s k)K Ww
.ijji){{'^:ss or nr.MiY clay,
hiThe rim.ic,
Containinit ftrtain Tcslimony in n fntation of
tiie « against liini, muile by tlcn.
Asiini.w Ja»kson, tuuclung^ the last I'rcsi-
Ji iitiul KU'Ct on.
I no a|»o!ogy to the public is
ncct’*;s;irv tor jirc'^enliii^; to it llirsi;
p.uxi-s. I ail) (l;i‘( ivp(l if jin ani|ilc jiis-
liiiiMt(>l tlif rifl will not l>*f fuuiul in
tl'c III oMsi ol' (‘Vt'i y jii^t ami hunoia!)U;
riiafi. ll an olfio-T ol' (io\c r:it;icnt
slioiil.l !K/l tic loo st'iisiti\f, uetflier
elioulil lie ljt‘ too (•:ilIoiis, to Hssaults up- !
on tu'' I'l'Ui .ii;tc:r. h^’ti tlicy ri'i ite tu '
ll,f' wimIohi (jr i-\i)!'licnf;> ol iiica^urt'S
Wiiioli he Jiiay hriv»; oi ii:;iiiattMl or ^up-
poi'tril, hf; ^lu»lllll silnrl) repose in the
caii(U)r.)!i(i j^oot! >> ns«. (j( ttn''cMiiiiiiiuiitv,
.'ukI patiently av. .uttlu* ilev» lupments ol’
tiiin.' :.'nil c'Xjii ricnri!. Hut il hi^ in-
le^rily be vitnlly asviiicii ; if tin* hisot
and iTiOsl di^-lioiioralii'; ;ni,'i)vcs t'jr his
public ooixhii l l)c a«crit)(;d to liiiii ; he
owe'; it to the coniili v, his jriPiids, his
larnily and hirnsell, tu vindiealc his
Culuiimiated repiitation. Few incn are
so i'k;vnt(‘*l that the shafts of calumny
cannot reach them. 'riii->e may .secure
ly tru't to the invuliicrahh* position
%vl)ich they have attained. 'I’tie Tnited
Stale' have, perh^jis, hitherto, produced
but one rnan wlio could look down from
his lofty height, without emotion, upon
the missiles and tlic malice of hi> ene
mies ; for even he had liis enemies. If
the iTialijnnaiii cliar.tcler of charj^es, the
tccriniony \\ ith which they have been
asseited and re|)ealed, or the jiersevii-
ance whi('li has marked tlieir projjaga-
tion, could ever ai.iho/ixe an ajiptal
to the (Uiblic, 1 think 1 may truly
say, that 1 have this putliority. For
thiTC years 1 have been the object of
:necs> loi ahiisr ; every art, every sjjeeies
ol inis.'j»ri’sentatioi), has been employcil
a;iai. 4 me. 'i’he ii!".'-! iiiiiocenl acts
— icf', of oidinarv >^!ci,il iiitercniirse,
;iiid M’ coniniiio eiviiiiv—i/ilices ol hus-
jjilality, e\fn a pa'^.inj; ^alul,ilion, have
Lent i'i!>rc|)i fseuted Mid pel verted to
ny I'll' judn’e, uitliait unfairness un-
piccede.’it*-'!. Cii cjri;s1 anct’s have bi’Cii
a'isiimed, wliirli had no (.•xi'ieiic*.', and
jntercnees have l)een (h.iun lr(itii them
wliicl), had they been r* al, they uHUild
ri(it have w.uranted. I^esidcs, m\ t'lie-
ini s have, tl'fuisclves, aiijc;ded ti the
publi'', ixhihiU'd their eiiar;;t’s, and
fuiiiinoned their wiiia >' «'■. to its bar.
Jjeadv now and anxious a> I am, and
nlw.iy • li.'UM' been, to suijmit any act ol'
rn_v jiublic lift' to a full exaniiii ))('-
loie any inij^iirtial and j e ,(un'liiidc ti i-
Itunal vvhatev(“r, 1 surely may i;\j)ect,
;it least, that I shal! he patiently heai'd by
that which t^iy accusers have themselves
selerteil. I assure them that 1 will
present no plea tu the jui isdiction.
