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These have been the representations, and these
are the fafts. They are now in possession of the
public. It is not my bufin/fs to decide on the mo
tives which produced the former, or to comment
on the latter. To the people they are submitted,
who will duly appreciate the motives and the ob
jects of the concerned. They ought to be candid,
and censure with caution any tranfaftion which can
consist with the prefinnption of a fair intention.
This is one inßance in which a delusive excitement
has been unjustly produced, to the injury of our
country.— There are many others, of which an
opinion may now be formed, from the one which
has been stated.
To draw a comparison between all the repeated
deliberate, erroneous llatements of individuals
and the realities ; between the hasty, malignant,
newspaper calumnies and candid communications
for public information, is unnecessary. It would
fubjea .to too much odium and deteflation. They
differ, and will, be so viewed by integrity and
cander, as knavery differs from honesty—truth
from falfehood, light from darknefs—wifdorti
from folly,—and fairnefs of intention, from the
grossest corruption of heart.
L. LINCOLN.
W^rcefer, September 3d, 1802.
Extraff of a letter from the PoJl-Maflcr General to
T. W. Bacot Esq. PoJI Wafer, Wajhingtondty.
General Polt-Office, Augutt 7, 1802.
" Sir- -An Agent from this department in the
month of Octobff next, will vilit the four Sou
thern States, wigfea view to afeertain the practi
cability, or impracticability of compleating the
lines of Rages through the Atlantic States, as well
as to afeertain the Rate of the department, and
particularly the Rate of the road between Charles
ton and Camden.
" It appears proper, that the gentlemen of
your part of the country should have an opportu
nity of adventuring in this undertaking. I there
fore with that this letter might be made public.
With esteem. Gideon Granger."
In the National Intelligencer there appears an
unanswerable defence of the able and faithful of
ficer who at present presides over the Poft-ofice
Department, against all the base calumnies, as to
his official character, which have been propagated
through the medium of the opposition prints.
,We regret that our present limits will not allow
tts to give place to this excellent production# It
flares one fatt, however, which our readers ought
to know, and that is that of one thouJand ninety
five poll-matters, Mr. Granger has dismissed only
forty free from office ; and sot the removal of
these the most conclusive reasons are given. We
have the belt grounds to belieVethat of the poft
maflers remaining in office, a very large majority,
in all probability three to one are federalist,
Hamilton, Coleman & Callender.
We cannot attach to the President, on any hy
pothecs, the lead blame for any part of his con
duct with refpett to Callender. Even taking his
own ftatemen as unexceptionable evidence, which
is by no means the faft, he clearly confeffes his
guilt, to prove the mistaken opinion which Mr.
Jefferson once conceived of his merit and inte
grity. But to demonflrate the turpitude of the
accuser, we are sensible, is not an acquittal of the
accused. Callender, however,very kindly relieves
the freinds of rhe President of all reasonable Con
cern on this head. For he acknowledges, in his
letter which for the want of other materials
of defamation is exhibated in the Centinel
vt Saturday, that he received fifty dollars of
the hundred after he had been " four months lan
gnifoing in prison," for writing a supposed libel
on Mr. Adams.
That the president should give fifty dollars to
a man who had, in this free country, been fuffer
ing a tedious and diltrefling imprisonment of four
m;4ti& for a crime unknown to the Confutation.
mind confirmed the above report, and re
peatedly asserted that the National Govern
ment had been fubjeded to an extra charge
of near a thJbfand dollars, for proteffional
advice, on account of my abfcence, I felt it
a duty which was due to myfelf, to the ad
ministration, and to the people, to take
measures to correa this erroneous, and in
jurious reorefentation. In answer to a let
ter addielled to the Secretary of the Trea
sury on the fubje&, I received the follow
ing, which 1 trust will be fatisfiaory to e
very friend to truth and fairnefs, Was the
abuse, or its effe&s, confined to myfelf, they
Should take their course, and the public
never be troubled concerning themt
Treasury Department.
Sir, Regfers office, 2d July, igo2.
1 had the honor to receive your letter of the 1 ft,en
closing a copy of a letter to you frl>m the Attorney
General, of the 26th ultimo.
Every warrant for money paid is registered in
my office; and every account with its vouchers is
lodged therein. The payment to which the At
ternev General refers, could not have been made
without appearing on record, and that not any such
payment hasben made,! hop th( enclosed certifi
cate will effectually eitablifh.—l lave the honor to
be, Sir, with the greatest refpert, jour mod obedi
ent and most humble Servant,
JOSEPH NOURSE.
