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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. [No. e, 2.