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and despotic power, they sure!;/ who revile ihc
former, must either hold the tenets of soxie or
other of the latter ; or, as is not unlikely, be
‘unknown to themselves, railing at their own
creed. Ignorance has adopted, and ilia folly
of custom has kept up, perversions ol a lean
ing to a variety of words ; of which, I suspect,
this same democracy is one. To do the Edi
tor of the United States’ Gazette the justice to
suppose that he is no aristocrat, or a favorer of
any other system of government than that of
his own country, I am driven to the diltmma
of concluding, that he has fallen into tj)e sad
delusion of not knowing the principles!which
he is bound to maintain. But when lam so,
this does not strike the reader with greater
wench r than to observe, that while he .depre
cates his cotemporary, and what he callj> demo
cratic, writets, for their “ drnunciatiommgainst
colonel Burr,” he himself denounces him, and
calls him “ a disorganising democrat.” The
■verv crime for which he presently stands ac
cused. How democrats should denounce
democrats, or how a man, while he condemns
an offence, should be guilty of it, must be all
left for him who states so, to explain. Our
courts, however, (1 believe 1 am correct to say)
cannot lav that heavy hand which he wishes
upon, this growing licentiousness. No autho
rity inferior to that of the legislature can re
medy the evil ; and when that remedy comes,
let no man say, “ I’m spotless.”
This much for the Gazette ; as to the Port
Foiio writer, I should have left him in peace,
to puff and cry up the wonderfully immacu
late coiiduct, rectitude, and forbearance of his
federal friends ; and, but for one thing, have
only said, that 1 sincerely wish that he himself
had, in fthese qualities, shone equal to what he
has represented them. When a man talks of
himself, or vainly boasts of his acquaintance,
it onlv shows his own littleness, and gives is
occasion for an ejaculation of pity, or a smile
<ff contempt ; but when he raises himself n
the expence of others, and bedaubs and vilifies
his neighbour’s character, in order that the ore
he has set up and assumed for himself may
look the better on a comparison, it excites h
one’s mind a feeling of quite a different nature.
Let any dispassionate man read the romantic
rant against democracy, contained in the pro
duction in question, where he will find “ tor
rents roar,” people “ reckless of desolation,”
“ jacobinic cannibals,” “ democratic blood
hounds,” “ scullion crews,” and “ dtemoniac
rabbles,” in the utmost profusion, and he will
feel something even beyond disgust. The i
principal point, however, to which I mean to •
direct my attention, is, to a refutation of his
tloody doctrine of retaliation for personal af
fronts. Were this doctrine to gain ground in
the minds of the people, and be held up to
them as “ consistent with he strictest legal
principles to what a pass must society, in a
hort time, be reduced ! Almost every body
possessed cf the least degree of humanity dc-*
precates the barbarous practice of duelling ;
but this custom is nothing, compared to that
which is here advocated. When a man, from
the violence of passion, either on account of an
injury done to himself, or to those whom he
conceives himself, from the tics of nature,
bound to protect, should feci so irritated as to
be induced, either with his fist or his cane, to
give the instrument or perpetrator of this inju
ry a blow, which is beyond the circuit of earth
ly chances to do him any material injury ; can
it be contended, with the least degree of com
mon humanity or justice, that that person is
entitled to draw coolly from his pocket a pistol,
and butcher him on the spot ? Do the laws of
the country sanction it; or do the general sen-j
titnents of the people countenance it ? Were
eiU- „r the case, this certainly would be a land
which would be avoided and fled, as containing
institutions and customs worse than the terri
tories of the crudest despot, or that of the
most savage Indian tribe. The servant whej
might conceive a hatred to his master, or one
man who might bear an ill-will to his neigh
bour, and wished to deprive him of his hie,
would have nothing more to do, then, by’ well
timed insolence, betray him into such an inad
vertency, and then plunge his dagger to his
heart, not only with safety but applause.
It is not to be said in answer to this, that there
is a difference between a gentleman , and one
who has not the good fortune to be of that sta
tion ; or that some people’s persons and cha
racters are dearer to them than that of others ;
for just laws know of no distinction of persons.
