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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
VOL. I.J
GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE:—PabI.Qied every Tuetday, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollars pc. arm. pa>able hall yearly.
f r cm the London Oracle , of Oft. 18.
ravages of the
PLAGUE in BARBARY.
The following calamitous ac
count of the dreadful ravages
nude by the plague in Morocco.
fc as within thefe few days been
received by his grace the duke
ofpo'tland Government hav
ing in confequence, with a
promptitude that dors them cre
dit, given orders at all the ports
to enforce the quarantine laws
with the greateft driftnefs ; and
indeed they could not have taken
a more ffficacious way to infure
vigilant e on the part of the pro
per officers than the one they
baveadopted —that of furnifhing
them with a copy o( the letter
itfelf. which mud irnprefs their
minds fo ftrongly with the ter
rible calamity that may refult to
their country, their friends* con
nexions, and families, that we
may be fure each of them will
exert himfelf to ward off the
evil. We hope the publication
of the! letter will have another
effeef* that of making every
individual ferond to the titmr ft
of his power, toe intentions ot
government and the exertions
of the officers.
Extract of a letter from conful Ma
tra% dated Gibraltar , a ugujt 9
1 799*
“* n my laft number, I had
the honor, ro inform your grace
of the progrefs the plague was
making in Barbary, as there has
been communication with the
gamfon fince I wrote laft, it was
not until yefterday that I receiv
ed any intelligence to be de- j
pended on. Muly Suleiman i
hv his marching an infe&ed |
army to the South has fpread
the difeafe over the whole em* j
pire. Morocco, I am told, is
a perfedf defart, the mortality |
generally about 3000 a day, and 1
as no one would bury the dead, 1
the bodies were dragged by |
hooks into tae ftreets, and left |
there; at length 100 men were 1
daily employed m cleaning the
Greets; but as the fervice was
ceram death, it was difeontinu
ed on the death < f Muly Tail,
' with all his friends have ,
perifhed Many of the remain
•ng inh rbitants deferting to Sier,
towards the coaft of Cuina, have
the diforder to the vciy
orders of the great defart.
, f n Mogadore, although
.f C difeafe was in its infancy,
e daily lofs was from 70 to 80,
all the towns on the fea
thence northward, inclu
rj^ar c he, are equally in-
T e / ’ rz *H a » Tangiers, and
uan » yet, remaining free, and i
SDAY, January 28, 1800,
THU7H IMPAhTI IL CUiJJfi 'IHI- IV.ST
it appears to have ceafcd in Fez
and Mequiez.
“ Fez is depopulate?—bv the
20th of June, the Moors reckon
ed ihelofs in that city, and its
dependent villages at 274,000,
in which they include upwads
of 31.000 of the ptincipal talbs
and ncrchanfs of rhe cotmtiy ;
and if their eftimate can be de
pended on, or e third of the in
habitants of the ihue empires
have peiifhcd * a d pepu ation,
that may moftjiiftly be atinbu
ted to the bigotry of the empe
ror, and the inhuman pol cy of
Ben Haffen.
“ hnough was fid to Muir
j Suleiman on rhe danger oi tra
vtifing the whole country with
the plague in his train ; but Ben
Ottoman acknowledged fhat his
impeii-1 majetiy confrdcting all
precaution as a dirrft violation
of his rehgion, would not lifu n
to ary remoi ffiance or the lub
jt 61 Had Hen ) alien c bjetltd
to the pailage tl rough 1 ugueba
and Ahda, which he polumly
affured me he would do, the
attempt ecu d not, nor would
not have been made immediate ly
after he acknowledged rb-it »he
hope of Muly Su emian's lofing
his with the people, by
poifohing the country, was lus
Only inducement to conclude
the negotiation.
** Ben Ottoman died juft as
tre count lett Mo occo. Muly
Hefheim, the emperor's cldeltj
brothel, and who, for a few yea is
was empeior of Morocco, Muly ,
Taib. ar d Muly fb Hulluir, |
Ben N.‘diet's fon-in-Hw, are
dead. The firft was an infipid,
inoff nfive charadhr, but by ihe
I Infs of the ottor two I corifider
j eror's intereli asftrength
! ened, Bclrrofi, of Du
guella ( ho aftocHte of Ben Hal
ferj and atl his family, have pe
rifhel. Of Ben Hafler i have
• no account but a lift of names
|of thole who had aheady pc-
I rilhrd was circulating, which
included almoft every man oi
[known abilities in the country,
j The emperor marched from
Morocco the 4 h July, he re
mained a while in Mogadorc
then encamped between Rebat
and Fez. On hearing that the
! plague had ceafed in Mequiez,
he retained to that capital,"
From the Baltimore Felegrat h.
December 7.
?
