For the Gazette of the United States. Litter VI. Philadelphia, October ir, ISOO. TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice Prefid«nt of the United Slates. Sir, the power of fancy oftentimes holds Our reason in captivity, oftentimes paints an aflemblage of Iplendid allurements whichen •hant and bewilder the mind. Dazzled by a luminous display of imagi nary bliss, reason vainly endeavors to arrange •our disordered ideas, for we sre enamoured with the profpeft of one cont nued piilure ®t happiness, uiicheckered with even a mo mentary misfortune. Such fir lam fearful has been its effedt •on your senses ; the fplendeur which sur rounds the Prefidenual Cliair reg*ardlefs "of its pains, and anxieties has attra&rd the whole force of your thought, and hurried you into (hameful intoxication. Experience bv this time might have taught you how decep tive are the most flattering appearances, that sometimes the fecpnd dignity in the nation can only add care to the brow, and trouble, and vexation to the mind "; that a Governor ot a Great State may difgracefully fly from his dominion, and surrender it up to the pillage of a foreign army—that the splendid tempta tion of an embalfy nray be rejected when there is danger in accepting It, and remem ber fir there, is danger in every public itation. You might hate known fir th.it a firft Minilter of State in the mod illufirious of cab-nets may resign his Itation from too much ewe trouble and vexation. But these dear bought leffpns seem not to have availed you wisdom'; with an in defatigable ir.dwflry you are ilriving to im pose on yourfelf a burden -.vhofe weight will bow you to the earth, and obliterate the wretched remnant of refpeft which some of your Countrymen rtill entertain for the sviposed firmnel's of your character. But I J: now ; you yeurfelf know fir that your nerves arc too weak to bear anxiety and difficultias, and iliat at the fight of a danger they have and will shrink. 11l fpsaking then plainly to you I would do you a greater ftTvice than any of your puj-ty Have done in endesv«uring to fraife yon to a summit of grandeur ill adapted to your abilities, and jrorn which yob would inevitably fall with diferacr. I now bid yo\l a dien—with the pleafiig hope that every day w 11 unfold to you some new charm in a rural, quiet, and philoso phic life. For the Gazette cf the United Slates. To ms Pterin th PuNjrsrLVANiA. TO thofc who have anxiously viewed and deplored the course of administration pursued in thofs parts of the Union in Vvhich our political opponents wield the rod of power, it is needltfs to paint the dread ful cenfequences to be apprehended (bould the general government also fall into their hands. Thai their hopes look confidently to this event and that it will not be preven ted but by the utmost exertion on the part ef the friends of the government is indu bitably true, At the ensuing cleftion of a Prefideßt and Vice President, the great effort will be made and its issue involve* all that it dear to us. The impertance of the vote of Pcnnfyl irania in deciding this momentous question in known and acknowledged by both parties, and we may reft assured that our enemies are not at this moment idle in pro moting measures' and intrigues to procure her weigl«t and influence in their favour. Tbfir present silence and apparent inaction Ihou'd not lead us to believe that they have abandoned their piSpofe btit rather that they cover lome desperate projeft, and that they are preparing to fcize by surprise what they cannot obtain by regular proceeding. Among other things we have understood that it ii intended by them to use every ef fort to obtain favorable changes in the Sen ators to be chosen at the next elcdtion, and if a small majority fhoifld then remain at tached to (he Federal interest, either artful measures will b« attempted to keep them out of the way, or the Legislature will be so suddenly convened that the members