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ing apace, I judged it prudent to di
&d the officers commanding the dif
ferent boats to return to their respec
tive ffiips. ROB. JONES.
P. S. None killed or wounded on
board any of the fourth division.
Tbs Rt. Hon. Ld. Neifon.
proceeded without loss of time, to at
tack thf enemy's Flotilla, off Boulog.
^, as dieted by your Lordihip; and
, 1 thought it most advifeable to en
deavour to reduce thedargeft vessel firft,
Uott no time in making the attack ;
"a™ coniequer.ee of my leading the
division, and the enemy opening a hea
vy fire from several batteries, thought
^ advifeable to give the Enemy as lit
tie time as possible, cut the tow rope,
''°d " ()t wait for tlie other boats,
so that it was some little time before the
Heavy boats could get up : received fb
many (hots through the boats bottom,
tout I soon found her in a finking state,
and as it was not possible to flop so
many shot holes, was obliged, with the
men, to take to another boat; and
have the pleafere to acquaint your
Lordship, that I received particular
support from the boats ofrHis Majesty's
ihip \ ork, which fpon came up with
the red of the diviton I had the honor
to command, but finding no prospect
of iuccefs, and the number of men kill
ed and wounded in the different boats,
and the conft ant fire from the shore of
OF PORTUGAL.
Extrail of a letter from off Life on, ful, 2s.
" In palling over the Bar of Lisbon
we met the long expected rich convoy
coming from the Brazils, about 40 fail,
and about is more were a day's fail
Letters received yesterday morning
from Dover mention—that Lord Nel
son was to fail again on Tuesday even
ing or Wednesday morning, in order, to
attempt the burning of the enemy's
gun-vessels in Boulogne, which could
not be brought off on Saturday, on ac
count of their being chained to the
Ihore. His Lordßiip is to take several
sire-ships with him. [Tinies.]
Difavery, off Boulogne, 16th
MY LORD, August, 1801.
I beg leave to make my report to
your Lordship of the four howitzer
boats that Thad the honor tocommand,
in the attack of the Enemy last night.
Having led into support Capt. Par
iker's division keeping between his Lines
Until the Enemy opened their fire on
him, we keeping on towards the pier,
until I was aground in the he^dmoft
boat, then opened our fire, and threw
about eight shells into it ; but, from
the ftren^th of the tide coming out of
the harbour, was not able to keep our
Ration off the Pier Head, but continu
ed our fire on the camp, until the Ene
my's fire had totally Slackened, and
Capt. Pai ker's division had parted with
out me. I beg leave to mention to
your Lordship, that I was ably fupport
cd by the other boats—Capt, Broome,
and Lt. Beam of the Royal Artillery,
did every thing in their power to an
noy the Enemy, The other officers of
Artillery, were detached in the other
four Howitzer boats.
A squadron of twelve fail of the line,
under the command of Vice Admiral
Pole, victualled for five months, was to
have failed this day from Portsmouth
on a secret expedition.
AUG. 20.
The most a6live preparations are
making to enable Lord Nelson to pro
ceed immediately on some other expe
dition. There is every reason to sup
pose that the French will next be at
tacked in a quarter where an attempt is
the leatt expected, as the Hri&eft secre
cy is observed refpeding the plan in
contemplation. Several bombs and
fire-Blips joined his Lordihip on Tuef
day in the Downs.
Total of the tilled and wounded —4 Officers, 33
Seamen, 7 Marines, killed ;14 Officers, 84 Sea
men, 30 Marines, wounded. Total 172.
His Majefty's,foip Ijis,
MY lord, Hug. 16, 1801.
In consequence of directions receiv
ed from your Lordship, I lad night on
Signal being made on board theMedufa,
left this ship with the boats of the fourth
division, formed with two close Lines,
and immediately joined the other di
visions under the item of the Medusa,
and from thence proceeded to put
your Lordship's order into execution,
attacking the westernmost part of the
Enemy's Flotilla ! but notwithstand
ing every exertion made, owing to the
rapidity of the tide, we could not, until
near day-light, get to the westward of
any part of the Enemy's Line : on ap
proaching the eastern part of which, in
order to assist the firtt division then en
gaged,we met them returning. Under
these circumdances, and the day break-
JOHN CONN.
