The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-02-07 00:00:00, page 3

CONGRESS.
House oFr REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, Jan. 18.
3TBE Speaker laid before the House a
! communication from the Secretary of
War, inclofing an eflimate of the appro
priations neceflary for holding a treaty with
the Cherokee Indians, which was in sub
stance as follows ;' o
For three Commiffieners, go d&r:.
days, at 8 dis, per day, " g,160
Incidental expenses of de. 860
Secretary, at four dollars per day, 360
Rations of 2000 Indians, 15,000
Presents to the Indians, svooo
- for the Commissioners, | 2,000
Incidental expenses, 1,000
: iy 25.880
This {tatement was referred to the com
mitree of the-whole 1o whom was referred
‘the former meflage of the President on this
fubje&t. !
Mr. Tillinghalt called up his resolution
relpefling a repeal of the Stamp A&, which
was referied (o the fame committee of the
whole to whom was referred the report of
the committee of ways and means on this
fubjeft. ; :
: (’)n motion of Mr. HAr p£ 8} the Houle
resolved itfelfinto 2 committee of the whole
on the bill providing the means of inter.
course berween the U. States and forcign
mations, Ms. DenT in the chair ; when
the bill having been read, and Mr. Harper
baving declared with what {ums it was pro
posed to fill the blanks, Mr. Nicholas, afier
a [peech of considerable length, in which
he dwelt upon the evils which had been,
and were likely to be produced by an ex
tension: of our foreign diplomatic inter
course, proposed several amendmenss to
the bill, the effe@ of which he profefled to
be, to restore the bulinefs of foreign inter
courle to ' the fame footing on which it
fload in the year 1796, before the extension
took place.
A long debate ensued. The speakers in
favor of the motion, were Meflts. Nicholas,
Gallatiny and Baldwin ; against i, Meflrs.
Harper, Allen, and Sitgreaves. The com.
mittee rose, without taking the queflion,
and obtained Jeave to fit again.
, Federal ‘Frigates.
Oan this fubje@, the Secretary 3¢t War
flaied, that the United States frigate was
nearly ready for {ea, when the fever broke
out in Philadelphia. Thatthe Conflitution
will be ready in a short time to receive her
officers 4nd crew, and consequently fit for
-service carly in the ensuing spring ; and
the Confleilation now ready to leave the
- Petapfco to receive her fores, officers and
- erew—"The may thérefore be sent to sea at a
very short notice. He also reported, that
the Virginia revenue-cutter, is a° new and
complete veflel, mounting 6 fix-pounders,
- apd .i?]'howi(zérs’;‘ and the one flationed
vear the Delaware, is fufficient to carry 8
four pounders. iy 2
On thi§ {ubjed®, the following Resolu
tion-is before éongrefs $ 5 '
“Resolved, That the President of the U
- nited States be authorized by law, to pur
chale, whenever, in his opision the publie
service shall requive it, for account of the
suitable to be empléyed as ‘gublic armed
vellels for the defénce of our sea coast, and
to cause the fame, from time to time, as
occasion may require, to be armed, equip
ped, manned and"cmlployed, in the like
manner, and on the {ame -terms of dEy,‘
subsistence, and other proportionable allow
~ anges, as are direfled for the naval’arma
_ment already established : And that there.
be appropriated a:further sum, not exceed
ing. . dollars, towards defraying the
cxpenles which may be incurred theremn.
. [ Monies wanted to completc the frigates,
36,597 . dollars, besides the last appropria
tion, For military fores 75,759. For
arms, &c. for the marines 3377. Pay of
the officers, &c. one year, 200,000 dols.
Subfifience. 113,545. Repairs - 30,000.
Neceflary articles on btard and incidental
expenses 30,000. Navy Clerks 1500 dols.
Yard Keepers 1000 dols. ‘Rent of Navy
yards at Portsmouth, N. H. and New-York,
=~Making in the whole 366,212 dollars.
‘ . Fripay, Jan. 19. .
The House went into'a committee of the
whole on the foreign inteicourfe bill, and
continued in debate *ill afters g 3 o’clock,
when the committee rose, reported progress,
aiked and obtained leave to fit a%clin;
b F g Adjourned to Monday.
