facred defk for a clofet in a printing office, that he would at least have endeavoured to affuage the virulence of party spirit, by inculcating fubmiffion to the public will, and a decorous refpe&t for the conftituted authorities. Inftead of this conduct, which his former proteffion fo imperioufly demanded, he has like a fury affailed the characters of men in office who differ from him in political fentiment; he has diftorted and mifreprefented every important act of government; and in thus doing he has exhibited a malignity peculiar to clerical hypocrites. The inimitable precepts of the golpel inculcating charity and brotherly love he has trampled under foot, and in their ftead has adopted the implacable hatreds of a monk. From fuch apoftate priefts the republic can have but little to fear: thank God their power is limited, their daggers are fearlefs. SCRUTATOR. The next day after the publication of the above, the following billets passed between the senior edi. tor of the Balance and the editor of the Bee. MR. HOLT, AS there has appeared in your last papaper a very abufive perfonal attack upon me, over the fignature of " Scrutator," I request that you give me the name of the author, if you know who wrote the piece; or if you do not know the writer, that you explicitly declare it; and fend me the manuscript copy · EZRA SAMPSON. To this, the subjoined answer was returned. MR. SAMPSON-SIR, AS I must confider you responsible for every anonymous publication in the Balance respecting me; fo I hold myfelt accountable for whatever I publish concerning you. CHARLES HOLT. P. S. As I am not a revealer of fe crets, particularly in my editorial capaci ty, I never give up the names of writers. C. H. Immediately after receiving Mr. Holt's note, the following was written and sent to him. MR. HOLT, IT is fufpected that Ambrofe Spencer, Efq. was the writer of the piece in your paper, figned "Scrutator;" or at least, that it was written with his privity and under his direction. If this fufpicion be illfounded, I request you to certify me by an exprefs declaration acquitting Mr. Spencer of agency in that bufinefs; otherwife I thall confider him the author. EZRA SAMPSON. The editor of the Bee, after some little time of consideration, sent us the subjoined reply. MR. SAMPSON-SIR, MY reply to your firft note I fuppofed to be fufficiently explicit to prevent any further question on the fubject, as the principle there laid down fhall govern my conduct. If, however, I fhould exonerate Mr. Spencer of any agency in writ ing" Scrutator," who would you require me to acquit next, and when would you finish your interrogations? I am not in the habit of exculpating myself from the publications of my prefs by charging them upon others; nor do I fuffer any thing to proceed from it of which I am not willing to be accounted the fponfor until I produce the author. You are therefore at produce the author. You are therefore at jiberty to confider me as the principal in the performance of " the performance of " Scrutator," or to extend your conjectures and fix your suspicions wherever you think proper. fhall acquit no perfon you can mention, unless requested by himself. had told us As you profefs to be a Bee, we expected honey from you; and you yourself that you were about manufacturing a quantity of honey-comb; but not a fcrap of honey or honey-comb have we yet found, or any thing that looks, or tailes, or Imells like it. We had heard that you were a mighty great writer yourfelt, and could knock down your adverfaries in that way, just as a butcher knocks down a bullock; and we know that you can have abundance of help. There is our AGwho can write like a fury, if he has a mind to it: and there is the and great learned Mr., that can write as well as he can talk, provided he be allowed to ftrike home his arguments, at the end of every fentence, with his knuckles and there is befides, a huge number of able writers who can dafh away in your paper, like any thing. I had almoft forgot to mention our new officer, that Mr. Jeffer -.He too has fon has just made fome brains, whatever folks may fay to the contrary. What fignifies it, that you are flitting up, every now and then, in the face of Mr. Samplon ?-Folks wont think you a honey-Bee, any more for that.-Why dont you tear in pieces the arguments of the Balance, which come out weekly as thick as hops ?