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• decorate it in falfe colors, nor var
nish it with deceitful glofles. I hive
yielded to prudence. I trust in God I
never shall forget that no scale is fb
low as to induce us to submit to dis
grace. Our honor conditutes our fafe
ty."
The question was taken, on the Ad
dress, as moved by Mr. Wyndham,
which was negatived 276 10 20. Lord
Hawkefbury's amendment was then
put, and passed without a division.
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From the New-Tork Evening Post.
—o—
— as we have been accustomed
to tefled with mingled emotions of
grief and indignation on the conduct of
the prefentadminiftration towaids the
virtuous veteran whose blood has been
waited in the cause of his country, we
have yet to learn that the scene of per
secution is ndt complete. Os all the
melancholy cases we have thus far been
called upon to withefs, none has come
to our knowledge more calculated to a
waken all our sympathy with the injured
and oppressed, and to excite more de
testation against the oppreflbr,than that
which - is detailed in the following let
ters. Who can read them without the
deepest emotions ? If there is any one,
he deserves not the name of an Amer
ican ; he pofleffes not the lead title to
the virtue of humanity.—Well may we
exclaim, that such conduct in a man
fond to diftraflion of popularity, almost
bespeaks insanity itfelf.—Surely it is
impossible that he can retain the good
opinion of the community,while for pur
poses of party malice, justice is wanton
ly trampled Under foot, promises are
violated without fcruple,and every feel
ing of human nature is outraged with
out reluctance or remorse ?
To talk of the expectations once ex
cited by the assurance of equaland exact
juflice to all men of whatever State or per
fuafen would only be to expose Ourselves
to derision for our cullibility in being
the dupes of these hollow profeffions.
And yet perhaps, at the time they were
made with tincerity.—-Had Maximinus
died the fame day he became Emperor,
his name would have defeended with
honor to posterity. Power however
made him a monster, guilty of every
cruelty against the best citizens of hi c
country. Pope Sextus Quintus, the son
of a filherman, hung a net in his hum
ble cell, while yet Cardinal, in order by
such a display of humility to reach the
chair of St. Peter. The artifice succeed
ed, and he pulled down his net with
"since I've caughtthe fill)there isno bnger use
for the net." We mean not to apply these
characters to our virtuous First hlr/
H ; s rank and many years services,
juftified his continuance ; and such ref
pedable assurances convinced me that
he stood on sure ground. But parifiti
cal cunning made the secretary at war
commit an aft that every honest Ame
rican will justly deprecate.
“ I am happy to inform you, that General
Dearborn informed me this morning, that your
brother will be retained in the service,"
'' lam your friend, GEORGE LOGAN. 1 '
Two days after, I received another
letter from the fecretar, of the navy (thro'
the medium of an highly refpefted cha
rader in a neighboring state) to wit :
“ Wafcington, March 21, 180 Z.
Sir, —“ I have the pleasure ofinforming you,
that your friend captain Michael, will be re
tained in service, and am happy &i,f@ deferring
•f diftinDion. With regard, your obedient ser
vant, ROBERT SMITH."
On the receipt of these two letters my
mind felt easy ; and from the confi
dence I held in the government of my
country, I had no doubt but that cap
tain Michael would be continued in
the service.
trate, we only remind the reader that
such men have been. But we ftilld tain
him no longer from the perusal of th'
story which has caused these introduc
tory remarks.
FROM THE LANCASTER JOURNAL#
Mr. Hamilton,
Throccafion of the letters hereto an
nexed, is of so great importance, and
the circumstance of them such, that I
hope you will think it but just to give
them a place in your Journal.
Immediately after the passing of the
aft reducing the army of the United
States, some fears entered my mind
that my brother, Captain Michael,
might possibly fall a facrifice to some
arrangement (or rather “ derange
ment,") that might be made.
I had often heard it intimated that
the officers of the permanent peace es
tablishment, would be retained in ser
vice. But, as Capt. Michael, was sev
eral hundred miles distant, at the sug
gestion of two of my friends, I addres
sed the Hon. Dodor Logan, member
of the Senate of the United States, a
character whom I had long held in the
highest estimation. In that letter (dat
ed about the 10th of March) I gave a
full detail of the situation of my broth
er, his ten years hard services for his
country, his wife and three children,
&c. and requeued the Doctor to inquire
of the Secretary at War, on what
ground Captain Michael Rood.
