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it*turning that was in my power
to command, I wrote ro Mr. |
Jesi'cri'on, that is the sate os the
dedion should pur him in the
chair os the presidency, and he
should have, occasion to send a
srigate to France, he would give
me rlie opportunity os returning
bv it, which he did. But 1 de
clined coming in the Maryland,
the vcsill that was ossered me,
and waited sor the srigate that
was to bring the new minider,
Mr. Livingston, to France ;
but the srigate was ordered
round to the Mediterranean ;
and as, at that time, the war
was over, and the British crui
sers called in, I could come any
way. I then agreed to come
with commodore Barney in a
vc Be Ihe had engaged. It was
aga-n sortunate 1 did not, sor the
vessel sunk atsea, and the peo
ple were preserved in the boat.
Had hals the number os e
vils besallen me, that the number
os dangers amount to, through
which I have been preserved,
there are thosewhowouldascribe
it to the wrath os Heaven * why
then do they not aseribe my
preservation to the protecting
savour os Heaven. Even in
my worldly concerns I have
been blesled. '1 he little pro
perty I lest in America, and
which I cared nothing about,
not even to receive the rent os
it, has been encreasmg in the
value os its capital more than
eight hundred dollars every
year sor the sourteen years and
more that I have been ablcnt
srom it, lam now, in my cir
cumslanccs, independent, and
my economy makes me rich.
As to my health it is persectly
good, and I leave the world to
judge os the statureos my mind.
I am, in every indance, a living
contradiction to the mortisied
sedcralids.
In my publications I sollow
the rule I began with in Com
mon Sensie , that is to consult
with nobody, nor let any body
see what I write ’till it appears
publicly. Were Ito do other
wile, the case would be, that
between the timidity os some,
who are so asraid os doing wrong,
they never do right, the puny
judgment os others, and despi
cable crast os preserring expedient
to right , as is the world was a
world os babies in leading
sirings, I should get sorward
with nothing. My path is a
right line as draight and clear to
me as a ray os light. The
boldness (is they will have it to
be so) with which I speak on
any subjeCt is a compliment to
the judgment os the reader. It
is like laying to him, I treat you
as a man and not as a child. —
With respeCl to any worldly
objcCl, as it is impossible to
diseover any in me, theresore
what I do, and my manner os
doing it, ought to be aseribed
to a good motive.
In a great assair, where the
Jiappiness os man is at slake, I
Jove.to work sor nothing; and
so sully am I under the insluence
os this principle that I should
Jose the spirir, the pleasure, and
the pride os it, were I conscious
that I looked sor reward ; and
with this declaration I take my
leave sor the present.
THOMAS PAINE.
LOUISVILLE,
IVEDNESDJT, December 19, 180*.
scj* THOSE in arrears sor
Printing dene at this Ossice, are
requested to diseharge the same
immediately.
Agreeably to notisication, on
Friday, the 24th inslant, the
Jesserson Troop os Light Horse
asscmbled at the place os inter
ment os Major Patrick Carr—
when Lieutenant Robinson os
the Troop, addressed his Com
pany and a very respeClable
asscmblage os citizens, who had
convened upon the occasion, in
the sollowing manner :
Fellow Citizens , Soldiers!
WE have this day asiemblcd
to pay a gratesul tribute os res
peCl to the memory os a depart
ed brother—to celebrate the
suneral os Major Patrick Carr—
as a soldier and an ossicer he
richly merited it—many os you
who were better acquainted with
him than mysels can no doubt
bear honorable testimony os his
bravery—to command my es
tcem it is sussicient to know
that he was a sirm sriend to cihr
countryI—that 1 —that he was a bold
and succcsssul advocate in the
sield during the revolutionary
contesl sor the blessing os sree
dom which we now enjoy. Is
he had some srailties, so have
we—then in common charity
let the remembrance os them
be consigned to the silent grave
where his body reds. But not
so his heroic virtues, let each
os us with an emulous and laud
able zeal, cherish and culdvate
the recollection os them in our
breads, until we become inspired
by the example with the same
degree os valour—then shall we
be soldiers indeed—then shall
we be worthy os the rights os
sreemen, being capable as citi
zen soldiers, to desend those
sacred rights, independent os
the aid os hireling mercenaries
too osten the pasiive tools os
knaves and despots.
The Troop then displayed a
variety os equestrian evolutions
appropriate to the- occasion,
and ended the martial ceremony
with a regular diseharge by
platoons.
COTTON-GINS.
Accounts srom Columbia
(late, that the legislature have
not only san&ioned the comp
troller, in withholding srom
Messrs. Miller and Whitney the
second warrant drawn in their
savor, but have also directed
him to commence a suit against
them sor the recovery os the
20,000 dollars already paid sor
the patent os their Saw-Gin.
Charleston paper.
Governor St. Clair presented
a long and very violent address
to the convention os the new
Bate os Ohio, advising them to
disregard the law os Congress,
pointing out the mode os their
ad million into the union, and
recommending them to adhere
to the territorial limits marked
out by a sormer law. The con
sequence was another <c St.
