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The Constitution, at Boston, and the Ad
ams, at New-York, are undergoing neces
sary repairs. The repairs of the Conflitu
tion will be completed in the course of three
months ; those oi the Adams will be effeaed
fa one month.
,The frigates. United States, Congress,
New-York, John Adams & General Greene
are difmanttel, and laid up in ordinary, in
/the Eastern Branch. They are officered &
manned, agreeably to the quota prescribed
by the a& entitled ' “ An a&, providing for
the Naval Peace Ertabliihment." These
vessels are in such a state, that they might all
be prepared for service, on or before the ift
of March next.
The George Washington failed from Phi
ladelphia in August last, with tributary stores
for Algiers. On her return to the U. States
it is intended to fell her.
Rt. SMITH, Secretary of the Navy.
Navy Department, 29th fan. 1802.
REPORT ON NAVY FUND.
The Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the
Trcafury, and the Secretary of War, Com-'
mffaHers under the “A& tor the better
government of the Navy of the United
States,"' >
RefpeNfully report to Congress.
That since the 20th of Nov. ißoo. the
date of the last report of the board, the sum
of 57^78 51-100 dollars, accruing to the U.
States from the files of prizes, has been ap
plied to the purchase of docks of the funded
debt of the U. S. as exemplified in the state
ments herewith, No. I. 11. which flocks,
together with all those previously purchased,
are placed on the books of the Treasury to
the credit of the commissioners, as per state
ment No. 111. These flocks produce an
annuity of 5,688 44-100 dollars. The
gross amount of intered and dividends ac
cruing from the time when they were pur
chaferi to the end of the present year,^
5,237 69 too dollars as per statement No.
IV.
That the pensions of the performs placed
on the invalid lift of the Naval Ertablilli
ment amount to an annual sum of r 605 30- too
'Thursday, Feb. it.
The House took up the amendments of
the Senate, on the bill for the relief of Sam'l
Dexter, which instead of allowing him fix
dollars per day, authofife the Secretary of
th< Treasury to advance him 500 dols. he
to account. Committed for to-morrow.
was
Uhit4 States, Constitution, President,
Chesapeake, Philadelphia, of 44 guns, Con
stellation, Congress, New-York, of 36 ;
Boston, Essex, of 32 ; Adams, John Adams,
& General Greene of 32, but fmaHer than
than the two preceding vessels. Schooner
Enterprize of 12 guns, retained as a Ten
der.
The frigates President, Philadelphia, Es
sex, and Borton, are cruising in the Medi
terranean, for the protection of our com
merce against the Tripolitan corsairs. Two
of those vessels are expected home, in virtue
of orders given the 15th of December last.
The terms of service for which-the crews
of these vessels entered, will expire on or a
bout the firft of June next.
The Chesapeake, the Constellation, and
the fch'r Enterprize, destined for the Medi
terranean, are nearly in a state of complete
preparation for fea.' Every necessary order
for officering, manning, provisioning, and
otherwise equipping them, has been given ;
and it is presumed; they will be ready to
fail on or before the 20th of the enfuiug
month.
The Dire& Tax amendment bill
taken up and discussed.
Os the Vessels now belonging to the Navy ofthe
United States, with tbeir present flute of
equipment, and the service in which
the) are refpeaively employed.
FRIGATES.
Mr. Davis moved a resolution for a bill
to abolith the Internal faxes. He aligned
as a reason, the delay of the committee of
ways and means on the fubjea, and the ne
cessity of a speedy decision.
1 his motion wasoppofed, as the commit
tee, having determined on the abolition of
the internal taxes,, would speedily report ;
and' that of consequence no time would be
gained by its adoption. The motion was
negatived---Yeas 40—Nays 5.7.
A bill making certain partial appropria
tions for 1802, puffed ; as did also a bill re
fpeaing the collodion of certain fees in the
territory of Columbia.
agreed to by the House, and ordered to be
engrofled for a third reading to-morrow.
An engrossed bill, to allow drawback of
duties on goods exported to New-Orleans,
&c. was read a third time, and passed---yeas
45, Nays 24.
The House went into com. of the whole,
Mr. John C. Smith in the chair, on the bill
for the relief of S. H: Howard, and other
officers of the courts of Maryland.
z WedneJday, Feb. 10.
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STATEMENT
THE religious principle of veneration
forthe Supreme Being is inherent in our
nature and essential to our happiness ; and
onr Ancestors, from a just view of his Prov
idential government, and their own fraility
and dependence, applied to Him in all their
neceffitfes and dangers, agd with united sup
plications adJfeffed Him at this season of
die year, for His proteaion, and the sup
ply of their wants : And as we are unwor
thy of His regard, and our circumstances de
pend entirely upon His pleafure,it is our du
ty and interest to imitate their example, to
confefs our fins with true repentance, and
humbly tointreat the Divine Blessing upou
us in the course of the ensuing year.
