The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-06-12 00:00:00, page 3

- CHARLESTON, May 21.
" "The Thetis frigate, Capt Cochran,
weighefl anchor on Saturday after
noon, and stood for the northward, it
is said that the went in search of a
French brig and schooner, privateers
that she had got intelligence of.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.
, MORE AMITYT. -
A letter from Capt. Odlin, of the
Friendship, arrived at the Fort from
the Mole, (a British port) mentions
his having been taken and sent into
the Mole, and 6000 dollars, which he
hadon board, eendemned as contraband:
his veflel and cargo beipg cleared,
after paying costs, which amounted to
more than the cargo fold for. Out of
TWENTY-TWO American veflels sent in
there, dumrg 9 weeks, only oNE was
:tfbexl;ated. The feh’rlllinois, Watson,
‘this porty was condemned the da
*before Capt. Odlin failed. 4
.+ NEW-YORK; June 1. *
- A letter from Philadelphia, dated
yeflerday, informs, that Citizen Dy
m ?xcﬁm@ fg:zcm fihl”e; ‘French
epublic at Charlelton, lately ap
poiisted Cinilad ieheral st Phisndel..
Hovse oF REPRESENTATIVES.
Moxoay, May 28. ‘
MONG other eflicient proceed-
A ings this day, Mr. Harper laid
on the table the following : |
Refolved,"That it is expedient tofuf
pend all commercial intercourse be
tween the United States, and the
French Republic, or her pofieflions,
until an adjustment of the exilting
differences between the two powers
be effected. |
A bill for the eftablithment of a
battalion of Marines, to consist of 500
men, besides officers, was ordered.
The Poft-Office amendment bill,
went through a further difcuflion.
.. Tuesday, May 29.
Mr. Harper’s resolution, laid on the
table yeilerday, was called up ;—
the principle agreed to ;—and a bill
ordered. S — -
- Wednesday, May 300.
The Dire& Tax bill underwent
some modifications. Mr. Sewall re
.ported a bill on the fubje& of suspen
ding all commercial intercourse with
the French dominions ; which was
made the order of the day for to
mMOrrow.
A resolution was laid on the table
for-adjourning both Houses on the
14th June. Ly
‘ ‘Tuurspay, May 31. 8
THE resolution for the adjourn
ment of Congress June 14, was nega
tived. 3 .
The Marine Corps Bill was read a
2d time. - Also, the bill for fufpend
mng intercourse with France and her
Islands. T e— '
. " “SATurpA¥, June 2.
" This day, in the House of Repre
sentatives of the United States, the
bill to suspend the Commercial inter
¢ourfe between the United States and
France, and the dependencies thereof,
was read the third time. The blanks
in the firft and f{econd fe@ions were
filled with the Ift of July :’ the firft
blank in the thitd fe&tion was filled
with affer due notice of the passing of this
al? shall be given’; and the second with
the 1t of December next. On motion
~of Mr. Gallatin, and by general con
sent, the words in the third fe&ion
& now altually resident in France, or the
dependencies theresf;” were firuck out.
After some debate, the bill pafled 55
to 25.—The Yeasand Nays were as
follow : " : -
- YEAS.—~Meflrs. Allen, Bear, Bart
lett, Brooks, Bullock, Champlin, CHap
man, T. Claiborne, W. Claiborne,
Cochran, Coit, Craik, Dana, Davis,
Dennis, Dent, Edmond, Evans, A.
Foster, D. Foster, J. Freeman, Gilles
pie, Glen, Goodrich, Griswold, Grove,
Harper, Hartley, Hindman, Holmes,
Hofmer, Imlay, Lyman, Machir,
Matthews, Morris, Morgan, . Otis, J.
Parker, Reed, Rutledge, Schureman,
Sewall, Sipnickfon, N. Smith, W.
Smith, Stanford, Thatcher, Thomas,
Thompson, Tillinghalt, Van Allen,
Wadsworth, J. Williams, R. Williams.
'lg\f;AYS._'--Mefﬁ's. Baldwin, . Bard,
Benton, Blount, Burgess, Clopton,
Dawson, Elmendorf; Fowler, Gallatin,
Harrison, Hanna, Havens, Locke,
Macon, M’Clénachan, M’Dowell, Mil
ledge, New, Sprigg, Sumptgr,{;Trigg,
Van Cortlandt, Varnum, Venable.
