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Thus, with unwearied wings, I flee
Through all Love's gardens and his fields;
And, like the wise, industrious bee,
No weed but honey to me yields.

Diversity.

[The following article, we believe, was first pub. lished in a Washington paper. We give in as we find it, without vouching for its authenticity.] WHEN Mr. Rodney's motion, in houfe of Representatives, to extinguish the ftate balances, lately came before the committee of the whole, the enlightened Hon. orable N―h K-t, a little miftaking the queftion, got up and very gravely obferv. ed" He hoped their attention would first be turned to the Hudfon Balance, in the neighboring fate of N. York, as the first that ought to be extinguished—and he felt glad that the leg:flature were going to interfere in the extinguishment of these mis chievous vehicles of flander.

PRIZE POETRY.

Some years fince, a Mr. Dickson, who was Provoft of Dundee in Scotland, died, and by will left the fum of one guinea, to a perfon to compofe an epitaph upon him; which fum be directed the three executors to pay. The executors, thinking to defraud the poet, agreed to meet and share the guinea among them, each contributing a line.

1st. Here lies Dickson, provost of Dundee 2d. Here lies Dickson, here lies he, The third was embaraffed for a long time, but unwilling to lote his fhare of the guinea, vociferously bawled

Hallalujah, Hallaluje

IMPROVEMENT.

A very ingenious young man of the name of Smart, a journeyman taylor, near Tunbridge Well, in England, has invented an infernal machine, which when placed in any point of contact against an invading force, is capable of deftroying a thousand men a minute. The expence, we are told, will be fmall when compared with its utility. He has explained to the Duke Richmond, Lord Lieutenant of the Country, the model of this machine, &c. which has met the general approbation of all the Gentlemen Volunteer officers in that neighbourhood; the inventor is a volunteer himlelf, though a tailor. Should it meet the approbation of the Duke of Richmond, Smart will undertake to conduct it himself into the centre of the ene

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FOR THE BALANCE.

TO THE PEOPLE.

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HUDSON, (NEW-YORK) TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1804.

No. IV.

HAT makes you a free people? The right you enjoy of electing your own magiflrates. The right of making through your reprefentatives, the laws by which you are governed. The right of examining the characters and invefligating the condu&t of your rulers. As long as you preferve thefe rights entire and unimpaired, you will indeed be a free people. But if corruption creeps into your elections.

If your reprefentatives make ufe at their power to legalize fpeculation. If you permit your magiftrates to raife themlelves out of the reach of truth-your liberty is flavery and your rights are bondage.

I know you love freedom fo well, that the power of man is infufficient to take it from you by force. I know you would offer up your blood and treafure a willing facrifice, fooner than furrender your rights to an avowed enemy. With " conquer or die," for your motto, you would march to battle against an affailant who fhould openly declare his intention of robbing you of your liberty. But, my friends, it is not with fuch opponents that you are to contend. Art can fometimes effect, what dare not attempt. A fubtle enemy power can approach you under the fpecious mask of friendship. Ariftocracy can talk round the world, difguifed in the garb of "genuine republicanism." A tyrant can preach

of the bleffings of liberty, at the moment he is rivetting your chains. A junto of ambitious lordlings can boaft of their patriotifm, while receiving annually from your pockets, an hundred thoufand dollars. It behoves you, then, to be on your guard. You fhould watch with a jealous eye, every encroachment on your privileges. You fhould (if I may be allowed to fpeak figuratively) crush the worm that gnaws upon the root of the tree of liberty.

It is not my wifh to excite unreasonable jealoufy or apprehenfion. I have no dif pofition to make mountains of mole-hills. I fhould confider myself unpardonable, were I to found an alarm without just caufe. But, let me afk you, my friends, does not this caufe now exift? Is not an attempt now making to fnatch from you your rights and privileges? Are not certain members of your legiflature committing acts of ufurpation which loudly demand your attention? For what purpofe are your reprefentatives elected? What are their conftitutional duties ? Turn to the conftitution, and you will there find every thing plainly defined. You will find the line of duty diftin&tly marked. But, I pledge myself, you will not find a word authorizing your legislature to dictate to you who fhall be your chief magiftrate. No, my friends; for if you had given your legiflative body this right, your election would be a farce, more fit to be acted among a gang of flaves, than in a community of freemen. If a nominaton, made by your reprefentatives is binding upon you, why not give them the power of electing your governor at once? Why take the trouble, without having

the benefit of elections? The name of liberty is of no ufe without its reality.

