The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1799-01-23 00:00:00, page 3

From F. Ruffell' s Commercial Gazetie.
Mr. Russell, - .
I SEND you an extrall of a Letter re
ceived by one of the lafi arrivals from Europe.
df you agree with mc in opinion as to its ex
cellence and impogtance, ((as I dcubt not you
will ) you will be happy to give it a conspicu
ous place in the Commercial Gazetle.
Important Original Letter
"+ FROM EUROPE. o
LONDON, xov. 10, 1798.
THERE is o topic more com
pletely belonging to the regions
of common place than that upon the
lapse of time, and yet there is none
to-which we are more irrefiltably
brought, when writing after a con
siderable interval to am absent frienc.
Fven at this moment 1 can scarcely
realize to myfelf the idea, that the day
after to-morrow will close thirty-one
. months since we parted. In the in
tervening period what mighty revolu
tions have taken place in the affairs of
Europe ! revolutions however as well
. known to you as to me 3, and which
even ther were to be expeted.. * .8
AR WLAE RN T
' You are so well acquainted with my
s sentiments, that it would be fuperflu
ous to tell you, how much I have been
+ delighted with the spirit which hasat
Jength discovered itfelf in our country.
“Had it appeared in colours gqu’alfy
s glowing @ year éarlier, we thould at
this moment have been in the full pof
feflion of those neutral rights, which
~an overweaning fqndne{s; and an Ill
jodged admiration of one foreign
power, and an unwise impolitic bitter
ness and inveteracy ggmn& another
have deprived ns of. " A rational felf
* eftecm, is as necessary to the dignified
- condué of anation as of an mdlvidlé
The language or the condu@ of mean
submission, and ayowed Tubferviency,
~ are not calculated to obtain the cluims
of Jutice, A fawning, ringing e
vilely adoring public agent, ( Monroe )
ﬂm?ﬁh at %ﬁ‘ﬁé mhe poaid
seem a patron of Liberty, bad given
10 our country in France, the part of
- 3 mgan suitor, and the natural confe-
Bt o Ser iy e sDS s DR S S
WepNesDAY, Jax.g.
.. A Resolution for information on.
the proceeds of the Stamp A&, passed.
A petition from the Rope-makers
of Boston, was read, and committed.
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
Pafled to be engrofied. It isto
~eommience operation in Nov. next.
The U. S. are to have preference of
all creditors.
SPURIOUS AGENTS.
- The bill on this fubje& passed. The
penalty gooo dollars, and imprison
ment. —_—
The following is a copy of the bill
reported on Monday, by Mr. Gris
wold, for the punithment of certain
crimes therein. fpecified.
“Be it enalled, c. That if any per
son, being a citizen of the U. States,
whether he be a&ually residing or a
biding within the United States, or in
any fa"ei&n country, shall, without
the permitlion or authority of the Go-,
vernment of the United States, di
rectly or indireétly commence or car
ry on any verbal or written corref
portdence or intercourse with any fé
reign Government, or any officer or
agent thereof, relating to any dispute
or controversy between any foreign
Government and the United States,
with an intent to influence the mea
sures or condu& of the Government
having disputes or controversies with
the United Statés, as aforefaid ; or if
any person, being a citizen of, or re
sident within the United States, and
not duly authorifed, {hall counsel, ad
vise, aid or assist in any {uch corres
pondence with intent as aforefaid, he
or they shall be deemed guilty of a
high misdemeanor ; and on convic
tion before any-court of ihe U. States
having jurildi@ion thereof, shall be
punithed by a fine not exceeding five
‘thoufand dollars, and byimprifonment
during a term not less than fix months,
nor exceeding three years,” ,
IN SENATE, Jaw. 10, 1799.
United Siates, vs. William Blount.
