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THE LATE METEOR.
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The Meteor seen on Sunday tiight last,
between eight and nine o'clock, attractedlhe
notice of all those who happened to see it,
for a considerable distance round the metro
polis. It bad an oval form,' mid was followed
by . sparks which gave it somewhat the ap
pearance of having a tail. It emitted a very
vivid blue light. It moved with great veloci ty
in a north west direction, ami disappeared
by entering a thick black cloud ; a feV se
conds after ? which a mostrwf-rumolin
noise, Jike distant thunder, or a htavy dis-
r.harg;e of arkiUscv was hesvrd ; ,wtt jfehole aS i
E irnetropQlT wi liiws(iiit4 f tW
uassene'ers ia LeicestepneldB Were narticular-
j'.,' .'., - Q t , 4
T' ly "afTccted "by" it, and se. versl females were
-60 much alarmed that they screamed out.
A letterfrom Southampton, -of" the 1 4th,
sayS ."Yesterday evening between eitlit and .
nine o'clock, the inhabitants of the town were
much surprised at a . tjreat and unusual ap
pearance)f light in the element, about sixty
degrees above the horizon; in the W. S. W.
cuarter, which illuminated the buildings, &.c.
in its passage upon the opposite point joi the
compass.. It was not-' visible more than 1 8
or 20 seconds, the night wad fine, the hetni-
sphere clear Sc starfy with a moderate breeze
from the westward ; the 'streets were in ge
neral pretty much crowded; the evening
service at th different churches.'&c. having
concluded but a short time before this passing
meteor was dUc6vered." ' ' "
..Between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday
night, the same' ball of fire': appeared
oyer.. Leweswhich i for. several seconds
illuminated .the hemisphere in 'ri ex
traordinary manner. A person "returning
from Brighton onthe roof of a coach, assejts,
- the light wa-so strong that it ehabled him -to-.bee,
'not oftly'the cattle and sheep in the dis
tant meadows, -but also, the shipping at sea.
Its bursting was' felt at several houses, which
it actually shook, and so alarmed their' inha
bitahts,'that tWey started from thcir r-.it as if
in fear ofbeing overwhelmed-with Jcstrro
.tion. 1
On Suudoy evening the inhabitants of Ro
. Chester and neighbourhood, "were 'ranch a
larmed by lhe uncommoilummou's" meteor
which appeared, in the air. The light wa
so' great for the space of a minute, that obV
jects were diicrned' at a consid6rjii!e" dis
, Unce. It was followed br a tremulous noise.
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V
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out to destroy the latter, though after prey- j
ing with ferocityfor centuries upon the.hu-, 1
man species, but to drown him in a sea. of
human blood -Beware of tliisinonster.---
Truth is a divine attribute, the' foundation
of virtue and happiness and the best weapon
of defence. Hence the republican, in the -support
and defence of his natural rights
needs no' other weapon but to act consistent
ly with that firm basis. But when .the de
signing aristocrat v finds himself detected in
his endeavours to jntroducean arbitrary sjs-.
tem, we behold volumes of scurrility issuing
, forth, and the truth in retrogade. It is. tho't
" however by, the best judgesJ;thati nearly se
tn eigittis,of cr fcderirisU . are at heart'
f trl&e und genuine republicans ; but by a long
series "of misiBformatJonf backed by Ihb au-
thority o a few aspiring aristocrats, they are
tradilioned into a wrong belief of things, and
the cunning intrigues that have beep made
use of, have overpowered and imposed on
their mistaken credulity and they act by an
implicit faith. They believe as they have
been taught, viz. that federalism contains the
. essence of those principles and liberties for
which they dared to forsake every enjoyment
of a domestic kind, lly to arms;, and risque
both life' and fortune to defend and... that the
tenets of the democrat arc. nothing more
than a wild, frantic", incoherent system of
jargon, impregnatcd.with French, vc volution-
ary phylosophy, tending to,anarchyr deism,
atheism anl a total . subvp-sion of. all - their
rights and privileges, both civil and sacred.
