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f'TIc unstops the pent-hoh Of his wrath,


And lets the stream of his revenge run clear"


In the Gazette of the second instant, !
the Editor takes occasion to reiterate an
assertion respecting tha circulation of this
paper, which, had VIC not some charity
for his deficiency of common sense, VIC
should do him the justice to pronounce
an objectionable falsehood. His object in
repeating an assertion which he we'll knows
is entitled to this epithet is not unknown to
us, neither does it excite surprise i; and we
| hope those into whose hands his sheet may
chance TO fall will credit him as We have
doue, 1t is not expected that certain mem


bcrs Of Congress, to whom IT is said the ga


zette is pratuHousiy Distributed, should be


as well acquainted with the gcntleman's


character as those who know him; conse-


quently, where he is most desirous the as


sertion should be believed, he will be likely


to find those who will, (if the thing is at all


noticet) through ignorance of the facts, give
it crcdcncc.


1t is Of but little consequence to us what
Mr.. Harker may say or publish relative to


the limited circulation Of this paper HIS
motive for doing so, as we have said. swell
known. That he prints more papers than


VIC do, has never been disputed; but that the
, excess Of copies subscribed for, exceeds sew
enty or eighty more than this paper, we do,
upon good authority, deny any thing he


Al. ot,u;t |, ct luIiur IN


he disputes what we have said (since he


makes it a matter OF such high Import we
will count subscribers with him, and proclaim


the result.


If Mr.. Harkcr boasts Of the wide crcula-
+ ton of the Gazette, we can do the same OF
\ that of the Wilmingtoniah, and say with
. truth, that it circulatcs through good por-
; tion of the Union, and has extended, to SN6-
/ acribcrS, from the British Province OF Up
i pcr Canada, to the State Of n. Carolina, aud
u u even to the River La Plata in South America
a and if evidence of this factis required by any


other than the Editor of the Gazette, we can
h give the names Of the gentlemen who have
o received and vet continue to receive II
:, as above stated We do not wish to boas
'. of the circulation Of this paper-that woult
d be initiating man to whom we wish t.
: bear no resemblance in such things Bu
- we would ask, docs this look like con
IS tracted circulation? does this look like be
IT ing hardly known beyond the limits OF tAi
u" borough, We will assert without fear o


~. A.. l,nt fIa t1ntr n
T this paper is as good in ths State as that Q


the Gazette, excepting the lower county


where, however, it is generally believed h
sends more papers than there are subscriber
. stantial patronage--not upon Private chGr
ii ~!


TT, Two objects this gentleman has in view, whe
n he grows bold as TO advance assertions OF tn
IL kind namely to lessen the character Of this pap
ch il the estimation of those few who have but sc
,f- dom read it--consequently, have not formed


opinion Of its merits-and, if possible, 10 ntr


duce the Gazette to notice, on the floor OF Co
as gress The first act we excuse--lt is one
ch those outporngs of malicious heart which 81
,is dom lets an opportunity pass that can be CO
on veted to bad purpose. The second, we ha
W. no objection to--considcring it another eviden
IL, of consummate egotsm. Nothing would tlcl
:. the vanity of the Corporal-we beg his pardc
- NotQry-more, than TO hear that the Delawa


Gazette has been noticed by some speech ms
o. ing gentleman of the "oppostion his {
- plorable case of 'erciuSion" should have be
w made the subject of single remark by some i
'"' ty croaker against the anathcmatized Secrets
ohs Or that the Gazette should have been coupl
MS with the Kentucky Argus, and two or three o
Nv, ers, whose names have been brought forward
lea unhappy ''out of favor" presses, who have
We. graciously been denied the bounty of the n


whom they have ;'uoceatty denounced as "'
the worst individual in the whole community
re- man without principle" 'utterly devoid OF p'
the lie confdence"-s'a political aspirant"-and
cal hundred other pretty names; such an event,
on say, would please the gentleman prod'giou'


hut unhappy, this "faithful and fearless pal


SIS hardly known beyond the limits" of the Sta
two and considered quite too insignificant for I'll
cen purpose.