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i Augusta Chronicle 4c Georgia Gazette. rv(\T <xa -I m, ..., s“The eviLfhat men do, lives after them; } T _. Q ~ ~ „„ , » & 0U h The good»oft interred with their bones.” 3l ”* 3i ’ 18 **’ ««»•— V ®- 33 3 ’ LDS'if (B©©2)§ 9 S Hardware Cutlery. The SvibscYibc-Ts. IiWING formed a connexion with an *<*nsive mercantile house in Ncw-York, ve just received from that city, _ and s now opening l in Broad-Street, next or to the Bookstore of Wm. J. Hohhy, Esq a large and valuable Assortment of ’Taney and Staple Dry Goods, Hardware *u)d Cutlery ; AMONG WHICH ARE, OF f DRY GOODS, V ' Extra super, superfine and common tS<v|sloths and Cassimercs, assorted colors ; AignttineUs, different colors; blue and %hite Plains; red, white, yellow & green I ’ Tlannels ; blue and green Bucking Bai lees ; Rose Blankets, assorted, from 7 to ’ 12-4; Point do; black and colored plain, | figured and printed Bombazelts and Rat ttinetts ; Caroline or Circassian and Tar tan P aids ; black and colored plain & ft ! ijY.red Canton Crapes and Crape Dresses; black, blue, green and assorted fancy Ca (! es ; super London prints and printed ibrics; fine Cambric; plaid Ging is; plain and figured book, jaconet, brie and fancy Muslins ; corded and met muslin Robes ; Irish Linens, va ,s qualities; fine and coarse brown do ; Cloths, handsome patterns; swans ■n, loilnrtP* and fine white and print- Falenc a Vestings; buff, chintz, irni m silk and cotton and printed border sassimere Shawls ; India and German flag and bandana Handkerchief ; ;k and crossbarred Canton do; mad , pullicat and twilled cotton do ; spot crossbarred anrl white bordered Cam- I '■ Cravats ; linen cambrics and cambric idkcvclnefs ; imitation do ; black and tc- silk, cotton and worsted I/osc ; la i rod gentlemen’s blank, white, and ir'ed colored, kid, beaver, castor and r,lores ; sewing Silks and Twist ; ?lHack and colored Ribbons, various _ Wid Its ; elegant plaid garniture do ; Pins MJ) packs; gilt coat and vest, pearl and Avory shirt Buttons ; button moulds; do mestic Shirtings, Sheetings, Checks, '? HPIhIvIg and Stripes; fine and common Bed liS Hoicks; black tabby Ve.vet ; worsted ! ;’|pivirtß and Drawers; silk Umbrellas, dis qualities , fora top, back, ivory and u 'mocket Combs ; coarse and tine linen and nS *cotton Threads ; Cotton Balls; fir.esteam u'ptmrti Shirtings; Suspenders; an assort lV*Rftiei»l of Shoes ; rorum, imitation & real !: beaver Hats: I AND OP 1 TAarAwarts & CVallary, Guns, assorted, some very elegant; HGtm Worms; Trace Chains ; chest, butt, H and HL Hinges; Thumb Latches; “ ttrnnk, chest, till, pad, knob and mortice Locks; tea and table spoors ; p icket, pen, barlow, tw o blade, pear, prunning, to - : carving, dirk, desert, shoe, bread, butch r»- -cr and drawing Knives: Knives Sc Forks; at BazwsJ in cases; Scissors ; Handsaws; r’s handsaw and bastard Files ; Curry Combs; ill. Sad irons; "Waiters and Tea Trays ; Car ig, periter’s Rules; Squares and Compasses; oi iSanJrl Paper; Shovels and Tongs; cut Tacksand Brads, assorted ; Trunk Han ddies ; Wood and Bed Screws ; Screw * 'Pullies!; Candlesticks; Curtain Rings ;. "Nail and Spike Glmblets ; Nail Hammers; - Jewshafps ; Shaving Boxes and Brushes ; metalic Paste and Paste Blacking ; and ’f ten assortment of Brushes. Y ,5)1 of which are now offered at re a„.educed prices, w holesale and retail, for , a Or approved paper in this city ; an, Tfj from the advantages they will posses in the selection of their GOOD.?, having a purchaser constantly in the New-York ;„j market, hope to merit a share. of public ’j.,' patronage. Walmsley & Foster. December 13 if i cm Dollars Reward. » BUNA WAY from the undersigned, a N -gro fellow named TOM. He has been waggoner to Augusta, and is proba i n , blyjwell known in tne city. Th, above " i jewtard will be given for his apprehension. tL’ 1 J. T. JJcnt. ory j Dec 31 i ' The Subscriber r for Rent, for one or more years,.between; two and three hun acres River Bottom I,and, -in lots of bigftfty acres and upwards, to. suit lessees pCorn and Fodder can be had on the pis til'- piiffes. Also for saie, Bor 10 prime w'ork :uty Mules and Horses. For further infonna- R ’’tion enquire of the subscriber near the pre ic 1 fcalie.s, fourteen miles below Augusta, f Robert Jones. ui. janutvy 3-- Sheriff’s Hales. htTill be sold, on the first Tuesday in ’(f V tnircli next, at the Court-House in nPS jlhe tow n of Wayne; borough, Burke Conn iy between the usual Sale hours, _ ' Kiuc Negroes, (viz.) |less, Hetty, Fanny, Harriet,Edward, Rich mpd, Nancy, Hope and Jacob.