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VOL. IX.
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DEBATE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 27.
(Continued.)
The bill for reviving and amending the non-intercourse law having been read a third time and the question stated "Shall the bill pass?"
Mr. PICKMAN hoped that he should be excused for making a few observations at this stage of the bill, not having before partaken of the debate. He said he felt a strong objection to the bill because it admitted French vessels into our ports and harbors. Gentlemen had asked why a discrimination should be made. He answered that the reasons for this conduct were to his mind very plain. He had considered the voyage on the Chesapeake as a gross violation of our rights and of the law of nations, and he believed no one had felt more indignation at it than he did. But that was now atoned for. I consider (said Mr. P.) that the orders in council are repealed; that G. Britain has stipulated to send an envoy with instructions to negotiate for a settlement of all differences. I consider these things as done, because I consider the faith of the British nation as solemnly pledged to do them; for, if it had not been, the U. S. would not have been justified in taking the attitude which we have taken.
It has been said that since the arrangement here has taken place, Britain has modified her orders in council in a most exceptional manner. I admit that this modification was posterior in point of date to the arrangement here; that is to say that the proclamation of the President of the U. S. was issued on the 19th, and that the orders were modified on the 29th of April; yet in strict propriety the new orders may be said to have issued before the arrangement, because it was before it was known. Viewing the subject in this light I do not believe that the modification of the orders in council did proceed from the arrangement here; and I now declare that if such modification as has been made is to be considered as rescinding the orders according to the stipulation made with Mr. Erskine, I should consider it a mere mockery. I do however consider it in a very different light, and have no doubt that the government of G. Britain will adopt such modification of their orders as they have stipulated to do. These are my ideas, and on this ground I did and do still believe that we ought to have made a discrimination, because I consider one nation to have complied with the conditions of the non-intercourse act, whilst the other has not varied its position.
It will be recollected by the House that when the question was yesterday propounded whether we should exclude the vessels of both belligerents, I voted in favor of it, and I confess that I prefer the exclusion to the admission of both. I know that the admission is more favorable than the exclusion; but, when I consider that the honor of the nation has been endangered by them, I will not prostitute it to either. I do consider it contrary to the honor of my country to admit the armed vessels of either belligerent, when sailing under orders or decrees justifying them in capturing every American vessel sailing on the ocean. And the observation appears to me to be of great weight, that there is a great inconsistency and impropriety in refusing admission to their merchants and admitting the entrance of armed vessels. Considering the peculiar state of our relations with France, I think it proper that we should know how France shall receive the intelligence of our accommodation with England before we change our situation in relation to her.
I have other objections to the bill, the principal of which is the introduc-
tion of the word "dependency," or retaining it in the bill which it is intended to re-enact. Gentlemen are not sensible of the very great embarrassments which the most intelligent merchants have had to undergo to avoid the violation of our laws. A vessel sails to a port which at the time of her sailing is not a dependency of France. When she arrives the French emperor has possession; and the port then being a dependency, the vessel incurs the penalty of the law. It is true that under such circumstances the Secretary of the Treasury will remit the penalty. But why subject a vessel to this violation of your laws when it is inconsistent with good policy? It is utterly impossible to carry into effect a regulation prohibiting trade with France. It is known that our vessels going to Barbadoes have brought and will bring back French goods. They do not know whether the articles they carry are of French growth or not, yet at the same time there can be no doubt that a considerable portion of those articles are of French production; and, if so, the property is liable to condemnation. I am not in favor of passing a law which presents such strong temptations to a violation of it. I have a high opinion of our merchants. It is owing to their honor and punctuality that your revenue has been so great as it is; but if once you encourage the practice of smuggling or introduce such strong temptations to it, your revenue will cease to come into the Treasury with such certainty as it has.
I shall not trouble the House with any further observations, though I have other insuperable objections to the bill. I should be happy to agree with the majority in favor of the bill; but, viewing it as I do, viewing the admission of French ships into our waters as inconsistent with the course laid down for our conduct by the non-intercourse law, viewing it as inconsistent with the honor and dignity of the nation to admit any armed vessels into our waters whilst the country to which they belong has orders and decrees in force against us, I must vote against the bill.
Mr. MACON said he was against admitting the armed vessels of either belligerent into our waters. He would place our foreign relations precisely in the state in which the President had left them, saying neither Yea or Nay on the subject of their armed vessels, leaving it where it had been left by both the parties to the late arrangement. He should have been glad that the same disposition had been manifested towards us by France as by Great Britain; but because there had not he would do nothing towards her to prevent it. Some gentlemen had conceived that an indiscriminate admission would be more advantageous to France than to Great Britain. Mr. M. said he did not agree with gentlemen in this; for Great Britain had Canada and her West India Islands, to which she was in the habit of sending out vessels; whilst France, having no possessions on the American coast, had no occasion for our hospitality.
Mr. M. said he sincerely hoped that we should now act, as we had heretofore done, so as to give to neither of the belligerents cause to charge us with partiality. He was decidedly of opinion that we ought to leave both nations in the same state as they were left by the President's proclamation. He had no doubt that Great Britain would send a minister to negotiate. But what was left as to her for the surrender or repeal of which she had any anxiety? Nothing. As to France she would have no shipping at sea, so long as the war lasted in Europe, unless an event took place which he hoped would not. You give France a right to enter your waters, said he, and take away any inducement she might have had to rescind her decrees. I believe the passage of the bill will extend the difficulties of the nation. I know it is not a very pleasant thing to be opposed to the evident sentiment of a majority of the House; but it is the bounden duty of those who think as I do to vote, as I shall, against the bill.
Mr. TAYLOR said it appeared to be desired on all hands that nothing should be done by the House to embarrass the negotiation; and he presumed that the majority in the different stages of this bill had been actuated by that wish. If, said Mr. T. I could see the present measure in the light in which
its friends appear to view it, I certainly should be in favor of it. But when it is recollected that your legislative acts have been held out to your fellow citizens and to foreign nations, promising a perseverance in our restrictive measures against such nation as shall continue to oppress our commerce by her unlawful edicts, I consider our faith as pledged to the nation that, according to the recession of one belligerent or perseverance of the other, we were to shape our course.
The gentleman from Virginia aimed a side blow at those who, in the discussion of this subject have spoken of the ground which we have taken. On the effects supposed to be produced by the non-intercourse I had a right to say we. The sense of the House was taken distinctly from a repeal of the embargo, on the first report of the committee of foreign relations. It was then that the principle was decided, and it was that act which was taken hold of across the Atlantic and made the ground of the instructions which came out by Mr. Oakley to the British envoy here, and on which the arrangement did take place. Now, though the gentleman seems unwilling that any part of the House should say we, I vindicate the claim which I have to use it. In fact I would claim for the mover of the original proposition to this House for the interdiction of armed vessels, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Macon) the merit of the late negotiation, if it attach any where. But I am not willing to carry on the co-partnership. I will not now say we. I, who voted for the motion going to give power to the President of the United States to issue letters of marque and reprisal against that nation which persevered in its edicts after the other had withdrawn them, am not willing on the passage of this bill to say we, as by it you admit instead of continuing the exclusion against armed vessels, when, instead of a recession, injuries have rather been added. When gentlemen are asked why they have admitted French vessels, in our present situation in relation to France, after the temper displayed and the votes given at the last session on the subject, their must be a feeling in which I would not participate, and therefore I will not say "we."
(Debate to be Continued.)
DEBATE ON SELLING THE GUN-BOATS
Thursday, June 22.
In committee of the whole on the bill "concerning the Navy Establishment."
A motion was made by Mr. PITKIN to insert after the word "authorised" the words "to cause to be sold all the gun-boats belonging to the U. States, except such as he may judge requisite for actual service, and also."
Mr. PITKIN observed that if the time was not yet come for discharging the gun-boats from the Navy Establishment, the time must come. The House now had before them a statement of the Secretary of the Navy, from which it appeared that one gun on board a gun-boat required to fight it nearly six times as many men and precisely six times as much money as a gun on board a frigate. This was almost the state of the question; and it appeared that even the comparative estimate of original cost was in favor of large vessels; that 19 gun-boats each carrying two guns, would cost more than a frigate of 56 guns. The difference between the expense of fighting a 56 gun frigate and 56 boats each carrying one gun, was half a million in favor of the former. The only argument then in favor of gun-boats was, that the gun-boats might answer a better purpose than frigates. Mr. P. said they might or might not. In some cases frigates must be of much greater service than gun-boats. It was not only on account of the expense of these gun-boats in service, that he objected to them, but on account of the expense of keeping them in ordinary. And it appeared to him, that Congress ought not to continue this expense, unless some very great benefit was to be derived from it. For the purpose of showing the state in which these boats probably would be at the end of the year, Mr. P. said he would beg leave to call the attention of the committee to a letter of the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the queries of a committee of the Senate on the subject; and for this purpose he quoted the report which was
published in No. 1358 of the National Intelligencer. It appeared by this report, Mr. P. said, that it would require a large annual expenditure to keep these boats in ordinary. He said he did believe and always had said it, that, in case the country should ever be invaded, and gun-boats were wanted to aid and assist our forts and frigates, they could be taken up in the course of a month in sufficient numbers. All bay and water craft could be immediately turned into gun-boats. There could be no necessity therefore to keep these boats against invasion, and they could be of no use in any other case, for it was agreed on all hands that they could not go to sea. In point of economy, therefore, was it not best that they should be sold, and if ever we should be invaded, if ever a hostile force should come upon our coast, that river craft should be taken up on the spur of the occasion and converted into gun-boats? It could not be doubted. Mr. Pitkin said, he therefore hoped, notwithstanding gentlemen had heretofore voted for gun-boats under the belief that in case of invasion they might be of some service, yet as the probable good was far counterbalanced by the certain evil that they would vote to sell them. He did hope that the time was now come, when from fact (not theory) from the report of the Secretary of the Navy it appeared that we have given too much for our whistles, gentlemen would be convinced it was high time to part with the gun-boats.
