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1:!0M TIK A JHOUA. !ITT I R TH ‘ FIRST. TO JOHN MARSHALL, juvjice or tim* united JjTatfs. jiji, The appe trance <'■ a kilter, addressed to you, in n newspape • is Calculated to excite curiosity cf the public, move than to flatter vo ur \ unity—and it Ales liludy 10 gi l >fy y ’ feeling:, than to excite anticipations cf pon , ~ sfeng to leave the slightest’ ptomise of p , asurt- You could have dispensed with the )i i.ior ct this add ess, wi iion* regret or nnm fntauon, and consoled yourself for the vatit of a proper appreciation of your virtues and talents, yvi, the fruits of their exertion. But yen have an equal tide to both, and the justice of the pub *:r will pay that tribute to your worth, which VO ur modesty would willingly decline. Youv curiosity, in, owes you a debt of grati tude for former favors. The addition of anew to the account, r. am rally pi educes a re currence to them, and * wi ,h to M**tle the ad <vfl amount of the whole-. I his, 1 fear, is be vonlth? ability of your debtor, because tbc A hole stock, cfnation.il iruliirivAiw and ronv-mpt v : uid be eunjt sled he hire the half ot your just cliii u could he discharged. But in the distttbulion of hat infumv and if testation which will certainly be divided among those who h ive long labored, with a jealous ardor, which nching could ah.; l **, and a patient industry which no difficulties could lire, for the destruction of cur republican insti tution , the subversion of our government, and t u erection of tyranny, upon the tomb of free dom, you, as a principal creditor, shall not be forgotten. If, sir, the exertion of vouv abilities b and hem confined to the defence of measures incompati ble with the spirit of republican government, or to the myrtcries of diplomatic agency, one of Ihe virtues , which most strongly marks vottr tJolitir.il i haracter, would have fiourisbed and died in obscurity—the invincible strength of yair attachment to federal principles. Your vorM enemies and br.-.t fiends, must now ao- Ivtiowl.dge. the fidelity of your attachments, and bear testimony to the uniform consistency of y tv condui t. 1 he wisdom of age, has confirmed and snne ti .ued the choice of youth. The examination a .fi trial of Aaron Burr t. v treason and misde meanor, hare furnished you with a happy op portunity, not only to dts lay thii hidden virtue to th: world, but oi exercising the endless varie ty of your talents. The superiority of your understanding, tbc force, f your penetration, the strength of vnur judgment, in r.omluctiui; the manoeuvres ot a noliucal party, hive already been displayed and admired ; while their application was de plored mid detested. Your diplomatic skill and crafty cunning, cannot he doubled by any who recollect, that you have passed even the nA'V£” of ministerial exercises. The facili ty with which you can “answer” the plainest questions vviut evasive obscurity, to conceal your opinions fern the people, whose organ and representative you wished to be, has been recorded in pages consecrated by the “holy enthusiasm” of exalted genius and pule patri otism. You have not lived in vain. By excit ing the genius, talents and indignation of John i ivirip on, you have conferred an unintended benefit on vojir country, and have added to the be nay glory of Virginia, a ray of lustre, which vtl! shine, when even the splendor of your talents and your crimes shall have faded for tiler. When \our volumes* of apology fr British insole . * and cruelty shall be buried in oblivion, lilt: *• letters of Curtins” will tell pos terity ‘ h % * uou existed; and “ damn you to ever iusimg fame.” Your ingenuity in the interpretation of the laws, and the discreet and useful management of that 4 -uniii i.V,vei l'd confided in those who ought tube the organs of the true intention and meaning of the legislator, anil the impartial dispensers of justice, have been reserved for an cncc ision worthy of iheir exertion by a chief insure the friend and lavoriie oi John Adams. An opportunity ol” doing an essential service t,> the cause ot federalism so seldom occurs, that it would he an injustice to your understand ing, to suppose that you did not instantly per ceive. and to your /.