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• It cannot be too frequently repeated
to the people of this country,, that the
ftupen'dous mass of mifchiefs, which un
der the name of Jacobinifm, has with
in, the last twelve years desolated civil
ized Europe, had its roots in infidelity,
called (in Our opinion tery profanely)
Deism or Theism: It set out with the
denial of Christ and emboldened by im
punity, it ended in the denial of God :
Hand in hand with it, went rebellion
against lawful authority ; which
after running its course of blood
flicd, deftrudion of property and the
overthrow of all civil and religions
establishments at last came to its goal
(according to the natural Tucceffion of
cause and consequence) in the mod fe
rocious despotism, and in the most
frightful depravation of morals and
manners.—Just the fame game is now
playing in this country, and will and
must come to the fame end, if means
are not taken to prevent it. It is a
vain confidence to fay that we are a
fr^ people, and cannot be so praftifed
upon.—The animated freedom, the
heroic patriotifm,the universal unfeign
ed piety, and the pure and inflexible
virtue of Switzerland, little availed
her against artifices the did not fufped,
against excesses to which ffie opposed
only contemptuous toleration, and a
gainst plots, confpirades and conspira
tors, to which an over-weening confi
dence in her own strength, afforded im
punity. Had the in due time flopped
the proceedings of her Jacobin Illumi
nati, (he would not be at this day lan
guishing for her loft liberties, and with
ering under the all consuming baleful
shade of French protection. Let Ame
, rica profit by her example. If (he does
not (he deserves Slavery. They have
no, read of the decline and fall of the
Roman Empire, who will furpea the
author of great partiality for the cause
of religion, yet Mr. Gibbon in a letter
so Lord Sufficld, written in 1790,
from Switzerland where he'then relid
cd, laments the frightful alteration
which French intercourse had made in
that country, and fays, “ I have feme.
" times thought of writing a dialogue of the
" dead, in which Lucian, Erajmus, and
66 VoltaireJhould mutually acknowledge the
'• danger of exptfng ah old fuperflition to
" the contempt of the blind and fanatic mul
'' titude." In the fame letter he fays—
« I Subscribe my assent to Mr. Burke's
creed on the revolution of France ; I
adnprerhis eloquence ; I approve his
politics ; I adore his chivalry; and /
'can almost forgive Iks reverence for church
fflabt/f sments." Thushe whocould only
string himfelf to almost forgive Burke's
reverence for church establishments out
ofcompliment to his general principles,
disapproves because he recognizes the
danger of ex^ofing even an old fuperfti.
tion to the contempt of the blind and
fanatic multitude. So much for the
authority of opinion.—Having premis
ed this, vie proceed to lay before our
A full exposition of the Clintonian faction
and the Society of the Columbian Illu
minati, i^c. by John Wood.
The contents of this pamphlet are in
ftrift conformity with the title page.
Wood has redeemed the pledge he gave
to the public, and fully exposed the art
ful machinations of ambitious men, who
in order to accomplish their inordinate
projects of aggrandifement, and their
designs against the freedom of the coun
try, and to collect every ray of power,
Weight and influence in tlre state into
the foul focus of their own private
views, have had tecowfe to practices,
such as in ftri& justice ought to disfran
chise any citizen who used them, and
to expedients, such as in the sense of
ftri& honour, must forever degrade and
discredit them. It appears they have
not scrupled to enlist under their ban
ners,all whom democratic fraudand ar
tifice, all whom mifreprefenfationy open
falfehood, calumny, and preposterous
promises, operation upon unwary igno
rance could make fa&ous,turbulent and
malcontent at home, as wel^sall the
flagitious fugitives,whom murder,rape,
Jobbery and rebellion have driven from
distant countries to take fan&uary here
from the dungeon or thegibbet—a herd
of incendiaries whom the regular justice
of the laws, and the wild justice of the
mobsof Europe have concurred tochafe
away from her Shores.
