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[For the Museum.]
THE CORK EC FOR— No. 1.
MUNU..Y, Oi ICRt.R ijik.
- they had adopted Re
ligion as a f rm, and not as a principle.
It ‘was compliance, and not conviilion*
It was confit miry to Custom, and nA
the persuasijn of the heart*”
{ Cce’cbs.
THE rouclufion of my fir ft numlxr,
adverted to religious pride, and the trGls
c-.iiniCt and with it. If the great example
after whom we pretend to lorin our con
d,id, had afforded any foundation, for re
ligions piefuinpiion hy Ins own woiks on
earth, I llr.uld feel disposed to grant ev*>
r, inJulgcnce to those “ who adopt reli
gion as a lorin, and not as a principle
however, as our Saviour has Briefly and
r e.ite lly enjoined, that we fli mid prac
ti<e that houoiable humility, which so em
inent I \ characterized him, dm mg Ins exm
sreise witli the 1 >ns and daugh runs ot Ad
am ; 1 (lid! proceed to criminate the atro
city olTucli conduct with all the severity it
dr lerves.
If the children of men would more fre
quently devote themli Ives to contempla
tion and re Unit ion, tiny would often* r
perceive the folly ol their prefuniniion md
the gross error of their ways—could they
be brought to reded on the omnipotent
attributes of Jehovah, and the wond’rous
works, connected with the attiihutes,
thev would flirink before the n...jelly of
heaven, and tremble for that pride, which
the face of nature it elf condemns—how
ever, tins degrading occupation, this un-
D-.tfoo.ihle compliance with the tenets of
true chvift'anity, is too discordant and too
abhorrent to their nice f nAbilities, and
tinil'e delicate iitas of propriety, which ix.-
Jong to tiic exclulive candidates for evvi
ldling bliss ; they think that by devoting
tliemielves to these objects, they commit
robbery against their own ft lt-cniifrquentc:
that hy a serious exam in *tlon of their own
comparative littleness they do away all
that importance, which mult of course a
fift from the exercise of greater know
ledge, and the display of that outward
e xllilbiiient, derived from the poffiffion
of great riches—or if thev are only pla
ced in a middle fiuiation in focietv, the
cordideration, still lelTeus their consequence
among thole of inferior rank, hut offline*-
riar chrilfian graces—They ought to re-
C’ lJeift, that whatever ellimaiion thev may
ho.d in the minds of their companions in
g'di’ —Still their condufft creates fenti
lij.-nt .if pity in the breads of those who
pr f fttl.e fame religi o but with better
‘title-, ;o gratitude and l uficence—and
tlwtir even aff.rds a iuffici nt excuse to
worlctiy in n, for th. ir ncglecA of the ordi
nances t liie Church—and a foundation
tor th. t i.ii inpt of empty profoffion,
wine.i lo often routounds the only disci
ples of our Saviour with the “deceivers
of their own f nil-.’*
Ha s ’>• i*. :n> hole t at an assembly of
wordnpo is (b uild *c firmly united, when
th. n, t rials of unity, are so essentially
dift'o"t in their natures; is it poflible, that
ir uiiinity and brotherly love lliould exist
wlk r.-pride aud its conlVquent vices are
mingled with cliriftian humility, and its
attendant virtues—do the perlons, who
atv vidims to the former evil, fancy, they
have equal claims to the joys of a future
state, or do they imagine tlie precedency
in heaven, will be regulated according to
the precedency on earth ? Certainly one
or the other of these opinions mull intlu
ence their weaker judgments. Thev ei
ther have not placed a proper conftrudion
on the words ot the feripture, (if the ftrip
tures they have read) or they do not com
prehend tie dodrines of the F.vaugelills,
as etijoiw and by the ministers of the gulp* l,
in tlxr exhortations from the pulpit ; and
trliich the y ought to inculcate in langmge
plain and cogent, and not too much tinc
tured W’th theology—however, ’tis not
