The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-03-21 00:00:00, page 2

fHILA“DELPHIA, Marchs.
SHERICI ALY 2 ns
Mcﬁgge of the Préfident of the United
States to both Hoyfes of Congrefi. ™+
[Read in the House of Representatives this'
day. : o %
Gentlemen of the 'Se]natc, aed .’ 1? .
Gentlemen of the House of Reprefentativess
THE firlt dispatches from our
Envoys Extraordinary, since their ar
rival at Paris, were received %the
Secretary of State’s office, at a- late
hour the last evening. They are all
in a charaler, which will. require
some days to be decyphered, except
the last which is dated the Bth of Jan.
1798. The contents of this letter are
of so much importance to be imme
diately made known to ‘Congrefs, and
to the public, especially to ‘the mer
cantile part of our fellow-cifizens,that
I have thought it my duaty to com-
Mmusnicate’ them to both Houses with
out loss of time. ¥
=¥ W |
TRANSLATION,
Mcffage of the Exccutive Diretlory o'
the Council of Five Hundred, of the
152 k Nivofe, 6th year, (4th Fanuary,
1798.) _
Citizen Representatives, |
~ To-day, the 15th Nivofe, and at -
the very hour at which the Execu
tive Dire@tory addrefles this meflage
to you, the municipal administrators,
the justices of the peace, the commii
{aries of the Diretory, and the super
visors of the customs, are proceeding,
in all the chief places of the depart
ments, and in all the prineipal com
munes of the republic, to seize the
Fnglith merchandize now in France,
or introduced upon its territory -in
contravention of the law of the loth
Brumaire, §th year (O&. 31, 1796.)
Such is the firft a& by which, when
peace is -given to the continent, the
war declared a long time since against
England is aboutto aflume its genu
ine chara&er. ‘The French wiflnot
fuffer a power, which strives to found
its prosperity upon the misfortune of
other nations, to “raise its commeree
upon the ruin of that of other people,
and which aspiring to the domina
gion of the seas, withes to introduce,
every where, articles of its own ma
nufa®ure, and to receive nothing
from foreign industry—any 101\%3? to
enjoy the fruit of its culpable fpecu
. The English government has kept
in pay, during the war, the coalesced l
forces, with the ‘produce of her ma
nufa&ories., It has violated all the
principles of the law of nations, in ors |
der t(;%kle the relations of neutral
powersie it has caused to be seized
the provisions;, grain, and commodi
ties, which it fupﬁofed to be destined
for France : it has declared contra
band" every thirg which is thought
ufeful to the Republic : it deﬁref to’
‘ftarve it. ~All :the citizens demand
_vengeance upon.it. : hY
"When i had to fear the capmre.
of vefle Is failing under its flag, it cor
ruptedforgign_captains lo_ induce
tliem £0 take on board their vessels
Fnohf] *ﬁl‘thandize, and thusto in
troduce it, by cunning, by fraud-or,
‘otherwife; into foreign States, and e-
Apecially into the French Republic. -
~ The mentral powers should have
porecivedy that, by this condudt, their
mﬁdiﬂw fiftance to one of
the belligsrent powers. . - 1
B Lmo e Tha
T W U G bt gt A Sl B S
| JOHN ADAMS.
‘United States; March 5,'1798.
PARIS, Jan. Bth; 1798.
*ﬁ*%&%ﬁ@m, i T P
~ We embrace ‘an unexpetted op
portunity toifend you the ¢ Redac
teur,”. ﬁ containing the
meflage of the Direétory to the Coun
cil of Five Hundred, ‘urging the ne
ceflity of a law to deczf;re as good
prize.all neutral ships having on board
merchandizes and commodities, the
produion of --E‘n§land, or of the En
glish possessions, that the Flag, as'they
term it, may no longer cover the pro
perty. And declaring further that
the ports of France, except in case of
distress, shall be thut against all neu
tral ships, which, in the course iof
their voyage, {hall have touched at
an English port. A Commission has
been appointed to report on the mef
fagﬁ;f and it is expeéted that a decree
will be pafled in conformity to it.
