power (and by this means difplace thofe whom a majority of the nation have declared fhall be their rulers) and by inculcating doctrines which go to produce civil war! This was Paine's employment in England! and Oh ! fad to tell, while this political Quixotte was bufily employed in diftributing his Rights to the people of England, but for his fudden disappearance the Magiftrates would have prefented him with one of theirs-the right of hanging a Scoundrel! Tom found England would not do for him, and he ftole over to France! Here this political voluptuary could glut his paffion for revolu tions! He had been by turns an English, an American, and a French Citizen, but fo much did he prefer the laft, that he honoured their national legislature with taking a feat; from this dignified ftand did he look on without emotion, and witness the fhocking milfacres of thefe horrid times! But when his colleague, the tyrant Robefpierre, had ufurped the power over the Guillotine, and declared that it was the intereft of America to arreft Paine," then, and not till then, do we find our hero alive to the miferies of France, and his own danger! Poor Tom has exerted all his fophiftry and logic to color over this act in his Tragic Comedy, but it wont do! every man muft afk, why did he go to France at all? Or, why did he remain there after Robespierres execution? there can be but one anfwer, that to the first, his pride was too much gratified to part with his importance-to the fecond, he felt fure again to renew his former enjoyments, while the fame fcenes were playing over again, and he could not bring himfelt to part with fuch exquifite gratifications.

But mark my gentleman!-No fooner had Bonaparte ftopped the revolutionary exceffes, and there appeared fomething like law and gofpel in France, we find him whining to our generous and humane executive, for leave to return in a government veffel, by which he would be pro tected against Britain, where his life had been forfeited, and enable him too to leave France unmolefted. But to fecure this departure more certainly, and with fome eclat, which his little foul is always panting after, he published, (wrongly tranf lated) the Prefident's letter of permiffion, written in the ealy confidence of old ac quaintance! Thus did this man avail himfelt of an indecorous publication to deceive the world as to executive patronage! Mr. Jefferson's enemies have "feized the golden opportunity" and charged him with advocating all the crimes of this detefted monster! Although the Prefident will feel no fort of uneafinefs at this twisted inference among the numberless others, yet the friends to the adminiftration cannot fuffe Tom Paine, who has cap'd the climax of iniquity, to intrude himfelf into our re

publican feet-we difclaim the affociation
and defpife his principles! He has had
the prefumption to place himself (uninvi-
ted) in the front rank of our party! And
our adverfaries rejoice, because he is the
fure inftrument to do us injury! The re-
publicanifm of Americans is as oppofite
to this man's doctrines, as is vice to vir-
tue! I know that mine is, and I believe,
from every thing I have heard and feen,
that fuch is the univerfal fentiment..
I am, dear Sir,

Your most obedient fervant,
WILLIAM BAKER.

REMARKS FROM THE WASHINGTON FEDERALIST.

The above letter, as it respects the principles and conduct of Paine, expresses the natural feelings, the honest independent sentiments of an American. We cannot however subscribe to the opinion, that the president is untarnished with the irreligious, envious and ungrateful principles of his friend Paine.. If Dr. Baker will search the expository of his own bosom, he will find nothing there to justify Mr. Jefferson. The Doctor feels indignant at the restless, turbulent spirit, which would set the world in arms, and draw from the breast of man every source of consolation. He spurns the man from his society, who scoffs at religion, reviles the greatest ornament, the most munificent benefacior of our country. This is natural, it is American. But do we find any thing like this in the conduct of the president? Do we not find him in the habit of frequent and familiar correspondence with Paine ?-Would Dr. Baker do this? The president does not merely give him permission to come to this country, but compliments him on his "useful labors," applauds his conduct, addresses him with the confidence and familiarity of friendship, on the state of parties in this country, and refers him to a Member of Congress, for further information on that head. "Did this in the president seem like" disapprobation! Does not this exhibit theblasphemer," as an useful friend and partizan ? A mere permission to come to this country, (which by the bye was not requisite) might have been expressed in very few words. It was unnecessary to interlard it with fulsome compliments.