•; il that you did not improve that which the projects of Burr had presented. Ilut von have even surpassed the expectation of many 1 t your o\. n party. This, l attribute, rut only to the motives which have hitherto ■ led the movements of that party and your self, but to the operation of feelings strongly excited. Ido imt suppose that you weakly vi.,’tl to the effusions ot tenderness, or the ebul iiirts f p s- ‘.on, when they are opposed by you: schei’ judgment, but that, like a wise man, you orfy indulge them when it can be safely done will. ’ .;t counteracting the superior views of interest or ambition. It is natural, that men who have long labor ed to effect the same purpose, although by dif fn'cnt nu ans, should sympathise in their mu tual sr. iVeri'.tgs. wheat disappointed and defeated. A similarity of puis, tits constantly causes a a, irixivt of sentiments and feelings. A 5 , . illative diiVc.rencc in opinions is lost and •fitmUcn in the pursuits of a common object. V ■ nil-. leaders of opposed tac’ions can forget t- v*r..v, and unite their forces, to resist thecae. • of virtue, and to repel its superior power, when it thu*atens their destruction.— It i, not. th ei re, strange that you should he aIV ‘cd by the sutVeyjngs of \aron Burr, or should feel a disposition to alleviate them. N thing m more aptly illustrate the prin • The. life of Washington. O•* profanitat in.s ,’ -4..’ ciplcs otthfc federal party, cr demonr,lrate their ‘ designs fltan a fair exposition of their conduct towards Aaron Burr. The naked deformity ; of that conduct, has disgusted many who weic , deli h'.ed with the shining robe which had once ! concealed if. The worthy men oi that party, j who had been deceived by the pretences ar.d ! ostensible motives of men, whose real designs were not to “ give energy to the'government,” lutt slavery to the people, have been awakened fioni the dreams of federal intoxication, by the severe shock of treason. They have fled with the utmost precipitation. lor good nn nos every party v.ill unite in their detestation of an action, which, without reluctauce to party or to names, is in itse.f immoral, criminal and wicked. The spiiit which fired the breasts of the fe deral leaders, and the unhallowed flame that burnt the bosom of Burr, were seen to approach the sphere of each othei's attraction. The si milarity of their appearance was marked, the same in colours, shades and shapes ; it was ob vious that they veie only separated particles of the same body, and would immediately unite. Kverv atom of honesty attached to federalism instantly receded from the detestable union. Recollect, sir, the conduct of your party to wards Aaron Burr in 1804 ; recollect your own. Was he then their it tend, would any one of the party have then volunteered in hisdeletice ? Would Lee or M rtin have been heard as his counsel, on an indictment for the murder of Hunilton? Would you have bailed liim, during kin rrainination, for that offence ? What has Burr done, since the commisMon of that crime, to atone for it ? Wha. has been liis“ peace offering ?” I answer— treason a gainst his country. Ignorant of the Satanic services he was me ditating, and counting the death o! Hamilton a I clear loss ; they loaded him with curses and ’ execrations, whom they now cheiixh anc! de , fend, and within a few dav- have pardoned.t j You have eaten of the same bread, aid drank ! of the same cup, after solemnly decking the probability of his guilt; and the remembrance i of his former -ins is lost in the magnitude of jj his present crimes against his country.J The “small still voice ” of murder is not still heard amidst the shouts of treason. Your patty, vviih tlv warmth ol smccii y, shake his hand, stain ed, wet, and chilled with the blood of a former fiiend ; all sense of prior attachments, and the bl rkest criminality, are overwhelmed “by the tie of gratitude for bold attempts to divide the United States, and to subvert the government. The general character of your pat ty justifi ed a suspicion, that the projects of Burr would receive their aid, because the object ofboth was the destruction of our present government, i hat suspicion has been confirmed by their late conduct, which has developed the designs and demonstrated the tendency cf their princi ples, beyond the possibility of tational doubt. The conduct of the fiarty lias been the subject of common observation. Ihe distinguished part vou have acted, and the masterly manlier in which you have supported it, give you a ti tle to separate consideration, and particular at tention. A sepn l'c critique is due tothe chief jiigt'ler, while a gent ral rentalk is all that can I he claimed, Iw such