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To the (fitters and members generally of the j
~46;A Maryland Regiment.
Fll'IE.KTlS AND ^ELI.OW-Sot.DIElI.S,
"•*. this* eventful crisis, so pregnant j
-xis it is, with menace, danger, and even j
Death itself; v.-hen the usurpers-of British
tyranny,'d-tire to invade ihe very margin of
our shores, vino.-r the decisive garb of friend- \
ship ; who, -while they approach us with j
the olive branch ill W« hand conceal their t
' pbisonour dagger in the other, and wanton-
ly sport with the lives atu! property of" our
Fellow Citizens, and when at. the same time
\ve behold in the very bosom of our country,
men, who have enjoyed cur unlimited con-
fidence, wdio have been honored i»-itli the
highest stations their country could bestow,
and whose talents might justly have render-
ed them the ornaments of human nature,
now dragged before our tribunals of public
itistke, under a well grounded suspicion of
treafon against that country which has giv-
en them birth and pre-eminence, it is high
time for every true htfuried American (whe-
ther he be so either by birth right or adop-
tion) to assume the aspect of a soldier, and
be prepared tor the worst.
Without being a prophet, I have long
predicted (and am now happy in seeing that
prediction verified) that if ever an occasion
should require the united efforts of our coun-'
try to repel foreign aggression, that the
Jinrmless and distinct imp epithets of Feds
and Demos, raised by party spirit to answer
party purposes, would b< swallowed up in
the great vortex of common -Interest, and
nil unite as common friends to repel a com-
mon enemy ; and such up'.m demonstration.
appears to"be the fact, for had the Amen
can continent, from New^Hampshire to
Georgia, have been covered with a sheet of
jxrwder, and taken fire at Norfolk, the ex-
plosion could scarcely have been more rapid
or more universal than the inflammation of
the American spirit at the cowardly and
shameful on' '-age' committed on our brethren
on board the Chesapeake: Indeed, if we
judge from the conduct of Whitby and
Humphreys, it would appear that the Bri-
tish officers conceive themselves a kind of
super!a. order of beings, and licence'! to
indulge themselves in a wanton, sportive
manner on the Americans, merely by way of
t: !"'"?• their guns ; but the American whose
]"-.-,,: does not swell with honest indigna
tii'i.
Had Humphreys have had just gwuncls
for belicvinrr that th' re " f re any British sea-
men on board the ©Sesapeake, was there no
Other way of reclaiming them (with four
Brrne'd vessels ¦''¦ Us command) than by set-
ling the 1'aws of nations and even tlie com-
mon principles of humanity at defiance and
murdering half the defenceless crew, who
viewing htm as a friend, were no way pre-
pared to resist ? Is it possible for the human
heart to conceive or suggest a baser act,
than this little specimen of British friend-
ship.
The murder of John Pearce, an Ameri-
can citizen oft New-York, by captain Whit-
by called aloud for American vengeance
but scarcely had that culprit evaded the
hands of justice by a mock trial of his go-
vernment, and the relatives of Pearce
thr wn off their mourning before the very
honorable capiain Humphreys renews the
outrage with ten-fold aggravation, still wc
cherish a hope that those arc not the acts
of government but of individuals ; this may
be the case, but as to nw own part^fcflc-
uicn, I would as leave be killed by^^ex-
-yi-ress orders of George the 3d, as by the
voluntary act of Whitby or Humphreys,
and conceive it makes but little difference,
at this time, with our murdered bretherh or
their relatives by what authority their lives
were taken. It certainly cannot be either
the wish or interest, of any prudent or dis-
creet American, to cherish the horrors of
war, with anv foreign power whatever;
but under a succession of such unprovoked,
wanton and daring outrages as the above,
moderation in the American breast would
cease to be a virtue, and further forbear.
tmce assume the unmanly Slid degrading as
pect of cowardice ; therefore let us come
forward as one man, possessing one heart
and one soul, to support that independence
and defend that soil so lately enriched and
purchased with the best blood of our brothers,
•fc-i'ends and fathers.
