The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-07-05 00:00:00, page 2

Dr. Van Mons, of Brussels, has,late
ly announced the following circum
stance : Having a patient under his
. eare, who, on account of a wound in
his throat, was incapable of swallowing
any kind of nourishment for several
days, he kept him alive -during that
period by applying to the fkin,'in dif
ferent parts of the body, several times a
day, a sponge dipped in wine or strong
soup. He concludes from this fad,
that the tyforbing vessels of the skin
are capable of conveying the fluids com
municated to them to the interior parts
of the body, 'as the latter convey the
afiintilated nourishment to the blood.
In confirmation of the dodrine, one of
our own navigators, (C^pt. Bligh)
kept his companions from periling
of third, by applying sea water to the
-skin.
cf the measures of the government.—
As an inßance of the firft, we cannot
but remember the great, the good, the
•glorious Washington, the pride of
oar country, the ornament of human
nature. Him they represented as am
bitious, although he never fought, but
always ihunned, public office—as the
tool of Great Britain, although he had
fevered America from her empire—as a
man of no religion, although no one
was more refpe&fully observant of reli
gious duties— In Ihort, for his molt
eminent virtues, they charged against
him the oppofita vices. At the fame
time they have directed the mod gross
and slanderous abuse against all his
friends, and those whom they deemed
the Influential supporters of his admin
istration. With regard to the mea
sures of the government, if its enemies
may be credited, it has performed no
one meritorious aft, but its whole con
duct has been mifehievous. Endless
would be the taflc to expose and correct
all the vile danders which have been
Wantonly lavished on it ; nor is the at
tempt necclfary : instances enough will
occur, to the recollection of every man
who feels for the honour of his country,
• or perceives his own interest to be con
ne&ed with the preservation of the Con
stitution. It will be fufficient to fay,
that the Government has been charged
with conduct, faithlefs as it refected
our foreign connexions—insidious and
traitorous as it related to the domestic
administration., By these means a
larms and suspicion, have been created ;
a Government, I will not day perfect,
but b.a:fl and patriotic, has been Slan
dered, and the effeXs—for whyfhould
not the truth be declared ? have be
come extensive and alarming. Your
danger, which is great, though not des
perate, I have thought it my duty, a
mong the lad aCts of my public life, to
proc aim to you— God grant that I
mav be mistaken in the magnitude of
tnis danger; but I do moR foltmnly
declare, that n<y conviction is perfect,
that it cannot be averted, but by be
ing more extensively, than at present
known in this part of the United States.
In returning to the feenes of private
life, after more than twenty years con
"ftant employment in public ones, I will,
cheerfully submit to, and, as my feeble
means may enable me, support, those
systems of government which I have
advocated.
As a private man, I indulge the hope
of enjoying the delights of a free and
suit of political ,objects, which I have
-deemed important, I have said or done
President Washington's Valedicto
ry Address is the molt invaluable lega
cy ever bequeathed by a ttatefman to
his country. The following extract il
lustrates, With prophetic sagacity, the
horrors of the French Revolution.—
The character and conduft of Buona
parte are here drawn in colours so strong,
that one would almost suppose a per
sonal application was intended.
ought to the injury of the feelings of
any holeft man, it will, I hope, be for
given, with the fame facility, that any
supposed wrong, .which I may have
received, will be forgotten.
That you, my friends, may be served
with as much fidelity and more success
than has fallen to my lot; and that
our country may be happy, prosperous
and free, is my sincere and ardent
prayer.
"The alternate domination of one
faction over another, Sharpened by a
spirit of revenge natural to party dif
fention, which, in different ages and
countries, has perpetrated the molt
horrid enormities, is itfelfa frightful
despotism. But this leads at length to
a more formal and permanent despo
tism.-The disorders and miferics which
result, gradually incline the minds of
men to feck feurity and repefe in the
abfaute fr^er cf an individual ; and
feeder or later, the chief of feme bre
vai%7 fcf&m more able or more for
tunate than his competitors, turns this
disposition to the purposes of his own
elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."
Americans, beware b—rest assured
that the objeds of those who attempt
to excite ajealousy and distrust against
the government of your choice, is noth
ing less than to establish a despotism of
the fame kind.
social intercourse—and if, in the pur-
nourishment ar absorption.