But desirous as 1 naturally am to repel
the calumnies which have; been direcleil
against me, the public would have been
spared the trouble of perusini>- this ad-
ilress, if General Jacksfm had no!, in
the course of the la.st Sprin**; ami Sum
ner, ciiycn to ihem the oj)en sanction
of his nanu\ in his letter to Mr. llev-
crly of the (!lh of.luise last, he aihniLs
that in inferrin": my privity to the pro
position uhi'di he descrih(‘s as borne
by Mr. l5uc!ia:ian, he may havi; fione
rill* inj'isiicc ; and, in his aihh*;ss to the
pid)li.' of liie ISth of.Inly la.st, L';ivini!;
up the h.Mi.e f'l this ijeiitlema/,, as his
0!;!y wiln. -K. hf* repe.iN that he possibly
ina} l;v> d'.iK* me iiijust’ce in assum-
inL’: m> au'lxiflty for tnat priipo.'sition.
.11'.; evtii ikii';i N to homir /ne wl'li a
(If'd,!?of the ph'asuie which hi.- will
t'-Np* 11 ci e, il 1 s!ii»uhi be ahh- ti ac({uit
III) self I .Mr. ? hiphan:'n ha*^ h({ II l;i aid
bv Itii' public ; an ' 1 feel justiiird in as
sert iiii; i h.;t the llr''t imprf’?-Mon of ihe
vhule p-iiuin \vp, as it is \ et that of
C\'( I \ iiiieUi^reut muid, l.Mihiassed by
party prejii.'.re, th;it iii^ lestiim»'iy lully
«.■'ou( i .ited n e, and iteinoiiolraled that
(lOni-ral .l e’kx.'n, io sa\ no iiiDre, li.u!
gia atlv iii.'conerivdi the piirpurt t/l’the
intei vi('w !)■ twcru them. A.id I'urth-
cr ; that, so in :niy thi!e_^ iiiijiruj'cr
va'^ disrdo'-ed h\’ Mr. 1?., tnuehini: ihe
late pri-^identia! eieelMju, it alli'cleil  len-
erai .!ack"(jii and his Inmd'' »'xelusi\’ely.
Jle haviiiv iiiainle''tly injui’ed me, spi'c-
ul.tti(jn \va.*‘ bu.xv, whrn .Mr. Huchan-
an’s ‘^tateincdt .ippeai ed. a-- tu ti.e (.‘oursi.
\vhi(di til!. (,tl w otild pursue, after
}jis ;^ratuilinis t \pr( 'sitjii oi’ s\'nii)at!iv
with nie. 'I’heie were not waiitinj; ma-
iiv per^ori«, w ho In lle\ eij his maujnani-
init_\ '.ould ir.'imtrlial'dy jiromjit him
' Tiubliely to I eirt his chariiO, avd to
repair tlie Vvi-.nu; whici) hf had done
me. ] ‘lid not pailicipate in that iust
expectation, and ilaiel’oit? kll no di>-
app'iinmei.t tjiai it was not nalized.
\Vliatever ot hei’inerits he may possi ss,
1 iiavi! not found amoii!i: Tliini. mi the
course ol my lelations with him, that
iif I'orbeariiii^ to iiidulirt.' vindieiiye pas-
iiii
not his posltlvft acqiilesencc in, the
inost extraon’inary interprelati»Mi ol
Mr. Buchanan’s statement, liiat ever
was given to human language, has not
surprised me. If it had been possible
for him to render me an act of spontane
ous justice, by a frank and maidy avow
al of his error, the testimony now .sub
mitted to the jiuhlic might have been
une.eressary.
Alihou2;ij I feel fully pcrsuadod that
the community, under my peculiar cir
cumstances, will see, withtjut dissatis
faction, if not with cordial approbation,
this further eflort to rescue my charac
ter from unmerited imputations, I
should nevertheless have remuiried si
lent, and c)ieeifuly abided its ilecisioii,
on the dis(losures and exjilaiiations
fieretofore niade, if I had no additional
facts to oirer to its consideration. But
a body of highly important evidence
lias been collected, establi.shing some
material circumstances not before j?cn-
eiallv known, anil confirming others of
which the public is already in po.sses-
sKHi ; and I have thought cKic to the
occasion not to withhohi it.
