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Congre/S Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, December II.
fCoxclMded from our ZaR.1

lNWeH"e~ J|0W our IW.
Mr.. Macon faid that the true quef-
ton was whether the houfe thought it ne
ce1iary at this time 70 raile the additional
battalion. Does fuch fate Of things exit
as requires its being raifed? fit does not,
it ought not to be RATED, the nominal ex-
iifence of the battalion on paper to the
contrary notwithstanding. AS it never yet
in reality exitled, and we had done very
we'll withoutit, he faw no location why we
fhould call it into beng now. AS to the
aIledged uie OF it at a future period, he
thought the idea futile. For then twenty
batta!ions, 'or auglt we can fay, may be
thought necenary.
Gentlemen had faid that the old argu-
nlent of faying pubic money had been
ufed. MIR. Macon faid he thought the ar
gument very good one on all occaions.
On all locations unlels a good reafon
could be aligned for fpending the public
money, it ought not be ipent.
Suppoie You raif1 the battalion. Expe
rience viii ioon dcmonftrate IFS ufelels-
nels; and then you will difcharge the
men, and give them three months pay to
go home with.
We have been told that in certain e.
vent, not very improbable, the weltern
potts will be truck at; and we fhall be
obliged to 60 to war. Mr.. Macon hoped
that the days of alarm were pait, and the
reign of terror over-From whom was
this blow to come? He did not know any
nation likely to frike at our pofs. We
had got, it was Eaid, treaty with France.
If 70, we had nothing to fear from that
quarter.
Ifno greater fun than $4,000 dollars
was faved by the propofed reduction, he
fhould fill be for it, as he thought the ad
ditiorlal battalion altogether ufelefs.
MIR. Kitchell made few remarks. not
heard, and concluded with moving the ia
king the yeas and nays, for which fuAici-
ent number of members rofe.
Mr.. Champlin in TIE -fyf part ofbis
Ibeecb qvas nat heard, o4vixg to ouy exeluf-
an frtm zvitbiu THE bar.
When heard, he faid that he had been J.
mong thofe who thought the aggreRions of
France not only jufihed but called for a
declaration of war from us. He had been
for taking the direct road. But as other
gentlemen had differed from him in opini
on, he had voted for the new regiment Of
artillery, as a -mea{ure calculated, in con-
nection with other meafures, to produce
that, fep by Hep, which he could not di
reetly obtain. He had therefore voted
for the additional regiment then as a
temporary arrangement.
But though when frf formed, he voted
tor the regiment as part of the fy&em Of
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| WILL SELL OR RENT