I do, therefore, with the advice of the
Council, appoint Thursday, the eighth Day
of April next, to be observed as a Day of
Public Fading and Prayer throughout this
Commonwealth, and do recommed it to'the
Minivers and People of every denomination,
to meet together on that Day, and with
humble and contrite hearts to confefs their
manifold transgressions ; to implore the for
givenefs of that Almighty Being, who, in
wififom and mercy, prefixes over the Uni
verse ; and to beseech Him that H^ would
continue His favour to us ; that He would
give wisdom to our Councils, and improve
ments to our virtues,' and bless us in all the
work of our hands.
-That the President and Congress may em
ploy their talents and power to promote jus
tice ; and eflablilh the union and tranquility
of these States ; and that all their measures
may tend to the public happiness.—That
those who are in public office in this Com
monwealth may be solicitous to preserve
the peace of society, and maintain the ref
pedability of Government, by a prudent
and impartial conduct, and a faithfull ap
plication to the duties of their fcveral offi
ces:—That the People of the United States
may refpea the authority of the Laws and
Afagiftrates, and yield them ajuft and reas
onable obedience, and that the privileges,±by
which we are distinguished from other na
tions, may be improved by us as a rich in
heritance, and be transmitted without dim
inution to our poflerity:
That the Ministers of the Gospel may be
active and assiduous to plead the cause of Re
ligion and recommend its prat-lice; and
that every Christian Society may flourilh in
knowledge, purity and mutual affection :—
That the rich and prosperous may endeavor
to afford relief in every instance of neccffity
and distress ; and that we may all cultivate
the benevolent dispositions and officers en
joined by Religion, and prove, by our con
versation and conduct, that we are uncor
rupted with vice and infidelity.
That he would be pfcafed to grant us
favorable seasons, that our land may yield
her increase and the trees yield their fruit:
That he would preserve us from waiting and
contagious Sickness, and continue to us the
blessing of health : That He would dill pro
ted and prosper our trade, manufactures,
and filheries : And that Hp would regard
with favour our University, Colleges, and
Academies, and schools in%he several towns;
and grant that they may accomplifir the de-,
signs of their"inrtitution, and that multitudes
may receive impressions in them, which
fha.il/fecure their felicity and nfefulnefs, and
lay a firm foundation for public virtue :
That he would subdue those lusts and pas
sions of the human heart, from whence wars
proceed, and overrule the mifehief that has
been done by the destroyers of mankind, to
promote the wisest and kindest purposes :—
That in every nation the religion of Christ
may be ptofeffed and honored, that the rev
olution among men may fubferve the inter
est of His Kingdom ; and that of the in
crease of His government-and peace, there
may. be no end.
dollars, and ' that the aggregate of all those
which either have been paid, or are payable
to the end of the year 1801, amounts to the
sum of 1740 23-100 dolls, as per statement
No. V. which deducted from the gross a
maunt of interest and dividends as above,
will leave a balance unapplied of 3507 41-100
dolls. There are, however, fevcral appli
cantsto be placed on the lift, whose cases
have not been decided on, and it is presum
ed that other cases will occur. But taking
into view ail circumstances, the Commis
sioners entertain the opinion that the present
flocks of the fund are fufficient to meet all
the causes contemplated by the a&.
For and in behalf of the board.
Rt. SMITH.
Nervy Department, gift Dec. 1801.
Aril the people of this state are requeued
to abstain from labour and recreation on the
fa id day.
Commonwealth of Mnffachufetts.
r his Excellency CALEB STRONG, Esq. Governor
of the common , eaith of Maffachuftfts,
A PROCLAMATION,
. For a day of public Fafling and Prayer.
Given at the council chamber in Boson, this
twenty Jecond day of February, in the year
of our Lord I&C2, and in the 26th year of the
To THOMAS JEFFERSON.
PRESIDENT of THE'UNITED STATES,
SIR,
We do not approve of formal Addresses to
our Rulers, generally, but we confider that pecu
liar circumstances may render such an a<t in the
citizens,juflifiable and proper. As a considerable
difference in political opinions still continues in
fbipe parts of onr nation, and as this state has not
publicly exprefled their full confidence in the
present Adminiliration of the general government,
we deem ic proper, though at this late period, to
tender you our congratulations on yotir appoint
ment to rhe firfl and mod important office in tire
federal government; and in so doing, we do not
offer you that adulation which characterizes un
principled fyeophants, and which we are sure mult
wotwd your feelings and our consciences ; but we
are sincere in our belief that your talents, integri
ty and patriotism, have merited the confidence
which the citizens of America have manifelted to
you.
