. Mr. Gallatin £aM,_aa lie meant to vote. kno'
against the passing of the bill, he would had
briefly state his reasons for dpiiji so. He larg«
knew only of two arguments in favour of her
the, bill ; the firft, that irwas. necefljiry du- Frar
ring a t-'m'e of peace, to lay the foundation in ft
of a navy ; the other was, that the frigates cont
being built, it. would be proper to man them, den
As to the-propriety of haying a navy, he ed g
did not mean to go generally into , tfie sub- coil
je£t, but he would make a few obfervatipns few
as to our situation for engaging in an efta- prot
blilhinent of this kind. Suppose that navies out
were neceflary in European nations to in- that
crease their power or to protest their com- IN
meree, rhefe confiderati'ons did not apply ufec
to our present circumstances. In order to gat<
prove this, it was only neceflary to take a to a
view of our revenue, and the expences of a une
fleet: *• ma j
The amount of revenue, from the firft t>f was
April, 1796, to the firft of April, 1797, the
received into the Treasury, was 7,400,000 thi
dollars—a sum which by farexceeded that of bill
any former year, and he did not think that fide
the permanent revenue of the United States woi
could be well extended beyond that sum. Pre
For inftatice he did not think that nine thii
millions could be raised from the people tha
without oppression. Indeed, by the best fat;
calculations .on the quantity of circulating ma
medium in the country, it was not allowed wo
to exceed eight millions, and he did not be- Fo
lieve that any nation could ra'ife a larger sum mo
in taxes than was equal to the amount of thr
their circulating specie. of
He should therefore vote against this bill,:; the
because he did not believe we could raise re- bil'
venue equal to the expense of fupportiog a f je£
fleet.; for, although we had a large capital he
in land, we had but a small quantity of cir-, he
culating medium, and from our scatter *1 110
situation", that medium circulated much gh
flower than .in smaller compaft countries ; thi
and it must be allowed that the quantity of th<
revenue which cquld be raised depended on do
the amount of circulating medium. ufi
In order to (hew what the expense of a
navy might be expefted to be, Mr. G. made th
the following statement of the cost of our an
three frigates : to
Dolls. Cts. w;
Amount appropriated in 1794, tn
for the fix frigates, grounded ve
on a calculation then made co
by the committee of 2588 e>
dollars per gun, including fix of
months provisions and three th
months pay 688,888 82 ta
The above sum was, in 1796, w
appropriated to finifli the r)
three frigates, together with oi
a sum before appropriated at
for gallies of 80,000 tl
Amount altogether 768,888 82 fc
In 1797 an additional sum was w
voted of 172,000
To which,adding the sum voted b
for captains 10,000 b
Makes an aggregate of 950,888 82 V
The sum now requisite to finifti n
the frigates, is stated as sol- w
lows: si
Guns and military ' tl
stores 94,809 f«
Hemp to replace a tl
. quantity burnt 16,250 u
♦Labour and trades- P
mens' bills 126,645 t
r
237,704 a
Deduft the balance 1
of unexpended apt
propriation 40,068
Making together 1,148,524 82 ' t
Deduft materials on hand, j f
valued at 1 35>°74 4-® ! ®
Total cost of three frigates as ] c
per present estimates and 1 <
appropriations i»0i3,45 0 3° (
Pay and subsistence for one year
is stated by estimate at 220,000
Which calculation is made on a
supposition that the pay of
warrant officers shall be 14
dollars per month, and that
the whole amount of pay of
petty officers and crews, shall
be 10,156 dollars a month,
but by the bill, the pay of
warrant officers is 20 dollars
a month, and the whole a
mount of pay of petty offi
cers and crew is 15 >OOO dol
lars per month, which makes
a yearly increase of 60,000
Yearly pay and subsistence for
three frigates 280,000
Extraordinaries, infcluding re
pairs, ammunition, &c. 70,000
Total yearly expenditure 350,000
* Iji M a r ch 1 797' 172,000 dollars were
{kid .to be fufficient so complete the three
frigates. In June 1797, it is officially stated
that exejufively of money requisite for guns
and military stores, 126,645 dollars are
wanted for the fame purpose, viz. that of
completing the three frigates ; therefore, no
security that the sum now afkedwill be found
fufficient.