Nothing new has occurred since our
last, in date of the 24th ultimo. We
can only repeat that there exists no
hope of our being officially received
by this. Government, or that the ob
je&s of our miflion will be in any way
accomplithed.
We have the honor to be,
With great refpe, '
‘Your most obedient servants,
CHARLES C. PINCKNEY,
J MARSHALL, .
- .E. GERRY. |
Timothy Pickering, Efy. '
BOSTON, March 14.
From PHILADELPHIA, March 6.
~ “The following is an accurate copy
- of the wowzdpla{/%’r sent by Lyon, to
Mr. Griswold, and of the proper re
. Ply of the latter. S
¢ Mr. GriswoLp, | 4
Lk Are yo? ieptleman enough to
meet me at such time and place as
_ shall be agreed on between my friend
Chifznfrm or your friend—to
fettle our controversy ? Yours, . '
: L e M. LYON.” «
it THE REPLY :
“TELL Lyon he might have known
~from my treatment o‘g him yesterday,
that I do not confider him a gentle
man.—l shall have . nothing to do
- with a-._chailcngc fromvlgm” -« - 0
- % Who this Chafe is, that Lyon
- could pick up as his friend is hard to
- conjecture. You will fee by the no
menclature of the House, that he
_belongs not to Congrefsi—No, not a’
nfx‘_e,}r‘}nber is willing to be called a friend
of his,” R Bl TR B
" “We have just heard from the De-.
et 08, &;ﬁ%
from our Commissioners at’ Paris,
bave been received ; tid that we
-shall presently underftand”'what is to’
&2: cwgwgmdafs ik
e, that England, by Ropping the
sped d destined for
LKrance, 348" ~. m
ing from her c W agufie ﬁtsalgg‘,
commerce, gind that st would be ne.
~ The ordinance of the marine and
‘the tegulation of 1794, have declar
.ed to ‘be good prize, the vessels and
‘their.cargoes in which is found En
glith merchandize belonging to ene
- mies. These provisions ﬁ:euld be ex
‘tended. The interest of Europe de
mands it. e
- The Dire&tory thinks it urgentand
neceflary to pass a law declaring that
the condition of vessels in what con
cerns their quality of neutral or ene
my, shall be determined by their car
§o, and that the cargo shall be no
longer covered by the ﬂaq § in con
sequence, that every vessel found at
sea, having en board Englith mer
chandize and ecommodities, as her car
go, in whole or in part, shall be de
clared to be good prize, whosoever
may be the proprietor of these com
“modities or merchandize ; which shall
be reputed contraband, for this cause
alone, that they come from England
or her pofiddlions, - -ol
It would be ufeful to declare at
the fame time, that except in the case
of distress; the ports of the republic
shall be shut to all foreign vessels,
which, in the course of the voyage,
shall have entered those of England.
‘The Executive Direétory requests
you, citizens representatives, to adopt
these measures. No neutral or allied
power can mistake their obje&,” nor
complaini of them, unless it be alrea
dy delivered up to England. The
infallible effe@® of the measure is to
enhance the value of the produ& of
their foil and of their indultry, to in
crease the prosperity of their com
merce, to repel every thing that
comes from England, ‘and eflentially
to influence the conclusion of the war.
Such are the motives which induce
L the Executive Direétory to invite you
~Citizens Representatives, to take the
- object of this meflage into the most
- prompt consideration.
} (Signed)
‘ P. BARRAS, President.
@ LAGARDE, Sec. Gen.
