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From the Raleigh Register.
charac * er of Paine.
Tb waiver io the following letter
j ‘ robe Mon go/nery* esq. of
Chatham county, in this state io
Barlow esq the celebrated
a ethos cf “ lb. Colunibiadf* pla
ce- the mixed character of the late
S J f .met Faint in a truer light*
than, p/ h tps, either his friends
c> enemies have heretofore viewed
it. b \o duilosis a fact, which
can nut but be pleasing to the friends
oj libi tiy thy ougbout the world,
l/jot iit Barlow is at this \ime
tug .geJ in writing a History oj the
U':i .and hr ftes
To J. Barlow, Esq. near Wafhing
t >ii City.
Honor and Patriot.
Undo Hie latidin ol t!e repub
-3 - banner, o''e of tfv numerous
i rs of you. Jifiiagui/hed atiil
i _nd zeal >us exertions in advo
< ig the rights of man* by ihe iup
l rt you have given to the republi
can caul - in th fc United titans,
(of w.iie'i the. n. nor and dJign of
y<nu celebrated ‘ Go-unbiaJ’ givts
& fufScFai evidence) rakes the- lib
erty of wrium: t v.u—V r, fir,
your bumble <uf- . is at *• 1 $
fc.i an apology H.ia freedom of
v rilH'jf to a ret <i m-.i* >iffufh hps
tu i rank in , vvi.aout having a
p tvious nrqaairsraact; yet the
y ‘Tore on his .mind impels, him to
it’ k brae relief from your benign
di(potion to inform the ignorant,
vvho have a'’ nou-.ft Uickude to
cnquii after trutn. Sir, this is my
cal uni the plain fad is that
a'U*r reading the grand, poetical & ,
r *lc defeription given in your Co- 1
lutubiad. of our patriots, statesmen
an i warriors; during the revolu
tionary war, your friend was very
much (ldappuUited in not finding
the name of ihomas Pains men
ti tied, from fiift to la ft. A char
ader ig coufpi~uous {[and in my
mind f > worthy J to be totally omit
ted in the annals of the revolution,
I fear indicates fume defect, that
futh /hallow politicians as myfeif
cannot fee into—-unless, dear fir,
your tender regards for the feelings
of yur tellowmen will induce you
t favor a ’7 6 Whig with feme re
lic/ from his anxiety.
Sir, I am a plain farmer, have li
ved 38 years on the banks of Deep
river, Chatham county, have fp- ut
littfe of my time in ciaflical learn
ing, but have taken fome pains to
read, enquire and think for myfelt.
I am, fir, with the highest ftnti
rm nt of eftetm, your very obedient
servant,
JOHN MONTGOMERY.
Chatham county, N. C ?
October 1, IKG9. 3
ANSWER.
Washington Cit., Vet. 2'*, 1809.
Sir
Your very fluttering letter of the
l/l inti, has recalled to my n.ind a
fabjed which has Ik fore given me
fume uneasiness. I have regretted
that I could nor, as ] thought with
propriety notice as you w mM wish
the character of ihomas t\. tue. *
MONITOR.
WASHINGTON, (Gborsia) Printed weekly for SARAH HILLHOUSE.
knew him well; and no man has a
higher opinion of the merit of his
; labors in the caule of libery, in
this country and throughout the
world—But he was unjutt to him
felf. His private life dilgraced his
public character. Certain immor
alities, and low and vulgar habits,
which are apt to follow in the train
of almo/t habitual dru kennels ren
dered him a dilgoltiug object tor
many of the latter years of his life,
though his mental faculties retained
much of their former luftre.