' Thi? statement shewed, Mr. Gallatin said,
that these frigates had cost about 2,0e01.
sterling a gun, though the common calcula
tion, in Great Britain, was only half that
sum. If from building the frigates, they
turned tb the expence of manning them, the
fame conclusion would be drawn. They
found that the pay of an able bodied seaman
in the Britifli navy, had lately been raised
from 26/6 to 30/0 sterling a month, which
was 6 a-2ds dollars ; but by the present
law, 15,000 dollars a month were allowed
for the pay of the petty officers, midship
men, seamen, ordinary seamen and marines,
which averaged from 16 to a man.
When he heard gentlemen stating the
advantages of the naval strength of Denmark
and Sweden to those countries, he could not
agree with them altogether, tho' he agreed
they bad force weight; but it was well
known, that the grand navy of Portugal i JV
had ,no weight whatever in the scale of the J last '
large navies of. Europe; it did nrtt even enable tho'
her to pro.test, her trade : for if either the!
France or Great Britain had the fuperiorit'y and
in the Mediterranean, (he w'a'3 under their I fhoi
controul. He believed Denmark and Swe- I and
den had 30 fail of the line each, and he wish- I milt
ed gentlemen to calculate how much it would I evil
cost us to have fych a navy. A fleet of a I lay
few veflels would not theft be able to afford I cou
proteftion to our trade ; and it was wholly I put
out of our power to a fleet equal to I sea,
that of Denmark tfr Sweden. I ed
Mr. G. went to the second argument | cor
used for passing this bill, viz. that the sri- j veri
gates being now built, it would be proper 1 was
to arm'them. Hie believed the bill to be as I con
unexceptionable and harmless as they could | He
make it, and.the only objeftion he had to it ver
: was the expence. If we were to have war, J nav
the frigates being built, he should certainly j dei
1 think it neceflary to man them ; and if the | ant
F bill went no farther than to enable the Pre- I th<
: fident to man them, in cafe of a war, he I me
5 would vote for it; but it authorised the jin
- Prelident to man them, when he ' should J an
: think it expedient, and as he had told them J ins
* that they and other veflels were now necef- I m<
t faty, he'doubted not he would proceed to I mt
r man them immediately, which he thought j wi
1 would be incurring an unnecessary expence. I ga
- For, if there were a declaration of war to- I be
i morrow, more men would be obtained in I
f three weeks, than there would be in a state I do
of peace in three months ; he therefore j th
;>/; thought it would be proper to rejeft the j pa
- bill, though he had no hopes it would be re- 1 th
a | jested. During the present fefiion, he said, I fe'
11 • he had voted for a number of things which I th
•-! he did not think neceflary, but which were I of
d : not calculated to do any harm. He would Ift
h gladly have done the fame with refpeft to |
; this ; but he could not reconcile himfelf to j w
if the additional expence of half a million of fp
n dollars, for a purpose which could be of no bi
use except in cafe of war. h<
a M. Swanwick believed the expence of w
le these frigates had oeen much greater than fu
ir any future ones, would be. When they were 31
told they had cost 20001. fterHng a gun, it hi
s. was evident there must have been great ex- I
travagance in the expence, as merchants | di
veflels might be built as cheaply in this 1 P'
country as in any .other. He supposed the Ii
extra expence had been owing to the want la
of some regular establishment to overlook tl
the business, and because it had been under-1 p
12 taken at a time when other nations were attic
war, and of coiirfe when materials were ve- w
ry high. Sixteen thousand dollars worth I
of hemp had indeed been burift by accident P
at Bolton. As to the terms of seamen I r
tho* they might at firft be high, when the l b
32 service was known, he doubted not they .1 g
would fall. I n
But it was said a small naval force would I c
be of no use to us. He thought it would 0
be of great use, from our contiguity to the I i
82 Weftlndies ; as, in cafe of hostilities com- I c
mitted upon us by any Europeon power, I t
we might at once fall upon their rich poflef- I
fions in that quarter. Our experience in I v
■ this war,-he said, had proved the use that I 1
such a fleet would be of to us. Indeed, I 1
the French had frequently charged us with 1 a
not protecting our trade, and seemed to re- I 1
primand us for our weakness. And, when I ]
they heard of small row-boats taking our t
merchant veflels, did not every man wish for
a small naval force to protest our trade ? I '
He trusted they did ; and these veflels would ,1
be of great use in this way. Besides, Mr. I
S. said, can any gentleman believe that the I
European powers will be able to keep up
82 1 their present enormous naval establishments I'
I for any lengh of time ? He did not believe I
48 they could. Mr. S. did not think because I'
j our circulating specie was not more than I
i eight millions, that our taxes could not ex-1
30 . that sum ; as, besides specie, there was I
I a large quantity of bank paper. Nobody I
would believe that the circulating specie of I
Great Britain amounted tb twenty-five mil I
lions ; yet their annual taxes Were to that I
amount. Tn England he knew the use of a I
paper medium had been greatly abused ; I
but the abuse of a thing could not argue I
against the use of it.