Mr. BURWELL said it was a very easy matter to understand this contest between frigates and gun-boats. The gentleman from Connecticut had always been opposed to the latter, because if the United States expended a part of their money in gun-boats they would not expend as much on frigates. For one, if the U. States were to have a navy of any kind, Mr. B. said he was decidedly in favor of the gun-boat system, for this plain reason, that the gun-boat system was one which it was in the power of this nation to carry into effect, and the navy system was not. When the object was within the power of the government was it not more consistent with sound discretion to aim at that than at one which was beyond its reach? The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Minor) told us that nobody ever dreamt of our fitting out frigates to resist or coerce the British government, but to oppose the French, because their marine is small. Now, sir, said Mr. B. if it is decided that, whatever may be the conduct of the British government, we may not meet them on the ocean, where is the necessity of accumulating a species of force which cannot cope with similar force of other nations? I have always been of the same opinion on this subject as the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and therefore have always been against frigates. And here I will observe, that except it is by commercial restriction I give up all idea of contending with the mistress of the ocean.
With respect to the statement of the Secretary of the Navy, I believe there is nothing more obvious than that it is erroneous. He goes upon the ground that we shall always keep on board the boats so many men as are necessary to fight them; and that is the reason why the expense appears so exorbitant, and why, in the estimate of the Secretary, gun-boats appear to be so much more expensive than they really are. Let me ask if the appropriations for gun-boats have been deficient in any comparison with the frigates? As well as I recollect, the appropriation for one year has never exceeded 800,000 dollars.
There is another circumstance in relation to these vessels which cannot at this time be remedied, and which it is unfortunate was not attended to when they were built. The gun-boats are too large. As a species of armed vessels, never to go to sea on a cruise, they have not been constructed in such a manner as best to answer the purpose they have in view. I have conversed with the officers of the navy on the subject, and they stated to me that the gun-boats of Europe are small, and put in motion by means of oars, sometimes perhaps using a single sail. A gun-boat of that kind might be built for 2,000 dollars and answer every purpose to which the largest boat now in service is competent. Let me ask the gentleman from
Connecticut whether (if, according to the doctrine of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, your navy is intended exclusively to fight France and fit for no other purpose) consistency would not require that we should at least suspend for a moment the sale of these vessels? However unpopular this species of vessel may be, let me ask whether, if sold, they would bring the price which the timber of which they are constructed cost the U. S.? Is it necessary to mark with reprobation this system which has received the approbation of all Europe? Why throw away all the capital already expended on it expended on it? The gentleman says that they are of no service inactive; and that if we want them for service we should soon be able to purchase bay craft for the purpose. Let us keep them by us till they rot. If they are found to be unfit for the service of the country, build no more of them. If you sell them now they must be sold much beneath their cost or value.
Besides, sir, I am one of those who have frequently voted for gun-boats, not because they were the rage at all, but because I believed them adequate to the object in view. And, let me tell the gentleman, however useless he may deem them in the Northern ports, they will be of service on the Southern shore, where the water is not so rough. The gentleman tells us these boats never can be of service unless we are invaded. If that argument be good against them, let me ask him why has he pressed upon us the increased expenditure for fortifications? Why is he averse to dismissing the frigates and pressing a continuance of our present attitude? Because, I presume, he fears something of this kind. I should presume that his reasoning in favor of an increased expenditure for fortifications would apply as well to gun-boats. I am willing to acknowledge that the expenditure is now greater than a time of perfect safety would authorise; and if we wait till that time arrives, I shall have no objection to reduce the expenditure. If a reform now takes place, however, it is upon the ground that some change has taken place to justify it; & I hope we shall give the President a like authority in relation to the frigates as to the gun-boats. I am decidedly in favor of beginning with them. What do you want with frigates? We are told they cannot oppose England—and do you want them to oppose the mere brutum fulmen which the French force on the seas has been so often called? Whilst we are calling the public attention to the enormity of our expenditures and inviting a reduction of them, let it begin with a species of defence (the frigates) not less expensive and much more useless than any other. If the motion now before us prevail, I shall certainly move to insert a clause for selling all the frigates, as a matter of course.
Mr. LIVERMORE supported Mr. Pitkin's motion. God forbid, said he, that I should be the means of depriving our Southern brethren of the means of defence! The motion only goes to sell such of the gun-boats as may not be deemed expedient for the public service. I have no objection that our Southern brethren should retain so many as are necessary for their defence, but I disclaim owing our defence to such means. I am perfectly willing that Virginia and North-Carolina, or the Western states of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio should have them. I go upon the ground that all the gentlemen from those states entertain the same opinion as the gentleman last up, viz. that they are good means of defence. The idea of selling the unnecessary gun-boats I believe to be correct, as they decay in a little time and the expense of building them is very great. They require repairs when in service, and much more when laid up and exposed to the sun and weather. As to the use of gun-boats, I do not know but they are beneficial in Southern waters; but in rough waters they are useless. I do not expect, even were there a certainty of a war, that any benefit could be derived from these gun-boats. France cannot come here to invade us, and if we make any resistance to her it must be at sea by means of our navy. It does not follow, however, that any apparent benefits to result from the increase of our naval establishment, that such an increase would be made in consequence of the sale of the gun-boats. I believe that

this motion for selling gun-boats proceeded solely from a desire to get rid of the expense of keeping them.
It has been said that some European nations employ these gun-boats. It is true; but no nation except Spain has many. They are useful only in a dead calm, when a large ship becalmed might be annoyed by them. Although used in the South of Europe to annoy the Barbary powers, it is only there that I have ever heard of their being of service. And, reasoning by analogy, I believe there is no part of the world where they could be of advantage but N. Orleans.
The gentleman from Virginia says that the opposition to gun-boats arises from a party which is in favor of a naval establishment of a different kind. I do conceive that the United States cannot be protected without a certain naval force; I do not conceive that these gun-boats are the best kind; but I do not expect that any other species will be given us in exchange for them. Gentlemen who have thought gun-boats a beneficial species of defence of course do not concur in the idea of selling them; but there are those who conceive that this is a part of the theoretical system which ought to be done away; and I am willing to give them up as far as they can be got rid of.
Mr. DANA said that the abandonment of error and acquisition of wisdom was one of the first fruits of experience. When experience should have taught a person his error, to persevere in it lost; he should be thought deficient in wisdom could be no proof of solidity of intellect or attention to the public good. I recollect, said Mr. Dana, that I for one voted for a large number of gun-boats; not that I was very much attached to these things called gun-boats; not that I believed them to constitute a good mode of defence; but as a subordinate aid in the general system. But at the time I voted for it I was not so much aware of their defects as I am now. No species of land or naval force can be of use without activity and skill; and as to this species, if any thing can be hostile to activity which produces stupidity, supineness and neglect, it is gun-boats. As to naval skill, if there be any thing which can teach a man to unknow his knowledge, if I may use the expression, it is being placed on board a gun-boat. As to young men who might be worthy of commissions in the navy, if any thing can render them unworthy of them, it is the remaining on board gun-boats in port. I consider the system of gun-boats laid up in ordinary, as a system of hostility to maritime activity or naval skill. Make a seaman on board a gun-boat! Teach a young gentleman to be fit for command, teach him a habit of subordination and commanding others with propriety on board a gun-boat! It is impossible, sir. I appeal to gentlemen who know any thing of it, whether it is not deemed much to the credit of a young gentleman if he be not ruined by being placed on board a gun-boat. I do not speak of persons employed in active occupations—but I ask where should he find himself at home, see his friends and be received by them, where he should study, where make his observation, keep his log-book, and things of this sort, on board a gun-boat.
