The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-03-20 00:00:00, page 3

'' You muff have a certificate from
the French Confci, by which it muftrp
^ that the dry goods Clipped, are not
English, in all cases where the deftina
!lion is for French ports— But in cases
where the vessels are bound to other,
than French ports, you may ship what
you please, as in the instance of the port
of Spanish St. Domingo.
" I have seen a certificate of the
French Counful General, Letombe, de
.daring that the decree of the Executive
Diredory, as it refpeds the capture of
neutral veffels,'has reference only to such
§ as are bound to ports formerly French,
but now occupied by their enemies, and
that those of any other description may
proceed where they please and with any
, goods whatsoever. [t is prelumed that
contraband by the Law of Nations is here
excepted." Mr. Letombe denies this.,
+ MARCH I.
.Late from Europe.
Last tight arrived tot the brig Mary, Cafet.
''Earle, from Hamburg,via Dove,?.
STATE PAPER.
An important state paper, being the
basts of the peace to be concluded be
tween France and the Empire, at Raf
tadt,was published at London, in the
Star of the 30th December, and said to
have been received through an authentic,
though pot an official channel.—From
this interesting paper it appears, "That
the king of Great Britain and the duke
of York, are to be dispossessed of their
Continental dominions, and that the
French republic and the great German
potentates mean to dismember and par
tition out at their will the territories of
the little States and Principalities
r France is to have the Rhine for its boun
dary, and is to obtain, besides the posses
sion of Ehrehbreitftein, and some other
important fortreffes on the right bank of
the river ; and the whole of the ecclesias
tical estates are to be secularized. The
subordinate difpofirions of this gigantic
plan afforda provision for most of the
per y princes, and even the cidevant ftadt
holder is not forgotten; the elector of
Hanover, and the ecclesiastical princes
only, seem to be threatened with the en
tire loss of their possessions. The con
quered territories to be ceded to France,
will be divided into eight departments, to
be entitled du Mont Tonnere, du Mo
zelle, et Rhin, du Huudfruck>de Saar et
Mozelle, de Mozelle, et Rhine, de I'Ey
fel, de la Roar, and de Roar et Meuse.—
The whole plan is said to have the full
fanaion of his Imperial majesty: and
from the retreat of the Austrian troops
from the Rhine, and the entry of the
French into towns which they abandon,
it appears to be rapidly approaching to
wards its accomplishment."
The Savannah Advertiser of Feb. 6, contain!
rthc following article.
"On the 3d inst. arrived the
Danilh cutter Bee, Capt. Thomp.
son, 5 days from the Havsona—
the Cape, of which informs, that
an embargo was expected to take
place the day he failed, to prevent
any information reaching the En
glish of the arrival of the Spanish
fleet at the Havanna, from Vera
Cruz, confiding of 5 fail of the
line, 2 brigs and 3 frigates, loaden
with money, destined for Europe
and Port-Rico. A privateer from
Newprovideoce, had captured 2
brigs and a ship belonging to the
above fleet. At the Havabna they
were in daily expectation of a visit
from the English, in conference
of which they were entrenching
the city. Great apprehensions
were entertained of a rupture be
tween France and America, and
the Spaniards had forbidden the
French from bringing any more
American Captures into the Ha-
Vanna, and would not allow those
that were there to be condemned.
Capt. Thompson left there a
bout 30 fail of American vessels,
among whom was the brig Hope
of Charleston. The port was 0-
pen for all kinds of provifioo—
Flour 18 dollars per barrel— rice
6 dollars per hundred, and fall
^fo^^L—
BOSTON, MARCH 10.
INVASION of ENGLAND.
It feuld farntbal thigovorfont of Eng.
toid^ net ^far the threats fin invasion
at mere grefconafe ; fir it bat flattened off U-<
fbant, Dunkirk, & the v>bolo French ©oaf
from the Netherlands to the Bay oj Biscay, a
numerous tb^in offtoft cutters to communicate
all naval movements ; arid wbili it has di
minijhed the naval firtngtb 10,000 men, it
has added 20,000 to the arm, ; —and Mr.
Dundee, in the Hoafe of Commons declared,
be did not treat with contempt the meajures of
the French Dirtier, ; nor <was be ignorant
of the talents and enterprise of Buonaparte.
SALEM, MARCH ,
[From Ryffcll's Commercial Gazette of yes- I
ttrda, \
Late French Decree.
