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«ot oecultB fie h-riofg sufflpigus'i kr.riure* atttunf
^Inprsus sutjyn^fipU'e bfceftntis,' qua rcteotc.* W
{Cic. Hr Offkiit Uf£ li chofi, xa.J * ■ ;“
We ftiay re.dtly believe, Hint if the'conscrlptiop
lie hateful to' Fry". hmen. it tumft St“ still more no to
the countries /ihnejied to their erttpire. In ltxty and
the low ci tititrSes, many motives conspire to sh \rpen
. the sensihilitv of the sufferers, aud to foment that
janeorous antinoMty which. as vie are assured, is
generally entertained ay Inst their oppressor*.—
'I'beir hereditary antipathies, well known tti the
reader of history, am! certainly rut to he subdued by \
the e-vents Of otir r«n era—the incalculable and
fvrart ttrutk evils inflicted uj* n themby the rcpttb
lic and her vrmies, “the recori of which is written
fn the flesh, and cannot be er serf*—tin- ruin of their
eld and favorite institutions—the defacement of their
monuments of superstition and art—the impoverish
ment of all classes, and the actual stoppage of every
source of private comfort and ptthlirk prosperiti ,(11)
Under the exasperation of p -st and present wrongs,
they send forth iheir youth witlt a reluctance, and nf
■which their oppressors are fully aw-re. In the dis
tribution of the levies among the departments, the
contingent allotted to tbe incorporated territories is
tJesignerilv small; but tbe proportion, nevertheless,
cf their refractory conscript* is astonishingly great ;
stnd the coercive measure-- for tbe punishment of dis
obedience, tenfito increase tbe ,-d.itini r.f the l-.w it
self. The common ends of political d minion, and
W the purposes of fiscal regulation, of the conscripti
on, and of espionage, have given a monopoly of all
the officers of profit or trust to Frenchmen—whose
conciliatory manners and effected moderation are tn
anffieient to allay the jealousy resulting from tlieiv in
trusion.
/v* me unmans spreaa inemseives over tne pro.
winces of their empire. these new conquerors inun
date evcrv country where the supremacy of their
arms h» felt and acknowledged. The Napoleon code
and the language of itsauthors are established in the
court of Westphalia ; and the governments and ci
vil employments are administered almost exclusively
fcy Frenchmen, Clerks hnve been draughted front
th«4K)gt offices of Paris to conduct similar establish
Tnents in Hamburg mid Dantzic—the custom house
fiffi.en of Bordeaux and Nantz regulate the whole
$*lnc coast. ;u the countries nonnnsllv allied to
France (which are treated with less lenity than the
territories and snnexed to her empire,) puhlick au
thority is every where exercised by Frenchmen ;
Hud what the rescripfof the imperial legislator-pares,
titivate rapstity does not fail to deyiuir. The metn
j>er» of the Confederation of the Rhine are not sub
jected to the conscription ; for. like the Romans,
vrhosc polirv if^vas. not to make their subjects or al
lies as warlike as themselves, the modern par ifica
fi r< exact no very copious supplies of men. but ex
fort incredihlg-contrinutiuns for the pav and cloath
fig of their own troops. Mnllien. the minister of
the Frenrh tressurv, in the primed budget of 1X07,
felicitates his empire on this subject in the following
terms s ** Your majesty, sire, has protected your
people, both from the scourgeand the burden of War.
Tfuur armies i. vr added to the h.u vest of gloi v ode
«if J'r.T'ijfn rMifribu’ion*, which li-s sssyred to thc-ii
. •upport their clothing and their pay.” This com
pliment h-s nothing • f the exaggeration of flatter)'.
