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“•Vixen, "Nautilus, O.
* neida and the bomba
( . Spntire, Vengeance,
‘Vesuvius and Etna,
'the schoonerRevenge
r' "'and 170 gun boats
were built or pur.
- chased end now be.
long to the navy.
That in the year, ■ We employ txl., in.
ISO#, --are employed eluding marines and
•000 seamen. commission, warrant
• and petty officers, a
ble seatneu ordinary
, seamen k boy* 7446
er exclusively of Mu.
I . •> • rinee 437*4.
That In the yeaT For one third ef
1809 we #»pleyed the year 1809, there
T700 msuonly. were upwards of
8000, and fur there,
sidue of the year
'there were not'less
« than 5000 men cm.
ployed.
That the estimate The estimate for
for the pay and sub. pay and subststance
aistence^ of the navy of the navy for the
for the yearl809 was year 1809 was 1,323,'
296,000 dolls. 1077, dolls, or 1,027,
tf- - 077 doHa. more than
Mr, Randolph states
it to have been.
That the Marine The Marine corps
corps eost in the year in the ye*r 1800 cost
1800 162,000 dolls. not less than g 238
7f 6 or 74,796 dollars
more than 'Mr. R.
states it to have cost.
That the Marine The marine corps
corps cost intheyear in the year 1809 cost
1809 211,000 4pHs. 221,000 dolls, or 10,.
000 dolls, more than
, Mr Randolph states.
That In the year In the year 1809,
1809, the mating the marine corps cost
corps cost 50,000 S 17,000 less than it
dotla. more than it d;d in the year 1800—
did in the year 1800. the principal reason
of wtuchMrR&udolph
may find eut if hs
■will look at the ar
mory, at the marine
barracks.
That the estimate Hie estimate f?.r
for pay and subsu. psy and sebsistence
tence of the marine of the marine corps
corps in the ycarlS09 ,»n theyear 1869 was
whs 160,600 dolis. 135.6 47” dolls.
That the estimated It was 18 dolls, do
price of pork in the the year 1800
year 1800 was g 14.
That in 1809 beef Beef was rated at
was tated at 14, pork 15a=rpurk at SO dolls,
at 18 dolls. in the year 1809.
That flour is in a- Compared to beef,
mount the material pork and spirit, flour
article ef provisions in amount is as 14,400
Used in our navy. to £ 93,000«or to
8 10C,0«0^-or to 139,
OGOdolUweand is lens
n a mount than any
other article used,
excepting butter,peas
and molasses.
That every eannon Many cannon *nd
and implement of implements of war
war, now belonging were purchased ut».
to the navy., was dcr the admidistrati..
purchased under (Mr on of Gen. Washing
Adam’s) -the old ad- ton=Ss und«r the ad.
mistratioD. ministration of Mr.
Jefferson there were
purchased upwards
of 500 cannm, car
ronades and mortars;
many hundred tons
of shot=^iPHny thou,
sand musk'is, pis.
tola, cuila.ses, bear.
• /ding pikes, battle
v axeiwind Upwards
of half a million of
pounds of salt.petre
ttl.—and besides ma
i»y of the cannon con.
tracted for under the
preceding adminis.
tration were paid for
under Mr. Jeffcr.
son’s.
This last article brings to my recol-1
lection a very important fact which Mr.
Randolph ought not to have omitted in
the comparative view he took of the
coat of the Navy under the two ad- j
ministrations (Mr. Adams’s and Mr.
Jefferson’s). The administration of
Ivlr. Jefferson had to pay the whole a
m«unt unpaid of the contracts made
in T Vi s* nr»> ro/linrr u/l m tnic^rotlnn A •
mong these contracts, the most heavy
were for the timber of eight 74 gun
ships—the cannon for six and the cop
per for the same number it is believed
—besides anchors &c. Now to my
knowledge these contracts were not
executed for years after Mr. Jefferson
came into office—some indeed are not
to this day—and payments to an im
mense amount have been mads upon
those contracts under the administra
tion of Mr. Jefferson. Now I ask ar»y
candid man to which administration
ought the sums thus paid to be char
ged f Surely to Mr. Adams's ; for
under his administration the contracts
were mad*. Mr. Jefferson did not and
probably would not have made them ;
but he was bound in good faith to re
ceive the articles cdmracted for, and
to pay for them according to the con
tracts made under his predecessor.
