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Current prices of per from c
ASHES, Pot, iftfort, T. 120 0 0 0
Pearl -155 0 0 °
Bread, Ship 7 0 9.°
Better 1b 0 0! 7
Brimstone, C. 3 0 4 °
Beef, common B. 11 0 13 0
,mess, - -- 14 0 15 5°
Beans, white bu. 150 166
Brandy,Spanilh 4th pr. G. 130 133
• , Naples 4th pr. —_, 0 2 5 1 3°
Corn, Indian -- I 0 J 10
, Rye - 120 125
Caffiia lb 0 75 08 °
Cletes -- 2 0 216
Coffee fcte o24 0 2 5
Cheese, American ^ 0 6 016
Cottori, foreign farce - L 040 045
, American — 032 033
Cordage, American C. 17 0 18 0
, Foreign, -- 17 0 17 0
Chocolate, common fy 020 020
, belt N^. 2&1 — 03 0 °>3 L
Candles, mould — 020 024
,dipt — 017 018
Coals, foreign Ch. 16 0 18 8
, American none, -- 0 0 0 0
Duck, Ruffin, iJtqual. Bt. 18 0 20 0
, Ravens ° 13 ° 0 0
rim, Merchant, C. 5 0 0 0
,W. India mark. — 4 o*4°
Scale — 3 ° 3^7
Salmon none B. 11 0 0 °
Mackerel ' 5 ° 6 0
Flour, super. frefh -- 12 50 13°
, fine -- 12 0 12 9
, middlings -- 10 0 10 50
, country C. 6 0 0 0
Fuftick , T. 45 0 °°
Gun Powder lb °s° °°°
Geneva, Holland iflpr G. 0 0 J 33
, American — 4? 75 0 °
Hogs Lard o>B 020
Iron, Philadelphia 1 T.140 0 ° °
, Russia -13° 0 '3 6 0
, Swedes — & 0 140 0
Ldgwood & T. 50 ° 55 °
Lead, white; gt. in oil C. 15 0 16 0
, dry — 14 0 0 0
/ , red a - 850 0 0
1 , ffieet _ 6 0 10 0
Lemons frefo bx. 13 0 15 0
Lumber, boards clear M. 17 0 18 0
, , merch. —lO 0 Jo <0
Singles 150 12 75
Molasses / G. 046 050
Nutmegs lb 650 7 °
Liver Oil B. 12 0 13 0
Pepper , lb °3 1 034
Pork, best pieces B. 28 0 00
, common -- 20 0 X °
Peas bu< 1 50 1 75
Pimento lb 015 ,0 16
(Pitch, fearce, B. 6 0 0 0
Paper, Sheathing C. 375 4 5
Redwood T. 55 0 60 0
Raisins /r^ 'calk 825 850
Rum, Jamaica , G. 117 I2<
, Windward 3d,r. —1 0 1 8
Rice C. 675 70
Rosin B. 55 0 6 0
Soap, white lb °'4 o ^6
„ brown — 010 0 0
Starch, Poland - lb 025 030
^American — o I2| 017
Sugar, Havannah C. 17 b 18 5°
, East-India -- 13 0 go
, Wed-India -- 11 0 14 0
, Loaf ft 028 0 29
Salt, St. Übes H. 650 7 0^
, Turk's Island -- 70 / °
, Liverpool — ° 0 55°
, Rock -- 666 7 o
Steel,. German ,ft > 016 019
, English — 016 °,9)
Salt Petre, rough -- 024 0 0
Shot C. 9 0 10 &
//Tan • B. # 4 ^,. 5 0
Turpentine --& 0 5 0
Tea, Hyfon lb Ito 1 ?7
, Souchong — 090 0 0
1 , Bohea< ; ^\o 36 37 0
Tobacco, James River C. 7 0 0 0
, Georgia —6O 0 0
: Twine, fewing' doz. 567 6 0
, seine — 5 0 550
Wines, Madeira G. 2 0 266
Lisbon — 117 125
Sherry, fare/ — 142 150
Malaga q.c. 26 0 „o
Red Portfarce— 175 0 0
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~ Frvm.the CHRONICLE.