IDuring the whole of the hist campaign in the north,
the treasury of France was oversowing. It is their
object, not merely to crush the armies, huttorujn
the finances of that quarter, ir < i*ler that the means
•ml the hope of figure resisting m v ' r nr re cons
plctch extinguished. In rttr. .fu vc inenti. nrd 1‘ati
tnnrum the Hetettrr f V'' sc nin eirr* rl ex irri
tvrm," are stared s t nt re than thirty-two millions
®f lin es ; sum exclusive of the exaction* fi r the
maintenance of ihe troop*. t|,e vpltnditl establish
ment t f the generals, and the gratifi- atlon of private
cupidity. This surplus is thrown into the list of
Ways and Means*' to give colour to an idea pub
luk'.v instilled, th ,t f -reign contributions will one day
u'h'-Ilv exonerate the m.,s‘ers of the world from the
burdens utv'er whicli they U'-w groan ; as in the
history of the Rom n power, the nii.it. rv at all nines,
~ «nd atone pern d the whole state* of Italy, were ex
i-AffintPr! frmYt ifintt.
If there hr one pm rif le of milhnrv discipline sanc
tioned hv the universal expet ienrr of mankind, it is,
lh.it soldier-; should he kept in n st.-te of unremitting
activity. N” great commander has ever appeared,
vith whom this was not a leading'm xim ; end U
may be taken ns r*n axiom, that n>> cr't que'ripg army
trill ever Issue from the walls of an idle garrison, or
Jhe ale houses of a p-pnlnus city. !n attending to
The general --nl gy of <-ur constitution, we must be at
■/, once sensible, th-.t the soldier wl;o, when at a dis
‘tnncefrom the theatre - f war, is not innureri to ex
' ^ xrenfeiaboor, and the officer whose e- e ts not habi
Viatti-exercised in contemplating the image of his
prnfc&tr.rv. in s niewhat tif its native proportion,
•W» never be well prepared for the duties of a rain
pnign. The science of cmntr.ti i, and the merit..
*1sm of scbordbintltn, are not to he acquired by the
imere manucl training, or by the evolutions of sirull
bodies of men ; but must he studied on n large sc le
• •—in great camps and yCneni! movements. All the
•commentstnrs on the tactics of the ancients, Hre
a -ptruck with the Importance which they attached to
* these objeets ; and represent the fatigues of tkeir mi*
sjltan, even in an ir,t» rv»l ofjpo„ce. a* prodigies of
human cntlursnoe. Aug trains, Adrian and Trijsn
^employed fh- J7O.CC0 men that constituted the peace
<* establishment of their empire, in publie.k works ; and
i: is to their labours we may truce the great roads,
ridges and causeways, of which such uisgnifkrni
>tstiges are still extant in die southern par.a of p',u
Tope. We need not expatiate upon tin* rh >nres of
Success for h general who wages w .r with an army
to whirl, there is truly no other diff-rence between
the field of battle and the field nl parade, than the
•Huston of blood.
There is no part of the Rnm.n policy w hich the
^ffnCh have more studVush copied, than their at
tention to military discipline. It is their intention as
they express it, to form “ Unr gmera!f<m firofirr a
ia guerrr n c ta ghirt."—“ Un /uu/i/r gutrvier
ftorie a la ghrirr fiar srs his," &c. And tor this
• purpose, tlie Itoy* of all the her ft of the- empire eie
mad* to ihhiYIi to their classes by tlie sound of ihr
drum, and are taught the nisnurl exercise during
the hours of recreation. '1 he exercises of the con
scripts, after their union af the depots, are inet-s
- uarit and of a nature to qualify them for the severest
-hardships. Not a moment of rest is allowed in the
•,+horr interval l.etween their incorporation and (heir
i||ftarrh to the frontiers nr to the enemy. The troop*
iMtained in France, which always consist of raw re
' 'bruits, are collected in numerous bodies, am! disci
plined. without inrei mission, upon a large seal* e
' nr.ugli to f-miiiarive the private to the tumult of ge.
