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ter I had presented. He retired, wrote
add delivered the letter No. 111. ad-'
, dressed to Mr. Swartwout. On peruf
ing it, Lobferved. that he having ac-|
,knowledged the using of the two firft
expressions, as applicable to. Mr. Swart
wout, and given his reasons, was so far
) Efficiently explanatory ; that if on ma-,
ture reflection, be found his mind at :
cafe,to apologize for the expreflions he,
acknowledged to have used, I would
wi>h pleasure, communicate that apolo
,gy. ,He answered, he could nptppolo-j
'gue for having used them, 'f,
'[No. 111.] ^
ri' ^^ Nt<w-To<wn, 26th July, 1802.!
<' Sik—Having Underftood' that' you
have, on various Occasions, and in rela
tion to the controversy refpe&irig Mr.'
^urr, represented me as being governedl
-by unworthy motives, I have, without
6 hesitations affixed to fueh suggestions,
fuchepithets as * thotigh^thby merited.l
^i.With regard 'to the<onverfati<,n that*
- took place at Mr. Robins's,iVWkrpredi
rehted tifen a fbll conviction tbit this
frfyft^fifdftohdtia had been adopted by
you# ^A« you have not though&prop
^&rtb xfetail, in ,odf• letter, the 4xpref
- fidnSattributed^fo* mb but hav^refer-
Aredwetd ColPSmith foritem, he will
Writhe fanie way^infA/m jou of thofei
which m, rec(jlle&ion recognizes. '1
cuoigtiateonly- 1 to 1 Add, th it Why^farther,
•&fflflg€m?rftfy6u may think proper to;
'make, will ' b^ttended to by m'e with
blithe 'promptitude vvhfch a regard to
the clrcufaftances of the case may re
cffire.-^d lid lo tx^S... t-tij f Hz
I am, ffr/ydtir most Obedient Servant,
l lSl^aF 'IDEWr^CUNTON..
^^fan ^ffim ^ft) ^" > d-M
TOYO g 1 ( (No.^V,^
>*- i A gfeehbly to Mr. Clinton's arrartge
iteetitfrMß ftifo^ railed off mefbdfore
ro O'clock orTWednefday moffiihg, as|
rthe friend r of Mr. 'Clints, and 'after!
>;&ftne r <o^vetfattyh ^expreffive 4f'our;
i TCucciAl ^tfb'ihaHhe'bufmefs mighfbe!
' amicably adjbfte'<s Mt< Riker wrote &
prefehtedv me -the' following /r^tf, as
*the'b^fb df ad ti&mtfirtiodation which!
he requefled. m'e ^td submit to Mr.
Swarty^ut's cOTfi'd^ratioh.-y
,^ ^ Mr.^wak^oUt will declare that;
he has flat represented Mr. Clinton'in|
relation' wthe controversy refpe&ing
Mr. Buffiras being govern&dby ilhwot
thy motives, Mr. Clinton will declare!
that he used th^ efflfetiwith refped tol
Mr. „#Mffi cpn&qfeice on
this fuppo&a imputation, which befog
3 9w j 9% ^(^^
CimtoQeaqp withdraws the epithets'
'compl:d^^ttf^gentleman 'a- 1
pojogizesfof^ use 'of them. Thefe^
mutual declarations to be, grade in the
presence of Col. Smith and,Mr. Riker,
and a ,Titfen riatejn^hfigned by Col.:
Smith and Mn4j&efy to be exchang
'd-" '
After having submitted the above to
Mr. Swartwout, the letter No. 5, was'
".tawa h -#r *<(,}*
^/U¥ll
recollected as applied to Mr.Swartwout,
relative to that system of conduct which;
he supposed Mr. Swartwout had pur- !
tfued; that the third did-not rest upon
his mind as being used, and explained
. the grounds upon which they were ufed'
.and applied. •.
-r - I suggested to him the propriety of;
- explaining, himfelf on paper addressed-
Ito Mr. Swartwout, in answer to the let-.
were alluded to ? I answered, those of
“Liar, Scoundrel and Wldiri,” as appli
ed directly and pointedly to Mr. Swart
wout. He said, that the two firft he
Another Duel.
To & Editors ts ,be New Vari Gazette.
