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sitgrea/e ? er. r; it to be found
in tnc i.ifi Oi f/ji c»i/oys
•A .me is the character of
Tolm Chew Thomas, a member
ofcongrefs from Maryland, who
told his condiments lafb May,
that the public debt of the
I JnitedStates “ haddiminifhed,”
end amounted to only “ about
E verity millions of dollars,”
when the true amount of the
prefent debt is proved beyond
all controverfy, on t!ie iff of
January 1800, to amount to
;o, 203,6 3 f dollars, 15 cents.
Whuc becomes of the veracity
or political honor of Mr. Sedg
wick, who informed his condi
ments laft Juhe, that the public
debt had decreafed four millions
of dollars ? Is it not aftonifking
that the public agents in their
{perches, aftedl to regard the
opinions and feelings of their
conftituents, and in their public
{latements treat them as men
dcilltutc of eyes and ears ?
1 Can thefe men in any view
of the cafe be entitled to fur
ther confidence from a people
they have fo grofdy deceived ?
Have the adminiftradon con
ducted like overfeers ■, or rather
have they not gone on like
proprietors of the treafury ? and
are they not now pledging the
country for the payment of na
vy yards, and any other project
that will either corrupt the peo*-
pie or gain friends.
[Bofton Chronicle .]
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.
I aft evening arrived the fkip
America, captain Swain, belong
ing to MefTs. Nicklin and
Griffith, from I ondon.
Tiie America left London the
sth, the Downs the 12th, and
Land -end the 15th October,
and made the light-houfe the
3d November —a p adage we
believe at this lea Ton of the
year alrnofl unparrallelled.
A gentleman palTenger in the
America, is the bearer of dis
patcher, from our commidloners
ar Pari , which are to be imme
diately forwarded to the feat of
govern: nt.
Captain Swain has favoured
us with a file of 1 ondon papers,
from which the latenefs of the
hour would only permit us to
make the following extracts.
f O
The Coin ier of the 6th Octo
ber, 1 Moo, Contains the follow
ing paragraph:
“ PAAAIS, Offcber 3, 1800.
* c A Convention of Amity
and Commerce, between the
French Republic and the Unit
ed State;, of America, was fign
ed the day before yefterday,
(i’.rU of October) by the French
Plrnmotentiarles, lofcph Buo
naj.-ai te, C. P. Claret, Flenrieu,
an 1 Riederer, and the American
( ommiffi mens Oliver Flfworth,
ft. Davey, and W. V.
Murray.
“ h was lefs neceTiry to re
vert to the paft than to revive
between the two nations ufeful
and honorable relations, the
tr-atv has fulfilled this object.
The French minifters convinc
ed that the profperity of Ame
rica could not but add to the
prof rity of France, have been
led particularly to confecrate
maxima null favourable to the
lights bf neutrality, -a:/J inoft
conformable to the regulations
of 1778. The firft confuij i fl
reftcring force to thole regula
tions four months ago, fulfilled
the wifti of Juftice and of Eu
rope, and undoubtedly it will
be delightful to him to evince
himfclf anew faithful to his
principles, by notifying the trea
ty concluded by the minifters
the republic, at a moment cl
which Europe relotinds with the
violation of neutral (lags. Ihe
American Minifters, on their
fide, appreciated the advantage
of being allied to a nation, go
verned at length, by wifdom
and firmnefs. Every thing an
nounces that a ftridi and dura
ble fficndfhip is about to reani
mate the mutual commerce of
the two nations.”
The convention figned by
the Emperor produces a great
fenfation in Germany, the Mal
contents, and Partizans of Eng
land, accufe him of having
abandoned the interefts of the
Empire, which is not true.
Malta has furrendered to the
Englifk on the 6th October.
This event is of confiderablc
moment. It removes one of
the obftaclcs to the arrange
ment of a navil armiftice, and
will enable Great-Britain to ne
gociate with more effect at the
congrefs of Luncville.
LOUISVILLE,
JJ’LDNnSDAV 26, lBco
We have been favored by a
gentleman, with the following
lift; of electors of Prefident and
Vice Prefident of the United
States, for the ftate of Virsfi
nia—
George Wythe, of Richmond.
W m. N cwfum, ofPrincefs Anne.
Edm. Pendleton, fen. ofCarolinc.
Wm. H. Cabell, of Amhurft.
Jas. Madifon, jun. of Orange.
John Page, of Glouceftcr.
Thos. Newton, jun. of Norfolk.
Carter B. Harrifon, of Prince
George.
Gen. Jos. Jones, of Dlnwiddie.
William B. Giles, of Amelia.
Creed Taylor, of Cumberland.
Thomas Read, fen. of Charlotte.
George Penn, of Patrick.
Walter Jones, of Northumber
land.
Richard Brent, ofPrince William
William Ellzey, of Loudoun.
Andrew Moore, of Rockbridge.
Gen. John Brown, of Hardy.
Gen. John Prefton, of Montgo
mery.
Hugh Holmes, of Frederick.
Archibald Stewart, of Augufta.
Judge Walton’s Charge to
the Grand Jury of Walking
ton County.
Gentlemen cf the Grand Jury,
ALTHOUGH you w ere cal
led and empanelled on the firft
day of the term, you were not
fworn and charged as the grand
inqueft of the county, but mere
ly as one of the civil members
ol this court—to try appeals
and fpccial cafes. This was
owing to the death of Peter
Johnfon Carnes, efq. folicitor
general of the diftrift, and the
vacancy, occafioned by it, not
then fupplied by the govern
ment.
