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so set about them fcparately. They do not require the preparations for building them that snips require, nor deep water to launch them in. They can be built on the shore of (hallow waters ; cfc they might be framed i:i the woods or forefts and the parts brought feparateiy down and put to gether on the (hore. But (hips take tip a long time building. The fh:p United States took up two whole; years 9 6 and 97 and pa<t of the years! 95 and 98 and all this for the puropfej oi ; getting the use of 4.1 guns and those ( not heavy metal. This foolifh aiTair was not in the days of the prefect ad* nuniftratiorr. Ships and gun boats are for differ ent Cervices. Ships are for distant ex periitions; gun boats for home de fence. The one for the ocean ; the other for the shore. Gun boats being moved by oars cannot be deprived of motion hv calms, for the calmer the weather th better for the boat. But a holtile finp fc -calmed in any of our waters, can b taken bv gun boats move 1 by oars, le. the rate of the flop be what it may.—- A 100 ge.n man of war bccalned, i like a giant in a dead palsy, liven little fellow can kick. him. The United States ought to havi 500 gun boats flationcd in dl&kren parts of the coeft, each carrying 1 thirty-two or thirty-lit potmd< r Hoff lie (hips would not venture to lye within our waters, were i: only f the certainty of being sometimes b. calmed. They would then becom prises, and the infuiving bullies on the ocean become pniouers in our own waters. Having thus Hated die comparative powers end expence of (hips of war and gun boars, 1 come to (peak or foi tificaiions. Fortifications may be comprehend ed under two general heads. Fir ft, fortified towns; that is, towns ! enclosed within a fortified polygon,! of which th re are many on the con ‘ tinent of Europe but not any in Eng , land. I Secondly, fiinpic fovtsan-J batteries. i Tilda are not formed on the regular principles of fortification, that is, they are not formed for the purpose of Handing a feige as a fortified polygon is. They are for the purpose of ob ft ruffing or annoying the progress of an enemy by land or water. flatteries are formidable in defend ing narrow palfes by land ; fueh as the pdfage of a bridge, or of a road cut through a rough and craggy mountain that cannot be palled any where eife. Tut they are riot formidable in detend ing palfes, because a (hip with a bnlk w ind nde and running at the rate of ten miles an hour will be out of the reach of the lire of the battery in fit teen or twenty minutes, and being a fwift moving object all the time it ; would be a mere chance that any {hot %ck her. When the object of a fir ip is that of pasting a battery for the purpose of at- tat.'ing or attacking Come other objeft it is cußomarv with the (hip to (ire at the battery Idt it (hould clifturb her course. Three or four men are kvp l on deck to attend the helm, and the rest, having nothing to do, go below. Duckworth in pafimg the Dardanelles up to Conllantinople did not tire at the batteries. Whin batteries for the defence of water pa lies can be eretted without a t.y great expence, and the men not ex R rnav he very prop ( ■ ,i ift in. ’ ‘•( e Vv .. . >. .■ .v ,i.:- ot -j’’’ ‘a U 1 Cl vv> V. ;’ ; - CiKt, -4-vl; vf 1 ' I*’ 1 *’ ‘ ■ a le nt r y • .'!• tO sv . ivv* th / x i £* c . ’ • : lin ■ i :i>\s •’ t'n - • if <e 17 - O.;, and*g : urjed ilackmUck ttPsjj*. Gw-1 eral l.incoln fortified Cbarleftort S. C. and himfeif and his army were made prisoners of v/ar. Gen. afii ington began fortifying New-York in ’79, General Howe passed up the cad river landed his army at Frog’s Point, about 20 miles above the city and; marched down upon it, and had not; General Washington dole fdently and; suddenly off on the north river fide of York Island, himfeif and his army j had also been prisoners. Trust not: j to fortifications, other wife than as bat teries that can be abandoned at dis cretion. The case however is, that batteries, 2s r. water defence againlt the paflage of fiiips cannot do much. Wereany given number of gups to he put in a battery for that purpose, and an equal number of the fame weight of nr.etal put in gun bolts for the fme purpose, those in the boats wo ild be more es feTua! than those in the battery.