The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-03-28 00:00:00, page 2

R " o .C AP e ee L ol
HOUsE oF REPRESENTATIVES.
. Tuespav,February oy,
A BILL to repeal the Stamp AR, was
e
. Several petitions, &c. of importance to
individaals,bat 10 none else, were reccived
PSMed o > o e
5 QQNGW(?_-‘_%OQSES&. e
Abi| on these E:eéh palled Q{:M..
reading. t?beengm d. - [By - this, bill,
* 10,500 dollars are appropriated for the light
,h?[e;o’n Eaton’s necky. 2 500 for boog at
Ni Z:thkand Newpor, and 250 for Nan
tycket. ] e T el ShSa
‘A message informed that the jndian trea
ty appro’?{iatiop bill had received the Pre-
FOREIGN INTERCOURSE.
\'i‘hitffubjc,& was refimed in comm_iu'ce’
of the whole.” "Mr. Nicholas’s amendment
~or curnailing the eflablifhment, under con~
- fideration ; but no decision was.come to.on
.3t. The committee role and had leave to’
“hitagain. RS ARSI 2
£ T.Wsﬁ_azsnAY, Feb: ¢BS
. Reports on the public 'debt; and for a
Pi'cra‘%o Kennebeck, were read and commit
ted. SR T i
£ e i A ACT. .. ,
- The bill for repealing the Stamp A&,
polléd 5110 gO, (The Sepate bave Hon-:
concarred this Bill 165 1o 12 ; 20d the firll
of july is fixed for it commencement.)
. Belore the Houle rose, a meflage was re
ceived from the Senate, - informning them,
that the Senare had resolved, that the bill
for repealing the stamp a& thould tot pafs.s
- Fripay, March 2. AP
‘The fubje&t of the imprachmént of Wil
ham Blount, was again taken up.—~The
* Sepate bad summoned him to appear on the.
third Monday ‘of -December next. - Mr.,
Si_t%feam withed an earlier day ; and the
meilage of the Senate was committed to the
managers of the impeachment to report
thereon, -
7 The House then again resolved itfelf in
-1o 2 commitiee of the whole. on the bill
p:oviding the means of foreign intercourse
with foreign vations ; when Meflieurs Ouis
and Harper, spoke at great length against
the amendment of Mr. Nicholas. At the
conclusion of Mr. Harper’s {peech, the
queltion was called for ; but on a motion
to rife and ask leave to fit again, it was car
gicd by 50 members nfing. -
The houle adjourned *ull four- o'clock,
on Monday. : ;
Moxpay, March 5. :
FOREIGN INTERCOURSE.
This important debate was brought to'an
§ffue this day. - Mr. Nicholas’s amendment.
being under eonfideration, Meflrs, Read,
R. Williams, and Bayard {poke againfi,
and Mr. W, Claiboroe in favor of it; At
length the question was pur: &
3 Forthe amendment, .~ 48
- Agaiodt it ; o {
* Majority, it
Mr. S. Smith mévJec(;? ’;o con%ine the
com penfations to migifters Plenipo. t 6 6000
dols. per annum, except those to France,
Great-Britain andd Spazn, who.may receive
000. Negatived. R £
Y Mr. N icgolas tnalle some obfervitiors on
the Secretaries allowed the Extta-Envoys at
Paris, which are ‘three.—~One be' thouglst
was fufficient ; but as the law allowed it,
he {hould not obje&} to the appropriation ;
however, he Thould move 20 amendment to
Pf‘%ﬁ“ more than one Secretary to a mission
n future. , :
“The yeas and nays were called, when the
houle resumed, oo the fenewed amendment
of Mr. Nicholas, which was negatived, as
Dallows s ) oo 000 B RS
. bSy RS o b eL T
Meflrs. Baldwin, Becd, Benton, Blount;
Brent, Bryan, Burgess, Cabell, T .Claiborne,
‘W, Claiborne, Cgf.f:!optm, Dayis, Daw
son, Elmendorf, Findley, Fowler, N. Free-
M.Gdhﬁww.&cggcﬁamwﬂw
nfm,l-bvmf Jesfter, Holmes, Jones, Li
vingston, Liocke, Lyén, Macon, M’Clena-:
chan, M’DoweH, Milledge, gm Nichelas,
Joliah Parker, 3@,:62' . Smith, W.
