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OFFICIAL.
TUB PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a General Cjdv ntiot
Friendship, Commerce, and Navi
.<ni, between the I'nitid Statf>
America and His Majesty th<
siiOF Denmark, wasconcludedand
ad at Washington,on the twentv
ii. day of April last, by Henry
iy, Secretary of State of the Unit-
States on the part of the United
tes, and Pf.ter Pederson, Minis-
from Denmark; on the
rt of Denmark, the respective
ipotentiaries of the two Powers :
1 whereas the said Convention has
■n duly and respectively ratified
me, by and with the advice and
nsent of the Senate of tlye United
ites, and by liis Majesty the King
Denmark, and the ratifications of
■ same have been exchanged, on
e tenth day of August last, at the
tv of Copenhagen, by John Rain
s, Consul of the United States, on
f part of the United States, and
mint Schimelmann, Minister of
oreign Affairs of His Majesty the
M.g of Denmark, on the part of Den
irk, which Convention is in the
* rds following, to w it :
■rural Convention of Friendship,
('ommercc, and Navigation, between
the United States of America and
Ilis .Majesty the King of Denmark.
The United States of America and
- Majesty the King of Denmark,
itigdesirous to make firm and per
cent the peace and friendship
hick happily prevail between the
o nations, and to extend the com
rcial relations which subsist be
cen their respective territories and
ople, have agreed to fix, in a man
clear and positive the rules which
iall in future be observed between
one andthe other party, by means
a General Convention of Friend
ip, Commerce, and Navigation,
ith that object, the President oft he
tited Stales of America hasconfer-
I full powers on Henry Clay, their
cretnry ofStatc, and His Majesty
King of Denmark has conferred
powers on Pet r Pederson, his
vy Counsellor of Legation, and
nister Resident near the said
ales, Knight of the Danneborg,
v. ho, aft. r having exchanged their
ad full powers, found to be in due
■ and proper form, have agreed to the
.- Slowing articles:
Article I. The contracting par
es, <le iring to live ii peace and
<rmony with all the other nations
theearth.by-meansofa policy frank
.and equally friendly with all, engage,
ut i,lily, not to grant any particular
vor to other nations, in respect of
ammerce and navigation, which
■all not immediately become corn
on to the other party, who shall cri
>y the same freely, it the concession
ere freely made, or on allowing the
me compensation, if the concession
were conditional.
Article 2. The contracting par
's being likewise desirous of plac
ng the Commerce and Navigation
i their respective countries on tin
l end basis of perfect equality and
eiprocity, mutually agree tbit tin
atizens and subjects of each ni ty
r quent all the coasts and countries
si the other, (wi 4 h the exception
■reafter provided for in the sixtl.
article,) and reside and trade there
■aall kiudsot produce,manul’acturre?,
md merchandise ; and they shall eu
y>y all their rights, privileges, and
xemptions, in navigation and con.,
fierce, which native ci'.izens or sub
jectsdo, or shall 6njcy submitting
ih. mselves to the laws, decrees, and
usages, there estiiblished, to whicn
'iature citizens or subjects are sub
jected. But it is understood that
thisanicli does not include the coast
ing: trade of either country, th
regubit ion of which is reserved by
the parties, respectively, according
to tlicw own separate laws.
Article 3. They, lik wise, agree
that whatever kinti ol produce, man
ufacture, or merchandise, of any for
eign country, can be Irorn time to
time, lawfully imported into the U. S.
in vessels belonging wholly totbe citi
zens theredT, may be also imported in
vessels wholly belonging to the sub
jects of D iiinurk ; ati that no high
er or other duties uj ia tha tonnage
of the vessel or her ca?g J shall be
levied and collected, whither the
importation b r mads in vsssels of
the one country or of the other.
And in like manner, that whatever
kind of produce, manufacture, or
merchandise, of-any foreign country,
can be, from time to time, lawfully
imported into the dominions of the
King of Denmark, in the vessels
thereof, (with the exceplion hereaf
ter mentioned in the sixth article,)
may he also imported in vessels 01
the United States; and that no high
er or other duties upon the tonnage
of the vessel or her cargo shall be
levi and and collected, whether the
importation be made in vessels 01
the one country or of the other.
Ard they further agree, that w hat
ever may be lawfully exported or
re-exported, from the one country,
in its own vessels, to any foreign
country, may, in like manner, he ex
ported or re- xported in tbe vessels
of the other country. And the same
bounties, duties, and drawbacks,
shall he allowed and collect ed, wheth
er such e.vportation or re-» xportation
be made in vessels of tre Unit*-.:
States or of Denmark. Nor sha*
be imposed, in the ports of one par
ty, on vessels of the other, than are,
or shall be, payable in the same ports
by nat ve vessels.