Among the diitant friends of his
fame and admirers of his talents,
like yourfoil thele objections would
not strike the mind so forcibly.—
They will jullly demand why he is
not groopt.! in the conftJLtion of
cur, luminaries among the patriots
and sages who have j luces in the
poem you mention.— i'hofe vho
have contemplated him only in pri
vate life, who have either not read
his writings or have choftn to for
get them, of which claiii.s there art
tot) many among my readers would
be highly otfe’ldcd to lee Ins name
treated with any ulpett or appro
bation— \lhile thole who h..ve
known him, a I have done, among
niv it *! ii.'uiiiious arid id,.ii eon-
H-mpiinle of hunn.ll beings .nidi be
:.fH:3u-d e.. the lolitiatt, and giitVe
tfiat they cannot fnatcli him from
among the Inti ami fix him in the
place ahuie v. 1 .ere hi. good gMiius
ought to h.ive preserved him.
1 am. fir,
* • i
Y< u> ( hedienr servant,
JOi L BARLOW.
Mr. Montgomery, ice.
i
Founding of Philadelphia.
The latter end of the 61 h month,
called J une, 1687. Thomas Holmes
lurveyor-general, laved out the city
of Pijtladclphia, cn the spot called
by the Aborigines Coaquamiock.
It confided of twenty thiee (fleets
from call to weft, from Front-street
of Delaware to Schuylkill, a!< ng
High-street, being 10,576 feet, and
from north to south, from Vine to
Cedar-ftrcct, at right angles, nine
/treets, being 5 253 feet, befidcs 5
public fquarcs; from which date
ail improvements in this circle takes
its life.
In IC7B the Shield of Stockion,
from Hull, in Yorkthire, Daniel
l owers, commander, anchored be
fore Burlington, Weff-Jerfty, this
was the fiift Bririfli ship that failed
up the river. In 1682, the* firft
house that.was built was the* ferry :
hou.e, on the north-weft corner of 1
Front and Dock rtrtcts.
in 1684, the tiift place of pub
lic wor/hip was the Fiiend’s meet
ing house, it was built upon the ,
centre i'quare. At present the city •
is divided into 14 wards, and con- j
tains, with Southwark, the North- :
ern Libeities and Kcnfington. 124
/treeis, 11 lanes, 74 alleys and 40
courts, with 13,107 houk-s, of
which 240 were buiit in the year
1809. The flapping that arrived
from foreign ports from the 31st
of December, 1808, to the ili cf
January, ißio 4 were imps, brigs,
SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1810.
schooners, fl mpg, &c. 350, and
cleared, from the 16th of March,
1809, to the iftol January, 1810,
for foreign ports, 206 lhips, 207
brigs, 151 fehoouers, 23 (loops, &
3 galliots, being 590, and ;or the
coalfing trade, ;o (hip,, 78 brigs,
251 fchooi;ers and 296 (loops, L>e
ing 695, total 1285.
NEW-YORK.
Messrs. Lang and T urner*
It is n iw n arly lorty.feven years
since I arrived in this city from
bcotian I, and l have lived here ev
er ftnee.—Curiofity, and a wish to
i id-.dge in the txercife cf walking,
induced me two wet ks since, to de
termine to go through e very (trect
in this city. I have hobbled through
all the principal it recta. As far as
I went, my aftonilhment was con
tinually excited at the great im
provements that were going on—l
counted 432 houfe* ai.d ti >r that
were began this i| ring, and n nv go
ing up ; and, fro n < i.quirks of .naf
ter carpenters and r.iaions, who had
afccr.i.ined nearly the whoic num
ber of new buil now in a (fate
of forwardiiels, I inkirmed that
the r-uiab'r was Derwvn fix and
1 veo hundred. I; will b.- i-.ir to
fuppete tiiat theie is not kfs than
6 >o Iht fe bull.tings up • an av
erage, will not coit | !st*.:a-i 5-.>. X)
dollars each, (ex htfivt oft! 1 v Cry
and vVafhinguiri iians.*J amou.it
ing to the enormous luui ol three
millions of dollars, bt-ffdes thre;
millions more tor the gr und. It
is probable* mat at ieall ten tnafons
aid carpenters ate employed on
eac h houk , making a total of 6000
mechanics befi- cs labourers, now
in employ at ‘hef'e two branches of
bufmefs- When I contra ft this
itate cf things with the situation of j
Nov Yo: k on my arrival, iam ai- 1
molt inclined to believe that, in a
trance, I have been intenfibiy
thrown upon loiue other part oi the
ghbe. *
Tour's, AN OLD M VN.
