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and fri e rnquiry, faith he, 3re the on*
1y ctfc&ual agent* igainll error. Give a loole to ihenn,
they will support the true religion by briioinc every
false one to their tribunal, to the tell of their invefli
gstion They are the natural enemies of error, and
ot error oifly. Had not the Roman government per
mitred free enquiry Chrinianity could never hove
been introduced. Had not free enquiry been indvlW
ed at the era of the r formation the corruption* of
Chridianity could not have been purre \ away.” ! hat
i? to fay. the reafonab'enefs of Christianity was so glo
rionflv rrfplendanc that irconfounde’ the wtidom o f
heathen philosophy, and dilfipatcrd the daiknds of
papal fuperftit'ion
1 am. fir with due refpeft,
Your obedient humble fervent, JOHN GE.MMIL.
Mr. Them as Pair.e , IVaflAnvto*.
* Thcrcas Jeifcrf.m. + Mores on Virginia.
Trent the Aurora.
THE YAZOO SPECULATION.
This fubje#, hid ion? kept open the flood
of fraud ard speculation, and by the
enormity of corruption in which ir was ton
ccivcd and executed, raft a dtep fhadeof dfi
honor over the whole American nation ; thar
difhorxr was wiped away from the nation a r d
fixed upon t e authors and abettors of the ig
nominy by a febf quent a<sl of public juflice,
by the bold and signal acl of the Georgia !c
----giflauitc which decreed t'e annihilation of
the records of the dilhnnorabJc tranfadion.—
Congress at the last ieffion, having a&ed up
on this fubjtd so as to re drr jufiice to thole
who hud been the iin'ulpr <sti: g vidhrrs of th<
the tide ol iniquitous speculation
.b;ing now checked in that Quarter, we think
.it proper to g.ve a (ketch of the I p/tech of ge
neral Jcukfon in the senate of the United States
on the iobjeand,
.house in committee of the whole on the bill
for difpefing of lands of ihe U. S, south of
Tenntflre. General Jatklon had movtd an
smendmtnt to t! e hill for appropriating as
much of the five n ill ions relcrve as congeh
ri ijL’ht deem fit to provide fur quieting what
was termed Y zco ciaiu s. To this mr.
Clnvon mevtd a fqtthcr amendrrtnr—the
purport of which will He undtrficod Iron
general Jarkdbns fpeccn which v.e give, at
well to guard the public sgHi fl further Ipe
culations, as to nr cord the t ds which ;t con
taing, anti which will-one aay form a cunoui
par: cf our hilt cry.
Mr. Prefideot—Although I do not fee the
neceflity of the pro poled amendment off. red
by the gentleman from New-York, to the one
I cave had the honor to propoi'e to rhe bill, h
barely referring back to the fame commilFion
ers he fame duty, and may he followed bv the
fa ne opinion \ yet as ge.nt.emen aie delirous
of it, I lhall not particularly oppose it—But 1
beg to be underftoad that I am op pole and now,
and fhati be at any future day, to give those
applicants the millions which the report con
templates —the report i tie If, does not warran:
ic—it declares the whole of die Yax.o Irmifac
tion robe one of the n oil abominably corrupt
th:t ever flained the annals of any country
the Mifliftippi scheme for which die celebrated
law tufhrcd dilgrace, was not half so atroci
ous, and the south tea fchen.e of si 2 1, com
pared with the Yazoo fptculation w;:s a mere
bagatede. Some members of the British par-,
Lament were it is true concerned in that bub
bly and their ellatcs paid for if. But here,
nr, was a legislature, a large majority of whofc
members were bribed to barter the rights of
poflerity, and in cum bribed each other. The
world has never ften such coci profligacy,and
I hope never will again, Shuii we encourage
future lpeculation on those rights, by reward
ing the ptrfons who have aded thus ? J mull
be permitted howev r, in the face of the lenar*
to congratulate my country, (Georgia) on the
report of the commiffiohtrs \ her con. u£t is
juftified, and htr honor returned unftainec
to her. It appears by that report that the
name of but one single per/on of the majority
(1) which palled the iniquitous law appears
not to be concerned in the adual puichafe o
the territory fold—and further declares that
ihe titles of ‘he Yazoo companies could noi
be tft .bliftied in a fair court of law—the ne
re fifty of the lupreme jurifdidtion, rhclrgifla
live poweis interfering, is manftcll—it was
neccfLuy to arrest the gigantic flrides of (pe
culation which pervaded the whole union, and
tended to Oeflroy every honest and virtuous
means of procuring a iubfiftence—thtre was
the utmolt danger of waiting the ordinary
process of juflice—the fpetulacions, the suits,
the prosecutions would ft ill have been in ex
jftence, and perhaps no decilive Heps have
been taken oh them—there was no time to
untie the knot of (peculation , it was r.ecefTa*
ry to tut it with the lVord of power, and fbve
thouUmis from, tit ftrud ion. I here also, fir,
in congratulating have a right to
Congratulate myself. 1 lie tot rents of calum
ny arc now ftenimed, in common with the
llate to which I belong. I have as a leader in
in an article ot ilns lubjectcunng ihe lait wtmu,
\u erroiid Lsly
latute was excmpi Ircm the eorruptiin ■, here the
is correctly ltaied, it being only one ot the na
joiity vino Bui it appears trom tne co^-uaienti
in U e rale, that that one had a concern alio hi the ipe.
