The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-05-06 00:00:00, page 3

&., TIE itm@*d>,%,
U ^ ** d House of Re
preftntatives of the United Stales of
America in Cotgrtf afftmbled, Thee
under the order# of the Prefideot
<of the United State#, and in addi
tion to theuavd armament alrea
dy authorized by law, there (hall
be built within the United State#,
fix (hip# of war, of a size to carry,
and which (hall be armed with not
left that seventy-sour gun# each ;
and there (hall be built or purchas
ed within the United State#, fix
[loop# of war, of a size to carry,
and which (hall be armed with
eighteen guns each; or not exceed
ing that force :—al! which (hips
and veffel# (hall be procured, man
ned and employed a# soon a# may
be, for the (ervice of the United
States : And in part of the necef
fay expenditures to be incurred
herein, a sum not exceeding one
million of dollars, (hall be, and is
hereby appropriated, and (hill be
paid out of any monies which (hall
be in the treasury of the United
Staten fa other wife appropriated.
Sec. 2. And be it farther maAed,
hThat the President of the United
State# (hall be, and he is hereby
authorized to augment, at hirdif
cretioo, the force o any (hip or
vessel, now in the service, or build
ing for the service of the United
States, by allowing an additional
number of guns and men therein,
beyond the eftablithed rate, and
according to the refpeßive size
and capacity of (uch (hip or vef
fcl: And a fam not exceeding
thirty-five thousand dollar# (hall
be, and $ hereby appropriated to
defray the expenle of such aug
mentation, and foil be paid out
of any monies which (hall be io
the treafur, of the United States,
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enabled.
That the President of the United
State# (hall be, and is hereby au
thorized to place on the naval es
tablishment, and employ accord
ingly, all or any of the veffel#,
which, as revenue cutters, have
been increased io force, and em
ployed in the defence of the sea
coast, pursuant to the aft iotitled
, Ao aft providing a naval arma
ment and thereupon, 'he offi
cer# and crew# of such vessel, may
Fallowed, at the discretion of the
President of the United States, the
pay, subsistence, advantage# and
compenfatioos, proportional, to
the rate# Os such vessel, and fall
be governed b, the rule# and dis
cipline, which are, or which foall
be eft&blifhed for the toy of the
&United Sates. ,^^fo^ {O.^
Approved, Feb. 25, 1799.
j^,; Prefideoi otihe United States. °
:iou<,iblic^tions, would & a lawto abridge
fa ifoyof fa press, and as mb, uncoujli
tetional.
Theforgoing reasoning is submitted as vin
dicating the validity of the taws in qntftim.
Althoughebe committee, hitroe:tbat each
of tbs measures adopted b, Congress daring the
1#&, is susceptible of an analytical jus
tification, on tbs principles of tbs conjiitutton,
and natienafydic,,,et the, prefer to rest their
vindication on the true ground of cohering
them as parts of a general s,ftem of defence,
.adapted ifo qcrifs of extraordinary difficult,
and danger,
[The refine nett week.] •'
An Ad for the Augmentation
of the Navy.
LAWS
Os the UNITED STATES.
I.OWDOW, FErtt
THE Executive Directory of
France on the ,th ioft. informed
the Councils, by message, of the
capture of Naples after three days
hard fighting ; that the Neapolitan
Republic was proclaimed, and a
provisional government organized.
In the French Council of Five
Hundred, Feb. 7, a message was
received, announcing the defeat of
the Neapolitan troops, and the ef fe
tabliihmeot of the French army
io Naples
The Infurgenti of Belgium
have, by proclamation, invited the
French soldiers to join them in
their efforts to throw off the com
mon enemy ; the Directory of
France, observing, that they would
retaliate on the officers of the Re
public the cruelties that had been
and continue to be pra&ifed by
them.
EHRENBRIESTEIN has at length
been reduced to surrender, from want of
fubfifteoce. It is a strong fortrefs on the
righ bank of the Rhine, in the vicinity
of Coblentz.
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PHILAD. APRIL 22.
Shocking Confirmation.
