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 Ship Go. 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 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. 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