On motion of Mr. Stockton, se
conded by Mr. Ross,
That William Blount was an officer
of tle U. States; within the meaning
of the Constitution of the U. States,
and therefore liable to be impeached
by the House of Representatives.—
That as the articles- of .impeachment
charge him with high crimes and mif
demeanors,—fuppoled .to haveé been
committed while he was a Senator of
the United States, his plea ought to
be overruled. ? s
The yeas and nays were as follow
. YEAS.—Mefirs. Chipman, Daven
port,. Goodhue; Latimer, Livermore,
Lloyd, Paine, Ross, Sedgwick, Stock
ton, Tracy.—ll.
NAYS.—Meflrs. Anderson, Bing
ham, Bloodwesth, Brown, Foster,
Gunny Green, Hillhoufe, Howard,
Yangdon, Marshall, Martin, Mason,
Read—l 4. ' , s
/ * So.it was catried in the negative,
"and the plea will of course be allow
ed, and the defendant discharged.
qtience was, that her entreaties wete
spurned with contempt, and she her
felf treated like a slave. The French
government, were officially told, that
the people of the United States, withed
‘notﬁin better than to facrifice their
most fawful interests to those of
' France ; and their Committees of
public fafety, and Dire@ories were not
men, to take such a declaration as a
compliment, or to let such offers flip
through their hands.. They naturally
concluded, nor was it one of their
greatest errors of reasoning, that a
nation whose public Representative
was capable of giving such assurances,
must be prepared for submission to
every insult, and acquiescence under
every injury. To such a minilter they i
- could solemnly fay that his country
held its Independence merely as a 1
- Tenant at the will of France, and be |
{ure that he would receive it as a com
pliment. To him they could talk of
debasing themselves by difcuflion with
his government, without any appre
hension of resentment or contradi@ion,
and although they had for months be- "
fore treated him {o very cavalierly, as
to leave him in great perplexity of
mind, whether he was a public minis
ter or not, and put himupon ingenious
stratagems to ascertain the fad, it is
not at all to be wondered at, that
- when they found him recalled, in dis
- grace with his own government, they
\ ﬁxr:uld tell him they were sorry he was
going away.
The fame fort of tone, which reigns
through all that Man’s negotiations,
- he had with the help of some friends
and counfellors, worthy of himfelf,
t rendered the prevailing, fafhionable
tone of Amcrican conversation, at
' Paris. No man knows this better
than you, who were an eye and an
! ear witness of it. Now after that,
~could you possibly be farprized, at
{ecing repeated and solemn embafiies,
rejected with studied marks of con
tumely ? Was not contempt and dis
dain, the natural result of such degra
dation ? and could the opposite senti
ments of consideration and refpe& be
recovered otherwise than by a display
of firmnefs and resolution, as far be
yond the customary stile of negocia
“tion, as that dust-licking manner had
funk beneath it ?
The spirited attitdde which we have
assumed after so many and such deep
provocations, has produced its natural
effett to 6. From the firt moment of
its appearance, until that of its full
~growth, as by our last accaunts it
gands, those who before had met
friendfhip with robbery, and supplica
tion with indignity, have gradually
retreated towards the borders of Jus
tice, and grown profufe in profeflions
of complaisance and civility. While
we kneeled and tied our own hands
behind our backs, and roared for
mercy, France had nothirflig for us but
stripes, and kicks and cuffs ; but the
instant we burst our fhameful bands,
rife:and draw the sword of defence,
she has'as many bows and. congees
~and capers for favour as an old dancing
master of the ancien regime, can smile
for our love like Malvolio, and rather
than quarrel with us, eat her leek like
Pistol. All this our country will {ee,
and of all this I hope she will not be
“the dupe. ' The firft moment of our
relaxation from energy would infalli
“bly be that of her return to insolence ;
if we persevere as regardless of her
falfe carefles, as we have been of her
i fuftian menaces, we shall certainly
| bring her to terms of reason, and issue
from the controversy with victory and
' with honour.
VERGENNES, (Vermont) Jan. 3.
Albany Centinel, Dece rber 25th
has. announced the election of Mr.
