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laTURDAY, Augtffi 2S. 1804.'
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE,
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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Eighth Congress of the United States.
At the First Stffion began and held at the
City of Walhington, in the Territory of
Columbia, on Monday the Tevcnteenth
of October, one thonfand eight hundred
znd three.
AN ACT
Far the relief of ffnfes Toting,
BE it enafted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress affemblt d, That
the accounting officers of the treasury, be
authorifed and directed to liquidate the ac.
counts of Mof.s Young, for services ren
dered the United States as agent of claims
at Madrid, from the date of his appoint
ment by Mr, Humphreys, then rniniftcr of
the United States at the court of Spain,
until the time he ceased to aft as the private
secretary of that rniniftcr, at and after the
rate of two thonfand dollars per annum :
Provided, That he produce to the account
ing officers of the treasury a certificate from
Mr. Humphreys, that he received no pay
or emoluments from individuals lor said
services.
Nathl. Macon,
Speaker of i-he House of Representatives,
Jesse Franklin,
Rre ft dent of the Senate, pro iem.
Approved, March 26, 1804.
Th : JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Relative to the cvnpenfations of certain off
ccrs of the customs ; and to provide for ap
pointing a surveyor in the df/ift therein
mentioned.
BE it enafted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress affemhled, That
from and'after the last clay of June the pre
fent'year the salaries heretofore allowtd by
law to the several col lectors of the customs,
for the diftrids of Bath, Portsmouth, New
port, Middletown, New-Haven, Dela
ware, Richmond, Wilmington, in North-
Carolina, Newbern, and Kdenton, shall
cease and be difeontinued. And there (hall
be allowed and paid annually to the officers
of the customs hereafter named, the follow
ing sums refedively, viz,
To the colledor for the diftrid of Nat
chez, in addition to the fees and other em
oluments of office, thefumof two hundred
atd fifty dollars; and to each of the survey
ors at New. London, Middletown, New-
Haven, and Alexandria, in addition to the
allowances already eftablithed by law, the
sum of fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
from and after the said lad day of June in
lieu of the commissions heretofore allowed
by law, there (hall be allowed to the col
lectors of the customs for Wilmington in
North. Carolina, and Newbern, two and a
half per cent:
To the collectors for Petersburg and Rich
mond, two per cent:
To the collectors for Kennebunk. and New-
London, one and three quarters per cent :
To the colledor for Bath, one and a half
percent ;
To the collectors for New- Haven and
Middletown, one aad three eights percent:
To the collectors for Providence and A
lexandria, one and one quarter per cent:
To the colledor for Nsvvburyport, one
and one eighth per cent ;
To the colledor for Portland, three quar
ters of one per cent :
I And to the collectors for Salem and Bev
erly, five eighths of one per cent; on all
monies by them refpeftively received on ac
count of the duties arising on goods wares
and merchandize, imported into the United
States, and on the*tonnage of (hips and ves
sels. !
Sec. 2. And be it further cnafied, That
there (hall -be appointed a surveyor for the
diilrift of Marblehead, to reside at Marble
head : who (hall be entitled to receive, in
addition to the other emoluments allowed by
law, a salary of one hundred dollars annual*
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NATHI. MACON,
Speaker of ihe House of Reprejentati-ves .
JESSE FRANKLIN,
Pref dent of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved March 27, 1804.
TH: JEFFERSON.
From the National Intelligencer.
We will not forego this opportunity of
remarking that there is a kind of irduriatccj
malice, with which, cn all occasions, the
charaCler of Mr. Jtftcrfon is • attacked by
this print (Evening Poll) that looks more
like personal hatred than party violence.—
There is not a feature of that character al
lowed to be fair. Candor is fiigmatifed as
hypocricy, dccificn rafimefs, and learning
pedantry. Bccaufe Mr. Jcfferfon drew the.
Declaration of Independence, the merits of
that fplcndid composition are denied, and no
occasion is paffedj of denouncing it. It is
even denied that Mr. Jeflferfon penned if.
It (lands on record that he was chairman of
the committee appointed to draw it. Iff ci it
is contended that his part was but a subor
dinate one.
