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ikozvkdge , presupposes an intimacy of com
munication between you and those
hardlyto have been expected, between per
sons, wftio, as you seem to insinuate, had
no confidence in each other. But admitting
the fact to be as stated, your letter gave
me the firft intimation I ever received,
that in a country boasting of freedom, it
was a crime, meriting either puifhment or
censure, to associate or correspond with
the “ public servants” of the people. For
tavfelf, though I have uniformly held the
■rara&ers of the late administration in the
*gheft estimation, yet having no peri'onal
acquaintance with them, I never had the
honor of corresponding or associating with
them—and my correspondence with the
Post-Master-General I believe wholly re
lated to the business of the Post Office
department—if it did not, my letters are
now probably in your office, and I shall
have no obje&ion to your making the
whole, or any part of them, public, as an
evidence of the accuracy of your statement
as applied to me—to whom, by making
the obfervation,you no doubt intended to
apply it—at the fame time, although the
infimtation of your letter in its prelent ap
plication is altogether unfounded, yet, I
by no means aflent to the opinion you
seem to have adopted, that in our country it
is improper for anv free citizens to cor
respond with the officers of their govern
ment on political iubjeifls—and if it is the
determination of the present administra
tion to deprive them of this right, I have
no hesitation in alluring you, I am one
among the number of thole, not disposed
to relinquish it. I have heard indeed, the
late administration proferibed as a political
fe£l, unworthy of public esteem—l now
hear it intimated, that to have aftociated or
corresponded wiih them was improper—
and hereafter perhaps, we may be told that
it is unjust to live in the fame country
with them, or to fuller them to live in the
fajate country with those, who claim the
merit, of enjoying exclusively the public
confidence. If it was unwarrantable to
aftociate or correspond with the officers of
the late administration, it must be equally
unwarrantable to aftociate or correspond
with those of the present—and then the
heads of departments in the true stile of
eastern despotism, secluded from an inter
course with the people over whom they
prelide, may confider their own opinions
as the ftaudard of perfe&ion, may require
servile submission to their wills, and may
finally proceed to aftertwith a high officer of
the United States, that any “ difrefpedt” to
wards them, or any deviation from the
principles they eftab.ifh, constitutes “trea
son and rebellion” against the government.
I have mod afturedly been in the habit
of approbating the policy of the illustrious
characters who have heretofore adminis
tered the American government, because
I believed it calculated to produce, what I.
saw it actually did produce, the prosperity
and happiness of the American people. If
to slander those characters by representing
them unfriendly to the constitution, is your
delight, I have no inclination to interrupt
your enjoyment, or to thare in your plea
lure—if you relolve to confider as your
enemies those who venerate the characters
of such men as Wafliington and Adams, 1
hope never to be included in the number
of your friends.
To relieve you even from sensa
tions “ unpleasant or distressing” per
mit me to afture you, that the exercise
of your powers refpeCting myfelf, neither
produces “ temporary evil or unhappi
nefs”—l with chetrfulnefs relinquish the
office to one more agreeable to the head of
the department, and feel a pleasure in be
lieving, it pastes into the hands of a person
who will difeharge its duties fatisfactorily
to our citizens, and faithfully to the go
vernment.
Your observations refpefting printers
being Post-Masters, are on general princi
ples, no doubt corred—the only objection
to them in the present instance is, their
be* totally inapplicable—and as you
mention, that numerous applications have
been made for appointments, by those you
call Republican printers, I hope few if anv
departures will take place from the “ gen
eral rule” for their exclusion, as I can
hardly suppose by the offices being in their
hands , an impartial circulation of news
papers, would be promoted—and with the
general rule refpeCting them, I should re
joice, that any one could be adopted to
secure to you correCt information. A let
ter from Mr. Milledge received here about
five or fix weeks since, mentioned, that
himfelf, General Jackson and Mr. Bald
win had waited on you, and that my re
moval was resolved on—of the determina
tion of some of these gentlemen on this
fubjeCt, I was apprized previous to their
leaving this state—hut well knowing, that
they could not pojfibly attach any improper
conduct to this office, and knowing their
desire for change, was founded on my dis-
sering in opinion from them, on political
fubjetls, on which, I claim, and mean to
exercise, the right of thinking for myfelf, I
felt perfectly indifferent as to the result of
their exertions—l think it however,proper
to men«k>n, that whether these gentlemen
collectively, or any one in particular, in
formed you that I was the “ printer of a
paper,” the information was not true —
lam not, nor -was 1 ever % the printer of a
paper, nor am I, or was I ever interested in
any printing-office, or concerned in any
way with any printer in the United States
—this, though not very important in itfelf,
may serve to evince that pufeCt correCt
nefs will not always attend that informa
tion which flows from pre-determinations , to
effeCl a particular objeCt—and to your in
formants I leave it to reconcile the vari
ance, between their information and faCts.
1 am with refpeCt,
Your obedient servant,
Wm. j. hobby.
To Gideon Granger, Esq. Post-
Master-General of the U. S.
HERALD.
A U G U S T A,
WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1802.