Extria •, « htter fam N&wjork, fodra
Saturday.
In the "True American” of the 17th,
I saw an account of the barbarous and
fate treatment of the French to captain
Kemp, and the crew of the Ocean. Ire
gret that I have to inform you, that by
the arrival of the Favorite, Backhoufe,
2zdays from Jamaica , . fee have a con fir
mation of that horrid and unparalleled
affair. Your statement was perfectly:
correct. Every foul om board was mas
sacred but five, who hid themselves until
the rage of these savages had subsided.-
' Caps. B. received the account from capt.
Ducature, by whom it was received from
a Spaniard, who arrived at the Hayanna,
from a port ^ leagues to windward of it;
where the, French privateers generally
rendezvous. ' ^'•'<• ..'
An A& authorizing the estab
lishment of Docks-
BE it aaaed b, the Senate and
House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in
Congress affemblcd, That two docks,
for the convenience of repairing
the public (hips and veffel#, be
ere&ed in suitable placet, under the
diredion of the Pafideot of the
United States, and that the (um
of fifty thousand dollars be appro
priated toward# effecting this ob
je&, to be paid out of any monies
in the treafur, of the United
States, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, Feb. 25, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
Brefident of the United States.
purposes.
BE it enaaed b, the Senate and
House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in
Congress afembled. That the Pref
idem of the United States fall be,
and he is hereby authorized to di
re& a sum not exceeding two hun
dred thousand dollars, to be paid
out of any monies in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, to be
laid out id the purchase of growing
or other timber,or of lands on which
timber is growing, suitable for the
navy, and to cause the proper
meafure# to be taken to have the
fame preferred for the future ufa
of the navy:
Approved— Feb. 25, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States,
An A6t authorizing the pur
chase of timber for naval
Loft Mail's NEWS.
—FOREIGN-
Lift night arrived here the lhip
Packet, Capt. Trott, io 39 days
from Liverfool. From a cursor,
view of the papers brought, we fee
nothing of importance, except that
the negotiations a r Riftadt had
terminated ; and by a. Caffet ac
count of Feb. 20, it appears that
the French had passed the Rhine
in force at Kehl; and that the
Auftriaos were preparing to meet
them. Other accounts contradict
this, and state that Austria had ac
ceded to the French proposals ; —
that the French had re crossed the
river ; and that the profpea of
Peace had brightened.— That the
Emperor of Russia appeared riling
from his lethargy, and was march
ing 150,000 men to oppose the
French.
A letter from Martinique, under
date of uth of March fays, " War
against the United States was de
clared about a fortnight since in
Guadeloupe, St. Martins and 'Sta
tia."— Os small moment whether
crue or falfe.
That full-blooded Horse
YOUNG SWEEPSTAKES,
WILL fend for Mares, this season,
at the Stable of the Subferiber,
on the east fide of the river, in Concord.
The terms are Two Dollars the fiogle
leap, three dollars the season, and five
dollars to warrant.
M^ + AARON AUSTIN.
SALEM APRIL 20.
Extract of a letter from an American Gen
tleman on the continent of Europe, dated
Dec. 28.<
" The noble declaration of our
Executive, on the return of the A
merican Envoys from France, has
united all Europe, but the people
ofGermany in particular, even to
a degree of eothufufm. They
fay, that the cause is noble, to op
pose a nation of savages, who with
to oppress & endtve the most virtu
osi people on earth,and whole only
crime is daring to ask for justice
from the greatest monster that ev
er reared it# head. Such senti
ments have raised the Emperor,
voluntarily, the greatest and most
powerful arm, that Germany ever
fopporced $ io consequence of
which, god the progress of 33,000
Ruffians; who are already it Ger
many on their way to the Rhine
(being a part of 80,000 which
the Emperor of Raffia fends a
gainst the French) the Directory
have ordered large drafts from
their forces in Holland, which
leaves an opening for the rebel
lion, which is hourly exposed to
become general throughout the
Batavian Republic ;—the people
of Brabant have already revolted,
and are in great force ; some
actions have taken place between
them and the French. The peo
ple of Holland are io the most
dreadful state of distress imagina
ble; their fifhermeo, watermen,
and all those who gained their
bread by the sea, are absolutely
starving ; the Eoglilh preventing
the neutrals from going into Hol
land, and even a fixing boat from
getting to tea, and their friends
the French oppressing themby re
_l£iiinn% the people sue drived to
perfc& madness."
