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I N OT contented to associate me as n
fual, with other more respectable char
acters, in general abuse, you have in
your paper of the i3th, clt. ventured to
impose upon the public, a falfe ftate
jnent of fads, in relation to my accounts
as speaker of the Houle of Representa
tives, with the hope that as I had here
tofore preserved a perfeft silence on the
fubjeds of calumny, with which your
press had teemed, I should not in the
present inßance depart from the fame
line of condud.
After giving a detail of Ratements
and results, you sum up all by asserting
that “ thus Jonathan Dayton held in
his hands a balance of 2,611 dollars &
60 cents, from the 3d of March 1797,
to the month of July following, and
he held in his hands the finall balance
of 90,917 dollars and 52 cents, from
the month of July 1799, to the 22d of
January 1800—And so far as his ac
counts are fettled at the Treasury, he
appears dill to hold in his hands the
sum of 18,142 dollars and 52 cents."
;HI Tbis,precious summary of your won-
W derful difcovefics, which, it seems, you
had promised in some former paper to
E lay before the public, contains three
charges, each and all of which are falfe.
Instead of retaining in my hands the
sum of 2,611 dollars and 60 cents, as
you positively declared I did, from 3d
of March 1797, to the month of July
following, l gave an order for its pay
ment to Mr. Meredith, the Treasury
of the United States, who received it
on the 22d of March, at the bank. On
the fourth day after my return to my
own home, viz. on the 9th of March
1797, I wrote to the Secretary of the
; Treafury requeuing him to forward
, me, as soon as completed, an official
report of the balance time might ap
v pear to be due, on the Settlement of
my account for the session then just
ended. He accordingly enclosed to
me on the 16th, the requeued report,
which I received on the 18th, took three
days to examine and compare it with
my checks, and fatisfied of its correct
riefs, drew in favor of the Treasurer
for the balance, on the 21st of March.
Equally untrue is the second article
of your charges, viz. that I heldin my
Hands, for 6 months, a balance of
90,917 dollars and 52 cents.
To convince any person in a mo
ment that it is moR glaringly so, no-
I thing more is necessary than to refer
t 0 yourownftatementitfclf, in which,
A , in order to make out the above balance
(and with it a good Rory) you charge
I the monies advanced for compenfauons
I in the course of three whole sessions of
Congress, and credit in return the
cornpenfations of members for t^o ses
sions only ! To have introduced into
the fame account the payments made
to the House of Representatives from
the 3d of December 1798 to the 4th of
Marell 1799, and the advances from
the Treasury within the fame time, to
make those payments, and thus to have
opposed the one to the other, before a
ny balance was declared, would cer
tainly have been proper and just ; but
it would not have suited your purpose
of inventive against TC, whom you can
never forgive, for having firmly dif
charged^y duty in two 'inftances af
feding you personally, nor against the
officers oftke Treasury, who are invul
nerable to any attacks unsupported by
truth. I can in like manner give the
lie to the third and last charge by avert
ing that I not only do not hold in my
hands the sum of 18,000 dollars, as
therein mentioned, but that I am not
indebted to the United States, so much
as a single (billing—The books of the
Treasury will establish beyond all doubt
the truth of this my assertion, and the
falfehood of yours.
If you poflefs a single (park of can
dour, or are desirous of preserving the
appearance of it, you will give this an
early infection.
I must be allowed to add, that your
paper has become so notorious, and in
deed proverbial for its (landers, and its
falfehoods, that if it had been certain
that those printers who might think
proper to republilh your mifrepre fen ra
tions would at the fame time have quot
ed their authority. I should not have
„. thought it necessary to trouble the pub
lic with this answer, convinced that to
destroy effectually the credit of any
such publication, it would be fufficient
only to make known that it originated
in "the Aurora."
A Hint for Farmers and Planters.
Extras of a Letter from Virginia.
" The great mistakes which our plan
ters have made inthe cultivation of such
vast quantities of Tobacco, has put
them in an ill humour with each o
ther, with the Government, and with
all the world. By the last accounts
from Europe, the French market, which
has hitherto been the best, is overstock
ed—and by the most accurate calcula
tions, there appears to be tobacco
enough on hand for at least three
year's confurnption. This ought to be
generally known, especially while
bread is fcarcc, and mutt continue so
during the extensive wars in Europe."