Honorable ALBERT GAILAIIN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
I certify that not any monies have been paid
out of the treasury of the United States, on account
of fees, compensations, or allowance of any kind
whatever for legal advice or opinions given by any
person whatever, to the prefeit Secretary of the
Treasury, since his appointment, or to any other
officer of the Treasury Department, during that
period.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Regifler.
Treasury Department.
Sir, ,<ly7tb, ißo^.
In compliance with the reqdeft contained
in your letter of the 26th ultimo, I have the
honor to enclose a letter and certificate from
the Register of the Treafurj. Permit me
to observe that if the report to which you
allude rests only on Newspaper authority, it
cannot be thought proper to repel it by offi
cial Documents.—l have the Honor to be
with refpe&, Sir, your obedient Servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
The Attorney-General.
Messrs. Printers,
I have with no small anxiety observed, in my
absence from the county of Ontario, the publica
tion of a Talk, said to have been delivered at Ca
nandulgua on the 3d of August, by Red Jacket,
the principal speaker of the Seneca nation of In
dians. The complexion of a part of it is so lin
gular and so different from the Indian mode of
talking, that 1 was at firft led to fnppofe it a mere
fabrication ; but on enquiry, finee my return,
have been credibly informed that it is something
more than a farce, created by party spirit for the
purpose of alarming the public, and exciting the
fears of women and children. Some evil genius
who delights in mifehief, and who pays no refpeft
to the feelings of his neighbours or to the peace
and security of private tamilies, has been busily
engaged in the righteous work of personal re
venge. J am unwilling to fufpeCt Mr. Chapin,
late agent to the Six Nations, of so fowl a piece of
mifeondutt. But many circumflahces occured
which fix upon him a suspicion which it will be
difficult to remove, particularly his difmiffion from
the office of agency to the Six Nations, his irrita
tion at that event, and his intimate acquaintance
with the Indians# The opportunity was very fa
vorable to his purpose of reeking a fatistaftion for
his removal, by difquietlng the minds and exaspe
rating the tempers of the Indians. They Were al
ready soured by the imprifonmont of one of their
number for (tabbing one white man find killing a
nother. A transition from one imaginary grie
vance to another was easy and natural# Alarmed
at the fafety of their trot her, and fore of bis con
finement by the white men, they were easily de
ceived into a belief that something was wrong in
the government of the country. The artful cora
parifon of the treatment of the Indians under the
administrations of General Washington and Mr.
Adams, to the danger which threatened a brother
under that of Mr. JefFerfon, could not have been
the result of the speaker's refleaions, but was evi
dently suggested by fotne person whose heart was
corroded with disappointment. That this must
have been the case, will be very evident, when
we confider, that the Indians have been constant
ly complaining, that the residence of Mr. Chapin
was so remote from any of their principal settle
ments, that he could pay but very little attention
to their concerns# For it is very well known in
this country, that the Blacksmith employed by
him on account of the United States as an accom
modation to the Six Nations, lives in the imme
diate vicinity of Mr. Chapin. This made it ne
cessary for them, whenever a hoe or hatchet was
wanted, a gun or (trap was to be mended, to
travel one or two hundred miles from the place
of their principal settlements. On this point little
doubt will remain, when it is known, that many
refpecfable citizens of my neighbourhood, have
presented a memorial to the President of the U
nited States, urging the necessity of Mr. Chapin's
removal under a conviction that neither the U
nited States, nor the Indians, were much benefited
by his agency. Large funis of money and other
property parted through his hands, which enabled
him to assume-that fitnation in lite, which his 0-
ther resources were not competent to effect.
Is an honor to bls character, and a proof of his
sensibility. Had he waited, like his predecessor
in office, for an opportunity of presenting Callen
der a place, as the trait of his zeal in the cause of
“ good government," it would have been a cheap
reward—his private purse would never have been
taxed and an unconscious public would, also,
have given at least a silent assent. But altho' Mr.