—235. : . ‘
~ On motion of Mr, Sewall, the com
mittee of the whole was discharged
from a farther consideration of the
bill laying Dire& Taxes, and it was
re-committed to the committee of
ways and means ; and in order to af
ﬂ:r& time for that ‘committee to fit
~upon the bili the House adjourned till
Monday.
phia, not having been received by our
Exccutive, has taken his passage in
the Cartel-thip, which is‘thortly to fail
for France, - - ~
| ‘NEW-LOND?N,' June 2.
A letter from a gentleman at Newport,
- 2o bis correspondent in this city, dated
29th May, fays— e
That Capt. Aborn, in a brig be
longing to Providence, loaded with
Salt, arrived there on Saturday lait.
He was boarded by a French priva
teer brig, mounting 16 guns, between
Blockg%la'nd and Montook,the captain
of which told him he might go about
his business, as he was not worth ma
king a prize of ; adding, that he might
-tell his countrymen, every veflel he
came across, that was worth making
a prize of, he should fend into port.
A letter from a gentleman in Philadel
phia, received by the last mails, mentions,
that Mr. King in London, had received a
letter from Gen. Pinckney, dated ar Paris,
the gd Apnil, which informed, that our En
voys were preparing to leave Paris ; with
out the least hope of effe&ing the obje&t of
their mission. B
Dispatches in cyphers, have been receiv
‘ed by government, from the Miuniflers of
the United States; in France, Spain ‘and
Holland. "
We understand that these dispatches are
dated the 4th of April, at which period our
Commiflicners were not received by the
Freech Direflory., 'We also understand
that Meflrs, Pinckney and Marshall were
about 1o leave Paris, "but that Mr. Gerry
remained there, = A
Britifb . Conuvoy. A
-We have once before mentioned
the attention and friendfhip of Capt.
Pender to the American ships under
his convoy. The prote@ion afforded
by him to the commerce of our coun
try, was greatly enhanced by the hu
mane and gencrous afliftance he gave
to every veflel, whose neceflities re
quired relief—The dull failers he took
in tow ;—and supplied with provi
sions. many, ‘whofe stores. had fallen
short. We are sorry, .that the
conduét of any of the American mai
ters, in leaving the convoy in the
night, should ha{,e‘ given 'thig.,‘atiénf ‘
tive commandelany cause of diffatis
faction. Those masters knew they
were not under the controul of Capt. -
"BOSTON, June ¢.
AUTHENTIC,
Extral? of a letter from an American
gentleman in London, to his friend
- bere, :
~ Loxvoox, April 9, 1798.
“Our:Envoys will probably remain
at Paris, until they hear from Phila
delphia—this seems to be extraordina
ry, since it is well ascertained that
France will not be diverted from her
hottile designs, long since formed a
gainst the United States, and will ac
cept of no conceffiens thort of the In
dependence of our country ; every
vile artifice has been employed to.di
vide -the “American‘Envoys, with a
view- to divide more effe@ually the |
American people ; and finally, a de- |
sign is formed by the Directory, to |
fend away two of the Envoys, and if
poflible, to retain one, who may be
used as the medium of communica< |
tion of the will and pleasure of France, '
refpeéting our country ; but the good: |
sense of the Envoys will not permit |
them to be the dupes of these villai- |
nous intrigues. e
“Spain and Portugal it is thought !
will be soon overthrown, and South: |
Americawill of course become fvrb- !
ject to the dire@ion of the Parisian- |
Despots—is a number of nominal Re
publics dependent on France, ‘fhonld |
be established in South America, it is |
easy to fee that our tranquility cannot |
be long maintained. -' |
“France, if fbe is to be believed, upon
having access to ocur territory, will']‘
easily perform an operation at Phila- -
delphia, similar to that which took -
place at Paris, on the 4th of Septem
ber. .- Such it is certain, is the opinion
of a person lately returned - from the |
United States, ahere he had been en
trufled with the secret business of the Dis
rectory. 5 {i% ;9
“I tremble for the fate of our coun
try when I fee {o much indicifion and
weakness, at a moment of so much
danger. ' The liberty and indepen- 1
dence of the Swiss was a long time
threatened like our own, like us they
postponed the preparation for defence, -
and finally they were overtaken by a
ruin, which might have been prevent
ed. It is not poflible to doubt that -
France is fully determined to, and
will revolutionize the United States, .