The poor, as well as the rich, come equally
under their protection. The laws of Britain,
winch, so far as not altered by the institutes of
this country, arc, I believe, also here held to be
binding, have for every offence provided a pu
nishment ; and it is there a fundamental max
im, that no man is entitled to punish his neigh
bour at his own hand. If he receives an inju
ry, let him apply to the law, and he will re
ceive that redress which is adequate to it.
The unfortunate young man who fell a sacri
fice to tha f resentment which was harboured
against his parent, no doubt committed a breach
of the laws in making the attack he did, and
was punishable lor it as for an assault and batte
ry’ ; but the utmost extent of that punishment
would have, been a fine, and perhaps imprison
ment. Instead of that, however, he suffered
the punishment of death. A man’s having
committed a crime towards me, is no excuse
for my committing a crime towards him ; for
there is no such thing as compensation admit
ted in breaches of the law. lam equally guil
ty, in such a case, for what I do to him, as if he
bad acted fairly towards me lor instance,
should I break into my neighbors houst and
£‘e .! his effects, would i* be an exculpation of
my ftfiei't r, in the eye oflaw. to plead that he
fc'*d jv ’ > ; T robbed 1 Ccnaiuiy no’.
“VYc v/culd both have transgressed the Tims of
; our country, and would mutually suffer punish
ment for our guilts. Should two men fall ip
to a scuffle, and one of them, being worsted,
seize upon a knife, or a hatchet, and butcher his
opponent, uould he rot be equally guilty of
murder as if no such scuffle had taken place,
or lie had never been struck by his adversary ?
Were it necessary, I could cite a whole cata
logue of men, who, for such a death, by the
laws of their country, have made their exit on
a gibbet. There are, no doubt, however, some
cases where a man is by law cxcuseable in
putting his follow’ creature to death ; but it is
only in such as where the culprit would inevi-*
tably suffer that punishment, were he then to
escape it—as in the case of a high way robbery,
or in the case of self-defence, where one is
certain oi death from his adversary, should he
prevail; as being assailed by fire-arms, a sword,
axe, or other such instrument of death—but
never in the case ol a caning-mdtch can a man
be justified for such a deed.
‘1 o observe how much the Port-Folio writer
here labours to make the switch of Mr. Austin
appear a formidable and death-doing instill
ment, is not a little curious. To answer his
purposes, he gives it a more fickle nature than
that even aset ibed to Aaron’s rod, or the change
able camclcon. At one time, it is a did—
“ he was stimulated with brandy, and armed
with a club.” Then, it is a bludgeci —“ he ran
upon him with an uplifted bludgeon.” But, at
last, it assumes its natural shape, andbecomcs a
moderate cane, selected that morning for the !
purpose of chastising Mr. S. for posting his j
aged father as a coward and a scoundrel. These
misrepresentations mark but too strongly the
spirit with which the piece is penned ; but
much more so is this spirit evinced, in the cru
el and unmanly attack made upon the feelings
of a father, already too much tortured by the
untimely death of his son ; for he is, in the
end, roundly impeached w ith his murder, and
declared to have his blood upon his head.
I shall offer no farther observations at pre
sent, Messrs. Editors, on this extraordinary
production ; but, should you give this an ear
ly place in your paper, you may, at another
time, hear from, Your’s,
A STRANGER.
Savannah , May 30, 1807.
TO FYRRHA.
HORACE, BOOK r, ODE V,* IMITATED.
“ QUIS MULTA GRACILIS.*’
What eflenc’d youth, on bed of blulhing roses,
Diffoives away within thy snowy arms;
Or with fnft languor on thy bread reposes,
Deeply enamour’d of thy ’witching charms.
For whom do now, with wantonness and care,
Thy golden locks in graceful ringlets wave ?
What swain now listens to thy vows of air?
For whom doth now thy fragrant bofora heave ?
Alas! how often (hall he curse the hour,
Who, all-confiding in thy winning wiles,
With sudden darkness finds the Heavens low’r,
And feels too late the treach’ry of thy fmile3.
Wretched are they, who, by thy beauty won,
Believe thee not less amiable than kind.
No more deluded, I thy charms disown,
And give thy vows, indignant, to the wind.
* “ Every word of this ode,” fays Scaliger, “ is nedlar.”
THE COMET.