Lyon. This information is prema
ture.. The votes have not yet been
counted. The number of votes from
upwards of eighty towns has been ob
tained, by which, it is confidently as
serted, that Mr. Lyon hasloft ground.
The Bth January will soon decide.
g 2 BOSTON, Jan. 38, .
- SUMMARY.
- Bompard’s fleet defeated by War
ren had on board 3600 troops.
The Hoche had 270 men killed and
wounded. yip '
- Capt. Le Grand of L’lmmertalite,
and Cgen. Monge were killed.
The Draper, Collins, of ‘Neav-York,
is to bring the Irish Traitors to ‘A
merica ! And is probably now near
our. Coast. e , 4
. An Union of freland, with England
and Scotland is seriously contemplated.
Refpe@able loyal Irishmen, it is said,
oppose it. ’
~ Another squadron of French fri
gates has appeared off Killala, and
were about landing, when a Britith
squadron came in fight, and drove
them off, but could not overtake them.
The Dutch prisoners recently made
express the greatest abhorence of the
French : and offer to enter into the
;Engliﬂ) merchant service. | |
A Paris paper of Nov. 12, fays
¢ the Infurretion-in Brabant does
not appear likely to be soon quelled.”
The Council of 500 has proposed the
.~ January 21. - .
The following article is copied from
a Hand-bill, printed at New-York,
Jan. 12 1% A genti arrived (ass
night from Phi 8 informs that
a report wwas circulating there, that the
[rigate United States, Commodure Barry,
had captured a French ship of war of 44
Bunsy and carried ber into 84 Thomas,”?
However agreeable it might be to
authenticate tﬁis‘ report, truth obliges
us to fay, that a Philadelphia evening
g;ger of fame date, makes no.mention
It. s :
The political information recently
received {rom Eurcpe, is extremely
vague and contradictory ; some ac
counts state, that Buonaparte was by
a retrogade march, returning towatds
Alexandria much bharafled and weak--
ened by the continual depredatiins
of the Arabs ; others state that he had
conquered all Egypt, and that the Ir
my of the Beys and Mamelukes were
totally defeated ; the former accounts
are of later date, and tho’ unofficial,
come through direé channels. = |
In Belgium, revolt and infurrec
ion have assumed a very perplexing
afpet to the French interest in that
quarter. A
In Ireland we observe with plea
sure the return of tranquility.
Several accounts from the Weft-
Indies agree in stating, that Vidor
Hughes has.been arrested at Guada
loupe, and sent on board one of the
French frigates lately arrived there.
In one of the dccounts .it is further
added, that after the 15th. Dec. all
French privateers would be restrained
from capturing neutral veflels. - Very
much like a awhale 1 ik
Sixteen American vessels haye heen
recently recaptured by the squadron
under command of Capt, Harvey,
which is cruising. among the Wind
ward Islands. - =
The Light-houf¢ on Eaton’s neck
on Long-Island, was lighted on Thurs
day the 10th of Jan. inst. g Sy
Thomas B. Adams, Esq. third son
of our beloved President has arrived
at New-York from Europe.
g 3 “DIPLOMATIC SKILLY in ITALY.
A Milan paper of O&. 90, contains the
following article : An event superior to a
ny other of our revolution, took place yes
terday. Andelafio, Sopranzi, avd Luofi,
Members of our Direflory, resigned their
lacesto Sanatti, Bruetti, and Sama{fini;e—
I’ihy-ﬁx members of -the Lt}giﬂatmc were
also replaced by partizans of the French,
and of their principles. This revolution
‘was affe&ted without the use of thebayonet,
Clear, sheer *JRill.” . vty
AMERICA & GREAT-BRITAIN. -
The English papers mention, that an al
lrance between Ctat-Britain and the Uni
ted States, on the most liberal principles,
was in a state of negotiation, It hasalfo
been reported there had been a Packet dis
patched from England for the U. S. with
overtures from his Britannic Majesty fora
Treaty offenfive and defenfive. In confir
mation of the failing of the Packet, we
‘have before us a letter from London, dated
O¢&. 20:h, 2nnouncing thet the Brinfh go
vernment had appointed an extra packet to
fail for America, that evening, :
The French Dire&ory, has denied bav
ing sent an Agent to Amersica, If true, so
Jor we thank them, Ry &
- VICTOR HUGUES.