T— o—
HE public mind being somewhat
felicitous on tht tranfaftions of this af
ternoon, relative to' Mr. Swartwout &
Mr. Clinton, I fond you correct copies
•f the letters which have paged on the
fubjefl, and a short narrative ofthe cir
cumstances that have been conne&ed
with the case, for publication. I am,
gentlemen, yours, &c.
_ W. S. SMITH.
^^3^ 1802.
[No. I.]
New-York, lyb July, <BO2.
SIR.—I am informed that you have
lately, in a conversation held at Mr. E
zekiel Rebins's,.taken very unwarrant
able liberties with my charader,permit
ting yourfelf to nfe expressions relative
to me too gross to be repeated. From
your charter and (landing in society,
I presume you will not hesitate to re
cognize or disavow these charges, and
if true, to make me a prompt and fuit
ablereparation. \
I have made my friend, Col. Smith,
acquainted with my feelings and expec
tations on this fubjeß ; at my particu
lar request hedoesme the honor to pre
sent this. He will receive your ans
wer, and a& accordingly.
1 have the honor to be, fir, yours, &c.
(Signed) JOHN SWARTWOUT.
The Hon. De Witt Clinton, Esq.
[No.II.]
On the morning of the 26th, I wait
ed on Mr. Clinton at New-Town,(L.l.)
and presented the above letter, which,
after perusing, he asked, who had given
this information ? I answered, I had
not enquired, neither did I know. He
asked what the expressions were, that.
river, to fix upon an eligible spot for
the parties to meet. We returned at
8 o'clock, agreed upon the spot, and
the following preliminaries,which were
fignednhe.next morning, ,
.^.Arrangement,.. .
1. To leave this island from different
points in two boats, precisely at 5 o'-
clock on Saturday, P. M. and to pro
ceed to the place proposed. The party
firft arriving will wait the landing of
the other ; each boat (hall be rowed by
four confidential persons only, who (hall
remain in their refpe&ve boats until
called for. These persons are not to
be armed in any manner whatever
There will be but seven persons in each
boat, viz. the principal, his second, one
surgeon and four oarsmen. , The sur
geons may attend in silence on the
ground.
2d. The distance between the par
ties to be ten yards, measured by the
seconds, and the positions (hall be dif
tindly marked,;
3d. The seconds shall determine by
4th. The tytok are not to exceed
eleven inchesjn the barrel. They are
to be smooth bores, and to be loaded
by the seconds in each other's presence,
shewing, a fmpoth ball. ; ~,
sth. ! The gentlemen will stand withl
their backs tp each other at their ry
fpeftive ftatyonsfpd ipthi, pofita ffia'll|
eacl\ receive a pistol ;' and the seconds
ffiafiqg deteqhined ty lot who gives .
the word, he towbaradelot falls fha/1
^ ehi |^^j^ centre, retired ,
from fatyp 9{fy, and . ihall diflind
ly fay,,< Attention, GinU^^
the. pg^lfacey':^ they shall
^f ^.,BW^4^^re #
i:?%i& o ^r e ^r^ e Mother, the
ibffofyffiall not be Q
infopport pf the fight arm,hor be plac- f
ed 00 the rigfat bread or fide.
f^uld be wounded be-1
ror^ahatf§ed,,aid;meahs. to fire', he!
&foifhe\c.an ^fpqjtyufported, be eh-!
^tobis&ot, ^ ot ^W^*:i
eitoffl,Afyhreq.ffi wounded,, and ,
"means., o niff,^all receive no
.fl^tt^
/g^^ft write forward, the Tec
ri. 8. At the.exchangeof pidois cbrreft
^j^?^^refofeefond the
vrords giy^n^s in,r,,c!e%,
ffe &ti?^ap^to b^cQifyered a|
^d P'^ must, pot be recovered. c 1
'J"°'.F P?5!X^ quit Kis Ration
without the^d&.'pr consent of the two
Tffohds. '
; (Signed) f R. kIKER.
W. S, SMITH.
.Nro-Tork, „0 30, 1802.
T Thursday afternoon, 29th July, 18oa.
DEAR SIR,
The terms of compromise dilated by
m with a sincere desire of an honofa
iblgand.a just arrangement between Mr.
^Swartwout and Mr. Clintowwere, by'
me;laft evening,(hown to Mrbdinton.
