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documents laid before congress by
fu utig ihr
It cer
the president of the United States,
uinly might have been communicated to
the legislative body if it had been in the pos
session of the chief magistrate. How it
came into the printer's hands it is not ne
cessary to state in a public journal, further
than to say, that it ha* occasioned to several
persons many sleepless nights, anJ fatigued
many horses in its conveyance hi'her ;
cir
cumstances which may appear romantic and
possibly excite a smile. The fact is, never
theless, very certain. The letter is publish
ed to enable the people of the United States
more correctly to estimate the conduct of
Mr. Jackson, who, it is believed, has ex
plained himself to his government as the
letter represents him to have done. 1 he
want of Mr. Jackson's name to the letter
mav be accounted for in several wavs, die
most probable of which may be, that t xccs
sive caution which public ministers observe
in the transmission of confidential dispatch.
Steady," however, s well known to
ea.
be the motto of Mr. Jackson's signet.
To the right honorable George Canning.
Sin.— It is very singular, and I presume
you will hardly believe it, hut let me assure
you it is a fact, live 1 the government of the
Un" 1 Slates would it t accept of my gen
erous offers! They appear to have rio more
reverence for our " great and powerful mo.
tiarch" than you and I have for the law of
nations. I told them that we were fighting
for ihe independence of kingdoms, and they
smiled in derie on, and insisted that our ob
'ect was nothing more than die profit of two
pence per pound upon coffee. I told them
that Gri at Britain merely wished to prohi
bit American trade, that she had a right in
do so, a;>d that no complaint ought to tie
made against an ol jen so reasonable : But,
sir. thev turned up their noses and with pe
culi.tr effrontery presumed to say that God
made the ocean as f. ee for them as for iîri.
tons. They h:id the temerity to demand an
explanation concerning the di avowal cl
Mr. Erski tie's a. rangement, ne il has ingji s
ty could not do wl at he p'
case,!, without j
bring liable to give an ;.c, .-ur.tol
actions.
i though:, however, that I would lie civil
and shew them a little c
r,descension by j
wsv of encouragement ;
and
hi
toi. I î lie in th: arrange .»ent was brok -u oil
bei o
ov a »ere c iV'iv ox'ia
* I'M.
...i s tr phnipotentiarv ; win n
or i ' • -, ac
c. iuriher elucidation, in order
tin-. - is .
to "litige them, I politely informed them
that the. lied in c ur r adicring my insinuati
on* • Y , strange as it may seem, nunvith
sta di' g ali mv efT us to pUase them, the y
g o i n î an ill humour and dismissed me.
I: ns mat the sweet srile. of mv eorres
dcr.ee anti the friendly tone I assumed,
did r.i comport with tlieir vanity ; but, sir,
to . oivince them how .'inle I reganied. tlie.ii'
re. 'it.an president. I put forth a tetter of
•!. and called upon his majeity's »tib«
tec*-. :i"j adherents in this quarter to rally
xa md rue. My conduct- you will find, is in
btri ■' coni'or a.ity to the radical pi irn iples of
tiie 'i 11 1 s t -, constitution, which appropriais
to o ir din .mt alofites a v iceroy nr loid
lieu ena.i'. 1 consider myself as tiie pre.si
party in Anifritn, a>
dent -I the llrh'isit
Air. Madison is th* head ol the American
part* These two titles and distinctions ap
pear •> i m fully recognized in tills country,
< i d ai'hough my an.has .adoi iai functions
l ave In a great measure ceased,I am a mach
more important man than ever. Tiie " war
" is now ca i lying on between Ma
die on and.myself, by our respective parti
sans, wi Ii a great dial of ingenuity and. or
der. I he Madisonian» have the most argu
ment, and our friend-* have the most nnpu
deuce. 1 be contest is v*.rv doubtful. M".
Pickering is my secretary of state, which i ,
the only appoint :etn of consequence that I
h ive ye mada ; I shall announce it in Cole
mui's Gazette, ('which is ta, leading print)
his majesty's orders in
a* so -n a* I rrc«
council to that fi e . In the mean ti i--.
Tiei -i v -- e to ,.<.«•> ><i-. öd to notite ai iii.
. •: leuier, and a f vv oihei
3
ini g Me. ..tiers of congress, who Ii .ve done
\ •
a.id *• . d-iing easenMid servive io riie Brit
ish eu: s.. #ladis'in a: present has a major*
V v i.) eij-.gi css. •
ii a lew years more I
t'link vv e sh.nl ou
et" t i!ein.
