52 Agricultural. From the Trenton True American. RECIPE FOR CURING HAMS. FOR The Balance. beneficence in which it is poffible to act, OR 24 hams, take fix pounds of fine fait, three pounds of coarfe brown fugar, or two pints of molaffes, and one pound of falt petre pounded fine-mix all thefe together, and rub every ham with the mixture, and pack them down in your cafk; let them remain five or fix days,jector. then unpack them and those which were on the top, put at the bottom of the cafk, and fprinkle a little falt over them-so let them remain for five or fix days, and then make a pickle that will bear an egg, and pour over til it covers them to let the whole remain for one month and they will be fit for fmoke. N. B. Twelve Hams, ufe the half of the above ingredients. Donitorial Department. To aid the cause of virtue and religion. EXTRACT. FROM AN ENGLISH PAMPHLET. I ON VIRTUE. N oppofition to the incorrect and, we may lay, dangerous definitions of virthe by Godwin and others of the modern fchool, we have extracted from an excellent publication the following paragraphs: Virtue, then, we will fay, confifts in utility; and afpiring to be virtuous, to my means, I am bound to be as ufetul as I car,I am bound to produce all the good in my power. This injunction has a very impofing air undoubtedly, but where does it leave us ? As hufband, father of a fam. ily, friend, member et fociety, in thefe, or in any Ration or condition of life, what fort of direction does it afford me? To the preipiczcious and prefcient eye which could furvey at a glance all the modes of "I am bound to produce all the good in tal ftrength nor fubtlety can abolith or fup- diffufed; and in this order, by the confti- "God loves from whole to parts: but human soul As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; State Legislature. On the 31ft ult. the Legiflature of this ftate commenced their annual feflion at the feat of government. ALEXANDER SHELDON, Efq. of Montgomery county, was chofen Speaker of the affembly; Mr. S. SOUTHWICK was re-elected Clerk, and Mr. Whipple door-keeper; and Mr. Benjamin In the Haight appointed fergeant at arms. Senate all the former officers were continued. His excellency the governor met both Houfes in the Affembly Chamber and delivered the following Speech : Gentlemen of the Senate and Affembly, IT must be a fource of peculiar, fatisfac tion to you, as the Reprefentatives of a free people, when aflembled to deliberate on their political welfare, to find the flate in a profperous and flourishing condition; and our fellow-citizens tranquil and happy under the influence of mild and wholefome laws :-And if we advert to the fituation of our national concerns, it will afford additional gratification to reflect, that by the bleffing of Heaven on the wife and pacific proceedings of a vir tuous Adminiftration, the calamities of war have been averted, the rights of the union maintained, its commercial privi ledges extended, & its territories enlarged. It is not, however, my province on this occafion, to expatiate on the immenfe value and importance of the advantages thus honorably acquired. But notwithstanding this pleafing al pect of our public affairs, we have had reafon to lament a partial interruption of profperity, and the lofs of many valuable members of the community, by the recur rence of malignant fever in one of our principal commercial cities. The evils attending this dreadful calamity, both as they affect the lives of the citizens, and the commerce of the ftate, are fo diflref fing, and of fuch magnitude, as to de mand the ferious and unremitted attention of the Legiflature. Whatever diverfity of opinion may be entertained by profel fional men, with refpect to the origin and nature of that difeafe, experience and obfervation feem to evince, that in order to prevent its introduction and fpreading, re gard must be had, not only to the vellels visiting our ports, but alfo to the local condition of our cities: For, as it is a fact too well afcertained to admit of a doubt, that crouded and filthy veffels, whether they derive infection from foreign countries, or generate it on their voyages, are capable of communicating it to cer tain places predifpofed for its reception; fo it is equally certain, that fituations in the immediate vicinity of thofe places, although expofed to that infection, are exempt from its influence; and hence it would appear evident that there must exist fome latent caufe in the prefent condition of thole cities which have lately been fubje&t to peftilential fever, peculiarly favorable to its propagation. Under thefe impreffions, it is fubmitted to your wisdom, whether, befides revifing and improving the prefent precautionary arrangement for preventing its introduction from abroad, fome efficient regulations ought not to be prefcribed and enforced, for purifying the city of New-York, and reftoring it to its former ftate of falubrity :-For whilft it is our duty humbly to implore the interpofition of the Almighty, to avert thefe afflicting difpenfations; it is alfo highly incumbent on us to be in the diligent ufe of thofe fubordinate means, which his merciful providence may have ordained for our prefervation. During the recefs of the legislature, two vacancies have happened in the Senate of the United States, by the refignation of the Senators from this ftate.