on, an equal number of votes with Mr. ..Jefferfon for the prefidency, it would not have been ftrange if the latter had given Bim an invitation to dinner-then it would haye been decorous and proper. But the ca is now altered; and viewing the allait in its very best light, it certa Wears a very bad appearance. Mr. Burr is a good man or a bar He has been honeft and confiftem : politicks, or he has not. If he is good man-if he has been bori and confiftent, then has te ee grofsly calumniated, by a'mt a mocratic party; for he has a with more crimes, both can private nature, than any character in the United S ferfon muft either Mr. Jefferlon annent Mr. Burr's con fortunate due. did be a probation b If he diapr bleffed wit pocrift. im marks c Lat " ROSWE in y confiderations in rela Barbary powers, demanded Mr. Jefferfon has been now labouring ever fince he took the direction of our na. that quarter fhould be fotional affairs into his hands, to bring to a to leave ro doubt of our close a petty war with fome of the Barbary exifting enemy to fubmit States. His rage for economy however, has , and of effectually check- been fo great his anxiety to fend the difpofitions that might be fmalleft" force competent," and to furnish ds us by any of the oth- them with the fmalleft means" competent," that after expending feveral millions of money in the purfuit of an object which might have been accomplished for a little lefs than one; after protracting for years a war (and in which we are ftill engaged,) that might have been brought to an honor ers. ing frigates have accorin commiflion, and will he Mediterranean : ommodore Barron; ConRogers; Effex, Captain Conftellation, Captain fenfe will perceive that en unavoidably constrainyou in a command in cqitted yourfelf in a manyourfelt and ufeful to your Irefpe&s perfe&ly fatisfaconly Captains in the NaJuited States, juniors to ptains James Baron and s frigates cannot be comCaptains, we of neceflity d to fend out two gentle. ourfelf in commiffion. Sir, that no want of conas been mingled with the hich have impofed upon of this measure, You higheft expectations, and iven it in an efpecial charge that he has the highest ur activity, judgment and me, he defires to convey s for the very important ou have rendered to your g you to be affured, Sir. great perfonal fatisfaction of conveying to you his tion to your condu&t. a, I have the honor to be, obedient fervant, ROBERT SMITH." Preble, an. er is faid by the editor of roricle, to be "a truly nie! which reflects a recihe Secretary of the Navy, icer to whom it is addref. ee the prefent the queland what fort of a com. an administration as ours, it on any gallant officer, berty to fay that we canbove letter as one that to the writer, nor will it very strong emotions of perfon to whom it is ad he at length finds himfelt obliged to refort able termination in two months at fartheft, cefs. Perhaps however it will be faid that tho' Commodore Preble might be in force to commence an attack, yet that an augmentation was necessary to enable him to bring it to a favorable iffue. Fortunately Mr. Jefferfon's own editor favers us with the anfwer to this. In the National Intelligen cer received by this mornings mail, little Smith fays: "The bombardment of Tripoli has commenced under circumflances that promife full and brilliant fuccefs," 66 The decifive blow with regard to her naval ar mament is flruck, by defroying nearly ore half its frength. The energy of the Commodore will next be directed against the fortifications, which are reprefented to be already injured, although the degree of injury is not flated. Every day's mail may be expected to bring us intelligence of the fall infection of an adequate punishment on the Bey, of the restoration of peace, and we hope, of the liberation of our captive fellow citizens." Thus it appears from the. that the force already lying under Commodore Preb fully adequate to the objec honorable peace; and per only mentioned as a matte perhaps of effecting the American captives. If th der Preble is quite 66 con this time send out four mo why fupercede the gall Preble in the midft of hi any reliance can be pla calculations, the Tripolit been destroyed before the rive, and it may be real that fome progrefs will b ifhing the fortifications. ftate of things, any man er Commodore Preble w ry much gratified at red letter from fecretary Sr him in the command: his feelings