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Bxtrasfl from the Oration delivered In St.
haul’s Church, Augulla, on the 3d of
July last, by John Forfyth, Esq.
‘•'Our local government, has long beSS
file object of derlfion and ahufc, the
ber of its errors is rapidly decreasing, •
and I trail, it will ere long acquire that
dignity and force which will eradicate
the impreflions which have been nude to
its difadvkntage, and render it as refpecla
b!e as any of our union. The present
ad niniftration of our general government
commenced its career under the moil fa
vorable circamlbances for the dcflrudion
of the fpiiit of party. Unfortunately its
leading principles have served to render it
dill more rancorous.. On the measures of
that adminifl ration I forbear to observe,
the experience of a few years will more
forcibly evince its imperfections and its
follies than the moil pointed language of
individual censure. On one of its most
favorite plans whose dangerous tendency
mull be apparent to all ; I trust, 1 may
.hazard a few reflections without incurring
.the accusation of arrogance. Moll of
the vclfcls of our navy, have been public
ly disposed of for half their value, and a
large proportion of the remainder have
been laid up in our docks with the cer
tainty of their deflruilion. One of the
principal ends to be accomplifhcd by a
Change of administration, was the dimi
nu ion of that influence which Great-
Britain was erroneo nly laid to poflVfs in
our councils. No former are the wishes
of the oppofers of the former adminidra
f-ions gratilied, no sooner arc they in
duced into government, than they thus
adopt the mol favorite wish of that
nation. The BritiCh government is sup.
ported by its commerce. A nation ex-
Cepr the United States does not exilb who
c m hope ever to equal them, in the ex
tent of their navigation. We look for
ward with certainty to the period when
we Ihould excel them. Jealous ol our
■growing commerce, our navy its defence
and support, was the peculiar ohjeft of
their fear. Ouf tars of yesterday already
rivalled in activity their most experienced
Seamen. In our growing armament they
behold a rmrfery for men.who aspired to
excel them on their native element. They
beheld it with a jaundiced eye, and their
supreme wish is gratilied by its deduc
tion, Shall I inlult your understandings
by a recapitulation of those arguments
which have been adduced for the preferva
iton of our navy ? Is it not fuffroient that
bommeree is the inspiring fpiiit of agri
culture ? If our agriculture is worthy of
encouragement our commerce deserves the
protection of its government. —But the
reign of political deluflon is palling away :
like the llonns and commotions of the
natural world, it may perhaps serve to
purify our political atmosphere. The
people of the union will soon learn to dlf
criminate between the promises and the
performances of the candidates for their
favor; between the afts of the present and
former adminiftrarions; between long
edablilhcd opinions and the fpeeulations
of modern philofophy.’'
fix tracts from the Report of the Secretary
of the Nfivy , Mr, Benjamin Stoddert ,
to the Chairman of the Committee of
Naval Affairs,
“ Navy-Department,
January 12, 1801.
“ SIR,
“ The report of the secretary of the
treasury, containing a llatemtnl of the
appropriation neepffary for the year 1801,
the estimates of the expence of
maintaining the navy of the fame year.
It Is unneceffiry, therefore, for me to
repeat them here.
Bat it will be observed, that thefeefti
miUes were formed on the idea of employ
ing our whole force in cruiling, as here,
toforc, for die protection of our commerce.
Should the United States be so fortunate
us to terminate by an honorable treaty, *
the difference with France, it would he
good oeoonomy to fell all the public vcf
fels, except the following frigates:
The United States, The Conllellation,
Prefident, Congress,
Gonlliturion, Essex,
Chefapcak, Bodon,
Philadelphia, John Adams,
New-York, Adams, and
General Greene.
“ The rest were either built of mat est.
ah which do not promise long duration ,
r are too Jmail to form a part of the na~
timal defence. In future wars, the U
nited Stales will probably be influenced
bv the example of all oiher nations, to
lufer the capture of veffcls merely com
* The Convention with France was
ratified by the Senate of the U. S. on the
5 d Frh, i ?01.