THEODORE SEDGWICK.
Stockbridge, ,une 4, 1800.
PROVIDENCE, JUNE 4.
The following bulletin has been
publi^cd here officially: " A Courier
from Field Marlhall Count de Hohen
zollern has brought me the agreeable
intelligence that on the 9th the Bochet
ta was taken by assault. Six tier of en
trenchments, which seemed impregna
ble, were fcaladed by our troops with
heroic valor, notwithstanding the most
obftinate^efiftance made by the enemy.
The main body of the army has, besides,
taken poiteflion of the fortrefs of Vado,
and has in part entered Savona. The
loss of the enemy is much more consid
erable than ours. The French are sur
rounded, and defend themselves with
desperation. The details will be pub
lilhed forthwith. (Signed)
The Marquis of SOMMARIVA, Maj. Gen.
Strafurf, 6th Floreal, A,ri! 25.
I take the earlielt opportunity of in
forming you that the army of the
Rhine has opened the campaign in ev
ery point of the line. Yesterday and
the day before, a great many troops set
out from this place for the Upper
Rhine. All those belonging to the
centre divisions pursued that route, the
centre having passed the Rhine at New
brifack. General St. Cyr, who com
mands the centre, has set out for the
fame destination.
LONDON, MAY 3.
We this morning received Paris
journals to the 29th ult. inclusive.—
By accounts frem the Rhine inserted
in these papers it appears that the cam
paign was opened in that quarter, on
the 25th ult. at fix in the morning.
The firft engagement had not termina
ted when the courier came away. The
official journal, however does not con
tain any information dn the fubjed
The following are the only articles
worth communicating.
The troops which passed here this
morning at break of day, foim the left
wing of the army, under the command
of Gen. Sainte-Sufanne. Yesterday
several demi-brigades repaired to Kehl;
the artillery pontoons, baggage wag
gons, and the carriages lately invented
for the use of the hospitals andfurgeons,
all filed off along the banks of the
Rhine, and lad night eroded that river.
The commander in Chief was still
here yesterday ; we do not know wheth
er he passed the Rhine along with the
left wing.
We are assured that various other at
tacks must have taken place at the fame
time. They talk here that Bafle, Zur
fach, Constance and Mayenfeld, are
points where our troops were to pass
the Rhine.
We exped the details the day after
to-morrow at fartheft.
It is said here, that the principal ex
pedition of the British is intended a
gainst the South of France, and that
the fleet destined forthe Mediterranean
had never had for its objed to go to
Egypt, but to attempt a landing in Pro
vence, and that for the fame purpose
some Ruflian troops had been landed
in the Mark of Ancona, to join die Bri
tish on that expedition. This plan-will
not meet with many obstacles in its exe
cution, and is considered of still greater
importance as it would render the situ
ation of Nice and Genoa more preca
Late Foreign News
By. recent arrivals.
War Operations in Itaiy.
LONDON,APRIL 28.'
ADlfpatch, of which the following is an ex
tra&, has been received from the Right
Hon. Lord Minto, his Majcfty's Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minißer Plenipotentiary at Vien
na, by the Right Hon. Laid Grenville, his
Majesty's Secretary of State for the Foreign
Department.
VIENNA, APRIL „, 1&00.
MY LORD,
I have the fatisfadtion to acquaint your
Lordfllip, that the campaign has opened in Italy,
by an important fucccfs, on the fide of the Aus
trians. On the 6th inft.Gen. Melas attacked
the several posts occupied by the French to the
northward and westward of Savona and Vado,
and drove them from rhe portions of Torre la
de Buona, Monte Notte, and federal others :—
some of these posts were Wrongly intrenched and
one of them defended by 3000 men ; but they
were carried by the courage and conduct of
the Austrian troops, who appear to have acquir
ed much honor on this day.
The enemy retired with precipitation on Va
do and Savona, leaving their cannon and about
300 prisoners, among whom is a Chef de Bri
gade and fevcral officers of diftin&ion. In the
night between the 6th and 7th the troops evac
uated Vado, having destroyed the stores and
spiked the carmon and retired by sea towards
Nice. Their number is supposed to have been
between 7 and 800.
SAVONA, APRIL 9.
