Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1801-10-01 00:00:00, page 2

To tbs Editor. From tbs AURORA.
si r, The eoclofed article was prepared for the
Gazette if tbs United States, in answer to a.chal
lenge which appeared in that paper on the 9th
ioftant, refpeding public defaulters—l waited
at the office of that paper to deliver it— The
afii*g Editor informed me, he did not feel him
felfjuftifiable to publish it, without the confeat
ot Mr. Wayne, who was abfeot at Washington,
as, "it contained some heavy charges.” The
early infection of it in the Aurora will, I pre
tome, serve the public, and oblige yours,
Frid,,S%n. A. CAMPBELL.
Mg. WAYNE, In,our paper ofyforda, you cal]
ex Mr. Gallatin, Mr. Ifrasl, and Mr. Duane, to
produce proofs of the " defalcations of certain public
officers." You affe£ to disbelieve the truth of the
charges brought egainfl them, and of tbs ftatsmsntr
. of their accounts, as ,üblifad in the Aurora, though
\ the, sire net denied to be true extradsfrom the "trsa
far, bools." The boots from which the accounts
were taksra, are not, nor ever were " in the bands
of Menfaor Gallatin, the Genevan," nor " under
the direction of Mr. Jeffirfen, the Patriot and Pbile
fcphtr," tbs, were Consumed by fire; aud it ap
pears b, 'be report of the accounting officers of she
Treasury of the United States, that not a veflige of
them remains. As one of the principals concerned in
exposing the defalcations, and mal appropriations
of the ,ormer public agents, which neither bribes of
fered nor threats uttered could compel me to conceal,
I folemol, pledge myfelf to the people of the United
States, if permitted & Mr. Gallatin, S+cretaa, of tbo
Treafary, to have accejs to the office of Jojepb Nourje,
Ej, Regifer of the Treasury, to fnrntfb the mofi in
controvertible proofs of the defalcations in the ac
counts of Timotb, Pickering, late Secret ar, of State
for tbs United States -3 of Jonathan Dayton, now
a Senator in Congress, and of man, others in the Jer
vice of the late administration, wbofe names have
mot yet been made publicly known. In Jucb caje, if
Ido not at the next meeting of Cengsty, furnish them
with complete evidences of the fabL-thm I will
eonfent to incur an, punishment or foams that can pos
sibly be infiaed. With,on, I agree, that it is time
that the culprits were arraigned at the bar of public
juflice ; but it does not follow, as tbs, are not,st
brought to account, that Mr. Gallatin arid Mr. Jes,
ferfon are equally criminal. The well known leni
ent difptflions of tbofe gentlemen, would,revent them
from pursuing dips of a rigorous nature, thoughjuf
tice demands it; but the perjons wbogave the chal
lenge fauld know that the enquiry properly belongs to
Congress.
M, information on this fubjsH enables me to correa
the inaccuracy this morning's Aurora /-Mr. Pick
ering did not grow half a million of dollars from
the public treasury, on account of the Barbery pow
ers: ibe fam drawn on that account was three
hundred and fevent, four tboujand, seven hundred
and ninety nine dollars, IS eighty fa cents, of which
be expended only 27,063 dollars 12 cents, in 5 years
and three months ; leaving a balance due by him to
the United States of 347,736 dollars 74 cents, on
the igtb Sept. 1800 ! Whether this detention of pub
lic money, bus violated thefiliations of the United
States, and jubjeaed our most enter, rifog and in
• dufrious citizens to all the borrors of an Algerine
fever,, it is to be ,rejumed will be made known b,
the cynfituted authorities at the next frffiou.
A. CAMPBELL.
Philadelphia, lotb, Sept. 1801.
fi- Governor Sargent.
t, A Scribbler in the Boston Centinel of the
23d inst. over the signature of " An American,"
charges the President with " the most detesta
ble hypocrisy and duplicity ever known," in ap
pointing Mr. Clairforne Governor of the Mif
fifippi territory,inftead of re-appointing Wint
hrop Sargent, the late Governor, whose term
expired the 7th of May. Some very high and
serious Charges were brought agaiuft Mr. Sar
gent, during the last fffion of Congress, for
Mal adminifratiot —those charges are not yet
finally decided upon —A member of Congress,
Mr. Davis, of Governor Sargent's diftria, has
pledged himfelf to substantiate those Charges :
Yet in the mean time Gov. Sargent has made a
personal application to the President for a re-ap
poiotment ; which not obtaining, has greatly
incensed him and his friend An American— [lt
will be remembered this is one of the Csnti„l A
mericans]—who charges the Prefdent with Hop.
cris, and Duplicity. He says the President receiv
ed Mr. Sargent " apparently ver, graciously ;"
that, notwitbranding this apparent cordiality, Mr.
Clairborne was already appointed before Mr. Sar
gent's application, which when be beard of be very
much doubted ; that one of the Heads of Departments
hedged himself that Clairborne never would be Go
vernor—bit Mr. Sargent mentioned the information
to the Preffat § that the Prefdent told him " &
Wethington, Sept. 7. THE popula#
tion of this city increases, and the im
provements are progressing, with ra
pidity. The Navy Yard is in for^
wardnefs under the fuperintendance
of Capt. Tingey. It is formed by
the projection of a wharf 800 feet in#
to the Eastern Branch of the River—.
by which a dock will be made 1000
feet in diameter. One half the range
of Marine Barracks is erected. They
will consist of amass of brick build
ings 600 feet in length, two stories
high.—The Maritime Warehaufe is
railed. It is three stories high, and
60 by 40 feet—an additional building
for the fame puipofe is contemplated
from every thing which bad come to his view, no
thing difbourable bad ever attached to bis [Mr s.]
chareaer —that Mr. Clairborne bad no. authority
for iofouating that be was to be the Governor —
that no decisive measures were or should be taken an
the s&bjea, until be [Serge#/] bad ample opportunity
to make bis representations, won which be [the Pre
fdent] would bedew bis candid and impartial at
tention-"- Yet, says, this American, " netwitb
Banding all these ofortions, Mr. Clair borne was
then appointed." Os which Mr. Sargent was
officially notified after his return to Boston.
