The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-05-08 00:00:00, page 2

Auctter from tF Secretary a: War to 1
tte Chairman of the Committee for
the Profßion of the Commerce, ¢,
War Department,gth April, 1798.
"W HAT measures are necessary
and proper to be adopted by
‘Congrefs, in the present conjunéure,
to preserve chara®er abroad¢elteem
for the Gavernment at home, fafety
to our {ea propérty, and protecion to
our territory and {overeignty 2.
France derives several impotrtant
advantages fromr the {yftem she is
pursuing towards the U. States: Be
sides the sweets of plunder, obtained
by her privateers, she keeps in them 2
-nursery of seamen, to be drawn upon
in all conjun&ures by her navy. She
unfits, by the fame means, the U.
States for energetic measures, and
thereby prépares us for the lift degree
of humination and fubje&ion. ~
To forbear, under fach é¢ircumftan
ces, from taking naval and military
measures, to {ecure our trade, defend
our country in case of invasion, and
prevent or fupprefs‘domeltic insurrec
tion, would be o offer up the" United
States a certain prey to-France,. and
eXhibit to the world-a fad {pectacle of
‘mational degradation and imbecility.. -
The States poflefs an extensive
xrade ; heavy expenses mult _be sub
mitted to for is protestion. The U.
- States border upon .the provinces of
great and powerful kingdoms ; heavy
expenfis must be incurred, that we
%37y be at 01l times in a. {ituation to
“aflert our rights to our own territory.
The measures which appear indifpen
{ably neceflary for Congrels to take,
are as follows: viz. ;
Ift. An increale of the naval force,
to serve as convoys, prote& our filhe
ries, coalt.- and harbours. 2d. An
augnientation es the present militdry
eftablithment. 3d. - Arrangements
which,in case of emergency, will give
" to the President the prompt command
of a ‘further and eflicacious military
Aorce. © 4th. The more complete de
fence of our principal ports by forti
fications. sth. A supply of ordnance,
imall arms, powder, falt-petre, cop
per, and military stores. 6th. Addi
‘tional revenue. ‘ ‘
"To answer the firlt.. Congress
vught to provide for the ‘building or
purchasing, equipping, &c. of 2 veflels
of 22 guns, 8 of 20 guns, and 10 of
16 guns; in addition to the 3 frigates.
Congress ought also to velt the
President with authority, in case of
-open rupture, to provide, equip, and
by such means as-he may -think best,
@ number of {hips of the line, not ex
ceeding 6, or an equivalent force in
frigates. 0 %S YR
The fir® may be either built or
purchased in the ‘U. States. The
Yatter may, perhaps, be obtained in
- Europe ; for which purpose the law.
should use general expreflions admit
ting this mode of procuring them. 7 !
To build the 20 veficls,equip,man,
and proviflion them {for 12 months,
will require, as per estimate, T
: dolls. 1,941,181 ' |
- It may under this head, be also ad
visable to make provision for fix gal
lies, carrying each one or two 24
pounders. This will lequire, for fix
gallies ¢arrying one, 24 pounder each,
as per estimate,
dolls. 68,826 .
_An 2ugmentation, of the present
military eftablithment. This ought
to consist of one regiment of infantry,
one regiment of artillery, and one
regiment of cavalry. Theartillery is
considered as indispensable, and the
cavalry may be highly wfetul in the
southern States. "T'hefe will require,
apreeably to eflimate,
dolls. 517,998 :
__3d. Anarrangement which in case
of emergency, will give to the Presi
dent th;(.§ prompt command of a fur
ther and efficacious military force. -
‘This ought to be a provisional ar
my of 20,000 men, and may be or
- ganized agreeable to the principles of
~ a bill proposed in. the senate during
ghe laté extraordinary feflion ; to
which I beg leave to refer. .
=~ gth.” -'The more complete defence
‘of our principal ports by fortifications.
