The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-04-11 00:00:00, page 3

* Housezor Represe NTATIVES. -
. Monvay, Maxch 19,4
|T HE President of . ﬂxcg.é‘sllf nitéd
% .+ States, commﬁed%; 7{21-
owing . important ! meffage.—[ 7his
-,wa:migﬁrtedg: our- laft.] ﬁfmed to
the Committee of the Whole, on the
State of the Union.. =~ « <~
. ='The ImPnfoneH Deébtors Bill, was
“difctiffed, and referred to a fele& Com
uttee, SN TR AR TR
s YFEDERAL- CITY. ' %
- A Bill, for “‘providing suitable
buildings for the government of the
United States,” paifed to a third read
“ing-to-morrowk | |
. A Relolution on the fubjed@ of the
relief of {uch non-commiifioned offi
cers, &c.” who, had fufiered by the
embezzlement of agents, was negati
wed 47 to 32.—1 i was supported by
Mejrs. D. Foiter, Otis, Sewall, Shep
~ard, Skinner and Varnum ; axd oppo-
Jfed by Mejrs. D&"ton, Gallatin and
Mgy o L ,
~ Mr. Harper, from the Committee
- of Ways and Means, made the follow
ing reports, viz. ; £
An unfavourable report on the pe
tition_of the Serjeant at arms and
Door-keepers for an increase of fzla
ry ; and on a petition from the dis
tillers of Providence, Rhode-Ifland,
praying for an increase of duty on
foreign spirits, both of which were
concurred in by the House. -
Also the three following Bills, viz.
for continuing in force tﬁe 13th sec
tion of the a& making certain regula
tions in the collection of interna% du
ties ; for reviving and continuing in
foree an a& refpefting the compenfa
~vion of clerks 5 and a Bill altering
the time of making entries of stills.
All which were committed for to
mMOITOW. | € haant
Mr. Thatcher reported a Bill te
continue in force the sth fe&tion of
the a& refpe&ing poft-oflices and poft
roads, which was allo committed for
to-morrow. :
Tuespay, March 26. ¥
The Federal City Bill.paffed.
The Treasury Department com
municated an abstract of the emolu
‘ments, &c. of the colletors of cui
toms, &c. which was referred.
- FOREIGN CONSULS. '
Mr. Otis moved to appropriate
30,000 dollars, to reimburse advances
made in foreign parts for the relief
of sick and disabled seamen. - The
‘Refolution on this fubjed, after being
-amended, was agreed to, 55
Another Resolution for reimbur
sing certain advances made by the
Consuls ‘of the U. S. in supporting
the claims of our citizens before the
tribunals of foreign countries : was
agreed to and bills ordered.
A Bill providing for the payment
of 9664 dollarsy 14 cents, due 'to the
Jate William Carmichael, was order
ed, ¢ N 4558
A Bill prohibiting for a limited
time, the exportation of arms. and
ammunition, and for encouraging the
importation thereof, pafled for a third
reading. ! Y BT
eéﬂ from thé Senate, for an a
micable settlement of limits within
the State of Georgia, and authori
zing the eftablithment of a govern~
ment in the Miflifippi territory, was
debated, and recomniitted to a fele®
committee, for the purpose of ob
taining certain information on the
fubjed, relative _to the title of the
United States, to a part of that terti
tory. : . ;
- WEeDNEsDAY, March 21. *
- The bill for continuing in force the
a& for prohibiting for a%imited time
the exportation 0% arms and ammuni
tion, and for encouraging the impor
tation thereof, was read a third time
- # meflage /was received from the
Senate "ﬁfamnin,;xﬂxc House that they
‘had passed the bl declaring the assent
of Congress to an aé& of the State of
Dﬁ&fﬂfcn& .1,“;,..3( LT et
- Mr. Harper from'the committee of
“ways and means, reported a bill mak
-2? an appropriation for the payment
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) ”W*hﬁ%‘%ﬂwﬁﬁ'
g T haer eTS s
Bgby R b e
et fovevalis. gﬁﬁ%%f@
Jilto & committce of the whole on the
e gmﬁ?ﬁ %b A i
e O e v RSy .SR o YOk e,
“ordered to be engroflcd for 2 ‘third
‘reading to-motrow. . ' . 0 |
. Trurspar, March 22.
