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The two works above mentioned conld keen
up an e'ectuai cross f'rr Off pieces of heavy
cannon and nortars, Oh any vessel affen,utio;s
Inc pass, for the space OF - minutes in time
allowing that the vessel should sail at the rare
OF between and miles per hour.
AS there are various opinions on passing bat
teries iuvessels OF war, II may be proper 10
offer an observation, OF that subject and II
may be safely inferred, from the result Of ma
ny naval conflicts that vessels Of equal aru,a.
meat may mainiaiua close action for Is min
ntes, or more, without beng entirely disabled
from making sail. or changing positions. Win
tAs fact, It eau scarcely be doubted that vrs
scis of wax may often pass batteries witho,,l
hsmg Destroyed or irreparably injured. Tie
usk. however, OF such attempts Is greatly fpul-
uphcd When passing under "A wei directed
crOsrHfe OF hot shot, carcasses, and shells X
which must he encountered again in the event
% an unsuccessfui enterprise.
IL has also been q received opinion. e., r.as.
oning npon the comparative powers o. Iard
batteries, ~ commanding pOsItons) and the
batieriesOf vessels Of war th4f six II Douul ri,
iA the former, when well directed. arcsnperi.,r
TO the btoadsde of - gun iTIgatc. and tbaf
doubie that number Of guns, Of larger calibrs
are superior to the broadside Ofa7f qua si,s
PfoYde1 the iaud batteries are Sd placel ts
roi 70 admit tbe approach Of vessels within ne
effective range 81 grape AMI case shot
The latter observations are presented Will
lun guIety ration IN NAV n ~. 80,
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IRE Cit1enso Of Richmond will please nav partieuiar
attention 10 the Injunction contained in the 7th SEQ
Ion Oi an ordinance entitled " An Ordinance for Inc an
continent and duties of principal Engineer rei,s 70
hIe TOT the CITY Of Richmond and for other nurnose
ioth esei0e. zOti 1917 aud also part of the
d,ns -, ~ y, ~ VI u'hdhce providing against acct
~ '"c' tFassec January lStb, 1873 > as The re-
-, otei's WI ne taken To enforce the me nposed
' 1su .tn oecuoh, Hliess 1t is strictly complied
win. ne Sections above alluded TO- are as follow
seer. sts. 3Ra Ne }rrfher OTGaired Thai much
OF the iUth Section Of the Ordinance entitled A, u,J.
nance providing against accidents Inv fre - ,,.s.sd nj,
ine ism day OF January, thousand eight hundred md
ihiTteen requires The Master of Police In ssih 80
~eNes 10 INC Citizens be, aud the same is Hereby re-
psA'ed; Ind b. HfTtheT OrfqiRed maj imrnediateIv
aug 's passage 81 The present Ordinance the Master IL
VCe sa give nO,ice to the Citizens for four CALENDER
honhs thereafter by publication ia the ne,yspaneTs m
uth themselves with Gre buckets rs IN the Gid see
on ie9nlfed-And the said Police Master saII snnv AZ
80 se ~ 'ie Wy, after The expiration OF the said
ihonhs-and every person bound 10 f,rni.h srcI e,s
bnct az, " ~ sia omit 10 60 so, or to produce the
@ Ie9ulfedy which shall be considered amount
ing 70 refusal, shall he liable to be fined ~, s,
ny any magistrate OF the Corporation fhree dyla,e or
e"cH ocfsf he ought 10 have furnished ana rost of,br
warTant-and similar application sbsi he ,neJ ~ lie
month OF october in eyeryyear hereafter and nrrson,
oinittlng to furnish bHcketsas aforesaid s, ~
similar fines, whchdnc shall he anniies ~, " ap
eNpences Of the present Ordinance, N''' '"'
oeo'l Vlh. mn 0eH fnyfAer Oydoiued That within
ole month from the passage fthis Ordinance each and
every person occupying any dwellingbouse storcI,s
VI olhei building snail be- aud hereby re9nred os
lHs ana Keep hung up IN some conspicuous mart of s,
building, eahern buckets coutsinng ,sct f 80 -,
Daiigaiions, with the name OF such eec1,tr ;,, On
- - III she proportions and rates following th,t
" sHy every person not being tavern keeper oocg-
phg building or tenement, the valuation ,sc,of a.
ue 70 me Tetarn of the Assessor Of the civ taxcs
40, exceed tTo thousand dollars one bucket ever
Inc az ,shic @ Jug building Or tenement the W.
SuChets ana every ordinarykeeper liccnced 10 keep
- ~ " Hi5 Ciy, shall provide and keep such bncie.
~ thc Following proportion to vii. Tor q b,i,d,-s 49,,
em ~ lue value wheieOfas aforesaid Shall NOT excera
tnonosnd dollars, two buckets for buildinr mr. a..
.sHieht, me value Whereof as aloresais sLailevreed
- nousaHd collars aud be under f9rr iborsand dol
,,,i tscAeis and for every bRldibg or tenement
t Nstieo f'ill exceed four thousand dollars siX
<t0ciafd. That owner o. ocruper of ary
g'iuiis oFtenfment Which has been rendered fre5yef
~ ins covered Win state yle aud having Inc dooTl
70 .he regulation respecting buckets '''' '' '""'''
HENRY ROBINSON.
peeesrh., o. Police Waslfr.
10 wsm
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,Snn,.tialr hnIltno,.o.