Mote Aurora lies DAefted.
^^ «rtD ere
Dayton's defence,
To the Editor of the Aurora.
JONA. DAYTON.
" The corps-de-referve passed the
" utack,pufhing the enemy vigorously.
" Gen. Lecourbe palled the Rhine,
between Schaffhaufen and Stein. This
paflage was made with prodigious ra
pidity. Gen. Lecourbe had combined
his means with such precision, that in
an hour and a half the bridge was
thrown over, and within three hours
his whole corps had taken its position
on the right bank, of the Rhine. The
enemy refilled only in the village of
Bullingen. The result of the engage
ments on the three points of the palfage
is between 7 and 800 prisoners, a Ma
jor, 8 Officers, three pieces of cannon,
and also the occupation of the cattle of
Hohcnwil, which surrendered by ca
pitulation. Ihe fort is almost impreg
nable, and was provided with 80 piec
es of brass cannon.
" Since the commencement of the
"On the ift of May, Gen. St. Su
zanne was to march against Newftead
and Leffingen. Gen. St. Cyr advanc
ed to Smelingen, of which he took pos
session, after a very brisk engagement.
He took some prisoners and a maga
zine.. °
" On the 29th, Gen. Delmas forced
the position of the enemy, who were
entrenched on the Alb, taking two
pieces of cannon, and 200 prisoners
The attack and pursuit were so rapid,
that the enemy driven from these works
had not time to destroy the bridge and
form behind the river. Adjutant-Gen
eral Cochorn was one of the firlt to
to pass the torrent, leaping on the fhoufo
d.rs of a grenadier. At the fame time
Gen. Richepanfe drove from St. Blaife
four of the enemy's battallions that oc-/
cupied it, and took 150 prisoners.
" Gen. St. Suzanne took a position
at Fribourg, Gen. St. Cyr at St. Blaife
and the corps of reserve on the Wu
tack.—ln this march Gen. Lerfet was
Rightly wounded. The fame day Gen.
Richepanfe united himfelf with the
corps-de-referve.
FRANCE. Paris, mat 6.
Gist.DESSOLES to the Minfler of War.
" H. Q^Schaffhaufen, May a.
"Citizen Minister,
UR continual movemens since
the 25th of April having had for
their objed the uniting of the army on
its right, I did not think fit to acquaint
you with the result, until after the oper
ation should be completely terminated.
" The General in Chief, in conse
quence of the orders which he had re
ceived from Government to commence
the Campaign, determined to manoeu
vre in front on the Rhine, and in the
rear on the defiles of the Black Forest,
in order to unite his army about
Schaffhaufen and Smetlingen. It was
necessary to combine these operations
so as to avoid any doubtful engage
ments in several days marching ; which
was the more difficult on account of
the defiles which we had to traverse,
on account of the package of the Rhine
which was to be effected, and of the
central portion of the enemy at Don
auefchingen, which enabled them to
bear more quickly than we could, with
all their forces, on any of the points
of the line that we might menace.
" The General in Chief ordered
Lieutenant-General St. Suzanne to com
mence the operations on the morning
of the 25th, by marching from Kehl
against Offenbourg ; and Lt. Gen. St.
C,r was directed to proceed by Old
Brifac against Fribourg. Gen. St. Su
zanne, after a very brisk action repuls
ed the enemy to Offenbourg, took a
piece of cannon and about 100 prison
ers. His right took a position at Bo
derveyer, Velaffen, and Appenvir, and
his left at Vilßett, Griefen and Landt.
, In this engagement he had to regret
the loss of Citizen Dubois-Crance,
Chief of Brigade of the ift regiment of
Chaffeurs, a very distinguished Officer.
" Gen. St. Cyr, took his position at
fribourg, driving every thing he met
before him. The fame day the Gen
eral in Chief ordered to pass by Bafle a
divihon of the corps of reserve, com
manded by Gen. Richepanfe, who
took a position at Schellingen, and on
the Debouche de Kanders.