I feel, sir, sensibly affected in behalf of this
infatuated, innocent and.valuuble part of the
community
-' Speak to this people, Mr.. Txlitor s Tell
them that the two opposite spirits which per
vade the United States . at. the present day
are very nearly the same, as thos& formerly
- known by the'-name of whig and for -that-tlie
one. favours but too.strongJy of old -'mo-,
nnrchy, whil; the other inculcates-the natu
ral and ' : una'denable rights of man. Ask
, them by what spirit th$y.v ei'e. stimulated to
march forth with heroic zeal to face -the bold
".-veterans of Europe, to jeopard their lives in
tfic higl places of the teldito meet tVe hot,
rid clangor of martial implements, to con-
front, vyuh undaunted courage, the'tlrcad f r-
uiiery m ruin m iLrallrevni nz saine'spi.
rit whicL ihcyfare no.inadycrteutly oppo
sing, the spirit , of Uiat liberty wl freeWm
which was given us by ,(iod and nature.
Tell them that a, world of craft and imripue
This phenomenon" is not calculated to ex- j! were used to . prejudice v and embitter the
cite that terror and dread which ih the dark
; ' ages of supersliiion, the designing were wont
to raise. A comparison of well authentica
ted facts authorise a conclusion that . similar
jeveut3nre byno menns uncommon i but by
"happening in the day time, or after the inha
bitants hive in general retired t4 rest, "they
are observed but Jjy few ; and the relation,, if -mHf,
disregarded ; and it is perhaps, at
much owing, to the tide of the evening in
.which this mrteor appeared, as to its magni
tude and brilliancy, that i; has excited much
V curiosity. From the orcuimtance of in'ap-.
i je.imnce at Dover, Cranbrook, Chelmsford,
J lews, KriStlidmstonc, and "Soulhtimpton, ,
':f compared, witli-it nppcarane'e at London, it,
, teem that the Jdy hich occasioned this
f light wks'moviiith incredible swiftutns at
u v tit height above the earth, in idircct;ou
nearly V. or S. U'. and in a line pissing to
ih somhwaWlof the coast of Essex. . Ac
eoNlingly we expect in the course of time to
Iwarth it "it was seen in France, and. proba- II, fc
tly Tinher in'aiouth'wjut dircctiuii, and in Jj fc
,t contrary di;ectiyn'acrss England, Wales, j fo
ana perliaps Inland. It was oborvcd n :ar
' thu Hire Ciuaf 4,4rt-Wtniii,fv-to--tas-
M0'tti.8 or 3(Megrm to the southward ol ihs .
! zenith, and about 23 or 1) minlrrts afisr S
by thntclock, which is well and constantly
-K-gutoed in keep -true time; the whole
time the light occasioned by the mi tcor Ustt
d, w.unot cstinuiedto exceed five oc sit
growls. Firn the height at which this m-i
Teor wjis moving, and its velocity, wc have.
H)'il little expectation bf hearing of its U, or
of any of tho msc of irun and.itory,
Tintttrs which luvt-in imny .wcll autUn
ticj:d imianci., lljcn fiMm the atmosphere, ,
i.d bmiid tlieinstjvis in the earth. on,tW ,
,lurtiiig' or rxiiiiction of o niny im44C
ti-tcor. Should hoccr, ti e noUc. of tb ,
fl iifauy stfclniusst be htgid.or ile
c discovered in uiy part, c hope thai (he .
tui ins will not fail to tltoruughly investigate
tlr ticufur ti e .purpose of increasing our
LiiowIcoqc on tliis very iiilriuti and cui ioui
lubjett.
Tei'u 4,tjr ih- Political Observatory.
I an t ,u TALK.
'M.AN hc'mg imjHrfef t. government tlere-fjre.tw-ciitita
iulUpctnible. A republican
, -jvcfnineiit hthe best medium betwixt the
? t!rciiK rf sfarhy'a!id dcjKi'im
f)u have been termed two monsters, urd,
i b.overcfmf. Tfce rontier of these Kaa
- vicflly tutn detecled and conquered rtsh.
sse, ana must lrrtpirntlf. Ulinut Llood
itli but no hisrvrryct breoLund
minds of the people of the . United States o
gainst the French nation. Tell them that all
i the arts of sophistry, stratagem and iiurigue
; were exerted to , aggravate and increase that
j .prejudice ; that to this end a Cannibal's Y ro-
gress was forged, circulated, read, and too
much believed, A Peter Porcupine, alias
Cobbet, was senti from Britain to .sow the
seeds , of discord, publish the Lloiidy.buoy,
&'c Tell f htm of Br. Morse'slodgs ofil
luiuinati eitablished in Anurici, which have
never been heard of since they were first
conceived in the brain of the good Doctoiv
Tell them how it was proclaipicd that our
bibles would be burui, our meeting houu-s
pulled down, and our religion dcsiroj td, if
.ir. jcncr&ou sj ion in come m prcsuicm; anu
how. nothing of this has crme to pass, oris
likely-to come to ps.s. But intcd of this
tell them that religion has remarkably ievi
vediri many parts of cur land, that the. .new
converts at e gcuerally the friends cf Mf.jcf-
r si ..4
it-rsoti ana ms administration, tnm . .ir. ju
fcrson J'.as Lontribulcd larpe sums ofmor.er
uc the propagation of the gospel among the !
