pears to have been fairly taken up by the roots in the whirl, and carried to the diftance of about eight feet before it ftruck the ground. In the freet, a few rods eaft, 'a new fmart frame, covered only on the fore fide of the roof, and the gable ends, was carried completely off the cellar, and crushed to the ground. Another barn filled with hay and grain, was overturned; and out of three orchards confifting of about one hundred and thirty large thrift y trees, loaded heavily with fruit, not more than about. eighteen or twenty are now ftanding. Sundry other buildings were confiderably damaged, feveral Hacks of hay were destroyed, and fcarcely a rod of fence, in the compals of half a mile, was left ftanding. Many of the rails from the fences were carried to fuch a diftance, as to make it neceffary to cart them back again. The few of wind appears to have been about half a mile wide. It was attended with heavy thunder, and moft violent rain. BOSTON, Auguft 2. EXTRACT from the JOURNALS of CONGRESS, May 8. 1784. On the report of a committee to whom was referred a letter of the 16th of April laft, from the Superintendant of Finance, enclofing a letter of the 16th of December, and one of the 10th January, from the Marquifs de la Fayette; with fundry papers enclosed. Refolved,. That a letter be written, by the prefident, to the Marquifs de la Fayette, expreffing the high fenfe which Congrefs entertain of his important fervices, relative to the commerce of France and thefe United States, and particularly to free ports that there is every reafoa to expect mutual and permanent advantages from thefe liberal meafures adopted by his mot Chriftian Majelly; and that an extenfion thereof to the Weft India colonies will, in the opinion of Congrefs, increase thofe advantages, and produce the most falutary effects. Refolved, That a copy of a letter of the 29th of June la, from the Count de Vergennes, and one of the 9th of January lat, from Monfieur de Calonne, to the Marquifs de la Fayette, refpe&ing free ports in France, be entered on the journal, and, when published, tranfmitted to the fupreme executives of the feve ral gates. The letters being tranflated, are a follows: Verfailles, 29th of June, 1783- I HAVE received the letter which you did me the honour to write on the 17th of this month. You defire to know what is meant by free port. By this term, fir, we mean a place to which all merchandizes, as well foreign as domeftic, may be import ed, and from which they may be freely exported. You will judge, fir,by this definition, that all the merchan dizes of the north, without exception, may be imported into Poneat, and exported from it by the Ameri cans. In a word, l'Orient with be reputed foreign, with regard to France, as far as refpects commerce. prohibitions and duties upon foreign merchandizes will take effect only, in cafe any perfons defire to introduce in to the interior parts of the realm, the merchandizes fubjected to the one or to the other. The I HAVE communicated to the King, the obfervations contained in the memoir which you tranfmitted to me, relative to the commerce of America, and thofe which you made at our laft Conference. I am authorifed to announce to you, that it is the intention of his Majefty to grant to the United States the ports of l'Orient and Bayonne as free ports, and befides thefe, that of Dunkirk, and that of Merfailles; the firft of which enjoys abfolute freedom, and the other is refrained in the exercife of that freedom only with regard to tobacco, which is there fubjected to a duty. The Americans may from this moment fend their veffels to thofe four ports, where they will not meet with any kind of difficulty. You may, if ne ceffary ceffary, explain what is meant by free ports, agreeable to the fignification thereof given by Monf. de Vergennes, in his letter of the 29th. of June laft. The Americans will find above all, at Dunkirk, all the facilities they can defire for the fale of their leaf tobacco, their rice,, their timber and other merchandise, as well as for the purchase of what they want, fuch as linens, woolens, brandy, &c. It is propofed to eftablish ftores and ma gazines there, which fha!! be well fupplied on terms very advantageous for their commerce. I have given orders to the Farmers General to DE. CALONNE. PS. The ports of Bayonne and l'Orient will be made fimilar to that of Dunkirk with regard to entire freedom. Monf. the Marquis de la Fayette. 