In cace of such an event as a war with
Britain, what have we to dread, '.-hen ^e
look back at our. revolutionary conflict with
that ration, under all the disadvantages we
then laboured, when thousands and tens of
thousands of our domestic brethren, who
(from the pardonable principles of loyalty
to their then Sovereign) refused to oppose his
(roops, and many of whom even joir.-'d
theru in arms against us ; still in this divid-
ed state, when it was often difficult to as-
certain, whether the- whig or tory party,
(so called) w-ould preponderate in p. ml of
rumbers, and when the true-hearted patriots
were alternately elevated a;nl depressed and
thus awfullysuspei.ded for months and years,
between the adverse extremes of iear and
lu-pe, thirsting lor the cup 01 liberty, and
dr> adirtg the consequence of a miscarriage in
the draught till at length under the auspici-
ous guardianship and protection of provi-
dence the gloomy cloud was dispelled, their
•prospects brightened, and notwithstanding
all these fetters and trammels wdth. this
domestic burthen on the;r backs ; and with
H government in a great measure, unorga-
nized and in confusion, without hinds,
scarce of men, scarce :f arms and anim> ni-
tion. and often destitute of even the com-
rerin necessaries of life they gallantly beat
off their enemy and finally reigned trium-
phant in tie grand object of their pursuit ;
under these circumstances, I again ask
what have we to dread, (united as we are)
tinder a government well organized, energe-
tic, •wealthy and 'tiise (whose interest, is
our interest & Whose study is our national
.happiness) with fuiifls intjxhavtstible and men
almost without number, not ealy willing
but emulous in revenge ?
You will soon be called upon to repair
to your usual parade gr-and to revive that
military discipline, ¦¦.<¦ hich, (fr m a. misplac-
ed co-rifidence in the.- faith arid "friendship of
foreign nations) have been shamefully ne-
glected, and! trust, that the mean unmanly,
base and murderous outrages repeatedly com-
mitted on our Americam brefhern, will ex-
cite, hi your every breast, a spirit of emula-
tion in military duty.
With full confidence in .your energy, spi-
rit and patriotism,
I remain your humble servant,
THOMAS HILLEN,
Lieut, col. 46th Regiment;
'From the Norfolk Herald.
V. S. frigate Chsafieahe,
july 27, 1807.
Mr. O'Connor,
Sir,
I have discovered in yourpaper of the
25th inst. a publication signed '• A Friend
to Justice." From the tenor of said.publi-
cation it appears evident, that the writer
who stiles himself a Friend to Justice, in
his anxiety.to prevent public prejudice from
falling on commodore Barron, has thought
it expedient to hold me up as a proper object
for censure. So much of his story as refects
upon me, T feel it. a duty 1 owe myself, to
declare FALSE, and wothont foundation.
¦This I shall be able to prove by many, and
by commodore Barron himself.
Many reports injurious to my reputation
have been in circulation, said to have origi-
nated with commodore .'arron ; on hearing
them I applied to the commodore, to know
whether those reports originated with him.
He has disavowed (hem, and has even offered
to " confute the authors, friends or toes."
I therefore cannot tbis'k. this statement,
which in substance is the s.ime he has disa-
vowed, will meet I,is ^probation.
Since this unfortunate affair has taken
place, I have been particularly cautious in
mentioning any thing that might tendto
increase the public prejudice on this subject
I had .hoped that it v»-mld not have been
necessary for me to vindicate myself, until
called on by proper authority I still hope
that those who cell themselves the friends
of commodore Barron, will not render it
necessary for me, ii vindication of my own
character, to state facts.
Yours, &c.
CHAS. GORDON.
TJ. B. You and all other Editors who have
published the remarks signed, " A Friend
to Justice," will, I hope, not hesitate in
publishuug.the above statement, C. G.
Extract of a letter from an officer in the Vir-
ginia Detachment, in the Elizabeth river,
July %$th.
*l We have at length bid adieu to Nor-
folk and its hospitable inhabitants. Believe
me, I have never experienced so much heart
winning kindness ; and it is with the ut-
most amazement that I have heard the mi-
serable misrepresentations which have cir-
culated in your city on this subject- Every
doorseernedopening upon its hinges to admit
us . and every table was spread with the
luxuries ot the season to receive the volun-
teers of their country. The same hospitali-
ty extended to the men as well as to their of-
ficers.
'' A few short reflections will conclude
the correspondence which I have maintain
ed on the subject of our short campaign. I
had intended to have decorated -my pages
with a miniature picture of the character
and conduct of our commander in chief; but
I have no personal resentments against general
Matthews ; and the arrangements which
are likely to be adopted into the detachments
about Norfolk, will probably disrobe him
of all his importance as a public character,
it was more to my wish to show the absur-
dity of employing cavalry instead of infantry
on the hilly sands of Lynhaven bay : but
I reserve this task to abler hands.