unless the is prevented by force; and
it is certain she relies greatly upon.
ghe assistance of her partizans among
us, to facilitate her success. © . - 1
“Notwithstanding the well known
superiority of the British fleet, the
French are making immense prepera
tions to invade this island. The pub~
lic opinion still remains perfeétly calm,
but the nation is in arms,and I firmly
believe would in less than a week; de
{ftroy any army France could land in
-England.” . AR 5
Marine Intelligence.
Thur{day, June 7.—~Arrived ship
Sarah, Hopkins, an armed vessel, from
Algicrs. . In coming to anchor e fired a
salute. The crew of the Crescent frigate
came passengers in the above vessel. = Off
Madeira, was chafed by a French priva
teer. .He fbortened fail ; but the priva
teer kept up a conflant firee—When . she
camsz up with Capt. Hopkins, he was or
dered to hoist out his boat and come on
board avith his papers ; which ke refufed 5
but offered them for inspection if the pri
vateer’s boat was [ent along fide. Upon
avhich the pirate poured a broad fide into
the ship, awhich iﬂjiﬁﬂ? the rigging but
did no other damage, Capt. Hopkins ye
oturned this. civility awith a fall discharge
of his guns, which put the buccanier to
Sfight. The Algerines avere bighly please
ed with the frigate; The feanern which
aere sent out with +the Crescent, have
returned feafonably' ; and it is not doubt
ed they have the [pirit to continue.in their
country’s service, to support its homory in
teref? and independence. -
On Monday arrived from St. Martins
in 12 daysy via Newbury-Port, Capt.
Sucaw,late of the fchr. Betsey of this ports
awhich on ber. passage to St. Bartholomeaws,
a neutral ports when she had entered the
barbour, had lowered some of her Jails,
and awas about to drop anchor, awas
captured by one of the cruizers of the uni
versal plunderers, a French privateer ;
and carried to St.” Martins. Afier a
Sban: trialy at one of the “ Tribunals of
Juttice,”? awbhich bave been inflituted by
“regenerated” France, Capt. Snow’s
vessel was condemned. At the [ame time
these Republicaus disseminated the blessings
of their Liberty to the fellowing vessels ¢
—Ships, Speculatory of Norfwicf s Phila
delphiay of Phila.’; Glafpow, of do.——
Brigss Sally, of Philadelphia ; Franklin,
of Wilmingtons Betsey, N. York ; Antho
ny, Philadelpbia ; Wafbington, do; Sally,
N. York ; Morrisy Darby ; Little Sam,
Baltimore ; Betsey, Edenton ; Union,
Boston ; [this one was on trial] Friend-
Ship, Charleston ; Adona, Portland ;[ this
one was on trial ;) Fair Columbia, A-
Isandria; William, Philadelphia; Fred
ericky Portland ; Hiram, New-Haven ;
[2his one awas on trial ;| A&ive, Phila
delphia.; Peggy, Baltimore [on trial]
and Harriot, Newbury-Port j—-Schrs.
Betsey, Alexandria ; Atlantic, Stonming
ton ; Induflry, Salem ; Peace and Plenty,
Boston ; Indufiry, Alexandria ; George,
Qld-York ; Greyhound, Boflon ; Clarifa,
Plymouth ; Phebe, Newbuary ; Trial,
Salem, [on trial 3 Bethiah; Norfolk ;
Unity, Newbury-Port ; Weft, Folly
Landing 3—Slocps; Sally, of Philadel
phia 3 Mary, N. Haven ; Annay Folly
Landing ; Dispatch, Marblebead ; Betsey,
Pb’z’lqd.ﬁ. s Packet,Gloucefler ; William,
N. London. 756_’@"&03%'772“!1'078 were
made as Guadaloupe, seven of the vessels
avere lying there. ; :
‘" The Mercury, of Charleflon, for the
Havannah, was captured by @ French
cruiser and carried into that port. The
Captain was cast adrift at sea in a
‘canoe, but a short time afteravards had
the good fortune to be picked up by a neu
tral vessel which run fafe.
