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' li fjilf.st th'-se.vsiels ? were ilieyuot ihaUhey toad c. Iji.'uI produce, that lai'.' produce of Biltislv Ut R.-His MniJ that they, had been pbketHy British tsscli I Are thes "crimes except by the Berlin iiivi Milan decree We know they are not. They ,)d n Jt violate the niHTtcipalpart of the decrees, - tSpv ivnrf i!iVi-ri nn ill merit seas. LLLUUJL Ulb T - . I - - - - " n Vf.f.U pfrHP 11 lUplJf UC OOIU llltll vvui u v. J'arrveven in septemoeryioi truia noi unow mai this emperor had repealed hisdtcrees,' We shall. . irehilsmeor cut via this arfcumentiiiy the roots ',y pur aci ni's jklter of the . 26iti of October, he . it A . V . . t 'f L.ntuMili'ii. tt'ta rA.iectll . tens us,uiai oi ine iw ocjiiciuDci, mo maj,-;...; . by a special decree, co:ifirtned the decision of the council cfpris8, la my former numbers I sup nosed the cWeror Interposed vhh a' special" de- esc", il was mistaken hiscoutts condemned un dei the Jty'rl.in and MJI&n decrees, and he confirm . cd their aeutcheca. , , 1 ; . . K,:.-' '; PACIFICUS. , ..r.Mr'. Gallatin and hi iViiskcy Tax. Mr Gal latin ta recommenclii'fi; his whiskey tax, has at ti-mnteJl tn reconcile his Western brethren tojt, by laying a higher (ax, on spirits listjlled,from fortiori materials; Whether the people ot the .Eastern States will submit to hate theii; spirits taxed higher than those distilled from the produce ' of our own country, after nayinc: a duty on the importation of the molasses they use, is not; for us. vo deter raided 06 bujjness; at thisdme is to stHjw what was Mr UiJilatin'a opinion of interna taxes generally, at the time of the famous Penn P . . . .. .. . M-lvarwa insurrtcuonr l or mat purpose we Jave jpubli&hed at length, the resolutions of one ot ihe meetings ol the. itrnitnters ot rtbtuion, at wmcn Evening .Post. , i; . At a meeting of sundry inhabitants of the western coontits of Pennsylvania held 'at Pittsburg, on the 21st of August, 1793, i Present John Canon, William Wallace, Suez baser Bentley, Bal Bowtl. Denjamin Parkinson, John Httey, JohtK Bado'.let, John Hamilton, J .hn P.I ClfUiS Neal G'llespie, David Bradford, Tho ruw OiddisV David PhiMipsvffr Gallatin, Mat thew Janeon, James Marshal, James Stewart, Jjhn Strvhi, llobert M'Cltire, Peter Lisle; Alex- Hinder Long, Samuel W ilson, and Edward Cook. Colonel John 'anbn was placed in the chair: and Aloert.Oallaun appointed clerk. Theexc.se law of cot.grtss being taken under consideration, and freely debated, a committee, of mcmncrs was appointed 10 prepare a ciraugr.r!dopts; M rcport is held to be one ofahe of resolutions; expresMng the sense of tlie meet-' moi!ei J ifa lhvhccU of the $wemmcnt are Ina on the subject of said law - Ai'journtd to 10 o'clock to morrow JiiVtsl 32c, 1792. The members of the meeting htfvinn met acL cording to adjournment, the committee appointed yesterday made report, which being twice read and jdebated by .paragraphs, waS unanimously a dop'ed, as follaweth, to. wit r - Strongly impressed with a sense of the falal consequences that must attend an excise con vinced that a tax upon liquors, which are the com- mon drink of a nation, operates in propoi 1 ion tot the hum'ber and not to the we-lih of the people, Td.l.T.6Miiafujs,mibj5t jJlMjf. and onpre ss ve . front their Very nature , never can "effectually he carried into operation, without vesting thejiiTicersJ Mjiio.nitu 10 collect them with powers tntat dan gerouUe ciril right freemen, atid must in the end destroy the liberties oft very country in which they are ititroduced feeling (that -the Jute exwse law of congress, from the present cir cumstances of our agriculture, our want of' mar Ktts, and the scarcity of circulating medium,-will hring immediate distress and ruin on the western coui.try we think it our duty to persist in our .v...w... iu;a iu vjnressrana in every other legal measures lhatmay obstruct the operation of the, law, until we- are able to obtain its total re-pea?.