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Grand Lodge.
Notice is hereby given,
/$ *k ‘ 4 *Lit rite Grand Anru vor-
J ' tS ‘ y sary and Genera! Ccm
*N’ ‘talT immicatioii of the mo-*’
‘.-*N ancient and honorable
*B\ cietv of Fite and A ‘Cept
—‘"'v ° ed Masons, in Georgia,
-.-*>.. will he holA-ii m the
Grand Ledge Rtwtn, in the Tila** 1 ' 0 ’ on MON
DAV, the 28th itv t. where th- Members of the
Grand Lodge, and the ‘ ,tv L,X, S C< ”
are notified to attend at ‘ oc ‘'* ,! ‘ m the morn
ing, precisely, in orde'; t 0 I' 1- '* <1 ' (l ,( > , cll '-i” |><
vdic-rc a sermon, si-table to l.u* occasion, v, ill
hr r reached by t'-c rev. brother ( loud.
All transient brethren, wishing to celebrate
the day, are requested to join some of the lodges
in live C'*/ 1
TICKETS tr.av be had of brothers T. Stew
art and Y. Penny.
By order of the Grand Lodge,
D. 1). Williams,
December 22—143 Grand Scc’ry.
Knox K Pope,
HAVE NOW LANDED, AND ILF SALE,
f,5 bblj. and halt bbis. Philadelphia Flour
20 de. Philadelphia Beer (Haines)
30 hhds. old Jamaica hum
bo do. N, F.. and VV. I.ditto
10 pipes Holland and Country Gin
10 dr. real Cogniac Brandy
0 qr. chests It \ son and Young Hyson Tea
JO bbis. and 2 Idols. Loaf Sugar
Coffee and Sugar in bbls. and hhds.
l’epper, Spices and Ginger, in bags
20 dozen w ire and hair Seivc-i
JOO piece:, be *. Cotton Bagging
203 do. do. Twine fur ditto
ALSO IN STORE,
9 Hogsheads TOBACCO.
December 10—138
Sugars.
Fifty-two hogshen s SUGARS, of superior
oualitv, 'received by schooner Independent, from
Marigalantc, for sale by
S. &. C. Howard.
December 15—r. —Uo
r rhe Cargo
Os the sch. Samuel Ik Jane, from Guadaloupp,
CONSISTING OF
Ji hogsheads? , IRIME SUGARS, and
32 barrels S
A quantity of COFFEE •
Is offered for sale by
S. lit C. Howard.
December 12—138—l
Ladies Mantles, &e.
A superb assortment of Ladies Fawn-C.olored
MANTLES
Ladies Satin and Silk PELICES and SPEN
CERS
Ditto superfine Cloth and Cassimcrc ditto
Elegant embossed Velvet TRIMMINGS
Are now opening on the* Hay, one door east ol
M essrs. Do din sft Baulk, by
>\ . J. Sc. A. Weyman.
November 24—131
gT& f. penny;
HAVE FOll SALE,
A handsome and well selected assortment of
Fancy an.l Win is r CHAIRS
H i;r, Cant and Windsor bOFAS, Bcc.
Just rove . ad by the ship Liverp ol Packet,
captain Par .'ns, from New-York.
AND, ON CONSIGNMENT,
Twenty-one casks assorted NAILS.
November 26 132
A Wet Nurse wanted;
For whom liberal w ages and punctual pay
ment, h) tin* week or month, may be expected.
Apply to the printers.
December I7_y—Ml
TANKS
Defaulters arc Notified, that the di
gest for 1307 is placed in my office,
where returns will be received until
the 15th day of Januarv next.
JOB T. BOLLF.S, Clerk.
Chatham county, Dec. 5, 1807—136
REMOVAL.
THU Subfcriber* have removed to the large Hone
bulHing, on Tavlor be Sca ►. b*ouou’ wharf; where
;hry are njw receiving a principal part ol their
Fall Supply of Goods,
3v the Ammuca, captain Nichols,anJ the* At iian
tu Hamilton,captain CALLAU.\N,from Liverpool,
and for laic by
James Dickson Sc Cos.