Onthe Goth inst. tiere are 10 bs run owe, the w,.b
e'oh corse AZ Charleston. S. c. the most interesting
tNei Witnessed IN TIE United States The urst da
t.I.e mics purse = 900 third day two miles pnrse
S4oo' iue ha"ay Cxphree miles ror the cate aud en-
uace money supposed 90 be worth sp0. These sevs-
ia suis are however hut very tring pat oftts sums
aspeihs twenty eight Horses are already entered Tar
Inc purses, aud six uuIc expected
Ihe follow No. are. , INV .-I.l.I. L...----..--l
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ny permission. OF Ihe naycros New Orleans there vas
On So"aag, tie 9Th % January grand irsgu.rade
rope dancing Ae.in The Circus ii that place y
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ffE Editors OF the Lynchbnrg Press and the Repab
mean constellation OF Winchester win insert the abc,,
once weef o5 eight weeks and forward thsr accr,s
for the san c, unless siLersise instructed w n y
January Is. NN' go 30. -
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4 clcs '' VIC i"ho"Wg anu
~ ciaies earthe' ware assorted 200 sacks salt Ii
.,s'foyi ile6 l40 boxes tin. one 20 de. as,e,tcd
$500 lV gross bottles 20 casks lanphlact no
"'.s, ~ 90. ytlio~ do. red PAINT 81 ao Tmirb
.,tiiNssi 10 DoNes De-; Durham mustard doz escl
'.s.s "g'5 10 uhos Writings box China cos,ainirr
eos 2 cwt. ioners' wrought nails asso1tea az ~
V csfss hiih s'ass case HoFtitcrss ne, Jo,hte
AID sinte-bsTTelled GUNS. ''s' "o"D's
Jssnsrv THOMAS POTIs.
1911
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cast, and the channel increasing 10 upwo,d.
OF mile in width. Agrecahlv 70 vour lettcr
OF instruction, which requires i survey In no
niaues9 Us 10 embrace the approach from the
sea and the channels now known 10 afford nav
igatOn for hue-oi-battle ships, mighr sion
ms survey az York but believing an accnrsts
chart or this river to the bay channel will he
acceptable 10 the board of commissioners. and
more particularly So should they approyc NJ
the settle have selected, 1 shall endeavor 10
continue that point, should find il pract;ca.
Die with the means in my power.
have found infinite difficulty i'm making the
survey, but more particularly in LAYING down
Tue channel, having had a Great deal of bad
weather. frequently driving t,s eight or rem
miles from our work to make harbour, SO
,uat when a good day would offer, we would
rose most or II III Tegainiug our station. And
not having men enough TO man more than one
boar. L foand almost nSuppOrtabIe difficulties
~ taxing the souBdings and shifting the huOys
from station 10 station, bCipg compelled, fer
ihe want OF second vessel, to use four buoNs
and To make frequent references to che land
Tor base lines 70 correct the work Neatd,
ing Is not to he performed on beard such u
boat as this, the want OF room and stability
precludeS the possibility OF it, I Shall of
course haVe 10 copy them when | return te
Norfolk.
have not, as yet, bsen able TO find a
craftsman who can draw more neatly than
myself; the engineer have had and whom
have now discharged, being i man OF science
without possessing the talent ofnoat drawing.
shall endeavor to procure one in Norfolk if
possible, but IN case otmy not succeeding,
can only promise you accuracy, without much
ueatnesS.
have the honor to remain,
With high respect,
SIN
Nom ob'dt sery't
4. SINCLAIR.
Corn. InHN RonGERs,
treS'dfAt ~ tie iioird
% Nary Commissioners.
Mashngtou
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in It's bosom more eligible for Naval rendez.
Nous, an establishment of this description on
the Iangiers would then, il is probable. he
speedily abandoned for sites in every respect
better suited, both in time of peace or war
ior the equipment of our public vessels and
for other purpose. necessarily connected
herewith.
While superior maratimc force has unin.
terrupted access TO the Chesapeake, an es-
Enlistment, either naval or military. at the
Iaugle.s. cnt OIL from assistance ANA supplies,
would be wholly insecure, aud exposed to in
evitalIle reduction by an enemy possessing
means oiattack commensurate with the OBJ
iect 10 be effected. With this view OF the suh
Ject have perhaps been too prefix in nv
comments il so, plead the injunction con-
tanned IN my instructions, to make such ge-
nera! and particular remarks as might occur :"
this, and my desire 70 be satisfactory, offer as
my apology.
i have the honour 10 remain.
Your obsdiert servant.
ROBERT Z. SPENCE.
Commodore John Rodgers.
President ~ NE Board of
Mary Commissioned
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" VI u. TAYLOR, Coi7rctO,
Of tie 1874 Collection District
,,,,,.....,.o, =. IN the STATE Of Vi,-ginia.
1850 JGH 1917.
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Document 4. No 3, accompanying cha,, =
refe,ved to Ia the yeport critic Sec,s,o,,,
Of the Nary, communicative inyo,no,;on
'eIat're to a site for NGraI Dspot.
Washington, Nov Il, 1916.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27
From HE Federal Republican.
81. DOMINGO

