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I e>t of suspicion GD the j>iirity of for proposals, unless \vith the view of availing himself o f the proposal, most advantageous to the government? sup pose-then tfa^t he had advertised, and that proposals had been made b y ' the ChaiuiiaH of the coimniltee^ whose character and standing, was well knowoj to furnisb the stone required, for .$ 3 ,50 per perch j and Mix had made an of fer to furbish them at ^ per perch, do the committee mean to be under stood, that in such case, it would have been the duty of Gen. Sw ift,.to have rejected the proposals of M r .M ix, be- it.'s motives : .Norcan we perceive that there is any ihfng in the transaction that ought to be considered; as in any degree impeaching his prudence, -sfeill > or lidelityj as a public agent. H e was probably directed by the head of the War depart merit to cause certain works to be erected at the place before rnen- \tioned. His character as an engineer stood high while be tvas in that sert<ice; his professional gjtilj must have enab le^ him to judgt? pretty correctly of |h.e subject raaitePpf the contract be piade with M ix J hf- knew wh.at,-’ik.Htd- caf*se h is character was suspicious ? of Stone were Jiecessary j #.nd his past experience observatipp, i|t must ho supposed, had qualified hmi to form a correct judgment as to what it would. . cost to procure them,, under Ibe eumstances these were to be obtained^ It appears besides, thatjGren. Swift ^ look pains to possess himsdlf o f all the information necessary to enable him to make a prudent and bepeftcial contract for the govermne.Dt ;■ he caused' dnqtti- rrea to bo made aC^ Bicbmond and \ Georgetown, at what price stone could he obtained j Resides this, Col. Ar- mistead, a skiUfuLengineer, bad an e x periment made under his own direction and observation, to ascertain the ex* pense'^of getting the stone, and deliver ing them a t . the placp required ; and fopnd that i f amounted to thr«e dpllars and fifty cents per perch. And it ap pears to have been the opinion o f those best acquainted with the business, that the contract was a hard one, ou the ptH - of M ix. ^ W h en It was made, stone could not be had short o f one dollar per perch ; and the price o f freight, to have them carried to the place of delivery tvas two dollars per perch* A t this rate, it is quite clear thatit would t^ve prov ed a losinghargain to lyiix, unless he cojild have coblcived to save hjmse|C b y the purchase'of vessels, and hiring, of hands to navigate them. Since that time, however, the price, both o f stone and o f freight^ bawgfeaVly*' decreased and the contract has proved a very ad vantageous one to Mix# But this is a circumstance that could not have been foreseen or calculated upon ; and to us it appears highly improbable, (hat a more advantageous contract could have been obtained, if Gen. Sw ift had ad vertised for proposals. H e certainly acted with all the rea- 0 sonable precaution, that would be ex pected, from a prudent arid inteligent, man, in (he management of his own private concerns.- It is not pretended that he has, or ever expected to, de rive any benefit persm^ady* ^he contract, and! -Ibat there cohld have been no favoritism in the afl^ir, must be manifest from the fact, that Mix was at the time, an utter, stranger to him. T h e committee in their report, cen sure the condt^it of Gen. Swift, for not having advertised for proposals, and for .contracting with apersonof such char acter as they suppose M ix to be. A very large majority of the house o f rep resentatives however, appaer to have entertained a different opinion ou this subject. If it is imprudent to |r«st the beads qf these departinents with the discretionary power ot maVuig con tracts, without advertising -for propo sals, let Congress alter the law on that Subject. But there can be no proprie^ ty, for censuriog a publicofficejf, for ex ercising a discretion vested in him by law ; particularly .when be fislt himself competent,from his.skill and experi- •l||ce, to exercise that discretion,, with out injury to the public. It must in deed be obvious to every person, o f or dinary observation, that the change which has taken place, within a few years; past, wirti respeqt to4he price of materials o f almost every kind, and of labour