Mr. S. was firmly of opinion that, in the j
course of time, this country must become a I
great maritime power ; and he doubtod not I
that in time of general peace, armed ships I
would be built for half the price which they I
had cost.
He hoped, therefore, when his colleague I
had obtained his wish (in which he had wil-1
lingly concurred with him) in reftrifting the I
use of the • veflels, he would not now vote
againu the passing of the bill.
1 Mr. J. Williams said, he had always op- I
posed the establishment of a uavy ; and was I
1 the question now, whether or not we should
\commence a navy, he should certainly be
> against it; but, as the frigates were so far
were advanced, he thought they ought to finifh
hree them, especially when they confidfred the
:ated present critical situation of our affairs ; for,
guns if a general peace did not take place in Eu
are rope, the war would probably become a ma
it of ritime war, and we might be involved in it.
e, no But, he was still of opinion, that if we must
ound go into an expensive naval establishment for
the proteftion of our commerce, we had
said, better have none. But, fay gentlemen,—
3col. where will you find revenue ? He believed,
cula- though we had no armed force, a confidera
:that ble commerce would still be carried on, and
they those who decline it, would turn their atten
, the tion to agriculture and manufafteres, from
rhey which any deficiency of revenue would rea
aman dily be supplied.
•aifed It was true, as had beeu stated, that they
idiich had been called npon from time to time for
efent additional sums to complete those frigates,
owed and he knew not when these calls would end.
Ifhip- Mr. Williams went into a calculation of
rines, the expence of -these veflels, and compared
man. the situation of this country with Europe,
■- the and concluded that it would be our best po
mark licy to stand aloof from all foreign powers,
id not He would however, go so far for the pro
greed teftion of our corn'mere as the building of
> well fix frigates: Furtherhe should not chufe to go.
Mr. Giles "'as obliged to the g^Reiiviii
last up for his fpssch against the prefer]t bill, J' '
tho' he meant to vote for' it; lie would ra
ther, however, that he had fpktn in favour, vot
and voted against the bill. Mr. G. said he of]
fhpuld vote : against the passing of the b;ll, to
and for the reasons assigned by that gentle- **ia
man. H,e thought a navy would be a' great '
evil for this country. Our great interests
lay in- the foil; and if ever the vitals of the q
country were tof be drawn together for the na ,
purpose of.pro'tefting our commerce on the of
sea, he (hould greatly lament it. He believ
ed the despotism of nations-kept pace ac- r
cording to the ratio of expeoce of their go- ex l
vernments. He was sorry to fay that he
was more and more convinced that it was the nO ,
conftaiU aim of some gentlemen in that yo
House tb inereafe the expences of olir go- th<
vemment. The propriety of establishing a w:
navy had scarcely ever been seriously eonfl
dered ; it was tirft begun Under an alarm, w *
and it had been continually carried on by
the-fame rae?tns. Mr. G. adverted to the ft,,
methods employed to raise men by prejfmg of
in all count I'ies where navies were eftablilhed, tei
and insisted that navies. and prejf-gangs were
inseparable ; for, said he, tlie wages of sea
men are now 30 dollars a month, and v;hen °
men are wanted for the frigates, the price I
will doubtlefe be increased, and tjieprejjf- ha