. A meflage was received from the
Senate, informing the house that they
~had passed a bill 'to enable the Presi
dent of the United States to purchase
or take on lease, one or ‘more foun
dries, for which 100,000 dollars are
proposed to be appropriated, Refer
red to the committee for the protec
tion of commerce and the defence of
the country, = ]
_ Fripay, Marth 23.
Mr. Sewall, from the committee
_for the prote&tion of commerce, and
the defence of the country, reported
.the bill from the Senate authorizing
the President to purchase one or more
Foundries, with an opinion that it
ought to be adopted without’ amend
ment.—The bill was committed for
Monday. '
Moxpay, March 26.
M-. Sewall, from the committee
on commerce and proteétion, to whom
- was referred the message of the Presi
dent of the United States, relative to
the depredations committed upon a
vessel in the “harbour of Charleston,
reported that there could be no doubt
of the salts as stated, and that it was
another instance to prove the neceflity
of taking measures for the proteétion
of our coast. They therefore report
ed a resolution authorizing the Presi
dent to build and equip gallies,
or floating batteries, for that purpose ;
which was referred to the committee
of the whole on the state of the Union.
The House again resolved itfelf
into a committee of the whole on the
bill for the amicable settlement of
limits with the state of Georgia, when,
aftet striking out the words cLaiming
UNDER IT, in the gth fe&ion, and ad-.
ding two new sections, the committee
rose, the House concurred in the a
mendments, and the bill was ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow,
Mr. Crooks presented the memorial
of the New-York Chamber of Com
merce, stating that the present critical
and inauspicious state of the country.
had excited :general concern, which
concern had been much increased by
the late official communication from
the President 'of the United States ;
that this state of things called for the
best measures of defence which could
be taken ; that the present defencelefs
state of the harbour of New-York is
such as to invite hostilities, and that
a place of such consequence to the
Union ought to be put into a strong
posture of :defence ; they theérefore
pray that their fortifications ‘may be
completed and furnithed with artille
ry and military stores- Referred to
the committee for the prote@ion of
commerce and defence ot the country.
- Tuespay, March 27. :
A bill was ordered for making ap
propriations for the military eftab
ments. &Py '
~ STATE OF THE UNION:
In Committee of the whole.—Mr.
Sprigg. rose; and obferyed, that every
fubjeét which came before the Com
mittee of the whole on the state of the
Union, must neceflarily be important ;
but he believed there never was any
more {O, than that which was present
ed to them by the message of the Pre
fiden?, which had been read. ~Sepa
rated as we are from Europe, by an
immen{e ocean, it were to be wished
that we were equally separated from
its political concerns, and that we
should have to do with them no far
ther than what relates™o commerce.
This, unhappily, had not been the
case, and there now existed painful
differences betwixt this country and
the French Republic. The meflage
which had just been read, was an e
vidence of this. In this situation of
‘things, it appeared neceflary that-the
House ﬂxbu;&e declare, whether this
country was to have peace or' war.
‘This was a fubje& in which the belt
imterefts of the gxﬁm'wete;dec ly con
cerned, -and he hoped the ‘:)’uﬁﬁ‘e{'s
{ wm% be met fully and fairly, The
President had informed the Houfe,that
the present state of things is changed
from what it was at the time he pro
hibited the arming of merchant vef-
Aels, and that therefore he had with
drawn that prohibition. Whether
the order formerly iffuied by the Pre-
Aident for this purpose was in confor
“mity to f(l)x;fpmt or letter of the law,
e o Tad ben beskfiial nd
in the fame proportion 3s the pro
‘order to ascertain the &nfe of the com-
S ol ot melirss Bty b
O i, That 35 o s apivi o
08l iy i A
this conn f%®#*¢”%ﬂ”’*‘
cumflances, it is ot expedient ' for the
Bl Brstes 10 7o on oy ag 90
MaxcH 33.. & 0\
Capt. Pendleton, from Jamaica, fyoke
- nothing but Britith Croilers;, 4 or 4of
- which boarded them. They have o;%gu
- tocariyin all vessels bound to Spanith porg !