bv a daily intercourse with the Bible, that
this egreg.ous violation of divine law,
is to I-.- e v.dcd—the fit I) commandment
alone,isi> if, lepttoimpi -ssn.-xmonr minds
the guilt of religions pride. Os what
benefit are our pretentious to holinelV, if we
live in continual v'uTuion pf that anchor,
itative Cos am -id, vvhi > been prefonted
for our ed nic.lt ion line., tie? ri.vs of child
hood— certainlj ’> • ; but a mockery of re-’
ligioti, tmd <• ii ver •v* w. ,ft indignation
of ttie Most High more peer,' 1 this crimi
nal pride is a,, ii rued in its cfleets be
yond tht members if the f*nu* church—
it xer* if i a Inme’ul in Hu ore over the
men of the world—it est emsitl'elf a privi
leges! obj and ; polluted, if holding mter
courfe \ it a the vnkkgicnf.hat’. r> funs and
daughters of Adam—it harbours so great a
i felt-conceit of its own luperior goodnels,
that it tends to create a founuTs, a gravi
ty, a ftoie-like difpolition at times fecretiy
fepugiiaiK to the feelings of the vidim
thus tormented; hut which the miscon
ftrudion of a holy life, has unfortitnatelv
w a
produced—by lliclt? means it prevents the
obj l ds lo lituated, from exerci,ing those
philanthtopic feelings towards their own
species, which otiglit and mull tver adu.ite
a truly chriitian Ipirit—-and inllead of us
ing their exertions in bringing mortals to
a just fenle of their obligations, hy pious
example and charitableperfualion, thev on
iy treat thm with per fed indifference as
entirely unworthy of their attention, con-
trailing the condition of tlit fe perlons with
that of their own. aid congr.it uiating theip
lelves, with being the alone children of
Ooil.” M.
NOTICE.
Dt m nds against tlie bwiddh (hip Hoppets,
(iapt. Kruse, mull be rendered in 1 HIS
J)aY, by teti o'clock OtKrwist payment
will be debarred. V\ At. lA\ LUH.
October 17 < 65
from tie X<.-w-Ycrk Gai. Gaoler 4. ;
FROM OUR CORRESi’OMDENT.
Tbe editois of the >Jew-\ork fiizette
are much indebted to Mr. locLii t so. liis
unweaiied exertions in forwarding every
item of news that transpires in Rollon, be
’ tween the puiilication ot tlie Papers there •
on Saturday and Monday. ihe iollow
, ing is fumillitd by Mr. 1 op’.iti :
J'.xuiAMis Coring House,
Boston , Saturday Even. Ocl. •
Messrs. Lang, J cmxur Ck Cos.
The gentltn.ui ho a, rived at the
Eu(lward in a p ize f iioont r, from Cadiz,
arrived in town Lft evening. One ofthmn
1 favored me with tbe loan of a file of Cad.z
and Madrid papers, the forinc’ - to the 2711
July, ti.e latter to the n<d, c mtaining the
decree for the re-cftaultlb nelit t die lu
quiluion, which I have got timil tied and
fend you a cop, , wl.iih follows.
Supplement totbe Madrid Gazette, jfu m
ly iod. 1 b 14..
‘l'hc King our Cord has ot e i nlealed to
ena’t the Idllowmg diene.
The glorious title of i.i Ii >’ic bv which
the Kings- of .pain are dining , i l l and among
tbe other Cbr.dim Princes, necaufe they
do not t >!i 1 ,te in tin ir Kingdom ant one
who proti fli s another rcl g:on than the
(Cti.ohe, Aoollolic and Ron..an, has pow
eilully ixt ited my heal t 10 emply ah the
.ins w ieli (od has placed in :n\ hands,
111 ordir to niakt myltlf w .rth’ of it.
’J tie pall troubles and wai vvl.dcli afflict
ed all the I’lovmct 3 of the Kingdom dur
ing the (pace ol fix tears; the refkitnee
therein during that time, of foreign troops
of different feds, almoll all infected with
abhorrence and hatred to the Catholic Re
ligion ; and the difirder that thle evils al
ways bring with them, together with tlie
little care which was taken for fome time,
in providing for what concerned the things
of religion, gave to the wicked mdimittll ii*
cenle to live alter their free will, and to in
troduce in thC Kingdom, and fix in many
perlons, pemcious opinions by the fame
means with which they had been propagat
ed in other countries.