The Store | have occupied for many
years pait, htuated on Prince Street, op
porte Col. Hooc's. No hand IN Town
more eligible, Or better accommodations
ior carrying on an extenhve wholefale, wet
or dry good bufinels. The cellar perfect
~ dry, with door at each end, will
mold one thoufand barrels of -four: zSoo
barrels may be flowed on the preniies
without any Inconvenience to the occu-
pant.
lhoie oefrious of holding it will apply
20 me on Merchants Wharf, where 1 flall
In future do buGnefs.
VIM [. HALL.
December II.
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deteniive meafures, he now thonoht it
would be permanently uieful.
In reply to the remarks of gas ,men,
he could allure them that feveral officers had
already been appointed.
When at the clole of the latf felton,,
Congreis had manifeited diipoGtion to de-
troy every military arrangement, they
had, notwithstanding, been imprefed with
the expediency Of maintaining the two re-
glments of artillery. Nothing had iince
occurred to change his opinion.
Mr.. Randolph faid that all tie attention
he had behowed OH the fubject convinced
him of the jufnefs of the ideas exprelled
by the gentleman from North Carolina.
The true quehion had been milf eprefented.
That did not confiit in eitimat 'ng, abNret-
edly confdered, in relation 70 future pc
Rod, the benitits Or inconvenil noes attach
ed to an increafe in the Establishment of ar
tlllery. The iimple queHion Vas whether
this additional body was necefary now.
That it was not necenary he was fully
convinced, as it had been difpenled with
in periods of approximations ard danger.
This conviction confirmed him in his ad-
herence to thoie ideas which h been for
chilly expreaed by the member Il ON North
Carolina.
The houfe had been told by gentleman
from South Carolina that from tenderness
to the militia he would difpcnie with their
fervices. In my opinion, said Mr.. Ran
dolph, this is miAaken tenderness. 1t
was kind Of tenderness, ii at neither lie
wiihed to manifeh, nor did the militia
the1nfelves detire to receive. In "a Enilar
frain of affected tenderness Roman En-
peror had excufeda Roman Senate from
the exercifc of their Legislative duties, and
had informed them thar from regard to
their cafe he would pats laws for them.
And that Senate had abjettly returned their
thanks to the Emperor for bis lsindnefs to
them. He hoped that no Gmilar prop of
ton would be made to that houie, Or f.
milar anfwer returned by them.
In his belief that this corps was unne-
cenary he was confirmed by the remarks
that had fallen from the gentleman from
Rhode Ifland. That gentleman had in
IOl tjlC liOulC tIidl INC iljtdlulC ildl It
ceived his appreciation as tending to in
volve the country in war with France.
And was the houfe at this day to be called
upon to adopt piece meal thole meafures
that had been framed for the production of
this effect?
The gentleman from Manachufetts had
founded the tocfn of party, and had call
ed upon majority of that houfe to meet
| with frmnefs what he conceived an honor
able political death. He had proclaimed
his ineiipofition to recede from thole dig
nihed meafures that had hitherto been pur-
fued. Mr., Randolph confded in the in
tegrity of the gentleman: and he did not
entertain doubt of his receiving his mott
cheerful cooperation in that change of
meafures, which he had portrayed as
impending over the houfe; and he was
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happy tofay, that if fuch difpoGtion were
| n anifeited by that gentleman, and bv
tfole who acted with him, it would be
met by correspondent fentiments of harmo-
ny on his iide OF the hou1e.
The queition was then taken by ayes and
noes as follows: Yeas SO, Noes 46.
YEAS.
Mefrs.-Alaon, Bailey, Biihop, r.
Brown, Chriftie, Clay, Claiborne, Con-
dit, Davis, DAYTON, Dent, EggleRon,
Elmendorf, Goode, Gregg, Grove, Han
ma, Heiiter, Holmes, jackfon, Kitchell,
Leib, Lynn, Macon, Muhlenburg, New,
Randolph, Smile, ]. Smith, S. Smith,
Stanford, Sumter, Talaferro, Thomp-
ion, A. Trigg, ]. Trigg, Tazewell,
Van Cortlandt, Varnum. 50.
NAYS.
Mef1rs. -Baer, Bartlett, Bird, 7. Brown,
Charnplin, Cooper, Craik, ]. Davenport,
+. Davenport, Dennis, Dickfon, ed
mond, Evans, Potter, freeman, Glen,
c. Goodrich, E. Goodrich, Grifvold,
Henderfon, Hill, Hrger, Inlay, Kite
ra, II. Lee. S. Lee, Morris, Mott, Cris,
Page, Parker, Pinclzney, Platt, Powell,
!. Reed, N. Read, Rutlcdge, Shepard,
J. c. Smith, Tenney, Thatcher, C.
Thomas, r. Thomas, Wadiworth, Viii
liams, Woods. 4o.
Mr.. Fl. Lee reported bill eoueeru,us
fbe djRria Of Columbia, fec the Adver-
tiler of Saturday laf with was read
twice and referred to committee of the
whole houfe.
MFR. Macon from the Committee of
Claims, made report On the petition of
Mr.. L Enfant, that the petitioner had no
juf claim againf the government of the
United States-which report was read a
fecond time by unanimous content, and
agreed to without divifon.
Mr.. Cooper called up his reiolution for
appointing committee to enquire into
the expcdiency Of repeating the act Greet
ing the valuation of dwelling houies and
and enumeration OF Ilaves.
On the motion of MIR. Otis, 1econded by
Mr.. Grifwold, the motion was 70 altered
as to make the reference to the committee
of ways and means then agreed to by the
houle.
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FRIDAY, December 10.