MoxpAy, Jan. e,
Mr. Sitgreaves, from the committee ap
pointed on the fubje& of W. Blount’s con
spiracy, leported two letters which had been
zeceived by the committee ; one from the
Chevalier d’Yrujo, denying that be had . at
any time given or promised any money, or
other reward, to fohn Phillips Ripley, as
.slated in the deposition. of Abraham~Hol
den ; he acknowledges that whillt _he was
in New-York, Ripley was arrested for debt,
and that from his having spoken well of
his charalter to Mr. Stoughron, the Spanish
Consul there, that that gentleman became
-bail for him. The letter from Mr. Riple
is confirmative of this ﬂatcmcnt.-‘%-Bgtz
were ordeged to be printed.
The boufe again_ resolved itfelf into a
committee of the whole on the bill provi
ding the means ol;g{;Forcign' Intercourse ;
when Mr. Nichols’s amendment being un
der confiderationy, Meifts., Griswold, Bay
- ard and Denmis spoke 1n opposition to it,
and Mr. Breat io its support. .-No queflion
was taken, and the committee had leave to
P ST etoay, Jaki ggc
* A meflage was received from thePrefi
r:‘&m,'éé&%ied{by ~a report from _the
Seccretary of Srate on the (bjelt of the ficu
‘ation,of our alfairs on the Miffifippi, read
i@dm:‘:w;be, printed. £il
' Mr. H '%'“R‘"'Cda bill maxing ap
mpmm for the {upport of government
| j_‘v__3@!!s@l?!:;{;}@&;;s}9ll%&l was read ‘twice
and referred to a committee of ;the whole
"_The house went into a commirtee ‘ofithe
~whole o the foreign inttreourfe bill, and
¢ontinued the difcuflion (il ncar g ocloek,
iv p rose and teported progrels,, and
; BALTIMORE, Jan. e 3.
Extralt of a letter from Dublin, dated
; Oﬂo ® ’
‘¢ The camp at L:l;awnﬁon, broke up
yeflerday, as the army are to make fl ing
encampments and tham battles, . from {ut- ;
terel’s town to Curragh, to inure them be
fore the French come. We ‘have a great :
force here, and are to have an sddition of
20,000 from England, consisting of militia,
yeomen and regular troops, which, will
.make above 2 huhdied and twenty thousand
cfe&tive men, ‘at the least computation, and
twelve thips of war at Cork,. besides fri
gates, for we expedt an invasion,” -
: PHILADELI’HIA, Jan. 25.
Letter froim she Chevalier D’ ¥rujo, Mingfler
Plenipotentiary to the United imm, Jrom:
Spain, :; tﬁe‘_C@a;'rhay-:}' the cm;q:t_ge
appointed to prepare and report articles
v, aop/‘:‘mfeacbnm g:gainﬁj‘ onm Blount,
date H]auar] 19,1798,
§4 SI .‘-b . . A PM. ’h- 19- ;
Having {:fn by the supplementary report
of the comniittee which you laid he‘¥ore.e?be
Houle on Thursday the 18th infit, that
Abraham Holden has declared that & B
“Ripley had received from me a sum of
money in New-York; to extricate him from -
a difficulty in which he :found himfelf;, I
think it an indispensable duty I owe to my.
{elf, to prove the total misrepresentation of
the fa&t by the following flatement, To
wards the lawter end of Jaft Séptember, on
~my return at ‘New-York from Boflon, I
wasinformed that Mr. Ripley had been ar.
~ rested for debt, and thatbyﬂlelﬂﬂ’poﬁm
of Gov. Jay he had been preverited from
- going to prison, _Mr. Rtg}cymh'tﬁct
* applied to a merchant in | W-Y&k .ﬁt ‘3.
-sum of money in order to extricate himfelf,
finally from this ¢mbarraffment, the gemle.
* man applied to me for mfomhﬁpn l%#ﬂ
“ing Mr¢ Ripley; aod on myuih;p him’ T
~ had every reason to confider him asa ?ﬂlﬂs
_man of honor and ‘integrity, he advanecd
* him on Ais motes, the money b€’ required;
wr WWEDNRSDAY, Jan.oq. . A
* The house again resolved tfelf into 2
&mm;:m ofcb:‘ \;‘holem the Bill P
ing t of Foreiga Intercourle ; a
gl':g Nima;metnﬂdgm.beilg ‘under
consideration, made some progress, and ad
journed, A .
