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Mr. RANLET;
WHEN a man steps forward under
rhe garb of honesty and truth, to
impose on an impartial public a flower
of falfhoad and scurrilous detraction, for
fa&s; he ought to be justly execrated, rind
^ferves to be reprobated by all good and
virtuous men. Such a one I presume your
candid readers will esteem the tumid
writer who appeared in your last, under
the fictitious character of Detedor,
That ! abfrafted the piece from
Charney for which I have been so unjust
ly characterized in your paper, I never
denied, but on the contrary have ever
acknowledged it—if that is a crime,or if
by doing jt I have imposed on the pub
lic, as Deteßor has maliciously asserted,
I did it inadvertently, and am ready to
make, concessions therefor; so far as I
Save imposed on the puplic—tho' not to
4the rude Dm^or.
But that T wrote the Sailor, is as falfe
and malicious as Detector is infamous jn
his assertion, and I defy him, with all
bis beaded information, with which he
has endeavoured to impose on the public,
id convince the difeerding part of yogr
readers that [ did—for however he may
attempt to vilify me in that assertion it
is oniuftand without a ffiadow of truth.
—His faying I carried papers to Newbu
ry, and there affixing my friends that
the composition was my own, is equally
falfe and groundless, notwithstanding he
fays " the, are faßs which need net a
great fund of learning to give them a colour
of proQita,.” And I Challenge him to,
prove the assertion.
Newhampfhire
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A BOASTING Peacock, on a day
Had met a Turkey in hi# way,
4nd thus began, puff'd up with pride,
The Turkey's strut, thus to deride. —
Thou proud, conceited, chatt'ring elf,
Thou ftruting fool, so full of felf;
Thou prig, how darft thou thus presume,
To imitate my beautious plume ;
Pull down that paltry tail of thine,
And view with admiration mine :
He then difplay'd his tail around,
And mov'd difdainful o'er the ground :
But soon his homely leg efpies,i
His feathers fall, his courage dies, >
tie droops his tail, away he flies.
The Peacock & Cock-Turkey.
And if my feathers you despise,
four legs as much offend my eyes.
MORAL.
We ne'er should stigmatize a beau,
Till we have learnt ourselves to know :
Before we others faults espy,
Let's pull the mote from our own eye.—
If I to borrow hive been able;
Pray has not France Produc'd a fable.
Once let him hide his cheating rays,
And where is then thy vaunted praise ;
If nature had not fmil'd on you,
/Thau might have been a Turkey too :
The Turkey next, assumes his turn,^
He felt his veins indignant burn,,
To feel himfelf thus run upon— J
Thou vainest, proudest thing ilive,
Pray whence thy boasted plumes derive.
Were they not barrb+'d from the fun ?
Thou vain, conceited beau, begone ;
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SATURDAY, March i 9, 1791.];
FOR THE GAZETTEER.
MISCELLANY.
A FABLE.
THE Grand Duke of Tuscany,
concerning whom, on account
of his prodigious wealth, it was rumour
ed had the art of tranfmot^tion. —A rid,
ble Venetian of a small fortune, but in
great favour with the Duke, one day
asked him, whether he possessed the Phi
losopher's stone or not ? My friend; said
the Duke, I do; and I will give you a
receipt in afew words —I never bid another
do that which I can do m,Jelf-=I never put
off until to-morrow what ma, be done toda,
—nor do 1 think an, thing too trivial to
deserve n^cL—The Venetian thanked
hisHigh,efs for his secret ; and by observ
ing his rules, acquired a great eßatea
However he may attempt to abuse me
by Stigmatizing my character with the
epithets ofSolamon,Cicero,&c.l will inform
him I regard it as little as I do the ba.fe
and ungenerous Deteßor, who, although
he pretends much ignorance as a colour
for abuse, yet I believe the community
are by this time convinced there is ma
ny true words /poke in jest.
His abusive language in the conclg
fion of hi, performance, 1 (hall com
pute to his propensity for the acquire
ment of blackguardifm,and take my leave
of the infignificant fellow by assuring him
he is a proper nugatorijimus.
Before I conclude, £ would inform Oe
te&or, 1 laugh at his fol!, ^nd pity his
zveaknefs, if he supposes he has proved in
your last that I wrote the Sailor —&thirfl
ed after applause. —He has only convinc
ed people, that the grace of a falfeood
is in holding faft to it. As no man
can handle dirt, and keep himfelf clean,
and as Deleter has renounced all truth
and ffiook hands with fam, I am deter
mined net to answer any thing that may
come from that nefarious writer after this,
unless he Should come from behind the
curtain ; but ^ill leave him to be herded
with those creatures he molt resembles.
