dercd by an a$ of the laft fcflion. They alfo find,
that of the former appropriation for; that objeft, a
njountinj? to 1 ,000,000 of dollars, therc remained, at
he .beginning of this year, an unexpended balance of.
700,000 dollara. It appearing'' doubtful whether it
will be expedient to' haften the building of thofe (hips,
fo much as to require,,, for the pcefent year, n expen
diture beyondthe amount of that balance, and confe
qiiently, whether the good of, the fcrvice will require
any additional" appropriation for that object at this
tioie ; 1 bave the honor of requeuing that you will be
fo good as to furnilli me, for the ule of the " Commit
' 1ubrl . ipi&ZT tP,ht point. ;jiaerfuad-,..
d that'll ; would be gratifying to the Commltteelo be
favoured, ".alfo with a ftatement of the fads and reafons
whereon that opinion may be founded.
i have the honor to be, with fentiments of
-rjttrgfr tetpectro'T'ryoxtrTnrmtlieTttr'
very humble fervant, .
-(Signed,) ROBERT G. HARPER.
(No. M.)
Navy Department Bih Feb. iZoo
THE livemk frames fqe tTreflX74 gTirt (hips, will
coft delivered at the building places, 300,006 dollars i
Theoihcr timber call iSo.oco dollars. The riecefla
fary preparations at each yard, for building pot only"
thefe, but (hips that may fee' hereafter authorized, fe
curing the timber for feafoning, purchafing fufScient
groundlbr capacious building yards, whre. the timber,
rari bedeivtyfiteji in-mtrr fe as avmiiftnfiderable
expenfe in piling an J unpilin to get at the particular
pieces wanted, will coil 200,000,. making.68ovooo
dollars. ' - ' - V. . .' - .; V '. :-
: The greater part of thefe cxpences ate already incur,
red, and the whole mutt be incurred early ill the
fpring. This amount added to the coft of trie fix Tmall
veflclsto be built out of the appropriation of oh milli
on of dollars, being 300,000 d :l!afs, will abforb nearly
the million of dollars appropriated for thefe 'objects..;'
me mms wnicn nave oeen advanced, ana mult ceaa-.
vanced for copper, will amount to more than the dif-
terence, but there may be a laving in lhe cxpeiice dt
jl VMI llJ IIIV U" MO ., .
It is for the wildom of Congrefs to determine whe
ther" we maintop here or go on rapidly, in building the
fix 74 gun mips. In the latter cafe, (Jcccco dollars,
vnllbe wanted for thefc (hips in the prcfent year. But
if, we may fafcly want until the timber foi the fliip.s is
nroperly feafoned, they will be infinite! v better and
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mote durable-by many years, -than if they are "now built
W 4 1.11 lllUUkl - V U It III! I III. WVI.'US Ulliy JIllUV. pim.".
and the vaffal of a foreign power. Tre yoke of bon
dage was confidercd as flavilh and humiliating, and was
felt to be impolitic and oppreffive j our commerce our.
manufacture and our'revenuci were, controuled and li
mited ; the Ihips ofour merchants were obliged t
cling to'our (bores, until their deftination, was permit
ted and directed by afoieign court, and the fountains
of our revenues were ordered to be turned intq a foreign
channel. The genius of Liberty lighted up a park of
heaven-born freedom in the American bread: ; it grew
into a flame which fpread from o.ie end of the conti
nent to the other j but; there was no chief to direct
its operations, ,ir toUhmulate its exertions. There
was however a tatmervJtj a neighbouring Rate, whole
valour in days of old had before been witntfTed, and
was now" recollected witlfjoyrj He had liurig up his
f word,- and ""-as cultivating underthe lhadei)f his lau
elgTfrcnTilld'anrof ealfeTiTlalhef la w til m"oa
the heights of Mount Vernon, tendiug his flocks and
his fields s " the fineer of Heaven Dointed to the
fpot - beHArasalledownithclainourouavQice
to unfurl the ltandaru of treedom, and with modelt
duty he obeyed the call. Ten tbouiand heroes rulhed
tothFpla
herty.wiped;j away 4he.teaj:hc....f''tftarj;ing. in her
eye, and the "-iadjenid;yagci'bf ltM vr.Wigbt
cned into joy. v', -
I will not detain you With a tedious detail of the
Various misfoitunes and the various fucceffes of his nai
li fary career. It i3 fufficicnt to fay, that owing to
tfee numberlefs difficulties which he had to encounter,
a cloud Iiungt-over the early-operations if his-arms,
but by his attention and by his kill, that cloud was
foon dilrJcrfed, and the funlhine of liberty burlt with
da3zling fplendourron our wellern world, fie wrt!l
ed the blood fpiinkled fceptre from the gripe of nujcf-
ty, and threw it again acrofs the Atlantic ocean ; the
manacles of flavery crumbled into allies at his touch
and the lofty American freed from the (hackles of op
pieflion, raifed once more his peniive head, and walk
ed at large with all the dignity of free-born man.