- - , 1 . ' ; inert tore, resolved, That David Bradford. James Marshe!, Albert Gallatin.. David - Philips,4 He appointed for Ptier Lisle, and the purpose of drawing a remoBstsjnce to Congress,, statin e our wjjectioas agaitst the law that imposes a dutv upon spirituous liquors distilled within the Unm rt States, and Dravinp for a v'ennl rr i.i . .i that the chaiinian of this meeting he direcu cr'to sign the sarr, in the name of the meeting, ard 1o take Cor-gress at their next session. ' : . Resohi J, That in oi-der that our measures may '' 4,f narTliwilh reB1jlari,y and concert,, that "i J1 "alIace John- Hamilton; Shes!zer Jml, Isaac Weaver, Benjjmio Parkinson, L)a. , vURedick, .Thomas Stokefy,' Stephen (iaitn, " r-Y" cnnieire, Anarew ltahii, Tlbmas C.nA. William Phimer. and Matthp J rpecUvely app utkmjn)i& otcorrespon.' ...tlence.. tor. the counties of Washington,7 Fayette- rSS lr dot,.!. count rr,rw,r.v.l,n,l luu . .LL;. ofa sim"' I irn'i,ir nature that may be appointed of the United States, j and also, if 1 in' other piirts found ne restary, to call together eHher general meelihgs ol the ptoplt'in their respective counties, or con ferences onii several committees. .. And Whereas some men may be found among v so far lost to every sense of virtue and filing for the distresses of this country as to accept oflicVs "".for the epHeclion of duly : ' "". , - . V - Resolved, therefore, that in fu'yre'we will con. euier such persons as unworihy of our fritiitlship : -'fRi''?' """1M.I-KI & the' corrt Forts of liftf which denend unon ihnsp duties, and as men and fellow citizens treat them with that contempt they deserve y and that it be -and it is hereby most earnestly "recommemleU to , the peo'pleat large, to follow the same line of con- duct towards them. : , " , ''- '- - . From the lurora. ':' -' " '. " ; " ri.jvas nnf a JittTe daring, in Mr. Gallatin to prfjpose a vthttfoj (ax ! he must haye concti'v f -uj. ii: liphant, Rqbert M'Clure, James Lan?, Thomas benjamin Patterson, James Stewnrt, Samuel John was 'fhlingi-otik former ecdasion tnd that iht detes lauon 01 excise wnuiu induce vnc ihiuuu wauuiui" . '' e ' .1' .1-1-1 . J ' . It ik .,lxr..:i The sentiment ot execration against the $tami act andjhe czciae, to be Mard from every quarter of ,he union'-Mr. Oallatin calculates that the principles of the people hang as loosely about hem as his own or that they may be changed hke a hat or a ere at coat. -7" --r.---;--:--; ITiere are many who think Mr. Gallatin was m earnest abot the' whisky and stamp taxes but mere bic uiauy wiiu iiuu ii was uiujr uimii jest of them. It was a wy'rrjfk put upon the war minister- by the financier, to place him in a situation a ri diculous as he was placed by the blanket masage sancho'a blanket- never exhibited so ruelul 1 tuck. ' ' ', ' ' , . The secretary of the treasury has been frequent ly compared ith the celebrated Wrckar casting a trlnnce of thought over the subject, in conie qiience of seeing such a comparison i rt the Bulti. more Sunt we were struck wjth the remai kable variety of circumstances which go to make up thei 1 resemblance. Will any one . undertake to draw utc .vmiurmunf auu fnc ii iu i niv ", why then we must even do it ourselves the first' .L . .. A : . ,,- irnn nn tuill half hour we can find ourselvesin a mood to draw comparisons. , " ', - I It is remotely hinted in a papefw.tiich appears; occasionally in 7(fS?crerfi thilvsotethinjc is very take place in congress of a derive char. nf'rr rinhint la nmrf rr or mOffc wanted. " " 1 , . r , ' vr The measure of a decisive Jntacter- we pre- sume hans thnt was what the commute of foreicn re la- lions had before them as their unanimity has been Bett in the roon) of admiral sir Pter Parker, barO alluddto. ' " j net, deceased. When the question of a decisive "character comes1 Died, on Saturday last, adrtnral sir Peter I ar forth it will be worth while to examine the argu- ler, baronet, at the advanced ajre of 95, near 80 men:, und to notice the Arri? of the votes or years of -which he hud been, in the navy. as a sailor would Bay, who ftvi the stopper on the eabte. Pi-nnnnal r? ahnnt to he issiiezl f r an editon of the siwechcs of Mr. Gallatin-on tlie subject" of the direct taxs in the present dearth of news they must be very amuin$ or amazing. . One haft the "public believe the line report of secretary af the treasury is all a ham that he iinjiriinrJna. l,ih h- ni-iim irn with Mr. Foster, af before ' with Mr. EtVt:nt, and. Mr J , tnc writer inserted a name heie and ; b1oUe( itout aRJin indicates the course he a- to he foffied Another tl'ss, and not the hist intelligent, thinks ue secretary has actually cone his very sr, ihti his