This may require 100,000 of dol
lars ; 'bu’t;ihould the naval force be
- rendered refpeable, much of this
furx may be saved... |
< sth.. A supply of cannon, small
‘arms, falt-petre, ‘copper, &c which,
{overally, will require— by ot oy
‘For cannon, as per estimate, ~ _
S v GRS o A 308,900
-For {mall arms, fay 50,000 oF
stand, at 12 dolls. =~ 600,000
*For péwder, {alt petre,cop- % 3
, . per for theathing, &c. ' 200,000
o Hn framing the law, to furnifth our
magazines with ordnance, it will be
proper to employ such expreflions, as -
~will enable thé. President to procure
-brass cannon, mortars, &c. with. the
_mecellary quantities of ball, thells, &c.
These have not beén fpecified in_the
" estimate ; buc the sum may, perhiaps,
" e fufficient to comprehend them, *
" Torender the regimentof infantry
.as ufefed ‘as ﬁ&, it_is” proposed,
: ghat the ‘men thould be enlisted to a&.
3n the double capacity of marines and.,
“infantry. -By an arrangement of this.
kind, and having the men flationed at
the principal sea ports, they will be
always ready to be put on board such
velfels as want them ; and when not
so wanted, will serve to defend the
coast, work upen the fértifications, or
in dock yards, and guard -the public
property from thetts or embezzlé
fnent. - e
All which is refpe&fully submitted:
aScaomia JAMES M'HENRY.
Hon. Sam. Sewall, chairman .
of the comttiittee for the}
. prote&ion of comimerce &
. the defence of the country. .
—e T L
BALTIMORE, April 23.
Arrived on Saturday, ship Pomo
fia, Capt. Waters, in 48 days from
Bourdeaux.—By the Pomona we have
received French Gazettes of late dates,
which contain intelligence that ¢annot
but be interesting to our readers.
IMPORTANT & AUTHENTIC:
- ‘We find that Tallien had-proposed
in the council of five hundred, that
permission should be granted to all
‘privateers on a cruise to oblige neu
tral veflels, notwithstanding the vali
dity of their papers, to unload their
cargoes in any port at thé option of
_the cruisers j;=~he allo moved that
there should be 4 law immediately e
nadted, to declare fubje& to confifca
tion all merchant veflels having any
armis whatever on board ; these pro
positions were seconded by Boflcir,
and were sent to a committee compo
sed of Tallien, Santhonax, Blad, Rion,
and Boiffeir. : Sy
It is fufficiently evident from ‘this
condu¢t of the French, that these hos
tile a&s will produce the most vexa
tious effets : From the firfk propofi
tien any veflel under American co
lors may be taken out of her course
to be examined in any port, ‘at the
caprice of the captors, altho’ the pro
duces every proof of her being per
fe&tly in rule ; the other, which per
mits the capture of vessels having any
cannon on board, however {mall their
number, is equally enormous and un
just ; it puts neutral vessels under the
neceflity of abandoning the usual mode
of gainifig relief and fuccour, in cases
of emergency and distress, by depri
ving them of -the necessary means of
making {ignals ; these propositions
will be certainly carried into effed,
and it was generally believed that
they were particularly aimed at Ame
rica, and this idea seems to be con
firmed by the nomination of Santho
- nax, whose condu¢t and hostile dispo
sition towards' America is so well
known. ' It was allo supposed that
‘the Danes, Swedes and Pruflians
would be recompensed (at lealt by
promise) for these legalized depreda
tions” of the French republic. 'The
“extraéts of the propositions made by
- Tallien, which we allude to, are ta
ken from the Moniteur Univerfelle of
! the gzoth Pluviofe, the rtath Februa-
Ty e
i, ~ NEW-YORK, April 28. '
, ESCAPES.
The citizens were alarmed on Wed
nesday about noon by the ringing of
bells. It proved to be a call to the
gaol, which had been broken open by
the prisoners, principally debtors, 24
of whom escaped.