-When at length he had-reftored -us t peace and
freedom, he refigned his command, but to his eternal
h o no vn t f u fed 1 o" recei ve-a ny co m p enfation for his
Hfervicer for he was contefit in his country's caufe free
ly to fufeject his life 'to peril, kia fortunes tojeopaidy,
and his conltitution to decay. But his term of duty
had riot yet expired the United Statts thought pro
per i$ cement their intereits by a more intimate confe
deration than had before fxilted j our picfent confli
tution was fotrhcd,and by the Unanimous fuIFrage of
his country he Was once more tiirjj.from.the enjoyments
rcTe'ntT'bftotlarhYer
winter, and confequently in a very green (late and
if we can lowait, this 600,000 dollars will not be wan
ted for the prefent year.
If we flop here, we fhall always be in a fituation to
lay the keels, and to proceed -with fuch rapidity in.
building the fhipsv as to aTr4 ground tohope that they
maybe fent to fea, in lefs .than a year from the com
mencement of the building.
,ilnavc honor to be, with real refpeft,
fir, your mod obedient fervant. .
BENJAMIN, STODDERT.
Ion. R. G, Harper, 'Chairman of ihel ;
Cmm'.tfce of Ways and .Means. y ' v ,
The refolution" contained in the report Wa9 a
greed to without amendment ; ayes 50 ; and the Com
mittee of Ways and Meuns intruded to report a bill,
accordingly. . " " ' : -''.:
RALEIG II, March 18, x8o0.
r-r t r tr f. r . I I . I i i
i .c? foiioiving aetacnea jeuenccj from toe u; aiion 0;
-rirpurYian Fayetteyilky on the
lid ulu wilt give the pulhc Jnc idea of that ' gey -tleman
s jlyle and manner .
. The taflt of celebrating the actions of other men
has not generally-been difficult ; they have ufually
been deferving of praife, on account of fomtr few com-
mendatory qualities, or lorne. few remarkable atchieve-
mutifo 'l"'KwlvJft
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1 - - v - r
ture : perhaps he remembers that he was jnit, but con
vinced alfo that . he was rnefcilcfs, he fuffers the half
finifned image to link from his hands.- . Perhaps he has
recorded that he was' brave, but recollefting alio that
he was cruel, he hallily clofes the defcription. The .
front of the building' is fmooth and elegant he 'there-,
-fore paints"" that fide dkneand hurprererus tlie partial
andfc3pe to the public eye. He will not however def
cribe any of the other angles, left his pencil Ihould be
eorhptlled to. difc'ofe a rotten pillar, or a crumbling '
arch. But the noblje edifice which -is ijow attempted
rn be drawn, is not ol'i tht defcriptiAn ; each fide
f f r 1 . i r
prclents a new aod-iglonous lpectacie ; aoundiei8 va
riety of beauty Is featteied over the ftupendous dome, :
and falutes the eye at very glance ; innumerable ex
ceilcncies rufh on tne fight and claim to be. the .fiift
pourtrayed.- The hand of the artilt is not arrelled by
the ftar of difcljOfing a defeat, but by an apprehenfion
that te is unable to delineate fuch an, affemblage of
perfedion; He has not to confider at what angle he
ii to flop, he is only perplexed to difcover at what
feature of rariegiied excellence he fhall firft commence
" rhere was a time when the United States of A
nicrica did not rank among the free nations of the
jearth ; when this im men fe caantry was the tributary-
1 -.V ..- ." -. .'. ....... "... .