—Levied cu % the property of James Polhill, to satisfy ■(help* l Execution in favour of Job S. Barney, .. on thu foreclosure of a mortgage. Ceil] S. W. Blowit, S. B. C. Dfe? 27 lawts noticeT iare, aJr IOUi JikSSLj persons having demands against >• the estate of the late Ljndsky Oolkmas. . are request' d to render them in, dwly attested, within the lime pre- by law; and ihose indebted, to n3'-v^a|Mpnymcnt. B, H. Warren, Adm’r. n *'" AUjtusta, Jan, 24 lm A. I? \c quit’s Crockery Store, BRIDGE no TV, Xo. 5. JUST RECKIVFD ON CONSIGNMENT A very Fresh and Handsome, Assortment of DRY GOODS, —coxsisnxc of— Brown Hollands, Shirting Linen, assorted, Masulipalan Handkerchiefs, Fancy ditto Ladies’ white tops sup’r black Cotton linse. Fancy Quillings, Fine wliite Flannels, Apron Checks, Jaconet Cambrics 9-8, 5-4 & 6-4, Fine Russia Sheeting, 100 Pieces Calicoes, late patterns, 1000 Pair Mens’ Wax Calfskin Shoes Which will be sold low for cash or ap proved paper. He has also a very com plete assortment of Urockexy an A Glass Ware, for sale by the crate or retail, on very favorable terms. January 10 Un * THE Commission BOOK STORE, HAS lately been removed to the Store formerly occupied by Reid, Wood j ruff, & Co- 3 doors below the Banks— And where he has a Complete Assoi ttiieul of School, Classical, Medical, Law £5? Miscellaneous BOOKS. XEJV WORKS LATELY RECEIVED Man ofFeeling, with the Story of Laßoche, first complete American Edition, Byron’s Works, new edition, with all his writings up to the present time, A Manuel of Chemistry, by Win. Thomas Bhande, 3 vols. in one, to which are added notes and emendations by Wh. J -.mbs Macneven, M. D —first Ameri edition, Parry’s North West Passage, Ten year’s exile of Madame DcSt^l. Xew Books constantly ivtfmnj Samuel Sturgcs, Agent. January 7 4t Deferred Articles. From the Richmond Enquirer of January 1. Etiquette, The following letter refers to some of the cannons contained in the sxsiem of etiquette, which we have some rea son to believe is observed at Washing ton. T he author asks » place for it in our paper, and we are not at liberty to de ny bis request. He says, “If you third: i ! would displease, where you would no 1 choose to give offence. 1 hope yen will return the paper *0 me. I assure you I have not, been d sirous of offending, —hut really think to some, they will prove to be disagri e- ble truths. Though a stranp;cr to you, I have taken this liber ty, the result of a belief, that you were the most likely person o attack the foliy of the times, without f. ar of the frowns of any.”* We mean to make no flourishes; but we certainly intend to keep the press as open as we can to public investigation. We certainly should not have se’ected in every case the forms of expression which he has employed for conveying his ideas. We have 1.0 hesitation in saying that the distinction said to be drawn at Washing ton, among foreign ministers, secretaries, senators, representatives and citizens, is, in our opinion, extremely odious. It ac cords but lily with our professions of re publican simplicity; if it does not squint a- a state of things butjlittle removed from the pomp, parade and false notions of F.u '■opeun governments.—The code of eti quette proposed for the government of these public junrtinnavics, has no doubt, as zealous, if not as many, advocates, as there are for the vinrnijicience, splendour, and supremacy of the general government itself We use (he term functionary; in 1 preference to the old fashioned one ser ■ vnnt, as l.ss likely to wound the feelings of any representative of the people wiio chances to pride hihiself upon being chris tened “ honorable,” 8-. c, *• Washington City, Dec■ 25, 1821. Sin—l have long believed it the best way obtain information.and fix it on the memory, in the study of any science, to ’ combine it with oilier amusements. I have therefore, byway of a Christmas gift sent you this dissertation upon the science now mostly studied in this won ' dentil place. , . 1 In the first place, I think it but just, to say, that things move on here much a(- > ter the old sort, without any thing to disturb the tranquility of the man of bu siness, who can, nevertheless, when he chooses, find plenty of amusement to be guile the listless leisure of a long winter night, by pracling a few lessions in the much improved science, almost new here, called etiquette; the value of which is 1 well understood, and called by that name, ’ by all who are skilled in foreign af fairs.” Easy as this has been, and pleasant as J !t Uset i to be considered by all who had their intellect sharpened by a visit to. E urope, or who came Irom Europe, or can talk French —this last by the bye, is the principal qualification looked to, in choos ing a man to go on a foreign mission. It seems of late not to be without its danger, I if the recent occurrences in this impe rial city, can be relied upon. But alas! every swnet has its bitter. • When I got here, I heard a great deal about etiquette, and applied to some of l our members of Congress for information on that sub ject, wliich seemed to be con dcred of so much importance; 1 soon dis covered they knew nothing at all about it- I then applied to the Speaker, who you know is from our state, to my utter amazement, he knew no moreaboutit, than one of his brother members.