for the gazette of the united states.
THE charges which have keen brought a
gainst " the Editor of the National
Gazette," as he himfelf ltates them to be, arc
no otherwise personal charges, than as they de
fignate the pcrfoni, against whom they are made.
In their application to Mr. Freneau, t'ley af
i'ei't him solely in his capacity of Editor of a
public paper (which may juftlv be considered as
a public capacity) and in relation toinatters of
public or national concern. It is therefore a
nicer fubterfuge to call tkem ptrfonal charges,
and then to fay, that they full not be anlwered,
tinlefs the author of them will come for-.vard to
fapport them. It was eaiily anticipated that
he might have good reasons for not discovering
himfelf, at Jeaft at the call of Mr.Freneau—and
it was necefl'rtry for him to find a (belter. \v r iiat
else could he do ! The charges brought against
him are substantiated by f-.is, some ot them ac
knowledged by himfelf, others proved l>v a re
ference to public documents, and to his own
paper ; others of general notoriety.
The inferences from theJe fa s are tiie only
things, which remain for difcutlion ; and tfcefe
so naturally flow from the premises, that t'.ey
defy the arts of fophiftrv to obfenre them. The
expedient however which has been adopted,
comes rather late ; confuiering that Mr. Kre
neau began to answer even under the folenin:-
ties of an oath.
For the GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES,
Mr. Fenno,
IT has been clearly proved (fays the National
Gazette) that the Poll-Office was not sacred
in the years 1787 and 1788. The lame junto,
or persons of the fame itamp, who are now so
busily employed to fubvcrt the government of
this country, made the above assertion while
the Conftrtution was under ditcuiiion—but did
they ever prove it?—No—Let the names of the
guilty be exposed—or, if not, let the fabricators
of such fa I ill hoods beheld in just abhorrence—
for these arc the persons who would have pre
vented, if poflible, the union of the states, and
tlie adoption of any system of general govern-
ment whatever.
Exttafl from <s circular address of a number of the ci
tizens of Philadelphia to t/\e citizens oj Pennfl-
vania,
Friends and fellow-citizens,
<e THHE great blessings enjoyed by the ii.habit-
JL ants of the United States, under the pre
sent constitution, mull excite a wilh in the bo
som of every good citizen, to promote such
measures as are 1110 ft likely to render thole blef
fmgs permanent. That this cannot be obtain
ed without a wife and virtuous representation
in Congress, and without a constant fuccefiion
of such public characters as have nothing in
view but tiie welfare of their country, must be
evident to every American. To effett this
wife and'vi: !:non-: fucceUion of representatives
and rulers, so far as the voice and fuTrages of
Pennsylvania are entitled to extend, has attract
ed the attention of many of the citizens of
Pennsylvania.—Considering the importance of
t'le ensuing election, where thirteen members
are to be chosen in one it becomes a
question of interesting discussion, to determine
011 the best mode of uniting the sentiments of
the citizens, throughout the State, on this great
business. To leave every part of tne State to
farm an independent ticket, without consulting
their fellow-citizens, would be to riik an ap
pointment, by even a very finall minority. For
although the fuffrages in favor of one ticket
might be fnperior, in number, to any other, yet
that superiority might be composed of less than
a tenth," 01* twentieth part of the voters. Ne
ccflity tnen calls for a free communication of
sentiments previous to the election. How this
can bcft be efFected must be left to the different
parts of the State to determine."
EXTRACT.