and provisions has been such, as to operate veryffavorably to the inter est o f persons bolding contracts^ like that made with M ix;, and this circum stance alone, will account for the great ajivantage he has derived- frona bis, without imputing any thing wrong, to either the head o f the Engineer,- or of the W ar Department. T h e committee lay great stress^ on - the character o f Mix ; and contend that a public agent, ought not to contract with a person, w ho does not sustain a good character, on this subject they s a y : “ In all contracts, whether private or pub lic, a strict and punctual performance de pends in some degree, upon the honesty of the co n tr a c to r b u t in forming contracts for the government, more scratiny and vig ilance in this respect seems necessary than ainongindividual&, If the same special con fidence . is not reposed in a contractor with the government, that is placed in an officer appointed by the government, yet it will not be saidthat the character of the person pro posing to undertake or accomplish a great nafiorial work, at the expense of half a mill ion of doUarsc, should be wholly disregard- NoW) to us, it appears that the com mittee, by this reasoning,, place them selves in a dilemma from which they •will find it difficnlt. to extricate them selves. T h e y insist that the chief of the engineer department ought not to have made ihis contract without adver tising for pipposals. W h y advertise k i If such an occurrence bad in fact taken placethere would have been just cause, to have censhred the conduct of the public officer; the committee in this partim ila^rejcJearlj Wrong : A ll that •was Hiettrnbent on Geo. tswift, was to rfse due diligence, and to see that he procured adequate surety for the faith ful performance of the contract, on the part of Mix. The enquiry in which the puhtje are interested, is not wheth er Mix siistainetl a good,or bad char acter; but whether the public agent, who comracted with him, acted with fidelity, and .whether he exacted and re ceived such security, as was sufficient^ to guard the public against loss or inju- \vy* That the.security he took was sufficient, is not at all questioned.— And it further appears that though Mix, has not fiiruisbed the quantity ©f stone stipulated in his contract, to be deliv ered monthly ;.^et, that his not having done so, did n p arise from want of in clination, or inability on his part, to comply with his engagement, but that the quantity delivered^ was' decreased at the request of the agent of (be govern ment, and against the wishes o t tbecon- tractor. Thedocumentsaccorapanying thereport/ully establish the fact,that as yet the public have suffered no injury fromUhe alledged want of Character op 4h^ p a rt o f Mix t . and besides, whatev er his disposition may be to act dis honestly, he has hot had it in his pow er to defraud the government by means of the Contract he holds. A s it respects the participation which Major Vandeventer hasJiad in this contract; it ‘inay be considered imprudent, but it certainly was qot ille gal I and, of itself, furnished no just ground to impeach the purity or integ rity o f himself or o f the war department, under which be then held, and still continues to hold a place. From the discfpsiires made, there is not the least reason to believe, that he had. any agen cy whatever in procuringJhejcpntract for Mix : or that he had any thing whatever to do, with it,, unlit after, it toad been mide# ' r It is certainly not improper, that the conduct of public agents should be carefully watched and scrutinized.— Honest men can suffer no injury from such watchfulness and scrutiny ; and the-dishonest Ought not to be permitted to defraud the public, through inaUen- tion and carelessness on the part oft he people# It is, however,-ti subject well worthy of consideration, whether the public good is not endangered by hold and indiscriminate charges against pub lic functionaries, wb«u preferred with out sufficient CaUSe. From the N^ational Advocate. S hocking P iracv .