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n-'Tiore r,n Tucslay on Scv ill's Point ; a*
<&lso a schooner and sloop, the schooner is
ssij to be from Frcder.icksbunr with a carjo
o o
pi wheat.
7rcssele advertised in a Kingston paper of the
XXtb March for the U. States.
Sch'r Charlotte, SteJuian, for Philacjelr
phia, in Q days ; British sch'r Phoebe:, for
N.York the 15th of March ; sch'r Ann,
Grant, for do. about the 30th March.
FEDERAL ML\L V TIL.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8.
! !fhe editor of this Gazette respectfully so-
li •; i the indulgence of his subscribers in the
SW of this state. He expects no little kind-
1 .t ' -s from the catholic spirit and the ac-
3: ncraiiedged liberality of Federalists, Em-
Is rked in a cause honorable to '.cnericans,
Jt ;d liberally patronized by his fellow-citi-
£ .'tis, the editor's unceasing application will,
1 fe hopes, retain their good opinion. He has
"'.vialter, to the Post-Master General, relative
•to the irregular conveyance of the Gazette,,
and waits, with what patience he can, for
justice.
Lieutenant Wilkinson, who went with
lieutenant Pike to explore the inferior of
Louisiana^ has arrived at. New-Orleans,
having descended the Arkansas. Lieuten-
ant Pike is to descend the Bed Iliver.
FOR THE FEDERAL GAZETTE.
THE TABLET.—-Wo. II.
IT is an observation made by Montaigne,
that fine flourishes serve to arriu.vc the igno-
rant. There are, perhaps, few men in this
country, who have shewn more skill in this
manufacture than our present president.—
We shall select one or two examples, by
1 way of illustrating this position.
vl We are all federalists—we are all re-
publicans." " To prepare for war, * hen
there is no war, would be to waste the pub-
lic resources, which ought to be husbanutd
for actual war."
Now all this, saving Mr. Jefferson's pre-
sence, is no better than • false money, not-
withstanding it has been uttered for current
coin. If we may be permitted to change
the metaphor, it is a draught which taken
bv the ignorant, first intoxicates and then
shjpifies, rcndeiing them ara#e to taste
plain sense or wholesome, truth.
Drunk and reeling with such beverage,
lo them " Fair is foul, and foul is fair."*
The fabled cup of Circe never wrought more
astonishing * in formations. They see a
sky without cl lids—" seas of milk, and
ships of amber." They imagine themselves
invincible, and superior to all other men.
Every thing appears in a new light. They
tt,ink the country well prepared, when all
points of it are in a state of imbecility,
Theyy believe they can fight without, arras,
andfeonquer without discipline ; that they
can prevent the landing of an enemy with-
out fortifications, and beat off fleets with a
moveable cannon and a few silly gun-boats.
'.' The progression of sentiment (ays Mr.
Jefferson, in his answer to an address by the
legislature of Massachusetts) in the great
bcxly of our fellow-citizens of Massachusetts,
arid the increasing support of their 'pinion,
I have seen, with satisfaction, and was ever
confident I should see ; persuaded that an
enlightened people, whenever they should
view impartially the course we have pur-
sued, could never wish our measures had
been reversed—could never desire, that the
expences of the government should have
been increased, taxes multiplied, debt accu-
mulated, wars undertaken, and the toma-
hawk and scalping-knife left in the bands
of our neighbors, rather than the hoe and
the plough."
What ought to be the wishes of an en-
lightened people, proud of their independ-
ence, and determined to maintain it ? Ought
the mere cost of preparations deter them from
providing themselves with the means to de-
fend their rights ? — Let us not be misun-
derstood : We do not propose that w.ir
should be resorted to on every flight provo-
cation or frivolous pretext, or that war should
be undertaken at all, unless indispensible to
the preservation of those rights with 'it
which a people can neither be free »or inde-
pendent.
We would say, in contradistinction to
such deceptions flourishes, what has been
said a thousand times before, that it is a
duty, incumbent upon a nation, to make its war
arrangements in time of peace, that it may not
fall a. prey to ambitious neighbors, or be found
unprepared, -when war becomes inevitable.