-One of thefe took place at an early period of the prefent feffion of Congrefs; ia that intance, the public fervice required the exercie of the conftitutional power veiled in me of making a temporary appointment: In the other, it being of a recent date, my interference was deemed inexpedient. It is now your duty to fill the vacancies, and to this end the neceffary documents will be delivered to you. I have the fatisfaction to lay before you a refolution of the Congrefs of the United States, propofing an amendment to the conftitution, refpecting the election of Prefident and Vice-Prefident; and as one of a fimilar nature has been for two years fucceffively recommended by the legislature of this ftate, I feel confident you will receive this communication with peculiar pleasure, and that fo defirable and falutary an improvement will meet with your early fanétion. The money appropriated at the laft feffion to be expended under my direction for procuring arms and military flores, has been applied to that purpofe on advan tageous terms. The different articles purchafed are defignated in the annual report of the Commiffary of Military Stores, with the prices annexed-Notwithstanding this valuable addition, and the feveral ufe. ful improvements recently made, you will nevertheless perceive the expediency of fuch further appropriations as the ftate of the Treafury may without inconvenience admit, for augmenting our fupplies, particularly of fmall arms; and for the erection of a magazine in the vicinity of the city of New-York, and of two additional arfenals, one in the middle, and the other in the western diftri&t. The public will be fufficiently accommodated if these are conftrufted on a contracted plan, and it is prefumed that the moderate fum requifite for this fervice may be replaced, if it thould be deemed expedient, by the fale of a portion of the furplus lands fet apart for the military purposes. As you must individually have obferved the laudable fpirit of the militia in the different parts of the ftate, manifeßled by their attention to duty and improvement; and as no material defects have been difcovered in the laws relative to them, it is unneceffary for me to make any other remarks than fuch as will be found in the Adjutant-General's return. It may be proper, however, to remind you, that an act, paffed at the last feffion of Congress, prefcribes regimental chaplains, and certain ftaff-officers, which are not comprehended in our prefent militia establishment, and that legislative provifion will be neceffary to authorize their appointment. The Surveyor-General will prefent you with a detail of the proceedings under the act directing the fale of the unappropriated lands; from which you will difcover the progrefs made in that bufinefs, and be able to determine how far the advantages contemplated by the mode prescribed for conducting these fales, have been realized, and whether ufeful alterations may not be adopted. cation furnishes a precedent for others, it is impoffible to form a rational conjecture of what may be their number and extent. It therefore appears affential to the public. intereft, that means fhould be devised for effecting the final adjuftment of these reiterated claims, within a given period of time, upon certain fixed principles calculated to difpenfe equal juftice :-For be fides the inefficacy of the prefent mode, and the heavy burden it impofes on the Legisla ture, it has frequently happened from the preffure of private bufinefs, that the palfage of important public bills has been retarded till fo near the close of the feffion, as not to leave time for a deliberate and careful revifion of them. I might mention other inconveniences refulting from the fame caufe, but as these do not come within the cognizance of the executive, I forbear enumerating them. Although the management of our external relations is committed exclusively to the general government, it is nevertheless the duty of the individual lates, by every proper mean, to facilitate and give effect to the arrangements which may be devised for fecuring the tranquility and happiness of the nation. The neutral pofition taken by the United States, amidst the wars of Europe, has elevated our character, and increased our national profperity: And as the citizens of this ftate have an extensive The annual report of the Comptroller commercial intercourfe with the conflicting will fornifh you with a correct flatement parties, and the unwarrantable acts of inof our finances, and with fuch ufeful ob-dividuals have frequently diflurbed the refervations as experience has dictated for pofe of empires, it is peculiarly incumtheir improvement. It must be gratifying bent on us to cherifh a fpirn correfpondto obferve, that befides meeting the liberaling with our neutral fituation; and to incontributions which have been made for cul-ate on our conflituents the neceffity of the promotion of literature, and for eftab-attending to the wife admonitions