not Jsefore apptiied to hold themfclves in rea. dinefs will not have time to arrive at Lan ealler before the mifchief is done. Against these two things then we beg leave t» put you on your guard, and ear nestly to exhort you to leave nothing un done to fectire a favorable return of Sena tors, and to advise thofc who are now in the Senate or (hall be elected to hold themfclves in readiness at moment's warning to pro ceed to the feat of Government • William Rawlc, * . r r . T, , A committee of Xwi Hoiltnvsiuorth, r i jfchn Injheep, correfp6ndei.ee Ro!ert Wharton, *rL t?'a r /the Federal Ci- J comas rttzfimoni) . crt . .. 7ofepb H.pLjon tizens of Phila- John HaLJ.il del P h,a " JZxtraS of a Utter from en officer on board the United States frig Ate Ccngreft, to his ft tend in Virginia Porio Rico, ill September 1800. Dkab Silt, " You will receive this letter by the American brig Experiment, recaptured by the United States (hip cf war Congress, on the 29th of the last month, from a French privateer of'fixtetn gu s The Experiment hadb"en in the poffefli'.mof the privateer <-n by thrte day*.; fhc is loaded wilh wine, su gar, ?nd molasses, and supposed to be worth 30,000 dollars. When we re took the brig, the privateer by which ihp had been captured, was In fight, having in tow iwo other prizes ; we made all fail poflible, but were unfortunately prevented coming up with tfiem, by the early approach of ;he ; fright. The prize matter o'n board the Ex-'' i pcrimeiit informed us, that thr privateer to | which he belonged had lately been several times in fight of Cape Henry, and that there were at present three or four French privateers cruizing off the American coast. I'rom the fame source we also learnt, that the privateer from which we re-took the brig, had lately captured an American let ter of marque, after an engagement of five glades. You thus fee upon what termg of civility we are with our dear and,good allies the French. Not a day paffe3 in these seas, in which they do not plunder our com merce, capture our veflels, imprison, and in many instances butcher our seamen ! Yet all th?s is right an 1 just and proper, because their villanies are cloaked under the sacred garb of republicanism. It may be so 1 All we desire is, to fraternize as often as pofli ble with these Republicans of the Ocean, and from the iTiouths of our Cannon to make them a grateful return, for their great and increasing attachment to the commerce of our country. I indulge the Pleasing expe&ation, that upon our re turnto ttie United States, we shall find the minds of our countrymen, left imbittered a gainst an eflabijhment, which in fa, short a period has rendered such essential ferviccs to the American commerce. It is time that ingratitude should no longer stain the ch a rafter of ft people eialted above the relt of nations,by their glorious pre-eminence in the enjoyments of civil liberty—lt may suit the intereiled views of some, to decry the navy, and thereby to depreciate in the eyes of oo'r countrymen, those who were the authors of that eftablilhment; but sure ly it little congenialiaes with the generous princip'es of freemen to reb the poor weather beaten mariner's lcaaty pittance of glory, which he so dearly purchases in prote&ing the violated rights of his conntry. I remain yours, &c. At s refpe&able meeting?of a number of the members of the Church of Saint Mary's held at their SchooUHoufe on Saturday evening, it was unanimously relblved-, by every fair and honorable means, to promote the eleftion of the refpe&able Federal pickets for Member of Cougrefs, Senator, Afieinbly, &c. &c. The American, who recolle&s the import ant services, as well as (Ke eminent public and private virtues of General Washington —who has used to contemplate this illustri ous hero as the glory and l'afe-guard of his country, mud now be aftonidied at the im pudence of the Jacobin writers', who endea vour to attach to their party