Sch. Syren, Lillie of Baltimore going
Srom Aux-Cayes to Arquin, was put un
der convoy of.a French privateer. ~ Four
bours after failing was made prize of by
the fame privateer ; and fems into a
French port for trial, = = .
- The Maria bas arrived at Charleflon
Sfrom Algiers, was convoyed ar far as
Gibraltery by an Algerine crujzer.
A French privateer, schooner of 8 guns
‘and 95 men, was [poke’ May 24y of
Capesldye. 0550 A 5 0 i
Friday, Jutie 8.~ Arrived sch. Sally,
Capt. Young, 14 days from Port-au-
Princey nwho bas politely favoured us awith
2he following :—=Fattof American vessels
at Mole Bt. -Nicholas; from Eeb. 20, so
May 22, '1798--brig Mallabar, De
bol{er, Philadelphiay condemned veflel
‘and cargo, and to pay cost of court ;—
sch. Friendship, Odlin, Philadelphia,
cargo condemned, veflel cleared and
to pay colts s—sch. Illinois, Varnum,
do. condemned vessel and cargo ;—
sloop Driver, Cafliman, do. con. veflel
and cargo, and to. pay costs ;—brig
Nancy, %em’mil, Baltimore, con. and
to pay coifts ;—fch. - Adaline, Tear,
Baltimore, con. and to pay. costs j—
fch. Polly, Harris, of do. cleared, ex
cepting part of the cargo, which was
owned by a British born fubjedt, to
pay all costs ;—fch. Sifters, Smith, of
do. cor, and to pay costs ;—fhip Hen
ry, Bunker, N. York, con. and to pay
costs ;—fch. Wm. Burr, of do. con.—
sch: Adeline, Young, of do. con.—sch.
Naney, Norton, do. con. ; brig Elisa,
Lewis, of do. recaptured, salvage %,
veflel and cargo 3 brig Sally, Huston,
Charleston, con. 3 sch. Fancy, Mills,
do. con. ;. .sloop Polly, Pendleton, do.
cort.; sloop James, Johnson, do. con. 3
brig Brothers, Bell, do. reﬂc:tptured,
P. and that they had merely, if they
wifthed to leave thefieet,to have run a
long fide the St. Albans and informed
the caprain of those withes. He would
not, in that case, have been obliged
to lie too, on mifling vessels, in the
expedation they might have fallen a
stern. It is thought the convoy was
retarded at lealt a fortnifht, by the
condud above complained of.
PORTSMOUTH, Fune 12.
His Excellency JOHN TAYLOR
GILLMAN, Esquire; is re-eleéted Gov-_
ernor of the State for the ensuing year,
by a very large majority ; a gentle
man whose warm attachment to our
Federal Government is well eftablith
ed, and whose re-eleétion must fopport
the fa@ that Federalism will flourifh
in New-Hampthire as well as in any
State in the Uniofl. §o s
The following Vote was handed us
yesterday by a correspondent frogi
the General-Court now fitting at Hop--
kinton, and will we hope serve to thew
our sister States, and the world at
large, that we in New-Hampshire, are
a truly federal and united people, de
termined to make every exertion to
defend and support our dear bought
freedom and independence against the
afliyiing power of any nation what
evir, while a drop of blood shall con
tinue to flow in the veins of one of the
citizens of New-Hampshire, who e
qually despise the low intrigue of the
French party in America. . .
i &0 251
State of Neaw-Hampjhire, :
In the House of Representatives Fune 8.
Voted, That in c;;/éqaerzce of certain
expressions used by Mr. Honward in bis
prayer in the House, and his omitting to
pray for the President and Congress of
the United States this day, that this
House do not wish any further [ervices
Sfrom him as chaplain, and that the affif?-
‘ant clerk be direcied to furnifh him with
a copy hereaf. A S
= John Prentice, Speaker.
Subscriptions for the support of the
Britith Government, in the war, for
the preservation of their interest and
honor, continue to be made in the
Old Country and all its Colonies.
100,000 l have been subscribed at
Jamaica and 4,0001. at Halifax.
j A good Example.
