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John Lowell, of Massachusetts, Chief
,Judge, (
Benjamin Bourne,of R. I. & Jeremiah ( ^
Smith of N. H, Judges )^
Egbert Benfon,ofN.York,Chief Judge )
Oliver Wolcott, of Connecticut, and >f|
Samuel Hitchcock,of Vermont,Judges 5 j
William "Tilghman, of Pcnnfylvania,
Chief Judge, /,^
Richard Basset of Delaware, and Wm. C^^
Griffith, of New-Jersey, Judges, )'<j
IFhjllip Barton Key,of Maryland,Chief™)
Judge, (^^'
Gtorge Keith Taylor, of Virginia, &( 1J
Charles Magill, of Virginia, Judges, )™ °
Dominick A. Hall of S.Carolina,Chief")<
Judge
Henry Potter, North Carolina, f ^^
One appointment vacant. )
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
Diftricl of Maine.
David Sewall, Judge,
Silas Lee, Attorney,
Maae Parker, Martha!,
Dor the fatisfafiion of our fubferibers, ^e
have obtained the following correct lift
of the principal officers of the
GOVERNMENT of the U. STATES
SUPREME EXECUTIVE.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, President,.
4a£on Burr, Vice President, and Prefiden^
of the Senate.
DEPARTMENT of STATE.
(James Maddifon, Secretary,
IJacob Wagner, Chief Clerk.
WEPARTMENToftheTREAS UR r.
Albert Gallatin, Secretary,
John Steele, Comptroller,
Richard Harrison, Auditor,
William Miller, Commissioner of the Revenue,
Samuel Meredith, Treasurer,
jofeph Nourfe, Register.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Henry Dearbornc, Secretary,
William Simmons, Accountant,
Xfrael Whelen, Purveyor of Public Supplies,
William trwine,SuperintendantofMilitary flares
John Monroe,Attorney for theWeflern D^riA
and vacant Marshal of the Wefbrn Dif
tridl of Virginia.
jo%h Scott, Marshal of the Eaftein DiArid,-
Thoras Nelson, Attorney of th- Fdlrr do
Difrift of New-Hampfoire.
John Pickering, Judge,
John S. Sherburne, Attorney,
Brandburry Cilley, Marshal.
thrift of Massachusetts.
John Davis, Judge,
George Blake, Attorney,
[Samuel Bradford, Marffial.
Diftriß of Rhode-fond.
mid L. Barnes, Judge,
David Howell, Attorney,
William Peck, Marshal.
DifiriA of Connefticut.
Richard Law, Judge,
Pierpont Edwards, Attorney,
Philip B. Bradley, Marfbal.
Difrift of Vermont.
Elijah Paine, Judge,
David Fay, Attorney,
John Williard, Marffial.
Cleon Moore, for that of Alexandria,
William H. Dorsey, Judge of the Orphan's
court for Washington, and
George Gilpin for that of Alexandria.
DzJ?rifi bf Virginia.
Cyrus Griffin, judge,
DiJlria ts New Fork.
John Slofs Hobart, Judge,
Edward Livingston, Attorney,
John Swartwout, Marshal.
biJirift of Columbia.
William Kilty, Chief judge,
William Branch, and
James Marlhall. Judges,
John Thompson Mason, Attorney,
Daniel Caroll Brent, marshal,
John Hewett,Regifter of Wills for Wallington
County, and
Diftrifl of Pennsylvania.
Richard Peters, Judge,
Alexander J. Dallas,Attorney for the Eastern &
James Hamilton, Attorney for the W.Diftri&.
John Smith, MarfhaUof the Eastern, & Priestly
Carr Lane, Marshal for the Weftern Diftrid.
Difrift of Delaware.
Gunning Bedford, judge,
George Read, junr. Attorney,
Joel Lewis, Marshall.
DiJirifl of Maryland.
Tames Winchester, judge,
Zebulon Hollingfworth, Attorney,
Reuben Etting, Marshal.
JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT.
Jahn Marshall, Chief Justice.
William Cuthing, of Mafia. ")
A. Moore, of N. Carolina. I fl
William Patterson, of N.J. I
Samuel Chafe,of Maryland. |
fafhrod Washington, Virg. J
Levi Lincoln, of Maffa. Attorney General.