This whole affair is represented as
completely against the Character of
Mr. Jefferfon —if these statements are
bona jida truths, fairly related, and if
there be no counter truths, then may
hypocrisy and duplicity attach w the Pre
sident—But there are generally two
sides to moftqueftions—Perhaps it may
be prudent to suspend the public judg
ment, till Mr. Sargent's affair is de
cided on by some higher authority
than the tribunal of a very rank federal
newfpaper —lt will be recollected that
the Newhaven Remonstrance made a
fine for, for Federalism ; there was but
one fide to the question ; it would have
passed finely, if Mr. Jefferfon had on
ly held bis peace—but he answered;
we had then another fide ; he gave us
" a view of the whole ground." — Per
haps in Governor Sargent's affair we
have not yet ''a view of the whole ;"
and perhaps at the next session of Con^
grefs, this together with some other of
the public concerns, will be fa right--
We shall feel it our duty to notice his
innocence, if it appears.
When we confidcr thefranknefs and
deeijion of character, manifested in the
Answer to the Remonstrance of the
Newhaven " Merchants," and in other
political writings of Mr. Jefferfon, in
times that put hisJife in jeopardy, it is
with great hesitancy we can entertain
an idea of his " hypocrisy and duplicity,"
notwithstanding this Centinel-American,
(who perhaps is some " rancorous Brit
i/h penforier") has asserted it to be the
" most detestable, ever known. At
any rate, we cannot repress the query,
Why should the PreJident aft the hypocrite
and dupe with Governor Sargent, who
could take no advantage of him, when on
other more trying occaJions he has a&ed
with open, manly firmnefs? What should
induce him to afore the ex-Governor that
no measures were or Jhould be taken with
regard to a Governor for the MiffiJippi
Territory, when at the fame time he had
appointed Mr. Clairborne? There is a
myJlery in this affair, which time and
66 Mr. afironomer Davis," as federalists
dub him, may probably unfold.
• [Rep. Gazette.
0e Cate@ gntelUgence.
Sir, From the Baltimore Americans
" If you please you will make th©
following fa&s public thro' the Ameri
can. On the 29th Aug. while stretch
ing off from the Capes, descried 2 fail:
to which gave chace, & at 8 p.m. came
up with ship Mercury, Capt. Waters,
of Baltimore, and near her his Britan
nic Majesty's ship Brutus, cap. Smith,
alias Thurffon. The Mercury had her
mainsail hauled up, and no person but
the boatswain on deck, with 3 sailors,
who laid the sloop of war's crew had
been on board, and beat the Captain,,
British 4 FRIENDSHIP."
Nashville, August 11.
On Monday last, arrived in this
town, Major-Gen. Wilkinson, com
mander in chief of the army of the
U. S. and one of the commissioners for
treating with the Southern Indians,
and yesterday he set off for S. Weft
point, where a treaty is to be holden
withthe Cherokees—one of the objects
of negociation, we learn, is to obtain
from the Indians a relinquishment of
the tra& of country, lying between the
Cumberland and Holfton settlements,
an event so desirable to the citizens
of Tennessee-
We understand, that the fourth U.
S. regiment is on its march for this
place, and that during the summer
they are to be employed in opening
a road from Nashville, to the Natch
ez.—What could tend more to the
welfare of the weftern country than
thus to conned our infant weftern
settlements, and promote our com
mercial intercourse. With these marks
of attachment to the interest of the
most remote parts of the U. S. has
commenced the great advantages we
may expe& from the American union,
which begin,now to be manifefted.
" Firm, united, let us be,
Rallying round our Liberty.
As a band of Brothers join'd,
Peace and fafety we shall find."
Philadelphia, Sept. 16.
From tbs Get man Gazette, at Laneafter.
GLORIOUS NEWS— public monEYfavsd.
Ia a refolurion of Thomas Jefferfon, President
of the United States, of the 29th of July, Or
dtred, That the diftras of Massachusetts, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, North and South Caroli
na, from and after the 30th of Sept, federally
and each of them thill form one survey ; and
the duties of the infpeaor of each survey; Ihall
be done by the supervisor. The counties of the
diftria of Virginia, being formerly the ift, 2d,
3d, and 4th, surveys, shall be one survey, from
and after the above mentioned day, and the du
ties of the infpeaor sh ill be done by the super
visor ; and the colledors of the revenue in the
above mentioned diftrias, fliall pay all monies
received to th^refpeaive lupervifors, &c.
In Penufylvania, we understand there has
been five surveys, also by ftrikiog away the said
number of infpeaor®, there will be an immense
sum of money fired in Pennsylvania alone. —
The President has also called home three uu
neceffary atnbaffadors, by which step alone at
least 50,000 dollars will be laved.——Bravo !
tovo ! Mr. Jefferfon,— go on so, —take mote
such real republican steps.
—The Elyptical Room at the capitol
for the Representatives, is 88 by 66
feet.—A turnpike road is making from
Georgetown to the Capitol, and a
road on the Newjerfey Avenue.—A
company is incorporated for building
a permanent bridge over the eastern
branch of the river.—A handsome
Market-House is ereding by subscrip
tion.