- This morning arrived the brig Ben
jamin Franklin, Capt.” Jones, from
Bourdeaux.—She brings news to the
it Jan. only. LA |
* Capt. Jones informs, that the most
allive preparations were ‘making in
France for the projeéted invasion of
England ; thatall tg: towns through
out the republic, and the merchants,
had come forward with contributions
for this purpose ; and that all the
fithing-boats, &c. were held in requi
sition. . It was reported that an ar
my of not less than 150,000 were in
readinefs.—T'wenty-two veflels had
been launched at Nantz within a short
time, intended for privateers, mount
. ing from 18 to 26 guns, five of which
were specially designed for the coast
of America in the spring. The A
mericans at Paris were treated with
manifelt disrespect. The Portuguese
-ambassador at Paris had been impri
soned, upon what pretext, Capt. J.
could not learn. =~ Reports were. also
in circulation, that an attempt had
been made. to '?oifon Gen. ' Buona
k@au'te and two of the Direétors.
# It was expe&ed that as soon as the
- Commissioners should leave Paris, or
ders would be issued for the indiscrim
inate seizure of all American veflels.
Capt. Jones was chaced three days &
~three nights by a French cruiser, in
the bay of Biscay, which was after
_wards taken by a Britith man of war.
po i R ; ®
are recm capture of Foft
“Bifitom: ‘The blacks" and mules are
mg"ﬂat? of requisition ; sproduce is
‘therefore fearcey and American artis
. FROM TAUNTON, March 10.
_iYou thay have heard of 2 trifling
fracas at Newport. - A few, “exclusive
patriotsy’? who, to evince their love of ]
country, hoilted French cockades,and
lately alamode de Paris; exe@ed a Li
berty and Equality Pole. The steady
-and grave Federalists only laughed
at their folly,’aﬁdfdéfpiﬁ%d _the dupes
who could be'the authors of it ; but
some of the lads, aasba_v/é}» blood wai
avarm within,”’ conpceiving it an infule
on the government of their gountry,
and an agtimvatianfﬁf the French pi
tacies on the commetce of Atmnerica,
cut the pole down ; and left {carce a
stump standing. This offended the
Equality boys highly—they prated of
their right of property’” in the poll,
&c. as ifg they really understood what
they talked ; and they even offered a
reward to discover who cut the pole,
though they well knew every onme
concerned.—This is the account as
we have it here ; and 1 think it is
correét.”
' From HARTFORD, March gi
_ “This may certify, That Captain
- Job H. Pike, who was lately appre
hended and confined in gaol here, for
the supposed robbery and murder of
-one Oliver Johnson, proves to be en
tirely innocent, and in consequence
thereof, he hath been this day dis
charged” from his imprisonment.—
There is evidence that Johnson has
gone to the Tenmeflee country, he
took passage in a stage at Philadelphia
about the 16th of Janumary last, for
the Southern States, after informing
the Representatives in Congress for
the State of New-Hampthire, that he
was going to the northward. ,The
letter addrefled to his wife which was
the cause of the arrest of the said Pike,.
was contrived and dictated by John
son himfelf, with a. view to deceive
his creditors with a belief of hisdeath ;
it is certain he carried away a large
sum of money which he received in
New-York. Capt. Pike during his
confinement, has condu@ed himfelf
unexceptionably well. :
“THOMAS Y. SEYMOUR, -
i Borney to the Statey'in Hartford
; County.” :
- Hartford, 28th February, 1798.
- Thelaft mails brought accounts,
via New-York, that Meflrs. Jesse Put
nam, of this town, and Mr. Mutray
-of New-York, had been imprisoned at
Paris.. We know not through what
channels this report could have been
received at New-York. 'The arrivals
at this port from France have been
the latest on the continent ; and we
have here learnt nothing certain on
the fubje®. The report, however
may be true, Mr. Murray, we know,
was arrested a few days after his ar
rival at Paris, and after confinement
of four days, was sent to Calais guard
ed. He had a claim on the f‘rench
government, for a veflel piratically
taken from him, but his pafiports were
regular.—Mr. Putoam has resided
some years in France, and also has
claims on the government ; but his
family has not learnt that he has been,
imprisoned therefor. ‘
A celebration aworthy of Freemen.
At Rutland, Vermgnt, on the ce
lebration of Wa/bingtor’s birth day,
after a modest repast, an - entire corps
~of artillery, voluntarily and unani
mously enrolled themselves in the ser
vice of the United States, agreeably
to the late requisition. :
~ Marcn 15. }
; FOREIGN.
