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i rom the Richmond and Manchejlcr Advertiser. '
Friend PLEASANTS.
Except a notice which I on«c wrote of a meet*
£:of Friends to be held in Richmond, I do not
irSolleft that ever 1 offered a single sentence of any
kind «r nature, for the public print*. Thou mutt (
not therefore expect a welldrefs'd performance from
a plain unambitious man, like thy present corref- j
pondent. Nor can I promise thee friend Pleafants, (
ihat the remarks now offered to thee, will prove
any ways inftruetive. Yet, it being strongly im
prefffd upon my mind that I ought to fay famething (
refpedting a performance which has occasioned some ,
feriwus and deep reflations, it becomes my *boun
fkn <!o»f to do so.
I had barely laid down thy paper which a neigh
bor lent me, and I now write without it, containing
a piece under the signature of an agriculturist,
before forae of the sayings of the wicked forced
themselves upon my recolledtion, viz. " "1 he grcat
" eft rogue often cries rogue firft," the greatest
<< w c "generally throws the firft ltone." For tho' i
lam no politician, nor have ever concerned myfelf 1
with any of the great questions which seem to have |
agitated very many of my neighbours, yet having a
rood deal to do with the busy world, I have been j
under the necessity of hearing many conventions,
* and many disputes on the political questions of the ;
present day. And so far f-om ever difcovcrmg in
. those who are called the friends of government—and
the admirets of George Washington, any thing of a
oetfecuting, uncharitable,, or triumphant dtlpoli
tiori—thev have realty appeared to me, to be men
of very different cads. And as to their being ac
five in supporting their caufc, I am aftomined that
any fobcr man like unto the agriculturist
Should assert it ; that is, if the people within his
acquaintance, are any thing like unto thpfe.m and
about this city. The difference between theraft.-
vitY of the two paities hereabouts, is surely, frie.io
t j ie circumstances attending tn"meeting in
this city in April last. But 1 do not fay which
party was in the right. 1 only mean to express
what lay elk upon my mind: viz. that the agri
culturist does not appear to be very accurate, or
very candid. There is another thing which he
ftateth, that doth not appear to me, to be quite just,
and I am sure, his conclusions, are neither gener
ous, nor charitable. He fays, the wri.er of a cer
tain letter passed thro' Alexandria, Dumfries and
Frcderickjburg to Richmond. This to be sure is
true enough ; but will any man believe that three
of the inhabitants of all those towns, are fo
reigners ? But admit affcrtion to be aji undern
ame fa&, what fort of charity mull that man pos
sess, who can insinuate, that all foreigners are ene
mies to a republican government, even admitting
that those of our own country, who are friendly to
the government of the United States, and who are
partial to the abilities and intentions of George
Washington, can with truth and propriety be so
(iigmaiized. In all the towns aforefaid, feefiiles
the vile English and Scotch, there are Irirtimeo,
and I have always understood, that Irilhmen, were
confwlered as found patriots, wheresoever, they
might fojburn, and that whetnoever a c-errimonon
was about to take place, they weiefuretobe found
on the noisy, and popular fide of the quetlion.
There are Frenchmen too ; and Ido not presume
that any man will cou.it the people of that nation
among the Aristocrats, or the' enemies to republi
canism. And as to the Dutchmen, Spaniards,
Jews and Italians, I can hardly suppose, that they
will be thrown into the fca'.e of Antloaracy. At ieart
friend Pleafants, it would be as hard for me to
believe all tfcefe strange things, as it would be to
reconcile such coqjradidtions as that of making the
" flefli and the spirit unite ; ortojoin an unfandtifi
ed brother of the wicked to a fandtified lifter of the
> Godly ones." Nor will I believe, that the agri
culturist intended to fay so. But yet, if he does
not ; pray what did he intend? For it is impofiible
To beiieve, that he meant to fry, that three fifths of
the inhabitant of those tr>wns were English and
Scotch, men so notoriously attached to the Britifb
government, that tfrey would throw the country to
which they are now bound by the ftrongut of all
ties, into anarchy and confufion rather than not have
a chance of bringing us once more, under that go
vernment. Now this fcemeth tome, to be a doc
trine as strange and unaccruntable, as it appear
eth to be unreasonable, and uncharitable. But ne
vertheless it may be so—nothing being impofiible
with the Creator of all things.