" AS almost every material expended in car
rying on manufactures arises from the earth,
the consumption must benefit the agricultural
interest of the country, not only in fumilhing a
market for our raw materials, and saving mo
ney to the country, but by the number of hands
that will be employed in carrying on the dlifer
ent manufarttires they may engage in; ourhome
confumption will be encreafed, by its being ex
pended by the manufacturers, who do not raise
their own bread ; by which means we fliall not
entirely be left to precarious foreign markets,
which probably will become lefs,from that spirit
of liberty, which appears to be extending over
the greatefl part of Europe. For as pfoperty in
every country where liberty prevails, is secur
ed to the cultivator and polieiFor, they now
have every stimulus that can excite them to in
dustry, and increasing their agricultural produc
tions. France, a country blest in the goodness
■of Us foil, and a temperate climate, under the
administration of its formed tyrannical govern
ment, seldom was .able tofarnifhit; inhabitants
with bread; but hereafter, we must expect
grain will be railed, not only fumcient for their
own consumption, but to supply foreign mar
kets ; as the deficiency did not arise from any
sterility in the foil, or an unfavorable climate,
but from exorbitant taxes, together with over
bearing and greedy landlords, and a rapacious
clergy, who amongst them, swept away the,
whole produce of the poor Peasant's industry ;
for that was the highest title they then would
afford him. Poland, a great wheat country,
from the inoft abject state of aristocratic vaflal
age, by the virtus of a patriot King, is emanci
pated from its flavery,and from the fame cause,
(that of enjoying the fruits of their own labour)
the farmers will undoubtedly encreafe the quan
tity formerly railed for exportation "
FORTHE GAZTTEOF TIIEUS'ITID STATES.
Ovid's MEWMORPHOSES revived
STRANGE pws, Mctft
trumpet relt<?,
Ot the late rhHu*lj>i,iJ Pown-n.ectin^ debates
Old Olid's iciaug: changes, longlinceoutol iniild,
Aie brought imoactiou, *»d g«cai|y lefiu d ;
For the caufeol hir huaom, Elections, and alj,
The grand cjueitons Ullculs'd on this lub-lunar
ball,
*rc argi.vd wrl. ■:.e*j;\—« na! - 1 , d with caic,
j&y a crtaiure, u>v ineniis, would h'tvc made Ovid
— To avoid being trriions, I'll diop necdlcfs chat,
And briefly mlgron, I to aKA 1
— Xcifh<r or 4:vurj-rpt, but rqti of tt>
nowu,
\\ l hofc time must encreak —with the noifc ol the
ArillocßA l f, ;X.r,:>cRATS— poor, nch, sal and
ltdll,
from the ,'maa rats wno:e out, to I lie big rati
vho'it /
Bevwu. O \c ir.jbl.MS—ycur fqmhblmgs may
t>t lag.
A biuiL 01 a CAT as pioictitnr nr KING
Philadelphia, Aug. i 8.
An AMERICAN.
On Monday, the 6th day of this instant, the
Supreme Court of tfte United States met, when
all the judges were prelent. The Attorney-
General of the United States gave notice, that
he should move the Court on tiie Wednesday
following for a mandamus to the Circuit-Court
of PennlVlvania, commanding them to proceed
on the petition of William Hogburne, a claim
ant of a pension, in which they had refufed to
proceed, from a supposed nullity cf the
law. The motion was accordingly begun on
Wednesday; when afrerfome prefatory remarks,
the Attorney-General was alked from the bench,
whether he conceived it to be an official right
to offer such a motion, as he had intimated it
to be. He answered, that be did conceive it to
be an official right. Upon which l'cveral obser
vations were made, and tiie debate continued
from day today until Saturday last. The opin
ions of the judges being then taken, they were
equally divided.
D. B.
In confcquence of this division, it was im
proper for the Attorney-General to move the
fubjedt officially. He then appeared as counsel
for the invalids; and the motion, after being
accompanied with the reasons, which influenced
him to believe that the Inferior Court had er
red, was poftpened for a final decilion until the
next Court.
The important question u whether a State
can be sued," is alio set for the firft day of the
next term.
Accounts from Ch2rle(lon by the schooner
Eagle, Capt. Lloyd Jones, advise, that since the
20 th of June, the foafons have been favorable
in the back country of South-Carolina and
Georgia, and since the middle of July, in the
low-lands along the sea-coast. A healthier sea
son was never known in Carolina than the pre
ent. The rice fM'amps were promiiing an un
commonly abundant crop, and the Indian corn
had only failed on high, sandy situations. The
indigo was much injured by the early droughts
along the coast, but promilcd a plentiful pro
duce in the upper country.
The celebrated Mr. Paine, it is said, has
quitted England. Since which his third pam
phlet has been fufpendcd.