B, Spess, Sianord: Sombier, A-Tiige,
PR O W
r MG'H.A““. '-‘BEQ(', Bartlett, de’,
Brookes, Builock, Champlin, Chapman,
Cochran, Coit, Craik, Dana, Dznnis, Dent, -
. Evans, A. Foster, D, Mﬂ.(J “Freeman, |
Glen, Goodiich, Gordon, Griswold, Grove,
Hacper, Hartley, Hindman, Holtmer, Ims
Tay, Lyman, Machir, Maithews, Morgan,
Morris; Otis, IfaacParker, Reed, R&ﬁgg, |
‘Sirgreaves, k- Smith, Sprague, Thatcher,
Thomas, Thomplan, Tillnghat, Van Al
o, Wibtwont, I Wilhame, I W 0
TN S roncwed s smendinens
| W wnrgafam 10 6000, except 10
Mwillels .10, Frincs, GW and
“FRie kol moron reheling S
hv;hwggt&::sameé 5;*035 i
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s s s T GEABALOUERR, 1
__ Proclamation of Hugiies.
[ For compelling neutrals to rejoice when
SR 'Frmcfmén are merry. |
Tre special agents of the dire&ory
of the French republic to the Wind
- ward islands, on a report that has been
‘made to them, that on the firft Plu
viofe (Jan. 20) the day before the ce
lebration of the anmiverfary of the
punithment of the last king' of the
French (being Sunday) several Ame
“ricanCaptains met to deliberate, whe
ther they should not appear to parti
-cipate in the rejoicing, if they should
hoist their colors as usual, and that
the greater number reltiétant to such
difcuflions, withdrew— i
Further, on the report of the Major
of the navy who having observed seve
ral American veflels without their. co
lors on the 2d Pluviofe; he addreflfed
g:};t. Nicholion of the ship Charles of
timore, Wm. Gordon, fuﬁwga.
they answered insolently, that they.
were not indébted to the French Re
public, nor to _our government, but
to the king of France whom we had
“murdered ; and that they were of the
party .of Messrs. John Adams and
John Jay, who. .tgoyemed their coun
try ; adding a thousand other imper
tinences which they had uttered and
‘dpprobated the day before at the meets
: fgCanxdeﬁng, that since the eonqueft
‘of the colony from the English, the'
Americans have been put on the fame’
fully enjoyed the fame Kberty of fell
ng, pur:g&ﬁniand travelling, with
tout being liable to any duties or.
“searching whatever—privileges which
they owe to none but republican mu.
OB [ N s R
o Wrowsapay, Marchy. .
g =ﬁmmmmﬂ=
cuffed in committee oF the whole dnd.
s g ol gl
oy ‘ | _" St il
' - Tuuaspay, Marchß. .
. Bills écclarmgebc ‘affent of Con
ﬁ&m certain laws of Maryland &
Massachusetts, passed vazious readings
- without debate. ~ The latter refpedts
the Kenmebonk pier. .~ ©
- A limitation of claims’ bill was
fead twice. B i
Dﬁm‘?}’mf
Mr. Sewall, of the committee on
‘the President’s late meflage reported.
- @7 This rﬁoﬂa&er méntioning the
- and alarming fitaation of the
U. States, and the spoliations on thefr
comimerce, récommends the comple
tng ‘and equipping. the federal fri
gates; providing for their crews, &¢.
authorizing the President to purchase .