talents as a final cier are better a - i'tiapi than in the con cerns of a free people. On n all ed," fci hands then the $ecreljiry'sreport is ex- crat ither on the scoie of Ul -p re-fwy, duplicity or jutiiiy' i COGITATIONS OF TIM TWIST. . HumovrQu-Grave and QtKi 'Witt at I " 1 have heard of a man who undertJf-js to con- fSp, -Honiara aDlw"yi f " wrn'wroHra hTniself siith an adept V military science, th.u there is nothing in books he can Itarn : for once I went astray in my calculations; for I thoufjht, m common with thi multitudeihaj he must be a vefy wise man who can lerrn nothing, from tooks ; but it neve till lately 'entered, my head ; that he hates book because (and a very natural because it is) he cannot understand them I O times: butis. , But strange as all these things are I have v-"- " f"'"ttiKawiio.xiave.8cei a man entern at the head of a fire.n ar-ny, his ' brows botfrrd with victorious weaths". (not of laurel nrindje, Buf of simple oak leaves)-foam the prostrate temples of his native ciry- I nave- seen trii3 nvE,. by.dextrously wiehling, like anotjbampscmmylie-Jaw bone of garrmaa. wasW o be " firs ?rT , . " I hC was sure to ne " nrst amonir the. virtnre .' vn arm .-ll.. - 1.. i.. ..... . ' st amonit the Aictors.'' Now Mr. Editor. I leave it to you, to say whether thU 19 ls'nr the 1 non " queerest fellow of all. iioore a. ench Coxe.) Foreign and Domeflic Intelligence. NOHFC olx, February 21. We are inn-htri tn r..-mfair, -r i. . Julio and dam, from Liverpool. London r,;. pert to the 26ftfof December. "They are with- out much interest.. ArnvKrin the bay on Wednes'lav. anil if h.n moorings at CLnd lt thefe" Const4ttion .captain Itoil, f.om CherboW; wl.irh place she left on the 9th of January. Dispa cIks uy .mvs sjjip. lor tne secretatw at lUa'e.. wrrr ln,t. ed on Wednesday; and forwarded immediately by . ,?ecial , W.,ktar7S e na . jwure. .- vve have, been lavPred wi h a hie ol Paris papers to the 5th of JanUarv. rf wtir.h w have only bad a slin-ht view i u, ,1.. Ceive any thing of , importance in them, nor-any thing relative to American aXiit s.. We 'und. stand;ihaf there has been nt. public or offiJal act I "vuvui iwwiiiiii iu our ai 4 rs, , it matters are nn better,lhey are no worSe. U,0n .this to! must wait with patiencefortiie official promulga tion which must be in a few davs. H , It is said and believed in France, that a rupture "anon anu ussiavwi;i shortly take place buMunwvjvJho ,lgSl e how- cient means had hern tnWn ir. recruit the Preach arrnies. The conservative se. nate, at the instance ofj'he emperor, passed a der creeon the 4oth of December, nuttini? one h.m. dred and twenty thousand men of the conscription of 1812, at the disposition of the minister ol war and measures were taken for the'u junction with the armies. . ... - bThe frigates Medusa and La Nymjhi from Ja vff, had arrived at Brest. ."".' -The1 U. State s' brig Hornet arrivei in France onlie 0th of Decembtw, and leTth'ie,ixt'dfc'y for England. . A most dreadful crle of vind, happened about (he last of Dcembec, which is thus noticed under the Amiterdam heado thg.2-8in. ' ; , j ; . A convoy of 230 sail, escorted by two ships of the Jtne and three English fHgates, has eneoun- j teretl a dreadtul storm upon our coast.. ms ro, 74, with compleiHentoBO, : is entirely lost, Two other 74' hae appeared off Egmont-op-Zee Ttbey appeared to be In a dangerous situa: uo..i " f ,x h. ' , -y.v , i t '. A bri rs lostiipon he coast of the Texel ) there were but 19 of her men saved. . Another brig has' been more fortunate she entered Ui great road of IheTexel, and was taken. She is a very fine bripr, armed with twenty 32 pound carro nades, andv 120i men. "J. y A vessel loaded with cannon has been ehip a,ri.rlf(.f1. S he ronlfl not be sa ved. Our coast is Covered with wrecks. Nothing . . ... 