A gentleman recently arrived from the
dominidns OF his majesty the emperor
Christophe, has favored US with the court
calendar of that monarch; il appears in a
pamphlet form, and enumerates the various
dignitaries of his empire. In front Of all
these dignitaries, appears the name of his
imperial majesty the emperor Christophe-
then the name of the empress Maria Louisa
then follow In succession the princes OF
the blood then the dukes, counts, MOBILES,
barons and knights in their differen, erada-
lions OF dignity. In short, il is in every
sense ofthe word court calendar, and II is
a curious and interesting document. His
majesty rules his subjects with great sever
ny and rigor none ofthem are suffered 70
be absent from their dwelling after 10 o.
clock at night, altho' they may bslong to
the highest order of bis nobility. Strangers
are allowed this privilege Notwithstanding
and The only way IN which the subjects OF
the emperor can evsde lAis royal decree, is
10 be found at che iBterdicted hour, in The
company OF a Stranger. II is deemed an
nigh oh-nce 10 the emperor's dignity, for
any OF the nobility, either male or female, 10
DC absent from The palace of Sans Souci,
when any fete is given by order Of his ma
Jesty; the parties SO offending, are inme-
diately placed under military guard, and
conhaed IN strong and almost inaccessible
fortress. The emperor's life guards are
extremely expert aud dex.erous in all mil
tary eyolutions, and very formidable
military establishment il Is represented d
DC. he royal court and retinue are trs.
eFioed as uncommonly splendid and magni.
ncent, and as partaking OF all the form arr
ceremony OF European courts. His mai. :.
~ s printer was anxious TO exchange pane,
With some printer on the continent Of A.
mefica, and desired our informan, 10 exer,
nis Kind ofhces for tins object. Our IA.
dormant sentured 10 propose an exchano,
with Baltimore printer. lis idea Va
immediately secuted with disdain---natI,;na
less than printer in PhiIsdelphia, or New
ioFk, would be equal in dignity 10 The ny;n
.er OF MS imperial majesty Psrlies arr
formed IN this government, headed +.~h Il,
one O. The princes Of the royal blood i.
whose succession TO the throne ,I,~. -.
lot their reward. The various nr;nr.. 4,
Inc blood arc all provided with nriya,- - :
'oFs' and The royal pupils are reDrexer,.d !.
uocommonly exTert in learning rbr;r l.
SONS MS majesty enforces The mos. :.
goFous police throughout the Who'll &c IL.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27

dominions crimes are soon detected :,
the criminals promptly and severely -
ished I'VE shall shorty lay before -.
readers some interesting information !.
this subject. This viii not be done e..
motives OF idle curiosity. II is ar inn1.
.ant fact in the eyes Of the philanihropis,. !.
ascertain, whether the children Of Afije. :
left TO themselves, are capable OF exerei.i.'.
what arc commonly denominsted the sish.s
Of self government. Ii has been uresd J.
an objection 10 the colonization of Affi.
that these men labor under q moral, II -.
under physical incspscity Of gosernias
themselves. This argument has been II
vanced by men who have this fact fol- i,
fore their eyes, of riot and disorder, conf
sion and anarchy, now assuming the shss.
OF regular government, capable perhsn<
of maintaining the usual relationships i
other independent powers. Isii not an i
.onishing fact, that tha emperor Chris,oub.
modelled his court and all the digni.arisso !
his empire, exactly on the plan iurnishss
by Buonaparte that the very empero
whose example he has followed, is nov
solitary exile from his crown and scepus
in the desert OF St. Helena, while his imhL
tor IS left in the full and entire possession j
all his royal rights, powers and immuni,ies
Surely then there is nothing in this spec,s.
Gle calculated 10 abate the confidence Of Ii,
philan,hropist, who would wish to behoa
the. return of the exiled Africans 10 III.
country oftheir ancestors.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27

FROM L1GUIRA.