cii.auon, it Whl toianvo* *0 his )*4in -
(.lit ol h^l.L,
rcfloiing to unborn their bartered
rights, been abused, rhrouehuut this union,
and not only here, bu* in rh> prints beyond
the Atlantic for lumm* the records nnd traces
of this famous trarjafiicn — bu e, fir, < f the
blacked a.id vilell nit ir-, and wfuth has not
vet entirely ceased—l aT> am juftified b; the
report of the coitio iflloners, and I ptory in
the a<st, as a precedent which I lope will be
copied in every fi instance of a like na
ture —S.r, as if Heaven itleif thought proper
to shew its refenrn enr of the ba ( e foerulation
‘-the fire which con fume a the records cf 11 cane
from Heaven —it was no earthly fire (2) —An
old man never seen before, an 1 I do nor he
-1 eve has tv r been fi. ce, at the fi-n of the
Georgia government i drew it ‘rom Heavm.
nd as oon av they were consumed, di(appear-,
ed. 1 how'.-ver, fi", be ieving that th re are
r nanv irnoumt perl :ns involved, who bore no
(hare in t.e (riginal trime, more readily give
*ay to the an endmenr, wifbtng. as I do Know
ry country does, rhjr her <idl of juflice, fhuuid
Dr rn ‘ed widi ar. <sl :>f o rjev. \
12 )It n oy’ jit be m die knw!ct>ge every lea
der that ar in ri n h u<ct i <rumry b rde.ring or
Florida and the M./Tifijppi, was by a (te.n of hr berv
in the Geot eia cr nveved uiii ihe lards
t l e framer of iht law. I hat a fubltaumt legis
lature difeovrrir,? he ccrrup.ion, cfert mined to rver
urn the whr le fliuC 4 >urc <d the spec ulati >•, ad ro
purify the Date from the iniquity, to ob ite:a t
IV m hisllcry, the reemds <f it to
flames This was dle mined and rxccuttd in the
r>o(t fdemn manner. Whet- the public fun£liona
r es were afiemUed in the (late house Square to c m
t X the regiMers otldith; ncr to ‘he flames, ave era
ble grey headccl map, a (banner o :.!l prefen*, rode
up o th® r hsrorg, and alig’ tincr made his f vay to tie
1 ffiiers < f the vernment, His reverend grey hairs
f*nd afptdt altogether ex ied auen ion—he add re fled
them, ard declared hat the adt of jui'ine wh ch teey
-.ere about to perform l ad ird h .n thnher ttr witncli
• , 1 u that he and and not think, ear.hlv (i efhould oeem
r>!( \ed to ma. 1 fell the u.diei at ion which the ocraiinn
t-qu red, hut that ‘he fire fht u'd c tue from heaven
- —•* e o k from Ins b lorn a burning lens, and ap
plying it vo a heap of.pape s, rr.e Cor fl .gratioir was
completed; meanwhile the old man retried u.per
reivedj nd upon e> quoy fur bin , he wm* not c * be
fuui and, i. r wai hie known to ar>y ci the oldeit innaOi
ai.ts of L* u svihe.