—T he brig Au- rilla, captain tiow landof this port, was spoken on the 21st nit. from Baflimore bound to N . Orleans she had been boarded^ on the 15th May, by two pi ratical schrs. armed with one 9 poun der, brass piece, two sixes, one pivot gun each, and manned with about 4G to 5G meti each off E e y Sal. T h e passengers and crew Were cruelly treated, beat with swords and pistole,- and one o f the passengers was hung up to the yardarm, and then dropped into the water apparently lifeless# 1'he v e s ^ l was plundered of almost every thing. T h e passengers was robbed of all their dolbing, watches breast pins, &c. excepts what apparel they had on when captured.- Therffdmen on board were hruially ravished and the most shocking, excesses commitledivp&niheir bodies. After committing the most wasteful and indiscriminate plunder, and afflicting upon the crew, and pas sengers acts' o f the most barbarous e- nnrmity and shaiueful indolgencies, they ordered the captain to cut the calb^e and be offabout 1ft o’clock the next morning# Brigs Hiram, of New port, Capt. W eeks; Fair Trader of Boston, and Busy, o f R* 1- were faken the same day, anchored near the Au- rilla, all robbed ^ c . and all released . about Ike same time. M o r e S h i p w r e c k s , — T h e French ship L. A fricabe,of44guns wasstrand- ed on the 16th May last, on the South side of Ihe Isle o f Sable. The crew lionsistiog o f about 424 souls, were saved, wUb the exception o f six who were lost. A ccidents .— A canoe containing four persons, was upset at Montreal, on the 11th inst. and two of them drowned- Jacob Snyder, a native of this state, was dfowned at Montreal; on the same day. From the Tiichnionil Enquirer^ dune 17. M R . JE F F E R S O N . It is scarcely necessary to preface the fol-. lowing interesting paper with one single re mark. It speaks foritselG I ts statements are so clear, that they rnust carry convic tion to'every one, but the pcejtidiced ir)ind. Such,persons would not confesl, their convic tion, even though one rpse from thedead-” . Such men are'the Editors of tke-E?ederal Be-^ public, the Pseudo Native of syirginia; and we are yet to learn whether the Editor of the N. Y. Post is to be classed.wl|h this gener ous fraternityt The last hassdeclared; “ it was so obvious and easy for Mr. J . to enter a simple and direct denial ofllhe fact char ged, if truth would bear hiiir out, that his studiously nmitting to do so,’ but contriving under a deal » f unmeaning verbiage to lead the ordinary reader in such g, conclusion, created in my mind an irresistible suspicion against him.” ■ Such a denial in so many words, was not necessary, because the whole stream of bis letter w.ent to the conclusion that he could not have got money upon this bill. But what will that Editor say now— when he has before him the most emphatic declaration of Mr; J . that be never received money for it.—Will Mr. Coleman still go on with his drivelling, prediction that “ first or last the veal truth will appear to the utter disconfiture of certain pa.itiztms efthis mau,” (viz. Thomas Jefferson.) - The friends of genius and virtue united in the person of T; J. laugh thisjdle soothsayer tO scorn. We shall now see too Of wfiat “ penetrable stuff” Turgon is made. This writer who has spun out nearly four columns in the dollars in question, t can ofily say, that af ter full and repeated examinations, J consid ered you as most righteously and justly enti tled to receiVeit. (Otherwise it will, I trustj be believed that I could not have consented tathe re-payment.” iConsidering the inti macy which the Native Virginian shews with the treasury affairs, We might be justi fied in suspecting that he knew this fact of the destruction of the origioal by fire, when he ventured to misquote ; but certainly we may call on him to say, and to shetv from what original he copied these words “ cash received of Grand ?” I say most assuredly, from none: for none such ever existed. Al though the original he lost, which would have convicted him officially, it happens that when I made, from iny rough draught, a fair copy of my acount fpr the treashry, 1 took also, With a copying machine, a press- copy of every page, which I kept for my own use. It is known that copies by this well known machine, are taken by impression, on damp paper, laid on the face of thewrit- ten page Wlfile fresh, and pasted between rollers, as copper plates are. They must therefore b’e true fac similies. This press copy DOW lies before me, lias been shewn to several persons, and will be shewn to as many as wish, or are willing to examine i t ; and this article of my account entered in it in these words; “ 1789, Oct. 1. By my billon Willinifs.VanStaphoi'sts and Hbb- bardj for 2800 florins equal to 6230 livers 15 SOUS.” An inspection of the, account loo shews that whenever I received cash for a bill, it is uniformly entered “ by cash recei ved of such a one, &c.” but where a bill Was drawn to constitute an item ofE^cdlmt only, Philadelphia Gazette, in the criticism u f \ the entry “ by my bill on,&:c.’