The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-04-11 00:00:00, page 2

United States’ Fafl.
By the President of the United States
- of America,
. A Proclamation.
S the fafety and prosperity of
| A nations ultimately and essentially .
depend on the protetion and blefling
of aLmicuTY gop ; and the national
acknowledgment of this truth is not
only an indispensable duty which the
people owe to Him, but a duty whose
natural influence is favourable to” the
promotion of that morality and: piety,
without which focial'happinefs cannot
exist, nor the bleflings of a free govern
ment be enjoyed ; and as this guty, at
all times incumbent, is so especially
in seasons of difficulty and of danger,
when existing or threatening calami
ties, the just judgments of God against
prevalent iniquity, are 2 loud call to
repentance and. reformation ‘j—and
as the:United States of America are
at present placed in a hazardous and
afilictive situation, by the unfriendly
disposition, condué and demands of a
foreign power, evinced by repeated
:cfufg;; 1o receive our méﬁ'enzrs’ ‘of
recongiliation and peace, by depreda
" tions.on our commerce, and the in
fli&ion of k\juries, on very many of
our fellow-citizens, while engaged in
their lawful business on’ the- seas ==
Under these considerations it has ap
peared to me that the duty of implor
“ing the mercy ‘and benedi@ion of
Heaven on our country, demands -at
this time a special attention from its
- I nave therefore thought fit to res
mend, that WepNespAy ‘the NiNTH
- day of May next be observed through--
out the United States, as a day of
“Prayer :—That the citizens of these
- B s ialuing O thot_duy Som
their customary worldly oceupations,
?&L" ‘their devout addrefles ‘tothe
father of mercies, agreeably to those
forms or methods Gcasivis bt
~ the mpanifold fins and -tranforeflions’
7RG ANRBNONS 535 < e (ﬂ
* with whifch we are jultly chargeable
s dnfinige grace; through the re
¢ig a dire® commerce and auion.
of virtue, of subordination, -of moral
principles;‘and of pattiotifm between
the most intriguing govérnment on
earth arﬁ?‘pﬂvatéigﬁzms of his cqun--
try. Could Munroe belicve, that a
young country, not abounding in'ca
pital, in a most profitable and unpre
cedented state of neutrality, would
Joan its stock to a foreign ‘nation,
upon “such security as the%mggnat_xié
mous) Republic should deem, suita
ble,” and worthy of'its dignity, to be
~repaid at the pleasure of the generous
borrower, and of a borrewer who was
gently ‘fqueezing out'its, resources
without its consent ? If he did believe
all this, he is really entitled to our
compaflion rather than ouy resent
ment—is he “did not’ believe it; the
much boasted sincerity of republicans.
vanish like the dews of the morning.
Is it possible that Mr. Munroe (:ouﬁl
doubt that such a loan would be a di
reét violation of- our neutrality ? I
“haye understood that he was a
Civilian, and can he doubt that
the law of nations has prohibited
neutrais from aiding belligerent na
tions by loans of men, or .mopey ?
- Efpegjally when they are, to use his
own words “to enable them to prose
cute -the' War ? If the mipifter did
know it to be a bredch of ‘neutrality,
how can he defend' himfelf ‘againft a
charge of Treachery, when ke then
‘well knew that’ Mr. Jay was at that
moment negotiating and adjusting,
differences with Great Britain ? '1
blath for my country when 1 confefs
that such a man was my fellow citizen.
But this condu& of Munroe in en
couraging ‘the French to. exped 'a
loan of five millions of dollars is the
more ‘unpardouable—it is ‘the more
shameless—it is the more infamous—
as it came from one of a party which
has been eternally croaking against
Revenue—againit taxes—against a
public debt. One or twomi%lions ex
pended in checking theinroads of the
merciless savages—in protedting our
sea coasts, in feeding our indefatigable
public oificers—in fupprefling a ne
farious. ‘confpiracy and infurrecion,
excited and fomented. by our affec.:
tionate borrowers, shall {well the
trumpet of hostility from Maine: to
Georgia ; but five millions carned by
the toils of our yeomanry is profita
bly given away in aiding the pious
fansculottes to- propagate their holy
and organizing creed. = Eternal thad--
ows relt upon you, Citizen Minister,
and thicken over you ; contented in
your dark asylum, provoke not the
vindictive lightning of an injured
gouatry. ~ o WEpd Rag L VAR
i SCIPIO, Fuwior.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2:.