The agriculturist next fays-i-that he doth
not believe friend Henry, ever used such a wlticifm
as a " Sol-lail'dpolitician." Is the agriculturist
Jo apt to tell untruths himfelf, that he can so readi
ly use the langu?ge of gross contrarii&ion towaids
another? For my part, tho' I heard friend Henry
deliver molt of the fentimcnts in that letter, 1 did
not hear him call any person hy such names, yet 1
verily believe thai he did ; a certain peifon,
S3 he returned from Cougsefs thro' Richmond,
wa: told that he bad been so 'nick-named—not spe
cially perhaps, but with the delegation generally,
Nuiwithftanding, I am one of those who think that
the letter-writer, was guilty of great imptudence
and indifcretioa, for mentioning, and in such a .var,
the name of any perion, to whom such an appella
tion had been given, but in mentioning the name of
friend Henry, as coming forward denying things
which had been laid of him, I do not thir.k it was
wrong, or improper : became, when fpeakinsr i n
tr.y presence, hefeerr.edto fed as if he though': he
hid been extremely ill treared, in havi. g been re
presented as the Author, or Patron, of principles
and fei-.timtnts which he disproved and despised.
These things seemed to have lain long upon his
mind, and it appeared to me that he took this pub
lic opportunity to dilburthen himfelf. But the
Agriculturist would insinuate that this old ex
perienced Siatefmcn, and well tried Republican
i. hefidrr having become a grumbling char>»
• • mowing i jealcifsr f friend Giles—Jealous of
{. ' f Glefc! PATRICK. HENRY! graving
jealous of Billy Gila) ! ! weH'• that is fayfrg a
jrrcat ikat .o be sure : at lead it is proving a won J
jjruus extent of imagination and concept ran. sßut
iVeling a fomcthiaa riling in my muici, which might
tempt me to fay unbecoming things, I wii! drop
the well, OBEDIAH PRIM.
Richmond, 19th 7th Month, 179^-
From the [New-Tort] Minerva.
Much has been said about the present principal
offi.ers of government, being " fuceeffirs in form to
their preJeceffors." A miserable, clumsy, but ma
licious writer, signing himfelf Paulding, has affei-
ted, that the PrcfiJciit hiinfelf has pronounced ]
them such. ,
Of the men now in office nothing ihall be lani,
except that those who charge them with want ot
talents, piove they are not acquainted with them
and for integrity, indullry, candor and republican
principles, they never had and never will", have their
superiors in office or any where else.
The enemies of the present administration are al
ways attempting comparisons between the present
and the fir ft Secretary of State, with a view to fc
exalt Mr. Jefferfon. In this they are more indus- t
trious tlten fuccefsful. Mr. Jefferfon's true cha-
| rafter is well known, and he has all the praise he
deserves, among his acquaintance, and rnoie than
:he deserves less informed. His reputa-,
j tion as a' man of science is rcfpe&able ; but he is
; found deficient in accuracy and close realoning. v
He, has, at the fame rime, the reputation of c
! matiy things not his oivu. His famous report on j
j weights and mcafures was founded on ideas taken
from a volume of the society of arts and agricul
ture, published in England many yea>-i ago, and
now ia poflefiios of the writer. The idea of ma
king the vibrations of the Pendr,!utn the basis of
weights and measures, was borrowed from that -
book, and the flnxional calculations in that repoit
are the work of a profeffor in our college, and pro
- . . ,y r% * a 1 - T . £T_.. C
cured at the special req" t J »
son. 3 \ !