Imercial from their enemy; and, in this
event, the enterprizing spirit of our citi
zens will quietly furnilh for private emo
lument, nearly all the small veliels neces
sary to be employed; and will thus add
to the national means of annoyance, with
out adding to the national expence. In
this view, it may be fufficient for the
United States to attend principally to a
provision for (hips of the line and frigates.”
** It will require years to cut the tim
hgi from the woods and to build a (hip of
74 gqns, and after (he is built of green
timber (he will not last longer than the
time coofumed in building her. A (hip
of the fame size, beftdes the iramenfe ad
vantage in point of duration, may be
built and fern to fca in less than- a year,
if all the materials are on thef spot. Tim
ber may be preserved for ages in docks,
and at little expense; and the knowledge
that we possess it in that state, will in
spire nearly as much refpeft for our flag,
as if the Chips were built, and on the
ocean."
AN ACT providing far a Naval Peace
Ejiabh/hment and for other purposes.
BE it cnafted by the Senate and House
of Repr.efenlatives of the United
States of America, in Congress affemhled ,
That the Prefidcnt of the United States
be, and he hereby is authorifed whenever
the filiation of public affairs (hall in his
opinion, render it expedient to cause to
be fold, they being firtt diverted of their
guns and military (tores, which arc to be
carefully preserved, all or any of the (hips
and vessels belonging to the Navy, ex
cept the frigates United States, Constitu
tion, Prcfident, Chesapeake, Philadelphia,
Constellation, Congress, New-York, Bo
ston, Essex, Adams, John Adams, and
General Greene; and also to lay up all
the frigates thus to be retained, except
such as are directed by this aft to be kept
in constant service in time of peace.
Sec. z. And be it enacted. That fix
of the frigates to be retained (hall be kept
in conltant service in time of peace, and
(hall be officered and manned as the Pre
sident of the United States may direst,
not to exceed however two-thirds of the
present compliment of Teamen, and ordi
nary Teamen ; the residue of the frigates
to be retained lhall be laid up in conveni
ent ports; and there (hall be permanently
attached to each frigate so laid up, one
failing matter, one boatfwair, one gun
ner, one carpenter, and one cook, one
sergeant or corporal of marines, and eight
marines; and to the large frigates twelve,
and to the small frigates ten fcamen; the
sailing-master (hall have the general care
and fuperintendance of the (hip ; and (hall
generally execute such other duties of a
purser as may be ncceffary.
See. 3. Relates solely to the daily ra
tions in the Navy.
Sec. 4. Be it further enafted, That
the Piefident of the United States, retain
in the Navy Service in time of Peace,
nine Captains, thirty fix Lieutenants,
and one hundred and fifty midlhipmen,
including ihofe employed on board of the
fix frigates to be kept in service : and
that he be authorifed to difeharge all the
other officers in the Navy Service of the
United States; but such of the aforefaid
officers as (hall be retained in the service,
(hall be entitled to receive no more than
half their monthly pay during the time
when they (hall not be under orders for
aftual service.
Sec. 5. Be it further enafied , That
all the commiflioned, and warrant officers,
who (hall be difeharged as aforefaid, (hall
be entitled to receive, four months pay
over and above what may be due to them
refpeftive’y at the time of their difeharge.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker
of the House of Representatives
JAMES HILLHOUSE, Prejident
of the Senate pro tempore .
Approved, March 3d, 1801.
JOHN ADAMS, Prejident
of the United States.
NEW-YORK, August z.
A duel was fought at Hobuck on Satur
day evening between Dewitt Clinton and
'John Swartwout, Efqrs. Five (hots
were exchanged, two of which lodged in
one of Mr. Swartwout’s legs, a little
above the ancle bone.
Auguji 4.
Extra/5 of a letter from a commercial
house of the firji rtjpedability in hew
Orleans, to another in this city , dated
July 20, 1802, received via Phila
delphia.
“ The alarm that exists in the United
Srates refpefting this Province being ced
ed to France, we have great hopes is
groundless. Nothing but conjecture or
report has prevailed on this point hither
to ; and we doubt not the timely notice
| that will be given by the Spa nidi Court
to its officers here will afford" fufficlcat
time to prepare, if necessary, far any e
mergency.