MIR. Claiborne laid before the Houfe a
memorial of the Houfe of Representatives
OF the Mihiflippi Territory, Eating fome
Inconvenience which had arilen from the
want of authority in the governor, to iAue
writs of election, in cafe of improper re-
turns fuggefing alto the want of difpof-
ton on the part of Governor Sargent, to
have the General Aaembly organized,
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THURSDAY, December Is.

The refolution made by Mr.. M'Mi1-
len, in relation to the difpoftion and fi;u-
alton of lands in the N. w. Territory APP
propriated to the maintenance Of fchools
and religion, was agreed to, and COM
mittee appointed.
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Moant- Veruox, Dec. 2 :.

F Q K 5 A J. L,
Genuine Madeira Wine IN
pipes, hhds. and quarter caG1s, for APPROX
ed notes, or exchanged for Tobacco or
Flour.
Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-05-26

NOTICE is hereby given, that by
j. y order of the Court Of Common Pleas holden AZ
Portland in and for the coantY OF CupberIand ths
Taft Tdeldsy Of March aG pan tbe FARM A place
called Preumicot III Falmouth, containing about ninetF
acres of upland and marfr with he bu dings thereon
belonging to the ERdte Of EDWARD VA. n RI 'ate a
faid Portland Phylcan, deceafed. will be fold q PUBS
lie Vendue Monday the nin.h day q Jane next q
tn O'Clock IN the forenoon Al the houe laid fA-ra
to pay the egacles given ia the Ia VIII aud Ietlmert
Of the fAid Edward Watts ADD the ju6 debts winch he
owed ii the zine Of his death. ALTO at rhe Fame time
and place will be fold all he Live Stock and Farming
Utenis belonginging 20 the prenifes --Wsoever wlA
give the mott lha1 have The preference IA iad Tale
{ Ezreaiyix ef tbs lag
Mary Watts, YAsg 7.l4..a's
( " EilazrJ IPGttA
Psrflral >AbrH g. 1900.
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TO BE s LID.
Bl~ ORDER or ca.

III OHDEH OF CDGRfB
On Wsdn5lday, 28fb Of May int.
nNE third part Of piece Of Flats
~ Land, in Portland, in rbe county Of Cumberland,
with third part AZ the wharf thereon ltsnding CON-
monty called Weeks wharf
Alto, another piece of Flats Land,
Gtuate nearly oppohte the houfe Of Mr. Thoma Beck.
Portland aforelaid the fame being the are Of Fatls
belonging piece Of land fold ~ THOMAS CuMNING,
ate Of fad Portland, merchant, decealed, 70 SAMUEL
M Qainey
ALTO, large lot Of Land ftuate in
n K'ng Rrst in the fame Portland. with dwelling.
Houle Handing thereon and the other buildings On the
fame being the dwelling houfe of the laid Thomas,
except that part Of laid oS and buildings which are
iet OFT the iublcrber widow Of aid deceaed a. her
dover in her laid huband's etate.
ALTO, the remainder of faid lot lalt
mentioned and the buildings and appurttnances fu5-
jet only the life elate of the laid tenant in DOVER
The above being all the real etate
whereof The lad Thomas died feized aud poHeGsd.
vii b fold the day above mentioned on the pre-
miies n much thereof a. VIII Ne luIicent "a nav
the juN debs OF the fad deceal=d with incidental
charges.
D1tsi 4 Porilf7R. tEs tJi,l asy sF
E.sruayy, .4n4o Doriai / 800.
EleOnora Cummirr.
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Cumming,
Aaaaiagfyatriv On 'li4 Elf4.r.
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PsrfA1al, <4Pr1 g, 1900.
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NOTICE is hereby given, that By