—l must confess 1 then fell a little mortified, as tliat is the only science of which he is thought to be ignorant I did not despair though, as I knew this valuable information was somewhere to be bad, I next examined the library, but not one single author 011 the subject could I find, I wonder how Mr. Jefferson got along without such a book. I then made an enquiry wherever I had a chance, and at last found the only document on the subject, was in the hands of the Vice President of the United Slates; who has not yet arrived, and of course, 1 have not had an opportunity of inspecting its “provisions;” but all I can learn 011 this interesting science in this The Senators a few winters ago, think ing more of thernselver than became men who had never been in Europe, and could not talk French, expected when they ar rived in this city, to be visited by all who reside he:e, just as gentlemen call on each other in Virginia. How could such distinguished men, make such confound ed blunders ? This was so gross an error in the Sena .tors that it required the interposition of the Secretary of State—oh! he is a prince, —his able pen soon produced that invalu able document, and placed things upon a nobler foundation. But as it was not for the use of the members” or “ laid upon the table,” the Vice-President to whom it was addressed, being a plain ho nest man as I suppose, as he is called in his own State, “ the farmer’s sou,” put it into bis pocket, where I exp< ct it is yet. Bat it was not lost upon ihe Senators, some of whom had been in Europe, knew its value, and indeed some of thi politi cians here think it the ablest state paper the Secretary of State has ever produced, and in point of wit, grandeur of design, and sublimity of its figures, mo&‘ people think it equal to his fourth of July ora tion. Did you ever know that it made any diffei trice winch side of the table a gen tleman sat,to eat h : s dinner? But I need not ask you about etiquette, you would bn. jw, tliat t-j cat your dinner with the Pre sidem, there is as great a difFernce, in getting chair No 1 and No 2, as there might be, inge’ting No 1 or No 2 at Ben. Tyler’s Lottery Office. Now it so happened, the President found it convenient to give a “ diploma tic dinner,” where all the foreign minis ters were feasted, and with them, the Se cretary of Sta<e—lake notice you don’t undeistand etiq ictte, for when all the .Se cretaries dine together with him, it is a “court dinner”—this “ diplomatic din ner” happened a few nights ago, as it is out of character to cat by day light,where all the toyal representatives were assem b ed in full uniform.—Mark the science— when dinner w r as proclaimed—that’s wrong—it was done by an elegant bow, just from Paris —Monsieur Padezvous,* being a! sight of foot as most of his coun tiymen, got the seat of honor, No. 1, at the right hand of the President, which greatly offended Monsieur Goddamf —the la ter gentleman; but in their own coun try, they are all considered gentlemen; made some offensive remark, which how'- however, did not then put an end to the harmony wliich prevailed; and in a reu sonble length of time the ladies retired to the “ withdrawing room,” and then ac cording to science, the gentlemen took one glass of wine, and by invitation from the President, rose to “ join the ladies,” and by line of science, walked into ano* ther 100m —don’t, that look military? The President, is tire title most generally gi ven, though one “ moral and religions,” gentleman, not long since, used the term “ His Majesty whether that title is now obsolete, or whether it Is only rising into use, is more than I could learn, as the “document upon etiquette,” as I have al ready told you, was in lh« Vice Presi dent’s pocket—there being but one man in the Senate, who has been in the go vernment from its origin, and tha old Phocion,f whom every lady knows, never knew tiow to beany thing but a plain ho nest republican, 1 had no means of know ing. Would not you think, gentlemen most likely to be in a good humor after din ner ? Certainly—gentlemen are never so strong as when their stomachs are full; and after a good glass of wine, gentlemen get rich and brave. Notwith standing alt these cheering advantages, Monsieur Goddam was still thinking about the lost honor, of his “master,” by his gelt ing chair No 2, instead of chair No 1: caus ed him to make a remark, rather rough for the silken ears of Monsieur ParJez vohs —whereupon they both in presence of the President, or “ His Majesty” “as the case may be” rose and retired to die large room next the outward door—a ■ noble place for athletic exercises—as I “ guess” sixty by forty feet square.