AUTHENTIC.
From GLOUCESTER, March 15.
% Capt. Hays has airived here this
day from Rochelle. He confirms
former accounts of French polities:
o Sovvwtinint | WERLEHENEVI
, aaﬁongf?’ ?h% ﬁ.mffmmgma
were carr their system of depre--
_report that was current in France
“when he lil'ailcd,' that the l:‘lhxecgtlvc‘?
Dire&ory had proposed to the Coun
ol o i Honarell st § law mak
ing v} Ao S’ Good e
whish fhodld hase. on Beat papers
signed by JOHN ADAMS! ! as
they view st e Fheesdid o
He adds, thatit was the general o
pinion at, Rochelle, thit the request
of the Direftory would not be refu
mﬁ“h 4 informs, ﬂ:ht]fﬁ%?
‘avards Lifoon. “i =w %& APERIE.
o Se 3 Dominge; Fbs 1, 17984,
. “My. Benjamin Ruffel], e i
1 ¢ By. publithing the follewingﬂ
condemnations in your ufeful paper,y"
you will oblige the unfortunate Ames
ricans in this port. - Yours, &c.:
_ “Brig Fair Americany Phillips, from
Baltimore, bound to Facquemely condeng~.
wed Dec. 143 sch. Carmelitey Wattsy
Jiom ~Baltimore, for dux-CayesyoDec.
15 5 brig Fox, Dikoy,fmﬂ‘%%ﬂbxf
Jor S;.f.lﬁartim, Dec. 23 5 feb. Lucres
tiay Ingerll, from New-Yorky for C.
Nichola Mole, Fan. 20; fbip Bt. Nich-'
-olasy Radich, from Liverpeoly for Aless
from Norfolk 5~ e Maridy: Kingy of
‘and from dlexzmdria; ﬁb.f‘}’am
Anibal, from Anvigua, for Alesandriay
wmwd‘duim :713»‘1*
Suith, from. Li %l Jor Baltinare,
Liverpadly for Norfolk.; ship - Ellivey
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Srorrarron on Srorrarron.
Tuesday, March 13. This morning
arr;ived, feb. Peggy, of Camden, Capt.
Richy from Guadaloupe, 27 days. All
American vessels are carried in and con
demned, awithout any discrimination——
among awhich are the following, viz.
Febs 11, sch. Nancyy Parker, from Wil
mington, N. C. condemned ; Capt. in
prison, for being known to have com
manded a Britifly privateer, Feb. 13,
- fche Phebe, Brown, from Edenton ; sch.
[; Maria, Bourton, from New-York, for
8. Domingo ; brig Caroline, Cheafbrook,
Jfrom Demararay for' New-London ; brig
ey Cafavell, from do. for Boflon,
awere all condemned this day. - In the e
veningy two other prizes (large topsail
[fehoonersy avere going iny one said to be
Jfrom Baltimore, bound to Cayenne, the
other not known. Feb. 1%, off St. Kitts,
Capt. Rich was boarded by a British
privateery and afier search, permitted
him to pass. Of St. Martins, was
brought too by a French privateer boat,
ordered on board, and then civilly dismiss
ed. Feb. 22, lat. 32, long. 92, 40,
Jpoke brig Friendfbip, Lombard, of Bof
-tony for New-York, from Cadiz,-out 4§42
days. Feb. 25, [poke ship Charles, from
Guadaloupe, 18 days outy boiend for Bal
timore, lat. 35, bong. 72y 45,——The
Britifb privateersinformeds that they had.
[fent in a brig from Port Liberty.