B OSTON, MAY I.
Cantors,
MONDAY, May 6) 1799.
IN w■■■lA^WMßUWßß"**— ——.
Extrema of a Isttor from a Ger Vernaz rz Ex
eter, dated April 27th, to in friend in
this town.\
" I heartily agree with ym i^ fyti
meats refpec ing the Mountain L|IQ
and have the fame admiratim tor toe
" Hedge Hog." Os late he [fyeupirt]
has difeovered more of his beatify priml
pies than he ever dared to before. F<t
his frequent attacks upon the Printer of
the Columbian Centinei, and other prin
ters entirely devoted to their country; be
ought to be looked down upon with con
tempt ; and it might be truly said of him,
as he has' repeatedly said of others, that
" he is a poor, little contemptible crea
ture. He has a great ihare of quick
wit, and low cunning ; " but be who
would make too great a parade of his
wit, succeeds only in shewing it, which is
of little confluence."
" For, Peter's unfounded and fcurril
!ous abuses of the Presldint, every
American ought to despise him.—
Shall a foreigner, a petty newsmonger,
dictate the Executive of a great and In
dependent Nation ?
“ Politics, in which he brutually a.
buses the President, he is as much 4
stranger to, as to the facts he has dared
to mifreprefent.—ln short, his writings
are as base as the appearance of a hedge,
bog is detestable ; and every person who
admires such a grotesque animal, is a fit
Companion for the L,on and the Bear."
Pennsylvania in/urre^lion.
The troops, ordered out to quell the
Infurreaion in Pennfylvsnia, are on their
return home, having effected the impor
tant business assigned them,without wan
tonly shedding one drop of blood.
The trial of the Pennsylvania Insur
gents will come on at the Circuit Court,
now setting in Philadelphia ; bills of in
dictment have been presented against 7
of them for treason ; and against 5 for se
ditious combinations &c.
A FIRE
Has destroyed upwards of 30 houses at
Fredericksburg, in Virginia.—The poft
office, and two printing offices mate pare
in the conflagration.
On the lift ult. 15 dwelling beufet
were confuted by fire at Newyork.—
.Lots estimated at 200,000 dollars.
THE SEASON
Is extreme!, backward ; —and Ma, scarce
saws like the ftf of April in or dinar, years.
Winter sat senonjl, in, carl, in Nov. lafl ;
and it said that snow is now two feet deep not
40 miles from this town, which is probably
the cause of so much cold chilly weather.—
We understand that many Cattle in the country
have actually farmed for want of fodder.
PreJident's Adams's Senti
ments of Religion.
Extracted from a late Answer to an Address.
“ WHAT shall I fay to you,
gentlenien, on the fubje& of de*
ftrodion of religion, and encour
agement of loose principles ? lam
not food of introducing this sacred
topic into political dilquifitions..
But religion is the basis of moral
obligation—of the essence of all
government ; the only ground of
confidence between man and man,
and the foundation of all society.
Without it the world would be a
univerfiil and perpetual war of ar
tifice, intrigue, fraud, ftratsgem
and violence, of all men agaioft
all men# This st least is my o
pinion, tho' I shall not persecute
those who differ from me.
66 When religious liberty has
been asserted by invincible argu.
meets of foondeft divines, as well
as the philosophers of this century
and the last ; when every engine
of wit, satire, humor and ridicule,
have been employed to difcounte
oance intolerance, is the whole to
terminate in a cruel and sanguina
ry perfection of all religion ? in
the annihilation of all the sacred
foundations of morality, govern
ment and society ? America will
not, I cruft, be willing to be con
verted intoa perfect bedlam, what
ever other parts of the world may
with it."