Capt Harris. arrived n Ne " York. IN
forms that Barcelona was resakcn by the
Royalists OF the 7:h Of April There
were about 600 Patriot troops in The
Place ar the tire. 200 of whom, with a
number OF women aud children reurated
to the church. where they defended
ihemfclses for a comfortable time, bur
were at Taft oyerpowercd. and every
foul pur TO the feord Two OF The PAT
riot offisers,a major and commandant.
were afterwards brought into Laguira and
fent TO Caracas. where they were fhot
The Patriot army under the command OF
Gen. Bolivar. confitiog of from sooo to
6ooo troops, was in the interior and
Gen Morilla was within days march
Of Caracas. n general engagement was
daily expected TO take place Two Pat
riot privateers, brig and fchooner had
recently appeared off Laguira One Of
them was commanded by Capt. ihomp-
ION. They had captured Spaniih fell
uccs. having on board Coco dollars in
fpecie. The felueca was bound from
Porto CaveIlo, to Lagnira, and had on
board a Mr. Spencer, of Baltimore. who
was fer at liberty. The privateers after
wards manned the felucca, and proceeded
to Maricaybo. where they fucceeded 10
eutting out feveral Spaniih yefcls.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27

n communication, lgned " A. R" in
the Palladium, announces the appearance
OF fmall blackiih Worm, which is def
tfoying the grafs q All the uplands
and palfure grounds. adds this intelli
gent agriculturaliit, |" which in North.
borough, Marlborough, Sudbury and vi
entity, wore the mott beautiful verdure
onr week ago, arc now affirming more
deadly appearance than when the fnow
firil ltft the earth. A traveller would
fuspeef, on the firif view of the country,
except the trees and the fields of grain.
which arc remarkably ffouiilhing At pres
cnt, that the gratis had not begun TO
grow, or that icvere drought exiiied.
Neither rhe grafs nor its roots ap
pear as yet to be eaten off, but dead as
II killed by he feverity OF winter Thou
iaad Of acres are fecn from the heights
ii Thu deadly Fate and rzpidly becoming
a melancholy waite. On invsiiigatien,
blsckifh worms are dileovered, which
arc now from one bali TO three four hs
Of an inch in length, ard about The flze
round OF grain of rye. he head Is
perfectly black. From nlght view OF
lhem by The microicope, ilsongly ius-
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27
THE CONGO EXPEDITION.

The detailed accounts of the expedi-
ton to explore the River Congo. or Zaire,
have reached the Admiralty Melan-
choly as the. refult has been, from the
great mortality !. of he officers and men,
owing to executive fatigue, rather than
to The effects Of climate, ths Journals of
Captain iuokcy and the Gentlemen in
the fcicnfihc departments are we under
Rand, highly interetting and satisfactory,
as far as they go and we believe they
extend comfortably beyond the frf Rap
ids or Cataract Ii would feem, indeed,
from the extract Of letter from the fur
geon Of the Congo. that the mortality
was entirely owing to the land journey
beyond thefe rapids, and that Captain
1uckey died of complete exhaultion, af
ter leaving the River, and not from fever.
The climate, We undesfand, was remsr-
kably fine fcaicely fhower of rain, or
any humidity in the atmosphere, and
the fun ieldom thinning out but for few
hours in the middle of tn day; Fab
renheit's thermometer, felGom exceeding
rs degrees by day, and never defending
below 90 degrees at night-fuch eli
mate. in fact, as one would with to live
in bu an anxious zeal and over eager
nefs TO accomplish the objects of the ex
petition, and to acquire all the informa-
ton that could politely be obtained, feems
to have a6tuated every one, from the la
mcnted Commander to the common fea
man an private marine, and led them to
artempf more than the human confitu-
ton was able TO bear. The total number
of deaths amounts to Is, of which IA
were on the land expedition. They con.
Git Of
Captain Tuckey. Commander of the Ex-
petition.
Lieut. IA vkey, Lieutenant of the Congo.
Mr.. Protector Smith, Botanif
Mr. Tudor, Comparative Apatomiff.
Mr. Cranch. Collector OF Objects of
Natural Hilfory.
Mr. Galwey, friend of Captain Tuckey,
who volunteered from pure love of
fciencc,
Mr.. Eyre. the purfer
The names of the remainder have not
been returned.
The Dorothy tranfport thar accompa-
MED the Congo info the River lot but
one man, and he fell overheard and was
drow,s - London pGp.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27
From the Federal Republican.
The L0mbardu Poplar.

