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From (be Newhampshire Sentinel.
$ Who raised the internal taxes CT certain articles
^-rather with the stamp tax on notes oj hand, &c<
? for the vile purpose of supporting a horde of officers
• (&(/ placemen to strengthen his own administration ?
'—John Adams.:
' [Observatory.]'
I THIS, if by raising the internal taxes is meant city
I hing them, is false. They were the 'me, t of them,
I , and I believe all but a solitary one, raised under
I , Washington, and almost every individual of that
I " horde of officers and placemen created for the vile
I purpose, of strengthening his own administration,
I were appointed by that great man. The assertion
I that they were raised under Adams' administration
1 Has been considered as too barefaced to need a con
■ fetation. But lest some persons for tire want of pro-
I per information should be deceived, I have thought
■ proper to correct it. The truth is, the Acts laying
■ fees on distilleries, loaf-sugar, pleasure carriages,
■ 'snuff, licences to sell wines and spirituous liquors,
■ passed in 1794, % and previous to that time ;and
■ that the first acts passed Under President Adams
■ were in '9B. These facts will not be disputed, for
, I have the acts now before me, and they are signed
% George Washington, then President of the United
States. How far Gen. Washington merits the epi-
I thet vile, and the charge of" supporting a horde of of
ficers and placemen to strengthen hrs own adminis-
I tration," the people will judge. Sainted shade, par
■ don the unjust, the cruel insinuation.
The multiplicity of falsehoods published in the last.
■^ Observatory is sufficiently contemptible to consign
their authors tie eternal infamy. They are many ofi
L them so notorious tfi t thev need only to be read by i
■ m, men of information, to render them completely ri
■ridiculous. Equal to any, and the only one that I shall
■ ^notice,is the comparing of Mr. Jefferson to our blessed
p Saviour. Yes fellow citizens, the man who could
[invite Tom Paine to come to this country and con
jinue 1»$ " useful labours,"' who cohld invite and
,nourish at his table tat wretch, who has called our :
■ Saviour a " bastard," and his mother a " prostitute,
[ te now in a public manner compared to Jesus
LBl st ! Horrid t blasphemous ;
VERITAS.I
■ ,t Moreover, in No. 26 of the Observatory is this im -
I £t£° eT h re ™' m • " the BLOOD of the BLESSED
I -JEFFERSON'' !! Every Christian reader must
■ shudder at the blasphemous allusion ! But Mr.
■ Griswold has been fond of quoting this line : —
■ m&lwriCE to be HATED needs but to be SEEN.",
■ So we trust 1 [Oracle.] 1
[ FromzAeCoNNECTicuT Courant.|
[ ^^ The " Vindication of Virginia," republished last i
I yd week in the Mercury, from a Virginia newspaper
I ° entitled, " The Enquirer," contains the following
■ positions.—That Washington, 'most probably had
A -ch pot collected the necessary attainments as a states
■ man ;" that lie " Arid not probably supplied the de
■ *' fccts of his education by retired study, by profound
I qpMeditation, or actual experience in the nature of gov*
[ .ernment , that " his cabinet was known to contain
I " two ministers, (Jefferson and Hamilton,) whose rep
utations were highly exalted, but whose political o
,pinions were in some respects different ; that one of
I, ti^eministers (Mr. Hamilton) was"known to have
[ acquired considerable influence over the feelings and
free understanding of the president," and that " the eye
[ of suspicion was fixed upon him ; that when the oth
'er minister (Mr. Jefferson) retired from his office,
I gar& the fears and suspicions of the anti-federal party,
■ . tremblingly alive to the operation of a new govern
-1 " meat received additional strength ;" that "Virginia
[v' Was tire great resource, the great hot-bed of this an-
Ifab tifederal party ;" that this party, which “ enlisted
L most of the Virginians under its banners," was pre
■ "' pared to find a fault in every measure of govern
meat ;" that " many men" (of this party)“ were t
I r b e found in arms against the Hero @f the revolution I
■ " (or Washington) and would have shrunk from noth
■ ^ ing which might have contributed to displace him."