In reply to this, the partizans of judge Lewis will tell you that the members of the legiflature have an equal right with you to nominate a governor. That they have an equal right, I grant; but I deny the fuperior right which they claim. As legiflators they have no fuch right. And it they with to exercife it as private citizens, they ought to meet in places acceflible to all, and by public notice, invite all to attend. Inflead of doing this, they fhut themfelves up in private caucules. They took poffeffion of the state affemblychamber. They appointed a door-keeper; and refufed admittance to every citizen (no matter how refpectable) who did not belong to the legiflature, or who was not concerned in the great election. At one of these legiflative caucufes, Morgan Lewis was nominated for your governor ; and you have been called upon to give him your fupport at the approaching election. Nay, what is worfe than all this, your right to vote for any other candidate, has been queftioned. Such of you as have had fufficient firmuefs and inde

pendence to make a nomination for your. lelves, have been denounced as traitors, turn-coats, and apoftates. You have been calumniated and abufed. And for what ? For exercifing the rights of freemen.

Fellow-Citizens, are you prepared to fubmit to all this injuffice, without making one manly ftruggle to fecure your liberties? I truft not.

ARISTIDES OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.

DREAD more the blunderer's friend. fhip than the calumniator's enmity.

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the Chief Justice's in Saratoga, which the federal and apofBurr to his difadvanis. The jury retired and were likely to be all I up a verdict. Mrs. diftance from the place The Chief e fitting. not to leave her alone, ry, late in the evening, ad been fometime out, not expect to agree foon, it his duty to leave them o attend upon his wife; given directions to the cafe, to fee that they They accommodated.

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He then left them. mifs to add, that the fituaLewis at the time was a vee. This we believe is a -and is there a man of fibility in the world who his tranfaction the ground harge against the republite? He who does it, dehooted out of civilized fodriven among the Kicka

of Saratoga, Efquire, voluntarily maketh
oath and faith, that he was fworn as a juror
on the trial of Abraham Ladieu on India
ment for Arfon, at the Court of Oyer and
Terminer, holden in and for the faid coun-
ty of Saratoga, in June, 1802, and that
Chief Justice Lewis prefided at that Court
That John Brown, Kenneth Gordon
and Thomas Smith, among others, were
alfo fworn as jurors on the fame trial-
That when the jury retired to confider of
their verdict, it was between the hours of
three and four o'clock (or thereabouts) in
the afternoon-That this deponent was
chofen foreman-That after the jury retir
ed feveral meffages were received as com-
ing from the court, to know whether they
were like to be agreed on their verdict ?—
That the laft meffage was "Are
to agree on your verdict foon ?" (or words
to that effect)-That answer was given,
"We are"-That the meffenger replied,
"unless you are agreed in fifteen minutes
(or thereabouts) the Court will adjourn"
(or words to that effect)-That at the ex-
piration of fifteen minutes (or thereabouts)
this deponent, as Foreman, by direction
of the jury, fent the Conflable to inform
the court they had agreed on their verdict

ere are no lefs than three Is in this article, which Mr. en made to father, you will he propriety of undeceiving respect to them. If an acnt of this affair has become it be remembered that the nt with which the tools of the ate falfehoods has made it fo. Tertion made by the Legiflative that the Chief Justices' conreproach," turns out to be mere ng rant, let it be remembered is owing to the folly of their efcending to particulars. Let ally deal in general affertions. on will not follow them quite as oes in the prefent inftance. No be entertained in regard to the Judge Lewis at the Saratoga

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That this was about fun fet-That the
Constable returned with information that
the Court bad adjourned !-That he was
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then asked if the Judge had gone
he answered, "He is now gone, but was
not when I first went out, for he was just
getting into his carriage, when I called
loudly to him, but he gave me no answer,
nor even turned his head!" (or words to
that effect)-That the Conftable further
informed, it was the order of the Judge
that the jury fhould be kept in their room
until the next morning ten o'clock-That
a fecond Conftable afterwards, placed
himself at the door, by order of the Judge,
as this deponent was informed, and be-
lieves That the door was locked upon the
room, until ten of the clock the next day.
jury, and they were kept confined to their
And further this deponent faith not.
JOHN NASH.
(Signed)
Sworn the 28th day of March, 1804,
before me, FRANCIS DRAKE,
Juftice of the Peace.

Saratoga County, ss.

Kenneth Gordon, of eth oath and faith, That h faid County of Saratoga, as a juror on the trial of t braham Ladien-That the John Nah, Efquire, wa examined the above ftate jury-That this deponen the 28th inftant, and ve the faid John Nash, in And fu fame to be true. (Signed) KENNETH Sworn the 29th day of M before me, FRANCIS I Juftice of the Peace.