NEW-YORK, April 15.
Captain Strangpnan nfthr fehnone-E'iza,on
his paflfige from Savannah o Ncw-York,ws
ca*t aw .v at Cape H urcris 6th ! muary Ldt
He remained mere until th* idtli F br <arv
follov;in‘ r , during all which cithe there was nu
fight in tiie l:gh! luufe at that pU:e. Tms
is important to the mercantile in erefl", as w*l
.is to marl ers, as, during the ti>ue he re r,ai i
e 1 at Cape Ha:te as, eleven velleis were c ft
jwav theie, many of which, in h.s opinion,
.1 ignt have been faved } had there been am
Sigh’s to warn them of their danger. Thule
whole du:y ic is to cot rest thi< evil, ar;
requefled o notice this informanon, ad the
different printers in the United States are re.
quelled ti> publish it for the ben fit of tnr
publi< . Captain Strangman fuahet reports
that abho 7 there is a capital light house a>
Cipe Haiteras, with lamps and wick, vet
here was no oil while he was there to fill
the lamps.
COLUMBIA ( s. c.) April is.
The many ttjiimomes cur illultrious Pre
fid’ent has given of his benevolent* to man)
literary wftiturion, null excite gratitude in
the breasts of all the lovers of fciertce, and ai
the fame rime Hii covers an unremitted atten
tion to the welfare and prosperity of hs coun
try. An addrels from the truftecs and mem
bers of the Monticello Society, oti the com
pletion of the academy, was \ie fen ted him
‘y general Winn when at Ccngrefs. It was
;eccived in a friendly manner, and a dona
tion worth such a dignified patron of learning,
was prefenced general Winn for the infiuution,
and accompained wirh rhe following ierter.
IVajhitigtcn y March i, 1802.
Sir —Your tavor of tne lQth uh was re
ceived by general Winn, and I feel wirh due
lenfibility the testimony of approbadrn given
me by the name you have \ een pleased ro
affix to uotir institution. Sincerely a friend
ro science, I am happy to lee it riling ineverv
tjuai rer. lam a friend to it becaule I believe
it the only asent vvnich can hoM tyranny ana
bigotry in check, The people ihemleives are
tl e only fate depofns of their own rights ; and
to make them fife they mull be informed to
a certain degree. No inlLnce, I bd.cve, is
known of a. niynoisnt people remaining free
after thev were origamzed into a govern
ment. While unorganized, as our Indians,
they are free becaule they have no magistrates,
nor any laws which these magistrates can wide
ill thev raise themfclves above them. I lin
cerely with you may be 3b e, eirh r Lorn
public or private patronage, to maintain your
inllitution in a hour.filing hare. J beg leave
to prelent you through gen. Winn, with men
an aid as the ex ten five contributions under
which I am laid in be half of fund ar iqibtutions
in every part of the union leave at my dilpol
pofai ; and 1 pr:.y you to accept for yourfeif
and your affociatc trullrees, aifuarances of u ; )
treat refpeft andconuderatton.
THOMAS JIiFFERSON.
Fihlip Pearson. lisc^
Thr rnfoing is a bitter epigram on the
L)ert loquacity of fomt females, who pofTefs the
hr iinlurkv power of talking much and of
; Linking little :
From morn to ni ht, fiom day to day,
At ail times, and at every place,
You scold, repeat, and finy, and fav t
Nor are there hopes you’il ever cease.
Forbear my Celia, O forbe. r,
If vou your health, or ours you prize,
For all mankind, that hear you (wear
Your tongue’s mure killing, than your eyes
EPIGRAM:
ON’ A BULL AND NO BUIL. ,
A wag having with Ft* gur flair a.
%bout tuw man) iigns of the bu ‘ were in town,
l eague (wore mere were trure--which was fla ly
denied,
And to p- int nu r a hull more two was defied ;
When he thus *gau to count— “ i'neie’s *he li*ai k
liu ; i in Forega'e,
T'rnus- nt.; r benti e fcmxl” White Bui! in Norgate;
; And?■ f. r the r e xt. which mak,-* ‘i HRfeE y*u‘T uiiu' v >
in the very next lane t ee\ th* ii le JioWi, Cow”.*
-\ ri,,u> liith bu’ vift ?” lav 1 ’ t act) )’4n<jciby,
Aiky ur btt vou have I It”—Fu.,” fays
j eague, irut’s a lie !