I . r Tap positions are quoted verbatim from the writer ;
I„ and the following remarks seem just and fahx-—
1 *'First, the writer, that we have quoted, is a Virgin
■ ,i jan, and his professed object is to vindicate Virginia
from the charge of ambitiously attempting to govern
' the union, or to influence and lead the government
I, of the United States. 2dly. He virtually acknowl-
I edges th it the anti-federal party, which is now
predominant, sprung originally from Virginia : he
IW expressly acknowledges that this party " was pre
fared to find a fault in every measure of the gov
erament," that is, of tire administration of Wash-
I ^ ington and that " many men were to be found in arms
1 against him, who would have shrunk from nothing
■ which would have contributed to displace him." —
llf1 If it is to be remembered, that this happened whenl
there were no sedition and alien laws, no direct tax,'
no projected expense of the navy or an army : it
happened in the first term of Washington's presiden
cy, and the opposition to his administration was o
pen and very violent, and immediately after hisdis-'
pute with Genet and his proclamation of neutrality.
3dly. it appears from the statement of this writer tliat
, the Virginia opposition to Washington's administra
tion arose from this circumstance, namely,that Mr.
Washington, who is considered by tire writer as a
■ ^comparatively weak statesmen, was supposed to
suffer his " feelings and understandings" to be influ--
■ ■ enced more by his minister, Hamilton, than by his
I minister Jefferson.—Hence it seems to follow, that
■ if the wink old man, Washington, had permitted
himself to be guided by his minister, Jefferson, no
I opposition would have been made to his administra-
I tion: or, in other words, f Washington who was
, a Virginian, had been led by his minister who was
[ • also a Virginian, then the people of Virginia would
have been contended *. Whether orno this statement
ofthe Viginia writer acquits Virgina from ambitious
views, let the public judge.
•
* This hiece should be read immediately after a
\ Certain " Communication" about Virginia Influence.
7.1 f * remonstrance be made tothe Court ofGreat-
Britain, how loag time will it take before a grievance
can be redressed, and how many persons must suffer
in the mean time ?.
Queries. —1. How many frigates have the U.
States now in commission, and which are engaged in
the war with Tripoli ?
2. Is there any prospect that the war with said
power will be soon terminated, and that the frigates
will return for the protection of commerce on our
own coasts ?
3. Are there not still some vessels of war in the
Potowmac, which mightbe commissioned, and save
Us from the insult and outrage of foreign nations ?
4. What has been the issue of a resolution, passed
some years ago, to build several. Seventy fours ?
5. Is it believed that the gunboats, building under
the direction of the President; (a fthilosofthical and
economical plan) will afford sufficient protection a
gainst a force which is always to be expected ?
6. Where is Commodore Truxtonr
From the Comma cial Advertiser.
' & Viren A foreign power evidently trespasses the
law of nations, ought not the injured nation to consid*
it as equal to a declaration' of war ? Or, is she not
justifiable in immediately impelling force by force ?
if.Caii the general government of the United States
long exit, unless speedy and decisive measures are?
taken to maintain its honor, and secure the safety
of the citizens? A QUERIST.
It is with great pleasure we announce the arri
val of five fleets of merchantrnent, from China, Ja
maica, the Windward Islands, from Lisbon,and the
Baltic. They have property on board of a very
great amount; the duties on which alone will lie
more than FOUR MILLIONS of pounds sterling,
t. The Liverpool paper of the 13th August par
ticularizes the arrival in that port of thirty-tight
vessels from the Leeward Islands, forty-one from
the WindwardAJands, six from Portugal, and
sixteen from the Baltic, all richey laden.
BY a gentleman who arrived here yesterday, from
the neighbourhood of Mayan Sarah, we have receive
ed the following information :—That Mr. Nathan
Kemper, with a party of about 30 men, with colors
flying and horns sounding, marched from the neigh
bourhood of the line of demarcation Detween this
territory and West Florida, on the 7th inst. against
the fort of Baton Rouge. They arrived on the fol
lowing morning, about day-light, near the fort. The
Spanish commandant, (apprized of their intentions)
had posted a piqu ts 18 or 20 men, who hailed
the party as thes pproached; they immediately
answered by a v y f r „ m their rifles, which dis
persed the Spaniards, two of whom were observed
to fall. Kemper returned on the following day, with
his party, to the Bayan-Sarahs '
The followicg is an exact copy of a paper, which
is posted up at the quarters of Kemper, and at seve
ral other places through the country.
* FOR A PEOPLE TO BE FREE it is suffi
cient that they will it. We the undersigned, citizens
of West-Florida, sendeth these presents,
GREETING.
