would have been fome apology for it; but after Lord Rawdon was driven from almost the whole of his pofts in the country, and the people had generally refumed their arms in favour of America, it had more the appearance of the revenge of a difappointed favage, than of the political feverity of a conqueror. Political. FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER. THE term jacobin, is fometimes taken in a more general and extenfive sense than is meant. It is by no means applicable to the whole body of anti-federalifts; some of whom in the best virtues that honour the human race ftand as high as any men exifting. It is however believed that it is as impoffible for a ray of virtue to brighten the gloomy bofom or warm or foften the cold flinty heart of a jacobin, properly fo called, as a mountain of ice to emit heat, or a fire to flame harmless and inoperative in a barrel of gun-powder. Although differing in political opinions with anti-federalifts, we can refpect what we think their errors, becaule we can readily conceive them to be fometimes founded in fincerity and good motives. We know that in that body there are degrees even of error, from the man who firft ftarts off from the whole mafs of federalism down to him who is deceived into the opinion that pure democracy is the beft government. To the very laft of those we declare that our most inimical feeling is refor their errors. gret Who are they, then, it will be asked, against whom are levelled the fhifts of reprobation? We answer, against their deceivers-against what we call the democratic agents. Against that wicked, defigning character, which by indefatigable industry and activity under the guidance of low cunning, does more mifchief in a day than wifdoin can repair in a week-which by the avowed cooperation and undiftinguished inftrumentality of unabashed falfhood, puts truth and all her army of virtues to rout, and tramples them under foot-which pampers up the people with falfe notions into a bloated, morbid plethora of felf opinion, and endeavours to flatter every individual that he is a king only in order to make him a flave -which by the dexterous management of the influence over the public mind thus difhoneftly obtained, is gradually mouldering away the cement of the conflitution, tumbling down all the rainparts which it has in its provident wifdom thrown up for the delence of the citizen's rights, and actually fcaring away juftice from its appointed fan&tuaries; which pretend to the fcience of government, while they know not its very first rudiments, and build that pretence upon a fuperficial sketch taken from the common-place books of fuperior malcontents of the abufes only to which in common with every thing of human inftitution government must be liable. In fhort, the unprincipled demagogue, that character which has laid France particularly, and all the finer parts of Europe in ruin, perhaps irreparable ruins-which has let loofe the furies of Pandemonium upon the civilized world, and fpread far and wide a conflagration that ages will not extinguish-which is regarded now in every enlightened country of Europe, even where it was once moft favorably receiv. ed, with horror and deteftation, and which, hooted with one general fhout of execra tion from the fhores of the old world, fcatters itself over this free land, fpreading the peftilent contagion it is no longer able to fpread there" Corrupted itfelf and corrupting all about it." The Jacobin-this is the character aimed at, when reprobation is urged with warmth. The antifederalifts in the lump are not pointed at ; it is their crafty agitators who are objects of cenfure. Be it our weekly task, To note the passing tidings of the times. Dudson, September 13, 1803. We obferve feveral accounts of the impreffiment of American feamen, by British fhips of war. Though none of them come very well fubftantiated, ftill we have reafon to believe that many infances have happened; and we fincerely hope the men in power, however inimical they may be to|| commerce, will nevertheless have fufficient humanity to induce them to take immediate. meafures for the fecurity of our feamen.We have obferved much nonfenfical and boyish gafconading on this fubje&t, in the democratic newspapers; as if fome great object was to be gained by fuch trafh. But, for our part, we cannot conceive what good purpose it is to anfwer. Will it have any influence on the conduct of the British? Certainly not. They have feen too much hard fighting to be frightened by paper fhot; and they have had too much to do with Frenchmen, to be palavered by fuch trumpery. Will it afford any re lief to the unfortunate feamen who have been impreffed? No. It will be but a mif. crable confolation to them, to