Jieathcn, and supports a clergy irnrn upon , lu$
present govcramcnt r.4 puUanct.dta the
alarming incrcascrtif the put.lic debtv". and
thinned the swarnis of placemen who. threat
ened to vat out our au'xtaneff how it h?.
ultulishrd useless offices, removed fipprcMvc
systems cf taxation, so that we have no n.cru
an odious stamp act, excise Lnd tax, upcr
visors and atscssors, nor sedition laws, alien.
taws,n vy.loans. ertny-loon, and 'eight per.
Cent, luans, but instead thwrtof arc. pnyil.gtiff
r public dcl)t at the rate of seven jri!ii:n,
three hundred thouiand dollars a jcor v illi
frothing but the old imKst as, e&tuM'shcd u
the Uj former .Ttlministfatif.n. Till thun
fuflherpiorc, that the heroic gentlemen, tiho
mild have v&ded in blood for the putpoc.of
taking povscsuiou of Ncw-Orkun by force
of arms, do r.ow defpisc to receive thpl ttid
the whole territory Vf lxu'uiati9, by the
Kacenbe lieociationof the -cstdcnt,aKhu,
purclw.fd for a song in comparison with its
real worth and ronsrqucnee tu the United
States. Tell them thi.1, the taking rf New
Orleans by force, would mot ecruhdy have
involved ui In a wur with Spain and I rancc;
then mut wc have implored the xitantc of
(Jreat Britain,, who otdd tinduubttdly Iiavc
iKcn rea !y to protect ui on her n terms
In a word, irll them that federalism wis con
reitcd In the Fstet or lljitultoni.u junto,
L jit fmhivotiltthctimeof Jay's treaty, and
by a pretcrnntnral growth under the last ad
ministration, , was rapidly advancing to li e
stature nf 'a Riant, bwt thank heaven, is now
merthrown and lies tontuiin- 5n it. ao.
lla -
liics of disiolvititn.
ThMJeading federalists afp in love with
British and with) arbitrary government, is;
apparent to every onwrvcr in- many - puuus (
of view, .that I shall not here .mention : but ;
shall just observe that the' federal Newspa-;
peru do generally abound wiih high encomi
ums on all the transactions .of the tritish ;
government, wkether it be thexlestruction of '
S Copeuhageivand the; murder of the innocent
I Danes, oc the- proslratibn of the rights of ;
- commerce, and ot the liberty ot its own suu-
jm-is, . x; yitticrmore, i sawiou lung ooi.c,.m
., a federal newspapev, thefollo.wing"cx"c3ama- ,
tion' v the democrats are continually whi
niiig about tlw? costs pf, the British govtrn
fmejc,v and the-immense sums lavished away
to support the sateliites that ' m round the
throne," and then iy way of retaliation i fipes
on to state thu , enormous snrn setlhd on '
Buonaparte and his connections. -But how
does the cost' 'of- the French or British : gb-
vernnient concern us, otherwise -than wc "
wish well tolhe 'people of both nations ?: It
appearii, however, plain and 'obvious that thV
author of this accusation does ardently thirst
for monai'c-Uical government,' to have a king
.and nobles in this country, aiid a retinue .of
satellites Muri'oundiBg the throne, (without
doubt he would compose oTte of the liumbtr)
also an established religion (doubtless pos
sessing great poveraiid splendor) ecclesiss
tical laws, established on a firm basis bish
ops u.id peace dfawiag salaries from the
crow n sitfiicicnt to maintain their families in
hiMH y and cave, 'while the great body of the
people would be reduced to 'slavery, without
the hope of alleviation, or the means of'dtli
.yering .UiemsUves from their wretchedness.
Now, Mr, Editor, if the people will hear
tho;talk and receive 1'iRht,' it will be well for
them: otherwise 'we cati only lament that
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j i incj Miuiue live on in uui nut;?.3 uim uic iinuti .
! I - thfr f !oiu!i-j-- s- K oi. n-'soi-.-Di s. k. -
County rf Cheshire, Dec. SO, I 03.