—The reaibn for this is obvious. A battery is flationary. Its fire is limited to a rout two miles, and there its .power ceases. But every gun boat moved >y oars is a moveable fortification that can follow up its fire and change its dace and its poliiion as circum tan res may require. And betides this. boats in calms arc the sovereign cj ships. As this matter intereds the public. Hid molt probably will come before congress at its next me ting, if trie irinters :tr any of the Hates, after pub bfhing it in their n;.vs-papers, have a mind to publish it in a pamphlet form, together with my former piece on guv; boats, th.-v have mv con fen t free! v- I take neither copy-right nor profit ■‘or any thing I nubldh. COMMON SENSE, LEXINGTON, (K.) July 21. Cm 1 uefday lad, Harman BlannerhafTet rived Q tin's town from ihc Miiliffippi Territory. Immediately on his arrival lie was arrested at the wilance of Mr Sanders, on a civil proctL, and j before hi.s diffiliarge was again arrested bv the j mardxal for tne Kentucky diftridl, on an aluda- J vit made by Mr. David Meade, the purport of! j which was, that Blaanerhaffet had been mdifl-j led for tmffie, and a true bill found by th-j i grand Jury, at Richmond, Virginia. It ffirtu- j j natcly happened that Judge Todd was in town, | 1 before whom Blannerhaffet was immediately brought; but as lie wished to be heard by coun fe), he Was committed to goal, and ordered to be before the Judge at nine o'clock the next morning—at which time he read to the court an affidavit which he lard drawn up. The crowd was so great that the Editor wacunable to hear the whole of it, but he under-food i'. went to give a hiflory of his arrest and difeharge in the Mississippi Territory—of his bring on his way home, when he heard at Danville, of the indiament being found agair.ft him—of the means he used to afeertain the truth of the re port—and that fatisfied of its correllr.els, he had hastened to this place, to surrender himfeli* to Mr. Bibb ; attorney far the United States— that soon after he had arrived he was arrested upon a civil procels—that he had met with Mr. Ciay, to whom he communicated his in. 1 tentions, and requested advice as to the mode he (hould adopt—-that Mr. Clay laid he was too much engaged to attend at that time- to his application, but premised to fee him on the fub j"'R at 9 o’clock the next day. Ke declared it j to be his wish to be sent to Richmond, to receive ! his trial at that place. Mr. Clay, as counffil, ! a (fured the court, that he was inftru&ed by his j client to expreis his wish tc be sent on fo l trial : ne only wilhed an unneccflary rigour might j not obferveti—that be might be forward; and in -a manner as delicate as the nature of his fttua tion would permit. Mr. Clay at the fame rime ; took the liberty, as a citizen, to protcfl against, j or rather to objefl to the mode which had been purfimd by the court—lie viewed the proceed ! ings as unprecedented and illegal. He, however, j Wlf bed to be understood that his observations I were made as a citizen, and not at the instance of Mr. B.—it was his real wish to be sent on* j for trial. IA . Bibb dated that he bad provided himfeif with authorities to prove the proceedings pro per ; but tuat he had that morning enquired cf mr. Gay, whether any exceptions would be , t2 ken to the legality ot the proceedings, and j being informed that none would be taken, had negieflcd to bring his authorities into court— ••hat he was now iurprifed to find the exceptions taken. , Mr. Clay flopped him, again to declare, that the exceptions were not by the content of Mr. I>. who he believed was really dclirous of being ’ conveyed to Richmond. ° Mr. Blannerhaffet assured the court that Mr. Ci ty had juilly dated his delire, and pledged himirlf, that whatever might be the decidou of the judge, he would accompany Mr. Mead?, j the deputy marlhal, to Richmond. But he j A‘ift? t r. rot to G understood as making a paraoe I fwilinigneL which he aid not feel, ot meeting I investigation, a\ie was more defhous of eomg as a prisoner, at chadikthal^s own expence, as his fortune wa*,g!