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^ll candid and liberal men,all thole ac
Cached to the decencies of society, wil'
believe that the printer is worthy of
his correspondent. I'
JOHN RUTLEDGE.
. —O' —
Newport, Sept. 2J, ISO 2.
STR, .
In compliance with your request we
called, this morning at to o'clock, on
Mr. Farnfworth, printer, in this-town,
of a newspaper called the " Rhode-tond
Republican, and in your behalf desir
ed him to infect in his paper next Sat
urday,,^- reply to a charge exhibited
agahift you in that paper, on th^ ißch
mil by one of his anonymous correspon
dents, and tie affidavits accompanying it,
which appeared in the last Newport
Mercury. We at the fame time prefent
td him this reply,//? your own band writ
ing and fobfoibed by you, and also
copies inManUfeript of the affidavits re
ferred to ; and te offered to pay him,
whatever ire might think proper to a(k
for the publication of these papers. He
Obfetved, that he was not prepared to
fay, whether he would publish them,or
not, but Giould they be left in bis hands
until two o'clock this afternoon, he
should then be able so give us a posi
tive anfirer. We therefore agreed to
leave them ; At the hour appointed we
called again on Mr. Farnfworth, who
returned the papers in question to us,
and said, " / decline publishing them."—
Being requeued by one of us to assign
°his reasons for this refufal, he replied,
that he thought it mould be improper.and
indecent for himlo publijh them.
We are, with refpeft and esteem,
Sir, your most humble servants,
CHRISTOPHER Q. CHAMPLIN,
T. BOWLES.
Hon. ,ohn Rutledge.
—O—
DEAR SIR,
In compliance with your request, we
called this morning at the office of the
" Rhode-lfland Republican," and de
manded of Mr. Farnfworth, the print
er, that he should publilh your reply to
the piece in his paper of the ißth inft.'
Under the signature of a " Citizen of
Rhode-Ifland," permitting him tofirike
cut such parts of it as he,fhould deem of-,
fenfive to his correspondent or his
friends ; to this reasonable demand he
gave an absolute refufal.—At a second
interview with him, we required that
he should give a place to the federal af
fidavits, which accompanied four pub
lication in the Mercury of the 2tft inst.
' — this he also refufed ; as well as our
application to insert the Jingle affidavit
of Mr. Seixas—-We then condefeended
to demand the publication of an affida
vit' of ten lines only, to be drawn on the
. spot, and which should not contain any
thing that he should judge exceptiona
ble; to this proposition he declined giv
ing an immediate answer, faying he
must consult his correspondent ; and hare '
fog taken two hours for that purpose,
he declared to u«, he weald not publijh
that, or any thing else, which you, or your
friends might write on this fujefi.—Ev
ery application made to the printer,
was accompanied with an offer of pay
ment ; and we obviated an objection
which he made for want of room, by
proposing to pay for a supplement.—
w/eeven went so far, upon a suggestion
of his, „ to pledge ourselves, that all
which he had published, or might here
after publish on this f?bjea, should find
a place in the Mercury, provided he
would adopt a similar practice towards
you—We remarked to him the injus
tice of thus difleminating charges a
gainst an individual, and withholding
the refutation of them ; —indeed we a
dopted every measure which suggested
itfelf to us, to induce a compliance with
our request.
We cannot but believe, that this con
dud of the Editor of the "Rhode-
Island Republican," is, and we hope it
will long remain, a solitary indance, in
our country, of gross and abominable
partiality and injustice, in the manage
ment of a free press.— You are at lib
erty to make what ule you please of this
communication. Weare, &c
CLELAND KINIOCR,
• WILLIAM CRAFT.
Mr. Rutledge.,
Here Mr, Rutledge and his friends
flopped.— We make no fort of attempt
toaddrefs tlre feelings of the reader:
Language contains.no terms adequate
to express the indignant contempt which
fl perusal of the above must excite, in
every bosom .not destitute of manly,
generous sentiment, or even of a de
cent .regard to morals."