In the Centime! of Saturday last was
seen a (ketch of the message of the Di
'redory, refraing vessels having Eng.
lift)goods on board, which was copied
from a Paris paper of Jan. 5. The na
ture and extent of this important mea
sure having become a fubjeflof contra
didory opinion, we have ,earched for an
explanation, & in the Redadeur bf Jan. 5
find the official message of the Directory
to the two Councils on the fubjed. In
this message the le^iflative is called upon
to pass a law declaring " that the charac
ter of vessels, far as regards their being
neutral or hostile, shall be determined
by ttieir cargo, and that the cargo Shall
not be covered by the flag. According
ly, every vessel found ^t sea, having on
board Englilh PROVISIONS and Mer
chandize as its cargo, either in whole or
in part, shall be declared lawful prize,
whoever may he the proprietor of these
PROVISIONS and Merchandize, which
shall be held contrabands by the single
' circumftaoce of their coming from Eng
land OR HER POSSESSIONS. And
that, except in case of being driven in by
stress of weather the ports of the Repub
lic shall be font against ALL foreign vef
fels which, in the course of their voyage,
(hall have entered the ports of England."
—This being authentic, reliance may be
placed on it. We repeat, that this met
sage was immediately committed, in the
Council of 500, to five of its members,
who reported a law predicated on the
.meffage,which was adopted unanimously,
by both Councils, and is now in force.
We have taken pains to place this im
portant fubjed on its proper ground,
that our mercantile friends my fee that
it varies widely from the complexion
given it in the Paris unofficial papers
hrft received.
The Assessed Taxes which have been
voted by the Britilh Parliament include
those on houses, windows, fervaots, car
riages, horses, dogs, watches, and books. 1
Some are doubled, others tripled, quad
rupled,and quintupled. The govern
ment counts on receiving by this mea
sure 6or 7 millions per ann. But Mr.
Fox fays, that'the faxes cannot,be col
leded :—That though only fifteen
members could be found to vote against
the measure, yet out of'the house there
was a unanimous ; dlffent to it— That
people of every party declared it imprac
ticable—That it was only by a return
to the genuine principles of their ancef.
tors that they could be saved— And that
if they did not, he could only fay, that
"the days of kingdoms are numbered,
and their ruin is not distant."
the Mirror.
Oucoit,
TUESDAY, March 20, 1798.
married] —At Canterbury, on Wed
nesday last, by the Rev. Frederick
Parker, Mr. Benjamin Kimball,
jun. of this town, te Miss Mehitabel
Fos ter, daughter of Deacon Asa Fofer,
of the former place. (
PUBLIC FAST.:S
The Governor, with advice of Coun
cil, has appointed Thursday, the 12th of
April next, to be observed as a, day of
Public Faftipg and Prayer throughout
: this State:
ty a "d Important.
' '. ; ™= tm#B = e ° ''
By the last mail we received the follow- t
ing message, &c. communicated to Con
gress the sth inst,
7 v I In' ■.‘l■HN
IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
THE following important message was
received from the President of the Unit
ed States, and ordered to be printed. >\
Gfntfowoftbe SendU, so
of the H^#kfß„,M^
fa The nrft dispatches from our
Envoys ExtraoTdinary, since
their arrival at Paris, were
received at the Secretary of
State's office, at a late hour
/the last evening. They ire
all in a character, which will
requite some days to be de
cyphered, except the last,
which is dated the Bth of Jan.
1798. The contents of this ;
letter are of so much impor
tance to be immediately made
known to Congress and to the
public, especially to the mer
cantile part of our fellow-cit
izens, that I have thought it
my duty to communicate them
to both Houses, without loss
of time.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, March sth, 17,8.
(No. S )
dear sir, Paris, Jan. 8, '9B.
WE embrace an unexpected
Opportunity to fend you the
" Redaacur" of the sth inst.
containing the message of the
Directory to the Council of
Five Hundred, urging the ne
cessity of a law to declare as
good prize all neutral ships
having on board merchandiz
es and commodities, the pro
du&ion of England, or the
English possessions, that the
Flag, as they term it, may no
longer cover the property.
And declaring further that
the ports of France, except in
case of distress, (hall be shut
against- all neutral ships,
which, in the course of their
voyage, shall have touched at
an English port. A commis
sion has been appointed to
report on the message, and it
is expe&ed that a decree will
be passed in conformity to it.