— Monsieur Parlezvous, drew—not his ; swrod, for that, he only touched the hilt . of, with his hand—as 1 was saying, drew • his fingers all up into a knot, shaking ! his arm with violence, said to Monsieur , Goddam with vehemence, that he per > fectly understood him, he could not be , mistaken —and that he would not suffer - any person, (that lying jade fame, said, he used the termd Englishman, 9 but that can’t be) to insult him, France, i or Frenchmen so take notice, sir, I bite - my thumb at you.—Monsieur Goddam was n very “cool,” and told the gentleman, that e he was ready to justify tvhat he ted said, n and sir, said he, I bite my thumb at you— well he might, you know; people of his country, are quite “at home,” at that sort ot ph,y. Fortunately for the gentlemen, the re presentative. of the “ pot at that moment between them, and by the assistance of “Le Baron de Swede,”l probably prevented P , from,tak ing John Bull by the horns—which might perhaps have turned out another Water loo, as John is a young looking man, appears quite suple, consequently Mon eeur would have found a more difficult job, to have held him by tbe horns’ than if it had been his predecessor. Thus far, transaction took place in English, but as the balance happened in Preach, my in formant, though an eyewitness, not un derstanding that lingo, came away and left the gentlemen. It is said though, that the secretary of state, has been ever since negocialing a treaty, and as there is no more texasto cede away, it will not he material to the interests of this country, whether it is brought to a final, and imme diate adjustment, or whether it is put oil' until the 22d of February. I.ast winter, one night,—only for one night—Mr President or “ His Majesty” which ever term is used in the secretary of state’s in estimable document upon eti quette had a military guard at his door, which was thought, premature, however, “earnestly it might fiave turned out, it would seem to be; not altogether so much so. Nevertheless he was pretty safe, aa it is believed the secretary of the depart ment of Mars was there—who is “sa lalig, sa sharp, sa snia—like cheve o’braw” —he might dart through the gentlemen, like a small sword—and then you know, there was that big strong man, whom the president has placed at the dour of the treasury, that might be very good upon an occatson of ti-at kind—moreover just as the amusements were about to com- 1 mence, the Navy paddled off, bclievinga Frigate however ' well manned, had no business to run into the fire of three se venty fours and a Ra* ret Some people have thought congress ought to provide a military guard, for the President, to keep the peace, whenever it is necessary to give another, “diploma tic dinner; but others believe the Radi cals in the house, would be unwillingfo encounter the expense, as they are al ready displeased at the 100 lavish expen diture of public money, and the prodi gals could not succeed without them. Xota bene. Etiquette this morning says the gentlemen cannot go out, ((until fur ther advictS; but their attache* (which lb ty tell me, means tails;) may probably “ take about.” Did you ever know for eJc'u muiuuers, werftjt-fee »letric eels, to silt h with their tails ? But that is the eti quette 10 day, and whether it is a new edi lion of the secretary of state’s work on that subject, I have not learned; when 1 do, I will write you again, * Mr. Hydede Neuville. f Mr Canning’ I Mr. Macon. § Mr Poleuca. || Baron de Stackelbnrg. Three ministers and a charge desa ires. [From the Xationnl Intelligencer .] TO THE EDITOItS. Gentlemen; Some allusion having been made, by a correspondent of the Rich mond Enquirer, and appearing in that print, beto a private letter from the Se cretary of State to the Vice President of the U. States, n copy of that letter is herewith enclosed, which, if you think it relating to a subject of sufficient interest to the public to deserve a place in your pa per, you are at liberty to publish. Washington, 1 5tfi Jan. 1822. Washington, Dec. 29, 