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7-v-i-v-- ,'Xv v i 7--; 4; -..--7? J j,. yi 'J'"- .. . . ."":".'"J J ., ... . -f -i ;;: '.." -v?. - c v' i, r a t ptntr xt r ' mot tcuun OV tlP ic ivn t'U' TiftVI AM , r; , 1 1 FRIDAY, ISTb. S4!3;'v illiilts; v. 1 I V f .Military. ilrsr. Editota, , 5 ' -" Living aopne distance from Any postSicc I ampttcludcd the privilege of much newrspaper infiirmatiort That which is obtained Uj our neigfi borhood is mostly by means of elaborate circulars) f 1 ornou r repre"sthtaU ve 10 congress, whlcn yrt have the pleasure of perusipg once in each year. A few days past I Isad the opportunity of read . jog one of the nurnbew of the Star,' priotefl in your city on jtbe 1st instant s in vhich.Were cqn- tamed orders for the present requisition of the lUtia of this sut aud ih. Ugmmf. aomier , ana smre,y aesires maM th9risiDg the same. v :i '' V!' I observe in the first section of the act of con gress, that the preident is authorised to require of the executives of the different states and territo ries to take effectual measures to arrange, arm and equip, according to law, and to hold in readiness to march at a moment's warning, their respective proportions of one hundred thousand militia. On , reaCing the general orders and the act of congress, I began to reflect on the utuation of the eauip mentVof the militia of this, jitate and have drawn , - a conclusion, horn the knowledge which i possess of the state, that 'not one fiftieth part thereof are ' now a proper situation to face an invading'foe. The milUia law of this state requires each sol ier to be equipped with a musket or firelock, car touch box or hot pouch' and powder horn, without having any reference to the sufficiency of such ac coutrements. And I venture to say we can never expect them to be oetter equipped 'than they are at ttraent, o long as the -procuring of these equi- ! pages inthely devolves on the soldier who ha31. vailjng in the ptiblic council nioi powerful than -perform military duty and spend from six ro' ttlc duty, more regarded than the interests , ' . , . .. f . . land honor of i he nation. We refer to the recent days in theyearin the execution of that duty r . 7. ".v. , . ,m . .... .. . , , r; transactions on the W abash. Where is that ge and whilst all exeroptv religiously scrupulous ofjoerolls senbe of public duty which in former times 'bearing arms, and all officers of government from j held forth the representatives oi' the people as the bi executive of the state to aaustice of the peace,' tand inquest and the comptrollers of puUks mea i.' " M I" ..J , - - 'jifcures r vvnere is tnat repuoncan .Tru-iue gone, k - Ipsa vrvnfof J.H i. - ' & . iip" KiiaVir iim'ir i' w iiuite ur . icta. . bib rxunci misu fiiMic; 1 jjaar venture y, hat thlifmsandOcrhaimotfihetJM ' e .u il' m i-4 '--4- Am ty of this-atatei art wempHrom anytax .to de - ". r. i . - .: ' " -. i fend it in cases either of invasion orinsurrectioni But the frugal, honest farmer, who may have a number of tons, or the industrious mechanic who tnay have several apprentices, learning one of th ' J aen must, as soon as their respective sons or ap. prentices arrive at eighteen years, or six months fbereafter at nost, paya sum of between twelve od twenty dollars for each of thir equipments. Why ha not thelegislatare of this- state made some provision for procuring s many arms and accoutrements " asa requisition like the present tnighTTeuire fleT.wVnot had similar calls for detachments )f the militia for several years past ? Are we any hetter provided, a to equipages, than when the first reQuisincJn was made? Have we ootieen,upon an equipoise, between peace and war. for three or four years I Have we not had a ' . 