will be afflicted at my
misfortune when 1 tell you my
situation on board this vessel,
and the diftrefling means which
placed me here. Cn the 28th
of May I was taken and impri
soned on boatd the Kritifti fri
gate Diana, commanded by
i homas James Meiling, who
has on board his veil'd forty o
thcr Americans, who have had
the misfortune to be placed here
by the fame violent means which
were made use of to constrain
me i besides the interruption
from our bufmefs, the painful
detention from our families and
friends j the want ofalmoft eve
ry comfort of life, which we
should, under the moll favorable
circumflances, in such a situati
on, nece Tardy fuffer, The usage
we here meet with is peculiarly
distressing. Were v/e priloners
to the Balhaw cf Tripoli, we
could hardly receive more la
vage usage. Four or five of my
countrymen, have been taken to
the gangway, and have fuffered
corporal punishment —two dozen
lashes have been infiifted at a
time—let us do what we may,
to excite kind treatment, we are
sure to be treated worle than
dogs—we are continually kick
ed or dabbed—l have myfei?
been dabbed three times with a
cutlass, twice in my left fide,
and once in my left Ihoulder.—
Should we arrive in any port, I
will endeavor to make my es
cape, let the hazard be what it
may, for I would rather prefer
to die than to exid in such a liqu
ation.
N. B. Mr. Oliver was pro
ceeding to give a lid of the
names of the Americans impres
sed on board, and was prevented
after mentioning
Wm. Lawrence cf Salem,
and John Barnes.
Extract of a letter from a young
gentleman redding near the
Black River, in the date of
New-York, to his corres
pondent in Charledon, dated
Water-town, June 30, 1805.
<c Four men of rcfpe ft ability,
who belong to this place , were
returning from Kingston lajl week
in a boat, acrojs Lake Ontario ,
who, when about half way home,
espied a distant object lying off in
the lake , which they Juppojed to
be a boat with the bottom up. —
They immediately fleered towards
it with a design to make a prize of
her j when , with the fwiftnefs of
an arrow, it darted towards them
discovered it to- be a monfler in the
form of a Jnake. They were
dreadfully frightened, and pulled
with all their might for the Jkore,
which they Jo on gained , it being
at no great diflancc . v The mmfler
clojdy pursued them , till gaining
fbcal water , it played backward
C? forward before them two hours.
This afforded them leijure to reco
ver from their Jtirprife , to ap
proach and survey it. It con
tracted itfeif in a spiral form,
which they judged to be nearly 18
feet in diameter. From the cen
tre cf the curl, the head projected
across the fold ?, lying even with
tbs fur face cf the water, and , ap
parently, its circumference almost
as large as a hogfiead; the eye
nearly the bigness r/ a tint bdfon ;
tie mouth frightfully large, and
ajpeft terrible. The length, as it
appeared above the water, they
judged to be 150 feet. The body
appeared to be about the size of a
barrel. After playing around as
fated above, he Jteered his courje
for a vessel, which had left King
flon at the fame time with tbcni-
Jelves , bound to Niagara, and
was cut of fight in a moment. ~
“ 1 i.nderjtand that the Indi
an;, have frequently Jeen the fame.
Fc tree attempted to pick a man
out oj aJ<:homer who lavedhhnfelf
by j\ :■ p ? into the cabin. A
rurnbe - cf beats have been lofl in
the lake, which many have ccn
jr'ured were destroyed by this
monfler. It is supposed to be of
the fame kind with that which in
fefted the fleas of Norway , as it is
not difficult for it, when young, to
come tip the river St. Lawrence .”
However incredible the above
account may appear, the frighted
imagination of these fpsftators,
have net represented this monfler
of aferpetit , to be offuch enormous
fixe as the sea Jnake which was j
fleet by the m after of a ship in the
Norwegian seas in 1756. The
lenght of that, it will be recollett
ed, was more than a hundred
yards. r lhe boat andjhip maflers
in those fees fleer, 1 to dread being
upset by this sea monfler ; and, on
that account, provide themflelvcs
with quantities of caflor, as they
are known to have a remarkable
aversion to the smell of that drug.