Such has been the language of wise le-
gislators, in all ages of the world. Such
was the language of Washington, when he
filled the office of president.
" I cannot (said this illustrious patriot to
congress, in one of his speeches) recom-
mend to your notice measures tor the fulfil-
ment of our duties to the rest of the world,
without again pressing upon you the neces-
sity of placing ourselves in a condition of
complete defence, and of exacting from them
the fulfilment of their duties towards us.
The U. States ought not to indulge a per-
suasion, that, contrary to the order of human
events, they will forever keep at a distance
those painful appeals to arms, with which
the history of every other nation abounds.
There is a rank due to the United States
afriong nations, which will he withheld, if
not absolutely lost, by the reputation of
weakness, If we desirj'to secure peace, one
of the most powerful instruments of our
rising prosperity, it mint be known that we
are at all times ready for war."
In conformity with this advice ships of
war were built, the military art cherished,
the militia organized, peaceful arrangements
adopted with the Indknas, in which the hoe
and the plow were substituted, for the to-
mahawk and the scalping kniffc, arid a sys-
tem of fortifications commenced, for the
protection of our harbors and frontiers.
This system of defence, commenced by
Washington, was" cSntlntlefl hyh's initYieli-
a'e successor. Under Mr. Adams the foun-
dation he had bid. tor our navy, was enlarg-
ed ; a military school established, in;
to form engineers " out of our own native
materials ; men qualified to place the coun-
try in a proper posture of defence, to infuse
science into our army, and to give to our
fortifications that degree of force, connec-
tion and perfection, which can alone coun-
terbalance the superiority of attack over de-
fence."
" A slight attention to circumstances,
and the actual position of our country, must
lead to the conviction, that a well c >nnect-
ed series of fortifications, is an object of
the highest importance to the United States,
not only as these will be conducive to the
general security, but as a mean of lessening
the necessity, and consequently, the expense
of a large military establishment.
" by strongly fortifying our harbors and
frontiers, we may reasonably expect either
to keep at a distance the calamities of war,
or render it less injurious wiien it shall hap-
pen. It is behind these ponderous masses
only, that a sm.dl number of men can main-
tain themselves fur-a length of time, against
superior forces. Imposing therefore upon
an enemy, who, may have every thing to
transport across the Atlantic, the necessity
of underiakinglong and hazardous sieges, in-
creases the chances against his undertaking
them at all ; or if he does, in despite of
such circumstances, insures to us, the time
he most consume in his operations, to rally
our means to a point and unite our efforts
to resist him."t
Some may think it impossible for any
one to read these observations, and not ac-
knowledge their force ; and yet a single
flourish of the pen by Mr. Jefferson, can
set them at nought. He has only to ob-
Sf rv, "wise men could never desire that
the expences of government should be in-
I, taxes multiplied, debt accumulat-
ed, wars undertaken, and the tomahawk
and scalping knife left in the hands of our
neighbors, rather than the bee & plough,"
and the Whole ystern crinr, >les into notriTfig.
This flourish silences ignorance and ava-
rice ; something however seemed stdl want-
ing to soothe poor human reason. Thomas
Paine appears on the stage, and publishes
in a ne y York paper. That the whole art of
defence is comprised in a P«lygon, which,
Mfys he, any one may discover, as I did by
merely looking into any Dictionary or Ency* ¦ >-
pedia, under the article fortification. Tak-
ing this for a principle, he proceeds : A
place that cannot be inclosed in a Polygon,
cannot be fortified—New-York cannot be
inclosed in a Polygon, therefore New-York
cannot be fortified, nor, consequently, ac-
cording to this engineer, any town on the
sea board, for not one of them we believe,
strictly speaking, can be iuclased in a Po-
This beautiful proof by Syllogism, of the
! inutility of fortifications for our harbors, is
gravely copied into the government paper
at Washing!on.J.