The southern papers give various,
and apparently confirmatory accounts
of the arrest of that prime Brigand
Vidtor. Hugues, at Guadaloupe. A
letter received at Norfolk, from Mat
tinico, dated Nov. 3oth, after noticing.
‘the arrival of the two frigates ‘which
captured the Retaliation, mentions the
landing .of a body of troops,the arrest
of Hugues, and his confinement on
board a frigate. S . 30
A Bnhimore'paar'éi of the sth infl. men
tions the receipt of a letter from Martinico,
{no date) fating, ¢t That the troops 'lately
arrived at Guadaloupe, bave forcibly arrefls
ed Viftor Huguesand confinedhim on board
one of the frigates, lately. arrived; to be
feat to France.” T et
durorsant to' Auirican Spamsn.
The French Executive Dircétory, ?ryan
atrette, dated in O&. lafl, declare, ** That
every perfon,cither native mﬁFntny. from
the ¢countrics in amity or alliance with
France, ‘or in 3 slate ot’ neutrality; who is
bearer of a Commiflion gramed by the ene
mies of France, or who compose a part of
the ships of war, or éxbcu,hch:gimo‘m
_enemy, finll, by virtue of this aét aloae, be
SR E S
whatever, 10 plead thar be was: dompelled
inlr: f’nch'fenicé by force, threats, or other
wiie, P 8 £ Ne:
pardoning of the Insurgents to induce
their surrender.
The Cif-Alpine Republic is con
vulsed with internalcommotions which
threaten its fall. ' |
Paris is thonght to be at the verge
of another political eruption. A
Member of the §oo, fays, “ he has
proofs that 30 Representatives of the
people are about to be' denounced.”
He had been charged as an agent of
Pitt, and demanded a trial, but was
refufed. Nightly meetings are held
of the Patriots. The new draft of
the people to reinforcethearmies, aug
ments greatly the general diffatisfac
tinn. Sostbmeainibons
Fire]—<At Duck-Trap, (Maitic)
the house of George Ulmer, Esquire;
Post-Master. A mail was destroyed.
Loss estimated at 7000 dollars.
On Monday the 31t Dec. last, the
Dwelling-House of Mr. David Par
sons, of%iaﬁ Port, (Diftri& Maine, )
was consumed by fire, and a young
girl of 8 years of age, perished in the
flames. | ’
A letter from Dublin, dated Oa. o,
fays, ‘¢ At present, there is every
prospect of your’ American produd
answering well in the {pring, particu
larly Flax Seed, Oil, Ashes and Naval
Stores. Linens have risen considera
bly in price in this market.”
From PHILADELPHIA Fan. o.
“ Qur markets, generally {peaking,
are at a_ftand from the Rloppage of
our navigation ; there are however,
fomearticles thatareindemand,Lifbon
Wine is very fearce, and will fell at
604 a 65 pipe ; Holland Gin, is also
scarce at from 192 118 gallon, fay
from Ift to 4th proof.”
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Providence, Fan. 19.
“The ship Charles, Barnard, of Bos
ton, from Batavia, arrived at Newport
on Wednesday last. She touched at
the Isle of France, and left there the
ship Mary, Rodman, of this port.
Capt. Barnard, on the 11th instant
spoke the ship Strafford, Balch, late
master, of Boston, from St. Übes,
bound to Norfolk, in distress. Capt.
Balch had quitted the Strafford on
the 28th of December, and went on
board a vessel bound to Oporto, in
consequence of his veflel leaking—
mate and crew staid by her.