Dr. Baker speaks of the president's letter, as being improperly disclosed. Part of it was published before Paine left France. On his arrival here, did Mr. Jefferson express any disapprobation at Paine's thus giving publicity to the letter, or to any of those infamous writings, and abandoned principles which disgraced his correspondent? Did he even treat him with cold indifference or mere formal respect! No Paine had not been half an hour in George Town, before the president's secretary was dispatched to enquire after his health, and to attend to his accommodation. Mr. Lewis was almost constantly engaged for several days, in performing the presidential honors to Paine, in shewing him the City and procuring lodgings-for even this was attended with no small difficulty, backed as it was by the whole weight of presidential influence. There were many who thought and acted as Americans, and would not receive such an inmate as Paine. The day after Paine's arrival, all ceremony being waved, he dined with the president. This familiar and easy intercourse

was kept up by these loving friends, and Paine was almost a constant guest at the table of our Chief Magistrate, the successor and professing friend of Washington. He dined with all the heads of the depart. ments, and all those in and about Washington, over whom the president had any influence. With all these facts staring us in the face, can it be called a "twisting inference," to say that there is a cordial friendship subsisting between Mr. Jefferson and Paine, founded on and cemented by the similarity of their religious and political principles There are ? no doubt many honest men of the democratic party, who, with Doctor Baker, disclaim the association and despise the principles" of Paine. But this is no proof that their sentiments accord with those of the government. The variance between professions and actions, between principles and practice, has be come so familiar with our readers, that it ceases to excite wonder. The admirers of Mr. Jefferson and his professed principles, from an anxious desire to approve, frequently suffer themselves to be led away, by the most flimsy pretexts, and bold assertions. Let any man lay aside his prejudices, and calmly reflect on the conduct of Mr. Jefferson and his particular friends and dependants, and then say, that they have been entirely uninfluenced by the principles and sentiments of Paine. No individual could have attracted such assiduous and respectful attention, greater than any man in the United States ever experienced from our present rulers, without his having gained their esteem and admiration. They could not have feared his influence or talents. By what other motive could they then be directed but love. We will carry this question home, by asking Dr. Baker, if any thing would have tempted him to act the same part? We readily undertake to answer for him. No.-Why? Because he despised the man and his principles. What then but love and respect could have influenced the conduct of those who acted differently?

Balance Closet.

One of the Bee's correspondents in Canandaigua, says, "I am surprised that your paper is so seldom received here, as the Balance arrives regularly evcry week." And the Bee is doub less as much sur prised as its correspondent. We can explain the business in a few words. The Bees that are sent in the mail, are carelessly rolled together, and have no other protection from injury than a piece of flimsy printing paper, slightly pasted round them. The Balance, on the contrary, is carefully enclosed in white paper, and then secured by stout wrappers and strong twine. Now let the reader judge which of these papers, after being carried some hundreds of miles on horse-back, exposed perhaps to rain and snow-storms, are most likely to arrive safe at the place of their destination.

The editor of the Bee has at length given himself a name and character which we must confess is strictly appropriate. In his last paper he actu ally styles himself an "Echo." That the Bee is nothing but an echo of the slanders and ribaldry of Duane, Cheetham and Tom Paine, has long been known, but never before acknowledged.

Agricultural.

FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.

MAK

AKE no more hafte than good fpeed, is advice worth obferving. Hafte often makes wafte. Some lofe more by their precipitancy, than they gain by their induftry. They are in fo great a hurry about one thing, that they forget other things and accomplish nothing. They have a half dozen defigns in their heads at once, demanding attention, and like a litter of pigs, pushing away one another.They are bufy in collecting; and what they gather with their hands, they kick away with their feet.

Fervidus is one of this fort of men. No man is more bufy, or does lefs to the purpofe. A piece of ground must be ploughed to-day. To-morrow fomething elfe muft be done. He hires a plough-tack. les his team-drives them on the full run into the field-has forgot his ploughwhips the boy, becaufe he did not think of it-haftens back after it-the boy runs home-it is noon before he can bring his matters together--and he does but half a day's work. In the course of a fummer, he overturns feveral loads of hay. There is the appearance of a fhower, he goads on his cattle; and instead of looking at his cart, looks at the clouds: his load is overfet, and out in the rain. He rifes in a winter morning, with a determination to fled home three loads of wood. He muft firft get his boots mended. He runs to the barn-throws fome hay to the cattle in the flables-forgets thofe in the yard-never thuts the door-haftens to the fhoe-maker, but has left his boots at home-runs back after them--finds his cattle in the barn, and his oxen at the corn cribs-drives them out with a vengeance-goes into the house in a foam-ftrikes the firft he meets,

for leaving the barn door open-concludes his oxen will die-cooks a mess to prevent the fatal effects of the corn they have eaten in his hurry kicks it over-and then prepares another. another. He gets no wood to-day-keeps himself in a fret, and his family in a tumult. He gives his people no orders how to employ themselvesthey lofe their time-and at night he is in a rage because not a foul has done any work. Fervidus fully believes the doctrine of witchcraft: and his family are foberly of opinion, that there is an evil spirit.

over his ftains; and be forward to proclaim only his virtues and worthy actions, Accommodate yourself to his humour, fo far as it is innocent; fo far as it is other. ways, endeavour to mend it by your counfel and example.