Capt. Kennedy, of the Brig Harriet, from
Bourdeaux, arrived at Charleston, (S. C.) gives
the following information : that the tumult in
Paris had not subsided—that the King's bureau
had been broken open, and some letters found,
by which it was dilcovered that his majesty had
been carrying on a very treaionable correspon
dence with the emigrant princes—That double
guards had been placed around the palace, in
which their niajeities were confined on account
of the suspicions entertained of their intention
to quit the capital—That all the citizens of
Paris were in arms ; that the national aflembly ■
has continued fitting for five days, without ad
journment—and that the general opinion in
■ Bourdeaux was, that the king would be be
headed.
Lately arrived at Richmond, Virginia, 15
Indian warriors belonging to the Catawba Na
tion, It is said that their visit is to offer their
services to the United States, to fight against
the hostile tribes, which are now at war against
us.
Between 2 and 300 troop-, arrived at Cariifls
the 6th inft- under the command of Capt. John
Mills, on their way to the Western Country;
By a gentleman from Kentucky (fays the
Potowmac Guardian, a paper piinted at Mar
tinfburg) we learn, that 500 Warriors of the
Cherokee Nation, with their squaws, hordes,
&:c. had gone into Kentucky, and joined the
white inhabitants, with an intention of taking
part in the enfning campaign.
An article in a Hartford paper, speaking of
that place, fays, no town between Bolton and
Philadelphia exhibits fucli marks of encrcafe as
that does—and that there appears to be no
town where large capitals can be employed to
greater advantage, as the present importing
places are by no means adequate to a full supply
of goods for tite consumption of the interior
country.
Tuesday last a man fell from,off a new house
in Seeo.nd-ftreet, and wa; so badly bruised, that
his life is dofpaired of.
A propoh! is In Bollon, for printing
by fubfciiption in one vol. lemo.TH* Farmers 1
F* i F-Nn—or the history Char lis Won.
TH*««an cmirr new the author of 41 the
menxmi of (be BloomfgroYe Family ."
iM'ill l ADELl'lil A.
ildte.
lov.tw-
A TRAVELLER.
91
By the Pittsburgh Gazette of the nth iufl
we learn that information had been received at
that place, that two parties oi Indians were
approaching towards t.ie frontiers of Weftmore
iund County—-and that Major M'Cttly, and
Capt. Guthrie were out with a party intend
ing to fan hi with thejji if poifible. *
A detachment of troops frtfm New-Jersey,
under the command ot Ensign Hunter, had ai
rived at Pittlburgh.
A iuklier by the name of Henry Hamilton,
was condemned to fuller death for mutiny, in
attempting to taice the life ofEnfign Devin, by
lticking him v. ith a bayonet in the breuit. lie;
was carried to the gallows, and every prepara
tion made for his execution, when a reprieve
arrived from the Commander in Chief
Printers, Fame's
Abetter fi'om HaUfax, of the 7th nit. to a
corrctp6ode»r in Newark, lays, rhut Co!, fan
ningy Governor of St. John's llland, tiie Chiel
]iutioe, Attorney-General, &rc- were lately dif
miifed his Majeitv's service, upon the crimi
nating complaints of MeiiVs. Daniel Grandin,
Peter M'G6wa'n, and Co. for various oppref
.ions tiled and pra&ifed against his Majelly s
fubjelts ip that Island.
An agricultural fncietv was incorporated ;n
Maffachufews in March last ; this i'oacty is now
organised j its officers chufcn and committees ap
pointed in various parts of the State to i llicit fut>-
fcriptions, to promote the purpolvs of the inftitu
uon. . , ,
There is no country in the world in which there
is a greater field for agricultural improvement
;han America. In several of the States agnculiu
ra 1 Societies are established ; a mutual intercourse
and communication of observations, experiments
and discoveries, will be highly conducive to the
promoting this one of the liilt of ail human con
cerns.
