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The greatest portion of this debt is domestic,
that is payable in the United States ; but
9,915,000 dols. of it is due to certain Dutch
creditors, payable in Europe, in 8 unequal
annual instalments, and carrying 4! percent,
interest. Formerly the greater part of our
debt was foreign ; but a part of it, payable
in France has been extinguished, by re-loans
upon condition of half a per cent, additional
interest, in consideration of a change of the
place of payment, from Europe to the Trea
sury of the United States. The Dutch credi
tors had the fame offer, but declined it.
Congress during the lass Sefton passed a
Law entitled, '' An aft making provifon for
the rede option of the whole of the Pullie Debt
qJ the United States." The main provision
of it is an appropriation of seven millions,
three hundred thousand dollars annually to
the payment of the inteieft & gradual extin
guishment of the principle of the Debt.
The annual application of that sum will, in
eight years, difeharge more than thirty-two
millions, and in about fifteen years and a
half, extinguish the whole Debt, principal
and interest This is one grand object of
the present Republican (yflem of administra
tion.
The following is the Section of the Law a
bove referred to.'
Sect. 4. " And be it further enabled. That
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be,
and they hereby are empowered, with the
approbation of the President of the United
States, to borrow, on the credit of the Uni
ted States, either in America or abroad, by
obtaining a prolongation of former loans, or
otherwije, the sums requisite for the pay
ment of the installment, or parts of princi
pal of the Dutch debt, which become due in
the years one thousand eight hundred and
three, one thousand eight hundred and four,
one thousand eight hundred and five, and
one thousand eight hundred and fix ; and
that a sum equivalent to that to be thus borraw
ed, or re-loanedfoall be laid out by the commif
fioners of the Sinking Fund, to the purchace pr
reden/ion of such parts of the present Debt of
the United States, and other demands against
them, as the commiffoners of the Sinking Fund
may lawfully pay, agreeably to the provijions
herein before made, and as the said commiffton
ers Jhall in their judgment deem most expedient,
so as to effect the payment annually of Jeven mil
lions three hundred thousand dollars towards
the final difcha r ge of the whole debt, agreeable
to such provision ; provided that the United
States shall have a right to reimburse any
loan thus made within fix years after the date
of the fame, and that the rate of interest
thereupon shall not exceed five per cent per
annum, nor the charges thereupon the rate of
five per centum on the capital borrowed."
We did not believe it would be necessary
that we thonld dcfcend again to Callender
and his Recorder. The publication of the
letters which are said to have been written
to him by Mr. Jefferson, has rendered it
proper that we should bellow a few moments
attention on the Caitiff.
The mod farcical part of this business is
the rafcai's whining about the " excess of
anguith which it colls him to publith con
fidential letters." This is indeed an excess of
hypocrisy and dissimulation, which surpasses
every thing we have heard of in ancient or
modern davs. We might as soon expea to
hear Stephen Burroughs preaching
morality ; or George Barrington re
pining at the depravity of the times. For a
wretch who lives upon deceit, and riots up
on treachery, to talk about the “ honor of
"human nature," his “ sensibility," his
“ excess of anguish," and " all this trumpe
rv of woe," is alm<ft enough to make us
ashamed that there are fnch terms in the En
glish Language. Brit enough of the pream
ble to this terrible disclosure ! And what is
the amount of Mr. Jefferfon's Letters, ad
mitting them to be genuine > Why, precife
} y what we have anticipated, and what has
turnifhed us with the ground of our defence.
—ln the firft Letter, Mr. Jefferson fays,
“he has directed Iris agent to pay him 50
Dollars, on account of the book which he
66 was about to publish." This letter it seems
was in answer to one from Callender, and
which was probably written in the humble,
fawning and fyeophantic Rile, which, it is
well known, the fellow can at any time
adopt, for the fake of gaining a frilling or a
dram. At any rate, it is evident from the
whole of the letter, that Mr. Jefferson
had then seen no part of the Prolpea; and
that the draft for the 50 Dollars, was a
charitable donation to a mendicant author,
without any reference to the work in which
he was engaged.
The fecund letter is written, just one
month after the ftrft. "This does not bear
the signature of Mr. Jefferson, but, for the
fake of argument, it is admitted to have been
written by him. The only obnoxious part
of this letter is contained in the following
paragraph, which is printed in CAPITALS.
“ I THANK YOU FOR THE PROOF
“ SHEETS YOU INCLOSED ME.—
CALLENDER and the DEEIL.
“ SUCH PAPERS CANNOT FAIL TO
«PRODUCE THE BEST EFFECT."
From this it teems that Calleneer had
enclosed to Mr. Jefferson" prooffheets"
of a book he was about to publish. Whether
this book was the Profpea does not appear.
