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Perhaps the lady's greatest crime was (
that which did not come to light'till Paine
was *r in the dark and narrow house
that in retu n for the compassion her hus.
band had bestowed bn him in his days of
tribula ion he constituted his benefa&ork
wife and children his legatees. Hence
too, the strung reserablau.e -grew more
strong between the grd.son and g<ri father.
It is a blessed thing that whensOe^fc wick
ed less and nngtfr is most rife.'.lift 'worst
ot slandtfretr&udt at his elbow an historian
that will; give body and duration to tk
troubled passions of bin aoul; who will
not even Wait ’till th>y are brought to hifn,
hut*about to look lor them, like beg
giis that pray for broken meat Mid offals
at your hit chin duals.
In this G« diy his.or? Madnme Bonne
ville is cbaiged not only with adulterous
prostitution, but with swindling; audit
• s said she ottered Paine a bonu lo sign,
pretending it war an order for some clo
tlnvg for her children. For this, too Mr
Carver is the author; alihough this day
he'swears tic never saw that bond, nor is
the;? one ’m life that ever did* It is a
slanderous tale, that ought to choke the
utterer, and stands at best on whar Paine
s-iid on the report of Carver, which Paint*
(both Carver an.l Cheeih-irn, the histotian
• say,") never told tru’h. But can he be be
lieved-who came this morning lo'protes,,
r.dd swagger and maintain this truth and
now has no defence, but tha* the same is
false though not malicious ? If it be not
malicious, tigers arc gently and serpents
veiy harmlms.
I'cross examined Mr Carver, and ask
ed him whetlrer hts evidence had not been
r.-je&ed in cou *3 of Justice by reason ol
hia infidelity. -I did not this from ar.y car*
ting motive of self arrogated pie*y, for
that is odious, but to shew that the* main
f-.-r. . r .11 ■LI. fl.Ji:_1 -X . .. _ A
r ' v V4UUIIIIV39 Uliu Ut VIIW ■ WIU
defeat cf ctheists, and deists, was 'him
self an a" heist and perhips the only
one this country ever saw.
Ke "first evaded. 1 asked him whether
Mr Emmet, there before hiio, -had noi
made the objt£lion, and if it was allowed f
There was, says lie, some such objection
made. I was not sworn, fill walked away.
I a'ktd him, then, it Mr Gr.flin, »he
defendant's prerent'cotlustl^who this day
btsiowrd upon this lady the sharpness of
»he bitterest mvt £Vve that tongue could
'Utter, but who, not long ago had gained
thc\palm of eloquence by pamtirg Iris now
cl<tn - cs Re vcniev mnns er that dismr. I
bed the walks of men ; 1 asked ""Carver'
whether lie too had not ol5Jll6k d to him;1
Again he periled. 1 staid to him the j
quest.oi. and his own answer—*4 Do you,
believe in a future state of rewards and
f unutimems i “ I or ce did not, but since,
have recanted those opinions ; for see
ing that kings commit so many crimes
and that-.here is m> pow r to punish them
ar.d lawyers nevt r think themselves enough
rewarded"m this lif., I came to the con
clusion, that there must be some luture
state, whtn kings would meet their pun
ishmeiit andlawycrs get their Iasi reward.’*
Gentlemen, such as Mr Carver may seem
to-you, at best a witty profligate, yet 1
wtuid rather trust him atilt, thau the de.
fei.-dsn1, V-ho seeks to throw his crimes
upon bis head. He that piofesses open
deism, er even atheism, which is a mere
equivocation or abu e of words, as tha
there is a power greater lhan man, nctit
ever truly doub ed—ne s' ill is less obnox>
ious in my sighi, iha one who v.uhou. a
ny spaik of f <»iih or ctiai i y, professes out
wardly to be a e bris i*n,
Mr Carver adds, it was about two year*,1
ar.d a half, or three years since, that thro
these mediations upon kings and lawyers ; (
he became a convert ; *<ill then, he swears
4wih Ins »pl tied hand, he was an atheist; 1
tm now he is a firm believing dtis^ atxi
in such quality can furnish matter to any
Christian book. _ruaker who is disputed’r
write down woman, rh* fairest of GcdS ‘
creation lor tie Icvt cl Gud. I
T iintU.<1 him fntt’ >-r ar-ft n. tm'.rl 'L. 1
.'he und his wife hud of en gone lo Mr
Purdy’s on iltc tartn to visit Mrs. donne
villc. Then it was, that seeing ire t«i<:
in whidb his honesty and decency had f .j.