A MOST UNNATURAL MURDER * ,
On the 3d inftant, a (hocking |
murder was perpct*ated near,
f lizaheth ( Huger'.") Town, by
a Dutch book-binder, ne. r 50
years of age. Jt is lupnofed he
1 mud have had the inhuman ac-
tion in contemplation fome time
p evrous to its atcomplin.ment.
On themrrningof the above
mentioned day he defired his
w ife 10 go out and cut feme wood
for the hove ; and whilft ffie
was thus emplo}fd he planted
hitnfelf at the door, with a lo
mthawk in his hand ; after tak
ing his ftation he called on his
wife to cc me in to the children,
in corfcrmiiy to the icqut ft (be
came in, but juft as (lie got in- :
fide the d( or, near to him, he I
kr ockc d her down, levcial rirm s
iep< a ing his tlr ws, thinking as’
it is fuppofed, that (he wes dead ;;
after which he w r cnt to Ids four
children gave them four blows
each, and lh<.n to ciown the
bloo( y deed, cut his own thioat
horn car to car, with a lazor;
• having, when leveral medical
genthtmn were railed in, the
I laft fnent-oned inftrum.crt of
1 death in one hand and a large
| club ini the other, which he had
! g alped lo fall at the tin e of dv
j ing, th t it Was with much diffi
culty foiCtd horn his hand
J he w ife and tw'o eldeft children
recovered in ft me meafure ; hut
theie are no hopes emeirained
of their livts being prefervtd for
yvy length of lime. 'lhe floor
prefented a horrid fpefiacle, co.
veicd with biains and blood
and the mangled bodies of the
dead and thole in a d}ing fitu
atron. The caufe of this cOn
jdu6b in the old man has not as
yet b< en accounted for; lui we
I expcQ on the reception of the
(next t liz. beth I own paper, to
be enabled to give a more precif
account of this affair, lb rctrible
to the s of human nature.
Executive Department,
LOU IS VI LLE %
January the \ %th t 1800.
THE death of GFORGF
WASHINGTON. Ge
neral of the Armies of the Uni
ted States, and the iliuftriuus
leader of their victorious bands
■luring the revolutionary war,
w hich lecurrd to tht m the iuva
Suable be flings of fie<dorn and
mdt pendente, bei» g nrouncec
by the proclamation of the Pie
fident of the United State"—
and »t is but a juft tribute due
to the mod excellent cLaia6lci
of that once great mar, and
fattier of his country, that a
grateful refpeft fhould be paid
to his manes, and a deep lenft*
of his Jols be exhibited, not
only by the United States, but
bv the individual ftatc govern
ments.
The Executive of Georgia,
ORDERS,
All officers in rribtary rom*
million, and calls upon nil civil
officers, within this Hate, helo fr
itl? thereto and lecrmmcnds fo
evety deferiprion of citir n< re
ading within the fame t»> wear
for the (pace of fix weeks, to
commence on tie iff ray of
February next, a hlark crape
round the left aim. as a mani
f( ffation rf the affr 6fi< n and
j veneration the government and
1 people of Georgia, port* (Ted lor
him whilft in this life, and the
, deep affli&ion wi h which they
are penetrated at his irreparable
lofs.
Thomas Foiinson,
Secretary,
The s UBC R IB R
Has juft recerj d, in addition to
his formtr ftoi k,
The following ARTICI ES:
BROAD Cloths and Bvjf CaJJi»
meres
( ojftrr.ere Vrfl Shaj. es
Ba h Con ting
Dujfil Blank/ts, Rose ditto
Linen, Calicoes, Mujhns, Durants
Ozr.aburgs, Cotton Bagging
/‘lain and colored Cotton Dose
Velvn els and Th cksels
Royal Ribb, Writing Pa er
! olent Medicine of all k nds
Gun Locks of the heft quality
tine senited Pomatum
Be ft Black Ball
Bud e Bits , Plated Spurs
Womens tlnrup hens
Hardware of ail kinds
Pen Kn ves, Saddle Tacks
Cotton Cards, No. 10
Ribbons, Sciffors
Laaies Hair i om l s
Sewing Silk all colors
Pocket I I and kerchiefs
Girt Webbing
thimbles, with fleet b ttoms
Neck J aces
Be ft White Chapel Needles
Razors in cases
MANUS LEM IF.
N. R. All those u debtea to the
Subscriber, are eainejty requjted
'o come forward, and make mine
diate payment, or ih r acc u ts
will be put into the hands of an
attorney . M. L.
N O TICE.
The SUBSCRIBER
ANXIOUS to bring to a do ft
the accounts of the la ft year,
thus earneftfy johci s his triends to
c me forward and di charge their
arrears ; os an inducement to u hick
he will all w four dollars per iwt.
for SEED C 77 6/A, i/ delivered
tu LmJvtlU within ten da*s,
Z. LAM.vR.
Jmua r y 7.
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