A propos l— had - earl* f -rgot the Ii tie
a!' " r of the Ch sape ike 1 could persuade
tile Anieiica K..,ei".n
-.filtl liead io
. n -
agree to nothing.
; in' president and secrc
la v would not .'.
dt. to
>■ kind proposal,
-i a id hum.me. l'hcy
a' once so i•*.,
w ..Id r.at o ,i:ti.. her: honoi,w.-,ich i* some
thing reran xahle.cuubidering Mia- it L their
staple commudiiy.
In snort, sic, liiere is no doing ant thing
wi-h i h--;,e stoi
Dorn pe-/|.le.
iirs majesty's
gtacio.is "tl- i« aie spurned, his minister
Conte nmed sn-i ridiculed : they pretend to
have rights,privi g-s, nd I know not what.
If such is the iota .iv i ! this country, what
will -he. i ; .s vigoi
I! they ai e so un
no,
"S' ■
manageable now, w'.ia; wi
1 they be 20 years
or half a century hence ? I recommend to
ion:
uis majesty to give them gentle castigation:
the bombardment of half a dozefi ol their
cities and towns would be a motherly Cor
reetton.
For further particulars I refer jou to the
following Memoranda of one week'» obser
vations on persons and thing* vvhilh I have
seen here. Address me to New-Yprk, whi
ther I proceed immediately.
" STEADY.
Memorandu at Washington.
lug place
Monday. Still ac Washington
—uglv people— some of 'em white iho'—
see no copper Indians—great many black
ones. President's house and capilol white—
To
built of American free stone- J/cin.
write to Mr. Canning to pass an order in
council to stop the trade in that article.
Tuesday Got a carding machine here—
people knit their own stockings—spoil our
hosierv and cotton factories if things go oa
so. Pennsylvania àvetiue very line—mon
strous bridge over the Potomac—got fish in
that river—very strange that, any bod\
ähoulil be suffered to have fish but the En
glish. Mem. Have an order in council to
prevent manufactures here, and to kill ail
tlie American fish.
Wednesday.
Went to sc? the Secretary
of Siaie—huge man—President not so big
—take 'em in if 1 can—musin't tell 'em so
tho'. Very |;ohte to me—wonder if hey're
in earnest. Talk'd with die Secretary—tried
to bamboo/!.: him—'iwould'nt take —he
screw'd me d nvn to the ptiin's—look'd lof
ty at him—cul'iit frighten him. Heard a
gun go off—thought I was shot—'fraid Du
ime will hire somebody to kill me. Mem.
To have Duane to be hung when I catch
him, or before if possible, provided I an't
hung myself. Terrible set of people in this
country.
Thursday. Georgetown a fine place—a
mail with a long nose making cannon there
—don't like ir.'.ig-nose men. Mem. To have
the cannon found« rv destroyed ; and to pre
vent the growth of eli*p timber iu this coun
try by act of pailiatnent,
Friday. G it letters from the editors of
the Boston lb. per tor v, N-.w-York Evening
Rost, and the litllimore federal Republi
rote 'em to touch easy
ran, for advice
for the presen'—sent 'em a few of the king's
pictures, w iii orders tu be in readiness a
gaiust Congress met. 'Jam. To ntay heav
en to f u'gi' e me for inducing those poor
HcrthbWx to si ii tb ms-.lvrs tothe Devil.
Saturday. Jew's Sunday—things go on
h.ullv—ptuple here building houses, make
glass and paper, and look fat—live too well
— poor people eat oysters, plumb-pudding,
and di ink wine—one Irishman got nine
houses—Germans g.tting rich too—some
thing must be clone—soon be too big to ma
t oid George Rose to take 'em to
"•''S'"
il stray tiie whole country wilh an earth
q:i
Sunday.
Christian Sabbath—no rest for
'*« wicked
•v
yen/. Whether a man can
De lit si on Sunuav nr Monday ? Mem To
try the experiment. Thing* going crooked,
liecrctar* of State won't believe me when I
don'- t-ll he truth—very strange that !—
Crawford's child playing with a popgun—
thought it was a four pounder—very mu. h
alarm'd—always tarry patent pistols—can't
do any thing in this countn—people too
cunning—dismissed—ve,y comical—if a
man talks saury some oursons get aflmnted
—grea- mind to be in passion
keeps uiy
seU cool for all that—publish circulars—
prim '. in too—Heigho 1—play'd a solo up
on a Jew-sharp—- going off to Neiv-Yoik
Not again io mistake Washington
M.
for ihe capitol of Denmark.
