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ci the robbery of the public, this mem. “ does not even belong to him, for the “ laving v/n 5 made r.s a'matter of official <* duty by fubord;n3tc agents, dini it unfortunately happens that Callender << has made a fmall miftakc in an impor <« rant circumftance concerning this luaii «c it remains unaccounted for to the « public to this hour.** All this is offered by Duane to his readers, ns a reply and refutation to that piece whichappeared in this paper, upon the 16th of June laft, which is as fol lows: THE readers of this paper are d Tired to rccclitct that all which has been f; id, under this head, concerning Pickering, has been intended to rclcue his chaia&cr from r.!ic af ’ fjon of having defrauded the public.oi'/wwf tf/inrr towards half* million of dc.'.ar:. In this, it was thought neccil'ary to lhcw , not onlv his innocence, as to the accufation, hutthat he had forborne to make ufc oi‘ ad-I vantages, whicn had iiilien tn his w..., one • of which amounted to t4»<31‘del lari-, ny 1 tnefc means, the whole ftock of calumny is j annihilated. Not one Angle dollar has been .... Nnt one dollar is deficient. The I United States have gained, by his prudence, 14,588 dollars which fall into the great m rift of furpiuj, that h'S accufcrs can Tt^iibhcun favings, and then cover thcinfelves with the uppiaufe, which they ought to have bcflow cu on him.—This is not the end. A new although techie battery is erected. They now admit that Mr. Picksring has paid all the money to the/rersasf sflim United States, but that he has applied lpme of it to ptirpofes other than thofe for which the money was received, k is not at prefent known whether this be the facl, or not; nor is it material to ' the defence. Let the allegation be allowed, as it is made, and the cafe will ftand as fol low®: Mr. Pickering received rtoo.oco dollars j for one purpofe, and 200,cco doliarsfor mo ther. In the execution of thefe duties, the firit fum exceeded the purpofe for which it ' was designed, including 14,588 gained in bills ! of exchange, by ^8>ty88 dollars. The fecond i fell ihort as much. The whole money being | under his control!, and the intereft of die: country aJ much at ftake in one cafe as the othc r, he has taken the overplus of the one to fill the deficiency of the other. Ky thefe means, he has promoted public credit. Ai;d it is for this, or fomething like it, that his character has been attacked with a degree of venom and revenge quite.-unexampled. The writer of this defence is not only un acquainted with Mr. Pickering, but r.Ifo With the real fa£ls which belong to the cafe. He has made the- foregoing hypothetical ftatc ment to elucidate the cai'c, upon the data which are alledged by the accufers themfdvcs; and upon tbcje only* Paufe, reader 1 for a moment, arid carry back your memory to the time, when the news prints all groaned with abufe againft th.s per fon. See to v. hat it has come f and behold how now, it is attempted tet torture things, the propriety of Which is felt-evident, into a frefh uccufation againft him, It would feem that virtue, honor, and truth, were to he chaced l from the face of the earth, in order that the j oppofite qualities may prevail. Mr. Pickering's character, with thofe tv ho knew him, did not want this aid. Pi is name, and thefe circUmftances, have been neceflarily t ufed as powerful engines againft the frauds, falfehoods, and deiignsof men, who will per haps live to fee them lei ves overwhelmed with difgrace and defoliation, They may hear that people whole confidence they have ahufed, i faying with an univcFfa! voice, “ (Jo hence, j “and learn that, fooncr or latci, truth and i Cljuftice will prevail. Go, and tafte the re-1 “ morfe, which is due to your mifdccds. j When theie are compared, it will at! once be feen that Mr. Duane has im-' poled upon Jiis readers. The only pa- ! ragraph, which he has dared to touch, has been £> garbled as to dell toy its-rncan ing and tendency. The moil material part is totally fuppre(Ted, and all the reft mifreprejented. In this cafe, I think Mr. Duane is no better than the author, or propagator oi a falfehood. A man who is cali< d upon to give tcilimony, {'wears