•era l acti n. and the < fficer to the use of the niiiita
■ ty tovft d'*uil. ’ilie Camp of K-iulogne is intended
- Jbr this purpose ; and should rather lie intimated as
« nursery for soldiers, than .dreaded as an assem
blage'of invaders. Fatigue, and the penalties of
misconduct, make a dre-s
inong" the cou
-acripts, whose youth an
nt a pectriinr
* JNNftSJ ^ _
' ‘ fir.
hnwMcr, i* not one of tfiKBRjeri* of ino 'en«y^||i i.
tube. An untuwetl cent r-nit over the pr prfM f
thceountryi ^Blea^tirm t»- replace even
cy, and the survive,ba are p-ured into the field with
boibe*- m. ni-'rd into strrntfi, . nd rtiinda conflHhi
broken to the ynkd. Thasir »«« fi.,md'ih >dPJ|n$i
” *« aid of th»* prob*V£», of amurp dtatipluie, and
Winter caropaif
Sariei; wbd frugbt
e>ery xjfuturiil adv
Tfc* ftar^fl*«li*t«eiiti tflfol , _
... tit shiimeeijii
the hope oifreward, »i*e alt made to operate In tfSHT
system with the strongest effect. Blows which tend to
wettken the sense of personal dignity, are never given ;
hot when the resources of reproach and 'disgrace:
prove insufficient, recourse is had to the utmost ri
gours of solitary imprisonment, and to the pvnnttlcs
we have detailed in’a former part of this article.-—
They know the full Value, ton, of that eaflril dr corjit,
which has so often changed poltroons into heroes ;
and employ every art to excite and maintain it, by
minute divisions, and invidious oppositions, employ
ed particularly during the operations of a campaign.
It requires little more than one or two years to nuke
veterans r.f men thus fashioned and conducted ; who
according to the bent of their genius, are precipitat
ed in every movement, and led on impetuously to e
vsrv atuc k ; and whose murmurs, if time were giv
en tor the intrusion of discontent, would be lost in
the tomults of inr^s-ant agitation. By the dispersi
on of the new conscripts, hs we have seen individu
ally, among (heir veteran predecessors of a few cam
paigns, disaffection evaporates without tf.<n,,er to the
government ; and the former are gradually asstrni
lated to their companions. Once without he aphere
•f their domestic attractions, with no hope of escape,
and conscious that their distinv ts irreversibly fixed
they icc -nimodatc themselves to circumstances with
the facility which belongs to a temperament pre
eminently flexible and ardent. 1 hey are kept as
much as possible beyond the frontiers, not merely
f r the purposes of conquest add r.pine, but Tn ol
der th .t they m;iv the sooner lose the qualities of the
citizen, and become altogether the ere .tuns of the
general. With » view to render this conversion
more perfect and more secore fur the government,
the principal leaders are freqtu ntlv transferred from
one corps to another, in order that no dangerous at
tnchment to individuals may arise from a long con
tinuance in the s .me command (IS) If tbtdr ser
vice has its extraordinary hardships, it has also it*
peculiar rewartls. Their pn fotypes of antiquity ne
ver more successfully rec. nciledthereslraiiniiti’fdih
cii line and the licence of pillage.
Ue .tli is inexorably inflicted, as tre have seen an
nounced m their bulletins, for the slightest tramgrea
si -ns. when itis deemed expedient to enforce order ;
but we need not be t- Id that the scnia! for riot is of
ten given, and thebtbslii.er.ee ot the soldier ,‘uliy re
quited. After twenty ye irs he beeunes of right a
member of the legiun of honour, and .s such is t nti
tied ton amsH ptusmn tor liie. Ibis longterm
however, is suticip ted in nuinrr us instance* Ju
thvidu'-T* who signalize themselves art promoted m,
the fiflcl ctf batt'e, ■ r singled from the ranks with the
most eticoufaging Mleiuiuties ; Mid v metiir.cn tor
Very ohvicy* reasons, in re ded with the insignia oi
the order, and dismissed to their home* with the
, booty they rti >y have ic.quiied.