‘ " “TruRrsDAY, Jan. 25.
A report from the Sccretary of the Trea
sury, was laid before the house by the SFeak
er, on the fubje of the colle@ion of the
revenue arising from the duties on impost
and tonnage, recommending a general law
to include the whole regulations of this by
finefs ; referred 102 commistee, and 250
copics were ordered 10 be printed.
Sl:. Clopton presented a_ petition from
tbev'coptictors and workers of Coal mines
in Virginia, prg-linga probibition of foreign
coal or a prote 'ngddugy, so that they .may
be alite to pursue their business to advantage.
The house then went into 3 committee
ofthe whole on the foreign intercourse bill
==M:r. Nicholas spoke. in reply, and the
committec rose and had leave to fit again.
M. Sitgreaves reported articles of im
peachment sgainft Wdﬁm Blount,
An enrolied bill forsmending the a&k lay
ing a duty on distilled spirits, and on Rills,
was delivered to the chair by Mr, Clopton,
and signed by the [peaker. :
: M 3
T PARIS, Nov. 8.
~ Letters from Wefel fßate, that the Prus
sian €abimet has received advices which as.
sure them that the French government in.
tend, thould the war with Britain continue,
to fend a body of troops by the way of Bre
'men, to take pofleflion of Hamburgh, in
order to elofe that port agsinft the British
on the contingat. This news has caused
much alarm, and it is said that Pruflia,
should such a design exif?, would oppose it.
' The Minister at War in a circolar letter
addrefled to the Commissioners of the Ex
ecutive Direéidry, comrplains that the ne
ceflary alivity is not used to make the re
quisition-men join the armies, and require
them to rcdoa{i.c their zeal, |
Tbe Executive Direttory has, by its re
solution of the od ult. determined what ex
ceptions are to be made from this general
resolution, and they authorize me to make
the following :
t3lt. Every individual who shall be
provisionally exempted.
¢t¢d. Married men, who, previous to
the g3d May last, were authorized to re
main 3t home.
*gd. In short, soldiers who by their
age arc not comprehended in the firft requi
sition, and who E’aire leave of absence from
the corps to which they belong, are ex
empted from the neceflity of s¢joining their
armics.” ~
Nov. g.~The Congress of Raftad: will
open on the 1t of December, - "
From VENIGE, 04. 16.
On the 12thinft. a conspiracy was &if-.
covered here, which, as our patriots fay,
had for its obje&, to cut down the tree of
liberty, abolilh the new democratic confli
tution of government, and - fubje® the city
t 0 a foreign monarchical power. Immedi
ately all the thops and coffec-houfes were
shut up, and the goards augmented by she
Freénch Polish legion now here, and patroles
fentour. Yader the direllions of the Frinch
general Bolland, affifled mﬂh milita
ry force, on the night of the 1 t:?iet.wm
70 and 8o persons were 'am:ied‘; among
whom were 10 members of the mgg‘nli
ty, 10 clergymen, several of the ex«nobles,
as"for example, Crimani, Dandole, Pefa
, LONDON. N"- ‘8- Fl
A very extraordinary application has been
lately made to the court o?din&ou of the
India Company, for leave 1o fend out 130
miflionarics to India by the, ships ofche
next {cafon, for the convedfion of the Gen
toos. The application came through a
clergyman of the dissenting interef?, whose
fortune is said to amount to 100,0001. and
the company was to be free from any ex
pence. The dire&ors have, however, re
je€ted the offer. Z
. The Brest fleet, the greater part of which’
has lately been dismantled, confifis of the
following ships : :
One of 120 guns, three of 110, four of
80, and tweaty-four 74, ;
the amoung of which Ido not exaflly recol.
le&t. Marcover, I think it necessary here
to observe 10 you fir, that from the firft
moment of my .ITﬁMGDC_c with Mr. Rip.
ley, I never have direélly or indireily, offer
‘ed him any money or other reward, of in
any ways hinted 10 compensate him for his
deposition, as he was confcicus it was his
duty, and in that light only have I viewed
it. I have further reason to believe this
motive was the only indueement he had 1o
apply 46 me, at thc commencement of the
fitting of the committee as it was an entire
voluntary a&k of his own, : A
As the ‘depofition of Mr. Holden has
been laid before Congrels, permit me, G,
to request the commitiee to do the fame
with this letter, and, if neceflary, 1o take
the proper fleps l'qc: the further elucidation
of the above mentioned fafl, in order 1o
remove any wrong impreflion it might
make on the public. : :
I have the honor to be, fir,
- Your obedient humble Ki'rvan!, :
* LE CHEVALIER D'YRUGO,
SAMUEL SiTGREAVES, Esq. Chairman
of the commistec of the House of Re
presentatives, for the impeachment of
William Blouat.