1 r a e a a ..I milt Kin lie seen nui casKS 01 uuwuci, v" kets, and a thousand objects of tvery kind. It ap. pears that many of these vesstls were. ioueu wuu munitions ol war. The loss of the English is estimated at more ilian Ihwp thnllMIKl men. The neatest pari 01 ....... ....w ... ... , . . - the convoy of 230 vessels may be conaiderea as lost.' - . . -JPnm the London Gazette, 1 Admiraltt OrriCE, December 34. This day, in pursuance of the pleasure" of nts mval hitrhnpss the mince Regent, in thename and on the behalf of his majesty, hp royal highness ' iitium f-Ti.rv. duke of Clarence, admiral of the j ... ry"" , , ' ; tVHliam flni.rv. duke of Clarence, admiral ottne led: was Dromoted to the rank, of admiral ol tne 1 ' v Loicdoh, uecemner i". - Gavernment have received intelligence trom France, lrni which it appears to be one of Bona patte's princpal objecis, at this moment, o get a squadron of I'ttnch ships into an American port. as an inductment for the. U.ihed States to declare War acpiMst E'nelanH. He has five Miips ot the i:.. -J,a an1 mnnMt at I. Orient supposed t0 be rUtined immrliately fortius important s-r vice?. h he -alsn fifteen of tlfc line, in the same condition, at Toulon, while our blorkading squad - m;VVff that port contisls only ol eleven; a rein forc- ment 'of U however, we understand may be expected From th? River La Plate v Ve have be"n favored with the Gaxette of Buenos Ay res of the 27ih October last The m- st important article it contains is a treaty of pece between the Most Lxcellent junta 01 nue- n)t Ayres, and the, Viceroy Elio G)v. of Monte vKUro, which was approved and ra'ified the 2 1st of October. The two following at ticks, concerning foreign vessels, are all we lave room lor at pre sent : . . ! Ait. 15th. Provides that the communication, correspond i ipce and commerce, by land an-t by sea respective .dependriiCis, shaifbe enTiTely Te.esta" lisied as it was before the existing differences. Art. 16th. In const quVnce of the Fi.Teom'o' ar ticle, every national or foreign vessel may freely enter the ports ol thtir respective territories, by paving the regular royarduties, in conforr.iity to .a particular regulation, to be agreed upon between ihe s gv?nments. Bunim. Wrinkle. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8," 1813. Negro Blister, who last summer murdered bin9nn' f VVAe county, was tried at the county cot,rt bc,d in t?l3 place last week, and "found guily fle-wasen-teiicridrbe hun nA th. ' - O bo t0 be burnt tot the latter Part " . . lence has been remlitedy his excellency Gov. Hawkins., Bristtr is tobe eiecuted this day, WASHINGTON. C' : The sketch of Mr. (files' speechvhich appear. fcrt last weekjnthe Minerva, must have nPFnrAi-A . . , k-.-.' .a- , . ,7 , - r ' ruse(K - A tribute so justly due to the memory of thrwonderfv l leadein the American revolution, ; extorted as it werefrom the bosom of an enemy bv . i . , f . . . , i nk h f WnViCt,OT so basomeiy. paid, wins its way at once to the heart. Mr. Giles, in acknowledirinff the exlrabr. dinar merits of Washington, not only a shin ing warrior, btit as an exalted statesman, has done himself much" honor. . j The mere pride is felt on this occasion, from a knowledge of he industrious zeal which a portion j' bad men'have manifested in thrdwing contempt Ion the political character of our hero, and of the malignant pleasure evinced at the partial success 1 r ir . i V i ' i ! .k'r Mr- Gl1" ,eS"m sl'Wi- vi tiuoc viiii iicu, aaya jic, a Icll B want of coi.fidence in this great man as" a politici an, I had little experience. I was surrounded by visionary theories.' The declaration is candjdand. noble. ' - And who are they tht persist in the ridicule of VVashington's administration ? In the course of ouriives we have never met With any denying Washington's eminence as a statesman, but those who, either wilfully or ignoraqtly, were the devot ed disciple oi despotism. They wio love to re count the. achievements, of Alexander ; to whom- the exploits of Cefcsar are object of delight j who behold in ihc'Usurpatioua f Cromwell evvry thin worihy ot a3n'rationf or who tegard the ravagis of' Bonaparfe listhe highesl feoarings of hutmnr" genius end gfeatpess ; 'i.clj' men can pever dwell . wlxh respectW;c6tnplaeettcy on what Cincinnatut nrffirmpd OP what Washirctton has done. Ciu- cinnatus was p$ a '5w r . h' , ... . . 