* Now to these Mr. J ’s. 1st letter, at last conqliided by say ing that “ Let him give a distinct, and un qualified denial of the allegation implied in the statement: in other words, that he never directly, or indirectly received any consid- ^ eration fox this bill, and 1 shall be satisfied with hie declaration.”—'We shall now see the consistency of Mr. Turgot brought to the test. The Editor of the Federal Republican has pretended to vibrate hfs childish scourge over a great man’s head—and to declare, that let Mr. J . only deny he negotiated this bill for money, arid he will then come out with his proofs. We dare him to produce them. Let him deal like a gallant enemy and not idly strive to stab in the dark. Let him speak now, or lorever^hold his peace. ‘ As to tire Native of Virginia, we confess we Jjave no Jiopes of him. As a reformer' he must be cashiered. The nian who will deny the most obvious conclusions from plain facts, and then forge other facts for bis own use, is unworthy to sit in the moral chair. Mr. J. has done with this subject, forever. It has been a rule of his life, steadily obser ved, to take no notice of anonyni'ous defama tions. But he is aware that “ money impu tations are more apt than others to excite suspicions ; and that suspicions are at this time evfery where abroad.” For this reason he comes out a 2 d time under his own name —but it is time for him to be done with this libel: Montictllo^ June iO, M essrs . R ich & G ooch -^I q my lettbr to you of May 13, in answer to a charge by a person signing himself “ A Native^ Virgin- iap,” that, on a bill drawn by me for a sum equivalent to 1148 dollars, the treasury of the 0 . S. had made double payment. I sup posed I bad done as tiiuch as. Wqvld'.be re- 1 »I»piwetltl>atJ|bey %aO. only retarned to me'mbney whioh I? had previ ously paid into the Irerisury, pn the pre sumption that such a bill had been paid for m e; 'but that this bill, being lost or destroy ed on the way, had neyer been presented, consequently never paid by the TJ. S. and that the money was therefore returned to me< This being too plain for controversy, the Pseudo Native of Virginia, in his reply No. 32 in the Federal Republican of iMay 24, reduces himself ultimately to the ground of a double receipt of the money by me, 1 st, on sale or negotiation of the biil in Europe, and a 2 d time from the treasury. Biit tlie bill was never sold or negotiated any where; it was not drawn to raise money in the mar ket ; i sold it to nobody, received no money on it, but inclosed it to Grand &Co. for some purpose of account, for what particu lar purpose, neither my memory,after a lapse of 33 years, 'nor my papers enable me to say. Had I preserved a copy of letter to G r a n d inclosing tlje bill, th a t w o u ld doubtless have explained the purpose. But it was drawn on the eve of my embscrcation with my family from CoWes for America, and probably the hurry of preparation for that did not allow me time to take a copy. I presume this, because I find po such let ter among my papers ; ngr does any subse quent correspondence with Grand explain it ;■ because I had no private account witli him, my account, as minister, being kept vefy woffis “ ’cash received of Grand,” is not in my original, but interpolated by himself, he fcenstantly appeals as proofs of an ac knowledgment,under Jiiy own hand.ihat I re ceived the cash. ' In proof of this, I must re quest patience to read the following quota tions from his denunciations, as standing in the Federal Republican of May 24. Page 2 , column 2 , line 48 to 29 from the bottom, “ he fMr. J.J admits in hiS account rendered in 1790 and settled in 1792 that he had received the cash [placing the word cash between inverted commas, to have it mar ked particularly as a quotation,] that he had received the “ cash?'' for the bill ini question, and he does not deny it directly now. ■ Will he, can he, in the face of his own declaration in writhig to the contrary, publicly say that he did not receive the money fof this bill in Europe ? This is the point, on which the whole matter rests, the pivot ofi which the argument turns. If he did receive the mon ey in Europe(no matter whether at Cowes or at Paris) he certainly had no right to receive it from the public treasury of the XT. S.