Elias B. Caldwell, of Washington City, Clerk.
CIRCUIT COUR TS.
DiftriftofNew-ferfey.
Robert Morris, Judge,
George Maxwell, Attorney,
Thomas Lowry, MarfhaL
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Ilobert Smith, Secretary,
(Thomas Turner, Accountant.
OF THE
Government of the U. S.
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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
Laws &c. of the United
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1801.,,
From the National Intelligencer.
A COMPLETE LIST
Chr WttD States
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS ^WASHINGTONS LEGACY
Potomac Difrift.
Walter Jones, Attorney, and
William Baker, Marlhal.
Diflrici of Kentucky.
Henry Innes, judge,
Joseph A Daviefs, Atttorney,
Joseph Creckette Marshal.
Diflrift of North-Carolina.
John Sitgreaves, judge,
Benjamin Woods, Attorney,
John S Weft, marshal.
DiJirifl of South-Carolina.
{Thomas Bee, judge,
; Thomas Parker Attorney,
I Charles B. Cochran, marshal.
Diflrift of Georgia.
I Vacant judge
; Charles Jackson, Attorney,
4 Ambrose Gordon, marshal.
Diflrift of Tennefee.
\ John M'Nairy, judge,
;Thomas Gray, Attorney,
IRobert Hays, marshal.
Commiftoners of Loans.
New-Hampshire, William Gardner,
Massachusetts, Thomas Perkins,
Rhode- Island, Jabez Bowen,
Connecticut, William Imlay,
New-York, Matthew Clarkfon,
New-jersey, James Ewing,
Pennsylvania, Stephen Moylan,
Delaware, John Stockton,,
Maryland, Benjamin Howard,
Virginia, John Hopkins,
North-Carolina, Sherwood Heywood,
South-Carolina, John Neufville,
Georgia, Richard Wylley.
MINISTERS
John E. Caldwell,commercialsgent
for the city of St. Domingo.
Bartholomew Dandridge, confix for
the Southern Department excluding
Petit Gover.
Robert Ritchie, do for Pott au Prince.
Confute to the Kingdom of Spain and its
Dominions.
Mofis Young, consul at Madrid,
JofCph Yznaridi, jun. Cadiz,
Robert Montgomery, Alicant,
William Kirkpatrick, Malaga,
Lewis Meagher O'Brian, Consul St.
William E. Hulling, vice consul at
New-Orleans,
John Morton, consul at Havanha,
Josiah Blakely, St. Jago, in Cuba,
William Willis, Barcelona,
John Culnah. Tenerife
To the Kingdom of Portugal and its
Dominions.
Thomas Buckley, tonful at Lisbon,
John Street, Fayal.
To the Batavian Republic.
SylYahuh Bourne,conful gen./lmJierd&m
jofeph Forman, -consul Rotterdam.-
Etienne Cathalan, commercial agent
Marseilles,
Thomas F. Gantt, do Nantz,
Francis L. Taney, do Offend,
Tobias Lear, General commercial
agent in St; Domingo, resident at the
Cape.
Rufus King, Minister Plenipotentiary,London,
Robert R. Livingston, do. do. Paris.
Thomas Sumter, jun. Secretary of Legation.
Charles Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary,
Madrid.
John Graham, Secretary of Legation. <
CONSULS and COMMERCIAL AGENTS.
Confute in the Kingdom of Great Britain
and its dependencies.
George W. Erving, Consul at London,
and agent for managing claims for
fpoiliations.
David Lenox, Agent for protesting
American Seamen in Great Britain.
Elias Vanderhorft, Consul Bristol,
Robert W. Fox, Falmouth,
James Maury, Liverpool,
Joseph Wilton, Dubl'in,
Thomas Audji,Vice-Conful at the Poole.
George Knox, Consul at Kingston up
on Hull,
John C. Murray, Glasgow,
James Holmes, Belfaft,
John Chufi, Cork,
Harry Grant, Leith,
Jacob Lewis, Calcutta, India.
Benjamin H. Phillip's, Curraeoa,
John Gavino, Gibraltar,
Nicholas Rouffelet, Demerara & Esse
quibo.