Mr. llandotph states that there was
expended under the Adams' admini
stration 9 millions of dollars for a na.
try, (i suspect he has here omitted to
charge the amount of the frigates which
were built hy the merchants,and paid
for in stockJ and that the administra
tion of Mr. Jefferson coat 12 millions
of dollars. Now if we charge the A
dam*’ administration with the amount
of all its contracts, the account will
probably be thus (keeping out of view
the ' rigates built by the merchants) 10
i millions of dollars to the Adams ad—
mintstv*iion and i I millions to the
Jefferson administration. I will then
admit these to lje the amounts with
which these administrations are char-,
geable for the support of a navy—and
what is the result ? The four-years
administration of Mr* Adams cost ten
millions—and the 3 years administra
tion of Mr. Jeflfcrson cost 11 millions
—or the Adams* administration avera
ged t wo and a half millions, per annum,
and the Jefferson administra ion avera
ged one million three hundred and
seventy-five thousand-dollars per an
num-—or one million one hundred and
twebty-five thousand dollars* yearless
than the Adams*administration. And
yet Mr. Randolph says that the admi
nistration of Vlr* Adams, compared to
that of lVf r. Jefferson, was a pattern of
retrenchment and economy !
AMERICANUS.
"[To be continued J
ii>uiunia 31(0i(3*
RICHMOND, j
TUESDAY, July 17, 1810.
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WHY SHOULD CONGRESS BE
CALLED?
A call of Congress by the-President,
has been much talked about of late,
and a certain class of scribblers iu a‘
certain class offprints have been very
voluble on that topifc. Yet no man
can tell what the Presid-nf—ii
congress for; Mr. Madison is riot a
statesman to put the nation in a fer
ment for nothing—t<Texcite great ex*
pectations whea they are not likely to
be gratified. But the federalists (or
rather the tories) say, call congress
and go to war with France! What]
gentlemen, with the blood of the Che.
sapeake yet unatoned for! You will,
then, ■fight for ships and merchandise,
but you will not fight for innocent
blood ? And wherefore f Because,
bad as the condition of the world is,
human blood is not yet an article of.
commerce ; it is not for sale in the
shops; and therefore with English
factors and their dependents is not of
so much value as ships and merchan
dize. But this cry for war with
Franee, is a branch of the old tory cry
which commenced in General Wash
ington’s lime, and which it required
ail the authority and influence of that
great man to keep down : it wits be«
cause Mr. Adams would not go towar
with France that the Essex Junto and
all the tories deserted him,as any one
who has read Alexander Hamilton's
pamphlet against Mr. Adams may re
collect. Go to war with France!
Now these fellows come out. A lit
tle while ago they wanted no war ; not
they ; poor, innocent, lamb-like gen
tlemen : they were crying, ar>d whin
ing, and expressing a thousand fears
lest the administration should plunge
the nation into war. The rvarparty
in congress ! resounded from every
quarter: Giles and Eppes ware de- |
___11__ I. • r - t . ,
Iiwuuvtu 1/J tvwy >J<*5|'l|,C:r U1 xaciiou 1
in the union. But these creatures be -
tray themselves ; It is not war they
deprecate ; but war with Great-Bri. 1
tain that is obnoxious to them. The
whole country might be ruined in a
war with France, and the British fac. '
tors and Essex Junto would laugh at ,
it. Let not England however think
to skreen her atrocities under co- 1
ver of French rapacity. France i
has behaved in a manner villainous ’
enough beyond all doubt.--But,
in comparison to the maritime usur- i
pations and tyrannies of Great-Bri* '
tain that rapacity is a feather. Mo
ther Britain (quoth the lories) is fight
ing for the freedom of the world, and (
the United States ought to put up with |
all the injuries which she may choose
to inflict upon them.’ How very mag
nanimous .• So, if, we will only bear |
the brunt, aufat ourselves to be pilla
ged and murdered for the salvation of j
the world, Great Britain is willing
| to take the credit and the glory upon
herself. Very generous, vety kind,
very magnanimous, indeed I A pretty .
•dvalioa of the world's rights, most .
/■' y' >; I- \ ~
truly! Now, it so happens, flint men f
af plain sense can see not the least dif
ference* bet ween Great Britain’s fitt
ing for the liberties df mankind or
her fighting against those liberties, in
relation to ourselves, since if we permit
her to go on without resistance we shall
be ruined and subdued; and we can
but' be ruined and subdued if she gives
up the contest.
Returning to out main subject, we
ask again, why should the president
call Congress ? Has Timothy Pick
ering turned patriot? Has Garden*
er given up his English predilections'?
