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BOSTON, O&ober 13.
Loss of the Ship IF ASH IN ; TON.
(Cammunicattd by ths C*ptiin.j
The Washington R. Beetle, mister,
failed from Alexandria towards Cowes.*—
P.ifTed Cape-Henry, AuguJl r;. Soon af
ter (he got to fca (lie was found to be very
crank, worked very much in her upper
works, and began to leak, which every
spell of rough weather very much increas
ed. Augud 25, founded on tlie Grand
Bank, the ihip then making fevcn inches
of water each hour. On the 27th, the rud
der coat was difeoveredto be gone—a new
one was made—the leak continued. Sep
tember 8, experienced a heavy squall,
could not lay too, endeavoured to (cud
under easy fail—the (hip broached too
with four u\en at the wheel, and was
thrown on her beam ends. VVe were
then obliged to cut away her mizen-mad ;
after which the (hip righted, fell off, and
feudded very well. Sept. 9, had a violent
gale from the N. N. W. with a very heavy
sea—the forefail and foretopmill ftiy fail
were split—the (hip came too with five
men at the wheel—the water was two
Breaks on her quarter deck, and the waist
and gang ways were entirely under. We
were compelled to cut away the m inmaft,
which carried with it the sore-top-mast,
and sprung the foremad. Soon after got
the fliip before the wind, and engaged all
hands in clearing the wreck of thi mtin
imft, fee. in which four people were much
injured. The leak gained upon us. The
pu nps were kept constantly going—Sept.
10, long. 22, 30, lat. 45, 5, was (poke by
the (hip Mary, capt. Luc?, from Bridol
for Boston, who afforded every polfible
alii fiance, but the leak gaining, the men
being debilitated by excelfive fatigue, and
there appearing no chance of saving the
veflel, conclude Ito abandon her. Took
out some provifi >n, but nothing else of
confeqnence, and went on board tlie Ma
ry. *Vlien we left the Waihington (he
had fix and an half feet water in her hold.
Captain Beetle returns his mod lincere
and grateful thanks to capt Luce, for his
humane attention to himfelf and crew.
FROM THE, BALANCE.
NEIV THEORY.
A writer who combats old eftablilhed
cußoms and prejudges, and undertakes to
.bring forward a ne v theory, has an arduous
and disagreeable talk. Mankind at large
are so fond of their old stea ly habits, that
any innovation upon them, is treated with
the ut,nod virulence *«4 ill nature. If
mv readers want any proof of this, I refer
th-m to Mr. Godwin. This enlightened
Theorid, for merely attempting to Jo away
a few old fifiiioned aridocratical notions,
has been branded with a thouland unbe
coming epithets ; and his works have been
termed the mod langerous and villainous
of the age.—lndeed he has but few friends
who have boldness enough to set their
faces againd the current, and vindicate his
fydem.
lan induced to believe that I (hall meet
the fate of Mr. G >owin ; but I hive one
confutation :—lf his fydem does prev iil,
it is certain that mine will immediately
follow : And it is equally certain, that no
thing would be better calculated to give
the lad polish to that date of perfection
which his fvdem contemplates.
Thus confident that I dull rife or fall
with Mr. Godwin, I proceed without
further ceremony to lay my theory before
my readers, hoping that they will forget,
for a moment, all old notions, and give it
a fair unprejudiced invedigation.
Mv plan is, that all mankind diouldlive
in a date of total nakedness. Delicate minds,
at fi-d may perhaps be (hocked at this pro
posal, and those proud beings who hold a
fuperioritv to a portion of their fallow
mortals on account of the codliuefs and
fpbndor of their dress will doubtless dif
approvc of it.—But liberty, innocence and
virtue, demands that dress (hoald be laid
afi lr—that it (hould no longer be mad a
mnrke >f didindion between the rich and
the »nor; and that man (hould in future
live in the world, as nature made him, del
titote of those emblems of tyranny and op
preflion—bets and ornament.
Nothing can have (o great a tendency
to promote liberty and equality, and ulti
mately the happioefs of mankind, as a date
of nnkeinets. How often do we fee the
mod servile homige paid to a gilt button,
a fattin ved, or a cambric rufflle ! How
often does the (lavish soldier cringe at the
fight of .a cocked hat or a military coat !
