The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-07-31 00:00:00, page 2

Thus it will be seen, tMt I have been
led along from time to time, for almost
8 years ; during which period! have de
prived myfelf of almost every rational
amafement by a fbvifli confinement to
the business of my late office—at the ex
penle of a ruined constitution, and more
than two thousand dollars poorer than
I was at the tim, of receiving my tbm
miffion.—Can this be called " tearing
the public br^ad /"—Behold the refult—
a difmiffil from an office rat erected ! !
But I will endeavor to find a reason, fach
as it may be— which is as follows, viz.—
About the frit of May last, a certain per
fori who has not long been a resident in
the town of Portsmouth, was very sud
denly con verted, (as he phrases it) and
to convince his fellow citizens of his sin
cerity, he with g eat zeal and aaivity
set about procuring signers to a paper
(tiled an Address to the President, It hav
ing been procured by him for that pur
-Ipofe, couched in the strongest language —
among others it was handed to me ;
which it teems was the premeditated plan
of ajunto ; observing among themselves,
\ that it f dared to refufe signing it, my
name ihould be font on, as they termed it ;
of which circumstance I was made ac
quainted when the Address was in em
bryo—of course could not but view the
proceeding as it refpeaed myfelf, an in
jult, being a public officer, who had tak
en the oath to fopport the Constitution
of the United State,, &c.— which oath,
has ever been, and I trust ever will be
held ficred and inviolate—the base sug
gestions cf cowardly assassins to the con
trary notwithstanding. The Address
was accordingly offered, and 1 withheld
my fighature—upon which my reasons
were demanded, apd although I viewed
it an impertinent question, yet I gave
them in as mild and decent a manner as
I was capable. Soon afterward, even
before the Address was sent from this
town, the well known Columbian Cen
tinel, printed hy B. Russell in Boston,
exhibited an infamous publication, gruff
ly rtfleding upon several persons ;-
among the number was my name and
office annexed ; for not signing the Ad
dress aUoded to, denouncing me a Jaco
bin, &c.— indeed it called us many hard
names, too vulgar to repeat ; at the
fame time loudly called for my difiniffion
from office, together with that of the
Collector of Portsmouth, and the Capt.
of the Revenue Cutter, belonging to this
Diftria, and fioce which similar publica
tions have appeared (all from the fame
source no doubt) in several of the prosti
tuted Vehicles. The appellation Jaco
bin, I confefs is not within my compre
hension ; but if a sincere desire to pro
mote the Honor, Interest, Peace and
H^ppinefs of my country, constitutes a
; Jacobin, it is my earnest with to be one
and glory in the epithet—and it is to be
much lamented that such Jacobins are
not more common. But could I suppose
my attachment to the Country that gave
me birth, wa, iojbe least degree mart
of the highef ^iraaer in it— (believe
* ^me or not as you please) 1 would not wish
to ex;ft another day.
This statement of fads is not made
with a view to convince " those who
know" me , belt," but such as do not,
in order to wipe off the odium which is
implied in a difmiffion from office.,
The refpeaful part of the public, will, .
I hope, excuse me for trespassing upon
their patience— being the only mode
which I can adopt to vindicate conscious
innocence from calumny.
Jam, with all due refpea,
^^ the public's most obedient,
humble fervent;'
WILLIAM GARDNER.
Portsmouth, (N. H) July 12. 1798.
LAWS of Newhampfhire.
An A& suspending in certain
cases the operation of an aft,
intitled," an a^l for the lim
itation of anions, and for
preventing vexatious suits,"
passed the i6tb day of June,
1791.
RE it miffed by the Senate and
-D House of Reprefentatroes in
General Court convened, That the
several periods Specified in said ad
hall be computed from the 151 b
day of Sept. 1793, instead of from
the firft da, of July; 1791, as ex
; pressed in .fiid afl.l,^
Provided ieverthtlefs, That this
aft (hall 00c be confttued co effect
any judgment or decision of any
court heretofore rendered by vir
tue of hid aa.
