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The high tideof Wednesday evening last,
washad up, north of JJound -s"-s: reet, a
corpse) which became the pre}- of the buz- \
zai is y sterday morning, [t appears from
every Circumstance, that it was thrown over-
board from some of the Guinea ships, altho'
the ordinance of the city council is monthly
Staring them in the face-. Private seamen
ate not in the habit of* perusing newspapers,
otherwise examples might have been made.
I think it would be proper to have a few
1-bills stiuck off, and stuck up, particu-
larly on Gadsden's wharf, which might lead
to a discoveiy, as nothing ought to be left
undone, in bringing them to punishment.
RICHMOND* May 1.
On the afternoon, of that day, we had a
wry severe hail storm, which came from
south. The hail was of considerable size,
and did some execution upon the panes of
glass. About 8 o'clock at night the same
scene returned. Such streams of incessant
and vivid lightning ; such ratling peals of j
thunder ; such torrents of hail and rain, we
have Seldom before witnessed. A midst this
uproar of the elements, our citkiens were
suddenly alarmed by the terrible cry of
FIRE !! The scene was awfully pictur-
esque.
The lightning, it seems, had struck a
large house on the north side ol'the market
Ige, occupied as a vendue store by Messrs.
Darmstadt, Foster and Satchel. No one in
the house was killed, though two of them
distinctly felt the electric shock. The ci-
tizens turned out with an alacrity which
does them honor r-and, though the house
was so situated that the fire-engine could
not play upon the angle of the roof, whew
it was strnck, the fire was soon got under
by the aid of buckets : a signal refiltatiotl
of the old vulgar opinion, that the tire of
lightning is not to be extinguished by water,
We apprehend, that this high wind has oc-
casioned considerable damage upon the court.
NORFOLK, May 2.
Arrived, schr, liazv.ard Garland, 9 days
from Salem.
Brig William, Brown, W days from Gre-
nada. Left there on the 12th inet. the schr.
John Ellis, 0. Wade, master, just arrived
from Ne.vbern, N. C. brig Nancy, Bowers,
of and for Boston to sail in 3 days,
Brig eies, Niven, 40 days from Glasgow,
last from Stranrear. On the 20th ult. In
lat. 39, N. long. 68, 30, W. fell in with a
wi ir.calledthe Hannah, of Sand-
wich, which had no living creature on board,
Id;.....I with naval stores and deer skins.
ship Jane of Boston, from Tobago,
to this port, foundered at Sea —ow taken
off by the schooner Little James, from St.
Thomas to Newbury Port.
i Good Hope, Puitherford,
Cork ; brig Nancies, Barclay, Tobago ;
schr. Perse- erance, Hopkins Bermuda ; Iris,
.'enemfe.
A vessel, in i<2 days from Barbados, went
up the bay yesterday, by which information
is tec-wed, that advices had reached that
;nd, stating that Monte Viedo had been
tak m by the British troops, after a severe
¦ on, in which iSOO Spaniards were cut to
pieces by the British soldiers, who were
highly exasperated in consequence of the
Spaunuds having cut off the ears and other-
wise mutilated some English prisoners taken
a few days before.
The above vessel, off Martinico, was board-
ed from admiral sir .'vlexander Cochrane,
who had with him one three decker and
four two-deckers ; he was in daily expecta-
tion of the Rochefort squadron, as the 'rui-
ze. brig had arrived express from England,
with dispatches for the admiral, informing
hiiK that the Rochefort squadron, composed
of one three decker and five two-deckers,
had sailed.
The ship Herkimer, belonging to N.York,
which put in here a few days ago in distress,
and lying at Gosport, was, during the squall
yesterday, struck by lightning, which shiv-
ered her fore and main-masts, and forced its
way under the bends. Tne only person on
beard at the time was the cook, a black
fellow.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 8
_%e frigate Chesapeake, captain Gordon,
will this day drop down below the Branch,
and will proceed to Hampton Roads with
the first fair wind.
