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Awriter'io thc- Ndcional lozclligcncer,
ct (he ;ignaturc sios Nepos, has given qs
.wg dissenassion on the character of Mr.
;sictctjog. This gentleman has osccn been
red m Aristidcz, between whom and ct
- If {here arc: certainly many strong 'j
'ss of rescmblance : but Ncpos has cn- :
sisi ored to show that no' striking simih—
M agnus.
c'csssisijssis often the misfortune of humble
men:: to aspire to lofty distinccions," says
N'Po' ; and this in a paper constancly read
ctbv & Smich." It is sometimes che curse of
nctxir possessors to have friends, who, from
ignorance or sclsish vicchay claim for them
l(,houors which only serve to render them.
sidkﬂlOUS-"_. This observation applies with
uliar force to the present secrctary of
me, but certainly not to_Mr. Pickering.
:{cpos accuses Mr. Pickcring of Lulogiz
: ing Mr. Wagncr, and pronouncing him fit
: so: discharging the ducics of sccrctary :
]ndsaysthuc Mr. Wagncr in grateful re
mncomparcs Mr. Pickcring to Aristides ;
pronouncing che [reciprocrmion of these
complimcncs mutual ﬂattery. l have al
nysundcrstood it was Mr. Marshall, when w
appointcdsccrczary of state, who said that !}
Mr. Wa ner was more fit than he for the 1
dwies-osthatoffice. And certainly there
.mno straining of a compliment in the ob
mation. To a powerful natural intellect,
wong judgment, deep discernment, and
much study, Mr. \Vagner adds & iong and
' my extenssive acquaintance with our own
politicalaﬂ'airs, the concerns of European
tuum and the situatino of !ctoreign coun
tries. Whether Mr. Marshall or Mr. Pick- 1
tring made the remark it was made with
outﬂzttety. W'hat makes the democratic
cditonsoinimical to Mr. VVagner, is his
sihsiﬂving become an editor ; and (from his
1 long coutinuance in the office of the arcrc
tary ofstate having become possessed of all
the former secrets of the czssbinet) his rea
" '_ m.:vmr, ocroxzan 1; :
Mr. Pickering's character, says Nepos,
"possesses nochug remarkable for either
idbrilliauce or Snlidiccty." 'With respect to
fm'liance, we agree with Nepos; and ac
knowledge that political preposussion or
P'fjudxce have wrongfully ascribed such a
Why to his mind ; but to say he is desti
tute of solidity is to depart as far from
tenh as the iniagihqtion can wander. \Vhy
'ﬄl writer who wishes to be believed ut
t'—'fImzbsezn'atitm so devoid of correctness ?
Tsiedcelamtion that he has acQuired neither
fmate nor liberal viewssi of publi: aﬀairs,
'rqualzy groundless. lt "is that accuracy,
"? the exhibition of it in his writings,
;TZZZGanrticd convietion to all parties ;
sin of;: ged by the honest,.ahd produc
. _ sentment among" polmcal rogues.
tluhis accuracy, this " enlarged, com
Fmsi'c. Ind generaliz'ihg view," sswhichss
lus political foes, which calls for
diuen to expose their blunders or their vi- !
m. ;
N'PW, Speakinz of the" incorruptibility !
epovcrty of Aristidcs, is not willing ss
" any parallel with Mr- Pickering
.ct'sickngchdge that merely to be hoficst .
Fmdescwiug of any extraordinary culo- {
. *' bllt certainly great praise is due to jss
to God Pich-ring not merely for his hopes- ]
" for his forbearing :o en'rich himsdls}
'he eY—Þ'si'nce so! his country when he :
; {"We done it, and that without infu
' to sin reþmatiou with respegt to honesty. ss
sish' Many opportunit—ics for this, of which \
"izhlhavc availcd himself during the
"lion, and of which so many did'avail
["I to acquire riches, he never took
""Be ofone. \Vhile secretary of state,
si Pﬄctme of bill: m remit a public
siwct-Eusode, he-ga'med upwards osjaursi
"'W'll dollassr: for the Unitcd Scatcs,
'0 zilo
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\, ""the of malignant pens like that of
KQM 1
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, ignorant, the prejudiced and the interested
I of unfaithfulness to Mr. Adams. Perhaps *
. defraudiog the public of hundreds os_th'ou
sands, Mr. Pickering suﬀered his character
ss for :: season to be shadowed,,and disdained
to vindicate himself; but compelled his
' enemies to pronounce his innocence. What
was the cause of his dismissal? Now I
have heard, and from authority on which l
reiy, that the cause was no other than this_
Mr. Adams mentioned to Mr. Pickering
his determinaliun to nominate his son in law
Col. Smith to acertain high office. Mr.