or-declares, that he will tell the truth, and nothing but the truth. Mi. Duane, as the editor of a! newspaper, is undei an implied engage ment to adhere to the above rule. His ; readers are perfuaded to believe him, aud yet, he moll deliberately UippieOes j or conceals the truth, or garbles nr 1 j perverts rhe words and plain meaning 1 of another, for die purpoles of dccep tJOfl* % * Although it is true thar Mr. Duane, is not upon oath, vet it will be believed that a man, who is capable of deceiving a wnole community, when there is con- i Uacnce in hh '"ord, would nor hefitatc * tf> lolemnizc the deception by an oath. Duane infuiuates that the money gained by Pickering, in. pucchaflng the bills of exchange, remains unaccounted * to hour. He knows better. he report upon the fubjeft flicws how the cafe is. He knows that Mr. Pick- t cnng applied the money to the ufe of S toe government, There is not a man i ot truth or information in the United States, who fays that this, or any other public money is detained by Mr. Pick ermgj and to whatever extent or pur pole, Mr, Duane may keep this calum ny^ afloati the plained and mod direct ainwer, always will be that Duane him feif knows setter; and that this is the cal* may be feen by the following ex tract from the report of the committee* winch may be feen in the Recorder of May ioth. <c From this llatement it appears that "c Mr. Pickering drew from the treafury un' .cr the appropriations made for de “ fraying die experices, incident to cht intercourfe with, foreign nations for ne gociating treaties with Barbary powers ff and for contingent cxpcncea of govern ce ment,the fum of 6^,999 dollars and 57 \ <( cents more than he applied to thole fe veral objects, which, together with the lumoi 14588 dollars 54cents, gained “ by him on the purchafe of biili . * «>v. “ change for the uie of the government, f< form an aggregate of 78,5*3 dollars and ! i cencs. d he lame fbitetnent C ‘r will (hew that the whole of this fum <c was expended by him on obje&s of cc a public nature as far as the com “ roitcee can alcercain the When this clamour againft Mr Pickering, is echoedfrom Pcnobfcoc, to St. Marys, repeated and urged in the moft often five ftile, when public detef tation is rotized againft Mr. Pickerino Duane forgets the dilemma in which he ' places his. own friends. He forgets, that! it Mr. Pickering owes any L.ii'ng to the i public, he ought to be proiecuccd andj or, ip tiled to pay. Is there a man in 1 she Umted States who can uchcve., if dm was ihe cafe, that Air. eJkUatin mould give him the rejpite of a fugle day P \ I will now repeat, what was Formerly ; faid upon this point. ce If Mr. Gallatin ! <f was not i atis fie J that Mr. Pickering 1 “ owed nothing, would he dare to con- ! tc ceal the truth? Is he of ib much I “ weight, and lb all important in the ! <c fcale where he is placed*, as to be per ct mitted to countenance a fraud of this ff fort ? On the other hand, will not u e»cry perfon believe, that he would ‘c embrace, if not with ardor, at leaft “ with certainty, an occafion to p di i <l down and fink to the loweft point of ! u deflruclion, that ciiara&cr which his j tr party found it necefiarv to calumni- l c ate, before the way could be opened l' by which Mr. Gallatin iiimfelf might iC become fecretary of the treafury.”— After cl>-> candid reprefentation of the calc is confitlered, will not every un prejudiced and impartial man afk the following, or fimilar queftions ? Wiiat can be the objecl, or defign, of fuch mifreprefentations ? Why u there fo much KfKin iv mijizp.ii ire community f Why do fbrne of the mod: confpicuous and influential men in focicty oivc fuch countenance, aid and patronage to a man, who writes, prints, and propagates, whar. he cither knows, or might know to be totally untrue ? I lhall expert to fee fomething in the Aurora concerning the dimenfxons, con veniences, and inconveniences, of the na\ y yard at Southwark; l mean the little navy yard, where the frigate United States, and afterwards the frigate Phila delphia, were built. CENSOR Smith and the committee cf investigation have [aid that this nary yard was fnjjicient to build fix feventy four gun fhtps, at the fame time, or