Resigned, Henry Hill, Agent of the United
States, for the relief and protection of their
seamen, at Jamaica.
FEDERAL GAZETTE.
SATURDAY, MAY' 9.
Extract ofa Utter from a gentleman at Western
Fuu, Baltimore county, dated May 4, li>07, to
e.itjticr.d in the city (if Baltimore.
1 am happy l" find that the YORK TURN-
PUCE ROAD is pooii to g-o into operation ; it
will be the greatest advantage to us farmers
that can possibly happen to our county. Last
winter was so severe, and the roads so bad,
that with difficulty we got our produce to mar-
ket; and although we have hay, cord-wood,
Sic. in abundance, we might as well have bail
it beyond the, mom tains, as we could not get it
to market; whib our neighbor* in the Can-it
Soti Forest enjoyed the advantage of a turnpike,
;.ud have furnish' d tile town with wood, hay,
. &c. at greut prices, by which they are grow-
ing-rich, v.k.lewe are compelled to stay at
home, or have our horses, waggons and carts
destroyed.. We are determined to take as
much block as we can get, as we find the ReU-
ftirs town Company nave divided Ten per cent,
which is laying our money out to great advan-
tage. Besides, we find that that part of Balti-
more lying east of Jones's tails, which was
first let tied, is far behind the west pa.it of the
town, both in population and in buildings —
this is for want of a good road. When the
road is finished, the waggons will be as plenty
from the hay-scales in Oldtown to Griffith's
bridge, as they now are in Howard-street.
Indeed Bhilput's Hill and Fell's-Point, art
much interested in the York turnpike road ;
the produce that will come down that road,
must diverge towards the Point, whereas the
Frederick and Ruister's town turnpike road,
will diverge towards the head of the basin,
Thi citizens who hold property to tne east of
.lialtimore, would do well to consider the ne-
cessity of aiding this road.
Mum object to turnpikes ; some from pafui-
n rmy ; some through ignoi'ahce ; and a few
h.we an eye to the next election. It is now no
t) lest'ion, whether" turnpikes are o! advantage
. -we have ahead) lv. -town,
i will slvonlybe completed j and if we
, it. finish our j-oad, our hind wili fall in
;>rire, and our part of the county will be a
v>h.!< i n< *s, incmBparison with the district so
hicalcuiably bencoUd by Other road*.
hujiortaid insurance decision in the district
court of Pennsylvania—Monday, May 4.
The argument of Marshall vs. the Dela-
ware Insurance Comfiany, on the case of the
Ihlla., was closed this morning, and judg-
ment given for the defendants — '" that they
are only liable for an average loss." The
principles of the decision are highly import-
ant, deciding, for the first time, expressly,
1. That the state of fact, not of the in-
telligence, at the time of the abandonment,
must decide the question of total or average
loss.
2. That capture and restitution before aban-
donment, though not known here, defeats
the claim of a total loss.
3. That the property being safe, although
not actually in the possession of the assured,
the right to abandon, and claim as for a to-
tal loss, cannot be exercised, at a period
subsequent, with or without notice of the
fact here. On this point, however, judge
Washington-only declared the leaning of
his mind ; as he thought, the fact of actual
restitution of the insured, before the hour
of abandonment, sufficiently established by
the evidence in the case of the Holla.
[Philad. Register.]
APPOINTMENTS
By the Governor and Council of the State of
Maryland.
Nicholas Brewer, esq. register of the j
court of chancery, in the room of Samuel
Harvey Howard, esq. deceased.
John Skinner, notary public, for the state
of Maryland, to reside at the city of An.
napolis, vice Nicholas Brewer, appointed re-
gister of the court of chancery.
Charles llenrix, coroner for Talbot-county.
The British frigate Jason arrived at Bar-
bados on the 11th ult. from a cruize. She
had spoken an American ship from Rio
Grande for New-Orleans, and was informed
that the British forces under general Auch-
muty, had taken Monte-Viedo on the 2d of
February, after great slaughter.
