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Finn ite Natiorcf InttlVigtnter.
Federal Misrefresektation.
No. XIII.
Having made an enumeration of the
civil appointments by the present execu
tive from the third day of March 1801,
to the third day of May 1802, with the
circumflanccs under which they were
made, so far as vve have been able to
colleft them; which arc considered as
correft, though they are not exhibited
with any pretention to official accuracy,
it may now be proper to analifc and ar
range them. This has been already, in
some mcafure, done, in the National In
telligencer of the 13th of January, so far
as related to appointments antecedently
made. The present view will comprise
the statement then made, with the addi
tion of subsequent appointments, to the
x third of last month.
The whole of the appointments amount
t 0
Which may be arranged as follows;
Cases of resignation, declcntion,
promotion or death 26
Os expiration of commifllons, not
renewed 3
Os vacancies left unfilled by the
former administration, modi/ con
fa iKips, with new consular appoint
ments z-j
Os new nominations, in the 100 m
of what have been called midnight
appointments/vi/. thofemadein the
ffijt days or hours of Mr. Adams’s
being in office 2 r
Os federations to office which the
individuals appointed had held be
fore 6
Os removals for mifeonduft, or
revolutionary toryifni 14
Os marlhals and attorneys remov
ed, and republicans fubdituted, as a
protection for republican citizens a
guind the lederalifm of the courts 3
Os removals, to give to those who
have been fyllematically excluded,
some (hare in the adminidration of
the government 5
Os removals on grounds of special
propriety , 5
Os new anointments 3
In all 125
Much has been said of the perfccuting
spirit of the executive in the removal of
federal officers. The topic is dill the text
bf inventive, whenever all others fail. It
laeomes republican prints as often as the
charge is made, to repel it ; and not on
ly to assert, but to prove, that no admi
nidration has ever exided, which owed
its exigence to a revolution in the public
fentiraenr, that has exhibited so much for
bearance and magnanimity. To furnifli
this proof the above datement, the foU
lowing elucidating remarks are published.
During the lad fellion the Prefidanr,
in order to demondrate the magnitude of
executive patronage, and to guard against
its poffiblc abuse, presented to congress a
document, containing a view of all the
cxiding offices, with the emoluments at
tached to each.
In the civil department there appear,
with tKe exception of all the pod-maders,
and a hod officers, to be 2,044.
Os this number, in a period of filtecn
months, thirty-three have been removed
on a variety of grounds above fpccified.
Twenty.one new appointments have
been made to office, attempted to be filled
by Mr. Adams, after he had lod the con
fidence of the nation. Fifty-four making
altogether.
Os those removed—
Some were guilty of official mifeonduft
by not attending to the difeharge ot du
ties.
Some were intemperate in their habits.
Some had not accounted, as by law
directed, for public monies.
Some were deemed incompetent.
Some had solemnly declared they would
hold no office under the present executive,
thereby making themfclvcs obnoxious to
the belief that their personal antipathy
would frudrate their performance ot duty.
Some were in offices, which it is agreed
on all hands, ought exclulively to be tilled
by those who enjoy the entire confidence
of the executive.
Some had been the instruments of carry
ing into effect unconstitutional laws pro
strating the liberty of the press, and per
secuting the innocent tor an honelt diffe
rence in political opinion.
Some, from the long enjoyment of of
free, had acquired great wealth, and no
longer djfchatging the duties of office
thcmfelves, committed the public interests
to the management of clerks.
When these circumstances are ferioudy
weighed, and when it is further consider
ed, that in the remote and extended a
•gencies of the government, improper ap
point men ts rr.uft feme times tqk£ place,
which time alone can expose ; and which
would induce the fame administration that
conferred, to revoke a commission ; when
it is considered, that in the multifarious
temptations to which men are fubjeft, a
man apparently good to day may be guil
ty of milconduft to-morrow ; can we be
surprised that in the courte of more than
a year 33 officers, or if federalifm will
have it so, 54 officers, out of 2,044 have
been removed —that is one fortieth part ?
Will not our correft afton|fhment be that
the removals have been so few ?
Let calumny be silent, when th:s im
preffivc contrail is exhibited :
The old adminidration had without
provocation, entitled under its banner all
the officers, amounting to 2,044.
The present administration has changed
only 33.
Brit'tjh Parliament.
A converfatiou of considerable impor
tance took place in the Bricifh Houle of
Commons on the night of the 3d of May.
Mr. Windham dated his rcafons forgiv
ing notice of a motion refpefting the De
finitive Treaty, and entered into a de
tail of the objections which had been
thrown out at different times in both
houles by gentlemen of his opinion. Mr,
Pitt defended the definitive treaty against
Mr. Windham’s attack, but reserved the
full {latemcnt of his arguments until the
promised motion ihould be made. He
(aid, however, with refpeft to the appre
henfioiis exprefled for the fafety of the
British Fall-India dominion, in conse
quence of the non-renewal of former trea
ties, that not only no member of the Eng
lilh Parliament could find any solid ground
of objection or uneu finds, bat that no
rival could difeover a plausible pretext
for cavil on that account. He defended
generally the non.renewal of treaties, and
contended that the advantage of the o
mission was as great or) the part of En
gland as France. Mr. Windham’s no
tice was of a motion for Tucfday the j Bth
of May; but Ms. Addington moved as
an amendment, Tuefday the 11 th. The
reason he gave for th» was, the necessity
of terminating the work of peace (already
too long suspended) as speedily as possi
ble.