It is stated for fact, in tire Dutch papers, that the
Russian Charge de Affaires at Paris, has delivered
to M. Talleyrand, the ultimatum of the Emperor
Alexander, on the differences between tire two Em
pires :—ln this he demands the evacuation of Han
over ; and acquaints the French government that
in case of refusal, he was directed immediately to
leave Paris.
The house of her Majesty the Empress, it is
said is almost completed. Madame de la Roche
foucault'is appointed her Lady of Honour ; Madame
Lavalet her dressing I^dv ; arid Mesdames les
Marechales, Lasnes, and .Ney, and Mesdames de
Vaude, d'Arbery, Sariny, and Duchedel, were ap
pointed her Ladies of the Palace-
The Emperor has appointed Vice Admiral La
touche, Colonel-General Inspector of the coasts of
the Mediterranean.
Cardinal Fesch is appointed Grand Almoner to the
Emperor, his nephew.
Each of their Imperial Highnesses the Princesses
sisters to the Emperor, is to have ter private estab
lishment and household, consisting of one Court Mar
tial, one Master of the Horse, one Prefect of the
Palace, one Master of the Ceremonies, two Cham
berlains, two Ladies in Waiting, four Maids of Hon
our, six Ecuyres, eight Pages, four Chamber Maids,
six Valets de Chambre, six coachmen, and ten
grooms and postillions, not including valets, but
lers, stewards, jockie. .cup-bearers, cooks, &c. The
expence of the whole is taken from his Majesty
the Emperor's private purse, and no person can ob
tain any appointment without being previously ap
proved of by his Majesty the Emperor whose com
mission they will receive.
The dress of the Emperor at his coronation is t)
be white, covered with richly embroidered purple
mantle. His gulden crown will be surrounded with
laurels, olive and oak branches, emblematical of
victory, peace, and civic virtues.
It is crnfidently asserted, that the project of a
treaty between Great Britain and Rnssia, was sign
ed on Tuesday last, by Lord Harrowby and Count
Waranzow. Had any treaty been signed, as report
ed, His Majesty would have mentioned it in his
speech.
It is with great satisfaction we can announce the
safe arrival of the China fleet in our ports. The
public anxiety had been greatly excited for their
safety. They sailed from Canton, February 5, 1804.
without convoy ; and on the 15th fell in with Admi
ral Linois, off Paulo Auro, who engaged them for
half an hour and tlten steered off. Great skill and
bravery was displayed by the British: merchantmen
when attacked by. the French squadron.
Aug. Hz It is communicated, in private intelli
gence from Paris, that the same tribunal which tried
Georges and Moreau will be shortly 'called together
for tire trial of the Ex-nobles Fauche, Borel, De la
Rochefoucault, and De Beaumont, who have been
several years prisoners in the Temple. The object
of this measure is, no doubt to implicate the Gener
als Lecourbe and Macdonald, whom the Corsican
views with a most suspicious eye.
Berlin accounts say, that two Russian armies are
encamped on the* borders of Prussia.
“Those who set up in opposition to our operations,
for the purpose aforesaid, will be received as our
common enemy, the enemy of mankind and of liberty,
and will be treated accordingly.
"Given under our hands, on the south side of the
line Demarcation, in the ftrorince aforesaid, this
first day of Floridian Freedom. Aug. 7th, 1804."
WHEREAS the despotism under which we have
long groaned, has grown into an insupportable bur
then, and as it is long since admitted, men are born
with equal rights, we the undersigned inhabitants
of that part of the dominion called West-Florida,
have resolved to throw off the galling yoke of tyran
ny, and become FREE MEN, by declaring ourselves
a FREE and INDEPENDENT PEOPLE ; and
by supporting with our lives and property that de
claration ; and we do by these presents' invite our
fellow sufleres throughout the province aforesaid, to
repair to the standard, to aid in the affecting our
common emancipatron ; we pledge ourselves solemn
ly to each other, and to our fellow men interested in
the events ; to avoid as far as practicable the effu
sion, of blood (save that of our common enemy) and
in all cases shall private property be held sacred.
So soon as our emancipation is effected, we will offer
ourselves to some government accustomed to'free
dom.
BY THE LATEST MAILS.
RUSSIA and FRANCE.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS-
_b^=-
NATCHEZ, AUGUST 14.
LONDON, AUG. 10.
Paris, July 20-7.
