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Show W0. 93. \,_ THE WAR. mg you more iii iy return, or per-i the wind should ‘ "LET THE ItALLYlNG wont), 'iititotiori ALL THE . n . . 7 DAY, iii; "Ll/2121(7)" on mil/1711f xeiy rcspectlttliv. Yin" ]_ Nl".\V-Y()I{K ..... SATURDAY, DI‘XJICMIHCR 5, Itiiix .-7, _,#_ A..____._r-hc_- t THE \VAR, rig/i, N73. 10. :itioned here have hursilay in build- pretty fast car.-n employed. it t it will not lit: at» in. The plziii . "as the produc- (,ll (‘t‘ltilt‘lliilll \tizii L) iil‘ii‘illlllAhllll ' .nmnd, rapt. \Villi'mtt, it) .\nierir‘:in pi-imiiira . til~ tli': ll. 5. sloop n1. il «rt-w; rapt. limit \‘ t . ix, revenue riitti: its :il'nii-rcliiiiitvex '._ tr :in ship liltltl‘t‘l‘, in}, | \t us. With a Clue!) iii ll value, had been si-ii' rs. "lit! 1, 2 guns and «mail a)», tobaeeo, and en- .liarlesiovr 'l'lielt.i1iil \\ vl'l"t\'ltlt ace [1 iii-if! ('iil)llll't'(l tlie I'll'tll‘lt it being Evlltil‘L nl lliC‘l‘: p, (rapt. Taylor, lintii :1 avi- hw-iietipturt-il brig I‘oplnii, Frans. i1 iassaee to St lltn‘h. in id .K' nt into litl‘lllll'i‘. and has come home i» il‘iStillt‘l‘i, among Mimi Aid a war ago on heart: lit-v \\t'l't‘ i'el'uti d tit ‘ ll its piisoners Ul \'.‘.ti. ii, tr \‘ixea, "ll "will: , . at, :ti'tt-l sch? :\a\~..|l,\, " (irmt [fr/trim. "itt,, . o lllil' i.(‘l'itlt'ltl xii A , i ii" ,»i pi 1lltf 'l!|l 'll".'tl,l.l,it [pntir‘lA : A into .. lli‘al'llln!‘ flat. I i, "in: ‘ \\ i.\'rr.i:. W . tine ,, t‘,t,llt‘ 1. 1‘, , A, ‘1‘_‘-\\:il‘--, -.1,i,:‘m,:fiti\l"!l lam ill 'il" " 'rlit‘Z'Irl ‘mili, ll illi‘l "‘7, _,,__~_ r n. No. 114,. ‘ """H‘" "" l was placed in the tower, and a proper person i 'ltfrg'HJS this proof, which ' is considered as‘ appoint IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNIXU, ed to look to the proot agreeably to equivalent to every hardshi p a sword under- the rules laid down. BY S. \VUODVVURTII Ex: (It). goes in the lield ol battle." This regulation, though salutary, being l No. 4-7:) I'rm‘l, /(I[(' 111(I'g'tlzii‘t(‘-Sf7‘t'(‘/, A'. Yer/c. ‘ strict, produced alew inellectual murmurs on j JWISS MILI'I‘ARY SYSTlil‘i . the part of other sword manuliietuia-is. The .7! S2 per aunt/m, [mi/tilde quarterly in udmmce. establiiihitn)r of these regulations has been the l " Some years :iqrndurinq :1 mm; residence happy means ol' saving; the lili: of many a in Switzerlan d, I was much pleased with thebrave man; for there is little danger of thi- admirable dexter [Mm i/Jt' Jul/firm (z'ttfr'f/z‘. ity with which the whole,sword falling; fractured and useless from the , male population ol that country used the rifle ; arm of valor. l/isvl‘s. 12l.'/':;"/I‘ti‘. l but much more With the admirable policy (iii Previous to this establishment the army, the government, At a crisis, such. as the present, it appears which by this means hall our dutv as well as interest, to avail ourselves was chiefly supplied l‘roin Germany; but the t contrived to establish a most formidable mioi"t<\'t;i‘y iinprovc-iiicizt in tactics, and to adapt German swords were, and are so ill con-,l litary system, interwoven with the national every clla-cttial means in annoyintjr an enemy, structcd, that they would not, and will not ainuseizients ol the people. It was attended in ithcr vith expense to the community, nor who employs the most barbarous, cruel and sustain the criterion. In consequence of these successful exer- inconvenience to insidious means