Ficld-Marfhall Ott is under the walls of Ge
noa, joined by brave insurgents of Fontana Bu
ona, who arc commanded by a French General,
lately cfcaped from Genoa. The French are
retreating to Finale, closely watched by general
Elfnitg.
Gen. Elfnkz was to have attacked Vado on
the*7th,but the enemy did not think it advifea
ble to make a iland, having retreated from St.
Sr ffano to Finale, leaving behind 17 pieces of
cannon, several ships and military effeds. In
the citadel of Savona 350 of the enemy were
made prisoners. General Melas is at Savona,
General Elfnitz at Finale, General, Oct at Guar
do, and the British have begun to bombard Ge
noa from the sea.
Theananceuvre of General Melas, by which
he got in the rear of the French, and separated
thcii force, is considered here as maUerly.
The Austrians took possession of the fort of
Vado in the morning, and found 17 pieces of
heavy artillery. Gen. Melas immediately in
vested Savona.
In Germany.
FLORENCE, APRIL 1%.
ROVfREDO, APRIL Ij.
VIENNA, APRIL 16.
' jefty the Emperor of Russia, the farther
linvestigation of General Frolich's as-
Ifair will not take place, and it is said
;that he will again be employed in the
I Service. It is Rated with some degree
l of certainty that some Ruffian troops
will again join the Austrian army, in
: a ihort time. Letters from Cracow
and Radom assure us, that 40,000
Ruffians are on the frontiers of Weftern
;Gallicia, waiting orders for advancing.
I GLASGOW, MAY 6.
The Hamburgh Mail due on Wed
' nefday last, arrived on Friday, by which
we are enabled to lay before our rea
ders some interefling particulars rela
tive to the commencement of the cam
paign in Italy.
Paris papers till the 29th ult. inclu
sive have also been received since ®ur
, last. They contain the important in-
Itelligence of the capture of Boehetta
by Count Hohenzollcrn. It was taken
by assault on the 9th April. Six lines
of intrenchment, deemed impregnable,
Iwere scaled by the Austrians with the
Imoft invincible intrepidity, in confe-
Iquence of which, the main body of the
} Austrian army, soon after entered Sa
; vona, the second city for grandeur, op
lulence and strength, in the Rate of Ge
noa. The French army is now sur
rounded. If it can disengage itfelf, it
can only be by one of those extraordi
nary and unexpected vicissitudes of for
tune, u Aich baffles all human forefight
and defeats the most fa.nguine hope of
success.
tious, if the latter should not have fal
len before. A landing in Province
is also considered of the uthioft impor
tance, as such an undertaking might be
supported by the grand Imperial army
in W>. Rationed on the frontiers of
Franck
The Landgrave of Furftenburg is
returned hither from his mission to St.
Feterfburgh, & is said to have brought
a vety friendly letter from his Ruflian
Majeßy to our Emperor.
At the particular request of his Ma-
The fitft Consul decided yelterday
on the,fate ofcnore than 200 persons in
feribed upon tire lift of Emigrants, and
their names have in consequence been
definitively erased.—Amongst the names
of the persons to whom justice has
been done,we have remarked the names
of Beaumetz, Liancourt C. Lametb, Va
lence, La Fayette and his companions
in misfortune.
been known at Paris on the 29th, as
there is a telegraphic line of intelligence
from Strafburgh to that city.
This day's London Gazette contains
an account of the capture by Admiral
Duckworth, of two Spanish frigates of
thirty-fix guns each, and nine Spanish
merchantmen, bound from Cadiz to
South America. Their cargoes are
estimated at from fix to seven hundred
thousand pounds. A capture which,
no doubt, will greatly distress the Span
ish government, there being found on
board rhe frigates 3000 quintals of
quick silver, without an annual supply
of which theirmincs cannot be worked.
Admiral Duckworth, whose conduct
on this occasion deserves every praise,
has arrived at Gibralter, with his pri
zes. —
We may now daily expect the arrival
in France of the Army of Egypt. Let
ters from Venice announce that on the
14th Germinal, a vessel arrived at
Zante in eleven days, Bating that
two Ragufan vessels had failed from
Alexandria, having Gen. Kleber and
46 Officers on board ; and letters from
Leghorn fay that part of the army of
Egypt, which failed from Alexandria,
have touched at the island of Sicily.