-Now you let all thefe ar uments alone, and only fly up and try to fting; whereas almost every body fays that you cannot fting, any more than a beetle. Furthermore, neighbour Holt, how comes it to país, that your last week's paper feems to declare that the clergy are peculiarly malignant and hypocritical? -This is not prudent-If you think fo, you should not publish it; for it may alwho is one of the front parfon W best men in the world, to get fubfcribers for your paper, and to get votes at elec tions. I fhall have fome more talk with you, neighbour, on the fe fubjects; and till then, I am yours to serve. A REPUBLICAN. Balance Closet. Samples of the salutary use of the ancient British common law in punishing verbal defamation and libels against Majesty. In the reign of Edward 4th, (nearly a century after the famous statute of Edward 3d, which was pleaded at the last Claverack court against the jun ior editor of the Balance) a tradesman of London who kept shop, at the sign of the crown,being jeered concerning the sign at his shop-door, he jestingly replied, that he intended to make his son heir to the crown. This joke cost the poor man his life. He was tried on the principles of the common law-condemned and executed. In the year 1483, William Collingbourne was condemned and hung, on the principles of common law, for writing the following distich, which certainly is not worth a hanging. The rat, the cat, and Lovel that dog, Rule all England under the hog." "The rat and the cat," alluded to Ratcliff and Catesby, two scoundrel minions of crook-back Richard, King of England. More than three centuries ago, Edward 4th, hunting one day in the park of Thomas Burdit, in Warwickshire, had killed a white buck, which was a great favourite of the owner: and Burdit, vexed at the loss, broke into a passion, and wished the horns of the deer in the belly of the person who had advised the king to commit that insult upon him. For this passionate expression ke was tried for his life the judges and jury condemned him, on the principles of common law; and, as Burdit was no mean man, but a gentleman of fortune, he had the privilege of being beheaded at Tyburn. Ca Ira! Those were glorious times, Master A- Employ your useful labours to revive that golden age. Scour up the rusty blunderbuss, alias, the old British common law, and level it at every dirty plebian, who refuses to pull off his hat to his betters and in this way you will convince the “swinish multitude" that you are a consistent republican, and that you have not “ ceased to deserve well." Agricultural. FROM A SAVANNAH PAPER. A RECENT INVENTION FOR RENEWING THE VIGOUR OF FRUIT-TREES. Never think that can be spoken with decency, that modefty is afhamed to act. Efteem that moft to become you which is decent, modeft, juft, and temperate : for in these chiefly confifts the morality of youth. Pursue thofe pleasures only that are accompanied with honour and glory; for that pleasure that has virtue for its companion, is a valuable good, whereas without it, 'tis a deteftable evil. Fear God, and honour your parents. Be careful to avoid the occafions of being afperfed in your reputations, tho' you know they are lies you are charged A COMPOSITION has been with, for as a great many will be igno rant of the truth, as to fact, fo they'll be if You will obtain a confirmed reputation, you are known to avoid thofe actions, which you cenfure and blame in oth ers." invented for regenerating fruit trees, by The inventor of the above is a Mr. Forfythe, who has got from the S. A. Four Thousand Guineas for the invention. The whole is communicated to the public in a book written by Mr. F. and now in the poffeffion of many gentlemen in America. It is fold by Mr. Ezra Sergeant, book-feller, Water fireet, New York. *Ifocrates was a Greek orator, who died 336 years before the birth of Chrift. Medical. FROM AN EDINBURGH PAPER. "While I was at Smyrna there was a girl afflicted with a cancer in her lips, and the gum was affected. The European phyficians confulted on the measure to be taken, and agreed that they faw no other method than to cut it out; and the girl had already fubmitted herfelf to that decifion. By an accident of that nature which men cannot account for, an old American came to them juft in time to prevent the application of the knife. "Do nothing," faid the American, "I will cure her ;" and when he had pledged himfelt ftrongly the phyficians confented. "He procured a copper veffel, newly tinned in the infide (an effential circumftance) and having poured a certain quantity of olive oil into it, he made it gently agitated, and fo for three times in twenty four hours. With this the oil refolved itfelf into the confiftency of an ointment, and by conftant rubbing the part affected, he cured her in fourteen days.--Nothing elfe was done. "The phyficians fuppofed that the oil received its virtue from the tin, and it was communicated by its long boiling over the fire." Miscellany. FROM THE VERMONT JOURNAL. MR. SPOONER-SIR, I find from recent aceounts from different quarters, that people are not fufficiently warned against the dangerous practice of going into and fleeping in newly plaiftered rooms with lighted charcoal, which induces me to defire you to publish the following fingular inftance which happened in this neighbourhood of late. HAVING built a new fchool house, the proprietors of which being about to collect in the evening for the purpofe of lettling with our refpective committies for building &c. the houfe being built without a chimney in order for a ftove, and the stove not being fet up, the weather pretty cold, and the room newly plaftered, we thought beft to carry in fire.