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INTERS,
quarrels of in
hould never be obtruded on the
■t when a quarrel has been made
t of investigation by the one
\ may probably assert the repu
he pthcr, it then becomes a duty
ty injured, to step forward in his
icltion ; and it becomes a virtue
lblic to liflea.to that vindication,
wo the publication in theCoLUM
of March uth, printed at
I, signed by Thomas Gibbons,
illed at my charter. If in pur-
H this duty, I fliould ever exceed
of juftification, and in my turn
|oate, it will I am persuaded, be in
», when it is considered, that this is
y mode of fatisfadion now left me
ty amaganift, loft to every feeling
iduates the gentleman, will not be
led, even under the apprehenfton
ig stigmatized “a coward,” to re
he ul'ual method of fettling disputes.
:r reason renders it neceflary, that
trader of Mr. Gibbons, fliould be
td in its true colours, for the weight
Hlfaiion, its effed on the public
i| always proportioned to the re
ility or contemptability of the per
■o is the author of this accusation.
hrefent instance, I doubt not to
Unefore the tribunal of an impar
>lic,the purity of my own heart and
I, and to load with merited con
wretch who has long been un
of the least confidence.
I am indided for receiving more
vfulfces as Marflial of this diftrid
>o true, it has occafioued me more
aore whretchednefs than I am able
'els; that an ad of inadvertence
'ob me of a reputation which itjhad
y objed during a thirty years refi
ll this country to eftablilh, has been
source of exquisite misery, that it
: an ad of inadvertence is clearly
by my condurt, for the moment 1
red the error was committed, I re
the money, unhappily this difeo
s not made until by the procurance
Gibbons, a bilk had been presented
Grand Jury, r*" the cvi
aefore them wf.^ ts P:d to find it
ill; so deternf 1 £ ?* ®re my ene
> have a Halt-' f '"l* reputation
ere thole enerf‘‘’. 1 ' ) but those
Mr. J ,a ”l, you fir was
tof this bviu^%, as you meanly
behind the veil oi n ;ccy, lharp |
ur dagger 3nd coWri'udy gave it to
daring hand to ftrik the blow your
turd foul would have flirunk from.
ie extreme contempt with which I had
:r viewed vour principles and your cou
rt, excited in your dark mind a desire of
reiYge; the opposition I ever made to
jur spirit of opprelfion, to your de
-*6 'ft ruining all those, wfco were in
'our power, in consequence of misfor
line; brought on them by the late war, and
vere unable to pay the demands of their
| Britilh Creditors, demands which you
enforced., rpuled your cowardly foul to
ourfue, theiecrct, the silent and you hoped
nndeterted jpeafures which you adopted.
vvhi obtained a judgment, execution was
jjpUC 'din my hands as Marllial, and you
fi.rvlv'rcd me to spare no one; the widow
the orphan were to be stripped of their
| hft, their only dependence, bscaufe they
Were the relatives of those who opposed
§ your political principles, because their
| deccafed friends were facrifked in the
rjme of their country, and because you
Li:—a traitor, a vile, an execrable
jLjbjr; I would not gratify you, 1 would
was *n my power those
: . ■ -u ■ tnir r \ r
b iccrable traitor, th it this appellation is
• propriety attached to you, is too no
<sforious even for your iillpudeace to deny,
Vond if denied, it is ti» frefli in the recol
* Hcftion of many of our old patriots who
y't {arvive Vl io meet with dftbelief. That
'allie s to which you have so charitably
> would inevitably have been
vour file had you not avoided the jiftl re
veng| 'of vouf incensed countrymen,
llaviPjjlou yburfclf fir, forgotten your de
ler’ion from the at ruref
\ burg? Have you torgotieif|nr wfbat m tnner
( l y Hi was received in the BnfdU Do
Ivou not recollert with what inqiroitlve
Mntemptuons countenances thev regarded
. -V Co young, and yet so abandoned, an
unfledged boy and yet the betrayer of your
country—Do you recoiled the intelligence
you gave the Britifn of the designs, the
intentions of those whom you thus be
trayed? Did you keep any thing in reserve,
did you not inform of every thing that
your infignificance had permitted you to
become acquainted with ? Nay more ask
your own callous foul if you did not fabri
cate events and designs to give importance
to your honorable services, and to add a new
grace to the beardlcfs traitor. It is a pity
that your fellow-citizens have so long for
gotten these promising atchievments of
your early youth—initiated in the black
est crime, the morning of your days gave
powerful hopes of your future greatness,
and your setting fun (hall revolve without
oncfingle art to disappoint the well found
ed exportation of your adherents. After
you had been thus guilty, how dared you
petition the legifiature of your betrayed
country foradniiffion into its bosom? You
did however, you iiad the effrontery to pe
tition, and the interest of your refpertable
family, alone fectired you an asylum: I
myfeif was one of those, who actuated by
this motive alone, but with the most heart
felt contempt for your„perfon and your
condurt, voted for your readmission into
a society, to whofc laws you had forfeited
your life; and you was readmitted; but
tp become an objert of contempt and de
testation, so wholly infamous were you,
that no honest man exdufive of your own
family, but fiiuddered with horror whene
ver you made your appearance. And this
is the man who now flielters hitnfclf from
my just revenge, as the “ Chief Magis
trate” of the City of Savannah, who ar
rests me for challenging him, and who
threatens with his mighty vengeance, the
friend who bore him the challenge, and
the Printers who declared him in my name
to be “ a coward,” an infamous, a detest
ed coward.