1819. The Vice President of the U, S. Dear Sir: It has been suggested to me, that some members of the Senate, enter taining the opinion that a formal visit in person or by card is due from each of the Executive Departments, at the commence ment of every session of Congress, to eve rv Senator upon his arrival at the seat of government, have cousiderd the omission, on my part, to pay such visits, as the withholding from them of a proper mark of respect, or even as implying a preten sion to exact such a formality from them. Disclaiming every such pretension and every such claim on my part, I take tiie liberty of submitting to you the following explanation of the motives which have governed my conduct in relation to this subject: 1 have invariably considered the govern ment of the United Slates as a govern ment for the transaction of business, and that no ceremonial for the mode or order of interchanging visits he.tween the per sons belonging to the respective depart ments in it had ever been established. I was myself five years a member of the Se nate, and at four of the five sessions of Congress, which I attended, was accompa nied at this place by my wife. During that time, I never once received a first visit from anv one of the Reach of Depart ments, nor did my wife ever receive a first visit from any 01 dieir ladies, except perhaps once, when she was sick, from Mrs. Madison. We always called upon them soon after our arrival at Washington, not from any opinion that it was an obliga tion of duty, but because we understood and believed it to he usual, and because we did not think it improper. We made an exception, after the first session, with regard to Mr. Gallatin, who, never having returned my first visit, was supposed not to incline to that sort of intercourse with us. When I came to reside at this place, two years since, 1 was under the impression that the usages, with regard to visiting, were, as I had known and practised them ten years before, that, as a member of the 1 administration, I had no sort of claim to a first visit from any member of either house of Congress, but that neither had any member of Congress any claim to a Hist visit from me—-that the interchange and order of visits was entirely optional on both sides, and that no rule of etiquette whatsoever existed, which required that either party should pay the first visit, or indeed any visit, to the other. in the course of the winter of 1817-18, two members of the Senate, for both of whom I entertained the highest respect, and with one of whom I had the pleas ure of silling several years in the Senate, called at my office, and informed me that there was a minute of a rule agreed upon, not officially, but privately, by the mem bers of lire Senate of the first Congress, that the Senators of the United States paid the first visit to no person except the Pre sident of the United States. 1 observed 'o (hem, that, us duringfive years’ service as a Senator, I had never seen or heard of this rule, I could hardly consider it as having been much observed ; that I could however, have no possible objection to the Senators prescribing to any rule of visiting', which they might think proper. Hut, I asked them if they under stood the rule as implying an ordt r that other persons should first visit them ? They answered, if 1 recollect right, by no means. And I supposed they viewed the whole as fair as I did, that is, of very little impor tance. 1 have, therefore, paid no visits of form to members of tire Senate ; and, although, always happy to receive and re turn the visits of those who pleased to call upon me,and happy lo invite to my house every member ol the Senate, whether lie had or had not paid me a visit, who would give me the honor of his company, I yet always respected the motives of those who declined paying me any visit, or even fro quentiog my house at all. I exacted noth ing from them, which they might think incompatible with their digni'y. 1 presu med they would exact nothing from me, j not within die line of my official duly. I ' soon learnt, that, if I should make it a rule to pay the first visit to every Senator at each session, the same compliment won Id be claimed, if not hy all, at least by a large proportion of the members of the House of Representatives; and 1 could find no republican principle which would to my own mind, justify me in refusing to the members of one house that which 1 should yield as due lo the members of another. At the commencement of each session, I have visited the presiding mem ber of each House, not from a sense of ob ligation, but of propriety. 