Ii ,.:ii the Juationcl Intelligencer,
STATE OL* AGRICULTURAL,
A XI)
MM UF.KT1 IR JNfi ) • IP *V0 VE ME NTS,
TO THE SOUTH.
in a le'ter lately received by .Mr. Custi*,
from Chain-.ellor Livingston of New York,
the following particulars, relative to the
pto .p ri y ol agriculture and manufactures,
in 'li-t, and the neighboring slufcs.
Speaking ol the pel cy of manufactures, tile
Chiincellul ol.Ct.rve.
it has generally been
tin tight, that vve are in>t i,pc for manufactures,
that labor is too dear, See.
This is, however,
i y no means the case, at least in the northern
suites— Dur défit teiucs do not arise from either
n these circumstance*, hut from unifi g ound
el p- ejudie.e, in favor of foreign producions.
a •(! from th.e c-.ielt s'iies* and ind scretiun of
the labors of the tin:bandman.
We have till
lately supposed, llut nothing could he so well
made at home as abroad [liefet;
e wilier
mentions an in-nance of an article of much
't'iiity being made in the city of New Yoik,
and although of acknowledged .
excellence.
•oiihl not he sold, until the London
mai k w -s
put upon it, which caused -an immediate mil
! '«-st rapid sale ] Tht agriculture of the co.-n.
'• y has not yet been pursued, with a view to
Manufactures, I' [!e attention lias been paid to
.he improvement of our wool, yet such as it is,
pound of it is worked up, and were ten
every
timet the quuutitv i.-D. d. it would he used.—
The saut- may be said of flax and hem.), nor
do I know a single articie, susceptible of man
ufacture raised it) ti e northern sta es, tout is
I radier, imn,
not tnanufaetu.ed at home,
hemp flax, wool, ure all consumed at home—
let us not then complain of it want of immul re
ntres, hut of attention ill the farmers, to simply
To the
them with iriiterials to wot It upon,
articles in-ntioued 1 mg! t have added, hats ol
cast <r, wool and chip, papt r, class, coaches,
sc\ dies, axes, hollow ware, and every imple
ment of i on. ether than fine cutlery—happily
ou: prejudices are wearing away, we begin to
find that our own manufactures wear better
than those we import, an A merit; mi hat, or
coat, wi 1 outwear two Knglish ones. Our
manufacturer* yet in their infancy love not
le U net! to pru t ce those frauds w hich sett a
false gloss Upon their wares. The intrniluc
linn . f Merino Wool, or rather a sm 1! dash ol
ir, in their ti cks lias convinced the fumer,
that • oft, war.ii, substantial cloths can he made
at home, a.id '.bis co- victim has 1 believe near
ly doubled the number of sheep in th s state,
within die last four vears. I'here are now, i
■ Kink, as many carding a* gri t mills in the
suite, and seveml martufar tures both of Woollen
and cotton, upon an enlaigeil scale, are setting
tip. A fuller was here a few rlavs since und
to d me that he had tiOD p eers of cloth in his
mill for the centre, were embraced five other
fulling nulls, all of which v.rre as fully occu
p.ul. You will he surprised, when 1 us ure
estate v.'hieli I po-se-s
yo I, that on the I
here, (the tom of Clermont) which con 1 ai is
aho it eighty farms, thi re are at least fif y looms,
and almost every family nus a woman weuv .r.
It is t me, that t- rs; looms and llie.e w ivers
aie only occasion i lyem.if.iyed in **- rktng up
the dax and wool wii.ch '.lie farm i'll; rc.-lics for
family, use, hut it cannot be doubted, tfn
materials could be ailoidid they would be ludv
occupied. Kvery body in this, and the neigh
boring states are improving and enmeas-n
their 11 icks. Yo price is thought too hi-.'- •
a fine sheep—! hare one, for r. , t
with n the last week been olîY-e.l y,'f» .
'•Vital this sprit among the lit-; is
superfluous capital vvil
1 what :.;i »
called un'ortunute circumstances,
opinfbn the happiest, have wither
commerce, I have r.o doubt, that on
tures are in such u state or pr
neither war nor peace vvi'.l be abb; ... ■
course."
Digressing for a short time from aa
of in iiiuiactlires this distingui,bed pu
I
agriculturist proceeds ta spea' . f'..is
metiis in sheep
ding, and o.jjr vi ..
sheep improve extremely, and I have no .
