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Adami andCongrefs kept from iasghirg in each
other's faces, orhen the latter pad their &*^rti
tus refutation to recommend the delivery of
/unable CTMteffi&fcaurfce,and puttie payers !' ,K.
Again, "Upon the loth Dec. iSoo,General Lee
presented coCoegrefiche plan of a Mausoleum to
the memory of the Chief Magistrate." "With
regardto this maufokvm the man who (hall vote
cue (hilling fee it, mull cat-go the guilt of the
robber and the house breaker, without their
fserfonal temptation. A plain tablet may per
bo,£t be found expedient, th a farifa<9p^u^r
igzga^ aad enthntiafm '' go.
Mr. George Jefferfon now (lands
read, to attest to the fail, that for this the
President paid Callender fifty dollars
and that the money was paid thro' him.
Will the reader once accompany us to
the laddered groves of Mount Vernon.
Behold this fame Thomas Jefferfon at
the tomb of Washington! See him ap
proach the hallowed foot, Surrounded
by fpedators 5 he kneels before the sa
cred daft!—he weeps outright at the
irreparable loti; of this greatest, best,
and most benevolent of men! —fobs
choak bis utterance !—he clasps iris
hands in token of pious resignation to
the will of heaven, and retires in Glence
amidst the buffings of those whose fym-
We beg the reader to re-peruse this
paflage. The man whole head has
been covered with the benedictions of
his fellow citizens from' Georgia to
Maine, and whose virtues have exhaus
ted the language ofeulogy, is here brand
ed as one whose actions could not even
plead the excuse of avarice; last, ambition,
or vengeance. And for this a grateful
letter of compliment (was addrelled to
the writer by Mr. Jefterfon expreftive
of his high approbation—and even the
miser parted with his beloved gold on
this tempting occasion. But fay his
editors, this act of Mr. fefferfon merits
applause. Applaud it then ye who are
base enough to do so.
“ Adams and Washington have since been
Shaping a ferjes of these paper jobbers into Judges
and Ambassadors. As their whole courage lies
in a want of flume, these poltroons without
risking a manly and intelligible defence of theft
own mcafurcs, raise an affected yelp against the
corruption of the French Dire&ory ; as if any
corruption could be more venal, more notorious,
more execrated than their own. For years to
gether the Grand Lama of Federal adoration,
the immaculate divinity of Mount Vernon, ap
proved of and fcbferibed every one of their
blacked measures. Citizens of Virginia 1 zebra
tvill ,e fain to think ?" 7%
Imagine to yourfelf, kind reader, the
figure of a man, with apparent cordial
ity extending the right hand of friend
ship to another, for whom he profefles
the most unbounded elleem and refpe&
—observe now the other hand placed
behind his back, holding out a bank
bill to a " needy wretch" and urging
him by signs to receive it, in reward for
having invented the most infernal Zan
der against him whose hand he clasps in
seeming affection. If this figure is
now diftindly before youreyes,you have
a pretty just idea of what has actually
taken place in real life.
"At a critical moment Mr. Washington in
terposed to break it up (i. e. the treaty with
France.) Whether he a&ed by himfelf alone
or by Congress collectively, ic must h/ve been,
3 perp!""" defection." 97.
But this speech has a charm that complete
ly unmalks the foanddious b^pocrify of Wash
ington." 103
" Mr, Adams has only completed the sane of
ignominy which Mr. Washington began.'' —#6
" Setting aside its gross ingratitude and per
fidy towards France, this proclamation (of neu
trality) was, in every point of view, an a& of
the most au^cxui uscLe&tiow and despot
ISM. V 104.
