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beyond a thousand letters of compli
-1 merit, how seriously the President was
fatisfied with the contents of the book,
and how anxiously he felt himfelf in
terested in its success. With this ex
planation the reader is left to judge,
whether Mr. Jefferfon would have sup
posed my affittance likely to injure the
Examiner !
" There has been quoted already from
Jones, a passage wherein he mentions,
as a crime, publications against Mr.
Adams.—A great part of these publi
cations appeared, for the firft time, in
the Examiner. Jones was very glad
n get them. They have brought into
us pocket some thousands of dollars,
which would otherwise have been kept
out of it. But, if there had been guilt
nthe case; it was Jones' duty to have
foppreffed them in their birth ; and by
his forbearing to do so, his equals
mine. If there was guilt in the con
tents of the Profpefl, then evert re
publican in Virginia is a criminal ; and
Mr. Jefferfon is by far the worst of them.
The absurdity of Jones' accusation
against me, as ,to this book, is too felf
evident, and too gross to admit of il-
Juftration. Although incapable of
shame, he is fully susceptible of rage ;
and the anguish of resentment seems
for a time to have deprived him of his
senses. If I was in the wrong, then
Chafe and Griffin were in the right;
and the fathers of the sedition ad were
the faviours of their country. This is
the republican ground which Jones has
taken.
“ I now Hail proceed to examfoe some
other detached beauties in the Exami
ner of June 2d. Mr. Jones fays that the
trial for sedition was a "humiliating and
inhuman scene." The rights of society
are not to be humbled by an exertion
of justice; nor is the punishment of a
criminal an aft of inhumanity.
61 J. T. CALLENDER."
g,Readers, if you have perused the above,
let us draw your attention to the great character
therein mentioned. It is the fame who com
plains of the violence with which he is attack
ed arid his measures condemned; he is the per
lon who in public has fyoken to you of the
unfortunate division of sentiment, of the wish
to banifo party diftindlions, and the desire of
restoring to society the happiness of social in
tercourse; The " Profpea before U<" contains
more abuse and calumny of Waffiington and
A dams, than the collected animadversions in the
papers on the conduct of Mr. Jefferfon; and
yet the virtuous philanthropist can smile with
indifference, nay, can express the most savage
delight, at the writhing and tortures of a per
lon grown grey in the service of his country;
" MY last letter broke off somewhat
abruptly. The examination (hall here
be relumed, at the parage where it
paused.
'“ Since the subscriber came to Rich
mond, Mr. Jefferfon spoke of him as.a
Scotchman, whose name is known, and
whose face is familiar to every individ
ual of the city guard. To this friend
Mr. Jefferfon said that it was of ID con
cern in what paper be met with Callender's
paragraphs. He always recognized them
in the firft sentence. At that time, the
approaching President had seen a part
of the firft volume of The Profpea. The
fleets, as they were printed off, had
been sent him. To the gentleman just
referred to, the President expressed his
curiosity to fee the remainder of the
book. Upon one passage, he made this
remark : " / think I fee John Adams
twirling of his wig, and flamping on it."
This hint was adopted in the second
volume of The Profped. The accu
racy of the anecdote rests upon the ob
servation of Mr. Jefferfon.
“ Another evidence may be mention
ed as to the President's opinion of the
subscriber. Mr. Thomas Leiper of
Philadelphia is brother to the late Dr.
Leiper of Richmond, whose worth is
Co diftindly remembered, and whose
death has been so sincerely lamented.
Mr. Leiper is as independent ,in his cir
cumstances, and his sentiments, as any
man well can be. In spring, 1798,
Mr. Jefferfon told this gentleman that
the subscriber was the best writer of
newspaper paragraphs that he had ever
seen either in America, or in Europe.
This compliment is very much over
charged. Perhaps Mr. Jefferfon might
be somewhat impressed by his thinking
upon the fame fide of the quellion
which the subscriber had embraced.
Yet, after making a large and reasona
ble deduction for the vivacity of con
versation, and for the prejudices of a
political partizan, enough will dill re
main to form a refpe&ful alteration.
But the evidence ofhis opinion does
not rest upon such sallies of discourse, as
those which havejuG now been quoted.
" A short time after I came to Rich
mond, there was printed in a monthly
magazine a long extract from thefirft &
at that time unpublished volume of the
Profpeft. Upon Mr. Jefferfon's receiv
ing the specimen sheets, he returned not
merely a letter of thanks, but, to my
great surprise, he said be bad directed Mr.
George Jefferfon of Richmond to pay me
fifty 'Dollars. When the firft part of
the second volume was put to press, Mr.