Thus the United Stales are to be left 0-
p?n to every invader, and their rank among
nations, lost in the reputation of their 'weak-
ness.
Mount-Clear. O
• Witches in Macbeth.
f See a latter from the Secretary of War
to a committee f Vongress ut.der date 31rf
January, "800.
\ New-York Public Advertiser. See also
National Intelligencer of March 23.
From a Neiu-Yorfc paper of April 2.
A respectable merchant of this town, has com-
municated to us the follotom^ note.
As the extracts given in your last paper,
and in the Centinel of this morning, from
letters, dated Leghorn, the 30th Dec. men-
tioning certain measures that had been adopt-
ed there, in pursuance of the Frencn decree,
of the lid Nov.—may cause unfounded un-
easiness to some who ttavS property there,
you would perhaps do them a favor, and
you would oblige me. by assuring them in
your paper nf to-morrow :
" That, \ hatever may have been done
since, as late as the 3d Jan. there had been
no ne a- restrictions laid upon the sale of In-
dia cottons, nor any other species of goods
whatsoever, That the Hi hernia's letters,
although it was said they «ere to be sent—
I had not then gone to Paris. That there
] had no order arrived from Paris to search
the warehouses and that the English mer-
chants (if any there were there, who -ere
not Tuscan citizens, which I doubt) had
not retired to Sicily.
I ground these assurances on letters I have
received from my house at Leghorn fo the
above date at which time they had upwards
of 300 bples of India piece goods on hand
and they mention not a syllable about any
difficulty they were likely to encounter in the
sale of them, nor of any new restrictions
having been put on tra.de. Respectingthe Hi-
bernia's letters, they had procured the origi-
nal of one to my knowledge, and were still
in hopes of getting their other letters also,
or at least copies of them. . And as to the
merchants, 1 am so int'mately acquainted
witht them all, that. I should certainly 1
think, have been told their names, if any
of them have goneoff.
FORT OF BALTIMORE.
ENTERED,
Sch'r Superior, Forbes, Vera Cruz
iNymph, Gover, ' Guadaloupe
From the Merchants' Coffee House Books.
April 8.
Arrived, sch'r Nymph, Gover, 27 days
from Point Petre (Guad.)—sugar & coffee—
William Paterson & Sons. Left there, 9th
March, brig Greenwich, Wells, for Balti-
more, uncertain ; Fair American, Brown,
of do. arrived 3 davs before.
The shirs Howard,--------; Harriot, Ma-
cey ; and brig Northern Liberties, for New-
York, sailed 5 days before ; the sch'r Wel-
come Return, for Philadelphia, 3 days be-
fore. They were ail boarded in sight of
the harbor by the British.
Sale by Auction.
TO linRROW MOUSING, (Thursday,)
' instant, at half past 10 cfvloc&t at the
vendue warehouse? at the corner of Second and
Frederick-streits, itfill commence the sale of
Dry Goods, 6ic.
Among which are,
17 bales Baftas, ^ ;t,ed t0 ^heX)tm.Qy
fid, UoGurran,, L p-omti6n
5 dittoEmcrties, J r
2 cases fine Dimities,
1 trunk Calicoes,
1 rase Camhrick Muslins,
An invoice or Cloths, Flannel*, &c. to close
a partnership}
Also,
A cask containing 7-J gross Knives & Forks.
And at ".2 o'clock, precisely,
The remainder of toe ship Fair American's
cargo of choice New-Orleans Sugar,
15 liVrds. of Jamaica ditto,
4(l boxes wliite and brown Havana ditto,
30 barrels good Co!): .
21 puncheons -Y-.tigua Rum,
14 llhds. 4th proof country ditto,
1" 2 pipes Holland Gin,
34 quarter casks vary choice Sherry Wine,
20 terces Rice and 6 ) bales Cotton,
20 casks London bottled Porter,
,8 ) boxes Fisjs, in excellent order,
25 crates oi Queens/ware, assorted, and
Oijd Spanish Hides
THOMAS CHASU, Auct'r.