He moil readily assented to them, and
.witha dignified sincerity, assured me
fta& was happy they had been pro
.pnfed., It was a frank offer fto do jaf
§ift to Mr.Swartwout, upon biMfimpiy
declaring, " That be bad not rep-fated
Mr. Clinton, in relation to the contro
versy rtfpc&ing Mr # Burr, as being
governed by.g#u„,^, motived! He,
will ever be reader <ID> those terms to j,
sentence of his letter, which must bq fc
promptly given. #
I shall exped a definitive answer in
the course of the day.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble fervaat.
W. S. SMITH.
Form of the Certificate enclosed.
" Having, in the course of conversa
tion, made use of expreffons reflecting
on JohnSwartwout, Esq. I do fully and
freely withdraw those expressions as in
temperate and unfounded, and request
Mr, Swartwout to accept this apology
from me for having used them."
,(No. VI.)
Shortly after I received the follow
ing letter from Mr. Riker.
adduced and delivered ty ^ Mr.
Riker.
(No. V.) <
Nev-York, Jul, 8, 1802.
R. Riker, Esq.
Sir—l have submitted the proposition
you made, to Mr. Swartwout, and have
To obferyc, that, had Mr. Clinton made
the enquiry relative to the supposed
observations of Mr. Swartwout previ
ous to making life of the expressions
alluded to, Mr. Clinton would have
been fatisfadorily answered ; but, at
this stage of the business, no retrofpeß
can be had.
Dear Sir —Will it be convenient to
you to meet me at 1 o'clock, at Little's,
in Broad-street ? I will be there.
Your humble servant,
(Signed) R. RIKER.
Col. Smith.
WednefJay morning, July 28, 1802.
I met Mr. Riker precisely at 1 o'clock
at Mr. Little's, and agreed to ride out
with him or. the afternoon of the 29th,
at 6 o'clock, on the Banks of the North
The enclosed is the only apology that
can be received, or that fatisfadion
which Mr. Clinton alludes to in the last
Mr. Swartwout would not insult Mr.
Clinton so much as to repeat the pro
position contained in my letter of the
28th it having been byMr. Clinton ful
ly rejeded.
Mr. Swartwout has no further pYo
pofitions to make, nor any thing further
to submit to the consideration of Mr.
Clinton. I have the honor Sir, to be,
Your most obedient humble fermnt,
W. S. SMITH.
P. S. I claimed the firft fire as due
to the party injured, insulted, and de
manding an apology—Mr. Clinton not
consenting to it, we wave the right, and
are content in the equal arrangments
agreeably to the enclosed.
Agreeably to the preceding prelim
inaries, the refpeaive gentlemen attend
ed as agreed upon—left the city at five
o'clock and passed at the point propo
sed ; arriving as nearly together as the
current would admit, the one obliquely
afeending, and theother defending the
stream.
The ground being correal, meafur--
ed and, intermediate questions adjusted,
the gentlemen took their Rations—were .
each presented xyith a pistol, and by or
der, faced to the right, and fired, inef
feAu^lly. At the request of Mr. Riker,
I asked Mr. Swartwout, " Are you fat
isfied, fir ? 'H^anfwered, “I am not "
The pistols then being exchanged, and
their position resumed, by order, the
gentlemen faced to the right, and fired
a second foot without effed. At the
request of Mr. Riker, I again addressed
Mr. Swartwout," Are you, fatisfied
fir ?"—He answered Wrongly in the
negative, we pro§esled, and a third
Ihot was exchanged withoutinjury. At
the request of Mr. Riker, I again asked
Mr. Swartwout,V Are you finished,
fir ?" He answered, " lam not— nei
ther shall I be, until that r apology in
made which I demandedr-until then
we must proceed." 'I then presented
a paper to Mr. Riker, containing the
apology demanded, for Mr. Clinton's
signature, obferving,that we could not
spend our time in conversation ; that
this paper muff be signed or proceed.—
Mr. Clinton declared he would not sign
any paper on ihefubjea—that he had
no ariimofity against Mr.'Swartwout—
would willingly fhakehands—and agree
IP ^^fit^fc score, of former friend-.
