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yurred together, there will be more
probability of Securing one of 'them,
than if either should run single.
Should General Pinckney obtain the
higheit vote, there can be no- doubt
that the public affairs will be fafe in his
hands. We know his talents, his in
dustry, his knowledge of bufmefs, his
integrity, his attachment to reputxlican
ifm, and his ardent love of his country.
We know also that he is a firm friend
and supporter of Washington's sys
tem of administration, whereby this
country has been maintained in profper
' ity and honor, and which it is the objeft
of Mr. Adams', opponents to subvert.
By lupporting these two gentlemen
with all our might, we give ourselves
the belt possible chance of maintaining
the present ofder of things ; of giving
liability and . permanency to our gov
ernment. Which mud be deeply shaken
by frequent and violent changes of ad-,
ministration ; and of encouraging pub
lic servants to do well, by retaining in
the confidence of the nation, those who
have conducted its affairs with fidelity
and success.
I trust, my dear Sir, that you will
pardon me for troubling you with these
observations, and that they will not be
~ considered as improper or unbecoming.
They have been drawn from me by a
strong conviction of the importance of
the fubjeCt, to the honor and happiness
of a country which we both love, and
to the permanency and success of a gov
ernment which we both admire.—
As I am moreover, about to close, per
haps forever, my political career, they
may be considered, in some fort as the
last words of a departing friend ;
which, as they are uttered in sincerity,
we always flatter ourselves will be re
ceived with indulgence.
I have formerly mentioned to my
friends, a determination which I some
time ago made, to withdraw from pub
lic life, in order to devote myfelf whol
ly to my profeffional pursuits, a deter
mination which the state of my affairs
-ihas long required, and now renders in
dispensable. The reasons which have
induced me heretofore to postpone it,
and which I was so happy as to find
approved by my constituents, have now
ceased.—l have therefore resumed it ;-
and I think it my duty to announce it
in this manner. It furnishes nothing
for me to regret, except the being
compelled, by the attention which ev
ery man is bound to pay his own situa
tion and affairs, to choose a place of
residence distant from those who have
honored me, from early life, with their
confidence and affeCtion, and to whole
indulgent partiality I am proud to ac
knowledge myfelf indebted, for what
ever of success I have obtained in life.-
Wherever I may be, or however situa
ted, I (hall always be proud to remem
ber, and to acknowledge, that when I
was a youth, without fortune, without
friends, without acquaintances, a Gran
ger in a strange land, the diftrid of
Ninety-Six took me to its bosom, and
cherished me as its own child ; and
that through every change of feene and
fortune, it has dill continued to give
me proofs of regard and attachment.—
The grateful and affectionate senti
ments which this recollection is calcu
lated to inspire, (hall go with me to my
retirement, and be conffantly cherished
in my heart ; nor shall I ever cease to
confider myfelf as a citizen of Ninety
fix diftrid, and to feel proud of the title
of her adopted son.
Excuse me, my dear Sir. I find that
I am wandering from my purpose ; —
which was to inform you and my other
constituents, that I shall serve out tire
time for which I was formerly chosen,
but cannot be a candidate in any fu
ture election ; and to bid you and them
an affectionate farewell.
ROBERT G. HARPER.-
Sedate ofGEN. HAMILTON.
When a youth of 17, he was Chief
Clerk to an eminent merchant at St.
Euftatia, who being absent, the busi
ness of the Compting Room, of course,
devolved on young HAMILTON' —
He had handed to him a Letter di-,
reded to his master, which, ftippofing
it related to mercantile concerns, he
opened ; but his furprize was great
when he found that it contained a Chal
lenge to his matter , whose proxy he
was. The young hero answered the
Challenge in the name of his master,
and the time and place was mentioned
in the reply. HAMILTON appeared
to the antagonist of his master on the
field'; and, to use his own words, “ did
his business in his absence," and would
not agree to any compromise, except
on the express condition that the Chal
lenger should acknowledge, in writing,
that he has received suitable fatisfac
tion from Mr. , that he was a gen
tleman of honour, &c. ; and further,
that he (HAMILTON) should never
be known in the business—which terms
the Challenger was obliged to accede
to, or fight young HAMILTON ; he
chose the former, and the parties sepa
rated. In a few months however, it
came to his master's ear, who was so
ftruckwith the magnanimity of such con
dud, that he gave him liberty to come to
the Continent, choose what profeflion
he pfofed, and draw on him to any a
mount !—Perhaps to this.anecdote, we
are indebted for the services and abili
ties of a man who has not his superior,
„ 3 Soldier, a Fielder, and a Statesman.