N. B. If I should' he ol)liged to talk again,
sir, 1 shall endeavour to U.ih a little more'
plain.
The following' aiiectionate Address from
Dr. PniKSTLKYto Mr. Jrfjktm,:;; an a
dedication of a valuable work, which is to
; live for ages, w illj be a sufiieieni guard' OA
' ' the ir.md of jw.ctcrity, ariinst the criminal .
invertives, base-miMTpresentations, and
clandestine purpose' of unprincipled m'tn.
Tlie vyorki in fMir volumes, is a continua
tion and com p.lction of. Dr. Priesticy's Ec-
.' il.'siaxtical History.-) .
T(TIl()MAS-Ji:iHTHSON.
P.IEMDKST OF THE UxittD JiTA f I.S.
i4v, . ' '
M"y high respect fr your character, as n
I p('l'.li(?ian, ijid a -man, m-.iRcs me dcuirofis to
roimect-my name itv srimib, measure with
' .youi s, wliile.1t is in tny povcr, by. means of
otnb publication, to do it. -
Tlie first part of this -wotk w1iich bro't the.
history to the full of the Western err niic,
9
and leaving every manjn the possession of
every powef that he can exercise to his own
advantage, without infringing the .equal li-"
berty of .others) be followed in other coun
tries, and at length become universal. The
eyes of all the' civilized, at least all the chris
tiani'zed, pa rt.of the world, are now upon this
country .; as beitig evidently in a state of
more rapid improvententthan any other "was5
ever known to" be ; and I trust that,'eVtntual
lyt your adm'mistration will be a blessing hot
cudy to. the United States Df America, but to
all mankind. ; . .
- Another reason why t wish to perfix yowr
j w as dedicatcd to a ztolms friend of civil wul
I religions liberty, but in a private htation.
! What he, or any-other friend rf liberty mF.it
upe, could only do by thcirggod wkhes, by
their writings, or by patient suffenng, ou,
j Sirarc actually acromplihhin'nr, and upon a
Theatre ol gr.cat and growing extent.' 1
u is u:e ooast ti tins cominy mat it nas a
constitution the mosr favourable, to po litical,
liberty, and private happiness, f any in the
voi Id ; and u!l say, that 'besides your great
merit .-with rcspect' to scixrcl articles otthc
first importance to public liberty .' ii the, iu.
strumcnt ilself,r you havo ever been one of
the Readiest friends to the genuine principles
and spirit of h and lo.thir bplnicn'your
- toiMKt sn-vHriausptiblicfcffceS, and now j'n"
the l.ihcst, in this fac s.Ute, give the dear.
est attestitiun.
name to this work, and morer eppropritite to
the. subject of itt:-is that you have been the
, strenuous and uniform advocate of - 'religious
as well as qi civil liberty, both in your own
state of Virginia, and through the United'
States , in "general ; seeing in the clearest
light the various and great, mischiefs 'that.'
h ave arisen from any particular form of reli
gion -beirtg favoured' by the state more than,
tny other. In consequence of tliis the pr'o
. fission and practice of religion is here as free
as thut of phylosophy, .of medicine ; and
now the experience oi'more than twenty years
leaves little room lo doubt, that it is a state of
things the most favourable to mutual candour
(which is of great importance to domestic
pcacC and good ntighbourhood) and to the
cause of all truth, that of religion least of all
excepted. When every thing is thus left to
ffee discussion, there can be no doubt -but
that truth will finally prevail, and establish it
self by its own evidence ; and 'he must know '
little of history, or of human nature, who can
. imagine that truth of any kind will be ulti-
matcly unfavourable to general happiness. -A
man must entertain a secret suspicion of
his own principles, who wishes for any cxv
cluaic advantage in the dctencc, or profes-
bion of Ihem.- .
. .Having fled from a state cf perecuticn in
England, and having been not without some
cause of apprehension in the bite administra
tion here, I feel the greater satisfaction in
the,prospect of passing the remainder of an
active lite, when I naturally wish for repose,
under your protection. Though 1 am arri
ved at the usual term of human life, it is now
only that I can say I see nothing to fear from
the hand-of powcrthc goveri.mentunder
which I live being for the first time truly fa-'Vom-ablc
to me.- And thcugh I think it ha
been evident that I have never been impro
perly swayed by tie principle of fear, it is
certainly a happiness to be out of the feasibi
lity of.its influence, especially towards the'
close of lifc-cnioving a degree of peace and
i reMpreviou's to the state of more pet feet rest
from labour in the grave ; with the hope of
rrsing to a slate of greater activity, security
and happiness beyond it. This is all that
any man can wish, or have in this world ; .
and this, Sir, under your administration I at--joy.