the name of Washington, when it is remembered that since he has retired from the presidential chair, thcfe wretches with the cruelty of li nked Irishmen, and the audacity of foreign milcreants attempted to brand our /imeHean hero with the epithets MONOCRA'I", MURDERER and TRAITOR ; and from the prels of the Aurora in 179,7, they de claie that " Mr. Wafliington has at length become tkbacherous even to his own fune." After -much ether abuse, equally falfe and virulent, levelled at General Wash ington, the jac.ibins proceed to unfold the views of the party. COLUMBUS. And now all you, who loVe peace and abhor anarchy and civil wgr, all you who prefer the present fettled order of things to Mr. Jeffcrlbn's " political convulsions" and tempestuous sea of liberty", attikb to th» following- extradt which ifTutd from.the Aurora press, for this declares the defiftns of the fidlion, and you may profit by it'on the ele&ion ground. ! "To prcrant any other man from availing himfelf ofa like danger us atfccnda cy, as Mr. Washington, to do mifcbeii, it is ne ctllary to revise the federal and several of the slate conltitutions, r ittout del y. Un til this is effe&ed, America mull remain a prey of internal fa&ions, in cotifequeiice of h-.r governments being feperated too much from the people ; her foreign politic! also njuft fludtuate with" the flu&uatiohs of her adininiftrations. Theiame experience which tells us, that America ought not to place confidence in indivduals, tell; us neverthe less that she is too prone to do it. To re move therefore ~ the double defedt of a de ceving individual, and a credulous or indo lent people ; it is in difpenfably neceflary to per e£t by legitimate means the federal go vernment, as well as others- VirgiVa. which firft foundedthc alarm bell with refpeft to the (lamp adl, which never fails to exhi bit rcfpeflable public men ; and whose chief regret, fincc it has seen him become retro grade, is the having given birth and coun tenance to Mr. Wafhingion ; Virginia has again signalized berfelf by four wife resolu tions at the present crisis. These should im mediately be carried into effeft. What re gards the head of the federal executive, is, hawever, mod prelfing, lince there is no immeniate controul existing over it in the Seaate: If evil once in fifty years results from having an exclusive President in a country, it is fuiHcient reason for changing the present inflitution of a solitary President ; and what reason is there per contra ; what evil in a plural Dtredary, gradually renew ed ? The person at present chosen as Vice- Prcfident, would, in this cafe, no longer as now, be an inert personage. Tlie execu tive government would no lunger exhibit the fhidluating charadler of an individual, but approach nearer to the fixed abflrad of the American nation. The French Di rectory, confiding of five persons, of which one is yeaily replaced, has exhibited vigor, secrecy, and celerity, in a ftifficient propor tion, to make it more than a match for any motvarchj. or for any ariftocratical • republic in Europe. It has succeeded as rapidly in uniting the French Republic as the mono cat Washington has succeeded iu dividing lhiit of America. EXTRACT. Lilt,: , i/f the Press. \ ■ Tins Editor this morning received an anonymous, inlofent, and threatening latter ; it has the Louitburg (N. C.) pod mark on it, and it is dated Franklin County, (N. C.) August 6. Hefpedting the attack made on the Editor ■of this Gaaette, at his; office on Saturday evening, he thinks it his duty to he filtnt, having appealed to the Laws of his Country. • SHERIFF, > . . Jt i: of the utrnolt importance that a good man (hould be placed in this responsible sta tion, and it is hoped that eveiy mail who views the fubjeil in its proper light will give his vote to-morrow to- Joftph Coptrtbwaile ; a good Federal Republican, and a whig of 7 <5- V ~ AMERICANS, • To-morrow .is an • important iay, hjg with the