After having in a perfpicious man
ner, and with a Spirit of firmnefs which
does him credit, fucc efsfully elucidated
those vile proceedings, Mr. Wood ad
verts to a fubje& which if duly revolv
ed, and examined in all its bearings, its
fundamental principles,its original cau
ses, and its probable consequences, will
be found of more awful import, more
alarming magnitude, and more danger
ous tendency, than (Since the Revolu
tion) it has fallen to the Share of this
country to encounter :—Afubje& preg
nant with practical mifehief, and con,
ceived in as pureunmixed abftra& wick
edness, vice and impiety as ever ema
nated from the arch spirit of Evil him
felf in his bitterest malignity to man
kind—The Schemes of a Society de
nominated by themselves, in a fort of
courtesy Thrifts, by Mr. Wood, Colum
bian Illuminati, but by plain truth Infr
dds.
3Esr.7-'^:rr CT—x^^^r 5
Illuminati.
BALTIMORE, SEPT. 7.
Arrived at the feat of government,
on Thursday evening lift—Alex. Ma
comb,jr. Secretary to the Commission
ers appointed to hold conferences with
the Indian nations, fouth of the Oliio.
He is the bearer of the late treaty be
tween the Creeks and the United States.
Domingo Loris, a Spaniard, convided
of murdering Mr. Jones, was this day
executed, ati2 o'clock, in the prifon
yard. The concourse of fpedators, we
are informed, was very great. {So high
was the curiosity of the croud, that the
fencing of the yard was prostrated to
the ground.
—— <
What Callender relates of Jefferfon
will'not pass unnoticed. He observes
I that such condud has been hinted at in
the Washington Federalifl; these cir
cumstances and not these only, have
been long known : Ask the people of
;Charlottefville and the neighborhood
of Monticello ! they will fay much
more.'
Our indignation must soon be con
verted to pity. Mr. Jefferfon'scharac
. ter is funk so low even in the estimation
of some of the firft officers of govern
ment, that he must be fuffered to die a
natural political death. We could re
late tales of men high in office who
have exprefled how despicable and con
temptible was his character.— It s un
certain whether he will ever return from
Monticello to the feat of government.
In peuto veritas •, but it will be drawn
up, more than the demo's exped.
renders an abßraft of Mr. W ood's state
ment. «
He alledges that for three years paR
there has existed in New-York a Secret
Society, grafted upon and in all Shapes
resembling the, fe&s df Illuminati to
which Abbe Barrucl and Profeflor Ro
binson have attributed all the disasters
which have befallen the nations of Eu
rope. After mentioning the Illunii
natis in Europe hf proceeds—
" The society in New -York,which I am about
to dcfcribe,was in fad a society of this nature,
ere&ed in rebellion to the religious ads of
the state. This will be proved from their coh
fticutian, and the confeffion of federal of the
members. ft was a society fraught with the
blacked intentions, to overturn the divine reve
lation, and to raise the hand of opposition t
gainft the opinion of every chrittian. Their
scheme was not confined to the state of New-
York, but following the example of rhe Illumi
nati in Europe, it will be seen from the ninth
article of their printed conlitution, that they had
corresponding committees, to propagate their
new philosophy throughout the world.''
Again—
''The origin of this society was, however,
more systematical than either the Tellers of
Switzerland, or any biher perhaps of the de
scription which his been eftablifhed —It arose
upen the ruins of the celebrated democratic fo
cirty of NewYffk, in the lame manner as the
Ilium xiati originated from the remarkable lodge
of the Richie Masonry at Munich, called the
Theodore of good council—it was composed of
the scattered dregs of those Jacobin Infidels,who
covered the democratic society with disgrace,
and died a degree of odium upon the pure doc
trine of tepubheanifm, which the uforts of the
Virtuous patriot, will not for years wipe away
—it issued from the tomb of ics fallen parent,
like a foul fpcClre,.blotted with crimes, gaping
with vengeance,and eager to drag the weal: and
unfufpicious mind into the abyss of eternal tor
ment.—As the graceless son eta graceless family
most frequently exerts all his ingenuity to com
plete the infamy of a ruined reputation, so the
members of the Theifticai Society, meditated
upon every scheme to add the last reproach to
their characters, already broken and despised.