Approved June 18, 1795. 7
An Aft to postpone the operation of an
ah, intitled, " an ad to regulate scale
beams, steelyards, weights and meas
ures," puffed the 12th day of Decern
ber, 1797.
BE it enaHed b, the Senate and
House of Reprejentatives in General
Court convened, Tbit the opera
tion of the aforementioned a&,
and every matter and clause there
in, be postponed until the end of
the next feffioo of the Geo. Court,
and no longer.
Approved Jone zo, 1798:
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CONGRESS.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
JULY 13. .
npHE Debtor States bal
[ ances bill passed, 45 to
28. Also, the Amendment
Stamp Adt bill—-By this bill
foreign bills of exchange, and
bills of lading will pay about
one third of the present duty.
A bill offering a bounty on
the guns taken in French ves
sels, was negatived, 34 to 36
Mr. Sitgreaves complained
that 15 members were ab
fenr, and proposed a new bill
to embrace the fame object
This was warmly opposed, as
a bad precedent, and a call of
the house was agreed to
morrow.
A supplementary bill to the
ad suspending intercourse
with France, was read a third
time..
July 14.
The renewed motion for
introducing a new bill for
granting a bounty for taking
French eruifers, was negativ
ed. Nays 41, Yeas 40.
Several laws, which have
been noticed, passed various
stages.
. July 16.
A bill for amending, the
a& for suspending the com
mercial intercourse between
the United States and France,
passed.
The Stamp Aft amend
ment bill, and the bi I for al
tering the time of making en
try of stills, were put over to
the next session. ;
The President informed the
House of his having affixed
his signature to several bills.
The public bufinels, of a.
feffign of seven months con
tinuance, being completed,;
the Speaker adjourhed the
House, fine die. =
[The number of Laws passed during
this Session, are 89. J
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GLORIOUS TIDINGS!
Senate of the United States.
JULY 18,1798.
°'""''" F ^7<'s?
Gntkmen tfthe Senate,
BELIEVING that the letter
received thii morning from Gen.
Washington will give high fife
ishaion to the Senate, I triofmit
them a copy of it, tod congrats,
late them and the public on this
grac event, the Geaeuft accept.,
ance of hit appointment as Lieut,
General and Cogpmindjr in Chief
of the Army.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, Jul, 7, 1798.
Mount Vergon, 13th July, '9B.
Dear Sir,
I HAD the honor, on the
evening of the mb ioft. to re
ceive from the hand of the Secre
tary of War, your favor of the
7ih, announcing that you had,
with the advice and content of the
Senate, appointed me " Lieutenant
General and Commander in Chief of
all the Armies raised or to be raised
fopblfervice of the United States."
cI cannot express how greatly af
feded I am at this new proof of
,public confidence; and the highly
flattering manner io which you
have been pleased to make the
communication ; at the fame rime,
I roust not conceal from you my
earnest with, that the choice had
fallen upon a mao left declined io
years, and better qualified to en
counter the usual viciffiudei of
war.
You know, Sir, what calcula
tion I have made relative to the
probable course of event#, on my
retiring from office, and the de
termination 1 had consoled myfelf
with, of closing the remnant of
my days in my prefect- peaceful
abode ; you will therefore be at
no lofi to conceive and appreciate
the sensations I most have experi
enced, to bring my mind to any
conclusion that would pledge me,
at so late a period of life, to leave
fcenei I fr cerely love, to enter up
on the boundlefa field of public
adion, inceffaac trouble, and high
responsibility.