words to the fame ejf'ect. If A'j.i. Duane fljouid be filent upon this point, it will be lair to conclude that my aflerrions upon the fubjetf: aie wi ii)y werabie. JONES’s PICTURE. . * In lafi- P reorder, Callender has fpolcv of iijinc pcrlon^wbo-lppsa’cd’i: mihiic with > • ‘ft *' fcy p»&iue around her neck. I will give him. or his informant, one hundred Dollars, “ ir th y can produce my Miniature, taken for “ that purpofe. \ will alio give one hundred <cDoM.rs to any limner who will acknowledge 44 that he has taken my likenefs of that fize. 4‘ 1 hoc is a framed thing in my houfe, for which 1 was fool enough to lit. But it is 10 ct bad i lHccnefs,that,;f its head was (bavcd,*anJ u ils complexion tinctured a little with whif IC jcc.v lt would pafs as well for this pieba d ‘ federaUft as for any other perfon.—r again u repeat, that my miniature was never taken 14 for the purpofe (poker; of by Callender, for 44 any human being.’* X-his is one of that fort of dentals, which confirm che allertion they preterm to contra dict* In order to produce Jones’s mini afore, it would be neceflary to wait upon Madam; and }ones, for very read reafens, has prohi bited any thing in the thape of a white man., hi mi if excepted, from entering Jter apart ;ucr»s. Even if we had got this thing, ir woud he iinpoffibhr to prove that the pi&urc ha.; bten taken for the exprefs purtofe of beimv w>*ri ritxjut Madam’s neck. Jones offers ai; hundred dollars to the limner. Nohod / would give f.xpence rot luch an offer. It would be snorr -or his credit, if he were to pay the mo fley that l»e owes to Mr. Barret, and Mr. Willarti Marlhall, for thefe two years paft, anu or which he has fo impudently taken rrCu ? in framing his account againlfCallen 'ler. He again repeats, that his miniature v' as iev cr for the putp:fe of being xvm n nt Madam*s neck. Wc norchc; know, nor care, r-or did we ever attempt to guefs for uinatpurpofe the thing was takev. Wc never were near enough to her ladyJiAp to be able ‘o d;<:iaguifb what it was that'fhe wears: but He docs wear fomething, and all Rh-h mondftys that it is the picture of her lover, jonesdoes not venture, in plain words, to c.v.-y fmc charge, and he would have dove it, ifhc ’' tare to fry no more concerning the edi tOi olthc Examiner of a petfonal nature, un lefs h ath all hereafter force :t out of us by lome future provocation. Our feries of lettcrswill be dofed perhaps in next Jlc-i ccraer vnth fone ciuciuat.Oii? of his capacity,! as an accomptant. T > this only, will tl»,-j Ic-f?r >c confined. \ \rt r?rc not one farthinr about but feme regard is due to the in terferc*. and the feedings of otb^r people. cf i c liouc vvLrli Skt’.on, r»]io, in his cxe cUi'vuoey cisaraclcr. roi other matters we prony.;.- not. —— «*»■ ■HkrTr*»«—— u — - ,&fsi>\c for, a-! i rr' netted to “ be u mi (lied as a fubferiber, ‘with Cel " faid&ts Recorder, chat we might fee w hat “ we had always conceived of him real! £ c zed • but we can only obtain at ft - COi*u or third hand, through the nierii t£ unfl 3>f thofc prints,vviiofc contempt of u prin.iples, decency, and morals,render t£ their, very fit alfociatesA ANSWER TO THE ABOVE _ rhis piece is copied from the Aurora ot July t(t, and 2d. Ju t two days be fore we received that paper, we had got the preceding numbei from Duane , with a card defiring an exchange. W hen we got his card, we packed up two num bers, ano fent them instantly to the Pofc Office. He then wanted the whole fer fron the beginning, and offered n P-!J yhr them. An aniwer was returnee that we tad them not to fpare. The mar ter is ol no confequence, but as lhewin" theverarity ofMr. Jeffcrfon’spitch pipe It is as mpoffible to keep this fellow from lying, as to keep a Polecat iron {linking or a Bull Frog from croakinp We are rrouded with offers ofexM.am^ rroir. all quarters, from Baltimore, from New Ytrk, from Philadelphia, (in ai I which ph.ees the Recorder has been re j peatedl) quoted by columns.) be fide I New England newspapers .uid iv.cl I country newspapers, by dozens. V\ ! mention this to let Mr. Duane fee rhai • it he thinks iiis Aurora ? compiimenf j he is at liberty to drop the cxchi-y i inftead of fwaggering and fibh'r^ ai 1 fuch a