#it.ly ed. He made an affefting appeal to the citi- , zens of Lexington, which would have been fa- j vorably received, had not the high crimes with which he was charged forcibly rebutted it. He j spoke of the friendly attention and hoipi table treatment experienced by himfeif and fam ily, and hoped that they would not believe, ; without eviJence, that their attentions had been j bellowed on unworthy objetts. The Judge took time to make tip an opinion ■ as to the proceedings which ought to be had in ■ the case—-and iftued a warrant for his comm.l ment and fafe keeping, until the diftridt judge could be applied to, who ordered him to be de livered to the court in Richmond, without delay. He was yeltevday sent off, attended by Mr. Meade and a guard of live men. From the Baltimore Federal Gatcttr. ON THE USE OF THE PIKE. Conceiving it the duty of every citizen to pro pose for v -jafideration whatever he “may have tc luTgefl for the -defence of the nation, or the an noyance of the enemy, I ‘(hall offer a few -,bfer vatiar.s tlpon the use of a weapon winch lies al ways been four.;: to be'a formidable one. It is not my wiih to undervalue the present mode of arming our troops, but limply to call the atten tion of the public to a mode of equipping a part of them, which will be found to have many advantages.” In fie ad of having all cur Entry trained to the use of the mulket and bayonet, I would pro. pose that a part of them be armed with PIKES. The advantages of thole weapons are numerous. Against the attach cf cavalry, they afford a much more efficacious defence than the bayonet, which is too (hurt to prevent the ffildior from being .(ached by the broabfwovd ed the horfe rae.i. They are also lighter'and more managea ble ; and when the pikeuun is provided with a pair o.; pifeo s there can be no complaint- of ina bility to annoy the- enemy a; a moderate dif tan'ce. Another greet advantage of the Pike is, that it is cheap and e-ftiiy replaced when 101 l or injur ed. 4t is therefore peculiarly adapted to that class of cur citizens whose circumllanccs render the expence of twenty dollars for a mull , <-. 3r t. ridge box, belts, powder a .and ball, a furious mat ter to them. How often at militia meetings is remote parts of the country, do we lee men at - tending v/iiii fowling-pieces, or even without a ny kind of arms wha'ev. r. Nov are they to be blamed fur it; for, (independent of thecxper.cc) it is often a difficult matter to procure muskets lor any cor.lideration : and vvl.f . once damaged, they can be repaired only by an r.rtill. ftV.fth the Pike there are no f’>ch difficulties ; cverv wood furnilhcs materials for the itaff, and any I'cpmmca bhckfmith can, at a cheap rate, menu- I facture the iron mar 1 cf it. 1 ‘i'hc- change that is taking place'ln tire ru tof j war, promites to give the Pike a decided foperi ; ority. Almost all modern battles have bmn dc ; tided by the bayonet and the -artillery. To the : former, the weapon we now recommend, is de ; cidedly superior, and when attended by light ar tillery, there will be no inconvenience felt horn the want of malketry. The Pike and the art 1- lery item indeed naturally to fall together Whenever cannon are taken, it ir.ufl be either by a charge with the bayonet or a rapid attack of cavalry in the intervals of tirlr.tr. The i. At tulees with which the artillerymen are common, iy armed, are but inadequate defence again.: the i heavy muskets cf the infantry, or the fabre cf the trooper ; and if the enemy can but penetrate .to the spot, the cannon mult be 1011. Here the advantage of the Pike is mamfeft. No cavalry j will venture tc attempt forcing a body of Pike- I n ' en * without avail Inferiority of numbers: and j in the charge with bayonet, wherein is found the ! | great est “ tug cf war,” the greater length ofj ; the Pike will bear down all before it—a few j companies of artillery, interfperftd in a line of Pikemen, will form a body that is secure agr.irftl! 1 all attacks. The enemy will annoyed by so,. I 1 cannon while at a didance, and will be hind, -,. : | j from ru(hing in to take poffefiion of them. | To those who have attend to the account of i I the fuccefsful use of the Pike in Ireland, iffi furj : ther recommendation of it would be needfary. : By means of this weapon, an undisciplined pea-1 iantry were enabled to carry on a hard conteiled.! j “td In many iaftanees a fuccefsful war against a { j numerous army cf regular troops. VeryZkffrn 1 ; were they provided with cannon, and never with! i an equal number cf them with their advevfarics. 