Pickering candidly told him the nomination
Colonei Pickering's friends hasive howevet'
praised him too much; He is not a Hamii
ton, an Ames, nor a Parsons. He is not
an orator ; he is n'Ot a man of briiiiant san
cy nor of extemive literary acdsiuirements.
He is an honest man, persevering, indus
trious, uniform 'as virtue itself, of sound
judgment and accurat'e discrimination ; ar
gumentativeglogicai convincing; an ineor.
ruptible patriot ; in private life unimpeach.
able : his friends are the friends ospubiic
ss and private virtue ; his enemies are such as
ss every great and good man must expect,— and
j_ must wish.
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, tradc : he sought not to direct public mea
sures for the enlargement of his own purse.
He might have been rich, and he is poor.
Io many of his virtues and in many cir
cumstances of his life be resembles Aris
tides. The enemies of Ariscides were the
sipublic building innumerablc to in! French
siwhieh he Might have þuctt "in his private
purse without the knowledge of the public,
_or if with their knowledge,without censuctre
This was a temptatioo which any one who
chose s may believe the present secrecary ot
state would resist. He was not while sc- .
'c'retary ofstate, concerned with others ict'z '
palitical rogues. So is it with Pickering.
Nepos from vague report, accuses him
which it is unnecessary here to repent. The
nomination sailed : the faiiussre was' unjustly
attributcd to Mr. Pickcring: he was hasti
ly dismisse '. ls as we believe, this was
the cause, what censure can with justice
be attributed to him ?
There are two causes Which principaily
occasion Mr. Picitering's enemies : the
goodness and uniformity of his character,
and the natural antipsthy of had to good :
the other is, more particularly, his letter to
governor Sullivan, which contains so much
truth, so much length and depth and width
of investigation ; so much incontrovertible
reasisoning ; and so full and unanswerable an
exPosure ofthe administration ; that, corag
ed at their inability' to destroy this work,
they hope for some success in their endea
"vors to throw their filth on the fair face of
its author's reputation;
same time some hasty and tude expressions ;
would b: rejected in the Smate. Some,time ss
afterwards he again mentioned the subject :
D'Ir. Pickcring again endeavored to dis
suade him. Mr. Adams was angry, and
in the heat ofhis passion accused Mr. Pick
triguing with the Senate to prevent the suc
Cess of the nomination; uttering at the
tring of enmity to his samilctv, and ol iu- :
Extra'ctsfram the Asarine fss/zsurdnce Office
Reportcr.
Lettcrs from Jssamaica to the bird olsi Ad
g'ust, speak of a hurricane in that Island a
bout the lOth ofthat month, Which had done
greatdamage. Markets for ﬂour very good
-not 200 barreis in Kingston—Priceo from
:5 to 28 dollars per barrel.
dow of censure would attach to him
\*Vhen the Nepnsses of '98 accused him of
dams's dismissing Mr. Pickering, no sha- ss
it'the real cause were known of Mr. A.
During the fedeial gdmi'oistration, nssotsi:
withscanding there was a government to be
put in operation. a D_avy_to be built, a corps
of cngineers and arclllcnst: to be raised, an'
lndian war to be honorobly terminated, ::
sinking fond to be cstabhshed, a dangerous
insurrection to be quellcd, forcign relations
to be establish'cd, :! revenue to be raised,
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
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ss ed; and all the other expeusive items at-T
' tached to -a newly Ot'ganized government
Were eventually released, and got to Mala- i
ga. Captain Y. and the mate Weresiallow- !
ed to stay in the brig, when she got 'under
way for Malaga; but on the ssLri july, the ?