But let it be admitted that it was. What
then is the inference r The letter was dated
Oaober 6th 1799. The book was not pub
lished till January 9th, 1800.—From this it
is very evident, that only a small specimen
of the work could have been enclosed to
Mr. Jefferson. There is no doubt that
a few pages may be fele+led from this pub
lication, of which Mr. Jefferson might
fay with propriety, " Such papers cannrtfail
"to produce the best tfefl. Among amass
of disgusting falsehoods and calumnies, there
are thinly scattered some ofcful, salutary
truths. These pages were probably feledt
ed by Callender for the purpose of extorting
a further donation from Mr. Jefferson
The letter, however, contains not a fjllable
refpe&ing a second gratuity ; and we have
nothing but Callender's word to prove
that Cent was given, after Mr. Jefferson
had fien a specimen of the work.
We find ourselves, on the whole com
pletely supported on the ground we had ta
ken, relative to this tranfa&ion, These
" damning proofs," which have been so
cautiously kept back, till the critical mo
ment of election, will serve no other purpose
than to complete the condemnation of the
party by whom they are now produced. In
diving to the bottom of his chest, Callen
der has open'd the last vial of wrath, upon
his own bladed and polluted lead—His
" visage of ten-fold bruls," has become like
" a face of clay" before the Public ; and by
" looking on the inner fide of the curtain"
" we fee the whole art and mystery" of his
abominable traffic. [Nat.^gis.
Philadelphia, OR. 4.
The election of Inspectors and Assessors. of the
city and county took place on Saturday lass. In
Washington, oct, 13, 180a.
We understand that letters have been re
ceived in this country from Agiers, as late as
the 7th of July ; which furnish the follow
ing information :
The Dey of Algiers, has demanded of the
American Consul to dire& the United States
frigate the George Wafoington, to be brought
to Algiers, for the purpose of being sent by
the Dey loConJlantinople, to transport a quan
tity of spars and other articles. The Con
sul remonstrated, but in vain. The Dey
directed him towrite immediately,arid obtain
an answer as soon as possible.
On the evening, however, of the fame
day, the Dey informed the Consul, that con
tidering the great diflance of the United
States, he had determited to call /upon the
Consuls, of nearer nations. Such/demand is
dated to have been made of the Spanilh and
Danilh Consuls.
On the 26th June, a Tripolitan corsair,
with the American brig Franklin, as a prize,
arrived at Algiers. The claim of the Con
sul for a restoration of the vessel ind crew,
had not on the 7th of July succeeded.
On the 16th of June, three ships of the
line and two frigates of Spain threatened a
blockade of Algiers, and demanded all captur
ed Sparifh vellels. The Dey threatened
war against Spain, which was only averted
on the following terms :
,T he payment, in money and presents, to
the amount of 132,000 dollars ; a renuncia
tion by Spain of her claim to captured ves
sels and cargoes ; and a departure of the Span
ish fleet.
The statement in our paper of Friday
refpeaing the result of the ele&ion in Cal
vert county, taken from a Baltimore paper,
is erroneous. We are more corre&ly in
formed, that the federal ticket ' prevailed by
a majority of 10. The success of this ticket
is said to have taken pitice in'tlie following
way. For several years the county has re
turned republican members by great maj
orities. So convinced were the federalists
of the prevalence of republican politics, that
for a considerable time before the eledion
they gave out that no qppofition would be
made to the republican candidates. But,
this notwithttanding, they turned out'on the
day of ele&ion their tull strength to the great
surprise of their opponents, who found it too
late effectually to oppose them. We trull
this will furnith an inftruaive lesson through
out the United States.
On the 22d of June, in an intervP w with
the British Consul and Sir Robert Barlow
the Dey demanded a change of the British
passports, and a compliance with his old
claim of 187,000 dollars ; and declared if
these terms were not complied with in five
months, he would make war against England.
On the 30th of June, the Dey demanded
of Tbanviik, the French agent, firms, alledg
ed to be due, or promised, amounting to
500,000 dollars, and threatened war against
France, if not complied with in 40 days.
It is further dated, that Algiers and Tanis
are on the verge of a war.
Latest Tty tbe £odls.
the fourteen w#df of the city, the feeleralifts turn
ed out their whole force with the precilion and
punctuality of a military corps—by this means
they contrived as usual to obtain the choice of
Judges of Ehttton in two or three of the wards.—
However, on the close of the election nine of the
fourteen wards had chosen Republican intpeftors
and affeft'ors.
Georgetown, Sept. 23.
The following article is copied from a paper
printed at fonejborough, in the State V/Ten
nefr:
Several persons lately from Kentuckey agree in
report that a Mr. Langford, living near the Crab
Orchard, digging for salt in a sand bar of Goose
Creek, four leet from the furface, difeovered a
well, handsomely walled with lioue, which after
beihg cleared was found to contain fall water id
abundance, inasmuch they now make ten bushels
of fait per day.
