The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-04-18 00:00:00, page 2

to. and dispatches from the Envoys
Extraordinary of the United States to
the French' Republic, mentioned in
his me(fa&c of the Igth inst.”
Mr. Otis said before the question
Was taken, he would state his intention
of voting againit the resolution, not
from any doubt of the constitutional
right of the house to call for the in
formation, nor from an indisposition
to gratify those gentlemen who want
she-informaﬁon ; but being fatisfied
in his own mind that the fa&s fated
in the message, are true, and that the
commiflioners who were sent to France
were empowered, not oaly to fettle
our differences with that country, but
to make reasonable conceflions even
where the injury was on their fide :
and the President having declared it
to be his oFinion, that there is no hope
of success from that mission, he withed
for nothing further to convince him
of the propriety of going into the dif
ferent defenfive measures proposed. If
he had indeed conceived that War or
‘Peace was before the House, he might
have withed its decision to be delayed
until every fa& relative to the nego
ciation had been before them ; but
as he did not conceive that any such
g.neafurc had been stated, but only that
uch defenfive measures should be ta
“ken as a much less degree of danger
than at present existed, would autho
rize, he was not willing to take any
share of the responsibility as to the in
conveniences and evils which may re
sult from publithing the correspon
dence in question. If the disclosure
should endanger the fafety of our Com
miflioners, or operate as a difcour
‘agement to the future free communi
“cations of our agents abroad, he should
wish to steer clear of any blamie on
the occasion.
Mr. Gallatin observed, that the
fame reasons or nearly fo,which have
‘been mentioned by the gentleman
from Malfachufetts, as inducing him
“to vote against the resolution, would
induce him (Mr. G.) to vote for it.
—He had already stated that, view
ing the question in the light he did,
he did not want further information
to enable him to decide upon it. He
concluded the statement made by the
President is corre@ ; that it is true
that there is no hope of accommoda
“tion with the French Republic, and
that all negociation is at an end ; and
‘taking this as a ground uppn: which
to at, he was willing to a& upon it
to the best of his judgment. Mr. G.
said, he considered part of the-mea
sures proposed, to be measures of war,
though gentlemen called them mea
sures of defence ; but, when the mea
sures should be gone into, he would
prove them to be those of war ; and
that the measure adopted by the Pre
sident, in relation to arming of mer
‘chant “veflels, is 2 war measure. On
this ground he was ready to vote a
gainlt any such fads, and in favor of
any thing which tended to counter
act their effe&.
But (said Mr. G.) ifthere are gen
‘tlemen on this floor who conceive that,
in addition to the information which
has been given to the House, the dis
patches will give to them more irri
tating matter than they have yet had,
which may have a tendency to change
the opinionsof those, who, like him,
were in favor of peace measures, he
“had no obje&ion to their being com
municated. - ‘He did not expeét, how
ever, that any thing of this kind
‘would change his opinion. The house
had had enough of this matter last ses
sion, and in the late communications ;
but on his mind these would produce
no effe as to the question of peace
or war. It is true, as hinted by the
gentleman last up, that some incon
veniencies may arise from the dis
patches being communicated, as it
may prevent diplomatic charaders
from exprefling themlelvés freely in
future ; but the President of the Uni
ted States' was not afraid of this, as
‘during the last session he had commu
nicated information of this kind, with
out being applied to for it. But if,
after having examined ‘the dispatches
“he is convinced it will be highly inju
rious to the public welfare, or ‘endan
ger the fafety of our Commissioners,
or prevent the happy issue of our ne
gociation to communicate the infor
mation, he will either give it, or state
his reasons for withholding it to the
boufe. -
" The question was then taken by
yeas and nays, as follows : -
‘ 'YEAS. %
Meflrs. Allen Meflrs. Holmes
/ Baer - Hofmer,
‘Baldwin {:mes s '
~ Bard . Livingston
_Bartlett Locke |
Bayard Lyon '
Blount | Machir =
Rreut. .« Macon -
- Brookes = Mathews
- oßryan .. . MClenachan
L Purges M'ill)dycll :
o RN Milledge
| ; .“- 'v,. ¥ ;rnne. " mmi ;3 %
Dawson Skinner
- Dennis S. Smith
Dent W. Smith
Elmendorf Sprague
Findley Sprigg
N. Freeman Stan%ord
7 Gallatin Sumpter
. Giles A. Trigg
Gillespie J. Trigg
Gregg Van Cortlandt
Grove Varnum
Hanna Venable
Harper ‘Wadf{worth
Harrifons J. Williams
Havens R. Williams—63.