_ April 3.___________________________________
Bet L ive pool Coal,
fur sale by
john wood & co.
No. 18, Calveit-atre.et.
Aprils._____________________________d It.
Gait and Thomas
HAVE imported in the Fame, from Liver-
pool, their usual supply of
Sheffield'GOODS.
April 8__________ d4t
R. Gilmor and Son
llsrec for Sale, at their warehouse in SeContt-itreet,
l box of Dutch QUILLS.
April 8. H.4t
The Partnership
OF the Subscribers, trading under the firm
of W. POTTS & CO. being tills day dissolved
by mutual consent, those indebted arc request-
ed te make immediate payment to W. Potts,
and those having claims, to aoplv to him for
payment. WILLI vM'POTTS,
JOHN SHERLOCK.
The business in future will he conducted by
the Subscriber, who intends keeping a r irui w
supply of Brazier's and Shc-athing-Coj per con-
stantly on hand. W. POTTS.
April 1. (8) _ dj t£_
Was Lost,
ON Monday evening-, supposed in Calvcrt-
Btreet, a small red Morocco PURSE, with a
centre figure, containing a small sum of money.
The finder will be rewarded by leaving it with
the printer hereof.
April8. ____ d4t
A Pocket-Book
WAS lost Yesterday in the afternoon,
supposed in North Charles-street, bctwe.'ii
Market-street and the New-Hanking house.
It is of Red Morocco, and eonaii'td about
three hundred dollars in notes of the differ-.
cot batiks, of this city ; Potomac, and of the
Farmers bank of Mai', land ; two tickets in St
Paul's Parish Lottery., Nos. 1547 and 16:43,
together with a number of other papers, of
use to none but the owner,
\ 'cward of FIFTY DOLLARS will be
paid for the above Pocket-Book with the
whole of its contents, on delivering it at this
office, and no questions asked.
India and French Goods.
Peter Hoffman, jfun.
5;j, MA'tEST street,
Has ni:t receipted
86 packages INDIA Sc FR NCH GOODS,
Among which are,
Beerboom & ) GURrAHS,
Company 3
Mahorange Gungee,
Jannah and"
Gausapore
AUibabir!^)
Jannah &M_____________________
Tandah J
Na!>obgungee Smity,
Chittibully fine, &^ BAFT AS.
£ MAMOODY,
COSSAS,
April 8
d3ti
Was Found,
A sum of Money (not 200 dollars) which
the owner may resover by applying at this
office, and paving for this advertisement.
__Ajivil 8.__________________________d4t
Found,
AN old Morocco POCKET-BOOK, con-
j tabling a few seamen's protections, anil sundry
receipts and other papers usefiil to the owner,
who ran receiv< the same, on application at the
rjffice ol Samuel Sterett, esq by paying the ex-
pern e oi 'this advertisement.
il8. d4t
The Subscribers,
Hr.ving commenced the COMMISSION &
FLOUR BUSINESS in this City, under the
firm of CLAGETT & SCHNKBLY, solicit
the patronage of their friends and the public.
BENJAMIN CLAGETT,
JACOB SCHNEBLY.
April 8-_________________________________d_
For Sale/
Five or six HORSES j one of wl ich is a
handsome roan hack'. Apply at the Black
Horse Tavern, head of Market-street, lo
SAMUEL BAKliK.
Ajiril 8. d "
To Rent,
The STORE No. 206, Baltimore-street,
opposite the Indian Quceu Tavern, well cal-
culated lor either the whoh-sale or retail busi-
sinc-s. Apply at No. 200, Baltimore-street, i
Aprl 8._______________________ eo4t ||
lor Freight to Chaneaton,
Or SAVANNAH,
e ,r£r_D-\ The Sloop
tefcSSMW RICHARD,
PXl>V&j^ Alfred J. T( rbell, master,
:*?S»Sffl»*S L.ving at captain Mezyck's
wharf, at the Point ; to sail on Sunday next.
Apply to the master on board.
April 8._______________________ d3t.||
Lor Bordeaux,
-jnncjv ship Erin,
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