to rob us of life, and what the individual, the whole tions, it". Osborn in of infinitely more importance, our inde- pendence, 1,; tlil'fitl at the expense, of the blood, talents and lt‘i'fl'itllt: of the departed heroes was honored with a re- ‘ service vzts voluntary, and honor and emu-comiriendatory letter from a gentleman ol‘the l lation were the only principle called into highest respectability, and high in oflice, to: action. It may be well understood how in:the then chairman of the committee of the cessary it was to the autient Swiss iepublic, and paurois of the revolutionary War, {and their sort it iii_;;' brethren, even in imitation ol honorable East-India company, who, among; other handsome things, says : ‘ I have great the enemy. ihllltltfr this impression Itranscribe the followii g extracts, which if you pleasure in saying, that in the course of four think proper, you may insert in the Juniata or five years, he has supplied the ordnance with near twenty thousand swords. Mr. liazettc‘. Yours, &c. B. Osborn would readily agree that all the swords he should furnish to the company, BRITISH IMPROVERIEN'I‘, surrounded by neighbours, to have a large military force at all times in a constant state of preparation. The country being small, nothing, short ofa levy including the whole male population, would aiisWer the purpose ; and as a standing army, that, was completely incompatible with the stilety and wellar e of thestate. What then were the institutions adopted? each town, city, and village, at should be examined at the Tower, and ix 'l'HI-Z MAN'UFAti't'Ultt-l or .S'H/O/t'lM'. it would no doubt be much to the advantage "' Previous to the year 1705, the scientific of your service that they should undergo the ‘Ct‘i'ln lll stated times oldie year, gave, honor- ,ui intiples upon which Swords should be con- strictness Ol‘tJtll‘ exatnii'iation.' , any distinctions and piiges to such as ,tructed, Were deplorably neglected. livery entered The honorable East-India Company caiis- the lists as rffla'xi/iaoir'rxi. They varied in va- regiment was at liberty to order its own ed an order to be given to the (it'!"llllti) resi- ‘ lite, in proportion to the rant: attached to the swords, without reference to any standard (lent in London, and Mr. ()sborn, la inch to l place-i wl iich gave them, thus the piize given cirprool of their goodness. A weapon so produce ten regulation liiaht cavalry '-.words, bv a city was thought a :‘itp‘Qi‘lLtllt both l‘oroll‘ence and defence, was more honorable mark to be publiclv examined and tried at this ol distin ction than that given by a village, it to chance or caprice, and the consel‘ower, under the ixi<pi-t:tioii oi' [tiltini‘ ( ltlti~ :itn' So on. ti‘ltflic'ef \'as, the sacrilice ol many a brave The eoiisripii nce was, that prac- ninighaine. The trial ol' nxorkinwiship there~ g tisiiitf zit a mark became quite the national Lllow, and an unascertaiuable loss to the lore took place on the :‘ih NrJeiiibi r. 1")! i ; ,1'.‘gtltilt‘, it it nut}, be so ('.tllt‘(l, and a child, li'oin. cHlL‘L‘. At that period the board ol‘ord~ but ill" "Willi "‘i lil‘llm li lW‘ liiH lug trance requested the trade to p‘otliic sword i w» the time it could 5i" alone, was act'tistoined to ‘ t: patterns crrtly ptoved, that the v \votil'l IE‘)I stand the see its parents m" swords, together with tlr: best mode; and H latioiis striving~ in this of slightest piool, and he dill not think proper to manner lor lli': palm of victoiv. prowl, iii ordrt‘ that the highest degree ol- attend. security that are and ititill'stt‘d ('t)llltl 1 bus, instead of adiaurniuir to the tave provide rn A i‘(:;.