Heister
“NA Y S
Meflrs. Bullock Meflrs.Morris
| Coit Otis
Dana Isaac Parker
A. Foster Reed
D. Foster ~ Schureman
~ Glen Sewall,
Goodrich Shepard ‘
Griswold Sinnickfon
Hartley N. Smith
Hindman Thatcher
Imlay Thompson
Kittera Tillinghaft
Lyman Vaa Allen—27.
Morgan ‘
Meflrs. Allen and Hanna were ap
pointed a committee to wait upon the
President with the said resolution.
Mr. Kittera reported a bill for au
thorifing certain officers to adminif
tev oaths, which was committed for
to-morrow.
Mr. Allen informed the house, that
the committee appointed to wait up
on the President with the resolution
which had been agreed to, had per
formed that service, and he had in
formed them, that he would take the
matter into consideration, and do
what the public fafety should seem to
require. 1
The order of the day was then call
ed for on the bill for organizing and
difciplinMg the Militia of the United
States, and the house went into a
committee of the whole on this sub
ject ;5 when the firft feétion, which
provides for the establishment of a
Sele&® Corps, having been read, a
motion was made by Mr. Varnum to
strike it out, in order to try the prin
ciple of the bill. 'This motion was
advocated by Meflrs. Varnum, Ni
cholas and W. C. Clairborne ; and
oppoled by Mefirs. J. Williams, Ma
con, Shepard, S. Smith, Harper,
Brooks, and Dayton. No question
was taken. The Committee had
leave to fit again. Adjourned.
R R e
CHARLESTON, March 21.
Capt. Dixon, since his arrival, has
favored us with the following parti
culars of the capture and condemna
tion of the snow Fox and cargo :
« In lat. 22. 50. long. 62. 30. on
our paflage to ‘St. Martha’s, we fell
in with the privateer La Vengeance,
commanded by Augustus Love, an
Englilhman, a noted pirate, who is
proscribed by law in most of the Weft
‘lndia islands. As soon as they came
up with us, they ordered the boat
out, and me to come on board with
my papers, which was complied with.
On my arrival, he atked who Geo.
Cross was ? I replied he was my owner
and supercargo of the vessel. He ob
served, the papers were very clear,
but he wanted to fee Capt. Cross.
Love then took my boat, and went
on board the Fox, and told Captain
Cross that he had given his opinion
that the papers were very clear, but
his owner, who was on board the pri
vateer, wanted to fee him and the in
voice 3 that if he would go on board
the privateer, to fatisfy his owner, he
in the mean time would examine the
trunks, &c¢. on board the snow, and
if he found no other papers, the ves
sel would be restored to us immedi
ately. At the fame time, he gave pri
vateinftru&ionsto the people whotook
Capt. Cross on board, to return ar
med, which they did, and soon made
fail and shaped their course for Porto
‘Rico, where both veflels arrived in
three days. On our arrival, we were
instantly qrdered intoc confinement.