Mr. Bunce,
THE gentleman who picked up
the feraps of paper on the road, which led
ro the difeovery of the Robbery of the
Weftern Mail, was so obliging as to leave
them with me, and on examining them, I
find that the Mails from Fort-Wilkinson of
the ißch January, and from Sparta for
Wafhington-Ciiy of the 22d January,
were destroyed—the Post-Bills were too
much torn to difeover the number of let
ters charged in either—The Mail from
Wafliington for Savannah, in which bv
the Poll-Bill,there appears to have been two
letters, was also destroyed—there was also,
found the covering of a Mail directed, Au
gusta, but whether it was the covering of
any of the above Mails, and improperly di
reCted, or a feperate one, cannot be afeer
tained. There appears the remnants of
letters destroyed, (besides those from the
Mail for Savannah,) which were direCted
to the following persons : Henry Dear
borne, Secretary of War, Wafliington-Ci
ty, Capt. Benj. Lockwood, Cumberland
Tennessee, Col. John Milledge, Wafliing
ton-City, and General Wilkinson—it will
probably be fatisfaCtory to those immedi
ately interested, to make these circumstan
ces public. Wm. J. HOBBY.
Washington, January 19.
Yesterday, in the Senate the Resolution
of Mr. Brackenridge was further difeuffed.
Messrs. Wells, White, Chipman and Cal
houn, spoke against it. Mr. Calhoun is a
new member from South-Carolina, and
has ever been considered as a democrat,
though we have many reasons for suppos
ing him a Republican. We have witnes
sed but seldom a speech more fraught
with reason, with mqderation and lound
arguments, than that of Mr. Calhoun.
At the clofeof his speech, after having ad
ded many new arguments to prove the
unconstitutionality and inexpediency of
adopting the resolution, he offered another
resolution, the substance of which was
to have a committee appointed to fee wh •
ther any and what alterations are neceftary
in the federal judicial system. Mr. Cal
houn grounded the propriety of this reso
lution by observing that, for his own part
he conceived the direfl repeal of the law
past last winter as a violat : on of the con
stitution, that the Senate were themselves
nearly equally divided in their opinions
whether this repeal were or not, a violation
of the constitution; that ihoufands and
thoulands out of the Senate, whatever
might be their political sentiments, were
of the fame opinion ; that it appeared to
be the wish of those, who favored the re
peal of the law of the last session, to make
alterations and amendments, and that the
resolution he would offer would fubferve
every purpose wiflied by them, and would
save the constitution.
Mr. Burr then informed Mr. Calhoun
that such a resolution would not then be
in order. Mr. Dayton obviated this dif
ficulty by proposing an amendment to the
resolution of Mr. Brackenridge, by link
ing out the word repeal , and inferring the
words revise and amend. The yeas and
nays were demanded on this amendment,
when there appeared in favor of the
amendment Against it
Melfieurs.Chipman Messrs. Anderson
Calhoun Baldwin
Dayton Brackenridge
D. Foster Brown
Hillhoufe Cocke
Howard Ellery
Jon. Mason T. Foster
Morris Franklin
Olcott Jackson
Sheale Logan
Tracy S. T. Mason
Wells Nicholas
White 13 Stone
Sumpter
Wright 15
On the main question, whether the re
solution ftiould be agreed to, the yeas and
nays were exa&ly reversed.
For the present we (hall only fay, that
we conceive it to have been highly honor
ary to Mr. Calhoun to have wa(hed his
hands from this murder of the constitu
tion : the amendments to the resolution
would have answered every purpofe,pre
tended to be wished by the advocates of the
resolution, yet it was rejected. The con
stitution is now a mere old woman’s (lory;
its evanescent authority will soon be for
gotten.
A bill must be brought in to repeal the
law of the last fellion, which will probably
undergo much debate in the Senate, and
more in the house, the expense of which
to the United States will probably be
three times as much as the prctendedly
unnecessary expences of the newly esta
blished Judiciary—We forbear at present.
—-The time will soon be here when such
comments on this funeral of our constitu
tion will be read, as are written in blood.
\WaJh. Fed.
MELEO ROLOGICAL
‘ Observations for December , ißor.
Made in Waynesborough.
Farenheit’s Thermometer.
Mean temperature at 7 A. M. 40
at 12 56
at 5 P. M. 58
For the month, 50^
Hotted day, December 14, 74
Coldest day, December 7, 27
Os forty observations on the
weather, 24 Clear,
IO Cloudy ,
6 Rain.
DANCING SCHOOL.
MR. BORII, refpeftfully informs the
Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta,
that his second quarter will commence on
the 25th instant, at Mr. Afliton’s Assem
bly Room, when he particularly requests
hose parents who intend to favor him
with the tuition of their children this sea
son, to fend them on that day, as there is
an inconvenience in admitting new scho
lars after the commencement of the school.
fc? For terms, apply to Mr. Borii, at
Mr. Ashton’s
February 3. (34.)
HENRY G. WALKER,
HAVING taken the Dwelling House
lately occupied by Mr. Memora
ble Walker, and the large Red House
nearly opposite thereto, in the town of
Petersburg —Has opened a BOARD
ING-HOUSE in the former, where,
he will accommodate travellers and
TOWN boarders, and in the latter he in
tends keeping a PUBLIC TAVERN.