On the 12th instant, a dctachment nf ico fine
[ 1 oops left Fredericktown, under ihc direction us
Enfc-n Gregg, deflined to join the aimy at the
Welt wfer.d.3
Tbe r rj is now living in I.anfingburgh, State of
child of black, parents. 18 months
old, wliofc (kin is as white as the whitelt childicn
m the place, the eyes bright blue, the hair Undy,
but short, harsh and curly as that of any negro ;
its nole, mouth and hps, and every other feature
like thofeof its nation.
August the second the Methodists had a confer
ence at Lvon, Mairachufetis, being the fiill ever
held by that denomination in that State.—-Bilbop
Aibury and feveia! Elders were pYcfcnu
A correspondent informs us, that at a meet
ing of tie President and managers of the Dela
ware and Schuylkill canal, on the 14th instant,
the following interesting tefolutions were en
tered into by that board, viz.
Whereas the board havewith great attention
examined the ground from the mouthof Storey
creek down,with a view to determine where the
weft end of the canal fnall unite with the river
Schuylkill, and finding that it will be practica
ble to cut a caual 0:1 the east lide of the rive last
mentioned, from the moll northerly point al
lowed liy the law, and that the fall from thence
to high*water mark at the Delaware, at the
noi ihfoLunds orther city of Philadelphia, amounts
to fifty feet; and that various and mul
tiplied will result from taking the
water from the Schuylkill at the mouth of Sto
neV creek :
I Therefore refojved, That the canal shall
commence as high up the river as the law per
mits.
It was farther resolved, That Do&or Rit
tenhoufe be requefred to lay out and stake off
the ground for the canal ; and that he be em
powered to employ such alHftants and workmen
as he may find necessary in the business.
The board also agreed to appoint a fuperin
tendant, in order to commence the work with
out day; and Proposals for such an appoint
ment were dire&ed to be pubiilhed, so that we
I may expect the butinefs to be carried on with
| vigor.
To demonstrate the superior excellence of
Beetliam's Washing-Mill to any other mode ol
walhing cloaths, the following certified account
of the operation of that machine, is publiihed in
a paper :
The fallowing articles were completely wafb
ed between the hours of nine in the morning and
nice 3tHi£ht, in z common mill of lix guineas
value; aud in the operation confuniiNg only
nine pounds and an half of soap, and a pound of
pearl-afiies ; they were all wrung at the lame
time in a common wringer, value one guinea.
350 lhirts and iliifts, each worn a week—64 a
prons, ditto—lo gowns, ditto—lo frocks, dit
to *-2 long table-cloths, 48 sheets, worn a
month. Caps and other small articles innu-
nierabJe.
It may be necefTary to remark, that to wash
the lame quantity by hand, always took fever,
women two days.
A second walking, on the 28th of Tvlarch, was
performed in twelve hours, with only nine
pounds and an half of soap, and a pound of pearl
aflies—4oo Ihirts and fhifts, worn a week—9B
aprons, ditto— 31 handkerchiefs—4 gowns—41
caps, and other pieces of small linen ; 52 flieets,
each vi orn one month.
Thelc machine"; are made by Mr. Joseph
Pope of Boston, warranted equal to those made
in London, and fold at a much smaller price.
Several attempts have been made to conftruft
this .machine in this country which have failed ;
Miv Pope has fuccecded perfe&Jy.
The American rhilofophkal Socirfv, at their lafl
meeting, iJcftcd jihe iuilowing Gentlemen Mem
bers :
Erasmus Dar win, M. D. F. R. S. Physician
in Derby, in England.
YV I_l 1a m Currie, M. D. Author o? a new
Mrdicil Publication—Citizen of Philadelphia.
Unc Von Troit, Archbishop ol Sweden ;
Authot of Letters on Iceland.
Mr.]ohn TruSjb I t.,ut Conncflicul; Painter
in (hfbry, Jce.
fxtracl frcm the Minutes,
SAM. MAG AW, Su'ry,
t.' 3 WMU NIC AT lONS.