Since the above a gentleman just arrived informs
us that he learned in conversation with Mr. Lang
ford, that a bank of allies four feet through was
difeovered near the well, in mooring which sever
al fragments of earthen ware, and a skeleton of a
man was fount!, which induce a belief, or rather
Hrengthen it in some that this country has, at a
period part been inhabited by a civilized people,
New-York, October
FIRE!
Between 9 and 10 o'clock on Monday night,
our city was alarmed by the cry of Fire. It origi
nated in the Livery Stable of Mr: M'Garraghan, in
New-Breet, and had made such progress as to
render all efforts to suppress it, fruitlefs. It was
communicated, we underttand, to the hay by a
candle—The adjoining buildings being of wood,
the flames foou enveloped them, and raged with
such fury as to threaten the deftruttion of the
ranges of buildings on each fide to Beaver street ;
but fortunately, the fire-proof liable of Dr. Charle
ton allayed its progress, and by the extraordinary
exertions of the firemen and citizens, it uas sup
pressed, after having reduced to ashes the following
buildings —on the weft fide of the flreet :—Mr.
M'Garraghan's stable, valued at 300 dollars ; Dr.
Burrow's stable, 300 ; John Morrilon'shoufe, 500 ;
Philip Livingtton's brick liable, 1000 ; Peter J.
Munroe's fteble, 500. On the east fide—Sheriff
Morris' ftable,3oo dollars ; Ephraim Hart's liable,
300 ; Barnard Bryne's two stables, 500 ; James
Watson's stable, 400 ; John Delafield's Stable, 400 ;
and Michael Little's long-room, which recently
cod 1500 dollars in repairs, with furniture valued
at 1000. The whole property deployed is valued
at about B,eoo dollars.
The gold medal voted by Congress, in
1800, to Commodore Truxton, on ac
count of his engagement in the Congelation,
°f 38 g uns > with La Vengeance, a French 54
gun ship, has lately been piefented to him by
the President of the United States, in a very
handsome manner. This medal bears on
one fide an excellent likeness of the Com
modore, with the infeription, " Patriae
Patres filio DIGNO ;" and beneath,
"Taomas Truxton." On the reverie is a
rep refentation of the a&ion, with this in
scription :
U. S. Frigate Constellation,
of 38 guns,
Pursues, attacks and vanquishes
THE
FRENCH SAIPLA VENGEANCE OF 54 GUNS,
iff MARCH, rßoo.
And beneath,
By vote ofCoNGRESS to THo'sTRUXTON
March 24, 1802.
The design for the medal and the likeness
were by Mr. Archibald Robertson, of
this city, and the die was engraved by Mr.
R. Scott, of the mint, Philadelphia.
Mr. Zt/yard con fiders the recent election
in Delaware—as the mere effeas of the a
gitation which he wilhed to create on the
tempestuous sea of liberty—the Chevalier
had provided an ark to carry him over—-but
he happened to meet Rodney on a tee fare —
and there he lies keel up.
Boston, October 24.
IMPORTANT EXTRACT
Os a letter from a rejpeaable House in London,
to a correspondent at Boston.
" Agreeably to your request, we have in
quired as to ihe manner in which the treaty
Commissioners will iffiie their awards in fa
vor of the American claimants. Their rule
is, and will be, to issue their awards in fa
vor of the National Agent, Mr. George
W. Erving, in all cases where the claim
ants are not represented by a special agent,
with full powers to receive the sums which
may be awarded to them ; but when such
special agents appear, the awards are then
made out ip their names, for the use of the
claimants they ceprefent.
" This information is important, and
ought to be communicated to the American
claimants, who have not yet appointed any
special agent. Mr. Samuel Williams)
late American Consul here, and Mr. Sam
uel Cabot, have powers from many of
your claimants. They are, and may be
fully confided in, to apply what they may
receive agreeably to orders ; but we know
nothing of Mr. Er ving's chara&er for
solidity and punctuality ; nor do we find
any one who does know him. By appoint
ing special agents, who are known to be
fafe and punctual, the claimants will avoid
some risk pierhaps, and will certainly lave
the interest of their money for some months,"
by having it applied to the use direded, as
toon as it thali be received." L^*
We hear from Orange (Vt.) that afingu
!ar, though melancholy event, lately hap
Power in the hands of modern Federalists ha#
been, and where it is yet possessed, still is, a rod
of iron. The hillery of the times is fell of proof#
in point.—Whenever and wherever they have had
the ability, they have manifefled a disposition to
persecute and ponilh their political opponents
with all the rigor of party. They even diflort!