September £6. m 106
Thomas Storr,
H \VING taken part of the ttorcs occupied by
J*Mi Johnston jun. esq. beg* leave to tender his
ctrvicc* to bU friend, and the public, a* a
f actor & Commission Merchant.
Should he be , ntrullcd with the disposal of any pact o
their Crops, he* fla-ters himfclf by his alhdnity and unf
remitted attention to their mteretls, to merit a continu
otion of their favors. October 1—1(W
Commission N Factorage
BUSINESS.
TV!I fubferibrr having largo and convenient Stores*,
on tl'.c wharf adjoining James Wallace, efq offers his
Cervices to hi> friends and the public, as a COMMIS
SION MERCHANT and FACTOR.
Thomas Lawrence.
o;tJbcrß...ill
FROM THE AURORA.
LETTER THE FOURTH.
TO JOHN MARSHALL,
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Sir— You appear to have premeditatedly
formed a determination in the case of Burr’s
conspiracy, which all the ingenuity of your fa
culties, and all the experience of your life, in le
gal and legislative proceedings, were necessary
to sustain to favor him in any plausible or prac
ticable shape. But the difficulties in which
you involved yourself in the support of your re
solution, drove you into a series of peiplcxities,
from which you have not been able to extricate
yourself. Like systematic liars, who progress
from the commission of one dishonest imposi
tion, to the invention of a thousand, lo give the
original support ; from a momentary success,
become professional deceivers.
Discerning men see in the magnitude the
volume, the extravagant length of the opinions
you have given in Burr’s case, only a stratagem
to defeat that general spirit of investigation,
which brings public men, their actions, and opi
hioxh, before the eye of ttie people, lly their
magnitude, you are supposed to have calculat
ed to exceed the bounds of ordinary patience,
nr tbe powers of discrimination in the great bo
dy of the nation. And by the same means,
you saw that the multitude of opinions, howe
ver nincli at variance with each other, and wah
justice, would still affoid the partisans of Burr
•nd your friends, who are now considered as J
the same pat ty, a sufficient quantity of points j
of argument to oppose to others, which might *
be adduced from the same opinions, to counte
nance every species of public crime.
My obji ct was not at once to go into an ana
lysis of your opinions in detail. There is in
every human countenance, sonic feature
which strikes the vision at the first sight—aid
your opinions are of that ciiatactei. I have seiz
ed upon a few prominent features only ; and I
consider the task, which I had voluntarily un
dertaken. already finised It will not be sup
posed that I have stopped at this preliminary
of proceeding because I have reached the
last point of your partiality and guilt, but be
cause they need no further proof. They do not
give you credit, for that constancy of attach
ment which you have manifested, who sup
pose that you would desert your protege before
he hud experienced the ne plus ultra ol ysur
possible assistance.
To comment upon every evidence of partiali
ty and illegal bias which your conduct has af
forded would render necessary the introduction
of every opinion, and almost every obilum Mc
tum which you have pronounced from the com
mencement ol the examination to the time ol
Burr’s recognizance to uppi ar in Ol io.
The footsteps of your fidelity, may be traced
from the commencement iu the termination of
that gloomy path which treason has trodden
through the. da. k forest of iuw precedents , and
t H’ windings o! the barren desert of judicial
learning. But it is not necessary for my pur
pose. i bat you should be followed through the
frightful wilderness or the fruitless plain.
To men of liberal and unbiassed minds, no
thing mote than die statement of a few facts
was necessary, to support the charges which 1
have alledged against you. They would listen
.villi impa'hnce to a larger enumeration of!
shameful partialities, criminal abuses of discre
tion, and disgt .icefi'l prostrations of judicial dig
nity. With them, the detail of many facts,
proving the same thing, would he as supeiflu
ous as the introduction ot an nundred witnesses
to swear n court to the existence of a fact al
ready established by the oaths of twenty men
of unquestionable veracity. *
But “ there is a party” in this country who
will adhere to you, in spi c of the clearest de
monstration of the pernicious tendency of your
principles, and whose attachment will be cn
crcuscd by every deviation which you make
from the “ path of judicial duty.”