be informed that our democratic editors are right punky about their wrongs. Will it fat. isfy the American people generally? By no means. They look to the government for a "correction of the procedure."Why do the democrats complain, when the power of redre fling the grievance lies in their own hands? All parties condemn the British commanders for impreffing our citizens. Nobody attempts to juftily ther conduct. Every true American regrets the evil, and depends on the government for a remedy. Perhaps meatures are already taken by our executive for an explanation. planation. Perhaps foreign minifters have been furnished with inftructions on the fubje&t. At any rate, we hope and trut that fomething will be done, by the fav r ite mode of negociation, or otherwife; fot furely, if our prefident cannot devife one plan for the fecurity of our veffels and fail. ors, the fooner he lays them up in a dry. dock, and betakes himfelf to the mountains, the better. We think the democrats ought to rely with full confidence, on his wif dom and firmness. It is very unfortunate that any thing fhould have happened to difturb his "ferenity;" but bis plaivis. philofo. phy will undoubtedly carry him fately through all his troubles. Among the inftances of impreffment, mentioned in the papers, are David Getchell, an American feaman (but unfortunately without a protection) taken out of the floop Hiland, Hand, from Philadelphia, while ftanding out of Delaware Bay, and within one and an half leagues of Cape Henlopen light-house. Two men and two boys, (all furnished with protections) taken out of the brig Mark and Mary, Mooklar, of this port, of Martinico. We are informed that fome of thefe are foreigners; but this may bea miftake. We thould like to be fatisfed as to this fact. Two men (whether foreigners or not, or whether furnifhed with prote&ions or not, we do not learn) taken out of the ichooner Jane, Jacobs, of Baltimore, on their home. ward bound paffage from St. Martins. One man (without a protection) taken out of the fhip Marion, of New-York, off the Capes of Delaware. Four men, taken out of the brig Belona, Delano, of New-Bedford, off Tereriffe. One man, taken out of the schooner Perfeverance, Covle, of New-York, of the Bite of Leagane. We do not learn whether thefe lat were Americans, or whether they had protections. We are happy to have it in our power to contradict the ftatement in the loft Bee, concerning the breaking out of the yellow fever at Norwich, Connecticut. The fol lowing is copied from the Norwich Centinel of the goth ult. "The public mind has been fomething agitated and alarmed from exaggerated and erroneous statements of the Yellow Fever prevailing and being very mortal in this city. From the editors having been led to conclude, that fuch exaggerated reports would in fome degree prove injurious to the interefts, of the citizens of this, and the adjacent towns; he has ufed the utmoft of his endeavours to procure a true ftatement, from which it appears that the first cafe was that of Capt. William Davifon, who took it at New-York, fickened on his paffage, and died in a few days after his arrival; the next was Mr. Timothy Filmore, who alfo took it at New-York, fickened and died in the fame way; Mr. John Story, alfo took it at the above mentioned city, and died in a few days after being landed from on board a packet.There has been a few other cafes, and fome deaths of the above malady, but it appears fully demonftrated, that there has been few or no cafes, which can literally be faid to have originated in this city. At prefent we believe the town to be uncommonly healthy." 66 16 After the 15th day of February next, by a law of the United States, "No copper "coins or pieces what loever; except cents " and half cents fhall pafs current as mo. ney, or fhall be paid or offered to be "paid or received in payment for any debt, demand, claim, matter or thing what foever, and all copper coins, which fhall be paid or offered to be paid or "received in payment contrary to the "prohibition aforefaid, fhall be forfeited, "and every perfon by whom any of them "have been fo paid or offered to be paid or received in payment, fhail alfo forteit "the fum of Ten Dollars, and the faid "forfeiture or penalty, fhall and may be "recovered with cofts of fuit for the ben"efit of any perfon or perfons by whom "information of the incurring thereof "ihall have been given." 