How often does the oppressed culprit trem
ble in the orefence of a judge’s wig !
And how often, alas ! has the frightened
finoer been didurbed bv his confidence, at
the aporoach of an awful surplice ! .
It is impo Bible that perfeCl equality
fliould exid in the world as long as a greatn
er degree of refpeft is paid to a fuperfinq
coat, than to a frock and trowfers, qr a
apron ; Yet this will be the case !
I' '
while these things are in life. Surely, then,
it behoves every philanthropic philofo
ph.-r, every sincere friend of mankind, to
“ set his (houlder to the wheel,” and aid
the mighty work of reformation.
Man, J allow, is yet too imperfeft to
adopt these things, all at once. His fpirjt
is deprefled by tyranny —his hands are
bound by oppreflive government and laws
—-his foul is (hackled by bigotry, fuperdi
tion and pricftcraft—his civil, political and
spiritual liberty is fattened in chains: But
when he becomes free— when he arrives at
that date of perfection so charmingly pic
tured by Godwin —when law and reli
gion are aboltUied, and man is guided by
reason alone—when the aridocratical in
ditution of marriage is done away, and the
intercourse of the sexes is free and uncon
trouled —in (liort, when mankind is once
. more in that date of perfect innocence that
it was before th efall —when the human
race have,wiped away, by reformation,
that shame which they have been obliged to
cover leaves —then that fig-leaf co
vering will become unneceflary, and the
fin of the firjl woman will be complete
ly retributed.
Until our fird parents finned, they
were naked : But after eating the forbidden
fruit, it became necessary for them to form
for themselves dresses, to hide their shame
and nakedness. Thus, fin and wickedness
brought dress into the world ; and the
foundation of tyranny and opprefiion was
Ulid in the garden of Fien.
MOONSHINE.
Fr om the Columbian Centinel.
Mr. Russell ,
The Editors of newspapers and alman
acs, are reqoeded to publish the following.
To raise fruit and fortd trees by a rapid
growth, dig the holes for letting the trees
at lead one foot larger every wav than the
roots ex nd, let part of the earth thrown
into the holes be richer than that which
was taken out, and the whole be well pul
verized ; the fird tender shoots of the roots
pading into the earth, thus enriched and
made foft, will have a quick and drong
growth, apd thereby penetrate the more
folk! earth with vigor. No grass, or weeds,
or any vegetable, (hould grow near the
tree to rob its roots of nourilhment; and
the ground mud be hoed two or three
times in the Cummer, five or fix feet every
wav from the tree until it has attained a
proper growth.
* By fnch culture trees will often grow as
large in fix or (even years as they com
monly grow in twenty, in the ufuaf
praflice of setting them in a small hole,
withyifw and crowded roots, and the grass
permitted to form a sward round them.
Indeed great numbers die before they
come to maturity, and the labor of the
farmer is lod. Few trees ever attain a
large growth that were not properlv cul
tivated while young. The farmers often
lofeten'imes the expense of a proper cul
tivation, in fruit, and in timber, besides
waiting mmv years longer for the produce.
An attention to this fubjeid becomes
everv year more important, as many old
orchards are in decay, and sorest trees de
crease in mod of the old towns. Nothing
more dronglv marks the improvidence
of farmers, than their negltCi to preserve
and cultivate trees. Bv planting sorest
trees, thick m double or treble rows, thev
will form a good fence , and alio produce
much wood and timber. Ts a more aAive
attention fhdl not be paid to this fubjeCt
in future, the next generation (and some
of the present) mud greatly fuffor.
CINCINNATI, July 29.
A melancholy accident, we are ferry to
learn happened on the 24'h intlant near
Franklin. The Circumdances as near as
we can colled from the communications
on the fubjed, are as follows :
A number of perlons amounting tna
bout fiftv, had that day met at Franklin,
with .1 view of fi'hing in the Miami,’with
ivhat is called a Brush Drag. It appears
that a Mr. Potts, who could not swim, in
following the drag over a deep hole loft
his hold with a view of altifting him
David Buchannan swam to him, but Potts
clasped him in such a manner as to prevent
his swimming, and they were both (inking,
when Robert Buchannan swam to them
from the fame benevolent purpose that his
brother went to Potts ; but alas ! was e
qually unfuccefsful—he was unable to
save either himfelf or them—but clapped
in each others arms they all three funk,
and were drowned together. Bv the ex
ertions of, thp. conipanv they were soon
foqnd and..-brought,to Chore, where every
means was ..qfed ;tO' recover them, but it
Kva& tqq latcJ- Tfiftir spirits Pad already ta
. keq tijtrtr .flight, to that country “ from
i jwhole bourne nf» tcayfllerjreturns ” John
, jPotts has left a wife and four children,
pnd .Rysbect Bnofiinrttn z. wife and three
Jfimli children to lament their lob. David
' Buchasnan was 5 yorng man.