pitiful puppets as Blenner husw'tt, Dayton. Lee, and Martin. The collected merits of vottr conduct eluting 1 the examination and trial ol B irr have not lail- I cil to make a proper impression on the public : mind. \l< hough many of the separate parts have j losffheir peculiar flavor, in the combined sweet* ]inss of the whole, the distinct t-iites ot the component parts shall yet feast the palate o r the public. In another letter. I shall remark upon your |i conduct on the examin tionol Aaron Burr for treat no and misdemeanor, .aid I solemnly un dr. lake to shew, th it you have rendered the ad ) min. x rut ion of jus ice mspeeted —that you have (ma lilcsted a fartiulity d:\graccfttl to t/le charac ter of a judg —and that you have prostrated i the dig .i a of the chief justice if the United hta’ . These serious charges will meet the atten tion ol the public, and will command even your consideration. It they arc groundless, the voice of tile public, hv hunoubly acquitting you, will condemn me. The severity of t uth will pro bably wound voiu feelings, and excite the ha tred and animosity ot your Iriends atul parly. But, sir, the best interests of the nation must not be sacrificed to the feelings of any man. I shall not regard the threats and menaces of vonr friends, nor an affected contempt, or an impudent and hardy dental of facts, by your self. Whether the whole of your conduct has been guided by personal considerations, private friendship, or bv party spin—ora determined hatred and hostility to the government and the laws, is not forme to determine. 1 do not wish to dive into vour breast Your wannest friends cannot attribute to personal enmity, or private pique; the animadversions of a ntan, who never exchanged a word with you, atul who, so far as he is acquainted with your private character, will beat testimony to its correctness. Kverv good man must deplore the blind zeal, the mad infatuation, which ha.e turned your transcendent talents against your country, anti tendered von a disgrace to the bench of justice, You might have been loved for your virtues, revered and respected for your wisdom, and admired for your talents ; you might have been one of the boasted pattiots of Virginia, and the illustrious benefactor of your own species. But you have chosen to be among the leaders of a faction, who would be as failhtul to you to-moi - f Nolle prcs*qul has been entered in Bergen county, Jersey, under the pica cf defects in the jndtetment. J At the ‘.tease of John Wickham in Ilich- BtOJ.'d- row, as they are to Hamilton this day, had t v ey no prospect of deriving advantages 1 om the use of you— a faction rental kaitle far nothing, but rancorous animosity, violent opposition to the government of their country and to the choice of the people : and for th ir daring at tempts, by intrigue and violence, to destroy the liberty and happiness of A'nierica : lA: must deplore in secret the choice you have made. It is not necessary to the establishment of my charges against you, that I should shew a breach oi legal forms : It is the spin cf justice, an l the meaning of the laze.-:, which you have vi olated and disregarded. I complain that only the forms remain. Even Brumley, Jeffries, and .Mansfield, as well as Marshall, said they res ted the forms of law. Nor will it be expected, that in arraigning you at the bar of the public, I shall preserve the accurate precision ol a spe cial pleader. If my accusation is substantially true, and plainly set forth, I shall he permitted to disre gard those technical forms, which serve only to protect some persons who uphold them, from the punishment due to their crimes. However informal the accusation, and dull the arguments may be, I shall be honored with the attention of the public, because the honor and dignity of the highest judicial officer of the United Suites, are involved in the issue. LUCIUS. Tenth Congress of the United States. HOUSE OF RErnnSENTATIVES. A Tender:, November 23. Mr. Jcr. Morrow said, that by the several nets for placing on the pension list persons who were wounded in the service cf the United States r.o provision v. as made far persons ‘.vourded on the frontiers of the United States cr elsewhere. Since the rev huh miry war, many persons in that situation were undoubtedly entitled to re lief. He therefore offered the following resolu tion, which was agreed to. Resolved, That the committee appointed on the sth irist. to enquire what compensation