The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-04-24 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 6.
IMPORTANT.
Confidential Message.
After coofiderable difcuffioo,
the Senate ho voted, to make
public all the communications
lately received by Coagrefi from
the President of the United States,
relative co our dispute with France,
(except the inftrudtioni which
were given by the Executive to
our Commiffioneri) by ordering
500 copies of the difpatche# to be
printed, so that a few days will de
velope the secret, to be informed
of which the public mind has for
several days been very anxious.
to gratify in some degree, that
anxiety, we give the following, as
being what we have reason to be
lieve, a tolerably correct outline at
far ar it goes :— \
When the last difpatchea left
bur mioiftert, they had not been,
nor were they likely to be ac
knowledged by the French Di
redory. They had, however,
had some conferences with two
persons, (whose names are omitted
by the President) who informed
them that they were commission
ed by Talleyrand Perigord, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
wait on the Envoys Extraordinary
from the United States, to slate to
them upon what terms an advan
tageous treaty might be made
with the French Directory. These
terms were, that io the firft place
a douceur of 50,000 pounds fieri,
should be made Talleyrand Peri
gord ; and that as the Directory
were greatly in want of money,
the U. States must engage to pur
chase from them a debt of fifteen
millions of florins, due from the
Batavian to the French Republic
(but which they at present are un
able to pay) byway of loan to the
French. X and Y fated that
these were the only conditions on
which the American Minifter#
could expert a favorable reception
from the Directory.
X and Y dwelt much on the
power and resources of the French
Republic, and of the consequences
which must inevitably ensue to the
United States from a war with
France referring to the fate of Ve
nice and other countries whose
views had been inimical to the in
terefc of France. Adding, that
the Diredory were well informed
as to the divided fate of opinion
in this country ; nod that the tnif
underftanding betwixt the two Re
publics, had been owing to meas
ures injurious co France, which had
, Two ftaiemeot# on the fubjett
of tonnage on vessels, were receiv
ed from the Treasury department
god ordered to be printed.
KNOXVILLE, MARCH 6
△ RRIVED ibis day at Knox
ville, a vefftl built io the
river Nantucket, burthen 139 toot.
Thii piece of naval archuedure,
has for a considerable time drawn
the attention of government, and
its officers ; we are warranted io
faying, that rhe treaty lately func
tioned by the Executive of the U.
States, and shortly to be held wi h
the Cherokee Indiana, will render
its ftatiooary at this place for forme
months at least.
PENNSYLVANIA.
American J^W.
KENTUCKEY.
been brought forward and support
ed in the government of thia coun
try, by what we call the Federal
party, but by what they call the
British fafiiou.
That our Ministers had after
wards an interview with M. Peri
gord himlelf, who informed them,
that before any negotiation could
take place, it w-s indifpenlibly
neceff&y that the terms which had
been proposed re them by X & Y,
should be complied with.
If does 00c appear that our Mi
nisters have held any conference
with any of the members of the
Executive Directory themselves.
Our Ministers fufped that Mer
lin, the Minister of Marine, is pe
culiarly interested in all prizes car
ried into French ports, and that it
it not likely, therefore, they will
diminish in number.
the Mirror.
Conrorti,
TUESDAY, April 24, 1798.
Important & Authentic.
FROM PHILAD. APRIL 4.
YESTERDAY the President, in con
formity to request of the House of Rep
resentatives, communicated to Congress
the inftrodions he had given our Com
missioners in France, and the dispatches
he has received from them ; they are
lengthy, and will nuke a pamphlet of 60
or 70 pages, and I presume a large num
ber will speedily be publifed fcr the in
formation of the people. Their prom
inent features I will give you as well as
I can from memory.
The inftfuaions generally express they
should use every effort to fettle all our
differences with the Republic, by a Trea
ty, giving them every advantage, which
they should pretend we may have given
to any nation, and proposing such altera,
tions in the present Treaty, or to make
a new one on inch liberal terms as in their
diferetion they may judge will heal exist
ing aoimofities and promote the interests
of both countries ; that touching the
losses we have sustained by fpoilations on
our commerce, they should propose to
have the claims adjusted by Commiifi on
ers, as is provided for in the British and
Spanish Treaties ; that, however, the
fubjed of fpoilations should not be in
dispensable, but that in no treaty should
they recognize an abandonment of the
claim for those injuries. In short, the
inftrudions breathe an ardent desire of
effeding a reconciliation on terms as
broad as a regard to our charaaer as an
independent nation would admit, and
such as I am persuaded no man, let him
be ever so much of a Frenchman, can
objed to.
Our Commissioners, soon after their
arrival at Paris, addressed a letter to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs ; informing
him of the objeft of their mission, and re
questing an opportunity of delivering
their credentials and being presented to
the Dir dory. To this letter they had
not received any answer when they last
wrote, and they had no hope of receiving
any. In the course of their being at Pa
ris, (fay from the last of Sept, to the Bth
of Jan.) no official notice hrd been taken
of them, either by the Diredory or the
Minister of Foreign Affairs ; but that
during that time they had' several con
ferences with two perlons ; whose names
our Commissioners promised to conceal,
who said they were in the confidence of
the latter, onthe fubjeft of their mission ;
it seems those persons did not aft official,
ly but were und^rftood informally to
speak the language of the Minister.