the meaning of what Republicans write or fay
in order to bring it within the bounds of indi&a*
bility. If Republicans were to retaliate their
prosecutions for Sedition, our gaols would not be
Sufficient to hold all the Federal convicts and their
fines would upon a moderate calculation surmount!
the nett proceed of the late Internal Taxes. But
Republicans demonstrate their confidence in the
gooduefs and ultimate faccefs of their caofe, by
trailing to reason and argument, instead of p int
and penalties, for its flipport. Fellow Citizens,
which of the two parties have, in this refpett,
manifested the raoft moderation, liberality and ad
herence to principles? Hart. Mercury.
petted in a family in that town, of which
the following are the particulars, as near as
we can recollea:
Two twin children, about 16 months old,
in the abience of their mother, were at
night put to bed with their aldtll filter, who
some time in the night awoke, and one of
them were milling ; immediate search was
made, and the child found in a hole thro' the
floor, under the bed, with a cord about its
neck—it was instantly taken up, but no ap
pearance of life remained. tyart. Gaz.}
Concord, Oft. 19.
COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS.
The public are cautioned against taking coun
terfeit dollars, which of late have been ptentifulF,
circulated in the vicinity of Goffilown anc' Derry
field in this State. Tley are dated 1797 —appear
to be tolerable well executed ; but ou a critical
examination, are found to be differant from the
true dollar of the fame date ; They may be difeov
ered by the following marks, Viz. The O over
M. in the bad dollar, interferes with it, which in
the good dollar does not. The ndfe if rather more
projected and peck'd at the nostril, than the good
one, which appears more blunt or rebuking.
There are but tw 0 leaves projected above the head
in the bad dollar, the third appearing fomewhac
like a dot, not touching any part of the head ;
whereas in the good dollar three lelvesaie plainly
to be seen. A scratch between the ends of the
ribbon, beloW the bow is difeovered on the bad
dollar ; but none on the gobd. The Aat the end
of the word vltra on the right hand pillar, and
the P in HISPAN. nearly touch each other ;
whereas in the good dollar, they are a tonfidtrable
diffance apart ; the fame may be observed in ref
peft to the p in plus on the left pillar, and the
R on or near the edge—the diftauce between the
pillars in the bad dbllar, being greater than (Hat
of the good.—lt is hoped the persons who have
been deceived by taking these counterfeits, will
use their belt endeavors to have the perpetrators
brought to justice.
Capt. Dennis, arrived at Boflon from
Barcelona, saw, at the American Consulate
there, a letter from Mr. Simpson, Dating,
that all differences were fettled with the
Emperor of Morocco, and that Mr. Simpson
had retuned to Tangiers.
" Those Editors of newfiapers, who
have published the article referred to, will do
honor to their candor in printing this (hurt
reply. They will also have the fatisfadion
of doing justice to the government of our
conntry, by informing our fellow citizens,
that it is the personal with of every public
agent, that the Supreme Court of the United"
States (which is of a clearly federal charac
ter) should decide the queltion at their firft
fitting." VIRUS.
" An article has lately been published
from a Maffachufetfs newspaper, fuggeftihg
that the government of the United States
had abandoned the eFarm upon the sugar re
finers, for the duty upon all such sugars, as
were refined before July and not sent out of
the refiners In or before June. This article
Was firft published, avowedly so pfov^ the
general unsoundness of the law opinions of
Levi Lincoln, Esq. the Attorney General
of the United States. Though lam a pcr
fed stranger to that gentleman, I wilh to dry
an aft of Ample justice to him and to the
government, by dating it as certain (with
out fear of contradiaion) that the claim of
the U. States on the sugar refiners has not
been abandoned; On the contrary, inftruc^
tions have been long since given by the trea
sury to receive the money or take the usual
bonds in Ofiober, for the duties on fugais
refined before July, and sent out of the re
fineries, in the current quarter : and so of
other quaters till the whole shall be fettled^
Inhead of a doubt on the part of govern
ment with >efpe& to the fonndnefs of Mr.
Lincoln's opinion, either in law or feafou
it is known to hand confirmed by the con
viaions it has produced in the minds of o
thers. There is not the least intention to
difeufs here, the merits of the government's
claim, nor to effect the arguments of gentle
men concerned in the refineries, nor those
of their numerous and able counsel. No#
shall the repelled attempt to injure Mr.
Lincoln lead into any unkindness or difref
pe& those who have intereffs or opinions
different from those of the government,
though such vain attacks upon a good mao
in our highest law office (accompaned by a
spirit of hoftilhy to the government) have
drawn forth these vindicatory truths.
[The following paragraph is copied from the Na
tional Intelligencer, and the mos perfeft reli
ance may be placed on its cerrean^LJ