(icn. Jatks»n havinfj entirely failed to
fstablisli, l)v an) aflirmative cviilence,
either positive or jiresumptivc, the
chai'f^e which he tlioui^ht p.-oper tu pro-
mulKaic a};ainst me, il occurred to me
that il mij^iit be possihle, diniiciilt as the
task generally is to substantiate a ne};a-
tive, to adduce proof of that character,
which wotdd eslublisli llu* ;roui)dlcss na-
tui e of his accusa’ion. I’rior to the ap-
pt'uranccs in ilic public prints of the Ict-
ler from Mr. Carl«'r Ikverly to his friend
in ravetteville, duied the 8ih of March
lust, I had iiever believed that Oencral
JaiKsuu bad tounienanced the iruiti, or
h'fii himself to the circulation, of the
chai'j.^'. 1 had inileed loni; bfl'oi-e, seen
in one of the Nashville papei s, assertious
irijuri(jus to nii', which created some
suspicions thaf tlu \ had einafiaied from
him j but I dismissed ihese suspjtlotis as
Ix injj altof^elhcr iucompa'ible with the
lofty character which I wished to bidieve
that lie possessed. When, liowevtr, I
saw tbui letter, and the uncontraiiicted
c urrohora 1 ir)U of its con ten is by tlic editor
of the Waslnnj^'lun 'relej^rapli, 1 w as re-
iuctanliy compelled to l)elieve that he had
^ivcii currency lo the chaii;e ai^^uiiisl me.
Ill Dial letter, Mr. Jieverly s.t)s : “ 1
“have just leturned fi om (ifiierul Juck-
son’s—1 found a croml ol company with
him. Seven \'irt;iniatis were of Itic num-
“ h'.r. lie jjavt; me a most fricrully recep-
•• Hull, arul urged me lo stay some days
“ loiirer with him. He told me this
moi nint; hefore «// niscompaii\,in rc()ly
to a c]iK‘3tioii I jjUl to him conci-- ninij
•• the eleciion of John Quincy Adams to
“ ihe PreauiciRy, ihjt Air. Clay’sfriends
•* made u pi(jj>o,Mtion lo his fneruls lliai,
“il'tiny would [iromise for him not to
‘•put .Mr. Atiaiiis into the seal of bctre-
••iiry of Si.iie, Clay and his friends
“ would in one hour make him (Jacksonj
“tlie J*res:(leiit. He most indij;Maiilly
“ rejected ihe proposition, and declared
*‘he would noicoiiijiioinise himself; and
unless most openly and fairly made the
‘‘ President, by Coni^ress, he never wuuld
receive it. lie declares that he said lo
“ them that he would see the whole earth
“ sink iiiidor him belore he would bargain
“ or intrigue for it.” In the Wushinijion
City Tt le^rapii of the 26ili day of April
last, tiu' l'.dit(jr stales : “ In the Jt>urnal
“ this mornini; we iiave another quotation
“ from the Democratic Press, purporting
*‘U) he the official couiradiciion hy Mi.
“Clay of the statement of (ien. .lacksoii
‘‘ relative to 'he overtures made lo liini as
“to the formation i>l Ills cabiiict, pievi-
•*ou:ito the lat«.‘election of Fiesidenl.
“ I'iial (ien. Jackson has spoken of such
“overtures «'»; {n'rsondHy know.’* In the
“ same j>aper ol me of .April is the
•• follow inj^ para;;raph : “ 1 he Journal is
“out tins inoniin!'- in reply U) our remat ks
“of 'riuirsciay, in wl.icli they alVeci to
“ ( onsidt 1’it. higlily improper in (Jen.
“.hu kson to bjieak of the ov;m lures made
‘•hy .Mr. Clay’s Iriends—and wliy I>e-
cause, s the Journal, he is a candida'c
“ a;,pinst Mr. Adams. Now ux staled
“expluitlv that (ien. Jackson .syW.r' o!
•• these ovei lures in March, 18J.), hel’jri'
“he was announced l)v the I.eipbluturc
“ (if'I'ennessec as a (’andidate.”
'1 !u' ebari,'c, if it did not oi ijjinate with,
i.avini; been thus sanctioned audcirculat-
rdby (,er.. .*a(.k.-.on, anil iiiplicatiiii^ as
Wi ll iiiy tViendb . , me, 1 thoii^;ht il pro
per, luiviui; my'sclf repcuteiHy and pos-
iliv(dy denied its truth, to resort to tlie
testimotfy of those {.-[entlemen from the
West who h?.d Voted with me for Mr.