Has Mr. Randolph abjured his politi
cal follies and resolved to become a
cons.stent man, and a friend to his
country ? What nnv event has trans
pired? The letter from the Duke of
Cadore to Gen. Armstrong had been
published in all the newspapers and
was universally accredited before the
last session of Congress dosed:' And
what did the federalists;' but, more
particularly t what did Mr. Randolph
do, with a full knowledge of the exis
tence of that letter ? 'Why, Mr. Ran
dolph moved and insisted on the re
duction of the army and navy ! Yes;
at the very moment that it was declar
ed bythe French minister>of foreign'
affairs that Prance would Or had seiz
ed bur ships and merchandize, Mr.
Randolph mnde a long speech for re
ducing the only force We had in exis
^ Vvri .1 * « • ' '
icuic. , vr uai men couui tne presi
dent expect from a call of Congress?
Why, the same.machinations from Ti
mothy Pickering and his clanthe j
same absurdities from Mt. Randolph.
There would Le much talking—the
newspapapers would 'be filled with
speeches made tip of big words—eve
rybody would be dissatisfied—a pee
vishness would seize on the minds of
men—and Mr. Randolph, the -very
genius of Anarchy, would exult in the
general confusion. In fine, it would
be ridiculous in the president to call
Congress, unless,that body were com
posed of men Arietvn to possess the con
fidence of the,people, and determined
t:> enact and adhere to an honorable
and beneficial course of policy.
We have received a list of NonJResi
dents* lands in Kentucky, advertised to be
sold »t public auction, by tbe Register of
that state, on the first Monday in Kovem,
her next, for the arrearages of taxes, with
the amount due on each tract or survey.
Persons, interested therein, may inspect
tbe same by calling at this office.
We understand, that the notorious Ste
phen Burroughs was lately sentenced to
transportation from Canada to Botanybay,
under a late law^fevt was afterwards par
doned on giving heavy bends for his future
;ood conduct. On the condemnation of this
ringleader of iniquity all his confederates
iuddrnly decamped, and it is supposed are
iow returned to the United States. We
iope a sharp look oat will be kept for
Bost. Cent.
3ele£led TOASTS at Boston, 4th July.
I he Constitution ; on which oar liber,
ieo d -pend Crop the wings of hs ene.
’nips, who would dare to soar above its
imits—2 guns, 6 cheers. Genius of Li.
ier».
The President of the United States—
\n experienced Statesman and Patriot,
*ho distinguishes between honorable ex.
dauation ard diplomatic impudence—
I guns, 9 cheeiKj President** march.
Thomas Jefferson. The limner who in
1776 drew the portrait of Britain, with
wch abhorrent fea'ures, as led America
o dissolve the unnatural connexion—3
jun», 6 cheers, Jefferson's march.
Foreign influence. A canker in the
Republic. Tory uniforms to all hose who
rte not cured foreign a tachmenta by
he wrongs we have suffered—3 guns/ 6
:heera Chevy Chare.
The Essex Junto* Bloated with British
toison, loathsome and foibidding, like the
oad that crawls in darkness and defiles
he feet of the unwary who tread upon
iim—4 yorrs, 9 cheers, Rogue's Match.
By h’s F.xcetlency the Go«emo'.
** The Bunker Hill association.** Touch,
rd by the fir* of ibis **cied altar, they
n the cause of their country, will emu
ate the immortal heroes of the American
Thermopylae.
By the Hon. John Adame, late presi
lent.—Hercules. His strength was not
; ten him to be consumed at the distaff—
viay he prosecu e ail his labor* with the
ame glory as his two first, taming th*
Lyon and the Hydra.
From the Boston Patriot.
The following letter, by the late
President Adams, deserves a perusal
it least once a year, while we continue
\mericaos!—When we shall cease to *
-1 • t
venerdte those principles which-gave 1
birth to this day, we cease to be Arne-,
ricans, and its reading may be dis
pensed with t
l'4i Philadelphia, July 5,1776.
44'Yesterday the greatest question
was decided which was ever debated
in America-; and a greater perhaps
never was br will be decided among'
men. A resdluti-n was passed with
out one dissenting voice, that these
united colonies, %re and of right ought
to be, free and independent states.*’.
. 4* The day is paased.-^»Thc fourth
day of July, 1776, will be a. memora
ble epoch in the history of America.