'The Insurance company of Phila
delphia have come to a resolution not
to insure any veflel or cargo bound
to a French port. ‘
Hedouville the new Commiflioner
from France at St. Domingo, has ad
dressed a most infamous libel on the
American Government,to Le Tomss,
Consul General of the French Repub
lic at Philadelphia. It contains the
vilest and most impuydent accusations
against the President and the Envoys.
A Printer in France would either lofe’
his head, or be sent into interminable
exile, who should dare to publish fach
a piece against 'the Direétory in that
land of liberty.© Some here have inso
lently printed it with exultation. Tho’
we despise it, yet if we had leisure to
pen,.and room to insert, the observa
tions, which the . Epistle suggests, we
might give it 2 place,but at present it
is impoflible. - _
. ANECDOTE.
TALLEYRAND versus the Cook Maid.
When Talleyrand i‘now Miniiter of
Foreign Affairs in France) was in
this country, he travelled by land from
Frenchman’s-bay to Bofton.~—~ln a town
not farfrom Kennebeck river, he called
at an Inn for some refrefhment.—As
his-ill stars would have it, he present
ly introduced himfelf to the maid of
the house, and offered to administer
the ¢ fraternal embrace” fans ceremo
nie ; but the Girl instantly repelled
the attergpt, by severely curring His
EARS. The rifét reverend Bifbop, a
pologized by faying i vas von very
grand cuflom in his country ;” but the
indignant fair one, not inclining to
admit the cuffomn,” told him ““he-awas
one very great puppy,” and by theaid
of the * tongs,” compelled him to
“ quit the Republic.” R
MYRINE INTELLIGENCE. .
Arrived here the ship Murdoch,
Capt. R: Treadwell, from Calcutra,
via New-York, 128 days passage.
- The brig Nancies, ' Capt. lgf Tib
bets i 28 days from Demarars, Vi
The brig Centeatt, Capt Geo.Cutts,
in 35 days from Antigua.—Captain
{alvage 1-6; sch, Famay, Glenderfon,
of Newbtiry-Port, cleared, but to pay
costs ; brig Constant, Tallman, Wath
ington, N. C. recaptured, salvage %
veflel and cargo ; sch. Success, Jones,
do. salvage 1-6? {ch. Fréeport, Weft,
Boston, libelled ; sch. Washington,
Ingraham, Boston, recaptured and
libelled, master. taken out ; sloop Hud
son Packet, Richardson, Charleston,
libelled ; brig Industry, Cutter, Bos
ton, libelled ; sch. Delight, Buffing
ton, of do. do ;3 sloop Nancy, Peafe,
N. York, do.—Capt. Y. failed under
conivay, in co. with 3§ Americans, a
mong them, the Sally, Ripley, for
Boston ; and Capt. Tappan, for New
bury-Port. = Ori the paffage,the mate,
Mr. 'C. Madfon, fell overbeard and
was drowned. ’ e ;
The armed brig Earl of Moira, is
at New-York. G,
The Fortitude, of Portland, was at’
St. Pierres, Martinico, 28 days since.
, .DIED]-—ln this town, My. Thomas
Currier. -~ {
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE.
- Diftnift of PorTsMouTH, N. H.
ENTERED : FROM
Schooner loduflry, ' Oram, Tobago.
Schooner W’m and Mary, Briard, Antigua.
Brig Nanpcies, Tibbers, Demarara,
Ship. Musdoch, Treadwell, . Calcuna.
Schooner Thomas, Damrell, New-York.,
Brig Rifing-Suo, Noble, -+ Tobago.
Brig Centaur, Cutts, Demarara.
CLEARED .° RN R
Brig Abigail, Smith, =~ New-York.
Brig. Ranger,. - . :Shaw, . - . Carracoa,
Lang, Brierley & Co.
Have received an assortment of
awbich awill be Jold loww for cafly or
‘ ' dpfrawd 00l .oo
Portsmouth, June 1, 1798.
& Found last ‘evcngn%
an Umbrillo, the owner Mmy hﬂ“;‘ he
fame, by applying to the Printer here
of }lﬁd, paying for this advertisement.
une 4. RN
Cutts failed from Demarara‘ for this
port in March last, but'was taken by
a French privateer and afterwird re~
taken by an Englith sloop of War,
and sent into Antigua—where, after
paying salvage of one Bth of the vels
{cl and cargo, the was liberated.