The crew of the Fox in the fame time
were told, that Capt. Cross and my
felf were going to be sent to the Bar
racas’ as %I:ves, and if they told the
fame story as we had, they would be
sent there likewise. The men thus
intimidated swore to every thing they
put to them. After we obtained our
liberty, Love (and Lange, his own
er) thewed me some guns, which they
said were designed for the Fox ; that
she would make one of the fineft
privateers in the Weft-Indies, and
that they would make the crew con
demn her, or otherwise they would
fend them all to hell.” =
% The judge, (by name Pontz)
who condemned us, held his tribunal
in a small shop, and during the taking
my declaration he stopped a dozen
times to fell thread and ribbons to
negroes, &c. Upon ex‘poﬂulatinﬁ
with him afterwards, in company wit
several American masters of veflels
who had shared the {ame fate, we
asked him how he could account to
veplied, “Foutreé the Dire@tory ? while
3 MarcH 30.
Arrived this day from Annapolis,
where he left his veflel yesterday,
Capt. Greybill, of the ship Ardent,
20 days from Gonaives.
The following és a lift of Americans en
~gaged in privateering againfi the U
- mnited States of America :
Capt. Seargeant, of the privateer {ch.
Charlotte, of Old York (Mafl.)
Cook, R. Island.
Davis, Newport, R. I.
Dr. Bennett, do.
M’Canan,. Maryland.
Cleamont Boarman, do.
Wm. Harrison, do.
James Mitchell, . Boston.
Broadwater, Virginia.
, John Thomas, Pennsylvania.
White, T e
| John Soloman, Conneéticut.
. James Cufthman, Maflachufetts.
Samuel Slockman, Rhode-Ifland.
Last evening arrived brig Samuel,
Capt. Young, 11 ' days from New-
Providence, into which he was car
ried on his homeward bound passage
from the Havanna, cargo libelled and
100 days allowed to prove it Ameri
can property. ‘
PHILADELPHIA, March 31.
We stated on the authority, of a
letter a few days since that a.number
of buildings had been destroyed by
fire in Charleston. We have receiv
ed the particulars of this melancholy
accident. 'The fire broke out on the
Igth ult. about 3§ o’clock in the morn
ing,and is tho’t to be the deed of some
wicked and malicious incendiary. It
was got under after consuming eight
dwelling houses, with a_number of
back ftores'and out. houses, contain
ing property to a great amount which
~ was mostly destroyed. CERa
“Dr. Floyd, in whose premises the
fire was firft. d‘lfcqi_'etedf gives: the
following relation : that on hearing
‘the alarm of fire he arose and on o
. pening the back door of his dwelling
House, e difcovéred the fore part of
his kitchen in a light blaze, and a J
" piazza adjoining the house on fire in,
he was judge, he wounld make as
much as he could ; and bring out
some more veflels for him to con
demn.”
PITTSBURGH, March 24,
It is with pleasure we mention,
that our representatives in the. state
legislature have obtained a grant from
the state of §ooo dollars, for the
Pittsburgh Academy, and have also
obtained authority for raising 12,000
dollars by Lottery for ere&ing piers
in the Allegheny river, at this place,
to preserve the banks.
“We have accounts of several boats,
within ten days past, being wrecked
in the Ohio river, some distance be
low this place—Three men were
drowned, in endeavoring to reach
the thore, from one of the wrecks. ;
, |
BALTIMORE, March 26. 1
FROM ALGIERS.
We mentioned in the Intelligence
of the 14th, the report of war be
tween Algiers and England—From
a conversation with Capt. Dathiell,
we have obtained the following in
formation on that fubje& :—About a
twelve month since, an Englith ship
of war and an Algerine veflel ran
foul of each other in the night ; and
the former engaged the latter; and
killed several Algerines before they
ceased firing. The Dey, when ac
quainted with this circumstance, de
manded 30,000 dollars per head for
the men killed, which induced the
British government to fend over a
commissioner to treat with the Dey :
this commiflioner failed' from -Gib
raltar in January, but not being pof
fefled with the contribution demand
ed, the ‘Dey refufed to receive him.
These circumstances induced the peo
ple at Gibraltar to hourly expe&t a
declaration of war.