;
that 1 shall rival Rambouillet in a few ye
sold a t bred ram two years since to .
"
weighed the other day, I,is l.ve weight lpo,
I yesterday k't'ed \ bred wedder from g r.o
j
having not eaten cither grain or hay thou,
the frost and snow in November had dimit: s
ed his fat. Mis weight alive Ios. dead 7'i
the carcase, lO'.b of tiilow besides the kidne
and 4!hof wool. And there were many other
equally fine, in the flock, though mv wedder
floi k consists of those only which Î do not
consider as fine enough to sell for stock rams."
Tiie Chancellor here states,
lii* intent--, n ol !
sending to Arlington, a ram of his famous stoca
previous to the ensuing sheep sheering, am!
we much rej.ace that so valued an animal -.i!!
become an appendage to that patriotic institu
tion.
Air Custis having enquired win tin r die plan
i,sued some time since in his prospi c'.ijs, f»r
!evoting the sale of the improved stock i<> tiv.
nevolelit purpose-, roiihl not be runic 1 iut-i
effect liurtliwiii'd!*, receives the f'o.'i, winy
:-n
svver, so gr:-t lying to every man o' f-.e i
und so praiseworthy tothe country fru
ii- n
111
it comes. We read as follows:—•
-
f n
Y one
the uses to
von propose to apply the mo
is an ol'ivi
he
exc-.,-t in the cities.
ney,
there are no poor among us, that would go to
. free school, every u* igliboi hood has a school,
mauit lined by the it hal tanls, in add t:
to
which, one -chool in every town
or
-, receives
an additional stipend from tiie state, u h'.ch
an.
prop.iatesa considerable fund to tbisolije- t.
Can this he said of our southern country,
or
rather what cannot be said to the contrary i
Must there not be a great want of morality and
good order in every society which wants tilt
benefit of education. It is a melancholy fa, t.
that many men here become fathers of fami
lies, and grow old in the ignorance of liie-r
youth. If a battalion of militia were paraded
in the southern country, how few would hr
found possessed of tiie most common rudi
ments of education, and ho
much fewer
t a
palile of teaching others,
Waimly shall
vve
hail the introduction of nu n:;lectures, if they
should coi.tribute to the industry and means of
knowledge, both so wanting among us, and
happy will be the effects of that system of domes,
tic policy, which gives a due employment to
all ages, and prépaies by a moderate' exertion
o- the body, the most useful and pleasing food
fo- tiie mind.
Mr. Livingston accords with the proprietor
of Smith's Island, in the idea of s'o
king that
valuable properly with Merino's, and d- ch-res
his previous reflections on that subject in the
following words :—" I have ofi-.-n thought of
theadvan-age that might be derived from the
conveision r.f your Smith's Isi
id stock into
Merino's. 1'h
. I think, would he advanta
geous in a double view, fust in the improve
ment of the wool, and next in obtaining a iace
o, sheep, that would re::i-i their wool, so as to
render it unnecessary to hea- them more than
once a year, the shearing twice a year is, 1 prç.
n the
's f.tlliilg off t»»
Str.ue, ft/
winter by a dimiiiuitiun of'tlieir pasture, Ur.rt
from Ihut circumstance losing their wno!, For
unless tin» is the case, the autumnal s'.icanr.''
must he a great injury to the sheep, as it expo
ses them almostiuiked to the rain ami cold of
winter, besides that wool, prematurely shorn,
is inferior in the sti empli of its staple, to that
which lias its full growth,
But ,:3 the Merino
wool is perennial, (if I
may use the expres
sion) it would not tall off, noon a change in the
diet or h. h i f.f the sheep." The Chancellor
conchides this part of his valued communica
tion. with * lie truly noble offer of 10 or 1 2 x
bred Merinos from his own stock, for the
es
Inblish ment on Smith's Island, which gelier
OS ly will certainly not be accepted, unless the
citizens ol Virginia will give to the proprietor
more ample assurance*, for the promotion of
his future views, than he has received support
in his past 1 hours for tlieir serv ce.
Mr l-i vingston closes his long, most inter
esting and instructive communication, by st-.
toig ins pleasure, on receiving a sample of Ar
lington cioth, made from cotton, and the shreds
of old s'rk garments, umbrellas, gloves, Etc.
un ! part of a p ece intended for gen. Pinkney
of South Caiolina. He considers the cloth or.
well woven and da.able, and the idea ot con
verting articles hitherto esteemed as past ser
vice, io an useful purpose, as one likely to
produce much benefit in domestic
economy.
bill January, 1810.
nl^zi a eiojmneei rn— --rrrr rm- i
C o ngr c (u o nal iftg gifter*
In Senate.