^te^^att-
'-From the New-Torl SfteßatOr, Agra so.
COMMUNICATION.
In one of the Jacobin hand bills, of
yesterday, they affeCt to speak of the
name of Wallington with refpeft, and
call him " great and good." When an
election is to be carried, they flick at
faying nothing, however contrary to
their real opinions, or their former as
sertions. Hear now, how these infa
mous wretches spoke of TVaffiington
when he was alive, and when they were
•trying to render his beloved name o
dious to the people. Here follows the
dcteftable paragraph, which appeared
in the Aurora the day on which Gen.
Washington resigned the Presidency.
" Lord, now letteft thou thy servant
" depart in peace, for mine eyes have
" seen thy salvation," was the pious e
, jaculation of a man who beheld a flood
of h'appinefs rushing in upon mankind.
" If ever there was a time that would
" licence the reiteration of the excla
" mation, that time is now arrived ;
" for the man who is the source of all
" the misfortunes of our country, is
I "this day reduced to a level with his
j " Fellow Citizens, and is no longer
1" possessed of power to multiply evils
i " upon the United States—ls ever
" there was a period for rejoicing,
I " this is the moment; every heart in
;" unison with the Freedom and Hap
" pinefs of the People, ought to beat
" high with exultation that the name
« ofWASHINGTON from 'this day
" ceases to give a currency to political
I " iniquity, and to legalize corruption.
" A new jEra is now opening upon us,
" an TEra which promises much to the
" people, for public measures mud now
" itand upon their own merits, and ne
" farious projects can no longer be sup
" ported by a name. When a retrofpeft
" is taken of the Washington Adminif
" tration foresight years, it is a fubjeCt
"of the gteateft astonishment, that a
" single individual should have canker'd
" the principles of Republicanism in an
" enlightened people, emerged from the
« Gulph of Defpotifm,and should have
« carried his designs against the Pub
" lie Liberty so far as to put in jeopar
" dy its very xxidence— Such however
' are the faßs ; with those flaring us
" in the face—this day ought to be a
" Jubilee in the United States."
Yes ! Fellow Citizens ! the above
is copied from that darling paper of
the Jacobins ; I mean the Philadelphia
Aurora.
Excellent Reflections.
The advantages which have arisen
to this country, fom our preparations
for defence by sea and land, are almost
incalculable. While a jacobin party
were making every effort to prostrate
the government of France, a prudent
and wife administration Were prepar
ing to steer our little bark through the
political storm which impended. The
capture and condemnation of our mer
chantmen, on the (hallowed pretences,
which amounted in fad to an open
war, gave us reason to believe that the
might invade our coasts with as much
shew of right, as capture our property.
Through her emissaries in this country
she became aware of the defencelefs
situation of many of our sea ports, and
it was wisdom to fortify them to re
pel invasion. The effed they have pro
duced is visible. Our Ihips now scour
the occean in fafety ; America is ref
peded abroad: the tribute demanded by
;Talleyrand is no more heard of; the
I fame nation who has insulted our flag,
robbed our mariners, and wished to
levy on us enormous contributions, is
now soliciting to be at peace with us.
These are among the happy effeds
which have been produced by our war
like preparations ; the whole expense
cf which has been far less than what
has actually been saved in the coffers
of the country, in consequence of the
navy and army effablifhment;
TO FARMERS' WIVES !
An approved receipt to preserve
butter ; from Dr. Anderson's view of
Aberdeenfhire, drawn up for the Board
of Agriculture & internal improvment.
" Take two parts of the best com
mon salt, one part sugar, and one
part of faltpetre ; beat them together,
and blend the whole completely. Take
one ounce of this composition for every
sixteen ounces of butter, work it well
into the mass, and close it up for use."
I know no simple improvement in
making it greater than this, when com
pared with the usual method of curing
butter by means of common salt alone.
I have seen the experiment fairly made
Ibetwixt those two methods, and the
j difference was inconceivable. I should
suppose, that in an open market, the
one should fell for thirty per cent, more
I than the other.
The butter cured with the mixture
1 appeared ofa rich marrowy confidence;
fine colour, and never acquires a brittle
hardness, nor tastes salt, like the other,
which has the appearance of tallow.
Butter cured by this new method
! muff not be opened for use for a month
after it is made up. '
I have eaten of some that had been
kept three years, and it was as sweet as
at firft.'
And now these Jacobin calumnia
tors have the impudence to call upon
you to vote for their ticket as being
the friends of the <' great and good"
WASHINGTON.