j Ry .. law of the directory, no person, (with the
exceptu ti ■ f engineer*) eoukt become . fficer* with
out having served three years in a suhnrdin -te caps
c;ts. The revolution naturally opened the way to
met it; and xecondl' by this dmir.bi* petity, has
filled all the post* of their army with men who unite
m themselves-the pulpit* of the sohljer witit the
exeUlenCH t aquisite for romnt ml, It i* not hazard
ins too much to assert, th:.t tune t. nth* if the pie-’
sent French < ffirets luv* sprung from the ranks —
ttduc-tird iifth-t int camps, they know no ■ tiler
r.ountr* i and haoituatco by lung devotion to the
trad* of wat', it h-isbecome their element and their
passion. Their whnie f rttme t- st feed «,a thr
sword, ttnd their atnehment is therefore ueiemwnly
secured, under the atimdi'inus infinen c >,f a it tier,
whose indefatigable mlmun occupies them in their
favourite pursuits, ahd whose liber 1 partiality ferns
the hope of preferment, and divides the fruits of
conquest. To their credit , nil example due much
nf that spirit, which notwithstanding the causes of
alienation beret i< re tint.tied, seems to anini te toe
whole frame of tlie array j and no sin-dl share *f
that portentu,us success tv hi It inis nienrtd the
course of the French .this* Of the - tghtecn Al .te
cht.ux d’Empire, fourteen have either t’meiged from
the ranks, or ascended fr uit the lowest cmpln. •
ments«(13) Most of the generals of di.ision . nil o
thers, wh» holdithr principal commands, have the
s tne origin, and sufficiently prove th-U w,r i„ an rx
pertmetml science, and tl. .t military rcn> wn u not
the prerog .live ofninh,but the harvest of loilortha
bounty of f rtnnf
These men, whose duties have almost wholly es
tranced them from the refinements and indole nces
of polished intercom se, retain .. lithe leading fe-tm es
of t tieii original department m life; a fierce and
tu!Indent nature, a wilt; irregular ambition, a total
ignorance «{the utility of civil laws, aud a sovereign
contempt h>r letters. As they putake largely of
the prey, they eeaf tlsiy co-mperate in the views of
htru, whom neeessity or chance has ied them to at
knowledge «» n nw.«ler j but should he be prema
turely rtnu veofr-mi the sttne, we are n«t inclined
to suppose th-t his posthumous at nis will be accom
panied w Ith vqtml fidelity. It it be true, a* hit*
heui reirnitked, that military governments me *11
time* hostile to regular ninn rchal succession, w*
c n scarcely conceive the possibility of a vjinet trues
misst ntl power m Fr-acje, under her present cir
cumstance*. The nolitury of every description, nr*
| also said tube very unfit guardians for a legal cousti
tu roa i and this obstrv..tio« is particularly applt. a
! ble to the in.peri ,1 general*, in whose mind* no idea
i of siitu ruinattorv to i ivii uuthority. or of uncontested
descent in the reigning family, could ever hate ta
ken i not. The same during enterprise which has
I b>>re them inward to their present elevation would
n t suffer them toterr. .tn inactive, if supreme com
mand a ere placed Mthln tlieir reach. They would
te .r the *< eptre frotua feeble hind, and dispute tke
jinze vvi.lr tne *,une ierocious viok-nce, and despe
rate resolution, with which they are now grasping
at the dominions Mid the treasures of the rest of the
world.
Muring meir contentions, tne continent might in
deed be . (lowed to respire; out independent of the
established maxim, that u conquering nation mu»t
always be miserable, we c bile** th.it we c m tec no
prospect of amelioration for France liertelf. The
establishment of freedom in that cnsmtrv must he
viewed, we think, a» hopeless j nor can it be denied,
that the great bulk of the people, while they are in
capable of the temperate enjoyment, are decidedly
adverse to the form of a popular government. Some
expectation may be excited by the external frame
of the electoral college* and deliberative assemblies;
; but this is complete!, checked by an examination ot
| their .ictnal condition, They have no ba»is pf «n<S?