fate of our country; much pends on your exertions, you are now to de cide whether you will support the liberty and independence of your country—ortame ly iubmit to be trampled under the feet of an afpiritag and daring faftion, who despise all law and juHice, and make their own will their guide—lf you om<t this prefeni op. portunify to save your country, and your opponents should by your fupinefs, gain an atcendancy, your liberties are gone for ever. 1 urn out to a man, then, and give -yoor votes for Fcderel Republicans ; if you do your duty the day is inevitably yours ; if yon do not do your duty and the day should be loft, remember the repeated warnings you have had. . We litiderftand that Messrs Wignell and Reinagal have paid into the hands of John Id/keep, E(q. one hundred dollar! to be ap plied to tlie relief of the indigent fufferers by the present calamity at Baltimore. For the GazF.rrn of the United Stages. Mr Wav(f., A reference havibg been made by Tench Coxe to me in the Aurora of the 9th in. ftant, upon the fubjed of Mr. Adams's poli tical opinions, I conceive it my duty to publish the following nccafion of it. During an evening Mr. Coxe spent with me a few weeks ago, in the cotirfe of con versation, he spoke of the monarchical prin ciples which were held by lome people in this country. I replied by faying, «if I were to mention all the epinions, ana wishes I had heard upon that fubjefl, j should be persecuted out of our Country." These opinions, and willies came chiefly from pri vate citizens k As they were uttered in pri vate conversation, the authors of them wrre not mentioned, and shall never be known. None of them came from Mr. Adams. I declare 2 never heard him exprefj any other opinions on government than thofe-contain- I ed in his defence of the American Cooltttu- i tions, and that I never heard him exprels a wifti for a monarchy in tte Ufrited"States, On the contrary, I have uniformly hearti , him fay in conversation, as he has done in I his works, that our present government was bed calculated for our countiy. OMX3AMJN Hunt. Oftober 11, 1800. For the Ga%ette of the United States. Mil Watpk, AS one instance of the difference be tween the attention and industry of indivi duals 011 the Jacobin ticket, for the eleftion to-morrow, and that of the Federal Repub licans, i: is a faft that Captain Jones gave 46 Dollars towards the release of Cooper, and of course for his assistance on that day.— Where is the Federalist that has done as much ? FEDERAL MEETING. At a meeting of the Federal Citizens of the couoty of Philadelphia held pursuant to a public notice, at'Jofeph Hart's, on Fri day the 10th of O&ober, 1800—Major John Holme was appt«ipted Chairman, and Joseph George. Secretary. Rtftlvid Uuanimoujly, That this meeting will fiipport John Lardner, Efq a; Mem ber of Congrcfil at the enfiiing eleflion. R'folved unanim v/ly, That this meeting do approve of the nomination of Nathaniel Newlin, for the office of St.ite Senator, for the Diftrift composed of the City and Coun ty of Philadelphia, and County of Dela ware | and that wo will unite with our fel low-citizens of the City of Philadelphia and County of Deleware, in promoting hia elec tion. Rcf)'vtci a/so, That (his meeting will sup port Richard Tittermary, Abraham Duf field, James Jones, William Warner, Tho mas Holme, and John Johtifon, jun. as Members of Afiembly. Rtfolvcd, That the laid meeting do re commend the above ticket to their fellow citizens, and that it is the opinion of this meeting, that it will be the real intereti, as well as the duty of all good men in the coun try to come forward and give their firm fup porf to the foregoing ticket, as being bell calculated to preserve peace, order and good government, and a continuance of our pre sent excellent Federal Constitution. Signed by order of the meeting, JOHN HOLME, Chairman. J. ssph Gsorsf., Secretary. To Printers. WANTED—in Exchange, A FOUNT ot Long