gang must be resorted to, 01- the navy must tic
be abandoned. I fh
Mr. Harper said, gtntleman fcem to aban- I P r
don their ohje£lions to this bill, by admitting P r
that (here was no probability it would not
psfa lint why? Eiecaafe either a majority of th
the house think the meafurt is proper in it t |,
fe!f, or from the particular circumftanccs of r y
this countiy. It was fnrely a fmgular inrtauce th
of mffldefty, in gentlemen, after this con- «
session, to argue against the passing of the bill, 'j
Mt.H. did not adtfiit that these frigates y
were commenced from an idea of laving th# w
foundation of a large naval eftablilhment; h
1 but frofa particular lircumllances; and, said n
I he fh ill we, at e time whan we ate threatened 11>
1 wiih danger, abandon tliem? He trusted not;
1 such a condujft wouidbe abfurdin the extreme "
;| and imply a charafter of imbecility, which I
E fe? hoped their cSuncils would never deserve. I (l
Mr. Hi agreed thai our government depen \f e
sj dednpon theaffeflionsof the people for itsfup- I
I port ,bm how were these affedionstabegained ? I ti
; j It was by a dignified, en- I
t larged, and confiim"d policy. By these means I
i I the cotmtry would bocome Urong : and if the I
- j pepple saw their gbvtrnment, from the paltry I
t ids.a of expence, abindon its rights, they le
- I would not care what became of it. I''
l> I The principles of the gentleman from I "
t Pennsylvania would be con eft if national | 0
- I rights, dignity and honour, could be fettled 1 1
eI by counting house calculations. If so all I c
y I governments might ke abandoned; no public I
I measure could be catrred into effeft; finee it j
d I could not be said of|ny that it produced as I a
d I much money as it but if they were ufeful T c
e I in protesting the rights and liberties of the 11
1- couutry, they were c- ttainly more to be prized I
r, I than money. I'
f- I Mr. H. denied thatnaveis in e,very eountry I
n I were fupporlfed 'by press gangs: -those of I ]
it I Holland, Sweden Denmark, France, and I]
I, I Portugal were fupporied wiltitnit-itfipfeffment: I -
,h I and in England a-vety fmallproportiooof the IJ
e- I men employed on board their fleet were im- I ,
in pressed. It was only on fuddeo emergencies I:
ur I that this praftice was resorted to. 11
yc AH that would be neceflaryin this country 1 :
- I would be to give fomewbat higher wages I'
Id I iban the British. He. hoped theiefore thr I
t. I bill wopld pass. I
:K I Mr. Allen said, he had some objeftions to the I
'P I paffihg of the bill, but his objeSions -Mere to the I
lts I amendments -which had been irtroduced into it, I
vc I yet~he did not ltnnio but he Jhotld vote for it. I
He thought there was a prapffion in the I'd- 1
an I which went toprojlrate, this givernmcnt. He I
x " I alluded to that part of it which d'treSed the j
,as I manner in which the force fhetld le used. He j
I conjiclered this as a violation of the conflitution; I
. I bejides carrying upon the face of it an idea that I
I one of the branches of this goitrnment colild not I
lat Ibe trusted with the exercise of lis power. Was I
a I it pojftble, he ajked, for a government to exist,
I when this confidence was refhfed to one of its I
ue I branches ? What were the pe<ple of the United I
I States and abroad, to think of this? Would not I
I the people of this country thlnl it their duty to I
e a I deflroy a power which could not be trujled,cuid I
J Ol I would not foreigners despise ifP It seemed as if |
'P s I this were the intention of gentlemen.
