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U4i having a n.aVnty of the* whole
number of voles cither Ihuion,
is duly entitled u> the olfice. I’he
votes arc transmitted to the Presi
dent (and the Senate, who opens them
in the pretence of the members of
b ‘th bottles of Congreik, and they
arc c ‘tinted. Il there is no choice
In me eLTitors, the Houtc of Rep
re.ernatives, voting by Hates, are to
cl.oofc the lb est lent from the three
c ’ ..'hiatus having the highest nun
b. of votis. 1: there be no chi ice
nf Viet: Pi efident by the electors,
then the S-*nnte .cbeole him from
the two candidates having the high
<fl Mitnbcron :he lifts In case of
t ! d ith, refignarion or inability
oi the Prefulent to dilcharge the
functions ot his polt, the Vice-Pre- .
tident is to net as President ; and in
c. ‘* of the if a r h, &c. ot both th.'i'e
otli .rs, Cengrefs may by lav. dc
c!! ev ho {hall dill h.irge the duties
ot the It ition. the Vice President
lots an annual (alary ot 5-00 dol
lars. The President is commander
in chief of the army and navy of
the United States, and of the mili
tia if the fevera! dates, wh.n called
i ■? 1 the lervicc nf the U. State.'.
! its annual Li ary i„ 25, 30 dollars ;
ad he is impeachable, and may be
7i moved lor mXoar.duct. When
ever be is tri. 1 ;!;e chief jufiice mult
pi\fid? George Vv’.dhihgton was
the firft President of the United
States, arid was inaugurated the
30th of Apiil he was re-el
ected cn the 4fti ot March 1793:
On the 4th ot March : 797 he re
ii cv.ilhed the office, and died uni
v tfahy admit. .1 and regretted, in
t* e 14th o! U oe.nbcr 17 ; 9- I:>
Man 1 1797 J !m Adams was cho
fm President: I.i ißct Thoncs
Jeff. rfon was elected to the fame ol
fi and was re-chosen in 18-15 :
}! voluntarily retired in 1809, •
when Junes Madison succeeded
hi n. There are tour principal de
partments under the Prehdtnr, to
v it: the Department ot State, of
t ie i'p afurv, of War, and of the
Navy, over < ach of which there is
.a Secretary; wko, rg. tlur with
ti.e Attorney-Gcnt.ra! of the Uni
ted States, tjnn a council of con- i
fif’.ni.m for the President, and, by
ti.is means, he i; enabled to bring
*0 his aid tiie belt abilities of the
nation, Flit Secretary ,of State is
the organ of diplomatic intercom le
wi;h foreign nations, and 0} corref- ,
; imlence, in relation to his Dcpart
11.cat, with the Governor of dates,
Ttnimrits, &c. The Secretary of <
the I'reafury fu per intends th; col
lection of the revenue, which ariles <
from duties-on tonnage, on import- j
ed goods, poll age of letters, and the |
laics of public lands; in ordinary
years the yearly revenue amounts
to about 14,000,000 of dollars:
All disbursements of public money
are m. !e and adjusted at the Trej
fnry Department, The Secretary
of War iuperintends the affairs or !
the army, which, in time of peace, j
co* fills of a vfcry ftnail number of
regular troops: These, however,
rre augmented in time of war: But
th chief reliance for defence is on
the militia, which, according to the
ce*.lus cf jßto, may be reckoned
at 1.1 19,357. Ordinarily the mi
litary cflabhlhment coftsthe United
States nearly 3,000,000 of dollars
pi > annum, ihe Secretary of the
Navy has the care of our infantine
marine, which, inclu’ing frigates,
fl'.ips, brigs, 1. hnoners, &c amounts
to about 20 vttills of war, rating
ft m 4.4 to :> ,7.1 rr. -’id csr:vii g
in t! ‘ :r::i. b , about 500
betides which tin re arc fevwal
bomb-ketches, and near 200 gun
boats. The i viumon annual •x
----p.nce of the Navy Department h is
been nearly 2,000,000 of dollars.
1 he Attorney. General i-* the prin
cipal law-officer ol tliep >yorn .i ;iit.