I am apt to believe it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations, as the
great a dversary festival. It ought to
be commemorated as the day of deli
verance, by solemn ac^s of devotion to
Almighty God. It ought to be solem
nised with pomps, shows, games,
sports, guns, bells, bonfires andillurai
nations—from one end of the conti
nent to the other, from this time for
ward forever.-;—You will think me
transported with enthusiasm; -but‘d
am not. ' J am wt-ll aware of the toil
and blood and treasure that it will tost!
us to qiaiutuin this declaration, and
support and defend these states;, yet
through all the gloom, I can see -the
rays of light-and glory—-1 can see that
the end is jnore than worth all thej
means ; ?nd that posterity will triumph,
although you and X may rue, which X
hqpo we shall not. I am fee.
JOHfN ADAMS.”
New-York, July 7.
New Brick-Making Machine.—We
have.seen a model of a brick machine,
constructed ou a new principle invent
ed hv Mr .n»nif>1 Pr.nrli
and Engineer of-this city,/and so con*
trived as to 'manufacture 'bricks of all
kinds with the greatest 'facility. It
will.produce S000 bricks in an hoar if
•supplied with clay, and may be extend'
ed to produce -any number required
in the same time. The" clay is appli
ed without any previous preparation.
It requires only the natural moisture
as it is commonly found a lew inches
below -the surface of the earth. In
this state it is applied to the machine,
and the bricks are produced in the
neatest manner, ready to pile away ;
saving the trouble of carrying to and
Irons the yard, and tending while dry
ing, as is done in the common way.—
More than two thirds of the usual ex
pence is saved in producing the bricks
ready to burn. The brLks.manufac
tured by the machine are much in dire i
compact and impenetrable to wajer,
than bricks manufactured by hand, as
a brick of the same size will weigh
nearly one 6fth more than these made
in the common way.
Specimens of the brick produced iti
this way, from several kinds of clay,
have been burned, and tne result has
proved beyond all doubt, that the ma
chine will answer the purpose intend
ed.
mungcTparke.
The London papers of the 19th of Majr,
received at Boston, states that Mr Mun
go Parke the celebrated traveller, who has
been so long thought dead, is still alive in
the interior of Africa, and hopes were
entertained that he might live to return
to his native country.
The following is an extract of a letter
from the master of an American ves
sel, dated Cadiz, May 4, 1810.
44 The French are in possession of
all the neighboring ports of Spain with
a large number of privateers. Three
or lour American vessel® going from
this port, have been taken and carried
to Botea. Flour is 15 dolls, beef 15, rice
5, fish 3, tobacco 11;
“ It is daily expected thatthc French
will fire on the shipping in the har
bor.”
From vhk Aurora.
7o PHI*FAS BOND, **£.
Contu/ general •/ Great Britain J»r
the middle etatee.
Sir—-As you, from your station,
must be supposed to be acquainted with
the meaning and intention of the or
ders of your king in council, it is the
wish of many Americans to be inform
ed, if there are any, and if any, what
other nation, which employs vessels in
the whale and cod fisheries ?
The reason why this enquiry is made,
is this—that we suppose and ver ly be
lieve there is no othet nation which has
engaged in these fisheries, butithe A
merican j and if so, that the late Bri
tish order in council is in fact an act
of legislation over the United States
to all intents and purposes.
. MANY AMERICANS.
< Boston, July 6.
FROM GOTTEN BURG.
Mr G. L. Deblot*, who came passenger
in the ship Ceres arrived at this port from
Gottenburg, inform* that the Danes had
made new regutatsons for pvwateeriog,
more favourable to Americans than their
lormcr laws ^ a copy of which, he under.
*too<J, bad been sent to Philadelphia, by '
*hn American Consul /—That the Danish
^un boats were out_and four of them bad
engaged the British sloop of war Roae-eaUiac
she lost her rauen.mast, but escaped front
them by a breeze springing up. That the
ports of Sweden were shut against Kog.
lish yessels and property t That Antrri.
can property was safe in Russia and Out.
tenburg; and ’hat the markets generally
in the Baltic and at Gottenburg were glut*
ted* fc. C. H. Books.
Philadelphia, July 9s
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
To the politeness of Capt. Fleming of
ship Camilla, arrived at the Lazaretto in
45 days from Cadiz, we are indebted for
the various Cadiz Gazettes to the 21st
May, six days later than heretofore re*
ceived. We have made a few extracts,
and shall continue our selection in a future
number. Freeman’s Journal.
The Camilla left at Cadis, May ?ist,
brig Sounders, Quail, for PhiUdelpbia in
a.few d«ys<—brig Amphitrite, Maxwell, of
do. destination unknown. jSpoke nothing.
Cadiz. May 20.
New* from the kingdom. .