lenj he Upcted < fl* by saying he never had
seen the slightest indication of any me?
in or illieiv Commerce bCwcea Pai e
jsiicJ Mni lionnrville , that Ihry n? ver
were alone to-genmr—and that ail the
three children, the little ged s.n Ton:,
and all were 8like the objects rrf Paine’s
care. Vet upon this uu'honty did the de..
lendaht stty in terrible menace, to the
Sutroundir-g ti ul astonished crowd riot
that he w;<s mistaken and dbiry for what
he hud dare, bat that he would prove it
tiue, and prove much ubisc, and other
things more shocking and more ciuclthan
ever, 'uII thut hour, had fatten from <ht
tongue ol honorable counsel, or good men
•gainst a woman.
M'l. llyder who he has dared to vouch
among his compurga ors, damns him deep*
er aril!. I'airwr lived wuh her and Mr&l
UonneviHe •fien came to visit him. She
never saw but decency with Mrs. Bon*
ne/Ule. She never i:rd there but ona
night when Paine was very sick Am!
when ibe h.siorian came to make enqu .
fits as an historian, he never, asked he?
any -questions, bur inquired or.ly ol hel
hnsbimd. Why not a*k of her f Wo
men however araisble, are keen observe.s
of each other. lint he rew perhaps, that
she would tell him svoat a be now swear*
here that tins lad ’s chara&ec & demeanor
were decern and rpspcClab'e and such ac.
conn's would have been to this hMnrian,
even as is the (as r. ol mani-a a?d hitter
hriba } lor »cand«d and siauder only could
auit his app„t te. .
munication between them without tht-y
wil! pay her tribute. Bonaparte beats
the German, the Italian, the Spani
ard; but Great Britain tyrannizes o
tr the U. S. We J'zel her tyran
ny; She cramps our tiade, impres
ses, nay, murders our seamen, and
then most insolently bids ns beware
of France! Can such things be much
longer borne? The time is rapidly
advancing when they must be opposed,
cr these states, and none more than
that portion of them called N. Eng- i
gland, must go to ruin. \
The President of the United States, 1
has issued his exeqjator to Samuel (
Blagge, esq. of Boston, as vice consul '
of hi4 Swedish majesty for the states (
of Massachusetts and New Hantp- i
shire. i
EXTRACTS |
From the speech of Governor Lang, r
don, to the legislature of New- \
Hampshire. t
It is much to he lamented, that the «
difference in political sentiment among €
our citizens, should be carried so far i
an to produce a most violent oppositi- n
on to onr general government, distract c
the public min 1, and greatly disturb l
the peace and tranquility of the state, o
It is painful to hear tome men a- q
mong us, eulogising foreign nations e
who are greatly mimical to us, and at c1
%*
But Mrs. Ryder after. Mr Paine, '<
lie child was like him- w.J she so?—I
And is every innocent saymg of a merry j
wife who tries to force a sm;lc upon thel
furrowed cheek of to tering age t every
playful joke that fondling mothers use and
gossips prattle, to be distilled in the alenu
bic of the poisoner to make up his dead:,
ly portions.
Then Mrs. Dram' was called to prove
the lying story ol the bond. She tells,
you on her oath, she never told him of it,
as he states the did* She tells him to
bis beard, she never saw his face before,
nor spoke to him of that or any thing.
In this disgrace he calls upon his mentor,
tiis Demi. God—Carver the Atheist,^or,
if you will the deist,) to belie the bon.st
gentlewoman, and prove by the scrupu.
Sous virtue of his uplifted hand, that she
the defendant's other witness, was a per.
jurer; adding to the crime of Mrs. Bon.
ueville's wrongs an insult to another vir
tuous woman.