To.be continued, ,
EPILEPSY;— A few days ago a wonban-paf
frg along the ftrects of Bourdeaux, was Sud
denly attacked with a fit of epilepsy, having at
the moment a child of fix months old in her
arms. Such a distressing situation fpeedi/y at
tracted a crowd of fpedlators, who were how
ever, unable to yield the woman ary relief. At
that 'Moment, a young sailor breaking through
the crowd, called for fame grams of rough salt,
which he forced irtothe woman's mouth. This
immediately had the rfft& of re foritg. the wo
man's firTation and frerch, and fe, cervtdfious
were at once put a flop to. The voting man,
who had been at Madagascar, f..i!, that he thae
few this remedy applied to perform in epilepsy,
with wonderful success, * [Scotch pap
The celebrated Barrington died at
Botany Bay, early in the present y^r.
fle was the prince ofpick pockets.
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Foreign Articles.-
Ry an arrival at Newtok.
London, sept. 30,
Entrap ofa private letter from Paris.
A TOTAL change in the Admin
istration here is announced to take
place within two days. All the Min
iffiers are to be didmifled and absorbed
in the Senate. Lucien Bonaparte is to
be Minister of the Marine and of War,
Joseph Bonaparte Minister of Interior,
and Exterior, Talleyrand Perigord is 1
to have the place of Intendant Generalj
of the Finances, and Regnier the Grand 1
Judge, is to difeharge the functions ofj
The nrimft^r of justice. The firft effeft|
of this important change will be the ;
difmillal 4f not less than 20,000 Com •|
mis, or Clerks, who without rendering |
material service, drained the Treasury
to a large amount.
" The First Consul has been elofetted
for the last ten days with some of the
ablest Financiers in France. It is not
only said, but believed by many that he
has a sum of money of two hundred
millions, of livers (upward of eight
millions Gerling) locked up in his cof
'fers, and which is not to be touched
but on some very important occasion.
The scarcity oftaflij which is greatly
felt here, is attributed by many intelli
gent persons to the withholding of so
large a sum from circulation.' To
whatever cause it may be owing, the
bills at the firft Bankers cannot be dis
counted for less than two per cent, per
month..
OQ. I. —The Emperor of Russia is
fitting out two ships to make a voyage
of trade and difeoyery round the world [
and to establish on an island, contiguousl
to Japan, a fadory or colony which|
may open a trade with the Japanese.
OR. 6. —The prorogation of Parlia--
ment took place yesterday ; to meet a
gain on the 16th Nov.
OR. 7. —We yesterday received Paris
Journals, to the 4th. The French Gov-j
ernment lately sent a squadron, under|
Admiral Leiffegues, to Tunis, to get:
fatisfadion from the Bey for certain:
grievances, which appear to be in a ;
fairway of Settlement. The Bey sent
an AmbaGador on board the squadron
to be conveyed to ' France to complifoent
the First Consul. He sent dikewife a
number of curiofitics, such as Arabian
. horses, antelopes, lions, bitches, and,
oftrithes.
A Dutch squadron, under Ad. De
Winter, has had an engagement with
several corsairs off the Straits of Barba
ry.— It is now known that these States
have declared war against Spain, Hol
land and England.
,The Swedes too are on the eve ofa,
warwith Tripoli.
Oft. 8. General Andreofi has sent
a°meflenger to announce, that he was
on his passage to London ; he may be
expected in the metropolis on Monday
or Tuefday next.
By a late Arrette of the French Gov
ernment, Foreigners are prohibited
frora bringing into the continental ter
ritories of the Republic, anyßlack, Mu
latto, or other person of color, of either
sex.
M. Talleyrand has espoused Madam
Grant.
0a. 9. Extract of a private letter from Paris, 0a 2
" French literature follows the fame
drain of sublimity with French politics.