-Mr. Daniel Perkins and myfelf, filled a five pail kettle with charfor the fmoke to fubfide, we placed it in the coal and after being fired a sufficient time center of the room. I then went home, leaving Mr. P. to watch the fire, and returned in about 20 minutes. I found upon entering the room the air very thick & ftifled; but after a few minutes I felt no great inconveniences. The proprietors foon collected and proceeded to bufinefs. We foon found our candles failed to burn clearly, fo that it was difficult to read or Daniel Perkins, who had been in the house write by the help of two. By this time Mr. fome time longer than any one person, complained of faintnefs, thinking, as he faid it was owing to his not having taken any food fince morning, he fet out for home immediately, as foon as he received fresh air from the door he fainted and fell on the floor: he was taken out of the house, and foon revived. Mr. Fredrick Mather who difagreeable, and as he paffed the threshwas fitting near me, obferved his head felt hold of the door he tainted and fell fenfelefs on the ground. We were all alarmed at our danger, and left the room immedi ately. When I first took fresh air, I felt uncommon dizziness in my head, and univerfal weakness, but walking in freth air foon recovered. Many who were in the compa probability is, that had we remained in the ny were difficulted to get home; and the room á few minutes longer, it would have proved fatal to fome of us. ELISHA PERKINS. Woodflock, Jan. 24, 1803. Political. FROM THE U. S. GAZETTE. THE prefent juncture of our affairs will determine whether the political principles of our rulers are of a nature likely to advance the profperity of our country. We fhall know whether prompt and fpirited refiftance, or tame and eafy acquiefcence gives to a nation the beft fecurity againft aggreffion. Whenever it has become neceffary to vindicate national right or na tional honour, the federalifts have been the advocates of meafures decifive and energetic. With equal uniformity have their political adverfaries been the defenders of a timid and yielding policy. character would have pointed out. The ultimate effect of the paffive temper we have fhown muft be, to invite from every quater humiliating infult and injurious aggreffion. nother the threatened attack is averted by The annual feffion of our national le- meafure. Juftice would have defended national honour. There are principles the importance of which is not to be ellimated by any pecuniary fum. Better would it be to endure the evils of a twice ten years war than infultingly to be made the fport of foreign injuftice. The glory of a state is not a mere phantom. It confifts in the good opinion entertained of its prowess and conduct, it arifes from a fenfe of its valour and will always make other ftates cautious of provoking hoftility. It was the military renown of the Swifs that gave them peace for two centuries when the noife of arms was heard over Europe. The inducements of intereft, therefore, combine with a commendable pride to make a nation tenacious of its reputation. Let us cultivate a refolute spirit and we fhall be refpected. But let it be known that we buy an obfervance of our treaties, and it is a folly to expect any will ever be kept with us. A new way of getting money is opened to nations. France, Spain, or Britain, in providing to meet expenfe may include in their calculation a million or 'wo of dollars to be derived from the hopkeepers on the other fide of the Atlantic, by a threat of violence upon them. The fame fpirit that would filence our difpute with Spain, by would, if claim were laid to one of our fwallowing it up in a purchase of territory, ftates, compromife it by a round doceur. The two mafter nations of Europe have been playing upon us ever fince we grew into exiflence, and now Spain is to come in for her hare. What a poor, pitiful figure we must make in the world thas tamely to bear with every infult, thus in yielding party! We complain of being every controverfy to be the injured and the reprefented as a trafficking, fordid people, and we ourselves uphold the affertion. In at the conduct they mark out for the nation. private life inany of our rulers would fpurn And questionable indeed is the patriotifin that throws upon its country what it would reject and defpife in any individual. Swift says that the stoical scheme of supplying. our wants by lopping off cur desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. This is exactly the Virginian doctrine-only destroy your conmerce and you will need no navy. [dnti Dento.