English again approaching, the privateers
men crierca'thebrig to be ran as/zare, which ]
was done at a place about three leagues egst
ss of Malaga, and the captaiu and mate or
ss dered out at the poiht of the bayomtnvith
out securing any thing etcept a small trunk s
and writing desk ; When the Engiish LssUats
si approached and set fire to the brig to pre
vent her sailing into the hands of their ene
mies again. Capt. Y. then made the best
of his way to Mahga, Under a_ guard, where
he arrived Zd ]uiy, and took passage for
Gibraltar, in a Spanish boat, which was?
captured, and with capt. Y. ca'nictl to Al- ;
gcziras ;' there he got :! conveyance over :0
Gibralxar, where he sound himself in a
Christian country. He took passage from
thence in hrig Young Soldier, capt. Folbrer,
sor New York, where he arrived onct the
IOth inst.
ctgovernment during thatssadtn'inistt'ation fell
'shOrt 01'3,00(_),OOO dollars ";
. , _ _ .. mesi'zd, july 21. .
Sev'ﬂ'al shettantile houses in Buchmcst
add Orsowa ha'vc' received letters which
confimmhe news os lheþloody hatdc, be
tiveen tsshje asirmy of the, (hand Vii'lcr and
that Osche Rossiahssi Which laSted 16 hours", !
at four {eagucs dissi'talfit from Schusimla. The .
Turkiscth-caValry, commanded by English
officers,dccided the victory. There is eve,
ry appearance that the Russian asirmy will
again retire towards the Danube.
.. . HAMBURCH. july 12;
Thirtcen cardinals, banishcd from Paris,
were confined in the fortrcss of Ham, &c
where they are to live in exclusion:
Fouche, formerly minister of policco who
was for some cimq in disgraccct- has been
PARIS, ﬀtzsy 24.
. The most distinguished merchants os
Holland have arrived at Paris, called there,
it is said, to give advice as to the com
merce of the new provinces.
49 vesseis under Spanish coiors, from
Tenerisse, have been consiscatcd at St. Pec
tersburg.
Louis Bonaparte is at the baths at Tap
litzin Bohemia.
, ODEISA. j'zme 22.
Some neutral vessels arrived here yester
day from Constaminople, after five days
passage. A general embargo was: laid here
yesterda'y. The navigation to Constanti
nople is prohibited.
The Henrysi, at quardhtine, from Lishon,
is Stipposed t'o hewe sailed as late as Aug.
16. ct
-0\ er a very extensitsie territory ; notwith
ctThe infant son of the 'ci deisiam king sios
Holland had arrived at Paris. The. em
pernr " held lum long in his embrace," and'
said, " Come, my son, ( Will be youisi father
-'-—you have lost hothing-si—the conduct of
yom' father aﬄicts r'nyheart; his Sicknegs
alone can explain it,. When you grow up,
you wi]! pay his debt find your own. Ne
ver forget, in whatever Situation You inay
be plained; my policsiv and the interest of my
empire ; that your first duties are towards
me ; your second to France ; all your
others, towards the peOplc I may confide
to you,si will come after." si
;tmder the j'cﬀZ-rsonian administration, 'al
though the n'avy has been sold, and the pro
ceeds spent, as well as the other resources
provided for by their predecessora being
wantonly ssiquandcred ; although not; a sin
gle o'selul or honorable object has been 'at- ;
tained or-siuttcmpfedsi; althoUgh the prospe- ]
tity and honor at the country have been sa- :
crisiced on the altarsisibf office seeking rapac't
ty, still the expenccs have anaually exceed
Ed 5,400,000 dollars !
home from Cagliara, laden with salt; on !
the 26th ]une, Cape de Gat E. N. E. 12
leachs distant, was captured by a French
privateer (of lottr guns and thirty men,!
Who attempted to take her to Malaga, but '
:sin English srigate hearing in sight, the ,]
Frenchmer'. ordered her for Almetia, a bay
near Cape de Gat, where she "sat in 27ch, ct
on the 29th took out the people and march- !
ed them 62 miles to Grenada, where they ]
were imprisoned several days, 'and allowed
only bread and water to subsist on, but they I
meunitiohct end starte to be procu'r-f
siwood, of lpswich,arrived here on W'edues- ]
day. The Fleetwood was on her passage ?
standing all these object: were fully and li
berally attained, the annual expences of the
chblmryþart, Septembcr 2ct1.
Captain Young. late of the brig Fleet. ss
FRENCH ﬄECTlON.
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ss_'la_'ken into favok; jand appointed govemoi'
Of Rome".