In the course of his observations re
fpsfting the definitive treaty, remarking
on the ccffion of Leuifiana to the French,
Mr. Windham said,
“By this acquisition the French are
eftablilhed in a space as unbounded as the
view it opens, whether north or fouth.
What a present have we made in it to
the Americans ! We have placed a ser
pent at their feet, by which they will
ultimately be devoured. We have put
them in that Hate in which they mull be
come willing Haves to France, We all
know something of human nature. We
know that men detest less the instrument
than the caufc, and turn their resentment
upon thole whom they can make feel it
most, They will not, of courfc, hesitate
between us and the French ; and thus
we lhall eventually forfeit the friendlhip
of America by the aggrandizement of the
French in that quar\r. As to the wealth
which this ellablilhmcnt opens to them,
it has no limits but their will. On the
continent of South America there is no 1
power that can refill them. There are
the refonrccs of the wealth of the world.
But if Gentlemen do not feel the confc
quenpes of their palling into the hands of
the French, it would be in vain for me to
impress them with aa idea of their impor
tance.”
To this part of Mr. Windham’s speech
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
Addington, replied :
“In the climax of reasons that the
Hon. Gentleman had gone through, he
laid considerable stress on the dangers
which menaced the independence of the
American States from the French having
a settlement in Louisiana, Undoubtedly
every accession to the French power in
that part of the world, and every thing
that threatened the independence of the
United States, was ground of serious ap
prehenfton : but was it only from Loui
siana that France could make the attack,
if Ihe had such power and was so disposed ?
Did the Hon. Gentleman pretend to fay,
that if a large military force was sent to
Guiana, it may not from thence be made
to aft with altogether as much effeft I
Did he mean to fay that the attempt
might not be made from St. Domingo, if
that island was brought under proper luh
jeftion, and made the depot of an arma
ment intended for that purpofc ; if finally,
the countries themselves were not difpof.
ed to assert their own independence, and
Grcat-Britain was inclined to look tame- '
ly on. It was not therefore from Louisi
ana alone that the power-of France was
J to fee dreaded, bat from many other quar
ters equally."
Executive Department,
LcuifvUte, 18 th June* 1802*
A RESOLU HON in the words fol
lowing, to wit;
“ RESOLVED, That his Excellency
the Governor be and he is hereby autho
“ tifcd and rcqueftcd, topurfue fuchmea
« fares as in his judgment may most cf
« fcftually ascertain, and coilcft, ali just
« claims which the citizens of this date
may have against the Creek Nation of
** Indians; whichfaidclaims, (hall,before
“ they are exhibited, be duly authenti
«« cated by the oath of one or more dis
“ intcreftcd persons, taken and certified
« by any judge, justice of the peace, or
“ clerk of the superior or inferior
“ courts.” Having passed both branches
of the legislature, and received the assent
of the executive—it is
Ordered, That all persons having
claims against the Creek Nation of In
dians, for property of an/ defeription by
them taken or plundered, be and they
arc hereby required, to transmit the fame
as soon as poffiblc to the executive depart
meat, authenticated in the manner by
th? afore recited resolution pointed out
—and it is further
Ordered, That the following certi
ficate of Horatio Marbury, Esq. Secre
tary of State, be publilhed in the seve
ral gazettes of this State for the infor
mation of the citizens thereof:
•« Errors in the Printed Laws of i8or»
“ IN the aft explanatory of jufticcs
“courts, page 46, line the nth from
“ the top, after the word i( feem leave
out the word “ not."
“ In the tax aft, page roq line the
ff Bth from the top, after the word “ quar
“ ter" for ff cents ” read ** mills" and
“ then they will agree with the origi
nals.
“ H. MARBURY, Secy."
Taken from the Journals of the Exe
cutive Department ,
GEo. R. CLAYTON, Secy.
JOHN HOWARD,
Has just received, at his Store , South fide
of Broad flreet, a handsome Aft'ortment
of GOODS , suitable to the season,
which he offers for sale , at reduced prices,
for CASH, COTTON, Or TOBACCO,
viz.
500 pieces India nankeen,
100 fine humhums,
100 coarse ditto,
20 black and changeable co
loured lutefiring,
8 dozen luteftiing umbrellas,
1 parasols,
Brown linen and platiMas,
Iriih dowlafs and Britannias,
Calicoes and dimities,
Mud in and cotton cambric,
Taqnbored, purple and pink mufiin,
Sattin, worked and white do*
Belongs and farcenctis,
Durants and qalituapcoes,
Black striped faltin, for veils,
Mullinett and Marfeillcs do.
Striped fi!k nankeen,
and clouded do.
Cotton, cambric and silk (bawls,
and linen handkerchiefs.
Mens cotton and silk hose.