• ent opinion to command respect 5 no reputation of
! c.hsi.ten.y to inspire confidence} and have not in
deed, in the view of any branch of the community,
an existence or a will, distinct from that of the throne
to whi<h tliev are appended. Untier the shadow of
a constitution *t»H preserved, their election can ne
ver ti.ke place, unless ratified by the empemur ; and
Is utilver* Ilv nndersioial to depend, in practise, ttl
t reiher on his nomination. Thr (trinet* oj thr
M“'d,^nA the gteat cignitarleaof the artf pf
6ci Hvfjnemlver* of tUp senate j and to thia body,
the gfnerala of division, detached from the foreign
service, are regularly saanriated, an as I ' i
then
ailposta wumercid prgp< ndew.tiee, (14
flwttionaric*of every class, hAenote s
•<Hi» ripsblisan sbaraslor ly n 1 ‘
wf'VC
c..nkS ntfier
vanity relish.
dulatim which would Alt.
Si'Hfr tWe
degeneracy, W«
tirav fairly cni
CheTyrnnt, who is known
tn require
- at! ocxaul'ios has it in view,
tflMe hi- savage triumph over the pa
«• -t fitly to com
Spiiut to brinh the cause of freedom
trinCism of FV«'
itvelf into gene
r*T contempt, by exhibiting the base
servility of those who so lately undertook, to vindi
cate 'hr libertine/' maniind. (15)
There are, no doubt, as we have before affirmed,
numbers who still c.benih » preference for republi
can Institutions ; many who , (Ticino- y promote the
measures, in order to he jjhtfn the odium of the go
vernment ; and a few who submit, with evident re
puRimnce. to lend their personal weight-to the conso
lid.vion <>f the new system. The first, however, will
m ike no sacrifices of interest to principle ; and the
last can have little influence, when opp .jed to a ma
jority, who have fortified their native djspositinnsby
the hi.bit of obsequiousness. The fabric of a free
state can never be reaped by such hands, nor framed
from such materials, as the populace of Paris, nr the
soldiery of the frontiers. Should,the tmperijd srnt
be vacated within a short period of time- thijp-gi*.
l .tive assemblies might, like the Roman senate, in
their contest with Mnjiimin, maintain a struggle with
some firmness and vigor, but with no permanent
nr.t .ng, and scarcely with the benefit of obtaining a
h‘lice of nr sters.
When we meditate upon the probable career of
an army of7fiO,C(iO men,(lb) greater thn any vrhirfi
R.nnv ever nietnlained in the meridian of her power,
<nd imbued with such moral and physical energies,
our apprehensions for France vanish before the me.
Unrliojv forritodnigs we are compelled th entertain
f'r the nations of the t ontinent. A nation of soldiers
must be occupied. Plunder is their food, and will l>e
sought wherever it is to be found- A people at war
! from principle, u ys Montesquieu, most necessarily
triumph, or be ruined. They will labour in their vo
cation, and neter tneke peace but ns conquerors—
Such a temperament, as we have scribed to the
| chiefs and instruments of this Conspiracy agam-t
■ n 'nktttd, is essentially ;.t war wtyh all the moral vipv
'.tics and genet ou* principles of our nature with the
.gentle charities, u* welt as with the hoarded trea
sures of peace
.YQTKS.