I he imported feum of the Edinburgh Conven
tion, and the refufe of the banished rebels of
Ireland, joined also their hearts and hands with
the Infidels of New-York, in planning this fc
ciety,—lt was in short a combination of treache
ry,of indigence,of frenzy,intemperance and eve
ry species of polluted baseness, for the purpole
of combating religion, virtue and wisdom. A
mong such a motly crew, one might suppose
their resolutions would be marked with folly and
ignorance, but this was not the case; for al
though all the Devils which issued from Pando
ra's box, may be luppoted to have had a voice in
their decrees; yr, it is to be remembered, that
, each of them had been previously exercised, for
Several years in Similar Schemes, and therefore,
knew how to gloss the blacked villamy under
the Specious veil of morality— They were no no
vices in this relpedt; they were not Strangers to
the art of cunning or deceit. They were well
acquainted, both how to make, and lay their
traps; fb as to be invito,- to any eye, not tinged
with Suspicion—l.ike felonious robbers, they as
sociated with,feigned,and courted the habitudes
of industry and religion during the day, that
they might with more Security in their nightly
cabals, mangle the divine Revelation into a
banquet of plealure, and Seaion the works of
the Fathers, with Rie feed of Epicurean phitofo
phy. All their intercourse,all their actions and
idealings u©e infectious. „ Th , were die hid
den instill bents of oce and torment ; like poi
fobous plants, corrupting all about them."
Mr. Wood then acknowledges that
to this general deiciipri^n there are
tome exceptions of well-iDeanUg men,
deluded by the artful, Specious logic of
their friends-^
" But theft well meatring members were kept
apart, as will be proved,from the ringleaders—
they were totally unacquainted with their
Schemes—they imagined nothing was tranfaa
ed bur in their defence —they had no idea that
there were different grades in the society—they
were ignorant of the diabolicukplanswhich were
daily forming by the directors—they knew
nothing about the proceeding of Secret commit
tees —they imagined there were none Superior
in knowledge or rank to themselves Like
honest Simpletons, they thought all which they
saw and heard was for the public good. They,
therefore, made no Secret of communicating'
What they knew to their friends and acquaint
ances; they rather exhorted them to become
members of the charitable institution, to partake
of its bleffiugs, and to be enlightened by the
influence of its doctrines."
United States.
"An event took place this morning
which has spread through our Streets,
the deepest Shade of melancholy—eve
ry citizen who revered worth, and es
teemed merit, are lamenting the death
of William Hunter, Esq. who this
morning fell in a duel with col. David
B. Mitchell, lean eaSily picture to my
felf the agony of your feelings at this
news, by the grief with which my own
breast is agitated ; and I know you will
in common with the other friends of the
deceased, lament, in tears of sorrow,
that so valuable a citizen Should perish
by the hands of a man so cordially de
spised by the mass of 'Society. The
dispute had its origin in July lad,in the
county court, to the jury of which Mr.
Hunter was foreman,ina cause in which
Mitchell was cpunfel. During the tri
al, it appearing to Mr. Hunter that
the examination of the evidence was not
conduced by the Counsel with that im
partiality which justice required, he ad
dressed a few words to the court when
Mitchell got up and observed, that Mr.
Hunter was very officious on the occa
fiop. Mr. H. replied, that officioufnefs
of juryman was not to be compared
with the impertinence of certain attor
neys—There the matter rested until
iaft Monday, when Mitchell attacked
Mr. Hunter in the Street with a large
bludgeon, Mr. H. having nothing to
defend himfelf with.—After receiving
A person of the name of Man, re
tided at Deptford, and had a place in
the custom-house, having constantly
finiffied his business by 2 o'clock, used
generally to go home to dinner. In
his Walk,he frequently met a gentleman
uho lived in that neighbourhood, who
was known to be disordered in his intel
leds, but whose condud had always
been inoffensive. It happened one day
that the mad man met him on a narrow
causeway, having a large flick in his
hand ; when he came up to Mr. Man,
he made a Sudden flop, arid Slicking one
end of the flick to the ground; while he
held it with both his hands, Sternly pro
nounced, "Who are you Sir ?" The
other not at all alarmed, and willing to
soothe his assailant with a purin, replied,
"Why Jir, lam a double man, —Man by
name, and man by nature." " Are you
so, Sir " fays the insane, " why I am a
man btfde n*felf, and we t<wo will fight
you tivo.'' Upon which he immediately
knocked Mr. Man into the ditch and
deliberately walked off.