Jefferfon fent,unfolicited, and unexpect
ed, a second remittance to the fame
amount. These hundred dollars attest,
F^m the Recorder.
E^raafrom Callender'sfeventb Letter.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Miscellaneous.
The Democrats have fallen into a
whimsical jangle with refped to the
dangers to be apprehended from the
French military colony of Louifiafia.
Some of them have sense enough to ac
knowledge their fears—while others,
dill believing that Fr enebmen can do no
•wrong, will insist, that the matter does
not concern the United States in the
least degree. A writer in the Palladi
um withes them to meet in caucuses
and decide the question, “ Whether the
French ought to be commended or npt,
for fending all their black, and white,
and yellow cut-throats to take post be
hind our backs."
Callender -averts, that Mr. Jefferfon
gave him One Hundred Dollars, to encour
age him in the work he publijbed under the
above title. The following extracts from
that work will Jhew what Mr. Jefferfon
paid his moneyfo liberally for.
" On this head we cannot discover a
diftindion between thef-a/er^/ charac
ters of the firft and second Pefident.—
Mr. Adams has only completed the
feene of ignominy which Mr. Walkington
began."
140. " By fending these ambassa
dors to Paris (our late Envoys, Messrs.
Pinckney, Marffiall, and Gerry) Mr.
Adams and his British faction designed
to do nothing but mifehief."
From the Bridgeport paper of June 30.
On Thursday last arrived off this
port, on her .way to New-York, the flip
'Enterprize, Ezekiel Hubbell of this
place Master, in 140 days from Can
ton.—Capt. Hubbell has performed a
circuitous and lengthy voyage, ofnear
ly two years and a half since he left
New-York, and we exped has met with
success proportionate to the greatness
of the undertaking.
Capt. Hubbell's route has been, round
Cape Horn—tip the Pacific Ocean, up
on the North Weft coast, and thence to
Canton—in the course of which has had
many feenes of danger, of anxiety, and
some profitable traffic:one of thenatives
of Sandwich Islands (where Cook was
killed) he brought home With him who
is now in this place at school ; a likely
and ingeniouslad, of about twelve years
of age, of an olive complexion black
strait hair, &c—who understands much,
and begins to speak our language.
We learn from Capt, Hubbell, the
natives of those inlands are making
great improvements from what they
were in Captain Cook's day, by thq help
of some white mechanics fettled there ;
have several deck vessels, &c.—Also
we learn that the native who killed
Capt. Cook was yet living there, and
was pointed out to Capt. Hubbell.
Page 71. "At the commencement
of the new government, when Mr.Wafh
ington (the late General) was ele&ed,
Hamilton, and some ofhis tribe, with
out allying leave of Congress, did, by
their own authority, expend about thir
teen thousand fix hundred dollars in
purchasing furniture for the President's
house, and liquors for his cellar."
72. “ Adams and Washington have
been Shaping a series of these paper job
bers ; (a new term of designating those
who hold the funded debt of the Unit
ed States)into judges and ambassadors.
As their whole courage lies in want of
ffiame, thtfe poltroons, without riftings
manly and intelligible defence of their
own measures, faife an effeded yelp a
gainst the corruption of the French Di
re&bry ; as if any corruption could be
more venal, more notorious, than their
own. For years together the United
States resounded & with curses against
them ; while th^Grand Lama of Fed
eral Adoration, the immaculate Divinity
of Mount Ver^m, approved of and sub
scribed every one of their blachef crimes.
88. " Every Virginian, who values
his freedom, (herald prepare himfelf to
meet the word that may happen. He
Ihould perfect himfelf in the use of a
mufeet, with as much diligence as the _
devotee learns his catechism."
can faruffb materials, And lit for ufog them,
against the reputation and peace of mind of the
firft characters in the United States. He could
privately do these things and publicly visit the
hospitable mansion, and surviving partner of the
hero, whose reputation he had paid for [tab
bing. He could visit the tomb of that Wash
ington, whose memory he had endeavoured to
cover with disgrace. O ! fkame ! Where is thy
bluffi; conscience, where is thy fling.
[%^. Fel.
, 102. " But this speech (The Pref
dent's to Congress in 1793) has a chasm,
that completely unmakes the jcandalous
hypocrisy of Washington ; and ihews, in
what way he was likely to a£ert the
privileges of his country."
14.3. " And it was upon this nota
ble foundation that the President pen
ned his inimitable answer to the boys ©f
Boson. In that paper, with.all the
cowardly inference arising from his assur
ance of personal fafety, with all theft
ry, but without the propriety of sub
limity, of Hemer's Achilles, this hoary
headed incendiary, this libeller of,the Go
vernment of Virginia, bawls out, To
arms then—to arms !"
