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

PHILADELPHIA, March Ig.
Extralt of aletter from Boston, dated
March 8.
¢ Lofles—At Mr. Taylor’s Infur
ance-Office in Bofton—from the Ift
of Jamuary, 1796, to the Ift of Janu
ary, 1768 1—
Britth, . - - - 36,638
French, - - - 191,342
Spanith, - - - - 6,500
Powers of the coast of Barbary, 13,425
Dollars, 247,908
“Insurance is made at Mr. Brooks’s
office to a much greater amount than
at this ; the lofles I {fuppofe bear the
fame proportions. i
« The above lofles are exclusive of
those where no insurance (it must be
considerable) had been made.”
P MarcH 20.
On Saturday was launched the Al
gerine {chooner Skjoldbrand, to carry
18 four pounders and 10 swivels.
Same day was launched at Kensing
ton, a fine ship of 700 tons burthen,
the property of Mr. Anthony Butler 3}
this veflel is chartered by the United
States for a voyage to Algiers, to car
ry thither a large quantity of masts,
spars, oak and pine plank, &¢. stipula
ted for in the treaty with the Dey.
a considerate and 'enlightened com
munity, mult be had in a perfe&
knowledge of the point in question.—
‘Unanimity without knowledge is' im
poflible—we may a& together, draw
together, but to be of one mind we
mutft think alike. It seems as if the
Prefidentt required a physical impofi:-
bility—decifion there may be; but u
nanimity must be the reﬁt of medi
tation ; our opinions are not volun
tary, they result from the nature of
evidence, and it is only in the Papal
{yftem that the absolute infalibility of
the church, is recommended as tge
gr#ind of faith. .
We are told of our ample resour
ces, of cannon, foundaries and of mi
litary manufa&ures, the only manu
factures we shall have, if the war con
templated is not prevented by a cool
regimen.—lt-may be well for gun
imiths, for do&tors and the caftors of
cannon, but who'elfe 1s to gain by it.
Not the country at large, unle(s pub
lic debts and ‘public taxes are public
bleflings. =~ An efficient revenue is
therefore to be the comfortable pre
liminary. A declining impost will
leave the burthen on the land. A
Land Tax is then the eficient revenue,
and a host of officers will be the ¢ff
cient agents to collect it. -
The refolution’ againft’ arming .is
removed—Why it was ever imposed,
is a quefltion to be asked, unless to
make that a public concern, which in
the other case, would have been con
sidered by the French, as a per{fonal
or party indiscretion,
When the extent of our danger is
knowwon, we may look for concert, u
nanimity, and even vigor. Until
then, let us rally round the CoxnsTi-
TUTION, according to its fruze intent
and meaning ; and devoutly pray,
that every public officer will keep him
felf within its limits, and in no in
stance, not:even in thought, tranf
grels the sacred compad, which binds
each to all for the common good.
Let us belie®, however, that this
common good is not to be obtained
by the deilti- %ion of our profitable
trade with France,Spain and ' Holland,
by the multiplication of Taxes and
Placemen, by permanent Navies and
Standing Armies, or to be found a
midst tée groans of the dying or the
bodies of the dead in hospitals, char
nel houses, and burying-grounds, 81
famine and pestilence, amidft.an im
poverithed Yeomanry, and a divided
and ruined country.
PHOCION.
NEW-YORK, March 24. .
Extratt of a letter from Philadelphia,
- - dated yeflerday.
¥ ¢ Things appear to be verging toa
crisis. It is expeéted the President’s
‘meffage will be taken up to-daygin
the house. * It was referred to 2 com
mittee of the Senate yesterday.
¢ It is expeéted by many that the’
antis will cavil about the papers—
they may, but the business is too so
lemn to trifle with, The President
has placed the responsibility where the
constitution fays. it shall fall ? If our
country is to be facrificed Mr. Adams
is not the man to do the job.”
A letter from Albany fays, the im
portaht suit of Le Guen against Gov
erneur and Kemblé was decided last
Thursday in the Supreme Court of
Errors, in favor of Le Guen, by 2 ma
jority of 30 to 5. i
\ BOSTON, March 28.
-4
THE CRISIS. !