'¦ The scenes'which I have lately visited,
naturally suggest one question to my mind,
that is peculiarly interesting at this crisis.
What is the best policy which we can adopt
to..-aids Great-Britain ?"
" I cannot myself entertain a moment's
doubt, that Humphrey's conduct has been
dictated by his government Still the posi-
tion is not absolutely certain ; and it may
behove us to give the British an opportuni-
ty of making an effectual reparation. In
the mean time prudence would dictate the
making of every necessary preparation.
An embajgo would have been an impolitic
measure ; btcause it would have been Con-
travened by a similar measure on the part
of Great-Britain, and we have more proper-
ty .in -their -ports, than they have in ours.
The merchants now know enough of our
precarious situation, to be satisfied that war
with Great-Britain, is a probable event :
when they see the government adopting mi-
litary measures let them look to that event.
Let them be securing their property, and
om «eamen now in British ports and on the
ocean. Meantime our government may se-
cure om armed vessels now in the Mediter-
ranean. Our regular force may be in a
state of equipment ; and the officers of the
100,000 militia now called out by the pre-
sident, should not relax one moment in
their preparation. Forts may be equiping,
and gun-boats building. And it is believ-
ed that all negociattons with G. B. on other
points will be suspended until the amplest
reparation for this outrage has been obtain-
ed^ If she refuses, the information may a-
rive in.this country about the middle of Oc-
tober, when congress perhaps may be ex-
pected to meet.
" This picture naturally brings the naval
preparations of Norfolk full into my view.
These principally embrace, the forts, the
gun-b ats, and the Chesapeake.
" The gun-boats which are now on the
stocks, are of a different construction
from those which were formerly built. In-
stead of being very fiat at-the bottom and
containing two thirty-two pounders, one in
the stern and the otner in the bow, the
present boats are smaller, shaped like pilot-
boats and sharper in the.Jkeel, and contain
but a-'Shigle tiiirty-two pounder in their
bow. They are of course more rapid in
their movements and still capable' of going
into a sufficiently shallow -water to answer the
purposes for which they are intended. The
former gun boats which are alicady eqiiiped
Sjiid laying at -Norfolk around the Chesa-
peake, are of the old, construction. The
four that-1 saw atGosport (the southern ex-
tremity of .Portsmouth) building under the
superintendence of the U. S. naval agent,
the respectable Mr. Bedinger, . are on the
new plan. These wifll be -completely e-
qniped in a very few days. Pour others
have beenconstructed at Hampton, and four
! more, I believe, in tlie county of Mat-
thews. The whole of these will be in a
state of complete equipment in a short time.
On Friday evening I saw the shell of one
t>f the Hampton boats towed by another
vessel about half a mile below fort Nelson.
It was about to be conducted to the naval
yard at Gosport to receive its rigging and'-e-
quipment.
" The Elizabeth river is defended by
two forts ; fort Nelson on the south side of
the river, about three-fourths of a mile below
Portsmouth, and fort Norfolk about half a
mile below the other fort. Fort Nelson is
in the most complete state of preparation.
It is c aimanded by captain Saunders, from
whose intrepidity too much cannot be ex-
pected. At present it contains 24. eighteen
pounders, .and its situation is so ad-
vantageous, as to expose every vessel
that is destined to Norfolk, a considerable
time to its point-blank cannon. The rear
of the fort is however defenceless. A body
of marines might land, attack it on that
side, seize it, spike its cannon, blow up its
magazine, and do incalculable mischief to
its parapets, before the military force of
Portsmouth could march to its rescue. I
have understood that captain Saunders is
now on a negociation with the government
to this effect. He proposes to dig a fosse
at the rear of the fort, which may commu-
nicate with the water of the Elizabeth river.
The situation of the ground is so admirably
adapted to the purpose, that a complete line
of circumvallation might be drawn around
the fort. Fort Norfolk was, a few days
past, in a very deplorable condition. Its
parapets were overthrown, and its guns dis-
mounted. But owing to tlic volunteer ex-
ertions of the patriotic citizens of Norfolk,
it is now rising from its ruins, and will be
in a very respectable state of preparation in
¦a few days. It is intended to contain 9
eighteen pounders.