" On the 26th, Gen. St. Suzanne
remained in his position, and Gen. St.
Cyr.affirmed a menaceing appearance
in the valley of La Kinfig, in order to
appear to blend his operations with
those of Gen. St. Suzanne.
" That General received orders on
the 27th to retire to Kehl, in order to
return by the left Bank of the Rhine
to Brifac, and from thence to Fribourg
where, he should have arrived on the
3° th
" Gen. St. Cyr, who had orders to
advance from Fribourg to St. Blaife,
by Totteneau, and to make rapid
marches, commenced his operations the
fame day.
" The two divisions of Generals Del
mas and Leclere set out from Bafle,
and advanced to Seckingen, without
meeting any obstacle. Gen. Richepanfe
had orders to advance to St. Blaife, by
the valley of La Veiffen, to support
the movement of Gen. Sr. Cyr, as well
as to cover the right of the divisions of
Delmas and Leclere.
lih. Walker, 45 days.]
'Englijb dates to r * lOtb Mix. fourteen days lats.
Late Foreign News
[By an arrival at Bfon from London,flip Franl-
French Succelies on the Rhine.
Vienna, April 26. — (From the Court Gazelle.)
According to accounts received here
from General Melas, from Madonna
di Savona, Varragio, & Saffedo, from the
11th to the 17th inst. he continues his
operations in the Riviera, against Ge
noa. Every where the enemy makes
the most obstinate refinance, and in one
of the different engagements, which
happened on the nth, between Loga
reto and Monte fajale, they could on-
“ Florence, April 29, 1800.
" The latest news arrived this morn
ing from the vicinity of Genoa, dates,
that Maffena, having been beat a lec
ond time at Voltri, on the ißth inst.
was obliged to take refuge, with the re
mains of his army within the walls of
Genoa; and that all the strong ports &
forts without the city were in tbe hands
of the combined powers, under the
command of Gen. Melas and Admiral
Lord Keith.
^Auftrian Succefles in Italy.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 10.
Letters received this morning from
Lord Keith, dated April 21st. mention
several important advantages gained
by the Außrians in the vicinity of the
city of Genoa, under the walls of which
place the trench have been obliged to
concentrate their force. In many at
tacks the fire of the Englilh ships was
employed with considerable effed.
Doivnirgflreet, May 10.
From Hon. Mr. Wyndham, to Lord
From Mr. Wickham, to Lord Grenville.
Ulm, May 8, 1800.
" The enemy, by withdrawing their
whole force from the Northeast fron
tier of Switzerland, were enabled to u
nite a force of 100,000 men. The po
sition of Stokach was attacked on the
3d, with a very superior force, and car
ried with some loss on the part of the
Anftrians. At the fame time the main
body of the French, commanded by
Gen. Moreau in person, made a desper
ate attack upon the Außrian force un
der Gen. Kray, at Engen ; but after
an obstinate contest, and facrificing
immense numbers of men, they were
obliged to defiß. In the mean time
the Archduke Ferdinand, who had de
feated a body of the enemy that had
attempted to cut him off, effected his
junction with the main army. In con
fcquence, however, of the loss of Stok
ach, and the absence of several consid
erable detachments, General Kray
found himfelf under the necessity of
withdrawing in a dire&ion towards the
Danube. In the course of this march
he was attacked again on the sth, in a
temporary position at Morfkirch, by
the whole French army, who were a
gain repulsed, after an obstinate con-
Rid and experiencing' a loss much
greater than that of the Außrians.^—
The French did not venture to renew
the attack in the night, or on the next
morning. On the 6th the Austrians
took up a position behind the Danube
between Riedlingen and Sigmaringen,
without any opposition from the ene
my ; and on the Sth had again repair
ed that river, and were preparing to ad
vance. The Archduke Ferdinand is
reported to have diftinguiflied himfelf
particularly."