AMERICANS ! After every -ef
fort of your government to preserve
PEACE :—After the most friendly
advances to effet an acqemmodation
on just and honorable terms ‘with
France ; your Ministers have been
treated with contempt—an audience
bas been refufed them j—and the Ex
ecutive Dire@ory . have virtaally
DECLARED OPEN WAR A.-
GAINST YOU.—You are therefore
called upon by every thing you hold
dear and sacred to rally round the
Standard of your country !. To unite -
and to swear to transmit your inde
pendence to posterity.
Important and Authentic.
FromPHILADELPHIA,March zo.
“ I inclofe you the meflage of the
President of yesterday. It is like him,
firm and decisive. Perhaps another
call for papers will be attempted, if
for no other reason but to take time.
- The fafety of the Envoys, who pofli
bly, though not probably, remain at
Paris, is the-reason of secrecy on the
~ part of the Executive, as to the detail
|of their dispatches. In every other
view, the most open communication
is desirable, and was I believe at firft
intended ; for it is said they contain
a tale, which but to unfold, would
freeze the blood of the warmest Ja
cobin, who is an American.”
President’s Meflage.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
Gentlemen of the Houfeof Representatives.
THE Dispatches, from the Envoys
Extraordinary of the United States,
to the French Republic, which were
mentioned, in my Meflage to both
Houses of Congress, of the fifth inst.
have been examined and maturely
considered.
WHiLe I feel a fatisfadion in in
forming you, that their exertions, for
the adjustment of the differences be
i tween the two nations, have been fin
{ cere and unremitted, it is incumbent
{ on me, to declare, that I perceive no
t ground of expetation, that the objeés
| of their mission, can be accomplished,
i on terms compatible with the fafety,
i honor,-or the eflential interests of the
{ nation. '
! - THis result, cannot with justice, be
. attributed, to any want of moderation
! on the part of this government, or to
i any indisposition to forego secondary
| inter?, for the preservation of peace.
| Knowing it to be my duty and believ
i ing it to be your wish, as well as that
of the great body of the people, to
avoid by all reasonable conceflions,
any participation in the contentions
of Europe, the powers vested in our
Envoys were commensurate with a
liberal and pacific policy, and that
high confidence, which might juitly
be répofed in the abilities, patriotism
and integrity of the .charadters to
whom the negociation was committed.
After a careful review of the whole
fubje&, with the aid of all the infor
mation I have received, I can discern
nothing, which could have insured or
contributed to success, that has been
omitted on my part, and nothing
further which can be attempted, con
{iftently with maxims for which our
country has contended, at every haz
ard, and which constitute the basis of
our national sovereignty.
Unxper these circumfitances, I can
not forbear to reiterate the recom
mendations which have been formerly
‘made, and to exhort you to adopt
with promptitude, decision and unani
mity, such measures as the ample re
sources of the country afford, for the
prote&ion of our fea-faring and com
mercial citizens ; for the defence of
any exposed portions of our territory ;
for replenishing our Arsenals, establish
ing Foundries and military Manufac
tures ; and to provide such efficient
Revenue, as will be neceflary to de
fray extraordinary expenses, and {up
ply the deficiencies which may be oc
casioned by depredations on our com
merce. | |
Tue present state of things, is so
eflentially different, from -that, in
which inftruéions were given to col
le&ors to restrain veflels of the United
States from failing in an armed con
dition, that the principle, on which
those orders were iflued, has ceased to
exist. I therefore deem it proper to
inform Congress, that I no longer
conceive myfelf juftifiable in continu
ing them, unless in particular cases,
where there may be reasonable ground
of suspicion ; that such veflels are in
tended to be employed contrary. to
law, i e ‘
Ix all your proceedings, it will be
important to manifelt a zeal, vigour
and coricert in defence of the national
rights, proportioned to the danger
with which they are threatened.
. Fobn Adans.
United States, Igtb}
March, 1798. ;
This message was referred to the
committee of the whole on the State
of the Union. ek,
The above important Meflage must
‘awaken. the attention of every Ameri
can. It must now be obvious to every
man that the French Directory are
determined on nothing short of 2 war
with this country, or reducing us to
absolute fubmiflion to their 'fw'ﬁl. ‘This
being the case, every brealt must ex
ult t%at this fatal alternative is not
the result of any ““want of moderation
on the part of our government, or so
any indisposition to forego secondary
interests for the preservation of peace.”