Nothing new has occurred
since our last, in date ofthe
24th ultimo. We can>only
repeat that there exists no
hope of our being, officially
received by this government,
, or that the objects ofour mis
sion will be in any way ac
complished.
We have the honor to be, with great
refpe&, your most obedient servants,,
CHARLES C. PINCKNEY,
J MARSHALL,
E GERRY.
Timothy Pickering, Esq.
[Atronflation of the message of the Direßo
ry to the two Councils, is fimtlar to that al
ready published — Tbs foßovuing is the trans
lation of the pith of the message, as laid be
fore Congress
" The pire&ory thinks it urg
ent and necessary to pafi a law de
claringthat the conditions of vef
felt, in what concerns their quali
ty of neutral or enemy, flhall be
determined by their cargo, and
that the cargo (hall be no longer
covered by the flag; in confe
queoce, that every vessel found at
sea, having on board English mer
chandize and commodities, as her
cargo, in whole or in part, shall be
} declared to be good prized whoso,
ever may be the proprietor of these t
commodities or merchandize ;—
which (hall be reputed contraband,
for chia cause alone, th&t they come
from England ®r ker poffeffiom."
FROM PHILAD. march 6.
" The following is an accurate copy of
,he pound plaijler sent by Lyon, to Mr.
Griswold, and of the proper reply of the
latter, Al''^'/
: ^^^^mrarcAw!^&fcara*^^Sz&^^>fc%^^
"Mr. Griswold.
" Are you (gentleman enough
to meet me at such time and place
as Ihall be agreed on between my
friend Chafe and you, or your
friend—to fettle our controvert ?
Yours, "M LYON."
THE REPLY:
" Tell Lyon he might have
known from my treatment of him
yesterday, that I do not corfider
him a gathmm-l (hall have
nothing to do with a challenge
from bim,"
" Who this Chafe is, that Lyon
could pick up as his friend, is hard
to conjedure. You will fee by
the nomenclature of the House,
that he belongs not to Congreft.
No, not a member is willing to be
called a friend of his."
" We have just heard from the
Department of State, that dis
patches from our Comraiffioners
at Paris, have been received ; and
that we (hall presently understand
what is to be done."
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From HARTFORD, March 9.. ,
“ This ma, certify, That Capt.
Job H. Pike, who was lately ap
prehended and confined in gaol
here, for the foppofed robbery &
murder of one Oliver Johofon,
proves to be entirely innocent, and
in consequence thereof, he hath
been this day difebarged from hit
imprisonment. There is evidence
that Johnson hai gone to the Ten
nessee country ; he took p^ffage
in a sage at Philadelphia about the
16th Jan: last, for the Southern
States, afrer informing the Repr&
Tentative# io Congress tor the State
of Newhampfbire, that he was go-,
ing to the northward. The letter
iddreffed to his wife, which was
the cause of the arrest of the said
Pike, was contrived and dictated
by Johnson himfelf, with a view
to deceive his creditors with a be
lief of hit death; it is certain he
carried away a large sum of mon
ey which he received at Newyork.
Capt. Pike, during his confine
ment, has conducted himfelf un
exceptionably well.
“ THOMAS Y. SEYMOUR,
Attorney to tbs State, in Hartford Count,,"
Hartford, 28th Feb- 1798.
fl- The Lyon of Vermont, hat
addressed a long epistle to his cob.
ftituenti.—lb the true native style
he declares, if be is not re eUaed,
be will resign bis feat.
T^rNO7ICE.-
A LL Persons indebted to
I the late Partnerlhip of Jonat han
and Perkins Towle, (which is now
dissolved by reason of the latter's deceate)
are requested to make immediate pay
ment ; and those having demands are
desired to exhibit them to the Subscrib
ers for adjustment. They will attend to
said business at the dwellinghoofe of Mr.
Chandler Lovejoy, in Concord, on
the last Monday of this,and the firft and
last Mondays of the two following
months, from 10 to 4 o'clock on bid
days. ~
JONATHAN TOWLE.
t ROBERT TIBBETS, Esq.
(Executor.
Concord, March 16, 1798. ^
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" SHEEP-SKINS wanted.
Wanted immediately, a quantity of good
.Tanned Sheep-Skins;
the grains of which must be whole, and
the Skins tolerably tree from holes.—
Good pay and a generous price will be,- :
given for any number, by,,,/^,,^
# NATH'I. LADD.^^
Concord, March io. 1798. a&t^
N. B. Oak-tanned. Skina
much preferred.l