It cannot be denied that the master
-1, manoeuvres of Gen. Moreau com
pletely succeeded in diverting the at
tention of General Kray from the a&u
al point of attack. The latter was in
duced to confider the feint made by
Gen. Suzanne as the real operation, &
he was concentrating his forces at Don
auefchingen while the French were en
abled to pass the Rhine without any
check, and turn the portions of the Au-
Rrian army. The country to which
General Kray has retreated, is howev
er, more favorable to the effective dis
play and evolutions of the Austrian
cavalry, against which, in numbers,
discipline, and every other refpe&, it is
admitted by all military men, that the
republican cavalry cannot make head.
The French have been much indebted
for their late successes to superiority of
numbers.
operations to the present time, the loss
of the enemy on the whole extent of
the line may amount to about 1500
prisoners, and 6 pieces of cannon.
" The enemy appear to be taking
pofTeffion of the line of Stookach, and
the army is now marching to engage
them. It is united, with the exception
of the corps commanded by Gen. St.
Suzanne.
" A telegraphic dispatch from Strat
'ur& of the sth inll. announces the
following important news :—The ar
my of the Rhine, or . the 3d, drove back
the enemy. It has poifeffed itfelf of
the important podof Stockach, and the
whole of the borders of the Lake of
Constance, has made seven thousand
prisoners, taken nine pieces of cannon,
and very large magazines."
[Monitear.]
" I fend you a copy of the capitula
tion of the fort of Hohenwil. All the
Generals praile the bravery of the sol
diers, and the zeal and intelligence of
the officers.
^Englifh official account of as-
“ Health and refpeCt, DESSOLES."
FRENCH VICTORY.'
fairs on the Rhine.
Grenville.
BRITISH AMERICA.
HALIFAX, JUNE 19.
A person calling himfelf Major John
A Schaeffer, who arrived here about a
fortnight since from Sg Andrew's,
Paffamaquaddy, was, on Monday,com
mitted to prison under the Alien Aft,
by the Jultices of the Court of Sessions.
He came from the States to Paffama
quaddy, and appears to be the person
pointed out in the following Advertise
ment, which is taken from Fenno's
Gazette published in Philadelphia.
A Caution to the Public John A.
Schaeffer, of Philadelphia, who has
for a fewyears pad been in the Southern
States, has had the effrontery to draw
several Bills of Exchange on Timothy
Pickering Esq. Secretary of State, and
myfelf, and by that means has defraud
ed a number of persons of their money,
deceived them by an exhibition of let
ters and papers, with the names affixed
of divers public character; and reputa
On the 18th Fieldmarfhal Lieut,
Hohenzollern was at Lavezara, and
his advanced post, close to St. Pietro
d'Arena. Throughout that neigh
bourhood the country people have ta
ken up arms against the common ene
my ; and as Fieldmarfhal Lieut. Ott
has likewise advanced to Calvari, on the
Rifagno, and his advanced post extend
ing from Cretto to Quinto, on the sea
coast, we must exped further intelli
gence from this concentrated fituafion
of the army against Genoa. Gen. Me
las promises soon to fend positive in
telligence of our own and the enemy's
loss.
On the 12th, at ten in the morning,
the brigades of our left wing were vio
lently attacked at several points, by the
enemy, who succeeded in dislodging
the regiment of Terzy and a battalion
of Reilly from the highest point of the
Armetta, after they had sustained the
moll furious attacks. The fire continu
ed from ten in the morning till night,
with considerable loss on both sides
The brigade of Gen. Sticker maintain
ed its position. This event induced
Gen. Melas, on the 13th, to order the
brigades Buffy and Lattermann to the
heights of Arbigola and Monte Reggi
no to attack the enemy with a concen
trated force. The latter endeavoured
to be beforehand with him, and on the
evening of the 14th, Gen. Count St.
Julien was attacked in front by about
4000 men, coming down from Mount
l'Ametta, 2000 men attempting, at the
fame time, to make thcmfelves masters
of Saflello, and thus to menace that
Generals front and rear ; but he main
tained his position in spite of their re
peated attacks, and on the 15th, the
four brigades Buffy, Bramano, Belle
garde, and Sticker, advanced, so that
the left wing of the army was on Mon
te Lodrino, the centre on Stella St.
