The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-03-28 00:00:00, page 1

-rated from the soundest motives of po
-ditical expedience ;—this ' Republic 1
“had declined’ calling on us to execute
the guarantee from a spirit of mag
nani tmg and a strong attachment to
‘our welfare.””—Something is said of
parties and of the humane and digni--
AoW&.- A 1 |
fied principles which a&uated a force’
in. the Convention fufficiently power
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fal o control others ; and he confid
ers fortuné as being propitious to the
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cabinet as well as arms “of France,
% The Note” is the firft complaint he
has made to the Comimittée of Pub-
Yic Safety, it is. dated Sept. 3d, and
after some expostulation on the fub
je& of our grievances which be thinks
they ought to redress for their own
Tfakes, be states, that “if the violation
“of our treaty of 1778, in the 23d and
‘24th articles is beneficial ‘to France,
~ourgovernnger .N'?EBMLL
SUBMIT TO 1T 'WITH PLEA
the condud of France as baving wife
Britifly Navigation Affe gz: e
b‘*w& - ’ ,-“i A g Fel R gl
_ The yth levter s dated O 16,
—be mentions in. few words that he-
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P. B T e T NSI T
3 ~From the CENTINEL.
The Felo de Se ! '—Nu, 111.
Or, MUNROE conviled of inconfifien
. &y infidelity, and ingratitude ; from
tymﬁGCUMMS & e
‘o oMR RUSSELL, |
INwmmcmary n the two
2 ﬁrﬂt&m of the ciz}:;ant, ambaf
faﬂmf"ﬂ’ﬁﬁcp:gthle contradiction and
meannels{o palpably obvious in thems
@nd I must solicit the attention of the
publie to one or two farther remarks
- In lns narrative, page 7th, he fays,
that it was intimated to him that a
jealousy of the objeits of Mr. Jay’s
mifiton, 'was the occasion of the cool
riefs with which he was received; and
in fipport of this assertion produces
an page Bth, a certificate from his
‘confidential Agent, Fulivar Skip
with :—But upon esamination we
“find that Skipwith with all his zeal’
for his patron, do#® not mention the
ﬁrgfe&(}f Mr. Jay; and Mugroe him-
Aelf in his dispatches to the Executive
does not drop the smallest hint of a
ny such jealousy either in the letters
before us, or in any communication
prior to the second of December.
If such a jealousy was in truth in-’
timated to him at this period, it was
his diaty to have communicated the
fa&:—lf it was not, his narrative
mult be erroneous—it must have been
created to answer the purposes of a
party.—Choose then, illuftrions Di
plomatist ! between a cuipable negle&t
of duty, and ‘wilfuk misrepresentation
—you shall be undisturbed in your e
lection. Do the public wilh a clue
to the motives of this modern fabrica-’
tion.? They will find it clearly point
ed out in his narrative. ~ Mr. Munroe
was violently opposed to Mr. Jay’s
miilion, voted against it in the Senate,
and true to his parfy he braves it out
to the last.. gpm: this “Scape goat,”
Wstor ld ‘in ‘oblivious flam- .
er the “manifold tranforefions” of his
which, e preene TEXT (il be
Muntac's, 34 and 43h letters.
Mr. Munroe’s 3d lefter is of the 15th
Sept. and inelofes a copy of his Note.
t 6 the Comittee’of Public Safety,—
In this letter he fays'to the Secretary
of State, “I was not inftru@ted to de
sire a repeal of the decree, and did
not know but that it had been tole-
Vol. XLll.—Numb. 2157.]