We come now to Waffiington's death
—with what emotions will the follow
ing paflage be read ?
ring charged him with being callous to
the calamities of the American prison
ers at Algiers, he adds—
" Under the old French government when
a person wag from twenty years of age to sixty,
immured in the Baftile, there always erifted
Tome temptation to the deed, some object Os
avarice, of lust, of ambition, or of vengeace. An
explanation of this kind cannot be advanced for
the phlegm of Washington. His refufal muff
be refolded, therefore into that utter want of
feeling, which constitutes the key-stone of his
- character; aad which has cost the lives of so
many hundreds of families on the fouth wcftern
"frontier." 39
"the Republicans were extremely recti
failed with the' demise of the general. Thgy
file and feared his weight in the fcafe of aris
tocracy; but they found it neceffiry to save
appearances with the multitude, by preferring
a profeffion of furrow, It was a real fact to fee
the manner in which the citizens at large were
treated, in this instance, by both parties. The
second burial! But it is impossible to proceed
with gravity or to comprehend by what means
« Though M recienving the incidents of'
tit, aduuntyration, I am wxoflfcious ofin
tenticnal errors lam nevertbeleff too fen-
Jibk of my defers not to think it prolate
that / ma, have committed man, errors.
Whatever the, may % Ifervently bcfeech
the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils
to which thy tend. Ijball alfo carry with
me the hope that my country will never
cease to view them with indulgence ;
and that after forty years of my life
dedicated to its fcteice, with an upright
zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will
he consigned to ohfcion, as m,fafsHuftfen
he to the manfens of rest."
Alas ! fainted spirit ! no: fort, years
of life dedicated to thefervice of th, country
ceuld noUhieldlhcc from remorfelcfs ;
pathy he had beguiled by « prefentiug
this profeffion of sorrow."
We cannot better ciofc this fubje&
than with an extract from the model!
Washington's farewel address to his fel
low-citizens :
PRESIDENTIAL BAG-PIPE.
Callender continues bis unmerciful cadiga
tims upon poor Duane, inborn be cell's a
Frefidential Bag-pipe, and who is con
tinually wincing andfrogling to get out \
of bis reach. In the retreat, Duanegakes|
all possible courts, but 'Callender at every ,
corner meets him fall in tie face and ;
knocks bins down afrefo. Duane lately !
averted that it was He and not Callen- !
der who was hired with Mr. Jeferfon's :
fxteen dollars to write paragraphs for :
the Aurora. Callender gives bim the lie,
and appeals to part of the performs tbem
felves who assisted, or rather who promis
ed to aflift Mr.Jefofon in raising a purse
to blip on the Aurora. The following is
extractedfem Callender L left Recorder.
Asfor my being upon terms of sale
with Robert Liston, the president will
be concerned when he readsthis speci
men of his paitizan's effrontery. In
the Recorder of August 4th, my filia
tion with Mr. Bache has been candidly |
stated. For its accuracy, an appeal is
made to the five following gentlemen :
Mr. Israel Israel, Dr. fames Reynolds, l
Mr. John Smith, marshal of Pennfylva
r.ia, Mr. John Beckley, clerk to the repre
sentatives of congress, and Mr. Matthew
Carey, bookf/len They all know that I
was engaged with Mr. Bache,' about
the month of April, 1798 ; that Duane
was deffirous to get the situation ; and
that he did not get it. They were
fubferibers to a small salary for para
graphs. Dr.Reynoids, Mr. Israel, and
Mr. Cafey,complied with their engage
ments. Mr. Beckley was never solicit
ed far his quota. Mr. John Smith ne-'
ner bad the money toftare. I continued
with Mr. Bache, writing, tvhen I tho't
proper, till the day before I left Phila
delphia. Without attempting to fol
low D^ane thro' all the windings of
fable, it will be found upon comparing
this piece with his two letters, that they
are flatly contradicted in their effentiul
points. These five persons just named
can tell the world whether they ever
entertained a fafpicion that I was m
danger of being purobafed by the Bri
tish ambadador. They can tell whe
ther they believe that Duane, in the
year 1798, received ten dollars a week
from Mr. Bache, for writing pieces for
the Aurora. 14 Duane can bring for,
ward any three of these five perlons to
attell his tale, or an) part of ic, in op
pofaiou to my statement there is afecond
firing to the lew. These were not the
only fubferibers to this bulmefc When
I called upon Mr. iferfn for bis sub-
Jeripti/e offxfoen dfia% he laid that he
paid the money ^p^, my account to a
gentleman wbom he named, and from
whom I afterwards got it. This gen- 1
tieman knows diat Mr-Jcfferfon prefer
red me to Duane &r any body rife.