44 ordered him to receive thirty lashes upon Extract of a letter from an officer on board in the first houfe he could find, which wasthat of Mr. Ifrael Moore, where he lodg ed that night. On the following morning a warrant was iffued by Andrew Reeder, Efq. for the apprehenfion of the perpetrator, and by the activity of the people of the neighbourhood he was taken in the courfe of the day, and a number of the articles found upon him alledged to have been ftolen; he was of courfe committed to Flemington goal to take his trial at the next court of Oyer and Terminer. [Trenton Federalift.] April 25th, 1803, off Sardinia-Early in the morning the gunners mate had been returning the figna! Lanthorns into the gunner's fore-room, as ufual, and alfo the match which is kept burning during the night. He returned, and the gunner went LONDON, JULY 21. immediately down into the cock pit, and The preparations making on the coast of it feems took a light into the flore room to France for the invafion of this country, are fee if every thing was properly fecured, extremely formidable; and the better to when, from the fnuff of the candle or other conceal them, all the English at Calais, wife, fire was communicated to a confider- Boulogne, &c. are ordered to England in able quantity of powder, upwards of an hun-48 hours, or to retire into the interior of dred weight. The explofion took place France, even though they fhould have refiprecifely at 8 o'clock, thofe in the cock pit precifely at 8 o'clock, thofe in the cock pit ded in thofe towns the most part of their fuffered beyond conception, though moft lives. of them have furvived it. The gunner "Morrill" died the following night and alfo a boy named Hamilton, Mr. Shults died in about thirty fix hours. Burrior, captain's clerk died fince our arrival here (Malta) Dr. Weems is yet ill, though recovering faft; as likewife are Mr. Alexis midthipman, Kennedy, purfer's fteward, M'. Gee, marine, Mr. Lewis, midshipman and Mr. Ifrael well. The explofion blew the gun deck and quarter deck hatches upftarted the magazine, wardroom and cabin bed-heads. Exertion alone iaved us. The fire was extinguifhed in one hour. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. on On Monday evening laft a daring rob. bery was committed on the perfon of a Dutch gentleman from Surrinam, in the upper part of this townfhip, by a perfon of the name of Zebulon Phares. The gentleman had lately come into the country for the benefit of his health, and was his way to the State of New-York, in the Mail Stage, where Phares came across him; who, after introducing himself by familiar converfation, very kindly invited At the district court of the United States the gentleman to spend a day or two at his for the New-York diftri&t, held yesterday at houfe, which he faid was near Trenton; the ftate prifon, William H. Burbridge to which the gentleman, after fome hefiwas indicted for felonioufly ftealing a let-tation, confented. On croffing the Delater which was committed to his care, as a clerk in the poft office in this city; in which letter were three bank notes (one of 500 dollars, one of 250, and one of 50) the property of Mr. John D. Martin, of this city, merchant; and which notes he was charged with deftroving. To the indictment the prifoner pleaded guilty; and the Cour a! in confideration of his youth, (with which perhaps could not have been from the enormity of the offence) An annual meeting of the BERKSHIRE AND COLUMBIA MISSIONARY SOCIETY, is to be holden at the South School House, in Stock. bridge, (Mass.) on Tuesday the 20th inst. at 11 o'clock, A. M. A Sermon will be delivered by one of the Members. The Trustees of the Society meet on the same day, at 9 o'clock, A. M. at the house of Deacon STEPHEN NASH, in Stockbridge. Sept. 1, 1803. The Knot. ware they left the ftage together, and walk- The Knell. "In the township of Cocksackie, on Sunday the 5th inst. of a consumption, HENRY BREWERTOF, Erq from New-York, aged 55 years. He was a kind 1 band, an indulgent father, and a sincere friend. He is a widow, with three small children, and a large circle of ielatives and friends to lament his The Wreath. EXTRACT. ON THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR PASSIONS. SAY, Love, for what good end design'd Wert thou to mortals given? Was it to fix on earth the mind? Or raise the heart to Heav'n? Deluded oft we stil! pursue The fleeting bliss we sought, As children chase the bird in view, That's never to be caught. O! who shall teach me to sustain Thon, blest indifference, be my guide, Teach me to see, thro' Beauty's art, A base, a lewd, a treacherous heart, Nor let my gen'rous soul give way, If to my lot a wife should fall, May Friendship be our love; The passion that is transport all Does seldom lasting prove: If lasting, 'tis too great for peace, Calm let me estimate this life, Which I must leave behind, When Nature calls, may I steal by, CURIOUS EPITAPH. ALL you that come near, upon Tom drop a tear, From whom 'twill appear, that the rich are poor hore. FILL a thimble full of