(8) From the period of emission of assignats, in
the ve*r 1750. until 160', the svl* of imn>nstl do
! wiams in France, produced upward* of ICO millions
sterling. These doia.las were prituupady made op
I of fhe confiscated property of emigrant*, and served
! to defray the public k expeeces in 'he firm ye«r* of
i tilf revolution ( Kamel. tfUitlre den /•'iiia-.cm de
! la HrfiubliqutJ—Even in ISOS, this sale continued,
! anti prtultn ed about lit millions francs, (C.m/i/ea
Gencraux du rmsor fiublic.J
(6) Brjiirc the lave woe put>«d by the senate, the
minister of police h-.tl issued hi* orders f«r the ap.
pearan eof the conscript* of Fans at the registry,
bo securely did hr r«H upon the compliant dispositi
on of th,t venerable body i
(10) Tli* roxnihers of the institute were formerly
( distiuguikbed for their republican spirit, and did re*
[ sist, with some marks < 1 energy, tiie title of itmfieri
; at, which was proposed fur their body. Neverthe
; less, tligv are condemned to hold this language, in
• ■ue of their late ndurenses tn the emperour-—*• bire,
Lea | retnirira corps de i’eut, c-n deposant au pied
du tri ne, rhommage de ieur respects, tie ieur *dmi
ration de Jour tnour, ont epuise toutes ley exprtis- \
st' ii* c tjiaacres a res sentimen*. 1.'lntri ui qut ne
p' urrott qyj lev rej etcr ,vec u.i'iu, d’avaotige. et ■
qui e..R* dome ecliouc-ioit en e-.ssrant d'expritner
avec tie t libit** p r det voire gioire muneuse, L'lnsti
tut, se renferme danss.i prop,e reconnaissance." k<.
At i sitting ot the ifcth January, ldoti, a letter was
te-.i! from the emperour to n extraordinary cohvo.
cation of <his sapient Undt, setting forth, that M.
L I,Hide. v>ho v* ,* then professor nf sstrofiohy, atjd
h U pubhthed something' tfensive to the president of
the senate, tad Jo lien into a male 'J infancy, (un i
flat d’enfanr.r) and adjoining Inis tn print nothing
trove under his two o vine. 1 lie astronomer ap* i
pe red to he fi ttsrcd with ihi mark of (In imperial
notice, nod declared th.t he would conform to the
instruction.
(11) See Bristol^* address tn hi« constituents, f..r
an ofiiriai statement of the sufferings of Belgium
during the revolution.
(12) Macliiave] (Art. de In Guer.) attributes nil
the civil wat sand ccnsr ir ictes ■ t the Koman empire,
after the time of Julim C«i>ar. to the maintenance of
the generals io the svme command.
(Jo) Hestierrs, originally a common soldier, be
came in ’66 captain of infantry m the army of Italy.
i‘rune, a printer at the commencement i f the teviv
lution, a member of tiie club of Cordeliers, and nti
intimate friend of Dauton. commenced his military
career in 1793. viufereau, a piivate in the Neapo
litan service in fH7. became soon after a fencing mas
tsr st Naples; in 1762 entered ass volunteer m die
army < f Italy ; and m 179* was a general of brigade
in the army of the Fy rennets. Bernadette, at the
commencement of the revolution, a serjeant in'the
regiment <Jr Key a! Marine f in 17641, general i>f di
vision. Jeurdan enlisted in 177c, but left tiie ser
vice in J784 ; was a shopkeeper at the commence
ment of fhe revolution, Krllenntm began his career
a* a simple hussar in the ngimetlt *J Cjnflant.—
J.unnra, oaiginally a common ’soldier, Ixxsme in
1793, adjutant of division in the national guard of
Fans. Alommiu, a subaltern in the Sardinian ser
vice at (lie beginning of the revolution, in 17V3 be