Drilling therefor” to provide z remedy
agnni* lo great art evil, ,md prelerve in mv
dominions tilt-holy religion of Jesus Clirill, ’
which my p- ople love, and in which they
have lived anu do live happily, both by the
duty which the fundamental laws of the
Kingdom impose on the Prim e which fii .ll
reign over it,.and I have sworn tooblerve
ami fu.fil, as likewise lacing the mofl pm
per means to preserve my fubji c)s from in
-1 t> lime dil.entions, and mamrain thtin in
(H'ace an i trunquilitv, l liave tlnnigiit* it
wouid be verv convenient in ti> r. ent
cin uii'ltama s. tliat the uihiunl oi . t ilo
ly O t jice Ihould return to thtexerne of i t
jurisdidtioh.
U|vni which fubjeifl w’f!.- and virtuous
prelates and mans torp-r tio isand !< ri >us
;x;rlbns, both ecdeliallica! ands cul.*r,
have reprelentedto me that it. was owing
to this tribunal th it Spain was net contami
nated in the tbth centvir’ with tim errors
that cauled so niur.li afllidion in other
kingdoms, the lyuior. fl-imidling at that
tihilf in all kinds of literature, in great
men, in liolinels, in virtue. And that one
of the principal means em ;h>\ed bv tiie
Oppreffwr of Eurojie, in order tolowcur
ruption and dif.ord, from which he deriv- !
ed so main advantages, w s to leftroy it
under pietence that the light of tlie age \
could not bear its font iniunet any longer; 1
and which, aherwaids, the lelf-fl\ led gen
eral Cortes wi b the fame pretence, and
that of the Conflitini m, which they had
tuniultimufly framed, annulled to the great
l’oirnvv of the nation. ‘ ,
Wherefore, they have ardently request- j
ed me to re-eftabhlli that tribunal, atiu ac
cording to their reoilefts, and the willies !
of the people, who from love to the reli
gion ot thi ir t .tlu is, h ive reflored of tlreir
own .icc id, f me of the filial tern tribunals
to their fund oks, l have rofoßcd that the
Council oftlie Inqnifltion and the other
tribunals of the Holy Office lliould be re
lieved and continued 111 the exercile of
their jurisr! dion, both ecdefiaftical, which,
at the requeil of my atiguft prtdeedTors ‘
the pontiffs gave to it, and tlie royal,
which tlie ki; gs granted to it, observing in
the exercif iff Ixitli, the ordinances by
which they were governed in iScS, and
tlie laws and uprofellions. which, to avoid
cei tain abuli s, and moderate fame privi
leges it was mete to take at different times.
As betides tliefc provilicns it may per
haps Ik liiitakle to ad >pt other; nd mv
intention being to improve this eftahlilh
ment that the greatest utility may aril'e to
nn film efts from it, 1 w ilh that as soon as
the Council of Inquiluion meet, two
of its members, with two others of my
Royal Council, both of which l shall now- !
inate, (lionlu examine form and mode
of proceeding in the caules appertaining ;
to the Holy Office, and the method eli„b
liiliecl for the censure and prohibition of
books; and if there flnmlJ be found any ‘
tiling in it, contrary to tlie good of mv j
fulijeCfs, and tlie upright arlniiniftiation of 1
i'uftice, or that might to be alteieift it Ihall
ie proposed .to me, that I may determine
what Hull be proper. Thu is cmtumini
cat: and for your information, and of whom
mav concern.
I'alace, 2\Jl July* i'B*4*
THE KIN T C. j
To Don Fedrode Macanaz.
’l'he above was received at Cadiz tht*
27th July, tlie day before tlie geinkinen
left,and w.ij announced by tlx ringing of .
bells, firing of cannon. proc< limns of the
clergy, &c. and other demoiiftrations of
joy.
l'he pap* rs contain nothing elie very
fteiking. except that tlie iNqrtsrrios and
Uuli Feasts are the Older of the day, as I
n gtoJ old times ; and the ft D> ums
for the re-< ftabiiihmentot His
I’i.iie Pius tiie 11th; and the tulfome ad
ularoiy a.Mrti.tS from the Clergy andNo
to tne King, for his kind attention
ti tne Eccltfiaftical and Ariuocratical ii<-
tereft.