With the roost perfect attachment, andc
,vcry good wish, 1 subscribe myself, not your
subject, or your humble servant, but your
.sincere kdmirer.
' ,'ni.Mi.i JOSEPH PHI ESTLEY.
Xoflhumberhnd, Jutr, 1802. .
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CONGRESS.
Many have aptcarcd the friends of liberty
while they we resubjectid Ihc. power of o
, thera.and esiKcidlly wjicn thvjr were suffering
by it i-r-byl j do. nut rt collect one beside
yourself who, retained the same principles,
and. actcd'upofilheta, in fl situation of actusl
Jmvcr. Vmi, Sir, hive done more than litis,
Laving. vlluiiUrily' proposed to rtlinquih
pirl cf the p.wer which the nuistiMition gave
. )oi ; Mid instead of adding to the burdens
.of the people,- you nave endeavoured to lijjhs
tn thttn, thouglj Mith the necessary- conse'
miencescfa propottional diminution of your
influence. May this 'great example, winch I
donbt not will demonstrate the pi act ic ability
ofliuly rrpiiLlican principles on the cucl
rifhttrell the nttmtxri cj a ifair, ' by the ar
tuJ existence . f a form of goveri;mciit cal
tuUtcd to answer all thevjstfnl purposes of
government, (giving equal pitttcetion to all,'
MVicn tht Ct nitituiion firtrtd, !r,'
Jrfttmn veialttnl vn ita irtice rfl.it ttun
In inllvrpft, tut en t t(ririnr a fthcfltht
Vrrttt ttrcmgh t$ Mr. Mttditt-n, wging fiiwtt
prm-iiinn fir ihtfrttiLm pf trillion, tht ft to
Am if tht frill, the trial tj jny, the hdbeat
t.fjvti the $ybilitutwntfairhnjf!r a ttj?j
j iVf army. IfeniMfmt tftetf.inon fj the itunt
tf ell Ih rijht$ ml ijittjegllf gtntej lo I
s lib n. Mr, jJn.ft auttdlt'Xijr r,v(d id the
f,n itition if Cvrfrtttfar that ftr,ttJw,ttti'
j end tht j trrrr egret J (, ar.d ttliird hj thitU'tl
i ti. tkfj tarrt ttsrj.
HOL'SU OF REPULSLtiTATUXS.
B'eJncsJ.7); Ft. 1 5.
Mi'. Nicholson repotted a bill for in
corporating the Theatre association in the
eity of Washington. Referred.
Ir. NichoUon -reported a bill providing
fir the settlement of sundry claims to public
lands lying south of the stale of Ttlmcssce,
which u as reft rrd. -, -
" Mr. Leib observed that art account of ti e
'mbst extraordinary nature had btcn i-ecently
laid before the house by the Navy department
respecting he exptnecs oflhcMarincCorpi.
It was indeed a phenomenon in accounts. It
was of inch a nature at requited tb interpo
'si'.ion of the House, cither to annihilate or
reform the office of accountant of the navy.
The statement was a species of non descript,
r.evir set n before in the Ui itcd States.
From it, It appeared that the public money
hud been expended in a m i! extras agatit w ay
without any efficient check. 1 h in it, it like
wise apprsred that the lieutenant colonel
commandant had united in his person the of
fice of quarter-master, forigc niHsier, tom
lu'usnry and pay.mastcr, without check or
controul. There as a high r.ci easily, Dr.
"icib said, when thn government was locking;
'to'cronomical refutins, to attempt some re
form in this depart mens cf cjctcei. It
wjs his opinion that llictff.ee or the account
ant of the navy ought to t a'.ol shed, or, at
any rate some ssluiary reform itreried. He
then (ore moved the following tetuloticni
M 1 hat the i muniiiiee tf . str y t and meant
tc Initructed to enquire into tLc espedientjr
tf abllishing the t-fhee of accountant of the
tiBV,to rtptrtby billorotlicrwiit."
Mr. J. C'lar said be had no objections to
the passage of tlx resolution but he would
slate for thu information cf the l.cutc, that
the committee of w)s and means had the
Hibject, loge'her with that presented by as
et .-uiry into ti e espeCiency cf tliihioj lt
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