7 r; . - iiflRcint irorpe Of embargo, non imereout tte and ., p-.a- o . nonimportation J What have we got by them s Have they not imporerished our public treasury ? Have they not distressed the farmer, and rendered bankrupts many of those whose capital was em ployed in shipping ? Have they not 'done all this, besides inducing many of our citizens, whosfc en tire dependence was on commerce, and whose cha racter hitherto stood unsullied, to become smug. $lers, and I hope I shaH not be blamed, if I sayt rogues ? And haye they not likewise, driven many of our seamen, who could not get cmployi into the service of a foreign power "' - And now we are called upon to hold ourselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning, where shall we inarch t And if we march, with what shall we meet our enemy ? With our fowl ing piecesand small shot guns ? If we are thus compelled to meet them, shall we not resemble ' lambs driven to the slaughter? Will k not look like ' a mock army to see 7000 men, assembled as sol diers, and not more than one hundred and fifty stand of arms, amongst the. whole, fit . for. actual service ? Will not such an urmy incur a very .' considerable expence to the united States, When " in facti thus1 destitute they, could only disgrace the . American cause. -IJLcan conieLvg-pf n.Q other altcjnative, than that the executive, of this State, under whose protec nftn4ontrdlTWfr-tahdr-rsh6uld convene the egislatureaTeulIyta, poislule - and" vour to remove the evls to which we are subject at the present crista. I have thought m arms and accoutrements are to be purchased, that a general tax levied on air exempts from military duty, on land and black polls, would be the most equitable plan. The soldier who has to perform military duty should be exempt from a poll tax on that behalf. : :'-" ' These are the hints and Suggestions of one 16 whom the American government is as dear as his life ; and of onfe whoso pretensions are but small. He only hopes that some plan may be adopted, Tf (he above suggestions do not meet general appro bation, to quiet the murmurs and remove the op- tnf siatc ra wnicn ne oeiongs may support nerseif with that dignity, which she should assume a monest her slatertates. AMERICANUS. , THE ADMINISTRATION. The following extract from the " Anrora;" being good democratic evidence is entitled to cartful . ; ..- ". . , r . . , . preservation ana lrtquem purusai as a paper containing -important facts hitherto sufifitwed, nkle q( tobaCCO the selections which their in relative to the late unhappy sacrifice ot I'ves, spectioas enabicd tiicm l0 make, insured them a in the battle on the Wabash-and ; important ruin oBt in &u unroptiai markets. The ie. facts to 1 prove the incompetency and hypocrisy :fuse .which we could only become the purcha. of the admimstratton., Such facts as would Iop!(e ha3 5een a constant source ol loss and ruin, off the heads of the ministers in almost any . Ah ll(Spection at .orlolk will bring us .one-step European government. But alas ' the people ,nearer towards -Hty were blind, and would not see ; oeaf and would To North Carolina the advantages which will not .hear. Ler the charm he brokeff why?h!Tegui, from a direct intercourse with Norfolk, are binds thcm to-afaisfe jihilosophy and an unp. ofi j incalcuIublef the exptnee attending a land i.uic s,?vciii, uuu u. u uwmj office. Fr6tnlfie Aurora. . -A recent instance ot the fatal efTectti of an ill conducted war Office, and incompetent war minis ters, which must render it obvious to the country kahik tnun Kd tiA GAvivito r Aft r r-.F n; r at Hi Drt.sent moment or that there is some wwiiw. pre- . "v.w . . . v .. . . vuiviovtauaa4rint i cj'isr .a j..tlasryfHt for two whole sessions ir iproseeuiing a miinary tjmcer wi'no nu uiastcacon- v h j ... . j- ftt -j j the transactions on the W ababh to pass without an, enquiry which can see the wan whose skill and providence, whose eiqericiice and generosity . i comnlrmentoi acknowledgement; whose aspersion is even con - - nived at, Si whose hps are sealed'by the discipline. The