Giustina, and the right wing, confid
ing of a brigade of grenadiers, on the
heights of Arbizola. At two in the
afternoon, the enemy, with their usual
impetuosity, attacked both wings, but
were repulsed by the brigades of Lat
terman, Buffy, and St. Julien! the en
gagement only terminating at nine in
the evening.
On the 15th the enemy were driven
from Saffello, and General Melas led
the abovementioned brigades against
the Ametta, ordering the regiment
Sttiart, with one of them, to Monte
Fajale, to bßahlifh a communication
with the troops under Fieldmarfhal
Lieut. Hohenzollern.
LONDON GAZETTE, May 10.
From Lord Keith to Mr. Nepean.
Minotaur, off Genoa, April lß #
'' I have the faiisfadion of acquaint
ing you f° r the information of their
Lordships, that the Guillaume Tell
having attempted to escape from Mal
ta on the evening of the 29th ultimo,
was intercepted and captured the fol
lowing morning by his Majesty's ships
Lion, Foudroyant, and Penelope ; but
asl have not yet received Capt. Dixon's
account of the particulars of the adion,
or of the loss which has been sustained,
I must take another opportunity of
communicating them. I underßand
however, that the enemy was com
pletely difmaßed before she struck, and
that the Lion and Foudroyant have
had killed and wounded about forty
men each."
If be driven to flight by the unexam
pled bravery of our grenadiers, and the
Ikilful manner in which they make use
of the bayonet. A Chief of Brigade,
Several Staff Officers, and 60 privates
were made prisoners on this occasion :
Maircna himfelf was in danger of be
'"g takcri and was saved with the great
est difficulty by his troops. On the
fame day Field-Marffiall Lieut.Etfnitz
was attacked on Monte St. Giacomo by
the French General of Division, Souch
et, whom he repulsed, but not without
considerable loss.
At the fame time the advanced
polls of Field Marlhall Lieutenant
Kaim, were attacked near Chau
mons by a division of troops under
Gen. Thurreau, from Briancon, but he
repulsed them beyond the Thora.—On
the preceeding day, however, the ene
my had succeeded, favored by a fog,
in Surprizing the brigade of Gen. Ulm
on the height of Sette Pani,and in driv
ing him from that post, after which he
joined Field Marlhall Lieut. Elfnitz,
in his position on Monte St. Giacomo.
" On the morning of the sth May, being
then within 10 days fail of home, we law two,
fail ; and as the day broke we discovered they
were privateers. They both bore down on us,
and hoisted French colors, and we hoisted Amer
ican colours and cleared the ship for action. At
half pad fix they were within gun Ihot, when
we began our fire, which they returned, until
a quarter past seven, when they lay usalong fide
within pistol Ihot. We continued our firing
on both sides with great guns and small arms,
until eight o'clock, when finding our mails
much injured, and our fails and rigging cut to
to pieces, with two men killed, Capt. Coates &
twp others badly wounded ; two vefftls along
fide, one of 1% guns, the other of 19, and 100
men each ; we have only 10 guns and 30 men ;
finding it was impossible for us to fight two
vessels of superior force and that they were on
point of boarding us on each quarter; we were
under th© distressing necessity of fcriking our .7
colours.
" There has nothing of importance happened,
since 1 had the honor of writing to you by the
Pickering, except the arrival of the United States
schooner Enterprize, Lieut. Shaw, on the 12th'
of this month, with a small French letter-of-
Mark, which she captured off St. Croix.
" The John Adams has made three Ameri
can recaptures one of which was again taken by
the French and sent to Guidaloupe. The
Baltimore has also recaptured an American sch.
and sent her to this road, and two American
vessels have likcwife been recaptured by the
Eagle."
We learn from undoubted authority, that
the North America lufurance company at Phi
ladelphia, have due them frorp the capturing &
piratical Powers, nearly three millions of Dollars !
and it is supposed, three times this sum, is due to
the different companies ^ die United States ;
making together, the fu^ of twelve million of
dollar;. '
“ This will, I expert, inform you, that I have
had the misfortune of being again taken by the
French.
Extraß of a ktterfrom an officer of theflip Ariel,
captain Coates, from Canton, found to Philadel
phia, dated at St. Kith fune 2, 1800.