Mediterranéan, and ezfg het'in sos -
adindicatiéle, =~ ¥ Tl
_ Capt. Atkins, -in long. 12. lagegs.
spoke and was boarded by the Grefoss
Frigate, Capt. Newman; from Portf
ol Tor Algies, out 20 dags, dll
. &FWe have known these three
weeks, that the Portuguese Ambassa
dor, the Count d’ Aranguez, had been
cofined in the Temple.—The charge |
against him, was corruption, m at= |
tempting to bribe the Dizeftory ; for
which purpose he had received from -
his court, one million of dollars. The
business is spoken of in the Paris pa
pers, as a miatter of rfio gréat mo
ment., [ Centinel.’}.
, Jn our last; we exprefled 2 doubt
of the imprisonment of Mr. Jefle Put
nam of this town; at Paris:© Since
then we have been informed, that let
ters have been received from him,
which mention—that he had been
confined some days in the Temple,
on thecharge of being a “British spy”
—that the Americans in a body had
remonfirated to the minister of Police
‘on the {ubje, and had demanded,
that Mr. P. should be interrogated.—
This demand being complicd with,
the charge was found to be wholly
without foundation, and his speedy
liberation was expe&ted.
A gentleman who came passenger
in the Britith January Packet, in
forms, that the voluntary contribu
tions in Great Britain were nume
rous ; and that it was the general o
pmion they would amount to seven
millions sterling ;—that the Royal
family had contributed 200,0001.—
that the numbßer of troops in arms, a
mount to 130,000 :—and that the
people of England were in no dread
of an invafion.—~The stocks stood at
48. ‘
From Gibralter, Feb. 2, we learn
that the Britith fill cortinue to block
the Spanish armada in Cadiz har
bour. '
We have accounts from Bourdeaux,
of the condemnation there of FOR
TY-SIX American vessels.
rna More Projeéls.
A French writer named Heurvitz
has recommended placing along the
channel Cannon which will throw
“balls 5o leagues. These, fays he,
charged with three millions of one hun
dred pounders will batter all the town
of England about their ears ! !
Th%dria, proposes a squadron of
diving bells which by getting under
the il%and, would enable their crews
to scuttle it, and thus fend every mo
“ther’s son of an Englishman to OX
- Davy’s locker. ‘
- The {chr. Alliarice, Capt. Odling,
of Boston, from Port de Paix, has.
%one athore on the back of Martha' .
ineyard ; veflel at high water mark,
rudder loft ; caxiigq got on shore. -
Brig Hopewell, Capt. Dowling,ar
<wived at Ham‘bvrg,;]gcc,.; ri T T
- dnfurancé @t Hamburg, 20 per
cent from theUmthiSta&s to Hame.
burg. L S e e
The ship Lettuce, brig Mary, and
a brig, name unknewn, Americans,
condemned at Porto-Rico, have been
~eut out by Britith veﬂaﬁa‘nd sent into
. Schooner Peggy, Kennedy, from
ﬁ{mbﬂ“ﬁ*‘mﬁmmt b
+ ~Fhe Jamaica convoy feperated
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The o—'\-',‘l" ey PR f ;
Harris & Prirte.:
WA A 0 diflo vil St |
?j Lln ex@ ? "”g‘! v?«», k’!
are delire@ to_ exhibit them for ads
jultment ; and all indebtedsar ¢ e
e o GCE ) e
Wtq HIANG SHEHCLRALC Ppayaicne
to ABELHARRIS W‘&«@m% <
S L LTy Py %Ql ' ~'~‘.,“»13‘- LT R e
LR Rm& CRLEANIN TOy - T S
i e B R ISR S -u?“""*gff‘fﬁ‘%‘.~l¥‘*e€ ; Aao
¥ Portmouh, March sy 1198 -
gm e o ,; %‘*
condemned Nov. 8 :"f.‘!' i%’*“:'f
gl e
phiay condenined Novi 8 ;
Cables, fromt New-Yeorks for Faniaica ;-
brig =3 Matbews, from N Torky
Jor Jamaica § and a brig of Philadel
phia. Several others are in tﬁe/érprl—
dicament at Porto Ricoynames u m :
In St. Lomingo, there 5 an, handred
condemnations recdy for' the Americans
o their ar?igal ; and tﬁe]mg ( Cits- .