Article 4. No higher or other
duties shall be imposed on the ini
portation into the Ut ited States o*
any article, the pnduce or manufac
ture of the dominions ol His Majes
ty the King of Denmark ; and no
hieher or other duties shall be im
(posf:d on the importation into the
said dominions of any article, the
produce or manufacture of the Unit
ed States, than are, or shall be, paya
ble on the like articles, being the
produce or manufacture of any other
foreign country Nor shall any high
er or other duties or charges be im
posed in either of the two countries,
on the exportation of anv articles to
the United States, or to the domin
ions of His Majesty the King of Den
mark, respectively, than such as are,
or may be, payable on the exporta
tion of the like articles to any other
foreign country. Nor shall any pro-
hibition be imposed on the exporta
tion or importation of any articles,
the produce or manufacture of the
United States, or of the dominions
of His Majesty the King of Denmark
to, or from, the territori sos the L r .
States, or to or frcftn the said domin
ions, which shall not eqnally extend
to all other nations.
Article 5. Neither the vessels of
the United States nor their cargoe
shall, when they pass the Sound or
the Belts, pay higher or other duties
than those which are or may be paid
by the most favored nation.
Article 6. The present Conven
tion shall not apply to the Northern
possession of His Majesty the King
of Denmark, that is to say, Iceland,
the Ferroe Islands, and Greenland,
nor to places situated beyond the
Cape of Good Hope, the right to
regulate the direct intercourse with
which possessions and places is re
served by the parties respectively
And it is further agreed that tin
Convention is not to extend to tie
direct trade between Denmark ana
the West India Colonies of His Dan
ish Majesty, but in tire intercoms
with those Colonies, it is agreed that
whatever can be lawfully imported
into or exported from the said Colo
nies in vessels of one party from or
to the ports of the United States, or
from or to the ports of any other for
ign country, may, in like manner,
and with the same duties and charg
es, applicable to vessel and cargo, be
imported into or exported from the
said Colonies iu vessels of the other
party.
Article 7. The United States
and His Danish Mi jesty mutually a
gree, that no higher or other duties,
charges, or taxes of any kind, shall
he levied in the territories or domin
ions of either party, upon any person
al property, money, or effects, ol
their respec ive citizens or subjects,
on the removal of the same from
their territories or dominions recip
rocally, either upon the inheritance
of such property, money, br effect .
or otherwise, than are or shall be
ayable in each State upon the same,
when removed by a citizen or subject
of such State respectively.
Article 8. To make more effect
ual the prefect ion which the United
States and H'Spanish Majesty shall
•afford in future, to the navigation
and commerce of their respcctiv
citizens and subjects, they agree mu
tually to receive and admit Consuls
and Vice Consuls in all the port
op ii to foreign commerce, who shall
enjoy in tli m all the rights, privi
leges and immunities of the Consul?
and Vice Consuls of the most favor
ed nation, each contracting party,
however, remaining at liberty to ex
cept those ports and places in which
the admission and resilience of sue!
Consuls may not seem convenien
Article 9 In order that the
Consul and Vice Consuls of the con
tracting parties may njoy the rights,
privileges, and immunities, which
bek ng to them, by their public char
acter, they shall, before entering on
the exercise oftheir functions, exhib
it their commission or p stent in due
orm to the Government to which
they are accredited ; and having ob
tained their exequatur, which shall
lie granted gratis, they shall be held
and considered as such by all the
authorities, magistrates, and inhabi
tants, in the Consular district iu
which they reside.
Article 10. It is likewise agreed,
that the Consuls and persons attach
ed to their necessary service they
not being natives of the country in
which the Consul resides, shall be
exempt from all public serv ice, and
also trom all kind ol’ taxes, imposts,
and contributions, except those w hich
they shall be obliged to pay, on ac
count of commerce, or their proper
ty, to which inhabitants, native and
loresgn, of the country in which such
Consuls reside, arc subject, being in
every thing besides subject to the
laws of the respective States. The
archives and papers of the Consulate
shall be re-pected inviolably, and,
under no pretext whatever, shall any
magistrate seize or in any way inter
fere with them.