Jefferfon might willingly have given his own
peoperty to a person who then appeared to him
as an object of real charity ; it does not follow
that he would use the public money for a similar
reafom poor Callender, however, was not fatif
fied with this att ot benevolence. It was not the
money obly (Which he was mean enough to pock
et) that he wanted. A place, for whteh te Was
not all qualified, was also coveted. And as he
did not succeed in his application, he has given
scope to his revenge in a series of publication,
that under an, other government waild have
left his ears on a pillory. ,
After all, what has been the worst itefCallender
has Said of Washington & Adafos, or evetHamilton
himfelf, in comparison ot what has been repeatedly
publiftred in this country, of Hancock,of S. Ad
ams, of Franklin, of M Kean, of Jefferon ! ! yet
the federalijh, who have editors hired aril employ
ed in every date in the Union, against rfbublicath
ism itfelf ; who havehad Porcupine, Demie, Cole
man, Prentiss and the Ruffells—besides numerous
other writers in adua! Service—take exception to
Mr. Jefferfon for having given a pool creature
who was Starving in prison fifty dollars, to relieve
him in his misery, At the fame time they cheer
fully engage this very wretch, because he has been
since base enough, as far as his power extended, to
injure his benefactor.
Hamilton is welcome to Calleder. They are hap
pily affuciated. With Coleman they fora an ex
cellent trio. Callender is trumpeter to te corps
of which this attorney is the Field-Martini, and
Hamilton Generaliflimo.
We Shall soon fee what impression will bemade
to the disadvantage of President JEFFERSON.
Their attempts to injure him in the public eflma
tion will inevitably receil on their own characters,
and ft possible make them more infamous thanat
present.
The following Communication was obligingly
sent us by a gentleman well acquainted with In
dian affairs and of undoubted veracity. The public
may rely on the truth of its contents. We always
viewed the speech of Red Jacket, the worthy col
league of Mr. Coleman, as an artful effufion of
some enemy to the administration : We therefore
deemed it proper to omit the publication of it in
the Citizen. This appears to be the case. It was
dilated by the ci-devant Indian agent, who very
modestly reprobates the executive for difmifling
him from office ! This philippic, thus thrust into
the mouth of Red Jacket, was intended to have a
very powerful effect. Red Jacket all at once
turned federalist, and Mr. Coleman, as in the case
of Callender, readily admits him into the federal
pale. This adds another hue to the federal rain
bow.
But the best of the joke is this. Such, fays the
Field Marshal, in mournful accents, is the intoler
ance of those now in power, that even the Indians
feel for the fufferers and dread the ronfequences.
And what is this intolerance ? Why, fir, when the
postmaster-general entered on the duties of his of
fice, scarcely one republican was to be found a- 1
mchig eleven hundred deputy postmasters ; and
he had the temerity tb dismiss Cxteen of them to
make way for that number of friends to the ad
ministration ! What a horrible crime ! Verily it
aftottifhed even Red jacket.-^ Tower.
FOR THE A MERICAN CITIZEN,
The two Sullivans, on the 15th of July, went to
Wilmington with me to the house of the above
mentioned Robin : the doors of his toufe being
wide open, I had an opportunity of knowing whe
ther it was the wench 1 Was in search of or not, be
ing fully fatisfied, the two Sullivans desired me to
rufli in and take hold of her. Having a pistol gir
ded about me, I rushed in and was immediately
taken hold of by the throat, by a negro fellow,
who came from behind the door ;he use me ve
ry roughly, and endeavored to put nie out of the
house ; he next got his arms round me and held
my right hand—instantly 1 drew the pistol with
my left hand and difeharged it at him ; he imme
diately fell, and by that means I got difeharged ;
he again rose and attempted to come after me,
but fell. I immediately run up# flairs, ahd from
thence to the yard, in search of the wench, but she
had escaped. Finding myfelf aloneand a flranger
in the place, (the two Sullivans having never en
tered the house to my knowledge) I walked out
on Bay-Rreet, and within one hundred yards from
the house I met the two Sullivans, who got me a
cross the river, and from thence I proceeded
home.
On the 27th of July, whilst going to my negro
houses about nine o'clock at night, I was foot in
my right arm by some person ; the Whole load
lodged in the elbow joint, which has confined me
to my room ever since. ,
ROBERT NESBIT.
Georgetown, Augutt 12, 1802.
IMPROVED STOVE.