ie y I Mr. St. also objected to the clause limitting I
I the 'duration of this bill; finct this went to fay I
r l _ R ' I that they not only d'tflrufied the other branches of I
I the government, but themselves. A thing which I
| mujl in its nature be perpetual, was there limi- I
Dte I tea. I
I He deprecated the idea of expence being an I
°P" I objedion to this measure. Our emancipation I
vas from the chains bf Great Britain, he said, was I
11 attended with a great expence; but was it not j
believed, that the liberty and independence of this I
( ar country were offuperior value to money ?He I
trufied they were. He could only suppose, I
t^le therefore, that men who objectedagainfl the-ex- I
" or > penfe, mujl themselves lefrdid and avaricious. I
u " If these frigates had beetj provided four years I
ma " ago, he believed all our prejent difficulties would I
1 have been prevented,and a sum vnfily less than
ll, ft that of which we had been robbed would have
or done the business. ' Ms. A. denied that Jhips
of war could now be bulk in England for
» VXS&cA. Jterßng a gun; that was formerly the
'ed, price; but they noli) cojl 15601. per gun.
era- concluded that it was not wonder
andj jut [ t fjj a f mcn w ho have been opposed to every
ten " valuable measure which had been brought for
rom ward since the existence of the government,
rea " Jhould also be opposed to this.
Mr. Brookes said he Jhould vote for this
hey bill because he believed a naval foree-mufi sooner
' f° r or later be the real defence of this country ; be
ites, cause, if he were not in favour of a naval ejla
-nc'' blifhment, the.frigates being so nearly completed,
1 01 he Jhould ivijh to complete them; and because,
wed upon a review of our fixation, he could not
3 P e > think we were free from danger in rejpefl to
P°" our foreign relations, ani that though three
" ers - frigates would not be an ample defence, they
P ro " world be better than noue. .
\of Mr. Giles wished to make a remark, or two
>go. on what had fallen from the gentleman from
follow him through all his ravings lie char
ged the bill with being a vitiation sfti&coijiitu*
tion, -yet, in the, next breath, laid lie Ihould
vote fir it- He wrtililiemir.il that gentleman ' (
of hn qualification oath, wherein be had fct'tyn
to ftppert the coiifiitution. And were that , «
man to be proclaimed .. profceElor of the liberties.,
of/his country, exclaittied Mr. G. who Ihall firfi
declare a measure to be unconftitntionat,""arttF M
dill vote for it ! The idea seemed absurd. Mr.
G. defended \vhat lie hat! hefori said about jijl;. ar
navies being fwpported, more or less, by meafis
{>£ impediment.
Mr Nicholas had always been of opinion,
that the expense of these frigates was a useless
expense jhe did not believe a ease could hip- " r
pen, except within mir own jurifdiftion, where '
s could be of advantage to us ; but
notwithilanding this was his opinion, he {hould g (
vote for the palling of this biH, because he saw ( - c
the sentiment of that house and of the publit
was fttoiigly in its fav>r, from a pei-fuafion that er
the measure was necessary, and that the thing j e
would be a continual topic of dispute until.it
was carried into effeiSl.
He was willing, therefore, that the ve fie Is j )£
(hould go to sea, believing that nothing short ,- e:
of ailual experience weuld convince the firppor- at
ters of this measure that it was nfelefs, expen- „f
five and injurious ; and hoping that one year's
experience of the plaything, finding money was (j,
of greater value than the frigates, all parties c h
| would concur in the relinquithing it. re
Mr. Sewall said, that the argoments which
hid been used against this bill for the protec
tion of the trade of the United States, went to
(hew that commerce was useless aud that the
I prote<slion of it would be expenlive beyond any
I profit which could be derived from it ; and fame
I wild voted for the parting ofihebill, did it from
the prolefled motive of giving the thine a trial, .
I that it might afterwards be abondnned. Gen- V
tlemen who depended upon agrictikine fur.c\Fe- °\
ry thing, lie said, need not put themselves £ft ei
the expense of protedlingthe commerce ot the C!
country ; commerce was aide to prottfl B
if they would only fufTer i; Jo,do fn, I.a t.'joft
Yjlates which live by aw%nerce beffurutej.by ,
' \ the,confederacy. ( Mr, Varnuin wilhed to know
' whether this was in prdcr.) Mr. ?. went on;
I He had in his eye people who lived by edm- t
I merce, and hi could bet timlerftaftd that thty a
I I lived by the mere good will of the union- Let 1 p
. them, said he, be abandoned, but lei it be done j t;
' before they are reduced to poverty and wretch-.; v
I cdnefs. Their colletled iniufiry and pro erty ] •
1 I -vas equal to their own prctekion, and let ftp-'
1 I er parts of the confederacy take cafe of them- ' 1!
I [elves. 1
■ I Mr. Macon thought the gentleman hidtet- j
? j ter lay a refelution o* the table to produce the J
[ ef&a'he wilhed. This was such language as .