} Electioneering. At a numerous and refpectable meeting of the Federalifts of the city of Hudfon, at the Houfe of Stephen Booth, Innkeeper in the faid city, on Monday Evening, March 21st, 1803. S. PADDOCK was elected Chairman. Resolved unanimously, That the following per- Samuel Edmonds, } Aldermen. } Affiftants. -It is well for Dayton that he did not fpend four hours with the Prefident, inftead of two; for, in that cafe, Major Ten Broeck would have retained his office Atill. Thirty right acts were paffed during the top feffion of Congrefs. The follow. any are the titles of thofe of general inportance, An act to provide for the granting of clearances to hips or velfeis owned by Mr. Walter, editor of "The Vifitor," citizens of the United States, lying in the a fpirited federal paper, published at Newriver Moflflippi, fouth of the fouthern Haven, has recently been profecuted by boundary of the United States; and thereEphraim Kirby (unfuccefsful candidate in to amend an af, inutuled "an act to for Governor of Connecticut) for a fup-regulate the collection of duties on imports pofed libel. and tonnage," and for other purposes. Several profecutions of the fame kind have been brought against Mr. Wallis, printer, Newark, N. J. These are private actions, on the trial of which, it is fuppofed, the defendants will be permitted to give the truth in evidence-but there was a time, when democrats were averfe to fuch prosecutions. A fcheme has lately been fet on foot in New-York, which, if carried into effect, will probably refult in the ruin and degra dation of the refpectable body of mechanics in that city. The mayor and fome of the leading democrats, have petitioned the legiflature for aid in erecting and establishing large public workshops, in which idle vagabonds, and difcharged convicts from the State Prifon, are to be employed and placed on a footing, little, if any, inferior to the most relpectable, industrious and independent mechanics of the city. It ap pears to be a renewal of an old project of that prince of fcoundrels, Tom Paine. A fpirited remonftrance or counter-petition has been drawn up by the mechanics; and the editor of the Evening Poft has taken up the bufinefs with laud ble firmneis and eftablished in defiance of reafon and jufability. If, however, the Work-Shop is tice, we propofe.for it a fign, with the following enticing infcription : 66 "An Afflum for Oppreffed Humanity." The Poft-Mafter-General has removed the Poft Office from Wallkill, in this ftate, to Little-Britain, a diflance of about fix miles. Whether this is done for the purpofe of accommodating a greater number of people, or merely for an excufe to remove a federalift, and appoint a democrat, we know not.-Mr. John Kerr is the new Poft. Mafler. Almost every mail brings an account of the removal of fome federal Poft-Mafter, and the appointment of democrats. It would occupy too much room to men. tion the whole of them. A brig of 239 tons burthen, called the KENTUCKY, was launched at Louisville, Ken. on the 12th ult. A fhip of about the fame burthen was lately lauched at Pittsburg, Penn. An act in addition to an act, intituled "an act fixing the military p peace eflabhfh. ment of the United States. An act fupplementary to the "act con cerning Confuls and Vice-Confuls," and for the further protection of American feamen. An act to provide an additional armament for the protection of the seamen and commerce of the United States. An act to prevent the importation of certain perfons into certain flates, where by the laws thereof their admiflion is prohibited. An act in addition to an act intituled "an a&t more effectually to provide for the national defence, by eftablishing an uniform militia throughout the U. States." An act for continuing in force a law, intitled an act for eftablishing trading hoafes with the Indian tribes. An aft in addition to an a, intituled "an act concerning the regiflering and recording of fhips and veffels of the United States," and the act intitled " an act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage. 66 An a&t in addition to and in modification of the propofitions contained in the act, intituled an act to enable the people of the eaftern divifion of the territory northweft of the river of Ohio, to form a conftitution and ftate government, and for the admiffion of fuch flate into the union, on an equal footing with the original ftates and for other purposes." An act to prolong the continuance the mint at Philadelphia. An act in addition to an act, intitule "an act to amend the judicial fyftemot th United States." An act making appropriation for l military establishment of the United States | for the year one thoufand eight hundred and three. An act to alter the time for the next meeting of Congrels. An act directing a detachment from the military of the United States, and for erecting certain arfenals. An act making a partial appropriation for the naval fervice during the year 1803. The Vice-prefident rofe, and called him to order. Haut-He-Cap was untouched, they were the floor of the fenate, but did not fuppofe ultimately obliged to fly by the top of the that they were thereby authorized to pub Mountains, whither they were clofely pur-lifh lies. He then read a paragraph reffued as far as the rocks and precipices per-peating himself from the Wafhington Fedmitted our troops to go. Their lofs on this eralift, and declared that it was utterly falfe. occafion cannot be estimated, because the Mr. Jack fon was proceeding with great greater part have carried their death-blow zeal, when along with them. One hundred and fifty dead bodies have been found on the field of action, and on the paths through which the fugitives retreated. Amongst the prifoners (who were immediately fhot!) were five officers, four of whom