The labored cor' j |
ftcr, Mr. Genet, and th >?gf
fa£t the letter* which h»v. W « t-.
moil Credit were o«lj '• • • ••..
cretary ; the material ji r-g '■ ... !.s>
in other cases, by all the heads of departnents, at
the requisition of the President.
In his. report on commerce, Mr. Jefferfon com- '
mitted some egregieus blunders, which tie mer
chants in Boston detedted and exposed at the time '
the report was published.
" Render unto Cefar, the things that are Ct- '
Car's," —and no more.
The celebrated author of the " preciouj confef
fions,-'ought to be the last man on earth to talk of
" successors in form," to men of talents. His dul
nefs was afuljift of derision throughout the Uni
ted States—there are a thousand common barrilters
in the United States who are better qualified, ei
ther for Attorney-General, or Secietaiy of State.
The enemies of our government would do well
not " to cast the fiift done."
(R.publi/hed hy rtgj/e/l.)
AUGUST A, July 7.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Philadd-
ptafafta-tm fiieiid in ihii town, dated.'une f.
" Congress, after their long session, adjourned
last week ; and it is to be hoped the result of their
deliberations, so far as relates to the fritifh treaty,
will be attended with consequences that cannot
fail of eDfuring general tranquillity t» the United
States.—The visionary evils, with vhich this in
ftrament was said to abound, have tow given way
to the cool and temperate voice of leafbn and Re
flexion ; and nothing in my opinicn bears a moie
honorable teflimony of the Amercan character,
than the medium through which the treaty was
viewed by ihe two branches of [overnmcnt/ to
whose decision it was firft fubmtted.—By the
newspapers, which we occafionaty receive hete
from the southward, Georgia appe;rs to be an efta.
blifhed theatre of political anarchy—The author
' of the drama, aod indeed the priicipal adior, is
said to be formerly a rrember of Con- .
grefs from that (late.—That man a fpokeof here,
and in ever)' part where 1 have been, in the molt j
contemptible point >■ view- H» is Cjid io ii.-.ve j
made up last year, by jhr
corruption, an if
fervit nt to his t» y. '.h«f
was a kind of 1 ?J
entirely diftatci
fadtious leader—
faith, honor anti ui tin; iwr, uy rauiack
ing its archives, and either annullinr or destroying
every species of public record, by vbich the inte
rested wishes of his own party waild have been
in'the least affected.—But of all otler abuse?, the ' (
burning of the-records relative to tie sale of for h
lands made by a former Lcgiflatun:, is the molt ! ,
(hamcful and unprecedented—Befoie 1 go farther,
let me obferre to you, that this benfire of yours
has done mure injury to your state, .han all the de
vadation committed by the Britidi diring ihe late
war—the people have held out your public a£U, as
a mere mockery—a burlesque of legflative faith
they think no trufl is to be reposed inyour govern,
ment, -much less in your individual-—-your cha
racter, as well as your landed property, has fuf.
'fered a considerable diminution ; and jou must re
ally work miracles, to regain your former ftahdard, '
low as it bad been.—lf this multipircity of evils,
it to be attributed to one man, what punifhmeßt
does he not deserve from his fellow-citir.ens ? It
is also said, that he has placed in office, men total
ly unfit for their companion—that the gover. or is
an iJSterate simpleton, scarcely able to sign his name
—one of the l'oli ltors-general, a man who had,
beeu a subaltern in the federal troops, and the other i
ao irinerant preacher or i< hool ma/ter ([ forget
which) who used to be ft tolling about the country
—and all the reft of his appointments nearly of the
fame damp In short, to give you a detail oi all ,
the ehargia exhibited that political finncr,
place, would exhaust your patience ; I there- !