For the fatisfadion of all true friends
to America, the three most aCtive and
most notorious foreign emissaries, Coo
per, Duane and Callender, have all at
last been puniffied for their audacious
attempts to involve the United States
in one feene of confufion and of blood.
This we hope will difeourage those
who sent them across the Atlantic,
from any further attempts to destroy
the government and independence of
the United States.
BOSTON, JUNE „.
A rumour prevailed in town yesterday,
said to be received by letters fiom Bilboa;
That the negociation between this coun
try and France had been broken off;
but other letters received from the fame
place and at the fame time, make no
mention of such an event.
The Governor of Surrinam, on account of
the scarcity of Biitifh vcffels, has allowed those
of neutrals to take cargoes for England; and
several loaded and failed; but as this special
permission was not generally known, some of
rhe vessels have been detained by British fltips.
Philadelphia, june iz.
Several accounts confirm the intelli
gence that a squadron of English fri
gates has taken the Island of Goree,
on the coast of Africa, from the
French.
The President, we learn is well pleaf
cd with the feite on which the city of
Washington is to be reared.—lt af
fords, he fays, a lading proof of the sa
gacity of its August founder, whose
name it so deservedly bears.
Since the above, a gen tieman handed us a pa
per containing the following Extract of a letter
from the Continent, dated April 8. :
" Fifteen thousand GenoeTe peasants have
joined the Austrians to the east, and fix or
seven thon find wtiicwkl of Genoa ;thofe
of Fontana Buona,:in "& teguhr battles have
obtained complete victories. ''ln the tirft they
killed 6cb French and made some prisoners.
In the second, when, with four pieces of can
non and 40 mules loaded with combuftihles, the
French advanced to burn their villages, they
were repulsed with the lots of 900 men, the
cannon, mules and combuftiblcs; and, in the
third, commanded by Maffena in person, who
menaced them with total deftrudion by fire
and sword, they left 2000 dead upon the field,
loft 2000 prisoners besides a Generals, and 113
Officers, Maffena himfelf escaped with great
difficulty by sea."
The " PiJlieifle" a Paris Newspaper
of nth March last, has the following
article :—The minifte rs Plenipotentia
ry of the United States were presented
on the 17th, to the First Conful,hy the
Minister of Foreign relations. They
were extremely ftriick with the likeness
which they observed in the figure, man
ner and language of Buonaparte and
Hamilton, one of their firft warriors
and statesmen; the fame expression of
countenance, the fame precision in con
versation.
By the Andromache we have receiv
ed the Glasgow Courier down to the
3d of May, but we find no later news
from the armies than that, byway of
Philadelphia.,•
We received no papers by the Cath
arine—When (he failed there was a
talk of a General Peace.
From NEW-TORK r, jfane 21.
Yesterday Dr. Tilton further in
formed us, that just before he failed
from Guadaloupe, a French privateer
arrived there, which, a few days be
fore, had had a desperate engagement,
with a ship under American colours.
The wounded seamen concluded (he
was an American Indiaman ; though
the officers ofthe privateer gave out that
(he was an English letter of marque..—
Mr. T. fays a number of men were kil
led, and as many us 20 of the wounded
were sent to the hospital atGuadaloupe,
where he saw them, many of whom
were wounded with boarding pikes.—
This engagement was to the windward
of the Welt-India Islands.
from the Wilmington (Del.) Monitor, of June 18.
We flop the press to announce the arrival of
the brig Sally, Capt. Hampton, of this port, in
13 days from St. Thomas's. Whilst getting
under way from said Island a schooner arrived
in 21 days from Bourdeaux, who said that
the American Commissioners had accomplished
the object of their million.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Abjutan t General's Office,
New-York, Tune ]tb, 1800.
Maj. Gen. Hamilton cannot per
mit the troops, which are about to re
tire from the field, to depart, without
carrying with them the assurance of the
high sense which he entertains of their
merits. The zeal with which they
came forward in defence of their coun
try, when the signal of danger was
given by the government, does great
honor to their patriotism and spirit.—
Their conduct in service has corres
ponded with the laudable motives
which led them into it. They have
deserved the esteem of their fellow
citizens, and the warm approbation of
their Generals. They have exempli
fied how speedily American soldiers
can be prepared to meet the enemies
of their country.
The affection of the Major General,
will accompany his fellow soldiers,
wheresoever they may go—nor will
any thing give him more pleasure than
opportunities of teftifying to them, in
dividually, by actions as well as words,
the high regard which he cherishes for
them. IV. NORTH, Adj. Gen.
Articles per Mails
" The honors rendered to Wash
ington by the First Consul, sensibly
affeCted them."