— This is admitted, I believe, on all sides; now that he did receive the money in Europe on this bill is proved by the acknowledgment of the receiver himself who credits the amount in his account, as settled at the treasury thus “ cash received of Grand for bill on Wiilinefcs and \Van Staphorsts 2876 gilders — 1148 dollars.” Col. 3. 1 . 28 to 2 l from bottom “ there is a plain difference in the phraseology of knowledge, and tliat ihflS he Las sinned a- gaost truth in his delations before the pub lic. Be this as it may, I have so much con fidence in the discernment and candour of my fellow-citizens, as to leave to their judg ment, and to dismiss from my own notice, any future torture of words or circpmuan- ces which this writer may devise for their deception. Indeed, could such denuncia tion, and on such proof, bereave me of that conridence and-Cofisolation,I should through the remainder of life brood over the afllict- ing evidence that I had lived and laboured in vain. TH : JEFFERSON. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUN E 26. . ----- ^ 0 ^ Accompanying the Recorder of to day, our village readers will receive an ex tra. sheet, containing the Ordinances and Bye-laws under the new charter. It is quite important that every citizen should acquaint himself with their provisions; and that they should be rigidly enforced. The steady and strait-forward progress of our village in wealth, trade and population, must surely be a matter of pride and gratulation with all of us ; and the late measures which have bfeefi adopted for its improvement and well-being, will doubtless meet every.wbere witbaptompt approval and co-operation.— In our next paper, we shall give a summary of the provisions and penalties of the new laws. M r . J eisfersox - ’ s second letter in relation to the bill of exchange, will be found in the preceding columns. He says, without any qualification, “ The hill was never sold or 7iegotiated any where; it aicts not drawn to i'aise money in the market; I sold it to nobody, received nomoney on it,but inclosed it to Grand t^C'o.” &c. This puts the matter to rest, apd mast silence even those who love so well to cavil. The first letter of Mr. Jefferson was perfectly satisfactory <o all who would be convinced ; .and we only regret that he has thought it a matter of justice to notice the mis-statements of the “ Native of Virgin ia” at such length. Even this last and con clusive declaration of Mr. J . does not spit the notions of the editor of the Post and of the Native of Virginia. The enmity of such men is honourable : Their approbation would be the bitterest reproach upon one’s conduct. theaccounkfrom which an extract is given by Mr. J. as abov^ and that which he t defed to the treasury, in the former he- gives the credit thus, By rny bill on Wil- lincks &c.’ln the latter be stales^ “ By cash j received o f Grand for bill on Wi|lincfcs &e.’” } There is a difference indeed, as. he states it, \but is made solely by bis own interpolation. Uol. 3. 1. 8 . from bottom, “ that Mr. Jef ferson should, in the'very teeth of the facts of tiiC evidence before us, and in his own breast, gravely say that he had paid the money for this bill, and that therefore it was but just to return him the amount of it, when be bad by his otvn acknowledgment sent it to Grand and Co- and received the money fo r it, is, I confess, not only a matter of utter astonishment, but of regret.” I spare myself the qualifications which these paragraphs may merit, leaving them to be applied b)’' every reader according to the feelings they mav’^ excite in his own breast. He proceeds; “ and now to place this case beyond the reach of cavil or doubt, and to shew most conclusively that he had nego- ciated this bill in Europe, and received the cash for it there, and that such was the un derstanding of the matter at the treasury in 1809, when he received the money” (these are his own words,) Col. 4. he-brings for ward the overwhelming fact “ not hitherto made public, but stated from the most cred itable and authentic source, that one of the accouling officers of the treasury suggested ■io writing, the propriety of taking bond and security from Mr. J . for indemnification of the U. S. against any future claim on this bill.