A circumstance of this kind interests
every ‘clafs of men, we have therefore
taken pains to obtain particulars,which
are thus stated : :
A few moments before twelve, up
wards of forty of the- prisoners came
driving down stairs in a body, armed
with pistols, which had spring bayo
nets affixed to them, and clubs. They,
knocked down the turnkey, and as
saulted the front inner door, the lock
of which they “absolutely broke off.—
Seeing opposition in front of the pri
son colle&ting, they flew to the rear of
the house, and pried their way through
into the yard, firing at every one who
opposed them, and forced their way
through a ¢rowd of officers and citi
zens, who<found it impoflible to.ftem
their impetuosity ; but, by skill and
numbers, the officers and citizens re
took ten of them, through the fire of
all their pistols ; not, however, with
out receiving many wounds. Four
teen made a fuccefsful efc?)e. , 5
. The officers of the gaol appear to
have faithfully performed their duty.
What man, unconscious of design,
could oppose such a torrent ?
-+ Their being armed in such a man
ner, may be conceived fomewhait myf{-
terious ; but these could easily have
been smuggled in from time to time,
by the friends of the prisoners.
Many citizens acquired much credit
by their exertions, at the rifque of their
lives, in aiding the magistrates in this
moment of alarm. There ar¢ many
“evidences also of the vigilance . of the
officers ;- Mr. William W. Parker, de
puty fheriff, took two of the prisoners
himfelf, each armed with pistols ; and
we are told thagthis is not ‘the firft
instance of his exertions in cases of
s R ieo 00 e L ee o
- It is with regret ‘we tention -the
fate of our fellow citizén, Mr. Peter
‘Lorillard, tobaconift, in..Chatham
- flreet ; he received a ball through his
~ body, from one of the prifonets, after.
~ he had retaken him, and now lays in
3 dang;rous situation.
A Mr. Long, cartman, unfortu
" nately received four wounds in his
body and lithbs, with buck shot, but
% they were not conceived -danﬁei-‘ous;
Three other citizens were {lightly
- wounded. Watson, now in the dun
- geon, was badly wounded before he
' resigned. g -
- Extral? of a letter from our Consul at
! Gothemburg,in Sweden, dated the 10th
- of Februaryy 1798, to @ merchant in
- this city. el %
- “We have just received the account
t of Hamburgh having been fhutagainft
the English veflels. If it is the case
“you know what advantage for the
- general trade may be found in the
~free port of Gothemburg. Its fitua
' tion, at the bottom of the North-Sea,
~ before entering the Baltic, renders it
-the most proper for the exchange of
- all American and Weft-India - pro
~duce, as well as those of all countries
that surround the North and the Bal
tic Seas. Gothemburg has been de
clared a free port for twenty years,
by an Ordnance of his Swedifk Ma
jelty, dated ay Stockholm, the 22d of
March, 1794. All kinds of Metrchan
- dize imported by neutral .or foreign
bottoms are, and can be . deposited
here without paying the customary
~duties, but for home econfumption :
~ No found duty to be paid. No priva
teers to be found pafling north-about.
- All nations have trade conne&ions
with Sweden ; and here is a squadron
fitting out to proteét the neusral som
merce.”’ : :
v s isere et ' : ‘
e TR T EMA TR
Of money required by the Agents of
the French Dire&ory, of the Ame
rican Envoys, as a preliminary
gratuity from the U. States——as
stated in the communications from
the envoys, published by congress,
Vz. . : : :
Thirty two millions of - ;
florins in Dutch refcripts, -
due from Holland to
France, be purchased of ‘
the latter with cash, as a
loan to France,at 40 cents
per florin. ;
A 1s in Dollars, - 12,800,000
£ 50,000 ferling, as a '
present to the Dire&ory, :
for their own private poc
kets, 4 1 AR25222
Twenty millions of dol- !
lars as a loan, the fuppo- ,
fed amount due from
France to citizens of the
U. S. for veflels and pro
perty captured by French
cruisers, against law,and
for supplies furnifhed to |
the French upon contract
and otherwise, with other :
demands not disputed, at
ealt " 20,000,000
. Dollars ‘33,022,222
N. B. The weight of rooo dollars
is estimated at 65 pounds, at which,
the above {fum of thirty-three Millions
of dollars, would be equal to 107
tons of silver, and would take 107
waggons, carrying a ton weight of
dollars each to transport it.