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" "On Saturday the unpleasant news
was received at Lloyd’s Coffee-Houfe
« that the Ariadne fur thip, from Que-
L GULE [y DT e e e,
" bec, valued at 1 §o,oool. was capturec
& earried into Bourdeaux. The lofles
~on Lloyd’s books of Saturday -a
- mounted to more than 260,000 l
S’j_ gk JAN}]ARY# 8. b a 7 A
- Count Rumford, an American, has
made a donation to the Royal Society
E‘(Tj . Sy * £SO : " i
*of one thousand ‘po_undsrm’ the 3 per
g SRR AN i : Nl
cents. for the purpose of inflituting a
Bieuntal Prize Medal. 'The colleéied
interel ml rs to be laid out
0 two Medals, one of Gold, and the
“‘other of Silver; as a premium to the
s B SAT b e o o Re Rt S d eor . ARI
- coverf.made during the two preced
agxrg* years, on Heat, or on L:ﬁt.-s‘?‘rm ;
# 4 8 L 5 . ~ Cemh " s N & SER
President and Council of the' Royal
- Society to decide on the merits of the'
Accownt of the dreadfil eatafirophe of the
P 40l "y f'i’]. a ;"(:f F;.f on lasts, drift-
SR R R RT e
French Cr;;:,]er:, and fays o him, % You
will do well to prg the principle avith
out-delay, and if saßs are deubted, put
the fubjelt in train for early. decifiony
B.lt 45 the exprg{'i}ﬂrg&ion of
the President that yow diligently iniguire
dnto every inconvenience o which our
trade is [fubjeltedy and remonfirate
" strongly upon them,and represent fadts
“to us fully and minutely.” .
It is impoilible to ftifle the indi
rights, and his unauthorifed degrada
tion and debasement of our “national
chara&er in the close of hisnofe to the
committee has excited. T
- Xt ‘has burst forth in unpremedita
ted expreflions from Maine to Geor
gia. But I'réferve the justice, which
as an injured citizen of the United
States, 1 owe him, until his whole
condud in one view, is-brou%ht before
the grand inquest of an insulted pub
lic. Until that time let. him repose
upon the therns which his condu&
bas planted upon his pillow. . . -
.To forbear to demand rights, to
negle&@ to contend for principles—and
to surrender and abandon them, are
perfedly diftin& ideas. Fer the latter
Mr. Munroe has not thewn us, even 2
colour 3 let us examine then his apo
logy for the former.—<~What was the
question in dispute between. the two
“countries ? A solution of this may re
solve all doubts upon the point.
" By the law -of Nations, enemies
goods in the ships of neutrals and
friends are liable to capture; so allo
‘are certain articles called Contraband
of War. Great-Britain having for
many years past held the fceptre of
the ocean, France, hHer deadly rival
has combined with other matitime na
tions to alter this well-eftablithed prin
ciple of national law. R
- This has been effeted by exptefs
treaties ; among others the Frenchy
in the treaty with America, in the
23d and 234th articles, has explicitly.
stipulated to maintain this’ modern
principle.—On this ground the hasre
ceived the lavith encomiums of her
J[ychophants in America, and is said to
-have relieved the ocean from the ty
‘ranny of the haughty Islanders. But
chis ‘Sampfon’ of iiberty burst the.
chains which he had fogedfm- him
felf ;—one month before Great-Britain,
‘ifftted her orders for capture, the Zer
rible ally of the United Stdped, rainous
even in her friendfhips, discovered and,
decreed, that imperious neceflity was,
superior to national contradls. Our,
u#oﬁ‘énding,and defencelefs commerce
fell'a facrifiée to her avidity 5 our
ambassador Morris remonfirated with
energy afld talenits, it is not surprising,
that he disgusted her fatefmen. His
fuecefor was inftrudted to init apon
‘compenfatioh for those captures. The.
meek Musroe could not pereive that
thig involve® the principle. I will.
fiop hese, and. &fk my readers to e
fledt, if the Law of Nations jufiified.
these captures how Minister. Munroe
conldiave claimed compensation with
out a&mﬂwehefm Trea-.
#y? " SCIPIO, Fuwior.
— OUR COUNTRY’s GOOD OUR CONSTANT AIM —
WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1798.
.man_gore, and.whofe stomachs, re
‘tained .the unnatural food,. soon pe-,
‘rifhed with raging infanigy, from pu-.
‘trefaction, as. we, conceive, supersed
ing digestion. . Thus the dreary prof-.
pect became the more {o to,.the fur~.
- vivors, from feeing their: fellow com--
pioias cxprs belon hem, rom the.
very cause that ravenous hunger im-_
pelled them to ima ? e wwﬁl give;
them existence. ~ Thole that remain. |
ed attribute the preservation. of them
1o ha""gmﬂ’&cﬂ following the ex
| ~ample of their. fclfow fqﬁ'ergrs, e
“deed they assert having refirfed risking .