Primer, weighing 6 or 700 lb. or upwards, and a Fount of Brevier, weighing 400 lbs. or upwards. September 2. .1, f ',' TRUTH, PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. ARRIVED, Days Brig, Swallow, TaUm, St. Croix 18 [furars—Sparks Schr Virginia, Watson, Cha'lefton 12 Cotton, rice, &c. L. Huron. Schr. Betsey, Aluiy, Havanna 18 [Tugar to Capt. Farmer Richards, Halifax 13 [coflle — D. M;iffet Sloop Aflrea, 3unton, Sconinvton -8 [Filh, Cheese, &c, to Capt. Zaar, Crale, £Hardwaie ta , CLEARED Ship Kingflngton, Smith Liverpool Mary, Odlin, < Jamaica Brig Fair Hebe, Brewton, Rotterdam Tryphenia, Arnold, Havanna Dilligence, Johnson, Kinglton Harriott, Shocklcy, P. Republican Eliza Meyers. Lewis. C. Francois Polly, Palmer, Alexandria Schr Eagle, Hays, 'St Sebastians Judith, Freeman, Liverpool Jane. Toby, Havanna Arrived fchr. Bctfey, Low, from H ivan 11a—failed from thence u-'idel- convoy of the Constellation frigate, in company with the fliip Galen, Smith, and a sloop name un known, of and for Philadelphia—parted company jßth "of September in lat. 26, 00 N. long 80 co W, all 'well. Snow Ceres from hence to St Kitts, has put into Charleston in dittrefs. Schr Highland Lass, Brcwn from hence has arrived at Kiigfton. Elizd, Ifrikl, from hence, has rrri ved at the Havanna. Ship Amiable, Tillinghaft, from Liverpool, is belovf. . > Ship G<l?n, Smith, fn m Havanna is!e luw. A t a meeting of the ertiza« of Philadelphia, held pursuant to a public notice at Mr; ITunwoody'j Tavern,on Thursday evening ' the 18th September. JO HN M! LjL,ER, jua. was appointed Chairman, and THOMAS B. ADAMS, S- c'ry. A lift of the members proposed for the Se left and Common Councils was read, and a number of alterations being proposed as sub stituteS for persons who declined serving. Whereupon, Rejoined unammoujly. That thit meeting will support the following Tic kets Et the enfiiing ehftion for members of the Seleft and Common Councils. Refiil-ved, That the names of the members of both councils, agreed upon this evening be published, together with the names of those who have heretofore been agreed upon aa candidates for the several offices of Mem bers of AfTembly. Ctngreft. Francis Gurney, Senator. ' Nathaniel Newlin. AJfcmbly. William Hall George Fox Godfrey Haga Samuel W. Fisher Jobn Bleakley H. K. Helmuth. SeleS Council. Heary Pratt William Piyntell Thomas Parkef Andrew Bayar4 William Dawfon, in the room o Thomas Cumpfton, resigned. Common Council, Robert Ralfton John Morre'.l George Krebs Isaac Snowdeo, jun. George Dougherty Kearney Wharton Jacob Crefsler Malcom M'Donald ; Pascal Hollingfworth Timothy Paxfon William Young Jacob L.:twerfwyler Jonathan W. Condy Charles W. Hare John Carrol Daniel Smith Lawrence Herbert Alexander Henry Thomas P. Cope James Milnor. ' BOSTON, Oaober 9. Yesterday Col. Teusard, Infpeftor of Fortifications, visited in this harbour, accompanied by several milita ry gentleman. Letters from London by the Galen, fay, that Infurrante on American veffcls had again fallen to five guineas. The 13th of November is appointed as a day ol i hankfgivii g, in New-Hamp.hiit. Mr. Low, yeftcrday handed us the fol lowing Arrived at Gloucester, schooner Roebuck, capt. Allen, from Cape-Francois in 28 days. L<rft there, fchr, Jcr. miih, fprague, of Boston ; capt. Rogers, of do ; orig Union, Adams, of NewLuryport ; fchrs. Lucy, of Providence ; Emma, Guilder, Mar blehead ; Sally, Smith, Beverly ; United States (hip Cancellation, and brig Rich mond, with several southern vcffcls. Sailed under convoy of the United States (hip Herald' RufFell, in co. with the brig Union, Mill, of Boston, and many others. VUHH VSnaiß Gazette Marine Lift, S!up. reported below from Jamaica is un der !sriti(k colours; piujie 1 tinlhioftti* Snow Polly, Kenney from Gibraltar, has put back leaky. .Ship D;fpatch, Benntr?, From Batavia U reported to have received a Pilot" on board, off (he Gapes. . SALEM, Oftober 8 1 . Arrived since our last, barqup John\ capt, otinefs, 24. days from the Havana ; fchri Enterprize, Caps H.mmond, from Bilboa ; and (loop Fox, Capt. Cook, 29 days from the Havana. ' 1 The bark Galen, Capt.' Afhb'y, 0 F this port, Tome tiro.