Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-13

Santee, on the stocks, Portsmouth.
Cumberland, do Boston.
Sabine, do New York.
Savannah, do do
Raritan, do Philadelphia.
Columbia, do Washington.
st. Lawrence, do Norfolk
Contracts have been made. under an Act of
March 1897, for the live oak frames of five addi-
tional ships of the line, five frigates, and five
sloOps of war. In fulfilment of these contracts,
deliveries have been made, at different Navy
Yards, of 52l,7l4 cubic feet of said timber, for
which has been paid the sum of S568,5O0.
The policy of the United States in building
their ships of war size larger than the nominal
rate, has put the naval powers of the Old World
| to considerable inconvenience, who at once per-
ceived that. in case of war with this country,
their 74's would be source of perpetual en-
barrassment and anxiety, as they could not, SIN
gle handed. encounter first rate American "a,
without an almost certainty of being captured
And so of their frigates: none of which could
stand against the first class of American frgates
The consequence would be that they would Ell
Their have to run away fro,n vessels of the same
class with themselves, or submit to the still more
notifying alternative of being captured. Fore
seeing this, the French have already followed our
example, to considerable extent, and the Eng
lish are ''begiuning 10 think about it,"
~ 7. Jour Com.
-ssse6eosN-
M. Monroe. are sorry to learn that Mr..
Monroe, one of our patrlarchal Ex-Presidents.
is about to resign his seat as one Of the visitors
of this Institution, and that he has decided to
make his permanent residence in the city Of New
York, for the sake of passing the remainder OF
his life with his daughters, one Of whom has
long resided in that city. Thus to leave his ma
tive State, the scene of his first political dstinc
ton, the theatre of much of his public service,
and the fountain of that popularity which elevat-
ed him to the highesth onors of his country, must
have occasioued pain and modification to mind
of much less sensibilty than MIR. Monroe's-
But while we regret the separation, as we'll as
the occasion of it, we think that, under all cir
cerely hope that this venerable patriot of the
revolution will find in the society of his daugh-
tiers. and in the respect of his fellow citizens,
soace for his late domestic Affections as well as
for other yexatIons he has endured. That it has
cost him struggle TO sever the ties which bound
him to Virginia, appears from a recent letter to
professor of this Institution, Mr.. Tucker, by
whom we have been favored with the following
extract: After speaking of the necessity of sell
ling his land in Loudoun, he SAYS; -" 1t has been
very painful for me to part with thus property.
it being the last hold in the state, as it would
afford me pleasure to visit occasionally, If my
health permitted, when should meet many old
friends there, from many parts of the state, with
whom l have been connected, and have labored
through life. But the uD,isatiDn Is so Imperative
as to leave me no alternative. shall resign my
seat at the board in time to enable the executive
to fill the vacancy, that my successor may attend
the next meeting. This also is painful circum-
stance for reasons that will readily to you."
Charlottesville Chameleon.
-~ns97a~
LACON CS.
If you suppress the exorbitant love Of pleasure
and money, idle curiosity, ubiquitous pursuits
and wanton mirth, what stiffness would there be
in the greatest cities the necessaries of life do
not occasion, at most, a third part of the hurry.
When see leaves drop from the trees in the
beginning of autumn, just such, thinks |, is the
friendship of the world. While the sap of main
tenance lasts, my friends swarm in abundance.
but, in the winter of my need they leave me ma.
ked. He is happy man that has true friend
at his need; Lut he is more truly happy that has
no need OF his friends.
.3drice to Lovers.-Always know if YOU can
bear a refusal before you attempt counting.
Company.-Of all the vexations Of life, there
are none SO insupportable as those insipd visits,
those annoying partialities which occupy the time
of frivolous and fashionable characters.
Minds accustomed to activity are more ,mpa-
tent under merton than fatigue.
With some people, earnestness is anger; plain
bible-truth speaking, lack of dignity, to say as
you mean, rudeness; zeal in a righteous and
urgent cause, fanaticism; an unequivocal disap-
probation Of vice and crime, unchartable Inhuu
nanity; an unwavering adherence to principle,
or stubbOrness; candid acknowledge
ment of error, meanness; chaste poIiteness, IL