We have received a.variety of at
tempts both in verse and prose, to cele
brate the above fmgular achievement.
We present our readers with the follow
ing as a specimen, not from any extra
-l Ordinary merit it contains, but because
it is, as much, perhaps, as any other,
, <wort/.y of the occtfon:
I " TOT beardlefi Boys, an pint of honor met,
" And with barfc-pijlol§ quiet to "work tbey fit ,
“ One pale-fac'd hero trembl'd much and fir'd,
" But totter'dfo with,ty>t, 'tofold b near expir'd.'
'Zbefciiowing arfcfe ufram Cta,oob'sPLiQl
pLiu Daily Advertifir bffyu&e f,.
A gentleman who Baltimore last
Thursday, informs What dispatches
from the American Commissioners at
Paris had been received there, and sent
on to the President at the city of Wash
ington ; —and last evening it was said,
that a vefTel had arrived at Baltimore
(direct from France) with an account
°f a Treaty having been concluded
on.—We give these merely as reports,
and Ihall only observe, that the Balti
more papers of Friday are silent on the
fubjeCt.
It is worthy the consideration of those
who are making large shipments of
Flour to Great Britain, and who on
the faith of the act of Parliament grant
ing bounties, &c. may be induced to
adventure at extravagant prices, that
the ad reserves a liberty to the Parlia
ment of (at any time during the ses
sion) altering, varying or repealing,
any part of the said aft.
At N. a town something larger than
your city, and where the inhabitants
kept up nearly the fame friendly inter
course, retided a gay, easy man, named
Lynch, at whose noufe a certain conse
quential lawyer, named Allen, whose
assuming airs had procured him the
nickname of Count, visited in the famil
iarity of friendship. Lynch was a face
tious character, and, at some unfortu
nate moment, wounded the pride of the
Count, by his raillery. What could a
Gentleman do? It is obvious he was
obliged to challenge his quondam friend.
Lynch immediately returned him the
following answer.
X late Philadelphia Paper fays,
We underhand, that the Lecuft, in
their Grub worm state, have this spring
been dug tip in great quantities in the
surrounding country. This circum-
Rance induced a belief, that we should
receive one of their periodical visita
tions this summer. The appearance
of this phenomenon of nature is now
almost reduced to a certainty, as with
in a few days immense numbers of Lo
custs have emerged from their “ Grub
case" and risen from the earth in the
vicinity of our city. A period of 16,
17 or 18 years generally elapses be
tween the visits of those extraordinary
infers. Their last appearance in this
Rate was in 17'82.1
An affair of honour took place on
Saturday last, behind the Mount, be
tween a Mr. G -, and a Mr. S- -—,
both clerks in the Customhouse at this
place. The gentlemen having taken
their ground at the distance of fifteen
paces, one of them fired without effect;
on which the other fired his pistol in
the air ; and thus the claims of injured
honour being fatisfied, the affair was, as
usual, amicably terminated. The wea
pons were a pair of large horse pistols,
very old and very rusty, and but for
one trifling circumstance, (viz. that
the seconds, being wiser than their prin
cipals, forgot tofot balls into them,)
would have been truly formidable.—
The most sanguine hopes are entertain
ed from this affair, that the custom of
duelling is about to grow into disuse,
as it is commonly remarked; that when
any falhion has been some time defend
ing in the scale of life, the period of its
dissolution is not far distant.
“ You have had the extreme goodness
to invite me to the very agreeable alter
native of having my brains blown out,
or of being hanged for blowing out
yours, neither of which circumstances
seem to accord with my feelings ; for
I am possessed ofa few extravagant no
tions, which I fucked in with my mo
ther's milk, that whichever should be
the case, I fnall howl for it hereafter.—
I have besides another objection, which
I submit to your consideration, which
is, that we are not on equal terms, and
I am too proud, feeling mfr own supe
riority, as I do, to fight you, until we
are.—l have a beautiful, amiable wife,
you are a batchelor : I have fix chil
dren, dependent upon my exertions for
the means of daily support; you have
nobody to lament you dead, or who
wants your assistance living ! These
are the terms, then, and on no other,
will I hazard body and foul, to give
you pleasure—That you shall immedi
ately look out for a wife, and get fix chil
dren, and then fir, we shall be on equal
ground. If you do not like these terms,
dine with the old party at my house, at
3 o'clock, and propofeyour own.
DANIEL LYNCH."
Allen was no fool, he cursed a little,
as became a man of honor, then laughed,
went to dinner, and the matter ended.
And was not this better than run
ning the risk of leaving a family to want
and misery.
MORE ABOUT DUELLING.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.
