The Federal mirror — Concord, N.H., 1796-01-01 00:00:00, page 3

About 12 o'clock, ibis Day, the General Court
adjourned to meet at Exeter in June next.
GENERAL COURT.
.LIST of ACTS^Ffacto Inf.
A Bill for the relief of Andrew Drew and
P Jonathan Williams.
,A Bill incorporating William Harper, ,Esq.
and others, for the pUrpofe of building a
Bridge over Pemigawaffet river.
A Bill authorizing the Judge of Probate,
! county,of Rockingham,to allow further time
for receiving claims against the estate of John
' •Neal,,Efq.. /
A Bill incorporating Samuel Blodget, Esq,
arid others, for the purpose of clearing and :
making Merrimac river navigable, from
Ifle'of Hookfett falls to Winnepefokee pond.
A Bill granting a Lottery for the benefit
of Dartmouth College.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
Dec. 26. Sundry Bill# read— The
0\ vote for the Court'# meeting at Con
cord next June, came from the Sen
are with Exeter inferred instead of
Cmord—nonconcurred, 59 yeas, 61
Dsyt— Motion was made to adhere to
the former vote, 60 yeas, 61 nays—
Motion was then made to insert Hop
kinton instead of Exeter, 52 yeas,, 69
p^tMotion waithen made for the
' Court to meet at Exeter io June next,
03,^559%
difficulty that the guards could keep
the way clear for the carriage to pa 6.
la his way to the house, particularly
io Parliament-street, he was assailed
by hooting! and hidings, which came
from groups at certain dittanies, who
were uniform in their cry of " no war,
no Pitt." Somewhere between the
horfeguards and palace-yard, a bullet
is said to. have been fired, from an air
gun, which perforated the glass of
the carriage, but failed to accomplish
the diabolical purpose which it was
evidently intended to effect In pal
ace-yard a (tone was thrown, which
fluttered one of the fide windows,
On his Majesty's return to St.James'
a gang of ruffians followed hit coach,
and, just as it turned under the gate
way of the palace, a (tone was thrown
and also an oyster (hell, which went
through the glasses of the coach. For
this left offence a man of the name of
John Dineham has been apprehended
and committed left night for re-exam,
ration.
When the King had left St. James'
and was returning in his private coach
to dinner, as the carriage was pacing
under the garden wall of the palace,
with no other attendants than the two
footmen behind, a feint was made,
and the carriage prevented proceed
ing ; but feme life-guards, mounted,
returning home from duty, and feeing
the circumstance, immediately gal
loped up. and made a fafe passage
for his Majesty to the Queen's house.
As the state coach returned empty
through the gate by the way of the
State-yard, a dreadful accident hap
pened in confluence of the turbu
lence of the above riotous persons ;
a groom, who was employed as one
of the leaders of the horses for the
day, was beaten down, when the hea
vy carriage wCT over bin), and broke
both hit thighs. Little hopes of his
recovery.
The mob followed tteftate coach
from St. Jame's to the Mews $ and
near St. Alban's street commenced an
attack upon it with stones and dirt,
when they broke the rest of the glass
es ; and in the Mews pursued their
purpose so effeaually, as almost en
tirely to demolish it, before the arri
val of the guards, when several per
sons were apprehended.
A proclamation offering a reward
of one thousand pounds, for appre
hending the above rioters, has been
"iffued.'
CONCORD, January 1, 1796.
grant 100 dollars to each—negatived
— motion was then made to add 50
dollars—negatived—motion was then
made to grant 50 dollars to each of
(aid judges on account of additional
duties —6r yeas, 48 nays.
The Dartmouth College Lottery
bill passed to be enaded.
Dec. 31. Several petitions read and
committed—several bills read.
The Governor returned the bill for
taxing the lands and buildings of non
residents, with his objections—but the
House again voted that it should pifi
—96 yeas, 25 nays—and sent to the
Senate for concurrence—but the Sen
ate returned by message that two
thirds of the Senate were not in favor
of the bill— so it was loft, as it is re.
quired that two thirds of both the
House and Senate shall be in favor of
any bill, in order to its pacing, pro
vided the Governor objects.
This last bill has taken up more
time in the formation—was esteemed
by a very large and refpedable majo
rity of more consequence, in the just
and equal distribution of Juftice —and
has engrossed more of the anxious and
vigilant attention of the Legiflature—
than an, other fobjeft which has come
before them the present feflion.