NEW YORK, September 26.'^
“ WRITE, write, why the deV I
dont you write, JVIr. Editor!” What’s
the matter? “Matter; why don’t you
fee? The Jacobins are in power; they,
turn all the Federalists out of office—all
the old faithful (ervants are dismissed—and
a parcel of unfledged boys are put into
office! Why the government is turned
toply turvy. We are all ruined! undone!
Write, I fav ; write down the updarts—
convince the people of their folly—tell
’em to change their opinions—change the
officers of government —restore us to or
der—and ail that ;” —But my dear fir, be
quiet. Don’t urge a man to write, when
he has nothing to write about—A man is
in a dismal hobble, who mult write every
day, whether he has a fubjedt or not! “ A
fubjedt ! Why if he has no other fubjedt
let him rail—-and roar—and bellow—as
some of the printers do, oh both sides of
the house—and when they have no sense
to print, fill columns with hard names,
and nonsense."
Federahd-,—Aristocrats, Monarchy men
—Tories—Jacobins—Democrats—Bank
rupts —Rascals—Scoundrels !
“ Aye, that’s right—l like that fort of
style—it isjult to the point! Write ’em
down—the devil is in’t, if you cant write
Uiefe fellows down.” *
Now, look ye, my good fir; do not fret
yonrlelf. You have chosen a republican
government—you fay it is the best Jort of
government. Yet you fay, the principal
offices of government have got into the
hands of boys or fcoundreis. Surely, that
is not a very good government which puts
the mod important bnflnefi into the hands
of the word or weaked men. But how
will you help it? Suffrage, that inedima
ble privilege, the right of fuffrage, is the
property of the Sovereign people. To get
power, you mud go to the source. if
you want offices, you mud apply to those
who have them to bedow. How do the
Jacobins succeed ? They write.—True,
and they write lies ! but one lie, when it
has taken hold of the mind, is more than a
match for ten contradictions. This how
ever, is not the principal indrument of
their success. No, they go to the sover
eign people—fitVlown in their work-fimps
or by their fire futes—talk with them—
, flatter them—praise them—excite fofpi
cions againd men in office—promife eter
nal fidelity, like lovers—tell them their
taxes will be leflened, if they will just
change the officers of government —in
fliort, make them feel their confequence—
and a little money, here and there judici
oully didributed, may have its eftedt—as
to morality—why the end judifies the
means !
Prav, how would you court a lady ?
certainly you would not write to her only
—efpeciallv, you would not address her
with reason f What kind of a figure would
you make with your arguments, logic, and
the reasonableness of the proposed connec
tion ? If I know any thing about courting,
the Jacobins understand it the bed. The
federalid, like a good honed countryman,
approaches the sovereign people, his mis
tress, with a manly air, and fays, “Madam
you fee I am a plain, honed man, who
will make you a good hulband, play you
no trick, and take good care of your pro
perty and children”—Trie Jacobin puts
on his dancing school airs, and as he ap
proaches, smiles, squeezes the hand, and
prefies the lady to his bosom, and with
tender caresses, flatters, sighs and lisps the
Toothing tale. Now, my friend, which of
these will beaf away the prize.
As to writing and reasoning againd a
tide of evil passions, of what avail? A
Hamilton writes and speaks with energy,
and eloquence—a Burr neither writes nor
.speaks a syllable in public—and who suc
ceeds ? When, my friend, will men, cease
to preach to the winds and roaring waves?
When will they cease to compliment that
vile, ferocious animal, man, with the dale
honor of being governed by reason .