Perhaps it was owing to the obfeui ity of the clcndy
weather, that the path of the comet was iod lad week ;
but in Delaware date on Friday lad, it. was did.nctly
’ difeerned without glasses, palling through the confteila
tion Taurus; its neucltus displayed a yellowilh cover
of the whole body, and a curvillenear obfufeation on
the lower limb refembhng the written capital letter R
...its apparent direction was south, though several of
the bed adronomers are of an opinion, that its tendency
is towards the sea ; the difficulty attending the regular
purluit of the track of this comet, is that itscourfeisnot
like other comets,in the apparently right line, nor ever,
in an elongated curve; but, contrary to all the laws of
gravity, in a zig-zag course, progrelfing and retrograd
ing in oblique lines, like the dream of the electric
iluid.—Aurora,
The quantity of Britiih goods imported in the Unit
ed States for a few months pad exceeds all former ex
ample. Various causes are aferibed for this occurrence ;
hut there are two very obvious...that the decree of ;
blockade in Europe has had its effects there, & render
ed it necessary to find a market somewhere. Another ‘
cause is, that many people who pofl’efs liith sagacity
as is attributed to rats, are quitting the ship before it
finks.—lbid.
On Friday evening lad, the plantations in the neigh- \
hourhood of this place, were considerably injured by a 1
hail dorm. Its ravages were chiefly confined to the
waters of Crabtree...Some of the hail fiones next day :
measured nine inches in circumference: It not only ;
beat the growing corn into the ground, hut knock
ed off molt of the fruit from the trees, and in fome places
the ground is covered with the verdure of the pines and
other growth, which it has left entirely naked...fhatter
ed the glass windows of several houles...killed iambs,
pigs, poultry and birds...crippled several grown cattle,
and done conliderablc other damage. The next morn
ing was remarkably warm, which is Angular immedi
ately after a hail dorm Raleigh Minerva, May 21.
“ Some difference lately occurred between
a corps oi Irisii volunteers and their comman
dant. The regiment was ordered to appear
before the inspecting general, and the colonel,
of course, gave the word of command, “at ten- ■
tion ! shoulder arms.” Not a muscle or a
musket moved. The command was repeated
in a louder voice—the corps was still motion
le.s - The general much surprised, beckoned
to a serjeant, and asked why the corps refus
ed to act:—“An’ / daise your honour,” says
Pat, making due obedience, it is bekays the
colonel and regiment are not on spakirtg
terras I' 1
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Savannah,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1807.
Aew-lork papers to the Itith of May, and
Charleston papers of yesterday morning, have
been received by the ship Louisiana, Peior, and
sloops Republican, Brown, and Delight, Coop
dr. Ihe ( harleston packets had but ten hours
passage—Capt. l’elor had 16 days.
Colonel burr’s trial.
On tlic 22d inst. the federal Court for the i
district of \ irginia was opened in Richmond, ■
for the trial of colonel Bi rr. Little else was :
done than impannelling the grand jury, and ‘
hearing the objections of colonel Burr and his •
counsel to the irregularity in summoning the J
jury, and Ins reasons for challenging W. 11. j
Giles and colonel Nicholas. (. hies justice, j
Marshall presides.
The following gentlemen were sworn on the ■
grand jury :
John Randolph, foreman ; Jos. Eggleston,
Littleton W. Tazewell, Robert Taylor, Wm.:
Daniel, jr. John Mercer, Edward Pcgram, \
MUniford Beverly, John Ambler, Thomas
Harrison, Jos. C. Cabell, Jan.es Pleasants, jun.
J. Brockcnbfough, Alexander Shepherd, James
Barbour, James M. Garnett.
I hc chief justice delivered a charge to the
jury, in which he enumerated the several of
-1 fences cognizable by them under the laws of
■ the U. S. and particularly defined the crime of
! treason.
Our last Richmond papers were dated on
Saturday. We learn verbally since, that the
trial of colonel Burr was put off to the latter
end ol the present week, owing to the absence
of general Wilkinson, the most material wit
ness. 11 gen. W. did not then appear, it was
supposed the trial would be postponed until the j
next term of the circuit court. —Petcrsburgh
lilt. JMay 26.
W e have it from good authority, that gen.
M ilkinson was to leave New-Orleans on the
15th ult. to attend the trial of col. Burr.—Nor
folk paper.