of the lifhments of public utility, our revenues have been competent to the fupport of our civil lift, and for all the other public exigences: And there can be no reafon to doubt, that by a continued attention to thofe principles of ceconomy, which are moft congenial with the fpirit of our excellent government, the extinguishment of all the demands against the ftare, arifing from former anticipations, may be speedily accomplished without the aid of taxes. Notwithstanding the great portion of time and labor which has for a feries of years paft been devoted to the investigation of the claims of individuals, principally for fervices during the revolutionary war, they do not appear to have diminished, and the public deliberations continue to be embar raffed with them at every new feffion. From the nature of thefe fervices, and the length of time that has elapfed, it is dif ficult either to fubftantiate juft claims, or to guard against improper ones; and to thefe caufes may be afcribed the occafional admission of fome, which had been repeatedly rejected at previous feffions :-And as the fuccels of one improper appli Executive of the Union, " to cultivate "the friendship of the belligerent nations, by every act of juftice and innocent kindness." The detention of our citizens on board of veffels in our own ports, by the fubjects of other governments, will perhaps require fome more energetic remedy to be put in the hands of the magiflracy, than exifis at prefent: And it may be proper to mention, as connected with this fubje&t, that as it is queflionable whether the waters in this ftate, between Long and Staten Island, and south of the bounds of New-York are included in any county, fome appropriate provifions will be neceffary, to obviate the the evils arifing from this uncertainty of ju rifdiction. Several matters which were under con. fiberation at the laft feffion, and in which fome progrefs was made, remain unfinish. ed; Of thefe, the effablifhment of common ichools, and the improvement of the navi gation of Hudfon's river in the vicinity of this city, are of the firft importance. The competency of our laws, for all the important purposes of good government, muft neceffarially diminish bjects of legislation. And ing further of special momend to your notice, you f being relieved from your an earlier period than utreat you to be affured of avors to facilitate the dif efs, and to render your decable. fome accounts fay, has fince expired.-Mr. Rutledge was very flightly wounded. The Baltimore Fed. Gazette fays, "The this feffion with the pleaf-report of the day is, that government, the day after their feaft at Washington, received difpaches from N. Orleans ftating that the Spanish garrison had taken poffef. fion of fome of the pofts on the Miffiffippi, hoisted the Spanish flag, and avowed their determination to let nothing pass up or down the river, until they heard from Spain ! We give this, as we receive it as mere report. the prefent happy condiantry, and reflect on the mableflings we enjoy, as well erous evils incident to the om which we are exempted, und abundant reafons to reve in a republic thus highheaven, and under a focial which fo many benefits rehilft these confiderations = us with exalted sentiments ad with a lively zeal to cherI principles of our political ney ought, above all, to inbecoming gratitude to the Nations, on whose favor all depends. GEO uary 31, 1804. eekly task, CLINTON. NEW. ORLEANS, JAN. 9. BY WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE, Governor of the Miffiffippi territory, exercifing the powers of Governor-General and Indendant of the Province of Louifiana. For the better arrangement of the shipping, and the fecurity thereof in the port of New Orleans, it is ordained and directed that the following regulations relative thereto, be ftrictly obferved and enforced. Article I. All veffels within twenty. four hours after their arrival, fhall have their yards top'd and jib-boom in with the fpritfail yard fore and aft, II. All veffels lying in the outfide tier at the Levee, fhall have at least one large anchor in the fte:m. III. All veffels fhall difcharge their bal: laft at fuch place or places as the collectors of the cufloms for the time being, fhall from time to time appoint. IV. Veffels having cargoes to difcharge, fhall have a preference, as to flation, &c. to thofe that may be loading. V. Veffels lying by, or in ordinary, fhall not be fuffered to be at the Levee, be tween the gates of the city, unless in the opinion of the harbour mafter no inconvenience may refult therefrom. VI. Veffels lying at the Levee, between the gates of the city, and having no crews on board, may be removed by the harbor master at the expence of the owner or confignee. VII. Any mafter or other perfon commanding a veffel, who fhall when required by the harbour master, refuse or delay to remove the fame, fhall be fined for fuch refufal in the fum of fifty dollars in the first inftance; and for delay in the execution of fuch orders afterwards, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per day, and be moreover liable for all damages fuftained in confequence thereof. VIII. All