the powder BONAPARTE feems to have carried you wish to try. Pour it upon a dry his Quean round with him on his prefent white paper; fire the little heap with a tour, as if to try the experiment whether a burning coal, lightly touching the powder. man or a woman could swallow the met If it be excellent, every grain will inftant-flattery. In this, as in every thing elit, ly rife in fmoke, only leaving on the paper the Conful feems fuperior. a round fpot, pearl colour. If bad it burns the paper. The mean effects between thefe two extremes will exactly show the quality. The powder burning paper but lule, may be pronounced better than that burning it a great deal; and if it only blacken it, of a fuperior quality to the to the firit. FIRE-PROOF PAPER. "Mr. LAZARUS BEACH, of Danbury in Connecticut, prefented to the Museum, in New York City, a quire of paper, made of the afbetos, at his paper-mill in Danbury, March, 1792, which the hotteft fire would not confume." Pity a quire or two of this kind of paper had not been fent to Georgia, and`ufed by the democratic legislature of that ftate, for 1795, as a record-book. HE that artificially raifes his fpirits by drinking, will find them link and flag in proportion and then they must be raised again and fo on till he has no fpirits to raife. [The subjoined lines, from a late London paper, are C Driginal Ellays. HUDSON, (NEW-YORK) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1803. Hither the products of your closet-labors bring, FOR THE BALANCE. No. VI.-AND LAST. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE DISADVANTA- NOT It has, I conceive, been clearly shown, in the course of thefe effays, that the United States already possess vastly too much territory for their prefent interest ; that the annexation and Speedy fettlement of Louisiana would tend to impoverish and weaken our nation, by difperfing its population and dipating its capitals; and would be extremely injurious, particular OT to prejudge the treaty, that is foon coming before the Senate of the United States-not to impeach the motives and views of the executive, or the conduct of the diplomatic agents-not to excite alarm and irritation in the publicly to the Eastern and Middle States, drawmind, has the writer undertaken thefe ef. fays his objects are to point out the injurious effects, especially in a young and thinly-fettled country, of draining away from it vaft fums of cafh; and alfo to check the currency of mifreprefentations and efface erroneous impreffions, by proving that an acquifition of Western territory, more or lefs, can be conducive to the interests of the United States, no farther than as it should tend to fecure the free and uninterrupted navigation of the Western ing from them a confiderable portion of ion, are alfo owned as private property. -In the name of wonder, what need is there of more land, for the purpose of cultivation ? faf Suppole the fertility of the foil of Louifiana equals or even furpaffes the florid defcriptions which have been given of it— that it is capable of producing " fugar, coffee, cocoa, pimento, molaffes, canejuice, fpirit or rum, cotton, indigo, gums, fron, rhubarb, and in general most of the precious articles of produce, which the Weft-India Iflands do or can yield"-what avails all this to a nation that has neither money to spare for the purchase of slaves, nor labourers for the cultivation of the newly acquired foil. "The cultivation of Louifiana, Mr. Livingfton obferves, (and his remarks are indifputably accurate, respecting that part of it which can be expected to yield the aforementioned articles of produce,) is to be carried on, as in all warm climates, by flaves."--" On their arrival at Louisiana, (he further says) the flaves will be employed in the barren occupations of felling the large forefts with which this immenfe country is covered, a labour but little fuited to flaves, for it requires being long accustomed to the axe; and force and activity are feldom found in flaves. They must be clothed, fed and maintained, during whole years, before any profit can be derived from them.""Who then (exclaims Mr. Livingston) will cultivate Louisiana with flaves? Who is the citizen willing to bestow large capitals upon fo precarious a property with the profpect of a diftant return ?"