' order of the Court Of Common Pleas holden az
Portland in and FOR the county Of Cumbtr and the
lsil Tuelday Of March a5 pAf ali the ihlre or risAt
belonging d The Eflate Of SAMUEL w sLDO lsrr Of
lAid Portland, merchant, deesafe,, ~ the Farm at
Long Greek in Cape-Etiza beth. commonly called and
knCwa by the name OF tie ai4o FIRM bcihg one half
OF the remainder rcverHun ezpectant On the life e.
tate of SARAH WALDO Of Bottom in the county OF Suf-
folk, uIl be fold Public Yendue I'd Monday the
ninth dag Of jane next At ~ O'Clock the after
noon the hous Of 75lEas 4of.y, innholdEr 10 fai3
Portland, q fatsy the jan dtbs which the aia samuel
Waldo owed AZ the time " his death --Whoever wiz
give moa 1laA have the preference in laid ia'e
K d&ui7frahir
Sarah Tying Waldo, Z "a. Eae.;f
S4z4sIWaja-
Psrtl1zi, AetE al 1900
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TO De SOLD AT AUCTION,
The I'll day Of June next.

A FARM, containing four hundred
II acres Of land thirty Or forty acres Of WI ch =
now ander inprovtment-vith Houie and two Barn
on the fame,-The fAe TO be on the Plenles' At eos
O'Clock, z. -.
John Hartford.
Eyat. rsssE lF.r a. Isoo.
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Notice.
Take Notice.

He fubicribers, copartners in trade,
A. under the firm Of JOSEPH q BULKEL 81
EMERSON, having. this day by mutual content diff
foved their connection, hereby call upon all perfous
indebted % lad fiEm, to make immediate payment to
BULKEL LYEMERSoN in Bangor otherwifs then
actes and accouats will be pat in lut.
Jofeph EmerfoR.
Buckley Emerfon.
SesySeeg5 1Hysb 26t6, 1900.
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ratioual councils. Thought this S'a;teT ought
lobs aated, 70 as to BE generally and correctly
undel Good A HOUSEHOLDER.
TThofe who villa to have proof Of the fact
above fated, are requeaed 10 turn to the de-
bates IN the Houfe of Representatives Of the
United States on the Snuff and Sugar e~c5f.-
The anti federal party ProPofed TO repeal thoie
taxes and TO Egfi'ate in The Piac' Of them A Dl-
RECT TAX They went F. far as 10 name
the fun it would be proper 70 raiie, and Mr..
Findley, leading antifederal member, pro.
pofed The fun Of TWO MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS! This propo(ition was rsGlqed BY
tie tlorrql taez7Ber5. and through their exertons
the excite on Snuff and Sugar was continued,
and land tax avoided.
When in the couife Of three years after the
independence Of this country was menaced by
France with demands of tribute, and threats
ofinvafion; and when every portion Of citizsns,
from one end Of the continent 70 the other,
came forward and pledged their HVsf and far.
fRny in fupport Of the meafnres then adopted
by the government, THEN the antifederal par
~, who were formerly e ready 10 raiie TWO
MILLIONS bya direct tax, IN lieu of a tIifiing
incirea tax, oppoled the meafure of rafting the
fame fun for the national defence, after many
Of them had voted for tie Army, the Navy, and
other rneafures of defence If through the
devices of this party, the country mould be
embroiled in a war with Great Britain, how
many more MILLIONS will they raife BY a
dred tax TO carry it on If on the contrary,
the wife and pacific meafures cf the friends Of
PEACE, GOOD ORDER, and III, CON
STITUTlON, fhould prevail, the people will
aeyer ksGr Of a,,y otter land tax.l
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Information, that ID one County fine nff
guided and deiuded citizens have been guilty
Of violent infradiors Of The peace of the Com
monwealth, and have nanfeled fpirit ofre'
liRance to the Law.
Your Excellency. and the good citizens OF
the Rate, may be ahured, thar this Houfe viii
co operate in all proper meafures to detect and
punilh all fuch enormities already committed,
and to prevent, as far as poilible, the commit
zion Of them in future :-For they are fully
convinced with your Excellency that indiffer
ence on the part Of the Government, will lerve
to embodeR the offenders, and to invite, by a
hope Of impunity, the repetition of imilar out
RACES
The mutual improved Rate of the Militia,
which your EHcelency has noticed, mutt be
highly gratifying to every Friend 10 the Rights
and Dignity of our Country for with a Mil.
tia thus trained and animated with patriotic
and military ardor, America will not helttate
to afert, or be unable to defend her national
rights, againa any invader,
The important objed Of national Election
having been the fole location of the prefent ex-
traordinary Sef1ion, and the habits and conve-
nience Of the citizens requiring meeting of
the Legislature at later ieafon, we ihall en-
deavor 10 make the prefent Seilion as lhort,a
as little bnrdenfome to the People as poiiible.
A Convention of the two branches Of the
Legislature being formed, they proceeded TO
the choice Of Electors Of Prefdent aad Vice
Prefdent Of the United States.-CTbe nams5 q
he Gentleman ebolsn acre Pa5ijbsa IN tbe lat Ga
zette.
The Convention then proceeded to the cleo
ton Of Senator for the Congress of the United
States, in the room of the Hon. Mr.. Goodbus,
rehgned, when it appeared that the Hon. JON
ATTAIN MASON, Efq. was duly choien.
A relolution paG.d both houies, requefing
his Excellency the Governor to iIue Procla-
nation, offering rewards for experimenting and
bringing to uRice, The oppofers of the laws in
the county Of Hancock; and for appropriate
ing 1000 dollars for that Purpofe.
NOV. ~,
A letter was received from the Hon. Jonatha-
than Mafon, Efq. declining his election as a
Senator to the Congrels of lhe United States.
The two branches then aGembed in Conven-
ton, and proceeded to the choice Of Senator,
in the room Of the Hon. Jonathan Mafon, Elq.
declined and the votes being taken i appears
that JOHN GOODMAN, Efq. was chofen.
The Secretary then came 10 with a MeGage
from his Excellency the Governor, and inform
ed the Houfe, that it was his Excellenoy's
pleafure, by and with the advice and content
of the Counlil, and at the requef of the two
Houfss, to adjourn them TO the third Wed
nefday 10 January next. They were adjourned
accordingly.
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Important Naval Capture.
BOSTON, NOV. 10.