(To be Continued.)
tettijima mrguft.
RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, July 20, 1810.
The more vt e turn our attention to
the dominion which the British are at
tempting to establish upon the high
seas, the more detestable it appears.
It is the first time that the great wa
ters, the ocean, has been attempted to
be appropriated, either by a civilized
ur by a barbarous nation. Indeed the
dociriue is not only contrarv to Nntu.
ral Law, (the principles of which are
laid down by Kutherforth and other au
thors ot authority) but it is contrary to
the maxims of common law and even
the law of God himself. The deity
gave the earth and all which inhabits it
to man, as well as the creatures which
exist in the sea, but not the sea it*
self-; that by the Almighty, has been
left an open common for the enter
prize and industry of all men. The
common law will cot admit an indivi
dual appropriate a stream of run
ning water; and, so nice is the law in
this particular, that no action will lie
even for a pond of water, but must be
brought for so much land covered by
water. Seeing, then, that Divine, and
human law Irom time immem'orial,
are in direct opposition to the British
doctrine of sovereignty of the seas,
is it not abominable that we should
tolerate the proceedings of that nation
ih her .progress towards the establish
ment of such a dominion? Men in
balloons, might as well threaten to
shoot ns for breathing the air without
paying a tax, as to lay us under contri.
button for permission to navigate the
acean. What is it to us that Bona- j
)arte overthrows naticr.3 ? Why do the |
British partizana prate about his con
luests? We may most truly commi.
»erate the people be enslaves ; but G.
Britain maintains a despotism mill
nore terrible to us ; a despotism which
trikes at the welfare of all nations,
jLlUiiso it entft nfF the rhnrtrif*! r>f «
be same time calumniating our most
sxcelleat government. Permit v.r: to!'
ask you gentlemen, at this most im-j
fiortant crisis u.’dur public affair», virhe
her it is not highly incumbent on us
all, as the representatives of a free
people, to unite our hearts and endea
vours to promote the general welfare,
and harmonize the public opinion, at
the same time, imploring the Divine
blessing upon our exertions.
The failure of several of the banks,
in this State, has been a great injury to
the public, and put it into the power of j
a swarm of speculators to plunder the
citizeus in a most barefaced and
shameful manner. Every measure,
therefore, in our power, should be
taken, to prevent jjuch evils in future.
Th * encouragement Of our own ma.
nufactures, must be considered of
great importance, and every reasona
ble measure should be taken to pro
mote this desirable purpose. Should
the legisture think proper to appropri
ate a small sum of money for the en~
couragemeut of introducing end in
creasing the breed of Merino sheep,
whose fleeces arc much greater than
those of oiir common theep and of
double the value-, it would be of great
advantage to the community. i
THE NEW ORDER IN COUN
CIL, is a conspicuous evidence of the
injustice which now characterises the
conduct of the belligerents. Thirsting
for plunder, it has been discovered by
G. Britain, that there is one branch of
Commerce (if it may be so called)
which she has cot monopolized. The
right to fish in tl)e ocean is a right
common to all mankind ; and no na
tion can prevent any but its enemv
from enjoying the privilege. Aware
that it would have been too glaring an
invasion of right to capture the unof
fending fishing-smacks of a neutral
nation (which arc generally permitted
to pass even by an enemy) the British
Council have invented this gossamer
veil of French influence to cover the
enormity of the outrage. A connec
tion with their enemy was the only cir
cumstance which could ever have pal
bated the older; and it therefore af
fects -to consider all nations excluding
British vessels from their ports as uti.
der French influence. The absurdity
of such a construction is manifest,
when we reflect that every nation has
a right to interdict any commerce
which it deems injurious to itself, and
in so doing affords no just cause of oh.
fence to any other nation. It is the
undisputed right of a third party,
when two nations are at war, to remain
neutral. Nay, mure, it is its duty,
unless some paramount obligation (a
treaty of alliance for instance,) inter
vene. If such nation excludes the
vessels of both belligerents from its
ports, as the best mode of preserving
its neutrality, it surely gives no cause
°f ofl'euce to either belligerent, and
certainly no proof of its being under
the influence of one or the other. And
yet the new order in council, pretend
ng to consider such nation as under
the influence of France, metes to them
such measure as would only b*e justifi
able to an avowed enemy.