^^l Swartwout intifling orchis: fig-;
nature tpjhe apology, and Mr,;Ciintdn
declining; they flood at thqir posts, and
fired a fourth shot. Mr. Clinton's ball
struck Mr. Swartwout's left leg, about
five inches below the knee— he stood
steady and collected. At the request '
of Mr, Riker, I again addressed Mr.l
Swartwout, "Are you fatisfied,l Sir ?"
He answered, that "It was useless to re
peat the queflion—my determination
is fixed—and I beg we may proceed..",
Mr. Clinton .repeated that he had no
animofit, against Mr. Swartwout—was;
sorry for what had paffed-rpropofed
to advance, shake hands, and bury the
circumstance in oblivion. During this
conversation, Mr. Swartwout's surgeon
kneeling by his fide, extracted the ball 1
from the opposite fide of his leg ! Mr.
Swartwout landing cred on his post ;
and p fitively declining any thing fliort
offy ample apology, they fired the fifth
fliot, and Mr. Swartwout received the
ball,in the left leg, about five inches
above the ancle ; still however, handing
ered on his post perfectly composed ;
at the request of Mr. Riker, I again
addressed Mr. Swartwout, " Are you
fatisfied Sir ?' He forcibly answered,
"lam not, Sir proceed." Mr. Clinton
then quit his station, declined the com
bat, and declared he would fire no more
Mr. Swartwout exprefled himfelf sur
prised that Mr. Clinton would neither
apologife, nor giv^him the fatisfadion
acquired ; and addressing him said,
Col. Smith.
Friday, July 30, 1802.
R. Riker, Esq.
Sir—Your's of yesterday's date,
which you did me the honour of deliv
ering in person, this morning, I have
submitted to Mr. Swartwout's consid
eration.
I had also previously reported to him,
the arrangements we had agreed upon,
between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening ;
a copy of which I do myfelf the hon
or of enclosing : and will exchange sig
natures at any hour suiting your con-
make full and entire Fatisfa&ion to Mr.
Swartwout.
If,however Mr. Swartwout has noth
ing to submit to the consideration of
Mr. Clinton, but the paper enclosed in
your letter to me of yesterday, for his
signature, it is unnecessary to repeat it ;
in that event, Mr. Swartwout is left to
make a dired application to Mr. Clin
ton, who will answer it with a promp
titude which will admit no complaint.
I have only to add, that Mr. Clinton
will be in townon Saturday morning,
and that any letter from Mr. Swar
wout to him, which you will do me the
honour to commit to my care, I shall
holdmyfelf responsible to you to deliver.
J am your humble servant,
R. RIKER.-
P. S. I have communicated to Mr.
Clinton your claim of fire—he does not
consent ; thinking, himfelf en that ques
tion equal in pretensions.
venience.
—o—
— I.
JEFFERSON & CALLENDER.
Our readers will recollect, that we
some time since re-published from the
Richmond Recorder, some remarks of
Callender, in which he states that the
specimen ffieets of the firft volume of
the Profpea had been sent to Mr. Jef
ferfon as they were printed off; that
upon his receiving them he leturned,
not merely a letter of thanks, but to
Callender's great furprize, he had di
reded Mr. George Jefferion to pay him
fifty dollars. That when the tirftpart
of the second volume was put to press,
Mr. Jefferfon sent, unsolicited and un
expefted, a second remittance to the
fame amount. We,at that time briefly
commented upon this extraordinary
conduft on the part of our Chief Ma
gistrate, and intimated that we should
resume the fubjec tmore at length at a
future day.—We have since seen the
Aurora, the American Citizen, and the
National 2Egis, with an imprudence
and an audacity unparalled, enter up%
on a defence and justification of this
condud in its full enormity. Welhall
therefore give the fubje& a more
thorough examination, and we confi
dently believe that the result will sup
port what we have already advanced,
and tend at once to cover with iliame
the Idol of the day, and with confufion
his humble hireling champions. Should
our language on this occasion be mark
ed with more than cuttomar.y fervid
nefs, we ffiall offer no apology, but rest
entirely upon, the llreugth of the case
before.