O^outh.
Ti l “OLD BRICK."
THE high estimation in which I hold the Re
ligious Society under the appellation ot the " Old
Brich," led me to peruse your address in the Com
mCTcial Gazette with peculiar attention. The
venerable and referable characters which have
officiated in the ecclesiastical department, natur
ally excited an idea, that whoever adorned this
signature would claim a particular refpett, not
only from the force of his arguments, but the de
cency with which they were communicated. The
names df a Chauncey under a Clark will, be
ever elleemed, while energy of reasoning and pu
rity of competition are considered as prominent
chafa&eriUics to designate the scholar and gentle
man.
But, Sir, how great was my disappointment,
in finding you so deficient in every point which
could impress that veneration, which I anticipat
ed in your address. Instead of that perfection of
erudi&n and propriety of expression, which ever
gave the “ Firlt Church" the firft reputation in
the literary world, the most sordid vulgularity
and the inoft firperficial reasoning disgraces the
publication. As a friend to that Religions Socie
ty, I feel mortified in obfervihg such Blllh^fgate
language attached to so refpe&able a (iguature.
Since the corner ilone ot tn, ancient building wa,
laid, it is the firft time that the Old Brick was dis
graced with calumny instead of argument, or
feurrility inflead of decency.
As a proof of my observations, I will quote a
few of,our remarks, and if you are not deilithte
of sensibility, the flagrancy of your insult on the
President will be fufficient to excite in your mind
'an abhorrence of your late publication. You
fay—“ I with to cover the defeats of the present,
' voder the merits of the last, administration t but
this (you add) is impossible ; for we might as well
! endeovour to a&nilate Walhiugton with Robef
•pierre, as Adams with Jefferfon." Now, Sir,
Ipaufe, moment on the inherence naturally drawn
iby this ungenerous remark on Mr. Jefferfou—you
place him in a character analogous to Robefpiere;
the burden of proof therefore lies on you, to pro
duce any similitude between the two characters ;
, the cruelty and inhumanity of. one, has become
proverbial ; but in what instance has Mr, Jeffer
: lon ihewn a disposition, in any refpett so sangui
nary and vindiftive? Has he difplay^d a temper
. ,in any degree limilar to Robespierre ? Has be
ierected a guillotine, or pursued his enemies with
, that unrelenting Spirit which marked the footiteps
iof,this tyrant ? Even if we quit the deteltabie
character of Kobefyierre, and .compare Mr. Jeff
; erfon with, Mr. Adams, the magnanimity ot his
conduct is not depreciated. Has he, amidtt the
r torrent of abuse heaped upon him in the papers,
ordered any prosecutions againtl the authors^ or
!are any of the editors presented in the federal
Courts to answer for their defamation? Even you,
Sir, feel a security in the lenity of his adminiltra
tion—for, let me alk you, whether you would
; have dared to write in the fame Strain againll Mr,
Adams, as you have done against Mr. Jefterfon:
' Would yon have had the impudence and allurance
to aflert, :as you now do, " that Mr. Jeilerfon,
after a lew years trial, like some impure metal
will melt away, and nothing but the diols will
. remain,"
is this, Sir, a language which you ought to use
towards the fyprme Executive of the United
States ? nave you a right to arraign his admini
stration, and denounce him at, this early period of
his political existence ? Will the removal ot a
few officers justify such a severe condemnation ot
his future condutl ? Have you the effrontery to
place the happiness and prosperity of this coun
try, on the patronage bellowed on a felef lbody of
men, who have hitherto been employed in the lu.
crative functions of the government—or will you
presume to declare that Mr. Jettei son will “ melt
away and become as dross !" because he has exer
cised his prerogative in giving the principle of ro
tation its proper operation ? Pray, Sir, examine
the crafters who now hold offices, and let,me
aik yo^ whether there are not med, equally en
titled to Presidential patronage, as those who
have heretofore enjoyed it'? From poverty, have
not many ot them rote to affluence? Why then,
Sir, let me alk you, Ihould other citizens be ex
cluded Irom equal benefits ?