The following motion awas made on Wed
nesday in the Senate.
¢ Resolved—that a committee be
appointed to confider whether any,
and what provision ought to be mac it
by law, for removing from the Uni
ted States,- such Aliens Born, not en
titled. by the constitution and laws
thereof, to the rights of citizenship, as
may be dangerous to its peace and
fafety—and providing for returns to
be made of all aliens that shall be
landed from any veflel which shall ar
rive in any of the ports of the Uni
ted States——and that permits be
granted to such as shall be fuffered to
tefide therein, and to report by bill
or otherwise. =
Capt. Black, of the ship Argus, in
13 days from New-Orleans, brings the
- agreeable news ; which, as
it was ‘delivered to the Captain by
Maj. Truman, may be considered as
DRSS o daee i i
. ~ AUTHENTIC. |
% On the 23d of March, the Span
ish troops evacuated the Walnut
Hills. i VEp o 8 R
“On the goth of “March, Capt.
Guion, hoisted the American flag on
the Fort at the Natchez. And, .-
% On the 2d of April, Maj. Kerfey
arrived there from the Chickasaw
Blafliiovio L i maiy o anot
¢ The works of the Walnut Hills
havé not been burat by the Indians, -
ASTeportadls . 5 i etk e T
[ Thus far from Maj. Truman.]
.. 'The schooner Dti{‘padtlchz Clark, fai
led in company with the Argus.
O the 16tk Apeil, Cape.. Black
‘was boarded by the Englith {chooner
‘George and Rufelia, carr?ng 8 car-.
riage guns_ and swivels, from New-
Previdence—examined his papers and
“Jetters without molestation. .=~ ~ -
~ Yesterday arrived brig Mary, Cagté
Bordman, 45 days from Lisbon, who
Capt. M’lvers of N. York, whose
veflel mounted 12 guns, lately escaped
from a French sloop of war, of 16
guns firing upwards of 100 shot.
-The Eliza, Bird, Britith Guinea
man, with 350 slaves lately blew up
at the close of an engagement with a
French privateer. ngnly 14 persons
were saved. A memorandum bogk
fell on board the privateer.
Price of American flocks in London.
Jan. 15 Feb 15.
6 pr.cents. 80481 | 84
53 8o 53 07, 0
3 50 51 53a53s
Deferred 68 ”2
U.S.BankS.lo9 110 114
Which is a handsome rife, notwith
standing the danger, which some peo
ple conceive there is of a war with
Francey and of our annihilation. . -
Premiums of Insurance on unarm
ed American veflels was 18 guineas,
on armed I§, which is a recognizance
of our right to c guns, and the
security éuey wiua:}ord. | 4‘
Ax additional duty of 6 pence pr.
ib- is laid on all Tobacco, imported
mto England. %
Most of the American veflels in
England are arming. |
French papers ‘mention, that the
Minister of War had resigned. = -
The French have demanded a loan
of 6 millions of the Senate of Ham-.
burg. 'lt was uncomplied with.—
Prussia, Sweden and Denmark, are
looked to by that'city for proteétion,
should the French use force against
them. AR :
DIED]—At Hampton Roads, on
board the Britith 50 gun ship, thes
Affitance, Commodore Mowatt, of
an apopledic fit, while giving orders
on the, quarter derk.” " Lo
_ Marine Intelligence.