In consequence of the detention by
the Spaniards, of one of the Ameri
can vessels, bound with a load of con
tributary stores from the U. States to
Algiers,the Deyhad demanded 80,000
dols. from Spain, for damages which
the cargo sustained. This the Span
iards refufed to pay ; and a declara
tion of war from the Dey immedi
ately ensued. Capt. D. failed from
Algiers in company with § fail of the
Dey’s fleet, bound against the Span
iards.
The Algerines were very inquisi
tive of Capt. D. refpedting the fri
gate which our government had pro
mised them. They appeared to be
displeased that she had not arrived,
‘and were diffatisfied with many of
the/articles received from America,
‘particularly the fcantling. “When the
Dey was informed that a quantity of
the boards were only eight inches
‘ wide, he sent for the American con
sul, and asked him if his President
tho’t, «“ that the Dey wanted boards to
make bird cages I’
‘two separate places ; and from ap
pearance of the fire at this time not a
doubt remains of its being the work
of some vile incendiary,
~ “No lives were loft=Mr. Thomas
Barron had his leg broke, by an en
gine being drawn. over it,after the
fire had been extinguished.”
PORCUPINE anxp GILES.
Peter fays, “ I hear that Giles of
Virginia abused me yesterday in Con
gress—l have not fatisfaory infor
mation on the fubje&® yet—but, if it
fthould appear, that he has had the in
solence to-take improper liberties with
my name, I’ll warrant him as good a
roasting as seiTTER got, since {pitting
was in fafhion.” -
Mr. Giles, in the debate of Thurs
day, ipeaking of newspapers, said,
“There are two papers printed in Phi
ladelphia, which not only breath de
fenfive but offenfive war of the worst
kind. One of these papers he be
lieved was particularly countenanced
by the government——the other was
printed by an infamous scoundrel, a
British fubje@t—a paper he was sorry
to find too much countenanced. This
paper not only breathes war, but ex
terminating war. And this paper,
issued from a Britith press, spreads its
bameful sentiments throughout the
country. He ‘proclaimed this fa& ;
and he should think himfelf a traitor
to his country not to proclaim it.”
[The following is the article alluded
' to in the above.]
From the Charleflon State Gazette of
the 16th infl.
French Colonization.
¢ It is no new idea that the Zerri
ble Republic, have contemplated the
division and colonization of the Uni
ted States ; and we are able to an
nounce, upon the authority of letters,
the credit of which are indubitable,
that Louisiana and the Floridas have
been ceded by Spain to France, and
are now acually in her poffeflion.
This is a favourable acceflion to our
allies, and a main step to the effecting
their purposes.”
ArrlL 2.
' Appointments.
Bradbury Cilley, Marshal, New-
Hampfthire, vice Nathaniel Rogers,
appointed Supervisor..
William Empfon Hulings, of Penn
{fylvania vice consul, New-Orleans.
George Price, of Pennsylvania mas
ter of the Revenue Cutter. |
George Walton of Georgia, and
Jobn Steel of Virginia, commissioners
for treating with the Cherokee na
tions of Indians, vice, Fither Ames
and Bufhrod Wathington, resigned.
NEW-YORK, March 31.
Yesterday a ship, just off the stocks,
was seized 'in our port, by Cultom
houfe orders. - The reasons of seizure
have not tranipired—opinions of the
fubje& are so various, that we shall
mention none of them at present.
Extract of a letter from Baltimore. -
¢ The Union, from Harwich, fail
ed about the Bth of Feb. By her we
are' informed that doubts are enter
tained refpecing the policy of grant
ing a convoy to the Americans. Capt.
Potter fays, that on application for
convoy to the Americans, Mr. Pitt.
said, that this measure, if complied
with, would give exclusive advanta
§es to the Americans, whereas if re
used, the difference of premium in
favor of British bottoms, would more -
than meet our différence of duty.”
b 1 FOR SALE BY o
‘Thomas Sheafe,
- At his' Store, North-End, .