Literary Motice.

FORSYTH ON FRUIT TREES.

Meffrs. DANIEL & SAMUEL WHITING, of Albany, have iffued propofals for pubfhing a new and celebrated work, enti tled .. A Treatife on the Culture and management of Fruit-Trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully defcribed-together with obferva tions on the difcafes, defects, and injuries, in all kinds of Fruit and Forest Trees; as alfo, an account of a particular method of cure, made public by order of the British Government.' By William Forsyth, F. A. S. and F. S. A. Gardener to his Majefty at Kensington and St. James'. To which are added, "An introduction and notes, adapting the rules of the trea tife to the climates and feafons of the U. nited States of America."-This valuable work will be comprised in an octavo vol. ume of 300 pages, befides well-exe. cuted copper plate engravings. The pub. lithers offer it to fubfcribers, neatly bound and lettered, at the low price of One Dollar and fifty cents.

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If you would preferve his friendship, act with the ftri&teft integrity; for artifice, once detected, will deftroy his future confidence. Keep with facred taciturnity, the fecrets he commits to you: if you betray them, he will not eafily pardon the offence or truft you again. Treat him with fuch opennefs, as indicates your reiance on nis fidelity: but commit not to him the fecrets, which would put his fi delity to the torture. Not only affift him, on urgent occafions, but often oblige him in matters of mere convenience or fancy : little compliances may be of greater confequence than fubftantial benefits; because the former may be frequent, the lat ter can be but rare. Never feem indifferent to that which fenfibly interefts him. Indifference from you wounds more deep; ly than an injury from another. Defend ly than an injury from another. Defend his character, when it is unjustly attacked; for your filence will fix the fcandal; and he will confider it as obloquy. Never facrifice one friend, in complaisance to another; for by treachery to one, you def troy the confidence of both. Oblige him with an alacrity, that anticipates his re- Every effort to improve the Agricultu queft, or, at leaft, prevents the repetition ral interefts of our country, muft be im of it; for a favour, extorted by importu-portant in the eftimation of its citizens. nity, lofes more than half its value. Of. Perhaps there is no part of the husband. ten remind him of the benefits you -have man's care which has been fo much neg received from him; rarely mention those lected in this country as the managements you have done him for he will feel your of his fruit trees. Poffeffing, from the kindness more, as you feem to feel it lefs. band of nature, all the requifites of foil and Give him your advice, when he afks it, climate to make our orchards the pride of and even tho' he afk it not, if you fee he vegetation, and the fource of unnumbered needs it, left he impute to you the errors comforts and wealth, we fhould have aided of his conduct. but affume no magifter. her kind arrangements, and cultivated, with ical airs; rather infinuate, than impofe grateful affiduity, the choiceft of her gifts; your advice. Remind him of his rea but the very reverfe of this has been our faults and of fuch foibles as render him practice. The wretched appearance of difguftful; but vex him not with a fre our orchards in general; their fcanty har quent rehearsal of trivial fingularities, lef vefls; their fickly and unfavory fruits; he think you peevish or captious. Ad- their frequent blafts, and their early decays, monish him in private, nor relate to others prove the existence of fome radical evil in what you have privately faid to him; af. their management, and loudly call for the fect not to be thought his reformer: let correcting hand of the husbandman. To him have all the honour of appearing to teach him this duty in its most improved rectify his errors, on the reflections of his forms, and to lead him to a practical ac own mind. Sudy to cover his blemishes,quaintance with the character and confti to excufe his failings, and caft a mantle | iution of fruit trees, is the design of this

We mentioned, fome weeks fince, the probability that every county in this flate except two, would fend Democrats to the Affembly. We have fince learnt, that the opinion was erroneous; as two or three other counties, have, unexpectedly, elected federalifts. Notwithstanding this, there will be afweeping majority" of democrats in the house; and, if one tenth part of their promifes are true, the people will be wholly releafed from taxes next year. We have not yet been informed whether any of the friends of the people," who have lately obtained offices, have offered their fervices cheaper than the "proud, extravagant, ariftocratical federalifts," who formerly held them. This intelligence, however, is expected anon, and when it arrives, we fhall pron.ptly lay it before our

readers.