The l : nitcdStatfcS ellablifhed a mhit
in 1792. ihe g<Ui coins are ea
gles, ha! 1 eagles, & quarter t agios ;
the silver cuins a:edo : !.'.r , hi’d-doi
lars, quarter-dollars, dimes, and
half dimes; the crppcr coins arc
cents & half cents. 1) Urns, cents,
and mills, are the deiioniinatin:.:;
generally ultd in computation ; but
the latter arc cntttdy nomiT. and. Ihe
value of g !.! c ii.*’ marie from the
ill of. January to the 31st >il I).,
cember iR 1 1. was 497 905 fiirilars;
of fijver roins made in the fain *
time, 608,34'. rioftirs; and of cop
per coins in the fame peii >d, 5 20 $
dollars and 78 cents; k'rnimg ,t ty.
tal for that year id 1,1 1 1,438 and d
iars and 78 cents. This him, ad
ded to 9 477 614 dol'ats and 71
cents, preve ully coined, forms an
a Jv> re K aJ - °* .ft *d- fiber, and cop
per coins, of I 0.589.1 53 dollars
and 40 Cents value, coined by the
mint since it> fu it Lufiitution. Ihe
poft-offi.e is under the dined! >n <>f
ti Poft-?.iafter Central and two ai
fiftants. In 1811 there were up
wards of 2.4771 p ft-offices; on an
extent of ir. ‘r-. than 37 co milts,
over which there was a we-kly
tranfportaiion ot rhe mail excet'dng
107 500 miles, and a ycaily tratil
portation of near!', 5 dco.ccnmi’er.
All t!'*.lt* departments ..nd inltitu
ti .ns are no ler th* general obfer
varce of the I’m-ft !trr.
i !ic Ju'liciil p iwtr of the gov
ernment i’iv ft. <1 in certain court*,
of vvhii h there are three kinds : A
lupr; me c< urf, circuit courts, and
diilrid cou; *s. ihe conllituti. ri
ciiahhfhes th< firft, and the two lull
have been inflituted bv Congisls.
Ihe Supreme court conhiis of a
chief justice and fix alfoci.it’ iu ges,
and th-* Attoniey-CJetur.il ol the
United States is the public proftcu
tor b. fore it. ’I !'.e rrcuit r j:t
confiffs of a Judge of the Sunn me
c )u:t a’ld the diltr.cft judge oi the
State ; and for tins purpc.L t!ie U.
States ::re dividtd into t irenits a:.d
diliricio 1 lie Circuit (’ i:rt fits
twice a year in each district compo.
sing the circuit, and the judge mu ft
reside i:t one of them. The Dis
trict court is held by the ju ge eit
the district whole authority is con
fined to it. A district attorney is
the public ptofccutor before the t!if
tiict and circuit courts; and there
is a marshal appointed for each di!-
trieft, who exerciies the powers of
a flieriit.
F/.u'h if 4:- has a govern meir
depvndcnftv o! thi yneral govern
ment, foverUgn in tvery particular
except as to tl.ofe nation;! interests
of whi-h the Federal r l nftuurion
takes cognizance.. The govern
men* oi t!?- fevt.ral rates, however
varying in form ar.’ dl.’v.tiaHy re
publican, and calculated to prerru c
the happmefs of the people.
T he United States,.new eighteen
in numb-r, have Lvc- u 1 tcriiiovies,
which, as they in create in popula
tion, are Glowed ?. more libt-al
fraii* ■ cf jrovt-rnrieT’t'itnti! tluv 1.-ew
corse (i-'tts, which p;ivi;• •••.: *i:cv
rre quitted -- h. 1. thev contsir. ue,
con inhabitant.. : is • rrJ’'i!cn‘,
•ai;h ‘he ;'rrrrft*.’tio:i c f ; : *c
r.|*p,i us the g-vt.m.;, ficivtarte?,
and r.dtur oiri.ieis i?f he teii'itoriife,
an 1 tiiov *arc ft.l out nf the n-ition
'.! 4 f **Y. * LIC j * oL
Uimbia is order the extlufivc j'lrif.
diction of the gene ral governin', r.t,
and being the teat of its delibera
tions, i r is probable it will remain
so. Wafii'rigton city is the capita!
of th; whole United Suit f>
J he p pulation of the U. St u •
?.nd th .ir territories, according to
the ccnluj ol IHIO, amounts r< 7.