There is one circumstance, perhaps,
which deserves attention as it relates
particularly to us. This order was
issued early in May, when it was sup
pi s d by many in G. Britain that the
iuterdic.ipn of intercourse between
the U. States and that country, which
existed pnoriotne enu oi the last ses- ;
sion ol C ngress, would be continued, j
At any rate, the interdiction was not!
known to be at an end when the order
was issued, tor it is dated only one
day at 'er the adjournment of Congress.
It might therelore have been intended
to operate on the fishermen of the IS.
States ; al.hough, as things now stand,
it inay not affect them. Nat. Int.
Stockholm, March 20.
ROYAL DECREE.
Know all men by these presents,
hat we, Charles XIII, having in the
hird article of the treaty of peace con
iluded with the emperor of Russia, da
ed 17ih September last, agreed to a
lo,*t such measures as should be regu
aied by the treaty then about to be
ntered into between Sweden, France
ml Denmark, for enforcing the conti
iental system, ordered in our circular
>f the 27th of October last, that no
Iritish vessels or ships of war should,
fter the time therein mentioned, be
icrmiited to enter our ports ; and fat
her,in the third article of the treaty
rith the Empsror of France, of date
th of January last, having fully and
i every respect acceded to the conti
ental system,bound ourselves toaiiut
ur ports against the trade of Great
Iritain, and not permit the importati*
n of English goods or manufactures, ]
t whatever description, or in whate* i
ver vessel the same might arrive :
tad whereas having relinquished the i
permission we reserved to ourselves'
in the treaty with h»a majesty the Em
peror of Russia, of impor.ing colonial
produce, we uoW ou»y retain to our
selves the power to import salt, suffi
cieut-for the consumption of our king
dom. Farther -to fulfill the treaties
with the ft.iid powers, we hereby gra
ciously command, that on and after the
24th of April next, no goods shall be
imported, ueither on paying the duties
nor in transitu, which belong to Great
Britain and Ireland, the colonies or
countries under the influence of the (
British government, or goods of any
description whatsoever, loaded in ves
sels from Great Britain or any of her
dep-adencies, be admitted into our
ports ; and thatall vessels, under what
soever flag, which shall be proved to
carry su.'h goods, ns are not furnished
with certificates and documents to cer
tify the origin and full particulars of
their cafg >es, from the ports of lading,
shall, upon their arrival in oar harbour,
be ordered off, save «nd except su,ch
vessels as are solely laden with salt,
the importation of which, from all fo
reign countries, we permit in vessels
not belonging to his. Britannic Majes
ty or his subjects. For the full exe
cution of our decree, we command all
officers and persons in our service, to
exert-their utmost vigilance, in strict
ly examining the papers, certificates
and documents of all vessels that mav
arrive, agreeably to the gracious sepa
rate command we on this subject shall
or may issue.
Given at our-Court of Stockholm,
&c.
From a friend at Marblehead, J uly 6,
to the Editor of the Salem Gazette.
/( TV f • •
4UI VyUMUUJJ,
‘Saturday arrived at'this port brig
Cato, Capt. Lewis Girdler, from Co
runna and Isle ot May, -35 days from
the latter, where he tarried only one
day—says a lever raged ; the re*’with
the greatest violence, supposed ^pro
ceed from ‘the want ot rain, as they
had not experienced any ifor four yehrs
—could not tell what number had di
ed, but victims to'it were Tailing eve
Ty day. ’One of ’the -inhabit, pats in
formed him he had dost 9 sous, and
another 3, in a very short space of time.
“*-The island contains about 309 inha
bitants.
♦I procured of him 5 'Corunna pa
pers, not very late dates, which are
enclosed—also his ship news.
I conversed with Capt. G. but ob
tained nothing more.
'Tours, &c.