To fatisfy our own curiosity, we lately
had access to the original draft of this elo
quent indrument ,• and to put down forever
the falsehoods propagated on this fuujecl, we
dial I state the refute of the examination we
then made. We viewed attentively the
original draft prefcnled to cwgrefs, and
found it to be in the hand tun ting of Mr,
Jefferfon. We perceived that it was in the
firft indance drawn by Mr. Jefferlon ; and
that it was revised by his coadjutors on the
committee, and sundry alterations fuggclled
by them, Dr. Franklin and Mr. Adams,
approved. We saw these alterations, inter
lined, and in the hand writing of those gen.
tlemen. They are not more than eight cr
ten, they do not materially vary the origi
nal composition, and, in every indancc,
they foften the spirit of the original draft.
The report afterwards underwent a very
(light alteration in congress.
Thus do the ungenerous calumnies of the
enemies of cur Chief Magiftratc recoil upon
themfelvcs. In attempting to derogate from
his merit, they only prove the impotence of
their own malice. The part he took in as.
ferting the independence of his country---
the foundation of all her greatness-.-is dear
to his fellow-citizens, and to the friends of
liberty throughout the world. It has cover
ed his brow with a laurel which can never
lade, so long as Americans enjoy freedom,
and are fenfibk of its blessings.
From the Georgia Republican.
Mcfif. Lyon Iff Morse,
The following case proves that an cxccfs
of alkali, sometimes exids in the human
domach. .
Being seized one morning with the sick
ness cf domach termed pyrofivfpntatoria
called tvater brajh in Scotland and Ireland,
I found mouthful Is of a disagreeable water
like fluid ruing from my domach, accom
panied with didreffing sensations, and (light
inclination to vomit.
I remarked that the fluid did not taste
acid. Some chemical teds were at hand :
I dipped the end of a (lip o( litmus paper
into some of the fluid, which fell on a board,
and perceived no change in the colour of
the. paper.
I then dippiid in the end cf a flip of pa
per reddened by csfalpinia, and found that
it became fimihr in colour to the other end
GEORGIA.
of the fame flip which had been dipped in.
to alkali.
Concluding that an excess of alkali was
prcfent in in/ stomach, I took a little vi
negar and water, and was presently reliev
ed—l took a little more, and was quite
well in o«e or two minutes.
I am lira, with refpeft,
JOHN BRICKELU
Augujl 8, i 804.
Erom a Nenu-York Paper,
Parson Sampson's Apology !
Taft week the supreme court of this ftafe
held a circuit at Claverack in this county.
At this session Messrs. Sampson arid Crod
well were tried for publishing libels against
Ambrofc Spencer, Esq. in the Balance, of
which they were then joint proprietors, &e,
in the spring of last year. The profccution
of Mr. Sampson for publishing certain char
ges refpeCting Mr. Spencer’s conduft in
managing the fait of the people against Har
ry CrolTwell, for libelling tire president was
firft tried j when Mr. Sampson pf»ved that
the publication was made against hisconfent,
and by CrolTwcll at his own rilk; a fad
'which (hewed the absence of malice, and
was urged in mitigation of damages. Af
ter the jury had been out fcvcral hours,
they v/cre called and difmiftcd, on the mat
ter being compromifcd by the parties.
Harry Crodwell was next tried on the
fame libel, and failng to prove his charges,
his inability to pay a fine was ascertained,
and the jury directed to bring in lew da
mages, which they addled 'at 1 20 dollars
and colb,
A (hit against Mr. Sampson was to have
been brought on for publishing, among o
ther allegations, the charge of Mr. Spen.
cer’s turning out of office an old man who had
fayed his father’s life, for asserting which,
T. CP, Grovefnor, Esq. had been fitted at
Albany. In this cause gov. Clinton, D’
Witt Clinton, Esq. and several other gen.
tlemen attended as witnesses, but were not
examined, as Mr. Spencer, who had not
commenced these suits upon pecuniary mo
tives, withdrew the action upon Mr. Samp,
fort’s paying all the charges which had ac
crued, andafumto Mr. Spencer’s counsel,
and giving the following apology.
Having pubiilhed in the Balance, three
numbers under my signature, addressed to
Ambrose Spencer, Esq. wherein his charac
ter is materially impeached—and being now
fatisfied that the said charges, which are
thefubjeCfof a fuic now depending, are un
sounded—express my ftneere regret that those
publications took place, the fame having
been made in heat and pafliori : and I have
no hcfitancy in declaring, that the moral
character of the said Ambrose Spence is fair,
and unimpeachable.
Signed,
EZRA SAMPSON.”
July 14, 1804.