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It is now proved that t "likely to be all night in dict." That the Judg them" late in the eveni of foon agreeing.” did not anfwer that "the means by critical fituatio But this I know, that wi left the jury he went to and if Mrs. Lewis was fituation, it was so much pairing to the Billiard T ought to have attended h ftory, however, in the R cation. Mrs. Lewis wa fituation: The best doubt this; that as his to his duty. be fond of port, he pre

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We have hitherto cau to take a part in the cont fo long agitated the publ ting the political chara& Colonel BURR. At thi not our intention to ente

we difpofed to join the c er fide, we are not fuffic with the ground of the d the conteft with becomi adroitnefs. So much h written by the differen have neither had leisure purfue the enquiry throu labyrinths of proof and umns of evidence, have pages of exculpation. proach and invective, ha by volumes of eulogy an ger of law has been foll battle. Pens have been tois-and a wounded Wounded reputation, The d principled ambition hav

John Brown, of Charlton, in the faid
County of Saratoga, voluntarily maketh
oath and faith, That he was fworn as a ju.
ror on the trial of the above faid Abraham
Ladieu-That the above deponent, John
Nafh, Efquire, was Foreman of the ju-
ry-That this deponent hath attentively
examined the above flatement of the faid
John Nafh, and verily believes the fame
to be true. And further faith not.

(Signed) JOHN BROWN.
Sworn the 28th day of March, 1804.
before me. FRANCISO DRAKE,
Fulice of the Peace...

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We rejoice, therefore, that the VicePrefident has at length made a calm and deliberate appeal to the laws of his Counry. We fincerely hope it may be fettled y a fair and impartial inveftigation, whethr he fhail fink under the preffure of conicted guilt, or whether his accufers fhall Thrink from the frown of juftice, and flee rom the face of injured innocence, and inTulted honor.

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As the election approaches, appearances are much in favor of Mr. Burr. Notwithstanding all the slan. ders of Cheetham, Barber, Mitchell, Holt, and other hired blackguards, the ranks of the "little band" are filling up daily. It is said, that the new candidate for Lieut. Governor, Oliver Phelps, Esq. will ald great weight to the Burr interest; and it is now supposed that the number of votes in the western country, for Judge Lewis, will be very small. Though the federalists have no candidate for governor, it is nevertheless expected that they will not view the contest between Burr and Lewis with total indifference Knowing that one of the two

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TRANSLATION.

The Sedition Act, which allowed the truth to be given in evidence, has been repealed, and government, no longer willing to tolerate the liberty it secured, relies on the old common law of England [the more truth, the more libel] for protection from the scrutiny and censure of an insulted people.

If we were not prepared to expect every thing from the Lewisites but truth and honesty, we should be astonished at seeing such a sentence as the above quoted, in an address signed by 60 or 70 of the best of them. Men must be blessed with an uncommon share of impudence and hardihood, who can lisp a syllable about sedition laws when attempt. ing to support the election of Morgan Lewis. To complete the joke, they should have told us, that the same Morgan Lewis had always been a staunch advocate for the rights of women; and in proof of this, they should have referred to his celebrated charge to a jury, in which he declared, "that a man had a right to correct his wife with a stick no bigger than his thumb."

But the abominable falshood which the paragraph contains, is worse than all the rest. If the government is no longer fortified by the terror," &c. how came the editor of this paper to be indicted for publishing a charge against Mr. Jefferson?

Judge Lewis, the friend of the liberty of the press! and Thomas Jefferson the enemy of gag. laws! -What insufferable hypocrisy !

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Agricultural.

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PLASTER OF PARIS.

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HE farmers of the neighboring States have been reaping immenfe profits for many years, from the ufe of Plafter of Paris as a manure-fome intelligent and enterprising farmers of Delaware have ufed it with the happiest effects.

It is known that a great portion of the foil of Delaware, anfwers that defcription, on which this plafter operates molt certainly and powerfully.

The following extracts from Judge Peters' valuable publication on the fubje&t (this book itfelf ought to be read by every farmer) are inferted to induce further experiments :-

Queftion, How long have you used the plafter ?

Anfwer. About twenty-five years. was among the first who began the ufe of it in Pennsylvania.

Q. In what condition was your land when you began to apply it?

A. Worn out by long and bad culture; full of weeds and other noxious plants.

Q. What quantity per acre have you generally ufed?

A. I have feldom ufed more than two bufhels per acre in one feafon, but generally one and one and a half bufhels, which I find fufficient if repeated yearly whilst

in clover.