The Rt. Hon. Ld. Nelson.
grape and final! arms, thought it for
the good of His Majesty's service to
withdraw tlie boats, between two and
three in the morning, as we could ret
board her, although every effort was
made. ISAAC COTGRAVE.
The Rt. Hon. Ld. Nelson.
EXPEDITIONS.
LONDON, AUG. 18.
„[Porcupine. ]
filial Journal or in any other of the prints We
cannot pretend to account for a silence which
is so contrary to all their habits on similar oc
caficns.
The French, to be sure, in our last attack
upon Boulogne, had some cause for exultation :
they are right, however, in adopting moderation
on the c&afion, as it is possible their triumph
may prove very short lived; for we learn by
our letters from Deal this morning that Admi
ral Lord Nelson has again failed from the
Downs with several gun boats, bombs, &c. and
of course we may soon expert to hear of his
being on some part of the enemy's coast.
This important conquest, which is rendered
the more advantageous by being gained with
out bloodshed, is undoubtedly the prelude to the
expulsion of the French from Egypt. It is al
together a mod brilliant atchicvement for the
British arms ! In four months a handful, of
troops inferior in numbers to the enemy (who
were in possession and every where acknowledg
ed, new to the climate and exposed to every spe
cies of annoyance,; have succeeded in the deliv
erance of a country, to the attainment of which
the Chief Consul had bent all the talents and
the ambition cf his foul, and upon which he had
lavished the flrength of the Republic.
In the course of yesterday, we also received
Paris Journals to the 20th irdl inclusive. Tho'
they were in possession of our firft accounts re
fpedling the fall of Cairo, they are full of ac
counts of the complete defeat of tbe Anglo- Turkifb
army, tie. We. General Hutchinson's letter
behind them. In this fleet two (hips
are filled with treasure for the Court of
Spain, without which the Spanish Gov
ernment could not have existed two
months longer! The non-arrival of
this fleet prevented the Peace being
published, for fear of its falling into the
hands of the Englilh, now that it has
ai rived in fafety, I feel no hefitaittion in
explaining tht mystery which so long
suspended the publication of the treaty
of peace."
The Englilh packet boats to Lisbon
continue to carry a flag of truce; a
proof that every day is expected to put
a flop to our intercourse with that
country.
" Vice Admiral Lord.Nelfon has the great
est fatisfaaion in fending to the Captains, Of
ficers, and Men under his command, that were
employed on the late attempt on the enemy's
flotilla off Boulogne,an extract of a letter which
he has received from the firft Lord of the Ad
miralty, not only approving of their zeal and
persevering courage, but bellowing the highest
praise on them. The Vice-Admiral begs to as
sure them, that the enemy will not have long
Teafun to boast of their security; for he tfufts
ere long to assist them in person in away
which will completely annihilate the whole of
them. Lord Nelson is convinced, that if it had
been possible for men to have brought the ene
my's flotilla out, the men that were employed
to do so, would have accomplished it. The
moment the enemy have the audacity to call off
the chains which fix their vessels to the ground,
that moment Lord Nelfbn is well persuaded
they will be conducted by his broVe followers
to a British port, or sent to the bottom.
(Signed) NELSON and BRONTE."
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'(COPY.)
Extraflof a letter from Earl St. Vincent,
"to IXrd Vifeount Nelson, K.B. dated
the 17/6 ini.
" It ifrnot given to us to command success.
Your Lordship's and the gallant Officers and
Men under your orders, most certainly deserve
it; and I cannot fufficiently express my admira
tion of the zeal & preferring couragewich which
this gallant enterprise was followed up; lament
ing most sincerely the loss sustained in it. The
manner in which the enemy's flotilla was made
faft to the ground, and to each other, could not
have been forefeen: the highest praise is due to
your Lordfllip, and all under your command,
who were adors in this gallant attempt."
0
deal, aug. 24.
The French position at Boulogne is very strong,
being covered by eleven ,batteries on ihore, and
the assistance of feventcen thousand troops en
camped, which together with the danger of ap
proaching the fliore near enough with large
ffiips, renders any attack very difficult. The
French have much the fame fort of craft all
along shore to the westward, as they have at
Boulogne, which are laid, it is reported, as
traps, to draw our (hips and men into a greater
danger unseen. A ship lately got two men
wounded, and her rigging much cut, in going
in to cannonade some gun-boats; the French
batteries being on the cliffs have a great advan
tage over our fliips, and are so masked as not to
be perceived until they open their fire,—Our
cruisers continue to block up Calais and Bou
logne. 0
LONDON, AUG. 24.