should be allowed for issuing commissions, giv ing authority to take testimony cr examinations relative to claims or applications under the act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds ii coivcd in the revolutionary vvar.be instructed to enquire whether provision ought not to be made by law for placing on the no riven list of the United States, persons who have received wounds in the sen ice cf the Unit ed States,' subsequent to tire revolutionary war, and who were called into service undeayany of the several acts of congress providing for flic protection of the frontiers, such persons having served in the militia, in a volunteer corps, or in the regular forces or tinder a special engage ment, and that they report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Thomas said, that by an act pas: afi in 179;!, the secretary 1 f war, the secretary of the treasurv.aC the. comptroller of the treasury, were appointed ronm.i doners to examine the claims, of refugees from the British provinces of Cana da and Nova Scotia. These - commissioners had made two reports on tlio e claims, which had not vet been finally acted on. At the ir s': ses sion thev were referred to a select committee, who reported a bill which passed this h use, hut was postponed in the senate. He now mov ed that they be iv'erred to a select committee. Agreed, Yens oa. Nays 2f. ; and the. folia ving gentlemen appoint.’ i the committee y ?*lcssrs. Thomas, Bibb, and Bacon. On motion of Mr. Poindexter, the home went into a committee of the whole on the bill to ex tend the right of suffrage in the Mississippi ter ritory, and for other purposes. Mr. Troup moved to strike out the first sec tion of the bill, e xtending the right of suffrage, as well on the ground of its being incompatible with the art I. b sos cession and agreement be tween the United Stat. sand Georgia, as on its expediency. The motion was supported by Messrs. Troup and Bibb, and opposed by Messrs. Poindexter, W. Alston, Rhea, c.f Tennessee, and Sloan, who contended that there was no doubt of the right of congress to legislate on this subject or of its expediency. When the committee rose without coming to a decision, an.l obtained leave to sit again. Mr. Mumford presented a petition from sun dry merchants of the cits ofNew-York, pray ing f t a modification of the duties on whale and • permaccti oil ;wh ch w.. . referred to the com mittee of commerce and manufactures. Mr. Blount said, that as chairman of the com mittee of aggressions, hy had received a letter from the sec etary of the navy stating, sane er rors which had liven discovered in the report cf the committee of enquiry communicated by the secretary to the committee, and bv them tothe house ; which letter was read, ar.d ordered to be printed. 11 ~t‘dnesday, A ovember 25. The house went again into committee of the whole on the bill extending the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory, &c. The greater part of the day was occupied in discussing the principles , f the hill. Mr. Bibb offered a pro viso, declaring that the act should not take ef fect till the assent of the ‘tute of Georgia shall have been signified thereto. This proviso was negatived— kv es IS—Noes 68. Thursday, -November 26. The house took up the bill for extending the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory and for other purposes, •when the proviso offer ed by Mr. Bibb yesterday was, after along ;;rl very interesting debate, which went fully into the principles of the bill, finally disagreed to, the t eas and nay s being taken bn it, 86 to 35 ; when the bill was ordered to a third read ing to-morrow—Ayes 73. Me-sr-c Bibb. Gardenier, Tavlor and J. C.lay supported the proviso ; and Messrs. Poindexter, M. Williams. Sloan. Key, Sniiliv, Bacon, Lvon, Rhea, Culpepper, Milnor, and Johnston oppo sed it. Bills on New-York, At a (hort fight, for I ale by James Sc. William Mae;ce. December 2 ?5. NAY/,L MONUMENT. It is with pleasure we. announce to the pub lic. t i t th i monument to be erected to the metrjory of the officers of the navy, who fell during the different a;tacks made by our squa dron on the city of Tripoli, in 1 has anivecl at Boston, in the United States frigate Consti tution, and that H will shortly be landed at iL* i.avy-yard, at this place. The cxp-ncc of this beautiful piece of r.cu’p mre, which, for grandeur of design, elegante of execution, and size, far excels any thing iff the kind ever seen