1 have not felt it my duly to pay first visits to any indi vidual member of either House ; nor has it entered n»y imagination, that a first visit was due from any member of either House to me. If there is any body of men upon earth, for whom, more than for any other, 1 ought to cherish every feeling of attach ment superadded to every sentence of reverence, it is the Senate of the United States. Its importance and dignity', a one of the branches of the legislature, as one of the component parts of the Sll preme Executive, and us the tribunal ot official honor and virtue, cannot be more highly estimated by any man tiian by me My father had the honor of being its pre siding officer. 1 had, for five years that of being one of its members; and through every successive administration of this go vernment, from *he establishment of the national constitution lo this time, 1 have received frequent tokens of its confidence, which can never be obliterated from my memory, and claiming all my gratitude For every individual member of the body, 1 feel all the respect due to Ins public character; and there is notone member towards whom I entertertain a sentiment other than that of regard and esteem. If, therefore, the principle upon which 1 have omitted to pay them first visits of form, should ultimately finl of meeting their approbation, it will be a serious cause of regret to me; but, at all events, 1 hope they will impute it to any other cause than intentional disrespect to them. I take this occasion of observing, that, with my approbation and advice, my wife has acted upon the same principle with re gard to the ladies connected with mem bers of the Senate or House of Represen tatives, who have visited this place during the sessions of Congress, that i have pur sued in relation to the members themselves. She lias paid no first visit to Indies w’uh whom she had not the advantage of being acquainted. She lias received with plea sure, and returned, the visits of all ladies who have called upon her, whether con nected with members of Congress or othei • wise- She has visited her friends on the usual fooling of private citizens, without pretension to claim, and without being sensible of any obligation to pay, any first visit. She would have paid, with much pleasure, this compliment to the ladies of members of Congress, had it been proper, in her opinion, to confine it to them. But she was aware that many other ladies equal ly strangers to her, and though not immedi atcly allied to members of Congress, of character and standing in society equally respectable, occasionally came to spend some time in the city; and knowing it to be impossible that she should visit diem a!J, she declined (he invidious task of discrim inating whom she should and whom she should not first visit. If, in observing this rule, she has deviated from the practice of some other ladies, in situations similar to her own, she inis conformed to that whid% she constantly observed when she was her self the wife of a Senator at the seat of gov eminent. She then always called upon tie ladies of the Heads of Departments when she came to Washington, and always un derstood it to be the common practice.— Sne lays no claim, however, to the same at tention from any other lady 5 and having no pretension to visits of etiquette herself, thinks herself amenable to none from ci thers. She has invited lo her house„wi»h out waiting for formal visits, every lady of a member of Congress, to whom she had not reason to believe such an invitation would be unwelcome: and while feeling i! as a favour from those who have accepted her invitations, she ha* only regretted the j more rigorous etiquette of those who hive \t ' * , declined, in as much us it bereft her oft ba happiness which She would have derive 4 from a more successful cultivation ofthcir . acquain'ance. She would regret still more the error which should, in any instance, attribute her conduct to a pretension ofony • kind on her part, or to disregaid of what is due from her to others, 1 have thought this candid explanation of the motives of mv c n luct particularly due to tliosc members of the Senate who, it h s been intimated to me, hav* thought there was something exceptionable in it, i I submit it to your indulgence and to their j candor, with the sincere and earnest assnr , ance of my perfect respect for yourself and , sot them. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1 ¥it\<~ ' The Philadelphia F a'lklin Gazette 1 sterns to justify the Ktiqd ite at Ua*hjng ton; saying that the foreign minister* would tall into 44 squabbles” about preca. deuce, &c.