ofheer here referred to is col. Jchn Boyd, 6f the 4th regiment. Are the members of Con gress ignorant ot the course of the measures which preceded that expedition, or by which it was con ducted, or what followed ? It fa charitable to pre sume theynow not what was done. We shall then state to 'them such Tacts as are -unexampled in the history of human fofly. When the 4th re gimeCt was ordered to. descend the, Ohio, for ac tual service, 4t would seem to be a necessary con. sequence that provision would have been made for mmunation and other military Wares ; what was the fact ?supon reaching the public defiot (ar senal it is called and called any thing else it would be less ridiculous) behold ! for the regular force going upon actual service ytliere tea? NO AMMUNITION to be hdd nor orders to firocure any be brief Col. Boyd took the responsi- bility of the expence of gun powder -upon lumstlt; some loosemUsket balls, but there wefe -neither buck shot nor moulds to cast it j cohTJoyd had to provide for these things entering upon an expedi tionnto an asetUeu country,. Col. Boyd pro cured copper, -and procured, either from his regu ment or in the villages, workmen, and caused to be made moulds to cast the balls and buck shot ; for cartridge paper, he Tesortedf to the purchase of old newspapers ; and formed his laboratory in his corps; when ne reacned vincennes, nejouna the militia alike unprovided, and it was by his ac tivity and foresight that powder was, collected from. Cincinnati and other towns, in small qaunti- ties of a pound I . , ...... . Such facts are indeed, from their monstrous na ture from their unparalleled extravaKance.-such as u jwouia uc .aimosi a vinue w wsucuctc, ji ic facts were iwt even mild and extenuated as here stated, and if they did notJiold forth a sortof pres sage of the method in which we might be expected to carry on a war, under such a guiduocel as direct ed the Wabash expedition ; and that egregious u l . -i .1' :r.u series of blunders and imbecilityWhich preceded and brought on the battle of Tinnecahoe. University. . , , BE it ordained, y the f rustees of the Univer sity of North Carolina; and it is-hereby or dained by the authority of the same, that a special meetinc of this board be had on Saturday the 1 1th rt-iyJnJy-nffive4ty advertisement be thereof made accordingly , r ROB'T WILLIAMS?, Sec'y iraleigbPecembrjA ,181 i. ' . ..NoBfoLK. May 13. , We have to congratulate our townsmen, Upon the prospect, at length opened to them, bV the completion of the Dismal Swamp Canal- Boat can now pass from Norfolk to Albtrnarle isound, and we hope very shortly to be able to announce the arrival and departure of many, engaged in that arreci xramc wiui we agncuuuiausi, which nas always been found the readiest and most certain means for Xht aggrandizement of a commercial town..'' ' - . - ' - ' Norfolk lias Thitherto enjoyed tfcartely any jad vanugea of commerce from those connected with jCC8rtU,.,lia ieasoD, with a secure harbor, a its maritime position.- convenient to the sea, ac- rhodesteci unequalled iy any on ine cnunem, it rcntires but an Inland trade t6 rendtr xrt cm porium of commerct. it hafs hitherto been the point only of translation from the rrve'r erao ves sels engaged in foreign trade. .The town's at the heads' of the rivers have collected tlue produce of Fthe country, and principally exported it ours has been confined to the mere agency Of ireight and insurance, n When, indeed, tnVcommand of capital enabled us to emulate our neighbours, we h. rtrmlv snflrprf ft nr temi-ritv. -Inth carrtatre, their agriculture has for filty ears re- mained stationary. Ihe expense of transporting their produce to Richmond or Petersburg, con sumes one half of their Tobacco, two thirds oi their VVhcatand five snxths of their Corn. Th first crop Of the most laborious and exhausting, alone afforded them any'remuneration. Wheat has