It being thus f.fceiTary to
mention the event which lias
produced a temporary fufpenfion
of the Hate bufinefs, it is im
poffible to fupprefs the emotion
of fenfibility it excites. A young
man, not yet arrived at the prime
of life, cut off by the confe
quences of a common cold—
the greatell lource of fatality in
this climate : but the voice of
friendfhip and dice in raifes itfelf
upon the confidcration of his
virtues.
With talents adorning the
human character, he was modeft
and unaflurning. A public offi
cer, in the mid ft: of fociety, and
the conflicts of party, he acquit
ted himfelf with reputation ; and
without even the reproaches of
enmity. To the f ate, to foci
cty, his relatives and friends,
his untimely death will be a real
lols.
Benjamin Skrine, efq. having
fince been appointed his fuccef
for, and duly commiffloncd and
qualified asfuch, the full powers
of the Superior Court, will now
be put in operation, by an im
mediate attention to the Hate
bufmds, that between man and
man being principally finifhed.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,
Whilft 1 do net feci it neceffary
to enter into a detail of the dir
ties aiUgncd you by our iyftcm
of jurifprudcnce, I cannot for
bear to point the public atten
tion to the neglect of the public
roads and bridges in this county ;
and i do it under the impreffion
that it proves a want of obedi
ence and refpedl to the laws, and
argues a deficiency in civiliza
tion : but, independent of thefc
confide rations, it /hews an un
focial and injurious unobfervancc
of a faiutary police. The in
tercourfe with yourfelves is im
peded, or made difficult; and
your tedious and hazardous pro
grefs to the public markets, is
a tax upon induftry, and a dif
couragement to agriculture.-
Should this evil longer continue,
it will be the indifpenfible duty
of the courts to enforce the road
laws with rigor.
Sandcrfville, Nov. 21, 1800.
In Courty Nov. 22, 1800.
The Grand Jury brought in
their preferments, which arc
as follow:
We the Grand Jury for the
body and county of Wafhington,
on our oaths do prefent—
ift. The bad order in which
the roads and bridges are through
out the faid county.
2d. Wc further prefent the
bad practice of carts, waggons,
and other Hitlers felling and re
tailing fpirituous liquors in the
public ftreets and court yard,
without licenfe. We further re
turn our thanks to his honor the
Judge, for his judicious charge,
at the commencement of the
Hate bufinefs of the prefent term;
and recommend the fame with
thefe our preferments to be
pub! ifhed.
Ni m rod B u fh, foreman ; W m.
Fugcl, Thomas Fort, William
Ganer, Ambrofe Ray, Ifaac
Howard, John Robinfon, Jacob
Vickors, Sherwood Beekom,
Demfey Brown, John Hemp
hill, Frederick Selions, Benja
min Kindrek, Thravis Thigpen,
|chn Martin, C. Muiphy, >
Redding, William Elliott.
Whereupon it is ordered, thai
the firft "be laid l>e£orc the inte
rior court; that the fecond be
referred to the foliciccr-gcncra]
and that the whole, with the
charge, be publilhcd.
A true copy from the minutes,
Thos. B. Rutherford, clerk.
A. once more to the impeached cx
treafurery maj. Jehu Berrien.
I TOLD you lb Major!— J
knew your little piece was only
a flight fpccimen cf that truiy
elegant language you difplayccl in
the Louifyille Gazette of hit
week.—lf you intended it as a
a philiippick, you were out—,
there was nothing biting L it,
though you fairly fire wed yuir
teeth, and grinned horribly a
ghafiiy fmiie !—ln your next
oration pray put cue little lit of
truth, for believe me in the one
1 am now noticing, not a Tingle
trait of that article is to be found.
—As it maybe a commodity you
feldcm deal in, I fhall try in a
few words to refute your calum
nies—but you have made fuch
a jargon I hardly know where to
begin—probably your “ byway
of certificate” gentleman, Mr.
Sewall may as well open the
farce, whom Major! know per
haps alittlc better than you do.—
He cannot deny but that I fairly
and honefily paid him every
farthing I was to pay him—And
I believe that neither you nor
him are overgilded with punctu
ality in payment of your debts*
which you make lb great a crime
in me—And for honor, honefty
and integrity I am a little ever
ycur bend — And in Greene, as
well as every other county in
this Hate, I Hand much higher
than yourfclf, or perhaps Mr.
Sewall, or ycur fiill more vuL
nerable character col. William
Melton, of Greene ; whom you
could have brought into public
view for no other purpofc than
as a foil, whereby feme glim
mering might call a light Ihade
o o o
on your own conduct.
I defy him, or you, or any
man, woman cr child, to all err
and prove a bafe act in me !■—
(You are Major like all other
there ugh paced cowards y a privA
Edged character to effert Hander
and calumny)—And I challenge
you, with all your chicanery, to
prove, my being <c ordered from
any party cr place in this 3 cr any
other fate .”—Or of my being
“ detected concealed in a garret,"
or detected concealed in any
other place —or cf of counterfeit *
ing or antidating land works” or
any papers whatfoever.—So well
are you, by tins time known
Major, that you cannot fuhorn
any one to it—it fully proves to
me the quirks and tricks that
may be ufed at elections, when
I lee, from fuch a refpebtablc
county as Greene, a representa
tive of col. Melton’s fiamp —»
for I have affidavits, which go
to prove him, a noted tory in
the revolutionary war.—ln that
lunation drawing his fword on a
helplefs woman and plundering
her houfe—His recently lending
his own fon oik, with his own
brother, that the latter might
cfcape the hand of juftice, tho*
he is fincc brought back, and