Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-06-14
Erom ne Mscv.liort Cssettt, Jus.

Gaze te or yeuercay an account or the InioenL
and outrageous conduit sf the commander az
The Brtiih ihip Walker, towards the Americas
(hip Ala, near Cape Horn-eompared with
that Of the FreRch in thoulaods of infances !.
was a civil thing But it reminded M Of what
was lately f4id bg Mr.. Giles, that BE qpi5e4 "a,
United Sfafej no! TO Pa15T a Eagle IbP, I" Mary
me-" laid 1Iy. GilsJ, do not mean pabs.
6ib, or Gib of cCar. mean a ./5iP Of any Kind
puble or privafe'' The fame fentiments has
been frequently expreaed by the Virginians and
other fouthern gentlemen, ever iince the or.
ganzation Of the government. Mr.. Jeferfon
meant the fame thing when he faid, that qvl
zusre an agricultural people and <b0ala kavc or
trade to be carried0 BY foreigners; and lately a.
his own table, when he iaid that ore kandjTuar is
worth tue Fansr = Ii ought to be known, thai
this is the policy of the Southern tates, except
that of South Carolina. Their jealouly of the
Ea}ern aates feems TO have deprived them Of
common ferfe What would have been our
condition for eight years palt, if this Rupd pol
icy had prevailed Do not thefe people know.
hat thoie who fetch and carry, make the price
both ways. Our farmers infead Of being ca.
riched as they are, by the high price of their
produce, would have gained nothing while
have been RATED as high as the PCf:hor choe
to ak for IL Upon this plan, every foreign
would ferve orlyto impoverilh us. Foreign
nations contending for our trade, would fight
their battles in our ports and We, like fy &C.
fencelels paltroons, ihould be iuiulted and plum.
derei By all. This the condition TO wh Oh the
Niidom and patrotiim of our aHtient domiaisa
men would reduce Us. What better couldha
been contemplated, when the bulinefs of the
Navy Department was committed 10 three tbyf.
Clans II was evident they meant to phylic it 10
death. DR.. Leib, who | upPole, mutt be
furgeon, propofed 70 cut its head eff at blow,
oy abolilhing the department-Dr. Mitchll, BY
propoGng TO ieli the navy yards, feem, 10 have
intendeJ TO lhew, by experiment how long it
could 0and upon nothing-ButDr. EuRis, with
more wit than dozen Of both of them was con.
tented that it fhond die 9 an qgue, which be per.
ceived it had caught il the Potomac - Pretident
J # erlon boats Of having made faving of two.
hundred ;houfand dollars in the navy depart
mant-One fourth pant of that luta, ir is believ,
ed, will lor1e time or other appear 20 have BEEN
waited in this port upon The lhp Adams About
nine months ihe has been under The hands of
holt OF mechanics Tot !estled for their integrity
or ilzll in. their butinefs. About fix weeks
pad lhe has been detained in port with her
compliment Of hands on board, at a great
er exfenoe than fhe would have been at
fea. Ia the mean time, our trade in the Meji.
terranean is left, as far as refpeds this flip, TO
be protected by the Swedes. 1t is not denied,
tha: ibip Of war is a novel ard amuhng place
for entertainments, Especially for the laoies;
and bands Of muic are elightfll on the water
But fueh ihips are not built xc'utiyely for the
pufpofe cf amuiement and it behoves j0nae5o4y
70 beQv better reaoH for keeping this lhp 70 long
in port after the ihipment Of her crew-Itis
cuitomary, in our own iervice, as well as that of
all other nations, for the comm m4nder Of fquad-
ron to have captain under him TO command
the ihip, in which he IS. Commodore Truxton
was ordered to the command Of the Medterra-
mean fqladron A captain was refnfed him
and that gal ant officer was compelled to lelve
with difcredit, or to quit The fervice. II could
never have been doubted which he would pre-
fer. Nevertheless, theChefaFeake was detained
un,il Captain Morris could be fent for fcm
Boron. Here was Eayng of about tcusfve bun
dred doYart, aud ois Of about tzveiUe tboEElad
But what is incalcula6ly wosfe, an officer whole
fervices are above pri,e, is b,ga ont Of jsrucs
But that officer if a fs4Ierahf-Sscretaty Smith.
IN bis report TO Cnngrets, eltimates the timber
coDtratted for to build the fix feventy four gun
ihips, and which is principally colleaed at the
REFLECTIVE navy yards, at four hundred twenty
three thoufand, nine hundred and ffiy-four dol
lars. Beides this, it is uuderRood that two
other frames were contracted for, agreeable to
an aa of Copgrtf which will make the whole
value Of timber about Geo, 900 dollars. In The
rage for ja0ing, IT would be well if thefe frames
fhonld be faved for it will be difficult, if nor
impohbie. q procure as many more of equal
value. In iome exieency, probably not remote,
they might be the means OF SAVING The HONOR
Of tds nafiaa. But this latter is (lVieg which
the Prefent adminifration feem never 10 have
thought of-and it is much TO be feared. thar
al the ref Of their penny )aving wiidom, VIII
come out 10 be mere folly in grals.