By an official return of votes for Governor of Malfachusetts, it appears that | Gov. Strong's majority is 14.989.-In 1801, it was 5.277. In 1802 it had incicated to 10,383;-and this year it has made another advance of upwards of 4000 On the election of Speaker in the houfe of reprefentatives the federal majority was 54. Thus progreffes the good caufe in Maf-fanguinely expected there, by the Ameri

fachusetts.

The United States frigate Conftitution, now lying in Bofton harbor, is ordered to be fitted for fea immediately. She will be commanded by Capt. Prebble.

The corner ftone of a new city-hall has been laid in New-York. The building will be 216 feet in length, and 100 in depth; to be built of cut-flone; the bafement rufticated; the firft ftory to be of the Ionic order, with columns and pilaf tres; and the upper flory of the Corinthian order. The ends and rear to be ornamented in an elegant manner.

FIRES.

On the morning of the goth ult. a fire broke out in Schenectady, in a hatter's thop, belonging to Mr. S. Hatch, which deftroyed that building, together with 14 others. The lofs is confiderable.

On the 224 ult. a large ftore-house, belonging to the New-York Bread Company, was deftroyed by fire, together with a large quantity of flour, bread, &c.-Two men were killed, and feveral badly wounded.

INTERNAL COMMERCE.

The Frankfort (Kentucky) paper of the 27th April, announces the failing of the Go-By, the firft veffel for fea, ever built on the Kentucky river. The fpectacle must have been extremely pleafing to Kentuckians.

We have received verbal information from New-Orleans, as late as the 29th of April. On the 23d there arrived at that place a courier from Old Spain. It was

cans, that this veffel was the bearer of fome fatisfactory explanation on the sub. jett of the right of depofit-Unfortunately however, when the contents of her advices were known, it appeared, that the intend. ant had indeed received answers to his fift difpatches, forwarded foon after the occlu fion of the port; BUT THAT THESE ANSWERS WERE UNACCOMPA NIED BY ANY ORDERS OR EX. PLANATION ON THE SUBJECT! This filence on a matter which involved the good faith, and confequent tranquilry of the Court of Spain, could not be conftrued into any thing less than a tacit approbation of the conduct of the Intendant: and fo it was generally understood at NewOrleans. Our informant is further of opinion, from an intimate acquaintance with the character and principles of Mr. Mɔ. rales, the intendant, that he would not hazard his reputation by committing an act of this magnitude without he were well af fured of the fupport of his governmentIndeed circumitances were daily difclol. ing at New Orleans, which more and more evinced, that this unprovoked attack on our rights was the refult of cabinet intrigue between Spain and France.

The above information we received from a gentleman of unquestionable veracity. [Philad. Gazetu.]

Another Prof of Mr Jefferson's Sincerity. To evince his averfion to a "political intolerance, as defpotic as wicked," Mr. Jefferfon has removed from his fituation as Naval Officer of the Cuftom Houfe in this city, Mr. Richard Rogers, and has appointed in his place Mr. Samuel Ofgood.

Of Mr. Rogers, fees as well as friends muft unite to declare, that an officer of more competent ability, more unimpeach able integrity, or more unwearied induftry, was not to be found in the United States

but he was a Federalift. Of Mr. Ofgood, his fucceffor, toes as well as friends muft unite in the acknowledgment,-but why fay any thing that may uselessly irritate ?

The democrats have not long fince had the imprudence and contempt of truth to declare, that notwithflanding the removals, the federalifts hold ftill a greater number of offices than they do themselves! in anfwer to which we have fomtimes replied, that in point of value there was no comparifon, and that every office of any value in this city at least if not in the United States, excepting one, had been transferred to the Jefferfonian fe&t, and that one is now gone. By way of producing" a proportionate fhare," "a due participation in office" therefore, as Mr. Jefferfon fo plausibly preCapt. Shillaber, from Mogadore, has fatended to the New-Haven merchants, hevoured us with a depofition taken at the has fhifted every office of any value into the hands of his own felt. But then you are not to think he is a man of " political intolerance," my friend; no, no, he hates that from his foul. In his own words,

SALEM, MAY 24. INTERESTING NARRATIVE.

office of the American Conful in that place, office of the American Conful in that place, of which the following is an abftract :

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John Brodie, (the deponent) of Green Briar County in Virginia, a leaman on board fchooner Betley, of Norfolk, Sam"political intolerance," is both" defpotic uel Shore, mafter, failed in faid fchooner and wicked;" and furely Mr. Jefferfon is from Norfolk the 18th of April, 1802, on no defpot, he loves the people fo dearly! What would he not give to cram the mouth a voyage to Madeira, loaded with indian of labour? And as to his being a wicked corn and pipe ftaves, and had favourable man, he is too much of a modern philofo-the maiter fufpecting that they were to the weather for the first three weeks, and then pher to be wicked; to be fure, he is fome. times, as the ladies fay, a little naughty, but la! fo are all philofophers that have been to France. We could mention one or two.

but de mortuis nil nifi bonum-fo there's

an end of that..