The Gentlemen inform me, that fome
t ne before thev 1; ft, Mr. K* ene w- nt to
Alg'e rs as agent from the American Cor
j fid appointed to 1 unis, but who was at Ca
diz, to endeavor to effect the rcle.de ol
t* e Americans held in slavery there, and
was aut'.jrztd to give dolls. ;000 each to
railfom them. I o this pr ipolition the
l)ey would not e nfr nt, but oblcrved he
i’ u : rl not lit them go as lie willied to add
to th- imavii rof his American captives.
While Mr. K trie was there, a failur
(f id tube an American) deserted from a
Ri'Ciiii fngtte and arrived at Algiers, and
eni a aceii ihtir’ riligion. T'hia man was
t;.umed by tiie Britilh Conlul; but the
Dev a oil'd not deliver him up, on account
ol his ..ivmg e’ their religion. Mr.
Kn lie tiiev, ;vtvaiiedr on-t!ie Bntilh Con*
fih to uf t I is jii Hu* nee to tffcdl the release
tft one or m re of t/ie Americans in lieu of
the deferttr this was axomplilhcd, the
Dey agreeing to gise lip two of them hy
paying il dls. Jooo each, winch was final
ly at ceptt <L and they had arrived at Cadiz.
While Mr. Keene was there, a Rritifh
frigate was off Algiers, and put on (bore
fair nnp.'t IT ft Amtricanswiio had refused
11 rlo duty any longer, and he very fortu
nately heard of it, procured them a boat,
ai A feut than across to Gibr<cr, before
ii was known in the city.
The Gentlemen fay, London papers .
wi re received at St. John's, (N. F.) to Ju
1\ 29 —in the late ft it l.ippe ired Lord
Gamhier, one of the (ionimillloners, was
in the Houle of Lords, and a call had been
m >de refpeafting tin? negotiations with A
merica; when it was Rated, that when it
was no'ified to them, that the American
Commiflioners haflall nfleniuled it Client,
the Britilli Conliniffioneis would ll t out
for that place immediately.
The papers, (bey Hale, contained much
matter relative to the Princess Charlotit,
but nothing n^w.
Extract of 4 letter from an American
gentlemaf , dated lUkraiter, June 22,
to bis friend in this place .
’ “ Napoleon, after many hairbreadth ,
e(capes, has arrived at tlie liland of Elba, ‘
wiiich tlie Allied Sever, igns have guaran
teed to in perpetual fovereiguty; he
wis condijtted over in the Britilli Irigatp
Undaunted, Cap:. Ulht r, and his officers
have r lafi'd t*> tiieir friends here many an
ecdotes lif that wonderful man. He told
Capr, I iiii 1 tiiat lie forced Mr. MaJifon
to *i* v are War r.gainll England ; that the
Am ictus were without charadleror hon
or—lie had got then into the £ rape, out
cl v, hich tlieY might emerge as weH as they
could, fo> fe things c ine in an unques
t' 1 -liable Hi a yie, and 1 believe them. The
P- ace in I ii:one has caused a dreadful re
vi if t-> ft off ibralter. Ibis
place, if 1 ‘nay he allowed the expression,
iii ‘i -inert tally dead, and I much fear that
the htcle American bufinels to be done
lieie in tiie even of prate will hardly be
worth dividing.
Bonaji o re has hoiftod his flag at tbe Is
land of Elba, which is a white ground
with a red bord*r, ab'ue field with three
beys in the centre.
Nothing new trom theeaftward ornorth
waid this evening.
Yours, &< *
SAMUEL TOPLIFF.”
Ty the Steam Boat FULTON*
From the Burlington Sentinel, Sept* 30.
Sir George Prevoft with his army which
was at Plattfbuigh has gotu- into the Upper
Province, except a fm .11 gua'd, which is
left at Champlain or Odletowu.
ARMISTICE.
By a gen. leman diretft from Montreal,
we have intelligence, hv a late arrival at
Quebec,of an armistice having been agreed
upon for 90 days, b, .1 id between the. Min-’
iflers appointed bv our*, nd the British
Government, to negotiate fettle a [ieace.