been neglected, and Coin,' cultivated to no greater ex tent ihan to fatten a few hogs which carried theca selves to market. The following advantages which will result to their agriculture cannot fail to improve it. The waggonag: of a hogshead of To. "tacco to, Petersburg or. Richmond, worth upon an average of yeais f SO 14 25 00 iiw;,rrl rrt-f Z;ZL. They iill avein every fihd of To- " bacco. - The waggonage f almsnel of Wheat, average prict A3 ctiits is 1 torn Halifaxto Norfolk - 7 Saved Ditto of a barrelof Corn, worth 3i. Fjom Halifax to Norfolk . Difference S 19 00 0 0 50 10 40 2 u 50 50 2 00 The onlv obstacle to the immediate benefits of this trade is supposed to xist in the difficulty of adapting vessels to the navigation of the Sound, which can ascend the canal and pass to Norfolk This difficulty, we understand, can asily be sur mounted. The Capal company have adopted the determination of constructing a vessel for this pur pose, which, while it will remove the apprehen sions, will induce individuals to profit by the expe riment. ' We would submit to the Company, the probable advantages which wouJ4 arise by grant ing to the fust. two or three vessels which might be thus employed, the free navigation of the canal for a limited lime. It would eycite that spirit of enterprise of which we are most lamentably deii- r cient. Washington City, May 18. , n pursuarice of a notice given to the Republi can Members of Congress generally eighty two Membersot Congress convened in the aenate Chamber at the Capitol, viz : SENATORS Messrs. Anderson, Brent, G. W Camnhell, Condit; Crawford, Cutis, Gregg, Howell, Leib, Pope, Robinson, Smith of N. York, Tait, Taylor, Tuinc;-, Var'num. Woi thington-17. REPRESENTATIVES. Messrs. Bartlett. O. Hall, Harper, Green, leaver, Turner; Fjsk, Shaw, Mitchill, Sage, bammons, Boyd, Condit, Morgan Richardson, Hyneman Anderson, Bard, Brown, Crawford, Davis, Fmdley, Lacock Iyle,v Pipei; Smilie, G. Smith, Ringgold, Wright, Bassett, Bur well, H. Clay, Dawson, Gholson, Ooodwyn, Hawes, Taliaferro, M'Coy, Nelson, Newton, Pleasants, Al ston, Cochran, King, Pickens, S." Butler, Calhoun, Karle. Moored Winn. Bibb, B. Hall, Troup, M Clay, Desha, Johnson, M'Kee, Ormsby, New, Grundy, Rhea, Morrow, Poindexter, Jennings, ac vier, 65.. Total 82. - t r The. meeting was opened at-Z o'clock. On motion ot Mr. timiue, the Hon. J. a. V'ar num was appointed Chairman, and R. M. Johnson Secretary of the meeting. Mr. Findtey haviogi)riefly explained the object of the meeting Andersoi of Tennesseej it was - . .. . - Resolved, That tbe meeting do now proceed to recdmmenti proper persons r.s candidates to. fill offices of Presldeppm Siattijfof the term of four years from the sd day of Match next. 0. . . . -i The meeting nrst proceeded, on motion qf Mr. 'Atlkeroht-.6 ballot, for the candidal fo? iht Pi esi dehcy ijandi M'essrv Mitchell and Tate being ap. pointed Tellers it )pi?eared on counting the Tbal- ''''' lots, that the votes we're 'as tbllows i No other person being voted fof.7 , . - . , ,Th meeting then proceeded, in like manner, to ballot for a suitable person to be supported Tor the. . office of Vice President Toir a like,term. On count infe the ballots, it appealed that there Were " 1 or JOttN LANGdON 4 . liLBRlBGE GERHV 16 Scattering " . 1 ' ' i . 2 " 'On motion of jGartipbtil of Tennessee it Was then .. .t. ! '.. ' v; 9 1 r .. . frid&UM'me Wise !eetinff, that J AMES MADISTO of the Wateof Virjrjnia, be recommended to the people 'of the tJnited States, as a proper persttn to fill the office of President, for r four years, from the 3d day df March next . And' that JOHNJL ANGDON,of the state of N. Harp shire, be recommended as a proper person to fill . the 'office of VicerPresidcnt for tl fesamc term, v . 