Mercantile Information. ‘
Don Carlos Martinez De Yrujo,
Knight of the Royal snd diftinguithed or
der of Charles the Third, his Catholic
Majetty’s Enyoy Extraordi and Mi.
nifter Plenipotentiasy td_(binal?»,. Staces of
America, ¢ T e MY ;
WHEREAS the gdvernment of Caracas
has opened the ports of said province for
the importation in Newral Bottoms, of cer
taio articles of provisions and dry goods, (a-
Rrecable to the lift deposited with his Catho
lic Majesty’s Consul General throughout
the U. States} under the express condition
that the retuens of said articles are to be in
produce of the said provinces. Now there
fore 1 do hereby give this public notice, in
ofder that such persons as may be inclined
to trade to Caracas may avail themselves
thereof, informing them at the fame time,
it will beablolutely neeéffary to 'be furnifh
ed with a pafiport from mé, for thole veflels
which fail from Philadelphia, or from - his
Catholic Majefly’s Consuls in the othér
parts of the United States.
Given under my hand in Philadelphn,
the e7th day of Jaouary, 1798. °
DonCasrosMarTiNEZDEYRUO.
NEW.YORK, ]Jan. 26.
_ The debate on the fubjeé of Foreign In
tercourfe,isimportant ; it will sflord a Fgoﬁlc
es considerable magnitude, The supplies for
foreign intercourse expences. swallow up a
great part of our revenue—and, the public
will judge of the ggcacy ! An enumeration
of treatics and ambassadors will lead cvery
nation ‘which adopts them, into innume.
rable evils, or the oldest politicians have
been much out of shicir political calcula.
tions., . J<. ‘
" SALEM, Feb. ¢ ‘
: COOOOOD NEWS. __
By an' arrival at Gloucester, from Gua
daloupe, on Tnefdaz: in twenty-three
days, we learn, that the thip Four-Siflers,
Lapuin . Rea, from Bawavia ‘bound to
Beverly, had at'a third trial been cleared,
and received permiflion to depart.
We hear that she fechr. Friendihip, Capt.
‘Woodbury, of Beverly, which we lately
hcniio'neéy to have been captured by a
French privateer, and ordered to Guada
loupe, was risen nﬁop by the mate and crew,
and carricd into Martinique. - SR o
\ AR ;
BOSTON, Feb. 3. -
Nearly go days have expired since we
have heard 9 officially, from our Extra.-En.
voys at Paris; and the public ought to be
prepared to hear that they will be refufed.
The United States at this eventful period
has but a choice of difficulties.—Their ci
tizens must either patiently endure the con
tingation of the depredations on their com
merce—{ufpend their navigation entirely—
arm their veflels—or, inlig(l, that the go
vernment, wiich will not prote@ their law
ful trade, shall compensate them for all
{poliations on the ocean. - On Monday
next, Congrels will enter on the great ques
tion—to arm=—or be &ndetcd. The mem
bers who compose. the. Coyncils of the U
nited States coming as they do from all
parts of the Union, centiinly possess the best
nformation, and will undoubtedly decide
on the great quefltion which ‘will be before
them, with dignity, firmnefs and joflice;
ge underfland, that orders will be im
ni',.ta}‘tcly issued for lgroﬂer‘::g the so.bgo
requifiion troops. “Tp be prepared for
\ve‘aqt i the befl mean t_q? clerve peace.
. Spirited meiﬁmtﬁﬁopung i South
C:,:lins. to fland u’.mta‘of was,” in case
the United States should-be driven therein,
by the injulice of eny-European-power.
QUESTIO ﬁa-.mdtﬁe. French
it A s e =ty AP . :
Direßlary fay to sn American Miniller, if
e should find faule, withany of their tress
tiés with mm be despot of Pruf
a, the Old Woman of, om'f-».ﬂ the
infignificsnt Doo of Spain ? What? They
- would tell us to mind'od# own business, and
not wouble ourselves with their treaties |
Letour Jacobins thiok of his, .