Ladies ditto,
white and coloured silk gloves,
-3g kid and morocco flippers,
and boots by the dozen,
Writing and poll paper,
1 pipe Madeira wine,
163 bars of fiat and fquate iron,
29 (hear moulds.
Also ok hand ,
6 hoglbeads Jamaica sugars,
1 4th proof rum,
<7 Ncw-Englaud do.
10 calks nails, alTortcd,
300 wt. pewter bafons and plates,
6 boxes mens and womens hats,
50 ; ieces cotton bagging, &c, &c,
June 26.
FIVE DOLLARS will
be paid to any perfoo who will deliver
at Good-Ace, a Sorrel COLT, three
years old, remarkably final!, neatly made,
the hind feet white, but not certain as
to the fore, some white in his front, had
a fwclling on the lower jaw, it is sup
posed he has followed some person off
on Friday evening or Saturday morning
last.
J“ l y '
$3- ONE thousand bulheis
of CH ARCOAL is wanted at.
Good Ale.
OSWELL EVE & Co.
V
MISLAID a few months
fmcc, a Green Silk UMBRELLA n.
ly new, the handle broke about the Jl'
die and rolled- with twine. The
who has it will oblige DoSor Hull
fending it to his Store. *
Silver-BliifF Lands.
On the fcccnd Mon Jay in January ntxl
at i z I o’clod,
WILL ME SOLD
By PUBLIC AUCTION, if not
disposed of by Piivaie Contract, at S t L
mer* Bluff, |
ALL those valuable LANDS, 0 o
both Tides of Savannah river, and
lying in Richmond county, Georgia.
Edgefield and Barnwell diftrifts, South.
Carolina, confiftin| of about 12,600 a
crcs of land, of which 2000 acres arc
high river fwamp,iin Georgia, and the
remainder of abouj rocp acres of high
river Twainp, and 9600 of excellent cot
ton orpine land, in South-Carolina; on
the Carolina tide is tone of the heft Mill
Scats in this flats, )n Hollow and Iron
creeks united, on w rich arc a Saw Mill
of four Sjaws, a Gr ft Mill aid two pair
of Stones, and a C< tton Saw Gin, with
water for ths whole in the dricec seasons,
The Lands in Carol na will, after receiv
ing a fufficiency for he Saw Mills, be laid
oft" into I'tnall Blantadons, to suit purcha.
fers and fettlcts.
Terms, one third! Cadi, and the re.
mainder in one andjiwo years, with in.
serest from the date ; bonds, with ap.
proved personal fecitii y tor the retrain,
der, with a mortgage of the property,
Purchasers to pay tor,titles,
These lands will be immediately re
surveyed, and laid (IF into fmail naflj,
(except the Mill Scat) which, when done,
duo notice will be given,. For further
particulars, apply to 001. A. Gordon,
Savannah; Dr. John Ramsa v, Chatie*
ft on ; Oswell Eve, Elq. Augnfla ; at
Charles Goodwi nI at Silver-B uff.
April 22.
COLLECTOR’S SALES.
At the market- houft in the city of Avgu*
jla, on the jgth of July next,
WILL BE SOLD,
The following property, or Jo much there
of as mil fetisjy the taxes, uiith ccjis,
for the year iBor, viz.
ONE lot with improvements
in the city of Auguila, adjoining Patrbk
Bogan’s, on Greene-f reer, returned by
Ananias Copper; taxes, D 48 64}.
4000 acres pine land in Richraor4
county, on Butler’s creek, adjoining col,
Robert Watkins's land, granted A. Gor.
don, the property of Ananias Coopt;
and John Cobbs, as returned by the for*
incr i taxes D 10 3J.
One lot with improvements on EliiV
ftrcct in the city of Augusta, retninfti
by Archibald Hatcher, as truftec fir the
children of William Hayes; taxei
iB|. -*•»
One lot with on Gitew I
street, in the returned',
by Patrick D, 2 34 i* J
503 acres of pine and fait marlh law
in Camden or Glyna county, returned
by Nathaniel Dutkee, asadminiftratoifot
the cflats of William Morris decent;
taxes 84 cents.
One lot with improvements on Centii
and Reynold ftreetr, in the city’ of Ao*
v gufla, returned by William M'lyitit)
! taxes D. 6 87.
D. B. EUTLER, T.C.
May 13.
1 —. ,
PUBLIC SALE.
By permifion of the honorable the Infritf
Court,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the market-hou/e in Augufla, cnW
; frft Tuefday in September next, ot
I %'Ufual hours,
; A Trad of 300 acres of pi nC
land, on the waters of Butler’s tret »
Richmond county, adjoining °
col. R. Watkins’s, and land* lately «“•
now Archibald Hatc^ !3 *
being part of »traff of 600 acrcs, r
longing to Henry Arintca, dec.
dicions Cafb.
Edward Rowell* ? jifpru
A. Hatcher, j
2 -
WAN T E D,
* SMART, sftiveJUAP,
Am * :e,r ‘ to Tixteeu years at g t s * ; f
to ths Printing
An indufltious youth, pf a
tion, will find an eligible ar-;d »» v
1 grous fnaation in tfc*jibovc Lnc, r >i *r
1 F^" 3n g at l &* Office.