were hanged in the An act to make provifion for perfons market-place; the fifth has not yet under-order. that have been difabled by known wounds gone the fate of his companions, because he received in the actual fervices of the Uni-exprefled a willingness to make fome imted States, during the revolutionary war. portant difcoveries refpecting a number of the friends of the blacks in the city, who are daily arrested, and dealt with according to their deferts. An act making further provifions for the expenfes attending the intercourfe between the United States and foreign nations. SOUTH-CAROLINA ELECTION. The Aurora fays, that Meffrs. Lowndes, Huger, Winn, Cafey, Moore and Hampton, are elected reprefentatives for the next Congrefs, from South-Carolina.The two firft are federalifts-the athers, are claimed as democrats, by the Aurora. From the National Intelligencer. - By the following letter we poffefs the IMPORTANT fat, that the Dey of Al giers has declared WAR again France. SIR, Mr. Jackfon faid, he must be permitted. to proceed. He had only a few obfervations to make. The Vice-prefident flood, and called to Mr. Jackfon raifed his voice, and looked another way. He faid he was not going to propofe any refolution, nor did he ́ take that method of obtaining fatisfactionhe merely wished to put the gentlemen upon their guard as to what they published, and occafioned by a gang of invaders, who fuc"Tortuda has experienced another crifis, to inform them that he fhould demand fatoccafioned by a gang of invaders, who fuc-isfaction in a different-[Here Mr. ceeded in croffing the channel. They Jackfon was effectually interrupted by a were joined by the negroes of Labatut and general call to order from every part of the fome others, and have done much mif- fenate: he lat down faying, he would apchief. Troops have been fent against peal to the houfe whether he had not a right them. Mr. Labatut and his wife are faid to be heard.] to be detained in the woods by these brig ands. "Several parleys have been held lately between the Government and a number of negroes in the country who protest againfl Malaga, Feb. 1, 1803-live peaceably on their refpective planta. the conduct of Chriftophe, Clervaux, &c. I profit of two veffels on the departure for Philadelphia, and Sa em, to acquaint you, that the French commercial agent, in this place, has just received advice, that the Dey of Algiers had declared war againit France. This intelligence is tranfmitted to him by his colleague in Barcelona, where a veffel had arrived with the news, and dispatches for the French gov. ernment, which were iminediately fent on by exprefs. I haften to communicate to you this important information, and am, with much refpect and regard, Your obedient humble fervant, Extrait of a letter from a Merchant of "On the 19th ult. the Blacks proceeded in four columns to attack the Cape. One of them took poffeffion of the hofpital and Fort Belair; the fecond of the Gate Bouteille; and the third and fourth, who came down by the Plantation D'Eftaing and the Fort Bourgois, were to affail Haunt-deCap and the pofts that lay on the north fide of the city but acting without concert, the two first columns (which were waiting for the other to commence the attack) were defeated before the arrival of the third and tions, and folicit the protection of the better times." [Evening Poft.] DEMOCRATIC TRAIT. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. Wednesday, Feb. 23. The order of the day was called for on The Vice prefident faid, that before entering upon the difcuffion of that fubject, he wifhed to fubmit to the difcuffion of the fenate a queftion of conftruction.. Mr. Jackson rose and said, that before any thing was done upon that fubject, he wished to make a few remarks. *The Vice prefident hefitatingly fat down. Mr. Jackfon proceeded by faying, that he wished to make a few remarks relpecting ftenographers. He faid, he never withed for any honor through the newfpapers which he did not deferve. He had former The Knot. MARRIED, At New-York, Mr. ARTHUR AUCHINCLOSS, ta If wives are husbands' ribs-this loving bride AGENTS FOR THE BALANCE. IN ADDITION TO THOSE HITHERTO MENTIONED. J. Simonds, Post Master, Clinton, N. Y. Mr. Dodd, Printer, Salem, N. Y. To Readers & Correspondents. An Article explanatory, from an obliging corres. pondent, shall be duly attended to in our next. "A Young Man," who sent us a communication through the Stockbridge Post-Office, is either a knave or a dunce. If he scribbled thirteen lines of nonsense merely to make us pay ten cents postage, he must be much given to knavery ;-but if, on the contrary, he really thought his communication worth ten cents, we must pronounce him a silly youth On the whole, we are inclined to believe that this is the same " Young Man," that lately embellished the columns of the Boston." Republican Gazetteer," with his productions. - "Liberty of the Press," No. 6, is emitted for want of room. The present number of the Balance, com fourth. Having no way to retreat, becaufely voted for admitting ftenographers upon pletes one quarter of Vol. 2. |