All attempts by the force of arguments or
facts to detach them from you will be vain.
Should I even follow you through the labyrinth
of perversion and patriality, the postal only of
which I have entered, thev would still declare
that you had been guided through ‘us mazes by
the unerring line of right and truth, and not by
the silken cord of sophistry and guilt.
With this party, a dereliction of the guiltv
docs not follow a conviction of their guilt. The
certainty of your sins therefore only serves to
strengthen their attachment.
The circumstances of your dining with a
man, the probability of w hose guilt you had
pronounced—your patient attention to indeco
rous slander, and scurrilous abuse of the execu
tive branch ol the federal government—your
soul-discovering lapsus tingute, about the wishes
of the government to convict Burr—your in
sulting the counsel of the United States, by in
cluding them in a general remark, occasioned
not by the ** unprincipled and unfounded” as
sertions off.uthei Martin, who was constantly
excited by habitual intoxication to the language
of Billingsgate, and whom you ought to have
sent to the stocks—but the expression of Mr.
M'Rac’s honest indignation.
Your perfect disregard to the dignity of the
court, in ne peering to censure Martin indivi
dually for his blackguard effusions of spleen and
brandy, and yet insulting the gentlemen of coun
sel on both sides by a general observation—all
these things, besides superior services in opini
ons and explanations of opinions, serve only to
endear you to your party, the worst enemies of
the United States. *
for these reasons I shall not comment on
them—l do not wish to prolong their feast, by 1
a father analysis of your conduct, so grateful
tothem, or to disgust the Forest, by adding
more instances in evidence ot your guilt, and
the degraded dignity of the station you now cc
cupy.
Could I however he instrumental in remov
ing you Irom the elevation which you have dis
honored by the reflection of your crimes, I
would still trace you through the intricate
windings of a trial rendered most remarkable
for screening a criminal and degrading a judge.
But, sir, 1 have very little tuiih in the effica
cy of impeachment, and do not wish to see you
merely Chased —l wish to see the evil you have
done noticed as it should be by the constituted
authorities, and proper guards setup.
You cannot, however, explain away these
charges, as you have done to defend the coun
try against the outrages of traitors and treache
rous magistrates—the meaning of a decision of
the supreme court of ilie United Sta-es, (until
now thought binding on the district couttsof
the United States) on a late occasion, to serve
a particular purpose, depending, no doubt, on
the weight of your judicial character, for the
accpjiescence of the puisne judges of the su
preme court, in your subsequent explanation.
There is, sir, a wide discrimination between
the perception ol a plain tiuth, and the easy de
tection and exposure of a sophistical argument;
or of a false but specious construction of tech
nical phrases and legal language. And there
is still a wider difference between the power of
performing the tricks of legal legerdemain,
and a mere capacity to discover tneir decep
tions. Although long continued practice may
have given you uncommon felicity in perform
ing all the juggie of a judicial farce , and your
countrymen have not acquired the practical
power of performance , yet nature has kindly
giicn them the “ common sense” to perceive
the dextrous deceptions of even a chief jug
gter.
You cannot deprive them of “ common
sense” or “ save” vourseif from its “ deduc
tions.”
There is a striking similarity in the situation
of the man you screened and your own——mo
rally guilty, it; common sense guilty, but not
guilty within the pretended limits of the con
stitution—essentially. but not formally guilty ;
traitors in heart and in fact, but not in punisha
ble appearance—remarkable for the possession
of great talents, and the perpetration of great
political crimes—for the actual enjoyment of
more liberty than the citizens of any other
country, and for unwearied attempts to destroy
it. Both attempting to subvert a government,
almost the highest offices of which they enjoy
ed—both delected and neither punished 1 !
Such a criminal and such a judge few coun
tries have ever produced. They seem destined
to answer the purposes of each other.