came a .general of brigade. Alorticr, a captain of a
volunteer company in his native province st the
some period. Ary. an hum tar, sn adjutant in 1796
hfter passing through all the mferiour grades, i.e
jMtvre. son of a milter of Alsace, br ume a seijesnt
if the regiment of French guards before the i evolu
tion. tcrirnun, after acting as a justirs of peace
JU
me rtimy, wnu |;«i:>s»cti rn
pithy through ill the subordinate grr.des. and, in
1794, comru- tided the ant))' of the Eastern Pyren*
decs. Soult »ta a sut.’.liern before the revolution,
in a regiment of infantry, end an adjutant general in
17415. Mwb' served original!) in the constitutional
guard of Louis XVI; became afterwards ae • ffiogr
in the tath regiment of chastrur* vo tUrval, kc.—
Junot began lits career in 1793, as a grenadier in one
of the volunteer battalions commanded by general
Piliie ; and in 1796, was one of the aids die camp of
Buonaparte*
(14} The meetings of the senate ase always pri
vate* Strangers may lie admitted to those of the le
gislative body. The Utter was not mice assembled
during the whole of the last campaign in the north,
the members n»t being perfectly sure. By the con*
sdtudnu, (lie judges were chosen Cor life s but by a
•<-»nrtt« rv««,f fcin nfOno'ter IJgk, mi. It WAS e
conduct of Iudg«» hei^/n
moue etrrt. •>
theirlt}0rim». In
©failed
100,150 ; r»vjdfr \ nfTiUrtyt
•>«r*. .5,445 ; h '»■ sjjrjPfti; p ifruYirtf-,-',f.ii>rf_|/lf»liwi)’
•anti nine rMj'*'
cialsUteniefit of lfijii S$H,re that
ieen an „r least in* Aunfrv$Zi£<K.
•and. exclu«ire oftWIofetgp
«n, He* taken into these i*Voe. t|Mjhnn'ttWb,1
ihai it, his time France Still felt the jtttife wWri f|5
had made m the iri. n of Tunis ihe'-Hjrteenlhil Ac
cordinK tn Mcckar's estimate, the
war department, before .the fetmlntKp^jJieriit
124.650.000 francs. In 3805, they .were statedall
571.500.000 francs. M. de Poinmclles es'imairdtitm
population »f France at 25,056 *83,. in i
efin now rates it at 84 Wfr,313, exclusive of
The r-tin of this population to the terrain* 1»
1.093 3-32 itriil I'luals in the square league ieHfcebtSw
■dentation tnfrriemr to none but that of'H"Hiitia,*w«
Ihr unnuat tevita before the mvolutioni ^Htwf ilfal
»t one seventeenth off Ac bachelor* hible 'in ~:\mS
anns-T-e»tinvtfefl by M. de P iromrSlci at £60,( 00 i
b it the actual proportion of the yearly levies, 'dt-m
verv iotr ratmiaiion, may be one seventieth of th*
whole male population between iO atid 40. I** lie*
estimate, this body ,-,t y.612.620 fTl8<>S; ntid'aU
low* that eix:y ih,u*a>\d h ive been annually recruit
eil since the comment eniem of the revolution ; bug
the real numbsf must he more than double. Tin*
directory tailed forth 2(.p,i 00 at once, in thsyea*
1718* ,
. [ To be con'inued.]
•“* 1 11 • — H II I. ■
Gazeue Marine Memoranda. \ . '
a ARrTvF.D. ‘ •
Srhr. Louisa Clark, Cinvther, 80 days from Anti*
gu». Kum, Warren Ashley — t>eft there prig* £iii4
Hrn, of this pert, discharging; Jat,ei JTnayi of
mw-Y<.rk; sh op Experiment, Bodd, for N*>rth
C.ii - hna, to sail in 8 day*-—A schooner of and bound
to Alexandria was to sail in two days after esjH, <5,
The si huonsr Betsey, Fagan, sailed ihe same da/
fir I’ll mouth, R. c.
Ship Prince M id-c, Moore, 5 days from Ports*
m uth, n. K- Ir.ards. spars, Ac. Jennings & Rodder*
J i Hampton Road*, sloop Industry, Robinson, 29
da< s fgom St. l homas, bound to Philadelphia, put
io tor tt-Kid -i,J w <ter.