“420,000 dollars in fpccie are just
arrived from Vera Cruz. This we hope,,
will be a great advantage to commerce.”
Captain Holier, who arrived at this
port on Monday in 9 days from Cape
Francois, informs us, that at the time he
failed (24th July) all was quiet there.
The fever prevailed among the troops
with considerable mortality. A fmail
reinforcement, sent from France, had ar
rived, and was ordered to Port Republi
can. Markets were pretty brisk, parti
cularly Lumber, which commanded a great
price.
Auguji 5.
The Britiffi packet, Princcls Amelia,
arrived at this port yesterday from FaU
mouth, via Halifax, in 56 days. She
left Falmouth the Bth June, and brings
London papers to the sth of that month,
inclusive, a file of winch is received at
the office of the Mercantile Advercifer.
The principal part of their contents
has been anticipated byway of Norfolk.
The following are the only interesting ar
ticles which have not already appeared :
London, June 4 —5.
A number of contradictory reports have
lately prevailed refpeCting the probable du
ration of the present parliament; but we
can now state, with considerable confi
dence, that it will be dillolved on the
25th-inst. in order that the elections may
not interfere with the business of harvelt.
Both houses will adjourn on the day pre
vious to that of diffolutton.
We last night received a few Paris pa
pers to the date of June 1, inclusive : By
these we have the full official information
that an alarming scarcity prevails in
France. In order to appease the people,
and perhaps, also to place the provincial
administration on their guard, it has been
thought advifeable to publilh a letter up
on this fubjeft from the minister of the
interior to the departments of the north.—
The writer states the profped of avast
importation from Dantzic, Amltcrdam,
and North America; and adds, that corn
abounds in the southern departments and
in Britanny, so that the high prices in
the diftriCts near Paris mult speedily de
cline. The public are assured by the mi
nirter, that government are taking all
possible measures to that end.
The Dutch government have it in con
templation to declare the trade to the
Ealt Indies free and open to all the citi
zens of the republic.
M. D. Calonne arrived iu Paris on
Wednesday fe’nnight, after an absence of
fourteen years, in confequcnce of the in
vitation of the firft consul. The objeCf
of his excursion is of infinite magnitude.
He is gone over as the agent of the French
Princes, whom Buonaparte is resolved to
refeue from (at least every kind of pecu
niary) embarrassment.
General Marat is arrived at Paris from
Naples. Accounts from that city state,
that the whole of Eastern Italy is threat
ened with absolute dearth, which is to be
aferibed to the exceffivedrynefs of the sea
son.
The emigrants are pouring into France
from all quarters of Europe.
- PHILADELPHIA, Auguji 4.
No Alternative but Removal.
Out readers will now be able to fay up
on what grounds of propriety or tmpropn
ety we endeavoured, a few days since, to
alarm the public mind to a sense of its
danger, from the malignant disease im
ported in the St. Domingo Packet. For
several days the wind had been in one di
rection, during which period the disease
had been confined to the N. E. position,
in which it was firft deposited. Within
the last four days the weather has altered,
and the disease has now made its appear
ance in Cherry.ftreet and in Second,
ftrect, down so low as the neighborhood
of the drawbridge. Since the sick were
not removed, the only alternative for the
citizens is to remove themselves, ■ while
they have health and life. For there is
little hope ot any other means that can
be employed being likely to check the
afflicting scourge.—The people have con
tributed by their indifference, to their
own afflictions. Reproach has been the
return for early admonition, and men, ig
norant of every thing relating to disease,
were found to have more weight in direct
ing public opinion, than the Ikill of phy
sicians of experience and faccefbful practi
tioners on that disease.
Auguji 6.
He alth-Office, Auguji
The reports to this office prclcnt to the
board of health a more alarming incrcafc
of the mortality of the prevailing fever,
than has hitherto appeared during the pre
sent fealbn. From the number of new
fubjeds daily added to the lift of lick,
and from the malignant hTueoln*. B
them, there is ample caafe t 0 believe kB
the present contagious disease is m ’ a ?lß
witn charafters of a* malignant a n 'B
as any which has hitherto
city.