Article 11. The present Conven
tion shall be in force for ten years
from the date hereof, and further un
til the end of on* year alter either o,
he contracting parties shall have
iven notice, to the other of its in
'entiuu to terminate the -ame ; each
■ i ih* rai.l.i.t. i m flics reserv in
(jEOUGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1826.
♦ o itself the right of giving such no
tice to the other at the end of the
-aid term of ten years; and it is
hereby agreed, betwe n them, that,
on the expiration of one vwar after
-uch notice shall have been receiv
ed by either, from the other party
this convention, and all tho provis
ions thereof, shall altogether cea.-«
and determine.
Article 12 This Convention
-hall he approved and ratified by the
President of the United States, by
and with the advice and consent of
the Senate thereof, and bv His Ma
jesty the King of Denmark, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged in
the city of Copenhag n, within eight
months from the date of the signa
ture hereof, sooner, if possible.
Ia faith whereof, We, the Plenipo
tentiaries ofthe United States of
America, and of his Danish Majes
ty. have signed and sealed these
presents.
Done in triplicate at the city of Wash
ington, on the twenty-sixth day of
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand e ght hundred and twen
ty-six, in the fiftieth year of the
Independence ofthe United States
of America.
II CLAY.
Pr. PEDERSEN.
Now, therefore, be it known, that
I, John Quincy Adams, President of
the United States, have caused the
said Convention to be made public,
to the end that the same, and every
clause and article thereof, may be
observed and fulfilled with good faith
by the United States and the citizens
thereof.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal
ofthe United States to he affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,
this fourteenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty
six. and of the Independence of
the United States the fifty-first.
By the President:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
11. CLAY, Secretary of State,
Mr, Clay to Mr. Pcndereen.
Department of State,
Washington, April 25, 1820.
The undersigned, Secretary of
State of the United States, by direc
tion ofthe President thereof, has the
honor to state to Mr. Pedersen, Min
ister Resident of His Majesty the
King of Denmark, that it would have
been satisfactory to the Government
oYthe United States, if Mr. Pedersen
had been charged with distinctions
in the negotiation which has just ter
minated, to treat ofthe indemnities
to citizens of the United States, in
consequence of the seizure, deten
tion, and condemnation oftheir prop
erty. in the ports of His Danish Ma
jesty But as he has no instructions
to tliat effect, the undersigned is di
rected, at and before proceeding to
lie signature ofthe Treaty of Friend
hip, Commerce, and Navigation, on
which they have agreed explicitly to
leclare, that the omission to provide
‘">r those indemnities is not hereaf
ter to be interpreted as a waiver or
abandonment of them by the Gov
ernment ofthe United States, which,
n the contrary, is firmly resolved to
•orsever* in the pursuit of them, un
til they shall be finally arranged, up
i-n principles of equity and justice,
to guard against any miscon
ept ion of the fact of the silence of
rhe Treaty, in the above particular,
r of the views of the American Gov
ernment, the undersigned requests
that Mr. Pedersen will transmit this
official declaration to the Govern
ment of Denmark. And he avails
himself of this occasion to tender to
Mr Pedersen assurances of his dis
tinguished consideration.
H. CLAY.
The Chevalier Pedersen,
Ministerßesidentfrom Denmark.
The Chevdier Peter Pedersen to Mr. Clay.
Washington, 27th April, 1826.
The undersigned, Minister Resi
dent of His Majesty tbe King ofDen
urirk, has the honor, herewith, to ac
knowledge having received Mr.
Ciay's official note of this day, decla
tatory of the advanced claims against
Denmark, not being waived on the
part of the United States, by the
Convention agreed upon, and about
to be signed, which note he, as re
quested, w ill transmit to his Govern
ment. And he avails himself or this
occasion to renew to Mr. Clay as
surances of his distinguished consid
eration.
P. PEDERSEN.
To the Hon. Henry Clay,
Secretary of State of the U. S.
From the Huntsville Democrat.
How things are understood in Alabama.
“ Now it is obvious, that if Alaba
ma accedes to Miller’s Bend as the
point of commencing the direct boun
dary line to Nickajack that there
would be still some creek land within
the chartered limits, which Georgia as
sumes—Thisisthetrue secret oftheir
fixing upon Millers’ Bend. On ma
other h ind which is unquestiaDably
the true construction it is confidently
believed that if the direct boundary
line betw'een Georgia and Alabama
-tiould commence on one point of the
whole crescent of the Great Behd
iiat the above distance whould reach
nd pass it, so that Georgia would ac
■uiie by the late treaty all the lands
lelyngwg to the C'reekt, lying within
that State. But if the commence
ment of that boundary can be passed
25 or 30 miles lower down the river,
to Miller’s Bend; it is evident that
the 50 miles called for from Buz
zard’s Roost will not reach that
point, which would thus leave a
-mall triangle of worthless land still
covered by the claims ofthe Creeks.