A publication has just appeared, de
monflrating,that without fall days there
can be no navy in France. This is the
fumofthe author's reafoning:—"With- :
outfaft days there would be no fifh eaten ;
if no fifh were eaten there would be no
fifheries ; without fifheries there would
be no seamen ; without seamen there
would be no navy;" therefore, without
fall days there would be no navy.—
quod erat demon frandum.
Extraa of another letter froraParis Oa 4
The aid-de-Camp to the First Con
sul, M. Rapp, let off last night for Swit
zerland: Disorders are to repair to
Lausanne, and there to summon the
government to accompany him to
Berne, without an escort. This being
done without any interference, M.
Rapp is to go through the Several Can
tons Summoning each of them to declare
—" Whether they wish to be on terms
of peace or hostility with the French
Republic.''
The affairs of Switzerland have re
turned to their ancient channel, with a
rapidity Scarcely equal'd bythe violence
of a revolutionary explosion, tending
to overturn a long effablifhed govern
ment.^-The old Federative government
under which the Swiss so long enjoy
ed their primitive simplicity of manners
had every where triumphed ; and the
Helvetic Republic, the offspring of so
mty:„ar s of bloodshed and disaster,
has Suddenly dwindled to a few fugi
tives, throwing themselves on the pro
tection of France. The conduct which
the First Consul will pursue oh this oc
cafionnow admits nerdifynte :—lt is
true that he .once formally declared
himfelf the Supporter ofthe new Hel
vetic Government; but at that time
his party appeared the decided majori
ty. The face of affairs is now com
plet?ly changed. The ' French troops
fluid have to contend with the whole
' power of SwitzerianL and thevigor of the Cen-r
fular Government would be employed,
to prevent in Switzerland the reftora-|
tion of the ancient order of things,—a
measure which;rHs as actively employ
ed to restore in France.. These confid-|
rfratibne may serve to produceihe fame
effect on the policy of the First Consul,
which might be expe&ed from the geh-1
erofity and humanity of a more eleva-<
ted mind. --1
Several, ingenious worktoenhave given'
Mr. Giryin, Specimens of, herring-net
[ting, wrought in a loom, & has laid
, one of them before the Royal High-
Iland Society, Theknot, in lus opin
;ion, is more firm, and the meflies 'more
lequidiftant,. than others presented to
ft him. The advantage which he hopes
I will arhe from it, is, aboy or ~girl, of
, 'ten years of age, may work. thirty
I Square yards in one day, of 36 meshes :
in breadth; and the machine will not
exceed five pounds fterlirig cost The
invention isby a north country High
lander, who, at the age of 20 years, ;
could speak no other than the Gaelic 1
-language. [Scotch Paper.]
^^-]^!^ / ''=" CT '^" ra ~^^^ —t—roqt;
West-India Affairs.^
Boston, nov 29 1
The following appears to be a corre&
Sketch of the present situation of St.
Domingo ; it is contained in a letter
from a refpe&able American gentleman
at Cape-Francois, and dated 25th Sep
tember.
"I felicitate you on your forefight,
and on your good fortune in remain
ing where you are. How many cau
ses you might have otherwise had to re-
Ipent, you cannot conceive, by any oth
; er means than by misfortunes—and
Ihow can I relate them ! never at any
I epoch of the revolution has St. Domin
go been more diftra&ed or wretched
than at this moment ; never were its
lunhappylunhappy inhabitants driven to such ex-
Irreme despair- Touffard commands
j the national guard at this place, and
I will be paid by those who'are willing
ito make Sacrifices rather than to remain
j under his command. We wantat least
; 20,000 men to finiffi this raging war ;
government fends us detachments of
250 to 500, tooo, nnd 2000 men at a
time, but never was a fyflem more inju
!Vicious & infufficient. Such partial re
inforcements barely Supply the ranks
thinned by the hospitals ; and add noth
ing to the strength required for milita
ry operation. Thus movements are
made without any ufeful or decisive
ronfequences, by an army too feeble
for vigorous enterprises,and too few in
numbers,to ad upon a variety of points
—How many thousands of brave men
—how many millions of money this
island is yet to cost France in order to
make it a desert, it is impossible to fore
fee—how many cruel truths, which I
dare not confide to paper, must we 'be
content to mourn in heart-rending Si
lence and Secrecy."