John Elmfl ie,jnn. Cape ofGood Hope,
Jofepli Peelis, Malta.
Commercial Agent, to the French Repub
lic and her Dominions.
Fulwar Skipwith, Paris,
James Blake, Antwerp,
Peter Dobell, Havre de Grace,
William Lee, Bourdeaux,
Edward Jones, Island of Guadaloupe,
Mr. De la Motte, vice commercial
Agent, Havre de Grace,
Thomas Aborn, commercial agent
Cayenne,
William Buchanan, Isle of France
and Bourbon.
Ahdero,
Augustin Madan, Consul at La Guira
Daniel Clark, New-Orleans,
of the United States rtfdent in Foreign
Countries.
ITy the kingdom of Denmark and its Do
minions.
Haris Rodolpho Saabye, confal at
Copenhagen,
Henry Cooper, Santa Cruz.
PR USSIA.
Frederick W. Lutze, Consul at Stettin,
TO GERMANY.
Joseph Pitcairn, consul at Hamburg,
Frederick J. Wichelhaufen, Bremen;
Phillip Marek, Franconia,
' John Lampfori, Triette,
To the Kingdom' of Sweden.
Elias Backman, consul Gottenberg,
To the Italian States.
From Sweden.
Richard Soderftrom, consul general,
Joseph Winthrop, vice consul, Charles
ton, S. C.
Jonathan^ Swift, Columbia, and the
ports oh the Potomac,
Charles P. Dyen, vice-consul for New-
Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode-
Island,
Henry Gahn,vice consul for New-York
and Connecticut,
John Cowper, vice consul for Norfolk
and all other ports in Virgihia, except
those on the Potomac.
Johnßaritz,vice consul for N. Carolina,
Peter Collin, do do for Maryland.
North Weftern Territory.
Arthur St. Clair, Governor,
Charles Willing Byrd, Secretary,
James Findlaye, Marshal, ) for the dis-
William M'Millan, Attorney, J tridofObfo.
John Cleves Symmes, Chief Justice,
Joseph Gilman, I'd
Return Jonathan Meigs, junr. J ' u '''
Mifyippi Territory.
William C. C. Claiborne, Governor,
John Steele, Secretary,
Seth Lewis, Chief Juftice,4
Peter Bryan Bruin, 2d Ju'dge,-
Daniel Tilton, 3d do.
Jolef Wifeman,vice-conful at Newport,
From the Kingdom of Portugal.
John Abram, vice-consul at New-york,
John F. Vercnock,vice consul for S.C.
Richard Codman, vice-consul, Mafia.
From the Batavian Republic.
P. G. Van Polanen, Minister Resident,
Adrian Valck, consul for Maryland &
Virginia,
Jan Rofmen Graves, for South Caroli
na and Georgia,
J. H. C. Heinekin, commercial agent,
Pcnnfylvania.
From Prussia.
Johan Ernst Christian Schultz, consul,
Baltimore.
Thomas Appleton, consul at Leghorn,
John Mathiew, Naples,
John Baptiste Sartori, Rome,
Frederick H. Wallofton, consul Genoa.
To the Barbary Powers.
Richard O'Brien, coriful gen. Algiers,
James LeanderCathcart,conful Tripoli,
William Eaton, Tunis,
James Simpson, Morocco.
MINISTERS,
Middle and Southern States.
Thomas M'Donough, consul for Ne^-
Hampfhire,Maffachufetts, Rhode-ifland
and Connecticut.
John Breefe,Vice-Conful,Rhode-Ifland,
Gabriel Wood, Baltimore,
Citizen Oder, vice commissary of com
mercial relations for Virginia.
Charles Francois Lrot, comtnifTary of
commercial relations for Perinfylvania
and Delaware.
DiegoMorphy,conful forN.&S.Car lina
Felipi Fatio, consul for Pennsylvania,
Don Manuel Rengel,conful forGeorgia,
Ivan Stoughton, Consul for New-
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut
Rhode-Ifland and Vermont,
Confufs and Commifories of Foreign Pool
ers resident in the United States..
Fram the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Edward Thornton, charge des affaires,
Thomas Barclay, Consul general for
the Eastern states.