The honorable Doctor was equally
zealous to convey favorable intelligence
as I was to receirfit. He wrote to me
as follows :
Warrington, March 20, 1802.
The Editor will make but few pro
mises—Wasps produce but little bone, :
They are chiefly known by thtitfmgj ,
and the one here proposed will not ma
terially differ from others.—The Wasp
is declared to be at enmity with the Bee.
A NEW PAPER, TO BE ENTITLED
THE WASP
BY ROBERT RUSTICOAT, ESQ.
This paper will be issued occasional
ly, as may best suit the Editor, at the
moderate price of two cents a number.
It will be printed with a legible type,
on good paper, and will make its ap
pearance as soon after Holt's Bee is
commenced as possible, whether 350
fubferibers are obtained or not.
With deference, I fubmh capt Mi
chael's situation to, I hope, a generous
public. I have omited making any re
marks on the conduit of Gen. Dear
borne, the present secretary at war,
truftng that he will have some regard
to his Own affections, and do that jus
tice which is due to an injured officer.
If he does not do it, I shall confider it
my duty, in due time, to tender him
" the tanage of in, high refpeß and conf
deration." It will then be necessary to
enquire what faith the citizen can have
in the government ofhis country,when
serious promises are deliberately brok
en ; when the tried and experienced
officer is disbanded to admit the young
and inexperienced partizan ; when no
zeal, no Services for the country which
gave us birth, can secure us from the
violence and prq&fotions of party.
There is no doubt but that captain
Michael exercised the privileges of a
free citizen, as to the politics of his
country. But it is well known to all
his friends, that he never exercised that
right to degrade the government or the
officers under which he held a comihif
fion. He thought as a citizen, but he
always spoke and' aded as a soldier.
Party zeal mult therefore have gone
to extreme lengths, todifmifs him from
a service to which his whole life was
devoted, and upon which he wholly
depended for the support of himfelf and
his dear family.
The following letter from capt. Mi
chael, will convey to every mind sus
ceptible of fellow-feeling, as much as
if I were to write a volume.
Wm. MICHAEL.
Niagara, April 15, 1802.
Dear Brother,
" My long contemplated sentence of deduc
tion has this moment come to hand. Our in
famous President has ordered me into civil life.
Alas, what shall I do, distant five hundred
miles from any rrfource ? I this moment hand
ed to the appointed commandant, my imple
ments of war, which I have, I am persuaded,
worn with as much credit to myfclf and my
country, as any officer in the line of my pro
feffion. Long have I endured the hardships of
a lavage war—often have I been obliged to
encounter hard marches, often without any
comforts of life, lying in swamps, morasses for
months, without any other subsistence thAn that
of a common soldier. But why do I write
this preamble ? you know it as well as I do.
Now alas ; unexpectedly, I am driven from my
profeffion ; and what to pUrfue I knety not. A
wife and three children, all unable to travel this
vast extent of country, together with the im
probability of conveyance, renders it, you may
depend, my dear brother, a melancholy scene.
I have only to request that you will make some
arrangements as soon as may be, to receive a
brother and a small family, J must conclude;
ma heart is too full of resentment to an un
grateful government, to fay any more on the
fubjedh”
^rr • ^^i^rarrwreromTOfc^^
rage '\ere with such peculiar violence
on indiridual-juil arriving, that every
one tracked died. The other parts of
the colony were not fubjeded to it.—
Mr. Defperoux, the Chief Judice, rep
ref.nted to be a man of the most diliin
guifhed talents, and of eminent virtue
had allo died. Touiflaint with his ftaft
had been arretted by General Brunet,
commandant at the Gonaives, and put
on board a frigate momently expedited
at the Cape. Christophe had been or
dered to repair to the Cape but had dis
obeyed the order. Deffalines, a black,
was at the Cape, and the public opinion
was in favour of naming him inspector
of the cultivators, as Me was supposed
the best fitted of all men in the island
to re-establish good order among the
negroes. The assembly of the landed
proprietors had held their fccond session
and the new organization of the colony
was expeded to take place ina few days.