The French Admiral dops not pretend to de
ny that our brave tars boarded their veffcls
with the utmost intrepidity ; and it is cafy to
collect from his statement that they were com
pelled to retire merely in consequence of the im
pra&icability of getting the ships off and the
strong fire of mufquetry kept upon them from
the troops. He however denies, that a single
shot was fired from the land batteries from a
dread of wounding er killing their own men.
The loss we fuftaiued in killed and wounded,
we know to be highly exaggerated ; —he states
it to be not less than four or five hundred men.
The loss they themselves fuffered is on the con
trary diminished to a degree which exceeds all
belief. The ftaternent of the affair is given
Gj the IVar in Egypt.
—=o
LONDON, AUG. 24.
After onr paper was at press on Saturday, ;
the Hamburgh mail due the preceding Wednef-;
day arrived, and at the fame time Maj. Mon-[
trefor with dispatches from Gen Hutchinson;
announcing the capitulation of the French troopsl
in Cairo. They were publilhed yesterday in a'
Gazette Extraordinary. There had been no
attack on the place, and rhe very favourable [
terms granted to the enemy, (hew. that the com-I
mander in Chief must have had powerful mo-;
tives for willing to avoid one. We hope the |
pfefent capitulation will be better obfervedl
than the treaty of El Arifch.
ENGLAND. LONDON, aug. 25.
LORD NELSONS EXPEDITION.
(Copy.) “ Medusa, (Downs) aug. lß.
without the fmalleftcommen:, either in the of-
By an Arrival at Portland —London dates toScpl. 3;
Still later News,
Dooming-Street, Hug. 22.
Tbe following Difratch has just been re
ceived by Lord Hobart, one of his Ma'jef
tfs principalferetories of fate, from Gen
eral Hutchinson.
Head-quarters,Camp before Gizeh,June 29,1801
My Lord,
, THE combined armies advanced
on both sides of the river the 21st inst.
The British troops and those of his
highness the Captain Pacha invested
Gizeh, on the left bank of the Nile,
whilst the army of his Highness the
Grand Vizier moved forward, and took
a position nearly within cannon shot of
Cairo. On the 22d, in the morning,
the enemy sent out a flag of truce, and
informed me that they wished to treat
for the evacuation of Cairo, and the
forts thereunto belonging, upon certain
conditions. After a negotiation of
several days, which was conducted by
Brigadier General Hope, with much
judgment and ability, they agreed to
surrender the town and forts on the
condition's which I have the honor to
inclofe.
We took possession of the Gate of
Gizeh at five o'clock yesterday even
ing, and also of the fort of Sulkofl;i on
tie Cairo fide of the river: holtages
will soon put an end to the manufacture of
French Victories in the East.
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HAMBURGH, AUG. 18.
Letters have been received from Smyrna by
an opulent Greek banking-house, at Vienna,
Dating, that General Mcnou had informed Gen
eral Hutchinson that he would surrender the
fortrefs and harbour of Alexandria to the An
glo Turkish forces, if in the course of fix weeks
he received no fuccours from France. Accord
ing to the reports of some deserters from Me-'
nou's division, they were in extreme want of
water and various necessaries, but particularly
medicines for the tick. Menou is said to have
requeued a limited supply of the articles of
which he is most dedicate, until the expiration
cf that period. This proposal General Hutch
inson rejected ; fignifying to the French Com
mander that he would grant him no longer
than ten days to farrender Alexandria, on the
fame terms given to the French at Cairo; but
that afterwards he reuft surrender at diferetion.
General Hutchinson had, by all accounts,
received a reinforcement of 7000 men, with
which he hoped to terminate the war in Egypt
in a few weeks. Should Mcnou refufe to sur
render on the terms proofed to him, it is in
tended to carry Alexandria by storm.
0
PASWAN OGLOU,
since his last vidory over the Turks at Widden,
menaces the neighboring Pachas with an ex
pedition, immediately after the harvest is got in.