The name of this Mr. Ofgood, reminded us that we had feen fomething relpecting him in a pamphlet which appeared in the fummer of 1801, entitled, "An Examina tion of the Prefident's Reply to the NewHaven Remonftrance." There we found an allufion made to a former tranfaction, in fuch a ftyle of myftery, as has induced us to enquire into it. Our information amounts to this that Mr. Ofgood when he formerly belonged to the party, fince called federal, was the firft man in the United States who is known to have difcover. ed any fymptoms of that deteftible "polit. ical intolerance" which requires the removal of every man from office who will not truckle to the party in power.--" The name of the late Abraham Yates, formerly commiffioner of loans, will at once fug. geft to Mr. Ofgood what is meant," and let him, if he dare, appeal for his innocence to either Governor Clinton or Chancellor Lansing, or to Abrahan G. Lanfing or Peter Yates, as to what they know or have heard of this tranfaction. Now then, with what confiftency is this man fo repeatedly fele&ted to fucceed federal officers removed on account of their political fentiments? First, Col. Fish, a revolutionary officer, was turned out in order to prefent Mr-Ofgood with the office of fupervifor; that of. fice expired the next year, and now Mr. Rogers, another officer appointed by Prefident Washington, is turned adrift to make way for this fame meritorious Mr. Olgood.

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caftward of Madeira, put about, and beat to the weftward for about a fortnight, when finding they were not to the eastward of Madeira they put about again, and for the first two or three days had favourable winds from N. and N. W, and then it came round to E. and N. E. On the 17th day of June, as the water was nearly out, the mafter called all hands aft to advife with them, they could not fetch Madeira, whether it would not be beft to bear away for Teneriffe. This was agreed to, and on the 20th they found themfelves in latitude of Teneriffe, but no appearance of land; the last of the water was that day ferved out, and they had no freih provifions on board; the wind from N. to E. N. E. and they kept ftanding on for land. The day following they killed the dog, and ferved it out. On the morning of the 28th they got foundings, and faw land about midday. The mafter then fent Thomas Beck and David Evan afhore in the Boat to feek for water, and the fch'r flood in till about 2, P. M. and then came to anchor, and remained there till the evening of the 19th, when as there was no appearance of the boat, they cut the cable, and ran the veffel afhore on a fandy beach. The furf here was violent, and Charles Rivers, the mate, attempting to fwim afhore, was drowned in it. Shortly after, the mafter and two remaining feamen, who affifted him, went overboard, and reached the fhore in fafety. They laid on the beach that night, and in the morning the maller was fo weak as not to be able to walk, but the deponent and I homas Lewis went different ways to look for water; the former returned about noon, without any; Lewis never appeared again. The deponent then laid down by the fide

By this time the Moors had been on board the veffel, and had brought on fhore what of the rigging they could cut away, or find loofe. The deponent went to them to fee if he could find any thing to eat; but found what bread there was quite fpoiled by the falt water, and that a cafk of beef and another of pork had been washed over, and all the meat loft. He ate a little of the bread and then went to the master, but found him dead. He made a hole in the fand and buried him. He then returned to

the Moors, and found them roafting indian corn, and eating it, and he ate fome alfo. The Moors made tents of the fails, and staid there about eight days; during which time they got every thing from on board which they could and then burnt the veffel. After this they travelled to the fouthward, taking the deponent with them to a place where they remained about a month. Here he found the oars of the boat, which he underflood had come on fhore there, and the men had been carried away to the no thward. A Moor then came with fome

camels, and took the deponent away with him, travelling nothward three days; and after flopping there five days, another Moor took him, and travelled northward four days more; he was then delivered to anoth other who kept him four months, and then brought him to within fight of Santa Cruz,

where he flaid about three weeks; and after keeping him travelling about and ftopping occafionally, he was fent to Mogadore, where he arrived the ad of March laft".

About the 8th of April, the American Agent at Mogadore received intellegence from Sallee, that Beck and Evan, who went afhore in the boat, were there, on their way from Morocco to the Conful General of the U. S. at Tangiers, to be fent from there to Gibraltar.