CIRCULAR. - .
To the Cozrecrors of the Cusrons.
‘Treafury Department, March™2l.
SIR, : ¢, ;
It has been determined by the Presi
dent of the United States, that under
present circumstances, it has bécome
neceflary to modify the inftrucions
iflted " from this department on the
Bth day of April, 1797, in such man
ner as no longer to restrain veflels of
the United States from failing in an
armed condition, when destined to be
employed in a regular and lawful
commerce. . el sl
. But though you are to confider the
general prohibition as no longer re
maining in force,- it is ‘the express
command of the President, that you
seize and detain all veflels refpe&ting
which ' there may exist reasonable
ground of suspicion, that they are in
tended to ‘be employed contrary to
law and particularly to.the a& of
Congress pafled on the sth day of
‘June, 1794, entitled “An a& in ad
dition to the a& for the punishment
of ‘certain crimes against the United
States,” or the a& passed the 14th
day of June, 1797, entitled “An a&
to prevent. citizens of the United
States from privateering against na
tions in amity with, or against citizens
of the United States”” -~ .« |
. 'You will also confider it to be your
duty to prevent evasions. of the adt
paﬂ{d on the 14th day of June, 1797,
entitled, ““An ac prohibiting for -a
limited time the exportation. of arms
and ammunition, and for encouraging
the importation thereof ;by confin
ing the quaniiesof the id aricles
vhich may be returned as conflituting
the cqnﬁ:un:,of any veflel, within
MAWM“WWM
inftrutions, will be marked with de
#iten, and jmpartiality. K‘m‘&
| OLIVERWOLCOTT,
i s Ty A eTy
AL S THN SN foe
T RR ~, “
gL PR Lty N Ea iA B g TR BR R R
NASSAU, March z. .
Ad. -Sir Hyde Parker’s {quadron,
said to consist of 25 fail, including
frigates and sloops, had been several
weeks in fight of Havanna, and exci
ted very serious alarm. Provisions,
stores, &c. were daily carried into the
Moro, &c- to prepare for a siege.—
Two Spanish Corvettes were blocked
up in Marannoa and it was expedted
would be cut out by the British. ©
all our offences; and to incline us, by
his holy spirit, to that sincere repen
tance and reformation which may af
ford us reason to hope for his-inéfti
mable favour ‘and heayenly benedic--
tion :—That it be made the subject
of: particular and, earnest supplication,
that our country may be prote&ed
from all the ddngers which threaten
it 3 that our civil and religious privi
leges may be preserved inviolate, and
perpetuated to the latest generations ;
that our public councils and magif
“trates may be especially . enlightened
-and directed at this critical pgriod ;
that the American people may he u
‘nited in these bonds of amity and mu
tual confidence, and inspired with
that vigour and fortitude by which’
they have in times paft‘been so high
ly diftinguithed, and by which they
have obtained such invaluable advan
tages :—That the health of the in
“habitants of our land may be preserv
ed, and their agriculture, commerce,
filheries, arts and manufadtures be
*blefled and. prospered :—That the
principles of genuine piety and found
‘morality may, influence the minds
and govern the lives of every de
feription ‘of ‘our cigizend ; and that.
the bleflings of peace, freedom, and
pure religion, may be {peedily extend
-ed to all the nations of the earth.
And finally T'recommend, that on
the said day, the duties of humilia
tion and prayer be accompanied by
fervent Thank{giving to the beffow
er of every good gift, not only for
having hitherto proteéted and pre
served the people of" these United
~States in the independent enjoyment
of their religious and civil freedom,
but also for having prospered them
in a wonderful progress of popula
tion, and for cofiferring on them ma
ny and great fivours conducive to
the happiness and prosperity of a na
-tion. :
GIVEN under my Hand and
. Seal of the United States of Lme
rica, at Philadelphiay ihis taven
ty-third day of March, in the year
L.S. of our Lord one thousand seven
: hundred and ninety-eight, and of
the Independence of tli’ﬁiid States
-the twenty-second. 2
- John Adams.
By roe-Presißny, o vil w 0
TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secreta
: oy of Blage., Tl
this government has ﬁgnelftke%&
‘miffion of a French army of twenty
thousand men, to march through this
_kingdom against Portugal.”