The question before us is—whether gun-boats should be laid up in ordinary? The first section of the bill proposes to give to the President of the United States eventual authority for laying up the frigates and gun-boats in ordinary; and my colleague proposes, that when the frigates shall be laid up in ordinary the gun-boats shall be sold. The question is, whether the gun-boats shall be laid up in ordinary? I was one, who, about the commencement of the gun-boat fever, when a proposition was under consideration for building a number of gun-boats, proposed an amendment authorizing the procuring a quantity of timber, suitable for building gun-boats to such an extent as might be deemed requisite. If this had been done, much would have been saved. What is the principle on which you would lay up a frigate in ordinary for a certain time? It is because this article is so large, so expensive, and requires so much skill, time and care to make it fit for service, that it cannot be got ready under a long space of time; some years even may be required for it. You must have timber of unusual sizes and shapes, the best masts, cordage, &c. These materials will take much time to prepare. Fortifications are a species of permanent defence, not built to meet any particular emergency, but to resist assault whenever made. So frigates are vast floating fortifications; and when not wanted may be laid up so as to be ready for service in a very short time. But as to gun-boats—how long will it take to make a gun-boat through? A month or six weeks. In that time they may be turned out by the hundred.
Is there any great difficulty in their construction? Do you want the best timber, or are your forests to be searched for masts for them? No, sir. Then why keep them in ordinary at an expense of 430 dollars a year, when not wanted for actual service? There can be no use in it. The idea of laying up gun-boats in ordinary is utterly incompatible with the principle on which gun-boats are built at all. The alarm of war is done away which has existed for 18 months past, and there is no use for them. They will go to decay; you will acquire no naval skill from them; they are odious to seamen and disadvantageous to the public. When you lay up your large ships, sir, you may sell the gun-boats, because they are not worth the care of keeping.
Mr. CUTTS said he had hoped that this subject would have been permitted to sleep. The committee who reported this bill (said he) were opposed to selling the gun-boats. When this bill was taken up I had no idea that the question would be agitated; but since it has been brought forward, I will make a few observations upon it.
The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Pitkin) has told you that to keep a 56 gun frigate in service for a year will require 120,000 dollars, and to keep 56 gun-boats for the same time, will require 670,000 dollars. I differ with him materially. The cost may be greater, but not so disproportionate. If the gentleman had pointed out a single instance in which it had been proven that gun-boats were not useful, I should have listened to him with attention. But neither he nor my colleague (Mr. Dana) who has pushed them out to sea on service for which they were not intended, said any thing of that kind. From my knowledge of naval tactics I can say that in some situations I had rather have five gun-boats than a frigate. The great advantage of gun-boats is that they will carry heavier metal. Whenever an enemy attempts to come into your waters, they will always take into calculation their chances of success or defeat. The tide may turn; they may be becalmed, in which case five gun-boats carrying two and thirty pounders will be of much more service than a frigate. Perhaps, when an enemy's fleet actually enters our waters and arrives at the place of its destination, the wind may blow so strong and the tide run so swift that they cannot get a spring upon their cables to enable them to fire a broadside. The gun-boats, lying in the shoal or calm waters, can lie at greater distance and yet from their weight of metal keep the frigates within range of their own guns; they are low and can take aim with greater certainty than a frigate; and from the smallness of their bulk, even if within range of the frigate's guns, are scarcely tangible. I have seen a debate in the British Parliament in which the British ministry were censured for not protecting the commerce in the Mediterranean. It was said in reply to the charge that the whole British navy could not protect it against gun-boats.
It will be recollected, sir, that when the boats are laid up in ordinary the expense will not be great. The Secretary of the Navy has given an opinion of the expense; but I must be permitted to say that I know a little of the subject myself. I believe the expense will not be so great as it is stated. Suppose these gun-boats were to be sold, and that, from any change in our foreign relations, they should be wanted this fall. In the first place we shall have been at the expense of purchasing gun-boats at 10,000 dollars and have sold them at 500 dollars each, and shall have to appropriate so much money again for building them; and in the next place it may not be possible to procure them before it is too late for any service.
Gentlemen attempt to deride them. This, sir, is a mode of decrying them which is resorted to from a defect of argument against them. It is said that sailors are dissatisfied with the gun-boats. A sailor will in every station be dissatisfied, whether on board gun-boats or frigates, and this is no argument against them. As to their rotting, I know a little about that too. The difference in their preservation between their being in actual service and in port is very slight. And in respect to the utility of gun-boats I presume gentlemen will not put their knowledge in competition with that of the officers of the Navy and others who have given their opinions in favor of it. If gentlemen would not carry them out to sea, but consider them as a defence proper for bays and rivers, in that line they must be eminently useful. Officers in service no doubt like frigates better than gun-boats, because every man had rather command a frigate than a gun-boat. The gentlemen from Connecticut tells you that the officers have no place to write or take an observation that the officers have but little writing to do; and that the proper place to take an observation is the deck and not the cabin.
My colleague (Mr. Livermore) says that the Southern gentlemen are fond of this species of defence. I am too; I think it one of the best. Gun-boats are always ready and men can be found on the spur of the occasion to man them. Frigates, however useful when in service, take some time to prepare them, and must be manned with good seamen. For these reasons I am opposed to the motion and hope it will not be adopted.
Mr. PITKIN said that in making his motion it had not been his object to provoke a long discussion, but from a conviction that the gun-boat system was one which could not be persevered in, that experience must satisfy gentlemen on this floor and had already satisfied the nation of the inefficacy of them, he had thought it his duty to bring the subject before the House. If it be really supposed that this species of arming would be an advantage to the nation, in proportion to its expense, I should be one of the last men to wish to put it down; for although it is true that the appropriations for the army and naval establishments must be great, yet if it be necessary that the whole of these establishments should be kept up, I am willing that they should. The House will judge whether it be necessary or not, and in their decision I shall cheerfully acquiesce. But I did believe, in the event of a settlement of our differences with the other belligerent, it would be better that this species of armament instead of being laid up in ordinary should be sold. Believing this, and the late report of the Secretary of the Navy placing the subject of the gun-boats in a stronger light than they ever yet have been placed, and which must be satisfactory to the House and to the nation, I thought it proper to bring the subject before them.
We are told by the gentleman last up of the efficacy of gun-boats. Five gun-boats equal to one frigate! It is difficult for me to reason on this subject; it is impossible to subscribe to the doctrine. I did not attempt to deride the gun-boats. I stated that I had always been opposed to them; that I did not conceive them a species of profitable defence. I believe that the nation has pronounced upon them the sentence that their expense is much greater than the benefit derived from them.
The gentleman calls upon us to show where they are not useful. I ask him to show where they are useful. The burthen of proof lies on gentlemen who support them. With respect to the Northern section of the Union, it is the opinion of all classes of the people, and especially of naval gentlemen, that they will not be of service. That they may be of some service in the Mississippi I am not disposed to deny; and I am desirous to give the President power to retain so many as may be necessary for that purpose. Wherever there is a bold shore they can be of but little service. Let the President of the U. S. sell so many as are not necessary for the Mississippi or rivers to the South; for, if the public service requires them, it is to be presumed that he will retain them, as the law prescribes.
But gentlemen say, will you not keep the gun-boats in service on the same principle as you keep the frigates in service, granting that they can be only as useful in case of invasion as the latter? As for myself, sir, if I vote to keep the frigates in service, I do it not for fear that we shall be invaded, because I believe that there is no danger of invasion; but to protect commerce along our coast and preserve peace within our waters. Can gun-boats do that? That they cannot is agreed on all hands. I do believe that if we had had a single frigate stationed in the harbor of New York, the case of Pearce would not have happened. If they had been stationed on our coast the aggressions upon our commerce would not have taken place in the manner in which they have. It is not therefore to protect the country against invasion that I shall vote to continue the frigates in service, leaving it discretionary with the President to lay them up in certain events. Have we given up our idea of protecting commerce in the Mediterranean or in foreign seas? If so, why have we ever attempted it? Why have we expended several millions upon it? The same reasoning does not apply to both species of defence in my opinion.
I do not know what these gun-boats will bring in market, if sold; they might be used for some purposes; but they must be sold at a loss. The difference between what they would bring and what others would cost when wanting, would not be so much as, if laid up in ordinary for four, five or six years, they would cost the U. S. I do not believe, sir, that we shall build
more gun-boats hereafter; but if they were necessary, they might be built in a very short time. However the House shall decide I shall be perfectly satisfied. I do believe that the time will arrive, whether it is now come I cannot say, when the gun-boats will be sold; and that whatever naval force we have must be composed of more sterling stuff than gun-boats.
Mr. COOK said that although he had never been a friend to gun-boats, he considered the present an improper time to sell them. And as he was not willing to give the President a discretion over the gun-boats which he had not over the frigates, he said he should vote against the motion.