.ulams. Accordinj^ly a friend of mine,
Ur. Watkins, at my instance, addressed
a circular to liiose ^eIJtlfnlen, iluriiij^ tlie
last S])riiit;, invitiii;;; their attention to
the I'ayi-!U‘ville letter, and iixjuirint; if
thei-e were any tiutli in its averments.
.Aiid he has ohtuiiu'.! from all of thcni hut
two, ;j,sv.crs whic h a:c now prtsented
to the iiubhr. 'i'hese answers will he
louTul i*t till' ;\ppetichx, ;^see .\) ai ranj^ed
ai toi(Imi; to tlie rcsj)i eiive delcj^,Mtions
Irom which they proceed. I'he writers
ol ihem are men o! as Idfi^h respectabilit)
as any in ihis I’liion. W here they are
kiiov n, (and several of them are well
known m various parts of the rount-w.^
I heir statements wiircommaiid unipuihll-
eil belief, 'l lie execli( nee of their cliar-
au^^b 13 bu-wcli csiiibh'jhcd tha’ u mcnr-
bcr of the II0U.SP of Kepre'-cntativcs, who
will not be presumed to be disposed to
hestow on them undeserved encomium,
felt himself constrained to bear his testi
mony lo it. Mr. McDuffic said in the
House of Kepreseiitaiives, on the debate
uf the proposition to refer to a Commit
tee the appeal which I made on the oc
casion of .Mr. Kreiner’s card: “Let
“ me add one word to the friends of Mr.
“ Clay on this floor, (and there are no
“member-; on this fh)or, for whomgener-
“ally 1 feel more respect,) I have been
“informed that some of his friends sup-
“ pose that Ihe amendment I have ofl'ered
“contains somethinjj which is intended
“ to bear harshly upon them. Not so j
“ not so. My object is merely to confine
“ the charges made against the honorable
“ Speaker to the very words uf the leiter
“of the gentleman from Pennsylvania.”
This just but voluntary tributs was ex
pressed on the 4th of Feb. 1825. (see
National Intelligencer, 5th of the same
inonih.) On tiie 31st .March, 1826,
more than thirteen months after, when
the amendment to the Consiitution was
under discussion, proposing a new mode
of electing a President, the same gentle
men is reported lo have said: “Now I
“ have the greatest respect for those ^en-
“ llernen wi\o were the personal and pol-
“ itical friends of Mr. Clay in the late
“election of President. JScTt to mi/ own
personal ft ien(hj llir.rr are none whom I
(stimnlc inure liif'hli/.” (See .Nat. Intcll-
igencer, 2d May, lb26 ) 'I'bcsc answers
are not only entitled to the fullest credit,
from the high respectability of the char
acters of those gentlemen, but deserve
great cotifidence from the fact that they
have been respectively prepared by them
selves, without any concert whatever, so
far as I know or helieye, and when they
were at their several residences, widely
separated from each other.
The mom hers from Ohio ho voted for
•Mr. Adams were Cien. Mc.\rihur, (ien.
V'ancp, (ien. Beecher, Mr. Sloa»ie, Mr.
Wright, Mr. \'inton, Mr. McLean, (bro
ther of ihe Post Master (ii'iierah) Mr.
\Vhitilesey, Mr. Bartley, and iMr. Pal-
t» rst)n. From each of these gentlemen,
It will be seen that an explicit and un-
• jualified negative is given to the state-
iuen'« of the Fayett.e\il!e letter. Gen.
Mc.Arthur declares them to be “ totally
destitute of foundation.” He alleges
the fact to have been that “the Otiio
“deleg-ation (or at least a large majority
“of them) were the first of Mr. Clay’s
“friends who came to the determination
“ofvoting for .Mr. Adams ; and that too
u:ithout having (ivxflalntd Mr. Clay's
vitu's on the auhjeti” He states that
some of the fufiuls of Cien. Jackson
used the latiguage of menace, whilst
others of them employeil that of persua
sion to prevail on my friends to vote for
the (leneral ; and that they appeared to
be willing to make any promises which
they thought “ would induce the friends
of Mr. Clay to vote for (len. Jackson.”