66. " In the midst of such feenes of
Profligacy arid ufory, the President has
persisted as long as he durfi, in making
his utmost efforts to provoke a French
war."
" THE PROSPECT BEFORE USE
Reports have been current here for
two or three days, that the Yellow .Fe
ver had reappeared in Philadelphia.—
Knowing how frequently and ground
lessly similar reports are circulated dur-'
ing the summer months, we have not
noticed them. But the New-York Eve
ning Post (generally a very correct pa
per) informs, that letters were received
at New-York, on Friday last, assuring
that the epidemic was spreading faft
over the city, from where it firft appear
ed ; and that the inhabitants were re
moving rapidly in great consternation.
We have copied an article from the Au
rora on this ful^ea, but must observe
that the paragraphs of that paper obtain
but little credit,for veracity. The Phi
ladelphia Gazette pf Thursday evening,
informs, that the public apprehenfian
had been exaggerated—that eight or
nine peffons only had been indisposed;
of whom oneonly had died ; and that
in tracing those diseases, no decided
proofs of contagion had been discovered.;
We do not find in the Philadelphia pa-j
pers of Friday last, any notice of thet
Board of Health on the fubjeft. We
do not fee any cause for alarm.
0
From the Aurora of ^uly Is.
" We should conceive it to be inaom-i
patible with the duty we owe to the pub-j
lie to conceal that a firing impression;
is made on the public mihd, of the ex-,|
iftence of the Yellow Fever in the north-!
ern part of the city of Philadelphia. It
is stated to have originated on board.
the St, Domingo Packet ; and five per-|
sons at least, have already fallen yi&ims ;
to a disorder, fodofely resembling this
malignant plague, as to leave little
doubt of its partial existence.—At pres
ent there does not appear to be any dan
ger of contagion, but we conceive it to
be the duty of the Board of Health to
fatisfy the public anxiety without delay
on this fubjed. Should it prove to really
exist with danger, we shall faithfully
report to our fellow-citizens the plain
fall, whatever may be the conduct of'
others—this is meant as a call upon the
Board of Health to be prompt and ex
plicit on a fuhjed involving the lives
and happiness of the best part of the
community."
CHARLESTON, (s. C.) JULY ?.
BY the arrival of the fch.Diana froml
the Cape, we learn that Tottffaint,j
with his wives, children, aids,&c. were I
all sent to France by Gen. Leclerc ;'
they failed about twenty days beforel
Capt. Mead left it. Ever since the
arrest of Touffaint, every thing had
been very tranquil in St. Domingo; a
great number of planters were return-'
ing to their plantations, and the towns'
in the island were building up very faft.
The yellow fever was very prevalent at
the Cape amongst the troops and fo
reigners, and many officers and soldiers
fell vidims to it.
PETERSBURG, JULY „.
On Friday last, about 2 o'clock, dur
ing a violent dorm of rain, thunder and
lightning, the dwelling house of Mr.
Joel Finn, of Prince George county,
was (truck by the lightning, which pro
duced the following melancholly catas
trophe: While the family were 'at din
ner, the lightning defeended into the
room, aud killed Mrs. Finn and one of
her daughters, about ?years old ; ano
ther daughter, which set between Mrs.
Finn and the other fufferer, escaped
unhurt ; a son about 4 years old, re
ceived such a shock, as to be apparent
ly dead for several minutes. At the
distance of 25 feet from the room, in
the piazza, a negro girl, who was spin
ning, was thrown with great violence
against the fide of the house, but re
ceived no material injury : another ne
gro in the kitchen, at least 40 yards off,
was so much dunned, that she was to
all appearance dead far feme time.—
The plate, table and chair where Mrs.
Finn fat, were 3om,l±b splintered ;
and the hottie fudaii^d corrtderable in
jury. 0
BALTIMORE, JULY 14,
Accounts from Canada, byway of
Vermont, Rate, that the British are
Grengtheniag their military posts it
that quarter, from the apprehensions
they entertain of the {ettlement of the
French in Louisiana.
NEW-YORK, JULY 16.
We find by the Halifax Gazette, of
the 22d ult. that the Lieut. Governor
has issued a proclamation, offering a re
ward of one hundred guineas for the dis
covery of the incendiaries who lately set
fire to the different parts of the town of
Halifax. Lieut. Col. Layard, Com
mandant of the garrison, rendered es
sential service during the late alarming
fires ; and the fire wardens, magistrates,
and in faft all the inhabitants, have
come forward vrith the greatest zeal ;
and spirited measures were pursuing to
prevent similar incendiary attempts ;
The principal fufferers by the late fires,
are, Alexander Allen, Mr. Harrington,
and G. W. Sherlock, Esq.