In confirmation of our late intelli
gence from St. Domingo, we learn by
the arrival at New-York of Capt. A
brams, from Port-Republican, that on
the 20th Oft. the military outpdfts, in
consequence of the increased number
and rapid movements of the Blacks,
had been ordered to retire withih the
city.
FROM ST. DOMINGO.
The last accounts from Port-Repub
lic, are as late as the ift November.
The greatest confternatidri \ prevailed
throughout the bite of Leogihe. The
negroes have burnt Leagane, Grand
Gauve,PetibGauve,L'Archahaycs,and
St, Marcs; they have also destroyed
fort Bifloton ; and it was expected they
would soon make themselves makers of
Port-Republic. The French die very
fall. ' 0
Capt. Peafe,- arrived at New-York,
on the 22d nit. in 25 days from Cape-
Francois, informs, that the blacks had
taken Fort Dauphine in the night by
furprize, which they had burned ; their
force was very considerable and daily'
augmenting. The brigands were dill
in possession of Port-de-Paix. The
French troops died very rapidly—A re
inforcement was daily expected, as a
fleet had been Spoken 0^ Porto-Rico,
from France bound to t%Capei
FRENCH EyAQUATEDS^DOMTNGO.
Mr. Baftt,owner of the Ship Perseus,
arrived at New-York, on the 25th ult.
in 22 days from Jamaica, informs, that
just before he failed, news had been re
ceived there, by American Vessels, that
the French troops had evacuated the
different fortified places of St. Domin
go, in consequence of the formidable
opposition of the Blacks ; and hadgone
to theTfland Tortuda, to wait for rein
forcements. This information was gen
erally believed at Kingston ; at whilh
(port nearly 30 fail of American vessels
had recently arrived from the different
ports of that island.
- —,o—
-— Barbadoes Mercury of the 19th
O&ober, states, that the late accounts
from Martinique, represent the French
as adopting the most Locking a&S of'
revenge against the free coloured peo
ple there, many of whom have been
wantonly murdered, and their bodies
found in the Greets in the morning —
ITheylThey seem also still to feel feme refent
;ment against the British; all of whom re-
I maining there are compelled to take
loaths1 oaths of allegiance to France, or quit
; the country within fix weeks ; and no
English vessel is allowed to lay off the
harbor longer than fix hours.
IDomeftic Articles
•—=cuTCramrorc —
! Augusta, (Georgia) NOV, 3.
ON Saturday the birth-day of our
illußrious and worthy late Presi
dent JOHN ADAMS, was noticed
here by a military parade, and civil de
monstrations of joy. A tribute of re
fpe& veryjuftly due to a day which
gave birth to a Man whose time arid
talents have foeminently and uniform
ly been devoted to the service of his
.tpuntvyi^-o —
CHARLESTON, NOV. 3.
Qn < Sunday lall in the afternoon,
Mr. Alexander M'Aliilef, mate of the
pfhip Cow-Isle, cl Greenock captain
,Campbell, and Mr. John Dunlap, mate
I of the fhip,Sail, of Boftos, captain
;Webber, accompanied by two bofo,
;one about nine and the other alroat 'e
-1 leven years of age, ions of the late
j Mr. Pallans of this city, went on an cx
icurfion on the water, in a boat in one
of die ships. They returned in the eve
tiing.and went on boardthe ship Diana,|
of Bolton, lying in the dream, where|
they remained until half pad oo'clock;'
they then left that ship to return to the
city. Soon after they left the fhip,a vio>
lent fqUall Attended with rain came on,
in which there is reafol ito believe they
have all perished as the boat they went
in was found yesterday bottomupwards
in the marsh, a little above Haddrill's
point ferry. Mr. Dunlap has ? wife
and family in Boston, by whom hisloft
will be severely felt. They were both
indudrious men. The lots of the two
boys to their disconsolate mother, can
be easier felt than described ; the. Were
very promising youths and inwall proba
bility had not this unfortunate event in
tervened, would have been a comfort
to their surviving parent, and ufeful
citizens. ^ -—.