No troops had arrived at the Cape.
o
From the N. Fork Evening Pqfl.
Holt, who formerly printed a de
mocratic paper in New London called
the Fee, unable to find subsistence in the
state of Connecticut, has turned his at
tention to New-York, and after casting
about for sometime, has at length fixed
on the place where Ambrose Spencer re
sides, as the theatre of his future exer
tions. The next day after he issued the
proposals for his paper, and promised
to begin as soon as he could obtain 350
fubferibers, the following jeu d'cfpirit
appeared in the fame place.
[Even. Post.
If there, perchance should come a bee,
A wasp will come as soon as be. myself.
PROPOSALS,
FOR PUBLISHING IN THE CITY OF HUDSON,
,:fpeaab!e chai after at the Cape
writes, under date of the 12th June,
that a malignant disease continues to
United States.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 2s.
Wherever the Ree ranged the Waft will
follow—over the Fame fields, and on
the fame flowers. Without attempt
ing to please his friends, the Wasp will
ofily drive to displease, vex, and tor
ment his enemies With his firing al
ways fiarpened for war, he will never
accept of peace.—He will never accede
to the philosophical doftrine, that
" We are all IVaffc —we are all Beer."
0
NEW-YORK, JUNE JO.
Captain Rogers, from St. Augustine,
informs us,that two days before he fail
ed a party of General Bowles's Indians
came within four miles of the town,
killed one man, and took fix negro men,
one woman, and a child prisoners. The
Governor of St. Augudine, on being
made acquainted with this circum
stance, ordered a detachment of the
militia to go in immediate pursuit of
them. — 0
PROVIDENCE, JULY 3.
ACCIDENTS.
At Warren, on Thursday last, a man
loft both of his arms by the accidental
discharge of a cannon, while affidihg
to fire a salute.
Yesterday afternoon, the wind being
frelh at S. W. the frame of a two dory
dwelling house at the north end of the
town, which had not been properly se
cured, fell while some carpenters were
ffiingling the roof. By this unfortunate
accident three peffons Were hurt ; the
mailer workman, Mr. Nathaniel Cooke,
an indudrious and Worthy citizen, was
so severely wounded that his life was
supposed to be in danger.
„ Goy. M'KEAN.
We are informed that Gen. Muhlen
burgh has declared (if it was the wish
of his friends) he would run for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania at the next elec
tion ; if this be true, and we do not
doubt it, Mr. M'Kean may bid a final
adieu to the hope of again enjoying the
sweet title of “ Excellency;' and the Rill
sweeter attendant of five thousand dollars
a year Luz. Fed.
0
BOSTON, JULY ~
His Excellency the Governor gave a
dinner, at his refidence,to a large num
ber of civil, military and ecclesiastical
citizens.
A large party of private citizens din
ed at Fanuiel Hall — having proceeded
thither from the Old State House. Af
ter dinner a number of toasts were giv
en, accompanied by a discharge of ar
tillery.
The Franklin afociation celebrated the
day. In the forenoon an Oration was
delivered before them at Franklin Hall
by Mr. Burdick. The Association af
terwards dined together ; and gave a
number of appropriate and technical
toafts—from which we idea the fol
lowing :
Wafhinfton—His heap is off, without a
slur or machte. there are but few proofftcete
like his, that wanted no correction !
In the evening the barracks at Fort Indepen
dence were brilliantly illuminated; and there
were facie very excellent displays of rockets &
fireworks in various parts of the town.
We were happy to observe, that the French
flag, which the democrats have usually hoisted
with the American, on, the anniversary of In
dependence, was not seen on Monday, and that
an American standard only was displayed.
The roar of artillery at various periods of the
day, announced, that our brethren of the neigh
bouring towns, joined in the celebration.
At Marblehead, bells, drums and cannon
ushered in the morn. At noon an Oration was
delivered by Mr. Cole, Preceptor of the Mar
blehead Academy ; after which an entertain
ment was made ; which was crowned with ap
propriate toasts.