“armed: veﬂ%ls, and to eftablith cannon -
foundaries, - and makm}g ‘approptia--
titns therefor. Also, for expending
_the balance of sorter -apgi‘bpriations |
{97,683 dollars) and making ' farther
-appropriationsfor fortifying gar bours;
‘&e. They also recommend the es
tablishment in the ‘War Department
of a Naval Agent, &c. X
The report was referred to 2 com
mittee of the whole, on the state of
thie Union, which has.a preference to
all' others. ost 38
~Confidering, that the government,
without withing to oblige Americans
to pariicipatein their republicanfeafts,
has on the contrary, every year given
orders to the men of war and public
funétionaries -to concur in the celebra
- Considering, that‘foreigners are’
bound by the police and laws of the
country they frequent 5 and that the
words and behaviour of = e
Capts. Nicholson of the ship Charles
of Baltimore, Wm. Gordon, super
cargo 3 Aok S Sab i b ;
Boston ; Eltin, of the schooner Go
liah, of New-York ; ' Roberts, of the
brig Hazard, of Boston ; Oak, of the
schooner Adventure, of Gloucester,
a;etheenminal, “and 3&'03:: in contempt .
o : governmient of the port where
in they are received, and by whom
theé are protelted while they Ray—
_ Considering, finally, that such an
offence is not to be left unpunithed,
and desirous t 6, prevent the penalty
ﬁmw -awners, and- to
fiike, the offeiders in the Wost feni
ble mmatmiiemel S 8 M UL
Resolved, That captains (as before
fine into the hands Gfﬁ*yﬂhpﬂ ‘
adminifiration of the Port of Liberty,
a sum equal o thedﬂm
ships and cargoes were liableto'under
h}% « 3 ‘ﬁ;ﬂ“"‘%*ssﬁi’“ *‘ ’ M
%a our coasts i, frail boats at the
SR L SRV R el SR W T T R ISR e
Entered in the Registers of the Tribu
naly 34 Brumairey 6th year [23d
Nov. 1797. J Hares
Extract from the Archives of the Tribu-.
" “nal of . commerce, efablifbed in the
dfland of Guadaloupe, fitting in Port
Baffetterre in the : said Island, the 2 sth
Brumaire, 6th year of the Republic,
. one and indivisible. | 13th November
1797.] The special agents of the
- Executive Dire&ory, for the Wind
ward Islands, to the Tribunal of
- Commerte. ..
~ Several Americans have escaped
our vigilence, and that of the' tribu
nal 'ogl Commerce of . Guadaloupe.
.The intention - of. Government is to
treat them with the severity that their
treaty with our.enemies has deserved.
. Ift. Every. American who shall
‘not have 2 Register, Sea-letter, Role.
dequipage, invbices and bills of la
| gﬁ: ﬁe l}xorder,and 'withogg con-.
L Mwhofg Wi, s
fapercarirdes areKagliflimer by birth,
and navuralized fioee the. declaration
Of war, are 10 'be condemned con.’
~out for Guadaloupe, the better to de
. ceive us,thofc‘lhg,be declared to be
in the latitude’ hereof —The tribunal
shall fuminon offcers of the navy, ap
pointed by the rearadmiral, to veri-*
fy the journals of the ship’s courle, as_
"The decision of the said officers of the
- navy,; shall be annexed ‘to the papers
_pronounce: judgment, according” to |
ggﬂmz« m%
‘mdinthé‘ﬁf the Tribunal, .
;ﬁmﬂfm rom this day—FHealth |
PLEBAS & VICTO ? HUGUES.
pe o Collated—Famsrs, Clerk.
(L. 8.) Apfted copy for Peter He
sl sk of (ha peivaleer
et o adalletont, & tm‘”‘h’m*
ol L P B T NR o
e Mg ' afvf%;;f”
who bélonged tothe BricithFrigate
@g@; 7 ﬁq %@;%ipg
- BALTIMORE, March 10.
Point-Petre, (Guad.) Feb. g, %98.
A e e
. Inclofed is.a proclamation of the
?Eem.s of the ‘Executive Dire®ory of
the French ngotho\mudward
Islands, setting forth in the second pa-
Tagraph, that,the major of the navy
‘addrefled Capt. Nicholon, of the ship
Charles, of Baltimore, myfelf fuper
icargo, and that we answered him in-
Joleaely, e, | D
I solemnly declare to you, that he
did’not fpeai to me on that day, or
I to him, hor for twe weeks before
this affair happened, more than a sa
lute in pafling—mior is there one word
of it true refpe@ing the king, &c. It
also mentions of 2 meeting of the A
mericans, to delierate if they would
‘hoift their colors, on the day of the
death of the late king of France—let
me also tell you, t%at there was no
fuch meeting, nor was it ever talked
of. »wﬁ.mm GORDON.