The Chief Consul has fixed on the island
of Hieres as the place at which they
Rall perform the necessary quarantine.
LONDON, APRIL 28.
Admiral Sir Alan Gardner failed
from Torbay on Thursday last, with
33 fail of the line, 9 of which are
three-deckers, and 3 frigates ; and
Earl St Vincent failed from Portsmouth
on Saturday, to take the chief com
mand of the fleet, which, when joined
by the whole of the Blips under orders
for that purpose, will consist of forty
fail of the line, in an excellent Bate of
equipment, a force which may be con
sidered as capable of opposing with suc
cess the united naval Brength of France
and Spain.
The failing of the Channel Fleet has
given rife to a rumour of 'the combin
ed squadrons having put to sea from
Brest ; but we do uot underßand th'at
any such advice has been officially re
ceived.
Capt. Trowbridge is recalled from
the Mediterranean, in order to serve in
the fleet under the command of Lord
St. Vincent. Lord Nelson, it is expect
ed will immediately return, and serve
also in the Channel fleet. ,
A letter from Strafburgh of the 25th 1
mentions that the campaign had com- 1
menced on the Rhine, with a vigorous
attack by the Austrians on the centre
of the French army that day ; but|
what was the result it does not fay—
Had the account been true, and the is
sue favorable to the latter, it must have J
We underhand it is determined, that
when the Union takes place, the Duke
of Kent will be appointed Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland, or Chief Governor,
under Whatever title the office may
bear.'
PARIS, APRIL 21.
William Cowper, Esq. the best of
modern English poets, died at East
Dereham, in Norfolk, on Friday fc'en
night. He was born at Berkham
ftcad, Hertfordshire, November 1731.
; Dr. John Cowper, his father, was Rec
tor of the parish, and nephew of Lord
High Chancellor Cowper.
The Ranger, Randall, from Ports
mouth to Torbay, was taken 28th A
ipril, by a French Privateer, retaken
,the fame day by the American ship
Lucy, Lamont, and sent into Wey
-1 mouth. Three other brigs were taken
by the fame Privateer.
Massacres continue in the Weft, not
!withstanding the late pacification—and
. Infurredion has appeared in other parts
; of France.
London, may 3.
Intelligence was received -at Ply
mouth on Wednesday that Seventeen'
fail of French (hips of the line, and fif
teen Spanilh, with troops on board,
were in Brest harbour leady for sea,
having on-board fix months provisions.
As the Spaniards have embarked on
board their own ships all their sick, it
is conje&yred that they intend to re
turn to Cadiz.
Mr. Dundas has accepted the office
of Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scot
land, in consequence of which he resigns
his place of Tfcafurer of the Navy.
The Right Hon. William Windham
removes to the situation of Treasurer
of the Navy ; and
The Right Hon. Thomas Pelham
is to be appointed Secretary at War ;
but he is not to have a feat in the Cabi
net.
" The English army, on its approach to Ser
ingapatam, fuffered very little inconvenience
from the Sultan having destroyed the villages
and laid waste the country in its front ; nor
from the attempts that had been fnade to poi
son the water in the ranks; because, contrary
to Tippoo's expectation, we had by a deviation
to the left, gained a flourifhing highly cultiva
ted country, and got possession of the large fort
of Socilly, which was full of cattle, grain, and
forage.—Even to the very vicinity of Seringa
patam, Gen. Harris had the choice of his route ;
so that he was enabled to set down before it
with all its resources for the siege undiminished.
The evil most to be dreaded was famine. The
whole of our draft and carriage bullocks died,
and rice had risen to three rupees the pound,
on the day when the city was Formed ; so that
if we had not succeeded in our attempt, the
consequence would have been fatal to the army;
and that we were not repulsed was owing to
the incomparable conduct and intrepidity of the
troops, as well as to the judicious means em
ployed to support and protect their extraordi
nary efforts. It may be proper to remark, that,
notwithstanding the errors committed by the
Sultan in defence of the place, nothing left than
the vast combined army in our fervicc could
have crowned the enterprize with success.