Capt. Purkitt's troop of cavalry dined at
Cambridge ; where they performed an excel
lent imitation of real a&ion. After dinner,
they drank their wine to the following toasts;
1. The occasion we celebrate—American In
dependence-may it be as lasting as the Rock
of Plymouth § and may every citizen prefer
death to foreign trfurpation.
4, May the Patriots who have aided in pro
moting the Independence and prosperity of our
happy land, dead or alive, never be forgotten.
5. Courage in the hearts and Cash in the
pockets of every good soldier, who will vindi
cate his country's rights.
6. The American flag—May its Stars illu
minate the friends, and its Gripes lacerate the
enemies of good order and government.
At Bridgewater, a patriotic and appropriate
Oration was delivered by William Baylis, Esq.
After which, the citizens partook of a lumped
Ous dinner ; and gave the following toasts : —
Morris and BaVarD, who, with the little
band of virtuous patriots,Leonid as like, defend
ed the rampart of our Constitution against the
host of assailants.
The Sage of Quincy — May his remaining
days be as serene and happy, as his former ones
have been glorious and honorable.
CHAI fc C. PINCKNEY—" a column
in the meb^f l waste."
T. >TUF 4°.\ering—" Nor numbers, nor
cxa%.r. uh' 'Y'°l%'6 to faerie from truth,
or cb.r^, /: r^WS^Q,
The Clergy—May the Farmer whose labors
have been dirtied to their deflru&ion, reap
coafuhon whim! If.
0
We have authority to Rate that the box re
turned by General Wellington's Executors to
the Earl of Buchan, (as mentioned in our last)
is to be sent by his Lordihip to Dr Rulh,ip or
der to be depofred by him hereafter in a Col
lege to be erected in the United States, suppos
ed to be the fame for the endowment of which
General Walhington bequeathed his shares in
the Potomae company. [ZA#]
0
SINGULAR PRESENT,
After the celebrated battle of the Nile, fought
on the Ift of August, 1798, the Swiftfure, after
the adian, was bulily employed in getting up
pieces of the wreck of I'Orienc ; among the rest,
a large part of the mainmast was brought on
SECRET SERVICE MONEY.
The Democrats effed a particular
abhorrence to any appropriations for se
cret services ; and yet they have insult
ed the memory of Dr. Franklin with
their praise, although they perhaps
were acquainted with the circumstance
mentioned in the following extra&.
If they were not, still it will doubtless
board. Captain, now Admiral Hallowell, caus
ed a Coffin to be made of the wood and iron
from this mast, with an infeription on the lid ;
tliis he presented to Lord Nclicn, who received
it as a mod valuable acquifltion, and actually
intends, when his career of terrtftrial glory is
terminated, to be enclosed in it.
0
The enormous amount of Duane's printing and
Stationers Bill, excited suspicion, even in the
mind of John Beckley,who obliged him,'Duane)
to make oath before a magistrate, as to the e
quity, and propriety of the Charges. It seems
from this circuttftairce that Beckley believed
Duane regarded an oath as sacred—the sage
of Clonmell, was not well pleased—he told
Beckley “ his conduct was infamous/' and in his
rage revealed what was before a secret—that
Beckley was one of the junto, who took extracts
from. The books of the Treasury (which had been
stolen the evening before) on Sunday at Israel
Israel's. [%&. Fed.]
0
FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE.
The period for the return of votes
for a Representative in Congress for the
First Eadern Diftrift in this Common
wealth, expired with the 2d inst. No
choice has been made. Samuel Thach
er, Esq. had 436 votes. Phineas Bruce,
Esq. Ito, Alden Bradford, Esq. 64,
Orchard Cook, Esq. 48, Nathaniel
Dummer, Esq. 45, other Federalids
23, and Martin Kinsley, Esq. 595
Precepts are iiiued for a new trial, to
take place on the 29th ind. Returns
to be made on or before the 23d day of
August next.
1c is with emotions of the deepest regret,that
we announce to the public, the death of Capt.