This fact explains the otherwise
unaccountable pretension of Geor
gia; and although it would be diffi
cult to find soil enough for a pota
toe patch on the scrap of land thus
brought into dispute, it can be mdao
to cut a figure on paper, and serve
to prolong the storm, raised by the
Troupites, against the U. States.—
They are fully conscious, that their
political existence depends on keep
ing up the strife. Should th? fer
ment he permitted to subside, and
the fog to disperse—the fu gi which
have sprung up under its baleful
shade, and been cherished by its
pestilential vapour, will experience
the precocity of their growth, and
the frailty of their condition— ‘nam
debile fundamentum failit opus.”
From the Alabama Jonrnal.
ALABAMA AND GEORGIA.
In our last, we made some remarks
respecting the boundary line between
the two states. We have since perused
the able satisfactory letter of Mr.
Bagdy, one of our commissioners on
the subject, which may this day be
found in the Journal. We think this
letter must convince every unpreju
diced reader that the position taken
by the Alabama commissioners is a
correct one, viz. that the great bend
first above the month of the river or
creek called by the Indians Uchatkee,
wasthe “pointofdeparture” intended
by the commissioners w ho formed the
compact bettween the United States
and Georgia.
We have seldom known a more
wanton stretch of power than that ex
hobited by the Governor of Georgia,
in attempting to establish a boundary
between us and that State, not only
without our leave and consent, but
directly against our will. Is he so
foolish as to suppose that Alabama
will succumb to his arbitrary de
crees ? But who is this mighty Col.
Troup, who would thjis “bestride
the horrow world who like a Colos
sus, and bare the palm alone ?” Is
he a domestic, or a foreign usurper l
Is he a native of the United States,
or a quondam subjects of his Catho
lic Majesty I If the letter, we would
advise him to return to the service
of his royal master, and attempt no
more to prescribe bounds to Ala
bama, We are told, indeed, that
this is the same Col. Troup who
quarrelled with Gen Gains, one of
the best officers in the army—insult
cd the President—bullied the Sec
retary of War—impeached the Su
preme Court and the Attorney Gen
eral of high crimes and misdemea
nors—declared open war with the
general government—and finally di
rects his hostility towards Alabama,
and having exhausted the argument
with our Governor appears deter
mined *• to stand by his arms.”—
We are gratified at the firmness mani
fested by the Alabama commissioners
in rejecting the unjust proposttion of
tne servants of Gov. Troup, They
c rtainly deserve the thanks of the
people ofthis State for their conduct
on this occasion, and we have no
doubt but Governor Murphy and our
next legislature will resist with manly
firmness the encroachments of “the
nation of Georgia” upon the rights
ofhnmble Alabama. The authori
ties of our state will probably be in
favor of referring the matter in dis
pute to the Supreme Court, but the
Spanish Ch valier having fallen oul
with that tribunal. And having more
over declared war against the Gov
ernment under which it exercises its
authority, would probably spurn their
j irisdiction, and prefer sending his
valiant troops to enforce his arbitra
ry decrees. Let him remember,
however, that the woods of Alabama
contains a host of the veterans who
fought under Old Hickory : the con
querors of Wheatherford and the
Semiuoles, and the executioners of
Arbuthnot and Ambrister; and it
might be difficult for the swords even
of his beasted cavalry to hew these
tough hickory grabs to pieces.
We have written more at length
than we intended when we took up
the quill. We have no disposition
to intermeddle w ith the conduct of
Gov. Troup. Let him quarrel with
his own people—with every branch
of the federal Government—with the
officers ofthe army—with the Roman
Catholics, and with the Indians ; but
let him keep his own side ofthe Chat
tahoochie—for we conceive it our
duty, as citizens of Alabama and
conductors ofan independent press,
to protest against the encroachments
of any petty tyrant who “ regards no
responsibilities ”
THE BOUNDARY LINE.
Claiborne, Sept. 30, 1826.