A Jamaica paper of the 8th ult. mentions,
that five valuable negroes, belonging to Ro-
bert Newby, esq. of St. Anns, were recent-
ly poisoned by eating some small fish, called
Bottle Fish, a species of the loplius or toad-
fish.
Election.-—Every body is now on tiptoe
for tiie returns. The high betters on both
sides are somewhat in a titter. The papers
of the " excellent Mr.Tomkins"have crow-
ed very loud for five days past, but seem to
droop their heads a little this morning. We
should not be very much surprised, if after
all, it should end in the pip.
[A'. Y. Even. Post.]
Arrived at the city of Washington, on
Monday, the 27th of April, lieut. Robert J.
| Spence, who behaved himself in so gallant
a manner off Tripoli.
He was seized by gen. Wilkinson's order,
on the 2sth of February last, on a supposi-
tion of being favorable to Burr's plans, and
delivered to captain Shaw who sent him on
to the city. [Wash. Fed.]
Extract of a letter from captain Lovett,
of the ship Connecticut from New-York,
arrived at Surriam, dated March 15th,
1807,,ifo Aw correspondent in New-York.
" I arrived here in a passage of 30 days,
after having been ashore on the Mud Banks,
to the leeward of this river, with the loss
of my small bower, stream cables and anchors.
The next day after gettingoff the Mud Bank,
was boardnd by a French privateer of one
gun, called the L'Espede, captain Mosee, or
Morris, from Guadaloupe, who robbed me
of all my spare cordage, blocks, hanks, spun-
yarn, spars, and both my speaking trum-
pets, (which the captain took himself) tak-
ing and destroying every thing they could
lay their hands on. They also broke open
my desk and took all my money whilst 1
was onboard the privateer. Tookmypassenger
and all his baggage on bord his vessel, under
pretence of his beinga British subject ; and
after detaining him until 9 P. M. opened
his trunks, robbed him of about 100 dollars
worth of clothes, and then sent him
again on board the ship, keeping 3 of my
best men, who were Spaniards and Italians,
saying that he had orders from the French
government to press into the set vice the sub-
jects of Spain, Italy, and Portugal. la
this situation he left me about iO o'clock at
night, with only one man and 3 boys, one
of whom had not been able to do duty for
10 days previous ; and with great exertion
and preseverance, we gained this Port in 3
days after.
On Wednesday afternoon, Elizabeth Don-
nelly was brought to the Pennsylvania Hos-
pital, with her leg very much shattered, and
her body burnt and bruised, by the bursting
of a shell filled with combustibles, which a
man who came to her husband's house, offer-
ed for sale, with a parcel of old iron.
In the shell there was a plug, which the
vender advised David Donnelly to burn out,
by putting it into the fire. This advice he
no sooner followed, than the shell went off
with an explosion that alarmed his neighbors.
Several of them, who came to assist the fa-
mily, found the cloaths were on fire on Don-
nelly, his wife and child, which they soon
extinguished, but not until the sufferers were
injured by the burning. The doors in the
room and ceiling were broke through indif-
ferent directions. David and his wife are
attended as out door patients of the hospital
dispensary, and his wife is taken good care
of in the house. How the vender of this
shell came by it, is unknown ; but if any
person sold it to him without mentioning
the circumstance of its being charged, it w~as
a very inconsiderate, if not a barbarous act.
[Philadelphia paper.]
From the Salem Gazette, May 1.
TURKISH WAR.