" The hour of attack was fortunate, as num
bers of the enemy, and even the, Sultan Igm
fclf had gone to take refrefhnient. On hear
ing the alarm he hastened back ; when finding
that the grenadiers had entered the breach, and
feeing his people falling all around him, he
made for a fully port, where amidst a crowd of
fugitives, he was overtaken and slain. It is not
yet known by whose hand this tyrant of the
East was laid low ; and it is supposed that the
jewels which he always wore about his person,
and which were now become the fpbil of the
fortunate soldier, whoever he might be, are too
precious to be hastily acknowledged. It was
said that he conftautly wore a ruby ring, which
Was eftcemed by him as the most valuable in
hi%trcafur, ; his tur ban also was always adom
ed.Qith a jewel of great value ; and a pearl ro
sary Vas a continual ornament of his person.—
The ptearls of which it consisted were of un
common size and beaty. They had been the
collection of many years and were the pride of
his dress." Neither of these precious articles
have appeared since the Sultan's death. His
body was found late in the evening beneath a
heap of others, brought together in one p^omif
cuous slaughter. —He had been foot in the tem
ples, and otherwise wounded as it appeared with
a bayonet.
“ The rooted and barbarous antipathy which
this tyrant manifefted against European prison
ers of all ranks in a former war, seems to have
accompanied him to the last. Above 20 un
happy Itragglers from our army had fallen into
his hands in the course of our march, w hom he
ordered to be put to death „and among them
a little drummer boy of the Scotch Brigade.—
Even this small motley band of French auxilia
ries execrate his memory as a most cruel tyrant,
and reprefant with bitter imprecations, the ig
nominy and hardship to which he {objected
them.
“ The carnage on this occasion was much
!efs than might have been expe&ed in a large
city'enteted by storm, and filled with people
whole opposition was continued in the streets
and from the houses. By the efforts of the Gen
eral and others, the effufion of human bipod
was fooD restrained ; nor in the course of that
plunder which the laws of war allow in cer
tain cases, was any defehfelefs inhabitant kil
led, nor any woman treated with wanton bru
tality.
“ The plunder of the town was very great,
and many of the soldiers both native and Euro
pean, possessed thcmfelves of very precious ef
fedlsin gold and jewels. Considerable fortunes
are supposed to have been made by persons of
higher rank in the way of purchase. The
houses of the chief Sidars, as well as of the mer
chants and fhroffs, were completely pillaged;
while the women, alarmed for their personal
fafety, emptied their coffers, and brought forth
whatever jewels they possessed. Fortunately,
however, for the army in general, tho palace
was fecuted. The quantity of money yet dis
covered, though great in itfelf, is by no means
equal to what might have been expelled from
the known extent of Tippoo's revenues and ex
penditure. Many lacks of specie it is supposed
are not yet found ; and it is equally probable
that they .ever will be recovered."
A letter from an officer in India, fays “ The
importance of the fall of Scringapatam to the
power and commerce of Great Britain, is not
within the reach of ordinary calculation.—
From ever, appearance of its improving state,
the cultivation of the country, the number of
its inhabitants, and the advancing progress of
its military establishment, that Capital would
in a short time have been impregnable, and the
power of Tippoo Saib would have been at least
equal to the combined strength of the European
fettlcments in India.
The Conqueit of Scringapatum.
LONDON, APRIL 26.
LONDON, APRIL 28.
The channel Fleet has failed for the block
ade of Brest. It will consist of 40 fail of the
line. The French and Spanish vcffels at Brest,
appear principally in readiness for sea. It i 3
thought the Spaniards will endeavour to return
to Cadiz. Ld. Nelson and Capt. Trowbridge
are expected from the Mediterranean to serve
in our channel Fleet.
Ld. Keith failed from Leghorn, with his
squadron, April 6.
Intelligence from Calcutta announc
es the capture, by Lt. Col. Bowser,
of the strong and important Fort of
Gooty, after an obstinate refinance
from the garrison, in which we regret
to have to state among our loss Capt.
H. Robart, an officer of distinguished
merit who fell from a mufleet ball re
ceived a tew hours before the place
surrendered.
LONDON, APRIL 12.
The East-India Company have delivered
their declarations from the tea file to com
mence the sth of June, viz.
600,000 Bohea,
3,650,000 Congou and Campoi,
650,000 Pekoe and Souchong,
650,0<> oSinglo and Twanka,
100,000 Hyfon Skin,
550,000 Hyfon,
GEORCE-TOWN, JUNE 1,.