Mr. DANA said he calculated with perfect certainty on the vote of the gentleman last up, for the same authority did exist in relation to frigates as was proposed to be given in relation to the gun-boats. The real question was not, Mr. D. said, as to the efficacy of gun-boats in time of actual war or the opinion of any of our naval commanders, particularly of that eminent commander commodore Preble, in relation to them. But let gentlemen say, whether any commander ever spoke of laying up the gun-boats in ordinary in the same manner as you would ships of the line and frigates? The talents of a boatswain or boatswain's mate were not necessary to enable a man to judge of this subject, any more than the skill and experience of a recruiting sergeant were necessary in marshaling an army or planning a campaign. Mr. Dana said he wished not to be guided by the opinions of those members of the House who were so fortunate as to know more about merchantmen or armed vessels than some others. As to the defence of our rivers, he asked whether floating batteries were not better, and if a floating battery could not take much steadier aim than gun-boats? They might be useful in some cases; they certainly were useful off Tripoli. They were useful because they were the means of bringing men of valor and skill in conflict with the enemy; and valor and skill prevailed. Whenever it was proper to lay up the frigates, it must be proper to sell the gun-boats. This was what he contended for, let gun-boats be as useful as gentlemen pleased, applaud them as much as they would. As to seamen (said he) they are much like other men, if you give them two qualities for which they are distinguished, bravery and generosity; but for the rest, they like good living and accommodation, and have as much aversion to odious service as any other men. I do not believe that the seamen are willing to go on board of gun-boats, except to fight the enemy. For that purpose they are willing to go on board of them; but as to remaining there in ordinary service, they do not like them any better than other men, nor are they willing to be enlisted to serve on board of them. To be sure, sir, I have no practical knowledge on this subject, because I have not been employed to recruit for the Navy; neither I presume have the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Cutts), but I derive my information from sources equally as authentic as if I were.
Mr. HOLLAND said he thought that the question of the utility of gun-boats had been long ago settled in their favor. I recollect (said he) when the question for building them was before the House, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Dana) gave us a history of the mode in which they are built and the uses for which they were proper; and concluded by voting for them. Why is all this change now? Gentlemen say that experience has now shown their inutility. What experience have we had? None. We then knew and now know that they are expensive. That was then, however, no object with gentlemen. Have we had an assault within our waters since the establishment of the gun-boat system? No, sir. We have had no experience of their inutility then, because it must have been derived from an experiment of them. Is it proper that we should now deprive ourselves of that species of defence which has been supposed to be the only proper system? On what ground of relaxation ought we now to act? None that I know of. The principle against which we have contended with foreign nations is still maintained; the principle of blockade by proclamation is still practised on. Would it not be a disgrace to the councils of the nation to dispose of these vessels for a tenth of their cost before the period which called for their employment has expired? As we now have them, why shall we, to save the paltry sum of 60,000 dollars a year, dispose of the most efficient mode of defence? If we are to do any thing on this subject, we ought to sell the frigates and keep the gun-boats. The frigates are no protection to our harbors, and nobody dreams of their being useful for the protection of commerce.
We are told they are liable to rapid decay. Why are they so? They will not decay before the frigates. They are made of the same materials, and one will not decay faster than another merely because it is smaller. A plank in one will not rot before a plank in the other. The same objection therefore would lie against all naval force.
Gentlemen say that the gun-boats have cost too much. Have not frigates cost too much? Upwards of ten millions of dollars have been spent on the frigates, and it would require a very nice calculation to tell what good they have done. Instead of keeping you in peace, they will increase the objects for war. If we had twenty or thirty frigates, we should soon be in war. If we had not had the Chesapeake, the nation would not have been disgraced. We shall find ourselves insulted in proportion as we increase the number of our frigates. What has been the use of all the money expended on the navy since the last session? Their expense is, always has been, and always will be, greater than their utility. It is futile and improper to attempt to defend our commerce on the ocean with them; for when we attempt a thing to which we are incompetent, we only shew the weakness of our councils and the nakedness of our country. I therefore think the gun-boats should be retained in service and the frigates sold.
Mr. LYON was against making any change in the situation of the country at all. Was it not to save the time of the House, he would call for the reading of a lengthy report in favor of the gun-boats. As to their being disliked by officers and seamen, he observed that there had been no want of applications for offices on board of them. He could see no reason for selling the gun-boats.
Mr. RHEA also opposed the motion. When the question on Mr. Pitkin's motion was taken and negatived in committee and in the House as heretofore stated in the National Intelligencer.
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M. De DASHKOFF, Chargé des Affaires and Consul-General of the Emperor of Russia to the United States, arrived here a few days ago. We understand that he has been recognized as such by the President of the U. S. and has received his exequatur as Consul-General.
[The writer of the following performance has appealed to the independent character of the National Intelligencer for its insertion. In making this requisition, he has justly remarked "that it may not in all respects coincide with the sentiments of the Editor." It most certainly does not. Much as he always condemns, and still condemns, the policy of many of the leading measures of Mr. Adams's administration, he has always viewed that gentleman as an honest man, and been willing, since his retirement, to contemplate him rather as the revolutionary patriot, than the Ex-President. He can never forget the glowing descriptions which he has heard drawn of the fire of his patriotism in the worst of times, by men, who during his administration thought and acted in direct opposition to him; nor can he ever cease to consider the statesmen and heroes of the revolution as entitled to the eternal respect of the American people.]
FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
"Be thou a Spirit of Health or Goblin damned?"
The communications of Mr. Adams originally printed in the "Boston Patriot" have excited no inconsiderable degree of public attention. When a man who has filled so large a space in the eye of the world and whose biography till within a few years has been so intimately connected with the history of our country condescends to appear before the public as a writer in the newspapers, we seek with eager impatience the important object he pursues and wait with anxiety the development of some interesting drama. After so long repose, what could have disturbed the retirement of the President? What object of fame or fortune is he seeking—is his purpose to hurl the arrows of destruction on his enemies, or merely to hold the shield over his own breast? Or is it with design to rise from the oblivion of a quietless retirement that he cuts his way through enemies and friends?
"So thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou comest in such a questionable shape That I fain would to thee—"
The confessed object of his communications is to vindicate himself for proposing and effecting a second mission to France.
This act of his administration required no justification; for the clamors of a few factious discontented were drowned in the general voice of the nation and the applause of his country. Let him rather defend if he can, or explain if he cannot defend, the systematic attempts of his administration to introduce and perpetuate monarchical and aristocratical establishments. Let him vindicate himself from the almost traitorous propositions which his land tax and his stamp act, his excise acts, his alien & sedition laws and the dangerous system of executive influence which he introduced were calculated to establish. This indeed might be of service to the decaying splendor of his name, this might serve to nourish the withering laurels of his glory. But at this late period of life to come again before the public, (who if they have been ungratefully forgetful of his services had nearly forgotten the injuries of his public life) in defence of almost the only measure which required none, either evinces a pitiful ambition or an unquiet conscience.
In one of his publications he calls on Mr. Gerry for assistance, with compliments on the zeal and ability of that honorable gentleman and a shot, not ill deserved, at the party who have neglected him. The last of Mr. Adams's communications covers a letter from Talleyrand, not explained, in which the French minister indulges himself in abusing the character of Mr. Gerry. It ought to have been explicitly stated by the ex-President that the charges of Talleyrand against Mr. Gerry were the proofs of that sterling and unconquerable patriotism which the American nation have always found in this able advocate of its independence and firm supporter of its rights. The conduct which Talleyrand calls "indecision" was the consummate art of a great diplomatist, anxious to avoid a cause of offence to the minister or the Directory and yet averse from acceding to the propositions they offered.
It was ungrateful and unfriendly in Mr. Adams to give color to a charge of inefficiency and indecision to this gentleman, without declaring the charge to be contradicted by the tenor of his whole life, by his conduct as one of the committee of public safety in Massachusetts at the dawn of the revolution, a station of infinite difficulty and danger, by his conduct as a minister in the revolutionary Congress—by his zeal and services on the committee of finance, by his bold re-
fusal to subscribe the constitution as it passed the convention and before amendments were made to it, which refusal, whatever might be thought of its character in other respects, exhibited nothing like indecision or want of firmness. The ability of this dignified and able patriot of our revolution was exhibited in the very letter of Talleyrand to Pichon, for to deceive that arch-prince of deception was no inconsiderable glory, and yet Talleyrand was deceived by mistaking the ingenious policy of this able diplomatist who affected the object he proposed by his very means.
The character of an unsuccessful minister like that of a retreating general often suffers by the very causes which should add to its fame. The retreat of Moreau, though not so splendid as the victories of Bonaparte, perhaps evinces more military skill, and the conduct of Gerry though not so imposing as the successful mission of Jay has accomplished ten times as much for his country. It is unfortunate not to find him now in the service of his country—we sincerely hope his great talents may be again put into requisition. Mr. Madison would find few men in the United States more deserving of public confidence and none who combine in a superior degree the talents and integrity necessary for a great statesman.
FRANKLIN.
To his Excellency JAMES MADISON, President of the United States.
SIR, With all that respect and esteem which long and faithful public services are calculated to inspire, the City Council of New Orleans beg leave to approach you, and to tender their congratulations on your elevation to the Presidency of the U. States.