By captain Cook, who arrived here ©n,
Wednesday night from Palermo in Sicily,
we have some additional particulars respect-
ing the new war which has been commenc-
ed between the Turks and Russians, which
is likely soon to assume a high degree
of interest and importance. The Turks
are doubtless considi :ed as acting a part as-
signed them by Bonaparte ; and, as was to
be expected, the British have made common
cause with the Russians against them. We
have already had some reports of the pro-
of the Russian arms, upde) gen. i/li-
cheison, in the direct rout for Constantino-
ple. 'Cftft. C. farther tafouui us c-f tbf
co-opei'at*on of a naval force in the expe-
dition against the Ottoman capital.-—
Dispatches had arrived at Sicily, with orders
for sir Sydney Smith to join admiral Duck-
worth, and sail with- all possible speed for
the Dardanelles, to act in concert with the
Russians against the Port; and they sailed,
in consequence, en the 2dth of January.—
We do not know the amount of the British
force The Russians were stated to have 23
sail of men of war in the Mediterranean, on
board which, was a considerable number of
troops ; and it was expected that in conjunc-
tion they would attack the Dardanelles, and
pass up to Canstaninople. In the mean time
fears were entertained for the safety of ad-
miral Louis, who with a small squadron was
by last advices, above Constantinople, and
who might therefore be arrested on his re-
turn into the Archipelago, if the Turks
should be apprised in season of the hostility
of Great-Britain.
Married on Thursday evening last, by the
rev. Mr. Pitts, Mr. James Williams, to Miss
hli&aietk Savory, both of this city.
On Saturday last departed this life, after
a week's illness, in the 5b'th year of his age,
Mr. David Moore, an old and truly respect-
able inhabitant of this city. He resigned
his breath with the most evincing proof of
experiencing future happiness. By his death
society has lost one of its best members—as
he was a stranger to avarice and deception.
Charity, philanthropy, honesty and real
friendship, were his peculiarcharacteristics.
A person who from a long acquaintance
knew his worth, pays this sincere tribute of
respect to the memory of his deceased
friend.
From the Merchants' Cojfce-liouss Books.
May 8.
Arrived, schr. Thatcher, Hawes; io" days
from Porto Rico—coffee—the master. Left,
schs. Enterprize, of Baltimore, for a market ;
Fortitude, for New-York, in 20 days ; Wil
mot, Wharton, in 5 ; Hope, of Harford, from
Demerara, put in leaky. May 3, off Hatte-
ras, spoke ship Edward, of Portland, from
By Authority.
AN ORDINANCE
For. regulating and inspecting Weights and
Measures used within the city and precincts
of Baltimore.
I. BE it enacted and ordained by the mayor
and city councilof Baltimore, That three per-
sons be appointed within the city, keepers
of the standards of weights and measures,
whose duty it shall be safely to keep and
preserve the same, and, when required, to
deliver them to the mayor or such other per-
son as he may appoint to receive the same ;
and to perform the several duties prescribed
by this or any other ordinance of this cor-
poration respecting weights aad measures.
And before they enter upon the duties of
their appointment, they shall each give bond
to the mayor and city council of Baltimore,
in the penal sum of one thousand dollars,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of all
the duties appertaining to their office. And
one of the said keepers shall be the keeper of
the standards of weights, another the keep-
er of the standards of liquid measures, and
the third the keeper of the standards of dry
and long measures.
II. And be it enacted and ordained, That
all weights and measures used within the ci-
ty or precincts of Baltimore, in the vending
of articles, shall be inspected and stamped or
branded by the said standard keepers, under
a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, to
be paid by the person or persons owning or
using the same, and when adjusted, shall be
by the said standard keepers branded or
stamped with the letters B. S. meaning
thereby Baltimore Standard, in such manner
and on such parts of the said weights and
measures as in his judgment shall be most
lasting and effectual in preventing and de-
tecting fraudulent practices or impositions
in the use of such weights or measures.
And the like inspection shall be repeated
once in each year, and the branding or
stamping renewed when necessary. And
such weights and measures, so examined
and branded or stamped as aforesaid, and no
others, shall be used within the city or pre-
cincts of Baltimore, in the vending of avti-
cles directed by law to be, or usually sold
by weights or measures, under a penalty
not exceeding twenty dollars ; and all arti-
cles sold within the city or precincts of Bal-
timore, and usually sold by weight or mea-
sure, or by law directed so to be, shall be
sold by weight or measure aforesaid, as the
case may be, under a penalty not exceeding
twenty dollars.