—But it seems the bond was not taken and the government is now liable in law. and in good faith, for the payment of this . „ T I - - rightful owner.” Ilow this sug- vvith the treasury directly; so that he, re- gestion of taking a bond at the treasury, .so ceivjrig no intimation ^of this bill, could i solemnly paraded, is more conclusive p r o f . n'ev€r give me notice of its raiscarriageV- But, however, satisfactory might Irave been an explanation of the purpose of the bill, it is unnecessary at least, the material fact being established that it never got to hand, nor was ever paid by, the U. S, * ^ And how does the Nativfe.Virgini'an.main tain his charge that t received (he pash when I drew the bill t By unceremoniously in. sorting into this entry of that artijple in my account, ziibrJs ' oiora, makifig me say io direct terms that 1 did recCiv'A cash for the bill. In my account readied to'the treasury, it is entered in these words, 17^9, Oct. 1, “ By my bill on Willinck 5 ,yaH Stap horsts and Hubbardy in favor of Grind & Co# for 2800 florins, equal to 6230 livres 18 soils” : but he quotes it as stated in my ac count rendered to, and settled at the treasu ry and yet remaining, as it is to be presum ed, among the archives of that department. “ By cash received of Gr(tnd‘>' for bill on Willinks, &o.” Now the words cash re ceived of Grand?\* constitute “ the verj’^ point, the pivot on i^hich the matter turns,” as he himself says, and not find ing, he has furnished them, although the in terpolation of them is sufficiently refuted by the fact that Grand was, at the time, in France, and myself in England. Vet wish- ^ ing that conviction of the interpolation should be founded on official* dbebment, I Wrote to the auditor, Mr. Harrison, reques ting,an official certificate of the words in which that article stood in ray a itograph account doposfted in the office. Jt received yesterday b ii ansvVer of the 3d, in.^yr)iich he says am uriabletb furnish the extract you require, as the original accountyetider- ed by yoif of your pecuniary transheiions of a public nalui'e in Europe, together with the vouchers and documents connected with it, were all destroyed in the Register’s of fice, in the memorable conflagration of 1814. With respect, therefore, to the sum off 1H8 than his own interpolation, that the cash was received, I am so dull as not to perceive.— But I say that haddhe suggestion been made to me, it should have been instantly com plied with. But 1 deny his law. W ere this bill now to be presented to the treasu ry, the answer would, and should be the same as a merchant would give: You have held up this bill three and thirty years, with out notice; we have .settled in the mean time with the drawer, and have no effects of his left in our hands. Apply to him for payment.” On his application to me, I should first enquire into the history of the UNIl, where it has been lurking for three and thirty years I How came he by it ? By in terception ? By trover ?\ By assignment from Grand By pu rchase ? From whom, when and where ? And according* to his an swers, I should either institute criminal pro cess against him, or if he should shew Uiat all was fair and honest, I should pay him the money, and look for reimburstment to the quarter appearing liable. The law deems 7 years abscCnce of a man, without being heard of, such presumptive evidence of his death, as to distribute his estate, and to al low his wife to marry again. The .Auditor thought that 20 years non-appearance of a bill, which had been risked through the post- offices oftwo nations,was sufficient presump tion of its loss. This self-styled Native Vir ginian thiks that the S3 years now elapsed are not sufficient. Be it so. If the accoun ting officers of the treasury have any unea siness on that subject. I am ready to give a bond of indemnification to the U. S. in any sum the officers will name, and with the se curity which theqisolves shall approve __ Will this satisfy the Nafive of V irginia— Or will he now try to pick some other hole in this transaction, to .sliield himself from a candid acknowledgment that, in maliingnp his case, he supplied, by gratuitous conjeo-( ' tures, the facts which were not wilhru his TliE D uel .