The rnteilig nee w s received in Montre
al and Tent by txprefs to Sir George in
the.Upprr Province. From the lourtebv
which this information is received we con
fide r it entitled to louit* credit*
In c ouncil, 15r ; i Oct. 1814.
Resolv'd, That an election will he
held on Mondav, the 24th instant. to fill
the vac unc\ occ.dinned by the death of
John Pettib >ne, Esq. “freafurer eledt.
Extrail from tbe minutes.
j D. D. WILLIAMS, c c.
Otft olier 17 65
Executor s ‘Sale-
By virtue of an order of tbe honorable
tbe Inferior Court* -f Liberty Coun
ty, will be sold by Public AuSli.n, cn
tbe firjl Tuesday in January next ,
between tbe often and three j
o'cl eh, before the Court-House in \
said County ,
All that Tract of I AND, supposed to j
contain about two thousand ti-res, known j
bv the name of Hall's tract; buvgded on .
the north b” lands of the ellate oi John |
Bakerau.d Jam s G*a!:ain; on the e.ift by i
huid> ot the dliite of AVilliam Norman j
and dlate of William E. Way; on the;
leu til b* labels of David G. Holms, sand j
eftateof John Cropt, and on tht weft by j
lands of J bn Stacy ; it being part of tiie i
real eflat. of R-.tMiioud 1) mere, deceafrd, t
and to lx- fold fbr 1 r benefit of the beiis
and creditors of laid est ate.
JOSEPH HABFRSHAM,
Ex'or cf the Jiate R. Duuere*
October 17 (if 1
IN ASSLMBLI'—Srpt. 30,
MESSAGE,
From bis Excellency the Governor*
Gentlemen—Conformably to tne de
claration made in mv public conimunica
ti.ni, I now t!o myl-lf the honor ol detail
ing the nieuiurcs of defence which have
b er. purlbed in the recess of tne
ture.
I Learning tliat Gtneral Brown’s arm*’
bad retrog::ded to Er f, and was jeopar
dized, anft tliat he had called on ivlajor
G .neral Hall *or a finall militia force, 1
d'fpatclied Crl. John B. Yates, one ot my
aids, to that fro itier with authority an t
directions to conlult with thepnm pal m
ficers and characters thrre, and to make i
further call for Inch force as mig.-t be
deemed necessary. His import is herewith
communicat'd. Pa Aof the inftitia cull
ed out bv that order, have eroded to Erie,
and conduced like patriots and brave men,
as will appear hy the official letter ot Ma
jor General Brown, winch accompanies
this meffage*
Taking it for granted th>t Sackett’s
Harbour would occ.dionaliy be drained of
regular troops, during this campaign, and
that tiie commanding officer there would
of corn fe be under the necessity of alking
for temporary reinforcements of militia,
the Major-General and Brigadier-General*
of the furroiinding diftri<ft of country, were
severally inftruAed to comply promptly !
with any call for rnilitia, witiiout waiting
to conlult me ; and 1 engaged to cons rm
as far as depended on me, their official acts ;
in such cases. Accordingly, bodies ot mi
litia have, at different ti.nes, repaired to
the defence of the Ilarbuur, and a confi*
clerable number are now in ferrite there.
1 lie fucccfs of tlie enemy -at Waffling*
ton, (plead a momentary panic on the fea
b-'rird. Tlie Corporation of the city of
New-York, had previoully made an ar
rangem'-nt with the general government
for the <1 fence, in the firft inlhnce, of tlie
funds necessary to pay three thousand mili
tia, to lx c.Hiied into iervice at New-Yoik.
Upon receiving a’ requilition sor B that num
ber ot militia, it was immediattlv put in
service. Soon after the dWallers at VV ilh
ington, a requilition was made by theconi
niaoding officer of the thud Military Dis
trict. for a large additional nuniber of mi
litia for the defence ot New-Yoik. 1 his
caii wa. nil * promptly complied with and
numbers ratlier exceeding the amount ot
the requilition, are now in the service of
tbe United States at New-York. j
The Champlain frontier was at that
time confniered by me, perfectly secure,
and I was confirmed in this opinion, by a
communication from Major-Gen. Mooers,
of the militia, a copy whereof, marked C.
