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i.t iTavannah, and the Intcmhnc
nr New-CilcAns, without the
k now ledge of the court of Spain.
Thefe noble Spaniards expected
by this honcil manoeuvre to
Lave reduced the price of pro
duce brought down the river
M.fTiiTippi, and to have filled
their pockets at the ex pence of
thoufands whom they hoped to
have defrauded, though thereby
tiay hazarded the peace of the
two countries. It may be re
membered, that the Don at
I lav anna lias a monopoly grant
ed him by the SpanifKcourt for
the fuppiy of flour to that place,
which by this plan he is thought
to have purchafed at a much
reduced price. If this be a true
fare of the cafe, there can be
no doubt but the rights of our
Weftern citizens will Ipeedily
be acknowledged—if not, v.e
are fatisfied they will be very
ipeedily aflerted, and rclblutely
defended.
L O U I S V I L L E,
WEDNF.SDJT. Pc'ruary q, 1803.
His Excellency the Gover
nor has, on the fiift inflam, if
fund a writ of Eleblion for a
member of the Houle of Re
prefentarivcs of this State, for
the County of Jeffcrlbn, in the
roc m of Col. Henry G. Cald
well, deceafcd.
We are happy in having it in
our power, to inform the Re- |
■publicans of this County, that
Zachariah Lamar , FJq, is a
candidate. No encomium is
r.eceffary to glofs the char abler
of Mr. I.amar, as he is known
by all who are acquainted with
him, to be an htnrft nan, and
firmly attached to the pi dent
Admin, flration.
A FIGHT OR FOOT RACE.
The particulars of this ludi
crous feene not being fully
known, we fhall for the prelent
omit an account of it howe
ver, the objcbl, or caule, is well
alcertained, to wit; Ektlicneer
ing.—The Parfm laid good
things of the C aptain, and the
Captain recommit ded the Par
ion. Here was the quid pro quo ,
and who can fay but the ar
rangement was fkilful, for it is
roll known, a candidate who
runs up and down the County
canvafling for votes, nn ft ine
vitably \ erjure him Iclt when he
takes his feat in the Afitmbly ;
then who can blame theft gen
tlemen for their mutual fupport
of each other ; ir was a contri
vance no doubt dictated by the
uuft refined delicacy of ftnti-
Jueng to filence and allay the
qualms ot the Parlou’s con
fidence.
Married, on i hurfday lad,
David I hcmas, J fq. to Mils
Macarinah Hancock, both
ol this County.
Married, on Monday even
ing, the 7th infl. Dr. 7 'hcmas
JW in belli of Waftungton Coun
ty, to Mils Felly V/ccd y daugh
ter of Gen. Solomon Wood,
of Jtftcrfon County.
Died, on the i Ight of the if!
of February inflanr, in ti e 47th
yc ar of his age, (ohn Hr l man
Smith, Licp Printer, a native
of the city or Nuremberg, In
Germany, and for feveral years
a rcfpcdable inhabitant of the
city of Augufta.
Difd, at VV hite-llai), in
Wafhington County, in the 33d
year of his age, Mr. Josiam
N. Kennedy, Merchant.
0 death i why arm with crutlty
thy pozver,
And [pare the idle weed, yet dip
the flower!
Why fly thy Jhafts in lawlefs ra
rer driven ,
Is virtue then no more the care of
Heaven.
But peace , held thought,A e fliil
my hurfling heart,
IVe, net Kennedy, felt the fatal
dart .
From the Raleigh Re gift er.
The following is an extract
of a letter from a gentleman in
TennefTee, to his friend in this
city ;
“ The condud of the Spanifh
government, in (hutting the
port of Ncw-Orleans againft
American commerce, contrary
to the Spanifh treaty, which
provides that it fhall remain a
place of depofit for A.mencan
commerce for the fpace of three
years, and afterwards until the
Spanilli government fhall point
out fome other place, equally
convenient for the Americans,
has greatly exafperated the peo
ple of this country. The mer
chants mud become bankrupts,
and tie farmers get nothing for
their crops. The merchants of
the town of Nafhville purchafed
upwards of 300,000 dollars
worth of merchandize, and pro
mifed to make remittances this
winter in cotton. All the mer
chants in the country had en
tered into the like engagements
—their views are all deranged
by this perfidious conduct of
the Spanifh government. 1 he
people appear difpofed to re
main quiet until they fee what
the government cf the United
States will do. Should the go
vernment of the United States
not ad promptly and dccifively,
the people are determined to
arm thtrnfelves, and delcend
the river in their boats, and
force all oppofition. Jn this
projed, there will be an union
of the people of TennefTee,
Kentucky, the North Weftern
and M.fTifTippi Territories,
which will be a lerious thing
in die U nited States. I do hope
the United States will declare
war immediately againft Spain;
it they do not, they will necei
fanly have an intelhne commo
tion.”
1 he following refolutions
have been patted by the Lemf-
I lauire of Maryland ;
Refclved, That this Legifla
| ture highly approves of the
j prompt conduct of the prefident
j of the United States, relative
j to demanding red refs from the
| Spanifh government at New
-1 Grlcans for the infradion of the
I treaty of San Lorenzo Real.
1 _ Refclved, 'That the ftate of
Maryland will fupport fuch
n eaiuresas the honor, the dig
uuv and interefts cf the United
Nates may render neceffary to
be aoopted by the Preiklent of
the United States, or by the
general government, in cafe the
j ufb and honorable red refs de
manded Hi all not be obtained.