(The Corunna papers by Capt. Gird
Jer are to the 4th of May. Their con
tents indicate aboldand unabated spi
rit of resistance in tue Spaniards to
their invaders. They mention the fall
of Astorga, but not with the least des
pondency ; and the conquest they say
cost the French 4009 men. Juaot di
rected the siege. The Spaniards ob
tained a most honourable capitulation,
which they charge the French with al
most immediately violating. From
the obstinady with which this aud o
ther places have been defended, it is
evident the seige of Cadiz is not the
wr.ole work the French have upon their
bauds in Spain.
2vTcw.York, July 13.
FROM THE BRAZILS.
Intelligence from Rio Janeiro is to
May 28. There had been great re.
joicings m consequence of a m image
in the Royal Family. The Port iguest
Princess, who has been united to the
Spanish Family, about 16 years of
age, and of great personal accomplish
ments. The officers of every Ameri
can vtsscl which arrives are immedu
ately conducted to the palace, and in
troduced to the Prince Regent—mem
bers of his family being frequently
present. He is friendly to our coun
trymen-— waj gratifi .d by hearing of
the app./mtment of an Ambassador,
and was impatient for his arrival, lie
had been more con'entrd with hfs si
tuation ; but the general hatt ed oi i3 j
naparte was as great a* ever.
iiost. Pap.
Nr.w York July 14.
F.ngVsh Secretary of Legitiou — Air Mo.
rier, who is coming out lo attend to the or.
dinary intercourse in tween the two court,
tries, is one of » numerous ft intly that has
been for many years employed by the
Kngltati gavernmrut in tne Lavant, liis
lather was Cuiitul at Constantinople, and
subsequently, we believe, in Kgypt.—The
Charge drs Affure* now on his way lo this
:<>unt4y, was a private Clem in Lord tl.
gin’s oiftce when ms Lordsntp w.»s Am
bassador at Constantinople, and has never
inttl now had any official appoint iiwntes .
hie is said to be a gentleman of amiable ;
:haracter.
On the 4th July, the citizens of New.
Haven were grauhed with an ex ubition,
vhiwu for novelty, utility a-d patriotism,
>robably stands unrivalled in the records
>f all preceediug: festivals on this rnutuura
>te day*
The farmers, fhepher.lt, mechanics and
runuiacturers iq C bl. Humpnrey ’»employ,
havmg beforehand solicited to be usefully
occupied on this day. he proposed a plough*
mg match, fee. and had them assembled
at his farm in Yorkshire Quartet, and J44
of a mile from the »tai*..h<>use. Their e.
mutation was manifested try tne earlv hour
of their appearance on the ground.*
At the dawn of day, in a find of 18 a.
cres marked out into l sods of one acre
each, fourteen piaugns started each in its
own hind, .according to its number, e*ct*
being drawn by one pair of hordes, oxen or
mules. The other four lands were ploughed
by the teams promiscuously, as they fiiimed
their own. The animals, bred princi
pally at tae Humphreysville establishment,
consisting of horses, ox«n and mules, were
generally admired for their beauty, par
ticularly four grey colt* from the stoex of
Co!. Id’s elegant Arabian horse hanger.—
The land No. 7, was finished ploughing
before 9 o’clock, f Tne teams, passing
and repassing each other in quick succes
sion, presented the most animated picture
of the kind we ever beheld-ssWhdst tun
was performing in.one field., the axemen
and carpenters were felling; hewing and.'
framing timber in another, lor a shepherd’s
tntlge, which whs read/ lobe raised before
noon. His clothiers, pap? u.-tinker^ cloth
and Stocking weavers uati, during <ms
process, prepared^ the b iards ana other
covering, which was put on ny ihe'uppfo.
priatq ar-ilic- rs with great dispatch, the
painters instantly tnllowed them wun their
brushes =a\t given s goals the work peo
ple erased from their labors, and refresh,
cd themselves from a neighbouring booth,
erected and furnished for the purplsc.