But it is impotable, that Dr. Reynolds,
or Mr. Israel ffiould think for one mo
ment, of flippy fling Duane in this Se
ries of inlbleßt fahhbood.
• Dnane flylcs himfelf so.
f This was the title to his noted articles in
the Aurora of June, 1800. There never was
a more absolute humbug than the whole story.
The federal, were completely beat with their
own favourite weapons.
So mushfa th proofedpurcbafe fy th
Britifo amhafod.r. la Febuary, : 798,
there was published the Sketches a vol
ume of 264 pages, so May following,
tilere came out Sedgwick and Co. In
what interval was there a chance of my
being purchased : Duane has begun
by printing fables upon me, without the
circumfoe&ibn which was requisite for
making them Rick together. He now
forges in a Rile of desperation. He
cares not for coofequences. He has
jammed himfelf up in a corner of the
drafiboird. He cannot Air without
instant inßinaion. Stand forward !
T6O& organ of the public will* ! thou
PRESIDENT!AL BAG-PlPE,thou
bullying poltroon, thou hardened ruf
fian. In the name of God, and this
country, I citarge thee to Rand forward
and give an aufwer if thou canfl, to the
Recorder's defences of Timothy Pick
ering-
how many rags Oliver Wolcott must
have Hogged thy carcafe,had he caught
thee, in the Treafufy office, at midnight
with Rolen keys in one hand, and a cut
throat laathorn in the other ? Methinks
I fee die house-breaker Bulking over
Chefnut-ftrect, scowling and squinting
around him, trembling at every Hep
and afraid of his own whisper! Aik
Duane, at this day, what secrets he dif
covercd, what deeds of darkness he
brought to light, what " public plun
der", he dete&ed ? Duane is dumb.
Duane wants to get off with canting
about the Political Progrefoand Liston's
project for the purchase of Callender.
He wants to sneak off by Rifling fads
in a torrent of falfehood. He shall not
this escape I Not one word will Duane
fay concerning Bronson's letters, or the
notorious advertisement of himfelf as a
more than fufpe&ed villain; or the
printing of the private intercepted^ the
calumny—EaTY,fickening at thy fee,
foul blear-eyed envy squints balefully
on thy memory, and hires the merce
nary bravo to plunge his dagger into
thy bosom.
Tel! us whether the committee's re
port, or thy battered contradiction de
serves most to be tzufled ? Tell us into
' broke tsp.letters of a Britifo ambafedor;
a felony for which he was profauted, and
which he committed with the concur
rence of Governor Mifflin.l A being
thus hackneyed in fraud, thus black with
treachery, has Thomas Jefferfon feled
ed as the defender of bis fair fame I
I here sometimes occurs in life an intu
itive union of fouls, that is immediate
ly difeerned and felt, that spurns the
fetters of distance and suspicion, and
rulhes at once into the grasp of confi
dence! Such is the inftindive friend
fhip, that sympathetic harmony- of
hearts, which glows in all its glory be
tween the printer and his president, the
Pylades and Orestes, the David and Jo
nathan of die day. “Thou shall write
"calumnies against Callender ; and I
" ffiall pay thee for them. He shall un
" malk my character ; and thine he
" shall exterminate."
U WASHINGTON, AUG. 20.
NDER the inftrudions of the Sec
retai y of the Navy, Commodore Morris,
will employ constantly one frigate in
convoying our outward bound mer
chantmen from Cadiz through the
Straits, and another in convoying our
homeward bound merchantmen from
Malaga ; and every convoy, when in
the Gut, will have an additional protec
tion. The distribution of the other fri
gates will, ftom time to time be such,
as in the judgment of the commodore,
will afford the bed proteaion to our
commerce, anefas will most effedually
repress the predatory dispositions of its
enemies. < —
WASHINGTON, SOT. 1, isoz.