239.003 sou c having inert.aied
vvnhi'i il.e lull ten years nearly tv.o
niri’ .1-. M.mulaCtures r.f aln.csft
every dcfciipiion, are tnakiir a
vvordcrlul progress.
Since the Revolutionary mnfl'ct
the United .States h ive betn ti gag
td in ft.vci'al Indian vv; rs. in a v. ar
With France, one v.iih 1 rip Ti. and
a v .-.t declaredagai: fl Gii-at 13'itain
in ißi’ With thi India* s. I up
<’ii'ai:s and I'icnch they proved iri
umphant.
FOR 111F. MONITOR.
7 0 7H r. ji) jt>
SINCK I wrote to you last, I
1 h ive contradb and ar. acquaintance
with a y< ung gtntlcn an *-f a very
fmgular character, lie has a good
umlc! (landing, great viva* ity. and
amiable temper; But he has one
bit nufh which I very much I..meot
he i. a man c/’ n<,xcr.
incen that fort of honor which ar--
1 r.g fr in all i.:„ rclaticme, prompts
him to the pcTlnrmar.cc of all hte
duti-. s. and th-.-r*. f re tends iqiiallv
to perfi liitn in t! e character < f
a chriftian, :*. patriot, friend, migh
bor and gentleman ; but that kind
v.! ! hp. ipofes r make him a gcii
tlctran oti'v, to th; txciuiion cl all
the rift I 1 tin firft conver fat ion
with Mr SrrcvTih re lict that is
his name) 1 !un ..r.rrd his never
having yet the ; n: J fortune* 1 f go.
i’lg out, th<>’ It* liaii lent as many
as elf ven cligftengos FJ. wivti he
always kept hin.fclt i:i rcaui’ Us—
He had tgo ag. te llititi <jt hi; her
q'ia!i;y and more exact proportion*
than perhaps has ever been or; this
tin* Atlantic. They vvero cut by a
jhwiih lapidary for the IftiF e Re
gent, and tak no:. th*. ir pnfliige tts
1 iigland, by one cf . ur private ar
tiled Ichooutrs He promised to
fiiew them to me it I vvi u!ci ricle
over t.. fiis houle ( hi ut t. ri irdlts,)
but tins .s a favor which he lavs he
confeis cn hut few. I!e also gave
me fome account of his powder
bur ho biriftif was io uncertain of
;*s hihory, that I could gather no
thing which 1 would venture tc re
cord as authentic. It has feme ;:•
quiiite chcnvca’ prop*; tics it Lems,
which adapt ir peculiatly to the
purpose of duelling: and having
been originrft.ly marulectured fer
the us. ot the officers of *he r?vv,
ir is fn'd to exMedt’ with more ft rce
and certainty n the water than on
land, but or this* pi n.r Mr Smooth
bore is n r.t dear. FT has but Hu!.;
-ir con id not inft.ct and he expected
that lie fnculJ have tmh of so
precious a commodity. Last Au
g’.ift there v.?.s 3 ounces, 4 peon* -
v. t ights t'. f rut !i -. and 1 J grain. ;
fin re which he has given one pri
ming to a young man on ILs accep
ting a naval coti'miiiio", ard lent
another to i t r.t, it e—but lw- has
1 ji. stin'y prcn.iicd’to part no more.
I would gladly itiforo: my ycung
i; : v. here tnoic Cot.if) b * got,
were it in my power, but ail v.’c
know of this is fr ri a frnga.eilt c!
?. nic .jhcl reciai'eng on t;c 1 r.ti
wrapper oiitiulc of ilic c ;.nailer,
which ! a. .‘in fs* word.*. ** i! ft par
‘ pn,. ; fVd t ('•,f'up.r
4cifv, i rpt r! •.‘.tr/'h -quicV- loucT;,
c. nohr-p * i 1. git-ldv g! .zo, i < u
‘l !e it.< tig, double- barrel, d;u le
‘extra volcano ppwder,— prepared
‘ proi I an- lifted, f-v express r ’*
Th; test is t*m rtl As n. hi.*
pift ! , :H-y c* ft SCH) ih I: u
I v.t. Lying thru he hsmaitn! !
hard lo;:'!.'<* in in-var having hith
erto been able to gt t out lit- man.
