. American pioneer : a monthly periodical, devoted to the objects of the Logan historical society; or, to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country. be the case, unles:- privateering is discouragedand the business of the marine, in this department, more attended toand conducted with more regularity. In short, it would be muchbetter to set tire to the ships now in port than to pretend to fit themfor sea, for as matters now are, (if I am rightly informed, and myauthority is very good,) the public are at an amazing expense to pro
. American pioneer : a monthly periodical, devoted to the objects of the Logan historical society; or, to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country. be the case, unles:- privateering is discouragedand the business of the marine, in this department, more attended toand conducted with more regularity. In short, it would be muchbetter to set tire to the ships now in port than to pretend to fit themfor sea, for as matters now are, (if I am rightly informed, and myauthority is very good,) the public are at an amazing expense to pro-cure men for privates; for if they, the public ships, get two men oneday they are sure to lose four the next, who take care to carry offwith them the advanced pay, &c. I think I have given you a long chapter on privateering, muchlonger than I intended when I began. I have said the more on thesubject, as it is the last time I shall trouble you with my sentimentsof that business; and as I have got to the end of my sheet, I will con-clude the long scrawl with my best wishes for your health and hap-piness, and with the fullest assurances that I am Yours, very affectionately. Colonel Bartlett, In Congress. UO. No. VII. Portsmouth, 2d August, \ Dear Sir:—Your favor of the 13th ultimo, came to handyesterday. I have no expectation that an alteration will take place Enlisfmenls in New Hampshire. 77 agreeable to my proposal, especially as my plan is objected to by aFrenchman. I have had a conversation with Mr. Landais, shice heleft congress, on that subject; he seems very fond of his own child,which is natural enough to suppose, but he can offer nothing of suffi-cient weight to alter my sentiments: on the contrary, since talkingwith him, I am more confirmed in my own opinion. These French-men, who are not perfectly acquainted with our language, have avery convenient way of getting over difficulties—when they cannotanswer your objections, they do not understand you. However,exp
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