Q. What foils are the most proper for this manure?

A. Light foils, dry and fandy, or loamy. On clay I never fucceed, though I have heard of its being ufed in clay with a degree of fuccefs.

A. Its effects is immediate upon grafs of all kinds, and upon Indian corn; and upon all other kinds of grain the year following, when it is well mixed with the foil by ploughing.

Q. When is the best time to fcatter it? A. From the firft of March, if the ground is clear of froft, to the fift of May, being careful always to choofe a calm, foggy, or damp time.

Q. What is the greatest product per acre of grafs, &c. you have known by the means of plaifler ?

A. As much as from any other manure; I never weighed, or kept an exact account; I think I have had five tons per acre, at two cuttings, in one feafon; and I have fome times, cut a third crop ; though I feldom do this, as I prefer feeding the third growth.

Miscellany.

FOR THE BALANCE.

MR. EDITOR,

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GRICULTURE," or rather Agravator, may content himself, and blush on a fober moment's reflection at his falfe infinuations of his own fabricatingwhile he merits no reply from "Agricola." He flatters and jumps from one accufation to another, as tho' he had been wounded in the cranium-when the fact is he had never been shot at. Agricola did not either juftify or condemn Turner's Machine, or give any defcription of it ;nor did he suppofe there ever had been, or ever would be one of them built; although he had feen a defcription and figure; but that it was like a hundred other things which are advertifed and heard of no more; and that it was confidered not entitled to notice until it had been recommended by refpectable and well known characters; and, therefore, Agricola proceeded only to delcribe the principles of thofe which had been reduced to practice, and contended that fixed certain princi

Q. Have you repeated the application of it with or without ploughing; at what in-ples, which did not depend wholly on the tervals, and with what effects ?

A. I have beneficially repeated the application, with and without ploughing; but I fucceed beft in a repetition after cultivation, and dreffing flightly with flable manure, or with ploughing in green manures, fuch as Buckwheat in full bloffom.

Q. Do you find that it renders the earth fterile, after its ufelul effects are gone?

A. I perceive no greater degree of flerility after plafter than after dung.

Q. To what products can it be most profitably applied; grains and what kinds, graffes and what kinds?

judgment and faithfulnels of the workmen, were the beft, when applied to machines that would admit thereof; As for infance, a well regulated griftmili operates on fixed certain principles, that do not depend on a man's judgment fo much as tho' he made ufe of a famp-mortar for the purpofe of making good flour. Agri, cola undoubtedly as a promoter of uieful improvements, felt interefled in Hoxie's Machine, especially when finding the con. currence and recommendation it had re. ceived from more than fifty gentlemen of the firft refpectability in different parts of

America." Agriculture" goes on with his groundless allertions, about condemning, and acknowledging, and quibbles about the word whipping, and then complains about truth, &c. until it might be fuppofed he hardly knew the meaning of the word truth. He is now advised for the future to be quiet, and terrify himsel no more about his back or favorite ma. chine. They fhall not be hurt.

A THRESHER.

Political.

SECRETS WORTH KNOWING.

[The first sheet of a most extraordinary originat letter was recently found in the street in Albany, and published in the Centinel. On examination it is found to be in the hand-writing of Lucas Elmendorf, Esq. a member of the legislature, and a leading Lewisite. This letter discloses some impor tant secrets, and excites considerable attention : Indeed, it is said, that as far as the knowledge of it has extended, its effects have been astonishing. The partizans of Lewis are deserting their side, and flocking over to Burr in thousands. For our part, we think if such disclosures will not convince the people what are the real views of our mock-republicans, the state is sick beyond cure. But, here is the letter

DEAR SIR,

Edit. Bai

Your letter of the 22d inft. I have juft been favored with. Inclofed is the nomination made for Governor, and you will perceive from it the unanimity with which the republican, party a&t. There are but four members of the Legiflature who have had pretentions to republicanifm who are apoftates, and I think there is fuch unanimity prevailing in the different counties

I mean among the republican party; that it will be next to impoffible for the Burrites to get a refpectable number of characters together in any county to criginate bis nomination for Governor. They have in New-York and Albany cloaked their weaknefs by a publication under the fan&tion of Chairman and Secretary. The federalifts, I believe, fee no intereft in a coalition, and they do not countenance the nomination of Mr. Burr. Nothing but a hope of proftrating the republicans will induce them to fupport him, and of this, from prefent appearances, I believe they entertain no promifing hope. Befides if their opinions will influence them, I fufpe&t they would really prefer any candidate of ours to Barr. Chief Juftice Lewis' nomination is popular we all did fuppofe that we might be able to de Lan

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