Gen. Vancfj states. “Isaywilhaut
“hesitation that 1 never heard of those,
“or any other terms being thought of,
“ as ail equivalent for the vole we were
“ about to give •, nor do I believe that
“ the friends of Mr. Clay, or Mr. Clay
“himself, ever thought of making or
“suggesting any terms to any one of
“ the parties, as the grounds of our ac-
“ ceptance or rejection of cither of the
“ three Candidates returned to the
“House of Representatives.” He
eoiitimies : “as one of tho original
“ friends of Mr. Clay, I was in the hab-
“it of free and unreserved conversation
“ bulb witii him and his other friends,
“ relative lo that election, and I am
“ hold to say that I never heard a whis-
“ per of any thing like a condition on
“ which our vole was to be given, men-
“ tioned either by Mr. Clay himself, or
“any ol his friends, at any time or uii-
“ der any circumstances.”
(leu. Beecher testifies that he ditl
not “know lhata fiieiid or the friends
“ o! Mr. Clay ever made any proposi-
“ tion to the f riends of Gen. Jackson,
“ ri-specting the election of Mr. Adams
“as I'i’esident in any wa\’, or as respect-
“itiglien. Jackson not putting .Mr.
“• Adams into the seat of Secretary of
“ State in ease he (Jackson) should be e-
“ lected President. Neither am I ac-
“(luainted w'llh a friend of Mr. Clay
“that would consent to bn an agent in
“.such a degrading transaction. Nor
“ can 1 admit that the friends of Mr.
“ Cl:iy bad so contemptible an oj)inion
“of each other or of Mr. Clay, as to
“ supjiose that the appointment or non-
“ appointmont of any man to any ofiice
“ would inlluence them in tho discharge
“ of an imj)orlant public duty.”
Mr. Sloane declares, “that I have
“always su|;pnseil myself in the entire
“confidence of all Mr. Clay's suj)por-
“ ters and friends, who were members
“of CoMgress at the time of fhc Presi-
“ denlial clcclion ; and that 1 have no
“ hesitation in sayin;» that I never heard
“ the most distant itisinuntion from any
“ of them that they would vole for
“ Gen.Jack.son, iftlierew'asanyprospect
“ of choosing either of the other candi-
“ dates. Tbaliuiy of the fViends of Mr.
“ Clay in Congress ever matle any j>ro-
“ posiltyti uf conditiogi^n vrjiidniicir
votes wduM depend, to the friends of
“ (jron. Jackson or any other person, I
“do not believe.” “And as to Mi
“ Clay’s accepting an appointment un-
“der him, they would to . a man most
certainly have opposed it. I judge
“ of this from the opinion which 1
“know they entertained of ften. Jack-
“ son’s w’ant of capacity, and the fact
“ that it was not until some time after
“the choice of Mr. Adams that they
“agreed to advise Mr. Clay to accept
“of the oflice he now holds.” “In
“short, I feel confident that the whole
“ is a vile and infamous falsehood, such
“as honorable men would not resort
“ to, more especially after having upon
“ full consultation and deliberate consi-
“ deration declined an investigation of
“ the whole matter belore a Committee
“ of the House of Representatives.”
Mr. Wright states, “I can only say
“sincerely and unequivocally, that I
“do not know or believe that any pro-
“ position of the kind mentioned as
“from Gen. .lackson, wa.s ever made
“to the friends of Gen Jackson by the
“friends of Mr. Clay or any of them ;
“ and that I am wholy ignorant of any
“ conditions ofany sort being proposed
“ to any one by the friends of Mr. Clay,
“on a compliance with which their
“vole was made to depend.”
Mr. Vinton is equally explicit. lie
says, “ having been one of the friends
“of Mr. Clay who voted for Mr. Ad-
“arns, 1 cheerfully avail myself of this
“opportunity to say, that I have no
“ knowledge whatever of the above
“ mentioned proj)ositions or any other
“ proposition having been made to Gen.
“Jackson or any of his friends, by
“Mr. Clay or any of his friends as a
“ condition upon which his or their
“ vote was to be given to Gen. Jackson
“for the Presidency.” He subjoins,
“thatit was w'ell known to my consti-
“ tuents for many months j)revious to
“ the late l^residentia! election that,
“afterMr. Clay, JNlr. Adams was my
“ next choice among tb.e ilistinguished
“ individuals, who were then before the
“ people of the United States as candi-
“ dates for that exalted station.”