ti.re farther—But before i quit the
fut jed, 1 cannot help regretting that the of ( •
yr.m qnarr-is liiciild operate Hp»n us litre—you,
no d. .ibt, seen a i.orrefpoodence between a Sv- 1
nattir and a Keprefentative frcm Georgia puWuh<J
, In the paper* of this plscr, m M*r<:h Nil. JV
this it jtppcara a challenge was ■>/
to the latter, which, however, hart wot ber.._ *>r
cepted ; that the reprcfentative threw hin>fc
the mercy of the IWe, related the ctrcumlfcm*
in due form, and appealed to the members, whe
•her it was not an infringement of their privileges,
to have him thus interrupted in his legislative eapa
' c ity —By this timely and cautious proceeding, lie
' considered liimKlf secure for the time! But no
' sooner Congrefe adjourned, and feeing no farther
feilirity could be granted by that body, than he
went before Chief Justice M'Kean, and for lear ol
any after-claps, had the Senatoi bound over to the
peace—a prosecution is alio instituted, the trial o
which is to come on in Augultor September nexi. ,
, This Hep of Mr. Baldwn has been thought ia
thei liar Ih, even byforne of his awn intimates here,
becttife General Gunn wanted to ga to Georgia,
to fettle some private afTii-s, as we'll as to vnidr
cate his conduct in his public capacity, if it had
been required ; which he eannot now do, and be
back time enough for his trial. New, Sir, setting
this bofinefs on conditional grounds, I (houM be
glad to know, who has committed the greatest
Breach of legislative privilege, General Gnnn, in
rendering Mr. Baldwin unfit to deliver a fpecch a
gainjl the British treaty ; or Mr. Baldwin, in pre
venting General Gunn's returning to his (late, in
order to give his conlfituents an account of l'la po*
litical tratifadiions since his departure from them.
DOVER, (N. H.) July 19.
DIED, on the 13th day of July inft. at Portf
month, John Hale efq Attorney at Law, m 'he
34th year of his age.
Perhaps the grave seldom closes over a vidlini,
more highly recommended by the virtues that a
dorn the man, and the citizen (han the one now
it u .-With a latgeand comprehensive under
. "di!his heart was noble, generous and hu•
' s .... e. Educated in the law by an eminent prafti
. « nrpfeflional condudt was such as feeured j
-rlpeet ann eiretm even «r more, wnoic m- 1
, .. is duties of advocacy compelled him to op- ,
:. : in the Legislature of New Hanpp- [
shir* 4 or 1»T8 sagacity to discern, and his integrity
and firmnejs to pursue her best interest, he flood a \
candidate for her highest honors; and attached to j
the principles of Government, and the constitution j
of hm country he dlftinguifhed himfelf the guardian
and zealous defender of both. But, arretted in his ar
dent career, in the bloom of life, the cold hand of i
death has laid him prostrate, and entomhec with |
him the faireft expeditions of hisfellow citizens—|
r The hope of aged parents travelling down the vale 1
of life is gone—their flay and their ftaff is taken a- I
way—The fond, the generous, the affedtionate bro- ;
s ther is departed—The delight and ornament of the !
bar, the cheerful and agreeable companion, the
the faithful and difinteretled friend has left us, and
j the places which knew him fhallknow him no more. ;
The heroic fortitude and almost unpareleled firm
nefs difcovercd in his last moments, while flrug- j
gling with acute disease—the lleadv tranquil eye
with which he met the king of terrors, tli calm re-
Agnation to his fate, transmit him to puflerity in
" th&amiable light of a real philofcpher.
O ! »li.,' imports it, to add a day,
1 A little day, to the short transient life
r Of one poor mortal ? by th' eternal powers
, In their exalted sphere our days are number'd
t Let us, without retreat, or dread, pursue
j Where leads their firong, unerring deftio^.
The ways of hcar'n are dark and intricate
Our understanding, puzzled in mazes,
Traces them ir« Vain.
: [Translated for the Gazette of the United
' States.] «
From Hamburgh papers.
\ WARSAW, May 4.