Wall street, May 23, 1810.
*lt is said that the new City Hall
wilt cost upwards of half a m l!ion,
an l H ashington Hall nearly on. hun
dred thousand dollars Best irs the
above, there are several Churches
building in the city and suburbs.
GEORGIA, Wilkes county* \
By David I err ell, clerk of the court
of ordinary for said county.
; HERE AS William Wil- I
kins applies for leiu rs of aclruiniitra
tion on the efface of Mary Gordon
dcceafed.
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of said dcctaled
to be and appear at the next court
of Ordinary, to be held in and for
the county aforefaid, to (hew
cause (if any they have) why iaid
btrei s ftiould not be granted.
Given under my hand this 2 c.th
day of June 1810
David ‘Terrels, a. c. c.
[Payable half yearly*
FOREIGN NEWS.
Boston. Junp 6.
Pofticript.—Afrer putting on?
paper to prtfs, we were favored h/
Mr. Abicl Wood, jun. with D ii).
lin papers to the sth of May (ie
ccived from captain Bang from Sr.
Michal’s) containing London dares
to the ad of May ; and Paris ?o the
19th cf April. Their contents a>.*
unimportant. It was exprftrd ’> \r.
lianient would be prorogued im
mediately at er the birth day I.
is said Mr. Yorlte is to he firft tori
of the adiniialfy. Conftderaivlc ein*
barkation of troops for Portugal ii
Cadiz were about taking place.
June 8.
By cap? T atr, from Lisbon, we
were favored with papers to the
14th of April. They mention ihatj
tne Spaniards had defeated, nearl
Valeniia, the French army und*r
Sucfiet, and com pi lied the remains
to retreat to Arrag.-n ; that a body
of patriots had entered A r anjuez
and made many French ptif>n- s;
that the defenders of the n ur.tcy
were/lrav ing towards Cadiz, a id
La.J al. wjviy opened a commiitiica-’
f m by land, the French having.
tired from fouiv of their pofiuons;
ad that the pattiots vvtrt never in
b tter fp rits, or more emhuti ‘lie
in their oppofuion to their invaders.
<
Latelt from Europe.
Dubim p ipers as late as lay 4 f S
received in i. uji ynfterday. I ’ and
our London .lutes up to vprii 30111.
The intelligence by these pape c ; s
dvfti.uic of tut. left ; such as it i,
however, we hsve exuaded.
News fnom Spain, ir. Ireland, is
as fart as the 7th April; we have
had direct Cadiz accounts to the
1 3'h, and dates from St.
Hi late I*2 the :4ih of tmoiit'i.
No mention whatever relafivt to
J American affairs with Engian • w ; ~
made in the Englilh papers: < -<: ..'I
accounts concurred in the entw-.f.
ing danger of trade up< n the con
tinent.
Dublin, 7*Tav S —Rotterdam is
! crowded wi ( h French soldiers. a.
gents and custom house ffief ; s a!:
Lduloufly employed in fupprefiir.g
commerce, in winch rh< y are ur—
. fo-tunattly but too lutcisful. The
j iia uscot tilt; hufineft, ai riling from
i tiie peculiar citcutnUances in w hich
! the Darch traders were placed, had
compelled t .un to have recourse
to an extraordinary method lot con
ducing it. It was the custom of
their agents to ttipulute, for a cer
tain per centage, to deliver the mer
chandize contract. .1 f r. fr.e ol aft
rift:, at the Loudon r.ultoin-houfc.
i’he remum. ration was lately :c
per cent ; hot in the prelent fta'e
of things, percent wou'd not
compensate u.c age-ids i .r the rilk
they would have ?<> • ncoutf^r
We *1 ated Several ua\- age, that
£Numer 489.