The schooner W’m and Mary,
Capt, Briard, in 24 days from Anti
gua—lß from Tortola.—Came as fir
as lat. 24. 30. long. 64. with the En
glith Fleet bound to England.
“The {chooner Industry; Capt:Oram,
in 30 days from Tobago. Sailed un
der convoy. _
- Saturday atrived the brig Rising-
Sun, Capt. Joseph Noble, from Toba
go, failed with the convoy, brings
nothing new. |
~ Capt. Boyd, of the Superb, arrived
at Philadelphia from Halifax, sent in
there and acquitted, in Delaware Bay
fell in with a French privateer, examin
ed and difthiffed. ‘The privateerfmen
asked if he knew whether the Ganges
had failed. 3 ek,
The Ganges was left in full pursuit
of a French privateer, 10 miles within
Delaware Bay, May 0.
~_ Capt. Cole, at Philadelphia from
R. Hland inside of Cape May, was ex
amined bya French privateer schooner,
who quitted him to go in ptirfuit of a
brig.. Capt. Cole immediately after
wards fell in with the General Greene,
American Cutter, gave .information,
and she went in pursuit of the pirate.
The British frigate Pafias has been
loft in the Englifﬁ Channel.
The W’m Penn, of Philadelphia, was
captured by one Savage, an Ameri
can, at Bourdeaux. .The worf of all
Savages to plundetr Lis own tribe !
To the Crrl2eN" SoLoiszs of
- :New-Hampsuire,
"It has become a fubje& & general inquis
ry ‘with our-neighbours, as well as individi~
als amtiong ourselves, who have the good of
theiricountry at heart, “whére that martial
fire, for which we" wete formerly so cele
brated, so-highly-distinguished, has conceal«
ed itfelf ; and what'€au(é@ ¢an be assigned
for its alinofl toral disappearance.
Is that spirit, - that'énergy, once charalle--
illic of the sons of New-Hampihire, wh it
drew on therh the approbationiofa WASH
INGTON, and"the applaife of all frana
gers, entirely extdnguifhed ? Is there no
{park remaining ? For shame Citizen Sol
dicrs: Awake | You ‘bave slumbered too
long ; you are dwindling to infignificance ;
rou%c 1 fay, and’look'about you, show your.
selves worthy of your Fathers, flruggle to
regain your loft repuration ; observe well
your brethren of Maflachufetts, to whom
you were wont to give the lead, with the
noble, the patriotic SUMNE R at their head ;
they are now what you once were, ableto
cope with regular troops ; and have raised
their State in point of power and refpefa
bility, to an eminence, urknown to any of
her Sifters ! Follow the glorious example ;
the occasion calls you ! your country in
treats you ! a crisis is at hand | our coafis
swarm with the armed veflels of our deter
mined enemy ; our commerce is destroyed 3
our merchants robbed of millions, and thou
sands of our ¢itizens reduced to poverty by
their vawarranted depredations ; perhaps
they are now meditating -on landing upon
our shores ;~=Arm and equip yourfclves
Ipeedily, go into the ranks, submit to disci
pline, like real Republicans ; make it the
amusement of your leisure hours, to acquire
a 2 knowledge of the military art, be ambi
tious to excel each other ; lctevery man be
‘in 2 fitnation to defend his own castle, his
fandily, his property and life; - and with his
companions in arms,to rally round the Con~
flitution, the conflituted authorities, and the
laws—{purn with indignation, . the bafle in
finvations, intended to fully. the reputation
of your’ Captain General, the illustrious
ADAMS; by those innovators, those difor
ganizers, the spawn of modern France—if
he condulls improperly, the. Constitution
Eointﬁ out the remedy ; his-high refponfi
ility forbids him wilfully to: forfeit our
confidedce, Bowever prompted by inclina
tion, but he pever can; he is the fame
JOHN ADAMS he was in'ys, the pa
triot and flatefman, trust in him-then, whom
you have thought fit to be trofted, submit
to his judgment, rely on his integrity and
better informatign, and support him in eve
ry measure he may think necessary for the
public good ; then indeed shall you be ac
g.‘ou‘nté: ‘real Republicans, the legitimate
offspring of your faxhert% and may with
ccngdencc. wear the American cockade.