veffels on their arrival, fhall bring to, or anchor in the ftream and afterwards warp into fuch ftations at the Levee, as may be deemed most proper, or the har bor mafter designate. the market-Houfe, the lin be defined by the harbou exclufively appropriated riving with marketing for X. All rafts or flat boa river and deftined for this and lye at fuch part of t the upper gate as the ha appoint. XI. The harbor mafter to receive from every fea this port, a fum, at the for each registered ton; a flats and other craft, lade dize, twenty-five cents e XII. In all cafes in wh herein before fpecified, veffels, or others refufin comply with any of thofe cording to the true intent the fame, fhall be fined in than one hundred, nor dollars, at the difcretion before whom fuch delin tried. And all fines or accruing or becoming pay thefe regulations, fhall fummary way, before an tice, or confervator of t faid city; and all fines f the treafury of the city to And I do further orda thut the above regulation force until permanent p in the premifes. Given under my hand, the adminiftration, at Orleans, on the 29: ber, 1803, and in t year of the Indepen nited States of Ame WM. C. C. C FOREI Having given our read of French intelligence la balance the account by with an equal quantity o facture-received via Bo LONDON, On the fubject of the fion, we are fill without offer our readers. The P tinued to be diftrafted wit ty of conjectural fpeculati want of real informatio The time now draws very politicians of this country on for the great attempt, them are to be relied on, relieved, from all further latter end of November, of December, has often be period, beyond which the termined not to defer the failing of the | pedition. Indeed the weather is now as vorable as he can reasonably expect. ur fleets are blown off the French coaft, e nights are long and dark, and the fame End which compels our fhips to leave the emy's fhores, will blow his armament to rs. The long wifhed for opportunity is length arrived and we foon fhall fee what eat events it is deftined to produce. The naval force of the enemy in the harur of Breft,including the fhips in the inr road is faid to amount to 19 fail of difrent descriptions, not more than nine or , we believe, are of the line, befides hich there are feveral transports, about 70 n-boats, and a number of what are callI cannoniers, carrying two guns, and lculated for the convenience of about o men each. They are ftated to be all Il of troops; and the number embarked d encamped in the neighbourhood, are omputed at no lels than 120,000 men. hefe ftatements in all probability greatly aggerate the facts; but be this as it may, ere is no doubt of Breft being the point which the greatest exertions of the eney have been made. There are building at Boulogne floating atteries to carry 90 guns each, and three ery large cables have been conveyed for efe veffels from Dunkirk. The cables re 27 inches thick, and weigh above sev. ■ tons each. NOVEMBER 27. "It was reported that the late tempeftuus weather had compelled our fleet to andon the blockade of Breft: this report e are happy to contradict-our fhips are Il off that port, and there is no fear that e enemy will elude their vigilance. "The invafion feems now to have afmed another character. The French ve revived their confidence in their fhips war, and it is generally believed that ey are laden with troops to be employed the invafion. As yet a common centre the gun-boats is certainly not formed, the accumulation of this craft in Bone cannot be confidered as formidable. is very difficult to fay any thing new upthis topic; but it may be fafely affumthat Ireland is the point which the Breft et has in view.— The order which has been fent to the weral departments in France to difcontinthe building of gun-boats is fufficient idence that the attention of government now turned to the fleet; at the fame ne that we know that the camps in the ighbourhood of Boulogne are for the moft art broken up, and the foldiers have reived orders to march for the Weftern aft. Two points, therefore, may be early alcertained; firft, that the gun fecondly, that the hopes of a fuccefsful invafion of England are greatly diminished, by the late damp thrown upon the building of gun-boats, and that the expectation of reaching Ireland is renewed by the uncommon attentions lately beftowed upon the fleet. Admiral Cornwallis now blockades Breft with a fuperior force, and the enemy's fleet cannot venture out in face of his ; but fpeculating on the profpect of his being forced off by ftrefs of weather, a circumftance extremely probable, they defer their attempt at invafion till that opportunity. Suppofing, however, our fleet to be blown off, the danger is not so great as many imagine, and the enemy are expofed to the moft imminent hazards.