III. And be it enacted and ordained, That
if any weight or measure which shall have
been branded or stamped agreeably to the pro-
visions uf this ordinance, shall be broken,
injured, altered or changed, or condemned
by the standard keeper, and found thereafter
in the use of any person within the city or
precincts of Baltimore, every such person
shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars for every
such offence.
IV. And be it enacted and ordained, That
the said standard keepers shall respectively
have and receive, as a compensation for the
discharge of the duties required of them,
the following sums, to wit:
For every bushel measure, twelve and
an half cents:
For every half bushel measure, ten cents :
For every peck and half peck measure,
ten cents :
For every five galltjn measure, ten cents :
For every gallon or half gallon measure,
six and a quarter cents :
For every quart or pint measure, three
cents :
For every half pint, gill or half gill mea-
sure, three cents :
For every fifty-six pound weight, six
and a quarter cents :
For every twenty-eight pound weight,
six and a quarter cents :
For every fourteen or seven pound weight,
six and a quarter cents :
For every set of weights, from four pounds
to half an ounce, twenty-five cents :
For every single weight under seven
pounds, four cents :
For every yard measure, six and a quarter
cents :
To bp paid by the person requiring the
same to he inspected.
V. And be 'it enacted and ordained, That
the standard keepers shall return upon oath
or affu«w.tion to the register, aimuftUy, a
statement of the moiicy they may receive
in the performance of the duties prescribed
by this ordinance.
VI. And be it enacted and ordained, Tiiat
all soale beams used in the vending of aiti-
des in the city of Baltimore, or the precincts
thereof, shall be inspected and stamped by
the keeper of the standards of weights, as
weights are directed to be stamped ; and
any person using scale beams in the city or
precincts, not stamped as herein directed,
shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
twenty dollars, for each and every offence ;
and the said standard keeper shall be enti-
tled to receive as a compensation for inspect-
ing and stamping every scale beam, not ex-
ceeding eighteen inches, twelve and a half
cents ; for every scale beam above eighteen-
inches and not exceeding thirty-six inches,
eighteen and three-quarter cents ; and for
every scale beam above thirty-six inches,
twenty-five cents, to be paid by the person
for whom the same shall be inspected and
stamped as aforesaid.
VII. And be z'S enacted and ordained,
That whenever any of the standard keep-
ers aforesaid, shall be applied to to adjust
scales and weights by adding to or diminish
ing the same, or to adjust scale beams, he
shall be allowed a reasonable compensation
therefor in addition to the fees of office he
is herein authorised to receive. And of all
fines and forfeitures incurred under this, or-
dinance, the one-half shall be applied to the
informer.
BALTZER SCHdJFFER,
President of the first branch of the city-
cuncil.
JAMES CALHOUN,
President of the second branch of the city-
council.
Approved, April 10, 1807.
(L. S. C.) THOfiOWGOOD SMITH,
Metydr of the city of Baltimore.
.'JII.WWg.-M...
Baltimore Theatre.
THIS EVENING, Way 9,
Will be pi esinted, a celebrated Tragady, infve
acts, called
The Robbers,
Translated from the German of Schiller.
To uihieh will be added, an Admired Farce, in
puio acts, called
The Weathercock.
("second time hers. J
(Particulars expressed in the kills.)
IV x, one Dollar—Pitt, Three Fourths of a
Dollar.
GO* The. doors will be opened at six, and the
performance commence at seven o'clock, pre-
cisely.
(O" Gentlemen cannot be permitted tosmoak
cigars in the Theatre, on any account.
BOOK AUCTION.
By Cole & I Bons'al, Aacfrs.
THIS PRESENT EVENING, May 9,
Will be sold at our Auction Room, \ "4 1 -2, Af |