Mr. McLean declares, “ that no such
proj)Ositlon was ever made within my
knowledge, nor have I any cause to be
lieve that conditions of any sort were
made, at any time, by the friends of
JNlr. Clay to any person on a compli
ance with which their vole was made
to depend.”
.Mr. Whittlesey avers that “I do not
know or believe that any proposition was
ever made by any of Mr. Clay’s friends
to those of Gen Jackson, on the morn
ing of ihe Presidential election, or at any
other lime, having any bearing on the
candidate to be selected from the thtee
returticd to the House, nor do I know or
l)elieve that any conditions of any sort
were proposed by the friends of Mi, Cla>
to any i>erson, on a compliance with
which their vote was made to - epend
‘‘ but I do believe that the assertion made
by Gen. Jackson as reported by u highly
respectable Virginian, and all of"^tite
charges of a like character, unputing eilh-
er to Mr. Adams or to Mr. Clay, or to
their friends, any improper, inconsistent,
corrupt or fraudulent conduct, on that
interesting and momentous occasion, are
base slanders, known to be such by those
who put them in circulation.”
Air. Bartley expresses the belief, in
justice to Gen. Jackson, that he never
made the declaration alluded to by Mr.
Beverly, “For the (ieneral was there when
tlie election lOok place, and must inevi
tably have known that such a statemeni
would carry falsehood on the very facc
of it.” He adds, “I was in the House, 1
believe every day of that session, at which
me President was elected ; and have no
hesitation in saying that so far from mak
ing atiy proposition, or overturi', were
the friends of Mr. Clay, in favor of the
General, that had the friends of t|-,e (jjmi-
eral made such u jjroposilion we would
have considered it as an indignity otVrred
10 our integrity and ujid« rstandnig.”
Mr. Patterson is brief but pointed.
He says : “ I frankly state to you that if
any such proposition as yc . state was
made by the friends ofClav to those of
(ien. Jackson, I had no knowledge of it,
and I was one of the friends of tday. I
thereloie believe he report lo be without
un honest foundation.”
ro HE CONTIMrr.n,
ThoKicbmond Knquiier, day after
ilay, assures and reassures its readers
that V irginia is safe for Gen. Jackson,
that notbiiig can turn the right current
in his favor, and the efforts of I he friends
of the AdmiiiistriUioii are like straws
thrown against a tide. If so, why
urite columns after columns to make
Viiginia hi-.lieve ihe statement} If th('_
l)ul»lic o|iinion there is so decided,'
why waste time and paper—why give
ii' in the last Knquirer, above a couj)!e
of columns of assertion to show that it
is so. oniciousuess is verv suspi
cious. This jicrpelual assdtion of
slrewgth seems to us to .smaek of weak
ness. It reminds us of -si—man'goino-
iip-ix) Courrto b(ry!ucct.i
stuunlog all the crowd about him was
endless repetitions of his innocence.
After all, it proves nothing. Jf
strength of General Jackson in \ irginia
is so prodigious, it m ay as well leave thij
fact to be proved at the polls.
Nat. Journal,
French Navv.—A late London p;;.
per, in allusion to the French Navy^
says :
*“ The government of France appear»
to be making great exertions to recover
its Navy, and to become again a formi
dable naval power. We have frequent-
ly alluded to the activity displayed it»
the dock yards at Brest and Toulon ;
building ships has also been proceeded
with in a very rapid manner at Cher
bourg. No less than three three-deck
ers appear to have been launched at
that arsenal during the present year ;
and two other three-deckers, two ships
of one hundred guns on two decks, sev
eral frigates, and large steam-boats aro
now on the slocks there.”
From llic Virginia Advocate.
Tht JeJJh'soti Manuscripts.—W’e are au
thorised to stale, that the Prospectus for
the publication of the MSS. of the late
'I’homas JcflVrson, will be offered for
subscription next month, and that it is
contemplated lo deliver the work to sulj-
scribers early next Summer. These pa-
pers were, for the most j)art, noted for
publication, and arranged chronological
ly, by the author, during his life,and thci\
designated to the person to whom they
were afterwards consigned at his death.