BOSTON, NOV I0.
On Saturday arrived, the u. s. frigate Bof
ton, Capt. Little, from cruize, in company
with the French National Corvette, lie Berceau,
Capt. Sennes, Of p French nine, an1 twelve
Founders on one deck, and ago men (which
was captured the 9Th October, in lat ~. 50,
long 81, after an action Of one hour and forty
minutes. The Bottom mounts "a twelve, and
8 nine Founders, and had a3o men; If whom
the following fufered III the action, viz.--Wil,
liam Ford, John Higgins, Matthias JAfey, and
William M Kee, ieamen, killed-Mr Samuel
Young, Purfer, Thomas Hartley, and Nathaniel
Dill, ieaDen, wouRded, fince dead Mr.. I. M
Halwell, mdlhipman, George Groom, Gavan
Walkinfhaw, Francis Rice, John Rundlet. Fran
els Francis, John Afford, and John Collins,
wounded and likely torecoyer.
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PHILADELPHIA, NOV. IA.

Extrot7 Of a Ater from gentlemen IN tbe War
QbFes, to Biz brother in tb8 city, daiedbe St5igf
g was laR night fad fpeaator Of tremen-
dous fight. The War Office was burnt down,
and with it, every book, record and paper, fave the
Accountants which were down fairs, and
were relcued from the flames. The fire is fup-
pofed to have communicated from the dom
ing houle, which was alto dearoyed, piece Of
timber projected from under the hearth of Mr.
Jackfon's houie into tie houle occupied by the
Office, and the FIRE commenced on that fde of
the room--The fire places Of the Office were all
on the other fde Of the houle, and in the Sec.
retary's room where the fire frR fhewed itfelf
there had been no fire for three weeks proceed
ing, owing to his abfence the morning had
been warm and the fire in my apartment had
been 1uffered 70 expire fome hours before
left i. The loGs is great and irretrievable.'
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NEWYOKK, NOV. IL.