" April 28. Arrived Ship Olive |
Branch, Titcomb, St. Übes, 48 days.
April 18, lat. 40. long. 62. spoke U,
S. Government brig Seophia, 6 days
from Philad. for H%wte_. April 19,
lat. 19. long. 62. spoke the Hope, of.
Ne\vbury-port«, for Surrinam, © . |
states that Mr. Bulkley, the Aineri
can consul there, informed him that.
a treaty of peace was negociating at
Madrid, between the ﬁepublic of
France and Portugal, under the au
spices of the Prince of Peace, which
it was erpefted would foo be com
pletpd. = -
- BOSTON, May 2. :
25 ~CONGRESS.
The house was on the z4th ult.
priicipally engaged in a difciiffion,
on a bill'from the Senate authorifing
the President of the United States to
raise a provisional army, not exceed-
Ing 20,000 men, in case the circum
stances of the country shall, in his o
pinion require it. On motion to read
this bill a second time it was objeced
to by Mr. Nicholas, en the ground of
principle, stating it to be his opinion
that if an army was necessary, Con
gress ought immediately to provide
it, and not place the power of raising
it in the hands of the President. The
question, therefore, became, Shall this
bill be rejected 2 It was advoeated by
Mefirs. Nicholas, Gallatin, Baldwin,
Macon, ‘and M'Dowell ; and opposed
by Meflrs.-Otis, Dana, Setvall, Har
per; Rutledge, Craik, S. Smith, and
J. Williams. - After the debate had
continued till nearly 3 o’clock, Mr.
Rutledge having suggested that he
had reason to believe that ddpatches
up to the 1t of March, would be re
ceived by the Executive from our com
miflieners in 12 hours from that time,
Mr. Nicholas exprefled his readiness
totﬁithdraw his opposition to the fe
cof® reading, in eorder that gentle
men might have an opportunity of
being acquainted with the contents of
these dispatches, before they gave their
vote onthis bill. Mr. Nicholas hav
ing made this declarations Mr. Rut
ledge said, he tho’t it'proper to slate
upon what.ground he made the affer
tiorr with refpe@ to these dispatches.
He stated that he had received a let
ter by this day’s post from a friend
in Charleston, who had received a let
ter from one of our commiflioners in
Paris, stating that a gentleman of
South-Carolina, was about to fail for
America, in the ship Pomona, who
would carry with him dispatches from
our ministers 3 and Mr. R. said he
had been informed by a gentleman
from Maryland (Mr. Smith) that he
had just received a letter from Balti
more, informing him of the arrival of
the Pomona, and of the gentleman
alluded to. Mr. R. said having had
this information, would, he thought
juftify his communicdtions to the
house. Adjourned. .
Yesterday agreeably to law, an in
fpetion of the arms and equipments
of the militia of this Statt, took place.
The firft regiment was found in a state
of readiness which refle¢ts honor on
the citizen soldiers which compose it,
and the officers, whose exertions have
been eminently conspicuous.
- BSamie day-Sch. Diana, Wheaton,
*Havannah, 15 days.
Same day— Brig Dolly, Berry, Ha
vannahy 15 days. - '
. Same ddy—Dßrig Eliza, Lewis, Sa
vannah 6 days.
Same day—=Ship John and Eliza,
Galloway, I. France, 82 days. Left
the America, and Sultana, of Boston,
for Europe. The Gov. Bowdoin has
been condemned. Suspicion of bri
bery, it is said,- had alighted upon
some of the Judges ; that three of §
were in favor of the condemnation ;
and that the other two had declared
they never would fit upon the bench
with them. April 12, {poke the Mer
cury, from Bath for Curracea. A
pril 23, lat. 38. long. 69. spoke the.
Jane of ‘Bofton, 40 days.from Lisbon,
for Philad. :
April 30, Arrived sch. Joa. Thomp
son, Havannah, 17 days; brig Co
lumbia, Eddy, do; and the Polly,
Wheelwright, Demarara, 26 days.