Nicholas Boureau of Alexandria, has ob
tained a patent for an “ Economical House
and ship Steam Kitchen," of which the fol
lowing is his description :—
“ The formation of this Kitchen is upon
the principle and form of Tin Plated Stove,
constituted in a particular manner 'o suit
for baking bread, and all kinds pastry, as
also for roasting meat, fowls, &c. as effec
tually as before an open fire, by means of a
spit traversing the internal or oven part, so
conftru&ed as to be turned at pleasure,
with flops at the distance of two inches, by
which means the meat will be equally done
— attached to this baking stove, is a copper
calinder boiler, which is aded upon by the
fire of the stove so contrived, that by
means of a tin pipe attached thereto^ and
" Thomas Jefferson is a man of classical
“ education, of corrert taste, and of unquefliona
" ble talents. As a private char ^tei, his morals
" have been considered as-unexcep enable. By
“ the fuffrages of an immense majority of his tel-
I" low-citizens, he was chosen President of the
I''American Republic. Never did a more fplen
1' did harved of glory present itfelf to ie fordeft
" hope, or the wildest ambition ot man, anjwhat
“ fortune nas, in this instance, placed and, with
" out one personal effort upon his part, has placed
" within the reach of Thomas Jefferfon. (*) It
“ might have been exported, that when such a
" man was exalted to the Prefidencj, he would
" havefelerted, as defenders ofhis sane, indvid
" uals, who were, at least, exemped from an cx
" tremity of person I contempt and deteflation.
" Instead of so probable and rational a :ho ce, the
" President has encircled iimfelf with a junto of
" editorial banditti, Jones, Cheetham, and Duane,
" whose names are a burlesque upon whatever is
" honorable or decent.— [Callendar.]
From the Charleston (S.C.) City Gazelles
Mefrrs. Freneau & Williams,
Seeing a paragraph in your paper of the 7th in
stant, under the Wilmington head, the narration
of Which appears most infamous, I am induced,
from motives bf felf-defence, to requell that
you will insert in your paper the following flare
ment, Which I assert to be farts, so chat the pb
lie may judge of the propriety of my conduct.
On the 2d of December last, at night, a wendi,
was feloniofly taken from my house by two men
on horse-back—one of the two was well known
afterwards to be the "pious honed and induitrit-
Robin." Having some time aftet received infor
mation that the wench was harbored in and about
Wilmington, by the said Robin, I went in search
of her oh the 12th of July last, and getting to
Town-creek, I obtained the affiftauce of two
young men by the names of Sullivan ; and having
a hue and cry with me from Sbuth-Carolina, it
appeared uhneceffary for renewing it in the other
date, as there Was such a probability of recovering
the wench.
As the federal Editors have evinced a diTpofition
to quot Callendar "against the Democrats, and
particularly against Mr. Jefferfon, we could with
they had always quoted honeflly, which, in one
inllance at least, many of them have not done.
We shall (fate the case, and leave our readers to
draw the inference. The Republican Hatch Tow
er lately attacked Calendar ; he replied with his
usual vigour and asperity. The reply has been
partly copied into the federal papers generally,
and particularly into the Albany Gazette and Cen
tinel. But in none of th^m we have seen, except,
ing theßaltimoreAnti-Democtat ,has it been given
entire ; the rest have omitted the frit part of the
fecoud paragraph, whether wilfully or not, we
leave for the reader to determine ; this he will be
the better enabled to do, after perusing the whole
of the second paragraph, which, we extract from
the Anti-Democrat, having placed an afterifm (*)
at the sentence with which the federal editors be
gan their quotation. “ Fair play (fays the pro
verb) is a jewel." But it is a jewel rarely to be
found in pofleffion of those who, for sinister pur
poses, are bent upon the accomplishment of cer
tain ends.— Alb. Reg.
f Ten or twelve thousand dollars, with the otter
means annually supplied by his agency for the at
cumulation of u ealth, were not to be 101 l w ithom
a murmur. Here is rhe rob, which irritated the
feelings, and dictated this curious Indian Talk.
Here we may perceive the reason of that lingular
connection in the fame speech, between the im
prifonmeßt of the Speaker's brother, and the com,-
plaint of Mr. Chapin's removal. 1 would not',
Without reason, ascribe to any loan improper mo
tives ; but flupidity itfelf will hardly believe, that
the sentiments uttered by Red Jacket were the
natural effufions of his own understanding, or that
he would, without prompting, have considered
Chapin's difmiffion a grievance, when the Indians
had repeatedly complained of the inutility of his
agency. A. B>
Canandaigua, Aug. 15, 18021
—<s§<,<6^^^% ^ ►>—
Boston, S C PT. 13,
BOAED of HEAL-1 fri.
Anxious for the fatety of the Inhabitants, the
Board of Health for the Town of Bellon, alter
the inoftthorough investigation, are happy
to (late, that there does nocexift, either within
the town, or at HJpital Ijianda (ingle case of con
tagious disease ; and that in the few houses in
which Fevers 01 this defefiption have occurred,
every precaution in cleaning in the molt jurfeft
and ample manner, has been taken, under the im
mediate infpefbon of the Board.