Extrall from a letiér, of the eoth de ugry,
% r:{;’;&ﬁ‘.’?‘.“’,z’ Lowfianay's "
- “The Government of this country
is now' employed in_evacuiting the
posts of Walnut Hill, and Natchez
which ‘will in ,all probability be de
livered to the troops of the United
States, by the firfk of April, by which
time it" is expedted, that Governor
Gayofo, will leave this, to begin run
ning the boundary line; and its ob
ject once begur, he will name Mr. §.-
Minor, tommiflioner, in his place,
and return here xmme::gﬂy T
- %It is much to be Wwithed, that the
Executive of your country had fram
ed a government of some kind, for
the ceded territory, to take place im
fmediately on its being surrendered.
This event has long been expeded,
and it could not be;iit;ippofed,‘ that 5
“or 6,000 people would fuffer them
selves to be ruled by military law, or
subsist without' the greatest anarchy
and confufion, when unprotected by
any othér, and it is to be feaved,from
present: appearances; thit o the ' re
“treat pf the Spaniards, {cenes of vio
lence, and perhaps bloodshed, may
ensue ; which can only be prevented
by immediate attention on the part of
the United States, to the wants and
-wishes, of the people and a very pru
dent conduét, on the part of the mili
tary, &cs &c.” - .
WE have a letter from Niagara, of
the sth inst. which fays, « Last night
a fire was perceived at Yotk, 40 miles
from this place. . From the flames
observed in the horifon, it is feared
much damage is done.” "
.. LAW INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON—COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
. Wednesday, Nov. 15,
A ¢afe came on to be argued, the
detail of which weuld have been ex
tremely important had the court de
termined upon it, for the question is,
what powers are given by the last a&
of parliament to Americans trading
tothe East-Indies ? This a& was pafﬁ
ed to give effedt to the last treaty be
tween his majesty and the inhabitants
of the United States of America ; but
it was agreed that a special verdi&
should be found and the case is to be
solemnly argued afterwards before
the courte - o o .
The following article is [from Baltimore,
dated March 22.
* We ate informed, on the best au
thority, that Williant Hemfley, Esq.
Secretary to ‘M#: King, our Ambas
sador at tﬁ’é*’Cod;f fbf‘,'%.'andoﬂ,' is just
arrived at Philadelphia, with dispatch
es for our govzrnment.” :
~ BOSTON, April 4
Important €3 Authentic.
* ' From Philadelphia, March 28.
“ The inclofed ‘refolutions offered
vefterday to the House are the result
of the unjted wisdom and delibera-.
tion of the opposition party. Instead
of calling on the: Executive for fur
ther information, which they'pretend
ed at firft to want, it now suits their
pm}o{e better, to_ confider the last
message of the PRESIDENT asa
declaration, on his part, that war was
become inevitable ; and to oppose
this"opinion by theif counter-declara
tion,.that it must ‘be avoided. 'This
is consistent with their unvariable en
deavour to shew an ',,exiﬂ:'in% division
of sentiment between the Executive
and the people. It is to this mista
ken conception, which originated in
their own violence and t%ilfy, and.
which they have.taken great pains to
inculcate for truth; that our wholé
controversy with the French must be
imphted.;ffa’r from t;viihing to un<
deceive that nation, the objeét is to.
confirm the“impwﬁﬁ'ﬁ,am?} the effect:
to encoutage a perseverance in hof
dlities. ey se now afraid to call
for information. . They apprehend
and probably with reason, that the
::te ’ d’xf;;agcl)i'es woaldmm such
feenes of corruption, and fich pro
jects to divide and mavim% coun
try, as aould rouse the people to one com
mon 'det'ermz‘rzatior{ 10 'ﬁﬁ’;}ﬁ the French,
They forefee the rnin and disgrace of
their party in this event, and they
make a_final :ﬁoﬁ;z; ‘elude. zhg:
consequences by presenting to: the
minds of the ~2;12 M*‘?@m
tion of peace or war.—This artifice’
will not do.‘The amendment of Mr.
the resolution as amended will be a
greed to in the Committee of the
whole ; bat i he Foule it i proba
ém; ?ﬁmw
vivE ot Phate et Bosd will Boit”
Bt zyﬁ; S RTR
%WW%%%“%%& NG
Portsmouth Aqueduél.