Articles per Mails.
O
BOSTON, jtLY 21,
fever at Philadelphia !,
We are the more convinced of the ne
deffity of an early attention to these
points, by the departure from this,pro
vince of Don Francisco del Pino, the
beginning of the present month for
Spain. He is the lon of the Vice King
here,and we havegood reason to believe,
goes charged with inftt unions from his
father to make representations to the
Spanifli Court, unjust in themfelves,and
extremely hostile to u%
The inclofed memorial, lately pre
sented by us colle&ively to the govern^
ment here will furnilh you with a gene
ral idea of the nature of the grievance^
we have fuffered. The peculiar cir
cumstances attending each particular
case, we mud defer transmitting to you,
till we have time to colled and arrange
them, and are able to procure the doc
uments neceffaty to fubflantiate their
truth. In the mean time we conceive
it of the utmost importance to the final
success of our refpe&ive claims, that the
Court of Spain be prepared for their
formal reception, and that all improper
intrigue on the part of the wrong-doers
here may be defeated.
Copy of a letter from certain Citizens of the
U. State/, to Charles Pinckney, Esq.
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Madrid.
Buenos fores, April 22, 1802.
Sir,
Weary of individual exertion in pur
suit of that redress, which our treatment
in this country so loudly demands, we
feel ourselves compelled to resort for it
to the interference and influence of the
American Government#
It is with much fatisfadion, we find
that you are the Diplomatic Agent of
the United States, near the Court of
Spain, and we look forward, with con
fidence in your well-tried patriotism,
for a ready and spirited co-operation
with us in our applications for justice
from that Court.
"Since leaving home I have met
with a variety of adventures, and expe
rienced many disappointments. I ex
rested to find th: Spaniards honed—-
'" n ^ them aimed without exception,
villains ; and what I never expected in
the lead, I have experienced, viz. being
a prisoner. This country might be
made the garden of the world, but the
Spaniards are too indolent to offer the
lead abidance to nature. They sleep
one third part of the day, one third is
Gonfumed in eating, and the remainder
is employed in fmoaking, or in fucking
a decoction of the herb Paraguay, thro'
a tube. They are, if possible, more ig
norant than indolent. They are one
and all bigotted to their religion, and I
believe, think it serving God, to cheat
a Protestant. Some of our countrymen,
when they returned home, appeared to
be in raptures with this country ; for
my own part I am tired with Buenos
Ayres. lam tired with narrow Greets
paved with (harp stones. lam tired
of feeing none but (babby looking hous
es. lam tired of drinking muddy
water, and four wine ; and eating lean
beef and bad mutton—lnfults enough
have been offered to us to warrant a
war,and our country could reap nothing
bat advantage from the contelt. I will
not enlarge upon the indignities we
have fuffered,and thehardfhips We have
undergone, but will merely mention a
few of them, to ffiew you that I speak
not without foundation. Our flag has
been placed under the Spanish with the
Union down. The fifeal of the civil
department has charaderized us, as 2
set of people wandering about the streets
wifynt religion arid without morality.
Many of us have been imprisoned% some
anting tb^vileß flalefadcra ; a;nd even
the infamous puffiffiment of the Scourge
has forced mariners, citizens of the United
States of America, to toil for the vile
Spaniards.
If we complain and mention the ven
geance of our country, we are laughed
at, and asked what can the U. States do,
a nation with no power, without an ar
my, and whole whole naval force con
s& of a few frigates.
——o— -
It is suggested that feve^a! of the A
meritan frigates are to be ordered to
the River Plate, to release the (hipping
belonging to this country, detained
there by order of the Spanish Govern
ment.
Some of these veflels are Indiamen,
which put in therein distress last March;
others that failed from Boston and oth
er ports in the U. States, in consequence
of contrasts made with merchants un
der a guarantee of security from that
government. Whether this outrageous
conduß is confident with the law of na
tions, may be more accurately deter
mined when we ffiall have heard the
circumstances fully stated. It certain
ly, however, claims the attention of
Government ; and it might be proper
to enquire how far this detention is con
fident with the exiting treaty between
the two countries. It is, however,
clearly stipulated that our vessels (hall
have free ingress and egress to all their
ports, to procure provisions, &c.
{Bofl on Gazette.
Extras of a letter from an American gm?
tieman of refpe&ability at Buenos Ayres,
South America, to bis friend in Boflon,
dated April 17, 1802.