will be recor ure by the compliments t activity, judgment an fays Mr. Smith, we hav ably conftrained to fu cause there are in the na tains to yourself. На not junior captains eno called for at any momen the enigma at once, by junior captains out of c alifts, and Preble is an We should be form that might have the mo to detract from the co on Commodore Preble all, and deferves fomet tial; thofe fervices oug him from the injuftice at the critical moment plete victory over th confiderations forcib tribution of eulogium cannot we help feeing ble, a fly cenfure co Commodere Moris. occafie en to recommer pable of reflecting and to read, attentively, t defence of his conduct this laft gentleman, a ty. If our minifter fhame and dead to all rufal of that book mu with lafting blufhes, their inconfiftency, a tice. To conclude. gratified to hear fome become of Commod fquadron. It may be fpring, fometime in our apprehenfion th ftanding the boasted n, would not be able to leave the Chefeake till July, nor arrive before Tripoli I the dangerous feafon of September. the fleet did not in fat leave Hampton Dads, till the 4th of July, and it appears - letters just received that on the 5h of ptember, it had not arrived at Tripoli, e fee no caufe of difmiffing our fears. What may be the confequences, no one an fay; the adminiftration however, will make all right with a file, and a nod, and fqueeze of the hand. FROM THE RHODE ISLAND FARMER. WE obferve in a journal of the proceedings of Congrefs, that Mr. J. Randolph, in the Houfe of Reprefentatives, had, within the three firft days of the fef. fion, importunately and repeatedly urged forward the profecution of the impeachment of Judge Chafe. This Mr. Randolph, we recollect, was one of the foremoft, last feffion, in fitting out a commit. tee to collect faults committed by Mr. Chafe (if any were to be found) in order that he might be impeached, if poffible: This committee reported, that Mr. Chafe, upon the bench at certain criminal trials, had decided certain points in queflion be.. fore him, which did not comport with their (the committee's) notions of Judicial propriety; and Mr. Chafe of course was impeached. In the trial of this impeachment, the Senate of the United States are to be the judges, and Mr. Aaron Burr is to prefide. Whatever may have been Mr. Chafe's offences, when we confider that the prefident of this high court is himself now under an indictment of wilful mur. der (through apprehenfion of which he has fled from his home) we cannot but be ap. prehenfive for the iffue. Where murder. ers are to fet as Judges, the unfortunate defendant muft ftand on a flippery ground, and must have but little to hope from the precepts of moral juftice, religious principle, or judicial righteousness. FROM THE SAME. IT feems that the conftructors of the navy of the prefent adminiftration are afhamed of their bufinefs, by their not complimenting the adminiftration in the names of their veflels. While Mr. Adas prefided, we had named the Walkington, the Adams, the John Adams, the Prefident, the Pickering, and fo on; but now we hear of Gun-Boat, No. 1, No. 2, &c. inflead of the Jefferfon, the Gallatin, the Bob Smith, the Tom Paine, &c. Editor's Closet. PUPPET SHEW. ed," & that we and acc tenths Mr. J believe in the f not exc from th theref crats do to negr On fident a ny. T city, a Thoma It is rumored that there was a very fingular exhibition of Puppets, in this eity on Wednelday laft. As we have not feen any person who was an eye-witness, we cannot pretend to give a very accurate account of union, it. But it is faid that the figures were nineteen in number, generally of the full fize of men, and fome of them tolerably well executed. It is alfo faid, that though no wires could be perceived, fill it was plain to be feen that all the movements were governed by fomebody behind the curtain. After all, we are told, nothing very wonderful was performed; and it is confidently afferted that one Capt. Stargaz-New-J er of this city, and an old woman of Albany, knew the whole trick before it be Clinton followi Conned Delawa Maryla Pennly Vermo New-Y Virgini Maffac New-H Rhode NorthSouth. Georgi Kentuc Tennel Oaio, In the ents," the published "We Every confiderate reader muft know, that ten tenths of the above paffage is untrue. The Stargazer may attempt to help in the sec himself out by a quibble, and fay, that by "conftituents of the