In consequence of an impreflion of.v I
nature, the board of health is i tt J*B
by motives of duty, and regard i, r * t ‘• B
fellow-citizens, to warn them of the'-?B
preaching danger, and to entreat t wß
' whose wealth will permit, immediate*
to withdraw from the city and dift t fo/B
by which means we hopse to be inftrume B
tal, under Providence, in prefervin^B
the community the lives of many ufefula fl
valuable citizens. n(I H
The following are the number of uB
and dead reported this day by the phvsß
dans and the committee cf this board-'B
SIC K. ' B
t. A man in Water near CalWhiil B
street, out of whose family one has died" I
2. A man in North ally, whose fift c * r I
died in the Northern Liberties on the B
instant, and whom he frequently vifuedß
during her illness. S
3. A woman in Callowhill near Front.B
street. B
4. A woman at the upper end of northß
Front. B
A woman near Coates’s-ftrect, j n ß
Front. B
6- A woman in Callowhill near Front. B
’j. The child of the last mentioned, fl
8. A man in Third, between Arch and I
Race-streets. fl
g. A woman in Water-street near the I
Drawbridge. ■
10. A man in Second near Race-street B
D E A D. I
Mrs. Innes and her grand child Water I
near Vine-It reel. I
Joseph Burns’s son and daughter, Front I
above Callowhill street. ■
John Smith, Innkeeper, Water street, ■
near the Drawbridge. I
Nancy Roark, removed from the fame I
place on the 3d, died on the jlh in Moya- I
mensing. I
Mr. Smith, in Third-street near Cher- I
ry alley. I
Mrs. Smith, who nursed in a sick fa- I
mily near Vine-street, died out of town I
on the 3d. I
No deaths at the City Hofpit il ftnee I
the last report, nor admiflions fmee the I
3d inst. I
In addition to the foregoing the Board I
has learnt that some others are sick and I
dead ; but having no authentic infonnati. I
on on the fubjebt, forbear to report them. I
As a meafurc of security for the city, it I
is recommended to thole who may pru- I
dently retire from the town, to direct their I
Fire-Buckets to be left at ’the Court or I
State-House, in case of Fire. I
By order of the B/ard,
CoRNL. CoMEGYS, Prefdt.
Attest, B. F. Garrigues, Scc'y.
We understand that Debtors I‘roudtit
and Church, have accepted the appoint
ment of attending Physicians of the City
Ilofpltal during the prevalence of the pre
sent disease. Heath Norbury, has alio
been appointed steward of the above insti
tution.
We are informed that the Board of
, Health have appointed the buildings on
Mud-llland, formerly occupied as a ma
rine Lazzaretto, for the reception and ac
commodation of the poor of this city.
Anguji 7 .
The Committees appointed by the Di
rectors of the Banks in this city, held a
conference yesterday at neon; and, we
are informed, that their opinion was a
gainst an immediate removal of the banks.
They have agreed to meet again on Mon
day next.
WILMINGTON, (d.) Aug. 4.
Martinique was in poficllion of the Bn
tifh when the Eagle failed. It was ro
be given up to the French on the 18th,
but the prefect, who arrived some time
lince requested the Brililh to hold if till
the French who were expedited early m
August, arrived. Many people were
facriticing their property at auction in
order to leave the llland previous to the
French taking polTeffion of it. It is sup
posed the condubd cf the French at Gua
daloupe and Hispaniola, towards the A
racricans, will be fufiklent to deter tbs
latter from rilidng their property at Mar
tinique, as the fame iniquitous game will,
no doubt, be played at that place. We
are informed by authority which we be
lieve, that an American who had fold
four (mall cags ot lard to a French officer,
was obliged to take,a bill on the firft
Consul for payment ? What an eminent
Hacklier is Buonaparte. He thould in
ftcad of being the fi'ji canful be f>fi
huckjler of Franee.
When Baflaterre (Gaud.) was taken
poflbffion oi by the French, 5000 negroes
and njulatcss were 'hipped on board ct