How different are these remarks, from those
which both yourself and Aaron Burr might
have merited, and which would certainly have
been made, on different courses of conduct, and
dissimilar applications of talents ! ! But you
are forever doomed to blot the fair page of A
merican history ; to be held up, as examples of
infamy and disgrace, of perverted talents and
unpunished criminality, of foes to liberty and
traitors to your country.
A conviction that these remarks are true,
must be painful to every “ American, in heart
and in sentiment,” and to none can be more so,
than to him, who, by exposing their truth, lias
only done his duly, unless it be those, on whose
bosoms detection or conscience may have in
flicted a deeper w ound.
I now, sir, take my leave of you, I hope, for
ever. In doing this, I will not suppress the
wish of inv heart—that you may soon cease to
occupy a station, the duties of which, I consci
entiously believe, you have not discharged “ to
the best of your knowledge and ability,” but
have used as engines to your country—
and that you may, in the tranquil shade of retire
ment, (if it can toe tranquil to the guilty) dis
charge the duties of a man, more honestly than
you have done those of a citizen, and in such a
manner as to justify a belief, that “ the most
reprobate will repent, the most guilty reform,
and the most haidened sinner be forgiven.”
LUCIUS.
HISTORY AND the fine arts.
Yesterday were presented to George Cly
mer, esquire*, and Dr. Benjamin Rush, as the
only surviving representatives for Pennsylvania
in the congress that declared the independence
oi the United States, fine impressions of the
medal, lately struck in Philadelphia, in com
memoration of that splendid event. Obverse,
a head of Benjamin Franklin, taken from Hcu
don’s Bust—inscription, lightning averted ; ty
ranny repcU'd. Reverse, the American Beav
er, nibbling at the overshadowing Oak of Bri
tish power, on the Western Continent. Date,
1776.—1'H1L. TAP.
PRINTERS* TOASTS.
Delivered at the meeting of the Philadelphia
Typographical Society.
The United States—A beautiful form of
18’s, imposed with such art as to fold without
cutting— May the constitutional quoins with
which it is locked up, remain firm for ages.
Ilail Columbia.
Admiral Berkley and captain Humphreys—
A ga/lovs for their suspension, and old pelts
for their night-cc/;? Pogue’s March.
The rival workmen in the political printing
office of Europe—Bonaparte has worked it so
as to get all the sorts, Roman and Italic , Ger
man, Greek and Hebrew ; and if the English
don’t keep a sharp look out, they will have to
set up their last half-sheet in black.
The fair daughters of Columbia—Lovely,
loving and beloved—May they be committed
to the care of none but regular workmen, im
posed in good furniture, and worked so as to
[ bring off good impressions,
Tenth Centre 3s of the United States.
house of representatives.
fl .dnetday, December 2.
Mr. Daw sen made the folio wing report:—
The committee to whom was ieferred, that
part cf the president’s message which relates
to cur military and naval estabUrlniients, ,\<*.
beg leave to make the following report, in part:
1. Resolved, That it is expedient to increase
the military establishment of tbe United Matt
b\ raising regiments of infantry , to consist
at ruen each ; regiments of artille
rists ot men each ; regiments of rifle
men of men each, and— regiments of
cavalry of men each.
2. Resohed, That it is expedient to increase
the marine corps, by raising additional
number of men.
3. Resolved, That provision ought t,vbe made
bv law, for the speedy equipment of all the
frigates and other vessels cf war belonging to
the U iff ted States. To render the establishment
more effectual, that ships of guns c idi
be built.
This report was referred to a committee of
the whole on Monday next.
A bill was received from the senate, by Mr.
Otis, their secretary, entitled “ A bill for the
preservation of peace, and maintenance of the
authority of the United States, in the pe ts, har
bors and waters under their jurisdiction.