1 Authentic intelligence is received here, that the
- Ruffian troops under command of General Valeri
an Subost continue their military operations with
r the best success, againfl the Perfianrobberg. They
' have already taken the impcitant commercial town
and fortrefs Derbent, lituated in the Northern part
' of the Perfiau Province Sirwan, on tine Caspian fca.
1 r ortrf s3f 3 j s cnr ,'rely surrounded with lofty
;oi -111s, and the oniy oafs, thro' which an army
c= roach Persia. In the year 1722, it furren
« the Ruffian army under Peter the Great,
' u 0 reliorei to-Prrfia, in >%«
; rom a Hamburgh paper of Mav 13.
- -Sir of the American Cor.ful at Algiers, to the
American Consul at Marseilles.
Algiers, April 5.
" j After many difficulties ar.d anxiety, I have fuc
-1 ! ceeded this day, to eftabliffc and to renew our trea
ty with the Regency of Algiers, this lung time
I had almost despaired of effecting it-. More par
, ticulars in my next.
' PARIS, May 6.
5 The Executive Ditcftory of France, have canfed
; a beautiful white horse to be presented to Gen.
" ' Buonaparte.
MADRID, April 16.
Last Saturday died here, the celebrated Duke d«
Crillon. Next Sur.day the French Arohaffadcr
Gen. Perignon, is to have his audience at the
Court, at Aranjtiez. The people of this capital
on his arrival gave linking proofs of cordiality and
' attachment to the Nation he repiefented.
>
t
t Tranjlated fur the MIN ERFA.
PARIS, May 18.
s Head-Quarters at Angers, 25 Floreal.
e The Commander in Chief to the Executive «-'i.
j , redtoiy.
r! Citizens,
t Tiie movements of the Troops of the Republic,
, in this country, have bad the ftfcctfs you expected!-
e Siepeaux and the Chouans whotn l.e comm»«<tfs,
,|, submit to e>ur laws and lay down their ay*s.^
(Signed) >fDCHE.
- | Gen. Hoche further announce, tliat tlie fubdivi- I
r fion of Loire Inferior has>ete*led the Chouans.
f j and taken tbeir chicri*rf?ig!ais ; that all the com
t mui.es from Nant?. :o Alice.:is have fu rendered
. their arms—\y< Debrae, Vallois, Ji.Llfclon ai>d
1 Fayet, fnlj<fiicfs of Vendeans, hive fuU.r.'td !
A
to the Rjpublir ;a» a!fo Flemior D.-bnn,
Brothers, and ten 01 tweiv o-hcrs- rhst
cbiet of divili''ft, Sanglan c .tefi La alt y, Grand
Sabre Barlllon and Tiuchet h.,v.- been arretted it
arms, and are to be tried tlv the military coun.-il-_
•in short that the city ot Na' itt would be . declinej
out of siege the 18th Floreal, a..d that Vendee « as
tranquil.
The Representatives of the Province «f Utrc ' t
in Holland hare ifiued a Proclamation to pro,,
the necessity of a fond loan, and the impoffi'.ility
without that mcafure, <>f pulsing the sea aud laud
forces upon a refpeftaWe footing.
The of Algiers has orde ed his cruifcrs t 0
take all Danish vcflcls. Six (hips belonging to the
'Danes-, in the harbor, he had ordered to be dii.
mantled.
F R' A N C E.
'jUfMt "F TWS
The Commander in Chief of the army of the Jllp t)
to the Executive Directory.
Citizen President,
I rejoicc with all good citizens, and the bn?t
defenders of the Repuhlio, who compose th? itmj
of the Alps, at the new victory which he Execu
tive Directory has gained over the factions wbicl
would anniiiilate the government and the legiilatore
We all fes with the most lively fatisfa&ion, thj
the Directory knows equally well how to difcon
cert the infernal plots of our internal enemies, an.
to fecura triumph abroad to the armies of the Re
public. They may rely on the devotion of
troops whom I command, a» well as on that of tbr
General.