I he had oever before hear-d in that house.
' I The Speaker declared the gentleman had J
' I been wholly out of order. '
' I Mr. Gallatin rcfe to oblerve upon what had fall- t
' len from the gentleman from Maffachttfetfs, when j
I the speaker interrupted him, faying, th»£»J' re-
j I marks upon what lhad fallen from that gentleman
, I would be equally out of order. Upon Mr. G's.
I observing, he did not mean to fay any thing Jipon 1
1 I the fubjefl of a ftparull.n, he was fuffered to pro- j
I I ceed. t
• I He said his opposition to this- bill did-not arise . <
,~| from a dilinclination foproteft commerce •, he 'ook-
I d upon the intereft»-ef agriculture ard commerce c
s Las intimately connected ;it w as because he believ- t
1 led these frigates would not afford that proteition ;
e I which was ejpefled from thefn., .**„ * ,
j I The question was then taken on- the faffing of ,
I the bill, as follow :
YEAS.. ... .. '
C I Messrs. Allen, Baer, Bradbury, Brookes, Bryan, .]
»f | Burgtfs, Champlin, Cochran, Craik, Dana.Da ven- ,
[} I port; Pavis,Dcnnis,Dent,Bge, Elmendorff,Evans, (
... I A. Foster, D. Foster, Fowler, J. Freeman, N Free*
I man,Gillifp"ie,"Cf!ehn,'tJatrtliich,GoT i
6 I Grove. Hanna, Harper, Harrifon, Hartley Hind- !
j man, Holmes,H«fmer,lmlay, Kittera, -
■ 8 I Lyman, Lyon, Machir,Matthews, Milledge, Mor- J
1 gan, Nicholas, Otis,Parker,Potter,Reed, Rutledge, ,
v J Schureman, Sewatl, Shepard, Sirini kfOn, Bit-
I greaves, J' Smith, N. Smuh,
P& I Thatcher, Tliomas, Thompson., A>'
lf I I'rig?, J- Trigg, V«n Aku. Van Cortlaqdt, Wadf--
wortlvj. Williams, R. WiUiams— 70..:
r I t N A 1 b. 4
* MeflW. Ealdwin, Bai'rd,' Blount, Bretit,
' e j horn, Clay, Cloptr.n, Coit, Dawfon, Gallatin, Gile* 1 , •
t, I Greg?, Haven*, Jones, Locke, Macon, M'Cl»na»
t. I chin, M'Dowell, flew, fkipner, W. Smith, (P )
■j! I Stapdfotd,Sumpter,-VaQiij(n, Venable— tj. '
, I Ihe title was altered from an aA to protect (
, I the commerce cf the' Oi.ited States," to "an IA.J
)e I providing a uav:d arm';- *jk " ■ ""
le I A communication friiiii thr. Secretary . the. I
,« I freaiury wasroi lt cal)» .for sundry additional
„ t I appropriations, to the amo.utst of
llt was referred to .the cumtnittee of ways and
0 I means,and ordered to be printed. j
as Vlr. W. Smith iVd, in th.e year 1794; 'When this
<?, I country had a nnfunderflanding with Great Brir
fts I aia, it was thpught proper to mvefl the Prcfident
ed I wlt h power to an embargo, if necessary, dtir-
I ing the recifs of cpugrels. He proposed to trust
10 I him with a fimi(ar~powers at prefer,t, and for that
ta I propofedti* following-rtfu'rution : !
id I " Refo.ved, that a comnvittee be appointed to
if I prepare and report a hill empowering the Prendent
I of the United States to-lay and revoke eirfiargoes,
I during the recess of congress." Ordered to lie
IS I upon the table. •
ay j On motion of Mr. Coil, the house went into a
of I committee of the whole on the bill fotdayiog li
ch I cenccs upon the retailers of foreign wines aiid Ipi-
I rits. The bill imderwsnt-fome difcufiion,as tnthe
I propriety of making the price of liccces the fame
I to large and small venders, and us tothe amoi|?K
an rto be cliargcd upon-the licences for retailing, the
on I different defiriptions of wine. , 1 ,
<as I i'hc difference hetwist the pre Tent bill, and that
nt J how propojed, we understand to hi. tnat by* tha-t
~ I now in force, one license is only taten for felling
I all forts of wines and spirits, whereas by th; new
I bill a separate licence is to betaken out for every
fe, I kind of l'ortign wine and fpiritsfold.