Under the guidance of your illustrious predecessor, we have seen our government conducted in safety in times the most perilous, and our country in the enjoyment of peace and plenty, while the other nations of the earth, by the tyranny or weakness of their rulers have experienced the scourge of war with all its concomitant calamities. As one of the principal agents in that policy we so much admire, we recognise the able statesman, whom we now have the honor to address, and his past conduct furnishes a guarantee that the interest of our common country could not have been committed to an abler or more virtuous citizen.
We should be wanting in gratitude, were we not here to acknowledge the high degree of prosperity, which the territory of Orleans, and this city in particular has attained, since our connection with the U. States. In population, agriculture, commerce, and the mechanical arts, the increase and the improvements have been immense: nor are we at a loss for the cause. We owe it, sir, to the influence of a free government, founded in wisdom, and administered by great and good men. Under these impressions, sir, the City Council of New Orleans, pray Almighty God to perpetuate the American Union, and that happy constitution, which is the pride and the boast of every faithful citizen.
That your valuable life may long be preserved for the service of a grateful country is our ardent wish.
We are respectfully, sir, Your most obedient, Humble servants, CHARLES TRUDEAU, Pres. By the President, M. BOURGEOIS, Clerk of the City Council.
Approved, New Orleans, June 10th, 1809. JAS. MATHER, Mayor.
To the Editors of the National Intelligencer.
GENTLEMEN, I will thank you to insert in your paper of Monday next, the following remarks respecting a piece which appeared in your paper of Wednesday last, under the Richmond head of the 4th inst.
The piece I have reference to is that which gives an account of the first Cannon made at the Virginia Manufactory of Arms. It is stated that the Machine for making of Cannon was prepared and put up under my inspection and for my services I am to receive $3000. Although I am satisfied the writer did not intend it, nevertheless it hath left an impression on the minds of all that he read it, that the above sum was a remuneration for my individual services as an inspector of the work, in making and putting it up at Richmond.
Now I wish it to be understood that the contract with the state of Virginia, runs thus:—
I was to make at my works in Georgetown, [at my expence] all the machinery of every description necessary for the Foundry and Boring Mill, consisting of wrought as well as cast iron, together with every apparatus and implement needful to carry the works into operation: the machinery to be delivered a Richmond at my expence and risk. I also engaged to take my hands from hence with me to put up the machinery and set the work in motion. And further, to prove satisfactory that there was nothing wanted to make the works complete in all their parts, I agreed to cast, bore, and turn a Cannon with my hands and at my expence in their works before I should be entitled to the sum mentioned above, viz. $3000.
HENRY FOXALL, Georgetown, July 13, 1809.
A Gold Mine has been discovered at Passamaquoddy. A lump of native gold, upwards of fourteen and a half ounces troy, found by a little boy on Soward's Neck Beach, has been taken to the mint & assayed; its quality is more than 22 carats, which is the standard of the gold coins of the U. S. and G. Britain.
Philadelphia, July 13.
On Monday last, the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, appointed John Redman Cox, M. D. professor of chemistry in this university in the place of Dr. James Woodhouse, deceased.
Philadelphia, July 12.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Cadiz, to his friend in this city, dated May 27, 1809.—"It affords me much pleasure, to inform you that the Patriots have been blessed with uncommon success, in almost every attack on the overbearing tyrants of this part of the world. Yesterday authentic accounts arrived of the French at Oporto being completely routed, killed, wounded and taken prisoners. Gen. Soult is wounded and taken prisoner by the British at that place. Ferrol was lately consumed with the magazines; 3 sail of the line and 5 ships set on fire by the French and then retreated. The Austrian army, forming a force of from 5 to 600,000 men, have already taken the field; hostilities commenced on the 11th April. Intelligence has just been received, that near Venice, the advanced guards, a division of 35,000 men was twice repulsed by the French, but the archduke John having come to their assistance at the head of a force of 20,000 men, completely defeated the French, who were 50,000 strong, under command of Eugene Beauharnais, vice-roy of Italy, who was wounded. The loss of the French is 20,000 men, the greater part killed or wounded—the remainder prisoners, besides the whole of their artillery and baggage. The archduke is in pursuit of the enemy."
"May 28th. News has just arrived from Seville, announcing for a certainty that the Russians and Prussians have joined the Austrians against France.—All the bells in this place are now ringing, as also firing of cannon and rejoicing on the occasion."
Statement and situation of the Austrian force.
   Army of Ger- MEN. Chief.     many, 180,000 Archduke Chas.   The Danube, 40,000 Gen. Kehler.   Poland, 120,000 Archduke Fer'd.   Italy, 94,000 Archduke John.   Dalmatia, 30,000 Gen. Valacovich.   Tyrol, 30,000 Gen. Choller.   Reserve, 96,000 Emp'r in person.   Total, 590,000  
Boston, July 11.
Yesterday arrived in this port the ship Commerce, Capt. Howland, in 38 days from Lisbon.
Capt. Howland informs us that certain intelligence had been received at Lisbon that the Spaniards, under Romana, as he thinks, had retaken Bilboa, and made prisoners of 6,000 French troops. It was rumored that Corunna had fallen into the hands of the patriots, but this was not confirmed.
Some time before capt. H. sailed, it was stated that a French army was advancing from the south-east frontier of Portugal, with an intention to join Soult; that gen. Beresford, alarmed at the account of their numbers, wrote to the Regency at Lisbon, to furnish him with all the aid they could command; but that the French General hearing of the surrender of Oporto and the retreat of Soult, was returning to Spain.
The accounts of Soult and his army were vague. It had been reported that with a body of cavalry, he had endeavored to escape to Corunna—that he was pursued by a detachment of British cavalry and was taken; but this account was doubtful.
At Lisbon, the alarm occasioned by the advances of the French into Portugal, had in a considerable degree subsided, but the fate of the country was still considered as uncertain and precarious.
The emperor Alexander returned to Petersburg from Finland on the 12 h for the purpose of being present at the marriage of the grand duchess Catharine.
Lisbon, May 27.—It has been confirmed by official notice, that the French army of Marshal Soult, beaten at Oporto and at Amarante, has fled with precipitation, abandoning artillery, baggage, &c. and losing a great number of soldiers in killed and prisoners. All our provinces of the North are freed from the Vandals, who committed great outrages in their flight.
The Marquis of Astorga is appointed President of the Supreme Junta in Spain.
The Patriots continue to resist the French in Arragon. The French in Barcelona appeared to be preparing to withdraw from that place.
Accounts from Seville are to May 15. The anniversary of the massacre of the citizens of Madrid by the French on the 2d of May, had been commemorated.
It was reported, that troops had been drawn from Naples by the French to strengthen the army of the Tyrol—that there was an insurrection of Calabrians; and that gen. Stuart, with a mixed army of 30,000, was ready to assist them.
The following very interesting accounts were communicated to the Editors of the Boston Gazette, on Sunday morning last, by a gentleman from Montreal, where papers had been received from London, to the 15th of May.
FIRST AUSTRIAN BULLETIN.
Dated Head Quarters Sacile, April 17. "On the 10th and the 11th, his imperial highness the archduke John, with the army under his command, entered the territory of Frioule by Ponteba, Cividale and Goritz, and, after some opposition, advanced on the 13th to the Tagliamento. The enemy retired across the river, in order to join with the troops in their rear. This junction, which probably took place at Sacile, made the hostile army five divisions strong. In the night of the 14th, his imperial highness proceeded with the advanced guard towards Pordenone; the remainder of the army followed at day break. The enemy's advanced guard was at Pordenone, and his army was posted between that place and Sacile, near Fontana. In this situation an action commenced, which, after a sanguinary contest of two days, terminated entirely to our advantage. The vice king of Italy commanded the French army. The result was so decisive that the enemy could not maintain themselves behind the Livenza, but were obliged to retreat rapidly to the Piave.—The prisoners amount already to 6000, among whom are generals Paze and Bressau. More are constantly brought in. The loss in killed and wounded greatly exceeds this number and we have taken 16 cannon and three eagles!"
LONDON, May 15.—There have arrived since our last some more French Journals and German Gazettes to the 5th inst. They do not enable us to add a single important fact to the intelligence exclusively published by us on Saturday, relative to the successes of the Austrians in the Tyrol, in Italy and in Poland; and from the enemy's army in Germany the accounts by this conveyance are not of so late a date as those which we also gave in our last from the Third Bulletin of the French army. The Paris and Milan papers attempt to give a different coloring to the result of this affair, but the Austrian accounts bear so many features of truth, that credence cannot be denied them, in preference to the obviously un candid statements of the enemy. The Austrians give geographical proofs of their having in the first instance considerably advanced; whilst with all the pretensions of the enemy the utmost they can assert is that they maintain a position on the Piave. In Italy therefore affairs wear a promising aspect on the part of the Austrians, the more especially as the improved state of the Tyrol (as described to our last) is so highly favorable to their cause. We have nothing to add to the account we gave on Saturday of the capture of Warsaw by the Austrian army of the Archduke Ferdinand, except that a Polish regiment laid down their arms at Tareycz, and that the garrison of Warsaw, on its retreat to Kalish, had been pursued for two days, & that many prisoners were taken.