Captaln Have induced them 16 abans
;M m‘ 30 ; f, }\ %m
tains, and that it shall be posted up,
gc}ﬁr»bnmd' in &@meefhh and
ent by every opportunity to the con.
tinent of Amepiga. o
. And, considering that the colony
is declared in a state of siege, they en
join_on the general commander in
tration, to cause the present to be ex
ecuted and to give an- account there
of " Vi TR
Port of Liberty, the Bth of W‘%’
.11 the 6th yéar-of the French Re
. publicy one and indivisible. ‘
- Victor Hugues & Lebas. -
AnDßre, fecrebary general of agency.
" PHILADELPHIA, March 8.
Mzr. Fixno, ‘ -
The following is translated from a
copy of a paper found on board of
the %Mch..pﬁvgteer schooner L’Ad
venture of Guadaloupe, captured and
carried into Magtinique on the sft of
last February, by his Britannic Ma
jesty’s sloop of war Cyane, and which
was recerved at this office from a ci
tizen of the United States at Marti
nique. You%hnmblc servant,
S C kaCO,., ’%GNER,' |
Chief Clerk of the Department of State.
ra aB, b g
- toth Mareh, 1798. § = =
. A French privateer of 16 guns, a
' bout the beﬂginning,of February was
- engaged oft Malaga, by an English
{loop of war, and funk. A French
privateer of 18 gums, was captured
and sent into Lygm early in the fame
The British still contemplate the
- bombardment of Cadiz. = Gunboats
- are prepared. The moderate weather
- alone is waited for. oy e
- A report was current that the Moors
and Algerines were at war.
Four or five American veflels late-
Yy at Alicant, have gone from thence
- to Algiers, for a convoy out of the
- Streights, having received the promise.
of such proteétion: <. What a change
- able world ! Those wha were recent-,
. ly the plunderers of our property and
~ the enslavers of our citizeéns, are now
: the protetors against the ravages and.
'l' insults of those who were then our
- fwotn friends, and who Rill have
} treaties with us made in the name -of
the Holy (TR o o S
E.; * Capt. Bass from the Welt-Indies; in-.
forms of the captufe of the French
I{,‘ Corvettee Scipio of 26 guns, by the’
. Britith frigate ‘lgapnvizz%,o{ 32 guns.
She was going from Point Petre to.
Bafterre; (Gua.) The English frigate
o fighe of herychaced her into the.
- harbour, engﬂzsé and took her under
+a fort which was firing during the’
whole of the tranfadtion. - '
| Ry : A :
. Ina discussion in_the Dutch con
'vention of the 11th'Dec. on the fub
jet of their navy, there happeed a
{hameful fracas without example. “A.
boutßomembers rose greatly agitated,
[et 'gx “‘# __,, ,m e f“_ I: ,Whﬁ
agtive part in these violeat agitations,
‘and it was forte time before calm s,
restored by adjourning the question to .
o s PR T GNS b 2&: 3 \‘;?C\:‘E PRI
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and whose dpinion is intitled ta geeat
*W‘ eld, dated, ¢TR
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XV NTN ~ SO g (o
-the Counci s that @ law be pafl « y des
Lor vri b AEs PRI RL R me#‘g%‘ﬁmﬁf T
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goﬁmm Willig mgwe , and
Onenmmdonbd’m%ig Magis
trates, they acknowledged that they
were on board at the time of the mu
tiny, but denied ‘being concernied in
the horrid a&ts committed by a part
of the crew. . The firft was*tge Boat
swain’s mate, the other two belonged
. We hear with pleasure that the
“most E:rfe& harmony subsists between
our Envoys in France. The decy
. phering of their dispatches to our ex
ecutive, we understand, is not yet fin
ithed. S ‘
. In the bill which has passed the as
sembly of this ftdte, to athend the a&
~making alterations in the criminal law
of this state, and for ereé'tinﬁ state pri
{ohs, the sum of 12,000 dollars is ap
propriated for the fuppoit of the pri
soners in the said prison, and for the
purchase of articlés of manufa@ure
and tools ; and the farther sum 'of
71,346 dollars for completing the said
prison. , 5
BOSTON, March 20.