Bernard Magee, who fell a victim to the ma
licious and undiferiminating vengeance of the
barbarians on the N. W. Coast of America—
As nearly as we can colled the following are
the circumstances of this difafterous event. It
appears, that after having been some time on
the coaft,Capt. Magee fleered his ship for a
small cove, where he had been informed capt.
Swift, in the ship Hazard, had remained the
previous winter. 'On his arrival here, three
natives came on board his ship, and with signs
of the greatest friendfllip offered to conduct
him to the spot where capt. Swift had winter
ed. This they punctually performed, and with
the appearance of much facisfaaion pointed out
two log-houses capt. Swift had erected.—Here
the ship lay in apparent security two days ; but
on the third, being the 16th of Sept, last, a
canoe with four natives came along fide. They
were taken on board, and treated with every
mark of hbfpitality. After a friendly repast,
in the afternoon capt. Magee with his boy went
on shore to infpc& the repairs of a boat, fle
was soon followed by these savages, who, on
landing, fired a pillol at the carpenter, which
wounded him in his hip, stabbed the bov in
three places, and seizing the unfortunate cap
tain inflicted a severe and mortal wound. As
soon as intelligence of this disaster reached the
ship, a boat well manned and armed was de
tached to his relief, but arrived too late to do
any other service than to put the perpetrators
to flight, and to carry him on hoard, and ad
nainifter all the comfort which could be afford
ed in his last moments. He expired with great
resolution, and the most pious resignation,
breathing his last sighs in expressions of tender
nets for his nearest friend. The whole must
have been a concerted plan, originating in a
quarrel which a little time before had taken
place between the natives and the crews of
some American vessels on the Coast, manifefted
on both fidcs with much rancour, and in adds of
cruelty, which considering the superior intelli
gence of our countrymen, cannot but be viewed
as extremely reprehensible.
While we sympathize With his friends who
have lately but too often drank from the cup
of affiidlion, we bewail the injury the commu
nity fullains in the loss of so worthy a member.
He was one of the best of men, and combined
in his person every good property to make him
ufeful ; and had he lived, to have rendered him
an ornament to society. With an active, en
terprising disposition, he united a most unassum
ing demeanor ; with a manly intrepid spirit,
the most engaging modefly ; with an excellent
underftahding, which revealed to him the wiles
which unhappily too much degrade and obfeure
the human character, he was so far from prac
tifing them himfelf, that although in most in
stances he would by his prudence have averted
their consequences, the goodness of his heart on
this occasion, betrayed him in^o a too fatal fe
cUrity, and he fell a facrifice to a barbarous re
venge, awakened and exasperated by the indif
crctions of other people.
The ship remained io the utmost hazard of
being cut off, having received several difeharges
of musketry from the shore, which killed one
man, and wounded another; but by the unre
mitting and spirited exertions of the officers &
crew, and favored by the darkness of the night,
they effected their escape without any further
accident. We learn,that the carpenter recover
ed of his wound, but the boy died. # These losses
were afterwards supplied from two ships they
fell in with on the coast, belonging to Mr.
Dorr, from whom they received the most hu
mane treatment, and derived all the assistance
the nature of their situation demanded.
Theforewd Democrats, in contend
ing that money appropriated for building
Blips, ought n t to be employed in pro
curing the means must certainly have been
encouraged by this old story of an occur
rence in Rhode-Ifland. It was said, that,
for some good reason the assembly pas
sed a law, that no person should appear in
the streets of Newport in the night time
without a lantborn. Accordingly the
citizens paraded after dark with their
lanthorns, but without candles. It was
then “ farther enacted," that a candle
Ihould be provided. But the streets
were not the better illuminated for this ;
and it required another “ Ad in addi
tion to an a&," to direct that the candles
Ihould be lighted / ! So goes the tale.
LEGAL PRECISION.
[%. u.s.
be found that hereafter the, will be as
little sparing of their tainting eulogies
with refpe& to him as ever :
“ During the doctor's residence in
France he expended in secret services
the immense sum of thirty thousand
dollars. When called upon by the pro
per authority to give an account of the
manner in which the sum was expend
ed, the doctor, in his usual laconic stile,
replied “ gentlemen, you must not muzzle
the ox that treads out the corn."'