- It wat not possible for me to
remain ignorant of, or indifferent
to, recent tranfaQjoni. The con
duct of the DireHor, of France to
wards our country ; their infidions
boflilit, to its government ; their
various practices to withdraw the
affections of the people from it ; the
evident tendency of their aHs, and
those of their agents to countenance
and invigorate opposition ; their dis
regard of solemn treaties and the
laws of nations ; their war upon
our defencelefs commerce ; their
treatment of our Miniflers of peace,
and their demands amounting to tri
bute ; could not fail to excite in
me correfpondieg feotiment,, with
those m, countrymen have so gen
erally expressed in their affeaion
ace addreffei to you.— —BELIEVE
ME, SIR, NO ONE CAN MORE
CORDIALLY APPROVE OF THE
WISE AND PRUDENT MEASURES
OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION.—
They ought to inspire universal con
fidence, and will, no doubt, com
bined with the fate of thing#, call
;from Congress such law# & mean#
as will enable you to meet the full
^force and extent of the crifit.
ISatisfied, therefore, that you
have finitely wished and endeav
ored to avert war, and enhanced to
the last drop the cup of reconcilia
tion, we can with pure hearts ap
peal to Heaven for the justice of our
cauje ; aud ma, confidently trust the
final refnit to that kind Providence
who has heretofore, and so often,
fignall, favored the people of theft
United States. j
^Thinking id this manner, and
feeling how incumbent it is upon
every person, of every defcriptioty
to cootribute st all times to hit
cooTr/# welfare, and Specially io
a momeatyike the prefeot, when
every thing we hold dear and ft
cred is fn feriotfly threatened ;—
/ have finally determined to accept
the commission of Commander in
Ch es of the armies of the United
States ; with this rtferve only, that
I IhaLLopObe called into the field
uctil the army is in a fituacion to
require my pretence, or it becomes
indispensable by the urgency of
circumftaocer.
In miking this refervanon, I
beg it to be understood, that I do
not mean to withhold any affitt
ance to arrange and organize the
army, which you think I can af
ford. I take the liberty also to
mention, that I mus t decline hav
ing my acceptance considered as
drawing after it any immediate
charge upon the public ; or that I
can receive any emoluments annex
ed to the appointment, before en
tering into a fixation to incur ex
pense.
The Secretary of War being
anxious to return to the fat of
Government, I have detained him
no longer than was neceffvy to a
full communication upon the sev
eral points he had in charge.
With very great telped and
con fideracion, I have the honor to
be, Dear Sir, your most obedient
humble Servant,
GEO. WASHINGTON.
John Adams, Prefid^nt of tbe U. S,
GERMANY.
Vienna, May 2.
THE Baron Thugur, Minifler
for Foreign Affairs, has been
dilm ffed, at hit own request ; and
appointed as General Commissary
of our new poss ffioos on the Adri
atic. [0- It will be recollededg
however? that the French Ambas
sador demanded the displacement
of Thugur. Catted.]
The reports of the recommence
ment of the war, increase. New
troops are fifing.
Bernadotte has set off from Ra
ftadt for Paris,
Frankfort, May 5.
A large body of French troops
is affembliog near Duffeldorf, from
Belgium, &c. The expedition a
gainst England, it is thought, will
be deferred uotil peace is conclud
ed with the Empire.
The Austrian army in the Tyrol
is to be reinforced with 6000 men,
Rajiadt, Ma, 5.
The Deputation of the Empire
has received the long expe&ed an
swer of the French Mjnifter. It
contains the most extravagant de°
mands of cessions on the Rhine.
Demand# which we thick will be
refufed with disdain.
The profpea now is more war
like than pacific ; and prepare
lions are making for the Arch
duke Charles, Geo. Mack, the'
Prince of Furftenburg, and Gen.
de Vins, to take the field, as sepa
rate commander#, on the Rhine,
in the Tyrol, and in Italy.
Litters from Turin, confirm the
advantages gained by the royal
troops over the Piedmoniefe In
furgenti, near Lake Major.
The Batavian Minifler has not
, yet been recognized at Vienna I
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FRANCE.
PARIS, MAY It;
The Envoy es the Dey of 4#
gien at Farit, ha contradided the