On motion of Mr. Randolph, the order of the
day on the report ct the committee appointed
to prepare standing rules anel orders, was post
poned,
\Y hen the house went into a cot imittee of the
whole on the resolutions offered by Nit*. Ran
dolph yesterday ; and the first resolution bt og
under consideration, was, on motion cf Mr.Quin
cy, amended by striking cut the words, “ dis
graceful to the,” and inserting “in a.” A con
siderable debate took place ; in which Messrs.
Randolph, Nelson, and Elliot supported, and
Messrs. Eppes, Snfflie, and Holland opposed it in
its present form.
Mr. Eppes offered the following amendment
in lieu of the resolution, which the chairman
doclai cd to be a suosulutc, auu tuerciorc out
of order:
‘‘ Fur the payment of all claims against tho
United States for personal service, or for any
matter or thing furnished during the revolu
tionary war—and for placing on the pension
list every officer or soldier who has been disa
bled during the revolutionary war—whether
such disability lias been incurred while in the
ac tual line of his duty or not,”
When, it being 4o’clock, the committee rotfc
without taking a question on the resolution, and
obtained leave to sit again,
Thursday , December 3.
After transacting considerable business of
minor importance,
The bill from the senate for the preservation
of peace and maintenance of the authority of
the United States, within out* ports and harbors
was read twice and referred to a committee of
the whole on Monday next, (a motion having
been made by Mr. Bibb without effect, to refer
it to a select committee.) Ayes 77.
Mr. Randolph moved for the order of the day*
on the unfinished business of yesterday, being
the consideration of the resolutions submitted
by him.
Mr. M. Williams moved to discharge the
committee of the whole from the f itrhev consi
deration of these resolutions, on the ground of
the subject being already in possession .*•: com
mittees of the house ; the first being in his
opinion in the hands of the committee on claims
barred, ike. the second, cf the committee
pointed to revise the militia laws, and the third,
of the committee on that part of the president’s
message relating to military and naval estab
lishments.
After some conversation on the subject, be
tween Messrs. Williams, Eppes and Randolph,
the question was taken separately on discharg
ing the committee of the whole from further
consideration of each resolution, and each ne
gatived. On the first, at es 34 ; on the second,
ayes 32; on the third, no div ision.
Ihe house then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Basset in the chair, when
file question was taken on the first resolu
tion, without further discussion, and carried—
Ayes 63—Navs 51.
‘I he second resolution being under conside
ration,
Mr. Eppes moved to strike out the words
“ Btc whole body of,” so as to leave the resohi
lution more general.
Nlr. Chandler moved to amend it further, by
adding at the end of the resolution the words
“ when called into actual service.”
The amendment offered bv Mr. was,
after debate, negatived—Ayes 54, Nays 56.
1 hat offered by Mr. Chandler was then ne
gatived—Ayes 43.
Mr. Thomas moved to amend the resolution
by inserting after the words “Resolved,
the words “ the committee appointed to en
quire whether any, and what, amendments ate
necessary <o be made, in the militia laws, be
instructed to enquire into the expediency of
making.”
This amendment was negatived—Ayes 34.
On this second resolution and the various
amendments offered, an interesting debate took
place ; in which Messrs. Randolph, F.ppcs,
Lloyd, Chandler, Nelson, Thomas, Smilie, Ma
con, Newton, Alston, Rhea, (Ten.) Fisk, Love,
Lyon, Cook, and Dawson took part.
The second resolution (as originally offered)
was then agreed to—Ayes 66.
‘I he third resolution was agreed to without
a division, and without debate.
I he committee rose and reported the res'v.
lutions.
The first was agreed to by the house without
a division ; when the question being about to
he taken on the second resolution, on motion ot
Mi*. Randolph, was agreed to be taken by yeas
and nays.
Before the yeas and nays were taker., it be
ing 4 o’clock, a motion was made to adjourn,
and carried—Ayes 77.
Tiffs day the bill making an appropria
tion for the more effectual defence of the noils
nd harbors of the United States, was passed
in the senate of the United States, with but lit
tie division
This bill appropriates 852,500 dollars, for
the erection of 188 additional gun boats.