Clair’s Deseat.”
CONGEE S 5
Os the UNITED STATES.'
House os Representatives.
Monday , December 6.
This being the conslitutional
day os meeting sisty-three mem
bers appeared, who not sorming
a quorum, an adjournment took
place till to-morrow at 11 a. m.
Tuesiday , December 7.
A quorum os members ap
peared.
The sollowing new members
appeared and took their seats :
Samuel Hunt, srom New-
I lampshire, in the room os Jo
seph Pierce, resigned ; Samuel
Thatcher, srom Massachusetts;
David Meriwether, srom Geor
gia, in the room os Mr. Tali
aserro, resigned; Thomas Winn,
os North-Carolina, in the room
os Charles Johnson, deceased ;
and Thomas M. Greene, a de
legate srom the Misiislippi Ter
ritory, m the room os N. Hun
ter, deceased.
Ordered , That the clerk in
sorm the Senate that this House
has sormed a quorum, arid is
ready to proceed to business.
Ordered , That the clerk sur
nish each member with three
newspapers at his lodgings.
Adjourned.
Wednesiday , December 8.
Mr. Nicholson presented a
petition srom Richard W r ilson,
imprisbneci mWashington coun
ty, praying sor liberation. Re
serred to a committee oi seven.
Mr. N. presented a similar pe
tition srom Nathaniel Segul.—
Reserred to same committee.
On motion os Gen. S. Smith,
the sollowing (landing commit
tees were appointed.
A committee os Elections os
seven members.
A committee os Revisal and
Unsinilhed Business os three
members.
A committee os Claims os
seven members.
A committee os Commerce
and Manusactures os seven mem
bers.
Gen. S. Smith surther moved
that a committee os Ways and
Means, considing os nine mem
bers, should be appointed. As
the number os nine members
involved a departure srom a
rule consining that committee
to seven, the motion was or
dered to remain sor considera
tion until to-morrow.
On motion os Mr. Nicholson,
resolved that the committee to
whom were reserred the petitions
os Richard Wilson, and Natha
niel Segul, be indruClcd to en
quire into the expediency os
making a general provision sor
the relies os insolvent debtors
within the sstriCl os Columbia,
to report by bill or otherwise.
Insormation having been re
ceived that the Senate had not
made a quorum, the House ad
journed.
Thursday , December 9.
Mr. Gregg moved a resolu
tion sor the appointment os two
chaplains os disserent denomi
nations, one sor each house, to
interchange weekly.
Consideration podponed till
Monday next.
There being no quorum in
the Senate, adjourned till to
morrow*
Shsi A T K C F T l E U. I] ]' ATE 5 .
Mcnday, December 6.
But eight members attended,
who not sorming a quorum, an
adjournment took place till to
morrow at 11 o’clock.
Tuesiday , December 7.
No quorum—Twelve mem
bers present.
Wednesiday , December 8.
Twelve members attended—*
No quorum.
Thursiday, December 9.
Only twelve members pre
ser—Not a quorum.
The Legislature os New-sier
siey has rilen sine die , without
having made a choice os any
other ossicers besides those al
ready published.
The SWISS CHIEF.
AS the assairs os the Swiss
Cantons are becoming every
day more serious, it wi J not be
imintereding to the public to be
better acquainted with the cha
racter os the person who is the
leader os those brave men, who
are now endeavoring to recover
their liberties, and to sree Swit
zerland srom abjeCl dependence
on a soreign power.
Aloys Reding, the valient
Chies os the Independent Can
tons, studied the art os war in
the service os Spain, in which
he attained the rank os Colonel,
A short time previous to the
revolution, he hud retired into
the sulitary vallies os his native
country, and devoted his leisurc
j *
to sriendship, to the Mules, and
to the cultivation os his lands.
He had long wished sor an ame
lioration os the sederal system,
and that his country should en
joy uscsul and true liberty >
but his heart revolted at the
idea os a revolution essected by
a soreign power, and at the dill
more abhorrent idea os seeing
his country sall under the domi
nion os France.
Such arc the motives which
induced him to resume the
sword, and to show himsels
worthy os the Helvetian name*
and os his brave ancedors. The
loss os a young wise, whom he
tenderly loved, had lest a pro
sound melancholy on his mind*
which made him perhaps more
eager to seek the perils os battle.
Wary, loyal, brave, attached to
his country, and posTessing great
coolness in prosperity, as well as
in adverilty, he became, in a
short rime, the savourite and the
hope os the people.
From the bravery and skill
with which Aloys Reding de
sended his country, when the
French sird invaded Switzer
land, v/e may judge what he is
now capable os persorming
should they return. With a
sew hundred men he repeatedly
routed a whole army; and was
at lad obliged to yield to terms
only by the treachery os prieds,
and a conllant diminution os his
numbers. Like Leonidas os
old, waiting a certain and glo
rious end at the pass os Ther
mopylae; such was Reding as
the head os his troops, on the
samous heights os Morgarten.
Upon this occasion he made the
sollowing remarkable spccch to
his soldiers, os which the au
thenticity is considered unqu
cionsble