Arrived, brig Polly, Whitney, 46
days trom Port Antonio (Jam.) left
there brig Peggy, belonging to Bos
ton, which had been captured by the
French, and re-captured by a Britith
veflel. :
- Capt. Littlefield, of the Moro cas
tle, was attacked by a French priva
teer of 8 guns and 8o men, which;
after fighting 3 glasses, he was fortu
nate enough to disable, by thooting
away her foretopmatft, and killing 8
or 10 of her men—beat her off, and
arrived at thé Havanna with but little
damage and no loss of men.
Capt. Bowler, on“the Icth inst. off
Cape Henlopen, spoke a brig from
Trinidada bound to Boston ; and on
Monday last, back of Long Island,
spoke a schooner from Demarara
bourid to Boston.—He further in
forms, that several French privateers
are cruising off the Havanna.
A kind correspondent has furhifhed
us with a view of the commerce of
this port for the years 1797 and 1798.
We feel persuaded that the incteafe of
t-3d in the number of outfitted vef
{els, during the last year, must prove
the wisdom of our Executive in as.
fording solid proteétion to commerce
and effe@tually silence the cry of
those government haters who affirmed
that the inftantwe proteéted ourselves,
all commerce would be annihilated
and at an end ! perhaps it will be
urged that very few of our merchant
men have armed, and that very few
have taken benefit of public con
voy ; But would so astonishing an in
crease of mercantile outfits have taken
place, if no liberty to arm had been
granted, and no convoys provided in
any quarter of the globe ? A man
who s poffefled of the x;ith to defend
hisproperty against lawlefsfreebooters,
may use that right at his own discre
tion ; but, if the laws of his country
*forbid him to execute such a right i
any case, he will hardly venturea
farthing in the way of these feafaring
highwaymen. - A Captain may watt,
_Or not 'wait convoy, as circumitances
di@ate to -his best judgment : But. if
he is positive that no convoy awaits
“himy he will be very diffident of run
~ning the gauntlet of a ‘IOO privateers
alone, and unarmed. The means of
outward defence and homeward res
: ; Salem, Fan. 18.
From Capt. Fames Stuart, at Cadiz, Nov. 8,
1798.
“For your inforzs)ation I enclose this :
I had a brother in law taken and carried in
to Algiers for want of a Mediterrancan pass.
The Dey told him, that he would ¢lear
him because he was the firft he took ; but
thatif he caught any more American veflels
without that pass, he would make prizes of
them together with their people. This
bappened about the 20th of O&. If you
:hin‘k psoper, communicate the fame to the
üblic. ;
' *‘Markets are falliog here fa. Captain
Ropes is hére.” ;
The Belfiarius, Capt. B. Crowningthicld,
and the Joha, Capt. Putnam, are in from
Copenhagen. — ‘
The Alexander Hamilton, arrived at
New-Yoik, {poke ship Hiram, Whitlock,
14 days from I%oﬂon, for Liverpool. Jau. g,
spoke brig Rising-Sun, from l"anﬁnoulh,
for Demarara—All well. j
PORTSMOUTH, Favvarr 23.
By a report of the Secretary of the
Navy it is proposed to make our na
wval armament consist of 12 ships of the
line, as many frigates, and twenty or
thirty smaller veflels. |
By a Report of the Secretary of
war it is proposed to augment the ar
my to §O,OOO men.
In a London paperof O&ober 26th,
we find the following paragraph, in
confirmation of the article, we some
time since copied from a Hamburg.
Garette : Yesterday His Majely,
at the levee, reccived from I.ord
Grenville’s Office, the difpatc’wes from
Sir Morton Eden, his Majesty’s Am
bassador at Vienna, informing of the
complete deftrudtion of the French
transports off Alexandria, by the
squadron under Commodore Trou
“ridge, which his Majesty, read to the.
nobiltity present at the drawing room.””