It is said to be very valuable, and no doubt is so fy
it was lately purcliased for FIFTEEN MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS, which if in silver would weigh
Something more than four hundred tons, and would
take the same number of waggons, each ear
ning twenty hundred weight, to carry it from the
treasury—making a line of carriages of about six
miles in lenghth, all of them loaded with do lars. The
value of this piece of land may also be known from
the extreme fertility of the soil, and its abounding
with " mountains of solid rock salt ;'' and other rare
and extraordinary curiosities, too tedious to enumer
ate.
LOOK OUT!
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 12.
It will be seen in our ship-news, that the schooner
\ Mechanic now at quarantine, spoke the schooner
Two Friends, from Guadaloupe, bound to Boston,
the captain and all hands sick, excepting one, and
unable to keep the deck.
We perceive, too, from a morning paper, that
the schooner Amphitrite, Bosct, in 25 days from St.
Domingo, arrived at quarantine ground yesterday—
Tliis schooner informs it was very sickly at Guada
loupe ; she lost two of her hands on the passage of
fever : Israel Otis, mate, and Daniel M'Nattick,
seaman. We have escaped thus far. How much
now depends on the activity and vigilance of our
Health-Officer to carry us through ?
FOR SALE—greatly below Prime Cost-^ALL
the right, title, claim, interest and demand, of the
State of DELAWARE, of, hi or to the said State's
proportion or share of a certain tract or parcel of
land, called-^
LOUISIANA.
According the apportionment of the direct tax, the
part offered for sale cost the proprietors two hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars : and as the in
terest of the sum must be yearly paid* (and the same
would be more than sufficient to defray the expenses
of their state government) they are inclined to dis
pose of die above share, on the most moderate terms
—more especislly as this tract is at such an immense
distance from hence, as there is not the smallestpros
pect of their ever deriving any benefit or advantage
therefrom. For terms, apply at the hustings, on the
second Tuesday of October next, to
THE PEOPLE.
* The money to pay this interest, is mostly rai
sed by the duties on salt, brown suger, bohea tea,
and molasses, articles used by the poorer and middle
c lasses ofthe people, ond falls as heavy on the State
of Delaware, as any other part of the union.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 14,
FROM GUADELOUPE, Aug. 22.
"The officers of the three armed American ves
sels, brought into Point Petre, have been tried for
piracy, in censequence of having fought their vessels,
and sentenced to death ! but execution is delayed un
til advices from France can be had on the subject."
Extract of a letter from London, dated July 30.
"Sir —iTc High Court of Admiralty has rejected
Capt. Swasey's claim for damages ; chiefly on the
ground that some of the Bills of Lading, did not ex
press ACCOUNT AND RISK. You cannot re
member to write those two words in Bills of Lading !
''His Counsel urged, that, all the Bills of Lading in
the letters were accompanied with Invoices or At
testations, shewing the property. The King's Ad
vocate said that the Bills of Lading in the Master's
possession, should express Account and Risk ; or
have those Attestations annexed to them, in order
that the officer examining the ship's papers may at
once ascertain the property. They cannot always
open the letters, and look into the papers enclosed.
"If vou make Attestations as to the property von
ship, you should attach them to the Master's Bill of
Lading. Pray attend to this, and desire your friends
to do the same. It would be well to make Attesta
tions, and attach them to all Bills of Lading.
"The ship Missouri, Reid, of Philadelphia, from
Batavia to Europe, has been sent in for adjudica
tion, and waiting for proof, which has been ordered,
as to such a trade being allowed heretofore, by the
Dutch.
" The Emperor of Russia, in a peculiar degree,
was personally attentive to Americans.—lt was no
uncommon thing for him to seek opportunities to
speak to the commanders of American vessels :
and that he paid the utmost attention to Mr. Harris,
the American Consul at that place, who was highly
gratified at the signal honor conferred on his na
tion. 4
" Capt Hiller is the bearer of dispatches from Mr-
Harris to our government,
The New-York,Gazette, of Monday last, contains
the following article of news.
'' On the 14th of July, the day on which capt Hil
ler (who arrived here yesterday from Constadt,)
sailed, the Russian fleet of eleven sail of the line and
tour frigates, were ready for sea—and he was infor
med that day by an officer of one of the ships of the
line, whom he supposed to be a native of* England,-
n»d whom he saw on shore, that general orders had
just been read in the fleet thatthey were to sail with
all possible expedition, to join the British. From
this circumstance, together with that of a more ri
gid discipline among the Russian troops, there was
little doubt of their being speedily called into ser
vice.