, their lives to the chance of aftraw, but
~the majority having determined it,
| they could ngzt‘éfulge G St
_.. % Our parrator, Mr.:Farmer, resi
ding near_Joe’s River, whose verafi- |
8=52.Te00 W A - g <
Iy, we are informed, is undoubted,
“has not furnifhed us. with the time -
- when the death of the others took
glace": he proceeds in stating, ‘that on
_ Tuesday mmmﬁ; the roth -instant -
{being the 38th day) thelonely tra
‘ vellers ‘defcried the shore, but having
50 el to guide ceir il bontet
- pair took pofleflion of theiralmolt ex
e [ loa i Toy g SR g
, regnad Moiielyes fodeath Wiltee
*%*ﬁ“ TGN S L O
; i e %ﬁhi}’l&yﬁnfwy few, if
_ any, can exceed what these miserable,
ill-fated mortals experienced, nor can
dangers equal what they encountered,
a?:ge, recital of which our blood
freezes, and our ’ﬁeﬁngs cannot but
‘be deeply distressed at the relation of
such a feene of human misery.
« These are ¥n"qfa crew belong
ing to the ship Thomas, M’Quay, of
Liverpool, on his siiddle veyage from
- the coast of Africs 'té'%gsiiﬂand. From
that coast being isiésted withk French
privateers, Capt. M?ay, had taught
his male slaves the use of arms, in or
der that they should aid him to repel
the attacks of the enemy, should any
be made, as he had frequent skirmishes
with them on his last voyage, But
_inftead of becoming auxiliaries in " his
defence, they took advantage of his
instructions, and seized his .ammuni
tion chest, on the 2d September early
“in the morning, about 200 of them
appeared on deck, accoutred; and
fired on the crew, some of them fell,
others in dismay leaped overboard,
- who were also fired at, whilst others
‘cut away the boat lashed to her ftemn,
and took refuge in her by escaping
through the cabin windows, leaving
the Captain and the rest of the crew
endeavouring to quell the insurgents,
by discharging such arms as are ufu
vally kept in cabins ; but upon the
-captain’s observing that some were
in the boat, and about to desert the.
ship, he remonfirated {0 warmily as
to induce them to return ; bitt they,
perceiving that they were overpower
ed, and fecing no poflibility of esca
ping the danger ‘that- awaited them,
“again secured the boat, and quitted
tﬁe {hip, of thefe'were 12. = '~ o
% Having fled from the fury of sa
vage ferocity, they now: became a
prey to the winds and waves, to hun
,§er,aud thirst; and after having fuf
fered the horrors of these for some
days, they fmvi.écnﬁallz took a small
surtle, whilst floating asleep on the
furface of the .vgt'er, which they de
‘voured ; and again being. driven to
distress for want of food, they soaked
the shoes, and two hairy eaps which
,were among them, in the water, which
being rendered foft, each. partook of
them.—But day after day having gﬂ
-and the cravings of ’bunﬁgr,,prq,_,_ ing
hard upon them, they fell apon the
horrible and dreadful expedient -of
eating each other :.and to ‘prevent.
‘any contention about who should be
‘ cqz;;.,e.’:il:e food for others, they. cast
lots, when he .on whom the lot fell,
with manly fortitude resigned his life,
with the perfafion of his body-ber
coming the means.of xiftence to.his
compasicns o diffik, bu: Glcied
~that he might be bled to death, (the
Surgeon, being wih them, and bav
-ing his case of inflruments in his pock
et when he left the ship,) . No fgollﬁf
i'héﬂfib& fatatlhmﬁnmcnx :ouclbea t}:
vein, than the operator applied. his
parched lips, and deank of the blood
that flowed, whilst the, rest anxiously.