NEW-YORK ELECTION.
As we shall not, in all probability, be fur
nished officially with the result of the late elec
tion for governor until about the 4th or stli of
June, we now publish, for the satisfaction of
the readers, and the information of our distant
friends, the following statement of majorities
in the lespective counties. The returns of the
counties marked thus * are official; those of
the others are derived from sources which are
believed to be correct.
TOMTKINS. LEWIS.
* Suffolk, ..... 132,5
* Queen’s, - - - 251
* King’s, ------ 52
* Richmond, ----- Ifi
* New-York, ... - 134
Westchester, ... - 250
* Rockland, ----- 292
* Orange, ----- 223
Duchels. ----- 1050
* Columbia, ----- 206
* Ulftcr, 458
Delaware ----- 320
* Greene, ..... 31 fl
* Albany, ..... 861
* Renfellaer, .... 41
Washington, .... 800
* Montgomery, ... 128
* Saratoga, - - - - 717
Clinton & Essex, ... 250
Schoharie, .... 104
* Otfego, .... 724
* Herkimer, .... 47s
Oneida, .... 40
Jefferfon, Lewis and 7
St. Lawrence J
Chenango, .... 650
Madison, .... 330
Onondaga, .... 300
Cayuga, .... 550
Seneca, .... ICX>
Ontario & Genefsee - - 300
Steuben, - - - - - 100
Log a and Broome, - . 200
7908 3220
3226
Majority for Tompkins, 4082
It is believed that the official statement,
when published, will not differ from the genc
: ral result here given, two hundred votes either
, way .—--American Citizen.
His excellency governor Greenup of Ken
tucky, has received instructions from the Pre
sident of the United States to enrol as volun
; teers arty troops, company or individual who
may feel disposed to tender their services, un
der the act passed at the last session of Gon
; gress, empowering the President to engage
any number of volunteers not exceeding thir
ty thousand—to hold themselves in readiness
to march when called upon. Wc understand
this is simply a precautionary measure ; and
in all probability, the volunteers will not be or
dered out, unless the negociation with Spain
should prove unsuccessful, in which event the
services required, will lie ol the most active
and honorable kind. —Nashville paper.
A letter from Bilboa, dated March 24, says,
j “our chief purpose is to inform you, that some
time ago, in consequence ofan order, the quar
j antine was reduced to a few days, but unfortu
nately, soon after, an American vessel arrived
at Alicant, from Barnstable, on board of which
were found two sailors with the highest symp
toms of the yellow fever. In consequence, a
, severe order was issued from the king himself,
j that all vessels coming from the U. States,
should perform a strict quarantine of 40 days.
At first it was reported and believed generally
j that the cargoes could not b” landed, or the cep
-1
Ups permitted to visitihel-axavctto ;.but, upon
fcr.hcr informa ion, we w ere assured, that the
(jegoes might be discharged, and the niastci9
Unprivileged as before.
LITERARY NOTICE.
(COMMUNICATED.)
Mr. DAVID ALLINSON, of Ncw-Jerfoy, has
lately pulillicd anew and very valuable Syltem of
Gergraply,entitled, GEOGRAPHY AN AMUSE
MENT.
It is omprehended in a lettered case, of fevrnry
right cads, each quarter of the world being primed
in lettcrof a different colour. One of the cards U
explai sory of a play, tokwhich they are adapted.
Which nay rationally entertain companies of falhion
and thefirll classes. Its ret ult is, improvement in
the fcitnee.
Th is Work will he of high import to fehools anti
parent:, for the rapid improvement of their off-,
l'prtng, in a manner to engage their attention, anil
will render the labor attached to the study from
books light and entertaining to them, while it is it
great accommodation to travellers The literati in
i Philadelphia, New York and Princeton, 11. j have
given it their warm recommendations, and Mr. Al
linfon has already nearly disposed of an edition of
five thousand sets. Having heard of his being in
Chariefloo, for the purpose of introducing th s work
we hope he may adopt feme means for
the lovers of literature and polite arts in this place,
with fome copies of his valuable production.
Died, on the 2d instant, in this city, Mr,
James Allison, a native of Scotland.
PORT Ol’ SAVANNAH.
AIIRIVED.