—The long-expected duel be tween Col. Gumming and Mr, M’Duffie, took place on the 8 th inst. It was fought at Tuck-a-see-king, on the North Carolina shore, about 40 miles from Savannah. Mr. w’Duffie was at first reported to be mortal ly wounded and delirious; but it appears by subsequent accounts that these reports were premature. In a letter written b)' himself, soon after the contest, he says:— I am wounded, but not dangerously. But four hours hav.e elapsed,,:^d I Ifeel-perfectly eoiiF- fortablo. The bullet entered obliquely into the back, just below the short ribs. Both surgeons agree that there is no danger, and my own feelings indicate the same. We shall start this evening, and move slowly home-.ward.” Circumstaneqp have given to this affair a more than common degree of notoriety,— The parties were members of the last con gress, and the differences between them are said to have arisen in consequence of the interferenceof Mr. M’Duffiie in an election in South-Carolina, in which Col. Gumming was a candidate- The challenge was given by Col. C. and a day after the termination of the session was appointed for the meeting. In the mean time, the friends of both parties were notified that all who should attempt to prevent the meeting, would be regarded as enemies. The subject of course became one of daily conversation bolfi in congress and out of it, at that time ; and continued to ex cite more or less interest until the honour able termination of it, as given above. There is nothing in the whole transaction, (n our eyes, that will call up any other feel ings than those of disgust and reprobation. ' It was, tbrougliout, the gratificatioa.of the worst of passions,—malice and revenge ; and that without one alleviating circum stance. By the American public (and we mention it with pleasure) it has been vieived as full of disgrace' and contempt. Mr. M’ Duffie is represented as a gentleman of rare endowments, and as possessing a vigorous and powerful mind. Of this, the transactions of a brief public life, and the reputation with which lie left the last congress, have given strong assurances : But all this not withstanding, he, and his antagonist, in this last affair, deserve the most ample censures of an indignant and injured community. C atsk - il l FERRy.—The public will be gratified to learn that a new and superior Horse-Boat is now in use at the Catskill Ferryl This improvement connected with the facilities ofLong-Wharf, render the pas sage of this ferry as safe, convenient and ex peditious as that of any upon the Hudson rirer. F ire at P ortland .— A fire occurred at Portland, Maine, on the 15th inst. which destroyed 11 houses on Main and Green- streets, together with about 15 barns, shops, &c. Three persons were seriously injured. Twenty-throe families occupied the houses destroyed, and lost nearly every thing— The loss is estimated at V)J'20,000. Among tlie gratifying* incidents of the time (if any thing can give pleasure at such a time) it is stated that about too ladies, many of them of the first resnectabilily, tli|'ingi,ished thorn*,'v s by the most patient, diligent ' and pci.',. \eringlabors in passing the wat-er to the engines. The next day, the peat swajgp ill the vicinity of the town, which had been set on fire, raged with such violence^ as to produce,serious alarm in the tovvn— The progress of the fire was arrested by ploughing deep ditches with several teams of 12 or 14 oxen each. It is announced in tbe Kentuckj’ Repep. ter that Mr. C lay has “ finally consented to comply with the wishes of his friends,” and to become a candidate for the next congress in the Lexington district. M ela n c h o l y — 'JT)eM*oiitreal Her ald relates a melancholy cafaslrophe in the family of the Rev. Asa Meaeh who it is said recently moved from Canterbury, Connecticut, to Hull,, ou Grand or Ottawa river. Mr. M. had carried part of his family to that place in the winter season, and passed through Montreal with the remainder oU the 20th