On Monday morning the New-York
hauler off from the wharf, and drop
ped down the Eastern Branch. This
day the is to proceed hence to join the
Mediterranean squadron. She will
touch at Hampton Road to take in her
Beef and Pork.
The John Adams, it is expe&ed, will
be equipped in the fame time, viz. two
weeks.•
Capt. Barron, we are informed, has
been inftru&ed by the Secretary of the
Navy to falttte Mount Vernon in parting.
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NORFOLK, AUG. 24.
BY the Revenue Cutter, Capt. Ham,
we are informed that on Friday last
he spoke a brig bound to FredericHburg
62 days from Merfailles the Captain of
whom informed that rhe day before he
tailed, the U. S. fcbooner Ehterprize
arrived there after an action with a
Tripolitan vefel, which he beat off.
The vessel, made her escape by her oars,
it having fallen calm. The particulars
re are not at present able to learn.
——o
RICHMOND (via.) Arc. 25.
On Monday morning, about five
o'clock, a smart flock of an earthquake
was felt in this city. Its noise resem
bled that of the roaring of a chimney
on tire, or the rolling of a carriage on
the pavement.
—+ — .
THILADELPHIA, AUG. JI, 180 l
In our Walks through the city yester
day we observed many of the.lhops
and stores that have for some time part
been ffiut, displaying their goods, and
inviting cußomers. And we are told
a great number of cur fellow-citizens
intend returning in the course of the
week." —o—
— RAPHr OF WASHINGTON.-
We are informed that Mr.C.P.Wayne,
late proprietor of the U. S. Gazette,
has purchased of the Hon - Bufhrod
Washington, the copy right of the Hif
tory of the late Gen. Washington,
which is now writing, and that propo
sals for publishing it by fubfeription will
be presented to the public on Mr.
Wayne's return from New-York, where
he is at present.
We congratulate the citizens of the
United States upon the profpe& of be
ing furnished with an authentic hiftory
of their illustrious chief, compiled by
one of the ablest men in the Union,
from original documents left by the
General himfelf.
4 0
We are just informed that yeftefday
afternoon, one of the French frigates,
for some particular reafon,tookoccafion
to display at the mizen-maft, the seve
ral national flags (he had on board,
and that (he very politely placed the
American flag below the whole, being
eight or ten in number.—This degra
dation of our flag, in our own harbor,
by a nation at peace with us, mud af
ford a pleasing fpedacle to the eyes of
our citizens. sept. 3.
On Thursday afternoon the 26th ult.
a very severe Thunder Gwft palfed over
the north part of the town ofCoeymans,
in this state. In its progrtfs the light
NEWYORK, SEPT. I.
The following is an account of the
commerce of England, for the last year,
ending ift June. —Exports in Colonial
produce, 21,921,0001. ; British manu
factures, 24,000,0001. Foriegn mer
chandize, 17,000,000!. —Number of
Shipsemployed,lß,B9B,feamen, 143,000
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 2.
FRENCH COMPLAISANCE !
4 He has told me all this in a letter.
J^t^^T^^™'™,#'^^^^="> ^C,--
United States.
OFFICIAL.
ning ftrusk a barn belonging to Mr.
Harman Van Der Zee, and killed a Mr.
Van Zandt who was in the barn, and
dunned Mr. Van Der Zee, who howev
er soon recovered. The barn with its
contents, valued at 1200 dollars, was
burnt to ashes. Seven stacks of hay,
belonging to Mr. Conrad A. Ten Eyck,
were also burnt by the lightning.
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The tow% of Crema, in Italy, was
deftroytd by the earthquake of June 12.
The townof Mingu ; n was swallowed up,
and a lake is now where that was. At
Brefcia three churches and twelve hous
es were deftroyed.— lon. Pap.
A negro woman in Cliff-ftreet, in
consequence of receiving a letter from
her absent husband, informing her he
had married another, took a dose of
poison on Tuefday morning last, and
died in the afternoon.