’!! be b. u and,” ‘fled <d Iming my waoer, I win it,
For ,nat a bu* 1 , -r me dev.i is 111 a1”
FKC.M TAB oiIANCE.
JDVICE TO M/hiHIED LADIES.
Having seen cflate much advice and
adrnoniflimg to young ladies and gen
tlemen, in news-papers, and conscious
as I am, that we do not merit more
ceniurc than thole th :t are manied
take the liberty to ad vile and admon
iili you a little (though in a iriemiiy
manner.) How often do 1 hear you
coinpl tln of the iuconllancy of your
hufbeiuds ; the indifferent affection they 1
appear to have for you ; that they fper.d
their evenings abroad at t!ie tavern, o
billiard table or fome other place equ I
dly diflionorable. Are you certain, in
1 our heart, that you have given
your huiband no reason for ail this? Is’
your behaviour equuTy tender with
lhaf of your tii lt and second years uni
on ? Ones not your huiband difeover
dlnature in youi countenance lx chur-
I (briefs in vour condud, when he ooaies
lome ? Do you difeover the mme plea
line in being with your husband as at
tirft ? Sorry am 1 to lav, too mapv of
■)U’’ s x give but too jolt cause for com
ulaii t. The married date is what lam
in utter (Granger to ; and fucii an upfa
vory proof of it I can never hope to
find, But as a day not far remote
from this, may uflitr me into matrino
mal bonds, i will, as tar as in my power,
point out a path, which if you follow,
a man r.iuft be wholly loft, not at Lift
to turn to the right roard. Beware
of diicove’ing the lead fymtoms of
that green eyed monster jeaL*ucy; be al
ways ready, with a finile, to meet your
husband when he corots home, let it be
ever io late at night ; appear joyful at
his return ; never complain of bis ab
le* nee ; but rejoice at his presence ;
convince him by ten thousand aflidui
lies that he is all the world to you. Too
many ladies are apt to form a dilferent
meth and ; and can it be poffibfe that a
man can come to his wife with plea
fare, to frowns and reproaches ? Mo!
Put the case to ourlelves ; we fliould
nor, had we thole advantages men
have. 1 hac is a point to be conlider
ecf for if home is dilplcailng, the bottle
is- always ready to receive them.—
Should your hulbmd difeover an incli
nation to take you out with him, by all
means go ; it will show your uefne to
plcafe him, it will regain his wandering
heart, w hich has only roved ; if he has
behaved well for a number of years,
their u no doubt of his having a ftneere
attachment for you ; I am almost affiir
ed if you follow my advice, you wil
make your company and home so plea
sant, that if he has taken any improper
steps, or even formed any improper
conne&ions he will fling it from him as
a cloak which is troublefomc in hor
weather. Y ows, vc. 1 1 Tz a .
SCRIYkNEk’S GFFICb
T* T HIT si KER prtet y between Brought™
VV and prwce Streets > >:e tr V °TP r fi' e Me
vcuje of Dr. Burke, Savannah. Merchants
and Mechanic s Books of account Pcfted ana
ictthd as m y be dire cted and all k nds of writing
executed with a.curac* and dif patch
T. P. CfiaPMANY.
May, qtb 1803. *3* 4 (&)
FOK I HE RE^UBU-AiN.
No.^VI.
HAVING thus <?ivpn an outline of rhe or:-*
in and pro o'C nnecticut; anfi o F
ronndarion of rhe prrju hces f ts inh
I (hill proceed more in detad wi h rht-ir ;,.v
dctilar I <ws, rust and manner : mil n fl of
fieir RFLIGI JUS ESTABLISHMFN F ; .