magiftrate of the Union. He heie (hone with equal
brilliancy in the charadttr ot a Itatefman ; he formed
on, an oecbnomical p'an, the arrangement of bufinefs
under the new eilabiifWeut ; he fecurtd by treaties,
nht peace isch he hd ubxiwitKiliy hisfworj. Ctom
.ro.erce again hoilted her canvas to the gale, and each
ocean was l'panglcd with ihe ibrs oi cur flag, The
cheerful hufbandraan again whillltd at the plough, and
whtrevcr a town had been dellroyed by thefnes of
.war, a city hitd arifen from its ahcs.
-At length he rofe from the prefidential Chair, and
retired once more to the waiks of private lie follow
ed by the blefiiiigs and the thanks of a grateful people,
and pofleflld of the viituou3 1 conicioufnes of having
deferved them.
" He will return no more t(f afli.t us with his conn
fel, or to protect us with his' arms. The hand which
faved his country, lies , motionlefs in death ; the eye
which flamed terror on her foes is riofed in night, and,
a cold clod rttls on the bofom which once warmly
panted for his country's honour . .'... But his re
putation fhall never die, as long as vinne remains alive.
Ages yet unborn fhall tell his orth to ages which fuc--ceed
them, , and when the hand of time lhall have rnb
bed,cut the mcmorialslvhich gfatitude fhall inferibe,.
Amer'ica itftlf will leruaiii hi6 monument, for as long
as our country furvives, the nian -a ho placed its name'
among the catalogue of nations can never be forgotten.
The verdure of other laurels may fade and die, but the
luftre-cf-ow-wn-roortal chiei-llxoMi4m'e-ta.glowMiv.uh-
-encreaiiHg-fplendour, Thefand-which-is gatheredby-
one flpod lillcattered by another, but the rock al
ways continues in its place ;" and the ftream of blivi
on which is continually wafhing away "ihe difloluble
fabrics of other heroes, lhall roll withont injury over
the ademant of OUR WASHINGTON." .
Have arrived! at JDifbon. This agreeable information
was brought by Capt. Machet', who arrived here o,n
Saturday laft. from Cadiz. Tbe intelligepceLwas rt
ceived at that place by letters from Lifbon, dated tjic
beginning of December,; ""
; r-'h Bojlon Paper.
- In Senate of the United States v .
V , . Fell vary a 6, 1 800. ' v
, A motion waTaiadc! ihat it be
Refolved, That a committee of privileges be, and
they are hereby diieftcd to enquire, who is the edi
tor (of the news. papr printed in thecity of Philadel
phia, called i tSe General Adycrtifer, or Aurora, and
byr;what means thtedito
of a bill prefcribing. the. moder-ofeciding difputed
eleftions of Prefident arid Vice-Prrfident of the Unt
ied States, which was printed in the aforcfaid newj-
y - .. - r: ! -. -
paper, pullifhed . Wednefday morning, the 19th Fe
bruary inft. and by' what authority he publifhed the
fame ; and by what authority the editor published in
the fame paper, that the honorable Mr. Pinckney a
fenatar from South Carolina, and a member of the
commitcee wh brought before the fenate the bill a
forefaid, had never been confiilted on ; the fubjeft ;:
and generally enquite the origin of fundry aflertions
in the fame paper, refpeft ingjt he fenate of the Uni
ted States, and the members thereof in their official
capacity, and why the fame were publifhed, and make
report to the fenate ; and that the faid committee hare
power to fend for. perfons, papers and tccordsi ttla-
ling to tne luojeci cuiimnucu 10 uiera,
,A. f'lf
Counterfeit Bank-Bills.