Phineas Bond, Consul General for the
Benjamin Moodie, consul for North &
South Carolina and Georgia,
John Wallace, vice consul tor Georgia.
From the French Republic.
Louis Andre Pichon, charge des af
fairs and commissary general of com
mercial relations.
Louis Arcambal, (temporary) vice
commissary of commercial relations for
Maryland.
Marek Antoine Alexis Grand,commif
fary of commercial relations for New-
Hampshire, Maffachufetts,Rhode-ifland
and Connecticut.
From the Kingdom of Spain.
Chevalier De Yrujo, Minister Plenipo
tentiary—Thomas Stoughton,(tempo
rary) consul general,
Antonio Argote Villalobus, consul for
Virginia and Kentucky.
Jean Baptifta Barnabou, consul for
Maryland,
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No. 50
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIRTEENTH YEA R-
Morning, by WILLIAM TREADWELL, & C° Printers of the
States, in New-Hampshire.
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©rack of tye Map.
DE WittClintori declares,according
to the secretary's statement, as
one of the inducements to the present
violent proceedings, that for some years
past the appointments te office have
been all made in one way, to the en
tire exclusion of a certain description
of citizens. Let us fee how far this
assertion is founded in fad.
Ezra L'Rommendieu, efq. a very
refpedable member of the fenate,and a
decided and warm friend to Gov. Clin
ton's politics, during the last session
openly declared on the floor of that
house, that when he was in council of
appointment, governor Jay made it a
praaice to inform his council, that he
did not wish to hear what were the
politics of a candidate for office : but
was he an honest man, was he a respec
table man, and was he qualified to fill
the office for which he was named ;
and during Gov. Jay's administration
it is notorious that John Lansing, jun.
efq. who was appointed chief justice,
John Taylor, efq. firft judge of the
county of Albany, Ebenezer Purdy,
efq. firft judge of the county of We
thefter, Envans Wherry, a judge of
Herkimer, Benjamin Hovey,a judge of
Chenago, David Pye, clerk of Rock
land, Abner Stone, Sheriff of Wash
ington, Joseph C. Yates, mayor of
Schene&ady: among the last ads of
the council which preceded the pre
sent, John Russel was appointed assistant
justice of Otfego, & Silas Stow, a judge
of Oneida: all these men were at the
time of their appointment,and continue
to this day in decided opposition to the
political principles of Gov. Jay, and
serve to give a flat contradiction to Mr.
Clinton's declaration. Many other ap
pointments of men of a similar politi
cal description could no doubt be men
tioned, were a reference had to official
documents; ^nd there can be no doubt,
were the different county rolls referred
to, but the names of numbers of offi
cers and magistrates of the fame de
scription would appear, who Were ap
pointed under the ad ministration of
Governor Jay, or continued by him
from original appointments made un
der the former administration of Gov.
Clinton.
It is also a fad that during the last
part of governor Jay's administration,
the nominations were pretty generally
in favor of men who acquiesced in or
supported his administration ; had he
given a preference to men who were
openly and incessantly abusing, rev:f
ing and opposing it, it would have been
Strange Indeed ; Silas Stow and John
Kuffel are however, even an exception
to this—and if governor Clinton had
confined himfelf to appointing norie
but his own decided friends and parti
zans to offices, as they fell vacant, and
had even went so far as to turn out
every man who shewed a decided op
position to his administration, he would
h^ve met with no censure from the
considerate part of the federal interest
bf the Hate.
The circumstance of bringing for
ward the removal of the secretary in
That variations have frequently been
made in the civil lifts of rhany of the
counties during governor Jay's admiri
iftration is a fad ; but the particular
taufes which led to this, can only be
explained by the members of former
councils, or by those members of the
legislature who recommended such lifts.
This was equally the case under gov
ernor Clintch's former administration,
and is a circumstance utterly unavoid
able.
Indiana Territory.
William Harrison Governor,
John Gibson, Secretary,
William Clark, Chief Justice,
Henry Vanderburgh, 2d Judge,
John Griffin, 3d do.
Receivers of Public Money fcr Lands.
James Findlay, at Cincinnati,
Elijah Backus, at Marietta,
Zaccheus Biggs, at Steubenville,
Samuel Findley at Chilicothe.