William Austin. John Brett, Daniel Sullivan,
Wm. Green, John Crawford, Thomas Clayton',
Thomas Chrillian, Arch Spencer, mate. Jo
seph Cook, mate of the Sea-Flower, taken by
the privateer, and sent on board the Minerva.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 28.
[OFFICIAL.]
From Capt Morris, to the Secretary of the Navy,
on hoard the Adams, Baffirterre Road, St. Kitts
May 17 1800.
“ Sir,
To this statement, it is only necessary to add,
that in its publication, we are influenced (imply
by a sentiment of duty ; for except as a duty,
we should not expose even the guilty to pain
or inconvenience—but we feel for the security
of individuals here, and as Irishmen, for our na
tive country, likely to be disgraced in the eyes
of the undifeerning, by the crimes of this mis
creant.
CHARLESTON, JUNE 9.
The undersigned, passengers in the Minerva,
Subart Pinkham, matter, from Dublin, anxious
lor the welfare of the community of which they
are becoming members, caution the public a
gainst THOMAS MONKS, passenger in said
veffd: as, from his own repeated and exulting
declarations, he had been the associate of bank
note forgers and coiners, poffe&d moulds for
calling dollars, was deeply concerned in the late
Irish rebellion, and a perpetrator in many of
those feenes of blood and devastation at which
humanity Judders, and the heart of every hon
orable and really patriotic Irishman is wrung
with the bitterest regret. When circumftar
ces made it convenient, he became a spy and
informer, and his polluted evidence brought
many men of fair character to the gibbet and
transportation. The day on which we were ta
ken by the Les Deux Amis, Guadaloupe pri
vateer, he afforded us a distressing proof of his
incorrigible villainy—for having gone on board
the privateer, and offered himfelf asa hand, he
pointed out minutely the property on board', he
even treacherously acquainted them ofa box of
trinkets belonging to his own messmate, worth
several hundred pounds, which not being men
tioned in the (hip's papers, and being buried in
the ballast, would otherwise have escaped. He
persuaded them, that there was a large sum of
money concealed on board the Minerva, and
brought a fccond party in quest of it, who flung
with disappointment, changed their firft deter
mination of taking out only the merchandize,
and allowing us to depart ; they plundered us
of every thing they thought worth taking, and
resolved to burn the (hip and fend us prisoners
to Guadaloupe.
War-Department, May 10, iSco.
Friend 15° Brother,
BEING about to retire from the Department
of War, and to return to my house and
fields near Baltimore, in Maryland, I could not
think of leaving the office without conveying
to you my earnest request, that you will con
tinue to the United States your friendly and
honourable attachment. I (hall fiKrely and
carneftly recommend to mj fucceffor,to culti
vate the good will of all our red brethren, and
particularly your friendship.
It would have given me pleafurc, had it been
proper, to have taken home your pi&ure, which
Ihave preserved in my office—this however
cannot be permitted ; it must remain to my
successor; but I shall carry with me the re
membrance of your fidelity, your good sense,
your honest regard for your own people, your
sensibility and eloquent difeourfe in theirfavour,
and what is precious to me as an individual, a'
belief that I shall always retain your friendship.
I give you my hand, and pray the Great
Spirit to protect and make you happy.
Farewell Brother,
JAMES M'HENRY
To the Little Turtle.
SAMUEL MEREDITH,
Treafarer o f &. United Stater.
Trenton, New-Jersey, ]
October 24th, 1798.'J
°™ °! cl ^^"'s, Eighty recommendatory
of laid Schaeffer ; to one of these pa
pers I find my name fubferibed ; but I
do not know the man. These are vil
lainous forgeries. To prevent further
imposition, I have to request the Prin
ters 01 Newspapers in the United States
to publish this for the benefit of their
fellow-citizens.
PITTSBURG, JUNE 2f<
Witbplefoe -.ue lay before cur readers the foMov
ing Letter fro m the late Secretary of l% r ,ta
the Little Turtle, an influential and prim'^a!
Indian Chief.'
Domestic NEWS.
PASSENGERS NAMES.