+ Is not this somewhat a Lz maode Francois,)
. s, | %
[ A Gentleman paﬂ'cnécr who arrived iy
the brig Aurora, from Bourdeaux, informs
~ that the English government had resolved:
to insure their own trade, at a premium of
- 7 t-2 per cent fubje@ling all veflels failing
~ without a/ convoy to-a pemalty of 2000,
~ The number of privateers commissioned in
- France, amounts 10 1009 '; the return of
French privateers captured by the English,
from the month of April 1o Auguit, 1797,
“was 107—The returns since that periqd,
~ were pot yet received., | s |
~ No passports are now granted to Ameri
-cans, and they cannor obtain leave to,go
- from Bourdcaux to Paris. :
' BALTIMORE, March e, =
Yesterday arrived the thip Venus, of this
port, Capt. Dathiell, from Marseilles. Oa
his way down the Streights put intg Algiers,
where he was received with much friend
-~ {hip.=~The Dey bas loft all patience by the
- upfartunate delay of the Frigate ex cécd 3
; Lgr. Clark, the American charge o}Pa'ﬂ'aiu,
~‘began.to fear it might be atemfeed with dif
~ agreeable consequences, as they think of
~ nothing but the American Frigate.—He
j failed from Algiers the 13th Dec. in com
pany with five fail of bis fleet, bound against
the Spaniards, their Consul bad been sent
away, and war declared before he failed.
. Left there the Améficap ﬂ%;yl‘nnlmd.
Capt. w———ee, loaded for the 3 They
'badp jult begun to discharge her cargo, which
proved very good and fatisfallory. .
--SALEM, Apnl6. )
From Frencli papers, received from:
I:avrc de Grace as latc as Feb. 3, we learn
that , A
The affsirs of Rome drew to a crisis.
Berthier commanded the troops gone against
it. Tt was not doubted that the French
“were in pofleflion of the capital of the chrif
tian world ; and citizens Monge and Dan
non were said to be gone 10, organize the
Roman Republic, and 1o bring home some '
more p)flures. . ' ‘ :
" The Pope it was {uppoléd was going 1o
Malta, -~ Pg: had ceded -his eflates to . the
Neopoliiias government, ‘which did not
dare 10 take polleflion of them, -
Ao cxﬁ!ofdn bad taken place in the Ba-.
tavian " copvention, which had been ipq"ri_o
“fied, 2 1a ‘mode de Paris. Twenty {even
Members had been arrcfied, and were tobe
sent to Surrinam ; wwelve others were ex
cloded, but not &r‘.:g&edf. .dm dclb F | ‘-,h
-+ #Arts were prafliling 1o divide the Frent
people, (scconing 0 member-of the
couscl of goo) by making them believe
there existed a design to establish a Difta.
tot, and Buonaparic’s name was mentioncd
SO give I waghty - "0 ST e
#iing of merchants’ vessels, except in cafer
“in awhich the praftice was heretofore
kel L N R
¢ Resolved, ¢, that- adequate provi-
Son shall be made by law for the protec
tion of our sea-coast, and for the internal
defence 0& country.”’ :
- The firft resolution came under debate,
to which an amendment was proposed by
the Speaker, to firike out | the words a
‘gainlt the French Republic. The de
bate then turned upon this amendment,
and occupied the avhole of the fitting,
without any queflion being taken.
- CHARLESTON; March 12.
. Arrived, “fchr, Hawke, Carbart, Turks-
Island. The sch. Hawke, Capt. Carhart,
Jest Philadelphia oa the 12th of Feb. last,
bound. for Cape-Franceis. On the geod,
being then near Turks-I{land, The was cap.
tured by an Eaglifh privateer,” called the
Princels-Royal, Samuel Hutchinson, mas
ter, fitted out at Martinique; which, afier
putting a prize master and four sailors on
board, sent her into Turks-Iland. She was_
detained there 16 days, when finding there
was no.judge there, to hold a court, the was
ordered for Tortola, and an additional prize
master was put on boaid. .- On her way
there, Capt. Carhart foand means to get
pofleflion of his vefle), and broughit her to
this port.—She had a valuable cargo of
wines and dry goods oa board. Capt. Car
bart had only .the affilance 6f one paflen
ger and two boys, in re-taking his veflel,
- PHILADELPHIA, March gg.