§t!lttl,ii'iti linh: cavalry sword is .32 ard or lllll'1lll.l)‘()l)‘itlll‘{lo Acc'n (liiiglv, each public house, to slot ‘.l.l their evenings, sword- an hall inclins loo},v l‘il the a; is blad :3, and should too much the can with t‘lrlltl‘l‘ piothiimrl bi; E)itl:'."l'ti, his o= rsclvts, zzll ranks l)‘:tt‘,.f, :ui'l sprint; om" izieli 1‘) every six, v... his 'tir'tli itl ol proving. and an reudezvotisul a; the sli'ioting ()t) accurate exa- Trill inches, which ground ol'tli‘: \v'll take it down to 2'7 illiitl‘. tiiznaiio'i, .‘ilr. (is .oi'n's 5).?‘ll‘tll ol provin g, inches. Si'R'iil‘Hl ol the swords sprung to ‘ ‘3, , i The, shooting ground and abutment" via. zt'itipti-tl and establ.iished ti'ere :31, and 2t) iiicln s, which was .3, o, ~ and 7 considered as public property, ocuuai; and general lirsv, surveyor and the, - public inches above Ill-001,, and all beyond 27 ineln-s was 1;: the ):wiit-ral ol' the ordnance, directed expense (l repairs and other him to. lay was considered as :iiipt-i'lluous; don i1 explicit (lirectioiis tor the but the pats eontii;;ft‘zit:ies, stilrit ct guidance of its pat than to to t. it' iitiisditxiori and the utmost tent. Hence the direction thesword-(rulers r-iiiploved ol the printiwal iiilizabitants oft tiit: l)}'1l1t,lJ-itil'tl. reaso n why they were continued to be sprout; place lti taifiloiziinv wul t this . app-nation, "7' ‘ till one or tlit: other lost its elastic pmw (i i-lt'lil iti‘ti 1 til .1 pimi ii; rm-‘l The utmost e.‘-;er2ionf; ol' :in individual iii: ciiii‘ir, which 'l‘lin inouieut 1 i a sword li-"t Iili'ii s s slit. l-i-tl or ‘ lint/" r i - by Hours hioin illelilt‘ a siiiiilfir :ii'ral perm iit in on, rota: again, it in rltsahh'tl. l pear .a‘i ti :7) ‘liJh'tlrz. (.'tr.1‘t;l ‘i om, trim. ol~ prov» ttJttitli'l', littlh'. prov/t: ltltlil '5 ixs, col. 1112" is as loll )W' , t «in, llttl: a") it'mi-i: «l v12. fit,» i he. 1') giotuid of the li‘et'Jl 1. at :t'irtnt, and a Hum 4 't ,, bert it'i itI» iii-oiiiizia‘s, to l'i pitiruals tithl pt ii' iiitjal Winkz, a grating", and \‘i/t‘lzltt-"t'l to are, that at tiik v. n-oi and was an iiiii'iioti whic h by ilit 2t tilllltllt-l] tto'ih‘‘i tend to z" '21, , sly pro- are (:I.;iil-ii':*.;;tlite to the sails, ',. i,vi, a\ iineat«l t1). i~_ ,t they at; striicit it on the, atte ‘ tl'fl tad, sizri ntion to" the rulers; but ‘t‘ i: plc, aarl calcu- lJZJLln and '.i ii -\ll . moa wine <,'v't:i‘ it l,lot'l: of mood; this is ..... t i: rt, in: ‘iiiportaA rit purpose ;»,'ove:'n:nt'nt to patronize the meas ‘ an call: d ch oi ure, l t‘ l vti',i?i LIX-J: it n; 'l‘lii'ii tlle)' are strucl'L i'l::t- (‘onfil t :')‘. wk ta. 3 2e was then ord :nt it: would prove oltln: hiplr-u‘ ‘" ert d to . ,1 til ‘i" > WJ\" lill‘llxt' i.ii.e ',tl;ill :iiir lin - «ii .‘..i eteii Matinee o‘i now}; this l') Uiii- thousand dollar», eitt es for the (litection cl ti away ii: orig c ill i vi slat/ ., , 7 , r' ,3. A ,tit'l "Mix: .1)? on. max:titac , in, ll!) , thi y "it, sprung would eat ttirers, and‘ one ol‘ them rte an ainazuiii; eiiitihiazn.A itliltiil"~ - to 1;"! inches. livery it"iui‘l‘civziei/ (A l ' 1 1‘ ‘ v ‘ 1‘ , , , i ,. I'lAllNCliY. ton, Secretarv (ll sword un- i those who have already chosen that. .. , e r. ca, LIL, |