Registers of the Land Office of theU.Sta+es.
David Hodge, Register, Steubenville,
Peregrine Foster, do. Marietta,
Israel Ludlow, do. Cincinnati,
Thomas Worthington, do. Chilicothe.
ftlrtcellan?.
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum.
Gov. Clinton's
ADMINIS TRATION.
Is it in the nature of things—is it
within the bounds bf poflibility, to date
a case which would apply in more posi
tive and direct contradiction to the
found sentiments contained in the foie
going pillage, than the prelent proceed
ings of the governor and council ? Can
the friends of governor Clinton for
him, can governor Clinton for himfelf.
refrain from blushing with, confufion
on reading its contents ? His excellen
cy's feelings must on this @ccafion be
really to be pitied, or he must be an
object of real pity for having no feeling
at all. But “ Brutus is an honorable
man." Let us endeavor to treat the
chief magistrate of our Rate with every
pofiible degree of delicacy.
The conduct of Mr. Hale, in receiv
ing the appointment of secretary, was
perhaps the most honorable and ind?
pendent of any circumstance of the
kind ever tranfaded under any admin
istration : He did not degrade himfelf
by cringing and fawning to an Am
brofeSpencer or a DeWitt Clinton,and
humbly intreat their friendship and pa
tronage, he did not, day after day;
hang upon the council and solicit the
removal of an officer, that he might
en j°y the sinecure emoluments of his
office, the duties of which he was in
capable of performing, or too Indolent
to attend to. On the death of Mr-
Scott, the former secretary, a refpe&t
ble member of the council of appoint
ment, then in cession, was pleafcd tv
" The conftitutfon declares that all
offices, the duration of which is not
particularly ascertained, shall be held
during the pleasure of the council.—:
By the pleasure of the council if intended,
in my opinion, not a capricious arbitrary
pleasure, but found rational diferetion to be
exercised for the public good; a contrary
doctrine renders the constitution unfafe and
its administration unstable, and whenever
parties exist, may tend to deprive men of
their offices becaufeTHEY HAVE TOO
MUCH INDEPENDENCE 01'
SPIRIT TO SUPPORT MEA
SURES WHICH THEY SUPPOSE
INJURIOUS TO THE COMMU
NITY, and may induce others from ad
undue attachment to office,to facrifice their
integrity to improper corf derations.
(Signed)
“ GEORGE CLINTON."
his own presence, and in the very a8
of faithfully difeharging the duties of
his office, when he might have beeri
requeued to retire and dire^ the atten
dance of his deputy, was a refinement
on tyranny, which lerves to render the
present outrageous conduct of De Wit:
Clinton and Ambrose Spencer, com
plete.
The conduct of the governor on that
occasion, was inefficient and undignifi
ed, to a great degree. He appears to
have contented himfelf with merely
declaring himfelf “ innocent of the
blood ct these just men :" when if he
had really felt opposed to the measure,
he fnould have informed his council
in decided terms; you may if you
pleafe,vote for the removal of these offi
cers, but I will never sign a fupercedas
to them—or either nominate or corn
million fucceffers to their offices. This
Job 1 Jay would have done without the
lead hesitation ; where he supposed the
public good and found principles in.
volved. But his excellency's sinceri
ty on that occasion is rather to be
doubted, for he has positively since, on
several occasions, re-echoed the fentU
ments declared by De Witt Clinton,
and expressed as his opinion, that the
voice of the people, as declared at the
last election, made the removal of the
officers appointed under the former ad.
miniftration,abfolutely necessary. His
excellency fhculd not, when in New.
York, and since his election, have ask
ed and accepted personal services from
the late secretary, and acknowledged
himfelf obliged by him, if he intended
ever to acquiesce in his removal, nor
should he by any means have invited
him to his house to qualify him to of
fice, when judge Lewis, a gentletaad
of his own politics, was then in the city,
and flood ready to perform that duty,
These things are inconsistent and un
becoming in a dignified character.
In March, 1794, a period of gover
nor Clinton's former administration,
when the council of appointment were
fitting in this city, his excellency
thought proper to publish a protest un
der his own signature against certain
proceedings which he then thought
improper and unconftitdtion, —which
protest contains this remarkable pas
sage :—