In Germany, we learn by advices brought on Saturday by an Austrian messenger who left Heligoland on the 7th inst. that the Archduke Charles so late as the 28th ult. continued on the Rogen between Cham and Stollwang, where he was joined by the divisions Klenau and Bellegarde, and a corps of reserve under Gen. Norman. The division of Gen. Hiller, St. Vincent and Kienmayer had also joined him, and thus augmented the army under the immediate command of the Archduke to one hundred and sixty thousand men. Wurzburg is reported to have been occupied by a detachment under count Klenau, and it was added that another corps had taken possession of Dresden.
We know not what degree of credit to attach to these statements, but hope they will prove correct. At all events, we trust that Bonaparte will shortly have to repent of his temerity in having advanced so far, leaving in a manner the formidable army of the Archduke Charles in his rear, and in this hope we are encouraged by all the advices received by the last conveyance. The Emperor of Germany, we are
happy to find, is not the least dismayed by the result of the first operations in Bavaria. His imperial majesty has issued a proclamation from Lintz, in which he calls out the second or reserve militia of Austria, intending to place himself at their head. The Hungarian insurrection army had been assembled at Pressburg and every measure of his government evinces a determination and energy corresponding with the danger which menaces his throne.
Private advices state, that the insurrections in Hessian have become very formidable. One account says: "At Grumberg, Lambach, Marburg, and some other places, the people had disarmed the military, and hanged several of the government agents charged with the execution of the obnoxious decrees. Some squadrons of horse which had been sent to the camp at Hanover, and a division of infantry which had been ordered to Elze, have been recalled by forced marches. The spirit of discontent is not confined to Hessian—it extends through Hanover and Brunswick, Wetteravia, and Thuringia, and only waits a favorable occasion to burst into action. Col. Dornberg, of the Westphalian Rangers, directed the malcontents; there are some report of his arrest; but other accounts represent him at the head of a numerous and well organized force."
Baltimore, July 8. SPAIN.
Copy of a Decree in favor of the Commerce of Great Britain.
1. In consequence of urgent instances of the minister of his Britannic majesty, the supreme central and governing junta of the kingdom, and in the royal name of his majesty Ferdinand the 7th, commands, that in this custom house, and in all the privileged custom houses of this province, English goods shall be admitted without any limitation or restriction, and that the duty shall be paid for the same at the rates only at which they were charged before the war in 1801. By order of his majesty.
(Signed) SAAVEDRA. Seville, February 28, 1809.
MARRIED, at New Haven, Connecticut, on the 19th instant, HORACE H. EDWARDS, Esq. of this city, to Miss MARIA G. BUTLER, of New Haven.
WASHINGTON THEATRE.
For the Benefit of MRS. WOOD AND MR. WARREN. On Tuesday Evening, July 15, 1809, Will be presented a celebrated Comedy, in five acts, called SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER;
OR, THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT. Between the Play and Farce, The Comic Song, "Knowing Joe, or Ploughman turned Actor." Mr. Jackson. Song, "Standard of Freedom." Mr. Jacobs.
To which will be added, An entire new Pantomime, in two acts, (never performed here,) called THE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES;
OR, PLOT AND COUNTER-PLOT. Written by Charles Kemble.
** Box One Dollar—Pitt Three Quarters of a Dollar. Tickets for Children at 50 cents. * Tickets to be had at the Office of Dinmore and Cooper, Eleventh-street, near Pennsylvania Avenue. Doors will open at Six—Curtain rise Quarter before Seven o'Clock.
WANTED to HIRE, A Servant Woman for a small family: It is necessary that she should produce evidence of honesty and sobriety—a slave would be preferred. Her work will be confined to plain cooking, washing and ironing; and for this it is required she should be tolerably well qualified. To such an one liberal wages will be given Apply to the printer.
JULY 17.—31
ONE HUNDRED CENTS REWARD. RAN away on the seventh inst. an apprentice boy, John Long, about 16 years of age, bound to the shoe-making; had on a blue nankin roundabout jacket, white pantalettes and a good round hat; he is a homely ill-looking fellow; as great a liar as ever spoke, will steal if he can, and a remarkable bad workman for the time he spent at the business.
Also, his fellow apprentice at the same time, George W. Brooks; he is about 15 years of age and dressed in like manner; he is better looking than the other, but equally prone to lie, is arful, intricate and traitorous. I will pay the above reward to any one who will secure them so as that I may get them again or half for each, or either, if brought home to me, free of charge. Captains of vessels, and all others are hereby cautioned not to carry them off or harbor or conceal them, as I shall prosecute any one so offending, according to law in that case made and provided.
JOHN MINCHIN.
JULY 17.—31
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To be used with The Nautical Ephemeris for finding the latitude and longitude at sea.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
THAT Separate proposals will be received at the Office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock, at noon of Wednesday the 25th of October next, for the supply of all rations that may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of June 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811, within the states, territories and districts following, viz:
1st. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago and in their immediate vicinity, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the territory of Michigan.
2nd. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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14th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of North Carolina.
15th. At any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of South Carolina.
16th. At Ocmulgee Old Fields, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the limits of the state of Georgia.
17th. Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts; and for the armorers and other persons employed in the United States' Armory at that place, from the 1st day of January 1810 inclusive, to the 1st day of June 1811.
A ration to consist of one pound, and one quarter of a pound, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations.
The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the commanders of fortified places or posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of emergency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commandant shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredations of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed. It is aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of credible character, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States, of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be resold, until the supplies which have been ordered be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the sea-board, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
W. EUSTIS, Secretary for the Department of War.
July 10—tads
100 DOLLARS REWARD.
RANAWAY on the 6th inst. from the subscriber, living near Clarksville, (in which there is a post office) Montgomery county, Maryland, a negro man named SAM.
About 20 years of age, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, has lost the sight of his left eye, which is very perceptible in his speech; had on which he went away an iron collar. His dress, country tow linen shirt and trousers, round about full cloth jacket, and some other clothing. It is likely he will get his collar off, change his name and endeavor to pass for a free man. Whoever secures the said negro, so that I get him again, shall have, if taken 10 miles from home 10 dollars, if 20 miles, 20 dollars, if 30 miles, 30 dollars, and so in proportion to the above reward, including what the law allows, paid by
WALTER WATERS.
July 12—3&w3t.
SALE AT AUCTION.
THE subscriber will offer for sale at his house on Capitol Hill, on Monday the 17th inst., a variety of Household and Kitchen Furniture, also, a Hack and Pair of Horses. A liberal credit will be given to large purchasers. Sale to commence at 10 A. M.
HENRY LIMS.
July 10—tads.
TURTLE DINNER.
ON WEDNESDAY the 19th inst. at Three o'clock precisely, a fine GREEN TURTLE, weight 184 pounds, will be served up at J. LIND'S Tavern (Solomon's Springs.) Those gentlemen desirous to partake will find subscription papers at Messrs. Stella's, Long's, Lindsay's, and Rhodes' hotels city of Washington—Dinner—A pint of wine 25 cts.
BY virtue of a decree of the honorable the Chancellor of Maryland, will be exposed to public sale on Monday the 4th day of July next, if fair, if not on the next fair day, on the premises, all the estate, right, title, claim and interest of Nathaniel Washington of St. Mary's county, in and to a tract or parcel of land lying and being in St. Mary's county, on the Patuxent river, being part of a tract of land called Trent Neck, to which the said Nathaniel Washington is entitled in right of his wife Margaret Washington. This land is of a superior quality.
All the estate of the said Nathaniel Washington and Margaret his wife, in and to one other tract or parcel of land, lying in St. Mary's county aforesaid, being another part of the aforesaid tract, called Trent Neck, situated in the forest, at the distance of three or four miles from the tract before mentioned. A more particular description of these tracts of land is deemed unnecessary. And there will be offered for sale, at the same time and place, a variety of personal property of the said Nathaniel Washington, consisting of Negroes, Horses, Stock, Utensils and Household furniture. The above property will be sold in such lots or parts to accommodate purchasers as shall be judged most advantageous.
Terms of sale—A credit of twelve months, purchasers giving bond with sufficient security, and to be on interest from the day of sale.
JOHN RALPH, Trustee.
N. B. The creditors of the said Nathaniel Washington are hereby notified to exhibit their claims to the auditor of the Court of Chancery within six months from the day of sale.