—We cannot subscribe to this sentiment llecanse their courts at bome have these disttnc'ioos, must we have them ? llecanse, it suits the genius of their government, does it suit ours ? If they are ridiculous enough to fill out a* 1 bout rank, &c must we give emu tananco 1 to them ? If we do couutcnanco them it) this thing where shall we stop ? how mmy other sacrifices may not the system of eti quette call for?—Tile foreign ministers surely have sense enough to know that it is not suitable to the genius of ou< country tu respect such distinctions—that they 1 may dine with the President wt hou{ “squabbling” about u chair, &c. and will leal n to accommodate themselves to ouf customs and manncis. I,cave them to settle this dispute among themselves It is not our business lautnn compuneve I les, Was this eliqut tte established during tha days of 'h, Jefferson, nul did w. not get im very well without i' ? What President had more dignity with so much simplicity as that man exhibited ? Hut the question is not confine 1 to fo reign ministers, Etiquette is said to pre vail as to our own officers—the heads of departments, members of the Senate, of die If. of Rcprcsenta ives, common citi zens; that is to say, the good people of the U. S. who oeing the foundation of the whole power of the governmen , are said o be placed lowest and treated w« rse on ate scaie of etiquette. Does the Frauk lin Gazette justify this etiquette also treating senators us bet'er than presen latives—ami bo'b with more reverential courtesy than the citizens of the land ? Phis is another question—blit this oue al so depends upon another} what is at pre sent the fact of the case f Wha in truth , is the etiquette that does prevail at this time in the City of Washington ? We can not positively ascertain—though we wish iome disinterested person would under iake to furnished a sketch of it. The Dost on Patriot which specially takes Mr. Adams tinder its wing, has come out with the following defence of that gentleman—which it is but an act of jus uce in us to republish : Etiquette.—A wide” of a h Per to the Richmond Enquirer, who aims to be v ity upon this subject, labours hard .o have a side-hit at the Secretary of State —H's re marks would seem to imply that Mr. A dams had been the founder of a new sys tem of etiquette at Wadiingrrn. This is truly a stra. go mistake ; almost too strange to have been nnin enttuiial. it Is well known- that Mr. Ad ms bus made himself many political opponents merely by • disregard of etiquette, or as we should choose to call it, by his republican pluinuess. It waatbia republican plainness, and Ina contempt for a usage, wh.ch insti tuted invidious distinctions between sen ac tors and representatives in Congress, that that occasioned the writing • f the 44 letter** which affords such fine play for the bril liant imagination of our Richmond philoso pher. Unfortunately how ever for his correct ness, the “ Letter” was address-d not to the Vice President but to the President, who no doubt was fully satisfied with the republican doc-rims it contained. Mr. Adams is the last man, who ought to be accused of a disposition to encourage un necessary formality or ccr-mony in his official intercourse. They air* rei-uenant to his very na'ure ; and if he bra any fault in this particular, it is too great a disregard of wliai is cubed 44 etiquette.’* !|is honesty, integrity and republican plainness are ids strong.mids in 11k ass c tions of his particular friends, as well as ofthe American people. Since writing I lie above, we have re ceived the National Intelligencer oi lie 15th, whicit furiiishes the 44 private Icier from the secretary of State to the Vice President ofthe U. S.”—drawn out ofi.a obscurity, it seems, in consequence of the “illusion made by a correspondent irvtha Richmond Enquirer.” It bears date Dec. 29, 1819, and occupies wear a column unit a half in the N I. —Mr. Adams lays down as the rule he has observed : “ At the commencement of each ses sion. 1 have visited the presiding member of each House, not from a sense o( obliga tion. but of propriety, I have not felt it my duty to payiirst visits to any individu al member of either H"usc ; nor has it entered my imagina ion tlia. a first visit was due from a member oi either Alonso to me.” \ Headds that Mr Adams has ' w *’“tl HB'pt the same principles—Mr. /\- declares that he could 44 find .no republican principle which would, to my own mind, justify me in refusing to the members of one house that which I should y ield as due to mem* burs of another.”—We shall, however, publish the whole le’ter. Richmond Enquirer• Wanted, an Active Young Man, to take Charge of a hAR, who understands Dook Keephig-- at this ofliegj Jw** - v