"Commodore Decatur has displayed the
most astonishing activity and skill in the
expeditious refitting of the Chesapeake. All
the masts are up. and the wounds inflicted
on 'her sides by the perfidious balls of the
British are completely healed. "But not so
is her honor !—As our troops descended the
Elizabeth river, we were saluted by the com-
pany of aitillery on the short ; by the can-
non of the two forts ; by the French frigate
the Cybelle who cheered us from all her
shrouds, and paid us the extraordinary hon-
or of lowering and lifting her national flag
not less than five times. But the saluta-
tions of our own frigate was much less hon-
¦ orary and complete. We were cheered
from her shrouds ; but no artillery, no flag,
announced our departure. 'We were at
first inclined to be wounded by this cold
civility : but, on inquiring the reason, our
astonishment was converted tntocompassiou.
Alas ! she was a disgraced vessel; and it
was a rule in the navy, that the ship whose
honor was under a cloud, could confer none
upon others; We heard this explanation
with a sigh, but immediately an involuntary
exclamation burst from our lips—' If Bar-
ron hasdisgraced you, Decatur will reprieve
your honor.
" Two other arrangements are necessary
to a more complete defence of Norfolk—
The one is a battery at Crancy-Island, about
6 miles below the town ; the other is a bat-
tery on the point of land, bet-* een Norfolk
and Gosport, where the marine hospital is
situated. 1 understand that general Dear,
borne, when he visited Norfolk to inspect
its fortifications, had adopted the very same
opinions."
. LpNDON, June 4.
Aiettej-fcoei an officer at the Cape of
Good 1 lope,JJ||j|%l Match 26, says, '• I cm-
brace the oppoMmity of the Theseus, which
is ordered home, to give you the news of
this place."
'" The arrival of gen. Craufurd's force
here has made a great deal of bustle. Many
of the officers of this expedition who had
been at this place before, were astonished
at the great improvements which the Dutch
had been making, and which are now car.
rying on with great spirit. The appearance
of the town is now really grand ; every
thing is beauty and regularity. We have
abundance of all provisions and liquors, and
there is a most excellent and well- governed
police. The Dutch seem happy under our
.government, and copy all our manners and
dress. We have a paper published weekly
in English and Dutch. We have not yet
established any regular .public amusements,
but w,» intend soon establishing a theatre.
We are to have races in a few weeks and
balls of cource. We have got our first di-
vision of prize money for the capture uf
this place; sir David Baiid, it is thought,
will have altogether, about 40,000k Field
officers have already received 540I; captains
75I, and the subalterns 45I each. It is
thought that the field officers will have in
all nearly 3000I j captains 450I, and subal-
terns 250I each, when the unsold stores,- See.
have been disposed of."
An order has been issued by the governor
of the Cape of Good Hope, prohibiting Bri-
tish officers and soMiers from manying in
Dutch families. This regulation is a griev-
ous disappointment to the wroms of the
settlement, who had hoped, in 'their turn, to
subdue their conquer**;
Gen. Beresford, it "ia said, is to return to
the South-Ameiiaan army.'
It is now certain, from tltf statement of
all the popular publications, that the present
administration will continue a shorter time
in power than the late; the difference of
opinion which appears to exist among the
junto, must convince the World of their in-
experience and inability to conduct the helm
of this great country.
It is said on respectable authority, that of
the members already returned to the. new
parliament, there are 141 who voted on Mr.
Brand's motion, and 15 new meysbers, with
sentiments declaredly and.dertctly hostile
to the new administration ; and it is eject-
ed that in the result of the election for
Ireland and Scotland, £0 Irish members, and"
14 or 16' Scotch members will be added to
the number. A minority at which ministers
may tremble !
The recal of the Swedish minister is at
his own request, but his excellency will not
leave this country before the arrival of M.
D'Adlcrberg, who is appointed his success-
or, and who was at Gottenburg, preparing
to embark for this country, when the last
mail camfe away.
The race of elephants, it is said, lately
increased to such a degree in Sooloo, as to
threaten to depopulate the province. At
the close of the last harvest, the natives as-
sembled from all quarters for the purpose of
destroying them, and during a short period
killed several thousands.
BY THIS DAY'S MAILS.