Prefident," he meant the electors of prefident. But it must be obferved, that, at the date of his paragraph, the electors had not "teftified" any thing, for the period of "giving their fuffrages' had not then arrived. The obvious meaning of the affertion, therefore, is, that nine tenths of the people (who are really the conflituents of the prefident) had " teftifi against t In his cha PARSONS ing anec calumny States. ment of of MR. from fals gentlema Agricultural. FROM THE WILMINGTON MIRROR.' Experiments in Agriculture. EXPERIMENT V. I PUT PUT a quantity of Gypfum on feveral small patches of old tough fod; it produced a difference in the ftrength of vegetation which was obfervable for three years. From the above recited experiments it appears : First, That there is no difference between the European and American Gypfum. Second, That Gypfum acts as an immediate manure to grafs, and afterwards in an equal degree to grain. Third, That one dreffing will continue in force feveral fucceeding crops. Gypfum not producing any remarkable beneficial effects, when ufed as a top dref fing to grain, may arife from two causes; firft from the fmall quantity made ufe of, which is loft in the rough ground; and fecondly, from the fhort time of its application. It has been found of advantage to Indian corn; but in this case it is abfo, lutely neceffary to apply it immediately to the corn, as it appears above ground, and that in a confiderable quantity; I have put it on grafs ground every month in the year, except during the feverity of the winter, and have found that early in April is preferable to any other season; at which time the grafs juft fhooting, the fmall particles of Gypfum are detained, about the roots, and prevented from being wafhed away. On ftiff clay foils it will produce an increafe of vegetation, but not fufficient to pay the of manure. expence ciently plain. Fix your attention on thefe, and do not meddle with controverfy. If you get into that, you plunge into a chaos, from which you will never be able to extricate yourfelves. It fpoils the temper, and, I faipe&t, has no good effect on the heart. Avoid all books, and all converfation, that tends to shake your faith on thofe great points of religion, which fhould ferve to regulate your conduct, and on which vour hopes of future and eternal happinefs depend. Never indulge yourfelf in ridicule on religious fubjects; nor give countenance to it in others, by feeming diverted by what they lay. This, to people of good breeding, will be a fufficient check. Miscellany. [The following is the first Letter of "The British Spy in Boston," and ought to have preceded the one published in our last.] FROM THE PORT FOLIO. .: THE BRITISH SPY IN BOSTON. LETTER I. IT has been obferved my dear S, that eloquence is not the fole characteristic of the American Senates; and I have had abundant reason to remark, that plain fenfe, ftrong judgment, ardent patriotifm predominates in the individual States, as in the National Legislature. But that " best harmony of fweet founds," the graceful and perfuafive rhetoric, which thrills the nerves, and feizes upon the paffions of the hearer, which charms, while it inftructs, and feems to commifferate, even while it condemns--that must be looked for a mong a people, more ancient, more afflu ent, better defined, and more accurately defining than the unpatronifed and fell. taught individuals of the new hemifphere. If thefe obfervations be ftrictly applicable to the fenatorial rank of the country, in confidering another, and more accuratel diftinguished clafs of public fpeaking, forenfic oratory, I am led to conless this appears to have been cultivated, with an af fiduity, that indulges the hope and speaks the promife of uniting, for its poffeffor, the luxury of wealth, with the arißocracy of power. In fact, this people, fo tena. cious of their rights, and fo clear-fighted in their political jealoufy, have permitted the individuals of the bench and the bar almoft to monopolize the high and lucrative offices of the State, as of the National Government. Thence, in my travels thro' Government. Thence, in my travels thro' the Union, courts of law and juftice have become the most important objects of my refearch, and the inevitable fubjects of my impartial criticifm. I have, indeed, marked the forenfic talent of the nation, and found it of a defcription, wholly diffimilar to the prominent trait