MASSACRE AT TORTUGAS,
Accounts from Cape Francois to Ju
ly 25, state, that at Tortugas, a small
island near the Cape, the blacks had ri
sen and jmaffacred every white inhabi
tant. This island is about 27 miles
long, and about 6in width. We do
not know the number of its inhabitants.
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SEPTEMBER 4.
Extract es a Etter dated fune 30, lßoz, from a
referable banking house in Paris, to bi s friend in
ibis city.
" The Bills of Exchange drawn by
Gen. Le Clerc, it appears have been
foldin America ata large difeount.—
These bills will be paid; at least, I am
positively assured the payment of all
those I hold—Profit of this news if you
can purchase.
" The fettlemcnt of claims on the
Government are at present in train—
and I think the Americans will have
no cause of complaint. It is probable
that the Government will inferibe all
their old claims on the Great Book,
that is to fay, fund them—this will be
always a handsome thing, as from the
adual price of Stock, this modeof pay
ment will produce 57 to 60 per cent.
[x,Our commercial friends ought
to receive this news with caution.
O ;
ANOTHER DUEL.
It is with extreme regret we are com
pelled to state that another duel has
lately been fought at Savannah, be
tween William Hunter, efq. and Da
vid B. Mitchell, efq. both of that place.
The particulars are communicated by a
friend. The agreement was to Hand
at ten paces distance, and advance two
paces at each Shot. Mitchell's firft shot
entireiy^mbfed; Hunter's struck Mitch
ell fairly in the fide, but for some unac
countable reason the ball did not pene
trate, but flopped in the fold of the shirt.
Hunter's second struck Mitchell full in
the thigh, but again failed to penetrate ;
Mitchell's ball, however, took a fatal
effect in Hunter's fide; ic is supposed
it went diredly through his heart. He
died on the spot.
Mr. Hunter had been Navy Agent
of the pert of Savannah under the Fed
eral administration, yet was he igno
miniously removed from office by him
who insults the American people with a
declaiation of his regard for an equal
and exaQjiflice to every man. An at
tendance at his funeral of all the most
refpedahle citizens in Savannah, evinc
ed that no man was in life more uni
versally beloved, and in death more sin
cerely lamented than William Hunter.
All who knew him will unite to bear
testimony for him, that in public life
he was unimpeachable, amiable in his
manners, and highly courteous in his
deportment. Alas ! all could not ar
rest his untimely fate-
"With dirges due in fad array,'
Slow through the churchway path they saw
him borne."
As the Clintonians and Burrites pro
fefs themselves to be republicans, ic is
difficult to determine who are the pur
est fort, and brings to mind that ques
tion which has puzzled many a young
ster, " whether the white goose, or the
grey goose, is the gander "
ALBANY, (n. V.) AUGUST 16.
A council was held on the 3d inst.
at Canandaigua, where the principal
Chiefs and Sachems of the Seneca,Onan
dago and Cayuga Indians, and a num
ber of the citizens of the State were
present. Red Jacket, a principal Spea
ker of the Senacus, addressed a lengthy
talk to the council: in which be dated,
that one of the red people had murdered
one of the whites and that their objeft
was to endeavor that he Ihould not be
fubjededto trial & condemnation,agree
able to the laws of New-York ; which
he said the Indians have never recog
nized, and to which they will not sub
mit ; but appeal to the government of
the United States. He alledged that
no murderer of red people has ever yet
been executed ; and that this murder
was perpetrated by the Indian when in
liquor, and that he was heartily sorry
for what had taken place. He called
upon the whites to take his speech in
writing and forward Ids 'ideas to the
President of the United States. —"Bro
ther," said the Sachem, " the President
of the United States is called a Great
Man, possessing great power—he may
do what he pleafes— : he may turn men
" Brothers, —With regard to the ap
pointment of our present fuperinftnd
ant, we look upon ourselves as much
neglefted and injured. When General
Chapin and Captain Chapin were ap
pointed,our wishes were consulted upon
the occasion, and we most cordially
agreed to the appointments. Capt^C/u
--pin has been turned out, however, with
in these few days.—We do not under
hand that any neglect of duty has been
alledged against him. We are told that
it is because he differs from the Presi
dent in his sentiments on government
matters. He has alwas been perfectly
fatisfadory to us ; and had we known
of the intention, we (hould most cordi
ally have united in a petition to thePre
fident to continue him in office. We
feel ourselves injured—we have no
body to look to —nobody to listen to
our complaints—none to reconcile any
differences among us. We are like a
young family without a Father.