If, Sir, you had written such a pointed libel on
Mr. Adams, as you have against Mr. Jeffterfon,
you would have been arraigns before the judi
ciary tribunal, and nothing Short of your ears
would have attoped for ,the criminality of your
allegations. In Short, ^rmit me to tell you, Old
Brick, the publications of such infuriated Jaco
bins as vourfelf, are full of proofs of the mildoefs
of Mr. Jefferfon's admimfication— and with con
fidence 1 will further fay, that you are so com
pletely destitute of common civility, and at the
lame time fraught with ignorance, that'roy take
au advantage of his lenity in propagating yo^r dis-,
organizing principles. Your party are not capa
ble of distinguishing between the mildness of the
prefect, and the severity of the last administration.
If Mr 4 jefafon Should purfoe them in the fame
manner ^s was formerly pratticed, their periWal
cqwatflice would be a fufficient " Gag-I4&' to
check their infoieace. Their cause is so infamous;
that they would not have refolntioh enough open
ly to Avow their sentiments before a judiciary
tribunal, though they may, , under thA prfent fyf
tem of moderation, have temerity fufficient co de
clare the wickedness of their intentions. It#a
happy circumf&ce, that the Sedition Law is re
pealed, as we can now judge how far their evil
designs extend, and to what lengths they coot ein
plated their meafiifa, to overturn the Republi
can Principles of our country.
However^ Sir, I will if possible endeavor to
bring your remarks Into some argumentative or
der-(though they are so deranged, it is difficult
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to place them jo any accurate form.) Yoh faft -
that “ reasonable men did suppose from nlr, Jes
- ferfon's Speech, that he nould pursue a ft Item
friendly to the good of the coiTrnttmiTy, but we
find the reverse has been the case, and from all
prefect appearances, is likelv to bejo.” 'Now,
Sir, I would alk you, ^ht rein he has pursued a
fyllem unfriendly to the community? It is true
he has displaced some men, and put others in their
room. If this is the case, it does not follow, that
the former were the molt Worthy, and the latted
the molt unworthy. If ybu afferr that “his sys
tem is unfriendly to the community,, it lies with
you to proie it. Bring forward your charafters,
and let us try them by the touchffone of rectitude
and ability. Is displacing the Naval Agent in
Bolton unfriendly to the community ? Is reftor
- ing Messrs. Whipple and Gardner, attended with
difigreeable consequences ? Is fuperceeding the
District Attorney a matter of public lamentation,
as it refpefts integrity or talents? Is the appoint
ment ot Messrs. Madison, Lincoln, Dearborn, and
Gallatin at the head of their refpedive depart
ments, dufriendly to the community ? Is forward
ing the treaty to France in the molt expeditious
and dignified manner injurious to the commercial
interelt of the United States ? Is the fyllem ot
Economy proposed by him, deftrn^tive to the
general happihefs? Or, will the laving of 20,000
dollars annually, by abolilhing the office of In
fpeftors, " speedily fiiik us into the gulgh of
; anarchy" ? If he has donh any thing worthy of
centare point it out in fpecific terms, and do not,>
as a friend to order, figmatize his conduct by
general charges, without one evidence to support
them.
P am aware that you will answer, that Mr.
Gallatin's appointment was injurious to the com
munity—but, Sir, don't te too hasty; in this parti
cular, you are not yet competent to judge on this
quellion; time will difeover the propriety of Mr.