380 b%ls. fuperfine and fine
- PR
Portsmouth, April 9, 1798, . |
April 3. |
The New York Gazette of Satur
day last, mentions the arrival of the
ship Arethufa, Ham, from Calcutta,
as also the brig Ruflell, Abeel, from
Port-a-Plate.
A British frigate, with nine Ame
rican veflels under convoy for the
Weft-Indies, went to sea from the
Chesapeake, on Friday last, at which
time a number of ships of war lay m
Hampton roads.
IMPORTANT. -
Extraét of a letter from a gentleman in
Charleflon, S. C. to Mr. Rutledge, of
the House of Representatives.
¢« The enclosed article is from Ti
mothy and Mason’s paper of to-day, [
sent to him, to know, on what autho
rity it was {o positively given—he
said Meflrs. Gardners and Co. had
received letters from Pensacola, fay
ing that the French flag had been fly
ing there for several days, and desir
ing them to charter and fend thither
veflels to bring away the persons and
property of some who did not wish to
remain under the French govern
ment. '
RA NAWAY from
! the subscriber, an indented fer
- vant named Joseph Rollins, in the
- 20th year of his age, had on when he
went away a brown homespun coat,
and green overalls, fur’d hat co
vered with a green hat-case.—Said
ranaway has worked for some time at
the Black Smith’s business, is about
five feet in height, and absented him
felf on the night of the 12th instant.
Whoever thall take up said servant
and return him free of charges to his
master, shall be intitled to one cent
reward. DENNIS ERES.
Exeter, April 13, 1798.
"THE fellows of the
New-Hampshire Mepicar So-
CIETY, are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the society, will be
held at Benjamin Lamfon’s, in Exeter,
on Wednesday the 16th day of May
next, 10 o’clock A. M.
As there is several communications
to be read, and considerable business
to be transacted at this meeting, a ge
neral and pun&ual attendance is re
quested.
By order of the Prefedent. ‘
LEVI BARTLETT, Rec’g Sec'y.
King flon, April 2, 1798. :
‘jgbe Printer of the Dartmouth Eagle
is requefied t 9 publish this four aveeks
Jucceffively lefore the said meeting,
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PHCENOMENON
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T HA'L beauuiuliuliblooded Stal
- A - lion, lately imported by Lang,
Brierley & Cc. from England, will
stand for covering this season, at the
stable of Maj.. Thomas Leavett, of
Northampton. e fig
He is a fine chefhut, rising 6 years
old, sixteen hands and half high, got
by the famous Pheenomenon, whose
Grandfire was the noted Eclipse, Dam
Recovery by Hyder Ally, Grandam
Perdita by Herod, great'Grandam by
Sampion, and out of the Lass of the
- has already proved himfelf
to bea fiwshorfes <0 vt s it g
- Price 12 dollars the season, and 7 4
leap 3 to insure a foaly a price that may
be agreed on at the time. G Ny
Stabling and pasturing at the a
b_ove"Place, and the best care taken of
mares when lefts . bl el
A Gareh 9By Tgß RR L e
India Cottons
A large ﬁtpp[y of India Cottons
Just received and for sale by
Nathaniel White,
At the sign of the Golden Eagle, Market
Street—very cheap.
Portfimouth, April 6, 1798.
- 100 hogsheads Molasses
of a good quality—Also,
1000 bufbels Carolina CORN,
T o be fold by ;
Thomas Chadbourn, jr.
At -his Store at 'the North-Lnd,
Where may be had a general assortment of
W. 1. Goods and Groceries,
Cheap for cath.
Portsmouth, March 29, 1798. 6w,
A FARM,
C ONTAINING from 100 to 120
_/ acres of good land, with good
buildings, orchard, and wood land, int
the county of Rockingham, within 6
to 10 miles of Portsmouth, is WANTED
in EXCHANGE, for a good Farm in
Northwood. ; .
If the former is worth more than
the latter, on a fair and liberal valua
tion, the cash to make up the difference
shall be paid. Inquire of thePrinter.
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; at the Portsmouth Book-Store,
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