It has been the great deftre of the Editor
of the Expositor, to draw the attention of
his fellow-citizens to those rich products,
which nature with a hind and benevolent
hand has spread over the foil of the United
States; actuated by this principle, he now
calls their attention to a new fpecics of oil
in the berries of the dogwood, difeovered
by citizen Marguerow, of the military fcof
pital of Strafburg. To procure it, it is ne
ceflary to heap up, and cause to heat a little,
the black berries of this tree, they are then
to be washed to a pulp, and commited with
ouc farther preparation to the p.efs, which
forces out a fat vifeons oil, of a clear green
color, inoderous and tasteless—when mixed
with fallad it is not diftingui!hab!e from the
best olive oil—with alkalies it forms soap
it burns by help of a wick wirh a white
flame, without any ferifible fmuke, (lower
than olive oil, belides it is not (bund to con.
geal in a very conftdcrable degree of cold.
Hence it may be well worthy of collecting
the berries for the fake of the oil, wherever
the dogwood tree abounds.
f Alex, Expos,
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FOREIGN.
SCHIEDAM, June 8.
Mr. Talleyrand is raised to the dignity
of Arch. Chancellor of flare. M. Semon.
ville is spoken of as miniflcr lor Foreign
Affairs, in his place.
if one may judge from various reports,
it should fccm that there are in reality
more than common preparations making in
Russia, particularly in the naval depart
ment. Since the middle of March, the
greatest activity has prevailed in the dock
yards of Archangel, Pcterlburgh and Re,
vel.
Jit fit 1 2.
Whatever rilay be the rcfult of the pre
sent coolness of the Ruffian empetor and
other courts towards the French govern
ment, there does not seem to be any llrcng
indications that Aultria will fupportany ho
ftilc measures in their favor : for as Toon as
the French ambassador had officially inform
ed the vice-chancellor of the exaltation of
Bonaparte to the imperial diadem, Prince
Eflerhazy was appointed ambassador extra
ordinary, to convey to the. nexv emperor the
congratulations of the head of the Germanic
empire on his elevation.
Official communication of this event has
been made to the Diet at Rati/hon, and to
the Prussian miniflry, by the refpeclive
atnhaffadors of the French government.
PARIS, May 4.
Such is the indifference to religion, caus
ed by the pcrfccution of our revolutionary
philosophers, and our philosophical barba
rians, that, of five thousand curacies, va.
cant in the French republic, no! fifty pro
per fubjefls are found to fill them up. The
faithful are therefore forced to travel forty,
fifty, and sixty miles to find a church,
where a priest officiates.
[ Cazelte de France*
DUBLIN, IVlay 8.
It has bepn afeertained in the case of Doc
tor Stenhoufe, that the gout, which is gen
erally adthited proceeds from obftruftion, is
cured by the fleam of boiling water. This
gentleman, who is upwards, of 70 years old,
got rid of a violently severe attack of gout
in his hand, by holding it 2 J minutes over
the fleam of a tureen full of iior water j and
upon another occasion, was perfectly reliev
ed from an attack in his foot, by suspending
it during an hour over a pail full of boiling
water. He recommends that the person ha
ying the gout irr the head or ftomacb, be
immersed as soon as pcffiblc in a hogshead of
fleam*; and that in all cases, the application
be once or oft ner repeated, to guard agaiull
a return of the difea.e.
May 10.
The following ludicrous circumflancc is a
faft, and has become the fubjedl of general
conversation :
The son of refpedlablc landholder, in the
county of Meath, had been flrongly attached
to the daughter of a neighbouring farmer,
but as she did not encourage his advances,
he formed a rcfolutibn of fcizlng her by force,
and as she daily went to fee a favorite cow
milked, that was the opportunity fixed on.
The young lady’s brother, however, got
intimation of his dcflgns, and nude them
known to his filler, who, as there was a
linking refcmblancc in the per fans, agreed
that he should dress hims-ls In her clothes,
and attend the cow.—When he had arrived
at the fpor, four men jumped over the hedge,
seized, and carried off the supposed Lady
(though not without much apparent refin
ance) to a chaise, which conveyed them to
the bridegroom's refulsnce. The prieff not
being at home, the wedding was defcrrc4
till the next morning# In the mean lime,
the lover’s mother tried to adminillcr com
fort to the diftrefftdyoung Lady ; and in or
der to convince her that her son had no dis
honorable intentions towards her, proposed
that Jhe fno*.ild flccp that night with hes
daughter. The young ladies accordingly
retired soon after to rell, but they had not
been long gone when a cry of ** help!"
brought the parents to rhe door of their
daughter s room, xvhich the ravijhed fair
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