of fenatorial dignity, I have heard eloquence,, and difcovered learning in the abodes of Themis, that might have ftampt a new, and more sub. lime, character upon the American peo ple. Whence, I have ceafed to wonder at that influence and afcendancy, which the diftinguished pre-eminence of its profeffors has merited and obtained. Upon my first arrival in Bofton, appearances were, to my view, greatly inaufpicious. I found a large town, apparently devoted to trade, Atreets narrow, crooked, and not remarkably clean; fine houses, in wretched and almost inacceffible avenues, and commodious fituations, difgraced by hovels. Such were the confpicuous features that met the first coup d'oeil. A further introduction taught me that thefe ill fituated manfions were the abode of holpi. tality, and within thofe humbler hovels oppreffion and mifery were unknown. I recognized more of the old English whig, in the character of the Boitonians, than in any State in the Union. Tolerating, liberal, and intelligent, yet marked by trong local prejudices, and inflexible animoffties, while feeling freedom, and literally claiming independence, behind his counter the shopman inquires the news and arraigns the government; and the pooreft mechanic reads the Gazette, reafons upon finance, and approves, or oppofes the diminution of taxes. Among this people fo congenial to the best portion of my countrymen, inquiry has been forcibly awakened, and my anxious attention conAantly occupied. Finding the fupreme judicial court in feffion, I flew thither with the folicitude of a mind, whofe appetite for the new and the curious is never grat ified to fatiety. There I found talents, that were refpe&table, and genius, that was extraordinary; yet muft impartially acknowledge my aftomfhment at the general irregularity and inattention to forms that prevailed. Boys, juft admitted as practitioners, were fuffered, without reprimand from the bench, to indulge the vividnes of their imagination, wandering, at will, through all the pleafant paths of romance, now pompous foaring to bombast, then finking to the pert fimile, or the milapplied anecdote. Further, it was to be remarked of the generally refpe&table body, that their total inattention to the decorum of drefs, and external diftinction, must awaken in every foreigner fome unpleasant fenfations. The judges were dreffed, or rather en defhabille, in plain coats; and the apparel of the gentlemen of the bar was commande of faid vel fhall not n outrage, diversified, as the proportions and faccies of their minds-an endlefs variety, om the excellent and extraordinary, to he mean and flimly. However the phifopher may pretend to defpife mere exernal effects, men of the world must be enfible of their importance, as it regards The fenfes, and attaches to the underlandng; for the ludicrous, which upon the prefent occafion is by no means applied, maving a certain tendency to counteract refpect, muft, of neceflity, arreft ufetulnefs. Thence, I approve of a costume for all public characters, and think that the fanc-perhaps it is owing in fome degree to this if any arr ought to make a cautionary provifion a tity of an oath would be rendered more inviolable, under greater ceremony and folemnity, in the manner of its being adminiftered. People without underftand. ing, and deftitute of the moral principle, may be influenced by their fenfes, and on their impreffion deterred from the com miffion of evil-Whence, allowing mere forms to be not intrinfically important, they are at leaft relatively good, refpectable for their utility, and honourable in their obfervance. The Dr. Mitchell called the attention of the circumftance that we are involved in ev A meffage from the Senate informing November 23. Mr. Richards, from the committee of enrollment, reported the bill making further appropriatic for carrying into effect the feventh article of the British treaty ; which was thereupon figned by the Speak er. The chairman of the committee appoint. fels, afked leave of the Houfe to report by Referred to a armed merchant veffels. The following is a copy of the bill: Be it enacted, by the Senate and Houfe custom houses, no merchant veffel armed gainit the nited Stat ritory of tions here ed to ext or place the cape Sec. 2 any port an or bey make or unlawful on her v to whic with he thereof United er wa NewMitch ftate. waiti 12 O gage thing mad mou his P He he and out men cr 1 |