A Ta meeting of the Dire&ors on
‘S the 6th inst. they voted an as
sessment of ten dollars on each proprie
tor’s share, and have direéted the pro
> prietors Treasurer to collet the fame
| on or before the 24th inst.—The pro
' prictors are therefore requested to pa
' the fame to him at his dwellin hoﬁg‘
‘ in Portsmouth, agreeably ghereto,
t where he will attend for the plirpofe,
‘ from g to 10 o’clock, A. M. and from
¥ 3 to 4 o’clock, P. M.—The Contrac
' tor who does the business will, as he”
, has heretofore done, apply~for the
money the moment it becomes due,
and its not being ready will destroy .
i an essential part of the conitra&,
" . Those persons who have not paid
their firft assessment are. particularly
|, THO'WMARTIN, Tregfire...
s i
'Fadia Cottons
A large supply of India Cottons
bttty
| Nathanicl White,
- Portsmouth, April 6, 1798, = = "
Bavbys weke ot of France, he would
&fw-r—Bm;he will not betray them ;.
~he has sent them to a hazardous port ;
_they have braved every danger to dif~
“charge their duty with fﬁigxﬁxhcfs 3
and 1t would be the heighth of ingra
“titude were he to take any measures
‘which might put their fafety to haz
ard. The French Dire@ory are not
-{queamifh ; they have confined a Por
tugueze: Ambaflador, contrary to the
law of nations ; and if they could
~¢ome to the knowledge that our En
voys had ferreted out their feerets,
~and discovered the authors of a 2 most
(diabolical plot, they would not hesi
tate in fending them to the Temple.:
I'am assured, that a lift of traitors is
making out’ and that warrants will
be issued for apprehending the whole
of them.
- What would you, as an Ameri
can, think, if the French Dire@ory
fhiould ‘claim, as preliminary to ail
negotiation, that the Envoys should
obtain full powers to consent, firft,
That the Constitution of the United.
States thould be modified, {0 as to ex
clude the Senatorial branch :—That
notwithstanding, the President has
been chosen for four years, that he
should immediately be changed :—
That the United States fhotild pay
One million of hard dollars as a peace
offering, and fay nothing about the
ten miﬁfons {pohiations on our com
merce ; and finally, that they thould
cede the exclusive jurifdi&tions of one
of two ports in the United States
( Portsmouth, N. H.or Neawport in Rhode-
Island) as a French mnaval arefenal,
and port of refuge for their fleets ! !
I repeat, what would be the sensa
tions of Americans, if such prelimi
nary demands have been made ? If
they dre'not prepared to hear it from
authority, let them prepare imme
diately for the tale ; and to give
firetch to their jut resentment and
holy indignation.”
A resolution for laying an embar
go, for a limited time, on all {hips
and veflels, ewned wholly or in part
by citizens of the United States, ex
cept fithermen and coasters, has been
negatived in the Senate of the United
States—only four members being in
favor of it. ;
Petitions are in’ circulation—one
praying Congress to use all means to
prevent war ;—and another, that the
Legislature should strengthen by their
countenance the Executive in all its
efficient measures.
The Legislature of New-York has
discussed tg:: subject of fortifying the
ports of New-York. And the Go
- vernor has recommended that it do
not rife uatil the afpedt of public af
fairs is mere fettled. ,
A person fufpeted of being eon
cerned in a French privateer has been
tared and feathered in Savannah.
.- Three or four houses have been de-
Atroyed by fire, at New-York.
| JTO L BE: LET, -
That well known building, the
New-Hampfhwre Hotel,
Now occupied by Mr. Jacob Walden,
IT is large and commodious, and
~ well adapted for a tavern or
coffee house, to be entered upon
the firft day of 'July. next ; for fur
ther particulars appl{‘to |
ELIJAH HALL, Prop’rs Clerk,
No. 13, Portfimouth Picr. !
o TO %E BET, 00
A small "HOUSE in
Daniel-Sreet—lnquire as above.
Portfmotith, April g, 3798.
The inbabitants of the town of
Porrsmovrn o
ARE hereby notified and request
ed, to exhibit to the Selectmen
a just and true account of their polls
and estates rateable by law, on or be
- fore thg 2d day of May next, and the
- Seleétmen will attend that business at.