9. Every day envinces the difpofitions which prevail in France towards frengthening the bands of commerce and politics between them and the United States. His moft chriftian majefty, informed that the United States were not poffeffed of any harbour in the Eaft Indies, where their veffels, trading to China, might refit, or where they might find fresh provifions, has ordered, that the harbours in the iflands of France and Bourbon (also called the Mauritius) should be opened to them, and that they fhould enjoy there, all protection and liberty, in going to and coming from China. 15. By a late accurate calculation in a late Irish paper it appears that 38650 perfons of different defcriptions failed from Ireland, during the years 1781, 1782, and 1783, for America.--About 15000 have arrived in America fince the conclufion of peace. Thurfday laft a ftill born infant was found in a fmall wooden box, under the Rev. Mr. Skillman's meetingThe jury house, at the north end. of inqueft which fat on the body, brought in their verdict, that it was concealed there by fome perfon unknown, to prevent its mother being brought to shame. From the complexion of affairs in Europe, it is more than probable that the names of war will foon be very The following generally kindled. are within the profpect of belief: England with France, in India; Sweden with Denmark; Ruffia with France; the Dutch with Pruffia; and the Dutch with the Emperor. 19. On the 26th ult. Gov. Harrison of Virginia, iffued a proclamation, forbidding the moleftation of any perfon who fhall return to that flate under the fanЯtion of the treaty of peace, and of the laws of that commonwealth. They have lately voted a ftatue of our late moft worthy Commander in Chief, General Washington. In con. fequence of which his Excellency Governor Harrifon has written to MrPeale, of Philadelphia, requefting him to draw a full length picture of the General immediately, to be shipped for France, where the work is to be executed under the care of the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Efquire. 23. At the late meetings of the MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, amongst the communications prefented, were the following, viz. Obfervations Obfervationson man, or the various changes of matter, obfervable in the human conftitution; with hints for improvement in the medical art By Jofeph Greenleaf, Efq; of Bofton. The hiftory of four practical cafes in phyfic. By William Gamage, Jun. A. M. Phyfician, Cambridge. Three cafes of fractured Cranium, containing the hiftories of the fymptoms attending them during life, and the ftate of the injured parts as difcovered by diffection after death-- By Monf. John Feron, firft Cherugien and Phyfician of the French fleet in North America, and of the King's hofpitals in Boston. An account of the diseases that prevailed in Salem, during the year 1782,with a bill of mortality annexed. Alfo, a cafe in Surgery. By E. A. Holyoke, Efq; M.D. Phyfician,Salem. An account of the diseases that prevailed in and about Weymouth,from January 1782, to April 1783. By the Hon. Cotton Tufts, Efq; Phyfician, Weymouth. Paracentefis of the thorax, for an empyema, followed by protrufion of a portion of the lungs, mortified, and removed by the knife. By Ifaac Rand, Efq; Phyfician, Cambridge. An uncommon inftance of the regeneration of parts, which had been deftroyed by ulceration. By John Warren, Efq; Phyfician, Bofton. Some obfervations upon the measles that were epidemic at Salem in the year 1783. By E. A. Holyoke, Elq; M. D. Phyfician, Salem. Experiments with the common cow parsnip (fphondylium vulgare hirfutum. Park. C. B.) in cafes of epilepfy. By Jofpeh Orne, A. M. Phyfician, Salem. Treatife on the exfoliation of tendons, in confequence of whitlow. An hiftory of an abfcefs in the iliac region. Obfervations on the future of the fcrotum. Hiftory of an abfcefs of the liver, with the fate of the parts affected, as difcovered by dif fection. By Monf. Feron, firft furgeon and phyfician to the French feet, &c. Hiftory of an hydrocephalus internus, in a child, treated with repeated dofes of calomel, in the quantity of 4 grains every fix hours, without any ill confequences of its exhibition-09 the