His army is greatly increased by deserters, and
it is certain that he has some French officers and
soldiers with him, who made their efeape from
the Austrian part of Hungary, were they were
detained as prisoners of war. He collets vast
magazines of provisions, and has lately sent a
Firmaa to the Caimac^n of Kladowa, with or
ders to affcmble the richest Bojai s in Wallachia,
and to fignify to them, Pafwan Oglou would
far the present moderate his firft anger against
them, and offer them a peace of seven years, if
they would acknowledge his authority ; but if
they did not, he swears by the Great Prophet,
that he will leave them nothing to fix their eyes
upon, but flames and ruins. Owing to these
threats, a great number of rich Bojars are mov
ing with their moll valuable effects to the Aus
trian part of Hungary.
0
Hamburgh Mail.
HARLEM, AUG. 10.
The French General Angcreau, after vifiring
the Dutch fleet at Helvoetfluys, &c. proceeded
to infpe<ft the works of defence at the Brill,
Goree, and the maritime polls; he is now on
his route to survey the fortifications at the Hel
der, and in North Holland , the active opera
tions of the English Commanders having oblig
ed the French and Batavian Governments to
change their projeds of offence into measures
of defence. The Legion of Northern Franks
has been dirtblved. The Prussian and Hano
verian Pontoons, under General Schladen, were
about to retire from Wefel. All the Flemish
veffcls of war are to rendezvous at Dunkirk,
where an attack from the British cruisers is
daily expected.
0
HAGUE, AUGUST 14.
The greater part of the Batavian and French
troops in our republic are now in motion to
reinforce the fcveral military corps in North
Holland, on the Maefe, and in Zealand, for the
defence of the country against any attack of
the English. Three camps are likewise formed
near Helvoetfluys, and in the island of Goree
and Walcheren. The two battalions of the new
corps of marines go into the camp, at Hclvoet
fluys; the 17th French demi-brigade from
Utrecht will occupy that at Goree, and the
French troops in and near Bergen-op-Zoom,
will go to Zealand.
aug. 15. Since yeflerday it is reported that
the harbour of Flushing is blockaded by the
English. About 100 English ships of war of
different sizes are cruizing along the Dutch
coast, and between that and the Downs: all
trade to the Belgian and other ports is entirely
flopped.
The clofefl- harmony prevails between the
Courts of Berlin and Peterfburgh; and the
King of Prussia has lately sent a most flattering
and obliging letter to the Sovereign of Russia,
in which the Monarch's political conduct is
highly approved of.
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BRUSSELS, AUG. IJ.
They write from Offend that a strong English
squadron had appeared before Dunkirk. The
French flotilla there is in the best state of de
fence, and all she commandants of the batteries,
and of fort Rifbon near Dunkirk, are ready to
fire on the English with red hot balls, if Lord
Nelson should attempt any attack. French
troops are continually coming down to the Coast,
and the number already assembled between
Brest and Dunkirk, amounts it is said, to above
100,000 men.
o
LONDON, AUG, 24.
The preparations along the Dutch and French
coast still continue, and their ostensible objed is
defence against any attack from our fleet. No
less than 100,000 men are said to be collet-led
betwixt Dunkirk and Brest, but we believe this
number is much exaggerated.
Evacuation of Grand Cairo.
[OFFICIAL.]
Count Markow,who is to succeed Count
Kalitfchew as Minister at Paris, left
Peterfburgh -on the 23d inst. but he is
to pass some time on his estate for the
arrangement of his private affairs. By
an Ukase, all games of hazard arc pro
hibited under severe penalties. The
Italian Opera and German Players at
Peterfourgh, have been dismissed by the
Court. The trade between Aftracan
and India is reviving rapidly ; great
quantities of Indian produce have ar
rived there by land carriage.
on his.part, the general of Division Bel
liard, and the troops under his com
mand, engage that no ad of hostility
shall be by them committed, during the
said period, against the fleet or territo
ries of his Britannic Majesty, of the sub
lime Porte, or of their Allies—All in-
have been mutually exchanged, and
the final evacuation will take place in
about ten days.
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I should suppose that there are near
fix thousand troops of all kinds in the
town, but I speak without a perfect
knowledge on the fubjed, as I have not
yet received any returns.