" Navar APPOINTMENTS,
FOR THE FRIGATE UMITED STATES.
David Rose, of Pennsylvania, Ift lieut,
John Mullowney,do. = 2d do.
James Burron, of Virginia, = 3d do.
Charles Stewart,l?ennglvania, 4thdo.
Will’'m Macrea, of Virginia, 1 ft lieut. of
b 3 ) dre g Marines.
GeorgeGillifpie, of N. York, Surgeon
]ohn%eullus,of Pennf. Iftfutgeon’smate
- FOR THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION,
Benj. Lee, of Massachusetts, If. kieut.
Richard C. Beal, of ditto, =3d do.
Isaac Hull, of ditto, 4th do.
Lemuel Clark, of ditto, lieut. of
William Reed, ' of ditto, = Surgeon.
Charles Blake, of ditto, Ift surgeon’s
'\ FOR THE FRIGATE CONSTELLATION.
John Rogers, of Maryland, 2d lient.
William Cooper, of Virginia; 3d do.
Phillip Edwards, of Maryland, lieut. of
- A i ; © . Jnarines.
George Balfour, of Virginia, Surgeon.
lfaac Henry, of Penngllvania,utéurg.
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of the world nothing left to give.
o The Driilh Covernentae wi:
Ing to grant convoys to our Spring
fhips ; they would have done it to
the Fall {hips, but the eagerness of
individual masters to arrive homie firft,
prevented their going with convoy.
¢ Insurance is at ¥§ per cent, to
return 10 if they fail with convey and
arrive fafe ; and 15 to 18 per cent if
they ate unarmed and. fail withéut
The following credential; tranfla
téd from a Han;gb};rg paﬁ,}s@o&
Jess authentic. It will thew the paci
ficatory principles of our Executive.
President of the United States of Awe-.
ricay to the Executive Direftoryof”
.the French Republic. . =-~
- Citizens Divellare, . -« iy
In the carneft design to fettle all
the differences between theg
}alnd me:l’;aind to re-eftablith thas
armony, ood understanding &'
those c’ommcr'gial relations which
from the commencement of m&
tical conne&tion, have, until of late,
so happily fubfited, WE have ap
pointed Charles Cotefworth . Pinckaey,
Fobn Marfball, and Elbridge Gerryy
diltinguifhed citizens of these States,
jointly and singly, as extraordinary
envoys and ministers plenipotentiary
to the French Republic, and have
charged them, by and with the con
sent of the Senmate, to execute the a
bove {pecified great objects. I pray
you Citizens Dire&ors, to give full
credit in all that they shall in that
quality, singly or jointly propose to
you from the part of the United
States, and especially when they shall
express to you, out.fincere wishes for
the welfare of the French Republic.
.~ Bigned by me and sealed with the
great seal of State. T
Philadelphiay the 13th of Fulys 1797
and the 22d year of the Independence
| of these States. ‘ )
MAD DOG.—Yesterday, at the
south part of the town, a mad dog,
bit 2 cow, number of ho§s,‘ and feve
-ral other animals. . The dog was shot.
Citizens ought to be on their guard.
Corn, 16(6 @ 19f. bufb. Peas, do: do.
Flour, 16 a 18 dis. Beef; 14 dollars.
Porky 25 do. Fg&yzwgﬁ 53& Lum
bers 25 a3O dls.. - Staves, red oak, 3§.
Rum, 76 a 8. Currency §/3 a dollar.
The thip New-Jersey, from Canton,
for Philadelphia, estimated with her
cargo, at 300,000 dollars, is captured
and sent into Porto-Rico, by a French
Pprivateer, and there is no doubt will
be totally condemned.. o A R
Sch. Polly, 6 days from Newbury
‘Port, for Cadiz, was spoken Feb. 23,
ac. 6. long. 63, had fmaﬁ:lwtg
and was then bearing away for th
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