H'*lth and RefpeS,
(Signed)
v 6 KELLERMAN.
On the firft Prarial, a body of 14 men, a part 1
ffce 60th half-brigade, entered Lyons, a»d utterc
violent imprecations against the inhabitants, callii
them chouar.s. They declared they had con
. f-rrr 'V
(pare the Mulca&ms. At tliat moment they fj
citizen Rollet, with a whi'e button in bis hj
They pierced with bayonets this father of a famil
ard ne fell. A t'noufand cries of indignation wc
raised against tl.e detachment of afiafiins, andthf
I fell upou the citizens and plunged their bayonets
their breasts—The citizens hurled (tones at thet
andcompelled them ro take fnclter in hotel commu
The commander, Montchoify, arrived and quel
i ed the tumult ; but the multttu :e prefTed round hi
demanding justice, which he proraifed. The ffi:
> were arretted and difarined. Just as the peop
| were (Hfperfmg, a drum was beat—and 200 mi
I from the barracks of Collinetts arrived. The alar
| became genera!; but on the proinife of the prop
to w-iit in tranquility for the execution of 'uftit
the 200 men were sent to their quarters. At tk
moment another body of 200 men from anoth
battalion appeared and revived thf alarm, whi(
w/s augmented by the fight of fotnfl voluntees wl
had loaded their arms, without orders, and declart
they would re eltabh'fh the fans-onlottes. Bi
other volunteers having wounded two or thr<
.young men, there was a profpe£t of a horrible rea
facre. Th.? Geiteral i
one of the young men from their hands And ordere
the detachments into tkeir quarters.
A provisory agent of police, Seriziat, was
as also one named llotibas. These men ough< t
have attempted to make their crimes forgotten
but they invited their fate,, one by discharging th
piflol at the citizens, the other by wounding
young man ,?ith a poignard.
Tranquillity is reflored. Full confidence is pl»c
ed in General Montehoify by the citizens; he 1
called the friend of humanity and the savior of Ly
ona.
[Journal of Lyons']
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
NEW-YORK, July 28.
Capt, Glad, of the Fair American, arrived la
evening from Nintes, in 40 days. He inforn
that the lalt accounts received at Nantes, were, tha.
an action had taken place on the Rtiine, in which tl
French were fuccefsful. Capt. G. has brougl
papers which are promised to be furmfhed to 1
this dsy. [/} J
Latejl from France.
Late last evening the (hip Fair American, Cap
Glad, was wafted into port from Nantes, wnii
place (he left the 19111 ult. She brings intelligei
of TWO BATTLES ON THE RHINE,
the htft ot which the French appeared to have;
ven way, but being reinforced renewed the cor
bat with republican heroiftn, and totally'routed. 1
Avjlrian army, with imracnfe (laughter.
(Argti«.>-
Capt. Downs, from Gibraltar, informs, that
brought letters from Mr. Humphreys to the 1
ecutive of the United States ; and that the Pi",
raged very truch at Algiers.
From the latejl Parit Papers.
Translated for the Daily /idvertifer.
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED-
Prf/idency ef Citizen Crajfonsi
Silting of 23d Floreal, May 11.
Meflage of the Executive Dire&ory, 25th Flor
May 14, 4>h year ofthe French Republic
and indivisible.
Citizen Legiflatofs,
To infotm thg-nation of the Confpiraey wl
has been dj£i«fvered, we transmit to von a cop
two of the most important pieces found among
of Babceuf.
By the Executive Direflory,
Secretaiy General Lagard
The 34th piece of the 18th bundle of ps
found upon Babcscf, acknowledged by him
with his mark on ibem :
To kill the (ive hundied.
The seven tr.imicrs.
] The commandant at the time and his m?j'»
j To take poflcfiion of the hall of the Anc
, and of the Five Hundred.