'Resolved, That in making theforeeoiog recom mendation, the members of this meeting have ac ted only in their individual characters, as citizens and that they have been induced to adopt the mea sure from a deep conviction of the importance of' . union to the republicans, throughout all parts of ' the U. State 6 in the present crisis of our public : affairs. On mbtion of Mr-'"Plndley, the folb wing gentle. -men were appointed a committee of correspsnr dence and arrangement, 'fi iJ... . -. Mr. Cutts of N. Hampshire, Mr. Varnuar of:' Massachusetts, Mr. Howell of R. Island, Ma..Ro birtson of Vermont, Sage ojTNew Voikv Mr. -Condit of New-Jtrsey, Mr Smilie of Pena. Mr. Ringgold of Maryland, Mr. Burwell of Virginia, Mr. Pickens of North-Carolina, Mr. Taylor ofS. Carolina, Mr. Crawford of Georgia, Mr. Ander son of Tennessee, Mr Pope of Kentucky, Mr. Morrow of Ohio, Mr. Fromentin of Louisictna, Mi Poindexter of Mississippi, Mr. Jennings of lndi. J.ana. And tlie meetinr autotirned. J. B. VaRN'UM, Chairman. R.M. JOHNSON, Sec'y. ffi' A letter was received from Mr. Blackkdge, of me House of Representatives)' expressive of hi regret at being confined by indisposition, and fk. ing to be permitted to vote by proxy for James Madison. 1 he vote by proxy was not deemed ou -Xitfiitol, Abu Oi. M. Gales, In lookmgover the copy of the proceejjiiTgS' or the meeting of yesterday eveuing, who recom: mended candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the United States, I discover the name of Mr. Crawford of Pennsylvania, inserted who was not present ; and those of Mr. Habere of: Pennsylvania, nd Mr. Dinsmore oi New-Harop-shire, who were present, omitted ; which makes the aggregate number of 83, of whiah number voted,t as stated in the proceedings. Your obe'dt. servant, ft. M. JOHNSONV We are authorised to state, that Mr. Crawford was confined at his lodgings by indisposition and had he been present, would have votod for Madiscni and Langdon.- t Mr. Sammons, we learn, was-the member wha did hot vote. ' USURPATION, i . It is painful to behold members of congress ap pointing .a president, in violation of the following. -' prescription of the constitution, act. 2 :- No sen ator, or representative, or person holdiner ahyof- i nee of trust or profit, under the United, Stales., sall be appointed an elector. I fin i r i a ..t a w nai means mis i i nai memDars ot congress shall not interfore in the election of president ; that - as they cannot be. appointed elecrars, thev shall -neither appoint electors, .nor assume filTauthority still greater and therefore more dangerous, , viz. of determining lor whom the electors shall vote. I a lesser pbwer denied and a greater conferred in - . one and the same breath ? No the constitution i ' too consistent and.r.easonable for such absurdity?" There is no excuse . for the appointment of presi dent by congress It is an usurpation. BuU it is said, the members do not meet ii their official capacity.- Nonsense ! -They were . . . . 1 i . i . seju to congress ciomea oniy witn a representa tive official character in that one quality solely ; and, ii they can there usurp one additional power i what is to hinder thtm from assuming twenty o tber functions or move' ? But, we examiwtd this subject so carefully four years ago, (fiat every ar. gument has been anticipated. - " 1 If thisi method of nomination be 'm-rrssary, some asstrt; why then, the constinju-l'bugM be amended not AroJten.t .'minht .run : ' t. ong ress, by "and with the conseiit .ol the petple t,ha!t appoint the president ami vice president of the. ' -United States,vBu conse quence LH7YoU shall never mote behold an in dependent congress -They will succumb to the , executive, who would soon wield all power ard in- -. I fluence. ' ' . ;-J,l.v;:'. '-". '-'' - .'' We copy the foftuwng from the National Infel- , Ugenccnf Saturday lasU " We are rt quested to Mate mat a thtlthe. republics members of the congress tf the XU I 'tit '' at . : ; s - . ...... - ' . ;
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