PORT or NORFOLK. AND PORTSMOUTH,
CUSTOMHOUSE^;
Ship Onerl Jn'etit, Dennis,
Newporfl
Srti'r Mary Hell, Fitthugh,
* Jamaica.
W'iop Lydia, Potter,
Piorifl^nca*
Clf.arf.b.
HchV Unity, Meiyfrau.
New-Wki
Fair Tracer, Van N.me,
d«.
Gor'd Intent, Hrewston,
Boston.
Sloop President, Ferguson,
Baltimore^
Hamilton's Packet, Sloop AViiiian*
h Mary, will sail for ftaluinor* TO MORROW.
September 11.
^assSsarss^mt'
For Freight or Charter^
7 tejtiieaew SHp yJT
_ PRINCE, MAIXXSL
J -uu Muwe, master, bint,., 430 honhcdi. Apply 6
Jennings & K&idefri
fer Sale on board taid Shift,
‘200 bundles HA V ; o* SPaRS, '**
2 *'0 fe. t Pine Bo.iras j IS00 wi-ijfht Sheath i,a Pater)
4 Mk* .sheathitij1 Nang f Kutter i
Sept, mbcrll lf ^
WarUnd on llin~b9tf>& Month brf^tht rrmMht
•if Mritw) ■.rti"'1'
A WOMAN, '
r«Jt** **t Wmh tot a *», , fan-ify Enqd** 4 fl»*
li.-dg.rCflkc_S^reiKr 11 if
Antiguaand Tobago RUM, **
M.
1 Uyooo bush. Liverpool blowh SALT,
Jfw bale by
fc , . . c. * f. wmmLT..
Beptemher Ji.
State of Alun/lund, :u QmcUt er ,SiW7i%
Term, lSOfl.
ON application of \V„li.im & Smith', of „
, .U„ty, ty petition o. Wt.ttng, pray Jn* tha J
l:‘- A-Ct t .he (.c.era) AOumhiy for (ha rei:e'rtf i
• Went debt, rt, paffuJ at November Sedfciu
• luhdied Five, eneuf the Sapde-r.eritarr \,f
.he terntu ni.onoiltd i„ ,),e ^ ijj)„
ditnrson aihe «ar as he ran ascornh, theHSfwir
tne.aio A< t«, bri g annexed 10 hit i*tithtman,,,
, outt be T,g rnwfird by c. mpetuit Uniihosy (hut
W (I I uni B Smith has i widen ijie. too precocity, f;
in tk buii id Maiyi nd It n tlw».»f->re *4 '
•lend by the «urt, that the sad WiliidiiO
eausfctg a copy or this order lo b* insnnil
Mnwsiiaper, piintid at Easton, NcwYnr)
Baltinsa.,d Norfolk onue a week
»• k*. lie.Vrn lire Silo day nr October _
•ctl i.g up I Jt« in,lu a at tha Court lioirft-1
dorrf of one of the tVdick Tavorr,* in
oi.ruv aforesaid, rives notice to hi* creditor* tt»*c
fore the (aid CVutuy Court (t the Court-Horne f
County on the tar! d»v, hr the ( ti.pose tifye
. trustee fur foeir benefit 5 Pie aid William B
a d there complying with the rcutisitm a>f the 1
Aflemny
True Cooy, H. 0ICKEi$$O}
Five Dollars
Taken from along aide tin? tbip Cot
Ui. ftg*, ir.t.g at Cky P»'iin, by pa»» of hot
Iiosedto be «> Norfolk, A SKtAlJ
14 feet long, wjth a black bottom, bright »;
low tier ben-l*. aorta broad rettnw (treat a
»'■ <*■•* of ti>e uteru fheeis there i» • knot
through The abeve reward1 will jM-'faH
who will de'.ner the ttoetio the Captain qft
NMe,*Arim
September 11. » ' • tf
• Richard
Ne. 46, (Main-fore*, «o
eeived from lain