It is said, that four oncers of the 3d
United States regiment who were Ra
tioned at the Natchiz, having fallen
into a violent diipute, entered into a
room by themfclves, locked the doors
and had a general engagement with
their daggers —three were killed on the
spot and the fourth mortally founded.
This #ro mode of duelling far ex
ceeds the established one, in bravery,
honor, humanity and execution ; and
indeed it rar exceeds any thing hereto
fore customary in civilized or even in
savage life.
Articles per Mails.
From the shameless prostitution of
truth, for which the conductors of the
Aurora are notorious, many people
have supposed, that the fallhoods of
that paper were unworthy of serious *
refutation.—Though this may be gen
erally true, the recent audacious attack
upon several public officers, will, we
think, afford an exception.—The fol
lowing may be depended upon.
The accounts of Mr. Pickering (who
is charged in the Aurora with having
purloined Eight Millions) have been
finally adjusted, and the balance is on
ly 580 dollars, 14 cents, and this has
been honorably accounted for.
Mr. Winder (charged by the Aurora
with two millions and a half) owes not
a farthing to the public.
The above is given upon the best au
thority. We have not had time toen
quire further ; but We pledge ourselves
to prove that the only Public Default
ers are Edmund Randolph of Virginia,
and Lamb of Nro-lork, both no
torious Jacobins.
6,200,000 Suttle pounds weight.
P L .-^ }=M^-. g^j^^L^tlw«&
After the experience which the, Public hat
had of the convicted fallhoods of the Arora, in
the impudent, bold and circumitant ial charges
of public plunder made against President Wash
ington, Secretary Hamilton, and others :—
It was not to be expected that any similar at
tempts would be treated but with contempt 8c
indignation. —With the well-informed, this has
been the fate of the recent charges against Mr.
Pickering, issuing from the fame fcource :—
But there is a part of the community whose
circumstances and situation do not admit their
acquiring the most correct information ; and
who from the defeat,may be liable to deception.
The opinions of these people are intitled to re
fpc& and attention ; and hence results the ne
cessity of producing fact's to disprove the Aurora
accusations.—These fads arc given in the fol
lowing -^
OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
" lam impelled by considerations of justice
and personal attachment to Col. Pickering to
declare, that the recent 'publications in the Au
rora, reflecting his pecuniary tranadtidns while
Secretary of State, are unfounded.
The accounts, of the' Department, while it
was conducted by Col. Pickering, have been
exhibited at the Treasury, and it is expe&ed
that they will be finally fettled soon after the
offices are opened at Waihington. It appears
from these accounts, that a balance of about
500 dollars remained in his hand, when he re
tired from office ;—this sum was deposited in
the Bank of the United States, and has this day
been returned to the Treasury.
" The balances to which the publications in
the Aurora refer, are the aggregate amount
of sums, which have been remitted to ministers
and other public agents chiefly residing in for
eign countries ; —the payments made by the
late Secretary of State are supported by regular
vouchers, and although in many instances they
constitute charges against individuals in the
books of that department ; they will exonerate
the Secretary from pecuniary responsibility.
" The nature of the public service requires,
that monies should be trusted by agents on ac
count, and the practice has been common in ev
ery department, since the firft establishment of
the Government.
F^am PbUddetybia — %''/' 20.
“ You will fee that the Aurora is now boil
ing over with falfmood and feurrility :—But a
ny thing which appears in that alembic of
fallhood and effrontery,is no more regarded here
than the visions of Swedenbourg, or the pro
phecies of Brothers. It is read with a sneer,
and thrown down with contempt.
Major Toufard is appointed Lieut. Col,
Commandant of the id. Regt, of Artillerist &
Engineers.
Gen. Macpherfon'sLegion of Federal Vol-,
unteers, have been disbanded at Philadelphia.
A letter from Bilboa, 22d March, 18%, sys,
" Don Nicholas Blafco Xrosco (or some name
like it, for we cannot decypher the chy< graphyj
has just been named by his Catholic Majelly,
Midler plenipotentiary to the United Spue
OLIVER WOLCOTT.
" Treasury Department, Lore 23, 1800."
COMPLETE REFUTATION.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 21.
BOSTON, JU§Y 2, 1800,