PHH.ADE fill, SEPT.'S.
We are sorry to leari that the fever
in Wilmington (Del.) daily becom
ing more alarming.
Chere is something d lends on every
thing. M'Girk, whoh been convict
ed of murder at Washington, and late
ly reprieved by Mr. Jeffirfon, was one
of those ruffians who threatened the
Members of Congress $h deftrudion
if they did not vote fort Mr. Jefferfoh
indead of Mr. Burr, ij was frequent
ly seen in the aventies oLhe house, me
nacing the members, aid swearing to
bring an armed force to ^fiffinate them.
And it is Rrongly fufpefted he was the
writer of the anonymous letters, which
were sent to the Independent Members.
The following are two of them :
" To Mr. CRAIK. — Feb. 15, f%i.
" Sir.—The people hve waited long enough
for the vote of Cohgreb to give them the man
of their choice as Preldent, We will, how
ever, allow you one wick longer, rather than
proceed to extremities ; put if by Saturday next,
Mr. Jefferson is not Reded, we will tatefueb
measures as fall place bib in the chair, and we
will leave you to imagine bm zee mean to deal
nuitb you andyour party. We are strong and well
appointed. Look Out."
" To Mr. J. C. THOMAS,—^. 15,1801.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 6.
Extralltf a letter from Savannah,dated Augujl ip.
" Sir—Do you mean to give your fellow
citizens the man of their choice ; or do you dill
mean to continue to be the principal bar to their
wishes? If you do, are you prepared to meet
the awakened anger of an injured people ?"
If M'Girk wrote the above letters we need not
wonder he has been reprieved, nor even should
he be pardoned. Such a fellow is too valua
ble an aeqirifition to the "fed" to be permit
ted to swing when he can be so easily saved;
and the a& of gratitude pass current for mercy
and humanity.
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We are informed that the house of
Mr. Mark Balderfon, in Bucks county,
was Rruck by lightning, at ten o'clock
on the 25th ult. which killed his wife
in the cellar ; And at the fame time a
bain was struck and burnt down, be
longing t^ Mr, John Ely. It is said,
that die house of Mr. Balderfon also
tock lire & was much injured.— Poulfon.
0 — —
In addition td the preceding melan
choly accident, we have been informed,
that the Mail Stage, 'owned by Mr.
Vandegript of Trenton, was Struck by
lightning 'at a late hour on Saturday
night la?, while ch the road between
Princetown and Trenton. The light
ning appeared firft to have been attract
ed by the iron on the back part of the
carriage and on the hind wheels, from
whence it descended to the axletree and
ran along the pole under the carriage,
and instantly killed the four horses.—
Besides the drived, who was, for a Short
period# stunned by the Shock, there were
two or three paffehgeis in the carriage,
who providentially escaped unhurt, al
though the body of the Rage was con
siderably shattered. [ibid.
four blows, attempting unfudefsfully at
the fame time, to seize Mitchell by the
cellar, he said " Mr/Mitclrell, I am un
armed—l must retreat unless you lay
aside your weapon." Mr. H. then re
treated to Dr. Kollock's lhop for a cane
—there was none there. By this time
feme citizens interfered; and they left
he ground. The fame evening, Mr.
Hunter font Mitchell a challenge, who,
after much equivocation, accepted it.
Dr. Kollock was Mr. H's second. Mr.
B. Maxwell was second to Mitchell. Mr.
H. fired firft, and hit Mitchell on the
hip. Mitchell milled Mr. H. Mr. H's
second ball hit Mitchell on the groin,
also without penetrating the &in ; but
Mr. Hunter received Mitchell's second
ball in his right breast. Mr. Hunter
immediately turned, and exclaimed.
" lam a deadman ;" and, as Do&or
Gleen and Kollock caught him in their
arms, he asked for a glais of wine and
expired.