BOSTON, July 31.
Arrived, ship Savannah, of Bath, Dela-
no, 50 days from Liverpool.
Ship Alert, Low, 56 days from Am-
Sterclam.
Prig Jefferson, Warren, Isle of France,
89 days. Spoke, July , iat.. 39, 18,
long. 06, 30. schr- Ivaty and Maria, Blake-
man, of Bridgeport, for Bermuda. July 28,
long. 68, '10,. a ship from -Boston ; same
day, lat. and long. brig'Ocean, Bourne, 5
days from Kennebnnk, for Trinidad.
At quarantine, brig Sampson, Strout, of
Kennebunk, Guadeloupe, 16 days.
Below, a ship, supposed to be the Superb,
Lombard, hum the river of Plate,
Entered, Nancy, Baltimore. .
Cleared, Margaret. Edes, Portland.; brig
Ezra and Daniel, Hall, Leghorn j schr.
Dart, Weaver,Honduras.
So confident are some persons in France
of the final subjugation of the British islands
that they are very kindly providing for the
English in that ca»e. by recommending that
they should go to the East-Indies, and es-
tablish themselves there. But Bonaparte
seems to intend to deprive them even.of.this
alternative.
We understand, that after the late affair
in the Chesapeake, the commander of the
French ship Fatiiot requested leave to erect
a battery on shore ./for. the defence of his
veisel, from the possibility that the.British
might form some designs against her, if they
proceeded in their hostile measures. We
ought to have forts of our own sufficient to
protect all vessels in our harbors.
¦On Saturday (says the Albany Crisis of
the 21st instant) a report was current in
town that the British government of Canada
had interdicted, all communication with the
states, but we could trace it to no authentic
source.
-On Wednesday, we understand, the go-
vernor, with several military gentlemen,
took a survey of the lower harbor, for the
purpose of determining on the most suitable
places for works of defence. *
Translations from late French fia/iers.
•Berlin, June SO.
The nomination of the king of Prussia of
Hardenberg as his prime minister, is unfa-
vorable to peace; as the emperor has hereto-
fore refused to treat with him.
Hamburg, Jane 3.
The Russian Gazette, May 9. contains a
list of i!2S officers killed in the field of
battle, and IS that have died of their wounds.
The Russian fleet at Cronstadt, is to sail as
soon as the season will permit.
The Warsaw Gazette, May £27, contains
the following article . " A courier arrived
here yesterday from Constantinople, and
brought official news that the English had
been beaten in Egypt, and forced to re em-
bark.
Vienna, May SO.
The Prussian adjutant-general, count de
Roggendofff, had died of wounds received at
Cauth on the 14th.
Dantzic, June 3.
The emperor returned from hence yester-
day. The damage done to houses in this
place by the siege, in estimated at 12,000,000.
The nouses which Gen. Kalkreuth ordered
to be demolished in the suburbs, are estimat-
ed at 9,000,000.
Hague, June 8.
Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, have under-
taken to negociate a loan of 30,000,000 of
florins for Spain.
The hopes of pea»e have revived since the
fall of Danlzic.
Part's, June 13.
Oar court is to go into mourning for 20
days, for the death of the Empress of Aus-
tria.
On the 4th instant, the English prisoners
at Verdun celebrated their king's birth day,
with acclamations and toasts of " God »ave
the King."
^ichr. Lively, Sherman, Havana ; Alice,
Ann, Smith, North-Carolina, 6.
Cleared brig Klizabeth, Campbell, St.
Croix; Susan Newman, Havana ;- -schr.
Catharine, Miller, St. Sabastians ; . Peggy,
Marsfal, North-Carolina ; sloop Putty,.
Stevens. Charleston.
Ship Temperance, from Toningen ; brigs
Three Brothers from the Mediterranean;
Friends, Medcalf, 25 days from Kingston,
Jamaica ; Hannah of Boston from Havana,
and another brig and two schooners names
unknown, are below1. '
The sloop Greyhound, Hand, hence, for
Charleston is on shore and full of water,
4 miles inside Cape May, 1-4 mile from the
shore.
PHILADELPHIA, August 3.
Arrived, schr. Milford, Sayres, Point Pe-
tre ; Regulator, Norton, Charleston, 6d«ys j
sloop Hennoine, Williams, Kujson, 8 j
Charleston, jpiy 23.