CONFLACRATION.
@ fire broke out in one of the dreffing
‘vaonis of the Theatre ?rﬁ*'ﬂlm-&
fucl was the beight of the flames betore
‘buftibles which they fr thﬂ of, that
no cxertions of several of Mle guendants of
before fevert~ o°clock “"W inside of
R eSy ey ik
SRR e
o wery, gieat » B fostbenecly sock ok 04
ma;‘iﬂ e wind, and the aivity and intel
ligence of the citizens prelent, that the ad.
jacent buildings, though #ll of them of
5, mn P ‘damaged \‘L""’ -f*{.“u‘
dily auributed it to 4 red %x
go‘:h’lo-be exhibited in the g::omigc. of
Juan ; but'we have, from the evi.
gu of persons on the spot, alcertained,
hat it is to be®attributed totally to accident 3
or the negligence of the servant whose duty
it was 10 watch the fires in the drefling.
gAy it v e
nly one share of the rty was in.
sured ,ynd when we com:l::opg:tey the ele.
gance of the building—the -beauty of the
archite&ure and other ornaments, we must
deplore the loss as a public injury. -
- Geeat credit is due to our worthy fellow
eitizens of Chaslefiown, Roxbury, Deor
chefter, Cambridgc, and other, adjacent
towns, for their spirited zeal, and indefati
gable a&livity in assisting to Rop the progress
of flames which on the firk discovery were
slarming, and which with almeft any other
people, would have carried deflruflion far
.nd m. v 4 : 7 ?
Mr. Russert,
BEING a fpeflator yeflerday, of the
awful {cene of &:dcﬁm&ioﬁ of the Thea
tre in Federal Street, which threatened great
deftry&ion to other property, but which
was prevented by the usual exestions of the
citizens of this town—ll am fully of opinion
that many of the citizens of Boflon must be
apprised of the fatal conf?‘ecs that would
arise, in case ‘the Hay Market Theatre,
should take fire, from the fame accident.—
The largeness of this wooden building would
[pread a most terrible conflagraiion through
the South part of Boston, being so near to
a number of other wooden buildings, which
must incvitably fall a facrifice,—Being also
fully convinced, that the public exhibitions
there displayed have a tendency to corrupe
the morals of youth, and lead them into
temptations which may injuce their reputa
tion. From the mofit diﬁ',merdidd motives,
and for the good of my country, and the
fafety of this town, I will contribute three
hundred and forty dollars, towards the de
molishing of the Hay Market Theatre, if
the Legislature of this commonwealth will
wifely dire&t the fame, and enat a law to
prevent the building of any theatres, for the
like future exhibitions, in this Common.
wealth. .
A Speclator from the Country, who
leaves hss name with the Printer.
Federal Regifler.—Continued. 3
- SENATOR of the Upited States.” Hon.
Joshua Cla{;on, late. Governor of Dela
ware, vice Hon. John Vining, resigned. J
Appointment<—By aunthority. 1
William Miller, jun. Commifi:oner of
the Revenue, vice, Tench Coxes . i
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Thursday, Feb. 1. Arrived fclf’'r Wil- '
ling-Maid; Pike, Aux-C?co, 42 daysy |
Capts. Smith, and Voax, of Boston, siled |
8 weeks before Capt. P. About go fail |
American veflels were at Aux-Cayes, chief- |
ly southern,, Was boarded by an Enghifh
é?n -and .treated well.” Mr. Thomab
Itin, mate of the Willing-Maid, died
with the fever on the passage. e
- Arrived 3t -,S_avano:a.. in 104 -dar: from
Whitehaven, in England, sch: - Polly, Fol.
lanfbe, of Wilcaffet. fSM,’@f;g;oﬁme,‘ ;
was supplied by Capts. Bliss and Marnis, -
The brig \JeR-h&im}- Saler, from Port
Royal, ‘ Jamaica, at . Philadelphia, 'failed
‘Dec. 19, underconvoy of the British b:.ng |
Pelican, in company with the Portland
‘Paeket, and a number of Britilh veflels for
Europe, and a transport with moncy and
troops for Jeremie. Ou: the 25th parted
from the convoy and flood for the Mole, ia
ecompany with the British letter of marque,
Wenlon,-of‘ and for Liverpcol; mounting
10.guns’and o men, who offered his pro~
teélion to the Wefl-Indian:; a féw hours
aftér fell in with a French privateer fchs.