" August 20.—1 have just returned
from paying the merited tribute of ref
ped to the remains of our invaluable
Friend—the funeral was very large—
The Chatham Light fiorfe, the Ar
tillery, the Chatham Rangers, and the
Savannah Guards,compofed the milita
ry part of the procession, a detachment
of the artillery firing minute guns while
the procession was moving from the
house of the deceafed'to the burying
ground. The Chatham Rangers fired
three vollies over his grave."
c
ALBANY, SEPT. t.
It is a melancholy truth, that the
most flattering profpefts (a few weeks
since) of one of the greatest Wheat Har
vests Rewyork and Vermont were ever
blefled with, is in a moment blasted.—
In the northern and weftern.counties of
Newyork,. the failure has been very gen
eral ; along the margin of rivers, and
in low lands, in many places, there is a
total failure ; large Straw but no wheat.
In the lands, in some places, it is esti
mated that seven tenths of the crops will
fail, and from all the information we
cah gather, we fear the average loss in
this neighbourhood, will be at lead one
third of the whole crop.,
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Rhode-Inland Eleftion.
Nehemiah Knight, EQ and Joseph
Stanton, Esq. are choir * 0 represent
Rhode-Ifland in the 80longrefs. —
These were the Democratic Candidates
No one is disappointed at their election.
The Newport Mercury, however, fays,
the democratic majority has diminished
from what it was at the spring election.
0
The Indians becoming troublesome.
A letter from Cahokia, (Indiana Territory)
dated July 31, states that the Pottawatamie
nation of Indians, have lately killed two citi
zens near that town; that if there had been
a fufficient number of troops these murders
would not have been committed ; and that ape.
tition for troops had been sent to- he President.
Corifidcrabte alarm had been produced.
0
Fever at Philadelphia.
The letter received at New- York from
Philadelphia, with an account of an ex
traordinary extention of the [fever in
that city, was totally erroneous, and has
excited much resentment in the latter
city. A few cases of the fever yet exist
there, but the disease appearsto be grad
ually fubfitling. If the fever alarm can
be kept up in Pennsylvania, until the
day of electing the national and state
officers,Federalifm will lose many votes
in Philadelphia, for three-fourths of
the persons who have retired to the
country are of the Washington" fed."
0
BOSTON, SEPT. 16.
From tbe WEST-INDIES.
The following agreeable intelligence is com
municated in a leter to a gentleman at
Norfolk, and dated at St. Bartholomews,
the 4th Buguft.
"My lad letter, of goth July, and
forwarded via Philadelphia,contained a
proclamation frefpeding the future man
agement of the negroes at Guadaloupe;
since which, another proclamation has
been publilhed, which reflores to the Emi
grants their property. The owners of
the lands farmed out by government
• are to look to the tenants for the re
ceipt of the rents. . The property taken
pefleffion of by the government is also
to be restored to the former owners.
“ By one of the articles it is declared,
the French now knoox no Emigrants.—
Itis expeded the fame will be done in
the French Weft-Indies.
“ Gen. Lacrosse has been reinstated
in his appointment of Captain-General
of Guadaloupe ; the dignity of the
French Government rendered this aft
necessary, otherwise we should have
been fubjeft to perpetual confufion.
“ On the General's landing at Bafle
terre (he having for some time pad been
at Dominique and Marigalante) there
was a general illumination for three
nights fuccedively. We understand
that it is left with the Captain General,
to determine on the deportation of those
whom it is deemed neceflary to fend off
the illand."
A passenger on board the schooner
John, Capt. Bullen, arrived at Newyork,
from St. Thomas, furnifb.es the follow
ing information : “ That a few days
previous to his failing from St. Thomas
he left St. Vincents, where the English
troops had arrived which were Nation,
ed at Surrinaro, and all the other ports
formerly in peffeffion of the Dutch ;—-
they being evacuated on accountof the
arrival of the Dutth fleet with troops,
which have taken poifeffion of all the
Rations." _+.
From Gibraltar, 'July ~ 2802.