contrary, the compleateft fuccefs. By Edward Wyer, phyfician, Halifax, Nova Scotia. An account of the difeafes prevalent in Salem, during the year 1783, together with Meteorological ob fervations, and a bill of Mortality annexed. By Edward A. Holyoke, Efq; M. D. Physician, Salem. Remarkable effects of chewing the common garden fage, and an account of an uncommon fætus. By Elifha Story, Phyfician, Marblehead. An experiment determining the expediency of the Sigualtian operation. By Jofeph Orne, A. M. Phy. fician, Salem. A fingular cafe of a mortification, which terminated fuccefsfully. By Simon Tufts, Efq; Physician, Medford. Appearances upon the diffection of a child, born without a gall bladder. By N. A. Haven, A. M. Phyfician, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We are informed that upwards of two hundred houfes have lately been burnt in Port au Prince. Extra& from the Journals of Congrefs. The device for an armorial atchievement and reverse for the Great Seal of the United States in Congreís affembled, is as follows: ARMS, Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules, a chief azure; the efcutcheon on the breaft of the American Eagle displayed, proper holding in his dexter talon, an olive branch, and in his finifter, a bundle of 13 arrows, all proper, and in his beak a scroll infcribed with this motto, E Pluribus Unum. For the creft. Over the head of the American Eagle, which appears above the efcutcheon, a glory, or, breaking through a cloud, proper, furrounding 13 Stars, forming a conftellation, Argent on an Azure field. Reverse. A pyramid unfinished. In the Zenith an eye in a triangle furrounded with a glory, proper,over the eye, these words Annual Coptes. On the base of the pyramid, the numerical letters M,DCC,LXXVI. And underneath, the following motto, Novus Ordo Seclorum. 39. 30. Extract of a letter from l'Ori ent, June 2. "The Council of War affembled Monf. de Tilly, acquitted unani- M. d'Efpinous, reprimanded unani- "All the Captains of the Frigates The Generals Lincoln, Knox and Putnam, being appointed Commiffioners to fettle the eaftern boundary line between the American United States, and the lands belonging to Great Britain, as agreed to by the late Definitive Treaty, left this town for that purpose on Thursday laft. 31 This day being one of the days appointed for the meeting of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk, the Judges, Barifters, and Attorneys,in their robes, went in proceffion to the Court house, in Boston, where, the Court being opened by proclamation, and the preliminary bufinefs fettled, the Grand Jury for the body of the County was called, and fworn, the chief juftice then gave the jury an elegant charge, pointing out their duty, ftating and defining the feveral crimes they had cognizence of, representing the great impor tance of their appointment, and urging upon them the faithful discharge of their duty. Bill of Mortality for Auguft, 1784- Male, do. between 12 and 60, White Children under 12, Black do. under do. 2 2 Prop. of Females to Males, as 2 to 1. Mrs. Sufanna Counts, widow, 7521. Mr. John Hurd, jun. late an officer in the Continental Army, 24. Mr. John Corbet, Mr. Ralph Morgan, 39. 39 67. Auguft, Meteorological Obfervations, for August, 1784. Barometer. Thermometer.j Wind. Weather. a129.93129.90 29.90 71 77 175 S W. 891 89 8973 184 84 878,5 82,579 is. W. fair. W. E. S. fair. 68 60 6576,5 85-579 s w. N W. cloudy. fair. T. 88. 80 72,5 72,599 IN W. E. azy. fair. [thund. 8865 168 29 IN W. Mair. fair. 93 85 s w. N. W. 10 801 85 E. air. 001174 71 fair. 12 911 OC 00169 75,575 s W. fair. 787483,579 do. fair. thund. night. fair. th. fhow. 8269,574,572 W. 92 70,5 73.5 76170 172,5 170 cloudy. rain th. ni. 7365 65 N. cloudy. 19 72 71 7463,5 67.5 cloudy. rain. fair. 8565 71 69 fair. fair. 94 92 9067 172,572 78 8468 71 70 S E. cloudy, rain. cio. ni. 95 30.0268 157,5 cloudy. 2430 02 2629.81 99 29.8463,5 65 78 8360 67 69 cloudy. fair. 9266 73 70 fair. 28 93 96 29 97 97 3d 93 87 951166 70 168 SW. fair. T. 79. 72 81,5 SW. fair. 31 96 76 N. fair. T. 48. th. rain. The Obfervations are taken at 8 o'clock, at 1, and at 9, in the evening. The Thermometer; Farenheit's Scale, is fufpended in a fair cafe by the fide of a North Window. The Figures, annexed to the Wind, denote the force; 4 a trong gale, 6 a form. |