J. R. TR.
Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, June 19—4w.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
AT Northumberland court house, in the county of Northumberland, and state of Virginia, on Tuesday the 5th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, five contiguous plantations, amounting together to about 2,700 acres, situate on the river Potomac, and within about three miles of the court house. These estates formerly belonged to Presley Thornton, Esq. and are the same on which he lived. They have never been seen by either of the subscribers, but it is understood, that about 1700 acres of them are as valuable low grounds as any on the river, and a considerable part thereof of heavily timbered. The uplands consist of about 1000 acres, and the whole is well calculated for the production of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds, in great abundance. The waters are said to abound with excellent fish, oysters and wild fowl. The water carriage is easy and convenient to Norfolk, Baltimore, Alexandria and the city of Washington; and as these estates possess several good mill seats, with an abundance of water and a plentiful supply of timber, they must be very valuable.
The premises will be shown to persons inclining to purchase, by col. James Moore, who lives on them, or by Samuel Blackwell, Esq. who lives near to them; and the terms of payment may be known a sufficient time before the sale, by applying to either of them, or to
THOMAS ROBINSON, Near Chester, Delaware, Or to W. LEWIS, at Phila.
June 7—tads.
Just arrived from St. Bartholomew on board the brig Betsey, Capt. Nelson, and for sale at my Warehouse—
30 puncheons 3d proof rum, 40 hds. molasses, 7 do. Sugar, 12000 lb. green Coffee, Apply to CH: HERSTON'S, or the Subscriber, Who has for Sale, Best qualified Port Wine, Old Madeira do. Claret by the box, Old Jamaica and Antigua Rum, Cogniac Brandy, Holland and Country Gin, Loaf and Lump Sugars, Coffee in Bags and Dannels.
Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin, Souchoong, Bohea.
Pork, Beef, Herring, Rice, Cheese, Bacon, Flour, Meal, Corn, Ground Plaster, Soap, Dip, Mould, and Spermaceti Candles. 20 or 50 tons Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia Bar Iron well assorted, together with many articles of Ship Chandlery.
RICHARD PARROTT, George Town, June 28—tf
MUMMUS AIGES.
Has just received and opening at his New Cash Store, a complete and well selected assortment of SEASONABLE AND FANCY GOODS, Which being purchased for money, gives him the opportunity of offering the same at Baltimore and Philadelphia Prices. As he is determined to sell for very small profits. He intends keeping on hand a good assortment of Goods, to be sold by the piece; and those who purchase to sell again, will be furnished at as low rates as they can purchase in any market in the United States, being determined to sell.
CASH GIVEN FOR TOBACCO
inspected at the Georgetown Warehouse.
FOR RENT.
THE upper part of the House I now occupy, which has Six well finished Rooms, and every necessary back building, all newly furnished and in complete order—The rent will be low to a genteel family, if application is immediately made.
June 9—tf
CITY AUCTIONEERS.
THE subscribers beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that having given the security required by law, they obtained a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise at vendue in this city. To accommodate those who may be pleased to employ them, they have built a commodious house adjoining the Store of the Purser of the Navy and opposite to Wm. Prout's, and from their close attention to business, they flatter themselves that they will give general satisfaction.
NICHOLAS L. QUEEN, HENRY M. QUEEN. May 29—tf
N. B. At their Auction Room, will be Sold a variety of Household Furniture, Dry Goods, Sugar in Boxes and a quantity of Beef, Shad and Herring in Barrels, &c. &c. N. L. & H. M. Q. Aucts. July 12
FOR SALE.
BY virtue of a decree of the High Court of Chancery of the state of Maryland, will be exposed to public sale, in the town of Port Tobacco, Charles county, at the court house at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the second day of the next August term of Charles county court (which commences on the third Monday of August next) a parcel of LAND late the property of John D. Scott, deceased, being part of a tract of Land called Poynton Manor, lying upon a branch of Nanjemoy creek, on the post road leading to Nanjemoy from Port Tobacco near the "Hill Top" and about seven miles from Port Tobacco.
This Land consists of about 300 acres, of which between 50 and 100 acres are well timbered, about 200 acres are in marsh, and the remainder arable and very productive.
The terms of sale are that the purchaser shall give bond with sufficient security to pay the purchase money in 12 months from the sale. It will be sold entire or in parcels as may best suit the persons inclined to purchase.
F. S. KEY, Trustee. July 5—tads
RESPECTFULLY informs the gentlemen
of the district of Columbia and Public in general, that he has received by a late arrival from Philadelphia, a Choice Assortment of superfine Cloths, Cassimeres, single and double milled, superfine Coating, black silk Florentines. Likewise an elegant assortment of rich silk Moleskins for Waistcoats with a variety of other articles suitable for the season. Regiments and Navy Uniforms made in the most elegant and uniform style of fashion.
Richard Horwell's celebrated PATENT PARALLEL SUSPENDERS far superior to any hitherto in use can be had on the same terms retail, as at his Manufactory. November 27—tf
W. & C. SMITH,
Have for Sale at their Warehouse near the Ferry—Loaf and Lump Sugar in hds and barrels, Prime Muscovado do. do. do. 2d and 3d quantity do. do. do. TEAS Hyson, Young Hyson } in Chests, Boxes and and Imperial } Cannisters, Coffee, Chocolate, Pepper and Allspice, Nutmegs and Cloves, sweet Oil in Baskets and Boxes, Indigo and Copperas, Best 4th proof Cogniac Brandy, Bourdeaux and Marseilles Brandy, Holland and Anchor Gin, Jamaica and Antigua Spirits, old and fit for immediate use, Old and New Whiskey, Madeira, Port, Sherry, Teneriffe, Corsica, Sciacy, and Catalonia Wines, Claret in boxes 1 doz. each, Best cheswing Tobacco, Demijohns, Casks, &c. &c. George Town, July 3—ep
PROPOSALS.
For engraving a representation of America, figured under the form of a Goddess extending the hand of relief to suffering humanity.
IN this piece, two unfortunate strangers, with a young babe, after having escaped from oppression and death in their native country, and more immediately from the watery element, appear in distress on our shores. The wife, seated on a rock, with the almost expiring infant in her lap, exhibits an image of grief and despair. The Husband, with countenance irresistibly pathetic and eloquent, implores the blessings of God, at the same time seeming to regard rather his tender companion and infant offspring than his own sufferings. At this juncture the GODDESS AMERICA, crowned with beauties and with glories, driven in a Chariot not by the GODDESS OF LIBERTY, the horn of PLENTY pouring out its fruits, is introduced upon the scene—She is arrested in her course by the unhappy objects on her shores. Whilst her seeds are held by one of the aboriginal inhabitants, She appears descending from her Chariot to their relief, in an attitude of infinite dignity, her beautiful face a picture of benignity and of pity. It is this point in the history that our author seizes upon, and every circumstance of perspective, drapery, and costume in general, are adapted to it. A description of this kind can however convey a faint idea of such a piece; for as the parts which compose it, must be necessarily successive to each other in their operation on the mind, it cannot make that full and entire impression produced by a simultaneous view of all the parts of the picture itself. This matches directly to the heart, which recognises, by a single glance of the eye, its elegant and touching pathos.
This representation serves to illustrate the agreeable truth, that while through the greater part of the Globe, the Pillars of the Temples of Liberty have been torn from their bases, in this favored land they stand in Corinthian elegance and pristine glory—that while the voice of humanity is almost drowned by the din of war, its cries are still heard in this happy clime. From the great progress of taste and refinement, it is not doubted that the American public will give that fostering encouragement to productions of this nature, without which Genius must languish in inaction and obscurity. The poster nations of the world have boasted of their celebrated galleries and collections of the works of fine art, and it is extremely probable that the frequent contemplation of their statues and paintings tended to keep alive the sentiments, ideas and objects they were made to represent. It is moreover stated that the Italians were never so incited to resistance, nor so thoroughly sensible that their political privileges were gone, as when the French Emperor violated their galleries.
The author of the piece is Mr. Thomas Gimbrede, a young gentleman of classic education and correct taste. In smaller trials of his art, he has already attracted the respectful notice of the enlightened citizens of Baltimore, and it is expected that a publication of the proposed engraving, will afford him that remuneration for his labor, in the gratitude and consideration of society, which he justly merits.
CONDITIONS.
The above mentioned piece will occupy a space of 21 by 18 inches. The price, which is payable on delivery, will be three dollars to subscribers, and five dollars to such as do not subscribe.
Every person who shall obtain ten subscribers will be entitled to one copy. Subscriptions received by the publisher John Hopkins, Philadelphia. Also, by all the Booksellers. CHARLES J. NOURSE
Offers for sale—Chateaux Margaux Claret in boxes of a dozen. Genuine Old London Particular wine in half pipes and quarter casks. Best Salad Oil in baskets of 6 bottles each, &c. &c. George Town, May 24—tf
CITY LOTS FOR SALE.