I In the vicinity of tne nooth, a spur Was
I cleared by the surplus hand* for a sheep
walk, (to protect them against winter
storms) of about ICO fuel in length—under
this bowtr a table was laid tor 152 per*
sons. The dinner was principally prepar
ed hot on the ground by mean* of a por
table Kumford kitchen. What added
much to the beauty of the general scenery
was, the appearance of numerous Merino
and other sheep, interspersed among the
ploughmen. This flock had been brought
from Humphreysville to eat the grass tie.
fore it was destroyed by ihe ploughs. A
wvuv -ryj oppitllULCSUI U1C L i 4 ill J J lil Cy S V l i i C
factory, dressed in neat and comely uni
form, were employed in collecting mate
rrinls for manure and other agricultural op
erations.
It ought to be remembered, that, aidin'
many of these children belong to respecta
ble families, yet some of them have been
rescued from the most unfortunate situa
tions, All were without bustle; each at
h s Station, co-operating without noise, as
if animated with the same-spirit, before
half past 3 o'clock, all the processes of
ploughing, bu iJ.ng, planting, btc. were
comple.eu—the ploughing had been finish
ed, in a very skilful maimer, two hours be
fore this time. At the sound of the horn,
the work people and a number of v>*ry
respects le farmers re-assembled at the
booth, and rctres ied themselves with a
variety of excellent distilled and ferment
ed lieubrs. From thence thuy were m
viteii to sit at the table whion was well
furnished with Merino mutton, beef, hams
poultry, puddings, Etc. tae products of iu«
tar ns. Fite proprietor did the honours of
the table ; and the following sentiment a
lone was given after dinnerIndepi*n
(Lence, liteda^-snat words—Let tuose who
wish io appear to Icve their country, prove
it by actio;.* rather than by toai.s aiiu de
clamations."
After dinner the concourse dispersed,
much pleased with this new and rational
mode of celebrating the Anniversary of
1 ludepet.douce, and highly delighted with
ihe perfect propriety of the conduct ot all
present.
% i'ne colonel (as is his usual custom)
rose very early, and upon coming to thu
field, wa> astonished u find them all upon
the gv. uiid ; and vtry pleasantly observed,
that altiiougn he was an old soldier, they
had this morning stolen a march ot him.
t I'M* land was allotted to a respecta
ble farmer, between 50 and 63 years of
age, who came turce miles to his work,
and was ploughed by a fine pair ot red
oxen, tne ha idaom.*®' in the field.
} The utility of the Portaoie buinferd
had not pr«'ba,-*iy been experienced in the
field on any previuji occasion in .New.
Lngland. live iai<se padding*, various
kinds ot both tn . u and vegetables^ were
cooki d in the baiters and steamers at the
same time.
From the Democratic Press.
BRITISH ORDERS OF COUNCIL,
Of may 16, 1310. * •
Blockade from the Elbe to -Brest,
This order,on which the French Emne
ror rests the justification of his Berlin "de
cree ot November 21, 1306, is said by the
advocates of England,to contam no Iufrac.
lion of neutral rights; nnd some with ap.
parent wonder have asked the question
why this order was called a blockade t
It requires no great* depth of learning
and sagacity to point out the violation of
neutral rights—ind to account for the name
of this order.
Its violation of the rights of neutrals con*
afsts in its infringement of a long establish*
ed principle of pub'ic law^their right to
go from port to port and to prosecute their
commerce witn either of the belligerents,
without interruption from the other—pro
vided they.do not carry articles contraband
of war, arrn do not attempt to enter ports
actually invested by blockade.
The above order extends ts prohibition
to ad ships ami vessels WhiOo may have
been laden at any port or part) belonging
to his majesty's enemies, and to all ships
»nd vessels sailing from the rivers and
ports included in the order to any port or
ports belonging to his enemies.
But why the name of a blockade ?
Those whoonce felt, inay still remember "
the blow that was aimed at our colonial
trade in the British Court of Admiralty,
1805, under a pretended application of
what is called the rule of *56. borne have
made a merit of stilling the public sensnti- ^
jiis produced on this occasion =e»>ut the re- ▼
monstrances it drew fortn, from men of
ill parties and of the first talents ut lac