The Senate yelterday had before them a
bill to authorife the Executive to procure
thips for the proteftion of our trade. The
blank was filled vp with twelve ships of g 2
guns cach, _ , ‘
A gentledian from the Havannah in.
forms that a short time previous to his leav
ing ‘that place, the following unfortunate
accident happened. g TR e
A person who dealt in gun-powder, be
ing engaged serving outa quantity of that
article to a caftomer, (it is fuppoled with 2
lighted f{egar in his mouth, a spark from
which must have dropped into the gun-pow
der of which there was more than a &oou
fand weight) the house was blown up in an
instant with every perfon'in it ; considera
ble damage was @one to the adjoining build
ings, and about twenty persons loft their
lives : Two youni ladies who were riding
in a carriage by the house at the moment
the misfortune happened, were blown into
the air, and not a veftage of them, theis
horses, ‘or carrisge; were afterwards «.'be
found. - ;2 e
Capt: Vaughan, from Maliga, failed the
sth’ uft; ~ln conlequence of the late advices
from Parisy 2n embargo was mhomently ex
pefied in the ports of Spain—the Straits
{fwarm with French bags,_ and neutrals are
daily captured and plundered, several with
out dilcrimination ; many Danes and
Swedes ‘have been recently Brought into
Malaga. A few days bcfgr,elﬁtpt. Vaughan
failed, 6 Frepch barges of 2 guns, go oars,
and 5o men each, were taken and sent into
Gi!f'altcr, and a Fr::cli %z?ec of 26 g;:g:,
funk by 219 gun brig belonging to that
port, a"hd‘all:gaiud(s pensiied. ' - 4
.. The preparations for the descent were go
: m&da,iand contyibutions daily prelented.
‘Pafoe gave 100 livies, was {orry 'he could
give no more, but woold. aid it with his
prayers and al his means. The. flotilla, it
15 said, will be composed of 200 (ail, all
mounted with ¢4 or-36 pound. ¢annon, ex.
clufive of the transports. %’
It was reported that Carnot had been
seen at Altona. e - e 3
Extralt of a letter from a gentleman for
- merly resident in this town, dited Ha
& vre de Grace, 19th Fan. the pofifcript
-es which is to the 4th Feb. received
bere by the brig Fames, arrived at
- Boston on Wednesday, iy
4 The late decree against Englith mer.
chandize will have an excellent di;& to
flop the: transportation altogether, #ud by
that means oblige the English government
the fo9ner to make a peace, as the neutral
flag will now no longer cover the property.
1t 13 said to have been passed by the consent
of the neutral powers themselves ; or at
lealt I am assured the Danith and Swedith
governments have not and will not oppose
the mealure. It is good policy to opprels
the English commerte. " .
' “.Yodr adibaffadors have not yet been
officially reecived ; but I am informed
there is a day appointed for thieir reception,
which 1 believe 1s the soth Plu’vio&.’ or
Jan. go. 1 have no idea there will be a
war between this country and yours, with
out your government provoke one ; but you
mult expeél to fulfer with the other neutrals
in trading with the Englith. There will
politively be 2 grand ‘defcent. on ‘England
carly in the spring. - You may rcft :l;ured
there are five bundred thousand brave
Frenchmen already to embark, under the
command of Buoraparte.—All the heavy
ships, fygates and gun-boats, in every pare
of France are almost in readinefls. In 3
or ¢ months they set out with the troops.
Money is now no langer scarce here ; fub
lcriptions are opened, and millions in specie
are given every day to pay the expense of
the expedition, 1 thin'rit will succeed, if
the Englilh goveroment does not in the
interim buy off a peace. - All hearts and
hands are united in the scheme.