THE undermentioned lots of ground are offered for sale, either separately or by squares, on liberal terms either for cash or on credit; they are all free from mortgage or encumbrance, and are subject to no litigation or contest as the titles are derived by immediate conveyance from the Chancellor of Maryland and the commissioners of Washington, to Messrs. Henry Pratt, Thomas Willing, Francis, John Miller, jun. John Ashley, and Jacob Baker of the Aggregate Fund.
square No. 54 Lot no 9 sq 72. Lots no 2 4 8 10 12 13 14 15 18 sq 84 Lot no 1 sq 85 Lots no 20 at 22—sq 103 Lots no 7 8—sq 145 Lots no 1 2 7 8—sq 146 Lots no 1 2 3 sq 147 Lot no 4 sq 163 Lots no 5 6 7 12 13 14 sq 318 Lots no 6 7 10 11 12 15 16 sq 393 Lots no 1 2 3 4 8 11 12 13 18 sq 349 Lot no 1 2 8 sq 376 Lots no 16 17 18 sq 409 Lots no 3 4 7 8 9 10 sq 487 Lots no 5 6 7 10 sq 488 Lot no 8 7 12 sq 489 Lots no 6 9 sq 491 Lots no 11 12 16 19 20 24 sq 495 Lots no 7 8 sq 494 Lots no 9 10 sq 531 Lots 3 4 8 11 12 13 14 sq 533 Lots no 13 15 16 17 sq 584 Lots no 1 2 3 4 21 22 23 24 sq 588 whole square East of 590 whole square. Sq 635 Lots no 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 sq 638 Lots no 1 2 3 sq 639 Lot no 1 sq 640 Lots no 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 sq 641 whole square Sq 643 Lots no 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 sq 644 Lots no 1 5 7 West of 645 whole square Sq 878 Lots no 16 17 18 19 20 sq 973 Lots no 4 5 6 7 8 20 21 sq 995 Lots no 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 South of 1019 Lots no 1 2 4 sq 1020 Lots no 1 2 3 4 5 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 sq 1021 Lot no 1 sq 1022 Lot no 2 sq 1023 Lots no 4 5 7 8 9 10 sq 1024 Lots no 1 3 7 sq 1045 Lots no 9 10 12 sq 1046 Lots no 2 14 15 sq 1047 Lots no 7 9 10 11 12 13 19 20 sq 1048 Lot no 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. Persons disposed to purchase are desired to apply to
JAMES GREENLEAF, or in his absence to SAM. ELLIOT, Jr. Greenleaf's Point, June 28—4w&8t
PATENT KNAPSACKS.
THE Subscriber having obtained from the United States, a patent for an improved KNAPSACK, which in point of durability and convenience, has been pronounced by the best judges infinitely superior to any hitherto in use. The officers of the different volunteer companies in the United States, are respectfully solicited to adopt them. They may be had in any quantity, and will be sold on the most reasonable terms by JOHN P. LIERBETTE, 81, Maiden Lane, New-York, To whom applications addressed by post may be made, or to B. H. Latrobe, at the city of Washington. May 19—ep/m.
IN COUNCIL.
Annapolis, June 26, 1809. ORDERED, That the act, entitled, An act to alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the constitution and Form of Government, be published twice in each week, for the space of three months, in the American and Federal Gazette, at Baltimore, the Maryland Gazette, and Maryland Republican, at Annapolis, the National Intelligencer, the Eastern Star, Mr. Grieve's paper at Hagerstown, and Mr. Bartgis's paper at Frederick town. By order, NINIAN BINKNEY, Clerk of the Council.
AN ACT
To alter the thirty-second and thirty-seventh Articles of the Constitution and Form of Government. BE it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That hereafter, upon the death, resignation or removal out of this state of the governor, it shall not be necessary to call a meeting of the legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby, but the first named of the Council for the time being shall qualify and act as governor until the next meeting of the general assembly, at which meeting a governor shall be chosen in the manner heretofore appointed and directed.
And be it enacted, That hereafter no governor shall be capable of holding any other office of profit during the time for which he shall be elected.
And be it enacted, That so much of the thirty-second and thirty-seventh articles of the constitution and form of government as is repugnant to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby abrogated and abolished. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alteration and amendment of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. July 3—taw3m.
FOR SALE.
WILL be sold at Auction on Thursday the 27th inst. a convenient 3 Story Frame House, with a Kitchen back, on No. 5 in Square No. 113, on Pennsylvania avenue between the Six and Seven Buildings. An indisputable title clear of every encumbrance will be given. The terms made known on the day of sale. N. L. & H. M. QUEEN, Aucts. July 10—tads
FOR SALE.
Or to be rented for a term of years, or on per-junior ground rent, A NUMBER of well built brick houses, several of which are immediately tenable—situate on Greenleaf's point—Also, house lots in almost every part of the city. Apply to JAMES GREENLEAF, or in his absence to SAMUEL ELLIOT, junr. July 6—8w
TO BE LET
And entered on the 27th of this month, The HOUSE in E street, in the occupation of J. M. Baker. Likewise to be LET and entered on the 15th of September, the HOUSE on the Pennsylvania avenue, now occupied by Wm. Cooper. For particulars enquire of WM. COCKING, 19th street west. July 12—wif
PROPOSALS
For engraving a representation in honor of THOMAS JEFFERSON, Esq. Late President of the U. States.
The piece proposed to be engraved, is a representation of THOMAS JEFFERSON, under the conduct of MINERVA, in which FAME, with her trumpet, announces to the world his retirement from office.
The most correct judges pronounce it to be an elegant production, and a striking likeness of Mr. Jefferson himself. It was conceived and executed by Mr. Thomas Gimbrede, an artist of taste and reputation. It is confidently expected that no circumstances of political feeling will withhold public patronage from works of Genius.
CONDITIONS.
The dimensions of this engraving will be 8 by 6 inches—Price 1 dollar to subscribers, and 2 dollars to such as do not subscribe.
Any person who shall procure 10 subscribers shall be entitled to 1 copy. * Subscriptions received by the publisher, John Hopkins, Philadelphia—Also by all the Booksellers. July 12—
BY virtue of an order of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia for Washington county, will be sold at Public Vendue, at the house of Mr. William Rhodes, innkeeper, city of Washington on Saturday the 29th of August (July) at 3 o'clock, P. M. the following very valuable Property in the city of Washington, to wit:
LOT No. 5 in square No. 224, containing 4,618 3-4 square feet. On this Lot, with other improvements, is a large, elegant and commodious (three stories) Brick House, well calculated for an extensive tavern or boarding-house, and is now occupied in part by Mrs. Suter, as a boarding-house, and the other part by Mr. Edg. a Patterson, as a store. This property is situated on the corner of 15th and North F streets, directly opposite to the Treasury Department; and may be justly said to be, as eligible and advantageous a situation for public business as any in the city; and, from the largeness and structure of the aforesaid house, it might be occupied, and used, as two separate & suitable dwellings. The terms of sale will be, one eighth part in cash, and the residue on 12, 18 and 24 months credit with interest, the purchaser or purchasers giving approved security—possession to be had immediately. The above-mentioned property, will be sold, subject to the dower of Mrs. Mary Anne Fenwick, widow of Bennet Fenwick, deceased.
Lots No. 15 & 16 adjoining, in Sq. No. 407, containing 10,206 3-4 square feet. On these Lots are some wooden framed Houses, and the Lots are advantageously situated on Ninth and E streets. The terms of sale are, one fourth part in cash, and the balance on a credit of 6 and 12 months, with interest; the purchaser or purchasers giving approved security—possession to be had immediately. The above lots and property will be sold, freed from all encumbrances.
Lot No. 26 in square No. 252, containing in lot 5,902 square feet—alley 1,238 square feet; and Lot No. 27, in square No. 252, containing in lot 5,322 square feet—alley 305 1-2 square feet. These lots are adjoining and situate on 15th street, on one of which is erected a small wooden House. The terms of sale are, one 4th part in cash, and the balance on a credit of 6 and 12 months, with interest; the purchaser or purchasers giving approved security. Possession may be had immediately. The above Lots and property will be sold, freed from all encumbrances. Edgar Patterson, Alex. Cochran, Secy. Francis Clarke, James H. Blake, Pierce Purcell, Commissioners.
N. B. Any person desirous of purchasing the aforesaid property, or any part thereof, can be made acquainted with and satisfied as to the title, by applying to James A. Parker, esq. attorney for the present claimants and owners. July 14—
BY Order of the Orphans Court of Prince George's county, will be sold at Public Sale in this place on Saturday the 4th day of next month, (if fair, if not, the next fair day thereafter, (Sunday excepted) all the remaining part of the late Mr. John Campbell's Personal Estate, consisting of Wearing Apparel, an elegant Gold Watch, enamelled, the hands and round the face being set with diamonds, cap'd and jeweled, a Gold Seal, a Gold Ring, a Backgammon Table, and several other articles. The terms of Sale will be cash, and sold without reserve. The subscriber's information of health for many years has been the cause of the sale being so long postponed, and as he is still poorly, his friend Mr. Richard Ponsonby will direct and conduct the sale of said property, which will commence at 11 o'clock at my house. WM. BRUCE, Adm'r of JOHN CAMPBELL. Bladensburg July 14—8w