foolifh rate. The following toatl was drank upor the 4th ot Juiy iafl, by the artillery coin pany of Richmond, ft William B. Giles---Tj.e firm €t pat'Aoutmd profnhmUbtcfbian May “ the ftafe oi calumny, darted at him, <c rebound with ten fold force on -y« rc contemptible Jiur.tlercr. We prefume that, in this to? ft, the Artillery Cortpmty, iefer to fome remark i | which have appear* d in the Recorder, concerning the frofouzd ft ate spun. Be fore drinking iiich a toalt, or at lenit, when they lent it to yrefs, the Artillery Company fiSoiild have attempted to I oder a defence of Giles’s conduit, and as they have done neither the 01 e not the other, the inference is that the Artillery Company approve of Giles’s breach of me confritutiorijwhich he had taken an oaib ta o&ferve. Giles is extremely wel come to all the honor which he can de rive from his Artillery adherents toaft ing him upon Inch a bafis. When a man has gone infinitely farther to liip porc Republican principles, than me .Artillery Republicans them'elves durji go, he is toafted as a ccrttem^tihleJlarde rer. This is very like agreac deal of Artillery Republican gratitude. We are forry that we had not an opportuni ty of feeing this piece of Artillery infolence, rill after the Recorder of WedneRlay J-ilf, had been worked off! The Attiilcry Company are welcome to take «:h»s article in any way that funs them buff. One thing G certain that the peribn to whom they refer, although they did not think it proper to name him, has been of more real fervice to the treedom of this counter, during the late llruggles, than the whole corn^ pany ten times over. ^ VVe fliould be glad to learn, whether this Artillery Company had any con cernwith the hanging up of French in ftcad of American colours at the Capitol, on the 4th of July. We Willi to hear u,t particulars of this ftory The New-York hie raid fhall hear* from at full length, in our next. Matters are much worfe than the ••<;.!itot fee ms to Uncy. We thank l.irn fo: the packet he fent us. it came fire. "Hie fupplement to Dr. Real's cjJc, and a great deal more about Duane, in our next. F -sm the Fa»TuAKD GAitTK. Mr. Jenks, * took notice in your Gazette of arj rxtraffc from rhe Richmond paper pub ; i* v..dieaucr', 7hcrein and \viier 'ey ri:c late calum .ies of the Did Callender ?.;Z Mr. Pickering are retracted, and vD Pickeri.ig’s character is by the fa id Callender even eulogized. F >r the bene fit of Duane, and of die tilted bi h mai of A me rica, I would propofc to Ck lin in', as a proof o! the lincerky of bis remoric, that as he got the prefent s i yernmenr in by writing the <f Prof eel before Usf he would be-fo good as to gee them out by writing the Profpeel behind us. This will be nor. oniy fuica ble to Duane’s principal readers, for many reafons, but «« diit re fled humanity “ feeking an afylum on thh globe/* will profit by ref niton. ‘Vvz zzu (From the North Car dine Journal. f Windsor, June 3% 1302. j Mr. Ab r a .'.t Ho cos. j. I obferve in your paper of the 23th 1 tnft. a requeft for information refpedbng j the lace intended confpiracy of the t.~ j gi ->es m this county. [ hope fome other • perfbn who miy have attended more > particularly to me affair, and in p >uc iio.i 'of more accurate knov/lrpe of thewh* In proceedings than . xr.yM , ili cccmu , nicaro to yon ttir circurr liters more j correctly than I c .c fho??3d this l! not. be the cafe, the following amount of . it, lo far as ir go-*s, may be d< pended upon. From the teftioionv of fiv wit ; nefltes, and the con fe (lion of one ofth >fr who have been condemru d, it apneared that the negroes had certainly au in rr - m to rife on the uth inftanr, and J. e whites. On the teftimony of .''.d witnefics, the Court of this countv h.r. hung eleven, barf 'i<k1 feven out of the Hare, and whipped twenty for conced ing the plor. On the minds of the yr - pie in this quern r there remains 00 d ubt but that luch a diabolical plot h?c Seen laid, and that 3n attempt v^otild more *Han probabiy have been ade to pi „ i 10 execution, had me fcheme not provi dentially been dii'covered, although in die end n itvjft have proven evrrerrn.lv d - ftructive to eke infatuated wretches | themfdvcs. I am, &c. W. CLEMEN ..