The Citizen commences by declaring,
that Callender, ' on whom no reliance
'could EVER be placed, and whose
' continual inebriation is one of the lead
'blemipies in the character, is become
'an avowed a,tfate,, He is a living
'inftance of that great truth, that a
' man without morals cannot be of fer
'vice to any cause, to any nation, or to
'any people. He seems to have been
' made rather to difurb than tofubferve
' mankind. He is restless, unprinci
' pled, licentious."—' 'His coarse and
' vulgar manner, and (he known proHi
'gacy of his life, have, always defeated
' the obje& of his writings. Coming
' from him, even the ,majesty of truth
' seems to have fuffered much of its^
'energv apd splendor. The republi
-1 cans nave reason to rejoice that this
' pelfileuff of morals has withdrawn
' from th^r ranks.' j ,
This is , pie,, chara^er now given of
one .who lately Shared so largely im the
intimacy, the confidence, and the re
gard of the Chief Magistrate of our
country as to submit to his friendly eye
the polluted pages of falfehoqd and fedi
uon—hey%ty?& the tainted gale of slan
der, and graciously rewarded the au
thor—Yes, fellow-citizens, the man
who is now plainly declared to be
" restless, unprincipled and licentious."
was paid by Mr., Jefferfon for libel
ling the administrations, and even at
tempting, to blast the private chara&r
of Wafhmgton and Adams for ever ;
and this too at a time when he held the
second place in the government. But
to those who have been accustomed ac
curately to obferv.e the conduct of Mr.
Jefferfon, this ciicumfiance will occa,
fion little furprize. He who whilst Se
cretary of 'Stpte, employed, a -hireling
prefit^abufe the other members of the
admipiftrf^ion, whilst it abounded in
flattery to himfelf, was every way equal
to the exercise of the fame %fe means
of fe|f,ggrapdizement whence had be
come Vice-President. And yet this i§
the man who, after thus making his
way to the bead of our government,af
feds to be indifferent to public honors ;
who , never ceases to pant after literary
retirement and philosophic ease, but
humbly submits tp the talk pf ruling
over us in pure obedience to the voice
of the people. How long,, fellow-citi
zens, will you continue to fe the dupes
of this canting, feypocrify ? How long
will you continue to repose confidence
in him who can defeendjo hold friend-
Jy intercourse with a man who is de
scribed as " the pestilence of morals ?"
Such we are told by Mr. Je&rfon's
champion is the chara&er of Callender ;
such then are the inflrpmeuti which
Mr. Jefferfon has used to promote his
own elfvation; such arc the wretched
expedients by which he has imposed up
on the sense of the community. _'
Not to weary even the most indolent
rea^r, We make this a mere introduc
tory number ; but the fubjed is fertile,
and we pledge ourselves to flight no
part of it. Tne fads on which we are
about to comment, afford a key to un
"Woat shall I do my friend ?" I aa
fwered," Mr. Clinton declines making
the opology required—refufes taking
his portion —and positively declares
he will fight no more ; and his second
appearing to acquiesce in the disposition
ofhis principal, there is nothing further
left for you now,but to have your wounds
drelTed." The surgeon attended, dres
sed Mr. Swartwout's wounds, and the
gentlemen in their refpethve barges, re
turned to the citv.
W. S. SMITH.
New Fork, July 3iff, 1802.
From the New- Fork Evening Pf.
NE^TORK, AUC. 13.
ExtraQ of a letter from an officer on board Q
the Cbefapeake frigate, to a gentleman
in Frederickfburgb, (Fir.) dated " be
fore Gibraltar, June 21.
" Our frigate is entirely refitted, and
will proceed on its cruise in a few hours;
it is hourly expected here, that the Era- <
peror of Morocco, and the Tunisians
will declare war against the United
States. A brig from Marseilles, which
arrived here last night, brings news,that
seven- Tunisian cruisers, engaged the
American frigate BoHon, a few days
ago, and that the Boston loft in the ac
tion, a number of men, and several of
ficers, and that she difmafted two of the
enemy, and shattered the rest very
much; this is generally beleived. It
is also reported, that the Moors are fit
ting out two frigates in Tangiers, of 36
guns,'with great expedition—we (hall
be off the port where these frigates lie,
some time to morrow,' and should they
venture out, I hope to give you a bet
ter account of them. The Algerines
have taken several British merchant
men ; a ffiip of the line and one frigate,
left this place in consequence for Al
giers, a few days ago. We are called
to get underway, so is thf vcffel that
will carry this. So adieu, &c."