Mr. I auny, watchmaker, of
New-York, is faid to have dif
covered an improvement on the
pendulum; beyond thole of 1 Ter
ri Ton. i e Paine, or any other
arcift, by which common time
pieces may be fo regulated as
not to vary more than i cr 3
minums in twelve months. If
this information be corrtdl,
America will be honored, while
ait is benefited, by Mr. Fan
ny's invention.
The follow mg is extracted
from the annual report of the
Secretary of the Treafurv, of the
16th ult. and will Ihew the hap
py fituation and profpedl: of our
finances, as briefly dated in the
Prefident’s me flag e ; and mud
excite the moft plead ig fen ra
tions in every friend to his
country, notwithftandifg all the
carpings and declamations of
the enemies of our worthy re
publican ad miniff ration.
<r Although it had been an
ticipated that the receipts in the
treafury, on account of duties
on merchandize and tonnage
could nor, for the prefect,year,
be affedled bv the reiteration
of peace in Europe ; yet the |
furn a flu ally paid has exceeded
the moll farguinc expectations.
Twelve millions two hundred
and eighty thbufand dollars
C J ✓
have been received during the
o
courlc of the year ending on the
30th day of September lad ; a
fum larger, by two millions of
dollars, than the amount receiv
ed from the fame duties during
the prcceeding or any otheryear ,
and which exceeds, by twelve
hundred thoufand dollars, the
aggregate heretofore coilefled,
in any one year, on account of
both the imp eft and the internal
duties repealed by an a6l or iall
feffion.”
“ From prefent appearances,
the whole of the permanent re
venues of the United Mates may
therefore be reafonably com
puted at ten millions of dollars,
of which fum feven millions
three hundred thoufand dollars
are appropriated for the pay
ment of the principal andinterefl
of the public deity and two
millions feven hundred thoufand
dollars are applicable to the cur
rent expences of government.”
(C The balance ot Ipecie in
the treafury which, on the lii ft
day of Oflober 1801, amount
ed fu 2,948,718 dollars and 73
cents, had increafed on the flrit
Oflobcr 1802, to the fum of
4>539> 6 75,. clollars ,57. cents,
making a difference in favor of
the treafury of 1,590,956 dob
and 84 cents, which laft luni
added to the above mentioned
payment of 4,152,869 dollars
and 66 cents, made out of the
treafury an account of the prin
cipal of the public debt, makes
an afhial difference in favor of
the United States of more than
jive millions /even hundred and
forty thoufand dollars jßle.
On new year’s day, a group
of merry black fiddlers, accord
ing to cuftom, went round and
played at different houfes ; a
mong others, they came to the
! o:cl of one of cur firll X.:' , I;
in tnis city, who, fincc the re
volution, has re allied a fplcntM
fortune linger the Protection of
the juft and equitable laws of the
United States. We would na
turally and reafonably cape ft
loyalty and attachment to tha
government and country from
luch men, whatever their for
mer prejudices and prediledions
might have been. When fo
reigners become citizens, and
take cheoath ofiidelity to the re
public, renouncing ail allegiance
to foreign powers and poten
tates, imperially to the king of
Great Britain. We Ihouldhbpe
and bed.eve that they’were fin
cere, and felt themfclves bound
in honor and confcience to aft
up to the fpirit and letter of the
mod lolemn engagement. Buc
we much fear that this is not al
ways the call* with thofe even,
who make fo much noife about
religion and morality.
lifter tlie fiddlers played
fome merry times at the door
of the Citizen we here allude to,
he came to the window, and de
fied them to play God Save the
King- The patriotic leader cf
the band refled on his bow, and
aimed what king. The loyal
Citizen antwered King George.
On hearing this, the African
gave the fignal, wheeled abouc
to the r ght, and ftruck up Yan
kee Doodle, and afterwards the
lory's March , leaving Kin*
George's man to his bottle and
medication.
We cannot clofe this article
without applauding the patrio**
trim and republican fpirit of the
black mufician, who pofiibly
may have been born a Have in
the land of freedom, and chough
living by the difeordant found
of a ciazy fiddle, yet felt that he
was an dimeric an. ■ Verily, ve
rily, T fay unto ye, naturalized
Federalifis, that there is more
honejiy and loyalty in this one
black man , than in all the I'oriet
in the United Stares.
American Patriot,
It muft be confefled that eve
ry republican in America hia
caufc to be proud of lf*s country,
and plume himfejf on iris politi
cal luperioncy over all other
nations ; but there are two fub
jedts particularly, which place
the American without competi
tion, beyond every other people
to wit: the freedom of his prels,
and the immaculate character of
the Executive of the United
States.
In firft place, to the honor of
Democracy, no people on earth
except thole of America, could
endure Inch freedom of the
prefs as there is now eftablifheJ
in the United States. All lub
jedts and all characters are
thrown open to difeuffion, and
this freedom, though it has de
generated into licentioulnels, is
yet cheriflied by that republican
fpirit, which is always jealous of
is rights, and had rather endure
the venemous attacks of its ene
mies, than clip the wings of ks
freedom.
it is well known that the anti
republicans have availed them
ft Ives of this freedom, w h cn
they could not bear in a monar
chial flare, to batter the edr .ee
of American liberty, and bi g