Liu* then 1.0 goes always well pre
pared for accidents. II canF;
two brace 1 t Lre vv-barrels in I is
waistcoat and brccciips pockets, tv .9
t -;’n: !'t!r*i! rourni his body, a tkrfc
in his bosom, and atiother hung r-n
his w rist w! !ch f-nit-rimcs (’an te
out Ivrtwrcn the f-tlds of bis c. at
!i!;i t!io 1 .ilofadi.gr. 2 p ir ot hi.uc
mar.V p ftols i’i his holftirs, and a
doulde-banel g'in on his sh ulriei*.
i iris i’ ii'irriy to / . v/ !l from
imh'AiK? on him.
11. has last y, he favs, given fome
: tri:*tii n to th< iluiiy of ar.ali my,
in i>:\!ci to afeertain vvi.at parts ate
molt certainly mortal 1 htle parts
he practices at in (h inting, and has
late : y fucceeiied b- y<>r.*} iris fendt ft:
exp c>atii t -. having no lot ger a. o
than last we.k put three balls thro*
the lubclavian artery of one ot hrs
great aunts! H- toon rel’tve-ci my
h ni r and aftonift.inem at tins a.>
t’ unr, by explaining that for want
of living anragotiifts. he ha taken
out the f-imiiy piciuo s. I<epir.ning
with the* obic-li Willi ihde he n t
on!v perl cied bit', ‘elf in 0 m
for t.ng, but in manv os her acc,; -
p.ilh 1 enis of tin fielcb As : y
bore ( rear a reli.n.bia* ce to lu r
• >
perlons. h * could wri'h I me v< ■ h
efcnce bid th tn prod tnornii fix
pofni. -i.s, me-afure t-fl the diit. *,
throw up for thi \v :tl. itipul:i* .7
to eventual co: ’ing-nces, pi c
the ti'i l.ritc'f. u i :rr, and j a
gri.trvariety of i.;L r putict.fti* * t
art* incitterf to orcr.fi srf t ! i‘ ‘• t.
He has already fought ihrct.-gh v
en gtnrratir.iss, uriiturmlv vav. -.u
ing ail ages, f.x sa: el cor;d:*i 4
arid h-s lateiv hau one tneetinc v. h
his fa*h.r. ihe old ge-nil tr..;rT .i
hitherto maintained his prt if *!;e
qu .ricl vvi>h aft deal i; fl xibil.ry.
As to the matter in dispute (w!:at
evei ir is) he preriei ves ar; obifinuic
l.!c: c**. and kas i:*.*vi i, even in ni;.
loc-kf, ft: vvn the luialieft ilpcfition
to concede a lirgle tittle, ai hr
he !ias r.iita v i ft iris right .\e,
and 1 ccivut leverai vary u_iy fl.a;
wounds. How the bufinds v.ill
termiftatc no one* can fay— both
parties appear very determined.
20 FUGIIAS.
— —-
C'J A -IS FOIi Cr. .vs f ’At? TJ CiS\
The following is laid to K a cer
tain cure for ihe coniuniprii n—-
T ake an tc;ua> quantity of wri ii?
pitch and ytl ow la. es-wax, eri> tr
thr-rn over fome coaL in a vt*r\ £
room, and iet thw patient in'... . e
vapour—if inuft be repeated * 1
relief is experienced. Ihe xj *.ri
tr.ent is i. id to have been t i icy
erai times, and proved est. dual..
Another —l ake half ap; ur .-t
S-.rlt y. a like quantiiy ol th k
of bitter lVeet roots, of last ‘-. ,1a
rnd of parfl.-v roots and top*:, v.tu
. iVnail hantiful of arg-Tica (1 •. and ;
tfteep altigitlicr in three pir.t.s ei
water, ur.til the decoction is redu
ce-! to a.pint, then atid a pint < f
gcod inoh-.ffi s, am! a pint c t i'uclt
ipiiit as belt it:lti the ftcmach cr
taste i>i the patiert. and give from
a :.ri ipnrniul r * half agi! as the
•' l v ;:h.*’ : u !:-.at tV-w” s a tla>.