As much regard to geace, and as
great facrifices to obtain it as we
ought to have made, and more than
the French had a right to expedt, have
been displayed in our last miflion to
Paris—the result- has been f{ich as
might have been expe&ed from a na
tion who seem determined on acquir
ing universal dominion. It is now
time for party divisions to cease—all
good citizens ought tor RALLY
ROUND THE STANDARD OF
THE CONSTITUTION, AND
THE LAWS—A STANDARD
WHICH THEY THEMSELVES
HAVE ERECTED ANDWHICH
THEY ARE BOUND TO DE
FEND.—The President who has seen
the communications from our Envoys
—and whose high responsibility is our
pledge—tells us, that nothing further
can be attempted to effect a concilia
tion with France, confiltently with
maxims for which our country has
contended at every hazard, and which
constitute the basis of our national
A letter from a gentleman of high
refpettability, at Philadelphia, fays,
¢ All hopes of a compromise with
France are at an end. “This is the o
pinion of our Commiflioners, who are
the most competent judges.—lt is al
so the opinion of the President of the
United States, which his high respon
sibility would forbid him to declare
without the most solid reasons. Our
special envoys have been fuffered to
remain four months without a hear
ing ; they expe¢t they shall not be ad
mitted to a hearing ; AND LET
TERS OF MAR%I;I E AND RE
PRISAL are ISSUED AGAINST
OUR COMMERCE.?
Another letter from Philadelphia,
dated March 20, fays, “ You will re
ceive by this post the'Meflage of the
PresipenT sent yesterday to Con
gress. I suppose the cry will be, that
the President has declared War, by
his taking off the reftri¢tions from
preventing merchantmen to arm ; a
restriction laid on by the former Pre
sident, and continued by the present,
for prudential motives, not without
his doubts of the legality. That o
ther powers are treated as we are,
such as Denmark and Sweden, is no
consolation, I presume, to the mer
chant who looses his property ;—it
only serves to prove that the Britith
Treaty, about which so much clam
our has been raised, is only a coverto
the hostile designs of France, who
would plunder us’ under some eother,
pretence, or no pretence at alli—rAs*
to what is published in the papers re
fpe&ting Mr. Gerry’s going to Taly
rand’s ball, Ido not credit it ; a thou
sand lies will be circulated and every
method made use of to divide our:
Councils, and diftra& our country.
It was a part of their plan under the
administration of WasmincToON, and
which they are now working into a
{yftem from orie end of the Continent
to the other. Hence the gross lies
daily publithed in the Aurora, Ar
gus and Chronicle.
« We have the most authentic in
formation, that all geir malice will
be levied against the PrEsipEnT per
{onally, against his family and again(t
his administration, in order to make
the people discontented, and oblige
him to resign, that they may have
no obstacle in the way of their with
es.”’ - ‘
sovereignty.— After this there can be
but one opinion, one voice.—None
but an enemy to his country will now
fay that further fubmiflion becomes
us ; and none but fools will pretend
that further submission would be half
{0 likely to avert the evils of war, as
a vigorous preparation for defence.
The queltion is not now ‘which shall
we prefer 2 WAR or PEACE—we
have not the option.—lt is this—will
you defend yourselves and your pro
perty, or ‘become the SLAVES of
France ? ‘The private dispatches from
our Envoys, when a due regard to
their.fafety will authorife their publi
cation, will unfold a tale, which will
stir up the indignation of every man
who is not more the friend of France
than of America.
The Baltimore Editors have cer
reCted an error, in the last Intelli
gence from France.—lt is Mr. Ger
ry, and not Gen. Marshal, who is to
stay at Paris, until orders are receiv
ed from our government.
It is said I&r Gerry is politely re
ceived at all thesminifterial clubs—
We doubt the truth of the assertion.
Mr. G. would not accept an invita
tion wherein his colleagues were flight
ed. . .
* Foreign Memoranda.