Rutland Herald,
***■
Dr, Toellc, a Hanoverian phy -
fleian, jour weeks ago, took away
the cataraft on the eyes cf a man
from 6c to 70 years cf age, who
could fee nothing for seven years
paflffo that he has perfectly reco
vered bis fight. Bait. £v. Pod.
‘■■■■■■mi —m 1 in 1
NOTICE.
WILL BE SOLD,
To the high est bidder on Wednes
day the fee end day 0} Oftober
next, .
THE remaining part of the
Subscribers Store, fome
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, four trails
of Land, and sundry articles too
tedious to mention,
Those persons to whom he is
indebted ar, de fired to call on
him for payment, and those in
debted to .him to make payment
before the firft day of O&ober
next, as he intends to move to
Savannah.
LAUCHLIN IvTCURRY.
September §tb, 1805.
HELP THE STRUGGLE*.
r T'HE Subscriber re quells all
thofe indebted-to him t<\ call
and make settlement as soon as
possible, as he is in debt himfeli
anti wishes to make payment.
Those who have been so good
as to favor him with their custom
heretofore he hopes will conti
nue, as he will have it in his
power to give general fatisfac
tion with neatnels and riifpatch.
JAMES PACE.
N. B. He would wiffi to take
an Apprentice of a good cha
racter.
September pth, 1805. 14 —
WANTED^
An Apprentice to the Join
ing and Cabinet-Making bufi
nels.
JEREMIAH BURDINE.
*
NOTICE
THE Co*partnership ofWr.;,
A & John Patterson is this
,ky diiloived by mutual cor
icnt ; those who have claims
agaird them are requested to
call on Wm. pat ter lon for fet
tlemenr, and those Indebted to
the iate Firm, and to Win. Pat
teifon are de fired to r.nak e pay J
ment to Him, by the firft day
of next December, otherwise
their Notes and accounts will be
put in suit without diferimi
nation—he being hereby au
thorifed to coileft & receive the
fame.
Wm. PATTERSON,
J. PAT TERSON.
N. B. The Subscriber will
continue the bufznefs, and soli
cits a continuance Gs the patron-,
age of his former friends.
Wm. PATTERSON,
September ift. 1805. 14 —jt
CAUT IO N. ~
WHEREAS certain per
sons have been in the
habit of driving through my en
closures, and thereby endanger
ing my Crop. This is to notify
all persons whatsoever that I am
determined to put the Law in
force againfl every individual
who fhail hereafter ride, or pass
with hounds .over any of my
pre miles.
Mat. J. WILLIAMS.
Elbert County, Sept. nth. 1805.
~ NO TICE
r I ‘TIE Co-Partnership of
Jr. Jones, Walton & Cos.
dissolved the 15 th day of May
last, by mutual consent; the
Papers are in the hands of WiL
liam Jones for settlement.
Those having demands against
said Firm, will call on him for
payment, and those indebted by .
open account, are requested to
call and liquidate the fame.—
We hope those indebted will be
punctual in the difeharge of
their refpedlive dues, on or be
fore the firft day of January next,
as all in arrears after that date,
will be sued without diferimina-
Cion.
William Jonfs,
Thomas Walton, jun.
John H. Walton,
Henry Jones.
Lijbon, Augujl 15. 11—fit
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the First TUESDAY in No
vember next, at Lincoln Court-
Houje, between the uflual hours,
Two hundred and eighty
Acres of Land, (being the real
Efface of Emanuel Lay, deceaf
eß) lying in said county, adjoin
ing N. Ware and W. Stokes;
agreeable to an order of the
honorable Inferior Court of fa id
county, for the heirs and credi -
tors cf said deceased. /
ZACHARIAH LAY, Adm'r.
Augujl 15, 1805.
NOTICE.
Deposited in Elbert gaol
on the 2.ad inst. a Fugitive’
who calls his name MARCH,
and fays he belongs to a certain
William Roe, living below
the High-Hills of Santee in
South-Carolina, and about nine
ty miles fromCharlefton. The
owner is requested to cornu for
ward, pay vhsre an-Intake him
awav ll 1” L. Crd,