¢¢ Coffec is very high and f{carce here—
-44 10 46 sols has been given ; and cotton is
in demand, price g livres to g liv. 5 sols a
pound.
““We seldom get much political informa
tion in Havre, though it is so near to Paris ;
-and seldom or ever hear the fubje& of your
ambafladors talked of, it being thought of
‘no great consequence in the great scale of
events passing here.” 7
A report was current at Malaga, about
the beginning of February, that the Moors
and Algerines were at war,
FROM LISBON.
Capt. Lafkey and Russell, arrived at
Marbichead yefierday from Lisbon, in 40
days. The verbal intelligénce by them is,
That the Spanish fleer, of 27 fail of the
line, under Bon Marferado, had failed
from Cadiz, were out three days, and had
returned into port. That Lord St. Vin.
cent, with 11 fail of the line, and Sir John
Qrde, with 6 fail, were at sea, but had not
cifefted a junflion ; is fallen in with the
Spanish armada : B
That the report at Lisbon, was that the
American Extra Envoys, at Paris, were to
leave France the latter end of February ;
w—and _
That twenty French privateers bad been
brought into Lisbon, by English and Portu.
guele veflels, during the ume they were at
that port. i R
Lady Wentworth has failed from Nova-
Scotia, for England, G L
~ Intelligence from Vienna anpounces that
the king of ®ruffia appears to aflent entire
ly to &w proposed arrangements in Ger
many, - & » ‘ k
;”Oyn' the egth of Jan, Venice was evac
vated emite?y by the French under Gen,
SRR v L B e
~ The legislative body of the Ligurian re
sublic was inflalled.” Some of the mem-
Kle‘n are already ** acculed of a'modera
difi, very different from moderation,
- Amnarticle from Bologne fays, that the '
French were advaucing trowards Rome in &
columns. One had arrived ‘Q&Tg;aim 3
the ather at Penigia, when they bad plant:
cd 2 lineny pole. The Dotchy of Urbioo.
is said 1o be revolutiomized, " 0
The infurecßlion in- Corsica was emtirely
" Thainy, Apeils. Armvedbig Frend
mwgg@w?oy": Ham
mlw uce f!“?ﬁ i tgwer, of Gle o iill :
I T T3O e b N
- BOSTON, . April 3.
Extrall of a letter from a refpellable cha
racler, in the County of Essex to kis friend
tn this town, April 6, 1798.
“ I am happy to inform you, that afenfe
of Liberty and Republicanism, rapidly in
crease among us in this part of the flate—
almoft every body appear to be astonished
at the Conduét of the Executive of our go
vernment. Depend upon it—a French
War, will be very unpopular. May Heav
en prevent it, anz put our Peace and Li
berty out of the reach of a few designing
and Wicked charallers.”
We learn with pain from Charleflon
S. C. that a tremendous FIRE broke out
in that city on the Igth March, by which
22 houles were consumed—commencing in
Kin&ﬂnet.
On Wednelday a brig appeared off New
buryport bay, in distress, and drifted till (he
’gmundcd on Plumb.lfland (the weather
eing so boisterous that no boat could go
out to' her)=After she went ashore, some
boats ‘went down to the island, but found
no perlon on boaid. She appeared to be
about 100 tons burthen, her name Pollace,
but the name of place stove off—ihe is bilg
ed. We since learn that the was from
Kennebunk, dut 4 or 5 days, loaded with
lumber, but in the gafc having loft ber
rudder and leaking very miuch, the erew
were taken out by a schooner and carried
into Cape Ann, and the vessel left to take
care of Kerfclf. i
PORTS MOUT H, April 11:
- DIED At Amherst, the Hoora
ble Samuel Dana, Efg. Mafler of the
Benevolent Lodge in that place.
At Concordy, Mrs. Anna Abbot,
aged 30, wife of Mr. Ezra+dbbot, of
that town.
At Hanover, Miss Lucy Brewfler,
aged 22, daughter of Gen. Breawfier.
At New-York, of a lock-saw, occa-
Jionzd by running a nail in bis foot, Capt.