The Secretary came with the Gov
ernor's objections to the following
bills, viz. for taxing lard in Lancaf
ter —in Littleton—in Dalton—and
the House voted them not co pro
Dec. 28. A vote came from the
Senate for appointing a Minifies to
preach an Eteaion fermoo in June —
the House nonconcurred, 53 yeas, 65
nays. Several bills read.
Dec. 29. A number of bills read.
On the report of the committee on
the petition of John Young, Esq. he
obtained an allowance, in the whole,
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 12.
This forenoon the Senate of the
United State# waited on the President
with the following Addrtfi, in an=
fwer to his Speech to both Houfei
of Congress, at the opening of the
Seffioo.
To the President of the United States.
SIR,
IT is with peculiar fatisfaaion
that we are informed by your Speech
to the two Houses of Congrefa, that
the long and expensive war; in which
we have been engaged with the In
dians, north weft of the Ohio, is in a
situation to be finally terminated ;
and though we view with concern the
danger of an interruption of the peace
so recently confirmed with the Creeks,
we indulge the hope, that the meaf
r,^ T^x^^
fatW^ &tjuftlete
©fo equally demand, will to
ceca in uplOg gPreiuunaaiiuD o' 01
of 169 dollars and 74 cents, by a
majority of three votet— Several bills
passed co be enaded — Several read a
firft time.
A vote came from the Senate to
to appoint a Clergyman to preach
the Election Sermon, in June next—
concurred.,
The committee reported that the
Trustees of Dartmouth College have
a grant of a lottery—accepted.
Dec. 30. The bill for taxing lands
and buildings of noorefidents. sassed
to be enaded< Several other bills
puffed—and a number read a second
time.
authorife the Governor and Council
es of the Superior Court— 44 yeas,
61 nays—motion was then made to
Motion was made to add 100 dol
lars to the salary of each of the judg-
CONGRESS.
WITH real pleasure I receive
your Addrtfs, recognizing the pros
perous filiation of our public affairs ;
and giving assurances of your careful
attention to the objeds demanding
legislative consideration ; and that
with a true zeal for the public wel
fare, you will cheerfully co-operate ii>
every measure which shall appear to
you best calculated to promote the
fame.
But I derive peculiar fatisfaaion
from your concurrence with me in
the expressions of gratitude to Al
mighty God, which a review of the
auspicious circumttances that distin
guish our happy country have excit
ed ; and 1 trust that the sincerity of
our acknowledgments will be evi
denced by a union of efforts to eftab
lifh and preserve its peace, freedom
and prosperity.
GEO. WASHINGTON.
gp For want of room, due are &b:ged to omit
the Answer of the House to the Present's Speech
—it foall bawe place next wch.,
VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
BY LAST MAIL.
Extras ofa tetter from a Mrabir of
Congrlfi at Philadelphia jo agate
man ^ ibis NOT, fad D". 15,
&>795-
lading peace with the Indian tribes
on the fanbera, at well as on the
weftern frontiers.
The confirmation of our Treaty
with Morocco, and the adjustment of
a treaty of Pesce with Algiers, in
confiquence of which our captive fel
low citizens (hall be delivered from
slavery, are events that will prove no
less intereftiog to the public humani
ty, than they will be important in ex
tending and securing the navigation
and commerce of our country.
As a just and equitable conclusion
of our depending negociations with
Spain, will effentisll, advance the in
terest of both nations, and thereby
cherish and confirm the good under-
Handing and friendship which we
have at all titoes desired to maintain,
it will afford us real pleasure to re
ceive an early confirmation of our ex
pectations on this fubjedt
The interfiling profpea of bur af
fairs with regard to the foreign pow
ers between whom and the United
States controversies have fubfitted, is
not more fatitfiaory, than the review
of our internal fixation ; if from the
.former we derive an expedition of
the extinguishment of all the causes
of external discord, that have hereto
fore endangered our tranquility, and
on terms confident with our national
honor and fafety ; in the latter, we
discover those numerous and wide
spread tokens of prosperity, which in
so peculiar a manner distinguish our
happy country.
Dec. iz, 1795.
To which the President was , leaped to make the
Circumstances thus every way aus
picious, demand our gratitude and
sincere acknowledgments to Almigh
ty God, and require that we Ihould
unite our efforts in imitation of your
enlightened, firm, and persevering ex
ample, to eftablilh and preserve the
peace, freedom, and prosperity of our
country.