While his Vice Majesty had his whole
family on the alert for tlie difcovery^md
seizure of some petty packages of con
traband, he basely fuffered our enemy
of inferior force, to enter this Province
and Grip the ' King his matter of towns
and territory. With regard to us, he
has, if possible, aded Gill more unwor
thily. All our petitions, whether indi
vidual or colleaive, have been palled
over with silent contempt. Hospitality
and justice have been denied us, and our
persons and our property have been the
sport of the mod wanton tyranny.—
Where he dares not oppress us by an
adive cruelty he unfeelingly ruins us by
delay. And when he cannot reach us
directly with his injudice, he aims it in
directly, by encouraging or compelling
individuals to violate their centrads
with us.
1 he Governor of Montevideo has not
only been his able conductor, in these
ungenerous and unjust proceedings, but
has ever appeared to place an ambition
in excelling him.
We shall addiefs the Government of
the. United States, concerning these
grievances and injuries ; in the mean
time, we doubt not you will do every
thing in our behalf, confident with
your official situation.
Mr. 'I itus Welles, who will have the
honor to deliver to you this letter, is a
gentleman well acquainted with the af
fairs of his unfortunate countrymen in
these ports, and fully competent to an
swer every enquiry on the fubjed.
To him we beg leave to refer you,
and are with sentiments of the highest
consideration and refped, Sir, your mod
obed'ent, and most humble Servants,
Thomas O'Reilly, Titus Welles,
" John R. Livingston bought a ves
sel and sent home the French prisoners,
at the earned solicitations of Pichon.—
The bills which he carried for the a
mount of this expence were dfonored
in France. When the Minister, his bro
ther, had arrived there, he did all that
public duty or private regard could
prompt, to obtain a settlement of the
demand and payment of the sum with
interest and damages. As a personal
favor to the Chancellor he succeeded in
obtaining an acknowledgement of the
original sum, without interest or dama
ges, and payment by draughts on the
department, which are a fort of antici
pation of the taxes, and by certain dis
counts will be turned into cash. When
you confider the nature of the demand,
the quality and Situation of the de
mandant, you will fee very little hope
for any other creditors."
o
From NIAGARA, July r, 1802.
"I am about setting out from this
port to Fort Michilimackinac, in the
new American Packet “ Senator Tracy,
built last fall by the United States, at
Detroit, and completed this spring, for
the purpose of transporting the troops
and public floras on these weflern wa
ters. Although l ihall be fix hundred
miles N. W. from this port, yet the
communication is so frequent, that there
will be opportunities of hearing from
you every three or four weeks."
Commercial/, Important.
We underhand from Salem, by a late
arrival at that port from Sumatra, that '
though Pepper had been lately fcarcc
it was at the time of the Bellifarius's fail
ing, very plenty, the corps having been
gathered in. A vessel of 300 tons could
have loaded in five days. No kind of
detention took place in loading after
the crops were in. OThe English re
sidents at Sumatra have not the power
to prohibit the trade of foreigners to
that island, neither have they the &,
position.
The . British Peace cfebliffitnem h far.',
60,000 men; —a force roftrongc; th, :i r.•
kept on foot in the reign of Charks.il Ano
lar reduction is also tertake p^u;; ® ^c Naval
Department.
I he conduct of the Vice King here,
indeed Gands in need of a fpecia! and
confidential family agent for its juftifo
cation ! A conduct masked by the mean
and mercenary spirit of plunder on the
one hand, and a (hameful negleft or ig
norance of duty on the other.
Titus Con Win, Daniel M'Pherfon,
Jonathan Williams, Caleb Loring,
Henry Davidson, Isaac Isaacs,
Jfiab Gould, J o fah Roberts,
Leonard Jarvis, 3d, Moses Griffin,
Daniel Olney, John Anfey,
Jonathan RuffAl, John Grant.
Joseph Ruflell, Robert Gfraf,
William Todd, jun. Silas Atkins,
Job W. Hall,
A gentleman from France, informs
us, that as far as his observation ex
tended, the French people were unani
mously in favour of electing Bonaparte
for life, and investing him with sove
reign power and authority The,
were intirely sick of re volutionary ex
pedients, and loose inefficient govern
ments. So they can but enjoy the fruits
of their industry; and be secure from the
tyranny of mob-leaders, they care not
who guides the vessel of State ; or who
makes of administers the laws. The
common people, under the monarchy,
knew they were the happiest on earth ;
and -they sigh for the return of old
times. -> —„—
L=traß ofc letter from a gentleman in Europe, to
bis friend in this teun
William Allan,