"Carder all your vessels, which you send to enemies
colonies, home. Discharge and reship the cargoes
in ether bottoms, if you wish to send them to France
or Holland. Yours, S. W."
The Consecration of the Rev. Dr. Parker, Bishop
elect, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the State
of Massachusetts, took place in Trinity Church,
New-York on tire 14th instant.
NEWBURYPORT, SEPT. 11.
Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock a couple
of M est-Indians drove into town a horse in a chaise,
which appeared to have been a valuable beast—in
two hours after their arrival, the poor animal fatigued
with the inhuman usage of its driver, died. On en
quiry we learn the horse was drove from Boston,
(where it was hired) to this town during the intense
teat of the day, in the short space of four-hours.
ANMERST, N. H. SEPT. 11.
Two men by the names of— Archer and
— Bruce have been arrested, and committed to
the gaol in this town, for breaking the Store of Mes
srs. Tobie and Chase, in Weare. They have con
fessed the fact. ———
On Tuesday Fast, a melancholy envent occurred
in Berlin, at the raising of a saw mill, in that town.
The frame was nearly completed, when several of
the workmen accidentally fell ; one of them was so
badly wounded as to survive but a few hours ; anoth
er, ft is feared will not recover ; the other five were
considerably injured, But are likely to do well.
These followed their deceased companion to the
grave dressed ia.mourning—all of them walked on
crutches. (Peach. Vermont foamier.)
IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS.
drover [del.l TEPT. 6, 1804,
ADVERTISEMENT EXTRA.
BOSTON, SEPT. 20.
FROM RUSSIA.
—«> o= —
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1804.
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To make more room for .political and literary
;matter, we shall abridge many articles of intelli
gence; and pur reader wril generally find a detail
of ordinary incidents compressed into a kind of Slim
. mary.
FOREIGN.
;The British Parliament is prorogued to the 4th of ,
this month. In the address < f th§ Parliament and
the King's reply we find the warmth of 10, alty and
the firmness nf heroism. They mutual), freeze
' themselves "to the preservation of all that, is most
i dear to them ;" they proclaim the rapid diminution
of the public debt ; and, "firmly persuaded that
their empire will long outlast the storms which have
.overwhelmed the continent of Europe," they even
] "hope that other nations, new fallen, will witness
the destruction of a tyranny fcunced on fraud and
violence, and cemented with innocent blood." —Of
the invasion we hear but little, excepting that the
I preparations are in no wise relaxed. The Brest
I fleet are said to have come cut, but seen returned ;
: and the English arc augmenting their force cn the
French coast. The bombardment of Havre is re*
newed by the English, who have greatly den^ ed
the town, and driven their gun-heats into the hi r--
bor.—Bonaparte will be crowned Emperor, at'Ly
ons.—According to a late enumeration there are in
London 346 places of worship. —By recent arrivals
we are assured that the Russians arc making every
preparation for war ; that a large feet of men of
war were getting ready, but their destination was
unknown.—A letter from London July 16, says "the
2d Installment of Awards, under 7th Art. cf Brit.
Treaty, would be paid on the 16th and 25th of that
month.—The U. S. schr. Nautilus has had an en
gagement with 11 gur-bcats offTrinoß within half
gun shot of the batteries. She drove them all back
to port without any loss on the American side/—
Late French papers state that Bonaparte is infu
sing new vigor into his marine. Rear Admirals
Decres, Gantheaume and Villeneuve have been pro
moted to the rank of Vice-Admirals ; and new reg
ulations have been made in the naval 'departments.
—The Count de Lille (Louis XVIII.) protests spirit
edly against Bonaparte's usurpation, maintains that
his rights are not weakened; and declares in pre
sence of all the sovereigns, that the Emperor's pow
er being derived from an illegitimate source, ail the
acts he has done, or shall do, are null and void.—
The French Admiral writes to the minister of ma
rine, that the English, in the late affair off Toulon
"bore away to the S. W. I pursued them till night,"
and next morning "could see nothing of them." But
the British state, that after the French discovered
the English fleet, they went directly into port ; that
they did not go beyond the protection of their own
batteries ; that Lord Nelson attacked them close to
the harbour's mouth ; and that the "whole French
squadron immediately retired into Toulon."—Mr.