Arrived at Philad. April 23, sch.
Lydia, Fearfon, from Havanna. He
informs, that an Embargo had exist
ed there 32 days previous to his fail
ing ; that he came out the 12th inst.
in company with a fleet of 40 fail and
upwards for different ports of the U
nited States. s
. KRR MY B
Yesterday arrived at Beverly from
Calcuttay thip Sally; Capt. Josiah
Obear. He left at Calcutta, 6th Dec.
thips Richmond, Hathaway,and John,
Jackson, of Philad. to fail next day ;
Warren, Cartwright, of Nantucket,
to fail in all Dec. Murdeaux, Tread
well, of Portfmonth (has atrived at
New-York) ; Three Sifters, Doulfe,
of Boston, and Cleopatra, Dickey, of
- New-York. .
Jan. 28th, in lat. 27, 48, S. long.
49. E. Capt.. O. fell in with two
French frigates from thelfleof France,
-having under convoy two Spanish
ships, from Manilla, with 5,000,000
dollars bound to Cadiz, which had
.been éarried into the Isle of France,
and acquitted. After examining his
papers, the Commeodore ordered Capt.
O. to keep with the division, which
he agreed to, 31st, being at a little
distance from the squadron, the Com
modore ordered him again on board
with his papers, threatening that if
he found them in the least irregular
to fend him into the Isle of France ;
- finding no irregularity in his papers,
he ordered an officer and 8 men on
board, with direGions to watch that
the Sally continued with the convoy ;
at the fame time they put on board
a plenty of all kinds of provisions.
On the 14th Feb. in lat. 38. S. long.
19, K. The Sally carried away her
fore yard ; the Commodore bore
- down and took eut his hands, and of
k sered Capt. O. every assistance he
stood in need of, and threw overboard
a {par for a fore yard and another for
a top mast, then bore away., Capt.
O. was treated with politeness.
The following has been sung on the
- boards of Philadelphia. Every man
of the least musical talents, ought
to learn ity and sing it to his fel.
low-citizens. .
NEW SONG.
HAIL Columébia ! happy land !
Hail ye heroes, beav’n born band,
Who foughtand bled in Freedem’s cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
And when the florm of war was gone
Enjoyed the Peace your valour won—
- Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost ;
Ever grateful for the prize, ‘
Let Its altar reach the skies. '
Firm, united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty ;
As a band of brothers join’d,
Peace and fafety we shall find.
Immortal Patriots ! rife once more,
Defend your rights; defend your Thore 3
Let no rude foe with impious hand,
: Let no rude foe with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies, -
Of toil and blood, the well earn’d prize.
While offering peace, sincere and juf,
1o Heav’n we fix a maniy trust,
Thidt truth and justice will prevail,
- “And every scheme of bondage fail—
Firm, united letus be, - -
- Rallying, &c. &c. - ) -
Sounrd, found the tromp of Fam"e:‘
Let WAsHIINGTON'S great name -
Ring thro’ the world with loud applause,
- Ring thro’ the world with lond applause,
Let every clime to freedom dear,
Listen with a Ijcyful ear, | -
With equal skill, with godlike pow’s,
- He governs in the fearful hour -
Of horrid war. or guides with ease, :
The happier times of 4oneft peace; |
; Firm, united let us be, :
. Rallying, &ec. &c. |
Behold the Chief who now ¢commands,
Once more to serve his country flands
The Rock on which the storm will beat,
The Rock on which the florm' will bear,
But arm’d in virtue, firm and true, |
His hopes are fix’d on Heaven and YOU,
~ When hope was finkiog in dismay, .
‘When glooms obfcur’dg Columbia’s day ;
. His fleady mind, from changes free,
~ Refolv’d on Deathor Liberty, .
*+ Firm, united letus be, ~ et
o Rallyiog; &eo&e. 1 -
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