~watched his departing breath, that
‘they m‘&%‘ fatisfy. the, hunger that
‘gnawed them——those that glutted,
themselves with human:flefh, and hu-
I YHIS is to give notice that on
T . Wednefday' the, 18th day of
April next, at 3 o’clock afterncon, at
‘the house of Mr. John Greenleaf,inn
holder; in Portimouth, will be {fold at
. Public Auftion,
by viitue of a ticence from the Judge
of -Probate for ‘the county of Rock--
ingham,- the following lots of land
being: part of the estate of Thomas
Packer, late of Portsmouth aforefaid,
deceased, intestate. . 701
i Lot No. 2, in the 6th'range, con-
Lot 1“%’&"3» © 6thide™ | T2racres.
g Gthde 23d0 -
Spchodes o Catindot. Vg9
g N4’ ¥ Gthdo ~99 do
i irsde o T9thdo s 09 40l
WAL gy Cgivdel s T 9gido
'i 3 mthdo © ggdo
.7 ks > eth o U lgg da
. Baid lots lying in Sullivan, 'in the
+ Lot NN;: in the 2d division, con
taininig ‘l2O acres, lying in Effing
bam, in said county of Strafford.’ -
{ BeoNocos NG, -
taining 100 actely lying in Middle-.
’% partlyein
Pubberßild + o oak et IS
od AR ,\f Re R i i
ANECDOTE.
A WORTHY clergyman belong
ing to a parish in New England,
had the misfortune to have a son of a
flighty and wild disposition; although
Mmany were the pious admonitions of
the virtuous father, to bring his son’s
remiflnefs into subordination with his
own; he had to lament that his in
junétions and assiduous endeavours
were fruitlefs, and far from being pro
dudtive of the desired end—His son’s
heart was so averse to solemnity, that
hecould. not .contain himfelf at the
time of worship, and he was so over
stocked with frivdlity and his mis
chievous humor, that his father often
noticed it, while preaching,—with
fiich regret 3 and concluded upon
harsher means than he had before u
sed to bring his fon' to ‘better subjec
tion.—The next sabbath 'he confined
him to his house, and -proceeded to
church with the rest of his family,
consisting of his wife, two daughters,
afid his old negro Toney—the service:
being riearly half performed, and the
parion speaking with such fervencyto
his crouded audience, his voice was
yall at'once drowned by a sudden and
tremendous burflt of laughter, from
all parts of the church, which con
founded him. This laughter was oc
casioned by the sudden entrance of
his favorite old dog, who always pla
ced himfelf next the pulpit door, in
full view of the audience ; he now
-appeared decorated in an old gown
and wigy powdered and tied on with
much taste, which occasioned such
lond peals of laughter, that he with;
difficulty obtained an explanation in"
tent or-fificen ‘minutes. Old Toney,
who seemed tobe more in a state of
reserve ‘than any other, cried out
from the gallery in great earneftnefs’
—*Mafla’t Maffa !—only you look
at our Tray, den you fee what make
dem lass I”—The parson opened the
pulpit door, the old dog immediately
afcendéd to him, and was so profufe
with his carefles, that the pastor could
fearcely dismiss his congregation. ~
AT ECRE DI PNI R R UREGR ABk DA R S e
terpofition in favor -of the two has
been apfént, became their helm
and guide, and dire&ted them to the
shore, which when having approach
ed, worn-out nature could {carcely
permit them to leave the boat, and
embrace the earth so fervently wish
ed ; for the boy. having fallen into
the furf, and unable to make an effort
was drowned.' The remnant -of the
woeful 12 exerting their little firength,
crawlediqnxhe:gdhe;to the mouth
of Joe's river, where theyflacked their
thirst, and being discovered by a Mr.
Mafcoll, then in the bay house of Mr.
Haynes, he hospitably gave them that
aflitance which humanity di&ates,and
such extreme distress required.”
It is unneceflary to observe much
upon the fitndtion and advantages of this
Land ; but one circumflance is important
to remind all persons of, who wish to be.