General Bernadotte is appointed
French Ambassador to the Emperor
of Germany. He is to have a splen
did outfit and “salary.—Citizen Buo
naparte has arrived at Paris from
Rome, and taken his feat in the Coun,
cil of Ancients.as a Deputy from
Corsica.—The Cifalpine army, and a
division of the French, were in full
‘ Marine Intelligence.
' March 24. Arrived sch. Richard
and Edward, Roundy, Lisbon 40
days. Left there ship Polly, Potter,
of Boston ; Mary, Treadwell, of do.
for Madeira ; Polly, Latky, of Mar
blehead ; Trial, Dean, of Salem ;—
e, M’lntire, Danvers ; Sally,
. Leach, of Salem ; John and Mary-
Ann, Ruflell, of Marblehead ; and
=, Proctor. The Two Friends,
. Merrill, of Portsmouth, taken by the
French, retaken and cleared, failed
for Norfolk, Feb.. 10. ;
' March 27. Arrived ship Lydia,
. Burroughs, from Lisbon, 56 days.
+Feb. 18, lat. 29, long. 42, spoke thip
- Seaflower, of Philadelphia, from Isle
- of France, for Hamburg, 23 months
' out. March 154gfpoke sloop Sally,
. of Portland, 4 days out for Tobago.
' March. 17, spoke brig Rofannah, of
E Salem, for Surrinam. March 24, on
+ George’s Bank, spoke brig Ruby, of
Newbury-Port, from Guadaloupe,for
Bolfton, 26 days out.
The Maria, of Nantz, has taken
| the American brig Thomas, laden
i with Englith merchandize. - |
| The Patriote, of Brest, has seized
| and sent into L’Orient, the Caroline, '
| an American, laden with cloths,
&c. from London, bound to Charles
ton.
The Hydra, or Ariadna, Prentiss,
of Marblehead, is loft at St. Michaels,,
with four other Americans. Crew
{aved, all except 4 seamen. _
We understand that a Swedish ship
bound here, went on shore in the late
equinoxal gale ; and that several of
her crew perithed on Cape-Cod.
. 'The ship Columbia, Burgis, of Bol
ton, for Baltimore, had left Kingston,
in co. with 4o fail of other Ameri
cans, but having loft her bowiprit,
put back to refit. . oft-al
. Ship America, Wheaton, is in at
Providence, from Surrinam. Sailed
in co. with the 3 Friends, Indicott‘,
for Salem. Markets low. g
- The sch. Orange, Holman, of Wif
caflet, for N. Carolina, ‘ax;}_Betfy,.
- Matthews, of and .for Wifcalfet, fail
ed from Antigua, 19th Feb. convoy-.
~ed. Also the Sally, of and for Ipf~'
",Witb) Al g o N £sn e A ‘
march for Rome.~—Citizen Traguet
succeeds Perignon, as French Ambas
sador at Madrid.—Lord Malmefbury
%oes Ambaflador from England to
ruffia. 5 o ‘
Virgil’s birth-day has been cele
brated at Mantua. | s
The treaty between France & Portu
gal remains unratified. Such is the pe
culiar political situation of Portugal,
that she fears to aé& as the judgment
of her councils would ditate, left the
might offend France or Great-Brit
ain. 'The latter commands her mer
cantile towns, and is her natural ally.
The former threatens to attack her
by land, through the Spanish domin
ions.—From both she has much to
fear ; and nothing but a general
peace, can insure her fafety.
Appointments—-by Authority.
John Quincy Adams, Minister Ple
nipotentiary of the United States, to
his Majesty the King of Pruflia, to
be a Commissioner with full powers
to negociate a Treaty of Amity and
Commerce with Sweden. -
Edward Hinman, of Conne&icut,
to be master of the revenue cutter.
Samuel Winslow, of Maflachufetts,
to be Surveyor and Infpeétor for the
Port of Thomafton.
MarcH 29. .
By the Papers in last Night’s Mail,
it appears, that,two Frigates of the
French Republic had bombarded Ma
dras, and deltroyed ~a ship worth
400,000, and taken another worth
§OO,OOO. It was feared an Embar
go would be laid on American veflels
in the Isle of France, on the report
of a war with America, and it 1s said
4 or § hundred French officers have
joined the army of Zemahun Shaw,
against Benares, mear Bengal. In
Ireland the French are hourly expec
ted, and the People are in great fer
mentation and {trongly in their fa
vor.