of 4 guns and 70 men; ani&m en
privateer being ‘much’ injured in her fails,
=‘__¥m'.; and rigging, sheered off, having made
A :,:ﬂ' attempts to cut {g:hé** Weft-Indi
Welden and two boys were - .‘ i A
g:agaher;h ';negd m'g;r b«l &of i e
‘m Paince o Norol so soar, a 4 cor
with several veflels for the U. S. " The day
AN original proprictor of the Haymar.
ket Theatre, from disinterested and ‘inde
pendent motives, but mere especially outof
regard $0 the good and fafety of the citizens
of this town, 1s willing to relinquish his right
therein, on condition that the other propri
ctors will follow his example, and that the
Legislature of this Commonwealth will di
rect the fame to be demolithed, and enaft a
law prohibiting any other Theatre to be
ereéted in future in this Commonwealth—
as this town yelterday experienced a toft
threatening conflagration, which it is hoped
the good citizens of Boston will receive as
a serious admonition, to encourage the above
design.
Any person wishing to know the propri
ctor’s name, may inquire of the Xrimcr. ~
. Feb, gd, 1798,
Infurretion at Guadaloupe.
__We learn by an arrival at Gloucester, on
Wednef{day last, from Guadaloupe, that a
considerable infurreftion of the hlacks of
that Island had takeén place—that about 200
whites were maﬂ'aércx—bdc that at length
the Insurgents were overpowered, and the
ufval order reflored. 'The following article
confirms the intelligence, and gives other
particulars, B :
FROM NEW.LONDON, ]Jan. 31.
Arrived here on Friday last, brig Jsuno,
Fairchild, 20 days from Guadaloupe. Mr.
Charles Campbell, the mate, informs,
that three days previous to failing an infur
reflion took place at Guadaloupe and Mari
galante. Thrée encampments of negraes
and mulattoes, together with some- whites
(making in number about 1500) were form
ed in the neighborhood of Point-Petre.
Vi&tor Hughes sent a miitary force against .
them, who defeated and too{'ﬁb of them’
prisoners ; among whom were three of their
chiefs, who were imprisoned ; “the 50 men
were ordered to be put to death.—~Hughes
had become extremely ungopular, and 1t
was {uppofed the infutrettion would not
easily be fupprefled.—~A defeflion had ta
ken place among the white soldiers, and the
utmost vigilance was used to. prevent them
from deserting ; which they did in consid
erable numbers. : ~ :
N A R e el B
‘previous # the failing of the Weft:lndian,
:uao’f 26 fasl g-‘uy asﬁm-,) lefe
the Mole for Jamaica ; ard 4 days beforea
Bsitith man of war arrived with.g fa of
weffels cut ont of St. John’s (Porta Rico)
q ofWem Americans.
" Floar, Dec. Igth, 19-dollars per bbl. at
Kingflon, (Jam:) Dec. 24th, 24 dollars at
Port au Princé, L BN e L
The Delaware is again navigible. Many
veflels have entered and failcdglrom- it.
- The Rebecca, Rogers, from hence for
Cape-Francois, was taken and .carried into
P. de Paix. Liberated, but part of his
~cargo taken by administration, for which,
however, pavment was expefled.
-The Two Peters, Phillips, from Dight
on, 12 ; Siatira, Seward, from Portsmouth,
14 ; Lyeinda, Mann, Portland, 11 ; and
- Polly, Halkells, New-Bedford, 10- days ;
have arrived at Charlefion,
PORTSMOUTH, February-7.
Consummate Villainy and Murder !
[ The following very extraordinary letter
was banded us for publication.] - s
" States of Americay Fan. 1798,
MADAM, + e :
I am one of those people who subsist on
the Spails of the Traveller, but if the {park
of humanity was entirely extinguifhcd from
ay breast, you would never gain this, or
any other information of a person who was
very dear to you—you will of course heap
Curles on the Villains who have deprived
you of your Huiband.—~But your Cuiles or
Blessings is a matter of indiffererce’as I am
well aflured that every precaation necellary
1s taken for our security. .