*, Bills of Health are issued as tifual.
By Order of the Beard of Health,
ISAIAH DOANE, Frefidenh
Attef. —R. Gardner, Secry.
From LISBON.
Accounts from Lifb n, by Capt, Rich, ilate.
that some of the Moorish ctuizers we re at (ea ; and
we have a letter before us, dated the gift fuly,
which fays, “ The Moots have declared war, end
have taken three ot our vcffels." But as there
are many persons at 1, fbon, u ho are interefled in
propa^tit g accounts ot the danger to be appre
hended from the R f rb r% powers, n order to de
ter Americans from the prosecution of their
voyages oC< >z, &c. it is probable the reports
may have originated with item. Thefine ac
count HP, state, that a Swedish frigate had had an
enga pier' ith four Tripolitan corsairs, in the
M ran- an 5 and ths affaii Capt. K. fuppifes
gave ^e to the report lately circulated refpe&ng
the bfun frigate.
The United States will shortly have fix frigates
and a 11 < p of war, to protest our commerce ia
the Mediten anean.
Frm St. Bartholomews, Aug. 4.
" You will have heard of the decree by which
the ancient regieme rope^ling negroes is re-ettab-
RAUCH ESSER—S^OKE- EATER.
We hive heard of a (love lately invented
in Germany, which has been adopted in Pa
ris (where fuel is scarce, and c<nfqnently
dear) in the theatres and public offices, a|
well as in private houses. Tins Hove not
only confbmes the fuel more completely
than any other, but it deftroyS the fmokd
likewise ; and from this property it is na
med SM< ke-Lateß. lit hav, r^frhad
an opportunity ot feting any defciipiiun of
this stove, and shall efleem It a particular fa
vor it one ot our better informed readers
will enable us to communicate to the pub
lic invention which premises, from report!
we have had, to becomeof general utility.
- t*s«^fyr-&^^ra= — - r
From the U. S. Oracle.
MESSRS. PRINTERS,
I am credibly informed that WOOD is
^v felling in Bflon b) the sloop load for
^dollars per cerd. And in cofequencc
JT me . ry great Larcity of money, 1 think
the price Ibould alfolower in this place. If
wood, the laflyear, fold for five dollars per
cord,flu uld it not the prefers fenfon fell for
four. As there is at least a fifths difference
in the circulation of money.= The only
way to bring it down, will be, tor the in^
habitants to agree to purchase at firfl but a
fourth part of their usual comply ment, and
by this means fee, whether our country and
eaflern brethren will prefer to let their wood
lay at expence on the wharves, or take thd
worth ot their wood on its being firft land
ed. No reasonable n.an, will allow (ac
cording to the present scarcity of money)
"that a cord of wood is worth more than
FOUR DOLLARS—this price the inhab
itants would not think much of giving.
It is supposed that the grow th of wood on
farms under proper cultivation, and where
care is taken to feka decaying trees, is as
rapid as Je decrease of the part which is
cut for the common market or use of the
family. I u^an in an ordinary way, and
where diferetier is used. Anu this, wi|h
various other cor, federations, nake the great
rife of wood uraco ntabie, nitlin the last
nine year ; when wood was fold (in 1793)
on il r wharves in this town lor nine shil
lings a cord.
'extended to any direaion or filiation irt the
kitchen, house or ship, any number of dish
es ot meat or vegetables are ft parately and
completely boiled in less time than ufaally
done in water, retaining all their juices ana
flavor by means of the fleam conveyed by
the pipe, out of the boiler, and introduced
into Writable tin kettles made for the pur
pose, with suitable tubes by means of 3
number of cocks, which may at pleasure be
opened and shut. One fire answers for all
the operations ot baking, cooking, &c. The
saving of fuel in some parts is a very con—
filterable objea. The fleam kitchen is ad&
mirably adapted to large (hips on long voy~
a(es ; in addition to cooking any number of
uiffies at the fame tithe, and in the different
departments, the pipe conveying the fleam'
fiom the boiler, will also warm in winter
the cabins and births in the ship, and brf
toeing of the boiler, frefh water may be ex
tr^aed and distilled out ot tea water, bi sh&
Evaporation of the (team in quantity fuffi
dent to answer the purpose of cocking as
ilfo for drinking, when the flock should be
exhausted. By an experiment I made at
New-York, I have, with a boiler of 29 gal
lons, extraaed 1 gallon ot froth wa r tront
that taken out ot the Eatt River, in one
hour, and with half the fuel usually applied
in cooking.
Latest top tie ^ails.