It is true fir, that my writing is not so
orthographically corrert as yours; I was
bred early the sea, and a considerable
portion yf my life has been parted on that
boiftcrous element. I had not so power
ful an inducement to learn to spell as you
had, I never felt that mv writings would
be carried by me to the Britifli lines, apid
inlperted by the Britilh Generals—no fir,
while you wa# in their camp, betraying
vour countrf and improving your spelling,
I w& nfiiig every exertion in behalf of my
opprdTed country ; I was a captain in the #
land service fir, and as I had bs*n bred to/
the sea, I lupermtemied every tning
came withiu that 'department, and em-\
ployed mvfeif a? far as th»we:ik?rted situ
ation of the country woild permit, in do
ing it service; while you was brooding
over schemes of treason, I was on board
a fire (hip at Savannah, defeating the
views of our enemies at thejmard of my
fife, by deflroying their Venefs and tlieir i
property ; those vcftfels fir, were filled with
armed men, fame uniform that
was so endeared to you ; the present Go
vernor Jackson, was one of my brave com
rades at that time and well remembers it,
although you have said you never heard ol
any Cervices whil rendered to my coun
try : It wns in consequence oF* those and
otiiejkfetvices that the State of Georgia
commitlioned me Commadore of their lit
tle navy, a title which I have borne undif
graccd, and to which no approbrious epi
thet would have been attached, hut for
your infernal malice, a title which would
have deicended with me to the grave pure
and unblemilhed, even by fufpicioit, had
you not attempted to blacken with it the
name to which it has been united, but
those attempts have been, and still will be
fruftrated, and the pit which you dug for
me, vourfelf have fallen iftto.
I have already employed more time in
this business than I at firft intended, it will
however be but candid to inform you, that
several other testimonials of your merit arc
i, (yti&i» mv knowledge, your virtues , your
t tmfNniffiions fir, are numerous, but if Hea
l{ veil has not deprived you of the power to
; rfertj T y°u are already extended on the rack,
Walready your (oul is tortured beyond even
what I could wtfti, and on that rack, the
, rack of public contempt and infamy may
. you remain, until a sense of guilt (hall lead
you to repentance, and induce you to at
tempt to make your peace with Heaven;
but if any new art of your life (hall con
, vince me, that your heart is still hardened
t I will again torture your foul here, for its
. benefit in a future state, until you (hall
, curse an existence, embittered bv a coti
. virtion of guiit; until vou detest a life,
vour cowardice alone has preserved.
i ' O. BOWEN.
Augusta, March iS, 1800.
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> MAY BE HAD AT THIS OFFICE,
Apprentices’ Indentures,
I Blank Bills of Sale,,
a— Executions.
XEW-YOR.K* isbiiiarv 24
TRIBUTE
To the memory of General George w ash-
INGTON, among our Citizens abroad.
On the 14th of January tne intelligence
rtfpeding the death of general IVafiington
reached the Havannah The gr'ef occasi
oned thereby was mofl strongly evinced.