His excellency Don Nicholas Mahy on .
the uib of April, ordered the van guard
under the direction of Brigadier Ddn *
de Mcoeses, to advance for the purpose nf
reconooitering more closely the position
of the enemy, who was besieging Astorga.
On the same day the troops quitted their
positions and luy that nigbt at Riego and
Us vicinity. On the 14 h they advanced
as far as Foncebadon, and the light troopa
to Rabaral,-La MaUreuga and Andiuue*
J®**■ Marine Sharp Shooters drove
back a party of French who were In am
buscade. On the 15th they were attacked
by 200 horsemen and some infantry of the
enemy, whose fire they sustained with gal*
lantry, causing them some loss; but ap.
prehentive of the approach of superior
forces they retired. The roads were ren.
dered impassable by the snow, especially for
the artillery a where fore on the same day
Gen. Meneses retired to Reigo, and from
thence to his former noftiiinrv. in nr/lass* Ia
procure clothing. Tne fifth company ' of
ItlbeTo, with another of the Marine, had
a skrrtnish with the enemy at Fonfna and"
•Biicrreos. The scouting parties from
Ribero on that day regaled themselves'
I with the Fretichmen’a provis ons, and after. *
wards set fire toHheir huts.
| la the kingdom of Jaen, a great many
’companies have been formed, and harrass
the enemy very much. Some of them have
intercepted many wagon loads of plate aud
brandy, and several droves of cattle.
Tne French in Catalonia nesert in such. <
■numbers, tuat scarcely-a day puses but
from 60 to 100 of them join our forevs, aud
each ot them is immediately rewarded with
’200 reals of Vellon.
The defenders of Ciudad Rodrigo, re
volving not to be inferior in glory to the
heroes ot Saragossa aud Gerona, ar« anx.
fous only for opportunities of testifying their
patriotism, and accompliahiug their wish*
es of exterminating the French legions, la
the & aides they made on the 30th April * •
and the 1st. instant, against toe forces tnac
appeared before that place, they succeeded
in driving them from before their walls,
with the loss of one hundred and eighty
killed and wounded, taking at the same
time some prisoners and many ar
ticles. It is very probable that in conse.
quetrcc of the movement or the Anglo Lu.
sitano army, the modern Vandals have re. .
linquisbrd the idea of laying siege in form
to Ciudad Rodrigomtnd tnat tnose hare
retired, as it is reported, with precipatijm.
two days after their entry into Asiorga oa.
the 22d ultimo, it is added tbatthe gar.
rlson of that place succeeded iu effucticg us
escape,
Boston, July io,
FROM CADIZ*
Yesterday arrived the brig Constellation,
Capt. Leach, from Cadiz. She sailed oa
the 2Jd of May. Capt. L. informs that
the English and Spaniards had had a se
vere engagement with the French for the
recovery of a fort. The former were sue. *
cessful ai first, but were at length obliged
to abandon the position. Both sides claim*
ed the victory The English said the
French lost 2000, and th:-y about 300.—
The French had pertained water to be *
aken from St. Mary’s for the relief of
their countrymen, prisoners in Cadiz, Rnd
on board the ships, but they had refused
10 suffer any more to be taken. The pau
riot efforts in the interior for the ennn* ‘
cipition of the country continued*; and
the p-ople in Cadiz were in excellent snir*
its. •
The French from fort Matagorda and '
;he batteries, frequently annoyed the ship,
ping. The markets were good, aud still
rising#
Philad*i.p0ia, j.jIj l3,
[Communicated for the Register.)
« Rio Janeiro, May 15 h, 1810/
“ On the 13 h of the present m nuh the
Spanish Prince Don Pedro (the only Hour,
boa Prince who is out of the fan?#* nf
Bonaparte) will be married to the Princess
Royal of Portugal, niece to his Catholic
Majesty Ferdinand the V!l h.
• * This alliance will cement the inter*
csts of Spam and Po, tugal in the W«» ern
Wui.d.’*
N*w Yoxx July ||,
LATEST FROM CADIZ, kc.
We learn by the scb*‘. Weynnuth.
Capt. Howland in SO days from Tcneriffe
that a few dayp before her departure, two
Spanish and une English 74. wi'Ji a tran»*
port »hif> having on board 800 French pri.
soneri. arrived at Sania Cruz from Ctd'n
which place they left about the |« J.fn
rhey stated that the Marquis de la j{0 . ,
m*na, with 80,000 troops were on tb-M* '
march in the rear of the Frtnch arm • tr