. si TARnAG'Gissu-ss july 7. - _ _ ssss
"GeneralsiO'Dorincll, has isddru a ci'r'gu-si ' "
lar letter to 'assusimblc a provincial congr'c'ss
at chis-place on the 16111. lndela'tigablc: ef
forts aresimaking m fortify Torlosa, by the
lpatriocic inhabitants. ss_
Almcida in 8 or IO'miles'wichn sh'qsiPor
; tuguesc fronucrs, and is'siiuatc'd on (be: ri
i 'ver Coa. ctsiCiudad Rodrigo, is in Spain,};n
the A'gncxla, and 15 or "20 miles from'AlZ
sssimcsidaol
' Part g' Alexanarza.
: . ENTERED, , _
. Ship Bramin, Singlcton, Philadelphicta=_
Salt: to VVm. Hartshome.
CLEARED.
Shoonesir Presicicnt, Crowsieii, BOSton ";
by Lawrason and Fcsimlc, and Othels
* POST OFFICE,
Salc
: P. G. Marsteiler.
si__ October l'__. _____ ___..-----. , __ __
& PALMsiERsiEsi Patket will sail for
)NORFOLK on llss-ssday next.
! September 29.
I . . Salt Aﬂ'oat _
I About T/zrce T/zo usand Busx'zssis of
; sack: siSa/t,
To be soll che: p, is taken immediately
from on boaltl the shi [) B: amin, c ptu'm
A Negro WOman & her three
Cliildlen—andssa Tra'c_t_ of Land, Upon Po
hick Bim, bindsii'ng upon she said kin, the m w
bridg'E that crosses the mid run. and sifhssc five
foot hill— containing about five hundred abd'
twenty acrec. . _ _ _ _ _ si
. posi- The salc will commence at ]! osclccki'
A. N. and comimsin till the whole is cold.
h- Pinhrton's Collection of Voy-f
ages, part 7lb, is just recicved and ready ux
dclivery to shbscribers. , 'ct __ .
]amcs' Kcnnedy, _ pen;
Scptcmber _1ct 43
snbsczibers will be one dolfar in boa , paya-T
ble on_ delive"y. _ si _ _ .
It will be put to presS asssgoon as 300 subz
Scribcrs shall be obtained. Gentlemen hold-'
ing subscription papcrs, qbtaihing and pay
ing for ten, shall r'essceiVe the eleventh gratis.
fsibfiubscriptshns received at xhis oﬀu e,"
andatssthe diﬀerent book ubrcsinthe district: .
- prtbmbcr 13.
, , si Pubhc Sale. .
By virtue sioftwo dqeds ostx'ust from ELIJAIi_
GRAHAM and AMYNTAhis wife, to Securc
ihelþaymebnt of a__ sum bf money due to
Henry .M'clzolson, will be exposed to public'
iale, at the town of Colclrctcstrr, in Fairsnx_
county, sibn the iSth of October s-cxt, for
blSh-z-ect
si WXSH tsso employ & m'rr} cnpzzbse ossu
pcx-intcnding & Tan Yard and Cun'ymg.
Shop. One that can c'ome well recommend;
ed sor sobl'ictj', industl'y and wc-sikmzznshlpg.
will mcct with constant employ and Xibcral
wages. __ _
_ _ jacob Janncv.
Occhuah, loth mo. 15! eozzw
" """ PROPOFALS 'si' """
For publisct'zizzg Lssz, SsisiV/zscrzþsi'ian, the
KNAVIAD. .
An original Mock Epic POEM;
If'zsiz/z notes, !:umorous, serious, wilful um!
(x/xlamtory. .
BY RXCIIARDUS csix'x'lcvs,
Afric-na' as the Author;
(TONDITlONS.
Thc work wi}! be comprised in me volufne?
of about 260 or 280 pages. Thegricc losi
Public Sssale.
On 'T'UES'DAY sinext, willsi be me, it the
\ cndue WiOlC,
. ALEXJA [)RI/l, Octcbcr ].
LETTERS son the BlifiSh Packct Francid
Ftecling, will be leccived at this Cffiec till
8 0 'clock this ewuing.
A variety of Houshold sur
'nitmc, consisling of Bcds, Lockincf Glasscs,
Chairs, &c. About sne ton of old lion, fox
ty five Shat'es'ok Marz'ne ]uaurance black, and
& blmte in the stock ostltc I osiomcc G'sim/zany.
Tenms will be made known at the place of
Singlcton, at Kinss :. Whsialf, between Dukoss
..nd \\ olie Strcets.
sssepteinber 8. eotg'
'l'anner and Curricr fixctmcd'.
; _ _ss \'\si1sin. Hartshomc.
Gthr'nn. 29. gt __
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