Jefferfon's conduct in this iullance ; wait at leaf!
till the meeting of Congress, and I believe that his
communications on the fubjeCt ot revenue, will
convince " The People," ot the wisdom ot lire
Executive, in reletting this gentleman tor this de
partment. The appointment ot Mr. Bilhip, you %
may fay, is injurious to the community ; but 1
^m well informed, that rhe office ot Collector in
the port of New-Haven, has never been more re-'
gularly and honehly conducted than tince bis
officiality.
Now, Sir, as you have presumed to come for-'
ward and charge Mr. Jenerfun " as purfaiag a
fyllem injurious to the community," 1 challenge
you to produce your Specific charges.'^ is need -'
less to alarm the public with vague declarations.
If you have any thing to alledge, place yourfelt in
the petition of an honest man, and give the citi
.zens the charges of elimination in detail. In this
case, 1 am willing to meet you; but while you
deal in feurrility and defamation, notuuhltandrcg.
you take the respectable signature of "Old Brick,
yer, Sir, as I reaped truth rather than names,
your lucubrations, (while they bear their present
asperity) will ever be estimated by me as the ma
lignant effufions of a disappointed, mortifiec, dis
organizing partisan. Yuur fug^eitibns are un
founded, your charges are jalje and nothing but
the mildness of the man whom you calumniate,
gives you confidence to pursue your feurrility and
invective. If you have any modetty erate your
lignature, and no longer disgrace the Old Brick
with your uncandid and indecent publications.
OLD-SOUTH.
THE NE^-PAPER.'
A News-paper is so true a type of the caprice
and levity ot mankind, that it may be ttyled their
Coat of Arms, The Tuykilh Koran is not half,
so sacred to a rigid Mahometan, a Turtle Feall to
an Alderman, or Frog Soup to a Frenchman, as a
Gazette is to a State-street Politician.
It this informs him of a naval armament, he
toasts the commanders'in half pints a-piece, willi
es them fucceC, get. drudk with loyalty, and goes
witlffiis head lull ot 745, 64% frigates, transports,
fireships. But a Newspaper, whose contents are
not fduQioned by authority, is necefl'arily so much,
more the receptacle of invention ; thence we Sear—.
It is faid —A correspondent remarks—Whereas,
&c. all serve to please, furprize, and inform. H'e
hear can alter a man's face as tlfe weather would
a barometer. It is laid can diltori another like a
fit of the spasm. g can niuke some cry, while
S u PP°J e makes others laugh ; while a.Whereas is #
like au electric fbock ; and though it often runs
to the extremity of the nation, io unison with the
rest, they all, together form a very agreeable mix
ture. But particular and domestic occurrences
form a very effentiai part of this folio : thus, a
marriage hurts an old maid—mortifies a young
one ; whilcTt consoles a poor dejected hi&nd,
who is Secretly pleated to find another has fallen
into his case. A death, if a wife, 'makas hus
bands envy the widower, while perhaps some el
the women, who censure his want of decent for
~R>w, uiarry id a oionth after !—ln fine, every per
son is put in motion by a News-Paper. It is a
bill of fare, containing all the luxuries, as well as
all the Decenaries of life, Politics, for inflate,
have of late beenite rpaft-beef of the times—
Efrays the plumb-pudding, and poetry the fritters,
cuflard, and all the, c%uot the table, vftyl,
denominated trifles# 'Yet the four winds pre
not liable to more mutability, than the vehicles of
these entertainments ; for inttance, on Monday 1;
is whispered—on Tuefday it is rumored—on Wed
nefilay it is conjectured—on Thursday it is pro
bable—on Friday it is positively averted, and on
Saturday it is premature. But notwithtlanding
this, some how or another, all are eventually ~
pleased ; tor as the affections of all are divided a
mong Wit, Anecdote, Poetry, Prices of Stock,
the arrivalof Ships,&c.a News-paper is a reposi
tory where every one has bis hohby-horfe ; ,ijb
ont it, coffee-hoofed &c..would be depopulated,
and the country villages-the P A rfon—the Justice,
and many others, lose the gulden opportunity of
appearing as wife a# QUIDNUNC.