As my word was: passed for this indul
gence, these lines will find a conveyance to
you, and operate for your Intereft:hereaf
ter. ‘ :
You must know madam, that it was my
fortuné, with two or three of my 2flo
ciates, to fallin with a Mr. Oliver John.
don ; afier.taking from "him his-Calli to the
-amount of about cighteen hundred dollars
we mutually agreed for our own. fzcurity to
dispatch the said Oliver Johalon, andein
formed bim of our determination. >
Immediately when he saw his fate deter
mined upon he craved thefc two favors,
viz. That we would write to his famnily
which he said lived in . Weftmoreland, and
dire& the letter 10 be l2ft at the Poft-Office
in Walpole, (N. H.) to inform you of “his
fate, and his lalt request is that Col. Joseph
Burt and Ezra Peirce, Admiinifter upon his
cltate, and ‘wilhes them to afift his diftrefl
ed hmaly, -/ .0 v ;
To the awife of Oliver-fobn- - -
© fony late of " Weflmoreland.
. A true Copy———Attest,
THOMAS K. GREEN, 3
cg()B F. BROOKS. . :
JOSEPH BURT, } Sele@imen of
JOSEPH BUFFUM, f Weftmoreland.
' The University of Glafgow,in S¢ot
land; has conferred on the Rev. john
Elliot, of Boston, the degtee of Doétor
of Divinily. ey
A Copenkagen paper of 0. 31, .in-
Sornis, that :Mr;'"'(‘{n@,,ms left Hamburg
the 2d O ‘with full powers to act as
American Envoy at g:flm
““Agreeable "to the-laft“cenfus, the
‘aumber of inhabitdrnts in the United
-States had increased from the year
1790 to 1794, one million, thrée hun
dred and twenty, one thousand per
sons. : Such an increase is astonishing,
‘but.it is the reward America has ob
_tained for her prudent neutrality in
the wars: .which have desolated Eu-
Zope. “Calculating the value of each
~perfon, in a pecuniary view, only at
the price of a negro, this is an aug.
mentation of national capital equal
mearly to one “hundred millions Slerling.
In the fame period of time, whit has
- Europe loft, by the folly. of her rulefs,
in present hdppiefs, in the sources of
-real wealth and power 2 * ~
: “& eL T e Pieoe. )
UNHAPPY ACCIDENT.
. On Saturday the goth ult. as Capt. Dadiel
Phelps with his wifc and daughter. 7 years
old, belonging'to. Lebanon, together with
a young lady belonging to Conne&ticut, was
pafling Hown Conné€ticut river in a sleigh,
he accidentally drove into a glade, about 3
miles below Northampton, and Ms. Phélps,
and d::?uf were unfortanately drowned.
The body of the child was raken: out’ foohn
after she fell in.; but the body of Mius,
Phelps was not found the 23d, although
great exertions wete made to recover it.
Marg ilt p]At Lymé,Mr.Gurpown’
‘CHADWICK, aged 19, t 0 Miss HANNAM
SuLLARD, :ggac. after 3 courthhip of
T of spprenteoiip, i tad -
' Elo;e{:'ﬁm a}im?uqﬂcr; ? s ¥
- dirdefa ~ ...‘,‘J
TA;&J& @ dove freak in his head =
#d binds himfelf much fofler. ,
Thus morsals, fond of freedom’s name,
- Buts from ufurp’d controul ;
Then, afier locking round awhile, -
. Again enslave the foul. : '
But, Gurdon, sure, cannot be blam'd,
-« Thus wifely having done ; :
For ke g mother and a wife :
And mifirefs gets in one. - e e
1 . Diep—At Thomnioh, Mrs. Hanvant
' \Vo RCESTER, aged 39 consort of the
Rev. Noah Worcester.” | = =
Light Infantry Company.
Pll-lss}w\ NT to a vote of the Light In-
A fantry Company, the members ihereof
are direfted to” furnith’ themselves “with
Knapfacs and Canteens, in conformity ¢ a
e which miay be seen at the shop of
Ar. John March—also to provide them
vt vith Blnkes, Caniies wi bl
and Flints, decording 1o low. 5 ‘before the
Eill da of March s, i obder,tht the
Compapy miay be in readinela. o march at
& moments warnilg afterdhattime,
~ Portsmouth, Feb.zo »0 " v