0
LIFE OF WASHINGTON.
Notwithstanding the assurance we
some time since made to the public that
proposals for an authentic life of the
late Illustrious Walhington would short- 1
ly issue from the press, we observe with
regret that exertions are still used to se
cure patronage to biographies which
cannot poflibly poflefs the information
or merits of the principal work. The
prospectus of this life has been unavoid
ably withheld, it will probably appear
in a few days.— Gaz. U. S.
NEWBURYPORT, JULY 6,
FROM GUADELOUPE.
From which we have accounts to the
17th ult. by Capt. Edes, arrived at
quarantine—we learn that the French
Gen. Richpanfe,had issued a proclama
tion about the 14th ult. inviting all the
plantation negroes to return to their al
legiance to the Republic ! promising
them full pardon on compliance ; but
doubting the faith of the commander,
they choose to keep back in the nloun
tains and bushes, where they imagine is
the greatest fafety ; an'd frequently fkir
milhes take place, but not being in any
organization, they are in a great mea
sure subdued.—The fever which had
made such ravages in this island, has
not abated, but there are from 100 to
150 dying daily,
Capt. Edes confirms that the Ameri
cans are treated in the most insolent
manner by the French, demonstrations
of which he personally experienced, as
well as to the insults offered to the na
tion generally.
An absolute prohibition has been of
ficially announced to bringing away
any kind of iflahd produce, except mo
lasses, by Americans. Capt. E. law a
Trinidad paper of June 11, which dat
ed, that, “ they were happy to learn
that the French had conquered the reb
els in St. Domingo, with the loss of a
bcut 1600 men,.the flower of the E
gyptian army."
By the belt information Capt. Ed a
could obtain, the number of plantations
burnt was from 350 to 400, but the
property destroyed was immense, the
most valuable part of which confided
of the sugar mdnufa&uries.,
The Governor of Grenada, by his
proclamation dated May 19th, has ex
tended to the i^th August, the per
million to import certain articles in A
merican vessels, and to permit such ves
sels to export Rum and Molasses.
Forty fail of American velfels; four
hundred American citizens ; and abo^e
three millions of dollars in American
property, are at this moment unrighte
ously & forcibly detained by the Span
iards in South-America ; though any
three of the American frigates now
lying idle in port are fufficierft to rescue
this property; and restore to liberty
those citizens. For much less cause the
present Executive lent a squadron a
gainst Tripoly ; and we know not by
what rule of morality a Spaniard has a
better right to plunder than a disciple
of Mahomet. The expedition to the
Mediterranean has been popular ; —fo
would one to the Rio de plate be.
Recent accounts from the Havanna,
state that the inhabitants are much in
censed against the government for not
permitting the entry of American ves
sels with provificns. Flour from 35 to
45 dollars a barrel.
INSURRECTION ! ! !!
A report is in circulation, that a most
dangerous infurredion has just been dis
covered in the bowels of the great
Mammoth Cheese. The firft symp
toms of the deep laid plot, were discov
ered by the swelling and violent agita
tion of the great bead—a Skilful engi
neer, vulgarly called a cooper, was im
mediately lent for, who endeavored to
keep the insurgents within bounds, by a
line of contravallation, and other pre
cautionary measures. As the insur
gents have not yet been discovered,
their numbers and designs havenot been
certainly ascertained. There are some
however who affe& to laugh at the a
larm, and declare it to be nothing more
than the agitations of tbe„ea at t&tv.
It is laid, that an express bits been lent
off for all the absent heads of depart
ments to repair immediately o Walh
ingtoh, lor the purpoie of deliberating
on the meafuies proper to be pursued
on this important occasion. The Sec
retary of War, has gained great credit
for his spirited condud : and he has
expressed his firm determination, if they
so far forget themselves and the duty
they owe to society, as to [afs the
bounds a fiigned to them, they ffiall
meet with a «warm ra^/fa^—May the
hour of danger alwaytfnd at the bead
of that department, &/ tah^ti nn;
reflation!!!! W^.F^. |
COMMERCIAL.