I his has been a long and arduous
service : The troops, from the great
heat of the weather, the difficulty of
the navigation of the River, and the
entire want of roads in the country
have fuffered a considerable degree of
fatigue, but both men and officers have
submitted to it with the greatest pa
tience, and have manifested a zeal for
the honor ofhis Majesty's arms that is
above all panegyric ; the condud of
the soldiers has been orderly and exam
plary ; and a discipline has been pre
ferred, which would have done honor
to any troops. lam extremely obliged
to Lieut. Col. Anftruther, Quarter
Matter General, for the great zeal and
ability which he had Shewn, under very
difficult circumstances, in forwarding
the public service. From Generals
Cradock and Doyle, who were the Gen
eral Officers employed immediately
under my orders, I have derived the
greatest assistance, and I beg leave to
recommend them as highly deserving
ofhis majesty's favour. The exertions
of capt. Stevenson of the navy, have
been extremely, laborious and constant
during this long march ; they have
done every thing that was possible to
forward our supplies; and indeed with
out their powerful aid, it would have
been rmpoffible to have proceeded.—
Your Lordfllip will recollect that the
river is extremely lowat this feafonofthe
year, the mouth of the Nile impartable
for four days together, and the distance
from Rosetta to Cairo, between 160
and 170 miles. Capt. Stevenson has
been ably Supported by captains Morri
son, Curry, and Hillyar, who were em
ployed under him. The service in
which they have been engaged has not
been a brilliant one, but I hope it will
be recollected that it has been most ufe
ful, and has required constant vigilance
and attention ; it has lasted now for
many weeks; the labour has been ex
cessive, and the fatigue greater than I
can express. This dispatch will be de
livered to you by my Aid-de-Camp,
Major Montrefor, who has been in the
habitants of Egypt, of whatever nation
they may be, who wish to follow the
French troops, shall be at liberty so to
do ; nor shall their families, after their
departure, be molested or their goods
confifcated.]
PETERSBURGH, JULY SO.
Citizen Duroc having failed in the
objeds of his million at this Court, is
about to leave Ruffa for Stockholm.
me since my arrival in Egypt, and will
be able to give to your Lordship a most
perfe& account of the situation of af
fairs in this country. I beg leave to
recommend him to your Lordship's
protection, as an officer of merit, and
highly deserving of his Majesty's fa
vour.
(Signed) J. H. Hutchinson, Maj. Gen.
To the Right Hon. Lord Hobart, &c. &c.
[The Convention for the evacuation
there embarked and conveyed to the
French ports of the Mediterranean,
with their arms, artillery, baggage, and
effects at the expence of the Allied
powers. The embarkation of the said
French and Auxiliary Troops shall
take place as soon as possible, but at
the latest, within fifteen days from the
date of the ratification of the present
Convention—lt is also agreed that the
said troops shall be conveyed to the
French ports as above mentioned by
the most dire& and expeditious route.
The baggage, ammunition and other ar
ticles transported by water, shall be
escorted by French detachments and
by armed boats belonging to the allied
powers—The French and auxiliary'
troops will be provided by the Allied
powers with a fufficient convoy for
their fafe return to France After the
embai kation of the French troops, the
Allied Powers pledge themselves, that
to the period of their arrival on the
Continent of the French Republic, they
shall not be in the least molested ; and
most intimate habits of confidence with
of Cairo,ftipulates,that the French and
Auxiliary troops (hall retire by land to
Rosetta, proceeding by the left bank of
the Nile, with their arms, baggage,
field artillery and ammunition, to be
WASHINGTON, SEPT. 18•
Godwin's Repentance.
A PERSON from Virginia, some time since,
wrote an affectionate and refpedful let
ter to the philofophift Godwin, congratulating 4
him on having brought the principles of politi
cal and moral philosophy to fa great perfection,
and informing him that he was highly gratified
with the perusal of his works. But how great
was his surprise when he received the cold an
swer, yet honed confeffion of Godwin, that
be regretted exceedingly Lis ever bavimg written
zuhat be bad written; that be was now brought to
fee the weakness and viciousness of bis writings ; and
that bis bead and bis heart revolted from the reflec
tion of bis former conduct and opinions.
If any one is disposed to doubt this, he may
by applying ac this office, have the name of the
person who received the letter from Godwin,
and complete evidence of the truth of this state
ment.