2Zen Pons) is determined to condestin all,
bound to or from 'any port whatever.”
The Bellifarious of Salem, fuiled ﬁof&
the isle of France, Eastward Novem
ber 1. . - s 3
Sailed from Salem for China, the fafl-
Jailing fbip Brutus, Capt. Cronavninjbield.
Sailed from the Mole, Feb. 135 Jen
ny and Hannab, Boffon. =~
o Arrived at' Philadelphia, March 5,
fcb. Kitty, Fathom, from Piﬁataqaal, ;\w
Sloop Laury, Barker, from Nantucket. '
Capt: Ames, failed Srom Famaica,
Jor Boston, 15th Fan. com':o_y?z; ER
Capt. Lindsay, of Salem, brought 2o
by a privateery avhich took” sut Jfox bars
rels of oil, sent bim into N. Providence, .
but he was permitted to proceed on hiv
' woyage to the Havannab, T
Ship Mary, of Baflon, Srom Lijbor,
Yo Wilmington, N. Cardlina, wns Sfpoke
Feb. 21, lat. 34, 30. i
I Sch. Sally, Shaine, of Boston, Jor Hist
paniola, awas [poke, Feh, 2Sy lat. 393,
, long. 7235 12 days sut, all weflu: 55 e,
4 Salemy March 5. We have had the
i Pleasure to witness the arrrval,ﬁ:zcéow;'
- lafty and within & sow hours of each.o
thery of 3 of eur India vessels; Caprss.
| Barr, Weft and Orne.~Capt. OWM
-disabled on the coast in kis rudder, but
‘} luckily met aith Capt. Phippin, who as
- fifted bim into port. R
< Vessels spoke by Capt. Orne.—Fan. 15
|\laz‘. 11, §7, N. bong. 28, W. Jpoke the
~ Carnatic, one of 13 fail of Englify In
- diamen, Srom St. Helena for England.
Feb. 16, lat. 305 N. long. 68, spoke fch’r
Sheperdefsy of Baltimore, Capt. Fames
Craig, by whom avas generously supplied
with provisions, 20th, Spoke the frisate
Millflone, from Famaica, for England,
Capt. Mattheaws ; 23 fail under convoy.
March 1, lat. 39, N. long. 69, Jpoke
[eP’r Olive Branck, from Boflon, bound
te Bermudas. -
At Isle of Framce, Nov. gs=—Bhips
Elizabeth, Skinner ; = Ceres, Hodge 3
Greyhound, Bennet ; and Seaflonwer,
Colman ; brigs Betsy, Smith ; and
Harmony, Pennifton. The [bip Gop.
~Boawdoin, of Boffon, Capt. Oliver, Jrom
Batavia, for home, captured by French
letter of marque Hirandole, Cochony Sept.
1, off Cape of Good Hopey sent in Of.
20. Trial not come on, fire had mo role
& equipmpes 5 bel g R
. Wednesday, March 14. Arrived
- brig Polly, ‘Lowell, Martinico, 27
~days. In a gale of wind, jult before
failing, 11 veflels were driven on shore .
and supposed loft, among them, 6
Americans, including, Fame, Perkins,
and Neptune, Strong, of Portland ;
Sally, Rutherford, & Three’ Friends,
Norton, of Newbury-Port ;—Fox,
Dennis, Ipswich 3 ———; Perkins,
Kennebunk, loft his mate and 3 of
his crew drowned. Above 100 per-'
sons perished, and much property was
destroyed in boa's, on the beach, &c.
Capt. Lovell faiied under special con
voy granted to American veflels. In
lat.” 27. long. 69. spoke fchr. Moses,
Rogers, from Martinico, for Wifcaf
fet. :
Thur{day March 15. Arrived brig -
Charlotte, Johnson, Liverpoel, 84
days. Dec. 30, was boarded and ex
amined very ftriély by a Erench pri
vateer, and then. fuffered to proceed.
The Maria and Eliza, Down, from
Surrinam, has arrived in Nantafket