- lincc captured by the Bri tilh and sent into Tortola, has been fold with her cargo (though not cor.dimned) to a Mr. Stewart of Baltimore, for which place Hie lias failed* Capt. Afhby is again ihs master 0/ her. PIIOVID ENCE, O&ober 9. Capt. Young,the (hip Susan, arrived here on Thursday, from St Übes Oh the 20th ult, in lat 42, 30, long 38, a hawk alighted on the (hip's fore-top gallant mast head, with a lab;! affixed 10 one of his leg';, which Capt. Young to-:k off—on it was, written, without date-, < Ship Ulvfles, Wni. Mugford, master, frem Bengal', bound to S ilem IV.e l< feathcr'd mercury'' was hospitably refrefhed by the feamm, and then difpiiifed. Ihe Ulysses has airived at'*Sa~ lem. NEW YORK, caobct >o. Arrived, ocbr Sylvancea, Montgomery, Wilming- D°n ip Nereus, Wainrlght, Bermuda 8 Sloopi Victory, La K e, Boston 8 Brig Neptune, cjpt Francis, from th.a port is fafe arrived at Li/bon. The brigs Barbara, Clay ; Eiias, Man e!d ; Tace, Bunce ; and Di<dema, Syms, nave arrived at Jamaica. Just Imported, and FOR SALE Br WILLIAM HUSTLER, iVo. 67, South Fourth Street. PLA.TILLAS Bretanniat Checks and Stripes Liftados Dowlafs Fine French Cambricks White Holland Tape, No. «l, 13,»j. Dutch Canva?, No. 1, a, 3, 4. Oiloher i 3: Virginia Tobacco. NOW LANDING, At Jackson and Morris's Wharf, froW the Sloop Liberty, 40 Hogsheads of prime Richmond Tobacco, Fsr sale by WALKER iff KENNEDY. Wbd br.ve.alse on hand, Six hogdieads of Old Tobacco, Suitable for the ntanufifture rs, and 40 kegs of Twist Tobacco. oa °'' er " m tu.fh v. Charles Wall, GLO VE> R AND BREECHES MAKER, TM-ORMS hii friends and the public that he has J- removed from Ns.s., South Wzt.r Street, to No. 64, Market street, where he continues to car ry on every brauch of the above bulinefs He has on hand Gloves, Breaches and Balls (cq ,al to any of thj imported patent Ha.ls) Skins, &c. which he »ill dispose of either wholcfale or retail. Me cieanj breeches and makes them look 39 well as new wlthont leaving any dufl. on them —He re turns his thanks to thole gentlemen who have al ready favoured him wi h their custom, and for a continuance thereof, as he i» fully they will find them equal in quality t*j any he ha 9 yetmade—N. B. Gentlemen can be waited upon at their houses if ntcelTary, at the (herteft notice. Several Journeymen wanfed to the aWc bufi ncls, none need apply but experienced workmen. Qilo!er 1 3■ fa.th.rn 3 tdtf. I . - By WILLIAM YOUNG, Bookftrller and Stationer, No. 5;, f ju th Se cond flrccr, Phil u!el;thh, (Price 1 dollar, in bea d-;—v Hum, 1 do,I lar and 25 c nt^J Essay on Political Society. Copy right secured agreeably to act of Congress. Odlober I 3 Education FOR TOUMG LADIES. COLUMBIA HOHSE, BOARDING isf DA Y-S C 110 O L, EE COMMEN'CiU For the winterXeaion, on Monday, Oaober 6th, Walnut, between Fourth and Fifth-!! reets. Mr?, groombridge rer pe ar U !iy ac . knowledges the liberal encouragement (he his exptritsnced, for more than seven years inl I'hii. d-iphia, and, as the m:>ft ex; refßve proof of gratitude, will be a continuance "f the unre« mi tipg attention, al.e»dypidt< hr pupils ; flatters herfelf, it will be the belt recommend*- tion to future patri njg-e. Ihe foliov i«g branches (or any <'f lhem fp arately) may be engaged fdr.as mc!i thr Eng'ifb. French, and Italian grammatically ; writing, arrlthautir, "e-yrr- life ol tha }l. ed v iaMtry, I uCc, vocat and infirumental, ftrswir.tr and dan. i g. H*in. work, marking, tmbrokeiy it.fltam htiur In gold, silver or ' oinnrt, fill .[jrer, artifi cial fliwtrs fancy baskets, netting, liair, piiat, cloth, and muslin ort of every kind asvrtf> , 1 r /1 7 Y 4*»wt tut) &fiiiri.
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