They are miscellaneous in their char
acter, consisting of a biography of
himself, terminating in 1789, when Secre
tary of State to Gen. Washington, and a
voluminous correspondence from 1779,
to his death. All his letters vvill not,o['
course, be publisheil. It is designed,
however, only to omit those which relate,
to the private afl’airs of himself or others,
or the ordinary details of business, and
to ofl’cr to the public all, which in any
manner, indicate his views, feelings anil
principles, in regard to the subjects of
general interest, whether moral or j)o-
hticah We bt lieve that, in these |)a-
pers, the Moralist, the Philosopher, and
the Politician, will find much to amuse,
instruct, and interest him.
It is supposed that the work will com-
j)i’ise three octavo volumes, of about 50iJ
pages each ; and ii will be accompanied
by a portrait of the author and a/ac si
mile of the Declaration of Independence,
as orginally prepared, and of the subse-
rpient alterations made by the difl’ercn'.
members of ihe Committee.
Bosion, Dec. 19.
Rare Production.—In the market yes*
terdav, at tlu“ stall of Mr. Towner, was
exhibited a lot of very large and beauti-
lul lemotis, from the green house of the
liev. A. Bigelow, of Medford. They
were chieiiy attached to small boughs,
ilu> fresh and veidant leaves of which sti
off the fruit to fineefl'ect. On one of
these boughs no less than six lemons
were hanging when picked, 'i he largest
specimen oi the latter measured seven
teen inches round the longest girtii, br
thirteen in the smaller. Fighlecn of these
lemons with iheir stems, were ascertain
ed to weigh precisely eighteen pounds
and iwoounce.i. The display altogether
was truly superl>, and the more gratify
ing from being the production of our
northern clime, offered at this inclement
season. ’I he fruit, we understand, was
gathered for the purpose of relieving the
tree which bore it, ol a part of its redund
ant stock, and to aid the growth of ano'
ther vigorous crop. — Centincl.
From the N. C. Journal.
Major Comf'ro/t ■
Sni.— I lie cditnriul reniark.s in vonr paper
of the 19th inst. ivi.itive to the “Anson \d
niinislriition MfPtiiig,” being calculated ty
make an erroneous iuipression ui» tin.* public
mind as to the political scntinu nts uf this c(uiii-
t), 1 trust to your wonted hlic vality 111 giviinj-
publicity to a fair stat(. nn;nt offucts,
'I'lu- meeting held in H'adesboro, was not
numerous aivl [(nihahl) did iu)t exceed von:
greatest hnnts : this was owing to ihe short ne-
lice that was given, is but tew per.sons from tin-
country ui.iihd;but tii.- iiiea.sure w ;us s;tiic
tioned and iiiet tlie 'ntlre .‘i|)|)r)hati()ii ot a 111:1
jontv ot the most re;,|icet;;bU' and. infhieiiti il
citi/.'ii«; ui tile ,—I'criiiips it is not gen
erallyknou n lii.tl .Mr. Adams n  elvin ;i iim
joritv ol the \(jtes in tlii.s eoiinty at tiie Ian
I’resi.Iciitial Kleciion ; and that he still retain'.
Ins popularity, tin re is not the smallest tloiib',
 1)1 perhaps at an oi easional Mii.stir, u hi
the Military ar.lonr of tiu parties gets the het'.i'
of their judgment. Voiirs, Jxe.
I'AIU PLAY
.ln.v,n (-owitij, DrrfiiiUr '27lh, 1S27.
ChrhlmdH ('nr!:n.~V\xG steam boat
Richmond, arrived at New Yoik, on tliu
.2.>d tilt, from l*(uighkei jjsie, with a car-
g* ol about -too ions, * uii^isting of tiie
following articles : ijO'i dead hog.s,
live sheep, 90 live o\en, 1 horse, ."iH) >
K'‘"-e, tiirheys, ra!)biIs f|uuils. partriflgc-s
UK kh, chickens, ) saddles of niul-
ton, u *iu;tniity of beef, J. ■!.|)ushelsoa’s.
biishrls corn, :,>;u do. of harley,
obis. Hour, li,,i bugs corn nieal luo bii di
( Is walnuts, 4'~j biimlle.s Iray, horn
tips, oOi'O lbs casiii.gs, I JO tubs butler,
jrnt! sijiidryolhei articles of prouure, all
of which is for sale on board, at fuot o!
Dey-s^eet. 'I'ut; KiclLmoiul ixho
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