Ship Louisiana, Peior, New-York, 16 days... Lord &
Flail... Merchandize.
Schooner Polly, Hays, N. Carolina...mailer...Corn
! and Staves.
Schooner Columbia, Hawes,Darien...Lord & Ha 11...
Ballad.
Sloop Republican, Brown, Charlerton, 1 day...mas
r ter.
Sloop Delight, Cooper, Charleston, 1 day...mailer.
CLEARED.
Schooner Dolphin, Gale, New-Yorlc
Sloop, Columbia, Beacher, Charleston
Brig Lovely Lass. Wheeler; (loops Fame, Tabor;
Polly & Betsey, Bowles; andiloop Eliza, Allen, from
f Savannah, have arrived at New-York.
Ship Mary & Eliza, Simmons, from Savannah, has
arrived at Kingdom
Schr. Mary & Francis, Drummond, has arrived at
Kingston from Savannah. She was plundered on her
passage by a French privateer.
Charleston, June 3.
Capt. Gunter failed in eompany with the Hoop Peg
gy, I .indegreen, for this port; and lchooner Jefferfon,
for Philadelphia. Left at Kingston, brig Eliza,
Stubbs, of this port, to fail for Tabasco on the 2d May.
On Friday lad, oft the Bahama bank, spoke the Frit
ilh armed schooner Dart, captain Warren, hound to
Bolton.
Ship Eliza; Batch, detained off this port by the In
dian Hoop of war, has arrived at Bermuda.
The American brig William, from Bordeaux for
New Orleans has been sent into port Royal.
On the 29th ult in lat. 32,78, capt. Almy spoke fclir,
Edward, Prebble, two days out fiom Savannah for
Jamaica.
Oil the 23d inff. ofr Cape Hatteras, capt. Scrrell
spoke brig Molly, from Havanna for New. York. ( ri
Friday lad, in hit. 3C, 14, long. 77, 30, spoke fchoom r
Eliza, 36 hours from Georgia, for the City of Walli
ington.
Captain Booth, together with the crew of the hri,
Littlejohn, of this port, have arrived at New-York)
They were taken from the wreck of that vessel, on the
16th us March lad, on the Florida reef, by the brig Wlll.
Gray, capt. Saunders, from Jamaica. About 90 barrels
of flour were also saved.
Off Cape Fear, on the 21st inst. capt. Chafe wav
hoarded by a French privateer, (pilot boat schooner)
who took from him a calk of hams and a barrel of flour,
and gave him an order on a merchant in this city lor
payment,
A large French privateer ha* been lately raptured
on the Coast of Africa by a Britiih Hoop ol war.
NOT I C 1..
ON the second Thursday in this month, applica ion
will be made to the honorable the Justices of tile Infe
rior Court, to admit John Mead to the benefit of tin
acts of the legillatute of this Hate,for the relief of in
solvent debtors.
June 4. ,57
PINE APPLES.
100 dozen excellent FINE APPLES,
Just Received and For Sale, by
C. 11. Fisher.
June 4> 57
Sheriff's Sales.
WILL he fold 011 Tuesday 7th of July next, at the
Coirt-Houfc in Savannah, between the ufu.tl
hours of la)*, all that plantation near Savannah, known
as No 2, aid part ol No 1, in Fail lawn tradt t contain
ing 136 acts, more or less, adjoining lands of tlir late
general Jatkfon; foreclosed as tlie property of Janu K
and I ranci D. I„. Homaca and others, to fatijfy a
mortgage die Richard M. William*.
\ Jiomus KoLcrlson, s. c. c.
r ,i
it CHARLESTON.
3T he faft failing .Sloop
Wilma m Brown, mart cry
will fail on sjnday next. For passage only, apply on
board to the iptaia. r 1
June 4.
PI AND IN) I) (IE. ‘
-pilLMer, of the GRAND LODGE of Omr
-L g|. and the refpedhve Lodges by their proper
reprtfukativts, are notified to attend at the Grand
Lodg'loom in the Filature,the firft Saturday in Jure
next, ■lO o’clack in the forenoon, being a grand quar
terly C mmunication. By order of the Right Wnr
ihipfii Irand Mailer,
). 0, \V Ilhams Pranc! Scffyir.
Wl'fi ‘ * £ .,