From an authentic fource, we learn that the
Convention concluded with France by our En-.
voys, does not adult the pat differences and
claims Of the two countries ; but poipones that
buinefs till peace IN Europe. Il however puts
an end to exiting hoItilities, and provides for an
amicable intercourse during the war-as ALTO a
mode of determining caufes that may occur rel
alive to prizes.
Such convention may be the more eligible
at this time, as it precudes the probability Of any
unea6neE on the part of Great Britain or the
other powers at war.
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The adjuRment Of matters with France, 70
highly irierelting to The welfare and happiaefs
of the people in the United States, adds new
Iulre to the real character OF Mr.. Adams. What
ever charges dfAppointed ambition, or ielf
gratihcation, may urge againa the PreGdent,
one thing is abundautly evident-that by firm
nef and perseverance he has completed the peace
and harmony Of the Union, both agqinit the
Vaccinations Of monarchy and the unceafng
fallhoods of Jacobiuiim. Ever Gnce the year
'o4, TO the prefent time, has the violence Of
party urged the prepriety and neeaEty Of war
at one time with England, at another, with
France. The great and good Warrington, in
his dav, oppofed the fyltem, and Adams, his
facceHor and imitator, has purified the plan.
People Of America, behold the event of his VII.
dom and his virrue-Peace-Un iverjH Peace
now blefes our land
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By the Mails.
ar-Ohce Burnt.

WASHING TON, NOV. 10.
ON Saturday night, about o'clock, the
three tory building in which the offices Of TIE
4Uar dfparfnfHf were temporarily held, took
fire, and was in few hours entirely confumed,
with the adjacent building of the fame Gze.
The lois oocalioned by this FIRE, may be IRE
parable, as all the papers belonging to the war
department., except thof- of the Accountant
were burnt. The papers Of the Accountant,
being in an apartment not in immediate dan
ger from the flames, were fortunately laved by
a removal of them. It IS not afcertained from
what circumRance the fire arofe.
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M,KEANS COCKADE.

Gov, M'Kean, as Commander il Chief Of
the Militia Of PennfYlvania, has recommended,
in @ General Orders" that the Cock4de in
future, be competed Of BHe and Rel, correlpon-
ding with the color Of t!Ie uniform, worn by
the militia. It i, unnsceTary to make any 9TH
er remark on this ridiculous and democratic
meafure, than ju(t to obferve, that the
American Co-kade,
Recommended to be worn by
Cencral Waj21mgto1 and PreGdent AAarr, is
BLACK.
With an EAGLE In the Centre,
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LegjAatHre Of MaDacbg/stts.
NoY. u.

NOV. I3.
THE Governors Speech was committed in
the Hon. Senate, to Mefrs. Jones, Davis and
BigeTow, who reported the following anfwer,
which was accepted and Preiented to bis Excel.
Iepcy.
ANSWER OF THE SENATE.
May elesr yaay Exe,Aeacy
1T having been generally undei GOOD, that
the obje6f of the Legislature, in attending at
this fealon Of the year, is the appointment of
Electors of PreGdent ana Vice PRECEDENT of the
United States, tie Senate do not contemplate
engaging IN any other buhneis which can con-
ycniently be deferred TO another felton,. And
fncerely do We accord with ycu in the prayer,
that cur fuarages may be beloved on the
friends Of order and good Government, and
that the refult may promote the bef intereas
of our country.
1t is matter Of regret, that any Of our fel-
low.citizens fhould be 70 lot TO a fenfe of their
duty and intereR, as to fet the power of Gov
ernment at defiance, and oppofe thsir individ.
ual frength TO that Of the Community. So far
as may depend on US, your Excellercy may be
a1ured thar proper means will Re adopted to
fupprefs fueh pernicious evils.
We are gratihed with the information, which
your Excellency has communicated with ref
pee, TO the improved Gate of our militia. We
feel confident, that 70 much dependence is to
be placed on their dilcipline, courage and pat
riotifn, that their Country has more TO fear
from The arts than from the arms of her enc
mics.