Mr. Morton, our consul at that city, im
mediately ifitted an address to the Ameri
cans; suggesting the public evidence to
be giving of their furrow on the mournful
occalion. The numerous vellels in the
harbor (about 100 fail) were direded to
suspend their flags half-maft-high for three
successive days ; and the citizens to wear
crape on their left arms, both things which
wereinftantly &univerfal!y complied with.
The United Statetes Hoop of war Nor
folic, captain Bainbridge, then in harbor,
the private armed {hips Superior, captain
Cunningham, Good Friends, captain Earl,
brig Liberty, captain Henderion, with
feverat others discharged minute guns
throughout the day.
The consul also communicated the in
telligence by letter to the Spanish govern
or (the marquis de Somervellous) who re
turned a polite and condoling answer, de
claring the fvmpathetic interest he took
therein, with every admirer of those “ex
alted virtues and patriotism,” of which the
world was bereaved in the loss of our illus
trious citizen.
LANCASTER, (Pen.) February 22.
Fracas in the Chamber of the House of Repre
sentatives.
On Thursday evening last a very disa
greeable fracas took place in the chamber
of the House of Representatives of Penn
sylvania. We have endeavoured to colled
the circumstances with accuracy, and be
lieve them to be briefly as follows :
During the evening fefiion of the House,
Mr. Samuel W. Fisher was delivering his
sentiments on a resolution which went to
disfranchise all officers and soldiers under
the United States. In the course of his
arguments, Mr. Fisher was twice inter
rupted by a call for adjournment from one
part of the House. Both calls were nega
tived. A third call was madp, which Mr.
Fisher and his friends acceded to, and the
House adjourned.
As soon as the adjournment took place,
Mr. Fisher observed to a number of mem
bers who had repeatedly called for an ad
journment, that they had aded cowardly, :
were unwilling and afraid to hear his argu
• ments.
Dr. I,t>gnn ranmked - 1 —* *—•■*-
«. s umetits made use of by
Mr. Fisher, were not worth attending to.
The latter then replied that any man who
would call his arguments foolifh aud non
sensically was a puppy. Doctor L'Ogan
Rejoined and called Mr. Fisher a ralcal !
On this Mr. Fisher struck him. The
Dodor returned the blow. The Mem
bers on all sides immediately interfered, and
the combatants were feperated. A con
siderable deal of altercation took place
among the members—and indeed we feel
happy to fay that the battle was not more
general.
While Mr. Fisher was aiming a blow at
the Dodor, Mr. Wilson of Dauphin, sud
denly thrust himfelf into its road, and re
ceived a small contusion in or near the eye.
Another gentleman received a blow on
his cheek but could not find his man. It
was candle-light which rendered confufion
more confufed. The members after some
difficulty, found their hats and dispersed.
Dodor Logan did not appear in the
house on Friday, but addreflfed the follow
ing letter to Mr. Weaver, the Speaker.
Lancaster, Feb. 21, ISOO.
Sir,
As a member of the House of Re
prefentativ'es, I complain to you as speak
er of the House of Representatives, that
yesterday, the 20th February in the afters
noon, in the Chamber of the House, im
mediately after the adjournment of the
House, Samuel Fisher, a Representative of
the City of Philadelphia, struck me a vio
lent blow' on my face, in breach of the
privilege of the House. Geo. Logan.
On motion of Mr. Friley seconded by
Mr. Boileau.
Refclved, That a committee be appoint
ed to enquire concerning the complaint of
George Logan a member of this house,
against Samuel W. Fisher aifo a member
of ihis house, on a breach of privilege;
that the committee have authority to fend
for persons and to examine them under
oath or affirmation, and touching the pri
mifes, & that they report as soon as poftible.
Ordered , That Meflrs. Whitehill, Bull,
Potts, Hopkins, Ingels, Barclay, and Cun
ningham be a committee for that purpose.
BALTIMORE, February 2S.
, Capt. D’Vol, late master of the fch'r.
Eagle, of Baltimore, which upset at sea, on
the 50th January last, gives the following
inter.nation;
,^'o v ' a y s arter shove misfortune
ah hands on the wreck, the {hip Sifters *
capt. Stokes, ofCharlefton, fell in with us t!