The objeds which you have rec
ommended to the notice of the Legis
lature, will, in the coorfe of the ses
sion, receive our careful attention, and
with a true zeal for the public wel
fare, we (hall cheerfully co-operate io
every measure that (hall appear to us
best calculated to promote the lame.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice President of
the United States, and President
ofthe Senate.
GENTLEMEN,
following Reply.
The retreat of the French army of
the Sambre and Meuse, under Gen.
Jourdan, was no doubt as much in
eonfeqoence of the great numbers
which had been drawn therefrom, to
fapprefs the Jacobin feaions of Paris,
as by the juoaioo of the Auftriao ar
mies of Clairfait and Wurmfer. Os
course when the new Constitution is
in aaivity, and thole restless Spirits
deftroyed, if a Peace is not brought
on the carper, the troops will be or
dered to their polls. The organ of
the Committee of Public Safety, has —
said, that " Meniz /ball again b{ in
Defied.”
Attack on the Cape of Good Hope.
London, Nov. 2. A letter from Vice-Ad
miral Elphinftone, dated on board the Mon
arch, Simons- Bay,Cape of Good Hope, Aug.
18, informs, that on the 7th Aug he attack- >,
ed the strong Dutch post at Muyfenburg,
with 1000 seamen, under the command of
Captains Hardy and Spranger, and carried it
after a few minutes smart firing; the Dutch
abandoning their camp, taking with them .
only two field-pieces. The following fhips^
were captured in Simons-Bay, Boorzlar 978
tons, Bonifarius 448, Gertruydar 666, Ver
trouven 890, Louisa 540 tons ^ ','
Married, at Canterbury, on the 28th ujt.
Mr. David Cross, of Northfield, to Mife
Patty Clough, youngest daughter of Jere
miah Clough. Eq. fo,^^?^ , -J
“ In a paper published in this city,
lift evening, is contained the answer
of the House of Representatives to
Governor Gilman's Speech to both
Houses of the Legislature, which is
said to have passed unaoimouflv
This unequivocal expression of the
sentiments of the Reprefenutive, of
the people of Newhampfhire, gives
great fatisfadion t,O the friends of or
der and peace here •,and ac the fame
time mutt (if any thing can) flop the
mouth# of those in this quarter, who
have represented the citizens of New
hampfhife as almost unaoimobfiy pos
sessed of their own disorganizing prin
ciples and prejudices— They havemet
heficated to state publicity, that the
Northern ftatea are almost unanimous
ly hostile to Mr. Jay's treaty. The
publication# are laid to come from
persons who have lately travelled
through the principal towns in those
ftates—lt mull give the cool and con
fiderale, a favorable idea of the ad
ministration of the p;efent govern
ment, when they find the violent de
claimed again* it drawn to fell pit
iful fhifts, and work than fhifu, to
excite and clamour against the consti
tutional authority. Governor Gil
man's addrefe is in the pipers here,
and does him, and the date over
which he prefixes, great honor in rhe
view of all enlightened well withers
to the peace and happiness of their
country."
CENTINEL— BOSTON, dec. 30.
The European uorti was at an eventful cnfi fit
the date of our lafl accounts ; but ae Mretiu in
it a faint glimmering of approaching peace. 2be
great Lading cbaraflerj of the French Convention
are decidedly in favor of peace, c"j u f ato ^ honora
ble terms ; and nee doubt not that one of the firft
a&t of the ne^w Executive Directory, (amongfl
whom me anticipate tbepleafure of feeing Btjfy
d' Angles, and Barthelemy) <wiil be to open a ne
gotiationfor a general peace. In England, the
voice of the people, in general, is loud for Peace ;
and even so early as November , after a good bar
veft, the complaints of scarcity were so numerous,
as to induce the British King to make it a subjeß
of legislative concern ; and to induce the minfry
to a ssig n 4 'very early day for a discussion of the
subjed. Added to these the King of England,
as EUaor of Hanover, has made peace with the
French. On the other band, the vast Enghfe
" preparation" for the Weftindies, dims the pros
pea con federally —but these preparations may be
made, merely to demand better terms in a negotia
tion—ls Peace is not made the present winter, fa
mine will stalk through a great part of Europe -=
If Americans are wise they will profit by this
view of the affairs of the old world.
It is said, io several of the English papers,
that the Empress of Russia was marching a
large bod, of troops, [24,000] to reinforce
the Austrian army. It is true, that England,
Germany and Russia have entered into trea
ties of Defenfive Alliance.