ult. to join his family, aoticipaling a happy meeting after his toils :—But distressing to relate, oq Wednesday, the 22d, as his wife, his second soi;, and two youngest children were rros- siog a small creek to make a visit to (he family of P. Wright, *Esq. thev were unfortunately turned over, amf thrown into (he river, and all drowned. The bodies of Mrs. [VTeach and (ho two youngest children werefottnd soon after. MARRIED— At Newburgh, on the ISth inst. by the Rev, John Jolmson, W ard M. G azlay , Esq. Editor of the Index, to Miss ELiz.fBETH C a r t e r , of that village. E^ra Ha^vley, OESPECTFULLY informs his friends ilL anA the public, (hat he has lately' recei- ved from Bo.-ton, by the sloop Victory, 70 tons Nova b'cotia Plaister, 5 hhd?. Boston liiira. Which he offers for tale a(. a low price. He^ has al.so on hand SOO bu-shels Ro(k Sail, BiiTton’s Scythes, Th-ayer & Boids steel bark Scylbes warran ted to be equal, if not superior to any used, A few dozen f^cythe Snathe.«, and A few bo:s.es of Tigs, ------A I - S O — A good assortment of DRY 'GOODS and GROCERIES. (ry The Sloop VICTORY, will sail a~ gain for Boston about the lOlU of July. Oalskill, ,lune 2.5. ____________ 4 r> Greene County Cash Store. ^lORNW ALL & DON NELLY, have just received in addition to (heir former suu- piy> 25 pg.two b’ue, and blue and white calicos, 20 do sillier fancy undre.s.sed do, Btegnnteilk liett dress Hdkfs. do. do. borderetl, Uo- 10 ps. sutler and common Flagg Hdkfs. &c. AH ot R'liich is offered low for cash only- June 25* New Books. T> B- pR.A'fT, has just receiml at Iris JL • store in the building of the Recorder, a New' edition of Morse’s School Geography, with an Atlafs A new edition of Thomas’s Practice, enlarg’d, A poem by William Tappan, Sir Andrew Wylie in 2 vols. The Spy, a tale of the nciiual ground. Mill Wright’s guide, &c. .S: 6 . Slaiionary. Reeves sauerfine Paints by the box or single cake ,* Middleton’s be^t Lead Pencils, Camels hair Pencils, Drawing paper o f different sizes, Pi'h paper, gold paper, Szc. &c. Jime25. 45 Ladies’ Leghorn Hats, A N D JE P S I E S . rp iH E subscriber lias just received aquan- A (ky of the above article, w hich he oftei s exceedingly low for ready money. Ladies who (eel disposed to furnish themselves wiih I hat fashionable Article will find it to their advantage to call and |>uichase. Alillir.eis from the comury w ill be supplied at the New- York prices. • ** Also, a general assortment of fancy and staple Dry Gomls J. W. HUNTER. Catskill, .'June 24. To the Public. W OWE it to Mr. E lkanah K etcham , J. whose name 1 coupled with that oTJohn M’Donuld, (in last weik’s Catskilt Kecordei) as havriig sioleh niy horse, waggon, &c. to State that he ought not to be in the lea^t im plicated in that transaction : On t,he con trary, I am entirely satisfied that it was through bis prompt exertions that mjr pjo- perty w’as restored. Thomas Graif. Durham, June 20 ,1822. 45 O Y virtue of an execution issued on a JL]l.iudgmeiit rendered before FraRc^^ S*ayre, Esq.one of the Justices o f the Peace lor the comity of Greene, and Ic me directed ami (ieliveied, against the goods and ctmuels, lands and tenements of Jeremiah parks, E have taken a lot of I’and situate in the town of Cairo, lU a pl'Ace called Acree, beglnnin® at a stake and stones corner to the line ol' Benjamin Hings and running from thence by said line north 10 degrees east four chains and twenty onelinks.l^o a stake aud stones, thence norlliTfeventy’ ktx '.^ egrets w est three chainstmdsixty two links to \i heap ot stones, ihen north thirty fivedegiees eii,cL chains and seventy.five links to a heap of stones in .lames Barkers line, thence by his line north forty one degrees west five chains and ninety links to a heap of stonps corner to Isaac Huie.i laud.s', tlieiice by his line south thirty five degrees west sixteen chains and ninety ijDks to (he road leading from Catskill to Batavia, thence b y said load south twenty seien degrees east eleven chains arpl seven! v five link-s to the'pLce of beginniag, contain ing twelve acres of land, more or less, I shan sell the right and title of the saH Sartesto U.e same at public v.ia'iie, a »lsVilla<'e ravern, iit Catikill, on the 7th uay of A u ~ ;.ust next, a t 2 o’clock, P M. , nr #„nn ShStiff Jtin.e25j U'26, .1 /■I I ' A.