"You no doubt will before now have
learnt thatConfulSimpfon,atTangiers,
has been ordered away, and being now
here, War having been declared by the
Emperor of Morocco against the Unit
ed States. We now feel infinite plea
sure in mentioning to you that the Em
peror appears to have repented of his
rashness, and wishes Mr. Simpson to
return, allowing fix months for an an
swer from America. ,Without some
conceflion from the Emperor, and rati
fying the old treaty between the two
countries, Mr. Simpson is determined
not to go over, and it is not improbable
that in a Ihort time accounts will be re
ceived from your Executive, so as to
enable matters being fe tied... We do
not find that any hostilities have as yet
been committed, or for the present is
there any appearance of it, dill veffels'
coming this way run a great risk, as
there is no knowing what may take
place from one moment to another :" a
[Barton paper.
COMMERCIAL.
Bermuda, alag. 24. Accountsjuft re
ceived from the Weft- Indies, state, that
the crops have been so very abundant,
as to lo wer the price of sugar and rum
considerably in all the fends, and fuf
ficient Dipping could not be procured
to export them. Price of rum in some
of the Islands, is only 2/1, this curren
cy.—St. Kitts, Aug. 21. Cur markets,
are well supplied with American pro
duce ; flour is from 10 to 12 dollars;
beef 12, and pork 16— Natches, Aug. 3.
Bacon, fb. to a 12 1-2 cents, brifk^ {
Bar Iron, cwt. 16 dolls. Cordage cwt. :
9*15 dolls, Cotton, no demand, near
ly all at market ; Flour, 4 dolls, dull;
Lime, per buffi. 25 a 37 cfs. great
quantity at market ; Pork, salted, 10
dlls, per bbl.— /Mediterranean, July 16.
American exports very low, and on the
decline..
The death of a few persons in the
south-easterly part of this town, after a
very Short indisposition, has given rife
to some alarm, and occasioned reports
to be spread abroad in the country,
that the place was adoally infested
with a malignant contagious fever.-—
We are happy in being enabled to con
tradict these idle Rories, and to assure
the public, that from personal inquiry,
in addition to the evidence, given in
the official notice of the Board of
Health,there is not a Single case of con
tagious fever exiting at this time in
the town of Boston.
Itappears by the accounts from Was
hington, that our well-informed. Execu
tive has at length discovered his mistake
in the appointment of an European ite
nerant speculator to an important office
in the customs; and that RalpbCrf,&^.
is now appointed to the office so ably,
uprightly and impartially filled by Mr.
Tyng. We also find, that Henry
Warren, efq. has declined Accenting
the colledorfhipat Marblehead,becaufe,
as we underftand,the emoluments were
not equal to his expectations and pre
tensions; and that Joseph Wilson,
Esq. has been appointed in the room of
S. R. Gerry, efq. removed.
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SALEM SEPT.I4.
The stories refpe&ipg Mr. Jefferfon,
which Callender has put into such brilk ,
circulation, are Sufficiently invalidated,
fay the Jefferfonian papers, by the infa- 4
my of Callender's character. And v e t
this man obtained American citizen Ship
by virtue of his good moral character,
attefled to, on oath, in open Court, by
Thomas Lciper, the best democrat in
Philadelphia, ah open profeffor of reli- ™
gion, and now Prefidentof the Common
Council of that city—who had been'
well acquainted with Callender for
more than four years before !
PORTLAND, SEPT. IJ.
Extract of a letter from Capt, Danie!
Hunt of the brig sane t> his owners in
this town, dated St. Croix, Auguji 3.
“ I arrived at this port after 34 days
paffagc.
“ On the 12th July, at 8 P. M. in
lat. 31, 10—long. 50, 40 —I took up a
boat with 8 men in it, the unfortunate
crew of the brig Hope of Newhaven,
laden with live stock, bound to Mar.
tiniqne, Samuel Plant, Matter. They
were upset in a fqua|l, and the vessel
instantly filled. They had been 8
hours in the boat, and were destitute of
water, provision, quadrant and com
pass." - 0—
Capt Long,tf the fch'r Hornet, ar,
rived at Baltimore in 20 days from
Point-Petre mentions, that the blacks'
continued very obstinate at Guada
loupe. No reinforcements had arrived
but momently expected. A number of
the troops were dying daily.
We learn that the feite of a Marine
Hospital has foeen flaked out in the land,'
owned by the United States in Cbarlcs
town, (Ms.) and that the preparation,
for building the Hospital will imn^v
ately commence.