They expressed the great irritation the
Direaory had against the United States,
and particularly the speech of the Presi
dent of the opening of last Cummer fef
fion, and that some disavowal must be
made byway of atonement. Upon our
Commissioners representing that by our
Constitution, it ^as the duty of the Pre
sident to inform Congress of every thing
^ich concerned the interest of our coun
tty, and therefore any disavowal of fenti
ments was not only improper but impof.
fible, they gave them to understand, af
ter some hesitation, that money, money
would make the atonement ;—that if
they would stipulate to give fifty tboufand
pounds farting, byway of doua„ to the
Minister, take of them thirty mo millions
President Adams, like his
predecessor, and like the pure
gold of Ophir, has been tried
in the furnace, and has come
forth in full weight, luftre
and intrinficality.
It ought to be known, that on
the question of publilhing the in
ftfudions, Mr. Gallatin declarec
himfelf against that meJore, and
io the coutfe of bit Ipeecb, said,
the only reason that could be of
feted in favor of it, was, that i
was proper to convince the public
that the coodua of the adminiftra
tioo had been fair and upright—
he thought fach an tffeft ough
to be produced, and was fati&
florins of Dutch paper, which they said
was then worth ten joinings in the pound,
and give them par for it, (and which
might eventual!, be worth par) and loan
them a further sum, equal to the fuppof
ed value of their fpoilations on our com
merce, estimated atf/fo millions dollars,
(leaving our merchants their claim on
^^^fyty^^^ayndemnification) that
better engage for those terms now, for if
they subdued Greatbritain, as they ex
peded, the terms would be much more
severe, and that unless we did they should
ravage our Commerce and coasts with
their cruisers. Our Commiffioneft re
plied to this, that such conduct would
unite our people to repel such aggressions,
and that being united, no nation on earth
could subdue us. To this they said they
were not afraid of our union, for they
had so many friends in our country as
would prevent it, and throw the blame
on what we call Federalists and what they
call the British party, for it was well
known the French were adepts at in
trigue, &c. Mr. Gerry, in order to be
fatisfied that those two persons spoke the
sentiments of the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, asked the Minister Telleyrand the
question, who replied, " they did."
N. B. The above is the substance of
the communications as nearly as I can
recoiled. It needs no comment, the pa
pers when published will evince abund
antly what I have stated, wi'h many ag
gravating circuraftances.
Capt. Leach, arrived at Sa.
lem, brought letters from
Messrs. John Berkeley and
Son, to a very refpe&able
merchant in this town, in
forming that it was reported
that a reconciliation would
fake place between the Unit
ed States and the French Re
public.
Letters have been received
in town from England, since
our last, by the British Pack
et, which inform, that the
profpe&s of a general Peace
were brightening ; ind that
a new negotiation would
speedily be fet'on foot.
BOSTON, APRIL 18.
FROM LISBON, March 4.
that it might be believed with p:&
priety. He would therefore p:&
pose a resolution which he find
would fopercede the necefficy of
publishing the' inftrodions, and if
the motion to publish should be
loft, he would lay his resolution on
The table. He then read his refd
lotion, which was nearly in rhe
following words, but certainly ex
pressed the following sentiments :
" Rsfohtd, As the opinion of this
House, that the inftrudions given by the
President of the United States, to the
Envoys at Paris, were full as liberal and
fatisla&ory, and well calculated to enfere
the objeds of their mission; and further,
that in the opinion of this House, should
they fail to obtain the purpofi s for which
they were commissioned, the failure
would not be owing to any want of ex
ertion on the part of the Executive, but
must be attributed altogether to an indif
petition on the parr of France to meet
the advance made by our Government "
We are informed from the most
refpeclable authority that Mr. Ger
ry was not present (at hat been re
ported) at the Pam Bail, given to
Buonaparte and wife. Mr. Gerry
was invited, but did not accept.
The French Directory, having
the full command of the peft-effi
cei and preffei io France, it it an
hundred to one, if the dispatches of
our Commiffioneri ever reach the
the ears, or tyei, of the French
people.
UNHAPPY ACCIDENT.
As the Amherst Stage was on
its return home from Boston on
Thursday the 13th inst. in attempt
ing to croft a causeway within
three miles of Amherst, whifh was
overflowed by the river Souhegan.
in the late frelhe; was iofiantly
swept off out of the main read,
and four horses drowned ;—fortunately
there was no passenger in the flage, and
it was with difficulty the driver saved
himfeif, by climbing a tree. Consider
able property was loft out of the stage.
RAN away from the Sub
scriber, on Sunday left, ah indent
ed Apprentice to the Printing Business,
named JOHN MARSH, 18 years old,
about § feet 6 inches high— has short
busy hair, and sometimes wears falfe
hair— bears a ferocious guilty favor'd
countenance —is void of all good man
ners-fancy, impudent and inflating—
has had both his legs broken near the
ankles—has a lingular habit ,of finking
his head, which is often accompanied
with a hem—He wore away a mix'd col
cured broad-cloth coat, a striped ceffi.
mere jacket, and a pair of light coloured
broad-cloth trowfers—lt is fuppofcl he
took with him a small sum of money, the
amount of which is not yet a(retrained.
THOSE persons who wish
A to improve the advantages of a
FREE SCHOOL, of Vocal and Instru
mental MUSIC, are desired to attend at
the Court-House, in this town, where
they may receive the tuition of an inge
nious and experienced Preceptor, gratae
The Amateurs of the divine Art, and
those who have made considerable pro
ficiency in it, may there indulge them^
selves, at times, and not only find an
agreeable relaxation from business, but
have the fatisfadion of promoting and
encouraging an important part of public
worship ; and those who have yet to learn
its rudiments, may gain the laudable
knowledge free of okpenfa by devoting a
few of those. hours every week which may
be easily (pared, are generally idled away,
and which will not infringe in the leaff
on their common avocations.
Concord, April zo, 179''
RUNAWAY BOY.
FREE SCHOOL.