A plain countryman was told time after
time, before the election, that Governor
Jay had taken from the public treasury,
and applied to his own life, several hun
dred thousand dollars. The man can nei
ther write nor read, but he was told this
dory by men who wear ruffled fliirts and
ride good horses—men who, in ordinary
business, have his confidence. When this
lie is well riveted, it is not to be removed
by ao atlas of reason and truth! The lie
mud have its effedt—the good Governor
is injured, and the liar escapes for the pre
fen!; but probably in some future dav, he
in his turn is lied into negledt and absurdi
ty, by a frefli and fuccefsful liar.
But parties mud have their papers—and
hev mud he well supported ! How does
his operate ? Why to convev opinions to
>ne fide only. If the Federalids want to
Jiffiife truth among their opponents, thev
ifiud do it through the democratic papers,
lu the Federal papers, argum entsand fad
here they are leajl wanted. And this
| G Pfe certainly the fa<ft, w hen a paper is
'' In for the avowed purpose of fup
h<srtingV,p l arty J in that case, it is sure
not to get intf o the hands of the other party.
In truth, one such appointment as John
Bartow, Prevoft to be Recorder of New-
York in the place of the learned and amia
ble Harrison, does more to cure the people
of their blindness, than a folio of news
papers.
Yet there are times, when newspapers
and pamphlets are of excellent ufc. re
are real occafons and fubjefls —and Hw/n
they occur, writs with decency aiUw'f/j
candor. But an incelTant jingle of Barit,
names, falfe accusations, and undue par
tialities for a foreign nation, in some even
of the federal papers and pamphlets, have
done ten times more harm than good—
“ Remedio irritatur feditio,” fays the Ro
man hiftorian —the remedy aggravates the
inflammation.
Newspapers, would have double the ef
fect in counteratfting the evil designs of
bad men, if they were not eftabliihed for
party purposes, and only used occasionally
for the propagating of truth on controvert
ed fubjeCts—They are, however, valuable
weapons in the hands of good men, and
tend, in a degree, to counteract the mif
chief done by similar weapons in the hands
of factious men. At the fame time one
half their value is loft by an intemperate
use ; men often write as. well as govern
too much. No man likes to be fed daily
on the fame dish.
Thomas Jones,
Has Removed to the Store lately occupied by
Captain Richards, next door to Mr.
James Murren, where he has an
ELEGANT ASSORTMENT
OF GOODS,
Which will be disposed of very low for
Cash or Produce.
very rea/onable terms.
November n. {22.)
ftp* ALL Persons indebted to
Subscriber for dealings prior to the
year 1801, and especially those whose en
gagements are of several years Handing,
are hereby Notified that suits will be com
menced for the recovery of all such debts
as are not paid or fatisfaCtorily secured.
within a lhort time.
THOMAS CUMMING.
WHO HAS L.a TJ** V recsiVED,
A Variety of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
Which, with his former Stock, make a
pretty General Aflortment, and are offer
ed at Reduced Prices by Wholesale or Re
call.
November it. ( 22^
LOST.
BETWEEN Augusta and Bedford, a
bundle containing anew green Coat,
a Vest and small clothes with some other
articles. Any person finding the fame,
fliall have five dollars reward, on leaving
them at SAMUEL BARNETT’s store.
November 11.
"SHERIFF'S SALE!
On the firft TUESDAY in December next ,
at the Market-House, in the City of
Augusta , at the usual hours ,
WILL BE SOED,
Two thousand acres land, in the
of Washington, originally granted
to Samuel Beckcom ; bounded at the time
of survey, by said Beckcom’s land, Ohoo
pee river and vacant land, pointed out by
the defendant, John Garrett, to fatisfy an
Execution in favour of John Frazer.
L MALONE, Sheriff, , r. c.
November 7.
FURNITI/ R E
FOR ? ALE,
A SIDE BOARP,
DINING TajsCE AND ENDS,
BRFAKF'ST AND TFA TABLES,
BEAUNE AND CHAIRS,
Enquire at this Office.
fpj* Shopkeepers and others are
now notified, that they are not to trade in fu
ture with any of fudge IValton's Negroes, un
less they have a Ticket of Per mission from his
overseer ; as those who do , may be assured of
being prosecuted by
THOs. C. WALTON.
'■'fcj* A few Copies of the ORA- |
TION delivered 4th July, by John E. j
Anderson, Esquire, may be had at thirip
Office.