Ship Anne, 48 days'fiom Congo, anchored
at the Quarantine Ground yesterday.
A brig was off the Bar last evening.
The seaman who was impressed out of the
ship Portland by the Emerald frigate, men-
tioned yesterday, had not a protection, but
merely a consular certificate.
ALEXANDRIA, August 3.
Arrived, ship United Slates, captain Cole-
man, i7 days from Barbados, Was board-
ed by a French privateer, from Gnadaloupe,
I Who informed that they had the day before
j boarded the brig Hunter, from this port,
bound to Barbados.
Brig Columbia, captain Levering,.is days
from Jamaica.
I'rig President, captain Bell, t:7 days
from St. Bartholomews.
Brig Dolphin, Gray, Boston.
Schr. Freighter, capiain Toms, from Port-
land.
Schr. Ann, captain Lane, from Newbu-
ry port.
British schr.' Zilpah, Cork, Windsor,
Nova-Scotia.
Scllr. Mohawk, Newcomb, Boston.
Schr. Regulator, Barre, Haitimore.
Sloop Unity, Hand, Philadelphia.
Cleared, brig Sparrow, Carrew, St. Tho-
mas ; sehr. Philip, Taber, do. : Caroline,
Hand, Barbados ; General Piuckney, Sic-
kle, Guadakupe.
AMERICAN WOOL.
Two very beautiful sheep, have lately ar-
rived at Arlington, from Smith's isiand.
They are perfectly wild, and will not asso--
ciite Withrthe rl :ck at the farm, are very
fine boned, and run with great sivil'tness.-—
The approach of winter will, however, do-
mesticate them, and cause them to seek the
protection .of mao. The flece is as fine as
can be imagined, of most delicate sof'tnesa
to the touch, and purely whife. It nearly
resembles the famous Spanish wool, except
that the animals will yield three ti.mes as
great a quantity. The sheep of the island
are shorn twice a year,-at which times they
are driven into spaces enclosed on the one
side and bounded by the sea on the other.
After shearing they are set at liberty, and
leassume their native wiidness. The extent
of the island is such that many are never
taken, and live to a great age. The cii.
mate, pasturage, and" consfant access to
salt, have no doubt greatly contributed to
improve the fleece, together with many
other causes, at present not known.
MILITI
NOTICK IS ¦ lilVRN,
. That the district of the 2rtii i-eguu^iit is
enlarged; by u"thu iial Vjr'e'ement of thq hVid
officers ot'suUl regiment, and those of tht-SOih
v\f. The s-.11-district is hereafter to extend
from Light.Lane and St 1'aul's its present
limits west, to Charles street, east running
northerly to the precincts, arid'southerly to.'.
tin- north side or Camden-irweet, - ;uk1 with
tin- Rorth side of said street to the bason, in-
cluding ail the intermediate streets, lam s and
alleys, of which the citizens residing- therein
will please to take notice, who will aebonline-
iy hold themselves m readtaes to be annexed
to the 27th regiment." .'
bigntd, JAMES MOSHER,
I.t. Col 39th Reg-..
JACOB SMALL,
2d. Major.
In consequence ^of the above concession,
the citizens living- tvithifi those bounds, are
r-esne'.-.tfitlly informed, that'will be speedily
wailed upon by on,; or more ouk;et''s of the -fob-,
lowing companies, viz.
Captain Scion's jriana-diei- company,
Captain Kennedy Long's infantry ilo.
Captain J M'Chire' do. do.
Captain J. C. White's do. do,
Captain Alexander Neshitt's do. do.
In order to enroll all such as arc not annex-
ed to other regiments or compamis, in one or .
other- of said companies of the 27l!i
leaving- to the citizens the choice of which of
the above they shall be annexed to! In the
interim they will please to decline attacliing
themselves to any othar company,
vvm. Lowav,
Ll. Cul. Com. 2T\h Keg
August 1. d4t
Regimental Orders.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
The captains of this regiment will sp.
dily make returns of all effective men. in'
their re pective districts, that a draught (if
necessary) may be made to furnish the quo-'
ta required out of the regiment. But the
colonel confidently expects that volunteer
offers, more than sufficient will be made to
supply that quota, and that ail, will, as a
band of brothers unite in the common cause
of their country ; and promote volunteer
corps, in which case arms will be furnished
us, and we shall have the |