We esteem your inaugural address as contain
ing the genuine principles of republicanism ; such
principleqbeing the bails of an administration, mult
add dignity to the government and encreafe the
happineft ofthe citizens.
Permit us, Sir, to assure you that your adminis
tration thus far, has our cordial approbation ; and
that with pleafare and confidence we anticipate
the propriety of your future conduct.
Your appointment of men as Heads of the De
partments, and your conflitutional advisers, merit
the aprobation of all thrfe who are attached to our
fj flem of government. From the union and exer
cfe of so much personal virtue and political wis
dom in the First, and other important officers of
government, we are encouraged to tope, that
harmony and unanimity of political opinions will
more generally prevail through our country.
We regard the Conftitturon as the grand palla
dium, and sheet anchor ot our national rights ;
not to enumerate its various checks and balances
to regulate the different branches of the govern
ment, nor the numerous privileges guaranteed to
the people ; we view as deduceable from it the
right of citizens to candidly watch and examine
the doing ot those, whom they appoint to the high
offices of government ; but that their remarks on
governmental measures should be temperate and
judicious, is the natural dictate of true patriotism.
We Sincerely refpedt all the conftitpted author
ities of our government, and confider their gene
ral co-operation essential for promoting the beft
inieretls of the people.
it is with pleasure we observe, that the public
economy forms one of the charaaeriftic traits of
the present administration. As from the local tit
nation of the country, and the general habits and
enterprize of the inhabitants, agricultureand com
merce must form the principal sources of individ
ual wealth, and of revenue to the United States ;
so a provident care of financial intereils of the Na
tion, should be manifoUed by all, more efyecially
by our rulers. We conceive the reduction of na
tional expenses which has already been made, pre
faces the enlargement of public confidence, and
the relief of indigent citizens.
The late intelligence es a general European
peace, is a fubjecl s hick must inrereft the teelmgg
of every friend to humanity. Rejoicing in a;#e
vent so auspicious to the welfare of mankind, we
cannot refrain congratulating you, and our com
mon country, that the daughter of the human
fpeeies is once more Ilaid, May the benign influ
ences of peace long continue where it is elt&bbfh
ed ; and may tliofe countries which have been so
often encrimfoncd with human gore, never be
come again the theatre of war.
- With ardent (applications to the supreme arbi
ter of the Universe, that he would continue your
life, health and ufefulocf, and that every blessing
may be extended to your family, we fobferibe our
selves ri fpedtfully, your fellow citizens,
NATHAN WESTON,
DUDLEY B. HOBART,
JOSHUA WINGATE.
Augufla, Dec. 24, 1801.,
To Mefrs. Nathan Wefun, Dudley B. Hobart, and
JoJkua lining ate, a committee ftbe Ce nflitution
al Republicans cf the County of Kennebec, in the
Dijirid of Maine,
Wajhingten, far.. 16, ißca.
GENTLEMEN,
THE Addref syou have been pleated to forward
me from the Constitutional Republicans of the
County of Kennebec, has been duly received, and
with that sincere futisfaftion which expreflions of
so inyrb confidence are calculated to inspire.—
The difference of political opinion which has too
much divided us, Gome time ,ff, is,l hope, yield
ing to the evidence daily arifihg that the great
bulk of our citizens have, as a common object, the
preservation of federal and representative govern
ments as organized by t!re constitution, and the
administration of it with the leaf! burthen which
their fafety, foreign and domeflic, will admit. —
To keep it in its proper line, the doings of those,
whom vou appoint to highoffice, should be watch
ed with llri&nefs, and noted with that candor,
which, (peaking in the voice of a friend, is thank
fully received, and weighed with reipedt.
The principles of my , inaugural address, which
you are pleated to notice, were dictated by the
sincere convictions of my mind, and (ball be faith
fully adhered to in the gellion of your affairs ;
and I am happy that 5011 view my artminiflration
so far with cordial approbation. Justice & truth
require that I acknowledge how much 1 am in
debted to my coadjutors'and confthutional advis
ers, in whole perforal virtues and political wisdom
you have exprefled a confidence so just, so well
merited and so (afe.
The rclloration of peace is an univerfel blessing,
for which our interests, as well as our religion,
call for onr chankfulnefs.
Accept for yourfclees, gentlemen, and those
whose sentiments you have been detired to com
CALEB STRONG.
By his excellency’s command, with the
advice and consent of the Council.
JOHN AVERT. Sec'y.
God fare the commonwealth of Mtyachufetts.
MAINE. : AUGUSTA, FEE. 12.
AN ADDRESS
Tq the President of the United States,
From the Conflitutional Republicans of the County
of Kennebec, in the Dsfifid of Blaine, who have
appointed the underfigued a Committee
to tragmit the fame.