“ Brothers —We underhand that the
President has appointed a fuperintend
ant who is altogether unknown to us,
and who is unacquainted with Indian
affairs -we know him not in our coun
try. Had we been consulted upon the
fubjeA, we might have named some one
residing in this county who was well
known to us. Perhaps we might have
agreed upon Mr. Oliver Phelps, whose
politics coinciding with those of die Pre
sident, might haverecommended him to
the office."
The Indian who committed the mur
der has been delivered up by them, and
is now in goal.
C
The President of the United States
hasrefpited from the 28th lugutt to the
28th October, the execution of the fen,,
tence of death which was palled in July
last upon James M'Girk, who was con
vided at Germantown, of the murder
of his wife with,almoft unexampled cir
cumstances of barbarity.
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HORRID MURDER AND SUICIDE/
NEWBURGH, (n# Y.) AUG. 19.
We are informed by two gentlemen
who parted thro' Connecticut Farms,
New-Jersey, on Friday lad, that a molt
horrid deed was committed on the eve
ning before, by a person of the name of
Seaman ; the circumstances, as near as
we can colled, are as follows :—
Mrs Seaman bed been out to one of
the neighbors ora the afternoon of Thurs
day, and two of their children had been
to school ; on the return of Mrs. Sea
man and the children, it was fuppded,
that Mr. Seaman, after (hutting up the
house and fattening the doors, proceed
ed to butcher his wife and children
An axe was found in the room, which
it is probable was the internment he used
to execute the hortid butchery, as the
marks of the axe were plainly difeovera
ble on her forehead, the scull being
dalhed to pieces, and a pillow was found
lying under her head. The children, it
is supposed, while this Was tranfading,
had fled up flairs, where they were pur
sued and maificreed by their inhuman
father, in a manner too (hocking to re
late. After these wicked and barbar
ous proceedings, he finished the horrid
catastrophe, by blowing out his own
brains ; his head being almost entirely
(hot from his body, and his brains feat
tered over the room. The following
morning the house being (hue longer
than usual, the neighbors got a ladder
and difeovered the children, in the up-<
per room lying dead, and the floor Rain
ed with blood ; a magistrate was sent
for, and the house broke open. A jury
of inquest were called, but we have not
learnt their verdict. It is conjectured
he was deranged, as it was said that he
had for some time pad exhibited s@p
toms of infinity. He wa§ in easy ct
cumftances, and his father resides in
New-York.
The above may be relied on as a fad,
both the gentlemen being fpeCtaters of
the feene the morning after it was com
mitted.
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BOSTON, SEPT. &
The idols of the day, are projectors
and demagogues. The philosophic
reformers of France were once viewed
as new lights in the moral and political
world; They had dilcovered the art of
making constitutions, by rules as cer
tain as the tailor's who "made breeches
upon the principles of trigonometry ;"
and the men who acted without any
other theory than the actual Rate ,nd
measure of mankind, were enemies to
the rights of man. This seems to be
our Rage of the revolution. Mr. Ep
pes, the son-in-law of Mr. Jefferfon,con
gratulates us upon the “ reformation fa
happily begun," and suggests some fur
ther improvements, such as abolishing
the common law and chufing Senates,
every two years.
But oh ! for him my fancy cylb
The choicest flowers the be<ty.
Who constitutionally pplls
Your house about your c^r,
out of office—ften who held their of
fices long before he held his. If be can'
do these things, can he not even control
the laws ofthis State ? Can he not ap
point a commissioner to come forward
to our country and fettle the present
difference, as we, on our part, have
heretofore often done to him, upoira
similar occasion ?"