their Hall in the Brick School House
every Thursday evening from 7to'g
o’clock, until said 2d day of MZL ek
GEO. GAINS, R
SUPPLY CLAP, (" A §
. ELIPHALET-LADD, 5 &
~ MOSES WOODWARD; | §
- SAM’I HUTCHINGS, j*=
N. B. The Duelling House on
- Pest-Island is now_vacant, a suitable
_ person with a small family may eccu
py, the fame—For ‘terms apply o the
~ o g GED » R
Seletmen as above. . o
A__Portf\mouth, AP_,’;‘: 6, ‘1198« e
Norxcn is hereby given to the nonre
i 54‘“““"’“‘"{" AACLPROPIIEIGIL Wit
_in the town of Warren %ﬁh‘x Grafton,
State of New-Hampshire, who have por -
i JRRE 3797, Shaf Sreels 1 B 5 sl
U and mncaental chare g meine mudicnber o
i :::;my e T TMI T o L] Tl
-on or before the 95th day « L ABOC B, (0, -
' much of their lands a 5 will pay the fame
ok Sl I eSR g «\ G
.\ a ¢ aﬁ“g g&%’:mx “ tl ) L-n-,. .. w »ﬁv W
- fold at public yendue, at the houle of Capt,
. William. Buller in said Watren, at 10
- otelock, A. M, on said da { e
k; VAR o . :‘V ;:: :' «v,‘ fv.‘")":{.—v,‘” , ‘; ‘_ »
o Din Qe Noßidaisds o
T’"%.‘Y hy Ladd, 2 300 1, @irgs 5
- William Whitiber, 3. 257000 38 g
L,,, . s, Wi o a& VRGBT eR e W G W
¢ prmm °ge, . 3 75 90038 3.
Mol by - SRS, Ll S B
AR Lo o SR
Blq. refero ’MR ee R
TV CA A TN SRR LY Ne - R
Z“" e '*‘f: R :“;;5”1 YR u, e
- Wagren, ‘March 14, 1798 a&“‘w
0 o R g "ki T ;,,'*,-‘35- “‘ «f» “‘?
. Cheap fwd’ia«go#amk
[P i U
Peter Cothn,
ik IR
India" Cottons,
" Which awill be fold very cbmp-____ el
Houfhold Furniture
At Public Auftion,
On Friday the 15th infl. at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon, at the late dwelling house
of the bon. John Sherburne, Efg. de
ceased, will be fold a quantity of
Houfhold Furniture,
Consisting of =
BEDS, Pedding, Hedßeds, Chairs,
, Tables, Tea-tands, Bureaus,
Chests of Draws, Defks¢and Book
Cases, Crockery Ware, Kitchen Fur
niture, &c. &c. —ALSO—"
Several tons of HAY, and a quan-.
tity of Cyder, Indian Corn and Seed
Barley. .. -4% '
JACOB WALDEN, AugGimeer.
Lort/meony” Apil & iaSes
Grand Ledge of New-Hampfbire.
”[‘ HE ofhicers and members of the
Grand Lodge of New-Hamp
shire, and the representatives of Lodg
es within this juri{diGion are desired
to attend a qurarterly communication,
to be held at the Lodge Room in
Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 25th
day of April instant, at 7 o’clock,
P. M. ‘
By order of the Most Worfbipful Grand
Mafier. _ :
E. 8. LIVERMORE, Grand Se’’;.
For Philadelphia,
/;\ SLOOP Amityy
¢/ ‘ R Moses Woodaward,
Sl (B> ;. master, will fuil
e Lt \\S e q ¢
i Yeraoe? Within ten days, for
freight or paflage apply to the master.
N. B. A quantity of Pota
toes awanted, for which casa awill be paid.
Portsmouth, April 11. aet
THE subscriber, as Executor of
the last Will of Do&. HALIL
JACKSON, late of Portsmouth, phy
sician, deceased, being very desirous
of having the buﬁncigsf of f{aid estate
closed without delay, once more gives
~notice, that constant attendance is
given at his store in Market-freet for
{aid purpose ; and he requests those
persons who have accounts unsettled
witli said estate, or are indebted by
notes of hand or otherwise, to call and
fettle the fame, as they may find it
for their interest to attend to this re
quest. ~ Should ‘it not be convenient
for them to pay the balances imame
diately, a reasonable time may be a
greed on for that purpose-— Provided
the accoants are closed. ‘Thofe who
will not attend to a request {o reason
able, may expe@® to have their ac~
counts and notes put into such hands
as will produce a settlement, which
must be expensive to them, and will
be disagreeable to :
- JEREMIAH LIBBEY.
Port{mouth, ‘April 6, 1798.
N. B. A number of books belnging
2o said estate beiyg lent by the deceased,
those who have 47 of them in their pof
ﬁ/{m are asked the favour of veturning
then to Mrs. ydaéﬁn._ e