y =
The French revolltioniiis took the
common Lombarcy poplar tree as their
tree of liberty, and an excellent reprefen
tative of their liberty it is lit bears
neither fruit nor fower--it is the recep-
tacle of the dirties and foulelt insects
it exhaufts ths foil wherever it is planted,
and exterminates every native plant in
its vicinity--it pollutes every thing with
in the iphere of its influence, and in fact
it is good for nothing but to cut down
and to burnt is rapid in its growth,
beautiful and tightly to appea rance, but
it fprings up 10 rapidly that it requires
the axe, or in other words guillotine. to
keep it within due bounds in ihort, this
tree has become the common peit of the
u States it is defpiied by all thofe
who were formerly the greateit admirers
of its beauty 1t is in every fenfe Of the
word vegetable hypocri,e. The French
revolutionitts have been beyond their in
tention jult to themfclyes for it is diff
cult to FAY whether they, or their reprc-
tentative, has been dcfpifed in the United
States the mott. We do NOT wonder
that 70 many of thefe vegetable reprcfen-
tatives of French liberty have been plant
ed in the city of Warrington.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27

Bad ne4vs.--We are forty to learn that
the grub suaym h as already began TO lay
waste the corn-aelds OF the farmer
Thefe dcpredations feem to embrace a
wider range this year than laff, and to
mark more articles in the vegetable
kingdom for deitrudlon this year than
any other preceding year-even radiihes
and onions in fome gardens have not ef-
capped their ravages.
We obterse the papers, in different
parts ofthe country, ARE very bufy in prog
noaicating on the fubjea of the seafons
the harveis, sc In Virginia We arc
told the HeiIian Fly has made its appear.
ance, and threatens defruaion to the
wheat and the farmers are advifed to
make preparations for plentiful crop of
Indian corn for fear Of fcarcity.
Whether this is kindly intended to pro.
vide for the pofible want of fhort wheat
harvef the enfuing fummer, or to keep
up the price of -four for little while,
we pretend not to know. 1t is pretty
early to determine absolutely, that the
harvcft will be poor next fummer We
recollec thar the lalf year, after the fpots
on the fun made their appearance, there
was Wait deal of prophef,iug about the
approaches of a famine, both for man
and beaa. The country was filled with
alarm on the occaGon-it was thought
there would not be food enough to fave
life--.he Shakers, it was faid, purchased
large quantities. of -four for futurity-
people began to kill off their flock of cat
tie. and it was gravely propofed in the
papers, by sort of process like that of
rob6mg Peter 10 pay PAIL" to kill the
fheep for the purpofe of boiling them
into soup to fatten pork with. Altho'
fome of the crops were light the laft year
rhe wheat was abundant-perhaps never
better, either in quantity or quality, and
the farmers generally have iuryived
long cold winter.
AT the fame time that the fears of the
Vnginians are alarmed on account of the
fIeilian Ely. we observe by North Car
DINA paper, that corn is falling in Gesr.
gia, and the reduction of price is attri
buted TO The very fattering PROJECT Of
abundant craps q Jn,aH gram" in that
State. This may be fairly fet off againft
the other. And If there is good ground
to believe that the fate of the foreign
marke, is fuch, that -four may be fairly
expected TO come down to a more rea
fonable price, the enfuing fummer, it
ought not TO be kept up merely becaufe
the Hefian Fly has made its appearance
in Virginia.-N \. AGv.
Corn is falling in Georgia on account
of the very fattering profpect OF the crops
of ffnall grain
AS the time for railing Vegetables is
now approaching, and as they are fire.
quently deitrovcd by iniects of different
Kinds, will iuggeis for The experience of
thcfe who may be difpofrd to fave them,
a remedy, that number of years expert
ence has, with me-, proved tuceefsful
Al any time when you find them likely to
be injured. prepare lacked lime and in
the morning, when they are wet with
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-05-27
ly1Uiss IYeGUers.

eRoRegrows, NAT e.--We understand
that ship load OF stocking looms and SWISS
weasers arrived in Washington few days
since, where they propose 10 form an estab"
lishment, which has for It's object the man
ufacturing OF cotton and wooden hosiery,
snil panialoons, peticoats, under waisctoass
and Berlin lace, and tulle for ladies' dres-
SEES.