Extract of a letter from David Humphreys, Esq.
dated at Madrid, July 27, 1801.
Since the date of my last dispatch to
you, I have received a letter from
commodore Dale, dated Gibraltar Bay,
the 2d ind. giving an account of the
arrival of the squadron under his com
mand, of his having found there the
High Admiral of Tripoli, with one
ship and one brig, and of his own de
sign to fail for Algiers the next day,
leaving one of his frigates to watch
the motions of thole veffeL of Tripoli.
Nothing could have been more oppor
tune for the protection of our commerce
than the arrival of this force to prevent
them from proceeding into the Weftern
Ocean, where in a few days cruize be
tween Omen and Lisbon, they might
in all human probability have produc
ed the most disastrous conferences by
capturing the property of our mer
chants to an amazing amount, and
making slaves of a great number of our
citizens.
“ Fortunate indeed, will it be for us,
if our Mediterranean Trade, Should
escape the threatened peril, with only
the damage it mud fuffer from having
been interrupted for a short period ; as
I flatter myfelf, that whatever might
have been the idea at the time of the
failing of commodore Dale's squadron
from America, that trade will never
again he left in the fame defencelefs
and exposed situation. Knowing, as I
do, that the great and increasing value
of it, in all points of estimation, is fully
appreciated by government, I shall only
remark that the Dutch in common
with most of the belligerent powers
having loft their carrying trades, the
Danes and Swedes having had their
activity greatly paralized by the stroke
lately given by England to their navi
gation, and the Asiatic Towns, and the
Prussians having no veflels in the Me
diterranean on account of their being
at war with the Barbary Rates, no oc
casion could be more favourable than
the present for the encouragement of
the American spirit of industry aria cn
terprife in that quarter."
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KNOXVILLE, SEPT. 9.
We hear from South Weft Point,
that the treaty with the Cherokees is
broken up, the commiffipners not being
able to effed the object of their, appoint
ment. The Cherokees refufe to fell
lands, or to permit roads being cut
through their country.— Doublehead
concluded his last talk with faying,
" That the Indians did not wish to be
again spoken to on that fubjed." He
then addressed the people of Tenpeffee,
and said, “ That the white people ow
ed them their lives ; that they had
waited some time for fatisfadion, and
would wait yet longer, but were de
termined on retaliation."
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NORFOLK, AUG. 2s.
In obedience to the duty enjoined on me, as
a municipal officer, I have to notify, That the
deaths finer Saturday at 12 o'clock, until this
day, are, as cxa& as I have been able to procure,
13 in number ; the mortality has been confined
to persons who, if not lately arrived, have not
resided here a summer.
It is a fact, that until about ten days back,
the town was uncommonly healthy, about that
time the weather became extremely hot and 3
great number, of vessels arriving brought in a
vast influx of persons to whose confiitutions our
autumnal climate is known to be very hostile.
From the information I can colle&, th¥ disorder
has been confined (with few exceptions) to such
persons, and is by no means general among the
inhabitants. The advanced season, and the
present cool weather, afford a well grounded
hope, that in a very short time the town will
again be restored to health; but until it does, I
cannot conceal a circumstance, which duty and
humanity equally demand that I fbould make
public. John Cowpek, Mayor.
Norfolk, AMe 28.
From the ALBANY CENTINEL.
DEMOCRATIC PERSECUTION.
To the Inhabitants of Chary- Valley.
You doubtless have dill an affectionate and
forrowful remembrance ofyonr Mr. Wells, who,
with his wife and five children, in short his
whole family, (except a son who, being at
Schenectady at school, was providentially pre
served,) were put to death by the enemy when
your settlement was destroyed in 1778. On
that son, for his great personal ability, and as'
the only remains and hope of his family, Gov.
Jay bellowed an office. You are now informed
that he has been dismissed by Gov. Clinton, De
Witt Clinton, Ambrose Spencer and - Robert
Rofeboom, to make way, among other,, for a
Mr. Cutting, far his inferior in character in
every refpedt, and the son of a person (he him
felf being than in his infancy) who Was with
the enemy during the whole of the war t and
that the office has been given to this mr. C ! r '^
only because he is of the party calledPy^s^s
and the fonin-law of a Lining ficin
United States.