1 yet they were full able to render tlie event cf| many a battle doubtful, and frequently to obtain i the vidlory. None are better qualified to judge of the ef fects of a weapon, than those who have luffered by it; and a itrong testimony in favor of the pike is, that many of the Enghffi officers cf high rank, who had ierved in the war’ in Ireland, pto- 1 posed tnat it (hould be adopted by the Kvy en | maffe that was intended in case England (hould, be invaded by Bonaparte. NEW-HAVEM. July 24. On Saturday last, at about 2 F. M. we were I vifitedby a thunder gufl cf unulaal ffiverity For near half an hour the rain fell in one uabrok-! n (licet, and during a ffiw minutes the wind blew J a perfect to- undo. The principle force cf the! (quail pad and over the harbor, ; id that part oi the city adjoin! ig ft ; several chimneys were blown down, and two brigs (the Olive Branch and Gieyhound) were npfet w’lile ndiug at an chor. No other damage has been failanied so far as we have lieard. penaiug the foregoing, we Icatn that • the rU J"• iffy on mpriik..te, aas flantly killed by tITC NEWBURYPQRT, July 21V I A correspondent at Eaftport, (Maine) writes, that the Dritifli cruisers have of late (hewn ave. ry hostile difpofitiop in that vicinity. Aa |ed schooner, capt. Flyntop, has taken out two ! American vefltls, which were in a fay erode, du !ly entered at the Cuhom-bqiue, .anti .aiting i their cargoes. The Colls&cr, L. b. Ee.esder. nier, esq. went on board the pk-aroqu, * >r at; ex. planation of tins ft range coaducl, out y.... l-ee . ed very uupoiitely. and ordered ihto -iis host, j without aecomplifhing his cbjcCl. I hey weu taken to Halifax. NEW-YORK, July 2-L Tiie pilot-boat schooner Bald .e.ugle, lias 1 lately been chartered and sent oil wild all pc hi bit Jdifpatch by J. Beekman, navy agent of t’.iis ci ty, under command of capt. Hull, brother of leapt. Hull,cf the navy, with feaied orders. *r is - aid (he is bound to Gibraltar, toc.Jl home the American fquadrdn from the Mediterranean. Captaip bpencer, of the brg H'unlet, from ! th- Tile of.France, informs us, ih. t, v ’ , ■ :U tbe-r ----for American produce were lower than at Nev - j York, and that provisions ?rs high, owing to the date hurricane having ceftroyed tne crops i.t , maize, and wrecked the veftel or. th t ivladaf.ar coast lent for rice. Indian Corn, 5 dollars per [cvvt. — Rice 10 dollars per cwt. Chops ot Cos. Ifee on the fir from promifiny. O’ A TClTtn •* S’-. * ”7>. 4 O H is. - li. / u r t :.™ inform -d that the execute •? have cr j tiered tire Cavalry from Richmcrd *nu Pete; • [burg, now on duty af Norfolk, toimmedi ately difeharged } autlxori'i.ig Gercrtl Mr.tliev.-s jr • call others into-service mmi the. ecrm'ties : • thev.eigi borliood of that place ; ii, n Ills op’ - lion, h-reafter, it (hullbe neccffary. Weunderjflbnd also, that the rx. - No* oftha • United States,has (forfp-.ci-d v u i proper to direct the five Brithk Utely ! taken by Captain Sheppard, to to | gather with their boat and a m . • i. -.i requiring, | however, the tern’s o liispu; . imaf.km to be ri [ goroufly enforced ag. liiu any puffin from Brit ! off armed v.-ho fti. il hereafter come on ; f! one for the purpose of procuring water oi pro | tlloiiS. NORFOLK, July £9. The brig Flora capt. BentlvN arrived this j morhng from Charatite and Miceira. Left, | June 5, hi Rochfort Roads, 1 French line of battle fiiip, cf 130 guns, 4 of 84, II frigates, and 4 brigs, blockaded b- 6-ERghih 7 ‘ - at anchor off the mouth of the i.arbo. , Ja.d thr y expedrec the a-ranch out every day. C; p‘< £et.thali inforinc no that a Itv days be fore he left Madenv, a brig arrived m>;n Lisbon, | which brought an account of an ExrJiquake s/n I the Gth J ae, having dune greet damage to that city, particularly to the ayneu-.at. Mr. Davies, pilot, was b.ciugiit 100 yesterday by the Triumph, Sir Thcnyic lia.-dy, vv-ho put on board a black man belong’ .g to Baltimore. , tM-. D. was informed. that'there went , it; ft more j Am.vicar , on board that would tc glv .. up on proper application, OZNABRIGS. Received on C oufighnn-ntj per Ojip i Robert Bolton, from Liverpool, 6d | pieces Flaxen aid 15 pieces Tow lUZNAAj RIG S, FOR vAI. V. X. Y TAYLOR & SCAR BROUGH, j August 7 6: 47 ! /1 pcrfnn insif ■*—* > Ik> i ,jA.. - by)*JL • ii j FHiriE tubfcnVer begs leave pi nfovm -*■ ,us fiends and i si*],ul I c Jt*rerall'-, ;• ai t(v j'-vs a v/iiovtd iiis Si ! . >ul (l odi the I ooti h-Weft Common <0 the boiife foi ! me. Jy occupied by Mr. Lighth.ap, neaw ! !iH ’ iVlecnhg Hrjfc. v.-hem he con | emues to teach R ?3 Vv- : r rh J metic and Eogiifo GiGumar, c dollar? per quarter. IL: a.fo teaches th; Obferva-’ t:ons, Navigation and \.and Surveying,, ; >n m 7 crate !eiß i s - which may be known . I -tv applying to him, at h\s SshoM Room. ‘ y !l, * h Vl 'L f e ( tithe reception of 1 ! >u l- lis 00 Monday the 1 iff in Hants , n j MAC LIN. Anguft 7 I • I ASSIZE fur Aucilsr ,1:~~ | npHE price ot Flour tVinu dol. | JL I “ rs a " r: “ ldii k ‘ v cig it of ; 3it2aq rnuft tc, \ Hi-1 eea-.sLoaf J 6 A \cai. ’ , 3 f 4J ; s®*- i iu ,-*;* . O* whlch a;! an^-s f.tlcits of SRLAD arc to take du. aid ||ti|b r JAMES MARTIAL!