.v I The committee rose and had leave to fit again.
I Adjourned. ,
us. I ...
S For. Hamburgh,
a " THE. SHIP
' VI I rfttC Pen & SYLV ANIA,
'f S I rtAvm Williamson, Mafler,
f x YING at Willing"swhirf —she is now ready to
I A_j take in, and will fail in todays. For terms
I of fre'ghtor passage, apply to
'c- Gurney & Smith.
sO" I June 28. _ ,_§ lot .
° r ~ I health-Office, Philadelphia, Ith June, 1797.
npHE Board of. Health offer to rent out the NEW
J. CITY HOSPITAL, ufoally called The Wig
'his warn. /" .
ner It may be occupied as a Tavern, for. which there
1 are excellent accommodations. Ihe person taking
. lit must be capable and williag to act in the capaci
i'a - t y of a Steward ;in cafe a contageous disease in
'ed, t h e c ity, Ciould at any time render it necessary to
life, makeufc-of the premises as a Hospital. It cannot
n of therefore be let for any limited time—and the red
~. r aimed frame building; is to be reserved. ProptfJh
in writing will be received at thin office until the
ee - /tb of July,-dating What rent will be allowed uti
rhey der the foregoing chrcumflances.. None need apply
without being,sale to produce the. ljisft reconjmend
two ations. 'JOHN MII.If'ER, "J""-
rom June 17 Chairwap of the Of Health.
Xtjc <ga?ette. r/7
, ' If 1L- A Ih'i: LPft JA , .
WEDNESDAY EVENING, June _<§.
'* ■mm——wi ' " I—*****1 —*****
Yeftefcby aftefuoon arrived in town JamiS
Monroe, Esq. aad Family, from
The {hipAmicy 111 which they came" paffengcrs is
in the river below, in fifty days.
Mr. l)r. la Forest, General of
France, came paficJlger in rhe abdve ship.
'The anth.con{HtutiQnal fasiot> are tirglftg meaf*
Uses which-are to the feelings, vi ws and
hfgh eXpe&ations of the people in the e&ftefo and
northern State?, and direftly Calculated in the if
consequences to produce a - schism in the Uni:ed
States, and yet, the impudent organs of this sac*
-tion, when the solemn warpipg of the fatal ten
dency of these meaftifes is giyen, have the effront
ery to charge the friends of the constitution with a
design to fuhvert the Union.
A CorfefpondeiitTays, tliat many peffons haVd
been puzzled to arcourt for the indifference than!*
fefled by the Hovffe of Repr,efentatives at the late
"attack on the freedom of debate, when the feeling#
of a former House were tremblingly alive on a fim
iiar occasion. Fte fuppofci* howaver, that ic is c'on
fidered as a very different thing for a Senator to
challenge a Representative, from that of one Rep*
refenfative challenyrifi? another.
By this day's Mail.
NEW-YORK, June 27.
Extraordinary Duel.—An affair 01
honour of a very extraordinary nature took
place "a Ujort time since in the neighborhood
of Waterford, in Ireland a young phyii
. cianqf that place having been grofly infillt
ed, as he conceited, by two officers, de
manded fatisfatlion, and, in-order to make
fhqrt work of it, determined to fight them
both at once ; this challenge Was accepted,
and all three of them met the rtext morning,
the phyfiaafc fta tiding in a line betv.'een his
adversaries. with a pfftol in .gach hand,
pointed to both of them: all the comba
j tants fell on the firft fire, the physician was
t Wounded in the breast, orte of hi'S opponents
; wa"s' (hot" ThFOTgh-tte -knire, and the other
lin his right fide but they are all recover
ed.. » > -v - v,
HARTFORD, June 26.