V\ e begged his assistance; but he refufed to
take us tip, aliedgmg that he was short of
provisions; at length after strong entrea
ties, he bade us swim on board ; this he/
knew the weak state of myfelf and crew? 0
would not allow us to comply with ; caprf ")
S. then inhumanly left us to all the c'ali . ■
miries, offtarvation and lingering death.J» 5*
However, on the following morning a t J ft
•bout 9 o’clock, his majesty’s ship Afil “9
admiral Vandeput, took us off the fchoo/ > $
er, treared us with the utmost humanitf
and landed us fafe at Hampton roads. \ <1
Thus were myfeif and crew relieved b*
the generoftty of a foreigner, when refufq
ed it by an American !—ln behalf of him 1
felf and crew, captain D’Vol, returns hist
moll grateful acknowledgments, for the\ 1
kind and holpitable treatment which they \
received from admiral Vandeput, and the
officers of the Asia. V
Copy of a letter from major De Buts , 'paff en . '
ger on board the flip Castor and Bollux , j
which failed from this port in December lajl
bound to Leghorn , dated Bridge-Town, Bar*
badoes , "jth January , 180 Q.
“I am sorry to inform you that in con- jfl
sequence of a very unfortunate accident 1
which happened to the Castor and Pollux I
file has been lo far disabled as to be entire* I
ly incapable of prosecuting her voyage di. 3
reclly to Europe, and that it became abfo. I
lutely necessary, for the preservation of the 1
ship and cargo, to get as speedily as our I
circumstances would allow of, into a 1
southern latitude, to repair the damages I
(lie has sustained, and to enable her t» I
pursue her destined voyage. This mis- I
fortune, as perilous as it was unexpe&ed, 1
was the loss of the use of our rudder and a I
considerable damage done her Item, &c. I
in consequence of that event. 1
On the morning of the 17th ult. all the I
composition pintlcrs which attached our K
rudder to the fliip, suddenly gave way and I
broke off at thejr shoulders—As it was I
blowing very hard anil we were under §
great way, we were in % moment exposed I
to immediate deftruCtion from the veflel if
flying up in the wind, and getting flern i
way, and from the violence with which |
her rudder (now fufpenefed but by the up- I
permoft brace) was beat against the ship I ;
and which threatened every moment to I
tear away her flern. Happily, and by |
great exertions on the part of captain Ro* N
ilis °ffi c ers, this was avoided, I
bo arch I hlve-noflTme
details of this misfortune, as the veflelßM
write by fails for Alexandria immediatly. ■
Suffice it for the present to fay, that after fl
innumerable difficulties with a make-fhift If
rudder, we arrived here this morning. |
To encreafe our difficulties we were at- I
tacked the morning before yesterday by a I
French privateer, who run along fide and B
attempted to boandus, having previously. I
reconnoitred us for 24 hours, and difeo- ■
vered our unfortunate situation. We Bj
gave, him a very warm reception, and B
fhouitd have totally destroyed him, if we I
could have fleered our fliip: he got ojf B|
with the loss of about 20 men, and his I
veflel so torn by our f’not which entered I '
her deck and went through her bottom in H
several directions, that it is thought flie I
could not avoid foundering in a fevr I
hours. We had one man killed and three B
wounded, and have received a good deal B
of damage in the cabin. We fuppfln: I
from appearances, that we {hall not be dt* I
tained here above a week. it
I have only time to add §
that I am truly, &c.
ALEXANDRIA, February 27* H
CAUTION. m
The money brought from New-U-«
leans, by James Elliot and others, (
which on examination proves to be
terfit, are of the United States papeMß|
dated Philadelphia, February I 79y u *§|
1706, April 1 797, and February
the 100 dollar, bills and marked A
red E. The 50 dollar bills are post not* 1
dated Philadelphia, April 179®*®*®'
B. The bills are well imitated, but
paper inferior to that of the true bill; .J|
signing hard to be known from the <
bfll exccot the C. in the' carter»
and Simpson are written larger and the
paler than in the real bill lome 4
are signed John Kean. cafil, * r '
The public are warned that arm
quantity of this paper is in New-
and coming on to the United •» : ..B
Two men who arrived here 1-
schooner Two Brothers, from fjm
were apprehended on Monday, *
bills of the above dcfeription
amination, one of them were difim V t
not appearing he had y fm
hi!l s , and the other (the »bo« l
; fames Elliot) kept in cuftodv If
. examination. * ■