~ John Stakes, formerly of the American
army. His remaifs awere inferved avith
every mark of civic, military and maforic
bonor. |
At Boflon, ths Rev. Dr. John Clarke,
Minifler of the firfh Congregational
&‘bareﬁ in Boftory of an apopledick pr,
with awhich ke was seized in the pulpit,
while delivering his Serman.
- “Here then we reft.”’~ln this dark
and eleétrick stroke of fate, religion
looses one of its best 2dvocates, science
a philosopher, literature a scholar, so
cial and refined life a companion and
a gentleman. An amiabﬁ: husband,
friend and father is now no more.
The deceased in the chastity and ele
; gance of his public and epistolary
compositions was équalled by very
few of thé best modern authors.—
Those who were within the verge of
his reasonings and his eloquence, can
attet how, in unfolding the great
{chemes of Providence,the light clouds
that hovered in its horizon %o& them
selves in-the great reservoir of infinite
intelligence, beauty and love. How
did his eloquence rouze the hardened
and hoary finner from the lethargy of
his consciousness, tili upon his tortur
ed remembrance the crimson die of
his offences shed intolerable day. Nei
ther did he leave him to {fink under.
the preflure of his fins, but conduéted
him to the fireams whose purifying
waters convetted them to fleecy white
ness. The defponding atheist won
dered and trembled when he heard
him pourtray the ima§c of his Gop.
"The moral, social & political duties of
life were the counter part of his pub
lic labours, and like a double mirror
shed, a mutual firength and luftre on
the preacher and the mari.
At Kittery-Point, Capt. Witriau
- Moors. ,
In this tonwn; Mrs. Chandler, qged
78. Mpr. Israel Marden, aged 68. A
Child of Mr. Samuel Thompson,
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE,
Diftri& of PorTsMouTH, N, H.
' . ENTERED FROM
Ship Mermaid, Tilton, Martinico.
et SSRT
-~ WATCHES.
Andrew Duchene,
- From Geneva, in Switzerland,
INFORMS the public that he will tarry
two or three days in this town, at the
New-Hampthire Hotel, where he has for
sale, a large assortment of Frenck and Englg%&
Silver Watches, ac very low prices.
- Dancing School opened,
"Mgﬁ'}; Renard and Barbet’s .
D,ANCING SCHOOL was open
ed last Thursday and will be
continued on Thurfdaﬂ] and Friday
afternoons, at the Aflembly-Room,
agrecable to their advertisement.
- Room for a few more scholars.
Lt of prizes recewed,
e q 'DVENTURERS in the 4th
AL X class of Dartmouth Co!!i%e
Lottery, who puychafed tickets at the
Printin 'g'-Oﬁce?‘"and. Book-Store .of
J. Melcher, are requetted to call there
and receive their prize money.
Fr i y &Gl Y ® Y
- Thomas Sheafey:
o iD I SR, Noneh Read 3
"'*9”‘% o R Alas Ly s
o Clover. Seed,' -
) isuselions 'y ,_
% LHe -VialKet, 83 cheap ¢ Wil Ve
10 St. Michaels ; with feversl others.: A
ship of Boston, arrived a 1 Lifhon, 3ift Jaa.
from Teneriffe. Jan. 11, lat. 49, 51,10ng.
15, was boacrded by thie French lugger Euo
lus, of 10 guns, from L'Orient ; who or
dered Gapt. M. on board, examined papers,
and said &'c w 3 a good prize—{ent 7 men
and a prize-mafler on boaré, and .ordered
the brig for L'Orient, but the prize-mafics
not underflanding the compass, was obiiﬁd
to surrender the vessel again to Capt. M.
They robbed the vefie! of clothes, and sev
eral other articles. Capt. M. having ob
tained his veflel again, was retaken by the
English fleet, oft Cadiz, and sent to Lisbon,
from whence he failed Feb. 10, (without
fuffering any damage} under convoy of the
Englith frigate Flora, -
Friday, April 7. Arrived this evening,
ship William, Capt. Whaland, in 41 days
from Corunna, (Spain.) We leara nothing
new by this vessel.