The public have been much pleased late
ly to find by the newspapers, that the ra
tional and pious praftice" of duelling has at
length obtained a footing ib Congress, and
that it meets with such countenance from
the members. A year or two ago, Mr.
Gunrt, of the Senate, challenged Mr. Bald
win, of the House of Representatives. Mr.
Baldwin declined, undoubtedly in compli
ance with the stern dictates of the old reli
gious "notions which he imbibed during the
time of his prfrachfng. The house made
a great-uproar at that time, on account of
their privilege's, dignity, &c. and, probably,
as Mr. N Baldwin was a very fuperftitioufly
piou»: Jnan, his cpnfeiepoe forbade him to
fight, however much his flefh might have
desired it. In the late instance, Mr. Blount
.has aftedmore wifely", by challenging a lay
man, and congress seem to applaud his con
duct by silent.testimony at least. And as it
may now be considered as compatible with
'the duty of the members of the highest le
, giflative body in the United States, to fight
• duels, or at least to challenge each other, it
' is devoutly expected by the people at large,
especially in the eastern states, that for the
future, all queftiotis may be fettled in this
- amicable way. This plan will give our
southern brethren an advantage, which they
are entitled to from their superior patriotism
—A» they are the bpft marklnjen, theypro
babjy will thin ojf the northern members, so as
) to-fscHfjiJUi; fhemfehes fhartly a decided majori
' ty—and then, huzzu for france and df.mo
t , CR/JCr. ,
- EXAMPLE IS CONTAGIOUS.
k | Two ncgroerTrntytftiou pkrt of the country
' ftU.into a dispute about a wcnch. One of them
f in virtue of:a marriage covemnt -bad the ejfr n
tery'to monopolize 'tier to himftlf.- The other,
? who is a. difSjile of Godwin:, declared that all
' monopolies were contrary' to th'e spirit of
' government andfluty/ling bfytEf' in the read of
V human perfectibility 1 he therefore ordered tic
x Venus to .hold krfelf in a flat e of " requisi
tion". " Gorva dam hty black crop, Maffa
0 fays the hufbanif," you better lettfr he
- l be." They form began to dfyuie, and The re-
fu'.t was a challenge. The affair,\ has made a
great deal of noise, and'the magi/1 rates have
a been anxiously waiting to know- what Congress
f would do with Mr. Bl'junt in order that they
£ might adoi'pt the fame mode of'puni/ljmentfor
t the negro who gave the challenge. tVe hope
it therefore for the fake of the negro, that Mr.
Ie Blount will efcapc.
MONTREAL, June 5.
On Friduy la<l, between the hours of twehs
jt and one in the afternoon, afire broke out in a
w wooden house in the Quebec ■Suburis of this city,
y which entirely consumed the fame with another
adjoining, and feerned for a time to threaten a
dtflrudion to the greater part of the Suburbs ;
- there being no wind, it was fortunately exthi
guifhed by the vigilance, adivity, and timely
exertions of the citizens.
. GAZET TE At A RINE LIST.
Pout of Phi la delph /a>
A R KIV ED. DAY 3.
to Snow Pearle, R-uyter, Bremen
ns Brig Currier, Burr, Gonaives
Schr. Isabella- Mercer, Surinam
-Sloop Sally, Potter, Richmond
Hannah, Der.yke, New-York
7. The ship Fabius, Corran, from Cadij ;
W the (hip Amity, from Bourdeaux, and a
'S~ brio-, nrme unknown are below.
, r The (hip Aerial, brig El:2a, and -snow
ng Boston, with several others, went to ft a on
ci- } Saturday last.
in Bojlon, June 21.
tn Arrived, ship Commerce, Curtis, 45 days
?t<i f nm Liverpool. Spoke nothing; failed in
L company with the late arrivals from that port.
the Same day Jhip ].Lydift, Sprague, 50 days
from Dublin. Left there ship Charlejlon,
Vb Qaies, bound for Lijboni capt. Leighton, of
• Rhode Island, bound It Rujia. Spoke nothing
h. but <uhai is arrived.