Mainwaring is elected member of Parliament in
Middlesex, England, by a majority of< nly five votes
over Sir F. Btrrdit, whom it is supposed this election
has cost no less tlran 100,0001. —Melancholy effects
have been produced by the recent inundation iii Si
lesia, Lausitz, &c. The city of Sagan has been en
tirely under water and SO houses destroyed. Villa
ges, bridges, &c. have been wholly swept away—
sheep, oxen, and 49 persons have been drowned.
. Paving the Harare.—Turkic rathe E ,;vo %
ship owners sendi> g vc i r's tolh, I iVciajhat Ts
contractors for paving it city v. in ] ^ honest melj
for every ton of proper Paving stere which they
may deliver there ; and tiiatu few good Pavers are
wanted to go to the Havana; wheic they will bare
liberal wages and good treatment. [Salem Gaz.°fc
In South Prussia its effects have also been dreadful.
In the severe N. E. storm experienced on the 11th
and 12th inst. much damage was done among coast
ing craft. The schr. Union, Capt. Hardy, (says a
Boston paper) was lost on Scituate beach—Capt.
and two men perished. Another schr. was lost on
Cohasset rocks. Schr. Lizard of Gloucester was
lost near the same place and ail hands perished. A
schr. of about 20 tons and all the people belonging to
her were lost on Point Alderton.—A Mr. Robert
M'Alpin, from Georgia, was found murdered (sup
posed by 2 white men) in Tennessee, the first week
in Aug. and a person pasting that way saw his poor
afflicted boy trying to inter the remains of his fath
er, with no other implement to enable him to ac
c mplish his pious purpose than a little tomahawk.
—A horrid murder and suicide was perpetrated at
Reading, in Connecticut, on the '9th Aug. Chauncy
Merchant, aged 60, who had been some years in
habits of drunkenness, killed his wife, by striking
the teeth of a flax-kitchcl through her skull ; be
then threw himself into his well, and ended his own
life.—At South-East, in New-York, Daniel Flin,
being much in liquor, and setting out to run his horse,
fell off; and injured him so much that be expired
next morning.—Dr. Hunter of Philadelphia, it is
said, has been sent by the President of the U. S. to
explore the rivers in Lower Louisiana in quest of
animal, vegetable, and mineral curiosities.—Gen.
Armstrong, successor of Mr. Livingston, as minister
to France, has sailed for Nantz—The Savannah
Museum informs that the Vice President had arri
ved at St. Simon's, relieved from the hydrocephalus.
“If,” says that paper, "his distance from the scene
of guilt has removed the distraction of his brain,
shall we presume also that it has quieted tire un
welcome suggestions of his conscience ?” It is, fur
thermore suggested faat he is on his way to Loui
siana, that American Botany Bay. —On the 26th
Aug. four lads attempting to cross St. Georges Riv
er, Maine, on a slight raft, two of them fell into the
water and drowned.-—Wm. Southick of New Salem,
for attempting to get the 15C0 dol.prize in S. H.C.
Lottery by an altered ticket, has been sentenced to
3 years hard labor, and to pay the costs of prosecu-/
tion.—A man, from whose memorandum -book it ap
pears he was a school-master by die name of Peter
Cunningham, was found murdered at Red Bank,
Cooper river, in S. Carolina, Aug. 26th.— Counts r
fi it Bank Notes ! Bills of 7 dols. and of 5 do. of the
Maine Bank are now in circulation badly executed
on bad paper, pale impression and signatures.—An
drew Moore, Esq. of Virginia, has declined his late
appointment to the U. S. Senate.—lt is stated in a
Luzerne proper, that a snake has been killed in the
Cayuga lake, measuring 103 feet, 4 inches in length,
and its size propc; ticrably great. A horn of great
length projected from its head. The skin will be
saved for the Philadelphia Museum. It is an In
dian tradition,that such a monster long inhabited the
lake, and believing it an evil spirit, they worship
ped it as such.—Ot Vermont Election it is said that
Gov. 1 ichenor will receive greater support than
last year. Mr. Elliot will urdcubtedlv obtain his
re-election to Congress for th^ S. E.° district.—A
medicinal spring has lately been discovered in Phar
salia, 12th of the Unadilla towns, Chenango Coun
ty, N. Y. Baths are preparing, and it is within a.
few miles of the Catskill and middle turn; ikes. —
Christopher Greenup, Esq. is elected Governor,,and
The Oracle.
DOMESTIC.