Ir has been Gp n fbac none hue rom ; uv
ranrs of the pr fbvtemn perftiafion, could
jeonfidered free DurgeflVs at :he fir l eit ibli *. -
nent of one portion of rhecolonv. Tii.s vv i
roo manifcfl v ahfurd and orprelfive Cos co •
nnue lon-jf in fu l operation ; but ir rngv fli £
o remark the intimate union between chore t
and (late in the infant fctrle nenc. llvti r
thing refpeeting the church that couid po.ii
fily fall within the limi 3 of law in any e vab
fifli nent, was made rhe fubjed of iegiflafi n
-ere. As population was extended, parilh- s
Acre loca ed and again subdivided. When
jf'.v of the lub fivitions have become too po*
iuloiis for convenient meeting in one house,
and there appeared an inconvenience ii? fur*
ther subdivision ; on the petition of at ie.dt
yeven ofi:s rommunicants, anew jociety wit’ •
in rhe lame limits is eflihhflhed by the
la me I here are no other locieties locatei
out those of the prevd ;;vjr perJuafi>n.
Every lociry thm coriiuut--U is ab ‘ r
corporate, and is capable o f hoMi 7 pron 1, ,
of suing and bem * sued ; 1 ap v.- -r n> uv
rrealurer, cullcclu*? an l <.>.• ‘Ut ; e *
public buildings, latexes, appuii rv *
nen fnor to gather twines.; flu o e e
b->vs in order on Sunday) nd agr :?s wh: is
iinnifter.
I hus far, no futthrr, ob ilion arises, ex
cept rhe genera! one agumlt tnc uirrrtercaec of
law with religion. So intricate however, aic
the details ol the eftibiilh “enr, rhar it is Jjf
icult to k"ovv where to co no <nce their ex-
X)fitiOn. 1 1 e.ns necclUry, fint to remark,
rhat, ori unai y, every ,nh ibitant within the
limits of the fonety, was fuijecl totaxauoa
for its v irions o jeefs. Where only one fj
cietv is eftaolilh ai within local liout*, those
firsts determine its extent ; where two or
more ex Ift in the fame io- anon, fiie loonry
consists of ail thole who h*vc coiTentcd t<>
ue one members, and, if fi .ft of anoth r
church, have obtained a difmiflion iro n-their
!ocie:y ; of ail widows and youn en, who e
husbands and parents bcionge.i t. th. focic ty,
and who, ar cue death of their hu;b tn;ls 4 u
on coming of age, did nut eh'ft to bee >y
members of anoth ri and in case of a icm o
vai into the local li nits, the ttnn jer is, w** -
he chooses his church, set on the lift of
which is weakeit io pecu.ftary poss Tions.
A- this day when 1 man has one-'ce come a
nem.>er of any faciety, 1 e cannot le.%m- thrr 1
out in two wa\s ; ihe tint Dy ccrtiiymg t< , :
ue his changed his rehgion, and now ai/e„ - p
pubi ; c worjhip in lb me o.cer cbTiJh n caoo ii
or, ieuOiid, by the voted cuiifenc of me umi . -
hers. Tie bicker? j produced fond ;s
fl>urce, where ,iicii have lb ne mciplcs, c \
lcarce be conceiv and Dy in fe wld nave z ,ut
had an opporiUiiicy to lee it in o .-er tnoci.
a. Yankee.
AUCTION.
AUCI ION.
On Tuesday next the o th infant, will hr soldi
before ;wv duff on Store , Market square y
Hogsheads Rum,
Calks Forcer,
B trie.s B xr,
Boxes Soap,
Boxes Prunes, ft
Barrels Flour, i
Nests ceder tubs,
40 pieces printed muslins,
80 pieces J humhimns, 20 yards riclq
i dox wncing paper, (fold tor benefir <of
underwriters )
Several valuable negro s,
A Chair with plated harmrfs, and a very
gent e tamilv Hcrfe-i
WITH
A variety of other dry goods and Groceries
as usual.
Sale to comvter.ee ct TEN d*clock.
Condi tiers- —C a sh.
LEVY ABRAHAMS, AucY.
May 9.
TO LET,
one or two years, a ROOM, twentr
1 feet qustre ; (ltuace near the bay—apply
to the \ enters
N. B This room would suit admirably well
for a society , or i
May 9.- —4t*63
iVftls of Lading
f & fals at this Office#