come adventuress in that country, that is,
this will be the last opportunity to purchase
Land of the Government so well connefted
with Navigation.. These Townlhips con
it principally of foil that is of a good quali
ty, and well calculated to afford a hberal re
ward to the Cultivator, by the growth of
most kinds of grain, vegetables, and grass ;
and most of them have fireams of water
running through them into the great River
, Pcnob?cox, from different: sources ; and
-either on these fireams or otherways, all
the Towoflips ‘have extensive Tralls of
- Meadow-Bottom, and great quantities of
Hay can now be cut from many of them,
and Farage is anpually taken from these
Lands for the support of very large stocks
of Cattle, and much more might be had
from them ; Which advantages, combined
with thole of the Salmon and other Fisheries
on the margin of each of the quarters of the
eight Townthips, will place the firft settlers
on those Lands in circumstances to avoid
those difficulties to obtain comfortable subs
fiftence which are common to most new
Countries, and will enable individuals of
_very {mall property immediately to engage
“in the advantageous operations of bufinels,
for which the situation, quality, and growth
of these Lands are {o well calculated. As
all the- Townships have good mill feats,
either on the great River or some of iig
:branches, and are generally well covered
with a gredt variety of the bet of Timber
{uitable 10 baild thips of any size, with ma
terials of almeft any kind commonly uled
in this country, not excepting the white oak,”
and affording mafis of any size, from a fir®
rate downwards ; common Pines for Boards,
and Cord Wood for market, beyond the
power of enumeration; which cirgnmitances,
added. to that of navigable' azcommodation
for Targe vellels from the head: og the tide,:
cannot fail to attralt. the attention of all.
men of enterprize ; for whele 2:commoda
tion thele Lands will be fold in quarters of .
Townihips only, and none will be put up
at a lels rate than cne dollar-per acre, and
fold, {ubjedt to the reservation of one Aun<
dred acres in cach quarter of a Township
for Schools, fifiy acres for the firll fertled
Minister, and one hundred acres for the
Minifiry, equal to the average value of said
~quarter, and allo one hundred acres for each:
of the thirty.two {ettlers who fettled-on said
Land before August, A, D. 1796, so as
best o in‘e%pdc their improvements ; All of
‘which settlers. are on the two Townthips
next to the head of thetide. =- & 0
' 'The terms of Sdle will be as follows,
viz. twenty per centum of the amount of
-each pt CL& to be paid in money t 6 the
Treasurer of the Commonwealih, 30d the
residue in four annual inftalments, with
interest, obe ‘paid aonually, and security
given therefor o the Treasurer aforefaidy
to the acceptange of the- Governor ‘and
Council, in all cases, before any Deeds will
bé given of the -L';gads. .. The Surveyor's -
description, plan, and- field book. of said
Lands, may be seen at WILLIAM DON
NISONs office, in Winter-fireet,’ Bofion,
on and aficr the mbdwfbiwmn
WO lots of land below the mill-
Tl RGN e eR g eTR S ot Y R
- dmm ‘between Hooker’s &
Rk g O T TS M v e i 00l GST t
Brown'ssbrelt of the south fheol.
ol For gotitulion Wagdee of .
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gt it ’ %”‘g ek
v ,::ﬂ;‘}?eifr,i ? %Wé
~ponea . »f;
Do e R e
. A FEW whole Chelts, half Chests
% ‘*ggg_*g@v Ohaths f sacellont
Bohes Tea, for faleby ]
BLTeT R D e i
%?3’3 WAR. } o LGNy
i DEMILVULISy MARICIS e ST o
Sale of Penobfcot Land.
P-ÜBL‘IC notice is hereby
given; That, conformable to a Resolve
of the General Court of the 22d of Februas
1y last, on WenNESDAY the 1 ?(h day of
June next, at Boston, in the Reprefenta:ives®
Chamber of the Old State Houle]at 19
o’clock,”A. M. will commence the Sale, at
Public Au@tion, (and from that time will
be continued at tﬁdifgretion ‘of t?:'e sub.
%Zbgf)) of NII }-é;I;;?WNSHIPS OF
| belongiog to the Commenwealih 5
EIGHT of which are bountled on the f:;{
and WeR sides of Penobfcot River, and
run back fix wmiles from: {2id River,
these commence at Nichelas® rock, near the
head of the tide, and extend up said River,
according to the general courl'; thereof, a
bout thirty miles : The other Townthip is
on the \Wcﬂ fide of the River, adjoining
the aforefaid, and at about the distance of
fix miles from the said River. The whole
tralt contains 189,426 acres ; and the seve
ral Townships are {fubdivided into quarters
by aftual survey ; each quarter fronting one
mile and a halg on said Penoblcot River,
apd extending back from said River about
fix miles, varying in some degree in their
several quantities, by reason of the variation
of the course of said River. S
{of. fr. Annum.