4 . . , . so, when triumph placed power In bis hands. instead of his wanted plough handle he woutd have grasped a sceptre. Jof can TWaslungtoh have been a statesman since with a kndwledge of how much more he mlght'have doner, he was xonteiit- ed to see the happiness of his country alone, and to prefer it prosperity to his own exaltation. A very heedless remark is niade by Benjamin Franklin in the sentence beqjeathing a goWliead ed cane to the American hero. IVtrthf says he, ja acefitre, Washington has deserved it. Wash ington might doubtless have graced a sceptre ; but no mortal can deserve one. All-virtuous as he was he could acquire no title . to an elevation n bove the law, nor to any greatness involving the sacrifice of a people's liberty. t ' The Honorable David R. Williams, of SnjiLh Carolina, has made a great figure, upon the ftaoc , of Congress during the present session In lurk ing this gentleman's speech onjthe new atcny bill, the reporter for the Baltimore democratic Ameri can? has loaded orator wjlj1 fcuc, superabundant praise, so dished him op to the public with savoury commendations, that he perfectly resembles tgoote smotherec" in onions ! In the conclusion of the hy-. perbolical panegyric, the Heporter observes of the speech J 44 No man can cdncetve the impressive manner with which it was delivered, nor the Iioman ener ev and overwhelmine vehemence of the speaker's elocution, xou nave seen onu ucaru vuuricr. i lie -voice of Mr. Williams, is more vigorous, more . IF... I J L. 1 t . ' 1 ' 1 powerful, more commanding, than that of this cd tbrated iragedtan." , So was the voice of Stentor m5re vigorous, more pow erful and more commanding than that of Ulys ses ; but alas, Stentor was noorator. -Merenoite; is not elocution. Sj is the speaking trumpet more sonorous than the flute ; and the bellowing of the bull louder than the tones of the French hoin. B j simple sound is not music, r rogs croak with more energy than the Canary chTfps qr the Mocking, bird sings, but whose ear is delighted by the inhab itants of the muddy pool ? Mr. Williams may roar louder than Cooper,'but can he, like this gr-at master, awake the passions of men or lull them to sleeD at his nleasnre ? Can he, like him, thrill Lhe bospm with rapture or rend iW breast with unut terable anguish ? No 1 he can awake but one pas sionthat of anger at his violence. And the on. It is difficult for us to conceive how any ration man could mistake David R. U'iiliamt foranorit tor. 11 hat qualifications of an, orator doea he po. seBS, but x ; i .iiiuoi ui uiui ana adamantine lungs 1 a ..r k.... .. x His energy is that of a boisterous boatswain. His everwhclming vehemence the rapid jargon of the town crier. And as fcr his impressive manner," any one may imagine, it who has seen a man maofJ iuB laua iuwuiigcan oe more hideous, more v. pulsive and undignified than the gentleman's ges tures, action and attitude; (. AH is grimace, an ungracefulness. HeTthat has seen Mendoza iii his favorite position, the body thrown forward, the left- hand guarding the breast and the right threaten ing his adversary's nose," will bave-ah exact pit tin-, nf n II. mation. Conceive the north west wind dirinK a November day j a muddy stream at the bteaHnp up of the ice ; or a beer barrel, disgorging jtstlf at the bung-hole, gurgling, frothing and. foaming ill it be emptied,"and you have ho need to visit the capitol to behold this transcendent orator ! The National Intelligeticer l6udly eopplains cf the insulting and braggadocla language toward this country held in the Canadian gazettes. - lie will not, the editor says, disgust his readers, by placing the rau eou's articles before th:m. Of all men in the worlilsnrelythe upporteis cf he present administration Ought to be the least of. tended at the bullying or bravado style of foreisju journals. For certainly in this respect, if Ussy be equalled, they can nevei; be surpassed.. If v such sort of langbage could have mastered Greaf Britain, long ago would she have been blown up ' o the moon or sunk down to the bottomless pit. But we suppoae.' the Intelfigencer is offended at beholding its own party's weapons of warfare snatched from their hands and wellded with win. dy execution in those of their, enemy. Or per- baps-the 14 --adage-may account f jriiis'WTathwr two of jSutrade you knovr Ina war of words it would ht unfair not lo let the Canadians have some little part in the. fightings With so numerous a corps of rcpubli can 1 slang-whangers' as government can must e( under the command of Marshy Duanc, what is . to be feared fiojn two or three poor Canadian dri villers who V've'. adarce. mastered the a", be of Billingsgate. It must be confessed that these meff . jare - fast - improving," and If urrepublicaris conk r
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