-When the Breft fleet efcaped from the last attempt upon Ireland, we know that they were above a fortnight off the coaft, and had anchored above feven days in Bantry Bay, without an opportunity being offered to them of landing their men. The chances which were then in our favor we may expect now, and as their efcape would be almost inftantly known, it may be tairly argued that we fhould come up to them before a defcent could be made on any part of the Irish coaft for there is this difadvantage attending fhips of war laden with troops, that they require a great time to land them in common boats, and must confult wind and tides; a difficulty which was meant to be obviated in the invafion of gun-boats, which might push to land directly, and depofit their cargoes without delay. NOVEMBER 28. Four fhips of the line have been ordered to proceed with all poffible dispatch to join Led Nelfon's fquadron off Toulon. It is believed, that the French, while they keep threatening our own coaft, actually meditate another expedition to Egypt. If they fhould fet out, it is to be hoped they will not be fortunate enough, as on the last occafion, to reach that country without our fleet being able to fall in with them on the paffage. Some difpatches from the Firft Conful to Gen. Rochambeau, who commands the remnant of the French force in St. Domingo, have been lately intercepted by one of our cruifers. In thefe difpatches Bonaparte is faid to have informed General Rochambeau that the French Treafury was quite inadequate to" furnish him with any further pecuniary fupplies," and that he must therefore endeavour to provide for his army in the colony it was appointed to defend. The mode of raifing fuch provifions was pointed out to the general; and the advice contained in the difpatch was that in order to prevent "noily complaints," or "troublefome claims," at a future period, to any property he mighe think flory to The greatest pr vent the factious the First Conful's robuft veterans regiments of inf guard of Paris. have any fabres, are required to de of the municipa! confiderable fine The dealers in a nothing but pock are not of a mil. unemployed offic fieged the Thuill have received ord partments under the army lift. T per day for their receive a brevet, ployment fuitabl and their fervic confidence in the ife, and they all c their hearts. M On Thursday eveni Mr. WILLIAM Coo Miss ELIZA JULIA John Mills, Esq. of C At Claverack, on t Genhard. Captain Fr 56 The Wreath. NEW-YEAR'S ADDRESSES REVIEWED. Among the various addresses which have been received, we find no one written in a style more easy and familiar, than that of the Evening Poft. It is not so highly seasoned with salt and pepper. as the Connecticut "Sketches ;" but it has, nevertheless, many excellent turns. As we cannot, consistently with our plan, publish the whole, we select the following passages : In days of yore, e'er type of lead, Or Herald, but the common crier,. Or Mercury, but from above, Who bore the mighty mail of Jove; Of purple MORN, thou blushing Queen! And town and country were in pother, Flies o'er the world as swift as wind. So when the Democratic band, Now the proud rulers of the land, Contrive new measures, artful laws, To catch frail popular applause ; With speeches plausible proclaim, That public good is all their aim; While actions visible, declare, That PLACE and POWER is all their care. The Balance. 'Gainst Fed'ral pay vent declamation, And Secret service money curse As being corrupt, or something worse; he rule to hear, That she herself's a LIBELLER!! But no-the Press no chains shall wear, Here truth in language loud and clear, Shall make those hear, who do not see, The Man in Power's hypocrisy. Did he not tell the list'ning nation, The day of his Inauguration, That public trusts should be confer'd Only on those who most deserv'd? And that a preference should attend The revolutionary friend? Deceptive speech; look round and see How well his words and acts agree. See Talents, Faith and war-tried merit, Fall victims to mean Party spirit, While Weakness, Treason, Treachery base, Possess the now dishonor'd place. E'en at this day; oh! shame to speak, His party rage he joys to wreak; On him the veteran rough with scars, Won fighting in his country's cause. See! war-worn Putnam, he who shar'd From Washington the just reward, Who standing free from Party broils, Hop'd long remission from his toils, Refusing yet with honest scorn, In democratic cant to fawn, From office hurl'd, is doom'd with pain, To eat in sweat of brow" again; While he, who when the vengeful foe, Throughout our land spread death and woe, Columbia's sinking cause betray'd, And gave that foe, his friendly aid, Steps in his place, by fawning won, And thankful, bows to Jefferson ! Of Burrs and Clintons much you've read, All good republicans 'tis said, And once unanimous 'tis known, To pull the Federal faction" down; Shall Burr or Clinton have command, Next to the Chief of Mammoth fame! The question is-At Clinton's name, A thousand voices give command, "Next Jefferson must Clinton stand, "To keep our President from straying, "Who's fond a double game of playing ; 66 (As our good George himself declares) Each others fame: and in the brawl, Which laughing Feds will not admit, The federal poets seem determined to render the fame of the Salt mountain as lasting as time, even if sunshine and rain should disolve its substance. The Post speaks of it thus While on Missouri's banks is seen, And rusts the polish of the stars. |