accompanies this communication—But af
ter 1 had made a call upon the militia of
tiie interior counties to make up tbe num
ber required for New-York, a Communica
tion, acquainting me with the withdrawal
of a principal pa t of tht Northern army
from that frontier, and with Gen. Izard’s
carl upon Major-General Mootrw, fora
militia detachment, was received by me at
New-York, and contained the hid intima
tion I had of that movement. An express
was inltantlv dispatched with orders for
G. nerd Mooers to comply wit! General
Izard's demand immediately. Gen. Moo
ers however had untie ipateft my orders,
by calling out tlx* militia of Clinton, Es
sex and’ Franklin ; and upon the receipt
of my iuflru&ions, made a further levy
for the militia of Saratoga, Montgomery and
Schoharie counties, detached and organiz
ed ,isa part of our quota of 13,500 men,
required by the Preftdcnt’s order of the
4th of July laid, a.iu upon the Renffclaer,
VVaffiington & Warren brigadesen rials;
and I dire died that part of the detachment
of 13,500 men, made from Renff Infer
county, to repair to Plactffiargh with Gen
eral Eddy’s brigade. A few of there
troops had arrived, and the reficiue were
on ti'tir way when the glorious triumph
of our naval and land forces at Plutllburgh
was announced.
In addition to the militia in service nt
New-York, I thought it mv dutv, with
the advice of the city authorities, to or
ganize, tor tbe defence of a
bod', of fearoen. Accordingly I have
formed corps of f*:a feucibles, upon the
principles con* ined in the’aft of Congrt Is
relative to that defeription of troops. But
they are liable to difbandnient if tlie Le
gifl.tture lliould dif.ppiove of tiieir eni
pb'i nient. About one thousand of this
dtlcripiion of trbiips. have been raffed, and
are stationed in the block, houses. water
batterics, and at other plac* s in the har
bour, where they can be moft serviceable.
The Corporation have been so liberal as
to advance tlie funds for prying them, in
confidence, tiiat tbe fame will be afliimed
and refunded bv t!,e Hate.—As the time
for which the lea-fencibles liave been paid
in advance will soon expire, an immediate
expreffiun of the intention oftlie Legifla
tur*, with refjxCl to t! eir continuance is
desirable, to the end, that they may be
dilbanded without turther expenses, in
case tlie employment of them .'Louid not
be fanffiuntd.
It is with regret,’ I notice that the mi
litia gent rally nave appeared without arms
or equipments, and that too, where it was
well ai'certuhjed that they were provided
with them at home. There is no law
whic h enables the officers to punilh iuch
dHinq itncv—There was no alternative
hit, therefore, but to a flu roe the reu><nli
bility of purehallng an additional fni-.pl v
ot arms to equip them, or to leave U e m
ty of New-York unprotected. I did not
iieiitate 10 pure bale arms with funds ,and
vanced by tlie Corporation of New-York,
under an expectation that thev would be
reimbuiled bv the state. Tlie funi advanc
ed bv the Corporation to the Gommiffary
of this ftatt, for providing mulkets, equip
ments, auauumtion and tamp equipage,
ajid tbe futns advanced bv them to t'n
principal pay mailer fw railing, paying i.nft
equiping about one th.oul.md f-a-tenahies,
will lc ttated in a conin.uuication as luo*
as 1 ilia)’ receive the return from thole of.
ficers, which they have been directed 14
make.
In addition to these sums, five hundred
dollars were advanced, at my* itqu*it, to
one ot'tne Allift.mt Deputy and Qr. Mas
ter-Geiicral of inilbia at New-) oik, for
the pinjxffe of metring fome expenses in
difpeiilabh- for the comtortable acco nmo
hation of rile militia, tlie Denuty-Quar.
ter-mafter-geueral of the Dith ids not being
in funds to give the requifire aliiftance but
a part oiilv ot ilie i .it mentioned advance
has been expended, the account and vouch*
<l, for which, with the balance 111 hand,
will lie transterred to tiie Deputy
m.liter-general, and t'ue state be thereoy
exonerated trom it.