January 1J.
The bill to cosiiu
a funner tim» eh- du-,
:
ty called ti-.te Med iter: aiic<.u fu..d, was lead a
thud time and passed.
Mr. Giles from the committee to whom was
rled on lue a*, ins., the mesm,-e of the pre-i—
h if the United States, reported in part a bill
■■' ,i; rii.g the lilting out, olfiechijf uftd man
Ig the fnga'es belonging to the Uui'.ed States,
: eh was read and parsed to a second KaJin
6*
January 11.
3'no bill authori-i-ig liie fitting out. offi/ erinv
rr.ar.r.ing the tr.gates belonging to the l*
, w), read a second time am.
eeied 'to a.
ten
House oi Representatives.
I
January 10.
S an Dike presented a petition pr'-yiu./
M
; 'hat New Castle in D.Jawaie may he erected m
tu a p.irt of eniiy.
AMERICAN NAVIGATION BIU..
Oil m 'tum of Mr. Macon, the house again
j r»*,'livid itself into a committee ol the whole ~\i,
Desli'i in ihr chair, oil the lull concerning com.
mro i.d intercourse with G. Britain und-Funce.
So n.,1 amendments-were proposed, and' atUr
some dcb'j'e the further cotnidtration ol tlie hdl
was postponed till Friday.
was received from the-president of
tfi-: b i'ed State* e.iclosihg tiie icport of ttic di
r.C'ior of the mirr.
! j'iie- lollowing
lejmrt acco-npmied the mco
Mii.t >/ the U. o Jail. 1, 1810.
Nik,
I have tie honor of la* i-xjr before you a renort
of ,1 e opera-ions of the mint for the last year.
1' mm the treat! rcr's statement hc-iewipi to
Ifi*
m't'eri, :i **-ii| appear that du
tmg tin.* period
then- have liti-ii is»u(-.' f-om ti,c
min», of gold
;les, 315
min«, 1 1 - M -It
amounting
l> ['leers,
in lin'l'dol
to
r r.'inU)
ilm-s, f.-tV) '.>•
I - I*
I me
, a:nou,.t:ng to
(ir
dollars ;
■ caj-.per co.ns,
certs
-
n aitfl J, {l jr
r en's, I s r Y 4 '- i >"re*, ainmin'in.; to
nakiug in the wn-ile
!5,0'JI dollars
.03 cent*
two ii.-, i, or. , i M- 1 h-M'-lii' l and -ix'y f'ne thou
hmulicd and ihniy-four pieces of coin,
sand ei
, to eigl-t hundred and e i r; i i > y tour
srni/Uur
! fifty-two doliais
t'-uuis seven hundred a
fifty ih'te cents.
'! he supply of bullion is still .bu-.-ïant ;
cor
is there any appieliensini) of a deficiency.
1 have ihe honor to he, Etc.
I'.-UTERSON.
James Mawîon
1'. esnii nt if tiie U. States.
Jaitiuuy 11.
Mr. J. G.Jafksoii tins - 1 a
;ppci.t.d in the
home.
r-FTACIIMENT OF MILITIA.
Air. I allm.ulge, from the coiniirttte to whom
was r-tfeired that nart of ttir late mesrage of ih
presideut of tiie U. fi. relaiin" io -he militia or
the U. S. iepoite-1 a hill tiuth-irisin a i'ut.icli
mer.t of the militia of the U. S. Ti
bill was
twice lead and ii-lcired to u eommitxe of ti.-s
whole.
Mr. Johnson, fiom the committee r.f claim.-,
n was referred the petition of Eliza
to u :
ai.iinotiui, widow of general .Alexander Hamil
ton, made a report concluding with a resolution
that the prayer of li-r petitioner ought nt t ■>
be granted, lecattse hal rid hu the stnlu.r f iimi"
tut'uns. liekried to '( committee of the whole.
jx riüTr MTTNiWt — ri'»»'WR».*rw
3Ltgtna •'ure of %>z \axis a re.
3in Senate.
Thursday, January 11, 1810.
Mr. Cooper laid on the table sundry petitions
in favor of altering the ;vt:ul law», hr. *vh:t.*».
were read.