Nov. 12. The spring tides, for two
days pad, have been higher in our har
bour than they have been for many
years. That of yesterday morning in
particular, was at lead one foot high
er than any former one remembered ;
in consequence, the tide water entered
cellars on East-Bay, which were always
considered as fafe for dorage of all kindri
of goods. We understand, that con
siderable quantities of sugar, tobacco,
&c. have been injured by this uncom
mon circumftan.ee;
NEW-YORK, NOV. 22.
^xtraA ofa letter dated Neto-Orleans Oa. 10.
" At eight o'clock this evening, I
left the office of the Intendant, who in
formed me that the Peace hadjuft been
proclaimed ; and that the neutral com
merce, granted to the Americans, in
consequence of the regulations of the i 6th
June, 1798. and the 18th O^ober, 1790
had ceased, by virtue of the fourth arti
cleof the treaty the 27th October, 1795.
They will not in future be permitted
to make a dep^' of their cargoes in
this place conCTnably to the 22d ar
ticle, which has expired."
0
We are informed by Captain Sinclair
of the ship Superior, arrived yefter
day,that the port of New-Orleans was
Unit against the entry of American
vessels, on Saturday the 16th of Octo
ber lad. The Spaniards have not yet
fixed a-place of deposit for American
produce, agreeable to the treaty be
tween the United States and his Catho
lic majesty ; and which the (hutting us
out of that port may be deemed an 1
infringement of. This is certainly a
fubjed which requires the immediate
attention of our government.
We recollect no event, so trivial in its
nature, which has made a Wronger im
pression on the public mind, .than the
arrival of Thomas Paine. That the im
pression is not uniform throughout the
country, will astonish the unbiased and
the dispassionate. It is, however, a mel
ancholy fact, that "in the present feen^
ofthings," a heedless, and blind, and
virulent party-spirit, mingles with eve
ry fubjed, dire^s every impulse, and
governs every a&ioh.
The name Pain, detested through
civilized Europe, will receive in this
country alfo,the derihon and contempt
of every friend to virtue and to decen
cy. A name, like his, covered with al
most every immoral and filthy Gain,
ought not to be permitted to pollute
one. line in a news- paper paragraph. A
character, like his loft to every decent
and manly virtue-—loft to the noblest
feeling of the foul, ought to be fuffer
ed to fink unobserved into the (hades
of obfeurity. With these sentiments our
conduct should have ftrialy correspon
ded were it not, that he has been favor
ed, from high authority, with a friend
ly and cordial reception. All grades of
congenial citizens, from the most illite
rate patriot at a grog-shop, to the phi
losophic President have tendered him
the humble " homage of their high
consideration." Yes! Reader—in
the indiferimiriatihg age, even the
Chief Magistrate of our degraded na-
tion, has welcomed to our fie 1
open arms, the execrable wretch, &
life has stamped an irideliable Fm-r.
the human charafter—at the ro^tior.
of whom decency fickens,And viitre
coils—whofe name conveys to the .!
every filthy and difgufting* idea—-who
laboured to destroy the repofe,and blalt
the " well-earned fame," of the Father
of our country~who dared to lift a pre
sumptuous hand against the Saviour.
of the word! Unhappy Republic! Such
is the indignity thou art doomed 10 en
dure !
With these humiliating facts in view,
we (hall hold ourselves at liberty to ex
pose, at pleasure, the vanity, the inde
corum, and the falfehoods of Paine.
0
BOSTON, DEC. 2.
FROM EUROPE.