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY.
Independence of the United State^of Ameri.
ca.
mnnieate; roy fore thrums for t fe exmfo< so
perfoually obliging to inland the Frances of
my refpett and high coofidlraiion.
HI: JEFFERSON.
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< ^Portsmouth, March; 2, aSo2.
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TOWN MEETING.
At the annual town meeting held in thi,
town, for the choice of Slate "Officers, the*
votes at the close of poll were
for Governor,
Hon. JOHN LANGDON,
Hon. JOHN T GILMAN. t
Hon. TIMOTHY WALKER,
For Councillor,
Levi Bartlett, Esq. 5^
Joseph Blanchard, Esq.
For Senator,
John Goddard, Esq. , 5^
Thomas Leavitt, Esq. 14^
For County Treafarer.
Nathaniel Folsom, Esq. '547
Oliver Peabody, Efg. . x 4 j
For Recorder ts Deeds,
Josiah Adams, 556
Nathaniel Parke:, 131.
John Langdon, Esq. *1
Col. Clement Storer, 1 Reprejente
Capt. Elijah Hall, ( atives,
Henry S. Langdon, Tfq. J
A* true copy of Record.
GEO. WENTWORTH.
Town Clerk.
Portsmouth, March 1, 1802.
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FEDERAL ANECDOTE.
A Deputy Sheriff who lately died in the
town of £####* i n this State, confeffed, to
His friends, on his death bed, with contri^
tion, that he had been employed by a gen
tleman from Portsmouth, formerly an in
habitant of £***#*, to promote the election
of a certain federal charader as representa
tive of that town, under a promise of twen
ty dollars reward, provided he should suc
ceed ; and that to make sure of his money,,
he a&ually put ten votes into the box him
felf, and, that by this means the man was
elcaed.•
This quondam £***#* gentleman is one
of the tools of the Portsmouth " Gentry,"
who are said by Lucius (a writer in the Or
acle) to be " a little too assuming."
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From Washington, Feb. 10#
The duty on Antimony is taken off.
A duty on foreign types of 20 per cent,
laid on.
Duty on rags taken off.
The whole of the internal taxes are to be
repealed, and 7,300,000 dollars appropriat
ed to the difeharge of the public debt.
A motion has been made in the house of
Reprefernatives of the U. S. to ere& anoth
er Capitol in the -Federal city, in a more
convenient situation.
Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman in Sf.
Domingo, to bis correfpendent in Norfolk,
dated at Port-Republican, Jan. 18.
" It is truly altoniibing to read the Ame
rican news, and fee the fhameful accouni&of
the late troubles here. I have travelled
three times through the very difiii&s where
the infurre&ion was, and it you believe one
word of these accounts in a hundred you at
lead believe enough. I at this moment
think more highly of the governor ot this
iHand than I ever did—he ought to have
been an Emperor, every thing that depends
on him will be done for the good both of
the great and small.
'Jhe Mails, due 01 Friday, Saturday and tajl<l tn
ing, have not yet arrived—and the one due on 1 harj
day did not arrive till lof evening, which we hope
will be a frscitnt apology for tfetar renef <j tre
day's paper,' , ,
At Salem, Mrs. Sofannah Spalding, wife of the
Rev. Joseph Spalding,
In Nantucket, Abner Coffin, Esq. aged 49, Re
gitter of Probate and Notary Public for the coun
ty of Nantucket.
In this town, Mrs. Abigail Peverly, widow of
Capt. Kinsman Peverly, aged 53 —Mrs. Elizabeth
Jackson, aged 69.^-A child of Capt. Lake. —A
child of Mr. Stacy Kennifion. —A child of Mr.
Greenough.
MARRIED—At Woodburn, N. J. Mr. Willinn
Marchon, aged sixty seven, to Miss Ann Walter s,
aged sixteen ! !
DIED—At Boston, Mr. Joseph Callender, aged
66. Mr, Thomas Co<erly, jr. Mr. Richard
Green, aged 72. Mrs. Hannah French, aged 2.}
At .Watertown, Mfs. Abigail Willington, eged
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Donations to the amount of 3069 dollars
and 50 cents have been received by the
Philadelphia Magdalen Society since its fid!
establishment in March, 1800.
The Chemical Society of Philadelphia, have of
fered a medal, to coll 50 dollars, for the bcft
specimen of clay found in the U. States, arm tit
for the manufacture "of potter's ware. It ipuit be
fuperiot to that of which common imported queen
ware is made, well situated and such as can be
found in a considerable quantity.
The Constellation frigate of 44 guns, Caph
Murray, dropped down the Delaware, tie 74th
ult. preparatory to tailing for tire Mediterranean,
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