SELF-DEFENCE.
March, 16.'
TT ALLO, brother SAILOR !—d^
my feathers, but have ye fell in
with the %ill fleet, boy !—Aye, and got
damag'd in you're rigging too —a (hot
amid ship—and a crack in you're binna
kle.——Avaft hailing brother, what is
all this racket with the Deteßor, the
Jack-Day and Nincompoop —have ye been
trying their metal, and laying too yard
arm and yard-arm, d'ye fee.-=— Avast
Jack, and look out for brakers d'ye fee,
or mayhap they'll injure you're upper
works 'fore you're aware boy, uhlels ye
hall in with a convoy.—• Start my
timbers, what, do they decline (hewing a
broad pendant amain top, then give 'em
a broad-fide id the turning of a capflan,
but have a card how they take ye in flays
boy—and avoid coming to close quarter^
as ye'd avoid a quick-sand—least they
should spring your top-mast, or start
you're timbers d'ye fee brother.
Hark ye Jack, if you cats spy out fowl
weather before it comes, boy, d — your
eyes, why did'nt ye Hear clear of this
here Jquall, and not run, fowl of the Chart
c, frigate—but mayhap ye Wanted a
prize, or some of her lumber from 'tween
decks, if so, ye fhou'd bore away and
flood to the leeward d'ye fee.—However,
if you mind you're helm and compafr, ye
need not value their pawawing of a rope's
end, d'ye fee. Blatt iheir limbs, and
wont they show their colours, boy—then
give 'em a broadside ba, at a venture,
and perchance you may rake the DettSor
'fore and aft, d'ye fee—but then have a
care of her bot-fat, or mayhap die will
fire your upper works, nor fall in thri
wake of her hirer tier, least sh: turn ye
keel upwards h the twinkling of a bahd.
spike. JACK BOWLIN
The PHILOSOPHERS STONE.
HOA SHIP H>A !
~^i^^
THE
Mr. printer, . , H
I HAVE been Several weeks, waiting
for the history of the old gut-foefa and
locks, which an anthimous writer call'd
on you, some time since, to give the pub
lic--As he thinks a new fag necessary,
if his waging organs, like a faake in the
winter, require.a lire to warm them into
adion, 1 will assist you in kindling oqe,
that fimay have the pleasure ,of hearing
him tune up a ditty, that (ball be as pi
tioufly penitential as his insinuation re
fpeftipg Dr. Franklin is injurious and
Scandalous. The. affair to which this
writer refers is thiL In the former part
of the late war; dur troops being in great
want, of arms, some of our agents in
France purch^fed up and sent home a
considerable number, which had been
manufactured for the royal magazines ;
but had been condemned by the inspec
tors as not possessing the degree of perfec
tion required. " But Qhy, ( you will
alk) were these condemned arms purchas
ed" ? I answer because at that time no
others were to be had ; and not for far
of the five per cent, because the purchace
of 100 good arms would have been a
much more profitable bargain to the
agent than thajtof 1000 such as thrfe —
" How so ?''— From the trifling price
Forth Newhampshire Gazetteer,
, FRIDAY, FEB; 11.
PASSED the Bill empowering The
President of the United States to
cause the debt due to foreign officers to
be discharged.
The Bill to continue in force for a li
mited time the ad regulating processes in
the, Federal Courts—and,
The Bill to alter the time of the next
meeting of Congress.—The blank in the
laftwas filled with—the firft Monday
in November.
given, fir. " What was this ?"—ONE
shilling a piece, fir ; or at most ONE
SHILLING AND SIX PEfiCE. Betides
this, the arms were many of them toler
ably good, and anfwer'd our purpose till
better could be fabricated. This being
a true statement of the case, which I
give from authorities that I think may be
depended dh, it is of ho consequence by
whom the purchase was made ; as nb
guilt was contracted by the agent, rior
any blame thrown upon him, except by
the ratoly censorious, the ignorant; or the
malicious. This agent was generally
understood, in the army to have been,
not Dr. Franklin nor his nephew—but
Silas Dean.