By the arrival yesterday of the ship
Mercury, Capt. Stoddard, in 49 days
from Liverpool, we received our Lloyd's
- E^s, and other files of London papers
to the Bth October. The dates having
been anticipated by late arrivals at New-
Y ork, furnish, of contfe nothing in the
nature of n^s. A lew articles of Spec
illative opinion, and obferva'ion, may
not be thought.uninterefting to our
readers : They follow: " The wishes
of every friend to freedom are with the
Swiss Patriots, and against the interfere
I ence of France in the affairs of Switzer-
Iland.1 land. It is Grange that France should
now be acting upon that very principle
which she herfelf opposed during the
whole war; the principle of interference
in the concerns of an independent na
tion. She will fay, no doubt, that her
mediation was demanded. It was de
manded by an authority which is evi
dently not fnpportcd by the majority of
the people, and uhich the Chief Consul
himfelf, I'eems, from his Proclamation,
determined to , k dilh.'.The Swiss can
not desire the intervention of France ;
nay, Co apparent is their dislike to such
1 measure, that the cause of the infur
'gent's has acquired tenfold vigor lince
it has been known that the Senate has
thrown itfelfiuto the arms of the Re
public- It is curious to fee how wilful
h blind France is to a fact that is noto
rious to all Europe. Switzerland figbs
after her old Contlitutioti, and we real
ly believe that peace and tranquillity
.Would be reßored in a month, if that
ConGiturfon were re-eGablilhed: bar
that would render her really indepen-,
dent of France.—We are not surprised,
therefore, when we hear the French call --
their old Constitution an odious yoke. —
We confefs we cannot fee in what way
the mediation of France can be produc
tive of real good. ' By force of arms,'
and by faperiori ty of num b^rs, the Pat
riot's may be put down ; but will any
one call that a reGoration of tranquility
and peace ?—May the cause therefore
of the Infurgehts triumph ! they have
in the hiff®ry of their country many
proud recollections to nerve their arms
and animate their hearts/ What tho'
the drench have dehroyed the monu
ment erected in commemoration of the
viftory of Morat, the remembrance of
it Gill lives tn the mind of every Swiss !
Every Swiss too recollects what his fore
fathers achieved against another nation,
not less formidable nor less powerful
than France. A second Grifler may
be encountered by a second Williara
Tell—and freedom and vifrry may
again crown the efforts of Helvetic patri
otiim. We rejoice to hear that the Swiss
youth are pouring in from all quarters,'
to join the Insurgents—their army is
said to be already near 20,000 Grong;
a small force, perhaps, when compared .
with that which France can bring ?-
gainft them, but' they have that on one
fide which they of the adverse party avant.
A love of freedom and independence,
a hatred to foreign interference, these
are the great principles by which they
are ^clUateJ.„l"
- It is said France, llufhaand Prussia,
intend to.prefent a Note to. the British
Court against the liberty of the press in
regard to foreign Gates. Such a meas
ure is highly probable.„.France is dis
posed to do so, arid Russia does what
ever France desires. But, however
much the British government may be
disposed .to please these powers, it will
find it impossible to gratify them in this
inGance. The .only restraint on the
liberty of the press is the law ; place it
at the mercy of any, individual or indi
viduals, and the liberty no longer exists,
St. Claud, the residence of the First
Consul, is now becoming a place cf
fashionable resort. New buildings are
erecting on every fide. The road is
much more frequented at present than
was that of Versailles under, the Old
Government. On Sunday last it was
filled with carriages, and the ^eine, in
the fame direction, was covered with
boats. —o— .
NEW ORLEANS.
A Proclamation was published at
New-Orleans, on the 19th October, by
the Intendant, ordering the port to be
closed, not only against the entrance <f 4
produce from the Atlantic in American
veflels, but also against all produce floated
(town the Miffiflippi. ..
Letters from that place express doubts
whether goods deposited would be fufc
sered to be exported in American bnt
tores; sugar had positively been prohib
ited.