Frm an Alexandria paper, of ' the. 2 th uft
Yelterday two men were apprehended lor having
pafltd a number of counterfeit and loo dollar, bill
of the hank -of the United State3. On their examina
tion, it was proved, that they, a few days fince, arrived
at this port in the fchooner Two Brothers, from Kew
Otleans : and. from , evidence it appeared, that vaft
quantities counterfeit flotcs of the above dtfenptt
01 were in general circulation at that place.
t zz&zizz gxMzszz sz'&jz zz.yZSi szsssz sis:
' Toihe Freemen of tit 'Counties $f
orange, ivuiiuoipii, ounrora ana caiweii :
' Fellow-Citizens, - '
THE timeTor which the Prefident and Vice Pfefi
dent of the United States were elefted to office,
will expire in March enfuiugrand in November aexti
Eleftors will be chofen by the People. to fix ori Men
proper to fill thofe important dations for the enfuing
four years. ' . ; - r
Europe, within bat a very few vears paft, has - ..-
hibited to the world a feries of revolutions and political
con vnlfuins the moll awful and aftnniiTiInrr I Dfnlat int
appears to have fpread its tefrofa on every fide, in that
ArvnteA niiartr of rhi" crloh. 'nA millirvna n( th
man race have perifhed in the ttruggle.
TV It-.t.V- J Jft,! , , .!
maintained her internal tranquillity; and though her
.- - . m, . .
commerce nas Deen injurea Dy tus rapacious violence ot
"the nations at 'wafjye
the bleflings of Peace, end her citizens that Security
and. Happinefs which can be found, only in the land "
where Liberty is the object of the Conflitutiorr, and
the Laws are faithfully adrainiftertd.
Forrmy own part, L cannot, help attributing thi$
Peace, Security and Happincfs which our country now
enjoys, (next to Divine Providence) to the wife firm,
andpatriotic meafuies which our-government, under
the adminiftration of Washington and AbAMS, baa
adopted and purfu'ed in thefe critical times. "
Deeply impreflcd with tbefe confiderations, and fe-
, " ; - ' 1
riouflyr(apprchenfive of the confequences which might
refclt from the intrnduAion of oppofite coaacils ; I -no'll
artlentlv w'fh to fe -men of the fame nolitiral
principles continued in ojfice, and being aware of the
ftrong oppofi t ion which has been made, and is ft ill to
be expected to the election of luck men, and tajhe ve
ry meafnres, which in my opinion have promoted our
profperity and flrengthered our union I have prefu
med to offtr myfelf a candidate foxjhe ofEce of Elect
or for this diftrid. I feel myfelf the mcue emboldened
to do fo, fince no confpicuous talent of mind arc re
quifite in fulfillipg its duties ; no other qualifications
being heceflaryj as I conceive in the Man who (hall be
fo appointed, but to be pofleffed of a proper fenfe of
the value of liberty, a due legard for the real intcrefta
of olir country, a drift adherence to its conftitutional
principles, and a firm determination to vote for fuch
men only to fill the offices of Prefident and Vice
Prefident, whofe charadtcrf, for ability, virtue and
patriotifm, are eflablifhed and unqucftionable.
Such, my fellow-citizens, arc my fentiments onthi
iropurtant fubjeft If they meet with your approbati
on, L will hope for your fupport. -- -'-..:.: . ..
: WALTER ALVES.
Orange County March llth 1800.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE"fobfCfibertegrleavrro-informhepo
general, and his friends in particular) that he has
taken that large and commodious houfe in Green-ftrect,
juft above. the well known ancient dwelling of Robert
Cochran, Efq where he intends to eftablifh himfelf
for the reception of fuch genteel boarders and travel
lers a ffir hnor :. .Hiri. with their company.-- His ac
commodatibris being equal to any in the placed and be
ing determined to ufe every exertion to give fatisfac
t on, he flatters himfelf to merit the encourao-empnt nf -
the public, " - '
r WILLIAM DIC jt.
V Z 'ir-nr .. I .1 -nl - r
ayeiieviue juarcv, pD IOOO. . ..
ADVERTISEMENTr
HpHE Snbfcriber propefesrempvingirom this place"
X to Nafliville, in the rnanth of May pext, where
he will refide as a Lawyer'. -In that capacity, and) a
agentifor weftern lands, he offers his fervice3 to his
iendi in this State, and to. the Poblic. Lettere, poft
paid, directed to him at Lumberton until, the firft of
-if X i?d - after :that ' -time' to Nafhville, ia Tenneflee,
"will be attended to with punfluahty. " : .
- -j;- ; 4 v.' v ': davId ker. -
Lumierton, February 18, 1800. '