My Dear Sir, —You are doubtless
appraised before this time that the
attempt on the part of this State to
run, in co-operation with the authori
ties of Georgia, the boundary line be
tween the two states has proved un
uccessful. As this is a subject up
on which the people of this section
ofthe State feel much interest, I will
übmittn you such information con
nected with it as my opportunities a»
one of the commissioners have plac
ed in my possession. The position
assumed by the authorities in the ear
ly stage ofthe correspondence in re
lation tefthis question was the “ great
bend” of the Chatahouchie, about
four miles above the moutn ofUchee
creek It was soon ascertained,
however, that the lines could not
leave the Chatahouchie at.that point
without coming in direct conflict
with a provision of the constitution
of Georgia, and hence, the commis
sioners of that State, acting in obe
dience to that provision, which in
hibits the sale or transfer of any land
east of the Chatahouchie, were
duced to abandon that position. I
had calculated with some confidence,
after the authorities of Georgia were
induced to relinquish the first posi
tion taken by them, that we should
have been enabled to agree upon
the point at which the line was to
depart from the river to Nickajack
In this expectation, however, I was
disappointed; inasmuch as they se
lected another point, which I am
deeply convinced has no foundation
in the compact, according to the
terms of which this line is to be run.
It is called “ Miller’s bend," and is
about thirty-five miles above Fort
Mitchell. By running from this point
to Nickajack, the line will not cross
the river: although it will pursue its
general course for a considerabl
distance, and at some places ap
proach very near it. My earliest re
flections upon this subject led me to
the conclusion that the parties who
negotiated the compact between the
United States and Georgia intended
to avoid two things—first, that the
line was not to cross the river nor
run upon its margin. It was neces
sary to guard against the first in or
der to prevent a conflict with the
constitution of Georgia, and it ap
pears to me to be extremly absurd
to suppose that intelligent agents
would adopt an artiticial boundary
running along a great natural one
such as the Chatahouchie river
This, however, must be the case, ii
the line is made to commence at the
point now contended for by the com
missioners on the part of Georgia.
The position assumed by the com
missioners on the part of Alabama is
the great bend of the Chatahouchie,
emphatically so called, about fifty
miles above Fort Mitchell. The
r ason which influenced the com
missioners from this State in the se
lection ofthis point are the follow
ing.—lt will be recollected, that ac
cording to t e compact between the
United States and Georgia, the line
is to commence “at the point where
the Chatahouchie crosses the 31st
degree of north latitude, the former
boundary between the United States
and Spain, running thence up the
said river Chatahouchie and along
the western bank thereof to the
great bend thereof, next above the
place where a certain creek or riv
ver (being the first considerable
stream on the western side above
the Cu-eta towns) empties in to the
said Chatahouchie river—thence in
a direct line to Nickajack, on tin
Tennessee.” The three great land
marks furnished by those who fram
ed this article ofthe compact, tc
guide the footstep of those whose
duty it might become to run the
line in question, are the great bend
of the Chatahoachie—the Cuseta
md Coweta towns—and a ere k or
riv r called Uchee. The creek or
river is to be sought above the towns
—the great bend is to be sought
next above the place where this
creek empties into the Chatahou
chie- If a point can be found in
the course of the Chatahouchie
above the former boundary between
the United States and Spain, com
bining all of these objects, it would
seem to me that the most sceptical
would be convinced that it was at
this point that the line ought to com
mence. That such a point can be
found, I am convinced beyond a
doubt.
The Cuseta and Coweta towns
extend from the vicinity of Fort
Mitchell a considerable distance up
the Chatahouchie river. Just above
the point at which these villages
terminate, “the first considerable
stream empti s into the Chatahou
chie;” and the “great bend” thereof
is in fact next above the place at
which this creek or river (ior it is
sufficient magnitude to be entitled
to either appellation) empties into
the Chatahouchie. It is called in
the language ofthe Creeks Uchatka.
The commissioners on the part of
Alabama were irresistibly led to the
conclusion that it was at this point
combinding with astonishing accur
acy all the objects called for in the
articles of cession and agreement,
that the commissioners who nego
tiated that compact intended that
the line should leave the Chatahou
chie.
The commissioners on the part
of Georgia, however, seem to be
equally firm in the conviction that
the point they have assumed is
the proper one; and the authori
ties ol' that State, relying in this
as in most other instances, upon the
exclusive wisdom oftheir own coun
sel to guide their course, are provid
ing to run the line according to their
own views.
1 presume the correspondence upon
ihis subject will be communicated
to the legislatures ofthe respective
states! ind that an impartial public
VOL. I
will in due time pass its judgment
upon it; and to the dicission of that
high tribunal both parties will have
to submit. Until that decission is
pronounced otherwise, I shall con*
fidently encourage the belief, that
the construction given to the comv
pact, and the positions assumed by
the commissioners of Alabama will
will be approved by
and sanctioned by time.