Nhw, Mr. Printer, what must the can
did public think of a citizen of the Uni
ted States, who can thus wantbril,; Jacri
ligioufl, and in the face of the icorld,
trample on the venerable allies Os an il
lustrious SAGE, whbfe public and pri
vate virtues, no less than his genius and
learning, placed him, while living, in
the highest rahk of bfeful citizens, (I will
not fay bf Arilerica but) of the world —
for whole death the most august assembly
on earth, tho' of a foreign nation, tho't
fit to go into mourning—and to whole
memory al) Europe joins with his native
country in paying the highest tribute of
refpe& that a mortal can be entitled to
receive ? As a critical eye, by the as
sistance of a smoked glass, may observe
tome obfeure spots in the brightest lumi
nary of our system ; so common sagacity,
assisted by envy, may, in the most per
fed human being, discover defers, which
malice can easily magnify into vices.
But as the obfturities of the fun have
more inherent fplendour than the bright
est parts of his rival orb, I (hall leave tb
the public to determine whether the toy
foibles of a Franklin will nbt hold a
higher grade in the scale of meritorious
human anions, than the virtues of a man,
who could deliberately offer so unprovok
ed aninfoltto his memory.
HOUSE of REPRESENT ATITES.
CONGRES S.
Gazetteeri
[Numb. 33 of Volume-— §.
Mr. GerrY presented a memorial
from sundry persons holders of Bills of
credit, commonly called new emission,
which was read and laid on the table.
In committee of the whole on the
land-office bill—the difeuffon was finish
ed, and the bill with sundry amendments
reported to the House.
The petition of the tnafter of velTels
in the port of Charlflown (S. C.) was
referred to the feled committee of thir
teen on the trade and navigation of the
United States.
Read the firft and second time, a Bjll
providing compensation for Marshals,
Clerks, arid Jurors,-— and referred to a
committee of the whole on Tuefdav next.
This Bill is to prolong the time of de
ceiving fubferiptions, and provides that
they should not exceed five millions of
dollars on the firfl of January, 1792.
A message from the I'refident of the
United States, informed the House, that
the Appropriation Bill for the year 1791
has received his approbation and signa
ture. • '
MONDAY FEB. 14.
The Bill, transmitted from the Senate
for admission bf the State of Ferment
into the Union, was taken intp consi
deration in committee of the whole, re^
ported without Amendment, and passed.,
Mr. Secretary Otis delivered a mes
sage from the Senate, informing that
they had passed, with Amendments, the
Bill repealing, after the last da, of Jupe
next, the duties heretofore laid on dis
tilled spirits imported from abroad, and
laying others in their Head; and also, up
on spirits dialled within the United
States, and for appropriating the fame;
and reqaefted the concurrence of the
House in the said amendments.
On motion of Mr. Gerry, the peti
tion of sundry inhabitants of Boflon, here
tofore prefehted by him, was referred
to the Secretary of the Treasury.
A message was received from thb Se
nate, by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing
that they had puffed a Bill for the admifi
lion of the State of Vermont into the Union
—and also a Bill, regelating the number
of Representatives to be chosen by the
States of Kentucky and Vermonts
The ^bove mentioned Bills wefe„ afi
ter a fitft arid second reading, referred
to a committee of the whole oh Monday
next.
pbrt of the Secretary of State bn the
memorial of Andrew Brown, Printer, and
palled thereon a resolution,, which was
ordered to be transmitted to the Senate;
Mr. Sherman, from the committee
appointed to confider the memorial of the
holders of loan office certificates, for mo
ney lent tb the United States, between
September 1777 and 1778, made a re
port, which was read, and Ordered to
lie on the table. .
Mr. Floyd, from , thb bofomittee of
enrollment reported an enrolled Bill to
incorporate the fubferibers to the Bank
of the United States. ,
i Read the second time, the Bill fop.
plementary to the aft for incorporating
the fobferibers to the Bank of the United
States, and referred the fame to a com
mittee of the whole House to morrow.
The House then, pursuant to the or
der of the da,, proceeded to the consi
deration of the amendments proposed by
the committee of the whole, to the Bill
to establish offices, for the purpose of
granting lands within the territories of
the United States ; and after some time
spent 'herein^adj.
Business of a private nature occurring
—the doors of the gallery were Shut.
The House being engaged in secret
business, the gallery was, for some time
kept (hut. After the opening of the
doors, sundry petitions were .read and
referred to the heads of departments. .
On motion of Mr. Boudinot, the
committee cn the navigation aft was
discharged from further proceeding.
On motion of Mr. Fitzsimons, the
House took into confderation the re-
SATURDAY, FEB. 12.