A free constitution and equal laws fteadiiy
admin iltered are deemed "ejlcrftial to liberty
If, without these, it were pollible that liberty
could be enjoyed to day, it would be with a
melancholy forefight 01 its certain lois to-mor
row. Will it do therefore in America, where
the people have been lo much br*
educatiou, and have feeu 4Mid-pR r acUictl lb long
in the school of their own politics—will it de
ceive any body lor men to call themielves
friends of liberty, who are oppoled to its nrlt
principles and inoit important defences? These
men diilike the constitution—they want amei^d-
ments —it is indefinite—"too much power is
given—part must be taken away and given to
the state government;—canfolidation is of all
evils the greateil and the molt certain to befall
us- Yet toeyallure us, andwho can doubt what
these men of truth ulfert, that they are friends
of the conltitution—friends of £;ood order, anxi
ous for the prefer vat ion of the public tranquil-
lity. They have oppoicd almoit every impor
tant law that has palled —they ft ill reprelent
the laws as horn in fin, and nurled in corrup
tion, and worse than any thing in the unive'rfe,
except thole who made and thole who execute
I them. Still they mean no harm—they would
I not touch this system of' fraud and corruption.
If they could hold the reins of government,
which for the pure love of virtue and liberty
of the people they would condescend to do, they
would deem themselves bound to proceed againlt
liberty and justice, by carrying tiie wicked sys
tem, now a lacred law, into erfedh While tlie
people chufe to maintain the laws and constitu
tion, the counsels of theft men, too gross to de
ceive, and too pernicious to guide them, wi 1 be
dilregarded—but the nature of their counsel
evinces, that whenever the work of destroying
j law and government shall be undertaken, wil
ling laborers will not be wanting.
Let us for one moment, the adtual
situation of our country as ,portrayed on a late
anniverlary, with the representations, or rather
misrepresentations of thofc wno have under
taken to censure public measures, and to brand
their authors with every opprobrious epithet.
The Independence of the United States
has been celebrated this year throughout the
Union, with uncommon attention. Among the
numerous toasts and fentiiv.ents which have
been given on the occasion, tie genuine princi
ples of republicanism, always friendly to good
government, form a diitiuguiflied part —the
prosperity of our country has been almost uni
versally recolle&ed and acknowledged; and
Scarcely a lisp or reflection to the disadvantage
>f the measures of government, or the men in
office, has been uttered—on tlie other hand, the
Chief of Patriots, whose. iignature has fandtion
ed those measures from which Inch solid bleflings
have flowed, has received theuniversal plaudits
of freemen. Among all the numerous collec
tions of the citizens in the various states, which
of the laws of the United States has beeu disap
proved ?—Where fljall we look fr»r evidences ot
public happinef;, if not in those aflemblies of the
people where every cifcurnil tfice conspires to.
unbend the mind, and give a loose to the genu
ine emotions of the foul ?
" Warm from the heart, and tme to all its fires/*
Springs the bright hope, the Patriot's breaifc in
spires.
Some djny the fdft that the country ha- pros
pered under the influence of* the new govern
ment. Others wifely fay, it would have done
as well without a new constitution. Another
set admit the fact, but draw an inference from
it of a different kind. They fay, the season ct
prosperity is dangerous "Wealth corrupts and
lays jealousy to sleep—and now the plot against
liberty is going on briikly, while we are unluf
picious of danger. We (hall wake up withfome
money in our pockets it is true, but slaves, fay
they. It is not strange that the lultre of go
i vernment should make its old enemies, the 19-
[ vers of darkness and confufion, sick.
u Thou that with furpafling glory crown'd,
u O Sun, I tell thee how I hate thy beams"—
was said by an old enemy of government.
There is a class of men with whom the insi
nuations against the purity of government, and
the pretences of corrupt speculations by men in
public trust, will have influence. They, how
ever, were never friendly to it. Knaves take
the suspicion of foul play for the proof of it.—
Each finds in his own heart that the tale of
slander might be true. We are as often duped
by too little confidence in men, as by too much.
It is too late in the day for the people to be
deceived by the wind music of certain declaim
ers on the deplorable situation of our country—
they have thrumbed this tune so long, that it is
aftonilhing they are not tired of hearing it—
when they are at length almost reduced to the
situation of certain preachers in London, whole
audiences are frequently no more than the vi
car and clerk.
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