I have the honour to be youY
obd’t serv’fi
A. V. BAG BY*
From the Charleston Courirer.
DUELLING. ‘
Mr. Editor.... As there appears, af>
this time, an anxious desire on the
part of the judicious and reflecting,
to put an end to this barbarout cus*
tom, you will oblige a constant rea.-
der of your paper, by inserting, the
following.
ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON.
In 1754, he was stationed at Alex*,
andria with his regiment, the only one
in the colonv, and of which he was
Colonel. There happened at thaf
time to be an election in Alexandria
members of the assembly, and tho
ballot ran high between Col. George
Fairfax and Mr. William Elzey.-
Washington was on the side of Fair?*
fix, and a Mr. William Payne headed
the friends of Elzey. In the c<»u e
ofthe contest Washington grew very
warm, (for his passions, naturally- r
were terrible : though a wise regard
to duty, i. e. honor and happiness y
soon reduced them to proper com
mand) and unluckily said something
to Mr. Payne, who though but a cub
in size, was a lion in heart, elevated
his shelalah, and, at a blow, extend
ed our hero on the ground.—News
was soon carried to the regiment
that their Colonel was murdered by
the mob! On the passions of the
soldiers, who doated on their comv
mander, such a report fell at once,
like a flash of lightning on a magazine
if gunpowder. In a moment, the
whole regiment was underarms, and
in rapid motion, towards the town,
burning for vengeance —During this
rune, Washington had been liberally
plied with cold water, acids, and
volatiles ; and, happily for Mr. Pay*
tie and his party, was so far recover
ed as to go out and meet his enraged,
oldiers, who crowded around him
with faces of honest joy to see him
dive After thanking them
for such an evidence of attachment
to him, he assured them that he ivas
not hurt in the least, and begged them
by their love of Aim and oftheir duty
to return peaceable to their barracks.
As for himself, he went to his room-,
generously chastising his passion,
which had thus struck out a spark
that had like to have thrown the
whole town it, to a flame.—And feel
ing hirnseli the aggressor of Mr. Pay
ne, he resolved to make him the
notiorable reparation of asking t is
pardon. No sooner hail he made
this heroic resolution than recover
ing that delicious gaiety ; which ever
accompanies good purposes in a vir
tuous mind, lie went to a ball that
night, and benaved asp! asantly as
though nothing had happi ned. Ear
ly next morning he wrote a polite
note of invitation to Mr. Payne, to
meet him at the tavern. Payne
took it for a challenge, and repair'd
to the tavern in full expectation of
smelling gun-powder. Bui what was
his surprise o.< entering the chamber,
to see, in lieu of a brace of pistol: , a
decanter of wine and a pair of glasses
on the table. Washington rose to
m et him, and offering his hand with
a smile, began— ‘Mr. Payne, to err
sometimes, is nature, to rectify error,
is always glory; I believe I was wrong
in the affair of yesterday; you have had
I think, some satisfaction, and if you
deem that sufficient, there is my hand,
let us be friends.”
An act of such sublime virtue, pro
duced its proper effect on the unnd
ofMr. Payne, who, from that moment
became the most enthusiastic admirer
and friend of Washington ; and, tof
his sake, ready at any time to charge
up to a battery of two and forty
pounders.
Would our Youth but he persua '•
ed te act in a styl so correct and so
heroical, our papers would no longir
shock us with accou»ts of elegant
young men murdering each other, on
false principles of honor; and by one
desperate deed, amercing themselves
of all present pleasure, and of all fu
ture hope.—Would they but exeit
the courage, the only true courage, to
stamp into immediate silence the
clamours of brutish passion, and to
leap at the sacred call of duty, they
might long live as good children, to
equal the hopes oftheir fond parents
—as good citzens, with their virtues
to enrich their country —as good hus •
bands, to bless the sex they werft
born to love and to protect —and at
length like Washington attain to good
old age, “crown'd with riches and with
honours."
A life hoiv glorious! to his country dean
Her first in council, and in war.
May his example, all our sons inspire!
And from their father’s history catch his fir<s
The theatrical attractions in New-
York, at present, arc unusually great.
Mr. M’Qready at the Park, Mr. Booth
at Chatham Garden, Mrs. Sandford*
late Mrs. Holman, and Mr Maywood
at the Lafayette Theatre. The 3
first played on Monday night, and
each attracted at full audience. A
fourth theatre will be in operation fit
a few days, —[Phi lad Aurorfc