--Be it added, will the citizens of the United States enter afrefh into this horrible fpecies of fpeculation? Is it not enough that already there are from five to fix hundred 1 time to become acquainted with all its exthousand African flaves in this country? My God! fhall thoufands and hundreds of thoufands more of our fellow creatures be robbed of their liberty-be fnatched from the bofoms of their friends, and from all the namelefs endearments of country and of home, and be forced to the house of bondage, there to confume their miferable exiftence that We, forfooth, may be fur nifhed, at nearer markets, with moft of the precious articles of produce, which the Weft-India iflands do or can yield!" -Will republicans, who glory in their facred regard to the rights of human nature, purchase an immenfe wilderness for the purpose of cultivating it with the la beur of flaves!-The idea is too horrible to be indulged. [TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK ] THE PLOUGHMAN. FOR THE BALANCE. Messrs. EDITORS, L AST year I addreffed feveral letters to you for publication, in which I pointed out, in my plain home-spun way, the various acts by which defigning politi cians deceive and mislead thofe upright and well-meaning men, whofe means of information are neceffarily limited. 1 gave you to underftand, that I was, in the time of the revolution, a zealous Whigthat I had formerly held the character of George Washington in the highest eltimation; and that I generally approved of the measures of his adminiftration: But that, notwithstanding this, I had been induced, by an artful demagogue, who had undertaken to act as my preceptor, to renounce my former principles, and give my vote to the democratic fide. I alfo in you formed of the advancement of my preceptor to office. I further mentioned my fubfequent doubts concerning the charg. es he had made againit the federal adminiftrations; and, finally, my conviction of their fallity. After writing a few letters, in which I briefly fet forth the wide dif ference between democratic profeflion and practice, I began, once more, to have my doubts. My preceptor, it is true, did not vifit me as often as he had formerly done. For this there were two reasons-first, He had obtained his office, which was his main object, and therefore had but little more ufe for me-fecondly, My fufpi cions induced me to treat him with unufual coolness and referve. But, on reection, I began to fear that I had not meld to the democratic faith, a fufficient cellences. I was really apprehenfive that In fome future letters, I propofe to Seleäcd. FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER. THE flate of Switzerland must fill ev ery heart not entirely bereft of feeling, manhood, integrity, and grace, with in. dignation and abhorrence for the monster who has trampled on its independence, and with grief and fympathy for its fufferings, To form a clear conception of the extent of the villainy perpetrated by the one, or of the depth of the mifery enduring by the other, it is neceffary to think of Switzerland as it was before the French revolution. If there was ever a fpot on the face of creation where man was blessed with unmingled happinefs, tranquility and content, that (pot was Switzerland. The country and its inhabitants were the admi ration of Europe, the constant theme of poets. Thither men of tafte repaired from the fincft parts of that quaater of the globe to tafle beauties of a fuperior kind. Freedom and plenty gladdened every cottage; and fecure on the one hand in religion and rigid moral virtue from the contamination of the wicked world about them, and on the other in their mountains and impreg |nable fortreffes from the affaults of an enemy, they stood as if felected from the na tions of Europe by Providence to fled as monuments of purity, happiness, and independence, which fcarcely knew alloy, and which promiled to have no end.But the plagues and peftilence of hell with the ferpent's-tongue feduction of the Rights of Man, crept in upon them and betrayed them to the deftroyer, The natural beauties of Switzerland have always been the admiration of Europe, but never did the face of that or any other country prefent a country prefent a more delightful pic ture to the physical, than its government and laws did to the moral eye. Interests, fe&ts, and opinions, religious and political, in all other places held to be at irreconcil able variance with each other, here coalefced for mutual advantage. Of the thir teen cantons seven were ariftocratic-fix democratic; yet without diflike, jar, or fufpicion, they remained for centuries u nited in ftri& alliance. The fame wife and beneficent fpirit of toleration extended to religious matters. Some of the cantons were Roman Catholic, fome Proteftant, fome Calvinit. And in fome of them, thofe were mixed and enjoyed equal rights and privileges. All this harmony and happinels however is fled-The rights man, with the GAUL who throws his word into the fcale" to back them, has frightened virtue and felicity from that delightful country for ever. · In the above short tranfcript of the political concerns of Switzerlend, the people of |