Extralt of a letter from C. N. Mole,
dated 27th of Feb. 1798.
The whole of the Britith ports in
this island are in great confufion, ow
ing to the brigands attacking Port
au-Prince and Jeremie, the former
they nearly carried—they have got
pofleflion of the watering place, a
bout 3 miles from the town—A num
ber of veflels have failed from this to
bring away the inhabitants, as they
mean to evacuate it.
The troops will be sent down to
Jeremie, which place they mean to
keep pofleflion of as long as poflible ;
but from present appearances, I do
not conceive they will hold it three
months longer. -'
- DANCING-SCHOOL
To be opened To-morrow.
MESSRS. Renapb and BarsoT
refpefifully inform the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the town of Portsmouth,
that they shall open their Dancing-School
To-Morrow, at half pafl two o’clock,
at the Aflembly-Room, and will continue
it on Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Those who wish to favor them with the
tuition of their children will pieafe to fend
them as early as poflible, as the scholars
will reap great advantage in commencing
their quarters as nearly together as poflible.
April 4. 3
Irifth Linens.
Also, just received, and for sale as above,
A case of beautiful yard wide
Irith Linens,
Some are of a superior quality ; they
will be fold cheap, either by whole
sale or retail. -
7 Linens are now becoring fearce ;
Insurance and Risk run high. The
Jpring importations awill be feav. - Fam
iliesy, who need a supply, had better pro
vide themselves immediately, as the con-
Sumption of linens, awill this year exceed
the supplies. Grand bargains to those
wha purchase now. - ,
Portfinouthy, March 20, 1798.
NEW GARDEN SEEDS.
UST received a ge
neral assortment of Garden Seeds, and
to be fold as low as can be purchased in
town, at - ¥
William Stanwoed, jfr. Store,
Marker-STREET—ALSO—
A PRESR SUPPLY OF
Irifb Linens & Paper Hangings,
with other GOODS as usual.
Portsmouth, March 26, 17¢8.
PHENOMENON
;e§- s"*,\,\; e
FEAN, f;,",);’/},’l;?‘siﬁ;";'i,;;;,
S o
T HAT beautiful fullblooded Stal-
I lion, lately imported by Lang;,
Brierley & Co. from England, will
stand for covering this fealon, at the
stable of Maj. Thomas Leavett, of
Northampton.
He is a fine chefnaut, rising 6 years
old, sixteen hands and half high, got
by the famous Pheenomenoi, whose
grandfire was thenoted Eclipse, Dam
Recovery by Hyder Ally, Grandam
Perdita by Herod, great Grandam by-
Sampson, and out of the Lass of the
Mill.—He has already proved himfelf
to be a sure horse. .
Price 12 dollars the season, and 7 4,
leap 3 to insure a foaly a price that may
bs.agreed on at the time. -
Stabling and pasturing at the a
bove place, and the best care taken of
mares°when-deft, - . 1l 8
March 2855908, . - 200
100 hogsheads Molasses -
of a gdod quality—Alo,
1000 bushels Carolina CORN,
To be fold by "
Thomas Chadbourn, It
At bis Store at the North-End,
Where may bebad ¢ general afforiment of
W. L. Goods’ and Groceries,
Cheap for cash. i
Portsmouth, March 29, 1798.
A FARM,
' 2
CONTAINING from 100 to 120
acres of good land, with good
buildings, orchard, and wood land, in
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 cath to make up the difference
shall be paid. Enquire of the Printer,
Edw’d Parry
At the sign of the Lamb and Flag,
Market Street, Portsmouth,
HAS JUST RECEIVED
- American Manufactured
LooxiNnc-GLASSES,
Of different {izes and prices.
(G He flatters himfelf that every true
American awill prefer the manufalture of
his own country ; and that no young
house-keepers aill purchase forcign glafes,
awhen America, at present, produces those
of equal clegance, to any that can be im
ported.
Clover &3 Herds-Grass
SEED.
- To be {old by
Samuel Hill.