The pay-masters and quarter-masters of
the milici.i of New-York have tx cuted
bonds with larisfacftory fnreties, and in
large penalties for the performance of t'htir
refpeiftive duties, and for rendering accu*
rate and faithful vouchers and uccconnra
for alimonies which come to their hands.
The State troeips now in service at N
York nrav be cd ini a ted, and are Rationed
as follows; .
One diviflon under Maj *r Gene
ral Ebenezer Steven* ot the mi
litia, 5700
One brigade commanded bv Brig. 4
Gen. Samuel Haight, stationed
at Brooklyn,
One beigade commanded by Brig.
Gen. feremiab Jolmsou, ftatjon
ed at Brooklyn, . G 750
One brigade under tbe command
of Bng. Gen. John Swartwout,
flationed at Staten 111 nd, :,i jiO>
One brigade at Great Baron Isl
and, under the command of
Brig. Gen.
dcl, 1,509
One brigade at HaE'lem Heights, *•
commanded by Brig. General
Heermance, t,doo
One brigade stationed at Green
wvich, under the command” of
Brigadier General Peter Curte
nius,
A squadron ot cavalry, command
ed bv Lieut. Colonel James
Warner, 40*
Sea-ft nobles, raised for tbe emer
gency and ftistioned in the Rcck
away and Gravesend b!r,ck-hotis
es, and in Forts Gates, Dia
mond, Stevens, tec. supposed
to be iu tb whole, by thi*
time, t.oe*
’ 7 C’s*
These troops, with the regulars, cemq
modore Decatur’s force, the United States’
Sea-Fencioles and the militia of
sev,dh, in my opinion, place the cicy
of New-York in a respect mle Hate of
fence.
All'tbe services which were rendered
by mv aids-de canip lince the commence
ment of the v/ar, and which at times have
been Very arduous were rend* red gratuit
opfly until ti e fiift day of September, li ft
when the pressure of bi.liness was such as
’ to call for tiieir confant attendance and
employment at my office ; ands then or*
1 dered them into a&ual ft r. ce, deeming rt
• unreasonable any longer to require of
them, as gratuitous, such arduous lervices
as were needed, and for tlie want of which
it would have been iir.pollible for mu,
without destroying my health, to g* t along
with the accumulated military LufinesS off
my office.
“ I pray tlie Legislature to confirm this
proceeding, and to make fine provis
ion which may hereafter relieve me
from my einbarraffment in ’ fnpilar ca
■ ses.
Experience has, I believe, fati-Red till
refif cling perlons the exp* use, publict in
; convenience, waste and cieltrudlion ot%rtnl
it.irv llores, and interruption of agricintn
ixl purlliits, aiding from calls on the ordi
nary militia, as now organized and regula
ted, are totally dis; roportioned to tlxir ef
ficiency in service, and that therefore a re
sort to fome other merdure to repel inva
lionsand to meet emergencies, is indispeii
-I'aWe.
. I have bad tbe honor to fugged thr p-o
----pric ty o fOl gauming and having in conltanC
readinel’s as an advance corps at lead
! twenty thou laud men, uniformed, armed
! and equipja-U. r J'hefe may lie raised by
duflilKrttion or effit'.-wife, as may best (bit
the views of the Legillacure. Gamp equip
age, cannon and arms for the equ'pn tnt
of tlvJt number of men, hiigbt he provid
ed and kept in readiness in aceell.tble de
: pots, and the ordinary tniliya 11 ight be
■ excused fr in service except ‘in a dernier
relbrt, when the exercise of more fumim
ry authority tnan is now granted by law
will he ntcelTary to compel attend uee
j ar.ft enforce prompt fuborduiation. Th®
organization of ft..lf departments for the
state, or diltri&s and for corps, as nearly
conformable to tbe half of tiie army a*
may Ire practicable, is highly necessary.
Should an advance coipi of about 20 ore
men be raised, uniforuied and tquipped
for service, it might be organized, pro
portioned and held in readiness, as fol
lows :
For the Southern Frontier.
TWO DIVISIONS.
One regiment of artillery, including conv.
pany officers 1 o 8
One brigade of fea-fencibles 21 bo
One bat wi ion of iidetnen 543
Cue lquadron ofhoi le artillery, to act
also as cavalry 549
l wobrigades ot iiilantry 4473.