'AUGUST 14.
On Thurfdavevening the French fri
gate La Confidante, drifted from her
anchorage off the Quarantine ground,
amongst the vessels at anchor within the
quarantine limits and went' foul of the
brig Twins, capt. Scort, from Jamaica,
which done her fomeiyury ; and it was
with great difficulty the wls prevented
from gomg'affiore.—Had \he tide not
have been full she certainly 'Would have
grounded ; as it was she loft an anchor.
While foul of the Twins, a number of
the Blacks got on board the brig, and
secreted themselves in the hold, and one
in the top. —Search was made,and those
below were found ; but the one in the
brig's top was not difeoyered ; and,"
during the night, he took the Twin's
boar, got on shore, and made his cfcape
on State n-lfland.
During the squabble occasioned by the
above accident, one of the French sea
men fell from one of the frigate's yards
and was drowned ; and one of the blacks
who flood in the way, was thrown over-,
board by fomeofthecrew and perished.
Yesterday morning the' French fri
gate La Confolante (the commodore's
ffiip) came Up from the quarantine
ground, and anchored offfort jay. She
fired a fa lute of twenty one guns, which 5
was honored, with ah equal number
from the fort.
The two French frigates mentioned
yesterday, have arrived at the quaran
tine ground.
= fa »wfr -=__—.
BOSTON, AUG. 12.
The naval force of the Emperor of'
Morrocco is not confiderabLe:—He has
two cruizers at Sale, which are, called
frigates, and which may mount from
20 to 30 guns ; his other force, confifts'
of xebecs, tallies and half-gaffes (pro
perly Jhaving mi ls') ; but as these are
fitted out in his. ports on the Atlantic ;.
and generalize irry fiveeps,they arc very
mifehiqvfflb enemies to merchantmen.,
Capt. Ltych also informs that a re
port was in circulation at Gibraltar, of,
an adion, in which the Bolton frigate
had been engaged, with some Tunisian;
cruizers ; but that very little attention,
was paid to it ~ ,4 o
,The American fqnadron ia the Me#-,
dicqrran#4&H«xnmanded by Commo
dore Morris;-r-it i§ compqfed, we be^
lieve^of the Chesapeake of 44, the Con
stellation of 36, the Ad^fytyfi^z, tha.
Boston of 32, and the Enterprize of I 2
guns., , ;—- —- , ,^
STATE .OF, HEALTH. . ,
Baltimore. In ty official . ,report from the %
Health-Office,dated the ^th inst. the Board Rate,
that from the id. eighteen instances of malig
nant fever had occurred; and that the inter
ments in the preceding „eek had. b&cn.S^—34
of whom, were children.
The lag Baltimore papers make no mention
of the fever ; and the small degree of sickness
experienced there, doer not appear to hav&af"
fe&ed the business nfthtcity. / br # fi f
Philadelphia. The report of the Board of
Health, of the lath inst. is very favorable. The
Physicians only report one case ; the three asso
ciations none,—There were none admitted^*
to the Hospital, and none died ;—There were
remaining jn the hospital nine, most of whom
were convalescent. The Philadelphia Gazette
of the 42th fays, “ We are extremely % happy in
being ^uthorifed to reiterate our afiuranfo of
the continued decline'of those tualignant indie a
tions of disease, which recently appeared in the
city. On this fubjedlthe reports of the Rota; \
of Health are the meft fatisfa&ory as well ^ths
most authentic evidences . To these we refer
our distant readers.
' Notw ithftandihg 'the perfentfavourable ay,
pearahecs, a precipitate return to The city, it h
believed, would be extremely perilous We
have not yet puffed the ctifis in the season which^
usually determines the malignancy of fumm<q
disorders. Until then lit our citizens enjoy
their country security." 9!
The accounts from Philadelphia, by last even
fog's mail, of the ftatc of the contagion which
has lately affli&ed that city, arc very fayoralQ'
The disease bad,,•# iatkaly fubjided, ~
lock the very faret of the heart. We &h
have to folicic the lover of truth a,d
justice to accompany us through odr
labours, and we venture beforehand,to'
promise him helhait have no occasion
to regret his compliance with our invi
tation.
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