"Sir,
DUELLING!!
Froid The l irgrria rraralijl.
So far from Mr. jefferfon's getting
all the votes in North-Carolina, we
should not be surprised if it went as
much against him the ensuing as the
last election did in his favour. We
think however, that the friends of go
vernment may count with certainty on
NINE votes out of twelve in favour of
Mr. Adams. Such a reformation in
the dispositions of the citizens of North-
Carolina, capnot but be gratifying to
the friends of religion and the present
administration throughout the union.
We think proper to mention for the
information of those at a distance, who
may have given currency to a part of
Callender' assertions, that Mr. Martin
of Fayetteville diftrid, the only elector
who voted for Mr. Adams at the last
eleftion, offers (without opposition) a
gain this year, and has given assurances
that he will, if elected, vote for Mr.
Adams.
A late London Paper, fays.
By the matter of a Malabar coasting
vessel we are informed that having
touched at the Maldives in the montli
of July last, he had been informed that
a whale of a most uncommon size had.
been lately observed in those seas, in
consequence of whose appearance the
greater apprehensions had been enter
tained for the fafety of the vessels on
those coasts. It had been frequently
seen lying near the furface of the water
of a most aftonifhihg extent, and if we
may credit the alfertion of refpeßable
persons who are said to have been eye
witnesses, it mud have been nearly e
qual in magnitude to that monstrous
production of nature denominated the
Kraken, of whose exigence there are
still many doubts.
The industry of the comb makers in
this town, is laudable and deserving of
notice. This bufmefs employs about
twenty-fit hands. On the 20th of this
instant, it was agreed, that each one in
the evening should bring to a certain
place of rendezvous, the combs he had
made on that day, for the purpose of
examining and counting them. Only
20 of these hands met on that evening,
and the combs they made and brought
in, amounted to eighty-two dozen and
seven ; making nine hundred and nine
ty-one single combs. These fell for 4s
per dozen, amounting in the whole
price to 63 dollars and 5 cents. Al
lowing two-thirds of this number to be
made daily, which it is supposed would
be a moderate calculation, considering
that a number of the hands did not
colled, and counting the fix days of the
week wherein “ man shall work," the
price of the combs then made in a year
would be 12,792 dollars.
Reading, Maffa. Nortb-Parifo, June 16.
ON Thursday last between 3 and 4
o'clock, P. M. a cloud atenjed with
thunder and lightning, palled us to the
northward. Suddenly the wind fhift-.
ed, blew with rather more than com
mon violence from the northeast, bro't
back the cloud, which poured down up
on us a heavy ihower of rain, mixed
with hail. The thunder and lightning
would have been thought severe, if
something more alarming had not ar
refled the attention of the people—Af
ter the storm had continued about ten
minutes, the wind from the northeast
abated for a short fpaee : then instant
ly blew, with increased violence, for a
bout one minute, from the northwest,
then abated again, for a few seconds,
as if it rested to colled all its strength;
then veered to the southwest, and blew
with a fury beyond what the oldest man
living among us ever experienced be
fore. This lift and moll violent effort
of the tornado contiiiued about one
minute. Had it continued much lon
ger, or been increased but a little more,
it is probable the strongest buildings,
and the most sturdy trees, must have
yielded to its violence. But as it was,
it spread deftrudion around us. A.
great number of out houses, open Iheds,
stables, &c. were either overturned or
dallied in pieces. Several barns were
either blown down, rent from their
foundation, or otherwise damaged.
The windows of a few houses were
burst in ; rail fences in general were
blown down, and even stone-walls, in
some instances razed nearly to their
foundations. Trees innumerable of
every kind and size, were either torn
from their roots or broken in pieces
and scattered through the air. Many
large trees were broken in the midst,
and their tops hurled 'many rods from
their stumps. , For a short space the
whole atmosphere seemed to be croud
ed with leaves, limbs of trees, and vari
ous kinds of moveable substances ; some
of which were driven with violence a
gainst the houses, and added not a little
to the terror of the astonished inhabi
tants. But, through the goodness of
that Benevolent Being who rules the
whirl-wind and directs the storm, no
life of either man or teift among us
was loft. The firft ravages of this hur
rican among us were about 2 miles to
the northwest of the meeting-house in
this place. Its general course was
from north-weft to southeast. Its mean
width about one mile.
Off Tburfday, the Ittb inft.a barn belonging to
Mr. Newall, tavern-keeper, in Lynn, war frQ
%citb lightning, and^irerf corfard .
LEOMINSTER (Massa.) May 28.
COMB MANUFACTURE.
A TORNADO