The distance between the two houles
will entirely remedy the inconvenience,
od disagreeableness too often experienced
where a Boarding-House and Tavern are
aflbciated together. He therefore hopes,
that those who may call on him, will find
a reception for themselves and Horses, to
thsir liking.
Peter(burg, Georgia , January 29.
gardenTseeds^
THE Subscriber having taken up his
residence ir. Augusta, as Market-
Gardener, and the laving of Seeds be
ing a branch of his profelfion, intends from
time to time, both to import and save feeds
of the very best kinds.
He confiders it a duty he owes to him
felf and fellow-citizens, to remind them of
the numberlels impositions that for some
years past have taken place in this city, by
sale of Garden feeds, which from their age
or the inexperience of the colleftors, have
either not vegitated or else produced a de
generated offspring, by which the public
have been much difeouraged in the culti
vation of Gardens.—The fubferiber him
felf has not escaped these impositions
To remedy this evil he offers for sale a
small affortment* of SEEDS, collefted
from his own plants last summer, the
kinds and qualities of which he can war
rant to be equal if not superior to any
ever saved in this state.
ROBERT SQUIBB.
(JT The Garden feeds are to be had at the (lores
ofMeflTrs. Moore and Co. Capt. Keneday’s, and
alfoat Mr. Tate* and Mrs. Powers’ near the Mar
ket.
February 3. (34 )
Thos. Me. C. Harris,
HAS IMPORTED
In the Ship Birmingham Packet, from Lon*
don, per Charleftm , and Brig Princtfs
Royal from Glasgow, per Savannah;
A NEW SUPPLY OF
GOO 33 S*
—n z. —
i Box Table and Desert Knives
ar.d Forks with carvers,
i Hogfhcad Japaned Ware, confiding
of quart and pint Jacks, half pint
Tumblers and Nutmeg Graters,
i Case Belt mixt Pins,
i Case Pocket Flasks,
3 Cases Ladies Hats,
i Calk Sein and Shop Twine,
i Trunk London made Boots and fine
Dress Shoes,
20 dozen blue Romal Hankerchiefs,
15 ditto black Silk Barcelona ditto,
15 ditto Silk and Cotton Brakes,
1 Trunk Cotton & Worfttd Hi.fiery,
1 Box Cotton Trimiug and Tnread
Fringe,
1 ditto Windsor Soap,
10 Casks Bottled Porter,
1 Case Mustard,
1 ditto Books and Stationary,
Black and Coloured Crape,
Bombazine,
Ladies Silk Gloves,
Ditto Kid Sandals, embroidered with
Gold and Silver,
Ounce Thread,
Shirt Buttons,
Sewing Silk and Ferret.
—ON HAND—
Port and Sherry Wine,
Hyfon Tea and Loaf Sugar.
Which he offers for sale, at his usual low
prices.
February 3. (34.
GEORGIA, 7
Green County. )
PERSONALLY came before me John
Tindell, and on oath depofeth, that
he never was a fubferibing witness to a
note which is said to be given by Major
John Powers of this countv, which is for
one hundred dollars, to Wm. Campbell,
and I never in my life witnessed any such
note, and therefore if there is such a note
in existence withmy signature as a witness,
it must be a forgery. The note is said to
be dated in January, 1796.
Sworn to and fubferibed before me this
twenty-fix of September 1801.
JOHN TINDELL.
Teftr
ROBT. GRIER, J. P.
WHEREAS in January ninety-fix,
William Campbell, of Green
county, forged a note on me for one hun
dred dollars, and did the like on many oth
er of our neighbours—which I am’told
that Doftor Sims, has the said forged note
in his pofleffion, therefore I do forwarn
any person that may have the said note,
not to trade it off, and I do caution all
other persons from trading for the above
note, as it i» a forged one for which I dont
mean paying.
JOHN POWERS.
N. B. Dost. Sims, lives in Warren
County.
Green county, Oft. 2, 1801.
GEORGIA, Richmond County.
WHEREAS Mary Wingate, has ap
plied to me for letters of adminis
tration, on the estate of Isaac Wingate,
deceased : These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said deceased, to be and
appear at a Court of Ordinary, to be held
in and for the county aforefaid, on the
firft Monday in March next, then and
there to {hew cause (if any they have)
why letters of administration should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and seal , at office ,
this 13 th day of January 1802, and
of the American Independence the
twenty-sixth.
GEO. WATKINS, Cl'k.
I THE SUBSCRIBER,
NFORMS his friends and the public,
that he has taken the convenient two story
House, corner of Reynold and M‘lntofh-
Streets, formerly occupied by Mr. Dread
zil Pace, where he intends keeping a gen
teel BOARDING HOUSE, and where
travellers may be agreeably accommodat
ed. He also informs the citizens of Au
gusta, that he has erefted a Billard Table
in the fame house, and being well fuppli
yed with the belt of liquors, he flatters him
felf, from due attention, he will merit the
patronage of the public.
ANTHONY BLACHE.