The American Minister of the
Court of St. James, has remonstrated
to the Britith government against
fending the conviéted United Iri(%mcn
to this country.
Portsmouth Marine Fouwrnal.
A View of the growing Commerce of
this port, from 1797 to 1798,
1797: 1798.
Ships 22 Ships 28
- 'Brigs 37 Brigs 50
. Sch’rs 7 Sch’rs 17
‘ o - Sloop %
Total 66 =~ ‘Total g 6
turn are bothfprovided. Admitting
they never were-made use of, govern
ment is rfot to blame. See marine
Journal. e — '
A revolution in religion has begun
in Persia. The Persian prince Maha.
bee; is determined to introduceanother
religion iriftead of Mahometanifin; up
on purer morals, and more simple
doctiines. * The ceremonial is to be
more conformed to the ancient .insti
tutes. - It isto be called simply, The
Religion, or the divine gift of peace.
Mahabee acknowledges the . existence
of one God, calls himfelf the servant
of Ged, and admits the immortal ex
istence of man but not agreeably to
the Mahometan do&rine.
On Saturday the 12th inst. departed
this life, DANIEL RINDGE, Esq.
agcd 68, formerly one of his Britan
nic Majesty’s Council for the then
province of New-Hampshire ; and on
the Wednesday following, his remains
were refpe&tfully deposited in the fa
mily vault,—beneath Do&. Haven’s
Meeting-Houfe,attended by as nume-.
rous a train of mourning relatives, and
followed by as large a concourse of
sympathizing fellow Citizens, as ever
accompanied a -brother and a friend
to the solitary yet social manfione
where all the ,Zindred charities of hu.
man nature meet together., The ac
tive concerns of maritime, commers
cial and mercantile pursuits, occupied
this gentleman’s attention, at an early
period of life ; his later hours have
pafled tranquilly away, in the enjoy
ment of those rewards, which youth
ful and unremitting industry fraquens.
l{ beflows. As a merchant—Mrt.
Rindge was diftinguithed for punc
tuality and integrity ; his engage.
ments, at home and abroad were
marked by inflexible honor and hon.
efty—As a Man, he was the most af
fe&tionate of hufbandsto the loveliest
of women ; the kindest of masters to
servants whose service was freedom 4
and the faithfulleft of friends, even to.
those, who were inimical—ln the foe
cial circle, a peculiar elegance of ade
dress ; incomparablé politeness of mane
ners and uncommon ease in conver{a
tion, rendered him the pleasing, the
valuable, the excellent Co 10T o
Amid society at l:;fe', mmnceﬁ
ty, digniﬁed ‘morals and purity of
condu&, formed the most &minent
traits in his justly efteémed Charaéter;
a charaer that united the foftnefs
and urbanity of the polished courtier,
with an abhorrence of specious dupli--
city and insidious finefle. == = -
- Last of Prizes' + 5
IN the sth Class of Dartmouth Cols.
lege Lottery is just come to hand,
and may be seen at J. Melcher’s Print
ing-Office,~—where prizes drawn to
tickets purchased there will be paid on
fight. Jan. 23. P
'*| 'HE {ubfcniber in
tending to - leave Portsmouth
early in March ensuing, requelts all
that have any demands ‘adgain& bim -
to biall for their pay~—and those in
debted-to him are desired to make ims
mediate paymeat, ~ JOHN MAN,
- Portfmouthy Jan. 23,1799 .
B TO BE LET, \
~ 4 GOOD FARM,
(CONTAINING 150
i acrul,nwnbih ’%vcmil)etoff'oﬂf
mouth.—lnquire of the Printer. .
CAME ;oéthc.,ﬁbfnmiﬁ; % . F o
Qv son, of Stratham, a t time since a 3
brown f':'a':. about _cb:'ég ‘years old, with &
crop on the n"l: ear, a white face, the two
fore feet and 1 hmd'? hite ; the ow
ner is requested to take lh bome, 0!3" ’