on this side of the Atlantic, has been defrayed out of the slender means of the officers of the navy. We understand that the manager, capt. Da vid Porter, intends, in behalf of his brother of ficers, to present it to this city, only reserving to himself the privilege of chocsing the spot where it is to stand, and that Mr. 1 .atrobe lias generously offered his services in putting it tip. To convey some idea ol this monument, we subjoin a short though imperfect description. P base is sixteen feet square, and its. height tvventi -three feet. It is somposed of the. pur est white marble of Carrara, with ornaments and inscriptions cf gilt bronze. The pedestal is highly ornamented with inscriptions, repre sentative ofthc actions, trophies of war, £tc. See. . in bass relief, and supports a rostral column, surmctnited by the arms of the United States. Fame standing on one side of the pedestal with the palm and laurel, crowns an urn, which bears this inscription— Hit decor tefunctor urn ir. bcllo virorun cinrrea. History, seated at the base, looking back, re cording these events—Mercury, the genius of commerce, lamenting the death of its protec tors—A female Indian, representing America, with two children, bearing the fascia, explain ing to them the events, and four large bronze lamps, representing the flame of immortality'. On the pedestal appears the following in scriptions, in lettei sos gilt bronze *• Erected to the memory of captain Richard Somets, lieutenants James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and midshipman John 11. Dorsey, who fell in the different attacks that were made on the ci ty of Tiipoli, in the year of our lord, 1804, and in the 28th year of the independence of the United States. A flame of glcry infpir’d thorn, And Fame has crown’d their deeds. History records the events — the children of C lunbus idmiie, an J Commerce laments their fall. “ Asa small tribute of respect to their mem ory, and admiration of their valor, so woithv of imitation, their brother officers have erected this monument.” The monument has been imported in 51 large cases, and weighs above 15 tons. Th;.*. figures are as large as life, and the whole will cost above 3000 dollars, which is to be raised at the following rates of subscription. Com manders 8-0, Vvards-Room Officers glO, ar.d Officers of the rank of Midshipmen, &c. §5. The subscription, we understand, is nearly completed; and from the known spirit and generosity of our officers weave confident it will soon be closed. COUNTERVAILING SECRET 1 ,. We should certainly be warm advocates for such a measure, if we thought it would force the enemy to take the produce cf the Indies from us, and make Bonaparte repeal his res trictions. But it were well to consider first, whether Bonaparte himself might not wish tr, drive us into such a measure as that now re commended. Prohibiting all neutral trade, though it might not produce war w ith America, for it is clear that America will not venture to go to war with us, would greatly reduce the de mand for these articles, which America pur chases from us to sell to the continent. But it may be asked whether we are to be deterred, from these considerations, from doing any thing i Certainly net. America must not be suffered to be the carrier to France of the produce of the French colonics. Some measures too, must be adopted with respect tothe trade of the Ameri cans with the East-Indies. The subject is of too great importance to be dismissed hastily—it deserves, and no doubt does occupy, the most serious attention of government.’ ’ Upon cue point, however, all persons arc agreed, that a measure of vigor is indispensibly necessary— London Courier. Exchange on Boston, At short sight, for sale by Henry W. Hills. December 32—139 Jamaica Rum. Thirty-nine hogsheads sweet-flavored, high fourth-proof Jamaica Rum, for sale by Miller & Moorhead: who have a:. so cn hand, Muscovado and Loaf SUGARS, in hc.'slieatl* and barrels Ccgniac Brandy, Holland Gin, Madeira Wine. Hoc. Ac. Dec. 10 —138—j M TAXES. Defaulters are Notified, that the di gest for ISO 7 is placed in my office, where returns will be received until the 15th day of January next. JOB T. BOLLES, Clerk, Chatham county. Dec. 5* 1897—136. No(ice. All persons having any demands against th® Estate .of Wii.ei am Wilson, deceased, are, desired to render ‘hem in ; and tho- imieV vi, to make payment t > Mr. Joel Bridge. j-'.bcner.er Stark, Jx'r. De ‘ -mb -r 10—133